aretzt each a. eatheringaiewatothererelettetented. 'Before an ierganization had been effect, d, the room WAS ati .leMlnoit , .tbut Lot in available inch of sinittllng room was any- NV tore to be toned. The phafortn Nee crowded and the state in the body of the hall were occupied in an iucredi . Lily effort period after the opening of the doors The gal . key was Wee thronged, and the meeting altogether was one of the most orderly that ever took place there Bach'S Philadelphia- Band, which was stationed prominently in the gallery; played its sweetest mnsic, and every .uationutl,air was hailed with the greatest enthusiasm. I he orators of the occasion did not arrive upon the plate form until after eight o'clock, but : thtie great 'crowd. maintained' tho beet of humor. The affair was. gotten np under the auspices of the pity. Executive Committee. and the attendance woe a good evidence of tho spirit . ofaltY Which exists •in our midst. The arrival, dining the course of the evening, of a delegation - of Wiunte.er °Mears, beating the torn liege Of veteran re gi.. au ate, excitsd an enthusiasm before unknown to a Phi radeleli ia audience. &pet:belly waslenthnsiasm exhie leted when the dietinguielled orator of the everting. Hon. Henry Wihter Davie, of Maryland; referred, at the close .of bueolegnent speech, to the accenatevitich the United ditties have yet to settle up with Eureend and Franco. Mamie erchiere were waved, hats thrown into the air, and the Cheering prolonged for many minutes. The spirit of tte people is aroused upon more subjects than one, -and the Indications last night of the feeling' towerde England and France ate nut to be mistaken. Sheitier after eight o'cloca, Mr. Win. g. Kern called the meeting to older, and nominated for president Me Algernon S. Roberta, wish st full list of vice presidents and becretaries. The nominatious were endorsed with gteat cheeringeand Mr. Roberts took the theft. Ind oing so he remarked upon the OteasiOn which had brought to gether this meetings The American Buten being in danger. it became toe loyal people of Philadelphia to Preemie a tithed front in support of the Clover otnant and the agents of the Government. [applause. ]T do thea co r rectly, it was necessary to place in stiles men in who to the loyal people con confide. S eh !nee were now be fore the people of Pennsylvania for election in October. With these prefatory remarks, he introduced Mr. Me- Veagh, chairman of the State Central Committee, who was received with great applause. Mr. MoVeamh stated that he would not detain the au dience from hearing the loyetty or Maryland expressed by -one of its noble et orators. It was a relief to tarn from these traitors who would deorey the Govorameet, to the devoted /toy Meilen of the Seat)s who, continued, through all changes et fortune, to sive their hearty KW port to the Goverment of our (album. They were men not to be awed by disaster, but whose hearts anti souls are axed upon their country's flag, with a determine Lion that it ellen never be sullied while the power to prevent it yet remains with the American people. He then introduced hon. BenryeWinter Davie. whose aP- Pearance was hailed with 'veciftroue cheering. When the applause had subsided kir:Davis proceeded to speak, SPEECH OF HON. HENRY WINTER DAVIS. The elation , my fellow citizens, which is now ati . proaohing,tn Pennsylvania, is one whose Importance cannot be - . overrated: one which is destined to have gloat weight in the next Presidential canvass. On the voinin Pennsylvania this fall depends the result of the emancipation measures, war, and every other measure R of .the overnment. Upon that election depende the Staret.y of, the Union. [Applause ] The Democratic party. •underetand. claim teat they can lestora the Union; they aver that it cannot he restored by arms; that it can ',only be metered by leave and conciliation, and that they ' stre.the only pers one ye ets tam glve Tie prosperity and hay - Omit. They were to power when the rebellion broke out.. [Applause. ] Why cud they not arrest it ? (Laughter.) They had all the fragments that compose the Democratic party, which could have preven,ee the election of tee , v, z alerattn who they now . say has brought (teethe war. .Why did they not subordtuate their party prejudice for th e le aves of averting what they said woe an inevi table wart Cermet applause ] They say they can re store the Union: ',Why did they break it up? [Laugh ter and renewed applause •] They are very fond of : seeking Who - watt responsible for the war, and I takes great Plea:Sure lu answering—the Democratic party that - ruled the c untry for damp years [ap please): and 1 Key that with the kindliest regard and with the greatest deference for the nenest mom. . bars of that party, who, whatever may have been their sediment before the rebellion broke out, saw that they had been on the wrong path and joined their mt. lltical enemies ou the right path. They who now arro gate to themselves the name of the Democratic party are the refuse left behind, when the patriotic and geed men of it left in disgust. 11, when u numbered many of tee eminent statesmen of the country. wise in council, and firm iu nerve, it could not pre- Neat tt a war, who can have confidence in the wretched element that presumes to say it, can atop the war? Why did the South rebel? Because they bad lost the majority of the North. There were a majority still at the Noah, calling themselves Demo crat% but they were Democrats who would not do what the Southern men deal' ed.. Trews the wretched remnant of these discarded allies, these wretched tools of a despotic party, assume to lift the mighty mace of the old Democratic. perty, and restore the Union. etepplanee.3 Why, men of the United Slates, what is the rebellion? "The Democratic party in alms at the South, and in sympathy: t the North. [Prolonged cheers.] They restore the Union! We needed no one to tell. us they would stop the war. They opposes it in the beginning, they embarrassed its Progress, and villilled those who conducted it. Of course they will stop the war. James Buchanan said the war is nucouSlitutional. Coo they disavow the words of their chief? They are for restoring the Union by breaking it up. [Applause.] They all nave profound confidence in an amnesty. An amnesty to men who are your equals in tne field! Whet is on gametic e but something fur them to laugh my So far from the Ectuthiwa.uting peace. they rally two to One against :Roseman!. Jude. Woodward might we lt appear before Chattanooga, and with an olive branch in his hand stop the fight [La welter.] Vallandigeam told u. that. during his proves: in the nether regions, that everywhere there wee a weariness of the war. Why did he not point out the official who expressed a desire for peace? The other day, a cry went across thti Rappa hannock that moue was near Nothing could exceed the contempt with which such a cry was received, be came it would not bring with it a recognition of the South. A whisper of peace has not been heard in the Ecmhern „ fl imsy, on any other ground than that it eluill bring Southern independence. Tor what could we have.an armistice? To debate on the field of battle? or to palsy the aria of the United States? To open the blockade, to give theist a recta:M.- 11ms as a separate power? How lone, in case of an armistice. would tree lend Wee It recog nition? The mere proemial of au armistice indicates the traitorous purpose which remains beheld it. [At tide conjuncture a large detegatien er military °Moore appearing on the platform, the speaker was interreptel by along-continued awes me. The reception Tort have given these soldiers.contlnned Mr. Davis, is an evidence teat you ale not in favor of an amnesty. [Applause ] von can now .re who are, and who are not for peeve. They oppose the conscription. yet they will not Volutvetr. Thay oppose eesene i pst _ Mem yet emancipation only can break sown the oli gar. hy that brought on the war [Applause I They op - pose what they cell arbitrary arrests. They OPP esed them became the President had not the right to make them. When Congress gave him the right. iney Atilt opposed it. They oemmea the suspension of the habeas carpag be cause they said Congrese atone had the power to suspend it, Yet they opposed it when Congress gave the Presi dent power to suspend it. They disclaimed the propriety of withdrawing the mete troops. The Democratic can didate of Maine was plain in such expressions, and the willant people of sMaine spurned him. [Applause.] Bat Toe was mistaken in supposing that any comPaey would obey so treasonable en order. Let the Democrats get con-' trol of the House of Representat vet, and instantly every, war melte - are will be a..builN(l, Tee appropriations of the anny wal be withheld. It such are their purposes how are loyal men to act as a coenter Kett nes finance? What is the 'tamest of Pennsylvania is the inrerest of Mary land. Maryland became a truer sister of Pennsylvania than ever since Gettysburg. eapplause.l Both States are one in toil use and allusion, We recognize hut one cerement. [Applante.h Weal the Government has needed is a concentration of all tie strength and influence of the loyal men. The war will endure until the Army of the Petomac conquers a peace for ns. The army must be sustained. Th t war drags its 'ew length along only beca tam the [shots con now count upon fair terms from their Glenda They mean to keep ny the war till a Dent ocrat mounts ties Presidentialchain But we are to prevent that catastrophic. The only Way to peace is through 'war. Resolution to that effect mast be determined. It should be redoubled, because we hare a double enemy to contend with. If thee menace you.. with a civil war at home, tell them the sooner it comes the better. [Applause. ] The Democratic party has always been magnificent as a bully ; meet it in the lame Style. -They complain of the perversion of the war, and mixed a howl about the employment of negro soldiers. It is lnteitiatiug, they said, to white soldiers, to fight with black soldiers. Whet Ears General Gilmore at. Fort Wagner? What says General Banke at Port lEfud son? Just what General Washington. is the elecolution, said. and what General Jackson, at New 0; leans, said. [A lance.] The immortal martyr of Bunker Hill was a negro. No battle field of the Revolution but wee net stained with the blood of the neer% In 1812 prejudice wets silent be fore national necessity, and the negro earned a title to onr respect. Tim President had proclaim• a freedom to the slates. In Point oflaw, the nretcliunation Mar not be valid. I think, sea lawyer, it ie net. I may be wrong But if the Degrees of the South wish to fight for freedom, they mast bare an assurance that their labor will be held in gratitude. if they are to be soldiers, they must be free men, guar untied the rights they are entitled to. . The Demociatic party wish the Union as it was. How ? Shall they send back Western Termini& into the arm, of Eastern Virginia? Shall they admit into the national councils the men who now represent Kentucky; Tennes see, and other Rates in the rebel Congress? Are we to have the Northern and ronthern Dammam to rule the country once mare? It is a delusion to speak of the . Union as it was. Restore the dead, and then you will have the Union as it 'was. When you recognize the butchers of East Teoneesee. the patriotic dead will rise against you. The Union to it Wee! Why do the Demo cratic party come before you with a lie in their right hand and a delusion in their left? They ask for the Con stitution as it is When I speak of the Constitution as it is, I speak of it as it came from General Washington. Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton—that Con stitution which came to us in ail its vigor—which says that the President has the pewee to call. out soldiers for thesuppressiop of a rthelhon. It launder the Constita lien es it is that our armies ore now giving to each State a republican form of government. [Applause.] I do not believe that there le ass arbitrary power vested te anywhere in the Government of the United &etas. Constitu tion hate amply Provided for ail emergencies. It has provided .fer • the suspension of the habeas corpus, when the national safety requires it. As the President le trusted' with the command of the army, so he is en. • treated with the power to punish all men whoare &m -• acrons to the Commonwealth. The constitution gives him the power to arrest disaffected men and held them till the , danger is passed. That's the Constitution as it is. [Applauee.] There are many who speak of the Southern rebels as alien enemies. I regret that expres sion. -I say . the rebels are traitors aad not enemiee; eitizens waging war against the Government, and not Joreignere.You Sanctity them when you call them alien enemies. I stick them to their characters—. traitorone citizens to their country. .Any party that, after the insurrection shall hays been re pressed. shall treat the retests as a conquered people. that party will' destroy itself. or if it be moment, will destroy republican liberty. Congress mast give every State a republican form of government, .andnot treat it Be a Territory. Ire go to south Geroli tea I have every right of a airmen of South Carolina The . 'United States officers are still there, nod we most recon ' 'nine them as still existing. The execution of a law - In a rebellions btate reuse now be through the army. 'When the army conquers its opponent the courts then take thete place. It may he dreaded that in the next Preeldenbal election the Senthern States will vote for a conservative for President. Tueir electors must swear .allegiance tothe United States and must recognize its sovereignty. The rebels now are nothing' bet a mob ender the form of a government. So fat is this from ' theory, that it presents itself as a fact every where. 'When men speak of any other mode of at - eye - meet they go against the Administration The Ai ministration have already acted upon this theory. They have done . it in the case of Western Virginia. Joha ',etcher is treated as the head of the Itichmond mob, who under took to usurp tee authority of the State. Let us see if this is not a practicable theory, The President has pro claimed the abolition of slavery. Make it a law of Con geese to give it proper effect. 'the slaves will have be come free by the rebellion. It is ridiculous to say that • we can arm a million or men to restore republican go vernment without restortng freedom to men who light With us in the same cause. basil the power of Congress only be exercised in the interest of slavery? Nobody expects the rebels to lay down their arms till they are knocked out. They are out of eastern Ten nessee • how came they out ? They are out of Western Virginia, and how are they out? The execution of the military power brings back the States to where they really are. 'After that something else will be necessary. Our forefathers knew that a republican form of severe ment might be in danger of overthrow. They foresaw what we now see in these d eye of Mood and carnage— that certain interests, in certain • sections might stir up insurrection. Therefore, they made it the dotty of Congress to guaranty to every State a republican form of government. We are doing it. You cut up the root of the rebellion by striking the shackles from the slave. [ Applause.] Now shall it be done? Congress authorized the Presi dent to call upon the negro troops. The President, late. in the day, recognizes the necessity of such action. It was said the 'there could not, be a soldier. There is mighty little slave in a man who has a musket in his hand. [Applause.] If the negro owes service to the Government. he roust give it, in spite of lets master Oh! but white soldier's wt 1 net tight with the blacks Where have any of our Meters thrown up their commiesions became the slave is roads a readier? Do they not rather recognize that to put a musket on the shoulders of a its gro you elevate him to the dignity of a man? Who that bee been loyal to the Gov:rumet 1 has become die loy al becaui eof finch action? It was said the Border States would rebel.. Where? [Applause li mi t two or three thousand negro troops in the Southern coun try, anti yon will not only make it a law of Congress, brit a fact. Then the proclamation is Mt Worth the paper it is written on. The act or Con gress then will be respected You will bave tour mil lion of teen whose liberty depends upon the perpetuity of the Delon Your element of weakness will become your element o' strength. Yon will have taken the .sword from your enemy. If coy man argues that tide Mikes the negro equal to the waits man. let that waits men have Me opinion. , Laitelimr and appleuse.s ' If cross- eyed conservatism shall get affair into power, and shall proceed to sat on their view of the COLlStittl delh and hold the loyal citizens or the 'tomb as the slaves of repo.% then, I say, a though the Rohm may be restored, there will be no permanent peace— it will be a'sand bank over which no noble structure tan stand. Now, when the army is ad vancing. lot us press on Our armies encircle the rebellion. Its leader. begin to feel the tortures of their guilt. Press tome] d a title mine."and they wilt perish in the 11111 , they have kindled. Tennessee. Lealelana. Virginia,Miseouri are returning. Ole heir of the poeu 'Melon is within the grasp r f the army. New. if we can -tabu ol the conservative revolutionary party at home, we wilt a son eee the end. We are now on trial before the nations of the world. Put d own all men who speak -of any terms of peace until the authority of the Govern , merle is restored [applause.] the rebels have only :the right to a legal Mist and mercy afterwards, as the President f ees flt. They are tea ors, and not dien One :Mika Our country is detained to be he great and aslong l'Ved se the meet ilinstrione of the republics. Fo reign Governments may point to CM as a perish ee m ee k They lt be mistaken. When this l ig t r - finiChed there wi.l great account to settle with two great. Powers. [The applause at this point entbuettic and long conticued.] 'The aid Iv wriz er ieg - land end France have rendered the Southern rebels. le festering and rankling to the . day of account (Renewed cheering ] I have nev..r been In favor of fo reign conquests, but Bahama, Mexico. and Canada may vet be taken under our motection. [ ttenewed apalanse. 3 When this giant Union shall he restored to his whole • manhood, deited in his absolute vigor, I look with en -.allele= to the day when &black regiment jg e to Mexico. while the men of Few York shall fpi to and if. by the blasting of Ged, and the wisdomthat shaf), e ids over the KIM , Department, our na`flataliveach the wappiltent proportions of our amity. the navy of England Shall meet her equal on the sea. f aMPlance I tin=t to live to hear our gallant ehips, under come bravo Decatur, sending their bombs and simile over the dome i , f St. Paul's. [Tram ond on applause.] Dir. Davis retired, amitirmuch cliserinV , lt was nearly eleven o'clock when he had finished, having held his audience for nearly threehoure in rapturous attention. , Judge Shannon, of Pittsburg. being on the platforin, Wee loudly called for, atd in responee eloquently evoke in enthusiastic praise of ;•cinr noble Governor. Andrew J. Curtin is the representative to-day of . all that is loyal in Pennsylvania. [Cheers.) Therein noprinciple higher and none more sacred than those •we awe to Bed dart and our country next. When the yawning gulf of re hellion opened before Abraham Lincoln, and ins capital of the nation was in danger, tsars rotted down not cheeks when the gallant, eons of Pennsylvania, whom Env. Curtin bad hurried forward. entered that place. [Cheers.) Jun aa sure ad the sun shall rise on the second Tuesday in October, so sure would Andrew O. Uurtin be re-olected. (Cheera.) .He then made mention of the pa triotic devotion that Cloy. Curtin had shown to the Wounded soldiers on the battle field, and the stale in the hospitals, which, in thecae of Judge Woodward. was never knwn to be so. That gentleman, he said, was not to be'seen when the Wounded and sick of our State were suffering. They call themselves Democrat., and dare tO..nbiLTP that name.. The bugle blast of liberty Was .eonnded when the comm anderin- chief of the army and navy issued his emancipation proclamation, giving freedom to all the slaves; and the only fault to bo at tributed to Abraham Lin loin is. that he did not issue it sootier. He then matte allusion to the negro soldiers who were reviewed, yesterday, near Cheittn Hills, and of the grand sight thatpresented itself to witness them standing 'neath the folds of the glorious Stara and Snipes, the emblem of liberty. After a few Inure re marks, le proposed three cheers for Andre thenurtin, .vshich were given with will. Thres weralted for the Judge, and heartily responded to; after which the large audience retired. A meeting was organized outside of the hall, Ben jamin Huckel, Esq., in the chair. The principal speaker was Hon. Charles O'Neill, of this city, whose eloquent remarks were loudly applauded. We ere compelled to postpone our report of his speech until to•morrow, on account of the extraordinary pressure on our space. - WHITE HALL UNION MEETING An immense meeting for the Union. for Liberty. and for Governor Andrew G Curtin, was held in the woods near White Hall, Montgomery county, yesterdaY, and continued till late in the afternoon. Abie addressee were made by Fraser Smith. Beg.. Hon. James M. Sco yell, of New Jersey; Judge 1. Clack Hare, _Dr, Wilmer Worthington, the oftUdida• e for the Senate, and others. All the speeches were listened to with interest and en thusiasm. and the speaker from New Jersey was greeted with the hearty cheers of his audience- Ett Vrtss. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1863. Proclamation by ttie President. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—8 y the President of the United States— A PROOLAJITA.TION WHEREAS, On April, 1861, the ports of the States of Virginia and North Carolina were, for reasons therein set forth, placed under blockade, and where as the port of Alexandria, Virginia, has since been blockaded; but as the blockade of said port may now be safely relaxed with advantage to the interests of commerce; now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority in me vested by the sth section of the act of Congress approved on the 13th of July, 1161, entitled an act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports and for other pur poses, do hereby declare that the blockade of the said port of Alexandria shall so far cease and deter mine from and after this date. That commercial in tercourse with said port, except as to persons, things, find information contraband of war, may from this date be carried on, subject to;the laws of the United States, and to the limitations arid in imminence of the regulations which are prescribed by the Secre tary of the Treasury in hiaorder which is appended to my proclamation of the 12th of May, 1862, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the 'United States to be affix ed. Done at the city of Washington this 24th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1863, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-eighth, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the Preeldent : WILLIAM B. SEWARD, Secretary of State THE WAR. In the crowded state, of our columns, it is impos sible to particularize all the important points of the news whiolf-we present to-day. The situation is still very interesting. General Rosecrans has re established himself at Chattanooga beyond fear of dislodgement, and with abundant supplies and mate rial at hand. But one of our reports expresses ap 'prehension for the safety of the reinforcing column under General Burnside. A correspondent of the Herald describes the late battle as a virtual defeat to the National army, and attributes our partial success and present security to the splendid conduct of the corps under General Thomas. The enemy captured fifty guns, but the rebel loss in killed and wounded is much greater than our own. Richmond papers, of the 23d, received from our special corre spondents, print a despatch from General Bragg, claiming a complete victory after an obstinate strug gle. Rebel despatches from Atlanta confirm the re- Port that Hill and Longstreet were in the battle, and admit a terrible loss of general officers. The editorial tone of the Richmond press is moderate, and evidently regards the struggle as yet indecisive. Rebel reports state that the armies of Meade and Lee were, a few