The New York Herald Newspaper, August 30, 1861, Page 8

& NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1861. re a Monster Hibernian Festival at Jones’ Wood. Immense Demonstration for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of the Gallant Sixty-ninth who Fell in Battle. RSEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TEOPLE EN MASSE, Stirring and Patriotic Address of Capt, Thomas Francis Meagher. Melodies, Dancing, Piping, Feasting, Drinking and Drilling. HB PLURIBUS UNUM, &o., &e., de. ‘The ‘Grand Monster Festival,” for which such exten- mive preparations had been made by the convention of Irieh gocictirs of this city, came off yesterday at Jones’ Wood, and, without question, it was the greatest demon- stration of its kind that was ever witnessed in New York. ‘Tho festival was given under the auspices of the Irish so- cieties for the relief of the widows and orphans of that portion of the gallant Sixty-ninth who fell on the battle- fiold when nobly defending the flag of their adopted coun- try. No stronger appeal conld be made to the sengitive and ‘warm affections of the Irish heart than the simple an- Rovncement that an ovation was to be given to the wives ani children of their countrymen who fell in defence of tho land of their adoption—the land of the free and the homo of the brave.” The response was more spontane- ous and enthusiastic than the most sanguine Irishman ‘ould have expected; and while the ovation demonstrated the proverbial ardent aftection of the natives of the Eme- ald Isle, it also showed the intense devotion of the Irish- American to the Stars and Stripes. It would be utterly im Possible to give the reader an approximate idea of the scene which Jones’ Wood presented yesterday. Our German feliow citizens have the reputation of getting up ‘mon ster festivals,” but they were small family gatherings ‘when comparcd to the “Grand Monster Festival” of the sons and daughters of Erin’s isle, In the classic language of the City Hill “ring,” it was a “big thing”—a genuine Fish lovefeast—a monster Donnybrook Fair, From an early hour in the morning until late in the afternoon the railroad cars were literally packed inside and out with Ihuman beings; and not only were these public convey- ances crowded, but a number of steamboats, which ran frem New York and Brooklyn, arrived at the Wood every hour. The Third Avenue Railroad Company may Ihave provided an extra number of cars, but whether they 41d or not, a car load was to be seen standing at every lock, from the City Hali to the depot, vainly hoping to ‘Be conveyed to the Wood. At three o'clock in the a/ternoon there could not have ‘deen less than seventy thousand people within the @nolosure, and so great was the pressure at the various @Mtrances throvghout the day that the men deputed to Yeollect the tickets were unable to take them fast enough» ‘wo that hundreds of the impaiient and excitable sons of ‘Bt. Patrick forcibly ob:ained admittance by climbing Over the fence, and the handful of Mytropolitan officers ould not prevent this occurrence. Of course the Celtic @lement greatly predominated, for, turn where you ‘would, the rich Irish brogue, the cordial greetings of old @oquaintances, and the wiiiy repartee, all gave unmis- takeable ovidence of the nationality of the monster ving. Neverthel ss, there was a sprinkling of other Rationalities—the Germans, French and native Americans, ‘evinoing by their presence ‘their cordial sympathy with benevolent’ and patrietic movement of their Celtic brethren. Tho most casual observer could not haye failed ‘to percvive that the late strigule, in which loyal Ameri @ans were engiged sile vy side in defence of their com. mon country, has cemented them together in a bond which can never be sundered, and such elements must Prove invincible when confronted with the enemies of th Fepublic. Ak we have said, at an early hour in th morning the Wood was well filled, particular iy by the fe male and youthtul portion of the visiters, who resol ‘upon having a fow hours’ sport before their fathers and Drothers arrived. The ampie accommodations provided by the proprietors of Jones’ Wood, in the shape of swings, hobby horses and other juvenile sports, served to amuse Young America, A circus company and an ex tensive collection of wild beasts were also on,the ground, and, notwithstanding the unusual attractions of the regu Asr programme, these establishments were liberally pa tronized; and whenever the clown in the ring made a ‘witty allusion to the bravery of the Sixty-ninth on the field vi conilict, he “brought down the house.” The plat- forms set apart for dancing were occupied at noon, at each of which a cornet band was placed, which vis coursed appropriate music, while the merry company tripped the light fantastic toe to their heart’s content. Although the accommodations provided for this svecies of Amusement were sufficient to accommodate thousands Btil!, 80 anxious were the Irishmen and women to havo regular break down irish jig, that varic small groups were formed, and’ thus the services of all the itinerant Irish fiddlers that could be found were called into requisition. There an abundant supply of provisions, is, suflicient one would sup- an’s army for at least one It is needless to say that the dancing and prome nading whetted the appetites of the crowd, and that the aterers to the alimentive desires of the multitude reap- edarich harvest. The hour of two having arrived, Bry ants’ Minstrels, who kindly volunteered their servi ave a grand concert on the south stand m ‘white fact ir. Ogden, the popular Irish comic sin ,S8ang a va riety of Irish melodies, and the Seventh W flee Club a number of appropriate songs, includ- wanj ing “Tho Standard of the Free,” by John Mahon; “Long Live the Sixty-niath,” words’ by Joln Mul laly, Fsq., and ‘Corcoran to his Regiment, or I would not take Parole.” The words and music of this song were written and composed expressly for this occasion by an frishman. Mr. Charles Ferguson, the popular Irish blind piper, contributed his valuable services, and the other instrumental music was furnished by Conneli’s celebrated cornet and cotillon band. But the great feature of the fogramine was the address to be delivered by their vorite and almost idolized orator, Capt. Thomas Francis Meagher, who was announced to’speak from the stand where the late Senator Douglas spoke at the great barbe. sue held in Jones’ Wood during the last Presidential con- test. Long before four o’ciock, the hour fixed fer the de- livery of the oration, a vast coucourse of people assem ‘Died in front of the west stand, which was draped with the American and Irish flags. We venture to say that no orator ever stood before such an immense multitud as that which Mr. Meagher addressed yesterday afternoon. The men, women and children—for there were children in the crow¢—were so densely packed togethor that it was with the utmost difficulty that the officers Opened up a passage for the orator and the Committee of Arrangements; but finally Mr. Meagher, accompanied by Indge Connolly and other p-ominent gentlemen, reached the stand amid tremendous cheering. Mather Money was recognized _on the platform and was enthusiastically cheered. Had it not been for the almost superhu man efforts of a company of Meagher’s Zouavos assisted by police officers, would have ‘been demolished, so anxious ¥ xcited multitude to get within hearfng and ig distance of the popular Orator an soldier. The m ial nature of the Hibernian could not prevent the expression of indignation when a Belect number were perinitted on the speaker’s stand, and 80 determ ‘ned was a strong and healthy Irishwoman to as- cend the stand that she succeeded in overpowing two police officers; but she was subsequently removed. No doubt she entertained similar ideas cf equal her two fellow countrymen, one of whom, on a certain occagio! put this question ‘to his c Tg isn’t one mau another?” to wh ed, “Of coorse he is triok an’ a grate we was called to order by the Ht . Chairman of the Committee of A ‘as about to introduce a gentleman whose