The Way or the Widows BratATED roltAN. orrs TO aNDLTILIILTS. A relatiye .ot Daniel Wcbster,-rshoar we I I will cull Colonel 'Webster. Itrtilithe misfor tune to lose his wife, to whom he was ten derly attached. Ile woe a man, character lzut ho much of the coolness, wit, and shrewdness, of the family. Time grptltutily seotlied down Ids grief. ?Ail ineily he felt % , 41Ticien!;, : - to desire the companion ;:..ol.l of a wife once more. lit the course of ,1 dormers:Won on the subject, Daniel sug ,ges.ted that Ulu widow of a near friend of the 43uluncl would atilt his case vcrisatisfacto• Ay, and ativi9ed bizn to mai:o a move an The C0103e2. ponder:ld over the matter, and came to n favorable conclu..ion. Ile was not acquainted with the lady, and indeed , had never seen liar; but the choice of so ex ,cellent n man as his friend, lie felt persund. ed, must be a worthy one fur him. Accor 4:ngly, urged by Daniel, be male an early start to visit the cider , and propose Ids snit. Arriving at her house, which was in n New Hampshire village, he opal gized for ,any seeming freedom on his part in calling. find pleaded, in exemle, intimat.y with ;her deceased lord. I,r,e was graclowdy receimi, and lathed ,to remain. •. view of the dame and an evening spent with her did not prove as pro pitious 119 his hopes had led him to ex pect. The good I, , dy W:l9 full of her :Atli ration and tender memories of her deceased -husband, in whom her heart seemed still wrapped up. in her praises the dead the Colonel corjially ,joined, but ho felt on ,nwkword dihinelination to take to his bosom wife whose lorl3 tray scl rnry ardently de vete,/ to the memory of a pre 1e ILWCACT, ti.a Co/OMA was a matter-oft,iet mk■t; an•l hating come opan he eonelu led to a ecnuirlich it, a nd take the Inza.rdi. A"Cord;m7iy, nhont the time for retiring, he• opened his subjeet, and stated the .purpon of his rioir, and his be thqt they could iner;anc their tnntual. happiness by filling fir each other the places cd their deettee.l pa rtnerg. ,aiereopon the widow hunt into ci‘dent weeping—crag sorpriQed tie ds.red do such a thing—could never lore another man—mould never wed again, never—would con.eerate nil her life to the dear, deur loved one, .o cruelly- torn frotn her ;trot% arid now in the cold, cold grave—and Fi. on. in true widow fit,thien. The poor Colonel, gricred and astounded, -though not altogenther dissatisfied, appolo gized earnestly. Ito was lonely, and felt t • need of a companion—had cherished the .frimaiship of her husliand., who was his in timate friend—had thought their union might be mutually desire:oZ: and beneficial —and made quite n lengthy speech, in sell vindication and to soothe the disturbed fee• Tinge of the unhappy lady—and finally she dried her tears and eevsei hcr Ltmootat and the scene was closed by the Colonel's :Miring to bed. In the morning the widow Intd recovered her peace of mind, and was all attention, graciousness, and smiles, to the good Colo nel. Liu bore himself with the amenity of o: a courtly gentleman, and as soon as breakfast was ended, prepared to start.— The widow seemed in a mighty flurry, and tinged a stay to dinner, hut the Colonel felt obliged to lie on the more homeward. At last he was at the dour, and offerefl his hand for a parting pressure. Tim widow clasped it, held it for a moment, trembled, blushed, turucd aoide her head, and g e ntly murmured: Colonel, have been thinking of— of—of what you said, and think I might be induced." Thu Colonel gave a her a half quiraical, half serious look, and replying with "Good morning, madam,"entered his chaise, and left fur home, an instructed man. Tarr officer in Zfrica Ibius %crites of the hatilts cf t 1,14 "At. some of the bahlts of the chameleon may not be generally known, I will take the liberty of mentioning a few of them, whiel, came under my own ob.ervation. One morning on my re:arts frem parade, I raw, tc ray tent, a. very largo chameleon. .hanging en a bush. I immediately secured him and provided a box for him to repese in. In the course of a few days he became quite familiar, and, having seen them before, I knew how to gain hit affections, which in the first place was done by feeding him zi-nll, and, in the next place, hr seratehlng hack with a feather. I /to put him en my table at hreakfu , t, and, in the eturse Ora very few minutes I hare seen him de your at le tit fifty elez, catching them in the most dexterions manner with his lung .linty 'tongue. or does he erer more front hi., position, but so sure as the unf ,rtunate tly Comes in reach, se ...tire is he eanght, and that with the rapidity or thought. "In the forenoln I al.vays gave him a large slicoof bread, wh:ch he dey,nro I. and lie generally supped on as many flies as he could manage to entrap, setting, at defiance the 'iloble flant 1 et's theory'ofthe chameleon's death Promi4ci mould not h•Lve suited „him at all, being. at the end of each day. censiderbly to tea Give a crammed capon than an air fel :hmucleou. It is not true that this animal will change color ace )rling to what he is put on, but he will change ehale according as he is plea,ed or displcas. ed. Ms general is bright green, with small gold spots all over his body. lie re amine in this state when he is hig,lll,ypleased, by being in the sun, or being fed orseratched, which be detights in, When angry--and he is very easily made so—his bun changos t a dusk green, almost black, at.,l the gild spree are not to I , c '-et11; but I timer could perceive any other on his I:Jtly but green, in a vatirty of shady. 