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FBI. LEWIS, Editor and Proprietol
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HUNTINGDON, PA.
Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 5, 1861
SAW` It will be seen by reference to
our editorial head, that we have now
connected with us in the editorial de
partment of the Globe, as Associate
Editor, Mr. A. Tynuasr, a good prac
tical printer, and a gentleman of con
siderable talent. Wm. LEWIS.
Zer In again mounting the editorial
chair, we are fully cognizant of the
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tor, and from what little experience
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years, and have always found it to be
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itorial chair, we trust that it will be
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heretofore.
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ness.
With these few remarks, we again
bow ourself into the chair editorial.
Woon.—A few loads of good wood
will be received in payment of sub
scription to the Globe, if delivered soon.
lair We have no exciting news from
- the seat of war, but active preparations
:are steadily going on, making our
'vast army more proficient in the art
.of warfare, which will tell wonderfully
when they meet the enemy. As will
be seen in our news columns, General
:Scott, the hero of an hundred battles,
'has voluntarily 'retired from active
.duty, and the young hero of the age,
• Gen. Geo. E. McClellan, assumes com
mand of our army as Commander-in
chief. The regrets of a nation go with
Gen. Scott, but he was becoming too
.old to be burthened with the responsi-
Thle duties resting upon him. We
ihave every confidence in General Mc-
Clellan, and think that he possesses
skill and ingenuity enough for the
times. It is to be hoped so at all
PTC,Tits.
INifk We frequently hear violent par
ity men (and in most instances they
:are men pretending to be Democrats,)
.denounce every contract made by the
Government, as a party measure—a•
corrupt effort to- swindle the tax-pay
ers. We have no doubt too many con
tracts are given to dishonest Republi
cans, but with the evidence before our
eyes, we cannot deny that too many
Democrats not any more honest than
many of the Republicans, are also
anxious, and succeed too, in getting
their bands dishonestly into the public
treasury. If the Administration at
Washington could get rid of the cor
rupt politicians of both parties, the
war would come to a close much soon
er than we expect it will. We live in
hopes, however, that the good work
begun of getting rid of all scamps, will
soon bring about a more wholesome
state of affairs.
itge*Vii.e people in the North are al
tlflost uniagtocaits rhtvor of a vigorous
,prosecution i tl i te iivo.r,=Clo great ma
lority, that the Rebels may be piaoish
,cd and subdued,—and the Minority,
;that ;they may have an oppontway of
„growing fat on the plunder there is in
Government contracts, either as prin
cipals or subs. True patriotism is
found in the breasts of but very few
of the hundreds of men who we now
serving their country as contractors or
subs. The man who will cheat the
Government in its present unhappy
,condition, is no better than the seces
-419,00 Nho steals or destroys Govern
ment property.
lierft On Thitrsday Afternoon ; last,
four or five companies belonging to
the McClellan regiment, paid our town
a flying visit, under escort of the pa
trol gna,rd, commanded by Lieutenant
Kochersperger. 41.1 the men expect
to be uniformed this we*, when we
,expect to receive a visit ,from 41 the
,corct,P*9P iµ e4IIIP.
MORE TionsEs.—Yesterday some two
,hundred more horses arrived. The
iinspeetiop is going on to-day, as usual,
s hy the gentleman from Lanepster.
Some eight hundred horses have
been Inspected hem—branded, and
now belong to the Government. If
they are not already paid for, the in
spection should be investigated by the
proper officers at Washington, and the
rascality connected with it exposed,
and the worthless horses returned to
the contractor or contractors. To us,
and this whole community, it appears
from the manner horses have been in
spected, that the persons furnishing
the horses have had the privilege of
selecting the inspectors—the first, Mr.
Miller, of Dauphin, excepted. Objec
tions were made to Mr. Miller's inspec
tion by the horse dealers, and he re
turned home after passing a few of the
hundreds on the ground for inspection.
Mr. A. Lewis was the next gentleman
employed by somebody, and he passed
animals more freely than most of the
lookers-on thought was just to the Gov
ernment. But, although his inspec
tion was very liberal towards the deal
ers, it did not come up to their idea of
what it should be, and he was removed,
and a Mr. Henry Sherbone, of Lan
caster county, arrived hero on Thurs
day last, to discharge the important
duties of inspector. During Thursday
afternoon and Friday, some hundreds
of horses were inspected, and branded.
Many of them are good for the service
purchased for— but many, too many,
are not fit for the army, or any other
service where more strength or activi
ty than there is in an old muley cow,
would be necessary.
