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AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT
A synopsis of an important document will
be found in another column of to day's paper.
It has been published by order of Secretary
CAMERON, being notes of observations made by
himself and Adjutant General Tholes, in their
recent trip to Missouri and Kentucky. From
a glance at the memoranda it will be seen that,
not only is Gen. FREMONT unfitted for the high
command he holds, but that affairs present
any thing else than a flattering prospect in
both the above mentioned States. The pro—
priety of the publication of such a report, at
this time, is questionable ; but as it has been
given to the world under the sanction of the
Administration, there can be no harm—cer—
tainly no treason—in the Democratic news
papers of the country copying it in whole or
in part.
We suppose, now that the proof of his in
competency is made so manifest to the public,
Gen. FREMONT will be removed from his com
mand in Missouri without further delay, and
some officer of experience and ability placed
in charge of that important military district.
Unless a change for the better takes place very
soon, that State will be lost to the Union ; and,
unless the Secretary and Adjutant General are
mistaken, Kentucky is by no means in a safe
condition either. We hope for the best.
INFORMATION WANTED
The public are anxious to know why it is
that, whilst the loyal States have forces in the
field estimated at half a million of men, our
Generals still continue to risk battles with a
reported numerical force of three or four to
one against us? We cannot answer the ques
tion. If the rebels planned these battles, we
should say they allotted to us inferior num
bers, so that they might be almost certain of
victory in every encounter, besides having the
chance, in case of an unexpected reverse, of
escaping without a severe defeat. But as the
Federal Generals- continue to court battles
against superior numbers of the enemy, we
cannot explain so crazy a practice unless we
confess that our managers want to let the
rebels beat them--which we are loath to be
lieve. We of the North have plenty of every
thing—men and materials—to push the war
vigorously, and what we now want, and what
we have patiently waited for, is victory. But
we fear that sending out mere handsfull
against hosts is not the way to accomplish it.
We have had quite enough of Bull Run and
Ball's Bluff defeats. We want no more such
disastrous encounters.
KENTUCKY
General THOMAS in his report, an extract
from which we publish this morning, gives it
as the opinion of General SHERMAN, command
ing the Department of Cumberland, that two
hundred thousand troops are necessary for the
defense of Kentucky. This immense figure
will startle most eastern readers. It will not
be readily seen how it is that a State, whose
population is understood to be loyal by a very
large majority—a larger proportion probably
than is found in either Maryland or Missouri
—should require more soldiers to protect it
than we now have even in the grand army of
the Potomac. But it comes from the convic
tion of the rebel leaders that the possession
of the Mississippiivalley up to the Ohio river
is a matter of vital consequence to the " Con
federacy," and from their desperate efforts to
make good that possession. It is stated that
the rebel force now in Kentucky amounts to
over eighty thousand, and that it is daily re
ceiving large accessions. The rebel troops
which have been ineffectually operating in
Western Virginia will be transferred to this
more promising field ; and so probably will a
very considerable portion of BEAUREGARD'S
army, just so soon as the season puts the
roads into such a condition that MCCLELLAN
cannot advance from the Potomac. This
transfer can be accomplished without great
difficulty on the railroad line through South.
western Virginia.
CLERK OF THE HOUSE.—The Reading Gazette
says, FRANK M. HUTCHINSON, Esq., of Phila—
delphia, (late of Pittsburgh) is warmly recom
mended in several of our exchanges for Clerk
of the House of Representatives at the next
session. He is a gentleman of high character,
and well fitted, by buisness habits and experi
ence in parliamentary proceedings, to make
a good officer. He was Assistant Clerk of the
Senate a few years ago, and discharged his
duties with an accurancy and industry that
won for him the warmest praise of political
friends and opponents.
THE JEFFERSONIAN
We have received two numbers of this paper
since the recommencement of its publication.
It looks sprightly as ever, with a slight change
in the tone of its editorials. The circulation
of the paper is prohibited in the mails, for
what good and valid reason we cannot divine,
as there is nothing treasonable in either of the
numbers before us that we can see.
THE. FLEET HEARD FROM
The great fleet was passed off Cape Hatteras
on Wednesday morning. The vessels were
moving finely, and it was believed that they
would be far enough south to escape the storm
of Friday night and Saturday.
istir Gen. SCOTT passed through Harrisburg,
on SOttirday last, en route for New York
The. Patrio t says : " He appeared to be very
muoh enfeebled by disease and age."
• THE MEXICAN EXPEDITION,-It is stated
Oat ''Atot conbined fleet which England,
46,11070,11 d Spain propose to send against
will s carry 2,000 guns, of which Spain
ia.fainiah 600.
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.
Retirement of Lieut. Gall. Scott—Gen.
BicClaimahis Successor.
WASHINGTON, Nov. I.
The following letter from Lieutenant General Stott was
received by the President on Thursday afternoon: '
Hun Qusarxas or Tim Amery,
WABECINGION, D.-0., Oct. 34 1861. f
2b Hon. anon Macron, Beerelary of War:
Bm:—Yee mere than three years I have been unable,
6,,, e3 a hurt, to mount a horse or walk more than a few
loofa at a time, and that with much pain; other and new
infirmities, dropsy and vertigo, admonish me that a re
poes of mind and body, 'with the appliances of surgery
and medicine, are neeemary to add a little more to a life
already intitraMed much beyond the usual span of matt.
It is under such circumstances made doubly painful by
the unnatural and unjust rebellion now raging In the
Southern States of our so late prceperous and happy
Union, that I am compelled to request that my name be
placed on the list of army officers retired from active 'ser
vice.
MI this request is founded on an absolute right granted
by a recent act of Congress, am entirely at liberty to
wry that it is with deep regret that I withdraw myself in
these momentous times from the orders of a President
who has: treated me with distinguished kindness and
courtesies, whom I know upon much personal intercourse
to be patriotic without sectional partialities or prejudices;
to be highly conscientious in the performance of every
duty, and of unrivalled activity and perseverance.
And to you, Mr. Secretary, whom I DOW officially ad
dress, for the last time, I beg to acknowledge my many
obllgatiops for the uniform high consideration I have re.
calved at your hands, and have the honor to remain, sir,
with high rasped' , Your °bedlam taervant,
. .
, (Signed) WINFIELD SCOTT.
A glacial Cabinet Council was convened on Friday morn
ing. at 9 o'clock, to take the subject into consideration.—
It was decided that General Scott's request, under the cir
cumstances of his advanced age and infirmltes, could not
be declined. General SECletlan was thereupon, with the
unanimous agreement of the Cabinet, notified that the
command of the army would devolve upon him.
- - -
At 4 o'clock in the. afternoon the Cabinet again waited
upon the President, and attended him to the residence of
General Scott, On being seated the President read to the
General the following order: -
On the First day of November, A. D., 1881, upon his own
application to the President of the United States, Brevet
Lieuterianteeneral Winfield Scott is ordered to be placed,
and hereby is placed, upon the list of retired officers of the
Army of the United States, without reduction in his cur
rant pay, subsistence or allowances.
The American people will hear with sadness and deep
emotion that General Stott has withdrawn from the active
oontroi of the army. While the President, and the
mous Cabinet, express their own sod the nation's sympa
thy in his personal affliction, and their profound sense of
the Important public services rendered by him to his
country during his long and brilliant career, among which
will ever be gratefully distinguished his faithful devotion
to the Constitution, the Union and the flag, when assailed
by a parricidal rebellion. '
(Signed) • . ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
General Scott, thereupon, row and addressed the Presi
dent and Cabinet; who had also risen, as follows :
PELLIDINT—This honor overwhelms ma. It over-pays
all services I have attempted to render to my country. If
I had any claims before, they are all obliterated by this
expression of approval by the President, with the unani
mous support of his Cabinet. I know the President and
this Cabinet well. I know that the country has placed
its interests, in this trying crisis, in safe keeping. Their
counsels are wise—their labors are untiring as they are
loyal, and their course is the right one.
President, you most excuse me, I am unable to stand
longer to give uttpranceto the feelings of gratitude which
oppress me. In my retirement I shall offer up my prayer
to God for this Administration and for my country. I shall
pray for it with confidence in its success over its enemies,
and that speedily.
