The New York Herald Newspaper, August 23, 1861, Page 4

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We have issued another edition of the nu Merous maps, plans and dingrams of the ope- rations of the Union and rebel troops in Vir- ginia, Missouri, Illinois, Florida, and on the Mizsis- sippi and Missouri rivers, and it is now ready for delivery. Agents desiring copies are Tequested to send in their orders immediately. Single copies six Cents. Wholesale price the same as for the Waray Herat. THE SITUATION. Our news from Washington represents the capi- tal in a condition of perfect security, and the inha- bitants enjoying a conviction that no immediate danger is threatened. The rumors that any flank movement by the army of General Johnston is meditated no longer find any credence, It was reported yesterday that the rebel forces were concentrating on Lessburg. It is cer- tain that the advance position which they occu- pied a fow days age from Fairfax Court Honso haa been abandoned. General McClellan conti- nues to review portions of his army day after day. He hud a grand review of tho troops at Alexan- Grin yesterday, A lady epy, of some literary notoricty—Miss Windle—was arrested yesterday at that place. Bhe openly avowed her correspondence with the Tebcl leaders. She was bronght to Washington for safe keeping. Zz The government has inaugurated a vigorous cru" sade against Northern journals whose articles favor the treasonable practices of the Southern rebels. The New York Daily News was seized by the United States Marshal in Philadelphia yesterday, and {ts transit to the South and West totally cut off, The same official also took possession of the office of the Christian Observer, which has been deprecating what it calls the present “unholy war.’ The authorities at the South appear to be exercising a like supervision over those Northern papers which do not represent the views of the rebels. A committee is estab- lished at Nashville, which takes hold of all bundles of Northern papers and Tennessee, prohibits their going further South, unless the tone of their articles and news suits their peewiar ideas. This is done no doubt for the purpose of keeping the Southern People in ignorance of the true feeling of the North, and the real objects of the war, and ena- bling the rebel leaders to circulate the most atro- cions falsehoods concerning the ypirit and the con- duct of the Union army, which we are eredibly in- formed they do not hesitate to de, in order to keep up a feeling of bitter hostility to the United States government and the people of the North. Governor Morgan, we perceive, has issued a proclamation calling upon the citizens of the State of New York to respond to the critical necessity of the times, by sending on mére men to defend the national capital, a response which New York is sure to make with the patriotic ardor which has characterized her people since the commencement of the war. We learn from Missouri that the actual loss of the Union forces at the late battle at Wilson’s creek amounts to 223 killed, 721 wounded and 291 missing; © very heavy loss, considering that there Were not more than 8,000 men at the utmost in the Action on our side. We publish to-day a pro- clamation of Gencral Ben. McCulloch to the citi- zens of Missouri. The Missouri rebel chiefs are very fruitful in proclamations, A private despatch received in Philadelphia last night states that General Banks had advanced on | Winchester and occupied that place, in spite of a force of 4,000 rebels who opposed him. By w y of Cincinnati we have intelligence of a skirmish on the 20th between the Eleventh Ohio regiment and a force of 4,060 rebels at Hawk's Nest, a village eight miles from Gauley, in the Kanawha va . in which fifty rebels were killed and a large number wounded and taken prisoners, Everything remains quiet at Fortress Monroe. General Wool had a review and th:rough inspec- tion of the troops there on Tuesday, and, it is said, personally examined the arms of every soldier in the garrison. Major General Butler has been de- tailed by General Wool to command the volunteer forces at the Fortress, a position which he will oc- cupy until his return to Massachusetts, in order to raise the di recruit. on which he has been authorized to THE NEWS. Our correspondent in Monrovia, Liberia, writing on the Ist of July, sends a very interesting resume of affuirs as then existing in that portion of the African coast. The Liberian government had just paid the people the sums due—eight dollars per month—for supporting the Congo negroes regcucd from slavers and shtpped there by the United States government and the Colonization Society. The living freight taken out by the United States frigate Niagara had all become useful laborers to the colonists. The Congoes were industrious to a degree, spoke the English language fiuently, avoid- ed communication with the native tribes, and allhad become Christians, The same is said, to & great extent, of the cargoes of the Bonita, Erie, Storm King, Cora and Nightingale. The negroes taken from the last named vessel were not treated 8o well by tho Liberian officers as the others, and one hundred and fifty of them died, chiefly from neglect. Indeed, it is alleged that many of them wore buried alive. It is said that President Ben- son would not apprentice them, but left them in the receiving house to the last, in order to have a heavier charge