'cl~~r-~~ee~~~Z~~~~~'~: WA . T}EWlS,editor '" aiid Pro~~iietor.' TE, ALS,..--;.yrtr 131.01 E", Is i ttiltEr a weoli of .51- it '3 oar-75 'roots for. Mx moothf..—'o, con ta 101 three months—in advance. " - ' ' HUNTINGDON;;:PA -Tuesday afternoon, Sep.-10, 1861 llldon Ooderenoe. "'TEO D'emo'cratic and Republican Corranittees.pf ,Conferenee appointed by Cour4 ,lielegatO !ConVentions'of ,theLparties; inet' in ,the Court House on Tuesday afternaon August 27th, arid put in :nornination the following Union ticket :. - • ASSEMLY, • JOHN SCOTT, df Huntingdon ASSOCIATE JUDUE, BENTE'. PATTON, of )Irarriorsmark C6IISTY CO3IMISSIONER JOHN S. v ISETT; of Franklin • L" COUNTY TREASURER, JOHN A. YASH•; Of Huntingdon., DIRECTOJIUF urn POOR, •!, JAMI§ iIt.NIAR§ON, of Casille ADIJITOft, .4ILTON SA'NGIZEF,,of Walker. • fine folloNiinresolutionsNrore road and unanimously:o4TO 1?y : tho Con- ference Raolad, 'Mitt it behnotieS every true pat riot in this important crisis in our Country, to lay mile party trammels and sustain the Na tional and State' Governments=in supporting the Certstitutioil : afl preserving the Union of the Statei. ,/ks 3 1%4 we :should use every effort to foster and keep alive the re of patr iotism now.filling thelireaisti of rill true and loyal American e:tizens., Resolved, That th is Convention, represent ing both the political 'parties of the County, have the fullest confidence in the integrity and capacity of Hon. GEORGE TAvt.ort, and they commend him to the support of the peo ple-for President Judge of this Judicial Dis trict, believing him to be a pure and upright citizen and a learned and able Jurist. The Pennsylvania Troops. , We find the following iteni of impdr tat-It news among the Washington spe cial-despatches to The Press of Satin-- 'clay : "Hon. John Covode arrived here to day, and-effected an arrangement so as to prevent any conflict between the Federal and Pennsylvania State Gov ernments. Governor Curtin will ,be -instructed to'commission all regiments now in the field, and those authorized to be raised in ,Pennsylvania by the War DepariniencgiVing all volunteers the benefit of the State appropriation, while the United States will clothe and . organize them." This arrangement mill be satkfaelo ry to thousapds of men who have vol unteered in Regiments authorized to eY . NV; reeeive N State appropriation the same as if they had been called into service by Gov. Curtin. Zir * 1311;611TANT TO THE DI ES -Such' `.old Berens' will make us hia accustomed visitation, and our lady friends will be devising ways and means for the protection of their forms front the penetratiVe assaults of his chilling breath. Nov every lady will bear us out in the assertion that nothing is more conducive to the comfort and fine appearance of a female in cold weather than a substanaial and fash ionable set of Furs. This being an admitted fact, it is with pleasure that we direct the at tention of those interested to the in ducements offered by John Fareira, the favorite furrier of 718 Arch-Street Philada. llis . card appears in this, is sue. • The Ladies of Huntingdon coun ty.will please read the article headed " - To the Ladies of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware." We feel very confident that the ladies of this county will not be behind those of any other county in:the State. Camp Huntingdon has been uuited with the Mountain Encampment—the men joining Col. Hamilton's Regiment to form a part of Gen. James' Brigade. The horses for the cavalry and artil lery will be purchased in this and ad joining counties. - • fie' Colon and Porter have a con tract to purchase horses_for the Gov ernment. They will buy in Hunting don, September 12th; in Petersburg, Septembei.l3th. Those having horses for salo should bring them in on those days; as . it will be. the last oppoi•tunity to sell to the Government. ger We call attention: to " The Union" Hotel card of Upton S. New comer, of Philadelphia. Our friends visiting the city will find this Hotel the place to stop at. MOUNTAIN - ExcAmpluENT.—Two ear loads of tents, etc., arrived for this en campment on, yesterday. We have been assured that a full regiment will be in the field within a week. MILITARY BOOKS.—The various kinds now on hand at Lewis' Book Store.