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TELE WAR.
WHATEVER temporary reverses may 'befall the
Army of the Potomac in its chase after the de
moralized and fragmentary armies of the rebels,
it must be confessed that the grand reverse and
disaster of this war has overtaken the traitors in
Maryland: The plans of their commander-in
chief,' oommitted for execution into the hands of
the favorite and hitherto most successful general
field officers of the South, have been frustrated.
If God has not confounded our enemies in their
council hall, his Providence has given us the
means of not only °overcoming them in the field,
but has vouchsafed for us their total disoomfiture
for all future designs. And why? Because our
army has been reorganized and reinforced until
its numerical force, if stated in public print, would
open the eyes of such as have "all along
doubted our ability to coerce the South into sub-
mission." fdoClellan's army is of that sort and
strength that the greatest of all generals said,
if properly led, could march anywhere, eonquer
ing and to conquer. McClellan has; been fortunate
enough to meet and defeat the
,enemy in all his
strength, while he was endeavoring to execute a
mod urimilitary design, carelessly put into exeou
ion, and the enemy can do nothing now but retreat
and fight•all the way back to his capital—his ori
ginal base—with a. Union invincible army at his
heels—finally to surrender, covered with the igno
miny and 'shame of his overthrow, in his " last
ditch." The history of the " proposed rebel in
vasion of the North" deserves at leant a passing
notioe, because it is the grand idea of the leaders
of this rebellion—for it bad swallowed up the
hanners upon which were emblazoned, in brazen
characters, " State Rights," "Southern Inde
pendence," and the " Divine Right of Slavery."
The mistakes of prominent Union leaders, and the
naturally consequent disasters to our arms, em
buldened the rebel leaders to hope that they could
renew and carry out their first plan of treason,
in electing Mr. Breekinridge" President--they
would have seeured the National Capital .
and archives, declare themselves the Government,
and would have made la the rebels. The first at
tempt to put this plait into execution was a politi
cal one purely, and was foiled by the el eotion
of Mr. Lincoln President of the 'United States.
The second attempt was made with the force of
irrus, which failed through the ability of - our
Government and its generals in organizinst a great
army almost:instantaneously after the battle .of
Bull Run, Si d peeling it in the most advantageous
positions to 'repel inroads and invasions, together
with sea-coast' diversions and McClellan's great
flank movement up the Peninsula. A third at
tempt was made at the instigation of the Southern
newspapers and leading rebel politiCians, by turning
the right of our defeated and demoralized Army of
Virginia at Chantilly three weeks ago—the pa age
of the Potomac and the invasion of Maryland. The
rebel diternons in the West were well matured,
and well managed, but did not divert attention
from paltimore.end Washington, as they were de
• signed to do,—on the other hand, stirred us apt° our
Work anew, and made our army irrepressible every
where; so that this third, last, and greatest attempt
to establish the Government of the Southern Con
federacy upon treason and slavery, has proved the
weakest and the worst for its originators. Its fail
ure secures us the moat consummate victory and
success; and these will, in proper season ; give tie an
honorable and lasting peace in a happy, regenerated,
purified, and prosperous country. The series of
victories gained by General MoClellan and his able
and gallant field•marshals will prove decisive col
lectively; and a short time, should we be spared an
early winter,.itill suffice to show to the people of
the United States the beginning of the end of the
Great Rebellion of 1861:-82.
THE NEWS.
REPORTS from the Army of the Potomac last
night cover nothing but successes. Gen. McClel
lan has got the, rebels in a' much worse situation
thin they ever experienced before, and Lee's army,
large'as it is, will certainly be annihilated before
it can get back to Richmond. The fact that we
hold Harper's Ferry, and have our army massed
beyond that point, almost precludes the possibility
of fording the Potomac by the 'rebels, without the
moat disastrous consequences attending upon such
orossing. The Union sky is getting brighter, and
our great constollation of thirty-four stars will soon
again light up the heavens, the betokening coming
darin of the day of liberty for all .mankind.
WE bave b,report from Boston, appearing to
confirm the report of the investment of Charleston,
and the bombardment of Fort Sumpter. An ex
pedition for the Edisto river has been quietly pre
paring for some time past.
Tux funeral of the lamented Gen. Reno will take
place tomorrow.
A nasrAvun from Harrisburg reports Gen. Hill
to have been captured and Gen. Longstreet killed
in the battle of Monday. It adds that everything
progresses favorably in Maryland.
• Gaono.a N. Sesozas, who loft for &trope, via
Niagara, 'some weeks since, we see by our Eng
lish papers, per Edinburgh, has arrived in Liverpool.
The Telegraph, of that city, a semi-secesh organ,
announcea with a flourish, that he' is " bearer of
despatobes for the Confederate Commissioners,
Mears Mason and Slidell."
Ws give, in another column, the official
.report
of the commander of the Third Regular Infantry,
detailing their conduct in the second battle of
_Ball
Run. It reflects credit on the regiment.
Tuts morning we present to our readers copious
correspondence from the seat of war, in Maryland.
AN interesting letter from Cincinnati will be
found in another column.
Tax report of , the Citizens' •Baunty Fund Com
mittee will be found in the city intelligence. 'lt
presents an interesting statement of the operations
of the committee slime Its organisation, and lilso
contains some important suggestions. '
Ax item from the Wlaelang Intelligences, of
Monday, gives a sad aoeount of the condition of
affairs in that quarter. It states that Cumberland
has been occupied by the rebels, and that fourteen
'hundred cavalry and two regiments of infantry were
at Romney.
Mr. Earesson has given the name of ".Co.
manohe " to the immense iron.olad v)>Ssel now
building In Jersey City, and intended /to be the
pioneer , of a fleet for the protection of
,6ur Paola°,
'coast. Crowds of workmen are employed upon the
Yam]. She is building in the same' yard as the'
Weehawken,
water,
the latter being/on the stocksi
nearest the must be launched first. 'lbe l
reonllir vied° of building a mailed inan-otwar,r,
Which, When finished in eveiy,wey, can be taken')
apart piecemeal -and transported like a portabt e :
mesa cheat, is very interesting: _
Tin transport steamer Coatsaeoaleos—to be
known hereafter by the prononnoablename " Ame
rioa"—arrived at isiew.York yestuday morning ,
from Annapollif, Md. She brought from the James
river one thousand and fifty paroled Union Pd.:
sonars, and left them in camp at Annapolis.:
The prisoners passed the wharf at Richmond
where the rebel iron-glad Merriam+, No. 2 /ay.
r •• 0
. &
She was encased in a large wooden framework,
carefully arranged to prevent an . inspecaoS*Of7the
Vessel from the outside ; but as the"megsrentW,
One of those engaged within
_the enoloattre Qtreir.
ripen the dOor to obtains Vielr,op.4llV‘ Ye? keit.l'
;got much ratisfactorrinformititon was Olitaned
ip relation to her. The iron mail appeared to be
On her sides. One of her portholes was visible,
Out there was nothing to indicate that the arms
*tent was on bottrd:::ne iinportantjaot in rela
tion to the matter le this—Aat the vessel was not
ready for sea When even on Saturday last, and
cannot ptslttkblylleaverport foritome time to 00n1ey...,
A. TaLliffitAl4 in:another column exonerates our 1
excellent Governot from.a report circulated
by bile:.
persons that the recent call . of troops tc Harrisburg
wee made for polities! purposes: - .
:YESTERDAY, the 17th of September, was therali.: •
nivereary of the adoption of the Cenatltffiloif:
day is wore worthy of patriotic; oCtrunernOtillois::
This day commences the seventy-fifth year of the
Federal Constitution.
nt
Soria time (fine°, the lamented Genartil : Kearnty
ordered his officers to wear sewed on their maps a
square bit of rod flannel, that he might the more
easily recognize them. They have determined to
adopt this rod bad as an honorary distioction,
and their new commander, General Stoneman, ap
proves of it. Field and staff officers wear Wei the
crown of their caps; line officers on the' font of
their caps ; and privates on the right aide. In the
nowt fight in wide& they may be engaged, Rear
ney's men, with their badges, will avenge thoir be
loved commander.
TEE names of the inmates of all the hospitals
at Washington are to be published weekly, so as to
faoilitate the. finding of the - wounded by their
friends.
THE Queen of England has gone to Germany.
Ws give a detailed miaow:it of the fall of Harper's
Ferry and the lame_ted death of Col. Miles, upon
the first page.
A LETTER from Port Royal states that the steam
frigate Powhatan, late of this port, had arrived at
Port Royal. She was evidently preparing for aolne
important expedition.
OVER six thousand paroled prisoners passed .
Fortress Monroe on Monday and Tuesday en:roNo
for the North:
MCCALL has boon nominated for Congress
by the Cheater County Demoorattin Convention.
A onazniteo letter, written on September 7 by.
Gen. Morgan, commanding the Cumberland Gap,
indicates his ability to held the post. •
A.z. the Continental Hotel, last evening, the fol
lowing despatch was posted on the bulletin board :
Gen. Hooker sends in a telegraph stating that we
have gained a glorious victory. He was worinded .
in the foot. He represents, the battle as being
fought with great violence on both sides, and the
carnage was awful. A gentleman of veraoity, who
left the field at five , P. M., states that, Gen. Mans
field was killed, and that he saw the rebel Gen.
Longstreet wounded and a prisoner."
WE have 'numerous telegrams from tho seat
of war. A special despatch from . Washington sant
us, last evening, details of the battle of Tuesday,
and states that the enemy, when the contest closed,
were almost surrounded. A despatch from Harris
burg states that a severe battle was fought yester
day morning two miles from Strasburg, and that
the rebels were dispirited and falling back to Har.
per's Ferry. A special telegram from Wash•
ington, received at one o'clock, reports the
telegraph between Washington and Frederick
to be broken, but states that a messenger had
arrived from the field who reports everything to
be progressing satisfactorily. 'The firing is re
ported to have been unprecedented. The °ono
',pendent of the Baltimore American thinks there
is no doubt of Harper's Ferry being now in our
possession.
A fight took place near Centreville, in Weatern
Maryland, on Tneaday, by which forty-three were
killed and one hundred and fifty wounded on the
Federal aide.
'We think we can see the beginning of the
end. The Union and the Rebellion are at last
grappled in the death-struggle, and on the ro
mantic banks of the Upper Potomac, where
Nature sits enthroned in beauty, among the
everlasting hills,•this fearful contest is rapidly
approaching its end in agony and blood. The
effort of the past month is too terrible and ex;
hanating to be repeated until after centuries of
resuscitated strength; - Everything has been
staked upon the ilium. Life, treasure, : Coin"-
merce, agriculture—the resources of nature and .
art—all that we have, and all that our children
can possess for generations to . come, have
been consolidated and combined, and .
hurled upon the foe. Everything points
to the end . . The magnificent, inventions
for an extended campaign2ther intricate
movements of our various foriteis— .. ,The armies
Of MCCLELLAN, SIGEL . , BANKS; *DOWELL,
POPE, BURNSIDE, and Hurrrsn,conveigini
and concentrating upon the onf aide; the,
armies of LEE, JOHNSTON,'JAO/Lfpi, EWILLi )
BEADRHOARD, , and
. LONGSTRBET . ; .converging'
and concentrating upon the other, , all pre
sent an array of military : power and ..skill
whose magnificence history cannot parallel.
