la
n
I. OOV. OURS PROCLARATIMM graceful conduct of the troops. The re
treat on their lines at Centreville seems to
have ended in a cowardly rout; a miserable,,
causeless panic. Such scandalous be-!
haviour on the part of the soldiers I should
have considered impossible, as with some
experience- of efrirps and armies, 1 have
never even among camp fulloWers seen
the like of it.
"On the Potomac, above Washington,
the Capitol might fall into their hands.—
Delay may place that event out of the
range of probability. The North will no
doubt recover from the shock—hitherto
she has only said, "go and fight for the
Union." The South has exclaimed, "let
us fight for our rights." The North must
put the best men into the battle, or she
will inevitably tall before the energy, the
personal hatred, and the superior fighting
powers of her antagonist."
After a preliminary discription and
meagre account elite battle, Mr. Russell
says that "suddenly there was a tumult
in front of me at a small bridge across the
road, and then I perceived the drivers
of a set of wagons, with horses turned to
wards me, who were endeavoring to force
their way againat the stream of vehicles
setting in another direction. By:the side
of the new set of wagons there were a
number of commissarat men and soldiers,
whom at the first sight I took to be the
baggage guard ; they looked excited and
alarmed, and were running by the side of
the horses. In front, the dust quite obscu
red the view. At the bridge the currents
met in wild disorder ; "Turn back !" "Re
treat !" shouted the men from the front.—
"We're whipped !" " We're whipped !"
they cursed and tugged at the horses
heads. and struggled wtih frenzy to get
past."
HARRISBURG, August 20—Pennsylvania,
SS.: In the name and by the authority of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, An
drew G. Curtin, Governor of the said Com
monwealth, issues a proclamation to the
freemen of the Commonwealth ot Pennsyl-
Erlno
"Washington is agate believed to be in
danger. The President has made an earn
est appeal for all the men that can be fur
nished to be sent forward without delay.—
If Pennsylvania now puts forth her
strength, the hordes ot hungry rebels may
be swept down to the latitude where they
belong. If she falters, the seat of tumult,
disorder and rapine may be transferred to
her own soil. Let every man so act that
he will not be ashamed to look at his
mother, his wife or his sisters. In this
emergency it devolves upon me to call up.
on all _commanders of companies to report
immediately to the headquarters ot the
Commonwealth at Harrisburg, that means
may be provided for their immediate traas
portation, with the men under their com
mand. The three months' volunteers whose
discharge has so weakened the army, are
ur i
d by every consideration of feeling,
Au and patriotism to resume their arms
at call of the country and aid the oth
at men of Pennsylvania in quelling the
traitors.
Given under my hind and the great seal
of the State, at Harrisburg, this twenty
first day of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
one, and of the Commonwealth the eighty
aizth. By the Governor. _ _
ELI SLIM,
Sec'y of Commonwealth.
WaseuvoToN, August 20,—As much has
been said about the attitude of European
powers threatening the blockade, after
special inquiry at the State Department,
there is authority for saying that in the
instance when the Niagara was off the sta
tion of Charleston for twenty-four hours,
Lora Lyons brought the subject to the no—
lice of the United States Government.—
With the exception, which happened
twelve weeks ago, no foreign government
has expressed a word of discontent to this
government concerning the blockade. On
.the contrary, it is universally respected by
foreign governments, although some of
their subjects are very active in endeavor
ing to evade the blockade, and are very
clamorous against it.
The following order was to—day issued
tiorn the Adjutant Generals othce “OtEL,
cera who have not been mustered into ser
vice have power to enroll men, but are not
competent to muster them under the pro
visions of the General Orders No. 58, of
the current series from the War Depart
ment. In this case the muster must be
made by some officer, either volunteer or
regular, already in the service., and the
oath must be administered by a civil mag•
istrauf or an officer ot the regular army,
preferably toe latter. In mustering com
panies the original mustering rolls will be
retained at the company's rendezvous,
upon which the names of the members will
be enrolled as they present themselves.—
As they are mustered, they will be sent to
tt.e commanding officers of the campe of
rendezvous, with a descriptive list stating
the Qame, date ofenrollment and muster,
and the officer by whom mustered ; the
company and regiment to which they be
long, and whether they have or have not
taken the oath of allegiance presented for
those entering the service, and such other
information as may be necessary or useful
in the case. Necessary subsistance will
be procured upon returns signed by the
mustering officer. When one-halt of a
company has been mustered into service,
the First Lieutenant thereof can also be
mustered in, and when the organization of
the company is completed, the Captain
and Second l ' e Liait'e rant can be mustered.
When the men of a company have been
mustered by more than one officer, the
fact must be stated on the muster roll, op
posite to their names 'by whom mustered,
which roll must be signed by each officer.
The field and staff officers ot regiments
can be mustered into the service upon the
completion of the organization of the regi
men is or companies, as tollows Colonel
of entire regiments, Lieut. Colonel of four
companies, Major of six companies, Chap
lain, Surgeon, Adjutant. Quartermaster,
And Assistant Surgeoc for entire regiments.
The cost of transportation of troops from
the place of muster to the place of rendez
vous will be paid as directed in general
order No. 58 of the current series from this
:office, from the appropriation for collect
ing, drilling and organizing volunteers.—
'Quartermasters at the camps of rendezvous
will make requisitions upon the Adjutant
'General for funds necessary tor this par.
pose. All officers charged with the dis
bursement of funds appropriated under
the act above mentioned, will forward to
the office monthly summary statement and
account current, with vouchers, in the
manner prescribed for the general recruit
ing service.
