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e N3W MAJOR AM) BRIGADIER GKffERAIA | "*tUHCI Ol QtttUBM | H? l?U?n, Wool and DU?Brigadier General* Honltrr, WcC?ll, Sllr uir, Lauder, Kelly, Kearney, P ^ Helntzctman, Porter, Nto??, H ***' RoKi rina, Bnrll, !?Iclg? and F /suklln. By tlio prociwdingn of CuDgron* on S*tujbe nuen liiat &ntuuj; iU? iiuuiurous ? . **' 11 w ' iho follott nit; uairiPS wore conflrm?<> a J1** *Tr?u.liiii'LU) . * .U^rau.1 H. >? -J'-r UnncrniE?hwji uw.... vreraont, i?* Kfti.kc, and Uiigadicr <3?B0fan j|W.)k,r) ouitis, McGJl, Hherman, Lauder, Kelley, K Artey, Pop#, Hetatiiclmaa, Porter, Stouo, RoytwUls Ufor.tcr, Franklin, Rosencran*, B??ll, MauuflolU, Kiel*' ,wgji Rnj Mtigc. WopropoM to tay before our rcadcjC, u bi?grupb)cal *MiiU of ull theao ?iffliT>rx, to order ' that public may I now in whom rutsta the trust of jmV uiiuiy valuable lives of our bravo soldiers. In cur edit'.n of tho 81h ult. wo publiHhad sketches of ? largo nuip bor oftonei als, among titom MuCicllau, IVowmt ?ud/Banks. By W*s art>M/v? from Washington we are informed Ibat Major '.oneral Jobn E. Wool, laio oom mtifkr of tlxi Department of tbo 1-Xst. an<l oeond ffi root only to 1 leutermttt General Scott, I* If asmma tbo command 01 the forccfi in acd ahfliit Hirtrffig Mm>roo?o<l Newport News. The p?%t thus WHlgind to General Wool Ik of n.uch im[*irtanco. and tun bxento ?adly uo;jl<?cted (list it ieveurccly to be wondered at that a veteran of no mitoh pra<'tlcai ej|>orioiMo id)<mid hv oKHigtici to lit: command. Tlio career >f Major 'Jenerul Jobn h'fhe Wool Is so well and favorably kimwn So-everybody fi?t it ta hardly necessary ?o e*y auyttiioK TolMive to liiB merits. It Js sufficient to know that be lum boon In aommisston flince lttl'J, having enfved tbo tunny a* Villain of tbo ll?irte?*itU I'uitod (States Mirtuttry; jtromly distinguished himself, and w?? Mverely wounded at the awfcaull on 'Qussofttvwffli Heights, Oct. wa?> appointed Major Ajirtl, brevi^-ii Lieutenant Colonel-for gsll/int conduct nt PlantsbnrKjfiept. It, 1S13. Atlhe?mdof tbu Ktooud wur ?. itli liieal Bi /tain U? Van retained in tho array and appuialed Oil?nrl of thnMixth .nfantry, in May, 1*15. Kabseqm ut Jy r.o wna b-t<ta Inspector General, tMiliut; liis rank ol , nyi 'i zv, j^u, i* i v"u 3 i;a. * miuu ui Ewrvit'ijm received ll>r l)t?v'!t of Brigtuller Ocneral, and In Juno MtSCl, he ** : appointed Brigadier'Geuerul lu the Unite* ^lalcti Army, lu February, 1847, General W.oollOinmujul '?d the central dWiakm of the army initl united liis forcei with thoeo "f UeworM Taylor. Iu the liuKh) of Bu'iu VlKta <;??ii:ra! Wi?.il distinguished liiniMilf to su> h ait ex uni thaiiie'iben received the brevet of Mnjor General. MAJOIt GENERAL OEOROE R. JTCLELL4N Tlie telegi a|<i reports Uutt great tat'stuc tkm was fel muling military uioii and civilians at Wi^bingtcn tha <{eo?>ial Me''lei Ian was ordered to commni <1 t'i<> army e 11h) Potomac. 11)e tame satisfaction, nays tho Boatoi J'ut of the "if>th uit , is expressed h<*r<\ it may lie no enW interest inp but iitffnl, in this unhappy hour nf oi, oiilttry, to review the record Iliat malton ihr coirflijeoo o unusually felt In tho ability and Judgment of thin d(s inKi'tol"1'! mllltnry lnador. <;eorge B. Mcnetian, the ton or ac <m rent rhjpsician ?> Vhiladrlphia, was Ikh-u in that city, December 3,lh2<l At the ag* "f flxteee, or In IMS, he microti the Wen Point Academy, and praduat? d in 1840. at Ihe ago o twenty, at the l?*ful of bin elan?. On tho 1st of July, e thin year. Mb title wan Brevet Second Lieutenant of Eii giueert. Tills *u I hi |K-rio<1 of the Mexican war,Mi<t Mv< lellau bout the ape of Ale.xitndtir Hamilton when lie began ti hn'.v extraordinary abHity, wan called Into artive pervlco Cbngrers i Wny IS, liad parsed an not adding a com f*ny of capper*. minere and i-onloaier? to the eorjnt o: engineer?. and HeClellan wag made 8eo,uB<l Lieutenant ii this comimny. Col. Totten names with warm api'r"ba turn his great exert ion*, with two otbert', in organl/.ini ?im1 drilling this corps. At: the recruits assembled a Went i'bint iLry were at ouoe put luto a course of actlv 4rlf1 an infantry and ol' practical instruction in mak in the different materials npod in sieves running h?|ic an Wming fKint/w bridge; and Qrougli tho exertions c thr<? officers only, when Uiey Rail?U from Wont I'oin ^Sept. 34), seventy one strong, the Cohmel Bays tbey w?r *?ln admirable discipline.'' Thi* ennif?nv wv flrgtorderoi *> report to tfeoera! Taylor, and went to (iimargo; bu were then ordered to countermarch to Matamorow, am Move with the column of l'atteriiou. Here Cuptuin bwiji iiooteen men were left in the hospital, and t'roui thai tune until a few dayu before tho landing at Voiattrtu tlx ?uni|>any wan under Lieutenant Smith, u ho had but om othor nlUcer, Lieutenant MctVllau. ."During the Diaxeh,' Oilonel Totten says, "to \'tt?>rla from Mutuiuoraa, tin company, then reduced iti forty flvo effectives, executed t gr?at amount of work upon roads. fordo, kc., ius it did ii proceeding thence to'1'a.inpico, when it formed. with om company o tkf 'third ami one of the Seventh infantry. i pioneer party under Optoin lk<nry,?f the Third infantry The detailed" reports of these labors exhibit the greateu Mhc.iency and excellent discipline under sevtfe and try ni| ?ire?iru<tatK*e, Lieitteiuuu MtiUi having then bnt nut Itk'-rr, LleutenajitMcClellun, iinder.his command.'* t-ilonel Totien, at Vera (tiiz saw ihis company now Mhfd by its captain, land with the tirst line > in tU btweh under (letters) Worth, and its tervico her*. " IHir tn? the stoge of Vera Crui," Colonel Tot ton say* I wiu irlunM to thn great ?vi>rti??n? and service ef thin com pany. atomnted bv mid emu'atltig (he r ul uud devotion of it* cxrell?ni officers, Lieutenants Smith, McVU Han ami Kosti'i " l:ntll thn surrender of tlif> Cattle, l.irntonani MoClellan was engaged in the mnsl severe ami try luf dattas, In t?!tr [wths and roads to facilitate the invest tern, in revering rrr<,n?o4efnnce8 arid In the unceasing Mil Wirt hardship of the trenche*. "Tho total .if the company," tfelonel Tott?ti write*, "waaco small, and demand); for its aid so incessant, that every man tnay be ?ald>t<* have been const-aUly on duty with scarcely a moment tor rest and refreshment." tjaptaln Swift was Mill loo til for fin fi labors, and died *oon afterwards; bnt, Onloiii l Totien remarks, the other ofllcers directed "liiu operations of the negc wiih unsurpassed intelligence and eal." Such is the plain and truthful record of tlie e;ir liest war experirnre it tha age of twenty, of the nohlo oldler, who is now the Owral of the Army of tho Potomac, and whose star is fixed in the American constellation. Ut tin- next Btage forward be related in the otti< i.i.1 words of Colonel Totteu?"Severe labors followed tlw ?*irrender of Vera Criu and !t? eastle, and accompanied the toaieli to the battle of Ceiro Gordo.in which the com pauv dispkf "d, in various i>ariH ei she Held, its gallantry and eiUaViicy. It entered tlie city of Jalapa wth tlio aii vmw 0 Xtfligg's division, and Puebia with tl o advance ni woria ?. imrintf Hi'' pause et tint latter plan1., tUo in trurtiiiu of jV companyiu Its appropriate studies aixl ?ierei?<w we.s xcMjme'l by itn persevering tuid z'-aloiitt officer?, arid asriolance was pi\eu fcy all tn th? repair* of vhe del ocas yar* hjDg from i'unbla widh Otinral TwipR r (-.virion, iho cmipnny wag jpiucU u General Wartli at Cbaton and arrived In fnul of mn Anton ia on Mm Ihili "f Aiifwtt. having (jrcatly a'slncd in clearing siM> rood of .obstructions placed fry lie enemy." Tlit1 omfMrvy on the !?ih wa?t ordered tn lako 411 o head of Gem i ni ? column at St. itiigustitio. Xho ser. vlr* of tliC?)tiW>pMi v wiw now noble, and !m Hjjeclfie.d all along in l report?. ll? t?ir-> Die day ,.f too iroraw, 011 discovering his mcaay ;n ? naturally atcaiig position, with bv?s?rtwork* thai coui jMaiulmt upp*<w,lt >n every dir?y<i(on, de< | aiehect #r-o engineers M> reconnoitre,one of ?i?!u wa? la-un Kc''lelliir. v"ro i>t>)piu'd by ?!? - M'xicuu pickets. X&S their horxftmi^'' Ult'k'r t fi<*m and wtwe ,,oinp? l|oi! t re: rn. TV n?Aluu ipou oimmcnerd?of C.>ntror.Tn?In whi<l?Xilnpftmnt McOlolUn ?*?, villi Ma^io der : battary. wiii -li rendered spleu'ld v**>'e Alit,r BK'B'.i"mug MctViMB several limes in Iiih nfco al rep?>ri, <>eu*i alTVriggli vriiw,:?f Lieut. U. 11 McC^-llftri,sl'Wi I,ion'. Calender mi . Bounded. tnofc charge** and man *g?d t'je howlUer Import (Lieut. Kf no b< mg detached witU.l-^n rockeu) v illi Juugrnerii?nd . success, until ;t benamo u i d kabito?