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THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.
T.lntrslay Afternoon, July IS, 1861
JOHN . a BRECKINRLOGE.
The course of this gentlemae in the United
States Senate, in a speech which he delivered
the other day, is not as remarkable, nor should
its perusal prove as startling, as it has proven
to the country. If tho:e who have steadily
watched the progress of this rebellion from its
development during the last days of the En
channan dynasty, will call to mind their re
membrance of the tone and temper of the news
papers that advocated the election of John C.
Breckinridge to the Presidency, they will be re
minded that the present position of the Ex-vice
President is a necessity made paramount in or
d,r to preserve his cotsistency. Immediately
after the passage of the fugitive slave law, the
determination speedily to dismember the Union
was entered into, because the operations of that
law were not as cordially secmded by the peo
ple of the free states as the lordiiegs and bar
terers in human flesh in the slave states desired.
John C. Breckinridge was a party to that de
termination, and he has steadily kept its pur
pose in view from the hour of its conception,
until he conceived the treasonable sentiment
he recently uttered on the floo_ of the Senate.
The sentiments thus uttered were neiter new,
forced or original. They have been proclaimed
by every Breckenridge newspaper of the north
and west, and have formed the key note of any,
quantity of editorials in the columns of our
neighbors of the Fatriol and Union And the
co-incidence in Oat; connection will irresistibly
lead the thinking portion of the people of this
country to the conclusion, that the r: hellion at
the south was not confined in its secret deliber
ations to the people of that region. It was not
in their hearts and minds that it alone origi
nated—but that it was entered into by the lol
lowersof John C. Breckinridge in the north,
- who have been persistently engaged in assail
ing the government in all its efforts to quell
this rebellion.
The-idea that there is no power in this gov
erument, specially created and organised for its
self-preservation, is simply ridiculous. It is
absurd and insane for any man, even an august
Awesican Senator, to proclaim such a notion.
If the government has no authority to punish
treason, it has no power to enforce any of its
laws, and exists only by the consent of the mi
nority. If a majority of people, constitution
ally accepted and fairly meeting in a legal and
peaceable manner, cannot. prefer whom they
xtlease to govern, then of course the minority
must rule, and all law, obligation and order
lose t sir fume and effect in the stipulations
and powers of the p:.vernment, and the will of
the majority may be set aide whenever a mi
nority choose to object to its justice or impar
tiality. This is the spirit in which John C.
Breckinridge argues when he oppo. , cs the efforts
of the administration to enforce the laws. It is
the dogma on which this rebellion is founded,
when they resist the federal authority merely
because it is vested in the hands of a man who
is. to themselves personally and politically ob
noxiouS. Mr. Breckinridge claims for the trai
tors prerogatives and a pre-eminence which only
could einanate, from a man who sincerely sym
pathless in their efforts of treason, and who is
in heart and soul wedded to their cause. The
man is 4 traitor who in any manner attempts to
excuse treason or extenuate the conduct of
traitors. This is as applicable to John C. Breck- I
inridge as it is to the organs in-the north who
have been defending his positions and advocat
ing his princ'ples, and the sootier the applica
tion is made, and these men sternly held to
their self-abnegations and responsibilities in the
po!itions they have so brazenly assumed, the
better for the country, the better for mankind,
and the better for the cause of civil and reli
gious liberty throughout the world. Suppose
this man had, by some accident, been chosen to
the Chief Magistracy. Where would now have
been the Union, where the government, where
the nation ? What would now have been the
history of the great republic during the last
three months ? Either Jefferson Davis and his
crew would have been snugly seated iu the
plac:s of power at Washin, , ften, the constitution
overturned completely, and the men of the
north trampled upon as slaves ; or else this
imposing, this noble, this mighty edifice of
freedom which we have reared, would have
been. broken, like the structures of antiquity
powering the sands of Egypt, into a thousand
pieces. God be praised that is His divine good.
'less He abandoned us to no such calamity !
