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'IT'S HARD TO DIE FRAE lIAME.9,
The evening sun is shining noo,
On bonnie Lochanside;
And to the byreare creeping doon
The kye, my mither's pride;
The weans are sporting on the green,
I see things just the same
As:iiamang them a' mysel'—
Oh, it's hard to die free haute !
I see the horse—the loch—the burn—
The boat lying on the shore ;
My father working in the yard,
My wither round the door ;
The cradle rocking by the fire,
That burns a blazing flame,
And Jennie singing to the bairn—
Oh, it's hard to die flue haute!
To keep my faither in his craft
I left to win a fee,
And many a tear it cost us baith,
For I was young and wee;
I'm fear'd he'll break his tender heart,
And think he was to blame ;
,Gin I could only grip his han'—
Oh, it's hard to die frae hams.!
My nib dear mither little kens
Her Mary is sao ill,
For 'tween us there's a weary gate
0' stormy sea and hill ;
And will I never see her face,
Or hear her speak my name,
Or clasp my arms aboot her neck—
Oh, it's hard to die true hame
I thank ye a' beside me here,
For the love ye've shown to me,
Ye've gi'cn me meat, ye've gi'en me claee,
And gi'en a gentle fee ;
To think o't makes my heart grow grit,
But yet—forgie me if I say' t
Oh, it's hard to die frae hame 1
And when ye write to tell our folks
How Mary gae'd awe',
Be sure ye tell them how I thocht
And spoke aboot them a' ;
And tell them, too, I gae'd in pew*,
Because I kent the Name
0' a Father and a Blether dear—
Farewol ! I'm Floe gaun hams !
NORMAN MACLEOD
Ulisttliantous gtabiug.
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A YOUNG , MAWS MOTTO
Count Maurice of Nassau, second son of
William the Silent, Prince of Orange,
found himself seventeen years of age,
fatherless and poor with a mother and ten
younger brothers and sisters looking to
him as the only one fitted to take the place
him who was gone. His father had fallen
by the dagger of the assassin ; his eldest
brother was a prisoner in Spain, and the
family fortunes were at the lowest ebb.—
The Prince of Orange had devoted every
thing to his country, and in the stormy
times in wliien he lived had periled and
lost his wealth. Ater his death, as the
I historian tells us, "carpets, tapestries,
household linen, nay, even his silver
spoons, and the very clothes of his ward
robe, were disposed of at public auction
for the benefit ofhis creditors."
It was a dark time for young Maurice,
and more especially at the Netherland
Republic, than in the severest stress of its
struggle with the tyrant Philip, looking to
him as his father's ultimate successor in its
councils and at the head of its armies.—
But his brave young heart did not fail him.
He put his shoulder under the burden with
a resolute and unflinching spirit. As the
symbol of both his purpose and his hope,
he took for his device "a fallen oak with a
young sapling springing from the root,"
and for his motto the words, "Tandunt fit
surculus arbor ;" "The twig shall yet be
come a tree." And it did. There are few
names, belonging even to the glorious days
of Elizabeth, of England, more justly hon.
ored than his. •
The motto of Prince Maurice seems one
peculiar appropriate for every young man
to bear on his shield in the battle of life.—
It is at once a modest confession, and a
resolute chalenge. The "twig" is not a
"tree," but it has a tree's destiny. Its
claim is not so much in what it is, as
what is resolved to become. It has not
present strength, it has purpose, and we
all know that purpose wins more than
half the battles in this world. Ilad the
man who said that "Providence is always
one of the strongest battailon," said it was
rather those which follow the right banner
to the field, he would have been much
nearer the truth, ).t is motive to which
God always looks, a4d it is the life that
has a right motive at the heart of 4,
which he crowns with favor and success.
From all this it appears that a manly
spirit is at the furthermost possible remove
from either vanity or presumption. The
tr uest bravery is always modest, and as it
s b r i n ke from no proper responsibility. and
11 _ 1111 1111b., '
no danger that stands in the way of duty,
so it never goes to seek either. It bides
its time. It is willing to remain a twig
till it becomes a tree ; does not in the
greenness and weakness of its sapling
state put on airs as if it were already full
grown, nor claim equality with the trees of
the wood before it has, like them, its own
strong arm with which to battle with the
blast. Yet it remembers the root from
which it sprang, and the "fallen oak" at
its side is a perpetual reminder that it has
a destiny to win, and a work to do. There
are a few things in regard to which young
men more often mistake than the quality
of true manliness. One can hardly walk
down the street without encountering some
proof of this. Recklessness, displayed in
a swaggering gait, in oaths and vulgarity
and miscellaneous rowdiness, is no ele
ment of real manhood. A roll of filthy
weed in the mouth, however daintily puff
ed and fingered, is no symbol or type of
manliness. Contempt for home and its
simple pleasures, or familiarity with the
manners and language of bar-rooms and
saloons, is no part of what constitutes one
1 a man. Pretention and foppery, and as
sumption are :no nearer the mark.—
One may have all these qualities, appa
rently coveted by so many, and yet be
destitute of the first and least property of
of real manhood. He may despise them
all, and be for that very reason all the
more a man.H.Exchange.