* lo nxjuire ahoilcr. V"T I.ieut Mi'Ot'Uni'a eltlci<ncy <p<l ttaliaotry in !lm> aflkir. Ipre. wilt hit name fur tbo ftvurajtM cpngideratipu >< the ( eucral.-ivi'hief.'' Jl/ter/'.nigju of e^ptmuic ii?a^nil?=H alarm, il array fought [|v? next diiy, August Jw. the batll'-DAil U?i v.tcbusio. andUiat One i-xldier, (jc-.i. ivrsifer ? h')n.1. ihus eompletc.1 Uje iwxird of Wi ? i.ieut i. a Mnnii. rti' n^iur'f rcut ipnty. nil l..< n'. jMviUa, hi* cnl'iOtern, dating nlnlied th?u> rwlvi'H t'awjKlioul the whole nf t!ie throe m tiou*. Nothing vi u^M'il U) th?ni loo >ioM tu Uo qudt-rlakon, or Uw jrtitflc'til* t? to p*wutc<l,Hi?d Uitji- vrviv-H .*.1 JiKiuot'ri WSt'O an \miu> '!? .is lhOi<! tin > 11 mitrt .1 .11 iwtitle at tbo Uf x<l of tbeir men.'' For mi?i? na mat day MuGlclltiu : i'revotted Kudt l,icuteti;iti' I.... u tenant EU'?le!'i<t:i wa? brevtw-d capum f ir fa.lant ,?ud k.i 'i itoriuus cnduct in the mixi b?tU\ M Mo'.iuo d U Roy ut dr.-llnlnt, h? h>*tit?na?t '>11 Hie tr.'at day i-fOi*. pu'.teye^, and the Genera) in 1 iiicf. ii.ih.hij/ tj'w with fojr otbeiH, uwk these jKord*:? Those tU .1 iiroU'iinj - ul ..1 n'r? ?r* won the idm'rutivu <>: ail ; "ov.il Ibeni. ' fc.'* name a^'vu.f in the ujfrua) reports in con UOCtiup *}li ,-aricd fi.nd n:?st ardvtO'jl sOj'VU'0. On tin utiht of the IJUh vf SejdouiiiMr. Ouptajji Ijpv and I.teutneai?U Tn*<.'r, JSisiitlc and k'ot'Jellan. with u <^??p#r.y of na;>wro <;?Td>ioy*d ?? estali, irhini 1. <1Ut>ok ai^i.urit f'hrjni'Mipcc. wKVi' were tftively served nurin/r t'le^.-it 4?> ^fcici), wUicft *aa tfic.^iy before the **suit. Lie..totk?ir lotijt vforc dayhrak Jtth pw in the tield and Sn. t[.. of tut i-rfiucr o.rpf, Uiir ; a;?. < f ltM ai?ntyi? P Wi. k.?'At three rjVURlt a < ! the la'^x r.- n0?f'l 10 <.'ie large o?r.vei.| :u ud?r#Aice, wil A'tifld it quVoup-'wt J.i 'Ut- taut M'CWHflp ^dyuiicui w.itU u party iuU> Cut< la. uid t> i*.rUA at 4t?'U&jui (hat no enemy -aam U? bo iwu Tim hap. Ifit,1 ifrtii owf ><4 Curwurd,, utijl tad re tv. > .?>*? Ifi'rad the AUini?i?. th-y v?.ro rMtilod," Ttii,i (X4nf?i;y ?*? nUr'er e?CJt>r Uentennrt ?cnt1;, and van I'ntdgi d daring the >i:.y \n tifoet iiitif (tf'M ?'diacic in the afterni/fl. aod pMV'cukrty In hrefcking tnto bncsikJ with f Hrtaar* u>4 Maj x ?mttli ??y?i?Lieutoiiant MoU.dlr-a had cCii'in.tnO of a >~nipaiiy for a'tltue in ti?* aflerinxiu, while I.i?.irt/\'ar.t Smith torn hipg for p"wder to |?? u?e(t l.n luow.tnf i "T*I VTUJVJJ <TJl 0*U n'.ffjl IJiTKl UpCfl ff J* irx'Y l<> tho uragog of war. puring llita innr, wniie ,vl vuue?"ii Oie rompany.he r?acbc4 a iionitiou, but to: tad to a larirc forct* of tin < no my. n,> ba4 a conflict wnti this force, Ihsh .I wiae but th" a1v??Ugc fclTt'Mt'd by lii* po*? on uaabl <1 h,m ?t lengifj t<i 'Irivu it "ff, alter having kiHcuiuorc thiii tvwaiy jot iw annrfi.tr. ? bucb If the off.oia! j 'word of McCtollftti, i?o far as brilliant tpoctufMrviceteconc?t^#4* Tiii?, however, cau vmty no just M'*a <?f ()m labor iuaU^ov^" '*"""" .... <Ut ?ro retired, >" ,,, >. ay t,?conf?red on the country. i ... itf.rf.",,fl-er t*?t n keenly w?u>b - / 1 , V. , .. ><cCk>l ail ia.lbal 't WfH intomen,an<Hvhat ln?Aidn?nd reenert and ?Bn**ed by ih#eu?fc?e?H*s to <*?" win cKte-m c<mnfent?, wrf W Ultcd with sympathy **V> , Jl v Mid low. I" f.jch way he Mrved hi# "t .r!1i iije Mo-? i< "?. hiW KhgfticorTutten thuu gJVCB m i," ? term ?f eervlee:?" IJeutcnaut MKlAlan, ? duV ?? engineer company from its orpanlzfttlod :it west 1 , tbo hIh; <>f VeraCru?, and lu all the battles of y.iKr< timtt'H ifi iri h to the city of MeUeo.'' The company l? . this city May 23,1R4H, marched to Vera Cruz at"' arrived West l'oiut on tbe22d ol .luno. Lieutenant Mercian whh brevctted Captain for gallant and meritorious conduct in buttle ft Chopulteiiec, mid the following year (1H4H) saw hlu> tonm ; cr of tins great coni|?ny ol sapper* and utSier* and |>< oniers. Ho continued Uerc until 1881, but Uw tnilluu \ routine w.m \f ,i enough for him. IVirlng this [wriod ho traiu-I?t''d the Wench which he knows thoroughly, a manual Vblch baa become the text book of the service, and iQt'.oduod the bayonet e\erc.ise iuto the army. Captain McCleltan's Bi'Xt service was to supy rlntend tho construction of Kori Delaware in the fall of ' jsfti; m the apritig of lh.'?a he wns assigned to duty und' r Muj.a Mart y m Um \[KtlitHHi that explored the Red river: and tbeu ordered a* tieulor engineer to Texan on ?'no suflf of (iene. ml V. V. Smith, with whom he was <-i? gaged jn surveying the rivers ami Iwiboi* <>r that stato. ? spfain McCtollaa in the next y<r?r, was one of the enginccrti who were ordered to mak.,, exploration and Mir < ej to tin -ertu!n the most praH'lUai>le route for a railnwd from the Mississippi river ?o l>.? PuclBcOeean and among otMn' duller, he made thy x* oonuoiteAiiee uf the Yakinia lMss among the KiH.kv V.juntJilUH and the most dtreet route to I'mfel Sounds i0. wan utsnciated in the exjitora tioti <if the-forty Ke^wi1^ and t'orty ninth (lariilU-hi ?Sf oorili lufi'.iidu with UlWemor Ste\??iH, of <'reK<ai. Ttxi Secrotary of/ W?r, .lott-rMin Jiavw, in his o||t<-iul nMrt h (minw Mys r Met'ieiiiu.v wffikm:? Ihu 'Xai^liialtmi 'f the api-ro*chea and iui>t*ii ot the t'a.ue?;? Iffinntainn, made by t'apuiu Uc<1ellwn, ??f tbu corps {A ^uiiineers, jirivents a ieconp<ii?-sanc? of gn*t Mit ie ai?<i, ineo.'a performed under a4\cr*e ctrcimmtmi .-ef, exfiibits Rll the Uiformatiou neeet?ary to detertnme ih?"prnri)caW1t?y of thin 1**111111 or the route, a?i<l ren<'fte tne blghtrt i.nedlt on the capacity and reeourccsuf that ottVtr " Ror whh tlile tho whole rervice of this iudcMoitaWo public f;erv?nt. lu thta report, ite cliiflng -rririln, Secretary I >av w eaye:?"Captnlu McCleltan, of the corps of engineers, after the rumple*'i? of his tlehl opi ratione. wne directed to vhiil varku.f r?:tromlK. and to collect !nf'or*uvi?n and facts es tablislii .1 lu the construction and working of exlKting road*.>o serve aa data In determining the practicability of cuMtructing and working roads ever the several routes oxfdored. The rceultf of hw inquiries will tie found iu a very valuable memoir herewith siflMLnUed." f T) thls.engini'eriing service enoeei'ded,for three yeurs, atl'.er dutVs which largi ly raided the reputation of t'ap ! tain MClellan. After exeeot lug ? secret n?rviee mitie , Went Indies und receiving a oowimUnion in the l ulled I States t'avalry ho was apisonted <?o <T u military comnit'iBlon of three officers, to piweed to tho Crimea and Northern HusMia for observation on the exlstieg war; and ? bis report "On the OrganiMilion uf Kiuvpcan Armies and t the operation-; ot tho War inc^i so uiueli grvp ' f tho s'ibj? ct ai t<i add to the reputadon of 11 lirave ami efficient officer kit the Held, that el a large comprehension of I ho science cf war. And now, as there was no call by his country for ser vio in ihp in ki, n? rwipifd (ihot; oik position iii the army ami became a slmpV" American cttiron; but still kept, ?h it were, >11 the lino ?>t" hus profession of engineer, fur lie became Vice I'rcsidnnt and iltlgineer wf the Illinois Vjrilral Hall l oad Having htvkI Into llircv years, so much valued were bin services that ha became (ieneml Superintendent of the Ohio tuid Mississippi Railroad, in which capacity he wna acting when the present unhappy Klrlfe broke out, and be -*as tendered the pl??*? of Major t'.euei al of ih" OhmHtateforcefl, uml a little later Govornur Curtin, of Pennsylvania, also endcaviiN to secure his ( ' rvi'-'-H in organizing tile volunteers of (hat State. He accept! d, however tho earliest offer of Ohio. and he very promptly organized 'he militia of ituti State in a manner ho original and olllcient a* t<> eMcii the warmest euro mlum? and perhaps no Stale in the Union hM a citizen soldiery bidding fairer to keep tho people true to the duties of both citizen and soldier ut tho sauielimeas (Ibio Wider ttits sysU-ni. But m tlioroughly li.wl (icncral McClellan demountrufed that he wan a scientific wildier. that on tbe 14th day of May he wan tendered a oomniMli>u in the United States jtrmy as Major tu'teral, and In was assigned the Depart nient of Ohio, with a vhiIo district, including Weslern Virginia. His work Kinee tin: 27 th of May when with a portion of his command Ue entered Virginia, is too well knowc to ueed more than a parsing reference. HIn Kite cess lias been rapid and complete, while the lobta words that he Imp uttered in liiu proclamations have been admi rahly calculated v> appeal to that mysterious power, which, in the limp; run, mutt bo (be arlwtor in this couti try?public ophithn. Such in the r'ord which on oflicer?yet but thirtvCve?has made of service to hm country. It slmws ill ilomitaliio energy. uniiran. industry. and rare fertility of resource. Hut w.ineth'Ug olro is required in order to make f iieh a eonui under as the hour ili'inauiiR?the rare poil-er to con maud men, ;.ud this (ieneral McClellan has bifl'iN' be 'i himself a whole -souled man. and haa tl.i (MM I 1 MllM I, liid private life is as I beautiful as hit i n. ti< .?.feer him l.eon'heth brilliant and solid; and though he nif fi quietK and with no pretention ui the nrdiuary buiioetia cirtle, yet m the baulc wua,wnen in iur n rgtaa are rouM,M shows thut genius far war that prompted the unreserved tributes of admirals i it jt nrt " i. in offnad r?i*>rU;. General M> < I?