Eljt rtss. SATURDAY, SEPTEMREA.:A3,IBO2. THE WAR. If the rain has extended to the Potomac the con dition of things there will be materially changed on the one aide or the other ; but in favor of which of the contending parties it is a little difficult to say. If the rebels have not yet begun their retreat, everything that retards us favors them. They stand to await our attack, and, meantime, eau throw out raids with greater safety to longeir disL tames, thereby collecting subsistence enough to last them during their retreat, if such a necessity should arise. If, however, the re. treat has fairly began, (and, even making a skeptical valuation of the last news, it is not im probable,) the swelling' of the Potomac will entail very serious disaster upon the rebel army. They will then have to fight in sheer desperation, against every odds, and with absolute destruction certain to meet them, if conauered. But rain or no rain, this rebel impudence will seen receive a salu tary check. Their move has been a bold ono, and in strict accordance with the best strata gio science. . Were our forces less in num ber, our cliances would be small with the foe holding the key of the position about Washington. But the mistake of lotting him burst through the apex of that all-important triangle formed by the Chesapeake, the Potomac, and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad—this will be amply atoned for by the tremendous numbers with which we shall be able completely to surround and out off the invading army, and make its return all but impossible. But, come what come may, the fair fields of Pennsylvania are safe. The activity of the marreuvring, in the immediate vi cinity or the'rebel army will demand their best at tention and the bulk of their men; if it did not, there is rising eucb a host of freemen on this threat ened soil as to make the rebels' sharpest attempts only to redound upon their own audacious heads. Still another relly,then, and Pennsylvania is safe. What our City Wants. We' are not at all satisfied with what has been done in our city. It seems as if those Who had the matter in charge were trying tho best means of avoiding the Governor's call. The Mayor issued his proclamation, and while the response reflected credit upon our city, and did honor to our citizens, it was not what we expected to see. The risen of celebrated ancestry were especially silent. There has never been such an occasion for legitimate fame, and yet those of our citizens, whose respectability alone has saved us from the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah, and who parade their names on every occasion at fire men's balls, actors' benefits, political meetings, and reception committees, remained silent and at home. Our local military leaders do not seem to understand the crisis and the duty it im poses. What we want is A Man. A man of fire, energy, truth, and courage—one whom the people love, and in whom the people can have confidence. Had such 'a man been at the head of the militia• hero yesterday, he would to-day be at the head of an advancing column on the banks of the Susquehanna. We want a man to , lead us with something of the fire of the Hermit PETER. Every citizen would gladly honor and follow him, and instead of lying asleep wrangling over names and petty authority, and laughing at the danger as unne cessary alarm, he might be in pursuit of the retreating column of JICIKSON, with an army of Philadelphians. The people are right; but they want a leader. God send us one speedily, for we suffer and may perish. The Fleet and its Victims It is not often that we have to chronicle such a disaster as that of' yesterday. We welcomed the gushing - showers, when they came over tke roof-tops as an interposition of Providence in our behalf. While the flood. ing of rivers and valleys may "be a blessing to our people on the border, it has been a dis pensation to our fellovr-citizens in Phi a. delphia. In a di:trict of the city al, most suburban, the flood came suddenly upon the people and deluged their homes and highways. It rose about the door-steps, and in some places above the door-tops. Trees were uprooted and splintered, lamp posts were carried off in the current, rafts of limber went sweeping down the roaring stream, dashing against Nooses, demolishing fences'and walls, killing and wounding inno cent. children. w In some places, e are told, 'the water ~rose over a man's height, in other places it reached the second stories of dwell ings,,,boats were paddled over the.pavements alon g which children had played the day before, and horses were seen swimming wildly about the streets. The waters.rose rapidly and swept over one of the most interesting portions of the city. The people who live here are of moderate means, principally artisans, laborers, and me chanics. A number of large manufacturing . institutions are in the neighborhoodand the labor they furnish gives bread to hundreds in their immediate vicinity. The damage to these manufactories is very great, in most cases in tricate and expensive machinery, as we11,,,,as large stocks of manufactured and 'raw ma terial, being destroyed. The immediate effect of this flood will be, we think, to throw hundreds of people into a condition of dis tress. Most of those whO 'have suffered are of a class poorly able to suffer. Their means are limited, they Lve on their daily labor, and be yond a piano, an ingrain carpet, a photograph album, and some neat and showy furniture, they have nothing to show for their, money. The economy of years has been swept away in an hour, and homes of humble taste and happiness have been ruined. It may , be our duty to do something for these !sanest, worthy, and unfortunate people. We can cease beating the drum long enough to hear their story and give them relief. Those who havelost their dear ones are beyond our .assistance, but not.beyond our sympathy. We hope that everything may be done to' make this blow a light one, and we sincerely trust that our city authorities will take imme diate measures to prevent a recurrence of a disaster so terrible. The k pirit of Party. -Whatever we may think of our cousins, the English, or of our old allies, the French, we can take a lesson from them in the crisis which is now upon us. When England was fighting Russia in the Crimean war, there was no party in Parliament but that of the Administration— no vote given, except in support of the Go vernment. All former divisions were abandoned and forgotten by the side of the imperative duty to humble• the enemy and vindicate the honor of the British nation. The same thing was witnessed in France during the last war in Italy. Though the adherents of the elder Bourbons and the Orleanists were opposed to Louis .NAPOLEON, there was scarcely a noble family in France which had not one or more of its members to represent it in the French army. The very Jockey Club of Paris, the Ark of the social aristocracy of France, furnished officers for the imperial eagles. Carlists, Orlt anists, Republicans, Dukes, and Blouses, all went to defend the 'honor of France; and .no Frenchman hoped to retain the respect of his compatriots, no matter to what political faction, or to what order of society he Melt belong, who did not draw the sword when his country was in danger. They knew that whatever political party might tri• umph hereafter, they would never be forgiven, by a patriotic people, if they remained quiet spectators in times of war. We would ask our political partisans if they hope to be forgiven, if they remain idle and listless spectators while the enemy is thunder ing on our borders 1 Will the country ever trust them with office and power, if they for sake it in the hour of need? Will the people believe in their patriotism, when they find them halting, and speculating on their 'Chances of political success, while the lives and for tunes of their fellow-citizens are threatened by an insolent foe ? If party spirit unnerve •men for patriotic duties, let parties go down, and be crushed forever. The people will and must rise suferior to party, if they world save themselves and the country. Defeat itself is. a thousand times more glorious than imbecile and cowardly inaction. France commanded the respect of the Allies even after the battle of Waterloo, and preserved her nationality and yet France bad been' fighting against :the coalition of all European Powers. If we of the North, numbering twenty millions, wore 'to succumb to some six or eight million) of Southerners, the finger of scorn would -be pointed at us throughout the civilized world, , and cur diplomatic agents throughout Europe would only provoke a smile of derision, if . threatening to resent a national insnit.,,, WE AnWauthorized to state that the Penn sylvania Railroad Company have 'provided transportation for all troops going to Harris burg under the late order of Gov. CURTIN. Commanders of regiments, companies, or squads, will make application at the office of the company, West Philadelphia, where trans portation will be furnished. LETTER FRI:AI"OCCASIONAL." WAsitaaroNoept.'l2, 1802. There is a stout hope lifting u.nd lighting us up today. We betterrealize our duties from our dangers. There is no logic so convincing as the fire that awakens us from sleep, or the bayonet that stirs our sensibilities. Our belief in our invincibility has almost brought us to ruin. We thought the rebellion was easy of extinction because we despised it, and when we ,sent forth a great army to Close it out, we felt like the merchant, who gives an order for goods and knows it will be filled. . That is all over. now. We find our weakness In our over-confidence, and . the causes of defeat in the fact that We were too well off and too vain-glorious. Do not accuse me of lecturing. I have been as bad , as anybody else, and I sometimes recall letters of mine overburdened with enthusiasm and confidence. It is a pleasant failing, I admit ; but in times of dan ger it may result in our ruin. I turn over the pages of TIIE PRESS as it comes every forenoon—l read the despatches that appear in the morning papers—l see the endless multitude of men that pass down the Avenue and are lost in the woods of Virginia,' and I am filled with a delicious and a pleasing hope, which nothing can repress. In your Northern cities I see tumultuous and magni ficent outbursts of enthusiasm, which make me proud of the country in which I Was born, and the race from which I came. If Lee's inva sion of Maryland, his designs upon Baltimore, and his menaces against Harrisburg and Phi ladelphia, have no other effect than this up rising in the-North, we should honor his deeds for giving us an opportunity to show the true grandeur of our character. We have shown what we can endure, and what we can risk— that we can leave home, friends, business, and interests behind, and go to .the field as gladly as a bridegroom to the ••altar. Above all, we have manifested a heroism and an energy which posterity alone can fully appreciate and ap plaud. Let it be remembered by those who are dis posed to disparage the North, that this con test has been nothing immediate and personal; there has been nothing to come directly to your homes. You have been free from an invading army. Beyond the columns of the morning paper and the multitude of statements from the special correspondents, you have not known war is. The death of a friend or a kins man, or an hour in a hospital ward, is all the reality it possessed. Yon have not seen the industry of years perish in a night—desolation sweeping over your fields like' a famine, and armies occupying your cities. Yon have gone to Saratoga and Atlantic City—you have luxu riated through the summer hours in a delight ful dolce far lriente—yon have read the maga zines and the_ last novel—you have discussed politics in the parlor, and expressed opinions at the ballot-box—you have declaimed about Southern brethren, and pleaded for a fraternal and against a fratricidal war. An invasion from the South was as improbable as an inva sion from the Goths and Vandals; and Beau regard and Jackson possessed no more reality than Attila and Tamerlane. The South saw