THE PRESS.
RU IK= DAILY, (BUNDAYB lIXORPTED,)
BY .TOHN W. FORNEY,
OTYIO2 Ru. 41T OIENOTHIIT OTBZET.
DAILY PRESS,
ORRTS PRI WERE, payable to the Carrier.
Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Sin DOLLARS
Pia ANNUM, POOR DOLLARS FOR EIGHT eIONTIIB,THRUI
'VOLUM FOR Oil DIONTHS•4IIIISiabY in advance nor
lire time ordered.
THE 2EI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Mailed to Subscriber" on; of the City at Twos DOL.
iLkiS Paz Amcor, in advance
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
1861. F G 1861.
E FALL 0
H S.
RIEGEL, BAIRD, & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
OF
DRY GOODS.
1510. 47 NORTH THIRD MEET, PHILADELPHIA.
Prompt-paying merchants are respectfully
invited to examine our large and carefully-se
lected stock of desirable goods, which will be
sold at prices to suit the times.
se2B-2m
JAMES, KENT,
SANTEE, & CO,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
or
DRYGOODS.
289 and 211 North THIRD Street, above Bace,
Have now open their usual
..LARGE AND COMPLETE STOUR OF FOREIGN
AND DOMESTIC GOODS,
Among which will be found a general swarth:tea of
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
W CASH BUYERS SPECIALLY INVITED.
setT-211n
aIHOMAA MELLOR & CO.,
Noe. 40 snd 40 NORTH . TEM RNA
.HOSIERY HOUSE,
LINEN IMPORTERS and
SHIELT-112011T MANIFFACTIIEERS.
IMPOrtatiOIIS direct from the Mannfactoriee. 8/311-2m
18gi . TO CASH BUYERS. 1861.
„L
It C..LAUGILLIN & Co.,
No. 303 MARKET STREET,
Are receiving daily, from the PHILADELPHIA and
NEW YORK AUCTIONS, a general assortment of
IitERCHAND/OZ, bought for CAM.
VA6II RIM MO are modally invited to call and ota
amine one Stock. ses-ti
1861. FALL GOODS. 1861.
FRESH ASSORTMENT.
DALE, ROSS, & CO.,
S2l MARKET STREET,
Sara rewired ) and are new waling, a fresh stock of
FALL & WINTER GOODS
which will be sold low for CASH and on short credits.
wir Buyers are respectfully Invited to Call et S 1
amino our stock, außl.2m
CARPETINGS.
LARGE CARPET STOCK
SELLING OLIT
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES,
CLOSE BUSINESS.
BAILY & BROTH ER,
No. 920 CHESTNUT STREET.
ael7-teha 2m
"ARCH -STREET CARPET
WAREHOUSE."
OLDDEN Bc RICKNER.
NO. 532 ARCH STREET,
Two doors below NINTH, South side,
Hato now in store, a SPLENDID STOCK
of
ENGLISH AND AMERIVAN
'which are now offered at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES,
ocl9 12t FOR CASH.
NEW CARPETING.
JAMES H. ORNE,
Chestnut st., below 7th,
130IITH SIDS
*Now opening from the New York Auction Room% a
large let of CROSSLEY'S 'ENGLISH TAPESTRY
1111 . 08E118, which will he lola from
871 OTS. TO $1 PER YD I
Also, a complete assortment of all the varieties of CAR
-rum-% of OUR OIYN ThiPORTA.T/ON, com.
CROSSLEY'S WILTON & VELVET CARPETING
TEMPLETON'S AXMINSTER do.
SENDERSON'S DAMASK AND
TWILLED VP.NETIANS
Alm, a large variety of EivaLisn BRUSSELS, im
ported Bader the old duty, which will be sold at low
Brim.
Included in our stock will be found a complete assort
ment of INGRAM AND THREE-PLY CARPETING.
'OIL CLOTH FROM 1 TO 8 YARDS WIDE,
JAMES H. OHNE.
626 VII26TICUT . STBEBT, IS BLOW BEYBNIII
ocs-1m
FOURTH -STREET
CARPET STORE,
No. 4T, ABOVE CHESTNUT,
I am now offering my stock of
ENGLISH CARPETINGS,
EMBRACING EVERY VARIETY AND STYLE.
Imported expressly for City Retail Sales, at Prices
LESS THAN TRESS= COST OF IMPORTATION.
J. T. 13.1ELAA.CROIX
sen-2m
G LEN ECHO MILLS,
GEuntaxTowli, PA.
McCALLUM & Co,
ISIANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS.
609 CHETNAJT EtTREET,
CARPETINGS,
OIL CLOTHS, &a.
'We have now on hand an extoneive stock of Carpet
toga of our own and other makes, to which we call the
+attention of cash and abort time buyers.
NEW C ARP ETINGS.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
Ho. 619 CHESTNUT STREET—OPPOSITE STATE
HOUSE,
Are OM opening, from Custom Honse Stores, their
FALL IMPORTATIONS
NEW OARPETINGS
1,000 pieces J. CROSSLEY & SONS* TAPESTRY
CARPITS. from
75 CTS. TO $1 PER YARD.
6-4 TAPESTRY VELVET;
FRENCH AVBUSSON;
FINE AXMINSTER'
ROYAL WILTON"
EXTRA ENGLISH BRUSSELS;
HENDERSON & CO.'s YENITIAN;
ENGLISH INGRAIN CARPETS;
ALL ON NEW CHOICE STYLES.
r : : a ; : ; • p::
ADVANCE IN ll= TAltlrr,
Will be sold et
MODERATE PRICES.
.i 29.201
CHINA AND QUEENSWARE.
1861.
BOYD & STROUD.
No. 32 NORTH FOURTH STREET,
HATE NOW THEIR
USUAL LARGE STOCK ON HAND,
To which they invite the attention of CASH BUYSItS.
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VOL. 5. - NO. 71.
MEDICINAL
H EL MB OL D'S GENUINE
PREPARATIONS.
HELTIBOLD'S GENUINE PREPARATIONS.
lIELMBOLD'S GENUINE PREPARATIONS.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT DUCAL"
Cures Diseases of the Bladder.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU
Cores Diseases of the Kidneys.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU
Cures Gravel.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU
Cares Dropsy.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT RlTaint
Cures Nervous Sufferers.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU
Cures Debilitated Sufferers.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU -
For
For Los. 9 of Memory.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU
For Loss of Power.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU
For Consumption, Insanity.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BITCHU
For Epileptic Fits, St. Vitus' Dance.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BURET
For Difficulty of Breathing.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU
For General Weakness.
BELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU
- For:Weak Nerves.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU
For Trembling.
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For Night Sweats.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU'
For Cold Feet.
BELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU
For Dimness of Vision.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU
For Languor.
HELMBOIIIPS EXTRACT BUCIIU
For Universal Lassitude of the Muscular System.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BMW
For Pallid Countenance.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU
For Eruptions.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU
For Paine in the Back.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU
For Headache.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU
For Sick Stomach.
HELMBOLD'S GENUINE PREPARATIONS.
If you are suffering with any of the above distressing
aihnehts, use HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU.
Try it, and be convinced of its efficacy-.
DELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BMW, recommended by
names known to SCIENCE and FAME.
HELMBOLD'S ExTiuteT Ductl. Sse Catatilitit
made by the late Dr. Physic_
HELMBOLD'SEXTRACT BUCIIU. See Dr. De
woe's valuable work on Practice of Physic.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU. See Dispensa
tory of the United States.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT RECUR. See remarks
made by Dr. Ephraim IvleDoWell, a celebrated Arai.
elan, and Member of the Royal College o[ Surgeons,
Ireland, and published in Ring and Queen's Journal.
HELMBOLD'S Genuine Preparations. See Medico-
Chirurgical Review, published by Benjamin Travers,
F. R. C. S.
HELMBOLD'S Genuine Preparations. See most of the
late Standard Works on Medicine_
BELMBOLD'S Conine Preparations. See remarks
made by distinguished Clergymen.
HELMBOLD'S GENUINE PREPARATIONS
" Give health and vigor to the frame,
And bloom to the pallid cheek;"
and are so pleasant to the taste that patients become
fond of them.
