present the Cumberland Gap road Is the one upon 
which they depend for reinforcements and supplies. 
When this has been closed, as it soon will be, the 
story of the South Carolina rebellion will havo been 
told. The rebel army in Virginia will soon be 
starved out, and compelled to surrender or evacuate. 
A little while ago the people of Maryland were 
called upon most lustily to take part with Virginia. 
There are now two State Governments in Virginia, 
one established by the peojtle, the other set up by the 
rebel army from South Carolina and Mississippi. 
Sympathy, the ties of blood, of trade, of association, 
[From Mason’s Normal 8lng«r, by permission.] 
A. WKBER 
Slowly. 
Wk have in this country, we believe, one pho¬ 
tographic journal. England alone has no less than 
six, all ably edited. London boasts of six pho¬ 
tographic societies; and It is stated that every con¬ 
siderable town in England has such a society. The 
British Government saves $50,000 per annum in the 
reduction of ordinance maps by photography instead 
Photographers have taken “the sun 
ii when in eclipse; they have caught an 
All your scenes so 
And from mom to 
sum - mer glo 
day I’m live 
of iutercst, all combine to unite Maryland with West¬ 
ern Virginia and Eastern Tennessee in this stmgglo. 
of by hand 
himself 
impression of a shell whizzing through the air, dis¬ 
charged from the mouth of a 3C-inch mortar; they 
have caught the wave as it broke on the shore, the 
B nn depicting even the drops falling from its toppling 
crest; more, they have not failed in getting a “good 
impression ” of the head of a criminal exeented by 
the guillotine, catching the severed head in mid-air 
as it fell into the basket below. Photographic book 
marks and visiting cards are sold by the thousand, 
while photographic shirt studs and waistcoat buttons 
ornamented with microscopic miniatures, are now 
being daily produced in countless numbers at the 
button manufactories in Prussia: portraits of popular 
persons, Garibaldi, for instance, being ordered by the 
hundred thousand ftt a time! On the authority of a 
careful English writer, all this photographing re¬ 
quires the use of no less than twenty tuns of silver per 
annum 1— Methodist. 
To these loyal Virginians and Tennesseans our aid 
and comfort is due, and wo confidently bolievo, nay, 
we know, that wo utterthe sentiment of three-fourths 
oftho people of our Htate when we bid them with all 
our heart, “Godspeed!” 
Efler.ts of the Blockade. 
Nothing will moro clearly illustrate the utter 
dependence of the South upon the North, not only 
for tlio means of moving and marketing its own pro¬ 
ducts, but for the means of sustaining life, than the 
following comparison of priceB at Charleston, South 
Carolina, and New York. The Charleston prices are 
obtained from tho Courier of the 7th: 
Charleston New York 
prices. price*. 
Huy, per 100 lbs...$3,00 46 cents. 
Bacon, por lb...._.14(§jl7c 4ti(g)10o 
Corn per bushel,.$1,15<S>1,25 60c 
Rice, per lb.2X03*0 ***8£&° 
Flour purbbl......$7,35®8,00 $6,60^7,26 
l.arrt .14@16 o atidWt« 
Butter. 40@60o 10(g)16o 
New Orleans market reports continue to afford mel¬ 
ancholy evidence of the effectiveness of the block¬ 
ade. We quote from the Bee Price Currant of the 3d: 
Tobacco—Wo ilo not lionr of a rale. 
Sugar and Molasses Nothing reported. 
Flour— Nothing reported. 
Colleo—Wo did not bear of a Halo. 
Oats, Brail and Huy—Nothing reported. 
Tho marine lists exhibit a like aching void, thus: 
Saturday —No arrival* from sea. 
Sunday --No arrivals from sea. 
Table of prices of various articles of food at Mem¬ 
phis and Chicago, as we find them quoted in the pa 
pors of those cities of the 5th Inst; 
Memphis. Chicago 
Flour per bbl.$7,00 $4,21 
Wheat per bush......--—- 1,20 “ 
Corn per hu*h....... 85 
.. . * . « ur\ *Jr. 
They nrc dear to me. 
Sounds my hap - py song. 
Birds that sweetly warble 
All tho summer days; 
All things speak in mnBio 
Their Creator's praise. 
Meadows, fields, and mountains. 
Clothed in shining green; 
With the rippling fountains, 
Through the willows seen. 
Let my mind be ever 
Bright ns yonder sun ; 
Pure as are the breezes 
Just as night comes on. 
