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that McClellan, an officer of unquestionable capacity, 
an accomplished, enterprising and successful soldier, 
is to be put at the head of their invading armies, 
subordinate only to Lieutenant-General Scott. We 
do not regret this change so far us the fame of Beau¬ 
regard is concerned; on the contrary, we rejoice that 
it has been made, because we know there could be 
little credit io scattering such troops as have hitherto 
encountered our heroic men in battle, led on by the 
Pattersons, Butlers, and such like political trash. 
McClellan is worthy of Beauregard’s attention, and 
while we have not for a moment a doubt of the result 
of their first measurement of arms In the field, nor of 
any later conflict, so far as the honor and reputation 
of Louisiana’s great soldier Is involved, we hope when 
they are face to face, arrayed against each other, 
no great disparity of force nor deficiency of material 
will he allowed to cripple our side on the eventful 
occasion. In the presence of an officer SO thor¬ 
oughly a soldier as McClellan, it will not do for our 
gallant hoys to sleep or he negligent on outpost duty 
in contempt of their foe. He will, if any one cud, 
make something of the sons of the pilgrims, the 
descendants ol the Mayflower’s passengers, and there¬ 
fore onr complete satisfaction that one whom it will 
be really a great honor to defeat is now to be put at 
the bead of the Lincoln army of subjugation.” 
Tub Victory of Bull Bun. —The correspondent 
of the New Orleans Picayune writes:—“Between 2 
and .'t o’clock large numbers of men were leaving the 
field, some of them wounded, others exhausted by 
the long struggle, who gave us gloomy reports; but 
as the fire on both sides continued steadily, we felt 
sure that our brave Southerners had not been con¬ 
quered by the overwhelming hordes of the North. It 
is, however, due to truth to say that the result of this 
hour hung trembling in the balance. We had lost 
numbers of our most distinguished officers. Generals 
Bartow- and Bee had been stricken down: Lieutenant 
Colonel Johnson of the Hampton Legion bad been 
killed; Colonel Hampton had been wounded, but 
there was at hand the fearless general whose reputa¬ 
tion as a commander was staked on Hits battle: Gen¬ 
eral Beauregard promptly offered to lead the Hamp¬ 
ton Legion into action, which he executed in a style 
unsurpassed and unsurpassable. General Beauregard 
rode up ami down our lines between the enemy and 
his own men, regardless of the heavy fire, cheering 
and encouraging our troops. About this time a shell 
struck his horse, taking its head off, and killing the 
horses of his aids, Messrs. Ferguson and Heyward. 
General Beauregard’s aids deserve honorable men* 
Hod, particularly those just named, and Colonels W. 
Porcher Miles, James Chesnut, John L. Manning, 
aud A. R. Chisolm. Gen. Johnston also threw him¬ 
self into the thickest of the fight, seizing the colors 
of a Georgia regiment, and rallying them to the 
charge. His staff signalized themselves by their 
intrepidity. Col. Thomas being killed and Major 
Mason wounded.” 
How the Battle was Won.— “ Your correspond¬ 
ent heard Gen. Johnston exclaim to Gen. Cocke just 
at the critical moment: ‘Oh for four regiments!’ 
HiB wish was answered, for iu the distance our rein¬ 
forcements appeared. The tide of battle, was turned 
in our favor by the arrival of General Kirby Smith, 
from Winchester, with 4000 men of Gen. Johnston’s 
division. Gen. Smith heard while on the Manassas 
railroad cars the roar of battle. He stopped the 
train and hurried his troops across the field to the 
point just where he was most needed. They were at 
first supposed to be the enemy, their arrival at that 
point of the field being entirely unexpected. The 
enemy fell hack, aud a panic seized them. Cheer 
after cheer from our men w-ent up, aud we knew the 
battle had been w on. Thus was the best appointed 
army that had ever taken the field on this continent 
beaten and compelled to retreat in hot haste, leaving 
behind them everything that impeded their escape. 
Guns, knapsacks, hats, caps, shoes, canteens and 
blankets covered the ground for miles and miles.” 
Mortality Among the Rebel Officers.— The 
Richmond Enquirer publishes the following list of 
killed and wounded among the field officers, admit¬ 
ting the list as still imperfect: 
■Killed, or Mortally Wounded .— General Bernard 
E. Bee, Kouth Carolina; Gen. Francis S. Bartow, 
Georgia; Col. Nelson, 2d Virginia Regiment; Col. 