'The spots I Tut. Par or ror.rxreras.—Congress enlarge teary much when be is in gond Fpassed the bill increasing the pay of volun humor, en much, instead as to give a yellow tears, making it $l3 per month instead of tinge to the upper part of the animal: but Isl L The proposition to make it $l5 in general, they arc merely Lit t le yellow and $1:, was a ennpromise measure. To ep,ts here and there OF the back and ''deg." the late three months' troupe a bounty of thirty &liars per year is 'offered, if they re calls: far the war individually, forty dollars if they re-enlist by companies, and fifty dol lars if they re-enlist by regiments. tifiirWleen a man wants money. or ansin tnnee, the world, a. n rule, in very and indulgent, ton—lets Sim want it. ttft erfhtmllia COLUMBIA. Pk. SATURDAY, AEG. 1.7, 186.1 gSrlter. Jag. A. Piper will preach in the Presby: o rriitn church, to-morrow (Sunday) morning, anil evening; at the naualhonrs for MEM Arrot:vrzo.—Dr. P. Ilinklc, of Marlettn, has hewn app ointel acting surgeon iu the United States Navy. Hu left 1)r Noss York on Monday. Pantrtc.—Mr. Joseph 'M. Watts has in his garden a common plum tree, pn uhranch 3f which he, three years since. grafted it scion of Prune. This is now r, Sof an inch in thidt.nesa t:t the bay.e, an-I 4 feet, ,3 5 S in ches in length, with hut a single branch 8 inebeg long. The present s.tutcon this graft bole 115 prunes, weighing CI lbs, a single one of which weighed a 1; ttle over 2. ounces. The twig—for it is nothing more—with its load of fruit was a curiosity. The tree from which the graft was taken was a natural prune—rot a grafted frcit. Wotres Id; r otte euteide will be found a letter from Dr. Y. P.. Wolfe to the people. It spealis for itself. Ihiriog his brief s.i,otirri in his old home Dr. Wolfe has hul under his twills souse desperate eases of disco e, awl elphos to have cored. or put open the high-road to erentwil cure, all of Cu:4e. Ile fairly states his position and by the publication of his cases eltal lenges question. The investig.ttion of the I.; , stor's claitC9 for his system is epee to the skeptical, awl the %Trifle ttion of his state merits 7rr 7iire4igation exactly shat he de- Rccatttn vi;.—The recruiting- in Columbia, has been pretty brisk during the past week. Copt. 11-llnho is filling up his company rr p illy with g,oo‘l men, mostly three month volnnter.rs, whq desire to reenter the ser vi,e. no has still rutin) fora few more, but is tiesirong of closing up as so r t Os possible ant rrpurting himself et ILtrrisiturg. I; out. whose reAimeut is now in camp not r Philitdeiphin, this week took on his second squad, of tett men, and is now Uling up a third. Ire has been very tint ce.ssful. His 121tl are generally young and active—the very boys for the Zonave Gar:d.r E‘cncrdrtoxq.—We have received from T. U. Peters in & Bro., Philadelphia, a copy of their cheap edition of Dickens' latest and almost greatest work—Great Expecta tions. In many respects this book is an improvement 011 the best of Mr. Dickens' later tale,: and we arc not or those who be lieve that the author has fallen away in these r • productions—David Copriertield is far superior to any of Dickens' earlier svc.rks. The story just completed, although :lot so s•tti=fhclery :ma complete as "D yet, we think, surpasses even that favorite in wonlarrul pencilling. or this book the London Atheneum. says: We find in Great Espectations as much force as it the most forcible portions of "01- iaer much delicacy es in the most delicAte passages of "David Capper , tiehl,"—and as much quaint humor as in - Pickn ink." In short this work is the cre ation of a great artiq in his prime. 1)411.1G:: T) TIIC CANAL.-1 . 110 storm of Thursday evening of last %reek, although but moderate at this point, teas a very heavy rain a few miles above ut, towards Mount Joy and the headwaters of the Chigues.— That creek b2catne tremendously swollen during the night, an 1 beside considerable damage alng its banks swept away the cc.- queduet of the reansyltattia Canal, together ith itt's private bridge, near the ut itith of the creek. ..t. canal boat belong ing to Mr. Daniel C.:ok, of Wl'ightBViile. way carried through the breach, into the fiver, whore the crew succeeded in anchoring safe ly. The boat afterwards was taken to Wtigdassille, by the Susaeltanna. This sericlumd,Ltnage to the canal of cows -! has l.xid up the hems along the ditch—those in the neare levels high and dry. We no tice some half dozon above the Canal Itasin t in this predicament, and one or two at the coal wharvel belbw. 