I. t THEI-WMSEA) raTlThilthlittrtninelDATS gi •Ti.'Att.a,r.rvemickrii °FM'S ori maim artt.iti,' . " --- -74 2IIRSE - DOOllB AttOy.E SS ' B 80TSL anntimWithitck ; otherwise 04111. thargaii-•aimi•fitti imalti added to arrearagee, at the option of th j e m p i rle tops/ expense of collection. etc. A-online' ent prefer:ma AitVEiZTISIMKNTfi serted at ttie rate of $1 per square, 4 1 r led lines'otleil, fOith9 l / 7 9t Mee weeks; and 93 tent! fr out additional wae L!— par dOwtt.e .Itercbalits, and others, who idyertise by the year; wIU be therged'at the follofeingirailei, 9134' Tor one square or lute, one year, WUh citchiges $8 Zack o Monal square. at rCI I4 ref— , , No credit given except to th&Je of knowtorksponsibiliti BUKNESS CARDS. Inc - ' littitirlasorszei. Virlitt...R: COOPER, co., . B' NKER.9, I -Ifontroee, Ps Saterseii to Poet. Cooper & Co. ,0111ce, Lahrope'riew buildln , TornpiVe-at. J. a. Woo . iinx.: .7 '-' " • .nkw. nista. 31cCOLLIT31 S , . . A TTORNEYS and Counsellors at, —trontros., Pa. 21 Waco in Lsthrops' - new.building, o r the Dank. lIENRY: IIcK:F.A.I4, TTOILVER and Ccinnaellor at Law. 7'I:W : AM:IN hi. Ofte in the,Union • . r:IVILAOTIS " • IJtADIIATE of tho Allopathic arid If inteo fti piithte. Col .legee of Mcdicine.— Gnat Bend,- Pa. 0 co;;corner 'l4or Main ar..4Elimsperh-sts, rigrlropposlte theActliodint Church. • r - • • awe DR. WILLIAM: W.' WiIEATO, ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN . e sintopii WITH' DR.-MYRON WER47',OIY,- Mechanical andS.nrcical Dentist, recentliolDingtamton; Y. tender theirprotessional services tO all who appre ciate the " Deformed Practice of Phy.sictr oarklul and operations on Teeth; with the unSaticientilli and approved styles of platework. Teeth ektricted without pain and all work warranted.; Jackson, Junelith. Ml' 4 - fe DR. - 11. - .SMITH & 84:;',44 - • • URGEON DB'N'TlSTB.—Niontmaa t PP. - 1.77 ()Mee jn Lathropss new' building, over t , the Bank. All Dental operations will bis •• 11 4vi k e,• perfunaed in.good style and warranted. J. C. OLMSTEAD . . X:: L. READ. DRS OLMSTEAD 4VREAk worn) ANNotrz4c.g.,-0,0,e - rablic that they lusve entered into a partnership Art the Practide of MEDICINE & Surgery, and are prepared to attend to all calla' in the line of their profeaehm.oilico—the one formerly occupied by Dr..J.C. i'lmetead, in DI.J.NDAFF. • my. 7 am. • DR. N.. Y. LEET, Physician and Surgeon. AtioulrrUle, Pa.- o.kies eneulte the Jackson florae. , •. DLEET gives particular attention 'to the treatment of diseases of the Fax and ETE and Is confident that hta imowledee of.-and expenehee in that branch of prat.- - tic . 6 Wilt enable him to effect acute hi the most.dlfilenit ea es. For treatin , diseases of these annum no fee will be chersed•unkss the patient Is benetitted hy the treat, mta e. . • LAO st 30th, 1800. • . SOUHTIIWORTII VA STUN, 111 ;Pe r j i Ca ° n l ERS arble 'lt f l4 : D r MOnnments, an ton tn es, Toinh-Tedes, Mantli:s, Sinks and . Centre-Tables. -Also deal err In Marbleized Slate for Mant!es,,Centra-Tabler,ac. ' * * *Shop a kw doors east of ,Sesrle's notel on Turnpike street., Montrose, . r oc4 y* . - ' ' • W3r. A SNOW L . t 1 , . • TUSTIC•N OF THE PEACE.—Greet Bend, Ps. Office i ii eta Maio street, opposite the Weatern . olise, &pi ' - ' -JOHN:. skurrE , 1 -, ~ • • Iv Asuw:c.kßLE - TAlLon._morat.r.Ee.[ P 4. Sbop - I. over- I. Z.,4.:. Bullard's Grocery, .irr MiLin'4treet.q Tbptriin'Y.lressetifiliov(iirot;t ,F-oriv.ln...l.trtiwu.sciftc . .. tin,„ done on 14 hurt notice; atid.warre.net•V t.0,4L ,-. •Ntoetrooe. Fe— JinY 2 th. ism•—tr• •- . •• • '' • P. LINES, 1 !" - ASMONIVI3T.r. T;k1101t,-..Mantrote,•Pal Shop over store or Read,l Watrons A: Fusser. _All .work watratted. ItstOlit 0 3 0Inish- C:ming done on short notico.. in Lest stylq. jan 'CO' .JoliN GROVT.S' - ' . - -E-1, Asmos.or.p.7.lll.oll,—mont•dAe, NJ shop r near the Baptist Meeting house. on rnirapike street. All orders filed promptly. in,firet-rata style. Cutting done on short notice.. and warrantedltolit. .:.-,_ , L. 13. ISBELL Clorka, Wateitee, and Jewelry a the einittett notice, emd on reasonable ferme.l work.warranted. Sliop in Chandler and jeeitip's xore, - .N.lovrnosr., Pa. . : ' dc 4 .4 tf - _W3I. W. SMITH & • cllB - INTr AND CHAIR . .itANUFACIIIM,E.RS,—Foot of Maln stree,t, Montroee, Va. auk , If • 0. 0. VORDITAMI r 'g i,lAzil - .TACZ7e;r l 3lleßrVsroSm . f. Il l irktaZ d o m i t w r O g At made to uideroutd rfmairing done neatly.' ,f J ABEL TEBRELL- 11,RAI,ZR In Drugs, Medicines. Cheml..4l. Dyst • 1.1 Iztnffs, Glass Ware, Paints, Oils; Varnish... Wi- • e.:ow Grageries. Fancy Goody, JevretryPerfn nlerr. de—Ageut for All the most popular P-i4IINT )11:b1CINF.5.-,-Moutrose. Pa. !i .sag, tf JUiIrDEN B,ROTHE, • WIIOIXSALS DEATZRS YA1..1 . 313MX3 NOTIONS - - - - -•' FANCY -GOO S. WIT: AVDEN: JORN HAYDEN, TRACY 11.A.YDEN, 2 1 ,r* QILD, GRORGRI2LANDEti. . P. - It !BRUSH, 71APTtiG'24:01V LOCATED PENH Al'EirIZT AT 151 3 X 6113 46 - V 1 4 1 ,07 - win attend to the Utica or hie frofeleion primpt3y. Ofileo at ia. Lithropss t . _IMP MIMIC EW MILFORD TS THE PT I ACE TO BUY' YOUR HARNESSES, citc#Ar roa . ce i spr,. AND DETTiIE WORTH YOUD uors 4m -,lii ao .114T.;* INSURANCE COMPANY, CPI" Now•Yoi CASH CAPITAL, ONE .MILLIONIDDIIA_Rg. ASSETTS lit July' 1860, 81,481,819.27. LIABILITIES, " " 41,061L68. J. Milton Smith, Seey. Praddent. iota liceitte,7Aßl." ~. A. Y. • f • Policiett,liiraeci and renewed:by the nnegieigneti, gads order, one doori.bove - Searleellotel;Nontrps, 1 - '4, • noses y BILLINGS. STRollirp, telgatt. S. vr ma. xi. x - or yr rdielvd4"Ji iirgt Atikk or new Oforee: for .L -ectoking,Parlor.,Oftitee undfrihoppFvol"toTYV:ood or Coal with Store Pipe, Zinc, &C. - . - hie eseortmour leketlateddesirshle,anderill be mold ce the mo - aeferotable terms' for: Cash,orto .Pyrtnvrt ble• New ..114 oral:, Oct, With; 41300. • - L axidelion Coffee' dB:4IMM tc. van^. One poand-oftniecoffee.will mikes! umg,4 to Iwo poungr, of otticr.Ciiiffee. For ride M - - ABEL TERRELL , c MEDICAL _CARDj L. of tiTe ' Alropatie t lnif lc ir r paO&Plaordier ri fie, Trovid retnrohls 61.:thluikato the Pep& itat, Bend -and eicinityni t fah° very liberal pattoitsco with Nwhirit thin - harela, for hrm, and-¢o hopes bya strict 4- Tf.utton to - buidnervcledertrittilatrettirtharahlk r , ,nd.dence. Great Bond . ltioulartiV; SCI. • TAKE NOTIC L ._ , , ., etn••• • - • ..