— See advertisement in another column. Dar. The portrait of ex-President Ty ler, which had heretofore been in plain sight in the Department of the Assis tant Secretary of State, was taken down on Friday and transfemd to the rubbish room in the garret. Our Army Correspondence. CAMP . TENEkgept. 5;1861. DEAR GyYRE postponed writing to Yeftfbr: several days on,ac-, count of not having much news to give you; well, in fact, I have not much now of any importance to give you, but what I can. In the first placti-the news came here that old . Jeff was, dead; this .is causing great rejoicing among the boys. Last night the cry - .of. War ragedlbrOughout th'e' camp;" we n were, .ordered to draw ra tios for one day, paelilnapsacks and ho'rdady to marelv,iiway: The even ing passed off andThed time came; we - Were ordered to retire until the long roll of the drum Was heard, or the booming of cannon, then to be ready at a, minute's warning. All passed off quietly the' remainder of the night, with -the exception of the noise of Artillery marching about one mile off from us, the sound of the-bugle was distinctly heard and this itself cheers the soldier up. The soldiers crawled out,of their tents, and listened very attentively to the rumbling of the Ar tillery wheels . ; sonic were 'beard ex pressing themselves by, saying, they wished to God they could go. 1 thbught, but not saying it, you will get the ehaned before very long. - As I ani writing, the long roll is beating in another camp west of us; the boys can be .seen, double-quielting and form ing up. I tell you the boyS in our camp are eagerly watching and seeing them leave and expecting the orders to march, ourselves. , We have every reason to think that a - haTtlels not far_ off, 5 Perhaps some of us "OOrd, lint what matters.that, it is 'Dir. our, country we Came for, and if we set half a chance, I think we will do our duty, particu larly the, Pa. boys. I am glad to hear of the Huntingdon county boys enlisting and offering themselves for the service of their country. There never was a time Our country stood in need of men more than it does now. Yesj say now is the time; there - is no'excuses now say ing we have to wait too long before we can march. By what I, can learn I the government accepts them as quick show their to,ge: Camp Tenely is not quite so health ' thy as it:Was, ;..There is'a groat many in the ifospital, but none dangerously ill. I think ail will get well in a few weeks. I must close my writing for this time. with a promise to write of tener and give more news. Yon will please look over all imperfections, and consider me your ob't servant, CUBA. OUR CORRESPONDENCE. NORTH ITENDERSON ; 111., } , Sept. 2, 1801. DEAR GLOBE :—I tul.o this opportu nity of dropping you a few items from Prairie land. Since I last wrote, I was sick for about a week with some thing like fever, but am again able to work, fur \ditch blessing, health. I am truly very thankful, for. The health of this section of country is very good. I beard-of no fume at all yet, Last ,Tuesday the good ° people of this vicin ity, gave a public dinner to a new company of infantry lately raised in Aledo, Mercer county, for the defence of our flag—in less than ten days.— Nevins, the recruiting officer for Mer- men of the bone and sinew ofr — tTie county, and had them accepted and on their way-. They are now at Jackson ville, Morgan county, 111., at a camp of instruction. Their captain is a graduate of West Point, and ought to know how to drill them. Ho was treasurer of the county, but at his country's call, resigned that office, and better still 'he is a Democrat, though Mercer is strongly Republican. Mr. Shedd was a popular man, and I know he will make an excellent captain. Wheat was only 45 cents per bushel last week. I threshed out my crop. and sold it at 50 cents per bushel. I sold 224 bushels at that price. .I am building a liciuse with the proceeds.— Perhaps I may be getting a house keeper yet, - who knows. We all know that is an indispensible article of fur niture in any house. Corn is still only a dime per bushel shelled. A great deal of corn is still to sell in the coun try. I have 300 bushels of old corn yet, myself, and I will have to take that low price, and having no team I will have to pay out 4 cents per bush el, to get it to market; this will leave me six cents nett and then it costs an other cent a bushel to shell it. Had corn been the price it was last year, about 35 cents, I would have made 25 dollars per month, where I will make about 8 or hardly that on last year's farming. My letter perhaps is too long already. ours, A COMPARISON.