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Drosenhjbtim, BR* iOKS, & Go, 431 MARKET STREET, Invite the attention of MERCHANTS AND MILLINERS To their well-assorted stock of RIBBONS, BONNET SILKS, VELVETS, FLOWERS, STRAW GOODS, ~ every other Article in their line. A superior brand of BLACK VELVET RIBBONS selB-2m Always on hand. A R L TRAOE. STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS. We we now* prepared to exhibit ft choice stock of Straw .and Milliner)- Goods, which will be gold atcl The fanes he burned At Goodmanbam, at Yeverin, and York, And Cateret where tho Swale runs shallowing by. To Redwald and his sons he bore the faith, And sent Paulinus to the neighboring kings. Near Mg own aity, whom tha temple stood. He raised to Christ a simple church of stone, And ruled his peoplo faithfully, until Long-haired and hoary, as a crag that looks Seaward, with matted lichens bleached by time, lie sat in hall beholding, with dim eyes - And memory full of graved, tho worlds third bloom * . , Grandchildren of the men he knew in youth; And dying, pillow-propped within his chair, The watchers saw a gleam upon his face As from an opened heaven. And so they laid Within the church of stono, with many a tear, The body of the earliest Christian king That Engl&fid knew; there neath the floor he sleeps, With lord and priest around, till through the air The angel of the rosurreotion flies.’ This undoubtedly is Alexander Smith’s best sustained and highest flight as Poet. Thoro arc here not only passages, but pages, which # Edwin of Doha. By Alexander Smith. I vol. 12mo. pp 191. Boston: Ticknor aud Fields. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1861. the best living writers could not surpass. Mr. Smith has evidently thought deeply, and stu died much since ho wrote liis last volume, and we look, as the fruit of yet maturcr years, for something yet better. It is unpleasant to conclude with a word of censure, hut v.-e must sav that, two short lyrics, (“Torquil and Oona,” and “Blaavin”) evi dently added to swell out the volume, are not only rough, bnt almost unintelligible. A portrait of Mr. Smith is the appropriate frontispiece, and, thanks to the publishers’ liberality, the author has a pecuniary interest in this edition. THE REBELLION. The Seat of War in Kentucky. INFORMATION FROM THE REBELS. The Position of Breckinridge. TIIE WAR IN MISSOURI. Movements of the Opposing Forces. ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON, FROM AN EYE-WITNESS. INTERESTING FROM THE SEAT OF WAR, THE MURDER OF MAJOR LEWIS. LATE SOUTHERN NEWS. Miscellaneous War News. AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY. The Seat of War* The Louisville Journal , of Friday, contains an interesting account of tho seat of war in Kentuoky, tho position of the contending forces and the promi nent officers engaged, from which wo glean the following information: The Situation. Louisville tho United States headquarters, is situated on tho northern boundary of the Stato, is connected by river and rail with the whole of tho Northern States, and also by rail with tho country of active operations, as indicated. The plain on which it is situated extends, with but few interrup tions, and none of a serious character, for thirty five miles south of Holling-Fork river, where rail communication with tho country beyond has boon interrupted by tho destruction of the bridgo. Crossing this stream, which is about two hundred feet in width and three feet deep at tho ford, noar the bridge lately burned, a good road leads through a level country for two miles to the foot of the series of hills known as Muldraugh’s Hills. Their ascent is of the most rugged’character. The railroad follows a little stream called Clear creek, crossing it about half way up the ascent by trosaol work ninety feet high. Further on it again crosses a smaller stream tributary to Clear creek, and, passing through a similarly rugged country, entors, near its base, Muldraugh’s (more properly funnel) -Hill, and emerges on a smooth and level plain, Which extends uninterruptedly for many miles south to Green river, thus forming tho table land of the State. Tunnel Hill is the last of a series forming the ascent from the lowlands to the table land of Kentucky, and its virtue as a stronghold depends upon the direction of an approach. Against an attack from the north it presents many ad vantages; but these bccomo useless against an advance from the south. The TunDCl Hill com mands those immediately south of it, and they in turn command their northern neighbors. Tho Union force, to fight to advantage, must fight be yondMuldmngh’s Hill, and for this purpose require a strong force. To admit the foo to ad vance as far as the hill would be to allow them to possess themselves of what would be a stronghold to them, and which possession would resalt in the destruction of the most important and costly part of the whole railroad line. Four miles from Tun nel Hill, Elizabethtown, the advance of the United States forces, is reached. This is an old and rather dilapidated town, with about 1,500 inhabitants, and presenting no features of importance. It was the ocnlro of a strong disunion community, com posed of a class controlled by ex-Governor John L. Helm, who is a resident of the town. The rebels looked forward to it for winter quarters, should their attempt on Louisville fail. Not in Crock is the. first stream ofxov ioipaveoaoo soutli of Elizabethtown on the lino of the railroad. It is at all times fordable, the rail and turnpike roads crossing it near its headwaters. Thcncc to Green river tho country ig a plain, level sward of rich country —well watered and producing plenty. The country immediately on the banks of Green river is very rough aud poor. The banks of the river at the point crossed by the railroad are very steep. The turnpike