-, .N.J Shoop Pelts, Von, 3'ni-R. A good as.sortinent - or Leather Beata and shoes constantly on hai3d. 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'-',-.;*, . --• . • .' .- - . - - - - i. ... -,,, , o, •- , , -.....'r '- -i ., - 1-, - --, --• ..I-, ~_ .! , . .: •-• - ..• • ..- , . •-•- -., ~ • :- ~ - - - EIZEM 'titra-:".TOlil4...Ontaaria4:;tO no,. Fax,ty__iiia,i.ti.O r eo.- not Flag and , gaet• *0; E- V. P .11616 -. UniOn , • - • ; ‘,;;., - • -• VOL. Frau& in,Treirtont ' s Departaiient. nicroiri or TUE coromtssiosA 4aTrria The- GincinnatiSEnquirer his produced an abstract of the developments made:be fore the Congressional Investigating P 0111; mittee'recentlY in session - at - St. Lcinia re viewing the contrasts, of. Fremont's Deparemerit. Now that Zon. Fremont's removal is a flied fact, this paper-possess es,very great interest. •: - The Committee is -composed of the followingmembers Hon; Charles Van Wyck of New York ; Hont Wm. S.ll6lman of Indiana, -Hon. Reuben E. Fenton of -New York, 'Hon: WM. G.. Steele of New Jersey, and Hon. - Jamds S. jackion of - Kentucky: , Edward M. Ball, Sergeant-at-Arms of the• Hoer, accompanied the Conimittee, and T. Ti Andrews, Esq., stenographer, as chief 'clerk: • A2j3nrt of thecominittee : -'--- .Mestirs. Washburne, Holman, Dawes 'and Steele; with - the Sergeant-at-Arms and Clerk—repaired to St. Louis to inquire into the condition of affairs in the Depart ment of the West. 'They were in session in, that city from the 16th of Octnberi--- Thurteen days—working -twelve hours each day, and examining one hundred and twenty-three witnesses. The manuscript of evidence, on legal cap, nutukers 2,480 Pagqs• • TIO Enquir e r;! in publishing the testi mony, gives only :the. part, bearing on the different heads of fraud,- as summed • up in the Crinimittee's report. The entire tes timony has been sent. tolVashington to' be laid before COngress at its next sei sion.i Thesyrtopiis is a' faithful abstract of the evidence before the Committee,:al though many of the minor . .details have been', omitted : • 'rlie';first act of fraud was the presenta tion to Mrs—Brigadier-General' McKins try, On the 20th September, of a complete set Of silver service, of the Jentiyiind pattern,Which service cost three thousand dollars and upward, and beingthe • finest made in the west, Wok the premium at the State Agricultural: Fair, held in St. Louis; This service was presented by . partici exclusively interested in the gov ernment contracts, among . whom • were Major Selover,3,eonida Haskell, John - M. Crum.,E. L. Beard; of. California and others. Generid IMcKinstry was Quar termaster-Genernbof the Western Depart ment by appointment of Major-General John C. It remont,l and as such,' Quarter master-GenSralT, controlled the horse and mule contracts; building of barracks, tmd all supplies and. piirchases appertaining, 16 that departinent. The Committee in their report say, "The frauds in contracts' in the Quartermaster's department are num erous and have been clearly, proven, and extend through all brandies of his control and supervision.", • In relation to the purchase of horses— the second act of Wand—the testimony is extensive as to the various specks of im, position practiced; the-Pold English jock ey tricks," as they are called, being, iu this case of the lesier magnitude.. A-par ty contracts for a thousand head of horses at $119;56 per head, to the GoVernment, through the Quartermaster. The con tractor's agent, _who isapproved by the Quartermaster, haS charge ;of. the field where the contractor's .horSes are to be passed upon. A countryman having hor ses to - sell to the Government,: pays ten dollars entrance fee to the field, where his borieS are examined, and upon,'the pay ment of-another fee of ten-dollars, they 'are reconimended to the contractor, Who purchases the sito at the very _lowest figure, which . througheut, the evidence, never exceeded eighty-five or ninety dol lars' per head, The contractor takes his purchases to the inspector, who is also re imbursed by a fee, which amount is com puted according to the quality Of the ani mal. „ . The contractor, on obtaining a' certifi cate from the !Inspector, demands the money of the Quartermaster, who pays the Bathe, when the bonys for said - pay ment is guaranteed. The evidence dis closes several such schemes, and many other 'days in which borseS and males are obtained: The testimony also shows that the horses, in a majority of instances, are of the inferior kind,and'have broken doWn or fell dead on the. road. Around the depots where horsds were kept thus purchased, Munerons'dead carcases have beertfokid. Omnibus and stage_ herses . have been trotted out, ."full .of bran and peppered," by Contractors who received one hundred and fifteen to, one hundred and thitt - v dollars for each - hOrse they fur, niched. One of the recent reports of the Wards of survey will.suffice in giying the character of horses the Government fur nished to regiments -upon the_requisition of their commanding officer: Other simi., lar reports the comniittee have on file: CAKE. Sutztyaic, Warsaw, October 21, 1861. - • • To Col.Wm.Bishe-Th's undersigned having samnioned, as* board of sur vey, to examine and inspect the condi tion of the horses fOrwarded to this regi-' ment from St. Lonis,, and report the re sult to }our head quarters, would respect fully report that we have examined said horses, and, find seventy-six (1 . 