pbjsss, JLvS* kxojsptbd,} JOHN w. roHl l®X» . « 111 SOUTH FOURTH STREET. „« DAI!-* PRESS, * B TB psr ffHHK, p»7able to th« Carrier. I' f * 1 - Ti R „ Mo ribßr» ont of the Olty at Si* Dollars dollars ton Eioki Booths, (it mb Si* Booths—lnvariaMr 1“ **• IRf-WEEKIir PRESS, * gaiaoribSM out of the «tf at THMS VOL- NOTICES l— TO THE LOY All -s* MtfUUl'tO, AND THE BRAVE. ffT T u fLii'Committee appointed to prooaro Fonda C t „f «cd Bounty to all who may join our gal . , p r Hßl< un " m! ptiTA REGIMENTS IN THE FIELD, I'll[liiß* I 'Vji off . d tlrens to bo alive to the pretent $ OO tfarelmperottvely neoded. The wanted rank* jtt SSfcTKJrtS SffiLiWffiKs t *^ !^Mc E °T"aa n n,cifjFOHa!tii. ■ for succor as she noveroalled before, nor coM"' c >nll we must be equal to it. Gene- Ti» eriil* 11 D f Divisions, and the Oommander-ln tth' tB ,! §S!»roU»t onereoruit for a regiment in the t 60 00 jayaMo trae-half when the Company to at belong! lsfotl, and the captain thereof eerviee, and the remainder when the Ba ited, and the commanding offloer thereof nnsteredinto the aeraice. required for the certificate for the first i; .......... the master roli ofthe oompany, duly llted States mastering officer. eTldt-nce that the applloant was en ' Philadelphia for the purposed afore- ing instalment, it must be shown that II a member of the oompany, and that bi«h the oompany has been attached ilt forms of application will be famished > commission, 41$ Prone street. JOHN 0. KKOX, Chairman, agnrt 11,1882. au12.12t COUNTRY! TO ARMS!—PA- Ciiizeoa who desire to subscribe to the ItiTY PUN D, to aid the reornitiag of mots of th« President's call for three men, are reaeectfully Informed that » lit dally to receive anbaorlotlons from P. M.,at INDE PEN DEHOR HALL. -»y likewise be seattoeither of theun (eerslgned: I ALEXANDER HENRY, Mayor’s Office. CHARLES GIBBONS, Secretary, 252 Sooth Third street. OHABIES D. EBBEttAH, Secretary, 901 SaMom Itreei JAMS HcCLINTOOK, City Treasurer, Girard BBDC. HKKRYD, MOOBB, State Treasurer, 694 North eleventh street. SINGLETON A. MIBOBB, Treasurer of Tuna, Owners’ and Mechanics’ Baak. THOMAS WEBSTHS, 14 North Delaware avenue. *** Bonth Delaware aTenue. iss£ 8 l» B $. 01 X D 81 5 i loOwaaenee. a»U. ADODPH 1. BOBI*, 163 Dock street VOUBHSft 681 Oheetuut street. H STDaBT, 18 Bank street. HIOHABIi V BAKER, Independence Hall. GIOBGB WBITNJBY, office of A. Whitney A Bobs. aJOHABD 0, DALE, 621 Market street. IOBIN BLORG KT, Board of Trade Booms. JOHN B. ADDIOKB, Independence Hall. s JOHH D. WATSON, offloe of North American. JAMES «0 Walnut street. Ward commit tees will be appointed to procure sub talsßons In every ward in the oity, due notice of which TO ihortly appear. A* subscriptions will be acknowledged daily in the HterS) snloM otherwise rsauested. B? order of Die Committee, trffl TEOMAB WBBSTBB, Chairman. IPS* the union pacific railroad UJ COMPANY. SOTIOK or MEETING OF 1 OOMMIBSIONEB3. The undersigned Oommisalonera named in the act of «* Thlnj-seventh Congress ot the United States of America, entitled » An Aot to aid in the Construction of J Beiltoad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River *? the Pacifio Ocean,'and to Becnre to the Government •he me of the earns for Postal, Military and other Pur in pateuence ef the provisions of said Aot, and of «e Act of tald Thirty.seventh Congress, supplementary “i and emendatory of said ftrst-u eatloned Aot, hereby Bts notice that the first meeting of the Board of Oom- TOWloners mentioned in asld Brat-mentioned Aot will be is, Bryan Hall, in the City of Chicago, and State Of luinoij, on tho first Tnesdsy of September next at 12 o clock at noon. J«M»Dnnntng, John H. Wood, Idwln Hoyes, Jo "W Eston, Williams, Isaac C. Elston, of William B. Ogden, Charles G. Hammond, i, °!7,Jsrnum, Amos 0. Babcock, W. fleldon Gala, Ne- Bushnell. Lorenzo 8011, of lllinoil; John D. GiS, ’ B * Bice, Charles A. Trowbridge, Bansom I?*™“*. Charles W. Penny, Charles T. Gorham, Wtl- McOonueU, of Michigan; William Bonn, Jr.. John 'Wait t! eT ' Sterling, John Thompson, Elihn L. Philips, m w '*r ». Mclndoe, T, B. Soddard, E H. Brodhead, A. E»ir, °/ WUeonsin; A D. Beward, Henry A. JoiH. “"d.Sht Woodtrary, John MoOnslok, John B. William F. Ooolbangb, Lnclns H. tori Q otthr ' Bngh* T. Beta, Hoyt Sherman, Lyman envL. *“ U6I B. Onrtts, Lewis At Thomas, Platt Smith, { i WilUam H. McPherson,B. W. Wells, WlUaid Friihi.il “"“strong Beatty, John Corby, of Mitiouri ; p/f£» , aor * D| Baban J. Bradford, John T. Levis, Thom?. ,*? * Grimes, JI U. Stone, Chatter dottakm" 1 Kerr > Werter B. Davis,Luther O.Challls, Eoio(« B !J, f ‘ r ;, 0 /,- Kan,a * i Gilbert 0, Monell, Augustus Marqnotte, WilUam H. Taylor, Alvin John i, L?t ; John .Evans, of Colorado ; Jfeea D , Winters, of the Territory of fethTti B ,' 4- Beniley, Peter Donates 0. P. Hunting. Boaner n 4 al1 ’J am f“ sft5 ftU ®y» James T Byan, Charles Marsh, D 0. Hills, Samnel Bell, Lonls ‘iy Dte,’. t oh *ries HoLanghlln, Tlmo- B. J ° h “ B- Bohlnson, of California ; William Hardlng.o/Oropon. pAMPHLET PRINTING, Best End Bostt? BBOWHJB, VOL. 6—NO. 21. SEA BATHING. JSgiKiLuaa VO B THE SEA SHORE! SUMMER AS BANGSMSNT.—OAMDSS AND ATLANTIC BAUp BOAD. ■ . Three trains daily te Atiantio City and return, (Sun days exeepted). Trains ieara VlNl*Btreet Ferry m follows:".' ' '» ' Mill A* M. Sxpree* Train !*2? ?• 5 frrightmd Acc0mm0dati0n.............,.,0.00 7* X. BBTDBNINQ: Leaves, Atiantio Mail Train 4.40 P. K « ii Express Train........ 616 A. M. « << Freight and Aocommodation.B.lB A. IK, FARE *l.BO. Bound-trip Ticket*, pood only for Ilk day and train on soAfoA (Hep ore issued, *2.60. Exonr sion Tiokete, good for three days, *A Hotels are sum open, JOHN G. BBTANT, JeH-tf '■ ■ ■■■- ..r? ~ ■ , ..Agent. , SUMMER RESORTS. TTHITED STATES HOTEL, U ATLANTIC OITV, Auoost 18,1862. Desirable Booms can now be had at this popular flrst ciasa Hotel, as there are a number ofdepartnres dally. JAMES K. BOBIdON, H. A. B. BROWN, an!B-12t* Superintendents. SBAr-' BATHING. —A FAVORITE HOME. ' THB “WHITBHOUBE,” MABSAOHDSBTTS Avenue, ATLANTIC OITT, N. J. This popular house la open. Its el tnation is quite near the beach: has good rooms, ail opening upon the ocean, and furnished with spring mattresses. It* reputation is well established as a first-class' home. Plentiful table. Every attention given to guests, and terms moderate. WM WHITE HOUSE, Proprietor. No Bar at the “ Whltehonee.’’ aufi-lm SEABATHING, BRIGANTINE HOUSE, BRIGANTINE BEACH, N. J. Now open for the Beasen. The Bathing, ning, and Yachting being very superior. Boats will await guests at the inlet on arrival of trains. Board per week, *B. P. O. Address, Atiantio City, H. D. SMITH, Jy4-fmw2m Proprietor. CENTRAL HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITE, New Jersey. M. LAWLOB, Proprietor. The above new house is how open for Boarders. Booms equal to any on the beaoh, well ventilated, high ceilings, Ac. Servants attentive and polite. Approximate to the Bathing grounds, an6-lm# OTAB HOTEL, U (Nearly opposite the United State* Hotel,) ATLANTIC OITT, N. 3. BAMUKL ABAMB, Proprietor.. 80 OO&tBa Also, Carriages to Hire. ■:MSr Boarders socommodattd on the most reasonable terms. je23-Sm Forest grove house— SOHOOLEY’S MOUNTAIN SPRINGS, NEW JEBSEY The above popular Hotel Is now ready for the SUMMER SEASON, haying been thbronghly set in order for the accommodation of visitors to Sohooley’s Mountain Springs. The 10BE8T GBOYE is a most oapaclous House, de- UghtfeHr located, with wide-spreading lawns, and com manding a view of scenery unsurpassed in attraction and beauty; and offers to visitors a quiet retreat from the turmoil and bnstle city life. Having no exorbitant rent to pay, the proprietor of the FOBEST GBOYE HOUSE will accommodate families and visitors at as low a rate as a strict regard to the re spectsbility of the House will afford. The moderate charges of this House, as compared with the neighboring boarding houses, Is a feature which must commend itself to the attention of families who do not desire to pay ex travagantly for a few week*’ recreation. XEBMg— SEVEN DOLIiABS PEB WEEK. Visitors to the FOBEST GROVE HOUSE will enjoy pore air, pleasant drives, finest scenery, and the purest of chalybeate waters, whilst its accessibility to the cities renders it.among the most desirable of Inland.’resorts.” All communications addressed to the undersigned will meet with prompt attention. jyfiS-amlm P. MATHEWS, Proprietor. HOTELS. pOWEBS’ HOT El,, Nos. IT and 19 PABK BOW, (oprosimi *s> isioa houbb,) HEW YORX. TEEMS 91. M PEB SAT. This popular Hotel baa lately been thoroughly reno fatad.aod refurnished, and now possesses aQ the reanl dies of a ■ - PIBST-OLABB HOTEL. The patronage of Philadelphian* and the travelling public,desiring the best accomodations and moderate ehargee, Is respectfully solicited. Je2*3m H. L. POWEBB, Proprietor. A CARD.—THE UNDERSIGNED, X3l late or the BIBAED HOOSE, Philadelphia, have ieaeed, tor a term of years, WILLARD’S HOTEL, in Washington. They take thle occasion to retnm to their old Mends and customers many thanks for past favors, tnd beg to aasnre them that they will be most happy to see them in tholr new Quarters. SYKES, CHADWICK, A 00. WASxmaiOU, July Id, 1861. an3o-lr DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO., Northeast Comer FOURTH and BAGS Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, _ IMPORTKES AND DBALEES YQREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, MANUFACTURERS Of ; WBITB LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, POTTY, Ac. aghnts roK rug oslsbratsb FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and consumers (applied at VERY LOW PBICES YOB CASH. ph29-tael • LOOKING GLASSES. JAMES 8. EARLE * SON, MANUPACmiBHEa AND IMPOBTKBB ■ ot. looking glasses. oil paintings, Till ■ HGBATINGB, PIOTDBI AND PORTBAIT FBAKBB, PHOTOOBAPH FBAHBS, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, OABTES-DB-VISITE POBTBAITB. EARLE’S GALLERIES, 816 CHESTNUT STREET, ]alß fan.Anai.rßrA. SEWING MACHINES. & WILSON. SEWING MACHINES, 628 CHESTNUT BTREET, ielS-8m PHILADELPHIA. WATCHES AND JEWELRY. AMERICAN^WATCHES, GOLD ANP SILVER OASES. JOS. H. WATSON. Jy3l-6m No. 326 CHESTNUT street WATCHES, JEWELRY, &o | A PBEBH ASSORTMENT, at LESS XJL THAN FOBMEB PBIOEB. FABB & BBOTHEB, Importers, 8M CHESTNUT Street, below Fonrth. mh2o-tf STATIONERY & FANCY GOODS. AyfARTIN A QUAYLES 111 STATIONEBT, TOT, AND FANOT GOODS IMF 081 U M, Ho. 1086 WALNUT BTBEET, P*LOW PLIVBin, PHILADELPHIA. Jell-fply ILLUMINATING OILS. ««T UOU’ER” OIL WORKS. XJ 100 bbl» « Lnoifer” Burning Oil on hand. We guarantee the oil to be non-expldeive, to bnrn all the oil in the lamp with a steady, briulant-flame, without cmathig the wick, and bat slowly. Barrels Uned with dass enamel. WBIGHT, SMITH, 3t PEABBALL, nEffl-tf.-.:-' OffIoeSIfiMABKBT Street g FRANK. PALMER, Surgeon Artist to tire Government Institution*, Wash, togton. Abo, to all ot the Medical OoUegea and Hos pital*. The «PALMEB LIMBS,” adopted by- the Army and Navy Surgeon*. Pamphlet* sent gratis. Address, ' . B. FRANK. PALMEB, jya-6m Ho. 1609 CHESTNUT Street, Phliad’a. qaot ion* The well earned reputation el FAIRBANKS’ SOAOBB Ha* induced the makers of Imperfeot balaaoea to oOtt than a* <. I Col. Miller left several men upon the road to % guard the bridges between here and Gallatin, and we arrived in Nashville About -half past nine l o’clock.. . •From the citizens of Gallatin I learned that Mor gan entered town about twelve o’clock the night before, and immediately placed pickets npon all of the roads leading but of the city. The immense freight train wbioh generally,ar rives at Gallatin about daylight was seized by this crowd of marauders. It waa composed of nine teen cars! •; Eighty;five Government hones were on beard, wbioh were “ oonfiscated” by. Morgan and hk men.. -Several.oars were loaded with commissa ry goods, which were also destroyed; The locomo tive, which cost ten. thousand dollars, was blown up, ami the entire train bunted. A bridge at Pi lot Knob was destroyed, and two, bridges between Gallatinand thatunnel also shared the • same fate. The tunnel itself was seriously damaged,land will require some work expended npon it before trains can pass through. Searchwaa made by the guerillas for many of the prominent Union men of Gallatin, who managed to escape. At last aooonnts the enemy were in possession of the city. :* ■ ; The following interesting dooument I obtained from Mr; East, the Secretary of the State. It speaks for itself; . . 