DELNEOLD'S EXTRACT BUCIIU; $1 per bottle, or
six for 5:5 ' delivered to any address. Depot ICH South
TENTH Street, below Chestnut, Philadelphia, Pa.,
where all letters must be addressed.
PHYSICIANS IN ATTENDANCE
From S A. M. to S P. M.
Describe symptoms in all communications.
ADTICE GRATIS. CURES GUARANTIED.
Sold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere. ees-stuth3m
EDUCATIONAL.
MR. WINTHROP TAPPAN'S
BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL for young la
dies, will reopen at No. 1616 SPRUCE Street, on WED.
D'ESDAY4 September 71. go7-9.m
THE WEST CHESTER A CADEMY,
at West Chester, Pa.., within two hours' ride from
Philadelphia, by the Pennsylvania Central, or by the
West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, via Media.
The Winter Term, of full fire months, commences on
the Ist of NOVEMBER.. lEJlllffityy gieutZt-.0. will ba
introduced as a regular department of the system of in..
struction, to those who desire to avail themselves of its
advantages, at a moderate charge.
Eight tried and experienced Teachers assist the Prin
cipal in the duties of the school.
WM. F. WYERS, A. M.,
Principal.
THE REV. M. MEIGS' FAMILY
SCHOOL for Young Men and Boys, at Potts
town, Montgomery county, Pa., will reopen on Wednes
day, the 6th of November nest. For Circulars, giving
in detail the terms and course of study, address the
Principal.
References—James L. Clag.horn, James E. Caldwell,
E. Westcott Dailey, John W. Cleghorn, 'William H.
Kern, Thomas Birch, A. F. Clans, Edward Lafmtftade,
Edward Roberts. ocs-18t*
PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS,
SCHOOL APPARATUS for CLASS ILLUSTRA
TIONS, Globes, Drawing Insirnments, dec., &c., made
and for sale by JAMES NV. QUEEN do CO.,
ea CHESTNUT Street.
Priced stl paged, Dar.
niabed gratis, and eeut by wail free, on application.
sele-tm
CLASSICAL INSTITUTE,
DEAN Street, above SPRUCE.
The CLASSICAL INSTITUTE will resume its ditties
on wawa*, September SS.
J. W, RAIWES, A. bin
an26-2ino Principal.
ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL
SCHOOL.—The school of the snhscriber, in Simea'
Building, at TWELFTH and CHESTNUT Streets, will
be removed to the larger Hail, directly over Mr. Has
card's store in the same building, and will be reopened
on MONDAY, 9th of September.
CHARLES, SHORT.
MERCHANT TAILORS.
EDWARD P. KELLY, FORMERLY
one of the leading Tailors of the city, and principal
of the firms of Kelly & Brother, Chestnut, above Se
venth, and Lukens, Kelly ,t Bro., 725 Chestnut, will
rostuue the Tailoring Business at No. 1-12 SOUTH P1111:5)
Street, Ort. DA, and will furnish clothes equal to his old
reputation, at very moderate prices, for cash ou delivery.
Persons indebted to Kelly ,t Brother will pleage make
payment to EDWARD P. KELLY. 0c2.1-64*
E. O. THOMPSON,
TAILOR,
N. E. COR. SEVENTH and WALNUT STS.
CIRCULAR
My customers, and the public generally, are respect
fully informed that my selections of fabrics and facili
ties for Milos. Orders this season are quite equal to those
of any former one. I therefore take this convenient
method of cordially inciting my old patrons, together
with all gentlemen of taste and dress, to giro my es
tablishment an early visit.
N. B.—All kinds of Military Uniforms made at the
eborteet notice. oc9-1m
LOOKING GLASSES.
IMMENSE REDUCTION
LOOKING GLASSES,
OM PAINTINGS, INGRaTHiGS,
PICTURE AND PHOTOGRAPH mum.
JAMES S. EARLE & SON,
816 CHESTNUT STREET,
announce the reduction of 25 per cent. in the prices at all
the Mannfactored Stock of Looking 0111.458 a ; also, in
illErn‘lnall, Picture and Photograph Frames, Oil Paint.
lags. The largest and most elegant assortment in the
country. Arare opportunity's now offered to make met
chases In this line For Cash, at remarkably Low Prices
EARLE'S GALLERIES,
./79-ff 816 CHESTNUT Street-
CABINET FURNITURE.
CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL-
W WARD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
Ito. 'in south f3EUOND Strent,
in connection with their extensive Cabinet Business are
now manufacturing a imperior article of
. _
BILLIARD TABLES,
And have now on band a full supply, finished with the
MOORE & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which are pronounced, by all who have need them, to be
superior to all others.
For the suality and Ankh of them Tablas the Minn
facturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
Linton who are familiar with the character of their work.
andr.tim
BUSINESS NOTICES.
PRACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL
CIIEMDITRY—The Laboratory of the eateorlbors
is open daily, from 9A. M. to 6P. M., for Analyses of
Ores, Guanos, Waters, &c. Also, for the Instruction of
Students in Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geulogy.
Opinions given in Chemical questions.
Special Instruction in MEDICAL CHEMISTRY.
JAMES C. ROOTH,
THOS. 11. GARRETT,
JNO. J. DEESE, M. D.,
oc4-3m No. 30 CHANT Street, Tenth, below Market.
TORN WELSH, Practical SLATE
-.ROOFER, THIRD Street and GERMANTOWN
&nut, in prepared to put oil any amount of BOOM%
on the moat MODERATE TERMS. Will enormity to
cake every Building perfectly Water-Gght
or - orders promptly attended to. myT-/y
IN EVANS & WATSON'S
SALAMANDER SAFES
STORE,
16 SOUTH FOTJETII STREET,
PatLAMM - I'IIVA, PA.
A large variety of FIRE-NUM? worn alwayst
MI bang.
WAIN PIPE -STEAM-PRESSED
_L-• wroxEwArx DRAIN ripz.
PRICE LIST. .
2-inch bore, per yard 25 cents.
3 it it tt 30 it
4 .. n 41 40 it
5 Ai 41 4 1...
....t 50 ..
5 it it 1.6 85 ..
7 11 16 4, 86 IL
5 it it ii -110 it
9 14 6 t it 125 ~
10 " " n 150 it
12 66 46 tt
200 "
A liberal discount allowed to Deulera, and to those or
dering in large auantitiea.
FACTORY—SEVENTH and Germantown road.
s. AL. atatottilON,
aels-H Warehouse 1010 0111122‘N1ir StrOat.
(lOTTON SAIL DUCK and CAN.
9Af3, of all numbers and brands.
Raven's Duck Awning Twills, of all descriptions, for
Tents, Awnings, Trunks, and Wagon Covers.
Also, Paper Manufacturers' Drier Yalta, from Ito a
feet wide. Terpenling, Belting, Bail Twine, Re.
JOHN W. /SIMIAN & 00.,
mll4l 1013 JOU& Alley.
to ;11rtss.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1861.
Intervention in Mexican Affairs
The people of the United States cannot avoid
feeling a deep interest in the affairs of the
Mexican Republic. Geographical position,
political sympathy, and commercial ties, com
bine to force upon the statesmen of this
country an anxious solicitude in regard to
every question connected with the Govern
mental progress of that beautiful, yet distracted
land.
Its present condition confirms an admitted
analogy between the laws of political and phy
sical mortality. Nature has spread out in that
region, with lavish hand, her highest physical
blessings; and in the farms of Government
also, her people had at one time reached the
state of republican freedom and national secu
rity. But they proved sadly incompetent to
appreciate and profit by these blessings; and
itWould seem, at last, that the spirit of liberty
, c had ceased to strive" with those who have
so often set at naught all its higher inspirations.
The present of Mexico appears to be that
spasmodic agony which implies a speedy and
final dissolution. In latter years, its Govern
ment bas been little else than the tran
sient prize of successful rapacity. The crimi
nal and cruel exactions of the Minister have
engendered and fostered the spirit of fraud
and barbarity in the menial, until disaffection,
anarchy, and shameless license prevail through
out the land. Its highways swarm with ban
ditti ; its cities are crowded with beggars by
day, and assassins by night; and its better
classes, everywhere, have been borne down by
civil taxes and military conscriptions, until
agriculture, manufactures, and commerce are
no more.