--Two States, New Toile and Illinois, alone, contain a lar ger free population than the whole of the deren States now embraced in the Southern Confederacy! In consider ing the enormous amount which will he required by direct taxation to sup port the Confederacy, if it ever should be a recognized fact, this table will suggest some important suggestions.— Here are the exact statistics from the census: Stare States. 'WE Top.' Alabama Arbansaa 3'14.32,11 Free States. Free P.p. Florida 78.686 Georgia - 595.007 Louisiana 316.013 . 854.690 n g l o 4 ;tr tn e ' a P ialitin 241.622 South Carolina 201.271 Tennessee ' 034063 Team 420 251 Virginia 1.105.100, New Yolk 3.887.642 Illinois 1711.753 EOM I= EC= The above shows an excess of free population in the two free States named over that of the eleven Confederate States of about 18,000 souls. These States have three and a half millions of slaves, which, in a long war, will not prove an element of strength. A PATRIOTIJI SWEDE.—Baron E. Von Vegcsank - ,a Swedish officer, who dis tinguished himself in the war of Sehlesivig-Holstein, has offered his. , sword to the Government. Ire brings letters from the King of' Sweden, re commending hint to its fhvorublecon sideration, ' The Latest News. ,Proan Washington and Vicinity, WAsnixaToN, Sept. 6.-9 P. M.—A reconnoisanee was made to-day along the whole frontier of the Federal army, in Virginia, from a point opposite the chain bridge to Alexandria. The con dition of all the camps is excellent, and strict military discipline everywhere enforced. The soldiers arc anxious to meet 'the enemy, however large may be the three. The heavy tiring this, morning was from battery practice, which persons a mile distant construed into an en gagement, a battle having from day to day been predicted by many, owing to the near approach of the two armies. The, confederates ,liave taken pos session of and erected earthworks on a bill about a mile south of and COM manding the residences of Gilbert,Va»- derwecker, and Gilbert 'Vanderberger, four miles from the Chain Bridge, Both of these are occupied by our pick ets, while the pickets of the enemy are clearly within sight: The firing .be tween them freqUent, oath • party availing 'themselves'of -every opportu nity'for a shot. It is feared that the confederates intend shelling these hou ses, which belong to well known Union men. „ Last night, while on picket duty in the neighbbrhood of the residence of •Mr. Vanderweeker;Sergeant Ivens and private William Fogerty, of, company E, oth Massachusetts ,Peginiont, were taken prisoners. , Gen. McClellan crossed the Long Bridge last night, and passed along the outposts of the army, returning by of the Chain: Br,idge; tcppersonal ly satisfy.limself of the condition of affairs,,and arrived in Washington be fore !midnight. His own habits of watchfulness and industry have a most excellent effect on the entire army or ganization. Manson's heights are still occupied by the enemy, who have planted two heavy pieces - of ordnance at their earthwork's. The Confederate pickets continue to fire at the house of Mary Hall, on .the right of Ball's cross roads, where our pickets are sheltered. , An order was- issued-to-day for the shooting of a soldier on next Monday, for sleeping at his post. Wm. Thomas, arrested as a political prisoner, has been released on the ground that he is a British subject and committed no offence. Prof. Lowe, from 13 is balloon, reports the position of the Confederate army about the same as it was three days ago An anonymous telegraphic despatch to the reporter for the Associated*Press, dated at Chain Bridge, says Captain Strong, of the 2d regiment of Wisewi sin volunteers, had a narrow escape this morning. He was on picket duty three miles iu front of our lines, on the Virginia side of the river, opposite Chain Bridge. Being mounted, and in advance of his men, he was sudden ly surrounded and taken prisoner by six Secessionists, composed of four in fantry and two cavalry, After taking him a short distance to the rear, they demanded his pistols.