'Memphis, Tens, November 29; 1861. Friend Leonard ; I have not forgotten you or your unhappy situation, for I still believe in your innocenoe and your determination to do what is right. I have not written you for a long time.' My silehoe only meant that I had no time to write yon without A motive, or for the purpose of ehoourage ment. X wish to ask you the question that, could you regain jour liberty, would y ou freely and earnestly take up arms for the Southern Confederacy ? An swer me freely and as your oonsoienoe dictates, for you could not make a good soldier without your heart was in the cause you were fighting for. In gaining your liberty at the present time, muohmight depend upon your willingness to fight for the liberty of; others—l mean; the liberty and fights of the Southern people. ' *'*■. ' ,*■ ■- ; I would be glad to hear from you, and as ear nestly as ever desire your liberty. Yours, truly, A. J. Wseki.kr. ■ \ Nashvim.l!, Tenn., December 8, 1881, ; A. J. Wmelbb, Esq.— Honored Sir: On the morhing of the Ist inst. . I was aroused from solilo quy, -by the approach of a fellow-prisoner, whose hand contained a letter addressed to me. Aglanoo at the superscription told me the writer was' the only friend I had during adversity ’s darkest hours. ’lffcad. it eagerly, but with' mingled feelings of ex ultation and anxiety—the former on account of hearing from the friend of my adversity, the latter, : because of the formidable gulf that now ostensibly separated us. In the letter above referredto, you ask me, by regaining my liberty, would I take up arms in support of the Southern Confederacy, adding that, to obtain the former, muoh would 1 de pend on my doing the latter. My answer to this do you now receive, given after the honest convictions of my heart. Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of my heart, ardently and na • luridly as that heart sighs for liberty, still, es teemed sir," if I ban only obtain it by taking up arms against the American Union, 1 shall be forever without it.; I repeat it, sir,-I shall l.be forever,, forever without it. To the great an cfglorious Ame rican Union lam inviolably attached. I love it with an undying love, and did the humble sacrifice of my life preserve and-perpetuate the freedom breathing institutions of; American Union, this day, nay, this moment, would the sacrifice be exnltingly offered- on the sacred altar of American liberty. Oh, my dear friend, the egregious: idea of my taking up arms to aid in destroying the terrestrial labors of the ever-living heroes of the Revolution, is marvellously painful. Did I hold in my hand a weapon to strike down the bearer of Star-spangled Banner—the spotless emblem of oivil and reli gious liberty—uoder whose protecting folds our ho nored and revered Washington so gloriously ostra cised the foes of. freemen; did l hold such, the innate love which I oherish for Amerioan Union, the immutable attachment which my heart owes her pure and: free institutions, the patriotio emotions of my imiriortal soul, would paralyze and- prostrate the , degenerate arm that’ held the rebellioua wea j®n?*-ftibTl-hold ho subh-weapon,.and I tell you, sir, while Jehovah leaves strength in my arm, or sight in mine eye, I never, never shall. "'.Ah, ‘ yes, iny labors shall be to preserve, not to de stroy, the pure and free institutions of model Ame rica. Hove those institutions because of their pu rity and freedom ; when they are sought to be per verted, I will fight against the perversion, and- be he a foreign or domestic recreant, who, fieud-like, seeks to tear down the paragon temple of Amerioan liberty.. I say to him (when lam a freeman), be fore you accomplish your: pernicious and ue^ious purpose, you must first behold and trample the in animate form of this earthly tabernacle of mine. Indeed, sir, if the last drop-of blood in the sacred urn of my heart will: preserve and perpetuate the model institutions of civil ,and religious liberty, founded and consecrated in the blood of those mar tyred heroes of free Amerioa, whose immortal names history delights to chronicle and man loves to idolize, they shall and will live. Be assured, Sir, when I take up arms, (and that is as soon as I am at liberty), it will be with that freedom-loving band who have invariably fought for Überty am. religion. It will be with a people who fightto in struct the ignorant, to Christianize the infidel, to extend the ethereal knowledge of Holy writ; with a people whose mission it is to enlighten, intellectu ally and religiously, the clouded minds of their ’fellow-beings, to ameliorate the condition of God's • earthly but erring creatures, to bast an effulgent and purifying ray of light on the domestic fire side, by the recognition of the soared and heaven ordained rights of matrimony; with a people who delight to see their'fellow creatures of every creed, sect, and color raise in the scale of civilization and in tbeknowledgeof their Maker, and who are now fighting to hand down to posterity, unsullied, the only institutions on this terraqueous globe oal-. ciliated to exalt and ennoble the human family and mete out their unalienable and God-given rights. To oontemplate the deatruotion ’of the edifice of human liberty iu this the: hour of her vernal splen dor, is more than fiendish, and, under a just God, an awful retribution must await the actors, de nuded as they must