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THE PRESS.
ftBLISULD DAILY, (SUNDAYS IXOEPTED,)
BY JOHN W. FoRNEY,
OFSIC➢I No. 417 111EMTNIFT STUMM
DAILY PRESS,
TWILTYI OEXTS PER WEER, payable to the Carri3r.
•Mailed to Sobarrihere out of the City at Six Dottsaa
PER Alumna, Form DOLLARS rOR it mum MOSIRELS, TRIVIA
DOUAI'S POI Su MoVrltg—invariaby bu utlyouoo for
the time ordered.
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Hailed to Subscribers oat of the City at Tawas Doi.-
1.113 Pll ABlNtrit, in advance
COMMISSION HOUSES,
JOHANN Y'S SUPERIOR
OVERCOATINGS.
We hare now in store a fall assortment of W. A, JO
DANNY AP , IIOE'S very superior Chinchilla, Czarina,
Castor Double, and Satin Castor Bearers.
We are constantly recessing Blue Cloths and Doe
tkin' a, Suitable for the Army and litxy.
A large stock of Black owns and Doeskins at very
tow prices, to snit the times.
RIDGWAY,
HEUSSNER, & CO..
IMPORTERS,
NO. 206 CHESTNUT STRE
.9-vreualt
'WELLING, COFFIN,
tic). 116 CHESTNUT STREET,
Met., by the Package, the. fallowing Males and Descrip
tions of Goods:
PRINTS.
MCNNELL MFG. CO. - GREEN; MFG. CO
BLEACHED COTTONS.
say Mill. Lonsdale, Hope, Blackstone, Greene Mfg. Co.,
Bed Bank, Mariposa, Jamestown, Slatersorillo, Belvidere,
Centredale, Sc.
BROWN COTTONS.
Fredonia, Ohio, Groton, Siren. Spring, Glenville, Eagle,
Mechanics' and Farmers' llnion, &c.
CORSET JEANS.--Glasgow, Manchester.
DENIMS AND STRIPES.—Grafton, Jewett City,
Madiiaa, Statersville, Agawam, Keystone, Choctaw.
CANTON FLAIiNELS.--Slaurtwille, Agawam, shaill-
- pant's.
i3ILE.SIAS.—Smith'e, Lonedale, Diamond HilL
WOOLENS.
ARHY BIDE CLOTHS AND KERSEXS,
BROAD CLOTHS.—Bottonder's, Pomeroy's, Glenham
Company.
CASSIMERES AND DGESRISS.--Greenfleld, Gay's,
Stearns'.
SATINETS.—Bass River, Crystal Springs, Conyers
ville, Hope, Stairordville, Converge and Hyde, Con.
TOM) Brothers, Bridgewater.
Flannels, Linseys, Kentucky Jeans, Nankeens, Ticklugs,
Colored Cambric& Printed Cloaking& &c. au9fmw3m
ANTILLIAMS' FLANNELS
ANGOLA, MERINO, SAXONY, Era
TAR/OUS WIDTHS AND QUALITIES
For sale by
WELLING. COFFIN4,I&:Co.,
an9-fmwSza
FROTHINGHAM & WELLS,
34 SOUTH FRONT AND 35 LETITIA STREET,
OFFER FOR SALE
MOWN AND BLEACHED SHEETINGS,
SHIRTINGS,
DRILLS, JEANS, SILECIAS,
CANTON FLANNELS,
CE=
MASSACHUSETTS, GREAT FALLS
LACONIA, LYMAN,
EVERETT, LW/GHT,
'LOWELL, CABOT,
EPSWICH, CHICOPEE, and
HAMPDEN, BARTLET MILLS
LIKEWISE,
A FULL AM/WM.I27T OF
SHAWLS, BEAVER CLOTHS, TRICOTS,
CASSIMERES, FLANNELS, TWEEDS,
BLANKETS, AND ARMY
GOODS,
F7:031 THE WASHINGTON (LATE BAY STATE)
AND OTHER MILLS. ocl-3m
SHIPLEY, HAZARD, &
'HUTCHINSON,
No. 11R OBBSTNIIT STRBEZ
COMMISSION M ECHANTS
PIM MI sus OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS.
FALL SEASON..
1861.
W. S. STEWART & CO.,
Importer! mi. Jobb6re of
SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS,
NO. 306 MARKET STREET
BROWN AND BLACK
REPE.ELANTS.
BROWN AND BLACK.
(VERY DRBIRABLRO
AL.5,0 1 OTHER OLOTHEI
FOR CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
A LALGE INVOICE of the abOve Goods just re
ceived. oes-tf
CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
ENGLISH WATER-PROOF
CLOAKS.
(AQUASCUTUM.)
BLACK-MIXED CLOAKS,
GRAY-MIXED CLOAKS,
BROWN MIXED CLOAKS,
CLARET-MIXED CLOAKS,
OPENING
EVERY MORNING
J. W. PROCTOR & Co..
708 CHESTNUT STREET.
LOOKING GLASSES.
rIENSE REDUCTION
LOOKING GLASSES,
OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS,
eurruirs AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES
JAMES B. EARLE 30"
816 CHESTNUT STREET,
Announce the redaction of 25 per cent. in the prices of all
Ithei Manufactured Stock of Looking Glasses; also, in
engravings, Picture and Photograph Frames, Oil Paint
ings. The largest and most elegant assortment in the
gentry. Agars opportanity is new offered to make pug
Chasm in this line For Cash, at remarkably Low Price'
EARLE'S GALLERIES,
sy9-tf BI6CHESTNUT Street.
CABINET FURNITURE.
BIL
LIARD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
No. 281 South SECOND Street,
to connection with their extensive Cabinet Business are
lam manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
And have now on band a full supply, finished with the
EdOORE & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which are pronounced, by all who have used them, to be
superior to all others.
For the quality and finish of these Tables the mean
factmere refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
Union, who are familiar with the character of their work.
an2s-Om
6-4 TAPESTRY VELVET;
BUSINESS NOTICES. . FRENCH AUBUSSON;
PINE A X.MINOTER ;
..,,,,,,, , ,,, , Www. ,,,, . - .^.^., , ,,, ,,, .
P RACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL ' ROYAL WILTON;
EXTRA ENGLISH BRUSSELS;
P CHEMISTRY.- - The Laboratory of the suhscribers HENDERSON it CO.'S VENITIAN ;
is opea daily, from 9A. 31. to 6 P. M., for Analyses of . ENGLISH INGRAIN CARPETS;
-Ores, Guaoos, Waters, &e. Also, for the Instruction of
i
'Students in Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology. , ALL OE NEW CIEL </ICE STYLES.
Opinions given in Chemical questions. AND
Special Instruction in MEDICAL CHEMISTRY. 1 HAVING BEEN LI:VOICED BEFORE THE LATE
JAMES C. BOOTH, , ADVANCE IN THE TARIFF ;
THOS.. H. GARRETT,'
WM be wild at
JNO. J. REESE, M. D..
.oc4-11ot No.lo CHANT Street, Tenth, below Market.. MODERATE PRICES.
____ .
TORN WELSH, Practical SLATE
AQQFER, 111.1 M street and GEEMANTOWN
&sad, is prepared to put on any amount of Roorma,
on the most MODERATE TERMS. Will guaranty to
fake every Building perfectly Water-tight.
oar Orders promptly attended to.
EVANS & WATSON'S
SALAMANDER SATES.
SWIM,
16 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
A large variety of FIRE-PROOF SAFES always
bn hand.
IMPORTANT.
Send all Money and Packages of Merchan
dise for places in the Eastern States, New
York, and Canada, by HATiNpEzps E 26
PRESS, No. 148 Chestnut street.
They collect Notes, Drafts, &e., and Bills,
with or without Goods. Their Express is
the oldest in the United States.
Express Charges on a single case,
or mall lot of Goods, are leas than
by any other conveyance. selo-2m
VOL. 5. - NO. 59.
MILLINERY GOODS.
VJOOLLEN KNITTING YARNS
FOR
ARMY SOCKS.
A large stock of three—thread blue-mixed
WOOLLEN YARN,
of all number.% for , ate at lowest cash prices at
If. PURRING & CO..
t t 5 26 and • 2E N,,rth FOURTH Street.
CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES.
NET CASH CLOTH STORE,
ELLIS 84 I-lARROP.
NO. 223 MARKET STREET, lIP STAIRS,
A new and desirable Fall Stock of Cloths, Oassimeres,
Vest:lnge, sold low for cash, in lengths to Snit ph' -
chasers. sel6-1m
MILLINERY GOODS.
MRS. H. WRIGHT,
11 . 0,131 PINE STREET,
RILL - OPEN
FASHIONABLE MILLINERY,
ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10ru, IS6I
ocB-3t*
SOMETHING NEW AT
KENNEDY'S
FRENCH FLOWER AND FEATHER
-
EMPORIUM.
No. 729 CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW EIGHTH
oes-3nl
MILLINERY OPENING.
cc CITY BONNET STORE,"
OPENING DAY.
Thursday, October 3, 1861.
LINCOLN, WOOD, & NICHOLS,
MILLINERY AND
STRAW GOODS.
