THE PRESS.
rIIBLISHZD (13IINDAY6 EIOEPTIM)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY,
OFFICE No. 417 CHESTNUT STREET
DAILY PRESS,
Twziors OKNTS Pas Wass, payable to the cifirder,
mailed to Subscribers out of the City at SIX DOLLARS
PEA ANNUM, TOUR DOLLARS FOR EIGHT MONTHS, THREE
DOLLARS TOR Six MONTHR—IIIVRTINkby RAITSTLCO for
the time ordered.
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Nailed to Subscribers out of the Oity at THAW{ DOL.
LARS Pie ANISOM, in advance
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS.
FALL SEASON.
1861.
W. S. STEWART & CO..
Importers and Jobbers of
SiLLTS AYD_FANCY DRESS 0 1 00M 2 ,
NO. 305 MARKET STREET.
BROWN AND BLACK
REPELLANTS.
BROWN AND BLACK,
(VERY DESIRABLSO
ALSO, OTHER CLOTHS,
FOR CLOANS AND MANTILLAS.
A LALGE INVOICE of the above Goods just re
ceived
CLOTHS AND CASSLMERES.
NET CASH CLOTH STORE.-
ELLIS & IiARROP,
NO. 225 MARKET STREET, UP STAIRS.
Anew and desirable Tall Stock of Cloths, elnithtf6§,
Testings, /cc., sold low for cash, in lengths to emit pur
chasers. sel6-lni
CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
ENGLISH WATER-PROOF
CLOAKS.
(AQUASCUTUM.)
13LAOK-MIXED CLOAKS,
GRAY-MIXED CLOAKS,
BROWN-MIXED CLOAKS,
CLARET-MIXED CLOAKS,
OPENING
EVERY MORNING
J. W. PROCTOR Jo Co.,
709 CHESTNUT STREET
CARPETINGS.
LARGE CA_RPT STOCK
SELLING OUT
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES,
CLOSE BUSINESS_
DAILY tic BROTHER,
No. 920 CHESTNUT STREET.
tieli-tuths 2m
FOURTH -STREET
CARPET STORE,
No. 47, ABOVE CHESTNUT,
I am now offering my stock of
ENGLISH CARPETINGS,
EMBRACING EVERY VARIETY AND STYLE.
Imported expressly for City Retail Sales, at Prices
LESS THAN PRESENT COST OF IMPORTATION.
J. T. DELAGROIX.
sel9-2m
GLEN ECHO MILLS,
GERMANTOWN; PA.
McCALLUM & Co..
ILLUITYAUTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS.
sag CHESTNUT STREET,
CARPETINGS,
OIL CLOTHS, &cr.
We have now on hand an extensive stock of Carpet
frga of our own and other makes, to which we call the
attention of cash and short time buyers.
XEW CARPETINGS.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE.
No. as CHESTNUT STBEET—OPPOSITE STATE'
BOMA r.
Are now opening. from Cuetom Hone tore their
FAIL IMPORTATIONS
NEW OARPETINGS
LOOO pieces I. CROSSLEY A SONS' TAPESTRY
CARPETS, from
87i OTS. TO $1 PER YD !
8-4 TAPESTRY VELVET;
* FRENCH AUBUSSON;
FINE AXMINSTER;
ROYAL WILTON;
EXTRA ENGLISH BRUSSELS;
HENDERSON A CO.'s VENITIAN;
ENGLISH INGRAIN CARPETS;
ALL OF NEW CHOICE STYLES
AND
FLAYING BEEN INVOICED BEFORE THE Luz
ADVANCE IN THE TARIFF,
Will be sold at
MODERATE PRICES..
u29-2m
CHEAP CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS,
AND WINDOW SHADES.—V. E. ARCHAM
BAULT, N. E. corner ELEVENTH and MARKET
Streets, will open, from auction, this morning, Ingrain
Carpets, wool tilling, 25, 31, and 37 cents; Ingrain Car
pets, all wool, 37, 45, 60, and 62 cents; Entry and Stair
Carpets, 12, 18, 25, 51, 27, 50, and 82 cents; Hemp,
Yarn, and Bag Carpets, 18, 25, 31, and 37 cents; Floor
Oil Cloths, 31, 37, 45, andso cents; Gilt-Bordered Win
dow Shades, 50, 62, 75, and 87 cents; Green and Buff
Window Holland, &c. Cheap Dry Goods and Carpet
Store, N. X. corner ELEVENTH and MARKET
oc3-12t
MILLINERY GOODS.
iVIILLINERY OPENI=.
44 CITY BONNET STORE,"
NA 725 CHESTNUT STREET
OPENING DAY,
Thursday, October 3, 1861.
LINCOLN, WOOD, & NICHOLS,
NO. 725 CHESTNUT STREET
gip MILLINERY AND
STRAW GOODS.
ROSENHEIM,
BROOKS, & Co..
434 MARKET STREET,
Invite the attention of
MERCHANTS AND MILLINERS
To their wellbaseorted Ihnit of
RIBBONS, BONNET SILKS,
VELVETS, FLOWERS, STRAW GOODS,
Ond a era other article in their line.
A errperior brand of
BLAB VELVET RIBBONS
se/3-Yon. Alwaye on hand.
MILLINERY GOODS, of the latest
etylea and fashions, new open at my etnre, and wilt
iba wad cheaper than anywhere, for cash- Milliners and
Ifferehimta are Invited to call and examine before Dula
iehaedng elsewhere.
M. MEM:IBM,
sel7-1m No. SN. THIRD Street, above Market.
N. B.—Six per cent. discount deducted for cash.
MISSES 0' BEY AN, 914
CHEBTNI:T, will open PAR/5 141111.INERY
or the Fall on THrItSDAY, October 3. oc2:l2t*
LOOKING GLASSES.
thIFANSE REDUCTION
i. nt
LOOKING GLASSES.
OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS,
FIDTIiRIi AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES.
JAMES 5. EARLE if SON,
Sla CHESTNUT STREET,
*anoance the reduction 0125 per cent. in the prices or all
Eutlllanninctired Stock of Looking Glasses also, in'
Engravings, Picture and Photograph Frames, Oil. Paint
ings. The largest and most elegant assortment in the
sountry. Arose opportunity is now offered to make purl
(phases its this line For Cash, at remarkably Low Prim
EARLE'S GALLERIES.
816 CHESTNUT Street.
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VOL. 5.-NO. 55.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
FROTILINGIIAII.I & WELLS,
:34 SOUTH FRONT AND 33 LETITIA STREET,
OFFER FOR SALE
.1111.01YN AND BLEACIIED SIIEETINGS,
SHIRTINGS,
DRILLS, JEANS, SILECIAS,
CANTON FLANNELS,
FROM THE
MASSACHUSETTS, GREAT FALLS,
LACONIA, tint AN,
EVERETT, 'DWIGHT,
LOWELL, CABOT,
IPSWICH, CHICOPEE, and
HAMPDEN, . BARTLET MILLS.
LIKEWISE,
A FULL ASSORTMENT OF
SHAWLS, BEAVER CLOTHS, TRICOTS,
CASSIMERES, FLANNELS, TWEEDS,
TILAXRETS, AND ARMY
GOODS,
FROM THE WASHINGTON (LATE BAY STATE ' )
AND OTHER MILLS. ocl-3m
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, &
HUTCHINSON,
No. 112 CHESTNUT STREET,
()OMISSION M ROMANI'S
FOR THE SALE OP
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
ee2S-Orn
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
1861. F G 1861.
0
- E FALL. 0
H S.
RIEGEL, BAIRD, & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
OF
DRY GOODS.
NO. 47 NORTH THIRD SKEET, PHILADELPHIA.
Prompt-paying merchants are respectfully
iiiVited to examine our large and carefully-se
lected stock of desirable goods, which will be
sold at prices to suit the times.
se2B-2m
JAMES, KENT,
SANTEE, & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS:
OF
DRY GOODS,
Noe. 239 and 241 North THIRD Street, above Bace,
Have now open their uenal
LABOR AND COMPLP.TP: STOCK OF FOREIGN
AND DOMESTIC GOODS,
Among which will be found a general aegortment of
PTIILALLI,PitIA-MADN GOODS.
NKr CASH BUYERS SPECIALLY INVITED.
seli-21n
THOHAS TrIELLOR & CO.,
Noe. 40 and 42 NORTH THIRD Street,
HOSIERY HOUSE,
LINEN IMPORTERS and
SHIRT-FRONT MANUFACTURERS.
inmertatione direct from the Atanufacteries.