*l!?n a work in \ irgtnia hits oommanded a like admiration from the country, lie has held, at various pol:iU, thirty thousand trooj* under him, and ho has had thrni ever at Hie right (line iu the right place, tieucral Scirtl nurched from I'ucbia with lews (Iihii eleven llwiwi rack and file. Tl? rr w< rr. kit elaixtf tn heidreil m the battle "f Contreraf; hut thirty thr?-?' hundred at Holme del Rey; aud hut Bix thousand in the enuanc" into Mex.it o. So Out General Mc.CUIiuii had under hiui, in his lute coiumaud, :#>,(i00. three tancs tho number of tr>"H? thill (Jenera1 Scott bad at duntrcras. The work itouu ill Wi'-t. ru Virginia to splcbdslty ?s,ut leaM,as good an n^surutti'u as the country <mui have, that General McCMbtn it fully capable of leading on triumphantly the noble army ol' the rotouac. GENRRAIi JOHN ADAMS BIX, Who, Jay his memorable order, "If anyone attempts U haul down the Stars and Stripes, shoot him on the *|Kit, endeared bimsolf to every American heart, line been eon ti?med by the .-'amito as Major General, and is at present ' in command of tie Iteiiurtincut of Mar) land, baviug super seded General ffcuikn. General Ihx in uow in hip Flxty third year, having been tiorn at Boacavten, N. H., in 1708. Kroin W? youth upwards he has been an active, ardent, patriotic clti-AU. In the war of 1812-15 ha commenced service on the fr.mtior as an ens gu, and subsequently .1. to! a.s Adjutant of a battalion. At a later period he was aid-de uunp to General Brown, commander -In-chief of the army. 1 hiring married, and travelled extensively abroad, he established himself, about the year 1K2S, as a lawyer, at Coopers town, N. Y., and becoming idsntiii'^l with tlio democratic pnrfy ho soon turned bis attt ntieu to politics. In Gov. Tbroop appointed him Adjutant General of the State, in January, IHSJi, ho was appointed Secretary of State, and was. by virtue of this ofllce, Superintendent of Common Schools, a member of the t'anal Moard aud oue ef the Commissioner* of tho i anal Vund. The last two bodies have charge of the vast works of internal improvement of New York, and altio of its couipiieatml Ku&ui'.jttl 'afi.urH. While be wiro in ofllce new cunals were neiug constructed, the enlargement of the Erlo Canal commenced, and the network of railways that now cin?r the State wus just starting intoexisteuue. Htvlyft been out of office for some time, ho was elected a member uf Assembly, In lieU, from Albany county,arid :n tlx winter of ww '.tiws'jn to fill a vacancy in the nnatcd States Senate, caused by tho election of Silas Wright as Governor, lie remained iu this new tield tiii March 4, 1M4(, and bore a distinguish'd part in discussing the great questions of that atormy IxtkmI?the numeration 'if Texas^the war with Mexico, iut j?. in uf'hi mi. nun uicpao-u uo'iiniary 01 uriyon and the t> >wor ol' Couj*reii8 over dlttTery In the rerritoriep White in ?1ii Satiate ho >vas chairman of llio Committee on 0'mit?*oo,arKt :i leading tnembcr?f the< unmulteeuii Military A>!J!iirs. H? brought m a bill lor reciprocal freedom ol'trade w nil Hid HrtlisU provinces? ntbstantially like i tlmt jUkjii'Ml KiX yum', Inter?Bud mipported It 1*11 two wh!?)i display an luttinaui acquaintance with tl-.c ir?4o anil resource* ?of both countries Me ivaa the author tho act di'tlakig tho deties und reducing the Calar va SI ofllccrnof the custnuwi in the large ports The divifiopa in tho democratic parly Of Now York, arising out < ( Ih* Klivi ry question rendered fcts re election lo the Senate Uruposeiblc, nnil h?-was Fiiecoeded by Mr. Sev.ard yiHVU'R tafeeo an active pa^t In 1852 In favor of the dec' tiuti of Mr. Pierre to the PieuWejiry ,)>(? jmimijlate frieO'lS ?n the democrat!'; party disaired tiiat he should be aji % i in ted PecrflMiry of Stale, a.ni J., was at first selected for lull i*iHt Ity Sir. Pierce. But <JiAcu!ti?? ceming !o ar*.e is tho mind f" the President eluct, General JJii wax in dui?l to dediib : in favor of (ieveruor Marcy He aftertiltC accepted <u ISM, a? a Uaajiorary employment, the p?si of Asustard TiuMOIcr ill New York city ftav ti"t p-tX-' uUllM,tamlra wa* aopapied.Jn practising k*w. President Buchanan appointed Uim lHjH.H.ast r 01 u't.r < ity. ui p.aiie of Isanc V* i'owler, who,?b"n^i IJiAt time Via l alttconded. G'meral Di.\ wan appoiulcdsSccrptaiiy ?t the Treasury, after Howell Gobt? I H-'uedeit," and ;n thai |X)sitM.n it*. lit^rid the oobU! j c !titiOieHt<n<.'teil in thc^rommeiicmeat of tJiii sketch. IMtur iiw tiii 01 uiior, wlicn our merchants ormplaiMl UM QKIOB (Antral l?* W*H ,y i le'.tod an Uivtrmuu. bm being appoieted i i.iid ct the MDjnr Geocnu'ft ol thu Now York forcw, Ilic wok coiuji?!U>kl uj'- rt*lgn his concert WB tt.th tho romniiltuo. A'though ho remained in tin* t.'y 10 u 'uaeiuly Malt of luiu " until with. ;n a tin i iod, vrfrnn m wtut IV ual y oall-jd iijx n to firo | m <1 ui ?nd aMmmc i paentlon. 'Iln> |x>ft lie .' i' ii>u<? in tvmmMtJtr ol' tb* I* jyirtmcut of Maryland la J i?4' i U*> tn.nl lEujiurlMit !u tb-?f'o? vi"', tut (Jen lift w f ;ie?jly -jiuili4.il to tjc? ul? all tho dutiwt thut arr re lutrtd u' him to Ufc fullest aatlafk ction ol hi* sijporlnr OlilfcrB. Jttc t<ri|adit-r jt<nf r it* appointed by , 111" Tr'1?ktcnt and i>iniir?n? i Uv iLr s?-\,nu> iUj* far nee in to have be ? re UwW, col RU tlieir |?iluv.l influence, bi\t for their millii tary cupw i ; Awing Uij (lint jianW on tha llet we tiu4?- 1 GENERAL H. K. KELLY, THE\HERO OF pimjpri. N. OSunal B r Kdly if a native of Ohio countyN^ irKlui*i and *a? born hi ilifl vicinity of Wheeling. H? uk about lift y rive years of ago llois%.-il known and blghV Wm Vlryrini*, in Ohio a*d rhtladfli?hi?, wlur?V?r IV fxtft lire or nil years bt bus held t he position of of rtyt | of t]i?4<ai!!B?>rt? and 0.'ir< Kallread. For ? imtnbor of, 1 /ewe ^mh'D tiilono! of a Virgin mtl.twi r<vin.ont end on fl* bre/^lns out of the robot! ion he nw <-?i;ert to tbe command uf ^ loyal regiment. Ho received ttw flrgt 111.mutton by K^^yajib, Mid left I*t>tl*d?]pttiA ?u<i hi* [HKitlou w rjnir.iad'u *' "l H?? very next flay. Hi* ya.lout t. uicntjr in lb'.- n.orc i ?.>,blc fr,,,n 11,0 f*ct Uial W? rtlauwia fit Virf im are nvarlr mi' nwewtoniat*. On uIb ar< >val at Whwi 'yg, iMtonel Kejiys regiment i-4 KEW YOHK HERALD, M( v>-nt itto Mllom c, ftrat to Graft'n nq>! I i?(f tb? rchi'lB, an<tfr<>rrl Utonro mafir.htr " to Pbilijipl, in ?<jiii|i;m.\ with f'uloild r> _ ?? ni^ht ' n. i Voiimtwm. it 1'liUiwii, tin r. <k*>inirn / Jmllwnr? ut'jirisoU ami rotifd ?' . *1-,, 2 000 strvuig, ? wm here ttet Calun?l'* ^ j V,?, ?/ flftcetl k|!!(15 or i n? lloii. ,li|il,'<> . ? Vr**%oumle(l. Hb is a brother <;o*Iruu, or V . K?*,? ' f Erie, Pa. Hi nu?rrl?l MI'h UUXSuZ' ae*nie. il.t has a sou a voluuicsr m tN * -vom.maj Guard, of Hiilinlc-lpMU; another Ik ? ra VirirKliB mui h? rrsi urn wnli hiu liruther -it.rio, I'm ;'GENERAL PHHJP KEARNEY in a W.ijiyo ?f v, ,v York, ;?i<) lit prevent ,-ibont forty fix *' of ?#? . lie entered tho Academy at Weft Point 1)< fore he had attained hi* majority. and graduated 111 1837' On the fjtli of March of that your he received hi# comntto nioo as second lieutenant of tho First Dragoons, and won promoted to lirnt lieutenant !ti July, lu NUvonibcr 1840. t>eneral Maeomh ap|>ointod l.ioolinaet K?aruev aiddo camp, and from I)eei>m\v?r. 1S4J, to April, 194i>, he j acted in <li" name capacity ?> (ieu<jrnl <?*t. Itefni'o the Me\ii'au *ar he waaonoof ?cominiHf?toiiR<>nt ?hrv?<l to inspect lh? unities of 1'ram*- and other Koro | pean Power*, with tho view of toiiwrting their improve- | metito. In tho Mejuan war Ins galluitry wtui tully main losted. Um splendid wptadrou of cavalry m-erw the ad- | miration oi the iumy.ami at ihtlr head ho efuirgvd upon . theencaiy, retreating into tho K-itea of Mwcieo, with a ; ftir)r awl ? ItoMtiewi whiuh gave tiini tho BtHiidiUK of the American Murtt. As lie r.mhrd ouwardg, M thin tlui?, a lull* ry thru, mii 1 before in Urn sunm v.tr, ho resolved highly is>noiable mention iiy tlio Co?jmaud?r iu t hief, wlm hoMs him in the blgbost rstinaliou, and was promoled t"> bt> Major. ? After ihn war Major K. *.va? for a while in California atidilei., renigiiiug, wwit to Kuro|H! ami travelled for some time. W<? believe ho whs tu some capacity conMCk 'I wtth the ? rinii'W war, hut IN Hit that fkn tho war of Italy broke out tie offered it * services on the sido of r, i,n :e an,l yardhila. and :?