this,. and in the pride of her heart said.that all manhood bad passed away from the **tern people, and at the first sound of a Smiths& cannon they would cower in submission, orfiee in despair. Do we see anything of submission or despair to-day ? Is there any, manifestation of appre hension or fear ? Is there -any indication of a' dispositien to bow the knee, to the rebel gods? We have gained strength from ~our defeats. Our adversities have only been ad monitions. IV ith everything to weaken our faith and destroy what hope We have within us, we have hoped, and prayed, and felt confident. When the legions of McDowell came <back to their entrenchments from Bull Run, we sent an army ten times 'larger to take their place. When MoOlellan abandoned the Peninsula, and Pope" was driven from Bull Run, we immediately put cut the recruiting flag, commenced beating the drum, and have already organized an other army. The people who can do this are. a mighty 'people. They cannot be oppressed or vanquished. We have shown what we can do in our, discomfiture, and now we shall show - what we can do when our enemy comes as an invading army. The invader of Pennsylvania should never be permitted to leave its soil alive. If he succeeds in crossingthe border his march should be through a barren desert. Let us imitate the southern people, and if an in vader comes, burn our crops. Wherever the enemy appears, let him See, nothing but burn ' ing fields, and, if necessary, charred and burning homes. FROM WASHINGTON. Special - Despatches to "The Press." September 12,1862. The Rebels Driven from Sugar-Diaf Noun Min—AnnaCur 41' Rebel Prisoners The Star, of this evening, says that at an early, hour, yesterday morning, a portion 'of a division of United States troops drove the rebels out of Sogar-Loaf Moun tain, in Frederick county, Md., a point of muoli tary iMportance, as commanding a view of .a ,large scope of country in all directions. Some resistance was made by the rebels posted there, which was overcome in a few moments, with the loss of not more than a dozen. killed and wounded on oar side. We do not know the.rebel loss in the affair. It watt ascertained here, last night, that, in the course of yeeterday, the rebels were in force at Booneboro', fourteen miles west of Frederick. Forty-one prisoners of war reached here last night from the upper Potomac. Max Weber's Brigade. General Max WEBER'S brigade, composed of the let Delaware 4th New ',for*, and sth Maryland regiments, has arrived bore from rot:trees Btionroo. . ' Miscellaneous. The report which has been published, stating that Major May, of the 19th Indiana Regiment, had received no attention from the time of his being wounded until he died, is eesentially incorrect. Major MAY was found two hours after being shot, and taken in charge by Dr. GasEN, of hie regiment, who remained with him- until taken prisoner and sent to Gainesville. Dr. GitltaN left him in the field hospital, after having dressed his wounds as well as possible under the riroumstances. When his Burgeon returned from Gainesville ho found that Major MAY had been buried not more than half an hour. His wound was not_necesearily fatal; but his death was has tened by -a severe cold, occasioned by - having lain all. Monday night upon the ground, with' the rain falling upon him, there being no means of affording shelter. The hllla of Congress, and the corridors of the Capi tol, have been supplied with hospital neceeearies. There are no patients there, however. !defer General CAsSIOS M. CLAY is ordered to report, • in person, to Major General BUTLEn, at New Orleans, for duty in the Departnient of the Gulf. Brigadier General 'lncotas L. BANS, late colonel of the Bnektall Rifles, is ordered to report to General Cesay,' for duty with the Provisional Brigade. . From careful observers," It is ascertained that there is no force of the enemy at Draneavllle—scarcely a picket; that JAOLBON, FITZIIUGII LER, and LONOSTREIty came up behir.d,Hunter's MIUs from near Fairfax, re mained Wednesday and Thursday last at Leesburg, and then crossed at Edwards' Ferry into Maryland, with 40,100 mon. Further, that at latest advices, thoro was a large rebel fore. at Leesburg, General Lea commanding. The Secretary Of the Treasury has just issued regnia tier s concerning internal and coastwise commercial in t rcourre, -which provides, among other things : No goods, wares, or merchandise, yhateYer may be the osteneible deetinal ion thereof, shall be transported to any place now nuder the controlof the 'Tangents; nor to any place on the south side of the Potomac river ; nor to any place on the north bide of the Potomac and south of the %V athirston and Annapolis Railroad; nor to any place on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake; nor to any place on the south tide of the Ohio river - below' Whee'lng, except Louisville; ner to any place .on the west side of the Mississippi rider, below the mouth of the De Moinee, except Bt. Louts, without a permit of a duly anthorized officer of the Treasury Department.- And the !medal agents of this department may teirporarilr tend these restrictions to en& other titian' to their re.' erectly( districts, and make atioh local rules to be ob. Nerved therein, as may, from time. to time, become neces sary, promptly reporting their action to the Secretary of the Treasury for his sanction or approval. '2 All transportation of coidor bullion to any State or section heretofore de(dared to be In Insurrection is abs,- Irately prohibited, except for military purposes and cinder military order, or under the epeoial licente of the Secre tary of the Treasury.. And -no payment of gold or silver shill be made for cotton or other merchandise within - tar such State or section; and all cotton or other merchen- Mee purchased or paid for therein, directly or indirectly, iri gold c•r silver, shall be forfeited to the United States. 3. No clea•anoe or permit whateoever will bs granted for any ►hipment .to any port, place,'or section affected by the existing blockade, except for military purposes,' and upon the certificate and request of the Depart's:tent of War or the Department of the Navy, 4.."A1l applications for permits to transport or trade under these regulations, shall state the character' and value Of the merchandise .to be transported, the (nen eignee; and destination thereof, with the route of t' ads portation, and the•nnmber and deecription of the pack ages, witethe marks thereon, THE WAR ON OUR BORDER. Rebel Raid Into Westminster ) ad. Another Mysterious Movement of Jackson. BE RETREATS TO WILLIAMPORT. Part of his Force Recrosses the Potomac. PROMPT RESPONSE OF THE PEOPLE TO THE BALTIMORE, Sept, 12.—At 7N ,o'clock last evening the rebels made a cavalry raid into Wean:peter ! They ourutered about five hundred, with two pleoes of ar tillery. As they charged through the village they die charged their pieces on unarmed citizens in the streets. U. W. Webster, the district attorney, seeing the rebels coming, made for the railroad, and, after proceeding about a mile, be mot a train from Baltimore, which, on his information, returned immediately. • They arrested* Dr. Billingeloal the provost marshal, but afterwards paroled him. All tho books and papers In connection with the enrollment were seized and de stroyed. They also took possession of the post OffiO3, and • seized all the Postage stamps, which they carried off with them. They c paned a few lettere, but left the balance. In their intercourse with the citizens they professed the greatest friendship. No one was interfered with or Questioned with regard to political sentiments. They bad plenty of money, such as It was, and spent it freely, purchasing what they wanted from the stores. Among the money they paid out were notes on the Union Bank of Baltimore, - some on the Westminster Bank, and some Virginia money and rebel scrip. They even pnrennseil food for their horses. Many of the horses of the rebels were marked ,1 11.:13.", and Colonel Easter rode a splendid charger, whioh he said had eelonged to General POW. They had a picket Vaud out during the night, about three miles this side of Wtstsoinster, but called it in at 10 o'clock this morning, and took up the line of march 3t 11 o'clock. They said that there would be more there to come by the same route, but up to the hour that our informant left none had arrived. They destroyed a small railroad bridga about three miles west of Westminster, at Orendorff'e mills, but afterwards expressed their regret at having committed this act, Col. Boner declaring it to have been unnecessary. • .Yesterday morning their pickets brought in eleven deserters from the 114th Pennsylvania Regiment, who gave as their reason for deserting that they tird not re ceived their bounty money. They obtained a number of recruits at Westminster, refusing all except those who came fully armed and equipped. They wore all klnde of dross, but our inform ant says they were comfortably clad, and not in bad con dition, either men or horses. • • • BALTIMORE, Sept. 12.—We learn from a gentleman who left Westminster at noon yesterday that the rebels abandoned that place at 11 o'clock' yesterday morning, marching towards Uniontown, which is in the direction of Hagerstown. They came from New Market, on the Baltimore and Frederick road, coming across the coun try, and not by the road through Frederick. The route by which they left passes through Uniontown, and thence by way of Clavetown to Hagerstown. _They num., ber about 250, being ono portion of Stuart's Cavalry, wish 12-pound field plecoa, under command of Colonel Butner. They dashed into the town about 9 o'clock at night, stationed their cannon on a bill, and immediately threw , oufpickets.. They told the citizens who had not fled that they had nothing to fear, as they came as friends, azd would not interfere with any one not in the Federal service, The Secession sympathizers in the town kept aloof from them as much as possible, bat the female traitors flocked around them and welcomed them in the most enthusiastic manner. Their conduct is described as most disgusting and Immodest. HARRISBURG, Ps., September 12.--The , respease of the people throughout the State to the Governor's Gall id wonderful. Over two hundred companies have already offered their services, and are on their way to Me - place. Many have already arrived, and left for Ohamborsburg. One of our Route WBB in the rebel camp at Hagerstown or a - wbole day, and conversed freely with officers and men. They all concur as to their destination—namely, the .Cumberland Reliable information from other sources indicates, how ever, a retreat across the Potomac. It is known that Jackson entered Williamsport yesterday, at 11 o'clock A. M., and immediately crossed with 16,000 men and 70 pieces of artillery. No rebels have yet crossed the line, and the soil of Pe numlvarda ia yet unpolluted by the tramp of traitors. The movement of Jackson is believed by some ti" be against Generals White and hllles. There wee at Union bridge a train of the Western Maryland Railroad, consisting of a locomotive and two cars, which should have arrived at Westminstai at five &clock this morning, and in this city at eight o'clock. This train has probably been csptured. The Federals occupied New Market, on the, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, ten milesfrom Frederick, yesterday. Governor Curtin, accotipanied by a few friends, left on a Special train at 4 o'clock this afternoon to 'visit our forces in the field at Clianthereburg, and other-points in the Cumberland Valley. He 'is doing all that is possible to 'strengthen the column, in orier to check cavalry raids from the rebel army at Hagerstown. Ho will return Curing the night. Gen. Enfeell is again eufliciantlY well to attend to bu . ainete. • [ 4 pecial Conenonglence of The Preao.] A 'llumber of Union refugees of property and; social standing frora Frederick city are now at this place, among whom are Col. Dennis, of the Maryland Home Brigade; Grayson Bichelborger, D. W. Brooks, Win. H. Dungan, Dr. Jenks, A. Schaffner, John Slini fell, H. Gollenberg, M. Hashberger, D. Morgan, Geo. A. Abbott , J. H. Mark.ay, ffi. Hooch, Herz Lawrence, Lewis Dill, and D. Goldsberg. These gentlemen have been daily in communication with • Frederick by means unknown to the rebel army, and have berm well ioform ed of all occurrences by a messenger nightly sr :riving here, since the ocoupatien of that piece by the enei my..on Saturday last. ' News arrived last evening that the evacuation of. Fre derick 1)5 the rebels commenced at three o'clock A.. M., on Wednesday, and ended by nine o'clock P. BL, with the exception of a rear• guard, which left at three A. AI., Yesterday morning. Previous to the evacuation, which was stimulated by the reported:advance of oar army, the headquarters of Gen. Lee were at Keefer Thomas' house, three miles southeast of Frederick, on the Georgetown road. Jackeon's headquarters were four miles east of Frederick, on the Baltimore pike, and a large portion of the force laid betweenthese localities. The diiisions of Rill, Longstreet, and Loring were stretched along each bank of. the DionOcacy river, between FrederiCk and the Pete-. mac. Two thousand of Jackson's advance guard wore encamped north of Frederick, between tho forks of the road to Walkerville and the Getfysburg turnpike. The great bulk'of the Manassas army, numbering from one hundred to one hundred and twenty-Ave thousand men, were considered to be scattered in these various direc- Hons. A brother of my informant made ,a calculation, that 60,00 men, with their haggage-wagons, entered Frederick yesterday, from the northeast and south, end filed through by the western road towards Middletown, from three in the morning till nine at night, perhaps 40,G00 more having gone from Buckeyestown to Peters town, and thence north to Middleton, without passing OCCASIOSAL through Frederick. A portion of Jackson's cavalry took possession of Hagerstown yesterday morning, whose evident intention is to obtain supplies in that di rection, partictdarly of flour from the mills of Waynes boro'i inside of the Pennsylvania line, and grain from Greencastle, Pennsylvania, which -is a depot for large x/Brood freightage of, produce to Harrishurg. The thirty flour mills around Frederickhave been despoiled of several thousand barrele of flour, and the faimers on the northern, eastern and southern side, where the rebels were encamped, have been welt relieved of their forage, grain, and cattle, paynient in all cases having been ho norably made in Confederate notes, to Union well men as we as Secessionists, with the , exception of Col. Dennis, who being a mustering and disbursing officer of our army, had his farm pillaged to the amount of 8200, without the inestimable privilege of Confederate-scrip compensation. He chiefly suffered through , the loss of horses: Guards were placed by . Lee over all property, that none might be taken unless paid for. • The farm of Colonel Dennis was no exception to, this rule, but, a certain Captain Gilmore, through an order forged by him with Jaideson'a name, obtained the horses from the guards who were protecting them. ' Complaint being made to Lee, he waxed wroth, and said that if the bones were found, and the case proves', Gilmore should be summarily shot. The horses were net found, and. Gilmore continues serene. Lee is thoroughly a gentle- Men infeeling, and has been'considerate, as far as prac ticable, towards the property of others ; but It is sup posed that the rebel generals have been further stimus toted to consideration for Union men by then high. probability that if they suffered injustice, a vigorous re-' taiietioa would be exercised by them on Secessionists, as coon as the rebel army departed. Should theyvisit Penn. sylvania, this lenience towards Union men would perhaps not be considered necessary. This protection to property included that of stores, both of Union men and Secession ists, in Frederick, while they were closel but if open, as was the case on the arrival of the rebels, the owners were compelled to part with their goods to the soldiers, who paid then in Cenfederate scrip for eines and clothing ? after exhausting a supply of green-backs, which they had taken from wounded and dead Union soldiers on the late field of Bull Bun. Bradley Johnson, acting as, colonel commanding of the city, having issued a proclamation to plose all whisky shops and sell no liquor, but few drunken men were found, ana the demeanor of the rebel soldiers was hot forrely respectful and courteous. No distinction being made between Union men and Seceseionists, in enforcing the reception of Confederate scrip, the latter have become exceedingly chop-fallen, to the great glee, of the former, and lad that their sym pathy was carried to a bad market. ' The wrath of the rebels was excited by the contem plated draft of our Government in Maryland, upori what they considered their own soil, and the only portion ar rested by them in Fiedericle was William Mahoney, com miesioner alba draft for Frederick county, whom they finally paroled to remain in , the place a certain number of days, after destroying his enrollment list. All the Union hospital furniture, including mattresses, blankets, sheets, and medicines, was taken on the de parture of the army, and ono hundred and sixty sick rebel soldiers were left behind, to be provided by our Giiveinment with necessaries. An abundance of wagons were possessed by the rebels, but of heterogeneous descriptions, varying from one horse to four. hone vehicles, of all shapes and sizes. It was noticed that but about one hundred United States army wagons were among them. From the quantity supposed to have been taken at different times, there Is reason to suppose they would have bad more. The number of recruits obtained In Maryland is lade bet it was evidently far below the calculation of . t. 14 rebels, and several hundred.soldlers are said to have been lost by desertion. One s s gong of sixty men, came from Rmmettebarg to enlist, but, seeing the oondition of their contemplated comrades, were disenohanted, and concluded to return. A few reornits have been obtained in Pennsylvania, among whom seven were from Millers town, a few miles from Ibis plane. The rebel generals expressed - themselves as marsh dig ' sproint&il at the etroriitinionlim found through Mary. lands and at the eiethy, displayed by those who avowed themselves es sYnimithileil. The fighting Becessiobitita have long shire joined their army. They canAret stip plies to Marylead, but they can get neither the State nor TILE; SAI URDAY,TEPTEI: : ::IOER 13, 1862. GOVERNOR'S CALL. GETTYSBURG, Sept. 12, 1862 TEX DRAFT REBEL . RECRUITS DISAPPOINTMENT the people. Their visit has • raised prices of provisions sensibly In Frederick, aid at the present moment flour . is at $l6 a barrel there, coffee 60. cents, &c. Supplies, - however, will soon arrive from Baltimore. Tho haste of the rebels toleave Frederick was so great, that they left knumber of cannon, also much ammunition and provisions. Early yesterday morning, twenty-five cavalry men from Longetreet's division returned and destroyed the press and type of the•Examtiner office, in revenge for Ito 'Union sentiments. - ,THE MOVEMENTS OP OUR ARMY. lif . The report herethat the advance guard of Ilicelol lau's army commenced; at eleven o'clock yeiterday morn ing, to shell the rebel camps from Bush Creek, along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, five miles from. Frederick. They doubtless soon found that the enemy had departed, and during the afternoon were, without Question, in Frederick. Being satisfied of this, the citizens of that place now sojourning here propose returning to-day. Our advanco ie half a day's march behind their roar guard; idoblellan's army, said to be 150,000 strOnir,'has been stretched along different roads, east of. Frederick, from the Potomac, up northward to Westminster.. REl=43 TO nkcnoss TU POTOMAZ 'I be general opinion in Frederick is that the rebel army is returning to Virginta. By the destruction of the rail road bridge across the Monocaoy, our army is somewhat crippled in pursuit, . but if, the rain, which commenced-. yesterday afternoon, and was partially prolonged through last night, should continue to-day, the Potomac will be fordable in but few places, and, notwithstanding that the rebels possess a pontoon bridge' captured from us during the recent Bull Bun battles, it will not alone suffice for a rapid transit of their troops. Our army-will thus have a chance to engage those re maining on this aide of the river. Should the Potomac remain fordable they: cannot well. be caught. Their route from Frederick is to Hooneaboro' by way of •Mid dleton. One division of the army will then move south ' west,nud cross the river at (Meer Spring, opposite Shen herdstown ; the other wilt move northwest, to Williams port, and cross at that point. The South mountain range, and numerous hills along, their line of march, will afford them commanding posi tions for erecting earthworks, and keeping our troops at bay with their artillery, while they collect additional supplies as they pass, and while Jackson, now foraging from Hagerstown along our State line, will have time to return and effect a communication with- the main body at Williamsport. We cannot head them off in Virginia. Our forces at Harierls Ferry and Martinsburg are but entall, and no army can now be spared from, the West to meet them. I //lye Owe particulars simply as probabilities. My Informants are gentlemen from Frederick, who know the ground thoroughly, and appear well infsrmed of the dis position of our forces.. COLE'S CAVALRY Five miles weet of Frederick, on the Middleton road, Maier Goleta cavalry, of the Potomac Home Brigade, in dulged themeolvea in an attack; on Wednesday, upon the advanced cavalry of Jackson, while on their road to Ha gerstown. They delayed their march for two, hours, killing and wounding several, and taking a number of prisoners. The scenery from York to Hanover, through which I paned yesterday, fs proverbially beautiful. This place lean Inland village, numbering 2,700 inhabitants. It has no mills but a sawmill, and is supported by the retail purchases of the farmers around. The streets are at right angles, with brick sidewalks and macediunized roads. A college, with a museum attached, of Grecian architecture, and an cid Lutheran Theological fiemlnary, of brick, form the chief attractions of the place. 'Unlike nedghbor 7 ing villages, it is not favored with a stream In ita.mtdat.! SECOND EDITION. ro O'CLOCK A M. HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM NASHVILLE Bragg Advanoing on - the City BUELL HASTENING TO ITS DEFENCE. FORTIFICATIONS BEING CONSTRUCTSS 20,000 MEN MOVING TO ATTACK KI33T SMITE'S =AIL • • HIS RETREAT TO BE CUT OFT. 8,000 of Gen. Rosecrans• Troops Rein force Buell. [Special Des Patch to •The Press ] VASIIVII:VE, September 11-11.—The whole of Gen. Buell's army is hastening .to the support of this city, which ie now menaced by Bragg, who follows our rear guard at a respectful distatce. The city . is being forti fied, and General Thomas will be placed in command, with orders to defend it at all hazards. Before this reaches you the fate of. Nashville will doubtlets have been decided. An advance, composed of the 791 h Pennsylvania, 24th Illinois, Ist Wiicimsln, and 17th 'Kentucky, accompa nied by two batteries ; has lift hero to tender its regards to Kirby Smith's roar... Fifteen thousand men; under Buell, will leave to-night for the same destination. Eight thousand men, from the army of Gen. Bosecrans, under tho command of Gou. Jefferson O. Davis, have ar rived hero to-day, for the purpose of reinforcing Buell. . _ Mayor Polk is in town today, a refugee froin ;Opium: bia. Capitol Hill is being fortified: Brasil will not catch va napping. The Secessionists are very bold, and the Unionists trustful and undaunted. B. The Evacuation of Frederick by the Rebels Confirmed. Reported Battle at RarpeiN Ferry. THE REBELS REPULSED BALTIMORE, Sept. 12.