road, crossing the river at Musfordsville, winds down a stoop declivity, and all vehicles cross the river by boat. The slroarn here is seldom fordable, is exceedingly swift and dangerous. Beyond Green river and extending to Barren river are the barrens of Kentuoky, as beau tiful prairie land us is to be seen in tho West, but not very extensive. howling' Green, the present basis of Southern operations in Kentucky, is a point of great stru tegeiic importance. Located at the junction of the two Kentucky railroads which enter Tennes see, it affords transportation to an almost unlimited extent, and an army in foroo there c0u1.4 draw re inforcements and supplies to the Yuli capacity of the Confederate States to spare them. The ap proaches to the town by railroad can be commanded by a small force, as the track crosses a bridge over Barren river. Union Officers. A glance at the officers who have control of the Department of the Cumberland will, no doubt, in terest our readers. Brig. Gen, Robert Anderson. This officer, by right of seniority, has been placed in command of the Department, and, as is well un derstood, ranks bis fellew Brigadiers, Thomas, Sherman, Ward, and Smith. His character and fublic services have become so well known since is defence of Fort Sumpter that we need not en large upon them here. In tho administration of the department under his control he has been eminently successful, and we hare nothing to fear if he obtains the aid he may demand. Brigadier General W. T. Sherman, In command of tho brigade new published la tho camp of occupation on and beyond Huldraugh’s Heights, is known as an officer and man of sterling merit, and is possessed of a thorough military edu cation. He is a native of Ohio, about forty years of age, a graduate of West Point, and for many years president of the I&ttisiftna State Military Academy. He is a tall, spare man—not wiry nor bent. His form, though slight, has a commanding appearance. He is quick spoken—rather gruff in his manners and answers. He thinks a great deal, but Bpeaks little. His mind is visibly absorbed in his duties, and his time is devoted to performing them. He is an officer whom his men goon learn to place confidence in. They respect and admire him for his ability and decision, and ore universally filled with the belief that he is the man. He is a busy man—seen everywhere and seeing everything. Nothing escapes him, and nothing goes unnoticed. Capt. F E. Prime. This officer is the engineer of Gen. Anderson’s staff, and at present engaged on the expedition un der Gen. Sherman, fie is a young man about thirty years of age, of low and thiok stature, with a dark sun-browned completion, and an eye like a hawk. This feature is the prominent one of tho man ; dark and piercing and quick, like General Sherman’s, it takes in everything at a glance. Capt. Prime was born in Italy, and entered the regular service in July, 1850, as second lieutenant by brevet, having been appointed from New York. At the beginning of tho ptfeseht war, ho ranked as first lieutenant, but was promoted to a captaincy on taking the present field of operations. Capt. 11. C. Symonds, the Commissary of Subsistence of Gen. Anderson’s staff, originally entered the service as a second lieutenant by brevet of First Artillery, in July, 1853. Ho is a native of Massachusetts, and was ap pointed from that State at the beginning of the war. He was a first lieutenant, to which rank he had been promoted in 1856. lie now ranks as a captain. Major Robert Murray, The surgeon of General Anderson's staff origi nally entered the service in Juno, 1846, and is from the State of Maryland, of which ho is a native. Previous to our present difficulties he ranked as captain, but was promoted on engaging in active service to the rank of major. Colonel Lovell 11. Ronsseau. To this officer it may be said the city of Louis ville owes its safety. When all others were lulled into inactivity and disregard of the dangers which threatened and have culminated in tho present in famous invasion of the State by the rebel Govern ment, he took the necessary steps to secure the safety of the city, and raised two regiment? of men who have followed him on the present expedition under General Sherm.n, and of one of which he is the Colonel. Colonel Rousseau is a man of mes meric influence. Ilia control over his men is abso lute and perfect. They have the utmost confidence in him and will follow wherovor ho may lead. Lieutenant Colonel Richard W. Johnson, This officer is now in command of the Home Guards encamped at Lebanon Junction. He is connected permanently with Colonel Jackson’s re giment of cavalry. A graduate of West Point, he originally the service pa n second lieute nant by brevet of the Sixth Infantry, in 1849. He iS a 1 Kentuckian, and was appointed from Kentucky. He has been twice promoted, and was, at the open ing of hostilities, a captain of cavalry, from which Srade he has lately been promoted to the rank now eld by him. lie is a blund, affhblo man, fasci nating In bis nmonera, a true gentleman in the Chesterfield sense, an officer of much merit and reputation in the army, and, as commander of the Homo Guards, the pride, admiration, and particu lar u pet” of that battalion. The Men. Of the number of regiments or of men composing the brigade of General Sherman, it is not proper to speak, and we have too much love for the cause and hope for its success to desire, by a single word, to endanger or injure it. [A correspondent of the New York World , •Wrriticg from Louisville on the 25th, says, in rela tion to this subject, that Kentucky has already not less than forty to forty-five. thousand men under arms, including the militia and Federal troops. General Sherman’s command numbers nearly twenty thousand men. Tho State call for forty thousand volunteers moots thus for with a noble