1;e1,,w Glenn:let lack however, the sect of waiting craft, westward heat,,l, has gathered, in strength. Here there is water to float thom, and they are `3 tanned from the leek, which is occupied by one fellow resolved to get the e trliest start, es a distance below tine Colunthia Bridge, and they lie in tl.e river on the out : side of the tow•path, ah /ve the b."1 , 14e, toVeli and eight abreast, to nearly roppasite the lock. o,ll'r:day morning we coaated nearly sixty, and the ":iloekaling fleet" 1141 d being since streu4thcae 1 by boat., if , 1221 the rich, Rater. Tte brOlgo forms one hugn static roof; and in its tb.uluw4 are tethered and fed the motive p ;wer of the a,et., ni tinly tnewels." Tho bit)W lag Off f steam iry their. re.tless, fly bitten loc miott.tll renders the I. ,, ighb wit 'A a musical one: their ... Ile-taw'. Ii o , d.a [lee-haw"' beats the whistling of the .r rival ”mashcoms" on the railroul abovo, out sight. The hats under the bridge . during the heat of the day, and the slat ly plaees .1 the adjacent shore., generally swarm with the impatient boatmen, d )wit 1111 their inch. If they swear at the mules tic , ca•innally, whn can !dame them? w these dull times the fleet of boats col lected seems large, but werc these the old p limy times of boating the gathered craft ;n.ull number by hundreds. and fairly I:twit:ad.) all our coasts. The company arc driving on the work of repair nn the:actor:tact with all energy, and it was thought th It navigttion might be m ourned by Sauday (tontarruvr) but from what we can heir of the progress male, we doubt j whether the bats w:11 get forward at that timo. TiM .Flrrn RZSEILVE..—We have not yet received our accustomed letter from German' giving details of the trip of , the regiment from Halmisborg Camp 7.Cfnally, George town heights, where they now are. We learn, however, from private correspendence that the boys left Harrisburg on Friday af ternoon, and spent the balance of the day and the greater part of the night on the Northern Central Railway, between that' place and Baltimore. Arrived at Baltimore the regiment was marched to the Cowden depot where they took cars next morning fur Washintton. At the Capital they were comfortably quartered in a building bet apart fur the reception of troops, with good bathing accommodations. In the afternoon the regiment was marched to camp. In passing through Washington they met the President driving with Mrs. Lincoln. Ile pulled cp and iminire I the name of the regiment, its strength. &e., highly compli menting the boys oil their appearance. Mrs. Lincoln bowed cmurteously as the several cutnp.iniel filed post. The march tOl George town lasi ghts was excessively oppressive and wits felt more sensibly than any of the long marches in the west of this S ate Mid Vim.. ginia. The regimont is comtiver.o.y quartered, and has emninenced Mud work, stricter dis cipline being inaintalned than has heretolure prevailed. Toe rojrnent was on picket duty one of the cold. rainy ;lights the begin ning of th 3 week, an I exp,:ro•peed r,ain, hail en I snow (;) at the same time. It WAS very chilling work, toad Tl , l camp fires were allow ed. Tae ofneers nre kept in are strictly to camp titan the men; the la:ter obtain leate on a Captain's p.tss, but the former utast have one fr (lea. Mellall who don't deal largely in t,i, again' dais. 11 e liel.e%e :all the boys are we.' and c 10j course no a n,le. tare as to the proha bility of a cullision with the rebel I i revs can be forme I, but oar boys arc it the presence of the ro raid we feel well assure I will can.luct themselves with becominz courage should they ee cehied upon for attack fen-e. We lfhpe our Oitotai.r will sharpen "g00,,e" and put it in Inure reziiLtr motion iirrealter in air behalf. COL. 11 - IMSII. —lt friththe greatest se isractien that we are at length enabled to state nuthoritivaly th,tt our brave townsman Col. Thomas Welsh, is to take part in the present war for the Union in a position c mcnsurate with his merits. lie hits l'COOlv. ed the appointineht of Colonel of one of the twelve regiments now being raised in Pen $3-1 eania, for service during the war. His regiment will be made up from dill'erent parts of the country, probably, hut very largely coal peied ut the three month men who served under him in the old Seennd regiment, and to Ni limn he is known as a a brave and thoroughly Competent comman der. Copt. Ilainbo's company of our own boys—most or them under It on before— will form ono of the Companies in the new regi ment, and will, no doubt, mire than sul•:• tain the old reputation for discipline and pluck. Cul. Welsh is now (Uriday) at liarris• burg, and we have just received information that Ito will take command of Camp Curtin oa Monday. This is certainly the right man in the right place. Whoever has been in strumental in selecting Col. Welsh for the' p mition of Commandant at Camp Curtin, has done a good thing. Under his control we shall be siirprised if the discipline of the cltap is not vastly better than at any time when as have si.,itel it. The C,loncl is no martinet, but he knows what strict discipline means. lle has every utnpothy for the sob dicr, and through this very sympathy still prevent hint flow doiag himself and the set , . %ice an injury by lasity in his duties, or general want of bUburaillatitill. We pre sume the Colonel's tenure of his new posi tion a ill only last until his regiment is form ed. Ile is likely