C|e Centre Jemffcrat
BELLEFONTE, PA
Thursday Morning, Oct. 24 \>l.
J. J. BRISBIN, EDITOR & PUBLISHER "
W. W. BROWN, ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
aHßWCMartrTHir'iri m*
THE TAX" COLLECTORS OF CBNTRB
COUNTY:—I am in great need.ofnaeuey.—-
I cannot get along without it-. The time allotted
you for the colloctirn o-f your Duplicate has ex
pired. You are liable to distress and executiou
at any time. Ido not wish to put cost upon you.
Why cannot you colleebthe tax in obedience to
your Warrant and thus save us a very unpleasant
duty? Some of you we buck aver two years.—
This state of things cannot be permitted any lon
ger. It is not my fault that there is no money in
the Treasury: I want you to collect immediately
all the money on your Duplicate, and send it, or
bring it to me, not later than the Third Monday
of November, it hoingjhe first day of the adjourn
ed Ciurt. By so doing you will aid me in uain
taining the credit of the county,, and save your
selves trouble and costs.
Very Respectfully, Ac.,
W. W. BROWN, Trtatnrer.
. —Execution will be issued on all defaulting
Collectors immediately after the November Court.
I hope tc be spared this painfrl duty. W. W. B.
Our paper is one day behind this week.
We had.expected-, now. that tbe election i 3 over,
to issue our paper regularly on Thursday, but this
week there was such a rush of Job Work—and
that's what brings the cash—that we could not
possibly get out until Friday.
The associate is in Philadelphia and we had
BO time to write ; our readers thereftre, will not
hurt their eyes reading editorial.
The Army Frauds.
Our paper to-day contains articles from
different Democratic Journals, in reference
to the Report of the Committee on the alle s
ged army trends. Now ihat Governor Cur
tin bat been freed from all blame in this
matter, we wonder if the Watchman edi
tor will have tbe manliness to ety so, thro'
tbe columns of that "valuable paper 1"
19* How grandly tbe etorm is rolling up
and taking its way southward. Six months
since and the threatenings all lay in tbe
Souther* sky. To-day we have brghtness
•ltd confident* here, they have dire uncer
tainty and distress there. With armies full
of spirit, treasury full of supplies, and the
marts of commerce full of activity, we cheer
fully look to tbe winter campaign as fruitful
with victories which shall restore the protec
tion of tbe National flag to thousands of mis
led men. Making every allowance for the
coloring of correspondents and operators, tbe
aspect of the hour is most encouraging. We
are surrounding tbe rebels with a line of fire
and steel, before whose narrowing circles
they must succumb. Already their boldest
freat wavers to and fro irresolute, and every
where else retreat in the order of the day.—
Look from St. Joe to Cairo, thence to Wasb
ington end along the coast from Monroe to
New Orleans, and the recoil of rebellion from
the adamaatine arms of patriotic freemen is
everywhere eoen and felt.
JQT* We hare carefully read, and regret
that its great length will prevent us from
publishing in our columns, the report of
Messrs. Fry, Rodgere, Abbott, Ileywood,
and Gope,. the Commissioners appointed by
Gov. Curtin. to inquire into the a leged frauds
committed in furnishing supplies to our vol
unteers ; and it is a.gratifying fact that, after
a laborious investigation by these gentlemen
whc are men of highest character, no single
evidence of fraud attaches to the proper State
authorities—the necessity of organizing an
army out of entirely raw matt rial in a few
days—the entire want of equipments, arms
provisions, &c., it is remarkable indeed that
the arduous duties so suddenly imposed upon
Gov. Curtin have been discharged with so
little loss to the State. Our volunteers were
not properly elothed ,it is true; but the evi
deooe shows that the material for proper
uniforms was scarcely to be bad ; and that
inferior goods were often necessarily pur
chased, and at the lowest cash prices, to
equip our men.— Phil. Press
NUMBER or FIOHTING MEM IN TUB LOYAL
STATES. —The following table shows the number
of males in the loyal States fit to bear arms, be
tween the ages of 18 and 45 ytars, together with
the population of each State, and the number of
men each should send to the army to make up the
half a million ordered into service by the act of
Congress :
Population. Fighting Men. Qouta.
Maine, 628.278 . 125,000 16,250
N. Hampshire, 326,072 65,000 8,450
Vermont, 315,116 63,000 8,160
Massachusetts, 1,231,065 246,000 33,000
Cennecticut, 460,101 92,000 12.000
Ithode Island, 174.620 35,000 4,000
New York, 3,887,532 778,000 101,140
Pennsylvania, 2,906,370 581,000 74,530
New Jersey, 672,031 134,000 17,420
l>e)aware, 112,218 25,000 2,860
Ohio, 2,339,600 468,000 61,000
Indiana, 1,350,480 270,(00 35,100
Illinois, 1,711,752 342,000 44,400
Michigan, 749,112 150,000 19,500
Wisconsin, 775,783 155,000 20,150
lowa, 674,748 135,000 17,550
Minnesota, 162,022 32,000 4,160
Kansas, 107,110 14,000 2,730
California, 435,457 70,000 10,000
Oregon, 52,463 10,000 1,500
Nebraska Ter'y. 28,793 6,000 1,000
Colorada " 34,842 5,000 1,200
N. Mexico " 93,541 19,000 2,400
District ol Col., 75,076 15,000 2.000
Total, 19,322,680 3,800,000 609,000
The troops which may be raised in Virginia,
Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri, are not esti
mated, but considered as Home Guards or police
for their respective States.
