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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1862.
the war
We are learning the art of 'war as thoroughly as
any of the old cations of Europe, whioh have made
it the end and aim of all their history and govern
ment. The Navy Department have just printed in
a pamphlet the offioial reports of the naval engage
ments on the Mississippi, whioh resulted intho cap
ture of New Orieans. Those reports are accompa
nied by Borne very interesting maps and sketches,
among whioh we observe one of very singular oha-
Taoter. This is an aoonrato plan of Port Jaokson,
made by some of the assistants of tho Coast Survey,
.showing every holo mode by a shell or shot. The
entire work and its surroundings are dotted over
with these marks, S if sprinkled from a pepper
castor. A great deal of the ground near tho fort
and wi bin the outworks was overflowed, and no
less than three thousand three hundred and thirty
nine sholls are computed to have fallen in these
parts. Eleven hundred and thirtoon, howovor,
were counted in the solid ground of the fort and
levees, and oigbty.seven round-shot. -One thou
sand and eighty sholls exploded in the air; about
seven thousand fivo hundred having been expendod
in all. Tho oasomates were oraoked, and in some
places broken through, and the outer walls oraoked
from top to bottom. A letter from a well known
ordnanoe officer says that this map exhibits some
thing that was never before attained by the vertical
fire of mortars.
From an offioial statement, we learn that the total
rebel force in the battle of Cedar Mountain was
24,913, (hue confirming our first newß, that tho
rebel strength had been exaggerated, as it almost
invariably is. Wo said, commenting upon this
battle, “the rebel strength has been variously es
timated at from twenty to fifty thousand men.
The former estimate is probably nearest the
truth.’' One of onr greatest faults, in the oonduot
of the war, has been: to underrate our enemy be
fore an engagement, and to overrate him after.
In the offioial statement referred to, Jackson’s di
vision is credited with 5,450 men as follows:
General Winder, 2 300 ; General Jones, 1,050;
General Taliaferro, 2,100. Ewell’s Division oom->
prised 5,063, as follows: Goneral i lzey, 2,150;
General Taylor (Hay>s), 2,463; General Trimble,
1,050. General Hill’s Divisioh comprised 10,500,
allotted, as follows: General Archer, 2,300;
Colonel Williams, 2,350; General Fields, 1,900;
Fender’s Brigade 1,750; South Carolina Brigade,
2,200. The total infantry force was, therefore,
21,613. To this must bo added Ashby’s Cavalry,
2,300 strong, and 1,000 artillery men, making a
grand total, as above stated, of 24,913. Yet this
force was kept at bay during the whole notion by
the seven thousand men UDder General Banks.’ So
muoh for the “ indomitable valor ” of the enemy,
and the strategic skill of StonowallrJaokson.
THE NEWS.
A complete account of the ba tic at Baton Rouge,
whore our forces, although outnumbered, as usual
more than ton to one, gained so signal a victory
over tho enemy, appears on onr first page.
The exports of domestic produoofrom New York
continue on a very large scale; for the last three
weeks the aggregate is nearly twelve million dol
lars. Last week tbe amount was $3,697,657, against
$1,687,985 and $1,895,058 in the corresponding
weeks of 1860 and 1861.
Wool is now higher than it has been for forty
four years. This is owing to the largo demand for
armygoods, and to the advanced price of cotton.
It will not soon fail so low again as it has been of
late years; and we shall be surprised if the floofcs
upon our New England hills are not greatly in
creased.
TiiE'business men of St. Louis are getting ready
to defend themselves. They havo called a meeting
to perfeot a plan for military organization and
training, and one part of it is the closing of stores
at a certain hour of the day, to allow all persons to
improve in military drill.
Mr. Corpse, of Henry oounty, lowa, has nine
sons, and. has sent eight of them to fight the battles
ofhis country. One was in the glorious lowa Ist,
and fought at Wilson’s Creek. He has now en
listed again. Seven of them are in tho various
lowa regiments, or rather six, for cne of them wa3
killed at Shiloh. Mr. O. has home with him on’y
one son, about ten years old, too small to go.
The Brazilian Government is now discussing tho
question of opening the Brazilian ports to tho navies
of the world, and of declaring-free trade in all
parts of its vast empire. According to private let
ters from Rio Janeiro, the measure would exteod to
the inland trade all alsng the oonrse of the Ama
zon and other great oourecs of water.
Mr. John Uqrulev, a member of tho Ist Califor
nia Regiment, and a refugee from the South, has
furnished us a very entertaining aooonnt of an
eight months’ invo'untury sojourn in Seoceaia. We
print it in another column.
In there is now an average of one
thousand one hundred and fifteen deaths per week,
and one thousand seven hundred and fifty births.
Of the births, nine hundred are boys,'and over
eight hundred girls. ;
A I’iECE Of* land was recently sold in London at
the rate of £1,900,000 per aore—sufficient to cover
it with silver equal to half a dollar in thiokness.
It is stated that a valuable bed of pure plum
bago has recently been discovered near the village
of Warrensburg, Warren county, N. Y. :
£r a rcoent aot of the New Hampshire Legisla
ture, introduced by Mr. Conn, of Portsmouth, oie
sewing machine belonging to a debtor, or his
family, is exempted from' attachment on mesne
process, or levy on execution.
Staten Island is all alive with enthusiasm for
the war. The people there are 'putting their
shoulders to the yheel with sn energy and effort
which promise to save them from conscription,
A rousing meeting was held at Castleton on Mon
day evening, at which the handsome sum of $3,000
was subscribed. •
In regard to the suit between the Camden and
Amboy and ir Delaware Bay Rai road
we learn, by a special despatch from Trenton, that
Chancellor Green denies the ’application for a pre
liminary injunction, on the ground that the defend
ants specifically deny that- the connection being
formed is to be used for through business. The
Chancellor affirmed the claims of. the joint compa
nies to Use entire through business during the pe
riod of their Chartered jrivilege, and intimated
that he would grant an injunction at onoe if this
right was attempted to be violated.
The Aid-de-Carap of General Brechin
ridge Obeying Orders.
1 very general must have his aid 3; but Ge
neral Bkeokinbidge has aids as well as com
forters, North and South. He is lucky beyond
his years; The chairman of the Breckinridge
« Democratic State Committee”, in Pennsyl
vania, who enlisted under the Breckinridge
banner at Charleston in 1860, has resolved to
be worthy of the confidence of his chief. He
served him in 1860, and has not deserted him
in 1862.
The two addresses of Mr. Hughes have in
clined many good people to the opinion that
he is insane. We'have seen men who fancied
themselves great emperors, great physicians,
great scholars. But their misfortune was, that
nobody believed them to be sensible, how
ever they may have believed themselves
to be sincere. Such lunatics have many
to pity, and few to follow them. Hughes
is, however, an exception to an almost
universal rule. He has those who con
fide in and follow his hallucination that the
Constitution is being assailed by the Abolition
ists, and that it is the doty of the Democracy
to rescue the Constitution from these assail
ants. The Southern Democracy, with whom
Hughes sympathizes, are ; in the rebel
army, led.by John C. BBEOKisaiDGB, They
are certainly doing their duty against the
Abolitionists. Content with their efforts, Mr.
Hughes turns his attention to that other por
tion of the Democracy in the North which he
leads, and asks them to be equally effective
against the Abolitionists. Both the Breckin
ridge things agreeing in this war upon a com
mon enemy, it is natural that their sympathy
for the Constitution should be equally genuine t,
Neither Chairman Hughes nor Brigadier
Breckinridge believes that the South began
this war. That was the work of the Aboli
tionists. And whoso disputes this great truth
is not only out of the Democratic party, but a
•“Black Republican.”
The aid de-camp of General Breckinridge
in his last order calling for Democratic meet
ings in all the counties of the State, closes
with the following paragraph:
Come, feUow-oountrymen, as yon value the
feat' principles of the Constitution—aa you love
e Union . of these -States—as you would avert
-despotism or anarchy—as it is your right to 'de
fend the Constitution against all its foes, and as
you have the'power to do so, devote the 17th of
.September next to euoh demonstrations of the
popular heart as will give moral support to ail the
friends of the country and serve to guide the polioy
«f the officers of . the Government in opposition to
deadly and fatal counsels. I need not add the coun
sels whioh the Abolitionists seek to give. Next to
the possession of our constitutional rights,wo Should
strive to secure-the most thorough observance of or
der, and the personal rights of every citizen., 'Our
enemies seek to impute to ns a Willingness to produeo,
a collision of forces. If, by this, is meant merely a
determination to have our rights nnder'tho Constitu
tion, at whatever saorifioe, let us assure them that
while we feel that toaurrender these rights would
degrade our,manhood, and, therefore, no such aur
render over will be made, yet as gand citizens we
will yield everything but our honor and those
rights to avert suoh collision. We will appeal to,
we have the right to expeot, and f trust and hope,
yea, believe, we shall have the help of the officers
of tho Government to aid us in protecting our
rights and averting such collision. Let us show
these enemies that we well understand the base
ness of the hearts that, determined upon monstrous
wrong, would persist in suoh wrong, and impute
direful catastrophes whioh they may thus oooasion
to the friends of the Constitution—of the laws, and,
therefore, of the preservation of perfoot order.
Standing up, as we do, only to resist aggression
upon our rights, upon the heads of tho aggressors
must be the responsibility of any oonsequoneor of
evil. But, whioh may you, my countrymen, and
the officers of the Government oo operating, guided
by kind Heaven, avert. F. W. Huamss.
From this it appears that Hughes calls his
forces together to prevent riots t He antici
pates bloodshed at these mootings of his
loyal followers. Is ho terror-stricken by the
recollection that the only real attempt at
popular turbulence. in this State has come
from bis own fallow-partisans 7 He may an
swer, that after the fall of Sumpter the people
rose against the traitors in our midst, this
was an outburst to punish the sympathizers with
the common foe. Hoes he fear another such
outburst ? „ Are he and his followers to prate
for the Constitution under guise of hostility
to-the .-Union7 - And are they to rußh to arms
if exposed and suppressed 7 He may be well
assured that the public order will be main
tained at all’ hazards, and that none of his
disciples will he permitted to mu into violence
against the Union, or to find an excuse for
violence by provoking others to interfere with
them.
The « Democrats” of tho Hughes school in
tliis quarter,-having received his instructions,
are circulating a call of which the following is
a copy:
MASS MEETING,
The undersigned, oitizens of the city of Philadel
phia, call upon the Demooraoy and other National
Men in said oity, to assemble in Mass Meeting in
Independence Square, ou Saturday, August 23d,
1862, at 6 o’clock in the afternoon, preoisely, to
express our firm purpose to stand by the mainte
nance of the National Constitution and onr devotion
to the American Union, and to declare our hostility
to the polioy and measures of all who seek to pros
titute the country to the purposes of Abolitionism,
and to express the intention of the Demooratio
Party to do,.as it has always hitherto done, viz.:
to support the Fedor&l Government in the exeroiso
of its. constitutional power, and to defend it, at
whatever peril, against the insidious and treason
able teaohings of Abolitionism. 1
Prominent speakers, from this and other States,
will be present and address the meeting.