ARD, 01.141JMORE, & Co.,
Noe. 617 ONESTNUT and 614 MINN Streeter
HEM now in Store a full and well-assorted stock of
DRESS GOODS,
GLOVES SHAWLS So
With their mud aesortment of
WHITE GOODS,
EMBROIDERIES, ac.,
to which they invite the attention of buyers. se7.lm
1861. TO CASH BUYERS.
1861.
H C. LAUGHLIN & Co-,
No. 308 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 ow Steele. eel-tr
1861. FALL GOOD S-186L
FRESH ASSORTMENT.
DALE, ROSS, & CO.,
621 MARKET STREET,
Have received, and are now opening, a fresh stock of
FALL & WINTER GOODS
which will be Bold low for CASH and on short credits.
3 Buyers are reapectinny invited to call and ex
amine our stock. an3l-2m
FANCY GOODS.
FANCY GOODS,
AND
DRUGGISTS' ARTICLES.
A FULL ASSORTMENT
FRENCH, ENGLISH, AND AMERICAN PER•
FUMERY.
TOILET AND SHAVING SOAPS.
BRUSHES AND WWI% of all deariptione.
POCKET FLASKS AND DRINKING CUPS.
VIOLIN AND GUITAR STRINGS.
CHAMOIS SPLIT, AND PLASTER SKINS.
POWDER PUFFS AND BOXES.
PATENT LINT, ito., ac.
OFFERED TO THE TRADE AT LOW PRICES..
W. D. GLENN,
niroaamt,
ses-3;11 26 Smith POURTII Street.
AWNINGS.
AWNINGS ! AWNINGS
JOSEPH H. FOSTER.
443 NORTH THIRD STREET
At the old-established Stand can be obtained, at the
shortest notice,
AWNINGS,
FLAGS, TENTS, SAILS,
SACKING-BOTTOMS,
WAGOii-cuyzlis,
BAGS, &c
AWNINGS of every description, plain and fancy, of
the beet quality, Pc4-6t
CHINA AND QUEENSWARE.
BOYD & STROUD.
No. 32 NORTH FOURTH STREET,
HAVE NOW Tlf Eut
USUAL LARGE STOCK ON RAND,
To which they invite the attention of CASH BUYERS.
BEST QUALITY ROOFING SLATE
always on band and for sills at
T. Union Wharf, 1451
BEACH Street, Kensington. THOMAS,
111 7 1 47 Elf WALNUT BMA Ptillidelptds
Collision near Burlington, Oct. 3, 1861
In the mists - dawn
Of o foggy morn,
On the Camden and Amboy road,
Passing over a switch,
Which was close 1-• - a ditch,
Was a train with a heavy load.
OAK HALL will be happy to ace the public to•dny, or
Any elhki , Jay, sell them good Glutting, CURAP FOR
CARL Be QUICK ! For the Fall Stock is moving off ra.
pidly. WANAMAKER & BROWN,
OAK HALL,
Southeast corner SIXTH and MARKET Streets.
PRICE. FERRIS. & Co.
POINT ALENCON LACE COLLARS AND SETS
.... $2 to $l2 in Collars, tki to $4O in Sets
POINT VENICE LACE COLLARS AND SETS,
e 4 to e 1.2 in Collars, $lO to $3O in Sots
PQES7 DE DAECELONE (new articlo in Lam)
....es to $lO in Collars, $l2 to $25 in Sets.
POINTE APPLIQUE LACE COLLARS AND SETS,
....$2 to $5 in Collars, $3 to $l2 in Sete.
VALEXCIENNE COLLARS AND SETS,
to $5 in Collars, $2 to $l2 in sets.
THREAD LACE COLLARS AND SETS,
....50c to $2 in Collars, $2 to $4 in Sets.
FRENCII EMBROIDERED COLLARS AND SETS—
_ _...trymmed with Valencia lace, very- choice style.
CAMBRIC AND SWISS COLLARS Al D SETS—
All price&
HAMA FIRMER'S, CAPES, COIFFURES, BABBES,
and BERTHES, in all of the above materials.
Princess Clotbilde HANDKERCHIEFS, (a new article
embroidered in colors,) $1 worth $2.
A new lot of Pine Apple 11A.MD1IERCIIIIIP5, 2.5 cents.
• •
Hemstitched • • 13 cents, all linen.
Real Thread 'VEILS, $2.50 to $25.
• • Cambria • • 75 cents to $2.
A new lot of Valencienne Edgings, Inserting, and Laces.
• • Guipure • • "' • •
• Brussels Thread Edgings and- Laces.
• • Chemise YOkes (ruffled) 25 cents.
• • Magic Ruffling, 6 to 13 cents.
• • Linen Tape Trimming, 10 to 12 cents.
• - Lace Sleeves, 50c to 81.25.
Cambric Flouncing.
Choice POINT LACE BERTIIES, $4O worth $5O.
The above choice goods, in addition to our usual large
and varied stock of WHITE GOODS, LINENS, LACES,
and EMBROIDERIES, will be offered at about TWO
THIRDS of their usual retail valus. Tho attention Of
the Ladies is respectfully solicited.
PRICE, FERRIS, & Co..
NVE WILL SELL THE BEST
Bleached and Unbleached CANTON FLAN
NELS for 123..1 cents per yard; good Unbleached, 10
cents; best all-wool White and Red Flannels, 25 cents;
best 37 cent. Red Twilled for 25 c en ts ; 1 l yivrde
heavy Untleaciled, 12% - cents; Bleached lanslins of all
widths, with but one or two exceptions, at the old prices.
Bleached Table Linen, 31% cents; one lot slightly wet,
two yards wide, 31% cents. Fine Table Linen and Nap
kins very cheap. Alt the new de
Laiae. Cheap Crash, Cheap Blanket ,
it n. & w, TL PENNELL,
Oca-6t 1021 MARKET Street.
cIOWPERTHWAIT & CO
A., N. W:Coinei.EIGH7N-mmilekillilliAis.7
FLANNELS! FLANNELS!! FLANNELS! !!
Opera Flannels, all colors and 4 1 4. 5,
Opera Flannels, figural
,14 and 4.4 Baloaki 4 je , aanele.
Apazg. - 11.4-Skirting do.
"Heavy Twilled Red and Gras Flannels.
The best 25 cent White Flannels in the city. ocl-tf
SILK GO ODS
30 PER CENT. CAN BE SAVED BY
buying DRY GOODS of
H. STEEL & SON,
No. 713 North TENTH Street, above Coates.
We have now open a choice assortment of
NEW FALL AND WINTER DRESS GOODS,
bonght entirely
and we will sell them
VERY CHEAP, FOR CASH.
Brown Mixed, and
Black Mixed Water-proof Cloth Cloaks.
Itlack Cloth, Cloaks, of the newest and latest styles.
Cheap Stella Shawls.
Woollen Shawls for Vail and Winter.
Cheap Fancy and Black Silks.
1 lot of Figured Black Silks at 7 6c, worth $l.
Large size Balmoral Skirts, very cheap. se2S
"PYRE & LANDELL,FOURTH AND
12.1 ADM Streets, are opening their usual assortment
Rich Fall Dreas Silks.
Figured French Poplins.
All-wool Rich Fall DeMines.
Printed French Merinoes.
Woolen Foulards, new Fabrics.
Fall Shawls, new Desiena.
Fine graded of Black Dress Silks.
New Goode, opening Daily.
EYRE ti LANDELL,
50 17 FOURTH and ARCH Streets
FALL -1861.
SPLENDID GOODS,
CHEAP FOR CASH,
SHAWLS AND CLOAKS,
The Cheapest ever Offered.
Thirty Per Cent. under Regular Prices.
SILKS AND DRESS GOODS.
Great Variety.
RONESTIO AND ftTAPLE GOODS,
Most of our 'Muslim still at
OLD PRICES
Flannels, Cloths, and Cassimeres.
Linens of our own Importation.
Blankets '
all sizes.
Balmoral Skirts, dm., am.
At the Old Este')Haled Store of
TTIORNLET & OMSK,
se2o N. E. nor. EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN.
NEW BALMORALS.
Jug received, an invoice of
English Balmorals, full size.
New designs, choice colors.
SHARPLESS
oc2 CHESTNUT and EIGHTH. Streets.
