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Arkansas, is a Massachusetts man. Two or three Army of the West. 
of the less prominent Confederate Generals, and A dispatch from Memphis, under date of July 
hundreds of officers of inferior grade, and thousands 26, says General Grant has ordered Gen. Sherman 
of privates in tbe ranks, are Southernized Yankees, to take possession of all unoccupied dwellings, 
At least one-half of the secession editors and stores, and manufactories, for the Government, and 
one-quarter of the secession clergymen were born also when the owners are absent, (rebels.) to collect 
north of Mason and Dixon’s line! And it is the the rents for tbe Government The military corn- 
universal testimony of those who have fieen in mission has commenced taking a list of such 
Dixie since the war broke out, that these parvemtes property. 
are more rabid in their treason and mote outrageous The Commanding General has issued an order 
in their abuse of the “ mudsills,' 1 than Southrons to prohibiting speculators paying specie for products 
the manor born. An eloquent verification of the 0 f n, e rebel States. When Treasury Notes are 
adage that the renegade Christian makes the worst rft fused the parties refusing are to be arrested, and 
Turk! such of their crops not needed for the subsistence of 
their families will be seized aud sold by the Govern- 
Speech of a Southern Unionist. ment Quartermaster. Speculators paying specie in 
War meetings are held every day on Boston violation of this order will be arrested and sent 
Common. At tbe meeting on Thursday, July 24th, North. and the property so purchased will be seized 
the Rev. C. H. Clark, of Texas, spoke: for the benefit of Government. 
Mr. Clark was a Baptist minister in Houston. The guerrillas captured prominent citizens of 
Texas, and is the son of the present rebel Governor Haywood Co., Tenn., on Saturday week, for selling 
of Texas, aud son-in-law of Gen. Sam. Houston, cotton. One was shot dead while at temping to 
He said he had fought not only bis friends and escape. The remainder were taken to Mississippi, 
neighbors, but also his own father, in defense of the. Genera! Price has sent twenty-five cannon across 
glorious Star-Spangled Banner, and he was ready to the Mississippi, near Napoleon, and is endeavoring 
finish the balance of his feeble life in the same glori- to cross his whole army. The rebels say that Price 
ons cause_the cause of his country, the cause of is to command in Missouri, Henderson in Arkansas. 
humanity, and the cause of his God. The majority and Magruder to be over both, inaugurating avigor- 
of the people of Texas are now and have been loyal, ous campaign. Tbe Union forces are ample to 
The State was carried out by calling the roll of the check them. 
Legislature half an hour before the usual time, j n Missouri the guerrillas have been very active, 
when the Union men were not in their seats. We gather the following items: 
Sam. Houston, the Governor of the State, was On the 30tb, Major Lazer, with 120 men of the 12th 
brought before them on a charge of treason, and the Missouri regiment, attacked Major Lenly and Capt. 
old man made the most denunciatory speech against Poison, with ISO rebels near Bollinger’s Mills, killing 
them and secession that he ever beard in bis life, ten and wounding many. A lot of horseB, &c., were 
The Secessionists rose and gathered about him, bent captured. The bush was so thick that it was im- 
on violence; but his friends crowded around him, possible to find all the rebel wounded. The rebels 
and for a while nothing was heard but pistol shots were well mounted and equipped. We did not lose 
and the clanking of knives. The speaker himself a man. 
received a wound then that would probably soon Colonel Guilar, of the 9th Missouri regiment, 
terminate his life. His father, who had been Lieu- re-enforced by Lieut. Col. Shaffer and Maj. Clopper, 
tenant-Governor, assumed the office of Governor of of Merrill’s Horse, and Maj. Caldwell, 33d Iowa 
The Commanding General has issued an order 
prohibiting speculators paying specie for products 
of the rebel States. When Treasury Notes are 
refused the parties refusing are to be arrested, and 
such of their crops not needed for the subsistence of 
their families will be seized aud »old by the Govern¬ 
ment Quartermaster. Speculators paying specie in 
violation of this order will be arrested and sent 
North, and the property so purchased will be seized 
for the benefit of Government. 
The guerrillas captured prominent citizens of 
Haywood Co., Tenn., on Saturday week, for selling 
cotton. One was shot dead while attemping to 
escape. The remainder were taken to Mississippi. 