The President then took leave of General Scott, giving
him his hand and saying he hoped soon to write him a
private letter, expressive of hie gratitude and affection.
The President added :
General:—You will naturally feel solicitous about the
gentlemen of your staff who have rendered you and their
country such faithful service. I have token that subject
into consideration. I understand that they go with you
to New York I shall desire them at their earliest con
venience, to make their wishes known to me. I desire you,
however, to be satisfied that, except the unavoidable pd.
cation of your counsel and society, which they so long
enjoyed, the provisions which will be made for them will
be such ae to render their situation as agreeable hereafter
as it has been heretofore.
Each member of the Administration then gave his hand
to the veteran, end retired in profound silence.
The Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of War will
accompany General Scott to New York to morrow by the
early train.
The following to the response of the Secretary of War to
the letter of General Scott:
WAR DEPARTMSNT,
Washington, Nov. 1, 1861.
GENERAL—It Is my duty to lay before the President your
letter of yesterday, asking to be relieved under the recent
act of Congrers.
In separating from you I cannot refrain from expressing
my deep regret, that your health, shattered by long ser
vice, and repeated wounds received In your country's de
fence, should render it necessary for you to retire from
your high position at this momentous period of our history.
Although you cannot remain in active service. I yet here
that while I continue in charge of the Department over
which I now preside, I shall at times be permitted to avail
myself of the benefit of your counsels and sage experi
ence. a •
It has been my good fortune to enjoy a personal ac
quaintance with you for over thirty years, and the pleasant
relations of that long time have been greatly strengthened
by your cordial and entire co-operation In all the great
questions which have occupied the department, and con
vulsed the country for the last six months.
In parting from you I can only express the hope that a
merciful Providence, which has protected yen amidst so
many trials, will improve your health. and continue your
life long after the people of the country shall have been
restored to their former happiness and prosperity.
I am, General, very sincerely your friend and obedien
servant.
(Signed,)
SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War.
To GEN. WtNrinn Scort—Present.
Major General MCCLELLAN to-night issued the following
order:
GENERAL ORDER No. 19
HEADQUARTERS OP THE ARMY,
Washington, D. C., Nov. 1, 1861.
In accordance with General Order No. 94 from the Wa
Department, I hereby assume command of the armies
the United States.
In the midst of the difficulties which encompass and
divide the nation, hesitation and self-distrust may well
accompany the assumption of so vast a responsibility ;
bat confiding, an I do, in the loyalty, discipline, and
courage of our troops, and believing as I do, that Provi
dence will favor ours as the just cause, I cannot doubt
that success will , rown our efforts and sac. ifices.
The army will unite with me In the feeling of regret
that the weight of many years. and the effect of inereas
leg infirmities, contracted and intensified to hi' country's
service, should just now remove from our head the great
soldier of our nation—the hero who, in his youth, raised
high the reputation of his country'in the fields of Canada,
which he sanctified with his blood ; who, in more mature
years, proved to the world that American skill and valor
could repeat. if not eclipse, the exploits of Cortez in the
land of the Montezumas; whose whole life has been devoted
to the service of his country whose whole eff Arts have
been directed to uphold our honor at the smallest sacrifice
of life ;—a warrior who scorned the selfish glories of the
battle field, when his great qualities as a statesman could
be empl led more profitably for his country; a citizen
who, in his declining years, has given to the world the
most shining instances of loyalty in disregarding all ties
of birth and clinging to the cause of truth and honor.
finch has been the career of Winfield Scott, whom it has
long been tho delight of the nation to honor as a man and
a soldier.
While We regret his lose, there is one thing we cannot
regret—the bright example he has left for our emulation.
Let us all hope and pray that his declining years may be
passed in peace and happiness, and that they may be
cheered by the success of the country and the cause he his
fought for and loved eo well. Beyond all that, let us do
nothing that can cause him to blush for us. Let no defeat
of the army he has long commanded embitter his last
years, but let our victories Illuminate the ClO3B of a life so
grand. GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Major General Commanding U. S. A.
LARGE ARMIES
It is not generally known that there is now
concentrated on the banks of the Potomac a
larger body of troops than has ever been con—
gregated in modern times, except in the battle
of Leipsic. Neither Gustavus Adolphus, nor
Frederick the Great, Wellington, nor Louis
Napoleon, had ever under his immediate com
mand anything like the number which is now
under the command of General McClellan.
Frederick the Great never led into the field
more than 70,000 men at a time, but all his
great battles were fought and won with bodies
of troops ranging between 30,000 and 60,000.
Napoleon, when at Austerlitz, vanquished
with 80,000 men the united Russian and Aus-
trian armies, counting about 100,000 men.—
At Jena and Auerstadt, there were about
130,000 men under the command of the Em—
peror of the French. The battle of Wagram
was fought with 140,000 men against the
Austrians, and in the equally celebrated battle
at Borodino, about 160,000 Frenchmen were
opposed to the Russians. The decisive battle
at Waterloo was fought with only 80,000
Frenchmen against Wellington with 75,000.
But the battle of Leipsic set in motion a gigan
tic army of 420,000 men. Napoleon having
under bis'EOMmand about 150,000, and the
united fox:us of Russia, Austria, and Prussia,
about 270,000. This was the only battle
during:Napolcon's wars, in which the number
of soldiers confronting each other was greater
than the American armies on the Potomac at
this moment. Qen. McClellan has under his
command at least 200,000 men, and Beaure—
gard not less than 170,000, perhaps more. At
the great battle of Solferino the French and
Italians bad 140,000 men against 130,000
Austrians ; and at the siege of Sevastopol the
allies never had more than 150,000 against
152,000 Russians. It will appear from this
comparison that the armies which are confront
ing each other on the Potomac were exceeded
in numbers only by those vast armies which,
on the plains of Leipsic, decided. the fate of
Europe.
LETTER FROM GARIBALDI
The following letter from Garibaldi has
been received by the United States Consul at
Antwerp
" CAPRERA, Sept. 10, 1861.
"Mr DEAR SIR: I saw Mr. Sanford and
regret to be obliged to announce to you that I
shall not be able to go to the United States at
present. Ido not doubt of the triumph of the
cause of the Union, and that shoitly. But if
the war should unfortunately continue in your
beautiful country, I shall overcome all obsta
oleo which detain me and hasten to the defense
Of a people who are dear to me.
"To Mr. QUIGGILE," GA
U. S. RIBALDI. Consul at
Antwerp."
DEPORTED DEATH Or GEN. HOUSTON. —The
Louisville Courier of the 19th has a report of
the defith of, the ex.governtr of Texas, which
is said to have oairiad'oa the Bth ult. _
LETTER FROM LONDON
The Washington Republican, of Wednes—
day, publishes several interesting extracts
from a private letter written by a gentleman
in London to a friend in Baltimore, from
which we take the following :
The news of the disaster at Lexington has
just reached us: I will not stop to say what
you know already—that it has deeply afflicted
me. I send you the Times, Chronicle and Tel
egraph, with leaders on the subject, that will
let yOu know what is thought of that defeat
over here. But now, I must tell you what
will be the effect of it. Unless the next few
days bring over the news of a brilliant and
decisive victory gained by the Federal Govern
ment over the Confederates, England will cer
tainly at once try to raise the blockade of the
Southern. ports. - -I -told - you-she -was on •the
fence. You will see it announced in the
Times of this day, which I send you, that
Lord John Russell has said be " will consider
of the propriety of sending out ships of war to
raise the blockade." But do you know I think
that is partly insincere ? Ships of-war have
already left these ports, sailing westward
under sealed orders. From all that I can
gather between the half confidences of the
press, and the cautious goSkip of John Bull at
hie dinner table, I think that there is no doubt
that the destination of those ships is to the
Southern ports, where they will cruise to wait
further orders, to be carried out to them by
some fast sailing - war steamer. What those
"further orders" will be, you -may easily
imagine. I tell you, if we do not astonish
England by such a decisive victory as shall
entirely destroy the Confederate army now
on the Potomac, we shall have her down upon
its in aid of the South. I am breathing oat
all my soul in hoping, praying, longing. for
this victory.
