The New York Herald Newspaper, August 5, 1861, Page 8

no just idea of the labor GOR NEW NLAJOR AND BRIGADIER GENERALS: siecebatne ee © crened of 124j8t Getornse | weet and Dis—Drigadicr Curtis, MeCall, She man, Lander, Kelly, by seal Pope, Hointzetman, Porter, Stones ancer, Rosecrans, Bacll, Metge and Foy ain, By tho proceedings of Congres 00 BAW gy aye it wil ‘de seen that among the nusicrous O° + 2y appointments the following names were confirmed ay wyior gud Brigodior Gonorale:—Major Genprals MCW ing Fremont, Dix and Banks, and Brigadier Genes ig payeKor, Curtis, MeCuil, Sherman, Lander, Kelley, “Karmey, Pope, Heintzelman, Porter, Stone, Reynolds | yantor, Franklin, Kosencrans, Buoll, Mansilold, McD’ walt and Meigs. Wo propose to tay before our readey’, y pingraphical sketeh of all these officers, io order ‘(hay use public may know in whom rests Ahe trust of 8@/many valuable lives of our brave goldiors. Tn our edit? on of tho 8th ult. wo published sketches of @ largo nutp per of Generals, among them McClellan, Fre- wont andy Banks. By two advices from Washington we are informed Be McClellan, Generals Hooker, ‘hat Major General Jobn E. Wool, lato com: ‘mwastcr of the Department of the ast, and wecond =™ rank only to Lieutenant General Scott, ip touseame the command or the forces in and ahout Portress Monroe aad Newport News. The powt thus auuigned to General Woo) is of much importance, and has ‘been Bo sadly neglected that it it vearcely to be wondered ‘at hat a veteran of fo much practical expericioe whon)d be’sexigned to ite comariand. Tho career of Major Genera) Jolin Kis Wool is so well and fayorably kvown ‘woroverybody that it i hardly necessary to kay anything ‘Polative to bis snerite. It js sufficient to know Mat be ‘has been in commiseion since 1832, baying ont~ tho ‘ayiny as Gaptain of tho Thirteenth United states infantry; greatly distinguished himself, and was feverely wounded at the assault on ‘Queenstown ‘Heights, Oct. 13,1842; was appeinted Major April, 182%, “broveted Licutenant Colonel for gallant comiuct at Ptetts- burg, Sept. 14, 3819. At the end of the #econd war with Great Britain bo Was retained in tho areay and apported ‘@olome} of the Sixth ipfantey, in May, #15. Sabgeynent- ly ho was msde Inspector General, holding his ran ‘Gulone); April'2@, 1826, for ten years’ faithful servic received the brevet of Brigadier General, and iw Ju WAM he wee appointed Brigadier General in the United Staton Army. Ju February ,1847, General Wool coinmand- ~ed the ccmtral division of the army and united his forces with those of General Taylor, In the battte of Buena Vista General Wool distinguished himself to such an ex. tent thay he thon recoived the rover of Major General. ‘MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE B. WCLELLAN, ‘The Lelegrapk reports that great satisfaction was felt among military men and civilians at Washington that General McCellan was ordered to command the army of The camo satisfaction, says tho Boston We may be not only interesting but usefn), in this vnhappy hour of our wountry, to review the record that makes the confidence so unusually felt iu the ability and judgment of thie dis." the Potomac. Post of the 2th uit., is expressed hero. Ainguished military leader, George B. McCletlan, the gon of an eminent physician of Philadelphia, was born in that city, December 3, 1820. At the age of Fixteon, or in 1842, he entered the West Poiut Academy, and graduated in 1848, at the ago of On the Jet of July, of ‘thie year; is title was Brevet Second Lieutenant of En- ‘twenty, at the heal of his clase, Kineore. This was the period of the Mexican war, and McClellan, about the age of Alexander Hamilton when he began to show extraordinary abHity, was called into active cervico. Congress (May 15, 1846) had: passed an act adding a com- pany of cappers, miners and pontoniers to the corps of engineers, and McClellan was made Second Lieutenant in this company. Col, Totten names with warm approba- tron his great exertions, with two others, in organizing ‘and drilling this corps. Ae the recruits assembled at ‘West Fomt they were at once put into a course of active @riM ax infantry and of practical instruction in making the different materials usod in sieges, running saps and forming panton bridges; and @rough tho oxertions of Mree officers only, wheu they sailed from West Point Sept. 24), saventy-one #trong, the Colonel says they were “sim admirablo discipline.” This company was first ordered Yo report to Genera! Taylor, and went to Camargo; but were then ordered to countermarch to Matamoros, and umn of Patterson. Here Captain switt Jeft in the hospital, and from that move with the sinetoon men wer time until a few days ‘company was under othor ofilcer, Lieuter Colonel ‘Totten Rays, company , then reduced ta forty-five ¢ great amount of work upon roady. fords, &.,n8 it did in Proceeding thence to Tampico, when it ‘formed, with one fore the landing at Vora Cruz the tenant Smith, whe had but one McClellan. ¥** During the march,’ 19 Vitoria fron a company of the Third and one of the Seventh infantry, a Bloneor party, under Captain Henry. of tuo Third infuut detailed reparts of these Jabors exhibit the greatest efficiency and excellent discipline under severe and trymg etroumsiances, Lieutenant Stnith having then but one @facor, Lioutenant McClellan, under.his command.” Calonel Totten, at Vera, Ctuz, saw this company now Fejoined by its captain, land with the first line Deach under General Worth, and its ¢ervice here. img the sicgo of Vera Cruz,” Colonel Totton sa; as witness to the great exertions aul eervice of (his cum , Animated by and emulating the zealand devotion of it# excellent officers, Lieutenants Sinith, McClellan and Foster.” Until tho surrender of the Castle, Lientenant MoChellan was engaged in the most severe and trying daties, in opening paths and roads to facilitate the invest. ment, in covering reconnoiseunces and in the unceasing Wil aud hardship of the trenches. “The total uf the sompany,”” Colonel Totten writes, “waa so small, and do mands for its aid so incessant, that every mail may be maidvta bave been constantly on duty with gcareely a so- ment for rest and refreshment.” Captain Swift was still Yo ili for such labore, and died soon afterwards; but, Dolone! Toten remarks, the other officers directed “ihe Operatians of the siege with ansurpassed intelligence apd geal.’ Such is the plain and truthful record of the ear Most war experience at tha age of (wenty, of the noble soldier, who is now the Genera! of the Army of the Po- tomac, aad whose star is fixed in the American constella. n. Let the mext stage forward be rolated in the official words of Colonel Totren:— “Severe labors fol a the surrenderof Vera Cruz and ite castle, and aecompanied the march to the battle of Cerro ‘doin which the com: n Various parts of id, its gallantry tered the city of Jalapa with the ad vance @ Teiga’s division, and Puebla with the advance of Worth’s. During the pause et the Intter piace, te in- struction of:zhe company in its appropriate studies aod exercises wes rerun by ite per: nd zealous officers, and aseistance was given by all irs of es. Marching from Puebla General Twigg's divicion, the company was joined to General Worth at Chalon, and arrived infront of xan Agtonia on she 18th of August, having greatiy assisted ip clearing ‘the road af obstructions placed by the enemy.” : ‘The on the 19th. was ordered to take @he head e's column at. St. fu - Vice of the company way vow noble ail along in the@Mliqel reports, eters freras, Gonexel Twigus, on dise * naturally steqng position, with by Zaanded “appreach in every dirents Seo engineers to reconnyltre, one of whan ». “The ser- ts mpecified day of €on mg his eneany RWOrKS thy was Laut MeClellue. They wore stopped by the Mexican pickets, , Bed their horses. suo! under thent aud were mest 9 return, The actian.200n commeneed—the battle of Gon trorae—in which Lieutenant MeCietlan was vith Magen der’ battery, winich reuder id splendid garviee Menvionmg McOellay s ry (ieut. Reno bemg detached e rockelé) with Jadgment and . success, itil it be- fame mo disabled as do require xi Fer Sient MoCieljea’s officieney gad ntry in this affiie, L pre. wrable consideratwn of the. Jgbi. of exposure to a pitiless fought the next diy, August 39, the yusco, and that fine soldier, Gen, Pers: nich, thas completes the record of | MeCiellag-— Smith, in comppand of fie engineer company, ‘eilan, his ul istinguiehed thes: , whole af the thi actiOus, Aothing seqyed wo thom too bold to be undertaken, OF tos Mifficult, ta bo executed, and thelr services aa ongineers Were as valuable as those Uiey rendered in badtle at the head of their gallant men.” For suey conduc on that day McGiellgis was brevetted Firat Liewouant peutenani clian was brevetted captain for gaijant and s.eritorigug gonduct in the uext vattic, EL Molago dl Roy ,tut declining, he was still Lieutenant on the pr ¢, and the Genorgs-in-Chyof, nan uses these wurde: peare in the oficial reports con son ‘ed’ find most arduois seryicn, On the Suight of the ath of Sept Captaja Lee and Lieuten: | ans Tower, Amith and weClelian, with a company of sap- ) pers 0 te establiehing Ustteries a; { were ertively served during the nest were ES icth was the,da, Aoniguan long Gators caveat " re daybreak ofthe 1th was in the geld, and Major Sueith, cf the engineer ee) thye says of his sporti Wak —“Atethwee o'elock party of the eappers ye £0 dhe Ini vent in ud- vence, and found it magoupied. Lieutenant MocleHan advanced with e party jute the Alnwpada, and reported at ylight thet no enemy was to FS ‘The sap- then moyed Gorward, and tad hed two aquarKe Le id the Alumida, when 'y were recajjod, ia Qampany was wwler gedtior Liontenant Forth, and was engaged during the day jn util theew oolock it the afternom, And pariiculeris tn breaking Into houses with cyowbare aud axes Major Smith eaysi—Lieutenant MeUollen bad comand of company for atime in the afternoon, white Liewavan m. rea wu Bmith was searching for powder to be used in biow ing ep | rod upoh cou | “Houses from which ovr troops bad been tray to the usages of war, During thtw time, waile ad. waue.ng the company, he reached a strong position, but found hire}! opposed’ to a large force of tho enemy: He had 3 conflieg with this force, wich lasted some time; but the advantage afforded by bis position cuabled him at length to tee it ff, after having killed more than twenty of ite aomber, > Such i the officia) “cord of MeClelan, 0 far as brilliant ‘special'service is conce, "Ned. This, however, can convey Reet Helkink bend was born im ihe vicinity of Wheeling, He ii whit Is wt (ng way, i uno men; anid » >, Mexieo, term of [nervices-~' iam it erie engineer company ite orpanizal : tbe alone of Vera Cruz, and iu all the battles of Ge Scott's tharch to the elty of Mexiev.’? ‘The com] this city May 23, 184%, marched to Vera Cruz abi at Wost)Point on the 224 of June, Lieutanant McClellan was brevetted Captain for gallant and moritorious conduct in battle at Chopultenee, and the following yoar (1848) saw hit comm ier of this great company of sappers and wMhers and} oniers. He con. Vinued hero untit L851, but the militar, routine Was Wy, enough for him. Daring this period he translated $* on, the French, which he knows thoroughly, a manual ‘which has become the text book of the service, and iN eduecd the hayouet exercise into the army. Caplain McClellan's next service was to supe eintend the construction of Fort Delaware, in the fall of “7851; m the apring of 1852 he was assimned to duty unde y Major Marey in the expedition that explored the Red yjyer; and then ordered a8 gentor engineer to Texas on 1'ng staff of Gene- ral P. F, Smith, with whom he was ev gaged in surveying the rivers and harbors of that Stato, Captain MeCleitun, in the next y@ ar, was one of the en- gincera who worenrderad to ma¥.g explorations and #ar- Veysto ascertain the most pra gablo reate for a railroad trom the Mississippi river to th,¢ Pacite Ocean ; and among other duties, He made the r# connofsance of the Yakine Tass among the Rocky Wountaing and the most direct toute to Puget Sound, "Ge, war ussociuted in the explora. tion of the Yorty-keyenth and forty-minth parallels of sorth latitude with Goversor Stevens, of Oregon, ‘The Secretary of, War, Jefferson Davie, in his offeial report tg Oongress, says of MeClellan’s services — “Tho examination of tho approaches and pastes of the Cascate Mountains, made vy Captain MeCleihen, corps pt ‘engineers, preeents a reconpoinsence of great yalia, ‘avd, thonga performed under adverse cirenmstan- ces, exhibits wil the fnformation necessary to determme tha practicality of this portion of the reute, anc reflects the highest ceedit on the capacity and reeourees of that officer.” ‘Nor was this the whole gervico of this indomitable pmblic servant, In this report, itn cloxing ‘words, Sceretary Davis eaye:—'Captain Mecielkm, of ’ the “corp of engineers, after the completion of his field operations, war directed to visit various taitroads, and to collect information and facts es: plistitd in the’ construction and working of existing Is, 4o serve as data in detertaining the practicability of comstructing and working roads over the several routes explored, ‘The results of his inquiries will be found in a. : mable memoir herewith submitted.” Fo this engineering service succeeded, for three years, ocher duties which largely raised the repntation of Cap: tain Moviellan. After exec et service in (he West Indies and rece! f States Cavalry he was appointed one of a military com- mission of three officers, proceed to the Crimea and Northern Ruesia for observ his report “On the Organiza the 0) : st Point; in at We al eft, And now, as there was no call by hie country for ser- vice inthe Geld, he resigned (2857) his position in the army and beeame # simple American citizen; but still Kept, as it were, in the line of hig profession of engineer, for Le bocame Vice President and Engineer ef the Mlinois Contral Railroad, Having served here three years, so much valued were his services that he beeams Superintendent of the Ohio and Mississippi Raih which capacity he was acting when the present unhappy strife brake out, and ho ‘wast tondered. the f General of the OhioSiate forces, and a hittle later Governor tin, of Pennsylv: endeavored to secure his ces in organizing the volunteers of that State, Fe accepted, however, tho earliest offer of Obio, and he very promptly organized the railitia of that State in @ mam So original and officiont ag t t the warmest enco. jue: and perhaps no Ste ihe Union has a citizen iery bidding fairer to keep the people true to the duties “of both citizen and soldier at dhe saine time as Obio under Uhts system Bnt £0 thoroughly had General McClellan demonstrated that he was a scientific soldier, that on the 14th day of May he was tendered a commission in the United States Arty as Major Generel, and he was assigned the Depart meni of Ohio, with # wide district, imcding Western Virginia. His work since tie 27th of May, when with a portion of his command Re entered Virginia, is too well known to need more than @ passing reference, His sue cons has been rapid and complete, while the moble words that he has uttered in iis proclamations have been adnii rably cstentated to appeal to that mysterious power, which, in the long run, mast be the arbiter in-this cout. try—publie ophitor Such is the record which an officer—yet but thirty. five—hus made of service to his country. Jt show: domitable energy, untiring industry, and rare resource, But Bomething elte js” requ make euch a commuender as the hour demande—the rare ner to command met; aud this General MeCiellan as because be 8 himself a whole-sonled man, and has the power of utellect, His private life is as Deautiful as his puvtio career has been beth brilliant and solid; and though he moves quietly and with no preten- sion ‘im tho ardinary business