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LINCOLN, WOOD , $ NICHOLS , 725 CHESTNUT STREET. ael"-13t ,QITY BONNET STORE. FALL BON N E T S, EIBBOKB, FLOWERS, FEATHERS, Ac., MOW uSior. BONNETS TRIMMED AND MADE OTEB. LINCOLN, WOOD, $ NICHOLS, 725 CHESTKUT STREET. neia-lSt TUfILLINEKY GOODS, of the latest 111 styles »nd faabiona, new op™ at my stow, and will t,c poid cheaper than anywhere, for cash. Milliners and Merchants are incited to call and examine bcforo pur cUosins elsewhere, M. BEBNHEItt, *cl*-I.u No. 8 N. THIRD Street, above Market. S;. B.—Six per gent, discouut deducted for caeb. HOTELS. .. v , %% . 4 .. ~v - H ^rw"v‘w’**v%’wwvv>.VWVWWV.'V‘v**.*w NICHOLAS HOTEL, *0 BROADWAY, NEW YORK* BOARD REDUCE!' TO £2 PER'DAY. BinCO flip owning of this vast and commodious Hotel, fo 1854, it has been the single endeavor of the proprietors ■ to make it the most sumptijoti*, convenient, and comfort* able liomo lor the citizen end stranger on this side the Ailantic. And whatever has seemed likely to administer to the comfort cf its guests they have endeavored, without re* ganl to cost, to pr» vide, and to combine all the elements vf individual and social enjoyment which modern art has inrenteli and modem tsiijtf approve! j and tho pa* / nonage which it has commanded during tho past six years is a gratifying proof that their efforts have been appre ciated. To meet the exigencies of the times, when all are re quired to practise the most rigid economy, tho under •eigned BATE REDUCED THB PKICB OF BOARD TO TWO DOLLARS PER DAY, «t the pame time abating none of the luxuries Tfilh Which 1 their table lias hitherto Wi. -ttppHod. t»e7-Sm TBBADWKLL, WHITCOMB, & CO. A CARD.—THE UNDERSIGNED, late of the GIRARD finUSK, Philadelphia, have teased, for a term of yearn, WILLARD’S HOTEL, in Washington. 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KAJILE & SON, 816 CHESTNUT STREET, A&tionnce ill© reduction of J 25 per cent, in tho prices of all »£he, Manufactured Stock of Lookiag Glasses J also, in tfSngravingSt Picturo and Photutfraob Frames, Oil Paint* Engs. The largest and most Hlngunt. assortment in tli6 cons try. A rare opportunity is now offered to make pur£ chases in Una lino For Cash, at remarkably Low Prices EARLE’S GALLERIES, jyC-t£ «J rt CHESTNUT Street. CABINET FURNITURE. AND BIL LIARD TABLES. MOORE & CAMPION, No. 281 Sonth SECOND Street, In connection with their extensive Cabinet Business are •now manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, And have now on hand a full supply, finished with the •MOORE A CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which are pronounced, by ail who have used them, to be superior to all others. For tho quality and dnisfa of theso Tables the manu facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the Union, who are familiar with the character of their work. au2o-6m PRESERVING JARS. OLASSAB O V K, GLASS BELOW, GLASS ON ALL SIDES. No danger of being poisoned with Metal in using the HABTELL JAB. HARTELL a LETCHWORTH, aulo«2m Glass Warehouse, 13 N. FIFTH Street. A LL PERSONS PUTTING UP /» FRUIT, *e., ore especially Invited to call and examine the HARTELL JAR, recommended by Hr. At lee, Prof. Booth, and others, and see Silver Medals and First Premium Diplomas, which have never failed being •warded when placed in competition with other Jars. HABTELL 4 LETCHWORTH, BnlO-&n Glass Warehouse. 13 N- FIFTH Street. BUSINESS NOTIC E PETTIT, REAL ESTATE . BROKER, and CONVEYANCER, No. 309 WALNUT Street, first floor, hack, Philadelphia. Will attend to the Purchase, Sole, and Exchange, of ReM Estate in the city and country. Money invested in •nd procured on mortgages. ee2-tf JOHN WELSH, Practical SLATE HOOPEB, TH1B1) Street »n<l GERMANTOWN Bead, Is prepared to pat on any amonnt of HOOFING, on the most MODERATE TERMS. Will guaranty to make creiy Building perfectly Water-tight* Orders promptly attended to. F~ nil manufactory, 211 NEW STREET. Files wail Hasps of ©very description, and good quality, tnado to order, at the above establishment. WHOLESALE ANT> RETAIL, *X manufacturer’s prices. Becutting done in a superior manner. spldGot Ji B. BMITHt B EVANS & WATSON’S SALAMANDER BATES. STORE, 8U CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. A large variety of F7RK-PROOF SAFES always an hand. . MEDICINAL. The New Remedy tor BHEUMATIBM. During the past year we have introduced to the notice •of the medical profession of this country the JPwrc OT$ •- falitid Ghhridc of Propylamine, u a BfifflKDT FOB RHEUMATISM* •nd lairing received from many sources, both from phy sicians of the highest standing and from patients, the MOST FLATTEBINfI TESTIMONIALS of Us real value in the treatment of this painful and ob stinate disease, ws are induced to present it to the public (A a form BEADY FOB IMMEDIATE USB, which wa bOIt Mill commend ItteU to those who are sufferino with UIU afflicting complaint, and to the medleal practitioner who <na7 feel disposed to test the powers of this valuable PEOP YLAMINK, In the form above spoken of, has recently been extensively experimented with In the PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL, ■nil «4tb MASKED SUCCESS, («a will appear from the •nbllshed acconnta in th« medical journals). tar It is cwofnlly put up ready for UnmedlaU me, Willi full directions, and can be obtained fiom all tbs dmggwsi at ».^jg^TauSSSitr? Druggista and Manufacturing Chemists, na»-lr PhlladsljM*. VOL. S.—NO. 48. CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES. CASH CLOTH STORE— P’.T.T.TS & HARROP. NO. 233 MARKET STREET, UP STAIRS. A new and desirable Fall Stock of Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, Ae., sold low for cash, in lengths to suit pur chasers. 6016-Im EDUCATIONAL. REMOVAL— Madame CLEMENT’S Protestant French and English Boarding and Day School for Younjj Ladies, at present located in Beverly, Kew Jersey, will be removed to West WALNUT LANE, Germantown, Pa., on the Ist of October. For Circulars apply to Mr. JAMES EABLE, Clicetnut street, opposite tho Girard House. ae2Q-12t* riEOBGE L. WALKER, COMPOSER VT of the celebrated DOUGLAS GRAND MARCH, Woodburu Polka, Geraldlno Waltz, and other popular pieces, will receive a few more SCHOLARS on the PI ANO-FORTE. Same method as taught by the first artistes of Europe and this country. Mr. WALKER’S pupils rank among the best performers in thia city, pro fessional and amateur. OFFICE—B. E. corner of SEVENTH and ABOfl streets, second story. sIT-tseSl SAUNDERS’ INSTITUTE, MAR KET and THIRTY-NINTH 8 trials, Philadelphia PBOF.K. D. BAUNDKKB AND CORTLAND SAUN DERS, A. M„ PRINCIPALS. A School for the Physical, Moral, Social, and Intel lectual Training of Boys and Young Men. Several acres of playgrounds are attached to the Semi nary, and healthy physical development, especially in delicate boys, receives great attention. Abstinence from vicious habits, kindliness and purity of intercourse among tho pupils are insured by the constant presence Of tuacberß, encouraging them both in their sports and their studies. Latin, Greek, and Mathematics, together with the English branches, and French, are thoroughly taught. In short, every effort is made to give the pnpila * fourfold and complete education. THE TERMS, FOR A PERIOD OP FITS MONTHS, COMMBSOIN'G AT THB Tina of admission, arb: For permanent Boarding .Pupils .8125 Tor Pupils who epond Saturday and Sunday at home 100 For Day •boarding Pupils, who spend the nights ay home.. "6 Washing, $B. No extra charges. Payments in advance. As pupils who come under the influence of the Semi nary at an early age are educated with the least trouble, a reduction in the terms of $26 per session will be made during the entire course of each permanent boarding pupil who is entered under nine years of age* Those who flro not entered before they are seventeen years of age will pay an extra sum of $25 per session. This ad vance is not made in the case of those who become mem bers of tho Seminary before reaching that age. A large reduction is made in favor of young men who arc preparing for the ministry. Further information may be obtained from the Princi pals, or from tho following persons, who are among those who hare Sons or Wards boarding in' Jto Seminary at IBS PRESENT TIME I _ _ Mr. William Allen, Philadelphia; Hon. Joshua Baker, Franklin, La.: Mrs. E. V. Bonnet, Williamsport, Ta.; Hon. N. B. Browne, Philadelphia; Mr..Jamcs Burke, Jr., Philadelphia; Prof. P. A. Cregar, Principal of the Girls’ High School, Philaielphia; Mr. A. F. Oamon, Ptaila tol pliia; Mr. W. C. Denny, Pittsburg, Pa.; Mr. W. Firm stone, Easton, Pa.; Mr. H. N. Fitzgerald, Philadelphia; Hon. J. W. Forney, Editor of The Press, Philadelphia; Mrs. 0. Guerin, Newark, N. J.; Mr. Wm. J. Horstmau, Philadelphia; Mr. W.lrvin, Olearfleld county, Fa.; Mr. Wm. Kennedy, Philadelphia; Mr. Joseph Kerr, Philadel phia ; Mr. John Leiseuring, Superintendent and Chief Engineer Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, Mauch Chunk, Pa.; Hon. J. W. Maynard, Williamsport, Pa.; Mr. P. B. McNcille, Philadelphia; Mr. W. Reed, Now Brunswick, N. J.: Mr. T. B. Wattson, Philadelphia; Mr. B. H. Bartol, Philadelphia; Mr. James Sykes, Washing ton; Rev. Wm. J. R. Taylor, D- D , Philadelphia; Mr. Wm. Schott, Philadelphia; Mr. J. Mickle, Bordentowu, X. J. au"l-lm Philosophical instruments, SCHOOL APPARATUS for CLASS ILLUSTRA TIONS, Globes, Drawing Instruments, Ac., Ac., made and for sale by JAMES W. QUKEN & CO., 924 CHESTNUT Street, Priced and Illustrated Catalogue, of 88 pages, fur nished gratis, and sent by mail free, on application. selB-lm "V/ITSS LUCY R. MAYER WILL RE iY I open her School for Young Ladies, No. 1010 SPRUCE Street, on MONDAY, September oth, aelO-la MISS C. A. BURGIN will reopen her school for YOUNG LADIES, at 1010 SPRUCE Street, September 16. aell-lm* TV/TIl . WINTHR OP TAPPAN’S IVI BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL Tor young la dies, will reopeu at No, 1616 SPRUCE Sttectj OH WED NESDAY, September 18. ee7-2m FTIROY FEMALE SEMINARY. 1 This Institution offers the accumulated advan tages of nearly fifty years of successful operation. Every facility in provided for a course of use ful and ornamental under the direction of A corps of more than twenty profeasors anil teachers. For Circulars apply to JOHN H. WILLARD, Troy, N. T., or D. W. O’BRIEN, B. E. comer SIXTH and WALNUT, Philadelphia. aelG-liu# Germantown french and ENGLISH BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL MAIN Street, second door below JOHNSON Street. Madame F. DKOBIN and M’lle Em. ItOSSET having removed their School to Germantown, will open on MON DAY, the 16th inst. A deduction of ten por cent, w ill be made on pupils engaging before, that timo. References. —Rt. Rev. Bishop Potter, Da. ] Itt. Rev Bishop Odeulicimer, N, J. - , Rev. Benjamin Dorr, Fliiia deipliia ; Rev. Mr. Rodney and Rev. Mr. Atkins, Ger mautowru. sel-tocl l *- fYKFOKD FEMALE SEMINARY, V>y OXFOKD, Pa., accessible by the Baltimore Gen tral Railroad, The Forty-sixth Session will open on ■WEDNESDAY, Nov, S. Terms 875 per Session. For Circulars, address Miss 11. BAKEE, sell-lm Principal. Germantown institute, MAIN Street, above Price. The above Institution will be opened for the reception of Young Gentlemen SEPTEMBER Oth, 1861. Jfmtlicr particular on application to _ , , AYM. H. McFADDEN, A. M., Principal, B. E. cor. of GEEEN and BITTENHOCSK Streets. auSO-tf ' • EEMOYAL.