The Express. — London, England, 1861-07-18 00:00:00

II • 1,. , . -~y: t ls! L-.rt N EWSPAPER ( ssaudxa Of; rt%s • It- • „ c No. 4,659.] FOR CALCUTTA, calling at MADRAS.—Th e 1.11 Ltr.•nrlippev anaillary •te14.111 ship LADY J 4 ICELY N, yolit A.m. power, W. KKR, Commander. now t • e.t.a in V leterts Itoeks London, will leave on the lath %,ignat st. endorkirm Pwwic.ra'm at awl h. •is ina Gms. send nn the I,th X.must. This nmanincent ship. built expressly L.r the I wlia Had.. ILY been thoronahly refitted his tint rate Da, for patrocugair. &IA will cur) an esperieneed stimeon. To p, on the I Alt sept.inhvr i.y the fast-mauling stadm ship bNr.. 'Jolter, WcAlo . lll. mi. 'statutes. The sera lee will bt• e.sittinue.l on the 1:111..f VAL •tte• by the kdhowina tonsillary steam vet-eke • Tons. 5.1% . taws .. T. Thonthill. Commander. sat KEN itle 2,211 . H Wniht, commander. CAL/ITT.% .. I). W. Welsh. l'ommander. I♦IN AN A . .. W. I'. Peppersx true. Commas. HA it O. 11. Forster. Commander. L. itt:st ..r portage •hie:, .In tint eseeed those ttl lir- I.elass &minty ships apply to Mears. ORINDLAY and Co., Parka. isesitattwet. SW. Mmars. ALVIRED MIMI and Co.. ItiA street, LC. oe at the oglesm of the Raat India awl London Shipping Company JAmlted , 9. IllaerreFisse, 1.4'. aII'HAIID DREW. Secretary. WEEKLY STEAM COMMUNICATION to ?I'm vow( Dire3A. —The LI V ER POHL, NEW TURK. and PHILADELPHIA /11 EA M All I t 18%1P %NV intend .Irepat. King OW, hD lammed Inas A. rew Ate.ent.ehlpa. calling at tfuernstown cohort penmen/en sod amp-11,nm a. follows WEEKLY VIDIM LI% ERIVNII. Pik NEW YORK. K %A GAR... Urvinewlay. July D. EINA, . July 31 And evrry sureeedung Weduvalay. Cabin peasw. 1%. 17. and 21 ituill , a4. .3'ordlitit 4i the aeons imodutios guin..o. Including all pr..ri...... cnokod. Pas.etizers for c.tnada and the % return Slates Lnkul licoset on very advaotastrone Wren.. VIM further port!, dun Mr'WILLI I INMAN. IS. Watae•etnest, Liverpool . to sad 11ACEY. il, King Wiihrnutront City. ROTTERDAM and the RHINE.—Sett Pa.sage Mee llonm only.—The Nethrriantle eteenthoot IM awl Vorvlen *llivim Wharf every Sunday 11101111f1V, at It °clerk prvrh. h muting the IK,ISZ." In IS hnura, and re gain.... h.,. ..cry Tur +der thr.arabaut the ekhann. Tlx hien. otraiarr felotor to thin comyeay the Nedee- Yolachr , vt.veeh il va eaderl have the quay at Itetienhee every ra..rtnna ••clek. Ilan area llama/ IFYILSOMID • .I..s.atchnl eve 7 . w n zo l isir awake tarty haul ea the Tee-. meanest teem■a Gym Sees swerdat —gar tetsghl paste. apply at thaptleta V rerl rake. grant, • W . or In PIIILLIPPe. (MAVIS% sad PHILLJPIP, 11. 11..1 Lan. kenetturvivetreet. C. ELEVENTH REPORT et the BANK at LONDON. InnINTIM VILLI HRti PHILLLIT, Bart, M.P. y A.cm staltmi AYH N GILT VYITH Parrs, Iraq. Vrith, Sands. and ro Pen Matted Anderdoo. Esq., 4, staattops-street, Hyde Park Ganielay. I .Mosel Limy, H 6.1.0 a.. The fined. threat FAllog. Thetas tAock. Lay. Gooch and onasens, London Wall Joka Johnsen, bo. Joke foliages, and Son. Savage I ;anlena`. 'lark, ',lee. 4 , 1. Charles Joyce and Co Moorgste street . Theta. Lem Try. Miskrotresi, SL James's, and Haltuesbory Wilts. Henry Men* Esq., late of the Madras ClAlService, °:,, Meek- Ishe. City . Mt Henry Maspridge, Kt., ALlertnan of London, St. Andrew's. kill. City. Itobeti Porter. Ilaq , IL Hilliter street. Alfred Wlhea, Fat, Pirpore, Weyterldste, Surrey. 111,11 , 31411-11041Itew Marshall, Jan., Foy. nirelinT4l4l--C. J. H. Allen, Eat At the ELEVENTH GENERAL WILTING of the Aar. holders, Diehl at the Ln.olon Tarern, Iltahopegote-stroet, on WEt)b IN DAT. the 17th .4 Jot;. 1061. Use followteg Lipari was read by She feeenttary The accounte ohnh the Directors love ow the eatlefortion of mitrillisag to the shareholders sh YHA Os malt of the Minns .4 the 11411 k for the put baler Me bee t V bootrehir It will he own that Me Wham et prat mg Ms lremint Amount+ t:. 6..37 ts. ed. . - Ater payment od ofl twines. said ample piiertine tor tad and doubtful deals. sad snowing for reb&M lama "a WM dlsooonted mot yet due, then remains anal& the sum of £17,1143 13. Ile (Mallon an. therefore, emerged le detiree • dividend at De rate of CS per cent per anneal bus d lama tax, and to Vary to the n•serar fund the ma d OK te which addition that teal is lard to 1,41.11111. Tb s MWS vit.. 143 13s. tramtmved to the crab( at peels mid yen eassuill at the cur. DM half year • . . the DtneTe . r. who miry as Ili esinisa aro John Griffith Vnth. Alderman Mr =ll•nridge and Robert tnrs.r. rg a who. mug 4sts A thaMmelrm for re- Medlar BANK OS LONDON. umintos Alb .1/MII. 10, 110. To capital paid op IMMO 0 ° ro omor•• heed KAN 0 Zo =mg roodov•e 144 soar On ilowoo of re Nastat el Qs 14 mdl Ohm somells A To mind miled Se swag al WS I 10 M **MSS god Lauf umm1....501.1/0 4 I Imo mono maid 40 wallman lor Wong o• thstr b•laams Wei _ _ SIAN s II Ca. £1,017.513 110 By lave•tmeak, In tiorernioest ascorlfba IntUa Stock, tte. LINA: 0 1 By Inve4tmeol• la beabold pre. ntlart lu Thresbordlabre,t, 1,4 at • rebid yhildlog 41 per rent. by freehold presibm b W veru patios el Is bib 35,010 • 0 15.1011 • • By Mb dlesseabd. I/We. mamas I - _ By milt la hied, =dant _ ISM le My preliminary • 6 I Dy and bull= Cliarbirerees breach, furniture, &c. £2.067.5112 1 10 tsvrrr Lan 1,34 ACtuCir? Pea Tin aus-nsa 091314 JONI 99, IVI. To half n year's current eemas@ nt rifle* and Chignon-cram Armtekn Da. had had sad doubtful iiirnetora remanent/dos, an. To retinae .4 Interest on bills chscasated 604 yet due.. arried to pront end lais saw asscoma Su Writtto of Preliminary i.epeeuel simarient Ditto MD. itarlng.ernen Nam awl bed& legs An. To dividend fur the hallow at Or raft of Ai pat cent. pi.r annum Tu balf.yenra tainted on law swam had at 14 per cent, per annum IMO To amount noir added if:wrens 0 itle _ _ • 0 tobalaace canted to yroSt sod for raw aocoest. 1•100 43 13 I Ca. £37.560 6 6 by balance of profit bruught tram int Ulf la r 4 1 fly ditto for car.tat lull year 51341 la 6 £37.120 2 6 16.5126211 1010 /10006117. DL £41,000 2 6 441.000 0 0 To bdame CR, 17 amount from lam hAlt.y•or MON • • 17 additions brought down U,OM • • t 41.000• 0 Ma Lave .Latoleed the above somata asd Awl them wawa 7.d 11th, taut 0101 TROMPON. RY ASTI. kadtists ALPE KO LAMB, It WUtren l re. lmanitnoiwlY.—That the report now reed be received and Adopted The Chairman announced that the dividend would be payahle cm and titer Wednesday. the 24th July, at the !lead office. Tlireadnoo.htsce* It vraare ,77 ;l “ ;nanimotraly.—That John Griffith Vrith. Alderman sir Henry tionorridge and Hobert Porter, EA., ba reelected Directory of the Hoak. That George Thommu. Ent Henry Azle raq., and Alfred lamb. Ent be the Ao.liton for the year ynaulag. That the eordtal thanks of the Meeting be given to the Dina Lore foe their real and energy in conducting the business of the Dank. That the thanks of the Shareholders be given to Mr. Harahan. the yummier. Mr. MMus the ateretary, and the other officers of Ike hank, for she suvilent manner la which their deaf.. are diachargmL Extracted from the Minutes, C. J. H. ALIAS, bantary. Thrumburedlestrist, July 17, tall. Just published. pas followin,7 PO PULAR MEDICAL WORa A. by nowt J. Jowl, M.D., Licentiate of the C•Hig• t limber of the loyal College of = ed 011 LZHAUCTION h. lid., by post h. 10d. • TREATISE co DUALISM of tae ß SKIN DISEASES and their 1111111 Dine ls, It, „ Ea. 10d. DISEASES of the SKIN NERVOUS EXHAUSTION, Its Calm and Cure, with summons estratioes trees lign and detailed eases, eon =nirtitt ill dittreenng symptom, attendant upon acquired enerration. the bane of after ymn, most sucesedully treated by the newly disco%ered ~ o robleatteit of Phosphatic hits and and Quinine, Ac. , known as the Aphrodision. 