We are informed, upon the best authority,
that this call, as originally drawn, contained a
sentence invoking the Democrats to come pre-"
pared to resist violence, turbulence, &p., in
the language of the direct instructions of tho
aid of General Breckinridge, F. W. Hughes,
but the offensive and scandalous invocation to
riot was withdrawn when the- projectors of
the call were assured it would lead to mis
chief. The call as it stands, however; docs
not contain one syllable against the robels
and tiaitors who seek the life of the Republic
and of tho Constitution, and who are taking
the lives of our own friends and relatives. The
Hughes hostility to tho Abolitionists is so
strong that there is nothing said against the trai- ■
tors. The only foe to the Constitution is made
the Abolitionists, and not tho armed assassins
of the white men of the freo States. To our
shame be it said that Pennsylvania is the only
State in which appeals so monstrous and trea
sonable as that of Hughes have been issued or
permitted, and also that Philadelphia is the
only city in which such a call as that above
quoted- has been signed and circulated. To
complete the outrage and to aggravate tho in
sult, Independence Square is the place chosen,
in which, under guise ot devotion te the Con
tituuon, the Union is to be insulted and the
Government weakened.
Daniel S. Dickinson, a Democrat of the old
school, who supported Breckinridge in 1860,
defines the difference between tho true men
and tho false in this dark hour, in a letter
under date of the Ist August, thus:
“ My views are, to-day, what they' were when
this hell-born rebellion assaulted the glorious flag
of our country’s pride and hope at Sumpter—that
it must be put down without regard to cost of blood
or treasure; put down by tho'strong arm of a Go
vernment sustained by tho material power and
cheered by the moral energy of a great, free peo
ple ; put down upon the theatre it selected for
the inauguration of its diabolical treason—the field
of blood ; and put down, too, by severing the head
of the loathsome serpent from Us body. It is not a
mere rebellion or outbreak. It is tho result of a
dark and malign conspiracy, conceived and prose
cuted by a worse combination of evil spirits than
assembled at Milton's ‘lnfernal Conference.’ It
will never relax nor yield until it has overthrown
the Government or been crushed into the eaVth
beyond hope or resurrection; and not
only to its overthrow , annihilation, should
wo, as a people, address ourselves.
“ There can bo, there should be, but two parties
to this contest in the loyal States—the first; em- s
bracing those who, regardless of all other considera
tions or consequences, will prosecute the war and
sustain the Administration, for the purpose of pun
ishing treason and vindicating the supremacy of
the Constitution, and tho other, those who sympa
thize with rebellion,, and either justify it by open
advocacy or lend it aid and comfort and encourage
ment, by nods and winks and stolen glances of ap
probation, by ill-concealed apologies for its course,
and by assaults upon the Government for proseou
ting a war against it.”
The followers of F. TV. Hughes and the
followers of John G. Breckinridge need no
better admonition and instruction than that
contained in these strong and eloquent words.
Non-Intervention.
Apprehension of early intervention may
be dismissed. Lord Palmerston declared, at
the . close of ,the Parliamentary session, and
since at Sheffield, that England had no pretext
of interfering in American affairs, no right to
do so, no intention of patting herself into
trouble by doing so. Lord Russell has given
the Liverpool sympathizers a smart rap on the
knuckles, which shows his present feeling on
the subject. He warned them of the danger
and cost of sending supplies to the South, to
he got in by running the blockade, and recom
mended them not to risk money in such a pe
rilous and unlawful trade. Evidently, what
ever may have been the intention of the Bri
tish Government—and it looked very suspi
cious at one time—the present policy is not to
meddle with other people’s affairs.
Notwithstanding sundry paragraphs to the
contrary, there does not seem any good cause
for believing that, in this matter, Prance will
adopt a different • policy. -The last news men
tions an interview between the Emperor Na
foleon and Mr. Slideli, described as “ one
of the Southern Commissioners,” in which the
Imperial interlocutor declared that the time
had Arrived when Southern Independence
ought to be acknowledged, and that France
.had urged this upon England, but without
effect as yet. The credibility of this romance
is endangered by the notorious fact that Na
poleon has not only steadily refused to
acknowledge Mr. Slidell • in any. official
capacity, but has positively declined seeing ' him
at all. Tbe dialogue between the Emperor
and the Traitor, however racy, labors under
the slight disadvantage of being impossible.
Slidell has had no audience, publicly or pri
vately, of the Emperor Napoleon since he
reached Paris, in the capacity of Southern
Commissioner. He pesters M. Thouvenel
with a perpetual shower of praying
and pressing for intervention or recognition ;
but these epistolatory missiles do not receivo
the slightest attention.'. Mr. Slidell,, inditing
notes at bis residence in the Rue du Faubourg
St. Honore, may fancy himself an approxima
tion to an Ambassador, but, in the opinion of
every European statesman, he is merely a
troublesome bore, whose neck is in safety,
owing to the safe distance between it and the
scene of his treason, the country which he
and his co-mates have betrayed and disgraced.
It was asserted, a little’rime ago, that Rus
sia, influenced by France, was about suggest
ing to our Government the expediency of
ending this war, by making terms with ihe
rebels. That means, by submitting to their
.dictation, and by endorsing their perfidy and
robbery as loyal and honest. It was most im
probable that, of all countries in the world,
Russia wonld act thus—for her policy, some
times pushed to 'the extreme, as in Poland,
has ever been to put down rebellion with a
strong hand and ready weapon. It turns out,
on the authority of an official denial published
in St. Petersburg, that the Czar not only has
no intention of interfering in American affairs,
but that he, was never approached on that
subject by-the French Emperor. The state
ment thus officially negatived is, therefore, a
mere canard: as it originated in the Hide-,
pendapee Beige, notoriously the greatest story
teller of the European press, its character,
might have been- conjectured from the first; • -
We notice that, at the public dinner’in
Sheffield,- where - Lord Palmerston advo
cated non-interference in American Af
fairs, Mr. Roebuck expressed different views,
-strongly urging ’that the claims of the South
were such as entitled them to recognition by
England as an independent country. We can
only say that Southern interests must be at a
fearful discount in England. when Mr. Roe
buck is their advocate. F or years past this
atiabihous little man 1 ; has been the champion
of bad causes and forlorn hopes. Nominally
a Liberal,And elected to Parliament as such,
he has gone so much boyond his party as, like
vaulting Ambition, to have leaped over to the
other side, and, however he may speak, his
votes, on all important questions, are given
wilh the Tories. A Queen’s Counsel and a
Bencher of tbe Inner Temple, this gentleman
never has the good fortune to be entrusted, as
a lawyer, with the advocacy of any client’s
interests. He is chiefly famous, in and out
oi Parliament, for a biting and sharp oratory,
which spares neither ally nor opponent. Ho
is ever in the extreme—usually winding up by
becoming the ohampion of tyranny and wrong.
It was John Arthur"'Roebuck, moinbor for
Sheffield, who, last year, serious’y eulogized
the mildness of Austrian Government—espe
cially in Venetia, and complimented tho Ex-
Kiiig ot Nspies on the paternal clemency and
merciful justice of his reign. His advocacy of
“ the so-called Southern Confederacy” can
only have the effect of throwing ridicule and
contempt upon It.
.LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, August 19, 1862.
The resignation of Governor Magoffin is not
in itself an important event. The Legislature
of Kentucky, before its last adjournment, took
care to take from him tho power of doing any
mischief. Ho has virtually been a nonentity
in his gubernatorial chair at Frankfort, and
did nothing but write insolent letters to Mr.
Crittenden and the War Department, and;
throw impediments in the way of the military!
authorities ot the United States. Many of'
his manoeuvres excited much amusement.
When Colonel Noble undertook to administer
the oath of allegiance to the officers of the
local courts at Paducah, tho Governor became
extremely indignant, denounced it as an in
vasion of the rights of the people of tho
State, and demanded the removal of the
offending officer. This was his last parox--
ysrn. The invasion of Kentucky by the
bandit Morgan had filled the people with
alaim. It was necessary that some measures
should be taken for the defence of tbo State.
A call for a meeting of the Legislature was
made. Magoffin hesitated, prevaricated, and
reluctantly consented, accompanying-the sum
mons with an insolent and angry message,
reprinting all the old arguments about State
rights, an armed neutrality, united action of
tho Southern States, constitutional demands,
Federal tyranny, and Abolition. After this
he resigned, and a good Union than occupies
his place.
We shall havo no more of this Border State
opposition to the Administration. Magoffin
was the first of the Southern Governors to
insult .the Government in its hour of weakness,
and the first to become obsequious and craven
when it exhibited signs of returning strength.
How such a man kept out of Fort Warren is
a source of wonder.; His ingenuity surpassed
his insolence. He invited the raid of Morgan
by taking no method to preserve the State
when-our army had driven the rebels be
yond the borders, and occupied Tonnessee.
When that bold robber was attacking Mur
freesboro, he sat undisturbed, and wrote letters
to the War Department about unfortunate
rebels who refusod to take the oath of alle
giance. Morgan rode from town to town,
. burning, murdering, imprisoning, and plunder
ing, but Magoffin took no steps to defend
the State. Kentucky was compelled to submit
once more to the humiliation of having the
rebels in undisputed possession of a great part
of its soil, while her own people were passive
and non-resistant. Indiana, Illinois, aud Ohio
arose in arms for her defence, but she did
little or nothing to defend herself. Magoffin
sat upon her sword-arm, and it was powerloss.
Nor did the General Governmontjiossess the
power to compel his performance of a sacred
duty.
Another principle must certainly be embo
died in our reorganized form of government.
The men who, shape the legislation of this
country, when the war is past, must remem
ber that what we want is power and strength.
The problem will bo to combine tho forms of
a republican government with the powers of
a monarchical government. What I mean to
say is this: that tho republic must bo
so organized and protected that it can
defend itself as well from foes within
as from foes without. W» cannot ex
pect always to dwell in peace. The life of
our nation will not always be a pleasant
summer’s day. I think I can trace a great
part of this rebellion to .the weakness and
timidity with which it was first treated; and
it is not too much to say, that our woaliness
and timidity were in some degroe occasioned
by the irresponsibility of the executive
power. We must concentrate and centra
lize our national forces. When this is
done we shall have liberty and law; we ■
shall be free, and possess the power of pre
scrvmg our freedom; we shall be the model
Republic of the world. Mighty and respected,
like Rome in her greatest days, we shall be
free from the errors and vices which corroded
the heart of tho Roman Republic, and ended
in its decay and death.
Magoffin’s resignation is a reluctant .con
cession to this principle. He was an apostle
of State rights, and, as such, he has been
banished from his gubernatorial chair, and
sent into obscurity. With him wo have the
end of everything that looks to a State
antagonizing the Administration. With him
we have the end of an old, an inefficient, and
a false policy. Experience teaches us that
the new one is the true one, and Ihe , sooner
we adopt it the better, for ourselves.
Letter from Harrisburg, . /
[Correspondence of The Press.]
. Habbisbueo, August ID, 1862.
ARRIVAL OF FRESH TROOPS—SKETCH OF THE CAMP.
Fresh volunteers are arriving daily.. There is a
constant stream of men rushing to the great-rendez
vous, Camp Curtin. From undoubted authority
we;learn;that there is not less than 12,000 men now
encamped at this .place. Regiments are leaving at
the rate of two a day, yet, the ory is still they come, 1
aafreeh reoruita march in to fill up their places.
I visited the camp and learned a few facts that
may be interesting to the general reader. Camp
Curtin was formed August 1,1861, and is situated
about a mile outside of the city proper. It is re
ported to encompass over 40 acres. The enclosure
Is thickly studded with tents and wooden barracks—
these latter being ocoupied. by the thrje-years
men, of whom about 400 are’ now in camp; ” This
camp of rendezvous is known as the Eighth Army,
Corps, and is uhder the gencraV auperintendencß of
Major General Wool, Captain Tarbutton is the
■epnimandant, Ho is a. very affable, gentlemanly
officer, and is well suited to the important post he
- now fills. - Considerable trouble has arisen in the
oamp by the neglect of the offioers of the
different companies and squads in prepart
ing their men for their departure to the seat
of war. Major General Wool has, however, issued
an order which has produced the desired effect.