— THE ACADEMY FOR BOYS, formerly located at the N. E. corner of Tenth and Arch streets, has been removed to No. 142 N. TENTH Street, and will be reopened on MONDAY, Sep tember fid, 1861. A fe-vv pupils can be Accommodated With board. For circulars, apply at the school. au29*lm T. BRANTLY LANGTON, Principal. /CLASSICAL INSTITUTE, \J DEAN Street, above SPRUCE. The CLASSICAL INSTITUTE will resume its duties on MONDAY. September 2d. J. W. F AIRES, A. M., Principal. au2B-2mo /CENTRAL INSTITUTE, TENTH and SPRING GARDEN Streets, will reopen SEP TEMBER 2d. Boys prepared for Business, College, or any Division in the Public Grammar Schools. 9all at the school-room between 9 A. M. and 12 M. eu26-3fit* H. G. McGUIRE, A. M., Principal. English and classical SCHOOL. —The school of the subscriber, in Simes* Building, at TWELFTH and CHESTNUT Streets, will be removed to the larger Hall, directly over Mi - . Haa -Bar(l’fl store, in the same building, and will be rooponed on MONDAY, 9th of September. au2i-tnol CHARLES SHORT* -JVTISS MARY E. THROPP will re- Xf-L open her Boarding and Day School for Young La* dies, at 1924 SPRUCE Street, Philadelphia, on MON* DAY, September 9th. Circulars, containing full infor mation, to ho had on application. aul9dtOctl* The private school for BOYS, in the Philadelphia City Institute, North east corner of CHESTNUT and EIGHTEENTH Streets, will reopen MONDAY, September % 1861. L. BURROWS, Principal. ABACHMANN, Pianist, at the Nor • mal Musical Institute, 624 North ELEVENTH Street, gives instructions on the Piano, Organ, and Me loueon. sefl-lm* WINES AND LIQUORS. SIDE’S WHISKY. fTO THE PUBLlC.—Messrs. STOCKDALE & CO., No. 331 WALNUT Street, north side , Philadelphia, are till.* Sofa Agents for- the sftle of my Whisky. JAMES BURNSIDE, Distiller, Allegheny Co., l*a. BURNSIDES PURE OLD MONONGAHELA RYE WJIISKY.—HoteIs, Dealers, ami Families supplied by the iSoJe Agents, STOCKDALE & CO., se2l-tf 331 WALNUT Street, norfA side. PEACH BRANDY. —8 bbls Old Peach in store, and for sale by C. C. SADLER & CO., 103 ARCH Street. . 5026-3 t SCOTCH WHISKY.—2O Puncheons Stewart's Paisley Malt Whisky, in bond, for sale JAURETCHK & CAItSTAIRS, w!2 202 and 204 South FRONT Street. PURE PORT WINE. BfQTTE DO PORTO WINE, BOTTLED IN PORTUGAL IN 1820. Physicians and invalids in want of a reliable article of pure Tort Wine can bo snnpKed by inquiring' for the above wine at CANTWELL & KEEKER’S, Southeast comer GERMANTOWN Avenue and MA3TER Street. HENNESSY, VINE-YARD PRO artetors, Bisqult, Tricocho & Co., Marett, Pinet, and other approved brands of COGNAC BRANDY, for sale, in bond and from store, by CANTWELL A KEFFER, Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER Street. STUART’S PAISLEY MALT WHIS KY. Buchanan's Coal Ua Whisky, Old Tom Gin, Old London Gin, London Cordial Gin, Bolden's Gin, In bond and ntor*, CANTWELL & KEFFER, Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER Street. ZOUAVE CHAMPAGNE.—A new brand—an excellent article. Imported and for sale nt n price to suit the times, by CANTWELL & KEE PER, southeast comer of GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER Street. Rudesheimer-berg, LAUBEN HEIMER, and HOCKIIEIMER WINE, In eases of ono dozen bottles each; warranted pure. Imported and for sale low b» CANTWELL & KEFFER, south t>nt comer GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER Street. ■TIMMERMAN’S DRY CATAWBA / A WINE.—ThI» approved brand of Cincinnati wine, the best nrticloout for “cobblers,” for sale pure, bot tled and io cased, by CA STWELL Sc KEFFER, south east corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER Street, se24»6m XXOLLAND GlN.—Double Pine Ap- I I plo Gin! In pipes and three-aasrter pipes, for snip from bonded warehouse, bp JAURKTCHE & CARSTAIRS, 202 and 2H Booth FRONT Street. C \t |jm*. FBIDAY, SEPT. 27, 1861. or THE WAR. THE WAR IN MISSOURI. A HOPEFUL VIEW. FREMONT AND HIS FLANS. PARTICULARS OF THE SIEGE OF LEXINGTON. Rebels Marching from Virginia to Kentucky. Capture Of James B. Clay. ESCAPE OF BRECKINRIDGE. GENERAL BUCKNER’S VANDALISM. o-A.iva:r sics rozbictsobt. Western Virginia Affairs. WHY FLOYD’S ARMY WAS WOT DESTROYED MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS, The "Whereabouts of the Sumpter. Strength of the Rebel Army on tho Potomac. AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI. The Reported ;Sieee of Leungtou Con- tradicted. St. Louis, Sept. 25. —The report from Quinsy to the Chioago Tribune that Gen. Siegel had attacked Price at Lexington, is utterly false. Gen. Siegel has boon here several weeks, and Gen. lluater reached Jefferßon City to-day from Holla. Particulars of the Battle ofLexington. St. Louis, Sept. 25.—Lieut. Harris, of Colonol Marshall’s Illinois Cavalry, who was in the battle of Lexington, has arrived here. Ho States that ho disguised himself in the uniform of the Onemy, after the surrender, and passed through their lines, es caping without taking the obligation. Ho reports that a large amount of gold, seven cannon, forty-five hundred rifles and muskets, tho equipments of Marshall’s and Mulligan’s regiments, a number of wagons, and a considerable quantity of provisions, fell into the hands of tho rebels. Thore were but twonty-two hundred engaged on our side, tho rest of tho forco boing sick or absent. Tho enemy’s fbree is stated at thirty thousand engaged, and ton thousand out on marauding ex peditions. The surrender was made against the strongest protest of Col. Mulligan, who proposed to attack the onemy with the bayonet, and dio with arms in their hands. The men wore willing to fol low him, but were so exhausted they could have made hut a feeble resistance. On Wednesday, the 19th, Gen. Price having been reinforced by Green and Harris, commenced a most determined attack. The fight lasted from nine o’clock on Wednesday morning till four o’clock on Friday afternoon, during which time the fighting was so incessant that our men had neither time to eat or sleep, and water was very scarce. The enemy erected breastworks of hemp bales and fired upon tho Federal garrison from troe-tops, hillsides, and the roofs of houses. Severalbharges were made by the rebels, each of which was re pulsed with considerable loss. In tho struggle on Wednesday for the possession of the ferry boats, two of our cannon were captured, but were retaken nftcr a severo struggle. Condition of Affairs in Missouri. Jevfeesoj! (it, September 26.—The rvest fvr.,,, Smv iast night, with the Illinois Thirty-fifth and Brigadier General Davis and staff aboard, stopped at Ottervitle to-day, passing over the Lamino bridge, The road is now in running order through to Sedalia, and the next train with troops will probably go through to that point. There are now along tho road, at and west of Syracuse, tho Thirty-fifth Missouri, the Second Ne braska, and the larger portion of Col. Ead's Mis souri Regiment, and three hundred and fifty men of Col. Bissau's Pioneer Regiment. At or near Boweyille there are the lowa Fifth, Indiana Eighteenth, Twenty-second, and Twenty-sixth, Capt. Davidson’s Battery, and Major Eppstein’a Home Guards. Matters are represented as quiet in the neighbor hood of those forces. West of them the Seces sionists are rising) and Priee'g forces in a few days will doubtless be augmented to thirty or forty thou sand. Kotbing from Lexington to-day. The Seces sionists say their loss there was trifling. Major General Hunter arrived here to-day. Gen. Siegel will arrive to-night. The Seat of War. The N. Y Herald of the 26th says that, for some timo past, the seat of war in Missouri has been no where in particular, but everywhere in general; but at last it seems to have settled down into something like a definite position. Tho attach upon Colonel Mulligan’s works, near Loxington, was the means of concentrating a large number of predatory bands -j of rebels from all parts of tho country, who together j made a formidable force under General Price, va- j riously estimated at from seventeen to thirty thou sand men. General Ben McCulloch is by some despatches reported advancing upon the capital, Jefforson City, with about twenty thousand more rebels fro in Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi, and tho Indian Territory. gome distance to the left of Jefferson City, in a northwesterly direction, on the banks of tho Mis- ' souri river, is the city of Lexington, where the fight : between the forces under acting G encral Mulligan ; and the rebel Price took place. ; Around Jefferson City, at all points whoro the j roads meet or cross the railroads, at all the bridges, 1 &c., strong picket forces are stationed to give notice of the advance, if any should be made, by the ; rebels. The railroad itself is guarded by an offi- ; eient force of Union troops, and at Booneville— ! which is situated on the river bank to tho north- j northwest of Jefforson City, and was formerly tho j encampment of the late General Lyon—was re- ; cently another not insignificant force of Union soldiers. Some short time since four regiments of Indiana troops left Jefferson City by the river for Lexington, and were last heard of in the neighborhood of Glasgow, some distance abovo Booneville. These forces have doubtless long be fore this been landed and marched to the scene of action. General Sturgis marched with his troops in three columns from St. Joseph, which is situated where tho Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad joins tho river at a more northerly point, and is shown at a short distance from tho upper left-hand corner of the map. These troops pursued tho variousroad ways, as they have been heard of in separate bodies at Liberty and elsewhere, and were last reported in the neighborhood of Camden, nearly opposite Lexington. These united columns form no vory mail force, and are strengthened by the fact that a largo number of regulars constitute a portion of that force. General Lane was also reported ad vancing after the rebel General Bains, (who had doubtloss joined Price during the siege of Lexing ton,) and he had most likely arrived at the scene of action by the road leading from Port Scott through Little Osage, Chalk Level, Clinton, Scdulia, War rcMlmrg, Sc! This last named plaoo lies nearly duo south from Lexington. This line of march is borne out by the fact that a portion of General Bains’ rebel forces had engaged a portion of General Lane’s troops at Morristown, which is situated on the south branch of the river, running through Clinton and a short distance west