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.
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