be of respect for God, or feel ing for their fellow-man. But I cannot accompany those patricides and fratricides, I must return to those gallant spirits—the armed soldiers'of, liberty —who ate immolating their sacred lives for the high and holy cause of liberty, religion, virtue, and: morality; who will prove themselves as invincible as their noble sires, the heroes of ’76, believing that Jehovah and ! his angels are encamped round about them, 'under whose Omnipotent care they will return to tbeir homes and their kindred more than conquerors. Those people, as did their fathers, fear God and love liberty,.and will prove themselves the legitimate offspring of that devoted band who nobly stood by our revered and honored: Washington, defending the violated rights of in fant Amerioa; will prove themselves the legitimate . children of that courageous and virtuous yeomanry wbo upheld him on the high grounds of Boston; who supported him at the painful scenes of Dong Island, York Island, and Hew Jersey, when com batting armies vastly superior in numbers, aided by powerful fleets, and led by chiefs high in the roll of fame. There they stood, the bulwark of ©ursafety, undismayed by disaster, unchanged by change of fortune. Behold their , thinned, worn down, unaided ranks on the pjreearious fields of Trenton, where deep gloom unnerved every arm! Dreadful wasthe night; the Btonn raged) the Dela ware; rolling furiously with floating ice, forbade the ‘approaeb ot man. Those heroes, self- collected, viewed the tremendous scene; their country called; they heard her maternal voice; they passed to the hostile shore; they fought; they conquered. .The morning’s sun cheered the Amerioan world. Oar country rose on the event, and her dauntless and intrepid sons, following up their blow, consummated on the lawns of Trenton what their vast and pa triotic sonls oonoeivedbn the shores of the Delaware. Will you follow that small, but gallant band to the vales of Brandywine, the fields of Germantown, and the plains of Monmouth?—there, too, did they sncoessfully encounter valiant armies; there did those' hosts assuage the sufferings of oppressed Amerioa; there did they limit her privations, and then and there nobly upheld our tottering Republic. Ar.d so will their children, the Amerioan freemen of this day, uphold and transmit to posterity the patrimonial inheritance bequeathed them by their noble sires—the founders and friends of human liberty. So will it be; and so may it be, is the ardent prayer of a true-hearted friend to the American Union. Thiß language may be incon gruous, perhaps pragmatical, from one in my un fortunate situation, and surrounded, as I am, bj those who are at war with this doctrine. But be >6 , so. When asked a question which touches poig nantly the very tendons of my soul, I answer it truthfully, as my heart dictates. Yes, sir, even to regain my liberty, dear as it is, (and to my soul most dear,) I cannot, and will hot, prove recreant to my heart’s highest hopes, by holding out false promises until my liberty was obtained, ■ and then acting the dastardly part of deserter. That part I am, and, I trust, ever will be, unable to'play, Ido that which is congenial within y feel ings, as well hs my. sense of duty. That duty, in this ease, I would march up to, even though the garote looked me in the face. Do you tell me, es teemed sir, that Franco and England will aid you by recognizing your independence, or raising the blockade of Southern ports? If so, I tell you, as a friend who loves your welfare infinitely more than dots sny son of France or England, that you labor under a mistake. Benot my friend. Neither France nor England will recognize nought that has the extension of human bondage for its primary objeot. But another, and by far a more cogent consideration, is,'both those have learned, at the oost of muoh blood and- more trea sure, the science or knowledge of respecting and honoring the rights of a people whose national em blem is tbe Star-Spangled Banner. Perfidious England and supercilious France will : do all th#r insidious influence ban accomplish to weaken their rival.,on this continent. And if they manifest any ostensible sympathy for Seoessia, be lievers it is a bait thrown, that she may consum mate her own> destruction, knowing full well the United States needs ho stimulant, and has no alter native, but to preserve the Union, coat what it may. Heed not those traos-Atlantic ebullitions. They B. C. T. INTEBRSTING DOCUMENT, are at best only the outpourings of thoße ephemeral beings who have Invariably proved themselves the enemies of our free institutions. Those Arrogant 'and self-conceited Englishmen have,'bn more tiian one oeo&sion, been .ingloribully expelled from'free dom’s home. ’ So it is not marvellous they should be still smarting under the exuberant chastisement received. The supercilious Frenchman, with their boasted military knowledge, shared a like fate. The semi-oivilized Mexican; the barbarous; and savage Indian; all felt the potent arm of ; liberty, wielded by a people whom you may sarcastically call Yankees. The term has been unsparingly used by Cornwallis, Burgoyne, and the notorious Proctor.' “ Give the d—d Yankees.no quarter,” was indeed their, watchword., But, strange as, it may appear, the evanescent minions of despots afterwards learn ed those same Yankees furnished their own quar ters, and provided the hirelings of. monarchy with , watery, quarters on the broad Atlantic, aftermarcb ing offthe free soil of America to the tune of Yan kee Boodle. And so will the foes of freemen, oome from where they may. I hope, my dear sir, this letter will nofralienato yon from me, as I must at all times acknowledge myself under many lasting obligations, and shut never oease to consider you in the kindest manner. I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient ser vant, ! William W. Leonard. • * June 3,1862.