It is unpleasant for us to speak of
the dishonesty of some of the men
who have unfortunately been employed
by the Government to purchase horses
for the use of the common soldier, who
voluntarily offers his services to his
country. The best, of course, are se
lected by the officers, leaving the
worst, and many of them worthless,
for the common soldier. The inspec
tor who passes a worthless horse, is
no more guilty of a wrong to the Gov
ernment and the soldier, than the prin
cipal contractor, or sub-contractor, of
fering him for inspection, knowing him
to be worthless, and we are very sure
that any honest man, the least compe
tent to judge of the qualities of a horse,
purchasing for himself or for the Gov
ernment, or for any person not a se
cessionist, would refuse to purchase
some of the horses now here fe,edipg
at the expense of the Government.—
If the horses here already branded,
must be paid for by the Government,
—by the tax-payers,—money could be
saved by immediately selecting from
the lot all those suitable for any kind
of service in the army and shooting
the balance, as every day adds to their
cost and nothing to their value.
A. TYITURST
Senator McClure, of Franklin, we
understand, had the contract for fin•.
nishing one thousand horses. Ile was
not here. The horses were brought
here by subcontractors—but certainly
Mr. McClure can be held responsible
for the rascality practised on the Gov
ernment and the tax-payers. We do
not know who of the sub-contractors
offered the worthless horses—we only
know that there were a large number
offered, inspected, and turned over to
the Government.
As we do not wish to do any man
an injustice, our columns are open to
any of the persons furnishing horses
or connected with the inspection, for
an explanation of what seems to us to
be a dishonest transaction.
We are assured by several persons
that the best lot of horses offered for
inspection, was brought on the ground
on Friday, by Mr. John Porter, jr., of
Alexandria. Five of the twenty of
fered were immediately selected by
officers. We are also informed by a
good judge, that Mr. Lusk, of Harris
burg, offered a hundred bead of good
horses, and all passed inspection,
Tnr FRESIIET.—The heai'y and con
tinuous rain during Saturday and Sat
urday night filled the Juniata and Crib,
utaries to overflowing : The Juniata
continued to rise until near aeon on
Sunday, when it commenced to fall.
Large quantities of wood, rails, pump
kins, &e.. passed down the stream.
Very little damage, other than over
flowing cellars in the upper end of
town, and the gardens in Portstown,
was done in this immediate neighbor
hood. The Baystown Branch, we are
informed, was higher than it has been
for ten years. The destruction of fen-
C 043 and the loss of corn was very great
Rlt aiong the stream. We hear of sev
eral farmers who lost from two to eight
hundred bugbels ,of .corn. During Sat
urday a heavy storm took off a part
of the roof of the now ehurch on the
ridges in Henderson township, and also
destroyed many fruit trees. The canal,
we fear, has been so badly injured
between this place and Harrisburg,
that navigation will be closed for this
season.
COURT NEXT WEEK.—We appeal in
earnest to those of our friends in ar
xem for' subseriptioxi, advertising and
job work, to give us some assistance
next weelc and the week following,
either pepsonally or by the bands of a
neighbor coining to town.
NOTICE TO VIE LADIES.-4.11 htdies
desirous of assisting in to krcpara
ti.o.o .of a box for the use of our sick
and wounded at Washington, aro invi
ted to meet at Mrs. Ilartley's to-mor•
row afternoon (Wednesday) at two
The Horse Inspection,
lee In their proper place will ho
found two letters from our boys in the
army. They are interesting, and wo
invite D. 11. L. and Capt. McCabe, to
let us here from them often, as their
letters are eagerly read by their friends
at home. Also, to "Plus," whose let
ter we published last week, we say,
write soon again. It gives us pleasure
to publish such letters. Don't forget
us and we will not forget you.
DEATH or• GEN. SAM HOUSTON.—Late
Southern news informs us of the death
of Gen. Sam Houston, of Texas. At
the commencement of the present re
bellion he was bitterly opposed to Se
cession, but the latest authoritative
exposition of his views that has reach
ed the North, intimated that ho had
been unable to resist the pressure of
the conspirators, and that recently he
had become an advocate of their infh-
MOUS cause.
A Goon APPOINTMENT.--Capt, Alex.
M. Lloyd, of Hollidaysburg, has been
appointed by the Government, Com
missary for Mountain Brigade, and he
is now at his post discharging the du
ties of tho office. Capt. Lloyd had a
company of three month volunteers in
the command of Gen. Patterson.