The battle-field has been' larger than many
of the modern empires of Europe. It
commenced on the Chickahomirty, and
now concludes on the Potomac. The
rivers of Virginia, including the James, the
Rapidan, the Rappahannock, the Shenandoah
—the valleys and mountains of Virginia and
Marytand, including the Blue Ridge, Ma_
passes, and the Monocacy, all combine to
give magnificence and meaning to • the great
drama, and become the land-marks and
boundaries of the mighty scene.
In the events we record to-day we think we
can see the final consummation of this contest.
The invasion of Maryland was the desperate
resort of famished enemies. Their stubborn
valor; their resolution; their hardship,/ and
sacrifices, all showed that if they would succeed
they must do so at once.' Maryland was their
last hope. Rich, flourishing, and happy Mery
land was to give them milk and honey, comfort
and encouragement. In her intense.. devo
tion to,,the Union they found a bitter betrayal
of all•tlieir hopes. lifcCnsznArt gathered the
remnants 'orthe Union armies, reinforced
thent with the reserves that had come from the
North, and at the head, of an army greater
than ever he commanded before,- he pushed
up the Potomac to meet s the haughty invader.
That meeting is recorded in a week of liiittlOk
They have not ended yet, but from what
we can learn from the confused multitude of
despatches now before the publiC, ho seems to
be crushing the rebel forces in detail. Brigadett
and divisions have been shattered by his. in.
_
Vincible army. LoNosruEur is wounded, atm
is a captive, and the flower of their commands
are dead upon the battle-field, or flying into
ginia from its horrors. HoGlarsaires• career
scorns to have been ono of unceasing and'sur
passing successes. lie has driven a groat part
of their army from Maryland—he has occupied
Harper's Ferry, and the remnant of that army
is fighting against inevitable doom. All our
tidings from the batile-fleld show that their
doom is upon them, and perhaps before these
lines are read nothing remains but the demo.
ralized remnant of what was once the terror
of the Northern States.
It is irnposs:ble to see how any people like
..those of the South, can survive the exhaust - 7
ing combat that is now about to clOse.. What
can they do ? , Where can other armies- be
obtained? A:rigorous and unrelenting con
,
scription has taken every able-boged man in
the South—a fierce and haughty oligarchy has
•taken every dollar the men of the Splttlt
.possessed, every acre of corn and cotton
ey have raised ; and whatever the result of
any battle they may dim': their rebellion
lies weary, bleeding,
,and exhausted, its life
blood ebbing away in misery and shame.-This
is the result we see in the contest now raging.
It is the only result that can come. We have
lnkto completely grind this rebellion to pow
der by continuing to fight it—by war, legisla
tion, and statesmanship-4y laws:Of conga
_
cation' ;nttainder, banishment,
,-andri sum
,
i'dittigi*:•and peace will come:'zlTherotil:
h.: , -. 7 ,
danger. we drelidi.oa"l ( MY " ermar
be tempted • to; 1 /004.X. 1 3 101 0 ilftWe
Lill'6 l 4 - 1 1 043441*,E , g0t#011' . • tlle ,
!,tyligll,l bef pietaritalsilft ittoo
late to iliatew to any , policy ,, that ' may • I,d , to
such a result. It is too late to.accept ink sug-*
' gestion that may weaken the ,lewidiow wield
ing,the sword. It ie forrtsto: - Ty whether we!
-abillwhave peace and lionor - o'r:Peace".and.im-•
miliation. „Honor _will come - yritll Ticegii;
accomplished and improved . Hunmiliat,ona
will come if we permit, by any indolence, fats()
magnanimity, or want of energy, the rebels to
Victory and Peace
recover from their discomfitnrevid regain
_, .4.X1, ..1 ,
6•Vvnisth froAlinactivity......net r: end this
now by „.. e ncsr-asnibilitton of our
co l lt ro•
. 5',.:
foe, 4 Wan to thtkihe riikoct 6 sertea,of annoy
ing ; distracting,. and exhattsting wari;in the
years to come.
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At all events—unless these detaibgaremere
fables aß4: l !krielf. , tfie.
we chronicle this morning must be; ;the.
&Su battle of this campaign, anti the
- end — cif - the war. behind - the vast cloud
of:lnnOlie blood - death and mlseri'
that rises- above Herpes Ferry, we think
we can seethe; sunpbine:Qt i peacb. God
grant •it-rwe piay. moat ,fervently. God
grant tir:lut ti ea wAti!i . .."litor l lllllog
us 1 0,Y 7Piis
war by seeing Victory settle 'upon :our tains,
and the South at ,the.morcy of
.our nu4lnaul
mity and valor. -
Mason and Slidell.
At the last sitting'of the Rebel Congress, it
was unanimously voted (the Richmond Ex
aminer tells the world) that Messrs. Mason
and SLIDELL, Confederate Comraissioners to
London and Paris, should be recalled. These
heroes of the Trent might say, with Othello,
that their cc occupation ' s , gone," but, in truth,
they have had no occupation. Pouring water
into sieves,-or trying to make ropes of the
sands of the sea, would produce as many re
sults as have accrued to the rebels from their
playing at diplomacy. ThOy were not received
as ambassadors, neither was one of them ever,
admitted into.the presence of VICTORIA or NA
POLEON, to whom they were: respectively ac
credited. The officials whom they addressed
e them the cold shoulder. Their lengthy
blllitles were very often acknowledged in the
most curt, manner. They are nobodies,,and
were treated• as such. Every dog has his day,"
and they liad,.theirs—on the Trent. From the
moment theYlareled•in England, they fell into
a hopeless.abysmufutter insignificance. Such
was their position,'or want of position, in Eu
rope. Now, their oWn - triends have snuffed
then out in Rebeldom. Whether they come
home, is a matter of profound indifference..
But we presume that, for personal safety, MA.-
sorCwill continue in his furnished rooms in
London, and that SLIDELL will remain in his
gloomy solitude, for its only visitors are de
..sponding traitors, in - the Rue du Faubourg
llonore—that stately mansion which he leased,
in order to be near the palace of the . Elyeee .
Bourbon, and 'the embassies of Great Brits* .
Greece, Prussia, and Saxe Weimer in the
same street.
IT IS WITH much regret that we notice the
death at Baden-Baden, Germany, of Mr. JOHN
BOWIE BOHLEN;Of this city, son of the late Gen.
BOHLEN. Both father and son died upon the
same day, August 22, the one in battle, the
other in a foreign land.
LETTER FROM 44 OCCASIONAL."
WesrmaroN, September 17, 1862.
The present and fature condition of our
countryis attracting the attention of our wisest
and most patriotic statesmen. The conside
rations involved in this great question are
much more solemn than the immediate exi
gencies of the war itself. Connected as they
are with all the moral and political interests
of the people, these consideratfons may be
justly classed as paramount to everything
else. Those who busy themselves with com
plaints against the Administration, and cla
mors against our generals in the field, and
who display unwonted ability in this some
, what doubtful work, should direct their talents
to the grave._ and_ commanding questions,
Whether our Government shalitake advantage
of the developments of the last year, so as
to strengthen itself ,for the great duties be
fore it, or, .whether itz.shall fall • a. prey to
„revolution and to anarchY Among•the men
who are, now devori4 :themselves to the
,
Solution of these
,quetitiotts' is ~ the. Hon:
Robert J. Walker, at preaent a'. sojourner in
Washington. This distinguished • man, al
though thoroughly identified' "Or the Ad
ministration in the prosecution of the war,
and heartily sustaining Abe. President in his
entire - policy, neither 'holds, nor seeks, nor
desires office, -yet with Mi. : large 'experience
in public affairs, an' experience extending
through nearly halt u century, he expreiiiei
the lively interest be feels.in . the extraordinary
moiements,oftheotir by rendering the most
efficient service to the.constituted;
autho
rities. I understand that .GoVernor. Walker,
and his law partner in this.. city, (his patriotic
Secretary of State while he was Governor of
Kansas undeillr. Buchanan, the Hon. Frede
rick. P. Stanton,) have agreed to prepare a
series .of papers for the Continental Monthly,
in which several of the most absorbing public
questions' will be thoroughly and earnestly
• discussed.
These gentlemen are singularly well qualified
to perform this task. The one a member of
the United States Senate for twelve years from
the State of Mississippi, and the'Secretary of
the TreasurY for four, the other a member of
the House' from the State of Tennessee for
eight years, they have been identified with
most of the great struggles that have taken
place between the two.parties, and have taken
active and leading parts in their respective
spheres. What two such men may say, there
fore, will deserve the careful consideration
and renaembrince of the American people.
Among the questions that will be discussed in
the forthcoming papers, that of emigration
will be prominent. The demand for labor in
the free States attracts the' attention of ptibli
eists everywhere, and the Government, keenly
alive to the necessity of providing a supply for
this demand, is exerting itself to attract anew
current of emigration from other countries
to these shores. Governor Walker and Mr.
Stanton have always been among the leading
advocates of 'a homestead bill in the Congress
of the Vnited•States, sukthey,w,ll contribute
vastly to. the efforts, eflaie.Government in
awakening the interest of therpeople of the
Old world to the attractive fields of enterprise
on this Continent They will 'show, that at no
tieriod'iii time_
haVe the United States offered
so many -inducements to emigration as they
offer to-day. Mr. Calhoun, twenty-six years
ago; resisted the'first homestead bill, when it
was Introduced into the Senate by Governor
Walker, because he foresaw that nothing could
weaken the slave States so much as the
filling up of the Western domain by the in.
tellect and. ncOicle of the athletic races
of Europe. • Gradually he detached his
Southern supporters from
~.the party that
advocated donations of lands to the_ landleas,
until at, last none remained but Robert J.
Walitr, in " the Senate ; Andrew. Johnson,
George W. , Jones, and Frederick P. I!•tenton,
of , Tennesitee, and Albert Gallatin Brown, of
Mississippi, in . the House. The homestead
bill passed by the list Congress, and soon to
take effect, will be a most .powerful agency in
tempting thither a 'new exodus from Ireland
r .
and Germouy. -
Our WorishoPs require an imme
diate supply of industrious and enterprising
men. The hundreds of thousands now in the
army have created a vacuum that must be
filled, or the greatest calamities will. ensue.