[This order wo have already published.—■Ed.J
The 129th Regiment left Camp Curtin this morn
ing, and the 125th Regiment left this afternoon at 5
o’clock. The 127th and. 128th leave to-morrow 1
(17th), and four other regiments are completed
and will be on their way to the seat of war by
Monday evening. These regiments are all nine
months men. 1
CONFUSION—A CANARD.
There is great oonfusio a caused by the constant
arrival and departure of troops. Some of the sol
diers on tiie'oamp ground informed us that some
sixty men were poisoned by eating pies which they
bought from a woman who was selling them on the
ground, and another positively stated that he had
cut an apple in pwo parts and found a large lump
of strychnine in it. The post surgeon of the oamp,
J. P. Wilson, contradicts the statement as a wicked
fabrication, and. informed us that the camp was
unusually healthy, and that there had not been a
single , death in camp, or any riekneas, excepting a
few mild‘oases of cholera morbus caused by eating
unripe fruit or vegetables, ainoe the gathering of
the recruits now in camp.
AMUSING,: INCIDENT.
The camp ground is the soene of many amusing
inoidents. Upon arriving at the entrance-gate
to-day, we asked to see Captain Tarbutton, the
commandant. The sentry did not know him,
but told us to go to a large building about
tbe centre of tho gronnd and we might find him
there. Arriving at the place designated, we were
about to enter when we heard the word halt, given
in stentorian tones, and on casting our eyes around
'to see from whence the sound proceeded, we found
one of our brave Teutonic so'diers pointing: his
bayonet at us and motioning us to back out. Uoon
questioning him as to the whereabouts of ; the com
mandant, the only answer we could obtain was
“ Niohte forstheye.” Finding it Impossible to gain;
any information from him, we proceeded down the
long row of tents and took a survey of their dodu
pants. In one tent, marked “ Wyoming Tigers,”
(by the way, all the tents have names given them0 f
was a party of volunteers striking up the pathetio
ba'lad of “ The Girl I left behind mein another
the occupants were busily engaged writing letters
to loved ones far away; a little farther on was a
stout son of the old Keystone delivering the mar
tial speech of .“King Henry before the walls of
Harfleur’ ’ 'to a orowd of admiring friends—and so
on down the. whole array of a general feeling
of good will seemed to predominate. , - ;
VISIT FROM THE GOVERNOR. '
Governor Curtin' and Adjutant General Russell
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 20. 1863.
Occasional.
were on the camp ground this afternoon; they
were greeted by hearty oheers. Weil may we ba
proud of euoh a Governor. He is beloved by
every, son of Pennsylvania, whether in the poison
ous swamps of the Chlokahominy, the sands of Key
West, tho mountains of Virginia, or here in Camp
Curtin.
Eight Months in the “Xand of
Cotton.”
WHAT A PHILADELPHIAN SAW AND HEARD THERE.
His Escape from Raleigh) IT. C,, Jail.
A HOMEWARD TRIP, VIA EAST TENNESSEE,
Mr. John Gormley, a member of Company —, of
the Ist California Regiment, Col. Wistar, readied
this oity on Sunday from the South, whenoo he hag
managed to escape, only after enduring eight
months of imprisonment, ill-treatment, and priva
tion. Mr. Gormley has furnished for our columns
the annexed statement of the terrible experiences
through which be has passed :
On the 12th of July, 1861, I was takon prisoner
with a comrade at Hampton, neat Fortress Monroe,
while out on a blaoKborrying exoursion. We were
taken to Yoiktown, kept there several days, and
then transferred to Richmond, and placed in the
tobacoo warehouse on Main street.
. A CONVERSATION WITH JEYT DAVIS. '
One day, who should oome stalking into my cell
but Jefferson Davis, who, to ge: a ohoap reputation
for philanthropy, occasionally visited the prison.
ii, “ My friend,” said he, “ what are you fighting
ffor?” '
I aaswori d him : “ For the Union, for the Con
stitution, and for the enforcement of tho laws
against rebellion in every section of the oountry.”
“Oh ! oome, be honest with me; aint you fight
ing for the old stars and stripes, more than the
Constitution?”
“ Mr. Davis,” I answered, “ myself and our whole
army fight for the Constitution, with the-stars and
stripes.”
He was silent for awhile. At length he observed:
“Yon oan better your situation at once, if you
want to. I’ll tell you what lam willing to do for
you, and I would not make the same proposition
every day. If you join our army. I will guaranty
not only to release you this evening, bat give you
a commission.
I answered: “I would rather be a prisoner in
your jail than an offioer inlyour army.”
’ “ Tes, yes, you are prejudiced against us, now;
but you’ll find us a different set of people than your
papers have represented us. Why, the South can
never be subjugated ! It’s impossible !”
With that he turned away, and presently was
buzzing in the next cell—as I afterwards learned,
repeating his “proposition.”' My comrade.an
swered him. substantially as I had done; and we
saw no more of Presidont Davis.
WE START TO.RALEIGH.
After remaining in the tobacco warehouse four
days, we were removeditto Raleigh, N. C. Here,
for the first few days, tho ladies treated us with
remarkable courtesy and kindness, furnishing and
cooking us provisions. ' Gradually the enthusiasm
in our behalf abated, and .ciur rations began to
' dwindle down to two meals per day. On the Bth of
November I oame to tho conclusion that this wa3
justifiable ground for attempting an escape,
and so the atoropt was made. We had been
confined, with forty other Union prisoners, in the
“agricultural department” of an enclosure that
had previously been used asafair ground. Guards
being stationed all around this building, escape was
no easy matter, but our oonstant presenoo had en
gendered familiarity,tif not confidence, between us,-
and by degrees their vigilance, like the rations,
dwindled down. So on the day above mentioned,
four of us climbed a fenoe fourteen feet high, and
out off. Striking a-, road that ran northeast, we
tramped along about two miles, and then took to
tbe woods.-; Through the woods by day, and along
the highways by night, guided only by the pole
star. . So wo ..traveled, half famished on our way,
and dreading'apprehension constantly.
Next day, as luok would have, wo mot a negro
boy coming down a path leading through the woods
to a plantation. He stared at us in a half-stupid,
half-suspicious manner, but Bhuffled along whist
ling ai lively air, that completely disarmed our
fears of him. All that day it was tramp, tramp,
tramp, and .precious little to cat but a few per
simmons horo and there. After halting awhile
to rest, we resunied our journoy after nightfall,
glad that wo had got thus far, aid fearful that we
oould not manage to elude pursuit muoh farther.
Suddenly, on the road behind us, oame the “ clack
ity-oiack” of a horse’s heels. We were pursued
boyond a doubt! Crouohicg dowa beneath the
hedge that skirted the road, we lay awaiting the
resu.t. The tramp of hoofs grew fearfully distinct,
and in a few minutes a detachment of twenty-five
mounted men, headed by tho sheriff of Wake
county, oame trotting by. We could hear them
conversing, so close were they to us. The sheriff,
who led the van, remarked assuringly to the -
others: “ A nigger boy seen ’em in the woods, and
they oan’t be far ahead.” This inference was fair
enough, but 1 thanked Heaven that his logio was
so muoh at fault as to lead kim past our lurking
place. ’ ■■■• ■ - 1 1 .
They' had not passed us more than 30 yards, when
they encountered a negro man. They asked him
if ho had seen four Yankees, explaining to his dull
comprehension that four Yankees had esoaped from
Raleigh prison. “No, massa.” 'So the sheriff and
his party rode on.
. That night we travelled with marked caution,
soarce’.y snapping a twig beneath our foot. We
were beginning to feel the stings of hunger, too,
and, f»r sufficient reasons, “ perusod'’ evory pro
mising field we came to,in seared of sweet potatoes.
At last perseverance found its reward. About
midnight we came to a dwelling. One'’ of our
number soaled the fence, gently broke in the door,
and reported the disoovory of about fifty bushels
of the edibleE, one bushel of which we confiscated..
Having eaten as much as we wanted, we lay down
and slept sonndly'until daybreak. We rest with
the sub, and held a oonnoil of war to disouss the
“situation.” It was finally decided that one of
us should got out in the road and make a reoon
noissanoe in force, come weal or woe as a conse
quence. Mr. Bought, of New York, volunteered
to undertake the mission; and m a very short time
had made the s aoquaintance. ( of a widow lady, living
(like Mrs. Gumtnidge, “a lone-lorn oreatur’”)
in a way-side cottage.; The widow, who ex
pressed a greater respect for Yankees (her
husband was one) than Seoessionists, was
entrusted with our . secret, and' not only fur
nished us with a very acceptable repast, but so
directed us that we might come out again on the
Raleigh road. Having got eighty miles from|Ra-.
leigh, we fancied ourselves safe; but the sheriff had
put the whole, country on thff ibokJout for us, and
in a short time we were surrounded by 150 rebel
cavalry, • were manaoled and plaoed aboard the
train under guard, who conduoted us to our old
quarters.
OBDJEBBD TO SALISBURY—AH ESCAPE.
On the 15 th of December-we-were ordered to
Salisbury, N. C. On the 2d of the, en suing Febru
ary, I escaped by donning a citizen's suit, and made
traoks for Morganton. On my way to that town, X
was frequently questioned as to my business, etc ,
but managed to avoid detection, by representing
myself as a cattle-drover, journeying to East Tent
nessee to drive 200 head of cattle to “our troops on
the coast." From a conversation whioh tookplaoo
in the cars, I learned that the people of Carter
county, lenn., were uncompromising for the Union,
and I determined to proceed thithor, although my
original intention had boon to go to Knoxville, and
have a talk with Parson Brownlow. After difficul
ties innumerable, and hair-breadth escapes, that I
cannot now pause ! to relate, I reached Carter coun
ty, where I was kindly: received, and regained
some five months. Thonoo I came directly North
to Philadelphia..
“Thb Dial.”—This neat and useful little daily
has turned the sharp corner of its existence. Yes
terday it entered on the third month of its career,
with promising auspiees.; It is devoted to finance,
stock sales, foreign and domes tio markets, ex
changes, specie quotations, &0., and is a reliable
monetary and commercial journal, edited by Mr.
S. E, Coben, 712 Chestnut street. “ The Weekly
Vial” will be issued immediately.
Guerilla Warfare in Virginia.
Baltisiobb, August 10,—A despatch from Qeneral
Kelly, at Cumberland, Md., says that eur pickets were
fired on at tbe bridge on the Romney road,-yesterday af
ternoon, and one man mortally wounded,
A force sent In pnranit overtook a party of buahwack
ere, attacked them, and killed the notorloua guerilla, Bob
Edwards.; The rest escaped to the mountains.
Movements oi Morgan, the Guerilla Chief.
Nashville, August 19.—Morgan Is reported to be at
Hartsville with 1,800 men.
The train which loft Bowling Green tills morning has
arrived. It met the up. train from Nashville at Bed
river, and; exchanged passengers.
Arrest of Disloyal Men
Baltiuorh, August 19—The steamer Balloon, which
lelt here on Sunday night on Bpecial service, returned
this afternoon with a dozen citizens of Caroline county,
charged with disloyal acts. All were lauded at Fort Mo-
Henry.-.