SAND PILLAItS 
ginia watching tho advance of tho United States 
forces with joy, eager to re-establish the power of the 
Federal Government, we cannot Bupposo that there 
will ho any great difficulty iu accomplishing that 
work. There may he some fighting before Il'ich- 
rnond; but raw Virginia levies, ill armed and worse 
fed, if they lose heart in retreat will, seen disperse to 
their homes, and the more Southerly rebels will fall 
back on their own States. Gen. Scott is a practical 
tactician, and will dispense with fighting if ho can. 
By skillfully displaying his forces, ho may compel tho 
submission of Virginia without striking a blow. We 
presume that it will not be possible for the Northern 
troops to advance South of Virginia during tho hot 
weather; but, if that State is conquered, tho rest 
will follow in tho full. Tho prido of the South may 
bo hurt, but probably tho majority of tho people will 
declare, after the war is over, that they wen) Union 
men all through, and entirely disapproved of tho do¬ 
ings of JeiT. Davis.” 
In referring to the death of this noble soldier, the 
Tribune speaks of him in the following eulogistic 
but truthful manner: “ To tho private grief brought 
by this event upon a very large circle of friends, we 
are permitted only to allude; but it is entirely proper 
to say of one who was as yet hut little known to the 
pnblic, that tho country has lost In him another 
yonng soldier, who, had lie lived, was sure to have 
served her with unusual fervor and ability. Mr. Win- 
throp by nature and by education was endowed to a 
high degree with the qualities which make the suc¬ 
cessful soldier. Extensive travel in the wilderness, 
both in North and South America, had made him a 
hardy campaigner; the habit of facing danger, 
joinod to a natural fearlessness, gave him a presence 
of mind aud a coolness in porll, for tho want of which 
many a brave man bus lost a battle; and these quali¬ 
ties were backed by great energy and persistency of 
purpose. His mental powers fortified theso moral 
traits, making altogether ft character which would 
undoubtedly havo proved their value in the life he 
wheeling round and licking np the sand. As they 
passed along, a cloud of dust was raised on the 
ground, apparently eight or ten yards in diameter. 
This gradually assumed tho form of a column, that 
continued to increaso in height and diameter as it 
moved over tho plain, appearing like a mighty ser¬ 
pent rearing its head aloft, and twisting his huge 
body into contortions, in his elfints to ascend. The 
others fifty, sixty, and one hundred feet, and some 
ascended to nearly two hundred feet. As the whirl¬ 
winds began gathering up the dust, one might have 
fancied that antediluvian monsters were rising into 
life and activity. The smaller ones socmcd to trip it 
lightly over tho plain, bending their bodies in grace¬ 
ful curves, as they passed each other; while those of 
large dimensions revolved with gravity, swelling out 
their trunks as they moved onward, till tlio sandy 
fabric suddenly dissolved, forming a great mound, 
and creating a cloud of dust that was swept over the 
desert.— Scientific American. 
Potatoes per bush. ....... ...... 80 22 
Since tho foregoing was put in typo, wo havo 
received the annexed comparative prices of oorn, 
floor, and mess pork, aB ruling in four of tho Southoru 
and a like number of Western cities: 
CORN. 
, r bush, Por hush. 
..$ 70 Now York....$ 45 
80 Chicago. 21 
.. 1 10 Cincinnati . 28 
.. 1 20 Toledo .. 28 
FLOUR. 
Per bbl. Per bbl- 
$ 8 60 Now York___$4 75 
9 50 Chicago . 3 50 
. 10 00 Cincinnati . 4 50 
.. 7 60 Toledo. 4 50 
MKSS FORK. 
Per bbl. Per bbl- 
$27 00 New York. $16 00 
„ 28 00 Chicago .. -... 15 60 
2(1 00 Cincinnati....- J4 7o 
.. 27 60 Toledo. 15 00 
A CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific American, wri¬ 
ting from Texas, says: — “ Owing to tho present 
national difficulties. Northern travel, as a matter of 
course, has fallen off, and it leaves some of our prin¬ 
cipal hotels in rather an embarrassed state. Tlio 
hotels in this city havo been supported almost en¬ 
tirely t.y Narthan auutum; now that prop fallB thorn, 
their prosperity ceases. Tho nunno oivj u "" 
finest in the city, is about to sneenrab to tho hard 
times; tho Trement llouso, a fine hotel, will soon 
follow. The Strand, the principal business street of 
this city, which at tiiis time of the year has been 
usually lively, now looks deserted and lonely. Busi¬ 
ness in this city Is perfectly stagnated. Merchants 
are disheartened, and most of them are closing out 
their stocks at an immense, sacrifice. There is no 
nalo for anything but corn, bacon and Hour, and 
theso are held by speculators at enormously high 
“ Wo! wo! to tho traitor who drags to tho miro 
The flag crimHonod deep with tho blood of hi* sire; 
If ho rouse up tho legions on land and on sea. 