response. There is no waiting to aoo first how many poverty will enlist. Tho first instinct among all classes is to rush to tho rcsouo. Tho promptness with which our sister States, Ohio, Indiana, and .Illinois, uuve rc-ipO'-idcl to our ia warmly appreciated by the people of Kentucky, and tends not a little to rivet their attachment to the Union cause.] The Rebel Officers, Of tho organization of tho rebel command and staff we have as yet no definite knowledge, and can only speak knowingly of the chief oftleer in com mand : WUGADIEU GENERAL SIMON fi. BUCKNER Is a man whose subtlety hus been ntnuo ns obvious as his baseness and gross a*rociousness. A graduate of West Point, long in the regular service, twice brevetted for gallant conduct in Mexico, his quali fications ua im officer and bis personal courage are not to be reasonably doubted, lie is a young man of about 37 years of age, and, wo regret to say, a native of Kentucky. A Httle above the medium height, his spareness gives to his figure an appear ance of tallness which docs not belong to it* and lends to it » commanding appearance, llis laek of honesty is patent to tho country, and ho stands before it divested of all the attributes of honor, truth, and integrity, which honest men so tena ciously cling to. Forgetting and dropping all claims to honesty, ho visited Washington city, represented bitm-cif there us loyal, ingratiated him self into Gen SooU’s confidence, obtained permig* sion to inspect all tho fortifications in that vicinity, made the lion. Robert Mallory and others believe that be wished to take service in the army of the United States, returned to Louisville aud remained for a brief period witbout giving tho slightest public indication that he contemplated any disloyal move* ment, and yet nt tho very time, during that very sojourn in the midst of us, he held secret confe rences with tho conspirators here and designated a military commander to lead them in the outbreak that had been agreed on. Kentucky expected much from him, mid, like n true mother, pushed end aided her son on to many successes and bene fits, but he has turned traitor to her soil and leads a.hostile army to her invasion. In this he is the traitor, and for this let him die the death of tho truitor. Among tho officers on tho staff of Gtf u. Buekncr arc Alex. Cnescday, Thomag H. Hunt, Robert Riggs, and'others from Louisville. The Position of Breckinridge. The Louisville Democrat says that the Lexing ton Statesman announces, upon authority, “ that Senator John C. Breckinridge neither has, nor in tends to have, under existing oirGuinßtiinces, any connection with military camps or other military affairs.” The Statesman knows pretty well Breckinridge’s designs, but it has been a chief business of that paper to conceal his intentions aud purposes. Wo nre satisfied that, as the Senator has mn away, his office should be declared vacant, and tho Legislature should proceed to elect a successor at once. It is bad enough to have a Senator who furnishes all his svmpatbieß to the enemy and re mains wiih us. W lieu our Senator scampers off and goes over to the camp of the enemy, it is time he should be broken of his office, and some man who represents the sentiment of the State culled upon to fill the offioo he has so disgracefully aban doned. * Birthplace of President Lincoln, President Lincoln will undoubtedly have a spe cial interest in the conflict now going on in Ken tucky between the Unionists and Secessionists in the .vicinity of “Rolling Fork,” pear Muldraugh’s Hill, as he was born iu that neighborhood. Outrages iu the Border Counties. The Louisville Journal says that the rebel troops are committiug great outrages in tho southern counties of Kentucky, bordering upon the Tennes see line. On Monday afternoon lost a eavalry com pany. numbering about two hundred men, entered Albany, the county seat of Clinton county, and took possession of the place. They visited all the in the village and levied such contn buttons in the form of dry goods, groceries; drugs. Q'fl., (is ikfiy ne&ddd. They also robbed Dr. Beckett, a citizen- of Ike place , of three or four hundred dollars in gold , and took from the courthouse thirty-six stand of arms belonging to the State and a quantity of ammunition. After committing other outrages of a similar oha racter, the rebels returned to Tennessee. The Editor of the Louisville Courier Joining the Secession Army. Tho Louisville Journal states that Walter N. Haldeman, the chief proprietor of the late Courier , published a card in the Journal, stating that the injunction against the publication of his paper hav ing been removed, he should support the position taken by the State, and sustain the authority of tho United States so long as Kentucky should remain in the United States. And where is W. N. Haldeman now? He joined Jack Allen's cavalry , and has gone to Bowling- Green, and taken service under General S. B. Buckner in the invasion of Kentucky! There’s human nature for you in one of its innumerable phaJW. State of Affairs in the Mountains. A despatch from Frankfort says that a moat dc* plorable state.of affairs exists in the lucttfitains in the vicinity of Zollicoffer’s camp. His eavalry are scouring the country ,'arrestingprominent Union its, destroying their property, and funning their slaves to Tennessee. They have taken pos session of all the small towns, including tho exten sive suit works in Clay county. A new camp will soon be formed in Laurel, to which the mountaiu troops will rally, and form into regiments, to ope rate against Zollicoffer. Information, from the Rebels. The Louisville Journal, of Friday, say?; W© havcu by letter and otherwise this mofhrng, same intcrestiDg information from the headquarters of Gen. Buccaneer, the leader of the rebel forces on the line of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. On