TOM DEATH Or ELIZABETIT BARRETT BROMTING
bas cast the literary circles of two hemispheres
into the deepest gloom. She was the greatest
of English female poets, and in her death Ita
lian freedom and the universal liberty of man
have lost their noblest poet-advocate; . one
young son is motherless ; England sees Tenny
son sitting alone on the throne of her bardslaip,
and Robert Browning is widowed of a woman
who was as nearly one soul with him as ever
' happens to the marri-d in this life.
THE 17.4.SHINGTON correspondent of the Phila•
de]phia North Anicricrin says that Gen. Scott
commends heartily the wisdom and foresight
of Gov. Curtin, who, it must be admitted, de
serves much praise for having got ready for
service so valuable an addition to the grand
artny of the Union now in the field. The ac
tivity, zeal, and devotion to the cause necessary
to the speedy and - thormigh organization of fif
teen full" regiments can only be appreciated by
t hose who have been engaged in the . work.
SECRETARY CAMERON AND THE WAR
DEPARTMENT.
Under this beading, the Wampum Rem, one of
the leading Republican organs in the state of
Wisconsin, discusses at great length the practi
cal ability and statesmanlike foresight with
which Gen. Cameron controls and carries for
ward the stupendous operations of the War Des
partment. We extract only such paragraphs
from this able article as we know will be perused
with gratification by the people of Pennsylva
nia, in whose name we thank our western co
temporary for joining in that generous meed of
praise which is on the lips of every loyal man
in the-Union, for a citizen and a statesman of
whom the people of Pennsylvania are as proud
as they are of their own ancient renown and
integrity.
The following extract will suffice to show
how highly Gen. Cameron is esteemed by the
people of Wisconsin, as reflected through the
columns of one of their leading newspapers ;
Since Gen. Cameron entered upon the dis
charge of his duties as Secretary of War, aided
by the efficient counsel of Gen. Scott, two
grand features have presented • themselves to
our naiad, in his administration of this depart
ment—decision and rapidity of action. In the
short space of two and and a half months he
has calmed together and disciplined an army of
nearly one hundred thousand men ; and this
army will prove the wise policy of the Depart
ment, upon the field of battle, when the coun
try demands such service at their hands. Any
other course than that so wisely pursued,
would have been suicidal and madness in the
sacrifice of human life, and could not have
failed to bring down the just indignation of an
outraged people, of which we have a striking
example la toe ill-fated Chesapeake. But not.
withstanding the eamors of a dastardly spirit
of fault-finding, Gen. Cameron has dared to do
his duty to the country and the army, with a
decision and firmness which cannot fail to com
mand the respect of a 1 true patriots and .hon
orable men.
Besides, the rapid concentration of such an
army has had the effect to secure the respect of
foreign nations, and to cause them, if not to
actually support our national policy in this un
fortunate war, to refrain from any step which I
would have a tendency to recognize the nation
ality of the rebel and confederate traitors.
It is said of Wellington, the Iron Duke of the
British. Empire, whose generalship will hardly
be disputed by the wiseacres, who thus really
seek to iofiuence public opinion against the ad- I
rninis-tration and its patriotic poicy, that he
sometimes suffered most valuable of opportuni
ties fur battle, and brilliant victories even, to
pass unheeded, when the enemy could not es
cape time power he was concentrating upon
them. And we conceive it to be one feature in
the art of war, of good generalship to ever have
in view the lives of the men entrusted to his
barge. Wellington waged a battle, save hu
man life, but an army surrendered to hie power.
Senator Cameron occupies to-day, in the Cabi
net, the position of a Wellington in the field ;
and, with re decision and firmness adequate to
the terrible crisis which has ca led out the im
mense powers of his great mind, he labors,
with an untiring energy, almoet day and night,
to carry out the grand purposes of tne ...amt.-
istr,tion to the best interests of our common
toun try.