'As phosphorus N a state of nature Illumines the darkness, so the esksested frame yields to It. electrical properties." • TREATISE on DISEASE.; of the RECTUM, embradft daily Mee. Fistula, and Stricture, and ell other morbid lec. Moos to which the lower bowel is watoct, from litiltriotas and sedentary habits of life, pregesagy, constipstion, and disease of the Lim Re.. giving the remit el homed treatment, sue. cesehilly adopted Is an szienshe without recourse to the knife, ligature, or MI by the mildest sod most simple armee pet allemieme sei cat. SKIN DISEASES mei thir tally explaining the treatment pursued M the Hospital StLing Huh for those 'lamer" , dd. ddirrdynt in • bit setts of civi li sation, too often istedilary, mews mostly eared by confect and in. 12=1 IM SKIN. a Compendium of the foregoing, band me preelkel overeat*, Invaluable to the public In general. miumme. W. To be bad from the Author, ti, Georgestreet, Hanover. Horns d coitaultatios Hem II to 2 and 5 to & B • N H 07 L 0 N D 0 N, Tinada..41.6... Ciasnacn--ner JOHN TILL= . Y. e vantAelanns—.lollN GUMMI JIMA k ?rah, dead; assi Os) NAimarA—lbMissw Nanlial. Jo.. Zed cninT Acoorirrs epsned Melt metal .roped 7 Wm awn* sod Wined *leveed en oldie asiancea. avoided such halloos ere mg draws bets,. VMS fdONEY 1111 c TIM upon depiislt, repayable on seven days" Noise, lateen& ea wake Is misstated by the market %also of maw* tonessend tam Noe to time by public advettiss las* Ye present rate c ent. a scrua Num mad at CUM lamed free al Sharp, sad all description el Malden business transacted. C.. 1 . IL ALLIS. Decrefeey. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 29, Lcom bard Street, Loo4us, a.O Illepal laimmumbeikllMA Liverp..l. Sollualtrd Capita CROSION. NM up and secumialad Ards lessioll BMW Nneaattle iiimenasts ot e = st ibreelpliss /b pest et lOW O M sad hem tnely This noupany Ms rm. dbabisipabbal Ibit by yromplibeir OW liberality la Os aktisime fit THIC BT. PANOR•B IRON WORK COMPANY OLD fl. PANCSMANOAD, We Dieetees midGPM et Mug Wree bee MAO Map. Mod Seemode Wolk" Yineffe hint O Poem Omar Das b I erELA Canuroiedm AS bus Weet. LAMINATED CATALANO.. 111/. QTEVIINS SON,Wine spirit Merelimits. kJ SPIRITS of superior nu Oily.— RR.% DY : Superior old ennalic, :Mr_ rec. ditto, Va. JO6. per gallon. HOLLAND% : schieslant. 17s. per gallori Ms per case I doxl RUM : Ind Jamaica, Ida. 4J., Ifs.: prat, 17*. per gallon. WHISK Y : Some. rim Highland. toe. Iriah, Mc per gallon. ENULISII GIN, BL. 10s. 161 strict.' and Sons superior cordial, ma., ma. 41, per gallon. BRITISH BRANDY, yak or brown, Inn. per ga lls . Liqueurs .1 all kinds. Price lists of wines and spirits ..n apple. ation. Amide delivered within Ore miles free of etpense —7B, Rishopsgate•street Within. THE GLADSTONE CLARET , 12s. per dozen quarts, 7s. ed. piuis. is • pure ?frock wine ; nue St. Julien Claret, hot. quarts, 10s. Ott pints . genuine Port and sherry, 7.45. per doseu usually sold at 930-'. The sherry is highly recom. mended as a pure dinner wine . a n d the Port, trick being per fectly martin-4i In wig9l, is at for immediate use is laying 110.71. as may he required. I lid crusted Port, from &la to Ms. 'terms eash.—JAMEY P. N, 149, alounettrett, 14. W. ALEXANDER'S A-LA-MODE BEEF HOUSE, established 17 O, 26, Tlebloonse-strrtt, Haymarket M. C 0.4.18 by Screw Steamer and Railway: Illyhhory sad Ktorslead Coal Depots.—LEA sad CAN PRICE for Hatton and Langston Ma'am !. the best hems Is Ma., direct trots the collieries by save stermere Ma.; Met small. Its. I KLAN IS—by RAILWAY: Slllsatoem and 1111. ; Clay Cross, Ills. and lea.; Bantam, Ida Bulky, Ile. Id. per too—net cash. Dells wZ screened, to any part or Losers. All orders to be forme to LEA and Co., Chid emeaA North London Railway Mattees, Ifighbary, Islington, or K N.B. No meats employed. rrHE GREAT FIR E. A. rtax—DEIIIIWCTION oe the PLANT, RTOCIt, sod PRO PERTY of the LARIOZT ROPRRY In the country, Messrs. Prowl Brothers, of Mhadwell, London. PRESILILVATION of the Papers, and reell In MILNER'S SAPP. Randhug by the sMM two other safes not Milner's% the contents of which were evassented. Times," Sept. 7, IMO. lIESSRs. FROKTI4 TESTIMONIAL To WEltillil* * iiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiii " A ":.10N . ,_ rhumb Bale %risks, Windsor. Liverpool. and 47a. Roolitute dreCoet. py of La City, tter Lond.)on. .. 4 Gentlemen.—We hare v great pleasure In bearing testimony tali. silesoley of goer - t' Illm-reelliting Safe. In the dmitructive Pre which Ow wimple of on, premises ..n nsmday morning last. our an l c..kli, which were la the safe we pure/meet' from yorinnrch last, were all pre served. and this I. the more remarkable is ono. the cootent• of two other raft,. not .4 your manufacture, standing Its the same Mike within two tett of pod safe, were con.amed. (Mr most sanwslue hopes have been "nailed in tin. seven tot, and we have you at liberty to make use of Ulla letter in say way you Easy wilds—We are, Gentlemen, yours, Im o iihmlwell, London. Sept. 8.1800. MORT BROTHERS. WATHERSTON and BROODEN'S GOLD CHAINS net troy weight, at realisable value, and the workmanship at wholesale ntanufactureri prices. Th. gad a ta• &elm guaranteed, and re-pan:hawed at thu price charged. lien's the note, Haw such your chain weighs, to the utmost carat Mr gores. of the gold, and charge for fashion." --SRAM/111UL Witirdigklty, No. IQ lienrietterstreet, Covent-garden. W.C., Assays mote or chains sod fewellery for lc each. NAL T e estahllalusent closet at oln the awning, and on ibligings all 1 o'clock. W. MILES' (ALFRED WEBB AMES) NNW SUMS AND AUTUMN STOCK Sat the Wanitsmei asoki ANGOpkiLA WA TIOINIZIK Is sew ro• mad rssAp ke Times Tremors woes srlabaisi l lTram% Inns may alarm is mootlA NOSSSAISUAKE. sal NM Is DA sessisoled with fir, Issitatft Awl adver tising Is Ids raw JETASLISHID 712LAUAZT. ISM THE CELEBRATED "INDISPENSABLE SUIT." In an Jouncew misty oe jettenen and teztnras for Wsllting. Skijor, Trarrillms cc Deslers, from 30s. to it... to be *Malan& onl7 of L MOM .N SOL (brow of Marla sod Now Wanklisok isnor A lt 1041rost. Caner of Tailosimarararaad sol Mistoaload. COMMIT 111•111 Th diallold sad Bradford. Tadoldre. BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK the Molnar, for forefflog on linen, silk, or cotton. Re quires no preparation, and is by far the best. Notice.--Observe that so sixpenny site of the grain, hie ever yet been minted, and that each bottle been the address on the label, Lao(- lose Week liwaltitneld, egg, IC., where it sy be obtained wieldiest* wad retail, sad at mat vasdora, slathers, he, la the United Itesiee die r isi Ace I n, pee bottle. SPICTACLI3, improved by HARRIS and SON, waned certainly the elsht. Seiler moot be meta Reek with alai er =t e r' ; glie A with lo 10e. Gold sad Silver wed By Won r i re s it vestels, at equally tow whew tarries Prospect Glow,. lea IL date. tiny AS lied 80N, Optlotans to see loyal , (*posits the Brltlik Museum Gates, London. Iseeklisbed 1 Quite:a—No travellers employed. BUN and DlllERT.