nud abilitic gained him a world-wide r: rancis Meagher, the patriot, the ier. pu statesman and the Mr. Meacink, on presenting himself, was greeted with a ceade’ mille de faltha (a hundred thou sand welcomes), and proceeded to deliver an address on “The National Cause, its Soldiers and its Martgrs. He had not spoken over five min hing multitude beneath sarged to chéd 80 ar the-stand that the speak unless they maintained order and silence they would destroy the platform, and thus prevent him from speaking. Tho ox citement at this juncture was very great; but here was ‘one gentleman on the stand whose demeanor was so ¢ool 8o bland, when all around l in his drawing room in } enue. After a whi mudience listenod patiently to the speaker, and t interruption that hearers, who were charmed with the of their favorite orator. Mr. Meaciten spoke ag follows :— BPhECH OF CAPTAIN THOMAS FRANC In the dew fas 1b melts © bright ning to the de 2 loftie hem stones, far more forcibly than the losses they record, teach the lesson that our days on tho carih are asa shadow, and there is none abiding. Be it marble, be it granite, be it the sternest stone or metal, the letters and emblems with which it is wrought — grain by brain “decay, and | the | day comes nt ° last when some strange creature, whose Communion is with the past and with the past alone, peering and gleaming through his’ spectacles, searching’ keenly and flercely al- most, with brain and chisel, vainly strives to rescue a solitary epitaph from the confusion and mystery. into which it has irrevocably passed. Such, then, being the lesson tanght by the briglitest, the strongest, the grandest forms and voices, whether in ‘the sky, the land, or sea— such the lesson taught by the very stones which man, in his love, his vanity, hig courtesy Or gratitude erccts’ as enduring memo: ials of his race—no wonder that here, this day, in the midst of all these Fgeioys pastimes, through the heart of this healthful and joyous crowd, over all this blended splendor of foliage and’ sunshine, above the sh:yill tumult of the boats that vex the river on the rocks of which we stand, and the music to which these waters, Sweeping there before us, have scemed to leap—no wou- ler that a broad shadow from the hushed battle fleld hould rise and overspread us. (Hear, hoar, hoar.) ‘There are (elien clouded and gushing with bitter sorrow in the desol Diecesed and gladdened with all the warmth and beau- teousness, with all the promise and fruitfulness of this pron sone hour and consecrated scene; and there aro ittle hearts that have grown big and heavy in darkened rooms, waiting and praying for footsteps which once were checrier to them than the songs of the birds that greet the rising sun, but which shall never wake again tbe In the name, for the sake, in tenderness and compassion, in proud echoes of the’expectant house, (Sensation.) pine and duty to those whose husbands and fathers, ig) blood—whose doorways ar’ now hung with blackest mourning, and whose tables miss the industrious hands that once furnished them with bread—in the name of the of the widowed" homes Sixty-ninth, we, of the dead soliiers cheers)—with this purpose and these emotions we this was a propitious hour and this a consecrated scene. (Great applause.) est, the hardiest and the oldest, the rude, tl bre hairs and g) he pastime e#, enuobles what might otherwise be rough, boister- ous, frivolous or idle, and, linking with rays of divincst light and lustre the living and the dead, breathes into every Irish heart at least the assurance that thoy shall never be forgotten who fall in a just cause, in vindication of laws that are untmpeached and unimpeach: able, and in sustainment of a government which, while it is the least exacting, is time the most encouraging and world has ever known. is tho leesin, the knowledge her beneficent the purpose, the scene. (Renewed applause.) Peacefulness, and joy- ousness, and glory—such as nd home on earth, however blest, confers, nor the most affluent city in the fullness of its gratitude and grandeur can decree—be for eternity to those who fell, on that terrible Sunday of July, in the tempest which swept with flames, and beat back on a deluge of carnage and consternation the army that had advanced to restore in an insurgent State the supremacy of the national egpowye oid cheering.) Peacefuiness, and joyousness, and glory be to these who fell in this great endeavor, wherever they may have been born, at whatever altar they may. have worshipped, to whatever school of politics they may have belonged. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) Peacefulness, and Joyousness, and gory, eternal and aupreme, be to those who venturing here from Ireland—(hear, hear)—con- ceived in her womb, nourished at her breast, nurtured and emboldened as her children only are—went forth without a thought of home, of reward, of danger, of any ties however dear, of any ‘compensa tion small or great, of any consequences, however des- perate and fatal they might be, to maintain in arms the authority of the government to which they swore alle- giance, and in the perpetuation of which their interests, as cmigrants driven by devastating laws and practices from their native sotl, are vitally finvolved. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) A8 this “prayer goes forth, the ‘scene before me seems to pass away. Dense white clouds rise from the earth and intercept it. Lightnings sweep through those cloucs, and in the brightest sunshine that can bless the earth @ tempest opens which shakes the forests and the mountains with ite thunders, and floods the meadows with a rain that turns ‘to red the greenest bindes of grass. (S nation.) Again tt seene changes, The storm has ceased. The white clouds have vanished. On the glowing horizon the mountains of Vicginia blend their grand forma with a sky of speck- jess blue, and, silent as the pyramids of the desert, over- look the wreck and rayages which the exhausted ‘storm as left behind it. Nearer to me—their vast wobs of emerald interwoven with the golden skeing which the sun flings out—in their restored freshness and beauty, the woods, where the storm most flercely raged, deepen and expand for miles. The grass of the mealows grows green again, and the streams, which had been troubled “and stained like them, pursue their old paths in peacefulness and purity, as though no flashing hoofs and wheels, no burning’ feet pressing in thousands to the charge, no shot or shell had harrowed them. But on the silent fields which those noble mountains overlook and those deep groves shadow Tsee many a strong and gallant soldier of the Sixty-ninth whom I knew and loved, and they lie there in the rich sunshine discolored and cold in death, (Hear, hear, and deep sensation.) All of them were from Treiand, and as the tide of life rushed ont, the last thought that left their hearts was for the liberty of Ireland. (Euthusiastic cheering.) Prominent amongst them, strikingly noticea- bie by reason of his large, iron frame the boldly chiselled features, on which the impress of great strength of will and intellect was softeued by a constant play of humor and the goodness and grand simplicity ¢ his heart—wrapped in his rough old overcoat, with his sword crossed upon his breast, his brow boldly uplifted as though he were still in cgmmand, and the conscious ness of having done his duty"sternly to the Jast still ani. jnating the Roman face—there lics James Haggerty— (immense cheering)—a braver soldier than whom the land of Sarsfield and Shields has not produced, and whose name, worked in gold upon the colors of the Sixty-ninth, should te henceforth guarded with all the jealousy and pride which inspires a regiment, wherever its honor is at Stake and its standards are in peril. (Enthusiastic cheering over and over again rene But what of the cause in which our countrymen fell that day? ,Was it urgent, was i€ just, was it sacrety Never was there a cats mére urgent, more just, more red. (Hear, hear, hear, and enthisiastic cheering.) assertion of the national authority, derived, ag it is, frem the free will and yotes of a majority of the citt zens—(hear, hear)—the conservation in its integrity of that magnificient expanse of Country over which @ com- mon constitution has thrown its shield, and along the frontiers and at the gates of which+a common treasury vas planted forts and custom houses, and the flag which uo foreign hand as yet has questioned with impunity— (hear, hear, hear)—the enforcement of the laws of Con- s'ess, the sworn compact of the States, the invio- lability of‘ the ballot box and the decisions that “proceed from it—the sanctity of official oaths, the accountability of the public servants, the moet precious fruits of the Revolution, the claims of posterity , the progress of democracy, its consolidation and ascen: dancy, the glory df the New World—(loud cries of hear, hear.)