of it. Gen. Siegel was last re ported at St. Louis, and doubtless had boon at tho head of the reinforcements which were sent some time since from that city for tho relief of Lexing ton. Some doubt is thrown upon tho statement that Gen. Hunter was engaged in this last reported contest, from the fact of his having been at Bolla on Saturday last. A straight turnpike road runs from Jefferson City southward to Kolia, and by this road a portion of bis forces may have marched, while another portion may havo proceeded by the railroad to the junction at Franklin, and, branching off, have taken tho Pacific Bailroad to Jefferson Citv, and from thence onward. Without speculating ’by which route the troops wont, it is reported that at least one regiment of his Kolia command was at Syracuse, somo distance west of the capita], along the railroad, on the 17th inst. Tncso have doubtless not boon loft without rein forcements, and the same railroad communication may have convoyed the commander from Kolia to within a comparatively few miles from Loxington, as tho railroad crosses a turnpike road at a point somo short distance west of Syracuse, Thus, supposing this General was at Rolla on Saturday, tho major portion of his forces may have started beforo him, and he have rejoined them at one of these points mentioned, having travelled by rail. Thus showing the probabilities of certain bodies of troops being on the spot at tho timo of the re ported engagement, we will glance at the position of the laTgo force said to be advancing from St. Louis to the actual seat of war. Taking as another starting point St. Louis —which is near the centre of the right hand Bide, and situate on the Mississippi r ; ver v iH be seen that Jefferson City can be ap proached by three different routes, viz: the rail road, the river, and the turnpike road. This last route is nearly straight, thus partially making up in the shortening of the distanoe for the advantages of steam on tho other two routes. By those throe highways a very largo body of troops can bo con centrated at the capital, and from thence marched to tiie scene of action. If Otntrals Hunter , Siegel, Lane, and Sturgis can only keep. Price engaged until Fremont can come up with his corps d'armee, there will be but little doubt of the final rout, and -perhaps, capture of General Fries and his whole command. Nousverrons. Southwestern Missouri. A correspondent of the Herald, writing front St. Louis, Mo., under date of tho 221 inst,, says ; A lady arrived from Springfield last evening, to join her husband, who came from that town on the 11th of August with the Union army, and who has since been stopping in St. Louis. She states that it was reported there that McCulloch’s army was PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2T, 1861. beyond Bentonville, Ark., on its way to Fort Smith, and would not return to Missouri unless its presence becamo absolutely necessary. She says tuo rebels took all their wounded that could be moved at the time of their departure, and also forced nearly all the negroes in the vicinity to go with them, de claring it their intention to make the nigger pay as muoh as possible of the expense of the war now waged in nis behalf. Noarly all the Union men who owned slaves were deprived of them, as, in fact, they were of noarly all other kinds of property. Many Secessionists were also mado nig- Eerlese, the Confederate officers and soldiers not being very discriminating. Much delight was ma nifested by tho rebol troops when they ascertained that the five cannon captured on the day of the bat tle were the same that were taken from tho Missou ri traitors at Camp Jackson. They left about a thousand men to hold Springfield, and keep posses sion of our wounded soldiers there. This foroe has dwindled to lees than five hundred heroes, who amuse themselves by drinking Missouri whisky and making loud threats to kill all the Union soldiers that fall into their hands. Their dead (those who have died since the battle,) have been buried in the fields around the town, and are estimated at not less than fivo hundred. The mortality among their wounded is very large, and bears strong testimony to tho assertion that a wound from a Minie ball, however slight, will, in a few days or weeks, provo fatal. Col. Mulligan Wounded. A special despatch to the Cincinnati Gazette, from Quinoy, Illinois, says: The siege upon Colonel Mulligan’s entrenchments commenced on Thursday, the 12th instant, and was continued from da; to da; until Frida; last, at fire o’clock P. M., when tbo Union flag was hauled down b; the Home Guard of Missouri, who hsd acted ineffectually and cowardly during the whole siege. Colonel Mulligan refused to surrender, but, being •wounded, in one of his legs at the time , could not prevent it. He had but fire or six charges left for his artil - lery, and, being nearly out of ammunition for his infantry and cavalry, he could havo hold out little longer. Colonel Marshal, of tho cavalry, la said to have acted moat cowardly, though his men con ducted themselves with great bravery and gallantry, making several destructive oharges upon the ene my. After tho surrender, when the rebels approached Colonol Mulligan and demanded his.sword, he re fused to deliver it up, and they took it from him by physical force. Federal Troops Harrying Forward to At. tack Price. Jkfferson Citv, Sept. 23.—The news to-day from TuEcambm is to the effect that Col. McClurg, •f the Federal forces, was attacked on last Friday by the rebels, under Parsons and Johnson, but our boys repulsed them with hut slight loss on our sMo, Gen. Tom Price has gent four hundred and fifty men to roinforce Col McClurg. Our forces sent up the last week, now tn route for Lexington, arc reported to be at Booncville, and will move forward on Lexington to-morrow. Gen. Paris leaves here to-morrow, to take com mand and lead them on. The Twenty-fifth ludiana left hore this morning by railroad for Loxiugton. The Firßt Nebraska arrived this evening and has also gone up. All quiet at Osage. IVo have no positive reports as to McCulloch’s forces or their whereabouts. Tho utmost activity pervades here in the move ment of troops. Major Tanner, of the Twenty-second Indiana Re giment, who was recently shot near Glasgow, is very low, and may die any moment. Claib Jackson is nt Lexington with the rebel forces. K. A Hopeful View The St. Louis democrat of the 24th says; If wo are to accept a s true the reports from Lex ington, General Price has finally succeeded in gain ing temporary possession of, Lexhigton. The present apparent advantage ho has only won by being able to cut off from Col. Mulligan and his command their indispensable supply of water. Some four thousand killed and wounded is the loss paid by the enemy for the entrenchments, which he can scarcely retain half as many days as he has been occupied in taking them. There was much murmuring among our people yesterday at the result, but along with the com plaints so naturally indulged in from sympathy with the misfortunes of the gallant Mulligan and his heroic little garrison, was also observed a sa tisfaction in the knowledge that a most formi dable movement was on foot against the rebel forces , and that soon they must fall into the trap so skilfully laid for them. The extraordi nary activity for the past three or four days on the river and the railroads, the presence of General Lane on the west of Lexington, with an accumu lated force of more than 4,0u0 men, the presence of General Sturgis on tho north, with about the same number, the boat loads of troops steaming up tho Missouri river, ana th* heavy columns moving ra piaiy to the west from Jefferson os**. look to the grand movement for the complete ping of tho rebel army under Gen. JPricCt tO the aeeompiishmont of which, we are disposed to be lieve, the capture of Col. Mulligan was but one of the predetermined necessities. A Visit to Gen. Fremont—His Plans. Schuyler Colfax’s paper, the South Bend Re gister, in describing a visit to General Fremont, says: The Geaoral’s qnartors are in a beautiful build irg on Chouteau avenue, owned by Mrs. Brant, (a oousin of Sirs. Fremont's,) and tendered by her for his uso. Hero are arranged all the vast plans for the occupation of Memphis, the resto ration of the freo navigation of the Mississippi, tho second victory of New Orleans, the re-an nexation of Texas, and_ tho deliverance of Mis souri from tho rebel armies that havo invaded its 6oil from Tenncaseo and Arkansas, aiding its own traitors in their work of destruction. Here, too, reside his family and part of his staff; and its rooms are converted iuto business offices, tele graph office, Ac., while sentinels guard its gates, and tho starry banner of beauty and glory waves over all, bv night and by day. lie looks older and more careworn than when we last mat him, three months ago, just after his return from Europe. His wife, who assists him in a thou sand ways, examining voluminous documents, act ing as secretary, Ac., does notseem to have changed iu the slightest degree since 1856, when her vigor and energy were so well known and so universally conceded, both by friend and foo. HiS proposed military movements we cannot al lude to. They will be like himself—bold. Wo only regret that the ordering East of so many Western troops, even from west of the Mississippi, has loft his force weaker in numbers than is gene rally supposed. The principles of his famous proclamation, so en thusiastically endorsed as they were throughout the North, he still believes wore based on tho truest lull wiseEt policy. They have been modified by the President, to whom, of course, as his superior offi cer. he defers; but we think he still believes with Andy Johnson, that a man who is a traitor ia arms has no right to own anything. AFFAIHS IN KENTUCKY. Hebei Forces Marching from Virginia into Kentucky—Four Regiments no tv at Howling Green. Tho Cincinnati Times of Tuesday afternoon says: \Ve have direct and reliable intelligence as to the efforts now making by the rebels to render Ken tucky a portion of the great battio-field upon which the contest ia to bo waged for nnd against the Union. It ia only in confirmation of what we havo held to be the object of the Confederates, for the past two months, and what we havo confidently be lieved would be tho ultimate result of their labors. On Sunday last two regiments of the Confederate army arrived at Bowling Groan, and took up their quarters in its immediate vioinity, They came from Virginia, and woro transferred by rail di rectly to the locality of Warren county, of which Bowling Green is the county seat. This was all done so quietly that nothing was known of tho movement until the rebels were in thoir new quar ters. The course of travel was by tho Virginia and Tennessee Railway to Nashville, thence by the Nashville and Louisvillo road to Bowling Green. The distance from the latter-namod plaoo to Louis ville is about ninety miles, with good travelling facilities to that point. It is also known that there are more troops in course of transportation from Virginia to join tho rebel invasion of Kentucky soil. Wo did not learn to what command this dotachmcnt of tho Confede rate army belongs, but surmise that it may be a.portion of that under Gen. Lee, as he has sud denly disappeared with his troops from his for mer position in Virginia, aud his whereabouts has lately been unknown. The editor of tho Kentucky Press publishes tho following extract from a letter received by him from ft Confederate soldier at Camp Bartow) Ma nassas Junction, Va., dated Ist September: “Wo havo been at this camp since the morning after tho battlo, and I think it probable that wo will remain hero for some length of timeyot; at least until wo go into winter quarters. It is the f encral opinion that our regiment will quarter in lentuoky.” Capture of James B. Clay. Cincinnati, Sept. 26.