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raTlThilthlittrtninelDATS gi
•Ti.'Att.a,r.rvemickrii
°FM'S ori maim artt.iti,' . "
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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.
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TAKE NOTIC L ._ , , .,
etn••• • - • ..-,
.N.J Shoop Pelts, Von,
3'ni-R. A good as.sortinent - or Leather Beata and
shoes constantly on hai3d. Office, 'Tannes=hoO 00
Mainlionn. - • • : ....--.L_, ...,,
:duatriiae, YabLdth. ' ' , . - Af ...P...£ 4 tr.:- Ltnr
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TTAVE'Valocated permanently at New Mho . Pl..
prompA_Loan calla with which he may
De favtoNL (mace at Toads' 24.14: -
New Xfgerd, July;l7. 101
•
ABEL, MRELL
HAS, Tot sale, hietallie-.411. ior Sewing liaehimes.
eloek ihrlicateh_ Beg, Eat and Iona) Pos;.
eon.UOMOOpithit.A.MOBUIN pa nic 33± 1 11 1 6 /Tit
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, • - • ; ‘,;;., - • -•
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,
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- -
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!
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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
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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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