circle, yet in the battle field, when all his energies are roused, he shows that genius for war that prompted the upreseryed tributes of admiration that are Seon m official reports, General MeCleilan’s work in Virginia has commanded a like admiration from the country. Ho has held, at va- rious polite, thirty thourand troops under him, and he has bad them ever at the right time in the right place, General Sevtt marched from Puebla with Jess than eleven thousand rank and file, ‘There we five hun. dred m the battlo of Contreras; but thirty-three hand at Molino del Rey; and but six thougand in the entrance into Mexico, So that General MeCiellan bad under him, in his late command , $6,000, three times the number of troops that Genera! Scott bad at Contreras, ‘The work dono in Western Vigcinia so splendidly is, at least, aw we as the country ean have, that General ily capable of Ieading on (riumpbantly the the Potomac, GENERAL JOHN ADAMS DIX, Who, by his memorable order, “It any ono atiempte to bau! dow Stripee, shoot bim-on the spot,” onde y American heart, bas been con firmed by the ous Majer General, and is at present in command of Uko-Depiar tment of Maryland , having super- seded General Banks. General Dix is now in his eixty- third year, having been born at Boscawen, N. H., in 1798. From Irs youth upwards he has been an active, ardent, patriotic citizen, In the war of 1812-16 he commenced service On the frontier as an ensign, and subsequently acted as adjutant of a battalion, Ata later period he Was aid-de-camp to General Brown, commander-in-chief of the army. Having married, and trayetied extensively abroad, he established himself, about the year 1828, wyer, at Cooperstown, N. ¥., and becoming 1 with the democratic party ho goon turned ntien to polities. In 1830 Gov. Throop appointed him Adjutant. General of the s In January, 1883, he was appointed $ ate, and was, by virtue of it charge of the vast 8 of intennal improvement of New York, and also of ‘ated fnanojol ‘afuirs. Whilo he was in office msirueted, the enlarg J, and the network of railways © © Was JUSt SLarLing into oxistense, Haviug been out-of office for some me, ho was a member of Assembly, In 1642, from Albany county, and in tho winter of 8840 waa cheson to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate, caused by the election of Silas Wright a8 Governor. He reiained in this new ticld til March 4, 181, and bore a distinguished part ing tho ‘great questions of that stormy e annexation of Toxas, the war with Mexico, the joint occupation and dispated boundary of Oregan and wer of Congress over slavery inthe Territories the Senate bo was chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and ug member ef the Committee on Mili tary Aduirs. He brought m a bill for reciprocal freedom of trade with the Brtish provinces—eubstantially like thet parsed six yearn later—und supported tt in two apeeebes, whieh display an intimate acquaintanos with the trade and resources.of both countries He was the author af the fet detining tho deticy and reducing the salaries & offivers of the customs in tbe large ports The divisions in the democratic party of New York, arising out of the slavery question, rendered kis re-election to the Senate impossible, and be was sucoceded by Mr. Seward Having taken an active part in 1862 in favor of the elec Lion of Mr. Pierce to the Presidency, his immediate frients an the demecratic pariy desired ‘that he sbouid be ap quinted Secretary of State, aud ho was at firsteelected for tbat post by Mer. Pierce. But ditfealties sceming to arise ia the mind pf the President eluct, General Dix was in dugad to decisge in favor of Gevernor Marcy. He after ward accepted iu 1863, 48 @ temporary employment, the pest f Asnistand Treasuger in New York city. From that perxm! until 1869 General Dix was acen- pied,iu practising tw. President Buchanan appointed Lim Podienaster of thie city, in place of Isaac V. Fowler, whosbo. that tine Yhad “ubsconded. General Dix was appoluteéSveretury a? the Treasury, after Howell Cobb seceded,” and jn (hat position be uttered the noble enpimertLgacted in the vommencmens of Uiis sketch. Aftor the fall of Fort Yq ter, when our inerchante or gapized the Goion Defencd Commilties, General Dix wi \oqnitoounly glected as chairman, but being appoi oneet the Major Gencrala of tho New Yor’ es, he was compelled to\ reign is connection with the committee, &'though he ramained in his ity jo a “quasterly sate’ of inactivity’ until with a rhert’period, when be wag tually called upon togro ed to Washington gnd assume a pesition. The port he we 2 commander of the Department of Maryland is ust irpyertant fn the ses Vice, but Gen. Dix is oute all the duties that are re fullest watiafa ction of his superior — of him to th due brigadier generals appointed by \ the Prerident and confirmes hy she Seuaie thee far geen’, have been ge leeved, nod fox their pofitinel influence, bixt for thetr milt- {ary cupaeis, Among the firet named’ on the list we time GENHRAL Be. Céime) B. P. Kelly it @ native of Ohio county \Virginia, ” afty tive years of age. He is well known and bighhy ¢8- teomed i Virginia, in Ohio end Philadelphia, where\ for the past fre of six years be bes held the position of. t of thé Baitinore and ‘Ohio Raitread. For @ member of" years bi ues Colonel of a Virginia militia regiment and on the beeing out of the rebellion he was called te the command of § Joyal regiment. He reccived tho firat intimation by tog Wapb, and left Philadelphia aud hig porition as railroad a Sent the very Next day. His gajtant Glacrity is the more no, #ble from the fact that his relations th Virginie are nearly at: croeasionists., On his arrival at Whoe:.'0g) "Colonel Kelly's regisaent went into enet iat ones ovekting dispersing hele, re aby to Philipp, in company with Colouel ast night, tia Voinntders. “at PLuipp, Whe”. eeitton's Jadt: wore gutprised and roated, © etal t waa here that Colone) of the Hon, Judge Gorhous; of W . ranks, worthig. ie has a som a volunteer in the Tafa National Guard, of Foliedeiphie; another rls in nd 6 ari f other ‘ao, Pee Petia, sna (Be rest are we GENERAL PHILIP KEARNEY {AD tive of New York, and xt present abont forty-five Y® re off aye. He entered the Academy at Weet Point be ‘fove he had attained his majority, and graduated in 1837 On the dth of March of that year he recetved his commis sion as decond Lieutenant of the First Dragoons, and was promoted to first lieutenant in July, 1239. In Nuyember 1840, Genera) Macom) appointed Liontenant Vearney #id- de camp, and from December, 1841, to April, 1845, he acted in the game capacity to General Seow, Before the Mexican war he was one of acommission sent abroad to inspect ihe armies of France andother Euro. pean Powers, with the view of importing their improve- ments, In the Mexican war his gallantry was fully mani fested. His splendid squadron of cavalry -wore the ad- miration of the army,and at their head he charged upon the enemy, retreating ito the gates of Mexico, with a fury ond» boldness which guve him the standing of the American Murat. As ho rushed ouwards, at this time, @ cannon ball carried away his bridle erm. For his za! lantry then, ant efore m thes highly honorable mention oy Uh who lotds him inthe highest estimation, and was pro- noted to be Major. * After the war Major K. «vas fora while in California, and then, resigning, went to Europe and travelled for some time. We believe ho was in some capacity con- nected with the Crimean war; but are sure that when the war of Italy broke out ne offered kis services on the side ‘of France and Sardtuia, and acted as aid-de-camp to one of the French marshals at Solferino. ‘Thore is no cavalry officer in tho American army who hag geen more service, been more distinguished, or has a higher reputation for dashing bravery. ‘On the Yh of October, 1851, Major Kearney resigned hix commission in the army, and since then he hes apo Grafton aud 1 Dee em © ma Lae ¥ntered the Military State, and graddated in 1827. ‘ he was breveted Second Lieutewant In the Savent, Caited | States infanty, which position he re~\yued of the 30th of Jone, 1892, Im Apri, 1937, >~ was appointed Chief En- ginoer of the Muskingw”. jtivar Improvement, which po- NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1861. 