on the government in Washington for their support. The native chief of the Gallenos had induced a Spanish slaver to go into the port of his territory in the way of trade, and then informed the Liberian government of his arrival, the naval oMfcers of which made his vessel a prize, the free negroes cutting down the Spanish ensign and hoisting the single star banner of the republic. In this service Captain Mongo, Liberian navy, was drowned; but when they had the prize secured a British cruiser ran in and took her from them, denying President Benson's jurisdiction in the Gallenos. Not being able to get her over the bar again, the Englishman burned her. Quite a number of ‘distinguished’ colored gentlemen and ladies from New York— including Mr. P, Downing, of the (oyster) Down- ing family—had arrived in Monrovia, and all the ladies of that city were busily engaged in learning to play on the piano, under the tuition of Mr, Luca, an American artist. Hon. J. Scott Harrison declines the democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio for warious reasons, the first of which is that he has been entirely cured of political ambition; second, that if he still was cursed with a hankering after office, he could not, in the present condition of the country, consent to be a party candidate; and third, if we are able to judge by his letter, he thinks the Ohio democracy ought to stand aside as a party, and all hands take hold and support the administration until the Union is firmly re-estab- lished. The merchants of Missouri, Kentucky, Kansas, Minnesota, and the southern portions of Illinois and Ohio, have heretofore been largely sup; with goods by the New Orleans importers. They will nearly all visit New York this season, but will, of course, buy sparingly. The Northern rebel journals are calling strenu- ously for peace, while their brethren in the rebel States insist on a bloody and merciless war. The object to hg. attained by both is the permanent es- tablishment of the Southern confederacy. The Potomac river cannot now be forded at any point between the Capital and Harper's Ferny, nor will the water likely be low enongh for that object in a week to come. In the meantime we say, “Onward to Washington.” Everybody will be rejoiced to hear that Generay Shields—the man that bullets cannot kill—will agaia take the field as a Brigadier General. The Richmond papers say they miss the Northern mechanics. The railroad track in that city re- mains unused for the simple reason that there is no person there who can make a car adapted to the transportation of passengers. The produce loan, which is almost equivalent to a forced loan, in the Southern confederacy, is knocking about yet among the planters. Its suc- cess is slow, and if it does not progress faster than it has heretofore it will require another year's crop to complete the amount, The Aibany Argus (rebel) says: “We have not only lost all the advantages gained to usin Missouri, but we have lost the army with which we gained them.” That isa little worse than any Southern ount we have yet seen. ‘ There are pretty strong indications that Georgia is about to secede from the Southern confederacy. Foyvernor Brown has recalled all the troops of that State from Virginia, and in a recept procla- mation he says there is a disposition on the part of the new government to ignore State righta, and he feared that at the end of the present war the great battle of State sovereignty would have to be fonght over i The number of sick and wounded soldiers be- longing to the State of New York regiments has increased since the report of the 10th instant. There are now in the Washington, Georgetown and Alexandria hospitals two hundred and seventy- four patients belonging to this State. Captain Farber, of the British brig Helen Jane, arrived at this port to-day from St. Domingo city, which port he left on the ¢th inst., reports that on the 8th he saw a Spunisi frigate going into St. Domingo city, having on board the Captwin Gene- ral of Cuba. The Fredericksburg Herald states that two of the schooners captured at the time the steamer St. Nicholas was taken have been sold. One, the schooner Margaret, which was partially sunk, was sold for $510, and her cargo of Cumberiand coal, estimated at from 100 to 130 tons, for $810. The other, the schooner Mary Price, brought $870. No business of public importance was transacted by the Commissioners of Emigration this week. During the last week 1,007 emigrants have landed at this port, making a total of 52,869 who have arrived during the present year—a decrease of 15,881 up to the same date last year. The number of inmates on Ward’s Island is 878, The Treasu- ) tious fulfilment of his daty, to s« ter’s report shows a balance in the bank of $16,- 278 49. The weekly statement of the Commissioners of Charities and Corrections shows that 2,183 persons were admitted to the institutions during the week ending August 17, and the total number remaining there up to that date was 8,241—a decrease of 67 on the preceding week. The cotton market was firm yesterday, with sales of 2,000 bates, 900 of whieh wero taken by spinnors. Prices closed or basis of 1840. a 1830. for middling up. Jands, The latter figure was for even lots, Flour was Tather more buoyant, with a good démaud, in part for export. Some of the medium and higher grades were slightly better, Wheat was irregular and less active, The sales mivte