"MEW WINTER SHAWLS.
Scotch Blanket Long Shawls.
Black and White Cheeks Shawla. -
Berlin Gray and Mottled Shawls.
'troche Long' and Square Shawls.
'Very cheap Chain Laine Shawls.
Square Blanket and Stella Shawls.
Fancy Heavy M oolen Shawls.
SHARPLESS BROTHERS,
oc2 CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets
VERY CHEAP MERINOS.
Several hundred pieces
Wide French/lb:rims.
Bichdark Colors.
Bright colors and Blacks.
Cashmeres, dark and bright colors,
At prices much lower than usual.
stuuirkEs.) BiroinErts,
oe CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets
CUR TA IN MATERIALS, GOLD
'BORDERED SIIADES, ETC.—A Complete Assort
moot of Lace and Muslin Curtains, and Rich Curtain and
Furniture Materiels, Berderel Shades, ete., ell mails mitt
put up at Short Notice and at the most reasonable rates.
SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, & ARRISON,
oc2-tf 1008 CHESTNUT Street.
MERINO SHIRTS, DRAWERS,
VESTS, ETC.--A run Amortment of Merino
Gonda of bent make for Lnjliee, 0411i0 7 and Youth, atlaat
amnion's pricea.
SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, & ARRISON,
1008 CHESTNUT Street.
QHAWLS.
Is." Blanket Shawls.
Mime' Shawle.
Black Thibet Shawls_
°ante' Travelling Mande.
COOPER et CONARIN
ae2 o H. B. corner NINTH and MARKET
WATER- PROOF CLOTH CLOAKS,
BLACK NIXED.
Repellant Clatka, HeO'itit Mired.
Repellant Cloths, Gipsy Hoods.
Light Clothe, for Fall Dusters.
EYRE & LANDELL,
Be 17 FOURTH and ARCH Street&
CLOAKING CLQTRS,
Waterproofs and Peptaatits.
Plain Colors Cloaking&
Fine and Medium Black Cloths.
Also, Cassimeres, Satinets, Vestings, Boys' Wear, &c
COOPER & CONARD,
se2o B. E. cor. NINTH and MARKET.
rpm AlcUI-OTALET CLOAK AND
J. MANTILLA. STORE.
NEW FALL CLOAKS.
WATER.PROOF TWEED CLOAKS.
BLACK CLOTH CLOAKS.
EVERY NOVELTY AT MODERATE PRICES.
JACOB HORSFALL,
an9lBm N. W. earner TENTH and ARCH Sta
1861.
JOTICE TO LADIES.
Will open this morning, from a bankrupt gala, the
following goods, which are decided bargain':
One Lot of Plaid Muslim at 18%, worth 28.
One Lot of Plaid Muslims at 25, worth 87%.
One Lot of Ladlea' L. Cambric Handkerchiefs, 123
One Lot of Ladl& L. Cambric Handkerchiefs, 15.
One Lot of Cents' L. Cambric Handkerchiefs, 25.
One Lot of Dark Linen at 25, worth 37%, at
JOHN H. STOKES',
au3o 702 LINII Street.
And another train,
'l',• 6i% to I.t.
For it signal light had gone out
Being on the mama track,
Commenced to go back,
Without thinking of what Was about
And then was a smash,
And a general crash
Of the trains, in the sand and the dirt ;
lint, grange to relate,
With pleasure we state
The fact, there was nobody hurt.
And aoinehow or other,
In the general I:Whop—
The pawls don't tell thin at all—
The public have waited
To hoar it related
In rhyme, by the great (uc
And the great OAK. HALL
(Which is Elk( stories taihj
Still plods on its regular way,
Malang garment '' s for all,
Whether great or small,
Who bring their money and pay
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
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At 726
CHESTNUT STREET,
FOR FALL TRADE.
JUST RECEIVED BY
726 CHESTNUT STREET
FOll CASH,
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1861.
Et't ;1105.
b'ATIJEDAL OCTOBER 5, 1861.
A Lady's Journey from Richmond to
Philadelphia,
THROUGH TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY.
(Concluded from yesterday.)
[For the Press.]
Nashville looks like a city long in building, and
not yet finished ; there is an old and yet an incom
plete air about it.
Bare my passport took me, and no farther. I
had a letter of introduction to a gentleman in the
city. who was extremely courteous, and showed me
every attention I could expect. Through his in
quiries, I found I would have to get another pass
port to the State line. Now, there are two powers
in 'Nashville, General Foster, the commanding offi
cer. and the Committee on Passports. As I already
had one from the Secretary of War, I found I must
go to Gen. Foster. So the next morning I went,
accompanied by the proprietor of the hotel, as Mr.
G. expected to be absent. We drove to the Capi
tol, a very beautiful building, by the way ; but I
was too anxious to know my fate, and too fearful I
would be sent back, to pay much attetittell t 9 ar
chitectural beauties. We entered a large roan,
well filled with civilians and soldiers. At one end
of the room was a table, and back of the table Gen.
Foster. After we had sat a few moments in re
spectful silence, and were more accuttomed to his
august presence, he advanced to us.
"Miss Smith is desirous of obtaining a passport
to the line," said Mr. S., presenting my passport
and the letter to Mr. G., who, thinking it might be
of service to me, ba4 very thoughtfully sent it.
This letter, which was written on their Govern
ment paper, and stamped with the department to
which the writer belonged, was attentively read by
Gen. Foster. Then he examined my passport.
" Where is Mr. G. ?" he asked.
Mr. S. explained.
"8e must come her Ido not know who this
B. B. is."
" He is Judge 8., of Virginia," I remarked.
"Oh. :You wish to visit Louisville, Miss Smith?
How long do you wish to stay there ?"
" I simply wish to pass through."
"Where to ?"
"Philadelphia."
"Judge B. says you wish to visit Louisville.
How is this ?"
.g. 9 WA his head ominously, and I began to
quake.
"He knew I wished only to pass through. I
suppose he thought Mr. G. could assist me no far
ther than Louisville, and asked no more."
"Are you a native of Philadelphia r --
, 4 I am."
" How long have you - been in Virginia ?"
I told bins.
" Where have you been ?
I told him this, also.
"Do you expect to return ?-
"No, sir.''
"Well, Mr. S., I have no time to attend to this
young lady; hut I will save Mr. G. and her
trouble,"
So saying, he wrote a few lines on the hack of
the envelope, and handed the letter back. When
we reached the street I examined the letter. He
had written: "The Committee on Passports will
please examine this lady.--Fosrun.';
I had fancied his questions were nearly particu
lar enough, and hoped the committee would con
sider my personal opinions of no importanCe, and
let there pass. Mr. G. fortunately was still in the
city, and he soon came and took me over to the
court-house • The room in which the.committee sat
had been used for public speaking, but the benches
were pushed back and a table placed in front of the
platform, where a few men sat in high statg, Dirg
I was re-examined, wrote my name in a book, took
an oath that all I had said was -true, that I would
not come back, and that I would give no informa
tion injurious to the Southern Confederacy; got my
passport to the State line, and offered myself secret
and private congratulations.
Mr. Fogg, the president of the committee, advised
me, if I had any letters, to have them read and
stamped at the post office, or to destroy them.
Afterwards, Mr. G. Ath'ind hid to burn them, as
they might be a cause of detention. And although
they were simply family letters I was carrying to
es of a
private individuals, I thought it best. So, that
= • re..c , --.try made a bonfire of them.
One of them had slipped hviween the le
book, and this I forgot until I miles fiord"
Nashville.
_ • • •• • • : eAableNin the morning at'
- three O' s eloek when I went into the hall and found
my fellow-Dae . Cengers slatvering in the chilly night
air.
When I reached the depot and went to the office
to get my ticket I pressed through a room where,
all huddled together, were these Irish One of them
was as much astonished at seeing me as I was hor
rified at seeing them, and lifting up her head, cried
out:
" You, look here !"
As my business lay in an opposite direction, and
I supposed they called me from curiosity, I did not
"look here," but went on.
After the cars had fairly started, and I was very
comfortably seated, with my eyes closed, a slight
commotion attracted my attention. I looked up—
at the other end of the ear stood a small group, pic
turesquely lighted up by a lantern. I felt as if I
had awakened in France or Russia, so different was
this from anything 1 bad seen in America before.
