Elje Vrtss. TtII+IDA I , - , 111701;1 0 AI 1, IS6I EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH Or STLPHEN A. t)OUGLAS.—" The conspiracy to break up the Union is a fact now known to all. Armies are being, raised, and war levied to accomplish it. There can be but two sides to the controversy. Every man must be on the side of the United States or against it. There ran he no neutrals in this war. There can he Mane but patriots and traitors.” FOR SALM—The double-cylinder "TAYLOR" PRESS on which this paper has been printed for the last nine •menthe. It is in excellent condition, having boon M:VIA to order a Tear ago, and will be sold at a bargain. For terms apply at this office. or address JOHN W. FORNEY. 417 Chi.hmt gtrPor., Mita WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, wherever a Demo tratit county ticket has been placed in nomi nation in this State it has been under the auspices of the leaders of the Breckinridge Disunion party, and wherever this has been done it has been followed by an open revolt in ouch COllll th,S, on the part of all the loyal DeMOCIHM in Bucks county the Democratic organization seems to have been captured by the Douglas men, who have placed their ticket - upon the strongest war Administration and Government platform; but in Montgomery, Perks, Chester, Luzerne, York, - Cumberland, Clearfield, Centre, and, of courSe, in North ampton, the office-holders and followers of the Buchanan Administration hare had thimTs their own way, and are Conducting: the campaign after their peculiar fashion. We have no doubt that each and all of these tickets can be defeated, if there is a hearty union against them of the good men and true. TOO much ereilit eannot he given to such of: the Republicans as have joined handS With the Democrats throughout Pennsylvania in nomi nating Union county tickets. This is the time 7:01 only to sink all orgawizations;but to prepare the way for the future. While the . war lasts, but one motive should animate sincere and patriotic citizens, and that is to support. the Government in the most vigorous prosecution of that war, and, to this end, to effect a solid and irresistible combination of the loyal voters at every election, leaving mere partisans to take the consequences of putting forward par, tisan candidates. We notice, with great plea sure, that, on Thursday evening next, a pub, lie meeting will be held in this city for the purpose of ratifying the action of the Union Convention, and of rallying around the Federal Government in all its measures for the suppression of treason and rebellion, which will probably be addressed by those tribunes of the people, Pr Latrrr, of MatifiaChilSettS, DICK INSON, of New York, BAKER, of. Oregon, SHERMAN, of Ohio, and Holz, of Kentucky. At the great Union meeting held at Cooper's Institute, in New York city, a few evenings ago, preparatory .tops were taken to break up the close corporations of Tamivany and Mo zart Halls, and to inaugurate a citizens' move ment which -would sweep these cabals out of existence, at least during the war. A similar resolution at the meeting on Thursday night will, no doubt, be rewarded by the best conse quences. It is to be regretted, however, that this meeting was called at : Concert Hall. Twenty such hails would not accommodate the people who are anxious to bear the illustrious orators announced 'to speak on that occasion. The Death of Gen. Gibson The telegraph brings us intelligence of the death of Gen_ GEonnli Ginses, Commissary General of the United States, Which event took place at Washington yesterday morning. The deceased was a native of Pennsylvania, years of ago, and was a son of Lieut. COI GEORGE G. GIIIF , ON, who fought through the Revolutionary war, and who died at Fort Jef ferson on the 11th DtTember, - 17P1, of wounds received in battle oil the 4th of November, 1791. Ile was a brother of the distinguished JOHN BANNISTER GinsoN, who for along period adorned the Supreme Bench of our State. He entered the army, as captain in the Fifth in fantry, on the till of May, 180. On Novcai ber 9th, 1811, he was promoted to the pesition of major of the Seventh infantry, and on the 15th of August, 1813, he j received the rank of lieutenant colonel; which he held until he was disbanded, on the 15th of June, 1615. On the 29th 'of April, 1810, be was appointed Quartermaster General, with the rank of colonel, and assigned to the Southern division of the army, then under command of Major General JACKSON. Jib held that rank until April 18th, 1819. when he was appointed Commissary General of Sub sistence. On the 29th of April, 1826, he was brevetted brigadier general for r; ten years! faithful service," and on May 30th, 1848, he was brevetted a major general for (4 meritori ous conduct, particularly in the perfortnance of his duties in prosecuting the war with Mexico." Since that time he has held the po sition of,Comniissary General, and discharged the duties of the office with credit to himself and satisfaction to the army. THE late speech of Hon. Joux B. HASKIN, recent Representative in Congress, from the Westchester (N err York) district, is one of the boldest, ablest, and most exhaustive yin dieations of the policy of the Administration, and of the justice of the war, we have yet read. Mr. HAslits was an early and self-sa crificing opponent of the scandalous conduct of Mr. BUCHANAN and his Cabinet, and many of the fruits that have resulted from the oppo sition of the independent Democrats to the Southern oligarchy, on the Lecompton and other questions, are attributable to the con stant and consistent labors of Mr. HACKIE. He is now in the field working heartily for the State ticket—composed of Democrats, Re publicans, and Americans—nominated by the late Union Convention of New York, and we perceive that a ticket, framed in the same spirit, has been nominated for his own county —Westchester. Wagers are freely offered in New York that the Union State ticket will ba elected by three hundred thousand majority: TUE TREASURY DEPARTMENT has sent to Mr. JAY COOKE, agent for the subscriptions to the new national loan, a large amount of the 7 8-10 treasury notes, which will be furnished to subscribers hereafter in any amounts de sired, without delay. The extraordinary de mand for these notes from all the loyal States has been such as to delay their preparation weeks instead of days, as was at first antici pated, the nee signing and filling up re quiring an incredible amount of manual labor. We are glad to stztte that the Secretary of the Treasury is using every exertion to obvi ate further delay, and it is wholly due to his enterprise and appreciation of the wants of the community that Mr. Comm is enabled to furnish the notes hereafter upon payment of the amount desired. The former subscribers to the loan will re ceive their notes direct from the Department as soon as prepared. Negro Stealers In the opinion of the prominent actors in the rebellion, up to a recent date, the worst crime in the calendar was to entice or force a slave away from his master. About any other right of property, personal security, life, or liberty, it must be confessed that they were somewhat indifferent. They considered it no great misdemeanor to "lynch" any obnoxious individual; and as to the payment of ordinary debts, they were strongly disposed to adopt the idea of the rakes and spendthrifts of the world, who thiuk it rather a mark of gentility than of dishonesty to defraud a "greasy me chanic" or a " mud-sill" of society out of his just dues. But a stealing a negro" was quite another matter. For such an offence no pu nishment could be too severe; and no oppro brious epitla , • I''eiently harSh and exprcisil'e. sow, even on this point these believers in the sanctity of the ': Divine Ingtitution". arc not Consistent. It is their invariable custom, when they invade the loyal districts of Mis souri or Keutiii - ky, to run off or steal the slaves of I.7ni-n men, and they no doubt have already in this way really stolen more negroes than the Abolitionists of our country have ever enticed their masters. THE DiPol.l.t T hews from New Orleans of the effectiveness of our blockade of that port, and the fearful destitution and dissatisfaction which prevail there, will attract general at tention. LARGE POSITIVE SALE Or BOOTS, SHOES, DEO CANS, TRAVELLING -RAGS, &c.