6) fit: for service, five (3).de:tcl,'and three hundred and thirty (330) under sized, under and overa s ged,'stified,"iing boned, blintl,silrv ined, and incurably,,, unfit for any public service, said ladrseS heing'a part" of the Missouri contract.,: . , ;Very joiiiectfully, (Signed)" D'ASD MclidE, Major: Gee. ROCKIVELL;,.Capt. Scam; The Committedithio have in evidfilice that 17,. S. Distriet Atterriey - Jones teas associated with 'Nesso, - Thompsen and Bowen; in thc • purehasii of 'hnrses - and mules, their` contract' tieing at $119,40 each hOrse. Bowen: Sold opt to Thomio. sou, ' .Tones 'for' $5,000 - , payable 'bin went to laciliaStry for payment on'heiles Messrs`, Thompion and Jones furnished,' and ass told that "anethei:Srty was' inter ested In this Willie business, -and' unties the 41409 gold was. .4edtieted . .by iitalenei; doid'efjhe money could be paid!' . The $5,01044 kept fert_Mertritrb-,:luttrthe ES , PA., IMEEMIS •; , ..1; - ,- I 4MONTROSE - PAIMMESDA_TiIryEMI)E .. . 21,1861, ~,,,,,,,,,,,c.,,,, • !,..,..7:,- ' 1 . ,,, ..:—.. ~—, - ~ ., I '7. , -:' , 711. - !-" , r.1 ,! - - to?.i 7 •.• paid Oyer nompson. and 4 OPes. Under,tliiahead of fraMT:the Commie; tea have testimony :over fin!! a Million of dollars :sunk in hay contracts..' The Quartermaster Paid:- $17,50 ;per ionfor hay in bales, which,..on an examination ) is found to, be prairie grass; and_ bay, ~e.f: a very.poor - The cost of transpor tation between Si. Louis and Sedalia is about eight' dollars per ton; or twent3r-five :dollars;pe r t. toni'delivered at Sedalia. The Committee have ae,cuiriulative evidence that fresh pays from the : 'staCks, and in abutidance along the entire line to War; _Saw,' can , be•cbtained -at $6 and per tou. ' • ' . , GoVernment . wagons the evidence shOWs that large nitinbefs•are here '.With out any '',,Olinerts'''tintil 'aft& they have, been pressed into the : service; and then the bdilders present their claims. A. ma jority Of !these wagons are unfit for ser vice. 'The axles; reach,. bolsters, spokes, - hubs,&c., are found have been cracked, 'and the cracks filled with leather and put ty, and painted over where the fraud was patent. Several the wagons were con demned.- 'The COinmittee will . reporf that a number of the wagons thus received by the Quarternihster and-his agent havd broken down before the arniy.hadspro ceeded fai,.and that all the . wagons will be - useless niter a few Weeks! service. The thiVd 4t of fraud is in the building of fortifications at St. Louis. On tho 15th of Augus4Colonel Ifassendenbel, by or- - der of Gen. Fremont, engineered and sur vexed the: points within the limits ofSt. Louis for the erection of eleven • forts..=-- Under Col; It's supeyintendence live were built directly for the government, without any intervening conti•actot. The wages .of,l the, laborers were sixty cents each per day, and the cost of ehch fortifi cation not to exceed ten thousand dol lars. •On the 25th of September,. when Gen. Fremont knew that the forty, completed, would cost ten thousand dollars each, Quartermaster-General. McKinstry, per order of Gen. -Fremont, made a contract With E. LA3eard of California, to. build: six additional forts for the .. Government, similar in 411 respects to the five construct ed by - Col.!: .11essgeleubel ; agreeing to pay forty-five combs per cubic yard for all excavations, fifty-five cents per cubic yard for the same dirt excavated upon the bank of the` tort and forming the embank ment ; for all piddled earth 90 cents per cubic yard; paving walks with brick or Stone, Sours of blockhouses, ate., $1 per cubic yard; for cisterns, 25. cents per cubic gallon of 231 inches, • arched with brick,croWn and cement; lumber for magazines ,, blockhonse and quarters for officers amid troops, Server* &., the lumber and timber fo be measured in the .building„oo . o per 1,0:00 feet; for fachtes and breastivorks required ou the work, gsl per cubic food and for roofing all the buildingi with three ply roofs, 5Q1,50 per square of ft) 0 superficial feet. . The total cost of the 'six - fortifications figures up wards .cifthree lictmdred thousand dollars,: upon which Mr. Beard has . received one hundred ud ' seii en ty thousand' An additional payment of an.. order . for sixty thottiand ~ dollars from Gen. Fre mont was Stopped : by the . Secretary. of War when,in St, Louis..- ' - The evidence sets forth, that notwith standing Beard has - received already three, times the original cost.'f the works, the laborers are, clamorous at the Govern ment otlieCS 'for their pay. The items of the cost efforts, is proven by other forts built, and the evidence of masteimechan ics, put the , figures viz:- ten cents per cu bic yard for the evacuation and embank; nients ; paddled 'earth thirty cents : pav ing forty cents; cisterns &c., three cents.; lumber and timber. $40a5.0 per thousand feet; .facings :and breast Works 05a40 cent:l'; roofing si2a2 .50; total cost of six fOrtifications not.oversixty ' , thou- sand clonal*, The contract Tor fortifica tions was drawn.by order of Gen. Fre mont. - Tie contract is regarded by the' Committee* irregular and informal, ex- Copt that ifprOiides that."no member Of Congress shall be, interested in said Con tract. - The contract is in part irregular, for the_reasen that according to the reg- . - Illations of !!,the - department, the Quarter. niaster onli•can make contracts of this kind. • , •I The fourth'ack offraud is the ,house rent, first in the palatial mansion of - Colonel Brant, cousin of Mrs: Jessie Fre mont, rented to General Fremont for headquarteis of Major General, his pri vate secretary,' and chief of staff, at the rate of six thousand dollars-per annum.