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THE LIB IR H. 123 nrorthrow of slavery, by catling upon tho wcnt, in the nam of Humanity, of Justice, and of geliguui, to decree the national extinction of slavery, ty proclaiming nKRTT throughout all the land c5TO AtL tK HABITANTS THEREOF 1 Let US hold ti tins Government, to the nation. Ami tn tf.o 11113 brave army that has sprung to amis more wondcrous- from the sowing of dragons teeth You are the army of Freedom you are to conquer a permanent pence ly by the overthrow of slavery. That liberty may stand, you must Pt oppression down. Your providential mission is to put an end to slavery.

God, the ViiltfkfrfkOtlt tl flirt JgO, lliv x- meuiK la vii iui Christendom, Christianity itself, will not lot us eon--iior and keep slavery. When we have paid the ut termost farthing for our past complicity with the great crime of slavcholding, when we have filled up the of suffering throuuh slavery, then will ili eyes, now holden, be opened. And when we act upon the principle, that liberty for the white man is liberty for the black man, and that one broad banner of Free dom must float over every American, be he swarthy or fair, then, but not till then, will victory perch upon, oar starry standard, and America will lie a country nn- 1 i 1. i 1 i II. T.

C. LECTURES BY ME. TOSS. Harwich, July 2G, 1801. Mr.

Garriso: DiiR Friend, It is cheering to perceive that the agents of the Mass. Anti-Slavery Society are again actively engaged in their field of labor. The series of lectures which has been given by Mr. A. T.

Fcs in this vicinity within the last few weeks, has been veil attended and highly appreciated. Last Sunday, be spoke three times in this place, very acceptably, to large and intelligent audiences through the day, at Union Hall, and in the evening at the Orthodox church, of which Mr. Mutisell, who has the reputation of being an outspoken anti-slavcrv advocate, is officiating clergyman. He was listened to with profound interest and attention, especially in the evening, when his discourse, pertinent to the times, and replete with forcible illustrations, was not only characteristically logical, clear and concise, but eminently impressive reaching the heart as well as convincing the understanding. Surely, the present is not the time to dispense with onr laborers, or slacken anti-slavery exertion.

If unremitting appeals to the head and heart of the nation have been demanded to arouse it to a sense of its perilous condition, perhaps a still greater effort is needed, in this transition state of our country, to help turn the current of excitement into right channels, to influence and modify, as much as may be, the new order of things which must be eliminated from the seething cauldron of agitation into which the nation has been plunged. At this great trial-hour, this terrible crisis in our national history, this day of judgment, when The hand breadth cloud the sages feared Its bloody rain is dropping The poison plant the fathers spared All else is overtopping," it becomes Abolitionists to manifest a willingness cheerfully and manfully to bear, by suffering and sacrifice, in connection with their fellow-countrymen, "the pangs of transformation." If those who have means suflerthis glorious cause to flag for want of pecuniary support, they prove themselves less worthy of the respect and gratitude of mankind and of all future generations than the lumblest volunteer soldier on the battle-field, who valiantly pours out his life-blood as a libation to freedom proving by that crowning act with what a god-Eke nature man is endowed, and how capable he is of a noble disinterestedness of purpose. It is confidently hoped that means will be generously proffered to enable the Massachusetts Society vigorously to prosecute its work, which at this juncture seems to be to quicken and deepen the growing conviction in the public mind, that Peace can never again dwell within our borders, till every fibre of the poison root of slavery is utterly exterminated. Z. A CALL TOR VIGILANCE.

To the Editor I am aware that there are vigilant and clear-sighted watchmen at central positions, watching the signs of the times, and ready to sound an alarm, and it may be deemed impertinent in me to make any suggestion. But it seems to me that this is the most important crisis of the anti-slavery enterprise that there is great danger that we shall rely too much on the operations of the government and the war, and, like the churches, throw the whole responsibility upon Providence. I suppose it is no part of the object of the administration; from Mr. Lincoln down, through the Cabinet, Gen. Scott and all the other Generals, to do any thing to disturb slavery.

They are all devout worshippers of the great idol, the Constitution they wish to conciliate the border States, and the Union men in the seceded States. There is a favorable side to the fact, that anch pro-slavery hunkers as Everett, Cushing, Butler, and Drs. Adams, Blagden and Spring are contending for the Union, and of course against the Slave Power, if not against slavery itself; and yet it dds greatly to the danger that nothing will be done towards abolition. The action hi the Senate, July ISth, on Sherman's and Lane's amendments to the hill for organizing the army also, McClellan's proclamation and Butler's offer to suppress servile insurrections, and the illegal return of fugitives even by a Massachusetts colonel, all show the tendency of things. The cry of "No compromise!" is deceptive.

It not mean to repudiate the compromises of the Constitution. If Virginia would return to her fiance to-day, Gen. Butler's COO contrabands would 1 restored, and if any were lost, they would be paid Recent events show that the war will be sharp, od probably long, unless cut short by the abolition of its cause. I think that there is in the minds of many of the People a vague and indefinite idea or hope that, in we way, slavery is to be overturned in this war, D'l it seems to me that our lecturers should be in the to arouse the people, so that they 6hall demand of the government that the cause be removed that. a matter of sound policy, of wise statesmanship, well as of moral ricrht and of a Christian trust in froTidence.

the slaves should be immediately set and, if need be, called upon to aid the govern-nt, not as contraband articles, but as men, subject to be protected by, and bound to aid the govern- BENJ. CHASE. Auburn, N. II. Floral Memento.

