t)rtss.
FRIDAY, BEPTEMBE4' 19,1562.
sir We can take no notztee . of anonymonn communion,
dons. We do not return mected Manueeripts., ,
Stir Voluntary correspondence solicited from all parta
•t the world, aud eape9letly from ; our diflereut :mllitarY
ueval departmente: When need. It will be paid for.
THE WAR.
To- diy'we hitigniiriiirroni the headquirte of
the army in. Maryland, giving details of the mat
nifioent victory,which was foreshadowed in our
despatoh of yesterday: The result has not dis
appointed us, but. rather strengthened our oonvio
tion that our enemy is rapidly a. d inevitably being
" pushed to. the wall" by the army of General
McClellan. We have, doubtless, suffered severe
ly In then contests of Tuesday and Wed
nesday. Ono of our bravest generals, who
won illustrious honor in the Mexican campaign,
has been killed, several other officers of equal rank
are reported sounded, end our entire loss is placed
at 10,000. This estimate (it cannot possibly be any
thing else) will very probably dwindle down with
the return of the naiseing t and a calmer view of
the extent of the casualties; but the carnage has
indeed boon terrible, and we awaitlhe list of the
killed and wounded with anxiety and dread. The
Pennsylvania Reserves held a position on the front
of our right wing, which General Hooker com
manded. On Tuesday evening they were briskly
engaged for.two hours, driving the enemy back-
ward half a mile, and on Wednesday t h ey renewed
the contest., gaining a mile of ground by the most
-indomitable valor, only to have it wrested froin
them, inch by inch, by the then desperate enemy.•
Nevertheless, their heroism, and that of the other •
divisions, was not fruitless, and before nightfall the
rebels were driven from every position which they
bad essayed to hold. Their loss must be as heavy,
if not limier than ours. Essentially they have
sustained an inglorious defeat, and really their capi
tulation, retreat, or annihilation, becomes almost in
evitable. Their combined army in Maryland has been
so badly cut up that all organization must certainly
be lost; weeks and months would be required to
reconstruct it, and such delay is its only chance of
escape from the trap into which it has thrust itself.
(ten. McClellan does not intend . that it shall have
time to recuperate; his army has suffered greatly
by fatigue and the casualties of battle, but every
source of, strength is open to it, and before many
days it can -gather up all its energies afresh, to
smite the audaoloias enemy who now confront it
upon loyal territory.
Ordinarily we might regard the contest, which
nuw lulls only to gather fresh fury, as indeoisive ;
but considering that it has fearftilly weakened
the enemy, without materially or in the same
degree weakening our almost inexhaustible
strength, it can fairly be regarded as deciding
the ultimate triumph of the Uaitfn. ' We may
not see its results to-day, 'or this week, but
they are already being wrought out, and we
may expect to see their influence in the in
creased desperation and bitterness of the foe,
hen the next,..ani we hope the last. battle,
shall take plan upon the Upper Potomac.
THE NEWS.
Ws print; to-day, the record of one of the most
appalling calamities that have happened in the
United States for years. We refer to the explosion
of the Pittsburg Arsenal, on Wednesday, when the
loss of life was as great, and the injuries inflicted as
fearfully shooling, es In many a hard-fought battle.
Occurring in the immediate vicinity of a densely
populated city, the scone, and its attendant inci
dents, we can readily imagine, were of a heart
rending character. We truly sympathize with the
aufferingfof the numerous unfortunates, who, either
personally, or in the loss of their relatives and
friends, have been the victims of this dire accident,
and hope that measures will promptly be taken to
extend to them nosh aid as their doplorablp situa
tion suggests.
THE Southern news which e we present to-day
will prove of particular interest to mercantile and
statistio•loving people. It will be aeon that the
principal source of ievenue to ilke rebel treasury
is the manufacture_ nd circulation Of paper money.
While litiiographers and engrsvers flotirisn, cue
supply of this article oan always be kept fully up
to the demand.
Tax *break of the Sioux Indians is still un
quelled. An account of the siege of Fort Aber
crombie by the "noble savage," is printed_ -ulna.
THE particulars of the fall of Harper's Ferry, -
and of the death of Colonel Miles,'whioli we,WWYe
to-day, possess a melancholy and. touching interest.
The material loss to our cause warheavy,.ll,s33
men having been taken and mostly paroled, and
about 50 pieces of ordnance and 72,000 rations
seized. Some horses likewise fell into the enemy's
hands.
011 R Hagerstown correspondence describes some
recent achievements of the Anderson Cavalry
Troop, and details the arrival at Chambersburg of
the cavalry which escaped from Harper's Ferry.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BATES,• at the reqnestrof
Ft:oratory Smith, gives his opinion that the third
Section of the pension sot of 1862 °ethics the
mother of a deceased soldier to a pension, whether
she be married or a widow, provided she was do
pendent upon him for support, in whole or in part,
and the question whether she was so dependent,
and how far, is one of fact, to be decided in oaoh
case by evidence.
THE father of General Isaac Ingalls Stevens
died at Andover, Mass., on. the 22d ultimo, ten
days before his son fell nobly fighting for his coup.
try. His age was seventy-seven.
GENERAL POPE telegraphs from the West that
the Indian difiloulties in Minnesota are more formi
dable-than he anticipated. Ho asks for authority
to have two regiments of volunteers mounted, to
pursue the Indian war parties. The eleven thou
sand men surrendered at Harper's Ferry, by Col.
Miles and Gen. White, *tie to be sent to the West to
be used against the Indiana. They elm at once be
made useful, and they could not serve against the
rebels for some time to come.
A 'ma'am( from Baltimore furnishes us with
the names of the following Pennsylvanians who
have recently died in the hoepitila at Lynohburg,
Ye.: John Steward, Co. I, 29th Regiment; J. Mc-
Court, Co. F,1110th; Jacob Slipfer, Co. D, 27th;
David Harps, Co. B, 29th; Dennis Laotian, Co. E,
29th; P. Donahue, Knapp's Battery; A. L. Mun
son, Co. G, 46th Regiment; W. C. King, Co.
0, 46th.
Gov - . RAMSAY, of Minnesota, in his message to
the Legislature on the 9th instant, estimates the
number killed is course of the Indian atrocities to
be five hundred.' All the wealth of the districts
over which the spoiler has swept has been wantonly
sacrificed, and thirty thousand people have been
involved in the Consequences. TO cover this loss
the Governor suggests that the United States Go
vernment be petitioned to apiiropriate the ainnitlei
due the Minnesota Indians, amounting to $2,000,000,
for the benefit of the losers.
To COL. _ WILDER, of the 17th Indiana, who wait.
in command at Munfordville, belongs imperishable
honor, and the country Will 'tier bear his name in
grateful remembrance. The rebel general sent to
demand tho surrender of Munfordville, adding that.
Wilder's forces were completely surrounded:. •To •
this demand his only reply was, 4 i Come and take
it." How the fight, which ensued, has terminated,
our readers already know. Besides the immense
number of rebels killed and wounded, they retreat
ed, leaving on tho ground two of their guns.
Ationtan letter from Parson Brownlo yr appears in
The Press to-day. It thoroughly exposes the
perfidy and audacity of the rebel General Kirby
Smith, who is now chiefly notorious for not having
marched to Cincinnati ; and concludes in the Par
son's usual trenchant style.
Judge Kelley
A Democratic evening newspaper of this
city attacks the Hon. Wm. D. KELLEY, by ask
ing why "he and other Republican candidates
. and patriots are not high privates in the I
ranks of the gallant army for the defence of
the Commonwealth." There is nothing more
base than these attempts to make an invidious
distinction as to the party proclivities of the
men who are serving their country in the
ranks of our army. To us they are neither
Democrats nor Republicans—but • patriots..
They are our brothers, and we honor thein.
We are glad to see the Hon. CHAS. J. BIDDLZ
in thirranks again, although we cannot refrain
from expressing the hope- that be will not, as
before, abandon his post before the enemy,
and go into Congress when there is prospect
of an active campaign. So far its judge KEL
LEY is concerned, the best answer to the
reflection upon his courage is to be found
in the fact that he is now Citambersburg)
earr i n g as a pnvate in Captain MILLERY
artillery company. Judge KSLIANT has been
a Member of this company almost since des
organization, and when it was called intoithe
field, he put on his uniform . and went/ into
the ranks. We might fill this column with the
names of other Republicans who hale done
likewise—candidates for congress a i nd other
important positions, who' have quietly taken
their places in the ranks, without taking - the
trouble of writing a letter tithe Mayor, and
, publishing their intentions to the world. It is
such a dishonorable thing, however, to engage
is a discussion like this, that we dO not Wish
to have anything to do With it. 4s ,TAdip
KELLEY, however, has been slandered in WS
' absence, we hasten to do bits Justice. ".01
What shall be done with the Southern
Army, if Captured.
The remark of Mrs. Grass, that we should
first catch the fish, then cook it;musttot Wier
gotten in our anticipations of the capture and •
disposal of the rebel forces iniiiirtland;4e,
a grave question arises when,Wa , centrasShe.
Manner in which the suthoritiesiof the United
States recognise the principle 45t' parolf, and
the manner in which this principle is
violated by the Southern traitors. A
Union soldier would no . more . think
of breaking:hie parole than of. joining the
rebel army. , We met, a few days ago, our
• excellent friend, Col. Join{ K. Murimte, the ,
29th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers,-
and in answer to our congratulation that he
bad returned to his home, be manifested the
most anxious desire to be exchanged; and re
lieved from his parole, in ,order that lie might
once more unsheath his sword against the trai
tors. We have seen paroled Union officers
and privates, in Washington, and they seem
to be oppressed with the weight of the obli
gation which their •sense of honor coin•
polled them to acknowledge, and disabled
them from serving their country. This manly
spirit does not animate the rebels. Hundreds
of instances could be cited where rebel prison
' ors released upon parole have been afterwards
found fighting under the flag of JEFFERSON Da
yrs. It is, thorefore, a grave question what
policy is to be pursued in reference to
those rebel prisoners who may remain upon
our bands, after our own prisoners have been
released upon a fair exchange. Are these to '
be paroled, with the fact staring us in the face •
that others thlis set , free have, whether with
theg own consent or by compulsion, broken
faith and again taken up arms against
us? Our conquest of the rebellion must be a
-farce, unless we determine to make such
a disposition of rebel prisoners as will
prevent them from re-entering the rebel ser-
Tigp. In this way the war may be brought
to a speedy close. Where these pri
soners are to bo placed, and how they are
to be subsisted• and guarded, are, of COUTSS,
matters belonging to Administration; bat
it is the duty of the authorities at Washington
to anticipate, and to prevent, the enormous
evil of paroling a great body of rebel prism
ere who, like the traitors who have taken the,
oath of allegiance, will accept their parole, and
go forth at once to break-it. Men who follow
leaders like JxFFERSON Davis and HOWRLL
Conn, who have heartlessly disregarded their
oath to support the Constitution of tho United
States, will gave little hesitation in defying
their word of honor.
Cause and Effect.
The recent successes of the rebels have asto- -
nishcd the country, and will, no - doubt,
astonish Europe. There were those who be
lieved that the struggle would be a hard and
a long one ; bat no one ventured to limit that
a rebel army would ever dare to invade the
loyal North. The South have, undoubtsdly,
able officers and generals, and, perhaPs, a cer
tain military element in an idle population
which, though useless in time of peace, and
not adding to the wealth of a, nation, far
niihes yet excellest materials for making sol
diers. The abolition of the law :of primoge
niture, and the distaste for labor, has - created
in the South the class of ce Poor Gentlemen,"
which, in all countries, is but too glad to take
the profession of arms. The sacrifices which
these men make to the cause of the re
bels are in keeping with their tastes, and
offer them chances which
_would never dawn
upon them -in times of law and order.