In another letter, the same writer says
The English Government don't like the
letter of mediation sent by the Emperor of
Russia to the President of the United States ;
which, as they so much desire the end of the
war, seems a little inconsistent. But they
are certainly jealous of the interference of
Russia. Since that, Russia has sent a special
envoy to France upon some errand of which
this Government is very suspicious and pro—
foundly ignorant. And now observe. You
will remember that in the late Crimean war
the people of the United States certainly sym
pathized with Russia, as a Christian nation
should, for after all, Russia against Turkey
was the Cross against the Crescent. You
know also that the present Czar is one of the
most enlightened and liberal-minded monarchs
that ever sat upon the Russian throne. He
has abolished serfdom in his own dominions.
I think Russia bears a grudge against
England, and would set her at variance with
France if possible. And I have a hope and a
presentiment that if England and France do
help the rebels, and thus make a world's war
of it, Russia will come to the aid of the Fed—
eral Government. There was more in that
letter of mediation than met the eye, especially
in that part of it which reminded the President
that Russia and the United States were the
two greatest powers of the Eastern and West,
ern hemispheres. I hate monarchs, but my
heart warms to the Czar. And yet I know
that there is precious little magnanimity left
in Europe, and whatever any nation may do
for, or against the United States, will be done
primarily for self interest. We must not rely
upon any help from any quarter—we must
rely upon God, our. cause and ourselves.
LIEUTENANT GENERAL SCOTT
This aged and war-worn veteran has retired
from the command of the army, after having
being in the service of his country for upwards
of fifty-three years. The following sketch of
his military life will not be inappropriate at
the present time :
General WINFIELD SCOTT, born in Peters
burg, Virginia, 13th of June, 1776, was ap
pointed Captain of Light Artillery on the 3d
of May, 1808, Lieutenant Colonel Second
Artillery 6th July, 1812 ; distinguished in
assaultonQueenstown Heights, Upper Canada,
13th October, 1812; Adjutant General (rank
of Colonel) 18th of March, 1813 ; Colonel
Second Artillery, 12th March, 1813 ; led the
van, and was distinguished in capture of Fort
George, Upper Canada, 27th May, 1813 ; Brig
adier General 9th March, 1814 ; in the division
of Major General Brown on the Niagara, and
commanded one brigade which fought the
battle of Chippewa, sth July, 1814; brevet
Major General " for his distinguished services
in the successive conflicts of Chippewa and
Niagara, and for his uniform gallantry and
good conduct as an officer in said army," 25th
July, 1814, (September 1814) in the latter
severely wounded; received a gold medal " with
suitable emblems and devices," presented " in
testimony of the high sense entertained by
Congress of his distinguished services in the
successive conflicts of Chippewa and Niagara,
and of his uniform gallantry and good conduct
in sustaining the reputation of the arms of the
United States," 3d November, 1814; retained
Bth April, 1815 ; Major General and General
in• Chief of the Army, 25'h June, 1841 ; took
command in person of the army in Mexico
December, 1846, and made the conquest of
Mexico, from the capture of Vera Cruz, 29th
March, 1847, to the capture of the City of
Mexico 15th September, 1847 ; received the
" thanks of Congress" of March 9th, 1848, for
"uniform gallantry and good conduct conspic
uously displayed at the siege and capture of
the City of Vera Cruz and Castle of San Juan
de Ulloa. March 29th, 1847 ; and in the suc
cessive b ttles of Cerro Gordo, April 18th,
Contreras, San Antonio, and Churubusco, Au
gust 19th • and 20th ; and for the victories
achieved in front of the City ,of Mexico,
September Bth, 11th, 12th and 13th, and the
capture of the Metropolis, September 14th,
1847, in which the Mexican troops, greatly
superior in numbers, and with every advantage
of position, were in every conflict signally
defeated by the American arms ;" with the
presentation of a gold medal " with devices
emblematical of the series of brilliant victories
achieved by the army "—" as a testimony of
the high sense entertained by Congress of his
valor, skill, and judicious conduct in the me
morable campaign of 1847 ; and subsequently
appointed Lieutenant General of the United
States Army, the highest military rank that,
under our institutions, can be conferred on !
any citizen,
FOREIGN GOODS FOR THE ARMY
The papers have been making a great noise
because the Government has sent an agent,
with $BOO,OOO, to Europe to purchase blankets
and cloth for the army. They say it is wrong
to buy abroad 'when our own manufacturers
can furnish the articles. There are two answers
to this ; first, our manufacturers cannot furnish
what is wonted, in due season ; and secondly,
they charge nearly twice as much as the same
goods can be bought for in Europe. In support
of the latter assertion, we notice the fact that an
invoice of blankets arrived last week, for which
Government paid 40 cents per pound. For
" home manufactures " of like description, our
State has paid 80 cents a pound. This differ.
ence is a sufficient justification of the action of
the Government, although they do not rest
upon this ground of defence. The Commis—
sary General, in reply to a remonstrance from
the Boston Board of Trade, says :
" The Government, with every exertion, has
not been able to procure woolens to clothe the
troops suffering in the field. They fill the hoe.
pitals at great expenses of life and of money.
The Government has instructed its agents to
procure, not largely, but only enough to meet
the immediate and pressing demands of the ser
vice. The goods ordered will be made up in
this country by our people. This supply, with
what is now making in the country, it is hoped,
will relieve the distress amonr , 6 the troops, and
it is believed that full employment for all
our manufactories will yet remain to provide
for the wants of the Government and the coun
try at large. The Government would deserve
the execrations of the people if it permitted its
defenders to suffer while waiting for increased
productions here to meet the pressing wants of
the army. You may rest assured that the pol•
icy of the Secretary and of this bureau is al- i
together in favor of using home manufactures,
when it is possible to be done without positive
injury to the men in the field."
If our manufacturers can furnish the goods
in due season and at fair prices, they should
be allowed to do so; but if th • Government,
in the exercise of proper forethought and dil.
igence, has not been able to obtain the necoes ,
vary supply and it cannot be furnished by our
manufacturies in dueseason and at fair prices,
it is the duty of Government to go abroad for
it.—New Hampshire Patriot.
ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBEE.—To day, the an—
nual elections will be held in the following
seven States:
New - York,
Mir Jersey,
Michigan,
Wisconsin,
•
COL. EIAMBEIGHT'S REGIMENT.—OOI. Ham
hifght's 'Lancaster County Regiment is now at Noll%
.Hardin county, Kentucky. The number of the Regiment.
Is the 77th. The officers and men are all well and In the
dwelt of spirits. Their Post Cißce address is as above.--
SERMONS TO X OIINO J. E. MER
sprrn Is delivering a course of tenni* to young men in
the Duke Street M. E. Church. The second sermon was
delivered on Sunday evening last, and the third and last
of the course will be delivered on Sunday evening peat.—
The sermons thus far have been pointed, able, ohnuent
and interesting, and a crowded, attentive and 9Preetainiff
audience has been present on each occasion.
—By the Way, Wit would not be considered too presump
tuomt, we would respectfully suggest to the reverend gen
tleman to preach a course of sermons to the young women.
Doubtless they would be thankful to him for doing so, and
we are very certain the young men would.
NEW TIME TABLE.—A new schedule went
into operation on the Pennsylvania Railroad yesterday.—
The different Passenger ,Tral43 _this, city as
SASTRAED. WXSTWARD.
Through Express. 440 a. m. Through Express. LM a. m.
Fast Line.. 10.00 a. In. Mail Train 11.24 a. m.
LIM - caster Accost. 8.40 a. an. Mt. Joy Actom-11.34 a. in:
Mall 7.27 p. m. Fast Liao. 2.35 p. m.
Harrisburg Acco . 308 p. m. Harrhtbnrg Acco. 8.08 p. m.
Mt. Joy Ac. anis 840 a. m. Lancaster Accom. 7.44 p. m.
SUDDEN DEATH.—Mrs. Hagerty, known to
almost all mar citizens. from having seen her frequently
Bitting at the depot, where she made a living by selling
apples and cakes to the passers by, died on Friday after-
noon last at she was being conveyed home in an omnibus
from her past, having been suddenly attacked with heart
disease. Those who passed that locality will miss another
familiar face, reminding them of the goal to which we are
all hastening.