The front figure was that of a boy, who held the
lantern; backcf him theeonduotor, examining tick
ets, and behind him two soldiers, who reminded me
of gems d'armes, asking for passports and question
ing the passengers. I had abundant opportunity of
watching them as they came slowly up the long,
narrow, and half.lighted car. The gentlemen, who
seemed to regard it a frolic, were very closely ques
tioned—asked if they had letters, which they were
required to give up ; how mush money they had—
for they were not allowed to carry a supply into the
" enemy's " country. Several unfortunate fellows
without passports, or from other reasons suspicious,
were carried back when they reached the line. One
lady, who had carelessly passed through Nashville
without making the proper inquiries, was sent back
to get a passport_ Finally, they came to me, asked
me for my letters. I referred them to the one in
my trunk. They asked a few questions, and satis
fied passed on.
When we reached the State line, of course we
were obliged to change cars, as the Tennessee oars
could not very well pass into Kentucky. Our bag
gage was carried into a depot, and opened in the
midst of a gazing crowd of men. A gentleman,
who had a lady under his charge, very kindly of
fered to attend to my baggage with hers, and spare
use the trouble of going out. The examiners
pulled the things out of the trunks with no care at
all, until this gentleman called to them that that
was no way to treat a lady's clothes. "No," ex
claimed one, " it is a shame, for they are mighty
nicely packed."
The compliment was poor remuneration for the
annoyance. They then came to a number of
Southern newspapers I had been saving for some
and was very anxious of preserving. One of
the men called out, " Look here, boys, hero are
some Riebmond papers; let's take them to read."
The gentleman called to an officer, who commanded
them to put them back; but when I reached home
and came to look for them they were gone. The
scamps had taken them. Worse than this, they took
a dollar and a half from another trunk. k Davis
thinks it necessary to examine all baggage, it would
be as well for him to have honest men to conduct
it. This examination was very superficial. They
tumbled out the contents, saw there were no largo
contraband articles, and put them in again. I hid
a number of private papers I did not want them to
seize, so I had laid them smoothly in the bottom of
my trunk, and packedßy music tightly and close
ly over them. As I haMoped, they thought there
was nothing there but music, and did not take it
out. The letter they also failed to find. When
they get better used to the business, they may do
it better. One unfortunate lady had her trunks
pacled so tightly that they could not repack them,
so they sent some of the articles in for her to carry.
I do not think any baggage was stopped, but, at
any time, it would be very easy to carry almost
anything through. A lady, some time since] going_
South, was searched in Louisville, yet, in each plait
of the very full and abundant trimming on her
dress end mantle, she carried a percussion cap;
they were not even suspected. And it is a notorious
fact, that a very large number of the small arms in
Virginia were carried through Kentucky by ladies.
I assure you I was glad when my checks and
keys were handed me, and I was fairly on my way
into Kentucky, with nothing to fear but such trivial
accidents as the pulling up of rails or the burning
of bridges, circumstances, I was assured, very pos
sible, and the rate at which we whizzed along
would have rendered an accidogt very terrible,
Our hotel, for breakfast, was very different in its
appearance from any of the previous ones on the
route. It was a little log house, with- two rooms,
apparently; in each a table was spread for a
dozen, perhaps. Close by the table, in the ono I
was in, was a bed, and, from the tossed and tumbled
bed-clothes, a sleepy little child peeped out at the
travellers. Instead of colored waiters, young,
fresh-looking girls, in the shortest waisted dresses,
waited on us, and served us to a good, hot, country
breakfast of coffee, biscuit, fried chicken, ham, and
eggs. I think it was at Bowling Green I saw the
first United States flag I had seen since I left Phila
delphia. It looked like en old friend. When I
last Mr it, it waved over a larger territiry, and
the Confederates had not even planned theirs. I
felt a sense of protection as I passed under its sha
dow, and looked tip to its waving in the sunlight.
The conversation now was wonderfully changed.
I heard no more of the invincibility of the South, but
all of the complete success of the North. True, there
were strong uppoueuts cf the Fredent Administre
, lion, but they were still Union mop ; probably many
were Secessionists, but they were quiet. We
proved the croakers false prophets by reaching
Louisville that afternoon without meeting any
accident from either Secessionists or Union men.
We found the city quite excited. Gen Anderson
was expected on Monday, when it was thought he
would establish martial law ; it was rumored, like
wise, thnt the traits bstiteeti Nashville and Louis
ville would be stopped on Monday. In view of these
events. Southerners in Louisville were much ex
cited; many were locking their houses, and, leav
ing them in that condition, were flying Southward.
In fact, all trains gelfig South were packed full
with refugees. Many were passing through, going
either North or South, to save their property from
confiscation. I found many on the boat to Cin
cinnati the next day, going to Ohio and other free
States, where they held property, in order to keep
it. Many left much behind them, but wore anxious
to save the more valuable estates North. One lady
left her house and furniture in Tennessee, while her
money was held in Ohio by the authorities there as
a pledge for her return.
When we left Louisville, my first sensation in look-
ing at the Ohio river was one of disappointment.
It was very pretty, but I expected something very
fine, and as we advanced the shores became higher
and more picturesque, until the beautifully wooded
hills and rich foliage made it indeed %! Op beauti
ful river." And when the sunset gilSMa added
their lustre to the deep w*rs, 'and the young
moon defined her clear-cut :crescent against the,
sky, I felt like a discoverer of a new and beautil
ful world. It mss as stew tot:teas to the European
beholder. From Cincinnatito Pittsburg my vat"
cipal recollections are of heA,'dust, and thinE.
saves passengers the trouble of changing cars, by
the plan of putting through passengers on the rear
ar
car, and then changing the e by uncoupling and
uniting it to the next train, but any design that
puts one in the last car on a dusty day is not a
welcome one. The brilliant scarlet that was dash
ed into the weeds in Vrginia had been fading
gradually away, and here in Ohio the autumn
leaven were dull and yelhiw.
In accordance with my admirable plan of pass
ing through when possible, I crossed the moun
tains in Pennsylvania also at night, and what I saw
of the scenery the next morning made me bitterly
regret it. It was of a different character from any
I had yet seen, and more beautiful. I do not know
whether Western Virginia is not as fine, but as I
saw so little of it I cannot judge. But there is an
air of comfort, neatness, and olog,auee about the
houses in Pennsylvania that is very different from
the general appearancti of any of the other four
States I passed through. In the slave States, the
houses on the route were, if not rougher, more dila
pidated, ard the quarters close to the house de
prived it of an air of neatness. In Ohio, they gave
one the impression of a new country. In fact, tra
velling anywhere, the youth, of the country is ma
nifest, as well as itrotrength and energy. None of
theta States had thb•whito mansions, with pretty
latticed 'porches araas' them, and neatly enclosed
lawns and gardens, in *such rapid succession. In
fact, the people showed their taste and thrift, as
well as their wealtli. I saw nothing splendid, very
few fine e-titi handsome mansions, but very
many very pretty Arm houses and cottages.
The ears seeded- to make poor speed between
Harrisburg and Philidelphia, my impatient desires
travelled so rapidly. At last I laid down the Phi
ladelphia paper I hid secured as en old friend,
thinking, with a half sigh, " It will be at least an
hour before we reach Philadelphia," and, looking
up, I saw we were' just entering the city.
Union Feeling in North Carolina
Ttio intelligent gentlemen recently arrived in
New: York from North Carolina, and informed the
editor of the Times that a strong Union feeling
exists in nary pats of the state. Among other
things, they jaid : .
" Letters Fad been received from Raleigh, stating
thatthe Legislature was in session when the capture
was announced, and that the Union members rose
in their planea, and cheered and slllll7lff their Just;
and were eo neje.) , in their rejoicings that all busi•
nets -was for the time suspended. The same feeling,
to a considerable' extent, pervaded the people of
that city.
tima p a
It was gen " :understood that very many more
of the lb ' " - ' would have flocked in to the
"Union map 'n_anken the oath of allegiance, but
tnat.tm - ey wervvented by the Secession troops
who linedolim coast. The main support of the' re
.bellion is the belief, wide-spread and zee/Gusty,
etielutfted by the leaders, that the Northern
armies will break up !belt houses, destroy their
property, and subject the whole country to a bru
tal and licentious soldiery. The lower and more
ignorant classes, who are made to believe these
things, are extremely violent against the North,
but the more intelligent, who know them to he,
fag, Ate by b "try large majority Union men.
