The New York Herald Newspaper, August 18, 1861, Page 4

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Wholesale price the same as for the Weexry Herarp, THE SITUATION. The general Court Martial for the trial of insu- bordinate soldiers and other cases, has been duly organized at Washington, and we give the names of the officers who comprise the Court in another column. It is to be hoped that the rigor and dis- sretion exercised by'this tribunal will serve effec- tually to restore discipline to the army. From information received in Washington it would appear that the rebels have all fallen back ‘© Fairfax Court House, although their pickets still occupy a more advanced position. Some of them are in sight of the Chain Bridge, and it is said that two rebel regiments are at Falls Church’ The rebels are evidently erecting batteries on the banks of the Potomac, in the vicinity of Aquia Creek, which already commands a large por- tion of the river. On Friday night the Pocahontas was fired upon, though without doing her any damage, and it is said was obliged to retire in con- sequence of her inability to make any effective re- These batteries should be dis- lodged, or the navigation of the lower Potomac will soon be obstructed. An observation, made from the dome of the semi- cary at Alexandria, yesterday, resulted in the dis- covery that a large body of rebels was marching down the Leesburg turnpike, within three miles of the Union lines. A quantity of medical and military stores for the tebel army, purchased in Baltimore, and en route to Richmond, was seized yesterday by a portion of the First Pennsylvania regiment, at Phelps’ Cross Roads, within five miles of Annapolis Junction. They were carried in two wagons, and are valued at $5,000. There is nothing very important from the seat of war in Missouri. We give to-day a pretty full list of the killed and wounded at the battle of Davis’ creek, near Springfield, as far as they have been accounted for so far, A detachment of United States troops, from Cape Girardeau, seized $58,000 belonging to the Bank of St. Genevieve on Friday, by order of General Fremont, and conveyed the money to St. Louis, information having been re- ceived that it was about to be used for the pur- poses of the rebels. We learn from Charleston, S. C., sources that ad- vantage has been taken of the inefficiency of the blockade at Brunswick, Ga., into which port the privateer Jeff. Davis had taken a Philadelphia ves- sel, bound from Havana, in the temporary absence of the United States brig Perry, of the blockading squadron. It appears that the government of Sweden is fol- lowing the example of England and France, and is about to send two vessels of war to our coast to protect the Swedish mercantile fleet engaged in trading to this country. THE NEWS. The steamship Etna, which left Liverpool on the 31st of July and Queenstown on the Ist of August, is now fully five days overdue at this port. It is very probable that the Etna has met with some disarrangement of her machinery and put back for tepairs, for the Persia, which left Queenstown on the 4th instant, enjoyed clear and pleasant weather d.ring her passage of eleven days to New York. The Etna is an exceedingly staunch and substan- tial ship, and is divided below into seven water- tight compartments. The agency of the line here ‘re under no apprehensions for her safety, and Mr. Dale, the chief agent, is a passenger on board. For the information of our readers, more particu- (arly those immediately interested in the arrival of the Etna, we publish to-day complete lista of the oames of her cabin and steerage passengers, her specie list, as well as the names of the consignees of her cargo and its descriptive assortment, as entered at the other side. In order to place our armies upon an equality with the rebel forces of the South the government has become satisfied of the necessity of having large bodies of cavalry. Every regiment should have attached to it at least one company of cavalry soldiers, as they have been proved to be more ef- fective in charging batteries than the infantry. We have gathered from our exchanges a number of paragraphs referring to the formation of cavalry tegiments and companies in different sections of the country, in order that our readers may see the progress of this important branch of our defences, A new business has recently sprung up in the South in the shape of slave stealing. Hundreds of men, it {s said, visit the eastern section of Vir where they find plenty of slaves “running loose,” who have been deserted by their masters, and they find no difficulty in taking them and conveying them off to South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. The Governor of Connecticut has issued his proclamation calling for four additional regiments of infantry to serve during the war. Two regi- ments will rendezvous in Hartford and two at New Haven, Since the battle of Bull ran one hundred and sixty-one commissioned officers of the three years volunteers have resigned. They find soldiering in Broadway and soldiering in Virginia two different employments. The whaling bark Jirah Swift, Captain Earl, arrived at New Bedford on the 15th inst., under a new name. The captain, while at Pernambuco, heard that privateers were around, and he changed the name of his vessel te the ‘Derby, of Hull, England.” The Eighth regiment of Massachusetts offered their services to the Governor, to be re-enlisted for the war. The offer was, however, refused, but