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'WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER '4, 1861
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.—." The conspiracy
to break up the Union is a fact now known to
all. Armies are being raised, and war lerta -
to accomplish it, There Can he but two pih v
to the c-ontroTeraye Every man must berhere
side of the United States or against ip e can be
can be no neutrals in this war. I"
none but patriots and traitors.”
TUE AFFAIR at Edws--'' Ferry on Monday,
as
Will be seen .7,1 the extended accounts
published thl• morning, proves to have been
an tolt antage, instead of a repulse, to the
Federal arms. Notwithstanding the fore
closure of the telegraph by Gen. McCLELIas,
we have ascertained sufficient to show that
our gallant men behaved With characteristic
courage, and that the loss is not nearly so
great as was apprehended.
THE SITUATION
The crossing of the Potomac by General
Rums' column, which has probably by this
time been fully effected, is the last of the se
ries of slow but certain movements whereby
General MCCLELLAN has been redeeming the
soil lest to our arms by the reverse of Bull
Run. By this movement ; each of the great
sections of the army of the Potomac will be
represented in Virginia ; and if the rebels do
do not hotly contest the occupation of Lees
burg, the whole of the Loudoun and Hampshire
Railroad will fall into our hands, thereby af
fording us facilities for the rapid movement of
troops to any point above Washington. By
this means, ready communication will be
opened between General BANKS' and General
lirc(li.ELLAN's columns, so that, if safety is in
either field imperilled, the whole army
may be concentred. General NCUALL'3
Pennsylvania Reserves, thirteen regiments,
have already crossed into Virginia, to take
the place of the advancing regiments in
the Potomac fortifications. Fairfax Court
House will probably be occupied to-day by
General 111cCi.um.A.s, who has moved his head
quarters from Washington across the river;
and as General BANKS has taken conunand of
his column on the Virginia side, a regular ad
vance will probably take place at once. The
capacities of these young military leaders will
now be tested, and the trust is high. in all
loyal hearts that they may be equal to the
emergency. . Loudmin county, of which Lees
burg is the court-house town, is the richest
and most improved iu all Eastern Virginia.
Our entire army is now comprised in the
northeastern sections of Loudoun and Fair
fax. To-day may bring forth great events
in the history of the war
ANOTHER MARTYR TO UMiRTY,
The death of EDWAnn D. BAKER is a na
tional calamity. He was the soldier-orator of
this great war. Profoundly attached to his
adopted country, he sought every occasion to
exhibit his gratitude to it. He Offered leis
sword and his life to a Democratic Adminis
tration, during our conflict with Mexico, and
in the present struggle was one of the first to
offer the same sword, and the same life, to a Re
publican Administration. " OCCASIONAL "this
morning refers at length to his qualities as a
statesman ; and now, while every loyal heart
throbs at the portals of his tomb, Pennsyls:ania
claims the privilege of being the chief mourner.
EDWARD D. BAKER was, in fact, a Pennsyl
vania man. It was in Philadelphia that he
spent his early years. It was in the neighbor
ing county of Delaware that he educated him
self; and when he called soldiers to his
standard, he looked first and always to our
great State. His own favorite regiment was
composed of our young men, and the other
regiments of his_brigade were nearly all Penn
sylvanians. Thus, while he represented Illi
nois in the popular branch of Congress, and
at the time of his death was a Senator from
the new State of Oregon—and when elected to
the Senate he might have been called snore a
citizen of California than of Oregon—he never
forgot our good old State; and when he fell,
Pennsylvanians fell with him. The bloody
list, when published, will attest how bravely
he was supported ; and the grief that has de
'wended like a pall upon thousands of hearth
stones where the tidings of his death have
been received, will be intensified at many a
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania fireside by the
double blow that has stricken down alike the
leader and the follower—the colonel and the
private soldier.
A strange and melancholy comparison may
be drawn between the character of DAVID C.
BRODERICK and the character of EDWARD D.
BAKER ; and we cannot better illustrate this
thought than by reprinting the following para..
graphs from BAKER'S magnificent eulogy pro
nounced over the dead body of his friend at
San Francisco, on the 18th of September,
1859. His delineation of BRODERICK may be
used as a picture of himself :
A Senator lies dead in our midst ! Ile is wrapped
in a bloody shroud, and we, to whom his toils and
cares were given, are about to bear him to the place
appointed for all the living. It is not fit that such
a man should pass to the tomb unheralded; it is not
fit that such a life should steal unnoticed to its close ;
it is not fit that such a death Should call forth no
rebuke, or be surrounded by no public lamentation.
We are here of every station and pursuit, of every
creed and character, each in his capacity of citizen,
to swell the mournful tribute which the majesty of
the people offers to the unreplying dead. The hopes
of high-hearted friends droop like fading Sowers
upon his breast, and the struggling sigh compels the
tear in eyes that seldom weep. Around him are
those who have known him best, and loved him
longest ; who have shared the triumph, and en
dured the defeat. Near him are the gravest and
noblest of the State, possessed by a grief at once
earnest and sincere ; while beyond, the masses of
the people that he loved, and for whom his life was
given, gather like a thunder-cloud of swelling and
indignant grief.
And now, as the shadows turn towards the east,
and we prepare to bear these poor remains to their
silent resting-place, let us not seek to repress the
generous pride which prompts a recital of noble
deeds and manly virtues. He rose unaided and
alone ; he began his career without family or for
tune, in the face of difficulties ; he inherited po
verty and obscurity; he died a Senator in Con
gress, having written his name in the history of
the great struggle for the rights of the people
agairist the despotism of organization and the cor
ruption of power. He leaves in the hearts of his
friends the tenderest and the proudest recollec
tions. He was honest, faithful, earnest, sincere,
generous, and brave. lie felt, in all the great
crises of his life, that he was a leader in the ranks
and for the rights of masses of men, and he could
not falter. When he returned froni that fatal field,
while the dark wing of the Arehangol of death was'
entirg_ his shadows upon'lla brow ' his greatest
auxtety,was as to the performance of his duty. lie
felt that all his strength and all his life belonged to
the cause to which he had devoted them. Ba
ker," said he—and to me they were his last
words—" Baker, when I was struck I tried tostand
firm, but the blow blinded me, and I could not."
I trust it is no shame to my manhood that tears
blinded me as he said it.
But. fellow•citizens, the voice of lamentation is
not uttered by private friendship alone—the blow
that struck his manly breast has touched the heart
of a people, and, as the sad tidings spread, a gene
ral gloom prevails. Who now shall speak for Cali
fornia? Who be the interpreter of the wants of
the Pacific coast ? Who can appeal to the commu
nities of the Atlantic who love free lalm ? WhO
can speak for masses of men with a passionate losie
for the classes from whence he sprung ? Who can
defy the blandishments of power, the insolence of
face, the corruptions of Administrations ? What
hoFee are buried with him in the grave !
.‘ ! who that gallant spirit that! resume,
Leap from 151nrom4 1 bank, ugh tall ug from the tomb
But the last word must be spoken. and the im
perious mandate of death must be fulfilled. Thus.
0 brave heart ! we bear thee to thy rest. Thus,
surrounded by tens of thousands, we leave thee to
the equal grave. As in life, no other voice among
us so rung its trumpet blast upon the oar of free
men, 3.c. in death its whets will reWerberllle dillid
cur mountains and our runup, until truth and valor
cease to appeal to the human heart.
Good friend ! true hero hail and farewell I
Like BRODERICK, BAKER sprung from com
parative obscurity. Like that great Senator,
he was chosen to the highest branch of the
National Legislature amid circumstances of
extraordinary interest. BRODERICK IleVer for
got the people who honored him. BAKER
was at all times their firmest advocate and
friend. The one opposed slavery because it
demoralized and destroyed the Democratic
party—the other antagonized it because it is
the source of all our present woes. BRODE
RICK wag a sacrifice to the same great cause in
which BAKER fell; and if the truth could be
told, the same malevolence that immolated the
one in the prime of manhood, selected the
other as its choicest victim. They were
both unselfish and both ambitious men. Re
gardless alike, of the allurements and emolu
ments of place, they labored for the highest
positions, less for their own sake than for the
sake of the country, and were emulous of dis
tinction only as it enabled them to sustain
great and enduring principles.
But here we must close the comparison.
BRODERICK died without a living relative. To
use the expressive language of his almost
inspired eulogist—e" Ile died the last of his
race; there was no kindred hand to smooth
his couch, or wipe the death damp from his
brow." BAKER leaves behind him a family,
a widow and children. Let it be the - first
duty of the Republic to cherish them as a part
of the legacy he has left.
LETTER FROM . << ocr ..,1074AL."
_ 1801.