• There are; undoubtedly, instances in which
men of fortune, character, and standing have.
volunteered their servicesin -the South; but
they are the exceptions rather than the rule.
The superior discipline of which the South
ern army boast (but which we deny) might
. be accounted for in the same.manner. In the
North, where everybody is . obliged - to work,
and where the men of fortune theinheives pre-,
for a regular occupation to improductiVe
leisure, Comparative equahty,exisis among all
classes, and renders subordination a new and
unwelcome duty. In the South,' a handful of
men has always made public -opinion for a
whole State., and-DOLIT a.aingle.man is shaping
the destiny of what they are pleased to call
their Confederacy—a thing held together by
external pressure_and - LeA - 14 - ree - v.wzi
fraction of its members. Deference to . ; the'
ews ortne-weturny - ancrnmatnittaciiikron* —
dience to the will of a man in superior posi
tion, arecharacteristics of the Southern peo
ple. The poorer classes of the South are
need to being commanded, and the wealthy
feel at home in making use of the privilege, of
commanding them. In the North, discipline
and obedience to superiors had to be esta
blished, as a habit, which required. time; and
could only be effected by the process to which
General MCCLELLAN resorted for changing re
• cruits into veterans.
Another reason why the rebels Wye been
able to act with so much energy, is the com
plete unanimity of sentiment produced by the
most absolute intolerance of all thoughts and
feelings savoring of loyalty to the Union.
The men who differed from those who led
were driven from home, imprifoned, forcibly'
enrolled into the army, or hung; while the ar
rests which have been made in the Northern
States wore severely commented upon by the
press, tho - ugh in nearly all instances the pri:
soners were set at liberty on taking the oath of
allegiance. The principal object sought to be
attained was the assurance of loyalty of sus
pected persons; and though there may be a
diversity of opinion as to the expediency of
the-measure, there can be no comparison be
tween it and the wholesale proscriptions
practised toward loyal Union men throughout
the Southern States. There is no Govern
ment on earth, not even that of Persia or
Turkey, in which the will of a single man is
executed with such unsparing and all-perva-•
ding despotism as in the so-called gg Confede
rate States," and if such tyranny now prevails
in Rebeldom itself, what measure of liberty
could the Northern States expect to enjoy, if
coerced, by military force, to receive laws at
its hands? . •
If the South have, thus far, had the best of
the struggle, it was the success of despotism
over •republican freedom—an instance often
witnessed in bistory—but which has never
'been of ,long duration, Unless the republican
spirit opposed to it was divided or' demo
ralized. In such-a struggle. vie' must always
expect the first successes `to be on'the side of
Despotism ; the permanent victory will be on
the side of the Republic, unless from the,su
.pineness and cowardice of its citizens, it de
servuto perish.
One thing, however, is certain : the rebebs
are not only fighting .our armies—they 'also'
fight
,the_ ideas of the North, and these can
never, be conquered'on the battle-field. The
,idea of freedom, born with the French Revo
lution of 1789, was neither ; stifled by the in
famous Reign of :Terror of 1798, nor did
it die on the battle-field of Waterloo.
The monarchs who assembled at the Con-
pegs of Vienna, and who fulminated their
decrees of political excommunication against
the liberty of peoples at the • Congresses o
Laibach and yerona, little thought that in loss
than a generation constitutional freedom would
recover all its lost ground, and, in turn, sub
jugate Despotism.
The South, which is nowfightlng, staking
its life and its wealth on the - maintenance of
slavery, little dreams that its greatest success
would be its most certain destruction. If the
Southern " Confederacy" were recognized to
morrow, and Allowed to ofgardze on the' prin
ciple of slavery, an abolition pofty, would at
once spring up in its very MINI, • more formi-.
dable and pernicious than any the pressure of
which the South felt diiring its continuance in
the Union. The dreaded phantom Would then
:.be seizing it by the throat; it 'would sit in the
',Southern Congress, and aspire to supreme
control. Where would then be the Federal
power which the South has so often invoked
for its protection ? Southern politicians have
always feared this last and terrible cense -
Artence of the agitation of slavery, and hsve
Also recognized the impossibility of avoiding
it., • The very efforts which the South would
make against the inroads of the anti-slavery
principle would hasten the:catastrophe.
Could the South be successful in the pre
sent struggle, it would not lolerate a single
free State in its Confederacy, orour:State
in which the Abolition element can'take per
manent root. This would:transfer the 41W
tion to the Southern border • States, between
which and the cotton States there would soon
exist the same antagonism which led to the
hostile fegling between the North and South
in the old Union. Jars. DAVIS, in ono of his
former messages, already expressed his M
gret that :the -Southern Confederacy should
have attempted "more than it was equal to ;"
that 15,110:regretted thelaking :in of the bor.
der slave MMus This view was uudOUbtatily
shared by the majority of his Cabinet, and is
not I:kely to be surrendered on acco . 4int of , the
temporary successes of ths .rebel
no case will a Southern COnfidiirokty,c:onsent
either ` to.,=the emancipation plaveyrin one
of tie - stakes, or tO. the tidmis s liitin'of a state
ithont \ the establishment
`, of b 1 idiazy • •
boritoO t „ • , 2 within
Governor CurUn.
Honest praise to ANDREW G. Gult*,,,Go
vernor of Pennsylvania, should be,-. ( and is,
uttur, ed by very : loyal ,heart,in our:great old .
State. He has done his
,duty. His prompti
tude, his vigor, and his enthusiasm, have con- ,
qribitteetittch to elevate tie character of
Pennsylv,ania throughout the ' : world. Sho.haff.,
*given more troops, proportionably, than any
other State, end .bas sent forward,' besidesk:
; .neatly 'one hundred thousand of her eons to
defend her border, and, if necessary, to- pur
sue the traitor hordes of LEE and Jnotrttos.
It is something to live a historical age, to
be able to.deal with great events; and to re
sp9n4 to the exacting expectations of an
enthusiastic people, and we are glad , to say
that GOv. CuaTlN;in his
,eminent position, has
proved himself to be fully equal to the dan
gers and responsibilities of the time.
LETTER FROM '"OCCASIONAL."
'WesnucaToil, Sept. 18, 1862.
Are we approaching the end. of the war?
Is the rebellion to be speedily crushed? Is
peace at band? These are the questions that
are ' now exciting every household in the loyal
States, that disturb the dreams of the states
man, that revive the cupidity of the capitalist,
and that enter into the calculations of the po=
litician.. If either of those classes could be
assured that there was a certainty - of the im
'mediate ascendency of the Government of the,
United :States, how• their:.visions would be
- confirmed, and their theories would be realized!
The Union victories on the border of Penn
oylvaniti have produced their natural conse
.quences. The honest statesman feels that his
confidence in the Government has not 'been
misplaced ; . the trembling capitalist and finan-
Apr.• congratulates himself that his loyalty is
• sure to be rewarded by a large premium, and the
• pdlitician who has announced his heartfelt devo
• tion *to the Union, looks forward to a comp en-
Sating: majority in the coming elections. • It is
astonishing what an effect the mere rumor
of victory •
produces among the Masses of the
American people. , They catch at it with
eagerness, and are so anxious to believe that
our cause cannot fail that they give _ williog
credence even to the sensation fabrications of
the hour. They are Indisposed to credit the
tidings of defeat set' forth." before their eyes
in the most accurate official despatches.
But I regret to say that there is a large
class in the free States who do not respond to
this popular feeling. - This class is composed
of men who hive argued themselves into the
belief that tbis war, for the preservation of
ihoUnion,"is an unjust war, because they have
had no hand in the managing of it. One of
their leaders said, the other day, that it was a
jub that belonged to the Democratic party,
and that Mr. Lincoln's Administration could
not settle it. They forget that they are chiefly,
responsible for the war, and, therefore, less
qualified honorably to adjust it. They hold off,
and quietly advise their followers not to enlist
in the army, and, like wreckers upon a rock
bound coast,, wait to see the old ship of the
Union go to pieces, in .order that they may
prey upon the treasures that may be
thrown upon its shores. These partisans have
habitually declaimed against the imbecility,
the incertitude, and the inconsistency of the
• Administration ; and have a thousand times
predicted, in the midst of their whispered ex
pressions of sympathy for the common enemy,
that Mr. Lincoln had neither the honesty nor
the energy to close out the rebellion. Well, the
reverse has proved to be the fact. Mr. Lincoln's
Administration is about to do the work. Gall it
weak, vicillating, or inconsistent, it has, at
any rate; pro*. that it is equal to the crisis.
The novelty 4# the rebellion, its atrocity, its
perseverance, and its unexpected resources,
would have startled, and might have terrified,
the most powerful despotism in the world.
lt. did not find' Mr. Lincoln and his ad,
their sh9rttomings 'undoubtedly-.
vis.gs___..— -a-,---waooe errors
have__bean d•har. -• .• .
tration of which even ANDREW JAMESON
himself was the chief. These facts will likely
bring about a new demonstration of loyalty
and devotion to the Government in certain
quarters. Success is, after all, the great ma
gician. When we , have . triumphed in this
great struggle for the Union and the Gronstita
tion we shall be surprised to find how many
who have resisted the prosecution of the war
will prove' that they were - among the original
supporters of the policy of the Administration
of Mr. Lincoln.
That happy class, headed by, that false,
facile, and shameless politician, lieratio, Sa37-
mour, of New •York, who . exult the . dis
tresses of their,. country, and r whsn they can
not help the rebellion, - openly . lalior to embar
rass the Administration that .is-trying to put
it doWn, will :come 'forward and attempt *to
prove that their criticisms upon the President
and upon the Union . 'party were 'the elements
that produced the crowning victory, These
wretched and:desperate demagognes are-look
ing forward to the time when they may - claim
General McClellan as their .liiider. In the
hour of victory • they will attempt . . puke
good, this claini...".They will employ every sal:i
nce to show that ho-has been opposed , an'd
embarrassed by certain ultra men, and that
they have always stead firmly, by his. aide.
Rad General McClellan depended upon such
friends as these, the 'great fame tilt awaits
him would never have been his. They began
by hostility to the war, and by sympathy
with the rebellion ; and when thei found that
these would not profit them, they devoted
themselves to opposition to the Administra
tion which has so steadily, so earnestly, and
so heartily sustained him. But on this subject
I shall have much to say in other letters.
OCOASIOT&&.
Atlantic Monthly for October.
A very good number of a deservedly popular maga:
sine. That excellent contributor, "A Peaceable Man,"
(Nathaniel Hawthorne,) eschewing war and politics,
gives a charming sketch of Leamln,gton Spa, the English
Saratoga, close to Warwick thistle and famous Dr. Parr's
parsonage. There are continuations of the story called '
"Mr. Install," and of Theodore Winthrop'. " Life in the
Open Air," and "David Gaunt," by the author of
garet Howth," is here concluded. Here, too, we have.
"Autumnal Tints," one of the essays left by the late
Henry .D. Thoreau. 'Of Miss Sheppard, author of.