no reason for the refusal was gives. The soldiers were very much disappointed, and as the general government knows the value of a well drilled regi- ment, there remains now to the Eighth the only remedy of applying to the United States govern- ment to be accepted by them, Marshal Kane, of Baltimore, who is a prisoner at Fort McHenry, has been allowed to visit the city te see his father-in-law, who is dangerously sick. He remained nearly a whole day. The Board of Excise continues to prosecute un- licensed liquor dealers. Yesterday Michael Burns, of 25 Thames street; John Powers, of 20 Trinity place; Jacob Diffle, of First avenue, and others, were arrested and imprisoned for selling Nquor without license. There will be but one more ses- sion of the Board this year. Since the last session one hundred and nine persons have applied for license. There was very little stirring in cotton on Saturday, which, however, was quoted firm ona basis of 18c. a 18%¢c. for middling upland. Tho flour markot was quiet, but steady. Wheat was held stiflly, but was not active, in the absence of supplies. Corn was likewise in light stock, and was higher, but sales were not very heavy. ‘Thore was rather more movement in proy prices were unchanged. ‘The sales of Rio coffee were 2,000 bags; and of Cuba sugars, 2,000 hhds., at full rates. An active demand existed for crude turpentine, spirits turpentine and rosin, at improved prices. Whiskey was up to 17\xc- a 1734c.. with sales of 960 barrels. ‘There was less anima, tion in the freight market, The Lesson Taught at Mathias Point— Is the Potomac to be Shut Up? The telegraph brings us intelligence from Washington of another sacrifice of human life at Mathias Point, the place where the gal- lant Commander Ward fell in maintaining the honor of his country’s flag. It is the old story—an attempt against concealed rebels, with a ridiculously inadequate force, an ambus- cade, and the slaughter of our brave seamen. Now that the mischief has been done the idea has begun to be entertained of burning out the insurgents, as if the scheme were an entirely novel one. We shall see. When the late Commander Ward fell near the same spot, the cry was raised that the gallant officer had attempted a very unwise thing. The Navy Department pronounced his conduct rashj unthinking people endorsed the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy, and it is now pretty well understood, as a settled fact, that Com- mander Ward paid the penalty of his rashness. It is a singular fact that, to this day, it is generally believed that the object of Com- mander Ward, in landing at Mathias Point with his handful of men, was to hold the place against some fifteen hundred rebel troops, eight hundred of whom were cavalry. Entertaining this strange belief, it is no wonder the public at large imagine that the enter- prise in which Captain Ward met his death was one of superlative rashness. Let us examine the case, however, and see whether the blame does not rest somewhere else, rather than on the shoulders of the brave deceased. A few days before the disastrous affair at Ma- thias Point Commander Ward sent a despatch to Washington, applying for two companies of land forces to aid him, not to occupy the place, but to burn the thick pine wood that skirts the shore at Mathias Point, and thus prevent the erection of masked batteries so close to the river’s brink as to be a source of annoyance to passing vessels, Captain Budd, acting under his orders, had made a reconnoissance of the Point for a considerable distance inland a few weeks before, the result of which was that Cap- tain Ward arrived at the just conclusion that, if the erection of batteries at the Point was per- mitted, the navigation of the Potomac to Wash- ington would be virtually closed. The au thorities, however, seem to have pooh-poohed the application and the reason assigned for it; and, therefore, instead of sending the troops asked for, they despatched two army officers to reconnoitre, with fifty men belonging to the Pawnee, without even paying Captain Ward, whose vessel was alongside the Pawnee at Aquia Creek, the compli- ment of acquainting him with the plan, or of asking him for any of his men to aid in the re- connoissance. Could any thing be better cal- culated to disgust a veteran officer than a pro- ceeding like this? Surely an officer of Captain Ward’s standing, who had spept years of his jife in the service of his country, on the pesti- lential coast of Africa—who had held a profes- sorship at the Annapolis Naval School, and had voluntarily given up the command of the re- ceiving ship North Carolina, where he was living in comfort, to take command of a small flotilla, on board a common tug boat, ina ser- vice fraught with peculiar danger and discom- forts—was entitled to some consideration in the carrying out of the plan he had himself origi- nated. Had the troops asked for been sent, a landing might have been effected on both sides of the Point, and the enemy would have been seen ap- proaching long before he could have been able to gain the covert of the pines; and, to judge by the extent of his achievements in the open field since the commencement of this war, his fears that our troops were reinforced in the rear would have induced him to keep at a respect- ful distance, while the seamen were engaged in the appropriate duty of tarring the trees and setting them on fire. The work would have been successfully performed, Captain Ward would be alive this day, as