A NEW STORE.—Our good looking
young bachelor friend, A. B, Cun
ningham, has just opened a new store
in Brieker's large room on Main street,
in the upper end of town. Aleck'
ought to do a good business, and we
hdpe he may. Everybody will go to
see his new goods.
Ikr. Mr. Simon White has our thanks
for three largo sweet pumpkins. Dit
to, our neighbor Dr, Dorsey, for a
mammoth pumpkin. We are "some"
on a pumpkin pie, and wo are glad
that our friends know it.
NOTICE.-All Bills made by Quarter-
Master of Mountain Brigade will be
returned to the Office of' Head-Quar
ters at Huntingdon, immediately.
IRA C. MITCHELL,
Per J. M. M.:PHI:ART, Qr. Master,
November 4,1861-2 t.
XonoE.--All. cheeks issued by the
Sailer of the McClellan Regiment,
will only be redeemed from soldiers of
the Regiment.
K. TUALIZEDIER, Settler.
Huntingdon, Nov. 5,1861-2 t..
Fut.i. of LIFE.—Our town has been
very lively for several days. Besides
the soldiers, a large number ofstrangers
are continually arriving and departing.
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
ALEXANDRIA, Now. 4, 1861
Ma. Eurrou :—Yosterday morning
our town was thrown into an excite
ment by the sudden rise in the river
at this place. Every person in the
lower street was busily engaged in
getting things out of their cellars, al
though a great deal of damage was
done to them. Fences along the river
were washed away. Gen. McGill lost
considerable in the way of flask's, lum
ber, &c. The streets were overflowed
with water, and everything indicated
the coming of a big flood, but at about
10 o'clock, A. M., the water began to
recede.
ACCIDENT.-A bout 3 o'clock, A. M.,
Mr. Wm. D. Shaw awoke up and start
ing for his stable to save his cattle and
hogs, and stepping on a slippery plank
fell and broke his thigh, which is very
painfid. As he is advanced in years,
it will set very hard on him.
Considerable damage is done to the
canal. Hatfield's Rolling Mill and
other works suffered severely, but we
have not learned the extent of damage.
If any thing more of importance
comes up, you shall hear from
1 ours, MAtteus,
Our Army Correspondence.
CAMP GRIFFIN, VA., Oct. 30, 1861.
Mu. WM. LEWIS—Dear Sir
lug been requested by several friends
to communicate with one of the Hun
tingdon papers, and having received a
package of envelopes from persons in
your town, who feel interested in the
-19th, to cover any such communica
tions, I beg room in your columns,
from time to time, to inform the pub
lic of the movements, whereabouts and
condition of the regiment.
We left Camp Curtin on the 20th of
September for Washington, where we
arrived on the 21st, and camped about
a mile N. W. of the capitol, at a spot
which Col. Irwin %tinted Camp Junia
ta. We remained there until the 26th
when we took the road through Wash
ington and Georgetown to the Poto
mac, then up the river to the Chain
Bridge, which we passed just at dark,
and camped three quarters of a mile
from the river, and a few hundred
yards south of the Leesburg Turnpike.
It was pitchy dark when we arrived
at our camping ground, and the wag
ons were behind with tents and knap
sacks, so that wo must either get the
wagons forward, or sleep without tents
or blankets. The Colonel called for
volunteers to go back, and a party was
soon organiEed under Capt. Miles, but
just as they were taking the road, a
messenger arrived to inform us that
the first two wagons had upset togeth
er in such a position, that the others
could not get pass. Any other regi
ment, with any other officers, would
have been discouraged at this, as rgn
was falling, and the ground very wet,
but the Colonel ordered a 4iktpidated
out-building to be torn down, and the
dry logs thus procured, made roaring
fires, which soon dried the ground and.