His labors are more than quadruple that of
any of his predecessors ; and yet, by able man
agement and perfect system, it is performed
successfully. He found the department what
the traitor Floyd had left it—embarrassed.
robbed, degraded and disgraced—he has raised
it to the dignity of its just importance. Noe
let us ask, if there is a man who cau demand
more ? or who will dare ask the question sug
gested ? Let us first say, our country is right
and those who admin ster the government are true, ca
pable and honest ! Then we shall find no room
to challenge the frit hful performance of duties
the sovereign people have entrusted to their
care. A correct principle of interpretati rn or
public matters and nation d policy, will be thus
engendered in the spirit of a true patriotism,
and this editorial generalship will have ceased
to disturb and annoy the public mind.
We regard the administration of the war de
partment, un ler Senator Cameron, as the most
brilliant and powerful the country has ever had;
and to-day, it is creating a history of which
posterity will be justly proud—a history which
will place the name of Simon Cameron high
among statesmen and patriots, whose name and
services we delight to honor.
"GENER_AL" CORRESPONDENCE.
As Lieutenant General Scott is getting a little
old, the people will be rejoiced to hear that he
is about to be superseded. We learn upon the
"highest authority" (a Washington letter
writer) that the control of the grand army is to
be entrusted to the guidance of that thorough
ly informed, thoroughly trained, all-sufficient,
self-sufficient commander, "Gleneral" Corro
pondent.
This change, we understand, (upon the same
high authority,) is demanded by the people.
Change, did we say ? The change will not be
great. It is, of course, well known by all who
read the letters of Washington correspondents,
that everything that has been really and pro
perly done, has been done by "General" Cor
respondent, Didn't he say an wrap must be
raised ? And it was raised. Didn't he say it
must be fed? And it was fed. Didn't he say
we must have battles in Missouri and Western
Virginia ? And we have had them. Didn't he
say, only yesterday morning, that "the army
does not move," and, "intending no disrespect
to Lieutenant General Scott,", it "must move
on toward Richmond ?" Now, the telegraph
informs us this morning that it did move yes
terday. Witness the intimation and immediate
relation of cause and effect ! Behold the om
niscient, omnipresent and omnipotent power of
Brevet-General Correspondent 1
ENGLISH PRESS.
We extract the following from the Afenchester
Examiner of the 2d inst. Its justice to and ap
preciation of our great military leader are in
striking, contrast with some of the press of New
York, whose recklessness of censure, we are
persuaded, finds no sympathy in the great
American. heart.
IN the events which are comprised in the
latest batch of American news, the balance of
success leans decisively in favor of the north.
The abandonment of Harper's Ferry is a tribute
to the strategic skill of General 6cott, and Is
justly rated as equivalant to a victory. The
best feature in the military operations of the
federal forces is the prudence which was shown
in abstaining from a direct attack on that posi
don. A general whose zeal outran his know
ledge, or who had but an imperfect command
over his troops, would probably have lent him
self to the national enthusiasm by flinging
against the enemy the first powerful force he
could collect. General Scott has resisted the
eagerness for action usually characteristic of
iY leviedpopularly 'organized forces.
annaadtihas and
been more anxious to complete a suc
cessful campaign than to win a single battle.
I hi patience and OAS self-commandharmotthe
with what we have been told of-his abilities
and prove him to be a formidable tiaitagonisti;
Penneguania geltfiraPb, eibursttap 21fttrttoon, liutp 18, 1861.
By a seri s of well concerted movements,' di
rected from opposite points, he placed the seces
sionists at Harper's Ferry in imminent danger
of being cut off from their main body, and so
compelled them, either to await an attack
which was almost certain to end in total defeat,
or to shift their quarters. They wisely prefer
red the latter alternative, and have gone to
swell the large force which still holds its ground
at Manassas. It is likely that similar tactics
will be brought to bear upon this position. 'The
place is described as destitute of natural de
fences, and might be attacked with less risk
than would have been encountered at Harper's
Ferry, but, as General Scott has a dislike to
bloodshed when he can do without it, he will
probably try what effect will be produced by
threatening their communication with the capi
tal of Virginia, and so cutting them off from
the south. If they should make up their minds
a second time to retreat, their next position
will, in all probability, be somewhere in the
neighborhood-of Richmond, and President Davis
may have to mount his war horse, and fight
for his future capital, about the time fixed for
the assembling of the southern congress in that
The same paper contains an earnest and well
reasoned appeal to the people of Great Britain
by Peter Sinclair, the well known temperance
advocate, who has just returned to England
from this country. He closes his letter as
follows :
"I appeal to the people ; I appeal to both
Houses of Parliament, to speak out plainly.