W&" A Lady recently escaped from Vir
ginia, says the Pittsburg Despatch , tells us
that on the occasion of an alarm among the
rebels in the town where she was residing,
from a report thai the Union troops were com
ing through the town, the amiable old Seces
sion ladies poisoned their preserves and oth
er nice things, snd when the rumor proved
false, they felt a little sorry, no doubt, as the
preserves were all gouo " for nix." The
same lady says that there was not one ya;d
of ealieo and but one hoop skirt for sale in
the town. What wonder that all the women
were savage at " Lincoln," as they never
take the trouble to think that he was not to
blame if the people cose to make him Presi
dent, and that Jeff. Davis & Co had uo more
provocation to kick out tf the traoet when he i
was elected than before.
The Probable Complexion of the
Next Legislature.
TVe have tried nur utmost to present a complete
list of the meaibers elected to the next Legisla
ture, bat the returns are coming in so slowly, and
the votes in some counties so evenly balanced,
that nothing tut an official count of the army
next November will decide the result. The fol
lowing table, however, has been prepared with
much care, aad we believe can be relied on as
move correct than the statements relating to the
same subject, made by any of our cotemporaries.
We expect, too, that the army vote will give us
one or two more members in the Ho%se of Repre
sentative s than we claim in the following table :
THB SENATE.
The following districts elected Senators-at tbe
last election :
BBr. DEM.
Third District, Philadelphia, 1
Montgomery, 1
Rucks, 1
Northampton, 1
Berks, 3
Schuylkill, 1
Clinton, Lycoming, Centre and Union, 1
York, 1
Allegheny, 1
Erie and Crawford, 1
Clari.n, Jefferson, Forest and Elk, 1
A 8
Senator holding over, 20 2
23 10
10
Republican majority, 13
HOUSE or KEPUDSBXTATIVEB.
The following are the most reliable returns we
can make of tbe probable complexion of the next
ILsse of Representotives, namely:
UNION. DEM.
Adams, 1
Allegheny, 5
Armstrong and Westmoreland, 3
Beaver and Lawrence, 2
Bad foid and Somerset, 2
Berks, S'
Blair, 1
Bradford, 2
Bucks, 2
Butler, 2
Cambria, 1
♦Carbon and Lehigb, 2
Centre, 1
Chi ster, 3
Clarion and Forest, 1
Clearfield, Jefferson, MeKean and Elk 2
Clinton and Lycoming, 2
Columbia, Montour, Wyoming & Sullivan, 2
Crawford and Warren, 2
Cumberland and Perry," 1
Dauphin, 2
Delaware, 1
Eris, 2
Fayette, 1
Franklin and Fulton, 2
Greene, 1
Huntingdon, 1
Indiana, 1
Juniata, Union and Snyder, 2
Lancaster, 4
Lebanon, 1
Luzerne, 3
Mercer and Venango, 2
Mifflin, 1
Monroe and Pike, 1
Mongomery, 3
Northampton, * 2
Northumberland, 1
Potter and Tioga, 2
Philadelphia, 7 10
Susquehanna, 1
Schuylkill, 1
Washington, 1
Wayne, 1
Y'ork, 2
58 42
42
Union majority, 1®
♦Messrs. Liehtenwallner and Craig, the gentle
men elected in the Carbon and Lehigh district,
were also on tbe Union ticket and can be relied
on as good Union men.
The Frauds on the Soldiers—The
Commissioners' Report.
We have on our table the Report of the
Commission appointed by Governor Curtin to
investigate the frauds alleged to have been
committed against the State by certain par
ties who undertook to furnish supplies. It
will give every loyal citizen pleasure to learn
that by the Report of the Commission, Gov,
Curtin is entirely vindicated as to the chargo
of complicity with any wrong-doers. This
result fully endorses the view taken of tbe
matter of the Journal, at a time when the
sufferings of our original brave volunteers
called for the watchful services of an inde
pendent press.
Gov. Curtin of course, called en to act
with the greatest promptitude, at a time
when the National Capitol was threatened
with destruction by the Uantant rebels, and
was entirely defenceless, could Dot by any
possibility know the antecedents of the hun
dreds who rushed from their hiding places,
and offered their invaluable services. The
engrossing idea was Washington is in danger!
Tbe valuable archieves of tbe different de
partments may be Floydized. The President
and hiß Cabinet may be captured—the rebsl
flag may float from the doom of the Capitol—
the border States of Pennsylvania may be
invaded—llarrisburg itself may be occupied
by the rebels and tiaitors—all these appre
hensions, and many more crowded the pub
lic mind. No time was to be lost. Then, it
was. let it not be forgotten, that Gov. Curtin,
with almost unexampled dispatch, summoned
together the army which bad to be clothed,
and started on its way to the defense of
Washington.