—ladies will TH.,!.d B UMMKR the appilcatkm of ROWLANDS LALTDOR mate neesimem. MIO to the akts, prenervlng Dm delicacy and beauty of Me and 'Me bona Me bensfel Influence of the sun and dmil t Me Mod of Issegner and relaxation, allaying MI kMetifelp end and Immediately affording the segestlem glammient on reseed elsetleity and healthful P etrel the Ws. PflalillS, tam imelm pimples, and discoloration' are armetnated by the Ralydor, and give place to • dell e:rend tair coiSzion. In cases of sunburn or stings of Wvirtues bare been anima...lodged. Pries M. dd. end la gds bottle by ROW LAND and SONS, RO 10. Hat =rtai. and by Chemins and Perfumers.—Ask for W. I LALYDOR, and' beware of gaarloaa articles under the name of Islydor. MBeal. ROBERT OOCKE and CO. are, as ea lle ee, prepared to opts aceoasis. prolosint:al or la the beds, either in town or country. References In London M requested. Returns to be made at the end of each quarter- Calakirmag. circular of terms, Ac., gratis and postage free. N.N. A catalogue of 4,000 pianoforte works, also a catalogue of 1,000 soa with key, compass, Ac., marked. Addrem Robert p, Clocks sad Co., e, New Inirlingtosatreet, Regent-street, W., pub lishers to Qs Qrsa and to NW Sawn, Napsioas IIL THE FLOWIR GATHERERS, favourite Duet, ter Swam and Contralto. York by ammo Groves; pasta by J. Z CanonnOn, Mo. Pa. A duet r ollosilvo in Ur ooncarbrosin w It is tinnoing is We drawing. room. Lanni; keen Coda and Co., New burllngtonatroot, Bawd- Week W. CHAIM. MACILLTS NSW MAGAZIN; MIT WWI. Non I nod I now rowdy, Id. ea* ROBIN GOODIILLOW • Weekly Journal of Pant and Motioa, contested 41 / 6 =tnn =aux, LLD. 011 on, 1* neatarnma, LC. This day, prior fa, counlatid sorsa THE BORDER RIFLE& By Over Avi LENARD, Author of " Prairie DICIIRR," tr. It is intioniblo for language to depict more startling ocean of Whin Ina or to Umpire more thrilling Wawa London: Ward and lack, 1511, liortatreet. illzdi fititiou. Just blished.:lg pre II stamps. VIRILITY and IR RITABILITY (Mental an d ; e n tune. s sad Mete, Bathed Teside= l. 4 T. R. Thestes, le is Siss Gourd reeedibse leeteetionlere Prouidset de. Abe, post to etc sisisspe, The MOLISE MALADY—IN minim( sad 1111MVOITSNINI. /Tao the Aellser, 21, uoyd4quare, M.C. CVMTDDS ON sinvousnini, OINIZBAL DIMILITY. Me. aeltakbeShMlwa t trootenothe Author kr It A MID Y on the CAUSE= I. Mai of INJOILATIINI MUNI in MAN, with pita diroctions to meted roshwation MOM' a. d Moor, IM nwlt el tventi.lre rear. tiOuarY la the Molont or Mom pwMar oervoue and mbleb bowl to embitter and Omen Lilo ar 1. L COMM 15, Alboontweirms, ~ Loden. Consultationti IS till t, and 11 to e. " Ws ion no limitation la glad therele so member of MC WV W whom the book will se. bo toot umbil—whetor mek moon held ths Onion of a pond. proper, or cler b gyman. . . Liades : M Ni. Oanill : so/ f. Ala * Warwick-km Barn= Own*. Amiga, (hamar-aim —On Terry bet the refit ark the Navy* eirt wMar. dream el weeteeishr rob prude burestra et the are alabliareet. rrt aqweerei therriter h 1.17 aled with the eherrible eneriereer wok b! las dine s ten fee the comfort of the or evirsert to their are. LONDON. THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1861. AMERICA. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The steamship Bremen, which arrived thin morn ing at Southampton, having left New York on the 6th, brings the President's Message to the extra session of Congress, asking for 400,000 men and 400,000,000 dollars to suppress rebel lion ; the reports of the Secretaries of War and of the Treasury, and the positive intelligence of the advance of the union army along its entire line from Western Virginia to Alexandria. We subjoin the message entire. It was read on the sth in Congress, which had assembled iu special session the day before : THE MESSAGE. FELLOW CITIZILNA OP Tan UNITED STATEN AND HOCAE or REPIONENTATOTII—HAWOg been convened on an extraordinary occasion, as authorised by the constitution, your attention is not called to any ordinary subject of legis lation. At the beginning of the presort presidential term, four months ago, the functions of the Federal government were found so be generally suspended within the several states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisa:s, and Florida, excepting only those of the Post °like department. Within these states, all the forts, ane lads, dockyards, custom-houses, and the like, including the moveable and stationary property in and about them, had been seized, aml were held in open hostility to this govern ment, excepting only Forts Pickens, Taylor, and Jessica, on and near the Florida coast, and Fort Sumter, in Charles ton Harbor, S.C. The forte then seized had been put in improved condition, new roes had been built, end armed farces bad been organised and were organising, all avowedly with the same hostile purpose. The forts xemaining in the possession of the Federal government in and near thine states were either besieged or menaced by warlike preparations, and especially Fort Sumter was nearly surrounded by well-protected hoe tile batteries, with guns equal in quality to the best of its own, and outnumbering the latter, as perhaps ten to one— share of the federal muskets and rifles had somehow found their way into Sher star., end bad been seized to be used against the government. Accumu !Aiwa, of the public revenue, lying within them, had been seized for the same object—the navy was scattered in distant seas, leaving but a very small part of it within the immediate reach of the government. Officers of the Federal army bad resigned in great num- 4 hers, and of those resigning a large proportion had taken up arms against the government. Simultaneously, and in oonnexion with all this, the purpose to sever the Federal union was openly avowed. In accordance with this pur pose, an ordinance bad been adopted in each of those states declaring the states respectively to be separated from the national union. A formula for instituting a combined government of thee* stair has been promulg►ted, and thia illegal organisation in the character of the " Confederate states" was already invoking recognition, aid, and interven tion from foreign powers. Finding this condition of things, and believing it to be an imperative duty upon the incoming executive to prevent, if parable, the consummation of such attempt to destroy the Federal Union, a choice of means to that end became indrpensable. This choice was made, and was declared in the inaugural address. The policy chosen looked to the exhaustion of all peaceful measures before a resort to any stronger ones. It sought only to hold the public pleas and property not already wrested from the government, and to collect the revenue, relying on the rest for time, dimension, and the ballot-box ; it promised a continuance of the mails, at government expense, to the very people who were relat ing the government. and it gave repented pledges aphid any disturbances to any of the people or any of their rights, of all that which a President might constitutionally and justifiably do in snob • ere. Everything was forborne. without which it was believed possible to keep the govern ment on foot. On the sth of March the present incumbent's first full day in office, a letter from Major Anderson, commanding at Fort Sumter, written on the :Nth of February, and received at the Wsz Department on the 4th of March, was by that departure* pieced in his hands. This letter expressed the prifessimal opinion of the writer th►t reinforcements could not be thrown into that fort within the time for his relief readand useensary by the limited supply of provisions, and with • view of holding possession of the same, with • force of lee than 10,000 good and well discipl;ned men. This opinion woe concurred in by all the officers of his command, mad their memoranda on the subject wore made inclosures of Major Anderson's letter. The whole was immediately laid before Lieut.