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Courage. Union man1
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The time has come when each loyal citizen
We shall be called upon to make great sacGi-
fees, ard We must make them a becomes our
manhood. We are poor In spirit indeed X We
do not stand to our a11ns by the old FLAG now.
To falter Is to surrender all that NE hold dear
As citizens and rs 1aen. The shsrpest trial
rise to the level Of this great emergency, or
We ahan sink to 4 condition Of serfdon. All
that re hare and are is involved In the con-
test-property, character, lfu-All the fruits
Of fthe prcsperous aud happy past, all the hopes
THAT make life endu1able. The great misfortune
Of the rebel success Is that It will make the
war mora protracted and deso1atfng Peace
made by the re establishment in every corner
Of the lard, Of legitimate anthority. Who
ever would stop short Of this consummation,
he it ever go costly, either fails to compre-
bend the crisis, or Is unfafthfuf to his own
rights and the Obligations Of citizen-snd in
either case Is unworthy the enjoyment Of the
blessings OF the inheritance which our wise
and brave fRthers transmitted to Us, aad which
II now impenlled. The errors and rnisfor-
tunes Of the past, though great, arc not app3ll.
ing; we are still masters Of the situation, and
the future is ours.
We are proud to mark in the midst Of the
grief that bag come upon ns, the indomlsaole
revival Of tie stormy spirit that was abroad
after the fall Of Sumter, aud there will he
another spectacle Of the uprising Of nation,
ia face It's fortunes and command its destiny
and another mastering in hot haste Of
ltgions Of patriots for the war, as glorious and
as earnest as thht which three months ago
gave the world assurance Of the vital force Of
The Republic
From the ST. Louis DenscEat1
This reverse will PROVE the salvation OF the
nstie1. It will arouse such tornado In the
loyal States ~ the world never eav, aad By
the Irresistible avalanche Of IN unconquerable
people, every yestage Of * red tape, and fogy-
Ism will be swept away, the rebel1iof crushed
and nation redeemed. We esy ts our friends
to be Of good cheer. The hand Of God Is in
this disster, and millions Of brave hearts have,
ere this, sworn to doubly punish every insult
to our flag, and cover the continent with
whiteHed monuments Of retributive Justice.
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FH<3m ST. LOUIS.
[speci., Dispatch to the chicago Tsibune.l

[specis, Dispatch to the chicago Tsibune.l
ST.. Lorts, duly %, 1861.
The news from Jefferson City that the Con-
7ention has vacated the chair Of ita late Pres
ident {Gen- Sterling PRICE, and elected Hon,
Robert Wilson to preside instead, gives great
satisfaction here. The vote on the resolution
reveals but three changes since the session in
February, one Of whom Is Major Wright Of
this city. He was elected as an uncondiaon-
ii Unlonist, but NOW denounces the Govern.
ment. He has become very unpopular al
ready, and was repeatedly called to order du-
ring bis speech. =. :.
The news Of McDoweu,s reyeraes. IL @-vlr-
ginih makes the Unioaiats In the Convention
more zeso1ute, and more firmly in favor of
cleaning out E1aib. jackson. s..c -,
There is feverith feeling in town, caused
byvague reports that rebel troops from Ar
kansas arc in Missouri, marching on Pilot
Knob, and Iron Mountain Read. News from
Springfield to the eoth init, statea TINT Gen.
Sweeney has been. ordered to Washington.
Another report tayt he lad'1att With 500 men
tor Forsyth;;' On White RiYcr. ........-..
+: On tie 10th, forty reaidents Of Carroll and
Marion counties, Atkansas, Arrived n;Gen.
Lyon'a camp, ind enlisted fol eshree yeats,
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General Mcclellan 70 his Victorious
TrocPs.'

