The New York Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1862, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENSETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICER. W, CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. TERMS cash in advance. ey Sent dy mail will be at the + eed sender None but Bona! Dilla current in New York 1B DAILY HERALD. two centeper copy. $7 per annum. was active, while prices wore without alteration. Pork was dull, with mederuce sales, closing at $21 for mess and at $9 25 a $0 60 for prime. Sugars were firm, with sales of about 700 bhds. Coffee was steady and Rio was quiet; 600 packages Mocha sold at p.t.,and 100 mate Java at 260. Freights were rather easier, Wheat to Liverpool was taken at 133¢d, a 14d.; flour 38, 105d. a 4s. To Lon- don wheat was 14d. and dour 4s. 3 48. 3d. The War in Virginia—iiumors Afloat— Our Late Reverses and Our Present Po- sition. | Destructive In THE WEEKLY HERALD, every 5 Saterday, md wl cents copy, OF Sec ques the nae $9 (Sts ey pat ofthe Cont Guldoenta ites de cima ‘Sstafaach month; at aia perc rue antity Le Rea, ‘on Wedneslay, at four cents per SLUNTARY CORRESPONDENCE, containing important nwa solicited frown any quarter of the world; if uaed, will be Tiberally paid for. Dun Foneion CORRESPONDENTS 4Xm PARTICULARLY RugumsTep 70 Sul ALL amp Pack CRS SENT OR A090 NOTICE taken of anonymous correspondence, We donot How goes the war? What news from the James river? We have no definite or satisfac- tory intelligence; but, among the numberless rumors afloat, itis said that General McClean, in connection with the mortar fleet, is preparing to attack Fort Darling; that he will probably cross the James river, take Petersburg and cut off the rebels from their Southern railroad communications; that to avoid being cut off from his own supplies by a rebel blockade of the river we shall probably next hear of him at Norfolk or Fortress Monroe; and that mean time the rebel army has been withdrawn from Richmond—a considerable portion of it north- ward—to look after General Pope; a large force to the south side of the James, in front of Mc- Ciellan, and the remainder to his flanks and rear, putting him in a very critical position. Where the truth lies among these conflicting rumors we are left to conjecture. We know however, that neither the army of Gen. Mc- Clellan nor that of Gen. Pope is strong enough to advance upon Richmond; that each is calling for reinforcements, and that, having nearly ex hausted the ready materials for volunteering, that system of recruiting is working very slow- ly, notwithstanding the extra inducements of- fered in federal, State, municipal and individual bounties. We have every reason to believe that, great as was the rebel army of Virginia at the beginning and at the end of those seven days’ terrible fighting, it is stronger now than ever before, from the reinforcements which have been thrown into it from North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama; and we know that this great army is handled by skilful offi- cers, and that they are watching an opportunity cop sents ine and in the aud European Editions. Ufornia a: "VOB PRINTING executed with neatness, heapness and dew patch. AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING, NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Four Lovems—Firing Trarazk—Tue Wultes aND THE BROWNS. 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The annoyance which our troops at Harrison’s Landing have been subjected to by the fire of the rebel artillery on the south bank of the James river, has been put an end to by the prompt action of General McClellan. On Friday evening he threw six hundred men across the river, who destroyed woods, houses, and everything which could afford shelter to the enemy. Our special corre- spondent’s account of the bombardment from the rebel guns will be found in another column. The expedition sent across the river accomplished its purpose without the loss of a man. At last ac- counts our gunboats were shelling the houses and the entire shore, within range, down the river. The army isin fine spirits. General McClellan is busy reviewing the different corps every day. A reconnoissance of a body of cavalry and infantry was mado on Friday down the Chickahominy as far as Williamsburg, when they met our pickets. None of the enemy were seen in the course of their advance. General Pope continues sending out scouting parties towards Gordonsville; but no rebels were found in that direction, although it was supposed that they were constructing intrenchments at that town. We give some very interesting news from the South to-day relative to the treatment of the Union prisoners by the rebels, and other important mat- ters. The statement comes from Surgeon John McGregor, of the Third Connecticut Volunteers, who has been in captivity since the battle of Bull run. The British citizens of Nassau, in the little island of New Providence, were fearfully excited the other day—as will be seen by our correspondence from that port—in consequence of the United States steamer Adirondac chasing into the har- bor the British steamer Herald, which craft, it ap- pears, had been running the blockade of Charles- ton with aid and comfort for the rebels. The He- rald, sailed from Nassau, some time ago, ostensibly for St. John, New Bruns- wick, but really for Charleston, which point it succeeded in reaching, and was returning to Nassau for another contraband cargo when Commander Gansevoort, of the Adirondac, met her aud gave her @ pretty hot run into the port of Nassau. She was not injured, however; but the fact that the British ensign—the flag that braved a thonsand years the battle and the breeze—was shot off the mast by # “Yankee” gunner roused the indignation of the Nassau Bulls, and the papers there are correspondingly indignant. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Our European files, dated to the 19th of July, contain some very interesting details of the Euro- pean news to that day, which we give in the Hz- Rap this morning. The People’s Line have made a contract for a “Great Western” steamboat to navigate, the North river. The new boat will be four hundred fect long and fifty feet wide. She will be finished in the most gorgeous style, and be ready to take her place as a night boat early next summer. It is thonght in Kentucky that the secessionists have been for some time secretly at work trying to coutrol the elections which take place in that State to-morrow. It is also feared that they will bring to bear some powerful influence on the Legisla- ture, which will meet on the 14th inst. The gov- ernment has been apprised of these facts, and Measures will be taken to thwart the designs of the bushwhackers and Breckinridgers. A Printers’ Battalion is forming in Chicago. A Jarge number have already enlisted. Fully one-half of the towns in Massachusetts have raised their full quotas of volunteers. A majority of the Aldermen have called a spe cial meeting of that Board for Monday, at one o'clock. The Commissioners of Excise examined and ap proved a large number of applications for license lust week. The police arrested over fifty per. sons for selling liquor without license, and they are determined to rigidly enforce the Excise law this year, as the police justices issue warrants in all such cases, on the proper affidavits being niade. ‘The stock market was inactive yesterday, and prices wore generally a fraction lower. Gold fluctuated b tween 115 and 4. Exchange closed at 125% a 1264 oney was in fair supply at 5 per cent. ‘The cotton market was inactive yesterday, and pyccs Pe mewhat nominal, while the sales in small lots embraced wb ut 260 bales, chiefly within tho range of 480. a 40j¢ for middiing uplands, while many of the larger class «1 ders stoed out for higher figures, A goverumont sale ©) 170 bulos prize eotton was made (part damage: an put out of order) at 486., equivalent to about 496. { Fegalot middlings. Flour was inactive and ratner ouste ugh without change of moment in prices. Comin of wheat woe dull and heavy, while prime ( aimed, ( it seems, for some damaging blow either to Gen. McClel- lan or to Gen. Pope, or to both. But, apart from all these details, it is enough to explain the present unsatisfied condition of the public mind to say that the prevailing idea is that General McClellan and General Pope are standing upon the defensive. A month ago we were all anticipating the immediate fall of Richmond and the end of the war; now we want reinforcements to our several armies to the ex- tent of three hundred thousand men to enable us to resume offensive operations with perfect assurance of success. Last spring, through the malign influences of Senator Wilson and his abolition colleagues in Congressand elsewhere, the business of recruiting was suspended, and our Army of the Potomac was advanced to- wards Richmond without any reserve to fall back upon, and, without the means of raising any, the government stood before the world in the midst of a raging war. Thus, had Genera} McClellan’s army been destroyed, the capital of the United States would have fallen an easy prey to the enemy, and President, Cabinet and Congress might have been captured by surprise. General McClellan, therefore, although he has failed to take Richmond, has saved Wash- ington in saving his army. He would have taken Richmond had he been supported, as he justly expected to be, by the columns of Mc- Dowell, Banks and Fremont. Among the three there were some fifty or sixty thousand men, and yet between them and the War Office the business of catching Stonewall Jackson was managed so bunglingly that, pell-mell, he first drove Banks out of the Shenandoah valley; next he escaped through theclutches of Fremont, Shields and McDowell, leaving them all with their fifty or sixty thousand men in the background; and next this active rebel Jackson pushed on to Richmond, and with his army, strengthened in his march to forty thou- sand men, arrived there in time to turn the right wing of General McClellan’s army, and to compel him to fight for seven days and nights for ita salvation. It was the old game of Bull run over again; and as Patterson served McDowell, so did McDowell, more inexcusably than any other officer, serve McClellan, in failing to cut off Jackson. Thus deceived and repulsed by the same shallow trick in the two most important movements of this war, have we any assurance that this trick may not a third time be played upon us? ‘We think we may feel perfectly as- sured that this thing will not occur again, since a tried and experienced soldier has superseded a mere lawyer in the general direction of our armies, and since the army columns of Mc Dowell, Banks and Fremoat—with Fremont on the shelf—have all been placed under the su- preme command of General Pope. But still the public mind reverts to the fact that after fourteen months of war, and the loss of many thousands of brave soldiers and the expendi- ture of a thousand millions of dollars, our Army of the Potomac is further from Richmond than it was two months ago, and from the offensive has been driven to a defensive position. The disorganizing abolition factionists of Congress are mainly responsible for all our past reverses, disappointments and disasters ; but, as these disorganizers are now out of the way, and as Congress and the country have placed the