The New York Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1861, Page 4

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Single copies six cents, Wholesale price the same as for the WeewLY Herawp, THE SITUATION. Order is being rapidly restored among the army at and around Washington. The orders of General McClellan and the active co-operation of Provost Marshal Porter have sueceeded in gathering in the stragglers and restoring discipline among the troops. Congress has taken another bold step in the prosecution of the war. The Tariff and Direct Tax ‘vill passed both houses yesterday, providing for a direct tax of twenty millions, The bill imposes a tax of three per cent on incomes over $800 per annum. The duty on sugar is fixed at two cents a pound, on coffee at three and a half cents, and ‘on tea at fifteen cents. It having been observed for some few days past that rebel eagineers were making observations near the Chain Bridge, it was thought possibly with a view to an attack in that direction, Genera, McClellan, accompanied by his usual body guard of cavatry, who escort him upon all occasions, | visite that vicinity daily, and has made himself thoroughly acquainted with the entire locality and ita defences. No fears are entertained that the re- Dels can assail the capital from that quarter, A flag of truce, together with two despatches, was brought yesterday by two or three officers of the rebel army toa portion of Colonel MeCunn'¢ brigade, near Bailey's Cross roads. Lieutenant De Lacy, of the engineer corps, Thirty-seventh Irish Rifles, received the rebel officers, and conducted them to headquarters, where they were detained, i while Colonel McCunn bore their despatches to Washington. One of them, it appears, was ad- dressed to General McDowell, and had reference to aramor prevalent in the rebel camp that some of their officers captured at Bull run were to be hanged. The other despatch was addressed to Geueral Scott. and the purport of it has not trans- It was thought that the whole embassy was a ruse to obtain information. From Harrisburg we learn that the entire re- serve regiments of Pennsylvania, eleven thousand of whom have already been sent forward, by order of Geuersi McClellan, have been placed under command of General McCall. Despatches from Springfield, Missouri, inform us that hundreds of Unionists are flying into that State from Texas and Arkansas, to avoid the per- secution ef the rebels, and they state that if the government would only provide them with arms the Unionists in these two States would fight for the constitution and the Union. No military movements of importance are re- ported from any of the different points of operation withio the past twenty-four hours. pired. THE NEWS. The steamship Fulton, which left Havre on the 23d and Southampton on the 24th ult., arrived off Cape Race at four o’clock on Friday morning. Her advices are three days later than those previously received. The political news is unimportant. Three ships had arrived from Australia, bringing one hundred thousand ounces of gold. In London consols and American securities had advanced —the former to 897¢ a 90 for money, and 90 a 9014 for account. At Liverpool the cotton market was buoyant, at an advance of one-sixteenth to one-eighth of a peuny per paund. No material change had oc- curred in breadstufts or provisions. The steamship Northern Light, Captain Tinkle- paugh, from Aspinwall, arrived at this port yester- day with over two millions in specie and over four hhundred passengers. She brings the mails and passengers which should have come by the steamer of the 28d ult. The Union sentiment is represent- ed as very strong all along the Pacific slope. In Peru, judging from the tone of the press, the strong- eat sympathy is felt for the present administration in their efforts to re-establish the Union. The Comercio, of Valparaiso, expresses the wish that the war may eventuate in the utter destruction of slavery. The last news from Lima represents that city as on the eve of a serious disturbance from po- litical causes. All the troops were under arms. | The war in New Granada appears to have taken @ turn, and fortune now smiles on the government side. Mosquera's chances of success are very much diminished. The last news from the inte- rior represents him in retreat, after an unsuccess- fu! attack upon the government forces, which Jad been a few days previously repulsed from hig intronchments. ) The Spanish treaty with Bolivia, which had been peady in Madrid ever since 1948, awaiting the sig- pature of the latter, has been at length signed. It pecognizos the independence and sovereignty of ‘duc republic of Bolivia, tue government of which, comes tw band trom ports gort of Virginia, apd bepco, i tuken, > on its side, agrees to pay certain debts claimed by Spain, <n! some Mginase The new United States Minister to Ecuador had arrived. In Chile business was ata very tow ebb. Con- gress was in session, and among the matters which engaged attention was the grand project of aSouth American Union. The time has not yet come for that. In the election of Presidential electors the government party