JEFFERSON CITY, August 20.—T t he
fol
lowing proclamation, issued at Springfield,
ihas been received here : To the people of
Missouri :—The army under my command
has been organized under_ the laws of the
State for the protection of your houses and
families. and for the mamtainance of the
rights, dignity and honor of Missouri. It
is kept in the field for these purposes
alone. To aid in accomplishing their own
gallant Southern brothers, have come into
our State. With these we have just
achieved a glorious victory over the foe
and scattered far and wide the well ap
pointed army which the usurper at Wash
ington has been more than six months
gathering for mere subjugation and en
slavement. This victory frees a • large
portion of the State from the power of the
invaders and restores it to the protection
of its army. It consequently becomes my
duty to assure you that it is my firm de
termination to protect every peaceble and
law abiding citizen in the full enjoyment
of all hie rights whatever may have been
his sympathies in the present struggle, if
he has not taken an active part in the
. cruel warfare which has been waged
against the good people of this State by the
ruthless enem'ea whom we have just de
feated. 1 therefore invite all good chi
,zens to return to their homes and the prat..
cice of their ordinary avocations with the
full assurance that they, their families,
their homesand property shall be carefully
protected. 1, at the same time, warn all
evil-disposed persons who may support.the
usurpations of any one claiming to be pro
visional or temporary Governor of Mis-
SOtiri, or who shall, in any other way, give
Aid or comfort to the enemy, they will he
t hal as miessies and treated accordingly,
• Atagnedo) STERLING PRICE,
Major General,
:Commanding Missouri State Guards.
BALtaiel '9 4 Letter After the Battle of Bull
unn.
NEW roaK, August 19.—The steamer
Bremen, which arrived here, brings the
London "Times," containing Mr. Rus-.
sell's letter describing the result at Bull
Run. Re says :—"The repulse of the
Federalists, decided as it was, might have
had no serious effects whatever, beyond
that of the mere failure itselt, which, polit
ically, was of greater consequence than it
was if *military sense, but for the dis-
Latest from Gen. SiegePs Command.
ST. Louts, August 20.—Ge n. Siegel and
Major Conant and several other officers,
arrived from Rolla last night. The train
also brought a large number of the wound
ed belonging to the different regiments, en
gaged in the late battle near Springfield,
who were conveyed to the hospitals or
taken in charge by friends and relatives.—
Captain Maurice was ordered this morning,
to proceed to Springfield under a flag of
truce, with a guard and ambulances, to
bring in Captain Cavander, Corporal
Conart, and the body of Gen. Lyon.
The Peeling of Security in Washington
senator Wilson Connected with ten.
MeCtellan's Staff.
WASHINGTON, August 22.—A feeling of
security pervades our entire community
both in social and business relations. The
reports, therefore, that our citizens are pan•
is struck, and men, women and children
fleeing from the city, are positively untrue.
Some apprehensions existed several days
ago, but this was soon quieted by the mea
sures of the Administration to guard
against all possible contingencies.
The feints of the rebels on the line of
the Potomac are now better understood,
and military men whose opinions are enti
tled to great respect, say that even with the
ordinary dependence on raw troops, the)
would desire nothing better than for
Johnson or Beauregard to attempt that
part of the rebel programme which
contemplates an advance on Washing
ton.
It is reasonably suspected in as re
liable quarters, that this rallying cry
is adopted to sustain the flagging spirits
of the rebel troops, whose numbers it is
positively known are last thinning by the
small pox, measels. pneumonia, and other
diseases.
Many absurd rumors from time to time
are propagated by persons active in causing
dissensions among our troops, and
among the latest is that Johnson had
crossed the Potomac, together with other
important movements, but special enquir
ies at the proper source warrant a positive
contradiction. It is certain that no such
information has reacheJ the headquarters
of the army. •
Senator Wilson, several days ago, was
pressingly tendered by Gen. McClellan a
position on his staff: since that time he has
had the subject under consideration. To
day, he has, by the advice of Secretary
Cameron, Post Master General Blair, and
other distinguished gentlemen, accepted
of the appointment, trout the advantages'ot
which it is considered he will be able to
render more efficient service as chairman
of the Senate (3ciminittee on Military Af
fairs. Senator Wilson leaves Washington
to-morrow to aid in the organization of a
regiment, in Massachusetts, with a bat
tery of flying artillery attached, having
already obtained authority for that put .,
pose.
Important from California -- 50,000
Troops offered the Government—The
First Detachment Under General Sum
ner Ordered to Texas.
We learn last evening from reliable sour
ces, that the State of California has offer
ed the government 50,000 troops, and
that the War Department has accepted
them.
The first order from the War Department
went out last night by the Pony Express.
ft directs four regiments of infantry and
one of cavalry, to proceed to Western Tex
as. It is stated in official quarters that the
50,000 men will reach the 9lisssssippi Val
ley within forty days.—[ lissouri Dent.
Aug. 15.
,YORTRESSNeoE, Aug. 18.—Gen.