Saturday last this vandal was at Bowling Green, at the head of a force thought to be equal to ten thousand men) a dotaohmont from Ms command liuving advanced beyond that point. We have the best authority for stating that it was his plan to march upon Louisville without delay after breaking up the encampment at Camp Boone, and that he was delayed by the tearing up of a portion of the railroad track, near Cfty© City, OU Tuesday of last week, by which the train, drawing a portion of his train, was thrown from the track. Gen. Buccaneer’s Headquarters is at the residence of John Sharp, in Bowling Green. Fearing the strength of Gen. Sherman's command, and being conscious of his own weakness, it is not impossible that he has caused the destruction of the bridge over Green river. The Situation on the River. The same journal says: We have positive as surances that Owensboro has fallen into the hands of the Unionists. A pontoon bridg© has been thrown across the river near Cairo, and u strong force has been, or will be, thrown forward into Kentucky from Cairo and Bird’s Point, which will cut off communication between the commands of Gen. Polk and Gen. Pillow. Indeed, at the pre sent writiug, we are right well pleased with the general situation tn Southern Kentucky, and more especially gratified with reference to the state of affairs i ll the valley of the Mississippi. Strategic Importance of Paducah. A Paducah correspondent of the Louisville Journals under date of September 25, gg,yg ; Paducah is necessarily ho eastern extremity of Fremont’s base of operations, and an army will be marched from this point down the eastern bank of the Mississippi river, when the great Mississippi armament shall be ready to move. Such an army would turn all the bluffs on the eastern bank, and thus not only unfetter the river, but tho flask of the Confederates in Missouri, and enable the-Union armies there to drive them back, down the western bunk of the Mississippi. A fleet and two flanking armies furnish the means of crushing the rebellion in the Southwest no other plan does. General Fremont is now building immenSG bridge of barges across the Ohio at this point. This fact, of itself, indicates the importance of Paducah to him, or, rather, his appreciation of its importance. With this bridge to afford ample pas sage for the arm es of the Union, with the favora ble character of the country baok of this, and with a far shorter and less exposed line of coraomnica tion than can be had in Missouri, it is easy to pre dict that the first really effective blow against the rebellion in the Southwest will fall from this point. Paducah is the most important of fensive point in the wholo lino of Fremont’s base. It is *boro important that Cairo itself, for it is the true point of departure for tho expedition down the Mississippi. That Polk intended to seize Paducah, and was barely anticipated by Gen. Grant, is certain. It was neoessary to him as a defence for the rear of his positions on tho Mississippi. Without Padueah hia work is but half done, hiß wholo plan sadly knocked out of joint. He even yet casts a longing eye upon it, and would like very much to have it, but he will hardly get it now. He advanced as far as Mayfield two or three times with a large force, but his prudence has each time got tho better of his valor, and like the King of France, who marched up the hill with his forty thousand men, he marohed down again. According to my last advices, his main body was near Columbus. Perhaps he may have some designs upon their regiments from Cairo which have be on thrown out pretty far in that direction. The Troops at Lexington. The Lexington Statesman , a Breckinridge (rebel) paper, announces the arrival of troops in that town in the following infamons language : We understand that about fifteen hundred Lin coln armed neutrality troops arrived in this eity last night, and went into camp upon the Fair Grounds, in our suburbs. It is said they will be followed by thirty-five hundred more—part from Camp Dick Robinson, and the balance from Ohio. This, we presume, Is the armed neutrality which pledged itself to drive from the soil every soldier of Lincoln or the Confederate States. This is peace. It is said a slave may be peaceable by tho lash. Force is the tyrant’s law, and a peace en forced by tho bayonet makes a man a slave if he submits to it. AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI. Movements of the Opposing Forces* Leavenworth, Sept. 28.—Reports from a reli able source from Gen. Lane’s command say that after his successful engagement with the rebels at PapinsviUe, he made a forced march on Osceola, succeeded in surprising and capturing a largo sup ply train which had been left by Generals Rains and Price, and $lOO,OOO in money. The command is now supposed to be on the march to join Gen. Sturgis. Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 28.— The reports of Gen. McCulloch being in the vicinity of Fort Scott with a large force are still adhered to. No* thing definite is given in reference to his future movements. Jefferson City, Sept. 28.—(Speoial despatch to the St. Louis democrat.)