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VOL VII—NO. 1,071. BOA 141) OF TRADE. Committee of Arbitration for month of Augutt. SAMUEL BEVAN, WM DEVRIES, | JOS. C. YATES, Q. S. BROWN. 1 ipsn&l anb Cimmtrnal ptfcsfe. BALTIMORE. August 17, 1861. The transactions at the Stock Board continue to be limited, but for almost everything on the list the market to-day was firm. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad left off at the Board without sales at $42)4 bid, s43asked, but after the Board a sale of 25 shares was made at $43 cash. Northern Central Railway was offered as on yesterday at sl4*, but no hid was made for it. Baltimore City 6's wereinqiired for, and sales were made of $3,269 1890's at 81%. We note also a sale of $230 Maryland 1890 6's at 8134. Maryland 6's left off at 81 bid, 82 asked for 1870's; 8134 bid, 82)4 asked for 1890's; and Baltimore City 6's closed at 81% bid for 1875'5; aud Sl>4 bid, SIX asked for 1890's. Nothing was done in Railroad bonds, but for Northern Central 1885's 46 was bid, and Baltimore and Ohio 1862's closed at 42 bid, 43 asked; and do. at 70)4 bid, 72 asked. For the Mining stocks there was some little inquiry to day, and a sale was made of 150 sh&'es Gardner Hill at f>o cts. Gardner Hill closed at 50 cts. bid, 65 cts. asked; Guilford at 40 cts. bid; and Spring field at $1.30 bid regular way. SALES AT THE BALTIMORE STOCK BOARD. SATURDAY, August 17, 1801. $230 Maryland 6's *9O 81)4 1,069 Baltimore 6's '9O BIX 1,000 do. 6's '9D 81 X 1,200 do. 6's '9O 81 X 150 shares Gardner Hill Mining Co 50 AFTER THE BOARD. 25 shares Bait. & Ohio Railroad 43 PRICES Alf IX BALES OF STOCKS IN NEW YORK. BY TELEGRAPH. Through WILLIAM FISHER & SON, Stock and Bill Brokers. No. 22 South street. Ist Board 24 Board. Virginia's 55 00 Missouri 6's 43 00 Tennessee bonds 43 00 North Carolina bonds... .....65 00 Canton Company, 9.V 00 Erie Railroad .... 25X 00 New York Central Railroad 73 00 Reading Railroad... 35X 00 Treasury notes 2 years 6 per cents.. 97 % 00 heavy. No second board held to-day. The New York Post of Saturday evening says: The stock market was very inactive again to day. For several days past there has been a great absence of outside orders, and it requires but little effort on the part of the Bears to mark down prices. The sales are mostly on sel lers'option, there being no large amounts of cash stock offering. New York Central closed at 73 jf. Galena 64)4 (<£64%, Toledo 28 2s%.Rock Island 38)4 ir 38%. The Southern State Stocks were dull and lower. Missouris and Tennessees were each quoted at 43(a)43)4. Louisan as sold at 64 Virginias fell off %' per cent. There was a sale of New York State Sevens of 1870 at 107, which is by far the highest price State security on the list - Government bonds were steady at 8S for registered, and 88 X (5)88 X for coupons. The Fives are firm at 81)4(3)81)4. The 6 per cent, notes sold at the Board at 97%{a)98. There is more employment for money on call at 4(3)5 per cent., but the supply is largely in excess of the <le mand The exchange on London closed steady at 107% @lo7*. Mr. Cisco is authorized to receive subscriptions for 7 30 notes, and severallarge amounts have already been taken by parties outside of Wall street. The new subscri bers are ready to pay in their gold at once. There is an active business doing in tlie 6 per cent. 2-year notes at 98J4@9S5f, which is a further improvement. We have been shown to day a bond of the State of Vir ginia for SI,OOO. dated Ist October, 1860. identical with the regular Virginia Sixes, so far as the body of the bond is concerned, except that it is made payable in Richmond. The sheet of coupons attached, how ever, is printed in red, while the old is in black. This bond has justbeeu forwarded from the West, where it has, doubtless, been put in circulation, and, so far as we know, is the first issue of the Confederate authorities. These bonds will, of course, find no circulation here, as they bear all the marks of a spurious issue. The Tribune says: The weightof influence at the Board is quite manifest ly upon the bear side, and prices are sustained mainly by keeping cash stock scarce in the street. The operators for the fall are acting partly on the general theory of the disordered condition of the hosiness of the country, and partly on the idea that tbe foreign advices to be received for the next ten days will be adverse to the North, being the response from Europe to the news of the defeat at Bull Run. Some go so far as t6 predict that the recognition of the Southern Confederacy will speediy follow. The following is the comparative statement of the im ports of foreign dry goods at New York for the week end ing August 16, and since January 1: 1859. 1860. 1861. Entered at the port.... $3,139,138 $3,446,119 $593 305 Thrown on market 3.319,219 3,577,806 359,262 Since Jan. 1. Entered at the port.... $78,762.550 $69,436,365 $32,663,478 Thrown on market.... 78.514.067 69,242,259 30,167,329 The small importations of dry g00d5—5193,305, against $3,446,110 for the corresponding week of last year—have hern mostly warehoused There is no demand for fall goofls, and importers are not exh hiting those received The export di mand for breadstuff's has been very active the past week, the sales of grain on toe Corn Exchange reaching some days nearly a half million of bushels. The business would have been even larger were a better assortment here. At the rise in freights checked transactions. The advance in wheat is about eiwht cents a bushel, the effect of which will doubtless he felt through out the West, We annex a statement of the value of the exports of the three leading articles for the week ending August 16 and since January 1 : For the week. Since January 1. 1860 1861. 1860 1861. Flour, bids $212,338 $227,422 $4,884,271 $8,873,885 Wheat, hush.. 376.625 370,824 4,552,882 15.392.826 Corn, bush.... 27,332 213,894 1,100,024 3.731,963 Total since Ist January $10,537,177 $27,998,674 Increase on 1860 $16,361,497 BALTIMORE MARK.KTS. CUkrPB.-uw um 0.-c. StfSJkSt**' August 17. Coffee so far as we have heard. The market although quiet, is still very fnm in tone, and there is no disp *i tion among holders to sell except at very full rates We quote to day as follows, viz; Rio at 14^-14H cts. for fair togood, and 15 cts. for prime; Liguayra at 15fil6cts; and .lava at 19(cu2u cts per lb. The stock of Coffee here is now only about 11,000 bags. FLOUR —There lias been but little inquiry 'or Flour to day, and so far as we have heard no sales have been made. Super is offering at |5 per bbl. for Howard Street. Ohio and City Mills, but there are no buyers at this figure. Holders are however generally indisposed to take less than this price Extra is unchanged in price, and we still quote it as follows, viz: at $5.25@5 50 for old and new Ohio; $5 50 for Howard Street; and $6 25(afi 50 per bbl. for standard City Mills. The European advices are generally considered as being favorable for breadstuffs, and in New York prices have advanced within the last day or two. FAMILY FLOUR.—Baltimore ground Family is still sell ing by the dray load to the trade at $7.50, and Baltimore high grade Extra at $7. but Howard Street Family can be readily bought at s6(a6 25 per bbl. KY* FLOUR AND CORN MEAL.—Rye Flour may be quoted at S3.6<XE3 76, and we quote Corn Meal at $2.90 for Brandy wine, and $3 per bbl. for Baltimore. GRAlN.—Wheat was in fair supply this morning, the receipts amounting to about 20,f00 bushels, hut the de mand for it was active, and the market very firm in tone Red sold at 1(0@105 cts. for common, 110;'aH20 cts. for fair to prime; and white at 110@112 cts. for common, 125 @l3O cts for fair to good fair.and 132@140 cts. for good to prime lots, and both varieties closed firm. Corn was steady and firm at yesterday's figures. Sales were ma le of 1,500 bushels yellow at 48@50 cts.. but there was very little white at market and no sales were made. We quote it however at 58 a.60 cts per bushel. There was nothing ! done to-day in Rye, but sales were made of some 4.000 to j 6,000 bushels new Maryland Oats at 25(a26 cts. ptr bushel, j MOLASSES —Thtre is nothing of consequence doing | in Molasses, but the market for it continues very firm. We quote as follows, viz: Cuba at 18(a20 cts. for clayed, and 22('<126 ts. for Muscovado; Porto Rico at32@36 cts , and New Orleans at 38(a) 40 cts. per gallon. Ihe stock here of all descriptions is very light. PROVISIONS —Provisions continue quiet. There is ; however a fair retail demand for Bacon and it is selling I in lots to the trade at (a6 cts. for Shoulders, 7fail 7% ets. for Sides, and cts. for Hams. We heard j to day of a sales of 16 hhds. Bacon Sides a little out of condition at 6& cts. Bulk Meat is still quoted at 5 cts. for Shoulders, 6% cts for Sides, and cts. for Hams, but there is none selFng. We continue to quote Lard at S% cts. for Western Leaf in bbls. and tcs ; and 11(a)! lif cts. per lb. for refined; Mess Pork at sls 25; Prime do. at $lO 76(a)ll; and Hump do. at $10(al0.50 per bbl. Balti more packed Beef is selling at sl2 60 for No. 1, and sl6 per bbl. for Mess, but we quote Western Beef at s7@B for uninspected No. 1; s9@lo for do. Mess; and slo@ll per bbl. for repacked No. 1. RICE —There is hardly anything doing in Rice, but we continue to quote itats£@6 cts. per lb. for good to prime lots. The stock here is very nearly exhausted. SALT.- Salt is active and firm. Liverpool is selling in lots from store at 105 cts. for Ground Alum, and 160 cts. per sack for Marshall's, Worthington's, and Jeffrey & Darcy's fine, and Turks Island at 25 cts. per bushel. SUGARS.—Sugars continue quiet. There has been no movement in them to day. nor indeed for some days past, but the market is still very firm in tone, and there is no disposition among holders to press sales. We quote as follows, viz; Cuba at $6(5)6 37 for refining, and $6 76@7 75 for grocery grades; and Porto Rico and New Orleans at $6.75(5)7.25 for common to fair; and $7.50(a) 8.25 for good fair to prime. WHISKEY —Whiskey is quiet and rather heavy. City is held at 18 cts., and Ohio at 18js cts. per gallon, but there are no buyers at these figures. DOMESTIC MARKETS PHILADELPHIA, August 17.—There is some inquiry for Flour for shipment, but generally at figures below the views of the holders. Sales of 1,000 barrels Western extra at |5.25. Wequote at $4.25@4 75 per barrel for old stock spring and winter wheat superfine; ss@s \2% for fresh ground do.; $4 75(a)5.50 for extras; $5.25@5 75 for extra family, and $6@6.25 for fancy lots. There is no move ment in Rye Flour or Corn Meal. We continue to quote the former at $3. and the latter at $.2 62per 661. "Wheat is firm: sales or 3.000 bushels in lots at $122 per bushel for prime Southern red afloat; $1 20 for Penna. do. in stoi e. and $1.30 for a lot of fair Delaware white afloat.— About 1,600 bushels red and white sold on privste terms Rye is selling at 52@56 cts. for new and old; Corn at 53 cts. for yellow; and Oats at cts. Whiskey is steady at 18Ja cts. ior Ohio, and 18 cts" for Penna. BOSTON, August 16—The market for Flour is vfery firm, and low grades are again a shade higher We quote sales of common brands Weetern at $4(24.25: fancy brands at J4 37K@4 50; extras at $4 62X(®5; and supe rror at $5.25(a,7 per bbh, including very choice brands St. Louis. Southern Flour is quiet. We quote common and fancy at $5.50665.75; extras at $6 50(27; and superior at $7@7.60 per bbl . including choice brands of Baltimore. Corn is held quite firm, but continues in moderate de mand. The sales have been at 53(5)55 cts. for Western yellow, as to quality; and 50(5)52 cts. per bushel for Western mixed. Oats are selling at 33(238 cts. per bbl for Western, Southern and Canada. Rye 58(560 cts per bushel. ALBANY, August 16.—Flour in more active demand: sales 1,200 bbls. Wheat—sales, in car lots, at $1 13iz(oi 1.15 for red State; $1,33 for white Michigan, and $1 35 for white Kentucky. Rye—sales 2,500 bushels at 60 cts Oats—sales 9,000 bushels; Corn better: sales last evening 6.800 bushels at 44 cts.; to-day 38,000 bushels at 441£@45 cts. Whiskey—sales 60 bbis at 17 cts. BUFFALO, August 16.