AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B BRATTON,. Idltor & Pfopr.iftnr CARLISLE. PA., OCTOBER Si, .1801. O U R- FLAG ‘ Former float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but/nils before us? With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet, And Freedom’s banner xcaviuej o’er us! ” ggy We coll attention to the ctml'in anoth. er onluiHii of Ciias. C. TucuEtt, Pension and Bounty Land Agent at Washington City.— Those entitled to Pensions, Bounty Land or Bounty Money, can have their- Claims pro" pared and forwarded to Mr. Tucker upon celling at this office. ,' Mount Jov Acadesiv.— This institution, situated in the beautiful village of Mount Joyj Lancaster county, offers rare inducements to. parents or gnariifans having boys .to educated Mr. Mooke, the Principal, is a ripe -'scholar, who lilts hud some twenty years experience as aii. instructor of youth. He lias been emi. i.ently successful in his profession, owing, wo, prisnine, to his close diligence, anO ■ his do. tdiminition to make seholnis.df those entrust ■cd to .Ins cure,., See advertisement of this prosperous institution in to-day’s paper. Slight. Pike.—A few minutes before nine o’clock, on Tuesday- morning,.smoke was seen to'iasuc-from the se.ooud story of the no jy brick, school - house in Pomfrqt street.- This story was occupied by the female high school, and the fire originated from Coals falling from the stove, after the firtT had boon kindled. The fire-was soon extinguished, and . hut little damage done. Our School Directors (orrath or onr eitizens);havp been peculiarly .unfir tunnte within the last few years, in having their seboolrhonses destroyed by. fire. More care should bo observed in tho future. Palrinlic The ladies of Carlisle and the surrounding country are determined not to be bcliind -in thelr’cfiorts to secure the comfort of our brave ' volunteers during t,he coming, winter. Tlu\v have.been collecting blankets and knitting’ 'woollen, sucks, a largo.bus of which was puck- up at A*’ B. Sponsler’s oilico-and sent to Quarter. Master General U. G. llule, at Har risburg on Saturday-the-10th inst. following are the names of contrib- and articles of contribution : Mrs. Col. Armstrong Noble, 2 blankets; Mr* l . Oupt. ■ Lopgj.2‘blankets; Mrs. Win. 13. Miller, J .blankets; Miss Kebecca Baird, 2 blankets* Mrs. Fred. Watts, 2 bUnkets; Mrs. Or. Ma hon, 6 pairs, woollen sucks ; Mrs. Jacob lim ner,'l blanket; Mrs. f ool. Paxton, 1 Inanket > Mrs. ,Wm. M. Watts, 4 blankets; Mrs. 11. J. ‘Biddle, 2 blankets; Mrs. Solemn.i Sues, 1 blanket; Mrs. ; Henry ' Saxton, 4 blankets ; Mrs. Spousler, 1 blanket, and i pair ol wool, leu socks ; Miss Sumiii M.iler, 1 blanket ; Mrs, Aim S,.Alexander & Mrs. -J. W. Hen derson, 4 blankets, and 8 pairs woollen socks-, Mrs. Taylor, Vblanket; Mrs. Win. L. Gia.^ - beau, I blankct; Mrs. Win. Heagy, 1 blanket* Mrs. Prof. S’’l). Hillman, 2 bmnke.s ; Mrs. ; Gtcmi. E. M. BUldle, 2 blankets and 5 \ airs woollen sucks; Mrs. Geo. W, Shealer, 2 blan kets paid- 6 pairs woollen sucks ; Mrs. • ‘.l.yijie, Jr., G pairs ■woollen -socks; ; "Mins Jane Alexander, 6 pairs woollen-socks; Miss Mary ''.Hither &uud Mrs. Johnston, 4 pairs woollen sucks. Mr. James Hamilton likewise con* - tribute# 1 blanket, and Mr. Goo. MeUgur 1 * ’ "blanket. ■ The contributions are still coming in, finite n number of excellent blankets and woolen ' t'ceks have since been'deposited and will be Snivel as soon as a sufficient number to till (mother box shall bate been received. It might be Well to state that our Volunteers at Tliirisburg are,greatly in want of blankets ■which cannot bo procured by the Government sufficiently fast to supply their wants however willingly they niay bo to pay for them, and that donations made by the citizens in that Wy and sent directly to the Quarter Master .General insures a proper distribution so as to ,fl i.’iply- the.w:\nts of those in greatest need. ■ Ml'.' Spnnsler's office having been selected by Tiie'hni os ms a suitable and convenient place ”pf'depdsit, all those who feel n disposition to assist in-the’ good work will bring in theii contributions as speedily ns possible before the pold weather acts in, and thus avert much suffering. AVo may remark for the satisfae of the kind donors that the box recently sent lias boon safely received by the Quarter Mas , ‘tor .General at Harrisburg with many thanks, , and .that the receipt of the same has been • -acknowledged by him in the papers. 41 Secessionists, &o.” —The absolute fully, {to call it by no worse name,) of stigmatising Democrats .as “ secessionists,” &e., is fully apparent since the election. If the Itepuhli :catf papers told the truth when they thus de jnunced the Democracy, then there is a ‘ sc ■ co'.h'iuu” majority mono branch of the Login . latufc, and the “secessionists” have a large majority of the popular vote 1 Do not the Re publicans now see how they encourage the rebels by falsely denouncing a imj rny ofl the people of tills State as sympathisers with 1 tho-lftttor ?,. It is an old saying that fab-thnnd,.,' like .