In the turmoil of that critical tims it could
not be otherwise than that meD, not fit to be
trusted, would thrust themselves forward and
tako advantage of the times of peril and quick
action, to secure their own interests, and so,
by false dealing, throw the Chief Magistrate
of the State into a wrong position. Tbe fame
of a George Washington would have suffered
by such a contact. Whatever position cer
tain other parties may be left to flouxder in,
by the of the Commissioners, as Pennsylva
nians, it gives us unfeigned pleasure, that
tbo Governor of our State stands before our
sister States justified, because fully vindica
ted. — Phil'a. Evening Journal.
A dispatch from Quincy, Illinois, states
that an accident occured at Platte river, on
the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, last
Friday, by the upsetting of boats used to
ferry passengers across the stream by which
six soldiers, of Col. Cooke's U. S. Dragoons
were drowned Sf Louis Evening News.
WE learn that many of the farmers in the
western part of Chester county have raised
parcels of the Chinese Sugar Caue, the pres
ent season. The crop has yelded very well.
Mr. James Cloud, near Cocbranville, is man
ufacturing the molasses by steam, and his
mill is running night and day. As sugars
have raised in price the crop will be profits- i
ble. 1
THEB CE3VTRB DEMOCRAT.
The Alleged Frauds in Army
Clothing.
We have twice, since the announcement
that frauds were perpetrated upon the State
and the volunteer servioe in the articles of
clothing, taking occasion to give our views
upon the subject. When the announcement
was firsr. made, and, as sequel proves, a
most unwarrantable hue and cry was raised
against the Executive of this Commonwealth
of complicity in those frauds, we felt it to be
a duty we owed aliko to truth and the honor
of the State, to interpose our feeble voice
against such rank injustice.
It is no part of our present purpose to stop
to inquire iDto the motives of those who
could so disgrace themselves as to join a
wanton crusade against the honor and fair
fame of the Executive of Pennsylvania, by
charging corruption without the most sub
stancial proof to sustain such grave charges,
nor to animadvert in fitting terms upon the
extent of the injury inflieted by such conduct
upon the honor and character of the State;
but rather to state, in the most succinct man
ner, the results of the examinations of the
commission appointed by the Governor to
investigate the alleged frauds, together with
the presentment of the Grand Jury, of the
city of Philadelphia, vrho, at the instance of
the court, instituted a most searching and
thorough inquiry. The commission referred
to, consisted of five gentlemen of the first re
spectability and standing, viz; Benjamin
Haywood, Jacob Fry, Jr., Charles F. Abbott
Caleb Cope and Evan Rogers. We will
quote but two sentences of their report, be
cause they contain the pitch and marrow of
the entire paper, and all that is necessary to
our present purpose;
" This commission having undertaken its
task with the siDgle determination thorougly
to investigate every transaction within its
scope, and in pursuance of this end, having
spent t'iree days in Ilarrisburg, examining
witnesses and making personal inspection of
the food provided for the soldiers, takes pleas
ure in reporting this latter most important
article to be of roost excellent quality, the
bread especially being of the best descrip
tion.
" They also report, in general, as the re
sult of their investigation, that they have
found instance of ignorance, of incompetence
of sharp-dealiog never praiseworthy, and
here eminently disgraceful, of bad appoint
ments, which, although under the peculiar
circumstances of the times tu be expected,
are none the less to be condemned ; but, Miih
tbe exception of one single instance which
will be found in the accompanying evidence,
they have detected no fraud nor attempt at
fraud, either on tbe part ot any agent con
nected with these transactions, nor on the
part of the authorities at Ilarrisburg."
On the same subject, but a few days ago,
the Grand Jury of Pniladelphia made the
following presentment, which we prefer quo
ting in full because it disposes of the whole
question, with all its attendant circumstan
ces, which are fully and fairly stated ;
" Upon the duly thus committed to us, the
Grand Jury entered with an earnest desire
tolearnthe truth and bring to justice all par
ties who might be implicated. In pursuing
this investigation, we had the personal atten
dance and aid of the District Attorney, du
ring our examinations, covering a period of
six days. We avail ourselves of the labors
of the Grand Jnrv of the United States Court
as well as those of the commissioners appoin
ted by the Governor.
*' In addition to which we had called lefore
us witnesses whose names wore suggested by
members of the Grand Jury and by others,
ard who were supposed to have any knowl
eige of the subject matter of our inquiry.
"After careful examinatLn of all the tes
timony, sharing, as we did, in the suspicions
which agitated the publio mind, we are con
strained to say that we have no evidence of
any fraud having been perpetrated upon this
Commonwealth in the supplies furnishei to
the troops, nor of any frauds on the part of
those persons, ifficial or unofficial, engaged
in the management of the interests of the
Commonwealth.
44 From a staie of long continued profound
peace, we found ourselves plunged into a
frightful civil war with those whom this Gov
erpment had always been taught to look up
on as brethren, Pennsylvania had made DO
preparation for such a contingency, and at
no period in her history was she so utterly
helpless for defence or support to Govern
ment. In the confusion and panic which
followed tbe fall of Fort Sumpter came the
call of the President of the United States for
troops, with the intimation that each State
was to supply its own commissariat.