—Flour steady. Wheat better; demand moderate; sales 26,000 bushels Milwaukee and Noth western club at 95 cts., and 19,000 do. red winter at sl.lo@l.loJ{. Corn better: sales 35,000 bushels at 36X'2 37 X cts. Lake.imports to-day—2,ooo bbis. flour, 178,000 bushels wheat,'234,ooo do. corn. Canal exports—24,ooo bbis. flour, 60.000 bushels wheat, 78,000 do corn. OSWEGO, August 16.—Flour firmer. Wheat decidedly better, with a fair milling and shipping inquiry, but buyers are standing aloof in consequence of the advanced views of holders. Receipts liberal, but as the greater part 1? for shipment the supply offering is light: sales 6.500 bushels winter red Western at $1.13 X, and 6,900 do. No. i ,n'T aU ! tl f c i ub ' Corn a shade better but dull: sales 2,100 bushels Illinois at 39X cts. Other grains quiet.— )L! m i >ort9 'I 66 bbl!l - fl°ur, 89,500 bushels wheat, LM.OW do. corm 10,000 do rye. Canal exports-1,300 r-'nfr.rni bu , s^ la wb *- 60.000 do. corn. CHICAGO, August 16 —Flour quiet. Wheat advanced ct.: sales of No 1 at 73@74 cts.. and No 2 at 717272 cts. in store. Corn.X@l ct. h>wer. o", do Receiots -5,000 bbis. flour, 91.000 bushels wheat, 15u 000 do corn 10,000 do. oats. Shipments—2,ooo bbis. 'flour 61 nno bushels wheat. 167,0< 0 do. corn. Freights 3(54 cts' higher Exchange on New York unaltered. NEW YORK DRY GOODS MARKET, Aug. 16.—As by common consent, there will be no general opening of goods for the fall trade until the first week in Septem" ber. In the meantime, foreign Dress Goods are entirely lifeless. This is mainly due, however, to the adoption and very general practice of cash terms. Jobbers com plain a good deal of the action of the importers in this respect, and one of them has a hearing incur columns this morning. In Domestic Goods the feature of the week has been general excitement and a material advance In manufactured Cottons of nearly all grades. There have been large sales of China Drills at 9X cts (29X cts. for shipment, and the agents of all but one mark closed firm at 10 cts., 8 mos. We notice a considerable sale of Blue Drills at 12 cts. fl per cent, off for cash. Brown Sheet ing, standard, are firm at 10 cts., with fair sales. All light and medium Sheeting and Shirtings, as well as cotton Flannels, are Xct @lct. per yard above last season's prices. Printing Cloths have been excited at Providence— about 20,000 pieces, 60x64 and 64x64, sold together at 5 cts, 1,000 piece*, 64x64, at about 5)4 cts.—and at the close, yesterday, holders were unwilling to name a price, and ftiMl wen nominal at bX cte.@6 cte. Printe are firmer; 111 .1) All J \ EX 0 11A AC j lii. 1 no prices are fixed as yet We quote prime Madders at 9)4 cts (a) 10 cts., the higher figure ruling. Delaines are | brought out 18 cts. There is nothing n>*w in Woolens; army goods and army styles continue to absorb attention. BOSTON DRY GIODS MARKET, August 16.—The up ward tendency, noticed for several weeks past in Cotton Goods, still continues, and a further advance of full )4 a cent has been realized on tnany descriptions, while on some the advance has been even more. The trade have become considerably excited about Cotton Goods, and there is more anxiety to secure supplies of desirable styles than for some time past. The consequence has been some considerable purchases of heavy Sheetings at from 9)4(<z)10 cts., standard goods closing firm at the latter price. Medium Sheetings and Shirtings have been sold at 9 cts.. and light goods at 6# cts. Drills have ad vanced to 9>4(a)10 cts., and now held at 10 cts ; bleached have been sold at 10 cts., and blues at 12 cts. Print Cloths have been in good demand, and considerable sales have been made at full )4 act. advance from the lowest point. Prints are more sought after and are again higher. Denims, Cotton Flannels, Stripes. Ticks and Osnaburgs are also selling more freely at about )4 act. advance, the market closing with a good inquiry for all leading styles. Wooten Goods remain without improvement. Fine Cloths, Cassimeres and Doeskins are very little inquired for.— Goods suited to the army are alone wanted, and manu facturers arc quite busy in filling contracts. ! BOSTON BOOT AND SHOE MARKET, Aug. 16 —Tn the Boot and Shoe market there is very little improve ment to notice Buyers are here from all the leading cities West, but purchases continue to be on a veiy limit ed scale compared with former years. With the New England trade very little has been done, and so far our usual f*ll business has been almost an entire failure, and the prospects ahead indicate a light trade. The ship ments from this port indicate the depressed state of our business since first of January last, showing a falling off of 56,884 cases by water and 147.821 by railroad, in all 204.705 cases. The entire shipments by water and rail road amount to only 222.103 cases this year against 426,868 cases in 1860. showing that, so far, we have done but about one half of Last year's moderate business. The shipments of 1860 fell short of 1859 to date 93,440 cases, and if we go back three years the deficiency is still greater. Manufacturers that are employed continue to turn out army goods, but otherwise there is scarcely any business doing. The Leather Market continues quite de pressed, with the exception of Oak, which is wanted for army goods. The stock of Oak Leather is small, but of Hemlock there is an abundant supply. Hides are dull, but remain about the same as previously noticed. Sjfijjjpntg InffUrpnct PORT OF BALTIMORE, AUGUST 17. Arrived* Steamer JohnS Shriver, Dennis, Philadelphia, Jas A Shriver. Steamer Louisiana, Cannon, Old Point Comfort, Va— rf N Falls Steamship S R Spauldlng. Howes, from Boston via Fortress Monroe—mdse and passengers to A L Hoggins. Was detained on account of assisting ship Fair Wind, ashore on Hog Island. Steamer John R Thompson, Fowler, New York, Jas A Shriver. Steamer Richard Willing, Claypole, Philadelphia—Jas A Shriver. steamer Georgeanna. Pearson. Old Point Comfort, Va— M N Falls. Passed off York Spit two ships at anchor— supposed bound up Schr Seeing, Safford, New York—ballast to Pendergast Bros. Clears d. Steamer Wm Woodward, Cundiff, New York—mdse to J A Shriver. Ship Falmouth, Haines, Amsterdam —F L Brauns & Co. Ship Adolphine, (Brem) Meyerdieck, Bremen—F L Brauns A: Co. Brig Chesapeake, (Br) Grogun, Demarara—W II Perot. Brig R R Kirkland, Knight, West Indies—F W Brune & Sons. Schr Kingfisher, Harvey, West Indies—Knox & Co. Schr Fly, Todd, New York—master. Schr L Dvbou, Lander. New York—master. Schr Hope, Frank, Georgetown, D C—P Malcolm & Co. Schr M E Heam, Woolford, Clioptank river—Wm Ap plegarth & Son. 17 schrs to the Eastern and Western shore, Stilted. Ship Falmouth, Haines, Amsterdam, in tow of steam tug Lioness. • s ' hip Adolphine, (Brem) Meyerdieck, Bremen, in tow of Lioness. Brig Chesapeake, (Br) Grogun, Demarara, in tow of Edwin Forrest- Schr Kingfisher, Harvey, West Indies, in tow of steam tug Edwin Forrest. Arrivals from Baltimore. Schr Louisiana, Mitchell. New Bedford. 15th inst. Steamer Elizabeth, McLaughlinf New York, 15th. Bark Cavalier, McLeod, Rio de Janeiro, 7th ult. Schr John Wilson, Hardy, Philadelphia, 15th inst. barge Marina, Crosby, New Y'ork, 15th inst. Clearances for Baltimore. Schr RCA Ward, Edwards, New Y'ork, 16th inst. Schr Wonder, Hallock, NeM York, 16th inst Steamer J R Thompson, Colmarv, New York, 15th inst. Schr Lavania, Patten, New Y'ork, 15th inst. Ttrniomndn Report of ship Fair Wind.—Left Baker's Island April 29, with a cargo of guano, bound to Hampton Roads - Left bark Crusader to sail in 10 days, also brig Josephine, for Honolulu. June Ist. lat 50 10, S, lon 145, W, August Dow, seaman, fell from topsail yard and was lost. June 2d, lat 50 16 S, lon 140 W, Wesley S Bundey was washed overboard and lost. Off Cape Horn, saw several vessels bound west, but spoke none of them. Monday, August 12th, made Hog Island, and struck on Hog Island Shoals. Wednesday, 14th, was hauled off by steamshipS R Spaul ding, Howes, from Boston for Baltimore, and the next day was towed inside Cape Henry by the S R Spaulding and Jos W hitney, where she now lies, having lost rudder and leaking badly, and having thrown overboard a small portion of her cargo. Capt Crowell came up in the Spaul ding for orders from his owners, having left the ship in charge of the pilot. Schr Rio, , from Aux Cayes, arrived at Kingston, Ja, 3d inst. Ship Mary Whitridge, Creasy, from Hong Kong, unper- j tain, was at Whampoa, June 11th. Ship Canvas Back, Clarke, from Hong Kong for New Y'ork, was at Whampoa June 11th. Ship Alexander. Bain, frOm Swartwick for Bristol, Eng, ! arrived at Elsinore, 26th ult. Bark Ella Virginia, Focke, from Buenos Ayres, arriv -| ed at Rio de Janeiro, 6th ult. Easftrn Ports. NEW Y'ORK, August 15.—Arr ship Far West, London; Island Queen, Lisbon; schrs Gazelle Meshod. Gibraltar; j Dan JSmith, Aux Turks Island. Devonshire. GrncJoS; bark J M HicksGl oucestVr;"br'ig lj Freeman, Rio de Janeiro; schrs B Watson, Marseilles; El va, Nassau; Arctic, Alexandria. NEW YORK, August 14—Noon.—Arr steamship Per sia, Liverpool; ships Emerald Isle and Lizzie Harmon, do; brig Delta, Havana. Cl'd ships Gen Simpson and Hy Clay, Liverpool; brigs Lucia, Cork; Gardner, Antigua; Grenada. Nuevitas. PHILADELPHIA, Aug 15—Noon.—Arr bark Benjamin Hallett, Key West; schrs Eveline. Havana, Y'oung Amer ica, Psrt Deposit. Cl'd schrs C J Houpt, Ceres and W John, Washington. PHILADELPHIA, August 15.—Cl'd ship Lancaster, Liverpool. BOSTON, Aug 15.—Cl'd schr A E Douglass, Washing ton,DC. BOSTON, August 14.—Arr schr Kate Sargent, Jacmel; Wyman, Surinam. MOVEMENTS OF UUEAN STEAMERS. TO SAIL. Snips. Leave. For D&vs Persia Now York Liverpool Aug. 26 Canada Boston Liverpool Sept. i TO ARRIVE. Ships. Leave For Days. Persia Liverpool ..New York Aug. 3 Ed in burg Live pool New York Aug. 7 Bremen Southampton...New York *u-'. 8 Canada Liverpool Boston Aug. 10 The Havana Steamers leave Now York on the 2d, 7th 11th. 17th and 27t1 of-arb moot*-. GENERAL BEAUREGARD. The Richmond correspondent of the New York Tribune, speaking of the guerrilla character of the Southern army, thus refers to Beauregard : He, more than any other Southern general, seems to excel in the handling of these peculiar elements of Southern troops; a dashing little Creole, stand ing thoroughly upon his dignity with strangers and equals, he has the knack of ingratiating him self with the soldiers, by the mingled simplicity, naturalness and impetuosity of his manner. He impresses one rather as a soldier of action and sa gacity, than of great and comprehensive mind; as a man of thought and intellect he seems to he infe rior to Johnston, but he blends Southern fire with Northern smartness; his features are mobile; his eye sparkling; his motions denote restless activity; while his countenance indicates steady composu e. He has the coolness of a Yankee, and the impulsive ness of a Creole, and looks like a cross between the two. He was lucky at Sumter and lucky at Bull Run. He has the advantage of this prestige of suc cess, and the little man is the idol of the soldiers and the hero of the South. BLACK SWAM. —It appears that the rara avir of the ancients, is becoming quite common in England. Mr. Samuel Gurney, of Carsbalton, England, com municates the following to the London Field of Ju ly 13: "A pair of black swans flew down hereto-day. It would be interesting to know where they could have come from. If any of your readers have lost them,-I should be glad to be informed of it. 1 have thirteen black swans about my place, and 1 think these must have been flying over and were attract ed by the others. One pair, which I have had for seven or eight years, breed regularly about three times annually. They have batched more than one hundred young ones, and have reared about sixty. Hardly any of those that they have lost have died a natural death, but most of them have been killed by the old birds dragging them about when they are not very strong, and the cygnets have got into holes Irorn which they have not been able to extricate themselves. No weather seems to affect them, as they breed equally well in the most intense cold of winter or the greatest heat of sum mer. Last winter it was necessary to break the ice for them every morning round the nest, as they were completely frozen in. Their nest was a mass of icc and snow, and the young birds (which I have now) did not sutler in any way from it. Can any one inform me of a similar instance of their breed ing in this way ? 