had triumphed. The Fourth was celebrated at Callao by the Ame- ricans resident there in fine style. Both natives and foreigners took part in the celebration, and general sympathy was displayed for the Union. The first cotton grown in Nicaragua—about thirty bales—has been shipped to New York. Next year’s crop is expected to be very large. Mr. Dickenson, United States Minister, had arrived at Managua and presented his credentials. The famous ship canal project has been revived, under, it is said, the highest auspices. The British government had formally relinquished all claim to the Bay Islands, The news from the remainder of the Central American States is unimportant. The proceedings of Congress yesterday were im- portant, In the Senate the bill authorizing the charter or purchase of additional vessels for the revenue marine was passed; also the bill autho- rizing the construction of twelve small side-wheel war steamers. The resolution relative to the pay: of the late Senator Douglas was adopted. A bill authorizing an increase of the corps of enginecrs and topographical engineers was laid over. A bill repealmg the act retroceding Alexandria to Virginia was re- ferred to the Judiciary Committee. The joint resolution approving the acts of the President in suppressing the rebellion was taken up, briefly dis- cussed, and laid aside in order to take up the report of the Conference Committee on the dis- agreeing votes upon the Tariff and Direct Tax bills, which was adopted by a vote of 34 to 8, ‘The bill levies a duty of four cents per pound on coffee, three cents on cocoa, two cents on sugar, two cents on chicory, two cents on ground chicory, fifteen cents on tea, and one dollar and twenty-five cents per gallon on brandy. On other liquors and wines ten cents per gallon ad valorem Is added, and on imported and distilled liquors fifty cents. Ten per cent additional duty is levied on silk goods. A tax of three per cent on it hundred dollars and upwards is levied; and five per cent is derived from persons residing abroad who draw money from their property in the United States. A joint resolution of condolence with the relatives of the soldiers who haye fallen in the service of the country was adopted. A number of appropriations were agreed to, including $20,000,000 for organizing volunteers, and $30,000 for naval night signals. In the House, a joint resolution was adopted thanking the soldiers of the republic for their loy- alty and devotion, and declaring that while the national legislature expresses the sympathy of the nation for the bereaved families ‘and friends of the fallen, we commend to a generous people and to the army, which is now eager to renew the con- test with unyielding courage, the imperishable honor of their example. The Judiciary Com- mittee reported a substitute for the Senate Dill to confiscate property used for insurrection- ary purposes, which was rejected, Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, offered an amendment to the original bill, subjecting all property employed in re- sistance to the laws of the United States to capture wherever found, and that it is the duty of the Presi- dent to cause the same to be seized, confiscated and condemned. He explained that the Scnate Dill applied to all insurrections, while his amend- ment restricted the provisions of the bill to the pre- sent insurrection. That part of the bill to discharge slaves who are engaged in aiding or promoting in- swrrection gave rise to considerable debate, and the amendment was finally rejected. Further dis- cussion ensued, and on motion of Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio, the bill was recommitted, by a vote of 69 against 48, The chairman of the Conference Com- mittee on the disagreeing votes of the two houses onthe Tariff and Direct Tax bills made a report, which was adopted by a vote df 89 against 39. A Dill punishing with fine and imprisonment persons guilty of enlisting men for service against th United States was passed. General McClellan has ordered that the troops comes of NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8,. 186th. compared with former pertods, the receipts arb restricted. Shipping lots of wheat were firm and in good demand at full prices; other descriptions were unchanged. The transac- tions Were chidfly for export to English ports and to the Continent. Corn was active, aud prices for prime shipping lots wore firmer, with a fair amount of sales. Pork was unchanged: sales of mess were made at $15 75, with 200 bbls. extra quality, for export to Liverpool, at $16, and prime at $10 50 a $1075, Sugars were steady and in good demand, with sales of 1,600 hhds. , at prices given in another column, Coffee was firm, with sales of 3,000 bags Rio at 180, a 14340., 500 St. Domingo at p. t., and 500 do, at Ido. a 141ge., now held at 15e., and 558 do- Jamaica at 16c, At the recent decline freights were more ol . The chief shipments making were of grain and pur, both to England and the Continent, at rates given in another place. The Disaster at Bull Run, and How to Repatr It. Early in June General Scott, being asked how long it would take to whip the