" Most of tbe articles needed for tkis de
partment were absolutely not to be had at
any price, and the authorities of Pennsylva
nia were compelled to do the best they could
in tbis emergency, where prompt action was
of the last importance. That there were
mistakes and irregularities is well koown ;
had it been otherwise it would have heen a
marvel. Men inexperienced in the duties of
providing for tbe ou'fit of an army were nec
essarily employed ; and in all instances, so
far as we have been able to learn, these per
sons freely proffered their aid, without re
ceiving any compensation. That public
clamor shouTd be loud against somebody is
no new thing. That under the circumstan
ces of this great convulsion many things
were inefficiently done is equally true ; but
that frauds were committed upon the State
none of tbe evidence before us has-tended to
diclosa."
Here we might pause, without one word of
comment; but if we did, we feel that our
whole duty in the premises would be incom
plete, When we first raised our voice in be
half of a just and manly course of conduct
towards the Executive of the Commonwealth
and those connected with bira, at a time
when all was confusion and alarm for the
Capital of the country, then menaced by a
bold band of conspirators against the Con
stitution and tbe laws of the nation—when
the hearts of the patriotic and good men of
the land throbbed with a quickened impulse
for the facts of their beloved country, its
fame, its glory and its flag, there weie but
few who had the magnanimity and manli
ness to second our efforts; but we heeded
not tue clamor.
Although we had opposed the present chief
magistrate on political grounds during the
canvass that resulted in his election, and la*
though we differ wilh him even now, on many
of the political issues of the day, we were
aware that on the great question of the sal
vation of the Union of the States and the
crushing out of a most unnatural rebellion,
he has devoted his whole heart and soul,
with almost superhuman efforts, to that end.
We bad watched him day after eay, with
care, and were satisfied that, with him, the
all-absorbing question was, " What shall I
do to save" my country from tbe dreaded de
struction that threatens her. In this he had
our sympathy and our hearty cn- operation.
We felt then, and we knew, and we know
now, charges so industriously circu
lated against the Governor were false in ev
ery particular—that he was traduced when
bis hand should have been held up—assailed
when he should have been commended. It
was for these reasons that we look part
against his assailants ; and now we hail his
triumphant vindcation with the most lively
satisfaction. Justice has prevailed over er
ror. and the slanderer ina been put to the
blush by tbe aplicaticn of the touch-stone of
truth ; fame of the Commonwealth, which
was sought to be tarnished by the foul tongue
of detraction, through the chief magistrates
has been vindicated, and we once more
breathe freely.— Patriot <£ Union.
From Allegheny County.
Arrival of Gov. Curtin and Staff. —Presenta
lion of flags to the Pennsylvania Brigade
under Brig. Gen. Negley, composed of Col.
Hambright's Col. Stambaugfis and Col.
Sei~weils's regiments.—Speeches of Gov.
Curtin and Gen. Negley,
Correspondent of the Telegraph•]
PITTSBURG, Oct. 17, 1861.
The train this morning from the east,
brought to this city, Gov. A. G. Curtin and
Staff, who came for the purpose of present
ing tbe regimental flags provided by the
state ot Pennsylvania, to the Regiments com
posing the Brigade now in camp at Camp
Wilkins. The weather was exceedingly in
clement and inauspicious lor tbe ceremony,
yet the locality for the presentation on West
Commons, Allegheny city, was densely crow
ded with people, and presented a scene of
animated beauty and military enthusiasm
seldom witnessed by the citizens of the Iron
city. The entire Brigade escorted Gov. Cur
tin and staff to the ground, accompanied by
prominent oitizens in carriages and on horse
back, among which I noticed Gen. Wilkins,
Brig. GeD. Cass, and Mayor Wilson. The
mareh of the Brigade through tbe principal
streets of the city to West Common, was
grand and imposing in tbe extreme, and
when it reached the locality fixed for the
ceremony of presentation, tbe Bcene surpass
ed description.
Gen. Negley brought the Brigade to order,
the Colonels of the regiments to the front,
when Gov. Curtin, rising in bis carriage,
addressrd the officers and men as follows ;
Men of Pennsylvania : —As the representa
tive of our great state I am here to see you
before your departure to enter into the ser
vice of our country, and to oonfide to you tbe
honor of Pennsylvania. Shurely no man
can feel so indifferent to the common prompt
ings of patriotism, of right, truth and sym
pathy, as to be insensible to deep emotion on
witnessing the departure from homes of three
thousand true and brave men, who go forth
to meet the dangers of the battle field, and
6uch emotion 1 now feel deeply.
The last session of the State Legislature
authorizing the procuring of flags, to be pre
sented to each Pennsylvania regiment as it
passes into service, and on their return the
battles in which they participated are to be
marked on the flags, which will be filed for
ever in the archives of the state.
I give to you then, to-day, these beautiful
flags, with the American eagle in the centre
of an azure field, surrounded Dy thirty-four
states of this great confederacy, now and for
ever. Tbe flag of this great Datiou of states
is an emblem of its streug'h and power, and
to you I entrust it, confident it will not be
sullied.
In a low hours (not a few days) you leave
your native State of Pennsylvania and go—
not to Western Virginia, for the orders have
been changed—but to Kentucky; for while
at Washington hordes of rebels, led on by
men steeped in treasonable purposes, menace
the capital—in Kentucky they are invading
a State l>yal to the Union and devastreg the
homes of her faithful people. But Pennsyl
vania, true to ber original compact, goes to
defend Kentucky, and I now stand in the
presence of men who go to defend the friends
of liborty there.