—' Other palatial mansions in the -neighbor hood are for at similar rates, and oc cupied for Offices of members-of the staff. -Large and expensive .barrack have been built in the. immediate' vicinity, as quarters for!the aecomodation Of the Fre mont hod) , guard; numbering 000 men.— The-barracks will aecomodate 2,400 men. Th'eA cost of ithese barracks( and -Benton. barrack's, capacious enough to accomadaie 40,000' m en,wi I r be about el 50,000,double the amount necessary to erect precisely similar buildings. In the roofing of these buildings, Which", is upward of .5,000 squares of 100 superficial feet, - they, com mittee havadiscov_ered much fraud. -The contract provides that the roof, Shall be three-ply; and put On'ivith _felt and soaked hi_hot• tar s and a'Substatitial and ilura - The committee have donee that' tile-superintendent and. aril& teet, - A. B. -;:Ogden, received tv draft of $7OO on General 31cWinitry"froin Clapp- Co., provided he - (Ogden) would obtain the contract forAliegt at their bid,whielt was f-1 . $3,00 per square 0045 superficial feet. A. Ur. King, under -oath; - testifies: that liegave Ogden draft.pn Melrinstty for I.l,pr:t) foriliiikeerviceiinzetting ikinAhe eeritraa for, 0,45. per soare, To eaeli these Pplealpromiiiiii the contra : of: ~ T he wOrle.:wasawaraid - to:Alineal ,Thotaptip's $3,50,:bi1t whether any:howls wagi en' does not Opear, The Ciiiimitteifind that Thinap_son sOld the epiitraot ffir an sulisnee ,orOopo, - iirtitat ins the liorle,:sonly,p,ut,oae z piy ,;*?f,aqd 4 2 .410444-..4inied. PrilE l l 4 4! few places there. were oply two plye.:Ale, facts. were .ohteitted,bp; cutting; into the TOO points. .11t j Om* tesW, many that . tlieie *2 for this same work. Y'r • • - Another fraud Welt W: Fox Ibr'tfie r:..manufacture t ; of place pins at 45 cents'each; when Them -48 110011, alilacksmitit and good • Secufity• bid for the same at - 26 - tents' pei‘ the Humberto be made, - 25,000 pine, Also to Fox and others,' - gang). , kettles at f 35. vents, when therewere Wrist 20 ' , cents' ;- mails axes, spikes; &c.;'.ati similar ride4.-=— Saddles that were rejected by the ,Qiiar termasters,were purchased by rex at foie figUres and sold to M'Kiiistry at incrcas-, ed rates. - The building of sundry tug 'boats and chartering of sieverc steaniers at double their cost and value, particularly the char tering ofsundry boats belonging to, the Keokuk Packet company, have been gone into at length and much imposition found to exist.. The tug boats are being huilt at a cost of $8,500 each.when they ought Ito be built at $4,500. each. • Other frauds in the purchase of opts, clothing, blankets, tents,, &c.; the issuing_ of transportation tickets and paying! of employees in Im - current- fonds—such the Union Bank of St. Louis, 35 cents dis couni-r4nstead of Government funds,&e., &c., are follyin evidence before the Cern mitte but all are on a par With those giv en above. 'No;frands were' found in the Commissary Department, but the report of - the-Committee will exhibit the -trans actions of the- other departments in" an exceedingly unfavorable light. As the California contractors are alleged,* the Committee with being largely_ interested in many of these contracts, we give tileir names: Joseph Palmer, of the firm of mer,Cook & 054 Leonidas Ifaskill ; L. Beard ; Major Selover, of the firm' Of • Sel over & Sintern, -real estate anetioneere, and I. C. Woods, manager of Adams' Fs press Company. = , The committee could haVe continued theirinvestigatien farther,:but they )e-- lieVe they luife 'sufficient evidence, and haivl gone to Cairo to.exarnine a few wit nesses tlfere. They will then visit. ton isville and Cincinnati, and. take evidence of any frauds existing in the departments Of those cities. - • • • - The Largest Modern Annie's. There is little doubt that the armies now in Washington - and its • vicinity amount to the immense agiregate of near 209,000 men on each side, or • 400,000 combatants. Whenever a general battle shall occur, it will not'only have neparal : lel on the:Western Continent in the forceS engaged, but hardly one the history even of modern Europe will vie with it. TIM great battles of Napoleon ware gen erally fought with numbers far inferior to. those now under .the • walls of Wash ington. For instance, at Austerlitz, where Na poleon defea:ed the eombined armies -of Russia and Arstria, he had but 80,00 d troops ; the Allies had 100,000. At Jena and Auerstadt, where ho brOke the pow er of Prussia, his forces were not over 130,000 strong. At the Great luittle !of Wagram,foug,ht with - the Austrians on the banks of Danube, in 1809, he had licit 100,000 men. At Borodino, under the walls of Moscow, he had but 120,000 to oppose the Russians. At • Waterloo he did not have to exceed 80,000 troops. The only battle we now recollect -of, where the. combatants were .as, nue - wrens as those aroun&Washington,Was Leipsic, in 1815, where Napoleon had 175,000,ai1d the Allies—Russians, Austrians,Prossirins Swedes and Germans4-miniliered-200,000. Nearly half a million men look part lin this tremendous battle, which was known as the Combat of the - Giants. It .lasted 'three days, and ended in.a'complete over throw of NapOleon, who was driven !into France, where a.series of disasters. coin mewed that did not end until Napoleen abdicated - his : crown, and was exiled lto. the Island of Elba; in 1814: 'No :bat le was ever . foughtitt :the. United" States where 60,00-eOtabatants took part. ht -it on both sides.