-chickens, eonio homo to roost, and in this instance wo have a striking and painful example of the fact. Kx r PnxsniE^T'Fn;nmuK;“ : l-ii i s-gei 1 1 lem tm ' has authorized tuo Buffalo Courier to contra dict a report that ho approved ol General Fremont’s proclamation for the emancipation of slaves. Sir. Fillmore adds that ho cordi ally endorses the position ot the President on the subject. . THE BECE.Vr B ITTLTi NElll I.EESBURO. In our war nows column will bo found a condensed account of the disastrous'battlo at Ball’s Bluff, ou tho Upper Potomac. It sick, oils tho heart to road tho distressing tidings of this fearful contest. Considering tho number engaged, it eclipses the Bull Bun calamity completely, and is another admonition to our army officers. That Col. Baker and his bravo hand fought like tigers, is admitted by all. ; — Indeed, every man proved himsoll a lioro, and every one is entitled to the lasting gratitude of a Union-loving people. But, they fought against a superior iorce, Tho number of our mon engaged in the contest was some 1,700 i the number of rebels about 7,000. T ho battle was certainly badly planned,— Oar troups had but three 1 pieces of artillery with them, and they wore captured by the enemy. We had no battery to protect our troops—no reserve—no reinforcements. Du. ring, the battle, and when whole platoons of .hir men were falling, messengers were sent for help, but none could bo had. On the op' pusito side of the river, wore two thousand men and plenty of artillery waiting to cress, but hud no means to do so, and were compelled to witness the result, without being able to render assistance 1 What a terrible mistake it was not to have boats in readiness to cross 1 at n moment’s'warning? .. ■ Oi|i' troops, it seems, crossed the river in snuxll squads. Three old flats wore all the vessels used' to take over the men; The rcW pickets,, which, were stationed nil along the river;'could see every hunt load cross, and knew how many wo had over as well as wo did.’ We had not over sixteen to seventeen hundred over at any time, and not over twelve hundred in action. The enemy must have sont over without a hope of reinforcement.— But, \yo will not dwell on this Inst and most fatal blunder The Bull Bun affair should have taught us a lesson, hut another reverse, ii'tippem-s. was necessary to open tho eyes .of' some of our sleepy officers. . Tiii.MisiiiviMJ ruotibni irm.\ Gov. CmiTix hint issued tins :o!!"\v m pro-- hmihtion, setting apart Thursday. K v.-£B,.«s a day of. Thanksgiving: : WHEREAS, Every go. d gift is fW.m ah i aud o!uno> down .to ns,fr--m the Altnighty, t whom it is meet, right and the hnuriden dn'y .of every 'people to render thanks for. Hi- liter eics; Therefore I. ANDREW G. CURIIN- G ivornnr of tho Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania, do recommend to the people of this Commonwealth,- that they set apart THURSDAY, 28tu OF NOVEM BER NEXT, as ’a-day of solemn Thanksgiving to G.ul, for i.living prepared our corn anil watered-.nur furrows, and Messed thelah.ir.nf ttic hushatid-.- maii, and erowr.ed the year, with his good ness, in (he increase of me ground, and the gathering in id' the limits thciepf. an that ■ in. harns are filled with plenty ; -and for having look- •avora.Mv on,this C- imnonweal-h, an strengthened the liars ot nor ga'es and Me St I the child on within her, and made men t. h uf nno" mind, and pre-eived. peace in .10 borders-. Baseeeh ng ITm aN-i oil health --i ilici-o United States, that i ur 1 e-.yed. tieu may have '1 e]! 1 era m-e it-i-tn lit- e* g.'-at a d 1 ai.parent dangerswUrrewith she is eninpass'e-l. and that the 1 valmcn’now battling in live tieid for her-l\fe"may have their arms, no,dr strong and the.-r Mows heavy, an I nnij he shielded by His Divine pywiir, amV t-haJ ;lly wll niere’.tiillv still the nin rages,Of. "perverse.- violent, unruly and rid.eHions people, ami make them clean hearts, and re.-ew 'a rigln -pir.il within them, and give them grace tha they nmv seethe error iA their ways and living forth . fry its meet for lepenlanee. and hereafter, in all gidhnoss and hnnesty, nbeni ently balk in IDs h-dy Commandments, and -n mi bm ssion tn thejnst and manliest au thnrity • f ilie repuldie, so that we, leading a ([iiiet an ( l peaeetul Me, may onnt-ininilly nifei unto Him our sacrifice of praise and thanks- g.Vlllg. ' G’ven under my hand and Imp ( J ir i'i»r seal nf the; Staton 1 llarris liurji;, this sixteenth day ufOetn her. in the year nf nur L ird. one thousand e <i*ht hundred and sixt.v-nne, and of tho Com nve.lt!,, the olgluyV.sllu BY’TIIE GOVERNOR *.' ' Eu Super. .Scrrcfvr// of iho Qomi)lonwea.lth Snm!l Business. Our rcadcas will remember that the print in'!; offices of the Christian Übsr-rocr. ‘Phila delphia, ami the JfJl'ersonkui, West Chester, were taken po-session of and closed up hy the United States Marshal, about two months since, because, as was alleged,hy the pers ns making- the information, said papers had published treasonable matter. 