—A gentlemen rho lert Frederick yesterday afternoon says that on Wednesday afternoon heavy firing was heard , in the direction of Harper's Ferry, and yesterday morning the Secessionists appeared to be very much troubled about the news from that quarter, which was to the effect that General Loring had crossed the Potomac at Williamsport and marched down to Harper's Ferry, where ho attempted to attack General Stiles' force. Miles opened masked batteries upon the rebels, and they were repnleed with great slaughter. It is also reported that we took many prisonerd. • Before our informant lett Frederick, it wee neatly eva cuated. The rebels commenced m - iving off on Tuesday night. About 30,003 men pasted through, while the other por tions of the army moved round the city. They were in retreating order, with tralne in the aivanco. He thinks the rebels are not bound for Pennsylvania, but have hien driven to enter Maryland to get supplies. • Re con firms the previons accounts of the utter wretchednese.of the rebels. FROM CINCINNATI. CINCINNATI, Sept. 12.---A skirmish yesterday afternoon resulted in tte capture of twenty rebels. The prisoners report that the rebel army is in good spirits, and anxious for an advance on Cincinnati. It wee understood by them that they wore to fall back in the direction of Florence, to draw our forces out of the entrenchments. Kirby Smith made a 'Speech to his army on Wade esday, amusing them that in a few days they would quarter in Cincinnati. • It is also reported tbit Bragg had reinforced Bmith with twelve regiments. . At 10 o'clock this morning thi entire rebel army fell back. 'Their pickets are now. five miles from our linos. Our hoops are in good spirits, and t6xious to be led forward. FROM MEMPHIS. Id minus, Sept. 9.-,-Akt a Union meeting held here last night, General Sherman diecusaed the slavery oneetion o . and other delicate .leauee,Asd made a favorable impree. sion. JudgeShit') has been appointed to go to Nashville to request Judge Cation to . organise the courts here. • The Grenada 4ppeo of the 6th conhrine the reports of the evactuitlon 'of Huntsville,4labama, by the Federal troops, and says the Federal soldiers had passed through Winchester, desolating the country. IlizarniS,Sept. 10.—Advices from Helena, Ark., state that a rebel mail has been captured, • which contained despatches from Gen. Hindman. They s ontafn informa tion concerning the rebel movements. • An escaped Federal prisoner just from 'Holly Springs reports that Villipigue is moving in the direction of Bo livar with 2,060 men, mostly artillery. Breckinridge was also moving in the same direction with 5,090 mar. 'Their suprosed deetination is Kentucky—perhaps Oolumtpas. Grierson's Cavalry, 950 strong, attacked 2,000 rebels Cold Water, Alias., last night. After a brief engagement. the rebels attempted a flank move mord, but Grlerson fell'back to the bridge to await reinforcements, which were sent, and at last accounts a 'battle was gobag on. The body of John Belger, a correspondent of the ANO dated Press, who was drowned on the steamer toads, was found and butted at Helena. THE WAR IN KENTUCKY. Louisv tux, Sept. 12.—Two soldiers who have just returned from Cumberland Gap, report that General Morgan has made a "foray through the rebel lines, and captured a prevision train and cattle enough to subsist his army for sixty days. He also captured the rebel General Austin and sixty soldiers. A reliable gentleman from Lexington says he saw Kirby Smith thorn on Wednesday last. Bragg is re parted to be in Tennessee moving to Kentucky. Buell is watching him. Rebel Attack on Williamsburg The Unionists Surprised, but the Town Not Taken. FORTRESS MONROE, Sept. 11.—g .rebel force of 500 cavalry, with three pieces of artillery, under 001. Shin ? ; glee, surprised the town of Williamsburg on Tuesday . . morning, about 8 o'clock. Having taken the Diokeee,. they marched into the town. An engagement ensued which lasted about 80 minutes. Oar forme were the.Penn sylianiebth Cavalry, Col. Campbell, who waif taken pri. toner, together with five captaft.s, four lieutenants, with a few privates. Tte rebel - colonel,.Bbingles, with eight.. of bis officers find nine men, was killed. Their lose was. more than equal to ours, and we now have • yosseasion . of . the place, under' gormand of. Lieut. Col.' Smith. Ws . have taken two +rho:mere, who are now here, and also acme at Yorktown, but do not know how many. A Fight in Western . Virginia—The queen: la Jenitins Routed. [From the Wheeling Intelltgencer; Sept.ll.] Adjutant General Eamuels to-day received the follovir lug despatch:. • GAULEIN Sept. 8.--Jenkim , whole force was met and routed by Six companies of the 2d . Virgiote Cavalry. Our loss was one man killed. Enemy's ins unknOwn. J. A LIGET BURN, Cologet 4th irtrginia Infantry. LATER FROM-EUROPE. THE EDI:RBI:MOH OFF oAIS B&CE, CAPE Bens, Sept. 12.—The steamer Edinbuigh,lroln Liverpool on the 3d Mot, via Queenstown on Thursday, the 4th, passed this point at B o'clock this evening. The steamer Jura arrived at Liverpool on the Ist. The City of Baltimore arrived out on the 2d. Garibaldi had arrived at Spazzla. His wounds wore in s favorable cendkion: Nothing had hien done as to his final disposal - • - The ne w rebel prirstaer IR 290" had' received a heavy armament at sea, and will cruise and attack Northern 00. EMIL OD The Ethel pines. - 290''.is reported to have reoeived f r oth the sropeper:Bilismas, off the Western Isles; iron plates, munitions Of , Wari Ste , to enable her to intercept Northern iNtinels *slimy approsolith6 coast, • and, in the absence of any port to go into, to take and destroy all shipe and cargoes.' BM fs cemmanded by the pirate Bemmee, late of the numiter, and is now called the Ala bama. The Liverpool Telegraph, on the authority of a pilot, gives a elremnstantial•account of a desperate naval en. gagement, on the night of the 20th, between two vessels, eoppoetd to ho Federal and , rebel ships, 250 miles south of Holyhead. The Mercury aererts that the - story is destitute of truth, and is probably' founded on 'gum practice between two British war-vessels. A report prevailed that 1 hrirlow Weed is charged with an-important mission to the British Govdenment. The London journals Referent take a very gloomy view of American affairs for , the Federal Government. The London Post says the North must either - do as Inkland did in 1783 or imitate Busks in her govern ment of Poland. • Tho DaGyArewsArgues that it ia absolutely essential that the South -should be compelled to acknowledge the superiority of the North, and submit to - the terms that the 'North may dictate. ' • The Times and Daily News criticise Mr. Lincoln's ad dress to the nsgroes relative to Emancipation. Peliteon'Hall, a ship-owner, who has. been active in •runiiing the AmeriCan blockade, has suspended payment, in consequence of thfficulties in realizing returns from the ohi rids y. Queen Victoria has gone to Germany. The French Government has ordered their forces to undertake no operatione in the interior of fibixico until theuliddlc of October. The Paris Bourse bad advanced considerably under the news of the capture of Garibaldi, bus await relapsed to 69!. Ctc. Tr.o details of Garibeldi's capture say that he was wounded -in the thigh and foot by a bayonet. His re treat was cut off, and his unc3nditional surrender ren— dered inevitable. The resistance be offered was dense tate Ilekas arrived at Etpozzia. It is reported that his wonndieire not dangeroue, and are progressing favor ably. It is presumed that he will be tried and sentenced, but patdoned en account of his past services. One rumor sayii that the Government contemplates sending 'him to AnieriCa. Poreilsr.demenstrations in favor of Garibaldi had boon made at several places, but they had been put down. . The newspapers generally think that tbo event mist beaten the solution of the Roman question and cause the French to withdraw from Rome. The blockade of Sicily has been raised, and. the state of siege removed: Commercial .Intelligence. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Sept. 30 —The sales of cotton- on Monday and Tuesday reached 20,000 baleir, including 17,000 bales to speculators and export ers. The merket continues excited, and prices had ad vanced 2de3d since Friday, closing mono quiet. TR&DE 'REPORT.— The Manchester market was ex cited and goods and yarns were advancing. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.—The market has a declining tendency. Richardson, Spence .4. go., lirakefield, Nash dr 00., and others, report: Floor has a downward tendency, with a partial decline Of 806 d 4IY bbl.. Wheat du11,.-and declined 6d per cental; red western 9s Sid dtlOs 6d.; white western Ilesells 6d. Oorn hum down ward tendency, and declined 3.1e6d per quarter; mixed 29a. ' LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET.—The mar ket rules dull. Mame: Bigland, Athya & Co. and others rhport.beef dull; pork-very dull, bacon quiet, with a par tioLdecline_of 6d., lard quiet, tallow inactive LIVERPOOL PRODUCE DIARKET.:--ishes firm at 32.1 for Pots and Pearls.' Rosin advancing; commou, 28e 6d et 295. Spirits of Turpentine, 1255. Sugar firmer. Coffee quiet. • : - Lotinox, Wednesday.---Consols closed at 93X o9SX•for . money. • • • ANOIRTO AN STOCKS: - =lllinois Central shares, 60X 049 X 4fr cent, discount ;• Railroad, 314232. • - • LATEST, VIAA UZIONSTOWN. LIVERPOOL, Tlirsdiy—:Cotton—The .sales of yes terday-and to-day were. 6,000 bales, of which 4,000 wore to speculators, ai.d for exporters. The market closed dull and nominal,. with a. slight decline on all qualities. Breadhtuffis are firmer. The prices are unchanged. The weather is wet. THE LATEST. Lovnos, Thursday.—ltalian affairs remain unchanged. The London Peace Society has Limed an addrets, urging the•Amtricans to make peace. "Nebraska Territory. O.Meite, Sept. 11.—J: - B'. B. Todd was undoubtedly elected delegate to Congress. From California. SAN FuntmiSoo, Sept. 11.—The steamer Orizaba sailed to-day for Panama,- carrying., forty , passengers, and $750,000 In treasure for Slew , York and $16,000 for Eng land. It ia believed that a large amount of legal-tender notes were , also sent - ft:award, their value having greatly depredated here. , ' • tribe ship Aurora, from . Hong Kong, 'with dates to July 22d, reports the total. loss of the ship Phintom, brines ning on a reef near Hong Kong, on Jnly 13th. the left ban Francisco on May 13th, taking $50,000 in treasure, $46,000 of which was insured in E &stern compel:dee. A portion of the cargo wee sawed. 'One of the boats, con taining Captain Sargent and the treasure, bad.not been heard from. The ship Bomanco of the Sea has also arrived from lloneKong on Jtiii 21st. Cosa of the Phantom. . BOSTON, Eept. 12.—The ship Phantom was lost on Patroe Beef on July 13th. Arrival of the U. S. Steamer Mississippi. Bovron, Belt!. 12 —Tit!) Ct. S. fitectinship 157.iseheippl ar riTotrut thialKet this morning. The Thermometer. , SEPTEMBER 12, 1881. I SEPTEMBER 12, 1882. 13 o. K. 12 M. 3 P-14. 6A. X. 12 M. 3P. it 88 - —74' ' ' ' 76 71 753 E 78 % WIND. NW. I NE . IMPRESSIVE OCCASION—FUNERAL OF GP NERAL •BOHLIN esterday -.afternoon, at five . o'clock, the rtuntal remains of the late Brigadier General Boh.rn, killed in the recent conflict near Manion , were consigned to the grave. The ceremonies were unusually impretsive, and the mita' of spectators which was as. eembled to witnees theth was very great, when we con-. eider the excitement reignl4.B throughout the city upon the bubject of war and invasion. The remains reached this city, from Washington, at two o'clock yesterday morning; in oharge of Mr. George Ziegler. the executor and partner of the lamented deceased. He wasacco'mpa tied by Dr. 