„ Charles Anchester," is a brief 'notice by, one who /vas
with her in the last hours of her existence, and this ap.
prophately close with a little sketch from her pen. Sin
gularly significant nom, ofjtbree unets,--Bayard Tailor,
T. B. Aldrich, and John, G. Whittier,—who-appear in
these pagee, only the last named inertia notice: His
;" Battle—Autumn of 1862," is a noble lyric, breathing
the sweet, and uses of humanity. Among the practical
papers we recommend "The Sanitary Condition of the
. Army," by Dr. Edward Jarvis, who treats the sub : .
ject in' a masterly and exhaustive way, with
copious illustrations from the -experience of fo
reign armies. This article should: be reprinted sepa
rately, and Mrculated as a pamphlet. It is an important
contribution to our military hyglane.—We notice that,
among' announced work' by Ticknor Flokls t (pub
, ham! of the . A 44 , ntf; difonflay,) are Country Living
and Country Thinking, a series of Essays by Gall Hamil
ton;' The Patience of Hope, prefaced by J. G. Whittier ;
The Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes, in blue mid gold ;
Eyes and Ears, by Henry Ward /Beecher; Sylvia's
Leven, by Mrs. Gaskell, -author of " Mary Barton ;"
Graver Thought. of a Country Parson, by the author of
" Recreations ;" Health and Strength, by Dr. Windshlp,
the Strong Man; Out-Door Papers, by ThoinarWent
worth Higginson ; The Poet'e Journal, by Bayard Tay
lor ; Titan, Jean Paul's great romance, now Ant trans.*
bated by O. T. Brooke, translator of Goethe's Facet;
The Canoe and the Saddle, or Adventures among the
Northwest Rivess and Forests, by Theodore Winthrop;
The Amber Gods, and Other Stories, by dleellaretet E.
Prescott; A New Volume of Remus and Addresses foi.-
the Times, by Ralph Waldo Emerson; Memoir Lard:
Correspondence. of Theodore Parker % edited by Rey.
John Weiss; Historic Americans, by Theodore Parker;
Tennyson's Poems,. illitstrated; Fireside Travels, by
James Russell Lowell; Meditations of Death and
Eternity, from the German of Zschokke, translated by
Enderlin' Rowan, at the request of Queen Victoria, utter
the death of Prince Albert, reprinted from the Queen's
private edition.
" h a. BOUTHLLB =TLie aitilt, a resident ot'Bethiehera,
Pa., wboiie landscapes in the lad Exhibition of our aca
demy of Bine Arta, Obeetamt Meet, were gieatty ad
mired, has just executed a three. Quarter, portrait, life•
size, of Theodore H. Knight, Kai , of this city, which
may now be Alessi at the bookstoie of T. B. Peter/km &
Brothers, 30e Chestnut street. It is a flee work of art,
and its excellent likerieis will be recogniied, at a gland!,
by hr. Knight's Ilumerolaz frfonds. . .
, .
Defeat of the Rebels in New•llleiteO.
Neer You[, Sept. 18.—Br the eteemer Oolltp , .
which arrived at this port this morning from New' Or!.
leans, we leant that the rebel expedition to Newldexioo
tinder Colonel Sibley, bed been met near Fort 7111mare f
by Colonel Canby's forces, and was Intercepted by this'
California troops. A battle ensued, in which Sibley's
forces were •routed, and ererythiing captured from him,
including trier half hie force, only 160 escaping.
Sibley was tweastinsted by his own men, Who charged'
him with drunkenness lewd inefficiency. Among ottiai
thing• elpteired was a train which the Texans osEnzed
f rom cum i n etdisni liwityirr6s
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA. FRIDA
FROM GEN, IPOLILLAN'S ARMY,
Events of TueshfatidsWednesday,-
A DESPERATE STRUGGLE,
JACKSON REINFORCES LEE.
4 GLORIOUS VICTORY!
DEATH OF GEN. MANSFIELD.
O ; UR LOSS 10,0 0 0 -
The Rebel Loss About-the Same,
1;500 PRISONERS TAKEN.
HEADQUARTERS AMT. OF TSB POTOMAC,
Tuesday Evening, .Sep. 16.
During this-afternoon information was ienelied at
headquarters showing that the enemy were recroesing
the river, and concentrating their forces on the ridgo of
hills' onteide of the town of Bharpeburg, to within three
miles of the main body of our army.
Stonewall Jackson left Harper's Ferry this morning,
his troops commencing to arrive during the afternoon.
When it became 'evident that Hen. Leo war disposed to
engage 'our torcee in battle at this point, Gen. HcOiellan
sent for Gen. Franklin's corps and Gen. Conch's
who were about 7 mik e distant, on the other side of Elk
Ridge. - •
There wee considerable artillery firing during the day,
on both sides, resulting in our having about forty men
killed and wounded. AmOng the seriously wounded wee
Mejor Arnedt, of the I,t New York Artillery, who wee
Amick In the side by a piece of shell. -
The disposition of the troops for the impending battle
Was as follows: General Snrener's corps with General
Banks' division to occupy th 4 centre; General Hooker's
corps with the Pennsylvania Reserves and Franklin's
mpg, on the light ; Generals Porter's and Burnside's on
the 'extreme left; with the view of turning the enemy's
right flank. General Pleasanton supported the centre
with 2,500 cavalry and four batteries.
General Hooker in the afternoon crossed Antietam
°risk, and took a position on the hills, faoing Sharps
burg, and three miles to the right of Keetaville. His
troops got into action about dusk, which lasted two
home, during which the enemy were driven about half
it mile with considerable lose. The Penneylvinia Re
serves, who were in the front, suffered much.
The night was occupied In getting the troops into their
respective positions, while ammunition trains and ambu
lances; were forwarded to their different commands.
The - Victory .of Wednesday.
THE ENEMY DRIVEN BACK A MILE-THEY RALLY.
AND RECOVER THE GROUND, BUT ARE AGAIK
ROUTED
WEDNESDAY 'gunmen, September 17.—This haa been
an eventful day in the history of the rebellidn. A. tiattle
bee taken place in which the AMY of the Potomac has
again betnyintoriono, and which exceeded in extent any
battle heretofore fonght on this continent.
At the dawn of day, the battle was renewed on the
centre and right by General Hookorand General Sumner,
who, after a sharp contest of two hours, drove the intern/
about one mile.
The rebels, however, rallied shortlr afterwards, midi
with terrible toes, regained most of the ground. At this
time the fearless and Indomitable Oeitoral llookor •Ke
caved a ehottn the ankle, and was carried from the field,
the command of hie troopi-devolving upon Gen. Sumner.
Gen. Itichavason, commanding his division, was sOverely
wounded at the same time.
General Sumner, detormined to retake the lost ground,
ordered thetroops to fedTatice, which they did with a will !
• .
driving the rebele before them with great elaughter.
They not only retook the ground, but drove them a quar
ter of a mile beyond. '
In this action General Mansfield was shot through the
lunge, and died soon alter.
Th‘ troopsi under Generals Burnside and Porter had
not been idle. They drove the rebels from the line of .
the Antietam creek, on the main road to Bharpeburg,
and, havingVnilt a bridge, (the old one having been
burnt by the rebels ) ) occupied the opposite bank. The
loss here wee considerable: I
To get possession of the ridge of hilts on the right and
left hand sides of the road, from which the rebels were
thundering away with artillery, was a task not easily
acoonpliebtd.
Gen.,tilykea' brigade carried the ridge on the right hand
aide, n7th the assiet!knce of Gen. Fumner, after consider
able trouble and lose, the rebels running in all directions
It was now live o'clock, and all the enemy's positions
bad keen carried, except the one on the left hand aide of
the road. To do this duty, Gen. Burnside was assigned.
The artillery opened, and the infantry advanced. The
Point was carried at a charge, but our troops wero forced
to retire before a superior force, the rebels knowing that
if they lost this ridge a complete tout of their army
would be the result. They fought with great daspera..
tit n: .
Darkness now ovrrlooked the two armies, and hoe.
billies ceased as though by mutual consent: '
The battle lasted from 5 o'clock in the morning until 7
at night, without's ruoment'e casuistic:in.
The conduct of all troops, without exception, was ait
that any general could wish. Several regiments of new
Ir.o • vhe_Yfere in action far the find HMO% igkta.,nktad.
Hundreds of Marylanders were present to witness the
battle, which could be seen from many of the surround
ing hills. The sharp, rattle of 60,000 muskets and the
thunder of a hundred pieces of artillery , is not often
heard, nor the consequent excited movements of each
large armies witneesed. .
It is impossible, at . this writing, to form any corroot
idea of our loss or that of the enemy. It is heavy on
both Bides. Ours will probably reach ten thousand, In
killed and wounded, and that of the enemy will perhaps
not exceed it.
The oriel:0 0 e dead, which nearly all fell Into our hands,
were thickly strewn over the fields, in many places lying
in hears.
Our wounded were immediately carried from the field,
and the beet poeuble attention given them.
When.tien. Booker tell, Gun. McClellan immediately
Proceeded to the right, where he was entiMelastically re.
ceived, end by hie presence added much to our success
in recovering the ground lost.. Be was in the centre
end on the left, anxiously watching the progress of the
battle, and giving directions as to the manner of attack..
He is in his tent to: night for the first time since he left
Frederick City.
We took some 1,500 prisoners:during the day, while
tbe enemy obtained but few.
The followins officers were killed or wounded :
G. Hartsuff, wounded.
Dimes, wounded.
• Gen. Bedgwick, wounded in the shoulder. '
Col.' Childe, of the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry killed.
Col. Kingsbury, of -the 11th Connecticut, seriously
wounded.
Lieut. Col. Parvison, of the 67th New York, killed.
Capt. Audeoreid, aid to Gen. Sumner, wounded.
Major Sedgwick, killed.
Col, McNeil,- of the Pennsylvania Bucktails, and Lieut.
Affieon, were killed.
Co! Polk, of tbe2d 11. 8. Sharpshooters, wounded.
Major Burbank, of the 12‘h Massachusetts, wounded.
Several ether prominent officers were reported killed
or wounded, but nothing positive is known
HARIIII3I3UIIO, Sept. 18--Noon.—The news received do:,
ring the night indicates that the result of yesterday's
fight was decidedly in our favor, but still another battle
is necessary to determine who is the.'victor.
It wee expected that the battle would be again renewed
this morning, but no firing had yet been board, and it is
supposed that burying the dead is the order of the day.
Gen. McOlellan's headquarters are at Sbarpsbnrg. ,
Surgeon General Smith despatched a special train to
Hagerstown yesterday, with surgeons* to attend the
wounded. • • . _
BALTIMORS, Sept le gentlemen wko wee on the
battlefield no to 10' o'clock yeeteirday morning says he
left the ground with' confldence•that all was going on
well.
It was a grand battle—one of the most severe of the
war—every divlalon •of the rebel army befog on the
Held.
The despatches from Harrisburg seem to indicate that
there was some change in the position of tho armies at
the close of the day, but there is no rraaon•to believe
that there le any truth in the rumbre tiltdiltiSter that are
being industriously circulated by Secesaton.sy-mpathizers.
WAGE INGTON, Sept. 18.—The astdet informatiori
celeed ,bare, up to 11 o'clock A. 114 ki day; is-up to.n:
late twir last night, when it was telegraphed that moo lel.
lan had a were engagement throughout the lay, result-
ing by. nightfall in gaining the position for which our
army fought. Information from, point within four
miles of the battleground, upto 9 o'clock this morning,
says nothing of an engagement having been , rapeseed.
previous to that hour. It merely states that a thousand
rebel prisoners, taken reeterdaY, were then being marched
to the rear, past that point, under guard.
Sketch of Gen'. Mane&ld.