Pennsylvania has been foremost in tbis
great contest. Let us pause and ask what it
is for. As men become intelligent despotism
loses its force and the condition of the masses
is constantly undergoing change in tho ame
lioration of their state. When a republic
fails, the condition of the masses must be
made worse, for anarchy and despotism fol
low. Is this to be our fate ? The loyal peo
ple of Pennsylvania, always formust in the
defence of the flag ot our whole country, pro
claim no and pledge 4 ' their lives, their for
tunes and their sacred honors" that while
tbey have a man or a dollar tbey will sustain
our record.
In proof to this we can point to the fifty
thousand Pennsylvanians in arms now sur
rounding Washington city—to three thou
sand more now here, ready to go to Kentucky
and twenty thou.-and others in camp ready
to march, on twenty-four hours notice, to tbe
defence ot our flag. Pennsylvania has obey
ed every call of tbe national government,
and will continue to obey tbem so long as she
has men and means.
You are now seperating from the ties of
home—breaking loose from the benefits and
happiness you have enjoyed under the gov
ernment of Pennsylvania—leaving tbe rich
mountains, the flowing rivers and the busy
workshops of your native state, to protect a
sister ot the confederacy. But what are all
of these if our government fail—if our con
stitution is shaken to atoms ? What are
seventy-three years of happiness and pros
perity worth if henceforth all is to be an
archy and desolation ? One day of constitu
tional, organized liberty is worth a million
years in anarchy or bondage.
It is, then, to preserve the blessings of
freedom that you now go forth. Go with
cheerful hearts; your families will pray lor
you and the benisons of good men will follow
you. Righteous and holy men will pray for
your success ; for we are now engaged in a
cause which calls for the choicest blessings
on it. Go, brave men, to battle ; the com
monwealth will rejoice at your valiant deeds,
if successful; thousands at home will weep
for you if unfortunate. As the representa
tive of this great commonwealth, I can earn
estly invoke God's blessiDg on you and your
cause. Those you leave behind will, I am
confident, sustain and protect your families
in your absence, pray for your success and
avenge your wrongs, if such befall you.
• Col. Slambaugh.' m of the Seventy-seventh,
Pennsylvania regiment. In behalf of the
state I commit these colors to you and your
brave men. Preserve them untarnished, and
briDg them back without a stain of disgrace
upon their folds.
Col. Sirwell, of the Seventy-eighth, to you
I entrust this beautiful emblem of our nation
ality. Keep careful watch over your meD
and minister to their wants, that they may
have strength and spirit to defend it to tbe
last.
Col. Hambright, of the Seventy-ninth, into
your charge I give this flag. Let it be borne
aloft by your sturdy mm, until they bring it
bark entwined with wreaths of Victory. Be
oareful of your men ; preserve their health ;
nuree them in siokDesa and watob over their
interests, that they may serve their country
with a right good will.
Gen. Negley : —You command three thou
sand of PennaylvaDia's noblest sons. I
have watched you while you formed this
body of men, and you have had tbo protec
tion of the commonwealth in your work.—
Fou have done it well and quickly. You
have important duties before you ; yet you
have been tried and I ara confident you will
perform tbem well. Return, Gen. Negley,
vietor with these men, or never return at
all.
The address was delivered in a clear full
tone of voice, and was repeatedly and enthu
siastically cheered at different points and at
the olose. When tbe flags had been presen
ted and the Governor had concluded, Gen.
Negley, in response, stept forward and
said:
Tour Excellency .—lt ill becomes me to
idle words now, when the wires are tremb
ling with the words which call us to defend
the soil of Kentucky ; but I will say that
these flags shall never be disgraced. In the
day of battle they sLall be saluted by three
thousand Minnie balls, with wbieb we will
welcome the enemy. We will do our duty
as soldiers, and if nothing else would prompt
us to do it well, it would be tbe distinguish
ed consideration you, as the Chief Executive
of the State, have paid us, in journeying over
the mountains to place in our hands these
proofs of the confidence reposed in us by our
good old commonwealth.
Cols. Stambaugh, Sirwell and Hambright
now stepped forward to the Governor's car
riage and each thanked him brefly, pledging
themselves that the flags they had just re
ceived should never be disgraced.
Interesting from Missouri.
A FIGHT EXPECTED AT CARTHAGE.
THE CHEROKEES JOIN THE REBLE3.
ROLLA, Oct, 18. —[Correspondence of the
St. Louis Democrat j—A scout has just
come in from the West, and reports that
Gen. Price had made a stand at Carthage,
sixty miles west of Springfield. The Legis
lature is to be called together on the 4th of
November.
The rebels at Vienna have dispersed, a
portion going home, and the remainder will
join Johnson. Johnson has been placed in
command of all the rebel forces in Missour i,
and has issued a proclamation forbidding
the transportation of any more property,
meaning slaves, from Missouri.
It is not said whether Johnson supercedes
Price.
