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Mailed to Subscribers out or the City at Tama* Dot,
UM Pas Alarm, in advance
COMMISSION HOUSES.
WILLIAMS' FLANNELS
ANGOLA, MERINO, SAXONY, Zro
firABIOITS WIDTHS AND QUALITIES.
For sale by
WELLING, COFFIN ,W,Co.
aux.fmw3.
WELLING, COFFIN, & CO.,
No. 116 CHESTNUT annum.
-Offer, br the Package, the following Makes and Deacrip.
lions of Geode:
PRINTS.
DUNNELL NM CO. - GREENE MFG. CO
BLEACHED COTTONS.
Bay Mill, Lonsdale, hope, Blackstone, Greene Mfg. 00.,
'Gad Bank, Mariposa, Jamestown, Slatonwille, Belvidere. /
Centredsle,
BROWN COTTONS.
Fredonia, Ohio, Groton, Silver Spring, Glenville, Eagle,
Lfechanics' and Farmers' Union, &c.
CORSET JEANS.—Glasgow, 'Manchester.
DENIMS AND STRIPES.—Grafton, Jewett City,
Madison, Siateraville, Agawam, Kenton°, Chootavh
CATtiIDN FLANNELS.--Slateraville, Agawam, Shep.
yard's.
filtiESlAS.—Smith's, Lonsdale, Diamond UM
WOOLENS.
ALIMIET BLUE CLOTHS AND HSHSEYS.
BROAD CLOTHS.—DoWinleria, Pomeroeery anthems
Company.
CASSIMERES AND DOESKlNS.—Greenfteld, Gay's,
Stearns'.
SATINETS.—Base 'River, Crystal Springs, Conyers
vine, Hope, Staffordrille, Converse and Hyde, Con
verse Brothers, Bridgewater.
iflannels, Lingeys,Kentucky Jean% Nankeen% Tie Mao,
Colored Cambries, Printed Cloakings, &o. anfifsnwara
FROTELINGHAM & WELLS,
34 SOUTH FRONT AND 35 LETITIA STREET,
OFFER FOR SALE
.GOWN AND BLEACHED SEMETINGS,
SHIRTINGS,
DRILLS, JEANS, SILECIAS,
CANTON FLANNELS,
FROM THS
!MASSACHUSETTS, GREAT PALLB
.LACORIA,,
EVERETT,
LOW ELL,
aswica,
HAMPDEN,
LIKEWISE,
A FULL ASSORTMENT OF
I`3RAWLS, BEAVER CLOTHS, TRICOTS,
CASSIMERES, FLANNELS, TWEEDS,
BLANKETS, AND ARMY
GOODS,
FROM THE WASHINGTON (Lers BAY si..erg,)
BIN OMB MILLS. oel-3m
48111PLEY, HAZARD, &
IHUTCHINSON,
No. 11l CHUM= STREET,
OOMMISSION M BOHANTS
ron Tay semi or
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
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IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS.
FALL SEASON.
1861.
W S. STEWART & CO.
Importers and Jobbers of
SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS,
NO. 303 MARKET STREET.
.BROWN AND BLACK
REPELLANTS.
BROIVN AliD SLACK,
(VERY DESIRABLE,)
ALSO, OTHER CLOTHS,
FOR CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
A LALGE INVOICE of the above Goode just re.
ceived. ocs-tf
CLOTHS AND CASSIHERES.
NET CASH CLOTH STORE.—
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ELLIS 8c I-lARROP,,
NO. 225 MARKET STREET, UP STAIRS.
A new and desirable Tall Stock of Cloths, Cessirneres,
"Feelings, &c., sold low for cash, in lengths to alit pur
chasers. ael6-1m
CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
ENGLISH WATER-PROOF
CLOAKS.
(AQUASCUTUM.)
BLACK-MIXED CLOAKS,
GRA.Y.MTTED CLOAKS,
BROWN-MIXED CLOAKS,
CLARET-MIXED CLOAKS,
OPENING
:EVERY MORNING
J. W. PROCTOR eic Co.,
708 CHESTNUT STREET
LOOKING GLASSES.
IMMENSE REDUCTION
nt
LOOKING GLASSES.
OIL . PAINTrtiGI3, ENGBAVINGt3,
.riaTirßE AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES.
JAMS S. EARLE & SON,
816 OHRSTEIIT STREET.
-Announce the reduction of 2S per cent. in the prices of ell
Manufactured Stock of Looking Glasses ; also, in
riSnitnavings, Picture and Photograph Frames, Oil Paint
ings. Tile largest and most elegant assortment in the
• eountrY. A rare opportunity is now offered to make pug
abases in this line For Cash, at remarkably Low Prices
EARLE'S GALLERIES.
; r ats 816 CHESTNUT street.
CABINET FURNITURE.
CIABINET FURNITURE AND
ILIBIL
LIARD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 281 South SECOND Street,
Connection with their exteiudve Cabinet Huainan are
sew manufacturing a impeder article of
BUZZARD TABLES,
And have now on hand a full supply, finished with the
SWORE & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which are pronounced, by a who have used them, to be
puperior to ell others.
For the Quality and finish of these Tables the manu
facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
Hnion who are funnier with the character of their work.
11121-61 n
HARDWARE.
HARDWARE.
MOORE, JIMMY, & CO
Have now on hand, and are constantly receiving, a
large assortment of HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS,
ac., to whiclvthey invite the attention of purchasers for
cash or abort credit
No. 427 MARKET Street, and
oeB-2m No. 416 COMMERCE Street, PJiUada
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY,
cheap for Cash and short Credit, by MOOSE
HEMET, 427 SUBSET Street, Philadelphia.
NAM t NAILS ! - NAILS !—Har—
riaburig Watt Depot ? WO COMMERCE SZ. Tl4O
best Nails manufactured for 82.66 cash. All sizes.
• 8e23-1M W. W. KNIGHT & SON & CO.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
TORN WELSH, Practical SLATE
Elf BOMBE, THIBM_ Street and MaglitaßTOWN
Smol t M prepared tO not on any amount of worm.
itio mots ELOVERATE TEM. gaszents tek
snake every Building perfectly Water-tight.
w Orders promptly attended to,
EVANS & WATSON'S
menterins ELM&
STORE,
16 SOUTH TOUR.TH STREET,
PIIILADELPIIIA, PA.
A large variety et Y1614E007 SATES always
on hand.
(lOTTON BAIL DUCK and CAN
VAS, of all numbers and brands.
Raven's Dock Awning Twills, of all descriptions, for
Tents, Awnings, Trunks, and Wagon Covers.
Also, Paper Manufacturers' Drier Felts, from Ito $
feet wide. WOWED& Belting, Ban Twine, ltc.
MIK W. EVIORMAN CO.,
say4-if i 9 J ON JONAS Alley.
LYMAN,
DWIGHT,
CABOT,
CHICOPEE, end
BARTLET MILLS
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VOL. 5. - NO. 58.
MILLINERY GOODS.
MRS. H. WRIGHT,
41 4 1 -
No. 137 PINE. STREET,
WILL OPRIC
FASHIONABLE MILLINERY,
ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10Tu, 1861
ocB-3t*
SOMETHING NEW AT
KENNEDY'S
FRENCH FLOWER AND FEATHER
EMPORIUM,
No. T 29 CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW EIGHTH
0c5.3m
MILLINERY OPENING.
CITY BONNET STORE,"
NO. 725 CHESTNUT STREET
OPENING DAY,
Thursday, October 3, 1861.
LINCOLN, WOOD, Sr, NICHOLS,
NO. 725 CHESTNUT STREET
ABILINERY AND
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„, STRAW GOODS.
ROSENHEIM,
BROOKS, 8c C 0.,.
431 MARKET STREET,
z,, Invite the attention of
MERCHANTS AND MILLINERS
rF To their wel-assorted stock of
RIBBONS, BONNET SILKS,
VELVETS, FLOWERS, STRAW GOODS,
and every other article in their line.
A superior brand of
BLACK VELVET RIBBONS
sel3-2m Always on hand.
INERY GOODS, of the latest
Milt's and fashions, now open at my store, and will
be sold cheaper than anywhere, for cash. Milliners and
Merchants are invited to call and examine before pur
chasing elsewhere.
BEEN/Mat
aelt-lm No. THIRD btreeti above Market.