A TOUCHING SCENE
A French paper says that Lucille Rome,
a pretty girl, with blue eyes and fair hair,
poorly but neatly clad, was brought before
the Sixth Court of Correction fur vagran—
cy.
"Does any one claim you I" asked tho
magistrate
Ah ! my.good sir," said she, "I have
no longer friends; my father and mother
are dead—l have only my brother James,
but he is as young as I am. Oh, Sir! what
tan he do for me ?"
" The Court must send you to the House
of Correction.
" Here I am sister—here 1 am ! do not
fear!" cried a childish voice from the other
end of the court, and at the same instant a
little boy with a lovely countenance start
ed forth from amid the crowd, and stood
before the judge.
t'Who are youl" asked he.
"James Rome, the brother of that little
girl."
"Your age'!"
" Thirteen."
"And what do you want ;"
"1 come to claim Lucille."
"But have you the means of providing
for her:"
"Yesterday I had not, but now I have
Don't be afraid, Lucille."
"Oh' how good you are, James !"
"Well, let us see, my boy," said the
magistrate, "the court is disposed to do
all it can for your sister. But you must
give us some explanation."
"About a fortnight ago," continued the
boy, "my poor mother died of a bad cough,
for it was very cold at home. We were
in great trouble. Then I said to myself, I
will be an artist, and when I know a good
trade I will support my sister. 1 went ap.
prentice to a brush maker. Every day
used to carry her half of my dinner, and
at night I took her secretly to my room,
and she slept in my bed while I slept on
the floor. But it appears she had not en
ough to eat. One day she begged on the
Boulevard and was taken up. When I
heat(' that, I said to myself: Come, my
boy, things cannot last so., you must find
something better.
"I soon found a place where I am lod
ged, fed, and clothed, and have twenty
francs a month. I hare, also, found a good
woman who, fur these twenty francs, will
take care of Lucille, and teach her needle
work. I claim my sister."
" My boy," said the judge, "your con
duct is very honorable. However, your
sister cannot be set at liberty until to
morrow.
"Never mind, Lucille," said the hey, "1
will Come and fetch you early to•morrow."
Then turning to the mrgistrate he said :-
6'l may kiss her may I not, Sir!"
He threw himself into the arms of his sis
ter, and both wept tears of affection.
A Noble Youth
The following anecdote was related to a
gentleman during a night he spent in a
farmhouse in Virginia, some years ago:
• in December 17—, Toward the close of a
dreary day, a woman with an infant was
discovered half buried in the snow by a
little Virginian seven years old. The
promising lad was returning from school,
and hearing the moans of some one in (its
tress, threw down his sachet of books, and
repaired to the spot whence the sound
proceeded, with a firmness becoming one
of riper years. 'taking the snow from the
benumbed body of the mother, and using
means to awaken her to a sense of her de
plorable condition, the noble youth suc
ceeded in getting her upon her feet; the
infant, nestling on its mother's breast,
turned its eyes toward their youthful pre
server, and smiled, as it seemed, in grati
tude for its preservation. With a counts,
nance (tiled with hope, the gallant youth
cheered the sufferer on himself, bearing
within his tiny arms the infant child, while
the mother leaned for support on the
shoulder of her little conductor. •"My
home is hard by," would he exclaim, as
oft her spirits' failed. And thus for three
miles did, he cheer onward to a harpy bavea
WAYNESBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1861.
the Mother and child, both of whom other
wise must have perished, had it not been
for the human feeling and perseverance of
this noble youth.
A warm fire and kind attention soon re
lieved the sufferer,
who, it appeared, was
in search of her husband, an emigrant
from New Hampshire, a recent purchaser
ut a farm in the neighbJrhood of
near this place. Diligent inquiry for sev,
eral days found him, and in five months
atter, the identical house in which we are
now sitting was erected, and received the
happy family. The child grew up to man
hood—entered the army—lost a limb at
New Orleans, but returned to end his days,
a solace to the declining years of his aged
parents.