ROLLA, MO., October 18.—The following
letter is clipped from the Fort Smith Times :
'• EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT , PARK HILL, )
41 CHEROKEE NATION, Aug. 24. 1861. J
" To Major Clark, Assistant Quartermas
ter, C. S. A.— SIR: I herewith forward to
your care despatches for Gen McCulloch, C.
S. Army, which I have the honor to request
you will cause to be forwarded to him by
the earliest express. At a mass meeting of
about four thousand Cherokees at Tahlequa
on the 21st in tant, the Cherokees, with
marked unanimity, declared their adhere
ence to the Confederate States and have giv
en their authorities power to negotiate an al
liance with them.
"In view of this action, a regiment of
mounted men will be immediately raised
and placed under the command of Colonel
John Drew, to meet any exigency that may
arise. Having espoused the cause of the
Confederate States, we hope to render effi
cient service in the protracted war which
now threatens the country, and to be treated
with a liberality and confidence becoming
the Confederate States.
" I have the honor to be, Sir,
41 Very respectfully, your humble servant,
(Signed) "John Ross,
44 Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation."
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 19.—The rebels who burn
ed the Big River Bridge the other day, were
maiauding bands from St. Genievive and St.
Francis county, numbering about 600. Jeft.
Thompson has not been in that region for
some weeks.
Gaptain Lippencott, with fifty men, of tbe
Thirty eighth Illinois, met this force two
miles below Big River, and cut his way
through them, inflicting a loss of seven killed
and a considerable number wounded.
Seven of his men were taken prisoners,
and several wounded, but none killed.
In the engagement below Ironton, on
the 17th inst., the rebel loss is known to be
thirty-six killed and wounded, and it is be
lieved to be many more, as quite a number
were carried off the field. The Federal was
ten wounded, one mortally.
The rebel force is about 2000, and is be
lieved to be the advanced guard of a much
larger body some distance below.
The officers at Pilot Knob say that there
were Louisiana, Tennessee and Arkansas
regiments among them.
The citizens were fleeing from the vicini
ty yesterday, and the troops were under
arms, expecting an attack.
ST. Louis, Oct. 18.— The following de
spatch has been received from an officer at
Pilot Knob, dated 10 o'clock last night :
Major Gavitt, of the First Indiana Caval
ry, made an attack-on the enemy this morn
ing, when, discovering the strength and
position of the rebels, be fell back upon Col.
Alexander's force of 600 infantry, of the
Twenty first Illinois Regiment, and one
piece of artillery.
The enemy followed, fighting all the way.
Major Gavitt then got his gun in position,
and, concealing his infantry, caused a part
of his command to retreat farther, thus
drawing the enemy into an ambuscade and
forcing them to fall back with heavy loss.
SYRACUSE, MO., Oct. 18. —The rebel Gen
eral Hardee, who has recently been reported
in Kentucky, is said to be marching to the
aid of Gen. Price with 20,000 troops, and is
expected to reach hitn by next Sunday.
Nothing has been heard from our advance
guard beyond the Osage to day.
LATER FROM MISSOURI.
Defeat of the Rebels on Lynn
Creek.
TWO HUNDRED PRISONERS CAPTURED
FREMOtfT AT WARSAW.
PRICE REINFORCED BT M'CCLLOCH.
FORTIFYING OSCEOLA.
Federal Soldiers Captured by the Rebels.
SYRACUSE, MO., Oct. 20.
It is reported that Acting General Way
man, who left Roila several days since with
twenty-five hundred men, has arrived at
Lynn creek, where ho dispersed a bcdy of
rebels, killing a considerable number and
taking over two hundred prisoners. He al
so captured eighteen wagon loads of goods
belonging to McClurg & Co., a prominent
Union firm whom the rebels had robbed.
The advices from Gen. Fremont are to 7
o'clock on Friday night. He is etill at
Warsaw, and the pontoon bridge across the
Osage was to be finished on Saturday.
Gen. Seigel's division had crossed the
river.
It was reported in our oamp at Warsaw,
that GeD. Price had been largely reinforced
by the rebels under McCulloch, and that the
combißed forces were fortifying Osceola,
where they intendended to give Fremont
battle.
ARRESTS—FALSE RUMORS.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 10.
Uriel Wright, a member of the State Con
vention, Sam, Bleburchell, a member of the
Legislature, and John T. Choppell, secession
ists, were arrested to-day by order of the
Provost Marshal.
It is now believed that the large number
of men reported to have deserted from j
Prico's army, including some 5000 or more
said to have been disbanded after the fall of
Lexington, are still in tbe Bervice of the Re
bellion, and will form bands in various parts
of the Srate, for bridge burning and genera!
marauding purposes.
THE REMOVAL OF FREMONT DENIED.
ST. LOUIS, MO., Oct. 19.
The statement in the Cincinnati Gazette, of
yesterday, to the effect that Secretary Came*
ron, on his recent visit to this department,
brought an order to General Fremont to
transfer tbe command of the Western De
partment to General Hunter, and that the
execution of the order was delayed at the
request of Gereral Fremont, is pronounced
untrue. If Secretary Cameron had such an
order, it was not presented. The interview
between Secretary Cameron and Gen, Fre
mont was satisfactory to both partiep.
HUDSON, MO., Oct. 20.
