Pis IflEArg. 13 00r.N*33T-4.. P. - SATUPDAT, SEPT. 14, 1841. /I 'Ramie preach in the Presbyterian. Church, to-morrow, (Sun day) morning and evening at the usual hours. -T.) las TIIISSY.—The last Bccm,l3sea. of _the season, will boon tap at the Continental t • oveninz—so says ..Bowery." A' word .to the wise Smoot, Tax.—lt will be seen by adver tisement that Mr. Samuel Grove, a meattar o f the School Board, hes undertaken the col lectioa of the'schohl'fai of this district.— :.'Afr. Grove does to save to the school (and the expenses of collection. It is to be .hoped that this act7tcn will be appreciated, and that tax-pay Ors will come forward vol untarily and aattlo their respective taxes promptly. Nattmocs.—On last Sunday some mall o:ons dog entered the $O.; 4..iCe and vented r ills little e;ite in an attempt at mischief.— ;Some matter was pied and ink smeared 'about tho office, but the must successful en terprise of the Scbundrel WAS the emptying Of the nt.;tter * trough of its contents—some two or three buckets of dirty water. 'This might . have resulted in serious damage to :our long suffering neighbors dt.wn stairs, as the' Water went stroight through the film., '.had not Mr. Flannery 'discovered the mis chief and stepped it: ' If we can dint:wet the offender' we premise he shall pay well fur Sunday's .nainsement. MAFS OF TUE SEAT or WAR., Sc.—Mr. Na than Greene, of our town, has left, with us 'the most satisfactory map of the lest of war that we have seen. It is a circular map, 'baying a radius of five hundred miles, with 'Washington City as the centre. It is minute and accurate. 21r. Greene is engaged in the 'sale of this and other maps, and has also a convenient Collection of stationery in a seal ed packetan admirable thing for volun. 'teers, from its convenient arrangement for carriage—which he'sells at a ri t ltdoitsly low 'pride. We are glad to learn that Mr. Greene `h.as'beeu very successful in his sale of maps. CIPT. Gann Orr.—Capt. Herr, took from this place and Lancaster—principally from 'the latter—on Thursday, asquad of twenty , - three men for his Cavalry Company, attach ed to Gen. Harlan's regiment. Those *ere 'all picked non,' young', sound find hearty, 'many of th'erty young' fanners. The Cap- Min's company lucks but few Men—some nine, we believe—of being full. Ele will leave for Washington Cit.y early next week. 'Tie Captain has worked hard in raising this company, rind . is rewarded for his indefuti , gable perseverance, by securing the oppor tunity for active service and distinction so ionr , desired, FOlt Tns WAR.—li n o are pleased to learn that B. F. lialdeman, of Columbia, has re teeived the appointment of a first Lieutenancy in Col. Birney's crack Zouave Regiment now 'at Washington. Col. Birney has been au thorized by the War Department to increase his regiment to fifteen'hundred men. Limit. Haldeman is attached to the noir hattallion, and is now in Columbia recruiting for his 'company. The regiment is well clad, well armed and will altogether form one of the Arid regiments in the service. Lieut. Hal 'deman is admirably fitted Jro hi's position and will no doubt distinguish himself if the regiment comes into action: Young men desiring to enter the army Cannot de better than, to enlist, under him. To KNITTERS.—Mrs. Abraham Bruner, Sr , Mrs. C. Elder, and Mrs. Ann E. Wright, hare requested us to state that in the ab sence of any apparent tnovement on the part of the ladies . of the t )wn to avail them selves of the liberal offer of yarn made through the Spy zo weeks since, they will consent to recelqrthe yarn and give it out as It is applied fur. They invite co-npora tion on the part of other ladies of theho rough and neighborhood, and aro anxious that general interest shall be exhibited in :the movement to supply our volunteers with good warm winter stocking , . They only take the initiative in the hope of ind.lein ,, more united action'on tbe pat cif the ladies. They will thankrully* receive ally farther donations of material, in large or small quantities. All yarn received and stock ings manufactured will be acknowledged in the Spy. To rat L another column will he found a circular l , •tter to the ladies, ask ing Choir aid towards furnishing necessaries, and comforts to the sink of our army hospit als. The response we f«.l confident will be prompt and liberal. The gentlemen whwte names are attached to the appeal h.tve vol unteered their serve in cader to give the required start, which is al) that is needed to insure success. The letter Will he issued in circular form and distributed to every house in the borough early ne;t week. .Let every one respond by sending to the depot—the POstOffice—whatever may he thought use fol or iceeptal.le to the sick soldiers, wheth• er comprised in the list of articles asked for or not. No matter how small the quantity, it will go to make up a store of goodly size, we hope. j ar We have been retreated to give the poblio the benefit of the following recipe for a most palatable sauce: Gass.~ TOMATO SArcz.