Wool assented command at Old Point this
morning. Lieut. C. C. Churchill is acting
Adjutant General. The presence ot Gen
era/ 1V•ot is already having a good effect
upon the troops. The volunteer regiments
are last receiving their new uniforms, and
their condition is in every respect improv
ing,
Important Action at the Wheel
ing Convention—A Division of
the State Decided On
The Wheeling Convention, whir* has
been in session Mr several days, passed
an ordinance, yesterday, for the division ot
the State, by a vote fitty to twenty-eight.
The boundaries of the new State, as fixed
by the ordinance, includes the counties of
Logan, Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette,
Nicholas, Webster, Randolph, Tucker,
Preston, Monongalia, Macon, Taylor,
Barbour, Upshur, Harrison, Lewis, Brax
ton, Clay, Kanawha, Boone, Wayne, Ca--
bell, Putnam, Mason, Jackson, Roane,
Calhoun, Wirt, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wood,
Pleasants, Tyler, Doddridge, \%etzell,
Marsahall, Ohio, Brooke, and Hancock. A
provision wss incorporated permitting cer
tain adjoining counties to come in if they
desire, by the expression of a majority to do
so. The ordinance also provides for the
election of delegates to a convention to
form a Constitution. At the same time
the question for a new State or against a
new State shall be submitted to the people
within the boundary. The election is to
be held on the 24th of October next. The
name of the new State is to be Kanawha.
The utmost harmony prevailed. It may
be well to add here that Mr. Bates, Uni
ted States Attorney General, was decided
ly opposed to the division ot the State at
this time, as likely to complicate affairs for
the Government, and wrote a letter to one
of the delegates urging a different policy
on the Convention as likely to conduce
more to the interests of the loyal people ot
the State.
TEE Union men in Kentucky and Ten
nessee say that a great federal victory in
Virginia. when the next battle cecina, will
eatiaguish the rebellion is those States.
The Rebel Project for Attack
ing Washington.
You were advised last week that a
movement of a rebel tor ce from the east
ern shore of Virginia into Maryland was on
foot This manceuvre of the enemy begins
to assume formidable proportions and
considerable importance. It is ascertained
that instead of being intended merely to
arouse the rebels in Maryland, and sus
tain its disunion Legislature in enforcing
an ordinance of secession, it is designed
to co-operate tit the attack upon the city of
Washington, by seizing the railroads and
canals and cutting off comunicatiom be
tween Philadelphia and Baltimore, simul
taneously with the-attack on Washington
under Beauregard and Johnston. The
plan is well matured. The lower part of
1. the Deleware is filled with rebels. There
are companies of rebels already organi
zed and armed there, as well as in the
lower counties of the Eastern shores of
Maryland. Rebels from all the other
parts of Maryland have been recently
Hooding that section. Numbers have
come across in open boats, from the West
tern shore of Virginia to Eastville, North
ampton county, Virginia. Quantities of
arms and munitions of war have been car
ried into the Eastern shore oI Virginia
from Philadelphia,
either on the railroad
running through Delaware to Salisbery,
Maryland, near the Virginia line, or by
vessels seaward, and landed on the coast
of the Eastern shore of Virginia, conven
ient to Drummond town, Accomac coun
ty.
. .
It is estimated that there is now in that
section of Virginia, Maryland and Dela
ware a large force of rebels, partially arm
ed and equipped, and ready to be thrown
forward by way of the Railroad from Sal
isbery, upon the lines of the Philadelphia
and Baltimore and Newcastle and French
town Railroads, and the Chesapeake and
Delaware canal, so as effectually to cut
off communication from Philadelphia, at
the moment of greatest need, and to aid
another uprising of the rebels in Balti
more and the secession counties of South
ern Maryland along the Potomac. Wash
ington wonid thus be completely begirt
with rebel forces. and if compelled to sur.
render or stand a siege, it would take
weeks for a new Union army to be con
centrated on the banks of the Susquehan
na and force its way through Maryland to
the relief of the eripital.
The execution of the Eastern shore
project has been entrusted to General
Tench Tilghman and ex-Governor Eaoch
Louis Lowe, of Maryland. They have
been for weeks busy in making their pre
parations, and are ready to strike whenev
er the word is given. The blow may be
struck at any hour, and our army on the
Potomac completely cut oft from reintoice ,
ments or supplies from the loyal states.—
The government was long ago advisedZof
these preparations on the part of the rebels
in that section. Arrangements have beer.
made to arrest the traitorous organization
in Accomac and Northampton counties,
Virginia, by sending a gun boat expedition
into the Sound or Lower Chesapeake.—
A naval expedition cannot well effect the
purpose.
A REBEL FLEET IN THE POTOMAC.
Information has been received that for
some time and until very recently the rebels
have actually had in the waters of the
ttimac a naval force superior to our own.
The rivers, creeks and inlets along the
Virginia shore are filled with flats and
launches, accumulated there for an occas
ion to use for transportation to the Mary'.
land side. In addition to the large steam
ers, George Page, lyin g Aquia creek,
and the St. Nicholas and Virginia in the
Rappahannock, they have a number of
small steam tugs at various points. For
several weeks a number of the vessels of
our Potomac flotilla were employed upon
detached duty, and the river was left COM•
paratively unguarded, but the mouths of
the principal rivers were su carefully
watched that the rebel fleet had no oppor
tunity to emerge from the places in which
they were hived,
It is now known that there are in Acquia
creek alone one hundred and forty launches
and barges, capable of holding an aggre
gate of from five thousand to ten thousand
men. It is presumed that there is also a
large collection of launches and flats in
Potomac creek, about two and a half miles
low Aquia creek.