ARMY TEAMSTERS WANTED.—A few more
Lancaster County Teamsters are waisted at Perryville, Md.,
by our friend and former fellow-citizen, H. A. ROCKAPULD,
Wagon Master, U. 8. A. See advertisement in another
column of tod ay's paper.
• READING AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD.--The
Stockholders of this Company, at a meeting held last Mon.
day, at Michael's Hotel, in Lancaster, decided, by a unan
imous vote, to anthorize the President and Board of Dirac•
tors to issue bonds to enable the Company to build the
eastern end of the road, from Ephrata to Reading. Twenty
miles of the road are nearly ready for the laying of the
track. By a close estimate, the whole road, about 43 miles
in length, via Adamstown, can be graded and bridged for
leas than $300,000; making the whole expense, for iron,
track and all, with Water Stations, about one million of
dollars—the cheapest road in Pennsylvania, and one of
the most is eful and advantageous to the citizens of Lan
caster county. Take the item of coal alone, and consumers
alone the line, and in the City of Lancaster, will
save
$150,000 per annum, by procuring their supplies from
Pottsville. The City of Lancaster consumes yearly 100,000
tone, the price of which is $1,50: while in Reading the
same sells for lees than $3,00 per ton; If, then, the citizens
of Lancaster study their own interests, they will at once
go to work and build their branch connecting with this
road, as the saving in the price of coal alone will pay the
expense in about one year, beside securing a direct route
to New York, by way of the East Pennsylvania Railroad.
That the eastern end of this road will be immediately
put under contract, there is not a shadow of doubt; the
Stockholders being resolved to have it completed forthwith.
—Saturday's Reading Gazette..
A LARGE CONTRACT.—A contract for sup•
plying 1,000,000 feet of lumber, in Washiugton city, ham
been awarded to F. S. Bun, of the Borough of Columbia;
price $10,430.
HALLOW EVE.—Last Thursday night was
known by almost every person in the civilized world as
Hallow Eve, or Hallow E'en. It was the vigil or even of
All Hallow Day, (Friday.) The Catholic Church designated
this day to be held in honor of all those Saints who had
not particular days appropriated for them. In North
Wales there is a custom in vogue, upon All Hallow Eve,
of making a great are, called Chet Ca7lh. Every family in
the night makes a great bonfire in the moat conspicuous
place near the house, and when it is almost extinguished,
every one throws a white stone into the ashes, having
first marked the stone; then, having said their prayers,
turning round the are, they go to bed. In the morning
they search for the stones, and if any of them are found
wanting, they have a notion that the person who threw it
into the fire will die before he sees another All Hallow Eve.
In times past a custom prevailed among our Catholic
forefathers, to have a cake baked;on this eve for every
member of the family. as a "soul- mass cake," or "soul
cake." The cake was composed of oatmeal, and seeded.—
In families of good undition, a quantity of the cake was
made and given to visitors, or distributed among the poor.
,Throughout the British Islands, the festival and fortune.
telling practice of this evening prevails. Gray, in "The
Spell," thus alludes to the festival t
"Two hazle nuts I throw into the flame,
And to each not I give a sweetheart's name;
This with the loudest bounce me sore amazed,
That in a flame of brightest color blazed;
As blazed the nut, so may the passion grow,
For 'twos thy nut did so brightly glow."
- -
In nearly all the villages and towns throughout the
United States, Hallow Eve is looked upon as a carnival of
fun by the rising generation, and innumerable are the
merry games instituted by them. A favorite pastime
among the youngsters in some parts of the country is the
placing of a tub of water, containing an apple ' in the cen
tre of a room, and the youngsters then begin ducking for
the fruit, endeavoring to seize it with their teeth, which
proves a task of much more difficulty than might be sup
posed, and which generally puts the dress and tresses of
fair experimentalists Into considerable disorder. Some
times a cross-stick is suspended from the ceiling by a string,
wills a short burning candle at one end of the stick, and
an apple at the other; and while It is swung rapidly
around, lads and lassies, with their hands tied, endeavor to
catch the apple with ;heir teeth, but generally suffer a
good deal from the candle before they succeed in their ob
ject. The youngsters also amuse themselves on this night
by ringing the door belle of their neighbors' dwellings,
tying cabbages to door-knobs, carrying off signs and door
steps, and numerous other tricks.
FlRE.—Last night week the large barn on
the farm of Mr. John Bear, opposite ex-President Buchan.
an's residence, "Wheatland," was destroyed by fire. The
fire was discovered about coven o'clock, and in a short
time had made so much headway that all attempts to save
the building were futile. The timely arrival of Humane
Engine, No. 6. prevented the fire from communicating
with adjoining buildings. The born contained a quantity
of hay, feed.stuffa, threshing machines sod farming imple
ments, all of which were destroyed. Several wagons and
a lot of harness were saved. Part of the bay, grain, &c.,
belonged to George Wise, the tenant on the place—the
other to Mr. Bear. There was an insurance on the barn
in the Lancaster Mutual Insurance Company, which will
about half cover the loss. Mr. Wise was fully insured in
the Girard Insurance Company of Philadelphia. The fire
is supposed to have been the work of an Incendiary.
WHAT ' A
NAUGHTY PLACE!—From the re
pnrt of the Auditors of Dauphin county, we learn that the
costs paid to Aldermen and Constables in the City of Har
risburg, for the arrest, &c., of vagrants, drunken and dis
orderly persons, during the year 1800, amounted as follows:
To Aldermen $ll9l 88
To Constables 1177,08
Total $2368,07
That's almost double the amount for the same time in
Lancaster, a city of some 5,000 or 6,000 more population.
Verily, Harrisburg is a naughty place, and needs moral
Improvement badly.
CA PT. BOLENIn' COMPANY.—BeIow will be
found the muster roll of Capt. Bolenius' company, of this
city, attached to the 50th Pennsylvania Regiment, Col.
Christ, now In the great military and naval expedition,
which sailed some ten days since from Fortress Monroe:
Captain—Adolphus W. Bolenius,
let Lieutenant—John A. Rodgere,
2d Benjamin Lichty.
lot Sergeant—H. A. Leanich, Jr.,
2d .• Jacob Paulus,
3d Florang Schlernentzaure,
4th " George Tole,
sth " Daniel Roth.
let Corporal—Jteob Lauror,
2d " George Newmyer,
3d Frederick Heathy,
4th " 'William Waiters,
sth " Solomon Hoffer,
6th Andrew G abeer,
7th " Lawrence Carney,
Bth " Lawrence Lattner.
alueicians—C. H. Littleton, Joseph Gonder. Teamster
—John Todd.
Privates:
A ndrout, Robort R nisley, George A.
Ashton, John Kohler, William
Dolman, Edward Lambert, Frank
Becker, Henry Lander, Michael
Bortele, Frederick Leuheart, George
Bradycawp, Lewis Lush, Jacob
Chambers, George Layser, Jeremiah
Campbell, George McManus, Patrick
Christ, Anthony Miller, Hiram
Cooney, John Musgrove, John
Deets, Henry, Jr. Myers, George
Ebenstatter, Joseph Martz, D. P.
Erb, J. H. O'Brien, Edward
voile., Lou •.
Erb, Benjamin O'Corbin, Darnel
Foy, Frank Pyk, John H.
brash, Henry Renee, Jacob
Frank, John Reinter, William
Fisher, Albert Itineer, Samuel
French, Benjamin Rooney, Patrick
Gross, Samuel Smith, Emanuel
Halt, Henry Stonier, Wendle
Hess, Samuel Smith, Gerhart
Hensler, William Souders, William
Better, Augustus Spindler, Nathaniel S.
