THE PRESS.
PUBLBKILD DAILY, (SUNDAYS NIOEPTIIIM
BY JOHN W. FORNEY,
OFPIOE No. 417 CHESTNUT STREET.
DAILY PRESS,
rWSLTM CHUTS FAR WSRK, payable to the Carrier.
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Six DocLsaa
Pax ANNUM, FOUR DOLLARS FOR EIGHT MONTHS, THEM
DOLLARS FOR Six MONTRB-111,2Xiaby in advance for
the time ordered.
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Ma sa to Subscribers out of We City at Taus. Dor,
iblitS PSI ANNUL in advance
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
FALL SEASON.
1861.
W. S. STEWART & CO.,
Importers and Jobbers of
SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS,
NO. 305 MARKET STREET.
Buyers will find in our stock a full assortment of
BLACK AND OTHER STAPLE SILKS,
'Together With a variety of
NEW AND TASTY DRESS GOODS.
Just received, also, a large ini'oice of
MANTILLA CLOTHS AND CLOAR/liffSt
Ta Ithkekg, Plaids, and Plain Colors.
Also—
BLACK AND BROWN ALL.WOOL REPELLANTS
Possessing the best facilities for obtaining goods, we
are enabled to offer our stock on the most favorable
terms. oel
CLOTHS AND CASSIM_ERES.
NET CASH CLOTH STORE.-
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ELLIS & HARROP,
U. 225 MARKET STREET, UP STAIRS.
A new and desirable Fall Stock of Cloths, Casaimerea,
greetings, &c., sold low for cash, in lengths to =it pur
chasers. eeltidm
CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
- E NGLISH WATER-PROOF
CLOAKS.
(AQUASCUTUM.)
BLACK-MIXED CLOAKS,
GRAY-MIXED CLOAKS,
BROWN-MIXED CLOAKS,
CLARET-MIXED CLOAKS,
OPENING
EVERY MORNING
J. W. PROCTOR & Co.,
HS CHESTNUT STREET
CARPETINGS.
CARPET STORE,
No. 47, ABOVE CHESTNUT,
I am now offering my Mock of
ENGLISH CARPETINGS,
EMBRAOING EVERY VARIETY AND STYLE
Imported expressly for City Retail Sales, at Prices
LESS THAN PRESENT COST OF IMPORTATION.
J. T. DELACROIX.
G L EN ECHO MILLS,
GERMANTOWN, FA.
MCCALLUM & Co..
LIANUFACTIIRERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS.
509 •CRESTNITT STREET,
CARPETING-5,
OM CLOTHS, &a.
We Mays mow on hand an extensive stock of Carpet.
fogs of our own and other makes, to which we call the
attention of cash and abort time buyers. sell-2m
NEW CARPETINGS.
J. F. & E. -B. ORNE,
619 CELESTE= STREET—OPPOSITE STATE
HOUSE,
Are now owning, from Custom House Stores. their
FALL ThIPORTATIONS
NEW C3ARPETINGS
1.000 pieces J. CROSSLEY & SONS' TAPESTRY
OARPETB, from
671 - OTS. TO S 1 PER YD I
6-4 TAPESTRY VELVET;
FRENCH AUBUSSON;
FINE AXMINSTER;
ROYAL WILTON;
EXTRA. ENGLISH BRUSSELS;
HENDERSON & CO.'s VENITIAN;
ENGLISH INGRAIN CARPETS;
ALL OF NEW CHOICE STYLES
IHAVING BEEN INVOICED BEFORE THE LATE
ADVANCE IN THE TARIFF,
Will be sold at
MODERATE PRICES.
ants-2m
:HEAP CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS,
AND WINDOW SHADES.—Y, E. ARCHAM-
ItAITLT, N. E. corner ELEVENTH and MARKET
Streets, will open, from auction, this morning, Ingrain.
Carpets, wool filling,
25, 31, and 37 cents; Ingrain Car
pate, all wool, 37, 45, 60, and 62 cents; Entry and Stair
Carpets, 12, 16, 25, 31, 37, 50, and 62 cents; Hem,
Yarn, and Rag Carpets, 18, 25, 31, and 37 cents; Floor
'Oil Cloths, 31, 37, 45, and 50 cents; Gilt-Bordered Win
dow Shades,so, 62, 75, and 87 cents; Green and Buff
Window Roland, do. Cheap Dry Goods and Carpet
Store, N. E. corner ELEVENTH and MARKET
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MILLINERY GOODS.
, 1 0 MILLINERY AND
STRAW GOODS.
.ROSENHEIM,
BROOKS, &
431 MARKET STREET,
Invite the attention of
MERCHANTS AND MILLINERS
To their well-assorted stock of
RIBBONS, BONNET BILES,
-VELVETS, FLOWERS, STRAW GOODS,
land every other article in their line.
A superior brand of
SLACK VELVET RIBBONS
ael3-2m Alwaya on hand.
114 - DLLINERY GOODS, of the latest
1.11 styles and fashions, new open at my store, and will
rbe sold cheaper than anywhere, for cash. Milliners and
- Nerchants are invited to call and examine before pur
chasing °Lumbers.
M. BERNREIN,
serram No. 8 N. THIRD Street, above Market.
N. B.—Six per cent. discount deducted for cash.
Ll)"l . dAgjilllE . wmUl
VABINET FURNITURE AND Bib.
N." LIAM) T ZOOM
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 26 Sortth SECOND Street,
Jn connection with their extensive Cabinet Business are
lanw manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
And have now on band a full supply, finished with the
11100815 & GAMF/Obre IMPBOYEDMONO,
which are pronounced, by all who have used them, to be
superior to all others.
For the quality and finish of these Tables the mann.
!lecturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
'Union who are familiar with the character of their work.
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LOOKING GLASSES.
- 1 - KMEkBE REDeaION
LOOKING GLASSES,
OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS,
PICTURE AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES.
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
816 CHESTNUT STREET,
Announce the reduction of 25 per cent. in the prices of all
4001 Manufactured Stock of Looking Glasses; also, in
'/Ingrewings, Picture and Photograph Frames, Oil Paint.
lugs. The largest and moat elegant aseortment In the
:ountry. A rare opportunity is now offered to make purl
wham; in thia line For Cash, at remarkably Low Prim*
EARLE'S GALLERIES,
816 CHESTNUT Street.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
:1 - oHti WELSH, Practical SLATE
zr zoom, THIRD Street and GERMANTOWN
Read, is preparbd to put on any amount of 800 WING,
an the met MODERATE TERMS. Will guaranty to
Wake every Building perfectly Water-tight.
sir Orders promptly attended to.
Ey-ANs & WATSON'S
SALAMANDER SAFES
STORE,
16 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA, P 4..
A large variety of rnmrsoor sArEs always
OR hand.
HARDWARE.
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY,
cheap for Cash and short Credit, by MOOSE
MENSZEY, 427 MARKET street, Philadelphia.
sel3.lm
NAILS! NAILS ! NAlLS!—Har
risburg Nail Depot, 509 COMMERCE St. The
best Nails manufactured for $2.65 cash. All sizes.
se23-Im W. W. KNIGHT & SON & CO.
fIOTTON SAIL DUCK find CAN.
V TAB, of all numbers and brands.
Bayou'. Duck Awning Twills, of all descriptions, for
Tents, Awnings, Trtmks, and Wagon Covers.
Also, Paper Manufacturer.' Drier Felts, from Ito $
feet wide. Tarpaulins, Belting, Sell Twine, go.
JOHN W. BvERDIAN a Co-,
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VOL. 5. - NO. 54.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
WELLING,
No. 116 CHESTNUT STREET,
Offer, by the Package, the following Hakes and Descrip
tions of Goods:
PRINTS.
DIINNELL MFG. CO. - GREENE MFG. CO
BLEACHED COTTONS.
Bay Mill, Longale, Hope, Blackstone, Greene Mfg. Co.,
Red Bank, Mariposa, Jamestown, Slatereville, Belvidere,
Centralsle, *O.
BROWN COTTONS.
Fredonia, Ohio, Groton, Silver Spring, Glenville, Nagle,
Mechanics' and Farmers' Union, &c.
CORSET JEANS.—Glasgow, Manchester.
DENIMS AND STRIPES.—Grafton. Jewett City,
Slatereville, Agawam, Keystone, Choctaw.
CANTON manqns.—Slateraville, Agawam, Shell.
SILESIAS.—Smith's, Lonodale, Diamond Hill
WOOLENS.
ARMY BLUE CLOTHS AND RERUNS
BROAD CLOTHS.—Bottomley'a, Pomeroy's, Glenham
Company.
CASSIMERES AND DOESSlNS.—Greenfield, Gay%
Steams'.
SATINETS.—Bass River, Crystal Springs, Conyers-
vile, Hope, Staffordville, Converse and Hyde, Con
verse Brothers, Bridgewater.
ALSO,
Flannels, Linseys, Kentucky Jeans, Nankeens, Ticklnge,
Colored Cambrics, Printed Cloakings, Bc. au9fmw3m
WILLIAMS' FLANNELS
ANGOLA, MERINO, SAXONY, Era.