Two Secessionists were recent].) publicly discussing
the subject of the blockade. On insisted that the
South could stand it two years, while the other de
clared that 'unless it should be broken within. one
year, the South, would be ruined. A !Jain man
Who Wood by thanked him for an admission so fatal
to the Secession cause—and the crowd cheered the I
sentiment. I
A " Warrior Candidate."
[For The Preee.]
It has been the custom of nations, ancient and
modern, to reward citizens who have distinguished
themselves in civil life, or who have drawn their
swords in defence of the capital. It has remained
for the debris of the Democratic party, represented
by the late James Buchanan, and that disloyal
Senator from Kentucky who is now a fugitive
from his native State in a Secession camp, to re.
ward virtue of a very different sort.
They have nominated for Senator in this district
—composed of Union, Lycoming, Centre, and Clin
ton—William H. Blair, who is styled by an editor
who desert-es to be inside of Fort Lafayette for his
treasonable utterances, Lithe warrior earalltiate."
Let w see what his claims ire to martial renown.
He belonged to the Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment,
of which General McDowell said, in his official re
port of tie Bull Run battle, that, although solicited
by both himself and the Secretary of War to stay,
they raised with a few honorable exceptions, and,
on the /Miming of the engagement, "marched home
to the siege of the enemy's cannon." Blair march
ed with tem. It is true, the captain of his com
pany
. ceitifies that he opred to stay. The great
fact is patent that he did not remain behind, but
marched home with those miserable men who have
disgraced their mothers and sisters, and, as far as
they could the Comihonwealth of Pennsylvania.
There titre several gentlemen connected with
that regimlnt who were so indignant at its desertion
of the flagtt a time when the enemy's guns .were
thunderingmnder the very walls of our capital
that they pmainad and joined other regiments.
But our Prior candidate," although he must
have been even then coveting senatorial honors,
was not onnof them.
If the .14rokinridgers are successful with this
military her, we may next hear of them trying the
patients of tire people by asking theta to sleet
" the sleepyaentinel," or some one of those Fire
Zeuaveswle "fell back " at Bull Run, and never
stopped till they reached New York.
It is tray unpleasant to indulge in personalities,
but Mr. itlair's friends, in putting him forward as
a " warrie candidate," have rendered him liable
to oritioisp,
What cairn has k for reward? 'What has he
done to sato the lustre of Pennsylvania's renown,
or repel theinsolent foe who threatens our capital?
Did he slam himself in the " imminent deadly
breach?' ;Did he play the part of lloratius Notes
or Leonh4s Or did he not rather act on the
principle 44 he who
"Runs away,
May live to light another day 1"
What encouragement is there for men to do their
whole duty, when a man who does not do half his
duty can ,iv elected to a high and honorablo pool
lion? But it is not possible that any considerable
number of men can vote for Mr. Blair. He is a fit
candidate of the party who are eternally crying
out " peace! peace!" when they know there is
not, nor can there at present be any peace.
CLINTON,
The Sheriffalty
(For The Press.]
?tizzy I solicit a place in your paper briefly to
express my hearty approval of the nomination of
Alderman John Thompson for sheriff of the county
of Philadelphia?
In the early and palmy days of the Republic,
when a man was placed in nomination for any office
in the gift of the people, the first and all-important
questions asked were, is he honest? is he capable?
Such were the prerequisites for office. In modern
times, and during the last quarter of a century,
these questions and these qualifications have been
entirely ignored, mid the only question has been,
does he belong to' our party? I rejoice to have
lived to see the dawning of a better day ; the re
turn to old-fashioned, honest principles ; to Union
and harmony in promoting the good, the honor,
and the glory of our country, instead of pargsan
favoritism. In the nominee we have A speotmiin
of that honesty of purpose, liberal qualifications,
and unsurpassed love of country, such as our
fathers delighted to honor. I have known Mr.
Thompson more than thirty years, while a young
man assiduously toiling, like Benjamin Franklin,
in his printing office. I know his honesty, his in
telligence, his unobtrusive persistence in the con.
scions discharge of his duty.
I am now an old man, having, on all proper oc
casions, deposited my vote in the ballot-box during
a period of more than half a century, and having
now no ongootatione of aloe or reward, /11.111 i co;
my vote, though it may be my last, for honest John
Thompson, and I hope my fellow-oitizens will do
likewise. SW/EX.
General Fremont not Superseded.
The Washington gerrespoplent of the World
Saps :
I am enabled to state on authority admitting of
no doubt, that all sensation statements to the effect
that General Frilmont has been ordered to report
himself as under arrest for trial by court-martial,
are absolutely false, though this does not detract
front the fast that General Wool is ordered tem.
porarity to St. Louts, and General Mansfield to
his place at Fortress M onroe. General Wool's
misszon is to inspect the military operations in
Missouri.
THE REBELLION.
AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY.
ti 1 ~1~~~ _ ~~ 1 . 71: C i .
Outrages Committed by their Troops.
THE WAR IN MISSOURI.
MOVEMENTS OF GEN. PRECE.
REPORTED EVACUATION OF LEXINGTON
McCULLOCH AND HIS ARMY.
Whereabouts of Gen. Prentiss.
INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
LATER FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
UNION FEELING IN NORTH CAROLINA.
&c. &c.
AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY.
Movements of the Rebel Generals.
Lotrisvira,u, Oat. 3.—The Bullettvt of this eve
log rays a gentleman recently from Bowling
I .t nen states that the military authorities there
- uplifted the sheriff of Warren county not to pay
„iiriy . more money into the State Treasury.
General Buckner had gone with a portion of his
*Zaps through Hopkinsville, Greenville, and other
Ames, and taken arms wherever they sould Snd
them.
The troops at Bowling Green believe that 30,000
additional troops are daily waiting -but an hour's
notice to come into Kentucky. A htiiiiesippi regi
ment recently came to Bowling given; expooting
to come directly through and occupy Louisville,
and remain there. -
Some mercenary Unionists are finding army em
ployments for themselves and servants, and a mar
lot for their produce, and give unmistakable evi
dence of yielding to Secession.
~ The Bulletin of the 2d says 800 or 1,000 rebel
troops took possession of Ilopkinsville on Monday
afternoon, and the 400 Union troops, under capt,
Jackson, were falling back to Henderson.
Reports were also in circulation that General
Buckner, with 5,000 rebel troops, would attack
Spotsville on Thursday.
It was also rumor.* that General Zollicolfer Ina
retreating towardarßarboursville.
Win. Mure, the British consul at New Orleans,
arrived to-day, and has gone Eastward.
The proceedings of the Kedtucky Legislature
have been unimportant.
The Adtance of Zollicoffer—Excitement
in Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Times, of Wednesday evening,
in discussing the late movements in Kentucky,
says
Our intelligence today is of such a eharaCter SS
to dispel every doubt in regard to the intention of
the Confederate troops
,to occitpu Kentucky in
great force. At a late hour last night word reached
this city that Gen. Zollicoffer, of Tennessee, was
advancing, with not less than twenty-ssysn. am
-sand men, to attack the kederal troops at Camp
"Dick Robinson." This move is of the most omi
nous character. It is not worth while to disguise
the fact that our troops in Kentucky are in more
danger than any other detachment of the Fat
the attack; our Kentucky
lic9F9S i§ avowing' and
r in a t l en s d e s ri t i o ce. con G i eL ne Z e ol
soldiers are threatened by an immediate assault,
and an assault conducted by largely superior num
bers.
M. L. B
The excitement in Cincinnati last evening, eon
pqmsont upon the receipt of the news from Zo
eoffer, was very great. We had almost despaired of
ever seeing some of our prominent citizens worked
up in regard to the importance of carrying the war
into Kentucky, instead of suffering the Confede
rates to bring it to the banks of the Ohio. They
hove come to the eonelusion, however, thitt iosne
thing is really going on, and no time is to be
lost.
The late mn0.....05ts or the en the Poto
mac hove been of an inexplicable character, but
no doubt can be entertained in reference to the re
bel operations in Kentucky. The Hue of fell - VOW
through Eastern Tennessee is of the highest int
bortance to the Southern Confederacy. This line
is the very spinal marrow of Beauregard's great
army in Virginia. All its life and resources flow
from the Cotton States through this channel. Oar
advance into Kentucky rendered it necessary for
Beauregard and Davis to order the passage of the
Cumberland Gap, and a regular invasion of the
State.