N. B.—Six per cent. discount deducted for cash.
MISSES 0' BRYA N, 914
CHESTNUT, will open PARIS MILLINERY
for the Fell on THURSDAY, October 3. oc2-12t*
CARPETINGS.
NEW CARPETING.
JAMES H. ORNE,
Chestnut st., below 7th,
SOUTH SIDE.
Now opening from the New York Auction Room, •
large lot of CROSSLEY'S ENGLISH TAPESTRY
BRUSSELS, which will be sold from
80 CTS. TO $1 PER YARD.
Also, a complete assortment of allthermietiss of CAB.
PETING, of OtTIC OWN ratrOATAT/Olfs COM ,
prising
CROSSLEY'S WILTON ft VELVET CARPETING
TEMPLETON'S AXMINSTER do.
HENDERSON'S DAMASK AND
- TWILLED VENETIANS
Also, a large variety of ENGLISH BRUSSELS, im—
ported under the old duty, which will be - soll at low
prices.
Included in our stock win be found a complete assort
ment of INGRAIN AND TRNEE-PLY CARPETING.
OIL CLOTH FROM 1 TO 8 YARDS WIDE.
JAMES H. ORNE.
626 CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW SEVENTH
ocs-Im
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. DELACROIX.
sel9-2m
G LEN ECHO MILLS,
GERMANTOWN, PA.
McCALLUM &
MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS.
509 CHESTNUT STREET,
CARPETINGS )
OIL CLOTHS, &O.
We have now on hand an extensive stock of Carpet-
Inge of our own and other makes, to which we call the
attention of cash and short time buyers. sell-2m
NEW Q ARP ETING - 8.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
No. 519 CHESTNUT STREET—OPPOSITE STATE
HOUSE,
Are now opening, from Custom Roue Stores, their
PALL IMPORTATIONS
NEW CARPETINGS
1,000 pieces J. CROSSLEY & SONS' TAPESTRY
CARPETS, from
87-1 OTS. TO $1 PER YD
5.4 TAPESTRY VELVET;
FRENCH AUBUSSON;
FINE AXHINSTER;
ROYAL WILTON,*
EXTRA ENGLISH - BRIISSELS;
HENDERSON de CO.'s YENITIAN;
ENGLISH INGRAIN CARPETS;
ALL OF NEW CHOICE STYLES.
Mfg
HATING BEEN INVOICED BEFORE THE LATE
ADVANCE IN THE TARIFF,
Will be sold at
MODERATE PRICES.
,n29-2m
CHEAP CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS,
AND WINDOW SHADES.—V. E. ARCEIAM
BAULT, N. E. corner ELEVENTH and MARKET
Streets, will open, from auction, this morning, Ingrain
Climate, wool filling ' 25, 31, and. 37 cents Ingrain Car
pets, all wool, 37", 45, 60, and 62 cents; Entry and Stair
Carpets, 12, 18, 25, 31, 37, 50, and 62 cents; Hemp,
Yarn, and Rag Carpets, 18, 25, 31, and 37 mite; Floor
Oil Clothe, al, 37, 45, and 50 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. E. corner ELEVENTH and MARKET
oc3-12t1
WINES AND LIQUORS.
CLARET.-100 Casks Claret ex-slap
David, from Bordeaux, for vale in bonded ward
house by JATfRETCHE do CABSTAIRS, 202 and 204
South FRONT Street. ocl-tf
PORT WINE.---111 Quarters and 43
octaves DeMuller Port, for lode from Cott= MmHg
Mores by JAIIRETCRE & CARSTAIRB, 202 and 204
South FRONT Street. ocl-tf
PIIRE PORT WINE.
DUQUE DO PORTO WINE, BOTTLED IN
PORTUGAL IN 1820.
Phyeicians and invalids in want of a reliable article of
pure Port Wine can be supplied by inquiring for the
above wine at CANTWELL & KEFFER'S,
Southeaet corner GERMANTOWN Avenue
and MASTER Street.
HENNEBSY, VINE-YARD PRO
twisters, Bisqult, Tricoche & Co., Marett, Pinet,
and other approved brands of COGNAC! BRANDY, for
sale, in bond and from store, by
CANTWELL & REMISE,
southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue
and MASTER Street.
STUART'S PAISLEY MALT WHIS
ICY.
Buchanan's Coal IlaWbisky,
Old Tom Gin, Old London Gin,
London Cordial Gin, Bohlen'SGin,
In bond and store. ' •
CANTWELL & KEEFER, '
• Southeast corner QBZWANTOWN Avenue
and lILLSTSIt Street.
70UAVE CHAMPAGNE.—A new
brand—ari excellent article. rmported and for sale
at a price to suit the times, by CANTWELL & KBE
FEB, southeast corner of GERMANTOWN Avenue and
MASTER Street.
RUDESITEIMER-BERG, LAUBEN-
FirmER T and HOCKIIRIMIM WINE, in 041103
Of one dozen bottles each; warranted pure. Imported
and for sale low lir CANTWELL at KEENER, south
east corner GEBBIAITTOW.N Avenue and MASTER
Street.
"ZIMMERMAN'S DRY CATAWBA
WlNE.—This approved brand of Cincinnati wine,
the best article out for U cobblers." for sale pure, bot
tled awl in cadet, by CANTWELL & KEEFER, eolith.
out corner GERMANTOWN avenue and MASTER
street. ee24-6ce
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
1861. F G 1861.
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RIEGEL, BAIRD, & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
OF
DRY GOODS,
NO. 47 NORTH THIRD snrcr, PHILADELPHIA.
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.
JAMES, KENT,
SANTEE, & Go.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS'
OF
DRY GOODS,
Nos. 230 and 241. North THIRD Street, above Race,
Have now open their usual
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK. OF FORE/GIN
AND DOMESTIC GOODS,
Among which will be found a general assortment of
PIILLADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
Wir CASH BUYERS SPECIALLY INVITED.
eel7-2m
THOMAS MELLOR & CO.,
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Noe. 40 and 42 NORTH THIRD Street,
HOSIERY HOUSE,
LINEN IMPORTERS and
SHIRT-FRONT MANUFACTURERS
Importations direct from the Manufactories. sell-2m
1861. TO CASH BUYERS. 1861 .
H C. LAUGHLIN 8e Co..
No. 803 MARKET STREET,
Are receiving daily, Gera 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. say-tf
1861. FA LL 0-00D5.1861 .
FRESH ASSORTMENT.
DALE, ROSS. & CO..
521 MARKET STREET,
Have received, and are now opening, a fresh stock of
FALL & WINTER GOODS
which will be mold low for CASH and on short credits.
Kr Buyers are respectfully invited to call and ex..
amine our stock. au3l-2m
MILITARY. GOODS.
BLUE CLOTHS,
BLUE BEAVERS,
BLUE TRICOTS, .
BLUE -CASSIMERES,
BLUE FLANNELS.
MORRIS, CLOTHIER, & LEWIS,
s'y B uth ANCOND Strcat,
od-fitt FAST SIDE.
ARMY WOOLLENS.
FELLING, COFFIN, & Co.,
116 CHESTNUT STREET,
Are prepared to deliver on contract 3-4 and 6-4 Dark and
Sky Blue
CLOTHS AND KERSEYS.
be6.am
INDIGO BLUE EERSEYS.
INDIGO BLUE CLOTHS,'
And every variety of Goods adapted to Military Clothing
for eats et the lowest prices.
REGIMENTS EQUIPPED AT SHORT NOTICE.
BENJ. L. BERRY,
CLOTH HOUSE, 60 SOUTH SECOND STREET.
ocb• Int
ARMY FLANNELS.
WELLING, COFFIN, Sr, CO.,
JIG CHESTNUT STREET,
Are prepared to make contracts, for immediate delivery,
of
WHITE DOMET FLANNELS,
AND ALL WOOL
INDIGO BLUE FLANNELS,
of Government standard. oc4•tf
ANDREWS' ORIGINAL CAMP, OR
TRAVELLING
BED TRUNK.
(rum applied for). . Tomsk by
W. A. ANDMWS,
0r2.1m ' No. 612 CHESTNUT Street.
ARMY OR NAVY
BLUE SATINETS.
5,000 or 8000 Yards Indigo Mo Satinet, such as
h axed in the United States Serb
For sale by
FROTHINGHAM & WELLS,
30 LBTITIA Street, and
atl4-2m 4frlit, 34 irsorrr Street.
CCbTTON _DUCK,
SUITABLE FOR TENTS,
YOB SALE BY
my22-iftf FROTHINGRAM a WELLS.