ROSENHEIM,
BROOKS, & Co.„
431 MARKET STREET,
Invite the attention of
MERCHANTS AND MILLINERS
To their well-assorted stock of
RIBBONS, BONNET BILKS,
VELVETS, FLOWBIIS, ST3&W GOODS,
and every other article in their line.
A superior brand of
BLACK VELVET RIBBONS
sel3-2m Alwan 91111%114,
Mj:ILINERY GOODS, of the latest
st5 A -les 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.
REIVRBEIN,
,era m a la. =MEM Strfset- Acme, hisu-Isth_
N. B.—bir. per cent. discount deductoo For cub.
A ts MRS. M. S. BISHOP, 1016
.7qr CHESTNUT Street, will OPEN ON THURSDAY,
October 10th, a Fashionable assortment of PARIS
MILLINERY. 00-6 t
MISSES 0' BRY A N, 914
CHESTNUT, will oven PARIS MILLINERY
for the Fall on THURSDAY, October 3. oc2-12t*
CAILPETINGS.
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JAMES H. ORNE,
Chestnut st., below 7th,
Now Wiling from the New York Auction Rooms, a
largo lot of CROSSLEY'S ENGLISH TAPESTRY
BRUSSELS, which will be sold from
80 OTS. TO $1 PER YARD.
tt coinleke ss.storhrterrk of all the varieties of CAR
PETING, of OUR OWN IMPORTATION, tom.
CROSSLEY'S WILTON & VELVET CARPETING
TEMPLETON'S AXMINSTER do.
HENDERSCq'S DANA% A,Ng
Also, a large variety of ENGLISH BRUSSELS, im
ported under Me old duty, which will be sold at low
Included in our stock will be found a comoloto wort
moot of INGRAIN AND TIIREE-PLY CARPETING.
OIL CLOTH FROM 1 TO 8 YARDS WIDE
JAMES H. ORNE,
Sag CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW BEVENTII
FOURTH -STREET
CARPET STORE,
No. 47, ABOVE CHESTNUT,
I am now offering my stock of
ENGLISH CARPETING,
EMBRACING EVERY VARIETY AND STYLE
Imported expressly for City Retail Sales, at Prices
LESS THAN PRESENT COST OF IMPORTATION.
J. T. DELLACROIX.
GLEN ECHO MILLS,
McCALLUM & Co.,
MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS
509 CHESTNUT STREET,
CARPETINGS,
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.
NEW CARPETINGS.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
No. 519 CHESTNUT STREET—OPPOSITE STATE
HOUSE,
ere now opening, from Cuetom ROAN Stores, their
FALL IMPORTATIOkS
NEW CARPE TINGS
1,000 pieces J. CROSSLEY a; SONS' TAPESTRY
CARPETS, from
87i ()TS. TO $1 PER YD !
au29-2m
OTTRAP CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS,
TI.J AND WINDOW SHADEO3.—V. E. ARCHAM
RALTLT, N. E. corner ELEVENTH and MARKET
Streets, will open, from auction, this morning, Ingrain
Carpets, wool filling, 25, 31, and 37 cents; Ingrain Car
pets, all wool, 37, 45, 60, and 63 centi ; Entry and Stair
Carpets, 12, 16, 25, 51, 37, 10, and 62 canto; Hemp,
Yarn, and Rag Carpc+!,lo, 33, al, and 3t cents; Floor
Oil Cloths, 31, 37, 45, and 50 cents; Gilt-Bordered Win
dow Shades, 50, 62, 75, and 87 cents; Groan and Duff
Window Holland, ste. Cheap Dry Goods and Carpet
Store,N. E. corner ELEVENTH. and MARKET
oc-12t
my7-ly I
JUST RECEIVED, per " Annie - Kim
ball," from Liverpool, Nander, Weaver, 8z Alan
deers preparations:
9.5 Its Extraet Aeoniti, in 1 lb jars.
25 lbs Extract Ilroscrrami, in 1 lb jars.
50 lbs Extract Belladonna, in 1 lb jars.
100 lbs Extract Taraxaci, in 1 lb jars.
00 lbs Vin Ral Colaic', in 1 lb bottles.
100 lbs 01. Sucelni. Beet., iu ltb bottles.
000 lbs Calomel, in 1 lb bottles.
i;00 lbs Pit Ilydrnt , O.., in lib Arc
WETHERILL & BROTHER,
47 anti 49 North SECOND Street.
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No. 7:25 CILES.TNIIT STREET
NO. 725 CHESTNUT STREET
SOUTII SIDE
TWILLED VE NETMNS
GERMANTOWN, PA.
OIL CLOTHS, ,to
DRUGS.
FOR SALE AND TO LET.
T°R E N T—Large Commumosting
Furnished BOOMS, for Gentlemen, (without board),
ffi & private family, on WALNUT Street, west of Tenth.
Apply to Drug Store, N. B. corner of Eleventh and
Walnut streets. an 20•11
FUR SALE—Valuable Farm, contain
ing 130 acres; 30 acres of excellent Woodland, the
balance in a high state of cultivation, nicely watered
with springs and running streams, situate 6 miles from
Doylestown depot, and 2.4 i miles from Lambertville sta
tion and Delaware river, Bucks county. Plain and tithe
Mantle' stone improvements; good out-buildings, and
every variety of fruits. Price only $75 per acre; easy
terms. Apply to IL PETTIT,
No. 309 WALNUT Street.
NIAGARA FALLS WATER POW
EP.—cAP/TALLST3 AND NANUFACTti
This immense water power is now ready for im
mediate occuiiiition, together with one hundred acres of
land, embracing one quarter-of the village, on which to
locate mills and manufactories.
The stipulations for price of power will be one half
that at Lowell, Mass., and the quantity is almost un-
Should the demand warrant it, the American Fall can
easily be stopped and its great Volume dißchrtrged through
the bank below its present site, for mill purposes, under
* head and fall of 200 feet.
Tie title is perfect and the property unincumbered.
For further information apply to N. W. Day or A. P.
Floyd, Niagara balls; Alexander Hay, No. 1208 Vine
street, Philadelphia; Hon. T. A. Jonelrea, Providence,
It. I.; D. Thaxter, Itogton or the owner,
HODACE 11. PAY, No. 91 Liberty street.
New YORK, September 2,1861. se4-wfrm.3ca
WHEREAS, THE LINDELL HO
TEL COMPANY by its Deed, dated the first
day of DeCenther, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, and
recorded in the Recorder's Officeof
St. Louis county, in
Book No. 254, At Page 202, and also by its other deed,
dated the said first day of December, 1859, recorded in
Book N 0.230, Page 336, confirmatory of and supplemen
tal to said first deed, did convey unto WILLIAM H.
MORRISON, EDWARD BREDELL, and FRANKLIN
A, DICK, the following.deseribed real estate, situated in
Block No. 120, of the City of St. Louis, and described as
follows:
First, A. Lot or parcel or land fronting two hundred
and seventy-one feet on Washington avenue, by one hun
dred and fifty feet in depth, and bounded south by Wash
ington avenue, east by Sixth Street, north by the north
line of the field lot confirmed to Joseph Taillon, and
known as survey N 0.1508, and west by Seventh street.
_ .
Second, A certain Lot or piece of ground, situate in
said Block, containing about seventy feet, be the same
more or less, on Sixth street, by one hundred and thirty
five feet deep on Green street, be the same more or less;
being Lot known and designated on the plat of the lots
laid out and made an addition to the town of St. Louis,
by William Christy. as Lot No. 27, hounded on the west
by No. PS, as laid out by Christy, on the north by Green
street, on the east by Sixth street, and on the south by
the Lot herein first described : which said conveyances
were made to said MORRISON, BREDELL, and DION,
in trust, to secure the payment of certain bonds therein
described, amounting to four hundred thousand dollars i
being eight hundred bonds of five hundred dollars each,
payable in ten years from the first day of December,
eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, to PETER LINDELL
or bearer, with ten per cent. interest, payable semi-an
nually from that date, all payable at the Bank of Com
merce, in New York; and whereas, among other things,
it was provided in said Deeds that if the interest upon
said bonds, er any part thereof, should heroine due and
remain unpaid for thirty days after the maturity thereof,
that then, by reason of such default, the said bonds shall
forthwith become due and payable, notwithstanding said
bonds may not appear on their face to be due ; and
whereas, said LINDELL HOTEL COMPANY has, it is
believed, negotiated, sold, and pledged six hundred and
SiTiteen of said bonds, amounting to three hundred and
eight thousand dollars, upon all of which the semi-an
nual interest, becoming due on the first day of June,
eighteen hundred and sixty one, has been due for more
than thirty days, and is still unpaid, although some or all
of it has been demanded
Now, therefore, we, WILLIAM M. MORRISON, ED
WARD BREDELL and FRANKLIN A. DICK, Sins
tees as aforesaid, at the request of many of the indi
viduals and corporations holding said bonds, and in ac
cordance with the provisions of said Deeds, will,
on thet wenty-second day of October, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-one, and between the hours of eleven
o'clock in the forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon
of that day, at the east front door of the Court HOUR, in
the CITY OF ST. LOUIS, Missouri, proceed to sell the
above-described premises and property, for cash, at Pub
lic Yenciue, to the highest bidder, in order to pay the
holders of said bonds the amounts due thereon, and any
amounts or charges that may be payable under the pro
visions of said deeds, together with the expenses of the
Trust. WM. M. MORRISON,
EDWARD BREDELL, Trustees.
aed-dtoefil FRANKLIN A. -DICK,
HOTELS.
ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL,
BROADWAY, NEW YORK
BOARD REDUCED ib P 4 DAY.
Since the opening of this vast and commodious Hotel,
In 1854, it has been the single endeavor of the proprietors
to make it the moat sumptuous, convenient, and comfort
able home for the citizen pipA granger on thin Bide the
Atlantic.
And whatever has seemed likely to administer to the
r HP
gard to cost, to provide, and to combine all the elements
of individual and social enjoyment which modern art
has invented, and modern taste approved; and the pa
tronage which it has commanded during the past six. years
is a gratifying proof that their efforts have been ann
ulated.
To meet the exigencies of the times, when all are re
quired to practise the most rigid economy, the under
signed
HATE REDUCED THB PRICE OF HOARD 20
TWO DOLLARS PER DAY,
at the same time abating none of the luxuries With which
tkeie table Lao babe -rip been suppliant.
se"-8m TREADWELL, WHITCOMB, & CO.
CARD.-THE UNDERSIGNED,
late of the GIRARD HOUSE, Philadelphia, have
hawed, for a term of years, WILLARD'S HOTEL, in
Washington. 'They take this occasion to return to their
old friends and customers many thanks far paai fiwors,
and beg to assure them that they will be most happy to
see them in their new (marten.
SYKES, CHADWICK, & CO.
WISIMMTON, July 16, 1661. au23-li
LEGAL.
IN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.
I,II I S .oM,
The Auditori appointed by the Court to audit, settle,
and adjust the first and final account of Jesse Reynolds.,
Guardian of Henry P. Bartlett, Joseph B. Bartlett, join
T. Bartlett, Charles Bartlett, and job C. Bartlett,
minor children of Job Bartlett" and to report distribution
of the balance in bis hands, will meet the parties inte
rested, for the purposes of his appointment, on MON
DAY, October 14, 1861, 4 o'clock P. M., at his Office,
N 0.213 South SIXTH Street, Philadelphia
oc4-fmnst* UNIDT, auditor.
IN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.
Estate of ANNA SITGREAVES, Deceased
The Auditor appointed by the Court to audit, settle,
and ndj , l;t the first final account of riff, 86111661
Cox, Executor of the last will and testament of Anna
Sitgretives, deceased, and to report distribution of the
balance in his hands, will meet the parties interested, for
the purposes of his appointment, on TUESDAY, October
15, 1861, at 4 o'clock I'. M., at his Office, No. 213 South
SIXTH Street, Philadelphia.
oc4-fhilv;l* LEWIS G. CASSIDY, Auditor,
HARDWARE
TIARDWARE.
310011 E, lIENSZEY, & CO.
Have now on hand, and are constantly receiving, EL
Large assortment of HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS,
&c., to which they invite the attention of purchasers for
cash or short credit.
No. 421 MARKET Street, and
ocB-2m No. 410 COMMENCE Street, Phihula.
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY,
cheap for Cash and short Credit, by WORE
HENSZEY, 427 MARKET Street, Philadelphia.
sel3-1m
WAILS ! NAILS NAILS !—Har
risburg Nail Depot, 509 COMMERCE R, The
beat Valle manufactured for az.oo cash, All sizes.
ee23-Im W. W. KNIGHT & SON & CO.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
CLARET. -100 Casks Claret ex-ship
from Bordeaux, for sale in bonded ware
j
house by JAIIKETCHE & CARSTAIDS, 202 and 204
South FRONT Street. oclAt
PORT WINE.--111 Quarters and 43
octaves DeMullarPort, for sale from Custom House
stores by JATIRETCHE & CARSTAIRS, 202 and 20i
luth FRONT Street. oel-tf
PURE PORT WINE.
DUQUE DO PORTO WINE, BOTTLED IN
PORTUGAL IN 1820.
Physicians and invalids in want of a reliable article of
pare Port Wino can be smiled by inquiring for the
above wine at CANTWELL & REEFER'S,
Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue
and MASTER Street.
HENNESSY, VINE-YARD PRO..
oriotors, Bisqult, Tricoche & Co., Marett, Pinot,
and other approved brands of COGNAC BRANDY, for
sale, in bond and from store, by
CANTWELL & REITER,
Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue
and MASTER Street.
QTUART'S PAISLEY MALT WHIS
NY.
Buchanan's Coal IlaWbisky,
Old Tom Gin, Old London Gin,
London Cordial Gin, Boblen's Gin,
In Loud and store.
CANTWELL 84 KEFFEB,
Southeast corner OIRDIANTOWN Axemie
and MASTER Street.
ZOTJAVE CHAMPAGNE.—A new
brand—an excellent article. Imported and for sale
at a price to suit the times, by CANTWELL & KEE
NER, southeast corner of GEP.tdANTOWN Avenue and
MASTER Street.
RUDESHEIMER,BERG ) LAUBEN
REIMER, and HOCKMEIMER WINE, in cases
of one rlozen bottles each ,• warranted pore. Imported
and for pale low be CANTWELL & KEEFER, south
east corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER
Street.
iIMMERMAN'S DRY CATAWBA
WlNE.—This approved brand of Cincinnati wine,
the best article out for " cobblers," for sale pure, bot
tled and in cases, by CA RTWELL SE KEFFER, south.
east corner GERMANTOWN Avenue and MASTER
Street_ se24-6,0
PHILADELPHIA TERRA-COTTA
WORKS
Office and Warerooms. 1010 CHESTNUT Street.
Ornamental Chimney Tops.
Garden Vases and Statuary.
Encaustic Flooring Tile.
Attlilteettivtd Ornaments.
Ventilating and Smoke Flues.
Ridge Tile and Sanitary Ware.
Steam -pressed Drain Pipe.
Water Pipe, warranted to stand pressure,
cheap and durable.
Th 9 TrOc 1111PPIA 9 1 .4 I!g
Illustrated Catalogues sent by mail, on
application by letter.
FINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.-
W. SCOTT, ell C/EINSTNUT Street, a low
doors below the 66 Continental." The attention of the
Wholesale Dealers is invited to his IMPROVED OUT
01' SHIRTS, of superior tit, make, and material, on
hand and made to order at shortest. notice. isa-ti
BEST QUALITY ROOFING SLATE
AIWAYS on h... 1 And tor sale at Union Wharf, iitsi
BEACH Street, Eousingtan. T. TIIONAB,
oft-as Su WALNUT Street, rbiliadelphil
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1861.
TILE ARMY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA,
Thit'ORTANT MOVEMENTS OF GENERALS
Defeat of Gen. Lee at Big Springs.
VIVID ACCOUNT OF THE ACTION
AT GREENBRIER.
IMPORTANT POINTS ALONG
THE SOUTHERN COAST.
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
Price Retreating into Arkansas.
INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
Miscellaneous War News.
F.L.KIVATER, Va., Oct. ite t ynolda
has made two reeormoissancos in force within the
last few days against the rebels, under General
Lee, and has driven them from Big Springs. the
former rendezvous of his main force. Part of his
force is now posted at Elk Mountain and Green
Briar Bridge, respectively 30 and 40 miles from
here, and part of it under General Lee, who is said
to have joined General Floyd at. Big Springs, pre
vious to the reconnoissance. The rebels destroyed
their camp equipage,- ammunition ; and seVc`fftl
hundred muskets.
The rebels left several wagons, Sc., the road be
ing absolutely impassable for vehicles beyond a
point twelve miles from Elirwater.
From the Army of General RoseerattS.
CINCINNATI) Oct. I.o.—The Cotamereiars Ka
nawha advices state that General Rosecrans is at
Mountain Cave, a strong position twenty-five miles
beyond Gauley.
He had advanced ten miles further, to Little
Sewell, but the enemy being too well entrenched
and too strong at Big Sewell, five miles further, on,
to be attacked, General Roseerans fell back, as an
invitation to the rebels to come out and have a fair
fight. There was no expectation of an attempt by.
the enemy to force his position.
The weather in the Gnuley raglan was terrible.
Rain was falling almost incessantly. General Rose
orans' troops were well clothed, having now plenty
of overcoats and blankets.
The late fight at Chapmansville was a sharp and
bloody affair. Viva of Captain Pratt's Zouaves were
killed. The rebels are reported to have lost thirty-
A despatch from General .Reynolds to brovemor
Morton, dated .11uttonville, October Sth, says:
"The enemy in our front, on the Huntersville
road, has been driven to Green Brier Springs,
twenty miles beyond Big Springs, their tate
late rendezvous. They are about fifty miles from
Elkwater, and one hundred and twenty from Cheat
Mountain. The roads towards Ilunteraville are im
passable for - wheels. The rebels destroyed hundreds
of muskets, tents, camp equipage, &o. Several
wagons abandoned by the rebels fell into our
hands."
A 'Fight in the Mountams—The Itecon.
noissance at Greenbrier.—ot Brilliant
Engagement.
[Correepondence of the Cincinnati Times.]
CHEAT MOUNTAIN &mar,
October 4, 1861.
We have had a fight, and a splendid one. Al
though intended only as a reeonnojeume in f orce ,
it resulted in a handsome achievement. - Early
yesterday morning General Reynolds and staff,
escorted by Bracken's cavalry, arrived in camp,
and shortly after an order to prepare two days' ra
tions created excitement and cheerfulness in camp.