It is evidently the design of the rebels to
use these Goats for the transportation of a
large force to the Maryland side for the
purpose of making art attack upon Wash
ington in the rear. They have been ex
ceedingly busy during the last week in
that neighborhood, and have actually the
command of the Potomac at that point,—
They have two batteries on the lower side
at the inoutt of Aquia creek, one on each
side of the month of Potomac creek, a bat
tery of rifled cannon on the Virginia shore
be:ween the creeks, and at Mineral Point
on the Maryland side, about midway be
tween the creeks. The distance from
Aquia creek to Potomac creek is about two
and a half miles, and the river opposite to
Mineral Point is two and a halt miles wide,
The range of the rifled guns on the battery
opposite to Mineral Point is tour miles.
Thursday last this battery made a trial of
its guns upon the Pocahontas and Yankee.
l'he latter was obliged to haul off to a po
sition five miles from the battery to get Out
of range. There are two camps of rebels
in plain view back of the batteries, be
tween Aquia and Potomae creeks. They
have now at this point from eight to ten
thousand inen, and a cavalry force at
Chopawampsie creek, a shaft distance
above, and two Tenessec regituents at
Quantico, still further up the river. There
were yesterday a thousand men at work on
new entrenchments in the neighborhood
of Apia creek ; but notwithstanding these
formidable preparations the passage of the
Potomac at that point by the rebes will tie
found an utter impossibility.
The vessels of the Potomac flotilla have
been re-called. There are now on duty in
the vicinity of Aquia creek the steamer
Yankee, the flag ship of the Potomac
squadron; the Pawnee, Pocahontas, Free
born, Reliance, Resolute, Penguin and
Union. The Jacob Bell, Underwriter and
Baltimore, just arrived at the Navy Yard,
will be added to the fleet. The Baltimore
brought up from Old Point twenty
launches, capable of carrying twenty men
and two twelve-pound howitzers each, for
shoal water service, and to complete the
river police. The fleet is lying out of
range of the rifled cannon battery of the
rebels', but in full view of the river from
Aquia creek to Potomac creek, and ready
to prevent any crossing, even in small
boats.
The Capitalists and the President.
At the close of the late session, in New
York, of the Bank officers of the cities of
New York, Boston and Philadelphia, and
after they had perfected the neptiation
whereby they placed fifty million dollars
in the hands of the Government far the
prosecution of the war, the following
resolution was adopted, and sent to Wash
ington:
Resolved, That this meeting, in assum
ing, the grave responsibility of furnish
ing means to sustain the Government in
this important crisis, beg leave respectful
ly to express to the President of the United
States us confident expectation that the
Government will, without respect to party
or personal considerations, so conduct its
affairs in every department of administra
tion, as to insure vigor, integrity, economy
and efficiency to the triumphant termina
tion of the war.
Generals Roseeranz and Lie.
The alarmed condition of the public
mind regarding Western Virginia, as re
flected through the newspapers and by
persons arriving trom Ohio, prompts me,
continues this correspondent, to recur to
our condition. -1 therefore reiterate that,
as tar as I am able to form an opinion up
on a knowledge of the substantial facts iu.
volved, our columns are slowly pushing
forward with teelings of confidence, and
that with ordinary prudence and lair con
duct, the campaign will prove eminently
successful. 'lite Union people of Virginia
are needlessly alarmed at the approach of
Lee. His name seems to inspire them
with disagreeable for ebodings, and causes
them to magnify his army and exaggerate
his reputation. On the other hand their
acquaintance with Gen: Rosecranz is lim
ited, and they are not therefore inspired
with reasonable confidence in his military
ability. Regular army officers, acquainted
with both, regard Rosecranz superior to
the rebel leader in most of the qualities
which constitute the successful soldier.—
The latter has had the benefit of greater
experience, and he is perhaps more cau
t ous than the former, but these are his on
ly advantages. Rosecranzis regarded as
much superior to him in native ability,
tact, industry, energy and enterprise, and
perhaps in knowledge of military sciences.
In energy and industry he is a prodigy.—
He has also the advantage of being assist
ed by two educated Generals, and will
probably have the aid of one or two more
West Point Brigadiers—Gen. Oaks and
Gen. McCook.
News from Gen. Banks' Army.
A letter from Sandy Huuk, dated Balti
more, August 16, 1661, says :—"A gentle
man from Martinsburg . yesterday reports
small parties of irregular rebel cavalry
scouting that section of the country, and
daily firing upon our pickets and Union
fugitives as well as paying frequent visits
to the town. Yesterday a party approach
ed to within two miles of Harper's Ferry,
fired upon our pickets and retreated. Last
night it is reported a party of one hundred
and thirty rebel cavalry captured three
men of our Second cavalry picket, station
ed just outside of Harper's Ferry. The
camps remain very quiet. All appear t o
have perfect confidence in :Gen. Banks
and staff, as well as the brigade officers.—
Parties from Winchester report only four
thousand militia rendezvoused there for
the purpose of being drilled and disciplin
ed. The same authority states that there
are two regiments of regulars at Lovetts
vine, about eight miles distant.
reOur wounded at Springfield are re
ported to be doing well.