—behold the cause in which those lives were offered up! (Tremendous cheering.) Never, 1 repeat it, was there a cause more sacred, nor one mor just, nor one more urgent. No cause more sacred, for it comprehends all that has been considered, most desirable, most valuable, most ennobling to a political ’ society and humanity at large. No cause more just, for it involves no scheme of conquest or subjugation, contemplates no disfranchisement of the citizen, excludes the idea of provincidlism and inferiori- ty, aiming only at the restoration of franchises, powers und property, which were enjoyed by, one people and one republic, and which, to be the mcans of happiness, fortune ’and renown to millions, must be exercised and held §n common under one code of national laws, one flag and one Executive. No cause more urgent, for intrigues, perfldies, armed legions, the hatred and cupidity of foreign courtg.assail it, and every reverse with which it visited serves as a pretext for the desertion of the coward, the misrepresentation of the politician whose nation is his pocket, the proffered com. promises of men who, in the name of peace, would capitu late to treason and accept dishonor, encouraging the de- signs of the kings, and queens, and Knayes, to whom this great commonwealth, with all’ its wonderous acquisitions and incalculable promise, has been, until within the last few weeks a sourceof envy, vexation, alarm and discomilture, presenting, fis it did,nobler scenes of activity and progress than their estates could show—éheltering and advancing the thousands whom their rods and bayonets had swept beyond the sea, and, like the mighty genius of the ocean confronting the ship of Vasco di Gama, uprising here to repel the introsion which would establish on the seas and islands of the New World the crowued monopolies and disabling domination of the Old, (Loud and enthu- siastic cheering.) Will, the Irishmen of New York stand by this cduse—(enthusiastic and vehe cries of “We will.” “We will’)—resolutely, ¥, with inexorable fidelity, despite of ail the sacri fices it may cost, despite of all the dangers into which it may compel t despite of the bereavements and ‘ing gloom it bring upon such homes as this day s the industry and love of the dead soldiers of the y-ninth, but in some measure to console and suecor which the festivities of this day have taken (snd sud protracted cheers, and renewed cries of “We wiil.”’) For my part, I ask no Irishman to do that which I my. self am not ed to do. (Tremendous ap- pause.) My heart, my arm, my life, is pledged ty the national cause, and ogee Jast it will be my highest pride, as I conceive it to be my holiest duty and obliga tion, to share its fortunes. (Renewed cheering.) I care not to what party the Chief Magistrate of the republic has belonged, (Hear, hear.) Teare net upon what plank or platform he may have been elected. (Hear, hear, he The platform disappears before the constitution, under the injunction of the oath he took on the steps of the Capi tol. the day of his inauguration. (Hear, hear, and loud 8.) The party disappears in Uhe presence of the na. sar, hear)—and as the Chiet Magistrate, duly ted and duly sivorn, #8 bound to protect and adminis. —( ter the national property for the benefit of the nation so should every con~ cur with him in loyal and carding the mean persuasions ciais—(hear, hear, hear, 3, the national effle! cheering. © national government, the honor and nal flag, are of infinite! at Albany, the Hall or — the es and roars of laughter.) pall of the liberty of the pi mities of the citizen, restrait Nor shall outer or the liberty an the illustrio: nd People we have wim which simp! era story of th A, if worth Me chareciers of which 1 in the active allegiance T tive, now that the righ jeopardized : national domain, government, the lation of spirit in homes where winter has settled in the zenith of summer, whilst we stand here ting in the racks of the Sixty-ninth, were slain in bat: tle, scaling their oath of American citizenship with their who claim these soldiers as our brotheys,and though they were the poorest of the earth would be prouder of them than the haughtiest Princes are of their ancient diadems and domains—(loud ve assembled here to-day, and hence it is 1 haye said that High abovo these banners, these trees, these pillars—gathering all—the youngest, the fair- gentle, ing cheeks, tho extremes of society, and character—into one great edifying and benignant throng, the Angel of Charity extends his wings—sanctifles and pleasures of the hour—refines, illumi- at the game (Enthusiastic cheering.) This inspiration we ac- and hence—to repeat what I have already said—this is a propitious hour, and this a consecrated tho inviolability of that tranquil system of election, with- out which no popular government can have legitimacy consistency and foree—these considerations are far dearer to me, and I claim them to be of far more vital consequence than the liberty to prom sedition or the liberty to conspire, ‘(Immense applause.) S:ch liberties must succumb to the demands of the crisis, the public eafety, the discipline and efficacy of ‘the army, and the attitude of the revolt. (Hear, hear, hear.) Within the range of the laws, the ), the courts, the proprietics and inteyests of the community, let them have full swing in the days of » Such days have their pecr/iar sanctities—m an this, they have their reeygnized and favored abuses of popular institutions and prerogatives; and the fleryist or foulest sheet that is scribbled in the coal-hole or the garrct, a8 well as the most faithless citizen among us, may be per- mittod, the one to scatter broadcast, and the other to drop in crevices and corners, the seeds of disaffection against the government, without the Commonwealth in- currlug any detriment, (Hear, hear, hear.) But in time of war—above all in time of cival war—the iereners me the government should be tho sole grand object loud cries of hear, hear)—and to this end martial law should be the higher law—(tremendous cheers)—and the only one in undisputed forced. (Enthusiastic cries of hear, hear, hear and cheering.) Who speaks about his’ rights a8 a passenger—about his bag of money, his chest of books and clothes, the — photographs of his wife and children, his live stock or bales of mer- chandise, when the steamship has met with a collision, threatens to go down, must be cleared of every embar- rassment and dead-weight, and all hands are summoned to tho rescue? (Hear, hear.) You know it well. I xs sert it without fear of contradiction from any quarter and those who have had most latitude and impunity, were they frank and generous, would be the first to own it. ‘The national government has suifercd more from the patience, the leniency, the magna- nimity it has practised towards ite euemics, and those who are in sympathy and league with thom, than it has done from ‘the couray Aoience, the fierce energy of those who have taken the fleld against it, and- victoriously shaken the banner of revolt and repudiation in its face, (Cries of “hear, hear,” and loud applaune:) ‘The inasked conspirators of the North are in- finitely more criminal and mischievous than the bolt aud armed recusants of the South—(renewed shouts of ‘thear, hear’’)—and democrat