AWNINGS.
AWNINGS ! AWNINGS !
JOSEPH H. FOSTER.
443 NORTH THIRD STREET.
At the old-establiehed Stand can be obtained, at the
aborted notice,
AWNINGS
FLAGS, TENTS, SAILS,
If•Ht!;;7
;SACKING -BOTTOMS,
WAttON•COVEItS,'
BAGS, &e.
AWNINQS of every description, plain and fancy, of
the beet quality. oc4-6t
CHINA AND QUEENSWARE.
FALL,
BOYD. & STROUD.
No. 32 NORTH 'FOURTH STREET,
HAVE NOW THEIR
USUAL LARGE STOOK ON RAND,
To Whi
♦ ch they invite the attention of OA9II BUYERS.
SYRUP MOLASSES OF FINEST
QUALITY, strictly Choice Porto Rico Molasses,
Muscovado and Sugar House Molasses, Prime
and Roasting Rio, White and Green Laguayra,
Maracaibo, and St. Domingo Coffee. Best Lump and
Southern Tobacco, F,racive and Detersive Soaps. Also,
Refined Cubs and Porto Rico Sugar, in gore awl for sole
byPHILIP REILLY et CO.
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• ' 4.14, , OCTOBER 8, 1861.
t ;11 rns.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1861.
The following copy of a letter addressed to
the President of the United States by Colonel
E. F. Beale, present surveyor general of Cali
fornia, so well known in Pennsylvania and
Virginia, will be read with pleasure, alike for
its noble spirit and cheering example. In a
letter to a personal friend, which came by the
same mail, Colonel Beale says as nothing could
be more delightful or agreeable to me than the
office I hold, at least in California; neverthe
less, I feel that if my services are required
this is no time to withhold them from my
country. I have been looking forward with
the keenest delight to two or three years of
rest after so many long ones of hardship, but
I will cheerfully put off my time of rest still
longer, or find eternal rest in an honorable
grave, under the old flag. I conscientiously
believe that the fate of the commons of the
world depends upon the issue of the struggle ; ,
and I am willing, if need be, to devote my - life ,
to the great cause of the people :"
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 24,1861.
A short time ago you did me the honor to appoint
me to a most important and responsible position, for
which I beg you to accept my grateful acknOwledg
inent. Under any ether condition of public affitirth ,
lon have left me nothing to desire; but to the flag
under which I have received honorable wounds—
under which my father and grandfather fought for
the honor and glory of the country—l think I owe
something more, in this hour of trial, than a mere
performance of duty in a positionof ease and quiet.
To the Government, I owe early education and
support; for I entered its service almost a child,
and I feel towards it a filial affection and gratitude.
All that I have, even my life, I owe to it, and it is
a debt I am willing gratefully and cheerfully to
discharge.
From fourteen to twenty-five, my life was passed
at sea, and for the past fifteen years principally on
the great plains and in the Rocky Mountains.
I served during the Mexican war, and at its close
resigned, and have been engaged in many expedi
tions of some importance since. I know that lam
resolute, patient, and active, and if I had not cou
rage Pay lova of country would supply the want of
it in such a time as this. Devoted to my country,
and owing it everything I have in the world, I write
to offer my services to you in any capacity you may
wish to use them until the present rebellion is
crushed out of the land.
You cannot add to the distinction you have al
ready conferred on me by any appointment, for
there is none within your gift more distinguished
or more honorable, nor do I desire any change ex
cept that I may more efficiently serve the United
States. In a word ; I wish. simply to offer my life
for the flag.
'With great respect, your obedient serv't.
C. F. BEALE.
His Excellency the President of the United States.
LETTER MON WASHINGTON.
[From our Special Correspondent.]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 1861.
I sometimes wonder whether we ever have a Sab
bath in Washington. I hardly think so. Perhaps
it is because people don't pray in war times ; or,
perhaps, in the awful presence of universal death we
can hardly think of the future, of the life to come,
which is the idea of all religion, I can hardly
conceive anything more inviting than a ramble on
Sunday afternoon, and the last has been very au
tumnal and yet very genial. There was Octobor in
the morning air, in the heavy skies, and the dreari
ness that seemed to hang over everything—a sad
ness, but still very attractive and inviting; a so
lemn thing, which it was no joy to think about, and
yet cherished for its very gloem.
All this wore away with the day, and, with eke
shadowy hours of the afternoon, we had summer
again. The Avenue was very busy, and more sol
diers tramped its horribly-paved street than we
have been - accustomed to see—erowoa -Wen
in fresh uniforms, with a deal blue and fresh red,
which had yet to seethe camp wear and tear. They
were strangers, and, in their anxiety to enjoy the
capital sights, had escaped from the discipline
the ranks, and were rambling 'among the public
buildings, through the grounds, and curiously
prowling about the Capitol pillars, the monument,
and that unique and attractive combination of sober
stone, the Smithsonian. The patrol-guard was their
evil genius. It followed them wherever they went,
hovered over them wherever they stepped, and ar
rested them whenever within bayonet range. I
saw them go to the guard-house by dozens, and
many who set out to see the beauties of the metro
polis passed their sight-seeing hours in the narrow
walls of the military prison.
Washington is the city of promenading. If you
want to visit a friend, you'll be as apt to see him
on the Avenue as at home—for I am sometimes in I
doubt whether, after all, this Avenue is not the home
of most of our inhabitants. It is a kind of mutual
admiration arrangement. People all go out to see
and be seen. If you see a pretty face once, you'll
see it a dozen times, passing and repassing. Gay
officers in full dress, with a heavy sash and clank
ing sabres, who go jaunting along, half walking,
half creeping, a hesitating, rollicking manner,
constantly attitudinizing, and wearing that anxious,
seemingly careless and indifferent expression which
people always wear when they want people to
notice them, when they think everybody is noticing
them, and when they wish it to appear as if they
were indifferent to any attention or observation
whatever. These fellows have it all their own
way. There is no chance for broadcloth. If yea
are a civilian and have any respect for your feel
ings, keep away from Washington. I know some
handsome young men, whecamo here with a repu
tation which would have taxed the narrative powers
of Leporello—only to find that the charms of their
manner had departed, and the mute eloquence of
the uniform had revolutionized the capital. As for
myself, I don't know what the country is coming
to, and I am afraid I shall have to join the army
in despair.
This war has its romance sometimes, and when
I say romance, I mean its heart-scenes. An inci
dent occurs to me, of which I have been thinking
a great deal lately. It was some three or four
weeks ago, and on just such a Sunday evening as
any poet or preacher could wish, and with a friend
I was strolling up a suburban avenue, chatting
about matters forgotten. We passed an encamp
ment, alive with soldiers, and garrisoned by the
inevitable sentinels. The soldiers were in huts,
and not In tents, and behind one of the huts a num
ber of them had gathered to observe the day_
They were singing some hymn, which I don't re
member, something very simple and expressive,
and which I had often heard before, telling shoat
Canaan, and happiness, and the promised land. I
shall never forget the impression it gave me, for I
surely felt that in the heavy, rough voices of the
soldiers, their strange earnestness, their utter dis
regard of the melody or the meter, and the re
verence they seemed to feel for the teachings and
consolations of the simple rhyme, there was more
real religion and solemnity than ever burst from
the organ's pipes through the lopg-drawn aisle and
fretted vault
The hotels are a Washington institution. Here
you see life. If you are a Kosmos, like Walt
Whitman, you can gratify your spirit of observa
tion and. inquiry. Everybody seems to have drop
ped in to hear the news; everybody has a rumor;
and everybody confidentially assures you that he
has just had it from "high authority." Small
politicians, large politicians, generals, colonels,
captains, lieutenants, contractors, correspondents,
pickpockets, office-seekers, hackmen, waiters, boot
blacks, detective policemen, cabinet ministers, quiet
lookers-on—a perfect tide of the odds and ends of
humanity; the greatest and the smallest always
rushing and rolling, always on the flow and know
ing no ebb. The office-hunters are in abundance—
impudent, suspicious, talkative fellows, who seem to
be engaged in a general cross-examination of eve
rybody they meet; who study the bill-of-fare as if
it was a badly-written commission; quarrel with
the waiters about the age of the beefsteak, and
titiestiorn in the loudest possible terms, the integ
rity of the mashed potatoes, or the reality of the
Verzenay. They are a jealous, strange, queer
race. No one dislikes an office-seeker more than
an office-seeker; and no one denounces the practice
of hunting positions more loudly than the very
men who come on that self-same errand. They have
got the nicest possible way of presenting their
case. I have known some hundreds of them, and
not guy has ever naked an office. If a ilepUblieall,
be wants his services to be repaid, and the integ
rity of the party maintained ; if a Douglas man,
he merely wants to be recognized ; a follower of
Bell and Everett simply asks an encouragement;
while the Breokinridge man modestly begs the op
portunity of showing his loyalty in one of the de
partments, or as a commissary, sutler, or quarter
master. They all have their elaims upon Mr. Lin
coln; or, as one of them quaintly expressed him
self aomo days ago, " I am willing enough to sup
port the Government if the Government will only
support me."
