The Altoona tribune., October 03, 1861, Image 2

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ALTOONA, PA.
OTDfRSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1861.
Wbvr* pwtlM are aaknown to ns. our rule for «d
-fflftogfafo Wfoirt payment Ju advance, or s goatsutee
Wnarluuwii penons. .It la therefore* useless for all such
to (end ua ad TerUaementooVerloß to pay at the end of three
or aix month*. Where advertisemeuU are accompanied
with the money, whether one, fire or ten dollara, are will
giro ate adrertiaor the full benefit of cash rates.
8. H. PETTISGILI & CO.,
Advertising Agents, 119 Nassau street. New York, and
10 State street, Boston, are the Agents for the Altoona
W6wm, and the most influential and largest circulating
newspapers in the United States and the Canadas. They
are authorised to contract for ns at our lovmtrala.
Mr- Roller and the Volanteers.
When a man is defeated in a contest
fpr a political office, we think it should be
done honorably—not by wilfnl misrepre
sentation. If wo thought that any sane
or honest man, who knows Mr. Roller,
really believes that he is not the friend of
ottr volunteers, as has been charged and
hunglingly attempted to be proven —more
by surmises than facts—we would have a
better ple'a for appearing in his defence at
this time. None who know him could
believe the charge. Nevertheless, there
may be those who arc unacquainted with
him, and have not the means of obtaining
a knowledge of the facts in the case, who
Blight he deceived by the false accusation,
made for political effect, and for this rea
son we have, in justice to Mr. R., conclu
ded: to notice the charge and, so far as we
may be able,' place him in his true posi
tion on the volunteer question.
It is charged that he, voted against the
8d section of an act passed at the 4xtra
session of the Legislature, entitled “ An
Act to create a loan and provide for the
arming of the State.” The 3d section of
that act reads as follows:
Section 3 . That in addition to the others now
allowed bj law, the Governor be and he is here
by authorized, by and with the advice and son
sent of the Senate, to appoint a competent per
*oo of military education, experience and skill,
to have command of ail .the military forces of
Pennsylvania raised and to be raised, with Die
rank of Majpr General, who, while in actual
Service, Shall be entitled to pay, privileges and
emoluments of a Major General commanding
in the army of the United States; and he shall
also have authority in manner as aforesaid, to
appoint two persons, of like military education,
experience and skill, to be Brigadier Generals,
who, while in actual service, shall be entitled
to. foe pay and . emoluments of officers of same
tank in the army of the United States.
On the provisions of this section there
was a long and animated discussion in the
House. The arguments adduced by those
who were opposed to taking the power of
selecting superior officers out of the hands
of those who were to Serve under them,
and who were consequently more directly
interested in having competent ones, and
placing it in the hands of one man, were
certainly strong, and the question was well
worthy of consideration. A great num
ber of amendments were suggested, some
of which were adopted and others rejec
ted, but they did not change the objec
tionable feature of the section. The last
amendment offered, which is the bug-bear
of the charge agalnt Mr. Boiler, reads as
follows:
that every non-cemmissioned offi
cer, musician and private, mastered into the
service of the United States, or of this Com
monwealth, under the requisition of the Presi
dent of the United States, or the proclamation
m the Governor, shall receive, in addition to
the pay now allowed by law, four dollars per
month while in active service, to be paii them
by thisJJtate, out of any funds in the Treasury.”
Amendments were proposed to this
amendment, but they were all voted down,
and the amendment, as above printed,
adopted with bat four dissenting votes—
Mr. Boiler voting for -the amendment.
The question then recurred on the sec
tion .aa amended. Now here was an im
portant and delicate question to be deci
ded by those who were opposed to the first
part of the section— important, because
tiiey wished to do that which they thought
would be best for the volunteers—delicate,
because their action was likely to be mis
fflmatrued, just os it has been in Mr. Boi
ler’s'tew.' They were almost ananimons-
Jyln fevor of giving the soldiers the ex
faa pay, as their votes prove, but the ques
tion was whether they would, in the end,
be doing the volunteers an act of justice
snd kindness, by voting them extra pay
and hi the same time giving one man pow
to place over them superior officers who
m%ht be inferior, in military knowledge
and drill, to many of those in the ranks.