-Let our neutrality be clearly and strictly ob
served ; but let all the moral weight of a great,
free and sympathising nation be cast on the
aide of liberty ; and let all the world know that
such is the fact. Let it be placed on record,
that present and future generations may see
that iu a struggle between despotism and liber
ty Great Britain can only be found on one side ;
and that the side of liberty."
Correspondence of the Telegraph.]
The rumors of war and the facts of the war,
which stir the enthusiasm and arouse the mar
tial spirits of other sections and localities, have
also their influence upon the people of this re
gion, however secluded we may be from the
rest of the world, and however surrounded we
are with the prospects and the invitations of
peace, the presence of God in our health and
strength, and His goodness and bounty, in the
abundant harvest that is about being gathered
and garnered. We feel here that a mighty
struggle is in progress for the right, for the
right of existence in a Union doubly glorious as
the emblem of our strength and the palladium
of our moral, social and national power.
We feel that as tills struggle progresses, our
hopes rise and fall as the contest turns on the
triumph or defeat of thole who are battling for
the Union. We could not feel otherwise as
loyal citizens, as men loving the country of our
birth and adoption, and as fathers and brothers
having those we love in the ranks of the federal
army, fighting gallantly for the federal Union.
The crops this year will equal the most abun
dant yield of any former season, both in quart
ti iy and quality. The wheat crop is particular
ly superior, and thii fact, at this particular
period, will be cheering news to the friends of
law and order. With good mope vlrCr the
loyal states, with the inexhaustible abundance
of the west joining its force and influence to
the various resources of the north and east, that
are now just being gathe , ed in such rich plenty,
our troops in the field will be easy to maintain,
and the burdens of war be counted as any of
the other common items of expenses in a good
and reliable governm,nt. In this respect, our
condition contrasted with that of the south,
presents the favorable and the cheering differ
ence, that while we are steadily puratting th:
various avocations of trade, business, labor and
industry, and still maintaining a battle to pre
-erve the Union, the south, in their efforts to
destroy the Union, are compelled to change the
culture of their soil from cotton to corn—are
forced to borrow money on the most ruinous
rates of interest—and withal are placing them
selves in the positions of traitors, liable at'any
moment to meet death at the point of a sabre
or bayonet, or the end of a noosed and knotted
rope.
After one of our neighbors and most extEn
sive farmers, John SW. eney, had finished cut
ting his grain and placing it in clocks, the boys
in the field concluded to raise the stars and
stripes. With us here in the mountains, such
a resolve is more difficult to carry out, than it
is with the people in the cites.. Bat our boys
Were not to be deterred, and a flag was raised,
higher than any (Ali& banner in the good old
state of Pennsylvania, and blessed too; with as
fervent and as patriotic prayers as that of any
starry flag in the loyal states. R. W. Thomp
son, addressed the harvest lads in a strain of,
eloquence peculiar to the squire, rich, fervid
and strong in common sense, reason and patri
otism.
Take the assurance, and - print the fact, that
the people of this region have abated noth
ing in their devotion and love for the Union
since the first blow was given to it by
the rebels while firing on Fort Sumter. When
our harvest is gathered our boys will be ready
to go forth for the purpose of gathering, gar
nering and threshing rebels. J. G. L.
TER COrroN CaOwzr —A. report from Fedi Is
that the agents of the southern confederacy
have formally m ide'a proposition in writing to
young Captain Bonaparte, formally ol Balti
more, to accept the position of Military: Dicta
tor of the southern confederacy,: with a crown
at his dizpo:al, whenever he may deem it ne
tessary to assume the dignity. The commis
sioners belong to the extreme southern party,
which is a long way in advance of the general
sentiment in the south. They, belong to the
knot of politicians who have assumed to rule
politics in the cotton states, and whose views
of a splendid confederacy "on - a military basis
with a suffrage largely, restricted," have: been
so frequently reflected is De Bow's Review.