- , . -I From these figureswe can,.. judge of what a battle wehave reason' to .mtpeet :when the hoists of McClellan and Beau4e Bard—niore than ' tWice . the number :of those of Napoleozi and Wellington at W i a terloo—comeln Collision on the banks; pf the PotomaC. It will be -an: event . 'that will be the great military feature, proba bly for ages to come, of martial .prowess* in America. VcraShington'never bad 30,000 Menir one army under command ; Jackson never had 15,000 - men ; and - Scott, never' before the preserit year bad 'Seen ~.0,000 troops under his orders. Great .is the ability required to manteuver an& handle such a large bodrOfnien,,arid bring theM into aetion.at . the propeitime and place. The late hattle of Bull Run "extended' over seVen miles from one end of - our line . tri!l another. To . know. *hint .gOing ,on 'in suchamph4heatie, and to boprep4rCd to order npreseryes and stren*theneVe`ry exposed, point, regidreatbe:: highest.` de . gree of intellect,. Attlie battle of ull stun half of both armies-never fired a shot. Beauregard:ria, - -goo r ,6,, : menr.a . t,,Map . aps . as Junotion,f-esirrihree niiles.distant•whorn 'be never used, and yet he would havejteen defeatedhad hdeUtibi the opportune and unexpet:ted'artliVar Of a portion" of Gen. Johnson's arrnyfroni the Upper Po tomac. McDowell had- a .powerful re- Serve that took ne part k hatever.'in the action and yet.itivas''strong'enough . to hairs beaten -beek-JOhnseit'sAiviSiow if it. had: been lon hand ritthe proper' moment. -We-have iohfiderice netonly- plenty r.ofriKm,, 'but believe'. he . 'knoWs hoir.to use them. is i underatOodthat,the gover n ment . is fitting oat two More great etpeditione to 4erate_on. the Soitthern coast--; one to be. ommanded by -,General Butler ~ tul4 the other by. - Generatlinriiiide. The pre l paintions :arepiing with . groat ; vigor.. ..-.7-There win shortly be, along-the Aner t lean coast and amOng . thols . lades of North America the followmil. untioaing naval • • Ships Gun's, British . !Ititian* ' 22 700 Fieneh - ekitutclionf • . . 9 r '32G t*anish Nroxliata squadron y 2 - .300 • ;. ;‘f t T Otikl •• • " 4 1,220 ..:- . :- •-- '.- ;...:. A B: . 14.itif ViBil.10:d!. ', ' 7 ': r''''', Under the atovegaptiouParxiimilirott . n., low, the editko of thatetatiehllnion . Paper the "Whiz'? ptintedlit , Krioiiille:Tenn-' essey :in , ' the "Southerit:'• Conf e dera cy . ,", - gives the adv cotes . of . mob livi 'setae rough MO. , hey.-appliegtiallY I well - to mobites at 6 N.orth.- He sty ~. •• i‘ An officoti, acc o mpanying some troo ps. .from 3llistssi6 . pi, 'int:trine - a 'us that -men; - unknown to hun, but:ll36l[og like citizens, ravised the treops'Avhilechanging COS at: Chattanoega„ to mob . us - onthelt, arrival . here. TWp oferYoiing,trocipti,4seeiatcl with our sonin Ethory and - Henry' Col- . leges, said si m ilar advices were! olven-to sonic of their ' 4ouisiana troops, b t iotheials here.. And it is a well aseert4ined fact, that v.itiiens of this towtihave repeatedly'. urged the same thing 'u pon ,trOops; and have sought to do. so when `'they they found them under the influence„:- of ardent spirits. 1 i Theie unmitigated" cowards, God forsa ken semindrelii, hell.deservinevillains,and black. bea - rtedassassins, .murderers and imps of the d vil,seek to "induce Strangers, i t in the army take tip .quarrelsand fi ght battles which hey are- to .. cowirdly to fight. For yars-we have held np - a por tion of these unprincipled dasihrds, tdis honest, lying, swindling.' scoundrels and revolting hipoetits to the . seorn, Contempt • and hatred of honest men, passing and re. passing them 'very day; and it hever oc curs'ed to the lloathsoine villains .that they aught to .reset . it until an oppOrtunity offered.to hi e behind - some infuriated troops,'inade kind: for the occasion.—, Some of them are white livered 'cowards, whollive,by 4ing. and swindling ; others are cloaking them: deceit, - . adultery; quid other acts of aseness, in .one or another of the-churches, under a pretence . of. being religious ; a 'others of them are actin g . for pay as th tools of men of position and property. The superiors .or many of these inch in honor are in the penitentiary, and the, superiors of others of thetn, in morals and pi sty, are in Rein ! .