rebels into sub- jection, replied that “4f no serious accident hap- pened he would accomplish it swith the first frost; but if any great disaster happened it would take another year.” Now the questigh is, has any accident so serious occurred as to prevent the reduction of rebellion by the Ist of May, 1862? We think not. The affair at Bull run was a sad disaster; but after all it may be what military men call a reconnoissance in force. The strength of the enemy was felt, a retreat took place, and there is no good reason why General Scott’s prediction may not be ful- filled in nine months. The result of the information obtained at Bull run was that the enemy fought bravely, were abundantly supplied with cannon and all the munitions of war; that they were well drilled, admirably officered and generaled, and held a naturally strong position, rendered doubly strong by science. On our side it was deter- mined that our troops fought like heroes, and are able to whip the enemy in a fair fiel@ under equal cireumstances, but that our men were badly officered, and generaled still worse. We had also a deficiency of cannon and scaroely any cavalry. General Scott and General McClellan, having thus obtained, in the most practical and direct manner, the information they needed, are making their arrangements ac- cordingly, and are organizing one of the finest and best equipped armies that ever entered a field. We have found our own weak points as well as the strong points of the enemy, and if we are whipped next time we will deserve it, ‘The federal army has measured itself with the foe, and we now know what is necessary to be done to overthrow him. We have the men, we have the money and the resources—all we want is proper organization and good generalship. With the selection of General McClellan we have every reason to expect the appointment of good officers, and a thorough organization in the commissariat and quartermaster depart- ments. In point of goneralship, we think his rapid and masterly movements in Western Vir- ginia give sure promise of the skill of the new commander upon a larger and more difficult theatre of war, and with abler generals and better troops to cope with. He has displayed qualities which show he possesses the energy and vigilance of a good general, with the highest gift of strategy, in which the art of war chiefly consists, and which, wherever troops are equal, always wins the battle against inferior skill. In vain will valor bleed and die if it is not disciplined, and if it is not handled upon the scientific principles of war, which cannot be violated with impunity by the bravest troops, Under McClellar’s conduct of the army the nation expects much, and it will not, we think, be disappointed. In his hands by next October will be a disciplined force which, hurled against rebellion, will shatter it in pieces, like a potter’s vessel, and by the Ist of May the Union will be restored in all its integrity, peace and prosperi- ty will prevail over the thirty-four States, and the republic will become greater, more stable and more powerful than it ever was before. under his command shall be drilled once each week by the sound of the trumpet. The men now know nothing of the trumpet drill. The Ohio troops for the war will probably num- ber forty regiments, which, with the artillery and cavalry companies, will make an aggregate of forty-five thousand men. The Nineteenth Indiana regiment, numbering forty-eight men more than their complement, was to haye left Lafayette yes- terday, under command of Cotonal Merefith, for Washington. The Southern rebels, in consequence of their short supply of proper arms, have recently been trying to deceive themselves in regard to the power and accuracy of double barreled shot guns and fowling pieces, as compared with the regular army rifle and rifle musket. They had almost succeeded in forcing themselves into the belief that “ if a ball is well fitted and patched for a shot gun, it will shoot with as much force and accuracy as a rifle.” Mr. Mills, of Kentucky, formerly master armorer at Harper's Ferry, in a letter to a Frankfort paper, denies this, and says that a shot gun cannot be made to carry a ball one hundred yards with as much accuracy as a rifle will carry it three hundred yards. He also says that the Minic ball will not do for a small bore hunting rifle. General Kelly, who was severely wounded at Philippi, was presented with a splendid horse by citizens of Wheeling, on the 31st ult., and the next day left-to take his position in the army in Western al Barnard E. Bee, of South Carolina, who was killed in the rebel army at the battle of Bull run, was thirty-five years of age, and has left a wife and one child. He entered West Point in 1841, and when the rebellion broke out he was a first lieute- nant in the American army. Hon. Joseph Holt, Hon John M. Harlan and a num- ber of other prominent speakers are announced to address a grand Union barbecue to be held at Emi- nence, Kentucky, to-day. A man in Louisville, Ky., last wegk raised a rebel flag on the top of his house. When it was first observed he was waited upon by a party of determined