General Price has sent twenty-five cannon across 
the Mississippi, near Napoleon, and is endeavoring 
to cross his whole army. The rebels say that Price 
is to command in Missouri, Henderson in Arkansas, 
and Magruder to be over both, inaugurating a vigor¬ 
ous campaign. Tbe Union forces are ample to 
check tbern. 
In Missouri the guerrillas have been very active. 
We gather the following items: 
On the30tb, Major Lazer, with 120 men of the 12th 
Missouri regiment, attacked Major Lenly and Capt. 
Poison, with 180 rebels near Bollinger's Mills, killing 
ten and wounding many. A lot of horseB, <fcc., were 
captured. The bush was so thick that it was im¬ 
possible to find all the rebel wounded. The rebels 
were well mounted and equipped. We did not lose 
a man. 
Colonel Guilar, of the 0th Missouri regiment, 
re-enforced by Lieut. Col. Shaffer and Maj. Clopper, 
the State. 
Mr. Clark described at length how Texas was 
carried out of the Union by the treason of Twiggs, 
and its dire effect on those who remained true to the 
Union. Men and women who, two years ago, were 
possessed of wealth and all the luxuries of life, were 
now in the streets of Galveston, begging for bread. 
He said that if 3,000 troops should land at Galves¬ 
ton, and march through Texas, they would be joined 
by 10,000 men before reaching San Antonio. 
Mr. Clark Bald he had been surprised, since com¬ 
ing North, to hear that it had been reported that 
Gov. Houston had given his adherence to secession. 
As bis son-in-law, and the one who closed his eyes 
in death, he stigmatized them as false. The old man 
was loyal to the day of his death. He took a Tiolenl 
cold at a meeting held by the Union men to devise 
means to protect themselves, which finally settled 
into pneumonia. About an hour before his death 
he said, “Charlie, have you an American flag?’’ 
On being answered in the affirmative, “Briug it 
out,” he said, “and spread it over me; I want to die 
under its glorious folds.” Among his last words he 
said, “ I am sorry that it is the will of God that I 
can not see that flag float again. Do you be faithful 
and true to it forever.” 
The speaker described his getting away from the 
power of the rebels, his reaching New Orleans, and 
his interview with Ge». Butler, whom he styled 
“the right man in the right place,” but who threat¬ 
ened to hang him if he didn’t, get better vouchers for 
his loyalty than he at first produced. 
He. had been a slaveholder all his life, but he was 
ready for emancipation —to sacrifice everything to 
sustain I he Government He described the barbar¬ 
ities be bad seen the rebels perpetrate, and contend¬ 
ed that it is impossible to be too bitter against the 
rebels. There is no medium course. If we do not 
conquer them, they will conquer us. If the South¬ 
ern Confederacy should be acknowledged, the war 
would be no nearer an end than now. It would not 
be until Toombs called the roll of his slaves at the 
foot of Bunker llill. He believed tbe South could 
support more men in tbe field, because of slavery 
to carry on their agriculture. He denounced the 
rebels with great power, and with stirring eloquence 
called upon the men of Massachusetts to awake to 
the crisis. 
Americnn Naval Progress. 
Tue New York Times, in giving some statistics 
relating to the progress of our navy during the 
rebellion, says: 
It will be seen that the entire strength of our 
navy is close upon three hundred vessels, nearly all 
of which are propelled by steam, and that among 
these are two iron-clad frigates, twenty-three iron¬ 
clad gunboats, and a good stock of the highly effect¬ 
ive naval weapon, the ram. Of the latter the 
number can be increased indefinitely, and at any 
moment, as they may be needed. All we bave to 
do is to fit a beak on to any staunch steam craft, 
plate its most vulnerable parts, and it is ready to: 
service in sinking and destroying wooden walls, or 
whatever else it can get a drive it. In this way the 
cavalry, were attacked at Moore’s Mill, seven miles 
east of Butler, at noon on tbe 3<)th lilt. by Porter 
and Cobb, 900 strong, and after fighting three hours 
the rebels were completely routed, with the loss of 
52 killed and 100 wounded, and II taken prisoners. 
Col. Guilar reports a loss of 45 killed and wounded. 
He captured guns, ammunition, baggage, Ac., in 
profusion. Officers and men behaved splendidly. 