Iv Astir:ors- offered up to the
-Alan • •
T .eason. The giftedtdward
great
„ 1 2 "-- ,. - Oregon, Senator and soldier,
”. 'patrio t , ll '''t has gone to meet the spirits
orator
Alswortli, Greble, and Lyon. Only a
If
: .e o w days ago he took me by the hand,
and made my heart glad by the confidence and
enthusiasm with which he spoke of the great
struggle in which he has acted so conspicuous
a part. Never shall I forget his last speech
hi the Senate of the United States in
reply to Breckinridge. He had just returned
from his camp, his face bronzed by ex
posure to the sun, his undress uniform soiled
and dusty with the labors of the field; and he
administered such a rebuke to the ingrate Ken
tuckian as recalled the best efforts of our great
est statesmen. Although entirely improinpfu,
it was as logical, as chaste, and as finished, as
if it had been polished and committed to
memory in the solitude of hischaxaber. I had
heard him on another occasion, in the House
of Representatives, years ago, when, with sig
nal effect, he advocated the Mexican war, pre
vious to resigning his seat to rejoin his regi
ment under General Scott: I had read his
marvellous oration upon the lamented Brode
rick,
.who also gave his life to his country,
and was murdered for his conscientious hos
tility to the slave oligarchy : I had listened to
descriptions of the effect produced by that
splendid tribute by those who had the good for
tune to be in San Francisco when it was pro
nounced : But never shall I forget my emotions
during his reply to Breekinridge. His mannner,
his bearing, his gestures, his voice, his argu
ment, could not have been surpassed, and have
rarely been equalled. There was not a Sena
tor,- friend or foe, who did not admit that it
was the most powerful and successful vindi
cation of the war ; the most caustic, yet cour
teous, chastisement of an incarnate traitor
that bad ever been delivered in the Senate of
the United. States. There he stood, trebly
qualified to discharge his glorious duty. An
adopted citizen, an Englishman-born, a soldier
in arms for his flag; a legislator, chosen by a
people among whom he was almost a stranger,
he demonstrated alike his personal gratitude
to the Constitution which protected and the
constituency that honored him, his fervent
devotion to, the cause in which he had drawn
his sword, and his surpassing genius in the
fulfilment of his. Senatorial trust.
Colonel Baker was a man of rare attributes.
-His appearance and address were eminently
prepossessing. His eventful and exciting life
bad whitened his locks, but his face was a
type of the freshest and manliest beauty. In
his intercourse with society and the Senate he
was a model of refinement and suavity, never
indulging in coarse language or angry epithets.
In the hottest party contests he preserved his
temper ; and when he took part in debate, his
i hardest blows were given with a chivalry and
a grace which rendered him irresistible. He
was not only gifted in these respects—not
only a surpassing orator, but a fine poet.
Some of his effusions, now in the possession
of a friend in this city, have often reminded
me of the choicest gems of Tom Moore. He
was a Republican in politics, a devoted friend
of President Lincoln, and an earnest opponent
of the rebellion. Yet, with all this he was
warmly attached to Douglas during his life, and
sought the acquaintance of every Damoerat
who shared the confidence of that great
popular leader.. His energy was amazing—
witness his perseverance in raising his
brigade. He was not a selfish man.
He worked for his country. I have
seen him at the departments early and
late, never engaged in jobs, but always striv
ing either to promote the interests of his peo
ple on the Pacific border, or to obtain comforts
for his men in camp. And how they loved
him! How they confided in him! How they
elustere 1 around him! When a mutiny was
threatened by some of his discontented troops
he quelled it more by his gentleness, by his
kind persuasion, by his eloquent appeals to
their self-respect and love of country than by
angry menaces backed by loaded muskets and
bristling bayonets. I cannot better conclude
this heartfelt offering to the memory of this
brave and glerious man than by giving a quo
tation from his great speech in the Senate of
the United States directly after the battle of
Bull Thin, (to which I have referred,) on tliti
first of August, 1861:
"Now, a few words, and a few only, as to the
Senator's predictions. The Senator from Ken
tneky stands up here in a manly wayin opposition
to what he sees is the overwhelming sentiment of
the Senate, and utters reproof, malediction, and
prediction combined. Well, air, it is not every pre
diction that is prophecy. It is the eas'est thing in
.the world to do; there is nothing easier, except to
be mistaken when we have predicted. I confess
Mr. President, that I would not have predicted
three weeks ago the disasters which have overtaken
our arms; - and I do not think (if I were to predict
now) that six months hence the Senator will in
dulge in the same tone of prediction which is his
favorite key now. I would ask him, what would
yen have us do now—a Confederate army within
twenty miles of us, advancing, or threatening to
advance, to overwhelm your tioverament ; to shake
the pillars of the Union ; to bring it around your
head, if you stay here, in ruins? Are we to stop
and talk about an uprising sentiment in the North
against the war? Are we to predict evil, and re
tire from what we predict? Is it net the manly
part to go on as we have begun, to raise money,
and levy armies ; to organize them ; to prepare
to advance ; when we do advance, to regulate
that advance by all the laws and regulations
that civilization and humanity will allow in time
of battle? Can we do anything more? To talk
about us stopping, is idle; we will never stop.
Will the senator yield} to rebellien ? Will ho
shrink from armed insurrection? Will his State
justify it? Will its better public opinion allow it ?
Shall we send a flag of truce ? What would he
have? Or would be conduct this war so feebly,
that the whole world would smile at ns in derision?
What would he have ? These speeches of his,
sown broadcast over the land, what clear, distinct
meaning . have they ? Are thoy not intended for
disorganization in our very midst? Are they not
intended to dull our weapons? Ars they not in
tended to destroy our zeal? Are they not in
tended to animate our enemies ? Sir, are they not
words of brilliant, polished treason, even in the
very Capitol of the Confederacy? [Manifestations
of applause in the galleries.]
The Presiding Offieer, (Mr. Anthony in the ettair.)
Order !
Mr. BAKER. 'What would have been thought if,
in another Capitol, in another Republic, in a yet
more martial age,
a Senator as grave, not more elo
quent or dignified than the Senator from Kentucky,
yet with the Roman purple flying over his shoul
ders, had risen in his place, surrounded by all the
illustrations of Roman glory, and declared that ad
vancing Hannibal was just, and that Carthage
ought to be dealt with in terms of peace ? What
would have been thought if, after the battle of
Canna), a Senator there had risen in his place
and denounced every levy of the Roman people,
every expenditure of its treasury, and every_ap-
Teal to the old recolleotiOne and the' old glories
Sir, a Senator, bimselflearned far more than My
eelf in such lort, (Mr. Fessenden,) tells me, in a
voice that I ani glad is audible, thatle would have
been hurled from the Tarpeian rock. It is a grind
commentary upon the. American Constitution that
we . permit these words to be uttered. I ask the
Senator to recollect, too, what, save to send aid
and comfort to the enemy, du these predictions of,
his amount to ? Every word. thus uttered falls as
a note of inspiration upon every Confederate ear.
Every sound thus uttered is a word, (and, falling
from his lips, a mighty word,) of kindling and tri
umph to a foe that determines to advance. For
use, I have no such word as a Senator to utter.
For me. amid temporary defeat, disaster, disgrace,
it seems that my duty calls me to utter another
word, and that word is, bold, sudden, forward, de
termined war, according to the laws of war, by
armies, by military commanders clothed with full
power, advancing with all the past glories of the
Republic urging them on to conquest.
Sir, while I am predicting, I will tell you an
other thing. This threat about money and men
amounts to nothing. Some of the States which
have been named in that connection I know well.
I know, as my friend from Illinois will bear me
witness, his own State, very well. I am sure that
no temporary defeat, no momentary disaster, will
swerve that State either from its allegiance to the
Union, or from its determination to preserve it.
It is not with us a . question of money or of blood ;
it is a question .mvolving considerations higher
than these. When the Senator from Kentucky
speaks of the Pacific, I see another distinguished
friend from Illinois, now worthily representing
one of the States on",the Pacific, (Mr. McDougall,)
who will bear me witness that I know that State,
too, well. I take the liberty—l know I but utter
his sentiments in advance—joining with him, to
say that that State, quoting from the passage the
gentleman himself has quoted, will be true to the
Union to the last of her blood and her treasure.
There may be there some disaffected; there may
be some few men there who would " rather rule
in hell than serve in heaven." There are such
men everywhere. There are a few men there
who have left the South for the good of the South ;
who are perverse, violent, destructive,-revolu
tionary, and opposed to social order. A few, but
a very few, thus formed and thus nurtured, in
California and in Oregon, both persistently en
deavor to create and maintain mischief , but the
great portion of our population are loyal to the
core. and in every chord of their hearts. They aro
offering through me—more to their own Senators
every day from California, and, indeed, from Ore
gon—to add to the legions of this country, by the
kindred and the thousand. They are willing to come
thousands of miles with their arms on thew shoul
ders, at their own expense, to share with the best
offering of their heart's blood in the great struggle
of constitutional liberty. I tell the Senator that
his predictions, sometimes for the South, some
times for the middle States, sometimes for the
Northeast, and then wandering away in airy visions
out to the far Pacific, about the dread of our people.
es for loss of blood and treasure, provoking them to
disloyalty, are false in sentiment, false in fact, and
false in loyalty. The Senator from Kentucky is
mistaken in them all. Five hundred million del- '
lars ! What then? Great Britain gave more than
two thousand million in the great battle for consti
tutional liberty, which she led at one time almost
single-handed agaizst the world. Five hundred
thousand men! What then? Wo have them; they
are ours', thny are the children of the 'country.
They belong to the whole country; they are our
eons, our kinsmen; and there are many of us who
THE Pn EsS. -- PHIL A DELPHI A l WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1861.
—lore we will abate one word
will Atjvg,thent_aknit or retreat one inch from the
line —....+Vedivideiright front wrong.
Sir, it. is not a question of men or money in that
sense. All the money, all the men, are, in our
judgment. well bestowed in such a cause. When
we give them we know their value. Knowing their
value well, we give them with the more pride and
the more joy. Sir, how can we retreat'? Sir, how
can we make peace? Who shall treat? What com
missioners? Who would go? Upon what terms ?
Where is to be your boundary line? Where the end
of the principles we shall have to give up? What
will become of Constitutional Clevernment? What
will become of public liberty? What of p ast glo
ries? What of future hopes? Shall we sink into
the insignificance of the grave—a degraded, de
feated, emasculated people, frightened by the re
sults of one battle. and scared at the visions raised
by the imagination of the Senator from Ken
tucky upon this floor? No sir ; a thousand
times, no, air ! We will rally—if, indeed our
words be necessary—we will rally the people,
the loyal people of the whole country.