days ago, in line of battle within very moderate distance of each other. Oar Wash ingtern despatches simply report a cavalry skirmish at Madison Court }louse, in which the 'rebels were driven through the town with loss. TBY, Hon. P. C. Saar ox _of Pittsburg, and" J: - VC - Fbnwny -- speak - tollieTie - iti: ple of Clearfield county, at Clearfield, the county seat, on Tuesday, the 29th instant ; to the people of Oil City, Crawford county, on Thursday, the Ist of October ; and to the people of Bradford county on Saturday, October 3d. They expect also to address the friends of the Union in Tioga, Susque hanna, and Luzern; previous to - Ilie elec tion. Mr. J. W. FORNEY has accepted the in vitation of his old friends in the city of Lan caster, and will address them to-morrow evening, at Fulton Mall. Our Friends trom Other States. The great speech of the Hon. HENRY WINTER DAVIS, the candidate of the Un conditional Union men of Baltimore, and one of the great leaders of the progressive sentiment of the South, marks an _era in American politics. - Mr. DAVIS deserves the credit of being among the very first to grapple w;th Secession in his own State, as he is undoubtedly among the first in the movement to regenerate the South, and to destroy slavery in the section which has been devastated by the* war against a free and generous Government. Mr. DAvIS is not the only citizen of another, nor yet of a Southern State, who has come into Pennsylvania to: say a good, and strong, and opportune word for the cause of our country, so intensely interested and in-, volved in the stupendous struggle shortly to be decided in this Commonwealth. We have n'w upon the hustings such Southern statesmen as - Hon. GREEN Anams, of Nentucli, Colonel MATHEWs, of Mary land, and Colonel Ginns, of Tennessee, whose masterly speeches have been heard with profit by countless crowds. Then \ we have had, from the free States, such patriots as B. R Binvan, Of Massa chusetts ; Senators- HALE and CLAR — E, of New Hampshire ; HOn. A. W. RANDALL, of Massachusetts, and others. Their argu ments have been heard by thousands, and they will not be forgotten on the day of the election. The camp-fires are lighted in every corner of Pennsylvania, ,ond the fire of the fight owes much of its fierceness to the encouraging presence and words of our eloquent friends from other States. Changed Policy of England ! That the steam rams will not be allowed to ]eave the Mersey and the Clyde is more than a report. We have received a letter by the China which confidently affirms it, and also throws a light on the changing, and, indeed, changed policy of England towards this country. It is as follows "LivsnrooL, Sentember 12, 1863 "Whatever newspaper reports or even despatches from the Legation may say, you need haye no doubt about the Confederate Rams being stopped, as I have assurance from one of the highest officials of the British Government. "An entire change , has come over the English Government in its relations with no, and they are now most anxious to cultivate a good feeling. The Confederate faun is dead in Ene/and The plans of the Napoleon•llebel Confederates, which looked so Promising a few weeks ago, have suffered a sail dis comfiture by the change of feeling here. "The Paris scheme was to embroil the States and England, and then go in and establish a grand South ern Empire with a Napoleon Prince at ite head, and Slidell, Davie, & Co., as managers. The departure of the flame was to produce the wished.for result. "It is said that consternation reigns in the rebel councils at Paris. I know that it does here—in England. We have had a narrow escape, but the crisis is past. If Francepursues her alliance with the Rebels, England is With ne. I have trembled at times at the imminence of the danger, but, thank God, it is over, and I have done my share of the work." The writer of this letter, which was not intended for publication, is a well-informed American citizen, with the very best means of obtaining accurate information., from his personal intimacy and relations with per sons in power, across the water. Tun funeral of Colonel Ronnirr M. LEE will take place from. his late residence, 109 North Sixth street, this afternoon, at half past one o'clock, and we trust the numerous friends of this honest and loyal man will not forget this opportunity of paying a pro per testimonial to his self-sacrificing pa triotism. TEE 'NATIONAL FIZTANCEB.—The sub ecription agent :reports the sale of $477,250 five twenties on Thursday. Deliveries of bonds are made to Sept. ilth.- Reconstruction. In discussing upon whakterras the rebel lious States shall Im permittid to resume their places in the Union, when the war is ended, an important element is necessarily admitted. -Much depends upon the submis sion of the Southern people. North Caro lina, for instance, is now ready to return ; South Carolina will possibly be held in the Union for years, only by the exercise of force, aided by the consciousness of her people that rebellion would be useless. Be fore we can decide a que3tion so momentous we must know the purposes of the South. The Gulf States may profit by the lesson of Tennessee, or they may force the Govern ment to teach them :one that will be sterner. The practical solution of the problem is greatly dependent upon the extent of our victory, and the good sense of the Southern people. Theoretically, fine plans may be proposed, but time only can test their value. It is certain, however, that the South will never resume her old attitude of contemptu ous superiority, nor will the slaveholding interest control the policy of the Republic: The great criminal must boar the penalty of crime. It is enough to know that the Government will maintain the Southern States in all their rights, but will protect the country from further wrongs. In the meanwhile, while the war is going on, and a great work re mains to do before the question of recon struction can give us trouble, we think it superfluous for loyal journals to give it so much attention, to affirm policies, and make conditions, and prophesy of the future, while the present is not clear to the keenest vision. We do not doubt for a moment that we shall conquer the Southern re bellion, and that the Union will be absolutely and unconditionally restored. We know that the -curse of slavery must be abolished, or so controlled that it will abolish itself in the end ; but the rest we leave to time and the American peo ple. At present there are Other and more important duties. In the field, our armies are bound to advance, and accept the haughty challenge of the enemy. Rosrt- CRAWS must subdue the rebellion in Georgia before we can determine whether Georgia I shall be held as a territory or recognized as a State. The Army of the Potomac is pledged to defeat its great antagonist, which for two years it has been fighting without debiding the fate of Virginia. Charleston must be taken. Mississippi must be restored to her allegiance, and placed on the same platform as Tennessee. Then, in the North, we have at least two elections of unrivalled im portance ; we must defeat GEORGE W. WOODWARD and VALLA.NDIGRA.M, or suffer two great States to be tricked into opposi tion to the cause of the Union. The repulse at Chattanooga would be a mere trifle, com pared with the success of the Democratic party in Ohio or Pennsylvania. The one can be retrieved by bravery, but the other would be an evil beyond the power of wis dom to remove, and would only end with the next Gubernatorial term. We think the question of reconstruction would be greatly influenced by the triumph of disloyal prin ciples in the North, and that the best way to insure a wise and permanent restoration of the Union is, by using every effort to keep our own State true to the Government. While all these duties and dangers crowd upon us in the present, it is certainly prema ture to neglect them for those which we guppose the future will create. prus:sian Misgovernment, The King of Prussia, who is troubled with a fancy for dissolving his Parliament, has again sent his legislative Chamber back to their constituents. This is the third time, within four years, of his having done so. In 1862, when the Lower House, (repre senting the People) refused to vote a Budget for purposes which they all but unanimously condemned, his Prussian Majesty dissolved them. In 1863, the Budget was _again left unvoted, and the King again dissolves the Chamber. The Constitution requires that the King shall convene both Chambers of the Diet, nobles and commons, between the beginning of. November and the nf___laraistry_ Theißing - win - uo - so, perhaps, only he will try and get new and manageable men, in the Lower House,, this time. It is not expected that he will sue, ceed.. On the contrary, popular opinion is more against him than it ever was, on ac count of this fresh outrage. He appeals to the national pride, his Minister, VoN BM -MAUR, assuring the public that this is_aii_np— ._penl-r.L,thera—agedirst-AusTriii! The Empe ror FRANCIS JOSEPH. held the Convention of German Sovereigns, Princes, and Free Cities, at Frankfort, without previously having ar ranged the Programme with King WILLIAM of Prussia, and then in the absence of that renowned mis-ruler, and ais, it seems, is what the latter wishes the Prussians to take to heart. If Austria has slighted him, who can affirm that he did not deserve the slight ? The dissolution - of the Lower Chamber is another downward step taken by the King of Prussia. One or two more, and he will cease to be in a capacity to injure or annoy his people. His deposition and exile, it is evident, would weaken Russia at this time, for his successor would almost certainly be a liberal as well as a Constitutional ruler. wA63311 r4'l7. Special .Des Patches to The Press. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 24, 1563. • The Gallant Action of the New iron Rear Admiral DAHLGREN, under date of Sept. lath, off Morris jeland, encloses to Secretary WELLas the rtport of Captain Row Art concerning the truly efficient part taken by the New Ironsides in some of the recent actions. He concurs with Captain Rowear , in the estimate he taker of the aer• vices of the ship and slip's company, in which Ad. miral DAHLGREN considers Captain ROWAN himself as meet, conspicuous. Captain Rowan - bears testi mony to the line bearing, zeal, and gallantry of the divisional officers and others, including the captains of guns and their spirited men. Guerillas in Maryland. On Tuesday a body of rebel cavalry crossed hitt? Upper 'Maryland, about four miles from Rockville, but had not proceeded far before they were met by a portion of Scott's Nine Hundred Cavalry, and an infantry force. A fight ensued, and 34 rebels were killed anti wounded. Among the killed was Capt. FICAMOKILGORE, commanding the force of the ene• my, Who retreated on discovering that they were contending with superior numbers. The guerilla chief KENOHELOS. and fifteen of his men, were recently captured on the southern side of the Potomac. They have been sent to the Old Capi tol prison. A reconnoisance to Dumfries found no armed re '6ela this morning. A Raid near Alexandria. 23etween 8 and a o'clock this morning 21 guerillas made a raid at the wood station on the line or the Orange and Alexandria railroad, about 12 miles from the latter place, stealing nine -mules, which were feeding in the field, while the guard were at breakfast. Sergeant HIGLAND, of Pennsylvania, who started in the direction of the plunderers, was, it is said, taken prisoner. Fordign Consuls. The President has recognized Gm:Fromm Boir. LEAD as Consul General of France, to reside at New York, and O'HARE:BS FBRDINATID ns OAZATTE, as Consul of France, to reside at San Francisco. Dismissal of "Engineers. A general order from the Navy Department dis misses Assistant Engineers HBNItY Him, and NA. TB Art D. Demise, attached to Steamers Iffercedita and State of Georgia, for allowing the engines 01 their vessels to become unseryieeable from gross neglect. Naval Orders. The following are among the naval orders issued to•dap Captain Cries. S. Boooa, detached from the Saco ramento, sick, and , waiting orders. Lieutenant Commander Joe. S. Ds Hawss, de tached from the Penobscot, and ordered to command the Sebago. Lieutenant Commander R. E. Lowny, detached from the metacomet, and ordered to command the - -Tawny. Lieutenant Commander JAS. E. JEWET, detached from the command of the Sebago, and ordered to the command of the Netacomet. Lieutenant Commander BEAR F. STANTON, de tached from the Tioga on her arrival at New Or leans, and ordered to the command of the Perida. Lieutenant Commander A. E. K. BENHAM, or dered to the command of the Penobscot. Detention of the Rebel Etamships. Wastruforart, Sept. 24.