.. >HHAp QuAnraRs,
ARxx or QecUrAT1oE, WHsTKnM ymaIN1A, !,
soldiera Of the Amy Of ths Weett, "
lam more than aat.saed With yoo.. y!
manded by educated md experienced soldiers,
and entrenchod in mountain businesses fofti.
lied at their lei6u11. You hgve taken dreg guns
twelve colors, fifteen hundred stand OF arms,
one thousand prisoners, Including more than
forty offce1s-oue OF the two commanders Ct
the rebels ID a prisoner, the other lost bis life
than two hundred and fifty Of the enemy, who
has lost all bis baggage and camp eqalpage,
All this ha8 been accsmplished with the loss
Of twenty brave men killed, and sixty wound
You have proved that Union men, fighting
for The preservation OF cur Government, are
more than match for our Misguided and er-
shown mercy to the vsnqulshed. You have
made long and arduous marches, often with
insufficient food, frequently exposed to the In.
elemencv Of the weather. l have not hcsfta-
ted to deuand this Of you, feeling that could
rely on your endurance, patriotism and cour"
age -,
ces for You to Offer; 1t shall be my care to
provide tor you to the extent Of ny ability ;
but know, that by your valor and endurance,
you win accomplish all that Is naked
Soldiers! I have confidence In you, and
trust you have learned to confde IN nc. he
member that discipline and subordlnAAon are
qualities Of equal value with courage
highest reward that American troops can re-
| celye-the thanks Of Congress-, and the mp
| p]ause Of your fe1lnw catizens-:
GFo. B: MoC1EI1AN,
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Military News At Jeaexnon CaxSs

:. JNFAReoN CKrT, July II.
Col. Mulligan'a Irish Brigade, from Chicago,
arrived hers last evening, safe and vel, by
the Pacific Railroad.
Several companies Of Home Guards, from
ct, Apbert, and other points, also arrived On
eame evening, and are eueamped at the Fair
The whole line Of The Pacific Railroad TO-
:. Col. Brown, of Col. steyenson's regiment,
Is IN command Of the forces here, numbering
from 2,5oQ to 5000 men Be Is q popular and
efficient ,otlceT, and the discipline undeE bis
command Is admirable.
Col BoernEte1n's regiment LEFT this morn,
irg per railroad tor St. Louis:
Capt wakefield With biz company, lexycs to
day for BoonyfI1e, per steamer 1atsn.
!: The ga1hnt Major Mcdonald. with $50 Of
the st. Louis American ZonAres, arrived at
Hermann On Wednesday last. They wers
supported BY brass pieee under Lieut. bah1
According to orders, Increased the Fiver aaa
took the Steamer: Japta1y md proceeded =, 70
Pe1t1and, CalloTa county, hos eecssstSp oat tSe
hole, whtre ttbsJ hsd been dff.an3 ous ae
Several ahoEs were fired 1t tho AouaTes. Eu'
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BJ the California Pony Express.
.FT. KeARsE1, July 2S-The Pony Express
passed at Il P. H., ed. Its San Francisco
dates are to July 18th.
Gov. Nye entered On his official duties -
Governor Of Nevada Territory, at Caraon City,
yesterday. He made speech and crested "a
vorsble Impressions.
Intelligence received by way Of Los Ange-
los 11th, from the vicinity Of the new silver
and tin mines in Southern California, repre-
eents . Stata Of society among the miners
bordering On savage lawlessness. Atone camp
At Ha1comb Valley deperate fight occurred
In which eight Or ten were wounded.
The party of secesslonista which left Los
Angeles, went south overland, not long since,
and company with Gen. Johnston had been
heard from at the Colorado, which they had
crossed, going east. The names Of si1 or
seven men Of some little prominence have
been published as belong ing to this party,
and it il presumed that not many more than
that number left, although some accounts
state 30 or 80 men started together.
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The Topography ut Manassas 1Nnc-
ttQI1e

4ae I0p0EE8pny NJ M&Uk2&A& 4ANG-
t1oI1.