— Thinking this was his only chance of escape, he drew a revolver, fired, and shot two of his captors. Then putting the spurs to his horse he started for .1-q-6.9,DA-Th9P ) l 444.lPLl,,,LT.hoJrulaiqsler passing through his canteen, another through his coat, grazinf , the skin, and a third through his left cheek, Passing out of his mouth. Neverthe less he made good his escape, and came into camp this afternoon, ready again to enter upon duty. Captain Strong fought bravely at Bull Ilan. Glorious News from North Carolina,. FORTRESS MONROE, Sept. 5, via Bal timore.—The steamers Monticello and Harriet Lane arrived from Hatteras Inlet this morning and report the grat ifying intelligence that the rebels have abandoned their strong fortifications at Ocracoke Inlet. Multitudes of North Carolinians have demonstrated their loyalty to the Government by coming to Hatteras Inlet to take the oath of allegiance. Col. Hawkins sends word that he administered the oath to be tween two and three hundred persons in a single clay. The steamer Pawnee still lies in the Inlet and the Susquehanna on the out side. The Susquehanna ran down to OCER coke Inlet and found the fortifications were completely deserted. The rebels bad carried away the guns, and the white flag was everywhere exhibited. FORTRESS lroNuom, Sept•. 7.—lt is supposed that the secessionists will make a stand at Fort Macon, a strong castellated place, guarding the ap proach to Beaufort. The refugees from North Carolina report that the lower counties of the State are ready to hoist a Union flag when assured of support. A perfect " reign of terror" exists. The State troops were in part re turning from Virginia. A prominent clergyman declared at Hatteras Inlet that should a Federal force invade the main land near Beau fort, it would at once be joined by two thousand North Carolina Unionists. P. T. P WASUTNGTON, * Sept. 7.—The follow ing order has just been promulged : HEADQUARTERS ARMY or TUE POTO MAC. Washington, Sept. 6, 1861. General Orders, No. 7: The Maj. Gcu. Commanding desires and requests that in future there may be a more perfect respect for the Sabbath on the part of his command. We' are fighting in a holy cause, and.shonld endeavor to de serve the benign favor of the Creator. Unless in case of attack by the enemy, or some,other extreme military neces sity, it is commended to commanding officers that work shall be suspended on the Sabbath; that no unnecessary movement shall be mado on that day; that the men shall, as far as possible, be permitted to rest from their labors; that they shall attend divine service, after the customary Sunday morning inspection, and that officers and men alike use their influence to insure the utmost decorunihnd quiet on that day. The General Commanding regards this as no idle form. One day's rest in seven is necessary for man and ani mals. More than this, the observance of the holy day of the God of mercy and of battles is our sacred duty. GEO. B. AIeCLELLAN. Major General Commanding. Official : S. WITA,TAMS,,A, Adj't Gen. !MEM The name of the private who is to be shot on Monday for having been found guilty of sleeping at his post, is William Scott; of 'Company K. 3d Reg iment Vermont volunteers. Tho War Department received a de spatch from Gcn. Rosencrans, in camp near Sutton, Virginia, dated yesterday, from which it is inferable that all is well with his command. FRANKFORT, Ky., Sept. Sen ate appointed Messrs. .To!mewl), Reed and Thornton Marshall, a committee to visit Western Kentucky and inquire of the Federal and Confederate milita ry authorities by whose direction and for what reasons they are occupying certain portions of our soil. Rouse.—Tho United States flag was hoisted over the capital, to-day, by a vote of 77 against 2:0. Mr. Deshea subsequently moved 'to hoist the State flag. Referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. The Senate is composed of 27 Union ists and 11 Southern-Rightists; the House of 76 Unionists and 24 South ern-Rightists. Frustration of an Attempt at Spring Poisoning. The following letter from a member of Small's Regiment, appears in the Norristown Register: " CAmr UasoN , Bladensburg, Aug. 29, 1801.