—The London Daily News of the 12th instant contains the following announce ment : The Government has ordered the two steam rams at Birkenhead, which have been the subject of so much controversy, to be detained." This announcement, it is undeintood, is sustained by despatches which have been received at the State Department, and which have evidently pro duced a kindly feeling towards Great Britain, on the part of the Government. • The Steamer Scotia.. NEW Yonic, Sept. 24. —The steamer Scotia will call off Gape' Race, on Saturdsy, weather per to receive the latest derpatehes. The steerner , Oity, of. Cork will, not rail to. triorzow morning. 155 - - T.EEE PRESS.-PHILADELPIIIA.: FRIDAY, SEPT. 25, 1863. THE WAR IN GEORGIA.. GEN.' ROSECRANS' DECLARES 12EXR ENTIRE SAFETY. Nciv•lErmig-IstiLimg coma, taxa 138 cl. Apprehensions for General Burnside. Heroic Conduct of Thomas' Corps. ACCOUNTS FROM ER RICRIM PIPERS. THE BATTLE OF CHICKAIYUGUA. M. BUGG OFFICIALLY CUM& A VICTORY. Terrible Loss of the. Limy. Five Generals Killed and Eight Wounded, HEAVIEST OF THE WAR. Generale Longstreet and 11111 in the Battle. LOSSES OF MEN, INNS, STORES, Etc. EDITORIAL TONE OF THE REBEL PRESS, DESPATCH FROM GENERAL ROSECRANS. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—A. despatch from Gene ral Roseorans, dated at his headquarters last night, mays: "I cannot be dislodged from my present position." Another despatch from one of fieseorans' Mai; written at forty- minutes past eleven o'clock, last night, says : "No fighting to-day, the 23d." ADVICES FROM NASHVILLE. CINCINNATI ' Sept. 24.—We have no special ad advices from Chattanooga later than those already published. • A special despatch from Nashville confirms the report that Were has been no fighting on the-22d or 23d inst., up to noon of the latter day. The Army of the Cumberland is in the best of spirits. Reinforcements haver reached Roseorans by this time, and by Saturday he will be strong enough to push the enemy back. All fears for the safety of the army are dispelled. Gen. John H. King, reported wounded and taken prisoner, is cafe. No news from other points has been received. THE BILLED AT CHATTANOOGA. Among the killed at Chattanooga, was Captain Alanson J. Stevens, a nephew of the Hon. Thad deus Stevens. At the breaking out of the war he was engaged at the iron works of his uncle, in Adams county, but when the tint call for troops was made, he was among the first to volunteer. He entered the . 2d Pennsylvania in the threo months' service, and remained with the regiment until it was mustered out. He took a, very brief rest, however, and soon after his returato Adams county, assisted in raising a light artillery company, of which he was made first lieutenant, and subsequently promo ted to the captaincy. The battery, since its organi zation, has been niaini,y engaged in the West. Captain Thomas P. Murdoch, of Van Clove's staff, and eon of James R. 24 - urdooh, Esq., was also killed, Colonel Win. G. Jones, colonel of the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was also among the slain. He graduated at West Point three years ago, and was amo , g the officers of the regular army made prison, era in Texas at the commencement of the war. Re was in command of a Pennsylvania regiment in the Army of the Potomac during the campaign of the , Peninsula, and distinguished himself in the seven days' battles before Richmond. He afterwards served on Gen. SuPP:ter' B F"44. until the (Leath 9f that officer. TEE BATTLE OF MONDAY [Special Despatch to the Daily Morning Chronicle. NASHVILLE, Sept. 23.—The excitement is un• abated in this city. and the public places, especially the St. Cloud, Commercial, and Sewanee Hotels, are crowded with anxious neivehuntera, newemon• gars, and "grape vine ,5 operators. As far as ,Loan learn, the news I have transmitted you in relation to the battles of Saturday and Sunday was, in the main, true. The General and his brave host con tested every inch of ground, and the retrograde move ment was slow, sure, and in excellent order. The latest news I have is up to Monday night. The battle of this day is represented to have been - the severest contest of the war. In my despatch of last night I spoke of Longstreet , s l men being en gaged. This is now known to - be a fact, as four or live hundred of his merOave been taken prisoners. They say they were under Hood end Jackson. They also report that Hood was seriously wounded on Sunday evening, near Mission ridge. Until to-day -people have. been quite gloomy, while merry faces snowed the city was filled with all Sorts of rumors regaraing the pet battalion of this place—the Rock City Onside—to the effect that they *been terribly cut to pieces, and that the general coannanding, George Manney, of this city, was severely wounded. It is also reported that Frank. Cheatham; of this city, is wounded, and that Preston Smith, of Lebanon, has been killed. It is known that-the-remnants of tlArt,g,ilr.__Tp......see-fegirnents are in the battle, three of which (the ist, 20th, and 22d,) were wholly recruited here. There must.certainly be something wrong (on the rebel side) as a decided change has taken plane among the people, and our side looks happier. There are rumors that Rosectrans has been reinforced by Burnside's forces, and portions of Grant's army. I do not think, however, that such is the ease. Rosecrans kept a strong reserve, most of which he had not used up to Monday morning; aides, he has, in all, a large number at Murfreesboro, Shelbyville, Cowan, Winchester, Stevenson, De chert, and Bridgeport, which he could call up in thirty hours if the situation should declare the abandonment of those places necessary. From all I can learn, through reliable soirees, the battle of Monday was favorable to us, the rebels be traying symptoms of fatigue, and Ic4s of the pluck and dash which characterized their efforts upon the first one or two days. Thus far, out damage is tri fling, compared to that whieh we received at Stone river upon the first day. In all probability, both armies are being reinforced, and the battle may last a week. Thus far, Rosecrans , communications are open and in good order, which was pot the, case at Stone river. Very little news of an official charm ter is received here, we obtaining all our news from officers direct from the front. It is umored that we have lost four generals in killed-aid wounded, and two as prisoners. A prisoner state', that the rebels have lost nine generals in killed mid wounded, and a proportion of subordinate officers and men. General Cheatham harangued hid division before the battle—composed` wholly of Te6nesseans—tell ng them if they lost the dailhe Corifederacy was at an end. It is said that in addition to this stimulus he administered whisky and gunpowder. George Manney also told his troops that they were to be pitted against the best fighting general in the coun try, and that if they won the day the ConfederaCY would obtain speedy recognition by foreign Powers, and that the war would dote. The above is from prisoners. A copy of the Chattanooga, Rebel eulogizes the bravery of the Eastern reinforcements. It also says that the fate of not only Tennessee but the Con federagy depends ipon the result of this battle, lt I also puts the loss in Saturday's and - Sunday's delta at six thousand in killed and wounded, the latter . including Major General Patrick Cleburne. The Rebel is published at Atlanta,, ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE BY A HERALD CORRESPONDENT. 0121"012i2PATX, Sept. 24.—Mr. Shapiro, the con respondent of the Herald, has, arrived, here from the battle-field near. Chattanooga, where he witnessed, the fighting of Saturday and Sundsy. He-Bays that the reports of the battle received from Washington are in the main incorrect, and thfst really the Array of the Cumberland has met with a defeat which roust put it on a defensive position for some time to come. Gen. Thomas' corps is really the only one which did any fighting. -• On the first day it defeated Longstreet with terrible slaughter, driving hinf - in. - erect confusion for over a node from the Chickamauga river. Longstreet, in a' two-hours fight, lost 1,000 men killed, and double that number wounded. McCook's and Crittenden% corps on the seine day were both badly beaten, and' the enemy broke the centre, driving Crittenden in every direc tion. The defeat, of this part of the line caused Thomas to absndon his field, and fall back to pro tect his flank° aild re estailish his line. At the same time, the eneUty, not lnowing what he had accidentally accomrlished, feed to pursue his ad vantage, and Wood and Nigley went in on the centre, and reestablished that part of the line. 'The day was ours, though the en my held the field. We had taken three pieces of rtillery more than we lost on the first day. General General Thomas had defeated Longstreet, and on tie second day he saved the army 1 ; of General Booming from annihilation. From le till- 12 o'clock o ' Sunday he fought the enemy, ]‘ and repulsed him 1 three charges, when, finding the assault in vain' he 'enemy pushed forward on the right and cents; "and at the first charge broke Crittenden > s and MfOoohis lines, and routed their entire command, drifting them in a disgraceful panic into - Roseville and Cthanooga. General Thomas, with his cone, still c tested the day, and was ena bled, by the timely inforaement of Granger, to bold his position until ightfall covered his retreat to 3. Shank, left at 7 M., on Sunday, and Chat. Mr. tanooga at noon on onday. General Rosecrans was falling back on Chettanooga, where he was per fectly safe from all fir Bragg could do. Ilia lines of communication wer perlectly secure, and he had plenty of ammunitionand provisions in Chats nooga.to stand a months siege. The result is virtwOkr a defeat tolls, as we have lost tremendously in ' aterlai, not less than fifty plena of artillery fall g into the hands of the ene my, though Bragg's lmy only receipts for twenty. The rebel loss in kills and wounded will exceed our own. In killed :he li t t m double our number. Rose ans ie in no danger,l t at the time Mr. Shank left Chattannoga the. da , :r to General Burnside was imminent. . CARE OF Advices received b the headquarters of t are to the effect that o days' battle before 0., ed to the hospitals at 1, barna, and thence talc are physically tbletl wounded received f Stated, nor whether enemy. THE VALUE OF A TIOTORY--OONFORT TO The Enquirer of the 274.1xiis leader headed Vio fo6. in Ceorgia c h lays Charlesiton and Chattanooga are : the' only points where the enemy present the least scopearanse of tight. Defeated at ChattanoOga and ( Wa r en blok uPton Nashville, Ike ir oaandighass 'men in Oiliu would cart ythe ektlion nest month with tilde ictdti. 