VARIOUS WIDTHS AND QUALITIES.
For sale by
WELLING, COFFIN,IBc7Co.
su9-fmw3m
FROTHINGHA3I & WELLS,
.34 SOUTH FRONT AND 35 LETITIA STREET,
OFFER FOR SALE
BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETINGS,
SHIRTINGS,
DRILLS, JEANS, SILECIAS,
CANTON FLANNELS,
FROM THE
MASSACHUSETTS, GREAT FALLS,
LACONIA, LYMAN,
EVERETT,DWIGHT
LOWELL, !t:f CABOT,
IPSWICH, CHICOPEE, and
11A.ALPDRE:, BARTLET MILLS.
LIKEWISE,
A FULL ASSORTMENT OF
SHAWLS, BEAVER CLOTHS, TRICOTS,
CASSIMERES, FLANNELS, TWEEDS,
BLANKETS, AND ARMY
GOODS,
FROM THE WASHINGTON TE BAT STATE,)
AND OTHER MILLS. ocl-3m
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, &
HUTCHINSON,
No. 112 CHESTNUT STREET,
COXBUBSION M RCHANTS
lOR TAN SAL A OV
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
se2B-6m
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
1861. F
E FALL 0
S.
RIEGEL, BAIRD, & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
DRY GOODS.
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Prompt-paying merchants are respectfully
invited to examine our large and carefully-se
lected stock of desirable goods, which will be
sold at prices to suit the times.
sc2B.2m
JAMES, KENT,
SANTEE, & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS .
OP
DRY GOODS.
Nos. 239 and 241 North THIRD Street, above Race,
Have now open their usual
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF FOREIGN
AND DOMESTIC GOODS,
Among which will be found a general assortment of
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
Pr . CASH BUYERS SPECIALLY INVITED.
sel7-2m
THOMAS MELLOR & CO.,
Nos. 40 and 42 NORTH THIRD Street,
HOSIERY HOUSE,
LINEN IMPORTERS and
SHIRTFRONT MANUFACTURERS.
Importations direct from the Manufactories. sell-2m
YARD' G_T_LIJMOILE, & Co..
Kos. 617 CIIEBTRUT and 614 JAYNE threat%
Have now hi store a full and well-assorted stock of
FALL AND WINTER SILK GOODS
DRESS GOODS,
GLOVES, SHAWLS, La.
With their usual assortment of
Whim GOODS,
EMBROIDERIES, Lc.,
to which they invite the attention of buyers. eel-lm
1861. TO CASH BUYERS. 1861.
H_ C. LAUGHLIN & Co.,
No. 503 MARKET STREET,
Are receiving daily, from the PHILADELPHIA and
NEW YORK AUCTIONS, a general assortment of
MERCHANDISE, bought for CASH.
CASH BUYERS are especially invited to call and ex
amine our Stock. otS-tf
1861. FALL GOODS. 1861.
FRESH ASSORTMENT.
DALE. ROSS, & CO,
621 MARKET STREET,
Rave received s and are now opening, a fresh stock of
FALL & WINTER GOODS
Which will be sold low for CASH and on Short credits.
LP' Buyers are respectfully invited to call and ex.
amine our stock. au3l-2m
IMPORTANT.
Send. all Money and Packages of Merchan
dise for places in the Eastern States, New
York, and Canada, by BARNDEN'S EX
PRESS, No. 248 Chestnut street.
They collect Notes, Drafts, &c., and Bills,
with or without Goods. Their Express is
the oldest in the United States.
Express Charges on a single case,
or small lot of Goods, arc less than
by any other conveyance. selo-2m
HIDES AND GOAT SKINS.—An
in
voice per schooner niaman's Pride, from St.
Darts, for sale by JAURETCHE & CA.RSTAIRS, 202
and 204 South FRONT Street. oel-tf
O 01L-1.75 Baskets Fresh
Oil, just received per bark Auguat, for Bale
by JALTItETCHE CARSTAERS, 202 and 204 South
FRONT Street: ocl.tf
gt't ',11:rt65.
FRIDAY, OCTOBEB, 4, 1861.
A Lady's Journey from Richmond to
Philadelphia,
THROUGH TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY,
[For The Press.]
"Tell her," said L. P. Walker, the Secretary of
War, tell her I know it is very ungallant to re
fuse a lady—l regret the necessity—but I cannot
let any one leave Virginia unless at the head of an
army."
This was not my first endeavor to obtain a pass
port, nor was it my last failure. For some months
I had felt the necessity of returning North, but
obstacles met me at every turn. First., I delayed
until Virginia seceded—then I could not pass
through Maryland, it was too dangerous. I could
not get a passport from Richmond to Norfolk, so I
could not get to Fortress Monroe. My next plan
was to seek information at headquarters ; so Mem
minger, the Secretary of the Treasury, was written
to. He replied I could obtain a passport to Gen.
Beauregard, who would send me over the line,
but he would not advise a lady to attempt it. I
fancied myself mounted behind a trooper, waving
a white flag over my head, scouring through the
camps. I, however, took Mr. Memmingor's advice,
and did not go; I had no idea of playing neutral
or target in a skirmish. When at last I found I
could get to Norfolk, Gen.. Huger, the officer com
manding there, wrote he had no communication
with the fortress, and could send no one over. If
I had been on the spot, I might have watched and
slipped off as so many others did, but I was forty
miles south of Richmond, and had no such opportu
nities to seize. Finally, I decided to take the only
route open—through Tennessee and Kentucky. It
Was long and circuitous, and I would have no ea_
eort ; but it was probably my last chance until the
close of the war. After the battle of Manassas, the
strietnes' of the War Department relaxed suffi
ciently to give me a passport, and I started home.
As well as I remember, this was the form :
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA:
WAR DEPAIIT3IENT.
•
Jane Smith has nermission to visit Nashville on
his boner as a man that he will not reveal anything he
may have learned, - to the disadvantage of the Confederate
States, for the purpose of publication.
L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War.
The laughable confusion of gender resulted ffom
its being a printed form, and the Secretary was too
busy to notice or correct the mistake. This form
left me at liberty to communicate any information
verbally, or in any way not for publication. A
" Yankee never would have left this loophole.
When I got my ticket to go the first few miles at
an insignificant country depot, the agent asked for
my passport and scrutinized it with care, but after
this I was not asked to show it on the route.
When I parted with the friend who had gone as
far as he could with me, I settled myself comforta
bly in my seat and looked around at my com
panions. There was the usual assortment—
gentlemen of forty, • important and fussy old
ladies, young girls who hunt in couples, tra
velling mothers with fretful children, and indifferent
husbands, nondescript men, and talkative women.
Just as I was congratulating myself on the few pas
sengers and the possibility of having a double seat
—and every one knows what a luxury this is—an
old Irish woman entered, with a little boy with
the dirtiest face marked in furrows by his tears,
who looked at the seat and at me, so I turned
the seat back, and she sat down. Soon the child
rambled off, and the old woman disappeared ; when
I found she was really gone, I was lost in con
jecture as to where she had gone. She had not
gone out from her seat, I knew ; I looked at the
'window, but the size forbid any solution of the
question through it. As I was still - puzzled, the
cars stopped, and I heard a snore apparently from
under the car. I looked over the seat, and there
she was, fast asleep on the floor. I noticed after
this that it was decidedly the old woman's pre
ference, as she would soon slide down from her
seat at every change.
At Lynchburg I got my baggage checked to Nash
ville, but they were not equally considerate with
the owner. for my ticket was only to Chattanooga,
153 miles from Nashville. Here the characters of
the passengers changed somewhat, for we hed.the
addition in one car of a number of the members of
the Fourth Alabama Regiment. Nearly all the
party had been wounded at Manassas. Of course
they were not the worst cases, for, although many
were on crutches, none had lost a limb; but their
cases were horrible enough to make their fellow
travellers realize some of the delights of war. One
fine young fellow had been struck by a ball in the
elbow. It had passed out, but struck a large nerve
in its progress, and, in consequence, he was the
most nervous man I ever saw. He could not bear
the slightest touch anywhere on his person, and he
kept his feet, his head, and the uninjured hand wet
all the time. I leave his case to the scientific, but
this was his account. It was pleasant to see the at
tention paid him by his comrades; in fact, the
greatest consideration was shown them all by the
passengers. Although the care were crowded, there
was never any difficulty in getting a whole seat for
each of them, ladies standing up to accommodate
them. A wounded soldier demands the sympathy
and attention of all, and thelentleman who went to
Manassas as a nurse, and returned because he said
they gave him " Yankees " to nurse, was an ex
ceptional case, for the wounded prisoners in Rich
mond met with every care and attention; and what
ever sins the South is responsible for, neglect of
these sick is not among the number. Some of the
populace at first asked them insolent and taunting
questions, but as soon as the officers heard it they
were rebuked, and the sick removed out of the
way. One poor fellow cried out to a number, , c You
would not dare, none of you, to speak to me thus if
I was not wounded and in your power!" a rebuke
that silenced the men, and compelled the respect
of all who heard him. Others, less brave, or more
quiet, would simply cover their heads with the
blanket that had keen thrown over them, and make
no answer. One of the Fire Zouaves, it was said,
who had lost both of his legs and one arm, was
being very carefully lifted into an ambulance, when
he lifted his only remaining limb and cried, ( 4 I
Came here hating you, and I'll continue hating
you!" lam inclined to think this man lived.
