rXISMEI 3PIELNIO3B/5 9 ,
fUNLISIIID DAILY (SUNDAYS EXONPTID).
BY JOlllll W. PORNY.Y.
.1/17011 , No. 111 SOUTH FOURTH STREET
THE DAILY: PRESS,
FRITNIN DENTS Pan Wan, payable to the carrier.
ailed to Sabseribere oat of the City at SEVEN DOLLARS
SR ANNOY. TRANS DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS FOR SIR
LtOWLWEI, ONH. DOLLAR AND SEVENTY - FIVE CENTS FOR
*Ea MOSTUS. invariably in advance for the time or
dered.
NS' Advertisemente inserted at the usual rates. Six
Mei eenstitute a square.
THIS , JPRI - WEEKLY PRESS)
Nailed to Subscribers out of the City at Form DOLLARS
WHIR ANNUL in advance.
SEWING MACHINES.
LONG -LOOKED FOR
comE, AT LAST!
THE PERFECTION Op SEWING MACHINES.
SAMPLES Or THE OELEBRkTED
FLORENCE SEWING MACHINES
CM" he seen at
.No. 439 gRESTNUT STREET (second floor),
Where all persons interested in sewing machines are in
vited to call and examine this wonderful Machine.
It has been the of of the FLORENCE SEWING
MACHINE COMPANY to supply a machine free from
the objections attached to other first-class machines. and
after the patient, untirlog labor of years. and a liberal
expenditure of capital in securing the first mechanical
talent, their efforts have been crowned with success and
they are now offering to the public the MOST PE EtFECT
SEWING hf SC %ME IN THE WORLD. Among its
many advantages over all other machines, may be mem
. tioned:
Ist. It makes four afferent stitches on one and the
same machine, each stitch being perfect and alike on
both sides of the fabric.
2d. C7ianaing from one kind of stitch Go another, as,
well as the length of the stitch, can readily be done while
the machine is in motion.
3d. Everblstitch is , perfect in itself, making the seam
secure and. uniform, combining elasticity, strength and.
beauty. . .
4th. It has the reversible feed motion, which enables
the operator to run the work-to either the right or left,
or stay any part of the seam, or fasten the , ends of seams
Pvithout turning the fabric or stopping the machine.
sth. It i.e the most rapid sewer in the world, making
five stitches to each revolution, and there is no other
machine which will do so large a range of work as the
FLOENCE,
6th. It does the heaviest .orfinest Work with equal fa
cility, withal:it change of tension or breaking of thread.
7th. It hems, fells, binds, gathers. braids, quilts, and
gathers and sews on a ruffle at the same time.
Bth. Its gimp Hefty. enables thei most inexperienced to
operate it. Its motions are all.positive, and there are
mo tine aPtinos to get out of order, and it, is adapted to
all }finds of sloth-work, from thick to thin, and is al
most noiseless.
sth. The FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE is uneurial-
Led in beauty, and style, and must bs seen to be appre
ciated.
F Call and see the FLORENCE, at No. 439 CHESTNUT
Street, up stairs. au29-tf
t OUR LETTER "A"
TAMMY SEWING MACHINE,
With all the new improvements, is the best and cheapest.
and most beautiful Sowing Machine in the world. No
other Bewbur Machine bas so much capacity for a great
range.of work, including the delicate and ingenious pro
cesses of Hemming, Braiding. Binding, Embroidering,
Walling, Tacking. Cording, Gathering. &c., &a.
The Branch Offices are wall supplied with Bilk Twist,
Thread, Needles. Oil. &c . of the very best quality.
Send fora pamphlet.
•
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
4.59 BROADWAY, NEW Your
• Philadelphia. Office
-810 CHESTNUT STREET..
son•teels
SEWING MACHINES.
THE s k SI,OAT " MACHINE,
With GLASS PRF,SSES FOOT,
Nsiv-arrix HEMMER, BRAIDER,
And other valuable I repiov.imeute.
ALSO.
THE TAGGART & FARR MACHINES,
Agency-9W"; CREgTICDT Street. = mh9-tf
CLOTHING.
EDWARD P. KELLY,
JOHN KELLY:
VORMERLY CHESTNUT, ABOVE SEVENTH,
LATE - 10%2{ CHESTNUT STREET,
T A,I L T O R S.
141 SOUTH THIRD St., NEAE THE EXCHANGE.
have • just received a large Stock of Choice
FALL AND -WINTER GOODS,
A DID I
FALL STYLES,
TERMS CASH, at prices much lower than any other
aret•clase eetablisimsni, an27-tf
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50,
. At 701 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, 55 00, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS., PAN'rs, 56.60, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANE'S. *5 60, At 701 MARKET Street,
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5 60, At 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN 017NTEN'S, No. 704 MARKST.Street.
GRIGG & VAN OCINTP.N'S, No, 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GGNTEN'S. No. 704 MARKET Street,
mb22-8m
GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS.
ARCH. STREET. 606.
606.
FINE SHIRT AND WRAPPER DEPOT.
AN F.LEILLNMASSGRI , II:III7 OF _
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
AT MODERATE PRICES.
FOUR PREMIUMS AWARDED FOR
SHIRTS, WAAPPYRS, AND STOCKS,
G. A. HOFFM.ANN.
Successor to W. W. KNIGHT,
606 ARCH STRUT. 600,
NO& 1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET,
PRILADEM'HLL
JONI 13.
tfORKIIIRLV 1. 111721 NOOREsI
lIEPORTEI &ND DRALBIS UI
GENTLEMEN'B MMEHMG GOODb,
OULXI77ACTURES
or TRW IMPROVED
i k ., 4 711 4 4 11
oILLARIS.
SATISYAO'fION OtIASAITIED
FlVBunn m.ANUFAAJTORY.
is sublerear would invite - attention to his
ntritovgn CUT ON SHIRTS,
Whisk he makes a ap.akalty in his businen. Also. so
%tautly reeeivint. -
NOVELTIES r(tb. GENTLEMEN'S WELL
J. W . SCOTT
OINTLENEE'S FOREISHING ' STORE.
No. $l4 CHESTNUT STREET,
paw 'rm.. nnrs below the Coalinanbtl.
UR fIGSa
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & 00-,
Northeast Corner ?MIRTH and RACE Streets.
ADTLPHIA.
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS
IMPORTENS AND DIV' RA
&ND D9NESTICI .
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASIBi
11812 OPLOTUREIII3 OP
WHITE LEAD AAII ZING FAINTS, POTTY,
AGBITI Ras THE 011LBIMATEID
FRENCIPIi • ZINO - PAINTELI
bean And sonsamar. vomited at.
my LOW PRICES TOR (UM.
145114 ha
CABINET FURNITURE.
C I BIIR IBL LURNITURE AND BIL
MOORE St CAMPION
No. 2.131. SOUTH SECOND STREET,
In connection with their extensive Cabinet business, are
now manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
and haie now on hand a fall ettnlolY; , finished with the
MOORE & Ca.laP ON'S IMPROVED CIISHIODId.
'which are pronounced by all who have used them to be
auperior to all others.
For the quality and' oish of these Tables. the MUM•
lecturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout
the Union , who are familiar with the character of their
irk. seB.6m
UMBRELLAS.
t UMBRELLAS ! UMBRELLAS!!
WM. A. DROWT & Go.,
NO. 248 MARKET STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
Manufactarers of
SUPERIOR UMBRELLAS.
anZd-'2,m
•
VERY SUPERIOR SILK AND
Ingham UNT, ELL AS, on beet steel frames.
JO, tsgELL.llfanufactarer.
Nta i and 4 North FOURTH Street.
ALL ORADES AND KINDS OF
Ingham and Covon . UHESSLLA.S, various sizes.
119 or . JOSEPH FUSSELL,
Hop. and 4 North POLIRTH Street
—SALEb SMALL PROFITSI—
. DEAN'S CIGA.k. STORE 336 CHBBTNEri Bt.
um buy FINS-Chi CHEWING TOBACCO 25 per
lees than any here else.
lerson's Solace, Hoyt's Sunnyside,
lard Old Coat:natal, Young Aimerics, and Good
's N. '4. Patent Pro•As ed. for eight cents each. -
I,ntatlon,Cornich's rirgilt Leaf, Yellow Bank, Km's,
,Amulet, National Heart's Delight, Savory, Nodal-
Nonpareil, and Mrs efillor's Fine-out Chewing To- for four ce_gtas ea Cb.
a CUT IN YTLLOW ,PAPNRS.—LilienthArs.
as & • Bank. Grape, for ',three
each. •
TB-0131 . CHEWIPIL TOBACCO IN BULL—Ander
, Solace, Ropt'a Sunnyside,Dean's Golden Prise,
n'a phnamelphia FILM Cut. Hones Dew, Michigan.
Pride of Kentucky, for six cents per ounce.
larout Chewing Tobacco by the pound, 45. 60, 75, 90
e, and
WONTED HAVANA AND TARA CIGARS. and do.
tie Cigars of all kinds, 25 per cent. less th an other ,
at wnoleaale or rota% at
MAN'S CIGAR. STORE
338 0 NUT Streak
lmingtOlt and Newark Corporation Notes taken at
iy.46m
A.MPAGNE.-AN INVOICE OF
Gold Lac," and " Gloria " OhamPltine, /11 (Marta,
Inte,ittet received per French ship Ise Amelt9,'
to by . CHAS. N. & JAG. GIEWF#LRI;
Bole Agent
floc 126 WALNUT and SI URA kite.