Xa onr opinion, (he question bore some
analogy to this:—A number of men are
engaged to perform certain labor on a rail
road train running oyer a dangerous.piece
& iWf»d» aed for their services they are to
rsteiver»th«r an inadequate compensation,
*bja privilege of selecting their
0$ of course, be the
fatft ftp? ten find. But those men ore of-
fered $4 per month extra for perform***®
ing the same duty, if som« p***on else se
lects the and they will run the
ride a* getting one who does not know
how to start |>r stop an engine. Would
yon, reader, feel like accepting the “extra”
and taking the risk, or compelling Others
to do so ? Now this was exactly Mr. Rol
ler’s position. He was in favor of giving
the volunteers of Pennsylvania the 84 ex
tra proposed dn the amendment, but he
was opposed, at the same time, to legali
zing an act which might readily counter
balance in injury the favor bestowed.—
For this 9 reason he voted against the sec
tion, and in doing so he complied with the
wishes of military men of his own and
other counties. The section passed by a
vote of 59 to 27.
Military men and all others can readily
discover the motives which prompted Mr.
Roller to vote against the section. The
charge that he was opposed to giving the
soldiers 84 per month extra has not been
and cannot be proven by any reference to
his votes on the question. Those who
have made the charge do not themselves
believe it, but by surmising and twisting
things awfully, they expect to delude a
few at home and make capital in the differ
ent military camps. Let not the soldiers
or any others be deceived in this matter.
That Mr. Roller is the soldiers true friend
—not in speech making, but in action—
many of the volunteers who first left this
county, and arrived at Harrisburg before
provision was made for them, can abun
dantly testify. He then jput his hand in'
his pocket and drew from his purse foe
money to provide them with refreshments
and quarters until the Government could
receive them.
An Anonymous Scribble.
Wo hare been favored with a sight of
an anonymous letter, printed and called
an “ Extra,” purporting to be written by
a gentleman of this place, on the 14th of
last month, the character of which seems
to be a very silly attack on the Pennsyl
vania Kail Koad Company.' This produc
tion of a disappointed person, who does
not reside in this place, (but with whom
we are very well acquainted,) is a re-at
fempt, on his part, to play: a smart trick—
a thing in which we never knew him to
succeed, in the eyes of others, however
often he pleases his own vanity. If we
deem it necessary, we may again, at a time
when we have..nothing to do, turn our at
tention to this learned gentleman and his
literary production—a strange mixture of
bad diction and imperfect plagiarism.
We might add, very properly too, what
has the Kail Koad Company, or such vi
tuperative attacks on it, to do witn any
question; how agitating the public mind ?
Of all times in the history of our coun
try, this is the most unbefitting to attempt
to make capital by raising a hue and cry
against this corporation which has been
managed so judiciously as to render the
greatest aid to the Government we live
under and all love so well. The benefit
of the Pennsylvania Kail Koad to the
Government,, in this, crisis, cannot be cal
culated in dollars and centij. Let anyman
calculate the time and cost of transport
ing the same number of troops and the
same amount of stores, for a like distance,
by any other means, and then take into
the account that the Kail Koad Company
has carried those troops and stores at one
third less than the regular price of trans
portation, and ho will discover the saving
to the Government, not to speak of se
curing the safety of the Capitol of the
Nation, and the city of Baltimore, thereby
preventing the secession of Maryland, and
keeping the rebels farther from our soil.
Shebxfpai,ty.—Whether the candi
dates for this office are active or otherwise,
we cannot determine from actual observa
tion, although we occasionally hear that
they are "bobbing around," kissing the
babies, complimenting the country ladies
on the quality of their coffee, bread and
butter, and doing a band-shaking business
generally. Our friend, MoGamant, can
hoe his own row at this business, being
sociable and agreeable in his. manners, but
what is better, Just as you.find him now
he always has been and always will be
found. While the office of Sheriff is one
which requires decision of character, cn
nnd sometimes seeming harshness,
at the same time its duties should be per
formed with mildness, and Mr. McO. pos
sesses these qualifications. What may be
the result of the election we will not con
jecture, but of one thing we feel sure, and
that is, that those who vote for Samuel
McGamant will never be sorry they did so;
and if he is elected the county will haye
an unexceptionable officer.