Fisher, 6 th North Carolina Regiment; Col. Mason, of 
Gen. Johnston’s Staff; Lieut. Col. Ben. J. Johnson, 
Hampton Legion; Major Robert Wheat, Louisiana 
Battalion. 
Wounded .— General Kirby Smith, Regular Army; 
Col. Wade Hampton, Hampton Legion; Col. L. J. 
Gartrell, 7th Virginia; Col. Jones, 4th Alabama; 
Col. Thomas, of Gen. Johnston’s Staff; Col. H. C. 
Stevens, of Gen. Bee’s Staff; Maj. Scott, 4th Alubftroa. 
As regards petty officers, captains, lieutenants, Ac., 
the long list of names bears testimony to the desper¬ 
ate attacks of the Union soldiers. 
General Bee. one of their slain, was a cadet of 
184.4, and won distinction in the Mexican War. Gen. 
Bartow was u prominent Georgia politician — young 
and ambitious. I.t. Colonel Johnson was a South 
Carolina lawyer, and has two brothers, who are 
clergymen, one beiug chaplain to the Wade Legion, 
of which the deceased was second officer. Major 
Wheat was well, if not favorably, known in New 
York as the embodiment of til Ministering chivalry. 
Gen. Kirby Smith is from Florida — a cadet of 1841, 
and served in Mexico with honor. Col. Gartrell was 
a member of Congress from Georgia. Among the 
captains killed was John Avis of Winchester, Va., 
the jailor of Old John Brown. 
The Confederate Suites. 
Burr lies Wanted.— Gen. Beauregard has issued 
an order in which he asks for supplies of corn, 
wagons and teams for the use of the array. He 
expresses the hope that no difficulty will be found in 
complying with this demand, and that all classes of 
citizens will contribute their quota, hut. hints, very 
significantly, that, if necessary, constraint must l>e 
employed with all such people as are forgetful of their 
obligations to that array which “ has gloriously main¬ 
tained the independence and sovereignty of Virginia, 
and has driven back, in ignominious flight, the 
invaders of her soil.” 
The Contrabands. — The Rebel Congress at Rich¬ 
mond has passed the following resolution: 
Resolved by Congress, That the Committee on the 
Judiciary be instructed to inquire into and report on 
the expediency of prescribing by law, while the facts 
are fresh and susceptible of proof, some uniform 
mode of taking, authenticating and preserving the 
evidence of the abduction or reception, by the 
enemy, of slaves owned by any of the Confederate 
States, as also of the age, sex and value of said 
slaves, to the end that indemnity may be hereafter 
exacted from the enemy. 
Pillow*’8 Proclamation. — Gen. Pillow has issued 
the following barbarous proclamation: 
To the People of Missouri: 
The force under my command are your neighbors 
and friends, and we corue at the instance and request 
of the Governor of your State as allies to protect 
you against tyranny and oppression. As Tennessee¬ 
ans we have deeply sympathized with you when you 
were called to arms and manifested a determination 
to resist the usurper who has* trampled under his feet 
the Constitution of the Government, and destroyed 
nil tin: guards so carefully prepared for the protec¬ 
tion of the liberties of the people bv onr fathers, and 
when yon called for help Tennessee sends her army 
Composed of her cherished sons to your aid. 
We will help you expel from your borders the pop¬ 
ulation hostile to your rights and institutions, trewt- 
ing all such as enemies if found under arm*. We 
will protect your people from wrong at the hands of 
our army, and while we have reason to believe that 
no violence will be dune to the rieht* of your true¬ 
hearted and loyal people, the General commanding 
begs to be informed if any cases of wrong occurs. 
To the gallant army under his command, who hold 
in their keeping the honor of Tennessee, though 
composed of Tennesseeans, MiwisHippian* and K<n- 
tuckians, be appeals as a fsthrr to his children to 
violate the right* of no peaceable citizens, hnt guard 
the honor of Tennessee as yon would that of an 
alleetionate mother cherishing yon as her sons. 
The field for active service i* before you. Our stay 
here will be 6bort. Our mission is to place our 
downtrodden sister on her feet and to enable her to 
breathe alter the heavy tread of the tyrant’s foot. 
