Named Entity Results, William S. Johnston

August 25. This evening, Mr. William S. Johnston, a nephew of the rebel general of that name, and grandson of Mrs. Henry Gilpin, of Philadelphia, was arrested in that city as he was about leaving for the South. Mr. Johnston made no resistance whatever, and was taken to the Central station, accompanied by some friends, amongMr. Johnston made no resistance whatever, and was taken to the Central station, accompanied by some friends, among whom was Townsend Ward, of Philadelphia. A strict examination of his effects was made by the District Attorney. In his trunk was found a large number of papers addressed to prominent Southern citizens, and a map of the seat of war in Virginia. His commission, however, was not discovered. After his examination, Mr. Johnston baMr. Johnston bade farewell to his friends, and was conveyed to Moyamensing prison in charge of the officers.--N. Y. Commercial, August 26. All the large craft, schooners, and sloops, and small, rowboats and skiffs on the Potomac River, were seized by the Government authorities.--N. Y. Herald, August 27. A Union man named Moore was kill

Arrest. Philadelphia, Aug. 27. --Wm. S. Johnston, the nephew of Gen. Johnston, has been arrested. Arrest. Philadelphia, Aug. 27. --Wm. S. Johnston, the nephew of Gen. Johnston, has been arrested.

the field, And his cohorts had brass enough, thinking it said; And the of bin guns was as bright as the brace levels old Abraham Monkey and Ass, Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host, with their banners, one Sunday was Like the leaves of the forest when autumns had blown, That seat, in the evening, were running or strown, For a was spread on the wings of the blast, And it breathed in the face of the foe as it past;-- No wonder it for led the array, And David and Johnston commanded that day, And there ran the stand that was swift as the wind, Put the Yankees him and left him behind; Yet and was swifter than they; But only the former has gotten away. There trembled the Congressmen, frightened and pale. With here and there scattered some Yankee female; And their tents were abandoned, their cannon , And their trumpets of brass for a season unblown, And the puppies of York are so loud in their wail, That you'd think you had trend upon Horace's For the beast

and acknowledged himself the bearer of dispatches from England to President Davis. The dispatches are in his trunk, seized a few days since at New York. The officers have left with their prisoner for Washington. The following officers of the U. S. frigate Congress, at Boston, have resigned: Captain of Marines Fausett, of Virginia; Second Lieutenant Wilson, of Missouri; Midshipmen Claiborne and Cass, of New Orleans. A dispatch from Philadelphia announces the arrest there of William S. Johnston, a nephew of the Confederate General of that name. His trunk contained a number of letters for the South, one of which speaks of the prisoner as "an officer in the Confederate army." The name of the steamer seized by the Confederates at Evansville, La., on the 22d, is the Samuel Orr. She was taken up the Tennessee river. Her cargo was valued at $20,000. It seems to be understood that a large camp of instruction will soon be formed in the immediate vicinity of Baltimore.