—The following manner of preaerviit green'tomatocs is ex tensively practiced - in y ew Jeisey for the New York and Philadelphia markets, and makes an excellent relistr ' " One pock green tomatoes sliced, twelve onions sliced, half pint fine salt, quarter of a pound ground mustard, half pound whitii mustard seed, one ounce mace, one ounce ginger, half ounce black pepper, half ounce cayenne 'pepper, one pound white sugar, sprinkle with allspice. Corer the miittire with vinegarand - boil it for two hours. This mum may be kept the year round in stone or earthen jars. Tar. ,Cor.,c7stais. gpt!.Cwerrt.--This ef ficient company bas recently perfected a new organization, and is now about placing itself, if properly encouraged, in a position of effective usefulness by the purchase of a new engine. The machine selected by the company is a splenrid suction engine of the best manufrictuic, costing $850: It is 8i inch cylinder, with . 8 inch stroke, and war ranted to tlirois;lBs feet. It is worked With Staging brakes, having room, for ,40 men. The weight is 4500 pounds. "The company 'has now on harild overkillr hundred dollars, collected fur this purchase. They ask the citizens of Columbia to come to their as sistance and make up the required amount. It is entirely unnecessary that we should speak of the character of the "Columbia" as a company. It is well knowit as the oldest fire organization in the town, and has too often proved its mettle in service:of danger, to need praise at our heads. The company has never before been undor such thorough discipline as now, nor has it 'ever had at its head citizens more active in devotion to its interests and to the safety of the property of the town. The people cannot fail to fully appreciate the value of aSrst-class appa ratus in such hands, nor can they decently refuse the subscription asked to place such a machine ia 'tha bands of our firemen.— Oui::fire apparatus is far from what it should be, tis t' e town will realize one of these dark days. The firemen labor for the pub lic good under every possible discourage ment, and we can only wonder at their pluck and efficiency under eircumsi'ances so adverse. This public sPirited . devOtion not always hold 'orit against coldness, ne glect, and sometimes positive opposition.— Men who give their time and labor to a good. cause reasonably expect others to give that they can better a ff ord—means. We hope that the success of the committee ap pointed to wait on our citizens neat week may be commensurate with the just claims of the cause in which they solicit aid. The country as well as the borough is in terested in this proposed purchase, es the enAine—e powerful suction—is of the very character to render good service nt a fire where the * supPlY of water depends upon wells and spring+. The new engine could take position at any well, spring or stream and fJrce water through almost any lat:gth of hose to a burning barn or dwelling. 'Our country friends will find it to their interest to contribute liberally to the purchase. TIIE REFCULICAN NO3flN47lop.—We give below the nominations of the Republican arty, made in convention at Lancaster, on Wednesday, 11th inst. The Delegates from this borough were: Upper Ward—Jacob Strein, John Finger, JI W. Steacy. Lower Ward—Geo. Bogle, John ,B. Bach man, John Hippy, Abraham Bruner, Jr. The ticket as nominated is as follows: President Judgc.—Alezander 11. Hood City. 'Associate Jiidge.—Day Wood, Fulton. County :2reasitrer.--John Denlinger Manor. County Commissioner.—David Kemper, Ephrata. Assembly.—John M. Stehman, Penn; henry C. Lehman, East Hempfield; Nathan iel Mayer, Drumore; Joseph llood, Bart. Pirectors of the Poor..—Conrad Gast, City; Martin H. Fry, East Cocalico. Prison Inspectors.—Pet or Johns, East Lampetcr; Francis M. Rauch, Warwick. Auditor.—Jacob Kurtz, Upper Leacock. Most of the nominees are unknown to us even by reputation. They aro doubtless good and respectable men, but we do not like the spirit in which they wore nomina ted. The ceniention instead of an assembly of the people, such . as the state of the caun try suggests—demands, was essentially and exclusively a partY nominating cons%okallert, with all the objectionable features of our no torious Lancaster county delegate conven tions. Instead of a ticket composed of men of all parties of undoithted patriotism, we have a ticket settle] by the usual wire-work. ing and bargain and sale. We have no word to say against the nominees, except that they have been thrust upon the They are unfortunate in the manner of their nomination. The pouple—the best people of thoir own party—aro not satisfied, and good independent nominations will probably , he made in opposition. sever Iv= there a more favorable oppor tunity for voters to throw off the old weighty yoke of party, and do away forever with the miserable system of wire-pulling which so disgraces our traditional custom of nomina tion for public office. And v:o behove that a majority of the people of the county irre spective of party are ready at this moment to break free from the trammels of the politi cal spiders. Tlicy trusted, however, that the momentous questions of the day would over-ride petty partizan fording, and th tt suf ficient good sense was left even among the old hacks, to inspire intelligent action.