necessary power, mem and means at the disposal of President Lincoln for a speedy end to this rebellion, the responsibility wil; fall upon him should the war continue to drag on, from little victories to great disasters, until the rains and snows of winter block up again, till May, the muddy roads to Richmond. We earnestly call upon the President to strengthen our army from the militia of our loyal States, including Maryland and the other loyal slave States ; for at this crisis, upon a few days lost or gained in filling up our ranks, may depend the loss er gain of another great army or two, a whole year and another thou- sand millions of money. Cexsonsup or THH Press—The events ot the war have placed the public mind in a fever- ish condition, and at no other time since the commencement of the rebellion has there been so great anxiety to know the real position of af- ‘airs as at presont; but owing to the censorship but little is really known of the positions of our \ifferent armies. The panic makers, taking advantage of this fact, are busy circulating all manner of rumors about disasters to this and that division, which are emdorsed by the credu- lous. They are sure to circulate their stories on those days when the press have but little news from the army, and argue that Stanton has prevented the news coming over the wires on vecount of its being #0 bad. Secretary Stanton ught to immediately revise his censorship, and viable the press to put ® stop to the work of he panic makers. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 1862. rference of the Radicals with the War. The instills and almost fatal interference of the radicals with the war, both as to its le- gitimate objects, the generals in the field and the recruiting of the army, bas now become fully developed, and the nation is compelled to eat of the bitter fruits. By their own confession they have done their utmost to prevent enlist- ments. We have already convicted Wilson out of hisown mouth, But he is not alone. His fellow conspirators of the Jacobin Club played their part to some purpose—Chandler, Sumner, Wade, Trumbull, Fessenden and the rest. example, Fessenden, on the 28th of March, made the following observations, in which the radi. cals to aman acquiesced:— Mr. Fresewpew (Maine), in the Senate (ynatbae germ There are more men than the knows do with here on the Potomac What cova’ > We have 760,000-- edtohave. + ¢ What isthe reason why we should go on and appoint generals to correspond with @ number of men that are not needed and are no! e 1862. ite. Wusow, of Maseectnanltey-2)4 Senator. Maine to reduce t the other day he number rized by law aes hundred thousand. T. him in that. rengegp tyres been able to do it. Suggested aiso that we ougl that. I have over and over gain ton the War fe and ‘urged upon the rtment to stop vomiiieg. Se ‘part We han t it si Of the country. have bad the promise be done; yet every day, iu different parts of the country, we have accounts of men being raised and brought forth to Mill up the ranks of regiments. The papers tell us ‘that in Tennessee and other parts of the country where our armies move we are filling up the ranks of the army. Tbetieve we have (o-day one hundred and fifty thousand more men under the pay of the government than we need or can well use. I have not a doubt of it; Gand I thin stought to be checked. I think the War Department ought to fanie pe remptory orders forbidding the eniistment of another soldier ‘into the volunteer force of the United States until the time shall come when we need them. We can obtain them ae when we need them,— Washington Globe, March As our readers are aware, the veracious Wil” son, at a meeting in Newton, Mass., recently: disclaimed having made any such speech as this. He said:—“I have always maintained that the government wanted more men. * * There is not a shadow of truth on which to lay the foundation of the assertion.” The man who could make this speech is equally capable of denying it. He has stabbed his country to the heart, and now he tries to exculpate himself from the murder. By the extract from the re- port of the proceedings of the Senate, which we copy above from the Washington Globe, the of- ficial organ of Congress, it will be seen that not only did Wilson go to the War Department “over and over again” to urge upom it “to stop re- cruiting in every part of the country,” but, ac- cording to Fessenden, Wilson, the Senator from Maine and the rest of the club of “infernals’’ were eminently successful. Quoth Fessendes:— “I offered a proposition the other day to stop all enlistments. * * I understand that the department has absolutely stopped eniist- ments.” It thus appears that the conspirators, through the weakness of the War Department, carried their point, and left the Army of the Potomac to be slaughtered and driven back for want of reinforcements. By their intrigues and false~ hoods last winter and spring they kept the troops in the field at so low a figure that to-day the enemy in Virginia more than doubles the Union army in numbers. The consequences are already bad enough; but, unless extraordi- nary exertions are made, the worst isyet to come. By their rascality in causing the division of an army already too weak, and by preventing any unity of design or prac- tical co-operation, our forces have been beaten in detail by the concentration of the enemy in superior numbers at the point of attack. Fre- mont was whipped so badly by Jackson that he was afraid to follow him up and hang on his rear. The consequence was that “Stone- wall” appeared in the scene of “the seven days” before Richmond, while the Pathfinder had lost his way among the mountains, and McDowell remained in