Messengers say that a scouting party from
Cameron, numbering one hundred men, have
been taken prisoners by some six hundred
rebels at Micaham, Caldwell county. Four
hundred federal troops at Cameron were
ready to march to the rescue wben the train
left." Another party of from forty to sixty i
wa9 in Carroll county and had captured i
seventeen of Col. Morgan's men. Morgan
had started in pursuit.
Retreat of Price Toward Arkansas j
SYRACUSE, MO., Oct- 20.
Major Scott, of Gen. Siegel's stuff, who
left Warsaw yesterday, says that definite !
and satisfactory information had been reoei- j
ved at Siegel's camp that the Rebels under |
General Price had broken up their camp in j
Cedar county, where he arrived last Sunday j
week, and where it was said he would mak#
a stand uDd give battle, aDd continued their |
retreat towards the Arkansas line.
Lexington Retaken by the IT. S.
Troops.
JEFFERSON CITY, Oct 20.
Major Milne, of ihe First Missouri Scouts,
arrived here to day on the steamer Sioux
City, and reDorts that, on the 16th, one hun
dred and fifty of his regiments, under Major
White, surprised the Rebel garrison at Lex
ington, and recaptured the place and all the
sick and wouoded, together with a qnaDti y
of guns, pistois and other articles, which the
Rebels threw away in their flight. Two p'e
ces of cannon, which were in the fort, where
also captured. The Sioux City brought down
about one hundred of our sick aud wounded
—among them ColoDels White and Grover,
who are slowly recovering. The Rebel Gar
ison numbering three hundred. Tbe cocdi
tion of Lexington is repor'ed as deplorable.
Portions of the town have been stripped of
everything, and many of the inhabitants are
actually suffering for tbe necessaries of life.
ROLLA, MO., Oat. 20.
The capture of Lynn Creek is confirmed.
The place was surrounded on the 14th by
Major Wright's cavalry, tbe same that rout
ed he Rebels near Leabanor, and a compa
ny of Rebels under Capt. llobbins, and a
Dumber of other prisoners, including the
sheriff of the county, were taken. A Rebel
captain and lieutenant were killed in the
affair near Leabanon, and Lieut. Col. S >meis
taken prisoner. All the prisoners taken at
both places, seventy-four in number, have
arrived here.
ST. Louts, Oct. 20.
Work on tbe fortifications has not been
suspended, and no order to that effect was
ever issued.
STILL LATER.
Gen, Fremont's Removal Deter
mined On.
In connection with the fact that payment
has been suspended of the debts created in
the Department of the West, it is proper to
sta'e that the Investigating Committee ap
pointed by Congress to inquire into the con
tracts, now in session at St. Louis, have, in
their examination, disceyered great irregu
larity and extraviganGe in the public expen
ditures.
In view of all circumstances it is apparent
that the Administration will yield to the ne
cessity of completely reorganizing tbe entire
department, to accomplish which General
Fremont will be transferred or assigntd to
some other duty.
COMPLETE ROUT OF THOMPSON
AND LOWE.
THEIR LOSS VERY HEAVY.
CAPTURE OP FOUR HEAVY GUNS.
A REBEL LEADER KILLED.
PILOT KNOB, Mo., Oct. 22—The fo'lowing
dispatch was received here this morning and
fowarded to head quarters, at St. Louis :
FIELD OF BATTLE, J
FREDERICKTON, Oct. 22. j
Tn company with Col. Plummet's com- j
mand we have routed the rebels of Thomp- j
son and Lowe, estimated at 5,000, Their |
loss was heavy while ours was small and
confined principally to the Ist Indiana cav- j
airy.
We captured four heavy guns. Lowe, the j
rebel leader was killed. Major Gavitt and
Capt. Hymen of the Indiana cavalry were
killed in a charge on a battery.
The command of Col. Plummer, referred
to above, were on Friday morning last or
dered from Cape Girardeau with instruc
tions to move toward Fredericktown and cut
off the retreat of Thompson and Lowe's
army.
This force consisted of Marsh's 18th Ill
inois regiment, a section of Taylor's battery
and Stewart and Lieberman's companies of .
Cavalry, all from Cairo ; also part of Plum
mer's 11th Missouri, a part of Ross 21st Ill
inois and a section of Campbell's battery,'
all from Cape Girardeau.
The force from this point was composed
of the 20th Illinois, Col. Carlin ; 83d Ill
inois, Col. Hovey ; 21st Illinois, Col. Alex
ander: Bth Wisconsin, Col. Murphy; Ist
Indiana Cavalry, Col. Baker; Capt. Haw
kin's Independent Missouri Cavalry, and
four 6 pounders and two 24 pounders under
Maj. Schofield, of the Ist Missouri lighi ar
tillery.
From Fortress Monroe.
FORTRESS MONROE, Oct. 18, via Baltimore.
—There has been no news received from the
South to day.
Gen. Wool has issued an order giving ev
ery male contraband $8 per mouth, and j
every female $4 for their services.
Important from Washington
Reconnoisance towards Lcesburg*
GENERAL BAKES KILLED.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21— Midnight.
General Scone crossed the Potomac this
morning, with one portion of his command
at Edwards' Ferry,and another at Harrison's
Island.