The men were confident they were to have a light,
and it put them in the beat of good humor. Knap
sacks were repacked, haversacks and cartridge
boxes filled, and arms overhauled and brightened
to the highest polish. Each regiment to be used.
on the occasion received marching orders, all of
which were for the night. The men were ore Ifed
to Eitire early and het sleep, but little sleep was
there in camp that night.
Officers and men shared alike in the excitement
and the gladness at the prospect of a fight.
All the regiments had been greatly weakened by
sickness and hard Hain ; and the force which
marched, counting artillery, cavalry, &e., was less
than 6,000 men. The batteries comprised thirteen
pieces.
Since the flight of the rebels from Tygart Valley,
they have had an advanced camp on the bank of
the Greenbrier, at a point where the Staunton turn
pike ascends the Allegheny Mountains. In the late
advance of Lee, a considerable force detailed from
that camp, and, as I have informed you, went
back to it in a hurry. They have not advanced
since. Our scouts have, from time to time, report.
ed that the post was being fortified.
The point is about thirteen miles from this camp,
and about the same distance from Monterey, where
it is understood there is a large rebel force. The
opinion has been entertained that there were addi
tional camps between Ureenbrier and Monterey,
from which the former could be readily reinforced,
and to confirm this opinion_ was one of the objects
of this movement. The scouts supposed that 5,000
or G,OOO were encamped at Greenbrier.
The Rebel Camp, and how the Attack
was to be Made_
8. A. HARRISON,
1010 CHESTNUT Street.
C4t ahns.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1861.
THE REBELLION.
ROSECRANS AND REYNOLDS
THE CHANCES OF A BATTLE,
Later from Fortress Monroe.
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA.
Gen. Lee Forced to Retreat.
The Party to be Attacked
The rebel camp is located on a high, steep eleva
tion known as Buffalo Hill. It is located at a
sharp turn of the road, and so situated that an at
tacking force had to come directly under the guns
and entrenchments of the right of the camp to ob
tain oven a view of the left, The formation of the
ground is particularly favorable for the formation
of terraces, and the rebels had made good use of
the advantage. Their defences rose one above the
other, far up the hill, extendin; even into the
forest above the camp. It was estimated, from the
number of tents, that , ten thousand men held the
posts. The sole attack contemplated was directly
in front, with artillery, the infantry to be used
merely to protect the batteries.
The First Dash—A Gallant Charge.
It was discovered that the rebels had placed a
large infantry force three-fourths or tk, mile in front
to dispute our approach. They lay in ambush be
side a fence thickened with small trees to the right
of the road, and in the timber on the hill-side to
the left. On making this discovery, Colonel Kim
ball was ordered to clear the way for the artillery
with the rugged Indiana Fourteenth. The boys
received the order with a shout, and, tiring a volley
into the ambush, rushed upon it with a wild cheer.
The concealed enemy instantly took to their
heels, some rushing across the valley, and others up
the mountains on our left. The gallant Fourteenth,
its ragged breeches flapping in the air, started up
the mountains with a cheer, popping over the re
bels at every crack. The Ninth Indiana, its colors
flaunting beautifully above the green grass, rushed
after those across the valley. A cheer went up
from the whole line, as the ambushed rebels took
to flight, the Roosierg in pursuit.
The Fourteenth made sad work with the rebels
on the mountain. Eighteen of them were found
dead in one pile, and seven in another. They also
captured several prisoners, and took care of a few
wounded. The Seventh came near the retreating
rebels on the opposite side of the valley, and poured
a raking fire into them as they sought a laurel
cover. Row many were killed and wounded there
the enemy must tell, for our boys did not search the
laurel.
The Artillery in Positron—Bang IWiiirl
In less than ten minutes the rebels were driven
to their entrenchments. Loomis immediately moved
rapidly forward, unlimbered his pieces, and gave
an invitation in the shape of a shell. The enemy
immediately responded with pounders, all of which
fell short of our battery. In the meantime, Howe
bad discovered a favorable position very near to
the enemy , s first line of fortification, and, bola us
lion, dashed into it, with his full battery. The first
shot from his battery was greeted by a shout from
our infantry.
Down with his single gun followed Howe, and in
a few minutes, before, in fact, the retreating rebels
had fairly reached the intronohmonts, our whole
thirteen guns were banging murderous shot and
shell at them. The rebels responded with seven
guns. Loomis now ascertained he could do better
execution a little closer, and took position square in
the valley, in full view of the whole opposing
force.
The Fight.
The enemy's camp was in full view. Ills terraced
battery was belching forth fire and smoke. Shot
from our batteries were tearing up the ground all
through the encampment, and shells were scatter
debtrii6tioil end insuring death.
There was no cessation of the infernal roar of
the artillery. Sometimes a half dozen of our pieces
would send forth a simultaneous roar. making the
earth tremble, and the return fire seemed spiteful,
as it whizzed the shot mostly over our heads. For
thirty-tiro minutes every giro on our aids was
worked without cessation. Now a shell would go
ringing through the air, making a beautiful curve,
and, dropping just on the spot intended, burst. and
destroyed everything for yards around. Of all the
infernal inventions of war, it is these shells. They
tear men and horses to tatters in an instant, as they
fall whizzing among them.
And, as you hear their unmusical hiss coming
towards you, you, if as green as I in military strife,
will try to dodge the screeching devil. With the
shell flew the round shot into the enemy's camp,
and all about our batteries. IS - Rh a whack they
would strike the earth. and bore themselves into
the earth like iron molei operated by steam.
Such was the distant view of the picture. A
little in advance of me, and on a line with our bat
teries, standing on a knoll, was the General, his
countenance calm and indicative of satisfaction at
the result.
Around him : in the saddle, were his aids, one or
more of whom wore constantly &Shin& over the
field, to convey his orders. Ile was so near the
enemy's camp that he could observe their move
ments with the naked eye. Several shells fell near
him, but did not in the least disturb his composure.
To my rear were the ambulances ; with the sur
geons, distinguished by green sashes, waiting to
perform their duty. Some were very careful to
remain out of harm's way, while others braved
danger to search for the wounded.
The ambulances were not long idle. First came
a man carried on a blanket, writhing with pain.
Ile had received a shot in his stomach. Next, an
other who had lost an arm, and was fainting from
loss of blood. Then came three or four slightly
wounded leaning on the shoulders of their com
rades. Not far from me, in a little ravine, lay
three rebels, one dead. another dying, and a third
slightly wounded. The latter was placed in an
ambulance, and carried to our hospital.
Away up the road, scattered on its sides, some
Bitting, some lying,
were exhausted infantry men,
most of whom seemed totallynneoncerned as to the
strife ; and, at other points - cif . a viewing distance,
groups of unengaged cavalry were viewing the
strife with deep interest,
For thirty•fiee minutel,te batteries kept up an
unceasing fire. First opg, and then another rebel
gun was dismounted, unpdflinly one remained. This
was peppered with shell and shot, but we were un
able to do wore than slacken its fire.
It was the only well-served piece in the rebel for
tilleatiOnS, ft shots doing all the artillery mischief
to our side. When our shot became too hot for the
gunners there, they would load the piece rapidly,
fire, run under cover, remain there a few minutes,
and then repeat the performance,. The thirty-five
minutes firing was a magnificent artillery duty Our
soldiers, who have been in many afight, said they
never have seen anything equal to it.
While this was going on, the Fourteenth Indiana,
under the gallant Kimball. the dashing Harrow,
and the enthusiastic Blynn, and the Twenty-fourth
Ohio, under the veteran Ammon, and Gilbert and
Butler, had been scouring the mountain on our
left, to prevent a fl ank movement, They were
much exposed to shot and shell, but were success
ful in dodging them. The other regiments, except'
the Fifteenth - Indiana and the Twenty-fifth Ohio,
held as a reserve, were protecting our right and
the batteries.
Reinforcements.
After the enemy had been driven from their
lower entrenchments, and their battery reduced to
one gun, our artillerists slackened their fire, and
took it more easily. The infantry brightened up,
expecting orders to charge the works. But the
general, who was more observant, did not give the
order. When the fire of our batteries was raging
most fearfully, the rebels sent up two or three
rockets, which the general supposed was a signal to
hurry up expected reinforcements from the mount
ains. He consequently kept a sharp look-out on
the mountain road, as did others, who were of the
same opinion.
They did not have long to wait. Down the moun
tains. in the rear of the camp, came a column of
men, estimated at 5,000. bringing with them seve
ral pieces of artillery of * u
superior character. The
reinforcements were received with cheers by their
rebel and badly-routed comrades. The fresh pieces
were planted upon the upper works. and sent forth
a new tune from the rebel side. They were at first
badly served, the shots going far overhead. This
they ascertained, and began to take pretty good
aim.
Our artillerists, delighted with the mew guns,
went at it once more with full force, and no more
cheers were heard in the rebel camp. They also
threw shells into the timber above, where it was
supposed the fresh infantry had sheltered them
selves, land With the naked eye a great scampering
from the bushes could be observed.
An Attempt tto Flunk.
In the meantime the colonels bhg,an to grow fid
gety. They did not like the idea of the artillery
enjoying all the fun, and asked that the infantry
be allowed to "go in."