Permit me to call attention to the artistic manner in which Mrs. Knox reserves funeral and bridal flowers, accompanied with poetic wui framed plain or elaborate, at choice. visit to her room, 6'J Anderson street, (near Knckncy street,) will well repay those who may be "iKJtai as the degree of perfection tins depart of the fine arts has attained. X. "The following colored pupils received diplo- at the recent examination of the public schools iXMton Emma Jackson, Eleanor Steath.

Wilt Anna Amenda Williams. Wimtkrop W.Cordelia and lU'becca Downing Bwtou, Julyl7f 18CI. N. nl and Lewis S. Lcary (John Brown Harper's Fcr-r? have been compiled by Win.

C. Nell, aud tC-ntl. yuwunea in the J'ine and J'alm. The amiable editor of the Memphis Avalanche Wat Abe Lincoln is the bloodiest tyrant on Nero was a saint comiarcd with hiin 1 Tery moderate and truthful 11ECAPTUKED PKIZE BY A BLACK 1IEKO The schooner S. J.

Waring, of Brookhaven. which VVa oothern privateer Jeff about 100 miles from S.m.W itW if. i "iinc uii iii-i war irom ieW lork tO Montevidruv mrSvml of -v i- on SMinday afternoon, charge of Wm. Tillman, her who' with extraordinary darinir and Kin, nau oiaugiitcrou the pirate captain and two of bis mates with a hatchet, and then navigated the vesnel, with the aid of his fellow-prisoners, back to New iv aPIHars tht. on the third dar out, (Julv W.

as brought to by the privatoe'r Jtitf lirit, which sent a boat full of men alongside, 71 Yt ot the schooner to haul down flirt ITnittfwl I 41 a i.Liw-u nap, Hna ueciarea ner a prize, ilicy took from her a quantity of provisions, and then put on board a prize crew of five men, taking away Capt. i rancis Smith, the two mates, and two seamen, leaving the steward, two seamen, and Mr. Bryce Mackinnon, a passenger, on board. The prize crew were Montague Amiel, a Charleston pilot, in rom- manu, one named Stevens as mate, Malcolm Sydney as second mate, and three men. Capt.

Smith and his uu were pui Dy the Jjf IMcis on a homeward-bound vessel, soon after their capture, and sent North, arrivinsr in Portland ten ikva Thn nri.nnr brought to New York are named James Milnor, of ooum Carolina, ana James JJorsey, of Point lleasant, x. no appears to be an innocent sort of person. lillman, the hero of the tragedy, is a native of 1 Delaware, aged 27 years, but was taken to Providence, n. wnen li years ot ace. He lias been a seaman for the past ten years, in the employ of Jones, Smith of 227 Front Street, New York, who own the schooner.

The following is a summary of his testi- v. i uwnjr wiure me umu'ii cxates liistnct attorney: I 1 1. i' iic sciiooner o. aring naa startea on a voyage to 11 uenos Ayres, in Montevideo, with an assorted cargo, winch, with the vessel, was valued at SlOO.OOO. On the "th of July, they fell in with the Jeff Davis, and a prize crew of five were put aboard, who were unarmed.

To use the lansruase of Tillman, thev run 10 days, and didn't find Charleston we were, how ever, only ou miles south of Charleston, and 100 to the eastward. On the voyage, they treated me the best kind of way, and talked the best kind of talk. One day, the first lieutenant of the pirates was Bitting in the cabin, cross-legged, smoking, and he said to me, When you go down to Savannah, I want you to go to my house, and I will take care of you." I thought, continued the negro, Yes, you "will take care of me, when you get me there." I raised my hat, and said 1 es. Sir, thank you." But, afterwards, I said to Billy, (the German-,) I am not going to Charleston a live man they may take me there dead." He had been told by the prize master that he would get rewarded in Charleston, for performing his duty so well in bringing the schooner in he had also heard conversation not intended for his ears, in regard to the price he would probably bring and he had heard the prize master say to one of his men You talk to that Stewart, and keep him in good heart. He will never see the North again," 8aid the prize master, with an oath.

Tillman conferred with two of the seamen about taking possession of the schooner, but they declined adopting any plan. Tillman thought the matter over for three days, and then made an appeal to the Ger man, and said, it you arc a man to stick to your word, we can take this vessel easy." Then we made a plan that I should go to my berth, and when most of them were asleep, he was to give me some sign, or awake me. We tried this for two nights, but ho good chance offered. But, last Tuesday night, we caught them asleep, and we went to work. The mate comes to my berth, and he touches me.

He says, Now is your time." I went into my room, and got ray hatchet. The first man I struck was the captain. He was lying in a state-room on the starboard side I aimed for his temple as near as I could, and hit him just below the ear with the edge of the hatchet With that he made a very loud shriek, lhe passenger jumped up very much in a fright. I told him, "Do you be still: I shall not hurt a hair of your The passenger knew what I was tip to he never said a word more. 1 walked right across the cabin to the second mate's room, and I gave him one severe blow in the mole of the head, that is, right across the middle of his head.

I didn't stop to see whether he was dead or no, but I jumped on deck, and, as I did so, the mate, who had been sleeping on the companion-way, started from the noise he had heard in the cabin. Just as he rose upon his feet, I struck him on the back of the head. Then the Ger man chap jumped over, and we "mittened" on to him, and tlung him over the starboard quarter. Marshal Murray. hat did you do then Tillman.

Then we went down straight into the cabin. The second mate was not quite dead. He was sitting, leaning against his berth. I "catched" him by the hair of the head with my left hand, and struck him with the hatchet I had in my right hand. I told this young German, Well, let 's get him overboard as soon as we can." So we hauled him over on to the cabin.