Wo are realty to dio for the Flag of the Froel” 
Memphis_ 
New Orleans 
Montgomery 
Charleston . 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., JULY 13, 1861 
Memphis .... 
New Orleans 
Montgomery. 
Charleston . 
FACTO, 8CKNK8, INCIDENTS, KTO, 
DUBT IN THE AIR, 
■Sketches of Our Army Officers. 
Lieut. Gueri.k. —Among the painful incidents of 
the engagement at Great Bethel, is tho death of Lieut. 
Lieut. Greble was ft native of Bonn- 
John T. Greble, 
sylvania, and belonged to tho Second Artillery. He J 
entered tho service as a brevet, was made second 
lieutenant in Hun icgi.«.-».* s« i.,i r . isr,4. aufi was ' 
promoted to a first lieutenancy in March, 1957. For 
the last four or live years ho had been stationed at 
West Point. A few months since ho married Miss 
Clara Frcneh, daughter of tho Rev. Mr. French, 
Chaplain at West Point, and was among the first who 
received orders from his government to repair to 
Washington to assist in protecting the flag of his 
oonntry. He was a modest, but highly accomplished 
young officer, and was much beloved, both in and 
out of the army. His father resides in Philadelphia. 
Cart. Ji.'DSON Kilpatrick, commanding Company 
H, of Duryea’s Zouaves, who is mentioned with 
honor in the engagement near Fortress Monroe, 
where he received a severe wound in the leg, bntstill 
gallantly led on his command, is a graduate of West 
Point, and Is not much over twenty years of age. 
He was colonel of his class at West Point—an honor 
which Is obtained by precision in shooting at a 
mark, when the class is admitted. He stood among 
tho first five in point of scholarship. His agod 
parents reside near Deekcrtown, N. J., where they 
own a valuable farm. He Is an only sou. 
Col. Wilcox, of the Michigan Regiment, in com¬ 
mand at Alexandria, graduated at West Point in 
1817; served in the Mexican war; continued in active 
Bcrvice until two or throe years since, and re-entered 
when the country called. He enjoys an excellent 
reputation. When Gen. Mansfield asked him what 
more was wanted at Alexandria, whether more 
dragoons or batteries, he replied, “ Nothing hut one 
trusty regiment of infantry.” The Massachusetts 
Fifth was sent in response to this messuge. 
Rrkmdikr General Scuknok, just now a promi¬ 
nent object in the public eye by reason of Vienna, 
was a member of Congress from Ohio, from 1813 to 
1851. President Fillmore appointed him Minister to 
Brazil, where he was a most efficient officer. Daring 
the past few years ho has been President of a railroad 
at the West. The four regiments forming the brigade 
he has been assigned to are two Ohio regiments, now 
in Washington, a Michigan regiment, and another 
soon to arrive. He is thus attached to the Military 
Department of Washington, under command of Gen. 
Mansfield. 
Major Theodore Winthrop, Aid-de-camp to Gcu. 
Butler, who was killed at Great Bethel, was a son of 
the late Francis R. Winthrop, of New Haven, and a 
nephew of President Woolsey, of Yule College. He 
was a young man of brilliant military and literary 
talents. He was a member of the 7th Regiment, and 
An English View of Gen. Mcoit. 
One of tho London Journals, not many weeks 
ago, remarked that “Gen. Scott is proverbially a 
slow commander. He is always unpopular during 
his campaigns. It is only when the campaign is 
over and he has won- ns ho always has done—that 
the wisdom of his action iB understood, and ho 
becomes popular.” Higher praise oould not well 
have been bestowed on any commander, for the par¬ 
allel is an exact one with that paid tho Duke of Wel¬ 
lington. Ho was a slow coach—an old fogy. He 
never seemed to be doing anything. But he always I 
wou. lu the end he was always worshiped. At 
Torres Vodras, in the Peninsular war, Wellington 
could havo cut tho French army to pieces in ft few 
hours, with tho losa of half his own. He waited, 
manoeuvred, and seenred advantages for a week, aud 
ho obtained a much more decisive victory with a loss 
that soaroely figured in the bulletin. Scott could 
have taken Vera Cruz in three days, with a loss of 
three thousand men; he look It in three weeks, and 
lost hut a hundred or two. 