for export were in good part for France: Corn was without change of moment, with a good export demand, chiefly to ports in Great Britain, Pork was i, some better request, with sales of mess at $15 and of prime at $10. Sugars were quite firm and active, with " bhds., closing withia the range of prices n in another column, Coffee was steady, with mode- ales, Rates of froight were sustaine voland the Contin to Liver t, while they were rather firmer to “Weak Inventions oF THE Esewy.” Among the last Munchansenisms of the rebels are the apostacy to secessionism of Parson Brownlow and the Hon, T. A. R. Nelson, of Tennessee, Then look at the story of the cart loads of handeuffs captured at Bull run, Lying &¢ be one of the on which the 1 elie place their iain s to arms dependance, Their course in Kentucky, as soon as the war broke ont, amusingly illustrates this fact. The Agsociated Press had an agent inj Louisvi » who made it ay , in the eouscien= the d to Southern papers as well as to the Northern exact statement of the This did rot suit the rebel leaders cordingly des; atched a teleg m own to Louisville, who, taking the des) of the Associated Press, reverses the news in succes every instance where the result is favorable to | clotined as Spanisff pr NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2: The Now Order of Things at W: ton—Harbingors of Victory. In accordance with general orders from the headquarters of the federal army in Virginia, General McClellan yesterday assumed the com- mand of our forces on the Potomac, comprising the troops sorving in the former departments of Washington and Northeastern Virginia, in the Valley of the Shenandoah, and in the States of Maryland and Delaware. Major General Mc- Clellan has published the names of the officers upon his staff, which includes the most brilliant military talent to be found in this country. On Wednesday, accompanied by the President and his @abinet, he reviewod the divisions assembled near Washington. Our report states that he surveyed each regiment with the most scrupu- lous care. Not a man in the ranks escaped his severely observing notice. Far different did he find their state from that of the disorganized masses led by General McDowell to the dis- graceful stampede at Bull run. The appear- ance, movements and discipline of the several brigades were in the highest degree creditable. Filled with unbounded enthusiasm, and animated by implicit confidence ia their newly appointed and experienced leaders, our battalions vie with each other in their desire to be led against the enemy, and received such congratulations on their martial bearing and military efficiency a3 never would have been bestowed unless they had been well deserved. Such troops cannot be beaten, It has already become & mathematical certainty that if the next battle shall decide the ultimate issuc of the war, the fictitious laurels heretofore obtained by the enemy will be rent from them forever. The army of the United’ States in Missouri, under the command of Major General Fremont, isattaining the most desirable state of discipline. He also has selected his staff with care, and the recent battle between the forces of General Price and the lamented Lyons. afford an abun- dant guarantee that rebellion will speedily be swept away from our Western frontier, Gene- ral Rosencrans is ready for any rebel force that may be sent against him in Western Virginia, and.Major General Banks has acquired the un- limited confidence of the army he commands in Maryland. The Coast Brigade has been orga- nized anew by General Wool, and our forces at Fortress Monroe burn to avenge the unforgotten ambuseade at Big Bethel and the more recent conflagration at Hampton. Not only, however, are our soldiers at the seat of war in the highest state of efficiency, but thou- sands and tens of thousands of men are still be- ing enrolled as volunteers in all the loyal States. Ghio offers to double the number of regiments she has sent, and Governor Morton, of Indiana, says that, though his State has furnished its thir- ty-seven regiments, it is prepared to give one hundred, and will do so if they are wanted. The determination to support the government in putting down rebellion is earnest and univer- sal throughout the West. In the Eastern States political disaffection against the measures of the administration has been crushed out since the return home of the three months volunteers, and temporary murmuring, created by local mismanagement, is fast disappearing from our own midst. Let there be no mare talk, then, of a possible triumph on the part of insurrection- ist traitors. The sun is not more sure to rise than that they and their cause will be swept into oblivion ere the lapse of many months. The disaster at Bull run was caused by the incapacity of the officers of the federal army and the want of discipline among their troops. Within less than one month, how" ever, the legions of the North have become awake to an instinct of their own soldiership, Expe- rienced army officers have replaced the colonels, generals and majors whose first experience, in battle was to run away, and, were a conflict to take place to-morrow, we should be safe in pre- dieting a sure victory to our troops. The armies congregated by the Congreas of Jefferson Davis are said to have a numerical strength, upon the soil of Virginia, of nearly two hun- dred thousand, men. They are ill