—The early attention of purchasers is requested to the large assortment of boots, shoe 9. brogans, travelling-bags, &0., em bracing first-class seasonable goods, of city and Eastern manufacture, to be peremptorily sold, by catalogue, for cash, commencing this morning, at 10 o'clook, by Myers, Claghorn, & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. The Voice of :in Old Penogylvania Democrat. Th, following extract from a private letter, written to the editor by a gentleman born in Chester count—, j in this State, who has resided in Missouri for more than twelve years, and has hem attached through lila to the DOMO cratic party, is so eloquent and pa triotie that we do not hesitate to lay it beforit our readers • You know how low , and how ardently I have labored in the ranks of the Demooratie party. I assure you it has caused me intense regret and sor xi) rind that sox v orth,o or the nomultrili of th;tt great old rari , y in your or any other of the free Mates are engaged in crippling the hands of the present Administration in its endeavors 'to sup press the existing iniquitous rebellion. They are doing us in Missouri alt immensity of injury. To day hundreds of widows are clad in the habili ments a mourning, hundreds of Missouri homes are desolate, and thousands of our childretfare or phans in consequence of the aid and comfort the lei ellion in our State has ex!raulvd front the i e-a, ,11.2 impugn the patriotism of those who constitute the so-called Pence party among you. But they are wolully mistaken when they oppose the war mea sures of the Federal Government. To all Missouri these mistakes of theirs are calamitous; to South ern Missouri they are terribly so. ]lad the free States stood up as one man in favor of suppressing the rebellion we should have him no war among Missourians, and our rich fields would have smiled in such gladness as never welcomed us before. To itty, in consequence of the errors to which I al- ludo, uhole counties in the youth of our state are severed with the blaehne:ss of durknees, while the I'tlioll families who have fled from the threatened and murderous persecution of the rebels are almost, if not entirely, ruined. The pall of desolatioa may well be said to cover those who remain and are loyal to the Government. low the heart sick ens and the soul sinks in sadness and sorrow in realizing that, in a great measure, if not entirely, all this ruin :nil slaughter springs from the merce nary motives ; or the mistakes, of those who a re our brothers, and should, yet do not, act as such ! "And all this for what? Is it merely to sustain a party which, I am free to admit, and even affirm, has douc great good to the country ? No man, I lope, will pretend to that.. Is it because this re bellion is justifiable? Not, one among you who calls himself a man dare so declare. Is it because. the rebel suecosF. will, in the end. compel an ac knowledgment of the independence of this Southern l'onfede . racy, born out of all manner of atrouiiies ? l'a l tering, craven cowards might so confess. But will the brave sons of the Old Keystone permit an un holy rebellion to snatch from them the cc:carol oi the outlet of the great river that traverses her from her northern to her southern border? I cannot believe they will. But do as you may, we of a the grunt valley of the Father of Waters will never allow any thriernment foreign to ours to control the estuario of the Mississippi. Never! That control must be conjointly ours, at. least. This is necessary to our welfare, if not to our existence. We will, therefore, maintain it ; by the aid of your peace men we would fain desire, but without them and in spite of them, if wo must be impelled to this sorrowful necessity." , A single word of comment upon this forci ble appeal, to the so-called "peace" men in the free States. Their destiny cannot be otherwise titan infamous, no matter how the war may end. If it should terminate in seal ing the seceded. States to the Union, and in sustaining the -old Federal Constitution as it came to us from our fathers they will be stig "Pl-atiZed :IS having held back in our direst dis tress, and if, on the other hand, this struggle should close by, a separation, they will be pointed but as objects of scorn and contempt, because, if they had done right, they might have succeeded in preventing the calamity of Disunion. A Gratifying Conversion Mr. RUSSELL'S reluctant acquiescence hi the cowonoe or the Xerthern ;mules, anti their surety, of success, is a remarkable sign. He has been an earnest, unscrupulous, and effect ive, because apparently an impartial opponent of the cause. llis opportunities for injuring ES were many. Ile was welcomed, totaled, anti feaSted. While American correspondents were disdainfully recognized, Mr. Russ Eu. drank vine in the parlors of Senators and Ministers of State. Commanding generals admitted him to their councils of war, and wherever he went it Seemed as if all classes vied with each other as to who should do him the greatest honor. The special correspondent drank the wine, partook of the cheer, and then deliberately li belled those who had been at so much pains to honor him. Ms correspondence is familiar to our readers, and they know how persistently he Las misrepresented the loyal North, from his sneering account of public sentiment in New York doWn to his exultant description of a disaster he never witnessed, and a retreat which he was among the first to lead. His re cent letters, however, exhibit a marked changc, , in his opinions. Ile at last begins to see that we of the North have an honest quarrel before Us, and brave arms to fight it out ; that there is a reality in the exhibition of national enthu siasm; that we have committed our honor to the issue, and that on that issue we have staked our prosperity as a people, and our fu ture as a nation. This conversion of .Mr. Russm,r, is; therefore, a gratifying sign, for when our enemies begin to acknowledge (iiir Justice and power, we may easily feel our im portance as a nation. Antende Honorable. Having published the extract from BAYARD TA-rLort.'s letter, from Gotha, acrumuy, con taming a statement that Mr. BUCHANAN had sent a portrait of Miss LANE to the .Glinanac de Gotha, we are gratified in being enabled to print the following paragraph, from a letter of Mr. TAYLOR, who is now in this country, dated at Washington, on the 2-Ith of Septem ber: "I see, by a recent telegram, that a Lancaster paper denies, by authority,' my statement that Mr. Buchanan sent a portrait of Miss Lane to the Almanac de Gotha. That the portrait was sent, and in the ex-President's name, my information is too direct to be doubted, and the explanation sug gested—that the publisher of the tlfmdzstite was hoaxed by somebody—is undoubtedly correct. Having originally made the statement, it is just that I should repeat this explanation, which every American will be gratified to hear " LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL." W.i.S/i/ZifiTON 3 Sept. 30, 1861. The occupation of Munson's Hill by the Federal troops, quietly and bloodlessly ac complished, and the fact that our skirmishers are four miles beyond it, must not be misun derstood as a rash advance movement on the part of General McClellan; or as a frightened retreat on the part of the rebels. The theory of the withdrawal of the latter is, that they ap prehended being outflanked by General Banks, whose division, whatever may be said to the contrary, has latterly been greatly strength ened. They cannot seduce McClellan into an arabupeade, but they are not blind to the fact that, step by step, he is pressing them back upon their old base of operations, and that when a collision takes place, he will be ena bled to envelope them effectually. At all events; the opinion heretofore expressed in this correspondence remains unchanged, viz : that while we can afford to wait they cannot. Their army will fight with desperation, but that which hurries on Beauregard is the impatience of his troops from the Cotton States, who are constantly in dread of receiving intelligence of the attacks of the Federal navy upon their coast towns. The affair at Hatteras excited the utmost panic in their ranks, and, notwith standing the pains that have been taken to conceal the naval preparations of the Federal Government; the most exaggerated stories are circulated among the rebel troops. Letters are written to them from New Orleans, Charles ton, and Mobile,: fined with gloomy anticipa tions of an assault upon the Southern cities, and thus the dread of the friends of the rebels at home is communicated to the ranks, with very natural consequences. What fire in the rear could be worse than this ? And if you add it to the notorious suf fering of the troops, their bad clothing, and the difficulty of obtaining many of the neces saries of life to which the Southern people have been accustomed—about which there can be no doubt, inasmuch as it is testified to by daily witnesses, composed both of our escaped prisoners and deserters from their ranks—some idea may be had of the einbarrassment of the rebel leaders. Suppose the United States army on the banks of the Potomac, now some two hundred thousand strong—coming from New York, New England, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the far northeast-were continually harassed the tear of their friends at home being pounced . upon by a SeceSsi.ou fleet, and distressed by the want of good clothes, coffee, sugar; ice—not to speak of other con siderations—what kind of heart, what sort of discipline, would General McClellan or General Banks be able to Preserve They could not be held a week under ordinary subor dination: As to the interruption of the navi gation of the Polon= by- the rebel batteries, ;. amiomis simply to this, ilia t owing to the rebel occupation of the, shores of Virginia it could not have been prevented unless a land advance had been made; and the only effect of maintaining . it will be to give to our Gallant navy another brilliant opportunity to distin guish itself. On this point, hoWever, I am not permited to speak without disclosing infor mation- which cannot safely be given to the OecAstosAL. THUM AS BUM' AND SON'S SA LES.