, 1861-08-09

11nee oot !rom NeeIand1la, position ia which
they will probably have akifmIghes enonoh r.
d1sFel The ennui Of camp life. ~
+! cosF1RMAT1oHs B1 TIE SENATE,
Z. G. Cargington's rejection for District A.
Io1ney ct this District, was reconsidered. and
he vas confirmed also, Lewis Clephane Post-
master for this city. Wood, for Commissioner
q fnblic Buildings, IS the only non -confiEmo-
t1on OF importance. It is rumored that Mt.
e Moeo M1n soon be reappointsd BY the Pfesl-
T, 9TenI, Who may presume that ths Senate
Committee On the District of Columbia, which
1aled to report his name had not had time to
NO Colonel and not more than one per cent
o. o. Captains and Lieutenarts we're rejected
1ne Vc1e On Emory WaS not close.
OFFICE SEEKERS AGAIN.
otace senkers, indicating That Washington is
safe Place Of resort They are mostly nnn1i-
cants for Ccnsulshjps. They were sent ofF
cnce, ard told not to come back until Con
eress adjourned, which it did at 12, and at 6
o'ciock the Would-be Consuls were back. It
ls9n Is Of no use Tor partizsns to apply for Con.
splshlps under tie new law providing for
special Consnls to visit foreign ports for the
purpose Of preventing the fitting out Of uri-
vateers. No such ConBuls will be appointed,
except necessity is shown for such Al Of.
hcer, and then great csre will be exerted to
ica1 opinions. FN-@'7
TIE FIRE ZouAVEs.
- Assistant Engineers Baulch and Bryce, of
the Fire Department., have been exeTttna 10
E: Lg:emEelqes to induce the members Of the
fHe AouaFes, who were lying about the city'
70 return to their regiment They met viii,
nile Euccefs. These dese1ters, for the most
Fart, TeIe not members Of the Fire Depart
ment, but OF the rif-r0ff who loaf about the
engine houses. Nearly all the f1ramen pro0er
are stli! in camp, determined to remain u1til
the period Of their enlistment expires,
Arrest Of q Secession Ltent, Colonel.
411te an excitement was raised in the CITY
sessefday By the arrest OF Confederate Off
N the morning, attired in the garb Of a civil.
1an. It happened IS follows: Col Guthrie
YES "afkl1g along Third street, accompanied
~ military friend, and near the corner Of
walnut street gentleman passed him, whom
Ts1d ne 11mmsoiateiy recognized as Lieut. Colonel
captain in the I'd Drageona. On baing assured
that be Was not mistaken in the matter, Colo
Eel u. approached the secession officer. and
IN appropriate ttrns ~ told him he vas
prisoner OF war. Tyler, after recovering the
~. tn.le snock which his nervous system sus-
talnec On the reception Of this news, said that
a. he Was not dressed in military upiicrm, aad
VISITED the city as civilian, he had no idea Of
being arrested. He was npelled. however'
to reconcile himself to the belief, and in
lew moments, accompanied by Col. Guthrie.
az Ment to the Burnct House, On his way
PC to convey his wife, who is daughter Of
u. y. j. +. Wright, of this city, and at pres.
ent residing at SedamsviI1e- Richmond,
Virginia.
About an hour after his arrest, TYLER Was
taken ta 70 the United States Marsha1's office.
M: SANDS eald he had no authority to detain
nan m as prisoner Of war, aud could do noshirg
II the matter. While the prisoner was 10 the
offlce OF the District ATTORNEY, D.. Wright
came in and eaid to him, F." Didn't Won receive
the dispatch l sent you at Nashville ?" he
r Piled hat he did not. The Doctor then told
i,il him that ne must take the consequences OF
lss Iase act, but congratulated him upon fall
lIg into such gccd hands as Col. Gathrie'o.
The telegfams referred to we're warnings not
TO ceMe TO Cincinnati; the ra=h act was tie
t1ip hither.
Findirg that the civil authorities had no
teImiLed to take charge Of bis man until Gan.
Scott is consulted on the subject. TIE UnIon
Colonel and the eectsaion Lieutenant Colonel
- locked a1Ds," and started for the Burnet
Hense, "htre They haa dinner, and remained
until fhe afternoon, when 1t was thought best
10 remove him to Newport Barracks
Aojutanl General Mclean has teleeraphed
70 Washington, and will probably be advised
to-day what to do with the prisoner Of war.
Tyler Is T. grandson Of the Ex-President
bearing bis Fame. He graduated at West
Point IN 1848. He resigned his commission
Is United States army officer shortly af1er the
secession troubles commenced, and was ere
ated Lieutenant Colonel of a Virginia ragI.
ment. T. the battle Of Manassas he served as
Aolutant General under Beauregard.
On hnd1ng yesterday that he was in an un-
Pheasant position, be applied to Adjutant Cen
efal Mclean 1cr release on parole, This WAS
question whether parole could 6c granted to
one 59ho had deserted the United States army
to fight against the Government-Cinciun4 4u
Gazette, Aug. 8.
AN item in the Commercial says that Gen.
Scott has ordered Tyler to bs held until fur
fhpr nrFara