IS>la the fire regiments sent out by Con
necticut, then are bat four men who eoald not
write their names. These mndsile of Connect!*
cat have to fight Southern gentleman, like the
Fall River Bangers taken at Fort Hatteras,
where in a oompahyj of sixty-four, bat fire were
able to sign their names to the enlistment roll.
Governor's Proclamation.
Gov. Curtin lias issued the following
proclamation, by which it will he seen
that a stop is to be put to the enlistment
of menin this state for the benefit of oth
er States. |
Whzbbas, By th« twelfth section of the Act
of Assembly, passed the fifteenth day of Hay
1861, it is provided that it shall not be lawful
for any Volunteer Soldier to leave this Common
wealth as such, unless he shall have been first
accepted by! the Governor of the. State, upon a
call under a requisition of the President of the
United States made upon the Governor direct,
for troops for the service of the United States.
Ann whereas, Notwithstanding such prohib
ition, sundry persons, (many of them engaged
in raising regiments to be furnished from other
States,) are persisting in endeavoring to enlist
volunteers in violation of law.
Ann whereas, It' is necessary for the public
service and for the honor of Pennsylvania, that
her military force should be regularly organ
ized and furnished for the suppression pf the
existing' rebellion, in confonnity with the acts
of Congress of twenty-second and twenty-fifth
July, 1861, And with the taws of the State, and
that hercitizens should not be seduced into or
ganizations i independent of the State authority
whereby the raising of her quota >s embarrassed,
the regiments are not enrolled /in oar Archives,
the families of the men are deprived of the re
lief provided by the laws of the State for the
families of her own volunteers, and the State
herself by the absorption of her men in each un
lawful organizations may be found unable to
supply volunteers to fill the future requisitions
of the Government of the United States.
Here follows an order from the War
Department placing all military affairs in
this State in the hands of the,Governor,
and revoking all authorities issued for in
dependent regiments, not approved by the
Governor.
And whereas, the President of the United
States has, in accordance with the acts of Con
gress of: the twenty-second and tweutyjfffth of
July last, rpade requisitions on the Governor of
Pennsylvania for sundry regiments of volunteers
which requisitions are in the course of being
filled.
Now, therefore, I Andrew G. Curtin, Governor
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania furrthe
purpose of preventing further impositions ou
the good- and loyal citizens of Pennsylvania in
this regard, do make this my proclamation,
hereby prohibiting all persons from raising vol
unteers in [Pennsylvania otherwise than by au
thority of the Governor, and especially forbid
ding the .raising of volunteers for regiments to
be furnished from other States, And also for
bidding 8,11 citizens of Pennsylvania from enlist
ing in or attaching themselves to any such ir
regular and unlawful organizations and warning
all persons that in disobeying this proclamation
they will be disregarding the Orders of the Gov
ernment of the United States, ns well as defy
ing the. laws of the State and violating their du
ties as sobs and citizens of the Commonwealth.
And Ido hereby require all Magistrates, Dis
trict .Attorneys and officers of the Common
wealth to arrest and prosecute all persons who
shall disobey this proclamation, and particular
ly all persons and their aiders and abbettors,
who under any pretended authority, shall enlist
volunteers for any Brigade, Begiment, Battery
or Company of Volunteers other than such as
may be authorized by the Governor of this Com
monwealth, or advertise or open or keep re
cruiting stations for such enlistments, so that
such offenders may be brought to justice and
punished according to law.
GEN. SIEGEL.
We have been shown an exceedingly
well written letter from Hon. L. W. Hall,
to a gentleman in this place, written from
giving a clear and comprehen
sive statement of affairs in that State.—
Things have been and still are in a dread
ful condition in that State, but Mr. Hall
says that the Union forces are being bo
equipped, organized and concentrated as
to give hopes of better things in future.
We should like, for the benefit of our read
ers, to have been permitted to publish the
letter, but as it was not written with that
view, the person who received it preferred
not. In describing Siegel, the “ Hero of
Missouri,” as he is termed, Mr. H. says :
“Ho is very quick and intelligent and struck
me very favorably indeed. In person I would
describe him—about 'five feet eight or nine in
ches high—rather slender and light, yet wiry
muscular jand well built, seemingly capable of
great physical endurance. He has a large head
and his brain seems continually at work, his
face indicating a restlessness within. His fore
head protrudes rapidly, and his hair, long and
light in color, is combed behind his ears—by no
means a good looking and still I would not call
him on ugly man. He was dressed in a com
mon blue 'blouse and linen pants, with a buff
military Vest. Hp is raising a brigade to be
composed wholly of Germans. He seems to be
idolized by his countrymen in this city, who
are anxious to fight ‘with Sigel,' as they say.”