1 may add that they had no shel ter whatever. THE YANG-TZE OPEN TO FOREIGN VESSELS.— United States flag otticer Stribling has published a notification to the effect that the Yang-tze being now open to the British, and by consequence to American vessels, for the purpose of trade, he thinks there is no danger to be apprehended from its navigation. The Imperialists and Insurgents are alternately in possession of one or both bauks, and no Chinese vessel can pass up or down it with out capture by some of the belligerents. This throws the trade into the hands of foreigners alto gether. The TaepiDg authorities have acceded to certain regulations proposed by flag officer Strib ling, by wbicb our consul at Shanghae is to issue passes to all vessels authorized to trade on that river. American citizens atid missionaries are to be pro tected in the event of any place being taken by the Taepings. If the former commit any offences on shore they are to be made prisoners and sent to the nearest consul for trial. Passports issued to our citizens travelling through the country are also to be respected. A special regulation provides that when American vessels reach Nankin in the night, they must come to anchor off the tower for the night, and there remain until next morning for ex amination. " Chinkiang, the second port in importance on the YaDg-tze, recently opened by the new treaty was being closely invested by the rebels as the Ameri can squadron passed down. The British consulate bad been removed to Silver island, in the river— and trade was, of course, interrupted. A POLITICAL RUMOR —The telegraph brings ns a rumor from Albany that Secretary Cameron is to be removed from the Cabinet, and that his removal was to have been last Monday, but that be desired an extension of time. There ie also a rumor that one of the conditions of the recent loan was that the Cabinet should be partially reconstructed.— Thurlow Weed has been for some time laboring for each an end, and coming as this rumor does from such a source, it is not improbable that there is really "something in it."— JVeic York Day Book. A telegram from Washington of last night denies the above. . THE EW RK HERALD ON GEN. BUTLER. —This is a change which ought to have taken place long since. General Butler has proved himselfTo he a very important and very pompous personage, not unlike a Turkish Pasha. His strategy has been most masterly, but it has been more successful !£!l D - .s ni ne E , ?v tP i 9r r P orte than against the Eo r.fi. u greM ob i ot of bi ' *m bition at Fertresa Monroe was to control the re porti Intended for the public journals. LATEST NEWS. FEDERAL TELEGRAMS. HIGHLY IMPORTANT. THE ADVANCE OP THE CONFEDERATES TOWARD THE I.INEDF THE POTOMAC, WITH THE VIKAV OF CROSSING INTO MARYLAND. CONFIRMED. IMPORTANT ORDER OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT. All Troops nf the North nod East ordered to Washington without Delay. WASHINGTON, August 18.—The statement made in this correspondence several days ago, that the Con federates were slowly moving their forces to the line of the Potomac, with a view of entering Mary land and encouraging and supporting the revolu tionary spirit in that State, with ultimate designs on Washington, is now repeated with increased assurance of its truth, and with such evidences as cannot be disregarded. With a view of meeting all possible contingencies which may arise in connection with this subject, the Administration has ju3t issued the following important order, a prompt response to which, it is not doubted, will be given, thus, at once securing the Capital against invasion, and at the same time affording additional confidence to the country, of the earnestness of the Government in the protection of the general welfare : WAR DEPARTMENT, August 19, 1860. All commanders of regiments of volunteers ac cepted by this Department, in the States of Penn sylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Nfcw Hamp shire, Maine and Michigan, will take notice of and conform promptly to the General Order thi3 day directed to the Governors of the States above named, which is as follows: To the Governor of the State of : By direction of the President of the United Statep, you are urgently requested to forward, or cause to be forwarded, immediately to the city of Washington all volunteer regimtnts, or parts of regiments, at the expense of the United States Government, that may be now enrolled within your State, whether under your immediate control or by acceptances issued direct from, the War De partment, whether such volunteers are armed, equipped or uniformed or not. The officers of each regimental organization that mav not be full, shall have recruiting officers at their several rendezvous, and adopt such other measures as may be necessary to fill up their ranks at the earliest dates possible. All officers of volun teer regiments, on their arrival, will report to the commanding Genera', who will provide equipments and other supplies necessary for their comfort. To insure the movements of troops more rapidly than might otherwise be done, you will please con fer with and aid all the officers of independent re giments, in such manner a9 may be necessary to effect the object in view. All clothing and supplies belonging to or con tracted for the several regimen;s shall be forward ed to Washington for their use, detailed reports of which shall be made to the Commanding General. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. Military Appoiiitmeiits. Among the latest appointments are Major Gen eral Halleck, of California, for the regular army, and Colonel George A. Thomas to be a Brigadier General of volunteers The former received a militarv education and is experienced, and the lat ter is an army officer, at present attached to Gen eral Banks' division. Extension of Gen. McClellan *s Department. All the military departments, composed of the States of Delaware and Maryland, and portions of Virginia, together with the city of Washington, have been united in one grand department, under Major-General McClellan. As n consequence, Ma jor-General Dix and General Banks are thus placed in subordinate military position. Fortress Monroe is not included in this new arrangement. A General System of Passport*. The State Department has just issued the follow ing notice addressed : Tn all trhom it may concern : Until further notice, no person will be allowed to go abroad from any port of tbe United States without a passport from this Department or coun tersigned by tbe Secretary of State. Nor will any person be allowed to land in the United States with out a passport from a Minister or Consul of the United States; or, if a foreigner, from his own Government, countersigned by such Minister or Consul. This regulation, however, si not to take effect in regard to persons coming from abroad, until a rea sonable time shall have elapsed lor it to become known in tbe country from which they may pro ceed. More Coiitederate llafteries on tlie Potomac-- Thc Poehahontas Fired On. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. —W0 Lave another ar rival from Aquia Creek to-day. Yesterday anew battery, concealed in the woods, opened on the Unit, d States steamer Pocahontas with rifled can noD. Although she was nearly tour miles oft, the balls went through the rigging, splintered the ves sel. and came near killing an oflicer. It was use !. a- „ . tOo Pneahrntas sneedilv got out of the way. Her olhcers were entirely unaware of the existence of the battery, which makes the fourth already discovered at that place. The officers of the Potomac flotilla have no doubt that the Confederates are erecting a battery at Matthias Point. The decoy boat which led to the sad affair of last Thursday, was evidently placed for the purpose of destroying Lieut. Build, of the Resolute, whom the Confederates are after because he burned a house near that place some time Bince. From the Potomac Line—The Confederates Falling Bark Toward Fairfax Court- House. WASHINGTON, August 17. —The Confederates have nearly all fallen back to Fairfax Court-House, thus widening the distance separating the hostile forces. The pickets of both armies, however, occupy nearly the same advanced position as here tofore. An Incorrect Report. WASHINGTON, August, 18. —It is not true, as re cently reported, that Secretary Cameron is to be removed from the War Department. The rumor owes its paternity to a distant city. LATEST FROM MISSOURI. Another Account of tile I.nte Efiutlle \car Springfield—t'Cilernl McCulloch Claims a Victory—Reported Capture of Sicgel'gCom mand by Gen. Hardee. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 16.—Despatches from Lit tle Rock, Arkansas, dated to-day, contain the fol lowing intelligence: Advices from Fort Smith to the 14th fully con firm the victory of McCollucb. The fight occurred oil Saturday, eight miles south of Springfield. The enemy took the Confederate pickets priso ners, and surprised the main body. A bloody and desperate encounter ensued, with great loss on both sid's. Five regiments of the Missouriana were panic stricken, thrown into disorder, and fled. General Frice made two ineffectual attempts to rally them. The Louisiana regiment eallautly suffered much. General Price led the 3d and sth Arkansas with spl -ndid courage. McCulloch, in a letter of the 10th, says: "The victory is ours. The battle lasted six and a halt hours. Our loss is great. General Lyon is among the dead. We took six pieces of artillery from Sie gel, destroyed his command, and took many priso ners and small arms." The Confederate loss is from two hundred to three hundred killed, and four hundred to five hundred wounded. Siegel's forces were pursued to Springfield. It was thought that .McCulloch would then attack him. A captain caught General Siegel, but be was rescued. He shot at, and, it is believed, wounded him. Col. Sweeny, of the Federal army, was killed. The enemy's (Union) loss is from two thousand three hundred to three thousand. FATETTEVILLE, ARK., Aug. 13.—McCulloch sent his forces after Siegel's command, about twenty miles from Springfield. Gen. Hardee met and captured the whole Fede ral force, and is now bringing them back 1 The Latest front Missouri. ST. Louis, August 16. —We are indebted to the correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat for the following intelligence. ROLLA, August 15.—Mr. Graham, a Union clerk, employed in a secession store at Springfield, reach ed here this morning. He reports that four regiments of Confederate ca valry, under General Raines, entered Springfield on Monday at noon, and hoisted a Secession flag over the Court-House, amidst the noisy demon strations of the troops and a few resident sympa thizers. Our wounded soldiers in the hospital had not been molested, and it was announced that only the Home Guards would be the subject of resentment. The Contederates purchased everything in the stores, paying any price demanded, in Confederate scrip. Tbey were particularly anxious to get shoes, some of tbeir regiments being entirely bare footed. Captain Juddeat, one of General Siegel's skir mishers, who was wounded in the battle, reports that Siegel's attack on the rear of the Confederate camp was a complete surprise to them, and that they were dirven back towards General Lyon's command on the front, with great slaughter, their dead lying in heaps on the field. For the first half hour Siegel did not lose a man. Subsequently, our troops were subjected to a murderous cross-fire from a number of Confederate cannon, throwing a perfect shower of grape and shell into our ranks. After driving the Confede rates back about half a mile, General Siegel drew off his force and fell back on Springfield. Wagons containing the families of Union men continue to arrive here. More than one-half of the population of Springfield have left, and the farmers along the route to this place are leaving for their homes. A Military Train Fired Into. ST. LOUIS, August 17. —Despatches reached here to-day, stating that a train conveying troops on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, was fired into by secessionists near Palmyra, and one soldier killed and several wounded. General Pope im mediately sent orders to General Hurlburt to take such force as he deemed necessary, to Marion county, and quarter tbem on the people, and lay a contribution of horses, mules and provisions, and such other things as may be useful to the soldiers, to the amount of SIO,OOO, on the inhabitants of the county, and $5,000 on the citizens of Palmyra, as a penalty for this act. Design to llun tlie Blockade at Charleston. BOSTON, August 17.