'The peace men in the United States would once more assert their manhood, and speak out as they did beforethe late disasters elermkedtheirutter. awe. But it is not among the peace men of the United States that a victory at Chattanooga; would most telt upon the cause. Hero, at home, its effect will be the greatest. It will re-animate our people. The army needs but little re.animation. But the people have notexperlesthed the - hardships the army hai,.and they are more easily made desperate. .The army never despaired of the Republic because it is itself able to bear its fertunee, andmtefortunes also. But some of the peopleare so busy discussing the probability of a iinanoird bankrupray, that defeats overcome them. A victory is wanted by the- cur-. rency: We hope that General Bragg! will gain avde tided victory. REINFORCEIVIENT OF ROSEGRANS. The Oinoinnati Gazette of bat Saturday, speaking' from information previously received from the head quarters of Gen. Rosemont, soya : Our commanders. are fully advised of the move ments of the enemy, and are actively providing fop the emergency. It is a. favorable circumstance that our facilities for concentrating are superior to those of the rebels, and that - Roeecrans can he strengthened without weakening other important points, or giving up anything that we have gained. Preaiaely what is being done we do not know, nor would it be proper to make it public if we did ;. but the people may rest assurecklhat the brave army of the Cumberland is not being nesdeded. Major General George Henry Thomas, whose corps appears to have borne the brunt of the battle at Chickamagua, won the battle of Mill Spring, Kentucky, in January, 1862. He was in the reserve, but did not take part at the battle of Shiloh. He became major general ot volunteers, and commanded the right wing of the Tennessee Army under Hal leek. Under- a new organization, he became attached to the Army of the Ohio, General Buell. On Sep-. tember 30, 1862, he was ordered to supersede General Buell in the chief command, but, on the remon strance of himself and other- officers, that General was for the- time reinstated., General Thomas en. , joys the distinction of being the successor- to the rebel General Lee in the , regular- army. When Lee was in the United States service, he was colonel of , the 2d Cavalry, and General Thomas was major in the same regiment. Both the Colonel and Ideate-- omit Colonel resigning to enter the rebel service, Major Thomas became colonel of his , regiment by regular promotion. Under the new arrangement in the army, by which the cavalry, dragoons, and mounted rides are consolidated, the 2d has now become the 6th Ca why, of which - General Thomas remains the colo nel, while he holds the additional rank of major' general of volunteers. A gruff, tamed-bear sort of a looking personage, is General Thomas, with a face• hidden in a piofuse growth of sandy beard, that gives a wonderfully truculent expression to his countenance, a manner that partakes rather of years of command in camps than of. the courtesies-of the• drawing room, but that is at least frank and. direct, and with a contempt of show that manifests itself in adhering to the uniform of a cavalry colonel, in- stead of donning the short-lived stellar glories-of a 6 tduring.the-war" generalship. his corps consists of Rousseau's, Reynold's, Brannan's, and. Dlegley's divisions. Major General John B. Hood, reported - killed in the late battle, was a native of Kentucky, and a fel low West Point graduate of Schofield and Sheridan, now in the national service. At the commencement of the present year he commanded a brigade of Longetreet's division, operating on the Peninsula, below Richmond, and when the rebel army under Lee was concentrated to face Gen. Hooker he was promoted to the rank of major general and placed in command of the First Division of Gen. Longetreet's corps. With this command he took part in the fa. mous battle of Gettysburg, where he was severely wounded in the left arm, sufficiently to entirely de prive him of its use in the future: He had only re sumed his command a few weeks, - perhaps only days, when he was ordered to join Gen. Bragg in the Southwest. REVEL ACCOUNTS. [From the Richmond Enquirer, Sept. 23.1 THE GREAT BATTLE NEAR CHATTANOOGA—DESPE RATE FIGHTING—TEE CONFEDERATE :ARMY-YIO• TORIOUS—CASUALTIES AMONG Oati GENERAL OFFICERS, ETC•, ETO. ATLANTA, Sept. 21.—A general engagement be tween the armies of Generals Bragg and Rosec.rans commenced on Saturday morning. about eight miles treat of Ringgold, and continued Saturday and Sun day without decisive result. Advises from the front state that the battle would be renewed this morning. The army was in fine - Spirits and confident of success. -They are deter mined to respond as heroes should to the eloquent call of General Brawg. On Satut day in orning Rosecrans' forces occupied the line of Pea Vine creek, the only water in the vi cinity. To drive him from this position was the ob ject, but the heavy artillery tiring kept up during the forenoon delayed the execution of the assault. At 1 o'clock P. M. General Polk's corps, and Ge neral Buckner's command, from our left, made a . 1112T,trop with General D. H. Hill's corps, forming the centre, and advanced to the assault. Our men made the charge through the heaviest artillery and infantry fire ever known, and carried the heights around the creek, driving the enemy from all posi tions. The ground was literally strewn , with dead Yankees. We drove the enemy two miles to the road leading to Chattanooga, which runs parallel. with Pea Vine creek, along which Roaecrans brings his supplies. We now hold this road. On Saturday. Hood's division, of General Long street's corps, attacked the enemy's left without ad vancing. On Sunday the fight was renewed along the entire line, and the enemy were steadily driven back along the right and left, the entire line holding its ground at nightfall. 1 The enemy's left is reported to have fallen back eight miles from the positions occupied in the morn ing. The fighting of both days was of the most despe rate character. - No reliable information of the relative losses has, yet been received. The slaughter of the Yankees is reported by the wounded brought in to have been unprecedented. - Our. loss is large. It is reported Smith, of Tennessee ; Brigadier General Wolfford, of Georgia, and Brigadier. General Walthall, of Mississippi. The report of the latter'a death lacks confirmation. Among the wounded are Major General Preston, of Kentucky; Major General Uleburn, of Arkansas; Major General Hood, of Texas, who loot a leg; 0.22411110 Gregg. wounded in theiaw ; and Brigadier General Benning, wounded in the breast. Two thousand prisoners and seven pieces of artil lery are reported to have been taken on Saturday. Passengers by Saturday's train report that a heavy smoke was seen near the position of the enemy— supposed to have proceeded from the burning of commissary stores. 11 is supposed that the battle will be renewedthis morning with an attack by Generals Hill and Long street, on the enemy's centre. [BEOO2(D DESPATCH.] HE WOUNDED. ' . e G-overnment today from Army of the Cumberland; wounded in the late three 4 titnooga, have been convey eventon, Bridgeport, in Ala to Nashville as fast as they e removed. The number of !,. the field is not officially 1 : ire now in " the hands of the GENICRAL THOMAS Tali REBEL DENIM/J., HOOD. ATLANTA, Sept. 2t, 6 o'clock - P. Di.—The follow ing-private despatch has just been received from Gen. Bragg's telegraph operator: "Riwooorn, Sept. 21.—We have captured 4,000 Yankees and 30 pieces of artillery. We hold the entire battle-field, and are pursuing the enemy to-day." OFFICIAL DESPATCH THE VICTORY IS COM PLETE." TM'S MILES SOUTH OF CHATTANOOGA., Via Ringgold, Sept. 2L To Gen. S. Cooper; The enemy retreated on Chattanooga last night, leaving his dead and wounded in olm Minds. Els loss ia very large in men, artillery, small arms, and colors. Ours is heavy, but not yet ascer tained, The victory is , complete and our cavalry is pursuing. With the hiesaing of God, our troops have accom plished great results against largely superior num bers. - .We have to mourn the lose of many gallant men and officers.. Brigadier General. Preston Smith, Helms ; and Deshler are, killed. ; Major General Hood, and Brigadier Generals Adams, Gregg, and Bunn wounded. BR AXTON BR AG G, General [THIRD DESPATCH.] Ari:enTe, Sept. 22. Advisee from the battlefleld come in scantily. Sufficient has been received to Chow that great success has been achieved. In the two days' fighting the main, if not' the entire, .force of Rosearans was engaged, and not only driven back from all positions, but was greatly 'demoralized, and forced to destroy large quantities of stores and baggage. His resistance was stubborn. The fight still goes on. Our troops are flushed with victory and "eager for the fray," with every confidence that the foe will be driven from the present stand, on Miesien Ridge, six or eight miles from Chattanooga. The fight yesterday l was a moat spirited one. Gene rals Longstreet and Hill attacked the enemy's cen tre by night. After a desperate resistance the enemy were driven from their positions with a loss of some eve or six thousand prisoheri, and forty-two pieces of artillery. The latest accounts from the Held are to yesterday noon. The enemy had made a stand on Mission Ridge, and the battle was still raging. Ourloes in general officers is very great. Brigadier General Helm, of Kentucky, was killed while lead. ing a charge;-Major General Hood was mortally wounded - - Major Richmond, of General Polk's staff, was killed. The battle began three miles west of East Chicka mauga. - In the three days' fighting, the enemy were driven across Pea Vine creek and West Chicks mange, about eleven miles to the present position. Be threw up temporary .breastworks at „Pea Vine creek, and has evidently been defeated on ground of his own choosing. The following special telegram from Governor. Harris to the Appea/fcontlrms our report : CHICAAMAZGA, Sept. 20-9 P. hi. -- After two days' fighting; we succeeded in driving the enemy from his positions. The engagement not yet de cisive. The casualties are heavy. on both sides. The enemy's loss is evidently much heavier than ours. General Preston Smith was killed last night at half past seven o'clock, while leading a brigade within a few yards of the enemy's line. General John C. Brown. General Hood, General Gregg, General Daniel Adams. and General Helm, wounded. General Deshler killed. The Yankee General Little was killed. We have, captured about 2 ,600 prisoners, and about twenty-five or thirty nieces of artillery. Troops never fought better than ours.. They are in high spirite,"and ready to ;meet the enemy again tomorrow. ISHAM G. HARRIS. 11 ANTI:E-FIELD, CHICKAMAUGA, September 21-11 A. M. The enemy retreated from our front under cover last night, leaving his killed and wounded on the field. Our victory is complete. We have captured a large number of small arms. Thirty-six pieces of artillery have been brought in. ;Twenty additional pieces reported to have been taken. About 6,000 prisoners reported taken. Our army is in fine spirits, ready and eager fora vigordus pursuit. No additional particulars to report. We met here the whole force of Roseorans' army. ISHAA G. HARRIS. GIBE= A telegram from Col. Brent, chief of Gen. Brags% stair, dated Chickamauga, this morning, says: " The enemy are routed. lam safe." GBICIERAL . BIIMIG'9 ORDER General Bragg leaned the following battle order on the lith : HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TENNESSEE, jr THE FIELD, LAFAYETTE, GE., Sept. 10, 1883. OISIIICRAL ORDERS, No.- - 180.