Pittsburgh Female College. —We
had a call from Rev. I. C. Pershing, Prin
cipal of the above College, a few days
since, and were pleased to learn from him
that the winter session of this institution
has opened with the most flattering pros
pects—thq number of pupils fulling but
10 or 12 below last session, when there
were some 260, and there is every reason
to believe jth'at the defipienoy will soon be
made up. While old colleges,; that have
stood the test of years, have been com
pelled by the pressure of the to
close their doom, the Pittsburgh College
bids fair to weather the storm and eclipse
all former sessions. No further evidence
of the merit of the institution need be ad-
We do now, as we have done be
fore, heartily recommend this college to
all who have daughters or wards they wish
to educate, believing it to be one of the
best in the country.
Tie war panic has been severely
felt by the Cambria county editors. Three
of them shut up shop since April last, viz;
Johnstown Echo, and the Alleghenian and
Mountaineer , at Ebensburg. We are
pleased to note, however, that the A/fc
ghenian has been revived, as it augurs an
improvement in the times in that region.
We hope the editor may be able to keep
his craft afloat hereafter.
Elections tar Militia or Volunteers in
Actual Service.
lie following are the sections of the
general election law giving the Militia or
Volunteers in actual , service the right of
suffrage at such places as may he appoint
ed by the commanding officer. From this,
and the of the Attorney General
of the State,/which will be found else
where, it will he seen that our volunteers
have a right to vote, wherever they may
be:— /
{74. Whenever any of the citizens of this
Commonwealth qualified as hereinbefore pro.
vided, shall be in any actual military service in
any detachment of the militia or corps of volun
teers, under a requisition from the President of
the United States, or by the authority of this
Commonwealth, on the day of the general elec
tion, as aforesaid, each citizens may exercise the
right of suffrage at snob place as may be ap
pointed by the commanding officer of the troop
or company to which they shall respectively be
long, as fully ss if they were present at the usual
place of election: Provided, That mo member
of any each troop or eompanyshall & permitted
to vote at the place so appointed, if at the time
of each election he shall be within tern miles of
the place at which he would be entitled to vote,
if not in service as aforesaid.
{76. The proceedings for conducting such
elections shall be, as far ss practicable, in all re
spects the same as are herein directed in the ease
of general elections, except that the captain or
commanding officer of each company or troop
shall act as judge, and that the first lieutenant
or officer second in command, shall act as in
spector at such election, so for as shall relate to
such company or troop; and in case of the ne
glect or refusal of such officers, or either of
them, to serve in such capacity, the officer or
officers in. command, in such company or tioop,
shall act os judge or inspector as the case may
be. •
{76. The officer authorized to perform the
duties of judge shall administer the proper oath
or affirmation to the officer who shall act as in
spector, and as soon as such officer shall have
been sworn or affirmed, he shall administer tbe
proper oath or affirmation to the officer whose
duty it shall be to act as judge; and such officer
acting-as judge shall appoint two persons to act
as clerks, and shall administer to them tbe pro
per oaths or affirmations.
{77. Tbeseveral officers authorized to conduct
such election, shall take the like oaths or affir
nations, shall have the like powers, and they,
as well as other persons who may attend, vote,
or offer to vote, at such election, shall be sub
ject to the like penalties and restrictions, as are
declared or provided in this act, in the case of
elections by the citizens at their usual places of
election.
?<B. Within three days after such election, the
judges thereof shall respectively transmit through
the nearest post-office, a return thereof, together
with the tickets, tally lists and lists of voter, to
the Prothonotary of the county in which such
electors would have voted, if not in military
service. And the said judges shall transmit an
other return of such election 10 the commanding
officer of the regiment or battalion, as the case
may be, who shall make a general return under
his hand seal, of all the companies or troops
under his command, and shall transmit the same
through the nearest post office to the Secretary
of the Commonwealth.