Any one with such a superabundance of energy
could hold death at bay for some time.
G 1861.
I managed my journey with so much dexterity,
that I crossed all the mountains at night, and so
missed the finest part of the scenery. This first
night I looked in vain from the ear Witicloiri. The
darkness gave no sign of our passing through the
long tunnel, for it was dark alike, and the only
knowledge I could have bad of our passage over
the mountain, would have been of a sudden de
seent over a precipice. This we were saved, and I
passed safely and unconsciously over. I met a
very pleasant gentleman this night, who had been
at the battle of Manassas, as the captain of a com
pany of two ! He heard the fight was going on ;
ah e knew it was t 9 be a free fight, and he wanted
to be in it, so there were two young soldiers who
wanted to go, and he headed them, and they set
off." As they neared the field, the road became
lined with flying men, all reiterating the same cry,
" The day is lost ; the United States soldiers Will
enter Richmond ;" but when he reached the scene
the tide had turned. Davis had just made his ap
pearance, and shouts of welcome and triumph were
going up from the Confederates.
Ile found he was more needed among the wound
ed than among the combatants, so he gave his at
tention to them. On the field he found a beauti
ful hair watch-chain, he said, with a medallion,
containing two portraits of the same lady ; the case
was marked E. N. Throekmorton." Where is
the poor fellow, and who was this young girl ?
Speaking of spoils from the field, some one asked
these Alabamians if they had any mementoes of
the day. "I have one," said one, "and I am
ashamed to tell it ; it is the arm-bone of a Yankee."
When we reached Bristol it was near morning, and
when we changed cars there were so many soldiers
from Bristol stopping there, in consequence, I be
lieve, of an accident the day before, that I passed
through the cars two or three times without getting
seat; there were plenty unoccupied, but they
were taken by "gentlemen," I was told. South
ern politeness in travelling is proverbial, and, in
peaceful times, may justify its reputation when
passengers are few and conductors can better at
tend to their duties ; but, until I Chattanooga,
I did not meat a conductor who was, in the slight
est attentive, nor a gentleman who treated a lady
with anything but profound indifference Finally,
I stood out on the platform, waiting for the con
ductor, when a lady obtained me a Hat, Here
another member of the Irish family came and sat
down L y me. I was willing to give my seat to the
old woman. for she, in the first place, had a right
to it, and then, her age was a sufficient plea for
her; but I cannot say I entertained any very
agreeable sentiments toward this neighbor. she
was, I should judge, perfumed with boiled cab
bages, and decorated with a superabundance of
the dust from which we sprang; she was very
sleepy, and, every few minutes, her
,dirty white
bennet would come sweeping over my face on its
way to my shoulder; then she had a pleasant way
of sitting so as to occupy two-thirds of the seat,
and looking at me with amazement and giving a
groan as I desired her to turn around and give me
more room. Probably she thought me as imperti
nent as I thought her disagreeable to my olfactory
nerves.
The portion of 'Tennessee we passed through this
morning was very beautiful, rolling grassy hills and
beautiful woods ; purple asters, the highest I ever
caw, grew almost in hedges along the traek. I saw
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1861.
in the woods a most beautiful flower; we were
passing too quickly to See it well, bat the great
scarlet spike looked unlike anything I had ever
seen. We expected to reach Knoxville at twelve,
and connect there with the Nashville train, but,
when we were ten or twelve miles from the town,
we found that there had been an accident on the
down train, and a freight train lay shattered on the
road. When we reached it we wore forced to leave
our car, and walk about a quarter of a mile over a
very stony field, and take another train on the
other side of the ruin. This delayed us so that we
reached Knoxville an hour and a half too late for
the train, and were compelled to remain there un
til twelve the next day. The town was crowded.
I was told I could not get a room anywhere. I
was, however, waiting on the portico of a building
for the omnibus to return, when 1 was told I could
get a room there ; so I went in a long hall, extended
down the middle of the house, with small rooms on
each side, all apparently filled with man lying on
beds, or tilted back in chairs. As far as I could
discover, there was no parlor in the house. I was
shown into the room. It was, I confess, different
from any I ever saw before. The floor, which was
perfectly innocent of any acquaintance with carpet,
was black in irregular spots, some older and dirtier
than others, making a brown and black mosaic of
the rough planks.
The furniture consisted of a bed, table, and
chair ; these were all covered with dust. The bed
seemed to be straw, with a very decided sink in the
middle. Words will fail to describe the sheets and
pillow-cases; their color seemed worn into them--
and such a color as it was ! I can say nothing of
the original pattern of the basin and pitcher, for
their grimy coat concealed it effectually. My
retreat from this apartment was decided. I sought
better fortune somewhere else in the town. As the
omnibus drove away, I gave a look backward, and
there were the whole family of my Irish friends,
sitting in a group, some on the ground, some on the
steps of the platform, surrounded by boxes, bundles,
and baskets_
By the aid of some coolness in telling the land-
lord of the hotel to which I went, that I must have
accommodations, after he had told me that the
house was filled, a fact corroborated by many who
were waiting in the parlor roomless, I got a very
pleasant room with a young lady whose husband
had started with his company to the Kentucky
border, from Knoxville. I found there was consi
derable excitement here ; the town was alive with
soldiers, many having already left for Kentucky.
As I sat theft, just before supper, congratulating
myself on mysuperior accommodations--for I soon
. found I was better off than most of my comps.
nions—Mrs. A.'s husband returned, and I was
turned oat. I then found I was to share a bed
spread on the floor in a private parlor for another
lady.
This evening I met a young Southerner, whose
ideas concerning the final peace arrangements de
serve record. He thought the war would virtually
be over in May. That Lincoln then would propose
a re-union to the South, and invite her back ; this
she would decidedly reject; then he would pro-.
pose a separation, the South paying a proportion of
the expenses of the Government during the war;
this she would reject with indignation ;
after some parleying, she would be recognized as an
independent power. This view, he said, was ori
ginal, and I agreed with him that it was, for I
bare beard many prophecies, but none like this.
I beg his pardon if I have not stated his views cor
rectly, but I thus understood them. It seems to
be the general opinion South that this war will be
a short one, and May, 1662, is given as the limit ;
by that time they expect, through the force of their
arms, and the influence of their cotton, to force the
United States Government to a recognition of their
independence. England is looked on as a powerful
auxiliary bringing about this state of affairs, for al
though they have no reliance on her sympathy or
kind feeling, they feel she is wide awake to her in
terests, and wants cotton, and likes a low tariff, to
say nothing of her willingness to see her young and
powerful rival shorn of some of his strength by a
division.
We left Knoxville the next day at twelve, The
first persons I saw on entering the car were these
Irish people, looking for seats ; after they secured
theirs I found mine, at a respectful distance, think
ing " they stop at Nashville, and I am secure to
there." This illusion was soon dispelled, for I had
the pleasure of sitting behind them from Chat
tanooga to Nashville, and found they were going to
New York ! We reached •Chattanooga, and I saw
nothing of this region of country, passing among
the mountains again at night.
Here, for the first time, I found an obliging and
gentlemanly conductor. I found, to my chagrin,
that the checks had been changed at Knoxville, and
one of my trunks left at Chattanooga, and I should
be obliged to wait a day longer at Nashville for it.
My only consolation was that some of my compan
ions would get a day's start of me, and I would
have boiled cabbages no longer; but in the
gray of the next morning one of them said
to me, " Faire isn't it too bad ! lie has left
one of our trunks, and we will have to wait
a day for them at the next place we some to—what's
the name ?" "Nashville," I told her with a silent
groan, repeating to myself—
, What is written is written 3 our fate
Comes to us whether we strive or wait,
Whether to it or from it we Hee."
!CONCLUDED TO-MORROW.]
Where Can a Great Naval Expedition
Strike the Heaviest Blow'?
There are two great leading central points at
which Southern commerce concentrates. These
are Charleston and New Orleans. The former bus
made Tennessee, Upper Georgia, Lower North
Carolina, and even a portion of Southern Kentucky,
tributary to her commerce and growth, by her wide
spread net-work of railroads. For a decade she
has from this cause been rapidly increasing in
wealth and consequence. The capture and holding
of Charleston by the Federal forces would be a
strong blow at the commerce of the South, and
would be of importance as a great contributing
agent toward crushing this unnatural rebellion.
