The Fight at Charleston, Mo.— two o'clock in the morning they entered The Fiercest Encounter of the* the place but not a man was to he . Novil. WSW. The rebel camp fires were hurtling, but Wo find by mail that the wonderful sue- the enemy, horse, tout, pod rider, were 'pass of a small federal force against error- gone, and the Captain saw no evidence of pious odds, at 'Charleston, Me., is not a the fierce fight that, hut,..c: they hours befor e , ;Whit exaggerated. .To have loUfght so had been going err. , the rebels had come king, and against suck numbers, to have in fruits the woods and fields, immediately Milled over ilk, and to have captured men on the retreat q 7: mu- men, and 'ratte up •With so ioittlaidss on our Side, is one of tit et thjoir dead and wounded, and wore off, 'strange events of this strange war. It be- likely. as Coil. as hor-ll's next their lens came known at Bird's Point on Sunday could carry them, 1 . (7r camp at that the rebels were in pretty strong force Sykeston. As Captain Noleman's corn .at Charleston, thirteen miles oat on the i maul was leaving the place, they saw a -Cairo. and Fulton railway, and Monday. collide of horsemen come riding into the 'morning Colonel Dougherty ot the 22d, I place oil the Sylicston read, and a squad of •was nedeted to Detail two hundred and tit- our boys gave chase and soon overhauled :ty then from his committal a go and rout them. '.them. Capt. Nolemen, with fifty men of The captives reftmed, at first, to give any the Centralia cavalry, was also ordered to account et themselves, but a little pistol 'proceed by road to a place some three miles persuasion very noon put one of them in - :this aide of Charleston, and join force with the notion of telling who they were and Cul , Dougherty. Detachments from con- where from. They belonged to Captain 'patties A, ft, C, 0, E and G, ot the 'Ptven. Donnell's cavalry, a part of whom —thirty ty-Ssconj Illinois, were detained for the three in number—were encamped in some weriC. 'Col. Dougherty in command, as- i swamp five unites off. And they agreed, glisten by Lieut. Col. Dart of the Twenty- I provided Captain lioleman would spars Sexond, and Lieut. Col. Ransom ot the i their poor lives, to It-ad our men to the Eleventh. They went aboard the ears at t camp. Here was a capital chance for the seven o'clock ; and in an hour's time were Federals now, and you may ho sure they at the bridge three miles this side of were eager for the march. After an hour's Cha r le s t orui tc o L D o ugh e rty h e re d e tach- e ride through swamps. and over logs, and ed companies A and 13--fifty men each— along the worst pas:mble roads, they Came and accompanied by Limit. Col. Ransom, suddenly upon the small clearing in Which •started fora dank march to the left and the enmity were encamped. around the village, intending to enter the The rebels wore mostly asleep at the New Madrid road one halt mile south of lone of Capt. Noleman's advaece, and the town, and cmae against the rebels in , were aroused from their pleasant dreams of that direction. Lieut. Colonel Hart, at the conquest and Federal plunder, by rho quick same time being ordered to march along shot ant retreat of their sentries. They the railroad track with the remainder ornic I made bat little resistance, however, quiet command, so as that the two bodies should ly, surrendering their arms when demand eater the place from opposite directions.— I ed. Capt. Noleman had a bloodless vie.- The fighting, as will he seen, was chiefly tory, and. brought into cap on Tuesday " done by Col. Daugherty's little five score morning thirty-three prisoners and thiry command. The moon was shining brightly, five horses. Thus you see the operations and they made rapid tittne around to their in- of Monday niritt foot up: t'ilty-ono rebel tended pointofentranc. in the Madrid read. prisoners, and iitty-two captured horses , A fow moments after getting into that road and while marching at eLse ranks at quick step, they were challenged and fired upon by the picket guard, who, after tiring, tur ned and made tracks for town. Our boys however, paid no attention to the fire, but passed rapidly forward. intending it possible to surprise the main body.— Just al the edge of the village they encouo tered a body ofrebel cavalry some two Fitt u dred st?ong, from whom they received an other challenge and a pretty sump The rebels were e•. - ided tly doubtful as to the character of the new comers, inasmuch as their course was from the region of Madrid. The*riain body of the enemy was encamp ed on the court house plaza, but two or three hundred yards away from where the cavalry were encountered. Colonel Dough erty here ordered the boys to fix bayonets l and prepare for a charge. And at coin mand, with a yell and a shout for the Union the brave hundred rushed along the nar row lane leading to the court house. In about three minutes they were upon them, • shooting right and left, and using their bay onets with a will. Evea yet the rebels are in doubt as to whether our party were friends or toes, for many of them cried out to bold tiring, as their friends were being shot. The mistake was Inm - tensely advantageous to the Fedora ls, hewer , and fearfully uriortunate to the rebels, A FIERCE HAND