5 Well, these cases came up for’a hearing in the United •States Court, at Philadelphia, on Monday week, when the United States District Attor : „cy, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, whose duty it was -to. prosecute the oases, came forward and withdrew the suite. Ibis was a virtual acknowledgement that this wroi g was committed on the information given hy some persons, (probably out of per- Miu,al spite.) without’ foundation or reason. An order was made hy the .Court allowing lie claims of the papers for the restitution „1 their property. Ti.o scamp who made .the information ought to bo made to pay alldanir ages and costs. A mit was instituted nt Plillndrlplrii ‘ I'riilny, liy Mr. Hodgson, proprietor ■ t tj Westchester Jrfenouhiu. URoinst I 1 ■ Suites Marshal M.Uvanl and l)epu Jo-I ins unci Schuyler lor trespass oi d m mil. were ordered to appear heluru ilit* Sapr .e (Jnurt in November. Wm. B. Rood mid Cii \V. Biddle nrc tlio plnintiff’s counsel. AVhat is Treason ?—Tlie Republican Se . ato of Connecticut ordered the removal of the portraits of Coventors T.mcoy nml Seymom from their chamber, on the ground that those two gentlemen are silent ”in these times— silence being acceplol in presumptive evi dence of treason. This[is certainly carrying the doctrine of constructive Ircas m to an no heard of extent. The other day when Mr, Buchanan wrote a le.ter in favor of the vigor ous prosecution of the war. In was brutally asaailed hy the R'publican papers, hot apse he 1 was not silent. S>it is treason to speak and (treason nut to speak ah >ut the war, if the in uVmdual concerned happens hi he, personally , Vnbnoxmns to any of the censors, who have air isorijcsl all the patriotism in the country. John Breckinridge is raisinj of ivb il 'troops in "IGmlucky, If hi* sncecefls, ho wiU 'hmlitlcpH come in conflict with many of his former mpporterfl. Mr. B. lm« no claims whatever noon. Northern Demo crats. any longer. Having «le«ertefi his c.nun ti y’sP,ft;r; Democrats, wl oait alwayeliyahcan have no further ftympiitby with him'. linen TIIELESStpi; Tho election.in Pa| gon®, but it bus left & \vith inßti'uutioii'for tl tefl thereby. One your ago thp democratic party was swept from {his country as thoSimnou swoops uwoy thousands of trie desert and blasts in its course every vestige of'aniraal life. In vain that party pleaded for, tho ■ Union of tbo States and' tbd integrity of: the govern ment. In vain through its press and by its orators—through every channel in fact by which it could reach the public ear or at tract the public attention, did it admonish tbo people that tho success of a sectional, organi sation would produce civil war and a dismem berment of the Slates. They would not hoed (rbonr. All’branches of the public service were filled with the opposition, and for the third time since the organization of tho gov ernment, .the democracy hung its harps on tho willows and retired to mourn' for tho sad fate of their country. Their prophesies hiivo been fulfilled—their predictions, in nil ‘their terrible reality, have, coino to pass. War—murderous and desola ting war, now reigns in place of peace and contentment. Wo arc rapidly becoming n na tion of military accomplishments, arid when tho end shall ho no one can tell. - But “a change has come o’er tho spirit of our dreams.” Starting out long-before .this .campaign commenced with the idea that tho democratic party was how dead, tho .leading political element of tho country essayed to crush out every vestige of its vitality. Its presses were mi-bbed-or placed under the ban ,of an exacting public opinion that would tol erate nothing but an actual obedience to tbo public men wore subjected to indignities such ns tho Czar of all the Kusaiaris would hardly lx:—l-xX)Q/i£..AmijQi( dare to load upon one nf his. subjects. . Iho final dissolution of tho .democratic party was announced with so, much earnestness and zeah that everywhere the timid faltered and fell back the douhlingl.esltated and Inoked about to bn mwe which- would, in tho end be the strorr gostsido; and, that large of politicians who nave no principles hut tlie lotl'vcs and fisliost — w : i"• aye in turn belonged to all jinnies and a- here-I -In mmol’ wentulear over and joined toe opposition- under the specious.'cry.