to get into actiNe service as soon as possible. We are glad to find the following appre ; elative paragraph in the Press of Friday: LIEUTCNA:Nr Tltolt to Wm...lb—We learn that this gentleman has heen appointed c a lonel, of me of the new regiment.. to be fnrni hod liy Pennsylvania. This is a de served, tribute to a worthy man and a brave e Lieut. Welsh served one t ear as private and tinti-cominieeintiel ntlieor in th f . S.?..tnni , z.iment Kentucky Volonieors Buying the Mexican war; was wounded nt Buena Vista, and for gallantry tlil4l gn d amduet sult-equeutly protnotel to -eititid of the .r,eve,,th Infantry, in which capacity he served until the expira tion of the war. Oa the first call fur velun ter.rs by President Lincoln he went L. II trri.b 11.4 as eantain of the first (rano:Lao' thi felt bitteaster 1,01111 . y. Do was soon afterwarA eh: it,: I lienton utt c the Seeon I Petinsvlvatiki Ileg;titent, and ;rat, with General Patterson's Divisoin until the regiment wag in,2+lole4 "tit at the expiration of their three 111011t114. lie will lIIIW 1,11:01' tho ser , ice ae colonel of one of the new poiisylvania, regiments. 'Flynt he will prove worthy of the appointment no one who knows him can doubt. Niter:nenNG TUC Itr.otur.NTs.—lt is agreat pity that the numbering of the Reserve regi ments was not continued where the three m regiment.; telt off. If so the regi ments now mastering in would soon sweli the number to fifty. 'Then each regiment would be designated by its enrrect nateher. arid no confusion w ;old foil nv. such n , future hist•irians are likely to be led into. We have in this warhad duplicate regiments from one to thirteen. The latter are the Reser% or. and as many of them were not called into service 1111(11 the former were discharged, how easy it k for thoso mit thor oughly posted to fall into the error of sup posing that the-c regiments have been re constructel from the three month volunteers. The above we clip from the Harrishurg ratrio: and Ultioa. It de-crees attention, and the subject is one on which we have in tended to say something ever since the war commenced. The loose numbering of our regiments has been the source of very con si lerable annoyance both to the men and their friends. There seems to hare been no system Or rather no discipline in the matter. The regiments have probably been correctly numbered somewhere, but when a regi• moot has been formed before it his been pub licly rimed, the dozeni of scribblers flw the press and the . thouvind corresponlent9 in its ranks have chos'n a number and dubbed it the First, Second, Titird, as the ca.e may hive been, witlnut regard to the re-exist once of regiments regularly thus designated. Thence the numberless errors and succeed ing confusion. No regiment should be al lowed to assume a ndnilier until assigned it by the propei aiithiwity: Before the die. banding of the three month men there were no less than Tour yirst:Regircents: the mac First, Col. Yohe; the First Artillery, Col. Patterson (reallythe Seventeenth,we belies e); the First Reserve, Col. Roberts, and the Kane Rifle Regiment, which also took the style of First when it left llarri‘burg, as did the Fifth that of Second. Nearly all the papers sent by us to the Fifth Reserve (di rected under misapprehension to the Second Reserve) reached the Second Regi ment, Col. Stumbaugh. We think the old numbers should remain to the disbanded regiments, the numbering of the Re:erre:3 to succeed and the independent and new regi ments to follow in'order of formation. This would give Pennsylvania her proper show of strength. ACCIDENT TO ONE OF TUE COOK3[I3: PLAN GER.3.—We received the following slip frota .ffle of the Hart isburg papers of Thursday, from ORDERLY, tou late for insertion last week: AccinENT.—Chri , itian Eisenhart, a private in e,impany K, Rangers. of Co lumbia.) sth rep lmeat reserves, was injured to sueli en extent at the depot yesterday in.irriing this life is dispaired tie was sitting on the platform inside of the depot awaiting the arrival of the ears, and fell asleep. The noise of the appoaching train did not awaken him, and the steps M . the first car struck him, breaking his back and tine arm, and dislocating his hip. ORDERLY' writes:—Eisenhart may surri‘e his injuries fir weeks, I am informed by Dr. Carpenter, and perhaps not a day. Saylor, whom we left in the Hospital at mherland, Ml., came into camp last Wealmisdav) evening. Ile will report fir duty immediately. The Kane little 'Regiment, leaves fir liar per's Ferry at noon to-day. We will leave perhaps this evening, or tounorrow morning for Wash ligion. OftDcrmr. 