the vicinity of Frede- ricksburg, doing nothing—neither coming to the aid of McClellan, overwhelmed by numbers, nor preventing Jackson from effecting a junc- tion with Lee. By the same mismanagement, unprecedented in the history of war, Beaure- gard was allowed to escape from Corinth, and a considerable portion of his army turned up at Richmond. By the plots of the radicals, not only has the grand Army of the Potomac been repulsed, but by changing and preventing the legitimate objects of the war, by means of unconstitu- tional bills in Congress and absurd proclama- tions of generals, and the rampant, fanatical tone of a satanic press, a wet blanket has been thrown on the enthusiasm of the North, and the seeds of fatal division among us sown, while the rebel army has been trebled; and now, in their frantic desperation, the cowardly, base Jacobins are calling for a handful of negroes to rescue a white popula- tion more than double that of the enemy. The last card in their Mand is to induce the Presi_ dent to proclaim the emancipation of the ne. groes, and to arm them against the white popu- lation of the South, to massacre its unarmed eld men, helpless women and children, which is about all that the few blacks that might be in- duced to enlist under the abolition banner could accomplish, and which would be sure to result in the destruction of the negro race. Thus, like swine swimming down the stream, at every stroke the radicals have been cutting their own throats, till now, at last, they are doomed to sink, overwhelmed in the waves of popular indignation. They have a fearful ac-. count to render for the blood of the people shed in vain, for the plunder by fraudulent contracts, and for the enormeus war debt saddled upon the country, under the pretence of restoring the Union and vindicating the authority of the constitution, when the real object was to de: stroy both, and effect the permanent separation of the North from the South. Like Lady Mac- beth in the tragedy, blood is on their hands and all great Neptune's ocean cannot wash it away. with It was Tar Heracn, Tue Tataune aNd THe AnoLtTion Trarrons.—The treasonable Tri/une says that the Heratp is a secession paper because it de- nounces the abolitionists. Now, we hold that the Tribune is a secession organ because it does not denounce the abolitionists. Is not Wen- dell Phillips a traitor and a disunionist? Was not the abolition Senator Wilson @ traitor when he went to the War Department to stop recruiting and enlistments? Have not all the infernal, intriguing abolitionists been proven traitors by the stern logic of events? Are we not right, then, in attacking them? We say that the Southern rebels could have been put down months ago if it bad not been for the Northero abolitionists. We say that the South. ern rebellion would never have existed if it had not been for the Northern abolitionists. We say that the Southern rebels would never have taken up arms against the Union had it not been for such Northern “abolitionists as Greeley, of the Tribune, who repeatedly justi- fied the secession of South Carolina upon the principles of the Declaration of Independence. Therefore, as abolitionism caused, encouraged and supported this rebellion, and now hinders us from putting it down forthwith, we argue that the abolitionists are the greatest traitors, and should be treated as such by the govern- ment. Greesy’s Gus Facrory.—How is Greeley’s gun manufactory getting along? Is the ma- chinery put in yet, and the whole concern in active operation? Does Greeley continue to sub-let his contracts? Will not Greeley return the many favors we have shown him in the way of half price advertisements, good advice and prayers, by letting us know something about his gun factory? Fam Pray i a Jewgu.—A poor drunken painter, named Gregory, was arrested a few days ago, charged with denouncing the Presi- dent, and, in spite of his denials of the charge, he was forced to take the oath of allegiance, and then compelled either to go to Fort Lafayette or enlist; and he preferred the latter alterna- tive. Now, Wendell Phillips, Beecher, in the Independent, and Greeley, in the Tribune, also openly denounce the President. Will the authorities see to it that they are immediately treated as Gregory was? Fair play is a jewel. Savcz FoR THE Goose, SAvcE FOR THE GanpeR.—A day or two ago one of our inde- fatigable marshals arrested a man for declar- ing that “the South could not be conquered,” and consigned the offender to Fort Lafayette. Now, Horace Greeley declares the same thing in the Tribune every day, and repeatedly as- serted it in his letter to John L. O'Sullivan in the Tribune of yesterday. Will the same mar- shal be kind enough to arrest and imprison Horace Greeley also? What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Poor Greetey In CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE Resets.