—Dear fot :—Lasi Thurs day night I was on the second relief' guard, and while I was silently tread ing my beat, guarding two springs, I thought I saw something moving near me; I stopped, and it stood still while I looked at it ; and as soon as I turned to walk it would move again; I chal lenged, but received no answer; I chal lenged again, and was about to call the third time, when the man (for such 'it proved to be,) appeared to sink to the ground, and began to move off, and I fired about six rods from where 1 stood. Ile fell with a loud groan, and I went up to see whete he was hurt, and with the help of my neigh boring sentry, carried, him to the guard house. "Ou searching him we found a pound and a halt of arsenic on his per son with which he was about to sweet en our springsj„ A further search was made alter bringing him ti the hospi tal, and a revolver found upon him.— Why he did not use it upon me I dO not know, as he was not much hurt, only a wound in the thigh. lam glad he was not killed, as he deserves a worse death than a shot from a sol dier. " From your affectionate son, "Ptinar F. MatAsys." THE LATEST NEWS. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.--The Presi dent has respited private Scott, the "sleepy sentinel" of the 3d Vermont R w egiment, eras ; to be shot for slumbering on his post ; by sentence of a Court Martial. , The Sanitary Commission . have re commended the War Department to increase the Hospital' accomodations here, by adding fifteen thousand beds to the number already prepared. Everything is very' quiethere and along the river to-day, so ihr as we can hear. CAMP S:thrlT, Va. ; Sept. B.—General Rosencraus left our previous camp yesterday, and swept - over the moun tain in full force. The rebels are re ported as befug strong a few miles ahead. Our advance pickets were fired upon at four miles beyond us this morning. There will be a fight soon, are runnangaway. Sr. Louis, Sept. B.—The Postmaster of Osceola, St. Clair county, reports that Whea he left, news had just reached there of a fight between Gen. Lane's Kansas regiment and a body of rebels under Gen. Rains, in which the latter were completely routed with a heavy loss, and Gen. Rains was ta ken psisoner. Gen. 'Price, who was at Osceola, credited the report. BALTIMORE, Sept. 9—Yesterday af ternoon two or three rear cars of a train containing a detachment of the Harris Cavalry, of New York, and Col. Kilpatrick's regiment, was thrown front the track on the Northern Cen tral Railroad, near Cockeysville, through the criminal. carelessness of the engineer. Four soldiers were in stantly killed and several wounded— three mortally—and the engineer, on seeing the result of his recklessness, detached his locomotive and hastened to the city, -r•lhere be was arrested.— He was fired upon by some soldiers, but they _tidied to detain him. Johnson Andrew Johnson on the War. Senator Johnson, of Tennessee, made a patriotic speech at Cincinnati on Saturday evening. lie spoke warmly of t.ie loyalty of the men of East Ten nessee, denounced 'the leaders of the rebellion, and added: '"There must be no half-way busi ness. We must conquer the South, or they will conquer us. It will not do to offer terms of peace when we have merely captured Manassas; we must go further. If the rebels take Wash ington, they will take Baltimore. If they take 'Baltimore, they will take Philadelphia and New York ; and fi nally-, as their Secretary of War lately threatened, they will dictate their own terms to us in Faneuil Hall. They will form a new Government, and, in stead of a constitutional Government, we shall find ourselves crushed under the dominion of the sword. "`This is the design of the rebel leaders. We must conquer them or they will conquer us. In plain words, we must whip or be whipped. The South has been treated too long like a spoiled .child, and a badly spoiled one at that; and now, like other spoiled children, the only resource left, is to whip the badness out of it. There has been much said of late about com promise. IVith whom ? With rebels with arms in their hands? What compromise do we want? What can we have better than the Constitution trained for us by Washington and his compatriots " But suppose we should form a treaty of peace with them. Does any one believe .that if we could riot exist peaceably under the Constitution that we could not do so under any treaty that could be made? [No, no.], Sup pose a treaty should be made with the rebels, would any of the disturbing elements which brought about the present difficulty be got rid of? Not ono. Such a ticaty would be one of war. It could not be otherwise. We could not escape a fight under it, and if the fight must come, it bad better come now." [Great applause.] To the Ladies of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. [For the Philadelphia' Evening lintletizt.] 