Information has been received at St. Louis that a 
large force of guerrillas have entered Missouri from 
Arkansas, and are now encamped near the State 
line in Howell and Texas counties. They are rep¬ 
resented to be commanded by a man named Mc¬ 
Bride. and include a number of gangs headed by 
Coleman, Hawthorne, and others. Many refugees 
from these companies and other companies have 
reached Holla. We are assured our troops at 
Houston, Texas Co., have been re-enforced, and are 
sufficiently numerous to repress any invasion from 
McBride’s forces. 
The Louisville (Ky.) Express has been sup¬ 
pressed, and the editor and publishers are arrested 
by order of Gen. Boyle, on account of the general 
tone of the paper, which was calculated to aid 
rebellion. 
On the 30th, at sundown, 170 mounted guerrillas, 
mostly armed, and from Boone county, Missouri, 
arrived at North Middleton, and went into Mount 
Sterling, Ivy., to demand its surrender. The Mount 
Sterling Home Guard killed seven of the rebels, 
when Ihe rebels retreated two miles, and came upon 
Maj. Brocht of the 18th Kentucky, advancing with 
100 of his regiment and 30 Home Guards. The 
command of Maj. B. fired upon them, and they 
broke in confusion. Major Brocht pursued, firing 
upon them, killing and wounding several, and cap¬ 
turing horses, Ac., and taking several prisoners. 
Our loss was three Home Guards wounded, one 
fatally, and one of Brocht’s regiment severely. 
The Army of Virginia. 
Everything wears an air of activity in this 
department, although nothing very striking has 
occurred during the week. We note such matters 
as bave come to hand: 
On the 29th ult. Maj.-Gen. John Pope, accom¬ 
panied by his staff, left Washington, and proceeded 
to the headquarters in the field. Before breaking 
up his late headquarters, Gen. Pope ordered that no 
passes to the lines of his army should be granted to 
others than those having official business. 
Scouting parties just returned to Waterloo, Va., 
report occasional skirmishing with the enemy near 
Orange Court House, hut without any definite re¬ 
sults, The rebel Gen. Ewell is reported to be in 
force from Orange Court House through Gordons- 
ville to Stannardsville. His troops are estimated at 
from 20,000 to 30,000 men. 
Colonel Floyd, of the 8th Ohio Cavalry, arrived 
at Luray on the 29th ult., and in pursuance of Gen. 
Pope's order arrested all the male inhabitants of the 
town, and lodged them in tbe Court House, prepar¬ 
atory to administering the oatb of allegiance. This 
course is rendered imperatively necessary, from the 
fact that several left their homes, it is supposed, to 
magnificent ocean steamship Vanderbilt was fitted join the guerrillas who infest the west side of tbe 
up in a short time in this port, and sent down to 
Hampton Roads for a tilt with the Merrimac; and 
the river ram fleet of Col. Ejlet was also turned out 
in the same way. 
W e believe that these three hundred armed ves¬ 
sels are a match for any naval force that any one 
or any two foreign powers could send to these 
shores; and at the same time they could keep the 
rebels in easy check. We have, or will have di¬ 
rectly, a larger number of iron-clad vessels than 
England and France combined, and of a far more 
available and destructive kind. 
The speed with which this splendid naval force 
has been gotten up and put into service, is one of 
its most remarkable characteristics. The greater 
part of it has sprung into being within the last year. 
Twelve months since we had but eighty vessels-of- 
war of all kinds, only one-third of which were 
steamers. But thirty then—three hundred now! 
Of these, all save some of the iron-clads and steam 
frigates, are actually afloat. Within the year we 
have constructed alone nearly as many vessels as 
south fork, and in one instance captured the river 
picketa 
Col. Robinson has arrested between sixty and 
seventy citizens of Rappahannock Co., who will not 
take the oath of allegiance. Three days grace has 
been granted, at the expiration of which time, if 
they will not swear, they will he sent immediately 
beyond the lines. 
Intelligence from Culpepper says that scouting 
parties go out daily, and occasionally bring in rebel 
scouts. No enemy in force has been discovered this 
side ol Gordonsville. It is supposed that strong 
entrenchments are being constructed at that place 
by tiie rebels. Our troops are in such high spirits, 
and so confident of complete success, that they can 
defeat whatever rebel forces may be there collected. 
Gen. Pope, on bis way hither, was received with 
most enthusiastic cheers by our troops, whom he 
reviewed, complimenting them on their splendid 
appearance and the perfection of their drill. 