Unionists, who emphatically told him that it nfast come down. The man became slightly scared, and informed his visiters that he intended it for the Stars and Stripes, but admitted’ that it was peculiarly constructed, and had been spoiled in making. In consequence of the scarcity of change in Charleston and other places, the State Bank of South Carolina has issued shinplasters of the de- nomination of fifty and twenty-five cents. Benjamin Hallock, who has been engaged in buying cattle in the West for the New York mar- ket for the last five years, was robbed in a sleeping car on the Great Western Railroad, on the 30th ult., of three thousand five hundred dollars. We learn from Captain Phelps, of the United States surveying schooner Vixen, that he saw but eight vessels ashore south of Cape Henry, two of which were ships, and but ore of the number had recently gone on. The saies of cotton yesterday embraced 2,100 bales, including 1,500 closed late in the afternoon. Tho market was firin op the basis of 164c. a 16%0. for middling uplands, Flour wasactive, while the recent concession in freights led to an increased demand for export. Ship. ping brands closed about five cents per barrel Igher, while other grades were without ehango of moment Southern flour, including new, was in good demand, and sales active. The flour and wheat denominated Southern Fanmusters iN THE Present War—Our old friends, the filibusters, appear to be pretty well represented in the present war, especially upon the side of the South, whence they formerly de- rived the most of their aid and support. The telegraph informs us that Major Robert—het- ter known here as General—Wheat was mor- tally wounded at the pee of Bull run. Major Wheat was a fine, handsome fellow, of tried and undoubted bravery. He has been engaged in almost all the filibuster fights, was an aid to Alvarez in Mexico, and fought, at first en ama- teur, and afterwards on Avezzana’s staff, in Italy, during the late Garibaldian war. In the fight at Sc ‘s creek—appropriate name—we find another filibuster, Colonel Frank Anderson, who was second in command in Walker’s last expedition. and was captured by the British and sent to New Orleans. Colonel Anderson is a natural filibuster, and went into the Southern army as if by instinct. Probably his old failure and capture reawaits him. Of the same character as Anderson, and quite as well known here as (eneral Wheat, is a third representative filibuster, General Henningsey, now the Colonel of a Georgia regiment in General Flint Lock Wisc’s division, formerly of Western Virginia. Henningsen is a fine, sol- dierly, chivalric fellow, of great military know- ledge and experience, and is undoubtedly a valuable acquisition to the rebel ranks. He fought through the Peninsular war; was with Kossuth, commanded the forces at Granada during its siege by the armies of five Central American States, and his name is synonymous with American filibustering. These gentlemen are on the side of the South, and the Northern armies have, so far as we know, but two filibusters in responsiMe posi- tions. One of these is Captain Farnham, now amajorin one of Sickles’ regiments, and the other is Lieutennnt Chaves Allen, who was in all Walker's expeditions, and is now in the army of Western Virginia, under General Rosencranz. We wish all these gentlemen a | | happy meeting and a fair fight. APFAIRS TD Our latest correspondence from the far Orient does not present to usa very flattering picture cither of the commercial condition and prospects of foreigners in Japan | or of the domestic harmony there prevailing. The policy of the government is represented as exclusive,and hostile to the extension of foreign trade, as, indeed, the request which it recently made to the representatives of all the treaty indicate. Trade at Kanagawa appears to be dull and unprofitable for the most part, although some valuable cargoes of tea and silks had been shipped to San Francisc@ The demand for steam communication betyeen the latter port and Japan was much aoe talked about, and the probability is tht a monthly line, calling at the Sandwich Jslands en route, would pay. It is not likely, hy»wever, that just Re of K { at the mouth like horses overcome with heat. Powers to defer opening the new ports would | 7 a tei Move or Onrarina Surrties vor tHe Rewer Army.—We would specially recommend to Aminadab Sleek, Hon. Jeremiah Wood and all other advocates, defenders and secret agents of the rebels in our midst, as well as those who are complaining about the violation of the con- stitution by the President, to carefully read and inwardly digost the three proclamations of Ge- | neral Beauregard, Commander-in-Chief of the | rebel army at Manassas, issued since the | first day of June; and if they are then con- | inced that the only wrong that has been | jommitted has been on the part of the North, | and their consciences will still permit them to praise and uphold the tyranny and military despotism of the South, we would advise them to pack up their traps and pitch their tents in that portion of the Old Dominion coming directly under the supervision of Toutant Beauregard. On the