'The Secretary of, the Ladies' Aid, of Phillidelphia, having spent a fortnight, after the battle of Bull Run; in a per sonal inspwtioh of the camps and mil itary hospitals in and around Washing ton, reports that these' localities pre sent to -that Association a wide field for their benevolent operations. This field the Association resolved: to occu py, and with the assistance of Mr. Lesley, in the Wan- office, and other patriotic gentlemen; haVe established, in Washington, a - depository for such hospital stores as, wider- their auspices, may be forwarded to that point. This measure was necessary to the end that the donors might have the control and direction of these stores, and thus be assured that they would be promptly •appropriated to the use of those for whom they were, intended. The de pository has been placed under the care of excellent ladies, of undoubted loyalty .and efficiency, who will, from time, to time, visit the camps and hos pitals, and; with the approval of 'the surgeons and the aid of kind and skill ful mimes, make such distribution of the supplies under their care as they find proper and necessary. The Su -1 goon General, as well as the surgeons, of the respective hospitals, ye are as sured, will afford every reasonable fit eility for carrying out these benevolent purposes. The mischievous report that delicacies designed for the sick and wounded are served up at the repasts of the surgeons, we take pleasure in saying we have the strongest reason to believe is wholly without foundation. Without such an agency as had bedn described, supplies iorwarded might he dispensed with little discrimination, or, as has already occurred, might re main many weeks in unopened paeka gcs, 'while ourgenerous defenders were languishing, perhaps -dying, for want of just such supplies. Our undertaking is ono of magni tude. but one from which patriotism and humanity forbid us to shrink. If the ladies of our country could witness the scenes presented in the hospitals after a battle, there is no sacrifice they would not willingly makefor the relief of the sufferers; if they could hear the wounded soldier's expression of grati tude for a cup of eoeoa, a glass of pure cold water, or the smoothing of his hard pillow by woman's hands; it they could see' his despondency giving place to confidence, and- to courage for a re newal of the conflict on the slightest manifestation of woman's sympathy, donations would flow in so that our depository could not contain them. To the mon'of our land belongs the honor of fighting our country's bat tles; ours is the duty and privilege of ministering to their comfort when sick or wounded. To the ladies of Pennsylvania and adjacent States. we therefore confident ly appeal for aid and co-operation in this glorious undertaking. We call upon them as lovers of their country, as friends of humanity, as followers of Him, who went about doing good, to for ward contributions in money, or in such hospital stores not furnished by the Government. as they may judge need ful for the sick anti wounded of our army and 'navy:' The following, are some of' the articles wanted, viz : Wool en shirts and drawers and knit stock ings. Let every woman furnish a pair of's:cK , kings, also feather pillows, air , fruits, apple Putter, crackers, wines, brandy, ale, white sugar, tea, chocolate, cocoa, hrinacious preparations, spices, pickles, dried beef; hams, citric acid, oil of lemon. &c., &c. Pickles are most acceptable to the men in the camp, as well as to those in the hospital. In some circumstances they are esteemed by the surgeon valuable adjuvants. Donations in money may be sent to Mrs. Stephen Colwell, Treasurer of the Ladies' Aid, N. E. corner of Eleventh and Arch streets, or maybe handed to Mrs. Joel Jones, President, No. 625 Walnut street, or to Mrs. John Harris, Secretary, No. 1106 Pine street. Other contributions may be forward ed, freight pre paid, to Ladies' Aid, care of John P. Rhoads. Esq., 701 Walnut street, Philadelphia, marked "Hospital Stores." Small parcels to be packed in boxes or bales, maybe sent on Fridays, between 9 o'clock A. 31. and 2 o'clock P. Ms, to the church, N. B. corner of Twelfth and Walnut streets. All will be promptly forwarded to the Depository of the Ladies' Aid in Washington. Letters may be addressed to either of the officers already named. Editors of papers in Pennsylvania, Now Jersey, and Delaware, are re spectfully requested to give the fore going one or, more insertion, gratui tously, and ask for it the attention of their readers. Will not the Ladies of Huntingdon county aid their Philadelphia sisters in this good work ? The women of the South are working constantly, and with system, in an unrighteous cause, and shall we fold our hands, and say we have done enough, while husbands, brothers and lovers fight for our homes and liberties—while they sicken and (lie tbr wantof the little comforts which woman's hand can alone prepare, and which are so gratefully received by them ? We cannot fight our country's battles, but there is much we can and ought to do at once, for those who are offering their lives for us. Let each town and neighborhood organize so cieties for the collection of such arti cles as are called for above, and for ward as „soon as practicable, according to the direction ; let each woman knit a pair of woolen socks, which will be greatly needed, or furnish the yarn for others to knit, who arc willing to work, but who are not able to purchase ma-' terial. • Let those. who have fruit, dry it, or put it up in air-tight vessels, for 'use through the winter. Let us ask for contributions in money; material for shirts and , drawerS for Hospital use; flannel for bandages, pillows, bed cloth ing, large soft slippers, and green silk eye-shades, common 'whisky for bath ing purposes, tallow for annointing the feet, weary and blistered from march ing, domestic and foreign wines, jellies to make cooling drinks, dried beef, pickles, apple-butter,•towels and soap —in fact any of the' hundred little things we daily tt:se, without a thought of the self-denial of those who so cheer-. fully forego them. , These things we can do, andwepaY , rely upon the "Ladies -slid" for their : distribution, and may rest assured that our--benefactions will not be thrown• away.' It the ladies of the neighbor hoed' will send their contributions .to Huntingdon; they will be •forwarded for thorn. Our county has done. nobly in furnishing nien:--what will the to men do for thoSe who have gone from Alieir midst lIUNTINGI)ON FROM,MISBO,BRI. , Diabolical Outrage by Secessionists. HunsoN, Mo. ; Sept. 5.----Abe Huger, the baggage master. on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, furnishes,, to the correspondent ,nf the St. Louis Democrat the following account of a diabolical outrage on that road on, Tues'clay last. The passenger express train, bound west, was thrown into the Platte river, by the timbers on the east end of the bridge having been burned so as to give way when the train reached that portion. The entire train went down, the engine turning over, and-the baggage; freight,-mail and-two passenger cars fhiliiig,"piled on the top. The passenger cars. were completely crushed. I was the only one on -the train - that escaped unhifrt. After get ting out of the ' Baggage car, I com menced taking the passengers that were not killed from the wreck. HUDSON, Mo., Sept. 0, 1801.—The following additional account of the terrible - disaster on the llannib i arind St. Joseph' railroad is furnished to the St. Louis Republican : The catastrophe occurred at Little Platte river bridge, nine miles cast of St. Joseph. The bridge was a substan tial work of one hundred feet span, and about thirty-five feet above the river. Tha,binders of. the'bridge ,had been burned underneath the, track, un til they would sustain but. little .mbre than their own weight,' and the fire was then extinguished, -leaving the bridge a mere shell. The train, bring ing from . 