They will pour forth their treasure, their money,
their men, without stint, without measure. The
most peaceable man in this body may stamp his foot
upon this Senate Chamber floor, as of old a warrior
and a Senator did, and from that single tramp there
will spring forth armed legions. Shall one battle
determine the fate of empire, or a dozen ? the loss
of one thousand men or twenty thousand, or $lOO,-
000,000 or *1500,000,0G0? In a year's peace, or ten
years at most, of peaceful progress, we can restore
them all. There will be some graves reeking with
blood, watered by the tears of affection. There
will be some privation ; there will be some loss of
luxury; there will be somewhat more need for la
bor to procure the necessaries of life. When that,
is said, all is said. If we have the country, the
whole country, the Union, the Constitution, free
Government—with these there will return all the
blessings of well-ordered civilization ; the path of
the country will be a career of greatness and of glo
ry such'as. in the olden time, our fathers saw in the
dim visions of yearsyet to come, and such as would
have been ours now, to-day, if it had not been for
the treason for which the Senator too often seeks to
apologize. OCCASIONAL.
BATTLE NEAR LEESBURG.
FURTHER PARTICULARS
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AccouriT OF COL. BAKE/VS DEATH.
HE PALLS PIERCED WITH NINE BALLS
111$ PARING BRAVERY.
BANKS' COMMAND ACROSS THE POTOMAC.
FEDERAL TROOPS IN POSSESSION OF VIRGINIA SIDE.
GEN. BANKS IN CHIEF COMMAND
A NEW YORK COLONEL MISSING
THE LOSS ON THE UNION SIDE
HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED IN PHILADELPHIA,
&c. &c. &c.
The following account of the battle near Lees
burg, in which Col. Baker was killed, is from one
of the regular reporters of The Press at Wash
ington :
WAsiriNGToN, October 22, 1861,
The contest yesterday, in which the gallant
BAKER fell, was not premeditated by either army,
certainly not by ours. It was brought about in this
way : The scouts of the enemy were discovered by
the Thirteenth Massachusetts troops, who were at
their breastworks on Hamilton Island_ Five cord
panics of these troops on the island were ordered
to advance and repulse the enemy, a duty which
they performed and returned to quarters. The
enemy soon reappeared in concealed numbers, and
made an attack upon our men. Reinforcements
from the Massachusetts Fifteenth, with some cavalry
under commend of VAN ALLEN, were sent to their
aid, Gen. Sroxa in the mean time passing his men
over with all possible despatch at Hamilton Island
and at Edwards' Ferry. The enemy appeared
in strong force of five thousand, under com
mand of a General Ev'sxs, with artillery. The
contest at this point was severe. Col. Rawan rein
forced our army by taking the right with his regi
ment, he in person leading his men on. He fought
upwards of an hour, with disastrous effect upon the
enemy. Urging them on, he several times waved
his bat, and advanced until he was cut down and
carried dead from the field. Gen. STONE imme
diately took command of the right; but the death
of Col. Blinzu caused a disorganization of the right
wing of the army, from which Gen. STONE was un
able to recover, and ordered a retreat, bringing tiff
his dead and wounded. Gen. STONE had about
10.000 in his command, but a portion only of them
were enabled to cross the' river in time to afford
aid to those engaged is the conflict.
Gen. Baxxs'- division had orders early in the
evening to advance towards Edwards' Ferry and
Hamilton Island. and his division, 13,000 strong,
is now in Virginia, with Gen. STONE'S division,
and in command of the united forces of Generals
Berms and STONE- The New York Tammany
Regiment, Col. COGSWELL, was in the engage
ment, and the colonel is among the killed or is a
prisoner. Lieut. Col. WARD, of the Fifteenth
Massachusetts, is wounded. Our killed and wounded
is reported to number one hundred and seventy
five ; that of the enemy is not stated, but is be
lieved to be much greater.
Our troops hold possession of the ferry and the
Island during the night, with occasional shots from
the enemy reaching them without injury. The
firing ceased finally, and our men employed them
selves in throwing up breastworks near the river,
while the balance of Gen. STONE'S division were
crossing. They were all over before day, and were
immediately followed by BANKS' division. The
enemy, as near as can be ascertained, are now
10,000 strong in front of BANKS, and intimations
have been received by Gen. Basics that reinforce
ments are coming forward. BANKS has 23,000 men
in his Wilted command, Another engagement may
be expected at any hour.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT
Another reporter of The Press furnishes the fol
lowing account :
The skirmish at Edwards' Ferry and in the vi
cinity of Leesburg, yesterday, wa more aching
than at first apprehended. The rebels allowed our
forces to cross the river without opposition, and, as
they marched forward in the direction of Leesburg
opened upon them from ambuscades and masked
batteries. A portion of General STONE'S division
had the advance, when the commander; feeling
that the rebels outnumbered him nearly four to one,
besides the natural advantages in their possession,
maintained his ground until reinforcements, which
he sent for from General BANES' column, came
up. A spirited engagement then followed. Colonel
Issues, with a portion of his command, led the
charge to gallant style. He was at the head of
his column, urging his men forward, when he
was pierced by some eight or ten rebel rifle balls.
lie died, it is said, without uttering a word. • The
Colonel, before he left, here•on.Saturday;!had. a pre
monition that he would be killed. He gave direc
tions how he wanted his body disposed. of Ilia
friepds went up to , the scone of conflict, this morn-
ing, to bring his body home, audit will arrive here
this afternoon. • •
The rebels fell back with heavy loss, and left
our troops in possession of the . ground. The
rebel loss is reported to be over one hundred in
killed_ Our fames had three or four killed and
'about twenty wounded.
More skirmishing is reported this morning at
Leesburg, but nothing official had reached here up
to 2 o'clock. .
COI. MURPHY'S Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Re
giment, and Col. STILES' Ninth New York Regi
ment, which have beef / encamped at Darnestown,
Md., for some days past, received orders to march
at daylight this morning, provided with three days'
rations, for Edwards' Ferry.
It is expected that the whole of Gen. STONE'S
and Gen. Berms' divisions will cross over into.
Virginia lit:forc night, anti form a junction with,
Gen. MCCALL'S division of Pennsylvania Re
serves at Leesburg..
Gen. JOHNSTON'S rebel forces are hovering near
them. A serious battle may ensue on this line if
the rebels have the courage to meet our troops.
Col. RAKER when he was killed was On boree
back and dressed in full uniform. It is said that
one - hundred Mississippi rifles were aimed at
him whin he fill.
STILL ANOTHER ACCOUNT
The Star of this evening has the following ac
count of the affair :
The object of the movement (crossing the river)
of Gen. Swam, was to secure the command of the
Virginia shore that his division, and that of Gen.
BANKS, could be safely transferred to the soil of
Virginia.
After crossing his advance, he sent out Colonel
BAKER, with portions of three regiments, (his own,
the Massachusetts Fifteenth, and the New York
Tammany Itegiumit—cumbering, in all, about 1,800
men—forming his right wing,) to reconnoitre in
force in the direction of Leesburg.
Both his wings—his right and left—were attack
ed as early as 9 A. M., but repulsed the enemy
wherever he appeared. At about SP. M. the right
wing found itself confronted by near four thousand
of the enemy under Gen. EYANB) with artillery.
El - AN' attacked BAKER ' S command in front and
en both flanks. BAKER gallantly essayed aebarge,
in making which be was killed, and his command
suffered considerable loss. The officer left in com
mand, of it by his death then very properly: gave
the order to• fall back to a position near the river
bank, where he could be supported by Gen. ..9rosm
and the other portion of his army that had by that
time effected a crossing of the river.
This order was obeyed in good order,. and he car
ried with him all his wounded and dead.
Col_ COCIfsWELL, the commander of the Now
York Tam:mg Regiment, (Capt. COdswE Li., of the
Eighth Infantry, United States army,) is among the
missing.
Lieut. Col. IVAuw, of the Massachusetts Fifteenth,
was wounded in the affair, losing a leg.
On reaching the position selected, the right wing
turned, and both wings held their own upon it,
though under the fire of the enemy, which gra
dually slackened nmil midnight, by which time it
ceased, having for some hours before become little
more than picket, shooting as it were.
Throughout the night the balance of General
STONE'S force crossed the river and threw up
icllllglrery works that rendered his position se
cure, and enabled him to protect the orossing of
the division of General 13ANas, to be essayed this
morning.
Our information so far, this forenoon, is that Gen.
BANKS' army duly arrived at the Maryland land
ills' of Edwards' Ferry last eight, and has been
crossing the river securely since daylight.
Gen. BANKS is in person on the girginia side,
and has assumed the chief command tAere:
Ere going to press with this first. edition )1' to-day,
we have not learned that the enemy havesoriously
renewed the engagement of yesteaday.
Gen. McCaLL's division remains in shout the
position its mein body has hold for some days past,
from whence it may operate effectively in any re
quired direction ; its presence higher up the river,
to support the important movement of Generals
STONE and BANNS, not having been necessary, as
the result proves.
P. P. —Our total killed, wounded, and missing, in
the course of the day, was about 200.
The announcement of the death of this gallant
officer has caused the deepest sorrow in this city,
where ho was so well known and was hold in such
general esteem.
At the White House, the intelligence hsd. addi
tional poignance from the warm personal regard
existing between the President and the deceased.
President LINCOLN, in feet, seems to have felt the
loss as if of a brother, and walked the floor of his
room through the night in the greatest grief. Mrs.
LINCOLN is not receiving visitors this morning from
the same cause,
It was the desire of the President and Mrs. LIN
COLN that the body of Colonel BAKER should be
taken to the White Rouse and placed in the East
Room ; but, the house being just now in the hands
of the upholsterers, that course was not practicable,
and the body will be brought to the residence of
Major J. W. Wane, in this city.