—Poor Greeley has been caught in a correspondence with Mr. John L. O'Sullivan, a notorious rebel agent in Europe. It turns out that Greeley is as great a disunionist as O’Sul- livan, only from a different motive. O’Sullivan goes for disunion to save slavery; Greeley goes for disunion to destroy slavery. Therefore Greeley says that it is very possible that the Union may be divided, but that he shall rejoice, whether this division happens or not, because abolitionism is victorious. No traitor could say more than this. Religious Intelligence. CITY CHURCHES TO-DAY. InSt. Ann’s church, west Eighteenth strect, near Fifth avenue, Rey. Thomas Gallaudet, D. D., rector, services at half-past ten o’clock A. M., and at eight o’cloek P. M.; afternoon service for deaf mutes at half-paat three o’clock- Rev. Ferdinand C. Ewer will preach morning and evening” In the Twenty-fourth street Methodist Episcopal chureh, preaching in the morning by Chauncey Shaffer; ening subject—The Love Feast at three o'clock in the afternoon. In the Memorial church, Hammond street, corner of Waverloy place, the Rev. Samuel Maxwell, assistant minister of St. Mark’s church, will preach this evening Services at half-past ten o’clock in the forenoon, four o'clock in the afternoon and eight o'clock im the evening. In the church in Fiftieth atreet, west of Broadway, Rev. Dr. Van Ness wil commence regular services to- day at balf-past ten o'clock in the forenoon and at eight o'clock in the evening. In the Church of the Resurrection (Episcopal), north side of Thirty-Afth street and east of Sixth avenue, divine serviee at balf-past ten o'clock in the forcnoon and oight o’ciock in the evening. The rector, Rey. E. O- Flagg, will preach morning and evening. The General Exchange of Prisoners. In Wednesday's Haratp we reported the doparture of a batch of convalescent rebel prisoners from Governor's Island to the general depot, Fort Delaware, and the arri- val of other prisoners from David's Island. Since then nine of the latter have been sent, under the cuatomary guard, to Fortress Monroe, to be exchanged. ‘The general exchange of prisoners wili have an import- aut effect apon the old regiments of the regular army, which at present are much tn need of men to fill up their shattered ranks. All the men of the First, Third, Fifth, Sevouth aud Eighth infantry, whe were taken prisoners io Texas, will now bave a‘chance of settling their out- standing accounts with their captors. These men are seattored (ar and wide. Some are still in Texas, others are wandering in Mexico, having escaped from their cus- todians; others are garrisoning the forts on our Northero frontier, and the rest are on Governor’s Island and at West Poiat, Most of theso men aro veterans, having served for several years in various parts of the far West: Those are the kind of soldiers to mix with recruits, as they are not only weil drilied, but inured to ali the hard- ships incident to active service. The general exchange will aiso release many well tried offieors of tho old army, prominently among wliom stands Colonel Milton Cogs well: captain in the Eighth regular infantry and colonel of the Forty-second New York Volunteers (Tammany regiment). Since the battle of Bali's Bluff, where he was taken pri- soner, this meritorious officer has been doomed to inac tivity. After languishing in a Richmond prison for several months, he was released on parole, and has been anxious. ly waiting an opportunity of retrieving the disasters which (not through aay fault of bis) led mot only to his own capture, but to the death or capture of many brave mon who feught under him. Colonel Cogswell graduated at West Point in 1849, and stood eleventh in a class of forty-three membora, the firat graduate being Quincy A. Gilmore, now brigadier geverai. If any more brigadier geverals are to be appointed, Colonel Cogswell's claims &ro second to nene. The Steamer St. George off Father Point, Mowranat, August 2, 1962. The steamer St. George, from Glasgow on the 18th of July, passed Father Poiot at five minutes to eleven M. A. She bas two hundred and fifty-one passengers. She re- ports:—‘Spoke, on the 20th ult, the steamer Norwegian, six miles west of Cape Race.” Persomal Intel. mee. Lord Edward St. Maur, of England; Baron Gerolt, Prus. sian Minister to the United States; Baren Seldence, from Washingtom; Percy Anderson, of the British Legation et Washington, and J. N. DuBarry and family, of Harris. burg, are stopping at the Brevoort House, Major Hagned, of the United States Army; Dr. J. @. Adams and wife, of Bridgeport, Conn.; C. W. Howe, of Cinctanati; J. B. Spotsewood, of Delaware; Charles J. Stephons and William Epaythe, of Havana, and Thomas Swann and wife, of Baltimore, are stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Among the arrivals at the Metropolitan Hotel yester. day wore:—Judge Carrol! and Dr Davies, of Washing- tou; De. Wood and Lieutenant Worth, of the Unitea States Army; G. H. Browne, of the United States Navy; ©. R. Dimond, of fowa; G. Wright, of Tiinois; Charles Root, of Detroit, and John Castenas, of Ihiladelphia, Gol. Minelt of Long Island; T. N, ale orks) 1. les, dr., of Philadelshia, Louis pi hE A.E. and Migs Douglass, oi Kye. N A.G,0, Cochrane, of Buifaio, are stopping at the Ci don Hotel james II, of New Orleans: Cupt. J. A. Hynes, em +H. Cama Army, W. W Warner, of st. toon Ss Saxton, of Utica, and M. Foote, of Buffalo, are stop. ping at the 88, Nicholas Hotel, Gov. Ani pom apeiecay of Massachusetts; Hon. A. B. Olin, + ot They WD, Sean and Capt. C. ,of Bosten Gen. D. D. Porter, the mortar flutilia; Col. Phelps of a, United States Army Hon. J. 1._ Mose, of Rhode Island cater, of Utica; Judgo Carter aud wife, of Cinetnatti; e W. ‘Whitney, of M1 yard and wife, of Now Orleans; W. ra. wt Picinge aud d 8. Phelps, of Kentucky, wore among the artivals at the Astor House yesterda: a vi pertons were this week at uoit Ho 4 Kew Louden: ;—Count Mercier, Miniatst of France; Baron Stogkl,. Minisver of Russia; and ‘others, Dr. Chas. Mackay. ‘The Britial Cl do Affairs was ox pected tpasivs anon at the ame Hishment NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Wasurvarom, August 2, 1862. CONDITION OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Officers just arrived from the Army of the Potomac report the men in fine condition, the sick having been all removed, They represent that that army was never in #0 good fighting trim or a0 eager to engage the enemy, MALEIAGE OF THE COUNT OF PARIS. ‘The sudden and unexpected departure of