<:??<! an aid du-camp to one of ihe Krct.ch nuirFhals al Suitcriuo. There io no cavnliy oftirer in the American army v ho has n'.-ii more tervi e. b>-"n more distinguished, or lifts a higher reputation for laMung bravery. Oit the vth of October, 18.il, Major Kearney resigned Ilia oi inmiv!nm in the army, and sineo titon he |u<s travelled abroad When he lound tliat hipcountry's Hag was in <liin?er ho instantly returned from Kram-e. and offered liifi valuable wrviirs to ?Tr government, w hich were duly acce|?tod Cncral Kearney is a too- of phihp Kearney, Map, oi N. wark N. .1.. and a nepli' W of the lale Major (ieneral Stephen Wati* Kearney, (.'ovcruor of California from V*r> h 1. 1847, to Juue, 184". nillOADlEB GENERAL WILLIAM S. ROSE( HANS, who succeeds Major tJeuorai McCIeilan m command of Western Virginia, is from Ohio, lie entered the Military Academy at West i'oinl in 1HC18, and graduated iu lb42, receiving an appointment us Hecond lieutenant in the Kn gtaecrs. lie wat: Vcting Assistant Professor of Kugineeritig at West 1'oiut from rieptemher, 1834, to August, 18 14 of Natural and Kxiierimentnl Philosophy tho gucce&ding year., again of Kngineering for a year, and Assistant Proi'lf-nr till 1H47. !>' was c'>nmii?siom>d first lieutenant in March, !$63 ai'd resigned in 1834, since which time'lie haa been in civil life, until the breaking out of the war this spnng. He at once offered tils services to the government, and he wax assigned an important position under lie.nrral Mc< tellan, who requested his appointment as a man in whom he hud tin highest confidence. His conduct tu the late campaign in Western Virgin!" shows that (his onihh iK c was not misphwod. General Host ncraJJZ i= about forty years of age. BRIGADIER GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER, n native of Massachusetts. graduated from Went l'olitj in 180.1, and received his appointment of second ileuto. nam .July 1 1837. In February, 1838, he was appointed Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, and promoted t? a first lieutenancy, November, 1838. From July to October, 1841. he acted an Ailjutaut at the Military Academy, and from September, 1841, m Jin?, no ranked an regimental Ailjtiluiit. On tlio 23d of September, 1S40, lie was brevet led Captain for gallant conduct in several conflicts at Monte rrv, Mexico. while Akldrtamp to General Hamer. Iu March, (s47, he wan appointed Assistant Adjutant Oneral, with ilie rank of Uiptnin brcvetted Major for gallant and meritorious conduct in Hie affair at the Natfoual Bridge, Mexico, Julio 11,1R47 and on 'he 13th Septcin lier. 1m47, Major lloolier received the lirevet of Linuton iuit Colonel for gallant and meritoriotm conduct in the battle of Chapultepec. In October, IMS, he relinquished his rank in line, mid lived in retirement until called upon again t<ido battle ill hiH couutry's cause, General Hook' r tn Ins new sphere w HI. no doubt, do credit to Die poMllon and tiufcl reposed iu him. BIUGADIEK GENERAL FREDERICK W. LANDER la a native of Massachusetts, and although not a graduate of any military academy, ho id nevertheless a thorough going soldier, and ft man of the most undauuied courage and valor. In ISfifl and I860 Colonel I-under was the 80 pcriutendafit of'tho overland wagon road, and bin expedition against the Indians was fraught with t!te happiest result#. What our Infantry, with their discipline and steel could not accompli*!!, Colonel Lander achieved, vhr? Tlielr entire subjugation and obedience to the govern lr.ent. Besides the publicity gained l>y Colonel lander by his successful completion of the wagon road to California, tin econding of Mr. Potter, who was challenged to mortal combat by the braggadocio of Roger A. Prvor. of Virginia, and who refused to face the formidable weapon proponed by Mr. Potter, vii:?The how if k 11 Me. on the 7th of March. 1800. Colonel Ijindcr hud a rcu contro with W. M. I'. Magraw, of Missouri, freight cou1 tractor and superintendent of tlw overhind wagon route. 1 In the winter ol I8A9 Colonel Ijtnder, while in the ro tnnda at VVillard's Hotel, was attacked l?v Magraw from behind and struck fsur terrikle blows before tin eould reach his assailant, when lender heat Magraw unmercifully , uutll pulled oil by the bystanders. Ilugraw went West, and, while (Vilonol I/mder was absent in the Hocky Mountains, stated lu St. Lou it, thai he hud whi]))ied hitu In the light. aud at the same time applied opprobrious epithets to uim. Directly aft< r rh.- occurrence, Mngraw sent two gentle tuen to Oatnnel l.uuier, begging liini not to renew the difficulty, which had originally grown out of Mttgriiw's refusal io light Colonel lender a'duel, or make required a|?l.>gy. tiubpe<piently Oilonell-ander returned to Washington, whore h?' met Magraw in front ?( Kirkwoods. Uulonel lander was accompanied by M.?n>r Yaios, the geuilanan to ".vh m Magraw boasted of baving whipped Ij?n<lcr. Tim Colonel demanded an explanation. ? hleh Magraw answered by pulling a revolver. Nothing daunted by Iln> sight oi the weapon, although he was unarmed, Colonel Lauder offered to meet Majrraw, himself without a weapon dim! his antagonist armed, which whs refused. ACler fH^mli/.iiig iI:iRrn>v us u luir, a thi?f, &?., Colonel I?tnder aptiy ;vl to Ui< 11lipnclor of tilr Hotel,uud bulked auay lie u -l Tor the honor of his Stato he would i-yer carry concealed wcapi ?k, though lie would t'eht any one whoappalledhim, with er without tlicm. (ieneral Iantier was with lieneral 5ii riollan in Wo.'tern Virginia, and al '.he light at Rle.h Mountain he rode fifteen feet tiluwd of our fortes, nelwitlintundinc a shower of bullets lyeot.od liis pretonio an g'lon as discovered by (ho enemy. winch did not t 'i iu to make any impression on the gallant soldier. BRI<?A1)IBR GENERAL JOHN POPE. Tim appointment of John I\ipo as HrigadKr tJeneral has been ronllrmod by the Ss'tintn ffe in a native cT Ken. lucky and graduated al Weld Point iu 1H3S-. wan breveted Klrst l ieutenant in the typographical eugineers In July 1812; was also breveted first Mfeutanant for gallant and meritnrioim conduct at Monterey, nod afterwards breveted captain for his gallantry at the baulo of Huena Vista, whore he received the special commendation of his euporlor o(IU:ern. He ia stationed in Missouri, and has command of an important division. Hin movements thus ur show thai he is worthy of the trust placed !n bun. ruuibii, Whrifia n.uno is also union g tho recehi confirmat ions of Iho >ietiatc as Brigadier General, tea native of Now ll.irup shire and about forty two years ?f ago. Ile^raduatod at West Point in 1841, was breveted Second Lieutenant io the Fourth Artillery on the 1st of July. 18i5, promoted to First Lloiitcmuit iri 1H47 and br< vctod t.'aptuln tor gr.llant and meritorious conduct mi Hie battle of El Moiiiio del Ri-y ,Stx dnyn lafor it" \vas l>r-* . < t* 'J Major for his gal lantry during the battle uf Chepultepoc, and afterwards wounded at lie Helen Gate, In the capture of M"*wo. Ho lias hold the position of Assistant Instructor Ir the Military Aeadi-mv p.bi:?- 1M!>, and * a* at th<? haii'i? of H ill run, noting Major <Jeneral in command of one of me divisions of the " Onward to H?chro ?id" army. BRN3APIEB GENERA I, ARCHIBALD MoCALL" T.viis jf?; I -act ? oflker it a native'of Pennsylvania, ilW graduated at Went Point in 1818, was promoted <oSecond J,icuteLJUit th?- J'irit infantry in .'iily, 1822 and iatk-cvMtbrr of lii? uim1 year appointed to the ume in th9 KonrtJb .iiUmiry. ilo was advumed to the First l>utioai>< y uj January, WJ, and appointed Assistant Commissary of Subsistence in tlie latter part ij tU'-ittrua year, wlntfh pcaitioti h? held utiil April, 1831, wlieu ho vac appoint ml aid de raiup i?%l?j..rU <'?Ux i, wuicJi jtobitiun lie h' W until IMA. actmg a porti>? of tho time ??, Assistant Adjuunt ?.ru?r;U Jlo <Het;?gBiMiei hltuseil under Colonel Wort h m Um Florhi* irar. Bo was ono of the most active oflkers in the ^lc.iicau war, And performed no unimportant prut ia^bflt eainpfclgh. 1I? tv?n breveted Unj?r ond LicuMnutit (oinfaoj for hravety arid distiugu)fb*d service performr>d at Pulo Alt') a:Id Rnt-ar* do la l'alro*; wax awM\iat?J Maior ;n the Fourth infantry in Dcr.om'ber. 1MT, *?Hon htf rvUr^ntafcod his ntjyff appointment and vie ?