— The result shows that the Nolte can never have their will as long us they shut their eyes to the fact tht. interested politic ians 'aro without honesty. To serve their own ends they decide that certain men must be nominated, and that once nominated the people will elect them. What do the people say to this 7 If over there was a time when I they should insist upon the very Crest men in Lthe nation being placed in every position of trust, honor or emolument it is just now.— The elbowing aside of the tiesf—even to make room fur the neat best—at the behest of the political ad% cnturcrs is insolence, and should La rebuke 1. We in no rnanncr intend by our remarks to reflect on the action of our delegates in convention. Some, at least,' wo kdow are dissatisfled with its action, and we laelieye all endeavored to nominate the best men. We sincerely hope that a ticket of our most reliable men, of mixed pulitic4l opin ions to show that oil party linos are fur the moment indeed obliterated, may be sponta neously nominated by the voters of the coun ty; and if it ie done fairly, without any dodging on the Part o, the opposite party, it will command a triumphant support. The Spy is known to be independent in politics—and now, if ever, we conceive it sboald show its independence. OCR PCSLIC SCHOOLS:I9n Monday last, Toy invitation&r: (Prove, one of the most active and ef4ent members of our School board, we uccompanied him in a ilea to the public schools now in session at the Wash ington Institute. We found that commodi ous and complete school baildino alive with scholars, ranging from the oldese:and most advanced pupils of the.lllo,Schools, to the most rudimentary of ,the iriinaries. For the first timeflte,lnet.ituteis.likely to be filled to its utmost capacity, and worthily devoted to the work for which it was erected. We visited the various school and recita tion rooms, finding the teachers actively— arid successfully—reducing the necessary I confusion of the first Feel: to the system and, order which they mean permanently to en force. Mr.,lliach, and Misses Miller and Fisher have charge of the more advanced classes, in the second story, while Mr. Shel ly, Miss Jones and Miss Houston govern the younger scholars below. Thorn, Were pres ent on Munde.y over three hundred and eighty scholars—almost, if not quite, the full complement. 'the rooms on 'the ground floor were over fall'and many of the younger pupils will be discharged as older ones de sire admittance. The'object in Wpciiingthis school a month in advance of the othm:s was to obtain the pupils of proper age, leaving the younger ones to Ell the sollools nearer ,• . i • their homes. We had not time or opportunity fur exam ining, thoroughly the system of instruction and government, but as far as we could judge it was calculated to effectually control and bring forward the ptip . ils. We assisted (unwiTngly, fur we remembered distinctly the pious supp;lcatiTil awaiting, a visitor of one of the schodls of our callovt: days, and only prayed that the blessings might alight on uur escort's hcad, where they were dun, and not upon our own) at a recitation of one of Miss Miller'schmsos, composed qf the more advanced young ladies and gentlemen of the High School. We were well pleased with the mode of instruction, and, of course, eminently satisfied with the manner in which the pupils acquitted themselves.— They wore unprepared for an audience, therefore their recit4tion 'was the better ex emplar of their dailY proficiency. We offer our respectful congratulations to teacher and students. Tho Sclmo] Board is actively engag,ml in making all necessary improvements ia the accessories of the Institute and the schools. Ainple . blacklJoard surface will be provided, :and the large and improved school maps are being procured, when thin will be second to o public school in toe county in appoint- oenis: The teachers are all tried and cum- ' , .etent instructors, most of them with years Of experience in their responsible calling.— Citizens be well satisfied that the public insrruction provided by our admira ble school system will now be equal to any demand. The present School Board is de termined to afford every facility fur a good education at tho public expense. C.tmr TENNALW, Sept. 3r.1, ISGI. DCAR Sri:—ln response to your severt.l )ints, or rather outspoken calls upon the ....MUM, that warrior again points his steel in behalf of your readers. Preihtorily, he would remind you that all tliO soldier's blessed privileges, unlimited newspaper cor respondence heading the list, have been ruthlessly curtailed, and it is only by en gnging to tell you nothing that he gains per mission to tell you anything. So expect lit tle else than items personal to company K, with now had then a word anent the regi ment. For some time after our arrival here, we got along swimmingly, the rain falling noose of the time—the camp knee deep in water or mud all the time.' We shifted our ground twice',.hewever, and now j think are perma nently fixed, in the snuggest camp on the heights. Early last week all hands were set to work with picks, shovels, axes, &e., and the work of clearing, grubbing and grading commenced. We have neatly giaded our streets, giving them sufficient slope to either side to shed the water; cut gutters in front of and mound the tents, and lastly, transplan ted cedars from the