A council of war was held. The colonelspro
posed to take the new batteries by storm. The
general opposed this at once, as, even if successful,
it would involve a great sacrifice of life. They
then eyoposed to outflank the enemy, and take the
WyWeAhlairif t t WEEti
be a barren. - victory, they wanted to try their hand.
I say a' arren vieteey, but if the enemy had been
routed, the position is now of no use to us, and had
our infante 'worked in on the flank, the road was
open for the enemy to scamper off up the mountain.
But Gen. Reynolds, appreciating the valor of our
troops, :consented to let the infantry try a flank
movement, and, if they could do nothing more,
gain information as to the location of the ground.
The regiments selected for the movement were the
Seventh, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Indiana, and
the Twenty-fourth Ohio. The Seventh Indiana,
Col. Dumont, was selected to lead—why, I cannot
imagine, as it is a new regiment, but its colonel is
an experienced and fearless soldier..
The enemy observed the movements, and paying
but little attention to our batteries. prepared to re
ceive the infantry as they marched up through the
woods. All the regiments received the order to ad
vance with cheers, the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
throwing off their coats, and preparing for a free
use of the bayonet. The Seventh took the lead,
and the rest followed bravely. They had proceed
ed but a short distance. however, before the rebels
turned several of their guns to the timber, and sent
into it a terrible fire of shell and canister.
The Seventh Indiana broke and ran, their officers
endeavoring in vain to stop them. Their conduct
caused some trepidation among other regiments,
but at the command, they righted, and were about
to advance, when orders came from General Rey
nolds to withdraw. Though the trees seemed to
rain shot and shell, but few men were hurt under
theßh
Winding lip.
The artillery had now fired abouttwelve hundred
shot and shell, and were nearly out of ammunition.
Loomis had nothing left but canister, and Howe
was nearly as bad off, Damn's piece had been disa
bled and Wiled off. -
Under these circumstances, the general, having
gratified the infantry, ordered an end to the en
gagement. Loomis gave the Greenbrier camp a
parting blessing in the shape of canister, and the
artillery was despatched on its return to this point.
The infantry followed, tarrying, however, some
time in the valley, hoping the rebels would come
out and give them a field fight of three to one. But
the rebels did not show themselves as long as ablue
coat remained in sight of Greenbrier
The Forces Engaged and the Loss.
I have ;gated our force. At least half of it was
not brought into action at an. The rebels taken
prisoners state their force in camp, before our ar
rival, was ten thousand, which, with the reinforce
ments received, makes fifteen thousand ; yet the
rebels had not the courage, at any time, to come
out of their ebtinneliments. It is the experience
in Western Virginia that they fight bravely behind
fortifications, and will notfight otherwise.
Our loss is twenty—ten killed, and ten so badly
wounded as to be unfitted for duty. Their loss is
terrible. The groans of the wounded could be dis
tinctly heard at our batteries, when the guns were
silent. The dead were .seen strewn all over their
camp, and the lower trench was said to be full of
them. Our fifteen hundred shells and exploded
shot made fearful havoc. Besides, some forty or
fifty were killed by our infantry in the first dash
outside of the fortilkations. We took thirteen pd•
sonors—they none.
We captured a number of horses, a lot of cattle ;
and enough small arms to show how the enemy
was supplied.
During the whole engagement the enemy threw
but three effective abets. One struck qne of nowe's
artillerymen, another took an arm from a gunner
of the same corps, and, I think, shattered an axle
of Daum's gun, rendering it unserviceable. All
these came from the same troublesome little piece
our gunners could not dismount. Howe had two
horses wounded, and one killed. Loomis and
Daum, for a wonder, did not have either man or
beast injured. I cannot speak too highly of the
artillery. Guns were never better served, nor by
livelier men.
Return to Camp.
The fight lasted about four hours. Between
twelve and one the return march was commeneed,
the artillery taking the right. The cavalry follow
ed, escorting the General and his staff. We took
it more leisurely, stopping to dispose of their ra
tions, and rest, about three miles from the rebel
camp. The Twenty-fifth Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel
Richardson, commanding, brought up the rear,
having oharge of the dead, wounded and prisoners.
The wounded, whose wounds had all been dressed
on the battle-field, were carried in easy-riding am
bulances.
Before we had proceeded very far on the return,
Jim found that a frightened Union man of this 71.•
einity, who had followed the troops out to see the
fight, seeing our troops returning without captur
ing the rebel camp, had mounted his scraggy horse,
and going ahead at full speed, announced that we
had been whipped, and were on the retreat. He
told such an alarming story to Col. Ford that the
Governor had called in his pickets, and prepared
to cover the retreat. He had the Thirty-second
admirably formed for that purpose, but laughed at
his trouble -when he learned the aotual result of
the conflict.
The same messenger brought the terrific news to
this camp, causing astonishment and uneasiness
here,_ and how much further he went with it I do
not know.
It was past 9 o'clock when Col. Richardson
marched up the mountain with the rear, and after
supper, and a bit of rejoicing at our success, the lights
were extinguished, and the whole camp, except
those on guard, were enjoying wind and welcome
slumber. But few had slept any the night before,
and, besides the fatigue of battle, had marched
twenty-six miles during' the day. Sleep was wel
come, indeed.
Incidents, Etc
The artillerist who lot hitt EMS' iitteroti a
groan. .lle looked at the bleeding Amp, and
Fulltingly said, "That is pretty well done.'' The
limb was taken off as evenly as if it had been done
with a knife.
In Daum's Artillery is a young German, who had
nava? Mod fire before. Ho because frightened,
and fled from his post. Daum pursued,.eaught,
and brought him back, lashing him with his sword.
The peer fellow bellowed wofully, but after ram
ming home one or two charges, and finding himself
still alive, became the bravest of the bravo, aml
Worked nobly to the end.
The rebels would have done more mischief, but
most of their shells did not explode. The cause, I
understand, was a fault in the fuses.
The rebels must have been terribly frightened.
Their guns were heard from this camp during last
night, and it is supposed that, frightened at their
own shadows, they took the trees for I:iinkee.s, and,
fired at thent.
Among the wounde'd rebels was one engaged as a
scout. His brother is in, the Federal army, and
took part in that action. The rebel brother died
before we left the scene of action.
Gen. Reynolds acoomplished all he sought by the
movement. His loss vs-as small, wed he now
thoroughly understands the position of the enemy
before him. When he gets ready to more - forward.
he can take that position without trouble.
Although a battle was not intended. thecontest
was certainly the best fight our troops hare yet
Made in Western 'Virginia. The rebels received a
touch of loyal thunder and lightning that they did
not expect in these mountains. The idea occere to •
me that if Gen. Reynolds deals such heavy Vibers.
in a mere reconnoissance, what will he do when he'
made 11 full reconnoire
ma a r e ch n ess
n o e l foranolds no'!
ra
sauce of the enemy, on both roads before him, and'
when the Government sees proper to fit him out for
an advance, he will go throueh in spite of all oppo•
sition.
THE SOUTHERN GULF AND
ATLANTIC COAST.
The Chandeleur Islands and Mobile Bay.
Among the islands said to have been taken por-
Session of by the United Skates forces in the gulf.
are the Chandeleur group. They lie immediately
south of the point where Lake Borgne debouehes
into the gulf. They lie full sixty miles east of the
mouths of the Mississippi, and twenty-five from
Mobilo point. The group consists of three small
islands--the southernmost being the smallest. They
bend in the form of a semi-circle. Between them
and the northeastern point of St. Bernard parish,
which is the southernmost parish in Louisiana, lying
cast of the Mississippi river. is Chandeleur Bay.
Upon the northernmost island of the group there
was a fixed light fully sixty feet high. It was of
the utmost use to sailors navigating those waters.
The rebels, with their usual vandalism, are said to
have removed It some months ago. The fortifica
tions of these islands, with corresponding batteries
upon Ship, Cat. and Horn islands, and at Missis:
sippi City, upon the main land, will completely
control the debouchurc of Borgne into the gulf, and
aid mott materially in the blookade of Mobile
Bifir
This Lay is separated. at its entrance into the sea,
by an island, called Dauphin. At the entrance.
including _Dauphin island, it attains a breadth of
fourteen miles. The deepest channel is on the east
eide,of Dauphin, admitting vessels of eighteen feet
draught. Batteries on Horn island would render
tbe passage of the western channel a very hazardous
experiment. Were Dauphin also fortified, and
Mobile Print and the main land on the west plant
ed with water batteries, Mobile would a'to be most
effectually blockaded.
Beaufort, South Carolina.
The necessity for the seizure of this port by the
Federal forces has been often discussed in certain
quarters, and has been said to be a seizure which
would be highly advantageous to the Government.
It is situated in an arm of the sea called Port
Royal river, about fifteen miles from the Atlantic.
The harbor is one of the safest on the whole South
ern coast, and has eleven feet 19062 full upon the
bar, at its entrance. Situated immediately south
of the line of railroad, at a distance of twenty
miles, running between Charleston and Savannah,
it would afford an easy base for land operations
against either. Either could be much more easily
taken by land operations than from the sea. Its
importance is then by no means to be under
valued in any future series of assaults upon these
hot-beds of treason. Its distance from Charleston
is less than fifty miles, and a little further from
Savannah.