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VOL. 7.--NO. 36.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
A . 11. VIZANCISCITS,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
. YARNS, BATTS, WADDINGS,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
01T; CLOTHS, 'WINDOW SHADES.
LOOKING GLASSES, CLOCICS,
FANCY BASKETS, &c.
513 MARKET and 510 COMMERCE Sta.
sal Sm
vALL,
& 1863-
No. 423 MARKET STREET.
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARR,
BROOMS, CEDAR WARE;
OIL-CLOTH, LOOKING GLASSES,'
FANCY BASKETS,'
CORDAGE,_
NB — Agents for . -
" HALEY, MORSE, & BOYDEN'S PATENT SELF-AD
JUSTIN° CLOTHES WRINGER."
THE MOST RELIABLE WRINGER NOW IN USE
se7-2m
J. H. COYLE & CO.,
Wholesale Dealers in
TARNS, BATTS.
CARPET CHAIN,
WOODEN WARE,
BRUSHES, &c.,
310 BIARKET STREET,
PRITADELPHTA
CARPETS, .OIL CLOTHS, 8;c.
REMOVAL
J. F. & E. B. ORNE
HAVE. REMOVED FROM
619 CHESTNUT STREET,
Opposite the State House, to their
NEW WAREHOUSE)
904 CITESTNIITISTICEE'ts
In the " &MD BUILDING," and have now open their
FALL, STOCK OF
r.rp, - csr
904 "CHESTNUT STREET.
set-2m
an W. BLABON it CO.
• MANDFACTURRRS OF
Oir-a
No. 1.24 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILA.DELPHLk,
Offer to the Trade a fall stock or
FLOOR, TABLE, AND CARRIAGE
C,X3C2
GEEEN-OLAZED OIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW
se"4-2m SHADES.
6 6 GLEN ECHO " MILLS,
MoCALIAJM &I 00.,
MINUFACTURERS, INFORMS, 'AND DEALERS IN
C A:RPETING-S,
OIL CLOTHS, &CI
W.A.R I EHOUSE, 509 CHESTNUT ST.,
OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE HALL.
eel-3m
GEORGE W; HILL,
Manufacturer, and Wholesale. Dealer in
CARPETINGS, MATTINGS, RUGS.
ALSO;
COTTON' AND WOOLLEN YARNS,
At very Lew Prices.
HO. IE6 NORTH THIRD STREET, ABOVE ARCH,
sel-lm. Philadelphia.
COMMISSION ROUSES.
BAGS 1 BAGS 1 BAGS 1.
NEW AND SECONDHAND,
SEAMLESS, BURLAP, AND GUNNY
BAGS,
Constantly on hand.
JOHN T. BAILEY, do CO.,
No. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET.
Ate- WOOL SACKS FOR SAKE. • anl9-6m
PAPER HANGINGS.
puILADELPHIA_
P GIN GS.
HOVELE'd --BOURKU,
CORNER OF
FOURTH. AND MARKET STREETS,
MANUFACTURERS OF.
PAPER HANGINGS
AND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
Offer to the trade a large and elegant a•sortment- of
goods. from the cheapest Brown Stock to the Attest
Decorations.'
N. E. CORNER FOURTH & MARKET STREETS.
N. B.—Solid. Green, Blue, • and Buff WINDOW Phi.-
PERS of every grade.
FALL STYLES NOW READY.-WE
•-•-• are daily in receipt of New Styles of WALL PAPERS.
to NI hich attention is invited. We have paid special re
gard to designs suiting Philadelphia taste. Walls deco
rated by selected workmen, and warranted to give satis
faction. JOHN H.- LONGSTREM,
se2-vcfm6t* No. 12 North THIRD Street.
SILVER-PLATED' WARE.
SILVER PLATED WARE
MANUFACTORY.
TEA SETS,
CASTORS,
WAITERS,
ICE
ICE PITCHERS, &c., &c.
WILEaR., Br, MOSS,
seB-2m 225 SMITH FIFTH STREET.
W 0 0
-CLIP OF 1862
Medium and Fine. very light and clean;
In store, and daily arriving, consignmeits of Tub and
Fleece, froth new clip
WOOLEN 'YARNS.
18 to 30 Me, fine, on hand
COTTON YARNS.
No. 6 to3o's, of Ilrat-elase makes,
In Warp, Bandle,; - and Cop
N. E. —dll numbers and descriptions procured at once,
on orders
ALEX. WHILLDIN do SONS,
att3l-mw&ftf
pICK.A. 'X E ,
SHINGLING 'HATCHETS,
BROAD HATCHETS, AXES,
NAIL HAMMERS,
SHOE HAMMERS,
RIVETING HADINERS, and
ENGINEER HAMMERS,
MANUFACTITRBD AND FOR SALE BY
C HAMMOND 45: SCNi
.n:8-1m. SAIB comulaca Eltreo, rut
RIEGEL; WIEST, ez ERVIN,
We are constantly receiving largo lots of all kinds of
fresh and desirable Goods. 'Merchants will find it to
their advantage to call and examine our stock before
purchasing elsewhere, as we can offer them inducements
unequalled by any other establishment in Philadelphia.
This stock is principally of T_ Nv - .7 1 . -- Er...eo.'S..own IMF
- rOItrATION.:EitT.d - win be offered at the
IS North FRONT Street
SILK AND DRY.-GOODS JOBBERS.
1863 • FALL AND WINTER 1863.
•
DRg GO ODS.
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
DRY GrOODS;
NO. 47 NORTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
CASH HOUSE.
IL L. HALLOWELL & CO.,
615 CHESTNUT STRUT,
NAVE NOW. IN STORE.
DRESS' gOOD§,
BLACK AND 'FANCY SILKS,
SHAWLS, BALMORALS,
RIBBONS, KID GLO V &c., &c
Bought exclusively for cash, and which will be sold
at a small advance. sel-3m
THOS. MELLOR it Co.,
I BI P 0-R TER S,
NOB. 40 and 42, NORTH THIRD STREET
We invite the attention of the trade to our large stook of
HOSIERY, GLOVES,
SHIRTS, DRAWERS,
GERMANTOWN FANCY WOOLENS,
LINEN CAMBRIC HDKFS.,
4-4 LINENS, AND SHIRT FRONTS.
se7-3m
IN SKEEP & TRITEFITT,
VEIL GOODS,
. .
Baregep, Olen, Br9rn, and Mode
Grenadines;.
DELA - INES,
All , wool, plain, in all C?lois.
All-wool, checked,
SHAWLS
Broche-Border Steles, new and choice designs and colors.
All-wool Long and Square Tnibet, with wool fringe, in
Black Mode colors.
Thibet, with rich knotted Silk fringe, in black
and assorted colors.
Paris Shined all-wool Long and Square Cashmere.
All-wooliong and Square Plaid, Sm.
LINEN CAMBRIC HDIiFS.,
N and X Corded Border.
5,1 and-X • Hemstitched.
N and ,11 Colored Border, dro.,
se7-6t AT No. 216 CHESTNUT Street.
TO WHOLESALE BUYERS
THOMAS W. EVANS & CO.
INVITE THE ATTENTION OF
WHOLESALE 'BUYERS
TO THEIR LARGE AND WELL-SELECTED ASSORT
KENT OF
FANCY 1)R - V GOIaDS.
FALL AND WINTER SALES
MOST REASONABLE PRICES.
BUYERS are solicited to call and examine
818 CHESTNUT STREET;
UP ,STAIRS:'
.
1033:13n. •
F ALL STOCK
SILK. AND FANCY DRESS GOODS
A_ W. LITTLE & CO.
se2-2m No. 32,5 BILAKET STREET
JAMES, KENT, •
SANTEE. ea
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF ,• •
' MOWS( GOODS,
Noe. 2139 and ala. N. THIRD STREET, ABOVE RACE,
PHILADELPHIA, '
Have now open theirsimnal
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
OF
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
Among which will be found a more than usually attrac
tive variety of
tAJIHES , DRESS`GOODS:
Also. a full assortment of
MERRIMACK AND COCHECO PRINTS.
PHILADELPHI- d MADE GOODS,
To which they invite the SPECIAL ATTENTION OF
CASH BUYERS, • • • an27-2m
BLACK SILKS,
AT VERY LOW PRICES
N. L. HALLOWELL - & C 0..„
No. 61.5 CHESTNUT STREET.
SH ttiViAg
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN, IN GREAT VARIETY
M. L. I-lALLOWELL & CO ;
No. 615 CHESTNUT STREET
DRESS GOODS.
An immense assortment, in French, English, and Saxony
M. EIALLOWELL & CO.,
No• 015 CHESTNUT STREET
CASH BUYERS,
AT WHOLESALE,
Are invited to examine our
FLANNELS,
BLANKETS,
DIERINOES,
POPLINS,
BLACK SILKS,
FANCY SILKS,
IRISH LINENS, WRITE GOODS,
DRESS GOODS,'
and other articlee adapted to the sewn.
JAMEO R. CAMPBELL, & CO.,
•
an2.6-2in CHESTNUT STREET.
1863.. - FALL IB63.
DRY GOODS.
HOOD, BONBRIGHT, do CO.