'Thursday, Augnst Rth, Cm the rolumbta Soy SIT:—T am at plain-altoken wmll.lll. and on.: ready to stand up for any rights— not exclusively traualais rights, hot tho rtglats of every decent, orderly, civil inhabi tant of a civilized oommunity—man or wo -1110,11, high or lour, rich or poor, Itiacti: or white. Ido not believe on the one hand, in woman's claim na certain privileges beet - Lose of her sex; nor do I, on the other, advocate woman's sacred right to jostle with man in the sterner alutios of life. There is n jay/ me , /itina, and the true woman, whilst ready to claim her rights, is also willing to grit cu fully accept all proper courtesies accorded to her because of her (assumed) weakness. Cider among these is exemption from in.olt flowerer able a woman may be to tako t own part even to the petsonal chastiseane:at of her insulter, site na.urally Cron what is regarded as on unwomanly exhato titan of spirit. The voice of the public affix es a stigma upon the woman it ho lights her own battle: openly; therefore the same voice should hiss from society the coward who in sults a woman. With this prefhtory- definition of my "po sition," 1 wish bricay to call attention through your columns, to the beastly prac tice o f the basv fled men (?) who congregate nightly- on our canoe. corners—chiefly on Locust street—NN here they amuse them-el ve,s by spigiag u p,-n the dre..ses ter—ting I h ave never b een sui.jected to this outrage T y n ,,, na n v —l f ear I should to to summary satisfactim) in such case—but I have seen it inflicted upon several. My blood boiled, to think that in a town lilto Columbia such thin s onulA lie and not call down prompt rebuke and puni,htn”nt, upon tho.e'li•grar, ing the names of man and gentleman. A word to the wise! I have spoken. IMPORTANT MILITARY MuTEMENT.—It ar curds as p:ea-n re in being aide to state that Capt. Ilambright returned trout IVashington on Saturday evening last, with full author ity from the War Department to raise a regi ment of Riflemen t be ready to march as sow , .)rg tnized. Tho mere an nouncement Of this fact will bring to the standard of their country many young men, who have not as yet eluted, becau-e they hare the most implicit confidence in Captain (now Colonel) II nnbright 35 a superior ctim- NVe arc informed that the Gan nel has had eight companies tendered hint from different counties in the State, but he prefers raising a regiment from among his own I'elLnr-ciu~en: of the city and county of Lancaster. This, we predict, he will ac complish in a very short time. Colonel Ilambright brought the "documents," with him, and will enter at unco upon the organ ization of the regiment. It has been accept ! ed for three years or the war, to be muster- I ea in by companies as soon as they amready. The acceptance contains the following pro vision:— "This acceptance is with the distinct un derstanding that the Department will revoke the commissions of all officers who may be found incompetent fur the proper discharge of their duties." AY soon as ono or more companies are ; ready the men will be mustered into the sertice of the United States, and subsisted by the Government front that date. Tents. clothing, arms, etc., will at unite be fur nished. and a camp of instruction for the regiment formed near this city, where it will remain until ordered into active service. One battalion will be armed with the Enfield 1110 e, and the other with the Sabre bayonet. and it wilt bo the aim of the officer com manding, as it is the desire of the r De partment, to have this ono of the best drill el, must thoroughly equipped, and in all respects one of the most efficient regiments its the service. Taking the proficiency to which Col. liambright has brought the Jackson Rifles, as the criterion by which to judge, we can sa!oly aver that the public ex pectation will be fully realii.e.l in his extend ed and mare important sphere of action.— Here then is a chanc.: to enlist in onr coon ' try's cause, under the most favorable auspi ces. wit elt we feel confident will be gAllantly responded to by the young mien of Lancaster county.—Lcncaster Union, 14.14 Las:. By President of the United States. Wm:imam, A joint committee of both floutes of Congress has waited on the Pres ident of the United States, and requested him to recommend a day of public humil iation, prayer and fasting, to. bo observed by the people of the United States with religious solemnities, and the offerings of fervent sect plieation to Almighty God for the safety and weirare of these States:, his blessing on their arms, and a speedy restortttiOn to peace; and whereas, it is fit and becoming in all people, at all times, to acknowledge and re vere the supremegovernment of God, to bow in husible submission to His chastisements, to confess and deplore their sins ar.d trans gressions, in the full conviction that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and to pray with all fervency and contrition for the pardon of their past offences, and fur a blessing upon their present and prospective actions; and whereas, when our beloved country, once, by the blessing of God, united prosperous and happy, is now afflicted with factions and civil war, it is peculiarly fit for us to recognize the hand of God in this visi tation, and in sorrowful remembrance uf our own faults and crimes, as a nation and as individuals, to humble ourselves before Him ' 1 and to pray for His mercy; to pray that we ::ay be spared further punishment, though most justly deserved; that our arms may be blessed and made effectual fur the re-estab lishment of law, ord r and peace through out the country, and that the inestimable boon of civil and religious liberty earned under his guidance and blessing by the la bors and sufferings