Since Mr. Lincoln has come into office we learn
how Mr. Buchanan signally failed in his effort to
punish the Douglas Democracy who held office un
der him. Perhaps you think that J. B, took or
the heads of all of those who sustained the lamented=
statesman. You are all mistaken. Buchanan was
mistaken, the country was mistaken,
the decapi
tated Democracy was miataken. They were all
Douglas men, every one of them. They held office
under Buchanan, to be sure, but still they were
Douglas men. They joined in the work of pro
scription, they supported Lecompton, they removed
the price of treason to the Demooratio party; but
they were all Douglas men still. They write their
Donglasism in the longest and most elaborate sen
tences on petitions asking to be retained in office,
and they plead their devotion to him as an argu
ment for their recognition. Everybody thought
them false, but everybody was mistaken, for now
we find they were true. If Douglas bad only had
as many friends in his life as he has now asking of
lee in his name, he would have been elected Presi
dent last November by an overwhelming majo
rity. J. R. Y.
1861.
A Patriotic Letter.
THE REBELLION.
Interesting News from all Parts
of the South.
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
THE PROSPECTS OF A BATTLE.
TEE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
PLANS OF THE REBELS
The British Steamer Bermuda.
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE ALIVE AND IN VIRGINIA.
Latest from Fortress Monroe.
Miscellaneous War News.
&c. &c. &c.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
[From the Richmond Examiner of Friday, Oct. 5.]
lion. John C. Breckinridge in Virginia.
LYNCHBURG, Oct. 4.—lion. John C. Breckinridge
and other Kentuckians were at Abingdon yester
day. It is understood that Mr. Breckinridge will
resign has scat In the United "States Senate, issue
an address to the people of Kentucky, and actively
engage in the war. It is believed that he will be
in Richmond in a few days.
Federal Vessels off New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Oet. 4.—The sloop-of-war Vin
cennes, a large propeller, the steamer Water
Wit c k, another sloop-of-war, a schooner, and a
pilot boat are now at Head Passes.
Goy. Brown, of Georgia, Re-elected.
AUGUSTA, Oct. 4.—Joseph E. Brown has been
elected Governor of Georgia by a majority of be
tween five and ten thousand. .
Yankee Prlsoners at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 4.—The prisoners arrived
this evening, and were marched to prison under an
escort.
SMes of Cotton at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 4.—Cotton sales of the week
415 bales. Low middling to middling, 81aSle.
Stock 11,500 bales. Whisk.y, 75a80e.
The Potomac Lute—Crossing of the Ene
my at Occoquan.
Information was obtained yesterday, through
officiardeskttches, that the enemy had crossed the
Potomac, in considerable force, in the neightrir
hood of Occoquan. The object of their crossing is
understood to be to essay tho capture of some of
our river batteries, although circumstances, which
it would not he proper now to mention, indicate that
the invading form), said to be ten thousand strong,
are not advised of the locality of our works on the
Potomac. Before the day closes it is probable that
the enemy will be attacked.
Movementt of John C. Breekinridge and
Gov. Navalin.
The telegraph brings us the gratifying intelli
gence that Vice President Breckinridge and Go
vernor. Magothn have retreated to Owen county,
and have there made a stand, assisted by the mili
tary experience of Colonel Humphrey Marshall.
Owen was the banner county for Mr. Breckinridge
in the late Presidential election, giving him some
twelYe Or Kurteen hundred majority, and is to.
day almost unanimous for Seessnon. It was
the county Which gave the mammoth barbecue on
the sth of last month to Clement Vallandigham,
where there were ten thousand people.
Owen has a strong military position between the
Kentucky and Licking rivers, in a high rolling
country, forty Miles below Cincinnati, separated
from the Ohio river by the Bagle and Ten Mile
creeks, and distant ten miles frona,the river. These
streams have abrupt bluff banks, sometimes rising
to the height of three hundred feet, and are passa
ble at very few places.
Owen is also surrounded by the strong Secession
and populous counties of Scott, Harrison, Grant,
Pendleton, Boone, Gallatin, Carroll, and Henry,
12111.1[1.0 .. co ispruation of aovonty-five
thousand, cape le of furnishing ten thousand volun
teers. Besides this, it is in the heart of central
Kentucky, and accessible to the chivalric young
pen of tlatmountabratopea l and of the eastern and
nortLern pg*Ft of the State. We can safely, th ere.
fore, rely on Magofftn and Breckinridge, assisted by
such aids as Colonel Marshall and Colonel George
W. Johnston, nephew of "Old Tecumseh," main
taining their position until Generals Johnston and
Buckner shall arrive before Louisville, on their way
to Cincinnati.
Shipment of Cotton to New Orleans to
be Stopped.
We learn that petitions are being circulated in
New OlieflDS praying the Governor to take instant
and effective measures to arrest the shipinent of cot
ton from the.plantations to the city. The stock now
on hand in the city is reported to be 10,883 bales—
a small beginning, but dangerous as a beginning of
a violation of a public policy and duty.
Northern Expedition Against Pensacola.
A gentleman, arrived South from New York,
states that the Lincoln , eovermnent have fitted out
vessels for an expedition against Fernandina, Pen
sacola, and a port en the coast of Georgia. The
vessels are to carry 20,000 men.
Bacon and Leather not to be Exported
from North Carolina.
We referred, some time ago, to'the proclamation
of the Governor of North Carolina, prohibiting the
deportation from the State by dealers of the articles
of bacon and leather. We learn that, in pursuance
of this proclamation, a large quantity of bacon and
leather, en route for Virginia, the property of spe
culators, was seized at the depot of the North Caro
lina Railroad, in Raleigh. Another quantity of
bacon, bought on speculation, and destined for a
point out of the State, has been seized at High
Point. These are measures of severity, although it
is high time to resist and punish the multitude of
speculations, intent on taking selfish advantage of
the necessities of the country.
Sequestration of Yankee Property.
Active measures are said to be in progress in New
Orleans for the expropriation of Yankee property,
under the provisions of the sequestration act. Mr.
William B. Astor and George Opdyke, of New York,
are said to be largely interested -In the real estate
of New Orleans. The former has also been dis
covered to be the owner of six hundred shares'of
the stook of the Bank of Louisiana, worth, in ordi
nary timer, $l5O per share_ A close end searching
scrutiny will be necessary to discover the sleeping
and silent partners of many of our South4rn arms.
Soldiers Arrived.
Two companies arrived yesterday from Texas,
having started a month since—the Anis, from Wash
ington county, Captain Robinson, 100 strong, and
Polk County Yankee Hunters, Capt. J. R'. Turner,
100 men. They are the last two companies of the
two regiments called for by the President's procla
mation.
A Richmond Union Man.
A lady, who recently returned from Richmond
Virginia, relates this incident :
Col. Payne, United States army, and for many
long Teen tt friend of Glen. 'Scott, had excited a
reluctant admiration there on account of his perse
vering and immovable determination not to desert
the stars and striPes. No bribes ' or threats, or
liattery!could shake him; he had the Napoleonic
temperament, " like a block of marble, over which
the thunder-shaft'lided along, leaving no impres
sion." Jefferson Davis, and all the distinguished
men of his kingdom, visited the old stAXI, and
sought to reason .him out of his fealty, but in vein j
and even a lady, to whom he was once engaged,
was commissioned to weep over him, but the old
man's heart replied, if his lips did not,
«I could not love thee, dear, so much,
Loved I not honor more."
Finally, the dog showed his teeth ; property be
longing to him, to the amount of $50,000 or so, was
threatened. " Let it go," said the aged soldier.
At latest observations this planet, overawing the
night of Secession, was not in obscuration.