Their feeling is decidedly in favdr of a southern
monarchy, and they thought thercould get
the French Emperor's support by this little
temptation offered to this American rele, , ion,
thry would doubtless not hesitate to hold out
the tempting offer. Mr. Russell has just re
corded the fact that the cotton aristocracy as
sured him that they were ready to accept one
of the scions of the royal stern of England, and
now we have a report that the, French Empe
ror's cousin is approached in the same way.
Hum, the Amexican "medium" who erased
half of finis, is exposed as a trickster. - It beans
that a shoe of very singular construction, con
tiining springs and other rneehanim I applianc s,
was found, after the medinm's third visit, in
the room in the Tuilleries in which..: he had ,
shown off his wonders. Nobody. -, abotit.
place knowing any thing of the temarkable shoe,
the inference that the'medium had used it in
the production •of his "phenomena," and had
been inadvertantly left behind by him on his
departure, seemed unavoidable. •
Tim Richmond Examiner uttered a complaint
a few days ago that Virginia was being "con
quered by inches." Gen. WClellan has com
menced the practice of conquering it by side
Ir is a curious fact that Robert Garnett, who
was killed at St. George, was , the - .mofessional
ins , ructor of M'Clellan at West
_Point.
taught him tactics, and had an apt pupil, it,
appears. -
Ir nes bet% settled by tlie'nianagerd krilhf
National Horse Fair Association, to -hold ta ll
114114 fair at ottawa,lll.:2
FRON cum% COUNTY.
PLEASANT GAP, July 15, 1861
BY TELEGRAPH.
TEE GRAND ARMY.
ARRIVAL FAIRFAX COURT ROUSE.
RETREA t OF THE REBELS.
Occupation of the Town by the Fed
eral Troops.
WABE{LVGTON, July 17-10 P.M
Our skirmishers reached Fairfax Court House
at half past eleven A. M., and the advance
guard entered thevillage exactly at noon.
Trees had been felled across the road at three
points to obstruct the march, but they proved
feeble impediments. Half a mile this side of
Fairfax an embankment had been thrown up
across the road, a halt mile in length, with
embrasures for four or five guns, and sand-bag
protections; but no guns h.id been mounted.
There were no pit-falls or masked batteries.
The pickets this side'of Fairfax retired this
morning about one hour only before the head
of the column came in sight, leaving the grain
bags out of which their horses were fed, and
the Federal troops fed their horses out of the
same bigs.
This morning the Confederate troops at Fair
fax were drawn upon the west side of the town,
and the people expected that a battle would
certainly take place , but at 9 A. M., they made
a precipitate retreat, leaving five quarters of
fresh beef, shovels, spades,tools,camp furniture,
etc., behind them in their haste.
The entry of the Federal troops into Fairfax
is said by those gentlemen to have been inspir
ing beyond description. The main street was
filled, as far as the eye could reach, with the
soldiers marching with fixed bayonets and load
ed guns, cheering for the Union, and the bands
playing the Star-Spangled Banner. .
As soon as the6,ooo infantry in the column
had passed, the cavalry which were in the rear—
the artillery being in front—dashed through
the town on a gallop, and endeavored to over
take the retreating Confederates. They follow
ed the road four miles towards Centreville, but
the great heat preventing a forced march of the
infantry, they returned.
It is understood that Centreville is to be de
fended by the rebels, and that Gen. McDowell
will march on it to-morrow. The other col•
umns of the advancing army are north and south
of Fairfax. A few buildings were burned by
the federal troops a mile beyond Fairfax on ac
count of a rumor that a soldier had been fired
on by them. - -
No buildings had been burned at Fairfax, al
though the soldiers in the first flush of excite
ment had seized many things in and about the
houses, most of which were deserted by their
owners. • General McDowell was, however,
placing guards all over the town.