-of “ Union.” Blit what has heeit the result? Uud.a.miycd hy iho disasters that Inive befal len irs.eountry, of tho defeats that, but a year rt(o overtook its, party',’ the ever-living, -.active, breathing sentiment of democracy, 'inherent in tho hearts of the people, lias been, at work and performed its mission through the 'ballot b ix. Pennsylvania has -h.con redeemed from -the ni hi r-f the venal—'adeemed from the rule of sectionalism—and has returned to her old and ancient faith; - It has of "a seemed glraTlgo'to us-that .any lioly can fur a in mem distrust the reeupora '■ivo p '■aver id’ the democratic'party. Yet such there are. . “The democratic party is dead,” is a -ti.ry that has been mid and sung .for seventy ■ y 'ill s ; ainlyct, how,from the dust of sackcloth, and c.umUiaOon,- it always arises! No defeat ■ .lUHblcs —no degradation 1 , subdues it. Olad in tiie panoply, of right—embued with the 1 r.nciptps.ot Union and good government— iiied overthrown and stripped dl the robes ot nower. it always arises with renewed vigor .and energy-to resume its position as the cim .o. van/r nl'giind.gi vei nnient and t lie protector nf, Iho national integrity. Such has been.Us history, mid such.it eier will bo. The spirit of democracy cannot bo subdued or annihila ted. It will live w i lie free government shall 'live—live" in the hearts o'f men—live 'in the attributes of God—live forever! ■■ .. This election then has- written out the first great iossn—often written, hut as oft oh forgot ten, that the democratic party is not dead. ‘neither-dot hit seep. It is .a'thingof life as active ami elastic as when it was breathed, in.to an organized existence by Thomas Jefferson. It is raising up and reaching out for the con trol of this government, and it will as surely grasp the object for which it readies, as that' the object itself shall exist to bo grasped- Tlierfemc of. folly and madness has been gained, and wearied with exhausting war and section al strife, the government will again.fall back into the hands of those who so long and so successfully controlled it, to ho again united in a solid and enduring hole, or wo shall have none to unite. And this will teach the people by an experience so sad and so bitter that they will never again forget, never here after distrust the democracy of this icountry. Faults'it may have—correction it- may so'mo times need, but all these must be made and cured within its own organization. To go outside of that .cures them ho bettor, and only imperils the country. And it will teach another thing. To those who are democrats in sunshine and desert us in storm —those who, when the tempest lowers desert tiro ship and pray luslilv that it may go to the bottom —those will) betray their party, its principles and the friends of their whole life, to-take ref uge in the bosom of their enemies.and the on- I mules of their party —it will'teach them that •here is but one safe read to, political distinc •y in, .ind ilia', is the old and well-trod path-, war :hut the democratic legions have traveled sin -e icve.it v yoa.-i ag i. ~ ~ liti there is iiiiutUe.-umln practical lesson 1 , ** rdW IttSOOri. u/if 1 v th'** olcothm. Ir is that tho'people j ' - ' JhOT . VN '-!V f * "f* • . 1 I Col. Plummer has returned with Ins coin ■f I - .i" country have no emifi.leneo in the alnl- mam , t „ Ca , lo G.nirdeiiu. Col. Carlin now i v of the present Administration to settle the „ ui:U p;es Fiedericktown with a regiment of.in -1 Ifieultios that the country now finds itself fantry, ii squadron.of cavalry.mid two pieces iivolvvd iii. Wo'arc not to say that Sir. Lin- of artillery, Thompson and his rebel band .t. rt.- xt , , . . were pursued'twenty-two miles beyond l?rcd o-ilu and Ins Cabinet him* not done what they ei .- lc i C (,, W n ) oh, the Greenville road, when the mid to defend the government against this ~hnse was abandoned. They are probably at hellion.' Probably thov have,but that this war Geo ville nw, but they arc completely de ,.. ln ever bo settled l.y’und between Mr. Lin- m.aal.zcd and will doubtless continue their ,anev in j retreat,. ThO'de a 1 sent nm t ■ bury tho dead oln. the representative of northern radical- a |( er (j, c liaiilo. reported two hundred of .tint sm to n great extent, and Dav's 'I cr-preseii- ,ej )e ls killed pud -leit nn the field. Our lass alive of'southern utlrnism, nn right thinking was six killetjand abo.ut for y wmi dod—one ,imn can for imp moment suppose. With the mortally. T- - .lasts of northern legions at his command | Piulaheumiia Connected un it San Fran witli nn army tho like of which the wold has CISCO liy TEniaEAPii.—Too following message seldom seen—:Mr. L’pcoln may, and we trust - wa j rcoo ivedi)y telegraph, on Saturday, from will, break the back .of this rehell'on. But jj 10 a y,j r (jl'Saa Francisco ; moo tliau tlmt is required. Bayonets cannot j -p 0 the Mayor nf Philadelphia:—San Fran uiiiko a union of a people and cement it in ciserftn PliHajlo'pliiu sends greeting and qnu ilmt affection for tho g vernn.ent that shall ’ gralulates hof on the completion of tlmt nntonon . » prize wlm-h connects the Pacific with tho At rendor it enduring. An element s g | a|)t j c May the prosperity of both cities iind a sentiment more snored must after all ()0 j n( , re , SC J thereby, and tho projectors jn7doi :f Tif -fl,is-|iirpnft!liit woTk-mcet- witlrhonor-and S i.tes united ns one people—the sent'inontof reward, nationality—of fraternity—of equality. To tliQiio sentiments tho democracy of tho country •has nVwuye boon loyal, and tho southern peo ple know ithasboon. To tho democracy they will