—Household furniture this morning at No. 914 Chestnut street. Wednesday, photographic gallery, 730 Chestnut A 11;ORNINC AT MUNSON'S HILL. [s l weial Cvmsowakoc , .. of The PreSS.) WAsiliNGTosr, Sept. 30, 1861 It was a very cool morning—very dreary and Ootoberish—with a sharp wind blowing from the river, as I crossed the Long Bridge, and pa+sed into Yirginia. The town was fall of rumors in relation to the advance of the army, nod this universal opinion appeared to be that a battle was inevitable and immediate. Monson's Hill had been taken, and nobody hurt ! This subject of so many news paper articles, of so much anxious rhetoric ; this scene of constant defiance to the land of the bravo was at length in the possession of the Federal forces. Whether it was Beauregard's idea in re treating or McClellan's idea in advancing—whether it wee a part of the Richmond plan or a part of the Washington plan—everybody was curious to know, and yet, strange to say, very few seemed to care. Whatever the theory might be, there was one fact overshadowed everything—that fact w.as, that it:ii in the p.::ses.,ion or the F.sicrai army, and that the army of the Potomac was ad vancing along the lino. There have been many changes in the appearance of this country within the past few weeks. It seemed to have a more peaceful look, and as I rode along that rough, rugged causeway which leads from the Long Bridge to Fort Runyon, with nothing on either side but a low marshy shore, gradually hardening into a tract of rolling, and AppitehtlyunLitlahle AMA; Anil abruptly rising in the distance, it was hard to realize that it had been the scene of so much misery, hunger, dejection, insubordination, and shame, which I witnessed on the mentor:No morn ing after the Manassas battle. A change had taken place. The old camps wore cleared away—the old soldiers had either gone to their homes. or• wore in some caber pert of the department; regularity and discipline had soperseded revelry and tlisobWieace —order had been created out of disorder. A few soldiers were sunning themselves on the roadside, near a massive gate of unstripped logs. Before the massive gate a soldier was quietly patrolling, a sober-looking fellow, who had evidently his own idea about the fitness of things, for he handled his musket as though he owed it a grudge, which tardy time had at length given him an opportunity of satisfying, and when he asked your correspondent for a pass he seemed to consider it almost an unnecessary formali ty, and pronounced it correct in the sleepiest manner possible. Beyond tho massive gate lines of compact and frowning fortifications extended, with heavy black guns of immense calibre, looking suspiciously up the road, as if patiently awaiting the opportunity of addreming the rebels in their strange and un answerable eloquence. Here commenced the line of camps which fringe the Potomac. Most of them were almost deserted. A company or two re mained as a guard over the tents, the camp equi page, and to attend to the wants of the wounded. The body of them had gone ahead, some during the night before, some at early morning. Those behind were petulant and surly, many cursing the fate which put them on the guard where they " couldn't see the fun," while others seemed satis fied with their fate, reasoning verysensibly that keep ing guard was not such a fearful task, after all, when battles were on the eve of being fought and mon were about to be slain. As I went along there were any number of rumors. which seemed to grow in size and terror the farther I got into Virginia. One accommodating and agreeable private said that a terrible battle was raging, that Munson's Hill had been retaken with great slaughter, and that. McClellan was a prisoner in the hands of the rebels. The story amused his companions greatly, for among them my informant seemed to have the reputation of a wog. Other harmless narratives were met as we went over the route, having evi dently been composed for the amusement of curious and credulous civilians. From Arlington Mills to Bailey's Cross Roads was a romantic and interesting ride. The old ruin house looked forlorn and pitiful, and had fallen away to ruin. Large masses of sand and stones blocked up the road in front, the heavy mill-stones were lying out on the roadside, the boards had been torn from the side of the building to build the midnight picket-fires, UMMI , of rubbish covered the floors with the remnants of many a soldier's mess, fragments of cooked food, battered canteens and drinking-cups. The mill-stream was gushing in the most joyous manner, but the mill-wheel was silently mouldering away, in busy waters of the dam. Further up, along a narrow road, which de scended unevenly and abruptly like the steps of a natural amphitheatre, and we came into a well wooded and romantic country, along which, not long since, a line of the Federal pickets extended. There were were the usual signs of soldiers' life—cosy little huts of branches well matted with leaves, and half charred logs in a gully before them. On both sales of the road were dense thickets of underbrush, and tall, sickly timber, which looked even sicklier than usual, with the crisp brown leaves falling from their puny branches. The team-wagons had made deep ruts in roads originally in a dilapidated condi tion, while the recent heavy rain had left its card in the shape of broad gullies of turbid water. Oc casionally the monotony of the scene would be broken by a farm-house, deserted, dingy, and wea• ther-stained, which seemed to be silently mourning over the neglect which bad robbed it of its former freshness and bea.4ty ; battered gates, around which parasitical plants were clinging—long ar cades of overgrown bushes, on which the flowers had ceased to bloom, while the old family trees looked ragged and dismal. " Bailey's Cross Roads" is a blaeskmith shop, and a few little houses glaringly white from a re cent application of whitewash, where five roads meet, and radiate towards all points of the com pass, is a very quiet and rather respectable-looking town—thanks to the lime. Did it ever occur to you, by the way, what a respectable thing lime is, and how much it has done to improve the world? Go into a well whitewashed village and you are in an intelligent community. You will find a large school-house, four or five churches, an agricultural society, a debating club, a good library of books, and a graveyard with genteel tombstones. You will find a number of pianos and large clubs of newspaper subscribers. You will find health; hap piness, peace, intelligence ; and contentment—you will find that the whitewash brush is a great civi lizer, and that our enlightenment has no botter ex ponent than lime. If ever I went on a begging tour for either a missionary fund or from the force of more personal necessities, I should never pass a dwelling with the garden pale whitewashed, for it is a sure sign that there is a welcome within, that the pantry is well stocked, and that the dogs are neither dangerous nor demonstrative. I beg your pardon for the delay, but there are five reads here, and our purpose is to reach Mun son's Hill. A captain of a German company en deavors to put us on the way, but his English is nearly as bad as your correspondent's German. So, with the very best intentions in the world on either side, we part unsatisfied, until an Anglo-Saxon corporal of a Michigan regiment points up a road leading off in right angles from s the one I had been travelling, and Munson's Hill appears in the dis tance, nearly a mile. Crowds of curious soldiers were flocking towards it, but very few citi zens, for the impression was abroad that the journey, as yet, was rather a dangerous experiment, as the rebels might be concealed in the vicinity. As I rode slowly up the road I looked at it very earnestly. It is rather an indif ferent looking hill, I confess, to have made such a noise in tho world. I should not take it to be as high as Fairmount. It ascends gradually towards the top, on which there was a broad, even table land about the extent of an acre, and perhaps not so large. Four or five small sparsely-branched trees were growing in tie centre. From one of them the Confederate flag had been flying, the string which secured it still remaining. While I was on the sum mit our own flag was hoisted from the tallest of the small trees, by a corporal of the New York Thirty seventh. Our flag was a small silk one, bordered with gold fringe, and was evidently a regimental standard. It flapped and streamed