—The - troopslwill be held ready for an immediate move against the ene my. His demonstrations on our flanks have been. thwarted ; and twice has he retired before us when offered battle. We must now force him to the issue. Soldiers, you are largely reinforced—you must now seek the contest. In doing so, I know you will be content to suffer privations, and encounter hard ships. Heretofore, you have never failed to respond to your General When he has asked a sacrifice at your hands. '' Relying upon your gallantry and patriotism, he asks you to - add a crowning glory' to the wreaths you wear. Our credit is in your keeping. Your enemy boasts' that you are demoralized, and - re- ' treating before him. Having accomplished our ob ject in driving bank his flank movement, let us now turn on his main force and crush it In its fended se• curity. Your general will lead you. You have but to respond to assure us of a glorious triumph over, an insolent fee. I know what your response will be. Trusting in God _and the justice of our cause, and nerved by the love of the dear ones at home, - failure is impossible, and victory must be ours. BR AXTON BRAG(}. General Commanding. THE REBELS DOLEFUL. CErom the Richmond Examiner, Sept. 29.3 Never has the tmlietin or victory been more calmly alldcoolly coneldered then that alined by Gtenotai Braxton Bragg, and printed in the journals of the morning. The public has not forgotten the greeting of the new year from the fields of Murfreesboro. The General's despatch announces a great battle, and certain very oonaiderable advantages in the quer ter where victory is most necessary to the South. But it does not convey !heisted that the struggle is termi nated or thetas enemy is crippled, and the tionfederacy is much disposed to wait for more definite conclu sions before indulging its exultation. Gen. Bragg states that he has engaged the enemy daring two days; that the fighting has been ener getic ; that a great number of men and officers have fallen ; that we have taken twenty plows of artillery and twenty-five hundred prisoners; that we have driven the enemy from several strong positions, and now bold the Held. Bur the enemy sfill confronts (he. Bragg. Therefore, the affair in not yet termina ted, or there has been a drawn Math,. The tenor or this despatch strongly resembles that which told the first part or the aangningry con test. at Murfreesboro, thanigh , without the prema ture confidence whioirdistinguithed that memoraole and disappointing document General Bragg has evi dently learned something from that stern lesson of expe rience. On the present occasion be gives nothing but the bare facts of the situation, which is just that of hi urlreesborol previous to his. fl nal and unsuccess ful assault. . Will he now renew , the contest'? On cumatances which we cannot know at this distance may determine him not to do so; but the campaign muse be considered a failure if it ends with this indect:- rise ressit. V The time has come when the Confederate army of the Central South must. pursue an nye-mire system, of worfdre, whatever the lolls of life and limb. Rose creme has possession of all Tennessee, and has evi dently no:thought of continuing his march Into Geo r _ia and Alabama until he has. solidly established iniself in his new conquest; and, loosened our hold on Southwestern Virginia. What he did in West ern Tennessee he will certainly accomplish in East ern Tennessee, unless interrupted and expelled by his advereary. if Bragg waits for him at Marietta as at Shelbyville, he will subjugate the country, finish the incomplete railroads through Kentucky to Ohio, collect abundant supplies and reinforcements through the winter, and, in the next spring, make that advance on Atlanta or Mobile which he now declines. In the meantime, idleness and' a conscious ness of false policy will produce the sameeffect on Bragg's army in Georgia that they had in Tennessee. It will melt away, and when the time comes next year for the new advance of the enemy, we will be told that another retreat was a military necessity, because " Bragg had only thirty thousand' men." St all cost, the repetition of tide la mentable past must be prevented. lie himself has lately volunteered the information that his'army has been reinforced. He must use the men while he heathen', not only in one bloody, indecisive combat, but in re solute and consecutive efforts to expel. the enemy fibm East Tennessee, that "back door of the Confe deracy,' and citadel of the West. if he can do nothing but wait for Rosecrans, the Mita lion is indeed deplorable. There are two evident ways of striking the enemy in. East Tennessee, and there may be many more. General Bragg ma.yeither mass his force and tight his enemy pitched battles in front, or he may despatch a powerful detachment through Alabama into Tennessee to cut his communication with Nashville, and necessitate an abandonment of Chattanooga. The first plan appears to be that pre ferred by General Bragg, and it , is hoped that he will execute it with determination and , success. In any event, the worst policy for him is that of delay. In an active campaign he may be terribly defeated and sustain heavy losses; but by standing still he se cures the consequences of defeat in their worst form and most fatal tendency without costing the enemy a drop of blood. beep as the interestis in the eventp now passing in Georgia they are not the only points which arrest the attention. The actions at Kingsport and Bristol are yet imperfectly known, but it is probable that an effort to seize Southwestern Virginia has been arrested by General Jones for the time at least. The movement of the cavalry on Bristol was evi dently-in concert with the attack at Kingsport; and the enemy would not have abandoned the place as they did. had not the chief object been lost. But the fate ofSouthwestern Virginia cannot be decided till the math in Georgiahas beensettled, From the Richmond Eequirer, Sept. 23.] Yesterday morning early the glorious news of Bragg's great victory electrified the community, at. d spreadjoy and gladneas throughout the city. This morning our readers in the country will receive the glad tidings, and millions of joyful hearts send up their grateful thanks to the Author and Giver of victory for His blessings upon our cause. " The via tory is complete—our cavalry are pursuiag;" this is the first tune such news ha, been received. Here tofore our cavalry have not had the opportunity to pursue • one cause and another has prevented our reaping the fruits of the victory. Around Richmond the condition of the country, and at Fredericksburg and Chancellorville the river prevented pursuit. Col. George W. Brent, of Gen. Bragg's staff, tele graphed late yesterday, " The enemy are routed." The victory, then, is indeed complete. The Rebel is informed that President Davis was heard to exclaim, in a circle of friends at the Capt. tot; that be would snatch Tennessee from tee clutches of the Abolitionists, if it took the united armies of the South to accomplish it. From the signs of the times, it begins to look very much as if that obstinate man Meant what he said. We begin to believe Low that we shall be driving our quill in the capital of Tennessee before another month has passed. We do not know that President Davis ever "was heard to exclaim," but "the cavalry are pursuing," end it looks very much like the 'obstinate man meant what he said." God bless such obstinacy, the country will exclaim, and God bless the man and men who have been so obstinate that the "cavalry are pursuing" and the "enemy are routed." God seems to smile again, the sun shines brighter, and the glad faces of thousands look happier. -- On Diet Saturday we wrote, and published on Monday. that "single victory would reinstate all the joy and hope and confidence that gleamed through outthe Confederacy in June, and revive among our enemies the despair and despondency that existed after the fall of Winchester." While we were wri bug the glorious work that made our prediction true Was being accomplished, That "joy and hope and confidence" has returned, and tnat "despair and despondency" is now filling the land of the enemy. But ern row must mingle with our joy. Many are the noble dead—many more the noble wounded. The country sympathizes with the friends of all. Wihope before our paper closes that the telegraph will continue the news of "the Great Victory?, THE STATES IN REBELLION. We have received Richmond papers to the 23d of September, and in addition to the extracts published elsewhere in reference to the battle in Northern Georgia, we print the following: THE EUROPEAN MONITORS. [From the Richmond Whig.] We have again whispers-of the early arrival of fil3lti-- 1 2RfKI2?eelflioliffretrif f pgfiEf F lidaWs that tu mi d officershoue alreativitft our poi* to take command or such vessel. We might add to this item some inte resting circumstances from our own information; but for obvious reasons we forbear the detail of ru mors on this sur;ject, however well we may know them to be sustained by substantial official advices. This flotilla is the subject of great expectation. It will probably not disappoint them. If the ac counts given of the armament and power of this looked.for Confederate fleet are true, we may expect it, to sweep down the Gulf and instantly raise the blockade ; to destroy the transports at Charleston; to clear out Ship Island ; and, perhaps, to penetrate the Mississippi. sweeping the river clear of Yankee craft, and ,putting an end to the Mobile expedition in the most summary manner. . . . It is said that the Yankee monitors will be unable to contend with these iromclads ; that they have neither the necessary speed nor the sea qualities to do so. We believe the enemy has upon the stocks vessels which will compete with the Confederate pattern, but it will be months before they can be put in commission. In the meantime, the Confederate navy may have its own way. It is a question of time and opportunity, and we hope for the best. CAVALRY FIGIIT NEAR MADTSON COVET HOUSE [Special Despatch to the Richmond Euquirei O.P.ANGe COURT HOUSE, Sept. 22, 1863 'P.. considerable cavalry tight occurred to-day, be ginning near aladison Court House. Our forces fell back some three or four miles. We captured seven ty Yankees. There has also been artillery firing at reveral of the lower lords this evening. Nothing is known as to our losses, though they are not believ ed to be heavy. X. - GENERAL NEWS The Courier, of the I.Bth, says that Fort Moultrie and Battery Simpkins continue to shell the enemy's works on Morris' Island, retarding his operations. The enemy has made no response for the last two days, and is supposed to be busy mounting guns and extending his works. We have nothing of interest to report from the Southwest. The Yankee raiders seem to have en tirely disappeared. and it is now stated that they were in very small force—their number not being over a few hundred instead of six or seven thousand, as first reported, The Knoxville Register is now published at Atlan ta. It takes the place of the Gazelle, the publication of which has been suspended for the present. The City Council of Charleston is advertising for eight thousand cords of wood for the use of the citi zers,.to be delivered at, the rate of one thousand cords a month. At a re cent sale in Lake City, Fla., some gold was put up at auction, but the crowd interfered very pro perly, and stopped the este. FORTRESS MONROE. FORTRESS MONROE, Sept. 23.—Captain •Beaston, of the propeller "John Rice," reports having spoken the United States gunboats Maratanzas and Mont gomery, cruising off Frying Pan shoals, on the 21st instant. The flag-of-truce boat 0. W. Thomas arrived late last evening, from City Point, bringing down Gen. Graham, who has been exchanged for rebel General Kemper. They were both wounded at Gettysburg. The Richmond Examiner of September 2tst con tains the following : • "ATLANTA, Sept. 19.—This morning heavy artil lery Bring was opened, at daybreak, at Ringgold and continued until the trains left. The trains run within three miles of Ringgold. All the bridges be tween there and Chattanooga have been destroyed. "Quiet prevails in Trans-Mississippi up to Sep tember 3. General Magruder is at Houston, very sick.,' " ATLANTA, Sept. 18.—Reports from different sources concur that Rosecrans has been heavily reinforced by troops from Grant's army, sr "Roseerans' forces are retiring on Chattanooga, closelyfollowed. The railroad is clear to Cleveland. Only two 'regiments are in Huntsville, both com posed of renegade Kentuckians, commanded by Cols. Watts and Rall, both formerly from Georgia." RICHMOND MARKETS, Sept. 19.—Molasses, $14.50 @ls ; Rice, 250280 ; Teas, sBal4; MaracathoCoffee, $4 50@1 ; Java Coffee, sBg3 50 ; Starch, $1.60@2; Candles, $303.50 ; Salt, 60c if , it, Vinegar, s3@4, qp gal ; Oider. $3 10 gal. Wood is retailed at $26 for pine, and $34 for oak—s 4 added for hauling ; Corn; $8 gfi. bushel ; Corn Meal, s9@lo If? bushel; Ciats, $5 Cri; 6 ; Hay, $Bll 100 lbs. [From the Richmond Dispatch, Sept. 22, 1863 FROM EAST TENNESSEE. ZoraJeorviwt, Sept. 20. To General S. Cooper: • The enemy made a demonstration in force on us here yesterday, and were repulsed. My cavalry fol lowed them to Blountsville, six miles from here. Their force engaged to-day is believed to have been not less than 2,000, all- mounted, and six pieces of artillery. Five other regiments are reported between Jonesboro and Wantanga bridge, but they had , not engaged my force at the latter place late this after noon. SA.M.L. JONES, Major General. Zollicoffer is a station on the East Tennessee And Virginia Railroad, eleven miles from Bristol. Jones boro is thirty-two miles from Bristol. The distance from Bristol to Knoxville is one hundred and thirty miles. Baincm, Sept. 21.