as I enthusiastic cheers)—spurning the republicanism of the Ohicago Con- vention as a spurious creed—(outbursts of applause)— having no sympathies whatever with the men in power, other than those which should subsist between tho citizen and his government—(hear, hear, 1 would prompely and cordially approve of the severest measures the President might adopt to paralyze the treachery which in this and other cities, under various liberal and bensiicent pretences, has been, and is sti!! at ‘ork, to undermine and overthrow the be ue magis- racy of the nation. (Great pape Tnot speak in the name of the Irishmen of New York—and they are counted by tens and hundreds of thougands—when I Speak these sentiments, and declare in favor of these rigorous but perative proceedings? (En- thusiastic shouts of “That you do.) Were 1 met with a negative, I should remind my country- men that the English aristocracy—(terrific groaus aid yells)—which is the dominant class in Eng! to which the navy, the church, the army almost exclusively be: long, and which is, im fact, tho political opinion, tho Par Hament, the seoptre and 'the stvord of England—(hear, hear)—I should remind my countrymen that this aristoc: racy is arrayed against the government at Washington— (renewed cries of hear, hear)—and that as it was dead against the Revolution, out of which arceo the liberties and nationahty of the United States, go is it now in hot favor of the revolution which seta at nought those liberties, and against that nationality directs a fratricidal blow. (Shouts and immengo cheering.) A revolution that has the flattery and patronage of an aristocracy to which for generations Ircland has ascribed her social wretchedness and political disorders, and which has scoffed at and scandaiized her before the world, can suroly never have the heart and arm of asuy Irishman who has learned the history of the Stars and Stripes—(hear, hear, hear)—valued ihe blessings and protection they insured; and who, in the frustration of the schemes of this incorrigible aristocracy, its chastisement and down: full, foresees a healthier and stronger life for England, and the liberty of Ireland. (Loud and reiterated cheer- ing.) Be it with Irishmen, at all events, the lesson, the incentive, the animating conviction,’ the rallying battle oy in this tempestuous time! Every blow that, with the shout of ‘ Feac an bealac’—(en- thuslastic cheering)—clears the way for the Stars and Stripes, and plants that flag whorever it lias a prescrip- tive right to fleat, deals to this English aristocracy a deadly mortification and discouragement—(lear, hear, hear)—depriving it of new allies and resources—(hear, hear, and loud checring)—and thus so far ayenges and liberates the island of which # has been the persecution, the crippling fetter, the recurring famine, thapervading blight, the social cancer and the rank source of the pover- ty and slauders, in spite of which her chifiren make their footing ‘and assert themselves abroad. (Loud and long-continued cheering.) Which being so, let us, who hailfrom Ireland—(loud cheers)—we, who have taken an oath of loyalty, not to New York—(hear, hear)—not to Alabama—(hear, hear)—not to Massu” chusetts—(hear, hear)—not to Florida—(hear, hear) — uot to Kansae—(hear,hear, hear)—not to any one {s0- lated State, but to all ‘the States—(immense cheering)— that built up the powerful and resplendent Union ich the sword and counsels of Washington evoked, which the philosophy. of Jefferson ap- proved, which the headetrong honesty and _ he roism of Andrew Jackson = preserved, = which the great arguments of Webster rendered still more solid,and which the loving patriotigm of Henry Cliy, whose precepts and example sti!l animate the sons of Old Kentucky—(loud and enthusiastic cheering for Ken tucky)—gommmenced to the heart of every true Ameri- can—fet tis, at all events, who hail from Ireland, stand to the last by the Stars and Stripos—(tremendous ‘ch ing)—the illustrious insignia of the nation that, of all the world, has been the friendliest sauctuary of the Irish race—(enthusiastic cries of ‘Hear, hear’?)—and in going forth to battle for the American ‘Union against domestic treason and the despotiems of Enrope, et the Irish soldier take with him the assurance, which the scene here before us justifies, that, should he fall, ‘ither his wife nor little ones will be forgotten. (Tre: so ndous and enthusiastic cheering, over anc r again rop.ated, during which Captain Meagher retired.) Great praise js due to the Committee of Arrangements for their indefatigable exertions to preserve order; but they are abundantly compensated for their arduous labors ia Knowing that the festival was a great success, and that they have been instrumental in alleviating the sor- vow of many an afflicted honsehol. The proceeds of the festival will be found to amount to several thousand dol- lars, every dollar of which will be handed over to the Relief Committee of the Sixty-ninth regiment. g THE DIFFICULTY BETWEEN THE FIRE ZOUAVES AND CAMERON RIFLES. We have recvived a communication from an officer of the Cameron Rifles, now in Washington, relative to the cutigulty between that regiment and the First regiment of Fire Zouaves on last Saturday, which pnts a different version on the affair to that which appeared in our Sun. day's edition, The particulars of the atfray were glean on Saturday night at the First precinct station house, and also on the Battery. The following is the substance of the communication referred to:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. HEADQUARTERS CAMERON RULE baa, Bat. Came Mount PLEASANT, Wasmcton, D. C., August 26, 1861. ‘The Cameron Rifles, being drawn up in line at the tory to await the arr’ of the boat which should take them to Amboy, were accosted by two or three loafers, who tried to break the lines by walking through them, It appears that these individuals had an extensive connec- tion among the Fire Zouaves, at the time encamped on the Battery; at least there w some forty or fifty of the latter watching the success of this experiinent. Of course their friends were not permitted to accomplish the intend- ed manceuvre, and were ordered to withdraw at once, which,they dil, abusing the regiment and its officers! while their friends, the Fire Zouaves, joined in this, their favored amusement. The noise and confusion getting worse and worse, one of the ringleadwrs was taken hold of by a member of the Cameron Ritles, who wanted to escort him out of the place. At this moment police officer Marr, as your paper calls him, made his appearance for the pur pose of arresting the soldier, and waving his club when he found that the former was obstinate. Several friends of the man interferred and tricd to release him from the hold of the policeman. At this moment Colonel Betge come up and ordered his men to return to their lines, when the officer fired his revolver at him twice, happily without injuring him. Now the men could not be kept back any longer, they seeing their Colonel in danger, and the melee commenced to become general. Several shots were fired and some knives drawn, but night setting in fast it was impossible to mark the real offenders. Only the combined effvrts of Colonel Betge and Lieutenant Colonel Gerber (who behaved with remarkable coolness during the whole affair), prevented injury to more thaw four or five persons on beth sides. The regi. ment hag since safely arrived at Washington, and is cn- camped at Mount Pleasant. It is deeply regretted on all sides that an adair like the above has happened, which, although originating from outside, cannot fail to injure the good reputation which the Cameron Rifle regiment has Heretofore enjoyed, aud therefore a just representation of the affair should be given to the public. LETTER FROM THE MOZART REGIMENT. ALEXANDIaA, Va., August 27, 1861 Last week, by order from headquarters, we were bri- gaded as follows:—Thirty-cighth New York (Second Scott Life Guards), Third Maine, Fourth Maine and Fortieth (Mozart) New York, under command of Acting Brigadier General Sedgwick. Our encampments are located on cie- vated ground, about two miles from the Potomac, over looking that beautiful river, the city of Alexandria (the hotbed of rebellion) and a broad section of undulating countey, Hai a mile distant, partiy hemmed in by woods, stands Fort Ellsworth, planted round with heavy piecos of cannon ready to belch forth shouts of praise in houor of that gallant soul whose name it commemorates. One mile south there is large edifice, vised logical seminary k buildings on the pre- leftly plauned and trim splendid groves ti 1 students or so the story vel canbe 800) sf with extensive ground med, a very large and valuable near’ by, pleasure grounds, & nw ail hands, joined the Southe From the lofty cupola of ti almost daily, by the the hills, to and fro, at a distan SCOTT AND A MARYLAND R tter from a member of the Seventh Massach iment, to the Boston Traveller, says that Ge the commoncement of the war, t for attempting deniand.d, exord Ly se 18 WRO Jook it without paying a cent for it, at MILITAR ‘MOVEMENTS IN THE CITY. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THB NINE TEENTH (MASSACHUSETTS) REGIMENT. The Nineteenth regiment of Massachusetts arrived at pier No. 3 North river, in the Bay State, at half-past one o'clock yesterday, en rowe for the seat of war. Thig regiment is under command of Col. Hinks, who eds a commission in the Massachusetts Eighth, 44 od with them, in conjunction with the “yew York Seventh and the Massachusetts Sixth, in repairing the Is fe Tepalring damage done by the rebels f 4m Annapolis to the June- Hon, Lieutenant “otonel Devereux (who also served weit". of the Salem Zounves) goes with the regiment in tho capacity above designated, and several of <6 other officers of the regiment haye held commissions im the Massachusetts Fighth. ‘The regiment numbers eight hundred and nineteen, and consists principally of foreigners. They bring with them one hundred and forty horses, twenty-one baggage wagons, 8ix hospital wagons and two ambulances. + The regiment reached the Park barracks about two o'clock, where they were received in a similar manner ag the Kighteenth, which passed through here on Tues: . ‘The officers sat down to a substandial dinner in- terspersed with plenty of cham, @ and speaking. The room in which they dined was \lsomely decorated with the national bunting. At the foot of the room was @ large piece of white canvass bearing the following inscription :— NEW YORK SEVENTH REGIMENT AND MASSACHUSETTS SIXTH AND EIGHTH, Brothers in Arms, who Saved the National Capital. After the dinner had been done ample justice to, Mr. ¥. Howe introduced Mr. Chas. N. Emerson, who sp ard some ite fated terms id the sons ee setts, concluding by requesting a bumper to be quaite nano of Clone ‘Hinks ry nel Hinks responded in a happy and appropriate manner, pledging his own life and. thehe of his command in defence of the Stars and Stripes. Joseph H. Choate, Lieut. Colonel Devereux and others having made a few remarks, the regiment was summoned to prepare for departurs ‘bout six o'clock they got on board the steamboat at pier No. 1, which got under way shortly after for Elizabethport, from whence they will go by rail to Washington. ‘The following is a list of the officers:— Coione|—Edward W. Hinks, Lynn. Lieutenant Colonel— Arthur F, Devereux, Salem. Major—Henry J. How, Haverhill. Surgeon—J. Franklyn Dyer, Rockport. As- sistant Surgeon—Josiah N, Willard, Boston. Adjutant— John C. Chadwick, Salem. Quartermaster—Levi Shaw, Rockport. Chaplain—y. C. Cromack. Compatiy A—Captain, Moses P. Stanwood, West New- bury; First Licutenant, Chas. M. Merritt, Lynn; Second Licutenant, Isaac H. Boyd, West Newbury. Company B—Captain, Elisha P, Rogers, Weat Newbury; First tenant, John Hodges, Jr., Salem; Second Lieu- tenant, James T. Survey, Lowell. Company C—Captain,’ ——; First Lieutenant, Geo. W. Batchelder, Salem; Second Lieutenant, Samuel 8. Prince, Rowley. Company D—Captain, James D. Russell, Boston; First Lieutenant, Marcena Dunn, Boston; Second Lieutenant, John P. Reynolds, Jr., Salem. Compdny E—Captain, Andrew Mahoney, Boston; First Liontenant, David Lee, Boston; Second Lieutenant, George M. Barney, Boston, Company F—Captain, Edmund Rice, Cambridge; Firat Lieutenant, James H. Rice, Brighton; Second Lieutenant, James G. C. Dodge, Boston. Company G—Capiain, Harrison G. 0. Weymouth, Lowell; First Lieatenant, ——; Second Lieutenant, Dudley C. Mun- i cba te Ga ‘lliam H. Wilson, Roxb vampany tain, William H. i xbury; First Lieutenant, Henry’A. Hall, Salem;Second Lieutenant? William H. Lecain, Boston. Company I—Captam, Jonathan F, Plympton, Boston; First Lieutenant, Christopher C. Sampson, Boston; Second Lieutenant, William L. Palmer, Salem, Company K—Captain, Anscll D. Wass, Boston; First Lieutenant, Bugene Kelty, Boston; Second Lieutenant, Edward P. Bishop, Boston. DEPARTURE OF THE CONTINENTAL GUARD POSTPONED. ‘The departure of the Continel Guard, Col. James H. Perry commanding, has been postponed untt! next month. ‘They have now seven full companies mustered into the service of the United States, but in consequence of the slowness with which recruiting goes on it will probably be a fortnight longer before the regiment is filled up and ready to leave for Washington. The headquarters of the regiment is at Montague Hall, Brooklyn. There are also two recruiting tents in the City Hall Park, in this city. THE GUARD LAFAYETTE NOT GONE YET. Yesterday morning was the time indicated for this re- giment to take its final departure for the seat of war; but owing to its not having been mustered into the United States service, Col. De Trobriand will be compelled to tar- ry his command afew daysslonger at Camp Lafayette, Capt. Hayman, the United States mustering officer at this post, commenced the interesting ceremony of inspection And mustering yesterday, and it is probable that_ Uh Fif- ty-fidih regiment will leave their rendezvous on Saturday next. UNITED STATES RIFLES. Colonel W. Krzyzanowski, commanding this organiza. tion, has been among the gallant volunteers who rallied around the capital when it was threatened by invasion from rebel hordes, on the fall of Fort Sumter. At tha; critical mcment, when all the ayenucs leading to Wash. ington were cut off, this gallant soldier organized a bat- talion among the loyal Germans at Washington, and com- manded them three months, during which time his ant corps greatly distinguished itself. For his triotism and valor the authorities. commis- joued the Colonel to raise a regiment, which is i; 1 one company already ervice and in quarters at Camp Lyon, The headqua:ters are on the corner of and Park place, Last evening Colonel Krayza ceded to Washington to bring on two com s of the men who have aiready served under him at ommencement of the war. As the incidental ex- penses of a newly organized regiment are very heavy, and the United States authorities do not graut any pay while recruiting, the geuerosity of our citizens is appealed to bythe Colonel to assist his command by contributing som articles, such as tin cups, plates aud other neeessary camp utensiis. Colonel Allen hhs presented the men with a supply of smoking tobacco. BARNEY (LATE BLACK) RIFLES. Celonel Eugene A. Kozlay,a gentlemanfor great military experience, having fought the enemies of liberty during the Revolution of 1847 and 1848 on the battle flelds of Hungary, has been actively engaged for some weeks past organizing a regiment, which he -called Biack Rifles Schwarze Jaeger); but out of regard to Hon, Hiram Barney the corps was named after him. Up to the pre- sent moment the Barney Rifles have five full companies iu Darracks at Landman’s park, Tivoli and private quarters. On Wednesday Colonel Kozlay left for Washington to make further arrangements for the equipment and general supply of _ his command, and at the same time to assure the adminstra- tion that no consolidation with other German regiments vu his part will take place, as every prospect indicates the speedy completion of his regiment. The Barney Rifles, since their organization, have not received the first penny or assistance from