Oar enemies in Europe are busy in 'the work of
depreciating the loyal States, in order to dis
courage emigration, and. no nobler task could
be assumed than'tlit of correctingttiCe alum.
nies of these enemies. Among the opinions
held by Gov. Walker, which he will explain
hi the papers in the Continental Month/yOs iaot
only that white labor must be attracted to the
free States, but also to the slave States. In
other words, while filling up the deserted ave
nues of trade and industry in the one, a new
and more vigorous population must be thrown
into the others. The seceded South is ex
bausthig itself of its white population.. We
*3lbest . realize the dreadful future of that
section in this respect when we turn to the
situation of the free StatesAwhich are now suf
fering for the want of white men in their fields
ftritil,:fiiittaries. If the ;.free States need and
,Mast harm, more people, iiiiiksvo; 1:4.41;314p
;of.•the: , siave . States •wbemmearlx & the -whole
population his ' been :vil:into tee army
-. Ad
ibini4eii.f . 'ih`p bi — C 7 G
.only that
:the. ~ h ighest duty : of,: 11e Government '
AO invite•tliie , sliives of :rebekewithin-onilkies,
but that • these.rebels'mtit'be ilepftea of ltie
.lahor of •their slayes.:Aewp not ' '
advocate
.the. ramody,of : a ,irrioclaniation of imMe,diate
emancipation, he le too prudent and- conside
rate a Seatesinazi for thet ;
.but be will take . the
iroTangl t hat 4111,?ap be done !fed- -;
e istitutionally, , owners may l;lie
dispossessed :of their Alive property tinder the
war power, and that the slaves, when sent to
Liberia, will leave behind them ample room
THE .PRESS. - PWILADWIM: . ItaiSDAY, SEPTEanit 18, 1862.
for the capital mid', tlikipqriatry of the *bites:
Gov. Walker asseitelt:hiit'iirhite men-c#n 141ett
in 'the Southern cotton flelda as
the blacks; and htiviiifrove this
the example
. and :the
,experieneFof: thikGer='
mans in Te,iii ; lbtri:bay - ii:eitiibikia%Clarac,.
teristic slrill—And • endrirance iii the great
cotton fields of that State. Already mil.
lions of slayeimpeSphave been lost to the
traitors m ater two, war. monymenced. Every
additional' Vey of itie'viarlwill addto thi's
oiiflce.lt is the diityiAlfeinfore;ol the truly
patriotic atateaman to prepare for the mighty
future that is dawning upon us. Thls war,
which has cost so Much to the loyal people of
thi United States, may proie, and I believe
will prove, to be a war .14,Ahuridfillt compensa
tionttB itoaial,mrathiailsor l -
airs' of . the of slifeiir. Tfie :great
body earkii - hY
SontlfoPgr.elii4here, either bb
so far on the road to freedom that no future
event can ever' re-enslave' thern.'' We are, 'in'
fact, emerging into a new phase :of our des
-The last myriads of Military, Mein-raised
hi the loyal Stites will go fortb Witte to Con=
quer and To ebloniae the seceded : Soith.
must suffer still more in _ the. North_ and the
Northwest; but we can afford to suffer when
we recollect _and dwell upon our
,iulinvaded
territory, and behold the millions .of teirope
coming forth to fill and to till our deserted fac
tories and fields. _ Occeirorre.x.
SURRENDER' OF HARPER'S FERRY.
Description of D'arpe'r's Ferri--:Snrren-
der
,llnnecessary.
[Special Correspondence of The Press ] .
HARPER'S FERRY, Sept. 16, 1862
The greatest disaster that has yet befallen our arms
occurred at this piece yeast day. A place upon which a
great deal'Of time and an immense amount of labor had
been spent in fortlfYing and making impregnable,' his,
when the eyes of the American people , were turned to
wards it, been suirendered, with its defenders And a hirge
Quantity of military stores, to the'ellenliee of our cointry.
The facts; as far as I could learn—for I did not arrive
here until after the surrender took nleco—are as fol
lows
HARPER'S FERRY
Harper's Ferry lies in a valley, with the Maritand
Heights,"itimirated by the Potomae river, on the . east,
and the Londonn Heights, separated by the Shenandoah
river, on the santh,,and thelßolivar Heights and (amp
Bill on the north and west These are all high hills; but
Maryland Heights is the highest, and thereforecentmands
the test. Onr forces had on the west side of the Ferry a
complete chain of entrenchmente, extending from Camp
Hill te the Shenandoah river. They made about four
fifths ots circle, and were very extensive. They all had
guns mounted !on them, some-of large calibre, so as to
the
the country on allsides. They wore built to prevent
-Abe approach of a force by way of Charlestown and Burkett
Loudoun Heights, overlooking the Ferry, on the
south side of the Shenandoah, were not fortified by our
forces: - Crossing the Potomac river at the railrotul
bridge, we come to the far-famed Maryland Heights.'
These are a part of the Blue Ridge mountains, and are
very high. They are very 'nearly - perpendicular, and
the cnly way to reach the top, is by a small dirt road,
about half's mile north of the'railread bridge, along the
cabal. This road is very steep, and only wagons of
light draught can ascend, it. About two-thirds
of the way up the mountain is a plaoe com
paratively level, overlooking the country round for
nearly twelve or fifteen miles. In 'this spate our heavy
gum . ; were planted---lome IGO potato:len—and they were' .
'fixed so that they could sweep the country for miles .
around Harper's Ferry. All our entrenchments laybe-.
low, and any one, without even a particle of military •
knowledge, could see that the salvation of Rupees
Ferry and its occupants lay on our holding these heights..
In the rear of Maryland Heights is
. a road leading from
Williamsport to Sandy Book, and we had a fee/
gt ll t.
but scarcely any men to defend It.
- TER WAY OF CAPTURING THE FERRY
To attempt to take Harper's Ferry on the Virginia
skie would have been the greatest piece of military blurt.
daring known, and therefore the principal attack wee
certain to come from the retir of Miry . land Heights, and
these once in the possession 'of - the rebels, our forCei
o °rad either have to surrender or be cat, to pleceit,
JACKSON'S MOYEDIRNTS
When Jackson kft Frederick he rapidly', marched to
Williamsport, crossed
. the Potembo there, and proceeded
to Idartitaburg, where he thought Gan. White's forces
were, but he hid taken up bis lino of march !new hours
before. Gen. Jackson then drew hie line of battle imme
diately on the west aide of,Harper's Ferry, ao that it our
force& ebould elide/wort°, eseapa,thrAt way, ha could fall
upon them, and capture them. .
Rill and I ongstieet marched on Wednesday, last from
Frederick to Middletown, thence to fiheothyttit, When
turning again to the left, he marched dowethe .toad
mentioned before, until, he reached the rear— Land
heights On Friday, Billthrew out his shar ps hooters,
and they approached within lenge of our guns; and hired
upon our artillerymen. The firing !Watt . replied tiy bir
our akirmieters and our tit:tiller) men, snit. .soo n'. the
firing became heavy. •
At the same time tbe rebels, under., Szieksen, made do
•
attack On the west eide of itie Ferry, am - they were re
plied to by , our batteries. from 'Bolivar .:and Oamp Hills.
.Tbe rebels had also planted a batiera on Loudotin Heights,
and also opened fire. In tile afternoon ordeikicame from
colonel ffitlse to the commandei of the bitteries otf ela
ryland Heights to spike the inns of that battery and
throw them down the precipice.
The order was so unexpected, and the commander of
the batteries thinking that there must be genie mistake,
for the order was a verbal one, positively refused, and
kept playing into the rebel batteries, ,and made sad
havoc with them. soon after a writai - and"pereinptory
order was sent, and this time it was cotriplied with. •Olir
men soon after evacuated. the beights:;:aird:for the first
thee their hearts failed them. They , kneiv•that" s4lcing
as they held that position they were safe, but to scams -
it would be their destruction.
FIRING RENEWED ON SATURDAY
On Saturday morning the firing was again kept up,
and continued all day with scarcely an intermission.
The rebels fairly lined the position, and kept up a con
tinual fire of shot' and shell upon our forces. On Satur.;
day evening they took possession of Maryland Heights;
and immediately commenced to: play upon our troops
from a battery they had planted there. But soon night
came on, end the troops rested. •
On Sunday there was not much fighting, both sides
not caring about bringing on a general engagement'
Oa fifor.day morning, the firing again commenced and
was terriflo. Nothing but one continued stream of shot
and shell fell upon our forces. About five minutes to B
o'clock the white flag was flung to the breeze, by order
001. Miles, and shortly after all firingseized. About two
minutes after the flag was hoisted, Got fillies was struck
with a piece of shell, tearing his leg, below the knee,
ainioat into strips, and about the same time •he was
shot through the, thigh with a Mule ball:- fie ex
pired shortly after:
The negotiations were kept up all day, and iiboitt7
o'cloCk the place was unconditionally , surrendered' to
Major General Bill, of the Confederate force. All the
troops 'stacked thair muskets and were immediately 'pa-
Poled. They were allowed to keep their knapsacks and
blankets, and snob regiment wee allowed two wagons to
Carry their provisions, &v.
All the guns, sixty. flee in dumber, and an immense
quantity of ammunition, &c., were surrendered, to
gether with the following reginiente 87th Ohio. 130tIt
Ohio, 32d Ohio, 126th New York, 111th New Yoik, 115th
Blew York, 12th New - York, 9th Vermont, and . 60th nil.'
MOB ; also, compeniee A end F, of the sth NeW Fori
Artillery, the 15th Indiana battery, end an independent
Ohio battery. Our whole force nuMbered about 8,000
men.
Hill and LOgitglitiset 'immediately gathered all they
could take swiy with them, and sent It on ahead . . 'Tie/
will undoubtedly leave the plaot, and from theaaCitemiiii
Prevailing there, it is thought by our officers shit , ' thei
are doing to now. J. BL O.' •
RECAPTURE OF HARPER'S FERRY.
Hasty Exit of the Rebels—A Large Num.
ber of Prisoners, Taken—Gen. Burnside
, in Possession—Nearly all the Gnus and
Arms Recaptured—The Bridge Saved.
BALTIMORE, Burt. 17.—The special correspondent of
the American, writing from Fredellci, says:
At the time of the dettuture of the care this . after
noon, it le very generally asserted here that Harper's
Ferry fell into our poeseesion again on Tuesday evening,
at 7 o'clock t and wee occupied by a portion
,of General
Burnside's force before, the rear of General, divi
slim bad ails:rood the river, who, to the
..egtept„of.l,6oo.
br one statement,. and 4,000 by another, were : taken
prisoners.. '
." Lbave conversed with some members of the New .
York . . 12th Regiment, who were not paroled by the
enemy (their haste being so great that they o.uld not
epees time to attend to them), who inform me. that there
Sono doubt that the place is in our poseassion: .