A special dispatch from Washington on the 2d 
inst, says: The Correspondent of the Inquirer 
the entire number of ships on the naval register of reac ^ e(i here to-night, from Warrenton, with the 
1861. We had but 800 sailors and marines a year intelligence that Maj.-Gen. Pope’s army had ad- 
ago; now there are over 23.000 in our naval service. vaaced beyond that place. The men were in the 
Certainly these things exhibit an amount ol energy °* 8 P' r ^ tB ' R nd an enthusiastic feeling prevailed 
and of work deserving of notice, and show forth the at P ros P ect of further business. 
resources of tbe country in a light not less striking - 
than was shown in the raising of our armies. If Army of tbe Potomac. 
Mr. Welles has seemed to he derelict in some of his On the 29th of July, Dr. Williams, who has 
dutieR. and has been censured by the public and the been a prisoner at Salisbury, N. C., for several 
press for want of PUSH and vigor, it must be con- months, arrived at the headquarters of the Army of 
leased that in the long run he has made a grand the Potomac, having been unconditionally released, 
show both of deeds aud results. He states that for ton davs after the hntttes in f mn t 
of Richmond, a thousand rebel troops passed through 
that town daily, on their way to Richmond, and 
more were on the way. The doctor’s window over¬ 
looked the railway depot, giving him a good oppor¬ 
tunity to ascertain what was going on there. The 
troops came from James Island and Eastern 
Georgia. 
Among other facts, the doctor ascertained that 
eleven thousand troops were at Charlottesville, 
waiting transportation to Richmond: that thirty 
thousand conscripts had been raised in each of the 
States of Tennessee and Georgia, since the 19th 
ult, and a proportionate number in other extreme 
Southern States. He heard the Adjutant of Col. 
Gordon, commander of the post at Salisbury, who 
had just come from Richmond, state that the Adju¬ 
tant of Gen. Hill told him that the rebels had 173.- 
000 engaged in the battle of seven days. He was 
accompanied by Dr. Stone, w ho was taken prisoner 
at Bull Run, and who corroborates the statement, so 
far as relates to the movement of troops. On their 
way to Richmond they passed long trains of empty 
cars. 
If the statements are true, and there is every 
reason to believe they are. it shows tbe rebels are 
staking their all in this State, and concentrating 
within its borders an overwhelming force. 
Gen. McClellan spent the 1st inst in visiting the 
different hospitals, speaking words of encourage¬ 
ment to tbe sick and wounded, and seeing their 
wants properly attended to. 
Six hundred troops crossed tbe river on the 2d 
inst, tor the purpose of destroying the houses and 
woods on the opposite shore, which had afforded 
protection to the rebels. Everything iu the shape of a 
dwelling was burned. This was tbe point where 
the rebels shelled our shipping and encampment 
the night betbre. The affair was successfully accom¬ 
plished, without the loss of a man. 
The gunboats, on tbe 3d, were engaged in shelling 
the shore and houses down the river. Five men 
were killed by the enemy’s shells night before last, 
and two wounded. 
Information has reached the Navy Department of 
the capture of two rebel vessels up Cbeopoaks creek, 
.1 nines river, near Claremont, by an expedition sent 
out by Commodore Wilkes, on the 27th inst. Lieut. 
Commanding Gibson of the Yankee, Acting-Master 
Foster of tbe Satellite, and Ely and Asst. Surgeon 
Longshow Qf the Yankee, with a loDg-boat from each 
vessel, and a boat borrowed from the brig Nameang, 
in which a howitzer was mounted, were sent by 
Commodore Wilkes up Cbeopoaks creek, five miles, 
to the head of navigation, where they discovered 
and took possession of the schooner J. W. Sturgis, 
owned by a person named Win. Allen, of Clare¬ 
mont, and a schooner-rigged lighter, loaded with 
wood, master and owner G. S. MyreB, and brought 
them out ot the creek unmolested, although a force 
of rebel cavalry were stationed at a point only 
three-quarters of a mile off. Lieut Gibson reports 
to have seen at the place where the above-mentioned 
schooners were found, two others and a steamer, all 
scuttled. 
A letter from Fortress Monroe, July 30th, to the 
Philadelphia Inquirer, says that Commodore Por¬ 
ter’s fleet, in part consisting of tbe following vessels, 
arrived and came to anchor in the roads early that 
morning:—Mathew Yassar, George Marachan, T. 