"Where are they now?" I asked the nar,
rator.
"Here!" exclaimed the son. "I am the
rescued one; there is my mother; and here
imprinted on my naked arm, is the name
of the noble youth—our preserver!"
I looked and read "Winfield Scott,"
now Lieutenant General of the United
States army.
A Romantic Adventure.
A very romantic adventure is related in
the New York papers. A young girl of
thirteen years, of respectable parentage in
the city of Dublin, Ireland, tell in love
with a ycuth of seventeen, of the same
place. He came to America in the capac
ity of a ship carpenter. She followed, in
search of him. Her subsequent history is
thus told in the New York Journal uf Corn
mercce of Saturday : -" She shipped
as cabin boy on board of a vessel
at Liverpool, and made several voyages
it. that capacity. After spending two
years in this way, she shipped as a deck
hand on board the ship Resolute, in
which vessel she made her last voyage, but
had never succeeded in finding her lover.
During these three years her sex was not
discovered, and probably would not have
been for some time hence, had she not re
fused to treat, the second time, a party of
sailors with whom she . was drinking at the
Water Street Saloon on Thursday even
ing. One of these men becoming angry
at her refusal, struck her in tie breast, and
immediately suspected her of being a fe.-
male. He accused her of being such, and
he, as well as some of the others, express
ed their determination to ascertain whether
or not the suspicion was correct. She
screamed for linp, and a policeman came
in and hearing the story, took her to the
station house, where she made the above
narrative. Yesterday morning she was
brought before Justice Kelly, who commit
ted her for the present to the care of Miss
Foster, matron of the City Prison. The
girl is quite intelligent, and, strange as it
may seem, exhibits evidence of refinement.
She states that she has nu relatives in this
country."
Singular Meeting of Brothers
A correspondent of the Richmond "Dis
patch," writing from "Camp, near Manas
sas, July 27th," relates the following inci
dent of the meeting, after a separation of
seven years, between two brothers, one a
member at the New Orleans Washington
Artillery, the other belonging to the Min
nesota Infantry. He says: "We went into
a stable at Centreville, where thirteen
wounded Yankees were, and upon enter
ing found a Washington Artilleryman
seated by the side of a wounded soldier,
evidently ministering to him with great
care and tenderness. He remarked 'that it
was very hard to light as he had fought,
and turn and find his own brother fighting
against him,' at the same time pointing to
the wounded soldier font whose side he
had just risen. I asked him it it was pos
sible that was his brother. "Yes, sir, he
is nay brother Henry. The same mother
bore us, the same mother nursed us. We
meet the first time fur seven years. I he•
long to the Washington Artillery, from
New Orleans—he to the First Minnesota
Infantry. By the merest chance I learned
he was here wounded, and sought him out
to nurse and attend him." Thus they met
—one from the far North, the other from
the extreme South—on a bloody field in
Virginia, in a miserable stable, far away
from their mother, home and friends, both
wounded—the infantry man by a musket
ball in the right shoulder, the artillery man
by the wheel of a caisson over his left
hand. Their names are Frederick Hub
bard, Washington Artillery, and Henry
Hubbard, First Minnesota Infantry."
Slaughter of Black Horse Cavalry
Mr. Charles Furrand, of Lansing, a
member of the First Michigan Regiment,
gives the following account of the charge
of the Black Horse Cavalry at Bull Rim,
which is by far the most graphic and evi
dently correct one yet published : At this
moment the Black Horse Cavalry made its
appearance obliquely from the right ; all
the while the masked battery, as well as in
fantry, was pouring upon us a fearful tire
of shot, shells, canister, &c. As the cav
alry appeared, six hundred strong, upon
the full gallop, carbine in hand, our firing,
for the moment, mostly ceased, each man
reserving his charge to receive them with
suitable honors. The horses of the caval
ry were all black or gray. Their front
showed a line of perhaps ten rods. Our
fire was reserved until the left ot their front
was within five or six rods of our right,
when we poured a continuous volley at
them, killing most of the horses in front
and many on their sides. As they fell,
pitching their riders to the ground, those
following fell over there and from our but.
lets, and in five minutes we had sent them
probably four thousand pills, and they lay
piled upon each other, a mangled, kick
tng, struggling, dying mass of men and
horses—a sight of horror to which no des
cription could do justice. Our aim was
mostly at the horses; and I doubt not many
more ot the men were killed by the hcrses
than by our bullets.