—Yesterday afternoon, Lieut. Col. Letcher, with a detachment of Colonel Woodward’s regiment, captured James B. Clay, with 16 of his men, while they were mrthoir way to join Zollieoffer. They were taken to camp Dick Robinson. John C. Brockinridgo was with the party, but managed to make his oscape. Flight of Breckinridge Confirmed. The Louisvillo Journal says: It is now rendered quite certain that John C. Breckinridge. Col. ffn. Preston, Beck, tho law partner of Breckinridge, and all the prominent rebels of Lexington have left their homos and fonnd an asylum in a military camp in Morgan county. Gen. Buckner’s Vandalism —The Grceu Biver Locks Destroyed. The Louisville Journal Bays that on last Satur day night lock No. 3, on Green river, was blown up by order of Gon. 6 B. Buokner, commander of tho Confederate forces at Bowling Green. We are informed that the other two looks have also been destroyed. Gen. Buckner’s order for the destruction of loek No. 1 has fallen into cur hands. It was entrusted to a spy named James Burnam,. son of Squire Bar naul, of Bowling Groen, with instructions to Geo. W. Triplett, tbe man to whom it was addressed. James Burnamwas arrested at the ferry across Mud river, and, making an excuse to step aside for a few moments, he tore the letter in pieces, but his cap tors put tho fragments together and read tho fol lowing : Bowlixo Giiekn, September 19,1861. Mu. Gko. W. Triplett—My Dear Sir : Your letter is received. Lock Ne. 1 must be destroyed. I rely upon our friends at Owensboro' to do it; not an hour must be lost. The destruction is a great deal to me in crippling cur adversary. Assemble our friends without delay in sufficient force to ac complish the object. Ona of th® best ways is to rn all the gates but one, and to dig down behind wall at both gates, to put one or two kegs of powder behind tbe wall, to apply a slow match, and blow the wall into the look. If possible, it should be done in such a way as to lenro a strong current through the lock, whioh will empty the dam. Pro vide everything in advance; do not fail; it ie worth an effort. S. B. Buoknek. The Union men, on loarning Glen. Bucknor’s in tention from this letter, attempted to guard the locks, and rallied five or six hundred men for the purpose, but, ascertaining the approach of a greatly superior foroe of cavalry, they retreated, and the work of destruction was done. Bor this deed Gen. S. £. Buckner, sooner or later, will have to render a terrible account, The locks and dams of Green river were a portion, and a largo one, of the pride and wealth of our State. IVe all remember at what cost of money and labor they were constructed. They oara fit of the most important and valuable improvement* ever made in Kentucky. They openod a river market for the whole of the immense population of the Green river section. But, as a mere military ma noeuvre, they are all ruthlessly swept away, by a renegade Kentuckian, who brings an army far the conquest of his nativo State. Railroad bridges, railroad tracks, locks and dams, river packets, public and private property of all descriptions, are recklessly sacrificed by the invaders in the pursuit of their accursed purposes. Many of us have ventured to hope, many of us ore still hoping, that, after a brief period of hos tilities, peoco may return to our State. Our Union friends are all looking forward to peace, and praying that it may soon come to bless our land. But, even if peace shall be restorod, the ruin and desolation wrought by the hand of General S. 11. Buckner will remain for years a dark and horrid monument of his infamy and that of his followers. He will be remembered as one of the great malefactors of the age. From General Sherman's Brigade. t Special Correspondence of the Louisrillo Journal.] Camp Anderson. Lebanon Junction \ September 23, 18iil. ) Lieutenant Colonel Johnston’s general orders to the Borne Guard, issued this afternoon, baptises this camp as above, ill honor of the '-Hero of Sumpter.” I have just arrived here, and find a wonderful change in the aspect of affairs. Early yesterday (Sunday) morning, before day light, the troops, with the oxcoption of the Home Guards, departed in a body from their camp, and took up the line of march for the summit of Mul draugb’s Heights. The ford was crossed, and the troops on a rapid march were soon lost to view in the distant hills. George Jouott, Brigadier General Homo Guard of Louisville, arrived in camp and reports the ad vance already four miles beyond Elizabethtown, and it is rumored that the entire body has joined the advance. Comp Sick Robinson. A Kentucky exchange says that Camp Dick Ro binson, to which frequent reference is made in the news from Kentucky, is located at the point where tho Lexington road branches, one road leading to Danville and the other to Lancaster, both of which places are seven and one half miles distant, is about a mile from the Dick’s river, and about eight miles from the Kentucky, both of which streams are crossed by bridges which can easily bo destroyed, rendering them impassable, or, if desired, the hills commanding the cro&aing-placeß can bo so fortified as to obstruct the passage of an immense army. The cßmp takes its name from the owner of the farm upon which it is located, one of the highest points of land in tho State, abundantly watered, well cq- VCred with beautiful groves, anu richly carpeted by the verdure which has made that part of tho State so celebrated. On the left of the Lexington pike is placed a regiment of mounted riflemen, one thou* sand strong, armed with Sharp's broech-loading carbines with sabre bayonets, and mounted on su perior horses—the regimeut being under the com mand of Colonel Wolford, a captain in the Mexican war, and though of unpromising exterior, a man of unusually fine sense and judgment. Opposite, and on the right of the pike, in a beautiful grove of black walnut and burr oak, are encamped two regiments of infantry under Colonels Fry and Brnnilotte. The former gentleman was a captain in McKee’s regiment, which suffered so terribly at Buena Vista*; has considerable experience in mili tary matters, besides having seen hard sorrice. Besides a full regiment of Kcntuckiu ns, he has seven hundredmen placed temporarily under his among whom are Jive hundred Ten nesseans. a compliment justly due to his ability and great personal popularity among officers and men. Colonel Bramlette is Circuit Judge of the Danville district. He has net had the advantage of military experience or education, but his strong, natural sense and quickness of perception will go far towards remedying these deficiencies. To the rear and right of these two regiments, in an open field, is the mountain regiment, Colonel T. T. Gar rard, who, we believe, saw servioe in Mexico. In tho angle made by the Danville&nd Lancaster pikes, is encamped the Tennessee regiment, com* •manded by Colonel Byrd , who led a company from that State through some of the most terrible conflicts of the Mexican war. The Feeling in Kentucky. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times says it is seedless to say Kentucky is in a hlgU state of excitement. Her people have found out at last that they cannot remain idle spectators of the mighty struggle in which we are engaged; that they must rise or fall with the Amerioan Union; that she must 'share, with her sister States, all tho blessings of peace, or all the horrors of protracted war. Kentucky is sailing between Soylla and Charybdis, and if this struggle shall last through ■her indiSiitoncc, her choice will bo between a wreck upon tho rocks on the one side, or ifreVwaßle snh mersion in the stormy waters on tho other; there is no half-way political inn in which sh 6 can find refuge from the approaching tempest. Kentucky “neutrality" is a myth—an idle cor ruscation of undigested political intellect; and it has vanished like a dream of the night. Kentucky has taken a noble stand : she has divested herself of tiro shackles of snob men as Breckinridge and Magoffin ; her genius, her powor, her real intoresls, her unrivalled patriotic memories —these are eclip sing, with lightning speed and splendor, the poor, miserable machinations of secret conclaves of cow ardly assassins of liberty and law; the spirit of the Kentucky of the olden time—bright as tho hea vens, and full of promise to the race of man—lives again; and that courage which enabled Boono and Kenton to conquer the wilderness, and which en countered the heroes of the “ Peninsular War," in the battle of New Orleans, will be brought in a few weeks to boar against tho open and avowed enemies of the eternal rights of man. The Army of Western Virginia* WHY FLOYD'S ARMY TTAS NOT DESTROYED AT CARNIFEX FERRY. A correspondent of the New York Time*, writing from Camp Scott, Cross Lanes, Nicholas county, Va., under date of Sept. IS, 1801, says: Our camp was removed from the Cross Roads, a mile above this point, on Monday. Wo are now lo cated Oh the slopes of several pretty hills, whieh form ft basin at the Intersection of two roads, which five to this locality the appellation of Cross Lanes, lore is where Col. Tyier was surprised by Floyd, at the bead of about 1,000 men; and, according to excellent testimony, Tyler, with his reduced regi ment of 700 wyn ; almost defeated the whole rebel army. Tho people of tho neighborhood have shown ns the relative positions of the contending forces, how and whore they fought, and their statements gene rally support Col. Tyler's written report of the affair. Rebel prisoners, capturod the day after Floyd’s hasty evacuation, also admit that their doughty general was almost whipped. One of them says, 11 Your men fought like the devil.” Tyler’s men, by a splendid dash, did capture a rebel flag, and saved his own. Reflection upon the late battle of Oanntex Ferry, and a thorough examination of tho rebel defences, causes surprise at Floyd’s flight. His numbers were as great as those which we brought into aotion, he had more and