4 correspondent ofthe New Orleans Picdy-
nne recently gave the following description Of
the ground and defcnces at Manassas juno
lion:
By nature, the position Is ono Of the strong
8tzte- About half Hay between the EASTERN
spur OF the Blue Ridge md ths Potomac, be-
low Alexandria, It commands tho Whole coun-
tIy between 30 perfectly that there Is scHce1y
= possibility OF 'its being turned. The right
wing stretches of towards the head-Hatexs Of
the 0ccoquan, through wooded country,
which Is easiIy made impossible by the fell
ing Of trees. The lefe Ia = rolling table
land, easily commanded from the success
sire elevations, TIL you reach = county 70
rough and 80 rugged that IT Is defense 10
ftaelf, The key to tha who1a position, IN fact,
Is precisely that point which Gen, Besu1ega1d
choee for his center, and which he has fortl-
t1ed 20 strongly that ID the opinion Of militia.
y men, 5000 men could there bold 20,0o at
The position, In fact, Is fortified, in part, by
turaberHelf It Is \ succession ofh1lls, near
" euuidistaut from each other, in fant Of
which is ra7ine 10 deep zndso thickly wood
ed that 1t Is tmp4ssab1e only at two points,
md those through gorges which lilly nsn can
defend against WhD1e army.
OF -the fortifeatlons superadded here b.
Gen. Beauregard to those Of nature, It Is Of
course not; proper for me to SPEAK. Ine gen
al reader, IL fact1 viii have q sufficiently pre-"
cise idea of them by conceiting line Of forts
some two miles ID extent, 1g-zsg in form1
with angles, ealienta, bastians, caseuaates and
everything that properly belongs to works oi
fhfA Kind
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WARRINGTON, July 2S.-Ten prisoners were
brought in to-day. They were Gaorgians and
South CaEolinIans.
Gen- Mcclellan b expected here tomorrow.
Balls found on ths battle field show that the
xtebtsel' 'a1ma III of :Engliah manufacture:
Some Of the Light batteries and single
pieces Of cannon, before reported lost, are be-
ing cent in; among them the riaed ss-pound-
e1s left on the field.
The entire loss in Killed, wounded and
missing, In the Ohio list and I'd regimsnts is
reported At 40.
WAsHsaroH, July 23.-The utmost excite
ment continues to ex1s* at Alexandria. Gill
zens anticipate an advance Of the rebels with.
in torty-eight hours- But fifty Of Captain
Levredge's Fire Zouases, Co. z, have returned.
out Of ninty.seven. It Is asserted that there
are no Federal troops either at or south Of
Fairfax Court House.
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- = CYy1o1.AxO WAKxHouu-a K1EXH 81
.IusT1J CW& AdExucRB SQAdn On ahiyxnAe@ pkYHY 81
Aboyd Artaaa fur fAla = ttis n1afkate1
I'd 40EuHxA& tHo1t -. -: A&Nz3 %AGA
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Spies ut "aAh3nHtous
Ono Of the causea Of the disastrous dsfeat
near Aanassaa WIS doubtless the tharoug h &c
quaintance Of the rebels with movements at
Washington, by means Of spies. Mr.. Ray
mond writes to the New York Tins<s OF the
effects left at Fairfax By the flying Secession
troops:
One discovery was made Of some signif-
cance. Gen. Mcdowell has had the Topo
graphical Engineers under his charge en-
p1oyed for several weeks in preparing a very
minute and accurate map OF this portion Of
the State. Il had been brought to a very high
state Of perfection and was particularly vsln
able from the fac THAT no good maps Of this
county haSe ever before been made. A few
Photographic copies Of this map wero made q
few daya since for the use Of the War Depart
ment and Of the officers engaged in the move
ment. One Of these maps was found in the
camp Of the Palmetto Guards Of course it
ennld only have come there by the treachery
Of come person holding responsible position
In our Government.
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story Of u Conneetftut Soldier from
the Rebel Army.

ltetTe&po10GCCe OF Inc n Has141~fou Gh1outE&e.1
CESTREsnLE, July Il, u.