restored to the boys all Weir wonted
cheerfulness. A considerable number
took up their .quarters in a deserted
building, and atuon,Obe,ni the field of
ficers, but there was no,effort,Ql:l their
part, to secure the warm corner or the
softest plank to lie on. All fared alike,
and I dare say, of any one had coded,
or wished, the place of Lieut. Colonel
Brisbane or Major Huling, he could
have had it for the asking. Colonel
Irwin, however, was not satisfied with
the information concerning the wag
ons; but mounted his horse, and at
tended by Quartermaster Mitchell,
rode back through a driving rain, over
stumps and stones, and through ravines
and swamps, to hurry them in, lie
made himself a lied by arranging two
poles so as to keep his body aut of the
mud, and after sleeping a few hours,
brought in the.baggage at au early
hour the next morning,
We remained, Piero until the 29th,
when we moved three miles further
towards Palls ChUreh, to Vanderwor
ken, where we remained until Oct. 9th,
when we marched back to the Turn
pike at Port Stnith, and out to our
present position, ¢topping twice on the
way to support. a battery which ac
companied us. We arrived here about
9 P. M., and at once occupied the
trenches, where We remained till morn
ing, when our baggage arrived, and
we laid out our town, and put up our
houses,
Our position i 4 two and a half miles
N. W. of - Minor's Hill, one mile N. R
of Lowinsville, five miles from Chain
Bridge, and one mile south of the
Leesburg Turnpike, We have boon
in the advance over since we came in
to Virginia, which is no small honor,
and excites considerable surprise; how
ever, considering the character and
experience of our Colonel, and the ma
terial his regiment is composed of, it
should cause no wonder when such
men as command the armies of the
United States, exhibit confidence in
the 49th. One Ailing has somewhat
surprised me; that our camps, with
one exception, have faced towards the
south, and our line of battle has inva
riably faced in the same direction.—
This may be intentional on the part of
the officers, but whether it be so or
not, we will interpret it to mean that
the 49th will never turn their backs to
an enemy. Geri. Hancock has told us
that in case of, an engagement this
regiment shall lead the Brigade, so you
may expect to hear of the Rebels do
ing seine good running with the 49th
close at their heels,
This is the only Penna. regiment In
the Division, and as officers and men
all have the honor of their native
State at heart, we are determined to
make it second to no otter. Indeed,
if perfectly clean streets and quarters,
clean clothes and arms, and a soldiery
politeness on the part of the men to
wards the officers, and a genial return
of the same by the latter, be made the
criterian, the 49th must certainly rank
No. 1, On Alonday General Hancock
made a tour of all the camps, visiting
ours last, Ifs called at Head-quarters
and congratulated the Colonel on the
perfect order and cleanliness every
where displayed, and remarked that
they were the best kept quarters lie
had seen. Yesterday he sent a party
headed by Col. 'Rankin, and composed
of the elite of Washington, who were
dining at his Head-quarters, to visit
us and see for themselves; they were
surprised, notwithstanding all they
had heard, and unanimously pro»oune.
ed it the " cleanest and best camp this
side the Potomac." They all ex
pressed their astonishment and admi
ration, when Col. Irwin informed thent
that there had not been a single colli
sion among the men, since the regi
ment was organized. This may ap
pear strange to, some of your readers,
but it is the case, nevertheless, the
reason as, that the 49th is composed of
the best material.
The Colonel takes a deep. interest
in whatever relates to our welfare, and
no soldier can be too mean, or no com
plaint too trivial to be heard patiently.
He corrects officers and men, all alike;
kindly, if that will do, if not, then
sharply . , All love and respect him,
and it' he leads the charge, they " will
clear the ground."
On Saturday we had 41 grand re
view. I think there were twelve row
intents of Infantry, I of Cavalry, acid
1 of Artillery present. The display
was splendid, and our regiment, was
pronounced first in the Brigade, and
second in the Division,. however, the
one that beat us, has been organized
several months, and has been drilling
while we have been cutting timber and
making roads. Wait three months,
and if' the 49th is behind them in any
thing, say that your correspondent is
not reliable.
The health of the Regiment (thanks
to the care of the officers, and the ex
perience of the surgeons) has been
good. The hospital has contained but
few patients, and there has been no
deaths, so that the stories in circula
tion in your neighborhood about the
deaths of several, aro entirely untrue,
and their friends have no muse for un
easiness.
I cannot close without a word about
Charley Harris, of your town. He
has become a fixture, and essentially a
part and parcel of the 40th. If a state
dinner is to be cooked, or a select party
to be entertained, Charley's services
appear indispensible, and, indeed, it
Appears soineOmes as if he was the
only person capable of properly , pre
paring a wail. Hoping I may not
weary you or your readers with my
long epistle,
I am as ever, D. H. L.