The death of General Msnefleld, which the telegraPh,
records as one of the iusd resnita of the battle of Porters
town, will Prove a national loss, and excite a national
feeling of regret. Joieph K. Fenno Mansfield was a
native of Oonnecticeit, and was about fifty-eight years sof
age. He was appointed to West Point Academy.from
that State, in October, 1817, and.pltssed through the re
gular course of studies In that institution. He entered
tie service of the Government on the let of July, 1822,
as a stcond'lieutenant of engineers, and afterwards rose
to higber position, as his merits became appreciated. In
March, 1832, he AM made first lieutenant, and In July,
1837, became captain. During the Mexican war (in
1846.7) he rose to the position of chief engineer of the
army under General Taylor. He was brevetted major
for gallant and distinguished servioea in the defence of
Foit BrOwn, May 9, 1846. In the storming of Mon
terey be received no lea than seven wounds, several
of which were most revere; and fer gallant and
meritorious conduct in those conflict/ he was honied
with the rank of lieutenant colonel. His gallantry at
Buena Vista won him bits coloneloy.
In the war for the. Union
. 4111 service., however, have
been equally ooneptcnons, and they are still so fresh in
'the public memory that it is needles. to mount them
bare. ,On the 14th of May, 1861, he was commissioned
a brigadier general in the regular army, in reoognidon
'of his distinguished worth, and his subsequent • career,
down to the day when he sacrificed hie life to his tea
for the tune, is a noble testimony that the trust revised
in him by the Government-was 'not nifiplaiedi The
death of Goners! Manifield• fe a serions loisa, rot to his
immediate command aloin, bit to the war iitirsanifand•
to the whole ootibir7. '- • • - I •
tigantssirea; 844 meond• company of Se
isnot; Guerin, Otiptedn W. G.lteel, arrived bete last eve-
Wig, and left for to-day. .;
Information s reclined here this itiornlnji'direa 'from
the bade-field, iepreeented that the beat* 3ineldtbila'-
ijoubteeli be resumed to-dei; bet nitolheldiptlikrbee
'no firing bad been heard at HagerefoietiVrlYie &NW
remain in about the
terderie debt.
Preperettons are-now being raeide' , Were • for ttteoelving -_
the sick. and ' wounded from 4 . Oil. :Vattl 'Ofii eafifiti
are anxious to'do all in thelit...ol . !sr for the ii#Oilforri,of'
those whO are fighting -for .the; aupport of the federal
Governmpnt. •
The State troops sre 'AEU coming In by thotuienda.:
and immediately forwarded. - • ,
The Ocirermient having complete oontrol pf the road .
Analkive.
6 Okitaleatabarg. and Hagaistown, tha ragnlar triani
SEPTEMBER 19. 1862:.
suspended to-day, but rill be re•
to tbeee potfitp w
earned In a few day
18-10* P. 111.-41 - tikes jot .re
ira from If agegrpgaii: grigng`fha re,
token glace i(4l . 9E;F : iiit the
to be etaort of . amaiiiiiiikk4 l 4d,., t at
*ably C 0121110114 {4. daybreak to,
pi :are said to have• behaved nobly*
of gilaing a great. victory V 0..;
EtA1tR18111:7R01
ceEned et boadou.
::ait no fight
are inp
the fight would
mariow.' 60 •
aad talk Coptide
morrow.
Jae arrived at Hagerstown, together
/Wright, Surgeon-General Smith and
The Governor and hie staff are
pn in preparing for the comfort of the
uto tharpleoe. The telegraph line
t • Hoonshoro, thus bringing ua Mach
/Moillelltni"e headquarters. It will be
Governor Curtin
with Colon(' J. A?
bie corps of sorg u
i
using every em
wont:deft brought
being .7400 . 0; t
neater to Goners
corripletedto-zoo,
WASHINGTON.
FROM
atcheito " The Press."
Special
WASHINGTON, September 18, 1862.
!News from the Army
The latest o .cial information from the army received
at noon to-day to the effect that Gen. 111cOLELLAN had
a severe eng .. .. ant throughout yesterday, resulting,
by night-fill, gaining the positron for which he had
fought. Mel; a in battle bad been heavy. Nothing
was at that . • 0 ascertained as to the extent of the loss
of the rebels . - ews from a point within four milesof the
battie-grOund ass nothing of the engagement having
been renewed, nd there has been no battle to-day. 1,000
rebel priaone , taken yeeterday, were marched to the
rear, nuder g d, to day. All our - information at hand
leads to the b lef that the armies hold the same position
today that t y did at the close of the contest yesterday,
,
and that the bets have their entire force in Maryland.
Memo i rs, ev e, to-day have been few. An official to
night denier that we are gaining on the enemy. -•
I
Dismisia of Army Officers From the Ser-
ff-riamed officers have been strioken from
.0 army for absenting themselves without
The follo
the rolls of
authority
1•1813411. • Colonel JAMBS JOURDAN, Major JAOOI3
BUARPE, Ca taro THOMAS, S MARVEL, First LisitOOßtit
T. B. Pore, Second Lieutenant P: B. Sigma., First•
Lieutenant A. STILL, end Quaitermseter . Jona 0
Ginerto, b..)3ging to the 56ib ICegiment of No‘w York
Volunteers, , own as the Tenth Legion;commanded by
3 1
Co'onel C. . VAer•Wime; '
The Pa led Soldier's to be sent against
the Indians
The pare 'prisoners of Col. , ffitLys? late Command at
-Harper's Arty ire to be sent immediately to the North
west to stiPmeed, the Indian insurrection. This dispo;
titian of the tiers Indicated eannot affect their
parole, and it w i ll unable the Government to place eight
, 71
thousand well- led troops in a field where their ser
vices are much eeded.
No Rebel orce, betwegn Washington and
• . .Bull Ran.
A reconnoi twee in force, made yeaterday, lues s de..
monstrated t there were no rebel troops between
Washington nd Bull 'Sun, whore scouts yesterday re
ported they re in some force at Draneeville ,
The Rep ed•lnvestment of Charleston.
I nlar
It , is not flown in official quarters, as recently re
ported, that leston has been invested, nor that there
is sufficient rce in that vicinity to make such an effort
enoceeutful.
„_,, •
San The San tary . Commission — Su pplies for
the Wounded.
At the eating of the Sanitary Commission to-day,
the eecretaly reported that previous to yesterday five
wagons ani one railroad car, loaded with supplies, bad
been ninth) , the Commission to and beyond Frederick ;
tharela sergeous acd inspectors of the commission, with
a railroad car of supplies, were sent yesterday' fternoon;
lliat threi wagons left Washington for the front of the
army mi l itia upper Potomac at 12 o'cloak last night, with
• a party , of eight distributing smite, in charge of -
Drs. A6ixw and - Hatuus ; that a train of &rely' wagons
are poet loading-with supplies to bedeepalthed to the
battle-field, also by way Of Frederick ; that- br. Muds
had been previonely stationed at Ohambereburg or Ha
gerstown with large discretionarj powers to act for the
Commission ; that despatches bad been sent to Philadel
phia ordering the purchase of large supplies at that
place, and that these, with stores to arrive from the
North, would bo forwarded to Hagerstown in charge of
special agents.
Officers Dismissed..
• By direction of the President of the United States, the
following ethcere are diereiesed from the service First
Lieutenant Wm. J. Gonwirt, 10th United States Infantry,
to take effect Sept =bet 13, 1862 ; Burgeon LYMAN H.
STONE" United States Army, and &ddltiona; Paymaster
H. 13. Grorzxszt,, United Stales. Volunteers ; Military
StOrekeeper CHARLES WNATON, Ordnance Department.'
Reports from Richmond:
Paroled - prisoners from Richmond eay that troops con- ,
bane to arrive there from the South, but they are sent
thence as fast as possible. This is corroborated from
other sources, leaving no doubt of the fact that the rebels
are concentrating a large force in the Shenandoah ialley r
with a central depot at Winchester, which le strongly
fortified.
Medical Parveyare
It is oidered by the War Department that Medical
Purveyors !hall be required to give bond in the sum of
$75,000.
Arrn s y Orders.
Brig. Gen. D. TIMOR hag been ordered to report to
Maj. Gen. Wright, at Cincinnati, and Gen- Ifszson
. • . . ..,rt to Gen. liloOLztaaat.
On Tuesday evening Maj. SUORBORNH;of Gen. WADS
WORTT,I'I3 staff, examined a number of State prisoners in
the Old Capitol, preparatory to a final decision in their
oases. About a dozen-prisoners of war were released
upon taking the Oath of allegience. ,They were mostly
residents of New Orleans, and intelligent men.
. In accordance with Gen. Beaks' orders, Maj. DOSTER
le traniferring the 'deserters and etragglars, arrested by
his guards, to the convalescent camp, near Alexandria.
Yesterday one hundred were sent from Georgetown, and
this forenoon about three hundred, and fifty were sent
from the same point by tteamer. They ere collected at
?Guest Ball, Georgetown, from o:Pointe, in both cities,
and forwarded from ihere. The camp near Alexandria
is under tiie command of Colonel Joist Si BBLNer, of the
.86th New York Volunteers. ' . •
.Dr. ANTOINE/ O. Camps, arrested by the provost mar•
ghat, six weeks ednce, , has been released on condition that
he leaves the country within ten days. He is a Spaniard.
BUXTON and I. A. Starr have been released
from the Old Capitol, on condition that they reside north
of New York city during the war.
—Lieutenant Commanding EGBRRT THOMPSON, of the
gunboat Pittsburg, communicates to the Navy Depart
ment interesting particulars of his movements 'near.
White river, Arkansas. H 0 dispersed, with ehell, several
camps of the rebels. One of the Partiee hastily left their
breakfast for safely, and much spoil fell into our hands.
Lieutenant TnoxPbou. ‘ capured the wharf-boat !aico,
two hundred and twenty feet in length, with finely-fur
nished-apartments. Bhe was built to be need as a hotel,
at the termination of the Mississippi and Red !Liver
Itailroild. The boat was brought to Miens and occupied
by our urtarterteaster's department. It is considered a
valuable yiece of property.
THE WAR• IN KENTUCKY.
. 1 1TEE DEFENCES OF LOUISVILLE.
Reported Surrender of fol. Wilder at
Nunfordville.
I;ouTsvILLE, Sept. 18.—=The military commenced forti
.
lying the city 'yesterday. A large number of negrOes
were impressed, and set to - work d!gging rifle-pits and
tbrowiag up breastwork,.
Plothink official or reliehli has been received trom
hinafordvUle; the telegraph line is still down.
The 'Journal to. day received information that' Oat.
'Wilder and his gallant band, after fighting for three days,
• were forced to surrender' to an overwhelming force of
rebels. This, however, is not deemed reliable. .
LoutsvELLE,' Sept: 18;-.10 P. fd.—A multitude of con
flicting' rumors, relating to matters south of here, have
prevailed all day, canting considerable ozOitement. All
that,,Can now be satd is that Kirby Smith appears to be
jitinliii.Bragg, intending to give Buell battle. •
Lotiipville is being formidably entrenched, and great
insi4ers of 'ldaveri from loyal and disloyal owners Ind's
criednitely, have been impinged for that purpose.
- '
Repoins of the Gallant Dead. at Balti
BATTIDIOtt; Be)t. 16.--Thi'bod7 of Colonel' !nes ar
rived : here' to-day, and Was • eicoite4 by naiatrir'to the
residents of AabharyJarett, Beg , a friend or the 'family.
he bodies of. Colonel Ohllds,'of the dth Pennsylvania
Cavairi; Colonel -Colemariof the 11th' Ohio; Colonel
Paxen, 67th New ;York ;'Colsnel. Goodrich, 60th New
York, Canteba . Porbrish, of the 10th Alaine, also arrived .