would the brave men who fell on Thursday, and those who have been so cruelly maimed would have the use of their limbs. Two hundred men would then have sufficed for the duty required, without the sacrifice of a single life. It is apparent now that it cannot be done without a considerable force and immense loss of life. Will the Navy Department profit by this lesson? Or Will Mr. Secretary Welles wait till cannon are planted by the rebels all along the south hank of the Potomac, and the sea and river communication with the capital cut off? According to our telegrams ‘of yesterday rifled cannon, of long range, are already in position a mile and a half below Aquia Cre: d a few shots from them | compeiled tae Uaior guavoat Pocahontas to | withdraw ! NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1861 Tue Brooks Broramns CLoramxa Conrract.— We publish in another column the reply of Messrs. Hunt, Opdyke and others, comprising the committee appointed to inspect the clothing furnished by Messrs. Brooks Brothers, at the commencement of the enlistment of troops, to the report of the select committee appointed by the Military Board, which will be found inter- esting and somewhat refreshing, when we con- sider the sanctimonious attitude of the late Mili- tary Board on this question. These gentlemen have discharged their duty in a business-like way, and have furnished a plain statement of facts in reference to their connection with that clothing contract, together with a copy of the contract under which the goods were furnished by Messrs. Brooks Bro_ thers. No person can read their statement without becoming convinced that the Military Board, or at least a majority of them—for we are informed that Messrs. Campbell and Jones opposed the change in the contract—are respon- sible for furnishing the miserable garments to our soldiers. They show that the Military Board selected and agreed upon samples of cloth inferior in quality, and that Brooks Brothers were ordered to make the garments— the Board, or its representatives, asking no abatement in the price, or even inquiring if the uniforms would be furnished any leas by their accepting the inferior goods in place of the army cloth first agreed upon. The whole thing looks, to us, like a one sided affair, in which all the guilt rests upon the Military Board, who are alone responsible for the misera- ble outfits furnished to the soldiers; and such, we predict, will be the verdict of the people, It is this kind.of work on the part of officials that has disgusted the masses, and renders the re- enlistment of the returned volunteers so tardy at this time. With such bold and unscrupulous transactions on the part of those who have had the charge of preparing our army for the con- test now going on to settle the question of man’s capacity for self-government, it is almost a miracle that we are able to-day to present so formidable a force as we are. The Inspecting Committee, after telling a great many things of interest, have pretty broadly intimated that there is still something lying back which is the real secret to the action of the board in this matter. What this is they leave a mystery; but the public, we presumey will be fully posted on some future day through the developements made before juries when the several libel suits growing out of this matter are tried. The next Legislature will also unquestionably open this rich field, and furnish a few interesting items now hidden from the public. Some or THe Last Worps or GeNneraL Lyox— A Sorrowrut Resuxe or THE INEFFICIENCY AT Wasuinotoy.—A gentleman who was with Gen. Lyon reports that, on Wednesday preceding his death, the brave General said to him—“Well, I begin to believe our term of soldiering is about completed. I have tried earnestly to discharge my whole duty to the government, and appealed to them for reinforcements and supplies, but» alas! they do not come, and the enemy is getting the advantage of us.” On whose hands is the blood of General Lyon? It is well known that the patriotic men who have thus far saved Missouri to the Union have received but sluggish and_stinted help in their heroic efforts from the au- thorities at Washington. Our own merchants were early called upon to supply the deficiencies of the government, and fifteen or twenty thou- sand dollars were raised by voluntary subscrip- tion in this city to purchase blankets and clothing for the Missouri volunteers. Their State government was against them, and they not only received no favors, but they met with the most violent opposition from that quarter. It was only by the most determined and perti- nacious efforta of Colonel Frank Blair that the government at Washington was induced to do the comparatively little it did. That proves to have been quite insufficient, as we are assured by the event, and by this remark of Gen. Lyon, whose mournful words will linger in the me- mory of the country which laments his death, Three months ago the most splendid cavalry was tendered to the War Department from Towa, but it was declined. “We do not want cavalry,” was the reply; “tell your men to raise corn.” But cavalry would have been more serviceable than corn to the gallant offi- cer who risked and lost his life in the support of that government which had refused him suf- ficient reinforcements. We refused to listen to the voice of the living; will we heed this part- ing admonjtjon of the glorious dead? Tue New Narionat Loan.