Colonel Marston, of the New Hampshire Sec
ond, placed a guard around the court-house
building as soon at he entered the town.
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON,
YirasuttanoN, July 18.—P. M.
Nothing reliable or official has been received
from Fairfax up to noon to-day. The President
has appointed John Armstrong postmaster at
Springtiqd,
Messrs. Nixen and Frank, members of the
House, who entered Fairfax Court House yes
terday with Gen. McDowell's army, report that
Union men near that place had been in the
woods for days to avoid being impressed into
the rebel army. The farmers residing out or
the village for miles were extravagant in their
expressions of juy at the arrival of our troops,
enabling them to breathe free again, and speak
their Union sentiments.
VIE VERY LATEST
Narch of Gen: 24'Dowell's Army Toward
Centreville
RUMORED ENGAGEMENT
Nzw Yous, July 18.-2 P. 31
A special Washington dispatch to the Evening
Post says that a messenger from Gen McDowell's
head quarters, just arrived, reports the army
marched early this morning for Centreville,
leaving a strong guard at Fairfax Court House.
The rebels under Gen. Johnston are endeavor
ing.to affect a junction with Gtn. Beauregard.
The Federd scouts report 34,000 rebels at Cen
treville and . Manassas Junction.
A specal dispatch to the Commercial, btings a
rumor of an engagement at Centreville, but it is
unconfirmed, though probable. The battery
which accompanied Gen. McDowell consists of
eight thirty-two pounders—the largest battery
in the service.
LATER FOREIGN NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF . THE STEAMER ASIA
The steamer Asia has arrived with Liverpool
dates to the 6th inst. She brings 110,000
pounds sterling in specie. The Arabia arrived
out on the 7th inst.
An influential deputation relative to the sup
pression of the slave trade has had an interview
with Lord John Russell and the Duke of New
Castle respectively. Both ministers concurred
generally with the views of the deputation, and
the latter said that the Governors of the British
settlements in Africa have been instructed to
encourage commerce and the growth of cotton
to their utmost.
Queen Victoria visits Ireland at the end of
August.
Napoleon was at Sicily. The Paris Bourse
was dull, rentes 67f. 75c.
The Swiss council of State has voted an ap
propriation for an expedition to Japan to con
clude the treaty of commerce.
It is again asserted via Turin, that the Pope's
health is very serious.
The Spanish troops have taken the town of
Lola from the insurgents.
The conferences at Pisth indicate that the
Lower House of the Hungarian diet will unani
mously adopt the 'address of the Emperor as
originally proposed by Mr. Deak. The Em
peror had received a deputation from the Up
per House.
efficially_announced that the coronation
of the King and Qtleen of Prussia would take
place at Konigsburg in October.
The monetary crisis in Rwsia is daily becom
ing more imminent. Thre is great pressure for
money. _
Renewed anxiety prevails at Warsaw.
The Bombay mail has been telegraphed. A
telegram dated June 12th states that Mr. Laing
had sailedlor England.
THE PENNNSYLVANIA RESERVE .REGI
RENTS.
WASHINGTON, July 18.
The' reserve regiments, under command of
Mrijor General McCall, have been ordered into
the United States service forthwith. The must
-ails, Tip:Lie - were sent on to-day to the proper
officers. Thirtee'n regin are now ready,
ha►a bea ordered hire.
Mr. Hayward, Superintendent of the Hanni
bal and St. Joseph Railroad just from Hannibal,
received the following dispatch previous to leav
ing that place.
"HUDSON, Mo., July 16.
"Eight hundred federal troops came up ahead
of the passenwer train this morning as far as
Millville, thirty miles above St. Charles, on the
North Missouri Railroad, where the track was
torn up.
"The federal troops were fired into, when an
engagement ensued, resulting in the loss of
seven rebels killed and several taken prisoners.
One man, who was caught with a gun in his
hand was immediately hung, and another who
attempted to escape was riddled with balls,
"The fighting still continued when the pas
senger train passed up. The federals had lost
three killed, seven wounded, and thirty of their
horses had been captured. The strength of the
rebels was not known."