General Mitchell is exerting himself with com
mendable zeal, and before the week shall dose he
will bevy a body of men on the dark and bloody
ground, able to meet the approaching storm. A
great battle mvst occur, and occur shortly. Zolli
coffer cannot afford to delay an hour. He knows
the Ohio and Indiana troops are swarming over the
river. and IROVilly, with the greatest vtpidity
toward Southern Kentucky to crush him before
the arrival of reinforcements from Tennessee and
Virginia. We may, therefore, look for a collision
at any moment.
More Outrages of the Rebel Troops. —
The Louisville Journal says that the tailing of
Manchester, in Clay county, by Zsdlicoffer and his
men, was attended with great destruction of pro
perty. We have the same information in regard to
all places in Kentucky captured or overrun by the
invaders from Tennessee. In every instance pri
vate possessions are seized, theft and robbery are
committed_ and acts of wanton destruction perpe
trated in defiance of all the laws of war among
civilized nations. There is no more forbearance or
moderation—no more respeet for national law or
the ordinary demands of common humanity—in
the deeds perpetrated by our Tennessee invaders
than in the proceedings of the wildest and most
relentless savages that over made an incursion
among the abodes of civilization.
Difficulty between Generals Anderson and
Mitchell—Reported Supersedure of Gen.
millerson.
_ _ _
A despatch to the Herald says General McCook
arrived at Washington on Thursday, with instruc
tions to present to the President and Cabinet and
General Scott a statement of the condition of mili
tary affairs in Kentucky, and along the Ohio river.
It appears that a misunderstanding of some nature
has sprung up between General Anderson and (ten&
ral Mitchell, involving points of professional •""
cacy, which precludes a cordial 0 0 .,,-.4litton be
tween these commanders. Geusfal McCook was
the bearer of a request that some other officer
should be ()whiled to the command of these depart
ments. Iftt had an interview with the offtcers yr
the Goverment last night and to-day, and ex
plained My the purpose of his mission. It is un
derstood that the conference has resulted in the
appointinent of General McCook to the command
of the department of Kentucky, and that this se
lection will not only be agrees 1. to Gen. Mitchell
and Gen. Anderson, who ie suffering_grom ill health,
but will also insure a promo and eneetli, 11 , 4 1 1 , 1 ; 1l j g _
tration of the campaign in Kentucky aIICI d ou g
the Ohio.
The announcement that Gen. McCook is to take
charge of the department of Kentucky has given
great satisfaction to the Kentuckians in Washing
ton, They Me General Anderson, but have been
continually under apprehensions that his ill health
would prevent his acting with the energy they
deemed all important at this crisis. They want to
make short work of the campaign in Kentucky,
and then proceed to the liberation of Tennessee.
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
Sr. Louis, Oct. 3.—The report contained in the
despatches published in thisafternoon's papers, that
Cerium! Fremont hid bocii removed, created in
tense indignation among the mass of the Unionists,
and great rejoicing among the Secessionists.
A recruiting rendezious for an Irish regiment
was closed on receipt of the news.
A meeting in the second ward this evening, for
the formation of a Home Guard, adjourned with
out action.
A gentleman who visited Benton Barracks this
afternoon reports that the greatest excitement ex
ists among the troops there, amounting almost to
mutiny. '
A mass meeting has been called, to be held on
Saturday, for an expression of popular opinion here
relating to the removal of Fremont.
Col. McKie:dry bas been ordered to the Depart
ment of the Cumberland, in Kentucky. A gentle
man. from Sarcoxie says Judge Chenault had hung
nine men for loyalty to the Union.
ST. Louis, Oct. 4.—The following special de
spatch has bocn received by the .Democrat :
JraTBRBOri CITY, Oct. O.—Gentlemen who have
arrived this evening from Sedalia confirm the re
port of the evacuation of Lexington by the rebels,
and also bring intelligence of its partial occupation
by Gen. Sturgis.
Major Baker, of the Home Guards, who was
among the prisoners taken at Lexington, and who
refused to give his parole, escaped from the rebels
on Monday night. He arrived at Sedalia this
morning.
He says that all the -rebels left Lexington on
Monday afternoon, and that their rear guard, laid
left, was fired upon with shells by General Sturgis,
who just then appeared on the opposite side of the
river; and several were wounded.
win they first left Lexington, Maio! Baker
thinks it was the intention of Pride to march di
rect on Georgetown; but information having been
brought to him that General Siegel was advancing
with 40,000 men, he moved westward, towards In
dependence.
Whether the main body of the rebeli paraded
this route for any distance, Major Baker is una
ware, as during the confusion" among the rebels
upon the reception of the news of the large force of
TWO CENTS.
Siegel, and the reported pursuit by Shires in .the
rear, be made his escape.
He thinks General Price's effective force num
bers about 25,000, in addition to which Irs , has some
15,000 irregular troops, whose principal occupation
is foraging, But this portion of the army had pretty
much left the main body before Baker escaped.
Gen. Siegcl. who conanands our advance guard.
had all his preparations made for an attack last
night, and bad the enemy made his appearance, ho
would have met with a warm rieeption.
Our forces are mostly stationed at Otterville, Se
dalia, and Georgetown. The distance from Otter
villa to Sedalia is twelve miles, and from Sedalia to
Georgetown four miles.
We have also something of a force under Gm,
Pope at Booneville, may twenty-fire miles north
east of kiednlia.
Is St. Louin in Danger
The Ximouri Democrat,in an article discussing
tbiv qualm, guya;
•
The Seoesmonicts of the city pretend to fake great
comfort in the notion that the cry of " On to Lex
ington' has driven Fremont out of St. Louis, and
left the city open to the attank of either Hardee
from the direction of Greenville, or Jeff Thomp
sea /fora the neighberheed of New Madrid. Mc-
Culloch, too, it is rumored, has not joined General
Price, nor does he intend to join him, but is che
rishing designs upon Rolla. We are surprised that
this kind of talk is giving real alarm to many of
our Union friends-. There is not a particle of li4ll
-
Gen. Fremont has taken away from our neigh
borhood a large army, but he has also provided
for all the contingencies that may happen to ui.
/ronton is now in possession of three Illinois regi
ments, which are sufficient to checitany demonstra
tion from Hardee. Jeff. Thompson dare not push
on to the northward for fear of the superabun
dant forces at Cairo and Bird's-Point, which would
surely fall in upon his rear, and make an easy
capture of him. Rolla is guarded by two regiments,
and can be-fully-reinforesed r ilk.well aa Ironton, in
half a day. ;
Admitting the possibility that all these points
may be turned against us, and that the enemy, in
force, will advance upon the city—still there is no
serious cause for alarm. There are to-day ten thou
sand troops in camp. around' St. Louis, and
within forty-eight hours- as- many more could be
commanded from the camps in Illinois and Indiana.
The fortifications around the city, for the construe.
Lion of which Gen. Fremont has- been so lavishly
abused, are completed, and by the elm of this
week are expected to be fully mounted with the
heavy guns now in the city intended for them.
Can anything further be provided for our safety?
We think all apprehensions may be fully and
finally dismissed..
Importance of the - Osage.
Should the enemy design an attack upon Jeffer
son City, almost the first step in the execution of
the plan would be the destruction.of the bridge
acme lbe clop river, The capital of the State
would thus be virtually insulated from St. Louis
and the East, far it would consume much most
valuable time to reconstruct the bridge, or to con
vey troops and munitions over the broad stream
without it, especially in the face of. the obstacles
which the enemy would certainly interpose. it is
of vital consequence that this bridge be preserved
intact for the transit of our forces eastward or west;
ward, as circumstances shall require.
Whereabouts of General Prentiss,
The Quincy Herat , of October Ist, says that
Mr. Bowen, the express messenger who reached
that city on Monday night from St.. Joseph, states
that General Prentiss was at Chillicothe, on the
liannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. • .Chillicothe is
a station about forty miles north of Lexington.
General Prentiss bad about three thousand troops
with him_ From remarks made by different per
sons at Chillicothe during the brief stoppage of the
train, Mr. Bowen was given to understand that Ge
neral Prentiss apprehended an attar* by the rebel
forces, but by what number , or under whose com
mand, Mr. Bowen was not informed.
How our Union Troops at Springkeld,
Mo., are Treated.