State of Affairs at the South.
The Louisville Journal, of Saturday, says :
We learn from a gentleman who left New
Orleans about ten days since that, fearing an at
tack, great efforts are being made to plane that
city in a condition to resist any force that may be
brought against it. One hundred sixty-four-pound
Cannon arrived a few days before he left the eity,
and were being mounted in various localities. lie
represents the finances of the city in a deplorable
condition, Confederate scrip, city scrip, and scrip
of small merchants forming the circulating medium.
The banks having suspended specie payment, gold
could not be obtained for Jess than 14 per cent.
premium. The troops in and around the city did
not number over 800. Great reliance is placed
upon the citizens in ease of invasion, but our in
formant is of the opinion that a largo majority
would rejoice at theprospeet of being placed again
under the protection of the stars and stripes.
Large numbers of troops are coming from Texas,
Mississippi, and Arkansas into Tennessee and Ken
tucky. They are poorly clad and mostly unarmed.
The poor men of the South have nothing to do,
and are compelled to join the army to obtain food.
He was told by came of the Confederate army
that there were 40,000 troops at Columbus, u and
that their design was to take Paducah. From
what he saw of the troops in Tennessee and Ken
tucky, he was of the opinion that every able-bodied
loyal man in Kentucky would be required, as well
as all that could be obtained from the Bord.er
States, to check the progress of Buckner Ss Co.
The subjoined Southern extracts we gather AVM
different sources:
Military Hospitals at Richmond.
The Enquirer has an interesting artiole on tike
military hospitals in Riehmond, where only male
nurses are employed. Five hundred prisoners
have been treated at the hospital on Maine street,
inder,cliarge of Dr. Higginbotham, from June 28 to
September 27. Of these, three hundred wounded
experienced a mortality of .096, and two hundred
sick, not wounded, lost a per centage of .06, the
two categories together .082; being forty-one
deaths, of. which. were from sickness, with
out wounds. Here,Dr. Higginbotham has en
foreed personal cle anliness and discipline. It is
the only one of the large hospitals of its class which,
has been furnished with bath tube. The sick
prisoners, when refractory, are compelled to make
use of them, and such as engender vermin aro made
decent in spite of themselves. One of their own
number is made to keep watch over each bath tub,
to prevent the rest from abusing it.
Tbe Byrd Island Hospital. at Gilham'S factory,
which - , as well as the almshouse, is beautifully
situated, airy and capacious, states on its books a
mortality of only three per cent., or 15 deaths to
600 patients between August 15 and September 20,
or rather to 400 patients, as about 100 'were sent
away during their illness—increasing the per cent
age of deaths to .0375.
The Almshouse Hospital book has 240 entries for
the month of August, and 39 deaths recorded—
making a per tentage of .0946, on 373, the whole
number of patients treated. By reports rendered
to Surgeon General Moore, however, the aggregate
of Confederate soldiers treated in August was 269,
and that of Federal prisoners 271 7 -together 540
which, after substruction of those sent away to
other hospitals, Ac., leaves still nearly 500, and re
duces the percentage of mortality to .078.
Bellevue, Dr. James Bolton's hospital, treated,
from May 4 to September 25, 127 soldiers ; had re
turned 78 to duty, retained 37, and had buried 12.
The Medical College Hospital, the property of a
corporation which boards a large number of Con
federate patients, shows entries for the months of
July, August, and September of 456, and deaths
38, or .078 per cent. The actual number of pa
tients at one time lately was 100. The relative
mortality is due, in part, to the number of almost
dying men brought in from the camp-ground of the
Tenth Louisiana Regiment. This is only. a. par
ticular instance of a neglect excessively frequent,
and to which thousands of precious lives. hare-been
sacrificed.
The average mortality of the large hospitals
cited is more than double that of the ladies' private
hospitals.
The illness of an officer in charge at the St.
Charles Hospital has rendered it too difficult to ob
tain statistics of that institution—a noble charity of
the city of Richmond, managed by an association
of gentlemen, and which has extended itsprotection
to from :10 to 450 soldiers at once, withut:tholnak.—
- Wide montbs.
North Carolina Green Tea.
The Washington (N. C.) Di:Tarok announces
that Mr. Selby Spencer, of Hyde county, has suc
ceeded in raising ten or twelve bushels of grew
tea—the veritable China tea—on his premises the "
fresent year. The seed were obtained years ago
rom an English captain, and the Dispatch thiniEd
that Mr. Spender's empeklment demonstrates that
it can be successfully raised in North Carolina. it
is said to make a beverage nearly equal to the
China tea.
Winter Clothing for Soldiers.
. Georgia (says the Enquirer) has set a noble ex
ample in providing for the winter clothing and com
fort of her soldiers. at an expense of about $200,-
000. She has 30,000 in the field-20,000 being in
Virginia. Some of the Georgia ladies also have
most generously proposed that, if the soldiers will
send a part, or the whole, of their commutation
money to their sewing associations, they will pur
chase cloth and make up the clothes without
charge. This expedient will at least avoid the
skinning of our soldiers by the tradesmen.
The Preachers' Regiment.
A regiment of troops, from the southern part of
tbe State, passed up last Sunday, en route for the
seat of war, and should properly be styled the
Preachers' Regiment. The Colonel, Bradley, from
Pine Bluff, is a Methodist minister, and besides
him, there are no less than eight preachers in the
regiment—ono of whom is over seventy years of
age.—Helena (Ark.) Shield.
Oh no, Mr. Shield, Col. Bradley's Regiment is
not entitled to the name of the "Prowlers' R4l
- Col. McCarver's Regiumnt, stew organizing
at this place, has forty-two preachers mit now,
and will' have over fifty when organized. Hence
we claim the title for Col. McCarver.—.Pocahontas
(Ark.) Herald.
A Federal Prisoner Shot.
Wm. C. Buck, a prisoner of war, a corporal in
the tenth company of the Seventy-ninth New York
Regiment, was shot on Saturda , by a Confederate
sentinel, for turbulence and disobedience of orders.
The prisoner was, contrary to orders, loaning out of
a window, and when told to withdraw himself,
cursed and abused the sentinel outrageously,
and dared him to shoot, which, in obedience to the
orders he had received from his superiors, he pro
ceeded to do. Buck was buried the same day.
• Secession Brutality.
A Hatteras inlet correspondont of the New Tyrk,
Tri&arc NIB
When the news came that Fort Hatteras was
taken by the United States, a serious turn was given
to the popular mind, and some were in favor of
having the State, by its legislature, resolve itself
back into the Union. Hereupon sides were taken
and blows were struck. The Secessionists had all
the arms, and they, of course, had the upper hand.
One man declared "lie was a Union man, and not
ashamed to confess it." At this expression he was
taken into a shop, his nose put znto d vice, and
screwed nearly out of his head ; and the lips
which uttered the sentiment were treated in the
same way, and both nearly pulled out of their face. A
lady just frop Washington, N. C., tells me that aborit
the same time a company of men were assembled
in a store and extolling the Secession flag, when
an old Revolution soldier (the only one known
to be living in North Carolina) interfered, and
asked the Secessionists if they knew how much the
old stars and stripes cost? He said he did, for he
fought under them, and saw them when first raised,
and that he would never recognize another." "At"
this he was taken, his head half shaved; a plds
ter put on, and the plaster covered with tar, and
the tar unlit feathers, and then he was hurled
into the street ! Who would think that a soldier
of Washington would ever be subjected' to such
treatment in the land where Washington himself
was once almost worshipped as if he were a god ?
How long will Americans %now such things to be
These are but samples of a series of barbarous
acts, which, to mention them separately, would fill
a dozen pages, and only make one's blood curdle in
his veins to think of them.
The Tennessee Forces.
About the middle of August, a statement, pre
pared by the Governor of Tennessee, in response
to a resolution of the Confederate Congress calling
for detailed information as to the number of troops
raised by the several States, appeared in one of the
dailies of Nashville. According to it Tennessee
had, at that time, 34 regiments of infantry, 10
companies of cavalry, and 6 batteries in the field.
A list of the companies composing this force, pub
lished at the same time, showed, however, that
they averaged only about 70 rank and. Me. Al
lovniag them 75, we have only :
regiments of infantry, (10 companies of 75 men
each,).. 25,500
10 companies of cavalry 750
6 companies of artillery 500
Total 26,800
Making the usual allowance for losses by sick
ness, discharge, desertion, .ke., it may be safely as
sumed that the Tennessee forces in the Confederate
service doll not exceed 25,000 in 'number. The
Northern estimate of 35,000 was doubtlessly based
upon an allowance of 1,00 men for each regiment
serving.