• here to-day. , - - -
.1: (Jolooel Beal, of the 10th Maine, has eirieed in this
vcbunded. •
The Rebels Falling Back iu Kentucky
CINCINNATI, Sent. 18.—The , rebels commenced falling
back yetterdtty, and at last acoounta were between De
maravilla and Falmouth, having burned the bridges on
the Covington and LexingtOn Railroad.
A scouting party of fifty-three of the 10th Kentucky
Gayall7 engaged a hundred rebels, near Florence, last
night, killlng Ave, wounding seven, and routing the re
=elude of them. Our loss was one killed and one
wound ed.
General Wallace has been relieved from the command
of the forces here, and bean' directed to report himself .
for duty at Columbuii, OMs:. ,The command of the troops
here has been eusiiiin4,llii,Cififi t S. J. Smith.
Oen. Helton .has reootTod, and will - command the
troops at '
The Guerilla War.
BT. Louts, Sept. 16.—Geri. Schofield has departed for
Springfield to take command of the forees in the South.
west.
bands, under Hindman, Pike, Coffey, and
Rains, have been congregating on the Southwest border
for the. purpose of again Invading the State. Their
movements have been closeiy watched, and, every preps.
ration made to give them a fitting reception.
Gen. Schofield enters the'cainredgn with a full , know.
ledge of the conn,try,, 418 character and resources . of the
enemy, and speedy add conchiklie achleveinent may be
felled on .' ' : - - r •,... .
An Appete„in.bellett of the. Wounded. •
IlAttnigausa, Sept.lB:—The number wcasadedAn
:General bliclelltnea • 7 ;ide . tiii4like`ie , eirr 7 lo 7 4iptif.
sneattof diem, Will :royotiakly brought ; tnto : Pa"tw9l
:.: Burgeon Gerisral Smith , topsider' to thezladteallbrim:
inediete cOntributiens'sseeiipli• aikidos arairigienided for
their conitoit: - Ali tisiiiiiia'aficaehlii•thaPooatjal
marked outride, and be addressed tajlemeral Hale, at
Bar rlaborg •
The reel prieonera brought here • du • ring Ple last few
days bey, been /lent toAOrt Delainro.
the Indian War,in-Witieanain. ,
k'diOnatilhlrtacheen,re
orived, troth General Pope to the Governor, raving, that'
no more loops be rent.to the beat- of war.frourhig !Huai
. r
The 26th Regiment which should have left for Kentucky
ta.day ii taw - arderal ip S 6 Pauli
Late and Important from Ndw Orlenna.
NEW YORK Sept. 18.—The steamer Oman Queen has
arrived from New Orleans with dates to the Bth.
• The United States gunboat Simon arrived there on the
.81b from the upper hlieelsolpipl.
Tbe 'Chased the rebel ram Webb past the Viokts:
burg bareriee:. She then. libelled Natchez until they
hoisted the American deg.
She destroyed Bayou Sara on her way down, and en
gaged a heavy rebel battery at Port Hudson, eighty
yards distance, silencing every gnn• She received no
damage, although passing under a tremendous fire of
ebot and shell
One of Commodore Farragut'e men was tied to a tr.e
and ellaeinbewelled by the• Mississippians, near Ticks.
burg, arid en old lady was hung for advising the rebels
to desist from fighting against our Government.
utward-bound Steamers - Boarded off
Cape Race.
GOOD NEWS ON THE WAY TO EUROPE
NEW Toes, 1344:18;4 deopatoh from Cape Race .
states that the eteamer North American passed that point
last Tueedar evening, and the City of New York on
Widueedar. ,Despatches for the agent of the Associated
Prete at Liferpool, containing the announcement of the
recent glorious victories of 'our troops, were placed on
board both of these steamers.
From California.
SAN FRANOISCO, Sept. 18.—The ehip W. H. Preicolt
has been chartered to loadwith wheat for Liverpool.
Balinese from the hands of importers ie remarkably
dull; miss of 500 bbl, crushed sugar at 140. Legal. tender
United Statee notes are 15 per cent. discount.
Several showers have fallen in the mountainous die.
tricte recen ly, indicating the near approach of the rainy
season. •
A Salt Lake despatch of the 11th instant, in speaking
of the emigration between there and Oregon, says that
two trains were attacked by Indians at Sabiell's Out Oil,
and 15 or 20 persons were killed. -A band of Shoshone's,
Sieker, end Barrnb Indians, well armed, were endeavor
ing to inivent the emigrants from goitig to the Salmon
country..
Col Conner arrived at Salt Lake on the 10th, having
left the California troops it Ruby Valley until he located
hii •
garrison. , • • • .
•„_ . •
SAN Faunnaoo, Sept. 15 —Bailed-80pr _Thatcher
fsgoun, feiLli4rPool, carry log 32,006. efokilof•vitiaat.
Also, ssilei shi • iilioddess for Callao. ,
' All the departments of trade are languishing ....,
An immenee mane meeting was held at M11.31C Hall on
Sunday, to arouse the people to the importance of making
creditable contributions fOr the, relief of the sick and
wounded eoldiere. The Mayor presided; speeches were
made by the Rev. Thos:Starr King, Eugene ()steady,
Frederick Blilinger, and others. : The meeting was very
enthusiastic, and the movement to raise Money will
likely prove a great success.
- Part of the late Senator Broderick's property was sold
at auction 00 Saturday for $L70,000. •
The San Francisco brokers have organized a Brook
and Exchange Board on a plan simliar• to the New York
organization. ,
SAN FRANCISCO; Sept. 17 The Stockton Argus,- San
Tose Tribune, and Tuisr Post, three Secession sympa
thizing jOUTL alit, have been refused tranmistion by the
mails or express, in accordance with the order issued by
Gen
The larger part of the town of Snelling, Mercer coun
ty: was destroyed by lire on Friday last., Lem 525,000.
The U. S. steam frigate Lancaster was at Acapulco on
the Lib.
The French war vessel Boyonnalee, left that port on
the 29th nit., having been,-unable to secure supplies, all
communtcation With the shore being denied by a suffi
ciently strong bcdy of Mexican soldiers who held the
fort.
From Oreion.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 16 —B. F.' Harding, a Jeion
Democrat, has been elected United States Senator by the
Oregon Legislature, after 80 ballots.
A despatch from Ruby Valley, Utah, sage 93 emigrants
were. Willed by the Indians, near Gra) ely Fork,linm
boldt river. •
' 001. Conner will despatch a company of cavalry to
morrow-to ascertain the facts, and chastise the Indiana.
The Pittsburg Catastroi)he.
PITTSBuao, Sept. 18 —Universal gloom pervades the
city, in come goon°. of the terrible disaster at the Alle
gheny Areenal yesterday. A. public meetiog was held at
the Board °farad& roome, - by the. citizens, to make ar
rangements for the relief of the families of the sufferers.
Business was entirely suspended, all the stores being
eloried at noon.
he number of killed and missing, as far as ascertained,
is 76, and it is supposed the number will: be increased to
upwards of 90.
Frani Canada West
BT. OATTIARWES, 0. W.,' Bept.'lB;-- A.-great political
demonstration took place to-day at Port Robinson.
Eminent speakers from the different Provinces were pre
' petit and repelled the charges made In the English Par
liament and press as to the loyalty of the Colonies. Thoy
said if England throws her Colonies overboard they could
get on well withoni her. A closer scion sf the Provinces
was urged, and an international railroad as a link to the
railway to the Pacific.
The Order of Masons in New Jersey.
Testixon, N.. 1, Sept.lB.—The Grand Citap'er of Royal
Arch Masons of New Jersey held its aanual convention in
Trenton to-day.
All of the Chapters in the State were represented. The
annual address was delivered by the G. H. Priest, T. J.
Conlon. The following officers were eleoted:—George
B. Edwards, of Bergen, Grand High Primit; Daniel A.
Hebres, of Tinton Falls, Deputy G. H. Priest; Edwaid
Connor, of Burlington, Grand Ring; Wei. T. Woodruff,
of Jersey City, Grand Scribe; Bev Wm. H. Jeffery'', of
New Brunswick, G. Treasurer; John Woolverton,
of Trenton, G. Secretary ; J. N. Daggers, of Paterson,
G. Captain of Host; Charles M. Seeh, of. Newark, G P.
Sojourner; D. T. Jeffries, of New. Brunswick, G. A.
captain. . .
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
BRIWANT 'EXPLOITS OF THE CS. STEAMER ESSEX.
[From the new York Express.]
0 - Yr7 .
We have some-very important and interesting news by
this arrival, comprising some of the acts and doings of
this monster iron ebip, with " iron hearts."
Abont a week (more or less) ago, as the Essex was
cruising along the river, the lookout reported the rebel
gunboat Wm. H. - Webb insight. Ulnae was given int.'
mediately, and she wee pursued past the guns at Vicks
burg. The Bstex then started downlbe river, and on
reaching Natchez, sent a boat's crew ashore for ice.' Thee
boat, on nearing the shore, was fired into by the rebel,
and several - of the crew wounded. For'this sot of teme
rity, the whole shooting force of the Essex was brought
to bear upon the ill-fated city for about two hbure and a
half, when a depuis'ion was sent down with a proposition
tconirrender the city, and hoist the Stars. :and Stripes .
.
.oommodore Porter . then' ordered the firing to cease,
and proceeded down *the river until off Bayou Sara
where be came to a stoplong enough to burn that ill fated
abode of rebels. There were 'but two houses left stand
leg—one belonging to .a gentleman who .is said to be
ft iendly to the Union cause, and the other tile property _
of a lady.' We did not learn what insult was the imme
diate cause of this visitation of vengeance. .
On Sunday, as the Essex was coming down the river,
a rebel battery of thirty. four guns, opposite Port.l3 O
ren, opened .upon her, and a fierce battle, at not more
than eighty feet distance, began, which lasted an hour.
At the end of that time the battery was silenced, and the
steamer peened on down:
The rebel battery was mounted' with guns of very.
heavy • calibre; but that oircumstance only sufficed td
prove the remark able powers of resistance of the.
latex. Her iron aides were struck in a multitude of
.places with 10 inch and other sized balls, the result in
•all cases being ihe same—a alight indentation into the
sides of the steamer, and then the balls breaking into a
thousand fragments, and falling harmlessly into the wa
ter. The Essex commenced with the upper gun, and
silenced them all, one after the other. She is truly a
formidable craft, and comes fully up to - the most san
guine expectations of her designer and builder, who, our
readers will recollect, is Commodore Porter himself.
Certainly, nothing the-people of blew Orleans have ever.
seen, in the shme of an iron clad" can compare with
the itesex.:
In the contest with the battery at Port Hudson the
smoke pipes and the ventilator-were perforated in numer
ous places, and present something the appearance of being
rust eaten.
It was imposidble to ascertain what the loss of the re
bels was, ss those engaged, on the Essex were too well
protected by iron armor to' permit their seeing ashore;
but as the action was,et very close quarters, the lose on
shore mast have beoa heavy. There was no osenalty on
the — steamer. - •
•
The Peace • Soci ety and the - Anlerienn.
Question.
The following eddies. has been sent from the Peace
Society of London.to the people of the United Malec .
PRIENDS AND. FELI.OIP-ORRISiIANS : More than six
teen months have elayied since we ventured to address
to . you es few words .of respectful and earnest entreaty
against referring the dine:lto which agitated your cone
try to the decision of the sword. Since then the evils of
war havo been brought home to your own•experienoe
with an impressiveness and -force which make the lan
guage of respectful admonition we,then employed, and,
indeed, all -human language,poor and powerless in coin
poison with the reality.