hearken*—to their admonitions and guar? a reg- lop tub now, sylvfmis, has odmo and' loasoa behind, ptegnant jBB who 'Will bo Instruo- antics.thoy Trill'' heed. I’Ho people of the north now see appreciate this, and so ns another lesson oftbe.boor, wosoe them calling our potty bask'to power, nod to the control of " We have,thus gltffccd briefly at the lessons “of this election, flippy are full of instruction, and wo trust ouYi>KepubliOan friends will hood them,. —Luzern Unio'rf, , r ■ Tim Cause of the Defeat. The Philadelphia. Kcws is terribly exorcised at the defat of the Republican cundidatoa iif Philadelphia and lays'tho blumo thereof on President Lincoln. It talks iu the following lugubrious strain'^,.. Notwithstanding the uncertainty which ex ists in regard' to. the election or defeat of a number of persons'who were candidates on the People’s it.is distinctly known that oor candidates for City Treasurer, Regis ter of Wills, and City Commissioner, are all defeated. In addition to this, -which may certainly he disaster, it would seem that wo have earrfwl about one-third oi our candidates for the Legislature; whilst the Loco hocus, otherwise the Secessionists, have obtained a majority in the Councils of our City- , , I Very naturally, those facts bring up the in quiry ns to the causos of this defeat. Twelve months ago the ’People’s Party swept the State of .Pennsylvania as would a whirlwind, and-its.victorious banner, was car ried throughout,the,,Country with a success which is almost without a precedent, llow is it that the.mighty are so lallen ? Why is it that the groat party which placed Andrew G. Curtin in' the Gubormubria. Chair, is to day so weak?. Wjjy, that the.party who car ried the biiiihee^of ’ Lincoln and. Hamlin throughout the 'Old Keystone State, and which sent it to Washington with majorities of thou sands emblazoned upon its folds, droops to day under such.hegvy clouds? These are not only serious, hut heart fel questions, an ' . iuiu-nqlmlK. t "perhaps, compr*^ That term ia^kFfDBUTV. When iliQ;.Ohicago Convention nominated Mi.-;. ••Lincoirt / fmr-President- of the United Slates, it did so on. the principle .that ho was opoosed to Locdnlf,-eou<nj,.. If it had observed .any ,t)t,her considi r. i n. it. would, have been as u ell for it 10-havc renominated Old Pul lie Functionary,” or. the ‘'Small Giant,” who, to the terroruf.the country; was' so in strmnenu.l h the re-opening n.tdavo question, ulter.it hint bjen closed by tii ■ old \) jiig-.Par iy. Too Couvedtutu, however, -acted; from pul'd motives,an'd'' up.m high principles, and was not, wc'th.nk, mistaken n its choice nfa man to'represent.those principles. ' Hr. Lin coln, however, as we think we snail show, has been extremely un*drunratc in his surround ings. Uo was voted for by the great muss ot the;poople of- thd country, with a - distinct un derstanding. that .the terrible despotism so long known under thonamo of Loco -loco ism, should, bo. at hut-annihilated. This .result hfis no£, folio wetf.The action, of the people, so far as the Administration of thc.country is concerned, and, .the masses who created the having-to.a very .largo extent lost confidence in it. either uided to vote for it; or otherwise voted against it. How Far the A. .mv Would. Reach. Knowing pfelty nearly liow tunny men there afodiore, also 'tho.namboi- “I bjitteries .and and squadrons,uf'eaValry, and tlio number id wagons needed to transport the camp equipage and- supplies,- I,have the distance wliieli w'odld bc-occupicd i>y this army on a lino .of* march: ,-.I bayo noticed bow 'much space is taken, up by troops, by wagons, by. cavalry and arjillery, that your renders might, obtain a 'comparative.' estimate. Men maren iog in* files arc Asualiv a little in >ve than three 'fee - -apart-; WfitUher m eat airy or «r -1* :1 iy.' need twelve feet-; a wagon* inw train with 1* ur. horse.' -.ec.up.cs- fifty lect. ■ Kow, II tiie army.of tins Pytoninc was it) line, movinir on a harrow country road, with cavalry fun abreast, and men in.files'-of four, accompanied by all the wagons at d ambuiaiiges, and am- I'mmition trains, it would reach from. Boston to Hartford—mit iitr-lrom one hundred and fifty miles ! r:,, • - That is a, view p f the rtincliinc as a Whole, or drawn out in a single line. But fety per sons can have any adequate, conception of what it had cost in . thought—not money', to construct-it;ibow much energy.and .(fit truth nation, how ftiueh. prudence and forethought, how much anticipation of future wants, neces sities anti contingencies, or bow much thought i it will require from the ope single mipd that is to guide its movements—when to move,* Where, how, nr what .shull*l)0 done if .success attciids’his plans, or> what,ho shall do if the ' enemy makes an uncertain move, dr bow lie j f shall recover from any adverse, unforseen oir -1 cumstancos.