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS,
No. 435 2031E7 STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
The attention of the TRADE is invited to their large
Stock of
STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS. •
Among which are choice brands of Sheet
ing- and Shirting Muslins,
Madder Prints, De Litmus,
,Ginghams, and
SEASONABLE DRESS GO , ODS.
AL50,....
MEN'S WEAR
• , IN GREAT VARIETY.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED- TO
CASH BUYERS.
inzo-2,n
1863 PALL IMPORTATION. 1863
EDMUND -YARD. ea' OQ.,
„
EDIFORTEDS DID JOBBERS, SILKS AND FANCY
- DRY GOODS
5 17 CHESTNUT and 614 MINE Street,
gave now Opened their Fall importation of prose Good',
MERINOS, -
COBURGS, .
REF'S,
ALPACAS,
DELA/NES, •
PLAID AND STRIPED POPLINS
FANCY AND BLACK SILKS.
Also, A large assortment of
SHA
B S,
WL ALMORAL SHIRTS,
WRITE GOODS
LINENS,',
EMBROIDERIES, l l / 40.,
which they offer
to the trade at the
"LOWEST MARKET PRICES_
inu•st.
, .
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1863.
Vrtss.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER_ 11, 1863
ARMY OF THE -POTOMAC.
At tempt to 'Kidnap a General
CEpecial Correeponqence of The Press.]
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
VIRGIDLA, September 7,-1883,
I wish you could read of something beside gueril
lee. In the Army of the Potomac we have nothing
else to rouse us from langour and stupor but the
daring depredations of these midnight marauders.
It is only a few nights since an attempt , was made
to kidnrip General Bartlett, of the 6th Corps, who is
stationed at New Baltimore. The attempt came
very near being successful ; and if the guards had
not stood up with imperturbable nonchalance and
bravery, he would now, moot probably, have been
in the hands of the Philistines. Twenty-five of
these desperate fellows, supposed to belong to the
Black-horse Cavalry, actually succeeded in getting
almost inside of General Bartlett , a tent. They,
quietly hitched their horses to the fence, crawled
over with extreme caution, and began to silently
approach the tent. It was just midnight, and all
around was dark ai Erebus and still as the grave.
At last the guard- perceives the mysterious objeot
slowly approaching him. In a moment his piece
was raised, and the stern "halt" sounding out on the
quiet night-air was but the signal for the crawling
villains to jump to their feet and charge furiously
upon the guard. -He Bred, and, stood his ground
bravely, tillth.e rest of the guard rallied, when they
fired a volley .which scattered the intruders in a
trice. They left three or four of their dead and
wounded lying on the ground. When the game they
sought walialmost within their grasp, their courage
failed, and they fled in great confusion. This was a
bold undertaking, but bravely and happily frustra
ted. When these wandering plunderers are caught,
they should have a summary administration of
juatice.
AN AMBUSCADE
About the same time .of this occurrence, an am
buscade was cleverly contrived for the cfestruction
of Col. Macintosh and a detachment of his cavalry.
Col. Macintosh belongs to General Gregg's division,
which of late seems very unfortunate in having
small parties cut up or captured. When the Colonel,
with his command, neared Barbers' Cross-roads, on
their way to Chester's Gap, they were unexpectedly
'fired upon, and then charged. Our men, being old
soldiers, soon recovered from their momentary con
fusion, and chargedthe rebels with fury, who quieltlk
spurred their horses away from a locality that had
grown more dangerous than they expected. In this
surprise ive had one killed and a few taken priso
ners.
ACTION NECESSARY.
Our cavalry 'must look to their laurels. These
fellows in the gray jackets are beginning to regain
their strength, and with that comes overweening
impudence. Their knowledge of the country here
abouts is so complete and exact that they can'do
pretty much as they please. I would notlike to risk
an opinion upon the movement of the army, because
all I might write would be but guesswork. One
thing is evident : if we are to have a fall campaign
something must be done 'wry soon. Ere long the
rainy weather will be upon us, and all will be floun
dering in the mud. It something is not done at the
end of the month, me may expect to get ready to go
into winter quarters. There seems to be a universal
dislike, among officers and men, to spending, many
more winters in this portion' of Virginia.
A REVIEW.
Yesterday the 31 Corps, commanded by. Major
General French, was reviewed, near Sulphur
Springs. Ten o'clock A. M. was the hour appoint
ed, but Generals Meade and Pleasanton, with their
respective Staffs, were so wearied with the dust and
heat the review was not commenced till an hour
later.,.. The entire corps was drawn up in column,
by brigades, and made a very imposing appearance.
It was a sartight, but one not unmixed with pride,
to see the small bands of heroes gathered round a
small, dirty tatter, attached to a shattered staff---all
that was left them from the battle rage of their
once magnificent battle.ilage. Scarcely a hundred
men were in these regiments, snit meat of them were
in the Kearney Legion. Several fine bands were
plreying most of the time ; and by the ZouaVe uni
form I could recognize Collis' Zouaves and their ex
cellent band. All 'the corps looked cheerful and
well cared for, and are apparently in good fighting
trim. Three hours were consumed in reviewing this
corps, which is ore of the largest in the army.
PARROTTS
Some small twelve-pound rifled Parrotte were used
in target practice, and made some excellent shots
with---sbell and round shot. This kind of gun has
got to - be highly esteemed by our - artilleri.:Tiai"
have provedvery s6rviceable at all times.
CULPRIT SUTLERS. '
You will perceive by the following orders, that an
example is to be made of two sutlers for
_surrepti
tiously transferring their passes to improper persons.
It is just as possible for a camel to work its way
through the eye of a darning needle, as for any per
son not connected with the army to get within its
lines,,having no Pass. I don't know whether these
transfers are common ornot, but a few orders of the
slime nature as these will make thewOry uncom
mon:
GENERAL, ORDERS, No. 57
I. Charles H. Pyle, Sutler 93d Pennsylvania Vo
lunteers, having transferred his pasS for the purpose
of introducing into this army an unauthorized per
son, is dismissed the service of the United States,
subject to the approval of the Seeretasy of War, and
will be at once sent beyond the lines.
. .
IL F. J. „Tones, Sutler 29th Ohio Volunteers, hav
ing taken advantage of his office to introduce an un
authorized person into this army, is dismissed the
service of the United States, subject to the approval
of the Secretary of War, and will - be at once sent
beyond the lines.
The Provost Marshal General Is charged with the
execution of this order, so far as it relates to the ex
pulsion of these men.
By.command of Major General ME&DE.
S. T. BARSTOW, Ass't. Adjutant General.
.IENEAS AND DIDO—MRS:MAJOR JONES.
We can forgive a Mall the most heinous crime, if
it be not ingratitude or unkindness towards a charm
ing woman. How apt we, of the male sex, are to
imagine the good ffineas cruel, unfeeling, brutisili;
all because he did not go into heroics, and get up
an impromptu scene, when he was about to leave
his charming Bustress forever, the romantic, but un:.
fortunate Dido, Queen of Carthage. .ZE aces could
very easily have shown some signs of regret, some
symptoms of gratitude and esteem. But no, he
marches toward his ship, perfectly unmoved, though
he sees
the tears begin to roll;
-And then she moved from him, resolved to die,
And make a bonfire of herself, poor soul!"
For , some weeks past, a very shrewd lady, very
handsome, and at that time of life when no one
thought of inquiring her age—for though no blonde,
• she is ever blooming. Her time was impartially dis
tributed among the different headquarters ; her plea
santries at dinner made her welcome to a meal at
any time, while her childish innocence of all martial
matters freed her from all suspicions of being a gen-
tleßuth, gleaningwhat she could among the various
fields of Mars. I believe General Custis was honored
With a very eight preference. This is not easily ac
counted fora It may be she desired to be in the ex
time frontin case of peril that she might the more
readily escape; or her feelinge—her heart may have
'been concerned. When every one ,but those con
nected with the army were oidered about their busi
ness, General Cuatis very gently .and politqly
formed the lady who was so fond of the army" that
she must go to Washington, for it was impossible
that she could stay longer in his camp. To Wash
ington she went, but soon returned, her wardrobe
completely refitted. Her attachment for General
Custia 7 quarters remained unchanged, and , thither
she went . , -
Last- night our beautiful heroine was arrested
upon suspicion of being a spy, and General Castle,
his long , beard shaved smoothly off hikface, came
here to tell the worst he knows 'of this innocent
creature, who pretends tot to know the touch-hole
of a cannon from the muzzle. The lady's name ill
Mrs. Jones. She has spent so much of her time 'in
the rebel army that all know her there by ' the mili
tary patronymic of "Major Jones, of the Confede
rate Army." Thus has her, career of observation
and usefulness been brought to an unexpected 'close,
and her innocence suffered, a complete expose:
Poor Major Jones! so, young, so beautiful, but so
unfortunate ! What unfeeling, ungentlemanly fel
lows are these Yankees ! Although she can ride a
horse like a Comanche, at' present her traveling
equipage-is a slightly-built carriage, beautiful and
useful, like its owner. This industrious lady had
upon her person information concerning our army
sufficient. to make an encyclopedia. She is now.
confined at Bealton, and very amiable, indeed. Re
port says she is a Massach - usetta girl.
DESERTERS ANI7DIS.LOY.A.LISTS
The arrest of disloyal citizens continues. Desert
ers succeed In finding their way here everyday. Our
cavalry bring in'small squads of prisoners frequent
ly, but reliable, information is seldom received from
either prisoners or deserters.