- The financial condition of the Government
of Nexico is as desperate and depressed as
are its affairs in other respects. We perceive
our well-informed and able cotemporary, the
New York Times, estimates the "entire in
debtedness" to be only $118,000,000 at the
present time. Mexican financiers have di
vided. their public debt into two classes—fo
reign and domestic. Of this latter class,
$40,000,000 may be termed a legacy of the
revolution of 1822. To this should be added
the short-comings of its
_fifty Administrations
since that period. In 1853, (the latest re
liable financial report within our reach at this
moment,) the domestic debt was stated
at about $80,000,000, and the foreign at
$53,000,000. Allowing, then, something for
the fruits of the Mesilla arrangement, yet count
ing unpaid interest, the acknowledged un
liquidated debts of Mexico can scarcely be less
at this time than $160,000,000 ; and judging
from what we have heard, from time to time,
of its Government contracts and obligations,
any one who undertook to relieve that country
of all its public liabilities would make a losing
bargain at any less figures than $200,000,000.
At all events, its net current revenues, varying
as they have from $13,000,000 under the cen
tralism of Santa Anna to 456,009,000 under
the more republican Arista, have never suf
r ficed to pay its annually accruing interest,
leaving the Government to forced loans and
special exactions for its own support. How,
under these circumstances, can siW adcquately
fulfil the functions of responsible nationality,
or secure the due enforcement of law and
order ?
The buzzards' feast seems near at hand :
Spain, true to its traditional instincts, is rous
ing itself with a degree of energy unwonted
since the forays of Cortez and Pizarro while
Prance, it is said, talks of withdrawing its
protection from the Roman Pontiff; and tender
ing to unhappy and distracted Mexico the
superior quiet and good order secured for
Algeria t England, of course, cannot be in
different to this question,or,theseunivenients
rnr-Irer- cotemporarte.—ir for no
other reason because the principal part of '
the Mexican foreign debt is held by British
subpets, who claim (and we believe really
have, in some form) a lien upon one or two of
the finest States of this perishing Republic.
Accordingly, we have various rumors of a
common understanding of some sort among
these parties, as to how that country is to be
disposed of. What this imderstanding is, or
what one may finally be adopted by these
Powers, we feel well assured the Government
at Washington will take care duly to inform
itself.
Two years since, both the people and Go
vernment ,of England were avowedly willing
that our Monroe doctrine should he carried
out in its extremest form with regard to
Mexico. The London Times of that day held
the following unmistakable language ;
" The extinction of the Mexican nationality may
be looked upon as already complete. The only
question is, as to the further months and days
during which the saturnalia mist be allowed to
proceed, before the diplomatic measures can be
ripened that shall allow of their being put onder re
straint by the strong and willing - hand of their
neighbors. Spain, who has done her best by fo
menting clerical intrigues against Comonfort, is,
doubtless, looking with impotent rage at its ap
proach, But even the support of France will be of
no avail in retarding it ; and England has certainly
no reason to look on with any feeling of commisera
tion. No one can defend the existence of a Pande
monium in the very centre of civilized commerce ;
and if the nations of the world are unable to agree
upon the proper remedies, the task of quenching it,
must, of course, be performed by those who urn
nearest. It would be grievous that a community,
nominally free, should be converted into a slave
State, which would be the first result of American
annexation ; and it may therefore be hoped that, in
place of that measure, the establishment of a pyo
teetorate may be resolved upon ; but even supposing
annexation to take place, it would bring with it the
compensating assurance, that owing to its ultimate
bearing on the fate of Cuba there would be an end
to all anxiety on the question of the speedy extinc
tion of the slave trade."
What may be the present determination of
the English Government with regard to Mexi
co is, just now, not very apparent. The Times
still consistently declares, in the tone and tem
per of two years since, so far as intervention is
concerned: as The only hope of the world is that
a stronger, and with all its faults, a more esti
mable race would come in and conquer the land
and possess it." Who this stronger and more
estimable Power is, to whom the Times now
has reference, does not very clearly appear
from the context. Perhaps it may be Spain;
for, in concluding this article of the other day,
it declares as the 014 pcliey of Spain, by which
ieery office was given to born Spaniards, would
be preferable to the ruinous equality of races
which now prevails." But whatever the au
tocratic Times, orYrance and Spain, with Eng
land, if she chooses, added to the conclave,
may determine upon this question, it is mani
festly time, high time, that we, of this coun
try—who have a deeper interest in the ques
tion under consideration than all of them put
together—entered upon some resolved and
fixed policy towards our unhappy neighboring
Republic. In deciding what this policy Shan
be, an examination of the character and pecu
liarities of the people of that country is not
only logical, but at this period aholutely es
sential.
We must herc tOIItCSS 011T4CIYUS among
those who despair of a well-organized and
continuing republican system in Mexico,
without the assistance of a stronger arm or
steadier counsels than she is likely to com
mand at home. Five-sixths of the people of
the people of that country are utterly without
any property in the soil—mere dependents
upon their daily exertions for subsistence.
This portion is not only separated from the
other sixth as a class, performing the lowest
and most laborious offices of life, but by race
also. The old Spanish conquerors divided
amongst themselves and their followers all the
lands in the inhabited regions of the con
quered territory, and with these they also
parcelled out the Indian ocoupants as laborers.
The latter were called encomiende,y, qr va44al4
of the military chieftain to whose lot they fell,
and have continued to descend along with the
real estate down to a very recent period. Thus
grew up in that country, and thus has been
preserved, an all-powerful landed aristocracy ;
and thus, too, have been continued the c urses
of caste, which the privileges of a republican
Constitution, as here fitfully and partially ad
ministered, have done little to eradicate. The
religious establishment of the country, in
stead •of bringing aid to the efforts of freedom,
has, for the most part, rested like a frightful
Ph ILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1861.
incubus on its bosom, teaching scarcely more
than a holiday faith, and blending the brightest
truths of its heavenly original with some of tile
crudest superstitions of native barbarism.
Holding, until very recently, an immensely
undue share of the wealth of the nation, the
clergy, with a few glorious exceptions, have
never exhibited any affinity, or even toleration,
for democracy. On the contrary, all their
vast influence with the masses is, and will
doubtless continue to be, directed to the pro
motion of a system of government nearest
akin to their favorite feudatory regulations,
and also most likely to secure the Church pro
perty that remains in their hands untrammelled
and untaxed.
The commerce of Mexico, and many of its
richest mines, are chiefly- in the hands of fo
reigners, who either lean towards monarchy
or are careless of the mode in which the coun
try is governed, so that their particular inte
rests are not invaded. The predial laborers,
as we have said, are utterly unreliable as a
material element in the organization of a re.
publican system. The servile classes in the
cities and the large towns are still more de
graded, simply the vices of civilized life having,
been added to their savage character. The
Class remaining unconsidered in this rapid
review is the military. During the interval of
three hundred years between the Spanish con
quest and the Revolution, Mexico was swayed
by a succession of military masters, clothed
with all the pomp and pageantry of the system.
The court of every viceroy glittered with
golden epaulets, and the nodding plume, the
sash, and the sword were indispensable items
in the catalogue of manly grace and fashion.
Military offices were almost the only honors
of the country, and, as such, became the ea
gerly-sought prizes of provincial ambition. If
such was the effect among the educated rulers
of Mexico, how much more attractive must
have become the paraphernalia of the soldier
to the simple but imaginative people of the
native races. This love of sheer military
pomp and parade has grown at length into a
national vice, which the mild forms of republi
can freedom can never eradicate. The chief
tain clings to it, and appeals to it in every
struggle to recover or retain power. And he
seldom appeals in vain. Surely and readily
are all ranks filled up at whose head flutters a
pennon or gleams a sword, inviting to a life of
show, of plunder, and of ease.