But the difficulties in which the war originated appear
as far as ever from a satisfactory solution. And Is it not
necessarily Sol How is it possible that conflicts of brute,
'force can decide complex questions of moral and political
0041 Is it not the inevitable nlidencv of snots conflict@
to exisnerate, rather than -to conciliate, differeineers
• And ie not the time-come when thoughtful and religions
merieunong yon eheuld•begin•to ask yourselves the ques
tion, Shall the sword devour kir ever '1" •
We' entreat, yOu to believe, Christian friends, that
apart altogether from political -and commercial con
sideratlens,,of aayttnd every kind, there are myriads of
Christian hearts in this country which are wrung with
a very angulih of sympathy •and sorrow at the deso
lating calamity which is laying.waste your • country. .
- Bow, itsdeedc can it -be._ otherwise 1 Are you.not our
smetireat kindred among all the nations of the earth? Are
we not united•to you by . the. manifold ties of.. common
race, language', literature, and religion 7 Are there not
many of us bound to many, of ) on by the -closest moral ,
aid spiritual sympathies, by community of interesto and
action hi great enterprises of Christian philanthropy,
and by frequent acts of. religious fellowebip 1 Flow,
then, can we witness the deplorable scenes of Wad and
misery'novr presented-to us -in your country without
having our hearts rent with gHel
It is not merely the - loss of precious human life with
the premature extinction of what incalculable capacities
far usefulness in the service of God and man—not merely
the enormous waste of wealth, yehich might have been
turned to so many admirable mirposes—not merely the:.
prolonged agony of • loving hearts,. and the eteraardeafs•-,
lotion of families, which this war involves. More mown'.
'fill to us than even these evils,,fearful as they are, is that
'appalling, moral damage .•it is_inflicting on the nationsic
:hie and character, hardening the heart, searing the non. I
'eelenee, unobristianizing the temper-of the whole novae '
lation. Nor hi this deteriorating process likely to stop.
It is in the nature of all war—emphatioally 'so of all
civil' war—to become more , ferocious in feeling, more
bloody and barbarous in, act,;al, every step in advance.
There are not wanting ominous indications that this war
Weil ha rapidly developing. the same tendencies; revealing
to us, at no distant time,lthe probability of a series of re
tributions and. reprisals,-becoming • ever more ruthless
and savage, until . humanity veils her face in horror et
the proopeCt.
Is the time-not come, We, repeat, friends, and, fellow-
Christians, when- an at tempt, should be made to arrest
this destructive conflict? We deprecate. utterly all
amed'intervention, or any intervention at all, bat such
as pin yourselves would willingly admit on the pert of
England or any ituropean Power, In your affairs. But
surely the idea of , a friendly mediation may be enter
tained Without any derogation of your national dignity; I
?We beseech you •to reflect that, sooner or later, some I
method of peaceful adjustment must be adopted. There
are only two alternative Issues out of war—either the
utter extermination of one party, or some form of an
comModation and compromise between the contending
skies None of you can wish the former. And is it not
better at once to have reooqrse to thnlatter, before) fur
ther blood la' skied,and !hi/18.1140M both sides shall
become, hole** fainted "aitlk ita e liiitaisity and' yen..
'seines? • • " • ,
,appeal, riipitoltdly - tir the religions portion of the
community' amongit,You. Ist not 'this one of thocon
'junCtures by Which this practiCal valie . sind'power of
Christianity are - to" be tented '+ And' shall American'
'Milk:lenity` at'suah e crisis as this abdicate in high
functions as the great reconciler, whom special hotlines@
It .Is to calm the angry passions, and to keep,before the
Minds of men the intilinie leavens of the universal tether;
.r hocd.of Goer,' end the universal brotherhood of man?'
The eyes of the' whole world are upon you. "There'
'li nearest principle . in which the friends of humanity
me interested - , but inuat'suffer incalculable Injury by a
prolongation of this "conflict. We beseech' YOU, thore
fore,friende and,fellow•Christiane, for the interests of
olillizatiou, for' the honor of free government, for the
glory of Christ's Gospel, thaty on, the ministers of roll
' glen, and the ciinductore of the religious press especially,
should put forth`feseir influence to bring'abstint a 'speedy
settlement Of a quarrel which afpresent is aireatieg the
progress of civtlesaticin, bringing ,itiarepnti 'Orson ail free
. government, retarding thetrounnlis a Ilse Gospel, and
tioutflig the Name that it above every •nanie ' to be bias
among Imansiti throne/bison.
. • JO3E &BE;Presidont. ,
BRii~Y - .114911111:614P, Still'reeT•
THE. CITY.
• The Thennimitser.
,
BIPTEMBEB 10,1861; , BITTBAIBER 18,1865.
A: m - 12 x. B 8 12 Y. BP.M.
64 , 67 68 66 18 81
• • • WIND..
NNE. N. by E. N. by B. I ESE. BE. 888.
THE CITIZENS ISO
ecriptions . to the Citizens'
received on Wednesday, Sept
Work, McConch, & Co
WROX BMOC
alit. Henry May $lOl
J. H. Cantrell, D....
PROM sm.
Evans a Watoon
PROP TYX
•
Wm. Warnock, (addi
tional) 8100
B. Berens 10
8. 0. Baurbier . 20
Goo. Londenelogor..... 10
Mrs. B 8. Beeves 10
John W. Fraley 101
Thomas Bupp . 10
John Roman . .... 15
Wm. Christman 20 1
Geo. W Fa-r 10
L J Piers 10
Geo. Trnman, Jr 10
PROM POUR?
Thome @cholleld $2O
A. J. Boman. 20
FROM 7WENTT-;
John Qaulbert
W. R. Ganlbert 10
Mesmer Gaulbert...... 5
Benj. Roland 10
Thomas Lee5:.........10
Gash • 10
B. J 10
John Markley - 10
Wm. Hopkins . 10
Joe. O. Shuster" 10
B. B. C1arke..........10
Win. Schriever 10
Wm. Colitson. 101
Owen Sheridan 1001
Wm. Miller . 100
Miss blcOaub 30
Gash ..... 30
Joseph 10
George Y. Rex 20
Binh= Sands. 10
j. & Z. Frans% 40
St) er & Dowees . . 10
John Btalim an 20
Alexander Bewson.... 20
Mathias 8a5e.......... -20
H. D. Felton, J. S.
B oughton, T. Daner,
T. Middleton, James
Park, John McQuaid,
$2 each 12
REORIVRDAT INDEPENDENCR HALL.
Richard Penn Smith, (drummor boy)
Received on Thursday 81,778
Total ...8480,493
A TEOi7ONT. ON • THE TIMES —From
the moment wheit Patrick Henry first thundered forth
his eloquence in the distingulabei Assembly of Virginia;
since the hour when our forefathers evinced their. appre
ciation of the " bachelor's beverage, " by overhauling, in
Indian disguise, certain cheats in oston harbor—in do
ing which, it le to be presumed, they were stated,- to a
tea"—the love of country hes never been so rife as at
preterit. Every enthusiastic feminin., old and young, nu
become the essence of aromatic-bitter. Brothe - re who
stay at home are termed ci lEOlly-eats' , (whatever that
may mean), and even our Biddies agree to forego their
usual rout d of visite from male 4, cousins," through
whom it is their-went to levy taxes on tea and toast of
the tuistrt aa, to say nothing of thecigars and whisky of
the matter...
Even the mean minority of the commercial class Quote
their patriotism as being at par, and only 'collapse when
their daughters begin at papa," and "go on" because
they don't ti go off." The nervous youth, now that the
oriels seems no longer impending, breaks it gently
to his conscience that he is a born patriot, and is ardent
in offering his services to the Government. If all our
women were men !" we have heard one fair remark.
Wby, if so, their tendernees united with manly strength,
would speedily bring all dis cord to an end, and the next
epic the poet would choose'perforce, from a glance at the
CODlCcavent blissful state of the country, would be 4 , Pa.
radio. Regained!"
THE PENNSYLVANIA BELIEF Asso
oiATION.--Eira. Anna B. Justice, corresponding micro•
tory of the Penns)lvania Belief Aseor.tation of this city,
has forwarded the following- letter to the Hon. Thomas
M. Bowe, of Allegheny county : . •
PHILADELPIILA., Sept. 14, 1862.
Hon. Thomas Al. Howe, Chairman of Executive Com
ntzttee for Allegheny Pounty.
PEAR nisi The Yennsylvanis Belief Association for
Skit and wounded soldiers, would make an appeal to the
citizens of our western counties for assistance in minis
tering to the necessities and coin:torts of the thotisands of
disabled soldiers in the military' hospitals of our city. -
As the unavoidable delay in procuring, supplies from
Government occasions serious inconvenience when large
accessions are made to our hospitals, a number of women
in May last formed airorganization—now numbering two
hundred riembers—to meet there emergencies. Their
committees viiit eighteen hospitals, weekly, to ascertain
the pressing wants of the inmates, and report to the Ix
ecutive Committee, who immediately furnish relief to the
extent of their ability.
There is great need of calico wrappers, Pantaloons,'
slippers, under- clothing, &c., and since the recent battle
there is an urgent call for flannel and half-worn muslin
shirts ; . also, for sheets, linen and - muslin....-the former to
be cut into towels, the latter into bandages; the bandages
we prefer to make-curatives, as great care to required in
their preparation. Fresh provisions, as butter, eggs,
&c , dried • and canned fruit, jellies. pickles, delica
ciesane of any kind, are -always acceptable contributions to
hospital stores. "
Goods left with Springer, Harbaugh, lc Co., 209 Liber
ty, street, Pittsburg, will' be promptly forwarded to the
Association.
- -
Trusting that an earnest appeal to the citizens of soar
section for co-operation in miotstering to the sufferings of
those who have periled
with
Ihree for th e ntigy of their
cottptry wlll m
et wi th hearts
respectfully; ANNA B. 3USTIOE, Oor. Bsc'Y,
. - No. 812 N. Eighth street, Phda.
THE REOENT FLOOD —The scene of
the late disaster in the northern section of our city still
presents a doleful appearance. Workmen are engaged
in repairing some of the houses, and where foundations
• • • • wity,masons are laying new fou n da.
be taken down 58 oangeromr - rrrourrtsee,-....,
tire aide walls of a three-story building become so dan
gerous as to require strong.bracee to prevent them from
fallingvand yet they are Will tenanted.
From an investigation made by the chief engineer and
survey or ea to tie probable cause of the disaster we -
learn the following: At Islington Jane, north of the Odd
Fellows' Cemetery, is the deal bridge of any consequence
which croeses the valley of the Cohocksink ,creek. This'
bridgeformed eland of dim for the immense amount of
water which fell in the valley from that point to near the
Ridge road. The pressure became (to great that - the
bridge was washed away, and the water then fl3wed with
renewed force; until ;he bridge over the same valley, cn
the Lamb Tavern road, was reached. At one end of this
bridge a stualliaivier bad been constructed by a building
assontatim, and :,•this.being. choked - up, the water Blwed
over the bridge. with, such an immense force, that it
also.gave way, thtte..giving, the "flood additional force.