heavier artillery, and ocoupied a strongly fortified natural position, which wo could not assault in tho roar. X can only account for his precipitation on the ground that the determination of our splendid little army terrified him. The evi dences of his scare are numerous. He not only de serted large quantities of army stores, but some of his officers, in addition to their private baggage, left their swords on the field, and we captured the brigade flag. The public will desire to know whylFloyd leas permitted to escape, 'There is only one theory by which the misfortune can be explained. General Bonham, who led the column, bolievod that Floyd did not intend to halt until he was at tacked, and that if we waited to mako a deliberate reconnoissance on the afternoon of our arrival, and delayed the attack until next morning, we should find the position deserted. Thoro are ovidonoes which strongly sustain this opinion. General Bon ham proposed to reconnoitre, in accordance with General Rosecrans’ wishes, but circumstances forced us into a gonoral engagement. Tho public must determine whether General Bonham, ad vancing without definite orders, attacked in ac cordance with a preconceived design upon his part, or whether the action was brought on by unavoida ble circumstances. This question must forever remain a matter of speculation. If Floyd had dotorminod to run with out fighting, Bonham’s attack was right. Otherwise a thorough reconnoissance would have produced more satisfactory results; because the weary troops, refreshed by food and rest, would have gona into action vigorously next morning, with knowledge of vulnerable points and concentration of columns. They would then have pitched over tho parapet and breastworks of tho enemy at tho point of the bayonet, and few rebels would have remained to toll the tale. . The battle proved conclusively that this army may bo confidently rolioil upon in the face of tho hottest fire. But it did not conspicuously illustrate military science. The impracticable nature of the ground prevented any Imposing display of tactios or strategy. The troops simply went forward by regiments, deployed in line among the thiokets two or three hundred yards from tho rebel battery and breastworks, until they finally enveloped them in front and on both flanks, hut profound darkness made it as dangerous to ourselves to storm the works as to tho enemy. The point in controversy in the army is—would Floyd nave waitod for us to mako a reconnoissaneo and to attack deliberately ! Floyd himself was reported wounded in the arm. A rebel prisoner denies this. He says he saw him that night unhurt, directing the retreat. You ask why wo did not hoar him retreating, since wo bivouacked under his very guns? It is true, a stroDg column slept within four or five hundred yards of tho breastworks, but our own gun-car riages and the noise of our trains getting into posi tion deceived ns His artillory was heard moving, but wo supposed it was our own wagons. Perhaps the most surprising feature of the en gagement was the insignificant loss, numerically, which we met. The fire of the eßemy was tre mendous, and was sustained in full career through three hsurs, with heavy volleys at intervals an hour or more longer. Their breastworks and bat* tones were arranged for oross-flring, and they worked both artillery and small arms with venge ful fury. Friendly thiokets, bad aim, and timid rebel hearts, protected our gallant fellows. The small arms of the enemy were generally as good as our own. Thoy had some squirrel rifles, but they were well supplied with muskets. Futnre Movements. Part of this column advanced several days ago, and united with Gen. Cox on the Lewisburg road. I do not know what is in store for the remainder of the division, but unless Floyd is greatly rein forced, or unless Lee, disgusted with his nnpo- tent efforts at Cheat Mountains, attempts ; to consolidate his army for movement against Gen. Itesrcraas, I cannot perceive when urn shall have more fighting during this eampaign. But I do not think it would be healthy for Loo to attempt to get away from Reynolds. An old sol dier dislikes sharp harking and snapping at his rear, and Reynolds is reputed a stingor. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times, writing from liuokhaimoii, under date of September 20, gays: The Secessionists in this part of the country are now very quiet. Their leaders hare mostly been arrested, or loft for tho mountains, to a moro con gonial climate. A four continue to prowl through tna eoimtry, but they are desperate characters, whose only purpose is to plunder. When tho new State Government gets its police system fully orga nized, there will be very little need of troops in, this vicinity, lit fact, from what I ean observe, 1 think that within a few weeks all the United States troops mill be withdrawn from this por tion of Virginia. Rosecrans will winter below the mountains, even if he has to hew his way to the valley of Virginia. lie has driven the enemy beyond the mountains, and he will not be long following them. Particulars of the Death of John A. Washington. A correspondent, writing from Cheat Mountain, says : l; I have the pleasure, and it is indeed a pleasure, to send you the news of tho death of John A. Wash ington, who was killed yesterday afternoon, about seven miles south of Elkwater Camp. The circum stances are as fellows: Iu company with three other officers, he was approaching our fortifications with a view of making reconnoiasaneee. Secreted in a bush by the roadside were a number of the Seventeenth Indiana regiment, and as Wash ington and his companions came up the road, the Indiana boys arose from their place of concealment and fired. Washington foil from his horse on the first round, having received three bul lets, two of which passed entirely through the body, entering at the right breast, and one of the quar tette was also hit, but the two remaining unhnrt managed to get him away by supporting him on his horse. The body of Washington was conveyed to the quarters of Col. Waggoner. He lived for the space of half an hour, and never spoke save to Ut ter once, ( 0, my God! ’ The neat day his body was sent io the Confederate camp under a flag of truce. In the pockets of Washington wore found one hundred dollars in United States gold currency and a splendid gold watch. His dress was new and of tho most elegant make, broadcloth coat and pants, and a white satin vest. His shoulder straps denoted him to be a colonel—in one of the Vir ginia regiments, I suppose." MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS, The Strength of the Rebels. A Confederate officer, lately taken prisoner, says that the strength of the rebel armies beroro Wash ington, undor Beauregard and Johnston, is not less than the highest estimate that has been made— namely : Beauregard’s, 90,000, at Fall’s Church, Munson’s Hill, and near Alexandria ; and John son’s, Si.ooo, at the mouth of Goose creek, near Lcwinsvijle and near Ball's Cross Roads; that not only Beauregard and Johnston, but also Jeff. Davis himself, have been on Munson's Hill, where they have an excellent view of Washington, of all the roads leading to it, and of all tho fortifications that have been thrown up to defend it; that while the rebel IcaderE have abandoned the idea of attacking Washington, they are satisfied that their own works are of such strength that the Union army will not venturo to attack them; that they have been dili gently oconpied, ever since they took possession of Munson’s Ilill, in fortifying not only that hill, but also Mason’s Hill to the north, and Upton’s Hill to the south, and in making a complete tine of fortifica tions; nearly parallel to our outer line of defcneos, from Lewinsville to Springfield station, near Alex andria; that there is not a hill along this whole line that is not crowned with a fortification or re doubt of more or legs strength, according to the im portance of the place ; that every rosd and defile leading from "Washington toward Fairfax and Manas sas is commanded by batteries mounted by guns of long range, that can sweep them In every direction ; that the rebel loaders are satisfied that these nume rous defensive works arc of such strength that the Union army will not dare attack them, and will be successfully repulsed If they do ; that they believe the Union army in Washington, including the co lumns of Banks and Stone, on the Upper Potomac, and of Gen. Sickles, below the city, amounts to 200,000 men; that Beauregard and Johnson are well satisfied to remain where they are all winter, if they can keep the Union army in ‘Washington that whUo the two armies thus remain in statu quo the integrity of the line of tho Potom«c remains in violate, a*d that the South does not desire more than that to be accomplished by Beauregard or Jtfliuouu j Ui<*t blio ivWU tollaro tliAk WnouSagbon cannot be defended by less than 200,000 troops; for that the moment that any considerable part of that force is withdrawn for offensive movements else where, Beauregard and Johnson will attack it, crossing the Potomac on the ice, if in the winter time. A Reconnoissance of Edsnll’s Hill. A thorough rcconnoissaneo of Edsall's Hill, under command of Capt. Joy, of the New York Twenty seventh, shows that the entrenchments commenced by tho rebels have been partially if not wholly abandoned, probably in consequence of the disco ver v that I'ort Taylor commands them. Our pick ets had a eouferoooe with the robeta,uudcr white handkerebiefsof truce,on Wednesday, near Edsall's. They said that the works had been occupied by a regiment composed of North Carolinians and Mis sissipians, COO men. Edsall’s Hill was merely a picket outpost. The adjacent meadows were used as a drill ground. Two of their men wore under arrest for shooting at our pickets— Gen. McClellan’s prohibition having evoked a similar, one from the rebel commander. The Rebels on Munson’s Hill. The rebels are still at work on their new fortifi cations south of Munson’s Hill and towards tho Alexandria Railroad, and in very strong force. They are plainly visible from the roofs of some buildings three miles from Alexandria, as well as tho heights upon whioh Fort Blanker and Fort Richardson are built. Tho works on Munson's Hill are visited by groups of civilians, among whom ladies are sometimes seen. The Order to Draft ill lowa. Secretary Cameron has sent a despatch to the Governor of lowa, forbidding the drafting of troops in that State. Tho Secretary relies on the voluntary patriotism of the masses to uphold the Govern ment. The Whereabouts of the Pirate Sumter. Trinidad dates of August 21 state that tho pirate Sumter had arrived more, obtained a supply of coal, and left on the sth of August. It is said that the Governor of the island rofusod to receive the officer sent on shore from tho Sumter, except as a private gentleman, and the same course was pur sued by the officers of her