The great desideratum gained by an attack upon
it is that it can be taken with little or no loss of
life, and can be so fortified as to be held landward
against a most formidable force. The British took
it and held it for several months during the Rave
lutionery war, amulet, It a point of the greatest
importance. Its collector, under Mr. Buchanan's
administration, refused to give in his adhesion to
the Secession dynasty in South Carolina, and was
arrested for high treason. He subsequently me.
numbed to force. It must not be confounded with
the North Carolina Beaufort, more than a hundred
miles northeast of it.
Fernandina.
of the port of this name. ' roTaTaligriMi t ai l a
island, a small island lying off the extreme north
eastern coast of Florida. At the northern end of
this island the' St. Mary's river, the dividing stream
between Georgia and Florida, puts into the ocean.
The length of tile river is about one hundred wiles,
and there is thirteen feet of water upon the bar at
its mouth.
Bight opposite to its mouth is the harbor of Fer
nandina with, it is said, full twenty-four feet of
water—the deepest ovater in any Atltintie harbor
south of the mouth of the Chesapeake- Amelia
island is about eighteen miles long, and is very fer
tile. The town of Fernandina has but few inhabi
tants.
The principal advantages which would accrue to
the Government from its possession would be a safe
harbor for vessels of deep draught; a point of ren
dezvous for fleets intended to operate upon the ex
treme Southern coast, and as a safe basis for opera
tions against Southern Georgia and Eastern Florida.
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
(From the Missouri Democrat, Oct. B.]
price Retiring toward Arkansas.
The intelligence from Jefferson City is toicA6-
tory to the purport that the Federal forces are ac
tively moving forward in pursuit of Price. Troops
are constantly reaching the capital, and as steadily
departing for the scene of the hoped-for conflict,
and the whole division of the army detailed for the
purpose will 88611 be under swift march. deneral
Fremont and staff set forward yesterday. Price's
forces were last Friday seen between Clinton and
Warrensburg, apparently moving directly and ra
ther hastily southward, for the purpose of avoiding
a battle with Fremont's troops. Fremont will in
tercept him or pursue him into and through Ark
ansas, forcing a fight whenever this is possible.
Probably Price will attempt to make a junction with
bleCulloch's forces, and then may be emboldened
to give battle. The late prospect of an engag,e
meat at or near Georgetown leas vanisher!,
and the predictions of the disappointed Seeession.
isle who solaced themselves over Price's abandon
ment of Lexington, by declaring that it was in
order to annihilate Siegel, Sturgis, and Lane, are
utterly falsified.
Priee's declared plan is to avoid a battle except
when the odds AM be immensely in his favor, and
all his movements, both past and present, indicate
that such is his cunning programme. It is well as
certained, however, that a large proportion of his
men are thoroughly disgusted with this mode of
procedure, and that many of them are daily leav
ing him and returning to their homes- Skald he
undertake to pass into Arkansas, the "Missouri
State Guard "—falsely so called—would almost
certainly abandon him. With abundant and supe
rior artillery, managed by artillerists of high and
amply•proved skill and courage, Fremont is fully
capable of driving . both Price's and MoCulloch's
army before hint to Red river, puttering, thetaso that their concentration again will be next to
impossible.
From the vicinity of Clinton, in Henry county,
there is a good road leading into Arkansas, and
for this route Price's army is evidently hastening.
The road meets the Osage at Hoffman's Ferry, by
crossing wbioh the enemy can reach the Arkansas
line by Thursday next. He will soon be closely
followed by Fremont. Events of deepest interest
to 'Missourians and to the country are doubtless
upon the point of transpiring in our State.
Rebel Barbarities.
From Linn Creek the intelligence still is that the
rebels are remorselessly sacking and plundering the
premises both of Union families and Secession resi
dents, to meet the necessities of army subsistence.
The entire region for ten mites along the river and
seven sr sight miles back into the country, in Cam.
den county, is occupied by the enemy, and the
property of every inhabitant is taken, with no other
limitation than its utility to the marauders. Wagon
loads of the booty arc daily being conveyed to Le
banon.
In the southwest, Judge Chenault's bandits are
ravaging the border counties and fiendishly mal
treating as well as robbing the Union citizens.
Eleven of the latter lead bees hanged for the
crime of bong Americans as well as Illissort
riu.ns. Their sole offence was the expression of
Union sentiments.
These every-day incidents, together with the
sacking of the Insane Asylum at Fiction, the
ransaa-ing of the Asylum for the Deaf and
Dumb, and the atrocious system of impressing
persons of nearly all ages and conditions into their
ranks, fairly indieate the diabolical spirit possess
, ing the rebels. Unless soon and effectually check-
ed, they will convert the lately blooming garden of
:Missouri into " a waste-howling wilderness." The
gratifying symptoms now are that Union men in
unprecedented numbers are rushing to snits in all
quarters of the State, to defend their horses from
robbery and sacrilege, and that, when furnished
the arms they are clamoring for, they will give
most zealous aid to the Federal forces in inflicting
richly-merited punishment upon the invaders.—
Missouri Democrat.
The Chances of a Battle .
A correspondent of the IYorld, writing front
Jefferson City, under date of October 0, says :
If a battle take place in Western Missouri itmust
be before many days. The sudden and unexpected
retreat of the Confederate General Price has, it is
supposed, upset the plans which wore being care
fully elaborated for his discomfiture. That Gene
ral Price should have endeavored to avoid being
hemmed in by an imposing force was but natural;
that he has been able to accomplish his exit so suc
cessfully has given rise to much surprise. Notwith
standing the fact that largo reinforcements were
said to have been on the way to CohNici
no sufdelent force has been concentrated south of
Lexington to intimidate Price from crossing our
lines and making good his retreat. A force atWar
rensburg, 15,000 strong, with a reserve at Sedalia,
might have blocked the passage—the more effeetu-
Rlly if General Lane, with his 5,000, had been rest.
ing on Kansas Cit.
The preparations of Gen. Prioo for the past few
days leave no doubt of his intention to fall back to
the Arkansas line. tot only provisions, merchan
dise, horses, and negroes, bet women and children
have been sent thither, with seep disposition of e r_
Teets as to indicate a permanent °bongo of resi-
IThe impossibility of sustaining so large an
emy, the want of admitate clothing, hit imams-Able
TWO CENTS.
roads, not less than the gathering' of a great hostile
force, have forced him to this stet: He will not
winter in lirtasoirri,unlr.sx he should ~( 117t rt
victory' in a forced battle, the chnees of which
are exceedingly small.
From the latest advices there can be its doubt of
the passage of the rebel army in two three di
visions through Johnson and Casa counties—Gen.
Rains, with the rear guard, hovering near George
town, with about &DM cavalry acting as a cover to
the heavier column of artillery and plunder. The
only Aimee of an engagement now remains irepar
sning the rebels to the Osage rivev , which, owineeto
the recent rains. is not fordable. It is almost kn•
possible to cross an army of 30,000, with the linutsit
means of transit, in less than a week. By crossing.
at two or more places, as Osceola, 'Warsaw, and Pa- -
pinsi ille,,it may bie neeeseplieheil nice days. tt
rapid march across the - country might surprise and
runt the sear guard' of the- retreating_army ; be
yond thisiall hope of an engagement m Western
Missouri ii. merely fanciful.
Many affect to believe that. flushed• with the re
ont victory at Lexington anti the east acces,tons
te-bisarmy Ls consequenee, Gem Mice vreuld cer
tainty not withdraw his men without a &operate
attempt to capture Jefferson City. These eonside
ratians no dourEft- operate with great force- on the
spirits- of-his soldiers. but his intimate aegamint
once with the strength e 4 the national• forces,
through welbdiseiplined spies ; ie as argument
which must be very convincing. to him. whille the
temper of his men irsuetained. y opposite repre
sentations. In a-certain sense,-the more of such
undisciplined troops- he has- under command the
worse it it for him. Atearmy of 1000-
plined troops is acknowledged' to be the task for
any ordinary general to wield with. effect. From
authentic reports; I am tempted- to believe the
command of Brice to be between :12;000-and , 46;000..
In order to attack them we need-at least one-half
their number.
The inhabitants of - Kamm/a - have been. direatenedt
with a summary vengeance for the border warfare.
The eastern counties will.rnost likely receive the.
dread visitation, while the inflamed. Missourians
are in strength to make it with impunity. Fort
Scott will be destroyed, and the movables- of the
settlers taken in reprisal for the emancipation. of
the lay under lien, Frimones proclamation ;
which the rebels believe to be in full force,
SO UTHIRI+ NEWS,
Flom late Richmond and Nashville papers , we ,
glean the follewing:
Confederate Account of the• Pensacola
Affair.
On Friday night last. twelve or fifteen Federals
from Fort Pickens crossed over to , tim-riavy yard in•
a Mail gunboat, armed with , a howitser, and set
fire to a s.ehooner. It is thought they tools three.
men, who were on board. prisoners The alarm
was given in time to prevent- any further depre
ciations.
The following is an extract of a•latter detect Pen
sacola, September 14 !
The enemy had come up under range of the.
Titdult and the shore batteries before- the• alarm
was fairly given. This move or the enemy made
our guns perfectly useless. The men on board of .
the schooner ,ftederh were all asleep. When they
awoke. they fought manfully and• desperately. It
is believed that the four men OR board• the
schooner killed some seven or eight of the enemy.