{79. It shall be the duty of the Prothonotary
pf the county, to whom such returns shall be
made, to deliver to the return judges of the
same county, copy certified under his hand
and seal, of tho return of votes so transmitted
to him by the judges of the election in the com
panies or troops aforesaid.
{BO. The return Judges of the proper county or
counties, in which the volunteers or militia men
aforesaid resided at the time of being called into
actual service as aforesaid, shall meet on the sec
ond Tuesday in November next, after the election.
And when two or more counties are connected
in the election, the meeting of the judges from
each county shall be postponed in such case un
til the Friday following the second Tuesday in
November.
{Bl. The return judges so met, shall include
in their enumeration of the votes so returned,
and thereupon shall proceed in all respects in
the like manner as is provided in this act, in
cases where all the votes shall have been given
at the usual place of election.
Ebensbueg & Cresson Railroai^ —
We learn from the Alleghenian that the
work of laying the iron on the above
named road is progressing rapidly—some
three or four miles being already com
pleted and in running order. Weather
permitting, in six weeks, or two months
at the farthest, the iron horse, will have
found his way to the “ Mountain Village.”
The Alleghenian, in referring to this, says:
?‘And then—hooray!— won’t Ebensburg
shake herself and spread herself and take
long and rapid strides forward ?” And
he might have added—her women grow
prettier and marry earlier—her babies cry
less and grow faster—her “fast men”
drink more and get drunker—and her
editors have fewer conscientious scruples
about speaking the truth in reference to
political opponents. These are a few of
the results of annexation to civilization in
these parts, if the town “ over the Kill”
may be taken as a criterion.
New and Valuable Map. —We have
received from the publisher, Jas. T. Lloyd,
164 Broadway, New York, a copy of his
new map of the Southern States, which
we regard as the most complete and satis
factory publication of the kind that has
yet been issued, and worth three times the
price asked for it. It is got up on 'a large
scale, and gives the names of all small
towns and streams, and on the back’bf the,
map is a very comprehensive description
of various places of note, together with
much valuable statistical information.
Every man who wishes to read the accounts
of movements of the army with satisfac
tion should have one of these maps, a
copy of which can be seen at our office.
Price 51.00. Address as above.
Worthless Wagons.— The government agents
have condemned over five hundred wagons now
at Perryville, which having been constructed of
unseasoned timber, after standing in the sun a
few days, have so dwindled and cracked as to be
worthless. They were to have cost the govern
meat over two hundred dollars each, and the
contractor who made them so carelessly will
discover that he has considerably missed his
mark this time in trying to cheat the govern
meat. 9
FBOM WASHIIfOTOK.
Baring the last week it was so frequently re
ported, front day to day, that ear troops had ta
ken possession of Munson's Hill, that when,
last night, this long-predicted event took place,
it found few believers among those | least exci
ted by sensation reports. A personal visit,
however, places the fast beyond doubt.
Tbs American flag now floats there in place
of that of the rebels.
Detachments - from Generals Richardson’s,
Keyes*, and Wadsworth’s brigades,'ami also
from Gen. franklin’s division, now occupy Mun
son’s Hill, being in command of Cot Ferry, of
the Fifth Michigan Regiment.
Early this forenoon the pickets from General
Smith’s position advanced to sad now occupy
Falls Church.
Neither . this nor the proceeding ! movements
met with any opposition whatever,: |a the rebel
army bad on Friday night retreated from the
whole line of their positions fronting Washing
ton. Upton’s Hilt this side of Falls Church, is
necessarily included among the points mow held
by the Federal forces.
The works of the enemy, at the places they
had evacuated, were, in a military view, almost
worthless, being nothing more than.rifle pits of
very common construction.
The positions at Munson’s and Murray’s Hill,
afforded the Rebels nearly an unobstructed view
of all our fortifications and other defences.
The appearance of the ground deseited by the
rebels indicated that they were deficient in
those arrangements which serve to make a camp
life, comfortable, having no tents, hht merely
shelters rudely constructed. There jrere no
signs to show tnat they had ever mounted any
guns there. Our troops are now so employed
as to show that they do not merely intend tem
porarily to occupy their present positions.