Majesty’s steamship Cadmus , which vessel arrived at Trinidad whilst the Sumter was thoro. The officers and men of the Sumter were frequently on shore, and numerous Visits Were paid by gentlemen of the Port of Spain to the Steamer, and by them the courtesy and frank kindness of her officers is highly spoken of. The steamer Keystone State arrived a few days after the: Sumter left, and after remaining about half an hour, steamed out of the harbor at a rapid rate to prosecute her search. The nope is expressed by tho Port of Spain Ga zette tbut Capt. Scott would soon be able to report that ho had carried out hiB instructions to the letter, as the presence of vessels like the Sumter in a neighborhood where the people are so dependent upon the Northern States of America for supplies of the necessaries of life as is Trinidad, is anything but agreeable. Should the Key stone. State fall in with the Svyrner at sea, and bring her into action, one or both of the vossels will sorely go to the bottom— neither would yield to the other. At Antigua quite a disturbance had taken place, caused by tho display of a rebel flag, which was hauled town and torn to pieces, and other demon strations made against what was styled tho “slavery flag-” The United Stales steamers 'Richmond and Powhatan, Capt Porter, wbib at Jamaica on the Z4te ult., coaling These vessels were in search of the Sumter. Justice to Dan Rice. Our old circus friend, Han Rice has returned, we believe, to his old home in Erie county, in this State. Tho Chicago Times, of the 17th September, has the following notico of the illustrious Han : ■■ Since the commencement of our national calami ties, Mr. Rice has been at work for the cause of tho Union. He has talked for it, written for it, and contributed largoly in money towards tho mainte nance of its integrity, ne was at Natchez when South Carolina acceded, aud, although surrounded by Mississippi chivalry and a circlo of blue cockades, he did not hositate to tell the people that he thought tho course they were pursuing was wrong. At New Orleans he publicly reproved a person for insulting tho flag in tho Academy of Music, and ho made the audience cheer it and salute" it with honor, oven when tho Stato of Louisiana was frantically rushing out of tho Union, to the tune of the “Marseillaise” and “Dixie,” Rico made Union speeches down South, and he has made them North, both in and out of tho ring. Ho says ho loves his Southern brethern, and looks upon them as his friends, whom ho don’t want to see made unhappy by ambitious politicians and design ing mon"; but ho furthermore adds that tho flag of tho free must not bo polluted, nor the Federal Governmont brought into disrepute by any class of its citizens, who for years have lived under its pro tection. Candor is as great an element in Rioe’s composition as humor or philosophy is, and he does not hesitate to speak his mind whon ho thinks good results will emanato from such a course. He can be strictly styled a useful member of society. Ho gathers tee people together to giro them mirth and gratify their curiosity by strange sights and pleasing objects, and teen gives them some instructive facts. Great as ho is as an artiste, we are sure ho may not blush for tho position he has assumod as a patriot.” The following list of patents has been is sued to Pennsylvanians for tho week ending Sep tember 24: H. B. Middaugh and Albert Clark, Mansfield, improvement in borso-powor machinos. J. A. Montgomery, Williamsport, improved Can* teen. C. F. Albright and L. Burbhard, Pottsvillo, im provement in removable carriage fronts. B. T. Roney, Bristol, improvement in coal stoves. Julia A. Ross, exooutrix of James P. Ross, de ceased, late of Lowisburg, Pennsylvania, improved valve-gear for steam engines. Benjamin Reed, PitUbupg, improvement w washing machines. A. T. Hunshee, McKeesport, improvement in water filters. J. R. Kendiiok, McKeesport, improved fire place. These CuifcDREN or Me. Petek P. Lohmes, residing a few miles from Johnstown, Cambria oounty, Pa., were taken siok, died, and were buried within a week. The eldest, and first to die, was aged fourteen, tee next bovod, and tee youngest, mid last, nearly four yews* The last two died t&d were buried within three days. The was putrid note threat. TWO CENTS. The Day of National Humiliation, How it was Celebrated by the Church and tfe© "World. Sketches of Sermons Preached' Boring the Bay. THE PEOPLE’S PAST-BAY PLEASURES. Tho 26th of September was set apart by the President of the United States, more than one month ago, as “ a day of humiliation, prayer, and fasting, ” for all the people of tho nation. The President's action in the matter had been influ enced by application from a joint Congress com mittee, and he prefaced his proclamation by stating that “it is fit and bcaomiug in all people at all times to aoknowledge and revere the Supreme Government of God, to bow in humble submission to his chastisements, to confess and deplore their sins and transgressions, in the flail conviction that tho fear of tho Lord is tho beginning of wisdom, and to pray with all fervency and contrition for the pardon of their past offences, and for a blessing upon their present and prospective actions. When our beloved country, once, by the blessing of God, united, prosperous and bappy, is now affliotod with faction and civil war, it iB peculiarly fit for us to recognize the hand of God in this visitation, and in sorrowful remembrance of our own faults and crimes as a nation and as individuals, to humble ourselves before Him, and to pray for his mercy— to pray that we may be spared further punish ment, though justly deserved; that our arms may be blessed and made effectual for the ro-establjsh ment of law, order, and penoo, throughout our country, and that the inestimable boon of civil and religious liberty, earned under his guidance and blessing, by the labors and sufferings of oar fathers, may be restored in all its original excellence.'’ Thi3 extract is, perhaps, the best compendium of the motives whioh influenced the religious commu nity in yesterday's solemnization, At the same time, there were thousands who gave tho purposos of the day little thought, but obediently closed their business places and attended some house of worship. A great proportion, in this way released from labor, made tho fast day a feast day, and hired a team, perhaps, for a drive into Delaware or Montgomery County, or chartered a four-oared boat and went on a fishing excursion. GENERAL CHABACTKn OF TUB DAY’S OBSERVANCE. One proclamation, or a dozen proclamations, will not make a day of testing, unless the people have a cause to fast. When the President issued hispro nunciamiento, calling for tho observance of Sep tember 26th as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, our country's cause was enveloped in gloom, and tho future’s prospect was cheerless enough. Our forts had been stormed and pos sessed by tho minions of treason; our troops had been shot down in cold blood, in tho streets of lialiimore; and the foul taint of Socesslon seemed spreading through the Bordor States, that had been looked to as the mediators and the arbiters of ail our troubles. Congress had been hastily assembled, to stay tho course of the heresy, and tho conscience of the nation smote it, that it had been vainglorious unto its own destruction. In such a crisis it seemed appropriate, nay neces sary, that our people should supplicate the Al mighty to ftvei'tthe awful calamity, and remove the thrall of tho gathering storm that hung over their horizon. Days and months have passed away, and the future is growing brighter. The prayer of the patriot has found on answer from the throne of grace, ere yet it had been whispered. Tho national emergency has evoked a national confidence, that has cleared away the fleecy phan toms of our own strange fears. The hearts of the Amerioan people are glad that it is so, and throb hosannas to the sky. The God of battles hath oven now won us the lasting victory, and the voioe of humble supplication is drowned in exultant shouts of praise. We saw all this in the faces we met on Chestnut and Walnut streets yesterday. There was far lcs3 of praying in secret closets, than of praying with gladEomo hearts, on the public promenades. There was less of humiliation than praise in the cheerful sunshino, and the bright blue sky, and the fresh gratefulness of the air. There was the gladness of a festival everywhere— in the groups of laughing pedestrians; on the drives, thronged with fashionable) teams and dash ing turn-outs; in the childish faces clustered be hind the window panes, and watching the throngs of the street; in the crowded passenger cars, whose rneri j tinkling bells inspirited the jaded horses ; in the hum of many voicce in th« street: in the strange varieties of costumes to he seen, of volunteer and of civilian, and in the ohants of § raise that pealed through the stained-glass wid ows of the churches. All Nature breathed one grand orison, and the elements that have combined so beautifully in our Western dime appeared to join in the universal prayer for tho safoty of our imperilled Govern ment and the happiness of millions of freemen. SERMOX BY REV* E. W* HLTTER A very large congregation wm in attendance at tho Ncw-stieti (Lutheran) Church, at 10o'clock yester day morning, to hear u sermon, appropriate to the day, by the pastor, Rev. E. \\\ llutter. The following was lxis tlic-nu*: “National Responsibility, &g owing primarily to God, and the correlative doctrine of Divine National Bctri* butiwiu” The text of Scripture selected os the bnsis of bis dis course was a quotation from Ajuop, iii, 2, to wit: “ I will punish you for all your iniquities.” This threat, said Mr. Rutter, was a threat against tho children of Israel, pronounced by the Lord God Omni potent, ami it unfuided the theme jirppescd with remark* bit- clearness. The first point discussed was that national responsi bilities are based on the very same principles of moral government which apply to individual accountability. In the second place, the accountability of nations, as such, to the righteous jurisprudence of Heaven was said to be deducible from the fact that tho same principles of moral governmont which apply to individuals apply also tv them. Duty was nevor a thing of latitude. Thera was no Ma«.ri and Dixon's line in tbe Bible economy# Right witn right, and wrong was wrong, with millions organized < into h body as with each component part, aud that was j right only which was in accordance with God’s will. By | His will were the nations judged, j In the next place it was assumed that national respon- [ sibility, by the same law, was based on the aggregate of j national mercies and benefits. Another point made was, that national accountability i resulted from the fact that rorporati* and municipal ca- , parities exiht only in this life. For national &ius, this , world was the only