The story that all this fighting was done
by the Zouaves is false. The three regi
ments were mingleu together, and all
fought equally well. I help speak what I
hnow, for I was directly in front of the cav
alry, and nearly in the centre. It was the
general opinion that not over half b dozen
of the cavalry es ;aped alive, though there
may have been more. During this brief
but horrible work, the masked battery and
large bodies ot infantry were pouring their
fire into our ranks, and our men were fail—
ing on every hand. We again returned
their fire, anti soon after, bient. Manch
having been struck down, I and two others
assisted him beak. and, on, returning, we
round our menial standing their ground.
WAR WIT
A OA`.) TO JEFF. DAVIS
The following from the the Knickerbocker
for July was written, by a genius that is
bound to shine some day, if he lives and
does well :
On, wonderful man,
Dare I hope my pen can
Do justice to such a grate feller as you
Oh, wot kin I say,
Or what kin I do,
In a poetick manner to put you through!
Ah, where shall I look,
In what history or book,
To find out your ekwal, by hook or by crook?
There was Seizer an' Brackus,
Punch us Pilot an' Backus,
Isiapowlion, Mark Antony, Bruteus, and Burr,
Ono an' all in their time made a stir;
There was Allover Cromtnell, that knocked off
the crown
Front the hcad of a king. But to come latter
down,
There's Looi Napowlion, a grate man indeed,
But they're nothin' to you,for they didn't secede.
Ah, where kin I find out a match for you ?
where
If I don't hit it seon, I'll give up in dispair.
I hare it—grate Davis, no tear of a libel
In a counterpart for you—his name's in the
Bible.
The first of seceders, I read it in skool,
He was tired of serving, and wanted to rule ;
But history tells ua what to him befell,
Ile was kicked out of heaven and driven to—
well,
You kin see in the book,
if you happen to look,
The way that was taken his goose for to cook.
Now, between you and I,
I've been told—it's no lie—
By a man vvot's deep lettered, a grate rary avis,
That's Lucifer's Latin for Jefferson Davis !
Bain of p qr.
Important front Europe—For
eign Opinion of the Bull Run
Battle--The question of Bloch
ade—The QuAeu's Speech.
FARTEtIER POINT, August I.B.The steam
ship "Bohemian." with Liverpool dates to
the Sd inst, passed here this evening on
her way to Quebec. The steamships "City
of Washington" and "Iliberian" arrived
out on the 7th instant• The "Edinburgh"
took out three thousand, and the " Bre
men," tifteen hundred pounds for New
York.
The London Times has another article
bitterly sarcastic on the battle of Bull .B.iin
and says that there must arise gathering
doubts that the Sonthern rust is too hard
to crack, and that the military line, as a
matter of business, will not answer.—
The same article ridicules and laughs at
the threats of the prominent New York
journals against England. It fears that
the question of the blockade may involve
England in some difficult complications.
The Times remarks that there is a lit%
tle cloud which, although only as large
as a man's bane, may overshadow the
whole sky.
On the last day of the session of Parlia
ment, Lord Palmerston stated his views on
the blockade question. He said in effect
that if the blockading force should allow
one ship to enter a blockade port by pay
ment of duties, front that moment a block
ade is raised. A belligerant may seal up
a port, but if he lets one vessel in, his
right is gone. It follows, therefore, that
when a Federal cruiser willingly allows
a ship to pass into the blockaded port on
payment of customs, the blockade will! be
at an end.
An anonymous advertisement appears in
the Liverpool Post for a shilling subscrip
tion for a testimoaial to Beauregard for his
skillful generalship.
The London Herald says that a report
has been received that Napolean, on the
receipt of intelligence of the defeat of the
Northern army, decided to recognize the
Southern Confederacy. The statement is
believed to be unfounded.
Mr. Ten Broeck's horse " Starke" has
won the Brighton stakes. .
The King of Sweden is the guest of Na
polean at Paris. The Paris " Moniteur"
announced that the King of Prussia has
sent an autograph letter to Napolean.—
It i 3 reported that his contamplatad visit
is postponed, if not abandoned, and that
the King declines to visit the Camp at
Chalones, it unaccompanied by the Ger
man Princes who met at Baden last year.
He does not wish to appear as acting apart
from them. The Bourse was very firm.—
Rentes 68 f. 50c.