—The first fifty million instalment of the new national loan has been put into the market. The favor with which ithas been received is most gratifying, and insures the popularity we predicted for it, At a time when trade is utterly dead, and when speculation involves unusual risks, the capitalist will be glad to find so safe and profitable an in- vestment for his money. It will be the same with the working classes. Every one, therefore, who has fifty dollars to lay by should at once in vest it in Treasury notes. By doing so he will not only dispose of his money to the best advan- tage, but will aid the government to defeat the treason by which it is assailed. ‘ The country has a deep stake in the success of this loan. Next to the vigorous prosecution of the war, it is the fact of the most vital im- portance to its interests. Owing to one cause or another, the campaign has not been pushed for- ward with all the energy that might have been used. By land we have met with a series of important reverses, while at sea we have been unable to check the depredations of the enemy on our commerce. The lessons of misfortune and the influence of public opinion will, how- ever, reform all this. The men who are respon- sible for these failures will either have te exhibit greater energy and devotion to their duties, or they will be swept away by the swelling tide of popular indignation. But it is not sufticient for the heads of departments to profess the desire to acquit themselves of the solemn trusts reposed in them. They must be furnished with the means of carrying on the war in a manner to insure its speedy and suc. cessful termination. The action of the banks and the enthusiastic reception of the new loan by our public will place them in possession of all that they will require. One of the most gratifying features connected with the success of Mr. Chase's new financial measures is the effect that it will produce abroad. The English people will be taught by it, as they have been already taught in the ¢ of France, that the question of war or pe with us does not depend on the assistance of | } Our country and strong enough to vindic rich enough aie its rights, un- aided, agains@ali the world. “Tux War ano THe Sanparn.”—Under this caption the Journal of Commerce of yesterday has an editorial article, in which thay sanctimo- nious organ of secession refers to a leg fana. tical rigmarole, published in its columars, seaded “A plea for the Sabbath in War,” and signex] by Norman White and the whole Sabbath Coun- mittee. The only fault Aminadab Sleck finds with the dooument is, that “it is less decided in its rebuke of the unaccountable triflin; with a sacred institution which has characterized the movements of some of our armies than might have been looked for.” So, then, it seems that this hypocritical dose of the canting Scribes and Pharisees is not suffi- ciently strong for the bowels of the Journal. The Sabbath Committee are horrified at the idea that European armies have made the Sabbath their battle day, and contend that Americans ought not to‘imitate their example. Big Bethel and Bull run were fought on Sunday, they say» and therefore the results were disastrous. But on Sunday were fought Waterloo and Blenheim—the two battles of greatest importance in English history, both estab- lishing British superiority over the French arms, and dealing the death blow to the ambition of France’s two greatest monarchs aiming at uni- versal dominion. According to Josephus, the superstitious Jews suffered themselves to be cut to pieces rather than fight on the Sabbath. No doubt that would satisfy the piety of Sleek, who would not be sorry to see our troops cut to pieces on any day of the seven. We are of opinion that the troops ought to have rest on Sunday, if there is no necessity for their action. But in war necessity knows no law; and if battle is offered advantageously, or if there is a chance to deal a heavy blow to the encmy on Sunday, which might not be presented on Mon- day, it would be the extreme of superstition to decline the opportunity, and the general guilty of such folly would deserve to be beaten, as it is very probable he would be. It is such fanaticism as that commended by the Journal of Commerce that has resulted in the splitting up of this republic and the inau- guration of civil war. Puritanical Sabbata- rianism and anti-slavery dogmas have sprung from the same stock; and to the Journal is due the enviable distinction of being the original abolition journal in this city, which, like origi- nal sin introduced into the Garden of Eden by the wily serpent, has brought all the woes and calamities of war upon the country which now wring so many crocodile tears from Aminadab Sleek. He has helped to bring the war on, but» like most of the abolition tribe, he will do nothing to help the republic to overthrow its enemies. Tue Privateers Stine ar Work—Time FoR Our MERcnants T0 BE Movina.