Some of our cotemporaries are wholly in error in
announcing the affair of yesterday, opposite Lees
burg, as a repulse of the Union troops. On the con
trary, it was eminently sueeessful—General STONE
having - effeetod his object, though with some loss in
his right wing, while engaged in reconnoitring in
advance of his main operations. While all lament
the death of Bat:nu, and that Colonel Coeswithr. is
probably in the enemy's hands, General STONE'S
success is still a glorious one.
Anxiety in Philadelphia Relative to the
Late Battle.
Since receipt of the intelligence of the death of
Co]. BAKER, the greatest anxiety and excitement
has pervaded the city. Yesterday afternoon, when
very meagre news arrived from Washiaston, aud,
the rumor being added that Gen. MCCLELLAN had
forbidden the telegraph to convey reports of the
troubles over the wires, the perplexity became
positively distressing. A hundred absurd, con
flicting, and annoying reports were circulated. It
Was said that the Philadelphia regiments of BAKER
and Owszt bad been cut to pieces, and that COl.
On E\ bad been mortally wounded on the field of
battle.
Not Content with fanning the flame already cre
ated, a number of discordant spirits berated the
Government at street corners, and spoke loudly
of mismiinsgement, recklessness, and cowardice.
Toward evening the whole town was inflamed.
Haggard MGM's, ill all stages of alarm, ran up
and down before the newspaper offices, and many
pitiless fellows, whose fears rivalled their falsity,
professed to have certain intelligence of a general
rout of the division of the army on the upper Poto
mac, which bade fair to embraoe the main column,
and had even extended below Washington, where,
under the guns .of Matthias Point, 10,000 rebels
were crossing into Mar; land.
Scene at the Continental Hotel.
As the hour drew near for the approach of the
night train from Washington, the Continental Hotel
was filled with curious citizens, who gathered
around the telegraph box in the main hall, and de•
bated the items which had been posted upon the
adjacent bulletin board. Almost every citizen
present had some friend or relative in one of the
two regiments, and to the general panic relative to
the safety of our column their private grievances
were joined. The train came In a few minutes
behind time, and the number . of passengers was
unusually large. Every moment of delay increased
the anxiety, and at last a positive and tremulous
furore; that lulled the loud speech into a suppressed
and fearful buzz, ran through the hall and bar
room.
At ten o'clock the - coach set down a bevy of pip
sengers from the Potomac, who, rushing toward the
office to register their names, were met at the
threshold by a score of news-gatherers, and forced
to disgorge their Washington and Baltimore papers,
private and public intelligence, and, in fact, any
of gossip or fact relative to the affair. It wai
then found that Owns . and most of his gallant men
were saved ; that most of BAKRR'S veterans re
mained to avenge his death ; and that, so far from
the Leesburg battle being a defeat, it was but a
short and bloody skirmish, wherein the Union
army had won the prestige, and the whole of BANKS'
division been enabled to cross the river.
The Death of Lieut. Williams.
Among the number killed at the fight at Lees
burg, Va., on the 21st inst., was Lieut. JOSEPH
D . WILLIAMS, of Col. BAKER'S California Regi
ment. He was from Frankford, and left this city
with the regiment as second lieutenant of Captain
itITTEAN - S Company (D.) He was killed at Ed
wards' Ferry. His brother, Sergeant WILLIAMS,
of the Twenty-third ward police, left the city for
Poolesville yesterday, to bring home the remains.
The deceased officer leaves a wife and several
children.
The Troops Engaged at Leesburg,
The following were probably the officers engaged
in the contest at Leesburg:
COMMANDING GENERAL.
Brigadier General .' . ... ....GHARLES P. STORK,
Colonel Fourteenth U. S. Infantry
STAFF.
Adjutant General Capt. Stewart.
Assistant Adjutant General.. Capt. John Murray.
Aid James P. Mackie.
Captain STEWART is otherwise known SS Lord
ERNEST VANE TEMPEST, and served in the Crimea.
Ile has often been mistaken for Lord ADOLPHUS
VANE iturEsr, who has recently returned to Eng•
land.
ACTING. BRIGADIER GENERALS.
Colonel—F. D. Baker, Senator of Oregon.
Colonel—Willie A. Gorman of St. Paul, Minnesota
GEN. BAKER'S STAFF.
Ase Mane Adj't Frank Harvey,
Brigade Quartermaster Francis G. Young.
Surgeon J -A. &dell.
GEN. GORMAN'S STAFF.
Assistant Adj't General Lieut. W. B. Leath.
Quartermaster Lieut. G. N.-Woode..
MINERAL Dexgß's BRIGADE
This briga4e comprisesithree regiments, - mostly
Thilidolphians, and cowling of the followint ;
Ptaifornia Ike/watt: t/.ivat, CO. Wharf'.
• Philadelphia Fire Zonaeel....Col. Baxter.
Philadelphia Irieh Regiment-Col. Owen. + ,
CALIFORNIA REGIMENT.
Lieut Col. Commanding • Isaac J. Winter.
Major Robert A. Parrish, Jr
Adjutant ' E. D. Baker, Jr.
Surgeon Alfred C. Baker.
Assistant t3urgeOn Justin Dwinnolle.
Quartermaster F. C. Young.
• Captains.
Company A, New York.... John Markoe.
Company B, New York J Rankin.
Company C, Philadelphia. ... C. W. Smith.
Company D, Philadelphia....C. L. Rttman.
Company E, Philadelphia.... C. E. Wallen.
Compow F, Philadelphia.... C. Kochersperger.
Combs' ry G, Philadelphia.... L. Berril.
Company fi, Philadelphil Garrick Diallory.
Company I, Philadelphia..... W. P Tomlinson.
Company li, Philadelphia.... E. E. Lewis.
GEN. GORMAN'S BRIGADE.
General GORMAN'S brigade is composed of the
following :
First Minnesota Volunteers, ,Oolonel Dana,
Ninth N. T. Stale Militia... .liteut. Col. llallecic.
FIRST MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERS.
Colonel Napoleon J. T. Dana.
Lieutenant Colonel ...... ....Stephen Miller, of St. Cloud
Major W. H. Dike, of Farnhault.
Surgeon D. W. Hand, of St. Paul.
Assistant Surgeon J H. Murphy, St. Anthony
Quartet - Lasater Lieutenant H. A. Hoyt.
Wilkiu (St. Paul),
Company A
- -
Company B M. W. Downie (Stillwater).
Company C W. D. Farrell (St. Paul).
Company D D. W. C. Smith (Minneapolis).
Company F E. D. Morgan (St. Anthony).
Company F Wm. Colville, Jr. (Redwing).
Company G N. Messick . (Farnbora).
Company H Charles P. Adams (Hastings).
Company Y. J H. Pell (Wabashaw).
COLUPH/Ir ......... C. Lester (Winona).
Captain Winms - him been appointed major of the
Second Minnesota Volunteers, and if he has as
sumed that command the company would then be
in the charge of Lieutenant H. C. Cokrzs, of St.
Paul.
Departure of Mrs. Baker for Washington.
We are informed that Mrs. Baker took the late
train from this city, last evening, to meet the hay
of her husband at Washington, and take measures
to secure its proper interment. The death of Col.
Baker recalls a curious incident, amounting to a'
presentiment, which happened the day he left this
city to jilin his column. Speaking to Col. Cross- •
man, commandant of the Arsenal, he said solemnly,
"My dear friend, gad-bye ; I shall never meet
you again." The issue has verified his speech,
and Baker, having performed his duty, gave up
his life.
Another incident, dating a long way back, but
not less veracious, may be here inserted. When - a
weaver's boy, it was Baker's custom to manage the
loom with one hand, and with the other steady a
book upon his knee. A friend, coming hastily into
the shop one day, saw him thus engaged, and weep
ing bitterly.
" What affects you, my lad ?" said he ; " What
are you reading ?"
"The Constitution of 'the United States," said
the boy ; " and here I find that no foreigner can be
President; while I am of English birth."
The Death of Colonel Baker.
ITAnitmoroo, Oct. 22.—The following General
Order, No 10, wee jointed immediately on the re
ceipt of intelligence of the death of Col. Baker :
""It is with great pain that the Governor and
Commander-in-Chief has learned of the death of
Colonel Edward D. Baker, upon the field of battle.
Although not a citizen of Pennsylvania, ho had
been selected by many of her eons as their com
mander, and ho met his death while gallantly load
ing them into notion. The game feeling which in
spired his soldiers to regard no State lines when our
common country was in danger induced the Com
mander in-Chief to recognize him, while living, as
a Pennsylvania soldier, and impels him, now that
he is dead, to bear public testimony to his gallantry
and worth.
. . •
" By command of A. G. CURTIN,
" Governor and Commander-in-Chief."
Coital Etnnum, A: D. C.
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE REBELLION.
THE M=L BATTERIES ON THE POTOMAC
THE FREMONT IMBROGLIO
IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI.
A BATTLE AT FREDERICTON.
The Union Army Victorious.
Capture of Four Guns from the Rebels
PROMINENT REBELS RETURNING TO THEIR ALLEGIANCE.
FROM KENTUCKY.
HE IS REPULSED.
Gallant Exploit by Our Sailom
*.tMI43I4;I I I*IAIVO:4I;I.):CtIkkv io;
Special Despatches to " The Press."
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.
The Fighting at Edwards' Ferry—Oar
Troops Maintain their Position.
The most reliable accounts from the upper Po
tomac, this morning, state that our troops had re•
turned to their positions in far better condition
than was anticipated, and still held the Virginia
side of the Potomac.