in . the most wanton manner, looking beautiful and suggestive. The top of the hill was covered with straw, and around it small knots of soldiers were leisurely re clining. reading the Sunday Morning Clsronicle and other papers, which an enterprising newsboy bad brought out in a carriage, and was selling at ten cents a-piece. • The fortification on Munson's Hill, about which SO much has been written, and so many astounding pictures engraved in the New York and other sen sation journals, seemed to be an insignificant, use less mound of earth and gravel, which could serve no military purpose whatever, unless, perhaps, as a breastwork for riflemen Hastily dug, levelled and shaped with the side of the spade, no can non had ever been erected on it, nor would it have borne the weight of a common-sized car ronade. I express no opinion off my own, but that of an intelligent artillery officer, with whom I conversed when looking at the rebel works, that McClellan could have shelled the rebels out of their position at any time from Fort Richardson had he deemed the occupation of the place worth the powder. On the other side of the hill, or rather on the western slope, the encamp ments of Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia. re giments still remained. The huts wore built of fence rails, which were covered with straw, and in tended to accommodate from ten to fifteen soldiers in each. Our own men had taken possession of them, and when I passed through they were filled with Federal soldiers. They were convenient and comfortable, but, considering the inflammable na ture of the straw which formed such an important part of their construction, a few shots from our batteries would have speedily rendered them un tenable. The view from Munson's Hill is romantic. It stands alone in a rather broad valley, with a large cornfield at its base, and better-tilled lands around. than we generally see in Eastern Virginia. In the distance the dome of the Capitol is plainly visible, and with a glass the furrows in the marble, the carving on the pillars, and the forms and gar ments of visitors could be plainly distinguished. But with the exception of this view of the Capitol, the rest is nothing but a succession of foliage masked hills, ranging in the distance, blue, faint, and dim, and studding an uneven, undulating land scape...sze I :V? We were not permitted to go beyond Munson's THE niEss.-PHILADELPHTA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1831. Mill for more than a short distance, as our army was still slowly advancing on a reconnoissance, situ civilians would only have been in the way, and perhaps run the risk of being shot by our Federal skirmishers. An entrenchment about a mile west of the hill had been also occupied by our trtutps, and the soldiers wore mounting cannon and strengthening its defensive and offensive quali ties. I rode over the ground between the hill and the trees roads which had been the scene of the picket firing so much talked of during the rebel occupa tion. An open field, about forty acres broad, ex tended each side of the road. One side was planted with corn, the other was open pasture land. The open land had a row of small trees on °soh boundary. Behind one row the Secession pickets were wont to skulk ; behind the opposite row our own sentinels sheltered themselves. At the en trance to the field there was a small hut of logs, which had been used by the Secession guard. It hail been but recently occupied, for on one of the 11011711 g Asir.•. 6,01 let b`rA. " Hector JR,Rwari, ALA. Voss)' The barn ye• hick had been used to shelter the rebels when firing on our guards, and which had been burned by the stratagem of a Michigan soldier, who fired red-hot slugs into the hhyit contained, was shown. No thing remained, however, but a heap of ruins and a scarred and charred foundation. J. R. Y. LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON. Situation of the Federal Army, THE PICKETS ONLY A QUARTER OF A MILE APART, GEN. McCALL'S COMMAND Rl 7 l, 'IILSES THE REBELS AT GREAT FALLS. STATEMENTS OF GENERAL BEAUREGARDI GROOM, Wanton Destruction of. Property. 41,vimvalins*:soff:1031 1 14tirmiowsic03610 The Difficulty between Fremont and Blair. RE-ARREST OF COLONEL BLAIR. Unconditional Discharge Ordered by Oen. Scott THE WAR IN MISSOURI. LATEST FROM LEXINGTON. STRENGTH OF THE REBEL FORCES. They Discover a Large Amount of Ammunition. PRICE PREPARING TO RESIST FRREIONT, Special Despatches to " The Press." WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 Terrible Alarm at New Orleans Tho following important letter was received here recently : U. S. STEAMER NIAGARA; 11TH SEPT., Mt, I Off the mouth of Mississippi. The latest news from New Orleans is that there is much suffering and distress there. Placards were posted on the corners of the streets, a few nights ago. inscribed "Lincoln and Bread!" " Davis and Starvation ."' There are great apprehensions of FREMONT'S descent down the Mississippi river, and if he comes many are ready to join him. The blockade of New Orleans is closed, and be coming closer every day. A Rebel Attack at Great Falls—The bels Scattered. The reconnoissance made by the rebels, this morning, at Great Falls, was made by eight regi ments, with artillery. It was met by General DiccALL, who dispersed and scattered the enemy by six rounds of shot and shell from a battery planted on the Maryland side. Re-arrest of Col. Blair—Gen. Scott Orders his Release From facts ascertained bore it appears that on Wednesday last Gen. FREMONT released Col. BLAIP. from arrest, using language in the order tantamount to a defiance of the Colonel to present his charges formally. On Thursday Col. Br...tut presented charges formally against Gen. FREMONT in response to the defiance. Thereupon Gen. FRE MONT immediately arrested Col. BLAIR, and sent him to Jefferson Barracks. On Friday night the telegraph was allotted to communicate the fact that BLAIR had been freed from arrest the previous Wednesday, but the offen sive paragraph in the order of release was sup pressed, and the fact of Colonel BLAIR'S second a rrest withheld. The army regulations allow no ollicers to be arrested for a longer period than eight days without charges being preferred. Ge neral FREMONT disregarded the regulations in the case of Colonel Brain. After this violation of the regulations, a second arrest, for the same cause, and without charges, has attracted attention and eaused much remark. The great fact in relation to this case is, that General SCOTT to-day ordered the unconditional release of Colonel BLAIR. Death of General Gibson Commissary General GIBSON, who died here to day, was aged about 85 years, and long held that osition. Ile entered the army in 1808 as a cap tain of infantry from Pennsylvania. The Situation. The position of the Federal army is about the same as yesterday, there being no material changes. The day before our forces occupied Falls Church, the rebels evacuated it with six regiments and four pieces of artillery The Federal pickets now occupy one end of the village and the rebel pickets the other, both posi tions ;wing on the Leesburg turnpike. The op posing pickets are not more than a quarter of a mile apart. From Falls Church, this morning, was seen a rebel regiment of infantry drilling on the hill be yond the Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad. Artillery was also observed crossing the turn pike to the left of Falls Church, at a mile and a half distance. Fresh rebel earthworks are being thrown up on the eminence commanding the lage 'A large scouting party started out in the direction of Fairfax Court House this morning, the result of which was the capture of three cavalry horses; also, three privates and a lieutenant belonging to one of the North Carolina regiments. A contraband was brought to headquarters at Up ton's llill yesterday. Ile was the groom of Gen. nEAVREGARD at the time he occupied Falls Church as his headquarters. The contraband states that be overheard several conversations between Gen. IlEaicnaoann and his officers, and in one instance the General remarked that he was fearful of at tacking the Federal troops opposite Washington, owing to the fact that by so doing he would unne cessarily sacrifice so many lives, but would fall back, and within six miles of Falls Church he would be happy to welcome the United States forces " with bloody hands to hospitable graves.' At noon to-day a man was arrested in the woods near Falls Church, on suspicion of being a spy. lie would givo no satisfactory account of himself. Destruction of Dwellings. The wanton destruction of property in the neigh- borhood of Falls Church by the Federal troops still continues. Among the houses burned to-dhy was that of Major NATI', together with his barns and cut-houses. The adjoining residence of Dr. BOWER, who is now a surgeon in the rebel army, was also destroyed, and the dwellings belonging to the Ilicuomts Poortar's estate, with but Oho ioteep tion. The residence of MURRAY MASON, on MUD. ray's