I' They say that it was 4 o'clock on Taeoday afternoon
before an opportunity was given tocrositho bridge, and
that they th e
advance
had no t marched a mile before they met th
advance of our column moving on. The rebelg'did not
undertake; to hold the place, but merely made a batty
passage through, not even taking time to secure tteir
plunder, much of which, for want of transportation,
they deatroyod.
Nearly the guns and arms are salts to have bemire. :
canturedond that so sudden was the deititedt . .. Otide
them that • Ahey did not succeed in destiojfig the
bridge, the three spans of which beedoom
pleted. • •
tg The whole number of killed during tha idegi was 48;
and of wounded about 160',
The Location of the Battle at Battens:
ville, near Centreville.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—Wounded officers,
.vrtto ar
rived bare to-night from Western IdaryySid, 'may that
when they left, at 7 o'clock this moining, 'battle had
commenced at Bnrkettaville, which 11 two Mlles from
Centreville, and near Crampton's 'Gap. ' 1
. • .
BATTLE AT SHARPSI3IIRG;
The Rebels Falling
„ „
-Bawt#,MderAtiPAreobir otTeFfi
fougliffit*arfiallitto•dirv;: , 7 A
"-.lt - r-z.o 4, iihr ia keit el.?"
'thts side el§ ugh ono our ten QM Moor Podium
creek neaglittAmbewn. ' • • ;• • - •
isa rebel" are 11411Mit, pack to Harpet's For-7'olld
ld 4
ax me Wo are artltih , at Hagerstown.•
, :TO bridge reported to lore • beendeitreyed br the
- Ifideriliforreetimithak i iiiol4 tittle; at or near Wail anis
-IPor .210 . 4 . 1 9 6 /00 T elie 00541:ge . of
foliedee:lbikiiitiegilita' Waiting
up etappiiee; • •!••••.: •: 0 )fraii :
The ostlers from the Phllitelpidi , lfsillrir'di attached
to gong
ere eifA at i`>4 , ,
Berevi 'triorabiAlviihus fitoreaporidedio
•the"CkiyeitiOiti iiill E forliiior4444lAvddiniiirof.' the
Stage.
4
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- DIFORTAWFIIOI ligittlilr
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A, sEygßs . ;A-frirtiE ANI) A GLO
" , IeIOIIVVICTOIiY..
wmitmtrmsm... CARNAGE i.
Longstreet.,:not Killed ) buta Prisoner.
~:.• • - • •-•- _
GEN. How*" "WOUNDED IN Mit 00T.
BA**:E;fIF PORTERS*IIWii7,;7-
^ . ' .1. •
BARRIsnuR o,l34*W:ober 17.—A despatohjostreosliel.:
at beadquart” t from Ilagerstown, says: ' •
, f We,-have aol t ved a glorious victory, after a great
batile:".
4 1 General Longotreat wax not killed, but wounded
Pod.taken: DemiPer.
" General Hooker, of the Federal army, was wounded
in the foot.” ,
No particulars of tho battle have yot been received,
but it is .uuderstood that the carnage on both sides
was awful. .
[SPeeittf - Despatchto The Press.]
,WAeltttiGTON. September 17.
Early yesterday morning Gin. tdoOLF.LLas's army ad,`
Yttneed'from its bivonaok on Tuesday night to attack the
enernY's rear, si he wee broereing the Potomac. General
Loa GSTREST'S ditielen,wee the rear guard. ...„" •
About noon the advanced oarties came no wtth.tbe re
bele, but balttd untd the main body dime up.:4l.lltge
Tederallfoido was soon Canoes trated is f4outOf
The rabelti formed in line of battle on the west bank of
Antietam creek, between Soherevllle and Sharnaburg.
. .
Just after' five dile.* General kfcCriaLLAN attacked
them, and the battle lasted until nine in the evening,
vben ho bad nearly surrounded, the enemy.
Early this morning the contest was renewed, JACK
soN's troop having crossed the river to .the aid of his al:
most defeated comrades on the other shore.
JACKSON left Harper's Ferry, yesterday, ostensibly
for Idartinsbnrg, but diverted hie march to join the
forces in Maryland.
Thebattle has continued all day to-day, but no official
news has yet been received of its results.
The War Department, though unable to give any re
port of the day's proceedings, has nothing =favorable.
There are numerous rumors of, decided and brilliant
successee,"and the anxiety for news from the upper Po
tomac is most intense.
Further Particulars.
[Speciat Despatch to The Press.]
llAarnsTovirx, tOepteinber 17.
A battle has been raging furiously for the past two
days on the Antietam creek, a:tortuous stream, having
its source in the mountains, and running down "to the
Potomac midiray between I.ohertitville and Eiherpsburg."
The rebels, cut off from the iron bridge at Harper's
Ferry by the advance of Ganerhl Franklin's corps; and
fearing to cross the Potomac at any of the fords, with
General McOlellan
: pushing down hard upon them, took
this creek for a line of defence,
During yesterday the:battle raged with great Spirit,
and the fixing on either aide was very heavy until to
wards sundown, wlien the rebels were flanked by Hooker
and Porter, and were being ;severely punished. Their
firing became desultory, and it was evident that their
ammunition was giving oat. ;
This morning, the battle was renewed by the rebels
with redoubled vigor; they acted as if they had been re
inforced and furnished with fresh ammunition.
The battle lasted until four o'clock this afternoon,
when the rebels retreated, leaving General Longstreet
ard the remnant of his division in our Minds as prison.
ern of war.
Oar victory is ECM% but it has cost us many officers
and men. Mejor General Hooker was .wounded in the
4 1630 t by a Miele ball while leading a second brilliant
bayonet charge to-day, and General Mansfield is either
killed or taken ptiaonet. He fought moat heroically
daring the entire affair to the time. he was piloted.
The lots of the rebels was nitwit greater then ours.
Zongstreet's division of ten brigades cannot mustersoven
tboteand •men. • .
PIO entire rebel army will be captured orkilled. There
le no chance left for them to cross" the Potomac, as the
river is rising, and our troops pialdrig them continually,
'and sending prieonershi the:Sea . ..by shores.
.
Eltenewall Jackson Is now 111 co mmand of the rebel
forces in Maryland.
It is reported here that Gen. Mlles re-enaoted hie Bull
Bun scene at Harper's terry, which was surrendered to
the rebelsin a Shameful manner.
Six batteriatiieartillery, belonging to Longetreet's di
.
werwaipturs yesterday and today; and it is
said we hae # C,Ta* -- ti nearly fifteen thousand prisoners
since Brindisi.'
Jacksaille 'arrni;: With Lee and other distinguished
Wounded officers, will be forced to surrender in a day or
two, at the farthest.
Our immense army is all in motion, and our generals
are certain of ultimate and decisive success.. -
Btores for our army are coming-by way of Harrisburg
and Baltimore.
Gen. ' B`maids has taken - possetialon of Harper's
Jerry, a s advancing on a special mtailon with he
..••• _
n t
.
corps. •
Everyone hero La jubilant over the naw s s, p a E n o d i p: L. op le_
talk aboattLag the "begl6ing of the end "
_.. r, - -- - _
Further Particulars of the Great Battle.'
BALvistortx, Sept. 17—Midnight.—A epode! oorre.o
spondent from the seat of war Bays:
The cannonading on Tuesday afternoon was very,
heavy, and continued with . some intermission long after
nightfall.
On this ( ..g,.. eaday ) morning It was renewed at day
break, wi b .a..N . olence and rapidity that the people of
..
the vicinity, • - ..r. ,ad watched the program of the firet
day's contes no , i was entirely unprecedented.
t f
'. It was odntinnons,battleof heavy guns, and from the
position i oCupied, Gen. McCiellan's right appeared to
rest on 8 arpeburg, and hie left on Catoctin creek. The
rebels destr,apridge over this creek, yesterday, but:
Gen. klcCiellei;htuOt rebuilt during the night.
The Nation il; ‘ )‘,cujiied by' Gan. kicOlo ll an'-appears to,.
be en ad varailieoni,ei4itis guns seeming to be stationed •
on a raniti?Of•hills, from the apex of which the little
donde of iVhits smoke rolled up in the distance, - marking
distinctly the line of conflict. The reports were so rapid
as to be without •intermission, and sometimes three or
four reports struck the ear at the same momsut. "
The cannonading commenced at daylight, and was
beard distinctly up to,lo o'clock, causing the impression
that tbegreat battle of the campaign was in progress.
The wounded were being carried- towards Hagerstown
and Booneeboro', so that little could be beard direct .
from the fh Id in the direction of Middletown.
The reports !het were received from the scene of con
flict were highly favorable, our forces bnvinit, at the
time, the best position, and the battle .being pHncSpally
with artillery, in which we have a great superiority.
Tuesday's Battle—Desperate Conflict.
At a late hour to-night no official news had been re
ceived from the battle of yeateiday.,
The telegraphio communication bettyien this plane
and Frederickiiinterruptei.
A. messenger'arrived frOM the runty this evening, Rag
reports that everything 'was progressing satisfactorily
when he left the battle4leld, and that there could`be no
,
doubt of asucceisful result.
The' fight has raged , some twelve hours, aid* . :bus.
a most desperate one. .„
Further Particulars of the. Gmajlitgle
Soldiers who were on the gold. 'during Theiday i staia
that the battle was participated in entirelythat day. It commenced early in the morning
tinned until tato at night. . .
GEn. IllcMellen, at the close of the day, had driven
them about half a mile, and obtained an elevated posi
tion, from which he was operating to. day.
The fight yesterday wee, hoivA'er, sharply contented
b y th e enem y, a n d it was only'at the close of the day that
the slight advantage mentioned was gained.
The remora afloat wore yarious—among which it was
said that Jackson and Hill were again croaaing the Poto
mac; in tlie'rear of Gen. Lee, byway of Sheplordsto*n,
thus coming back from Harper's Ferry (o the succor or
their commander. This would be praoticable, and the
rapid manner in which they evacuated • Harper's Ferry,
would indicate their sudden appearance at some point
•
where keel expected.
It is evident that Gen. McClellan was pressing,Gen.
Lee to the river in.such a manner that he cannot much
loriger sustain' bimitelf, nnleaa relieved from the other
side. Its crossing in the face of ouch a dttormined pre f s:
sure is simply impossible, and . the events of to-day and
to-morrow are likely to indicate the success or total fail;
are of the campaign.
HAitazahuno, Eept. 17, Itvening.—(Speclal to the New
York Rercad.)—Reporte which have jut come in data
that the whole rebel army has been dtiven this way, and
are retreating to Hagerstown.
Longstritet is reported to hate been captured, and D.
B. Hill killed. " •
Ten thousand Penpeylvanis militia will meet tbe toe at
Hagerstown, to invade Pennsylaania backward.-
A severe engagement occurred yesterday between onr
army and the rebels near Sharreburg, in which the rebels
were well thrashed with terrific elaughter . —soo of their
dead were buried by of as oarly as 9 o'clock A. M. to-day;
and the work was etill going on. ' •
'lbis morning the battle was recommenced at five
o'clock, near Oettysville.