No Renewal of the Fight at Edwards'
Ferry.
MIDNIGHT—So far as can be ascertained, there
has been no renewal of the fight at Edwards' Ferry.
The indications plainly are that the military au
thorities are sedulously engaged in strengthening
our force at that point The information received
thus far is presumed to be of such a character as
not to , entitle it to credence in all particulars.
The Cabinet.
The Cabinet is in session to-day, and an intense
feeling is manifested in reference to the surprise of
our arms yesterday, and loss of the gallant leader
of the California Regiment. The feeling of each
member of the Cabinet before assembling was to
advise an immediate movement forward. The
divisions under the command of Generals IkIeCALL
and Suru compose the main portion of the iight
wing of the army opposite Washington. The
Pennsylvania Reserve are now in advance of Gen.
SMITH'S main body of troops, and will be pushed
forward to meet the foe. The contest will be for
the possession of Leesburg, which, after the en
gagement yesterday, was held by the rebels, while
our men fell back and held their defences on the
island.
The Fremont Imbroglio.
At a protracted Cabinet meeting to-day the FRE
MONT difficulty was very fully discussed. Secre
tary CHASE, the only member of the Cabinet who
0pp054 FREMOXT'S appointment at first, questioned
very seriously the propriety of his removal at this
time. It was finally decided to send Judge DAVIS,
of Bloomington, Illinois, a personal friend of the
President, to St. Louis, to examine the accounts of
parties who have claims, and such as he declares to
be right and proper will be paid forthwith.
Hon. JOHN GOITRE had an interview with the
President to-day, and assured him that the removal
of Fre - smosir would seriously disturb good govern
ment in the army.
• A letter received to-night, dated the 19th, from
a prominent officer in FREMONT'S army, says, “You
cannot conceive of the enthusiasm and earnestness
of the army, and of the faith the soldiers have in
their General. We are impeded somewhat by want
of traasportation facilities, but such is the
feeling of the troops that they would them
selves ' become the wagons if it were possi
ble. If our men once get near enough to
strike, they will make short work of the enemy.
Great as was the enthusiasm 'of the army, it has
been increased by the visit of Secretary CAMERON
and Adjutant General THOMAS. The men have
entire confidence that Gen. CAMERON would be
friendly to FREMONT, and would not remove him."
The Beef Contract.
The coutraot for the array beef inue Leen awarded
to BENJ. 5. KUNKEL and JOHN L. METZLER, of
Harrisburg, Pa., provided the bonds are satisfac
tory. They are frOm Harrisburg, Pa., and bid
$3.49.
The Potomac Flotilla.
The steamer s Harriet Lome eiltrie up to-clay, and
will return as soon as weather permits, together
with the Mount Vernon, Dawn, and Hetzel, to
join the Potomac flotilla. No merchant vessels are
moving to-day, owing in pert to a severe storm.
The Case of Judge Mernek.
Judge MERRIOi . to-day sent a lettoe to his brother
Judges of the Circuit Court relative to his arrest,
which grew out of proceedings concerning a recent
habeas corpus case. Soldiers guard him in his own
house as a prisoner.
It should be stated that the above-named cause
of arrest is the general impression, though nothing
positive is known upon the subject, and it may be
for some other reason.
The court to-day made an order citing General
PORTER to appear and show cause why he had or
dered the arrest of Judge MEREICK, and thus ob
structed the course of justice.
Deaths of Pennsylvanians.
The following deaths of Pennsylvania and New
Jersey volunteers occurred yesterday in the hos
pitals here : THOMAS GRAHAM', Company F, Fifth
Pennsylvania Infantry; DAVID BRINK, Company
F, New Jersey Cavalry, and CHAS. RYAN, COM.
pug F, Seventh New Jersey Infantry.
The River—More Batteries Unmasked.
Ile Navy Department is in possession of a re
port that new batteries with eighteen or twenty
guns have been discovered at an elbow of the river,
near Mathias Point, where the channel oompele all
velvets to hug the -Virginia shore. The indica
tions are that this is the most dangerous affair yet
discovered on the river.
• Concealed Forces.
The troops brought out by the enemy to attack
our men when in conflict with the rebel pickets
yesterday, were concealed in the woods. The
affair has strong indications of a plot to draw a
company or two of our men off and surround and
capture them. In this they were defeated. Our
loss in prisoners taken is very light.
Fairfax Court House.
You may be prepared to hear that our troops are
in possession of Fairfax Court Home at any mo
ment. The advance is now being made that will
end in a retreat of the enemy, or result in a fight
for that point. The affair at Edwards' Ferry may
cause some delay in executing the purpose I have
indicated,
Burning of ti!o Ship . Thomas Wattson,
off Charleston
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—The Secretary of the
Navy to-night received the following letter from
Flag Officer Goldsborough, dated ship Minnesota,
Hampton Roads, Oct. 21:
Sin ! Ry the Vandalla, which arrived here las
night, I am informed by Captain Marston, of the
Roanoke, that the merchant ship Thonum liratt
son one of those to which you called my attention
a short time since, was burned to the water's edge
on the 15th inst., while lying aground on Stony Reef,
by our blockading vessels off Charleston. It was in
attempting to get into Charleston despite of the
blockade and the pursuit of our cruisers that she
ran on this reef. No arms were found among her
Cargo. It was made up of aalt 7 lelanket.4 7 flannels,
and a few other articles. She had various national
flags on board, and among them a Confederate flag.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. N. Goimsnonouan, Flag Officer.
To GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy
[By private letters received in this city, we learn
that the vessel was burned by the erew of the U. S.
steamer Flag, who, before applying the torch, took
off all the blankets that wero probably intended for
the rebels. The crew of the ship escapedd—
ED. THE PRESS.
The Exportatton of Grain to Portugal
The following important despatchfrom our minis
ter to Portngal, in refernee to the admiaston of
Anierlcan Biala bib, that klugclem, was received
by the last steamer :
Mr. Harvey to Mr. Seward.
LEUATION OF TIIE UNITED STATES,
Lisbon, September 26, 1861.
Sin ; have the honor to enclose herewith trans
lations two acts petaled at the recent 81040111 of
the Cortes, which the King has approved and now
caused to be published, that are of some interest to
the people of the United States.
The law in regard to the admission of cereals
was modified after my despatoh, No. 14, was writ
ten' and does not include flour in the authorization,
but, as will be seen, is confined to wheat, rye, bar
ley, and oats, in grain. As the requisite informa
tion has not yet been obtained from the civil go
vernors of the Provinces, in regard to the extent of
injury to the crops, the necessary degree for open.
ing the ports is still reserved by the King. Little
doubt, is entertained, however, but that it will be
issued.
Private letters, from well-informed sources,
speak withxreat positiveness of shortness of cereal
crops in England, France, Belgium. Holland,
Spain, and Italy ; and all answers to the inquiries
made here concur in representing that Portugal will
suffer correspondingly, and, perhaps, in even a
larger ratio than the others.
The Cortes has for several years successively
authorized the Government to admit cereals, as a
precautionary measure, and it has generally been
exercised to a greater or legs extent. The grain
crops appear to be touched with the disease, or
something like it, which has so seriously injured
the vine. /- am, very respectfully, your obedient
servant, JAMES E. HARVEY.
lion. W. 11. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
Dom PEDRO, by the Grace of Giul, King of Portu
gal and of the Algarvee, ete.—We make known to
all our subjects that the General Corteehas decreed,
and we sanction, the following law :
Article 1. All foreign vessels of coasting trade
which, measuring up to fifty tons burden, shall take
the Portuguese flag, and be destined for the coast
ing trade in the province of Cape Verd, are hereby
freed from paying the duties imposed by the law of
12th August, 1852.
Article 2. When the vessels referred to in the
preceding article shall leave the coasting trade of
Cape Verd, and take to some other, they are pre
viously to pay the duties marked in the law of 12th
August, 1852.
Article 3. All legislation to the contrary is here
by revoked.
We. therefore, &c. Palace Necessidaes, 10th
September, 1851. The King,
CAnr.oe Beteronz..
The Great Seal of the Royal Arms.
DON Penne, by the Grace of God, King of Portu
gal and of the Algarves, kc.
We make known unto all our subjects that the
General Cortes have decreed, and we sanction, the
following law :
Article 1, CloTernment is authorized to decree
the importation of foreign cereals, wheat, rye,
barley, and oats, in grain, and baked bread of
wheat or rye, through the inland and maritime
ports of the kingdom, up to the end of the month of
April next.
To wit : All cereals thus admitted, are only to
pay the same duties as are charged on home cere
als, when despatched for consumption.
Article 2. Before making any use of the present
authorization, Government must consult the civil
Governors of the kingdom, and likewise the Consul
General of Commerce, Agriculture, and Manufac
tures, as well as the Councils of Districts.
Article 3. After the time designated by the pre
sent law, such cereals will still be admitted, re
garding which proof shall be given before the Go
vernment and the competent fiscal department,
that they left direct the port of the r shipment for
those of the kingdom in sufficient time to have ar
rived here within one specified date, in case of a
regular voyage.
Article 4. Government will give an account to
the Cortes of the use made of the authorization con-
ceded by the present law.
Article 5. All legislation to the contrary is here
by revoked.
We, therefore, ordain that all the authorities to
wham all knowledge and execution of these pre
sents cloth pertain, to comply and observe the same,
and cause the same to be cetardied with and oh
served as therein mentioned. Lot the Counsellors
of the State, Minister, and Secretary of the State
for Finance. and the Minister and Secretary of
"State for Public Works, Commerce, and Industry,
cause these presents to be printed, published, and
distributed.