TO HAND FIGHT. The surprise and rout was complete, as in a few moments the affrighted rebels wore flying in every direction. Two or three •hundred of them, however, made a deter mined. stand, and for about twenty min , . utes there was a fierce hand to hand light between the two parties. But the impet uosity and superior arms and drill of the Federals were too much for the rebels, who, in the short space of time mention ed, were in complete rout, evtry man fighting for himself. Many of them took refuge in the court house and in a brick church near by, but only to be driven out or caged and made prisbners of. During this fight in the town, the column under command of Lieutenant Colonel Hart was not idle. About the time Colo nel Dougherty made his attack, Colonel Hart's command was within a half mile of the town, on the railroad. The rebel cavalry and a lot of infantry, routed by Col onel D., broke for the cornfields, in the di rection of Hart's advancing force, and, as the Federals were marching along the rail way, they were discovered and fired upon by the i kigitives. The rebels were on each side of the road, and poured in streams of bullets from the two quarters. Hart's men returned the fire as best they could, having no sure thing, however, because of the corn, of hitting their men. For a wonder, not one of the Federals was hit in the skirmish, though many of them made nar row escapes—hardly a man but whose clothes wereriddled by the whistling balls. Lieutenant Colonel Hart had a ball put through his cap, within a half inch of his bead. But the rebels, notwithstanding their concealed position, were not so ibr tunate, for the people of Charleston say that sixteen dead bodies were taken from those two corn fields atter the Federals were gone. Compantes A and B, however, did the "tallest" fighting on the Court Plaza and about the brick church. Colonel Dough erty, the men say, fought like a tiger.— He was armed with nothing hut a navy re.- volver, but each time he used it he brought his man. At one time a rebel trooper came charging upon him, sabering right and left. Col. D., seeing his danger, snatched a musket from the ground, and poising it just as the trooper was upon him, drove the bayonet clear through the fellow, his impaled body pitching over and his feet raking the Colonel's head. FIFTY-SIE KILLED AND SEVENTEEN PRISONERS. In good time the rebels were everywhere scattered, and our boys gathered up the prisoners and plunder, their dead and wounded, and retreated back to the posi nog held by Colonel Hart. Only one Fed era t was killed, a private. Seven were wounded, but none fatally Colonel Ran som and a private named Shonmaker are the worst hurt, but they will each recover. The Federais were victorious throughout, against heavy odds, and they came into camp with seventeen prisoners, sixteen Illhorses, and shot guns, rifles. hunting lcnives and pistols innumerable. They must have killed not less that forty rebels in the town fight, which number, with the 'sixteen killed in the cornfield, will foot up a total 1: -, ss to the enemy of fifty-six. It looks "fishy," I ri well aware, to tell of fifty-six dead rebels and of bet one dead Federal, #nd that, too, in a fight wherein the enemy outnumbered us five to one.— But I state nothing but facts, and the offi cial report of the Colonel commanding bears me out. p.aPt. NoLtiaAn's ow - cAtaiar 'CUE Jon. Bid I am by no means through with my account of Monday night's operations.. Aft this time, Capt. Noleinan, and his fitly horsemen have been lost sight al. Time Captain, it will rettibered, was ordered 'to join Col. aingherty at a point a few mites tht.l side of Charleston. The two commanders ag . r•r!e.l upon .signals and et!r ta'r! tApecteti t.) meet, but troin s.oine tr`T - ' o .le”. oi "Capt. • mar, Iva., zi! :a:: agic..ed I::.sori fo r • 1) o!lys Al:er th!..e wr.i!in , :Hof 16 t :16 ,4 to ld tinon • day was and it thr F‘.. I(o , nd ;IdVQ 't .t11")t. A•st 1119rr4b30 Tragedy on:Bowird the BoAnn Des perate Mate. The Boston "Trawler" gives the par- Si uiz,s the tragedy en hoard the Bos ton bard Czniina, repo:led in our dispatch :—One c l Om crew of the (1 7 ,7njuii, na med Jan imw, an Indian, of Oldtown, kniiwn ainom: ; • his tribe t "Pushaw, - tl:f! I.: , .+Nviilp; statement: On the Fi t t ; fc,c ‘,%tpialti mid Abate had a :ow in !he eolh:,n 7, the Oaptain etdl,,cl on z,l l . tu come and put the Mato in ; tee was then armed witn largo reveller; tine Captain a . .,kei hint why he was 11I11Wil; the ]Hate said: "Go away from me, I ant a desecrate man ;" Wo c stoud back, and the Captain and Mate made up, ‘rheo we went forward. On the attth of Jobe I went to the V, heel at inn; in the morning; saw soon the , :econd mate drank ; saw theonate with bottle and cup, he got the second mate drunk, so Mit he was speechless ; afterward!: lie was quiet ; soon after the nia , ,e cabed named John to come at;; heard sing-• ing out, looked overboard and saw him, with a cut in his head, swimming; I sang out to the men, '•A mart -,'erte,alal :" and threW , the spanker shear to I)hri, and he got hold of it ; he cot th. spanker sheet with a hatchet, saying to the man, "Go to 11---11 with the captain ;" the man ?wain behind twenty rcioats; the :nate, with a revolver