to meet at Louisville; 3, the delegates to agree | responded to in an able speech by Rev. Mr. upon a modified Constitution; or 4, a peaceable Willets, of Brooklyn, and Paymaster Bingham, l** vention and suppression of intemperance in the National Army. A. R. Wetmore, Esq., presided, and Dr. De Witt offered a prayer. Resolutions were read by Dr. Marsh, which were -THE following queries were put to the Confederate District-Attorney at Charleston: First-Is it lawful for a citizen of the Confederate States to purchase of our enemy State to meet at Louisville; 3, the delegates to agree | responded to in an able speech by Rev. Mr. upon a modified Constitution; or 4, a peaceable Willets, of Brooklyn, and Paymaster Bingham, separation. One of its plans for reconstruction is to have a Northern and Southern section in each House of Congress, and no bill to become a law until agreed to by a majority on both sides!-(Doc. 160.) of the Twenty-sixth Regiment.-(Doc. 162.) -ADMIRAL SIR ALEXANDER MILNE, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces, at Halifax, in a private letter to the British Consul at Boston, says: "I see a long article in the papers and extracts from a letter from Fort Pickens, alluding to orders I have given; all I can say is that it is not my version of blockade nor my orders on the subject."-Buffalo Evening Courier, August 5. -AN engagement took place at Messila, N. M., between a body of Federal troops and seven hundred Confederates, under command of Capt. Baylor. Capt. McNeely and Lieutenant Brooks, of the Federal army, were wounded in the engagement, and twelve of the Confederates killed. Night coming on put an end to the engagement.—Baltimore American, August 21.manded by Colonel Charles Wharton, brother of -DELAWARE has contributed two regiments for the war. One is already in the field. The other has not yet been complete, and is com -THE secret expedition from Fortress Mon- George M. Wharton, of Philadelphia. One comroe to the eastern shore of the Chesapeake pany of the regiment is entirely made up of Bay, under the command of Captain Crosby, U. Philadelphians. It is the Hancock Guards, S. A., returned to Old Point Comfort. The Capt. John F. Heishley. The men are remarkobject of the expedition was to search for ves-ably well fed, clothed, and sheltered. In this sels engaged in illegal trade, and to reconnoitre particular Delaware has equalled, if not surthe coast for defences erected by the rebels.- passed, the other States. They are encamped (Doc. 161.) at Camp Brandywine, Wilmington. - Phila August 4.—About five o'clock, this morning, delphia Bulletin, August 5. the Second Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, passed through Philadelphia, Pa., on their way home. The regiment is under Colonel A. H. Terry, and participated in the engagement at Bull Run. In the fight they lost sixteen men killed and wounded. The officers of this regiment deny that it was through hunger that the men were exhausted. The Connecticut men were supplied with full haversacks; and the only drawback in their opinion to final success, was the impetuous feeling to go ahead and fight. In order to get within the enemy's lines, a long march was necessary to this end. From two o'clock A. M. until ten they marched; and even then the men were unable to rest. To this fact alone, the officers of this regiment attribute, in a great measure, the reverse. The regiment acted as part of the reserve, and did not get into battle till late in the day.-Philadelphia Bulletin, August 5. August 5.-At Washington, the representatives of the newspaper press held a consultation with Gen McClellan by his special invitation, when it was unanimously decided that the following suggestions from him be transmitted to the editors of all the newspapers in all the loyal States and in the District of Columbia: 1st. That all such editors be required to refrain from publishing, either as editorial or correspondence, any description, from any point of view, of any matter that might furnish aid and comfort to the enemy. 2d. That they be also requested and earnestly solicited to signify to their correspondents here and elsewhere their approval of the foregoing suggestion, and to comply with it in spirit and letter. It was resolved that the Government be respectfully requested to afford the representatives of the press facilities for obtaining and immediately transmitting all information suitable for publication, particularly touching engagements with the enemy. -THE following queries were put to the Confederate District-Attorney at Charleston: First-Is it lawful for a citizen of the Confederate States to purchase of our enemy State |