of our fathers, may be restored in all its original excellency; There fore 1 Abraham Lincoha, President of the United States, do appoint the lust Thursday io September next, as a day of humiliation, prayer and fasting for all the people of the nation, and I do earnestly recommend to the people, :end especially to all ministers and teachers of religion, of all domnninations, to all heads of families, to observe and keep that day according to their several creeds and :nodes of worship ill all humility, and with all religious soleatoity, to the end that the united prayer of the nation may ascend to the TirOite of Grace and bring down .plen tirol blessing upon our country. In testimony whereof, AIIIIAILIM LINCOLN. By the President. Wis.u.of 11. SEivAnD, Secretary of State TiiE WAR NEWS, ANOTHER BATTLE IN MISSOURI. A DE:SPZIRATE CONPLICT BR.iVERYOFGGN. LYON TERRIBLE SLIUIIIITLR OF THE ENEMY Ileiliforeelivais sent 13 General Siegel. Sr. L Ati 4 usi 13 —The following. is .he vet haunt yeti rt 4,f the special messenger sent to °attend Prem.int with the account of the battle near Springfield. E.trly nn Saturday meriting, the 10th inst., G uti e r ,l Lyun marched out of Springfield attack the enemy. and Cain e up with them on Davis' Clock, on Green's Prairie, four tunes , tothwest r f Sdrintieltl, where the Se ce-qi tai is ha , ' taken up a strong position General Lyon fired the first gull at twenty ininnies past ti o'clock, when the battle im mediately commenced. A severe cannonading was kept up for about two or three hours, when the fire of Totten's artillery proving too severe for the ' enemy, they gradually fell back towards their encampments on Wilson's Creek. General Lyon's cavalry on the left flank, and General S:egel's artillery on the right of the enemy, then began a terrific attack and spread slaughter and dismay in the ranks cf the Rebels, pursuing theta to their camp. A LIVE Wo:lIAN 'rho :Along from Totten's artillery set fire tc the enemy's teats acid baggage wagons, which were all tle,troycl A Louisiana and a 3lis.issippi Regiment seemed to surer most, and were almost an nihilated. Same time in the afternoon, while Goner el Lyon IV:14 leading his column, his horse was shot under him. Immediately he mounted another, and as lie turned round to his men, raising his bat and cheering them on victory, he w.is struck in the small of the back and fell dead to the ground. The command then devolved on General Siegel, and the pursuit of the enemy was continued until nightfall, when our little army rested for the nryd in floe enemy's camp? On Sunday morning General Siegel, fear ing that the enemy might recover and at tempt to out his command off from Spring field, fell back on that city, wheto the Rome Guards were staioned. After reaching Springfield, fearing that the enemy with his greater numbers might enable them to get between him and Rolla, General Siegel pru dently concluded to fall back on Rolla (the terminus of the south-western branch of the Pacific. Railroad), with his provision trains and meet his reinforcements. At the time of the departure of the mes senger which brought these details to Gen. Fremont the enemy bad not been seen, and it is probable that General Siegel has not been disturbed on his march. Ninety Relnle were captured, including a Colonel of distinction, the messenger not re membering his name. The sword and horse of General Ben Mc- Cullough were among the trophies taken. Reinforcements are on the way to Rolla. and General Siegel and his gallant little army may he considered safe. Another Account of the Battle at Spri gfleld by an Eye Witness P. 'LL., Missouri. Augumt 13.—The fol lowing additional account of the battle at Springfield ix tarnished by an eye witnero, and came here on horseback. Our army marched out f Spriiitield on Friday evening. 5.503 strong. the Ilome Guard remain ing, at Springfield. The army elept on the prairie tt portion a the night. About sun rise on Saturday morning we drive in out• I= alas ACINIT SAFE. posts of the enemy and . soon after the attack• became general. The attack was made in two columns by Generals Lyon and Sturges, Genercl Siegel leading a flanking force of about one thousand men, with four gone, on the north of the enemy's camp. The battle raged from sunrise until one or two o'clock in the afternoon. The Rebel:, in overwhelming force, charged Totten's bat tery three distinct times, hut were each time repulsed with great slaughter. General Lyon fell early in the day. Ile had been previously wounded in the leg anddlis horse shot under him. The Colonel of one of the Kansas regiments having become disabled the boys cried out to General Lyon, "Gen eral, you come and lead us on." He did so, and at once put himself in the front. While thus cheering his men on to the charge he received a ball in the left breast end fell from his horse. Ile was asked if he was hurt, and replied "No, not much," but in a few minutes expired without a struggle. Gen. Siegel had a very severe struggle. and finally lost three of his four guns. Ili. artillery horses were shot in the harness and the pieces disabled. No cndeavo"ed to haul them off with a number of prisoners he had taken, but