Of the above infantry, cavalry, and artillery
force, eleven regiments of infantry only are in Vir
ginia—three with Gen. Lee's army, under command
of Brigadier General Sam B. Anderston, and eight
under Beauregard and Johnston. Of the rest, four
regiments of infantry, and some cavalry and artil
lery, are said to be with General Zollicoffer—all the
rest under Polk and Pillow. Tha entire number
has hen raised in Western and Middle Tennessee,
with the exception of one regiment lately mounted
in the Eastern part of the State.
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
Gen. Price and the Prospects of a Battle
The Missouri Democrat of October 5 says
The intelligence from Lexington is very im
portant, inasmuch as it shows conclusively that
the rebel army have been frightened, either by
the demonstrations of Gen. Sturgis on the north
and west, or the threatening position of Gen.
Fremont's forces at Sedalia. He has evacuated
Lexington to take a stronger position at Baker's
or he has no intention of stopping at that
point, and is Currying off it, the seativirest,
hoping to pare Gen. Fremont's lines and escape
into the open country below. His friends in
this city who, a week ago, expressed so much con
fidence in his allay to overt7zrow Gen. Fremont,
take Jefferson City, and eventually besiege St.
Lewis, are now claiming for him the brilliant
strategy of an escape by the western border from
the lines of
. Gen. Fremo2zesforces, which. are
rapidly closing upon him. Badly frightened as
he is, and desperately attempting, as he maybe, to
avoid the constriction of the great Fremont boa,
we do not think he will bo able to escape the de
struction coming upon him. We shall undoubtedly
soon hear of feints in the direotion of Boonville,
and Sedalia, and Kansas City, but the wary eye of
our commanding general will rest steadily and
coolly upon him, putting the proper appreciation
on every false movement, and rapidly closing up
the lines from the South. He cannot get into
Northern Missouri, for, according to the reports
received yesterday, his two ferryboats and the
steamer Clara Belle have fallen into the hands of
Gen. Sturgis.
Gen. Price must give battle soon, or avoid it in
the only way left him, and that is by disbanding
his army and leaving his equipments, stores, and
f,WIS to the undisputed possession of the Federal
Zorn&
The same paper gives the following important
statement of the condition of affairs at Lexington :
Report of Captain Neet, an Escaped
Prisoner.
We had an interview yesterday with Captain
Neet, of Company K, Fourteenth Missouri Volun
teers, under Colonel White. The captain was one
of the prisoners surrendered by Colonel Mulligan,
and was lucky enough to make his escape from the
hands of the rebels on Monday last. lie gives us
some highly important information, which we pro
ceed to detail. Captain Neet is an old resident of
Lafayette county, and knows the locality of Lex
ington perfectly, was one of the Home Guards
when his company joined the command of Colonel
White, and seems to be a very intelligent and re
liable man.
Re says he was relieved from captivity on Thurs
day of last week on parole, and had proceeded
across the river, on his way to the Hannibal and
St. Jo Railroad, when he was seized by order of
General Price, taken back to Lexington and oom
mitted to jail. From his jail quarters he could
observe, to some extent, the movements of the
rebels, and what he could not see he gathered from
his Guards and erten conversations with Major
Sevier t the provost marshal under the rebel reign
at Lexington.
He says that all day last Saturday Gen. Harris'
division of about 6,000 men were crossing the river
to the north, or rather northwest, on the two ferry
boats and the small steamer Clara Belle. The des
tination of this expedition he could not in any way
ascertain. On tl.turday night, about twelve o'clock,
ho was awakened from his sleep by a brisk ean
nonackng from the direction taken by Harris'
forces, the sound coming to his ears verydistinctly o
and giving him the impression that the scene of the
firing was not far from the river bank. This can
nonading continued, he thinks, about half an hour.
About daylight again the cannonading was resumed,
and seemed to be nearer. The rattling of musketry
was also beard, and the whole light, as it seemed to
be, was kept up vigorously until about ten o'clock
on Sunday morning. Shortly afterwards it became
very apparent that Harris' force was retreating
across the river, as he saw men running along the
streets as wet as though they had been swimming
the river, and he heard some of them saying that
Harris' baggage train had been captured by
#s"twrgtS 14 , 1174 an army of 7,000 men, and that
Harris men were coming across the river.
Capt. Nest says he heard Major Sevier telling the
game thing to acute of the officers. lie conic% not
TWO CENTS.
learn any particulars of the fight, only that one of
the ferry boats, the haw Ilrinker—formerly need
at Brunswick—was sunk. On the same afternoon
("gunday) Me whole rebel army commenced moll
'tug out of Lexington taking the direction, as
far as he could learn , of the Missionary road, iced-
Lug to the southwest. He' could see the columns
moving very plainly from hie place of conSnement.
Thie movement continued all Sunday night
and all day Monday up to the time he was
taken out of jail, which was between Z and 3
o'clock in the afternoon.
Os t. Neat says he was released by the Provost
Marshal, Mujor Sevier, and taken immediately be
fore Gen. Price, where witnesses were produced
against him on a charge of having robbed some of
the storehouses of Lexington while on duty as a
Home Guard. The examination was hasty, and
was brought Olin abrupt close by Gen: wh•
said that the
_proof was not sufficient to hold him ae
a prisoner in Jail, and so released him, as befere, om
parole, directing him to report himself again. to.hitir
at 5 o'clock that afternoon, when other witnesses
would be produced. The limit& of hie freedom
were, all that part of Lexington south. of Main
street.
Between three and five &Clock Capt. Nect con
cluded to try an escape, and accordingly, in the
midst of the confusion, stole out of town and' hid
himself in a cornfield, bordering on , the Indepen
dence road. Aboqtt five o'clock ke saur Geweral
Price and staff; and his rear guard, pass along
by his hiding place, and he heard from the loud'
talk of the troops that they were going to Baker's
Hill, about eight miles from, town, where they,
intended -Z4 Memeelves meet the at•
en dam wtt t . Irrrrediktrie
Mill, Capt. Neat says, is the highest emtnenalt•
that part of the country, and is welt adapted• for
a plan of defence. lie says he cannot say posi—
tively that this was the design of Mice. He only
heard it talked about among the troops.
an Monday night, Capt. Neat made his way to:
FreeliciM Dutch settlement twenty.fotte
miles N. Here he was joined by Major Recker,
who had ilk* escaped, and the next day they both;
struck acrost_the country fbr Sedalia, which place
they reached in — fkretY•
Major Sevier told , Capt. Neat, on Fridaylast,
that on that day 60 , 111,4 lamed 46 1 000. rations.
Capt. Neat thinks the rebel avaux, will reach 501000:
They are badly clothed, but the lUajciudtz of them ,
well armed.
About four o'clock on Monday evening he
CUI. White's physician, Dr. Cooley, who• told , him•
that the colonel was better..
The captain says the Federal army at and near
Sedalia is a very formidable body of. men, and are
exceedingly anxious to give the rebels fight, fearing
they will scatter and run before they are reached.
AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY,.
The Plans of the Rebels.
A special despatch to. the Louisville Journal,
liked October 3, says:
he enemy have certainly given up all idea of
an offensive movement in this direction, and have
turned their attention exclusively to the country
between Bowling Green and the Ohiwriver.
The object is plainly to overrun all of Southern
Kentucky, reduce or coerce the people into be
coming partners of their treason, and m effect con
vert that whole section of the State into rebel terri—
tory. Shameful and disgraoefulas the fact is, it is
useless to deny that hundreds, who have hitherto
called themselves Union uien and voted the Union
ticket, are now flocking to the rebel standard with
stolen arms in their handl. At present it appears,
not impossible that Buckner will succeed in his de
sign of erecting the counties south of Green river
into a stronghold of rebellion, whence he can deal
destruction to the loyal portions of the State. At
all events he can very well afford a "masterly i n -.
activity," for every day's delay spreads the virus
of treason more and more through the counties ex.-
posed to hi: d strengthens his position.
He has left but a small force at Green-river
bridge, and these, it is said, are busily engaged , in.
deepening the channel and obstructing the fads, 50
as to prevent the passage of our troops. They
have also drawn a number of bolts and screws from
the bridge, weakening, though not destroying it.