Take, then, all these circumstances com
bined in an isolated country like Mexico—hope
otherwise as we may, and must-what reason
able chances do they leave against its ulti
mately falling again under the imperial rule of
some man like Santa Anna, who, with all his
faults, possessed both military and administra
tive ability of no common order ?
As illustrative of the character and habits of
this strange people, and how opposed * they are
to the ordinary quiet republican simplicity in
which we have lived so happily, we give the
record of a single day of Mexican life—a Sun
day—during the period of the Administration
of Santa Anna.
The Grand Cathedral of Mexico is filled to
its immense capacity, to witness the consecra
tion of a new provincial bishop. The foreign
ministers are present in state, and among them
the American plenipotentiary, Who, though
known as a most militant Protestant, is cross
ing himself, and blundering through . all the
Catholic forms of devotion, under the silly
idea of diplomatic results The President
of the Republic acts as Padrino on the occasion;
the richly jewelled mitres, the gold embossed
robes of velvet, the golden candlesticks, gold
incensorics—everything, is in the most impe
rial splendor and equalled at no other court
or cathedral in the world. The imposing
church ceremonies are soon concluded ; after
which a new decree is proclaimed by the
President, re-establishing the order of Knight
hoed of Guadeloupe, a former creation of the
Emperor Iturbide Wiwi, at a fitting fte,ak.,,
Milikcfils—of—the —h_eavieat ,artillow, are
charged, and ten thousand—armed ;stilatera'
march and countermarch in clouds of smoke
through the grand plaza, to the blended music
Of the cathedral organ and that of the military
bands!
Extend the record into the same Sunday
evening, and stand at the window of the Pre-
sident's palace : the moon has flung its silvery
veil over the snow-capped volcanoes in the
distance, and over all the intermediate plains;
and it falls also, glittering and quivering, on
the glazed tiles and old gray stones of nume
rous churches and convents, which stand
on every .side. The bells in a hundred towers
and steeples have commenced to chime the
vesper hour; and you can even hear the low,
chanted notes of the vesper hymn, stealing
forth on the evening air. Just as the heart is
opening itself to the magical beauty and har
mony around, the harsh notes of the trumpet
break in ; then the rattling drum and heavy
tread of banded soldiery. -Five well-appointed
regiments have passed down the street towards
the citadel, to be in readiness for a pronuacia
miento (a change in the character of the Go
vernment), which is to take place on the mor
row. The morrow came, of course ; the
"Plan of Jalisco" was duly announced by a
few hundred men and boys in a procession,
flanked by soldiers, and carrying the new Con
stitution, or basis of government, printed,
banner-like, on white satin. An observant
stranger would probably have remarked, that
tbe music made the - principal part of the en
thusiasm, and that there were at least twice as
many men as shirts in the revolutionary party!
The same (the Universal) newspaper which
chronicled all these events of twenty-four
hours, announced the robbery, by bandits, of
the newly-made bishop, thus early, on his way
to his distant diocese !
There has been for years a deep under-cur
rent of feeling running in the Mexican mind
against the United States, upon the supposi
tion that we were de - sirous of absorbing that
country, and destroying its nationality. There
may be a few extremely speculative statesmen
amongst us, who, in the happy ignorance of
the personnel and peculiarities of the masses
in Mexico, dream of their future absorption
into the Anglo-American system. But such
a dream is one of treason to the best interests
of our people ; and those in Mexico or else
where, who fear its realization may calm their
disquietude. Time, and the rapid increase of
our population in the North, may bring into
our constellation some of the present border
States of that Confederacy, which are now
more sparsely populated, counting Indians
and all, than they were twenty years ago. But
that American, who, in his wildest visions of
an extended boundary, ever crosses the Sierra
Madre, must be a sciolist in the science of hu
man government.
In thus objecting to any intimate union
with the Mexican people, we desire to dis
tinctly admit that there are many and mAriml
instances and exceptions of moral elevation
and social refinement in the higher classes.
Brilliant evidences there have been, and are
still to be found there, of the quickness and
aptitude of the r , ,,paniqb inindi and the drove
qualities of old Castilian blood. But look at
the details : in less than eight millions of peo
ple, are seven distinct castes—Gachapias, or
Spaniards, born in Spain; Creoles, whites of
European blood, born in Mexico ; Mestizos,
from a union between the whites and native In
dians ; Mu latices we need not describe ; Zantbos,
a mixture between the African negro and na
tive Indian, and the most hideous of human
kind; the African Negro of pure blood; and
last, but not least in numbers, the native In
dians. More than half of the whole popula
tion consists of this latter class ; and a majori
ty- of these arc scarcely improved from the
condition in which they were found by Cortez
at the Conquest. On the tierras calientes, or
warm plains bordering on the ocean coasts,
they roam nearly naked the year round, and
are never decently clad in the tierras !M
-ph/des, or more temperate regions of the in
terior.
They are supposed to be ChristianiZed, we
are aware , but, as we have already intimated,
it is scarcely more, as they receive it, than a
mere holiday faith, grafted upon their own
* A fact, Which really transpiret The actor was
Gadsden, of South Carolina, the weakest of all the old
women we ever sent abronti ; a mistake of Jefferson
Davie, who urged him neon General Pierces Adminis
tration, um of vim preTionely knew him.
crude mythology. Instead of having any ra
tional apprehension of the Great Spirit who
inhabits eternity, or of the sublime mysteries
of the Christian's hope and faith, it is to be
feared these "poor Indians" see little beyond
the images carved or pictured by the hand of
man, and kneel to these as stolidly as their
fathers (lid before the conquest—to the mon
strous idols, representing the unseen powers
in air and earth; or, as some of them bowed
down in the more beautiful forms of the
worship of the sun.
We cherish the most abundant respect for
the Catholic faith and forms of worship. As
exhibited in the United States, there is not a
valid reason for doubting its perfect consisten
cy with our forms of Government. Indeed,
its political inclinations, if any it has, as a
Church with us, would seem, from the course
of its votaries, to be in favor of democratic
or liberal principles. But this has not always
been the case with the Spanish priesthood in
Mexico. We do not wish to be understood
but.that some (the Jesuit fathers partiettlarly)
have done much, at times, for the amelioration
of the condition of the natives, and often sof
tened and stayed the hand of the Spanish op
pressor. But, very few of them rendered any
assistance in throwing off the yoke of Spain.
The' first cry of liberty—the " Grit° de Do
lores "—fell upon unwilling ears, sheltered in
great Gothic piles, and high monastic walls.
And often anathemas, and even the dread pow
ers of the Inquisition, were employed by the
Church officials in Spanish America to clog
the efforts of freedom, for ten long struggling
years. But when, at last, the spirit of reform
reached old Spain itself, and the Spanish
Cortes, under the new. Constitution, began to
issue decrees cutting off certain church estates,
then, all suddenly, the Yrelie of union with the
mother country became unbearable. Then it
was soon and loudly proclaimed, from the same
pulpits which fulminated anathemas before,
that the interests of Mexico and of religion
both required an immediate separation from
Spain.
It should also be remembered that the first
organic movement in regard to a new Govern
ment—the famous "Plan of Iguala," of 1822,
Which was mainly the work of the revolting
priesthood—provided for a limited monarchy ;
and even offered the crown to Ferdinand VII.,
and then to the other members of his family,
in regular succession. It also looked very
carefully to the supremacy of the Church, at
the very moment it was declaring- all the in
habitants of New Spain, without distinction
of persons—Europeans, Africans, and Indians
—to be citizens, and eligible to the highest
offices, according to their merits and virtues.
Who, under this new system, were to hold
the only scale by which these virtues were to
be measured—the only creed by which they
were to be judged in this world, and their pos
sessors disposed of in the world to come?
Who, but the exclusive, all-powerful, State
established Church? That Church still re
mains there, in all its power. It is a principal
part of the very frame-work of civil society
all over that country, or as far as any civil
society can be said to exist, controlling also
the native races. Snell being the antecedents,
such the present condition and character of
Mexico and its inhabitants, need we add an
other word to prove our first position, that it
never can be grafted upon our body politic,
or come under our glorious Constitution ?