clothed, poorly fed, unaccustomed to subordination, the greater number of them forced into service against their will, ina cause they believe to be desperate, and in many instances they are secretly possessed with Union sentiments, and will rebel, desert, or openly return to their allegiance on the first occasion that opportunity may offer. While the federal forces are united, they are divided. Their very leaders have ceased to agree, and Beauregard and Jefferson Davis have been notoriously at swords’ points for some time past. Whether, therefore, our forces are attacked, or our army shall march on towards Richmond, the loyal levies of the North are sure of victory; and, under the com. mand of Generals McClellan, Fremont and Wool, hydra-headed rebellion will soon be ex- terminated in our land. Excranp, France anp Spain In AMERICAN Waters.—The announcement that England, France and Spain have simultaneously with" drawn their ministers from Mexico, and closed their relations with the govern- ment of that country upon a_ pretext not altogether plansible, is not without in- terest to the United States. Spain has already taken possession of San Domingo, and it will not be long before she extends her dominion to Hayti, so appropriating to herself the whole of a large and beautiful island not inferior in value to Cuba. Marshal O’Donnel, the Commander- in-Chief of the Spanish forces, has publicly de- clared that the rebellion in the United States is Spain’s opportunity, and it is the avowed design of that kingdom to forcibly claim all its former possessions in Ame- rica. This, although impossible while the United States preserved its normal condition, may, in the present state of affairs, not be found impracticable. In the event of this conflict continuing four or five years without any Euro- r growing out of it, we see nothing to tS) ain accomplishing her purpose. She abandoned her claim to the Chincha re- pean w preve: has nev Islands, in Peru—the source of the guano sup- ply re nor acknowledged the independence of although she has recognized the vrate nationality of several States formerly jaclnded But the fact of having 1 nized their independence is not, we are told, to prevent their being once more uw itse yong her colonies, that and § will the coalition of in the af- favor the us a greatly if f Mexico sult towards which the latter Power is stri- fairs oference to the a! at the least sus- picious, and our government ought to officially the arms of the Unionists. Such are the miser- able devices and mancwuvres by which they feel it necessary to prop up a weak cause, inquire into the purposes’ of those nations with- out delay. It may be that we shall feel called upon to embark in forciga warfare, and double both our army and navy to meet the emer- geoney. Meanwhile, it is obviously the poticy of our government to push on the measures necessary for maintaining the integrity of the Union with the utmost energy and promptitude, and so show to the world that this is no contractors’ war, but one for speedily and earnestly sup- pressing the rebellion and restoring the federal authority in the revolted States. Vigorous and determined action at home will do more te pre- vent our becoming involved in a foreign war than any amount of diplomacy. England, Franee and Spain respect us for our strength and national greatness; and so long as we donot forfeit either by blunders of administration we remain master of the position, and can defy them all. But we know too well that any display of weakness would lessen that prestige, because there is no friendly feeling to sustain it, Indeed, the hostility and jealousy which those Powers en- tertain towards us would lead them to glory in the opportunity of contributing to our national disruption. We are the hated maritime and commercial rival that monarchs and despots would like to see swept away. Let us, there- fore, have action, and in action, a speedy victory over all the enemies of the Uni The Field of the War from Maryland to Missouri. In glancing over the field of war, from Mary- land to Missouri, from the gathering strength of the Union canse and our Union military forces in the border slave States, we are encouraged with the anticipation of a vigorous, comprehen- sive and decisive Union campaign before the close of the coming autumn. Beginning with Maryland, we are advised that the Union men of that State are buckling on their armor to pat down the secession conapi- racy in their midst in their approaching fall election, and that very little fear is entertained of another pjotting secession Legislature in that quarter, Our overwhelming military forces at Baltimore, Annapolis, and at other points within the commonwealth, since April last, and the de- cisive penco moasures adopted by General Banks and General Dix over the refractory traitors of Baltimore, have exercised a very wholesome moral influence over the people of Maryland. Quiet and peaceable Union men have been encouraged to hold their ground, and blustering traitors and incendiaries have been put under the restraint of locks and bars or driven into holes and corners, Donbtles: there still exists an extensive secession conspi- racy in Maryland, awaiting the opportunity of a rebel invasion from Virginia, but from day to day the probabilities of any such attempted res” cue are more and more rapidly diminishing. We are informed that since the disastrous battle of