neiglibming thickets, giving our camp a tasteful finish. The street work was beautiful to behol I. Some of the boys went into it roil ensure. Tons Wilson in recognition of past experience isn'd pres ent merit was installed as carter. Ile was chary in his selection of coadjutor, but made rather an unfortunate pick. The '•animile' 'was . tin old brown, and Tom was at first encouraged in his choice by the alac rity with which his steed stood still in the empty cart; but when loaded uP he showed I another temper. Old Rock refused to budge shortuf a dump of the load on the spot. Thom as thought himself too good a man fur this and essilyed the virtue of a liale Tide Water reasoning. verbal and 'otliersV . ise; and the consequence was a struggle in which the driver failed to hold down both ends of the horse at once. Old bones played out behind to such purpose that the c ate. caved and parted company. Toes sworn that if he had his recalcitrant charger in Columbia, "Shin uer" should have a bargain berwe'night.— lie indignantly returned him to the Q. M. S. and obtained a steady old pferrl with which ho redeemed his canal character, and earned the promise of a show for an ambulance. After our grading and planting there was rivalry betwbeu the companies as to decora tive arrangement. Finally some . of our Lan caster boys threw an arch over our end of the street, from the centre of which they suspended a' le4er K, enclosed in a double circle, and we boro off the palm. We had one day'c rest in our cotton homes before tjps'ilipment was ordered on picket duty. We looked forward to this change as a welcome one, but to our disappointment, company K was left behind to . guard the camp. Although it was raining hard when the regiment started, the b . oye 'grumbled at being left, for Pioket duty is an abject about these times. The unpleasant feattires are more than coeoterbalanced by the little plunder picked up. Every man is ready to make himself sick on green apples, peaches, or anythibg of the kind he eta lay bands on, Potatoes and corn are not thrown over many shoulders, either; for it is too near pay day for such la zaries in camp. Every body is cleaned out and picket duty is the only chance for a little change from the regula ,tiOn diet. re all got a surfeit 'of 'camp &Carding, .sine of the men 6 htiving : been on duty 13 eventy-two hours at mite ' : Stretch.— If.ldher hard lines. "Oantatr" has made his _appearance amongst us again• He found the service for which ho was detailed too trying on the eyes, end returned to resume his company duties. Right glad we all were to welcome his beneColent ola mu g . Yesterday we were detailed, with compa ny E, for fatigue duty up at the fort. This was stupid work fur the officers, but a pleas ant change fur the men, and "canal licks," "basin quarry dodges"—,Michael Summers excelled in these—and good easy old State road and turnpike `'bur*stS" W - ere freely in tiulged The First Pennsylvania Reserve, Cul. Roberts, zchich had been staiionod at An napolis, is nowhere, with.Capi * S: Neff, Barton and lle,s of our County. We had Capt. Neff ancl.Lieui...McPhail to out their mutton (?) with Ili on Sunday, and met Ciipt. N. and company onfatigne duty. yesterday.— All look ,Asst rate and appear to enjoy sol diering immensely. Cur old townsman, Jack Strickfer, is with Capt. Neff as com pany quartermaster, looking hale and hearty. Wo hare some hopes of obtaining the Worth Infantry band for our regiment.— Capt. Philby has written on fur out: terms, &c., which have been sent him. Capt. Col lin, did not * gst to see him when on a couple of wee.; 9 since. Our Company is not yet quite foil, but as soon as we get out a iccruiting officer we shall be able to ell up the ranks. I suppose it is scarcely worth while to ask further re• info rcements frtim'Colunibia, as all the fight ing boys must have enlisted by this time.— If however a Sew more are left, let them come along. 'When cannon ore roaring, And hot bullet- flying, lie that would honor win, Jlu•t HOZ . fen? dyilsg." We had a visit from John Bruner, of the Cavalry Regiment, to-day. He looks well, and is much pleased with his new drill and duties. All the boys are well—none in the hospi tal. Buots came out two or three days t.inee, bat is all right now. Tor the Columbia Spy To the Ladies of Columbia. The frequent appeals through the Press, and recently the letter from a former citizen of our borough published in the "Spy," have made us all acquainted, with the wants of our sick soldiers in the hospitals at Wass- angton. These suggest that while the Government supplies the 'nceesiari'es and usual accom- Ipaniments of the hospital, there are many little comforts and delicacies (trifling in themselves, and which would be soperflu- I ities cheerfully spired from almost every house in ovs community) which would con /tribute rapidly to the recovery of many a sick man; and coming from female hands send gladness ic his heart its well as healing 'to his drubs.. We are proud to know that the patriotic daughters'of,Oulumtia are not behind their sisters: of any ether community in their loy alty or their liberality or their tender care for our brave soldiers. I The want of organization alone has thus , far prevente,l them