— 5ir : This letter was returned to me with the reproachful precept that the letter and . its author would ‘be sure to remain within those walls. The letter now goes, but the author re mains, as there is A change in the powers that be or were. - . . - . • Everything is quiet in tiffs city, although we are greatly discommoded' by the lack of mails. Over one thousand negroes are at work upon the fortifications, rigged in all the fantastical styles imaginable. , V ' B. C. T. .. THE WAR IN ARKANSAS. From General Curtis' Army, [Special Correspondence of The Press.] Helena, August 17,1862. RETURN OF GENERAL HOVBY’S DIVISION. To-day the force under General Hovey returned from Clarendon. ’ They accomplished nothing, since there was nothing to Accomplish. They found no enemy to fight. He had ingloriously skedaddled. I reported some deaths from sun-stroke on the march out, but General Curtis says ha hoard no thing of them, and I suppose my information must have been incorrect. The men suffered very, much from the heat on the march out, but pulled through without any deaths. There is, however, considera ble sickness. Colonel Baker, of some Indiana re-' giment, is siok with fever, and Lieutenant Colonel Macaulay, of the 17th Indiana, is sick, threatened with fever. THE NETT COTTOS OHDER. : ‘ The new order from the War Department rela- - live to cotton reached General Grant in due course, and on the 6th inst. he published an order based upon the same, throwing open the trade in cotton and removing all restrictions on the payment for it. How everybody will demand gold for cotton, and the South will be furnished with all the'gold they have cotton to exchange for. It aeeinr Secretary Chase did not follow my advice, so I suppose it is as well that I charged him nothing for it. It was naturally supposed that the same order would be made by'Curtis, and the three or four boats im mediately succeeding the publication of General Grant’s order in the Memphis papers brought down hosts of cottombnycrs. Such another wrangling, chaffering, “ diamond-ont-diamond” set, you never saw. The same lot of ootton would be bought over and over again, a dozen men would claim it as it was lying on the levee, no one had paid any thing on it nor marked -it, and, of course, no one had any right over another, or,, as in some oases occurred, half a dozen men had paid either the whole or a part of the prioe. Who should have the Ootton? There are no writs of replevin here, no conrts —nothing but a provost marshal, who has plenty to do keeping his district straight, and who has little time and less inclination to med dle'with the cotton question. The result may be imagined, particularly when it is remem bered that the new' influx of buyers is mostly ; caused by men of small means, who’ have been kept out of the market by large .operators. To those men a bale of cotton is a great deal larger than the kingdom of heaven, and they' fight and swear enough over it to send them to the other , place, withoutany other cause. Itisimpossible for a white man to buy cotton at all from first bands. That whole business, has slipped into the hands of dews and petty traders, who run about the country as much for a half a dozeh bales as anybody else would for a hundred, and large buyers have to buy from them. This has run the price of ootton up to thirty cents here, : which leaves only margin enough tomake a fair profit on,the investment The big licks” are a thing of the past. , WHAT CURTIS IS DOING. But General Curtis has not received the order from the War Department—at least he has issued no corresponding order—and the cotton business still remains on the same basis as before. All these chaps have, therefore, very large-sized fleas in their ears. They are obliged to sell to some one Who has' a permit to buy, otherwise they ban never ship; unless they oan find {.which is often the case) some " permitted” individual, who will ship their cotton surreptitiously on his permit. But to this General Curtis calls “oheck,”by prohibiting parties having permits to use agents in buying, against wMah all hands remonstrate, because it is impossible to buy any amount without using agents In almost every part of the business.* These little regulations and orders are slightly inconsistent with eaoh other, and with the necessities iff busi ness, but they -make Helena just at the present time one of the most, delightful places to do busi ness in that can be found on the face of the glohe. Everybody who. attempts to do anything becomes perfectly distracted in the first hour, and before his first day is over is pretty sure to give up the whole, thing in disgust. ANOTHER EXPEDITION. You will probably see by the telegraph that an expedition has started down the river to find and capture, if possible, batteries on the banks. The. gunboats Benton and Mound City have gone, and two regiments of infantry, under Col. Wood, of Wisconsin. There is no probability that this army will move fer some time to come. 188 CONTRABANDS-A PROBLEM, About four hundred negroes, mostly women and children, arrived from Mississippi yesterday. What in the world will be done with them ? FEELING OF THE PEOPLE. The feeling of the people of this State is one of sullen indifference and despondency. We have lost everything, they say. We. have only our hands and heads to commenoe with again. Oar negroes have run away, our crops are destroyed, and if wo plant again those will be destroyed. We have nei" tber money nor goods to feed or clothe ourselves with.' We have not even arms to defend ourselves against the beasts of the field. Our country is a desert. But we have sympathies, and we will enjoy the poor luxury of indulging in them. We are for the South and for Southern rights now and forever, but we hope the war- will Boon end. I believe it will take but one season more to make the, peo ple of Arkansas, and, in fact, of ths entire South, wish for the restoration of the Union as the only means of securing life and pr operty and the