Manassas Beauregard has been rein- forced to the extent of ten or fifteen thousand men, and that reinforcements continue to arrive within his lines at the rate of perhaps a thou- sand men per day—that he is withdrawing from the front of Washington and Alexandria, and is concentrating a large force near Leesburg, some twenty miles above, and some heavy de- tachments at Aquia @reck and Mathias Point, some fifty and sixty miles below Washington, on the Potomac. The river at various points above, between the Great Falls and Harper's Ferry, is fordable at an ordinary stage, and most of these fords are convenient to Leesburg; but the late heavy rains have rendered the stream unfordable from the mountains down to tide water, for the present; and within a few days, should the flood sfbside, the reinforce- ments which will have been thrown forward to the river guard of Gen. Banks, will, we dare say, be sufficient to deter Beauregard or Johnston from any attempt to cross over into Maryland in that direction. Below Washington the river, calm and deep, and gradually expanding from one to ten miles in width, can only be crossed in boats, and our Potomac flotilla will be able to gives good acconnt of any attempt to ferry the stream by the rebels from Mount Vernon to Point Lookout. We have the fullest confidence in the vigi- lance, sagacity, activity and resources of Gen. McClelian to hold the rebels on the south or western side of the Potomac above and below Washington until he shell be in readiness for another forward movement; and we have no doubt that when he moves forward it will be to a decisive victory, or to a series of decisive vic- tories, as in his late Western Virginia campaign. Itis beautiful and brilliantly executed combina- tions in that campaign afford us the most satis- factory evidence of his superior capabilities for his present position. He is wonderfully strengthened, too, by the confidence of his troops and of the country in his excellent mili- tary qualities; for from this important adyan- tage he has already achieved those wonders in the reorganization of the army of the Potomac which have encouraged the highest public ex- pectations in its readiness and power at any moment to redeem the disaster of Bull run. The loyal Union people of Western Virginia have, in Convention, taken the preliminary steps to the organization of a new State from the thirty odd loyal counties represented in the movement. Perhaps, however, with the expul- sion of Jeff. Davis and his spurious despotism from Eastern Virginia, these Western Virginians will prefer to remain in the old commonwealth; but we suspect that the enormous rebel taxa. tions resulting from this Southern rebellion they have no notion of being saddled with in any event, and that the “Old Dominion” is thus inevitably destined to lose one-third of her ter- ritorial area in the organization of a new free State. Meantime, as with the precipitate retreat of the blustering ex-Governor Wise from the valley of the Kanawha, ihe rebels have been expelled from the limits of this embryo State, the people thereof are in a condition of com- parative freedom already. Nor is it very pro. bable, with General McClellan preparing a for- ward movement from Washington, that the rebol managers at Richmond will be able to accom- plish the subjugation of Western Virginia, or even to undertake it until too late for anything but defeat. Kentucky begins to loom up in bold relief among the loyal Stat Her late popular ma- jority in her legislative election of sixty tLou- sand for the Union removes all doubt of the impregnabitity of Kentucky. With General Anderson at the head of her Union forces, she will soon be in a condition to give solid aid and comfort to the beleaguered Union men of East- ern Tennessee, and thus practically initiate the good work of restoring Tennessee to the Union. Nor have we any fears of Missouri. The late magnificent battle of General Lyon, against a rebel army four times in numbers exceeding his own, has had the moral effect in that quarter of a great victory. It has shown that the Union soldiors of the West are indifferent as to the numbers of thgir rebel enemies; but it has also stimulated General Fremont and the loyal aw- thorities and people of the State to the greatest activity in mustering s Union army ef such nue merical strength as will leave the isswe of no fu- ture battles in Missouri with the rebels to the doubtful chances of superior bravery, regard- less of the enemy’s numbers. To sum up ina few words, the Union cause from Maryland to Missouri, is rapidly gaining strength, consistency and inethod from our late disasters in the field, and we have every reason to anticipate, in good season, from the new order of things thus established in our army, a comprehensive and successful campaign from the south side of the Potomac to the western side of the Mississippi. Meantime, however, in view of this grand result, it is all important that our Cabinet should keep step with Scott and Mc- Clellan, and that the Navy Department should he ready in season for some decisive operation’ along the Atlantic seaboard, in addition to the establishment of a rigid blockade. All eyes are upon the Cabinet, and no member of it must any longer lag behind. Tue Navy Durarruenr axp THe New Exo- LAND Fisusrwen.