Given in the palace of Neoessidades, the 11th of
September, 180 E.
TUE KING, with Royal Sign.
ANTONIO JOSE D'ARILA,
Shingro Augusto Velloso de Horta.
[The Seal of the Royal Arms.]
FROM MISSOURI.
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FOUR GUNS CAPTURED.
PILOT lixon, Oct. 22.—The following despatch
was received here this morning, and forwarded to
headquarters, at St. Louis:
FIELD OF BATTLE, FREDERICTON. Oct. 22.—1 n
company with Col. Plummer's command, we have
routed the rebels of Thompson and Lowe, estimated
at .5,000, Our loos was small, and confined princi.
pally to the First Indiana Cavalry. We captured
four heavy guns.
Lowe, the rebel leader, was killed.
Major Gavitt and Captain Hymen, of the In
diana Cavalry, were killed in a charge on a
battery.
The command of Col. Plummer, referred to above,
was, on Friday morning last, ordered from Cape
Girardeau, with instructions to move towards Fre
dericton and cut off the retreat of Thompson and
Lowe's army. The force consisted of Marsh's
Eighteenth Illinois Regiment, a section of Tay
lor's battery, and Stewart's anti Letinnt compa
nies of cavalry, all from Cairo ; also, part of Plum
mer's Eleventh Missouri, a part of Ross' Twenty
first Illinois, and a section of Campbell's battery,
all from Cape Girardeau. The force from this
point was composed of the Twentieth Illinois, Col.
Carlin; Thirty-third Illinois, Col. Hovey; Twenty
first Illinois, Col. Alexander ; Eighth Wisconsin,
Col. Murphy; First Indiana Cavalry, Col. Baker;
Capt. Hawkins' Independent Missouri Cavalry, and
four six-pounders and two twenty-four pounders,
under Major Schofield, of the First Wisconsin Light
Artillery.
[Fredericton, where the Ration above•mentionaci
took place, is the county seat of Madison county,
and is about twenty miles southeast of Pilot
Knob.]
IThiliskilYaki: B 4;C:l4loo:l•NOTC4osl:4oloß
DEATH OF COL. LOWE.
PURSUIT OF THE RETREATING REBELS,
PILOT KNOB, Oct. 22.—[Special to the St. Louis
Republlcan..l—Frem responsible parties who wit
nessed the fight at Fredericton yesterday, we gather
the following particulars
Col. Carlin, with parts of the Twenty-first, Thir
ty-third, and Thirty-eighth Illinois regiments,
Eighth Wisconsin, Col. Baker's Indiana Cavalry,
and Major Schofield's battery, reached Frederic
ton at 9 o'clock in the morning, and at 1 o'clock
P. M. was joined by the Eleventh, Seventeenth,
and Twentieth Illinois, and 900 cavalry from Cape
Girardeau. They then advanced in pursuit of the
rebels under Jeff. Thompson and Col. Lowe, who
had left the place 24 hours before, and were re
ported to be rapidly retreating south, but about a
mile distant they discovered the entire force of
the enemy drawn up in line of battle, partly
posted in the open field and partly in the
adjacent woods, with four iron 9-poundere well
planted in their front. Major Schofield imme
diately opened fire, and at the fourth round silenced
one of the rebel guns. The engagement then be
came general, and lasted about two hours, but
after the first half hour the rebels left the field in
disorder and took to the woods, closely followed by
both our infantry and cavalry. Before leaving
the field the rebel Colonel Lowe 1140 shot in the
heed and instantly killed.
.MajorArilavitt received five bullets while leading
a charge thirty yards in advance of his command.
Capt. Wyman was killed in the same charge.
Our loss is reported at 5 killed, 5 mortally
wounded, and 20 slightly wounded.
The enemy's loss is not ascertained, but 18 imp
posed to be comfiderable.
At the last accounts the rebels were in fall re
treat with their baggage train and our troops were
in pursuit.
_
PILOT KNOB, Oct. 22.—(Special to the St. Louis
Democrat.)—Two rebel surgeons came into Frede
ricton to-day for Col. Lowe's body.
They acknowledged a loss of over two hundred
killed and wounded, but it must have been hea
vier. I counted twenty-five dead bodies in one
stubble field. Their cannons were badly ma
naged.
Jeff. Thompson got information of our move
'meats, by 'capturing a bearer' of despatches from
'Col. Plummer to Col. Carlin.
PROM KENTUCKY.
ATTACK ON A FEDERAL CAMP
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CINCINNATI, Oct. 22.—A courier arrived at
Camp Dick Robinson reports a fight, yesterday,
between the rebel Gen. Zollicoffer, with from 6,000
to 7,000 men, and Col. Garrard, with 1,200 men, at
Canip Wildcat. Zollicoffer made three different
attacks, and was each time repulsed with considera
ble loss. The Federal loss was four killed and
twenty wounded. The courier met reinforcements,
consisting of one regiment with artillery, on the
road to Col. Garrard's camp.
FROM GEN. BANKS' COLUMN.
DARNESTOWN, Oct. 20.—The First Maryland
regiment, Col. Kenly, which for three months have
been guarding the Potomac from the mouth of the
Antietam to Jinnoock, a distance of forty-five miles,
has been relieved from the arduous duty by the
Thirteenth Massachusetts regiment, and arrived
near General Banks' headquarters yesterday, ac
companied by Brigadier General Cooper.
As showing an unprecedented degree of health,
this regiment, numbering upwards of 900 men, had
only four sick to be conveyed thither in ambu
lances. This is attributed, by the medical Ace's,
to the purgation of liquor from their late camp
and its surroundings. Letters for this regiment
should now be addressed to the care of General
Banks' headquarters, near Darnestown.
On Friday night a picket of the Massachusetts
Twelfth, after hailing a cavalry messenger who
was riding on the tow path of the canal and receiving
no reply, fired upon him. AU hopes of the latter's
life were abandoned last night.
From Warsaw.
THE PONTOON BRIDGE PINISHED-PROMINENT
REBELS ASKING FEDERAL PROTECTION.
JEFFERSON CITY, Oct. 22.—1 - Special to St. Louis
Democrat. I—Parties direct from Warsaw say that
no news of importance had reached there up to 2
o - clock yesterday. The pontoon bridge was finished,
and the river was very high.
R. W. Bolton, sheriff of this county, resigned yes•
terday, not being willing to take the oath prescribed
by the State Convention.
F. A. Parsons, county and circuit clerk, and fa
ther of Gen. Parsons, now in the rebel army, has sig
nificdto Gen. Price, the (Cajon) commandant at this
post ! his willingness to tube that oath er any Wier
Gen. Price may desire. He wishes to return home,
and resume the duties of his office.
Dr. Brackman, a member of the Legislature, and.
Mr. Bell, of Miller county, both of whom have
been in the rebel army, and some half-dozen others
from this county, who have been skulking in the
brush, have sent in their submissions. (len. Price
has ordered them all to report to his headquarters
nvat week,
Gov. Gamble left here this owning for Washing
ton.
From New Orleans.
TIM VINCENNES STILL AFLOAT
Lowsvittz, Oct. 22.—The New Orleans Pica
rive, of the, 12th, editorially congratulates its
readers on f he iuceesa of Hollins' flotilla in the Missis
sippi, and particularly the exploits of the 111 - anaNgae.
It urges the Southern people to be prepared to
drive the Northern invader from their soil and
coast, at every sacrifice and exertion.
A law of the Confederate States rewards tho
owners of private armed vessels with 20 per cent.
of the value of any United States armed public
vessel and armament which they may destroy—
payable in 20 per cent. bonds.
Another law gives $2O bounty for each prisoner
captured on board such a vessel.
The Picayune also says two Federal vessels were
to be seen at the passes at lad accounts. They
were supposed to be the Richmond and Vin
cennes.
The United States steam-frigate Prifirrara went
eastward before the attack of Saturday.
The Richmond and Vincennr, are afloat, but the
other sloop is not visible, and it is inferred that
she wos sank. The damaged one is believed
to be the Preble.
. -
The lumber landed at the head of the PILUAOf4 Wt4l
not burnt.
The Memphis (Tenn.) Appeal learns that S. B.
Buckner has been appointed a major general.
• The Galveston (Texas) News says that a hundred
companies, mostly cavalry, have tendered their
services to General Herbert for the defence of
Galveston.
Telegraphic communication between New Orleans
and Berwick Bay bas been completed.
A telegram from Berwick Bay says the Yankees
captured, on Saturday last, the schooner Sea
with a cargo valued at $20,000.
The Mobile Tribune, of the 11th, speaking of the
Santa Rosa affair, says the camp was attack at con
siderable loss on our (the rebel) side ; but doubtless
the Federal loos much exceeded ours.
The Steamer Niagara.
Sr. Jonas, Oct. 22.—The steamship Niagara,
from Boston, bound 010 Liverpool, passed Cape Race
on Sunday morning.
Marine.
BORTON, Octeber 22.—Arrived—Ship A mejirc,
from Liverpool ; Kingfisher, from Sun Francisco.
Barks D. Godfrey, from Accra; lilLl3. Rich, from
London.
From North Missouri.
ST. Louis, Oct. 22.—General Todd has been as
'aligned to the command of the Federal forces in
North Mieeouri.
Arrival of the British Gunboat Racer,
NEW Yonx, Oct. 22.—The British gunboat Racer
has arrived from Ilalifax.
Recruits for Colonel Mann's Regiment.
Ifeittemnuno, October 22.—The three companies
intended to fill Colonel Mann's Second Reserve
Corps Regiment are now in Camp Curtin, where
they are being equipped. They will go forward in
a few days.