benefits of a permanent government. Pluck and spirit,: the lofty soul and prond heart,” are very fine, hut under the pressure of hunger, anarohy, and' desti tution they will come down, especially when you add to these continual defeats in the field. Next winter is going to be a terrible time 7 in this State, The suffering among both black and white will be such as was never before known. REBEL SECRET-SERVICE SYSTEM I wonder we have been so successful as we hare. The rebels have a tremendous advantage over us in many things—more especially their spies. We have almost none at all—they have millions. A captain of the #th Illinois cavalry has told me just this moment that his men see every day in their oamp persons that they remember having seen in Jacksouport. They come to our tines perhaps as' soldiers, hide their horses in the woods, and then, dressed in citizens’ clothes, inspect our position at leisure. It is easy to evade our pickets. Yester day I was riding out with two ladies and a gentle man. We came to some pickets on the St.Franois road who would not let us pass. We struck directly into the woodß and there found plenty, of bridle paths leading in every direction, one of wMoh car ried us around the pickets and into the St. Francis road. So we had our ride out, and you ought to have seen how astonished those pickets looked when we came riding back past them. OFF FOR MEMPHIS. T am happy to state that this day winds up my stay at Helena for the present. Iflyonthe wings of the wind at the rate of four miles au hour to the’ comparative paradise of Memphis. Casho. ANOTHER IBON-OLAD IVAIt VESSEL —The Hewburyport (Mass.) Biwold says another Government vessel is to be built on the Merrimac, a side-wheel steamer, to he 240 feet long with her,hull 35 feet wide, and the extreme width over the guards 64 feet; and the depth of hold is to be 12 feet., fibe Is to be 970 tons. Her tipper works are to be covered with iron, rifle-proof, and the pitot-house is to be covered with obmpositloh'-plates, rifle-proof The . carpenter’s .contract ia $BO,OOO, and. she is to be launched in eighteen weeks, and the work completed within flfty days after. TERRIBLE AFFAIR AT HE WTON, H. J.—Miss Clara Vaßsickle died at herfather’s residence in Hen ton, H. J.,'on Friday week, under mysterious circumstances. She had been out riding with a gentleman-friend, named Drake, and was takeuwith convulsions which ended her liTe. - Drake has been arrested. The verdict of the coro ner’s jury was “ that Clara L. Yaiujekle came to her death by come drug or drugs, or powerful irritant, ad', ministered to her by .George M. Drake for the purpose of producing abortion.” THEBBOKENTELEGBAPHCABLE -Thetelegraph cable between Old Point and Cherrystone, on the Eastern Shore, will probably be repaired to-day, and communion, lion between Baltimore and Washington bere-established Binco the accident to the cable, a force of mechanics has been at work night and day upon the machinery: needed to raise it, end yesterday morning a barge was sent down the river (by, Quartermaster Ludlow, containing every thing requisite tor the purpose.— Norfolk Union, 18. TWO GENTS. IMPORTANT SOUTHERN NEWS, Opening of 'the Third Session of the Confederate Congress. SECOND "ANNUAL MESSAGE" OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, Provisions of the Conscript Law to be Extended. TEE BEHEL NAVT CONSTBUCTIHO 11 AT HOME AND ABROAD." THE MESSACE A “ TAME DOCUMENT.” RETALIATORY MEASURES OF THE REBEL CONGRESS, News front the Rapidan. SKIRMISH NEAR RACCOON FORD. JACKSON'S ADVANCE. &c., &c., &c. From Bichmond papers of the 18th and 19 th instant we glean toe following important news: The Confederate Congress ‘ SENATE. ‘ : - Mokbav, August 18,1862. The Senate reassembled, pursuant to adjournment, in the chamber of the Senate of Virginia, and was opened with prayer by the Bey. Mr. Seeley, of the Baptist Church. ; '--i ; V ~ ' ' Present—The President ot the Senate (Hon. A. H. Stephens); and Messrs. Yancey and Clay, of Alabama; Messrs. Maxwell and Baker, of Florida ;-Mr. Hill, of Georgia;Mr. Barnett, of Kentucky ; Mr. Semmes, of lionlsiana; Messrs. Brown and Phelan, of Mississippi; Mr. Clark, of Mlßsonrit Messrs Davis and Dortch, of North Carolina; Mr. Haynes, of Tennessee; Messrs. Wigfall and Oldham, of Texas; and Messrs. Hunter and Preston, of Virginia—l 7. The absentees are—Messrs. Johnson and Mitchell,. of Arkansas ;\Mr.Le»I«, of Georgia; Mr. Simms, of Ken tucky; Mr. Sparrow, of Louisiana; Mr. Peyton, of Missouri [Messrs. Barnwell and Orr, of Sonth Carolina; and Mr. Henry.of Tennessee—9- The President annonnoed the presence of a quorum. Mr. Olay, of. Alabama, offered the following reeolu tion, whit* was adopted: ■" Sesolved, That the Secretary of the Senate communi cate. to the Honse.of Bepreeentatives that the Senate has met pursuant to adjournment, and Is ready to proceed to business. 'VV ■ •Afler a brief intermission the Clerk of the House pre sented a message from the Bouse, announcing the readi ness of that body to proceed jwith the labors before it, and the passage of a resolution appointing a Joint Oom mittee to inform the President that Congress had been duly assembled, and was prepared to receive any commu nication from him. ' - . ' On motion, the Senate concurred in the resolution, and the President appointed on the Joint Committee Messrs. Olay, Semmes, and Dortch. Mr. Yancey gave notice that on to-morrow he should offer the following resolution: Itesolved, That the 43d pule of the Buies of the Senate shall be stricken out, and that the 46th rule be strfokeu out, and the following words inserted ll All legislative sessions Shall be held with open doors, except otherwise ordered by a vote of two-thirda of the members, the said vote to be taken by yeas and nays." ' [The 43d and 45th rules relate especially to the matter of secret sessions ] The Joint Committee, on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President, returning, the