The main question—what part shall the
United States take in the present crisis of
Mexican aflhirs ?—remains for consideration.
The views we entertain in this regard will be
offered to-morrow, or at an early day.
TOWANDA. U. L. W.
4i He Died Leading the Right Wing."
[For The Press]
We may not lift the general pall
Of cold, pale friends the list to. tell ;
This eoramon kiief o'ertops them all,
That in. the battle RAKER fell.
'oh a 1 bn-cHal waril.tn7aus-
And bloody treason pause to press
Those great limbs, stiffened into clay,
And those white locks so motionless.
The voice so still that rang before—
Oh ! let the great their speech employ—
And, sobbing, down the Semite floor
They ceme to touch the Weaver's Boy.
He bore a dauntless heart for aye,
In far-off field, o'er plain and crag ;
So gently fold his dust away
Deep in the spangles of his flag.
No eye so bright shall break the smoke,
- Nor sword so keen in challenge clash ;
Ile joined the rugged British oak
With the straight sinews of our ash.
The river, rippling on its way,
The far hills gazing at the strife,
Death met him at the close of day,
The right wing leading, as in life.
The hope that common soldiers ken
His courage, neither moved nor bent;
The closing days of mighty men
Are hallowed by presentiment.
Time wrought no weakness in his frame,
Nor age his broad brow seamed with scar;
As the dark treason gloaming came
llis life blazed brighter, like a star.
When Labor for its children yearned,
Wrestling with Bondage for a rood
Of the fair plains its valor earned,
He threw his heart into the feud.
And, full of sympathy for ruth
In Freedoom's struggle waved his plume ;
For in his poverty and youth
He learned the music of the loom.
And pallid Murder, that had slain
A hero that had braved its clique,
Heard Baker's voice, and tied 1111111111
Before the corpse of BROPLESIVIC
When Lucifer bad dared to tramp
The nation's. Capitol beneath,
The bronzed old Man came in from camp
And hurled the treason in his teeth.
No folly stood before Lis frown
- So true he knew not how to
And.in the fray his ure went down—
So brave, it was not hard to die.
And. proud that he so nobly fell,
His glory let the nation claim ;
And hear his clear voice like a bell,
Go ringing down the grooves of fame.
GEO• ALFRED TOWNSEND.
Lines on the Death of Col. Baker
BY REV. J. S. WILLIS.
[For The Press.]
0 ! let the solemn drums be beat,
And banners lowly wave ;
Let dews of sorrow bathe the feet
That follow to the grave.
Let wailing trumpets, soft and slow,
Their mournful tale impart;
The stroke that laid the patriot low
Has smote the nation's heart.
No peer,nor gartered knight, forsooth,
But, fir more high and proud,
A man of royal birth, in truth,
Lies cold in martial shroud.
With want he struggled years alone,
And penury's keen sting;
Bat Nature stamped him for a throne,
And right bus crowned him king.
A monarch he, of vast estates,
Where'cr the brave can go ;
A hero, for he fought the fates
That press the beggar low.
And when the flag our fathers bore
Was pierced by traitors through,
The arm that succored him of yore
Sustained his country too.
Full in the face of treason's hordes,
In council and In field,
Ble battled with his burning words,
Mul smote with glittering steel.
But 0! that high .strung heart is rent
By the. rude battle-storm ;
And pallid in his mildewed tent
Slumbers the soldier form.
Let none but freemen bear him thence,
Let none hut patriots weep
Where Freedom burns her pure incense,
Let his proud ashes sleep.
Back on the prairies of the West
Ills martyr feet have trod ;
Down by the blue Pacific's breast,
Lay him beneath the sod
The sunset glow on mountain peak.
The moonlit lake's embrace,
The rich hues that the autumn streak,
Shall cheer his resting•place.
The winds that sweep the snowy verge,
The floods from age to age,
Shall swell to him their solemn dirge,
The soldier and the sage.
And while the mountain cedar grows,
Or stars burn in the sky,
With those who feel a nation's woes
His name shall never die.
PHILADELPiIIA, October 23, 1861.
THE NEW POST OFFICE.-J. B. Moorhead, Esq.. 7
has been associated with the postmaster of this city
as commissioner for receiving proposals for remo
delling and reconstructing the building to be occu
pied by the post office. Under their joint supervi
sion, our eitizeue may be sure postal accommoda
tions will be 6ecured worthy of our metropolis.
THE REBELLION.
TEE WAR IN MISSOURI.
SITUATION OF AFFAIRS.
PRICE STILL RETREATING
A FIGHT AT LYNN CREEK
AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY.
Description of Prominent Places.
A NEW DEMONSTRATION OF THE REBELS.
LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
A REBEL VIEW OF THE SITUATION OF AFFAIRS.
=Trim, FROM COL. WEARY'S COMMAND.
Will Gen. Fremont he Removed.
SUCCESS OF GENT STONE'S MOVEMENT
NEAR LEE6RURck.
REBELS ESCAPING TO EUROPE BY WAY OF CANADA,
&c. &c. &c.
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
The Accounts of Gen. Fremont's Depart-
ST. Louis, Oct. 23.—The Democrat learns that
General Fremont has detailed Brigadier General
Strong, recently appointed on his staff from New
York, to take up all the unsettled aooounts and
contracts of this Department, so that everything
may be searchingly scrutinized in reference to their
final adjustment by the Secretary of War.
Another Skirmish on Linn Creek
ROLLA, Oct. 21— Lieutenant Kerby, with
fifteen men of Major Wright's Battalion, had
another fight, with forty-five rebels, near Linn
Creek, on the 17th, killing five of them and wound
ing about a dozen.
The result of Major Wright's march from Rolla
to Linn creek may be summed up as follows
Three successful fights, in which sixty-eight rebels
were killed ; about the same number wounded;
eighty-seven prisoners taken, one hundred and
twenty-three guns, fifteen horses, several yoke of
oxen, wagons, and many other articles. -
General Prices rebel army was at Greenfield
last Wednesday, still retreating south.
Reports from Springfield say that General Mc-
Bride, of the rebel forces, has resigned, and is on
his way to that place to disband his division and
return home.
eel. Taylor, in commend of the rebel forces at
Springfield, recently issued a proclamation de
claring that all the Union men who had belonged
to the Home Guard would be required to leave the
country, or go into the southern army for the same
length of time they had served in the Federal army,
and requiring ft pledge for the exemplary combat
of their friends who are absent from home.
The proclamation also prohibits the carrying of
any more slaves South, as such a course is calcu
lated to lessen the confidence of the people in the
Southern army to sustain itself in Missouri.
Jett: Thompson's Defeat at Frederick-
No victory in the West since the disgrace of our
arms at Lexington, has so amply atoned for it as the
victory over this bully, braggart, and spollsman.
Forming, as has been said already in The Press, a
portion of the left wing of Folk and the eonneeting
link between it and the forces left under Har
dee and McCulloch, while Price marched upon
Lexington, he had the bold audacity to threaten
the Union forces at
Cape Girardeau.
At this point a small entrenched force of the Fe•
dotal troops had been placed some months since to
protect the Mississippi river between Cairo and St.
Louis, whilst Secession was still rampant and de
monstrative in the commercial metropolis of Mis
souri. In consequence of this demonstration the
Union forces at the Cape were Areagthelied mateT
rially.
c The town itself is only forty-five miles above
If - tea Mutt, -.1-cro omega gaised and fortified,
all trade up and down the river to St. Louis would
have been most effectually cut off, and the rebels
could have rendered Cairo perfect& useless as
defensive post, or as one from which future ag
gressive movements could have been made. In
other words, the latter point would have been
effectually flanked on the west.
Besides, the post might have served as a base of
operations against St. Louis, or against Illinois.