The advance of Gen. Smith on Palls Church
from the Chain Bridge was attended by events
of the most deplorable character. Having pas
sed. Vanderwercker’s and Vandcrborg’s bouses
on their way to the former place, and when
about half a mile from it, by some unaccounta
ble blunder Colonel Owen’s Philadelphia Irish
Regiment, in the darkness of the night mis
taking for the rebels Capt. Mott’s batterry,
which was in the advance, sustained by General
Baker’s California Regiment, Colonel Baxter’,s
Philadelphia Fire Zouaves, and Colonel Fried
man’s Cavalry, fired a full volley into the troops
last mentioned, killing and wounding a large
number. Tbe California Regiment, not know
ing whence the firing came, returned it with
marked effect. This horses attached to Mott’s
battery became unmanageable, and the tongues
of the caissons were broken owing to the nar
rowness of the road. Lieut. Bryant, having
command of tbe first section, ordered the guns
to be loaded with grape and oannister, and soon
had them in range to rake the supposed enemy,
when word was sent to him that ho was in the
company of friends. All was excitement, and
along time elapsed before the actual condition
of affairs was ascertained and confidence re-es
tablished. Many confused stories prevail as to
the parties on whom the blame should rest;
About 2{ o’clock this morning, in the vicin
ity of Falls Church, a scouting; party of the
Fourth Michigan Begiment, of Gen. Porter’s
brigade, met scouts of Gen. Smith’s command,
mounted, advancing from another direction,
when, mistaking each other for the enemy, shots
were exchanged, and, melancholy to relate,
five were killed. One has since died of his
wounds. Nine were wounded slightly, and three
horses were killed. This is official.: All is qui
et on the river to-day. Shipping passing up
anddown. . ’
Washington, Sept. 30,
Tho following important letter; was received
here recently ; *
D. S. SteambeNiaqaba, 11th Sept, 1861, \
Off the mqutb of Mississippi, j
The latest news from New Orleans is that
there is much suffering and distress there.
Placards were posted on the corners of the
streets, a few nights ago, inscribed: “ Lincoln and
bread!" "Jeff. Davis and starvation!”
There are great apprehensions bif Fremont’s
descent down the Mississippi river, and if he
comes many arc ready to Join him.
The Blockade- of New Orleans is closed, and
becoming closer every day :
The reconnoisonce made by. the rebels, this
morning, at Great Falls, was made by eight
regiments, with artillery. It was met by Gen.
McCall, who dispersed and scattered the enemy
by six rounds of shot and shell from a battery
planted on the Maryland side.
The position of the Federal army is about the
same as yesterday, there being; no material
changes. The day before our forces occupied
Falls Church, the rebels evacuated it with six
regiments and four pieces of artillery.
The Federal pickets now occupy qhe end of
the village, and tho rebel .pickets the other—
both positions being on the Leesburg turnpike.
The opposing pickets are not more than a quar
ter of a mile apart.
A large scouting party started out in the di
rection of Fairfax Court House this morning,
and captured three cavalry horses; also three
privates and a lieutenant belonging to one of
the North Carolina regiments. ,
A contraband was brought to headquarters at
Upton’s Hill yesterday. He was the groom of
Gen. Beauregard at the time he -occupied Falls
Cburoh as his headquarters. The contraband
states that he overheard several conversations
between General Beauregard and his officers,
ane in one instance the General remarked that
he was fearful of attacking the Federal troops
opposite Washington, owing to the fact that by
so doing bo would unnecessarily sacrifice so
many lives, but would fall back, ohid within six.
miles of Falls Church he would he happy to
welcome the United States forces “ with bloody
hands to hospitable graves.”
FBOM MISSOURI.