Chairman, Ur. Olay, re ported the following MESSAGE Oy JEJTEaSON DAVIS. To the Senate and Bouse of Bepresentafivet of the Confederate States : It la again our fortune to meet for devising measures necessary to the pnbUo welfare, while our country is in volved In a desolating war. The Bufferings endured hr some portion* of the people exeite the deepest solicitude J of the Government; and, the sympathy thus evoked has ; been heightened by: the .patriotic devotion, with which . those sufferings have been borne. .The gallantry and good conduct of our troops, always claiming the grati tude of the concur, have been further illustrated on hard-fought fields, marked by. exhibitions of individual prowess which can find but few parallels in ancient or i modern history. ' Our army has not faltered many of the various trials to which it has been subjected, and the great body of the'people have continued to manifest a . aeal and nnanimity which not only, cheer the battle stained soldier, but gi ves assurance to the friends of con stitutional liberty of our'final triumph in the pending struggle against despotic usurpation. Tho vast army which threatened the : capital of the Confederacy has been defeated and driven from the lines of investment, and the enemy, repeatedly foiied.in hU efforts for its capture, is now seeking to raise new armies on a scale such as modem Btory does not record, to ef fect that subjugation of the South so, often proclaimed as on the eve of accomplishment The perfidy which disregarded rights secured by com pact, the madness which trampled on obligations made sacred by every consideration of honor, have been inten sified by the malignity engendered by defeat. These passions have changed tho character of the hostilities waged by our enemieß, who are becoming daily IeBS re gardful of the usages of civilized war and the dictates of humanity. Bapineand wanton destruction of private property, war upon non-combatants, murder of captives, bloody threats' to avenge the death of invading': soldiery by the slaughter of unarmed citizens, orders of banishment against peaceful farmers engaged in the cultivation of the soil, are some of the means used by bur ruthless invaders to enforce the submission of a free people to foreign sway. Confisca tion hills sf a character so atrocious as to insure, if exe cuted, the utter ruin of the entire population of these States, are passed by their Congress and approved by their Eiecntivo. The moneyed obligations of the Con federate Government are forged by citizens of the United States, and .publicly advertised: for sale in their cities with a notoriety that sufficiently attests the knowledge of their Government, and its complicity in the crime is further evinced by the fact that the soldiers of the in vading armies are found, supplied with large quantiti: s of tbeseforgednotes as a' means of despoiling the country people, by fraud, out of such portions of their property ae armed violence may fail to reach. Two, at least; of the generals of the United States are engaged; unchecked by their Government,: in exciting servile insurrection, and in arming and training slaves for warfare against their masters, citizens of the Confederacy. Another has been found ol instincts so brutal as to Invite, the violence of hie soldiery against the women of a captured city. Tet, the rebuke ol civilized man has failed to evoke from the authorities of the United States one mark of dis approbation of his acts: nor is there any reason to sup pose that the conduct of Benjamin F. Butler has failed to secure from hie Government the sanction and applause with which it Is known to have heen £eeted by public meetings and portions of the press of the United States. To inquiries made of ' the Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the United States, whether the atrocions con duct of some of their military: commandants met the sanction of that Government, answer has'been evaded on the pretext that the inquiry was insulting, and ho method remains for the suppression of these enormities but such retributive justice as it may he found possible to execute , Betatiation in kind, for many of them, Is Impracticable, for I have had occasion to remark In a former message, -that under no excess of provocation could our noble hearted defenders be driven to wreak vengeance on un armed men, or women, or on children: But item and ex emplary punithment can and must he meted out to the murderers and felons, who, disgracing tho protession of arms, seek to make the public war the occasion for the cmnmiasion of the"most monstrous crimes, v " Deeply as we regret the character ot the contest into which we are about to be forced, we must accept it as an alternative which recent manifestations give ustittie hope can be avoided. The exasperation of failure has aroused the wont pas sions of onr enemies ; a large portion of people, even of their clergymen, how engage in urging an* excited populace to the extreme of ferocity, and nothing remains bat to vindicate onr rights and to maintain onr existence by employing against onr foe every energy and every re source at our disposal. > I,append for your Information a copy of tho papers exhibiting the action of the Government, up to the pre sent timejfor the repression of the outrages committed on our people. Other measures, now in progress will be submitted hereafter. In inviting your attention to the legislation which the necessities of our condition require, those connected with the prosecution of the war command almost undivided attention. . * ■ - The acts passed at your last session Intended to secure the public defence by general enrollment, and to render uniform the rules governing troops in the service, have led to some unexpected criticism that is much to be re gretted. >: : . The efficiency of the law hag been thus somewhat im paired, though it is not believed that in any of the States the popular mind has withheld its sanction