In amoral point of view it would be of vast mo
ment. There treason had its inception; there it
was nourished for the third of a century, amid sun
shine and storm, " through evil and through good
report ;" and there it first outcropped into open
warfare upon the most benignant Government
known to history. There our own citizens for the
first time hauled down our national standard, and
trampled that proud ensign under foot. The ve
riest foreign foe would not have hailed its lowering
with such hellish glee, such fiendish revelling de
light The recapture of Sumpter, and the eleva
tion of our starry emblem circa more over its
ramparts, would thrill the nation's heart with trans
ports of joy. The elevation of the red cross over
the Highlands never:inspired the Rhoderick Dims
and Rob Roys more keenly than this would stir
the depths of the popular hearts ; though in one
ease plunder and destruction were the incentives,
aad in the other restoration and reconstruction:are
the inspiring motives.
Beyond this, the capture and occupancy of
Charleston would deter every European nation
from recognizing, or even entertaining the idea of
acknowledging, the independence of the rebellious
States; so much importance would they attach to
the suppression of rebellion in its very birthplace
and lair. Such conquest and possession would be
regarded as an event of the highest political signi
ficance, and therefore, of the greatest diplomatic
importance.
The approaches to Charleston, by sea and land,
its means of defence, and the means of assault, are
so well known and were so much discussed during
the threatened and actual assault upon Fort Sump
ter, that farther discussion of them is unnecessary.
In this respect, any proposed assault upon New
Orleans is quite different. No attack has been made
upon that city for forty•six years. Hence there has
been little or no attention paid to them.
New Orleans is the great commercial and finan
cial emporium of the South. A recent report of
the specie basis of the banks shows that it reached
the sum of 514,000,000 within a month past. The
bankers of that city evidently distrust the solvency
of the Southern Confederacy, for at the meeting of
Southern bankers, held recently at Richmond, they
evinced no desire to invest in. Confederate bonds.
Would it not bo well enough to have this money
contribute to the payment of the expenses of the
war? Our forces may as well seize it as those of
the Confederate Government, for seized it will be,
and appropriated by the rebels, if we do not.
New Orleans is the great Southern cotton empo
rium. Superior cheapness of transportation by
water draws thither all the cotton produced in mid
dle and western Tennessee, Arkansas, eastern
Texas, and Mississippi. The tobacco, hemp, and
the 'Cereals of our vast Western empire, find their
way thither from the same cause. Halt a conti
nent pours its productive wealth into its bosom, and
finds thence its way to the markets of the world.
It is, in brief, the key to the wealth, the prosperity,
and advancement of fifteen States. Row important,
then, that it shall be controlled permanently and
effectively? Its possession would be of vast mate
rial benefit. It would afford us at once the means
of forcing the States of Texas, Louisiana, and west
ern Mississippi back to their allegiance, and serve
as the point from whence we could force our other
rebellious sisters of the Southwest back to their
duty. The fact of its capture would inspire the ut
most terror throughout the entire South. A moral
paralysis would fall upon the boldest leading spirits
of 5e00410121441,
now CAN NEW ORLEANS EEST BE TAKEN?
The river at the Balize divides into four branches,
discharging themselves respectively through Pass
a l'Outre, Northeast Pass, South Pass, and South-
west Pass. Above, where these four outlets begin,
thare are two forth, almost opposite to each other,
named Jackson and St. Philip. When this rebel
lion broke out they were not efficiently mounted,
and could easily have been taken. What additions
the traitor Twiggs has made to their defences is
not known. If they are well mounted it would be
very difficult for a fleet to pass up the main body
of the river.
There are, however, three other modes of ap
proach by water to the city. The one is through
lakes Borgne and Pontchartrain, another up the
Atchafalaya to Berivjek bay, and thence by bayous
Torel and Plaquemine to Iberville, one hundred
miles above New Orleans, and a third by way of
Grand Pass and 1)8.01 Lafourehe to Donaldsonville,
eighty miles above the city. By the first-named
route, vessels of from fifteen to eighteen feet
draught can be brought to the lake house located
five miles from the city. The troops landed there
can be taken up the canal by water, or can march
at once up the Shell road, the prettiest road in
America. Along it any amount of troops could be
marched. On either side of it and the canal, which
run parallel, the ground falls away into. a swamp
covered with dense undergrowth, affording mag
nificent covers for skiimishers or riflemen. These,
however, could bieaally brushed. There is not a
spot along the whole five miles of road upon which
there is any kind of fokilteation save barricades.
It is along this route that a heavy trade is car
ried on between Mobile and the Crescent City ; the
length of these two lakes, including the Rigolette,
is about 110 miles. At the entrance of Borgne, the
easternmost of the two, lie three islands, known as
Cat, Ship, and Horse Island. Upon the main, right
opposite to them, is Mitiktippi City, the post said to
have been lately seized and fortified by our troops.
Recent advices indicate that earthworks are being
thrown up on Cat and Ship islands. These, with
batteries constructed upon the northeastern tongue
of the Parish of St. Bernard, would effectually cut
off all commerce betvreim these two cities, and pre
vent the entrance or departure of any vessels co
ming from sea. At least a single armed vessel, in
addition, would effectually close the wide strait,
where Borgne debouches into the Gulf.
The Atchafalaya affords, at the Barrel Stakes,
only twelve feet of water, but above that any depth
needed, thirty or forty miles. Through it, and
Plaquemine, vessels of that draught can pass to
Iberville into the Mississippi, at any time from the
first of December to the first of June, when the
river is full.
Vessels of ten feet draught can go up the Bayou
Lafourche during the same season of the year.
Moreover, the western extremity of Borgne comes
within twelve miles of the city itself, and from
thence means could be found to march troops and
munitions of war, notwithstanding the swampy cha
racter of the country for the greater part of the
route.
Now Orleans can easily be taken, for the Con
federates have not the means of defending all
these flank approaches, as well as the approach by
the main river.
Doubtless other modes of access, as easy and
practicable as those pointed out, can be found
sbould it become necessary,
TRADE OF NEW ORLEANS \VIM TEXAS AND NORTH
ERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA
Much of the trade and travel between the city
and the districts named is carried on over the Now
Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad,
and also up the Atchafalaya through Old River
into the sea, and by the latter into Louisiana and
Texas. The blockade has so effectually cut off all
the commerce of Texas and Louisiana by sea that
much, if not all, of this trade finds its way west
ward by these tWO routes.
By seising and fortifying a village called Patter
sonville, on the Atchafalaya, and through which
the railroad passes, this entire trade can be out off.
To eut it off is as necessary a part of a system of
blockade as stationing a ship off one of the revolted
seaports. Every additional great barrier erected
against the free transit of their trade and travel is
equal in repressive effect to ten thousand men.
THE REBELLION.
INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH.
BRECKIIIIIIDGE INVITED TO JOIN THE REBELS,
MOVEMENMN THE POTOMAC.
The Rebel Troops at Yorktown.
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
PREPARATIONS FOR A GREAT BATTLE
WHEN IT MAT BE EXPECTED
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
Later From Fortress Monroe
and Hatteras Inlet.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Prince Polignac in the Rebel Army—
Breckinridge invited to Remove into the
Southern Confederacy.
We make up the following summary of South
ern news from the Richmond Enquirer of the
28th ult. :
Maryland Refugees
A party of six or seven refugees from St. Mary's
county, Maryland, reached this city, by the Fre
dericksburg train, on Friday. They brought with
them the uniforms and arms (pistols and sabres)
of a cavalry company, to winch they were at
tached.
A Notable Appointment
Prince Polignac, of France, has received an ap
pointment upon Gen. ileauregard's staff, with the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He is a grandson of
the famous Prince Polignee, who was imprisoned at
Ham for his fidelity to Charles X. He is reported
to be in close communication with Louis Napoleon,
and upon terse; of intimacy with Count liforny.
He comes highly recommended by our friends
in Paris. He is about thirty years old, and
exceedingly plain and unpretending. His family
has enjoyed the title of Prince for five hundred
years.
Lee and Rosecrans.
We have no such information as yet from West
ern Virginia as will relieve the suspense with which
men wait to hear from General Lee's and Rose
crane' commands. We have heard nothing from
that quarter on which we can rely.
Probable Death of Col. J. Knox Walker
The Memphis Appeal of the 29th says :
It is with great regret that we announce that the
family of Vol. J. Knox Walker, in this city, re.
ceived, yesterday, telegraphic intelligence that he
was dying. He had been complaining for some
days, and his disease had assumed the form of con
gestion of the brain. Mr. Walker is colonel of the
Second Regiment of Tennessee, and was private
secretary to President Polk.
Cotton in Florida.
The Apalachicola Times of last week, in its weekly
cotton statement, repoits the stock on hand in that
port at 7,848 bales, but adds : a, We would remark
that from prudential motives the stock of cotton
appearing in the above statement has been removed
t 0 the intericr,"
Federal Naval Expeditions.
We are awaiting with anxiety (says the Pica
yune) to learn where the Lincoln naval expedition
is to strike. Suppositions vary considerably, but
they point most generally to Brunswick, in Geor
gia; Fernandina, in Florida; the Gulf coast be
tween Mobile and New Orleans, or to the vicinity
of Wilmington, in North Carolina. The enemy
have it in their power to annoy us very considera
bly by these piratical descents, but without doing
us any serious injury or gaining to themselves any
substantial advantage.
No More Furloughs.