Two steamers from Norfolk were seen landing
troops this morning at Sewell's Point, where it
is apparent that formidable preparations are
made to annoy our shipping, and perhaps the
Fortress itself. There are doubtless masked
batteries also at Willoughby Point, opposite the
Rip Raps. These preparations, however, will
be ineffectual, in view of the terrible engines of
destruction to be brought against the rebels op
posite the Fortress, in case they attempt to dis
turb us. Sewell's Point has no strategic impor
tance. Norfolk and Portsmouth are not on the
road to Richmond, but should the Confederates
annoy. Old Point they will at once be routed.
Two negroes escaped from Pig Point last
night, and found refuge at Newport News.
They had been obliged to work in trenches and
report that the contederates are in large force
opposite Newport News.
Nzw You; July 18
The Fourth Massachusetts sailed for Boston
this evening in the steamship S. B. Spaulding.
Care had been taken by the authorities to pre
vent the carrying away of "contrabands,"
several of whom were found smuggled on board
the steamship.
Max Weber's regiment will encamp beyond
Hampton.
The Susquehanna sailed today for New York
for repairs. The steamer Mount Vernon dis
patch boat has just arrived from Washington,
with important di-patches for Gen. Butler.
The General made appropriate speeches on
the departure of the Massachusetts regimeals.
It is evident that they do not go home in the
best of humors.
CAMP GUNPOWDER, near Magnolia,
Rarford county, Did , July 18.
A detachment of twenty men, under Lieut.
Holt, of Captain Barr's company First Regiment
Delaware Volunteers, stationed at the north end
of Gunpowder bridge, captured two secession
fl , gs yesterday, at the house of James G. Reyn
olds, a wealthy planter residing near the Phila
delphia and Baltimore turnpike, in Baltimore
county, near Franklinsville, fourteen miles
above Towsontown.
One of the flags, about six feet long, was
fluting from the fourth story window and the
other was hid in the house. Reynolds was
greatly enraged, and wished that he only had
force enough to defeat the soldiers. He was
not arrested. Lieut. Holt and four men went
up stairs, took down the flag and brought -it
away. It now floats union down from the flag
gaff at the camp,
XXXVIIth Congress—Extra Session,
WASHINGTON, July 18
SE:gem—The Secretary of the Senate, John
W. Forney, called the Senate to order. He
stated that he had a note saying that the Vice
President would be absent for the rest of the
session.
On motion of Mr. PEARCE (Md.,) Mr. Foot,
of Vermont, was elected President pro tem.
Mr. GRIXES (Iowa) introduced a bill for the
construct on of a railway from the Navy Yard
to Georgetown, D. C. Referred to the District
of Columbia Committee.
A bill to provide an Assistant Secretary of
the Navy was taken up.
Mr. Doozirmu, (Wis.) offered an amendment
provid.ng for an assistant Secretary of Interior.
- Mr. HALE hoped the amendment would not
be put on this bill.
After a short debatelthe amendment was re
jected.
Mr. HALE moved to take up the bill for bet
ter organization of the Marine Corps, which
was agreed to.
The amendments of the naval committees
were adopted and the bill passed.
Mr. WILSON from the Military Committee re
ported back the bill for the better organization
of the army, with the amendments made yes
terday, and others.
OUsE.—Mr. WAS/DIME, from the committee
on commerce, reported a bill to remit Pie fines
and penalties in certain cases, ineurf ed.b_y_ rot
son of the closing of southern ports, and con
sequently no collectors there will be allowed to
give the proper papers to vessels leaving those
ports. • The bill passed.
Mr. SHEFFIELD, reported a bill supplementary
to the act to protect commerce and punish the
crime of piracy. Referred.
Mr. Et.zior offered a resolution, which passed,
instructing the committee on commerce to en
quire into the expediency of closing, by act of
Cougress, certain ports in rebellious States, with
leave to report by bill or otberw se.