•.,. ' • VividDe.cription of ti Storm. Mr. Edwin ..arses writes to-a friend New York .the rollowing description' of a m stor*On Lake Erie : • •• • You cannot conceive anytitine'So grand as a storm on Lake Erie. We had been shooting,- wild fowls all day in the bound less marsh 6 t at border thelakei It had been sultrHcarcely, a- breath of : wind; We had moored our boat in a little creek by the Indian settlement on Walpole Island ; and, as we prepared to set sail, several of the Indians came to the shore and urged us not to . attempt to cross the lake that evening. •We were distant about 27 miles - from the little hut we made our. home during Our ,shooting ex elusions-. The sails flapped lazily: against the masts, and that trinSical ripple of the water against the bow of our beat, which tells you, you are hardly Moving, was distinctly audible. We. had reached, very nearly the centre of - the lake, without one breath of wind; *clay motionless on the wide expanse of these waters:, •', - Gradually the whole horizori had groWn dark and the thickening clouds seemed riing,up dike huge Masses - of curling smoke to meet , each other over our heads: n a feW moments all'ivas-bleek - as' night —sky, clouds, water, all :seemed mingled together and all - impenetrable; the atmos phere, was oharged - with electric fluid, and a sensation, such as Inever felt' before, eame.over me; the beat scorched us,_ it was .too oppressive almost .CO . breate. A l oud rushing noise is heard in the distatice; it sweeps over the vastaurface,of the-lake and as it approaches we .could distinguish the of rainlalling upon the'' surface `of the waters. : ,: : :. -. ' - - • • Our - boatmen are" alarmed, and emery stitch of eativais is. torn down.: from: the masts—not a second tpo soon.' Instaiitlir the first territic-flasii of lightning darted through the dark canopy ; it separated the clouds •in the western horizon; anti: then came n,squall that almost,. lifted our 'boat from .the Water.. :And no* the vivid flashesof lightning played all around . its. " We dared not set a'sail‘—the hurricane swept us before, it, and, , fortunately,' to the shore we desired to. reach. I haire seen thegrandesi storm on the Mediter ranean ;1 haVe heard the " live thunder leap from Crag to crag" and . yetierberate amid the mighty ravines '.of the Swiss Alps ;,but there was something -most • awe-inspiring in the almost-"'fineless" exa' tent of these Canadian lakei. •NO moun tain to receive and re-eclio the artillery of heaven ;'ne'hill to oppose itself to :the' 'hurricane which drove - the, "!moist clouds before -it. I felt,a Mere solidity apiick; an atom, by the - desolite' s. vastness of - that • • ---.-.-7-0.;.1.-4......--,-. -- - 7,- .i- lots,Ax - xs -ITn. • Fir. - 4 11 7'..-VO•lit• bilnilr44' troopS Werein:rested:at Alto;llllmpis,., on the 29th ult., While Wtteniptnig to ;escaiii, frdln; an Illinois • " encampment - :to Join- '4 Missouri reginient,'fot the pnrpose Of get.: ting, earlier into : active service. I, They. had been encamped at Princeton, on the Illinois river ; and becoming tired otlralt-• ing . for . eiluipinents, ,they . ,.; started :With. their subordinate' officer for St. Louis, on board . the steamer Japbb Abase] rnan. ' Ill'. brealtlng from. • ; their.' eucamfinient; 'piny' had cut the telegraph, iiires-icOnuminiea tirig- with Springfield. , : Put . ~.a messenger' was sent to the„nearest,teletraPh'stntion,, and informa•trati'lient to' tile . ,;. Ooi3Ortior . .-- - TWO hundred armed snldlOrs'i Under.; Col:. Davis, were'Serit dOW•ii.tro • iii;Optingteld` to • intercept , the ~ steaniiii-;;lnulr . ,tik,e' the runaWaOk jr,.*li: ;pos session :"Theios- SeSiion • of,tife • Leee;, • andjiliiced'AOtitioi,i, ,iti'convepienil•milnt, :ffir., - ,. tringitig ' the' i :steamer to s . f iti4-abeis .1 reiemek„ ofe -ek= 1 petted I•ioat, earne . in. sight;,,,titicln:r. T fall ; I steam, - With'ilagitliing.,l,w6, l l !lante - slior . were fired from 110.00.1166*iiihi0i she' -paid xi° attentiOli."., A , .cannon bill. :as then'fired..tunt , litt her,o44,npOrt whi c h 'slie , t*Mide4 tn., and 'oi*sitong `'sliiiitti,:i! riel foni-himdiett i r 4inita'wfre.tten'inrroiliid.' , l ed; and • riarCli4lntOlhe;oldS.fati4riann: )710 ? . subject to fh. ; Govetioni '0404 - * , •--The Cinein ati , G4istttil Pali iliat e iiii looking• over that lisSW stit4cribsia'fp'thei national loan, it is' surprised ;ti ickOthiit. 48 Diane of theiniii Vroxiitititisie! ,_ .. ~,„.4 „ ..,... ... .. ~.` MIME { N 05446. . . , . v. , '-' Meaching. the Teacher.. ':, ~- Large Theft of, Arnig .ChAldnt ... Th'COitp . r of:the CarOliniari,. piihilished . Last•SaiiiidaY, Me. Mahlon ,/liniieY, a at lenyetteVAlti;. Ig.''C;,'tells noW•he once. deteotiie•attaehed -to the department of. catight...ol . "vc itubjeCt in South Oeorgia': ProvostMarshatrorter, wetiton to New` •-' We' wer e' teaching an "academy " own York (rain -Washington with the inforMit.; - • in the wire grass county. of South Gecir;.. lion that'a large 'quantity • 'of. new win • -, gid toonafter'ive left college,'and among - , clothing,intended for 'the- Seventpiiiit ' ir the higher :branches tatight i n that Insti: Regiment New York State- Militul,' hi intim] were 1.4. ' redinients.ofnstiOnoinY, been stolen and sent to this 'City,- :Mar: . to_Which advanceateit-bodls, .wo..had in- _filial Murray sent A detective to the Cani.:: traduced a class of sand hill boyif,tuid den and :Atnitey pier,*hero 'ho found' gOpher-trapping girls, 'iogirfg . . in ' , age - fOurteeiv_cases.market J. ''ll. :R.4 -, whichr from fourteen tetwentYyearS.. :1)::few were taken , to the Marshal' s ofrice: - -They' , . recitation's, Confined pr incipally'-to corH contsin'one tlionsand • iirniy•jeekits. and, • rections .of mutilated forottunciationsr= -I-three hundred .dttill thirty fonr'orerebatS: ', l "statirs," ‘qievinglyTbodies," the ‘.tyartlW peteolveßinney ..arrested W. A. L. "cornics,"? Yillinicsi dac.,.