Hill, was burnt early this morning. The amount of property destroyed yesterday and to-day cannot be less than $50,000. With the view to cheek these outrages the commanding offi cers have issued Verbal orders to shoot down any man who may be caught in the incendiary act. Colonel James S. Jackson. The gallant commander of one of the Kentucky Union regiments is Colonel JAMES S. JecusoN, an old-line Whig, now a Representative in Congress from that State. He has been the intimate friend of BRECKINRIDOE for many years, and separated with him upon the great issue. Ex-Mayor Berret. This gentleman left Washington on Sunday for the purpose of paying a visit to his connections in Boston, and expects to be absent some ten days. West Point Cadets Gentlemen who desire to put their 93113 into West Point should remember that, unless they can in duce the Representatives of their respective dis- tricts to name the cadets, they cannot be gratified. The ton appointments of the President will, of course, bo selected from the sons of the brave men who have fallen -in battle ; and, as there are many such ; persons from civil life will stand but a slight chance ; unless, at the next session of Congress, a Lill should be passed authorizing the Executive or members of Congress to appoint cadets to till the vacancies for the several districts in the seceded States. Pierce Butler, Esq Those who complain about the release of PIERCE BUTLER, ESCI., of Philadelphia, from Fort La fayette, should not forget that he wee diaeharged mainly upon the representation that, after a thorough search, nothing could be found proving that he had been co-operating with the Southern traitors. The Pet-Bank System An effort was made by tke New York banks to induce sucretary CHASE to re-establish the pot bank system, which became so odious under Vex Bunaa's Administration; but he sternly declined having anything to do with the suggestion. Captain Dove Acquitted It is understood that the court of inquiry in the' ease of Captain Borg. of the steamer fora/somas, acquit him of every charge of disloyalty. Staff Appointment Lieutenant Witsoit BARSTOW, Jr., of the Now York volunteers, hue been assigned to a position I the stair of Major General Dix. Contraband Cotton in the South It is reported that over ton thousand bates of contraband cotton are now lying at Apa lachicola, Florida. Apalachicola can cagily be taken by a naval force, and so can the ten thousand bales of cotton—cash value, $1,100,0011. On the 12th instant, there were ten thousand three hundred and thirty bales in New Orleans, which in the North would be worth $1,:1110,000. Miscellaneous. Among the killed yesterday morning during the )mnie, in addition to tlr . , , se herelliforti menlinowl nuro Joliti /111:14110 , : alai priviitt , 11Al.t.Hdof Company 1, First Pennsylvania Dragoons. Thu same cotnpany also lost three horses. The conduct of General IlikaWs California Re giment, and Colonel BAXTER'S Philadelphia Fire 'immures, under the trying circumstances, oonsider ing they were undisciplined troops, was adiciranle. General BANE!: was absent at the time in Phila delphia, arranging for another regiment to attach to his brigade, and was only apprised of the dis aster by Colonel OWEN, WILD loft Washington for that city yesterday afternoon, the command of his regiment devolving on another officer. The rebels have always denied losing men in the akirmish at Lcwinsvillo on the 25th ; but the tomb stone of a new made grave at Falls Church reads as follows : W. L. M. N. SOJES.,. Of the Butler Guards, 2d Reglment &Atilt Oarothin. Veduideerg, killed at Lnwiuseille , Sept. 25. Others, it is known were killed at Lotvinsville, but the body of SCRAGOS was the only one buried at this place. On Saturday afternoon, when the Federal army advanced into Virginia, the fortifications on Ma son's llill were first occupied by a detachment of Capt. 0 eary's Kentucky Cavalry, under command of Lieut. Martin, and followed by Gen. Wadsworth and staff. A Government train left Alexandria to-day with a purty of bridge-builders, who went as far us Falls Church, on the Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad, repairing all the bridges on the way, thus opening eommunieation for the supplies of the army in that neighborhood. The Orange and- Alexandria Rail road is open as far as Accotink creek, two miles beyond Springfield station, which latter place is nine miles from Alexandria. The observatory balloon has been advanced to Upton's Hill, a mile and a half this side of Palls Church. FROM MISSOURI CONDITION OF TEE REBELS AT LEXINGTON, JEFFERSON CITY, Sept. 20.—(Special to the St. Louis I?epziblien n.)—Lieut. Col. Thaeher, of Col. Peabody's regiment, and Lieut. Fannon, of Col. Marshall's regiment, who wero at Lexington, have arrived here, and give some interesting par ticulars from that place. They say the rebels can easily turn out, and pro bably will, three 12-pounders per week at the Lex ington foundry, and that they are very busy in making balls of all kinds. They report that the rebels have a large amount of powder and ammuni tion of every variety buried in the vicinity of Lex ington, and that they have recently dug up a great deal. Two thousand rounds of loaded shells were dis. covered by the rebels in Mulligan's entrenchments on the very day of the surrender. Our troops had no idea of their concealment, although they were deposited there three months ago. It is said that large amounts of ammunition are buried in different quarters of the west and south of the State, hav ing been sent out by Gov. Jackson before he fled from hero. Our troops would have destroyed the powder in their possession if they had had water, or had not feared an explosion that must have proved fatal in their narrow entrenchments. It appears 4 tetbale rebel of high seciai, standing at Lc....T.lngton obtained admission to Col. Mulligan's fortifications, disguised as a mulatto washer-woman, and stook a complete sketch and plan of the works and reported to the rebels. It is believed the rebels have from 40,000 to 50,000 men at Lexington, and are daily receiv ing reinforcements. They will stand their ground if attacked. It is supposed that General Price will, in two or three weeks, have from 70,000 to 80,000 there, and will meet us with that number. The rebels, these two officers say, fight well, and our mistake has been that we always underrate them. The force at Lexington are receiving pro visions in quantities from the adjacent country. Wagon loads are arriving every day, and they have, it is said, every means of support. Green, Rains, and Parson's troops are reported as a mere mob, half clothed and without discipline, no one seeming to hold a lees rank than that of colonel. Harris' soldiers, 7,000 in number, are very well disciplined and execute all their manoeuvres in thorough military style. Ono of the rebel regi ments having helped themselves to the uniforms of Col. Mulligan's troops, are now called the Irish Brigade.n Lieutenant Colonel Thaeher and Lieutenant Fennalt leave here by boat, for Lexington, this morning. They willcreturn with the wounded Federal troops now in the hands of the rebels— about a hundred in number. Before they left Lexington they obtained a written permit, General Sterling Price granting protection to any boats that may go to Lexington for that purpose. Gen. Fremont has approved of this action, and they will start this morning. These officers say that our 4roops were treated most kindly by the rebel officers, whom they pro 1201111C0 high-toned ) honorable, and generous gen tlemen. The gallant conduct of Colonels MOligan, White, and Grover, - is highly eulogised, and all our sol diers are enthusiastic in their praise. , Major Sarte, who had command of the regular troops at Wilson's creek, has received permission to take command of the Eighth lowa Regiment. It is said that his battalion of regulars will be in corporated in the regiment. Advices from Saline county report that the rebels are overrunning that section of the country with scouting parties, who aro impressing the Union citizens into the rebel ranks, and levying upon their goods, General Fremont went into camp yesterday morning, about half a mile back of the town, and it is said will not move forward before the close of the week. The health of the soldiers is improving ; not a death has occurred for three days in the hospital— an unusual occurrence—and thirty 'or forty will be discharged to-day. JEFFERSON CITY, Sept. 30.—Genl. McKinstry and staff arrived here last evening. Gent. Pope is still here. Totten's battery was among the arrivals yesterday. Scouts arrived last night from Warsaw, eighty eight miles distant, but they report nothing new. They heard that McCulloch was advancing on Jef ferson City by way of Linn creek. The " stars and stripes" waving over Col. Mulligan's entrench ments was pierced by forty-one balls, but not ens struck "the Union"—a favorable omen. Colonel Richardson's regiment, now stationed at the Osage, will be disbanded to-day, its time having expired, and Colonel MoCuun's will take its place. Fames W. Bowling, of Miller county, a notorious rebel, who had impressed two boys and one old man, and stolen two horses, was brought here last everiing,,and will be set to work on the fortideations to-morrow. JEFFEIISON CITY, Sept. 30.