—We learn from the Charleston Courier that the privateer Jeff. Davis has captured a large Philadelphia brig from Havana, and taken her into Brunswick, Georgia, in the absence of the blockading brig Perry. The captured brig was loaded with sugar, and, together with her cargo, is said to have been worth one hundred and sixty thou- sand dollars. She is the eighth prize known to have been taken by the Jeff. Davis. This is but one more added to the long list which bad preceded it. The rebels have gone to Work in good earnest. Thoy make use of any craft which they can lay their hands on, arm them as they can, and sally forth, as the result proves, conquering and to conquer. They have small choice as to the kind of vessels which they shall employ; but they take and use such as they can get, and we see with what dis- astrous consequences to our commerce. We should do well, in this as in many other matters, to learn from our enemies. Let us profit by their example. If they had had the same kind of rusty, unwieldly, disjointed machinery to work with in the departments of their government which we are sub- jected to, they would not to-day have had one privateer afloat. But they have sense enough to use such means as they have at im- mediate tommand, and do not wait to build gun- boats and steam frigates, to be finished a year hence. They are not enveloped in endless coils of red tape, which bind them hand and foot. It seems to us that the time for begging ‘and beseeching of the Navy Department to do some- thing effective has passed. If our merchants really desire the privateers swept from the ocean, let them move in earnest in the matter. Meetings should be called in this and every other commercial city, and resolutions adopted requesting the President to put one of the ablest men in the country at the head of the Navy Department. Mr. Lincoln still retains the con- fidenee of the people in the honesty of his in- tentions, and there is nothing more important that he can do to justify that confidence than to give us a more competent Secretary of the Navy. Reset Acents—The arrest of Mr. Serrell, with £40,000 in his possession, intended for the use of the rebels, is a timely and important mea- sure, and it will be well if we are equally suc- cessful in capturing all such aiders and abettors of the insurrection. To this end, therefore, a corps of detectives should be specially appoint- ed to keep a watch over the arrival of suspi- cious strangers. The boldness of the Southern agents is surprising, and they are generally as wary as they are desperate. The straits to which the government of Jeff. Davis are driven for want of money force its emissarie¥ abroad at all risk, and they are sometimes to be found where least expected. It was but afew days ago that an aide-de-camp of General Beauregard was in New York, where he is understood to have had an interview with one of our leading financiers, who repulsed him. It will be remem- bered that very recently Colonel Tyler, of the Confederate army, was arrested at Cincinnati, to which place he had repaired, according to his own statement, in order to bring away his wife, the probability, however, being that he came for some very different purpose, as his wife could just as easily have gone to him. It is, therefore, obvious that a strict lookout ought to be kept for these travelling agents to and from the Southern States, especially when such prizes as Mr. Serrell has proved to be are found among their number. The same means that are em- ployed to prevent the smuggling of diamonds would, it strikes us, be very efficacious in the detection of Jeff. Davis’ specie bearers from abroad. TRANSPORTATION .— Some weeks ago, it was the custom of our railroad lines to give free passes to such companies of recruits as were raised in the interior for regiments whose headquarters were in New Yo This ad- vantage to our patriotic soldiery exists no lafiger. If thirty, forty, sixty or a hundred ihen are enlisted in any partienlar locality, \ they cannot be brought to the metropolis, un- less at the expense of their 0 lots: Gorse. ment has made no provision whateves. 0” the subject. This is all wrong. It is the diay of the War Department to see that all the outlays of recruits should be provided for from the very instapt of their inscribing their names upon the muster rolls. If this is not done, the hard~ fisted, iron-muscled patriots of our rural dis” tricts, who burn to distinguish themselves by fighting against traitors, and aiding to sup- press rebellion, will become discouraged and their valuable aid will not be secured. Tae Privateers Asroap.—The privateers have thus far carried on their depredations with considerable immunity. There appears to } be no limit to their boldness or the scope of their operations. Yesterday we published seve- ral reports of their movements, one of which was that a British vessel saw, in latitude seven degrees forty-seven minutes north, longitude twenty-two degrees forty-eight minutes west, three privateer steamers. The British mail steamer Tyne also reports seeing a privateer steamer between Rio Janeiro and Pernambuco. ‘A letter from the island of St. Thomas, dated August 5, says that several privateers have been seen in the neighborhood, and two of them, well armed and equipped, refitted and provisioned at St. Johns, in the island of Porto Rico. Of the latter we have no particulars, but as Porto Rico is a Spanish possession, we hope to hear that the Queen’s proclamation of neutrality was strictly observed in withholding facilities from the rebel crews, and in ordering the vessels to leave the port within the specified time. That these marauders are not satisfied to remain near their own coast, but will push on wherever allured by the hope of gain and the prospect of safety, is evident. That they are formidable foes is undeniable, and it is im- possible to estimate the havoc they have already committed, and will continue to commit, among our shipping, as long as they remain uncap- tured. We are paying dearly for the neglect of our blockade and the inefficiency of the Navy Department. Nevertheless, past neglect ought only to stimulate us to new efforts now and in the future. There is no excuse for not main- ing a perfect blookade and adding to the number of our cruisers in search of the pirati- cal craft that are now prowling about the high seas, seeking what they may devour. We have already frequently urged upon the Secretary of the Navy the necessity for action, and marked out the course he should adopt, but as yet» we see none of that promptitude which the occa- sion demands, and which the country has aright to expeot. Meanwhile, the consequences to our commerce tell their own tale of disaster. Mrs. Lixcotn at Lona Brancu.