first day of June Beauregard, in great anxiety for reinforcements, issued his proclama- tion, sending it forth from his masked batteries at Manassas Junction to the people of Loudon, Fairfax and Prince William counties, command- ing them to rally to his assistance to drive out the “unprincipled tyrant, Abraham Lincoln,” who had sent his hosts among them with the “war ory of beauty and booty.” The procla- mation was filled with similar abaurd and ridiculous statements, none of which reflect any eredit on the talents of the man who is 80 loudly praised by his secession friends of the North, and is not at all calculated to leave an impression on the mind of an impar- tial reader of any great genius on the part of its author. The second document which we er to is the letter to General Bonham, signed by Beauregard in his official capacity, directing him to arrest the following persons, viz:—Alfred Recher, Ebin Mason, John Mason, R. F. Roberts, Jonathan Roberts and Levi Deming, their of- fence being that they preferred the United States government to that of the so-called Con- federate States, and had expressed themselves as being opposed to secession. “You will,” 8s Beauregard, “obtain secret information proving the above charges. If the testimony should be deemed sufficient, you will have them arrested and forwarded to Governor William Smith, at Warrenton; but should the testimony amount only to suspicion, they will be allowed twenty-four hours to leave the country, not to return until after the war.” At the end of the war they will certainly have no desire to re- turn; for, according to the laws of the rebels, the property of all such persons is to be confis- cated. The last proclamation was issued on the 23d of July, when he sent forth his foraging parties for food and wagons to supply his army. In this document, after stating that “all classes must contribute their ~~ quota”’"—leaving no loophole—‘if they do not,” he modestly adds, “constraint must be employed with all who are forgetful of their obligations.” This excels the tyranny of the despots of the Old World, and is perfect violation of all constitu- tional rights, personal liberty or freedom of speech, It shows beyond a question that the Southern government is simply a military des- potism on a grand scale. Yet we suppose, from the course of the croakers and sticklers for the constitution in our midst, since they continue to uphold the South, that it is just the kind of con- stitutional liberty they are longing for. It is a beautiful illustration of the consistency of these sympathizers with secession, who applaud such despotic outrages of the South and cavil at the slightest necessary application of martial law at the North. Every trivial suecess on the part of the rebels, instead of causing a modification 6f their tyran- ny, only makes them the more arrogant. The idea of freedom, under the rule of the leaders of the rebellion, is perfectly preposterous. Seces- sion commenced with robbery, has been carried on with tyranny, carrying blight, ruin and devas- tation to every section that it touched, and, unless put down by the patriotiam of the freedom loy- ing people in the North, will end in anarchy, before which the deeds of the dark ages will sink into insignificance. 80 Itt TrsatMent or Our Troops.—It was im- possible for any troops to hold out long under the circumstances in which our soldiers were placed at Bull run on the 21st of July. The right wiag had marched sixteen or eighteen miles on a cracker to the battle field, under a broiling sun, and without water. They fought all day without food or water. Human nature could not stand it. Some of the troops bit their lips to cause the blood to flow, in order that they might moisten their parched tongues. Others took handfuls of clay, which seemed to be moist, and put it into their mouths to cool them, Others laid down and panted and foamed Mony, in order to obtain relief from the enemy, surrendered themselves prisoners of war. On the other hand, the Southern troops were well taken care of. Wherever one of them was shot he was found with drink in his canteen and bread and meat in his possession, while the good clothing of the Southern troops put to shame the filthy raiment of our ragged regi- ments. There is no excuse for this while there is so much money at the command of the go- vernment. The effect upon the troops engaged is very bad. %It has demoralized and disor- ganized them. We hope it will be the last time that such treatment of our gallant troops will ever occur. It isfalready once too often. A Hiyr rrom Geverat Beaurscarp To Tay Frperat, GoverxMENt.