'Chalks BroWn, of Washington, Captain John Welk, of Gen - . Bohlen's staff, and Dr. Eaton, of Bollid al ,burg. The remains were convoyed directly to Independence Hall, where they.lay in state until four o'clock in the afternoon. The coffin was covered with black cloth, with very heavy silver mountiogs. It bore a portrait of the gallant offietr, and lib essiee a silver plate, inscribed— BRIGADIER GENtRAI, BOHLEN, Born October 10,1810. Shortly after four o'clock, the remains were removed from tho rear door of Independence „Hall. and marled to the hearse on Walnut street, where a great crowd had gathered. After a abort delay, the relatives of the dead baying entered the carriages, the cortege moved up Wal.. not street in We following order : Police under Ohief Boggles. Folic( Men. HEARSE. Policemen. General Bohlen's Ohargcr led by hie servant. Birgfieldts Brigade Band. Detachment of Policemen. . Band. o . l4tiagett • containing relatives and friends of the de. The cortege passed up Walnut street to Seventh, Up Seventh to Race, and down Race to St. John's Lutheran Church, between Fifth and Sixth streets. It was fol loWed by 'a dense crowd of people, and every sidewalk, doorway, end window, contained its group of spectators. AT TUE C 111711.011. The police arrangements were judicious. a seemed of officers having been detitilitd to guard each entrance gate, and thue prevent unwarrantable intrusion. About half past four o'clock, the funeral' cortege row:died the church, where it halted, and the.coffle was removed Iron, the hoarse. It was borno into the sacred structure and placed at •the top of the main Mete, imme diately fronting the chancel. •' After a brief. tdience, Rev Dr. Seise, pastor of the cliarcb, proceeded to deliver itrimprossive funeral ber man,ln. testimony to, the worth otthe deceased.. We ap pend a tuiliqnopsii: THIS FUNERAL SERMON .We have before us this day a Dad evidence or the reidity and terribleness of war—en affecting sample of the social desolationa and bereavements it is entailing ipon thousands of homes and circles of friends. These are the remains ofa friend, a brother, a Christian, a pa-. .triot, a commander, ,cut down in the vigor of manhood. It was but yesterday that he parted from us for the potti don of danger, in defence of the institutions 61 freedom. ffo-day, - only, his waiting remains returnlto us. We can mot .ev..tn look upon him any more. Vacant now is his ;place, hushed his voice of command, desolate his home, •rude by a dOuble bereavement sad, and sore his loss to thousands of sympathizing - friends. Never was pure pa triotism cut down at a time when it was more needed, or mote self• sacrificing services cut short at a period when more required, than that 'which' ceased °when Gen. Boh len Jell. 'The summons of God reached him, and be has left friends, his country nothing birt his reputation, and these wasting remains, to be buried in the dark bosom of the earth. But, dark as this affliction may seem, let us console ourselves with the truth that it has not happened with .oitt the will of Him who has covenanted to bring us good oven out of evil. During the war with Mexico, he joined the army before Vera Ortiz, and rendered efficient service. Doting the war in the Crimea, he joined the , •Irrench army, and was appointed on the staff of an emi nent general. When the present rebellion broke out, ho was enjoying his ample fortune with his happy family. '_Voluntarily he left s'i behind him, and returned to fight .for the preservation of the Government which he loved above all others, and for which he hai given up his life. His good conduct and military abilitire soon procured for Lint a high rank. In this position be.fonght the enemy , gallantly in several battles, and finally in the • conflict, whore results now threaten ne with so much dis aster. He was a brave man, a faithful commander, and siChristien soldier, and he has laid down his life for his country. 00NOLUDINd After the utterarice Of fervent prayer' the congrega tion repaired to tfpi graveyikid:Trbe family vault, almott immediately fronting the main entrance to the . church, 'had been uncovered, and surrounded by a sorrowful group. The coffin was carried to' its brink, the cords ' , wore attached, and everything prepared to lower it to its final resting place. - In - the presence of the uncovered sod tearful tumemblage, Dr. Seise then pronounced the prayers for the ,dead, the ashes was sprinkled upon the coffin, and it ,was lowered to the bottom of . the vault. The sad oererdony having been concluded, the vast crowd dispereed. The Colonizietion Scheme—A Vessel to Sail in October The Government to-day completed the , arrangements . for the settlement of free colored persons in Gentral America, the precise place depending upon circumi titaness. Senetor Pouusor, who will conduct the expedition,' bee full Ayers in the premises. It will start early in toCtober, in first-class steamer, with five hundred emigrants, nearly all of them men, provided with:im plements of huebandry, and everything . necessary to. their comfort and industry. .About 4,000 of 'the more desirable of colored persona have already informed Senator Post RROY of their desire to avail themsolvos of the Preedderni's colonistion solsetne. 'The GuezillaiNarfare in Missouri. ••••• assistant Postmaster Gler.erak.fdeLstt.an tonight re ceived a deopetch from the postmaater at Quincy, Ell nolo, inforreirigi him that PORTER'S band of ifllol4llll/1 heti° taken Palmyra, ?do., and, therefore, he has detain ed the Western mails. 'ORPHANS' COURT . AND EXECUTORS' PEREMPTORY SALES REAL ESTATE.—TuOBdAy,MeXtt at the.Ex obpage--Thomas a Some Third Fall . Sakti. See advertisements. Pamphlet oatalognea Issued to-day. APPOINTMENT. — Thos. J. Diehl-, Esq., of this city, him been appointed on the staff of General David B. Barney, with the rank of captain. 00 130 ATART OF TEM•CITY SUBMERGED: 4000,000 WORTS OF PROPERTY DESTROYED. zoss.ov mxvm. FAMILIES • RENDERED' HOMELESS ACCIDENTV - AND- , INCIDENTS; One of the molt tearful and dOistrous freabete that ever desolated any country visited 'our city yesterday morning, spreading . devattation and ;nip. rendered homeless, destroying hnmsn life in its onwercl. msich :Boilsea weie , thrOwn down, troel, lonip•poati, flro-pinmi, fences, pavements, wagons, and valuable property of every description ewcpt away by tho irrealsti hie current. Water, for the time being, emanated alum- uto sway, making wild sport with firm foundations and eappiug them to their overthrow. Large manes of lum- per, about ton feet high and twenty feet long, were car• ried for squares before finding, a resting,place. The water, in some planet, was nearly nine feet deep• The panonfor oars on the Second and Third•a!reota, Fifth and Eixtb-atreetr, and Fourth and Eighth-atrooto rail- roads were compelled to discontinue their trips. In some cases tho passengers were obliged to stand on he spate In the car to prevent their getting wet, because of the mass of water which coursed its way through the cars. Boats and rafts were used in transporting the frightentdinmatee from the flooded buildings to places of safety. In some instances the police officers were obliged to swim for their lives to get ont of the way of he Moving mesa of furniture and lumber coureing de way rapidly towards them, while over and anon the cry for help arose from the bubbling waters: Largo nuta- bets .of persons suffered hair-breadth -escapes from &Owning' and being crnehed by falling buildings._The flood was as unexpected as its consoonondoe poved disastrous. Many persons are deprived of omyloyment, and the immense destruction of jproporty in such a short time is aimed unparalleled. Tile greatest oxcitemont existed during the day throughout the northeastern .portion of our city; the comparatively trifling - loss Of life being, greatly , ex?ggeratcd, and rumors of all kinds `rapidly circulating in tho community. Tho' origin of the flood hae boon traced to natural. cameo. Owing to the heavy rain, a vast body of water; accumulated west of the Lamb Tavern road. in the' Twentytfirst ward, and the menal channel being oh." structedty the lodging of largo Quantities of lumber in the aperture of a bridge on the Lamb Tavern road, the water soon o‘rried away the opposing obstacle, and rush- it g over the remaining abutmente of the bridge precipi tated 'itself with overwhelming force thiongh the low• counliy lying vest of the Norristown Railroad. So great was the force of the immense volume of water, thus pushing itself forward, that in what seamed to he only a few minutes, it had crossed the b ridge . at Broad street, above Turner's lane, and apparently increasing in ve locity, can-led away a portion of the embankment Wome n dialely west of the Norristown Railroad. Dashing ander the bridge, at that point; and speeding'over the in tervening space, it poured forth an irresistible current through the streets and byways of'Seventeenth and Six teenth wards, spending its remaining force along the Delaware front _'The average height of the water in some streets was about Ave feet, and its extreme height, in many places along its devastating course, was nine feet. In - many cases, the ground. floors of dwellinge were covered to the depth of two or three feet, and when the waters had stib sided a bed of slimy mud Wes left behind, in which the lower extremities of everything, animate or inanimate, were totally invisible. The only can in which an , actual loss of _life occurred was that of three children, daughters of Mr. Voter Wolf, whose residence was at 1534 Mifflin street, below Okford. It appears that the children with their mother Were en deavoring to get out of the house, when the water en.: tend the open doorway. The mother succeeded in ef fecting her egress, while her offspring were overwhelmed by the rushing torrent and drowned before she could ren der them any assistance. The girls were named Mary, Fredericka, and Wilhelmina, aged respectively eight, ten, and twelve years. The father of the unfortunate victims is an employee in a inorooto factory on Third street, and when notified of the loss of his darlings became al most frantic. . The bodies of the three girls were recovered about an hour and a half , a ter the fatal occurrence, anti were int. mediate") , removed to the residence of • a' brother in. law of Mr. Wolf's, Mr. George Ringer, No. 1507 North Fixth street. During the afternoon ayes erday, a large crowd of people, desirous of seeing the bodies, congre gated about the house, and the attendance of a force of policemen was rendered necessary to prevent the admie sion of those not entitled to enter. It is reported that two girls, named Catherine Collins and Mary MeGrann, were 'carried away and drowned. Nothing definite is known of their fate, their bodies having not yet been re covered. The house In which the girls earned Wolr wore drowned was almost destroyed, having fallen in. The destruction of property has been-chiefly:confined to the dwellings and manufactories located along Sixth, Fifth, Fourth, and Third streets; also, along Mont gomery, Oxford, Jefferson, Master, Thompson, Aum bia avenue Germantown road, Leitbgow, Apple, Mifflin, Culvert,• Canal,' Beavar o and• George streets. All-the cellars and basements of buildings fronting on , these streets, or situated in their vicinity, were more or less under water, and cases were frequent in whits the lower portions of buildings were totally submerged. Pave ments and sidewalks diseppearettaa if by rnegic, trees were transplanted, and itreet Itimisowhiclohave heicto fore restated alike the winter's blast and the summer storm, went down beneath the press, leaving no mark of .their former abiding place. . _ Fire. plugs, Which have given essential aid in overcom ing the fiery element, were pat *tont of service" moat summarily. Two three-story brick buildings on the northeast corner cf Sixth and Oxford streets were un dermined; and suddenly collapsed. The corner building was owned and occupied by a Mr. Winter as a lager beer t Moon. The house fell about half past 11 o'clock. Mrs. W., with her family, consisting of five children, made a narrow emcee from being crushed to death. The original cost of the building was $2,000, which, with the Cestruction of furniture, amounting to $5OO, will come heavily upon Mr. Winter. The adjoining building was occupied by a family named Watson. On the southeast corner of the game streets, the hotel et Mr. M. Lennox was required to be propped up, the danger of its falling being imminent. The two double three-story brick houses, Nos. 1532 and 1584 Mifflin et , below Oxford, were almost completely Swept away. Their contents, consisting of the usual household engine- Dances, were strewn about indiscriminately. A two story I rame building, occupied as a paint• shop