Let one more paint bo fairly remembered. Win- 
field Scott has been in arms for more than half a 
century. During all that time, as youth, man, and 
veteran, when in command of any description of 
Words in their First Meanino.— Tho time was 
when every word was a picture. He who used a 
word first—almost any word—had a clear and vivid 
presentation to his mind of some object, and used 
that object as ft type, and analogy to certain ideas, 
and pictured images present to his mind. Dean 
Trench furnishes many Instances. Look at a word 
or two. Dilapidated :—dilapidated fortunes, a dilap 
idated character, a dilapidated house. Is there 
not a vivid picture here, when we indentify the 
word with the Latin dilapidate — the falling apart 
of stones—and so Harvey stone after stone falling 
away, and leaving only a place of ruin? So the word 
Husband— tho stay, and support, and binder together 
of the household, as old Tusser has said iu his “Point, 
of Husbandry:’’— 
“ The name of hunbaod—what is it to say I 
Of wife and of household the band and the stay.” 
And the word Wife is like it; it is only another form 
of the words “weave” and “woof;” and in it wo 
have, not only a picture of what was supposed to be 
a principal characteristic of female Industry, but the 
moral idea, too, of our weaving, by her influence and 
affection, heart to heart, and the whole household 
into one. In the same way Pity grows into Piety.— 
The Eclectic, . 
who havo lost the prize they have played for, ho will 
leave them to their own people — the same stern ju¬ 
rors aud judges who will dispose of the chiefs of the 
Confederacy in their own good time when they get 
them hack to tlicir respective bailiwicks. 
Richmond, which is now the capital of tho ‘South¬ 
ern Confederacy,’ will not seo many sessions of the 
Traitor Congress. Montgomery was the cradle of the 
new Disunion Richmond will he its Grave! 
A G’nnitdlun View of the War. 
The tone and spirit of the following article from 
the Toronto Globe, is in such striking and honorable 
contrast to the snarling and hitter assaults of tho 
ministerial press, that wo take pleasure in transfer¬ 
ring it to our columns: 
“ As wc predicted yesterday, the secessionists have 
not defended Grafton, ill Western Virginia. They 
have retreated without firing a gun. They are uIho 
preparing to evacuate Harper’s Ferry, which is in an 
utterly untenablo position. Their cause is as good 
as lost. One month ago, they thought they had Ten¬ 
nessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia, and Maryland 
withiu their grasp. To-day Maryland and Missouri 
lie at the feet of the North. Kentucky is neutral, 
Tennessee is being actively canvassed on behalf of 
the Union, and Western Virginia is formed into a 
sovereign and almost free -State. One mouth ago, the 
Southern army were prepared to march direct on 
Washington, and even threatened Pennsylvania and 
Maryland from Harper’s Ferry. To-day they are 
content to take up defensive positions deep in the 
heart of Virginia, and are threatened with destruc¬ 
tion by an overwhelming force. When a revolution 
does not go forward, it recedes. The retrogade 
movement from Harper’s Ferry will inflict infinite 
chagrin on Jeff. Davis’ army. It will disperse forever 
their golden dreams of conquest; it will reveal to 
them that they are about to undertake a weary, defen¬ 
sive warfare, with straitened means, against forces 
which they cannot cope with on equal terms. When 
we add that there are hundreds of thousands in Vir- 
Soke amino Fishes. —From the letter of an intelli¬ 
gent lady, wc make the following extract:—“ In the 
early part of December I called upon a Quaker gentle¬ 
man at Darlington, for whom I waited in a room ia 
which stood a small aquarium, containing, along 
with the usual allotment of sea-anemones, star fishes, 
&c-, five fishes not larger than minnows—a species of 
blennies, as I was informed. After watching their 
motions for a few minutes, as they floated near the 
surface of the water, l stooped down to examine 
them more nearly; when, to my utter amazement, 
they simultaneously Bet up a shriek of terror so loud 
and piercing, that I sprang back as if 1 had been 
electrified. 1 think a human being could hardly have 
set up a louder or shriller scream than did theso tiny 
inhabitants of the water. Have you ever met with, 
or heard of, in any other case of the finny tribe, so 
striking an exception of the truth of the common 
saying, ‘As mute as a fish?’ ”—Ifotes and Queries. 
Uninflammable Fabrics. — A patent has been 
taken out iu England, by M. J. Latta, for the employ¬ 
ment of the sulphate, carbonate, or chloride of mag¬ 
nesia, mixed with starch, for muslin and linen, go 
ub to render them uninflammable after being dressed. 
One part of any of these substances is mixed with 
three parts (by weight) of the starch; these propor¬ 
tions answer well. 
The same combination, even before the passage of 
the pretended ordinance of secession, instituted war 
by the seizure and appropriation ol the property of 
the Federal Government, and by organising and 
mobilizing armies, with the avowed purpose of cap¬ 
turing or destroying the Capital of the Union. 