The correspondent of the St. Louis Re
publican tUrnishes the tellowing : Gen.
Sterling Price has iSsued a proclamation
at Springfielo, to the effect that a victory
was won, and the Northern 'oppressors of
Missouri have been.driven hack, that every
one belonging to the Home Guard organi
zation will be regarded and treated as an
enemy to the Southern Confederacy, but
that his 'protection e would extend to such
as 4 quietly return to their homes and al
low the Southern sway to prevail, and that
wheever recognizes the provisional gev
inent of Missouri will ba considered as an
enemy, to the State and dealt with ac
cordingly.
Capt. McDonald reports that Generals
Price and Clark were slightly and Briga
dier General Slack seriously wounded in
the late engagram nt ; also Cul. Bay, for
merly Capt. of Jackson's body guard. Mc-
Donald was very anxious to go to St,
Louis, hut his application was rotused.—
He asked many questions with a view of
ascertaining how many troops, cannon,
&c., there are in that city, and what prepa
rations are being wade to resist an attack.
Western Virginia
The Clarksburg correspondent of the
Cincinnati Times thus sums up the bene
ficial influence ut the war upon Western
Virginia :
"God tempers the wind to the shorn
lambs," is a Bible truth. Western Vir
ginia has been "shorn" in a moderate de
gree, but the "wind" of war has been
"tempered" with glory. It has been sown
broadcast. Compared with the past tor
nearly half a hundred years, it is a land
flowing with utilk and honey. Men who
never vet saw enough of American gold to
detect the bogus from the genuine, jingle
the bright eagles in their pockets with be
coming pride and self-reliance. Never
before have they been so prosperous. Cat
tle, which they were obliged to drive and
ship lung distances to market, are sold at
their own doors. Provisions that were
carted over mountain toads, and sold at a
fraction above their cost, are taken at ex—
laorbitant prices, and paid fur in yellow gold.
Fields have been occupied as encamp
ments and fences burned to cook the sup
per of the volunteers, but they have been
paid for with liberality. •Farmers, herds
men and small dealers never before reaped
so rich a harvest. The [llion men have
paid for everything, and the citizens res
juice that they have been relieved from the
presence of secession forces, who paid for
nothing. Virginia may be a "shorn
lamb," but the inhabitants of the western
portion have no occasion to regret the loss
of a fleece. The people have got more
money than they ever had before, and they
are correspondingly happy.
The Recruiting Business
Misrepresentations and false induce
ments, held out at the time of enlistment,
are often the primary causes of insubordi—
nation among the volunteers. This should
be avoided, and a plain statement of what
each man must expect when he becomes a
soldier substituted. We notice that some
of the placards and advertisements calling
for volunteers in the various regiments
announce that those who have already
been in the service receive a bounty from
the Government of thirty dollars as a re
ward for re—enlisting. This is not the
case, and the fact should be•known by all
discharged volunteers, in order to avoid
future trouble. Such a law was passed by
Congress, but it was subsequently repeal
ed, and in lieu thereof the pay of all non
commissioned officers and privates was
increased two dollars a month, and all sol
diers who receive an honorable discharge
will be entitled to one hundred dollars as a
reward for taithful services, or if killed in
the battle or die before their term expires,
their legal representatives receive that
amount.
The Burning of Hampton. "'""
Army officers who have long bean ac
quainted with General 'Magruder believe
that the burning of Hampton was ordered
by him in a drunken frolic. He was al
ways a hard drinker, and the taste has
grown upon him since he beeame a rebel.
The attempt to attribute the rebel's dese
cration of the Episcopal church at CentrE
ville to the National troops has reminded
officers that one of the Fairfax churches
was found, on the entrance of our corps,
to have evidently been used for barracks.
The floor was knee-deep in straw, atid
there were abundant signs of occupation
by soldiers.
Martial Law at.gt. Louis
ST. Louis, Aug. 11.—The following
Proclamation has just been issued by Ma
jor General Fremont:
"HEAD-QUARTERS, WESTERN DEPARTM'T,
ST. Louts, August 14, 1861.
I hereby declare and establish martial
law in the city and county of St. Louis.
Major .1. McKinstry, United States Army,
is appointed Provost Marshal. All orders
and regulations issued by him will be re—
spected and obeyed accordingly.
• Signed, 5. C. FRENIONT,
Major General gommanding."
Sad News iron the Choctaw Missions.
We have seldom had to report more dis
couraging news than is here given con
cerning the missions among the Choctaw
Indians. The suspension of the tnissiun
school was mentioned in our last number
as probable; this, we now learn, has taken
place. Over four hundred interesting
children and young persotis, lately enjoy
ing the best kind of Christian instruction,
are now deprived of this great advantage.
Besides this, many of the missionary la
borers have been compelled to leave the
Indian country; some of them were or
dered to leave by self-appointed "Vigi
lance Committees." consisting chiefly of
lawless persons from Texas, joined by
some of the Indians.—Home and lo•etgn
Record.
A. Secessionist Loses a Legacy.
Henry King, a wealthy resident of Al ,
lentown, Pa., died a few weeks since,
leaving an estate valued at $300,000. He
died childless. He was a brother of T.