Count de Paris and Duke de Chartres from the United States, which hag been the subject of so many comments on this side of the Atlantic, has just beon explained to us by the nows brought by the last European mati. According to what we learn from private sources, it seems that Count de Paris, who, previous to his visit to America, had made a trip to Italy, in company with his brother, the Duke of Chartres, had occasion to meet there the eldest daughter of the Duchess of Parma, with whom he soon fell in love. ‘His affection was goon shared by the young lady, and both informed their parents of thoir intention of being united. But as they wore rather too young to be married immediately, it was decided that the Count would trave! a year or two, and if at the end of that time their affection for each other was the same the wedding would then take place. The thing having been agreed upon, the Count came to America, enlisted himself in the service of the North, fought under General McCiellan, and gave up service only when pressed by his bride to go to Italy because the time appointed for their nuptials had come, The most curious feature of this alliance is that the bride of Count de Paris is aniece of Heiry V., and that this marriage brings about what the French call a fusion, or @ connection of two royal branches in one single person. Henceforward the Count of Paris will be the legitimate representative of the rights and pretonsions of the houses of Bourbon and of Orleans. ‘M. THOUVENEL GOING TO LONDON TO SETTLE THE AMERICAN QUESTION. A great deal of curiosity has been lately elicited on tho subject of M. de Thouvenel’s visit to London, which some persons wore inclined to attribute to a desire upon the Part of the french government to come toa definitive understanding on the American question. Count de Persig ny, who had lett London some time ago, baving brought no satisfactory answer, it was decided in secret council that M.de Thouvenel, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, would go himself, and, under pretext of occupying the place of Prince Napoleon, loft vacant by reason of the con- finement of his wife, would try to know the intention of the English Cabinet on that subject. It seems, however, that M. de Thouyenel has not been more successful than his predecessor, and that all things are still in suspense concerning the settlement of the Amorican question. It was thought, however, that Lord Lyons, who had just arrived from the United States, would greatly contribute to put an end to the perplexity now agitating the minds of English and French statesmen, by a statement of the fact that public opinion in America was unanimously in favor of the continuation of the war, and strenuously op- posed to any intervention on the part of foreign Powers. THE ABMY—A QUARTER OF A MILLION SOLDIERS ABSENT FROM DUTY. From high military authority it is learned to-day that although there are ou the rolls drawing pay over 600,000 enlisted men, the number actually on duty does not ex coed 363,000. ‘The other 250,000 comprise the wounded, sick and absent on furlough. It is estimated that more thau one hundred thousand are absent on furloughs, ob- tained, ina great many instances, by the solicitations of the very same politicians who have been systematically denouncing our Generals aud the government for not puah- ing forward the war with more vigor andrapidity. It has been ascertained, also, that a large number of thege fur- soughs have ‘been procured through surgeons, for a con- sideration. Measuros have boon takon to prevent the continuation of these practices, as well aa to return the farloughed men to their regiments. Tho recent stringent order in this respect has created quite an excitement among the absentees and their friends. Tho War Department was crowded to-day with male aud female relatives of absent officers, to make ex- cuses for them, aud importune for their exception from the order. None who are fit for duty are or will be ex- cused, ARMY SURGHONS. Anambor of surgeons, appointed under the new law authorizing an additional surgeon to each regiment from Pounsylvania, have arrived in Washington. They re- ported to-day to Colonel Puleston, military agent for the State of Pennsylvania, who forwarded them to the vari- ous regiments in the fisid. Sixteen reached here to-day, aad twenty-one last woek. MOVEMENTS OF GENERAL THOMAS. Adjutant General Thomas is still at Fortress Monroe. Colonel Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, discharges the duties of Adjutant General. ENROLMENT OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES, A Home Guard, for the defence of Washington, com- posed of government clerks, is in process of organization. In the office of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department nearly all have joined the brigade. The list is headed by Hon. Green Adams, the Auditor. It is estimated that three full regiments may be formed out of the governmont employes here. THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. ‘The authorities are considering the propriety of admin istering the oath of allegiance to all persons in the Dis. trict who have not taken it, and there is reason to believe that this plan will be adopted to drive out secession sym- pathizers and agents who are doing a great deal of harm. ARRIVAL OF GENERAL SHIKLDS. General Shields arrived here to-day from his tour to stimulate recruiting. A REBEL GUNBOAT BUILDING ABROAD. ‘The government has information that only one gunboat ia being constructed abroad for the rebeis, and that one has been closely watched by the Tuscarora for the last two months. TRANSFER OF PRISONERS. Anothor squad of prisoners confined in the