Then by her own brave sons she w ill maintain ber 
rigliis, and protect her own fair women from the foe 
whose forces march under banners inscribed with 
‘‘beauty aud booty” as the reward of victory. In 
victory the brave are always merciful, but no quarter 
unit hr shown to troops marching under such a brtiinrr! 
In this view, and for these purposes, we call upon 
the people of Missouri to come to our standard, join 
in our forces, and aid in their own liberation. If 
you would be freemen, you must fight for your 
rights. Bring such arms as you have: we will furnish 
ammunition, and lead you on to victory. 
That the Just Ruler of nations is with us, iR man¬ 
ifested in the glorious victory with which our arms 
were crowned on the bloody field of Manassas. 
Gideon J. J’illow, Gen’l Commanding. 
Ambitious Traitors. —The ambition of the rebels 
in carrying on the war extends even to the occupa¬ 
tion of the cities of Philadelphia and New York. 
That the “long and brave arm” of rebellion may 
reach thus fur, the “ Devoted Band ” dedicate their 
lives. The Richmond Whig has the following: 
“‘Tub Devoted Band.’ The shortest path to 
peace is that which carries havoc and desolation to 
our invaders. It is believed that there are five or ten 
thousand men in the Sooth ready and willing to 
share, the fate of Ourtlus, and devote themselves to 
the salvation of their country. It is proposed that 
all who are willing to make this sacrifice, shall arm 
themselves With a sword, two live-shooters and a 
carbine cacti, and meet, on horseback, at some place 
to be designated, convenient for the great work in 
band. Fiic and sword must be carried to the houses 
of those who are visiting those blessings upon their 
neighbors. Philadelphia, and even New York, is not 
beyond the reach of a long and brave arm. The 
moral people of these cities cannot be better taught 
the virtues of invasion than by the blazing light of 
their own dwellings. 
None need apply for admission to ‘ THE DEVOTED 
BAND 1 but thuse who are prepared to take their life 
in their band, and who would Indulge not the least 
expectation of ever returning. They dedicate ihrtr 
lives to the destruction of their enemies! 
A. 8. 11. D. B., Richmond, 
All Southern papers arc requested to give this 
notice a few insertions.” 
Government Control op the Southern Tklk- 
ORArn. The Confederate Government has passed an 
ordinance giving the President complete control of 
the Southern telegraph, us the following extract will 
show: 
“ If any person shall knowingly send or transmit 
any message or communication touching the military 
operations of the Government, without the same 
being first submitted to the inspection of the agent 
of the Government, or any message calculated to aid 
and promote the cause of the enemies of the Confed¬ 
erate States, ho shall be subject to indictment in the 
district court of the Confederate States, and on con¬ 
viction shall be fined in a sum nut less than five 
hundred dollars, and imprisoned for a term not less 
than one year.” 
A letter is published in the Southern papers, 
written at Staunton, Va., in which the condition of 
the Southern troops who made their escape from 
McClellan's dutches, is thus feelingly described: 
“I am told our boys are nearly naked — they are 
batle68 and shoeless, their feet bleeding at every step. 
Dr. Couoly says their condition would make the 
stoutest heart weep; hut it is well they did not have 
their new clothes, or they might have lost them also. 
The people from here sent out forty wagon loads of 
clothes and provisions, and all were lost; for they 
burned them before they retreated, and killed their 
horses.” 
The Charleston Mercury concedes the failure of 
the Confederate Commissioners in Europe, and thinks 
a great mistake was made in not authorizing them 
to promise a low tariff ou French ami English goods 
for a series of years. That, with the cotton, it thinks, 
would have purchased the recognition of the South¬ 
ern Confederacy, which it does not now expect till 
the South has established its independence by fighting. 
Reorganization of .Missouri. 
Our dispatches have announced the deposition 
of the Governor and other traitorous State officers of 
Missouri by the suite Convention in session at Jeffer¬ 
son City. On the same day the Convention com¬ 
pleted its work by appointing the following State 
officers iu place of the deposed traitors: 
Governor — Hamilton R. Gamble, of St. Louis. 
Lieutenant-Governor — Willard P. Hall. 
Secretary if State — Mordeeai Oliver. 
The following is the full text of the ordinance 
passed by the Convention: 
“ The people of tho State of Missouri, by their dele¬ 
gates in Convention, do ordain as follows: 
“ First — That the offices of Governor, Lieutenant- 
Governor, Secretary of State, and members of the Gen¬ 
eral Assembly be, and the same are hereby vacated. 