We have one of our men missing, and there are
three slightly wounded.
It i, generally believed that their , principal ob
ject woe the buerduger the navy yard. After set.•
ting fire to the schooner they fired' grape and. ca
nister, wounding one man.
There were at one time ten Federals-on the•deck•
of the schooner against three of oar men: Those
three men fought with poles with spikes on the
cad. The lieutenant commanding had• a wont
The enemy were armed with may revolters: yet
our three brave men succeeded in repulsing•them.
Affairs at Richmond;
The Richmond Examiner says the number of
sick soldiers in the hospitals, public and private, in
Richmond, is ascertained to be at present some
what over 1,200. 2 There are no lea. than twenty.
one soldiers hospitals now in Richmond.
The Enquirer of the same date says the.conclu
sion may now be safely asserted that it is'utterly
impossible to get out of or through Virginia into
the North, unlesslunder circumstances of the most
extraordinary nature. The War Department has
perfected, by a chain of sentinel pests, stfallby an
entire reformation of the ptasport system., the much
neededisolation of the Government. The present
practice in the passport office is to issue no passports
to go out of the State, even in the exceptional cases
where the Secretary of War may unless
with the condition of their being subject to the dis
cretion and approval of the general commanding-
officers on the line of the frontier. As the military
authorities have been unceasing in their complaints
of the passport system, it is very certain that the
discretion left with them will be severely exer-•
cised.
Liggon s tobacco facteryrllltrClinti -lbreak,otit of
the part of the Yankee prisoners confined therein.
The prisoners are kept separate, the officers-being
confined in the first story of the building, and the
men in the second and third stories. It is said that
a captain of one of the NeW Torii volunteer regi.
=elite contrived to make his way among the •men,
where his blandishments and representations-pro
cured their assent to the " rising,' whiehmas ap
pointed to take place on Tuesday night It is-fur
ther related that on the details being.related to the
occupants of the first story, it was opposed, but UR
succeoefully, when one of the °floors, dreading the
issue of the attempt, divulged the leading features
of the plan, which led to the removal of - the-chief.
conspirator to the county jail. The-latter plead
bard to be allowed to remain with• his-comrades,.
even if in irons, but the indulgence was not al
lowed.
The R7179)1771E7' complains bitterly of postal- af
fairs in the South. and says the management of the.
Richmond post office is positively intolerable
The freedom with which the Confederate trea
sury notes are counterfeited has almost stopped.
their circulation.
From Fortress Monroe
Fonmrss MONROE, Oct. 9.—Brigadier General
Williams has not yet left for Ilatteras-Inlet, the
revenue cutter Corwin having been. detained, by
the severe gale now prevailing.
The tug hrung Amerzra, while engaged, in.
sounding the channel of the Jamesriver, yesterday,
exchanged a few shots with the Pig Point battery.
Several shells exploded near the tug. but did no.
harm,
The Union gun is now mounted , so as to. sweep
the Roads between the Fortress and , Sewell's Point.
General Wool and Quartermaster Tallmadge
have recommended to the quartermaster general
the quartering of the troop at Old Paint and New
port News for the winter, in comfortable wooden
houses, built so as to accommodate two or three
companies each. This plan will doubtless be adopt
ed. Similar quarters will soon be erected for
housing the contrabands.
AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY.
We glean the following items from the special
correspondent of the Cincinnati 6,12, , tat t wha writeo
from Camp Dick Robinson :
A Singular Coineidence.
A very singular coincidence occurred at Lexing
ton, during the stay of the Fourteenth Ohio, which,
more sadly than anything else I have heard, illus
trates the degeneracy of some of Kentucky's
noblest names. Anxious to pay all possible respect
to the memory of the 11 Great Commoner," whose
fame Ohio yet gaards as jealously as his own Ken
tucky, Colonel Steedman marched his regiment out
to the tomb of Henry Clay. They formed silently
around the gram and at the very onesnent that
these loyal troops from another State, on their
way to defend Kentucky from invasion, re
verently presented arms at the tomb of Ken
tucky's greatest statesman, the degenerate son,
James B. Clay, was bronght into the railroad
depot, a prisoner tits the hands of other loyal
troops., arrested on the charge of treason ! fan
all the annals of this unnatural rebellion present a
more unnatural coincidence?
John J. Crittenden and the War.
However apathetic many may be, there is no
apathy about the venerated statesman who has sae.
ceeded to the place of Henry Clay in the affections
of Kentucky. " Glory be to God." shouted an
excitable gentleman to John J. Crittenden, this
morning, "McClellan is sending. 20,000 men from
Washington to Cincinnati, for Kentucky. We're
safe now." " Safe :" exclaimed the veteran eng
tor. "Doesn't it blister your tongue to tell it?
Safe! by Ohio and Indiana troops, while Ken
tuckians allow themselves to be protected by
others. It's a shame to ciltAlientucky, sir."
I had thought that f understood the chivalrous
fire of " Old hentuck" before, but tlgVcr did I re
alize it so fully as when, a moment afterward, the
venerable Senator, addressing a townsman, evident
ly about his own age, but with whose portly form
time had dealt more keenly, exclaimed : " George,
you're not too old for a soldier—of course not.
I'/it 9 / 4 1 too old for a soldier—not a hit too old
We must turn out and shame these pretty young
men, who ought to have aprons tied around them!"
And sure enough the aged patriot started oft; al
most immediately afterward, to call out volunteers
among the mountaineers. Let no man doubt the
response. There may be traitors in Kentucky, as
there are in Ohio i plotting agents of the Southern
rebellion in Lexington and Frankfort, as there are
in Dayton ; but the great heart of the noblo old
State is sound, and Kentucky valor has not perished
in protracted peace.
how tamp " Dick Robinson'* took its
Name,
Why Camp D iet Robin:van PI I have been
repeatedly asked, and, indeed, I have myself asked
the question of others. All the way down I puzzled
myself trying to recollect hew I had hoard "Dick •
Robinson" spoken of in connection with any of
Kentucky's interests. Was he IL former Congress
men, or was he a iliatingulibed judge, or an
6 overnor, or a noted wa2-leader, or a famous. cattle
breeder, or what was be I have learned now that
he has een none of these. Dick Robinson, as every
body calls him, is simply a successful and wealthy
Kentucky farmer, who owns, I am told, a beautiful
little farm, here/ll:vats, of some 32,00 acres! On
this farm is located the camp. The Tennessee
refugees, who were driven out from their homes
by Zollicotier's advance into the eastern division
of their State, found a refuge here, and esta
blished their e.9112p, which they named in honor of
Mr, _Robinson, limitucky, Ohio, and Indiana imps
have since suede the same place their rendezvous.
and the late little encampment of two thousand
men is now numbered by „ figures of a higher de
nomination." In the mese of the camp is Dick
Robinson's house, o plain two-story frame, with
u@gra Bill-' ll Bustg attikted Here arb Owacial
Thomas' headquarters, and here is now established
a hotel, where we aro all anxious to be accommo
dated with even an unoccupied spaoe of six feet by
two on the parlor floor. Dick Robinson himself,
whose Dime is now known over the Union, is a flue
specimen of the Kentuckian, tall. lithe, and sinewy,
unpretending In dress and manner, and withal, not
withstanding his wealth, which t suspect has net
generally a tendency to ty.tsl‘.e ftiends co,ntry
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once, and among independent men—tz hike' a great
favorite in the neighborhood.
• From this point, it seems, the great advance
Etouthwartl—for whieh/ everybody is holiltig—saner
be made, or from It must the advance of an in•
Tailing army through the Cumberland Gap be met.
The Cumberland Gap; ae is known, is the only paw;
for a long distance, through 'width a good road
leads from Tennessee' into Xentacky. From the
Gap a macadamized reed leads up. through Bar
beurnille, Londta, and Richmond to. Lettl4..lton.
tamp Diek Robinren is sitlated to. thwwest of this
read, on the pike leading from ISlcholastille to Dan
ville, and connected with the pike through. the Gap ,
by a common road vzhich intersects it at London.
zoilleoffer aiYaneed• through the Gap an asfar
up OM pike a LOridOp., riftcom miles from there.
our adirancc-ii kenralky regimental mountain•
eers; trailer Col. Garrard , --was nncpetill is. posted.
Skirmishing between the outposts continued for
some time, when Zollicelfer suddenly retreated,
falling back even beyond Barboursville, and• en
-1 trenching, ns is suprsed', ur Cumberland POrd; fif.
teen mike only freia the Cumberland Gap and' the.
Tennessee live.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
Tile • PirmigyhAnia ROeirt-0:
[Correnomflenee o? The Preis.]
Casrr TANALLI', Oat. 7, 1861
As it may•prove interesting to the many friende•
of the Dmond RegiMerit in lihiladelphiato learn ,
4111eibit% of the witereabonits-and. &gaged vrititt
was once the'crack.rcgiment of the "Pennsylvania
Reserve Volunteer corps." I take advantage of
the extensf.ve-eireulati7n of'your valuable sheet to
let them know where tre arc, and what the "Bloody
SOCOnd," at. the boys can it, has bean gaged in
since we left atimpiliVashisgtort, at Easton.