Buckner, in parson, at the head of his best troops,
is scouring t h e country, occupying i
. the most ntt
portant places, reducing. the principal towns to rebel
sway, and preparing the way for the formal annexa
tion of Southern Kentucky to the Confederate.
States. Ezther a togas revolution .will be gotten
up and a division of the State attempted, or
else Gov. Magoffin and the Secession 'members
of the Legislature will go down there and call'
themselves the Government. The latter plan will
be adopted if, through apostaey or cowardice, ,a
majority of the Legislature.slaould sneak away from.
Frankfort.
Felix K. Zolheolfer.
The Louisville Journal says:
This Congressman general is becoming quite a
atetrmctire, a real - " bun-burner," tbroat•eutter,
and marauder-general. He will soon have same
opportunity to fight ~s quare up." He has been
isybawking " around in John Brown style, run
ning off negroes and overrunning peaceful, unarmed.
neighborhoods. This is bad conduct for an editor.
He was but seventeen years of age in 1829, when,
after two months' service setting type, he took upon
himself the management of a newspaper in Darts,
Tennessee. In 1834 he edited and published the
Columbian. Olkserver, In 1835-7 he was State
printer. In 1942 ho pilited the Nos/milk Banner.
On three occasions, from 1843 to 1847, he was elect
ed State Controller. In 1849 he was in the State
Senate. In 1850 he was contractor for building the
suspension bridge at Nashville. In 1851-2 he again
edited the Banner, since which time he has been
in Congress.
The Capture of the gt Bull Pups
coffer's Position_
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times, wri
ting from Lexington, Kentucky, under date of Oc
tober 4, says
You have, probably, heretofore heard of the
c 4 Bull Pups,' , a sweet Secession company of cut
throats, who have been lately ravaging the coun
try, about the head of front navigation on the
Cumberland river, This appropriately-named COM
pany was commanded by one Chrieman t who once
ran a pretty good race for Congress, coming within
half a dozen votes of beating .Anderson, the little
Representative from that district. It seems that
Colonel Haskins, the other day, concluded that the
pups would better have their eyes opened; and so
he made a descent upon their encampment, and,
as report says, killed seven pupa, li r pu n d o d a b out
twiee that number and took the balance prleonop th
including their wounded leader, *ho is said to have
been severely operated upon by a bullet in the
shoulder.
After capturing the clan, however, the question
arose, as usual, what to do with so many pups;
and, as with the boys and their captive rattlesnake
in Western Virginia, the conclusion was to swear
them, and let them go. Of course, you will soon
hear of the accession of a litter of about one hua
dred pups, with their eyes open to the camp of
Simon 001ii'llr Buckner, the traitor.
Col. Haskins is mid to have otossed the line, and
opened a recruiting station in Tennessee. A good
time is coming in that State, as well as Kentucky.
Zollicoffer is believed to have retreated toward
his original position at Cumberland Gap. The re
ports lately circulated of the immense numbers
under his command this side of the Gap must have
been greatly exaggerated. His best 09MMUnieatien
with any railroad a some sixty miles from the Ten
nessee line, down the valley of Clinch river to
Knoxville.
This road is rough, and it would require an im
mense train to supply an army of 20,000 men by
that route. The extravagant reports, lately in cir
culation, have,probably been put out by the inva
ders themselves, to operate as a diversion in favor
of Buckner. A few thousand men can keep Zo
coffer in oheck, though a larger force, by penetra
ting into Eastern Tennessee, could raise the loyal
men of the mountains, put arms in their hands, and
obtain possession and control of the railroad com
munication through that section, thus sending the
Confederates around through North and South Ca
rolina, with their supplies for the rebel army in
Virginia. By pushing as far South as Chattanooga,
through a loyal country all the way, the Nashville
and Chattanooga, and Memphis and Charleston
Railroads would also be eat off, makin4 their coin
munication east and west extremely difficult and
tedious.
Interesting from Fortress Monroe
FORTRESS Momeox, Oet. 7, via Baltimore.—The
steamer Express met this morning by agreement
the rebel steamer Northumberland, with a flag of
truce, 12 miles above Newport News, and brought
down fifttneven wounded prisoners released at
Richmond- They were captured at Bull Run,
They report that there are about 5,000 troops in
Richmond, and that the rebel army on the
Potomac is supposed to number 150,000.
The apprehensions of attacks on the seaboard cause
the greatest anxiety.
Powerful batteries have been erected along the
James river, in anticipation of an advance of the
Federal army in that direction.
The armament has been removed from the rebel
steamer Jamestown.
The prisoners did not see the steamer Yodtown,
having probably passed her during the night.
The troops at Richmond were composed of North
Carolinians and Georgians.
Governor Brown '
of Georgia, has recalled five
regiments to defend that State.
The rebel troops were suffering greatly from the
want of medicines, clothing, and certain kinds of
food. The articles cut off by the blockade were
bringing fabulous prices.
The wounded prisoners were released for the rea
son that their wants could not be supplied. They
have been obliged to sleep on the floor during their
imprisonment.
General Beauregard was at Manassas, and Jeff,
Davis returned from Manassas to Richmond C.ll Sa
turday last, in feeble health. Speculation is rife as
to his successor .
Seventeen of the released prisoners, who are una
ble to go home, have been sent to the Old Point
Hospital; the others go North to-night.
Mr. Ely has been declared a prisoner of war by
the rebel Congress, and is still confined in Rich
mond.
Commodore oaoldobonmigh wont to Washington
yesterday on the steamer Philadelphia, and is ex
pected to return to Old Point to-morrow.
Brigadier General Williams arrived at Old Point
this morning, and will proeeed to Hatteras Inlet by
the first boat, to assume the command.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
The British Steamer Bermuda. ,
A Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Tri
bune says: Direct communication with a Connec
ticut graduate, escaped from school-teaching in
Georgia, near Savannidi, has supplied me with new
and very important information respecting the
British steamer Bermuda. She is an iron-clad
vessel of about 1,500 tons burden. Her master's
name is Peck. She sailed from Liverpool on the
18th of August, and arrived at Savannah on the
16th of September, being 29 days on the panne,
touching at Falmouth and Madeira for coal. Her
cargo consisted of 18 rifled cannon, 32s and 425, and
two 168-pound Lancaster guns, with all the ne
cessary carriages and equipments, powder, ahot,
and Shell, all ready for immediate Wt. Also,
6,500 Enfield rifles, between 200.000 and 300,-
000 cartridges for the same, 6,000 pairs of
army &gee, 20,000 blankets / 180 Pergola pf
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SOf
ofine Mun.? Psimas.
gimpo vigrer, large quantity of morphine, quirdoe,
and othm medicine stores, and very many other
articles of teOre than money value to the rebel
army. .He's cargo cost at Liverpool $1,000,00C,
cash. ear erMamciff. was two 12-pounder rifled
guns, one on eteli- side, MC is now filtang out
for active SertWer, and if to be employed *ft
emitsing for resuming California steamers.
Commodore 2'otteirsoilleonmand ker. My infor
mant states positivei9‘ that &e mote of the Bermu
da informed him that , two' lucre iron -clad steam
frigates are expected from England on Me
Bouthern coast by Me I.6leof6Yetober. The Ber
muda is owned in England: Ifer cargo was owned
in South Carolina. Whill•alio wartoading end at
the time she cleared, it wavo ti pp iTo d L e Li verpool
to be a supply ship for th.Y royal navy, although
Downing street knew muohhetter. aim cleared
for a West India port.
Tampering with Ilie,'lndittinp.
A letter bearing date September 18 - has been re
ceived by the President from the chiefs, head men,
and the warriors of the Creeks;-setting forth that
emissaries from the rebel Government have been
among them telling them that their "Great Fa
ther at Waebington had turned against them, and
intended ta Wife them front their hoinee.and de
prive them of their property and GM they can
hope' for nothing from him." Theer•eultsstrries
further say that all the friends of thelidians have
joined , the new Government, which it desirous to
enter into treaties with their tribe, and; to do fiat'
morelbr them than the old has done,•and! urge
them to fight fbr it. The chiefs doubted4the•trotis
of these statements, and wont V? have ai Mile MA
dwarf* 664 inverktendent, but found thkt they
had left their stations. (The old officers- had
'to reabti tAlpi.s.tui_ the now ones had not b.adithne
lievo that their Great Fatiier"thie tod.sonot o b e .
them, and a very few, in consequence, had phone
the rebel
In their trouble the Indians called a Connell or
Creeks, cborolcees, Eeneeag, Kickapoot,
wares,. and other tribes and bands of Comanches.,
Seminoles, and others... The Council, after a long
dissuasion,voted to remain loyal, and, if possible,
neutral. he Chiefs then went among their peo
ple and. attemptcsi to counteract the influence of
the rebel emissaries, who.yet remain there makixrg
trouble, while the Government has no official re
presentative among them.