-Gen. Scott, who at once concurred with Major Anderson in his opinion. On reflection, however, he took full time, consulting with other offirws, both of the army and navy, and at the end of four days, came reluctantly but decidedly to the same conclusion as before. Be idso stated, at the same time, that no with sufficient force was then at the control of the Governaaeut, or could be raised and brought to the pond within the time when the provisions in the fort would be exhausted. In a purely military point of view, the reduced the duty of the administration in the cane to the MOM matter of getting the garrison safely out of the fort. It was believed, however, that to so abandon that position, under the circumstances, would be utterly ruinous ; that the necessity under which it was to be done would not be fully understood ; that by many it would be construed as • part of • voluntary policy, that at home, it would discourage the friends of the union, embolden its adverearies, and go far to ensure to the latter • recognition abroad ; that, in fact, it would be oar national destruction eonsummated. This could not be allowed. Starvation was not yet upon the garrison, and ere it would be reached Fort Pickens might be reinforced. This last would be a clear in dication of policy, and would better enable the country to accept the evacuation of Fort Sumter as • military necessity. An order was at once directed to be sent for tho landing of the troops from the steamship Brooklyn into Fort Pickens. This order could not go by land, but must take the longer and slower route by sat The first return news from the order was received (just one week before the fall of Sumter. The news itself was that the officer command ing the Sabine, to which vessel the troops had been tzar ferried front the Brooklyn, acting upon some quasi armistice of the late administration, and of the existence of which the present administration, up to the time the order was despatched, had only toe vague and uncertain rumours to fix attention, had refused to land the troops. To now re inforce Fort Pickens before a crisis would be reached at Fort Sumter, was impossible. rendered so by the near exhaustion of provisions in the latter named fort. In precaution against such a conjuncture, the govern meat had a few days before commenced preparing an expe dition, as well adapted as might be. to relieve Fort Sumter, which expedition was intended to be ultimately used or not according to circumstances. The strongest anticipated case for using it was now presented, and it was resolved to send it forward es had been intended. In this contingency, it wee also resolved to notify the governor of South Carolina that he might expect that an attempt would be made to provision the fart, and that if the attempt should not be resisted there would be no attempt to throw in men, arms, or ammunition, without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort. This notice was accordingly given, whereupon the fort was attacked and bombarded to its fall, without even awaiting the arrival of the provisioning ex pedition. It is thus seen that the south upon and reduction of Fort Sumter was in no amen a matter of self•defonce on the part of the assailants. They well knew that the garrison in the fort could, by no possibility, commit agaression upon them ; they lour—they were expressly notched—that the giviog of bread to the few brave and hungry men of the gammon was all whisk would oe that occasion be attempted, unless themselves by smelting so much should provoke more. They knew that the government desired to keep the is the fort, not to owed them, but merely to main isia visible and thus to preserve the =doe from actual and immediate dissolution, trusties, as hereinbefore stated, to time, discussion, sad the ballot-box, for Anal ad justment, sod they eroded and reduced the fort for pre cisely the reverie object, to drive out the visible authority of the Federal union, and thus fovea it to immediate disso lution. That this wes their object the executive well under stood ; and having said to them in the inaugural address "you can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors," he took pains, not only to keep this declaration good, but also to keep the case so far from ingenious sophistry, so that the world should not misunderstood it. By the affair at Fort Sumter, with its surrounding circumstances, that point was reached. Then and thereby the assailants of the government began the conflict of arms, without a gun in sight or in expectancy to return their fire, save only the few in the fort sent to that harbour year, before, for their own protection, and still ready to give that protection in what ever was lawful. In this act, discarding all else, they have forced upon the country the distinct hone—immediate dis solution or blood, and this issue embraces, more than the fate of these United States. It presents to the whole family of man the question whether a oonstitutional republic or demo cracy, a government of the people by the same people, can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity t aga.ns_ its own domestic foes. It presents the question whether discon tented individuals, too few in monber to control the ad ministration according to the organic law in any case, can always upon the pretences made in this case or any other pretences, or arbitrarily without any pretence, break up their government, and thus prectioelly put an end to free government upon the earth. It forces us to ask " is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness !" Most a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence! So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to dill out the war-power of the government, and so to resist the force employed for its destruction by force for ita preservation. The call was made, and the response of the country was moat gratifying, surpassing in unanimity and spirit the most sanguine expectations. Y e t uoue of the states, commonly called slave states, except Delaware, gave a regiment through the regular state organisation. A few regmassis have been organised within some othen of those stake by individual enterprise, and received into the government service. Of course the seceded states so called, and to which Texas had been joined about the tune of the inauguration, pee no troops to the cause of the union. The border states, so called, were not uniform in their action, some of them being almost for the union, while in others, as in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas, the union sentiment was nearly repressed and silenced. The worse taken in Virginia was the meet remarkable, perhaps the must important. A convention, elected by the people of that state, to consider this very question of disrupting the Federal union, was in session at the capital of Virginia, when Fort Sumter fell. To this body the people had chosen a large majority of professed union men, almost immediately after the fall of Sumter. Many members of that majority went over to the original disunion minority, and with them adopted an ordinance for withdrawing the state from the union. Whether this change was wrought by their great approval of the assault upon Sumter, and their great resentment at the