by Henry Schaefer,. on the northeast corner of Fifth and Them psen streets; was completely demolished. The cattle-sheds and the droviyard of the Felton Hotel. an the corner of Fifth and Germantown road, wore also deraifflthed. Binder's lumber yard, Sixth and Oxfold streets,. pre minted a curious spectacle. Whole and compact piles of if itaarranged m lumber-wore carried out of position, and fences, furniture, at hove heaps Of broken wagons, a mile tant. In the yard itself maple, lair dis associated together in the most undiatinguishnble brother hood. We understand that Mr. Binder's lose, about $l,OOO, is covered by insurance. • Taking the cource of the flood, we wended our way s eaterday afternoon along its watery route, starting from Third street, in the neighborhood of Beaver. The first noticeable object • was- a good-sized skiff,' containing a stout watermen, who plied his oars quite vigorously. The business of the boatman appeared to be the removal of theonecupsets of dwellings in GM Vicinity to , a 'place of safety. Articles of value were removed by means of the heat to a mere secure place of deposit. In the meantime stuidry . Window.ehutters, collar doors, wooden steps and -troperfluons furniture floated cn the surface of the water quite naturally. When the water had somewhat subsided, the passenger cars proceaded forward through . the-water, and arrived safely on tetra firma some distance beyond. Along the mune of the recently. oulverted Oohocksiuk creek, from Third to Fifth street, cellars were flooded, and in the streets emelt boys indulged in a 'bath, while pedestrians took up another line of travel. The lower part of Globe Mill was covered with water, the machinery of the mill was etopped, and property destroyed to the amount'of $1,500. Girard avenue, between Third and Fourth streets, presented a lively scene. Buckets were in groat deniard, and7their use folly appreciated. Home-made pumps were .not at all incenspiceous, and the inventive genius of Toning America" appeared fully equal to theieliserge nay.. Tne liquor store of air. James Kelly, S. F. cirrner Fourth and Thompson streets,was flooded to - the devil:l,of three feet. The cellar of Mr. Kelly contained yearly $3OO. worth of wine, two tubs of liquors holding 85 gallons, two casks of brandy costing $4.50 per gallon, with other liquors of choice brands. The loss sustained by Mr. Kelly has been severe. The grocery store of Miss Mars Kelly, on the opposite corner, was also dam aged, Miss K. loping a large amount of groceries. The greater portion of -the buildings on Thompson etroet, be tween Third and Fourth streets, have been undermined, and come of them will have to be torn down. The pave- Menlo in this neighborhood, together with curb. etonese. atone doorsteps, and outhouses, took their departhre for parts unknown, and hale not since been heard of. J. Beetz's wine house, N. W. corner of Fifth and Mas ter streets, was partially undermined; the side wall on Master greet gave way, audit was feared that the whole building would soon topple over.. Harrison's Cohocksink tannery, Sixth and Master streets, suffered considerable dainage. Lbeso about $2,500.: Naudain & Peterson's tannery was damaged to'tbe amount of $l,OOO Fore paughta Jefferson tannery, at Jefferson and Mifflin streets,. was damaged to the amount of $lO,OOO. O. & J. Noblitt's hair- cloth factory was damaged to the amount of .81,000. . The loweeportion of the Government Hospital at Sixth and Meste - r streets was flooded by water,, and during the flood other patients were placed within.its-yvalls. Tho factory of Oornellus & Baker, at Fifth etreet and Colum bia avenue, has sustained heavy loss. Beater, Delaney & Adameon'e gine factory sustained damage to the amount of $lO,OOO. Miller & Hirsch's glue and curled-hair maunfactory was damaged to the amount of etlo,ooo. . The, rope walk near Sixth street and Montgomery avenne.was completely swept away. Warner's steam saw mill was &neje erably damaged.' • • • . Wyetb & Dro., laboratory, corner of Sixth arid Oxford 'streets; suffered' heavily. About 80 girls were'engaged in the building at the time, and were with great diffi culty rescued by means of -rafts. Henry Black's hoop skirt manufactory also suffered considerable damage. The open lota in the neighborhood of Sixth and Mont gomery avenue were covered to the depth of 12 feet. Fronk Bulb's button manufactory was damaged to the amount of /WIN and. about 400 bushels of bone. dust wese swept away. The grocery and dwelling of Messrs.. Jas. rater & Son, corner of Amite and Thompson streets, was greatly injured. The. building itself Is seriously undermined. The loss of the occupants will exceed $3OO. The hotel of Fos, Fifth and Thompson, is also materially in jured. Amerig the incidents of the excitement attending this sudden calamity, the praiseworthy exertions of many of the citizens in this section of the city ate worthy of notice. Messrs. James McCartney, J J. Stub?, B F. Lynch, and other gentlemen of the 17th ward, rendered • material assistance In saving the lives and property of residents in their immediate neighborhood. It is impossible, at the present time, to estimate the loss of property brought on by this sudden calamity, but it can scarcely fall short of a million of dollars. Whole blocks Of buildings will have to be torn down and re built. • The streets and sidewalks, along the whole route, wi I have to be taken up and repaved. Business must necessarily he suspended, and for some time nearly a thousand persons are thrown out of employment. HenY poor families have lost their all, and gloom and despand ones...l4.'6,a in the late flooded district. W. byS Considerable damaye was sustained at Fraukford. The bridge on the Plank road was not only carried away, but also another small bridge near the same pl ace. This will stop the running of the care to Frankfoid for several days. One or Leo houses occupied by poor families were flooded. The wharves suffered severely, and a con aiderable quantity of coal was swept.away. DAMAGE TO THE SPRING GARD= WATER WORKS The Boring Garden Water Works 'Sustained aerioua damage by the flood.' The machinery was covered with water, and the main pipe wee considerably twisted and put out of place. The damage done will amount to several hundred dollars. DBSTRIICTION OF .1 HAILROLD BRIDGE. The bridge of' the Now York and Trenton Railroad Over OUtibeell rim was carried off The .New York train, in consequence, was detained several hours. The freshet in This vicinity damaged uroperty to a small ex !tent. • TAB SORIIILKILL - lAND DELAWARE The water on the 13chuylitill has risen ten feet the ;creeks and• rmall inlgqto communicating with Dr. river are ranch swollen. /Crest volume of water fs now pour ing over the Dant at Fairmount. Igo serious damage has been done' along the Delaware front, although it is feared that the tide may rite to• day to an unusual 'destroy a great deal of property. The to egraph lined 'west of ITarriebtirgh and • those osmmunicating with Ildladelphia, were out of order last , evening. • " " FAIRMOUNT 'WATER WORKS. "'The Water' Werke at ruirmount shAtalned some slight damage. & part of the foreleg around the basirawse swept away ; also, a vast .wgintity of the earth watt re lecoicd. The damage, although not interfering with our - supply of water, will take some time to repair. l . H EAVY ROBBEALZIEL—There wag saw Unnsually full passenger train from Baltimore' .on. Thurtday night, and there appears to have:been pj.eary of cash in`the wallets of the travellers, for tvgang of pick. pockets stole not less than 83,000 ftom.various parties in the train. From one passenger 51,000 was te'kee: One of the suspected thieves was arrested He gave the name of James Kean, sod was' committed for Wadi lays as a professional thit f. POSTPONEMENT —The dedication of the Fifteenth-ward 'Grammer School-house hes been postponed. for the preeent, on occonnt of the condition ct pntlio affairs. DAMAGE AT ERANRV•ORD ;~:,:r;a ~.~.~... 1 'Colonel Bradford explained that the action E CALL-'TO ARMS. Council, yesterday , did not abolish the Home G uard , - • Dir. Nichols offered a resolution that a telegraphi c , ' epatch be sent to the Governor, !asking him if w o 7: accept the service of the Home Guards in a body, - Captain Wilson offered a subetitute that the Ha, s h ou id be requested to exercise the power delegat'rti him, and order out the Home Guard for the We ' the city and the State. calf Several gentlemen discussed the resolution and etitute, and while differing as to their propriety ' premed their willingness to go into service. or, Colonel Bradford, as adjutant of the Home G um& stated that fully five thousand men were now reedy take the field as a Home . Guarg organizati on. , plamit:l LAP. ltir:Jones offered as a=-substitute, that the column', should fill their riOrs, and report themselves for Harrishargkila. .1 st The vote being •taken, the substitute of Xr, was adopted. Several:officers declared that their conimand3 'ready hi - march in, a few hours. [Applause.] 11 8 ,1 s 'aired, though, to go larder officers of their choice. Thechairinan."read a despatch which he had preps,, 4 Offering to Gov. Curtin 5,090 men of the Home flew t,! immediate active servica. A motion was made and carried appointin g a committ, of three to procure . Iran the naval authorities a 1,,,t, 4 4 of rifled howitzers now at the navy-yard. A reeolutioe, offered by Captain Wilson= waa unaui moody adopted expressing the confidence of the boarti of officers in General Pleasonton as their corume r 4 officer. The meeting edidurned until 4 &clock. ADZOCRIDIEKT SIM?. DIE. MILITARY EXCITEMENT IN OUR CITY. PATRIOTISM OF THE PEOPLE. Workshops and Counting-Booms Closed. MEETING: OF '':COUNCILS PREPARATIONS' T O RESISTIVE . INVADER, Never, since the commencement of this wicked rebel lion, have the excitement and feeling lathe citiof Phila delphia attained such height as was the case yesterday. From an early hour in the morning until a late hour at night our principal streets and thoroughfares were thronged with citizens organizing themselves into stomas for the pliriOsec. of [marching forth in defence of their hou and firesides. The proclamation of his Honor the Mayor, Inviting-the people to assemble in their several wards, together , with the call of his Excel lenci Griferner Carlin; for fifty thousand men fok State defence, had, Indeed, a magical effect. Before the dawn of day had fairly broke, the sound of the dram and fife was heard. The workirig,man from the shop and the clerk from the counting zoom, came forth in response. The Call was in behalf of a good cause, and most nobly did all reply. Twenty thousand men were asked from Philadel phiarand, although the cumber was large and our re sources are thinned, yet not a word of dissatisfaction was heard. All seemed determined that the number should be forthcomirg at once, and every one worked with a will. Tho task performed yesterday was, indeed, no small e. The working-ehOp and the counting-house were atone converted into recruiting stations, and many were the, names enrolled. Business was suspended for the time being, and all need their energies towards carrying out the views of the authpri'des. Both men and money were freely offered. Company after company, composed of the stout and brawny mechanic, was organized and tendered to the Governor, through Mayor Henry. The result achieved was a groat . victory.. It plainly indicates that the people are tit lest fully arouse4; . and realize the great danger threatened from an invading and cruel foe. Our City Councils also promptly responded to the call. They assembled at noon, and in a short time passed ap propriate bills and made the necessary appropriations for the defence and safety of the city. Romeroite meetings were also held. by the various old military bodies, and their services at once offered. Vie whole day's proceedinis were of the most satisfactory character, and no ose body came in conflict with another. ?spas. MEETING OF ear COOiCILS. • In accoidance with the Mayor's proclamation, both branchea of City Councils convened yesterday at noon, at their usual place of meeting. The