—We published the other day a letter from the New England fishermen offering to the government the services of them- selves and vessels to clear the seas of the rebel privateers which are committing such depreda- tions on our commerce. There are from two thousand to two thowsand five hundred fishing smacks, of from ninety to one hundred and twenty tons, belonging to this hardy and enter- prising class of men, They are schooners, strongly built and extremely fast, being splen- didly handled, and carry crews of from eight to twelve men each, making at the minimum an aggregate of sixteen thousand of the best trained sailors in the world. Cradled and brought up on board these vessels, the latter have become inured to dangers and hardships of every kind py their rough experiences off the coast of Labrador and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The importance of encouraging the Ameri- can fisheries as a school for their sea- men has long been felt. by England, France and onr own government, each in turn granting Dounties with this view. Tt is a curious fact that several years since, when the traitors at the head of the depatt- ments were conspiring to strip the government of all its means of defence, by sending away our vessels of war to distant stations, and for” warding, under one pretext or another, ord” nance, small arms and ammunition to the South, Senator Clay, of Alabama, Chairman-of the Committee on Cammerce, and a noted and vio- lent secessionist, made the most desperate efforts—fortunately without success—to get these bounties repealed. The Southern plot- fers well knew that so long as the government had this large body of loyal and well-trained sailors to fall back upon their privatecring projects could never be prosecuted with any great degree of success. We have before us the reply of the Secretary of the Navy to this patriotic offer of the fisher- men. It is characteristic of the manner in which the operations of the Department have been hitherto conducted:— Navy Derarrweyt, Angust 20, 1861. Six—Your letter of the 17th to the Navy Agent at Now York has been referred to this department. The depart- ment will commission any rcspcrsible parties who may fit out apd sail any suitable vessel for the purpose indi- ented. It will requito that the master shall be approvea by a board specified for that purpese. ‘Tho law gives baif the prizo moncy to tho captors whon tho prize is in infe- rior force, and half to the government. This department will recommend that tho half which shall accrue to the government, in any capture, such as suggested by you, shall also be given to the captors, Iam respoctfully, &c.. GIDEON WELLES. FE. W. Hiswan, New York, The above conditions have a fair appearance, but a moment’s reflection will show that they are inadmissible. The privateers fitted ont by the rebels are, for the most part, small and worthless craft, which, if brought into our ports, would not fetch a thousand dollars under the hammer. The government requires that the fishermen shall themselves equip and arm their vessels before it commissions them. The ex- pense of the rifled cannon, with which they would require to be armed, ranges from eight hundred to two thonsand dollars each, and be- sides this a considerable amount would have to be laid out insea stores for the cruise. This would be clearly a losing undertakiag on the part of the fishermen, and, patriotic and well disposed as they are, it cannot be expected that they will go into it. What the department should do to secure the services of this invalua- ble body of men. and to protect them at the same time against loss, is to provision and arm their vessels and offer liberal bounties for the capture of prizes. They could make a trial with a limited number—say five Inndred—of — these fishing sma filling up the crews to their requisite ‘strength from the others. It cannot be pretendod that. they would run any risk in doing so, for all these New England fishermen are native born Americans and of undoubted loyalty. We are satisfied that so great would be the success of the experiment that the whole of their ves- sels would soon be catied into requisition, and the seas promptly cleared of the pirates who are now preying upon our commerce. A Man For tux Tives.—The accounts from Fortress Monroe represent General Wool as infusing wonderful activity und energy into all departments of the military service there. He holds every colonel and line officer responsible not only for the good conduct but for the efficiency of their respective commands; he exacts specific reports from them in every in- stance, insists upon their being personally acquainted with the facts stated, and checks them by inquiry and supervision. And yet this is the man who was represented as too old and infirm for active service, while political gene- rals, who had no knowledge whatever of mili- tary duties, were placed in responsible com- mands, where, by their ignorance and incompe- tency, they demoralized their men and brought insubordination and trouble into our camps. Letter from Mr. Nelson, Who was Arrested by the Rebels. The Knoxville Register publishes the following letter from Mr. 