The whole force of the water was thrownagainst the
Dread. street bridge, canaille it to break, and thereby let.
tingthe lull force of the water into the entire valley, ex
tending from Broad street to Tenth. This whole space
was soon filled with water, to a depth of about twenty
feet at Tenth street bis was too much for the new em
banfinient at Tenth street, across the valley, to bear,
end it gave.way, throwing the whole .volume of water
dein the Vallee upon the paved streets. So. rapid was
this trecuMulation of water, by the breaking of the
bridges, that no eewers could possibly have cart ied'it off
Theope lately built Scrims Tenth street stands intact.
7be sewers on the line of the flood are uninjured, as all
the water passed into the Delaware through the Oohock.
sink sewer. The cause assigned in The Press for'thle
unhappy occurrence W5B similar to that given above.
818 _WIFE T oo °AIM or
There's nothing like , having a .keen woman to look after
one's welfare, to spy out one's peccadilloes, and to
trick out.onete crimes. pleverah and Bsco, on Wednes--
day evening, witnessed a cheering example of this de
•scription. A certain ,'.',person " of potriotic proolivf
ties, loving his country more than his home, felt under
the necessity of absenting. himself from the latter each
and every night. His wife followed himlnVand,like
another Mrs. Snagsby, with many a dolorous sigh, and
tight shake of the head, was rewarded by the discovery
that her suspicions were not incorrect.
The stare of heaven were in the sky, and policemen's
in the 'street,. end- there - (we don't particularize)
stood her misguided mate, in company with a "little
French milliner," as Jeseph Surface would modestly have
termed it, who looked as though she had purloined the
uccoat of many colors" as a gala attire and trimmed
herself o ff with the rainbow, by way of setting the fashion.
TO mulish such perfidy was the work of a minute with
the injured wife. - To utterly demolish the gay deceiver
from head to toe - '
from boot to bonnet, and pack her off in
energetic style to clutch the bewildered care epos& back
to the bosom he had deserted, with a menacing COMe,
sir—you come with me;" to effect all this was the work
of no time. Lothario at once stabsifed, and was led like
a lamb to the slanehter ; and when he reached home we
,preinme be "caught it." For evident reasons we with.
bold names.
PUPILS AND .I'ItOPESSOREI IN = THE
YIELD —Speaking in a military sense, the High School
Is 'exceedingly well repreiented. 'To be sure, the bel.
ligerent character of its pupils has never been a matter
of doubt, ad rine • faculty might testify, and-as basement
:class:rcom arid principals also can attest. From the hour
'when, some three rune ago, the 4. injured 44exetlrfalta
up a rumpus, the chl elr a zepvtatl6n i "
of,, the institution
tiati„sattouses=witoauced. We are pleased to notice that
• some of the professore, by- their recent departure for-
B arrisburgy-however mum they may have kept on military
matters In presence of pupils, evince a decided sympathy
with pugilistic parties. Daniel Howard, professor 'of
history; James - Kirkpatrick, professor of book. keeping ;.
and B. W Vogdes, M. D., profesdbr of moral and menta l
philosophy, have all resigned the pen for the sword, and
marched to the beat of the drum. Every High School
boy mutt appreciate this action of these cultivated
scholate and careful , teachers, and remember them with
stillwanner attachment, now that their hands awl hearts
are engaged in the common cause.
THE NEW STORES ON THE OLD BURG
ESTATE—The new stores at the corner of Ninth and
Chestnut are rapidly advancing toward completion. The
size of the lot, 101 feet by 230, affords room for a epacions
structure. It will be divided into three equal stores.
The coiner one will be occupied by Mr. George Howell,
paper-hanger. The middle one, still in possession of the
estate, is not yet leased. J. F. a..d E. B. Orne will inert-
Pr the third. .The whole Chestnut-street front, including,
the cornice, will be of white marble, and present a most
imposing, appearance. Upon the Ninth-street front, the
Bret story will be marble, and the remainder of pressed
brick, with pilasters and, window dressings of marble.
The bnildlags are expected to be completed and occupied,
probably,: about the beginning of the year. _The ton-.
tractor is 'John Bice, Bey, Metiers. Grey and Pant having
charge of the Chestnnt-street front, and Mr. William
etrutbers of the Ninth-street. The affair, when com
pleted, will be pp atilnisitien to the cif*. ' •
•
•
TER ' NZW• BARRAGICB.—TO accommo
date the United States troops - swidting transit to Wash
ington, a large brick billiding was rented some time
eince, in Swanson street, near - the Washington-avenue
railroad, and fitted up 88,st...temporary barrack for Dol.
diem 'The Oitlzens' Cornmittee did the work, the money
tote reimbursed by the Milted States Government. But
both in regard to location and acoommodation, the bar
racks are. irisciffecient The Committee,. therefore, have
considered it advisable to urge the-War Department to
build permanent Accommodations hir large numbers of
tr-ops, with every cooking facility,.so,..that , regiments
may be mirohed theie for their meals, and the citizens no
longer sustain, with contributions, the 'volunteer rev
frishment saloons. This, the original intention otitis
War D e partment; was deterred, hecause..the present
temporary barracks were coneidered suitable by Clol.
Miff, and others. The War Department is new,,how
ever, urged to return to its original design, of Moine
permanent barman' for six ttwintand troops, experience
having convinced these gentlemen of their error: -
.
THE, LAPIN HOSPI TAL
Das been, reported to us th at the hospital M
at iner's
Lane is mot , preoiseli what it should' be. Who are the
parties ghbog amatrion for cemplahot we do not venture
to decide: It.ie isidaliatthe ‘ attenditice upon the sick
is hit to incompetent individuals;`that the' fare of *on
vale. cente is not fit to be eaten, the,bread'heing mouldy,
the beans bard:enough:to try,the strongest set or teeth,'
and the soup utterly unpalatable, to say no worse. Thom
interestal—and who are not?—aliould surely obtain evi
dence of ;these or the 'contrary tante; since It' Is se Witte.
riou for 'gessip to bust° a benevolent inatitution, as ton
intejelaced partiality to defend it.
ARTEWIRY FOR STATIC DEFINCJIL
Many superior Dahlgren gunelor the defence of Cumber
land valley have already been furnished by the liavy.De
pertinent; which has now issued a general order, in ac
cordance with which all the marine artillery in the navy .
yards of, New York, Philadelphia,/and Washicigton to
Placed at the disposal of the au,shorities of the Sate.
.The preparations for the deform% of our, southern 'fron
tier must have been very fee",te without this timely ald
frees Secretary Welles. Brierienced gunners and wpow
*eta :pat of artillery are now, however, beeug lat
togetheri
LINTY FUND.-Sub
'liar Fund for Volantoers,
. 18, 1882.
$2OO
I ND .WARD. •
{Oberlin Peterson • ..85
George O. Conine 5
SH WARD.
5120
TE WARD.
A. Rankin, J. Lukens,
Thos Mooney, Sarah
Homan, A. B. Dotter,
Hannah M. Baldwin,
Peter BrmlleY..B. 471-
ley, $5 each ...... ....$4O
Isaac M. Tully 3
A. C. Cooke, Comly Ty
eon, Wench 4
Jae. L. Pretaman, J. = &
You g, W. H. Hai*
Wm. Grapy, $1 eraoh.. 4
MTH WARD
B. 3. Rogers .......
BROOND WARD
Germantown and Nor
' ristown B. B. C 0.... 400
J. F. fdiller, B. G. Gil
more, Wm.. Pitt, E.
Pitt, Wm. Frantz, Pe.
ter B. Titus, B. He
. dere, William Cope,
Cash, Geo. Hassan,
Joe Ladley, M. Good
man, ' John Goodfel
:.lo et, Jr., Jaeob S.
Help, Peter Schre
yer, J. Livezey, F.
H.W.Gor
'
dun. Alex. Hare team
Roberts, Ezra Sands,
• Jas. L. Gould, B. S.
Lentz,. S. Walton,
Jonathan Donal, $5
eaoii 125
Ohas....Rillinati. 3
Thos. Hughes, George
Hine, Tilos B. Hein
er, .A. Waltman, Sam-
Jin Mbar, IL: sill---
Stillman, T. A.
. Williams, /no. Slyer,
John Graver, C. Gil
•beit, $1 each 11
- -
►
BEOR'CrrriNG.—The new regiments no w
recruiting i n we city, for three years , or the wer,
Best-berth's artillery regiment, Voran's Curtin Zonaree
Powers' Irish Legion, the Brian Borothme regiment. ed
Johnson's regiment, and Col. ettormszin s regime nt
These These six regiments, if filled up at onoe, would te em
than eupersede the draft. Begebarth's artillery regi ce , nt
baa about eight' bnndred men. Powers' Irish Legio n
sent three full companies to Harrisburg for tetn nette ,
service. We understand that nearly if not units ell
these regiments have received from Judge Knot's pit y
Commission assurances of being paid their bounties from
that fund, and possibly some of them may have & rem ,
-received them. The fund could pay five full reglmeene.
The Citiiens' Committee have determined to pay a b en ,.
ty of fluty dollars to every man of• a full company, to Las
number of ten companies. This, it will be peroeived, is
an additional stimulant Mahe new regiments, and as they
will ail rece i ve also the presort= of Aye dollars sec map
from the Committee, there seems now a fair prospe ct or
filling up tall the regiments, and avoiding the draft.
Upon the return of the militia from flarrlsburg e nd
Chanabersburg, no doubt - a
great impetus will be giv en to
the recruiting for the war.
The recruiting yesterday was rather brisk.- For th e
old regiments 63 men were obtatued;and for the nee or.
ganizstions al making a total. of 88. A detathOleUt of
• some WA men fot old regiments lathe field left ren e w er
for Washington , under the charge of Car. Jitho, of the
27th Pennsylvania Volunteers, and- Lieut. Egan, 0 1 th e
96th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
A VERY LIBERAL DECISION has just
been made by the Attorney General of the United States.
Edward Bates, on a reference to him by the Comanager'.
er of Pensions, on a case submitted by Messrs, Joseph
E." Devitt & Co., the well-known military and mind
agents of our city, whose principal establishment is at
No. 427 Walnut street, and who have corresponding
Offices at all prominent points In the country. It is very
clear, and covers the entire ground, reviowin — g at halm
the. a ct: passed at the recent session of Congress, provid
ing pensions for the families and dependent, of miners,
Sailor' and marines, killed, or who have died in the ser
vice of the United States daring the present war or re_
hellion. The fact is, that the mother of A. B. a sow,
killed in the war, although her hatband is alive and well,
is entitled to a pension, from•the • fact that she was 02.
Bally dependent ition A B for support or relief frost
his wages. The policy of the Commissioner prior to thi s
hoe been only to issue pensions to widowed mothers, bat
thi s decision, gives joy to many a mourning houlebold
and suffering family. The firm are entitled to credit for
obtaining this decision.
EXTENSIVE SALE Or PRIZE CARGOI B.