— Theship Alliance, formerly of Charleston, under the British flag, sailed from St. John, N. 8., on Monday for Havana, but her real destination is known to be Charleston. The captain boasted that he would run the blockade without difficulty. His cargo consisted of pig iron, pig lead, quick silver, rifles, spool cotton, pins, needles thread percussion caps, mackerel, etc.", etc. The'owner of the ship and cargo, Mr. Lafitte, of Charleston came from St. John ts Portland on the steamer Eastern Queen yesterday. Probable Ituii of the Blockade BOSTON, August 16.—The British steamer Eastern State, from Yarmouth, S. 8., wbioh ariived this morning, brought four hogsheads and ninety-two barrels of spirits turpentine, and thirty-one bales of North Carolina cotton, wbicb is presumed BALTIMORE. MONDAY. AUGUST 19; 1861. to have escaped the blockade, and was taken to Yarmouth, N. S. It is said the owner of the tur pentine will clear §17,000 profit. PROM FORTRESS MONROE. Supposed Design of Die Confederates to At tach Portress Monroe. [ Correspondence of the Associated Press. 1 FOHTRESS MONROE, August 16 —General Butler yesterday assumed the responsibility of paying the New York regiments here about §20,000, which has been deposited some time at Old Pi int, waiting the arrival of the Paymaster. The ship Fair Wind, of Boston, with a cargo of n-uano, was this morning towed up the Roads by the steamer S. It. Spaulding, in a disabled condi tion, having been ashore at Hog Island. The British sbip-of-war Gladiator was yesterday cruising off the Capes. A flag of truce yesterday conveyed Mr. Whaleu. formerly United States Minister to Nicaragua, to the Confederate pickets beyond New Market Bridge. A flag of truce is just in from Norfolk with Cor poral Hurlbut, of the First Connecticut regiment, released by the Confederates for bis attention to Colonel Gardiner after the battle of Bull Run.— He states that a considerable number of released ministers, including several chaplains, will reach Old Point to morrow. in his opinion the Confederates are actively pre paring for an attack upon Fortress Monroe. That measure is now popular in the Confederate catups, and appropriate material is being collected in large quantities at Norfolk. All the scaling ladders at Richmond have been brought down to aid in the attack. Corporal H. was treated with great cour tesy during his stay among the. Confederates, and was not put upon his parole. He is of the opinion that an attack on the Fortress will be made within a week. Arrival of (ten. "Wool— Petit ions front tire Prisoners at Richmond, ( gc. FOBTRESS MONROE. August 17.—Major General Wool arrived at Old Point and will take command of the Department to-morrow. He spent the fore noon at Newport News to examine the position and inquire into the difficulties of the Troy regiment. He held a reception lor the officers of the Fortress at 4 o'clock P. M. Salutes were Hied on his ar rival at. Old Point and Newport News. A flag of trace conveyed to-day to Craney Island a number of ladies wishing to go South. Corporal Hurlburt, of the First Connecticut regi ment, who arrived yesterday from Richmond, brought with him a number of petitions got up by our wounded and imprisoned soldiers for a compro mise in relation to the exchange of prisoners. They were directed to several prominent Northern news papers for publication. General Butler sent tin whole batch to the President. Congressman Ely's name is said to head one of the petitions. Front Louisville—Mr. Nelson Released—- Krownlovv's Paper Not Destroyer! as if i - ported—Tile Southern boon. LOUISVILLE, August 10.—Passengers from Ter nessee report that Representative Nelson has been released, and that Brownlow is still unmolested The Louisville Journal says: "Men professing to be Unionists ship goods marked for Union men at Cairo and other places, which are put off at Smith land and Paducah, and then shipped up the Ten nessee river, for the railroad crossing there. The Richmond Enquirer says that the pledges of rice, cotton, money, Ac., cannot fall short of from twenty to thirty millions of dollars. Reported Proclamation of President Davis— Another Version of the Rattle Between the Confederates and a Portion of Baltics' Column. LOUISVILLE, August 17.—A despatch from the .Nashville Union and American to the Louisville Courier says that Jeff. Davis has issued a procla mation, ordering all residents of the Confederate States who do not recognize the Confederacy to depart within foity days, under pain of being con demned as alien enemies. The Confederate Congress had resolved to ad journ on the IDth, to meet in November next. The same despatch corrects the previous report of a battle between a portion of General Banks' force and the Confederates, saying that the battle took place at Lovettsville, instead of Leesburg, wherein 250 Federals and 50 Confederates were killed, and 1,150 Federals wounded and made pris oners, the latter not being able to re-cross the river, which had meanwhile been swollen. The Designs of lite Confederates* LOUISVILLE, August 17.—A young man from Richmond, ol secession proclivities, who claims to be well informed'of the design of the Conlederates, says they intend an immediate advance, and pre dicts there will be fighting at the Relay House on the 18th. He says the Southern army is we!! pro vided with blankets, etc., lor the winter campaign, and are in a high state of discipline. He says also that there is a universal desire to attack Washing ton. From Alexandria—A Skirntisi: Between Scouting Parties—Tierce Deserters from the Confederates. ALEXANDRIA, AUGUST 18— P. M.—A scouting party under Lieut. Gibson, composed of the Lincoln cy alry, Captain Bovd, whilst out to-day in the neigh borhood of Popick Church, some twelve miles from here, encountered a company of secession cavalry. A slight skirmish ensued, during which private Irvin Clinging, of Philadelphia, was killed. One of the Confederates was seen to fall front his horse, but his friends succeeded in carrying oil' his body. Three deserters, representing themselves as belonging to the Empire Rangers, of Louisiana, came to our pickets to-day. They left Richmond fourteen days ago. After a hearing tliey were s. at to Washington. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER BOHEMIAN. LATER FROM EUROPE. HIE LONDON PRESS ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS. COMMENTS ON THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN. FARTHER POINT, August 18.— The steamer Bohe mian, from Liverpool on the Bth instant, has arrived. The steamers City of Washington and ilibernia arrived out on the 7th. There is no news of importance to note since the sailing of the Edinburgh and Bremen. The English journals canvass the possibility of troubles on the blockade question. The steamer Edinburgh sailed for New York with £II,OOO Sterling, in specie. The steamer Bremen has £1,500 also, for New York. The London Times has another article on Ameri can affairs, which is bitterly sarcastic on the Batt'e of Hull Run. Tbe editor says there must arise a gathering doubt that the Southern nut is too hard to crack, and that the military line, as a matter of business, don't answer. The same article ridicules and laughs at the threats of prominent New York journals against England, and tears that the question of the block ade uiay involve England in some diflicult compli cation. The Times remarks that there is a little cloud which, although only aB large as a man's hand, may come to overshadow the whole sky. On the last day of the session of Parliament, Lord Palmerston stated his views on the question of the b.ockade. lie said, in effect, that if the blockading force should allow one ship to enter a blockaded port by payment of duties, that mo ment the blockade is raised. A belligerent may seal up a port, but if he lets one vessel in his right is gone. It follows, there fore. that when a Federal cruiser willingly allows a ship to pass a blockaded port, upon payment of customs, the blockade will be at an end. An anonymous advertisement appears in the Liverpool Coxt for shilling subscriptions for a testi monial to Beauregard for his skilful generalship. The London Herald says that a report has been received that Napoleon, on the receipt of the in telligence of the defeat of the Northern army, de cided to recognize the Southern Confederacy. The statement, however, is believed to be unfounded. Ten Broeck's horse "Stark" won the Brighton stakes. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Cotton—Sales of the last three days 38,(:0Q bales at an advance of N'd., caused by the steamer's news. The market closed quiet and steady. The Breadstuffs market is steady. Provisions are quiet. Consols close at 90# Arrival of tile Pony Express. FORT KEARNEY, August 16. —The pony express, with late advices from San Francisco for the Asso ciated Press, passed this point at one o'clock P. M. to day. The following is the latest news : SAN FRANCISCO, August 7—P. M.—Arrived sth, steamer Sonora, Panama. Sailed 3d, Ashland, George's Island; 6th. bark Watcher, lvanaza. The market is quiet and prices unchanged, and there is no disposition to operate till the receipt of definite information of the tariff changes. The news that ten thousand troops are to be en listed in California to protect the overland emi grant route, has started up a good deal of military enthusiasm in all the towns, in the absence of the arrival of instructions as to how this free is to be organized. There will probably be difficulty in en listing the number of men, though most of our soldiers are disappointed that the call is not (or troops to serve in active war, as it exists, than to perform monotonous duty on the plains. The new Sunday law, which requires all places of amusement where liquors are sold to be closed on the Sabbath, was not strictly observed on the day when it was to begin to take effect. it will soon be legally tested. A large brewery in Russian Hall was destroyed bv tire on Saturday night, resulting in a loss of SIO,OOO. J.C. Palmer, of the late banking house of Palmer, Cook & Co., left for the East by the over land mail on the sth, for the purpose, it is stated, of taking charge of the commissariat under General Fremont. CITY INTELLIGENCE. ANOTHER OUTRAGE. —Yesterday Mr. Wen. Phelps, of this city, was arrested at his house by the vice po lice. Mr. Phelps a short time back was working in Richmond at his trade. He returned to this city some four weeks ago. He was taken to the station house, and prevented from having any communica tion whatever with his friends. No cause was as signed for bis imprisonment. MILITARY. —About nine o'clock on Saturday morning a detachment of three hundred men, on foot, intended for the caralrv regiment now form ing at Washington, arrived at Bolton depot and passed through to Camden station, where they em barked for the metropolis. GAMRLINQ ON SUNDAY. —Yesterday vice-police men Bellmire and Frew arrested Dominico Catana and Joseph Rolf in the house of the former on Gay street, near Baltimore street, while eDgaged in playiog cards. Justice' Hiss fined them $5 and costs. FAST DRIVING. —John Shop, John Farland and Fi ancis Faggett were arrested on the charge of fast driving. Justice Hiss imposed a fine of $5 and cost ou each, and committed all to jail in default of payment. DROWNED. —On Saturday night, about 9 o'clock, one of the crew of the gun boat Union, lying at the foot of Thames street, went into the water for the purpose of bathing, when he was seized with cramps, and, before assistance could be rendered, was drowned._ THEFT. —Yesterday a negress, named Elizabeth Hagan, was arrested on the charge of stealing sll in money from Patience Graham, negress. She was committed for Court. ARRIVAL OF HORSES. —Y'esterday morning eigh teen car loads of horses arrived by the Philadelphia railroad, and passed through "to Washington. There were a few soldiers in company. THE CONTINENTAL.