in hand, ordered the carpcnter and a Swede to threw ove:huard the second mate, W.IIO was on deck, bleeding; he swain for uhorPt fifteen: laidutes ; the male stood on the house laughing at ; the vo,ssel was quin9; ahem two railos an henr. Ile then looked at me art':', told rao net to be afraid, as he was 'not going to hurl me yet. The relitandel of thekvatch w€,ce on deck at the time, lle cut at one, and he escaped ; he cut at another, and struck him on the back; . told the Captain he did not want to hurt him then; the carpenter went forward ; he told all hands to get clown on deck the largest boat ; got chr,ins up foriiiallast. Ile told me he was going to leave the ship and set her on fire, ; said the crew might go to h—II with her ; told me he was going to take me, the steward and two men, told another man he should not take me and steward,'; in the morning, he called all hands, and said he was e:ipt ain of the ship and that the first man that disobeyed his orders he would immediately put a ball through hint ; lie told me to go work ; we worked upon the boat. At two o'clock he told us to throw the captain overboard; in the evening he called all hands aft, and pot us in irons. Thr.! afternoon, at two o'clock, I saw the mate running forward, the carpenter having struck him with a top maul; he shot at the carpenter, who run forward and jumped over the bow, and hung. upon the chains. He shoved his head up and the mate shot at him; he then went* over board ; the mate ran aft, and one of the men struck hint on the head with a ham. titer or adz; he lived till seven o'clock ; I put the wheel down lb save the carpenter, but could not see him. Just before he was struck with the adz ho shot the passenger, a Russian ; ho fired the revolver six tones; we then continued on 11::! salon tack tilt we saw the English bark Harlequin, from glas gow to Montreal, we hoisted the colors union down. A Sgnabble Among Rebel Leaders—Who Shall be President—Danger of a Grand Flare Up. The Government has reliable informa tion, says a dispatch to the Times, that a quarrel has broken out among the leading traitors of the rebel States, that promises to he as disastrous to then: as was the Bull Run affair to us. The belligerents are Toombs and the Virginians and North Carolinians on the one side, and Davis, Wigfall and the extremist of South Caro— lina on the other. The complaint among the disaffected is, that Davis is making rather fast to the legitimate results of trea son, the abnegation of State tAnd individual rights. The govenrinent of Georgia, you recolect, protested. against some acts of President Davis, and it is here understood that in doing so he acted in concert with the malcontents at Richmond. The quar rel between these parties has already reached the extent that the dtsaffected do not hesitate to openly denounce Davis in the streets and public places of Richmond. The near approach of the time for choosing a permanent President is probably the cause of this outburst, and it is supposed the coming convass for the successorship will as embittered es any Presidential contest under the old Government.— Strangely enough, South Carolina, that has always been so clamorous for State Bights, is ,now the firmest for a consolidated Government ; but the Vir ginia politicians are true to the principles at ruk: REBELS RETREATED It has he en ascertained that the late with drawal of rebel troops back to f)entroville NV S in reality a stampede of eleven regi ments, who took a fright, and abandoning, everything, ran for the roar as last as they could go, and until daylight revealed to them the fact that there were no Union troops following. They had been impress f!d for two or threedays that they were to t e attacked, hezring some firing of rot , t nif.tht, the to -;!1 1 ..0;ie3 Vierkna :!!,.1 Ucort ••••.*" , vav G• r ll , c ( t ;..t roads I ;lit :fie v.v6 con3(:7,cqeth^r. both t 01vt..: t : : inn -0. ommunitations. Messrs. Jones sir Jennings:—The Wheels ing C.:olive/won nas at length, so tar as their puwer goe4, made a new Sate. They completed their labors on Wednesday last. The projects has yet however to pass se vere ordeals before the stale of "lienhawa" is a 11,:ed fact. It has to receive a favora ble vote of the people within its bounds ; have a Constitution formed and favorably passed on by the people; be accepted by the next Legislature of tho State and then he recognized by Congress also. There is no doubt, I think, that a large majority of the pci,ple within the proposed bounds are in favor of a new State—yet there was con sidisrable opposition to its passage—inany good friends of the measures thinking mat ters were sufficiently complicated at present —while others passed it on the grounds of having all our troubles over as soon as possible by taking them altogether. Some members, also, wished to include more Counties and have a larger State. I fear a vote cannot he had at the time appointed. It will be a strong inducement to tile ene mies of the new State—to keep a large force in Western Virgnia to prevent the accom plishr!::-nt of tit& measure, and if they can hold any of the counties included within its bounds until after the fourth Thurs day in October, they can prevent an elec tion. The Counties include'd