A. Ward, Adelpbi, Dugell, Daniel Smith, Wm. 
Bacon and tbe Racer. Twelve of the fleet in all 
left the Southwest Pass on the 17th day of July, and 
the five others are hourly expected. The officers 
and crews of all the vessels think they are to reduce 
Fort Darling, and intimate a perfect willingness to 
undertake the job. Fiery times may be looked for 
in that direction shortly. 
The telegraph this (Monday) morning informs us 
that it is rumored and believed that tbe new Merri¬ 
mac has come down the river as tar as Fort Darling, 
and that, she is hourly expected to make an attempt 
to come further down. One thing is authentic.—all 
of the Federal gunboats have passed up beyond 
Harrison's Landing, and not one is in sight at that 
place, or on the river this side. 
A detachment of infantry and cavalry from 
McClellan's army made a reconnoissance down the 
Chickahominy to Diascumb, and came on toward 
Williamsburg, till they met our pickets, and then 
returned, after reporting to Fortress Monroe by tel¬ 
egraph, that they had seen nothing of the enemy. 
The mail boat from Harrison’s Landing, at For¬ 
tress Monroe, arrived at three o’clock on the after¬ 
noon of the 3d. She reports that the previous night, 
between 12 and 1 o’clock, tbe rebels opened fire on 
the center of McClellan’s army, w hich continued for 
about one a half hours, from four rebel batteries of 
flying artillery, opposite the Landing, some above 
and some below. They threw shells ot six and 
twelve pound shot, round and conical. Not oue- 
half of them exploded. 
The firing was intended, no doubt, for our camps, 
but many of the shot fell short, and did some little 
mischief to the shipping which is lying at the Laud¬ 
ing and anchored in the river. As the shells passed 
over tbe thickest of the vessels, several vessels and 
steamers were struck by fragments of shells, but no 
one was harmed on them, It is reported that five 
of our men were killed and only three wounded. It 
being in the dead of night, and our army expecting 
an attack in front, caused some delay before our 
guns opened fire. After half an hour seige guns 
were brought to bear upon them, and in less than 
forty minutes the rebels were silenced. The firing 
was very brisk while it continued. Many ol the 
rebel shells were thrown over among our camps, 
but-did not explode. 
All that is known of the fate of the rebels is that 
they fled, and this morning the trees where they had 
their batteries, presented a shattered appearance, 
and many were cm completely down. There was 
one Federal gunboat near the Lauding, which 
opened fire immediately on the enemy, but they did 
not respond. If the rebels’ motive was to draw our 
gunboats down the river, they were most unsuc¬ 
cessful, for not a single gunboat made its appear¬ 
ance save the one already there, which shows they 
had better business on hand to attend to. 
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AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. 
A dispatch to the N. Y. Herald says it is stated on 
good authority, that when the news of the departure 
of the three iron-clad frigates, La Courronne, La 
Vincible, and La Normandie, for the Gulf of Mexi¬ 
co, together with several frigates and line-ot-battle 
ships, reached Washington, Mr. Seward wrote im¬ 
mediately to the French government, and made 
strong remonstrances against the presence, in the 
vicinity of the United States, of such a formidable 
months, arrived at the headquarters of the Army of fleet. Mr. Seward gave as the reason of his protest, 
the Potomac, having been unconditionally released, that the Mexican expedition being of too little con- 
He states that for ten days after the battles iu front sequence to justify the sending of such a tremend¬ 
ous armament to American waters, the American 
government could not help thinking that it is des¬ 
tined to act against the United States. It would in 
consequence ask from the French government an 
explanation on that subject. 
Simeon Draper, of New York, has been appointed 
special Commissioner, by the War Department, to 
superintend the execution of the order (given below) 
of July 31st. respecting absent officers and privates. 
Communications on the subject of said order may 
be addressed to him at the War Department, 
Washington. 
Thomas McTurner. of New York, has been ap¬ 
pointed Associate Judge Advocate for the army 
around Washington, He is charged with the inves¬ 
tigation and determination of all cases of State 
prisoners, and of military arrests in Ihe District of 
Columbia and adjacent counties of Virginia, and of 
all cases wherein the action of the Judge Advo¬ 
cate may be required. 
WaK Dkpaktmknt, Washington, July 31. 