government s resistance to that assault, is not definitely known. Although they submitted the ordinance for ratification to • vote of the people, to be taken in a day, then somewhat more than a month distant, the convention and the legisla ture, which was also in session at the same time and Oaoe, with leading men of the state, not members of either, im mediately commenced acting as if the state was already out of the union. They probed military preparations vigorously forward all over the state. _ _ _ They seised the United States armoury at Harper's Ferry and the navy yard at Gosport, near Norfolk. They re ceived, perhaps invited, into their state large bodies of =with their warlike appointment., from the so-called states. They fonnallg entered into a treaty of temporary alliance with the so-celled Confederate and sent members to their congress at Montsomer; 4 , l t finally they permitted the insurrectionary government to be transferred to their capital at Richmond. The people of Virginia have thus allowed this giant in surrection to make its nest within her borders, and this government has no choice left but to deal with it where it finds it ; and it has the lee, to regret as the loyal Missal have in due form claimed its protection. These loyal citianas this government is bound to recognise and protect as being in Virginia. In the border states, so called, in fact the' middle states, there are those who favour a policy which they call armed neutrality; that is, an arming of these stoma to prevent the union forces passing one way or the disunion the other, over their soil. This would be dinar completed. Figuratively speaking, it would be the building el an impassable wall along the line of separation, and yet not Quite an impassable one, for, under the guise of neutrality, it would tie the hands of the union-men, and freely psa. supplies from among them to the inourrectionisia, which it could not do as an open enemy. At a stroke it would Mks all the trouble off the hands of secession, except only what proceeds from the external blockade. It would do for the disunionist& that which of all things =most desire—feed them well and give . them disunion out a struggle of their own. It recogniess no fidelity to the constitution, no obligation to maintain the union ; and while very many who have favoured it are doubtless loyal citizens, it is nevertheless very injurious in effect. Recurring to the action of the government, it may be stated that at first a call was made for 75,000 militia, and rapidly following this a proclamation was nand for closing the porta of the insurrectionary district& by proceedings in the nature of blockade. So fez all was stnctly believed to be legal. At this point the insurrectionist& announced their purpose to enter upon the practice of privateering. Other calls were made for volunteers to terve three years unless sooner discharged, and also for a large addition to the relearmy and navy. ase messures, whether strictly legal or not, were ven tured upon under what appeared to be a popular demand and a public necessity, trusting then, as now that "egress would readily ratify them. It is believed t hat nothing has been done beyond the constitutions' competency of, congress Soca after the first call for militia it was considered a duty to authorise the commanding general, is proper eases, according to his discretion, to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, or, in other words, to arrest and de tain, without resort to the ordinary processes and forms of law, such individuals as he might deem dangerous to the public safety. This authority has purposely been exercised bat very sparingly. Nevertheless the legality and pro priety of what has been done under it are questioned, and the attention of the country has been called to the pro position that one who is sworn to take care that the laws be faithfully executed should not himself violate them. Of course some consideration wag given to the question of power and propriety before this matter was acted upon. ! The whole of the laws which were required to he faith fally executed were being resisted and fading of execution in nearly one-third of the states. Must they be allowed to finally fail of execution, even bad it been perfectly clear that by the use of the means necessary to their execution, some single law, made in such extreme tenderness of the citizen's liberty that practically it relieves more of the guilty than the innocent, should to a very limited extent be vio lated? To state the question more directly, are all the laws but one to go unexecuted and the government itself to go to pieces lest that one be violated? Even in such a case, would not the official oath be broken if the government should b . e overthrown, when it was believed that disregarding the single law would tend to preserve it? But it was not believed that this question was presented. It was not believed that any law was violated. The provision of the constitution that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it, is equivalent to provision that such privilege may be suspended when in cues of rebellion or invasion the public safety does require the qualified suspension of the privilege of the writ which was authorised to be made. Now it DI insisted that con gress, and not the Executive, is vested with power. But the constitution itself is silent as to which, or who, is to exercise the power, and ALS the provision was plainly made for a dangerous emergency, it cannot be believed that the framers of the instrument intended that is every case the danger should run its course until Congress could be celled together, the very assembling of which might be pre vented, as was intended in this case by the rebellion. No more extended argument is now afforded, as an opinion at some length will probably be presented by the Attorney- Oeseml. Whether there shall be any legislation upon the subject—and if so, what, is submitted entirely to the better judgment of emigre's. The forbearance of this government had been so extraordinarily and so long con tinued, as to lead some foreign nations to shape their action as if they supposed the early destruction of our national union was probable. While this on discovery gave the executive some concern, he is now happy to say that the sovereignty and rights of the United States are now everywhere practically respected by foreign powers, and a general sympathy with the country is manifested throughout the world. The report@ of the secretaries of the Treassly, War and the Navy will give the information in detail deemed neces sary and convenient for your deliberation and action, while the executive and all the departments will stand ready to supply omissions or to communicate new facts considered important for you to know. It is now recommended that you give the legal means for making this contest a short and decisive one ; that you place at the control of the government for the war at least 400,000 men and 400,000,000 dollars ; that number of men is about one-tenth of those of proper ages within the regions where apparently all are willing to engage, and the sum is less than a twenty-third part of the money value owned by the men who seem ready to devote the whole. A debt of six hundred millions of dollars now is a less sum per head than was the debt of our Revolution when we came out of that struggle, and the money value in the country beans even a greater proportion to what it was then than does