You viii: remember the capture OF brave
private Of the I'd Connecticut regiment some
terday ID escaptng. he lad been plsced in
the ranks, and bad always devoted himself
to duty. He Wss yesterday put on pickle
duty, and succeeded In escaping. He threw
of his coat. and ran for life. On reaching our
piekets, he threw up both hands, aud cIapped
to impress the picket wit ! knowledge Of bis
position. The picket received him and passed
him to officers quarters. He givea very In.
telEgent account Of himself end bis expert.
ence- He s.Js the enemy continued to ho re-
iniorced al day yesterday, BY every train taat
arrived Amoug the arrivals was Gen John
aton, with 1000 man. He says that the
rivals during the day. WIS not less than ~. 600
to $1,000 men, and +hat more arrivals xere
expected. .-.. -.
= Thea our trpops were attacked On Tna1s.
day, he eays the Massachusetts, first were e1.
tended around to the LETT, and came upon
the left Of their battery, before either party
discovered the other. The retels Immediately
ep1ang to their arms, when our men cried,
hold The rebels inquired, "Who are YOU ~
Massachusetts, First" 'sD-n you, you are
just the men We want to shoot and With the
worn tney nTe0. Une nan received uum1er
Of balls, and, falling dead, rolled into their
Entertainments, where they cut him up with
sahrea- They battered one or TWO Others over
their heads and faces with the butts Of their
muskets, and We have now in hospital one Ut
these poor fellows whose face WAS cut and
bruised to pieces in this way.
The Connecticut soldier who escaped says
that one Of the ahells fired by onr men ex-
ploded uear Leo and Reureggard, killing 4
number Of officers snd men. A retreat was
proposed, but orerruled by Lee, They then
brought rided cannon to bear upoa our
ranks.
Lieutenant Tompkins, with seven cavalry,
vent round to-day until, With hls glass, hs
counted twenty cavalry companies,
eighty men each, with splendid matched
hcTsee.
In addition to the above, have it from two
reliable sources that JEFF Davis is at Manassas
and that his language to his officers il to tiyh!
to the last, As this engagement will decid;
their fate.
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=: GEO 3. MVGLkLtANl
Major General q. s. L., Commanding.

Nor 80 Il EAv I'VE. are informed by the
Agents Of the Liverpool & London Insurance.
Company that the loss Of the Company by
the recent great fire IN London was sonly
sooo,oo0-an amount inconsiderable In view
, - 80 raennrres t. = a.
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NEW YoRK, July 23-The following dig
patch from the Secretary Of War has just been
received by the Union Defence Committee Of
this city, dGted-
WASHINGTON, July u.
ain reply to your telegram will ssy, cheer
our friends to active e1ertlons, that ne may
speedily retrieve our miafortune. We are
making most vigorous efforts to concentrate
& large and Irresistible army 1t this point.
Regiments are now arriving. The 1orks on
The south bank Of the Potomac are being well
manned. The capital il safe. (5igned.l
HEIssoN CAMKRpy
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a~xsvo1 Ar tins Santa Fe Exnrenx.;

: InpErKapExuE, Me-, July q The sant.
Fe mail and Canon City express arrived here
7eeterday With dates. to ! tho 18th from Santa
Fe and 10 July 11th homs Canon City. ' ;
Business IN New Mexico dnll.
+ Fron .Arizpua we learn that the Pa1o Alto
mines aro beitg worked very successfully and
1t q CLEARING Up Of Arostfas the amount Of
quaItz ootained was very r!Gh and of such
charscter IS to encourage the operations to
mnre >dfljgeut lanors. Granville Oreyif =
candidaie for tie Confederate Congress- from
New .NeWs rom fhnon City rni,nro-tant. . !. .