The seriout-disaffeetion which occurred in c'ours"
at Sandy Iloeri is now so much a thing ofthe past,
that except when we consider the numerical
strength of the regiment, We alma forget that it
ever occurred. tiompletely pruned; as if was then,
of the worst " hz - tb.s." that' had , engrafted Them.
selves upon it at the time of its organization, it has •
since materially improved in everything regaisiter
to make it first in Tiality ; if not in 'quantity.
We left Sandy Mok-with the division of Major
General Banks on the 17th of August, and -
: after
pitching our tents successively at or near Jeffrson
-- The Manor," Buckeystown,- Ryattatown
(at which place we luy encamped some two weeks),
Darnestown. and Rockville, we received orders to
join the rest of the Metre corps, under General
McCall, at Tentallytcwn. On September 25,- in
company with the Kane Rifle Regiment, eolonet
Biddle. we marched from a point about four miles •
above Rockville to our camp, at this place, a dis
tance- of some fifteen miles, in a little less than-five
hours : which we flatter OarSelVell was pretty good
Marching, done, as it was, in heavy marching order.
We are encamped some distance in rear of Fort
Pennsylvania, on the edge of . a woods, adjacent' to
colonel (now General) Emmons' Fifth Regiment.
Owing to the admirable administrative qualities 'of
Colonel. William B. MAIM, Ng rogim ea is now
second-to none in this division in discipline, cleanli
ness, and-good order, while- in drill—thanks to the
untiring. exertions of our popular ands affable
lieutenant colonel. Albert IS...fifa,gilton—we are as
perfect as-it is possible to hare become, when is
considered tle bard marching, scram and irrogn,
Utz and temporary encampments we experienced
when in General Banks' division-. tinder march—
ing orders all the time, with the frequent alarms
consequent upon our proximity to the enemy, we
have been but ally situated for-continuous practice
in drill ;.but netwithstandingthese inconveniences,
our pronoieney has been highbwampttraarktba
a4aat -
we joined this-division.
A day or two. since an order was issued -by Gen.
McCall. detaching Lieut. Col, Migilton from the
reniment, and ordering him toßort Pennsylvania,
as Instructor of Heavy Artillery. This change is
not relished at ail by the regiment, and all, both
rank and•file r regret that he l 4 compelled to leave
us, It is reported today that he has been elected
colonel of the Fourth regiment. in place of Colonel
March, who,. in censequence orfaiiing health, was
compelled to resign. If this- shoald: prove true, it
will necessitate an election in. "ours" to-fill the
post of. major. T he senior. captain . George A.
woodword, of Philadelphia/ a gentleman and. a
soldier in every way qualified: for' the a rduous
duties of a field officer, williprobably be elected,
The health of all in camp is very good, The un
tiring care and attention bestowed by Surgeons
Reed and Lodge upon all who come under them •is
productive of the beet totalts, and• with the strict
observance that they take of the hygienio• disci
pline of the camp, it is-almost impossible that the
physical condition of botheffieers- and men should
be otherwise than of. the moat satisfactory nature.
We are all prepared, and waiting. moat anxiously,
for the ea-peeted advance , of General McClellan.
If it should fall to the lot of the " Second" to join
in.th.O.Piwgeatect
give a good account of. ourselves.
For the convenience of all.whohave friends and
relatives with us, it may not be out of. place to•
state that allietters to this-regiment should. be di.
reeled to the CL geeona- Regiment Pennsylvania.
Reserve Corps.," Col. Munn, tren. MeCell's Divi
sion, Tenallytown, D. C.. Timersou.
A. Sign of the Tunes,.
The re-election of. Governor Brown, of Georgia,
is significant of the fact that the mejprity of the
people of that State continue in oppealtica to.tho
Jeff Davis oligarchy now ruling the South. with,
despot c sway. Brown is the avowed sworn foe of
the centralized oligarchy—its bitterest enemy, de-.
oidedly, among alrexisting public men.at the South.
He was repudiate& by itzaupporters, who nomina
ted another in his stead, yet be is triumphantly re
elected. 11. gbod auund drubbing: near Savannah
or Augusta would leave nothing of, the oligarehea
power in Georgia.—Traskington Star.
An Important Achievement.
A telegram from New Orleansof the 4th , inst., to.
the Richmond Examinar T .tolle.of oue of the moot
important acbievementsof the war, so far. Thus
it embraces information that the V. S. blockading
squadron have dug a passage through the mud of•
one of the five mouths of the Mississippi to the
Sand Spit, which commands the whole five of them,
and now have the If - idiff?f?.?-0r li r iffff Witch, Ng
two other Yessels of tbe squadron to protect the
prompt erection of works, which in less than a
week will command. all five of the mouths, 2!ass
es, or entrance, to and fro:nag Mississippi
Once properly built, this work tllO9lO 41 1 111 ab
solutely ponbrot the communication or NP7II Or
leans with the sea, as conyleieby as a blocka
ding squadron of twenty: shve of-war could ac
complish that object.—WashiNgton Star.
Arrival of llr, Haves' Arctic Expothtion.
A despatch from Halifax, Oct. R, contains the fol
lowing :
Dr. Mayes' polar expedition mired here this
morning in the Crui , Sed Steaks. The party are all
well_ Two have ,lied, including August Sontag,
the astronomer, and Gibson Caruthers.
Dr. Hayes reached Smith's Straits on the :15th of
August, last year, but could not penetrate the strait
with his vessel, either last season or this. He win
tered at Pert Foulke, near Cape Alexander, and
with a dog sledge reached lat. 81 deg. :15 rein. on
May 18th of this year_
The following despatch reached New York city
last evening:
HALITAX, October 13,1861
To BERRY GRIENELL, 17 BOND STREET Home
ward bound. Put in, after a stormy passage, for
repairs and water. Wo wore unable to penetrate
Smith's Straits either this season or the last, on ao
count of heavy ice. We wintered at Port Foulke,
near Cape Alexander, and I have penetrated, with
dog sledges, to latitude eighty-one degrees thirty
five minutes, on the west side of Kennedy Channel.
In that Animi there was much open wezer, The
thirteen surviving membersof my original. party are
all well. Two of say oompanions, Mr. Sontag and
Gibson Caruthers, have died.
ISAAC I. HA.ERS,
American Polar Expedition.
The expedition sailed from Boston on the 7th of
July, 1900, in the schooner United Slates, 140
tons burden,. which had Its name changed froze
that of Syrams; Hill. The plan was to proceed
first to Upper Navick, in lat. 72 deg. 40tain., there
to procure dogs and furs, to leave that port about
the end of July, and, proceeding through the mid
dle ice, to reach Smith's Straits about the 15th of
August It was oaleulated that the. first summer
would be exhausted in reaching that locality, the
winter setting in early in September. From that
time till March, 1861, they were to remain inactive;
but, on the earliest return of sunshine, sledge
parties were to be formed, and engaged. in leaking
explorations.
The expedition reached Smith's Straits, about the
78th degree of north latitude, on the ikith of August,
1860, but found that the ice could not be penetrated
and that the schooner could not reach any higher.
They wintered at Port Fogike r importing to get
into Smith's Sound when the ice would be melted
in the summer. It was in this sound, in let. 78
deg. 40 min., that Dr. Kane's vessel, the Advance,
had to be abandoned, in May, 1855. But the
straits continued sealed up,. and so far as the no-
TigatiOD of the Bound formed part of the plan, it
had to be abandoned.
Sledge parties, however, were formed, and in one
of those Dr. Hayes made explorations as far north
as S 1 deg. 5 min.—about the same latitude that
was reached by sledge parties in the last expedi
tion commanded by Dr. Kane. This point was
reached on the 18th of May, 1861, The objects of
the expedition were
1. To explore further the open polar sea dis
covered by Dr. Jinni:, and to determine its limits
and character.
• •
2. To complete the survey of the northern coasts
of Greer.lancl Ha Grinnell land.
3. To determine important cificaticas es:dative to
the magnetism, meteorology, natural history, and
general physical features of the unexplored region
north of Smith's Straits.
The first object could not, of course, be accomo
plisbed an account of the ice blocking up tho
passage to Smith's. Sound ; but we may primp*
from Dr, Hayes` activity and determidation, that
the othars have been, so far, at least, as it was
possible to effect their accomplishment.
Tits expedition wasoomposed as follows
Commander—Dr. Isaac I. Hayes.
Astronomer, nod second in command—,A,ugust
Soling.
Sailing master—S. P. McCormick.
Mate—H. VT. Dodge.
Captain's clerk—George F. Knorr.
Assistant .Astronomer—llenry G. Rebicliff.
Carpenter—Gibson Caruthers.
Cabin 80y—C.5168 0, Starr,
Steward—Frank L. Harris.
Cook—John Williams.
Crew—Charles McCormick, William Miller,
Harvey S. Heywood, Thomas Browne, John
McDonald, and Thomas Bowman.
August Sontag, wboso death we are sorry
to see recorded, was aro, experienced voyager, a
highly accomplished artist, and a distinguished
man of science. 110 was engaged in the service of
the Government on the Mexican expedition, on Dr.
Rene's. MOM expedition, and, weibelieve, on Com.
toodote PetWa Apia* expedition, Mis death wili
grieve a large number of friends and admirers.
We await with interest Dr. I.o7es' report of Ito
expedition,