14) ae wt Weed “on the tat of duiy, 18%, Por Sol foun, | satay = emi . Axmmoxe Me oie sition he held twa Yeors andone month, after which ho tdi gf nic hp roprydi = rolp-omyain ear a remainibg, ws such until 1846. When the war wi once Moxico broke out the Second Ohio twelve months Volun- ereneey wie re ee cosy, en Jor torr oectod him as their Colonel, where he served with pi who oe five A) the oar ‘abd itive listinet from Ju to 1847. After hie | sober was able to come out safe. battle a aiecharie c sonal Curie Roecg ‘Aci ae aetgnt Adjutant | lish Gtneral took 1,100 prisonera aud fifteen ploces of eum. jeueritl to Brigadier General John B. Wool. On his re- | ban not to say aus thing of (be oF dona lett cm the turn from Mexico the then admiutetration appointed Colo- | Old. Every temperance eng tiy Sh best . nel Curtis Civil and Military Governor of Saltillo, Mexico, | One temprance soldier is wor! drun! menor tye in 184%, He was afterwards Chief the Des tine... Ho.aliuded next to the boats Alena aeeaiaes roines River Improvenient. (owa), until 1860, At | Where, as one of the men who formed the forlorn hope travelled abroad, When ‘he found that his country’s tle was in danger he instantly returned from France, ar offered his valuable xervices to off government, which inly accopted. General Kei is a fon: of Philip iT Req... of Newark, No J. nephew of the late Major General Stephen Watis Kearney, Governor of Cali- fornia from Mareh 1, 1847, to June, 1887. BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM §. ROSE. ORANS, who succeeds Major Gencral McClellan in command of Western Virginia, is trom Ohio, He entered the Military Academy at West Point in 1838, and graduated in 1542, receiving an appointment as second Keutenant in the 6 gineers, Ho war Acting Asristant Professor of Enginee ing at West Point from September, 1854, to August, 1844 ot Natural and Experimental Philogophy the sacceoding year, again of Engineering for a year, and Assistant Pro- fessor UN 1847 as commissioned first Heutenan! March, 1853, and resigned in 1834, since whieh: time’ he has been in civil fife, nntii the breaking ont of the war (his spring. He at once offered his services to the goveru- ment, and be wax assigned an important position nnder Gonoral MeCiellan, who requested hi# appointment as a man in whom he had the inghest confidence. His conduct in the late campaign in Western Virginia shows that (his confidence not misplaced. General Rogencranz is about forty years of age. BRIGADIER GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER, A native of Massachurette, graduated from West Poing in 1963, and received his appointment of second iieuto. nant July 1, 1887. In February, 1888, he was appointed Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, and promoted to a first lieutenancy, November, 1898. From July to Octo- ber, 3841, he acted as Adjutant at the Mi- | BRIGADIER GENERAL MONTGOMERY CUN- litary Academy, and from September, 1841, to May; 1845, he ranked as regimental Adju- tant. On the 23d of September, 1346, he was breveties Captain for gallant conduct in several conflicts at Monte rey, Mexico, while Axl-de-Camp to General Han: March, (847, he was appoited Assistant Adjutant Gene- ra}, with the rank-of Captain, brevetted Major for gallant and meritorious condnet in the affair at the Natfonal Bridge, Mexico, June 11, 1847, and on the 13th. Septens ber, 1847, Major Hooker received the brevet of Lieuten- ant Colonel for gallant and weritorions conduet in the battle of Chapultepec. In October, 1848, he relinguished his rank in line, and lived in retirement until called upon again todo battle in his country’s cause. General Hooker mn his new sphere will, no doubt, de eredit to the porition and trust reposed in bin, 2 BRIGADIER GENERAL FREDERICK W. LAN- DER Tha native of Massachusetts, and althongh not a graduate of any military academy, he is nevertheless a thorough going soldier, and aman of the most undanated courage and valor, fn 1869 and 1860 Colonel Lander was, the Sa perintendent ofthe overland wagon road, and his expedi- tion against the Indians was fraught with the happiest resulte, What oar mfautry, with their disetpline and steel coukd not accomplish, Colonel Lander achieved , vin:— Their entire eubjagation and obedience to the govern. nent, Resides the publicity gained by Colonel Lander by bie successful completion of the wagon road to €alifornia, the | BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM BENJAMIN econding of Mr. Potter, who was challenged to mortal combat by the braggadocio of Roger A. Pryor, of Virginia, and who refused to face the formidable weapon proposed ‘by Mr. Potter, viz:—The bowie knife, ‘On the 7th of March 1860, Colonel Lander had a ren. contro with W. M. P. Magraw, of Missouri, frelght von- tractor and superintendent of Uke overland ’ wagon route. In the winter of 1859 Colonel Lander, while in the ro tunda at Willard’s Hotel, was uttacked ‘by Magraw trom behind and strack four terrible blows before te could reach his assailant, when Lander beat Magraw wumerei- fuliy, util puiled off by tho bystanders, Mayraw went West, and, while Catonot Lander was ab- rent in the Rocky Mountains, stated in St. Louis that he had whipped him in the fight, and at the same time ap- plied opprobrious epithets to him. Direetly after the occurrence, Magraw sent two gentle men to Colonel Lander, begging him not to renew the difficulty, which bad originally grown ont of Magraw’s refusal io fight Colonel Lander ® duel, or make required apolog: Eubsoquently Colonel Lander roturned to Washington, whore be met Magraw in front ot Kirkwood’s, Cs Later was accompanied by Major Yates, the geutlemt to whom Magraw boasted of having whipped Lander. Tho Colonel demanded an explanation, which Magraw anawered by pulling a revolyer. Nothing dawnted by the sight of the Weapon, although he was uharmed, Colonel Lander offered to meet Magraw, and his antagonist armed, which was refused. Aft sUgmatiome Wasa liar, a thief, &e., Colonel Lan- © proprictor of Che HoteLand walked r the honor of his State he would pons, though he would fight any him, with or w Me der apuieg ized away. He said over carry conc h General ght wt Rich Mor of our forces, notwithstanding a shower of bul his presence as goon as discovered by Lie enemy, which ‘tid not seem to make any dinpression on the gallant eol- dier, BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN POPE. Tho appointment of John Pope as Brigadter General bas hwen confirmed by the Senate, Mev ig a native ct Ken tucky and graduated at Weet Point in 1838; was brevot First Lientenant in the topographical engineers in July, 1842; was also brevoted First Meutenant for gallant and meritorious conduct at Monterey, and afterwards brevet- ed captain for his gallantry at the baitie of Buena Vista, where he received the special commendation of his kupe” rior officers, He is stationed in Missouri, and has com- mand of an important division, His movements thus ar show that he is worthy of the trust placed In bun, GENERAL FITZJOHN PORTER, Whose tame is alko among the recent confirmations of the Senate as Brigadier General, 1s a native of Now Hamp- d about forty-two years ef age, Hegraduated at >: Point in 2841, was Dreveted Second Licutenant in the Fourth Artiliery on the Ist of July, 1845, First Lioutonant in 1847 and breveted Oaptuin for gallant and meritorious conduct jn the battle of El Molino del Rey Six days Jater he was vreveted Mator (or bis gal lantry during the battle of Chepultepoc, and afterwards wounded at De Bolen Gate, in the capture of Mexieo, has beld the position of Assistant Instructor 1 the Mili tary Academy pince 1849, and waa at the battle of Bull ron, acting Major General in command of one of the divisions of the “+ Onward to Richmond”? army. BRIGADIER GENERAL ARCHIBALD McC ALL’ This gaint officer is @ native-of Pennsylvania, att gradvated at West Pont in 1818; was promoted ¢o Second Lieutenant af the Virat infantry io July, 1822, oud in fe. cember of the same year appointed to the same powition in the Fourth infapiry. He was advanced to the First Liewtenaney in January, 1829, and appointed Assistant Commissary of Subewtence sn the latter part of the eamo year, whigh position he beld vptil April, 1832, when he was appointed ald.te-camp te Major Goneral Cates, which’ position he held until 1836, acting a portion of tho time as Assistant Adjutant General. Hoe distinguished himself ‘under Colovel Worth in the Florkia war, Ho was ono of the most active officers in the Mexican war, and perform- ed no unimportant part in shat campaign. He was bre- Licntenant . Colonel Palma; was. appointed Fourth inf General, with rank OF Colonel, i180.