The Marshal. Was he quite dead 1 Tillman. No; he was not quite dead, but he would not have lived long. We flung him over the starboard quarter. Then I told this German to go, and call that man Jim, the Southern chap (one of the pirates) here.

He called him aft. Says "Jim, come down here in the cabin. Do you know that I have taken charge of this vessel to-night 1 am going to put you in irons." Well," says he, I am will ing, lie gave right up. Kept mm in irons uu o'clock the next morning. I then sent the German for him, and I said Smith, (the name Milnor went by on board,) I want you to join us, and help take this vessel back.

But mind, the least crook or the least turn, and overboard you go with the rest." Well," said he, I will do the best I can." And he worked well all the way back. He couldn't do otherwise it was pump or sink. Marshal. Did they begJiny of them Tillman. They didn't have any chance to beg.

It was all done in five minutes. In seven minutes and a half after I struck the first blow, the vessel was squared away before the wind, and all sail on. We were 50 miles south of Charleston, and 100 to the eastward. Tillman said that, at first, he had thought of securing all the men, and bringing them all to New York alive, in irons but he found this was impracticable. To use his own language, There were too many for that there were five of them, and only three of us." After this, I said, "Well, I will get back all I can alive, and the rest I will kill." Tillman says he went away as a steward, but came back as a captain.

Bryce Mackinnon, a passenger, and others onboard, recount the same story. New York Tribune. The Seventh Regiment ox Cojjtkabasds." A correspondent of the Abington Standard relates the following incident in the experience of the Seventh Regiment as it passed through Baltimore A fine looking colored man, about 22 years of age, liking the looks of the Massachusetts 7th as it passed, left his master, followed us to Washington, and into camp. His master came to the city, and tracing him to our camp, called upon Col. Couch to deliver him up.

The Colonel told him if the slave was willing to go, and the men would give him up, he would submit. The slave consented to see his master, and went with him outside the guard. Here the master tried to arrest him, knowing he was outside our camp but the slave started back upon the run, his master after him. The guard opened to the right and left, and let the slave pass, but as the owner came up, they charged bayonets. He raved and stormed, all to no purpose, and threatened if we ever came to Baltimore to remember us.

The guard replied they should like to go to Baltimore, and clear up all the rebels, adding the regiment could do it in a few hours and I believe they could, for a more determined company of men could not be found." Something of an excitement was created in town on Saturday, through the arrest of a Missouri contraband." A Cairoite by the name of Duvall arrested a Missouri fugitive near Mound City, with whom he started for Cairo. When near here, he was set upon by a couple of colored sympathizers, his gun taken from him and himself badly pounded, the three negroes then pushing off for the swamp. Duvall managed to get into town, where he now lies, as I am told, nearly dead. The alarm given, a party of citizens and soldiers started in pursuit of the fugitives. They were overtaken in the swamp near Mound City, and, showing fight, were fired upon; the arm of one was badly shattered, and another, it is thought, wounded.

The contraband was captured and brought to the Cairo jail, where he now is, subject to order." The others, however, escaped and made their way into Mound City, the authorities there refusing to give them up. What further followed then and there, or is to follow, "your deponent saith not." Cairo Corr. Chicaijo Tribune. 3- The delivery of fugitive slaves by army officers is being discussed, and a petition is in circulation tion in Lynn, addressed to Hon. J.

B. Alley, asking ronmvHl rf Col. Cnwdin for delivering a fugitive to his master. It would not seem to be the duty of our army officers to take any notice or slaves to in-dmro them to run awav or to return them if they did run away, and in one case they are as deserving of praise or censure as the other, it a siave runs away, any. citizen of the United States has the legal means of his recovery.

But his means are legal, not military in the Constitution, and the laws made in accordance with the Constitution, and not in the sword or bayonet. Uu should seek his redress in the law and by the law. We have not sent troops to Virginia to steal negroes, or otherwise interfere with them, more than with other property, and God forbid that our troops should be turned into bloodhounds to scent the track of fugitives. They should have nothing to do with them, pro or con, more than with the trees, stone walls or SOUTHERN COMMENTS ON THE LATE BATTLE. The comments of the Southern press and people upon the late fight near Manassas are just beginning to reach us.

So far as received, they are of the most jubilant and extravagant character. The Augusta (Ga.) Sentinel remarks We have met the enemy in force, and they are ours We have staked all upon Manassas, and won Remember lion-hearted Bartow's words I go to illustrate Georgia." And nobly has he illustrated the Empire State, her valor, her chivalry, her desperate daring. Though dead, he yet liveti. He fills a soldier's grave, but his memory is in the inheritance of a whole people. On to avenge him Bartow's, Gartrcll's, GouhUng's and Anderson's regiments were, we suppose, the representatives of Georgia in the great fight.

Heaven smiles on us, on our arms, and on our cause Then onward Follow the President, gallant Jeff Davis, who leads the centre. Now for Washington!" The Memphis rianers are absolutely frantic with joy over the first (not the great) battle of Bull's Run. lhe AvalancJie says it hopes the sequel will be "The utter rout and destruction of the Federal army, and the capture of Washington, with Old Abe and his abolition crew included. Let the conflict rage until the last thieving, murdering abolitionist shall be expelled from the soil of Virginia." The New Orleans Crescent says "The battle annals of the American Continent furnish no parallel to the brilliant and splendid victory won by the Southern army on Sunday last over the hired mercenaries and minions of the Abolition despot ism. With an inferior torce.

in point of numbers, we have driven back to their dens the boasting invaders of our soil, scattering them -before the autumn wind. The details we publish in our telegraphic column leave no doubt that we have put the enemy to utter rout, and struck him a blow from which it is impossible for him wholly to recover. have driven the enemy back from our soil, we have mowed down his men by the hundreds and by the thousands, we have captured his batteries, and sent him howling and panic-stricken from the field of the fight. The blow, in its moral and its physical effects, will prove of incalculable advantage to the Southern cause. The first regiment of the enemy that crossed over from Washington the Zouaves of Ellsworth have fled from the field with only two hundred left of the entire regiment.