<1runr?rf to /nHiicotor Urnwal, with rank flTtXlonrl, tfl lgSO. )fr lif* uot b'wn coiincotM wKh the army Curing tbelMtftvo <>r three y%rt, havmji been wftfiil u* railroad pntriu?*r. I b>il ww n? !ed out bv the Authoriti"* at IVnwijrlvama, who plno<ii him in rUiu im ot tiw lar#? mot** foro*i>rganif.odby that ^tato I{o has boon nptndlB|{ the "lumnn'r prgarixing and (trilling this f'trco. It tc owing to hK"1 actl.rtfy |bat Penu?y!vania was ab'n to forward II 000 trovpn to th?r &?>t of war within tortyelglit hour* aflwr th? ?pt't at Bull r^O. "ail he boon plai e?l In comrnnad of Uii1 force? at Harpf-Vs Ferrj, iruUtn of Pattwron. Oan. Joltiuttun w?iim have trv h>mn> work to perform ii?foro ho arrived ul Mat. ruwut J^Delion. lli* aiipoinnncnt and being p?v?t in uctive iervn^ * "n" "t iIn> Rymptuina of a clUPg* from a pollt.uU to u mlii'ury iirm/. ' T ? 5NDAY, AUGUST 5, 1881. nmusRAt. sauuki. ft- cuans I uiuvAWir' -? * point from thi* ' Kntorvd the Military Awib...," ------f Flute, and gradrtated in 1027. On t!?o 1st of Juiy i 18*i( ho was breveted Secoud Lleut*uaut la the??veBlli"t*BiU>d i-tatts iufanty, which position h? re^uod oft th? 30th of June, 1832. 10 April, 1937, K whs appointed Clllof Elipinoer of the Muskingum. Ittynr Improvement, which po sii Ion ti? hold twa rw and otto month, afwr which ho w?? iippotntv* Adjutant General of tho State of Ohio, miialnltiK. Kuctt until 184?. When tho war with \fr>Tlrn K'.aW. ?.. ^ _? : . a . r^lnn teem p'entod hlra oh tbelr Colonel, where bo served with ilivWnetlon from Jhne 23, 1M?,'o June, 1S47. After Ills df-eharfco Oiiuui'l Curtis \vun Acting Assistant Adjutant l^eneral to lli flcnoral John E. Wool. On hi? return from Mexico < he then ft'lmtulKLrstlon appointed Colonel Cnrthi Civil wad Military finvernnr of Snlllllo, Mexico, in 1847 llu \vu; afterwards Uiiefbiigineer of the IteHmolnc.i Itiver Improvement ^Iowa). until IH&O, At 'hoc&ll for volunteer*! on the 16th of April, by President i l.iacoln, Col. Curtis organized h reyiment in Iowa, ai?l he \uu; s|n<m w,w.n ,ui Urigadicr General. In the sk irm iohcH 'it Wist li? hat> been lreiiuetily heard from. Ho will, uo dull lit, he allowed to loinuin where ho hits already tinen per'. Ire In defrnec of the Union, the I'OUBtitntion and tbo enforcement of tliu laws. BRIGADIER GENEItAL DAVID HUNTER 1'; a w:th i' of the PUtrlc.t of Columbia, and graduated from tin MMtnry Academy at. West Point in September, 1818. July 1,1822. ho wk appointed ,-v.cond lieutenant in the Fifth infantry, and First lieutenant iu June, lb28. In M'lre.h, 1833, he hmh m.point/d Captain in the Flint rimpoonF. a.od on the 4th of .Inly, 1830, he resigned liin lemmifcdiou In the army, having removed to Illinois. Ironi 1(^1 to IH41 (apt. Hunter was temporary pay iiiastor, and >n the 14th of Marc!), M)42, ho reerlvod the full appointment of paymaster, tn the a<l v urine into Vtr(.IntaCol. Hunter commanrioit n division, and at the battle el Hull run ho wax severely wounded. BRIGADIER GENERAL SAMUEL I\ IIE1NTZBLMAN Is a uutive of Fftmisylvonia, and e.ilcred the Wen roinj Academy m 182U. Ho wan breveted Second Lieutenant July 1,1826, in the Third Infantry, and transferred to tho Second infantry in 1827. March 1833, he was promoted to a F>rst Lieuieuancy, and aetod as> Atfsistuut Coiuiuikvary of Subsistence to April 18.10. In Jnly. i&38. Lieutenant lToiutaolman was appointed Assistant Quartermaster, wiih the rank of Captain. Xu Juuu 1610, ho relinquished bin >tall'appointing it On t.Un {tih of ?>otober, 1847, Captain Heitzehiian wan breveted Major for gHllaut anil meritorious conduit In the hut lie of Ifuamsutla, Mexico. A short time after Major Helnt/elmnn was ap)ioiiitc.d Colonel, and in the 1<ft campaign lie uominitiided a division of thirteen regiments, among them tho New York Kiro Zouaves, and Hayiw's rifl'tl siege gun. Colonel Heintzclman was woundid at the battle of Bull run, hot not mortally. He him prove1 himself a thorough going soldier, and is highly rotpecieil by all of his acquaintances. BRIGADIER WM. TEPUMSEH SHERMAN Was horn iu Ohio, from whence ho entered a? uradi t at West Point in lH.'JS, and graduated in 184tV On tho 1st of July of the lame year lie was commissioned Second Lieutenant In tho Third artillery, and promoted to First I.icutenant In November, 1841. He was subsequently ap luiinird ai ling n.^lstant siW'itniit general to the Tenth Military Department in 1847. Tor meritorious conduct while iu ucrvieo iu California, during the Mexican war, he received the brevet of Captain on the SOlh of May, 1848, and appointed commissary of subsistence In September, 1860, with the rank of Captain. During the progress of ur oraiy in Virginia towards Manassas Col. Sherman was York State Milftla In his brigade, fiern ral Sherman in a voting Hngadlcr fleneral, having the Seventy ninth New brother of flcnatur Sherman, of Ohio. liRIGADIER GENERAL MONTGOMERY CUNNiNGHAM MEIGS is 4 native of Georgia. lie entered the academy at West Point m 11)32, olid wai appointed fyuond Ijeutonant In the First artillery, July 1, 1836. In August, 1836, he wa* transferred to Uin Kngineer cor|?, to Flret artillery in Jiecetuber, IhJd, again to Kngineer corjm in Outobcr,1837, and Appointed First Lieutenant in ^ily, 1838. Captain Mi'igfl hn?been actively engaged at Washington, superIntending the I'apitol extension, ard he it ?aa that reinforced Flirt VickeiiH. H? lia* since then lucen acting in Dm I'.'i^wiiy nl'(juarturimiKb'r <>eiieral, in which department ho evinced great judgment anil capability. BRIGADIER GENERAL DON CARLOS BUELL, Of Ohio, entered as cadet in 1837, and was rommfcsloned Second Licutepaat in the Third int'anlry .Tuly 1,1841. In June, 1846, he was appointed First I.leutenant, and on the 23d ot ^ptember. 1X40, for gallant and mcsitnrioup conduct in a Revere conflict at Monterey, Mexico, Lieutenant Buell wb? bro??ted Captain. In 1847 and 1848 ho acted ns adjutant, prcatiy digtinguiPhlng himself in the buttle at Oerr? <jordt>. il?" received liio brevet of Major lor ghllant and meritorious conduct in the battle of CcntreraB and Churubuaeo on tho 20th of August, 1*47, in which engHgcinent ho was scYero ly wounded. In Juniiury, IK-fS, a|i(aiii Ruell wax appointed A&bWtaut Adjutant (jchcial.and in March,IBM, be rclinqUibUed nig runic in lux-, living secluded until culled ti|H>u by his country again to wlejil th? sword In bur defence. RRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM BENJAMIN rtkmnuin b a native of Pennsylvania, and eittored the Military Acailemy ns u cadet in 1VW. July 1,1843, he w as breveted Second T ioutenant, of Topographical Kngiueerg, ami on t lie 'i3J of Ftbraary, 1847, ho received tho brevet of First l.ientcnant for pliant and meritorious conduct in lite battl?vi' liuena Vinta. II-; was subsequently Aning Assistant Professor of Natural I'hlloeortry at the Military Academy from .Inly. 1848 to IflftO lie was also for a short time ou detached service in this e.ity, having be?n promoted to a < oloneocy. At the battle of lidII run Colonel i'tuu-kliu oomm&nded a brigade. TEMPERANCE IN THE ARMY. A meeting of the friends of temporuuuc, and those de* Firing to promote that vlrtuo in tlw Union army, hold a meeting lavt evening at Dr. Adams' church, Madison squar". A. K. Wetmore. Ksq., presided and tho meeting was opened with prayer by Dr. De WiH. H was stated by Dr. Maush that sixty regiments had tic" u fupolled with one thou?aud appropriate tracts, and that there is a great call for more. Tlio following resolution* ware then rend, embodying the sentiments of a large |?uit of the community:? Re?<lived, rh?f in the present solemn and tnomentous couditii'i! wf our country, oi:r army is our glory and defence. and that in tin*, especially In our noble volunteers, ( or nnd brothers, habitually obedient to all the moral and physical laws of their being, we ha\e the greatest conlldeiiee. <>ir prayer is that amid all the temptations and trials ef ramii Ufa thev mnv lie V-ntu ! <;n,Mrr !vt'"1 and that when tb<Mr term "f service is over lh?y may retnm like the army of tYwnwell, to be a bless wk. and not a curse t<? their country. Kesolved. That wo rejoice In tin; rccent net of Con press imposing a heavy penalty upon all In tho district who sell to ilit* s-'iidieris i)Jt?