--Itinl we made Ostrander, who has been ,Auartermaster "the advanced! class" the startling and iii -• of the regi ment,i- and subsequently arrest... , credible announcement that the sun did. ed J.. Di. Reynolds, sutler to the regiment • not rise and set daily ;.that the revolii- in Brooklyn. • . ' tiOn of the earth on its axis made night . . rt is alleged -that. these two men stole . and-day, &c. • There was ' a few open the clothing: . The goods were sent to. countenances .in that gaping, wondir- the regiment shortly ,after the . Stone . stricken.class, about then. Next morn; Bridge battle, and reeeiPt-is laid to . ' ing we • Were waited on by a grave, sage have been known only to the Colonel (who' looking. patron of mutt, who ,; with 'o°lo has since died) and to the quarterma ster asperity. of .counteninee,.aed, as we im- and sutler.: There - iii a report that tha maginedi with a" contemptuous: severity goods , have l*eti sold by . the, alleged thus delivered himaelf,. ,"We've employ-. thieveS to the'State of Michigan N.- Y. e 4 ye here to tarn our young- 'uns, hairy% Commercial. Adoertirer. :- - - - we ?".i:- We assented to the proposition. ; "Well," continued he,' "what's all this rigamarole and stronsniynnd sluff about the . sun pot settin' and riiite, and the yearth turnin' upside down Of . a nighlt, and sichlike inhdertalk ye"ve bin foolin'' the skollare With ?" Now, thottght.w, for a triumph of science,,, a lighting'up of his benighted 'understanding... invitiOg Min into the'acadetny, we proceededio ' draw,n diagram upon the . blaekboard, for the purpose of illustration. "Now," sand we, "the sun - is 'ninety-five millions of. mies 'from the '.earth, acrd"—"Stop," cried he, "how do you kno*that ? 'Who's bin thar to Measure it ?' „What surveyor's ever drug his 'Chain over that:rOute ?-- 'l'ain't so !" In vain we assured him that scientific men had demonstrated- it, philosophers" preyed. it beyond a doubt,', and that all the learned and eminent men . in - lhe World admitted and.believed it: don't know nothin' about it," was his dogmatic response; not a bit niore'n I do,. and they've never been - any clOser to the sun than P hey,, It-'s._ engin reason, sense; and Scripter, to say that, the sun ! don't set-for that's a text which mehbe you've seed, if you ever read the Bible : — which 'l_ kaint scarcely believe you ever din-rend it—saying . 'from the •rising of the sun . to the going down thereof;' and ' see here, young map, Wynn liain't teach the children -soniethin' better'n rich - fool talk and infidel argytnent, you mount as well look out for a Doolyrsettlement,wbar thar ain't no churches,anil the folks nay heered of the'Bible." We caved, wiped out. the diagram with our left coat tail,' bowed out our indignant patron, and the next morning the '.stronainy class" was advanced to Peter Parleys geography, mid the siin permitted to rise-and, set as usbal. • ; There's every thing in admitting non - u denying the premises, Mineral Resources The San Francisco Bulletin has the fol lowing 'statement of the minini develop ments of the Mineral regions beyond the Rocky Mountains, and the promises of fn turesupplies': • The wonderful spirit for. exploration and adventure, as well as for investiga tion into the mineral resources of tbis . side of the continent generally' which has pre. 7 vailsd continuously since the Fraser Riv er excitement of 185% bas already been productive of highly biiportant;results. l -- The new mining fields. developed within the peiiod named, in British'cohnnbia, Washington, Pregon, and - for hundreds .4:Wraps along the eastern lnirders of the Sierra Nevada, are . already " giving em ploynient to- probably• thirty thousand people, nearly one half Of whom' are - in Washoe alone. The amount of - silver and gold now. finding its way :to this city from.:Nevada Territory is conceded by bankers,and other well intbrmed parties, to fall'not lhr short of five hundred thott sand dollars.per month, and millions is not an extravagant estimate of the annu al-yield of Nevada from this time forth, 'while it will astonish no - one if:after a few years fifteen millions 'of 'dollars, ,or more should conic-to be the aierage-pro duet. ' •''' But. these- large - additions to our min- in i g , resources -do not, by-any mars deter- Mine their: boundaries: Patiern, exPlora, tion, by experienced .miners, "Continues .along - the undeveloped borders of more than a , thousand miles of Mineral country; and the continued diseciveries - of .'Sitver and gold in the Humboldt Riser s region,; - as well. as farther north, on the yet unex- plored bolliers of Oregon and Washing ton; may- almost,:beltdcen as evidence that ,we have as, yet only found one edge, of the great 4iiineril field.. iu North' Ameri -Theie extensive developments rlurhi g the- : • plot. three ' yearn , are- übdoubtedly •among the principal causes that liatc ore, atkd 'so much 4iOnlidence , Ondfiosperity 'in:this city: IVliile the . ..extent of. -our minernl resOnrce is RYlnrgely - increased & r ' an so much greatestill-in • prospective,! the disco Very of silver,•ad ' the greater .success attending (mrtz mining enterpris .es, have removed -many:: oubtS - fOrnierly ,existing as i to-tho permanency ofoneChief sources -of wealth•,• =We non' see.clenr," could; riot - -belmieMilly - pri.red in' _I nii that - there- itre.roin: ern! . reioureds 7yet to bo"dev as•cannot ihil tolnike,:the . - oppartnnities for . invitiirilig , -*efilth.cin coast better thin . ditytvbere• lkorld,reeenitf ter -i - we cap iciunt'Our.popnlation - by tnit-' . lidni instead of byttindrelfrofthonsandS. _ large kurnber of bodies .017 M T -diem drowned iu,attenapting toswira.., the Po tonne At the action ofßall'a ...Bluff, have ecn reeover*thexhaving washed doin theloodAn,Ao_vivev. "-NC r o bavPbeaxd. of those who were ac 'counted t , t • ' coup ted ifow ,e;iough ~!'to steal _canto' off 'ndead man's eyes," but theso!..'aro :no ,w r iiinu4fq 4ovidea of rapacious Metals `..w .P4'9)l, ttho,govgvintento,in posair Pux Worae4epsyivent thii leaßealseliMetlx!