Retributive justice has overtaken the first of the enemy who put their feet upon the sacred soil of Virginia, and from six to eight hundred of them have been cut down dead upon the land which they insolently dared to invade. Many a brave southerner has had to fall, too out our loss, we are confident, is small in comparison to that of the enemy. Our brave boys fought with heroic courage, but they fell in the holy cause of defence against aggression, and it is sweet and honorable to die for one's To the God of Battles let the heart of the whole South yield its tribute of praise and thanksgiving for this most signal and brilliant victory. From an article in the New Orleans Picayune, we take the following "Our telegraphic dispatches this morning tell a clorious tale for the South. It is not the bulletins of our friends alone which announce a grand victory for the armies of the South.

It is confessed to all its greatness and completeness by the wailings which come to us from the city of Washington, the head quarters of our enemies. It is told in the groans of the panic-stricken Unionists of tyranny who are quaking behind their entrenchments with apprehension for the approach of the avenging soldiery of the South, driving before it the routed remnants of that magnificent army which they had prepared and sent forth with the boastful promise of an eary victory. From Richmond, on the contrary, tome the glad signs of exceeding joy over a triumph of our arms, so great and overwhelming as though the God of Battles had fought visibly on our side, and smitten and scattered our enemies with a thunderbolt." A letter from Harper's Ferry, dated uly 25, says A large number or rebel troops slain at Bull Run were from this section. Their dead bodies are being forwarded, and the solemn rites of interment performed by their surviving friends. Winchester, Martinsburg, Charlestown, are.

lamenting the loss ot some ot their most prominent citizens. The wail of the widow and orphan is everywhere heard. The bodies of Capt. Ives, Mr. UutlCr, a rich iarmer, and JUr.

Harrison of the Virginia line, are among the recent ar rivals at Winchester, According to the correspondent of the New York Jounud of Commerce, a considerable number of the i. weaitny ana prominent men oi irginia urn in me recent battle. Judge Campbell, in a letter written before the battle, said that a sanguinary contest would be a terrible misfortune, as the flower of the South was with the rebel army. The Rebel Cavalrt. The Baltimore Exchanne, a secession paper, says the cavalry forces in Gen.

Beauregard's army must have numbered 7000. The same paper contains the following We have plenty of men in the right place. Movements take place very often, which seem to indicate a retreat; but the Federals will learn to their cost that the word retreat is not in Jeff. Davis's vocabulary. What may seem a sudden retreat will only prove their defeat and ruin in certain localities I could mention." The Skirmish: at Pattersox's Creek.

The following is an extract from a letter received in Wash ington from Col. Wallace of the lileventn Indiana Regiment, who is a brother of Senator Lane of Indiana My report of the skirmish on Kelly's Island, near Patterson's Creek, is not only true, but, in fact, too lightly colored. There were but thirteen of my picket, and at least seventy of the enemy engaged. On my side there was but one man killed on the enemy's side twenty -seven were killed, including those who have since died. This disparity is accounted for by the fact that my men were on the island, under cover, while the enemy had to cross the creek directly under our fire.

In the first engagement, the enemy, in the desperation of fear, spurred their horses headlong into a culvert, where, heaped into a helpless mass, they fell an easy prey. Eight of them died there, and were left on the track. The battle near Carthage, Missouri, was a terrible blow to the secessionists of that region, according to Col. Sigel's official report. The Leavenworth (Ka.) Conservative of the 23d learns the following additional concerning it Six families arrived here yesterday from the immediate neighborhood of Carthage.

They are confident that the secessionists lost Jijleen hundred men in that battle. They say it took from Friday till the next Thursday night to bury the dead and some of the men now here engaged in the burial. About six hundred were found on the original battlefield, and the rest scattered along the whole line of retreat, especially in the timber through which Sigel made his final escape." A Fort Monroe letter in the New York Post says A curious incident occurred in connection with the capture of the secession prize Enchantress. As the gun-boat Albatross approached her, she fought shy, aud when hailed replied that she was 'From Newbury port, bound to Santa At this moment the negro cook appeared on the gunwale, crying out as he leaped into the sea wifh uplifted hands 'For God's sake, save me. Captain She's a secesher, bound to Charleston A boat was immediately lowered to save the negro and board the brig.

On examining her papers, it was found that her reply to the hail was true, but she was a prize to the Jeff. Davis, and had a prize crew on board. Her cargo is nrst-ciass assorted gooas, suitable for the Union army. The prize crew proved to be of a variety of nations. One ot them was named Riggles, and formerly belonged to the truck of Company 2, New York, the captain had his son on board.

The Jeff. Davis's crew behaved very badly with their prize, destroying articles of the cargo which they could not use. The Enchantress is built upon a beautiful model, and is probably worth 8000." The Retcrn of Ocr Heroes. New York, on Friday, welcomed home her brave sons, the 8th and 71st regiment of State Militia. And such a welcome 1 Broadway, for miles, was one dense mass of men, women and children, gathered to greet their war-worn hukbands, sous and brothers from the bloody field of Bull Run.