public or private sources, and the expenses attendant upon the enrolment of'a regi: ment have thus far devolved upon the officers. The Union Perence Committee have appropriated $25,000 to assist those regiments that are the farthest advanced, and notwithstanding that the above corps has more than one-half of its quota ready for service, still the Union Ne’ence Committee ignored its existence, owing perhaps to the fact that Col. Kozlay would not merge his command with one that could not produce half as many men in rank and file. Several entire companies from the Fifth and Sixth New York State Militia are about to join the Baruey Rifles, and in the course of ten or twelve days onr citizens will have an opportunity of witnessing the departure of another fine body of German troopa, equal in every respect and in. some superior to. those , already at the seat of war, ‘The uniformf the regiment consists of dark bine coats trimmed with green cord, gray pants likewise trimmed, und blue caps, regulation style, having as ornament in the front a skeleton head. The armament of this regi- nt will be the short rifle, the favorite weapon of the Herman “Jaeger,” and whenever one of them is pointed on an cnemy nothing but a miracle can save him from the unerrihg bullet. ‘The headquarters of the Barney Rifles is at No. 696 Broadway, above the Metropolitan Hotel. THE CALCIUM SHARPSHOOTERS. Last night Professor Grant gave another illustration of the utility of his calcium light in night warfare. He was assisted by Messrs. J. G. & J. Edge, tho pyrotechnists of Jersey City, who gave an exhibition of various de scriptions of rockets and explosive fireballs. ‘The place selected for the practice of Professor (now Colonel) Grant’s sharpshooters was Wechawken Hei®hts. Au im mense number of persons were attracted to the spot, the practice haying been announced in the newspapers; and in order to accommodate the spectators, and enable them to return to New York, the last boat which usually es | Wee. hawken for the ferry, foot of Forty-second street, at eight o'clock, was announced to leave at eleven. ‘The rifle practice was quite a success. ‘The caleiim concealed in a hollow in the ground, and the light was thrown upwards toa powerful reflector and thence to the target, at one hundred and twenty yards distance. sharpshooters wese statiened on either ide and at some distance from the light, by which arrangemeht they were thrown ~ entirely nio the shade, so that they would have been perceptible to an enemy stationed in the di xn of the target, while the the latter, thet fi t shone full on ‘The firing was excellent, several shot striking get, and some of them hitting the bull's eye, The did not last upwards of half an hour. The object of concealing the light is to prevent tho ene. it, though that would be a matter of My, even if it were to bo exposed fall e dazzling brillianey of its rays, If are- » be bit ppens te The exhib! ly succes ‘om their ¢ ich some ¢ which the other ay) ogainst an Z woos On fre—a great de- enemy whose gettied method ¢ w Rnsqeunte pol : Bs was extensivel Ha tha xieialie Monroe with such encouraging inert “at the Professor was authorized by the War “nicht oprats bripaly St gt othe i to operat iy a ihe colotratod light. "Ho has atoseodod in’enrolling about ‘three hundred men, and more are rapidly coming in. Major J. G. Edge’s Rocket battalion will aet im conjunc- tion with the sl shooters. CITY GUARD SEACOAST ARTILLERY. ‘This organization has been rapidly but quietly pro” greasing in our midst, and has now attained the strength and requisites of a good military body, The men are to be divided into companies this week, who will elect their officers on Wednesday next. The merchants of New York, alive to the necessity of protecting the city, have taken the battalion under their charge, and are desirous of receiv- ing from our citizens generaliy material aid to carry out the project proposed in the organization, They have sub- mitted a circular to the public exhibiting the objects of the City Guard Seacoast Artillery, as follows:— First—To drill and perfect a large body of men in the service of the heavy ordnance used in the forts of our harbor and the erection of batteries or earthworks at any desirable points along the borders of our harbor. Second—The necessity of this organization is apparent bl Bev who has investigated the subject, from the fact that, though possessing magnificent ferte to guard the approaches to our city, there are not artillerists enough to man them, the deficiency being at least as one to ten, and this is leaving out the very probable advisa- bility of erecting hastily large along shore, occupying and serving them efticiently. It is believed by those competent to judge, that at the presont moment (and unless such a project is carried out fur all future time) it would be an casy matter for a very moderate fleet to enter, bombard and set New York on fre in w hundred plages, and gail out again comparatively un- harmed, within a few hours, to repeat the operation next dey, unless the city were already completely laid in es, Should this be so now? Shall it be so any longer? When we now have enemies at home, and only knows how soon we may have more powerful enemies from abroad. Third—The obligations assumed by those who join ne rina organization are to devote suflicient time and lal manly and determined spirit, to learn, and learn well, the duties and glories of artillerists, and afterwards to be ready at the first note of alarm to perform those duties and secure those glories by throwing doors of iron across the gateways of the ocean. The headguarters and business office of the battalion are at No, 654-Broadway. FIRST REGIMENT CLINTON GUARD. UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS—COLONEL SPENCER W. CONE, This regiment bids fair to be one of the finest which has been sent from this city. Its camp, at Fort Tompkins, Staten Island, is splendidly situated and the men in every way as thoroughly taken care of as soldiers can be. The companies of Captains Carville, Massett, Broaday, Heve- nor, Gordon and Scanneilie are either full or within half a dozen men each of completion. ‘Bo facilitate mustering and transportation the regiment sénds its ow mustering officer to muster in the country companies at the point of recruiting. ‘The officers are almost without exception men who have seen service. Captain K. 0. Broaday was seven years in the Swedish service, and commands the company from Madison University. The following named gentlemen constitute the officers, thus far selected: — Colonel, Spencer W. Cone; Lieutendnt Colonel, Willam R. Manley; Major, M. A. J. lynch; Surgeon, Strobridge Smith; Chaplain, J. R. Baumes; Quartermaster, Edward Cozzens; Quartermaster’s Sergeant, Theodore W. Greig. IRA HARRIS GUARD (CAVALRY). Yesterday Captain Lyons reported a. full company, which he recruited in Cherry Valley. Captain Wright's company is also full. There is now one coraplete battalion. Captains Green, Isaac and Wright are now iu tents on Staten Island. This regiment has as yet received no as. sistance, but has so far been Tecruped throvgh the exer- tions of Colonel D. DeForest and the other officers, The great difficulty was in raising the fir ampany , which was done by Captain Green, ata period wheu recruiting was very difficult, immediately after tue late reverses in Virginia, Captain’ Green resigned i responsible and lucrative position under the State government to embark in the war, and spared no expense or troubie in selecting able-bodied men and good oilicers, The mustering otlicer remarked he had good reason to be proud of his company. ‘The regiment has every prospect of being speedily filed. Recruiting officers have been sent to differemt parts of the ener, and they report that recruits are being enrolled realy. FIFTY-FIFTH REGIMENT. Mr. Viguot, represented as First Lieutenant of Company C, Fifty-fifth regiment, in yesterday's Hgratp, resigned some time since, and the position is now held by Charles A. Gianini. Yesterday company K was the recipient of a handsome- present of