*4be,lNViletpm, zpiyier o 0 .4004(1-.941.0enerialent:; - : f• - • . • -.Totrimreptitua . • 'DOW AVARLOTARIF - Wli.kil Am) AT 4 .‘ AhNli LILT LITZ' f moss. :_ . `:}. Tax .office of the Montroie . Democrat- hoo pooeoUrbooti 114911/4 'with s nowthlttili= oc typo, Etc.. and es seo sot sproparoll etc, thoboot Ott* Int mut it 4 WhiL :a• to aiummt Alandbl,ll4 . -P6sters, Prognumni4, aad' ; other kisidiof 414 to thio Itoo, dose sotoidtog to otilt BUSinesti," W e dding;" 'sad" Ball duil) 44 Tickete, etc-a:dated erttllaestols and dect=ll. ' ' ' - ' 1• ' Justices' and eiiinitables' 1312nks,144tei - Deeds, and ill other Blanks, Oa head, OF PritattO VOW: II lar Job stork sad DUMP. Vs be paid tot ar dente', - i . Importint from Western Virginia Gallipolis, Ohio, Nov. 11,--ThO town, of Guyaudotte, Va., on the 'Ohio ,Itivat o . tbirty-six mile's below here,was attacked last niklit by six hundred ebels. Out of the. one hrindted..itud Fed=. eral troops stationed therp,only about fifty escaped ; the rest were „killed or Aaiun prisoners. •,The Rebel residents of the ' town both mal e , and "female fired front theirhouses on our men. Three steamers which :passed - down: last night, were compelled to,,put TheSe stealners_went backio Gtiyandotte: at ten o'clock; 'this morlling, with. -four,:. hundred Federal troops from Pleasant. • Three steamers. have . 'passed up .sincw•-• Skirmish, and report that not p. peraou • could be seen in the town. • . . Pi — Nov. 1 1.--The, steamer Empire City has just arrived from . Gnyandotte.: • ~ The Secession portion of the inhabit ants,it appears, were looking for tbo at tack, and bad-a supper prepared for tbo , Rebel cavalry 'who were - headed by the : ,notorious - Jenkins,: ,and numbered 800.• . Eiglitof our men werOkilled, and a coo sitleral,len umber' taken prisoners. -The . , Rebel loSsis not known. • Flol. Zeigler'!4 Fifth Virginia . (Federij),l ; Inighnent, on his arrival at .Gnyandotto, fired the town,,and the' principal part a.. it is now in ashes , Theßebels left about an hour before•the arrival of Zeigler-. A Hint froin - Encretaiy Cameron -. During a visit. paid by Secretary Cam eron to the militarx • academy ' at - West, Point, on Tuesday he addressed the stud: enta as follows : • • - . Yon- are the men on whom 'the country: is hereafter to depend for the defence , of. her sacred rights, and it is, therefore, your - duty to fit yourielves for -the high . From having been a-peaceful people we are new going to become a great military nation, and no man can imagine the-number of -"soldiers that ,Wo shall need,lnd of well trained - officereto snide and direct them in the art of war: The.true secret of the art of war is to. load Aiwa to victory, not to defeat. No man can see at this moment, that we shall not ' yeti need and have an army tlireo or foor,. -or five, or ten times as large as it is now.. A (loon Jonn.---LA joke is told of a sol dier in the Federal army at the battle or :Lexington, before the surrender of Col. Mulligan. Ile Crab erawling i along the grofind for a - peep of safety where he . could shoo) at the " - SeCM:ON", without, .danger to hinnielf. sonic dine he found a place; brit tiot sufficiently Fife" he - . thought: 'in order to test the matter; he placed his hat upon the end of a 'stick of stove wnod, and elevated it a few inches" above the_logs and brush between him' . and theknemy. Scarcely hid he placed it there when it received ..a whole volley.,'. of bullets, knocking it : off the - stick. - Ile picked it up, and ascertained • the yerv ageeable fact, that five " little jokers had been.. sent' through it. It is not necessary to add that after ;involuntarily acrateliinghis head he got himself into tat; erquarters 7 —rejoicing " that, iti was'nt bil head that was in it." . Southern papers' say the kiss of the 'Rebels a the Leesburg fight - wig 300 killed and wounded. • —:-There.is - no law granting bounty land for any service rendered subsequently to March 3, 18 . 35, nor any application be treated as . valid, under -a future act of Vongress, if made before the date of . the approval of such act by theExecutivi. ' 7 -•• The battle at' Edward's Ferry sup-,!. plies another. proof that • . sharpshooting - is the chief characteristic of this war. ;Of, the California regimen toile Colonel win • killed, the LieUtenant Colonel, Major and Adjutant wounded; and five Captains are - dead orAnissing, and two , . wounded. -Of the- Fifteenth regiment, the . Colonel andlieut-Colonel were wounded, _ five Captains killed and, three-wounded. fire brigade is to be organized is Washington. 001.. Tom Florence has off ered his service ad• Chief Engineer. ' ' • cl micas fecoived froin ParisKeninoky • November 12; say that a conrier with' de- spatcheihad just arrived and. announced ' that a tivo day's fight,.in Which 600 Rebels Were killed, we captured the Rebel - Gen. eral Willlnm>i and Howes, and . two thotui. 'and prisoners. Our loss was. very small: Our forces consisted of the Ohio and Ken. _tuelcv troops, under, General Nelson. • lii, Southern Illinois, • considerable • 'qtinntities of cohon hayo, been raised ;his season, and sold to thestotton : ntotory "p4;_cagq.. tteo,ls, .luvenuneed competent judges to he,eqtuil to a goad of ! some-of southernproduetion. ' 7-;Beauregard.'s oBtcis report of 'the' battle of .Manassas 'attys.', three hundred and ninety throe Belida were killed; and. .I,tWelve hundred wounded alit the Fed. • t ieral lets was- rani; thousand five hundred ; lijqlled, wounded and prisoners.: - ; '
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