Butler King, one of the Commissioners of
the Confederate States, now in Europe.—
Mr. King had made a will, leaving half of
his property to his wife and the other half
to his brother; but, a few weeks before his
death, exasperated at the secession senti
ments of his brother, he made a new will,
leaving most of his property to his wife,
and to charitable purposes.
Another Federal Victory In
M ilisouri.
A telegram from C'airo states that a
sharp and severe skirmish occurred on
Monday night at Charleston, Mo., a few
miles south of Bird's Point, between the
Federal forces, about 250 strong, of the
22d Illinois regiment, under command of
Col. Dougherty, accompanied by Lieut.
Col. Ransom, of the 11th Illinois regi—
ment, and the rebel forces, amounting to
between 600 and 700, commanded by
Colonel Hunter. of Jeff. Thompsons
ar
my. The federal forces were victorious,
completely routiog the enemy, killing
about forty, and taking seventeen pris
oners, with a loss on our side of one kil
led, and a few wounded.
What Breaking the Blockade Means.
John Bright told the British the other
day : Now, recollect what breaking the
blockade means. It meant: a war with the
United States, and I don't - think myself
that it would be cheap to break the block
ade, at the cost of a war with the United
States. I think that the cost of war with
the United States, would give, probably,
halt wages for a very considerable time, to
those persons m Lancashire who would be
out of work it there wale no cotton, to say
nothing at all of the manifest injustice and
wrong against ail international law, that a
legal and effective blockade should be in
terlered:with by another country.
fleirA train carrying about fifteen pass
sengers trim' St. Joseph, Mu., on Friday
evening, when some eighteen miles east of
lludson, and while crossing Crooked
Creek, slowly moving over the trestle
work, the It comutive and passenger ear
were suddenly fired upon by a continuous
line of armed cowards, that could he seen
crouching in the underbrush. The pas
sengers threw themselves upon the floor,
and almost miracalously escaped unhurt.
The dastardly miscreants were ranged in
squads, with twenty or thirty men in each,
the whole extending for about an eighth
of a mile parallel to the track. About for
ty shots struck the locomotive, and nearly
as many the passenger car.
Kießev. Dabney Ball, pastor of !he Co
lumbia Street Methodist Episcopal Church
in Baltunore, who was rejected by Congress
as a chaplain in the Union army because he
was a rebel, boldly denounced the Ad-.
ministration, sent his tinnily to Virginia,
and joined the rebels, receiving a lieu
tenant's commission. The Rev. Wm. D.
Rippetoe and the Rev. J. P. Hyde, both
ministers belonging to tire Baltimore Con
ference, have also gone over to the rebels,
and when last heard from were at Rich
mond, wearing officers' uniforms.
For the Blockade
TI/irteen vessels, seven of them steam—
ers, carrying 2,000 men, are expected
home within forty or fifty days, and will he
added to the blockading force. The Brazil
squadron, the frigate Congress and another
is expected daily. The Atrican squadron,
three vessels, one the Mohican, equal to
the Iroquois, should be here early.in Sep
tember. The China squadron a month
later.
From the London News.
"The defeat of the North shuts the door
to compromise or to acquiesence on any
terms the South can offer. The Union
is boom.' to conquer now. The spirit of
New England and the Northwest will rise
to the occasion ; and we of the old race,
tried and strengthened by many reverses,
shall not be surprised if our kinsmen never
rest until they have turned defeat into vic
tory." We hope so.
Tile American Question
The Parts correspondent of the London
Post—the government organ—asserts that
the cabinets of England and France had
become convinced that a serious conflict
would take place in America, and that con—
sequently they had entered into an active
correspondence relative to the arrange—
ment of a united plan of action, both by sea
and land, towards this country. The wri
ter adds that there was no doubt but a
perfect understanding would be arrived at
between the two Powers.
Jeff.
"This great country will continue mdted.
Trifling politicians in the South or in the
North, or in the West may talk otherwise.
but it will be of no avail. They are like
the musquitoes around the ox ; they an
noy. but they cannot wound, and never
kill." These were the words of Jell. Davis,
in an address, July 4th, 1861—and Gen.
Scott proposes to show him that he was
correct.
Garibaldi
A letter from Turin, dated July 31, states
that Garibaldi his no Intention of coming
hither,to take part in the battles for Frees
dow and the Union. But he wishes to or
ganize a national subscription in Italy, as
a tribute from one free nation to another—
a return, in effect, for the liberality dis
played by our citizens in the Italian war of
1859.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22.—ED. CHRONI.
cLe:—The ' , Christian Observer," the only
rebel sympathizing journal in Philadel..
phia, was seized and stopped to-day by
United States Marshal Milward.
News from the Northern States.
INDIANA.- What the Slate has done.—The
Indianapolis Journal of August 3d, says :
"Indiana has equipped and sent into the
field thirteen regiments of infantry and
two companies of cavalry. Two regi
ments of infantry are now ready to march,
and an entire regiment of cavalry will be
ready in a short time: Seventeen addi
tional regiments of infantry are now form
ing, and will be put into the service as
speedily as possible. This will make
thirty-three regiments raised and to be
raised in Indiana—a force of about 36,000
men, including three:artillery companies
now about ready for active service. This
is over 3000 men for each Congressional
District, or about every fortieth person in
the State."
The 19th Indiana regiment passed
through Philadelphia, on August Bth, en
route for the seat of war.
Ity Gen. Lyon was not Re-Enforced.