“ Mehgs not deen ears, hav been engaged as a railrowd engineer, nt was cail out dy ‘the’ authorities of Pennayl vania, who placed him im charye gibt ‘large pescr¥e Major and for bravoey 4 proved ofeeii effect. and distingulslied gerviovs porfueraod at Palo Alto aid | thw Terale vot tho Rasaca do le pointed Maior in the } that the uation world be fantry in December, te47, whem hy relingniehed | which itwoakt be eventually purlfed, They his ntef appointment and wae udvanted w {nspootor | more Christian influence ix the ariny,“aud to begin ithe connected with the army Curiug the last gvo or three | bo made to know that those who ' Union army: and we do rejoice the eall for volunteers on the 16th of April, by President Lincoin, Col, Curtis organized a regiment. in Towa, ani huss sino acted as Brigadior General. Th the skitmiahes cut West be as been frequently heard from. He will, no doubt, be alowed to remain where he has already geen rervico in defence of the Union, the coustitution and the enforcement of tha Inws. BRIGADIER GENERAL DAVID HUNTER Is @ bative of the District of Colunibia, and graduated from the Militery Academy at West Point in September, 1818, Bled, That if two or moro, persgas Abaregy al rae appointed Be tho } Tervitor; he United States shall conspire together to Tay TREC Kppointes Second Dipaeeiat Im oxerthren, oF to put down, or to destroy by force tho Vitth infantry, and Viret Lieutenant in June, 1628. government of the United States, or to levy war against, In March; 1843, ho was appointed Captain in the Firat | the United States, or to oppose by farce the authority of drapyoons, and on the 4th of Juty, 1830, he resigned his | the government of the United Slates, or by force to pre- commission In the army, having removed to Ilinois, | vent, hinder or delay the execution af any law of the Krom sil to 1941 Capt. Hunter was temporary pay- | United States, or by force to selge, take or poaseas any inaster, and on the 14th of March, %842, he received the | property of the United States against the will or contrary full appotntment of paymaster, In the advarice into Vtr- | to the authority of the United ‘Buutes, or by force or in- ginia Col. Hunter commanded division, and at the battle | timidation or threat to prevent any person from accept- of Bull ru Le was severcly waunded, ing or holding any office or trust or place of confidsncs a under the United States, eaeh and every person no offend BRIGADIER GENERAL SAMUEL P. HEINT- | ing shall be guilty of ahigh crime, and upon conviction ZELMAN theroof in any district or circuit court of the United Js a native of Pennsylvania, and catered the West Poing States having jurisdiction thercof, or district, or supreme court of any Territory of the Unled Btates having juris Academy in 1823. He was brevebed Second Lieutenant July 1, 1826, jp the Third infantry, and transferred to tho diction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less Secoud infuntry jn 1827. ‘March 1838, he was promoted to than five hundred dollars and not moze than five thou- sand dollars, or by imprisonment, with or without hard Jabor, as the court shall determine, for a period not less a Frrst Lieutenaney, and acted as Assistant Commissary | than six months nor greater than six years, or by such cf Subsistence to April 1846. In July, 1838, Lieutenant Heintzelman was appoitited Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, In June 1646, he relinguished his fine and imprisonment. stafappointment. On the 9th of October, 1847, Captain Approved July 81, 1861. NEWS FROM THE SOUTH, Heitzelman was breveted Major for gailant and merito- ious conduct in the battle of Huamautia, Mexico. Ashort DEAD BODIES OF OFFICERS TAKEN TO CHARLESTON, ‘On Friday afternoon a special train by the Northeastern Railroad brought toCharloston the rvinaing of Generals time after Major Heintzehnan was appointed Colonel, and | Hee and Bartow and Lieutenant colonel Johnson, with in the last cammiaig be corumanded a division of thirteen | taining the remaing of the dead was covered with a large rogiments, among them tho New re Zovaves, and | Wilting the 1 oe < bea oy Rayne’s rified siege gus, Colonel Heintzetman was wound. | Covferlerate flag, and wreaths of evergreens, palmetto and ed at the battle of Bull run, bat not mortally. He has proved himself a thorough going eoldier, and is highly ro- specied by all of his acquaintances, magnolia, Arrived in the city, there was an immense civic and military reception and funeral gervices; all the BRIGADIER WM. TECUMSEH SHERMAN ‘Was born in Ohio, from whence he entered as a cadet at stores were closed throughout the city, the bells tolled, the shipping displaying their fluys at half’ mast, shrouded Wost Point in 1836, and graduated in 1840. On the Ist of July of the same year he was commissioned Second Lieu- incrape, and the bodier deposited on biers in the City Hall, around the statue of Cathoun, the Charleston Rifle- tenant in the Third artillery, and promoted to Firgt Licu- ant in November, 1841. Me was subsequently ap- men and Washinglou Light Infantry bing detailed as « pointod acting assistant adjntant general to the Tenth body guard of honor, The remains of General Bartow wore taken on to Savannah, while those of General Bee Military Department in 1847. For meritorions conduct while ih service in California, during the Mexican war, he and Colonel Johnson wero borne to St. Paul’s ehurch where the Episcopal funeral services were portormed by hev Me. Gudsden), and afterwards commitied to mother earth in Magnolia Cemetery. THE VIRGINIA ALIEN ACT. The subjoined is the act of the Virginia Convention, Teeeived the brevet of Captain on the 50th of May, 1648, | Which caused tho resignation of some oltcera in the de” and appointed commissary of kubsistenoe in September, 1860, With the rank of Captain, During the progress of ja towkirds Manassas Col, Sherman wi in his brigade. General Sherman is @ ulier General, having the Seventy-ninth New brother of Senator Sherman, of Ohio, A collection was then taken wp for the distribution of tracts, and with singing and @ blessing the meeting separated, é THE BILL TO PUNISH CONSPIRACY. The following is the act to punish conspiracy, ap- proved by the President on Wednesday :— Bo it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of America in Congress assem- bled, That if two or more ng within any State or partments at Washingtan, on Wednesday — 1. Be itordained, That‘any citizen of Virginia holding office under the government of tho United States after the Slat of July, 1861, shall be forevor banished from this State, and is declared an alien enemy, and shall be so con- si citizen of Virginia who may hereafter undertake to represent tho State of Virginia in. the Congress of the United States, in addition to the penalties of the preceding section, shall be deemed guilty of treason, and his pro- perty shat, upon information by the Atwordey General, in any