—In the statement of: Mr. Julius Bing, published among our Washington despatches yesierday, there is a fact which we trust will not escape the notice of the War De- partment. This gentleman, who was taken pri- soner by the rebels at Bull run, but who was liberated on the ground of being a British sub ject, states that he had intended coming back from Manassas by way of Centreville, but was advised by General Beauregard that that route would be dangerous, pee ee he had better go by way of Richmond and’ Nathias Point. whence he could cross to the Maryland side and pro- ceed safely to Washington. Our Washington letters have frequently called attention to the fact that it was by way of Mathias Point, where the Potomac is narrowest, and where small boats ean easily cross unobserved, that the cor- respondence of the rebels with Washington has been carried on. When the Inte Capiain Ward attacked their batteries there, it was said that he had risked too much for a smi) object. That he had not undwiy appreciated the importance of-the position is now moe evident by General Beauregard’s admission, and we would recom- mend to the governm~nt to lose no time in act- now any enterprise of the kind wid be under | ing tpon the hint ».nd stopping all further tran- | This €an no longer be doy RBS - Scovtisa in THe Am.—From the experiments recently made at Washington, an ‘wnpression prevails that ballooning, for scouting yurposes, hae failed. But this we think is incorrect. Bul- loons were used, and with great advantage, for purposes of observation by the French during | the campaign in Lombardy, and the imperfext developement of the science of wronauties lead us to believe that new discoveries of great utility in the navigation of the air are in store for those who devote themselves to the study. By our correspondence from Fortress Monroe it will be scen that La Mountain—the same who undertook the celebrated journey across the continent from St, Louis, and afterwards got caught in a forest in a gale of wind—has been making wrial reconnoissances there with con- siderable success, Directing his glass towards the enemy's position at Sewall’s Point, his ob- servations confirmed the surmises of military authorities as to the erection of batteries or intrenchiments ; for he discovered that a space had been cleared in the woods, where the rebels had thrown up an extensive redoubt facing north, and mounted three guns. In the rear of this intrenchment he counted fifty-two tents, and watched the movements of a number of soldiers. He could see as far as Norfolk, and enumerate all the batteries and guns betweem the fort and that city. From this we infer that he must have aseended nearly a thousand feet, an ullitude so much greater than that from which the Washington wronauts observed—they only having gone up four hundred and six hun- dved feet—that to this cause we chiefly attribute his superior success, A quicker eye and a better telescope may also have had much to do with it. But that ballooning may be turned to very good account for scouting purposes this enterprise of Mr. La Mountain fully demonstrates. Ashe pro- poses to continue his ascensions, his services to the army may be of considerable advantage. Turte Criess.—The guerrilla system of war- fare adopted by the rebels gives to the rifle an importance that renders an acquaintance with its use a matter of vital necessity to our troops. Owing to the difficulty of getting supplies of the weapon fast enough, many of the new regi- ments have been served with it only just pre- viously to their going into action, and conse- quently have not been able to turn it to-as good an account as they would otherwise have done. We might easily provide against the inexperi- ence induced by such causes. When the fear of invasion led to the raising of a large body of volunteers in England, it was felt that some- thing more was necessary to make them pro- ficient in the use of arms than a few hours’ drill- isi meiggnnee Waar Losr ie Bareug of Boi. Run, Mise MANAGEMENT? of WuHISKE??—There is a greaé deal being said in variows quarters as to who was to blame for the defavt of the Union troops at Bull run. Now it is put upon the shoulders of one person, ne'W upom those of another—the . last vietim _ being Colonel Miles, who’ commanded the ra serve. It i$ charged that the disaster is due to bir, be- cause he drank a glass of whiskey during xthe engagement. It is very probable that Ge wasn 6 the only man on the field who drank & glasve f whiskey on that day. By 2!l accounts the rebel, who ‘ere victorious, were brimfull of tLaten+ ticing stimulant, The trut!i is, however, thal although Colonel Miles night’ haye comforted! the inner man, he was quite a® capable of por- forming his duties after it as before. Whiske ¥ 4 in fact, had\no more to do with the defeat than: the muddy water of Bull run. It was caused by the bad management of tho’ commanding officers. Providence wee on the side of ourtveops, and Providence knew that the reconnoiveance in force, attempted as it was, would only lead to greater loss of life if pushed too far.. But the generals did not know that they were defeated. The men knew it wgreat deal better, and they acted accordingly by leaving the ficld in a hurry, to gather strength and wisdom! for an- other and more successful effort. It is all nonsense, however, to be indulging in faultfinding and reorimination, or shifting the blame from this one to that. What we have te do now is simply what Henry Clay once ad- vised the Kentucky hunter to do—‘pick. our flint and try itagain.” Cuma any THE Western Narions.