—The arrival of Mrs. Lincoln at our favorite suburban water- ing place has created a great stir among our fashionables. From sharing the destitute fate of our other summer resorts in the early part of the season, Long Branch has suddenly concen- trated all the weatth, beauty and aristocracy that New York can boast of. It is not merely the accident of the visit of the President's wife iat, bas worked. dig change. Others occupying the site high por sition have failed to excite a similar interest in connection with their movements. Its expla. nation is to be found in the personal popularity of the distinguished lady who is the abject of it. Her discrimination and tact, joined to great amiability of manner, have enabled her to fill as naturally as if she was born to it the high place she has been called upon to occupy. In her general traits of character she resembles a good deal that model of the domestic virtues, Queen Victoria. She is of the same active, in- quiring habits, takes a cordial interest in the comfort and amusements of those by whom she is surrounded, and is the life, as she is the centre, of the social circle. Such a woman could not fail to discharge worthily and gracefully the duties of a position whieh requires a nice discrimination in the treatment of those who have the privilege of approaching her. A re- publican queen, it must be owned, has the hard- est of all queenly tasks to fulfil. She is hedged round by no divinity which can protect her against the encroachments of the curious and ob- trusive. That Mrs. Lincoln is popular with all who have had the opportunity of coming in con- tact with her, is evidence that she is a woman of good feeling as well as good sense. = Geyerat Lyon’s Remarss To Pass Trroven New York—Ler Tues be Surrasty Honorep.— We learn that the remains of General Lyon will pass through this city in the course of a few days, on their way to the home of his family in Connecticut, where they are to be buried. We can hardly expect our cold hearted Governor to take suitable notice of this event, but the popu- lar pulse beats so warmly with sympathy for the brave and gallant officer who died for his country, that a demonstration of affection and respect will be made, not the less earnest be- cause informal, if it is only known when the corpse is to arrive. Meeting of the State Executive Committee of the Union (Bell-Everett) Party. The State Executive Committee of the National Union constitutional (Bell-Everett) party held a meeting in this city yesterday, pursuant toa notice not very generally circulated among the public, The committee organized by Mr. Fred. A. Tallmadge taking the chair, and Mr. Geo A. Halsey assuming the responsible position of secretary. ‘The principal business transacted by the Committee wiil be found in the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopttd:— Whereas, after the labor of a few montlis, since the last meeting of the Union Committee of the State of New York, our most fearful anticipations in regard to the then. future destiny of our country have been fully realized. Resolved, When we deprecated the consequences that would necessarily flow from the indulgence of party strife and sustained rancor; when we urged the adoption of measures of conciliation and fraternal feeling, and ex- pressed the hope that mutual forbearance and a loyal de- ‘votion to our common country should not only guide and control the people, but characterize the councils of the national and State governments, we were stigmatized as “Union savers.” Our gloomy forebodings were ridiculed, and the painful predictions of a dissolved Union and of a country distracted by civil war were regarded by partisan aders as but the emanations of irresolution and timidi- ty. Our worst apprehensions are being realized, and those Peaceful fields tuat were thea teeming with the bounties of Providence are now drenched by the blood of Americans, slain by fraternal hands; our once glorious Union severed in twain, and over a large portion of our land a Confede- rato flag is substituted for our proud national banner, As Americans, we deprecate it; a8 citizens, who openly and boklly avowed their devotion to ‘the Union, the constitu- tion and the enforcement of the laws,” we still proclaim our adherence to those principles, and our unyielding determination to sustain them. In the midst of national perils it is no time to falter, but true pa- triotism should arouse an elasticity of purpose commen- surate with the extent of our national calamity. If parti- san strife and potitical warfare are still to engross the public mind, and the great and fundamental interests of ourcommon country are to be forgotten or merged in the contests for political ascendancy, there is but little hope for the permanency of this confederacy. May we not, then, hope that party or political distinctions may be obliterated in this