-- Passengers report that everything is quiet at Georgetown. Generals Sigel and I>avis were at that point di recting-operations. Among tho pnasengors by tho train were tho fol lowing officers of Col. Marshall’s Cavalry Regi ment. from Lexington, yi«: Major D. P, Jenkins, Captains James Fostor, Paul Waters, John Bur ncss, and Lieuts. Proctor, Yost, Knight, and Blair. These officers wore released on their parole of honor. They left Lexington on the morning of Thursday, corning in wagntis cneiluud i u ,S.' where they arrived last night. To their knowledge, up to Thursday, Gen. Prico had not started any portion of his forces towards this direction, though he could havo done so, and they have been in ignorance of it. Captain Foster was informed on the morning of the surrender, by tho rebel quartermaster, that he had issued on that day 34.000 rations, and the cap tain thinks tho force has since then been increased by accessions from the country in tho vicinity to about at least 42,000. He represents that men are flocking in from ail quarters. He heard nothing dcfinito in regard to McCulloch’s whoroubouts. Tho rebels told him that his foreo was from 10,000 to 15,000. Tho offi cers think McCulloch is moving towards Jefferson City. General Price’s troops had devastated the conn try for a circuit of twenty miles. Every barn, field, and hill had been cleared of their contents. ■ Fields that were a few days ago covered with ripe grain are now made as bare as n'desert. Dwellings that were tilled with the comforts ftfid necessaries of life have boon stripped of their con tents. Money, silverware, clothing, bedding, everything was seized, the owners assaulted and maltreated, and threats made against the lives of all Union men, as well as those who remonstrated against their lawless proceedings. A few members of Jae kson’s old Legislature had assembled in the town and passed an ordinance of Secession. When ourinformant left they were dis cuEfing an not of confiscation of tbo property of all persons opposed to the Southern Confederacy. Other aots of a very severe character were also un der consideration. Ali of the Federal officers taken prisoners have now left Lexington, with the exception of Colonel Mulligan, who remains there to settle up some business affairs. He is not wounded, as reported. General Hunter and staff paid their respects to General Fremont to-day. General T. L. Frioe has been ordered to take tha field, but, his brigade not being in readiness, he will probably remain in command hero. Col. White, who was supposed to be mortally wounded at Lex ington, it recovering. KaksAS Cit v, Sept. 22.—Gen. Sturgis, with parts of the Twenty-seventh and Thirty-ninth regiments, arrived here last night on the steaxnor Major, from Liberty. Leavkxwobtii, Sept. 21.—Cleveland, tho leader of a band of Jay-hawkers, has been arrested by a military posse, and held to bail for examination. The Kansas Second regiment marched for Law rence this evening, where they will encamp and re cruit. Nothing new has been received from General Lane’s command. Leaveuworth, Sept. 22.—Scouts this morning report a strong column of rebels on the march north ward from Loxington; their supposed destination is St. Joseph. The organized companies of tho Kansas militia are ordered to rendezvous in this oity immediately. an Account of the Battle of Lextttgtoii from Oue of the Officers Engaged. The only officer concerned in tho defence of Lox ington who managed to escape was Lieutenant Harris. Lieut. Harris, of Capt. John Burnap’s company of First Illinois Cavalry, reached St. Louis on the 26th inst. The St. Louis Democrat says he was in the fight at Lexington from tho commencement until the surrender, and bears evidence to the gallantry of all men engaged. Lieut. Harris states that ho disguised himself in the uniform of the enemy after the surrender, aud passed through their lines without molestation. He therefore escaped without taking the obligation. He says that Price reachod Lexiugton at noon of the 12tb) and commenced the attack between three and four o'clock of the same day. It was all can nonading, but one charge, which was gallantly re pulsed by Col. Mulligan. This was the only ap proach they made towards the entrenchments with their infantry. The balance of the firing was from their artillery during the day. The attack lasted three honra and forty minutes, when tho onomy fell back. As soon as they retreated, the Federal pickets were again sent out, and there was lively firing between them. Federal scouts were sent out, but they were captured. From Lhe 12th to the 19th the rebels hope up a constant fire of musketry from the house-tops end windows of the town npon tho entrenchments. The lose ol the Federal troops the first day was about 10. The Confederates lost between 400 and 600. On the morniDg of the 19th the attack was re newed in force, and was continued for three days and nights, During this time the troops had only one mcel, and great scarcity of water. There were plenty of provisions, but they had not time to oat. Four or five of tho mou were shot in going after water, which was done during the darkness of the night. On the first day, the 12th, the rebels succeeded in placing their flag upon Mulligan’s entrench ments, but tho Federal troops charged upon them, drove them back, and took their flag. The last throe days of the fight the enemy, from their great numbers, were cnablod to keep up a continued firing of artillery and small arms, both day and night, which kept our men continually on the alert, and rapidly exhausted their strength, as they were not allowed to eat or sleep. On the 21st, the day of the surrenderee fight ing was severe. The enemy filled the town, aud made their approaches upon our camp steadily. They oolloeted all the hemp bales from the various places in the town, and formed them into breast works, under cover of which they were enabled to an noy our troops and save themselves. Every slump and tree was sought as a shelter from which they would fire, but after the first attempt upon our entrenchments they never showed themselves in force upon open ground. When tho attack was made to carry off tho boats, the enemy took two pieces of cannon, but these were retaken, after a sharp contest, by our men. Oyir finding themselves short of ammum* tion, and knowing that reinforcements were cut off by the seizure of the ferry boats, concluded to sur render. This was done against the strongest pro test of Col. Mulligan, who proposed to attack the enemy with the bayonet, and