— This pleasant and cool place of amusement is well patronized by the public, who seem to appreciate the good music and the clever performance of the new company. LA W INTELLIGENCE. CRIMINAL COURT.—JUDGI BOND. J C. Rinff, Jr., prosecuting for the State. The C ourt was occupied on Saturday with the follow ing business * State vs. Henry Knaugh and Conrad Heller, charged with assaulting and beating Robert Jones, colored. Heller was adjuJged guilty, and fined 25 cents and costs. Knaugh was acquitted. State vs. D. Connelly, charged with assaulting Mrs. Dayal. Case stclted. State t-8. William Kernan, charged with assault ing a vice policeman. Jury trial prayed and granted. State vs. Edward Carey, charged with assaulting Henry Dinger. Csso com promised on payment of costs. State vs. Benjamin Martin, charged with assault ing his father. Case dismissed—the prosecutor to pay the costs. State is. John Stevens, colored, charged with assaulting Betsey D .uglas, colored. Case slctled— witness to pay costs. State vs. Lewis Scott and John Armstrong, col ored, charged with assaulting Grafton Proper with a Knife. Under curia. ' S 'ate re. James Bell, charged with assaulting Charles Smith, a soldier. Adjudged guilty and fined SlO and costs. * J State vs. Charles Stewart, charged with resist ing two vice-policjmen. Jury trial prayed and granted. j State rs. Mary Conklin, charged with assaulting I William Shaeffer. C oss cases. Not guilty. The Court then adjourned till Saturday next, at 10 o'clock. CORRESPONDENCE. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, August 18,1861. When the Resolute went on the expedition which resulted in the loss of her boat's crew at Mathias' Point, her object, it is now well understood, was, after making a reconnoisance, to return to the Navy Yard and lead an expedition down the river, to test, if not to demolish, the Confederate batteries; Your latest intelligence shows you that this expe dition did actually proceed according to the pro gramme, and being well equipped and well officered, it was regarded as of the most form idable character—so formidable, indet-d, as to inspire officers at the Navy Yard with a confi dence which tempted them to announce to their friends, very positively, on Friday, that Acquia Creek and Mathias' Point had been'taken beyond a peradventure, and that their batteries were ac tually in the possession nf the Government. It is said that the plan was to land the men at two points, and by a vigorous advance before dawn, to surprise the ba'teries and take them in the rear. It now appears (hat this attractive programme wa3 relinquished for the occasion, and another substi tuted, in consequence of the disoverv, by the Resolute of the nest of sharp shooters at Mathias' Point, and of the long range of the Aquia Creek guns, which, commanding the river from shore to shore, threatened to cat off the expedition altogether. The latter was reason enough for postponing an enterprise which we are now told is to be shortly reproduced in an irresistible form. Those batteries, it is con fidently asserted, must and shall be taken; and the fleet which, \v are told, is even now being fitted out, wii! doubtless embrace the landing of consid erable bodies of troops, witb the object of clearing out the batteries and spiking th* guns. There are many who think that a land-battery on Cedar Point shore, opposite Mathias'Point, will, with guns of the longest range, effectively co-operate with the fleet. It is now almost beyond that two squadror.B, or full companies, of Federal Cavalry, were captured on last Thursday afternoon, within two miles of Alexandria, by two regiments of Con federates. The Cavalry had on some unknown pre text made prisoners of several citizens ot the coun ty, and brought them into Alexandria; they then returned to make mure arrests. Meantime, one of their prisoners escaped, and reaching the Confed erate scouts, put.thein in possession of these facts; the result was a trap and a capture. What might be regarded as an extraordinary Ca binet Council, was held on Friday. Mr. Chase hav ing returned, there was a full Cabinet, with the exception of Mr. Smith, who is making war speeches in the North. It is the talk of the streets that the danger and defence of the capital were discussed earnestly and at length. Decided apprehensions are said to have been expressed (I give legitimately the current rumor of "the avenue") as to a Con federate plan supposed to have bren'ferreted out bv the restless scrutiny of General McClellan. According to this plar. the Confederates, under Beauregard and Johnston, are to cross twenty or thirty miles up the river, perhaps as far as Point of Rocks, and bv bantering McClellan, and at the same time making a demonstration upon Washing ton, provoke him to a pitched battle before bis preparations are complete. Then, should he be defeated, having no defenses to fall back upon, a capitulation will be necessary, and Washington virtually taken. There are Fed eral officers who do not hesitate to say that the General is making his combinations accordingly, and that he is preparing several masked batteries for the benefit of the Confederates. It will at least strike yon that there is nothing in the suggestion inconsistent with the movements of Gen. Banks, who is now east of Point of Rocks, or in a position from ten to twelve mites retrograde from that which he lately occupied. This brings him within a day's march of McCail, who is in command of McCtellan's advance in that direction. No one here believes for a moment that it is any part of the Confederate plan to attack the entrench ments and defences opposite Washington—least of all to attack tho 11-ipital rli.ontly TK., too intelligently the force of Northern sentiment on this point. Such a demonstration, if ever contem plated, has doubtless been long since abandoned. Yos remember the sneers ofseveral of the lead ing It publican journals of New York, at the "far ing sumptuoudv every day" of the Confederate army at Manassa, and how much they had to tell, "on distinguished authority," of the nn-lancholy experience of Prince Napoleon among the covers and decanters of Beauregard. Now this / know, that on the Prince s return from Manassa, not only the olticers of his suite but the French Minister, Ire.ly declared that his break fast with Beauregard was delightful—the best he had in America. After breakfast he was invited to review six brigades under Johnston, Beauregard, and tbeir respective staffs; and besides bis general commendation, expressed in high terms of the ap pearance of the troops, manifested in a particular manner his admiration of the cavalry, which he explicitly declared to be equal, in men and horses, to the best in Europe. Eighteen hundred passed before him in a body. SPECIAL. SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Tlie llang'tr Mob. The editor of the Democrat, an account of the destruction of which paper has been published in our columns, in his address to the people of Maine, says: Thus hath the freeedom of the press been stricken down here in Maine, not from any patriotic im pulse, but through the wicked instigation of a band of abandoned politicians who would willingly sub vert ail law and all order for the maintenance of a mere party dogma. Though anarchy seems to be coming down upon our unhappy cnuntrv like night, yet do I not des pair. 1 still believe that there is yet virtue aud intelligence enough in the people to maintain their liberties and protect a free press, which is their best guardian. By this act of mob violence, my all, the result of four years of unremitting toil, has been swept away; but I still have health, strength and youth, and a heart also to struggle on in defence of the peo ple's rights. Lowell Mills to l>e Stopped, The Merrimac company in Lowe 11 wiil shut down their entire works in about two weeks. The A'ewx says that nearly every corporation in that city has been partially or entirely closed. How long they will remain so is a matter ot uncertainty.—zV. Y. World. Tiic Remedy—Not Force. Judge Mason, in his address accepting the Dem ocratic nomination of lowa, says: The remedies best adapted to the curing or pre venting anv disease, either national or individual, are those which are most in harmony with the law of the patient's existence. Were our Government formed in blood and violence, we might rationally resort solely to the same princip es for its preserva tion. But as the Union was the result of compro mise and consent, how can it be restored or pre served bv violence, which is so radical a departure from the fundamental laws of its being? Treason. The New York Day Book fays:—The Ilerald this morning recommends the recognition of the .South ern Confederacy as belligerents. Aim that the pri vateers ought to be acknowledged as prisoners of war. Ought not the Herald to be indicted? "Sell or Subside." The Ohio Statexman is offered lor sale. The quar rel with the associated press and the withholding of all telegraphic dispatches from the paper, by the company, render a change desirable, on the part of the proprietors.— A'eie York IJay Book. A FRENCHMAN'S ACCOUNT OF UTAIT.—A French gentleman, M. Jules Remy, has published in Paris, an account, in two volumes, of a journey from California to Great Salt Lake City, and a residence of some weeks among the Mormons. He appears to have travelled for scientific purposes, and to sa tisfy his curiosity-about a people of whom even we Americans know but little. From an exhaustive English review of his work we gather that he was much pleased with the industry and sobriety of the Mormon population, and needed very little persua sion to join himself to the Society of Latt r-Day Saints at Deseret. On the subject of Mormon wives, M. Retny gives some curious details : "A first wife who should refuse permission to her husband to take a second, is condemned by the law, because she has not done as Sarah did when she gave Hagar to Abraham, and as Rachel and Eeah did when they gave Bela and Zelpha to Jacob. The husband has a portion of the house to himßelf, the wives live all together, just as is practised in the East, The first married eijnys a certain ascen dency over the others. Saints who can afford it live in a separate house from their wives. A third system obtains of each wife haviDg a separate house, and the husband boards and lodges in each alternately for twenty-four hnuis. The wives must look upon one another as sisters, and the children call all, except their own mothers, aunt. They are distinguished sometimes by their Christian names, as Mrs. Mary Angell, Mrs. Jane Angell, and soon; but the president numbers his, Mrs. Young No. 1, Mrs. Young No. 2, and so on; no doubt to assist his memory. "When a wife has conceived, the husband is dis pensed from all marital duties towards her. The Mormons have singularly reduc-d the limits of relationship within which marriage is forbidden among Christians. Thus one man will wed all the daughters of the same father and mother. Others have married mother and daughter. A certain Watt married his half-sister." A census taken in 1858, during the campaign against the Mormons, determined the existence of 3,G17 pnlvgaiuists in Utah, thus divided: Husbands having 7 wives and upwards ."87 Husbands having 5 wives. 