havelocks, made and contributed by an aged Tady of Phiiadelphia, who lived in the ‘times that tried men’s souls,”” and was acquainted with the Father of hi Country. The donation was made through Mr. 8. B. Brownell, of this city. A courteous letter of acceptance afd thanks was returned by Captain Williams. THE THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT. Coloncl Calvin E. Pratt, of the Thirty-first regiment New York State Volunteers, now doing duty in the fleld near Fort Ellsworth, Va., has just sent on Captain David Lamb, of Company H, and First Lieutenant Peter J. Stuy- vesant, of Company A, to this city, for the purpose of recruiting the regiment up to the war standard—1,046 men. They are now engaged in opening offices for that purpose, and their headquart.rs will be in Pearl street, near Franklin square. Due notice will be given when the recruiting offices will be opened. UNION RIFLES. This regiment is rapidly filling up, and wi!l goon be in condition to take the fleld. Soveral companies are already sworn in, and fonr more will be mustered in this week—one from Buffalo, one from Rondout and two from Pennsylvania. The officers in command are men of expe- rience, most of them having served in Europe, and are very careful in the selection of the men. The depots are at No. 480 Broadway, Dodworth’s Paad headquarters in Broome street, between Broadway and Elm street, No. 83 Eighth avenue, No. 212 Eighth avenue, corner of Twenty- first street, and Fifty-ninth street and Kighth avenue. ‘The regiment is encamped at Camp Washington, Staten Island. THE MANHATTAN RIFLES. ‘This regiment, now in camp at Riker’s Isiand, has 90° ven companies ready for inspection and muster. The Lieutenant Colonel is Geo. F. Watson, a man well known to every Californian, and the Major is Mr. John M. Free” man, of Adams & Co.'s California Express. The bead” quarters are at No. 461 Broome street and No. 663 Broad” way, Stuyvesant Institute. NINTH REGIMENT NEW YORK STATE MI- LITIA. James Hinchman, private, of Company F, died at the College Hospital, in Washington, on the 26th of August- His remains are en route for this city. He was a member of Hose Company No. 4. Anew compauy is organizing for the Ninth regiment, and the recruiting depot is at the armory, corner of Uni- versity place and Thirteenth street. WESTCHESTER RIFLES. A volunteer company, under the above title, has re- cently boen organized in Portchester, N. Y. Already about fifty men have been enrolled. Tho uniforms and equipments will be procured within a few days. The company will be under the command of Captain Charles Palmer, formerly of the Stamford Light Guards, and First Lieutenant Gilbert P. Greene, of Tarrytown. The com- pany is not as yet attached to any regiment; but will go into quarters within the next week. THE THIRD IRISH REGIMENT. The time for the departure of this regiment has been postponed in accordance with the following order, tele- graphed yesterday from Albany :— Atnaxy, August 20, 1861. BRIGADIER GENERAL ARTHUR, 61 WALKER SrReEi:—Tho Governor directs that the time for the departure of the Third Irish regiment be extended tili September 5. THOS. HILLHOUSE, Adjutant General. THE EXAMINATION OF OFFICERS. Brigadier General Yates, commanding the New York depot of volunteers, has promulgated the following order, in reference to the examination of company officers: — GENERAL ORDER—NO. 3. State or New Yorg,'Derot or Vouesresrs, New Yorx, August 23, 1861, Persons designated for company officers will be required. to present themselves for examination within ten days from the time they are so designated in all cases where they have not been previously examined. If they do not so present themselves a new election will be made. The examiners will be at the depot daily at ten o'clock A. M. By order of CHAS, YATES, Brigadior General, Commanding 8. Departinent. ‘Twos. ALCOCK, Acting Assistant Adjutant General. ANOTHER PRIVATEER—THE WAR STEAMER MIRAMON. [From (he New Orleans Crescent, August 22.] Tt appears that the steamer which our correspondent over the lake siw coming up through the Mississ sound yesterday, was not, as he supposed, a Yankee biockader, but the steamer Miramon, which has bev lying at Mobile for the past two months. On Modday night, during the blow, when the blockading had about as much as they could atten to taking of themselves, the Méramon raised steam and gave t the slip. She is now quietly anchored at the lake end of e Pontchartrain railread, and though flying the British peak, we can readily imagine th nferle States will manage to eff’ i the lake clear The Miramon, wi nd is eminent yatight and very ra very heavy arma: ckadg sinally adapted for 0 rift, with sufficient str ent. So much for the paper SECESSIONISM SQUELCHED IN NEW JERSEY. ‘The usually quiet village of Middletown, in Monmouth: county, N. J., was thrown into a state of intense excite- ment yesterday afternoon. It seems that, according to @ well matured plan of secessionists, @ ‘‘peaco’? meeting had been called to be held at the above named place, preliminary movement of others to be held in othay, of the county, as well as in other countics of the State, Thomas Dunn English, of Fort Lee, an old contributor to the columns of the New York Daily News and other papers of the same stamp, was announced ag the champion speak- er for the occasion. The Union loving men of Monmouth county determined that no secession sentiments should be uttered in their midst if they could muster force enough to prevent it. They therefore went. “to work, rallied their forces. and assembled at thé place. designated for the great peace meeting. On reaching the ground it was found that @ notice had been posted up to. the following effect: — The democratic meeting called for to day is post- meet poned sine die, 2 ey oe By order of the Committee. Whether this notice had been posted up with a view of misleading the Union men into the belief, or because some. of the secessionists feared a row, and considered it prudent: to abandon the idea of holding the proposed meting, it ig impossible to say. At all “events, the Union men assembled determined to hold meeting themselves» and manifest their loyalty to the. government. They or- ganizod by appointing Mr. George Murray chairman, who- appointed a@ committeo én resolutions, consisting of* Messrs. J. M. Davis, J. S. Applegate ‘and’. Taylor, who retired to perform their duties, At this juncture a for- midable en ad secessionists made their ia. carriages and on horseback. As soon as tliey had ascer-- tained the character of the crowd already assembled, they exhibited considerable chagrin and dismay, and came to the conclusion that it would be rather iinprudent to» bandy any words with the Union mon in possession of the grounds, as the result would be likel: to prove disastrous to themselves. Dr. Pitman, of Mid- dletown Point, a noted peace party man, whose efligy was suspended in the streets of Freehold a few days age, favored aretreat to some other locality, with a view of holding their mecting, and by the attractions of the baud brought with them, try to draw off as many as possible from the Union meeting; but the plan did ‘not seem to- work very weil, for in obedience to a summons given through ‘the medium of a tin horn. goodly crowd of Union boys soon turned their attention to this Dr. Vitman, who was glad to escape the taunts and Jevrs of the crowd by driving off at full fspoed. Another blast of the trumpet and the Union boys+ next paid their attention to Mr. Eugiish, who was just about starting off on the truck taken by Dr. Pitman. ‘The- crowd surrounded his carriage, and asked him to show his colors. Without replying to their demands he en- sleavored to escape by forcing his way through the crowd. ‘The horses were fogged, but all to no avail. The groans, hisses and actions of the Union boys prevented any pro- gress. Attempts were then made tw upset the carriage, but as it was covered with the American flag an effort was made first to remove the flag, which could not be done without tearing it to pieces, it being firmly held by~ the