—Information has been reach - ea here that WAD rebels were, a few days since, in the southern part of Orem county, moving northward. A betty . of 4,000 rebels are also advancing through Boles county towards Osce ola. They are under the command of young Mc- Culloch, who is either a son or a nephew of the übiquitous Ben. Sixty more Accra Mid piivateh of dot. Mulli gan's command arrived here, from Lexington, this morning, and will leave for St. Louis this after noon. They saw no rebel troops on the way down. Capt. Mitchell, a nephew of Col. Marshall, says the accusations of cowardice against the latter are grossly unjust, as he acted as bravely as any officer of the regiment. Captain M. says Price's army is composed of stout, healthy, and determined men, who are generally well armed, and bettor clothed than Col. Marshall's regiment. General Pope left for Booneville this morning. Quite a number of troops have also gone. Cifiesuo, Sept. 30—(Special to the Tribaned— QUINCY, Ill.As there is much speculation con cerning the strength of the two armies about to meet at Lexington, it may be interesting to state that a letter received by mo to•day from Hunts ville, dated the 27th inst., expresses the confident opinion that Fremont will be beaten unless he can bring 50,000 men against Price. The writer says the country is filled with armed men marching to reinforce Price. Be is satisfied that Mulligan's aurrondor adder! 28,000 to Price's strength. Everything is reported quiet on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. The 'National Loan BOSTON, Sept. 30.—Tbe bank presidents to-day Voted unanimously to take ten millions of tlio se cond fifty-tnillion National Loan. Over $1.200 rii) ans hid at nbnve par for the new Massaehu,eß six per cent. State luau for $1,000,000. - Important troth the Gulf Coast Bowrom, Sept. 20.—Letters from the steam frigate Colorado report that the United States vessels Prate and Marion, and the steamer Ilfassarlin setts, were at Chandeleur Island, no the mouth of the Mississippi, on the 16th September. The crews had leaded, thrown up batteries, and relighted the light so long extinguished by the rebels. Commander Ball, of the Marion, had died sud denly, and a lieutenant had been detached from the Richmond to succeed him. FROM CAIRO. The Rebels Marching on Paducah, Kentucky. CnICAOM Sept. 30-13pecial to the Tharrj— The rebels attempted to burn a bridge ono mile from Norf , Ak this morning. They e•ere met and repulsed by Capt. Nolen's cavalry. Three rebels were killed by the Graf volley, and others killed and wounded afterwards. Only One Federal soldier was wounded. wounded rebel said tbat as death was sure ho might as well tell the truth. He stated that Um. rid Pi[kw was in Kentucky, back of Columbus, on Faturday, marebing on Paducah, 27,000 strong, and that Jeff Thonismi's movements are a feint to direct attention from that. quarter. Information reached Paducah yesterday that General Pillow haul left Columbus to effect a junc tion with the troops marehimz, on Paducah. from Trnnnrscn The. nuilcd tUreliS til tiit: rebels will amount to 42,000. The Pursuit of the Pirate Sumpter NEW YORK, Sept. .311.--A letter received here, dated St. Thomas, Sept. 14, contains the following interesting naval news: The United Stales steamer Irf,quoi pl. Palmer, arrived yesterday, six dap from Ilainp -1011 ttßallY, IS tillSiltg coil and will lin iv.h The IC.-yx/ Slet.te also eonli mpi ready for sea, "The last report received hero about the Nuld p ter was, that she had left Paraffin ribo, where atm had been refuSed coals. It is to be hoped that the Pow/Loan may overhaul her, BA she has been quite a pest in these waters, giving rise to much talk and more apprehension ' A Schooner in Distress Mistaken for a NEw YORK. Sept_ ?o.—Two brigs errived here lust week, reporting that they were chased by k pirate schooner. Tho supposed pirate turas out to be the British HelitgqiCr S WWl ' who endeavored m to hail then, to obtain tatedifthies for Cupt.:itteiluut, who afterwards died of the yellow fever. Arrival of the Steamer Albany NEw YORK, Sept. illt.—The steamer Alhano, ar rived from WaMington, report. 3 having been do• 'Jaml at Indian Ilenti by the Nauman until night, in order to rss the rebel battery at Cockpit Point, which fires :OW nil passing vessels. Arrival of the Flag-Ship Constellation. flosTos, tient :io.—Tho lleg.ship of the Afrkan squadron—the frigate Constellation—arrived at Fortanaouth, N, 11., on,Saturday, Examination of Volunteer Surgeons at Harrisburg. HARRISBURG, Sept. 30.—1 t has been decided by the Governor that no surgeon or assistant surgeon of any regiment of volunteers can be commissioned unless he has onto - plied with the not of Assembly', and been examined by the State Board of Sur geons A Board, for this purpose, will meet in Harrisburg on Wednesday next, at 9 o'clock A: M., and sit during that day only. A Board has also been ordered to epovene at Washington, at Wil lard's Hotel, at an lariy day, to examine those me dical officers now in the field who have not com plied with the State law. From Louisville LOUISVILLE, Sept;3o.—General Buckner N Mitt to be at Greenville, Muhlenberg county, with 5.200 men, and is supposed to be on the road to destroy the locks on Green river. James B. Clay was admitted to bail in $lO,OOO before Judge Cation this morning. to appear at the January term. Tom Clay and Toni Jacobs en tered his bail. Harden Helm Ma taken possession of Rochester, on Green river. The number of his troops is estimated at four thousand, including a Mississippi rea ' iment, The Glasgow turnpike bridge has been burned. THE CITY. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVEN ING WALNUT-STREET THEATRE—Iginth and Vinltillt 8111.— "Extremes"—" The Quiet Family." ARCH-STREET THEATRE—Arch street, above Sixth.— "Jennette ; or, Le Cretin de la Montagne." WEIRATLBT'S CONTINFSTAL etreet, above Eighth.--" The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island." ASt3E.MBLY BUILDINGS—Corner of Tenth and Chestnut streets.—Sanderson's Stereopticon of the Southern Re bellion and Russian War. "Principles of Commercial Integrity." The introductory lecture to a new term in the Law Department of the University of Pennsylvania was delivered in the hall of the University building, Ninth street, above Chestnut, by Don. George .51tarswood, last evening. There was a full attendance of students, a remarkably fine•looking body of young gentlemen, and a sprinkling of older friends of the institution. The lecturer said it had been customary to open every new term with an introductory lecture. These were not necessarily professional. His theme on the present occasion was, "Principles of Com mercial Integrity." In discussing it he urged that lawyers ought not to- be a party to the moral de linquency of their clients. It was the modern political economists, at whose head was Adam Smith, who had raised commerce to its true dignity. Knowledge, the speaker said, was wealth in its highest sense, which was illus trated by the fruits of the discovery and applica tion of steam. Taking up the subject of law in its application to commerce, he frankly admitted the standard of mercantile morals was not the law of the land. The usual luestion of clients was, not lc am I mo rally bound to do thus and so," but, " am I legally bound ;" and what could not be made appear was thus not unfrequently evaded. In a very disinterested way the speaker gave it as his firm conviction that, a far better way than to resort to lawsuits was fur merchants to meet to gether and settle their differences according to their own convictions of right. A principal question considered was whether a vendor has a right to withhold knowledge in his possession from a vendee which would be calcu lated to modify the terms of a contract, if known. Cicero and others were quoted to show that he has not, and to these opinions the speaker added his own affirmative arguments. Goad thith, he held, did not only forbid falsehood in mercantile trans actions, but also concealment and reservation. In the laws of insurance this prineiple was universally recognized, making it necessary fur the insurer to give full information to the underwriters for his own protection. The golden rule of "doing unto others as we would have others do unto us," con firmed this principle, thus corroborating by Divine authority the dictates of a pure conscience. It was not true, he said. that in every bargain one party must lose; more frequently fair trade was ad vantageous to both. Front certain decisions, quoted from very high authorities, the lecturer made out a clear case that the moral standard of business transactions between honorable merchants is, practically, higher than the legal ruling of the courts. The subject of trusts—money or property en trusted to one party to be used for the benefit of others—was dwelt upon, showing the dishonesty of using such money indiscriminately with the trus tee's own, at its risk. The question of preferring creditors was also forcibly ventilated, the lecturer taking the ground that it would bo much better for a merchant to fail when he sees his inability to meet his obligations, than to resort to borrowing, and in the end prefer his money creditors. It was to the latter false policy that the worst failures were mainly due. lie knew that young lawyers were frequently applied to by failing merchants to "carry thou through." Their duty under such circumstances was, to tell the debtor frankly that all )le has Lelongs to his creditors. which The lecture, occupied about forty minutes in its delivery,was lucid in logic,lerse in phraseolo gy, and high toned in its moral sentiment, and was evidently listened to with pleasure by all who heard it. TAKING THE SOUNUTNIIS OF THE SCIIITYL KILL.