“Second— A Governor, Lieutenant-Governor and 
Secretary of State shall he appointed by the Conven¬ 
tion, to discharge the duties and exercise the powers 
which pertain to their respective offices by the exist¬ 
ing la ws of thtt State, arid to continue in office until 
Hie first Monday of November, isiil, and until their 
successors are elected ana qualified, or until the 
qualified voters, as hereinafter provided, disapprove 
the action of this Convention. 
“ Third — On the first Monday of November, 1861, 
a Governor, Lieutenant-Governor and Secretary of 
State, and Memhers of the Legislature, shall he 
elected by tho qualified voters of this State, to hold 
their offices during the term for which the present 
incumbents of said offices were elected. 
“ Fourth — At the elections provided to be held by 
this ordinance on the first Monday of November, 
1861, the said elections shall be conducted in the 
same mariner, in all respects, as is now provided by 
the general election law; shall be field by the quali¬ 
fied voters of the State, at the same place in the elec¬ 
tion precincts now established by law, where the 
elections were held for electors of President and 
N ice President of the United States, at the Presiden¬ 
tial election lor the year 1860; and iu case any clerk 
shall fail to make out the proper poll-books, or in 
case any sheriff shall fail to deliver the same to the 
judges of election, then the clerks of the election 
may proceed to make out such poll-books. 
“ Ffth— la case the Clerks of the s veral Courts, 
whose duty it is as now provided by law to certify 
and send up to the Secretary of State an abstract of 
the votes given at such election, or in case there 
should be a failure to receive such returns at the seat 
of government within twenty days alter the first 
Monday of November, 1861, the Secretary of istutc 
shall dispatch a messenger to the county not 
returned, with directions to bring up the poll-books 
authorized to be retained by the judges of election, 
and the Secretary of State, in the presence of the 
Governor, shall proceed to cast up the votes given at 
such election, and shall thereupon proceed to issue 
commissions to the candidates having the highest 
number of votes.” 
Movements In the West. 
The Springfield (Ill.) Register says:—The Gov¬ 
ernment having accepted the additional regiments 
tendered by the Governor of Illinois, we understand 
that the whole force, including all the independent 
regiments accepted from the State, and not yet fully 
organized, twenty-one in all, are to rendezvous im¬ 
mediately at Clear Lake, six miles east of Springfield. 
Arrangements are making for their reception and 
equipment, and immediate organization into brig¬ 
ades. The location of the camp is a most judicious 
one, about a mile from Jamestown station on tbe 
Great Western Railroad, in the vicinity of a beautiful 
lake of excellent water, surrounded by groves of fine 
timber, with suitable open land contiguous for parade 
and drill grounds. The large force thus concentra¬ 
ted will be put in condition for active service as 
rapidly as possible, when Illinois will have in the 
field for active service nearly 35,000 men. 
The military situat ion of Missouri is thus presented 
by the St. Louis Democrat: 
The northern part of the State at present presents 
no serious difficulties. General Pope, by prompt 
and judicious measures, has insured the protection 
of the North Missouri and Hannibal arid St Joseph 
Railroads. There will be constant troubles in many 
of the northern counties, but it is not apprehended 
that they will amount to anything so Berions as to 
require the operations of any considerable body of 
troops. The bridges and tracks of the railroads 
have been placed in the keeping of the leading and 
property-holding secessionists, General Pope giving 
them to understand that he would hold them strictly 
responsible for their protection, their property, and 
even their lives, paying the forfeit if the destruction 
or hindrance of these important thorough fares 
should occur. The wisdom of this proceeding is 
apparent to every one. General Pope also wisely 
says it is out of the question to fight those guerilla 
parlies of rebels with the regular soldiers. The 
Home Guards and Union men, who are largely in 
the ma jority in the county, must, protect themselves 
against them. Whenever the rebels collect in num¬ 
bers sufficient to justify operations against them by 
a large body of troops, an expedition will be 
promptly undertaken. It is the duty of the Union 
men everywhere in this State to organize aud fight 
the rebel scoundrels after their own fashion, and not 
be overawed in Any instance by their blustering or 
their devilish atrocities. 