The great thoroughfare was all ablaze with brilliant bunting and banners, bearing cheering words of love and confidence, spanned the street from end to end. It was well worth the wealth of patriotic self-sacrifice which the brave fellows had bestowed to be the honored recipients of such generous congratulations. Their upward inarch was a sight to be long remembered. Tribune. Jeff.

Davis sent the following dispatch to his wife at Richmond Manassas, July 21. We have won a glorious, though dearly bought victory. Night closed on the enemv in full flight, and closely pursued. JEFF. DAVIS." The relx-l Congress at Richmond adopted the following, with other resolutions Jitsolved, That we recognize the hand of the Most High God, the King of kings and Lord of lords, in the glorious victory with which He hath crowned our army at Manassas and that the people of the Confederate States are invited, by appropriate services on the ensuing Sabbath, to offer up their united thanksgiving and praise for this mighty deliverance.

What pious effrontery before high Heaven 1 It has no parallel in the sanctious scoundrelism of mankind. The Lord bhall liave them in dcrisiou." Asr Incident of the Battie. The officers who took Mr. Prror prisoner say that among the other naoners taKen was a very oaaiy wounuea re Dei orncer, ho wore the eagle of a Colonel on his shoulder-strap. He appeared to have cot in advance of his regiment.

and got separated from them, and so cut off. His left arm had been shattered above the elbow, and the use less member was dancrlinjr in bis coat sleeve, lie was abo bleeding profusely from a wound in the side, yet waving his sword in the air, and would not give up until surrounded, and a big fellow of one of the Maine regiments rushed up to him, threw down his own gun, anu clasped the omcer round Uie body. His sword then dropped from his grasp, and he sank upon the cround. The first words he said were, What fools yoa Yankees are, to attack us with such a handful of men Why," replied his captors; "how many have vou trot?" "There are men on the field," he replied, "besides Here his strength Coiled: he sighed heavily; the blood gushed from his side in a torrent he called out in a taint tone, "iranw, Am ma, repeating the name twice, stretched out bis limbs, and expired. He was a very handsome man, about thirty-five years of age.

In no instance did the enemy stand our charge, but retreated to their trenches. We can whip them in a fair field fieht. but it in wilful to order infantrv to charge masked batteries before they are silenced, and we had not sufficient artillery to silence them. Capt. luckett Battery, which was attached to our brigade, was destroyed.

The enemy have much of our artillery and wounded, for we had but one ambu lance, and that was of no use through the woods. mere never was a battle fought on this continent with gnch odds. The rebels must have suffered much more than we did, as a man whom I shot told me that they had been carrying back their wounded for more than two hours. I could see them fall at every volley. Their officers were sacrificed in large numbers, as they were in full uniform, while we were dressed like the men.

One cavalry company charged upon ns, and we emptied forty saddles at one discharge. They used the Stars and Stripes to deceive us, and told us not to fire on them, then raised the secession flag and fired on us. was done repeatedly. We have our colors, but the color sergeants were shot. lghtmg reads very well in print, but for any one to stand with shell, grape and rifle shot singing around his head is very far from pleasant but it turns a man into a brute, and makes him perfectly reckless and blood-thirsty.

At the commencement, on seeing a man fall, I could not help pitying him, but in a short time, I thought no more of a man than of a goat. As soon as we can ascertain the extent of our loss, I will write you, but don worry about me what is to be ill De. Extract from a tetter ot a captain in Uie Ufa Massachusetts Regiment. The Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, an intelligent and reflective writer, but in strong sympathy with the cause of the South, writes as follows An intelligent soldier gives me an instance of the loss on the part of the enemy which I have not seen mentioned before, except in general terms. The N.

Y. CJth, 79th and 13th, and 2d Wisconsin, charged a large body of the enemy, and drove them in to a piece of wood at the foot of the slope of a hill. This column followed the enemy into and through the woods, both emerging on the other side, but with terrible loss to the enemy. The witness passed through the wood after the troops, and beheld scores and hundreds of men lying, sometimes piled one upon another, dead, while many more, in the agonies of death, were piteously All the sufferers were of the enemy. Again, the Black Horse Cavalry was the pride of Virginia, and has been celebrated, by Gov.

Wise, in some of his speeches. It was composed of the very flower of the best families of Fauquier and Prince William counties. Every man rode his own favorite and choice charger not one of which was worth in Virginia, less than three or four hundred dollars. Every man had a stake in the soil, and in the community. Every man was a landed proprietor, and a man of culture and standing in society.

They were distinguished on the field by their gallant bearing, the splendor of their equipments, and their audacious charges. Nearly every one of them bit the dust. Few even of the noble brutes, their horses, escaped unharmed. The calamity carries mourning into hundreds of families and neighborhoods. The loss on the Federal side of gallant men is great, but not so large as had been feared.

The 69th (Irish) regiment of New York city returned on Saturday last, after three months' service. They were in the battle of Bull's Run, fought like heroes, and lost over three hundred men. On this account their reception in Philadelphia and New York was most enthusiastic. Col. Corcoran, the commander of the regiment, is a prisoner in Richmond.

Patrick Dyer, a private of the GUth, who has been a prisoner at Manassas Junction, arrived at Washington on Friday, having escaped from that place, lie says the men who are prisoners there are closely incarcerated, some of them being tied together. General McDowell attributes his defeat to the superior force of the enemy that the men composing our army represented every profession in civil life, but were unacquainted with the rules and tactics of warfare; that the teamsters were green and the country new, and that even the artillery could not change their position without creating an alarm. Gen. McDowell also states that he would wager his life that two-thirds of his officers had never before seen a cannon ball in the air. Northers News iit the Southern Camp.