Delaware Union Convention.
Doyhr, Del., Augußt 19—The State Convention of tha
Union party was held here to-day. Wm. Cannon, of
Buteex, an. old Democrat, was nominated for Governor,
and the Hon. GeorgeP. Fisher renominated for Con
gress by acclamation.
Great enthusiasm prevailed. The immense crowd
present was ably addressed by Colonel John ,W. Forney,-
the Hon. Mr. Fisher, Jacob Moore, and others.. The
resolntionß adopted endorsed, the entire course of Presi
dent Lincoln; and condemned Senators Bayard and
Baulsbury as. sympathlzerslwltb treason. The meeting
was the largest ever held in Delaware.
; Union Nomination.
Ciumrbrsburg, 'August 19—The Union County Con
vention met here to-day, and nominated the Hon. John
Rowe tor re-election to the Assembly.' Our momberß in
the next Legislature were instructed to support the Hon
A. K. McClure for the United States Senate.
The Dnropa at Halifax.
Halifax; August 19—The steamship Europa'arrived
this evening, with 68 passengers. She will sail for Bos
ton at midnight. '
- Maine Volunteers for the Seat of War.
,? 0S . To> *' A”*™* 19.—-The 16th Maine Beglment arrived
at 6 o’clock this evening,- and left at S, bound South.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to “ The Press.”
WASHINGTON, August 19,1862.
From the Army, of the Potomac.
A gentleman who left Fortress Monroe last evening
arrived here this afternoon, and gives ns the following
information:
Tbe Army of the Potomac had all arrived at the lower
«nd of tho Peninsula, without being molested on the
way In (he slightest degree..
Gen. MoOlku. in, it was understood, was at Williams
burg yfsterday morning.
Gtn. Fitz ions Porthb’s division, which was on the
opposite side of the James river, hat also oome down the
Peninsula.
Gen. Boiinsids arrived at Fortress Monroe* from
Washington on Sunday, and went np the Jamos river as
fer as the Ohickahomtny, to see how operations are going
on. Ho returned yesterday morning to the Fortress, and
reported everything going on most satisfactorily. 1
The weather was cool and delightful, and most favora
ble for the movement of troops.
/Of the present position, and destination of. the army,
of course nothing osn be said.
Moat of the gnuboats have come down the river, bnt
some remain to guard the pontoon bridge across the
Chickabomfny, ovet-which tho army passed on its way
down the Peninßiila. ’
Major and Brigadier Generals.
The following Is a list of appointments of majors aud
brigadier generals. jnßt made by the President: Briga
dier. Goneral H. A. Wriqht, of U. tt. Engineers, to be a
major general; Colonel Miouabl Comoran, of the Now
Turk 89th Volunteers, and Colonel Oblando M, WiL
qox, of the 2d Michfgm Volunteers, to be brigadier
generals. Also, Brigadier General G. W. Cullom, not
confirmed by the Senate through an aooldental omission,
is roappointed to be brigadier general.
jThere have been filed in the Pension Bureau, under
the act of-July 14, 1862, about twenty-two hundred in
valid applications for pensions, growing out or services in
the current war.
''Brigadier .General J. J. Barnard, U. 8. Volunteers,
has been assigned to the command of the fortifications
around Washington, and the troops assigned for their
defence. , : .
Appointment of Midshipmen.
The President, in accordance with a late law, has ap
pointed the following named midshipmen, he bring au
thorized to select two from the District of Colombia and
ten at large, and three yearly selected from boys enlisted
in the navy : .:-
' -At Large— Wh. F. Hall, of the District of Columbia j
Alfred F. Kobinson, of Now York; Ltmas G. Spald
inu, of .New Hampshire; Tiiob. G. Wells, of Connecti
cut ; Edmund 51. gjnin, of Maryland j Downs L. Wil
son, vof the District of Columbia; Jons E. Pillsrurt,
of Massachusetts; Lewis W. Frost, of Massachusetts;
Edward Linsee Amort, of Massachusetts: Hour. H.
Boshnbll, of Illinois
Enlisted Boys Appointed— Thomas S. Flood, Wsr.
Coates, and Frederick M. Wise. ■
Capture of Rebel Recruits.
Capt. Wm. Clark, -of the .17 th Virginia Begirnent, was
captured near Leonard town, in company with a number
of recruits for the rebel army, a few days ago. They
were'in wegons, and .well armed. On the appearance of
our oavalry they t:ot-to the woods, but wore pursued
and fired upon. Nine of them were captured, inoludiug
the captain. ■ The entire party were brought to this city
and lodgtd in tho old Capitol prison.
Gen. McClellan’s Army.
In Washington and elsewhere great anxiety is felt for
the movements of General McClellan and his army of
the - Potomac, on which more depeuds at the present
writing than ever before. Tho publio at large pro pro
foundly ignorant of their exact location and proposed
march, and aIBO whether they are moving with the de
cision and celerity necessary in the existing stats of
things. i. ■
The robels are doubtless straining every nerve to bo
able to venture an attack upon the army of Virginia be
fore the army of the Potomac shall have arrived within
supporting distancejri it, while the authorities here are
doing the samo to insure that Porn shall bo amply
suppo’ted if attacked. If Gen. McClellan is moving
ns he should move, ihe rebels will take due care not to
attack Porß.
Philadelphia Contractors.
The War Department is in receipt of the following
propositions':
Messrs. Aaolph & Keen, of Philadelphia, propose fur
nishing felt hats in quantities of one, two, or throe thou
sand per day, st 125 to 160 cents each.
- William Anspach, of Philadelphia, proposes exchang
ing standard clothing for irregular clo thing, but names
no terms.
William L. Gilroy, of Philadelphia, proposes furnish
ing the army with canteen tubes for filtering water.
Charles B. Miller, of Philadelphia, proposes to altor
the old tents to any stylo desired.
De Conroy A Hamilton, Philadelphia, offer- 219 wail
tents at $4B, and 460 Sibley tents at $54.
B. B. Fitts, Philadelphia, solicits orders to furnish hfs
patent army bucket in large quantities.
8. Macferran, of Philadelphia, proposes to furnish
iron bedsteads.. ...
Commander >Villiam D. Porter.
The destruction of the rebel ram Arkansas by Court
mender Wm. D. I’orter is warmly commended in official
circles, and the service thus rendered will be suitably
acknowledged. This officer was among the sufferers by
the action of tho Naval Betiiiug Board, which was snb
stquen ly reversed: Last year he was deprived of his
command, owing to .a charge of disloyalty, bnt promptly
restored on his showing that tbe allegation was predicated
on ferged letters. By his gallantry on tho Mississippi
river ho has vindicated his character against alt asper
sions.
' Colonel Corcoran's Experience.
. Colonel Corcoran has conoludad to furnish the mate
rial for the publication of his experience in-Southern
prisons. /Mr. Georok W. Childs, of Philadelphia, will
probably be the publisher.
The Postage Currency.
The- first delivery of postage currency was made
yesterday in exchange for coin. Parties offering cola in
exchange will hove tin preference at the Treasury De
partment.
Mustering Officers.
Captain Thomas Henderson, Sixth U. 8. Infantry,
and Captain Francis H. Bates, Fourth Infantry, have
been ordered to report—the former at -Harrisburg, Pa.;
and the latter at New York, to assist in mustering troops
into the V. 8. service.
Sick and Wounded Soldiers.
A largo number of sick and wounded from the army
of Virginia were to day brought, to the hospitals in
Washington and its vicinity.
Acceptance of Another Philadelphia Re-
girncnt.
Tbo War Department to day accepted Scott’s batta
lion as a regiment df infantry. It now numbers over
seven hundred men,!and was originally intended to enter
the service as a battalion ; but its rapid increase led the
officers to apply for its fonnati ii into a regiment, which
was effected to-day by the Philadelphia Oommiltee.
Internal Revenue Appointments.
The following appointments nudor the tax law hava
been made for Michigan:
First Q. Bbrrt, of Adrian, collector, and
Joseph ß. Bennett, of Adrian, assessor.
Second District — Allen H; Monson, of Bt. Joseph,
collector, and ELiJAH j. Hoodß, of Paw-Paw, assessor-
Third -Disiriet— lal Matthew, of Albion, collector,
and WBXTNBrJOHBB, of Lansing, assessor.
Foiaih Ditlrict-^i!Alton \ BTeam, of Grand Kapids,
collector, and Alonzo Sbssions, of lonia, assessor
Fif th l>is£n's;f--GiLis" Hubbard, of Mount Clemens,
collector, and Luther Stanley, of Burlington, assessor.
Sixth Dittrict— Samuel' If. Warren, of Flint, col
lector, and Townsend North, of Yasser, assessor,
The Departure of Colonel Corcoran.
jtiflge Daly, Biohaud O'CIorMAN, Jolts SaVaijß (for
merly editor or the Washington Union), and William
J.Kahe, arrived here to-dartrom New York, as a com
mittee on behalf of the citizens, lo welcome Colonel
dORCORAK to his home. Arrangements are in progress
for his departure for Philadelphia to-morrow, where he
Is to meet a most cordial reception.
Colonel Taggart Reinstated.
Colonel John H. Taggart, who resigned a short time
since,lwas to-day 'reinstated colonel of .his old regiment,
the 9th Pennsylvania Beservo, the War Department
making an exception to. his case from the rocent order
issued relative to.the reappointment of old officers.
The'Military Department of Ohio.
, War Dbpartubnt and -Adjutant ' Gbnbral’s Of
ficii, Washington, Angnst 19, 1662— General Orders,
No. 112—1; The Department of the Ohio, hereby ere*
ated, will be composed of tbe States of Ohio, Michigan,
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Kentucky, east of the
Tennessee river, and including Cumberland Gap and the
troops operating in itsvicinity.
2. Major General H. G. Wright la assigned to the
command of the Department of the Ohio.
By order of the Secretary of War.
i S. D. TOWNSEND, '
Assistant Adjutant General.
War Gazette.
GENEBALORDER NO. 10T.
WarDbfartmbnt, Adjutant Gbnbral’s Opfiob,
Washington, August 18, 1862.
1. Officers ef the regular army will, as a general rale,
receive leaves of absence to accept-the rank of colonel
in vt lnnteer regiments, biif not of lower grades. Non
et mmirtloned officers and privates will be discharged on
receiving commissions in volunteer regiments.
2, The oath of allegiance wiUjnot be administered
to aiy person against his own will. It must, in all cases,
be a volunt-ry aot on his hart, nor will any compulsory
parole of henor he received, but oaths taken and parole
given, to avoid arreat, detention, imprisonment, or ex
pul-lon, are voluntary or free acts, and cannot be re
garded as compulsory. All persons guilty of Violating
each oaths or paroles will be punched according to the
laws and usages of war; "
3. The laws of the United States and the general laws
*f war authorize, In certain cases, the seizure and oon
vereion, of private property for the subsistence, trans
portation, and other uses of the army: but this must be
distinguished from pillage, and they taking of property for
public purposes Is very different from its conversion for
Private uses. All property lawfcily taken from the
enemy, or lroni the.inhabitants of. an enemy’s oountry,
instantly becomes public property, and must be
used end accounted for as ouch. The fifty-second ar
ticle of war authorizes the penalty of death for pillage
or plunderings and other articles authorize severe punish
ments ’for any officer or soldier who Shall embezzle, mis
apply," or waste military stores, or who shall permit the
waste or misapplication of any snob public property.