the population. Mutely each man has as strong a motive now to preserve our liberties as each bad then to establish them. A right result at this time will be worth more to the world than ten times the men and ten times the money. The evidence reaching us from the country leaves no doubt that the material for the work is abundant, and that it needs only the hand of legislation to give it legal sanction, (Stamped, ld. Additional.) [TWOPENCE and the hand of the executive to give it practical shape and efficiency. One of the greatest perplexities of the government is to avoid receiving troops faster than it can provide for them ; in a word, the people will save their government, if the government itself will do its part only indifferently well. It might seem at first thought so be of little difference whether the present movement at the South be called se cessioa or rebellion. The mover., however, well understand the difference. At the beginstag they knew that they could never raise their treason to any respectable maimitade by any same which implies violation of law ; they knew their people possessed as much of moral sense, as much of devotion to law and order, and as much pride in its rever ence and history of their common country, as any other civilised rind patriotic people. They knew they weld make no advaneemeat directly in the teeth of these strong and noble sentiments. Accord ingly they commenced by an insidious debauching of the public mind. They invented an ingenious sophism, which, ti conceded, was followed by perfectly logical steps through all the incidents of the complete destruction of the Union. The sophism itself is that any state of the Union may, con sistently with the nation's Constitution, and therefore law fully and peacefully, withdraw from ;he Union, without the consent of the Union, or of any other state. The little disguise, that the supposed right is to be exer cised only for just cause, themselves to be the sole judges of its justice, is too thin to merit any notice. With rebellion thus sugar ooated they have been drugging the public mind of their section for more than thirty yams, until at length they have brought many good men to a willingness to take up arms against the government the day atter anion as semblage of men have enacted the farcical pretence of taking their state out of the Union, who could have been brought to no each thing the day before. This sophism derives much, perhaps the whole of its cur rency from the assumption that there is some omnipotent and sacred so remacy pertaining to a state, to each state of our Federal union. Our states have neither more nor less power than that reserved to them in the union by the con stitution, no one of them ever having been • state out of I the union. The original ones pined into the union even ' before they cast off their British colonial dependence, and the new ones came into the union directly from a condition of dependence, excepting Texas, and even Texas, in its temporary independence, was never designated as • state. ' The new ones only took the designation of states on ' coming into the Union, while that name was fint adopted for the old ones in and by the declaration of independence. Therein the united colonies were declared to bel nc and independent states. But even then the object y was 4 1 1 not to declare their independence of one IMO of the union, but directly the contrary, as their mutual pledge and their mutual action before, at the time, and afterw ards abundantly show. The express plighting of faith by each and all of the ori rina fifteen states in the articles of confederation two years titer , that the Union shall be perpetual, is most conclusive, having never been dates, either in substance or in name, outside of the Union. Whence this magical omnipotence of state rights, asserting a claim of power to lawfully destroy the Union itself? Much is said about the sovereignty of the states, but the word even is not in the national constitution, nor, as is believed, in any of the date constitutions. What is a sovereignty, in the political sense of the term ? Would it be far wrong to define it a political community without • political superior? Tested by this, no one of our states, except Texas, was a sovereignty, and even Texas gave up the character on coming into the union, by which act she acknowledged the constitution of the United states, and the laws and treaties of the United States made l in pursuance thereof. The states have their status in the I ammo, and they have no other legal status. If they break from this, they can only do so against law and by revolu tion. U • The Union, and not themselves separately, procured their independence and their liberty. By conquest or purchase the Union gave each of them whatever of independence and liberty it has. The Union is older than any of the states, and in fact it created them as states. Originally some de pendent colonies made the Union, and in turn the Union threw off their old dependence for them, and made them Metes, such as they are. Not one of them ever had a state constitution independent of the Union. Of course it is not forgotten that all the new states formed their constitutions before they entered the union, neverthe less dependent upon and preparatory to coming into the union. Unquestionably the states have the powers and rights reserved to them in and by the national consti tution, but among these surely are not included all con ceivable powers, however mischievous or destructive, but, at most, such only as were known in the world at one time as governmental powers and certainly a power to destroy the government itself , had never bean known as a pvernmental, or a mere administrative power. This rela tive matter of national _power and state rights as a principle, is no other than the principle of generality and locality. Whatever concerns the whole should be confined to the general government, while whatever concerns only the sista should be left exclusively to the state. This all there is of original princ a r aumi about it. Whether the na tinsel constitution, in boundaries between the two, has applied the principle with exact accuracy is not to be questioned. We are all bound by that defining, without question. What is now combated is the position that seces sion is consistent with the constitution, is lawful end platelet It is sot contended that there is any exprem law for it, and nothing should ever be implied as law which leads to unjust or absurd consequences. The nation purchased with mosey the countries out of which several of these states were formed. Is it just that they shall go off without leave and without refunding ? The nation paid very large some in the aggregate, I believe, nearly a hundred millions, to relieve Made of the aboriginal tribes. L it just that she shall now be off without consent, or without any return ? The nation is now in debt for money applied to the Wait of these so-called seceding states in common with the rut. Ts it just either that creditors shall go unpaid, or the remaining states pay the whole? A part of the present national debt was contracted to pay the old debts of Texas. Is it just that she shall leave and pay no part of this herself ? Again, if one state may secede, so may another ; and when all shall have swede& none is left to pay the debts. Is this quite just to creditors? Did we notify them of this no view of ours when we borrowed their money? If we now recognise this doctrine by