750 Husbands having 4 wives .1,100 Husbands having more than 1 wife and less than 4..1,400 Little is, however, to be deduced from these sta tistics, as the Mormons have by no means as many wives as they would choose, for several reasons: — First, their want of means, although some do not scruple to marry to make their wives work. Secondly, from want of women, hence their repre sented missions to this country; and, lastly, because it is not, luckily, every woman who elects to be a Mormon polygamist's wife. OUR SOUTHERN FSTAFETTE. PROM MISSOURI. [Special Correspondence of the Daily Exchange.] ST. Lours, August 14, IBGI. Ere this reaches you, you will havo heard of the batile fought near Springfield, in this State, on Saturday last, between the patriots under Gene ral McCulloch, Haines, Price and Parsons, on the one hand, and the Abolition horde commanded !>y Lyon, Siegel A Co., on the other. Indeed, the papers of this morning contain, amongst the telegrams received in the course of last night from Washington, one announcing that "ollicial advices were yesterday received from General Fremont, at the War Department, respecting the battle near Springfield, and the death of Genera! Lvon." This is aii the telegraph deigns to communicate.— Ihe writer of thi3 will be less reticent than that useful agent towards that portion of the "dear people" at least who read the Ex change, ar.d supply an important omission in the despatch referred to, and which he supposes is all that appears on the subject in the Baltimore papers of this morning. Lyon is a dead cock in the pit this time, beyond all peradrc.Hturc, having been shot in "the small of the back, whilst gloriously leading his column on to" defeat, instead of "victory," as the Demo-rat "Ex tra' of last evening had it in large capitals!— Siegel was in full retreat upon Rolla, with the remnant of what was "the Grand Army of South-West Missouri," on Sunday last, having left "one of his guns on the field," as the Democrat itself admits, together with SOO killed! On the other hand, the same impartial narrator informs us that this "glorious victory" was purchased only after a most desperate struggle on the part of the "rebels," and the "loss of Generals McCulloch, Price, Parsons and many nt er prominent officers among them," including General Beauregard, perhaps. That it was a severely fought engagement there can be no ques tion, nor can it be doubted that the loss on the side of the State troops has been heavy ; for though numerically stronger than their enemy, this latter, nevertheless, had with them several regi ments nf U. S. regulars from Fort Leavenworth and other points, as also several batteries com prising some 20 pieces of artillery, officered and worked by men who for years past have been in the government service, perfecting them selves in the manual of this branch of the art ot war. I need scarcely say, that no one here acquainted with the lying character of the despatches received by the telegraph in these days attaches the least credence to the re ports respecting McCulloch, Price and Parsons' death; but rather attribute them tn a laudable desire on the part of those concerned to mitigate, in some degree, by this resort tn a pious fraud, what may be regarded as a severe afiiiction, visited upon the "loyal people" of this city and State; for they were exultant, only the day before yesterday even, at the positive assurances of success, forwarded them from day to day by the doughty Lyon, and the consequent speedv and dutiful return of the State to her loyalty to the beneficent power at Washington. Alack a-dav! the result affords but another instance of the truth of the adage respecting the schemes of men and mice; and if Abraham Lincoln, when the details of this affair at Springfield shall have reached him, don't admit that somebody was hurt, it will be, perhaps, because he ascribes as much soft ness to the pedal extremity of the lair Bellona (who is supposed here to have put her foot dntrn in the vicinity of Springfield, last Saturday, and right smartly too) as some prejudiced people do to the organ contained in his cranium, and commonly known as brains. What ever the President may think on the subject, there was the "d—l to pay among the tailors" out here yesterday, as was abundantly evidenced by the running hither and thither, all the afternoon and evening, of men dressed in soldiers' clothes, with straps on their shoulders and their waists girded with sashes, as also the passage through Market, and C'hesnut street last night about 10 o'clock, on their way to the Pacific railroad depot, of some three or four thousand troops, en route to Rolla, as two or three of them informed the writer. The news of yesterday has thrown the city into a great state nf excitement, because of the very uncertainty in which the minds of citizens have been left to flounder by reason of the meagre ness of its details; and 1 would not be in the least surprised to witness a repetition of the panic that drove FO many families out of town on Sunday, the 12th of May last. All ore know is, there has been a repetition of the Mull Run affair in the neighborhood of Springfield, with serious disaster to the Federal forces : that Siegel was retreating hastily to Rolla, whither—-report now has it—Hardee, with 12,000 men, has—by pre vious concert of action wi'h McCullough—been gradually tending for some davs past, in order to intercept the return of the Federals either to Jefferson or this city; and after using them up , and being joined bv McCulloch, to pursue his triumphal march. If that march should bring him here—and there would seem to be reason to believe it mav, if the rumor current on the streets, to the effect that General Thompson last evening took possession of Pilot Knob, the South ern terminus of the Iron Mountain railroad, be true—if, I say, his march should bring him here, there must of necessity be a severe fight, even within the city limits, for Fremcnt has several thousand troops at the arsenal, the barracks, and elsewhere in the immediate vicinity, and for several days lia3 been planting cannon en all the principal roads leading to it on the west and south. You will not wonder then that, people should have become panic-stricken, es pecially when I iolorm you that the Dutch bavesaid they would rage the city, rather than that it should pass from their hauds to that of the Americans-, and there are many Northern men here, who, from sympathies lead them to espouse her cause, would, no doubt, cheerfully lend a helping; hand in carrying out their atrocious threat. I suppose you have seen that martial law has been established in this city and counti! If there was nobody hurt before, it is very certain somebody is terribly frightened to-day, else why-put us under martial law here? John A. Brownlee, Esq., late President of the Board of Metropolitan Police Com missioners, has been displaced, and Basil Duke, Esq., of the same Board, has been appointed to till Mr. B's place, whilst ho (Mr. B.) goes under arrest to Cairo, to rusticate a season in that delightful climate, the Elysium of mosquitoes, fleas, chinches and ague! No matter; there's a good time coming. Let us pray for it. C. S. A. From Alabama. We are permitted to make the following extracts from a letter written by a gentleman to a brother in Pennsylvania: NEW MARKET, Ala., July 22nd, 1861. \\ e live in two different sections now, the causes which have severated us and dissolved the Union, you arc fully acquainted with; but you do not know how intimately the people of the Confederate States are united, both in heart and soul. There never was a people so determined as ours. Our army is composed of our richest men. In the com panies that left this county and are now at Win chester, Va., there are men with fiom one million to almost any amount. They are not officers, but privates. Did you but know our terrible determi nation to sweep from our soil the hordes of vandals that pollute it, and the wretches who have ravish ed our women and stolen our property, you would no doubt be surprised. The lying papers may say that we are not satisfied. I assure you we are, and will not only give to our government all our mean* but our (fees in its defence This State has already subscribed 700,000 bales of cotton, and if necessary will the whole. Of one thing be assured; we have men snd money enough to carry on this war ad infinitum, and make a crop every year besides. As to the lies in your papers about our starving, it is too ridiculous to think of. Our wheat crop is by far the largest grown—plenty at 50 cents a bushel; one County alone made enough to feed our army for a vear. The corn crop is out of danger and looks magnificent. We have the greatest pl ntv, and if our crops should fail next year, we will still have enough to live on and to spare from this year's harvest. Be assured God is blessing us. We have, in almost every encounter, been successful. We have a large army in the field, and a reserve corps besides, as well drilled as in any county in the State. As for arms, we have plenty. Our men are all armed with heavy bowie-knives made in our county shops, and when they strike, look out! Powder mills are in full blast over the country, and saltpetre is plentiful in our mountain caves.— Even our sporting rifles and double-barrelled guns are armed with bayonets and in the hands of men who know how to and will use them. Our rule is to go into close quarters,and with bayonets and bowie knives drive the enemy before us. All our women are practising with the rifle and pistol; even my little son Dick would go in a moment, and he can kill a squirrel from the highest tree. Depend upon it, we never will and never can be conquered. W. is in the army, and I will go at any moment, when called lor, not as an officer, but as a private, glad ot the privilege and proud of the loyior to tight for my native land". G. D. N. From the Charleston Conner of the 7th instant we make the following extracts; Privateer Prisoners iuCUariestoii—\o Hand cuffing. The prisoners mentioned in the Courier of yos terdav, as having been brought to this city by a detachment of the Washington Artillery, were quietly removed to comfortable quarters in the jail,for safe keeping until proper disposition can be made of their cases. They were accompanied to their quarters by the same number of City Police, in citizen's dress, so as to avoid attracting any unnecessary attention. There was no thout/ht of handcuffx, or tie* ire to rlctjrade thexe men in the eyex of our cilizenx, as practised by the Northern powers into whose hands some of our men have unfortunately (alien. They were taken separately by different routes, and were only known to the few who witnessed theit de parture from the guard house. A Chance to Establish a Leather Manufac tory. There is no branch of manufacturing industry that could be more profitably conducted at the South than the tannery business. We have abun dant materials of all kinds for it. Hides in ample quantities may be procured in ail the Confederate States, particularly from Texas, whose prairies are covered with the finest cattle in the world. From the valleys of Virginia magnificent droves of beeves are sent annually to the tido water cities, affording a large snpply ot skins right at our doors. We have bark in profusion of the choicest kinds, which can be obtained as cheaply as anywhere on the conti nent.— Petersburg Express. A Lincoln General Offers to Surrender Ills Command. It may be comfortable for Lincoln to know that a letter has been addressed to a high officer in the Confederate service, by a high otlicer in the U. S. army, who holds a very important post, ottering to join the cause of the South himself, and surrender his command into the hands of our troops. The letter itself will vouch for this statement. — Mobile Richland Volunteer lilfles. A despatch from our attentive correspondent in Columbia informs us that the Ilichland Volunteer j Itifie Company, aa reorganized lor the war, left ) Columbia on Tuesday morning, on the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad, for Virginia. The following are the officers: JOHN CORDERO, Captain. J. S. MCMAHON, First Lieutenant. 