>3tj<-aMnn liquors; ulso in the prompt unit energetic regulations of our youthful commander to preserve our troops from the snares of the grogshops. The nation will approve of tho severest action ^ wry military dlftrlct toward such as for gain will debauch tho I army. Rct.olved. That tho secret trar.nmlssion of liquors to tho joldiem In ramp, lu packsees <>f home tonifurts, by misguidod friends , is ag mischievous anil deadly as It "is dishonorable and * use and should receive universal reprobation. Resolved, That in our intense anxiety for friends and brothers, we can never ho at rase while they sre liable to be led into battle by drunken oflicers: mid we invoke Congress at oure to (sish a law . which shall discharge nvery oflicor at the liret conviction, wImmtier in battle or or. auv oilier occasion. Resolved.That *.vo most deeply symjiathlre Willi our patriotic soldiers in al! their h-rdt-hipe suid sufleiingB, and vvoild do all 111 our power lo alleviate th< ni; yoi us wc know that in war Intern) emu u often slays more than the #word; as science ami observation prove that the 1 Hovrrt-it toils are borne heier Without than with Intoxi- j eating drinks, aud Ihu severest wounds are easier healed; cod as we know that tho drunkard, whether dying In battje. or comirg homo a burden to his family, la'ruined for 4lme and eternity, wo d<>mo*t earnestly*?v\hort all our patriotie ?nd self denying troops, officers" and "common sotdiew. at ouco to abjure ail intovicntttig drinks, often composed of t;ie most destrucrire materia!*, and by one swoiiHaneoiy cllort banish intemperance forever fr>>m tho Union army and we do rejoloe la ihr effort now t iade to S'in|ik ??h regiment with a thouwund appropriate tracts, eihorttsg every soldier to beware of tho bottl?, to slain t)ii Kllswortli pledge and become his own master. This effort v\e wul give not only our good wishes but our tub sut.tinl stiyptrt. 'ri.. U/,. IP..? ' T5_.. ii? - ?' . .......... ?.. t..u-n..,u? u.if?)u.io u xwrwiri ino a iJiciu* iti f;.r'>r of the<%uiso of Tetnprran.:?, and nrged thai ho kiud r<f ???{?'? but the thinking bayonet could aol'.e u'ir tr?nbl??. Mr. KmoAiAM, of tlir Twenty sixth r?uln>ont, made u very f?r< 'tin- nMrw. Ho lamented ' h? prevalence of rtnmlfMnii^.ln the Hrn,y, auri rrrotiutari never/* dodge* nf tl??i iuwrf Iikt (Hlety lit the omiiJ), in order to wil their leer. fn onae of a euddon attack. or nu pxp<M?tiiu.->i) ol imo, '.lit ift'.u who liaco drunken of thU liiger bier b mine so duil ? tlmi ll'tii !w iieliDiiv? neretisary toiirk them or tt'r?'t .?t ?? to wnk? them <i% He vas wnto nay tliat the olllwr* tiiem^elvea ha*o bocn too drunk to kP"?- ?ny(Mnpr about their duty. Ila alluded l<) the com hot of Willi run im ? ra*e in point where llcjuoj- had proved oTetii "Meet. H* had no d?oht. whatever. ft^ou' fix* remit of tho pr<-s?iit eoiiftict. hot tto'iuirht tlioi tliB uaxjnii wmfid ]>< tod through many trtfy- tiy winch it wo ;M tic BYoTittinlly fulfilled, Thry iJanted more t VUtiiin itttti.?tk-<? Ih the ;oinv,*atid to begin la,the rifjLt p:#tn> driink?'?ihc?(i mu:?l He p-.t ar. ml to. and fcien botitad to Wi.ow ifiAt the*? wlioHjfl.t fjr u prlAcjnlc, for truth ?irij*fc>r liberty, rnjst con<VKr. Mr. <'<?llrer, <>r the Yonny iter.'* Chrintan A*accat>na, reeeuMy Mtorncd from Waj=tin(jtoB, related msny iD^tano-n of tr.? ill < Ce.itB <>t the n*e of liquor. The mow t-iti.ib'c ca*e i* '? thin ?fa yxn^; and r?wtrful v?lupteef. who was in what the re!dinrs called a' whiskey 8t." Mt>? whatfTer it ?')??. be was certain that out of uiot* than JnUoHpand w-s i f wounded n>en there was >?> .?ii^ r? iiir-i n.i( '<r >mi- |?nn rimn. up na<i nOAr'l it ckkI dial %? now** fl" n<'( K'-t (irtiu^ In Wftf-liiQRti.ri, but h? c.ali! fioi toll t?J>ore Dime ftmutanra could ji*vf bti-u \vhf>mnrtc :> SOU'riicnt. Hanover oty wWe taweucD mUwjr VitTore, ?vd Uo ibercforo pr?j td al Cbrfltfcflfl tO aid In ? 1*-?- ?I from our ?rmv 18 M Etrnul" * Arnrorr lf.'Rrtra*W, a old gentleman, row up to muke it volunteer apeech. Ho ?a)d that he waa one 1' MCltMt pirwhara of temperaum in Aineric*. wa ne had spent mgtl ?f ??!!"lu fif tfcat Cftuti. He wax an oil campaigner. who had fought In more battle* under Moore and Wollmflon, and J"?" f , 10 contend one to Ave against the French. Ha had also travailed hero, in the daya of I*. Brownlee, un"er tho l'rotoRiami Ac.-ociutlon, until the oucmlt* of Orosa hrok^ Ida bouea and uoarly took 'j,lB life. Hut he vi us not too old to go w,ft muiv <^Vo tlifl sound of the cannon, and to do hi* bent for the country, and for tomperanco lu tho unny. At the Wide of Vlniiwa I10 was oii?i w h'l engaged live of tUo eucuiy, altd by being uolter vtKB able to como out safe. In Utk battle the Kuglish Otnerul took 1.100 prjm nersi and fifteen pieces of cualnjii, not to say anything <>l tbu lieapa of dead left on tho Of'la. Every temperance soldier had tho best of it. One temprance aoldler I* worth ton drunken un it at auy tune. Ho alluded next to the bloody siege of Badujoz, where, as one of the men who formed the forlorn hope, ho went into the light and saw again the affect of being sober in battle. A collection was then taken tip for the distribution of tract*, and with Kinging mid a blessing the meeting s-paratod. THE DILL TO PUNISH CONfcPFRACY. Tho following is the act to punish conspiracy, approved by the t'rexldent on Wednesday:? I Be It enacted by the Senate and Huiine of Representative* nf the United Slaus of America in Coagresu aeaenibled, Tliat if two or more persons within any Wato or Territory of the United StateH a Dull conspire togolh'T tJ> overthrow, or to put down, or to destroy by force tho government of the United Stales, or to levy war against the I'nited Mlateu, or to op)<osu by furco the authority of thegovernment of the United State*, or by force to prevent, hinder or delay the execution of any law ot tho United States, or by fore; to aidac, take or iioBsosaany proporty of the United Mates against <h? will or contrary to tho authority of the United Blatef, or by force or hi< tiinidalion or threat Ui prevent any persou from accepting or holding any office or trust ur place of con (Id ine/3 under the I'nited Slate*, each and every person ko off. riding shall be guilty ol a nigh crime, and ii]ton conviction theroof in auy district or circuit court of the United Slates having jurisdiction thereof, or district or supreme court Of auy Territory of the United Stati-s having jnrin diction thereof, slutll be puuisbed by a tine nf not!?.-? lliau live hundred dollars and not mo.e tban five thousand dollars,or by Impriaoninnnl, vt itli or without liai.l labor, as the court shall determine, for a period not less man six mouths nor grealer tban six years, or by such duo and imprisonment. Approved July SI. 1861. NEWS FROM THE SOUTH. SKA I) BODIKH OF OKFICKRfl TAKEN TO CtlARLKfcTON. On Friday afternoon h special trniu l>y the Northeastern Railroad brought to <"harle*lon tin- remains of Generals lfa'a ami Harlow ati'l Lieutenant Colonel Johnson, with their escorts and a committee of citizens. The car coutaming the remains of the dead was covered with a lurno Confederate llii^r, and wreaths of evergreens, palmetto ariii magnolia. Arrived In tho cltv, there was an Immense civic and military reception anil funeral services; all tho stores were clotted throughout tint city, the bells tolled, the shipping displaying th-ir flags at half mast, hroudid in crape, and the bodies deposited on biers in the City Hall, around the statue of Calhoun, the Charleston Rifle/nen and Wasliingtou Light Infantry being detailed as a body guard 'if honor. Tt.n remains of General Bartow were tnkon on to Savannah, while those of General Bee and Colonel Johnson were borne to Ft. Paul's church (where Ujo Episcopal funeral services wero performed by Rev Mr Gudsdou), and afterwards committed to mother earth in Magnolia Cemetery. TUB VIRGINIA ALIKV ACT. Tim subjoined is the net of the Virginia Convention, which caused thu resignation of some olttor0 in tho departments at Washington, on Wednesday:? 1. lie it ordained, That any citizen of Virginia holding offlne under the government of the I'uiied Rates after tho 31st of July, ISO], shall he forever banished from this state, find in declared an alien ouen?y. bud shall be so con Man* in all the court* Of Virginia. li. Any citizen of Virginia wiu may hcr#after undertake to represent the State of Virginia in the Congress oflho Pnited States, in addition to the penalties or the preceding sec lion, Khali be deemed guilty of treason, and his property shall, upon information by the Attorney GoueraJ, In any court of thin Commonwealth, be ewifiscuted to the use of Ihe State. Tlic Angujit Term of th? Law Courts. With Ibc exception of the federal courts, which have been much occupied with prize eases and privateers, I very little business will be traotai u d thro month. The opinions of .luilgo Bctts in tho several cages argued before biui during (be last term are anxiously looked for. Obltnary. LIEl'TKHAKT DOl'OLAB RAMSAY, UNITED ftVATES AKMY. Among the slain at Bull run we have to announce the name of Douglas Ramsay, of the First regiment United States Artillery, hearing a lieutenant's comtnienion. Fain mt'uiu iuuuirc iuv iiigiuim hi n inuiirui m wiirt id paving w)ine tribute to the merit* ?f the gallant <locea*e<1. hut we falter 111 the attempt U> [*>ri ray in adequat* Mi nis his admirable qualities. Born in the citwufWashington, sun of Captain William Ramsay, of th<" United Siite* Navy, and detcended from aui"iir ffn rerpectad families of Virginia, ho inherit#.