The following dispatch was sent by the
steamer Edinburgh : The news of the
Bull Run battle was received on the 4th
instant and caused a profound sensation.
The Northern Americans were very much
distressed, and the Southeners corres—
pondingly exalted, causing almost a col
lision in the Liverpool News Room.
Mr. Rns;ell's letter to the Times was
confined to graphic details of the routof the
Northern army, which he calls a cowardly
rout, a miserable, causeless panic, and
disgraceful to men in uniform and not sol
diers. The Times says, editorially, that
the victory was not a complete one. The
Union array lost all, even their military
honor, and wishes to find something in it
to congratulate either the victor or the van
quished, but sees nothing but what must
stimulate the evil passions of both combat , -
ants.
The Daily News denounces the Times'
criticism, and says that nothing happened
which was not anticipated as posible. All
the journals think that the event has clo
sed the door to compromise, and :mist em
bitter and prolong the contest. A Paris
letter says that the success of the Southern
ers has powerfully operated on the opinion
of the Parisians in favor of the secession-.
lets.
Parliament was proroged on tha 6th,
inst., and the Queen's speech was read by
a commission. It states that the foreign
relations are friendly and satisfactory, and
trusts that there is tio danger of disturban
ces to the peace of Europe. It notices the
consummation of the kingdom of Italy, and
hopes for the happiest results. In relation
to American affairs, it says the dissensions
which arose some months ago in the Ifni.
ted States Have unfortunately assumed a
character of open war.. Her Majesty, deep
ly regretting this result, has determined, in
common with the other powers of Europe,
to observe a strict neutrality between the
contending parties.
upon the completion of the organization of
regiments of companies as follows : Col.
of entire regiments, Lieut. Col. of fonr
companies, iVjajor of six companies; chap
lain, surgeon adjutant, quartermaster and
assistant quartermaster tor entire regi-
Later of the Late battle in Missouri. ments.
Roma, Mo., August 15.—We are in—
debted to the correspondent of the St.
Louis Democrat for the following intelli-
gerice
Mr. Graham a Union clerk in a secession
store, reached here this morning. Ile re
ports that tour regiments of the rebel caval
ry, unber Gen, Raines, entered Springfield
Sunday noon, and hoisted a secession flag
on the Court House, amidst the noisy de
monstrations of troops and a few resident
sympathizers.
Our wounaed soldiers in the hospital
had not been molested, and it was announ
ced that only the home guards would be
the subjects of resentment. The rebels
purchased everything in the stores, paying
any price demanded in Confederate scrip.
They were particularly anxious to get
shoes, some of their regiments being en
tirely barefooted.
Capt. Indest, one of Gen. Siegel's skir
mishers, who was wounded in the battle.
reports that Siegel's attack on the rear of
the rebel camp was a complete surprise to
them ; that they were driven back towards
General Lyon's command in front with
great slaughter; their dead laying in heaps
on the field ; and that, for the first halt
hour, Siegel did not lose a man. Subse
quently our troops were subjected to a mur
derous cross fire from a number of the reb
el cannons, throwing a perfect shower of
grape and shells into our ranks. After
driving the rebels back about a mile and a
half, Siegel drew off his force, and fell back
on Springfield.
Wagons containing families of Union
men continue to remain here. More than
one half of the population of Springfield
have left, and the farmers along the
route to this place are leaving their
homes. It is reported that Siegel's corn
mand is only fifteen miles from here.—
His arrival may be expected to•day or to-
MOCOW.
Rebel Account of the Late Battle in Mis
souri.
Memmits, August 17.—Little Rock dis
patches of the sixteenth says:
McColloch's victory is fully confirmed.
The fight occurred on Saturday, eight
miles south of Springfield. The enemy
took the Confederate pickets prisoners and
surprised the main body. A bloody and
desperate encounter ensued, with great loss
on both sides. Five regiments of Missou
rians becoming panic struck, were thrown
into disorder and fled.
Price made two ineffectual attempts to
rally them. The Louisiana regiment gal
lantly suffered much, Price led the First
and Fifth Arkansas with splendid cour
age. McColloch's letter of the eleventh
says the •ictory was ours. The battle
lasted six and a half hours. Our loss is
great. Lyon is among the dead. We
took six pieces of artillery from Siegel and
destroyed his command, and took many
prisoners and small arms. The Confeder
ate loss was from two to three hundred kil4
Led, and four to five hundred wounded. Sie
gel's forces were pursued to Springfield,
and it is thought INlcCoLloch will there at
tach him.