Of the Union troops wounded at Wilson's creek,
near Springfield, Mo., one hundred and seventy
six still -remain in the possession of the rebels at
Springfield, and while the Union ladies of the vi
cinity and some of the rebel officers treat them
kindly, a correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat
says
They are 4pt fn a eon ftant state of anxiety
by the threats and bullying innfitS which are
daily heaped upon them, not by the head men,
but by a set of ragamuffins who constantly prowl
about the d
streets, and infest the hospitals for the
purpose of venting their 110710711071 s spleen on
dzsabled and helpless men,. From what I saw I
am inclined to think Col. T. T. Taylor, Dr. Russell,
and Major Gunning are, naturally, gentlemen, and
disposed to extend courtesies and kind treatment
towards our sick and wounded; but have even
heard some of the higher officers in command
saw thot if the _Federal. shoot Melt ma, they
will most aourediv I ardently hope,
itm numanity s Bake in general, and for the sake of
our brave wounded in particidar, that some ar
rangement will he made to bring them away—to
bring them where they will not be kept in constant
dread and annoyance, and subjected to 'Unit upon
insult.
McCulloch and his
_Army—The Fort at
A correspondent of the Alissovri Democrat,
writing from Rolla, Mo., under date of September
29, says:
I state, on what I consider good authority, that
McCulloch's army, last Thursday, were in the
vicinity of Springfield, supposed to be aboutls,ooo
strong, the ! lefferson City rtll49ro tQ the contrary
notwithstanding.
The fort which crowns the highest elevation in
this region is a quadrangular structure, having a
32-pounder siege gun mounted in the centre of each
side. The ground slopes away from either side,
and the fort commands an siiienoil - 0 view, and will
prove a most formidable object of approach by an
enemy. The military defences about this point
indicate in their conception agood deal of engi
neering skill. A master mind has evidently had
planning to do.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 3.—Nashville papers of the
29th., and Richmond papers of the 24th, have been
received.
Tare hundrod end fifty Federal prisoners were
sent from Richmond to New Orleans, including
Captain Mclves of the New York Sixty-ninth,
Lieutenant J. B. Hutchinson of the Fifteenth Penn
sylvania, and Lieutenant Welsh of the First Min
nesota_
One hundred more Federal prisoners had arrived
at Richmond, sixty-eight of whom were taken by
General Lee's command, twenty taken near Man
son's Hill, and the remainder captured ay General
Floyd. Lieutenant Merrill, of - United States En
gineers, is among the prisoners.
The latest Richmond papers contain the follow
ing news:
Three huncl , ..s end fifty thonsend.dollars' worth
of tobwivO, belonging to August Belmont, has beea
confiscated at Richmond.
Private Meßuck, of the New York Sixty-ninth
Regiment, was shot by the rebel guard for looking
out of a prison window.
Ex-Street Commisaioner Smit 11 1 ,0111:0W York, hBB
been appointed a Major General in.the Confederate
array.
Voionea van Doren, of Texas, has also been
appointed Major General, and summoned to Rich
mond.
OPer twelve thosami rebel, soldion are io the
hospitals at Richmond.
Es.-Minlzter Danish has been. appointed an aid to
Gen. Floyd. us - Senator Benjittniu is still acting
as Secretary of Var.
David B. Tuter, of the- Arra of Waii-
n
Tuner, Co., Id John Raptor,
of York,
had been arrestedl Rich/nor a ...re brought before
the Secretary of 'tr. Turner was subsequently
released.
The abandonmarof Ship Island by the re
bele? and its assail. = by ilia Federals, is con
&tad.
The War in Wei v irpo i a ...p osit ion
of the wo A rmies .
The Richmond Disick, of the 21st ult., has
the following from West V i rg i n i a:
The strength of thi, wmy
in Western Virginia
is believed to be betwk ifor i ry
and fifty thousand.
There are now under C. g,,,,„„ia. ..-5
Randolph county, 11 1 °-. twenty-five thousand.
General Cox had betwe six and seven thousand
in the Kanawha Valued Gen. Rosecrans is said
to have / 111 ° 0 n Ihouzfeadieme say eleven to tirroleo
thousand. Thus there a certainly not less than
forty, and there may I nearly fifty thousand of
the enemy's forces eperiag in Western Virginia.
Generals Lee and Lori: having a superior force
to cove with, and Gruen Floyd and Wise are
laboring under the disadiatago of a contidere4le
disparity of numbers. li'understand that several
regiments have been ordeed from Lynchburg to
reinforce our army
i red Lewisburg, and that
still further forces w e sent forward to the same
destination very prontly.
The news brought dim by the Central train yes
terday was that Gen_ as had again fallen back,
upon his former posh'', his forward movement
having been desisted bm for some atrategie reason,
not transpired.
The armies of Geerals Wise and Floyd have
changed their positior from Sewell's Mountain. to.
Diendew Aor, which j gg this side of the Sewel l
but further to fbi West in the direction of 6 - ummer•
villa. The redden they now occupy is upon, what
is called the wilderness road, leading into. Green
brier county from-Summerville, along which Gen.
Rosecrana is approaking with a part of eleven re
giments. It is Wit
a view to meet him on his
match that Gens. Floyt.Wise have proceeded
up the Wilderness Road; Meadow Btulf. If the
movement of Gen. Itoseerms be oorrestiy repo.-trA,
we may expect to bear of emitter battle in that di
rection in a few days
Speaking of affairs in Westen Virginia, after the.
fight at Carnifax Ferry, the .145pareh says :
Floyd and Wise together lace net sin Ihaftgrala,
effective men. Rosecraiis haseleven thousand with
him, while four more thousand are marching by the
Meadow Bluff to enter the turnpike between the .
Sewell Mountain and Levi/burg. Cox ling five
thousand ire hundred. In-all, twenty thousand
Ave hundred men against a little more thon
thousand
The Examiner, of the 27th, speaks of the affairs
in Western Virginia as tt critical," in consequence
of the manner in which Rosecraus was pressing Ge.
nerals Floyd and Wise, who were ‘k Dining beck "
before him, it is stated that twelve (i native SW
tors," who tad come from Hatteras to the main
shore of North Carolina, had been taken into OW3-
tody for affording assistance to the cf Lineoln go
verment." On them were found documents pro-
THE WEEKLY PRESS.
Tan WI=LY Patin will be sent to subeorthere by
mall (per opium In advance,) at $2.041
Three Goatee, " I, I 6.01
Five a " ta 15.00
Ten u u 12.00
Twenty a a (to one addross) 20.01
Twenty Copies, or over, (to address of
each enbecriber,) each 1.90
For a Club of Twentr.ohe Or OYOr, We Fill Mad FS
extra Corry to the getter-ap of the Club.
ilEir Postmasters are roonestal to act is Agent' for
Twz WEaKLY Paws&
mixing protection swici friendship , to the North Ca
roliniana if they did not oppose tire Federal troops.
These documents were probably the proclamation
of Colonel Hawkins.
Richmond,. 'VA:, Markets.
The Engwirer r , of the 27th ultimo; hue the fol.
towing itt its report of the markets :
;3/..con a ntinuss very Ft. ret.. and. 1!!r. reee'pls
fromitio country two light, oWitigy itt ai great de
gree, to the difficulty of procuring transportation.
We quote 24 to 25. prime country butter, 25430
cents re? pound. Cent, 57.00 cents per bushel.
Wheat, 141 cents a 31 . 1.. Family flour Sra7.so.
Common whisky, Sank. , cents per gallon ;" moun
tain do., rii-cents a $l, awl' good' old rye;
a 1.75.
The steer' of coffee E' shirost exhatistel, and
prioee are very irrt.gulen. We quote et 311145,
cents per pouail, at which prleee bet few can afford.
the luxury.
Liverpool salt is still held MI $7:50. We are' now
in receipt of the artidle from southwestern
which is sold at prices equivalent to about $6 for a,•
sack of Liverpool. The pre?PiKi2 Are that we than ,
continue to receive liberal eupplielfrOM that Beetidtti
of the State.
Receipts of tobacco are quite heavy, and the'
warehouses were crowded ; so much so that it is
feared inspections will have to be, ia-a short time,
suspended, Prices are fewer ; especially for lugs and
common leaf, while really fine, suitable Air foreign
markets, has under:gone but little change. We
quote good and strictly prime from , $t to $lO ;
medium leaf $5 to $7; common $3 to $4'.25, as to
quality; lugs from $1.50 to $2.25.
The Capture,oflllitterAW
The same paper contains a lengthy report, by
Acting Governor Clark, of North Carolina, relative
to the capture of Hatteras, in which he statim that
the number of troops in Fort Hatteras was. 800,
while something more than COO were captured.