RUMORS.
In:Warrenton there is an unusually large assort
ment of rumors. The one which has caused the
most uneasiness vies that Lee was about to cross
the river, and White with a large band of• guerillas
Was to make an attack on us at Warrenton, sur
prising our men if possible. Last night our pickets
were driven in, and the story began to assume a
truthful appearance. But there has been no other
alarm since, neither has any surprise or attack been
made, so we are inclined to think Lee does not in
tond crossing at present, since White did not make
the proposed feint. White has always kept one de
gree below Moseby in his promotions, and now that
he has been promoted to major, his end may not be
far o$: Farrar is gone, and Moseby dead-7711We
turn e'Omes next. . - - •
Early this morning was ...heard some rapid and
heavy ilring; which 'caused some consternation and
numerous inquiries. It was neither an attack by
the rebels nor a cavalry fight—only some target
practicing with shot and shell. -
General Gregg is still doing valuable service, op•
posite Sulphur Springs. He•has been vibrating be.
tween Amesville and Warrenton for some lime, and
I think meditates bringing his entire division on
this side the river once more. B.
REGULATION CONCERNING ENLISTMENT OF PRI=
BONERS op WAIL—The-Secretary .of War has di•
rccted that, except in special cases, no prisoners of
war shall be enlisted in our army. Whenever a
priconer desires to enlist, a statement, comprising a
brief history of his connection with the rebel army,
must be forwarded to department headquarters. -
No, such enlistments are to be made wittunit the
special sanction of the department commander, or
the t. , lecretary of War:
lETTEII.FROM ST. LOUIS.
The Emancipationists in Convention
" John Brown " Sun& In the Missouri
State Capitol—General SEhofield at Kansas
City—Removal of the Danger of 3Lneraelon
of Missourl—Recovery of the SOO,OOO Sto
len from the Unitise( States` Express—Ope
rations of General Blunt.
ESPecial Correspondence of The Press.] -
ST. Lours, Mo., Sept. 6, 1863.
The great event of the week just closed has been
the sesfeion of the. Emancipation Convention at
Jeffersoe City. The nomination of three candidates
for Supreme Judge, was made , the occasion for
calling . this Convention. It could hardly be ex
pected that-the'selection of these three candidates
would awaken so much enthusiasm as was die
playedi in this inetancer The real object of the
Convention was to obtain an expression of the peo
ple on the subject of emancipation. There is a moat
bitter feeling on this subject among ,the politicians
of thirState, and the war is almost a war to the
knife.' 'The Radicals contend that they have a ma
jority in the State, and the Conservatives contend
aifiercely in the other direction. An election will
put the matter fairly to the, teat. The prebabili 7
, ties at the present time are largely in favor of the
" Abolitionists." e
Two-thirds of the counties in the State were re"
presented, some of them by a dozen or more dele
gates. el e gust • many speeches were made, all of
them fulTtif patriotism, 'and evincing the most un
conditional Joy alty on the part of listeners and
speakers., The resolutions w.ere'of a nature that
would have been' deemed impossible <in Missouri
three years . 'ago. of I give one them as a specimen:
, Resolve That- we do most heartily endoree the
principles first enunciated by General Fremont in
his proclemation of freedom of August- 31, 1861, and
afterwards sanctioned and embodied in the Presi
dent's proclamation of September 22, 1862, and
January 1; .1563 ; that- the salvation of the nation
demands the prompt execution of said proclamations
in 'spirit and in letter ;:that in all forthcoming strug
gles we 'shall recognise no man as our standard
bearer who is not pledged emphatically for said prin
ciples!, and that those liberated under such prodama-
Bons cannot be reduced to slavery again ; and that
we will not sustain any reorganization of the coun
try that dots not embody the freedom printiples
'th etein,contained.
Imagine a resolution of the spirit of the above In
a Slave. State three years ago ! Imagine, also, a
convention in the capital of a Slave State listening
to the singing of
." John Brown, ,, with nearly every
delegate present joining in the chorus. This took
place in the very room where the vote upon the Se
cession ;ordinance was near being carried by the
General Assembly, and where Governor Jackson's
Well known military bill was passed, just after the
news of the capture, of Camp Jackson was received,
The convention requested the Governordbil Lieu
tenant Governor to vacate the positions they now
eccupy, and order a new election the present year.
It also arraigned the present Provisional Govern
ment as untrue to the loyal people of the State, pre
ferring no less than nineihargee against them..
B all these charges, if true, would condemn the State
GovernMent to Fort Lafayette, if nothing worse.
The weightiest of these - charges are the second,
fifth, sixth,,and eighth.. The second of the series
charges the Provisional Government with having
prostituted an 'assumed independent,military power
to the purpose of maintainingefallaciee antagonistic
to the General Government. The fifth alleges that
orders have been issued in direct violation of the
articles of war, and in conflict witb e the orders of the
War Department. The sixth charges that disquali
fying orders have been issued to prevent enlist.
scents into the United States volunteer forces. The
eighth accuses the State Government with having
enrolled, commissioned, and_ brought into active
service known and avowed disloyalists.
The Radicals assert that the above charges can be
eustained, while their opponents avow that they
are all untrue. As an impartial observer of
Mis
souri affairs, ydur correspondent considers some of -
the charge - a
e trictly true, while others areconsidera
bly strained. A committee has been chosen to lay
the grievances of the Radicals before the President
and we shall have the whole - matter before the pub'
lie in due time. Among other changes desired by
the Radicals is the removal of the present Depart
ment commander. They allege that General Schee
field listens to all the complaints of the Conserva
tives, but turns a deaf eat te themselves. The
pressure is ;so_ strong that it is quite possible they
will succeed. -
Gen. Schofield left early in the week for the head-"
quarters of - the District of the Border, at Kansas
City. He-has gone to eegulate matters in that quar
ter. Gen." Ewing's order for vacating the western
counties of the State of Missouri goes into effect on
the 9th inst. It is not thought that Gen. Schofield
will interfere with the operation of this order, but
will allow-it to have its full weight. The counties
that are to be vacated were among the most disloyal
portions of the State, and have been largely instru
mental in keeping up the troubles on the bonier.
The removal of the inhabitanfa will bring quiet for
..•3.,itturpl-a4490.--cr'en.-,LlNE.A.,_of_aansas, has been
- preparing a force--to march into - Mriabirrf,lind
tend to the enforcement of the order. Any force
from Kansas" entering Missouri would be likely
to lay Waste every foot of country- over
which it passed. General Schofleld hae- issued an
order forbidding 'armed bodies of in Misisouri
and Kansas,'not placed under the authority oe the
department commander, passing frOmone State to
another, under any
. pretence whatever. This will-
Put a atop to the movements of Lane on- the one
hand, and the Missouri militia on the other. Gen.
" Schofield announces to Governor Hall that he may
rest at ease on the subject of an invasion of the
St/tte. '
About three weeks ago there was great excite
ment over the robbery of the offide of the United
States Express Company. The office was entered at
night, and 'sixty thousand dollars stolen from
the safe. The robber - has been caught, and the
money recovered.. The thief turns out to be a de
tective-police officer by the name of Noyes. From
some cause suspicion rested upon Noyes shortly
after the occurrence of the robbery. He was closely
watched, but was thrown off his guard by being set
to look after some one else. Ile was sent to Chi-
Cage, and while absent his room, was searched and
a portion of the money found col:Located in a lounge.
An officer had been sent with Noyes, and at the
proper moment was telegraphed to to arrest him..
Noses was brought here yesterday, and becoming
frightened, gave up the money. The company re
, leesed him from arrest, but he has-since been re
arrested under the hiws of Missouri. Be will pro
bably be convicted. -
In the Indian Territory General Blunt has suc
ceeded in driving the rebels, - under Generals Steele
and Cooper, as farsouth as the Red river. The re
ports are that General Blunt had but forty-five
Inindred men, while the rebels had eleven thousand,
the latter Seeing as soon as General Blunt approach
ed them. The particulars have not reached us. but
we learn that the retreat of the enemy become a
perfect rout, nearly all his property being aban
doned, The rebels are known to have had an ex
tensive commissary depot at Peeryville, which was
completely destroyed. General Blunt is moving on
Fort Smith,, and is probably in possession of the
post by this time, -
Political affairs in lowa wear a troubled aspect.
The nominees of both parties are military men, and
have earned a fine reputation in the field. General
Tuttle, the Democratic nominee, was one of the
bravest of the brave at Fort Donelson, and has not
yet fairly recovered froni a wound received on • that
occasion. The men of his regiment, the 2d lowa,
held him in the highest regard before he accepted
the nomination for Governor at the hands of the
Democrats. A few days ago the regiment held a
meeting, at...which his acceptance of the nomination
was - severely reprobated. A series of resolu
tions were passed, setting forth the seeming
inconsistency of his course, and propounding
several questions for him to 'answer. One of them
asks if 'he endorses one of the Democratic State
Circulars in which the conacription law is set forth
as unequal and unconstitutional, and whether he
favors an apprOpriation of $300,000 to exempt cer
tain persons from draft. A committee has been ap
pointed to wait upon General Tuttle and receive his '
answer to the queations. The chances Of General
Tuttle'; election are quite small. He is too much of
a war man to suit the peace faction e and he is too
closely allied to the Copperheads to receive the sup
port of the War Democrats or the seldiers in the
field.