Interesting Washington Items.
WASHINGTON CI TY, August 19.—Our
foreign relations attract the attention of , the
government at present. The Athinnistra••
tion will, at all hazards, maintain its right
to dose the rebel ports. The question is
now under discussion betwee2 our govern
ment and those of France and England,
and it is believed that our rights will be
freely conceded. The :National Inlelligen
cer of this morning has a theory that ex
minister Faulkner is probably not impris,
oned because he intended to join the rebel
army, but that he is held as a hostage fur
the safe return of Congressman Ely and
Messrs. Magraw and Harris, non-com
batants, who are now in the hands of the
enemy.
Capt. Gerhardt, of this city, who served
under Gen. Siegel in Europe, is raising a
company to join a New York regiment.—
The Cong,ressiwrial Investigation Commit
tee, of which Mr. Potter is chairman, has
made important discoveries, showing that
traitors and spies daily frequent the de
par meins of the government, procuring
information which is regularly transmitted
to the enemy.
Important Instructions to Vol
unteers about Mustering Into
Ser`•ice.
WasninvoTom, Aug. 20.—The following
order was to-day issued trom the Adjutant
General's office.
Officers who have not been mustered in
to service have poner to enroll men. but
are nut competent to muster them under
the provisions of the General Orders No.
58, of the current series Irma the War De—
partment.
In this case the muster must he made by
some officer, either volunteer or regular,
already in the service, and the oath must
be administered by a civil magistrate or
an officer in the regular army, probably the
latter.
In mustering companies the original
muster-rolls will be retained at the coinpa.
ny rendezvous, upon which the names of
the members will be enrolled as they pre
sent themselves. As they are mustered
they will be sent to the commanding oft , .
cers of the earnps rendezvous with a des.
eriptive list, stating the name, date of en—
rollment and muster, and the regiment to
which they belong, and whether they have
or not taken the oath of allegiance present
ed for those entering the service, and such
otter intormation av may seem necessrry
or useful is the case.
Necessary aisistance will be procured
upon returns signed by the mustering nth.
curs. When one half of a company has
been mustered into service the First Lieu,.
tenant thereof can also he mustered in, and
when the organization of the company is
completed, the Captain and Second Lieu
tenant can be so mustered. When the
men of a company have been mustered by
more than one officer, the fact must be sta
ted on the muster-roll opposite to their
names by whorr mustered, which roll must
be signed by each officer.
The field and staff officers of the regi•
merle can be mustered into the service
The cost of transportation of troops from
the place of muster to the place of ren
dezvous will be paid as directed in Gen
eral Order, No. 58 of the current series from
this office, from the appropriation for col
lecting, drilling and organizing volun
teers.
Quartermasters at the camps of repdez
vous will make requisitions upon the Ad
jutant General fur the funds necessary for
this purpose. MI officers charged with the
disbursement of funds appropriated under
the act above mentioned, will forward to
this office a monthly summary statement
and accounts current with vouchers, in the
manner prescribed for the general recruit
ing service.
The Rebels Preparing to Attack Fortress
Mon roe.
FORTRESS MONROE, August 16.—Gen.
Butler yesterday assumed the responsibili
ty of paying to the New York Regiments
about twenty thousand dollars, which had
been deposited for some time at Old Point
for want of a paymaster. The ship Fair
Wind, of Boston, with a cargo of guano,
Was this morning towed up the Roads by
the steamei S. R. Paulding, in a disablei.
condition. She ran ashore on Hog Island.
The U. S. frigate Gladiator was yesterday
cruising off the Capes.
A flag of truce yesterday conveyed Mr.
Wheeler, formerly U. S. Minister to Nica
ragua, to the confederate pickets beyond
New Market bridge. A flag of truce is
just in from Norfolk with Corporal Har'but,
of:,a Connecticut regiment, a prisoner who
was released by the rebels for his atten
tions to Col. Gardiner after the battle of
Bull Run. lie states that a considerable
number of released prisoners, including
several chaplains, will reach Old Point to
morrow. In his opinion the rebels are
actively preparing for an attack upon Fort
ress Monroe. This measure is now pop
dlar in the rebel camp, and appropriate
material is being collected in large quanti
ties at Norfolk. The attack upon Fortress
Monroe will be made within a week, he
thinks.
Washington again Threaten
ed—lmportant army Order—
Troops to be Forwarded Im
mediately.