—The British) government has received from its Am- bassador to China reports of the most satisfac- tory: character relative to. the reception of the mission at Pekin. The authorities there had acted ina manner so friendly that there was every prospect of establishing commercial in- tercourse with the Flowery Land on a much bet- ter footing than has hitherto existed. This, while extremely gratifying to Great Britain, is not without advantages to: Western nations generally, and particularly our own country, The moral effect of the recent British victory over the Chinese has paved the way for the ad- vancing civilization of the West, and broker down more than ever those: barriers against foreign intercourse which the Chinese, adhering to their old policy of exclusiveness, strove to maintain. Born of the same race, and speaking: the same language as the English, we shall be received without suspicion and admitted with- ing every week. Rifle clubs for practice were accordingly instituted in every township and parish throughout the United Kingdom, and the result has been a surprising developement of skill in the use of that weapon amongst the English volunteers. The example should be at once acted upon throughout the North. We must neglect no advantage that military science holds out, and as we have te combat an enemy who fights only behind intrenchments or under the cover of ambuscades, we must give our troops the training that qualifies them for that peculiar mode of warfare. Themovement oom- menced by Colonel Berdan will, we hope, be extensively followed, and in order to.give it prompt effect no time should be lost in raising subscriptions for the formation of clube-for rifle practice in every district throughout the Union, out bloodshed to those facilities of trade and transit which the British have acquired only by a succession of wars. It will be strange, too, if we do not command. larger share of the good will of the people than those who have: mowed them down with Armstrong artillery and impoverished them by the exaction of heavy indemnities. Mrs. Generat Gaines ror tHE Ustoy.— A Washington despatch says that Mrs General Gaines has just returned to. that city, from New Orleans, “a strong Uniom woman,” that “she considers the Southern con- federacy already a failure, and says that such. is the general feeling in New Orleans.” We are- inclined to believe in this report ; for Mra Gaines is a very intelligent person and a close observer; and, in her late visit to New Orleans, Tax “Latrie Virwarn” Aqagn in Trousee.—It will be remembered that our Quadrilateral con- temporary has been visiting Fortress Monroe, marching with the army of the Potomac, and dining and wining with General Scott, and that he took advantage of these opportunities of acquiring valuable information to give aid and comfort to the enemy, by revealing the secrets of our fortifications and disclosing the plans of our Commander-in-Ghief. It appears, however, that at General Scott’s dinner his faculties were 80 beclouded and confused by the dust he kicked up in his run from Patterson’s divi- sion to Washington, and by the strength and excellence of the General’s ol@ wine, that he made as great a mess of his report of Gencral Scott’s conversation as he did of hts celebrated easay on the “elbows of the Mincio formed by tbe sympathies of youth.” Colonel Frank Blair, in his speech in Congress on Thurs- day, effectually riddles the “Little Villain’ report, and shows that General Scott’s sta! ments were misreported. Poor Little Villain He offended the whole North by publishing what purported to be General Scott’s plans, and now he has obtained the undying contempt of the rebels by unintentionally giving them false information—not to speak of General Scott’s feelings towards one who attempted to reveal confidential conversations. The Little Villain is a first rate runner, but a bad re porter. His true sphere now is the Union Course, in a pedestrian match against time, What is bad for him, however, is good for the country, and we may congratulate ourselves that the enemy does not know our plans yet. Free Speecu Norra anp Souru.—It it be true that a good cause need not fear discussion, the rebels would seem to have no faith in the jus- tice of theirs. Not only is the expression of Unionist sentiments anywhere within the se- ceded States dangerous to the life of him who utters them, but the mere fact of a man being a Northerner subjects him to impressaaevat, or in case of refusal to imprisonment or expulsion. What a contrast does the North offey in this respect. There are in the free States, at least a dozen journals which are daily adxe gating the cause of the rebels. In the Senate and House of Representatives Messrs. Brecl Anridge and Burnett never lose an opportunity of uttering treasonable sentiments, and tha’, in the name of a constitution which they have, endeavored to destroy. In the capitak unde ¢ the very nose of the government, female gympathizers with rebellion are nightly permit ted to hold recep- tions, which are mere clon’ gs for the assembling of traitors; while in the @ apartments and enjoy- ing the public pay are 1yumbers of disaffected employes, through wih ose instrumentality the rebel leaders are kept, informed of all the plans of the administration. If this be not free speech, we know not wh, is, It certainly argues a confidence which @ bad cause or a conscious nees of weaknev& could not possibly entertain, Geena Scorr’s Sympatums.