Jackson. joined Lee'e forces at Antietan creek, while
our
: forces were reinforced by 80,000 men from Wash-
Jtecksim's reinforcements to Lee are reported at 40,000
Up to my led eivicee victory illmilnated °tit' standar! !
and the impression . prevailed at Hagaiitoirri - rwe TXX
YIMOLN RBDBL ARMY Or VIRGINIA
Confidence prevails hcra, and thejmoit.,supttisluiii9
adthiration of McClellan and bpi army : • • ,•,.
• We hire nadOtlbiedti-WOII greai aid deiciOi *tortes,
I?ottlyeaterday and, to-day.
Among our trophies are; whole .batteries .ind , tbonit
as di of small armeoritiriliiiiknifint44 4 pilikneia,
The 'rebellion it eirtualrisubdued. '
The Governor's Galt :got Yet
Shapended.
14enie3 it.'lll4lliidnigitt.=A:rtriner &Preset'
ao - kat , e, gained..eatiorrikel ellinil':ationqtrooghont , the
mato to the area bailie GrAeipsiistio 011;froi:.
iIIUSPKIded. •BY aikUjOtriftb4.4, AGM fa 4 1 0141 7, pro.
now:iced Untrue.. • . . ••11:•1
Dmil k
withAl*Oididiehitentbinicot
•Ennduelnd 114 . 1 ,4 4 : ** l2 # 4 El q l da
no 144,4*490.ftkikb‘4eA. an
at order. ' s.' r..;t:-r;4;•:: r.
Surgeon General Ettnith and
the SW:e sie . low here tinon-thilloTeirtorNSilidejitit
tkieir aer4irle being Squired, foi•
044004* - -:';;Tslift0 11 i6e#l 4:01
mond:Win ~...P.Wilfs41 2
..*:4:Nieritilirriiiitt l 6r.
that vgictwalite :Tr - lutpy
lipeecaf ,oriekv• 1PP14?7 1 ,t9 1 1, 4 or
eatooriuo4,,s.?s l ,.. l g...oolse t .„ ni‘
krxi,,
t - ,ernor,:ourun;44s letei
viiiiitihvputiediaritu:vrei;:eftmontsoin.„
teigulpogamaoo Tiiitt - Aiiittq - airthifwartie 0(
his r o t o s joi* .thLitotpT4.pitirtion
siirendoolt4. 4t4,syrsiie the impraMeaa:themig
the seinen that improper motives 1114 prompted the oat
•
JO 60.0911 As report haying been circulated that it had
:been. - beati foirpolitical pommies.] was a liar, *traitor,
.
and a 'coward ! Be had called them out for . .. State: de
fence, • and when the present emergencywas. cent he. ,
. •
Wo sld tiara them' Mine.
FROM. WASHINGTON.
Special Despatched to . " The Press."
• • *Aailintoii3Oeitenbor 17,1882.
Ertensive Preparations for the Wounded.
e'diimand wee' to'•darmade from' the headquirters of
the Army of the Potomac; for surgeons and medical IMO*
plies, and Bargoot - Gerierei HAso6ND. his tiocordhislY
• sent from Washington; and caused to,be sent from the-.
Esetein cittee, tlist.class inngeons to the number of a
tiumdred. He has also despatched a large train of mein
! cal•erapplles, •
Immortal:, hospital accommodations are being provided
in and around Washington. The Harewood Hospital
encampment, at Corcoran farm, has already accommoda
tions for 2,000 patient!, and Dr. MITOMIL has been or
dered to enlarge its capacity to the number of 8,000 beds.
Dr. LIJOKLY is preparing the 2d Cavalry barracks, on
Eieventh street; for the reception of a thousand patients.
Dr. WBBSTEE, of the Douglas Hospital, is engaged in
enlarging the capacity of that institution.
No More llospital phaplains Wanted.
Very many !Iliad - ions are made by ministers for
situations as hiepttal chaplains ; but as there are no
vacancies, and no more such offices to be created, further
importunities are WC! 0 OIL
Official
,Publication of the Names of the
hick and Wounded.
The Sanitary Commitaion, now in session, is about to
undertake, with the approval of the proper authorities, the
publication, at short intervals, of an accurate general
directOry, containing the address and condition of every
sick and wounded soldier in the Government - hospitals.
This Mutely action of the Commission is well calculated
to meet the anxious 'notaries of the public.
Commendable.
I
amtold that the company of Pennsylvania volunteers,
Company P, 27th Regiment now on duty at the arsenal,'
have offered their tervices to the GovenamenCto go into
active,. service. this company has been over a year at
the Welt:101i and' has been disciplined to a high degree.
It is thought that one of the co apantes of the new regi
ment! conld perform the garrison and guard duty ILery
Well. Captain BFKRING is anxious to show the country
that the gallant little company in which he has taken so
much pride can do honor to Pennsylvania on the Held of
battle.
The Navigation of the Potomac.
The guard vessels of Alexandria and Piney:Point, on
the Potomac river, are distinguished by a square white
Hag with a red cross—the.tE. Andrew's. The officers in
command of the vessels will furnish the Naval Potomac
Pass to all masters of vessels navigating the river after
they shall bave given proof that they are lawfully em
plojed. Vseeels, entering or departing from the river,
will be onbklit to detention if nnprovided with a pass.
ANDREW A. HARWOOD,
• Commandhig Flotilla Cillte.Potomac River.
Paroled Prisoners at Annapolis
,
.
. gentleman from Annapolis states that three trans
poite •arrived there yestadai. from:the James river,
bringing 2,600 paroled prisoners, including officers, teatu
itere; sutlers, and blickimithi 'While marching through
the city to Camp Parole, they excited the sympathy of
the citizens, because of their tattered and destitute con
dition. Many of them bad nonhoss, bats, or caste. 'The
Government, in view .of these facts, will doubliesa be
prompt in relieving their necessities. The civilians have
reached Washington. It is represented that the niimker
of paroled prisoners at the camp is between' 8,000 and
11,000, awaiting exchange. There were about 2,000 sick
and wounded in the hoepitais.
Campaigning In Arizona
The following, extract from ,a letter received at the
War Department, and' dated at hiesills, Arizona, An.
gnat 15th, 18(2, thews with - how little baggage an army
may be moved, It . tatiet be remembered that those Cali
fornia troope. have marched through a desert c3untrY,
where no provisions or forage could be obtained. There
fore, everything for horse and man was carried with
them, and yet, with a train less than that of a regiment
not marching flit; miles from Washington, they have
averaged sixteen miles a day for nearly sixty days
"The letlnfantry and Cavalry, California Tglunteers,
have successfully marched one: thousand miles 'over the
route by the Colorado desert, the Oils river, Tucson, ind
the &Umbrae rivers, from the Pacific to the Rio Grande.
This they have done with but the trifling hereof ten men
in rebel and Indian skirmishes, with abundant supplies,
a serviceable train, and reached the western borders of
•
Texas in condition for an immediate contest with the
enemy. .
- "Officers and mon have shared the hardships of the
march alike, without tents, and without baggage, one
wagon sufficing to transport ten days' rations and the
property of each company. For full one.half the die.
Lance over the burning doserta, in midsummer, with a
very scanty supply of water, the men have uncomplain
ingly carried their knapsacks, and averaged throughout
over seventeen miles daily. They have been only too
well satisfied to know that every step carried them nearer
to the heart of the rebellion."
Surrender of Harper's Ferry
General Dimas , loss before his surrender is believed to
have been less than a hundred
General A; P. HILL, of the rebels, was left in command
there to gather up the sPoile.
At five o'olock4eetorday, decnson marched a • large
init of his force out of lialter's Ferry, on the Wincher
-1 or road. •
It is credited.here that a battle commenced' yesterday
'afternoon, in tho vicinity of Sharptburg, continuing un
til 9 I'. 11. Our army rested for the night whore the' last
of yesterday's fighting left them, and uxpected to renew
the engagement at daylight :this morning. The above
facts are gathered from non-official sources.
Miscellaneous, ..
Gen. Ossair,. Corturuniding provisional brigades, fa or
tiered to concentrate' his command on the Virginia aide
of the, river, in . a . position snitable for continuing the
drill, Instruction and discipline with which be is charged.
Gen. BARRY, in addition to his duties as inspector of
artillery, lila been 'ordered to . repwt to gun. BANKS as
Chid of artillery of. be defences of Washington. •
*Medical Inspectors Yoia.int, Masser, and HUM
rnitirs ]eaye here to-day, in accordance with the fol
lowing order:.
SURGEON GIGNNItiVEI ()snag,
Washington Oity, D. 0., Sept. 15, 1.882
8113. In cookeection with Medical Inspectors Masser
sad HUMPEIBRTS, you are detailed to inquire into the
sanitary condition of the army'under the command of
Major General 'MGCLIILLON, the manner in which the
medical officers perform their duties, the state of the
supplies, the action of all factors capable of causing dis
ease and discomfort, and such other points as you may
be instructed in by the medical inspector general, or
lehl e h may seem to lon of itnpertanco. Apportioning
yoUr labors, you will examine every regiment, battalion,
and battery embraced within the command with the
inspection of which you may be charged. Yon will
aecertain its military and medical history, the number of
hilted and wounded in battle, the losses from discharges,
desertion/ and deaths the number of recruits received,
the prevailing nationality of the men, their physical and
moral Conditioti, and every other circumstance calcu
lated to be of use in sanitary and medical statistics.
• You will forward on every Monday morning to the
inedtcal inspector general a detailed report of all your
apertains „for *the past week. Nothing but the most
stringent necessity will be permitted to interfere with the
regular transmittal of your report. You are not as-
signed to duty as a medical officer of General MoOnat.-
Lka'S'army, and - you" will not, therefore, be eligible to
direct the medical officers of that command in tho dig
charge of their duties. Your duties are those of inspso..
tion and report, and though it is not supposed that you
will refrain from giving your advice to the inexperienced
or the inefficient, when the necessity seems urgent, your
functions extend no further, and unless, therefore, under
very great pressure, it will be better for you to„report to
the medical director such finite or deficiencies as require
immediate correction. The Department has every con
fidence in the efficiency of that officer, ard is convinced
that, when cases of derelictionor of went are brought to
hie notice, he will promptly apply the proper remedy, as
far as it lies in his power.. Medical . Inspector Vott.tat
will divide the duties to be performed, assigning to each
inspeCtOr an'estial'ininber of army corps upon which to
. . •-
resort.
'With the expression of my conviction that your inves
tigations cannot fail to be beneficial to science and to the
service,' I em, eir,
Very reepectfully, your obedient servant,'
WILLIAM A. HAMMOND,
Surgeon General.