Jefferson City, Sept. 30.— Lieut. Col. Thach
er, and Lieut. Fennalt, who were at Lexington,
have arrived here, and give some fn teres tine
partioulars from that place. °
The say the rebels can easily tarn out, and
probably will, three 12-ponndera per week at,
the Lexington foundry, and that they are very
busy m making balls of all kinds!. They re
port that the rebels have a large amount of
powder and ammunition of every variety bnried
*“ Tlc ! mt J of Lexington, and that they have
recently dug up a great deal. i "
_ Two thousand rounds of loaded shells were
discovered by the rebels in Mulligans entrench
ments on the very day of the surrender. Oor
no ,d « a of their concealment, al
though they were deposited there three months
ago. It is said that largo amounts of ammnni
!nH are m different quarters of the west
and south of the State, having been sent out by
Gdv. Jackson before he fled from here. Our
troops would have destroyed the powder in their
possession if they had had water, or had not
feared an explosion that most have proved fatal
in their narrow entrenchments, Itappeare that
a female rebel of high social standing at Lex
l“*K, n ®Ktamed admission to Col. .Mulligan's
n ?’. di l gUlS9d “ a washer-
Tf v took »,complete sketch and plan
pf T “° wrke. reported to the rtbels. V
60 (VVB mil eT ! d r the . rebels have from! 40,000 to
60.000 men at Lexington, and are daily receiv
ing reinforcements. If attacked theWiriU stand
their ground. It is supposed that Priee will
* eek ? h#T ® froß 70.000 to OK
000 troops there, and will meet u$ with that
reb ? ,# ‘ two officers saw, fight welL
Ei®« Bl »£klhM been thatWOsdlaysw
owrale them. The fl»r«e at Lexington ere t*>
Washington, Sept 28,
calving provision* in quantities from the adia.
sent country. Wagon-loads arriTing every I*,
and they hare, h is said, every naeaiu of Ba £
pert- - *"
Green's, Rains’ i&d Parson’s troops are
ported as n mere msfb, balf-detfaed and without
discipline— no one seeming to hold a less rank
than that of Colonel. Harris* soldiers, 7 oqq
in number, are very veil disciplined and esv
cot* all their manoeuvres in thorough 'military
style. One of the rebel regiments, bavin*
helped themselves to the uniforms of Col. Mul
ligan’s troops, are now called the “Irish Btji
gade.”
Lieut. CoL Thacker and Lieut Fennalt leave
here by boat, for Lexington,this. morning.—
They will return With the wounded Federal
troops now in the hands of the rebels—about
100 in number. Before they left Lexington
they obtained a written permit from Qen Price
granting protection to any boats that may go
to Lexington for that purpose. Gen. Fremont
has approved of this action, and they will start
this morning.
Advices from Saline county report that the
rebels are overrunning that section of the coun
try with scontiog parties, who are : impressing
the Union citizens into the rebel ranks, and
levying upon their goods.
Gen. M'Kinstry and staff strived here last
evening. Gen, Pope is still here. Totten's
battery was among the arrivals yesterday.
Scouts arrived last night from Warsaw, eighty,
eight miles distant, but they report nothing
new. They beard that McCullough was advan
cing on Jefferson City by way-of Linn Creek.
The “Stars and Stripe*" waving over Colonel
Mulligan’s entrenchments was pierced by forty,
one balls, but not one struck “the Union”— a
favorable omen. ~
A special dispatch to the Chicago Tribune ,
dated Quincy, 111., Sept. 30, says:—As there is
much apecalatioD concerning the strength of
the two armies about to meet at Lexington, it
maybe interesting to state that a letter received
by me to-day from Huntsville, dated the 27th
inst, expresses the confident opinion that Fre
mont will be beaten unless he can array 60,000
men against Price.
The writer says the country is filled with
armed men marching to reinforce Price. He is
satisfied that Mulligan’s surrender added 28,-
000 to Price’s strength.
Everything is reported quiet on the Hannibal
and St Joseph Railroad;
PBOM KENTUCKY.
A special despatch to the Chicago Times, da
ted Sept. 30th, says that the rebels attempted
to burn a bridge one mile from Norfolk this
morning. They were met and repulsed byCnpt.
Nolen’s cavalry. Three rebels were killed by
the first volley, and others killed and wounded
afterwards. Only one Federal seedier was
wounded.
A wounded rebel said that as death was sure
he might as well tell the truth. He staled that
Gen. Pillow was in, Kentucky, back of Colum
bus, on Saturday, marching on Paducah, 27,000
strong, and that Jeff. Thompson's movements
are a feint to divert attention from that quarter.
Information reached Paducah yesterday that
Gen. Pillow had left Columbus to effect a junc
tion with the troops marching on Paducah, from
Tennessee. The united forces of the rebels will
amount to 42,000.
SOU Reader, have you seen Prof. Wood’i
advertisement in our paper. Read it; it will
interest you.
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To Consumptives.
And Uioso aSlicted wltli
DYSPEPSIA,
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rules on Diet, Bathing, Ventilation, and Exercise for lie
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Ague, Constipation, Heart Disease, Dyspepsia, Nerrooa
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Nov. WiUlamsburgh, New Turk.