judgment bar. National lifo was said ( to be like a woven fabric, composed of innumerable | threads, interlacing anti intersecting at a million points, ' distinguishable only to tho eye of Omniscience. j Again: liistory added her testimony to the doctrine ! under review, and taught ns that the decline of nations : never resulted from a fatal necessity, as did the decline [ of men and trees wheu they wax old; but that it always } resulted from the vninlity and demoralization of its inlui- { bitanta. This vas tho moral lesson of tho Deluge, the J supernatural destruction of the Cities of the Plaiu, of • Nineveh, Babylon, Egypt, Carthage, Home, and Israel 1 in her earthly orphanage now scattered as the loaves of 1 Ihc forest by autumnal winds. I It was next assumed that the grand aggregate of our j national responsibility is to be deduced from all that God 1 jins done for our nation since the discovery of the contl- j «#*nt by Colunibn-. Ho m*#*d not attempt to recount j God’s mercies to us os a nation; tho evidences of these wore eloquently presented to us upon every hand \ they were written in living characters upon our vast domain, ! and our now threatened Institutions. With all these, ho admitted that we onsh tto have remained at peace. But alas! wo had been sadly disloyal; our slewurdsliip had been abused, our talents wasted, and our golden opportu nities misimproved. Step by step had we been proceeding from bad to Worse, until one section of our country had length plunged us Into one of the most frightful and unnatural wars that had over glutted the furies with human woe. Like Jeehurim, we had “waxed fat and kicked,” and as a natiou we were guilty, and wo ought to confess it to God j with “shame and confusion of face.” j Beyond controversy, our crowning iniquity was this j civil war. Upon tho more party uucstioua involved in the conflict lio would not dwell; though he trusted that the time would never coinr, Id this country, when It shall bo deemed a desecration of tho pulpit todenounce treason, end rebellion, for if tho minister of God darn not de nounce these things, what oflenco was there in the calen dar of crimes which he dare denounce I ; Against the section now in arms against the Govern ment lie called God to witness he cherished no animosity. In another sphere of life, during a period of twenty ycar.fi he had been a zealous defender of all her just rights; ho was so still. With the ultra party-men who had antagonized the Institution upon which she sets so ! much value, he had never been in league, aud was not now, hut he was nn American, and next to his love to God, and his Saviour, and the Church, he loved his country, and lie would as soon think of renouncing his faitli iu Jesus Christ, and embracing Molmnimcdism, as to ro nonnee his Allegiance to it. By the Southern leaders, who have mounted this wliirlwiud of rebellion, it was af firmed that each separate State has the sovereign right to secede from the Union, and thus auuul and destroy it. This doctrine the preacher reviewed with demolishing ability, unmasking the stupid delusion in which this as sumption is founded, and ridiculing effectually the shal low arguments trumped up in its favor by tho rebel leaders. The sages of the Revolution, he affirmed, had not met in tho Cabinet and bent tbo Knot) in prayer, and repaired to the tented field, aud endured a baptism of blood 1 in order to erect on these Western shores a shed , patch ed together with ten-penny nails aud pine boards, leaky at tho roof, open at the front, and with large apertures at the sides, to be torn by tho first gust of wind and rain, and rent into fragments! Thoy had counselled and toiled ami bled to construct here a gorgeous Palace —tho abode of Liberty, with deep and solid foundations, walls of granite, roof of iron, buitlonients of ateol, and but tresses thick as the walls of China—an edifice, which, sheltering the oppressed of all nations, would bid defiance to the rude and howling tempests of ages. A partnership, indeed l What an idea was that! No! Thoy had/ound ed a Nation —one that was to serve the world, both as a model and a blessing, and that was to be perpetual as tho everlasting hills—with a Government, distributed into three greatdepartments, legislative, judicial* and execu tive—a Kind of political Trinity in unity. After fully exposing the doctrine of secession, as taught by tho Southorn leaders, ho Baid that the only secession he would allow tho malcontents, North or South, wari, if they find it utterly impossible to live any longer under American institutions, that they leave their country lor their country’s good, and in Bomo sequestered and as unpeopled corner of the sUsbu seek to establish an J£t Dorado of their own. If the Pickenses and the Khetfe, of South Carolina, could no longer »bido this great coun try, let them secede to Moxieo-and if the Wendell Wul lipses and Lloyd Garrtaonsof tlio North KwetottesMao category, let IftemßcctdotuCaniuin. It Mas thus Lucifer seceded liem lieaven. not merely by a paper ordinance, butte UkotVi persona. Modern Bcccßsiuniats, he said, ■nrre liot near w humane. They acceded theoretically, but tie facto remained in tho family, seeking to breakup all its internal arrangements. This war, on tho part of the Government of tho United States, was neither u war of ambition nor of subjugation. 3t was one of tho strictest self-defence—for the reclama tion of tbo nation’s property, and the maintenance of its integrity. In such a conflict he was not a neutral God forbid ! The preacher, at this point) dCCIMTfd, With mtlCh emphasis: “I nm for the country, tho whole country, and nothing but the country!” He prayed that the hal cyon bird of peace might soon again ware her yellow pinions over the land. But let it be a peace that shaft bring back safety and honor to the Republic. Sonic, he knew, were of tho opinion that it was too late to accomplish this. He did not think so. .Let no man, then, said he, give lip his courage. Tho Republic lmd cost much, and ita prostration was a hply CftBSC, But, übove all, whatever else was abandoned, he urged his hearers not to let go their confidence In God. Their trust should be in the God of Jacob, And, with the Psalm ist, thoy might say, “ Therefore will we not fear, though tho earth be removed ax.d the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.” liivconcluding petition was'« “May God, then, bless the weekly press. Thi Wkclv Pbx33 win bo sent to «übswlb«r» br maU (per annum in advance,) St.imi ll „,„ l |S,(|y Throe Copies, “ •< 6,09 Five *1 *1 u 8,00 Ten *< « <1 12,00 Twenty « <* ti (to ono address) 20. M Twenty Copies, or over, (to address of each subscriber,) each..,.,..., I(9# For a Club <?f Twenty-one or OTW, WO Wlfl m extra Copy to the fottwnp of the Club. mr Postmasters are requested to act u fey Thi Weekly Press. s «Mtr tmllvf land l For'-vcr tiro America —the asylum • f 1 ft »cdfiin—KOYWeiSTJ, united, fi u-e, independent, flntf hu^y!” TiS* .bfrmnn throughout was listened to with profound ftttriuVni. hid'] tho preacher’s eloquent word* and onrnrwt i moane.* wvoked a manifest response in every countenance. SERMeff BY RJfcV. 1)R. WADSWORTH. j Arch-sti'?ut Frcstyterian Church w«* crowded in the ; morning by a highly. hUdligrtri audirac*. The wrriera j wem opnnrrt Tith which « very impressive prayor was ofi>ml by tho pastor, U.v, Dr. Wadsworth, j & "hich lie invoked the bl.-ving of Cod upon tho I»r«i -j dent of the Jt i t**t fetul'-H and bis conn tf‘*llorH r end hoped • that our national vnomies might- moot with repentance from on high. An instructive and appropriate wrmon w delivered I j the reverend ffentlemiin, in whichh** .«Mcctc«.l bU t**.t from tho Find Book ul Kingm Bth chunter, 44th mvi 4dtk •Ffirscs*. “if thy prsopi- 50 vnt \o imtilo flfiainsUhftil 1 e&emy } whithersoever thou bhftlt send them, and aha# pray unto tho Lord toward the city which thou hast) chosen, and toward the bouse that 1 hare built for tbf came:” “ Then hoar thou in heaven tbuir prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause.” The speaker romtnoncedby saying they had assembled Loro to-day on no ordinary occasion—it was a dat apart by the (Jhinf MugiNtrotn uf tho nation a* a day o4' ifUjtmp, humiliation; and prayer, It iS HOT OUr duty to consider the aius which had involved us in-our present; Uiflicultic*. AVo are to recognize the Divine Hand, and ackuowledgo the justice of the punishment. Wo- ore to contemplate our troubles not as politicians, but M Christians. It is enough for uk to know that in our own heart* rad lives lie tho sins for which God is now punishing. 16 may be impossible for us to decide whatour national stoic are for which wo ar* aufr«rjwf,v Thu great demorsiira* tion of this land has sprung jrotn a Wrtiii of accountabili ty to God. i’rohl tho formation of our (’nnstittrtlon-UuSH now wohavoearefuJlyavoided havinsanything todo with tho Lord in settling all uur great political and even moral questions. There can be no disobeying or ignoring God; and this nation lifts found it out,-and will perish if it for gets Him. lu securing great ends no means too dis honest have not been found. Our great national aim has been liberty, but In order tobotrue.it munt t><» founded on rjghtCOUdnWßi Till® liberty consists in a perfect right u do that U right, OTld nothing g!4© —H.tt ihfit-xlbli? restraint from doing anything that is wrong. But this liberty bos come to be, “to do anything you want, whether right orwrowg.” In God is our only hope of deliverance from our pre sent troubles. The President of the United titatee, after asking lor men and money, then, in a proclamation, uki us to come togrtber and piny to God. There ate in stances in the Bible where nullum; have rome together end sought tho forgiveness of God, and their prayer bra been answered. War seems to us ft erttrt and unnatural thing, and to nsk Cod’s blessing seems as If asking Him to smile on some great evil. Nevertheless, history teaches us ran pray for tho euoceesof war; that we can pray as much for tho success of war as for the succees of the Gospel. Yet the war must be of a certain character. W'n can only ask OorTg blessing when ho sends us forth, anil if we do hot Loliovo this wnr to bo justifiable, and to he tifccebfary, we coi.net receive that blessing. Tbero iff but one right *M*», ami if we are iu the right uur enemies are in tho wrong. Men may sin iguorantly,-but they have no right to believe? they nrc right. This is a strug gle absolutely nocei-aiiry, and forced upon us. It is-waged not only for ourselves, but fur our children auil for their children. Therefore, of ail wots we ever knew or lioanl of, thin is ono for which wo can Ilf,if most honestlr. Wa irw) try out peace, biituliern can bo and is no ponce. Let these men go to-day in peace, and they will coma to-morrow in conflict* Promises with such men sig nifies give up nil, everything—n voluntary surrender of all our groHt liberties. It is, therefore, inevitable and righteous. The speaker stated he would pray us honestly for its Hicccfis as for tin* success of tho Gospel* Our prayers should be to tho Lord, and wo should repose con fidence in Him alone. If y,*e hope for fiWXCSS WO QIUSt tiso the means of suei'ptig • hut to hay.