—The late Ge- ral Orders, No. 13, from General Sgott, in re- gard to the desecration of Mount Vernon by the rebels in Virginia, show very emphatically where General Scott's pda ae are in this war. While he adheres to the Union with the patriotism of a true soldier, he regards this Southern revlion with abhorrence, and his whole beart is in the work to put it down. the terrible pressure upom the South of. the Davis despotism, and its bankrupt treasury, of this war in all its aspects, of the blockade of: the Southern seaboard, the Mississippi river, &c., could not have escaped: her attention and: her searching inquiry into, all. the gloomy mani- festations of this rebellion, passing in solemm review before her, from Tennessee to New Orleans. Before six months are over we hope: that the mass of the people down South will be convinced that their “Southern confederacy isa failwre.”’ Tue Suprims Caprorep at But. Run.— The Southern papers inform us that Jeffi Daxis, on his arrival at Richmond, informe ed@ the public that they had captured pro. visions enough to keep an army of fifty thousand: men for a whole year. Yet, in the face of that statement, we find that two days after the battle Beauregard was so hard pressed for provisiona- that he sent out foraging parties in every direc- tion, with orders to, take by force what they eould not get otherwise: The people, he says, must feed the army. From this ord we mast. either admit that one- year has elapsed since the: battle, or else Jeff. Dawis has told what the peo ple ont West call a “ whopper.” Prince Napolcon. im Philadelphia, &ec. PusLapELrnta, August 2, 1861: Prince Napoleon visitod the Navy Yard, Arsenal and Grey’s Ferry. He will.nat leave before to-morrow. Brooklym City News. Extensive CONVLAGRATION—PARTIAL DESTRUCTION. OF TTR ‘Eupies Or, Works.—About ten o’clock on Thersday night: ‘a fire broke out in, the main edifice of the Empire oit Works, in Smith, street, near Hamilton evenue, which, was not subdued until property to the amount of twenty- five thousand dollars completely destroyed. a Fire Department was promptly on hand, and almost sur perhuman exertions were used to sava-the adjoining buildings. Erfgine Company No. 22 was at work upon the premisea for te hours, and accomplished a great sdeal towards conéming the “flames to, the building. im which the fire originated, The fire, which was coniined to the sowitwest building, raged fiersely all night, and it was not until seven o'clock yesterdty morning that the firemen gained completo mastery ever the flames, and were permitted to go to their howes. The contents of the main Duilding, consisting of four thousand gallons of oil, together with a great deal of valuable macainery, fell, aprey tothe flames. It is said taat there isa partial im surance. on the building and steck, but to what amoum we could not learn, Personal Inte ence. Mrs. Gen. Cadwallader, of Philadelphia; W. W. Ciat aud family, of Ohio; Mr. Ralh and family, of England; W E. Sedgwick, of Lenox; C. W. Brush, of Baltimoro, an James R. Roche, of Washington, are stopping at the Bre. voort House. ee es viscount St. Asaph and Hon. J. roham, of Fog. Pike Tre Wilson and -Axterman Parmenter, of Boston, Mrs.'Don Piatt and family, of Ohio; J. A. Clark, of New orleans; L. L. Nicholson, of the United States Const Sur. vey: Mr. Probasco and wife, of Cincinnati, and Dr. J. Whitridge, of Baltimore, are stopping at the Astor House, Capt. Adams, A. S. Ridgley and C. G. amelie, of the United States Army; James Bailey, of California; G. We Alexander, of St. Lonis; R. F. Lord and family, of Penn Sylvania, and M. E. Tobin, of San Francisco, are stopping at the Metropolitan Hotel. ‘ jon, A. Bratt, of Michigan; M. J. Lord and family and no Hubbard ‘and wife, of California; T. Ewing, of Ohio, Judge Shaler and W.’L. Scott, of ‘Pennsylvania: J. C. Stimpson and George Johnson, of Boston; W. G. man, of Albany, and A. M. Eastman, of New Hampshire, are stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel. _ Bilis and Lient. Archer, of the United States Army: Ne intekley and family, and G. H. Clark, of Hartfords ‘N. Pottor, of New York; K. J. Warren, of Waterbury: ‘of New Haven; C. H. Green, of Utica; J. Ri tat 3. W. Sitamons, of Montreal; use, are stopping at the Lafarge House, “ol. Casey, of the United States Army, and fargily; B. peekios, of New Londoa; Capt. Lunt, of the ship Bunker Hilt; Mrs, RS, Maven and family, Mrs. Moore, R. Pj Johnson, N. H. Linderberger, W. I. Prosser, YM. S 5. L. Meredith, H. J. T. Ronton, and* Messrs, Abbott | of Califo crore, of Arizona; ©. G. to Janerio; Gen. Lykens, and Lieut. Col, Por- \ C.H. White, Of Green Ray, and A. Fel. gat the Astor House. dat the office of Lherbette, la Bourse, up to July 1! B. English and family, Fe S. Talbott, Dr. Gould and lady, 8. A. Burrill and auibted by inquisitive ees, New South Carolina; A Balan ,of Sam brangisge, Covert, of Edward G,