'T. A. SON Having been arrested in Lee county, Va., taken to Cumberland Gap, and sent to Richmond, Va.,1 deem it due to ail those who have had me In actual custody to state they have treated me with uniform civility and Kindness) To Captain Powell, at Cumbefland Gap, and nants Piumlee and Covke, and Sergeant Gillepsie, * of the soventy men who guarded me to Abingdon, and to the soidiers under their I feel especially’ ind: bted for their remarkably good conduct on the way, and tho respectful treatment 1 received at thojr hands. Of Major 1ee and Lioutenants Plomlec and Cooke and the men who brought me from chmond, and have had charge of me since no janguage at iny commmandsufcient amy sense of the mauner in which they dis- i theif duty, they being as careful to protec against violence ond insult as to prevent my rescu escape, I have deemed it proper to prepate this s ment In the hope tat my friends will cherish uo feeling of unkindness towards ail or either of the persons referred to. T. A. R. NELSON. Obituary. ’ Mra. Mitchell, wife of Professor O. M. Mitchell, of the Dudley Observatory, died in Albany on the 20th inst, MOVEMENTS OF MRS. LINCOLN. Programme for To-Morrow—Full Holels, de., dc. On the same principle, I sappose, that the darkest hour comes just before day, these twenty-four hours which pre- cede the evontful and brilliant to-morrow have been the dullest of the season, Nobody has done, said or thought of anything important, except im regard tothe details of to-morrow’s festivities. Little Tommy Lincoln having reeovprod from his ilt- ness, his mother took her usual drive this aftergoom, with Mr. Roberts and Fortes as attendants. Beyond this, Mra, Lincoln did uot leave the hotise, but received & few of hor friends privately. Tits evening Mr. Halstead returned with his wife and daughter, and now tho party ie again complete, with the exception of McConkey. The most important arrival of the day, however, was thadef ex- Governor Nowell, of New Jersey, now one-of the Superin- tendents of the coast. The presence of just such am ao- tive, bustling, energetic sert of ferson as the cx-Gover- nor has been needed here te draw Mrs. Lincom oub,and overcome her disinclination to allow the pablic to: see her in a quiet and polite way. Tho Governor had bis share of entertainment yet to offer, however, and he has added it to tho alraady overwhelming attractions which to-morrow shall bring forth, At ten A.M. to-morrow, then, Mra. Lincoln: will ae- company Governor Newell and a select party om a Lyd alony the coast to visit several of the station houses the ooast guard, organized to relieve and succor the mariners wrecked aloug this Jersey shore. ‘The trip» will oecupy about three hours, and at one o'clock an exhibi- tion of the practicai workings of this coast guard: system will be given from the beach in front of the Mansion house, ‘The boats will be lauuched and run through the surf; @ line will be shot across an imagmary ye from & mortar, and the use of the life cars will bo illustrated. We only nocd a real wreck on hand to make the ox- hibition compete. Thon, after dinner, tho festivitics of the day will-bogim. Lodworth’s Bund will play for promenaders on he groom Fireworks will be given in front of the Mansion from seyon tiil nine o'clock, Thon tho grand ball, about which all the ladies aro crazy, will be given at tha: Mam sion; and a grand hop will como off at tho National. What can T add to this? Do you wonder that woare all quiet to-day, and that we reserve our powers for to-morrow? The weather here is delightfully cool, and the moon. light is, beyond all description, beauti’u!. One never tires of watching tho bright, Nquid, variable’ path it seems to make across the shining # a, or of looking,at the beauty and grace it lends to the landscape hereabouts. All the hotels are well filed now; but, like omnibuses, they have always room for one more. Great crowds are expected here to-morrow, and we are al! taking @ rest in bon a of the bustle of their arrival and of ourgrand Lona Branca, N. J., August 22; 1861. Mrs. Lincoln, escorted by ex-Governor Nowol) aod a select party, visited the Coast Guard station houses this morning, and inspected the apparatus for saving persons: from wreck. She gave a reception to a numereusparty this afternoon, The Coast Guard exhibited, in front of the Mansion House, the method of conveying lines and boats.to ves- sels,in which Mrs. Lincoln appcared to be muchiinte- rested. Dodworth’s band afterwards serenaded Mro, Lincoln and party, and balloons were sent up until sun- down, After sunset there was a splendid display of fire- works in front of the Mansion House, and grand hops are now going on at that and the National Hotels. At the Mansion House Mrs. Lincoln was present, andtitc ball is the most briliant one ever given here. Mrs. Lincoin has decided not to leave Long Branch un- til Monday, on account of the iliness cf hor younges* child. Personal Inteligence, Mr, Potiseo, of the Russinn Legation, at Washington, and Captain Ramsey of the United States Navy, are stop: ping at the New Yerk Hotel. Obeyalior Hulseman, Austrian Minister to the United States, and A. Kebbe and wife, of Matanzas, are stopping at the Clarendon Het +1. Colonel L. R. Sinyth, of the British Army; Captain Hay- man, of the Uffited States army, and Major Sprague, of wie Island, are stopping at the Metropol; ‘Hotel. Hen. ©. B, Calvert, of Maryinnd; Brigadier Gonoral Viele, of the United States Army; A. M, Sherman, of New- burg; H.W. Tracy, of St. Louis; 1. A. Chapman, of Maryland; 6. F. Many, of Chicago, and & @. stoncy, of Hartford, are stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Samrel G. Ward, of Boston. W. Clark and wife, of . Tweedy, of Danbury; C. W. Morgan, W. French, W. B. Rogers and 8. €. Hinman, of New York, and John B, Palmer, of Providence, aro stop- ping at the Albemaric Hotel. 