occupants of the carriage. That idea was abau- sued, ie in accordance with a offered, boys to dri lish out of the carriage, At “hie tage of “nie the United States Marshal in New Jersey, Benajab Dea- - con, Esq., made his appearance, and took Mr. English under his protection and conducted him to the hotel,. whither he was followed by an excited crowd, who mani- fested their desire to get hold of that noted secessionist. Everything else was forgotten. Tae Union boys broke- into one room after aud not until Mr. English » secreted himself away in a piace unfit for a living bei was he safe from his pursuers, many of whom ex their determination to remain about the house until they succeeded in finding him, In the meantime Silas B, Dutcher, of New York, ad- dressed the assembiage. He commenced by remarking, that, in times like these, it is well to meet together an discuss the present state of affairs, the causes which duced them, and our duties while they exist, as well ag the results which we might expect to follow from them; that he was a peace man, but tuc only peace that would satisfy him was that which would follow the disband- ment of the rebel army which had been organized to destroy the best government ever framed by man. Ho deprecated war us much as any man; but there are times when even war, if to defend our free institutions be necessary, he would meet our enemies with the sam> kind of weapons with which th.y me2t us. When the government was organized the framers of the constitution, the fathers of the republic, not only believed, but pro nounced slavery the greatest curse of the age, and forward to its extinction at the earliest day. The slave trade had not then been abolished, the cotton gin not in- vented, and cotton had not been crowned king. After the abolition of the save trade and invention of the cotton gin slave labor became yaluabie, and the chivairy of Virginia and some of the other Northern: slave States saw that they could replenish their exhausted purses by rearing men and women for market, and they immediately engaged toa great extent in that hunane business. Slavery as it exists at the South is the most Perfect school for tyranny the world ever saw. A child is not only accustomed to tyrannize over children of hia own age, but also over older persons, and by tho time that he has arrived at manhood he s as fully grown in tyrauny as he is in manhood. After practice in plan- tation life for a time, and having control of negroes, he - naturally acquires a desire to tyrannize over white men. He did not blame the slaveowner: it was the effects of tho instifution of slavery, and thoy can no more prevent it than a child can prevent being burned that attempts to handle live coule. # * * The history of the country, the iPecussions in Congress and on the stump if carefully studied, must satisfy all reasonable men thd¥slavery has been the cause of the persecution to which Northerners have been subjected at the South. Although slavery has produced the present conflict, the North no desire to interfere with the rights of the slave States, and if they wouid lay down their arms and come back, they would be protected in all their tights. Mr. D, concluded by complimentine the men of New Jersey for the spirit of patriotism whicti they have ever displayed. That as, in the days of the Revolution, the army on their marches without .ood, without clothes, without sheiter or shoes, almest naked, their wanderings could be traced by their bloo y ‘racks ‘iu the snow, that no art couid seduce them, wo appeal lead thom astray, true to their country and its holy cause, they continued to fight the good fight for liberty, so now the sons of New Jersey were ready to undergo the samo deprivations and sufferings until victory perches on our banners, and the rebels lay down. their arms and swear allegiance to tho constitution and the laws as they are. i Mr. D. retired amid the most enthusiastic cheers. A series of resolutions, sctting forth that the people of Middletown recognise no political party, and in favor of sustaining the governtnont in its efforts to crush the re- dellion, and tlt they were ready to fitrnish mon and means to the utmost of their ability to accomplixh that object, were passed. Personal Intelligence. Prince Napoleon’s acc»ptance of Governor Andrew's - invitation to visit Massachusetts, already noticed, was a8 follows :— New York, August 14, 1861. Sim :—I hasten to addrees you my sincere thanks for the amiable letter which your Excellency has sent me by your aid-de-camp, Lieutenant Colonel Harrison Ritebi ¢ Princess and myself are equally touched by tho sen- timents of thoughtful kindness which you express for us. I am about to commence a journey to the West, to which I shall devote three or four weeks, and it is on my return from that excursion that I hope to go to Boston. All that Ibave seen up to the present momet of your grand and beautiful country has increased in ane the de- sire which I have felt to visit that scientific capital of the United States—cradle of their liberty. For a long time I have cherished for America a pro- found sympathy, inspired by Its grandeur and by its libe- ral institutions ; and the ‘cordial reception which I now meet from so many of its most notable inhabitants will Jeave in my heart a touching and enduring remembrance. Receive, Mr. Governor, the special expression of my sentiments of profound esteem. NAPOLEON (Jerome). Major O'Connor and Capt. King, of the British Army; 0. A. Washburne, of Providence; Dr. R. Welch, of Mexico; H. D. Newcomb, of Louisville; D. W. Banyard and wife,. of St. Johns; F. 0. Tuttes, ¢ an wife, of Now Haven; K. ty elton, of Maryland, and M. ‘altimore; J. A. Bishoy are stopping at the Fifth J Col. Henry Baldwin, and P, HL. Watson and family, of Washington: Major Larduer. of. the United States Army; George E. Bent, of the P. W. and B, R. R.; Colonel 8. D: Lawrence, of New London; L. W. Bahe and wife, of Bal- timore; P.Lanigan, of St. ‘Louis; and H, 8. Waison and wife, Of ‘Schenectady, are stopping at the Metropoli- tan Hotel. Hon. James Dixon, of Hartford: Captain Hitchcock, of the United States Navy; Jumes Ludington, of Milwankee; ‘Thomas FE. Tweedy’, of Danbury; §. Collins, of Cleveland: L. J. Atterweod, of Waterbury: 11. F, North and wife, of * New Britain; W. Waite, of Philadelphia; James Hodges, of Chicago, and R. H. Douglas and wife, W. ©, Whitti: more, H. A. Kidley and Mr. Tiftany, of New York, are stopping at tho Albemarle Hotel. Mr. and M Walker, of Englan}; 0. Richardson and wife, of Chicago: N. J. Waterbury, of New York; General Churchill and wife, Profeesor Baird and wife, and Miss Baird and servant, of Washington, D. C.; R. B. Brownell,, of New York; W. Landon, of Sharon’ Springs; W. B. Ogden, of , and Hi. A, Robbins, of New York, are stopping erett House. Markets. Borvavo, August 29, 1861. ir unchanged and in moderate demand Vheat in: paca dem: in and market 1ower: sales ,7,000 bushels: red winter Western at 91¢., 6,500 bushels do. at 90c. , 18,- 000 dushels do on private terms, 7,000 bushels Chicago apring at 79c. Corn dull: sales 26,000 bushels at 36c. Canal Freights—i1ige. a 12c, on corn, 123¢¢, a 1c. om wheat to New York. Lake Iimports—2,000 bbis. flour, 90,800 bushels wheat, 30,000 bushels corn, Canal Ex- ports—91,000 bushels wheat, 93,000 bushels corn. Oswres, August 20, 1861. Flour unchanged. Wheat in moderate demand: sales 9,000 bushels new No. 1 Chicago spring at 871¢c., 7) Dushels old No, 2 do., and 2,000 winter red Western on private te Cefn and other grains quiet. Canal freights firm—hen' ree—flour 2. whoat Ge. , corn Se, to New York. | imports—84,600 bushels wheat, 27,200 bushels corn, 110,000 bnshols oats, Canal ex- ports—9,500 bo slide whont, 30,000 bushels corn. Cetcaco, Augnst 29, 1861. Flour duik Wheat dectined 1¢.—sntes at 620. for No. 1. Corn stearly at 2lc. for mixed, instore. Ree ipts—4,600 ‘ony; 80,000 bushels wheat, 184,000 b 1 00 bbls. flonr, 15,000 rn, Preights etoady. Ex OPNCENNATI il and unchanged. Wheat key firm at 183%¢. a 133¢. Provisions ¢ noting doue, Exchange op New York 3 premis