11. C. HKISE, Second Lieutenant. It. E. B. HEWETSON, Third Lieutenant. Ko Want of Aims—Cannon and Projectiles. Cannon and howitzers, mounted and ready for effective service in the field, caissons, with extra pole and wheel, army wagons, gun carriages, grape, canister and solid shot, may be had by ap plying to Edmund M. Ivens, N'0."53 St. Charles street, New Orleans. Knitting Machines. In reply to a query, we have been informed that thero are two knitting machines known in this State, one in Columbia, and the other in this city, both constantly engaged in making socks for the soldiere. , Blacking Factory. the manufacture of blacking has been commenc ed in this city. wn A Chance to Drill. ill it be too much tor our Broad street friends to c ose in the afternoon, in order to give the clerks tune to drill? [From the Richmond Dispatch of the 13fft inst.] . "•' Produce Loan It will be remembered that, at the last session, Congress authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds, bearing eight per cent, interest and having twenty years to run, in exchange tor the proceeds of sales of cotton and other raw produce military stores and manufactured goods. In pur suance of this au'hority, circulars have been sent out to all of the States and counties, soliciting such subscriptions, and as the returns come in they are most gratifying. The aggregate already swells to many millions of dollars, and the work is scarcely entered upon in several of the States. The cotton interests are especially lavish in their offers. In many cases the whole crop is pledged, an generally one-third or one half is offered. Sev eral planters have subscribed 1,000 bales, and one gentleman, Judge Griffin, of Washington county, j iMiss., tendsrs the proceeds of 2,.">00 bales, the value ! of which would be $120,000. Thus, with our peo- j pie, the sword and the purse go hand in hand. The Arrest of T A IS. Nelson. ahe Chattanooga (Teun.) Gazette, announcing the arrest of Thus. A, It. Nelson, says: Maps containing a careful aril accurate delinea tion ot all the mountain passes in East Tennessee, from Chattanooga to Bristol, were fotind in his possession. This Is no sensation item; it is row known to be true. Had ho succeeded in passing through \ irginiaand reaching Washington, the au thorities there would have been put in possession ot a full and accurate statement of our strong and weak points in East Tennessee, and every mountain pass in the Cumberland range would have become known to fc>cott and the federal army. His arrest docs seem like a timely interposition of Divine i rovidence, as it may yet save Kast Tennessee from being drenched with tiie blood of our own citizens, and prevent our soil from becoming the arena of strife between the Northern and Southern armies. BugoKrairnl lietwceu a Hlocksirtlnc; V<-sl !<■ Hutterles—The Federal Vessel Disabled. Nkw Oklrakb, AUFF. 12 —On Saturday, AUGUST •>n, tlie blockading' schooner Dart exchanged five or six shots with the batteries on (ialveston island, doing no damage on either side. 1 he following Monday afternoon the South Caro lina left her usual station and moved almost within rifle shot of the batteries, which opened tire, the steamer answering. The Carolina threw several shells over the city, which exploded in the air, doing no material in jury. One shell exploded among a number of lookers on, near the battery, killing one and wounding two or three. Some twelve or fourteen shots were exchanged, when the steamer withdrew. It is believed that the Carolina was struck in the side and the pivot gun capsized. There is great indignation here at. this outrage ous attempt to bombard the city without notice. WAR ITEMS, THE AFFAIR AT AQUIA CREEK. The steamer Columbia arrived at her wharf in this city on .Saturday. She will return to Wash ington to-day, taking a cargo of Government stores. From parties who arrived on tiie Colum bia, we learn that a battery was distinctly visible at Mathias' Point. The Federal ilotilla which visited Aquia Creek for the purpose of discovering a masked battery, was verv successful in its mis- rion. When within a mile of a point which here tofore was thought unguarded, a batterv opened on the fleet from a gorge, and tho flrat shot struck the Pocahontas in the stern, making a bole through her. The fleet immediately retreated up the river, and got beyond the range of the guns. The shots tired from the battery passed clear across the river, which is three miles wide, indicating that it is composed of rilled cannon of large calibre. The ilotilla consisted of the Pocahontas, Pawnee, Mount Vernon, Yankee and Live Yankee. The Mount Vernon returned to Washington on Friday night, and reported that the rigging of tho Pocahontas bad been slightly Injured from the fire ot the Con federates. She left Washington on Saturday to return to the Ilotilla. GEN BANKS' COLUMN. Information from Gen. Ranks' column has been received, to the t li'ect that he had retreated to Point of Rocks, for the purpose—it is stated—of covering the ferries on the Potomac, and making a cioser connection with Gen. JlcCiellan's division. A portion of Gen. Ranks' force is also said to be re treating towards Kockvilie. It is believed that Gen. Banks' Southern line and Gen. McClellau's Northern line of pickets are in close proximitv.— Nothing is known of the movements on the Vir ginia side of the riv r. Masked Batteries. It is believed in Washington that Gen. McCiellan has erected masked batteries within his lines, both above and below Washington; in consequence ot which belief great security is felt in certain circles in case of a movement on the Capital. Harper's Kerry Ilriitgc. In consequence of the withdrawal of General Banks' troops from Harper's Ferry, the repair of this structure will have to bo abandoned. The Government directed the repair of it, and a-sured the workmen of the utmost protection, but their failure to comply will, of course, result in a cessa tion of operations for the present. KKtlAl 111 r. SUIJ IU. No Fortifications as yet Erected at New Or leans— I'lic Alaehine Supposed to tie In. tended for tile Capturing of the Brooklyn. [ From the A*. O.' Commercial rtilv.in.iri .1 The intelligence from New Orleans and cities along tho river to Memphis is late and important. At New Orleans no fortifications have been erect ed, although preparations are being made to build them speedily. Gun carriages have been procured in considerable numbers and fitted for the reception of guns. The new custom-house has been convert ed into a foundry, and guns are cast for special use at New Orleans. At Algiers a formidable instrument of destruc tion is being prepared, and was expected to be launched about the 20th. It was intended to operate as a battering-ram, and will be directed against the frigate Brooklyn or any other blocka ding vessels at New Orleans. The tugboat Knoch Train, built at Boston, and one of the most power ful tugs of her class, has been converted to a pur pose never intended by her builder or the gentle man whose name she bears. The upper portion of the boat has been covered with railroad iron and perfectly shielded from tho attack of an ordinary cannonade. At the bow a ram has been eons:ruct ed. The bow has been built out to the extent of five feet, heavily framed with timber, and then covered with heavy wrought metai. At the extreme end a formidable mass of iron projects in Ibe form of a knob. Beneath this knob and beneath the surface of the water two strong grapples have been arranged, so fashioned that upon colliding with a ship the claws will fasten into the side of the vessel and take a firm hold. I'rotected by these grapples in a manner Dot unlike an insect's lance or sting, there projects an auger connected by means of shafting with an independent machine on the boat. This instrument is intended to operate as follows : Upon the attachment of the grapples to the side of the attacked vessel, the auger will be sot in rapid motion aud bore its way into the side. When one hole has been forced through, the auger can be withdrawn, and, by means of an independ ent axle, the position wiil be changed so as to ope rate upon another portion of the ship, thus boriug holes rapidly and large enough to sink the vessel. The boat will have a crew of six men, who will be protected beneath the iron roof, the pilot observing the direction through a tube or email telescope. The Algerines ire sanguine of the success, of their pet invention, and have spent a large amount of money to perfect it. They evidently have not estimated the not very passive nature of the object against which it will he directed, or the chances of a taiiure, should the Brooklyn decline to remain stationary long enough for {his monster musquito to affix its stiDg. Arrest of a. Supposed Agent of tlic Soutkern Confederacy. SEIZURE OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. {From the .V. Y. Post ef Friday.) Last Tuesday afternoon the Surveyor of the Port, with oflicers Isaacs and Bunn, boarded the steamer Pprsia at Quarantine. On the way up to tbe city intelligence was communicated to the Surveyor to the tll'ect that one of the passengers on board, named Thomas S. Serril!,was a violent secessionist, and had stated to another passenger that he was returning from Kurope with the proceeds of a loan which he had negotiated in Kurope for the Southern Conlederacy. On the arrival of the steamer at .Jersey City, oflicers Isaacs and Bunn made a thorough search of the perrson and baggage of the passenger desig nated, and succeeded in finding £40,000 in Bank of Kngland notes, and a large number of letters and other important papers, the contents of which l"ave no doubt that the information given to the Surveyor was correct. Surveyor Andrews at once communicated with Secretary Cbase, who was in the city, and tbe Secretary commended tbe proceedings already taken and advised tbe arrest of Serrill. The mat ter was also communicated to the Federal Govern ment at Washington. Meanwhile tbe money, amounting to £40.000, and the letters were taken to the Surveyor's ollice. The letters have been read, and are discovered to be strongly secession in tone, and some of them suggest plans for breaking the blockade and sup plying the Liverpool market with cotton. These despatches leave no doubt as to the character of the bearer, and render it probable that the £40,000 was a loan to tbe Confederate States, as he repre sented. •■Neveral passengers by the Persia have volunta rily come forward and have made affidavits re specting the secession talk of Serrill on board the ship. This morning the United States District Attorney put a warrant for Serrill's arrest in the hands of an officer. „ , , Mr. Serrill is a New Orleans man, who has been for years engaged in the cotton business. He is about fifty years of age, and is represented to be wealthy. Some of the affidavits of passengers, made this morning, state positively that Serrill said that the money in his possession was "a loan for the Coc federate States." The Privateers Active. The following is from the St. Thomas Market Report of G. A. Phillips, Niles & Co., of July 30: We havebeen somewhat startled by the news of martial law having been proclaimed at Venezuela. Also by tbe arrival of the privateer Jefferson Davis 10 guns, in San Juan, Porto Rico, on the 26th inst., for provisions ard water; likewise the overhauling of American vessels by the privateer Echo, about 200 miles to the northwest; and a privateer schoo ner, in lat. 24 , long. 60° 20', cruising; also priva teer steamer Sumter, in Curacoa. A Philadelphia 15i-i<- Captured by the "Jeff. Davis." The Charleston Courier of the 6th instant an nounces the arrival there of the officers of the bark Uowena, of Philadelphia, from Laguayra, captured by a privateer. Iler real destination is well known t<> be Charles ton. The captain boasted that he would run tne blockade without difficulty. . . . ... The Courier also states that the pnvateor Jeff. Davis had captured a large Philadelpb , £ Havana, and taken her into Brunswick Georgia, in the absence of the blockading brig 1 erry. Navy Vard at Washington. The propeller Tempest, of Georgetown, came up, havimr taken down several vessels in ballast, and when arriving at Aquia Creek been stopped by our fleet and sent back, in consequence of some fault PRICE TWO CENTS with her ps. This, however, was soon righted and she left about 4 o clock.