die with arms in tlieir egsds. The men were willing to follow him, but were so exhausted that they could have made but an indifferent resistance. Still, Col. Mulligan wanted to do it. After a consultation it was finally agreed to hoist the white flag, which was done by Major Barker. The enemy then entered the entrenchments, hftuled down tho American flag, tore It into pieces, and burned it. They treated our men well after the surrender. Lieutenant Harris gives the loss of the Con federates at'upwards of 1,100 killed and 1,400 wounded. The loss of the United States troops is put down at 40 killed and about 180 wounded. By the capture of Lexington the rebels received quite a largo sum of gold, seven cannon, 4 r 500 rifles and muskets, the equipments and arms of Marshall’s cavalry regiment, besides a number of wagons, quantities of provisions, Ac., Ac. There were but 2,200 men engaged upon tho Federal side, tha bAlahCe being sick or absent. Tho enemy reported his force at 37,000 engaged, and 10,000 out of camp on marauding expeditions. When General Price received the surrender of our troops, ho told the officers, Lieutenant Harris says, that he had captured Criml Sturgis’ battery, and routed him out; that he had also captured all the camp equipage belonging to Lane, with whom his men had had an engagement IVe omitted to mention the fact that, as soon as the rebels discovered the position of our hospi tal, they turned their guns upon it , and com •pellul our men to select another plaiS. Lieu tenant Harris states this as a positive fact • FROM GEN. BANKS’ COMMAND. The Murder of Major Lewis-Colonel Biddle's Regiment Transferred to General McCall’s Division—Colonel Geary Sets a Trap for the Darnstown, Md., Sept. 28. —General Banks has been slightly indisposed for a day or two, but his complaint is incidental to the season. He is somewhat better to-day. Your correspondent had an interview with John Lanaghan, the murderer of Major Lewis, of the Forty-sixth Pennsylvania Kegiment. As may readily be supposed, he is extremely anxious to learn tho result of the mission to Washington to ob tain the approval or tho disapproval of the finding of tho court sentencing him to death, frequently inquiring if the messenger has returned. His spi ritual adviser is Rev. Father Dougherty, of Rock ville, who will be with him in his last moments, should the finding of the court bo approved and executed. Two soldiers were arrested with Lanaghan, be ing accused of loading and furnishing hint with a musket, but they havo not yot been tried. Lana gbfia acquits them of any participation in hi# crime: Ho pleads guilty to the charge, hut states that the act was not premeditated ; that he acted upon a momentary feeling of resentment for being pun ished. He was not intoxicated at the time, but had boen slightly indulging in strong drink. He is about 21 years of ago, and came from Ireland to thiß country when quite young. He has had the misfortune of being without any education. The mother and six brothers Tesido in Pennsyl vania, and one brother remains in Cornwall, Eng land. His countenance docs not indicate predomi nating bad passions, but he is said to have been a scientific pugilist. The execution will probably be a public one, and take place before sovoral of the brigades composing this division. If is thought that Friday next will be fixed as the time. It is believed that General Peck, of New York, a West Pointer, will take oommand of the First Bri gade of General BRnks’ division. Colonel Donnelly, of the New York Twenty-eighth, is aoting com mander at present. Colonel Biddle’s regiment (the Kane Rides) left this morning to join General Mo Call's division, near Washington. Strong rebel pickets frequently make thelf ap- TWO CENTS. pearancc near the Poli of Rocks, opposite Colonel Geary's command. Saturday morning fifteen wore seen to leave the .island, below the ruins of the bridge, just after day light. This island com prises several acres of dent 1 ® foliage, and is sepa rated from Virginia by a narri >w channel. Colonel Ocnry thinks they are m the coming over there eveiy night. On Friday night the rebels nt *do a demonstra tion ns if thoy would cross at the Point of Rocks. Col. Geary set a trap to catch them if they carried out their supposed plan. While waiting their movements he discovered that signals were being made at a farmer's house on the Maryland side, which were responded to on the Virginia shore. The inmates of the house were secured and held. The rebels did not attempt to cross. Last week Captain Pardee, of Company A', Gea ry’s regiment, made an incursion over the river, opposite Berlin, securing three prisoners, •eight horses, and ten head of cattle. Further Particulars of the Mnrderer, Lnimghan. A correspondent of the New York Herald had an interview with Lanaghan, and says ho has made the following statement: I was born in Ireland, in the county of Tipperary. I am twenty-three years old; have a mother and seven brothers; no father or sisters living My mother lives with two of my brothers, near Syra cuse, N, Y.; their names are Patrick and David Donhivan. My other brothers are named Michael, who is at work in Danville, Pa ; Thomas, at Scran* ton, Luzerne county, Pa.; William, near Pittsburg, Pa., in Brownstown, Allegheny county; Richard, who is in the Fifth United States Artillery, battery A, stationed at Washington; James, who Uvea in England, and is a miner ; n north port of that island. My brother Patrick, and the youngest quo, David, arc with my mother, at Syracuse. Aalhavo said, I have helped to support my mother from my wages while at work at the rolling mills and whilo in the army. CAUSE FOR SHOOTING MAJOR LEWIS. I bad no motive for shooting the major. I blame the captain of my company (Fitzgerald) more than Ido the major. The captain reported to the major that I had been in