- iht ro menus itt on« thing, and to ußotheni is another. No mutter how inauy men we huvo in ouv great army we must put our trust in God, ami pray to Him for success; to be victorious our services must bo loused to God. Our prayers must b»* with our face towards Lord*.? temple, and Ho then will hour us. Wo arc here to-daj, feeling that we arc suffering because we are sinners; aad we must remember that, in order to forsake our btirueni f » we must bavi* a -bineorr* rofomitvliou. Our nin is political Atkcfcfth i*iid practical repentance is whnt up went. W* are taught the necessity of earnest prayer—to pray with all our heart, and with our faces towards the Lord, and not looking at other interests. Then, and only then* can we believo He will hear us. Never, in human his tory, was there a day sn crowded with intureda an this. It is a hard task we havo to accomplish; and when it U ended, if God doer* not hear our supplications all will b* mincdi This grand utrnaiuwi of our GoveruM4Ht will utand like u monstrous ruin. If, however, we turn back with repentance to Und, then will He cast the light of Hi* countenance on us and the nation, and finish the greet work he has begun. After singing and prayer, the large congregation w«r* dismissed. SERMON BY REV. ALBERT BARJV£S. The Presbyterian church, on "Washington Square, of which the Lev. Albert Barmn fo pastor, was well filled. A great many straugers wore present, attracted by the celebrity of Mr. Barnes, to lieur him define his views upon the perplexing questions now (igitutiug the publis mind. In his introductory prayer ho was fervent, patri otic, and considerate. Our volunteers were not forgot ten, and Deity was besought to guide and guard tbea. Our misguided countrymen were also rememborod* tal prayer was made that they »hbuld seo tho t-rror of tho# 1 war, and that truth might reign triumphant. The reverend speaker selected no particular passage ot Scripture for his theme. Lite mi ms pulpit effort*, his address was more or a run.dug commentary upon paa- H&gch Learing upon the subject under cousidorntiont Mr. Barntp, in Ids remarks, spoke of the fallacy in attributing a constituency to the South; that they did not recognize slaves or poor whites as a constituency. He then pro ceeded to argue ho w ridiculous it was in the handful ot' meu who groped together iu darkness aud created thw act of Seccßiion, to say they rrproeuted a constitiiencr. Ho ulso dwelt, with much force, upon n change grow ing out of tho loss of relative power, and, though they have had office und control of the Government two-thinl* of the prriott since we have existed as ft nntloii) when • change occurred they refused to subniitr Of their COUt" xuercifil roleiltuis, be said: “They have held Conven tions enough to have hud a commerce, but they hftva none. They have never built a steam frigate. They have no manufactories, and they have no men either to build thoir ships or run their manufactories, if they possessed them. Their contributions to the national treasury were small, and diminished year by year. They saw their power waning. They luokwl upon tho gpeflt City ©f N&W York With a jealous eye. Its million or 1U« habitant*; its forests of masts; its industry Rnd thrift* they attributed all to cotton; and so New York thought a twelvemonth since. They said to themselves, Cannot we keep tliis cotton at homo 7 Cannot we rival in com mercial greatness Boston, Philadelphia, and New York'? Cannot we see the grass grow in the streets of thm* cities'! Cannot we have nuumfacroricr l , and produce th& game fabrics with tho North '! Mistaken meu f‘ tVy have made the dreadful experiment of keeping their COttOQ Rt home, and they are reaping the advantages. Mr. Barnes spoke of the change of views that had ta ken place in tho .South on the subject of slavery, and re lated very graphically the various stages from tho abo lishing of tho slave-trade in 1808, to tho ceiling of West ern territory to be forever free from the taint of th* chattel. Their own church i)| 3sli}, WllfiC In (IOIICrBI Assembly, drew up a resolution expressing their abhor rence Hlid detestation of the -ystom of slavery. This re solution was drawn up by Southern men who prayed for its a bolt tion t and abolition was the word used. Be regretted that anti-slavery hail connected itself at the North with skepticnm and infidelity. But the pre sent trouble arose from Mr. Calhoun who first advocate# nullification. The South thou become solicitous in their inquiries about tlie normal condition of tho African. &CIOIICO WfUt brought into reuuiritiou to ojdai.lUh tH*> dordrip* that he was of an inferior order of being. Ministers of the Gospel lent their aid, and more sermons were preach ed from tho imperfectly understood I ext: “Cursed b« Cain,” than any other passage of Scripture. The slavery they preach was not like Hebrew slavery, but that which takes away liberty, dwarfs the intellect, separates a m«u from his wife, and robs him of his offspring. Tim Baptist, Methodist, Old School Presbyterian, and tho speaker's own rhnrch had Kimdored upon the tahU * s su«.- of slavery* Ministers South advocate the carrying out of the principles of John C. Calhoun, amt defeud it with all their ability. “Is it not,” said the speaker, sad state, when the church defends tho system of human slavery Ho reviewed a letter of Alexander H. Stephens, nu*i held its author up to tho scorn of intelligent, reasoning. Christians of the nineteenth century* and spoke of the boundaries of other countries, uml added the boundaries of the United States at‘e Ndrtb, South, East, and W*wt. The services were prolonged to ft late hour, and theiu seemed to ho hut one opinion prevalent, and that was, that this celebrated divine had eclipsed even his previous extraordinary efforts iu tho advocacy of principled of which ho is so consistent an exponent. SERMON BY REV* W. J. R* TAYLOR, D. D. By a special arrangement, tho morning Fast Day ser- Tices of tho three Reformed Dutch Churches in thin Mty were held, unitedly, in tho Third Church of that denomi nation, corner of Tenth and Filbert streets, of which the Bev. IV. J. It. Taylor, D. D., is pastor. There was a large congregation present, among whom were Mrs. Gen. McClellan and her two children. The opening prayer* by Dr* Taylor, was earnest and comprehensive, And hymns sung were beautiful and appropriate. The following passage was selected as the text: ffThon all the children of Israel and all the people went up and came unto the huune of God, and wept and sat# there before the Lord, and offered burnt offering* and peace offerings before the Lord.’ I —Judges xx, -G, In tho introduction of. Ilia dUeours#.*, tbo pre-adieu traced tho roniarftfible pitruilrb to our own national situation! in tlio circumstances or this Jewish a fast* which was hold during the civil war between the tribe otf Benjamin and tlio cloven tribes of the children of Israel. Twice had tho Israelites sought counsel of God, and twice wero they repulsed, with great loss of life* before the rebellious little tribe. Thou enmo this fust, iu which they sought the Lord aright, ami after which thoy nearly exterminated tho rebels. The cause was just and holy, yet disaster followed dis aster, until tho tribes were truly humbled for their own fiius, and leaned only upon God. Their former prayers had been wrong in spirit and in matter, and therefore triumph was delayed, aud the issue proved that a righte ous cause is not lost by temporary reverses and neces sary discipline. Applying these circumstances to oat* own case, the preacher said we ajw had UfidWTtltfd th** strength of the foe, mjfi forgotten our Ood j we had prayed and fasted, but not aright. , >Ve, too, had had our Gibeahs, our “Bethel blunder, our Manassas shame, our Springfield sorrows, and our Lexington surrender. These reverses, it wan true, had been set off by military victories among the_ mountain* and naval triumph ou the roast. Wo had also added to our list of departed heroes, and wo know that God had not yet forsaken us nor our righteous cause. But the** calamities were preparatory and disciplinary' and it be* came us to learn tho lessons ot our whole position. After referring to the benefits to be derived from tha proper observance ol the day, tho remainder of the dis course was devoted to a consideration of the chief duties to which we are called—humiliation and prayer. IVby are wo to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God'! 1. la submission to his chastisements. 2. Oh ftee&uht of Ihia civil war itself, tlio existence of which was a disgrace to our civilization, our form of government, and to our Christianity. It should never have been begun—and the spirit iu which it has been waged, the destruction and the sorrows which, it had created, made* it a more crushing humiliation to the Whole UAtiou, while the dreadful guilt of it must re** upon the wicked men who originated and precipitated tha conflict* Under this head the preacher insisted upon th«* idea that our appearance in the sanctuary to-day woa not for ourselves only, but for the whole atllictcd nation— for the North and the South, tho Hast aud the West. 3. We should hiunblo ourselves because of those sirur which directly or indirectly had produced this conflict. Some of these dated back to the foundation of the Go vernment, andkftd boon perpetuated la various forms fc® thiß day, and now wo wore reaping the bitter fruitff. << The fathers hod eaten sour grapes, and tho children's teeth were set on edge.” But we were also to bewail our oum sins before God, as individuals and as a people. Under this head the speakvr referred to tho besetting sins of the people, classi fying them in various groups, and bringing them to to® proper tests. Special reference was to the culpabU neglect of civic duties, and of tlio Scriptural doctrine oC obedience to legitimate government, as «the powers that be that are ordained of God. The prevailing sins o€ our armies wero adduced as Indicative of tho state of so ciety among which these young hosts were nurtured, and of which they are the fair representatives. The Sabbath battle at Bull Bun was mentioned as a disaster whioh a* tears or blood could blot out of the record of our BhSIDOi and it had been rightly termed 11 the punitive pooler, the judicial disappointment. n The preacher alluded to the recent Sabbath proclama tion of General McClellan, and its salutary effect «poa the army, as the harbinger of a better discipline over the vast and noble army which he commands. The law «f God for the Jewish armies was ever binding in its moral [CONTINUED ON FOURTH P4GR]
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