The penalty Is the same, whether the offence be commu
ted in onr own or in an enemy’s country
.• All property, public or private; taken frbm alleged
enemies, must be inventoried and duly accounted for. If
the property taken be claimed as private, receipts must
be given to such claimants or their agents. Officers will
he held strictly accountable for all property taken by
them, or by their amhority.and it must be retained for
the seine'as any other public property.
5 When foraging partieß are sent out for previsions or
other stores, thocommandinjf officer of such party wiU be
held accountable for the; conduct .of his command, and
will make a true report of all property taken.
1 6. No officer or soldier wilt,"without"authority, leave
his colors or ranks to take private property, or to enter a
private house for that purpose. All auch aots are puu
ißhable'witfa death,,and 'an offieer who permits them is
equally as guiltyas the actual pillagers.
7; tiommahding officers of armies and corps will ho
htld responsible tor the exacuUonof these orders in their
rupectlye commands.
By osmn and of M sjor General Halleck commander
in-chief ct the army : *
• E.D TOWNSEND, Assist. Adi. Gen.
GENERAL ORDER No. 105.
--V' .
# War Department, Adjutant Gbn. Offise,
V. Washington, Aug. 14,,1882.
. The lnspeettop of all oavalry' forces, preparatory to
their being mustered Into the service of the United
Slates, shell hereafter comprise, in, addition, to,,tho usnal
personal examination, a test of horsemanship, to be made
under the’dtrectiob'bf the .mustering, officer, and no per
son Shalt be' mastered into the cavalry, service who does
not pxl'ibu good boraemanabtp and a practical Knowledge
°l thß ordinary oare and treatment mf horaea.
By order of the Secretary of :
B. D. TOWS3BHD, ;
Aaaiafant Adjutant General.
GENBKiIi OK DBS No. 106.
WAB Ddpartmbnt, Adjutant Gishsral’s Ofpktb,
W ashington, Aug 14 1502.
Captaiu ttf man M. Kellogg, lbtn lor*atry, Having
tendered bte mignatfon while ua«er charges for druak
enreeeon duty, disobedience of orders, and oooduct pre
judicial to good order aud military discipline, is, oy di
rection of the President of the United States, hmby
dismissed the service, to tafce effect August 11th, IBd2.
JBy order of ths Secretary of W ar:
B. D. TOWNSEND, Asst. Adj. Geo.
Headquarters Provisional Brioadh,
Washington, Aug 18,1&02.
GENKBIL OSDEB NO. 2.
1. The attention of the troops of this command is
celled to ihe following article of war, No. M:
All officers and soldiers are te behave themselves
deny in Quarters, and on their march, and whoever shall
commit any waste, or spoil either in walks, of trees, paras,'
warrens, fl*h ponds, houses or gardens, corn Helds,' en
closures of meadows, or shall maliciously destroy any
property whatsoever belonging to the inhabitants of the
Unitec States, unless by order of the then commander
ln-,omefof the annles of tha United States, shall, besides
such penalties as the? are liable to by law, be punished
according to the nature and degree of the offence, by
the judgment of:> regimental or. general court mar
tial.
V The reoent Presidential order, directing the
•eiaure of the enemy’s property in an orderly manner,
in no degree modiSts the meaning of the foregoing arti
cle of war, but is directly in accordance therewith.
Marauding, indiscriminate pillage, and hots of violence
towards unarmed men, women, and children, are as un
worthy the character of'theUuloa soldier as injurious
to ihe noble cause he defends. Such practices, alike
destructive of personal honor and military discipline, are
strictly forbidden.
3. The enforcement bf the foregoing article of war
is particularly en joined on regimental commanders.
By order of Brig. Gen. StUAd OASET.
H. Waixbe West, Acting A-aH Adj't Gen.
from fortress Monroe.
Movements of McClellan’s Army.
Fortbesb Mohboe, August IT —A. great numberof
steamships, Bteamfcoatg, and schooners, are now lying in
this harbor loaded with disabled soldiers 1 and commissary
Btores; also, camp equipage, tents, &c., from Harrison’s
Land it,g. The, are awaiting orders.
The Harrison landtag mail boats made their regular
trips op to yesterday, when they were hauled off. - '
Kothlng has been heard from General. McClellan's
army to-day, but last evening they were successfully
cross kg the Chickahominy, on route fog .Williamsburg,
wbere'his advance had arrived, and last night their
baggage train was passing through Tofktown in the
direction of Fortress Monroe.
THE LATEST.
A RUMOR OF BURNSIDE TAKING
MCCLELLAN’S COMMAND.
Fortress Monroe, August 18,—The old bridge aoross
Hampton creek was rebuilt to-day, and a pontoon bridge
was laid across, near to H.
A force of cavalry arrived at Hampton about noon to
'day.-: . •
, A large number of troops are bream, about two miles
this side ofNewport News, to-night.
A large baggage train is now at Hamptoi.
General. Burnside is now at Fortress Monroe, and
there is some talk of his taking command of the army
row under General McClellan
That a portion of this army must remain on the Pen
insula, especially between Hampton and Torktowo, is
evident, as there aro 20 acresof land covered by hospitals
at Hamp'on, and a railroad is now being completed be
tween that point and Fortress Monroe.
THE WAR IN MISSOURI.
LEXINGTON NOW SAFE.
Arrival of Gen. Lane’s Army,
Lexington, Mo., August 18 —Brig. San. lane has
reached here with reinforcements, rendering the safety
of this place certain.
•Thegunboat Warner, which, can .do valuable service
in protecting the city in case of an attack, is also hero.
Borne of Quahtrill’s general orders have been fonnd
near hero. They ask all person's wishing to escape being
drafted into.tbe Federal army to join his camps, where
they will find arms and ammunition to operate against
the Federal troops at every possible point.
They also state that every, man who Is liable to be
drafted into the United States army, who is found going:
to any Federal military post, or any personwho is known
to have reported to any military post the whereabouts of
the Bouthera army,- shall be sbo», wherever found; also,
any one known to have paid money to the Federal Go
vernment to exempt him from military duty is liable to
have his property taken for the use of the Southern
army.
These orders emanated from the commander of the
forces, recognized as regular soldiers by the rebel Se
cretary’ of War. . ; .
* Reported Federal Defeat.
St- Louis, August 19.—Tho city was full or vague
rumors, yesterday, that a fight occurred on Friday last;
near Lexington, between about 800 Federal troops and
the guerillas of Quantrill, Hayes and Hughes, in which
the Federate were repulsed; but no offtcnl advices have
yet been received.
: Passengers by-the Facifio Railroad, however, bring re
ports thatafightdid occur on Friday, in Jackson county,
about twenty miles southwest of Lexington, between
parts of Colonels Phillips and Crittenden’s regiments 6f
State troops, 800 strong, and; about 3,000 rebels under
Qnantrilland other guerilla chiefs, resulting in the defeat
of the Slate forces, with a loss of 200 killed sad wounded,
and two pieces of artillery. Tho official accounts are ex
pected to-day.
The Hon. John S. Phelps, Military Governor, and W.
F. Switaier, Secretary of State for Arkansas, left yester
day for Helena, Ark.
Colonel S. McNeal and Colonel Guitar havebeen pro
moted to brigadier generals of the enrolled militia, for
gallant conduct In (he recent battles with the guerillas.
NEWS FROM REBEL SOURCES.
FEDERAL OCCUPATION OF BAYOU SARA.
AFFAIRS IN ARKANSAS,
Memphis, August 16 The Grenada Appeal-o f .the
13th states that the Federate took possession of Bayou.
Bara on Monday, thellth inst., seizing all the sugar and
molasses, and uuarteiing a garrison there.
Albo, that the rebels Imva been (reinforced in Arkansas,
that their ordnance stores have been increased; and that
Gen. Holmes has assumed the .command In that-State.
The Appeal contains, a long editorial, in whioh It says:
“ The sooner we cease to. look,for foreign or European
intervention, the belter for all concerned.”
The writer also designates VaUandigham, Wood,
Pierce, and Seymour, of Connecticut, with some half a
dozen other prominent men, as the only true friends the
South can count upon in tho North.
The Destruction of the Ram Arkansas.
.Washington, AugUßt 19.—The Navy Department' is
In receipt of velnminous despatches from Admiral Far
ragut, among which are the following: - -
Flag-Ship Hartford,
.„ . _ . Baton Bodge, August 7,1862.
dir t It is one of the happiest moments of my life that
I am enabled to inform the Dapartment’ of 'toe destruc
,ticn of the rani Arkansas, not because I hold the Iron
clad in such terror, bnt because the community did. On
tbe4th inst, I sent the Tennessee up to“Bafcm Bouge
With provisions for Commodore Porter and the gunboats
stationed sit that place. On the night of the sth she re
turned with information that the enemy had made a
combined attack on Baton Bonge' by the ram and fcwo
gunboats—the Webb and Music—and calling for assist
ance:- At daylight the Hartford' was under weigh for 1
this place, with orders for the other, vessels to follow me
as fast as they got ready. I arrived. here to-day at 12
M., in company with the Brooklyn, Westfield, Olinton,
Jackson, and Sciota.
I had sect the Cayuga .up before me, agreeably to a
request of General Butler, in consequence of the guerillas
firing Into eonie of bis transports. On nay arrival; I was
informed by Commander W. D. Porter that yesterday
morning, at two.o’clock, the enemy’s forces, under Gene-,
. ral Breckinridge, attacked General Williams, drove in
his pickote, etc. General: Williams-havihg'hhd ampltk
warning, all was prepared .for .him; oThe fight was.oon”
tinned with great energy oh both aides,.until ten o’clock
A. M., by which time• the enemy had been driven back
two or three .miles; but unfortnnately the gallant Gene- '
ral-Williams, while cheering on, his men, received a
miniffball through the heart. »
Gen. Wiltiamß had informed Lieut. Obmmanding Rkn
som, the evening before, of his plana, and requested him
not to-fire a'gun until he notified him; and. when ho did
so, onr gunboats'Kineo and Katahdin opebed with fine
effect, throwing their shells directly in the midst of the
enemy, producing greet dismay and, confusion among
them., Lieut. Ranßom had'an officer on the State House,
which overlooked the adjacent country, and could direct
the fire of every shell.
-As soon as the enpmy ..was repulsed, Commander For
ter went np the- stream of tor theram Arkansas, which
-was lying-about five. miles'above, apparently afraid'to
take, her share in the conflict, according to the precon-,
ct-rttd plan.. As he came within gunshot he epsned bn
■her, and probably soon disabled, some of her machinery
or steering apparatus, for she became unmanageable,
continuing; however, to fire her gnns at the Essex. Com
mander Porter says he took advantage of her presenting
: a weak front towards.him, and loaded a gnu with incen
diary sheila. Alter his flret discharge or this projectile,
a gDBh -of fire came out bf her side; and from that mo
ment it was discovered that -she was on fire, which he
- continued his exertions to prevent from being extin
guished. They backed her ashore, and made a line fast,
which: soon burnt, and she swung off. into the river,
where, she continued to burn until she blew, up, with a
tremendous explosion, thuß endingthe career of the last
iron-clsd ram of the Mississippi.
There were many persons on the banks of the river
Witnessing the fight, in which they anticipated a triumph
for Becesalon; bnt on the return of the Essex not a son!
was to be seen.
I will leave a sufficient force of gunboats here to sup
,port the army, and will return to morrow to New Or
leans, and depart immediately for Ship Island, with a
light ..heart that I have left -no bug-bear to torment the
commnnith s of the MlssisslppHu my absence.
Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, '
D, g; FARRAGUT,
Flag Officer Comd’g W. G. Block.-squadron.
Hon. GidroN.Wbllbs, Secretary of the Navy, Wash
ington; D. C• -
Com. Porter’s despatch to Com. Farragut ij thus
-given:,.-! r ,• y; ■■■■
“ Siri.This morning at 8,1 steamed up the river, and
at 10 A. M. attacked the rebel ram Arkansas, and blew
her up. There is not now a' fragment ol her left.’’'
Lieuts. Bansom and Roe. and Commander W. D. Por
ter, each give s,circumstantial account of the affair: Boa
says that the enemy are still hovering in the rear of thia
place, Batonßouge.
. Information is received that, in addition to the, six
thousand rebel troops already in the vicinity, four thou
sand are approaching from Manchao, and others from
Yi bsbnrg.
I keep in constant communication with’the command
.er.in chief of the troops here, ready-to open--fire when
and where he may desire. Pertersays the Arkansas h*d
a crew of one hundred and eighty men, and mounted ten
guns, six 8-ihch and four 50-pound rifles. The guahoat
Essex, commanded by him, mounts seven guns, and had
only forty .men on duty at the" time of our going into
action. - .--'.V'-.y-
• The following Is the rebel account of the Arkansas, as
submitted to the Secretary of the Navy by Admiral
Farragut.:'
Flag-Ship Hartford,,New Orleans, August 10.
, , Sir: Sincefopwarding the reports of Lieutenants Fair
fax, Ransom, -and Roe,we have picked up a nu'mber of
prisoners from:tbe ram Arkansas; all. of whom I have ca
techiztd veiy oloeely. They agree very well respecting
her exit from the Yazoo, and her passing the fleets. They
blbo agree las to the number killed and wounded on
each of these, occasions, making in all eighteen
killed and a large number wounded. At Vicks
burg they plated the deck with iroo, and fortified
her with cotton Inside.: She then came down in com
mand rf Lieutenant 8. K. Steveos Brown having
taken sick at Yickeburg—with the Intention of making a
combined attack with General Breckinridge unon Ba*on
Rouge; but her portiengtae broke down; ‘They repaired
her in the course ol the day; and went out to meet the
Ebsbx. The next morning they? saw: her coming up; but
i tbe ptwpond e&sine g&ire vtf) and thejr ran her ashorey
she belug perfectly uxußnaagoable. T&fy say that when
tbe.guuboats were seen corning up and fb«j Essex com
meiiced firicg, the captsjp set ttw ram on Hi9 } and told
the crew to ran ©shore. They also state that the gun
boats Webb awl itturio were sent for to to# her op the
river, but they did not arrive, and neither of than hod.
been wen.
PARTIAL DBSTBUCTIO2T OP THE "TOWN OP DOSALD-
SONVILLB, LA.
Admirel Farngat, also under date of August 10, thus
addretses the Secretary of the Navy:
‘»Sib: 1 regret to inform the Department that at the
town of Donaldßtnville, on the ppl, they have
pui ened a uniform pr actice of firing upon our steamers
passing up and down the river.--I sent a message to the
inhabitants that if they did not discontinue this practice
I would destroy their town*" The'last.time I paai&d up to
Baton Rouge, to the support of the army, I anchored
about six miles above Donaldsonvilie, and heard them
nre upon the vbbhJs coming up—first upon the Saliie
lioDinß'*n, and next upon the Brooklyn. In the latter
oase they made a mistake, and it was so quickly returned
thattheyJ?*® * wa . T • The next night they fired again,
upon tbebt. Charles. X therefore ordered them to send
their women and children out of the town, aB I certainly
intended to destroy it on my way down the river, and I
fulfilled my promise to a certain extent. I burned down
the hotels and wharf buildings r also, the dwelling house
and other bnikliitga of a Mr. Philip Sandy, who is said
to be a captain of guerillas, tie fired upon our men, but
they brought him off. We also brought ofT some ten or
twelve of his negroes, and cattle and J sheep from his
place.
“ Commander Wainwright died the 10th, after an ill.
ness of two weeks'.”
Additional Foreign News by the Europa
Bt. Johns, N, F. t August 19.-— The interruption of the
Nova Scotia line prevented the transmission of a portion
of the Boropa’e news Jaßt night. It is as follows:
The steamship Persia, from; New .York, .arrived at
Liverpool,’at 11 o’clock; A. M., on the 9th. .
The United States steamer Tuscirora arrived at Kings
ton on the after* oon of the 9;h.
The London Times of featurday has an editorial expa
tiating on the diminutive paper currency in America;
In another article it reviews the conduct of Amerioa in
regard to the commerce of Nassau- f'W'.'."';
It questions the policy of carrying out their powers to
the full extent, but says that Lord Palmerston is per
fectly right in tolerating a claim which may be hereafter
the interest of his own country to enforce.
The Confederate steamers Merrimac and “ 290” both
succeededin escaping from the Tuacarora.
It is stated that Garibaldi refuses to obey Victor Em
manuel's proclamaioQ It is stated that he held a
council of war on the 4th, at which it was determined to
march oh Borne, notwithstanding the remonstrance from
Turin. The enthusiasm for Garibaldi in Sicily is tre
mendoup. lt Is reported that- be will soon 'be at the head,
oi 50,000 men. , i ; :
. ENGLAND.
The Confederate; steamer,* 4 290’? was last seen bythe
steamer John Bell, vyhith arrived in the Clyde on the
4t I]. She was steaming at the rate of 14 or 15 knots per
hour. . ~, ■. ■ ' ■ ■;
A grand banquet was given at Sheffield to Lord Pal
merston, who, in bis speech, regretted the prevailing dis
fcrefß in the manufacturing districts, but thought that all
would admit, the.wifidom of the Government in not at
temptirgio relieve: that distress by Interference. He
considered that interference .would only mske matters
worse, and,the Government would therefore maintain
strict neutrality. He hoped that the eyils now existing
would soon have an end ; that a charitable feeling would
yet prevail on the other aide of the Atlantic, aad that
another year would not see a continuance of the present
deluge of blood. ’
Mr. Boebnck made a long speech. He said he had
no doubts that America .would be divided in two, and
he ultimately, in five parts, aod forever cease to
be the United States. He denounced the conduct’of the
North as an immoral proceeding, totally incapable of
success. [Cries of ** No, ho”—- u XeB, yes.”] Tima they
-would never be reunited. Tbe war was ainere waste of
bicod ; it waa no war agaitst slavery.
. The American correspondence of the Times and ether
' papers represent recruiting as a failure, but the Star's
correspondent says there is no doubt that in ad’ew weeks
the President’s call would befully responded to. He re
presents General fllcClellan’s army as stronger than it
was bf-fore the late battles, .
The Bourse was firmer, closiug on the Bth at 69f. 100.
for: the Bentea. ' ;
The Morning Post baa a leader on the subject of the
commerce of Na&saa. ..It says that the Federal cruisers,
by stationing them: elves just outride of the prescribed
lim the shore, bee me an organization for the
exprexs porpoße of setting the Anglo-American Conven
tion at nought.-
FRANCE,
Mr. Slidell bad an interview with M. Tbouvenel tiub
seqnent to the audience with the Emperor, and M. Thou
venelis asserted to have alleged that the unwillingness
of England was the principal reason why Fiance did not
act at once in American matters. The recognition of
the. independence of ; the South was regarded as pretty
certain >n Secession circles.
. Many of the French journals speak with great anxiety
as to Italian affairs and Garibaldi's movements.
The Opinione Nationa.lt deplores thr fatal hesitation
which makes* the French Government Bhrink from the
necessary solution, viz: the evacuation of Boms,
* ITALY.
The Paris correspondent of the Daily Nows asserts
that Garibaldi hae positively refused to obey Yiotor Em
manuel's proclamation. *
The rumors that the English fleet was ordered to join
the :French squadron in .interference with; Garibaldi
proved false..
. :A letter from Palermo says the enthusiasm for Gari
baldi is so great that the young men were disappearing
entirely from the place, and if other cities in Sicily imi
tate Palermo, Garibaldi must soon be at the head of fifty
thousand men.
' io Francs says that Garibaldi held a council of war
at Ceffala on the 4tb, at which it was resolved to march
oniiomp, notwithstanding the remonstrance from Turin.
The volonloers numbered six thousand. Garibaldi had
chartered six large vessels. His plan is said to land in
the Gulf of Palermo, there to be joined by an auxiliary
force, and march on the Boman States.
The official Turin Gazette, says the Garlbaldiaa volun
teers would leave ror Meeßina instead of Palermo. They
number three, thousand, and are divided into' three
columns, one conducted by Garibaldi in person.
In the Chamber of Deputies, on the Bth, M. Eatazzl
said there was a rumor, not officially confirmed, that aa
encounter bad taken place between the troaps and a
band of Garibaldians, and the troops lost fifty muskets.
The Calcutta mail of July Ist, and Bombay of July
ISth, has been received. The American portion is on
board the Enropa.
Commercial Intelligence.
The sales of Cotton cn Ealurdaj, the 9th, were. 5,000
bales, closing firm; the sales’to speculators and exporters
were 3,000 bales.
Breadstuff .closed quietbut steady on the Sth lost.
Provisionsinactive, except bacon, which was firm.
Losnox, August 9.—Consols closed at. 93j£ ®93)f.
American securities firmer, without quotable change.
SHIP NEWS—Arrived from Baltimore, ship Allen
Btewart.'at Havre; ship Patteson, 11 Ltverpoolon theBth.
. The ship Mary Pleasants was recently wrecked at Kyat.
The steamer Cortes was totally wrecked at Shanghai
Arrival of the Steamer Glasgow.
Nev lobz, Anguit 19.—The steamship Glasgow has
been signalled below. Her ad vice i have been anticipated
Markets by Telegraph.
Baltimore, August 19.—Flour steady ; Howard-street
$6 62®6. Wheat active; white, SI 6501.65; red, SI 30
®1.85. Corn quiet; white, 65®66c; yellow, 62®6i0.
Oats—Old Pennsylvania, 56®57c.. Provisions dull. Pork,
$ll. Laul, 9}; ®loc, Whißky duli at 32c.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK..
[Correspondence of The Frers.]
...; Hsw Fork, August 19, 1882.