from manifesting any united effort in their behalf. This commu nication urges the ladies to meet each other (as they did so promptly and generously upon the return of our volunteers) and con tinue to contribute hereafter by the work of their own bands, from time to time, as the circumstances of their fathilies will permit, articles for are crunfurt of our troops. ' But, immediately, and until some other or better plan shall be resolve.: upon by the ladies themselves, it is omMestly requested that they shall each and all contribute some thing, send some article, no matter how small or how bulky, for Me sick in lire Hos pitals at Washington. Let them be sent to the Post OBice in this place, and they %rid be forwarded at once to their lestio:;.tioc., free of any charges, and the donors mny ire con fident that they will be applied to the pur poses they desire; and though the individual contributions may be small the aggregate may relieve a great deal of suffering, and do a great deal of good. All articles sent will be acknowledged at the close of the week in the "Spy." The list published will be a sat isfaction to the donors, who will also per- 1 ceive from the names of the parcels, the un- 1 Lure of the articles sent and can infer what others may be desirable. We particularly call attention to the fol lowing list of articles suggested as deficient in the hospital: Woolen shirts and drawers and knir stockings, feather pillows, air beds, bed clothing, jellies, rj.ripo fruits, apple but ter, crackers, wines, brandy, ale, white sugar. tea, choc;rlata, cocoa, spices, pickles, dried beef, barns, citric acid, oil of lemon, P.m., &c. Pickles use ino,i, acceptable to pro 'men in the camps, as we'll as to those in the Iseipital; in some circumstances they are esteemed by the surgeon valuable adjuncts. Also, butter, eggs, coffee, rice, preserves, jellies,. corn starch, farina, &c., and beside these, cologne, bay rum, toilet, castile and washing soap, camphor, blacking lirtishes, needles, thread and buttons, combs, Erne and coarse, hair brushes, towels, cheap handkerchiefs, oil cloth, cut in squares to protect beds from filth, and whatever else may be requird to . .. fill up. The subscribers pledge themselves for the . • . proper care and disposition of all articles seta: to the repository as above. J. 11. Mirrlasr, E. K. Stutz, H. 11. Far, 0. N. MIDLER, A. 81L7N0., Jr., !1013N 4. Moos. .116rMaris goopes, Esq. of Martic town ship, and W. M. Wiley, Esq. of Lancaster, have been appointed Pay-masters, and Nathaniel Elimaker, Jr. Esq. of Salisbury townsbip, Brigade Quarter-master, in the Army. SHOOTING ATZRAT—ONE MAN KILLED AND ANOTHER BADLY WOUNDED.—OG Friday last a shoeiing affray occurred on the Sus quehanna river n'ear. Turkey 11111, in Manor township, which resulted in' the death of one man, and the cerieiis, perhaps mortal w'uttiding, of another: iFrom the facts, as . . we were enabled to gather shear, it appears that fur some time a bad feeling has existed between two families, named respectively, Neff and Smeltzer, the latter living on the York connty side, and the other on the Lancaster county side of 'the river, The origin of the misunderstanding between the families arose out of the right of a fishing ground on the "river, or, perhaps, to fish pots placed in the river. John and Jacob Sineltzer, brothers, or. Friday morning, on going out to examine the pots whiah'.th.ey alleged were placed there by them, and were their property, found Samuel Neff, sr., Samuel Neff, Jr., Noah Sides, and two vonger sons of Neff, sr., engaged in break ing open the pots. •The Smeltzer's warned them to desist, When the Neff party fired a volley into their boat, but without effect. Noiwit:hatamling the firing they still rowed toward them, when another volley was fired, but this time not without effect, for both the . Smeltzer's fell to the bottom of the boat, . .. • Jacob wast.illeil instantly and john so badly wounded that his life is despaired of. Subsequently Samuel Neff, sr., Samuel Neff, jr., trod Noah Sides were arrested and brought to this city. They were taken be fore Alderman Van Camp, who committed them to prison for a further hearing. War rents were also placed in the hands of officers for the arrest'gf the two youog Neffs but they .bave not been arrested yet. Report says that they were in this city on Saturday, arid thrit they left for Philadelphia. 'vvitli.t4e intent 'of enlisting in the army. A great manly contradictory stories are in Circulation in regnrd to the affair, but as the whole matter will shortly langcrgO judi cial investigation, we forebear giving any. of them publicity.—Lancaster Examiner, 11th inst. SPLENDID TESTIMONIAL TO COLONEL U.AM BRIVT.-4 committee consisting of Messrs. ~ • Lewis lialdy, George L. Boyle and James L. Youngman, on belvilf of many citizens of Lancaster, presented to Col. kJ. A. Ham , . a bright, beautiful Sword, Pistols, and Ac coutrements, being tho coMplete outfit of a Colonel of a Itegiment.i , o l letter from the committee, dated tho 'dth inst., couched in very appropriate terms, accompanied the testimonial. The presentation was private, that course being we urlderstand, in actor dance with the wish of the recipient—Li/ion. F.A.RMER From Gen. Rosecrans' Column. Another Victory in Western Virginia Floyd's Army driven into their entrenchments FLIGlir or THE REI:EL.S UNDER FLOYD Capture of his Cutup Equipage. Baggage, Ammunition, and Personal Property. OUR LOSS 15 KILLED & 70 WOUNDED CLARKE . 