To Lieut. Col. Z. P. VOLLTIN, Medical Inspector 11. B.
A.; Washington, D. 0. '
General Hatch Wounded.
General HATCH arrived here to-day, Ito was vround.:
ed in the right leg in a late battle.
Arrest of a Supposed Spy.
The pickets neta Edward's Ferry yesterday arrested
J. P. WALKHR, on auspicion of being a rebel spy. He
was sent to the Old Capitol prison.
; Mitch-Needed •Reform.
The Surgeon General has commenced a work of reform
among the hospitals hero to-day. He has disabused
several surgeons for neglect of duties from statements
laid bofelie him. Immediate and radical changes are
needed in some, of our hospitals.
A
• rriSal of Mr. Tiain.
GEoßent /FRANCIS TRAIN arrived te• day and visited the
• -
..' :Counp for Convalissents.
?Xs *Unary Governor of Alexandria has established
near that city a camp, for convalescents, stragglers, and
recrulte,jo which all officers who are absent from their
regiments, without proper •paesse, and all recruits and
Stragglers of regiments who are at a distance.irtuilethe
city, will be sent. .
. Officers to Rejoin their Regiments.
In co thence with an Orlicir,. the Provost Onard has
been notifying oftleens to rejoin their regiments, and
telling up stragglers and recruits. This morning quite a
laige_ number of 'officers and about three hundred sol
diers were sent to,eamp by MaJor DOSTER.
An Officer Murdered.-:
Last night, , private ions ICantata,.of the 103 d New
jerk 17...egiment; killed Lieut- F. „Lontz: of the elute re
giment, at camp, in _the suburbs of the city. It appears
that Kasten. had been out 'lateral, and on coming Into
oinipl4t night, after hie pass had explied,Lteut. LONTS
spoke to him at,ont the matter, when an altercation en
sued, and the lieuienant orderolllm under arreet. KEY.
Lea seized a musket lying near him, and ran the bayonet
through the bretiet'of the Oilier, Who:died in &bard five
Funeral of General Reno.
,
BoSTON, Sept VT.— Thi h tnneral cif General Bono, whose
repialne have . reached Beaton', will.take place on Friday,
iii Otnireb, Bledioti isitbrirn officiating,'
.the sit" •
J I 011 al, I-Atinberlwald Gap.
"qtaiionalovii Sept. la —The followinir.oheering letter
catillattilatlit at Cumberland Gap,
. ,
Seat. I.
- • • • - 7-
. 1_.41110.111141E :.Please 610 . .1a .. .the relatives and .friettds
Atitikeildiiire of this command. that we hove good health
and jtoisimpidts,stua that our citidltion_ln'every*pect
IR:bitteir4lwit:thot of .the . enemy who eUrrOund us Lot
puilriiiidiAcktbeirduty to our country, and . we will try
44"SW* asp of on:warm
• • .
Vary reepeottally;
GEORGIC W. ItIORGAII.
Mori) Troops front Reading.
)(dept. 37.---Vonr more fall oompanise of,
troop, 1411 'bore, tide: morning for. Harrisburg. three of,
infontrinand one or oavairy„l This wakes seven sum -;
pante' tarnished -br: Beading alone, in derenoe of our,
glorionsi - 011i:06zontorivrtalth, lance the smiamittion OZ
the Gotervor.
70'
--
4,epor p ajnvestteint of Charleston
Feit saieiii be Bombarded.
BoSicht, BegteMber 17:--The reysorted investment of
Mat!estop by our gunboats has some oonfirmation by a
lettei received in ibis city, from on board the United
States steamer Bibb, which says Fort Sumpter has al
ready received . . a preittaistary. dc4e of shell, : which Jo
aultcd in serious damage.
• - •
Explosion of Pittsburg Arsenal-75 or 80
Lives - Lost—A.' Horrible •
Pirranuaa, Sept: 17.—A triad/dui ex d
at the 'United Stake Arsenal thin afternoon, a 2. o'clock,
in a large frnme building lumirn as the.laboratoiry.
About one hundred and seventy-six hops and girle were
employed in the building at the time of the disaster,
seventy. Aye or eighty of whom were killed.
The explosion was 'followed by another, until the
entire bnilding_was destroyed. Those who could not
escape In time were burned np. The scene wait most
appalling. Tread bodies were lying in heaps tie 'they had
fallen i and in some places where the heat was intense
the wkitened bones could be seen through the smoke
and Mune. In other places large masses of blackened
flesh were 'visible.
Up to the present time sixty-three bodies have been
taken from the rains
The canoe of the explosion is not known, but it is ad
mitted by all to have boon accidental.
From Fortress Monjoe
FORTRESS MONROS, 'September 16.—The steamboat
Vanderbilt arrived this morning with about 1,100 Union
paroled prisoners, from Aiken's Landing.
Last evening the red of the paroled prisoners all pass
ed through hero, en route to Annapolis, where they have
been taken,- amounting to 5,212 some being too sick to
leave Richmond. Steamboat Swan left for Washington,
D. C., this afternoon. Another boat leaves soon - with
two hundred soldiers from the Chesapeake hospital,
who have recovered, and are going to join their regi
ments up the Potomac.
Chester County Politics—General McCall
Nominated for Congress.
Wlll9l Ch RSTEI4 Pa., Sept 17—The Chester County
Democratic Convention assembled here this morning and
nominated tie following ticket : For Congress, General
'George. A. 'McCall, (by acclamation); for Assembli,'
Jones MoClees, Hibbard Evans, James Hayes ; for Dis
trict Attorney, Colonel 11. M. Mclntire (unanimously)
for Sheriff, Ralph Marsh (unanimously) ; for Coroner,
John' Ralston ; for Commissioner, Ferdinand Wood; for
Director, !Jeremiah Martin; for Surveyor, Joseph
W. Pratt ; for Auditor, Jacob Dawlin.
The mass meeting, celebrating the anniversary of the
formation of the Constitution, ie now in seesioa, Joseph
Hemphill, Esq., presiding. Quite a large number of
people are in attendance.
— Accident on )he Eastern Railroad.
BOSTON, September 17.—As the 6 80 P. IC train from
this city, for Newbury port, on ttie Eastern 'Railroad,
was passing through Wenham, it came into collision
with the Perham excursion train, from Portsmouth, for
Boston. One engineer and two firemen were killed, and
some thirty or lorry persons morewzless Injured. Both
locomotives, and three cars were smashed.
Arktiai Prisoners at Baltimore.
Rivinggittli Dept. 17.—Over 1,200 rebel prlsoners, who
ere,nagturet In the' recent battles, arrived here this
evening.wider. guard. A detachment of tho 12th New
Jersey Regiment sill be sent North to-morrow.,
From Port Royal.
NEW YORK, Sept. I.7.—The steamars.Hare from Now
been, end George . Collins from Port Royal, arrivod at
this port to•dey.
Death of Commodore John Percival.
k ()now, Sept. I.7.—Oosimodore John Percival died at
- I.tosbury this MOrbillg. .
Departure of the Steamer Asia
- BOSTON, Sept. 17.-7 be royal mail steamer Asia sailed
at eight o'clock this morning, with eighty passengers and
$12,000 in specie,
George N. Sanders' Report in England
[Prim the Liverpool Post of September 3.]
Mr. George N. Sanders, late Amegfcan consul fn Lon 7
don, passenger, arrived incog., by underground railway,
direct from Richmond, Virginia, in time fer the steamer
Jura, and his important despatches for the Confederate
Commtesione.s, Messrs. Kasen and Slidell.
111 r, Sanders says that Generals Joseph E. Johnems and
Beauregard bad se far recovered as to be able to resume
salve duty ; that the Confederate army in Virginia east
of Petersburg, under command of Generale Lee, John
ston, Longetreet, and Jackson, numbers about 200,000,
including more than 400 pieces of well• appointed field
artillery, under General Pendleton, and 10,000 splendidly
mounted and efficiently armed cavalry, under Generals
Stuart and - Fitzhugh Leo; that the • Confederate
army was in fine condition, -marching upon the
enemy, and anxious to meet and give them bat
tle on any fair field ; no one in or out, of the army
doubted the result; that Generals Beauregard, Bragg,
Price, and Kirby ficoith were at the head of one hundred
and fifty thousand infantry and arbllery, and twelve
thousand cavalry, in supporting distances of each other,
In North Alabama, Bast Tennessee, and Southeastern-
Kentucky, marching to the front and rear of Buell and
Grant's armies, eupposed to number less than one hun
dred' end fifty thousand ; that the -Confederate cavalry,
under Generale Forrest 'and Morgan, bad cut off the
Federal reinforcements and supplies, by river and rail,
destroying transports and trains from close proximity to
the rear.
It was confidently believed at Bichmond that Buell's
army would be captured or dispersed ;.that it could not
possibly make a successful stand south of the Ohio river;
that - General Humphrey Marshall 'had left Abingdon,
Va., with his division, , entering Northeastern Kentucky
for tbe'Blue Grass Region expecting to form a junctioa
with General Kirby Smith, from Beauregard's and
Brspg's army; that Major' General Holmes, at the bead
of 30,000 from Texas, Northwest Louisiana, and Arkan
sas, bad passed Forth Sinith, and would soon co-operate.
with the 20,000 State troowano Partisan Bangers al
ready in the possession of the larger portion of the State
of Missouri;. that to hold St. Louis . and idissourfagahist
this rapidly augmenting force, it would require a Federal
army of not lees than 100,000 nion ; that all'aixounta from
Missouri, -Arkansas, Termeseee, Kentucky, and. Mary-.
land represented the young men of those Staten ready to
rise and co operate upon the advance of the Confederate
armies; that the Confederates calculated
.upon adding
not lees tban 160,000 to their numbers from thee() States, '
as they Dad furnished ecarcely a regiment to the Federal
army under the recent call. •
Kossuth and the Guinnlama Movement.
Kossuth's letter to the Italian joulltats, dated Law
Benne, Magnet 28, <xproeses his strong disapproval of
Gartbaldi , e conduct, end advisee the Hungarians not to
obey his appeal to ar*.eince the General is not In arms
against Austria, but against big own 'Goverment, with
a vie* to a collision with the Emperor of the French,
which would be the ruin of Italy. Koeeuth adds:
"His (Garibaldi's) war. cry is, - Borne or - death.'
It is aitti 'this' tlat•.he defies the - authority of the
patriot Eingof Italy, throWs his country into confusion,
checks its organization,- (which alas, has already been
too much retarded), complicates its finances, compro
mises its future, ricks the horrors of a civil war; and all
this for what? To bring about a collision with the
Imperor of the French—a collision which would-inevi
tably entail the ruin of Italy. * * * No one must
be astonished if the good anew of Hangars' Pre
fers to wait until a moment' when Austria shall be
engaged, or in danger or being engaged, upon some
point; er, at least, until European conjunctures Dreient
to Hungary , the potteibilitrof arming itself and ranging
iteell in batta. Every Italian patriot should rejoice at
this determination. Better than any one I know hew
truly Hungary has resolved to profit by the first once-
Won which shall present itself for getting free from the
Austrian domination."