Mr. ilicsmax, (Pa) from the Committee on
the Judiciary, to whom Mr. Potter's resolution
was referred, directing them to inquire as to
whether Hon. Henry May; of Maryland, has
been or is now holding criminal intercourse with
those - in armed rebellion against the United
States, etc., reported that the gentleman who
moved the resolution was called before the
committee, but had no evidence tending to
prove Mr. May's guilt in this particular, the
resolution being predicated on newspaper arti
cles only. The committee having no evidence
to implicate the gentleman, recommend that no ,
action in the case is necessary on the part of the
House. The committee further say that inves
tigation will entirely relieve the President and
Gen. Scott horn any suspicion of correspond
e••ce, or attempted correspondence, through Mr.
May.
Un motion of Mr. HICKMAN, the report was
laid on the table.
Mr. MAY, by permission of the House, made
a personal explanation. He was more than
gratified that the Committee on the Judiciary
had in this decisive way condemned an unpar
alleled outrage upon him and his constituents,
and that au investigation by those who had
been called upon to adduce proof, had to admit
that there was uo ground of evidence for the
charge, but ti tit was based on mere newspa
per rumor, the idle gossip of the hour, and on
this a representative of the pecrpic was Gharged
with a heinous offence.
He had no words in which he could pronounce
his indignation and disgust for such proceeding.
Before he came hither he had under considera
tion whether he could enter upon his duties as
a representative, because of the humilation he
felt at the attitude of his constituents, now
hound in chains without the rights of a free
people, all their precious rights under our Con
stotution being prostrated and trampled in the
duet.
ANOTHER FIGHT IN MISSOURI.
ENGAGEMENT AT MILLVILLE.
Seven Rebels_ Killed—Several Prisoners
Taken—The Conflict Going On.
LATER FROM. FORTRiSS MONROE.
FORTRESS lelosuou, July 18
CAPTURE OF TWO SECESSION FLAGS
Three Ernit , d States Schooners bound east
were seen off Nantucket shoals on the 14th in
search of the Jeff Davis Privateer: '
WASHINGTON, July 18.
Advices from Arizona represent that the se
cessionists have obtained the complete control
of that territory. They have instituted ar. ign
of terror, and mean to hold the territory for
the Southern Confederacy. The Union men are
overawed and silent ed.
UNION MEN' FLEEING- FROM IMPRESS
MENT BY THE REBELS.
Col. Kenley's Maryland regiment is guarding
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal front Williams
port to this point.
A party of forty-three Union men, from Lou
don county, Virginia, forded the river at the
Point of Rocks to-day, seeking protection from
forced enlistment into the army. More than a
hundred have crossed the river within the last
few days.
TILE DP. KANE REFRIGERATOR.
'PHIS r , iperior f LFRIGERA TOR :
gether with Myles, tiny he
f - 9und at the manafhcr,,y, at eroeAlluzly ow prt,
Also, a great variety HATER 11.0(.. , L,?1,:5 r
rior finish.
MAN
HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED
JUST PU BLDi II ED ON THE NA FIT 1 - ;
THE AND rtAl/D;Af, CJ AP r: i 4
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ompany each box. Price 'SI. nt by CIA
to DR COILVSLICS L 80l -1,21., Post offs,
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So by uas•
, :r„ . ;3,,stin every tawn !al the United
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General Ae , nt lor the
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7o 1010 M cul Inarsais orders i . hfraid , te -
doll Pa, riel:e?.4ht c,
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ADJUTANT GENF,P.AL'S OFFICE,
_Harrisburg. July 17, 1861
Proposals will be received at this office fibril
Tuesday, the 23d inst., at 12 Al" for furnishing
the following articles :
Four thousand Blouses, conforming in all re
spects with the United States army standard.
Also, four thousand Blue Cloth Army Ca s,
according to sample furnished at this ohice.
E. M. BIDDLE,
Adjutant Genera/.
jylB4t4
AFTER TRF "JEFF DAVIS."
NEW Yons, July 18
TREASON IN ARIZONA
FEARPER'S FERRY, July 18
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