7.IICRO, Va., Sept. I2.—A Lattk commenced about 3 o'clock on Tuesday af ternoon near Summereville. General Ro secrans, after making a recunnoisance, found General Floyd's army. five thousand strong, with sixteen field pieces, entrenched in a powerful position on the top of the mountain at Cannix's ferry, on the west side of the Gauley river. The rear and extreme of both flanks were inaccessible, and the front was masked with heavy forests and a close jur.oc. Cuf.‘E:yitle's Tenth Ohio Regiment, of Gen. Benham's brigade, was in the advance, and drove a strong detachment of the enemy out of their camp, this side of the position, the state of which was . then unknown.— Suortly a,iierTards, his scouts, consisting of four companies, 'suddenly discovered them selves to be in front of a parapet battery and long lice of palisades for riflemen, when the battle opened fiercely. The remainder of the Tenth and Thirteenth Ohio were brought inta action successively by Geu. Benham, and the Twelfth Ohio afterwards by Capt. Hartsuff, whose object was an armed reconnoisance. The enemy played upon our forces terrifically with musketry, rifles, shell, and canister, causing some cas ualties. Colonel Lyttle led several companies of Irishmen to charge the battery, when he was brought down by a shot in the leg. Colonel Smith's Thirteenth Ohio engnged on the left, and Colonel Lowe's Tweltfit Ohio directly in front. Colonel Lime fell dead at the head of his regiment early, in the hottest fire, by a ball in the forehead.— McMullens howitzer battery and Snyder's two field pieces meantime were got into the best position possible under the circumstan ces, and soon silenced two of the rebel guns. The fire was slackened at intervals, but grow more furious. The German brigade was led gallantly into action by Colonel Mc Cook, under the direction of Adjutant General Ilartsuff,but. after a furl one fight of three hours, night coming on compelled the recall of the troops, and the men lay on their arms within short distance of the enemy, each ready to resume the con• test on the next morning. But General Floyd fled during the night, sinking the boats in the river, and sinking the temporary bridge which he macho when he first occu pied the position. The turbulence and depth of the river, and the exhaustion of the troops, made it impossible to follow Floyd left bis camp equipage, wagons, horsev. and large quantities of ammunition, and fifty bead of cattle. Our loss is fifteen hided and about seventy wounded—generally flesh wounds. The loss or the rebels was not ascertained as they carried their dead and wounded with theta; but it was certainly serleue. Official Report of tlp Battle. Ilcancluirtr's Of THE ARXP . OF VIRCINIA, CARP SCOTT. Sept. 11, To Col. E. D TOWNSEND: We yesterday Marched seventeen and a half miles, and reached the enemy's en trenched position in front of Conniftx Ferry, driving his advance outpost and pickets be fore ust We found bitt occupying a strongly en trenched position, covered by a forest too Ocoee to admit of its being imp at a dis tance of three hundred yards. His force Was five regiments, beside the onearivep in. He had 'o'clock 16 pieces of artillery. At 3 we began a strong reconnoi sance, which proceeded to such a length that we were about to assault the position on the flank and front, when night coming on and our troops being completely exhausted, I drew them out of the woods and posted their in order of battle behind th,e ridge immedi ately in front of the enemy's prisition, where they rested on their arms until morning. Shortly after daylight a runaway contra band came in and reported that the enemy had crossed the Gaulev during the night by means of the ferry and a bridge which they had completed. Colonel Ewing was ordered to take pos session of the camp, which he did at about seven o'clock, capturing a few prisoners, two stand of colors, and a considerable quantity of arms,' With the quarter master's stores and map equipage. The enemy have destroyed the bridge across the Gauley, which here rushes through a deep gorge, and our troops being still much fatigued, and bilging no material for immediately replacing the bridgri, it was thought prudent to encamp the trbbps, oc cupying ilih ferry and captured crimp.'after sending a few rifled cannon shots after the retreating enemy, in order to produce a moral effect. Our loss will probably amount to 20 kill ed and 100 wourn;les3. The enemy's loss has not.been ascertain ed, hut from report it must have been con siderable. W. S:;l3.osEckA?:_s The News From llatteras Inlet, via Old Point, we have important news. The steam gun-boats Alonticello and Harriet Lane hied arrived, leaving at the Inlet the Pawnee and the Susquehanna. The Susquehanna ran down to Garacc;ko Inlet and found that the Con federates had abandoned their strongly for tified forts at that point, and carried away the guns. The occupation of the coast of that portion of North Carolina by the Gov ernment has developed