court of this Commonwealth, be confiscated to the use of the State. NINGHAM MEIGS fs a native of Georgia. He entered the academy at West -| Point in 1832, and was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Firet. artillery, July 1, 1636, In August, 1836, he was transferred to the Engineer corps, to First artillery in December, 1836, again to Engineer corps in October 1837, and appointed First Lieutenant in July, 1838. Captain Meigs hasbeen actively engaged at Washington, super- int ing the Capitol extension, and he it was that rein- forced Fort Pickens, He has since then been acting in the capacity of Quartermaster General, in which depart- ment he evinced great judgment and capability. BRIGADIER GENERAL DON CARLOS BUELL, Of Ohio, entered as cadet in 1837, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Third infantry Suly 1, 1841. In June, 1846, ho was appointed First Lieutenant, and on the 23d of September, 1846, for gallant and mesitorions con- duct in a severe conflict at Monterey, Mexico, Lieutenant Buell was breveted Captain, Tn 1847 aud 1848 he acted as adjutant, greatly distinguishing himself in the batWeat The August Term of the Law Courts. . With the exception of the federal courts, which have been much occupied with prize oases and privateers, very littie business will be transavted this month. ‘The opinions of Judge Botts in the severa! cases argued before Rim during the last term are anxiously looked for, Obituary. LIEUTENANT DOUGLAS RAMSAY, UNITED STATES ARMY, Among the slain at Bull run we have to announce the name of Douglas Ramsay, of the First regiment United ‘States Artillery, bearing a lieutenant’s commirsion. Fain would we indulge the dictates of a monrnful heart in pay- ing some taibute to the merits of the galinut deceased, but we falter in the attempt to portray in adequate tarma his admirable qualities. | Born in the citywof Washington, son of Captain William Ramsay. of the United States Navy, Cerro. Gordo. He’ reveived the brevet of and descended from amoug the most respected families of for gollaut aud meritorious condact jn the bat- | Virginia, ho inherited ati uo hgh toned feelings of their tle of Contreras aud Churubusco on tho 20th of | time, and earned, by every action of his life, the reputa- tion of an accomplished gentleman as well as that of a meritorious officer. Having, been appointed into the regular service, his sphere of usefulness has been chiefly on the fronticr, in Texds, where he made himset conspicuous by’ his strict devotion to duty and martial bearing; at the same time endearing himecif to his associates and men by his ami- able disposition. On the occurrence of our political dift- eultics, happening to be at the North, he was promoted and assigned to duty with Ricketts’ battery, of which he was the first lieutenant, Though‘his aspirations by asso- ciation and connection were all Virginian, he did not he- sitate to obey his country’s call, regarding the Union"and constitution as his liege suvereign, which he had sworn to support, and placed himself in the foremost rank in defence of the Stars and Stripes be so ardently loved. Hearing that Ricketts’ battery had been taken by the eue- my, and knowing, a8 we did full well, theehivalric bravery of the deceased, we felt he could not pe sdfe—bis noble spirit could not harmlessly be separated from his com: mand. Later accounts confirm the molancholy aaticipa- tion. “His captain being seriously, if not fatally wound. 6d, having had one horse shot under hii aud mounted another, hgpfell himself, his dying words encouraging his men’to fhat duty which he was no longer able to per- form. August, 1847, in which engagement he was severe ly wounded.’ In January, 1848, Captain Buell was appointed Assistant Adjutant General,and in March, 1861, he relinguisued kis rank im line, living secluded’ until called upon by his country again lo wield the eword in Ler defence. FRANKLIN . Is a native of Pennsylvania, and entered the Mililary Academy ax a cadet in 1839. July 1, 1843, he was bre- vetoed Second Fientenant of Topographical Engineers, and on the 23d of Febraary, 1847, he received the brovet of First Liontenant for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Buena Vista. He was subsequently Acting Assistant Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Military Academy from July, 1848 to 1850. He was also for @ short time on detached service in this city, having been promoted to a colonency. At the battle of Ball ran Colonel Franklin commanded a brigade. TEMPERANCE IN THE ARMY. A meeting of the friends of temperance , and those dev siring to promote that virtue in the Union army, held a meeting last evening at Dr, Adams’ church, Madison square, A.R, Wetmore, Esq., presided, and the meeting was opened with prayer by Dr. De Witt. Te was stated by Dr. Mausu that sixty regiments had beon supplied with one thousand appropriate tracts, and that there is a great call for more. : The following resolutions wore then read, embodying | The body was removed to the late residenc ecoused, the sentiments of a large part of the community:— 38 | No. 208 Monroe street th er ack hel He Coroner Camb : Xo. Rewslved. That in the pregont solemn and momentons { Sixicenth street, pon the boty of Patricks phy sie ‘ on of our country 4 . rect, City Intelligence. Cour pe Soumt.—A number ef easce of sun stroke occurred yesterday and the day before, of which four cases proved fatal. Lawrence Killacm, a native of Ircland, aged thirty-one years, was prostrated by the heat at the foot of Twenty-first strect, Fast river, and died at Bellevue Michael Brennan was sun struck in the stave yard at the foot of Seventh street, on Saturday, and before amy medical aid arrived he expired, pur army is our glory and de- specially in our noble rokinteors, ers, habitually obedient to all the moral of their being, we have the ¥ ie that amid all the temp uplite they tuay be kept unharme and that when their term of service is over like the army of Cromwell, to be & bless {workman in the stave yard at the foot ef Fourth 6 who didit from (he effects of the heat; also 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 rendored in cach case, DRowsree CasraLrigs.—A member of Company A, First New Hampshire ¥olunteors, named Knox, fell overboard at the foot of Vestry streot,at a late hour on Saturday night, and was drowned before any assistance could be rendered him. Up to last ovening the body had not-been recovered. eseph Baker. a native of Germany, aged twenty-three while fishing at the foot of Grand street, on Sutur- {ternoon, was seized with afit, and falling over- s drowned, Coroner Jackinan held an inquest upon the body. An inquest Was held at No. 81 King street, by Coroner Gamble, npon the body, of James Gunn, a native of Ire. in the recent not of Congress naity upon ail in thodietriet who ell Ling iiquors; also in the prompt and jations of our youthful commander to. pre- erve Our troops from the snares of the grogshops. ‘The on will approve of the severest action th every. mili- district toward such ag for gain will debauch the army Resolved, That the secret transmission of liquors to the diera in camp, in packages of hee ¢omforts, by mis. guided friends, is as mischievous and deadly as it is dis. ROA isileM atte land, aged sixty yenrs,’who was found drowwed ‘at th Pauetble and ‘vane, and should reveive ubiversal repro- | rooe br Charitoa. street," Deceased had ecengmissing since Resolved, That in one intense anxicty for friends and | Friday last, and it is supposed that ho nctidentally” teil overboard while wandlerihg abont the wharf. ‘The jury rendered a verdict accordingly, A DesteraTe Atremet to BURN vm: Assewery Rooms, 442 Broavway.