allowing the seceders to go in peace, it is difficult to see what we can do if others choose to go, or to extort terms upon which they will promise to remain. The seceders insist that our constitution admits of secession. . . . They have manmed to make • national constitution of their own, in which, of necessity, they have either dis carded ce retained the right of secession, as they insist it euiste in ours. If they have discarded it, they thereby admit that on dple i ned it, t y o u tt o not to exist wn trut construction o n u o rs u - f that heyha shows ye that r to be consistent they must secede from one another when ever they shall find it the easiest way of settling their debts, or effecting any other selfish or unjust object. The principle itself is one of disintegration, and upon which no government can possibly endure. If all the states save one should assert the power to drive that one out of the union, it iv presumed the whole class of seceder politicians would at once deny the power, and denounce the act as the greatest outrage upon state rights. But suppose that precisely the same act, instead of being called driving the one out, should be called the seceding of the others from that one, it would be exactly what the seceders claim to do, unless, indeed, they make the point that the one, because it is a minority, may right fully do what the others, because they are a majority, may not rightfully do. These politicians are subtle and pro found in the rights of minorities. They are sot partial to that power which made the constitution, and speaks from the preamble, calling itself, " We, the people." It may well be questioned whether there is to-day a ma jority of the legally qualified voters of any state—except, perhaps, South Carolina—in favour of disunion. There is much reason to believe that the union men are the majority in many, if not in every one of the so-called seceded states. The contrary has not been demonstrated in any one of them. It is ventured to affirm this even of Virginia and Tennes see, for the result of en election held in military camps, where the bayonets are all on one side of the question voted upon, can scarcely be considered as demonstrating popular sentiment. At such an election all that large class who are at once for the union and against coercion would be coerced to vote against the union. It may beaffirmed without extravagance that the free iruititeticas we enjoy have developed the powers and im proved the condition of our whole people beyond any ex ample in the world. Of this we now have • striking and impressive Wustration. So large an army as the Govern ment has now on foot was never before known, without • soldier in it but who had taken his place there of his own free choice. But more than this there are many single regiments whose member', one and another, possess full practical knowledge of all the arts, sciences, professions and whatever else, whether useful or elegant, ts known in the whole world,snd there is scarcelyone from which there could not be selected a President, a cabinet, • congress, and per haps • court, abundantly competent to administer the government itself. Nor do I say this is not true also in the army of our late friends, now adversaries, in this contest. But it is so much better the reason why the government which has conferred such benefits on both them and us should not be broken up. Whoever in any section pro poses to abandon such a government, would do well to con eider in deference to what principle it is that be does it, what better he is likely to get in its stead, whether the sub- Astute will give, as he intended to give, so much of good to the people. There are some foreshadowinge on this subject. Our adversaries have adopted some declarations of inde pendence, in which, unlike the good old one penned by Jef ferson, they omit the words, " all men are created equal." Why! They have adopted a temporary national constitu tion, in the preamble of which, unlike our good old one signed by Washington, they omit, " We, the people," and substitute, " We, the deputies of the sovereign and lade• pen4ontlitatea." Why? why this deliberate pressing out of view the rights of men, and the authority of the people? This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of the union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the coalition of men ; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders ; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all— to actor I ail an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life, yielding to partial and temporary departures from necessity. This is the leading object of the government for whose ex istence we contend. lam most bappy to believe that the plain people understand and appreciate this. It la worthy' of note that while in this, the goveniment's boar of trial, large numbers of those in the army sod navy who have been favoured with the offices, have resigned and proved false to the hand which pampered them, not see common soldier or common sailor is known to have do nated his deg. Great honour to those Mikan who remained true, despite the example of their treacherous associates, but the greatest honour and the meet important feet of all, is the unaninams firmness of the common soldiers wad com mon sailors. To the last man, so far AB L.IIOIVII, they have successfully emitted the traitorous efforts of those whom commands bat an hour before, OF obeyed as absolute law. This is the patriotic instinct ofpla in people. They under stand without an argument that t e destroying tke govern ment, which was made by Washington, means no good to them. Oar popular government has often been ca ll e d an expe riment. Two ppoo it nts in it our people have settled; the successful establishing and the successful administering of it. One still remains--its succemful maintenance against a foraudable internal attempt to overthrew it. It is now for them to demonstrate to the wield that these who can fairly carry an election can also suppress. a rebellion ; that ballots are the riglitful and peaceful. successors of tenets, and that when ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets ; that there can be no successful appeal except to ballots themselves. At succeeding elections such will be • great lesson of peace, teaching men that what they cannot take by an election neither can th e y t a k e it by a war; teaching the folly of being the beginners of • Led there should be some uneasiness in the minds of candid men as to what is to be the course of the govern meet towards the Southern states, after the rebellion shall have been suppressed, the executive deems it proper to say it will be his purpose then, as ever, to be guided by the constitution and the laws, and that he probably will have no different understanding of the powers end duties of the Federal government, relatively to the rights of the states and the people under the constitution, than that expressed in the inaugural address. He deeirse to preserve the government, that it may be administered for all as it was administered by the men who made it. Loyal citizens everywhere have the right to claim this of their government, and the government his no right to withhold or neglect it. It is not perceived that in giving it there is any coercion, any conquest, or any subju gation in any just sense of these terms. The constitution provided, sad all the States haveaccepted the provision, " That the