— Washington Correspondence of Boston Journal. ■ Battle in Western Virginia. Philadelphia, Oct. 27. ! The 'Wheeling papers of Friday announced that General B.F. Kelley had started from Piedmont with two regiments fur New Greek, and Hint his destination was understood to he Romney, Va„ to attack the rebel army oecu ■ dying that.place, ... . Private dispatches received hero this eve ning announced that General Kelley attacked the rebels at Romney, on Saturday morning, tind after a severe battle of- nearly two hours succeeded in routing them, capturing all their cannon and .a- largo, number of .prisoners. The dispatches ■ say. that the Federal loss was small andUhe-rebel loss very heavy. Official Confirmation uf the -Taking nj Rom " na/. . V' . ' . . Washington, Got, 27.—Lieutenant General Scott to day received the' following dispatch, from General Kelley: •• Romney, 1%, Oct. 2(i, 1861.—Sir—In obe dience to' your- orders I moved on this place at 12 o’clock last night, attacked the enemy at 3 o’clock thin'afternoon, and drove in their outpjsts., "Afjer a’ brilliant action of two hours completely route 1 them, taking all their cannon ami. much of their camp equipage aiid many:prisonoi:s7 Our.loss is trifling, hut can not say to what extent, B. F. Kelley, I Brig.Gencral Comniandiiig. j 11. J. T. TesciieuaCher, Mayor of Sun Francisco, Oaf ggy-Tho election for' President and Vico President of the Southern Confederacy is to b« hold soon. THE 'WAR NEWS. The Recent Baltic neat Leesburg. Dreadful Slaw/hternf Union Troops—Barba rityofihe Bebcls—Brutal Massacre—Col. Baker Killed—Sixty other Of/ieers Kilted . or Wounded—A’ttinber of Union 'droops Killed: or Drowned i some 300 or *lOO nnn . tJycd — •Thexcoundo(( t - cC*c., c£*c. Nearly every hour brings us a different ac count of tbo recent sad conllict near Eeca* burg or Edward’s Ferry, or Falls ISIuH; There is uQ denying thefaqt Unit a great mis take was made. The theory winch gains most credence is, that our ollieers wore de ceived by rebel spies, whom tliey paid liberal ly, and were led into an'ambuscade. Hie riv er was very high at the time,’and there was bul one scow to carry our troops across. From all the various accounts it seems that our troops had but throe pieces of artillery with them, and they were taken over in the early part of the day, ftnd were subsequently captured by the rebels. 'Wo had no battery on this side to protect our troops lifter they had crossed over. Those who remained on this side were compelled, to witness the slaugh ter of their brethren in arms without being able to render .them any assistance. Tlicro had been no provision made for thoircrossing. Front the best information that cau be ob tained this morning, wq learn that our troops have again all rccrossed tj<* I* l ' B 113 t *' u rebels wore found to be in largo force a few miles in front of them.. Stragglers arc con tinually coming in, and from them wo glean much , additional information. The battle was not so disastrous as wo might be led to suppose. Wo have not, evidently,, lost more than four hundred in killed, wounded and missing. When* the otlicial reports to the de partments reach you this will probably bo verified. . . But for cool bravory.no troops in human history, surpassed in determined courage and true discipline,.our troops engaged m ti.e ac tion. Old I’oniisylvanta and old* ilassachu- Lavo covered themselves with undying ■must. blc soldiers, Stood- wallthorn alumidoi ,o sliuuMor. There are many eireumstaucos and sur roundings connected with the. battle ul Ball a. iiluli', which deserved to bo noticed. In the ii sc place, the whole movement was rasn, un neeessiu'y. a'nd. ic is said by gentlemen who are direct from Ed ward's flurry, this morning, unadvised by lngli military authority. But Coluiiel .Baser, brave as a lion, and other equally bitivo men,'have paid the penalty, I, to too dead ibis ten-tom mistake is emirgea-, ble,let tlie dead pttst bury its dead.” .The rebel loss, from all that can Bo learned on the sunt, was ternute. On the part ul our troops it was'open, honorable ivarerare, with all the usages;ul civilized war.observed. On tuo | art of. the rebels and .traitors it was a hru tin massacre. Tivey rilled the pockets „1 the dead, and -wounded,.stripped thorn ul every vest.go of,.clothing.-■■and m. many cases cut me throats of the helpless on the-lield, or. blew their brains but with revolvers. • The I'Jih iUassachuseifs.rcgiinent, although not m active battle, detailed Oapt. U'. 