A correspondent of the Charleston Courier, writing under date of July 11, says Such are the facilities of communication between Washington and Fairfax that Baltimore papers arrive in our camp on the very day of their publication." In another letter, the same writer says that every movement of the Union army is known, even to details, and that Beauregard has so distributed his troops, that in case he desires to advance upon Washington, or merely fall back upon positions already selected, he can bring the whole army into action with the greatest possible despatch. A New Orleans paper, speaking of the steamers Massachusetts and South Carolina, which are blockading the month of the Mississippi, amiably says They are a couple of scavenger vessels, filled with infernal Yankees, who are loafing about the coast, robbing hen-roosts, and frightening women and children." A letter from Washington to the Hartford Courant contains this remarkable statement: "Mr. McKay, Gen. Mansfield's aid, informs me that a box came directed to him Tuesday morning, which he opened and found to contain the heads of our men who had died or been murdered on the field of battle." It is a somewhat singular circumstance that the mothers of Col. Slocum, Major Ballou and Captain Tower, all of the Second Rhode Island Regiment, who fell on Sunday last, should all live in this place, almost within a stone's throw of each other.

Paw-tucket Gazette. A letter from Harper's Ferry, dated July 23, says the rebels have again occupied Martinsburg, where Gen. Patterson's array were received with so much apparent joy by the people. The re-appearance of the rebels at Martinsburg was hailed with unbounded enthusiasm the professed Union men being as loud and loyal to the South as ever. Up went the rebel flags, while those who were Union men at heart were obliged to flee from their homes.

The Free Negroes of Tennessee to be Impressed. The Legislature of Tennessee has passed an act for the relief of volunteers," which authorizes the Governor to impress into the army-all the free negroes of that State, between the ages of fifteen and fifty years, being sound in mind and body. These volunteers are to perform such menial service in the camp as may be required, and to receive therefor regular rations, with eight dollars per month as wages. How the Fiends Treated the Wounded. It was reported that John H.

Morris, color-bearer of the 2d Regiment N. Y. S. was killed. How this report originated may be gathered from the following statement by Mr.

Morris, who is alive at Washington, and who relates the manner in which our wounded were slaughtered by fiendish rebels Being confined in the hospital in Centreville, at the time it was jired by the rebels, I had an opportunity of witnessing their actions with regard to the wounded many of whom they dragged out through the windows, and bayoneted; others were killed by the butts of muskets. I escaped by feigning death, and scarcely daring to breathe. They afterward fired the building, while many were yet inside. Soon afterward they retired, and I made good my escape to Washington." Mr. Morris was wounded in four places, but is in a fair way to recover.

There is astounding evidence before the Potter Investigating Committee, that there are employees in the Washington Navy Yard, who are engaged in aiding the rebels. Disgraceful Conduct op Cot. Miles. Our disaster on Sunday is ascribed to Col. Dixon II.

Miles, who commanded the reserve, and failed to come at the critical moment. The evidence of his drunkenness is overwhelming, and his command has been takeu away from him. lie will probably be court-martialed. New York Tribune. A Western military man, who was on the field and near where the charge of Southern cavalry which decided the battle was made, expresses the opinion that to the inefficiency of the Commanding General's staff, more than to any other tiling, was the disgraceful rout owing.

Through this inefficiency, many of Gen. McDowell's orders never reached the officers to whom they were addressed. Boston Traveller. CHILDREN'S CONVENTION AT LONGWOOD, CHESTER COCSTT, On Seventh day the 17th of the- 8th mol, (August) 1SG1, at 10 o'clock, A. il.

cicu Joseph's seventh annual letter to tub little FOLKS. Dear Children, Before the tpple trees were In blossom, or a nest of young robins bad pipped their way oat of the tiny blue eggs, soma boys and girls began to stir about oar Children's Convention, which we have, held annually sinoe 1855. So, some of them wrote a letter, and it to an "uncle" of theirs, proposing to hold it in hot baste, and not wait for the nsnal time, in the autumn. Way did not open, however. Would yon believe it, one of the signers is a Seeessmust Time was when he was a brave boy, but he seceded into the State of Matrimony.

Even thy good name will not Shield thee William! There are Strong indications thai others may go, bat we mast not be discouraged we can a lord to be magnanimous, and yet sustain oar Government," which we are determined to do at all hazards. The time has now arrived for the children consider this anniversary their own. However, I took tb responsibility to see onr friend G. Peiroe about the grand old Park, to go into after the meeting shall be over. As usual, the birds poured out a torrent of warbling, as though they had something to say on the question and I jost thought that if every melodious sound could come down like a snow flake, festooning the and making a white carpet under their wide-spreading boughs, and you were all there for about five minutes in your little bare feet wouldn't it be real fun to see 1000 or 1500 little tracks By the way, that must be multiplied by two, as each fellow would make two impressions.

You would be as joyous as the little girl that had tight shoes, and took them off, stocking and all, saying, Then, little feets, now be happy, won't you I like snow and water. I have thought, sometimes, there would be a baby born, if it is not already, that would make light and fuel out of water. We shall see. Girls and boys, what do you remember the farthest back How we should all be amused to hear each tell the etory Well, when I was a wee little fellow, I had a fashion of running down, and playing by the side of a stream like the Brandywine. Father had cautioned me, without the de sired effect.