He eonollldeS that 200 must have escaped,' but
where they went he has no Information. The
Governor expresses the sentiment that defeats must
be looked for in the course of war ; that success •
cannot be expected at all times, and that it' is the '
duty of patriotism to rise above defeat and turn ad-'
-verses to advantage. lie. says, furthermore, that
Fort Hatteras would never have sgrrendered, only
the Federal forces had the largest guns and the.t
most of them.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
From Fortress Monroe.
FonznEss MONROE, Oct. 3—via Baltimore.—
Gen. Wool will proceed to Washington, to-night,
and will be relieved, for the present at least, by
Gen. Mansfield, who arrived from Washington this
morning for that purpose.
op. hundred of the mutineers confined on the
Kip Steps were this morning released by General •
'Wool and restored to duty.
There has been every day, with but one excep
tion, a flag of truce between Old Point and Norfolk
for the last two weeks.
The denier Irm. Belden. came down to-tiny
from Norfolk. She was seized by the rebels last
spring, and her presence at Old Point excited con
siderable feeling. She brought down some fifty
refugees, men, women, and children. They were
sent back, not having been 811pplig with the Iv
quidie papers.
Henry Magraw, Esep, of Pennsylvania, who
went to Manassas for the body of Colonel Cameron,
returned by the flag of truce, and will proceed to
Washington to-night.
NavintilM of the Potomac.
The Washington Rep/Mean, of yesterday, says
As many as forty vessels, of all sizes, have come
up the river to this city and Georgetown within
the past forty-eight hours, and we hear of nothing
in the shape or attempted interruption, except a
little firing from a battery at Potomac Crock, which,
just below Aoquia creek. The river is so wide
there that no harm was done. None was expected
to be done, we suppose, the principal object being
to make a noise. The river is reported to be still
full of vessels making their way up. The coal.
hay, end other markets, will be well supplied, and
there is 110 Unger of priew being run up above the
ordinary range. If any are alarmed, they have
only to go to the navy yard, and see the abundant
means the Navy Department has of beating down
any battery which maybe erected to cripple the
navigation of thc Ntsugo,
Another Advance Movement,
The army is surely, but slowly, advancing into.
Virginia. Stirring events are close at hand.
Surveys of Railroads.
GczerM Van Vilot has had aurroyon at work on
the orange and lioudoun railroads, o.nd they will
soon be used for Government purposes. A branch
track will also be laid to MoDowell's position.
Names of the Fortifications near Wash
ington.
A general order recently issued by General Mc-
Ole Ham says:
XI. The works in the vicinity of Washington are
named as follows:
The work south of Hunting creek, "Fort Lyon."
That Hill , 11 Fort Ellsworth.''
That to the left of the Seminary, "Fort Worth."
That in front of Blenker's brigade, "Fort Man
or."
That in front of Lee's house, Fort Ward."
That near the mouth of Fo crook, "Fort.
&att."
That on Richardson's Hill, "Fort Riohardson."
That now known as Fort Albany, " Fort Albany."
That near the end of Long Bridge, "Fort Ma
yon."
The work next on the r ight of Fort Albany ;
"Fort Craig."
The work next on the right of Fort Craig, " Fort
Tillinghast."
The work next on the right of Fort Tillinghast,
"Fort Ramsay."
The Work nut on the right of Fort Ramsay,
"Fort Woodbury."
That next on the right of Fort Woodbury, " Fort
De Kalb."
The work in rear of Fort Corcoran and near the
canal, " Fort Haggerty "
Milt now known as Fort Corcoran ; Fort CO
MM.'?
That to the north of Fort Corcoran, "Fort Ben
nett."
That south of Chain Bridge on the height, "Fort
Ethan Allen."
That near the Chain Bridge, on the Leosburg
road, "Fort Marcy."
That on the cliff north of the Chain Bridge,
"Battery Martin Scott.''
That on the height near the reservoir, "Battery
Vermont "
That near Georgetown, "Battery Cameron."
That on the left of Tennallytown, Fort Gaines.f
That at Tennallytown, "Fort Pennsylvania.' .
That at Emory'a chapel, "Fort Massachusetts."
That near the camp of the Second Rhode Island
Regiment, "Fort Slocum."
That on Prospect Hill, near Bladensburg, "Fort
Lincoln.'
That next on the left of Fort Lincoln, " Fort
Saratoga."
That next on the left of Fort Saratoga, " Fort
Bunker Hill.
That on the right of Gen. Sickles' camp, "Fort
That on the tight of Fort Stanton, "Fort Car
roll."
That on the left towards Bladensburg, "Fort
Greble."
The Punishment of Depredators Upon
Private Property.
The following important order has been issued by
Gen. McClellan :
[GENERAL ORDER, NO. 19.]
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1861. I
The attention of the general eommanding hae
I recently been directed to deprodatioo of an atro
cious character that have been committed upon the
persons and property of citizens in Virginia, by ,
the troops under his
aePPetiCt tf comm and
miui
d The
property of
inoffensive peopiehasbegAilelyand violently
tkenfromtheu,their sbr:kexopen,and'smeinstAreis:,.e to the ground. rh fe°rajis perfectly a thefaccth t these outrages
o%lafewbadnen'and do I°t
c r i eelfidaiof th e ma ss of th e Re ev g, it.
_,,lttiers
who have the interest of the service at hearl.
will cordially unite their efforts with -his- in en
deavoring to suppress practices which iliggr eee th e
name of a soldier..
tu as re .
t n ed g
uwpoitnh
the
praorpomyrtywhofo
citizens
e ze d na e-
The general commandin g canomdmbauroduing.ghtdirtoutrutsialth; that i n
ho t o all h oc a t u c p d bes er i a n an d a mTle a t a i
sure' 1 c0.......1 that g rimes of such.
v .!. admit of no renumon of ~.,_ death enormit7
winch the military 1...., J . I .
nature. When depredittea r n h olfsolas of thra
property in charge of a
guard,
the guard, williii
as well as the other members of as . principals, and
bold responsible for the sam e,
punished accordingly.
The "SlillEttioil li
at Norfolk; Mo., and
Cairo.
A correspon.
dent of the St. Louis Democrat,
writing from. Cairo, under date of. September 30,
says :
Norfolk, seven miles below. here, which 18 occu
pied by the vanguard: of our. army, is at present
the absorbing point of, interest. The post teems
with exciting rumors, and for:mareek past we have
been expecting evory„elay to..licar of an attack.
The preservation af. the post is no doubt due, in a
teat measure r to the gallantry and vigilance of
tar. stawart And Lis indepoudent company of
cavalry. Be has familiarized himself and his men
with every lane and trail and by-way in the coun
try, and every. island in. the swamp. He move s from place to . place with the greatest rapidity, at
tacking the enemy when they least expect him,.
often pursuing then) to the very confines of their
camps. lle says. the orders to , f draw sabres "in
equivalent to three hundred men, the shot gene.
being no protection whatever against the sabre.
thrust, and no matter what the odds. before they
recover from the confusion into which his charge.
has thrown them, the rally has sounded, and: oft
ditch the company with prisoners and prizes. Such
terror has thisnanger warfare struck into the rant
of Thompson's tatterdemalions that they have ac.
Wally drawn thole pickets in several m iles, and it
is rumored its town that Thompson has offered,
ssl,ooo for Capt. Stewart's head.
Now than se a prospect of more decisive opera-.
lions, and the movement of the ficudngton ft:Jett,/
may advance on Bunter's, which iti.fiack
miles ferules down, and a midi more defensible
and important po int than Norfolk. If : this be
the case, Johnson may undertake to dislodgara
i m mediately.
We have daily nom from ColulnbllO4 !Wit is
asserted that the enemy are in constant fear of an
attack front us, and have no intention of assuming
the offensive.
The battle Of Cairo 'proper has been,fpught. The
most , formidable fortMeations are erected--not SG
much to guard against the attack, efiristia to. be
made as' by their forbidding strength to mho a
successful attack impossible, or at least too costly
of blood and treasure to be attempted by hat an ene
my. Cairo is pow so thoroughly foed G ant n
to capture it would be. madness. The
real battle has been fought by the treasure which
bas ben expended in erecting Port Prentiss, for
bundles the fortifications at Bird's Point, and by
the patient and brave fellows who have guarded
their oeportsut posts so long.