The absence of officers and privates from their 
duty under various pretexts, while receiving pay, 
at great expense and burthen to the government, 
makes it necessary that efficient measures should be 
taken to enforce their return to duty, or that their 
places muy be supplied, by those who will not take 
pay for rendering no service. This evil moreover 
greatly tends to discourage the patriotic impulse 
that would contribute to support the families of 
faithful soldiers. It is therefore ordered by the 
President: 
First That on Monday, the 11th day of August, 
all leaves ot absence and furloughs, by whomsoever 
granted, unless by the War Depar tment, are revoked 
and absolutely annulled, and all officers capable of 
service are required lorthwiih to join their regi¬ 
ments. under penalty of dismissal from Ihe service, 
or such penalty as a Court Martial may award, un¬ 
less the absence be occasioned by lawful cause. 
Second. The only excuse allowed for absence of 
officers and privates from duty after the litbof Au¬ 
gust, are:--1st, the order of the War Department; 
2d, di-ability from u wound received in service; 3d. 
disability from disease that lenders the party unfit 
tor military duty. But any officer or private whose 
health permits him to visit watering places, or places 
of amusement, or make social visits, or walk about 
the town, city, or neighborhood where he may be, 
will be considered lit tor military duty, and as evad¬ 
ing his duty by absence from his command or the 
ranks. 
Third. On Monday, the 18th day of August, at 10 
A. M,, each regiment and corps shall he mustered. 
The absentees will be marked. Three lists ot the 
same will be made out, and within forty eight hours 
after the muster, one copy shall be sent to the Ad¬ 
jutant-General of tbe army, and one to the com¬ 
mander ot the corbs. The third is to be retained, 
and all officers fit for duty absent at that time from 
duty, will he regarded "as absent without cause. 
Their pay will be stopped and they will be dismissed 
from llio service or considered as deserters unless 
restored, aud no officer shall be restored to his rank 
unless by a Court of Inquiry, to be approved by the 
President He shall establish that his absence was 
not without cause. 
Fourth. Commanders of corps, divisions, brigades, 
regiments, uud detached posts, are to strictly en¬ 
force tbe order and return as aforesaid. Any officer 
failing in his duty herein, will be deemed guilty of 
gross neglect of duty, and be dismissed from the 
sen ice. 
Fifth, A commissioner shall be appointed by the 
Secretary of War to superintend ilie execution of 
this order in the respective States. The United 
States Marshal iu the respective districts, the Mayor, 
Chief of Police of any town or city, and the Sheriff 
of the respective counties of each State, Post-Mas¬ 
ters, and Justices of the Peace, are authorized to act 
as special Provost Marshals, to arrest any officer or 
private soldier fit (or duty, who may be found absent 
lrom any cause, and convey him to the nearest mili¬ 
tary post or depot. The transportation aud reason¬ 
able expenses for this duty, and five dollars, will be 
paid for each officer and private so delivered. 
By order of the President. 
E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War. 
Lieut. Gov. Dennison, Gen. Bates, Rep. Gurley, 
and Larz Anderson, all of Ohio, arrived in Wash¬ 
ington on the 31st, at the request ot Gov. Tod, aud 
had a long interview with the Secretary of War, the 
President and Gen. Halleck, regarding military in¬ 
terests iu Southern Ohio, together with those of 
Kentucky, which ended satisfactorily, and it is prob¬ 
able that all the committee caine after will be accom¬ 
plished. At night they had an important interview 
with Gen. Halleck, during which he alluded to the 
negro question, and said that he was now and 
always had been in favor of using negroes within 
the military lines, and ot confiscating all slaves and 
other property of rebels in arms. 
It is said in usually well informed circles, that 
direct, and decisive action is to be taken in the 
prosecution of the war, aud that a perfect agreement 
exists between the principal Generals and the Exe¬ 
cutive branch of the Government. This is asserted 
as the certain policy of the administration, to be 
vigorously consummated, and indications seem to 
confirm the truth of the statement. 
The National Bank Note Co., who have the order 
lor the post-office stamp currency, say they will fur¬ 
nish large supplies by the 15th of August. 
An order has been issued to the effect that hence¬ 
forth no unnaturalized alien is to be employed in 
any navy yard in the Union. All persons seeking 
employment must, before they are accepted, pro¬ 
duce certificates of naturalization papers authen¬ 
ticated. 
This order is aimed at that large class of foreigners 
who like to get government money, but threaten to 
demand British or other protection if compulsory 
military service is demanded ol them. If carried 
out it will result in the discharge of some 6,000 men 
at the different stations. 
Reports thorn Indiana, Vermont, Massachusetts, 
and New Jersey are particularly encouraging. 