quite a readiness to abandon the Secession 'cause: The white flag is everywhere . displayed, and members wore coming into Port Hatteras and taking the oath of allegiance. Letters received at Louisville report that General Bragg had left Peniacoln for Vir ginia, leaving.behind him threoregiments in a sickly condition. The SeeeasiOnists in Missouri have corn mitted an outrage so shockingly inhuman that for the credit of human nature it is to he hoped future accounts may show some exaggeration or mistake in the statements of the affair. The timbers of a bridge on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad were burned away so as to render the structure insecure, the object probably being to crush a train carrying, Federal . troops. The first train, However , that passed along, was the passenger express. The bridge gave way and the whole train was precipitated into the river. Five persons were instantly kill ed, and every psrson on the train, save one, wounded. Geri. Grant, with two regiments of,:t 7 ederal troops and a company of light artillery, ac companied ,by two gunboats, on Wednesday. Gth, took possession of Faducah, Kentucky. Secession flagsi, which Were flying in antici potion of the arrival of the Tennessee troops, 4vere immediately torn down by the loyal Citizens. Gen. G. immediately issued a proc lamation declaring his purpose to be to res pect, defend and enforce the rights of all loyal citizens. A despatch from Richmond says there are two thousand Federal prisoners there, inclu ding one hundred taken near Oauley's Bridge. The Mobile Tribune of the 2d inst. states that whilst the Confederates "were employed in attemptMg to raise the dry dock they were tired upon from Fort Pickens, first with blank cartridge, and then with shot and shell, forcing the men to leave. The" Confederate troops from Tennessee have invaded Kentucky and commenced to fortify positions at Hickman and Chalk Bluff. Toe Governor of Tennessee asserts that the invasion was without his knowledge or consent, and he is confident without the consent of "President" Davis, to Whom ho he has telegraphed requesting their with drawal. Gen. Beau regard in his report of the Man assas battle calls it a "remarkable artillery duct" Three steamers, the property of Rebel citizens. have been seized at St. Louis under the recent cognation act. Secretary Seward has issued orders pro hibiting the granting of passports to persons wishing to gb Soutli. From Fortress .Z ? lonroe we have later in telligence from Hatteras Inlet. Besides abandoning Ocracoke Inlet, it is believed the Confederates bare also removed their forces from Gregor; Inlet, forty miles from this side of Cape * Hatteras, thus giving up the whole roast down to Beaufort, vrbich is defended by Fort Macon, where it is sup posed a stand will be made. 4 number of fugitives from near the mouth of Tar river had escaped to Hatteras Inlet, and were brought up to Fort Monroe. They express the opinion that the lower counties of North Carolina are ready to hoist the National flag whenever the Government is able to give them protection. Commodore Stritigham bad returned to Fortress Monroe, but the Minnesota, his flag-ship, had not yet arrived. The Roanoke, relieved by the Wabash, bad arrived frqui the blockading station off Charleston. The Harriet Lane had gone to New York to replace her armament. She saved her best gun. The steam sloop-of-war Iroquois, the fastest vessel in the Navy, sailed on Friday 'l3 search of the pritiateer Sumter, of whose whereabouts it is believed valuable information has been obtained. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad have intelligence of further depredations upon their property by the Confederates. All the machinery and tools have been taken from the machine shops at •Martinsburg, and five passenger locomotives have been removed to Winchester by turnpike. Some ten miles of the iron hare also been taken from the track, and also a considerable portion 'of the telegraph wire appropriated. The Tennessee troops under General Pillow have crossed from Missouri to Columbus, Kentucky. The Federal troops at Paducah, geotucky. have been reinforced by the addition of immoral regiments. The Kentucky Senate pas appointed a Commit tee op ,the subject. By joint resolutiqp Legislators has ordered - the display of tdo National flag from lie State Capitol. The Navy Department has official infor r mption * from Hatteras s inlet. Commodore Rowan,of the Pawnee, ptates that ten regi r meats have been recalled from Virginia by the North Curslina authorities. The lion. Joseph A. Wright, late Minis ter at Berlin, made a speech at Indianapnlis on Saturday, in which he avowed his deter mination to support the Government. Re said .that he had nothing to do with parties or platforms till the rebellion_ was sup:. pressed. A despatch from Can•p srrtitb, announces that Gen. llosecrins igas ing over the mountains in full force, being . in close proximity to a atxemg confederate force. An engagement seems imminent. The news from Cairo is itnpurpant. It is, reported that the Confederate forces v,t 90, luinbus, Icy., under General Bishop Polk, have been increased to thirteen regiments of infantry, six field l:aitteries, a siege