POINT OF ROCKS, MD. Nov. 1, "61
Mu. Wm. LEWIS—Dear Sir:—Your
paper came safely to our camp this
evening; it is a welcome visitor. I
am thankful to you for so kindly re
futing the slanderous reports, got up
by none but disunion persons, against
my company. You may depend if my
company meets the enemies of our
Union in battle, and should be so un
fortunate as to be cut to pieces, I won't
be left to go home with two or three
members. Where my company goes,
I will go, and if they fall, I fall with
them. But we fight under a Colonel
who knows no defeat, and who leads
us to victory in ey.ery insttarre,,ao
you may,del?end wen t , )e 28th Regi
ment goes auto bat*, victory will
rest pa her banner. The day after
Col. Baker's defeat, the 28th was on
the ground at Edwards' p,Crry lieforo
daylight., I?maly . WI: orders to cross.—
Our place had been assigned w,
in front of the whole divlslon of Gen'l
Banks' oolaran- To it would have
been given the honor of reveoging the
bravo men who were so crnay slaugh
tered 12 hours kefor,e. But the Gene
rid .commanding thought best to send
all the troops to their former encamp
ments, and it .vas with heartfelt sor
row our bravo mon returned. I can
assure you if ever this regiment gots
a chance, the rebels will pay dearly
for that day.
This evening Edwin McCabe and
Harry Dambuskey crossed the Poto
mac in a small boat and went witi.#
200 yards of a rebel camp. They took
a good horse and brought him safely
to this side. Our boys are at that
kind of work every day. I myself,
have taken 827,000 worth of arms
from “seeeshers" in this neighborhood,
and . on Monday night last I captured,
with the assistance of two of my men,
a rebel together with his horse, saddle
and bridle, The rebel I have in the
guard-house, and his horse I use for
riding. Company 0 has done as much
service for the length of time they have
been in the field, as any company that
I know about, and the 28th regiment
has as good a name as any you hoar
of. My company has the honor to be
the third company in the Ist Battali
on of that regiment. I cannot send you
any particular news to-day. All
seems quiet over the river. We can
see the rebels drilling, and bear thorn
beating their drums. I hope to visit
your town some time this month, if
nothing particular should turn up.—
My best wishes to all my friends.
Truly yours, G. F, .111e0
WAR NEWS.
MOM WASgINGTON
From the Lower Potomao
WASHINGTON, Nov. I.—A new bat
tery of rifled cannon, three in munber,
has been discovered about a mile and
a half below any that have been here
tofore fired on in the Lower Potomac.
It is situated a little below a new brick
house not far from the wharf at Evans
port.
A few days ago the rebels sent a
small boat from Quantico creek over
toward Budd's Ferry, having a flag of
truce. When she had approached
within two or three hundred yards of
the Maryland shore, a barrel with
something attached to it was thrown
overboard and the boat immediately
turned and put back to the Virginia
shore. The barrel waa RH'IIMM, to
contain an infernal machine.
A letter received to-day from Darnes
town says that the rebels now picket
Harrison's Island and that reliable in
telligence from Leesburg gives inform
ation that on Tuesday succeeding the
fight at Ball's Bluff the rebels with
drew their forces from Leesburg on
our troops being thrown over at Ed
ward's Ferry, leaving only few bat
talions to keep up appearances and
watch our movements. They subse
quently took away all their supplies
and were at the latest accounts resting
on Goose Creek, seven miles south of
Leesburg.
A foraging expedition was-dispatch
ed to Shroud's farm, four miles north
west from Fall's Church. A picket
was here captured and sent to head
quarters, and voluntarily disclosed the
'het that the rebel pickets wore sta
tioned a short distance from the farm.
Capt. Norton accomplished the object
of histnission.
The prisoner's name is C. R. Bell, a
private of company 0, Sixth regiment
Louisiana volunteers, commanded by
Col. Seymour, editor of the Now Or
leans Commercial Bulletin. The regi
ment is a portion of General 31atber's
Louisiana Brigade. Around Centre
ville, he states that there is a contin
uous range of rebel camps, including
sixty thousand Virginians under Gus
tavus W. Smith, and an.equal number
of North Carolinians and Louisianians.
Some fifteen thousand troops are at
Manassas. Beauregard's head-quar
ters was but half a mile from Centre
ville.
A new regiment of cavalry from
North Carolina, had arrived, and was
well equipped. Stewart's Cavalry
was to the left of Centreville, Rode
ford's to the right. Latham and Ke
mer's Artillery were under Smith's
command. The rebels arD confident
one thousand men could not dislodge
them, On Monday last his regiment
came to Hunter's Mills, two miles
northwest, in Virginia, to do picket
duty there, relieving a Virginia regi
ment. The retreat from ,Fairfax by
the rebels was caused by a belief that
the "Yankees" were coming upon
them. His statement is not much
credited,
It is reported that two schooners,
laden with hay and other Government
stores, were captured by the rebels
yesterday. They attempted to run
the blockade. A gentleman, who
came up from Port Tobacco this morn
ing, reports that the rebels occasional
ly fire at the men who are working
on the fortifications now being thrown
up by Gen. Sickles and Gen. Hooker.