11. W.l soit, \Vilh company 11, to take possession ol Ha ris in’s Is.and, who did. cu y there more Home and humane than oUeufalls to the lot ol.uieu. They ne.d-tne Island , and not only, saw to the transport of,the,troops, to Virginia, but to fiie femrn of. too survivors, and o‘. toe, .dead aud wounded. Tile deeds ol bar.bi.rit}' related- ny ini eye witness, who is ft distin guished memoer’ of the ■ medical ,I'acimy oi Bniladciponi, perpetrated by these rebe. liemlM, are almost beyond the boundaries m erodibihiy ;! hut ‘w.non wounded men were driven ncttbcraiely milted into tlie rn-er. atm tneusii.it; itwnited nisimoot the Icaitbarba i-ous nets of life thieving and assasstli chiiai- ry. 1 . ; A gentleman vvho name down this morning, States' that ad, our-- troops word...withdrawn- Irnm the Virginia Side yesterday,; hat a ru iiiJr was prevalent four miles Ifom. E-lward's' Ferry, that', they were sent over again- in the afierunnti to life number oftitl.UO.) to-nmreli.oii 'Lcesbuigh and hate taken possession ul the place, and-'stationing .their.'pickets two miles ■ 111 advance. Our men experienced many so : vere hardships. Another Account from Francis G. Young, It. was 12 M before our first-compat'y land ed tit- the toot of'th.e bush covered piocipirc which rises abruptly over one hundred feet, from 'the'-' river, bed on .the further side, of Inc ,-ivarl Four hours more ohipsod before, the lust company lauded. Sections ol the Second Rhode Island Buttery, comprising two howit zers. two field smooth-bores, and rilled guns, wont over with us, the men dragging them up the heights with great difficulty and spir- At this time irregular fighting was going on above, it seems that Colonel Devan hud in the morning,moved' a small detach ment in tbo direction of Leesburg, shortly arter bis forces had crossed, had advanced one mile, there met tho enemy’s skirmishers ■in feeble'force, and had retired to,the brow of tho heights. Before this, (lie Quartermaster of tins-Massachusetts Fifteenth hud gone alone to a point within a m lo of the village, and re turned, c.osaed tlio river, and reported toGeii. Slone that'there were no hostile ibices in that region., ' . , ■ But after Colonel Devon fell .back, his men \vero placed in a semi-circular, clearing or natural' feirest opening, covering live,or six acres,, witli its base resting on tho edge of the heights, audi flanked'and fronted by forest. The' enemy, becoming bolder, advanced in scattered parties to the edge of these woods, and from 10 A. M. till 4 P. M, kept up a random annoying' tiro .upon our men. flic latter sheltered'’themselves as well as they could, lying,just below tho ridge, and awaited reinforeenieuts. At 4, our whole force hud crossed and ascended, Col. Baker and stuff with the rest, and the troops were.suffering 'somewhat from the concealed enemy’s fire. Many bad dropped ami had boon carrie. down the hill. ' Wo naked Col. Baker who he thought of affairs. "Hu said he though that we had a good' position; could Ihl I iack for shelter behind the ridge. "Yes, said we, “hut what’s in those, woods?” Ho answered "I think the enemy is concealed on oilr right.” A private had reported that there was no force on the loft hnt a deep ra vine, hidden by the woods. Wo then pro posed sending skirmishers to makeit reconnais sance on the right, and Captain Markoe Sec ond Lieutenant Williams, ami myself advanc ed with Companies A and D of the California Regiment. Company A gilt in front on rising ground, in skirmishing order, Company I) following in line. , The Californi t hettn'lion, to make the sto ry clear, wore drawn up on the left of the open field; the Massachusetts Fifteenth and Tainm ,ny on the right, and the Massachu setts Tw’enCeth nearer the centre. Colonel Coggswoll took charge of the artillery. Only four guns were planned in the field, the rifled gun having been hauled up at the wrong place and being afterward seized by the ene my ’ and spiked. - When our , skirmishing ooinnaif cs 'a' reached the edge of the woods, ''suddenly the eoemv, hitherto concealed, rose with a yell and fired a vol cy ; then I ogan fie-lning in their usual manlier; first giving and volley; then loul ng.and lirng at will for a few minutes; then censing nn equal time; then gVng another ydl and volley and so on. pouring a murderous lire into our little band for the space of half an hour. The whole woods around swarmed " TviTlV' Hiomi TlieV‘had'nn~nrt.illeryiiod-no cavalry. Our, Rhmln Islanders, except the officers deserted' their gnus, but Colonel-Jiar ■ her. Lieutenant Colonel Whtar Colonel Coyf/s -weh and Adjutant I fan's;/ manned the battery I and fired the r/nn'. [themselves. aided by Com i pany 0. FiraL®lifofnia. led by the gallant ’ Copt. Bioral. [The latter was conspicuous lor bravery throughout t|ic'notion ;is "'” un ‘ ed, hut not dangerously, and is now safe on »V"» fire ns well ns wo could, hut half the timeij|- could nut see tho enemy, ami his cowaron discharges, wore thinning our ranks ; «till l most 'Of tho men stood firm nod noted bray 3 \ .Tho enemy’s volleys and yells increased if loudness, and it was evident that re ',''“’‘i incuts were pouring in to Ins aid. Cnpta Stewart, General Stone s adjutant, came on the field with the cheering statement that General Gorman would shortly support us. At 5} P. M. wo hold of wnt and resolved to stand our ground, Gen. linker or dering mo to fro for reinforcements, tty tins time “Copgswell was wounded—W.istoi had fallen. The enemy wore growing inmo d.u i„„ rushing out of tho woods, taking some loners ami firing holy. Just thenarcho officer, riding a white horse, came out of the woods and