State, and that we may all unite in one common determination to sustain and perpetuate “our Union and our constitution?” And we hail with joy the recent triumph of our Union friends in Kentucky, and trust that every true patriot of the North will sympathize with and sustain the principles of that noble band, show them and the world that there is no necessity of irrepressible conflict between the people of the two tions of the country, and that we believe the Union can | bo restored upon the great landmarks jeid down by our fathers in the constitution. | Resolved, That the committee adjourn to meet at Syra- | cuse on the 4th day of September next, at 12 M. | F. A. TALLMA | Gro, A. Harsky, Secretary. —_——. MOVEMENTS OF MRS. LINCOLN. Our Long Bsanch Correspondence, Mansion House, LONG Brancu, August 17, 186L, Mrs. Lincoln carries out her intention to be quiet and secluded to the very letter, AS 1 telegraphed you yesterday, she remained in her room all the afternooa, In the evening the parlors of the Mansion were crowded with the beaux and belles of the Branch, and Mra. Y incoln was expected to appear, if only fora few mer ments. She kept her room, however, and passed the eve ‘ing in conversation with the ladies of her party and with \the daughtors of Judge White, of New York, whe appearsto be great favorites with her, and whose society sho desin08 constantly, These ladies—Mrs. Mack an@ Miss White —are beautiful amateur singers, and their “music hag arms” for Mrs. Lincoln, as for all the reat Of their thousand admirers. ‘The labor, or yx easure, of entertaining and being enter- tained by the brit wt company at the Branch, devoived, therefore, upon Mx, Robert Lincoln and the gentlemen who accompany him. ‘Ty them the belles of the Mansion: House were introduews, an after promenades, lancera and polkas, the whole party Adjourned to tho National desiring, like Alexandes, mew worlds to conquer, They found them. Mr. Lincoln, and after him Messrs. Bay McConkey and Forbes, wore admire, foilowed and sought for by every lady. Roully, T watehe'l the whole proceed ing carefully, attentively and interestedly) and not ene belle at the National but was all aflutter to be introduced to, to dance and talk with Mr. Lincoln; wot ome beau but was outrageously jealous of the whole party, wished he had voted against Lincoln, thought MeConkey might better be back at Cambridge, remarked that Hay wat tea young to be the President’s Secretary, and cordialigtle- tested the handsome and attractive Forbes. Can any one explain for mo this strango infatuation & tho ladies? You remember how they all went mad about ‘Tommy, and endured all sorts of insults and injuries te see him, to speak to him, to touch him? Well, ho was & Japancso and a curiosity, and I can understand how women, in whom curiosity ranks next to vanity, shoulé like to see and know tho little bronzed prince, interpreter or what is it? You remember, also, how the Princo of Wales was chased about; how ladies followed him from city to city; how he was courted and feted by the fair sex; how only ladies over seventy wore allowed to dance with him at New York, for fear lest the young girls should go crazy at the sight of him; how, ie short, the ladies were bewitched with him, also, Well he was a prince—will be a king one day, if we don’t sul: Jugate Evgland—was somewhat of a curiosity in his way, and by birth, breeding and secured position, and by bis boing tho representative of a very different state ot society from ours, had a claim upon the attentién of even the ladies. But is young Lincoln a curiosity? 1 think not. A more moderate, easy, quite sort of a young gentleman you novor saw. He does everything very well, but avolda doing anything extraordinary. He doesn’t talk much; he doesn’t dance differently from other people; he ism't odd, outre nor strange in any way. Tho ladies have not the Tommy excuse for seeking and pelting him. He isn’t a Japanese by any manner of means, Now, though we christened him “the Prince of Raile” during that memorable tour from Springfield, is there the least shadow of the Princo of Wales excuse for tho ladies* curiosity? Ho is the son of the President, but hs has none of the President’s power, honor or title, and doea not inherit the President’s rank. He is tho reprosonta- tive of no different sort of society than that in which w® all move. In short, ho is only Mr. Robert Linoola, of Cambridge, and I believe he desires to bo only that, He does nothing whatever to attract attention, and shows by every gentlemanly way how much he dislikes this fulsome sort of admiration, but it comes, all the same. I wonder what the ladies think about it all? Are they determined that this now fledged idea of our Amorican aristocracy shall be pushed to its utmost limits? 