} all tbu high toned feelings of their time, and earned, by every action of his life, the reputation of an accomplished gentleman bp wi ll hh that of a meritorious officer. Having been appointed into the regular service, hi* Bphore of usefulBCM has been chiefly on the frontier, In Ti xaa, where hu made himself cOMpicuouB by his cirict devotion to duty am) martial hearing: ut the tsamo limn endAaring him*eli to hiR assoeiaten and men liy big ami able disposition. (hi tho occurreuca of oor political diM eultics. happening to bo at the Vorth, be was promoted and assigned to duty with Hieketts' battery, of which he wan the Ural lieutenant. Though'hm anpiratious by a*m>riation and connection wero all Virginian, he did not lie KiLato t.i obey hi* country's coll, regarding the Cniou"and constitution us his liege sovereign. which be hail sworn to support, and plaoed himself in the iW?iii'>st runic in defence ol' the Stars and Stripes he. co ardently hived. Hearing that liickcils battery had boen u.k-u by the enemy, and know ing, ua we did full well, the?hivalric bravery of the deceased. we felt h? could not fce wife?Lis noble spirit could not harmlessly be ueparated trom his ram: maud. Later aocouuls confirm ibe melaneljoly anticipation. His captain bviitfr seriously, if not fatally woiiihIe'd, having bud one horse shot under liim and mounted another, hghfell himself, Ins injc words encouraging Ilia men to niat duty which he was no longer able to per form. City Intelligence. Corp i'E .=Oijki..?A number ef nmw of fiib stroke occurred yesterday and the day before, of which four caf.es proved fatal. T<awrence Killaem. a native of Ireland, aged thirty one years, was prostrated Ijy tho heat at the foot of Twenty first street, East river,and died at Bellevue Hospital Minn after admission. Michael liretinau was .sun struck in tliH stave yard at the foot of Seventh street, on Saturday,aud buforo u?j medical aid lyrived ho expirod. The body was removed to the late rehideucsof doc?ascd, No. 305 Monrocjrtreet, wlwra Coronjr Jackma/i nsld au jafinest. Coroner Gamble held in ilaiuetit at No. 176 Ka/t Sixteenth ?treet. upon the Ivwy of patriolc a 'workman in the stave yard at the foot ef Fourth street, who di<*>t fi oin the cfli'cts ol' the heal; alio upon the body of Thomas Jordon. who died under similar circumstances, at. Stewart's new building, corner of Broadway and Tenth street, a verdict of death from sun stroke was rendered in each case. drowknm Cabtai.tiw.?A monger of Csmpany A. First New Hampshire. Volunteers, named Knox, fell Overboard bl in? iuoi at votary Bireoi .at a late hour on Saturday night, and was drowned before any assistance could bo rendered him. Vj> to last evening the body had not-boon recovered. Joseph Raker. a native of Germany. aged twenty throo years. while fishing at the foot of Grand street, on Sutur day afternoon, was seized with a fit, and falling overboard, was drowned. Coroner jackman hoM an lnquegt upon the liody. An inquest "was held at No. 81 King ftreet, by Coroner Gamble, wpon the body, of James (iunn. a native of Ire land, aged sixty year*, who was found drowaed at the foot of Charlton street,. Deceased had hoenimissing since Friday tout. and It Is supposed that ho neeidentally fell overboard while waudermg about tlto wharf. The jury rendered a verdict accordingly. a pkwekatk attkmpt to blrn the amskhblt rooms, 444 BriVauway.?On Friday morning, shortly after one o'clock Iho night watchman employed by Robert W. Butler. proprietor ol the .tfmeiu an Music Hall, 444 Broadway, dit-covemd a (ire burui(jg among a lot ?>r shavings in the carpenter's shop. Immediately adjoining the Ktafce. By prompt action in getting " supply of water from the hy dranl located by the orchestra, the watchman, assisted by a boy.sac?eeded in extiuwumhlng tho (lame*. Fire Marshal Itaker was notified, and a thorough Investigation is now being gone into. It is very evident, from tlic facta l<efore the Marshal. tliat the fire wax the nrranmtimtnH of florae person bontile to Mr. Rntlir. Thero Is a simpleton reftmx nunliiKt c< rtain i>o: Mop, who will, probably, bo brought to hu account in a .'.licit time. i Tub Sixth Avwtt-* Vir??Ohok<ih F. f>iVF* linn to fit it. ?v rtusptcwK ok Arctin.?It- wilLho roco'.iected that, [ Oeorf??> F. Egirer was arrested on Fri<flR\ the L'&ili of July, co '(mspicion of setting Qre to hla bruthw * pvemlftet, at Ko. 72*2 Sixth avenue. The cttn was carried bef#r<> .InstW?? Vkii Voortii*. at If Yorkvillc Court. Oil the facia ] elicited by the. Firejfcirnhal the JiiPticn required the an Ctigod to !iu4 biul iu the Hum of (1,000 to answer the charge. ArrlvA of the North American. Moxtkhaj., August 4, 1861. Tlio steamer North American parsed Father l\'int#t one o'clock this morning. 9 Tbc United Kiliv'd'iNi paMed up at nine o'clock this morning. Nh<> lias the Norwegians pai-sengers on board. The Norwegian reached Point l*vi at a quarter past Nine thi- morrnnv Horrible Accident. BUSRW; August 4, IS6I. T.a*t evening Ellen T*>ary. alte.ut twnGty nin of ngo, in the employ of .'amoFou St Richardson. '"(in; houso kerperg, by seme mjsliap fell info the liasemeat of.tbc bullditVi upon m ahahmg driven by xmani, and wu instantly cruafcttl end torn out tT human identity. Navul Intelligence. -.1". fiwirr nam myrtle iCMUriKiBd bunlcd from the Xu\y YurA last uight, #ml anchored In the Surlh river. Arrivals m4 IVparturci. AMUVAUt. I.ivrnroot?Ship Jeremiah Thompnon?Mr Ml.Uatn, MiM M L Minigan, MlMf < S J and A C Milllgan. IIahbckq?Bark Victoria?A ZlmmermooB, J Brandt. DITARTIUS. I.lTkupooi,?gt?nmahfp Qlaagow?Mint I.ydla Lauth, John T Lnmh, Ann HaUtead L J Levy, Mr* Menniucanri rhlM, H Ji-nkln?, Mr and Mrs Eldci, J Arnott, R W Pender, F Penile, wife and three e*IMrpn, 0*a? Broomliend, CUitdliil Reranr, Win Oleceon, John 8h?ltey, K Pnlo, A D>'nn, H W Hjna'l,? h Willtarua, II lxitr.i-ndorl, K 8cbleM'<C A Hum*. Mr? Uauidtrn and iuftat, U SIcUoYurn?oud ol??m io ?tt?ra?e. NEWS FROM THE PACIFIC, bi ?n? img ot tbt Political Cmmpmlfm km. Uli* ft>rnla, Ac., Ac. K-.;ki KjahMt, August 2, 18C1. TtYi P6RJ- Eipr^P pftMfl here at ectot o'clock P. *.t toioifhiug the following uovm:? f?4M FUMOW), July 34, 1861. Arrived 22U, ?liU> Ciwber, from Hong Kong, wtth 790 p8frt?Dger8; tMrkl Cuinol catUucB, Jloiiiuuluj bArlf Otto, Australia. ^ ^5,. : '.'' :. ! Sailed 20th, barkCiisiiaua, tor Sydney; &2d, ship Plying )lb>f, Haitian; bark &irah Warren, for a whaling voyag*. Here are no hew features in trade, and mich ilie earns' but lutes is doing as last reported. .Sugars, tcas;ejud cofUm arc Mill ill request, and gradually improving. The BrceklnrkJgn State ronvralloa m;i t at foramen to yesterday; today It has nominal^ j. r. McOounell for Governor, Jasper 0. Farrell for /.louteiiatit Governor, audi J. P. Barker luid D. 0. Sh&tti'ck for O-ingwc. It is sap posed ttjxd the Convomfoii will modify its platform so tliat ll will ithow less sympathy with secession. The nomination of this ticket divides the democratic party. as it wm last year, and renders a republican victory in September probable. The political i-ainpaigu has fairly opened, and all the leading candidates are on the stump. There Is n? essential dMference between tho npibllcans and the 1'ulon democrats on national matteis, lioncu tho issues of the contest are mainly loop) quistions, some of which ar? already provoking groat bitterness. Owing to telegraphic mismanagement between St. I/>ui? and Fort Kearney, our last pony express dates are to th? 12th tost/, when it was believed a b.iuio wus about to take place near Martiushurg between General Patterson's trisips and the rebel Inrce3 under General Johnston. There s gn-at anxiety to hear the result, and many Hilton men tear H defeat it an enRiigcmaut took place under the oirOumstane.es then existing. At u meeting which ttie citizens of Iris! birth held at .