Henry, J. - A. Stems, Jacob
Hem, George Titselt, Nicholas
Hoffman, Jack Urban, Samuel
Hoover, Frederick Vannorman, Anton
Hoover, Francis Warhol, Nicholas
Hommel, Franklin Walter, John
Kaseman, Nathaniel Warrel, Henry
Kelley, William Weaet, Francis
Kohler, Frederick Weaver, Benjamin
Kirch, Wendel Wingard, Samuel
Killchrist, Thomas Willard, John
Kuhn, Marks Yeager, Joseph
Zeische, Charles
I. 0. OF Goon TEMPLARS.—The following
officers of Early'lle Lodge, No. 16, were duly Installed by
Lodge Deputy S. G. Behmer, on Saturday evening, Novem
ber 2nd W. C. T., 11. B. McCreary ;W. V. T., Kate Smith ;
W. S., John 11. McCreary; W. T., William Diffenderfer;
W. I. 0., Sue Trainer; W. 0. 0. John Smith ; W. M. W.,
J. Kafroth; W. D. M., Isabella Mowday ; W. A. S., Emma
Trainer; W. F. S., S. S. Wrier; W. C., Cyrus Batten; W.
It. 11. 8., Sallie Trainer; W. L. 16. 6., Hamlet Kiehl; P.
W. C. T, U. P. Alexander.
ter "He remembered the Forgotten" was
beautifully said of Howard the philanthropist.
It also applies to every man who brings the
ameliorations, comforts and enjoyments of life
within the reach of persons and classes who
are otherwise deprived of their advantages.—
Especially may it be said of him who labo—
riously seeks and finds new means of preserv
ing health, " the poor man's capital and the
rich man's power." We think this eulogium
properly applied to J. C. Ayer, of Lowell, the
renowned chemist of New England, who, spurn
ing the trodden paths to fame, devotes his
entire abilities and acquirements to the dis—
covery of Nature's most effectual remedies for
disease. When the hidden blessing has been
revealed, he proceeds to supply it to all man—
kind alike, through our druggists, at such low
prices that poor and rich may alike enjoy its
benefits.—Journal and Enquirer, Portland,
Ale.
- CONVICTED OF PIRACY.—The trial of Walter
Wallace Smith, which had been in progress
for some days, in the U. S. Circuit Court,
Philadelphia, before Judges Grier and Cad—
walader,
was brought to a close on Friday
last, by his conviction by the Jury. Smith
was one of the crew of the piratical craft,
bearing the name of the great rebel President,
Jeff. Davis.
THE EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE.
PETERBONB' PHILADELPHIA COUNTEB.PEIT DE
TECTOR AND BANE NOTE LIST, for November is pub.
fished. It enumerates no less than fortydire new counter.
faits which ' have been put In circulation since the let of
October.
This reliable Detector should be in the hands of all our
businessmen, as thereby they might save vastly more than
_ _
the price of subscription, which Is only $1 per annum for,
I monthly, or $2 for the semimonthly publication.
, fo a r re N b o i v g e h m ly be en r te lusa rtata br og n .
Vir The following is the official vote of Cal- I
ifornia c at tbe•recent election for Governor .
, received. The
,
Stanford Republican, • • 56:336 The Doctor', Fanniy,P , and '' Captain Clutterbaek's Cluun.
Two Interesting narratives--.obranielea of conuogrord:
McConnell, preckinridgeDem., , • 32,751 gtvlitWthisast -In num dian tier ae . m lt inii" :lB for saV is by ve W bee •athitaff n e° er in ,..
S nLe rdA nte, G alus lN ual E
Connese, Douglas Dem., ~ , . . 30,009 44 North Queen RaPet• !• - - -.. • - .
... . • . _ .
Massachusetts,
Illinois,
Delaware. .•
~iZlrt op 0 Di g:1:;i
MIMIC IN NEW JERSEYS MAN NUR
DERED AND ROBBED OF soo,ooo.
The New York Express of Wednesday eve
ning last says :
A-few days ago, it was reported in the Ex-
press that on the 22d inst.,a citizen of Mid
dletown, N 'J.,
discoverd the body. of an
unknown man floating in the water. Upon
examination he discovered that a most brutal
murder had been perpetrated, the body being
stabbed in some twenty places, and he im- -
mediately alarrned the proper officer. Deceased
was well, in fact, fashionably dressed, and'
there were found upon his person $llO in gold,
besides some change. This went to show con
clusively, at the time, that the murder bad
not been committed for gain, and the officials
of Middletown could find a trace of no one
who had done it with any other purpose in
view. An inquest was held, the- jury returned
a verdict that deceased bad come to his death
by some means unknown to them, and the
Coroner advertised the case 'in search of
further information.
In the meantime, a gentleman residing in
this city, who does business down town, re
ceived a letter. from the city of Mainz, Grand
Duchy of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, stating
that Sigismund 'Fenner, one of a wealthy
Jewish family residing in that place, had gone
to America in the steamship Bavaria, and
requesting him to write back, should anything
have happened him. The person to whom the
letter was addressed, immediately made in
quiries, and ascertained that Fellner had taken
up his quarters at the Prescott House, on
Broadway, He learned that the day before, on
the 15th inst., the object of his search had
departed, in company of a stranger. He car
ried a trunk with him, avowing it as his
intention to seek other lodgings.
The next thing that struck the eye of the
gentleman engaged in searching for the
stranger was the notice in the Express of a
" Mysterious Murder." A sort of instinctive
fear struck him that the victim might be Fell
ner. Beyond the m4e thought, ho had no
reason to believe so, but on making an exam
ination, his fears were realized. The body,
till then unrecognized, was that of the
stranger. Watch and chain, diamonds to the
value of $40,000, and $lO,OOO in money, be
sides other valuables, had all disappeared, the
small sum found in deceased's pocket being
left behind doubtless to deceive people, by
making them believe that robbery was not the
object of this foul murder.
The breast of Fellner was a mass of wounds.
Twenty gashes from a dirk, seven of which
entered the heart, bad been found necessary
to complete the bloody work. Upon indentifi
cation of the body, it was buried, and word
has been, or will be sent to Fenner's wife and
family' in Germany of the sad affair.
The police are sorely, puzzled about the
matter, That the murder was plotted in New
York, is beyond a doubt, but it will tax the
ingenuity of our most ingenious detectives, to
discover who committed it. A stranger, rather
poorly dressed, was seen to leave with Fellner
when he settled his bill at the Prescott House.
He was seen, but observed only to create a
suspicion in the clerk's mind, that he was an
unreliable character. Did this man go with
Fenner to New Jersey ?
It is likely he did, as the German was a
child in experience here, and besides totally
ignorant of the language. A shrewd fellow
of his own land might have discovered his
wealth, and advised him to seek, as he said he
was seeking, a new boarding place gradually
drawing him into New Jersey, and at night
murdering and'iobbing him, afterwards throw
ing the body in the water.
It is said, however, that he was seen, a day
or two afterwards, on a Catharine street ferry
boat, in company with a Polish Jewess, who
was very richly dressed, and sparkling with
diamonds. This woman" might have drawn
from him the secret of his wealth, and hired
an assassin to perpetrate the crime. In fact,
the stranger who was seen with him, might
have been the agent of this woman.
How to get at the man and the woman is a
matter for the officers. That they will try to
ferret out the villains engaged in this horrible
transaAtion, there is no doubt. Their success,
under existing circumstances, is, to say the
least, problematical. A reward of five hun
dred dollars is offered by Fellner's friends fur
any information that will lead to the discovery
of the assassin.
4ein* Since the above was in type, we learn
from the New York papers, that two Polish
women, a Mrs. Marks and her sister, who came
passongersin the same vessel with Mr. Fellner,
were arrested—also a man named Adolph
Swenzer and his wife, on all of whom were
found some of the money and diamonds.
Another man named Radetzeki is considered
one of the prominent actors in the tragedy
and is still at large. A reward of $5OO is
offered for his arrest.
THE HABEAS CORPUS CASE IN THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
WAYFIINGTON, Oct. 30.
Deputy Marshal Phillips represented to the Circuit
Court to-day that he did net serve the rule issued by that
body on the 22d inst., to be served on Gen. Andrew Porter,
the Provost Marshal for the District of Columbia, because
he was ordered by the President of the United States not
to serve the same, and to report to the court that the privi
lege of the writ of habeas corpus has been suspended for
the present by order of the President, in regard to soldiers
in the army of the United States within this District.
The Deputy Marshal respectfully disclaims all intention
to disobey or treat with disrespect the orders of the court.