— HV/t. star mutiny lit Col. Hawkins' ltrgiment Thirty ot the 9th regiment, Col. Hawkins, have been placed under arrest for mutinous conduct. There is much bad feeling in this regiment, as well as in the 2d and 10th, because they are not paid or furnished with clotiiing. Cor. A 7 . V. Tribune. Capture or Wagons l>y Gen. Co in formation has been received to the effect that a detachment of General fae'e command seized a train ol twentv-four wagons, loaded with provis ions for Gen. Rosecrans' arrav. | From the Boston Courier. An iusl 14 I -IIA I.I.FI.I'.JAU rnokl S " 1 here have been several allusions iu the papers to a certain "Hallelujah Chorus," sung bv soldiers and others, among patriotic songs. With morti hcati .n, which we trust has also some shade of >'K' ! I , l ' ahout it, we have just seen a copy of us dreary composition. One reads it with much the gaunt sort o; feeling that would overtake him it De tnund himsall quartered in "mess" that ate their dinner wuh dirty fingers and went drunk to | prayers. This wicked nonsense has been put forth with eager ai d unqualifi-d prai-e by that "reli | gtousjournal,' the .New Vork Independent, which ] professes to "be put in trust" with the pure and lofty "Gospel of Christ." X„t onlv so; it has been published, with music to match, on a small card, and is extensively circulated in our army, by men of Christian professions, /t ;/■■' i aion,/ uith 'liil.ie.* and tracts, ainomj counsel* ami irarniiias and ennso lotiono, meant to confirm the faith, to arouse the eon science, to chasten the spirit of tempted men, exposed to jieril and immediate death. John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave, John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave, His sou.'s marching on I CHORUS. Glory, Rally. Hallelujah! Glory. Rally, Hallelujah' Glory, Rally. Hallelujahi His soul's marching on! He's gone to be asoldier in the arrav or the Lord, He's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord, He's gone to he a soldier in the army of the Lord, His soul's marching cn! citoaus. Glory, Hally.na.ly, Hallelujah! .ire. IT is soul's marching on! John Brown's knapsack is strapped upon his back, .John Brown's knapsack is strapped upon his hack, John Brown s knapsack is strapped upon His back, Mis soul ? inarching on! CHORUS. Glory, Rally. Hallelujah! kc. His soul's marching on! TTis pet lambs will meet him on the wav His pet lambs will meet him on the way— His pet lambs will meet him on the way— They go marching on ! CHORUS. Glory, Holly. Hallelujah! kc. They go marching on ! They will hang Jeff. Davis to a tree ' They will hang .i ff Davis to a tree ' They will hang Jeff. Davis to a tree ! As they march along ! CHORUS. Glory. Hally, Hallelujah ! kc. As they march along ! Nov/, three rousing cheers for the I'nion I Now, three rousing cheers for the I'nion ! Now, three rousing cheers for the Union I As we are marching on ! CHORUS. Glory, Rally. Hallelujah ! Glory, Rally, Hallelujah J Glory, Rally. Hallelujah: Hip, Hip, Hip. Hip, Hurrah ! A NEW CODFISH RANK. A curious discovery has been lately made in tlie North Atlantic, by some Scotch fishermen—nothing less than a rock in mid ocean, whose base is the home of innumerable cod fish, who, being unacquainted with the appearance of a hook and line, bite sharply, and fall an easy prey to eager fishermen. Some years ago one of our New England captains made a somewhat simi lar but more valuable discovery; but the game was larger. He came by accident upon a new cruising ground for sperm whales, where he filled up bis ship in a very few weeks, and keeping his own counsel, went home, got out his oil, and re turned to fill up again. Hut the fame of his short voyage had spread, and on his outward passage he found himsell dogged by ether vessels, whose com pany he vainly sought to throw off. They followed iiiui, and partook of his good luck—but they "whaled it" so energetically that those who came for a second season found the whales remaining so shy that they could get very few. American sealers a r e frequently rewarded for long &nd troublesome searches by the discovery ot* some unexplored haunt ot the seal and sea lion, where the animals are so tamo and so unacquainted with the face of the slayer, man, that they lie still and fall prize to the discoverrre, often, by tho thousand together. An English paper savs: Mr. T. Dawson, medical officer, North Isles, writes to the Time v to announce nn important dis covery. It is noHiing less than a new bank of cod, at a place called Uockall, three hundred and sixty miles south of North Isles. The bank was dis covered by Captain Rhodes, master of the Resolu tion, of London, who had a hint of its existence thirteen* yeais ago from the mate of an Irish vessel. He sailed with two vessels on the IM July, and returned on the 13th of the same month with twenty-seven torn of the largest cod. Air. Dawson says the bank is haunted by blue sharks; but Re cording to Captain Rhodes they caught th.. li--h as last as they could pull. The livers of the cod. he states, were a ! so very rich, and produced large quantities of oil. 1 have examined the cod: they are very large and very thick; the tusks are very thick and tat, but shorter than usual, while tho ling are the same as those caught at. other places. This solitary rock in tho ocean, which will for a time become the I*ll Dorado of our cod smacks, rises ah .ut the height ..t a ship above the sea. Th. two vessels have again starter) for the fishing-ground, and when they return Air. Dawson will forward more particulars of their success, and Captains Rhodes and Gardner will be most happy to giva every information for the guidance of others. The Billy Wilson Zouaves. —The following ex tract from a letter of the correspondent of the New \ ork o L'ort. l'ickens. dated .Inly lilst, allows the state of the Zouaves in that place, and the conditions on which the light is to commence Hence a most unhappy antagonism exists be tween \\ i I son's /i naves and the regular garrison of tort Pickens. To what it may lead, or whera it will end, it would be hard to sav, but a newspa per correspondent could not do bis dutv without chronicling it as oneof those stubborn facts which lie in our onward path like barricades. Now, I know the stufl ol which Wilson's Xouaves are com posed. Thev are rough, impulsive, and not very good men, but tbey are brave and true to the Union. They are generally in a ferment in camp, and not a day goes by without a row. Tbey say they enlisted to light for the Union, and not to patrol a "ten by four" for years; and justly accuse the Government of carelessness in letting the enemy haunt his very banner in our laces. This naturally brings me to the orders of Harvey Brown. They are now no secret, livery body may learn them.. Thev imperatively com mand no hostile vxn nncnt trhaterer to he marie In/ the tjxxion trcm/w, excj't in ee/rly to an attack from the Confederate. Honduras. The Now I ork Herald says: Dates from the lialize, Honduras, are to duly 15. During the last two months much rain had fallen, andlhere had been several heavy gnlea of wind. The rivers w ere all flooded, and all of the mahogany which had been trucked nut of the bush had come down, l'rade was very dull, owing to the war and the low price of Honduras produce in United States, markets. The storehouses are all lull nfsarsiipa rilla, hides, cochineal, indigo and old copper, which cannot go forward, as there is no demand for them in this country. The trade in these ar ticles will go to ltngland herealter. Kxchange on the United States is not to be bad unless at a~ruin ous figure. The health of the town and the whole settlement was very good. No case of yellow fever this season. THAT STEAM (JI N —The Lowell Courier savs that tin' Winans Steam Gun "captured by the 'Blo< dy Sixth,' near the Relay House, last May, arrived here yesterday,alter a journey of over three months. The gun is not yet io a presentable shape for pub lic inspection, but will be 'brushed up' and scour ed, ard then our citizens can have a chance to ex amine the 'killing machine.' It is a complicated thing, and weighs about two tons. It was the in vention of Mr. Charles S. Dickinson, of Cleveland, Ohio, (formerly of Lowell,) havirg been patented August 9th, 1859. The machine in question was built by Messrs.. Winans, of Baltimore, for the use of the Southern Confederacy; but the Sixth bi itsg 'around' about the time it' started for its destina tion, it suddenly found itself stopped as a 'contra band.' " The little history attached to tbe machine, as every one knows, is altogether fabulous. IN WANT OF SOLDIERS. —An ollieer of the Troy Regiment thinks there is quite a prospect of its re turn home before the expira'ion of the two years for which its members enlisted—perhaps even with in a few days. The United States Attorney-Gene ral having decided that two classes of volunteers were called for—those enlisting for three months and those for three years—all regiments designing to serve for a less period than the latter term, are to be counted as three months'men, and discharged at the expiration ot that time.— Troy Whiij. The following is the answer of; Mr. Seward to Gov. Morgan, requesting tbe opinion of the Attor ney-General as regards the two years' men: WASHINGTON, August 14, 1801. To Gov. MORGAN: The Attorney-General has given no such opinion. The whole G< Vermo nt holds the troops bound for two years, ami ill dis charge none of tflem. Wit 11. SEWARD. THE NEW \ ORK PARENS —The New 5 ork Hera I concludes an editorial with the following: Newspapers have been suinmarili suppressed in St. Louis for promulgating dmJrines not ha lf so dangerous as daily appear in the Wihitneand Sexes. It would be well for the Government to organize thoroughly the military fovce in this State, and to proclaim martial iaw here, and its first step should be to suppress these two organs of secession and separation which are endeavoring to do eo much barm. ITEROKTEII CAPTURE OF rnr. LINCOLN STEAMER CRUSADER. —The Cmiricr gives the fol lowing extract from a private letter received in that city dated Tampa, August 1,1861; News reached here last night of the capture of the United States steamer Crusader by the Con federate States steamer Sumter. 1 trustitisso. The news was brought bv the schooner Wanderer, which was seized by the Lincoln Government, and is now used as a transport to the blockading fleet stationed off this bar. POINTS OF A WORK HORSE. —The California Ag ricultural Society requires that a tirst premium work horse shall be between fifteen and sixteen hands; quick, lively ears; broad between the eyes; round barrel; short loins; well up in the shoulder; deep chested; gquare quarters; flat legs; short be tween the knee and pastern, and hock and pastern; hind legs well under him; speed equa to eight miles an hour on the road, and at least three miles at the plow; with sullicient blood to insure spirit and endurance. THE BALTIMORE POLICE COMMISSIONERS' CASE.— The counsel lor the Baltimore Police Commission ers, at Fort Lafayette, have given notice of their intention to apply to Judge Garrison for attach ment against Sheriff Campbell for not using all means to execute the writ against Colonel Burke. The Sheriff has the power to call out the militia of the county to aid him in serving the process, hut so far, notwithstanding the reports which have been circulated, Sheriff Campbell has not called on the military; and, except going in per son with two of his deputies to Fort Lafayette, he has taken no steps to enforce Judge Garrison s order. ANOTHER KMBAROO. —The people ot Louisville are being hemmed in on all sides, and will soon be cut off from all the balance of the world.— LouuvMo Courier.