2 Hon, E, W. Leavenworth, of Davis, of Toston; Capt, Spencer Of the United States Navy; T. nes, of Washington? Hi. T. Austin and wife, of California: J. Chase, of Buf- falo; R, i). Granger, of Albany, and C. Dexter, of Ala- bama, are stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Hon. Amos Kendali. and wife, and J. Kondall, of Wash- ington; Hon. J. D. Caton, of Wineis; Hon. Tra Harris and B.F. Learned, of Albany; Judge Davies and Capt. Wood- ward and wife, of New York; Leopold Christ, of @ many; K. Chapman, of Utica: J. W. Swan, of Medina; J. A. Ciay and wife, of Phiatelphia; Gen. Cook, Col. Stevens and Col. Talbot, of New Jersey; H. ©. Livingstone and wife, of Chicago; B, M. Eaves, of Kentneky, and J. Cush- ing, Jr., of Baltmore, aro stopping at the Astor House. Hon. Wm. S. Preston, Minister to Spain under the Buchanan administration, accompanied by his family, passed trough Covington, Ky., on the 20th inst. , en rotta for home. The new Governor of Missouri, Hamilton R. Gamble, was in St. Louis on tho 20th instant. Robert Tyler has been appointod Register of the Con- Liont, Colonet Portland: R. ©. Irwin, The Diario dela Marina (Havana) of the 4th instant has the following announce: “Mr. Thomas Savage is authorized by the Suprem » Government. of this isl to discharge, daring the absence of Mr. Robert G feldt, the Consulship General of the United State: Nor’ th in this city, with the capacity of Commercial Colonel Henry Bornstein, of the Second Missouri Vol- is reported as being in Phitntelphin on Saturday ‘ast, leaving that city for New York on Sunday night. The United States Frigate Congress. Foston, August 22, 1861. Tho United States frigate Congress, from Rio Janciro, is below. Telegraphic Enterprise. ‘Sr. Joun, N. F., Angest 22, 1861. The steamship Kangaroo, from New York for Queena. town and Liverpool, passed Cape Raco this mo where late despate i were put on board, both from the Ags 1 Press and the telegraphic commercial agency of Geo. Stoker, Esq. ‘The stcamship Kuropa, which saifod from Boston on Wodnesday, will pass Cape Race on Simday morning, where despatches frat can be left with Geo. Stoker, at 145 Broadway, up to Saturday evening) will be conveyed to her, Oswego Canal Navigation. Syracese, Avgest 22, Navigation on the Oswego canal is again i: Mud lock, The look wiil be repaired and boat 1861. pied at passed by Sunday afternoon. Markets. PHILADELTHIA STOCK BOARD, Pritapstrima, August 22, 1861 Stooks dull. Philatelnhia State 5's, 7754; " Ren Railroad, 1794-100; Morris Canzl, 35; Long Jslan: read, 914; Peniisylvania Railroad, 375%. Sight oxc on New York at par. Be Pautapxruta, August 22, 1861. Flour unchanged, Whoat declinod 8¢.: $1 20a $1 85 for white, $1 20 a $1 22 for red. Corn in good demand; yellow 53¢. « 85c. Whiskey steady at 18c. a 18 4c. Anaxy, August 22, 1861. Flour dull, No sales of wheat; yesterday aftericon 7,000 bushe’s choice old white Cabadian, at $130, Corn very dull, and saleable, in car lots, at 45igc, a 46. Outs stoady; B8¢, for Stato and 3334c, for Chicago; sales 8,000 bushels, Whiskey—sales 200 bbls. Received by Central Railrcad for New York, 58 bbis. oil, 510 bags wheat, 4,896 bbls, flour,140 bbls. highwines, 64 hh ts, tobacco, 67 bales wool, 683 boxes cheese; for Boston and the East—149 bble. oil, 3,000 bbls. flour. 257 bales wool. Shippei by tows to New York, August 21—125,900 bushels corn, 19,000 bush- els wheat, 4,600 bur hols oats, Oswrco, August 22, 1861. Flour unchanged. Wheat declining, with very littie in- quiry; No. 1 Chicago Spring held at'9c. with buyers at 0c. Corn and other grains quiet. ‘Lho fresh break at Mud lock, reported this morning, has a great influence im depressing the market. Canal freights steady—fiour 23c., wheat 8e., corn 7c., to New York. Lake imports— .700 bushels wheat, 124,400 bushels corn. Canal ex- ports—1,414 bbls. flour, 41.600 bushels wheat, 21,300 racial ae Borraso, August 22—1 P.M. Flour unchangod and quiet. Wheat lower, with a mode- rate demand. Corn lower and in moderate demand: seles 64,000 bushels, at 35c. a 36c., mostly at the outside figure. Other grains quict; no sales. Canal freights uuchonged. Lake imports to-day—4,600 bbls. flour, 940,000 busivels Wheat, 252,000 bushels corn, 24,000 bushels oats. Cunt exports—300 bbls. flour, 48,000 bushels wheat, 72,000 bushels corn. Burraro, August 22, 1861. Flour steady and in moderate demand. Wheat also in moderate detnand: market easior: sales 15,000 bus siles .; 8,000 do, at 35.4¢c.; 7,000 do. ab ns quiet, and no sales, Canal freights— 360. Other gi 10K. on corn, 114s. on wheat to New York. Lake im- ports—6,000 bbis. tlour, 345,000 bushels wheat, 370,000 bushels corn, 25.000 bushejs oats, 4,600 bushels rye. Canal exports—2,000 bbis. flour, 70,000 bushels wheat, 000 bushels corn. by Cmcago, August 22, 1861, Flour dull and stightly declined. W! rye a do. lower: salea No. 1 at 63c. a 65c., No. 2 60c. a 6le. Corn 4c. & Lc. lower: sales of mixed, 224gc. Oats easier, at 154,c. a 16c. Receipts——4,900 bbis. flour, 185,000 buah- els whoat, 180,000 do. corn, aud 100. do. oats. Ships ments—5,700 bushels wheat, 110, do. corn. Freighia casier: 123¢¢, a 1dic. to Buifalo. Exchange unchanged. Cxscemnan, A vted 1861. Flour unchanged; $3 67 for superfine. iskey stemty at 13c. Moderate business in provisions. pork Sida $14 25. yy unchanged,