In the southwest, Gen. Lyon holds the rebel forces 
under Generals Rains and Price, and the invaders 
under McColloch, in chock, by his position at Spring- 
field. He has under him a force: of from live to 
seven thousand men, which is now well provisioned, 
and provided with abundant ammunition. This 
force is being rapidly increased, under the direction 
of Gen. Fremont, and in a few days an army of from 
twelve to fifteen thousand men, of the best material 
iu the country, well armed, plucky, and strengthened 
by the prestige of former successes, will be ready 
for offensive operations against the rebel minions 
who have desolated the Southwest. The commands 
of Gens. Price and Rains, at last accounts, were in 
the extreme corner of the State, just within the 
border lino, numbering about twelve thousaud men. 
The forces of McColloch, just over the line, number 
about the same. Both may be increased to an aggre¬ 
gate army of thirty thNiiwind men, against whom 
Gen. L/on, with his fifteen thousand men, may pro¬ 
ceed in perfect confidence of success. 
In Southeast Missouri there is some serious trouble 
brewing. The news from Cairo is to the effect that 
Tennessee aud Kentucky troops have landed upon 
our territory, a short distance below that place, and 
are menacing Bird's Point and Cairo. 
At the same time Gen. Watkins, one of Gov. Jack¬ 
son's Brigadiers, is concentrating large bodies of 
rebels at a point somewhat west, of Cape Girardeau, 
threatening a movement toward Ironton and Pilot 
Knob, with ultimate designs upou St. Louis. It 
seems to us that uo attack upon Cairo or Bird’s Point 
is contemplated, those points being too watchfully 
guarded aud fortified, and too easily accessible for 
reinforcements. If the rebels have the temerity to 
make a demonstration on that quarter, the country 
may feel easy as to the result. In some parts of the 
land they have fought bravely behind their fortifica¬ 
tions and masked batteries, but have yet to try tbeir 
mettle in tbo open field and in the “imminent and 
deadly breach.” In anything like an equal fight 
they must go down before the sturdy lllinoisiaiis and 
Missourians, like grass before tbe mower’s scythe. 
If we are correct in our conjecture that there will 
be no attack upon Cairo or Bird's Point, it seems 
probable that efforts will be made to form a junction 
of the Tennessee and Kentucky troops with the 
forces under Watkins, and with an army of ten, 
fifteen, or even twenty thousaud men. an attempt 
will be made to march northward upou Jefferson 
City or St. Louis. This, we believe, is the dear wish 
and promise of the vaunting Col. Bowen. It is the 
eb rithed hope also of the hundreds of secessionists 
who remain in our city. One can see it in their 
faces aud overhear it from their street corner 
coteries. Its folly and utter recklessness are amaziug. 
Its miserable futility, if we mistake not the signs 
of the times, will be fully demonstrated before 
the lapse of many more days. 
It is oomforting and assuring to every loyal heart 
that whatever the future bus in store for this or the 
other portion of the State, or for the whole common¬ 
wealth, her destiiiy is in the hands of so able a 
soldier and so pure a patriot as Gen. Fremont. Since 
hi9 arrival in our city, a few days ago, his remarkable 
energies of character have been directed to r study 
of the situation of Missouri, and tbe military re¬ 
sources of his department, with a view to a vigorous 
prosecution of the war within her borders. The 
wonderful activity in the various army departments 
under his control, and the rapid and continuous 
motion of large bodies of troops through and past 
the city during the last three days, show the prompt¬ 
itude and decision of a master mind, and give note 
of dreadful preparation to the enemies of the gov¬ 
ernment. The situation of Missouri is more absorb¬ 
ingly interesting to-day, than it has been in all the 
fearful and exciting past. 
Congressional Proceedings. 
Senate. —Mr. Anthony, from the Printing com¬ 
mittee, reported the bill providing hereafter that ex¬ 
tra copies of messages, Ac., shall only be printed by 
joint resolutions of both Houses. Agreed to. 
On motion of Mr. Collamar, the resolution fixing 
the time of adjournment was taken up. He moved 
to fix the time Tuesday, Aug. 6, at 12 M. Agreed to. 
A resolution was then passed to adjourn that day 
at that hour. 
On motion of Mr. Wilson, the bill to increase the 
engineer force was taken up and passed. 
Mr. Merrill moved to take up the bill supplementa¬ 
ry to the act to protect commerce of the United 
States and punish piracy. Agreed to. The bill 
passed. 
The Senate then passed the bill relative to the Dis¬ 
trict Attorney for the Southern District of New York. 