Sometimes the shot pass inland half a
mile. At other times they fall short.
It is believed now that communica
tion with the rebels from the Mary
land shore is entirely cut off. It ap
'pears that the rebels are strengthening
their old batteries and erecting new
ones all along the Virginia shore. The
large body of rebels who were en
camped in the vicinity of Fairfitx, it is
thought, have been sent down to
strengthen these batteries. They, no
doubt, are in dread of an attack by
land and water.
A reconnoissance was made yester
day by Gen. Sickles and staff, accom
panied by a squad of Indiana cavalry,
along the shore of the Potomac ? R.bo*
forty miles below Washington, when
they were fired at by a battery on the
Virginia shore. One of the shots fell
short, and ao.other passed over them.
To-day the pickets . of General Wads
worth captured a private of a South
Carolina regiment about three miles
from Fall's Ch grab.
There seems to be no doubt that the
rebels have a large number of #9.4041
at Oceoquan creek, manufactured it
Fredericksburg, and designefOr oros
sing the Potomac.
Accounts received froni along the
lino of the Pot,omae,'#,9w: Lewinsvillo
to 4le.lca,adria, represent everything
.Veconnoissances were made
kosterday afternoon, which prove very
conclusively that the rebel forces are
being withdrawn to Centreville and
,the vicinity of Manassas Junction,
Movements of the Enemy
WASHINGTON, Nov. I.—Gencral Mc-
Clellan has, through means not made
public, informed himself very minute
ly of the movements of the enemy, the
number and strength of their batteries
at and in the vicinity of 'Manassas
Junction, the number . of gitriS they
have mounted, -Mid :the' Strength of
their army. lie is guideci in his ope :
rations by a full knowledge If all their
impertpt movements. -
The Army To-dap.
Gen. .111COlollan` with' leis stZ and
body-guard, now inere•rsed to.ltYi3hun
dred, went over the river to-day to at
tend a review and drill of a large di
vision of the army on Hall's Rill.—
The army is. now, (noon,) drilling with
blank cartridge along the lines.
Gen, McClellan is closely inspecting
the clothing of the soldiers, and caus
ing each regiment, company and man
to be provided with comfortable win
ter shirts.
Paying Off the Army
The paymasters have commenced
their labors, and to-day thousands of
soldiers will be ptiid off in full up to
this date. Paymasters are prompt
excepting where delays aro caused by
errors in the pay-rolls sent in from the
regiments.
The Pennsylvania Reserves.
Gen. McCall's division of Pennsylva
nia Reserves are at their old quarters
beyond Langley's Church, The troops
are in a fine condition, and extremely
healthy.
News and Gossip
There is no indication of a forward
movement of the army for some days.
Preparations are still going forward
on an immense scale, and before the
tenth of this month they will all be
thoroughly completed.
The rebels aro again showing them
selves on the outer line of our pickets.
Yesterday afternoon about 2,000 of
rebel cavalry were discovered by a re
connoitring party within four miles of
our lines. Yet still this shows that
the bulk of the rebel forces have fallen
back to what they consider an impreg
nable position, Manassas Junction and
Gap. These are their strongholds be
tween hero and Richmond, but before
Christmas-day they will not only be oc
cupied by our troops, but the headquar
ters of our advance guard will be in
the city of Richmond.
Affairs at Washington and Vicinity.
Departure of General Scott for New
York.—Stirring Times on the Lower
Potomac.—The Page Shelled by Sick
les' Artillery.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.----Lieut. Gen.
Scott left here this morning in a spe
cial train for New York. lie goes
from Baltimore via Harrisburg, the
object being to make his journey as
private and free from excitement as
possible.
News from the Lower Potomac
reached here to-day, of an interesting
character,
Last night a field battery attached
to the brigade of Gen. Sickles, fired
from the :Maryland shore on the rebel
steamer George Pogo, lying in Quan
tieo Creek, two miles off. Several
shells exploded over her, and ono hit
her, causing a speedy evacuation of
her crew.
The rebel batteries on the Virginia
side returned the fire briskly, throwing
shot and shell clear to the Maryland
shore, but no damage is reported.
Yesterday the rebels opened a new
battery on the river, and celebrated
the raising of two mammoth rebel
flags.
There seems to be but little doubt
that nearly a week ago a special mes
senger left Washington with a letter
to General Fremont, ordering him to
transfer him eommand to General Iran
ter, until a successor shall be specially
designated.