Chief Justice Dunlop delivered the opinion of the court,
as fellows:
Rule, to show cause against Dien. Andrew Porter, Piu.
vost Marshal of the District of Columbia, why an attach•
ment of contempt should not Issue against him for oh
structing the process of this court, and the admin:stration
of justice under it.
The return made by Deputy Marshal Phillips the 26th
of October, we will order to be flied, though we do not
doubt our power to regard it . sufficient in law to proceed
against the officer who has made it. The existing condi
tion of the country mattes it plain that that officer is
powerless against the vast military force of the Executive,
subject to his will and order as Commander-in-Chief of the
of the Army and Navy of United States.
Assuming the verity of the return which has been made
on oath, the case presented is without parallel in the
judicial history of the United States, and involves the free
action and efficiency of the Judges of this Court.
The President, charged by the Constitution to take care
that the laws be executed, has seen lit to arrest the pro.
case of this Court and to forbid the Deputy Marshal to
execute it. It does not involve merely the question of the
power of the Executive In civil war to suspend the great
writ of freedom, the habeas corpus.
When this rule was ordered to give efficiency to that
writ, no notice hail been given by the President to the
Courts on the contrary of such suspension, here now first
announced to us; and it will hardly be maintained that
the suspension could be retrospective. The rule in this
case, therefore, whatever may be the President's power
over the writ of habeas corpus, was lawfully ordered, as
well as the writ on which it was founded.
The facts on which the rule was ordered by the
court are assumed to be true as respects the President, be.
cause the President had them before him and has not de•
nied them, but forbade the Deputy Marshal to serve the
rule on Gen. Andrew Porter. The President, we think,
assumes the responeibilty of the acts of Gen. Porter set
forth In the rule, and sanctions them by his order to
Deputy Marshal Phillips not to serve the process on the
Provost Marshal.
The Mime assumes to be and le with the President, and
we have no physical power to enforce the lawful process of
this Court on his military subordinates against the Presi
dent's prohibition. We have exhausted every practical
remedy to uphold the lawful authority of this Court.
It le ordered, this :30th day of October, 1881, that this
opinion of the Court be filed by the Clerk, and made part
of the record as explaining the ground on which we now
decline to order any other process in this case.
Associate Judge Morse said, of this Court and on its be
half, I wish it understood that, notwithstanding the blow
levelled at this Court, I do distinctly assert the following
prlncittitet
FiriVo.hat the law in this country knows no superior :
Seco,,,,d---That the supremacy of the civil authority over
the mi.:era-vs cannot be denied; that It has been established
by the ablest jurists, and, I believe, recognized an•l re
spected by the great Father of his Country during the
Revolutionary war.
Third—That this Court ought to be respected by every
one as the guardian of personal liberty of the citizen In
giving ready and effectual aid by that most valuable means,
the writ of Habeas Corpus.
Fourth—f, therefore, respectfully protest against the
right claimed to Interrupt the proceedings in Ibis case.
WAR llORSEB.—Thirty - nine thousand seven
hundred and sixty-eight horses have been pur
chased by the government in Cincinnati since
the breaking out of the rebellion.
The army "regulation" horse is fifteen or
sixteen hands high; between four and nine
years old, perfectly sound, square trotter, and
color bay, brown, black or sorrel.
HORRIBLE MURDER AT ROME, N. Y.—A hor
rible murder was committed at Rome, on
Saturday. John Bachman, a man about 60
years of age, residing in Canal village, stabbed
a woman that he was living with several times,
wounding her severely, after which he pro—
ceeded to a neighboring house and stabbed an
old man, 84 years of age, named Lawrence,
through the heart, killing him instantly.—
Pursuit was made after him, when he jumped
into the canal, and came near drowning, but
was hauled out and taken to jail. The cause
of the crime was jealousy.
[Editorial Correspondence of the Albany Journal.]
TRIIRLOW WEED ON FREMONT.
WASHINGTON, October 26.
Since it cannot be concealed or denied that Gen.
Fremont's conduct in Missouri has been the subject
of official inquiry, and is now the occasion of execu
tive vituperation and of popular solicitude, 1 have
made it my business to obtain, from various but
reliable sources, information from which the people,
as jurors, may safely rendez a verdict.
On coming, as I have, to a conclusion unfavorable
to Gen. Fremont, it is scarcely needful to say that I
had, in doing so, to "coriitner" many "prejudices."
lily _relations with Gen. Fremont have been intimate
and pleasant. I believed him eminently upright
and patriotic. I thought him well fitted for the high
command with which he was invested ; and he went
forth with my heartfelt aspirations that he would
render good service to our country and win glory to
himself.
Passing much that might be said, impugning the
sense and taste of Gen. Fremont, and confining my
self to accusations undeniably true, I submit to the
readers of the Journal some facts which will show
them how lamentably a favored general disappoints
the popular expectation :
When Gen. Fremont reached St. Louis he took as
his headquarters a house for which the government
is paying $6,000 a year.
He surrounded himself with a numerous staff, none
of whom were residents of fdissouri; organizing, sim
ultaneously, a body guard, consisting of nearly three
hundred horsemen, through which access to the chief
is as difficult as the approach to a monarch in the
darkest ages of despotism.
He has appointed and commissioned, without the
shadow of authority, more than fifty officers, with the
rank of colonel, lieutenant-colonel, major, captain,
Ise. Colonel Andrews, the United States paymaster,
was required to pay these officers, and upon his re
fusal to do so, was threatened with imprisonment.—
He was also directed to make an illegal transfer of
$lOO,OOO
'the officers belonging to General Fremont's staff
are interested in army contrasts. Captain Haskell,
an aid, is a partner of Colonel Degraf in mule, hay,
and other contracts.
Captain Turnly, a United States commissary, was
ordered to receive and pay exorbitant prices for infe
rior mules, from Captain Haskell, and upon protest
ing against this wrong, was ordered away from the
post by General Fremont.
Captain E. M. Davis, of General Fremont'a staff,
received a contrast for blankets, which, on delivery,
proved rotten and worthless, and though condemned,
were paid for and sent to the hospitals.
The muskets purchased by Gen. Fremont, in
France, are worthless.
After Gen. Meigs limited the price to be paid for
oats at 300., corn at 285., and hay at $17.50, a con
tract was made with Baird k Palmer (Palmer, Cook
& Co., of California notoriety) at 33c. for oats, 300.
for corn: and Sl9 for hay, amounting in the aggre
gate to $lOO.OOO.
Gen. Fremont, on his arrival at St. Louis, was
met by the aid of Gen. Lyon, accompanied by Major
Phelps, M. C., asking for reinforcements, which
were not sent.
The indebtedness of the quartermaster's depart
ment, for Gen. Fremont's command, is over four
millions and a half.
The disastrous condition of things is attributable
to the "malign influences" of Californians with
whom General Fremont became unfortunately con
nected in mining operations, and who hurried from
the Pacific on learning that he was intrusted with a
high military command. These ill-omened men,
some or all of whom left a dark record in California,
seem to have obtained either a voluntary or con
strained control of the quartermaster and commissary
departments of Gen. Fremont's military district.—
The results and consequences are fatal alike to the
interests of the country and the usefulness and
reputation of the commanding general. They im
peach either his head or his heart, and, so far as he
is practically concerned, it is not material which;
for whether a wicked or a weak general, he is unfitted
for so great a trust.
Nor are these faults, grave as they are, the only
ones to which he is obnoxious. The war is being
prosecuted by the army under his command, in a
way which recalls and deepens the horrors of van
dalism. Without conquering traitors he is converting
Union men into enemies. His line of march is
marked and memorised by spoliations and ravages
which disgrace an age of civilization. - We have a
letter dated 4. Tipton, Mo., October 17," from an
intelligent, observing, truthful friend, from which
we take the following extract :
4. From Tipton to Warsaw the march was ono
continuous devastation, without the least regard for
principles or antecedents. One Union man, who had
kept five sons from joining the secession forces, had
his place literally gutted, the men of Asboth's and
Siegel's divisions killing, on his farm alone, forty
sheep, three cows, two steers, and stealing eight
horses. The cavalry galloped over prairies lassoing
mules and shooting oxen, sheep, and hogs, then
chocked them into their already overloaded wagons.