A communication from the President in answer to 
the resolution asking if the Hon. Joseph H. Lane 
had been appointed Brigadier General was ordered 
to he printed. 
Mr. Dixon moved to suspend the 26th rule of the 
Senate to allow the Committee on Contingent Ex¬ 
penses to report a resolution, and have it passed the 
same day. Agreed to. 
Mr. Dixon reported a resolution to pay Hon. As- 
bury Dickens his salary as Clerk of the Senate for 
one year from the present time, amounting to $3,000. 
Passed. 
The hill to punish certain crimes against the United 
States, was taken vp and passed. 
The House bill to increase the number of Repre¬ 
sentatives to 230 was taken up, and after a short dis¬ 
cussion, laid over. 
On motion of Mr. Carlisle, the Senate again pro¬ 
ceeded to executive session. At 11:30 the Senate 
adjourned till 0:30 to-day. 
The recent law passed by Congress, authorizes tbe 
Secretary of War and the secretary of the Navy, un¬ 
der the direction aud approval of tbe President, to 
assemble a board to determine the facts as to the na¬ 
ture and occasion of the disability of such officers as 
appear incapable of performing military service with 
a view to their permanent retiracy from the army 
aud marine corps. 
This report of the board is to be subject to the 
President’s approval. Those who may be retired are 
to receive the pay proper of the highest rank held by 
them at the time of their retirement, and four rations 
per day, without any other pay, emolument or allow¬ 
ances, but an exception is made in favor of Lieut. 
Gen. Scott. Should he be retired under this act, it 
shall be without reduction in his current, pay, subsis¬ 
tence or allowances. 
Tbe Senate joint resolution authorising experi¬ 
ment* with James’ rilled cannon projectiles passed. 
Tbe Senate bill to increase the Engineer Corps, 
with amendment providing for additional Inspectors 
General of array, was passed. Adjourned sine die. 
House. —On motion of Mr. Allen, the House took 
up the Senate’s resolution providing for a joint com¬ 
mittee of both Mousesto wait on the President, and 
request him to set apart a day of public humiliation, 
lasting ami prayer, to be observed by religious as¬ 
semblages, aud offering of fervent supplication for 
the success of onr arras and the restoration of peace. 
The House concurred in the Senate amendment to 
the House resolution, fixing Tuesday next for the ad¬ 
journment of Congress. 
The consideration of the confiscation bill was then 
resumed, and the question stated on the agreeing to 
the amendment by Mr. Bingham. 
Mr. Mallory moved that the House adjourn. Mo¬ 
tion disagreed to, 30 to 75. 
The bill was then passed, 60 to 48. 
The Speaker laid before the House a message from 
the President, in answer to a resolution adopted yes¬ 
terday, inclosing a dispatch received yesterday, at 
the United States Telegraph office, Aogm*t 1, from 
Hon. Alfred Ely, dated Richmond, saying that he 
(Ely) is a prisoner in that city. 
Mr. Conklin offered a resolution, which was adopt¬ 
ed, requesting the President to communicate to the 
Ho. se all correspondence between Jaa. E. Harvey 
and any of tbe heads of departments in any way rela¬ 
tive to charges against Mr. Harvey, growing outof 
the seizure by the government of dispatches to and 
from said Harvey, aud any other information in con¬ 
nection with the subject. 
The House passed the Senate bill creating a Metro¬ 
politan Police bill for the District of Columbia, and 
establishing a police. 
The Senate bill was passed with an amendment, ap¬ 
propriating $20,000 for repairs to the Long Bridge 
over the Potomac. 
Mr. Kelly, of Ill., asked and obtained leave to re¬ 
port from the Judiciary Committee, the bill fixing 
the number of members of the House under tbe late 
ceusus, after March 3d. 1863, at 239, to be appor¬ 
tioned among the several States in accordance with 
the act of 1850. Bill passed. 
The House concurred in the Senate’s amendment 
to the bill, authorizing tbe additional enlistments in 
the Navy. Itstrikesout the word “marines.” Passed. 
The House passed the Senate bill relative to the 
Supreme Court of the United States, in case of 
appeals. 
On motion of Mr. Stevens, the House took up the 
Senate bill, adding four dollars per month to the pay 
of non-commissioned officers, musicians, marines, 
seamen aud ordnance seamen, aud approving und 
legalizing all acts under the proclamation of the 
President after March 4th, 1861, respecting arms and 
the navy, regarding them of the same elleet a9 if 
they had been warranted by the previously expressed 
will of Congress. 