Among the on dits current in military circles on
Friday, was one to the effect that, in consequence
of the general abuse of furloughs, no more would
be issued from the War Department ? even to the
sick desiring leave of absence.
Affairs on the Potomac.
A few days ago a correspondent wrote us that a
considerable number of the enemy's vessels were
cruising the Potomac, and had apparently taken
position somewhere near Cockpit Point, which is a
few miles below the month of the Occcluau. We
presume it was some ofthe vessels of this fleet that
tempted Walker to move the artillery to the river
bank, and tender them his compliments. The can
nonade took place on Wednesday last, and retuned
in severely crippling one or two of the enemy's
steamers, a 9 we are informed. Walker's battery
has been reinforced, it will be remembered, by
" Long Tom," which the enemy so obligingly brought
to Bull Run, and leftthere for our use.
Foreign Vessels at New Orleans.
The collector of the port of New Orleans an
/301.111QCS officially in the papers that Towels from
foreign countries will be allowed to enter any har
bor on our coast and discharge their cargoes, with
out regard to the same being an established port of
entry.
Coal and Wood.
Fears are entertained of a scarcity of coal and
wood at Richmond. It is estimated that about one
hundred cords of wood are daily purchased by the
Confederate Government agents for the use of the
army, and , every source of supply is already being
taxed to nearly its utmost capacity- The follow
ing are the ruling prices of the fuel Dew in the
market Best lump coal from 25 to 28 cents, and
smith's coal from 121 to 15 cents per bushel.
quality oak wood from $5.75 to $6 per cord . ; pipe
from $5 to $5.50 per cord.
Tredegar Iron Works.
Those works, at Richmond, have now 1,000 won
45 4 1 14. At &moat the *ft* mtitity - 10 bolos
displayed, and from nix to eight small and about
six large guns are turned out weekly. Quite a
number of percussion shells are ready packed for
transhipment to Charleston, and about two hundred
shells are each day sent to the laboratory to be
filled. On Wednesday, a monster ten-inch colum
bled, weighing about seventeen thousand pounds,
and having a range of four miles, was being rifled,
a process whioh would occupy about two days.
Three of these enormous cannon are cad each
week, in the average, and six of them were, on
Wednesday, undergoing the process of baring, pre
paratory to being rifled. The establishment is also
largely engaged in the manufacture of gun-car
riages, for field batteries and for heavy ord
nance.
Miscellaneous,
Governor Brown, of Georgia, has, by proclama
tion, exempted from military duty all telegraph,
express, and railroad employees, all employees of
the State or Confederate Governments, and all per
sons engaged in the manufacture of articles for
military use.
In Captain Faulkner's company, of Autaguß,
Alabama, about to start for Richmond, each man
is furnished with a knife, the blade of which is
nineteen inches long, and weighs two pounds and a
half.
During the absence of the blockading steamer
from Tampa, Florida, the local militia removed the
oil and fixtures from the light-house on Egmont
Key, and took them to Tampa.
A powder manufacturing company has boon
chartered by the Legislature of North Carolina,
located at Charlotte, and another near Raleigh.
A cannon foundry has been commenced in Co
lumbus, Georgia, by Messrs. W. R. Brown 4k, Co.
Iron cotton-ties are now manufactured in Shelby
county i Alabama.
A large number of army wagons arrived at Rich•
mond on the 26th. They were made near that city,
and covered with fine canvas coverlids.
Gen. Henry A. Wise is expected soon to arrive in
Richmond, to report to the War Department in per
son.
A public meeting in Westmoreland county, VA.,
has invited the Ron. John C. Breckiwridge to
take up his residence in the Southern Con fede
racy, «where he will be properly appreceated and
cherished."
The Southern Direct Trade Convention meets in
Macon, Ga., on the 14th Ootober.
A despatch dated Wilmington, N_ C_. 26th ult.,
says reliable information reports five Federal ves
sels off New Inlet, and two off Western Bar.
A large quantity of bacon and leather, en route
for Virginia, and the property of speculators, was
seized at the depot of the North Carolina Railroad,
in Raleigh, on Wednesday.
One hundred thousand blankets aro understood
to be nosy at the disposal of the Government, from
purchase abroad, for distribution among the army.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 2.—The Nashville Union and
Amer:eau contains General Johnston's proclama
tion to the people of Kentucky. It is similar in
tone to that of General Buckner.
The same paper says : "We are informed that
a large number of Kenttiekiana are fleclibit to
Buckner's standard, and requests ample provision
to be made for those who are destitute of arms."
It says Major Penton, from Louisville, has secured
six locomotives and a large number of cars for the
rebels.
General Ilarrie has called for thirti thousand
additional volunteers, in accordance with General
Johnston's requisition.
The New Orleans Creseent says there has been a
wonderful influx of Tennesseans into New Orleans
since the passage of the sequestration act, but
somehow they left their families in the Northern
States. _
The Richmond Dispatch, of the 24th ult., says
It is said that Gen. McClellan caused to be shot 400
Hessians for insubordination at Washington, rather
than send them to Tortugas.
The same paper is instructing farmers how to
make potash, as a means of supplying soap, of
which the South appears to be destitute.
MOVEMENTS ON THE POTOMAC.
The Army of Gen. McClellan.
Letters from officers of the army to their friends
give a better side view of affairs on the Potomac
than can be obtained from any other source. The
country has no correct notion of the vastness of the
great Union army that lies stretched out on both
sides of the Potomac, or of the extensiveness and
completeness of its appointments. At the battle
of Bull Run, the artillery was confined to some
thing like half a dozen light batteries, Now there
aro more than ono hundred, beside the guns in the
fortifications; so that in ease the rebels advance it
must be in the face of from fifteen hundred to two
thousand cannon, many of them the best thd world
has yet seen. An officer writes that there are nine
batteries in the single division to which he below.
They are all in the hands of regulars, to whom the
business is not new. I presume that it is no secret
now, that the recent withdrawal of our companies
of regulars from Fortress Monroe was to create as
many new batteries, which now occupy an advanced
position.
The country will be astonished at the success
with which the numbers of Gen. McClellan's array
has been kept secret; how it has been daily aug
mented, and how, to-day, it is one of the largest
armies that have been brought together in modern
times. Probably history does not furnish an in
stance of so large an army being collected in so
short a time.
It is a significant fact that they who can speak
most understandingly, and without restraint, in
their private letters to brother officers, express the
greatest confidence in the preparations of General
McClellan to receive the rebels, should they ad
vance, and of complete success whenever he chooses
to advance on them. There has been no moment
during the last two weeks that he has not desired
them to attack him. During that time his army
has grown nearly one-fifth, and is increasing in
numbers. discipline, courage, and confidence every
day, and hence, to-day, he is ready for anything.
The Rebel Troops at Yorktown.
We referred, several days ago, to the reported
concentration of large bodies of the rebel troops at
Yorktown. The object of this movement is thus
explained by_the Herald of yesterday :
It, appears that great preparations are being
made by the rebel authorities at Richmond, along
the James and York rivers, and at Norfolk, for
some purpose of an offensive character. It is their
intention to send down the James and York rivers
a strong body of troops, accompanied by heavy ord
nance, for the purpose of occupying Yorktown and
other positions on both rivers, and for siege opera
tions. Indeed, accounts have already been pub
lished of the arrival of troops and columbiads at
Yorktown. They are also putting the steamers
Jamestown and Yorktown in fighting condition.
The Merrimac has been undergoing thorough
repair, is nearly completed, is iron clad, and
powerfully armed Two sailing vessels-of-war,
which had been sunk at the navy-yard at Norfolk
at the time of the evacuation by the Union forces,
have been raised and put upon a thorough
war footing. It is also stated to be their purpose
when all this is ready to throw a large land force
upon Newport News,. with heavy artillery, at the
same time the Merr i mac and the two sailing vessels
are to leave Norfolk, and the two steamers
-Tames/own and Yorktown—will come down the
James river. The rebel vessels-of-war are to
engage the fleet while the army are attacking
Newport News by land, preventing the assistance
expected from the Union vessels-of-war in case of
any such an attack, reaching the troops. If these
plansprove successful, the rebels intend to as
sault Fortress Monroe itself, as they now con
sider that as a Strategic point of the highest and
most vital importance, it being in connection with
the free entrance to the Chesapeake bay, the base
of operations by which the Union Government
can most effectively carry out its course of action
along the Southern coast. The renels however,
intend to watt for such an opportunity to carry out
their plans, when it shall so happen that, by some
naval movement, but few vessels will be at Old
Point, and these they expect by this sudden ma
noeuvre soon to conquer. Doubtless this, in con
nection with the facts developed by the authorities
at Washington, will explain, in a great measure,
the recent movements before that city. The rebels
have found that they cannot safely attempt to enter
the capital ; they have also found- that they cannot
cross the Potomac river, in consequence of the re
cent equinoctial storms and freshets, and the pre
sence of General Dunks' column, nor can they easily
cross into Maryland from Aequia Creek. They have
therefore adopted this method of attack, as it would
doubtless strike both ways, by giving them a more
probable chance of taking the city of Washington,
and also checkine the operations of the Govern
ment along the bouthent coast.