—The surveyor of the_water department, un der the direction of Chief Engineer Birkenbine, yesterday commenced to take the soundings of the Schuylkill river, from the fore-bay (near the dam,) up to Columbia bridge. Upon the completion of this work, it will be pos sible to present to the public a sectional map of the river at any required point, showing the depth of water, size and situation of shoals, etc. Since the erection of the boat-houses on the eastern bank of the river, a gradual filling up of the channel has taken place ; thereby occasioning the impurification of the water. The Chief Engineer noticed this evil, and asked for permission from Councils to have the river thoroughly dredged. The sanction of that body was refused, however. The object of the department is to have a depth of at least four feet of water along the entire eastern shore of the river, between the two above mentioned limits. The original shore-line can thus be pregrved, and the water be kept comparatively free from impurities. The work of taking the soundings will probably consume two weeks. THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION will be held at Springtown, to-day, (Tuesday ! ) Wednesday. and Thursday. The grounds are about one milo from the Norristown Railroad depot, and are accessible by stages, which run every few minutes. The Arabian stook of Iluffnagle, late Consul General to India, will be an interesting feature of the display—the horse ".13edouin" having been purchased from the tribe whose name ho bears. The SoMety has already given thirteen annual exhildtions, the object, being to encourage and develop the agricultural interests of Montgomery and adjacent counties. Excursion tickets to the Fair ground and return will bo sold at the office of the Norristown Railroad Company. The chairman of the executive committee of the fourteenth exhibition is Samuel K. Stout, a practical farmer of the county, for many years devoted to the interests of the section. TN TROMIT.E.—LJOiIIt was arrested on Sunday. at Eighth and U itcsnut streets, on the charge of havir , assaulted a Luan ne is alleged to have knocked the man down with. out any piovocation. "Buck was held in SUIItO bail by Alderman Ogle. He is quite a notorious character ; and frequently appears upon the police reports. ATTEMPT TO THROW A TRAIN FROM VIM Tit AUK--A dastardly attempt was made about one Mile this side of Elkton, Md., on Sunday night, to throw the train from Baltimore to this city off the track: Four pieces of rail bad been screwed down R. it.c Aeepers. The cow-mateher struck tho rails, and the engine and tender leaped over safely, but the baggage-car was so much damaged that it was found necessary to change it upon the arrival of the train at Wilmington. No person sustained the slightest injury. The escape of the train and pus- Pengero from destructhn wits truly tr." 6 " 16 ,i 1 . 1 - The perpetrators of the dastardly act were not dis covered. The train was delayed about an hour by the occurrence. SOUTH WA R K LITERARY SOCIETY.--We Would cull the attention of our readers to tho public meet ing of this society, to be held in the Mechanise' Motitute Hall, of Southwark. The groat feature of the evening will be the Nulltfiention debate of MO, in which Senators Webster, Ilnyne, and Benton, and Vice President Calhoun, will be represented by the members of the society. CANNON FOR TIM CITY.—TWO steel rifled entnon, intended as a present to the city of Phila delphia, are now in New York. They were pre sented by Mr. James Swaim, one of our citizens, who has been residing in Paris nor some years past. The cannon were marinfactured in Prussia, and aro the first of the kind that have left that nountry, the Prussian tiovernmcnt being rested with the ex clusive right to make them. The guns aro six. pounders, and throw R peculiar kind of shell. Mayor henry has taken the necessary steps to have the guns admitted free of duty, and they will pro bably reach the city to-morrow. OP A RETt'ItNIZIt VoLux.rmEn.—This nflernoon, the funeral of William E. J 011111151), returned three-months volunteer, who died from disease contracted while in camp, will take place from the residence of his parents, in Thirteenth strict, hat liir Market. The dernwed was a private in Company K, Colonel Morehead'a Regiment, and pertlirmed the duties assigned' bits in a manner which would do credit to a veteran in Arms. When the requisition was made by the President for 75,- 000 men, the deceased left a literative na,itien. and „: With a willing and truly ratri,,iia will he mourned by ninny relatives-and friends, and we sincerely condole with the members of hhi fa in the loss of such an exemplary son and brother. Crw.oNry. J. M. McCmurEfes REGIMENT Or ItA NON INVA NTII Y.—We understand that the Rev. J. M. McCarter, of Lebanon, who recently rt'Agnr , l his pastorship for the purrese of raising , r „iioent or laf,mtry, has, in the short time of fourt.en days., enrolled eight hundredi men, and to complete his regiment in it few days. John W. Johnston, brother of ex-lio remit. William F. Johnston, and colonel of the late Fourteenth Pennsylvania Regiment, under whom Mr. McCarter served as chaplain, will occupy the post of lieutenant colonel in the new re giment of Lebanon Infantry This place he accepts out of compliment to Mr. McCarter, having re peatedly been offered a colonelcy by Governor Curlin, which he declined to noiogpt, LETTER. FP.031 .'Erse Dix.-11ayer Henry has received a letter from Miss I)i.' relattite to the sup ply of Weente MA/6[1140 for the eiblierS during the winter campaign. She desires the ladies through out the country to exhibit their patriotism by knit ing lbein ram:kings an rapidly n 9 possible. and for warding them to the Quartermaster Crimerat':t ottiec. Mayor Ilenry ra about to ifinc it stirring appoal tone hullos of thin oily upon lily, ell td,mt s Mei will forward all such RrtleieS to the Quarts:ri4n..o.er tienerafti office, free of expense, if left at his oilier:. If f; ba9 already received several pairs of substantial socks, knit by a lady r:1 this city. We trust that her ex ample will be him/calls tely followed. THE ICE Mr::: PitEPA lIINC VC,It WINTER. —Workmen ere engaged in milking repairs upon a HILLII3I,tr 1 ,, 3 - 61.1.M. , r1 Nti , :lit 0 1 : tll , l L-Aluylkill, pre paratory tfl reliant:teeing 'lie winter lik.M.:s9ll. A cc, DENT.—YettsTilay siftf,rnoon, 0 boy named Thornan Lyle, aged, six years, wal kicked in the eye by a horse in a Int at Twentieth and Fitzwater streats. lie W F.ererely it.jured, and was taken to his home in Shippell street, above Seventeenth. LIEUTENANT SIIREVES.—This officer, of Col. Baxter's Fire &naves, who was wounded in the legs and head at the time our tromei tired into each other near Munson's Hill, on Sunday, arrived in this city last evening., and is stopping at the Au - writ:ea Houso We are glad to loarathat. his woµncis. ate not eonsidere4 serious. TILE TURF Oxford Park This Park, which for a mrmth past has absorbed the turf sport=, was yesterday the scene pf two interesting trots, in which, for the one, the cont“Aants were Georg,' Illageo and Rocket, while in 1 . 