attendance of spec tators was large, and unusual interest was taken in the p.oceedings. ' !MUCCI' BRANCH: President 7 hsodore Ortyler called the Chamber to order, when the call for the meeting Was read ; alter which, the Mayor'', clerk waa introduced, and presented the follow ing message: TIIE MAYOR'S XESSAGE To the President and Members of the Select Ccuncil of the City of Philadelphia r. Gsrrructass The necoesity of immediate concurrent action by Councils, for the protection and defence of the city, has demanded thus a epeeist meeting of your Chamber. In.addition thereto, the general order of the Governor of the Commonwealth, issued last evening, --- - . calling for the instant service . of 50,000 volunteers, to re the invasion of our State, requires that you should at once adopt measures to promote the enrollmentof citizens and their organizations into companies. append to the accompanying general order of the Governor a copy. of the proclamation made last night, in consequence of the special despatch received from him, which is embodied in such publication. The welfare of this city and its ultimate security may depend, in a great degree, upon your wise deliberation. Let full powers be conferred upon the taecutisie and upon those 'appended as his advisers, to act in this emergincy. . Very respectfully, • • ALEXE,NDER HENRY, - Mayor of -Philadelphia. Mr. Lynn said that if there had been no other resolu- bora; prepared, be would offer a aeries as follows : An Ordinance to provide Arms and Military Supplies for the able bodied citizen of Philadelphia The Select and Common Councils of the City o; Phtla- delptia do hereby ordain :- . ' SIICTION /. That the -Mayor of the, city of Philadel phia le hereby authorized to take possession of all arms. ordnance, ammunition, einipmtnts and ed pplies,wherever to be found, that-may be necessary, in addition to each supplies already belonging to the city of Philadelphia, to arm every able-bodied - citizen who mar,be ready to pro ceed to Harrisburg, in response to the recent call of the Governor of. the State of Pennsylvania.' 13E0.11. That the Mciyor shall furnish receipts for all articles that may be taken in pursuance of this ordinance, pledging to the owner or owners thereof adequate remu neration from.the city•of -Philadelphia for the same, and he shall require' a pledge from the recipientsof such arti cles, or from the commanders of squads or companies, for the return c f all such arms and equipments in good order, unless dameged,"consumcd, or destroyed while in service. EEC. 111. ghat a special committee Or three members arid the Presidents of each Chamber shalli be appointed to co. operate with the Mayor in the execution of the pro visions of thia ordnande < Tar. Wetherill moved that a committee of throe be ap- pointed to confer wilh the Mayor In regard to the emer gency. Carried.. •Neeers. Wetherill. Megary, and Oatherwood, were named as the ccmmittee. On motion of Mr. Inghete, Mr. J. P. Wetherill was reouested - to withdraw-hie resigoation as a member of the Committee of 'Defence and - Protection. ef the City, which he did in a brief speech. The Chamber then took a recess, while the committee waited, upon the mayor:- On ro,esesemblin g they reported an Otdinance; giving full power to the mayor, which was read, by sections. _. Mr. Mend akin voted no In the first section. Mr. Wetherill here stated that five members of the Committee,. out of eiglit,/had signed the report. The three members who refused to sign it were Mears. Petal, Wolbert, and Kerr, (president,) all of Common Council. Mr. Wetberill farther elated that the Mayor desired no i•nch immense responsibility as that allowed in the bill reported. He desired that any man competent to take it should do so, and, while he consents to do it, would itaefer that another shotild assume tha task. The offer of the Mayor was moat noble and patriotic. The Decal er felt certain that, were it necessary, the Mayor wotild Seize, on behalf of the Government, all the arms he noted find. ' 40 Mr Davis said he dld - not like conferring this power on any one outilde of Councils. ht or said that, in an occasion like this, he favored when others did, for the bone to li nish his liberties, would freely entrust such Power to any ;ersone ----"" irettait mayor of this city by this majority of its people. Mr. Ginnodo deeired.to offer an amendment. Mr. Ford theught that at a time like this there should be no delay. Even if we did not do what was altogether right, we can correct our errors afterwards. We should ebourthe people that we have_done something, at least, in en emergency like this. '" Gincodo was opposed to giving so much power to one individual. -He moved as an amendment, that the word .f commiesion” be stricken out, and the duty per— formed through the proper committee of ()entrails, with when the - Mayor may confer. Mr. Davis regretted that there was not more confidence felt in the power of Councils to legislate propeily for the. city in any and every exigency. This commission will move slowly, and Councils would be more efficient.- At any rate, Philadelphia is to be defended through the au thorities at Washington. The idea of arming mon and sending them along the edges of the country to defend Philadelphia, was utter absurdity. Tke proper course now to pursue is for Council members to resign if they deem theinselves Incompetent to perform the labors im• posed on them. . , The amendment of Mr. Ginnodo, that an advisory com mittee be appointed, with whom the Mayor may confer, was agreed to. Mr. Ingham movtd to add, and three citizens to be appointed by the Mayon'? Lost by - a vote of 13 to 7. Mr. Wetherill said he would vote against any amend ment that would divide the executive power of the city in this emergency. The great object to be attained now is unanimity. Let us give fall powers to the Mayor ; and, if necessary, !et us have a Dictator.) Mr. Casein did not approve of any such sentiments; tbc.ugh it was no time now to discuss these matters. He affered an amendment that there ehoniti be no expendi tures by the Mayor, noises with the adtice of the com mittee. Mr. MegarY . opposed the amendment strenuously. He thought it was petfe'ct folly to require the Mayor—a man in whom we have full confidence—to ask any committee what lie shall or what he shall not expend with a view of keeping off the foes of the country. The amendment was not agreed to. Dlr. Dougherty offered a further amendment that the Mayor obeli confer with , the Committee on Protection and Wince of the City. Not agreed to. The ordinance then Passed, as amended, and read as follows : • An Ordinance Relating to the Defence of the City of .Philadelphia. I. That Councils hereby confer upon the Mayor of the city the right and authority to exercise any and all WRITS which, in his judgment, it may be necessary and conducive to the safety and defence of the city, shOuld be exercised, with authority also to incur such expenses in the name and in behalf of the city as may be • requisite for the discharge of the aforesaid duty. 11. That the sum of $500,0t0 is hereby appropriated, to be drawn upon for the discharge of the duties pr.-- scribed by this ordinaice,.and the warrants therefor shall be drawn by the Mayer. 111. That en Advisory Commission be; and the same is htrehy Established, with the Mayor may confer. In discharge of the duties prescribed by this ordi nance; Said cominiseloti toconsist of thepresent Commit tee on the Defence and Protection of the City. The . Obi tuber then took a recess of half an hour, to aw.it the action of Common Council. Upon reaseembling, the bill was again brought iato the Clamber, with the amendinents of Common Council. Mr. Wetherill said that, rather than have the ordi nande passed as it was amended, he would prefer mortj al law. - Concurred In, and the bill passed finally as follows : The Select and Common Councils of-the city.of Phila delphia do ordain : 1. ThitCouncils herelry confer upon the Mayor of the city the righCand-anthority to exorcise any and all powers which, in his j,udgment, with that of.. the Com mittee on Defence *and 'Protection, it may. be 'necessary and conducive to the safety and defence of the city should be exercised, with authority also to incur such expense in the name and on behalf of the city as may be requisite for the discharge of the aforesaid duty. 2. That the sum of live hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated. to be drawn upon for the discharge of 'the duties prescribed by this ordinance, and the warn rents therefor shall be drawn by the Mayor. The third aection of the bill was stricken out. coinioN couNcir, This body reassembled about the same hour as the other branch met, President Herr in the chair. • The Mayor's message was reed. The Chamber concurred in the reselation;rom Select Branch in reference to Mr. Lynd a bill. The Chair appointed Messrs. Paul, Buiran., - and Wol bert on the committee, and a recess of half an hour was taken in order to allow Select Council time to pass the bill. Ehortly before ) o!olok the Chamber ,resatembled, and the ordinance as passed in Select Ciuncil, was presented" aid' reed by. the Mr. Freeman offered, ell an amendment, to give the Committee on Mefence. and Protection rower to act with the Mayor. ' • Mr Harper did net want to Fee any amendments passed. Hewes opposed to any further delay; it was now time that tomething bad been done. Mr. Freeman explained; that withont this amendment the passage of the bill would create martial law, as it would place the power all in the 'hands of one man—the Mayor. Es thought there was no exigency requiring -.Mr. Barger said that there was no necessity to ignore the existence of COULeIIB. • 9he Mayor should. have an advisory committee. If he had any suggestions to make, that committed would treat it with all the re spe it be coming his official position. .)11r. Freeman thought that by giving so much power to the Mayor we would proceed on the principle of giving the vow. r of the people to one 111911—the one man power. He had full faith in the Mayor, but he would not voce fix giving the power of Councils to the Mayor. The act of Assembly rettfaires that Councils ehould exorcise a supervision, through their contmithea, of all 'infetior departments.. Should Ibis ordinance pus, we would retch ish a new kind of ge Avalon. Mr. Leigh would, in ardinary times, pursue the prfnei - phi that in a multitude.of counsels there is wiedom. Bat it is not prudent t 3 follow this principle In military mat: tars To metro any measure effective in that line, it is absolutely requisite that nnanimiti should prevail. _1 fir. Barger said that it was not beneath the dignity of the United States to have an advisory cantnet ; it wad not beneath the dignity of the. Governor of Pennsylvania to have his advisory committee,, nor should it be beneath `itbe dignity of the Mayor to have his advisory committee. "The Intendment was liereed.to The third sectionWos atrioken out, and the bill paseed.:,_:;Adj3urried. TIIN HONE GIUSID OSSICERS—TBST smroome SINE .IE, r rmi body reassembled M 110013 Yesterday, in thqSaj;. mum Court room, Colonel J. Ross Snowden in the otialr. Mi. Hart - meth, a personal explanation. Re we.* re. Dotted as saying, at a formtr meeting, that the msjsrity of the membere of City Councils were disloyal. Ile did not dmire to be so understood.. The Chairman stated, that in consecsuance of, the yrs.- sent exigencies; General Pleesonton had Proceeded to Harrisburg, to consult with the Governor. The committee appointed to confer with City OonLcils regarding atd for the HOMO Guard made a report. Upon re_amanbling at 4 o'clock, the follow,, !match was rcoolvc d from the Goverpor, is Ra mer tot, one forwarded to him : 31 RP.ISBURG, Sort To James Ro s s Snowden.:: Please send company...organizations for the Weary m the State as set forth in /mussel order No 35, dated 10. Companies from the same localities will be orgstnii't 'together so far as practicable. Yon will readily p t , teei „. " the necessity of system In our organization of th e art here. . The advantage of special privileyes would lead . 