Other States are doing better than was supposed. 
The question whether or not to draft is said to have 
been under consideration recently in high quarters. 
Several of the heads of departments have been in 
favor ot drafting ever since the call for 300,000 more 
men was issued. Others, however, are known to be 
strongly opposed to this step. 
The following order has just been issued: 
WAK Pbi'AMTWKNT, WASm.VCtTOk, D. C.. Aug. 4,1862. 
Ordered —That a draft of 300.000 militia be imme¬ 
diately called into the service of the United States 
to serve for nine months unless sooner discharged. 
Tbe Secretary of War will assign the quotas to tbe 
States, and establish regulations for the draft. 
Second —That if any State shall not by tbe 15th of 
August furnish its quota of the additional 300,000 
volunteers by law, the deficiency of volunteers will 
be made up by special draft from the militia. Tbe 
Secretary of War will establish regulations for this 
purpose. 
Regulations will be prepared by the War Depart¬ 
ment and presented to the President, with the object 
of securing the promotion of officers of the army and 
volunteers for meritorious distinguished services, and 
preventing the nomination and appointment in the 
military service of incompetent and uuworthy 
officers. 
The regulations will also provide for ridding the 
service of such incompetent persons as now hold 
commissions. By order of the President. 
E. M. Stanton. See’y of War. 
It has been believed here, for several days, that 
the enemy have been evacuating Richmond, there 
being reasonable suspicion that pestilence has bro¬ 
ken out in that city. 
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H nntinRton. See'y. 
Helfi for the Women—Richardson A Keeler. 
Rec irer'*. Sale of Nursery Sinek—R Barry, Receiver. 
I.aseIt Female Seminary—G W Rnee- 
Pure Ueice-'er Bheeji lor Sale—Wm Jeffrey. 
Oxen for Sale—S. L. J. Scripture. 
$[)C Keros Coniurtser. 
— Congress has disbanded all regimental bands. 
— The present population of Utah is said to be 100,000. 
— The Union League of Baltimore comprises over 15,000 
members. 
— Chicago city pays $00 bounty to every recruit obtained 
within its limits. 
— Cotton and sugar continue to arrive in Louisville daily, 
by river and rail. 
— Missouri, it is said, will raise four-fold her usual amount 
of tobacco this year. 
— An insane mother in Lower Canada lately murdered her 
seven children in their beds. 
— Hancock Co., in Western Virginia, offers $60 bounty to 
recruits for the Federal army. 
— Hun. John 8. Phelps, of Missouri, has been appointed 
Military Governor of Kansas. 
— Queen Victoria has two hundred and twenty-two house- 
hold servants. Desirous, that. 
— The only ex Presidents now living are Millard Fillmore, 
Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan. 
— Counting the Indian army, the British troops at prtsent 
reach the number of 200,000 effectives. 
— City Treasurer Bedlow. of Lowell, has paid $21,2S0 to 
215 volunteers, and lias more money left. 
— At one of the meetings of the Social Science Congress^ in 
Loudon, Eng., all the speakers were ladies. 
— Adtibl-ley Park, in SaitJey. Eng., is to be given to the 
people by its owner. It is valued at £18,000. 
— Horse railroads are to be built immediately in Detroit. 
The first line will run through Jefferson avenue. 
— The fees of the Marshal of the District of Columbia will 
amount this year to the trilling sutn of $100,000. 
— Within the last 15 years, England has paid more than 
£300,000,000 sterling for imports of foreign corn. 
— By the official report, it appears that the enrolled militia 
of Boston numbers 25,222 men at the preEeut time. 
— The Cape Cod Republican say s the cranberry crop in that 
vicinity has been niucb injured by a peculiar blight. 
— In London there are no less than 600 different societies— 
reformatory , philanthropic, charitable, and scientific. 
— Two brothers. R. L. and A. Stuart, of New Turk, have 
donated 550,000 to tbe Princeton Theological Seminary. 
— It is reported that Hon. Henry J. Raymond is about to 
retire from the editorship of the N. Y. Times newspaper. 
— Gen. Boy le has promulgated an orderannouncing that no 
disloyal man will be allowed to run for office in Kentucky. 
— Brigham Young. Jr., son of the prophet of Salt Lake 
City, has arrived in Philadelphia. He is cn route for Europe. 
— Boat-builders in Cincinnati bave under way, or con¬ 
tracted, sixteen new steamers, to be completed for the fall 
trade. 