'rl%Asxtvc•rov, August 18.—The state
ment made in this correspondence several
days ago, that the rebels were slowly
moving their forces to the line of the Po
tomac, with a view of entering Maryland,
and encouraging and supporting the revo.
lutionary spirit in that State, with ultimate
designs on Washington, is now repeated
with increased assurance of its truth, and
with such evidence as cannot be disre
garded. With a view of meeting all posi—
ble contingencies that may arise in con.-
nection with this subject, the Administra
tion ,lias just isqued the following impor
tant orders, a prompt response to which
it is not doubted will be given, thus at
once suturing the capital against invasion,
and at the saute time atiordingr, additional
contider.ce to the country of the earnest
ness of the Government in the protection
of the general welfare.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, August 18, 1861.
The commanders of the regiments of
volunteers accepted by this department in
the States ot Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Vermont, Ritode Island, New Hampshire,
Maine and Michigan, will take notice of
and cornorm piumptly to the general order
of this day directed to the Governors ot
the States above named, which is as fol.
lows:
To the Governor of the State of
By direction of the President of the United
States you are urgently requested to for
ward, or cause to be forwarded immediate
ly to the City of Washington, all the vol
unteer regiments, or parts of regiments,
at the expense of the United States Gov
ernment, that may be now enrolled within
your State, whether under any inunedi
control or by acceptances issued direct,
from the War Department, or whether
such volunteers are armed, equiped or uni
formed, or not.
The officers of each regimen'_al organi—
zation that may not be full shall leave re—
cruiting officers at their several rendez
vous, and adopt such other measures as
may be necessary to fill up their rooks at
the earliest date possible. All officers of
volunteer regiments on their arrival will
report to the Commanding General, who
will provide equipments and other supplies
necessary for their comforts. To insure
the movements of troops more rapidly
than might otherwise be done, Sou will
please confer with and aid all officers ot
indeltndent regiments in such manner as
may be necessary to effect the object in
view. All clothing or supplies belonging
to or contracted fur the several regiments
shall be forward to Washington for their
use, detailed reports of which shall be
made to the Commanding General.
(Signed,) SOWN CAMERON,
Secretary of War.
Among the latest appointments are
Major General Hallock, of California, for
the regular army. and Colonel George A.
Thomas, to be a Brigadeer General of vol
unteers. The former received a military
education and is experienced, and the
latter is an army officer, attached to Gen
eral Banks' division. All the military de
partments, composed ot the States of Del—
eware, Maryland, and portions of Virginia,
together with the city of Washington,
have been united in one garnd department
under the command of Major General Mc-
Clellan. As a consequence, Major Gene
rals Dix and Banks are:thus placed in sub ,
ordinate military positions. Fortress
Monroe is not included in this arrange.
ment.
The Great Rebellion—The Army of the
Potomac
Watching the Eastern Shore.—Gen. Mc-
Clellan is taking effective measures to pre
vent communication with the rebel leaders
by the spies in the national capital. One
regiment of the Excelsior Brigade crossed
the Eastern Branch of the Potomac on
August Bth, and another on August 9th—
the intention being to distribute the men
along the eastern shore of the river, trom
the Insane Asylum to a point six miles be
low, in such manner that no one eau pass
without their knowledge and consent,
NEK SERIES-VOL. 3. NO 12
Plano of Johnston and Beauregard
A good deal ot interest Is beginning to
be telt here, writes the Washington cor..
respondent ot the N. Y. Post, in the plans
of Johnston and Beauregard. There are
some pretty strong indications of an ad
vance movement of the rebels. Th officer
of Colonel Stone's column, from an en,-
campment near Edward's Ferry, lll thirty"
miles north of this city, reports that the
rebel troops are encamped in strong force on
the Virginia side ot the river at or near the
ford, and that they are constantly bringing
up artillery. It is also a tact that unusual
activity prevails among the rebels near
Acquia Creek, and several "contrabands"
who have come into our camps report that
the enemy is gathering boats and vessels
up the Rappahannock for some purpose,
and it is believed to be to convey troops
into Maryland ; If any movement is made
at all upon Maryland it will doubtless be
above and below Washington, but the ner
vous may be comforted by the authentic
statement that the government is most tul,
ly prepared for any demonstration of the
kind. The disposition of troops is such as to
render it comparatively easy to throw them
rapidly to every point. Large bodies are
stationed northeast and southeast ot the
city, as well as southwest, west and north.