—On Friday morning, shortly after one o'clock, the night watchman employed by Robert WW. But- ler, proprietor of the American Music Hail, 444 Broadway , discovered a fire burnigg among a lot of shavings in the carpenter's shop, immediately adjeining the stage. By Protupt action in getting a supply of water from the hy drant focated by the orchestra, the watchman, assisted by a boy, suceceded in extinguishing the flames. Fire Marshal Raker was Rotified, and a thorough investigation is now being gone into. It’is very evident, from the facts before the Marshal, that the fire was the premeditated act ‘of some person hostile to Mr. Butler. hore is a suspicion yesting against certain parties, who will, probably, be Drought to au account iu @ short time. Tue Six Avance Fire—Gvorcr F. Koen Hei 10 Batt on Susriaow ov AReOx.—Ite wil George F. Exner was arrested on Fri 26th of July, on ‘suspicion of setting fire to hix brother's premises, at No, 722 Sixth avenue. The case was carried Vetere Jus- tice Ven Voorhis, at the Yorkville Court, On the facts elicited by tho Hire-Harahal the Justice required the ac cused to tind Dail in the Sum of $1,000 to answer the brothers, We can never be at ease while they are Hable to be led into battle by drunken oflicers; aid we invoke Congress at ouce to jess a law, which shail discharge avery officer at the first conviction, whether in hattle or on ady other occasion, Resolved, That we most deeply sympathize with our patriotic soldiers in all their hardships aud suffering, and would do ali in our power to alleviate them: yor as we know that in war intemperance often siays mare than the eworl: aa science and observation prove that the severest toils are borne better without than with intoxi. cating drivks, aud the severest wounds are end as we know that tho d battie. or coming home a bu for aime and eterni we do most earnest], patriotie and self-den: and soldiers, at ouce to abjure all intoxicating drinks, oten composed of the moat dostrictire materia's,and by one Svoultancoue effort banish intemperance forever: from the fort now made to Supply each regiment with « thousand appropriate tracts exhorting ovory soldier to beware of tha bottle, to eign the Ellsworth’ pledge and become bie own master. This effort we will give not only our good wishes but our sub etaentint euppe xhort all common ‘The Rev. Mr. Witter, of Brooklyn, thon addressed the | charge, Acdicnce in favor of the cause of Temperance, and nrged ArrivAl of the North Astalaialiae that 9 2. kind of weapon’ but the thinking bayonet ‘could Bettie one troubles, Mr. Bregpam, of Twenty sixth regiment, made a very fordible add Ho jamented the prevalence of druhkerntess in the army, and recounted severat dodges of the lager bite seliers in the camp, im order to sell their Wier. Incase of afudden attack, or an expectation of | ome, the mou wie have drunken of this lager bier become so duil and#tamid that itis sometimes necessary to kick them tera or three times to wake them up. Me Was sorry i Moxos, August 4, 1861. The steamer North American passod Father Pointat ock this morning. , The United Kingdom pasged up at nine o'clock this morning. She has the Norwegian passengers on board. The Norwegian reached Point Levi at a quarter past nine this morming. “Horrible Accident, ; August 4, 1862. to say that the officers vihemsel have been'too drunk Last evening Filen Leary, abont twani to know: anything about ther duty. He allwted to the | inthe employ” of Jameson’ & Richardson, Alton hence combat of Bull run aga case in point where Jiquor had Renae by some mishap fell into the basement ofthe building, upon a shatting driven by steam, and wag in- Stantly crusaed and torn out of luman identity, lod through many tridle by inted Hehad no docht, whate about esent eonfict, bat vee Naval Intelligence. i € The United Statew stew frigate Riehmond hauled from right place drunkenness must be put aren to, and jen Navy Ni ia for a priielple for 7” Yard last night, and anchored m the North truth andMor liberty, must conquor, Mr. Coliyer,a metnber of the Young Men's Christian ‘Association, revently returned froin Washington, reluted Arrivals and Departures, forow organized by that State. Te has been pending the | nteny inetahoes of the ill cflecis of the nse of Tiguor. The Senn thes summeér organizing and drilling this force. Tt is owing to | moat pitiable case was that of young and Bet vel- WEEE aR, Sg yma, Them penn Mer Milligan, Miss Fixe activity ghat Pennsylvania was abto to forward 11,000 | untect, who was in what the roldiers ‘caltey awhiskey | Hawstee~Bark Victoria—A Zimmermann, J Brandt, to the sest of war within torty-cight hours after | ft.” Oy whatever it wae, he was certain that oud of DEPARTURES. she kpvt at Bull rd. Mad he been placed in comramud | more than S{housand eases of wounded men there was | TrveRroot Steamship Glaagow—Misa Lydia Lauth, Joh Of dis Toroes nt Hare's Ferry, instead of Patterson, Gon, | no one sufteeiiy gognvch re this poor man, “He had heard | PLauch, Ana Halston Lo Ley" Moy Mate ee oR Johnston would have Bd Some work to perform defore | it said that do not get_drngk fa Washington, | Jenktue, Mr and Mrs Eides, J Arnott, RW Venter F Pest he arrived ot Manaseas “Quetion. His Appolnhinent and | but be covt net toil whore those gentleman could have | wife and three colidren, Clas end, Claudhus Berger, being placed fu active service is one of the symptoms of | been who made such a iio de Honever avy whero Witee ne bne ane «partes San » HW Small, ch & change from & political to w wilitary army, saw eueli misery @bd ho therefore Prayed al | and Infhty H NcGuvern—and others ee ak Mew Hamden horrible yiceof drink % recollected that, NEWS FROM THE PACIFIC, Artivel of tne Gveiland Fyre opens img of tho Political Campaign in Cali- fornia, die., de. Four Keanagy, August 2, 1962. __ Tha rong Rxpress passed hero at coven o'clock P. Mey ‘Mrnishing the following news:— ae) Ban Franansco, July 24, 2662. Arrived 22d, ehip Cimber, from Hong Kong, with 5 parsengers: barka Cymet and Cattalen, Honoltu; Darl Otto, Australia,” a = ee GER Sailed 20th, bark Crishana, for Syduoy; 224, ehip Piping: Mist, Mazatlan; bark Sarah Warren, for a whaling voyage. ‘There are no new features in trade, and much the same’ business is dding as last reported. Sugars, teas find coflee Greetill in request, and gradually unproving, ‘The Breckinridge State Convention met at Sacramento ‘| yesterday; to-day {t has nominatya J, R, McConnell for Governor, Jasper 0. Farre}) for Zioutenant Governor, and J. P. Barker and D, 0. Shazttck for Congress, It is sup- thet the Conventfon will modify its platform go that it will show lesa pay with secession, The nomina- tion of this Licker div tes the democratic party, as it was year, and renders a republican Riser in probable, ‘The political campaign has fairly opened, and al} the leading candidates aro on the stump. There. is ne essential difference between the republicans and the Union democrats on navionat matters, hence the issues of the contest are mainly locel questions, some of which are alreaty provoking iret Dittorness, Geng wi Leegree ie prrrgee poten between Breas and Fort Kearney, our y dates are ‘12th inst, when it was Delfowed a battle was about to take place near Mertiusburg between General Pattereon’s troops aud the rebel (orees ander is great anxiety to hear the result, apd man: mca fear B dofoatit an engagomont wok. place uh yo ccumatanogs then existing. Ata meeting which the citizens of Irish birth held at San Francisco, on Monday ovening, it was resolved to send the remains of T. B. McManus w Ireland, by way of New York. ‘The fundral procession was to 2 place om, the 20th of August, and the remains were to be forwarded by the steamer of the 2ist. Oregon dates by ihe overland mail were received to the 17th, and from Hritish Columbia and Washington Ter- ritory to the 15th. 4 ‘Ten thousand jin gold arrived at Portland on the 16th from the Neg Percey inines, The onian of the samo date says that there will, ‘obably be near 5,000 pei st tho mines by A We have letters of July 7. represent the prog] 5 4s continuing good. The miners at work are gonerally doing welt, Now discoveries are causing great exeites ment. In the Congresstonol election