The St. Louis Democrat, in an article
bearing testimony to the activity and ener
gy of Gen. Fremont, says: That the army
in the Southwest was not sooner re-en
forced, we understand to be in no respect
owing to any failure on the part of the
Major-General commanding. Gen. Lyon's
situation was fully laid before the War
Department at Washington, and addition
al regiments were asked for. So few were
the regiments at his disposal, that Gen.
Fremont was compelled to dispatch them
all to important points that would other
wise he unprotected. In respect to this
matter, however, a full investigation ap—
pears to be demanded by the country, and
is certainly required in justice to all parties
concerned.
Rozecraas said to be in. Danger.
Senator Carlile, who has
‘ just arrived in
Washington from Western Virginia, states
that the rebel forces, under Lee had cross
ed Cheat river in two bodies, five thous
and by the road from Staunton, and anoth
er body by the road from Lewisburg.—
They were within fifteen miles of Gen.
Rozecrans' position, near Cheat Mown.
tain :ass, which commands the two roads.
It is reported, says a telegram to yester.
day's Herald, by passengers arrived to
day from the west, by way of itarPer's
Ferry, that General Rozecrans4 with a
small command, is in a precarious position
in a mountain gap in the neighborhood of
Big Spring, and that a rebel force had cut
him off from water.
A Singular Wound
The surgeon of the hospital at Alexan
dria reports a singular case of suffering
under his charge. A private, engaged in
the battle at Bull Run, had a cannon ball
pass his face without touching him. He
felt a strung concussion of the air on his
face as it whistled past ; but, regaining his
equilibrium, he continued in hia place un
til after' the engagement, suffering severely
however, with pain. His cheek soon pre
sented a swulen appearance; with increase
of pain. He was conveyed to the hospital
and put under proper treatment, but the
surgeons have had great diffie:illy in pre
venting mortification of the pens affected.
Expel ienced army officers state that deaths
frequently occur from balls passing without
striking the victim.
Bad Conduct at Bull Run.
No Pennsylvanian can have read Gem
'McDowell's official report of the late bat
tle, without the blush of shame and morti
fication mantling his cheek at the infamous
and cowardly behavior of the Fourth Penn
sylvania regiment, whodeliberately march
ed off the battle-ground "to the sound of
the enemy's cannon." The regiment was
trout the eastern part of the State, and we
have yet to see any defence of its disgrace
ful and untimely cowardice. While we do
not attempt to palliate the enormity of the
offence of this disgraced regiment, we yet
do not see exactly how the New York pa
pets have so much reason to complain of
it when many of their own troops behaved
almost as badly. Varian's battery, belong
ing to the N. Y. Eighth regiment, behaved
with equal cowardice. They insisted on
their discharge, were deaf to all appeals
to remain, abandoned their battery to be
worked by volunteer Germans, and sneak
ed off the field of honor in company with
the Pennsylvania Four!h. But this is not
all. Read the following extract from Col.
Heintzeltnan's official report, just publish
ed:
In the meantime I sent orders for the
Zouaves to move forward to support Rick
ett's Santry on its right. As soon as they
came up I led them forward against an
Alabama regiment, partly concealed in a
clump of small pines in an old field. At
the first fire the') broke, and the greater
portion of theist tied to the rear, keeping
up a desultory tire over the heads of their
comrades in front; at the same moment
they were charged by a company of seces
sion cavalry on their rear, who cattle by a
road through two strips of woods on our
extreme right. The tire of the Zouaves
killed tour and wounded one, dispersing
them. The discomfiture of this cavalry
was completed by a fire trout Captain Col
lulu's company of United States cavalry,
which killed and wounded several men.—
Colonel Farnham, with some of his officers
and men, behaved gallantly, but the regi
ment of Zouaves, as a regiment, did nut
appear again on the fieM. Many of the
titan joined other regiments, and did good
service as skirmishers. I then led up the
Minnesota regiment, which was also re
pulsed, but retired in tolerably gcud order.
It did good service in the woods on our
right flank, and was among the last to re
tire, moving oft the field with the Third
United States infantry. Next was led for
ward the First Michigan, which was also
repulsed, and retired in considerable con
fusion. They were rallied, and helped to
hold the woods on our right.
The Brooklyn Fourteenth then appeared
on the ground, coming forward in gallant
style. I led them forward to the left, where
the Alabama regiment had been posted in
the early part of the action, but had now
disappeared, but soon came in sight of the
line of the enemy drawn up beyond the
clump of trees. Soon after-the firing cum.-
menced the regiment broke and ran. I
considered it useless to attempt to rally
them. The want of discipline in these
regiments was so great that the most of
the men would run front fifty to several
hundred yards in the rear, and continue to
fire—fortunately for the braver ones—very
high in the air, and compelling those in
trout to retreat.
Texas
Proclamation of the Governor.—Ed ward
Clarke, Governor of Texas, has issued a
proelamaton forbidding the citizens of
that State paying any debts to citizens of
the North until the United States "shall
pay to Texas the large amount now due to
her."
SYMPATHY IN GERMANY.—The mail re
ceived by the last steamer brings to the
Government the assurance that among the
German Governments there is - not only a
ively interest is the result of the rebellion
lbut a warm sympathy with the Govern
ment.
( A Strange '
Statement--The .