was finally compelled to abandon them, first, however, spiking the guns and disabling the carriages. About one o'clock the enemy seemed to be in great disorder, retreating and setting fire to their train and baggage wagons. Our forces weer too much fittigued and cut up to pur sue, and so the battle may be considered a drawn one The following is a partial list of tho killed and wounded on our side: Captain Gratz, Missouri First Regiment, killed; General Sweeney wounded in the kg; Colonel Mitchell, of the Kansas Volun teers, set inusly wounded; Captain Plummer, of t e Regulars, wounded; Captain Miller, Missouri First Regiment, seriously wound ed; Captain Cavender, wounded in the shoulder, bat rode on horseback from the battle-field to Springfield; Captain Burk, slightly wounded; Colonel Ditzer, wounded in the left leg; Captain Mcrarlan, of Kansas First Regiment, wounded—supposed mor tally—having his skull fractured; Lieuten ants A. P. Agnall, L. L. -Jewell, Deer and MeGanagan, of the Kansas First Regi ment, were killed; Lieutenant ILA. Barker, of the same regiment, was shot in the left hand. The Misouri First and lowa First Regi ments huffered most severely in the fight. General Price was not killed, as first re ported. There were rumors on the fluid that Ben McCullough had been killed, but the Rebels denied it on Saturday night. Dr. ,Muncher and others or our army went back w'th ambulances to see about the kill ed and wounded. They found the enemy on the field, and were considerately treated. General Lyon's body had been treated with great respect, and was brought back with some of the wounded to Springfield. Major Sturges took command on the bat tle-lield after th 3 death of General Lyon.— General Siegel took command after the Ladle. Our loss is variously estimated at from 150 tO3OO killed and several hut dred wound ed. The enemy's loss is placed at 2.000 k.lled and wounded. We captured about one hundred horses of the enemy. The enemy carried two flags-- a Confederate and the Stars and Stripes. General Siegel marched back to Sprigfield in good order after perfecting his arrange ment., gathering the baggage and blowing up what powder be coul I not carry, and destroying other property which he did not wish should fall into the hands of the enemy. Oar troops left Springfield on Sunday night and encamped thirty miles this side of that place, the enemy not pursuing; the only hostile demonstration observed during the day being the firing of muskets at the rear guard. General Siegel is confident that he could have held Sprinfield against the force he had engaged, but was fearful of-rein forcements to the enemy from the South we.t, and that his lino of communication with Rolla would be cut off unless he fell back. General Lyon began the attack upon the receipt of intelligence that the• enemy was expecting reinforcements from General liar ace's column, which was approaching from the south-east. A portion of the artillery of the enemy was admirably served, and their infantry fire was also very severe. It is though' that Gen. Siegel fell back no further than Lebanon, where reinforcements would reach him. LATEST FROM 'MISSOURI. Sr. Louts, August consequence of the recent special trains on the south-west branch, and ne extensive preparations made here for sending reinforcements to General Siegel, no train came from Rolla to-night. Nothing further has been received from Springfield. The police office was taken possession of this evening by the United States authori ties, and special orders issued to place the Home Guards under arms at the various armories to be prepared for any emergency. The city is quiet now and no apprehensions of disturbances are felt. It is understood that General Fremont will declare martial•law to-morrow. A loan of $2.50,000 was effected from our banks to-day by General Fremont. Hoary siege guns are being mounted to command the various approaches to the city. It is s tated that General Siegel would have lost another gun had ho not compelled the prisoners to drag it , dl' the field. Martial Law Proclaimed—Arrest of Police Commissioners. ST. leitts, August 1-I,—The following proclamation has just been issued: llc sDQUARTErts WE.TERN DEPARTMENT, ST. LOris, .lualit 14, 1801. I hereby declare and establish martial law n.r the city and county of St. Lai'.. Major NlcKin-try. of the United States army, is appointed Provost Marshal. All orders and regulations issued by him will be obey ed accordingly. J. C. FILEN T, Major-General Commanding. Major MoKinstry, the Provost Marshal, has arrested John IS. Brownlee, the Presi. dent of the Board of polive Commissioners, and has appointed Basil puke in his stead. The laws of the city and State will be exe, anted without change. General Hardee 34 . c.rehing on Pilot Knob, Sr. Lnuts. August 14.