— A correspondent of the Oswego Commercial Times sug¬ 
gests that political conventions nominate only men over 45 
years. 
— A large canal stable in Oswego was destroyed by fire on 
Sunday morning week. Thirteen horses were burned to 
death. 
— The first of September is determined upon as the day 
upon which the National Tax Bill shall go into practical 
operation. 
— The steamer City of Alton, on her way from Memphis, 
was fired into twice on Sunday week, just before reaching 
Columbus. 
— The distance from McClellan's headquarters to the rebel 
capital by land is 19 miles, but by the course of the James 
river it is 60. 
— A loud cry for onions comes from the camp at Harrison’s 
Landing. Ten cents is paid for a single onion, because scurry 
is appearing. 
— Counterfeit five dollar bills, on the Mercantile Bank of 
Plattsburgh, N. Y., axe in circulation. The bills are dated 
Slan-h 4, 1830, 
— The Railroad Journal estimates the value of railway 
inventions in the last forty years, in this country alone, to be 
$1,200,000,000. 
— The Secretary of the Treasury has determined to issue 
no Treasury notes of the denomination of $3 at present—only 
ones and twos. 
— Ilazael Benson, of Worcester, has six sons and one son- 
in-law in the Union army, all Vermont volunteers. A truly 
patriotic family. 
— The late show of the Royal Agricultural Society of Eng¬ 
land is described as unusually fine, especially in the way of 
improved stock. 
— John Van Buren, son of the late en-President, is said to 
be in a very delicate state of health. lie has been an invalid 
for nearly two years. 
— Col. Colburn, of Gen. McClellan's staff, telegraphs that 
all civilians, correspondents included, are now excluded from 
the lines of that army. 
— A Paris letter say s the Mexican expedition has already 
cost 74,000.000 francs, or nearly £3,000,000 sterling, and 1,600 
men are in hospitals or dead. 
— In the erection of the Great Exhibition building, 200 tuns 
of nails were used; which, upon a fair computation, would 
give about 33j* million nails. 
— The Chicago Journal says the baukers of Cincinnati were 
so much alarmed at Morgan's raid that they sent $2,500,000 for 
deposit in the Chicago banks. 
— When Great Britain fought Napoleon, she made Bank of 
England notes legal tender, and the premium on gold rose so 
high that 21-shilling pieces rose to 27. 
— A semi annual meeting of the New Y r ork State Temper¬ 
ance Society is to he held at Saratoga Springs, on Tuesday 
and Wednesday, the 20th and 27th lusts. 
— The rebel government, through its Secretary of War, has 
recognized guerrilla warfare, and accepted the bands of 
marauders woo infest the border States. 
— The St. Louis Court House, which has been in the course 
of erection for 25 years, was completed last month. It is a 
magnificent edifice, and cost $1,190,900. 
— The Chicago Journal say s that since the 30th of June 
last, over 3,000 Norwegian emigrants have passed over the 
Galena railroad, bound for Minn, and Wis. 
— Union College, at Schenectady, N. Y., has conferred the 
honorary degree of LL. D. upon Mnj -Gen. Henry Wager Hal¬ 
leck, Commander of the armies of the U. S. 
— Mrs. Dr. Elbridge Simpson, of Toronto, C. W , and a 
female friend, have raised in that city $400 for the benefit of 
sick and wounded soldiers of our Union army. 
— A large snow ball was made by a young man, July 16, 
from a drift remaining by the road side, near Roxbury, Vt. 
About 50 bushels of snuw remained in the drift. 
— Geu. Schofield has issued a general order for the imme¬ 
diate organization of all the militia of Mo., for tbe purpose of 
exterminating the guerrillas that infest that State. 
— The number of colored people in Mass., by the census of 
1860, was 9,592—mules, 4,468; females, 5,124. In 1850 the 
number was 9,064. Increase in 10 years but 528. 
— Only one half a silk crop is expected this year in France. 
The disease among the silkworms has been lesa destructive 
than in former years, but tbe yield is not uniform. 
— Accounts from Alexandria announce thut the Egyptian 
cotton crop for 1S02 is estimated at 700,000 quintals. The crop 
for the year 1861 was calculated at 600,000 quintals. 
— The N. Y Independent publishes a list, 3 columns in 
length, of the names of clergymen aud clergymen's sous who 
are doing active service iu the army as chaplains or officers. 
