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forty officers Of Southern birth remain in the army at
the present date.
Ex-President Pierce has returned to Concord, y.
II. The New Hampshire Patriot says he brings no
intelligence Of the death Of JED. Davis He ought to
know.
l. .. .. F.-Chelsea Lodge. No. 81. Of this city.
at It's last convention, unanimously voted the sum of
$4,000, to aid our Government in SURPRISING rebel
lion, the money 10 be invested IN tie National Loan.
" !. Tribune, l1h.
THE CABINET QCEsTroN-Could anything be more
patriotic aud more significant than the reply Of the
President 20 "a New York gentleman who sought 10
discover his policy with regard 10 the demand for a
change Of part Of his Cabinet Tel your friends,
sir, 10 make war on the enemy, and not on each
other
OrroS-TufJrmation received by the Government
relating 70 the present stock Of cotton IN English ware
houses, leaves no room 10 doubt that Manchester viii
be able to run enc year without using a pound Of the
new crop.
Gen Mcclellan, having asked one Of the soldiers
at Washington If he remembered the Sabbath day,
the lad replied that he remembered one at Bull Run
very well, and thought he should never forget II.
The General went home and wrote his d" Special Or
der"
WRECK OF TIE JEFr. DAyIs-The uriyateer JEFF.
Davis. IN attempting 20 enter the port Of st Angus
tine, Florida, on Sunday, August 18th, was totally
wrecked. The pirate crew, with their small arms.
clothing, etc, escaped, and were welcomed IL -.
Augustine 10y the ringing Of the town bells.
The Charleston Courier Of Sept. 9Th. SAYS that the
'A'A NeN"@ "a 'a ~AA7@ "haAN A1 49,
that vessels loaded with coffee and fruits ran the
blockade on the 18th, under a heavy Ere from the
fleet. The citizens Of Charleston feel the blockade
with great severity. The Southern people are bitterly
lamenting their destitute condition.
GARIBALDi-l am able 10 inform you. on the high
est possible authority, that Garibaldi d'slvows any
intention Of coming to the United States 1t present.
His reasons Tor this decision are emphatic and con
elusive, and are not likely TO be altered by the aspect
Of affairs Ua4h. cor. y. y. Tribune.
There are now in the United States navy nine cap
tains, fourteen commanders and thirtyseven lieuten-
ants from the seeded States. They are loyal TO the
core. Eleven captains, thirty commanders, and
eighty-one lieutenants have gone oven to the traitors
since the rebellion began.
OVERLAND MAILs-Owing TO Information received
at the Post Office Department that the Hannibal and
81. Joseph Railroad was entirely unprotected from
the Rebels, and that ~. Joseph Is in their hands, 1t
hes ordered the California mails to be carried via Da-
yenpOrt and Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Prof. Lowe, the famous aeronaut, will soon have six
balloons ready, and located at various points along
the lines of our army of the Potomac. They can all
be connected with the system of telegraph wires, and
thus our army can make its most important recon-
noisances by the aid Of the sciences of aerOnautics
and galvanic magnetism.
The Postmaster General has directed, as additional
protection Of postal revenue, the exclusive issue Of
stamped envelopes, containing a new Improvement
discoloring lines. This envelope ca nnot be made by
ordinary machinery, and is not liable to imitation by
the rebels.
llSVllcneS from u East lUuItS Slllt lull tUt Il I'll
Officer received orders from the Navy Department
Immediately to return with the squadron TO the
United States. One ship will be left there; al>o, one
ON the coast Of Africa. and one on the coast of Brazil,
after this. The squadron has been Withdrawn for
blOckading purposes.
The Russian Minister had an audience with the
President, recently. and read to him n letter from his
government on American afairs-regretting the pres
ent difficulties, and saying that the Emperor Is
animated 10y the most friendly feelings towards the
American Union. The letter is signed by Gortscha-
kOf.
NOZZLE P,1RIorIsN.-Flag-Ofice Montgomery Of
the LaAcqstsr, commanding the Pacific squadron, IN
writing 1. The Secretary of the Navy relative to the
expiration q the TWO years service OF officers and
men, says: d" For my own part | neither expect
nor desire a days respite from active employment
during the coLinuauce of our present struggle Tor
the maintcnaue- If our national honor and the in
tegrity OF the Unspn. 1t rests with the department
to determine my sphere OF duty, either on this OF
the other side OF the continent"
GES. Wool AND tina CoNrRABA Sps-Gen. Wool
wants to know what TO DO 18th the negroes, upward
of 1000 Of whom are now at Fortress Monroe. The
Presidents order amending Gen. frvmont's prUcl-
nation sets the whole question afna' again as re-
CARDS negroes not directly employed in retsl service,
who may seek protection within our lines. Gen.
Wool is ordered to send to Washington all whom he
can spare-the men TO be put on the entertainments
and the women in the camp kitchens, 10 be paid for
their services. Besides 1000 at the fort, there are
10 or Is on each of our men-of-war, which sal! from
Hampton Roads, who get IS a month and found.
The Troy (N. " Duty Times thus pathetically
announces the death OF Colonel John \. Washington
of Mount Vernon celebrity. While n party Of
rebel officers were = Observing our pickets near
Elkwater, Virginia, yesterday, n vagrom bullet
hurled into their midst, perforated the uniform of
Col. John \. Washington, somewhere III the region
Of the diaphragm, and simultaneously terminated
the military and mortal career of that famous rebel"
WARLKE-T The New York Republican State
Central Committee met at Albany on the 2ith, and
passed the following resolution
Rcs0irea, That in the opinion Of this Committee, 100000
men should lee enrolled for the war ut the earliest practicable
day. This state should furnish one hundred thousand VI that
Pr r. mi otb1 lew a. aT5als t5t PEOPLE g. tEe iapsrr,ies II
emergency.
The REVIVAL or BUsrNEss.-The improved ten
deucy in business affairs seems to be general
throughout the Northern cities. The manufacture
of army cloths, shoes, and other articles demanded
10y the government, the certainty of exporting
breadstutis largely TO Europe. the general belief of
prudent and sagacious business men that we have
seen the worst OF the stagnatiOn in trade, the
prOInptness with which the government has raised
the money it wanted, and the knowledge that a
large portion Of il must soon be in circulation among
ourselves, have combined TO impart a confidence and
cheer.uluess To almost every body.
SPANIsu.-Nr. Tassara, the Spanish Minister, call
ell TO assure the Secretary Of State that the reports
from Charleston that the Captain-General Of Cuba
had issued u proclamation, recognizing the rebel flag,
was untrue. The facts are, vessels from any port IN
the United States in possession Of the Rebels, coming
into Spanish ports with regular papers, are Of ne
ce>sity admitted, without notice Of irregularity, just
rs they have been admitted in all other ports since
the Rebels obtained possession of the custom houses.
There is no recognition of the Rebel flag in Spanish or
other ports.
FRENoST's PRoCLANATIoN.-Genera Fremont has
issued the following proclamation, placing Missouri
under martial law and applying the Conhscauon Act
10 the emancipation Of the slaves of rebels
HEADQUARTERS OF The WESTERN DEPARTMENT,
ST. LOUIS, August 81, 1861.
Circumstances, III my judgment Of sufficient ur-
gency, render it necessary that the commanding
General of this department should assume the ad-
ministrative powers Of the State. Its disorganized
condition, the helplessness OF the civil authority, the