Richmond after the Battle tail
A letter from Louisville, r, which,
however, it is proper to say we place no
credit, says that James Hewett, Esq., of
the firm of Hewett. Norton & Co., LiVer
pool, New York and New Orleans, has
lately arrived from Richmond, and is au
thority for the following statement, now
rumored extensively about the city :
Since the battle of Manassas the utmost
demoralization and disorganization among
the array and financial distress among the
people generally have existed. The
city was filled with men and women
(rain the more distant States, limiting in
formation of relatives—information which
owing to the secrecy maintaineu by the
Government, they could not obtain.—
No report of the killed and Wounded had:
been made up, nor was it likely that any
ever would. The greatest distress pre
vailed, and complaints wete loud, deep
and earnest. Soldiers were demanding
their release and their pay, refusing to
fight again, and expressing their deterrnin
ition to return home. There was no money
the city, except current notes of the
State banks, coin, especially British, be
ing 'a particularly scarce article. To these
murmurings of the mob of Richmond city
there were added other murmurs, not so
loud not so insolent, but murmurs distinct
ly uttered and distinctly heard, that were
coming up front every part of the Confeder
acy complaining of the existing state of
affairs.
These complaints and the financial
troubles of the government were having
their effect, and learning of a scheme it
had on hand, Mr. Hewit telegraphed to
Richard Atkinson, of this city, his agent,
to write by the first atearner to the house
in Liverpool, to sell all the cotton on
hand at existing rates, as soon as possible,
Mr. Hewn has since reached this city.
and his agent has been hurriedly dispatch%
ed to New York. The plan of the Cun.
federate Government, which had such an
effect on Mr. Hewit. was that of recon
struction. •
A proposition is to be made, in a feer
days, to the United States Government
tbr an artnisticv for sixty days, during
which time it is proposed to hold a Con—
vention at Louisville, Kentucky, for the
purpose of reconstructing the Union.
The National Hymn
The committee who have been acting
as judges upori the question of a national
hymn have reported that they have receiv
ed twelve hundred manuscripts, and that
although some of them have a degree of
of poetic excellence that will probably
place them high in public favor as lyrical
compositions, no one of them Is welt suit
ed for a national hymn. They, therefore,
make no award.
Desperate
The Presbytery of Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
(0. S.) disapprove the course of the Corn..
ilissiorters from the Sourhern Churches to
the General Assembly ; it being, in their
estimation, altogether too mild. They
therefore.
Resolved, That so far as is known to us
Its a Presbytery, there never was a people
more united, fixed and determined than
the Presbyterian Church an.: the whole
people of the South, to resist to ..
the last ex
tremity, even to our extermination, North
ern misrule and tyranny, and to this we
hereby pledge our lives, our fortunes, and
our sacred honors.
This is desperate. Its authors seem not
to ; know "what spitit they are of." And
they do not know the people's mind; that
is, they. do not know how the people will
teel and vote, when they shall be relieved
from the pressure of the conspirators, and
find themselves protected in the enjoyment
of freedom's rights. Such resolutions as
the a•ove affect us but little.— Presbyterian
Banner
well known Paysicim and Sur
geon of great skill and large practice, in
' New York, is charged by his intimates
with being possessed by a most singular
monomania—nothing less than a supreme
and uncontrolablc drare to cut out the pal
ates of those who seek his professional
services. No matter what the diseases
the unfortunate patient is asked to open
his mouth, which he nu sooner does, than
he is deprived of his palate by the rapid
snip of a pair of surgical scissors! Among
his recent victims is an editor of a leading
journal who was troubled with bronchitis
and has now been rendered palateless for
hie.
G EN. Wool's PoLicr.—The Albany Even
ing .I,Jurnal of the 13th. says: "It is believ
ed to be Gen. Wool's policy to make the
war aggressive. He deems it wise to keep
the enemy in suspense. To do so, he
would teaks such demonstrations upon the
coast of North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana
&c., as would make it necessary for the
rebel States to keep their armies at home
instead of sending them to menace Wash-
11l glOh."
Our Loss at Bull Run.—We have at
length the official report of CT'en.Dowr
ell. The aggregates, which are higher
than moat of the previous estimates, are as
Killed. Wounded. Missing.
19 64
462 947 1,176
Officers,
Men,
Total,
41 1,011 1,216
Grana total,
The loss of artillery amounts to seven
teen rifled cannon and eight small bore
guns. In ammunition the loss amounted
to 150 boxes of small-arm cartridges and
85 boxes ot rifled cannon cartridges.--:-
hirty boxes of old tire-arnis, 13 wagons
ot provisions, 2500 muskets, and 8000
knapsacks and blankets were also lost in
the retreat and during the battle.
'An important siezure has already
been made under the proclamation of the
President. Goods to the value of about
$5,600, purchased by parties in Baltimore
for Richmond deniers, were on Naturday
intercepted at Annapolis Junction and ta
ken possession of, together with the teams
and wagons by which they were:being con
veyed, and a number of letters to offi ce "
in the rebel army. It is understood that
the man havirg charge of the goods has
also furnished much valuable information,
in relerence to the manner in which corn
rnimicati" h a s been kept up between
Baltimore and the rebel States. Thus one
prolific source of supply for the rebels is
undoubtedly at last cut of:
£The increase of correspondence from
the Washington Postoffice, consequent to
the war, is enormous, 70,000 letters a day
being sent oiT.
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