1 3 trouble and • delay. In this emergency no ti me lost. AND. G. GURTII , A number of the members expressed great disiatisto. tion in going to Harrisburg as companies and n o t orgenizatien. It was stated that the National Gum', and Gray Reserves had both been accepted as bodi ee. Lieutenant' Spangler suggested that General plse+3l4)l should Call out tt o Home Guard and they abonld inc4x, e 4 to. Harrisburg. The speaker thought that the floseroor 'ionld not separate them, but keep them se one ores*, lien. President Snowden thought that the board of 0i50,, hid done all that patriotism demar.ded. They 1,54 04 . 0 1 ed their services several times, and now, at last.tlry only to be accepted on a certain condition. tie wi s k,i to know how it was that an organiz;d Way bite ail Boroe.quard was refused, when they were arms% company after company of 'raw Men—men who tiu never handled a musket. A body like the Howe Owl taken togethir, ho thought, wonld do more good t h ou , the undisciplined companies they could obtain. 11. 6 ,, sure that something must bo wrong, or this ccalli nerx be the case. Tide organization would be a credit to tte city. . . bAt this stage of the proceedings. Gen. Pleasontoz, Ahf ad heal otherwise engaged, made hie appearance, set wee greeted with loud Applause. The General, after reviewing the actions of Ga ttr ,i, relative to the defence of the city, said that the m ay - r ; had expressed his confidence in the Home Gaud or gni n. nations. The speaker advised all the officers su,rert fill up'their . companies without delay. He would a n. rtil that no company should detach itself for duty a n t „ c Philadelphia. Besides this, no company can do se n n y regularly anthrrized so to act. The General, le ea, elusion, urged each officer to at once commence remi t , tog for his company, to. fill them all up to the maxima standardi'arid soon they would have one of the finest rr . ganizaiions in the State, whose services would be guil t accepted. After some further discussion tbo chamber aljes2 l4 sine die, without coming to, any foal decision. RESPONSE TO TEE MAYOR'S , PROOLAM &TIDY) In accordance with the Mayor's proclamation, se v of our citizens assembled at their several places rab& in their respective wards, for the purpose of at 0 , organizing themselves for the defence of the State. Situ of the assemblages were. very largely attended. vh, disagreeable state of the weather did not seem is ra least to dampen the ardor and patriotism sof the rook During the eeverest part of the shower yesterday portions of our city were well thronged. Squads of to, were marching "to and fro, and the sound of Ste drum was heard in all quarters. Daring the m)ru i the scene at the Mayor's office beggars all descrier:e t (Mize no came forward single and in liquids to offer services for the defence of the Slate. From all parts of the city offers of camp service; sv ! tendered. The Mayor only accepted, however, th 3 S E . vice of those who were formed into companies. 110 squads were turned away, and at once- set about ecp solidating tbeinselies with other bodies for the pram formatting complete companies. As soon as the flap; accepted one csunp*ny he would notify the Governor 4 telegraph of The genie. The organizations accepted de t , the morning were as follows: Capt. John Dobson, Falls of Schuylkill, a full comm, ready for service this morning. The following wero also tenderod - to Adjutant Run./ by the Mayor : Co. H, Keystone Gnards, 25th ward. Cant; E.E. Sheble, 100 men. One company, by Capt. John Anderson. -Ode company, by Captain 0 B. Wilson, (831j,,....y, Foundry.) Ono compauy,by Capt A. Heiner, (Baldwi n's F.r111 71 . Do. do, OartAßobt. Patton, do. d.). Do. - 'do , Capti Chas. ttewort, do. et, Do: do., Oapt. Myers. - - Do. do., Capt. Shoemaker. Three companies of Irish Legion, Cal. Power. Each of the above companies consisted of 100 MM. The Mayor's proclamation was the subject of mum in every workshop in the city. At Baldwin's Inlet the men organized as soon as they reached the ok About three hundred ferried into line, and marched s Fifth and Chestnut streets, where their appearance vs greeted with loud and enthusiastic cheering. Takes t together, the men presented a rather strange appearawe Some few of them had uniform overcoats on, and oda, were • armed with dinner baskets, umbrellas, 1 glance at them indicated at once that they cams front! workshop. About a hundred of the operatives or Hem. LS brandt & McDowell, stove 'manufacturers, were es on the alert. at an early hour yesterday morning. movement on the part of these sturdy sans of toil slut tiroly eponym:4one, and does honor to their noht Other workshops were considerably reduced in the cm ber of their men during the day. THE DOINGS A,IONO THE POLICE. At an early bOur in the day, large numbers of she'r•l lice force signified their willingness and daterminatonn at once attach themselves to tome organisation and lase for Harrisburg. In the Ninth Police District Matteis Franks and fourteen of his men have offered their se vices, and the acme state of affairs exists in all the fir Wets. It is thought probable that between tea sat three hundred police officers will leave. Our pike fern is a well organized and. dliciplined body. Titer era sal drilled in the use of the mneket, and could the enti:,'ll.lr be thrown into active service, they would be one of the nest orglinizatione that ever left the city of Philadirkit All the members of the force who return are installed O. their old positions. Many of the force have for a loot time been battling in defence of the sag. MEETING OP TUC CORN R.XCRA.NCE ASSOCIATI ) ! 2 -—C-41..-nrtria . Exchange Association 51.1 Irorterday morning, 0. J. btonam...--......_Th zbilir, the 0 cf the Governor and the proc'amation oetTninrti,r considered. After scree further discussion, the subject was rerfi to a to.ll3mitteo to at once enroll the members. HOTEL WAITERS FOE THE WAR. We understand that the hotel waiters have iotr, rated a movement which will enable them to leave t ru seat of war within a day or two. There are lots of i 94 abmen to. take their places as wallets. ELECTION OY CAPTAIN. The citizens of the Fifth precinct, Thirteonth rat met, pursuant to the call of the Governor and llez at their precinct house, Seventh and Coates streets, chose as their Captain George W. Gamble, who will ;..e medhitely put them in proper discipline and. drill, DI ANAYUNK.. The Governor's proclamation caused the ulmrtS citement at alanayunk. The belle were tolled, all the wee a general - tom-out. The whole plisce A full company was formed. yesterday. GERMANTOWN. The residents of Germantown responded nobly u el call of the. Mayor. Little other business vas trio:A al in the" town, than that of orgabizing civilians into sl - tart' organizations. Several companies will be tom* ft cm here. Franbford. which has already furnished a lard's men for the star, will also be able to turn exit companies for State defence. DEPARTURE OF TROOPS In addition to the many independent ceropsnie3 ,44 left for Harrisburg last evening, three comrosiii. o hundred men each) of the 2d Reg,iment,Reserseßri C r eier;e l Alfred Day,will leave this morning. The rano! ing nine companies will follow as soon 83 POSSIiA 3 rg men all 'rave well equipped and armed. FebtorlieY morning, the company formed by one .6P dyed of the emplo] ems of the Pennaylvania Britt Obrefany left for Harrisburg. The First-troop Cavalry Regiment wera aNi'd gather lea evening, for the purpose of learniat many of those who' have already joined the orpraYi: , , are willing to proceed at once to ilarriebarg whole body will leave, it is said. Captain Eponcer Miller's Howitzer Compst4 l •=o"' day A DIFFICULTY. The Governor's proclamation calls for isdeyl 3l4 . companies, and the consequence is that the e*.i otl , m organi7.alions and general officers are ignomt Mayor in consequently much embarrassed to kook * to act If a good popular officer was appoietelt ol command at this point, it would greatly factlastrl: great work in hard. We understand that this w-' zl recommended to the President. PASSING TROOPS. But three full regiments passed through the eti.. terdey on their way to the neat of war. These v. , • 20th .Connecticut, 2:lst Connecticut, and llth Bea„ . ..411 the men were, as 'neual, well fed at 0 . ..„, [ freahment Saloons, and went on their way Every man of the Connecticut regiments bad blanket on, which sheltered him from the hear/ ' l l,, The 20th was unarmed., In the existing state of s;” no regiment or company of soldiers should peed this city without arms and ammunition. The ' 6 l 4 several regiments that have gone through late;f not pleatied in being without the pr"Orier mean of Jer, C AU!' INDEMIDENCE. A During :iesterdity afternoon, Independence 3.11 1 u 1 ,, visited by an immense concourse of people. IlirP__„'" band dieconreed some excellent music . In the or° the mafn avenue of the square was panted with riaud majority Of whom were femsles. Each tent WM and transparencies hung all along the avenue, stretched from tree to tree for the ',lmpale• of recruits were obtained during the day and ere=ct THE WAR MEETING IN THE 20TH WARP' Last night, a very large and somewhat entnati meeting was held at the corner of Tenth street 9ni ut avenue. . . - - The following were the officers of the meeting: .1 Idward Gratz,.President ; Vice Presiderits,Gt'"'t Etmcme• George Williams , W H. Jackson, ti F Ford, gtacy. Reeves, - Wm. J. Howard, Dardg I sac Ashmeatt, John M. Malloy' Secretariee. Billinftoni James M ..Arrison, I. New ton Bross' A ' dire, Robert Baletcu • • Mr Gratz, on taking the chair, made a hnst (Merit Adieu,. Appropriate resolutions wersth':' • by ffir. Wcidd - and unanimously adopted. LSFT rose HARRISBURG. Last evening about 500 men, comprieutS - fir e 112 p 7 1 , &hit companies, cook their departure from W," 4 ,1 delphia for Ilacdsburg. The superinteutte ett cio Pennsylvania liailroad and the Reading llsihasie.4 every facility in their'power to forward :he rag' s ie delay. A much larger number will bare to.deT. ye otherwise ordered. The number yeatertlaY been much greater had.the notice to march n' t - suddenly.'. •.. ` . IIGRAiI kr TER - siATost's OFFICE LASS EY- 115 ” I Up to a late hour last .evening the .w Mayor •' his, oMce,here he was constantly in receier,o, Opatchesi and was alsotisited upon by a large 8 ,: u 1 p e Ouriraisit.prorniineut citizens. Be gave Meal y i! del stand ttat there . Wm no immediate' MUM Of et !ri that our,alleire began to assume a brighter sePed..4y latiroi.performed his arduous part of the tits'. with great coolness and firmness, and hitceiVol;, cited thehighest tokens of praise. The sceeel day *ill long be remembered by the people of phis ; and even if the services of no more of oar 1 ` mo 0 citizens ehould be required in the vicinity of , r , ; c every one is satisfied thatit is well to be presto . ' emergency 71SE RUSSELL SQUADRON. nee Captain Fry , e Russe ll Troop and Captain II ntonell Cavalry hare formed themselvet into 14 11 , 4 to be called -the Rnesell eonadron. Tee*/e'r,r march for; Harrisburg on Monday night. ,„„:e young men accepted. The EQUadre n le _ accepted *slid efticLinilreflicerrd. The Conditiiiii "and POSitiOli Of t h e [Trent As . Washington Star-of last evening last evening, a portion of the force of tlesoiir side advanced and - . occupied the,village of h u r t er on the Baltimore and Ohio' Railroad, bet to g: . - 'Frini - Fredetiok city. Yeeterday morelug tb e Lt . envied_ it in fore .. We wawa° they these when Burnside advanced, as we boa L to bear of any eollition in that quarter... ryt , The rebel army continuer on both lilies et tat,,,o, 'We know that they are apparently In beast' for'.' i r 'south aide, between Ifolan i e Ferry and fistoc, o • -We-know, further. tl at they have now no fort In the viclnlty.of .oentreville and Fairies , ba f 6: . s . than - mall ilielr pickets iron there.• Thro "ter' akettbey picketed th eir lines closely front Ge Drsitteville.thst th' lr We doubt not, from all these s facts. - ,force =dinettes to hovel on both broke of eronnil'where they. first crossed fr,to Fri Maryland.
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