38 the public homage and Attention not te stop even with Mrs. President Lincoln, but to extend to all the members of the family? Am Ito chfbnicle how Prince Robert dig this, and Prings Edward that, and hoy PrinceS@ininY, or Jimmy, or Ab-P Sitde ed nies Bad Ket his dear littlo feet? Did wo clect a President's wife and son as weil asa President? Do you recollect what Saxe writes about these aristocratic notions just coming into vogue? A bridge across a thousand years, Without a prop to savo it from sneers, Not even a couple of rotten peers, Is American aristocroey. And isn’t this a good thing to think over aud repeat while we are bothering with the subject ? Now, mind yeu, I don’t blame the Lincoln’s for ono jeta of all this troublesome fuss. I have seen tho President im all sorts of places and with all sorts of people, and he is my beau ideal of republican simplicity and (when he pleases) dignity. Mrs. Lincoln is the right sort of a for such a President, and the only fault with which she ever charged is an excess of pride in her husband, and ¥ don’t see how she can bo blamed for that. The rest of tho family are just the same. Mr. Robert is pier when smoking a pipe, student fashion, and doi his share in a good laugh than among all the belles of the Brauch. Yet—and see how gracefully thie brings me back to my original subject after a Cole- ridgian flight—nothing could be more graceful and in better taste than his whole deportment and man- ner during the singing of tho “Star Spangled Banner’? with a rousing chorus, just before he left the National Jast evening, and nothing more Lincolnian than the re- mark, ‘up to date,” which bo interpolated after the query, «<Q, say, does the Star Spangled Banner still wave?” during the singing. No, the ladies are to blame for the whole matter, and 1 wish some of them would explain upon what principle they extend their curiosity about the President to the President’s son; in what ho is different from other young men, and why he should be bothered and aunoyed so con- stanily and outrageously? To-day the weather is very g} and the rain falls gently but steadily. Although ndt so disagreeable as during the prevalence of the great northeast storm we had here a few days ago, it is now quite unpleasant enough to make outdoor walk- ing a thing not to be thought of. Mrs. Lincoln did not visit the beach this morning, and scarcoly left her room. Mrs. Shearer, an intimate friend, who is travelling with the President’s lady, has been very ill since her arrival here. This morning she is somewhat better, but last night her case was considered quito alarming. ‘This probably accounts for Mrs. Lincoln’s almost total seclu- sion from society since her arrival. .A fow persons have been itroduced to her, but she has net appeared at alk pubNcly about the hotel. This morning the cricket match between the Lon Branch and St. George clubs was begun. The Long Brunel Club, by a splendid series of intrigues, succeeded in gotting some of the best players in the country before offering battle to the renowned St. George, The match was, therefore, very interesting. 1 send you a list of the players—most of them big ones—but ‘a more extended notice of the game will be furnished you by Mr. Chad- wick, the umpire. Lone Branca. ‘ST. GRORGE. Kendall, Captain, Bage, Captain. F. Van Buren. Bailey. Lester Wallack. P. Robingon, Gibbes. Vinton. Hudson. Ford. Sharp. Vanderlip. Bennett, Hobbs. Waller. Bainbridge. Baellum. Hi. Wright. Vincent. ‘Trenor. McCoy. Lang. Umpires—Mossra. Hearne and Godwin. Scorer—Mr. H. Chadwick, of the Amorican Club. ‘The woather was so unpleasant that but comparatively few ladies were upon the grounds, but for these, and for all comers, Captain Black, of the United States Navy, and Adjutant McGrath, of the Rifles, had provided the most com- fortable accommodations and the choicest refreshments. During a brief clearing up of the storm Mrs. Lincoln and her suite visited the cricket ground, and—to the credit of all be it said—were received without the slightest cere- mony or demonstration. ‘The game went on as before) the players did not shout or throw up their hats,and only the Reception Committee stepped up to the barouche and welcomed Mrs. Lincoln to the ground. Mrs. Lincoln was very neatly but richly attired in walking costume, She remained but avery few moments, and drove immedi- ately back to the hotel, to dinner, during which sho gave ‘a private interview to Mr. Peters, of the National, his lady and nieces—Misses Waters and Leighton, of Phila- delphia. Mr. ilay, tho Privato Secretary of tho President, re- turned to Washington this morning, thinking that hia services were needed thero. Mr. Hay really needs a vacation, and the President is anxious that he should have one, but Mr. Hay cannot feel satisfied to remain here in idleness, when he knows that he can be of use at Washington, and T am sure that those who know his efficient services there will be glad of his return. ‘To-night grand hops will be given both at the Mansion and the National, and My. Robert Lincoln, and possibly Mrs. Lincoln, is éxpected to attend both. Mre. Lincoln and her lady friends occupy a suit of three large handsomely furnished rooms in the Mansion House proper, and Robert and his friends are bestowed in an elegant private cottage attached to the hotel, and very simply but elegantly furnished, Already the hotels here feel the influence of Mrs. Lin- coin’s visit. Crowds of people are constantly arriving, and by to-night all tho hotols will be filled. Arrivals and Departures, DEPARTURES. Kee Weer any, Havaxa Steamship, Marion—Wm Hi Thorp, J Durand, Mannel Castaneda, TM Bailey, § Korpery nt © Roiz, G Mashidal and son, Wm R'Simpson, Mt Mclfughs Claudo’ Vermay and lady, Francisca lez, Mariano Mendial, Jno Birkbeck, Jas Murphy, ‘nine, Nicholas Glennon, Jno Cairns, Elhu Baker, Jose Lallier and lady, Jaa. Derrollet, Jas Caldwell, Jordan’ Lord, HS Darker’ Jas McLean, Thos Henry, B Armatrong and'lady, A Gonzalas and lady, Miss Ida Bethel, A Atango, Rennett B: Smith, Peter Rizzodi, Adam Gordon, Jno Con, lady and two children iany, J Antiga, Jose A Hyose Calve, Mis det Ni Wm Barton and three child ger, © MeCoskey), Thom McCarty Kate § Jas’ F Hop. kins, 2d W and Mi Mi