—U. S. Marshal Miliward sold at auction yesterday the
cargoes of the prize vessels Albion, George G Bak er
and Havelock. The prices obtained were unite lair,
the' bidding spirited. The following articles sold at the
prices annexed :
Ex
S t 2 Der
Albion-177 bags coffee 22)ic per lb; 62 boxe s
,cigars
3 11 0 1 = 9 pe a y .
o th .ra o n i s . a l o ty d ; 6 1 1. 7 05 do
;i l e 9 08 ; ebTl
blue
lo
d, i 9;
e 1O
8
632.50; 110 sheets copper 24g c ; cask and boxes of tie
yard; 4 pieces bunting 163 i c; 3 DleoeB lawn, 14 )(e; 13
btls sneer $8.62X ; 9 half bbl, $lO 62) ; 9 boxer si r
$10.62X ;' 97 hazes tin 38 12 ; a l t a s copper u 6
cases black tin $27.60; 1,600 the block tin in bare 2.Tc; 3
kegs aloes $1 35; 1 pkge spool cotton 80c per dna ; 1 easy
H. copper 26c 2 casks block tizt 283 C.
Ex George 6. Briker-34 bags coffee 2[Xc Per lb;
coils B. lope 93(c; 1 bale linen fd. netting 84 Per plia •
40 pieces cotton netting 850 - ; 2 bales L sheeting 21,c pd
yard; 2 bales cotton yarn 67c ; 1 case prints 12o; 1 can
shaker bonnets 180 piece; 1 case cotton H. netting 57 go;
2 pieces linen nettir g 83.62 X ; 148 doz spool cotton 700
per doz - 4 pieces shambray 14c per yard; 6 Pieces jeans
20% c; 6 pieces Aziosteag drills 213¢ ;1 piece black eras
81c; 5 bbis O. sugar 11X c per lb ; 2 boxes saleratias 3g c;
X bbl pilot bread s.ic; 1 box buckles dto 86.50; 8 go.
lows and mattresiee.
Ez Havelock-45 begs coffeo 22lic per lb ; 10 b3XM
'starch c;
76 boxes cigars 7,500 $ 33 per thoniand ;16
do do s i.6 •8 do 2,000 slB.fo.
DEATH OF' T. HALL, U. S. N.
Lntu
Died, at Cincinnati. on Monday, the 15th bat, JOhtl
'ferry Hall,.sori of Judge James Ball. and a lientenaat
in the navy of the United States, in the 30th year of hie
age. Lieutenant Hall bed juet returned from a craieo of
upwards of three years, • hen he' wan ordered to the
command of a gunboat on the klisehnitppl. At St. Low,
be was attacked Witkthe typhus fever, which in a shaft
time put an end to bie career and anticipated niefaineei
to bin country. He was a well•educated gentlemen, and
an excellent officer, and had be lived, would, no doubt,
have 4 s3ne honor to the service. 46,6
SIIIOEDE ---Laet evening a man, sup.
pored to be named James Dyson, committed suieide at
hotel No. 41.9 south Second street He came from G 34.
port, Virginia, and took board at this Discs on Wednes
day. Last night he went up stairs, and took his pee.
knife with WlllOl he initielid a horrible gash In MI
tbrOef, canting eTmost instant death The deceased had
acted strangely since he arrived at the hotel. Whe n
picked up dead he still held the knife with a item grail%
POLICE CASES =A Mrs-Dobson, em
ploted at the Episcopal Hospital as a domestic, has been
committed to answer the charge of stealing a lot of pg.
low•cases and other articles from the beds of wounds"
soldiers.
. „
Yeiderday morning Patrick Dlller and Patrick ¶Thrbll
were held to bail to answer the (charge of assaulting Officer
Wright.
THE PRIOIIB RAISED.—Last evening
an adjourned meetirg of the bottlers of this city was held
at the Wetherill Home, to consider the propriety of
charging advanced rates for mineral water, cider, and
porter The attendance was quite large, and it WM
unanimously agreed that, hereafter, the rate forthees
articles shall be 75 cents per box, the arrangement to go
into effect on the bit of October.
A LARGE CARGO.—The ship George
Green sailed for Liverpool yesterday with the following
cargo :-15.421 bushels wheat, in bulk; 15,941 buthein
wheat, in beige ; 1,850 barrels flour; 125 begot clorerpeni;
518 bags oil cake ; 128 barrels chrome ore ; 80 casks qaer
citron bark . 75 casks tallow; 27 casks lard and oft; 91
tierces and 50 barrels beef; 258 firkins butter ; 12 hlgm.
beads tobacco; 2 boxes peppermint; 6 boxes cheese 1
barrel bacon. .
DEATHS AT THE ARMY HOSPITALS.—
The following were the deaths reported yesterday at the
varlons army hospitals :
Sixteenth and /Filbert streets Hospital —Ohristisit
Birkey, A, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves-
Wrt rhitadetihia —Peter 'Dixon, IL 17th Nair
York Oliver F. Kehler, B, 33d New York David P.
Farina% B, 7th Maine.
Front and Lehigh.—Ottis B. Lebanon.
,
POSTPONED.--The exhibition of the
'Bricks-county Agricultural Society has been poripmed
for thie ear.:. • The board of managers have resdid
*that; in 'view of the importance of contributing ell the
aid
_noesible to the defence of the Government and the
peftwwrarmenr-mortrorm-o:b.i.e‘ht.----.3.—......4
DEATH OF OPIRAIOII.-
.
Mr. George W. Murray, formerly telegraph op, rotor et
the Twenty:third-award station-house, expired miWo&-
needay, from the effects of consumption. The fanetal of
tpe &ceased will take piece on Bandly afternoon, from
his late residence in Frankford, and will be largely at
tended by many of his old associates.
WOUNDED IN THE RECENT RA.TTLES,
Captain N. P. Hallowell, of the 20th Massachusetts Regi
meut, had bie arm badly shattered during the bath of
Wednesday. Captain Hallowell is a son of Mr M L
Hallowell, of this city, and was promoted to his praises;
polition for gallantry at the battle of Ball's Bluff.
APPOINTED COLONED.—WI3I. B. Tho•
mae, collector.'Of the port, who left here with two tom•
peplos of custom-house employees, and others, has been
appointed colon& of a regiment. He left Harriaenzi
yeeterday for Chamberebnrg.
ACCIDENT VOA VOLUNTEER.—A com
pany of TONI:40E1'B left Norristown, on Wedneed♦y Our
noon, for Harrisburg via the 'Beading Wailroad, aJ
when. near Doiglessville one of the party fell to tot
ground and injured by head so severely as to mate delta
in a abort time.
NSW HOEPITAL AT GRILMANTOWN.-
Arrangements bave been made to erect a hospital on the
lot of ground in she rear of the Germantown Gall. The
lot'is lour acres in extent, any the building now in Mel
of erection will accommodate one thousand patients.
A - HIGH PRIVATE —,Joseph Moore, of
the_Eeventh ward, a member of the last 1 egisisture sad
a candidate for re-election, is one.of the high brivstel le
the Revenue Guards, which left for Harrisburg a day oc
two since.
WAR MEETING IN WEST PHILADEL
PHIA.—There will be a war meeting tonight at Goa.
misaionerle Hall, Weet Philadelphia,
to adopt 1328.183 Ted
to immedie My increase the number , of the 3d Heemeat
Beaerve Brigades to 1,000 men. 41:de epeskers will id'
dress the meeting.
LAIINOH OP , A STEABI-TIIG.--Rhe
ateam•tug Gen. A. E. Burnnide, belonging to dews
Fitzpatrick & Hearity, Munched on Wednasdor It
ternoon. '
ORDERED TO .11AGIBATOWN.—Dr. A.
S. Smith. military director of transportation, of al
- city, has been ordered to Hagerstown to make necessall
hospital arrangements, Ito
SOLDIERS' FAIRS.— Two fairs are now
being held by children for the benefit of our sick sad
wounded soldiers. One is at No. 720 Lombard Area ,
end the other at ti 0.410 Queen street.
REBEL Fiusoraus.—.-_Capt. F. Asbury
at__lllo:t-_Detawirert 'day or two eine win'
• geTninilierof rebel prisoners; =coati, captor ed n
the Pennolvenie border and WWI to Campl)nrtin.
FINANCIAL. AfiTYCOMMERGIAL
ME MONEY MARKET.
,RSTLAriltivifiL, September 18, 1861
Gold was steady . tri-diP and in demand at 16% 016.
Old demands were very active at an advance, ill beir4
freely paid for them. Certificates of indebtedness reowil 3
at yesterday's figure. Money is overflowing the market
but 4 te' cent. on call remains the ruling figure for It
There was a busy time at the Stock Sachange, and Pao*
generally have responded to the eleiated feelings of the
community. Government securities were held at higher
figures, and eales were made. Sixes 1881 were in demand
at 101 X, an advance of X. The seireu•thirties IcoOtori d
X, whit salts. -Pennsylvania fives continued Mit at
89% ; the coupons x. City sixes, old and new, improved
X, with large Wiles. Reading sixes 1870 rose t;
those of
. 1886, about IX ; 1880 e, . North Pennsylvanisllailro ed
sixes advanced 1, the tens selling at 102 X, an straw*
Schuylkill Navigation sixes 1872 brought 89; those et
1872, 07, an advance of 1. Allegheny Valley 11: 6110 . ... °1
sevens .brought 79N. Camden and Amboy Bizet /""
rile to 06%. Rimini Railroad sevens rose 2on leeks" .
day's bid: Pennsylvania Rallread first-mortgage b° °4l
Amtedved X . Lehigh Navigation shares sold k lower,
Al l° scrip advaiicing N • 43*.res bid for Morris
Cenei—
a considerable advance. Beading acute opened st XII / 0 '
vane of X, and 501 d.% higher.dating the day, clo''' ° g l4
81.81 ; Minehill sold up to 46 ; Pennsylvania rose to e'v_;
tong :Island advanced 'X," and continued firm;
Cat s "
'wises was active, rising from ElX_to.4; the pv61 . 0 101
firm at 11, an advance of % ; North Penns, huh rode
receding X at the Close ;' Little t3chnylkill sold es ta
17, w considerable advance; Norristown brought 4 ' 9
13X waabid for. Elmira ;,:the preferredtroes The f.
was not m 111
couch 01 , 931814. in passenger railways, bat sew:
ofthein iinnrored: A.t.ch..street rose Vat the first boerl
. 44 notlier X at tle second ; West .Philsdelphia ret4
BOA" and Pine. also X . Thera ; ,w - asit weaker tendril!!
teleaiefs the oloie, owing to releartipetherebeing Do 6 °2
vantages [slued by MoClellataliitiiditi. However, tee
.
market ay be quoted as rottilitgiet th&cloae, Orb,
SSS,OOO hi bonds ani 2,600 shares changed banal 61
regular boards, and nearly IS many ehareaontelde.
' Drexel A; Co. Quote ;
New York Bic/Hinge parel-10 Pro'
Boston Exchange ....Amap l lo Pir,: i.
Baltimore Bxahange seemeee....o ll A u.
OPRULTY NILO 1 - ~.... • gri
..... .. _
Gold - 14,441 /X 1
. One- - year 'OO ertillcatei.... - . • • 98)11°°.
- Old'ilimandß - • . . .. . "..... '''''
.flelig 1 1 '
-,. ' I
A,, 41vidpnd of five per omit., clear of Cbsiroo ,oo ; Il i
. iiikkeop declared. byttee fitalodelptdri, Vilklasho 24 da
)*Oiore Bills-62d
,OciaapamT, parable ca and 1016 t
• lei WI. , - ~„
-- Tbnst. Louie; Alton, end Terra Rattle Bar° 24 64k'
,a.
piny
ere prepared to dellved t o ,rao, row their new ..-- 00
Foostkage: bonds in exchange fosilso old bonds of
Tine Bente anti Alton Company. s hiti
The, ankinit of one.year_Tre wary Pare, in .- e ti s
of 41braffeateit ;if indeatain eas, to the 12th i ' 44"
aborit t oa follown :*. ~.00
23,402 cMiltioataa of 111,000 . each ............ $ 0' 3,, 0 cg
,211 certificatos of $5,000 each ............ 31.,
....--7 to
Total:September 35.... .................. 5 56 ..,, e n
T r otal, lito7 29.... .... t. . ................ 41,17,
--- 1,3
541 ,0
.41941hgepleee-Ifar 29...................• •
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