There is scarcely a feathered biped left within five
miles on either side of their march ; not a whole
looking glass or an unrifled bureau or blanket that
has not been seized. For all this there is no excuse,
the army having an abundance of provisions and
stores.
"The army has now reached Warsaw and can
advance 7Ze . farther, and NEVER WAS INTENDED TO
ADVANCE FURTHER. Price and his army are to-day
more than seventy miles ahead of ours. Fremont
does not expect, and never did expect to overtake
him.
" Let the least disaster happen to us in front, and
not a man will ever return to tell the story—for we
shall have loft behind us a maddened, beggared,
famishing, frenzied population, in which those who
were Union men ten days ago, are to•day our most
bitter enemies."
Such license adds horrors to the legitimate and
unavoidable evils of war. An army that leaves such
remembrances along its line of march will be forever
execrated.
It is sad to record the things of a youthful gen
eral, from whose career the country looked for
heroism tempered with humanity. But high as our
hopes were of General Fremont, we cannot afford,
when—whether from fault or misfortune—so much
depends on the wisdom and integrity of generals, to
be deceived. I am, by the force of evidence which
cannot be resisted, constrained to admit that he has
signally failed to discharge, with usefulness to the
country, or credit to himself, the duties of his sta
tion.
I would gladly turn from this painful theme, were
it permitted, to a more (Medal one. But we are
I oppressed by a fresh calamity. The battle of Ball's
Bluff, like that at Bull Run, was a defeat and a
blunder. The defeat, where 2,000 troops, with all
the conditions and surroundings against them, en
gaged 4,000, was unavoidable. Of the blunder I
will not speak, because I do not yet know who is
responsible for it. .To those who were in the battle,
whether they survive or sleep their last sleep,"
nothing but honor and gratitude is due.
I was with the President last evening when the
brother, eon, and nephew of the latellen. Baker,
who were with him, called to show his orders. These
orders were on his person, and were crimsoned and
conSecrated by his blood. Though the blood par
tially effaces the order, enough is legible to vindicate
his memory. It is sufficient to say that the orders
were clear and explicit, and that they were gallantly,
generously, and literally obeyed. Gen. Baker, with
inadequate means of transportation, went to the
rescue of 600 Spartans, who were engaged with an
enemy 4.000 strong.
From New Orleans and Santa Rosa we have intel
ligence of a more cheering character. The braggart
Hollins, whose only exploit was in burning defense
less Graytown; published a lying dispatch. His
pretended victory over our blockading squadron was
a poor, cheap falsehood. So, too, in regard to the
attack upon Col. Wilson's Zonaves, near Fort Pick
ens. This pretended victory was a positive defeat.
Of the naval expedition I am not at liberty to
speak.
We have an immense, reasonably well equipped,
and highly disciplined army, stretching slang the
line of the Potomac river. It cannot remain long
inaotive. Let us hope that future successes may
retrieve past disasters. T. W.
WESTERN PRODUCTS-CORN AND
The hog crop, one of the great features of
farming and trade in our chief corn-growing
regions, will this year fully sustain its reputa
tion in quantity and quality, though not in
price. Difficulty of transportation eastward,
even at enormously high rates, co operates
with the embargo on the lower Mississippi to
place pork at very low figures.
Our information from the principal hog rais
ing districts of Ohio, within easy reach of the
great hog slaying city of Cincinnati, represent
the price asked for'hogs at three dollars per
cwt., gross—the price of corn varying from
ten to twenty cents per bushel in the same
region, according to facilities of access to
market.
One of the most intelligent business men of
lowa informs us that ho can at this time
"contract for a hundred thousand hogs," de—
livered at Keokuk, or probably at any other
of the Illinois or lowa cities along the Missis
sippi, for two dollars and a half per cwt.—
This is indeed a falling off from the price at a
corresponding period of last year, when the
price at Keokuk, and elsewhere along the
upper Mississippi, ranged from five dollars and
five and a half dollars to (at a later period)
over six dollars. The great difficulty at
present is in finding an outlet to the Atlantic,
owing to the immense pressure of freight, at
the highest rates ever known, on the lakes,
canals, and railroads.
Is there not here a good chance for eastern
investments? Pork, at two and a half cents
on the river front of lowa and Illinois, must
well repay the venturea of those who can look
far enough ahead to see that the demand for
breadstuff's, during the winter or spring, will
bring up pork to a largely remunerative
price.
Corn on the cob, during low prices,•as now,
is actually burned as the cheapest fuel in some
parts of the prairie regions. Pork, too, which
is almost as cheap, cannot be lower than it now
is, and it would benefit eastern capitalists, as
well as the western farmers and factors, to
have large quantities taken up at present
rates, in preparation for the markets during
the winter and spring. Deficiency of capital
in the West prevents investments by western
men, who would otherwise gladly buy at pre
sent rates, in the certainty of large returns ere
many months. The circumstances are at least
worthy of immediato attention on the part of
eastern and foreign dealers in breadstuffs.—
.N. F. World.
TUE HAVERHILL MOB.—The Boston (Re
publican) Advertiser, in speaking of the out
rage upon an editor in Haverhill, justly says:
" A4dozen secession sheets cannot do the
mischief which .is done by one such , act, of
reckless defiance of law as was there perpe—
trated."
WAR NEWS_
Our Lois in the Late Battle
. . . , . . .
The Washington correspondent of the New 'York
t World, under date of the 28th ult., has the follow
' ing account of the losses sustained by our army in
the Battle of Ball's Bluff:
• Let us, earn up the statistics of this eortfliet. The
total number of federal troops who crossed the Vir
ginia channel was about. 1.853. officers and men.—
Of these 653 belonged to the Massachusetts Fifteenth,
. 340 to the Massachusetts Tirtintieth, about 380 to
• the Tammany Regiment, and 570 to the first beta'-
, lion of the - First California.
The Massachusetts Fifteenth lost in killed, wound
ed, and missing 322, including a lieutenant colonel
' (wounded.) and 14 out of 28 line officers who crossed.
l The Massachusetts Twentieth lost in all 159, in
cluding a colonel, major, surgeon, and adjutant,
(prisoners.) and 8 out of 17 line officers who crossed.
i The Tammany companies lost 163, including_ a
i colonel, and . 7 out of 12 line officers who crossed.
The Californians lost 309, including their colonel
(the general commanding,) .lieutenant colonel
• (wounded,) adjutant, and 15 line officers out of 17
who crossed.
Total engaged in the fight, 1,853; total losses,
953 ; field officers crossing. 11; returningnninjured,
3; line officers crossing 74; returning uninjured, 30.
No one can give any trustworthy statement as to
'the ratio of the killed, wounded and captured to
• the total loss. I know the foregoing statement to be
correct, so far as Our casualties are concerned, but
am not officially informed of the exact numbers of
the Tammany Regiment, engaged in the fight.—
You will note the extraordinary loss of commissioned
officers, both field and line. At present the camps
of the suffering regiments are places of mourning,
yet the remnants of their forces- do not seem de
moralized by the result of the action. The Massa
chusetts Fifteenth can hardly muster over one hun
dred files of men fit for duty, yet two companies
went steadily on picket guard yesterday. There
are only ninety-six serviceable files in the .First
California Battalion—with whose officers and hos
pitable encampment I have long been so well ac
quainted. Captain Mallory. of this corps, told me
yesterday that he had but twenty-five able-bodied
men left of over ninety who answered at roll-call
a week ago.
Official Report of the Rat tle at Ball's Muff:
Gen. Stone's official account of the battle of Ball's
Bluff has been published. He takes upon himself
no share of the responsibility for the disastrous re
sult of that fight—but says that it was discretionary
with Col. Baker, after viewing the ground, to retire
the troops from the Virginia shore, or to puss over
reinforcements in case be found it practicable and
the position on the other aide favorable. Gen. Stone
appears to have been ignorant of Col. Baker's peril,
while the latter either misapprehended his instruc
tions, or was not aware of the strength and position
of the enemy The following is an extract from Gen.