From the Lower Potomac.
WASIIINCiTON, Nov. 4.—The steamer
Resolute came up to the Navy Yard
last night. One of the batteries on the
Maryland shore has been completed,
and the range of some of ono 32-poun
der Parrot guns was tried on the rebel
steamer Geo. Page - yesterday. Three
shots struck. her, with what effect is
not known, as the water being very
high sh 6 was enabled to run up Quart
tico creek out of range,
The regular hospital, erected by Con
gress several years ago, and one of the
finest buildings in the city, was burn
ed to the ground this morning. Be
tween eighty and ninety patients were
safely removed to the City Hall. The
loss at this Clue is very great.
No intelligence whateverconcerning
the fleet has reached here.
PROM MISSOURI.
Gen. Fremont's Advance Force Beyond
Springfield.
SPRINOFIELD„ Mo., Oct. 29—The to
tal number of killed, wounded, and
missing of the body-guard is 51.
The killed and wounded of the reb
els, according to their own account,
numbers SO.
The Home Guard appear to have
come out strongly of late. They cap
tured and brought back Major White,
who was a prisoner, and the fourteen
rebels who were taking him to Gen.
Price's camp. Last night about twen
ty of them charged on Lieut. Col. John
H. Price and twelve other rebels, kil
ling one of them twelve miles south of
here, and bringing all the rest in, and
they are now prisoners in our camp.
The rear divisions of our army are
conning up to us by forced marches.—
General Pope and Gen. Hunter's com
mands are expected here this evening,
and Gen. McKinstry's to-morrow : ,
All our troops are in the beg of spirits,
and full of enthusiagn:
Gen. Fretnent has taken iip,m§§ion
of the fkwyjn , g n 10! 'this county., and
rapNy ptherino• suiTlie& N. the
army. •
Gen. I?Rie is near the Arlfansas line.
It is doubtinl whether he will give us
battle.
The rebel
,offlicers thought that the
body-guard that made the attack upon
them NVas " 2,soo strong, and on their
retreat swore at their men for acting
like's pack of cowards. We got about
sixty of their muskets, which they
.dropped in their flight.
Our advance is at Ozark, fifteen
miles south of Springfield.
Fifteen of the body-guard were
buried yesterday afternoon with mili
tary honors. The Burton Cadets,
Holman's Sharpshooters, Generi Fi;e
mont and staff, all the suivying and
unwounded guards, and a la.rge 'num
ber of citizens, both male and' female,
followed in the proeosOgn. The bodies
were buried in ()fie gave, intc! Which
Gen. Fremont cast tile first 'eayth.' •
Iteleasu theG . eafit Col. Mulligan.
JEFFERSON CITY, Nov. I—Passen
gers the West report that Col.
Mulligan, the hero of Lexington, has
been released by Gen. Price. Ho was
seen at Warrensburg to-day, on his
way to texington to bring away a
child im had left there.
This release indicates that the com
mission sen,Cfram St' Louis some days
s!neb to effect the exchange of Colonels
ikftilligim and Peabody and Maj. Van
horn for Gen. Frost,"Col. Bowen, and
Major Williams, who were captured
at Camp Jack Son, has been successful.
A Prize at Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2.---The Pettish
brig- Ariel arrived at this .port this
morning, in charge of a prize crew.—
She was from Liverpool bound to
Charleston, with a cargo of 248 b sacks,
of salt. She was captured off the Fry
ing Pan Shoals, while trying to 3ws
the blockade of Charleston, by thC . :IT.
S. Gunboat Gemsbok.
The War in Western Virginia
CINCINNATI NOV. 4.—The Gazette
has received thei following despatch z ,
GALLIPOLTS, OHIO, Nov, 2.--The rcb-,
els under Floyd_ opened fire on Gen,
Rosecrans's forces yesterday, morning,
from two points, opposite. Gauley
Bridge and Camp Tompkins. .
The telegraph office and Quarter-4
master's store were, no doubt, ddstrop;
ed.
. .
. . .
When my infinlnant left Gauley?yeq,
terday, their shells were aimed at the
ferry boats and the buildings above,
named.
The enemy has hettiy guns and P.
large body of infiintry. :
Gen. Floyd's force opposite Cainp.
Tompkins, are not less • than 4,000, but.
how many at Gauley bridge, four miles
this side, is not known. The telegraph
ic communication by the Kanawha
line is interrupted, and the casualties
cannot be ascertained.