-Uu Francisco, on Monday evening, it was revolved lose ud the remains of T. H. McMam.u to Ireland, by way of New York. Tiie funeral procession was to take place 01* the 20th of August, ami tho remains were to he forwarded by the steamer of the 2lst. Oregoir date* by th? overland mail were received to the 17th, and from Hriti.di Columbia and Washington Territory to the 16th. Ten thousand In gold arrived at Portland on the lOtbr from the Ne/ IVroe.v mines. Tho Ortj/tmian of the .:imo date says t!u?t tl.ere wiH i"1u1UVB i >j """'to. We have letters of July 7. They rupriwut the prosjiuct* ah continuing good. The miners at work are generally ddiiiK well. Now JifOOvdi'k'H aro causing jrtal excitement . In tho Congrcttsloool nlee.tUm In Washington Territory* Garlleld. the demociatic Union candidate whb ah ad us far as heard from. There is nothing of interest from British Columbia. The bark Comet brings news from the 8uudwi> h Islands tothe24th of June. .Among tl.e passengers aio Jjidy Franklin and niece, who .ire returning to Kogiaud. Mr. Herdan, late United States ommissioner, and Mr. Bray ton, late I'nitoM Stales Consul, were at lAhaina ot?. the Jfitti of June. Mr. iter dan Introduced hi* hihtorflor to the King, together with Flag OilJoer Montgomery, commanding the PaclBio SqualroD, and the captain and ollicers of the United dialed stenMu r laticasier, then la Honolulu harbor. Complimentary speeches were exchanged all around. Mr. Bordan likewise presented Professor Bailey, Mjw?eial Commissioner of the United Seues to the ports in the Pacitfcrf visited by the American commerce. On the 17th the Ijmeaster sailed for Panama direct, and the ?aute day the steamer Km prise tailed for Jspuu. The British Acting Commissioner and Consul (ieneral ,,'ave an entertainment ut the Court House, iii Ironorof I<ady Franklin, at which all tho celebrities in Honolnls were present. There were only seventy -four whaling vessels cruising in the North Pucilie this euson, and uf these about forty til a Jll' ?*.A|H'rw3u i? > sun lor .\uHimt; pon? ueioru wuiier. The Am rican residents at Honolulu liave caught lb* (laKsiiifi fever of to day, uud display the American bunting iu profusion. Accldicnt ut Newark?Four Llvn Ln^t< Nkwakk, August 4, ISO!. Frank Riikflr, bath house keeper m East. Newark; Mr< Alan IXiuiikcr. and Mr. Zeller ami his little hoy, eighk years old, were drowned this I'. M,, in the Passaic river, near the Morris and fonts Railroad bridge. Dotriker-aud '/eller were employed in a pi?tol factory in this city. They were in a row boat and but a I'. w yards from shore when the b'lat cap.siy.ed, w hile the boy was bold by his I'atheF nnd went down w if )i him. There were pai t h-h el'itu at hand when the accident took place; but wltilo hesitating to act (be men were doWIvert. The Novwrg iun'a Alalia. Montreal, August 4, ISM. The United Kingdom picked up .he Norwegian s mail? and despatches an<l $60.0<H) in mi cio froai the schunnor Onward, the despatches were lan cd at Father l'omfc bv a pilot boat this afternoon. The North Ai&crlcau took out f2ou,ooe. Marketi, Ai.bany, Aiigiu.t fl. 18M. Flour dull. Wheat?n? sales, (.mis in fa^r <tenimi4: the sales since our last report include 600'buishoU, Michigan at 32c., 1,410 bushels Chicago at 3lc. a 32c., principally at 31c., ami ,;G0 bushels Stato to-day at 32 jic. Oern?Al ter the close of yesterday's report 13,0<X> bushels Western tnixed were soljl at 41}* a 42c., with rtsales of a part at 42"<e. to day; holders were asking 43c., b.ut tRo d^nisml was slack: salep to-day 12,000 bushels at 42,i?e. Wlliskey? No salrs. Receipts by Central Railroad lor New York? 150 b'ols. high wines, 10 ne'ks wool, 1,40# bb!?. flour, 480 Ikjxob < beese, 33 hhdt>. tobacco. Kw Boston?4-70 bbh. mmr, saeics ?<vn. wnppen ?y w>ws hi !ncw rora, ou the 2d lost.?ttij.-OO bishols corn, 66,400 bushels wheat,23,300 bushels outs. 18,800 bushela feed, Bl'ptai.o, August 3?6 P. V. Flour steady, but tn very moderate demand. Wheat) quiet ; JmldSrs former: only one sale to-day of 1,800 bushels Milwaukee club at 86c. Corn clotied quiet but linn: sales 45,900 bnshnls at 32o* Oats ftrm and in K?d demand: rales 43,000 bushels at 24c. a 24'jc. Whiskey nominal at ('anal freight#?10c. ou corn. lie. on wheat to New York. Lake imports?4,000 bbls. flour, 12.000 bushels wheat, 35.000 bushels corn. Canal "Xport*?SO ,000 bushels wheat. 125,000 bushels corn, 30.000 bushels oats. Osweoo, August r?, 1861. Flour unchanged. Wheat scarce aud held.Hrmly: sale?. 3,000 bushfJ" Chie.ipo spring at 82c. t'orn scarce and market steady:salesl.">,000bushelH Illinois, at34j,c. Caual freights 3teady ;tlour 27c. .wheat 8c. ,con> 7e. to New Yorfc. like itnp<>rbl-22.flfl0 b :she's wh-at 2,900 bushels ryt?. Kxports?800 bbls. Hour. 40.000 bushels corn, tiinal rxupr? fur the month of JiUy?45,838 bbls. flour, BH4.490 bushels wheat, l,0'2,t>10 bushels corn, 21,70S busliels oat?, 3,624* bush'els barley.880,086 bnsh"ls rye, 1,129 bushels peas. Exports smoe opening of navigation to August 1?149 1100 bbls. Hour, 3,035,518 bushels wheat, 2,436,5*5 bushel# eorn, 82.126 bushels oats, 40,892 bushes barley, 135,688' bushels rye, 34.628 bushels peas, 46,303.100 feel lumber. Receipts of canals tolls at the collector's office in this city to Avgijet 1. >228,467. at increase of $4J,C41 over the cor rc^fondtog period ol fnisl j'oar. . r t - ?r *" A PIe& 1 rii.t.*iiu.HVi ti.11. A STROLL AMID THE FL0WER3 AND IN THE BKEBZB? MUSIC TO B1C AGAIN INTKODl'CKD INTO THK CKN? TBAL rARK?StUNb Or TBB APPBOACUl>G 1AIL, ETO. The heat ytssterdey afternoon was of such a nature nf to prevent any p?rsok staying indoors if they could '!cvise any mean? of getting on tho oolgi-'o of Um Uon.se, Tho delicious breeze was too tempting not to taken sdvnntnge of, and ftrambeats, p uaaiiro yachts, kc., Indeo with persons, thirsting for a cool atmosphere, glided ever* the waters that snrronnd tho oily. As the breeze coiilit bo hardly anywhere bettor enjoyed than in tho Centra^ Park, some thirty-five thousand pedestrians visited Ibis delightful intcrmural gtirdsn, while over four thoiiMud vehicles piiFscd along tho drives. Several new bridges? or, more correctly speaking, arches?have recently Ivorv thrown oi?en to the public. 'th>,s lengthening the trian pathways and bridlo roads, as well as making nuw features to please the eye of tho visiter. Tho aquatic, birds have been increased in number by the Addition of two astiT# Amcric&n.s in tho ahape of cypneis. These doufctlefg will be betlcr ablo to ittniid our clim/te than the(J transatlantic predecessors. A further addition to the attractions of tbo Park will be mwto n< xt Saturday. Tbe avfnno roil, road companies, considering the dulnegs of thinjts arouud, have united fur tho pnrpow of reproducing as an experiment the Saturday aftoriwon concert*, and if mtceewful will continue them durian tbe season, Our pentnprttlzens will again bo ablo to breathe tho freph air and listen to the foul Inspiring wounds produced by Doiiworth'a band, which lia? recently retn.ued fi um Washington. T!i? location o! the mnslriaiip will be th? same art befor*? !?.: at the end of tho wall. Already th? brown c4gns sf i.he> flpproaehisg fall are mdtiiig Impressions on tue sward-r therefore, If we would enjoy what !>! asiires we cna have, even in these tlrrns #?; vll"war, ? mt;Kt take time by th? forelock, ?r w>) shall l>ave the 'season gone almost herons we Are aware of it. Pergonal Intcll inmc Hon. IfiouiM H. United States Minit>t>>r to Chili; William H. Calvert, <>T Ohio; K. I'. Allen. Ciiit -U Slate* Arn\\; Frank Stewart,of MaHMchus'tts; Thorns I "Mr kin?, of Honloo. t. M. SimMi.of tfprliiuflel.l, III., and 0. Wlnto. ol' Hartford, arc supping at the Metropolitan Hotel. General Violo, of Troy; r>. A. Rmalley. of Vermont; Wm.. B. Spooncr, of Roktoti; C. Uurron, of Liverpool ;iHon. O. VW>Wd,of Albany; I'olonoi S H. Mil, of 8ch?tmrio; Hon. Thomas Kwlng, of Ohio, M<l !?. R. )Urk r an.i family, of Hruoiclyn, havoarriveJ at the 6?t. Nicholas Hotel. The Turf. C*rnt*m.iJt Corwt, ij. I, August 2, JWl.?Mile heM?, . be*t thfro In Ave, in lntrnodt. I>. Tulman naMfl fAbcet 1 J 2 1 W. M. Until* named Kockln&liaro 2 J 3 Jflme?J:32, 2:27*, 3:91, 2 30. At II* Triton fourffo to-morrow aftenvion a tro't inj Match for |V<HiO. m.le boats, l ?*t throo In fivo.'hi Inirneas,IT ill coma off betwwon the very feat and rtvoril# horse* Reliafcce and MutwoO'i. ^ MIMKhUXKUHS. JJTTAgTH lif* EALfiAM. ntTKAIMI rx ITS MOHT TMXTV1, FORMS, Atse, SemfuU, Erystpdi?, Salt Rheum, Pimptas, Blotebot. old Ulcers. Fever Suw. Ttwworat c.umm or humim r* the blood, mercurWl DuWllly, Liver and Kid. ueye, Incipient ConruisM||lc., are most certainly enrad by thi? great. purillrr. ~ Hyatt's I .tie Balsam Wis onrcd thousands of caf<* ot these and siir.ilkr dlnenik p. and it will most cortainlr cnr% 4 dny ensc wblvh can !> p ai'I tM hv mcdlc.u tf taken U? aooordunce wiMi dirirt,i?>U i1<? h b >t contain a pariio)* af mercury or any oth. i ijeletei ioui Principal. uojtgt, 2iC Orauit at; ecu