To Consumptives.
The advertiser, having been restored to health In a few
weeks by a very simple remedy, after having suffered mt
enil years with a severe dung affection, and that dread dis
ease consumption— ls anxious to make known to his follow
sufferers tho means of cure.
To all who desire it he will seniba copy of the prescrip
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parties wishing tue prescription wil 1 please address.
Ksr. EDWARD A. WILSON.
Williamsburgb,
Kingt County, New Ywk
Oct. 4, '6o.—ly.
Catroana.—Then is, perhaps, no department
of military business in which there his been a mors
marked improvement than in the clothing of soldiers.—
Not many years since, officers and privates were clad to
garments which were almost skin-tight. They wore leather
stocks, which were worthy of the name, for they kept the
wearer in tribulation; while their padded breasts and
tight sleeves' made volition a matter of great difficulty
During the present war, such of our volunteers as pro
cure their uniforms at the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of
Bockhill i Wilson, Noe. 093 and 605 Chestnut street above
Sixth, Philadelphia, obtain clothing that is perfectly easy,
substantial and becoming. The firm named hrvo gone
largely of making Military Clothing,
and their facilities enable them to fill the largest orders to
the shortest possible time.
A Card to the Suffering.
The Be?. Wm. Cosgrove, while laboring a> a mtoioiurf
“ wa ® cured of Coosxnnptloo, when all other mean*
had foiled, by a recipe obtained from a learned physlrisa
raiding In the great city of JFeddo. This recipe has cured
greet number* who were suffering from Conanmptios,
Bronchitis, Sore Throat, Congbs and Colds, and IhadebiUlJ
and nervous depression caused by them disorders.
Desirous of benefltting others, I will send this recipe,
whh* i brought »°||£Uh me, to att who swd it, free «(
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43S> Bolton Avenue,
- ' Brooklyn, N.T.
«. Plot Woood’s EestomUve Cordial and Blood Bend
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to preront the contraction of disease, it certainly the bert
«» Benovator ever of
the afflicted. and so ehamiealiv combined as to be
POWssftU tonic ever known to seienra.
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Kind patrons, it
have addressed
and we feel sure lit
will bear us out in
have dunned less i
than any other pul
In fact we bate bu
oar paper, for mon
reason is, because
« dunned,” cousefji
dUnn others. Bn
for a particular pti
tons wbo are in del
vertising and job
will hare enough t
pose, and tliat pur
to our subscribers
ourselves. Now a
our patrons to wi
his indebtedness th
will pay up and it
about !bis mite. I
shall not succeed,
due us. If. our d
promptly, we shall
the first of Octo !
shall extend an in
that will astonish
nest, friends, and
should, we will, t
show you somethii
this section of th
arc all made out,
lay.
WIM. lUEKE BE I)
—and in Blair Com
years’ troops to bo t
under the call of the
is 75,000. As yet si
seven regiments, or
Government can not
remaining quota qf i
retary of War baa fo
it is altogether proi
Sorted to in order tc
and wo understand t
pose-have been made
put into the bands <
if recruiting officer
success pretty soon.
’Tis true Pennsyl
thousand men—pe;
regiments and brigs
for Instance, Siokl
Regiment, New Jets
ginia, Kentucky an
intents, yet for the
tad the 76,000 mu
dent of them. Tbo
intents, brigades ot
State have debarred
lies from all the pr<
may be made by tbi
reward,, as tfac Stat
rolled-It its own pr
We are glad to not
just issued a proela
effect of_prevcntia;
tbit State for the b
inm&tion will be foi
dependent of this,
Zens. Should have ei
them in their State
No one doubts t
Utah double tbe nu
her, without serioi
manufacturing or e
.she win da it, if nt
ly a want of tbe ;
cessity for comply i
of the War Depart
ing peace and pleo
of conflict sod the
5.- tion which follows
my, and therefore
accumulating evils
ty for its speedy ti
of the effects of t)
counts of the mot
ffict of arms with
If they were Iran
Thwafanst be sot
| a seal* of that*
that aamething v
of reemiting doci
tnra than it has I
gether likely—ye
we will wake up
when an officer s
pea* ns to take
V ttawUling. W
ftraotklafelee i
■ Is a
bonottaWo aboat
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