Skirmishing began between the enemy, in
uncertain numbers, and a part of Genera!
Stone's command, as early as nine o'clock
in the morning, and continued without much
effect until about five o'clock in the after
noon, when large reinforcements of the ene
my appeared upon our right, which was
commanded by Col. Baker, (Senator from
Oregon.)
The Union forces engaged numbered about
one thonsand eight hundred, and were at
tacked by a force supposed to be from flvo
to ten thousand.
At this juncture, Col. Bakar fell at the
head of his Brigade, gallantly cheering on
his men to the conflict.
Immediately before he fell, he despatched
Major Young to Gen. Stone, to apprise him
of the cohdition of affairs, and General Stone
immediately proceeded in person towards
the right to take command ; but in the con
fusion created by the fall of Col. Baker, the
right wing sustained a repulse, with consid
erable loss.
Gen. Stone reports that the left wing re
tired in good order. He will hold possession
of Harrison's Island, and the approaches
thereto.
Strong reinforcements will be sent for
ward to Gen. Stone during the night.
The remains ef Gen. Baker were removed
to Poolsville, and will be brought to this
city on Wednesday. He held his commission
as Colonel from the Srate of Pennsylvania,
having lately received it at the hands'of Gov.
Curtin, as Commander of the California
Regiment.
Col. Baker's Remains.
THE PRESIDEVT AND MRS. LINCOLN DSHIRE
TIIFM TO BE BROUGHT TO THE WHITE HOUSE
FEELING OF THE SOLDIERS.
WASHINGTON, Oct, 22.
The news of the death of Col. Baker caus
ed great sorrow in this city, President Lin
coln being particularly affected. It was the
desire of both Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln that his
body should be taken to the White House,
and placed in the East room ; but as the
House is now undergoing repairs, it was not
deemed judicious. The body will be brought
to the residence of Major J. W. Webb, in
this city, to-morrow.
On the other side of the Potomac the an
nouncement of his death was received with
marked signs of grief. Those of the troOD 8
who bad a personal acquaintance with the
Colonel, and others who only knew him by
reputation, were strong in their resolves to
avenge his death.
Col. Baker's Regiments.
The regiment of Colonel Baker, together
with those engaged in it. are said to have
lost 200 in killed and wounded in the late
action.
Col, Baker, it ia said, wore a tall yellow
feather as he led his iroops to the charge,
and was a mark for the enemy's bullets.—
He was struck by a ball in the heart, four in
various parts of the body and three in the
head.
The Battle at Bolivar.
FURTHER DETARTOF THE FIGHT.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 18.
A gentleman who spent the whole of yes
terday at Harper's Ferry says that the ac
counts published of the fight there on Wed
nesday are in main correct.
The cannon captured is a fine new siege
gun, well mourned and in good order, with
the exception of a fracture of one axle duriDg
the fight. It was stationed yesterday near
the abutment of "the bridge:
When it was about being retaken by the
rel els, a ten peony nail was driven into the
vent, which has already been drawn out,
The Rhode Island battery did not partici
pate in the fight, as was at first stated. They
were stationed at Maryland heights, and
found it impossible to discriminate in the
distance be'vveen friend and foe. The fight
continued from 8 in the morniog till 2 o'clock
in the alternoon, and was a regular skirmish
with varying results.
The rebels when hotly pressed retreated
into the woods, and at other times they drove
the federal troops back into Bolivar—the
main fight being beyond that town, on the
road to Charleston.
At 2 o'clock Col, Geary arrived with three
pieces of cannon, which soon silenced the
enemy's guns putting their entire force to
flight.
The chaplain who was taken prisoner says
that before he was captpred 87 were killed
and wounded, and had been carried from
the field. There was nothing positively
known as to Col. Ashly having been killed,
and it was not generally credited.
The Federal troops remained on the field
all Wednesday ni'ht and yesterday morning
having brought across the river the remain
der of 10,000 bushels of wheat captured from
the rebel's military depot, which they were
about to transport to Leesburg.
An order was given for the whole force to
retire to the Maryland side.
Great distress prevailed among the few
remaining residents of Bolivar—information
reached them that it was the inten
tion of the enemy to destroy Bolivar and
Harper's Ferry on Thursday night by fire,
and they were all packed up, preparatory to
a flight into Maryland.
No in ormation has been received from
there this morning as to .whether the threat
was carried out.
The river is still too high to ford and troops
were conveyed across in scows. The priso
ners captured admit that their force was two
thousand whilst the entire Federal force was
only four hundred and sixty. The change
that has takeo place in Harper's Ferry and
the thriving villiage of Bolivar, is represen
ted as most sad and shooking. Ruin was
everywhere visible, and the inhabitants were
bowed down with sorrow and dessolation.
Col. McKaig, State Senator from Alleghe
ny county, who was arrested some time since
and was carried to Ohio and allowed the
liberty of the State on parole, visited here
yesterday in violation of his pledge aDd was
arrested last night at bis hotel by order of
General Dix.
BOSTON, Oct. 2l.—The Bangor Times
publishes an extract from a letter, dated
Barbadoes, September 27th, stating that the
Privateer Sumter was captured to leeward
by the U. S. frigate Powhatan.