The Illinois State Mass Meeting at Springfield on
the 3d Ind.- was an immense affair. Not less than
forty tkousand people were present, as estimated
by goo 'judges. It Was designed to be a State mat
ter, ^ but there were delegations from Missouri,
lowa, Wisconsin, and Indiana. It is conceded on all
sides to have been a complete success. There was no
issue of any kind pending before the, meeting; no
nominations to make, or platforms to lay' down.
It was deeigned as a sort of love-feast for the war
party generally. The Republicans and war-Demo
crats met on the same footing, and will doubtlesis be
firmly united in the future. The President's letter
was received 'with the wildest enthusiasm. The
resolutions were brief and pertinent, sustaining to
the fullest degree all the acts of the President and.
the war policy of the Administration. As an inch
catien of the strength of the war-Party in Illinois, the
meeting was all its friends could ask.
As one of the good effects of Gen. Grant's plan
of giving furloughs to officers and soldiery e I now
mention the suppression, to a considerable extent,
of, treasonable conversation in Illinois., That State
is full of furloughed soldiers, andethey willnot listen
to a word of opposition to the suppression of the
rebellion. r As an officer said to me Yesterday, "The
first man that tallis treason Is quietly thrashed, and
that is the end of it." So many men were whipped
in Chicago during the first week after the arrival
of furloughed soldiers that the Garden City is now
decently loyal. The same is the case throughout the
State generally. .
The effect of the frost in the West, during the
past week, is not as severe as was at first supposed.
It is found that corn was so far advanced as c. to be
little injured. So, also, with all other products, ex
cept melons, beans, and vines generally. The grain
market became excited, but has relapsed into a
quiescentatete. PIERMONT.
HEAVY Guns IN: FORT MOULTEIE.—H PO3/-
tively stated in diplomatio °toles that, the rebels
have mounted in Fort Moultrie the GOO and the BOO
pounder Blakely guns which were to be a part of the
armament of the two rams recently launched by the
Lairds. These guns were already known to have
arrived at Nassau. Doubt is, however, thrownupon
the report that they are at Moultrie by the silence
of Admiral Dahlgren, -
COLORED SOUTH CAROLINA Somiruns. —The
writer of an article in De Bow's Review (high Sonth
em authority) for February, 1859, headed'" Bishop
Capers and the Methodist Ohurch, , , , in alluding , to
his own illustrious ancestors, says : "It has been
told in particular how his maternal grandfather,
William Norton, with a :misty and ever faithful slave
al his side, served during several years of-the Rev°.
lidionary
KENTUCKY. '
[amis.]. Correspondence of The Press. • •
• • s, SIiPTEUBEP. 3, 1863.
Vare you go] To. Nicholasville. Yeas, goode
many solders dare; 'spects you have big fight.
"Yes." Yeas, ich rede in de papers die Lay is
dare mit eirty-five sousandmens. Big fight. Vohl,
fare vohl. So, the old Dutch huckster woman and
the soldier parted at Covington. Before the war
many of us hadn't much better ideas of the geogra
phy of our native land.
If there is any country in which one can recruit
his shattered health, this it ie. With an equable
climate, pure air, its only drawback about Nicholas
vile is the scarcity of water,-caused, no doubt, by
the cavernous nature of the rocks underneath. A
well was sunk near. Camp Nelson sixty feet, and
came to a cavern wherein there was no water. The
camp near Hickman's bridge is called Nelson, in
honor of Gen. Nelson. The surrounding country
affords us all we want, and it is brought as
to a regular market, ,at a cross-way about
four miles from Nicholasville. The lust of filthy
lucre is inherent, and that virtuous class of
people, the farmers, are not exempt. They
asked exorbitant prices, but the firm hand of, milts
tary rule regulates them moot effectually. The pro.
feasion of the soldier, perhaps, gives a directneas
and point to his reasoning. Officer of the day—" Sell
that poldier his butter at tvienty-five cents." Huck,
'ster'=" Oan'k r do Weir. I paid that, and must have
- something for carrying it."_ Officer-" You're one
of those rascally fellows that,run all over the coins
try,: collecting . everything, and pay highinices. Sell
it at twenty:five." "I won't sell at all."
. "You must
if you come to this market." Huckster clone his
-
firkin; refused to sell. Officer again tells him to
sell, and he refuses, and the butter is summarily die.
posed of. Huckster has by ., this time enough sense
to selthia remaining articles at the current rate, es
tablished by the Provost Marshal. The keepers of
inns complain most of high price's of provisions, and
that, too, when everything is just as abundant as
ever s t he influx of soldiers consuming not even their
superabundance. They say that it is the hucksters
who go around, offering high prices, collecting all
the eatebles; who keep unthepricen. The hucksters
say they have to pay so much, and it is unjust to
compel them to sell.- One of these pioue men, an old
fellow, comes eighteen ranee to accommodate the
soldiers—the poor soldiers; He actually pays twen4r
cents for his s eggs in Lexington, and sells to soldiers
for the same. He and his horse—who looks as if he
were willing to die for his country—are to spend and
be spent. The soldiers appeared to think,of course
they would not doubt his veracity, a - man of Lis ve
nerable appearance—that he must belong to the sani
tary commission, or be engaged in a contraband
whisky trade.
The wealth, the superabundance of everything in
every shape which contributes to make life one live- ,
long luxury, can only be appreciated by a visit to it.
She has had a race of men vieing in their magnifi•
cence with the grandeur of their country, a race.that
has passed away, leaving . behind but remnants of
their patrician greatness. A new race has taken
their place, of the stamp of their early pioneers.
Of such are Bramlette, Lieut. Gov. Jacobs, and Col.
Harlan. Judge. Bramlette saved the arms which
were deposited at Frankfort from passing into the
hands of the rebels, in the early part of the rebellion, •
when many wise men were deluded by the plausibili
ty of the idea of neutrality, under which the rebels
were preparing their,way for armed possession. He
'took` the first regiment to Camp Dick Robinson,
where Gen. Nelson established a campein despite of
the entreaties of leal and loyal men. „So Jacobs
had a regiment - and fought the first successful
cavalry engagement in the West, and. was tithe ser
vice until called to take the oath of office. With
such men at the helm, the people are assured that
what Judge Bramlette has said in his inaugural ad
dress will be mosteompletely and fully lived up to.
They Wols the most active, energetic, and coura
geous part in the early difficulties, surrounded
by ruffians. I heard an intelligent citizen of Lex
ington say, as we walked away from hearing
the address at Frankfort : "I'knew Bramlette
was a judge, and from the part he took that
he has energy and courage ; I am now satisfied
of his ability."' I could not but remark the charm
ter of the people who were there. They crowded
the yard of the State House. It reminded me of
.
some picture I had aeon of the Reformers. On the
Stand a spare-built, medium-sized man, with all
those indefinable marks of intellect, calmly balanced
mind, speaking to a crowd of up-turned-earnest
faces, stern in their earnestness. What he they
believed. In them he would find 'his firm and reit
' ant supporters, There was no drunken, disorderly,
'rag-tagand bob-tail making up the mass. All were
moat serious, as hie address was serious, and the po
sition and future welfare of their State depended on
his direction. There was only one thing in the ad
dress in which he is mistaken. The negro soldier
does not degrade the white soldier. That delusion
is;dispersed wherever, any have come in contact with
thein ' and - lhaVe only heard it • asserted by those
••• - •
who have never been where they are. True, I have
seen some correspondents speak thus, but they look .
through their prejudices, and know nothing of-the
real facto. A soldier who speak so is strongly sus
pected of being tired of the service.. His view - of
the Constitution as it was is illustrated by this sen
tence:."Touohed with supernatural inspiration: of
wisdom, they so framed our State and Federal Go
vernments as to secure the objects -offree govern
ment so perfectly that we were left nothing to do but
to enjoy or destroy;" and of it now: "No recon
struction is necessary. The Governoient is com
plete, not broken, not destroyed, but, by the bless
ing of God, shall endure forever."
"But will not the dominant powers require
terms other than these] Will they not require
the revolted States, as a condition precedent to a re
storation of their relations," to adopt either imme
diate or gradual emancipation] These are grave
questions, and suggestive of a dangerous and wicked
experiment. We trust to plighted word and consti
tutional faith as a guarantee against inch an issue.
Nothing but disregard of honor and the principles of
nmanity can force such an issue, and we, will not
invite an evil by battling it into being. The afflic
tions pressing upon us claim our immediate atten
tion. When others come, we shall, meet them.