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
JEFFERSON CITY, October 2—(Special to the St.
Louis Republican.J—General Fremont continues
actively occupied, and the various division Obi--
minders have had interviews with him to-day.
His programme is said, by those in his confidence,
to be excellent in every particular, and to have met
the approval of all the military authorities to whom
he has disclosed it.
Since his arrival here, confidence in the Federal
cause has greatly increased, and it is now believed
that before the end of the month, Missouri will be
purged of her Secession foes.
The steamer Emma left for Lexington this eve
ning to convey our wounded to the hospitals in St.
Louis.
Colonel Philip St. George Cook, of the Second
U. S. Dragoons, arrived here this evening, and
had a lengthy private iaterVieW 'with General
Fremont. His force of regulars from Utah will
no doubt be ordered to this vicinity for service. It
is said that a brigadier generalship will be conferred
upon him.
J.P.PF.P.RgON City, Oet. 2—[Speeild to the St.
Louis Demorrat].—Two Government steamers
have gone up to Glasgow to bring down Colonel
Worthington's Fifth lowa Regiment to Booneville.
Preacher Johnson's rebel cavalry are still
scouring the country along the Osage river, stealing
everything they can lay their hands on, and run
ning negroes South and selling them.
Lieutenant Colonel Totten is actively engaged in
his position of chief of artillery. Both Tatten's
and Dubois' batteries, which did good; service iu
the battle of Stri3:lo6l4, are MOUS the artillery
here.
When a Battle may be Expected
The St. Louis Democrat, of Monday, says :
The public must not be impatient for the clash
ing of the two great armies now approaching each
other in the centre of the State. The best informa
tion from Lexington is to the effect that Gen. Price
will make his stand at that city with the main body
of his army, and, perhaps, choose as his vantage
ground the: ery entrenchments which were so gal
lantly and successfully defended by Col.
reach him; therefore, and giro him decwire
liattite evea within ten days time; will .require ex
traordinary exertion on the part of General Frt.?
mont. Ile has forwarded to Jefferson City an
immense quantity of army baggage, including
artillery and ammunition, the transportation of
which will be comparatively easy and rapid by
01494 te , gQikaik l but the MOV9Ment 9C which
TWO CtoNTA.
across the reentry by wagons wal nocessaro;
be diffiewlk and Mew. If the 01a0m7, therefore,
should not alrance, and give battle at some point
south of Lexiiagton, we must not low? for any
important resides short of the latter part of next
week.
AFFAIRS IN KENTUCZY.
A marauding party of Tennesseans haver en
tered Russell county, Kentucky, and taken pceme
sion of Jamestown; and. sire plundering the Union
people in that part of the State.
The different recruiting. stations and points occur
pied by rebels for offensive operationsin Kentucky
are euppoded to contain' forces numbering as for
lows :
Hickman, under Gen. Polk 10,000
Bowling Green, under Gen. Buettner
Cumberland Gap, under Gem Wollieoffer 6,000
Owen county, under Humphrey Marshall._ ... . 600
Warsaw, under Je8413 D. Bright 400
Near Hanel Green, under J: C. Flivekinridge 800
Near Weft Point, tinder La Peillet 300
Bloomfield 200
Total rebel forces in lientneky
MISCELLANEOUS WAS NEWS.
A Battle Expected near Cairo.
A correspondent writing from. Cairo, under date
of September 27, says :
Affairs here are becoming decidedly more war
like, and a battle seems approaching. The Con
federate forces, lately occupying Columbus, are
moving. Part of them (thrde thowtand in number)
have crossed over to"Belmorit, lyitig bb the Miesou
ri side, and almost opposite Columbus. Whether
they intend to attack Norfolk, flee miles below
Bird's Point, or Cape Girardeau, fifty miles above,
can as yet be only guessed at. Many military men
think the former their design, and equally as many
the latter.
The Coiumbus troops are the flower of the rebel
Western army. The reason of the late movement
I think to be this : Already Owenaborough, on the
upper Ohio, is held by the rebels, and commands
the communication between important towns above
and below this point. The possession of Cape Gi
rardeau would have the same effect upon the Mis
sissippi, and has the advantage of being a place
well fortified, and, once in possession of a strong
garrison, extremely difficult to be regained. It is
now defended by only two regiments, while those
who would otherwise be able to succor it are ope
rating against Price. This to the longing gaze of
the Confederated presents a capital opening to a
successful attnek i but if they attempt it their eyes
will be suddenly opened, and they will find two
thousand men, in a strong position, greater obsta
cles than they expected. If this proves to be
the point they are aiming at, a force will be
promptly sent from here to cut them off. and they
wilt find themselves in a pen. As Belmont, how
ever, is but a few miles from Norfolk, the little
army there are hourly expecting an attack, and last
night slept en their arms. The Secession forces in
this vicinity are twenty thousand strong, and the
veritable Gideon P., the Pillow of proclamation
fame. is reported still in command. Everywhere
in this vicinity the Southern troops are growing
bolder, and especially so since the battle of Lex
ington. It needs a good victory to abash them and
rouse the spirits of our men. Rebel scouting par
ties are even appearing in the vicinity of Cairo.
Another party appeared opposite Mound City, on
the Kentucky shore, and made hostile demonstra
tions. It is thought they may attempt to destroy
the gunboats building on the stocks there. The
point is defended by one regiment. Although every
exertion is being made, these boats will not be fin
ished before the last of October, and not at the first
of the month, as anticipated.
A Call for Blankets
Quartermaster General Meigs Ii issued the fol
lowing call for blankets for the army!
The troops in the field need blankets. The sup
ply in the country is exhausted. Men spring to
aims faster than the mills can manufacture ' and
large quantities ordered from abroad have not yet
arrived.
To relieve pressing necessities. contributions ere
invited from the surplus atoms of families.
The regulation army blanket weighs five pounds;
but good, sound woollen blankets, weighing not less
than four pounds, will be gladly received at the
offices of the United States quartermasters in th
principal towns of the loyal States, and applied to
the use of the troops.
To such as have blankets which they can spare,
but cannot afford to give, the full market value of
suitable blankets, delivered as above, will be paid.
M. C. MEIGS,
Quartermaster General United States.
New York, October 1, 16G1.
From Fortress Monroe and Hatteras.
FORTRESS Moxnor., Oct. 2, via Baltimore.—The
steamer S. R. Spalding returned last night from
Hatteras Inlet, br i nging the latest intelligence and
the remaining men of the Naval Brigade.
A few people from the mainland were still com
ing in to take the oath of allegiance.
The United States frigate Susquehanna had
taken two prizes, which had unsuspectingly ap
proached the inlet. They wereboth schooners from
the West Indies, loaded with salt, sugar, etc.
The gunboat Cambridge came up this morning
for coal and water. She has been enforeine , the
blockade of DiCaufort, North Carolina, ad hag
taken four prizes, viz: The Louisa Agnes, from
Lunenberg, with a cargo of fish ; the Revere, from
Yarmouth, also loaded with fish; the Edwin, from
Barbadoes, with molasses, and the Julia, from St.
Johns, with tin, medicine, 3,:c.
The; revenue cutter Henrietta is at Old Point
Comfort.
BALTIMORE, OCt. B. — Gen. Wool has not left
Fortress Monroe. and the passengers by the boat
have no knowledge of any contemplated change in
that department.
FURTHER FROM EUROPE.
THE FULTON AT NEW YORK.
The ate:unship Fulton, from Southampton on the 18th
September, arrived at New York I eaterday. Her advice 3
have been anticipated by telegraph, but the papers fur
uisheil contain additional news of interest.
TRAMWAY ON A NOVEL PRlNClPLE.—Messrs.Howbern
& CO, have commenced laying down an iron tramway, on
the Blaclifriar's road, of a novel principle, which is, that,
instead of the tramway consisting of smooth iron plates,
these are in blocks of cast iron, about eighteen inches
square and four in thickness, the surface being chequered
with small oblong blocks, protruding so as to give horses
good footing when passing over the metal way, but not
causing the slightest obstruction to the wheels of vehicles
travelling upon it.
Earl Russell has been invited to a grand banquet by
the Liberal party at Newcastle.
On Saturday afternoon a private soldier, at Fullwood
Barracks, shot Col. Crofton and Adjutant 'leotard, no!.
ther of whom are expected to recover.
ANOTHER TRAMWAY.—The Times has the following:
Arrangements were finally made on Saturday last with
31r. Charles Hathaway - , of Philadelphia, the street rail
way contractor, to transfer the metals and timber of the
tramway in Bayswater road to the Surrey side of the
water, to form a part of a connecting line of street rail
ways from the Victoria ani Pimlico Railway station to
Blackfriar's and London bridges. The first report of
Starbock, the secretary of the Westminster bridge and
Kensington road line, shows that, during the three weeks
since the opening, the number of passengers carried by
an average of two and a half cars only has been 66,953,
from whom a sum of £563.84 had been received. This
was exclusive of 5,215 tickets in circulation, issued at the
rate of eight for a shilling.