Stone's report:
- Col. Baker having arrived at Conrad's Ferry with
the First California Regiment, at an early hour,
proceeded to Edward's Ferry, and reported to me in
person, stating that his regiment was at the former
place, and the' three other regiments of his brigade
ready to march: I directed him to Harrisonis Island
to assume command, and in a full conversation ex
plained to him the position as it then stood, I told
him that Oen. Eileen had advanced his troops to
Drainsville, and that I was extremely desirous of
ascertaining the exact position and force of the ene
my in our front, and exploring as far as it was safe
on the right toward Leesburg, and on the left toward
the Leeshurg and Gum Spring road.• I also inform
ed Col. Baker that Gen. Gorman, opposite Edward's
Ferry, should be reinforced and that I would make
every effort to push Gorman's troops carefully for
ward to discover the beat line from that ferry to the
Leesburg and Cum Spring road, already mentioned,
and the position of the breastworks and hidden bat
tery, which prevented the movement of troops di
rectly from left to right, were also pointed out to
him.
The means of transportation across, of the suffi
ciency of which he (Baker) was to be judge, was
detailed, and authority given him to make use of the
guns of a section each of VaUghan's and Bunting's
batteries, together with French's mountain howit
zers, all the troops of his Brigade and the Tammany
regiment, beside the Nineteenth and part,of the
Twentieth regiments of Massachusetts Volunteers,
and I left it to his discretion, after viewing the
ground, to retire from the Virginia shore'under the,
cover of his guns and the fire of the large infantry
force, or to pass our reinforcements in case he found
it practicable, and the position on the other sido
favorable. .1 stated that 1 wished no advance made
unless the enemy were of inferior force, and under
no circumstances to puss beyond Leesburg, or a strong
position between it and Goose Creek, on the Gum
Spring, ie. the Manassas rood. Col. Baker was
cautioned in reference to passing artillery across the
river; and I begged if he did so to see it well sup
ported by good infantry. The General pointed out
to him the position of some bluffs on this side of the
river, from which artillery could act with effect on
the other, and, leaving the matter of crossing more
troops or retiring what were already over, to his
discretion, gave him entire control of operations on
the right. This gallant and energetic officer left me
abgut 9 a. m., or half past 9, and galloped off quickly
to his command
Reinforcements were rapidly thrown to the Vir
ginia side by Gen. Gorman, at Edward's Ferry, and
his skirmishers and cavalry scouts advanced cau
tiously and steadily to the front and right, while the
infantry lines were formed in such positions as to act
rapidly and in concert in case of an advance of the
enemy, and shells were thrown by Lieut. Woodruff's
Parrott guns into the woods beyond our lines as they
gradually extended, care being taken to annoy the
vicinity of the battery on the right. Messengers
from Harrison's Island informed me, soon after the
arrival of Col. Baker, opposite the island, that he
was crossing his whole force us rapidly as' ossible,
and that he hod caused an additional flat: boatto be
rafted from the canal into the river, and had provi
ded a line to cross the boots more zapidly.
After Col. Devon's second advance, Col. Baker
went to the field in person, and it is a matter of re
gret to me that he left no record of what ofii'ders and
men he charged with the care of the boats and insur
ing the regular passage of troops. If any were
charged with the duty, it was not performed, for the
reinforcements. as they arrived, found no ono in
command of the boats. and great delays were thus
occasioned. Had one officer and a company remained
at each landing, guarding the boats. their full capa
city would have been made serviceable, and sufficient
men would have been passed on to secure success.—
The forwarding of artillery before - its supporring
force of infantry also impeded the rapid assembling
of an imposing force on the Virginia shorn. If the
infantry force had first crossed. a difference of 1,000
men would have been made in the infantry line at
the time of attack, probably enough to have given
us the victory.
Sketches of Gen. Stone and Gen. Evans.
The following particulars in regard ,to the com
manders of the forces recently pitted against each
other at Edward's Ferry, will be interesting at the
present time :
Brigadier General Charles P. Stone is a native of
Massachusetts, and his first military career bears
date 1841, when he entered West Point as a cadet.
In 1845 he stood seventh in a class numbering forty
five In July of that year ho was brevetted Second
Lieutenant of Ordnance, and from August, 1845, to
January. 1846, he was acting assistant Professor of
Ethics, /cc., at the Military Academy. On the Bth
of September, 1847, he was brevetted First Lieuten
ant for gallant and meritorious conduc' in the battle
of El Molina del Rey, and on the 13th of the same
month was brevetted Captain for the same conduct
at Chapultepec He was made First Lieutenant in
the army in February, 1853, and resigned on the
17th day of November, 1856
On the breaking out of the present troubles he took
command of the District of Columbia Militia, and
moved them up in the neighborhood of his recent
station On the formation of the new regunenta of
the regular army he was appointed from the District
of Columbia to the Colonelcy of the Fourteenth U. S.
infantry. His commission bears date May 14, 1861.
On the 17th of the same month he was appointed by
Congress a Brigadier General of Volunteers, and
held the command of the Third brigade under Gen.
Banks. His command was then temporarily separ
ated from that of the Major General commanding
the department of the Shenandoah, and he held the
position in the neighborhood of Ed ward's Ferry, with
a moderate force, with his headquarters at Pooles
ville. He has always been spoken of as a good
soldier, but this is the first opportunity that he has
bad to exhibit his generalship, although his bravery
was fairly tested in Mexico.
Brigadier General Nathan George Evans is a na
tive of South Carolina, and graduated at West Point
in 1844. lie was appointed to a Second Lieutenancy
in the First United States Dragoons in July, 1848,
and was transferred to the Second Dragoons in Sep
tember, 1849. In March, 1855, he become First
Lieutenant of the Second cavalry, and was promoted
to a Captaincy in the following year, which position
he held under Major 'Van Dorn, when the latter
commanded the expedition against the Citmanches
in 1858, winning no little distinction for his bravery
in the severest battle of the campaign, near Witchita
village in Texas.
His connection with the rebels is contemporaneous
with the secession of South Carolina, by whose Gov
ernor he was appointed adjutant general of the reg
ular forces of the State. He was a.bsequently ap
pointed brigadier general, and, in conjunction with
Gene. Jackson and Cocks, commanded the left wing
of the rebel forces at the battle of Bull Run, in
which engagement he was in immediate command
of the brigade composed of Wheat's battalion, Col.
May's Seventh Louisiana volunteers and the Wash
ington artillery.
The Present ondition of Kentucky--
From the Official Report of Adjutant
General Thomas.
WASIIINGTON, Oct. 21.
We [the Secretary of War and himself] left In
dianapolis. October 16, for Louisville, Ky., where
we arrived at 121 o'clock, P. hL , and had an inter
view with Gen. Sherman, commanding the Depart
ment of Cumberland. He gave a gloomy picture of
affairs in Kentucky, stating that the young men
were generally secessionists, and had joined the Con
federates, while the Union men, the aged and Con
servatives, would not enroll themselves to engage in
conflict with their relations on the other side. But
few regiments could be raised. He said that Buck-.
ner was in advance of Green river with a heavY
force on the road to Louisville, and au attack might
be daily expected, which, with the force be had, he
would not be able to resist; but nevertheless he.
would fight them. He, as well as citizens of the.
State, said that the border,Stato of Kentucky must
furnish the troops to drive the Confederates from the
State. His force then consisted of 10,000 troops in
advance of Louisville, in camp at Nolin river, and
on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, at various
points; at Camp Dick Robinson, or acting in con
junction with General Thomas, 9,000; and two regi
ments at Henderson, on the Ohio, at the mouth of
the Green river.
On being asked the question, what force he deemed
ec
promptly replied 200,000 men. This
conversation nesaryh
e occurred in the presence of Est-Secre
tary Guthrie and Gen. Woods. The Secretary of
War replied that he supposed•that the Kentuckians
would not in any number take up arms to operate
against the Confederates Bat he thought Gen.
Sherman over-estimated the number and power of
the Confederate forces ; that the Governmerttwould
furnish troops to Kentucky to accomplish the .work . ;
but that he (the Secretary) was tired of defensive
war, and that the troops must assume.the•offensive
and carry : the war to the firesides of the enemy;
that the season for operations in Western Yirtginia,
was about over, and that he would take Ithe - trOeta
from ihere and send 'them to Kentimity.r bitt:t b )
begged of eon. Sherman to aseurne the offt‘airmtni
•