Hence its importance, both to us and the rebels—
to us for defensive, to them for offensive opera
tions. Thompson concentrated his forces at
Frederiektown,
The county seat of Marion county, Missouri, a town
situated in the midst of a productive lead region,
and in which copper is not unfrequently found. It
lies thirty miles north-northwest of the Cape,
twenty from Ironton, (prcsiouslyoompied by Union
troops,) and thirty north of Greenville. Thomp
son's forces have evidently suffered a severe check,
and have fallen back in the direction of
Greenville,
A town upon St. Francis river, which, rising in
Missouri, flows southwest into the Mississippi. yrom
this place Thompson's natural line ofretreat would
be through Stoddard county toward New Madrid,
the present base of Polk's operations, or down the
valley of the St. Francis river toward the south
western corner of Missouri, to form a junction with
MeCulloeh, Priee, 8s Co. From the fact that he
has heretofore been acting under- Gen.; Polk, it is
natural to believe that after passing through Bloem-.
field, the county seat of Stoddard, he would be.
forced to deflect by a long march to the southeast
wardto avoid the low swamps lying north of the
for a circuit of fifty miles opposite Ne 44
Madrid.
These wide swamps or lakes are four in number,
and cover an area jointly of some two hawked
miles, so as to render the marching of troops-almost
an impossibility through the region in which they
lie. No skilful officer in retreat would attempt it.
His march, therefore, would bring him a long ways
toward Benton ere he could turn again, to thosouth
west.
These lakes were occasioned by the woll-known
earthquake of 1812; and aro known severally as
Stoddard, Castor, Mioota, and Nicomey_
Jeff. Thontreotl'e tuarauding "4 , enclott. 116 corps
can only be kept together by iramodiate absorption
into a heavier column of troops, under the lead of
another commander.
AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY.
A Nev Demonstration of tire Rebels.
A portion of Buckner's column, lying mainly
along the route of the Nashville and Louisville
Railroad. has made a divergent movement to the
northeastward. Not able to advance upon Gon.
Sherman at Nolin's Bridge, and carry on a manly
and vigorous warfare according to the received le
gitimate modes of modern warfare, they have be
gun a movement to ravage that portion of South
eastern Kentucky which lies along the turnpike
leading from Bowling Green, Buckner's head
quarters, northward to
Glasgow,
The seat of justice of Barren county, which lies upon
Barren river, a tributary of the Green, from which
the county takes its name. The population is fully
1,200. No town of Southern Kentucky is fuller of
enterprise, intelligenee, and eompliffAV6 wealth.
The county is one of the richest in agricultural
wealth in the southern part of the State. Its in
habitants are highly loyal, hence their subjection
to devastation and plunder. But, not content with
the apoile they have acquired there, the rebels have
sent a column still farther to the northeast, toward
Greensburg,
The capital of Green county. This village
is forty miles north of Glasgow, anti eighty-five
from Frankfort, the capital of the State. Its lo
cation is upon Green River, east of where that
stream is crossed by the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad. Steamboats penetrate to it during a
portion of the fall and spring. Situated in the
midst of a most fertile and productive region, its
people are wealthy, and its trade brisk: The po
pulation approaches 800. Close to it Nei; 4 body of
Union troops, commanded by Gen. Ward. In view
of the advance of a heavy body of rebels, he has
called for reinforcements, and two regiments:of
Union troops have been summoned to his support
from
Lebanon,
A most flourishing town, and the capital of Marion
county, only twenty-five miles north of atoetisbuit-
This town is connected with the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad by a branch road which joins
the fornser at a place called Junction :Station, forty
miles south of Louisville and seventeen utiles in the
rear of General Sherman's position at Nolin's
Bridge or Camp Crittenden. One of these roe ,
ments so summoned is commanded by
Colonel. John M. Harlan,
Who is a eon of the Hon. James Harlan, of Frank
fort, Ky. The father was for many years the At
torney General of Kentucky. the Commissioner of
Land Claims to California under pen, Taylor, and
is the present District Attorney of the United
TWO CENTS.
States for Kentucky. Many years since he served
with distinction in Congress. Through the whole of
Mr. Clay's varied career, ho was his devoted bosom
friend. Being one of the delegates sent from
Kentucky to the Whig National Convention in liiß,
held in Philadelphia, he shed manly tears when
Gen. Taylor defeated the model statesman for
nomination. To-day he is the leading lawyer of
Kentucky.
The son follows the antecedents of the father. In
person tall, athletic, and powerful, he has a cons
nsancliug presertec, A successful lawyer, ha hag
thrown away the gown for the sword. After having
raised a company, Gen. Anderson empowered him
to raise a regiment, and to-day ho commands at
Lebanon one of the finest regiments in Kentucky.
"All native and to the manor born."
lie, too, has had political ambition like his fa
ther. Nominated by the American party in the
Lexington district, ha was beaten by Celt, Sims,
of Paris, only twenty. Last autumn he was upon
the Bell and Everett electoral ticket. None more
than he regrets the perfidy of the decayed states
man of Tennessee, and none will fight more bravely
than this gallant young man for the restoration and
reconstruction of the Union.
The Louisville fonimd, of Monday !ask. con
tales the following items:
la►test Intelligence from Greensburg.
We conversed yesterday evening with a gentle
man direct from the advance of Colonels Harlan and
Anderson, who informed us that tleneral Wan! was
fan ., bask from Greensburg, in Ofeeii county; to
eninfitellSville on Saturday, Colonels Harlan and
Anderson were at Muldraugh 11111, about twelve
miles from Lebanon. Rumors on the streets are to
the effect that the rebels, under Roger Beason, the
fat and limping traitor, are now occupying Greens
burg. We do not believe these rumors ; however,
for on Friday last the rebels were on the south aide
of Little Barren river, and that stream, as well as
Green river, was then so high as to render it int
prabticable to attempt to ford it.
General McCook's Advance
We are assured that the troops at Camp Nevin,
on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, under
command of General McCook, advanced beyond
lgolin Creek on Saturday ; and took a position nine
miles in advance of Camp Nevin.
The Spoliations of the Rebels.
3louNT V - us, Kr.. Oct. 16, 1861.
dii iNl l
GENTLE
or twice, of the retre f the rebels in the mound :I seated in your paper oncerri
tains to and beyond. a ,
Gap. This is it mistake,''
for they are all between London arid Cumberland
Feta, destroying evei . g before them, and they
say that they do not i 'to leave anything at all. lika
They will have to be en back or they will not
go : and it will have to be done very soon, or a great
many of the mountain, ple will starve to death
this winter. They peeled to attack Colonel
Garrard every day a ight, and then on to this
place. They will soon o the blue-grass &sentry
if There is not a force sect them and atop their
progress. Colonel Ga dis twelve miles from
here, between us and ' Is, with only about
m
nine hundred en. r •d help very »such
iedeed, and certainly o . have it, for they are
( O
in g reat danger.
Yonne trati.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
The Message of Governor Harris of
Tennessee.
The Nashville trmiAm_ of the 6th instant, con
tains the message of tiovernor Harris. delivered to
the Legislature on the day preceding. We make
the following extracts from it :.
It is due to Tennessee to say. and it may be said
without disparagement to other States, that our
people have done more in tile work of ratsing,
organizing, arming, and equipping an army titan
was ever before accomplished by any State in the
same length of time.
Having no military organization, and almost
without arms,.and destitute of authority to raise
troops or procure arms until the passage of the act
of the 6th of Nay last, within leas than tWOMOnthS
from the passage of this net, thirty thousand
volunteers were organised and thrown into- the ,
field. Toe much credit cannot be awarded to. the
patriotic people of the State for the alacrity with
which they have rushed to the standard of their
country upon the first intimation of necessity. I
have been compelled lee decline the services of
large number tendered in exam of the demand..
In addition to the provisional army of the State,
a number of regiments have been raised. for Con
federate service, making i,n the aggregate thirty
eight infantry regiments, seven cavalry battalions,
and sixteen artillery companies, which Tennessee
has contributed to the common defence.