There is nothing more magnanimous, and at the
same time calawlated to allay the excited_ fears of •
Kentuckians. They have a firm man at their helm,
they , know. The document-is retells as only the
ablest of lawyers and soundest judges would pro
duce.
lie-paid a feeling and delicate tribute to Nel
son. His last request was to be buried at Camp
Dick Robinson, where the first military camp of
Union forces was established in Kentucky. His
body [passed through and was buried there last
week. An elegant ball graced the evening, at the
State Capital Hotel. This is; a large and elegant
hotel, well furnished, well kept, and has a ball-room
on the second story, built of limestone at a very
conafderable expense. Severaryeare 'ago the mem
bers of the Legislature kept grOwling at the want of
acchmmodation, and it is said this hotel was built
by the city to avert the threatened removal
of the Capitol. Not many years ago the Secesh
came in and inaugurated House. There was a great
crowd of the blustering kind, having plenty of rebel
money as well as greenbacke, and they swore one
was as good as the other. One loud-mouthed fel
low, who had been particularly iniperative on this
point, threw down a fifty-dollar greenback to pay
his bill, andldr. Qruteher coolly paid him his change
in rebel notes. He gave him one look, picked up his
change, walked half-way to the door, gave him ano
ther look, jaw somewhat fallen, eyes slightly en
larged, and at the door gave hien a final look. "Just
twenty dollars a look," said Crutcher.
s _ s
The ball-room was draped with United States
flags, so arranged, as a great, fat, chuckling old fel
low told me, that the rebel ladies who attended the
ball had to go under them. He had seen them try to
dodge, but they had to go under. Generals Rousoeau,
Boyle, Clay Green Smith, Brutus Clay, and all the
notabilities were there. The women were hand
sonie, as you can only say of any group of Kentucky
ladies, tastefully dressed, danced . gracefully. An
old potbellied' legality, however, found fault—they
couldn't danee to time. He is like Judge Gibson;
beside his great legal power, has a wonderful love
of the violin, and was, perhaps, hypercritical.
TENNESSEE,
The HestOration of Civil Authority.
The Nashville Union, in the course of an able ar
ticle on Mae restoration of Tennessee, publishes a
letter, Mtn which we extract, by "that mom
plished, profound, and upright scholar and jurist,
Hon. H. J. Meigs long at the head of the Tennessee
bar, and, now cleric of the United States Court in the
District of Columbia, on the proper steps to betaken
in restoring civil government in Tennessee., The
letter was the result of an interview with Governor
Johnson; from whom-he ever differed widely, in poli
tical views in former party contests. In the present
great struggle, there seems to be perfect harmony
between the views of these two gentlemen, - and we
are sere that the friends of the Government will be
pleased to see the course pursued, in the present tu
multuous condition of Tennessee, by her Military
Governor sothoroughlysustained by an old political
opponent whose legal attainmentslare equalled by
few in the nation."'
Arum 8. 1862.—+ * * Tennessee, since, the 6th-
of. May" 1861, has not enjoyed a "republican form of
government. ), On that day, the conspiratore,
Damn* G. Harris, Henry W. Hilliard, Gustavus A.
Henry, A. C. W. Totten, and Washington Barrow,
subjected " the whole military force" of the State to,
"the control and direction of the Confederate
States."
In this gross transaction the people of Tennessee
have acquiesced. The men who had been chosen at
the election of August, 1859, to constitute the Legis
lature of the State, subject to the supreme authority
of the Constitution of the United States, assumed
to pass, according to the forms of legislation, the act
Of May Mb, 1861, entitled "An act to submit to a
vote of the people a declaration of independence,
and for other purposes." The people of Tennessee
acquiesced in this usurpation, and by an apparent
morality adopted this declaration of independence.
The mtn who passed this act to, submit said declara
tion to the people had no legal authority to pass it.
The act was and is an absolute nullity, and
the vote under it is void. But, nevertheless, the
people acquiesced ; they will not exercise their law
ful powers, vet permit them to be usurped. by a
handful of their fellow. citizens. I suppose no man
can say that a Government thus organized and con
ducted is a " republican form of goverdment." If
so, it follows that the United States are bound to
perform the duty assigned, to them by their Consti
tution, Article IV, Section IV, that is.: To guaran
tee to Tennessee a republican form of- government,
to protect it against invasion and domestic violence.
And ,it is this duty you have been commissioned
to discharge. To enable you to perform it, you are
clothed with military character and authority. For
it is in this character, and by this authority only,
that invasion and domertic violence can be repelled.
The invades, the men guilty of this violence, are to
be expelled from every tyranny of the State. The
civil authority must be organized in every depart
ment, great and small, so that the people of Tennes
see shall enjoy what they had enjoyed till the 6th of
The traitors-who assumed to sell the thews and
sinews of the people of Tennessee to the President
of the Confederate States; must be driven from Ve
THREE CENTS.
country, or must be made to suffer the penalties of
treason.
Every man, as officer, who acts in the interest of
the usurped Government, whether his office be mu
nicipal or State, must be declared illegally exer
cising his &lice, and be ejected from it. Till the
regular elections for all offices come round, those
offices must be tilled under the authority of the
United. States, and the United States will continue
to guarantee to the people legal and Constitutional
protection from invasion and domestic violence,
until those disposed to invade the State and to com
mit violence. are brought to punishment, or driven
away. You have a right to compel the Aldermen
and Councilmen of ,Nashville to take an oath to
support the Constitution of the United States. But
if' they take it you must let them alone iu their of
fices ; whereas, I think they ought to be ejected at
once. In short my opinion is you will have to re
sort to the salutary authority of military restraint.
*RETURN J. IVIEIGS,
UPRISING OP THE PEOPLE AGAINST GUERILLAS.
[From the Memphis Bulletin.)
The long , expected uprising of the people against
the marauding bands of guerillas, who have been
the pest of the land, has at last taken place, and col
lisione between them are of almost daily occurrence.
There is the greatest possible feeling of animosity
existing between the opposing patties. In Tipton
county the ball was put in motion by the cold-blooded
murder by Field's men of Mr. Hemp. Davis. The
circumstances attending this atrocious act. were of
such a nature as to excite the people to, prepare to
avenge it. IMany of the most respectable citizens of
the county were the most active members of thenew
organization for the preservation of the lives and
property of the defenceless citizens against the de
predations of the guerilla thieves. The . guerillas,
understanding that -the people were preparing to
have vengeance for the insults which they had heaped
upon them, thought that discretion was the better
part of valor, and fled the country. ,
At a later period, however,..they- returned to—an
other part Of thetcinhty, and signalized themseivett
by shooting three inoffensive negroes belonging to
Dr. Robert Peete, who resides near the -.Memphis
and Ohio railroad, between Mason and Stanton
depots. Finding,
_howeVer, that their position, if
eaught, would be none of the best, they again left
the country, leaving Tipton county comparatively
free from prowling thieves. In Haywood county
there were several small bands of thieving bandits,
who assumed to rule the county, and were amusing,
themselves by exercising the most outrageous inso
lence toward the people. Such a state of affairs
amid not last long—the citizens had borne with
them until forbearance ceased to be a virtue. Seve
ral companies of home guards were organized, and
Went in pursuit a the bandits, of whom they, cap
tured three when near the village of Oageville. It
was thought that these three men. whose names are
Sam Gray, Alexander Viraylor, and B. L. Bsgby,
-who have made themselves notorious by their un
bridled conduct, would be shot by the enraged
home guard. /
In Ilardeman county they are having a rather
troublesome time. There, too, the people had form
ed home-guard companies, for the, purpose of pro•
tecting themselves against the guerillas: Last week
the guerrillas capture& three of the home guards,
near the old battleground, on the Hatchle, and shot
them. This was the signal for the home guards to
prepare to take vengeance for their murdered cora
-1 Ades; They went in pursuit of the thieves, of whom
they succeeded in capturing six.;.of these, three, who
had rendered themselves particularly obnoxious,
were hanged by the outraged citizens who had suf•
fe red so much at their hands.
The great obstacle in the way of the citizens com
gletely expelling the thieving hordes is the want of
arms. This want has hitherto prevented hundreds
from taking any decided action in the work of
driving out the savage bandits who have so long.
cursed the country by their presence..
The day for guerilla outrages, however, is over,
and the dawn of„cluiet throughout West,. Tennessee
near at hand. The people have art en in their
might, with a fixed determination of wreaking ven
geance on the guilty wretches who have so long ty
rannized over them. We hope the military au
thorities will take into consideration the propriety
of lending arms to these organized home . guards,
who, we feel assured, will use them for the interest
of the country and the Union cause.
CH lIILESTON.
Morrix Bland Before , the EVacuatiou — Au
- interesting Captitre.
Worresrondenee of the Herald.
Mounts Islam), S. C., Sept. 6.—On Friday night
one of the navy flotilla of launches and cutters do
iug duty between Charleston and Battery Gregg,
was fortunate 'enough to take a valuable prize. It
has recently been the duty of the armed navy boats
to cruise atnight in thewatens aTove Morris Island,
to cut off communication and supplies from Charles
ton to Gregg and Wagner, and to prevent, if possi
ble, the relief of the rebel garrison on the Island.
One of the Fowhatan's launches, in command of
Lieutenant Higginsonof that frigate, was stationed
near Fort Sumpter on Fridaynight, and while keep
ing a vigilant watch on all points of approach,
descried a boat cOming from Cummings Point,
and pulling towards them, on the way to Charles
ton. Preparations were instantly made to cap
ture it. The men were sent to
.quarters, and the
howitzer trained upon the rapidly advancing boat,
in order to give it battle if it should prove to be
an aimed one. It came quickly on, and was
permitted to approach by Lieutenant Rig
einem to within pistol.shot, when he challenged it
in a loud voice. To his hail of f , What boat is that?"
the response came boldly back, "Don't fire. This is
General Ripley's barge." " Halt, then, or we will
blow you out of water:, You are just the fellows we
want" Upon this startling announcement of the
character of our boat, the 'oarsmen of the rebel boat
gave two or three quick pulls ahead, as if to escape.