Tbs paksergxts By the Stage we're Hon Jno.
s:Wstfs: j.. T.: Burrctt Of N. T. city,J M
jackson Of lA,izona, and Jack Mcdonald tof
Ratas wero n1er more .bunaaqt than they
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The summoning OF Gen. Mcclellan to
ttkc command OF the Department Of the
Potomac does not, in the light Of army eti-
quette, imply sny censure on Gen Nc
Dowcn-Gen. Mcclellan being u Aajor
General and Gen. Mcdowell only Briga-
DIR
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81. LOUIS, Ju1f 23.-Advtces -froua North
Mo. are to the effect that Sunday morning, &
body Of Col Smiths Missouri Koua7es went
to Danvil1e and arrested four men known TO
haze been epguged ii the late hsugtug Of Col
Sharpe and L{egtenaut Jaeger, took. them to
he % nutsti1ts Of tnn town and there shot them.
one pf them, Robert Terrc1t WHs = lawyer,
formerly editor Of the Daaville Herald. Two
men co1ce1ned In the eame outrage were shot
near Mexico, Audrtan county, By company
Of cavalry Under Cspt. 8nftn. -Four or five
others Of the same gang escaped on horse
back. Ono OF: thsse shot WIS tho Captain Of
company Of: rebels At Mexico, named Mou1-
trie: Fully eeveR Thousand troops are now
stationed at different points CD the line Of the
North Mifeuuri Railroad, 1t ia reported that
= largo body at rebels from Southeast MIesou.
ri arc marching On Pilot Knob, the southern
terminus Of the Iron Mountain Railroad, and
that Col. Bland, stationed at that point, haa
tent for feiufofceme1te-
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Py Gilbert, Sampson l. Warner,
- GHSxRAL AruFIoS1xR, 81 Lake street
HouaeE old Furniture, Carpets, Clocks
md Piano Ferte, At Auction.
On THURSDAY, July esta, at ok o'clock, It our
SAesrocna No. E2 Lake street. alarxe AssoFtneat II
Household Furniture, Carpets, Oh Cloth, &c, con-
eIstiuX #
PARLOR FUKNITURK-Tete + Tetea, Soiaa, Mar
ChaIE1 Piano stooIs Book Csses and eec1esarles
Card SID Centre Tables.
CHAMBER su1Te-sotd Cheatuut and Esameled
Suits Mahogany tun Marble. Top Ch8E. pef S1l1-
PIaNO FORTE Que Seven Octave full trou fra11e
Rosewood Case Ftano. zev md 1ne tone INSTRUMENT
NatIa Oh Cloth Clocks Mlrrors Toilet Belts, sans
Chair and Rockets. Hat Trees, Mahogany aad Cot.
t4Ec Bedsteads, Bureaus and Wxahst2Cd4, silver.
flateA Ice F1tehe1s 1ud Cake Baskets.
DISINGRoOM FURSlTERE-SoHdQ Oak AID Wal
mt Exte4t1on pinfnE Tah1es Ladies' uAk Dining
llalr1 Dreakfss. Tables; Including all the various
items Of Household Goods
i5N.g@e-et Aact'oaeets.
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IHE II , ES. FQ8Ts AND 30UANA H.
Weawoke yesterday morning, and found
that the Chicago Tn1BUxE had been elect
ed Commander-In-chief Of the Grand
Army at Washington, and that it had
commanded the American Army at the
battle ct Bulls Run, and was the cause
of the defeat that ensued Some may
he incredhlous and doubt the statement,
but we refer all such to the Times, Rost,
and Journal: Indeed, we are indebted to
this generous trio for the honor conferred
They elected the TRIBUNE Director-Gen-
eral Of the Grand Army Of. the Potomac.
We return them our mest sincere thanks,
and feel under a great weight 81 Of obllga-
tions for the disinterested partially.