.. ..The; unrest of Mr. David Plunsh by the Provost Mar
shal, Kennedy, yesterday, is likely to lead to an exami
nation into said Kennedy’s operations in this v.ity. It is
known that John A. Kennedy is a Sachem of the Tam
many Srcitiy; that he associates with the Grand Sachem,
and is ia high favor with others of the Sachems whose
sympathies are on the side of rebeldom. He boasts loudly
ot his personal influence with the Secretary of State;
speaks of ilie immense things ,he is-■ accustomed
to say in the hearing of that , sagacious states
man; tells what points he has given Mr, Seward to
.oc.ablo him to steal the march on foreign Governments; -
boasts of * having been an Abolitionist in, Maryland,
where he was bom and bred; an Abolitionist for thirty
five years, but, of course, very judicious—never makes a
mistake—is always positive lu the right. His'determi
nation for a wetk past to arrest an Abolitionist and a
Secessionist has made old Tammany ring with joy, and
now that he has accomplished the feat of playing with
liberty bv the arrest of two innocent men—for neither
the Abolitionist nor, Beressionfat so-called is other than
a loyal man, so bnratethKennedy’s big bubble,* arid rebel
Tammany, seeks coneoisitioh in sighing. ■
I have just arrived from Central Park, where I wit
nesaed the grandest sight: I. ever saw. , There was the
embryo the nuclene, and I deft as the flood of
good; dear wafer was and gurgling in to form
the' lake, which is to be at once the adornment , and
great servant of our city. I thought, if we could only
flood out Secessionist* by that torrent of water! its power
would be greater than’ gunpowder. How, thank ; Bod,
Hew York bag got.in her veins the blood that makes riion
sprightly, clean, lively, and keeps them moral. *
■' Over four hundred recruits from Boston arrived in'
this oity at seven o’clock this morning, by the steamer
Metropolis, of the Fall-river lino. They are now quar
tered on the corner of Franklin street and Broadway,'
where, they will remain until this evening, when they
will leave for Washington by the Camden and Amboy
line. With but few exceptions, they are all fully uni
formed and equipped. A majority of them belong to the:
14ih Massachusetts Begiment. now a part of the Army of
the Potomac. A number of them belong to the:29ch and
Ist Massachusetts volunteers. They are a fine-looking
body ; of men, nearly all of them being between twenty
and thirty years of sge. ’ / -
To-day eight hundred bales of cotton and other goods
comprising the cargoes of-two; vessels, the. Bbhoocers
Magnolia and Andromeda, confiscated on account of at
tempting to run the blockade, were sold by D. H. Bnr
"dett, auctioneer, by order of the United States'Marshal;*
;under..the direction of prize commissioners. The amount
realized was $166,203.03.; . >'■ ■ ■% ..
V * The 'official prfces'for the week sit the cattle markets
are aa follows; * . ,
.. ..BEIF OATTLB. ... ,
First quality, OF cwt.................., $8 25®8.T5
Ordinary quality 7 55®8,25
Common quality 7.00*7.50
Inferior quality 0.6007 00
OOWS AXO CALVES.
First quality. $15060
Ordinary quality. 40046
Common quality. 30fflS5
: Inferior quality,. 26ai8
! - TEAL CALTE3.
First ianality ft. 6# ®6o.
Ordinary Qua1ity................. .... 4#a6#
Common Quality . ... 4#o4#
Inferior Quality 4 0,4#
:■■■ BITKEPAKD LAKES. :
Prime duality. 4P head......... $4 50«6.50
Ordinary quality..'. 3,75a>4 60
Common qua1ity............. 3.0003.76
Inferior quality 2.50«p3.00
Corn-fed, 1b....; 3#<d3Fo.
. StM-fed....... sl
ashes—The market is steady, but quiet. Sales of
Pots at $6.81 if 06.87)f. Pearls are steady s7#.
' Fi.our anij Meal.— The market is without change for
the better grades of Western Stater Flour, but lower for
common brands. These closed dull. Trade brands are
not plenty, and in good demand.’ '
I The sales are 18,400 bbls at 84.8006.10 frr'sujerane
State; $5.1606 25 for extra State; $i.3006 45 for sound
extra fancy State; $5,20®5.40 for the low grades of
Western extra; $5 ;40®5.25 for shipping brands of round
hoop extra Ohio, and $5.8006 26 tor trade brands do.
Canadian Flour is dull anti heavy; the demandis
mainly forithe better grades'; sates of 900 bbls at 85.600
640 for low grades of extra, and $5.5006.25 for trade
brsnds. -
Southern Flonr is in fair reqneet, partlco]arly 'good
family extras; the sales are 1,5(|0 » bbis rat 85.3006.90
for mixed* to superfine' Baltimore;' $607 for trade
brandado.: - -y ’ ,
Eye Flour is in fair, demand, and is firm ; sates of 230'
bbis at $504,30. Corn Mealis scarce; sales of 300 bbls
Fairfax at'sB7o, afloat. y
; iWhiskt.—The market is unsettled; sales of 600 bbls
at 32®32#c for Western, in store and afloat, aud 330
for E. ,t D. , .0 .y
Gbain,—The Wheat market is without much change;
the demand is fair, but there is a poor assortment of
SwlDg. The demand is mainly for export and part to
arrive. ■ 1 "T/-T'y "V*
The sales are 113,000 hush, at sl.lo# osl 21 for. Obi-,
eago Spring; $1,230*1.24 for Milwaukee Olab;■ $1,240 -
$1.26 for amber Iowa; $126051.26# for Amber Green
Bay; $1.27a 81.38 for Bed Western; 81.37 ; for. Amber"
do.; $1.40 for Now Bed Southern i sl,4o'for; White In-'
diaua, and $1,36 for choice Whitb Indiana.
Oats are scarce, and in demand at 48051 c for'Western
and Canadian, and 51#052#c for State.' ’ x '
Bye is scarce, end in demand at 780 for Western, and
82a83c for Stater . . • ; . •
Corn is less active; Bound is quite scarce ; salse of 87,-
OCO bushels' at 45®63c for unsold' to'heated, 54a590
for laßtern mixed,. 69#@600.f0r shipping do, 600 for
Western yellow, and 70c fordo'white.
ALBONi’B BPlBlT.—Madame Alboni recently re
ceived.ah invitation to a ball from aladymovingin ihe
b<st circles!ofJ?arls society. The celebrated songstress
wrote In reply to inquire whether the invitation war ad
dressed to Madame Alboni or to the. Countess Popoll, as
Alboni charged 8200, and was paid in advance, when
she went out to spend the evening, and the Countess
charged nothing. Thiß would-be hostess replied that
ehe, invited, Alboni. Alboni begged to he excused.
Bravo, Alboni i
CEITICIBM.—An English paper gives the following
exhibition anecdotes: A Scotchman, after having .fa:,
erected GibsonV painted Yemisywaaoverheardto ex
claim, •* Heh! tbat woman maun be Jeexebel !”. There
mstk of another on seeing the Pandora of thie same artist
was, “ And what:could a man, meauby making a young
woman taking a pinch of snuff r l , a-
THE CITT
- **■ •
[FOB ADDITIONAL LOCAL NJSWS SEE FOD»b
The Was. Excitement— Paonn
OF BNOBVITINO.—The business of r.cr ttllill >
new regiments now in course of organization
wtth unabated alacrity, and, jndglng frott , “ ,1! S
exertions made by the officers of these raptdi ~ c* »
organizations, seconded by the authorities 0 f
vernment, end materially increased by the oral H "
acUon of onr citizens, we trnst that tbo resort
may ere long be removed from the mind of tha Mr,, l
nity. The daily exhibitor enlistments i„ ths co %-
regiments is encouraging, and would seont t “ ,fs<ll
assurance that the Quota or Philadelphia
made up without a 'compulsory process, Ho» n4<a(l
thing definite can be determined on in this p B '*-" 14,
until more explicit information is given by the
partment as to the number necessary to COD ti * f &*•
quota of the city nnder the two last req B i 8 j„ n l "* t! i»
total or 600,000. When this matter is settled u' f * *
seen whether the patriotism of onr citizen. i' a
the emergency of immediately filling up lo th„ k
.standard. . V ..
The present week has opened with quits a Ies _
influx of recruits, the number enlisted yoaterd
cetding that of any previous day since the com ** **"
ment of the preaent enlistments. Colonel Buff 9 °"‘
cruiting offier, submits ae the results or ,'*•
liafments the names of 331 men mustered t ßt J«.*'*'
rious regiments organizing throughout the city °*
The will show the total number or
sworn in, up to last evening:
Colonel Tlppen, 68th Begiment..
Colifs,:ll4th Begiment. Jil
Colonel Beenan, 116th Regiment. J*l
Colonel i’r<Yost, 118th .Regiment
Colonel BUmaker, ll9th Begiment *• * 9^
Colonel Biddle, 12iat Begiment.;;**///*
The following is the number of recruits
the different regiments on Monday and ysste i
the sum total of the former day being 239 and * ’
latter 331—viz: • • ’ «th (
Colonel Tippen......... 331 Colonel Provoat.
Colonel Collis...ls|Colonel Ei'makeY"
ColonelHeenmi........67j Colonel Biddle...,’
. The remaining regiments, durißg the past two s ' 6 *
have at least kept pace with their above named
peiitors, the aggregate of those enlisting atnouct]!!'"*'
162, as follows: °***
Col. Davi5:.....,...,.. ..621091. Schreiber.,.. ..
Col . Wistar., 85 j Col. Adams
The sum total of all mustered in amounts to..”"V’s
While there is : ho falling off. in the aggregate daijy s?
ditions to the reapecHre commands at present under
yet it is evident, from the present rate of
, scarcely more than half the whole number of these c "
‘mauds will receive their full complement by the 23d hut
the day appointed for the withdrawal of bounty pay "
The military excitement of the tot dajs of therm
has been thoroughly revived, and the martial muaierf
the fife and drum echoes through our streets, keeping sS n
• the enthusiasm of the day; the gaudily-dressed Zensn
end more modest looking bine ooat Sit hither and thither
along the public thoroughfa.es, while the recruiting ets.
tlons hourly send forth squads, and sometimes compaai»
of able-bcdied men to enter upon the duties of a cimj
life. . After, the. present week, we shall mies these aigtt,
and scenes, but the spirit of the times is such that tn
change in the ham-drum of popular excitement can na.
ferialiy affect it, and the same enthusiasm in the cam,
of volunteering wUI doubtless continue to be shows,
whether a draft be ordered or otherwise.
The arrival of General Cijpcoran, the distinguishes
Union prisoner, in our midst, will havo the effect of s#.
mulating enlistments, particularly among our Irish p>.
potation. The brave and'gallant General is sincere ij
his advocacy of a vigorous prosecution of the war, er.i
Wb Btirring appeals will touch the hearts of his hearsn
wherever he may speak.
The Beception of the Gallant
GENERAL GOBOORAN.—Brig. General Michael Cor
coran. is expected to arrive in this city en route for hit
borne in Hew York, whore he has not been since he left
for the war, at the head of the gallant. Sixty-ninth. It
will be remembered that a few weeks since, when his re.
leaEe from Richmond , prison was announced soon to
take place, City Councils passed an ordinance to exiesj
to him the hoapitilltieß of the city, and appointed ajotjt
committee of twelve for that purpose. Mr. Dickson, of
Select Council, was chairman.
The committee were in session most of the time res
today, perfeotir g rhe details' of the military and ciiie
display. It had been the purpose of General Corcorm.
as anneuncid, io reach the city this afternoon, but da!
apatches received yesterday indicate that he will lean
: Baltimore by ; the early train to-morrow, arriving bar*
about , twelve o’clock. In the meantime, the commute*
of arrangements have despatched a sub-committee cm
sistiog; of Messrs. Freeman, Ginhodo, and Lei»h n
Washington, to consult witn General Corcoran ak’to ha
movements, and the balance of the committee wilt m«l
him to-night, and accompany him to this oity Tha
whole matter of the military display; and thearraage
meutß of the procession, has been placed in the bands of
Colonel Beenen, of the 116th Pennsylvania Yolantwi,
and it is anticipated shat three or fonr thousand mof
the various regiments now recruiting in this city will
participate in the parade, as well as many civic sicintiw
The various Irish societies will particlpAto ia the pro!
cession. The Fenian Brotherhood has appointed tin
following committee to represent that association: John
Mahoney, Chairm.; Jas. Gibbosß. Pres.; »nd Messrs.