two fights that day, and was al ways disorderly. I had but one trouble that day. It wt<6 with one of my comrades, Ho gave me some talk, and I kicked him. This was after I had paid fifty cents for a canteen of whisky at a brick house just above the Union House, in Rockville. The whisky made me ugly. The major ordered me to be tied to a wagon. After I found that I was tied I know nothing more than getting myself IOOdC, grasping a musket from a comrade, loading U from my own cartouch box, and firing it at the major. I had nothing against him. I never know him be fore he ordered me to be tied. The whisky made me mad. Am more sorry for him than I am fbr myself. [Here the prisoner wept profusely. [ I know my fate, and ’am ready and deserve to re ceive it, but I should like to see my brother Rich ard before Idle. I have nothing to send to my mother. She wrote to me five weeks ago, and said she w anted me at home. lam not in the habit of getting intoxicated very much. Liquor has the effect of making me ugly. The fifty cents I paid for the whisky has cost mo my own life and that of another, whose life I hold more than my own. A comrade and my brother Thomas will tell all I have to say. Father Doherty has been here. He came from Rockville. Lanaghan has been at work in an iron rolling mill in Scranton, Pa. He enlisted iu the Eighth Pennsylvania three-months regiment, and went through the “ D atterson campaign.” Ho ra. enlisted, ami says be bas hod no reason to find fault with the treatment he has received in the army, either in his first or last enlistment. Hedies from the gratification of the passion of a moment, and may his fate be a warning to others. Lieut. Betts, company A, Connecticut Fifth, relieved the pri soner in his religious relations by procuring- the presence of the esteemed Father Dsherty, of Rock ville. The sentence is death, but the mode and manner of execution are deferred until the approval of the sentence is received fr 7 to the getter- no or the Clqb, «- Portmmton an «««« to act M A™, hlof Th» Wkkit Paasa. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS. tteenjmtiou uf Smiijilftnd-—Skirmishes with the .Enemy, A social despatch to the Chicago Times, from Cairo, dated September 26. sajs the only move niept, or news of any particular importance l«to!y. is Ine occupation of Smitfelimtl. at the mouth of the Cmiibt'f hii.'l*, by a portion vi the ythhk kttv9 been sutumni at Paducah. 1 There waa * report current last evening, which ! could not tra-jc to any sourco other than Madam Ilumor, that Ccnfederatcs were crossing in forca between Columbw and Norfolk. It is r £ uite proba ble that,- toiled m their plan of occupation of Padu cah, and Dot oaring to attempt tho- uislorigemont of the iedera! troops, the Confederates will return to their old haunlsin the swamps of Southeast Mis fouri. Clearly their intention is tr> a ct : mil the defensive, keeping on the move bask) and forth blit at all times close e'eough to resist the. passage of Federal troops dorm the river , or into Teh* ne.uee. throngh Westerns Kentucky. CHpt, Nole nmn’s cavalry company, out scouting yesterday, curno upon a force of rebels at Hunter’*.- Planta tion, six miles below Norfo"k, with whom they had an engagement, routing then, and capturing one horse, several caps, bats, pistols, etc. captain reports no rebel picket? ncnrCf than linos of Jeff Thompson’s foroo, some ono or two mil os from Belmont, opposite Colum bus. Humor bus it that it is the purpose of'tho enemy to attack the camp at Norfolk; but that they will make an attack where they can win nothing but a barren victory—and a vory poor chance they would h&ve of winning OTen that—' ficems preposterous. They could rut fortify Nor folk had it; for the sixLy-fcar*potinders on the Tyler would knock thorn to pieces. They could make no headway against Bir-Vs Point, be cause, when there were but few troops horo, tho place was fortified to enable them to hold it; and now, when there are many, our forces w Two or tbreo vessels, freighted with arms and other articles contraband of war, have cleared and sailed for Matamoros, on the Rio Grande, and others were expected to fol low. A French sloop-of-war left Havana with despatches for the French consul at New Orleans, to be left at Ship Island, but it was said to bo tho intention of the Fr&hehmah to go straight into New Orleans, if not watched by a Federal vessel-of-war, and in case he did so the fact was to housed against tho Government at Washington. General McClellan and his Flans, {From the New York. World.] Amid the obscurity with which our politic young general veils his immediate intentions, there are some broad facts that stand out in suf ficient relief to indicato the main outlines of his plan. He has for weeks, been prepared to resist an attack on 'Wnshingtin, afid he has now bo strengthened the defences of the city, and is so strongly reinforced by the arrival of now troops, that there is no probability that such an attack will bo made. This leaves him at full liberty to choose his own time for a trial of strength be tween the two armies. Indications are daily thickening that he is making vigorous prepara tions to assume the aggressive. Notwithstanding tho apparently impregnable works, line within line, with which the approaches to Washington are already fortified, he still keeps large Bodies of men at work on entrenchments, thus rendering the Qity defensible by fewer and fower troops, while numerous regiments arc ordered this week from various parts of the country to the national capital. As "Washington needs fewer and fewer men for its defence, more and more mem aro collected there; which indicates as clearly as any broad fact can indicate any in tention, that General McClellan is preparing to abandon the purely defensive attitude he has hith erto held, and smite the rebels, with some