One day, he had me take off my clothing, and, suddenly as a bird would swallow a worm, soused me neck and heels under the water. I sprang for the shore, but how I came to succeed in getting there, I never could tell. I was so frightened that I did not hear my father calling me to stop. I leaped like a young antelope, into the village street, and bounded in at the front I learned a lesson of obedience that day, and that is the farthe.t-that I can remember away back amidst the star-beams of near half a century. I wish the traitors could all be taught an effectual lesson.

I think they will be. They are like the borers who destroy our beautiful trees. Children, we must all work and pray, that the Angel of Liberty may east -out the Demon of Slavery which is boring out the heart, and causing the leaves on the tree of the nation to look sallow. The tree must not be suffered to die. When I think of overthrowing oppression, patting down intemperance, tobacco using, profanity, and all other evils, I can't help feeling that little children may aid in the work.

I believe in my heart the holy Jesus thought so too, for we read, Aud they brought young children to him, that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of God." Verily, I say unto you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God aa a little child, he shall not enter therein." There is a cord reaching from where we are, to where the lover of little children dwells. Let every little hand take hold of itt and, as some one said, it will ring the bell and though we may not hear, the anjjels will hear, and God will hear, and answer us according to our works. Come, then, come one, come all When you think the wagon is full, sit a little closer, and crowd one more little fellow in. Our meeting will occur in August, the anniver- sary month of British emancipation, when hundreds of thousands of little children, with their parents, were changed from the condition of cbattelism into freedom.

God hasten the period when the foot-print of a slave shall not pollute our fair land A noble little Chester county boy raised six dollars in fixe cent pieces last winter, and sent it to the committee to relieve the starving people in Kansas. I have never seen him. I hope he will come to the Convention. I would rather shake hands with him than with a chieftain or a conqueror. Let the gallant little State of Delaware, our own counties of Lancaster, Montgomery, and Delaware, all be represented as usual, for we are to have a good time.

The order will be first to hold the meeting, then load a couple of wagons with the well-filled baskets, when we will all walk over to the Park, with the distinct understanding that no carriages are to enter the gate. Affectionately, your Uncle and Friend, JOSEPH A. DUGDALB. P. S.

The West Chester and Philadelphia cars on the' Baltimore Central will arrive at 10 o'clock, A. at the Greenwood Station, twenty minutes' walk from Longwood. Proposals for a New Book of Marttrs. The undersigned respectfully solicits authentic information of every case of outrage and wrontr per petrated by the Southern chivalry upon Northern citizens, and" upon southern men who have Buttered on account of anti-slavery principles, in order to put them on record for the information of future genera tions. Every person who has himself suffered, or who may know of instances of commercial men, teachers, preachers, travellers, young ladies, who have been hung, or killed in any way, tarred and feathered, ridden on rails, or otherwise outraged, with the amount of pecuniary loss incident thereto, together with the amount of debts which remain unpaid for the last fifty years, is desired to write out and forward to the undersigned an accurate account thereof, giving names, dates, localities, etc.

Let every communicant give his name in full, and Post Office address, that the facts, if necessary, may be verified. Editors favorable to the above will please copy, for we want facts to enable ns to estimate the value of the Divine Institution." L. G. Olmstead, New York. Slaters on Their wat Houe with Negroes.

We have received reliable information from the African squadron, to the effect that the following vessels have shipped cargoes of negroes on board on the coast, and sailed with them for the Western hemisphere. The Fairie, said to be of New York. The Alexina, said to owned by Crocker New York. The Storm King (an old name in the trade.) The brig Martha Post, of Saybrook, said to be owned by Post and others. The Storm King is said to have succeeded in getting on board one of the most profitable cargoes of negroes ever shipped from the Congo River.

She was neither boarded by man-of-war, nor overhauled in any The Falmouth was reported to be getting a pretty large load of negroes. At a time when these escapes are reported, it is annoying to read of the intended removal of our store-house on the African station from St. Paul de Loanda to St. Helena. The old United States storehouse was located, it will be remembered, at Porto Pray a but in consequence of the number of slaves eluding the vigilance of our cruiser off the mouth of the Congo, it was transferred to St.

Paul, which is in the centre of the slave-trader's track. The motive alleged to have induced the Commander-in-Chief to go to St. Helena is the brutal treatment of our storekeeper, Mr. Bonne, by the Portuguese authorities. All the men-of-war, but one, attached to the coast of Africa fleet, have been recalled.

Com. Advertiser. Commencement at Cambridge. A correspondent of the N. Y.

Christian Inquirer, writing about Commencement at Cambridge, says "The chief impression left on my mind by the week at Cambridge is satisfaction at the new life among our scholars, and the signs of better understanding between opposing thinkers. It is too much to anticipate or desire a thorough fusion between our radical and conservative men; yet there" need be no confusion, and I confess to being refreshed by hearing the voices of Everett and Emerson in the same hall, and seeing those two famous men in different ways, Wendell Phillips and Motley, talking and laughing together over the old times when they were in col-lego together. Time writes marked lines on these two classmates, who were before us a year at Cambridge and the face of the reformer looks as sharp and militant as a fortress, whilst the historian's has the genial play of a broad landscape, with free rivers, fresh groves, and smiling vineyards. I confess to pleasant associations with both men, bet cannot Hp wishing that the radical would take some lessons from the scholar and patriot." What lessons Edward Everett on the War. The Commencement at Dartmouth College took place on the 25th ult.