The Mob t►t Terre HAiite, Inditutre.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 22.—The mob at Terre Haute,
Indiana, last night, destroyed the Journal office
and eight houses of ill fame. Col. Steel was absent
at the time, and since his return has taken steps to
punish the rioters.
The Juniata Regiment,
HARRISBURG, Oct. 22.—C01. Wm. D. Lewis, Jr.,
of Philadelphia, has been appointed, by Brigadier
General James, colonel of the Juniata Regiment of
Volunteers, and the appointment has been formally
approved by Governor Curtin. Col. Lewis will
proceed at once to Huntingdon to take charge , of
his regiment, now in camp.
FURTHER FROM EUROPE.
The Teutonia Off Cape Race.
ST. JOHNS, Oe tober.22.—The steamship Tentoniet,
from Southampton on the 10th inst., passed Cape
Race on Sunday. Her news is mainly anticipated
by the North Briton : .
The King of Prussia was received at Compeigne
with great enthusiasm.
Francis 11. will not be represented at the King of
Pruccia's coronation.
The Bank of Turin has raised its rate of discount
to 81 per cent.
The Queen of Madagascar is dead. tier son has
been proclaimed King, and formally demanded a
French protectorate.
THE LATEST FRODI EUROPE.
THE AFRICA OFF CAPE RACE.
141. 1 d1/4 1 J114, 3 4;1.01 1 i0Mari*tiii)J4:401•Iii
STARTLING REPQRW
Sr. Imam, N. F., Oct. 21. The steamer Africa,
from Liverpool on the 12th via Queenstovrn nn the 13th,
passed off Cape,Bace at 9.30 o'clock last night.
She was intercepted by the news yacht of the Associ
ated Press and the following summary of the latest ad
vicet obtained :
The steamer New York arrived out on the 10th inst.
and the Nangaroo on the 11th.
It was reported that the Emperor Napoleon contem
plates the recognition of the Southern Confederacy.
The last steamer took out the news that the French
Chambers of Commerce were memorializing the Emperor
to recognize the Southern Confederacy, to raise the
blockade. The Daffy News says that the accounts are
front trustworthy sources in Part., who express confi
dence that the Emperor contemplates the recognition,
the want of cotton being severely felt.
The London Shipping Gazette, speaking on the same
subject, says that France and England must act strictly
together, and argues that their recognition would curry
with it an amount of weight and moral influence which
would set up the Southern Confederacy.
It was conclusively reported that the Bank of France
Wel, making additional arrangements for accommodations,
the two millions from England being insufficient. The
loss of cash during the month is eighty-one million
francs. The Bourse was weak. Rentes 35c.
Prince Napoleon had reached Brest from America.
A conference on Mexican affairs was about to be held
at Paris.
A decree has been issued appointing Admiral Lagen
Viesti commander of the expedition to Mexico.
The interior navigation dues on breadstuff have been
abolished WI September, 1862.
It Is reported that the French Climbers will be con
voked for a short session in January awl then dissolved.
The Italian Parliament meets on the sth of November.
There were rumors of a dissolution.
Count Cialdini had definitely resigned the Lieutenancy
of Naplea.
Della Marmots had been offered the command of the
Nee.polit CM forces.
The steamer Africa has on board 92 passengers
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—This market
report is the same as was received by the steamer North
Briton.
LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.--The
Breadttuffs market still continues to advance. Wheat
firm, and advanced 2d since Tuesday. Sales at Hens
for Red western, 12e fxlol2a 04 !or Red Southern, 12s Od
for White Western, and las allarlai 9d for white
Southern.
LONDON.—American securities are nominally Quoted
with a quiet market.
HAVRE COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY. —The
sales of the week amount to 16,000 bales at ldif 39c.
The market has been firm and excited. Stock in port
183,000 bales.
Who#4 is newly ot an odvance of Woolf,
THE VERY LATEST.
(By Telegraph to Queentown.)
LtrEnroor.—Saturday afternoon.—Thesa les of to-day
are estimated at 15,000 bales, the market closing firm,
but unchanged. The sales to speculators and exporters
amount to 7,00 bales.
Breadstuffs close steady. Provisions dull.
LONDON MONEY MARKET.—Consols aro auotatt
at 9234 BON for money.
American Securities are steady.
LONDON MONEY MARKET, SATURDAY, P.
Console are quoted at 92% for money.
LMI U t I I
FATHER POINT,
Further from Europe.
FATltnit FOINT, Oct. 22.—The etearnehip Narth Bri
ton. front Liverpool on the 10th, via, Londonderry on the
11th instant, arrived off this point at 3 o'clock this at.
ternoon_ She brifige 78 cabin reasengere antrA.V. in the
eteerage.
Lord Monck, the newly-appointed Governor General
of Canada, with his family, aro on board the /forth
Briton.
The steamship kangaroo, from New York, arrived at
Queenstown on the 11th.
The steamship New York, from New York, arrived at
Cowen on the 10th inst.
. . . .
The excitement In the Liverpool cotton market eon.
tinned, and prices on the 10th inst. were quoted Mots?,cd.
higher.
The Paris Bourse was quiet.
Notwithstanding the anxiety which prevailed in re.
gard to agricultural matters the people continued to
make investments in the English funds. Money in the
open market could be obtained at 5N per cent.
It was announced that the Prince of Wales was about
to pay a visit to the seat of the Duke of Newcastle.
It was reported that the principal chambers of com
merce in France had memorialized the Emperor to re
cognize the Southern Confederacy, and raise the block
ade of the Southern ports. .
. _
• LONDON, Oct. 11.—Consols are quoted at 92%c092%
for money.
The bullion in the Bank of England has increased
517,000 since the last weekly report.
Illinois Central shares ere quoted at 89 cent. dig=
count, and Erie Railroad shares at 23.
LATEST WAR NEWS.
A gentleman just arrived at Lebanon, Kentucky.
from New Orleans, gives the Louisville Journal
the information that the rebel preprationsfor the de
fence of that city (New Orleans) are on a large sells,
and so formidable as to render the citysecure against
assault from any naval force the Government can
at present command. Great improvement, he says,
have been made recently in the means of defence
along the Mississippi river. The batteries of small
field pieces at fleet erected have been changed for
heavy siege guns, and many points have been forti
fied within a few weeks, which were until then as
sailable and unprotected. There have been sent out
from Memphis alone a fleet of ten gunboats, which
had been operating between that point and Colum
bus, Kentucky.
Another gentleman, who has just arrived from
the South, has given a correspondent of the same
paper an account of his experiences. Georgia alone
has 20,000 men in the rebel service, but the glate
was unable to arm more than half that number.
She had sent 5,000 men to Virginia, but when her
coast was threatened she tried to recall them, offer
ing to . substitute 5,000 raw recruits. Ifer request,
however, was not complied with. The Gulf States
have cannon in abundance, but are sadly in want of
small arms and muskets. The Bermuda, which,
ran the blockade, and arrived at Savtzunalt,
brought over but six thousand fivoltntidred stand
of arms, and not the almost jisbulotis number ac
credited to lett.
Great preparatioa is making in Korth Carolina to,
resist the contemplated Federal invasion. It is:
their design to impress the Government at
Wasktngton with the idea that the Federal troops
can intake an easy conquest of North Carolina,
to inveigle them a considerable distance inland,
and, at the proper time, to pounce olio* and ut
terly annihilate them, Drother words, they Mina
themselves that they have dll the preparation lamb
necessary to entrap the Federal&
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
AMEDICAK ACADEMY or Alegre—ll...l wad Lxuwk
9treetii.—‘ , ll Ballo k hkorhera."
WITEATLEY'S CONTINXNTAL THEATUN—WeInut Street,
above Eighth.—" The Tempest," end " T - he hineerict
Boy."
ARCH-STREET Trissvar—Arch street. above Sixth.—
" The Lady of Lyouv" and u Idazeppa."
WALIIIT.BnsEr litztrait_Ninth and Wahvic
16 Black sheep," and 44 Zeßibuca. 11
Assumacv BUILDINGS—Corner of Tenth and Chestnut
streets.—Waugh's Italia and Stereoscopic Views of the
War.
TEMPLE OF• WONDERS—N. E. corner Tenth end Oheet
nut etreetc—reignor Blitz'e Entertainment.
Public Amusements_
THE ACADEMY OP MYSIC—Ma. ULLMAN'S Bs-
NEFITS.—Our readers will have previously perused
Mr. Ullman's circular to the public in advertise
ment form, and our editorial endorsement of his
claims on the sympathy and support alike of press,
public, and those who are more immediately inte
rested. the stockholders of the Academy. ilenee we
have only to add that the music-loving masses will do
their duty this evening, and afford Mr. Ullman that
material aid which he asks to enable him to carry
out his programme, and, despite the times, give US
Italian opera during the coming season, and pre
clude the necessity of closing the magnificent opera
house we have reared for this e , ipecial purpose.
To-night is the first of the Ullmann benefits, on
which occasion Verdi's latest work and chef d'auvre
will be given for the last time, Miss Kellogg ap
pearing in the role of Amalia, (vice Madame Col
eon.) in which she has so signally distinguished
herself in New York with Brignoli, (whose last
appearance but one, in America it is, in his original
part;) the fitscinating Miss Hinkley retaining her
ride of Oscar, the page, and Madame Strnkosch
replacing Miss Phillips in that of the astrologer ;
whilst in Signor Mancuei, who sustains the baritone
role, we have a new candidate for lyric honors who
has Already reaped them in Neer York, and comes
to us highly recommended by the operatic critics of
the metropolitan city. We tenet to see our beau'tiful
opera house crowded, as it should be, by the Me
of Philadelphia, this evening, as a just tribute alike
to the intrinsic merits of the performance and the
untiring enterprise of the beneficiaire.