But, seriously the reason for the com
bined attack on the TRIBUNE by those
concerns, may all be traced to one cause,
which is neither patriotism nor public
good. The motive actuating them is ma
lgnant envy. They hate the TRIBUNE be-
cause its business patronage overshadows
theirs. 1t counts its readers BY as many
thousands as they do hundreds. They are
I'LL poor, starveling things, while
their rival is handsomely sus~
| tanned by an acpreciating public. They
lack newspaper enterprise, and suffer neg
| 1ect at the hands Of the great public, as
they deserve. People decline investing
money in the tory Tines, and don't care
about paying for the privilege Of reading
its bogus telegraphic dispatches and snea-
king secession editorials
| As to the Post, it is an ephemeral, insig-
! nifcent thing, as innocent Of news as Of
character. What little patronage it pos
sesses is given it from motives Of charity,
and not for any newspaper merit belonging
to it.
| The journal is too wishey-washey and
triflips to notice. Remove from it the af-
ternoon dispatches furnished by the asso-
cjated press, and there would be nothing
left which would induce any one to open
it. Without the contributions Of the tele-
graphic association, it could not live
|~seek. Its vocation is to find out what
some "g-eat man" thinks or wishes, on
whose skirts it fastens itself, and then
toady to him. It Is our desire to live in
peace with all the craft, and hence We
rarely take any notice Of the constant bark
ing at The TRIBUNE Of the Journal, POST or
Times. Our space can be better filled Than
Unfolding controversies with them.
We refer to them now in the lumD.
and only because they were SO base and
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From CnIfo.-Rebel Eat11u4te OF The
T.onA nx Manassas.

.CIRo, III, July 23.--Rabe1s are rapidly
organizing opposite here, In Kentucky. 1t ID
reported that Watkins, with 1900 men, is en-
ca1uped eeven miles from Bloomfield, Mis-:
sour1, He has no field pieces and hts men are
poorly armed. Clalh, Jackson and staff ware
in Memphis Saturday last. An attack on Birds
Point is threatened. ::
me loesof tie rebels in the fight At Haaas-
sas is estimated By them to be 3,0m
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XXXTIITu CONGRESS SPECIAL SESSION.
WAsHEaroS, July 20.
ZEN

Mr.. WILSON, from the Committee on Mil
itary Affair reported back the bill to provide
fcr the transportation Of arms and nun itions
OF var to loyal citizens in rebel States, and
provide for the expenses OF organizing regi.
meuts, &c. The bill makes IN appropriation
Of &3,O0o,G00 Passed.
Mr. SHERMAN, from the Financial Com
mittee, reported back the bill refnudfng du.
ties on arms imported By States Passed.
After an executive session adjourned
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Mr. PORTER of 1ndiana reported bill d.
ytdrg Kentucky into Judicial districts, and
abo]lshing the present district courts, and ,as
smended,in motion Of Mr. Blair, abolishing
the two District Courts in Missouri, and ciea-
ting one District Court in their stead.
In the course ofthe. debate Mr. CRITTEN-
S Sa9ee eee n sS aRa an M sas
cf thn constitutional mode Of removal Of q
Judge to Effect an object BY the abolition Of
the Court, as nav proposed.
The bill passed-yeas 70, nayR 50.
Mr. STEVENS Of Pennsylvania, from the
Committee On Ways and Means, reported a
bill providing additional revenue for deray-
ing the expenses Of Government and main
taining the public credit, By the assessment Of
direct tax and By internal duties. Referred
to Committee Of the Wr"se Adjourned.
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no one WAS hit. The IRE was returned, and
one rebel had his horse shot under him. Maj.
Mcdonald took some thirty prisoners. Plt
Of them were released, and part were taken
to Jefferson, and set to work On +he fortidcs-
t1one. Amer making some twenty other
landings In search Of rebels, the ZouaTcs
came TO Jefe1son City, where they are nov
awaiting orders. z.
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DETROIT, July ga private dispatch re-
eeiyed here this afternoon from Manassas,
yia Richmond, says that Col Wilcox, Com
mander Of the Second Brigade ,3nd Diyision,ts
a prisoner at MANASSAS, slightly wounded. .