—After the enemy retired yes terday our cavalry went in pursuit of them, and came up with them this morning about two miles below Blountsville, where they camped last night. It is reported by a courier just arrived that the one. my have again advanced two miles from Blounts. vine, in this direction, with the intention of making a flank movement via this place. A force of Fede• ral cavalry dashed into this place on Sunday night, and burnt the building erected for commissary stores. They burned the railroad bridge at Goodwyn, on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, and a trestle bridge on the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, six mules west of here. Trains will pass over both Points to-Morrow ; so there is little damage done. FROTH GENERAL LEE'S LRAM Rienstown, Thursday. morning, Sept. 22 —NOt withstanding a collision has been predicted between the armies of Generale Lee and itteade for several days past, partite immediately from the army repro eent,everything quiet. There is 'an occasional ea. valry skirmish, and se a result of one of these, 95 prisoners were brought clown by the Central. Rail- Road last night. , VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE - EXTRA SEE. . 19.--Mr: Randolph, of Blehmond, chairman Of the Committee on' Military Affairs, reported a bill entitled "an act to reorganize the militia of the Commonwealth." The draft of the bill covers 21 pages of printed matter, embracing 37 sections. The enactment of the bill includes every white male between the ages of sixteen and sixty years domicillid in the Commonwealth, and not exempted by the laws thereof. The Richmond Examiner of the 214, in an editorlal, says: "Two years ago, our army was encamped at Bowling Green, and our batteries on the beetling cliff of Columbus scowled defiance at Cairo; now, we bold a position on the borders of Georgia. and await the enemy's advance in the interior of lalsais , eippi. Chattanooga is in the enemy's hands, and the line of the Tennessee, fortified by the band of na ture, and, as we were told, susceptible of defence by a body of troops against &numerous army, has been yielded without an attempt at resistance. In a battle the loss on both sides are about equal ; in a retreat it falls upon the retreating , army. The wily and cautions Rosecrans will not fight unless sup porte.lby a superiority of numbers. He risks no thing in the hope of brilliant victory and' rapid' tri umph. His strategy is 193 a. epitome of the war. If Rosecrans is to be defeated, he must be attacked in position, where he ha's lost no time in fortifying himself. " The confidence of soldiers in their leaders . ' fires sential to - the mimeos of an army. It may berm roitunate. but it is notorious that Gen. Bragg has net" succeeded in inspiring his army with this feel ing. Cannot a suitable man be found to•oommand the army of the West, on a field where so , heavy a stage is to be lost or won 1" THE WAR IN VIRGINIA. PROSPECT OF A BATTLE ERTWEEN MEADE AND- UM THE ARMIES IN LINE BRILLIANT CAVALRY NHIIOIIBII . AT HMSO& The Rebels Driven, and Prisonem Taken. [From the Itithmond Enquirer, 22d,1 The tzains conveyed no information frotm Orange yesterday beyond the supposition that abattle be tween Meade and Lee was imminent. On Sunday both armies were drawn up•in.line of battle, from a half to a quarter of a mile apart, and at some points, we understand, in full view-of each. other. This position wait maintained: yesterday,. and, under these circumstances, if our informants are not mistaken, it is almost impossible to see how the two armies can keep from fighting. It was also reported that a force of the enemy's cavalry were at Newtown, King and Queen county, meditating a raid on the railroad. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—A letter from the head quarters of the Army of, the Potomac, received to day, says that Gen. Buford, with a portion of his division, drove the rebel. pickets on Tuesday, through Madison Couit House. Three miles beyond he encountered a strong force of the enemy's cavalry. After a spirited tight he forced them to retreat, and dove them across the Rapidan at the point where the Gordonsville pike intercepts the river. The action reflects the highest credit on ail our troops engaged. Our casualties were one killed and about twenty wounded. We took forty-ilve prisoners, among them Lieut. Col. Delany, of Cobb's Georgia Legion, and Lieut. Bryce and two privates of North Carolina regiments were seriously wounded. Our wounded, under the care of Dr. A. nand, have been properly attended to, and were brought to the division hospital, at Culpeper. Our wounded include Lieutenant Hines, 3th New York Cavalry, and Lieutenant G. Wheelock, of the 9th; also, B. Nunehall, of the 3d Indiana, and Sergeants Dem ing, Cummings, and Bell, and Corporal Bell, all of the Bth Illit ors, and J. Lugmonson, of the 12th Illi nois. The lastnamed is a bugler. B. F. Soder, of tbe 3d Indiana, was billed. A RAID ON BRISTOL, WA-COMMISSARY BUILDING DESTROYED. A newspaper despatch, dated Lynchburg, Septem ber 21, rays the enemy, thirteen hundred strong, entered Bristol near the State line, meeting with but little resistance. They destroyed the new com missary building, with one hundred barrels of flour and other stores. Three miles north of Bristol they tore up the rails, and burning the bridge returned. From San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23.—Arrived, ship Young America, from Boston. Sailed, ship Daring, for Hong Kong, carrying 18,000 sacks of wheat and $37,000 in treasure. The steamer Golden Age sailed to-day for Panama, carrying 150 passengers for New York, and the fol lowing treasure : $616,000 for England, $255,000 for Neiv York, and $500,000 for Panama, the latter be ing shipped by .Rothschild's agents, The rates of passage are reduced as follows: $225 for first cabin ; $lO2 for the second cabin, and $75 for the steerage. The Massachusetts State Convention. WORCESTER, MAIM, Sept.l24.—The Republican State Convention assembled today. The attend ance is full and the proceedings harmonious. Hon.' G. EL Eliot, of New Bedford, was elected president. Governor Andrew was nominated for re=eleetion by aocicmation, as were also all the present iRCUM, bents of State offices.' - A - Comraittee omnoa - wasappointed; with as chairman. - - - Speeches were made . by Senatdr - Boutwell, Richard li. Dana, and others. The reso lutions adopted pledge anew unwavering support to the Government, express no fear that any land marks of constitutional liberty will be destroyed by the action of the Government ; that the emend pation proclamation meets the approval of Massa chusetts, and was justified as a military necessity, as is shown by the splendid series of victories that fol lowed it ; justified, too, as guarantees to the world that our contest is for liberty and humanity. The fifth resolution contemplates terms of peace only with the unconditional Union men of the South, and not with rebels, who have no rights ex cept the right to submit. The other resolutions declare that Secession has no legality whatever, and, inasmuch as slavery shall be extinguished in every State and Territory in the country, that Massachusetts is for the war to the entire suppression of the revolt, recognizing as enemies -to the country all who would have the war come short of that, and that the policy towards colored soldiers is wise and just, and should be libe rally enlarged by putting the colored soldiers on a perfect equality with the white soldiers. The Disaster at Sabine Pass—Official De watches. WAsinnoToN, Sept. 24.—The following despatches 'ere received at the Navy Department to-day : U. S. STEAM SLOOP PENSACOLA, Naw ORLEANS, Sept. 4. 1863. Sin : I have the honor to inform the Department that Major General Banks, having organized a force' of four thousand men, under Major General Frank lin, to effect a landing at Sabine Pass, for military occupation, and requested the co operation of the navy, which I most gladly acceded t0,.1 assigned the command of the navy torce to Acting Vol. Lieut. Frederick Crocker, commanding the United States steamer Clifton, accompanied by steamer Sachem. Acting Vol. Lieut. Amos Johnson; the United States steamer Arizona, Acting -Master Howard Tibbitte ; and the United States steamer Granite City, Acting Master C. W. Lamson. These being the only available vessels of sufficiently tight draught at my disposal for that service, and as they have good pilots, I have no doubt th 6 force is quite suffi cient for the object. The defences asinar e and afloat are believed to con sist of two 32-pounders en barbette, and a battery of field-pieces, and two bay boats converted into rams. It was concerted with General Franklin that the squadron of four gunboats, under the command of Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Crocker, shall make the attack alone, assisted by about one hundred and eighty sharpshooters from the army, divided among his vessels, and, having driven, the enemy from his defences, and destroyed or driven oft the rains, the transports are then to advance and land their troops. I regret excedingly that the officers and crews who have been on blockade there cannot participate in the attack, in consequence of the excessive draught of water drawn by their vessels. The New , London, drawing 9% feet, is the lightest draught of all the blockaders, and has made repeated efforts to go in alone, but without success. I have the honor to be your obedient servant, 11. IL BELL, Commodore Commanding W. G. B. Squadron pro tem. To Hon. Grateox WELLES, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. 0. U. S. STEAM SLOOP. 04. WAR PENSACOLA, NEAR NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 13. Sin: My despatch, No. 41, informed you of the repulse of the expedition at Sabine Pass, and the capture of the Clifton, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Frederick Crocker, and Sachem, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Amos Johnson, by the rebels, and the safe return of the troops and transports to the river without lots. Lieutenants Crocker and Johnson are reported to have fought their vessel% gallantly, and ate unhurt. The rebel 'steamers took the Clif ton and Sachem in tow within twenty minutes after their surrender. The extent of their damage is un known. The arrival of the Owasco, this morning, has given the only reports from the naval officers concerned that I have yet read. , The attack, which was to have been a surprise, and made at early dawn of the 7th, was not made until three P. M. on the Bth, after the entire expedi tion had appeared off Sabine for twenty.eight hours, and a reconnoissance had been made on the morning of the Bth, by Generals Franklin and 'Weitzel, and Lieutenant Commanding Crocker, when - they de cided on a form of attack different from that recom mere ed by myself. I have the honor to be your obedient servant, • - IL B. BELL, Commodore Comig, W. G. R. S. pro tem. Hon. G. WELLES, Sec'y Navy, Washington, D. C. UNITED STATES STEAMER ARIZONA, SAI3INS PASS, Sept. 10, 1863. Sin : At six A. Ili., on the Bth, the Clifton stood in the bay, and opened fire on the, fart to which no reply was made. At nine A. M., the SaChein, Arizona, and Granite City, followed by the tranaports, stood over the bar, and with much difficulty, owing to the shallowness of the water, reached an anchorage two miles irom the fort. -At eleven A.. M., the gunboats covered the transports. At half past three P. 51., the Sachem, followed by the Arizona, advanced upon the eastern channel to draw the tire of the forts, while the Clifton advanced up the western—the Granite City to cover the landing of a division of troops under Gen. Weitzel—no reply to the fire of the gunboats being made until we were abreast of the fort, when they opened with eight guns, three of which were rifled. Almost at the same moment, the Clifton and the Sa. chew were struck hi their boiler, enveloping the ves sels in steam. There not being room to pass the Sachem, this vessel was backed down the channel, and a boat sent to the Sachem, which returned with engineer Munroe and fireman Lynn, badly scalded find since dead. The Arizona had now grounded by the stern. The ebb tide caught her bows, and swung her MUM the channel. She was with much difficulty extricated from this position, owing to the engine becoming heated by the collec tion of mud in the boilers. The flags of the Clifton and Sachem were run down and white flags were 21) Inc at the tore. As all the transports were now moving out of the bay, this vessel remained, cover ing their movements, until she grounded, and re mained until midnight, when she was kedged off, as eo assistance could be had from any of the tugs of the expedition. There are now on board this yu le) Wm. Low, Peter Benson, George W. IVlaker, John Bowels, Samuel Smith, George Horton, of thearew of the Saabem. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. TIBBErS, Acting Master Commanding S. S. Arizona. To Coin. H. H. BELL, Commanding U. S. B. Squadron, New Orleans. Marine Disaster. PORTLAND, Sept. 24.—The owbooner wave, from Bangor for Hartford, went ashore near Peak's Island on Monday and bilged, The (largo will be saved. From No.wbern: New Tonic, Sept. iti.—The steamer Mariam Oa. god from Newbern, has arrived, bringing fifty fee. teni:thed soldiem. There is no news by this arrival. Nov Pons,Sept. 2 4.—Reports from. Nowhere. say that the rebel troops are massed io considerable force near our position. Our forces are ready for them if they advance, and Gen. Foster's arrange ments are suolias to inspire confidence that no dia. aster can befall them. Ranroad Accident. NEWARK, Sept. 21.. , -An extra train belonging to the Sussex Railroad, oat coming down the road, ant tided near Waterloo with the up- freight train. The fatter is mid - to have been entitled to the road. George Frauds; euperintendeut of the Sumer Fait• road, had both of hie legs cut off; and Germinator Talmadge and Brakeman Ammerman were seri ously injured. The engines were badly smashed, Arrival of Two ft a.ssian Urigates. Nnw YORK, Sept. 24.--The Russian steams Iligsta Alexander Nevsky, 6f guns, and the Permvert, ii guns, arrived to-day from Clroustadrvia Long Ishad Sound. Naw Iron.n, Sept. 24.—The Russian steam cop vettea Verlag and Vitexee, ef aixteen rens each, the Aimee, of eight guns, the Ifrecunrond, as nine gat% and the Talon; of nine gime. are expected to arrive here in a few days: The two which arrived to-day are anchored near Heligate, and will come to theca) , to-morrow Morn ing. Rebel Prisoners for Exchange. BALTIMO7I - 2; Sept. 24.—The flag-of-truce steamer New York arrived here this evening from 'Fortran Monroe. She will take a number of rebel prisoners from here to City Point for exchange. Markets by Telegraph. BALTIMORE, Sept. 24.—Flour firm ; sales of 2.000 hblii at $6 for Ohio extra ; Wheat active; Souther& white at $1.76@1:80 ; - red, $1434i31.48. Corn rpititt and aoarae. Widsh) , firm and active at P2K@ate.. Coffee dull. NRW YORK WY. Correspondence of The Press.] Nam-gprrx, September 22, MM. A CHECK SUPRA PROTEST. , - The news or Gen. Doeecrans , reverse in Georgia seemed for a moment to stagger the public:. NO. thing of the kind had been'anticipated, and it case like a thunderclap from a - clear tky. Probably no public misfortune ever before produced such peculiar results on the public mind: That a battle had bees lost and a career of victory checked were causer sufficient for restlessness, but after the first few mo ments the people ceased to bestow sympathy upon the Government, and lavish it all' upon the Gene ral. The remarks which r one constantly overheard in the omnibuses and the street. were of a mug. gestive "It was his first reverse," "Baseman, isa man who don't understand when he is beaten," "You can't bury such a man entirely, his` feet will stick up eomewbere and kick." Never was mis• fortune accepted so complacently balm by that greatest of all cowards, - a commercial 'city. Never before did general possess-such earnest and relying confidence. It seemed as though - the entire commie. nity recognize but one fact in the news ;.that Rose. crane had been personally mortified by a check, and his sensibilities an a soldier wounded. Beyond this„ everything was dismissed or overlooked, and men only talked of how those feet, "which would stick up somewhere and kick," would soon be abrading the shins of Jefferson Davis ; his last legs. Gold naturally went up. Last week it rose upon rumors; no wonder, then, that the news from Georgia should have elevated its value live per cent. in its own esti mation. The bulls and bears rushed in pell-mell, spread all sorts of rumors; solemnly averred that the rebel victory would render nugatory all our past successes in the West; and went home, like re• spectable citizens, to chat over tea and biscuits, and to declare that Rosecrans would never accept defeat as anything more than a theory, while- a man or * gun remained to him of his grand army. Private despatches, received from Washington yesterday, seemed in some degree to explain away the press news. It was assisted by Some of these telegams,- that the main body of the Federal army was in its original position ; by others, theta retreat had In deed been made, but only as a preventive measure, and not es the result of a battle. One thing is emi nently certain : it is nextto impossible to depress a people by administering a check. to &general who never "stays put," according to the Irishnsaa's saying. GOING, GOING-, GONG! Hereafter we are to have no streets; they are all to be known as the Boole-varda. Inspector Boole has immortalized himself- by keeping our highways and byways comparatively clean; and the atmo sphere.of the city, although not exactly like the , champagne air of Paris, is no longer suffocating and contagious. For some time peat, the collecting carts have been announced by the ringing of bells, and a superb chime has thereby resulted by a unison of these tintinnabulations with those of the junk dealers. From this confusion of sweet sounds, much confusion has occurred. Vivacious house wives have rushed frantically out with their ash pans, only to meet itinerant and peripatetic dealers in old rags and bottles, and vice versa. To obviate this difficulty, the Inspector has ordered the col lectors of ashes, etc., to announce their movements with Chinese gongs. This is an insult to the Half- Brother of the Sun and Moon, and all the races of the Hieing Hos, and Young Dyson and Old Souchong will have good grounds for an indignant protest against this debasement of their national instru ment to dust and ashes. Especially in the coming winter our city will reap the benefit*of Mr. Boolds reformatory course, and the complete arrangements which he has made for cleansingthe Augean stables _ which the voore-,,ards represent.- Pad ntsbliajubilaf Some enterprising fellow has started the Seventh Heaven in Wall street; nothing more was needed to make New Yorkers perfectly happy. In consists of a room where the man of business may atm) and gethisboota polished for ten cents his coat brushed, his hair dittoed, and his facie and bands washed, pro. viding he is too lazy to wash them himself. The affair is an institution which cannot be overvained s and supplies a need long felt in the community. Doctor Andrews, the talented inventor of nega tives; that is to say, of sewing machines that won't sew, etc.,baa published a card in which he makes a distant allusion to his flying machine, and offers as interest in the profits thereof to any one who will demonstrate why a sheet of paper, when it is allowed to fall from the hand, invariably moves in curves. No one has answered the question propounded, and, consequently, the learned Doctor is alone in his glory. It may not be vial apropos here to observe, that if the flying machine ever reaches the profits spoken of, it will have flown a distance which the base, material eye of man has not yet been able to comprehend. Euwin Booth inisugurated his season- at the Win. ter Garden, last evening, with "Hamlet." His father's ghost was not at Pepper's Patent. Da dif, that the new comedy promised at Wafiackq, is by Dlr. Lester Wallach:. Judging by the delaYln an nouncing the piecp, it is supposed to be a dranatiza tion of 'Wilkie Collins' "No Name." The Aldermen are to give a dinner to thmtlicers of the Russian frigate °lnaba as Boon as hey can sharpen their appetites suitably. This meincholy event has long been anticipated by their f4nds, though, with that deceptive quality of hcio which charms but to wound, they hoped the bittermomeat might, yet be deterred fora few short yirs. The Russians speak cheerfully, and seem to be osigned. sruYvEarrr. COLONEL. SHAW'B MOIVIIMSNT.—A. special effort to raise money for the erection of a monMent to the memory of the late Colonel Shaw, oche 54th Massachtmetts Regiment, will be made ii the co lored Baptist church of this place, on nesSabbattr. 2004, inst., at Fl o'clock, A.. Al. A discoulc will be delivered by Rev. James Lynch, of Balti re, Nis• sionary to Freedmen. Subject—The colo 1 man's hope and responsibility.—Free South, Port ial. Sioxox BLlTZ.—Through a number; f weeks, Signor Blitz has been giving his capltdpatertatzt mentor, at the Assembly Buildings, to adences fall of eager eyes and happy faces. Tie 'amount of pleasure he has conferred cannot easty M reckoned, except -by the amount be. has _receie4 and there, perhaps, there is a balance in favor °our magician. He is full of his art, as he is full of gid.naiure. It is'as much a pleasure to hear -his aue.nce lsughing as to witness the Signor's performares. The magic of Blitz has the genuine element f wonder in it. There is no knowing what will bapin wherever he lays his hand. No one is such a vdriloguist, ad there are no birds an brave as his caries. AL)U,RD'S NEW ROMANCE.—Toorrow, T. B. Peterson & Brothers will publish anoer of Glistave Aimard's romances. The scene is lainly laid in California and Sonora, and the book called'" The G old Sef hem?) Aimard is *niter 'great and ori ginal ability. Re stands alone inhi.wn Exams)" Proronms.—From J.. Kromer, 403 Chestnut street, we have the I?lustn4 London New and the Illustrated -Yews of the liror/of September 12. The drat contains manyJapase views ; the latter gives a supPlement-portraitn steel, of the Princess of Saxe Webnar. We alsatve the Lon don News of the World of September ; a very reada ble paper. SALE OF CARPI/TINOS, STAIR Ds, &a., &G.— The early attention of purchasers is matted to the desirable assortment of threeply 'Palau, ingrain, list, cottage, and hemp carpets, i2r matting; stair rods, &c., &a., to be pereniptorrsold, by lista, logue, on four months' melt, mmenoing this morning at precisely half past ten oxlk, by John B. Myers & Co., Nos. 232 and 234 Artret street. COUNTRY DIEBOHANTS AND ; (y TRADH.-. karma' P.nnEmPTORY,, SALE OP NIIVLOTHING.- TDOMAS & Sons' .sale, at the auctioitote, on Se. t o roay next, will be worthy the Attenin of dealers and others, comprising a very len, lot of New •Clothing, to be sold peremptorily, Nonrranged for examination with catalogues. - REAL ESTATE AND STOOKS.—Extriroge sale ass Tuesday next, 29th inst., including.first-isi City and Country Property, by order of Orphans' no 4, Fate* . tars, Trustees, $-c. See Thomas Sr. Soi' 115.4ertise rnente of both sales. SERENADE TO BRIGADIER GIETERA_L HATou.—After the patriotic meeting hid in Con cert Rail last evening was dismissed, .numbet officers and privates, representing dikirent ments of the Army of the Potomac, onl aterewat encamped at Camp Cadwalader, ateempaniedby Becks' Band, halted in front of the 6irsrd acme,. and serenaded Brigadier General Match, of the 'cavalry service, who made Ms appearance on. dm balcony, and in reply said that he wasuuable triad: dresa a large meeting or a mail one, tad, beak% tt'as unnecessary after the e elm/tient remarks Wick had been delivered at Concert gall this evenin by the Eon. Henry Winter Dav'ia, Who is on 4 ofthe best orators in the country. He rematkedthe he sympathized truly with the meeting held thiremid be believed that the re-eleetion of Clovernorectut in this State would serve as . death-blow t . tts rer hellion, and there was no doubt' but that w\wuld. soon hear of his election by an overwhelnngeta. jotity. He then thanked them for the corekliient paid him, and retired, after three hearty ii/isscre given for him. A grand display of fire WOr ,ea: took place, lasting over a half hour. THE THIRTEENTH PENNSYLVANII !CP VALItY.—Two full volunteer companies habi this city and neighborhood recently to join t* t Pennsylvania Cavalry, now in active service su' General Pie/mouton. Capt. Jacob H. Downes/ Co. A. has been appointed major of the reglad., Thin appointment will give pasta pnifeetioei
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