There has been no communication ;
with Gen. Roseerans's headquarters,
since Friday afternoon. The, operator
at Camp Tompkins at that time re
ported fighting going on at Gatiley,,
but gave no particulars, and immedi-Z
ately afterwards the line broke. „
The Destitution in the'. South,
A correspondent of the Chicago Tri,"
Lune says: •
Whatever may be the fitcte in regard
to the supply of the necessaries of life
in the more Northern States of the
Confederacy, there is little doubt that
much suffering is occasioned in the
Gulf States from the seiireity anii high
prices of food of every kind. An in
stance told me by a Nashville agentle
man'will illustrate this better than I
can describe it. Joseph A. Acklin, of
Nashville, has three large plantations
in Louisiana, on which ho has 3,000 -
negroes, engaged mainly in growing
and crushing sugar. For two months
past he has had these hands on halt'
rations. Full rations in the South'con
sist of but little meat and plentY,ot"
molasses' nd sugar. Half rations, you'
can easily imagine, would be flip from
sufficient, when the half rations have,
to consist of salt meat at, that. As a
consequence, his slaves have been kil
ling the hogs, cattle, poultry, &e., of
Mr. Aeklin, and dividing the fresh
meat among themselves. Mr. Actilin
ordered his overseers to floo•
of-such thefts until the depredations
ceased._ The orders werc'followed till
lately, when the overseers declined to
flog any more, stating, aft' ,a ,
that the ncgroes, determined and res
olute, had stood by each other in a re
solve to take no more florin , :s and
to steal meat when it was not given to
them. The overseers considered it no
longer safe to flog them, and desisted,
Mr. Aeklin advised them to let the ne
groes steal as much us they wanted,
trusting to luck
,to weather the storm,
Such a spirit among the slaves is great 7
ly to be feared in a country originally
with a small population, and now al
most devoid of white residents. A
gentleman lately told me that in parts
of Louisiatta„Mississippi, and Georgia,
he had ridden for miles and miles with
out encountering any white persons,
except unprotected females and child
ren. To the inquiry, "Where are all.
your men ?" came the common reply--,
"Gone to tight the Yankees." It is
the rural districts, and not time cities,
which arc doing the fighting flir ti
South.
72:=J
BUYING ITAY.—WO have been much
pleased with the course of Gen. Cam
eron in stopping the exorbitant Aar
ges of certain s . peculatOrs at Washing
ton. Unless some of our officers are
greatly belied, vast sums of money
have been spent, very nnnecessarily,
in paying high prices for every sort of
article purchased for the army in that
portion of the enemy's country through
which our troops have gassed. This
has proceeded sometimes from an ami
able disposition to show that the Gov
ernment was paternal and not oppres,
sive, and sometimes from a culpable
weakness, which .allowed itself to be
imposed upon for want of - moral: cour
age to resist
In Washington recently, it is said,
certain speculators bought up all the
hay that was to be bad and refused to
part with it except at high prices,—
After several attempts at negotiation,
avarice still holding out against de
cency and propriety, the Secretary of
War ordered the hay to be seized it
as large quantities as was needed, an
then assessing . it at the fair marks,
vahle of forage, directed so much and
100 more toAie paid to the owners.
We hope to see this example follow
ed. TP,pre Ns' been too much dispogi:
tiritq prey upon the Government.......:
A WAG! coMmon sense and moraf
courage would save millions of dollars
and, at the same time, keep up the
morale of the nation.--PM/a.
A Mother's Address to her Son at War.
AIR-DAYS OP ABSENCE
My dear Son, you cannot telf,
The feelings of my heart so *ell
My thoughts on you nre every day,
Since your 11.e . 0F . r4 marched aw 4,
I hope to see you horn 9 once more,
But not until the wars are o'er;
And 'di) ecA.iird's grave,
Itather die a soldier bravo.
Here's my heart and here's my hanq,
That for : your country you should stand
t i
4nd lot your mother over see,
Her Sun has fought fur liberry.
And now my Son so fare-thee-well,
And lot your service nobly tell;
And sholdel you fa)} aworig Pie slain,
'hen in heaven we'll rneet again,
When duty calls we must obey,
Though frin*our friends we're torn away
And if wo dip our place will be,
Under the 'lag of Liberty.
aer Tho planting of cotton is being
prosecuted in Jamaica with the utmost
vigor, and a largo number of emigrants
aro shipped to Queensland, the newly
opened Province in Australia, which
is so favorably Situated for the growth
of the finer qualiti6 of this plant. 1