The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-11

Col. VIM. Halsted, of Trenton. is now
eacamped about two miles from Wash
ington. They have named their en-
campment Alexandria. "-It is said
that there are no more appointments
to be made in the army except for
such men as win the right to promo
tion by meritorious deeds. Aspirants
viii please make note Of this.
David Wilmot is i'll at Towanda, Pa,
and it is feared that he cannot recover.
His disease is cancer Of the stomach,
and he has been declining for several
months. Gov. Harris, Of Tonnes
see, tits said, threatens to invade Ken
lucky, if the Union camps ID the latter
State are not vacated iii thirty days.
-Orders nave been issued by the
Secretary of War, preventing the
transmission of telegraphic dispatches
south Of Kentucky. Now that the
rebels are cut off from the mails, the
expresses and the telegraph, it is to be
presumed that they will not SO readi-
ly keep informed of the plans and the
movements ofthe Union force. "A
prize fight took place on Saturday, at
Troy, between two women. It lasted
three quarters Of in hour, and is said
to have been a bloody affair One Of
the women was badly beaten, both
eyes being swollen, and the ether wo-
man had her thumb dislocated and her
head nearly broken Nice work for
Trojans IA letter from New
Jersey naval officer to his wife, con-
tains paragraph equal to any of the
gems of the day. He says to her !:
81 wantyou to live in the most frn-
gal manner possible, and if you can
save any money from our income, by
the strictest economy, loan it to the
Government, if it be but fifty or a
hundred dollars, to assist in the small
lest mite to maintain the constitution
of the United States, and the suprem-
acy of the law" There's Jersey for
you. The sword of Commodore
Barron has been presented tothe Pres
ident. The rebel Commodore was
captured in full Regimentals, and
wearing the eagles and stars Of the
government he had so basely deserted.
The flagship of the expedition-the
Minnesota-was formerly under the
command of this same Commodore
Barron. The remains OF General
Nathanial Lyon, were committed to
their final resting place, in ,is native
town of Eastford, Connecticut, on
Thursday last The obsequies were
Of a sad AMI impressive character. -
The funeral grafton vas delivered by
Hon. Galusha A.. Grow and was a
truly eloquent effort. So many la
borers are needed to be employed in
st. Louis, on the Notifications around
the city, that Gen, Fremont has au-
thorized an agent to go to Chicago,
and engage oil the worring men he
can find anG send them there and to
Cairo. The Mobile Register con-
firms the report that General Braxton
Bragg has been transferred from PEN
sacola to the Potamac, and issucceed-
ed in command by Brigadier- General
r. Fl. Anderson, of South Carolina.
Under the surveillance Of the Sc
cret police, organized by the Provost
Marshal, the secessionists of Washing
ton are becoming so frightened that
under the pretence of being Union men
many of them are giving information
of others, as an evidence of their own
loyalty, Others, knowing themselves
to be suspected, are voluntarily COM
ing forward with explanations of their
past course, and assurances and proofs
oftheir present loyalty. -One Of
the principal piratical pests which have
been preying upon Northern commerce
has been destroyed by the winds and
waves. The Jeff Davis, as we learn
from the Charleston Murcury, was
| wrecked on the bar off San Augustine,
Fla, on Sunday, the 18th Of August.
The success which has attended
the new loan is the most extrAordina-
ry in the history Of financial affairs.
Already, even before the notes are
ready, thirty-seven hundred applica-
tions have been made for it From
the millionaire down to the servant
girl, and the old woman with her
stocking of gold,u the applicants are
thronging by hundreds to the Sub.
Treasury. Bayard Taylor, who has
been spending the last three months at
Gotha, Germany, with the relatives of
his wife, is expected home in a few
days. Immediately upon his return,
he will join one of the divisions of the
national army as the war correspon-
dent of the New York Trtbuney--
Vice President Hamlin when at his
home, in Hampden, Me-, is q plain
farmer. Since his return from the
capital, one of his neighbors called up
on him, and the, servant who ushered
him in, requested him to "take q seat,
and she would speak to Mr. Hamlin. /"
Soon after Mr.. Hamlin came up out
of his cellar, and excused himself from
shaking hands, remarking at the same
time that his hands were dirty, for
he had been picking over his potatoes!
z-== a. Clergyman, while waking the
deck Of . STEINER OF st. John, N. B.,
where secessionism has considerable
footing, noticing'the American Flag
flying from the masthead of ship,
tauntingiy said to Col. Favor, "Wby
don't you take Q slice off that flag,
since you have lost portion of your