The duty of furnishing arms. munitions, and the
meats neeessary to elothe and! subsist the provi
sioned army, involved upon the military and,financial
board. Cut off from Northern markets,. and' South
ern ports blockaded. they found it difficult, if not im
possible, to procure either anus or munitions ti any.
considerable extent. by purchase in the market. The
board, therefore, adopted all. practicable means ,of
stimulating private PlitcrpriN to produce those ar.
tidies of indispensable necessity within our own
limits. They established an armory at Nashville
for the manufacture of. arms. and. made liberal con
tracts with various companies for the casting of
cannon, the purchase of army guns to be manufac
tured in Tennessee, anttdelivered at different times
within the year, from which sources we have, for
come time post, bean receiving. about two hundred
and fifty guns per week. They have also-made li
beral advances to manufacturers-of, powder, to ena
ble them to increase the capacity of their machine-.
ry to the highest degree- of efficiency, and, under
the supervision of Samuel-D. Morgan,.lisq„ esta
blished a percussion-cap-factory, which has already
yielded to the Confederate States-more than twelve
millions of caps, and is. now producing over {Nye
hundred anti twenty-flee thousand.per day.
Outrage by Voluuteers.sn.Tennessee
Brownlow's Whig, of October 12, says: "On
Saturday last about half, a dozen volunteers, with
arms, visited Sevier county, and.on Sunday morn—
ing, without any authority whatever, arrested five
Union men, taking them one at a time, and tying
them fast ; drove them on foot within .six miles of
this city, where they Were overtaken by come
thirty-five armed Union men, and released. The
men arrested were Mr. Keener, two Thomases,
Win. Johnson, and a Mr..Pitner.. One of them was
taken out of bed from a siek.eldki, and another was
lame from a sore foot, When overtaken, thcy,.the
troops, were compelled to kneel in the mud in the.
road, and beg, and made to cry out whatever was
dictated."
The Southern Postal Service,
The Richmond Dispatch. attempts to explain the
irregularities in the postali service. It would. seem.
the old contractors are not all willing to-labor for
the new Government. Lt is stated that ' , some. of
the heaviest contractors, after having receivedpay
een - ice up to the Ist June from the old United
States Government, have thrown up their contracts
for no cause whatever and in some cases. the de
partment has been compelled to advertise twice for
proposals ' 3
but has ;et. received none." Is the
credit of
the Government so poor as that at home?
A Rebel Tiew of the Situaiion.
[Prom the Jackson 31112faisApplan of tho
Tidings from Western Virginia lease no room to
doubt the brilliant successes of our arms in that me-.
naced region. General Lee lads routed the army
under the famous Rosecrans with great slaughter,
and if reports are true, the battle at Big Springs
was. a complete and important victory. General
Amorous huroelt is reported to havoleet mortally
wounded. At Cheat Monatain, our heroic Jack
son, with 2,500 Georgians, met and put to flight,
with heavy loss, 5.000 Lincolnites under General
Reynolds. .4:lur loss was but small. Gen. Jackson is
adding new lustre to a name that is the synonym of
daring and honor. Long may the Power above pre
serve the Jaelleons of the South.
The news from Kentucky is og tl A o roost en
couraging character. The sway of her Crittenden,
Andersons,. and her tory Legislature is doomed.
Kentuckians themselves arc rising up to redeem
the State from the thraldom of anarohy and as
p:aim. Long deceived and slow to move, her
true-hearted and stout sons will show attest the ty
rant of the North that he has waked up a lion that
will pounce upon his cowardly minions and scatter
them as so many flocks of frightened wolves. The
whole State is in a blaze, and everywhere they are
flocking to the standard of these true heroes of the
South, Generals Buckner and Johnson.
In Missouri, our cause is:progressing as finely as
the most sanguine could hope for. Upon every PH
the brave Missourians have gloriously triumphed
over the Hessians. Lexington, Springfield, and
Carthage arc proud monuments of. the invincible
arnis of the South. The 2,000 killed at Oak Hill by
our glorious band of Arkansasians, Louisianians ' awl
Missourians, by the indomitable Ben McCul
loch, and the great and triumphant siege at Lexing
ton, mulling in the killing and dapturing of 5,000
Lineolnites, the taking of 8.000 stand of arms,
twenty cannon, $250.000 of specie, and mules,
horses, wagons, provislons, and tonmunition, with
out number, are victories thieh are terribly felt by
the enemy. and the legitimate results of which are
uniting the Missourians almost as one man, and
bringing them in swarms to She standards of the
sorditittitt, liAtaH_ A feW 41403 1 -I c t t , r i te „, an d
Missouri will he free,
The star of the South is in the ascendant every
where. In every battle-field victory perches upon
our triumphant flag, We only need a successful
ONWARD movement on the Potomao to exhibit to
the world a suceerrivc train of crushing victories
unparalleled is history. Another Manassas attar
would give to our antis a prestige, and shed around
our flag a halo of martial glory which would at
once command the admiration and respect of all
nations. place our independence beyond the possi
bility of a doubt, and secure our immediate recog
nition by foreign Governments. Every day we aro
in receipt of intelligence indicating the probability
of en early engagement between the hostile forces
on the Potomac. It cannot come to soon. We have
an abiding faith that our brave bays in Virginia
will triumph as signally when it does come as they
did at Manassas.
. .
Tide Will he the most important battle of the
:whole campaign. The flower of the army is on the
Potomac. It is the great nucleus around which
lies gathered the grand army 01 the :North. Their
demigod, McClellan, is also there to COMMalld. If
we rout them on the Potomac—as we will do—and
drive them out of Washington—as we can do—
Maryland will be delivered, and a wholesome con
sternation will pervade the Northern mind, that
cannot Mil to have a salutary effect in bringing the
masses to their senses. Having been Whipped
everywhere and finally d.riven from their own
boasted strotighold, their whole armed hordes
having become disorganized, demoraliZed, cowed,
and beaten from Philadelphia to St. Louis, the au
thorit'es of the North will be very glad to capitulate
on terms of peace, and thus the war will be ended.
We believe that events of a portentous character
are culminating rapidly upon thc shores of the Po.
tonne. Our wise President, our sagacious gene-
rals, and our gallant boys there. are all anxious for
the contest.. Let it come, say we. While we are
not inclined to hurry up movements about Which
we are totally ignorant; while we are disposed to
rely implicitly upon the wisdom of the President
and commanding generals, and surrender . to them
the entire munagement of the military policy
the country; yet we Comet Coil to perceive AU irre.
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Tip PRBSB.
pressible .restlessness pervading the minds of our
people. boil; in the rankles and in civil pursuits, for
an advance upon Washington. Never before, it
seems to us. was an occasion so ripe for such a
movement. 'Everything acorns to point to it and
invite it, and the opportonity r once lost, may not be
presented again. We shall wait with patience and
confidence the action of ortr army on the Potomac.
MISCELLANEOUS WA& NEWS.
Success of Gen. Stone's Movement.
IVA t•otworom l Oct. 23.—The stteeets of the
movement of General Stone and General Hanks
across the Potomac, is now established, as the ene
my did not venture to make any further resistance
to it yesterday.
All accounts agree that our men conducted them
solves nobly in the affair of Monday. Even that
portion of the column which received a temporary
chock by the death of its Commander, Gal. Baker,
behaved gallantly, although opposed to a force tri
ple their numbers.
The remainder of General Stone's command also
acted with the coolness of veterans. The ground
thus gained was retained in the undisturbed pos
swim of our troops all day yesterday.
Scouts and reconnoitring parties during tho day
obtained much information in regard to the enemy,
and the above facts are derived from official
Victims of the Late Fight.
A PriViltQ de patch, received here yesterday,
rends es follows :
POOLESVILLE. Aid.. Oct. 23. —Andrew J. Hooper.
of Philadelphia; in company A, California Regi
ment, died this morning from the effects of a wound
received in the gallant dash of this regiment. His
brother. G. W. Hooper. wounded in Ow eboulder,
is doing well.
The Washington IZepublitan of yesterday says
that Col. Wm. Raymond Lee. of the Massachusetts
Twentieth, is among the missing. Colonel Cogs
well, of the Tammany, was seen to fall, but it is
hoped he is alive and a prisoner. Lieut. Colonel
Ward, of the Massachusetts Fifteenth regiment,
was wounded. losing a log.
The operation of crossing the river, always a cri-
Heal One in face of an enemy, seams to halm beeil
admirably performed, and the advantages gained
are well secured. The loss, although lamentable, is
small, considering the circumstances.
Arrival of Blankets.