A volley of musketry was fired over their heads,
which brought them to. The launeh then pulled up
to the rebels, and an officer in the stern sheets . said
be surrendered. One or two of the rebel oarsmen
jumped from the boat, and were about to attempt to.
escape by-swimming, but, upon being.warned that if
they did not return to the boat they would be shot,
they relinquished nail' idea of gaining their liberty,.
and quietly swam back to their boat, and were
hauled -in as wet as drowned rats. The•
boat was taken possession of by Lieuten
ant Higginson, when it was found _that we•
had taken some important personages. One of the
officers capturedwas. Major Lally. chief of artillery,
on General Ripley's staff, who had been wounded
in the foot by a fragment of shell while in Wagner,
on Friday. He was on his way to Charleston in
charge of Assistant Surgeon Cheney, rebel army,
when taken. Both the Doctor and the Major ac
cepted their fate in good spirits, and complained not.
The crew of ten men and the coxswain were em
ployed in the quartermaster's department, and are
citizens of Charleston. They were all brought- in,
and the Major and Surgeon placed in the hospital
on parole, while the crew were put under guard at
the provost marshal's. It seems that the rebels
supposed the launch to be one of their picket boats,
and pulled directly for it, not dreaming that it was
a boat of the Yankees'. •
. .
The barge taken was one used by Gen. Alpley for
his own movements about the bay. It is a beauti
ful one, pulling ten oars, and makes a very valuable
acquisition to our stock of boats. The volley of
musketry tired in capturing the boat created some
excitement among the rebels. It was so far up the
harbor that it naturally induced them to believe that
some sly game was being played by the' cute Yan
kees," Signal rockets begantogo upfrom Sumpter,
Johnson, and Gregg, and colored lights flashed hither
and thither about the hinbor. Guns were opened
and shells began to fly, but all of no avail; the game
was bagged, and the sportsman , safely on his way
home.
THE BOMBARDMENT OT BATTERY WAGERS
In accordance with an order given the previous
day, fire was opened on Fort- Wagner from all our
batteries, breaching and defensive, yesterday morn
ing at daylight. The naval battery, which could not
well fire upon Wagner, directed. its gun - towards
Battery Gregg. The fire from our batteries was
rapid and effective, and, the range being obtained,
we poured into that work a stream of projectiles
such as never before were brought to bear upon any
sand battery. The results were most encouraging.
Our heavy rifle projectiles ploughed through the
parapets of the rebel work, and plunged deeply into
the covering of the huge bomb-proof, where they ex
ploded, and threw high in the air immense quanti
ties of sand. The tiring was at short range and very
accurate. Not one shot out of ten failed to be
effective. At times two or three shells would
strike together, and the gleame of fire, the volumes
of smoke, and• the tons of sand that shot quickly
up,. and then* rolled off in dingy clouds, gave the
immense mound covering the bomb-proof an arfpear
ance not unlike that of a miniature volcano in full
irruption. The rebels attempted to make some de
fence in the early =ornate or the bombardment,
and for a while fired rapidly . and spitefully their
canister and grape, shrapnel and shells; but they
could not stand to their guns. The fort gleamed
like a hell with the fires of exploding shells, and in
stant death awaited the bold spirits who dared to
face our guns. In half an hour the fort became si
lent. Not a shot was again fired from it during the
day, and not a living being showed himself above
the parapet, or indeed outside the bombproof..
Early in the morning the noble frigate New Iron
sides steamed up to a position off the fort and -
opened - her immense batteries on the work. Two
or three of her 11-inch shells were in the air or ex
ploding within the fort at once. Such a furious fire
was never kept up by, her before. From daylight
until dark her guns were - in full play, and Wagner
smoked like a coal-pit from the bursting shells.
The joint bombardment was continued until night
get in and made objects indistinguishable. The
• effect of our fire upon the fort was marvellous. The
great mound of sand under which the garrison found
safety' was ploughed down by the furrowing shot.
At least eight feet of earth was ploughed off by the
infernal fire, and the parapets were knocked down,
the guns dismounted. The fort was terribly batter.
ed, and could scarcely be recognized. All its lines
seemed to be defeced, and it presented the appear
ance of an irregular mass of sand- heaps without
form or shape. It was apparent that another day's
lire would expose the timbers of the bomb-proof,
and then, its destruction would be but the work of
an hour. Once crushed in it ceases to be tenable,
and the garrison must evacuate it or be torn to
pieces by bursting shells and flying splinters. If the
rebels could be prevented from repairing dem.ages
during the night, our success to-day was pretty
nearly beyond a doubt. _
At dark all but two of the breaching batteries
ceased firing. Two heavy rifles and-seventeen mor
tars were still in play . , and continued their fire du
ring the night Professor Grant's calcium lights
were placed well forward, and threw upon the breach
of thehombproof a brilliant stream of light, which
made every portion of the rebel work as plainly and
clearly defined as it could be under the full rays of:
the noonday sun. Not a mouse could have made a
move on that furrowed mound and escaped detection.
Our guns , were easily aimed, and not a rebel, it is
said made his appearance near the work during the
entire night. Indeed, to have done so he would have
been a fortunate one to escape the shells from our
guns or our sharpshooters' rifle balls. The firing of
the night was very accurate, and considerably re
duced the size of the bombproof.
This morning at daylight all our batteries again
opened upon Wagner, and the tiring is now going
on most vigorously. Before seven o'clock all the
monitors and the Ironsides took up ,a•position in
line before the rebel work, and began their work of
the day. Up to this time, ten o'clock, they have
been firing rapidly, and with good effect. Not a gun
has been 'replied to by the rebels on this island,
though the batteries on •James' and Sullivan's
Islands are in full blaze. We are trying to breach
the bombproof, which is covered with twenty feet of
sand, and the work is going on most satisfactorily
'as I close. We think that we have them in a tight
place. The steamer sails too soon to justify any -
conjecture as to the result. But I can say we are all
hopeful. The Arago will 'bear the results of our
operations to the North.
REBEL. ELIT:CTIONS 7N TENNESSIGE.—The...Mem
phis Bulletin of Tuesday last is informed that the
election for rebel Congressmen in-Tennessee has re
sulted in the defeat of the Jeff Davis candidata in
the Nashville and ICnexville districts. H. S. Foote,
the wandering politician, and ,Representative, from
•Nashville, and W. G. Swon, were chosen the
rebel State Convention as the exponents of Jeff
Davis , Administration, and their election was in.-
tended-to be an endorsement of it ; but the stump" -
candidates, John IL Savage and W. N.. Cooke, have
been elected. Such 'a result is only significant in
the fact that it shows a want of confidence by the
rebels in their Administration. -
LOYALTY IN FLonine..—Persone recently arrived
from Florida declare that a majority of the people
there are loyal, and would, if they could receive ade
quate aid and protection, soon rid the <State of re
bele. In several of the counties the rebel conscrip
tion has been resisted. Two of the enrolling officers
have been killed. - A &theme has been proposed to
the government to altbrd aid to =the truly loyal. and
to arm the blacks within out lines. If this be done,
.it is hoped that loyal representatives may be sent to
the nest Congress from FlOnda.L-Tritrutie. A •
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The Lawrence Massacre.
[From the Boston Journal 1
The incidents of the Lawrence massacre would
flu a volume, and many of thrilling interest wilt
probably' never be recorded. The following facts
we derive from one of the survivors :
Early on the morningof the massacre young Ool
lamore, eon of Mayor Oollamore, a youth of eigh
teen, started from Lawrence for a farm which was
owned by his father, to shoot some birds for a sick
brother. He had cleared the limits of the city and
came to a cross road, when,!upon looking up, he saw,
within a dozen paces, the advance guard of Quart
trell, comprising about twenty or thirty men. He
kept en and passed them, when they ordered him to
halt. He buried and came toward them, scarcely
suspecting that they were foes, when the, ruffians
aimed at him and fired. Providentially not a ball
bit him, although several grazed his person, one, of
them actually cutting off one of his eyelashes.
Seeing that the young man was unscathed, one of
the ruffians, with a blasphemous denunciation of his
comrades for their inexpertness, rode up to him, and
taking deliberate aim, fired, with the intention of
lodging a ball in his abdomen. Oollarnore was cool
in this trying moment, . and turning himself
so as to disturb his assailant's aim, just as the rifle
was discharged rolled from his horse, exclaiming :
"I am killed !" The shot took effect in the fleshy
part of the thigh. The young man was perfectly
conscious, but lay perfectly still, feigning death.
Several others of the band rode up and discharged
their pistols or rifles point blank at him, but he
never flinched, and fortunately was not again hit.
The advance guard passed on, and Conamore then
attempted to drag himself to a house in the neigh
borhood, occupied by an Irishman, which had been
spa ed through the intercessions of some Irishmen
who were among the guerillas. While doing this he
saw the main body of Quantrell's gang approaching.
He hastened his steps, using his gun as a crutch,
and just reached the house in time to throw himself
into a cellar window, when some of the gang rode
uti in ful) chase. They shot a man who showed him
self at a windoW, but did not discover Oollarnore,who
finally escaped, although he lay for several hours in
the cellar before the people in the house could ven
ture to his relief. The young man owes his lifeto
his nerve and his presence of mind. He le now with
friends in this city. His wound is a severe one, and
may cripple him lor life, as the ball hat) net yet been.
extracted. ,
When the band of Quantrell entered the town but
few of the inhabitants had arisen, and, their work
was the more speedy and certain. Quantrell hint
sell visited the house of. Mayor Collamore, against
whom the ruffians had a peculiar spite, because of
his energy in thwarting their designs of invasion.