beckoned to ns to ' Col Baker thought it was , General Johnson, and that the enemy would meet utun open Hirht. Part of our column charged, Baker cheering us on, when a tremendous onset was made by the rebels. One toon rode for ward, presented ft revolver at Bakerand fired all its charges at him.. Our gallant lea der fell, and at tho same moment all our lilies were driven- hack by the iiyerwholming force opposed to them. But Capt. Bioial, with Ins company, fought his way hack t.i Col. Baker’s body, rescued it, brought it along to me. and then agcnernl retreat commenced. ft was sauce qnc pad! 1 got the Colonel s body to the Island .before the worst ol the route, and •then, .looking to the Virginm.shore, saw such a spectacle as no tongue can des cribe. Our entire forces were retreating, tumbling,, rolling, leaping down tho steep heights; the enemy following.them,..murder ing and taking prisoners. Col Devan lelt his command and swam the river on horseback. Col Coggswell, after unavailing bravery, had ordered lliereSreat himself, hut,, being woum.- ed, was taken'. The one boat in tl.e v irgin ,':a channel was speedily filled and sunk. A 'thousand men thronged the Uirther bank. Muskets, coats, and everything lire thrown ! asidi.and a.l wdßfthfing to o-.cape. Hundreds [minted into CheTrupla r urruiur-Ttm r’-ync' B j, rides of the drowning added-to Iho 'Horror o.* sounds mid sights: The enemy kc P fc H P iheir lire from the didalwve. All was terror, cunfasion and dismay. - A captain of the Fifteenth Massachusetts at one moment churgcil.gallantly up the luij r leading two companion, who still had then-, urine, against the pursuing foe.' A moment lutdv and the. same officer, ■perceiving flic 'hopelessness uf the situation waved a white handkerchief, and, surrendered the .main be lly id'his. regiment. Other purlmiis id the. columns surrendered ;• but the rebels kept up their lire upon those who tried to eriiss, and many .not drowned in the river were shut in the liet 61’ swimming. ■ . . Night came mi ; at 8 P. M. all of nnr tend whose fortune it was to return had landed mi Harrison 'lsland, and (he liiing trum the Virginia heights linti ceased. Good News From Geir. Fri’inoiil. ■Offhiul Despatch- — Jh-illtani AcUon at Kprinep ‘'field — 2ooo lie’iels Driven out In/ Fremont's Jlml;/ Guard— T■ « Stars anti Stripes liaised on IJte Court House. St. Louis,'Obtoher 27. —The following dea ateh was received here'this evening;— 2 Ile.>i> Oerters in- the Field, > Near llearmansville, Mb. Out. 20. | “To Capt. MelCeever, Assistant Ailjntnu’ General,:— - ; “ Yesterday afterhOon'Major Zahusi at the liead of my body guard, madeamost brilliant charge mi a body of the enemy drawn up in lino of battle, in their camp at Springfield, 2000.nr 2200 strong, lie 'completely, routed them', cleared them from the town, hoisted the national flag on the Court House, and retired on ti reinforcement which he .has already joined. Our loss.is not great/' ' ■ ■ ' ; : “ IMiia.successful.'charge, against such very largo odds, is a noble example to tho'army. ' Our advance-willoccupy Spingtield to-night. ■ (Signed) • • ‘ “,.L C.Fremont, ■ Major-General Commanding;”. General Fremont'S Hotly Guard numbers hut ihrec hundre’d men. ffianub. On (lie 24th iiißt.,b.y the.Kov. Samuel Phii ipe, Mr. Joh.v -Minicu to, Mias Kmzaiieti Tiiusni-v, both obFi-aiiblurd tp., this county. Marbte. ... CARLISLE MARKET.— Oct; 31, 1801. Corrected -Weekly Jby .Woodward d Schmitx Fi.oun, Superfine, per libl., do., Extra, • do., do., Uye, do., White• Wheat, per bushel, Red Wheat, do., Ilvn, do., Cou.v, Oath, Clovesseko, TIMOTHYHEED, iniILADELPIIIA- MARKETS. , Philadelphia, October, 3801. Flquii and Meal.—Thu Flour market is extreme !.v.quiet, and the export, demand is quite limited. Si.ci in small lots fur the supply of. the home trade •.(.$5 37-X a 5 60 per ’ burred for superfine; $5 35 a 525 for extra and extra family, audSOoO 0.7’50 for fa'cy loig. The receipts are incroeusing. ' .Ninal! sales of Rye Flour at $2 “5 a 3 BJ. Corn Meal is steadp at $2 SJ J, but there is nothing doing. ■ .Guain.— There is less What offering, but the demand ’active, sales at $1- 31 a ,131 per bushel tor fair Pennsylvania rod, and $145 a I •SO for choice southern and Kontuokoy white. ’ Ilyo is stea dy at 00 cents for Delaware and 73 cents for, Penn sylvania. tlorn is dull and lower—3ooo bushels prime yellow sold at. 02$ c, and 400 hu. inferior at OOd.. Outs continues in good request further sales of 1000 bushels Pennsylvania, in store, 40 cents per bushel and 38 a 39 for Delaware. ■ No further sales d‘ Barley or Mult. • . Seeds—Gloversecd is steady.-at s42sa4soporbu. Nmall sales ofTimothy.at $1 75a 1 87. . Flaxseed commands $1 62 per bushel. Whiskey is lower sales of Ohio barrel at 21J a !2 cents, Pennsylvania do at 2A cents, and Drudge it 21ccnts. • MOUNT JOY ACADEMY. cin English and Classical Boarding Schooj for Young Men and Bogs, MOUNT JOY, LANCASTER CO., PA. 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