85 to 100 passengers, inclu ding women and children, reached the river at 11 o'clock at night, and the bridge-looking secure, passed in ; but no sooner had the locomotiNe meas ured its length upon the bridge than sonic forty or fifty yards of the struc ture gave way, precipitating the entire train into tae abyss below. All the seats in the passenger coach es were torn and shoved in front, car rying men, women and children in a promiscuous heap clown the declivity and burying them beneath the crushed timber, or throwing- them out of the cars through the broken sides. Some were mangled by the machinery tear ing through the timbers; several were caught between planks pressing to gether like a vice; others were struck by parts of the roof as it came down 1 , with mighty force ; still others were' cut with pieces of Bass, while wounds and blood and agony prevailed all over the frightful scene, and shrieks of pain were mingled with the cries of terror. In this manner the two cars of the train went down, pitching the pas e k W point is about a foot andu half in depth. Only three persons, J. IV. Parker, Superintendent of the U. S. Express, Mr. Mars, mail agent and Mr. Huger, were able to afford assistance to the suffering, the remainder of those who were not killed outright bein g so disa bled as to be helpless. After doing all that : was possible for those requiring immediate attention, Mr. huger at midnight left the wreck to go to St. Joseph for medical and other assistance. H walked five miles of the way, when found a hand car upon which he proceeded the remainder of the jour ney. Two hundred.yards west of the bridge he' dikovered a heavy oak rail road tie strongly strapped across the track, and two miles further on he found the trestle work over a small stream on fire, which, however had not as yet been so badly burned that trains could not pass over or could not be easily extinguished. Arriving at St. Joseph the alarm was soon spread throughout the city, anti although it was one o'clock at night., seventy-five men ; including all the physicians. in the neighborhood, volunteered their service, and at half= past 3 o'clock a train, fully equipped, supplied with medical stores, and other necessaries was at the scene of the dis aster. The wounded had emerged from the -reek and were lying - pn the banks and upon a sand bar in the river. Sev enteen dead bodies were recovered, and it is believed that this number em braced all who were killed up to that time. Two were so badly mangled that it was not expected they would survive till morning, while many were dangerously wounded, and would have to be well taken care of to recover.— Many who will escape with their lives will be maimed and crippled. Mr. Huger, our informant, did not remain to finish the embarkation of the wounded for St. Josepl-, but was despatched to Brookfield, which is east of the bridge, Tor another train to go to the Wreck. When he left the names of the wounded were being taken down, anti also such of the dead as had pa pers or other articles about them by which they could be identified. Fifteen miles Cast of the Platte river, Mr. Huger found another bridge over Smith's branch almost entirely burned, having been fired after the train passed west., thus preventing assistance being sent from the east. Lieut. Shaw, of the Bth Kansas reg iment, killed, and Mr. Lounsberry . and Sidney Clark, wounded, are the only additional names we have at present. Two YOUNG LADIES DROWNED.—A melancholy accident occurred in Brad ford county, recently. Two daughters of Mr. A. L. Wilson, respectively aged 11 and 13 years, proceeded to bathe hi Grande river, while their mother was visiting. One of them succeeded in crossing the river, and called upon her sister to follow. In : doing so the, latter fell down, and the sister, coming to her rescue, both were carried, away by the current and drowned. Letter from Major General }hitter. The Lowell Advertiser publishes. the following noble letter from Major Gen eral Butler upon the state of tha coun try and the coming State election • U. S. STEAM FRIGATE MINN,EBOTA; OFF CAPE HATTEEAS; Aug. 27, Mil: My near Friend -4 have reeciVed your note, as those .Oemany others of inttrne friends in Massaehu-. 'setts, ,asking myoi inion - about dal qu'Oetions; and itioittO: gating my, mune as ,eandidatOor 'Governor, at the *lung eleetico: 1 re ply to , you ropresenting2them•4l l bocause our intimacy Will'permitMorp frankness than vitipld seen meet ko ward 'those less nloielk connected. As T 'have' stated' to you, and 'nit .T have • publicly repeatoti, - *hop T.. 10 home 1 left all polities, in a pakty Sentip of the tern}, behind rim, and 146,Wl