Central Guard House have been transferred to the old Capitol prison, The number of prisoners transferred in two days is ninety-four, leaving to the Guard House as many as it ought to contain at one time, about seventy-five. PROTECTION IN THE WEST. The Ohio Committee, in behalf of Governor Tod, who have been in conferenco with the executive authorities relative to military protection in the most exposed quarters, to-day accomplished the object of their mission {8, as one of the delegation says, the most satisfactory manner. ARREST OF BELLE BOYD, THE FEMALE REBEL 6PY. ‘The notorious female spy, Belle Boyd, familiarly known ‘as the betrayer of our forces at Front Royal, whereby the gallant command of Colowel Kinley was slaughtered and captured, was arrested at Winchester on Wednesday last, and is now confined in the Old Capitol prisen. Romancers have given this female undue repute, by describing her ag beautiful and educated. She is merely a brusque, talkative woman, perhaps twenty- five years of age, rea haired, with keen, courageous gray eyes. Her teeth are prominent and she is moagre in person, There is a certain dash and nairete in hor manner and speech that might be called fascinating, but she is by no means possessed of brilliant qualities, either of mind of body. Being insanely devoted to the rebel cause sho resolved to act as a spy within the Union lines, and managed in divers ways to recom: mend herself to our officers. One of the Gene- rals formerly stationed in the Shenandoah Vailey is mentioned rather oddiy as associated with hor, and Belle boasts that she once wrapped a rebel flag around his head. Our young officers, dazzled, perhaps, took her out riding often, and she was frequently a habi- tant of our camps in the Shenandoah. From facts gleaned Im this way of our movements and projects, she kept up & pretty regular budget of intelligence, and the enemy was advised of our favorite designs. She admitted in prison to-day that she had informed Jackson of our situ- ation at Front Royal; but this,she said, was done to prevent the effusion of blood. Passing through her na tive place, she was groaned by the citizens on Thursday, ‘The propor people of Martinsburg have steadily disliked hor, She passes, indeed, if not for a village courtesan, ‘at loast for something not far removed from that relation. A leadiog secessionist of Washington visited ber im jail to.day, where her quarters are comfortable, and gave her luxuries, Some gentlemen likewise waited apon her. She talked with them at random, and with much abandon, and said that she intended te be paroled. Asoldier guards her room, and paces up and down eontinually before the door, Hor own admissions will convict ber of being a spy. Sho was dressed to-dag to « plain frock, low in the neck, and her arms were bare. Jaskson, it appears, is her idol; and she gave vont to romantic desires to occupy, his tout and share hie dangers. Sho takes her arrest as ‘a matter of course, and is smart, plucky, and absurd aa ver, A lunatic asylum might be recommended for her, SALE OF CONDEMNED TORSRS, The sale of condemned horses, &o., at the government corral on Tussday and yostorday, was large,y attended: Ono hundred and thirty-five horses were sold at prices ranging from one to Gfty-six dollars; ¢ourtoon mules at i ————— from two to seventy doflars, and Sprty-thres colts from seven to ten dollars each. The priweeds of tho sale amounted to over two thousand dollaws, and tho sale, considering the class of animals put up, 1 considored @ Very successful one. 8 THE CASE OF THOMAS ¥. ROWIE. Hon. Thomas F. Bowie has not been unovn.\itionally discharged, but released on his parole. DEATHS OF SOLDIERS. ‘The following deaths of soldiers are announced; Jas. H. Burton, Co. G, 4th Indiana. Ber ‘Herman Mavh!, Co. I, 2d District of Columbias J. F. Allon Co, 1, 82 New York. Thos. Peacock, Go, I, 24 District of Columbia, David Salisbury , Co. B, 76th New York. . 0; ath dic! Harris Pennio; » Co. I, ‘oun Kew York. f Go. T, 21a Now York. fas. Reed, Co. F, 101st New York, N. Bostwick, Co, 4, Tth New York. A. L. Malat, Co. 1, 4th Pennsytyania cavalry. NEWS FROM TENNESSEE. Rebel Movement on Chattanooga and Nashvilie. Camo, August 1, 1863. Letters from a rebel captured at Corinth on the 200m ultimo, indicate that the rebels are about to makes movement on Chattanooga and Nashville. Rebel Raid on Brownsville. Memrms, July 31, 1668. Several gentlemen from Brownsville arrived here last evening. Thoy bring some particulars of a rebel raid by Colonel Faulkner on that place on Friday last. Every man that was there buying cotton was taken prisoner, and one hundred and twenty thousand dollars worth ef cotton taken from them. Four hundred bales of coteom were burned. Five hundred Union cavalry arrived the game evening. The rebels fled, but were pursued, and @ slight engagement took phonon the Haichie and Forked Deer rivers. A number of rebels wore captured. The ferries and bridges had been destroyed, Movements of the Rebels, Mamruis, July 81, 1862. ‘The guerilla Jackson was at Denmark on Saturday with three hundred of his cavalry. It is reported that the rebels under General Villepigue are marching on Bolivar. Jackson used a pontoon bridge to croes Forked Dee: river. Heavy cannonading was heard at Bolivar on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday the telegraph line was destroyed, and por tions of the Mobile aud Ohio Railroad at Humboldt ters up by the rebels. NEWS FROM KENTUCKY. Rebel Scouts in Kentucky. Lovwvitts, Ky., August 2, 1862, Advices from Scottsville say thata large number of rebel scouts were in that vicinity. Order from General Boyle. Loursvitis, Ky., August 1, 1868. Genera! Boyle has issued an order