A message was received from the President, in¬ 
forming the House that he had approved of certain 
bills. 
On motion of Mr. Cox, the resolution was adopted, 
calling on the President, if not incompatible with the 
public interests, to communicate to the House at the 
next session, all correspondence with foreign powers 
since 1853, relative to maritime rights. 
Mr. Kellogg then reported that the President had 
no further communication to make to Congress. 
The speaker said: The hour for adjournment hav¬ 
ing arrived, 1 declare the House adjourned sine die. 
Affairs at Washington. 
It appears from data of the Committee of Ways 
and Means, that the total amount of appropriations at 
tbe recent session of Congress, is $275,000,000. Of 
this, $197,000,000 were for the army, $35,000,000 for 
the navy, and the remainder for various other pur¬ 
poses. 
The representatives of the newspaper preBsat Wash¬ 
ington recently held consultation with Gen. McClel¬ 
lan at his special invitation, when a committee was 
unanimously directed to be appointed to act upon 
suggestions from him on that occasion and to trans¬ 
mit them to editors of all newspapers in the loyal 
States and District of Columbia. 
First—That all such editors he requested to refrain 
from publishing, either as editorial, or as corre¬ 
spondence of any description, or from any point, 
any matter that may furnish aid and comfort to the 
enemy. • 
Second—That they he also requested and earnestly 
solicited to signify to their correspondents, here and 
elsewhere, their approval of the foregoing sugges¬ 
tion, and to comply with it in spirit and letter: 
Resolved, That the Government be respectfully 
requested to afford the representatives of the press 
facilities for obtaining and immediately transmitting 
all information suitable for publication, particularly 
touching engagements with the enemy. 
General McClellan has signified his approval. 
The bill which has passed both Houses providing 
for punishment of crimes against the United States, 
visits with imprisonment and fine any one who enlists 
persons, white or black, to aid rebellion, as well as 
those enlisted; while another kindred bill debars the 
owner of a slave, who employs him in similar service, 
from any claim for his recovery, thus freeing tbe 
slave from his disloyal master. 
Misses Rogers and Hazlehnrst, who went on a good 
Samaritan mission to our wounded men in the hands 
of the rebels, have returned. ITpon arriving at Fair¬ 
fax Court House, they were informed by Gen. Stew¬ 
art, tbe rebel officer in command, that they would be 
allowed to proceed and bestow whatever attention 
they pleased upon the wounded soldiers, but they 
would be considered prisoners of war, and not be 
allowed to leave the lines of the rebel army during 
the war. The ladies were nnwilliDg to accept this 
condition, and returning, gave in charge of General 
Stewart the money, letters, and delicacies intended 
for tbe prisoners, The money was in gold and silver, 
and was receipted for by General Stewart for Beaure* 
gard. Tbe ladies say he looked at it with gloating 
eyes, as if he had not seen so much money for a long 
time. Gold and silver are about as scarce as ice in 
Dixie. 
Hon. A. W. Randall has been appointed Minister to 
Rome, vice Rufus King, resigned, to take command 
of the Wisconsin brigade in Baltimore, to which city 
he has been ordered to-day. 
C’apt. Andrson Harwood, who bad been temporarily 
acting as Chief id the Bureau of Ordnance and Hy¬ 
drography, has been confirmed by the Senate. 
Tbe following order was recently issued from the 
Post-Office Department appointment office: 
“ It appears to this Department that various persons 
are transmitting through the mails envelopes, hav¬ 
ing written or printed upon them scandalous or 
scurrilous mat er. It is ordered that Postmasters 
stop all such matter as soon as discovered, whether at 
the office of mailing or elsewhere, and forward it at 
once to the Dead Letter Office in Washington. 
John A. Kasson, 
First Ass’t P, M. General. 
The movements of troops are conducted with the 
least possible parade and publicity, affording a strong 
contrast to former similar military proceedings. 
The Spanish Minister announced to the Secretary 
of State on the 10th inst., that the seven American 
vessels captured by the Confederate privateer Sumter, 
and carried into the port of Cienfuegos as prizes, 
have been discharged by the orders of his Govern¬ 
ment. 