The Magazines for October.
HARPER'S MACIAZIATE.—The new number contains
continuations of Mlle Mulock's dull " Mistrals and
Maid," of Mr. Trollope's well told "Orley krann,” and
of Miss Bvans's Homo's," .with a eeoond portion of
-• Madeleine dchsaffer,"..by....Harriett Prescott, and_Shori
tales by Alice B. Haven and Mies H.. Neely. There're
aleo the commencement, from Cornhill Magazine, of
Trollope'e new novel, Lc The Small House at Ailing
ham.” The. pieces.
.ds resistance are supplied by A H.
Gueineey, B. J. Lowing, and J. T. Headley. Harper
le on eale by J. B. Lippincott and. T. B. Petertion 111$
Brothers.
Donit's Lanr , i3Domr. 7 -.The illustrations for October
are above par ; the double fashions' plate superb r ard the
frontispiece, entitled "Plotting Mischief," greatly better
than the Illmans have lately engraved. The. other
banishments will gratify the numerous female. readers of
this popular magazine. The letter.prosa is unequal . —
very. The concludon of "From May to November" is
very good, and the adventUree Of Ablitth.Beanpole full of
(inlet humor. But ." The Chieftain's Story," by - Prof.
M. Hardin Andrews, M. D, (we love to;AvekTall his
names, as Dr. . Pricerose *ve t ) :is such a stupid haihay
the old story of Andre and Arnold, that the gc Prot." can
gain no credit from it. Equally absurd, too, is the sug
gestion inthe Editor's Table, - that seren.eighths of the
U. S. peet , othceishould be under the care of women, and
that all editors should gain to effect this transfer. It
is noticeable, too, that the modistes menially named and
noticed in this Philadelphia magazine are exclusivalY
New Yorkers—viz: Madame Demorest, and Madame
Ellis, and that' the only male faahionists named are
Evans, Benin, Brodie, and A. T. Stewart, all of New
York. In the descriptions of the fashions French worde
are unnecessarily introduced_ "A Mirk eh:Woof cuir,"
cAlcore running," “grosgraitte i "" taut* en bdt9ues,"
"jaunty gpet," " a drees of poiC CiC laze," and " &ruche
of blue tote," are simply - affectations, for they could be
more clearly expressed in plain English. '
PEREMPTORY- Elatasos , COTTON—ALSO, ARMY
KERSETS.—The attention of purchasers is request
ed to the sale of cotton ; also, army kerseys, to
be sold for cash this morning, at precisely 12
o'clock, by John B. Myers Co., auctioneers, Nos.
232 and'234t Maiket stieet...
Tax OrrizzNs' . BouriTt
.
eeriptions to-t he Citizens' Bountyll'und for Volunteers,
received on Wednesday, Bait. 173 186 Z
Ottab,llarket• street • r - ' $l6O
FROM SIXTH:WARD.
Employees of Penna.
Sugar. Refinery, oor.
Crown and Race eta .52.28
B. FON. & ..... 50
Ig. Kohler 25
H. & Oo ' ' 10 1
J. B. keinebomer, H.
Bing% T. F. 8., &se
Jones, Bev. Wm. 0.
Robinson, E. N. Ab
....bottcL. Ak. Smith &
Dayl4 Stewart,
B.- 0. Hopper,
3'O: F. H.,11.1(oro, G.
Gla . yetine, WIII
Charles Zol- • ,* •
L. ler, Jacob Froes;John
Shilling, 88 each._ 85
FROM XIX
.0!" Ol'ar - 201
PAM YOOFIT
Henry Ife'field - 1 Co
FROM TRENT'S.
Roc. Joseph Allison
- itECIBITED AT INDEPENDENCY HALL; •'
Johii-Fiord— b Rey. Richard Neiiton; '25
- ; iioo6lTe4 on Wednesday ..... ..gsw
Totat - $4781116.
. . .
• 'PETITION TO - D.EtILWIPTravIasAL
PitICEDON.--The tldtithsui been extenalysi
ly, circulated and slaked '
the.landersigned;TionieUt the United dtatm• do
aoleninip c,liron, the 'President: as the oronizrd heed
of the bratift - ,:lnmedjUtelp 'to declare neteerital Rtnedocn
(eXceptfir`crirrie) hi wimp stet, ageinet the
. 6ovenument, and to extend and equal iirOteot4oif to
all Classes Of. Loyalists. no" the sore, potent, sa d , reedy
meats. td. , down' the •Iteeeplen,. and 0
arid Peiaa " • - -•- ' ' •
, • •
The:netition. atter reoeivina signatures, is.,talbe re
turned .to . the Uontrid Codunittae, r ytoroatiter,
•
Maas., on or before the 2.5 th er September.
PATRIOTISM IN A TELEGRAPH' ()REIGN.
ypetirdey fifteen of the lade engaged in the American
Telegraph office enlisted in the service of the State.
Botha of the young 'Boixtieri sio 'Seri yoothful in spool's
svoe, but,we donbt not are !bade of the righeetriff. Their
atttmtlong !OE : ha ,held,Cper! path their : ratan:6 •
• 170111 ART Org.. ,
Captain J. B. Boberts;left lest riiiiht for Harriatirirg,
with w company of one latindred men, from Bucks counts,
This tine COrpe will donbtleta perform Birk - alit eir.vioe.
Francis Jolla 26
J. C. Voupoldt 20
0. B.'Himmelwright.... 10
Louis Latarciel........ 10
Oaah - 10
Frederick Vim's, H.
Burgbobs, $3 each... 6
SYcn Wherfrttz, F. W.,
S 2 each ' •,„ . 4
Frederick Kane,Cleo.
Meyer, ItobertOlden,•-
'Henry Dreieback,Jea.
'lt Neville, I.: H. R.,
D. - , °harlot F Wick
man, J. H , Thoroaa
IL Newlin, Oath,
O. Thcang• el each.. 12
Charles G. Dickel 0 60
TII WARD. , . • • -
011811.
NTH HARD.
.•.• * • •
-FOURTH • '
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PnuADETAntut COLLEGES--Opgb4ss)
LECTURES.—Now is the hour when the love's
of
science begin to flock in from all States sad
•••ove
Counties. The North maintains im aristocracy of •
roc
lect,—the only erriateernn which she aeknowledges, ga
innately, we are not dependent on the South for the so,
ply of mental stimulus. Cotton may have beep "
there; but intellect never was. Soutbert chlvid r y a t"
come to the determination that the rxerd is mightier
sli m
the pen; and hence do themselves more insu re i z
sh
ding their blood than they over did in ei t 7
m
The " mudeille" of the North, while they oducit 44"46
nerve, also develop the brain, and doubly p er ,
e
country. Our young "brethren" of the South, ,t,
I et,
mediate deacer ante of the mother country," mu ;
themselves with';waging war against the inttitmel
which have furnlebed them with the only Th ep
, • tal
moral good thay may sionesie •
tyd
Our colleges are all making preparations for the,,,
mencfng term. The University of Pennsyltwa, a.
old and well. tried institution, still maintain its thsr
and proffers its superb advantages to each andBelll44l
desire to qualify themielves th e profeam oal ", bb
hone of life. The lectures of the mailers .1.852.:it,,, 1-
begin on .the second Monday of
and
the nret of March. The mud reputation of thia silt)
on
don is a sufficient guarantee for Mr inters, asp el l „, t e•
were 'wanting, a single glance at the faculty nolo m orn
be convincing. earesj a
The Jefferson Medical College, Tenth, below %B e r n .,
commences the session on Monday, October le — "e
general introductory , lecture will inaugurate th e
Dro l
cm%) leg, the regular course to commence the day
A very !ergo' number of surgical and medical cy st liar
here received treatment during the past year,
Immense variety of mots have neceeserily eep le
before the students. The number of aitriculs b Z74:l4t
session numbered no less than two hundred and ata .., 4 0
article can prompromulgateeigtt—a tact which says more than any no .
vrep,, p l 4 .
The fifteenth , sonnet commencement of the H em ,.
pathic Medical College, Filbert, above Eievtee h T.
noticeable for important changes in its faculty. a— , e
faculty is as follows : per
Matehe4 Beinplee M. D., Profeeeor of Chemistry
Toxicology. au
hulas S. Brooke M. D., Professor of Instittites a z i
Practice of Medicine.
John K. Lee, M. D , Professor of Pharmacy, Matadi
Medics' and Therapeutics.
Owen B.
Pathology. Cause, M. D., Professor of Physiology tai
George B Starkey, M. D.. Professor of Surgery,
Henry N.
Dinettes of Women Guerneey
and Children .Profeesor of Obstetricsass
Petsr.S. Hitchene, hi. D., Professor of Descriptive set
Surgical Anatomy., .
Wm. 0. Hamilton, M. D., bertionstretor of Anatomy
Silas e. Brboks, hi. D., Dein. .•
The members of the ! board-are united with the r,
culty in the eagirness with which they maintain
slit
cause they have espoused. Competent Prefeesors lid slit
several chain; various improvements have been ands
in the 'building, and a surgical ward or the hesoita
convicted with it. Philadelphia has ever been the met
cal metropolis of the Western coutieent. and W
alumnus 44 this institution has a reason to feel int er ;
in his alma meter beyond the hoer when he received
upon commencement day, her honors and her Driviire t
The Eclectic Medical College of Penueylveele till hs
Open for the reception of students on Monday, the 14 ei
October. Preliminary lectures will commence os Tow
day, the 7th,. and .the regular lectures an
the 14th of 'October, and continue sixteen es t e r '
The college faculty embraces eminent names, ant to.,
Quarterly Eclectic Medical Journal of Peantyl l ,,,,, k
edited by Henry Hollenback, M. D., gives all reeeese
intormation.
UpOn'WednesdaY eveningOit 7te o'clock, the Plies.
delphlis 'College of .Pharmacy, Filbert street, ahoy,
Seventh, will commence its forty-second course of lectern
with a general introductory by Professor Themes, ee
lectures will be delleired during the winter on each biz.
MO, Wednesday; and Friday evening, at seven and ti l t /
o'clock. The branches taught are three, viz :
Chemistry, Practical phaytagicy, and lliateria Motet
Students, before getting their lecture tickets from
professor, should obtain.their matriculation tickets fay
Alfred B. Taylor, secretary of tho board of trustees, So
1015 Chestnut street. •
The next session of the Pennsylvania College of Die
tal Surgery will commence on the first Monday of le,
vember, and continue until the first of March. Piebst.
nary lectures will, however, bo delivered each ttr,
during the latter half of the month of October, es,
menciag on Monday, the 20th inst. During Omelet%
well as the entire session, a clinical lecture will bete.
vered, and operations performed by one of the Piele
sore, every Saturday afternoon. In the mechanics! e.
pertinent a change has been made by the retireneste
Professor W. Calvert. Dr. E. Wildman has been a.
pointed by the Board of Trusteee to fill' the vaces:,.