from either, the necessity or,propriety of your legislation. It is only by harmonione as well as zealous action that a Govern mentasnew as ours, ushered into existence on the very eve of & great.war, and unprovided with the material ne cessary tor conducting hostilities on so vast a soale, can fulfil itg duties. Upon yon, who are fully, informed of the , acta and put poses of the Government," and thoroughly imbued-with the feelings and sentiments of the people, must reiiatice. be placed to secure this great object. Ton can best devise the .means for establishing that entire co-operation of the State and Confederate Go vernments which Is essential to the welt being of both , at all times, but which* is not?' indispensable to their very existence. • And if any legislation shall seem. to yon appropriate for adjusting differences of opinion, it will Be my pleasure, . as well asdnty,to co-operate in:any measure thatmaybe devised for reconciling a just care.for the public defence with a proper deference for the most scrupulous suscep tibilities of the State authorities. Tne report of the Secretary of the Treasury will ex hibit in detail the operations of that department. It will be seen with satisfaction that the credit of the Govern ment securities remains unimpaired, and that this credit is fully justified by the comparatively small amountof accumulated debt, notwithstanding the magnitude of our military operations. The legislation ot the last session provided lor the purchase of supplies with the bonds of the Government, but the preference of the people for Treatury notes has been so marked that legislation is recommended to authorize an increase in the issue of Treasury notes, which the public service seems to re-. quire. Mo grave Inconvenience need be apprehended tern this increased issne, as the provision of law by which these notes are convertible into eight per cent, bonds forms an efficient and permanent safeguard against any serious depreciation sf the currency. Tour attention Is also invited to the means proposed by the Secretary for facilitating the preparation of these notes, and for guarding them against forgery. It is due to our people to state that no manufacture of counterfeit notes exists* within our limits, and that they,are imported all from the Kortbern States. The repoit of the Secretary of War, which Is submit ted, contains numerous suggestions for the legislation deemed desirable in order to add to the efficiency of the service. I invite your favorable consideration especi ally to those recommendations which are intended to se cure the proper execution of the conscript law, and the consolidation of companies, battalions, and regiments, when so reduced in strength as to impair that uniformity , of organization which is necessary in the army, while an nnduobnrden is imposed on the treasury. The necessity for some legislation for controlling military transporta tion on the railroads, and Improving their present defec tive condition, forces itself upon the attention of the Go vernment, and X trust that you will Be able to devise sa tisfactory measures for. attaining this purpose. The le gislation on the subject of general officers involves the service in some difficulties, which are pointed out by the Secretary, and for which the remedy suggested by him seems appropriate. ■ in comectiou with this subject, I am of opinion that, prudence dictates some prcvißionfor. the increase or the. army, in the event of emergencies not how anticipated. The very large increase of forces recently called into: the field try the Urtsideniof the United Stales «ogran der it necessary’ hereafter to extend 1 the 1 provisions of Vte conscript law, solas to embrace person? between the ogtt ■ and its vicinity will almost certainly be the scene of ac tion. At that point Pape is now busy throwing up en trenchments, mounting beavy'guns, and making the ususA preparations upon which the generals of bis nation come monly rely for protection from the homespun*clad,.tost peinous legions of the South. 1 Tho sound of osnhon was, for a short time, hoard-.at Gordonaville on Saturday night. 'Whether it proceeded from an artillery skirmish, or what other 'cause, has. not yet been ascertained: ■ Since writing the above we learned from-gentlemen who reached the city yesterday by the Central train, in. charge of General Obarleß Winder’s body, thahthe can nonade heard at Gordonsville, Saturday evening, proceed ed from a sharp artillery skirmish, which: at tiiat time took place at Baccbon Ford, off the Bapldan river, eeversl miles to the east of the Orange and. Alexandria railroad. -.. . . ■ - - .. The enemy, it seems, sent down on reconnoissanoe a heavy body of cavalry and artillery, which, advancing to the Bepidsn without meeting. even with our videttes, were emboldened to attempt to cross to the south bank of ibat stream, at the ford above. mentioned.. All we could ascertain,'definitely, relative to the skirmish was. that while thejYankees were crossing the ford, they were, opened on by our artillery and driven hack. On tegaii>. tog the north bank their batteries were put into position,, and returned our fire. The duel lasted for more, than,an. hour when the enemy retreated. We hear of none,who. were hilled on our side, and bur informant saw hnt.ona. man who had been wounded in thß engagement. He ine* formed them that the enemy had been badly cutup. Between twenty-five and thirty Yankee, prisoners, among whom were six commissioned officers, mpposid to. have been captured in this skirmish, werahwnght In bg the Central train. ANOTHEBBEBEh a letter from Nassau, N. P., we learn that a. new steamer, the Oveta, under the command of Captain Semmes, hadarrivedtheqa from England; and was intended to cruize as a rebel pri vateer. =.Bhe is said to be. aaplondid.vessel. The cap tain. officers, and crew cS the Sumpter, which was con demned ami sold, had arriTjd at Haaaan on the British steamer Keflta. • >' ' "•