FRANCK,
The Nonilettr, of Sept.l4th, publishes an Imperial
decree, opening the custom-house of Dieppe for the im
portation of cotton yarn. The ports of Marseilles, Bor
deaux, Nantes, Rouen, anti Havre, and the custom
houses of Tulle, Mulhouse, and Lyons are opened under
the same regulations as at Paris, for the direct importa
tion Hid eleriring of English and Belgian textures which
pay duty ad valorem. The other ports of France and
the other custom-houses on tile Belgian frontier, which
aro already open for the transit of unprohibited goods,
may also in future receive their textures of English and
Belgian manufacture but only for transit. The pay-
Incitf of the import ditties on Belgian and English tex.
tures imported into Algeria can only be effected at the
port of Algiers.
The Marquis de Monstier, the new ambassador at Con
stantinople, will leave for his post on the 25th.
The Duke de Grammont will shortly leave for Vienna,
replacing M. Monstier at Vienna.
The Pals says: The 'iiMit developed in the article of
the ratrie of last on the Franco-Italian alliance,
appears to us to be totally at variance with the policy of
the Imperial Government.
The policy of distrust which the Pattie would wish ti,
inaugurate towards Italy belongs only to itself. France,
with her .10,000,000 of souls, and her genius, has no
guarantees to demand of Italy. Neither distrust nor con
quest; such is the programme which all generous hearts
applaud, which liberal Europe applauds, and which pos
terity will also applaud.
The Coastitutionnel of September 15 publishes an arti
cle which expresses the same opinions as are contained in
the article which appeared in the Pays of yesterday, and
says: " France will never ask for a single inch of Italian
soil. The Island of Sardinia is Italian ground, and fur
us to take it would not be on tuiliamition, but a don
quit st."
The Paine states that Monsignor Son Roleki, Bishop
of Bulgaria, whose recent proceedings at Rome had been
very severely commented upon, has died in the convent
of person.
The same paper gives a denial to the rumors that Gen
Cabrera had disembarked on the Neapolitan coast.
The Times' Paris correspondent says: The rise In the
price of wheat and flour has Made further progress in the
Paris market withimthe last week.
On Wednesday wheat rose from if. 50c. to 2f. the sack.
American was in good demand at from 431. to 451. the
sack. A large quantity of American flour was purchased
at Havre at from 49f, to 431, the barrel of 88 kilos,
A despatch from Turin, of September 14, says: The
American minister at Brussels has rettirned from Capra
ra. It appears certaim that Garibaldi has refused the
command-in-chief of the Federal army, which was of
fered ham by President Lineoba_
The King arrived at Florence on September 14, in
order to open the Exhibition of Italian Industry. He
was received with great enthusiasm at Leghorn. At
Florence large crowds would assemble at the places and
in the streets where he would pass. On his arrival at the
Pitti Palace, the King, visibly affected by the warns awl
incessant cheering of the immense crowd which filled the
square, appeared several times on the balcony anti
thanked the people for the loyal and enthusiastic recep
tion they had given hint.
Order hasbeen re.establisheil in the provinces of Avel
lino, Terra di Bari, and Benevento.
Gen. Penelli, with 8,000 men, has explored the wood of
Monte Coddle.
The. village of Ciprierio is tairreunded With nilBOY;
troops.
Generals Chiabrera and Zongene have driven the
brigands from the mountains between Aquila and
Termite.
A telegram from France, of September 14, says: The
King arrived here this morning, and met with a most
enthuminetie reception, The opening of the exhibition
took place on September 15. The King, replying to
speech delivered by the President of the HOITLIIIiSSIOII, ex
pre,sed his pleasure, and said his principal care was to
establish the unity of Italy, and to develop the elements
of her prosperity. He thanked the Commissioners for
the assiduity they had shown in the performance of their
duties, and concluded as follows: it Our great national
work is not yet completed, but on this eel:mien Italy.
which is completely represented at this exhibition, again
manifests her wish to be one united nation."
His Majesty left the exhibition amid the vociferous
cheers of the audience.
The .t7MTespantlencia Autorala Mates that the Go.
vernment, in reply to the application made, by baron
Tecco, the Italian minister, has declared that it lunede
eided upon retaining the archives of the Neapolitan con
sulate.
The Epoca of to-day, September 14, says: ‘t We are
authorized to declare that the statement of a Belgian
paper that M. Claret had attached the Emperor Napoleon
from the pulpit is false. The preachers of the queen
never iniminre prlilicol matters into their aarnoni, and
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PAYSEIJA.
M. Snow will heft the portfolio of Foreign Affairs
anti] the arrival of Comit Bernsiiirrir.
ATISTRIA.
„ .
'lthe OssftrretcleischeOeituinbsof Sept. 16th gays:
"the Governywnt hita decided' upost not granting any
nevi ammtltutiwll ovoillvAidii•d3 , l47o4la.
T. tfrit'ilegos of the toeittiot , Control Congregation
:: : 11.weVer,.br• extended:
•
The l'ress of to-day unmet:neer tbti the Emperor of
Russia will extend his tour to the Cattcaanti.
Arcot ling to new received fmm•9&Utnri, an insurrec
tionary rwrement threatens to break out , at that place.
The 'holm have made common otitiite with the Chris
tian nwanl*Aftwers, and deniitid he, oormisom of AWi
Pasha.
A UST.ItIA,
The OesteNteichische•Zeitunyden3vethe- r ep or t, which
originated ilth the 11”11114i journale,• than Baron
Xemeneir, Arlfoc Chancellor of Tran.Vlthnia,hoil ten
dered hie rekignatinn.
The sitmc riper also 'denies that conferences have
"..aken place bentreen Archduke Rainer mid" the' Prime
?Primate of Sungari'. ..
T I RKEY
A telegram frytn. Itagusa, September' 10, Gayer:
Omar l'amha pratll6d' yesterday' to yoln tf.e 'Turkiats
arraa , at Satzkoe.
Rita Pasha has b:4 l Mnamed Governor of Alotuot.
The contingents Omit Buda have joined ille• Mon
tenegrin army, which cumbers about sixtetoi thddtiandl
Omar Pasha, who haalliirty-two thoustuld udder his
command, occupies gocapenitibus and the patha leading to
the monntaine.
CHINA.
The Times' correepon4ent ut'•Hong-Kong, under 1M
July 28, says•
Flag-alert Stribling, actibgAlso ae Arnerionn ernrey,
haring been superseded, he being a Southerner, in the
commend of the americitii squadron, leaves by the pets
scut mail, Much sympathy ig telt for for ho it'ottg•
have hyally,done his doty to - the Government the . cum*
Illidritin (if which lin holds. ilis simeessor, Edgeley,
ordered home with all his ships, and thus American
interests will lie loft without any protection. Whether
the Cldnese Government will be trtze'te Its engagement.
with the Federal States remains to be seen; but there
are game uiiplcadarit rumor, in circulation.
There Wild no chime at Pekin. •Trade was dull.
From Japan, the illlCCegArld axpailitliar of Xi. Mend:
from Nagasaki to Japan in ',Torten'. The success was
complete, and the party were perfectly well received by
the people.
Sir James Hope left for Japan and Tien-Sin on the
17th July.
MIL 110 WARD PAUL.—This gentleman, who yras
connected with the Philadelphia press-when quite
a lad, has returned from Englandi after an absence
of eleven years. Mr. Paul began his career there
as a contributor to the London Journal, and pro
jected the first American magazine ever printed is
the great metropolis. Shortly after •this, he mar
ried Miss Featherstone, the " Queen Contralto,"
as she is called in England, and immediately after
wards originated a species of entertainment,
literary, musical, and dramatic, in which both him
self and wife appeared. This entertainmont, we
learn from persons who have seen it, is very novel
and interesting, and its success has been of the
wort undoubted kind, it having necked, is Lon-
don alone, ono theueand representations. Mr.
Howard Paul's visit here is entirely unprofessional,
as we learn he returns to England in a few weeks
to resume his entertainment, now in the zenith of
its popularity.---Eeening Journal.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
PIIILADELPITIA, Oct. 3, IEI6I
A tight busine s s was transacted at the Stock Board to
day, with little change in prices. Twelve thousand cla
im of city elaee of the now him sold at thofirid board
at 90. The old issue sold at 83. Pennsylvania Railroad
shares were firm at 37%, Minehill Railroad at 4734, and
Beaver Meadow Railroad at 55w; Reading Railroad
shares fluctuated between 17 31-100 and 17 44.100.
The money market remains without variation.
The notes of the seem] Sfej. , . millions of the N a ti ona l
loan will draw interest from the first of October. Those
of the first fifty millions bear interest from the nineteenth
day of August. Parties subscribing pay the amount of
the note, and the accrued interest from its date to the
time of subscribing. This partial interest Is returned to
the alibi=Hier on the payment of the coupon for interest
attached to the certificate when it becomes due. .