The following is the official report of the artillery 
lost at the battle of Bull Run and referred to in the 
report of Gen. McDowell: 
Co. D, 2d artillery, Captain Arnold, six rifled field 
pieces; Co. A, 1st artillery, Captain Ricketts, six 
rifled Parrot 10-pounders; Co. E, 2d Artillery, Capt. 
Carlisle, two rifled pieces and two howitzers; Co. C, 
5th artillery, Capt. Griffin, one rifled piece and four 
smooth bores; Co. G, 1st artillery, one 30-ponnder 
Parrot gun; Rhode Island battery, five rifled pieces. 
Total, 20 rifled, and 7 smooth bores. Additional 
reports make the losses in ammunition, quarter¬ 
masters’ and commissaries’ stores, us follows:—150 
boxes small arm castings, 87 boxes rifled cannon 
ammunition, 30 boxes of old fire arms, 13 wagons 
loaded with provisions, und 3,000 bushels of oats. 
It is estimated that 2,500 muskets and 8,000 knap¬ 
sacks and blankets were lost. 
The wants of the sick in the hospitals at Wash- 
ton are fully provided for. All the comforts and 
even the luxuries for the wounded arc supplied on 
requisition to tbe Medical Purveyor of the Govern¬ 
ment, or of the Sanitary Commission. The contri¬ 
bution of wines, jellies, and similar niceties are 
abundant. The nursing of the sick and wounded 
meets with the highest commendations of the army 
surgeons. The nurses who came from the North 
exceed the anticipations of those who encouraged the 
movement. 
Garibaldi has tendered his services to the Federal 
Government through the American Consul at Genoa 
and Secretary Seward. The offer is accepted, and 
the rank of Major General tendered to the noble 
Italian. 
The Post-Master General has received the follow¬ 
ing dispatch: 
Clarksburg, (West Va.,) Aug., 8th. — The rebels 
have beeu expelled from the Kanawha. Can the 
mail service be resumed there? 
W. 8. Rosecbans, Brig. Gen. U. S. A. 
The Department telegraphed that they had author¬ 
ized the immediate resumption of the mail service 
wherever it is safe to do so, and the service can be 
entrusted to safe hands. 
General Order No. 45, which prohibits volunteers 
who do not speak the English language, from being 
mustered into the service, is now officially expunged. 
It is not intended to apply to regiments or companies 
of foreign nationality, iu which men and officers 
speak the same tongue, but to prevent the enlistment 
into regimeuts or companies whose officers speak the 
English language OBly of men not understanding it, 
and to induce such persons to enlist under officers 
whose language they understand. 
Hereafter when volunteers are to be mustered into 
the service of the United States, they will at the same 
time be minutely examined by the surgeon and assis¬ 
tant surgeon of the regiment, to ascertain whether 
they have the physical qualilicutions necessary for 
the military service. 
The President has appointed H. G. Wells, of Michi¬ 
gan, Minister Resident to Honduras. 
A gentleman who has been recently compelled to 
leave Vienna, states that the rebels have about 10,000 
meu at that point and at Falls Church, and that they 
are menacing an attack on Alexandria. He says that 
he has mingled freely among their troops, and con¬ 
firms the statement that they had over 100,000 at Bull 
Run aud Manassas, on the 21st. The estimate of the 
killed in that engagement is 2,700, exclusive of the 
wounded. They admit that the slaughter on their 
side was double that of ours. He says that the rebel 
soldiers’ wives state that their husbandB are engaged 
mining the road between Falls Church and Fairfax 
Court House; and that they intend to connect the 
mineB with small vials filled with explosive material; 
and that their main batteries in the direction of 
Manassas J unction have not yet been discovered by 
our troops. 
The following is the resolution passed by both 
Houses of Congress, requesting the President to ap¬ 
point a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer: 
“It being a duty peculiarly incumbent, in a time 
of public calamity and rebellion, humbly and de¬ 
voutly to acknowledge our dependence on Almighty 
God, and to implore His aid anil protection: There¬ 
fore, 
“ Resolved, hy the Senate and House of Represent i- 
tivesof the United Slates of America in Congress as- 
semhled , That a Joint Committee of both Houses wait 
upon the President of the United States, and reqne-t 
that he recommend a day of public humiliation, 
prayer and fasting, to be observed by the people ol 
tbe’United StateB with religious solemnity, aud the 
ofl'eriug of fervent supplication to Almighty <lod lor 
the safety and welfare of these States, His blessing 
on their arms and a speedy restoration of peace.’ 
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