prohibiting the sale of contraband articles, auch as guns, ammunition and me- dicines in package, unless the purchaser first gets @ per- mit from headquartors. Explosion of the Steamer Commodore Perry—Loss of Dife, &c. Lovisviniz, Ky., August 2, 1862. The stern wheel steamer Commodore Perry, with @ haavy cargo of cotton for Toledo, from the Cumberland river for Cincinnati, collapsed a flue while the passea- gers were at supper, at the foot of Fifth street. Imme diately afterwards the steamer caught fire and several women jumped overboard, some of whom were saved, Two or three firemen were badly scalded and probably one or two killed, The books ama papers of the boat wero lost. The money was saved. The boat was owned in Piltsburg and insured. There wore about thirty passengers on board. Great le of Prize Property. An extensive sale or prizo property took place yester. day at the Union Stores, South Brooklyn. There was quite a large attendance, and the bidding was very spirit- ed. The following is tho result of the salo:— ‘The schooner Agnes H. Ward was bought by Mr. J. W. Underhill, for $625; schoouer General C. C. Pinckney par- chased by Mr. ¥. Gerity, for $510, The cargo of ship Alli- ance, consisting of 1,915 barrels spirits of turpentine, old at $2 1335 por galion. The cargo of the sloop Sarah, consisting of tar, cotton and turpentine, was sold at the following rates:—40 barreis of spirits of turpentineas $2 27 per galion; 21 barrels tar at pandas c bales cotion at 48c. per pound. The cargo of tho eo Agnos H. Ward was of as follows:-—17T eras spirits of papi ly at $231 per gallon; 10 boxes te bacc> at 35c. per pound; 15 bales cotton at 45e. pound. The cargo of the schooner General Pinckney ag follows:—10 ae oes —_ at $15 per barrel; 47 . 41 bales do. at 46%e.; 0. at Bc. Miers of the sicop Annie, comprising 42 4, bales cotton, sold for 48%0. per pound. Tho cargo of the sloop New Eagie, consisting of ot 38 bales cotton, was knocked down at 474;0. per pound. Mr. Simoon Draper was the auctioncer on the occasion. aul Excitement at the Old Bowery Theatre. A NOISY PANTOMIME—UNSUOCKSSFUL ATTEMPT TO SERVE AN INJUNCTION UPON THE PERFYORMAMOE OF GEORGE L. FOX—A ROW AND A DISGRACEFYUL FINALE. The announcement in the Hxrap of Saturday to the effect that Mr. G. L. Fox, late of the New Bowery the- atre, would appear at the Old Bowory theatre last night, was the cause of the issuing of an injunction upon the ap- plication of Mr. J. W. Lingard, of the first named estab~ lishment, upon the performance of Mr. Fox at the latier placo, Mr. Lingard alleging that Fox had entered into am agreement with him not to act on the east side of Broad- way for the space of one year. ‘This fact being circulated extensively Old Drury was packed last night from pit to dome, reminding one of the days when Kirby died bound up in the flag of the Union. The play im which Mr. Fox appeared was a pantomime. Me had hardly entered upon his performance when Joba Matthews, @ brother of the lato Pat Matthews, upon the stage, and, rushing at G. L. Fox, atte: to force the injunction upon that gentleman. Mr. C. K. Fox, who was also acting a part at the time, consi that’ the attempt to slay the proceedings was an unwar- rantable intrusion, undertook to put Matthews off the . The two clenched and fell mee the boards, rolling er each othor into the orchestri the dismay of the Sg and C. x, regain: 8 made a CS in which he stated the nature of the case; ee which was concluded without further interruption. Fhe fayyoctian fell into ths hands of 8. medaew, one of the actors, who burned it ut the foot lights. The scene in the house during the affair was exciting in the extreme, ana when order had been partially restored, it was for a moment, for the dense mass of Pll ager gent Mage 4 the roof with’ their deafening shouts and cheers. Mr. Fox intends to test bis right to act before the proper parece City Intelligence, Fins 1x Graxp StReeT—ARRmer oy 4 Max on SuSricion oF ARSON.—About two o’clock on Saturday morning a fre was discovered in a dining saloon at No. 606Grand street, owned by Joseph Taylor. The flames were quickly extinguished, and before much damage was done. Un making an examination of the premises it became evi- dent that the fire was the work of an incendiary. Three separate roe te lig eapiee eas ee ling ‘wood and wal paper, all of ite another aw Lt, tho back room, by piling some chairs, kindil See jo in the Ki ) the stairs. The faraisere ia the back room was aiso sprink- led over with turpentine, atrd the whole appearance gave ovidence of extensive pi Seaeee te Bg premises. Officer Benjamin the Thir- inct, arrested Joseph Ta; teenth a vn Tay, Bre on fy cog of arson. notihed, kad with the iavestigation. The facts ectiened d tnos far throw ree! suspicion upom: ‘the interested party, The dining saloon is insured for $600 in the Rutgers Insurance Company. Counrsarmt Mownr Arioat.—Counterfeit ‘tens’ om the Commercial Bank of sarin R.L, were put poh culation in this city . Two women, Mary Swift and Mary G! evant ore arrested for’ ‘mane one of the bills at the ice cream saloon of Geo, No. 192 Bowery. Founp Daowwap.—A lad of about thirteen years of age was found drowned in the Hackensack river, near the road bridge leading to Newark, N. J. Inquest was. eld by Abraham Spur, one of the justices of the peace in. the township ot Bergen, ane verdant et rendered, “su to have fallen from the steamboat in Newark al ‘The body now remains in the receiving vault of int, Spar, undertaker: the town of Bergen, where it Markets. PHILADRLYAIA STOCK BO. otc , Pennsytvanie sate 6, rng, ae ait ecko Railroad, ion a Morris Canal, A145 Rieck ine iH. 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