United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government," but if a State may lawfully go out of the Union, having does so, it may also discard the republican form of govern ment ; so that to prevent its going out is en indispensable means to the end of maintaining the guarantee mentioned, and w►ea as end is lawful and obligatory, the indispensable means to it are also lawful and obligatory. It was with the deepest regret that the executive found the duty of employing the war power in defence of the government. Forced upon him, he could but perform this duty or surrender the existence of the government. No compromise by public servants could, in this cue, be a cure ; not that compromises are not often proper, but that no popular government can long survive a marked precedent that those who carry an election can only save the government from immediate destruction by giving up the main point upon which the people gave the election. The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions. As a private citizen, the executive could not have con sented that these institutions shall perish, much less could be, in betrayal of so vast and so sacred a trust as them free people had confided to him. He felt that he had no moral right to shrink, nor even to count the chances of his own life in what might follow. In bill view of his great responsibility he has so far done what he has deemed his duty. Yon will now, according to your own judgment, perform yours. He sincerely hopes that your views and your actions may so accord with his as to mem all faithful damns who have been disturbed in their rights, of a certain and speedy restoration to them, under the constitution and the laws, and having thus chosen our cause without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God and go forward without fear and with manly hearts. July 4, 1861. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The New York Herald of the 6th observes that the above message and the news brought by this mail will create much sensation in Europe. The monotony (it says) which for some weeks pest has characterised the condition of the vast Union army concentrated on the Potomac—broken as it has been only by an occasional skirmish—is now changed to an active advance movement upon the rebel lines in all directions, which must compel the enemy either to make • disastrous retreat, or risk • general engagement, the result of which can hardly be doubted. The general advance in the direction of Richmond has commenced along the entire line and the northern side, while General Butler's forces in the vicinity of Fortress Monroe were gradually closing up in the other direction. It is not thought that General Johnston will venture the chamois of a collision with General Patterson's superior force, partially surrounded as he is by the army of Gen. McClellan, but will fall back to Winchester end Manama Junction, en route for Richmond, and hence no battle may take place in that direction. It may be, also, that the Union troops adran deg from Alexandria and Arlington Heights towards Fairfax and Manama may find the rebels re treating before them, so that until the army of the govern ment reaches the vicinity of Richmond—the rebel capital— the fighting may possibly be confined to outpost skirmishes and the dislodgment of masked batteries. However, now that the advance of this immense army has fairly com memad, no lengthened period can elapse before • general, and it is to be hoped decisive, engegement occurs. The government has now in the field • force of 300,000 men, of whom 210,000 are sworn to serve for three years. The President, in his Message, asks the sanc tion of Congress to raise it to 400,000, and as there is very little doubt that out of the 190,000 required to till the re quisite complement fully 60,000 of the men who engaged for three months' service will volunteer into other regiments, it is qi n t i grobable that the required number of 400,000 will beprovided within • few weeks. he report of the Secretary of the Treasury anticipates that it will be necessary to provide for raising 320,000,000 dole., and suggests that 80,000,000 dole. of this sum should be raised by direct taxation, and the remaining 240,C00,000 dole. by loans. The Nem York Times says : The expected movement of General Patterson's column of the grand army across the Potomac took place on Tuesday morning, and was followed by a battle with General John ston's rebel forces, ten thousand strong, near Martinsburgh, which resulted in the defeat of the rebels and their precipi tate retreat with considerable loss, while our loss was but three killed and wounded, according to a brief official dispatch from Gen. Patterson to the War Department, announcing his victory. Scouting parties were sent over on Monday night, and brisk firing was heard all night between the scouts and the rebel pickets. The advance of the main body took place before daylight, the post of honour being as signed to Capt. M`Mullin's Independent Rangers, and the Ist Wisconsin and 11th Pennsylvania Regiments. The advancing column was met by the enemy in force at Por terfield's Farm, on the turnpike•road near Haiaesville, where the conflict was fierce for a time ; but the rebels were finally compelled to give way, and then retreat soon became precipitate. They left behind them numbers of their dead and wounded, and a great many articles of value, and General Patterson subsequently occupied their camp. So confident were the enemy of an easy victory over the National troops, that they had levelled the fences on both sides of the turnpike, to order that they might the more readily cut off their Nicest towards the Potomac. A Floarnio BISHOP.—In a letter from Phila delphia, of the 2nd, we read :—" A novel announcement, recalling somehow the Middle Ages, has just been made in the newspapers—no We than the appointment to a briga dietrueralship of the Confederate army of the Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, Bishop of Louisiana. Bishop Polk has long been known as holding extreme pro-slavery sentiments, and being the owner himself of, I believe, SOO slaves, one is the less surprised at his opinions. He had a military education, which la part accounts for the strange step. Ilia command, it is said, is to be on the Lower Masissippi." THI NZW Foitmox Orrlcm—Now that Par liament has decided in favour of the Italian style of architecture In preference to Outhic, we may won expect to ere handsome new buildings replacing the old and uncomfortable edifice In which, shabby as It was, the foreign affairs of this great country have to long been carried on. It matters not much, it may be thought, a hat the style of architecture may be, so long as It per mit, the public business to be conveniently transacted in It— that, after all, being the first desideratum. The taste of the architect In the present instance might have sufficiently insured us against any absolute offence against the rules of art, which are every day becoming more generally appreciated in connexion with all kinds of productions. We may Instance, In proof of this, from among various other manufacturers. the new and elegant designs which Mr. Benson, the well-known watchmaker of Lud. site hill, has Introduced to watch ornamentation. lie whets' sees what we are all gradually learning to perceive, that a good thing hi all the letter for haying a tasteful appoarance, and gives his excellent watches suitable and elegant cases.—(Advertise• ment.l