The picket system is so rigidly managed,
under the general direction of McClellan
that any surprise is out of the question.
Washington Despatches to the Tribune.
An attack on Washington is looked to
by many of the best informed officers.--
The rebels have advanced their lines, and
are in force within a short distance of the
river, and are gathering means of trans
portation. They have large encampments
this side of Fairfax. But, probably, the
hulk of the advance corps is on the upper
Potomac. A barricade was discovered
last week two miles from Bailey's Cross
Roads, across the Leesburg turnpike, pro.
tectea by formidable abattis..
We have the highest authority for say
ing that not one Government in Europe
has remonstrated against the closing of
the rebel ports; but is it not equally true
that there is not a Government in Europe
that would not run a paper blockade of those
ports! At this moment the commercial
cupidity of England, Franco and Germany
is penetrating the inlets of the whole coast
cf North Carolina with cargoes of goods
in shallow vessels.
General McClellan has perfected ar
rangements to stop intercourse across the
Lower Potomac, between the rebels in
Virginia and their allies here. The nam
ber of persons whom the police regula
tions are found to incommode, indicates
how extensively this intercourse was car
ried on. The navy department has advices
that commander Porter, of the St. Mary's,
Pacific Squadron, whose letter avowing
rebel sympathies to his father in Virginia,
is in irons, according to orders, and will
bepent here soon.
The trial of the mutineers of the 79th
regiment will commence tomorrow. The
Constitution of the Court leads to the be
lief among officers that the sentences will
be severe. They may, however, be miti
gated by the Commanding General or Pres
ident. Mr. Faulkner freely criticises the
plans and movements of his Southern
friends, and expresses the opinion that
they have attained no one of their cherish , -
ed objects since the fall of Sumter.
The question of the disposition of the
rebel privateersmen has never been intro
duced into a Cabinet meeting, much less
inharmoniously discussed there, as has
been inventively allowed. Gen. Ander
son dined with Gen. Scott today. Capt.
Green, late Lieut. Green of the battery,
recently appointed Assistant Adjutant Gen
eral, is to be on his staff.
Southern News from Southern
Sources
The Lincoln regiments, says the Mem—
phis .ivakinclie, are returning home the
very moment their periods of service ex
pire, pretending they will volunteer again
for three years. A likely story ! Why don't
they stay when their services are so much
needed, if they are in earnest.
MORE ABOUT TILE BATTLE-THE REBEL PANIC.
A member of the palmetto Guard writes
to the Charleston Mercury: We have had a
terrible, though glorious fight—this makes
the second. The fight commenced on the
left flank of our line, and we in the center
Marsh's and Kershaw's Regiments,) re
ceived orders to march. When you
were in church we were in the bloodiest
fight recorded that has ever transpired in
North America. The day was lust when
our two regiments come. Our troops were
tailing back, and had retired some distance.
Colonel Kershaw gave the command for
ward, and atter some ten or twelve rounds,
away went the Yankees. I understand
Beauregard said our regiments " saved the
day"—a second battle of Waterloo.
Another account of the same paper con,
firms the statement that the rebels were
struck with a panic, and were hastening
from the field when the reinforcements ar
rived.
RAG, TAG AND BOBTAIL OP PENNSYLVANIA
The fallowing is from the Richmond
Whig : "In the Manassas fight, the enemy
threw forward their very best material.—
The flower of the regular army was there.
We no not know precisely the number of
the trmy that was engaged. But we Infer
from circumstances, that the greater por—
tion of it, probably ten thousand, was there.
If Patterson did not have two regiments, it
is very likely the whole of it was on the
ground. We know all their great batteries
were taken, and, in addition, the crack
Rhode Island battery. The infantry was
in the hottest of the fight, and from the
wrecks on the field of battle, it was almost
annihilated. This was the most distin—
guished regiment in the servtatio-2 . . ilia con
clude that these mercenaries willritever
again be rallied to fight for despotism. Be
sides these regulars, the next most reliable
regiments were thrust into the cannon's
mouth. The regiments from Maine and
from Michigan, the very best of their vol
unteer force. were swept from the face of
the earth. The inference is, that what re
mains of the Grand Army consists mainly
of cobblers from Massachusetts, and the rag`
tag, and bobtail of Pennsylvania and New
York. We hear that a large number of
these made a Short pause in Washington,
going through in double quick time, with—
out hats or shoes ! It is not without rea—
son chat the New York Herald announces
that the Lincolnites will not bo able to re.
swine offensive operations before Fall,
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