in Washington To! Gariield, the democratic Union candidate was ahead as: as heard from, ‘There ts nothing of interest from British Columbia, The bark Comet brings news from the Sandwich Islands: totho 25th of June. Among, the Nigh a lady Franklin and niece, who are returning to " Mr. Herdan, late United States ¢Ommissioner, and Mr. Brayton, late United States Consul, were at Lahaina om the 46th of June. Mr. Berdan introduced bis succes aor to the King, tozether with Flag Oificer Mont- gomery, commanding the Pacific + — Squadron, and the captain and officers of the United Riates- steamer Lancaster, then in Honolulu harbor. Com- plimentary speeches were exchanged all aroand, Mr. Bordan likewise presented Professor Baxley, special Com~ missioner of the United States tothe ports in the Pacithe visited by the American commerce. ‘On the 17th the Lancaster sailed for Panama direct, and? the same aay the steamer Surprise sailed for Japan. ‘The British Acting Commissioner aud Consul General gave an entertainment xt the Court House, ta honor of Lady Franklin, at which all the celebrities in Honolalm were present, 4 ‘There were only seventy-four whaling vessels cruising in the North Pacific this season, and of these about forty~ six are expected to sail for Atlantic ports before winter. ‘The American residents at Honolulu haye caught the- flagging fever of to-day, avd display the American bunt: ing in profusion. Accident at Newark—Four Lives Loyts Newark, August 4, 1861, Frank Baker, bath house keeper im East Newark; Mrs Alan Donaker, ind Mr. Zeller and his little boy, eight years old, wore drowned this P. M., in the Passaic river, near the Morri and Fesex Kaiiroad bridge. Donaker: ‘Zelier were employed in a pistol factory in this city. They” were ina row bout and but a fow yards from shore when the boat capsized, while the boy was held by his father and went down with bim. There were par close ab hand when the acvideut took place; but while hesitating» to act (he men were downed, The Norwegian’s Mails. MONTREAL, August 4, 1861. ‘The United Kingdom picked up the Norwegian’s majle and despatches and $60,000 in sp cie from the schooner Onward. The despatches were lan'ed at Father Point by apilot boat this afternoon. The North American took ‘out €200,000, Markets, Arbany, August 9, 1862. Flour dull, Wheat—No sales. Onis in fair demand: the: sales eince our last report include 600"bushels Michigan at 32c,, 1,410 Vushels Chicago at Sic. a 32c., prinelpally at Bic., and OU bushels State to-day at 82}gc, Corn—Alter > tho ‘close of yesterday's report 13,000 bushels Western mixed were gold at 413, a 42c., with resales of a part ab 4z\e. to-day; holders wore asking 430., but te demand was slack: saler to-day 12,600 bushels at 42'gc. Whiskey No sales, Receipts by Central Railroad tor New York— 160 bbis. high wines, 10 sacks wool, 1,406 bbis. flour, 480- boxes cheese, $3 hhdg. tobacco, Fer Boston—470 bbb. four, 19@ sacks wool. Shi yy tows to New Yorks, on the 2d inst.—06,200 boxhels corn, 66,400 bushel wheat , 23,200 bushels oats, 18,800 bushels feed, Burrato, August 3-6 P. M. Flour stegdy, but in very moderate demand. Wheat: quiet; heldérs frmer; only one sale to-day of 1,800 bueb- els Milwaukee club at 85c, Corn closed quiet but tirm> gules 45,000 busbols at 32o% Oats firm and in good de- mand: dales 43,000 bushels at 2hc. a 24'¢c, Whiskey no- mina) at 15Xc. Canal freighta—10c. on corn, The. on wheat to New York. Lake imports—4,000 bbls, flour,. 12,000 bushels wheat, 35,000 bushels corn, Canal ex- ports—50,000 bushels wheat, 125,000 bushels corn, 30,000" bushels oats. Osweao, August %, 1861. nged. | Wheat scarce and held.firmly: sale “hicago spring at 82c. Corn scarce and market steady 15,000 bushels Hiinoir, at 3435¢. Canal freights steady ; flour 27. , wheat 8c. corn Ze. ta New Yori. Take imports—22,$00 basheis whval, 2,500 bushels rye. Exports—@00 bis. flonr, 40,600 bushels corn. Canal exypriay for the month of Jnly—45,538 bbls. flour, 694,496 bushels. wheat, 1,072,640 bushels corn, 21,768 bushels oate, 3,624" bushels barley, 980,086 bushels rye, 1,126 Dushols’ pear. Exports smoe opening of navigation to ti 1—149,000 bbls, flour, 3,035,518 bushels wheat, 2,436,586 bushels corn, 82.125 bushels oats, 40,892 bushe's barley, 135 688° bushels rye, 84,528 bushels peas, 45,303,100 fect lumber. Recoipts of canals tolls at the collector's office in this city” to August 1, $228,467, at increase of $47,041 over the cor~ Raibting Ne fod of last year. y A Pleasiint Atternoon’s Walk. J A STROLL AMID THE FLOWERS AND IN THE BRERZE— MUSIC TO BE AGAIN INTRODUCED INTO THE CEN* TRAL PARK—SIGNS OP THE APPROACHING FALL, ETO. Tho heat yesterday afternoen was of such a nature ag’ to prevent any parsom staying indoors if they could de- vise any means of getting on the outsi'e of the honse, ‘The delicious breeze was too tempting not to be taken ad~ vontage of, and steambeats, pasure yacht®, &c., laden with persons, thirsting for a cool atmosphere, glided ever the waters that surround the city, As the breeze could bo hardly anywhere better enjoyed than in the Centra¥ Park, some thirty-five thoesand pedestrians visited (hie: delightful intermural garden, while over four thousand vehicles passed along the drives, Several new bridges— sor, more correctly speaking, arches—haye recently Been. thrown open to the public, this Jengthening the pedes~ trian pathways and bridle roads, as well ag making new features fo please the eye of the visiter. Tho aquatic birds Lave been " increased in number by the addition of twe native Americans in the shape of cygnete. These doubtless will better able to etand our climete than their transatilan- Uc predecessors. A further additien to the attractions of the Park will be made next Saturday, The avenne rail. road companies, considering the duiness of things around, have united for'the purpose of reproducing as an oxperi- ment the Saturday aftergoon concert®, and If suc : wit continue them duriog the season. Our pent op eit zens will again be ablo to breathe the fresh air and listen, to the soul inspiring sounds produced by Dodworth’s: band, which has recently retarned from Washington. The location, of the musicians will be the same as before—viz.: at the ehd of the mall. Already the brown si Approaching fall are making ttopressions on the swa: therefore, if we wou] what pleasures we can have, even im theso timos @e vil war, we must take time by the forelock, or we shall have the ‘season gone almogt before: we are aware of it. . ; Flour neh: 8,000 bushel Personal Intelligence. Hon. Thomas H. Neizon, United States Minister to Ohitiy William H. Calvert, of Ohio; B.D. Alien, Cuited States Army; Frank Stewart, of Massachusetts: Thorane Parking, of Boston, €. af. Snith, of Springfield, Til,, and c White, of Hartford, are stepping at the Metropolitan Hotel. General Violo, of Troy; D. A. Bmalley, of Vermont; Wmn.. B. Spooner, of Boston; €. Barron, of LiverpoolHon, Cs Vibbard, of Albany; Colonel §. H. Jilx, of Schoharie; Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, and D. Barker and family, of Brooklyn, bavo arrived at the St. Nickolas Hotel. Oexrrernix Cor nt, ane 2, 3861.—Mile heate, Lk CREE, Z.. ust Mil - est thevo in five, in karnoss. en” i ie D, Tatman named Lancet... W. H, Doble named Rockingham. Fime—2:32, 221K, At the Union course to-morrow afternoon a trotting match for $1,060, mile heats, best three in five, "ip bar. ness, ee oy between ~ very fast and rere. See CO oe ed i IN 13 MOST PAINFUL FORMS, suECMATER Also, Scrofula, Erysipcias, Salt Rheum, Pimples, ’ a Vices, Boner haven. ithe worsh clea eecinenenal the blood, mere: its, Debility, Liver and Kid- Piet ‘are most certainly eared "ayes Life Balsam Ths curcd thousands of cases of these and similiar diseases, aud it Will most cortuinly care. any ease which can be reached by medicine, if in fueoordanes wih aroctie spl ue NOt contniD @ partiole-~ mercury or any other deleterious mineral, Principal. Gopet, 246 Graud streey,