ARCII.STREkT THEATRE.—This everting, " The
Lady of Lyons" will be produced at the Arch,
with a cast embracing all the leading members of
the company. Mr. Shewell will personate Claude
Melnotte, and Miss Thompson, who achieved ano
ther brilliant eueeess last 'night in the "Bailee
Stratagem," will appear as Pauline Delehapelles.
The subordinate parts arc consigned to capable per
formers, and we shall probably witness a represen
tation with which Bulwer himself would be de
lighted.
FIRE YESTERDAY MOnlltta—NAttitOlT Es-
GAPE OF Pnorgarr.—About 7 o'clock yesterday morn
ing a lire broke out in the drying house attached to the
extensive manufacturing establishment known as the
"Pekin Mills," under the management of Mr. Solms, lo
cated near the Schuylkill, at the upper end of Mane
yunk, The building, which was of atone, and three oto.
ries in height, contained a large quantity of wool which
was in process of drying. The material was dried by
means of hot air which passed through iron slatted floors.
The flames spread with great rapidity through the com
bustible matter, and for a time the destruction of the
main buildings of the factory seemed inevitable ; but by
bard work, good management, and goo.' fortune, the ca.
tiihtt` 6 l , he Was averted,
The mills, which are run by water power, are largely
engaged in the manufacture of army clothe, and they are
kept going night and day, employing about two hundred
hands. At the time of the discovery of the tire there was
a full force of workmen on the spot, and by means of
boeketa and the ample supply or water at hand the
men were enabled to keep the flames in cheek until the
arrival of the Hanaytmk firemen. These exertions were
rendered available by the favorable direction of the
wind. A breeze from a westerly direction would have
driven the fire directly into the doors opening into the
main building, and the entire range of structures, with
the adjoining factories, would probably have fallen a
prey to the flames.
The Actual damage consistt4 in the destruction of the
wool in the drying house, nod the gutting of the building.
The latter was of stone, new, and haul been in use but a
week or two. The loss on the stock is covered by in
surance. The mishap will cause considerable incon
venience to the proprietors of the mills, as it will some
what cripple their operations at a time when the wants
of the Government for army cloths are making an ex
traordinary demand upon their resources. When we
left the grounds about noon, workmen. had alpiady cpsp
mon ced to clear away the rubbish to begin the work of
rebuilding. The origin of the fire is attributed to some
defect in the hot-air apparatus.
At the breaking out of the conflagration, its threaten
ing aspect induced the police at Plattaynnk to send to the
city for assistance, and this fact gave rise to exaggerated
reports of the importance of the fire. Chief Engineer
Lyle immediately repaired to the spot, after the follow.
ing-named companies had been telegraphed for: Good
Will Engine 8114 OW Will Hoe steamers, Mechanic
Engine/ and Fellowsldp of Germantown. As there NU
but little left for the city steamers to do, In the way of
extinguishing the names, they ga,ye the people of tha
locality a specimen of their ability at playing.
THE ARMY VOTE.—Yesterday the State
House row wee in a ferment, and all the old politico
hacks grew garrulous, In profitless „speculations as to
the result of the army vote. Messrs. Martin, Pomeroy.
McFadden, and Downing, reassembled in the morning
and opened the several packages. But one incomplete
regimental return had been received up to last evening.
Probably the whole week will be consumed in the exami
nation. The betting stood yesterday two to one in favor
of Thompson. More than the tumult number otrumors
relative -to frauds, chaaged returns, e ft :, *ere abroA
and all who bad foelitady wagerpd Whey, or expected
places - under the new regime, were sanguine of the re
alization of 'their hopes.
THE NATIONAL SAVING FOND.—This case
came up again yesterday afternoon, before Aldtrmag
McCallen. Camille D'lnvilliers, of the Board of Bceri,
we's examined. He testified to the value of certain,
Btockß, formerly held by the Fund, to ea tiblt the value
of deposits in the hands of the Management of the thee
of suspension. Alexander, Gale testified that Captain
Colter connected with the company , had received a note
for s ri,2oo, on the Ist of December, 1860, with•elghty
five shares in the Ilarleton.Coal Company as collateral.
Said note is said to have been among the aaseta of the
Fund at the time of suspension.
Nicholas Cattily, one of the depositors. and a signer of
the petition recently issued by the company, was ex
amined at length, and ninth discussion ensued. The in
vestigation was adjourned over fill Tuestloy
THE. PHILADELPHIA. PE;SON SOCIETT.—WO
regret to learn that it is in contemplation to discontinue
the publication of the Journal of Prison Discipline,
which has been, for many years, the only periodical in
the country devoted to this important branch of public
economy. We understand the question is to be deter
mined by the society, at its meeting on Thursday cran
ing, the 24th lust. The tweeting is hehl at the Pena OTOr
the Friends bookstore, in Tenth' above Arch street, at 7,X
o'clock, and we hope the members who feel an interest in
the subject, and half of whose annual payment is. made
expressly to sustain the Journal, will be present and
prevent, if possible, so unfortunate a step as the discon
tinuance of this valuable periodical.
TUTPINVATiI WARD /Tmes.—Workmen
were yestellay employed in laying gas-tdpe noon the
Bridge-street mainto the 46 round-house " of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, along Thirtieth street, preparatory to
introducing gas into the blinding.
Hamilton street isbeing graded. The work progresses
rather slowly, on account of the quantity of rock to be
quarried Out.
The repairs to the Wire bridge are about one-third
comFleted. The entire poodq•ork Of the otructuro wag
decayed to rottenness, and will probably have to be re
newed in tote, although the ordinance of Council, we
believe, only provides for the repair of the roadway.
King's Hotel, 'on the Schuylkill, is undergoing various
alterations, and being enlarged.
GRAY RESERYES.—This afternoon the Gray
Beeerves intend going into camp. Their tame will be
pitched on the field adjoining the RidgeAvanue Rail.
way depot. On Thursday, from 9toll A. M., they will
be drilled by companies; from 11 to 1 o'clock a grand
regimental parade will take place; from. to 5 the men
will go through the various firings, in companion.
platoon'', &v., &c., and will form in a hollow now, for
the resistance of cavalry attacks.
ROnrEßY.—Testerday morning a man named
William Kennedy was before Alderman Devlin charged
with stealing $75 from a flour store at Hope and Master
streets. The money was in a bag, which the proprietor
had temporarily placed upon the counter. While his
attention was called away, Xermedy made off with the
funds. :He wait subsequently captured, and after the
bearing was committed to prison. _
STREET AFFRAT,...Three men got Into
quarrel, about eleven o'clock on Monday night, on Desch
street, below Laurel. During the wrangle one of them
was injured pretty heady. He received as ugly gash,
about four inches in length, across the front of the head.
The wound is not considered dangerous. Daniel Drum
was arrested on the charge of having committed the as
sault. He was committed to answer. Hugh Durkin.
charged with tieing an act-awry, was also committed.
PARDONED.--George W. Peterman, who
was convicted of forgery, June 18, 1658, and sentenced
to an imprisonment of two years in the Eastern Peni
tentiary? has been pardoned. Ills pardon reached the
city yesterday afternoon.
APPEALS FROM ASSESSMENTS.—The Board of
City Commissioners is now in session to consider appeals
from the fisgessMellt of rug and mould property. as re
turned or the assessors of the different wards, Tor the
triennial assessment of 1862. The applicants from the
Second ward were heard yesterday, and those from the
Third ward will be attended to to-day.
DEATII IN A STATION HOUSE.—On Monday
afternoon, a man named William Orr, was round iiing IR
Didier Wert, in a dying condition, and men to the film
cond-district police-elation. lie hail a severe cut upon
the head, which, it is suppoged, he received by toning
down. The man died list night about eleven o'closk. He
was about forty-eight years of age.
TESTING. GUN.—An officer has arrived here
from Sew York to teat a nine-inch Dahlgren gun, mann
fzeturod hr Masers. Matthews & Moore, of the Bush tllit
Iron Werke. The looting ground fart Columbia Badge,
on the Reading Rend. The experiments were begnii yea
terday teeming.
HONOR TO THE DRA.D.—During yesterday,
the flags in the city were at half-mast, and a number of
them draped in mourning, in respect to the memory of
Col. E. D. Baker, who was killed in a skirmish on lion
day.
ItIV.-11. Or eiltltoß.—Sltty Camp% for
the gunboats, ac., built in this city and Wilmington, ar
rived from New York, in the steamer Boston, on Mon
day evening. The guns aro 32-pounders.
INEXCUSABLE RUMANISSI.—A man named
Patrick J. White was brought before Alderman Witter.
yesterday, on the charge of committing a drunken as.
sault upon J. W. Bartram, of the \Tether'll House. The
attack was altogether gratuitous,
Funeral of Thomas Wildey.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 22.—The funeral of Thomas
Wildey, the founder of Odd Fellowship in this
country, took place this morning. There was a
very large concourse, including delegates from va
rious seetions of the Order in the country, and A
number of military officers. Several military bands.
were also in the procession.
WE refer our readers to a new advertisement of
Messrs. Jay Cooke 1E Co., in whieis it is stated that
aia per cent. Treasury notes will be taken eh pats
for rubseriptionte the new natiorial loatt.
EXTRA VALUABLE REAL ESTATE,
&WES, &C.
—Thomas & Sons' sale, on Tuesday next, 29th inst.,
will include the splendid mansion s Broad street,
desirable smaller dwellings, yaluable boinew
property Wilnut street, valualle farm, valuable
mill and farm, building tag, sk s ekg, loans, itn.
Bea advordeamosta, auett.On bend Parapblot cats•
logues on Saturday.