Jno. Combes, Pat. Murphy, Jas. O’Brian, Jeremiah
Gambler, Jas. Degan, Hen. Wallis, Major T. Eyan 0
O’Brian, Felix P Mulboland, N. Frail, Michael Shein,’
T. Sloan, F. Hughes. Jno P. O’Brian, M- T. Hnnnigvn,
Jno. Kano, J. Bergin, Andrew Hynne, Chas. (MoDou
uougb, and Jno. McLaughlin.
Thp firemen have aieo been invited to join in thepn.
rade.
The military will form on Washington' street, the left
resting upon Broad street, and the right extending eaat
ward. The various civic societies, Ac., participating fa
the procession, will form on Broan Btreet. and other streets
adjacent thereto. Upon the arrival of the train at the
depot, Broad, and Prime streets, Gen. Corcoran will bt
received with an appropriate military salute, and will
then be escorted to the Cooper Shop Volunteer Refresh
ment Saloon, in Otsego street, an invitation! having
bi en extended to and accepted by him from that organi
zation, the procession meantime halting at’Front street
Upon leaving the Refreshment Saloon, the procession
wil l again move forward, passing up Front street to
Christian, up Christian to Third, up Third to Tine, ns
, Vine to Twelfth, down Twelfth to Arch, down Aroh to
Fourth, down Fourth to Ohesthat, up Chestnut to Ind*.
pendence Ball, where Gen- Corcoran will be formaUr
welcomed to the city by Mayor Henry,
The mi liary will then march to Market Btreet, when
they will be dismissed. After the reception in Ihdepea.
dunce Hall, General Corcoran and suite will bs escorted
bj the committee to the Continental Hotel, where qosr
ters have been provided for him. and ha will probably
there make a public address. The General will ride in as
open barouche, in order that all may have a fair opp<«-
family of seeing him.
Volunteer Bounty Fund—The
subscriptions yesterday to the Citizens’ Bounty Fond,
for volunteers, were as follows:
S. 'W. Leinan, $5O [ Charles Ltware, 25; Frankfort
Mutnal Insurance Company, 100; Clement L. Hughes,
From Fifth Word—Patterson & Bolton, SICQ; k.
Isaac, 5; 8; Washbasin; 3 ; Ed. Walden, 10 j 8. Fngnet,
50. . .
From Eighth Ward—Edward Shippen, $100: JsaH
y?- S a SS. D ’ 100; Edwin Ohntpn, 100[Samnel Brood bent,
60; T. W. Proctor,'2s; Theodore Mann, 10 ;G W. Har
ris, W. L. GoFey, W. Watson, Lonis V. Htlmbold.Wo.
Eisenloir, Pi M* O. Burnham, Elias Durand, 85 eaob,
40; Mrs. Mv Brown, 2; T. Partridge, 2; J. Morlst, Klim
Bieel, A. & E. Howard, Mrs.. Shivers, $1 each, 4;
Cash, 20. ■ -■
'From Tenth Ward.— Charles A. Bepptier, $25 ; John
H; *: J. S. Erben, 10 ; J. F. Eodine, 25; X.
L’KNta 6’; J. A. Needles, 10; Matslnger A Bra* If;
Bichard 0t0ke6,25 ;H. M. Biter, 10; Wm. P. Hibbard,
20; Jacob Olein, 5 ; Joseph iNewman; 5; Miss Harr
Btewait, iO; John King, 5 ; Wm. Armstrong, M.D.,8;
M.H. Langstroth, 25; J. Hinike, 10 ; Samnel Oreawtf,
100; George Hamilton, M: D.,'25.; Joahua Speering.SS;
D.. E. Burr, 10: Jameß Potts, 10 ; Sarah A. Brown, 10 j
O; M. CreseOD.’M; D., 10; Charles S Hales, 10 [ J. W.
Owens, 10 j T G. Shioden, 10 ; George Kraft, 10; Henrr
Bnmberger. 26; Sichell A Weyl, 25 ; Wm. N. Attwood,
10; Wm.Eisenbrey, 25 j-g. Fest; 6;S. E.Kister,6; Hn.
Underwood; Crj-Hooker,'George,Stroup, Joseph ool
bertißobert Smith, Gaptain John Penrose, Isaac lav,
Wm. Lonnerstadter, Wm Krautkopf, Edward Gsach,
O IL. Ingram, J, T. Iredell, 6 each, 60; vaiiaoi
amounts. 62 50
v From. Twelfth Ward—John Halloweli, 850: Isvh
Deßelair,;GO; Jacob Butwiier, 5 [Mrs. Olofu, 5; Jobs
At Bauman, 5; Jacob Steariy,s; James Cress, 10; A
W. Haines, 5; M. Nippes, 6; Mrs, Palethorp, 100;
David Newton, 5 ; James Yeager; 6; Edward While. 6;
John Dialogue, 20: Wm. A.'Piper, M. D., 20; John Wen
del, Jr -5; John N. Siner, 20; William H. SmuUing 5;
John H. Parker, 6; Dr. Krotzer, 5; A. W. Wood, 10;
Benjamin H. Stnckert 6; Charles. Berk, 5; WiiiiamJ.
Maun, 15; J. Bi’Hooper, 20; James 8. Watson.so; Bd
win McOalla, 20; Mones Becker, 25 ; H. L. Broh®,ls;
Jacob H. Smith, 10; Lewi« : Poh, 5; Charles Hiidengsr.
,6; John A 1 Hewman,-S6;-Mrs.-A.“BHdman, 20; Williaa
C. Budman, 25 ;:Miss B. Boyd, 5; E.JWitham, 25; Sun
dry persons; 41.56; Philip H. Horn; 60; John M. Pleib
.50; John M. Pleis, Jr., 10 ;*Mdsselman A France, 50;
Biebtl A Lincoln, 50; John H. Goidbeok, 25; J. T-
Browne, 5[ William Sutton, 5; Charles B. Abel, 6; Sr**
'Hoover, 10 ; David' iieneicker, 5 ; Henry Biehl, 10;
, James Penrdße, 5; Mr. Jackson, 3; Jotm'F. Curry, 10;
Frederick Blchm'an, 6; Samuel Young, 5; Sundry per
sona, 39.46; Thomas . Irvin, 50} : Henry Safford, 20;
Michael Dlman, F; Dr. ’Batteman, 5 ; William Ned,
100; Charles M. Heal, -100;: William Heal; Jr.. 60;
Jesse W. Neal, 50; Charles Fuller, 100; Gooige H. Snt
terly, 50; George Biiger, 5; George Cobb; Julius Stem,
10; Stephen Biegel, 15; E. W. -Williams, 5; George
Butz, Jr., 10 1 Samuel .Hecht, 10; Charles F. Oram, 10;
Caeh, 3 75; James Seieingbergeri 5.
From Thirteenth Ward.—Tutor Seiger, $200; Wo
.Weightu.au, 100; Isaac Koons, 100; Wm. P. Boeder,
60; Henry Shuster, 20; John 0. Trautwine, 20; Joseph
li. Jones, 20; Jacob Bergman, 10; Charles B. Miller,
10; William Burney, 10; J. C. Nippea, 10; Samnel Bat
cher, 10; 0. J. Warner, 10; Charles Hogan, 10; Shaffer
A Daßh.lO; J. H. Bruster, 10; S. A. 8.,19; Her*
Frank, 16; John Oe Copper, 10; Cash, 32.50; Willis®
Dawson, Cbas. Kaufman, H..Yan Beil, Charles Winters,
Jobn B. Feadie, Bobt. Dyball, Sami: H. Shinn. Staph*
A. Laßartb, Mrs. Smith, T. B. Lippincott P. William
son D, : Bentley, G W. H. *6 each, 65; John McMurtrie,
3; W. E. McCall, 3; J. C. W., F. B. Poit, J. Banorssch,
®2each, 6; J. Kite and J Eekler, $1 each, 2; varies*
smell amounts, 9. :r : “
> From Sixteenth Ward. —John Butcher, $5; John B.
Seed, Maria Weingarten, And., Weingarten, $1 each, 5;
J. M. Davison, 6; John Jackson, 25; Conrad Bsakert,
10:William Taylor. 2. ' ::
From Nineteenth Ward —Adam Warthmac, $500;
M. B. Bulhley, 100; Collingßigg; 10; John Kitchinmsa,
10: Jehn Bley, 10; John Frick, 10; T.Ellis & Bro.. 20;
John Bromley, 10; Wm King, 10; J. E. Eldridga, 60;
John B. Sbibe, 10: J. Sullivan, 10: O. Honton, M. Da
James Beattyy J. L. Bibi. M. D-, Wilson & Bro., 0.1-
A N. Frick, 0. B. Gicker, Mr. Wilbham, James Kitobln
man, J. Christen. A W.Kuight, John HoOormtck, Joha
Gabel; S, Weil, H. .Waiter, J: Titlew, J* M. Kirshemsa*
J. Yeher, $5 each, 85; L Picket and O. Wenner, ft
each, 6; Y. McOully, Y. A. Preyer, W. Foerfug, 8*
each, 6; Mrs. ftavery M France, O.Greokel, D. Taylon
A Wigand, B. Eittel, P. Kigling, A. Grabau, G. Wintlar,
G. Berger,; M. Keliman, A. Stronse, G Borrel, G. Gioes,
H. Haverstick, J. Both, N. P. Hetzet, F. Kraft, George
Kunkei, P. Herder, F. Miller, H. Weaver, W. Steese,
and. George Shaffer. $1 each. 24
, From Twenty-fourth Ward.— Bobert Steen, $6O;
Friend: to'the Oauie, 50; Henry A.Freer,so; Samnd
Llnyd, 25; H. K. Harnish, 10; Cash, 4; Mrs. A. b.
Hoffman, 1; John D. 'Watd, 50; James Allen, 10; Br.
Samuel Thomas, 50; Lewis Albertson, 100; eight other
persons, 30. '
Received at Independence If all • —Wm. D. Albright,
825; Henry Tllge &Co, 100; N. P; Holland, 5; Samnel
B;! mch, 5; wm ,A. Drown.& Co., 150; Thomas Fank,
10 ;-Stanhope & Snplee, 100; from the operators of the
police and fire alarm telegraph, 100; Noble, Oeldwell, A
■Go., 600; J. Frick, 10; John W. & W. F. Stales, 100.
Beceived on Tuesday, $6,360; total to close of Tuesday,
‘5420,996. J
Meeting in the Fifteenth Ward.—
Th* National TJnioii Meeting, of tbe Fifteenth Ward*
held last evening, .at the corner of West and Goat**
streets, and was largely attended. 'John W. Stokes
chosen chairman, and James Sheridan: and Ohariej
Adams , secretaries. George Stnrgi*,t isq., was eleoteJ
trersarer. The meetiug organized into a permaneut oi"-
gahizatioß, and elected Wmr B; Kern to serve in ti**
General Oommittee of.Snjperintendence. • >
Presentation cf Colors.— A splen*
Aid ..standard of colon will be presented to company °>
.Captain Robert Winslow, ; of the Soott Legion, on That 3 '
day afternoon, by the ladies of-Frankfort. The P**T
aentation will tie made by‘Mr.-Thomas W. Dnffield, ao»
the colors liectdTed by E. WVC. Green, Em. ComP m "
C is the color company, of the regiment.
Btjn Ofßß.frHoj?ar4 Sofer, aged
years, -was j rnh, oyer . last evening, in tbs vicinity
Twentieth and’Pear! streets. The driver of the wJS ,)0
was sheeted and held to answer. :
Major QENRRAEWodii arrived io A' l
city last efeningfrom Britimore. He left H&rcisoarS
BacdajytoKl ia now onhls'war back,
s.-sri::'