11 , 3 Aim. Lilly and Gentle driyen by their respective owners, contended for supremacy and— „ a hundred.” The two former horses are well known, George Magft having ligurc.4.l eXtellSiVelY 1 , 11 tine 'turf Fourth-or- July-named opponent, Rocket, will he remembered as haling 'vanquished General Butler, in a two.mile race, at Point Breeze Park. Tine day being 111111511111iY line, a l:u•ge number or srpfutiirs acre In :111.1 , 1111:11:1'1u, a 111;01. TN - of whom selected imcket ti vir favoritei being at odds of two to our lull this horse. Al four &clod: the learnt.: were larotnild out, natal, after two false startt, they got the word. Pocket leading, led half a length, which a break eat the part of Magee, at the trn, increased to two lengths. Settling, he de creased the gap at length, when another rimilatr per formance gave him at pond - ion fire lengths in the rear, 111 ,Odell pn,4ll,an they pa.,,,t1 4 tnart,e-val:- and. nnt,rod the drop flit. Upon ono rgin,7; from thi,Ftr,•o:ll, it was WO - (tent that he land not improve I his position, and notwith standing his vigorous eta-) 0.0115 401,'11 t ntreteh, he was obliged to yield the heat to Itorloat in 2.11;‘, having in tan pant of the 1101 t AIONVII in front nugge:tani, tat ccamlali 111Mit to Fourth-of-July opponout, and in further par :mince of this If, .11,-.,f-Juty he Omuta to ta (Alm' fllagagq , _ Aftgg thig hog!, and (!rails Were brought out ht Colltnoti hotwoon the heat,: of the first race, an arrangement which saved mmalt time, and constantly absorbed the attention of the spectators. At the fir. t SCOritllt they got the word, Lilly leading lay a length, an advantage which she immediately lost lay at break, falling off fir(' lengths. Settling, she improved her position en much that hut half the gap remained at the half mile pole. L7pon tonert:lng from the dcrp cut, it 'WOO 0011 that they hail exchanged places, Lilly leading by as Mail./ lengths an her break had pineed hor in rear. liown the stretch the gray mare broke, cud Lilly won the heat by seven hangthn, ha 2.51. Rocket and Magee were again brought nut. In this heat the latter horse was bandied tee Mr. Jackson with so much skill that the heat was intensely exciting. At the word, Magee led by a length, which he inaaesLiately hint by a break, and tell oft two lengths, His driver thered hint, Coil gnceeeded itt shutting out half this day light tit the half-mile pole. As they swung around the stretch, he iota succeeded in getting his horse's head to his opponent's saddle-girth, and tints they thundered . . doe . n the stretch, 111.1111er , 11111;111111V11 their positions by an inch, Rocket winning the heat by but half a length, in 2.41. Now came the final heat between Lilly and Contle Annie. As btfore, they gut ofrat the lirat Mart, till: gray mare leading by a length, but Lilly out-trotting her, tot by fear lengths, when an unfortunate break on her part gave her opponent a lead of eight lengths. To make up this cap seemed nhnost hopeless, but Lilly settling, by excellent, trotting to half a length to the three-quarter pole. Dosvn the :sc o tch the gray mare broke twice. a n d Lilly jogged home a winner of the heat and race in .2.43. elOsotte.s with NVIIk .1 6 h the seco11,11.• - ea.4 et>lll:St eil between the horses Pocket Ala_ se enlivonA spechlation /IS 10 the result, George Magee under WS change of driver having touch improvva: When they started for the heat, Rocket led ley alength, which a fly en the part of Magee increased to three. The driver of Magee now pushed vignroudy for the heat, and with so ninth snecese that there wo. nut a length of dnyligllt I.ol l heell thf 1101$tii ito they owning avotkio the Lome stretch, Pawn they citmei Rocket lending by a length—looking like it winner—when lo ! he breaks, and the driver of Magee, itnieitly availing himself of this, his only chance, sped his horse home the winner of the heat, in 2.43. At the word, Magee was half a length ahead; and in this position they swung around the first turn, passed the quarter-We, And ihto the stretch, Itore Hope loft hit fret, anti the hay horse took up a position a length ahead, when they swung, around th ehome stretch. The driver of Magee now took his horse in hand for the final struggle, and in afe yards had lapped him. Down they came, lapped neck in neck, when, within filly yards of the stand, Rocket was carried off his feet by the pace, and George Magee won the beat, amid the r pplause of the spectators, in 2.41. Dark coming on, the race was s -t ponvd until Thursday week. SenuAnv.—Firat race, match for B—, mile heats, beat three in fire to harness. Mr. Turner names b. h. Rocket 1 1 2 2 M. Jackson names o. h. George Magee 2 2 1 1 Time, 2.44; 2.41; 2.43: 2.41. Serena race, mile heats; match for 5100, owners to drive: best two in three to harness. r. Van OMen names 1. in. Lilly 3.1 r. Miller names g.m. Gentle Annie Time, ; Reported Capture of Mississippi City by the Blockading Fleet. ==3l FATED "FIRE IN TliE IMAM" [From tlie Cincinnati llarctte, Sept. 28.] The Louisville mail-boat •S'itperior, which ar rived at our wharf at an early hour yesterday, brought up, among other passengers, a Now York merchant, direct from New Orleans, and an official fiem Charleston who left that city about ten days since, both of Whom have placed us in possession of important information. The names of the gen tlemen we suppress, for obviom reasons. The New Yorker, a shrewd business man "of con siderable intelligence, left New Orleans on the 20th instant. He says that just before his departure, intelligence was received in that city that Missis sippi City had been taken possession of by a por tion of the blockading fleet, cutting off the daily line of steamers plying between New Orleans and Mobile, by way of Lake Pontchartrain. The news, our informant says, created the wildest excitement in Drew Orleans, every body believing that the city would now he attacke,l and if so, mast speedily fall, as no preparations had been made for a fire in the rear. The rumor may be unfounded, but our informant says it was generally believed, and that no des patches were allowed to be sent over the wires, the telegraph being in the hands of the military au thorities. Be also says that rumors wcro current in the ex treme South of a• descent upon the Texas coast, and it was believed that several places had fallen into the bands of the Federal troops. The Army in Wekern Virr,mia (From the Cincinnati Gazette of Sept. 2.5. On Tuesday, General Roseerans was at Cross Lanes, expecting to more, during this week, to Gauley Bridge. General Cox moved forward from Gantry Bridge, on the Lewisburg turnpike, to at. tack Wise and Floyd, who were entrenched at Big bewail Mountain. On the route, ho was joined by Colonel McCook's German Brigade. On their ap proach, Wise and Floyd abandoned their en. trenched position and fled to Lewisburg, where they are supposed to ho waiting for another ad- SIMCO to again take to flight. There are no indi cations of any immediate movements in Western 'Virginia. Reynolds and Leo are still watching each other at Cheat Mountain. CITY ITEMS. A TTENI.7.ON is invited to an adyertisement in tv-a.y',F paper, offering a Woollen Milt la 'Sew ,kreasy for sale. A CARD.—The undersigned regret having to announce to the ladies that, in consequence of on fereNern delay, they old not be able to open their new Cloak and mantilla Store. N. E. corner Tenth tool Cheat streets, until to•morrow, (Iliethiestlits,) October '~•l. • TERRAPINS . , OYSTERS, .A.ND CII'CKEN SALAD. —TIIP torm . .c 111.. , it:will 1.0 p10,i , 0,t t o Iran that Mr. iktily colot.ritteil r..sittettce LA at _No. .250 glatth gtroot, is prerat ,. .l lit rm.,,m, terml iu., ItYatora, and attekatl. alltail I . ol' privati. entertain 11..0, In thn hest style of his art. We ',oldish his card in our illiTertisitig cohanns, lit 101411 we refer Our readers. • JEFF. DA v ts.-1 t is said this arch traitor nuother proclamation to the people of the Cotton Confederacy. Like the precious doeuntent written by him, it will speak of the great necessity of properly equipping' tin rr;tel soldiers, who, unlike' the Northern Irottli , , are 11:1311b , Iu Vro , ll'l , their military Suit,; at the Palatial Etint.th4uneul of Gram iile Stokes, Foe 609 Chestnut street. This estattliihment Li daily crowded by numbers of our army and navy officers, all of whom unite in eat) log that the best and cheapest uni forms eau be obtained at this prince of clothing depots, No_ gin Chestnut street. THE STARS AND STILIPB.4 OSt MBRSOB II S Thi.i..—The Stars and Stripe r s have taken the place of the Secession raison 'Munson's Hill; its ramparts area.- sertrd by ragged rebels, while stout-hearted and loyal men are now doing duty there, dressiid in substantial and ulummt uniform., frum the Brown Stone Clothing h ail of Hockleill It; Wilson, Nos. OW and OS Chestnut street, above Sixth. This firm Continues the important ork of manufacturing garments for loyal soldiers; and every rank, from a major to a private, can procure his uniform there ou the shortest possible notice. FINANCIAL AM) COMMERCIAL. The stock market was a trifle more animated to day, timugh the LIMINtIetiOEIR were light. City sixes sold at 801 for the new leave; Pennsylvania Railroad second mortgage sixes at 88; Minehill Railroad shares at ; Rending Railroad stock sold before boards at 171, at the first board at 17i, and closed at 174. The money market presents no new features. $3,7n6,000 $3,652,000 $635,000 $716,000 North A, oriea.. 3,281,998 3,218,223 594,223 615,213 Farm Mech... 4,663.360 4,519,895 940,8161,023,740 I,:alancreial......' 1,663,1)00 1,588,000 2/5,000 26:3,000 Mech:w ire' 1,702,720 1,7011,1100 217,700 223,642 '417001 003,61.6 002,417 51i11,415. :243,004 Rennin:2ln 685,126 677,191' 121,313 121,671 l'etna Towuniiip 722,040 652,T)) 117,481: 111,831 Weitern. 1,542,673 1,493,424 342,865 326,483 Matt