Professor Calvert having satifactorily filled the cbstrf t
the last live years,. departe for a distant city, and re
Wi/dman's numerous and valuable improvements ie
y.
chemical dentistry entitle him to the former's entate
reputation.
It is needlesa to indite a panegync upon any ate
these renowned institutions. Fact is more forcible Ise
fiction. The admission of - medical instruction hie) h,
University of Pennsylvania, 3d May, 1765, constitute i;
the first medical college in tbe United Steles. The iih
of its establishment was first conceived by Dr. wil
bbinpen and Dr. Jan Morgan, while they were prop.
cuing their studies in Europe. The greets tad 1.1,1
the venerable trees which grace the ground, of its
hall' of learning, are redolent of the sanctity s;
science. Memories. seem to throng around they
coeval, with anticipation, and the square which tha t
adorn.'by its quiet solemnity, offers a pleasing conlith
to the neighboring busy lilies of trade.
The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania au
founded in 1849, principally' through the exertiooa iti
influence of Win. J. Mullen, Seq. It boasts the seta's.
five glory of being tbe first school of the kind in lie
world, its object being to instruct few ales in the brindle
of medical science. The course comps tees afetlemi art
. physiology, principles and practice of medicine, oiee
trice and diseases of women and children, auger, se
the institutes of medicine, materia medics, ptitrmv.T
'and chemistry. 'the museum of this college, C003h1 , 74
• the term °tits existence, is extensively supplied. Ere,
.part of human anatomy and physiology is Helene -
Wet and dry preparations, and a large number of Iri,th
'models and wax designs augment the collection. V.
hmpection of this museum is excessively ieterstfo,
and we advise all to avail themselves of it eilethea
; open ti wing. the session.. When sufficient fund, ere,..
~tamed, a more meltable buildivg will donbtlees be erect"
Since the science of obstetrics is now entirely scud:.;/
to male practitioners, this is — necessary. 'the prem.
however, is not the original date in which the stirs
•
carried on by such fair functionaries.
Before. the year 1663 feniales employed their &lien
' endeavors, and that beauty of beauties, the Dvilthh
Vallieres, the Wolof the voluptuous emperor, Look XII.
of France,. commenced the innovation, and woe Mat
'Some may. conceive to be the sunnedt Other fame, by :4.
Ministering to the Princess of France,,. All the idAi it
the Duchess weiretirillialit, brit thiti 'last r‘coneeytiee
`was particularly novel and unique.
Who shall undertake to say how much or how Mien
owe to onr.collegee, each and all? True, the mechatce
in his place at the anvil tue soldier. fires with bppreqi•
. lion of his duty on the , battle, field ; but to the attar,.
atudest, to him that treads and loves to tread the deem
cal, - belongs the God.granted prerogative to teach e
well as to ,be. taught. If he employ. this ertregatiro
aright; he gives while he receives; mind and matter se
to him alike in their ultimate developments ; and be we
once has wandered har,d4n•hand with loved eoMPeneet
amid the "shady apace, of plillosophy," will ever
back to that time with fondness, and vainly yearn ft.,
days that are no more!
TII2 BRIODISBIIIIOI
.
coroner held an inquest yeaterday afternoon at Lox.
Mine's hotel, in Bridesbrirg, on the body of Besets: f
Reinhardt, who died on Tuesday from the effen cis
stet; in the abdomen, indicted on Mendes . night 641/
ten or fifteen vritneeses were examined, and tecifitlP
having heard a man by the name of Henry Gilbatte
the expression with reference to the deceased:
him, and ' I
would cut a thousand more like him "
Gilbert tied been arrested on !inanition of haring cm•
mitted the deed, together with a companion nemei
Romey. It appears the two men entered a lager tfq
saloon, in which Idr. Reinhardt, with other partirs. vn
peaceably drinking at the bar, and endeavored to ass
yoke a disturbance. As ,the deceased, wits •eiei
othere, attempted to leave the place, a rush ,rag
the door. when, it Is alleged, Giihort, without proud.
lion, stabbed the deceased in the stomach with Co
edged knife. In company with Benumb he the=
into their dwelling—the adjoining house—end rentyt
there till the doors were broken down by the poloe, c!
they were. taken into custody.
The men have been employed at Messrs. Jenks A
new rifle works, and are strangers in the vicitici.
hardt was employed at the arsenal. and V.ll.
family, about 53 years of age. Be appears to hay, hit
an innocent, no offending man, and bore a good dam'
ter. The evidence against iloummy not being arts lit
.warrant Hs detention, he wee released. Giliwt
been held to await further investigations, the rre.lis:i
at present being sufficiently strong to authorize Li 11,
prisonment.
UOUNTIEFEITING SANK NOTES.--oe•
withstanding the penalties attached to this Meet:mt.'
our citrisldetily fletded with new counterfeit ow
banking institutions of.ttds and other citiea NA:
f 110"
our prominent banks have adopted every sa- • •
protect them from this impOsition. The phet.gre;
prate!'" is the Most common plan resorted to by Vol t
who engageln counterfeiting, and to guard ageing
bank bills are often printed in colors.
If a bill is printed partly in red, the ceuntsli 24
photographer must remove the red before he ph0. , 44 . '
the lest of the bill, and the red mast then be pnt.te! . -
The colors formerly used could all be readily rel:" 1
but it was suggested by an eminent chemist Mat
rinioxide of
.chrominm would be found as permanett .
the black earhon lel. This pigment has arreulef
been adopted, and hence the great quantity of greo . '
.
eervoble in modern bank notes, especially la the ( a
States Treasury notes. '
The setquioxide of chronium resists the actin<
acids, except boiling nitric acid, and that dastroyio
texture of the bill. The only way in which it ram btff
moved is by saponifying the oil a hich is etnrkled et
medium to attach It to the paper ,• and, as the Oat W'
odium is nerd for the carbon ink, If one is removed&
tioth'go together.' The green is printed over the Cal
this method being consiaered,a perfect safeguard et
counterfeiting by photography. Many couriterfes o
can be detected by the figures written on thest—l
(miring a most expert pen to do this part or the wcel 4 ,
u'rr ,
precision. The business of counterfeiting hat a,
such perfection that ottentimea the officers of brAi"'
deceived in their own bllia.
ijAMP .1./UPON T. —The 3d Regin o
of the Beverve Brigade, about five hundred
tinder con mend of Lieut. Col. Payater, by Ofd,,
Governor Curtin, leaned at the request of Gen.
left the city on 'I ueeday night to encamp at Dcf
powder Mills, near Wilmington. The Governor.'.:
graphed, yesterday, to have, the regiment twit:ea , "
raised to its maximum standard. Colonel Eakin, $1
brigadier of the Reserves, has advertised for recruit& .
hope that' the rinmerons friends of this flee regime:i t '
lose no' time in ailing It tip; and enable it to have WO
Unction Gen. Ralleck has conferred on it, withal:ad: o
it with mu other organization. Capt. Addicts Oft
m aster of ,•Reeerve • Brigadefyeeteeday despetclim
camp equipage and clothing (United States nad
for one tboneand mein sand ten thousand 1 0 7..
and svm:kergs to-day., additionarammnottlon ter s - / ,
kets and.Bliarp's rifle& We_ earnestly bolo * ai l 0
dent number of our active young man will /7,.,‘
gallant Third To-DAT, and make it a complete rein;
at oioe The locality of the camp is health? fal" - 0 1
tiful, within an hour or two's ride from the caL,,,
is endeared
_ the Phitadelphiahy the fact that the r 7.,
of 1814 ancsasped on th is spot, and there trained Pr'
city's Proteation against - et foreign foe.
McCAaDLEss.—Col.
, ,
°endless, of this - 016 , , who was wounded is the
a Minle bill, and in the arm by ekbayonet thrust.,
the battle at Centreville, her now at' his home 5,
bard street. wider medical treatment, and extece:s,
able to return to Lin command, the 2d Penntolo r '',o
serves, in about two weeks. Col. MoOssidleir ha %,
of Philadelphia, and about: twenty-OP fo elc ‘O
He Berred en anPrenticeihip in Norris' tnadlo.
andjubsenuently bectunkan engineer, both Oe,
son River and _Harrisburg railroads. et '"` rns
twenty-twO hi red hiviwitin Moses Drotele ,lsg l;,,i
•Whom he graduated pt the bar. He then enterer
lice of Hon. litcbsta' Irapx, where he renown . ' et
iime, „making rapid strides in his Orefeeet,i ,
commencement of the wax' he entered the t•erv",, yga
jor of the 2d Penusylvenia'Beserves, Col. Vi r se.,,,ryso'
commanding. Oct 111.1 inn reeisning,
ton succeeded. ghat Officer having loet 1
, bsttleltteld; the 'poet wee confided to the en
iti blea` r of
etcb, who had alreadyriiiii to the rank of ti e
colonel for gallant conduct. .•
TES NTANITYAGTURE so,
the time of lint, (not Lent). -In Me age 64 : 0
when.all one. MIS for tit the newest of news , „it
tomes politic to" drop politics, 4iladleti ges 6 ;o o
• iatite; Jeckb;" ill'engnia in the liebrieed oooll "'io!
- abler.e.owanodity. Fairy : fingers work forq r e ,iii?
drawing - room, and,tbe rough joints of l ess Tet a aV,
• gem to;do duty mote smoothly, wber. ooreeio': io , 1 7 ,
trig for fathers and hrothari far sway. Au e° ,..o:"
between a etandieg " army wish°
0: 10
children, as they tmthread the "Tao,
barn more from miaalin then they do fro ti 3
go eel° themselves lunch lees ors, the asidlB4°'r g Pov'
tbat Iscglies e boat imd brothers. Tv,, s
think to do. are' reauested to maks tbeinsel l
c oo
niter-tosillistOldaase leogitude ars ic greet rg i ,ed:
delicately. tuned knives and scissors, WherT
dite thi minufiolorwof fist , 00 " not 81xit ; t rtif
baratiou of thta article by new Maids to nee ta ;
but,teo much of this "good thing" can° ° : t • geo
no nerve; or =melee abordd claim exerniwo•
duty of lie foibricatiou.
'CHAPLAIN APPOINTED. ten.
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4 thaw of .Oh ambersbruir arid .
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Lie Zirce ll ency Gkivetnorurtin; clialN7 l . o oo
rentaylianliv Volunteer% "
%Chid to Ben, Oorcoran'e briita4n,