It is understood that the blankets ordered from
Europe in Aukust, by the quartertaascerff NEMft
malt, arc arriving, Twontynine thousand five
hundred have already reached New York.
The cost to the United Slates is forty cents per
pound, and as each blanket weighs fire pounds, the
cost for each is two dollars.
From Fortress 'Monroe.
,FQIITIMS MONROE, Oct. 22, via Baltimore..
Gen. .herman arrived to-day in the etenceship At-
The affair at Newport News. mentioned yester
day, terminated with bat slight loss_ on either side.
Will General Fremont be Removed I
Thu Tr lbtitte of yesterday COLlttlinS the following
itegpeteh from Washington t
The report made by Adjutant General Thomas
of his recent examination into the administration
of the Department of the West by Major General
Fremont, was this morning considered in full
Cabinet meeting. With the reluctance which
hesitates to injure a distinguished man, and to
wound and disappoint the friends whom a popular
lender gathers in his career, all the members of
the Cabinet Plowly pronounced their judgments
that the interests of Missouri and of the Union re
!paired that General Fremont should he superseded
in his command by Major General Hunter. The
order to this greet will be issued to-morrOVl.
On the other henri, a clocpatch of the same date
to the New York Ti, e.c says:
At the Cabinet meeting to•day, it was decided
nut to Interfere for the present with General Fre
mont in his command. Judge Davis, of Illinois,
was commissioned to take testimony in reference to
contracts Made in the Western Department, and
all bills that he passes will be paid.
Relies of John A. Washington.
There were found upon the person of Col. John
A.. Washington ' and forwarded to the War Depart
ment, two revolvers (Colt's navy), one pair of spurs,
one opera glass, one are bowie knife, one pocket
"GrtV"- Ore-14,) - R9ltig rviniue4 one et tbe
volvers r and requested of Secretary 6ameron per
mission to present it to Sergeant Lieber, of the
Seventeenth Indiana Regiment, who undoubtedly
shot the speculator in the ancestral estate of Mount
Vernon.
Ellint of Gen. Scott to Supersede Gen.
14e€Iellaii.
A Washington despatch to the New York Herald"
says that an effort it making, under the superin-
tendence of. Geneval. Scott, to supersede General
McClellan with General lialleck, who is on his way
here from California. This change would create a
new revolution in military and civil circlet, where
the greatest confidence is entertained fur General
The Purchase of Army Clothing Abroad
—Correspondence Between the Boston
Board of Trade and General Bergs.
The following is-the despatch received by the Se
cretary of War on the lath inst. From the Roston
Board. of Trade ; and. the answer General m c w,
United States. quarternurster General, thereto :
BOSTON, (Mt. 13, 1861.
To Hon.. &mos CAuEsox, Secretary of War :
Sin—Learning that an agent of the Government
has been sent to England for the purpose of pro
curing supplies of clothing for the army, the Board
of Trade of this city, believing this step to be eu
ircly 14141 - 4CCSWILy and pfejadinial to the Govern.
went and people,. will untnediately communicate
facts deemed conclusive upon this subject. The
undersigned requests that the instructions to said
agent may be revoked or snspended until this com
munication be made
CHAS. C. NAlrtllt, Chairman.
The following is a copy of reply sent by tele
graph
WAV. DEPAIITUtgt r Oct. Wt. 11161.
To Chorles• C. Nayor, Chair-man of the Board
of Trade,. Bosier?_,t D7a .e
The 'Secretary of War has been absent for ten
days past. and your teleg,raphio despatch has been
referred to me for attention. The Government,
with every exertion, has not been able to procure
woollens to clothe troops suffering in the AM,
Tboy 411 the hespitols at great expense of life and
money. The Government has instructed its agents
to wocure, not largely, but only enough to meet
the immediate and. pressing demands of the ser
rice. The goods ordered will be made up in this
eountry by our own people. This supply, with
what is now mailing hi the country, it is hoped will
relieve the distress among the troops, and it Is be
lieved that full employment for all . our manufacto
ries will yet mouths to provide for the wants of the
Government and. the country at large. The Go
vernment would deserve the execrations of the
people if it permitted its defenders to suffer while
waiting for increased produptions here to meet the
pressing wants of the army. You may rot enured
that the policy of the Seeretary and of this bureau
is altogether in favor of using home manufactures,
when it is possible tote done without positive in
jury to the men in the field. If you oan aid us in
this matter, we should he glad to have your assist
ance to this. end. M. C. Mums,
Quartermaster General.
To enable Cal, Thomas, the clisbursing . agent, to
execute the above order a warrant of eight hun
dred thousand dollars passed through the Treasury
Department on Saturday last, which amount is to
be deposited with Baring Brothers, subject to the
order of Col. Thomas.
Letter from Col. Geary's Regiment.
[Cerreireedirkee ef the Pre.,,]
POINT Or ROCKS, Kiarr.tisri t
October 111, IH6I.
Knowing that anything relating to the Pennsyl
vania Twenty-eighth will be read with interest by
your numerous readers, very many of whom have
relatives and friends here with us. I have con
cluded to give you a brief lteeetint of some little
transactions which have recently occurred, and if
not for the sagacity of Colonel Geary might, and
undoubtedly would, have resulted in something
very much to the detriment of the Union cause.
A short time ago Colonel Geary ascertained beyond
a doubt that in our immediate vicinity was a regu
larly ergalliZed CitYalrY company of Secessionists
on this chic of the river, fully armed and equipped_
But. as every body professed to have great loyalty
to the Union, it appeared a little difficult to procure
the names. Be gave Capt. McCabe, of company 0.,
instructions to ferret out and disband the company,
if possible. Capt. McCabe, acting under the advice
of Col. Geary, who, from former associations, ap
pears to know every body here, and their antece
dents, proceeded in his investigation. lie soon
procured and placed in Col. Geary's hands a coin-
Plole roll of the company. Ile was immediately
ordered to disarm or arrest them nil. Some were not
a little startled when they were summoned to give
up their firms, which they intended, when occasion
offered, to use against the 'Union forces, inasmuch
na they loudly professed Union sentiments and de
nied all knowledge of such an organization; but
when offered the alternative of tree boarding in
Fort McHenry or giving up their arms, their me
mories were quickened in the highest degree.
Some remembered that they had buried them in a
box in the garden, and others hail them under their
beds and in barns. Each one, however,. was loyal
enough to give them up for future use m the good
cause in which we all are engaged. They consist
of full equipments of a cavalry company. The
most improved pistols—six-shooters of the navy
size—and regulation cavalry sabres, with belt
and shoulder straps complete. They will be
put to good use ; find no doubt, after the
drubbing of the rebels by Colonel Geary, at
Bolivar Heights, these men now are, or should be,
rejoiced that they fell into so good hands. This is
regarded as an important movement, and, I under
stand, meets with hearty approval at headquarters.
Other movements arc now on the tapis, of equally
important character, and, if desired, when fully
informed, I will communicate to The Press. Our
worthy chaplain left us, to visit his loam in pun
delphia, ten days since. As if so designed by Pro
vidence that this regiment should not be without a
chaplain, the next day Col. Geary, at the battle of
Bolivar Heights, captured the chaplain of Col.
Ashby's command, and we have kindly furnished
him quarters in out absent chaplain's tent. His
account of the battle is highly interesting. Ile
sq. 4 *MO; Wpaaml who , ' going t 9
the recut of conflict was filled with dead and
wounded brought from the field thus early, and he
has no doubt one hundred and fifty will not cover
their less. As his usefulness is very much circum
scribed here, he being closely confined in our
chaplain's quarters, attended by two faithful senti
nel?, Colonel (ivory Ss TesolVelli as I 1 9 ifi
funned, to send him to Fort blelienry on tomorrow
or nest day, when, it is to be hoped, hie piety wilt
be improved and refreshed by the breezes front
Batteras, which come up the bay. He will bo
accompanied by other prisoners now in our
guard-house, equally distinguished, and equally
worthy of the hospitalities of the Fort. Ify the.
way, Wane an this 11111haat , our If ostnaToit is
rather distinguished for Its hospitality to robots