The t..sscnting bondholders of the La Crosse Railroad
Company held a meeting in New York yesterday, and
appointed a committee to act for the bondholders. The
time for assent to the scheme has been extended to Oc
tober 21. The Tribune says that there Is a strong oppp-
Pition to the programme, which proposes to appropriate
the lion's share of the property for the benefit of the low
numbers of the Land Grant bonds, and an organization
has been former for taking an appeal against the render
ing of Judge Miller in the case, if the decision should
prove as foreslualowe.:lLy the Judge's opinion given out
last spring.
The freight war between the New York Central and
Erie Railroad Companies has been settled. It has pro
bably served -the purposes of the stock-jobbing. origi
nators, as far as it was possible to do so with the im
mense quanties of freight seeking outlet to the seaboard.
The New York _Evening Poll of thigt evening says
Great buoyancy - on the stock exchange is the leading
event of the day. The entire list presents a large ad
vance, in some cases 101 X per cent. on the rise of yes
terday aftei . nocin. The strong position of the army of
the Potomac, together with satisfactory traffic returns,
have given a decided impetus to the railway shares.•whicla
arc also influenced by the prospectiTs advance in freight
and passenger rates, the quarrel between the *a - liork.
Central and Eric Companies having been adjusted,
The easy condition of the money market, and the in
creasing popularity of the national loan, also contribute
to the better feeling, and more than countervails the
doubtful position of Mars in the Western Department.
There was a large business in Pacific Mail at a further
advance. One lot sold as high as 92, but the pricea
finally closed at 9/0911:. It is stated that all the imam:
ployed vessels of the line have been chartered by the Go
vernment. Panama has returned to 116, at which PS
shares sold, and that bid for more.
New York Central closed at 7435074?‘, Erie 267 i, Hud
son 3403434, Rock Island 483(046X, Galena 69%,
Toledo 300303‘.
The Border state bonds are becoming very active
again. ltiAinttPla ettkeet. the meet attention, and Sall
largely at 41%041%. Virginias are weak and dropped
to 45, at which more are offered.
The Government list continues to improve. A few
small lots of the sixes of 1881 changed hands at 9' For
the coupons a33e was paid. The fives of 1874 advanced
N per cent. There was no material change in the ottiec
issues.
The money market presonta no new feature. The cup-.
ply is working easier,. the new accommodating arrange
ment between the banks and the Sub Treasury Imparting
to the market a more comfortable feeling, Call loans are •
quoted 50 , 0 per emit.; prime. paper 6a7 per cent.
Exchange on London is unchanged ;. nominally 107,liiia
108 fur first-class bankers' bills.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Sales,
October 3, 1861.
RIPOSTED BY S. E. BLAYILL
ER, Philadelphia Exchange.
300 City Os.. .New 90
/0000 do...New,b9
2.0. hlinglaill 11 9lji
2 do . . 4.15‘.
10 do, ........ ... . 4T3
20 do.. .V 5 41g
500 Read Os 'B6..earth 70%
1000 do 'B6 TOK,
1500 do '7O 70X
20 Areh-street 1t..... 0.
2 Beaver Meadow.. 56 iG
coo do 144,, 00
900 do Nov 90
200 d0......N00v 90
100 do 1864 85
500 do R 83
100 do R 83
300 Pemut be 73%
2 W Phila R 51
1(0)11000 N Ce.1)5.1C0
300 do 1 , 0,/00
BETWER,.
5 Bow Meadow R. 550i1
200 City 65 803,1
BOARDS.
1004 City 6x..
500. do..
BOARD.
300 EiYY 66 .63
1.000. Lehigh 66,,
500 do .108
SECOND
10 Lehigh Scrip.... b 5 30%,
5 do. 30 i
50 do . 30,V
50 do Stock 48
CLOSING PRI
aid. Ask.
Phila di int off. 82% 83
Phil% OeR " 82) 83
Philo Be N u DO Po%
Penne be 75% 70
Reading R 17% 17%
Reading Bde '7O .. 80
R'dglll 6080'43 88 90
Read X 6a'88.. 70% n.
T i egPß R 27% 87%
Penni. R2d m Oe 82 83
Morrie CI Con.. 85..
Morrie Cl Pref .100 102
Bch Nay 65'82.... 63
Bch Nav Imp 6e .. 75
Bch Nav Stock. 4 6
PO Nov net." 12 12%
Elmira R . .. . . 4%
Elmira B Prat
Elmira 4a'73.
Ling
Lett Cl & Nay.. 4& 48%
Leh 018c1iScrp 30 wig
17 Penn& 4y 151(
N Ponta 1t8e.... 55.
IT Peat" R 10s. .. 71
Catawisaa Prof, 43i 5g
Frkid h &a& E .. 83
2d &3d stelt.3. 41 ..
Race&Vine stat 3 ..
W Philet R ex d 61 ..
Philadelphia Markets.
OCTOBER 3—Evening
There is not much doing in Flour, the firmness of hold
ers limiting operations. About 000 bbls sold at ss.sag
et 5,623 i for extra, the latter for Lancaster counts; Wks
0.25 for family. Standard superfine is wanted at 1i5.25
The trade are buying at the above prices for superfine,
extra, and extra family, and $6.50 to ST.6O4° WA foe
fancy brands, as in quality. Rye Flour is in demand,
and selling, in a small way, at e300.54V bbl. Corn
PICOI ili 4.11!l at nou
a good demand, and about 5,000 bus
sold at 1200128 e for commit to prime Western and
Penns red, 130 c for prints Southern do ; 1,000 bus Ken
tucky white at 140 c, and 5,000 do on private terms. Rya
is wanted, and 300 bus Penn'a sold at 60c. Corn is bet
toetriismairtlel
firm,ot• inferiora
with sales Q t f ss o c ovo nna b p na rinr it le k llor or a lmi t are.
Boutbern iiom, some inferior at 24828 c, and old Penn's
at 34c, in store.
BA nk.—A small sale of first No.l Quercitron was made
at $2B 48' ton.
Corrox.—The market is rather more active, and small
sales are making at full Prices.
GliOCElllF4' SNP Piwil,slo*,-71wris is eery little do
ing in tbeformer, the stock being very light; 200 bbta
Mess Pork sold at about $l5 4
SEkm.—Cloverseed is dull at $4.7505 4ft bits; 300
bus Timothy sold at $1.04 aiP bus ; Flaxseed is scarce at
$1.43 V' bushel.
W/11:5KY 3B better, Ohio bids selling at 21021 NC, now
livid 146+, and Drudge at 90e ea(l6a,
New York Markets of l esterday.
ASHES are quiet at $.5.25 for Pots and Pearls.
BREADSTUNE:.—The Jnarket for State and Western
Flour opened quietly urn steadily at yesterday's quota
but closed up with rather more activity. The Well
are N i oOtt Lane at tklainfrP.4o for superfine State
05.65 for extra State; $5.25e5.40 for superfine Michi
gan, Ohio, lowa, dc., and 0.54.566.75 for extra do, inclu
ding shipping brands of round-hoop Ohio at $5.80e55.90,
and trade brands of do at $687.
. . .
Southern Flour is quiet, with sales of 700 bbls at $5.05
6 for superfine Baltimore ; 80.10a7 for extra do p site
6115 for Brunib nine 35.7i47.26 for Gowletown
8.70 rot- Petersburg City i 8708.75 for Richmond City.
efilladifill Flour is steady, with sales of 550 bbls at
$5.4005.46 fur bnperline, and $5.5000.50 for the rang*
of extra brands.
Rye Flour is selling slowly at 82.7504, for the range
of fine and stTertine.
o.llllnei ll is Steady Mit WV (MOO Jerer nt
s3.l3tr2itat 'Brandy a hie $3.060335; puncheons $lO.
Wheat is a little firmer, but the market is rather quiet,
with only a moderate litteineas doing for shipment and
local milling ; sales 100,000 bushels at $1.24 for prime
Alilwaukee club, $1.20a1.21 for Chicago spring, $1.30
for red State, 81.3201.34 for fair to good winter red
Western, and $1,45 for choice widte Western.
/lye is firmer at Weide,
Barley is stonily at 65a ate.
Oats are quiet and firm at 80,233 e for Jersey, Delaware,
and Pennsylvania; 34035,it, e for Western and State, and
30er34e for Canadian.
•- • •
corn is steady, with a fair &mend ; the sides are
120,000 bushels at 54e56c for good to prime Western.
liguyjaWSS,--rprx 3B nrin, put tl i demand to quite
nadertae: the sales arc 000 Ms at 514.10 fur regular,
and 514.50 for Ice-cured mess. $14.37,4‘ fur thin moss,
aid $4.10010 for prime. Beef is dull, with small Wes at
I,4serfr.fo for country' mess, $4e4.50 for country prune,
and $0011.25 for repacked Western. Beef remains
dull. Bacon is quiet. Cut meats are firm, 5,100 c for
hams, and 505)..1 c for shoulders. Lard is quiet and un
with aalv,i at 304 Ilium aad. tildi at 6.14039.1ici
WHISKY is quiet at 213“..
1 Anna 1t.....2dys ET%
2dys aiiE
INS-STEAMY
Bid. Ask.
9 OK,
55 ..
Spruce & Pine.. '7g S
Green & Coates 13 14
Cheatnut t Wal 25 30