b.tter7 . , three battillions of cavalry, three steamers and a gunboat. ,Jeff. yhomson's forces still remain at Belmont, Ma. Mail facilities havibeen restored to Pad ucah,li.y., that town being in the possession of the'Union forces. The Confederate 'General Polk has sent, message, to Governor Magoffin, of Kentucky, , proposing that the•Pederal and Confederate forces shall be simultaneously withdrawn from that state, and that both parties stipu late to observe the neutrality of the state. The Government will "hardly,be caught by such a trap as this. The Confederates attempted to erect a battery on the Upper ,Potomac, opposite Conrad's:Ferri, on Saturday last. General Stone put the seotion of a battery in opera tion against them and soon forced a discon tinuance of the work. On Wednesday, a skirmish occurred near Washington, between the two large Reme noitreing parties. 4. ,Federal Soyeeunder Colonel Stevens, of the Seventy-Ninth' New York Regiment, consisting of several de tached companies, with. a company of cav alry and Griffin's battery, started at seven o'clock in the morning and proceeded as far as Lewinsville, seven miles from the Cyr' Bridge. They had accomplished the pur pose of „their reconnoisance and were re turning when the Confederates npr.eared in force and attempted to cut them off. They opened with their battery and were replied to by Griffin's guns. The Confederates re fusing to come nut of the woods in which they were partly concealed, a thirty-two paunder was put to oporoti .n the shell froM which , onon nilr,,ced their bat tery. Toeir . cavalry then disper-ed with Atolls and the Federal force returned to the Chain Bridge, the Confede• ales mak ing no attempt to follow, though they were in much larger force. ,Of the Federals six were killed, seven wounded, and three are supposed to have been taken prisoners. The loss of the Confederates is believed to have been much heavier. Later in the day a gen:. eral firing along the Federal line occasioned the belief in . Washington that a battle was in progress, but it proved to be merely the emptying of the guns of the fortifications. The Federal gunboats on the Mississippi had an engagement on Tuesday afternoon with a Confederate gunboat and a shore battery near Columbus. They silenced the latter and would have captured the gunboat but for aid afforded it from the shore. A despatch frotit Mobile, via Louissil/e, states that the Ronsacola dry dock was en tirely burnt on the 3d inst. The despatch . . does not state who by. The Richmond papers of sth inst. esti mate the Federal forties in and around Washington at one hundred and twelve thousand. Parson lyownlew ane. his son }have been arresko.l in Tennessee on the charge of 04: oulating the "Helper book." DOCSTICKS "Sqoppr."—Doesticks, who claims to be an Ellsworth Zounve, thus nar rates the experience of his 'regiment, akter receiving their uniforms from the Military Board: The uniforms sent from New York were the trashiest things possible; they wouldn't stand any pressure—they wouldn't stand any pressure. A gentle wind would blow a man's coat into rags in half a day; while if he ventured out doors in a stiff breeze, his red breeches would tear out into long red flags, and in ten minutes he would look like a walking flag staff, with the signal set for "never mind the commodore, old fellow, but sail in and fight on your own hook." No man has had a whole suit of clothes for two months. We'vegone on guard dressed only in overcoat and musket, and we've done scout duty in the easy and elegant attire of a re volver ana one pail: of shoes to three men. When we've wanted to dress extra fine for Sunday service, we'd polish our musket and tie a rod rag on each leg. The chaplain, for decencfs lake—when he iroaehes--itIFI4B in an empty pork barrel to hide his legs. I called on' the Colonel yesterday, dresser} only in a bayonet, and that considerate offi cer adMired my airy' costume much, but said I bad better kill a few seceshers, ana when I bagged one of my own size, I might help myself to his breeches. When our whole company lately applied to him foe clothes, he said he hadn't got any for us, but he served out fifteen rounds of ball cartridges to each, and gave us leave of absence for two days, and told us to bury all thesecesh era we killed, so as not to lumber up the country. Most of the fellows got good spits of clothes, and Bob Brown was so uncom monly particular that he didn't suit Itimi4ll till he killed five fellows. With my usual luck, I could'nt find a fellow my size—they were all too short or too long. When :at last I did find a fellow five feet nine, and had good aim on him, be 'raised his head and disclosed the unwelcome foot that it was one of our own sergeants. Just my lock—he had on a lovely suit of gray. which would have fitted me to a hair, and if I'd (wen half a second quicker on the trigger I could have had it. but I couldn't decently shoot after I had seen his fats, However. I got a full suit of blue cloth, and Bob Brown is on the lookout to help me better my condition. Ile wants to find a fellow five feet nine, rather slim in the waist, and with a new and wen fitting snit, army blue preferred.
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