Mrs. Collamore, aroused by the sound of hrearms,
got up and went to the window, when she saw
some of the ruffians chasing an unarmed man in
the-yard. of a house near by. They shot him re
peatedly, even after he was mortally wounded—
Shocked at this scene, and at once comprehending
the danger, ahe aroused her husband, whose first
impulse was to get his pistols' and resist. But-Mrs.
Collamore urged her husband to conceal hirnse/f,
and suggested a hayrick in the rear of, the house.
But before he could get out of the house it was sur
rounded, and the ruffians were - thundering at the
door. Mrs. Collamore.then suggested the well, and
hastened her-husband to the well-room. Mr. Col
lamore hesitated before entering the well, ex
pressing appreheneiqps for his wife, but she
implored him to seer his own safety, assuring
him that there could be no danger to a de
fenceless woman. He went into the well, and the
boards having been-replaced, Mrs. Collamore went
to the door. She was confronted by Quantrell him
self, who inquired for her hueband. She replied,
calmly and composedly looking him in the face, that
he had gone East . With a fearful oath, the ruffian
strode'past her and went directly to the chamber of
itlr. Collamore, being evidently well acquainted with
the premisea. Disappointed, he instituted a search,
though not very thorough, for the cellar was not
visited, and not finding the object of his vengeance,
he demanded of Mrs. Collamorethe money that was
in the house. She gave him what . she had, but he
insistdd that there was mgre. Mrs. Collamore ' re
membering that' ne ofthe children had about five dol
tars in specie, gave that to Quantrell, which seemed
to satisfy the ruffian. He rummaged the drainers,
but did not touch the salver belonging to Mrs. Coils
more or Mr. Collamore's signet ring.
One of the' children, eight years old, held up to
him a ten-cent piece,' and said, with child-like sim
plicity, -"1 will, give you that if you wont kill me."
The ruffian turned on his heels -with the exclama
tion, " Pahaw what do you suppose I want of
that'?" He threatened the life of another of the
children, a boy of fifteen, but Mrs. Collamore
plored him to spare him. She remarked, with a
presentiment that her oldest boy was killed, "He is
my all. You have doubtless killed his brother, who
went out gunning this morning, and must have met
your band." A smile of fearful malignity passed
over the eounteriftnce of the ruffian, as he signified
his knowledge of the circumstance, rand turned
Atter plundering the house, Quantrell set it on
fire, and when 11Irs. Collamore attempted to quench
the flames threatened her - life. When the ruffians
had mit, and while the house was burning, hire.
Collainore went to the well and called her husband,
who answered "yes" to the inquiry if he was safe.
But when the danger was entirely passed, on going
to the well' he was found to be dead. He fa sup
posed to have been suffocated by the smoke.
The anguish of the wife, bereft of a tender and af
fectionate husband, anti left houseless and home
less, was yet to be intensified by anxiety , for the
safety Of her children. She found a temporary shel
ter to which her oldest son was conveyed for, medi
cal treatment. Two days subsequent to the masse- -
ere an alarm was started at midnignt that Qum
ire)]. was returning to complete the work of destrue
tien. The panic-stricken inhabitants fled to the
woods, deserting the city and all of their /property,
many of them having nothing but their night gar
ments- - Mrs: Collamore sent her children and their
nurse to a place of safety, but would not leave her
wounded son. With the help of a -young minister
she procured a buggy, an putting him into it with
great difficulty, dragged him with superhuman
strength to the river bank.
It.was dark and rainy, but the shelterless exiles,
mostly women - and children; scarcely dared to speak
above a-whisper, lest the murderous ruffians should
be upon them.. The terrors of that-night of fear and
foreboding , will never be effaced from the memory . of
.the people of Lawrence. It turned .out that there
was no truth in the reports of the return of Quasi.
trell..
The work of the ruffian band was carried on in
the most erratic manner. litany buildings were
studiously protected. Jim Lane's house was
burned down, but so was the house of Mrs. Jen
kins, whose husband, it will be recollected, was
murdered by Lane. Many who were known to be
oppoeed to jayhawking were murdered. Governor
Robinson's house was spared. It has been said that
it was protected by a squad of soldiers across the
river. But other houses were burned which were
nearer to these soldiers, and the ruffians breakfasted
in a house which was between ex-Governor Robin
son's and the river. Ex-Governor Shannon's pro-.
perty was spared, and, at the request of Mrs.
Shannon, a guard was furnished for his office.
Some few of the band showed a merciful spirit,
but most of them seemed actuated by the most
fiendish malice, and thirsted for blood, with which
they were certainly sated. They were not content
with wounding unarmed men, but shot" at them
-until life was extinct. No massacre :in the history.
of our country has been more fearful, or attended
with incidents more cruel.
PERSONA:Ih
-- In his spirited speech to the acres of people at
Springfield, Illinois, Senator Chandler, of Michi
gan, passed a very high eulogium on Gen. Grant, o
which the multitude responded with three tremen
dous cheers. He then went on to give a biogranhi
cat sketch of, the General; to whom, he said, Gov.
Yates gave his first military command. He himself
first met Grant about two years ago in Springfield.
He was a very ordinary-looking man, and wore an
old slouched hat, and he believed that he was
wearing that old hat now. [Cheers.] He was =a
workman, and had a tannery in the State ; arid there
it was that he learned to tan the rebels. [Cheers.]
He believed that Grant, who came to the surface,so
suddenly, was thrown there by God himself, who
was tired of seeing so many knaves and traitors at
the head of our armies, and meant now to give us a
chance with good and - honest generals.
-- Sohn Bull's pride has just been lowered in a
most humiliating manner. For months the London
newspapers have been filled with accounts of the
wonderful ascent of Mont Blanc and other Alpine
mountains by adventurous Englishmen, and British
pluck and energy have been praised to the stars.
Alas for the swaggering braggadocios ! An old French
lady, of sixty-five, climbed Mont Blanc last week
with a single guide.
In a letter to an English paper, Mr. J. Hawks
Simpson announces that, as he is engaged on a
"Life of Herod the Great," he should wish "to ask
for information as to the means by which that king
managed to raise such sums of money as must have
been required for the building of his cities, temples,
gymnasium, theatres, restoration of the temple in.
his own land, and for - all the baths, porticos, &c.
&c., built by him in Antioch, Damascus, 'and else
wherel He seems to have done all this without
impoverishing his subjects—rather the reverse; and
at his death bequeathed large sums of money tolhe
Boman emperor, empress, and others.". He adds:
"If any representation of Herod the Great is extant,
on coin, metal, or pottery, I shall be much obliged
to any one who will have the goodness to direct me
where to see it."
General Gilmore's father is still livingto Lo
raine country, Ohio, where the general was born.
The old gentleman, recently, wa s present and made
a speech . at a Sunday-school plc-nic. He said, among
other things, "I °sassy of my son Quincy that he
never disobeyed me;'.he was very studious, and
when he wanted to go to West Point, as he had no
money, I told him if he would go and try to come
out the head of his class I would furnish him money.
He went, and came out at the head of his class, and
is now before Charleston, where I hope he winsome
out at the head of his class again."
Capt. Jim. Slaymaker died in Lancaster county
last week, in his 91st year. Capt. Slaymaker was
a veteran of the Revolution, and also served in the
War,of 1612. His father, John Slaymaker, was in
Braddooles campaign as a wagoner, and afterwards,
in 1776, he marched at the head of_a company to
Bergen, N. 'J. ,
Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, arrived in
Nashville a few days ago, on his way to the Army
of the Cumberland.
Miss Anne Adelaide Proctor is in a decline. Her
father, Barry Cornwall, now in his 76th year, has
commenced Writing hia memoirs. He has been per
sonally acquainted with more literary men than any
one now living in England.
Bishop s MOllvaine of Ohio, has addressed a no
tice to the Episcopal ministers of his diocese, re
questing them to inform him lif any of them are
drafted, in order that provision may be made for ,the
payment of their exemption money.
Mr. Bazil Montagu Pickering, of Aldine cele
brity, is publishing an edition of Richard Henry -
Stoddard's "‘ King's Bell.” The German papers.'
mention that Adolf Strodtxnann is translating the
same poem into German.
-- Mr. Po airs, the sculptor, has just lost his eldest
. -
daughter.
—Charles M. Beecher, of the Cattaraugus Fneeinan,
New York, - has been 'drafted. "In announcing the:'
fact, he
• Wby should we mourn, conscripted friends
Or quake at Draft's alarms?
.'Tie but the.voice that Ab'ram sends
• To make us shoulder arms I - ,
Rev. Dr. Breach:midge and Hon. Leslie Coombs
are mentioned hi connection with the United States ,
_.•
Senatorship from Kentucky, as the successor of Mr.
Powell. -
-A correspondent 'of the Baltimore Sun this S:
writes from Fortress Monroe: :024.E•1
Col. Fitz. Hugh Lee and Captain Winder, who are •
held as hostages for Col. Sawyer and - Capt;
who were to be hung in retaliation by Jet?_ Davis,
are at liberty towalk inside the, fort during the Any
under guard. They often appear duridg dress-pa
rade. They both look well, and are appareritly,,ure!..
concerned regarding their fate. Each seems - c4eer•
ful, and enjoys gold health. - They are kept ingdose
confinement during the , ni.tit. •