At the Dinner of the Alumni Association, Hon. Edward Everett made a brief speech, in the course of which be said 7 "In reference to our present national crisis, I would remark that it is not the most unbroken prosperity that is most favorable to the development of national character. The late disasters to our arms need cast no gloom of despondency over the hopes of final success. English people often think it strange that wo erected Bunker Hill monument, because ther say we were defeated in the battle but when Gen. Washington learned how bravely the new militia had met the advance of the British regulars, he remarked that the cause of the country was safe." (Great applause.) The speaker then referred to the many defeats which were our lot in the revolutionary struggle, and to several where public clamor hurried on Uie army before its preparations were completed.

Let no patriot be discouraged in the present conflict, We have an executive at the head of the government whole hands are upheld by twenty millions of free people with proffers of money in sums far exceeding what is required; with thousands on every side asking not who shall stay at home, but who shall go forth to defend the liberties of the common country. In view of this, I would say that final defeat is utterly impossible. (Loud cheers, and rising of the The Memort of John Brows Honored. Tho correspondent of the Boston Journal' Burleigh writing from Charlestown, Virginia, under date of July lyth, savs This town is the real hot-bed of rebellion. Tho men make no secret of it In one house where Capt.

Doubleday has his headquarters, the man is open and avowed in rebellion. lie had the rebel flag in his house after the troop took np their quarters on his grounds. Taunted them with cowardice. Said they dare not come when the troops of Davis were here, and declared, if there was the least chance, he would now strike the blow. The site on which John Brown was executed is near his house.

The New York are encamped, on the hill, and the soldiers daily visit the spot by hundreds, singing a song, the retrain of which May Ileaven's smites look kindly down Upon the grave of old John Brown. The jail in which he was kept is opposite the hotel of the place, and the court-house in which he was tried is now the headquarters of the Pennsylvania Division All these were sights of great interest All the men got some token of the fate of the plucky old man. The people of the town are annoyed at the constant Inquiry about the hero of Harper's Ferry, and perhaps one cause of theubitternesa is the commotion created by Uie arrest ana deatn ot Mr. Brown." MASSACHUSETTS A. S.

SOCIETY. receipts. Collections by Parker Pillsbury From Worcester A. S. Society, South division, Alfred Wyman, Worcester, $6 00, 10 00 25 00 25 00 Mrs.

Mary Mav, balance of pledge, S. May, to redeem pledge in part, Collections by C. Burleigh Danielsonville, $3 35 Plainficld 40c Oneoo, 37c Rice City, R. 3 94 Wetport, 49o East Hampton, 3To Fall River, 10 Uxbridge, 61c Edmund Jacknon, to redeem pledge, 50 00 Henrietta aarcent, donation, 6 00 Contribution 4th July at Framingham, 161 IS Samuel Barrett, to redeem pledge, 1861, 20 00 EDMUND JACKSON, 7Wv. f- MERCY B.

JACKSON, M. having had fif teen years' experience in the Homoeopath io treatment of diseases, offers her professional services to the Ladies and Children of Boston and vicinity. References. David Thayer, M. D.

Luther Clark, M. D. John M. Tar ball, M. Boston.

Eliphalet Clark, M. Portland, Me. Rooms No. 20 Bnlfinch street. Office hours from 2 to 4, P.M.

37 ESSEX COUNTY. A meeting of the Essex county Anti-Slavery Society will be held at Salem, Sunday, Aug. 4, day and evening. Parker Pillsbcrt, A. T.

Foss, James N. BrrrrM and others will speak. The publio are cordially invited. CHARLES LENOX REM0ND, President. Ltdia M.

Tennet, See'y. MARRIED In this city, at the Joy Street Church, Sunday evening, uly 8, by Rev. J. Sella Martin, Mr. Frederick T.

Boas to Miss Sarah A. Naos, of Salem. DIED In Cambridge port, on Thursday, July 25, of cholera infantum, William Wells, son of Wm. Wells and Annie C. Brown, aged 5 months.

Iu Millbury, July 27, Mr. Wm. Jackson, aged 43. SERMONS AND SPEECHES BY ERR IT SMITH i containing his Six Sermons on the Religion of Reason, and three of his recent Speeches one of them delivered lately, on the War. Prioo 60 cents.

For sale by ROSS TOESEr, July 19. It No. 121 Nassau street, N. Y. S40 PARKER S40 Sewing Machines, TRICE FORTY DOLX.AB.S.! THIS is a new style, first class, dcuble thread, Family Machine, made and licensed under the patents of 11 owe, Wheeler A Wilson, and rover A Baker, and its construction is the best combination of the various patents owned and used by these parties, and the patents of the Parker Sewing Company.

They were awarded a Silver Medal at the last Fair of the Mechanics' Charitable Ado-" ciation, aud are the best finished and most substantially made Family Machines now in the market. E2f Sales Room, 188 Washington street. GEO. E. LEONARD, Agent.

Agents wanted everywhere. All kinds of Sewing Machine work done at short notice. Boston, Jan. 18, 1861. 3m.

IMPORTANT TESTIMONY, Report of the Judges of the last Pair of th Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. "Four Parker's Sewiho Machines. This Machine is so constructed that it embraces the combinations of the various patents owned and used by Elias Howe, Wheeler A Wilson, and rover A Baker, for which these parties pay tribute. These, together with Parker's improvements, make it a beautiful Machine. They are sold from $40 to $120 each.

They are very perfect in their mechanism, being adjusted before leaving the manufactory, in such a manner that they cannot get deranged. The feed, which is a very essential point in a good Machine, Is simple, positive and complete. The apparatus for guaging the length of stitch is very simple and effective. The tension, as well as other parts, is well arranged. There is another feature which strikes yonr committee favorably, vis there is no wheel below the table between the standards, to come in contact with the dress of the operator, and therefore no danger from oil or dirt.

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