heavy blow, on a point of his own selection. Tho largo bodies of troops which arc now arriving at Wash ington can do efficient service behind its strong eiilftfishinebts, where discipline makes compara tively litllo difference, while the better-drilled sol diers, that have been longer under his command, will he released for active and aggressive opera tions against the enemy. GENERAL NEWS. On Sept. 25, a large Union meeting was held in Wheeling, Va. Gov. Piorpont urged tho people to do their duty, and said : 11 Stay at home, count your money, nnd you’ll all bo gone to tha devil in six months. [Applause.] If a fund oaa be raised tho First Virginia Regiment will be full in three days. If that is not done the city does not deserve to be defended. And as to tho Secession ists he didn’t care what became of them. HU own opinion wil# they ought not to be allowed to stay hero. He did not say this in a mob spirit, but they have tried to break up this Government and de stroy us, and now, in our hour of peril, how, in tha name of God, do they expect us to protect them ? Talk about your habeas corpus and constitutional law. I urn in favor of consiiiutional law as long as the rebellion can bo put down by its observance, but whenever it becomes necessary to walk over Constitutions to suppress this thing, I am going to walk over them.” Senator Carlile also made an eloquent address. Theory of Storms. —ln a paper recently read before the British Association for the Advance ment of Science, it was stated that storms were known to extend 3,800 miles, and travelled fifty miles an hour, which was a low average The principle of “circular sailing” was urged on sailing masters and commanders, as in accordance with the well-iftewn theory of storms, and con ducive to the safety of life and property. The Brigade at Holla, Mo., composed of tile Thirteenth Illinois, Col Wyman; Fourteenth Illi nois, Col. Palmer; Fifteenth Illinois, Col. Turner ; and the Fourteenth Iffflft, Col. Dodge, haro boon reviewed by Major General Hunter, the officer new in command of the post, and the troops aro under orders to be prepared fora march at any moment. lowa has now in the service nine regiments of infantry, including three that have left within a few days: and there are nearly rpgdy tffO regi ments of infantry and three of cavalry. When all have been put in the field, lowa will have fur nisMd some fifteen thousand men-. TnE Empress Eugenie, on the Ist,, laid tho first stone of a hospital, to bear the namcof “ Asila Sainte Eugenie,” intended for the reception of soldier? and PW persons to whom the Uge of tha waters of Eaux-Bonnoa may be prescribed- by their medical attendants. Emigration to Washoe.— Advices, from Washoe say that emigrants are pouring in from tha plains every day. It is estimated that the number going to California across tho plains, this season, will reach 25,000 or 30,000. They come from In diana, Illinois, and lowa. “Dinxa te Bear the Slogan?” —Tho Elev enth Illinois and the Eleventh Indiana Regiments are each commanded by a Wallace. Colonel MeArthut, also a true Scotchman, commands tho Twelfth Illinois Regiment. The Chicago Tribune says.-that the recent heavy rains havo damaged the wheat crop of Illi nois to an alarming extent, and that a large amount Of the wheat brought to Chicago is rejected. The Indianapolis correspondent of the Cin cinnati Gazette says that Jesse D. Bright is at “My Farm,” back of Warsaw, Kentucky. Hia house is said to bo a regular rebel rendezvous. Eighteen printers belonging to the Fourth lowa regiment, which is stationed near Kells, Missouri, havo formed a Typographical Union and applied for a charter. The President has appointed Bon. Wm. L. Hodge Secretary of the Treasury during tho ab sence of Secretary Chase to New York. Governor Brows, of: Georgia, has contri buted 55,000 for fitting up a. hospital In Richmond for Georgia soldiers. Omega, Nevada county,. California, was on Saturday, August 24, burned to the ground. PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS. The next Union County Agricultural Fair will be held at Lewishurg, on the 3d, 4th, and.Sth of October next. Judging from the list of premiums it promises to be successful. Wo are indebted to tha committee for the compliment of a ticket and for placing us, an outsider, at the head of the list of judge# of fruit. We will, if possible, ba in at tendance. Mordeb at Uniontown.— -Michael Dougan, an old well-known citizen of Springhill, Fayette ooun tv. was killed by heing stabbed four times with a knife, in the bands of Henry Able, of George town ship. The affair took place in Uniontown. The Union Convention of Dauphin county havn nominated the following ticket: President Judge—Jno J. Pearson, Harris burg. Associate Judges—lsaac Mumma, L. Swatara, Moses R, Young, Wj'OOPfcOO, As sembly— Thomas a. Fox, Derry; Jamjs Frealand, Millersburg. Prothonotary—Josiah C. Young, Harrisburg,Jltegister —Samuel Marraart, London derry. Treasurer —Benjamin Buck, Harrisburg. Commissioner —Henry Moyer, Lyksrns. Director of the Poor—Wm. Enders, Jaokson.. Auditor—Hen ry PfStr, Barrishurg, The Union Convention of Jndiana have nomi nated the following ticket, U being composed of half Republieanß and half Democrats : Assembly—Cornelius Lowe. Assistant Judges— Gillis Doty, Peter Sutton. Commissioner —David. R. Kinport. Treasurer—James Meorehead* Au ditor—Ryrnn McSweeny. Death of an Unknown Soldier.—Or Sa turday an unknown man wearing a military uni form was found in a dying condition at German town. He was brought to the oltjr and taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital, where be died In a few hours: The initials “N.D.” were upon his ana in Indian ink. The deceased was onfy known M “ Craay Neal/' Coroner Conrad held an inquest in the case, andaverdlot of death from Intemperhnoei was rendered. (to address of