—1 t is reported that. General Ilardee, with 15 00,0 Confederates,. is marching on Pilot Knob, the terminus of the St. Louts and Iron itlonntain Railroad. The Union force there is about 5,000, with, eight pieces of cannon. From General Banks' Column. HEADQUARTERS, SAIsTDY Hoot, August 14. —Yesterday evening the freight krain from Baltimore, arriving here about 4 o'clock. brought intelligence that a fight was pro gressing at Berlin. Other rumors were also circulated that several regimenis.of the 'nab,: els were approaching the river apposite Ber lin from Lovettsville fur the purpose of erect, log a battery to stop the trains. This and, other infortomiJn received at headquarters, to the effect that the Point of Rocks was threatened by a strong R.ebel force, induced the General to dispatch Col. Geary's regi mint and the Rhode Island Slattery to the Point of Rocks. About one o'clock last night a blue rocket was thrown up by the Rebels in the rear of Loudoun Heights, about two miles from our. camp, which was probably a signal that our reinforcements were moving down the river. An officer from Berlin this morning states that the fight of last night consisted of about 35 Rebels approaching the river and tiring a volley into our picket guard on the abut ment of the burnt bridge, and also into the town of Berlin. Major Latino, of the Nine teenth New York Regiment, a.t once de spatched a battalion of his regiment to the aid of the pickets. The enemy, however, had disam eared. No one on ettr sido was killed ur seriously wounded, nor is it known that the enemy suffered any loss. The same authority asserts that the picket guard at Berlin have for some days past heard a regimental band of the Rebels, ap parently between the shore and Lovettsvillo and also that the force at .Lovettsville con,. sits of about 500 cavalry, supported proba bly by a considerable infantry force. It is not itnprob .ble that a large Rebel force is distributed inland along the Poto-y mac lino from Edward's Ferry to the She nandoah, for the purpose of preventing our scouts from protecting the Unionists there from the outrageous oppressions of tore• Rebels. Reports have reached here thnt yesterday. one or two Unionists of the Loodonn valley were dragged from sick beds and forced into the Rebel ranks. They come from appa rently reliable sources. General report concedes that two or more Rebel regiments are near the Potomac, op posite the Point of Rocks. [SCCONU DISPATCH.] SANDY Hoog., , lug,. 11, P. M,—Passen gers by the up truin report all quiet along the route, but an attack was expected at the Point of Rocks. FUJI IVEST'N VIRGINIA. A Confederate Camp Attacked and Dis persed—Twenty-one Killed. Grt.ii - rmv, AllgUlt 14.—A severe skir mish took place a few miles from here yes terday, on the Fairmont and Webster road. Information having been received that a se cretly- organized body of Secession troops, living in the county, were lodged within a few miles of Webster, Getteral Kelley dis patched Captain Dayton, Company A, Fourth Virginia Regiment, with fifty men, from Webster, to disarm them. After scouting nearly twenty-four hours ho eame suddenly upon them at noon yester day, and after an hour's severe fighting suc ceeded in killing twenty-one and putting the balance to flight, without any loss to his command. The Secession troops numbered two hundred, and were composed of some of the worst characters in this country, led on by Zoo. Cochrane, late Sheriff of the county under the Secession rule. A LIBERAL AND PATRIOTIC OFFER.—The following is a copy of handbills now posted in different parts of Lebanon county: I hereby promise to advance the sum of Five Dollars Cash to each able-bodied man who, in consequence of the prostration of business, has or may be thrown out of em ployment uni!er R, W. & W. Coleman or It. W. Coleman, and shall enlist in the service of the United States during the War; and an additional sum of Five Dollars per month to each soldier during the continuance in such Service; and in case of death in the Service I will pay the said sum of Five Dollars per month to the family of the deceased during the continuance of the War. Any person accepting Service under this proposition will leave an order with his fam ily to receive the monthly payments referred to All applications to be made to Mrs. Wil helm at Cornwall Furnaces. (Signed) R. W. CorsuaN. Cornwall, July 24th, 1861. TELL.—The German dramatist has flung a halo round William Tell, that will cling to the name whilst Switzerland is a country, or patriotism is any better than aname. Yet just one hundred years ago, in 1760, the oldest son of Haller undertook to prove that the legend, in its main features, is the re viral or imitation of the Danish one, to bo found in Saxe Gratnmatieus. Tho Canton of Uri, to which Tell belonged, ordered the boos• to be publicly burnt, and appealed to other cantons to co-operate in its suppres sica, thereby giving aditional interest and vitality to the question, which has at length been pretty well exhausted by German writers. The upshot is, that the episode of tho apple is relegated to the domain of fable. and that Tell himself is grudgingly allowed a common place share in the exploits of the early Swiss patriots. Strange to say, his name is not mentioned by any cotempory chronicler of the struggle for independence. —Quarterly Review. To Fay Toxs.rous.—Sliee them, eeason with pepper and salt, and fry in hot butter; if they aro green. dip them irt;flouy after being seasoned. [ME I:3
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