The Chiefs now ask their Great Father to scud.
somebody to meet all the tribes in Council.
.2410...tAc.tro•ga-to, an old; Creek chieftain, who ,
remained loyilie - to -ernment during the Creek ,
war in Alabama in 1838, a ent a similar letter,
dated August 15, in which he sett the aid of the.
President to defend the IndiansfroAtheir Southerly
white enemies.
The Choctaws did not attend the Counel
other tribes referred to and it is thought ths
have joined the Confederates.
As many of the Indians own daTell, appeals WIT •
doubtless been made to these tribes to throw off
their allegiance on the ground that the Government
would emancipate them. To , guard against the
effects of such appeals, the Commissioner of Indian.
Affairs in May. last addressed aletter to the several
Chiefs, declaring that the Government would not
interfere with their institutions:
Breekutridge AlAve and- in;
The Wheeling (Va) Intelltgencer says: John
C. Breckinridge, tbe ungrateful and unprincipled
political demagogue, who so long wore an outward
semblance of Unionism to disguise his real inten
tions of self-aggrandizement bysup porting the rebel
lion, has recently been very busyin endeavoring to
create Secession sentiment and secure rebel
troops. The Cincinnati papers of: gaturarl lo
cate him on Thursday last in Greenup, the ex
treme northeastern county of Kentucky. Now
we have it from reliable authority that within the
last two weeks Breckinridge has travelled consi
derably more than two hundred miles by carriage
road, spent three days- at one point recruiting,
spoken at several other places, and was the middle
of last week at Tazewell C. IL, Tazewell county,
Va. The location where the rumor in the Cincin
nati papers " killed" him, 14 nearly two hundred
mild from Tazewell, and he could not have reached_
it his camp" in the few hours that intervened be
tween his speech at Tazewell and the time when he
is reported to have been shot.
The route over which Mr. B.: travelled, as above
stated, was as follows
From Owingsville, in Bath county, ria.West Li
berty, in Morgan county, to Prestonburg, Floyd
county, Ky. At. this latter place he made gt speech.
and rallied some three hundred recruits: Thence
to Piketon, in Pike county (where he staid three,
days), and then across the Cumberland mountains,
at Dogwood Gap, into Virginia, throughlkobanan,
Russell, and Tazewell counties,. to.Tazewell C. H.,
Where he remained.
On this route there are excellent turnpikes.
There is also a superior turnpike from: Pfketon
weak through Pike county to the Cumberland
mountains, along the base of the mountains to
Whitt:A:ours in Ditcher county, and eastward
tlwee g l. the Pvend or oounding tap into Win.
county, Va., thence south to Estellville in Scott
county, and northeast to Abingdon, Washington
county, on the Tenneseee and• Virginia: Railroad.
Tazewell:and Abingdon are also connected:by good
turnpikes.
Thus, the whole of Southern and• Western Ken
tucky- and of Southwestern Virginia would be con
trollable by possession of these gaps,. with sufficient
forces to diverge expeditions therefrom.
There is also. another bnyortentr route connecting
East Kentucky and East Tem:mon o th r u tig t, gum
beeland Gap, where the boundaries of Kentucky,
Virginia, and Tennessee converge.
Ammunition and provisionscan be and are readily
transported over all these routes. Hence, these
three gaps should, by all means, be in the possession
of Union forces.
This accomplished, and the jpint movement of
the rebels of outhwasturri kirginia i 11/astern Ken
tneky,and Northeastern Tennessee could, be broke*
np. Then Reynolds could manage the rebels of
Western Virginia, and Rosecrans could. march over
into North Vaseline, and meet an expedition front
Hatteras Inlet. That would secure North Caro
lina, and materially aid to shorten the contest us
Virginia, which would break the back bone of the
rebellion.
From Cumberland County
[Correspondence of The Prem.]
CARLISLE, Pa„ Oct. 5, 1851.
We have not much that is new transpi
ring ; if we except the efforts that are making
to raise men for the war, which is prosecuted
with vigor, both by the State and the United
States service, The United States recruits
for the mounted service are all ordered to the
Carlisle Barracks, now in command of Capt.
Hastings, and after being thoroughly drilled,
are organized into detachments, and despatch
ed to the seat of war, or wherever their ser
vices may be required. This county has fur
nished seven companies of volunteers, a large
number of teamsters, and other employees,
and still ge the work goes bravely on."
FC't same time peat a number of the young
men of our town have been instructed in the
Carbine and sabre exercise, by Serg. James
Magee, at present attached to the cavalry depot
at the Carlisle Barracks. On the evening of
the 3d inst., after the usual exercises were
concluded, a meeting was organized, by calling
Lieut.H. Duffield to the chair, and after aomo
preliminary remarks, Mr. Samuel K. Humrich,
on behalf of the class, presented the Sergeant
with a fine gold fob chain, as a testimonial of
the valuable services rendered the Govern
ment by the destruction of the armory and
arsenal at Harper's Ferry, by the command
under Captain Jones, (with whom Sergeant
Magee acted,> and thanking him for the valu.
able instruction he had imparted to them. In
reply, the Sergeant gave a detailed account of
the destruction of the buildings, the trying
position the men were placed in at the Ferry,
and the efforts that were made to overcome
the loyalty of those in charge of that post,
saying that they had , c but done their flinty,"
In firing the buildings Magee played a con
spicuous and hazardous part, and brought up
the rear, in the retreat to Hagerstown, in such
admirable manner as to receive the written
commendation of his commanding officer.
Nothing is said in the way of politics, and
we shall not have, from present indications, a
political meeting in this county during the
campaign. Our crops have been good and
harvested in the best order, Which, with the
pleasant weather we have had thus far, is
ripening the corn (some of which was planted
quite late) as fast as the husbandman could
desire. Our County Fair commences on the
9th inst., lasting through the week, with every
prospect of a creditable exhibition.
Yours,
Traitors in Southern Illmois—Th e H. G
C. in Egypt.
(From the Du Quoin (III.) Mining Journal, Sept, 25.]
We have it from a reliable source that the
Knights of the Golden Circle have organised
lodges in the counties of Jefferson and Franklin.
This is a society a Southern 9Zieirl — a regular
Secession affair from beginning to end. Some two
months ago a UM from the South travelled through
different counties in this portion of the State, or
ganizing lodges of the K. G. C., and to-day we
believe that there are at least thirty of them in full
blast. At Spring Garden, Jefferson county, there
is a lode, the members of which make no secret
of its existence, and in that place and in the im
mediate neighborhood a military company was
raised to serve in the army of the Southern Con
federacy. The members of this company travelled
only at night after they left their homes until they
reached Paducah ; but their movements were ob
served. Many persona also left Williamson county
for the purpose of going into the rebel army. We
fully believe that the initiatory steps of the present
rebellioa were taken in the lodges of the K, (I.
That the members are enemies of the Union there
is no doubt, and that there is a determination
among them to set at naught the laws of the land
and overthrow the Government we full3r believe.
These lodges are becoming more powerful every
day, and their advantages for mischief are almost
incalculable. Is it not time that some steps were
taken to avert the further spread 'of the doctrines
Of the K. G. U., and to euppress all lodges known
to exist in.the Northern States? Let the authori
ties turn their attention to the Knights of the
Golden Circle. Here they will have a fine field in
which to display their patriotism.
MARINE" COURT MARTI-AL.-4W following
named officers have been ordered by the Secretary
of the Navy In the osse of Corporal Win. Toombs,
of the United States Marine Corps, charged . with
seditious conduct in attempting to bribe privates of
the said corps, to wit—in the liberation of Seces
sion State prisoners on their way from Annapolis
to Fort Lafayette
President of court, Major William B. Slack ;
First Lieutenant James Forney, Second Lieutenant
Hole, Second Lieutenant Barna, Second Lieutenant
Brown.
Judge advocate, Geo. M. Weston.
Counsel for the prisoner, Mr. Stevens.—Grash
ogron Sunday Chronicle.