within the bounds of the proposed state are : Logan, Wyom ing, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster, Randolph, Tucker, Preston, Monongalia, Marion, Taylor, Barbour, Upshur, Harri son, Lewis, Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Coone. Wayne, Cabell, Putnam, Mason, Jaci:son, Calhoun, \Virt, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wood, Pleasants, Tyler, Dod dridge, Wetzel, Marshall, Olio, Brooke and Hancock. The ordinance of Division then goes on to say : Sec. 2. All persons qualified to vote within the boundaries aforesaid, and who shall present themselves at the several pla ces of voting within their respective coun ties, on the 4th Thursday in October next, shall he allo'wed to vote on the question of the formation of a new State hereinbefore proposed; and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners conducting the election at th.e said several places of voting at the same time, to cause polls to bo taken for the election of Dolegatos to a Convention 'to form a Constitution for the government the proposed State. Sec. 3. Phe Convention hereinbefore pro vi.ied for may change the boundaries de scribed in the first section in this Ordinance, so as to i de within the proposed State the cuuntilrof l4reenbriar and Pocahontas or either of them, and also the counties of Hampshire, Hardy, Morgan, Berkeley and Jefferson, or either of them, and also such other counties as lie contiguous to the said boundaries, or to the counties named in this section ; if the said counties to be added, or either of them hy the majority of votes given, shail declare their wish to form pat•i of the proposed State, and shall elect l'ieles gates to the said Convention, at elections to be tt ld at the time and in the manner herein provided for. should a vote be had and bo favorable to the now state, a CC ivention is to meet in Wheeling on the, 26th of November next, to form a Constitution, which is to be offer ed to the; decision of tbe people on the 4th Thextday in December. In regal(' to the basis of a settlement of past affairs, Section 9th of the Ordnance says: Said new State shall take upon itself a just proportion of the Wile debt of the (:,:iamonwealth of Virginia prior to the Ist day of January, 17i61, to be ascertained by charging to it all State expenditures within the hunts thereof, and just proportion of the ordinary expenses of the State government since any pat t of the said debt was contoct• ed, and deducting therefrom the monies paid into the treasury of the CoMmonwealth from the counties included within the said new State within the same period. All pri vate rights and interests in lands within the proposed State, dirived . from the laws of Virginia prior to such separation, shall re, main valid and secure under the laws of the proposed State, and shall be determin ed by the laws now existing in the State of Virginia. We are everyday expecting to hear of a battle at Cheat Mountain Pass, where Gen. Ro7ec,ran's force, under Gen. Rey nolds will props big be attacked by Gen. Lee. The resitlt, it is feared, will be disas trous if Lee's force is anything like what it is reported. I judge, however, that it is ve ry touch exaggerated. The federal forces have been weakened by the return home of the three months men without a perpetual in c rease new. Rosecrana will have, fear either to concentrate his force and thereby give up many of the points he had gained. or let the enemy take them from him, one by one, as he proposes. Under the new regulations matters are much more stringent than formerly. A man now cannot get a ticket on the Rail Rosa unless his loyalty is known or vouch ed for. Suspicious persons in passing, are halted and made to give an account of themselves. Some fun was created a few days ago by the arrest at our place of a large fine looking, well dressed hut mascu line looking person, dressed in remelt) sp.. pare!, who had been hanging around the neighborhood for a day or two, shamming 1 -erazy, and representing herself as from the State of Michigan, in search of an only brother in the army. Being suspected as a men, a spy or bridgeburner, in disguise, she was arrested and the very delicate question arose as to the test of her sex.— This was great fun for some of the soldiers who had been very friendly and intimate with her, and did not at all doubt iwr be ing a woman. The officers finally decided to hand her over to the rotraruiiere of the Company,—the wife ofone of the soldiers--; who pronounced her all right.• One of her peculiarities was an apparent desire to pre cipitate herself' oft the Railroad bridge, into the creek, but observant persons noticed that she would never take these spells except when some solders were near to restain her. She was sent on her way rejoicing, with orders to make herself scarce. A member of the Company or the 25th, Ohio Regiment, located here, a couple of weeks ago attacked the captain with his bayonet, whilst intoxicated, with a design to kill him. He was sent on to Grafton to be Court Martialed. His company was called east a day or t4vo ago, so those of our citi zens who were felicitating themselves on the prospect of a sight of a soldier shot "kneel. ing on his coffin" will ne dtsappotnted. A company of the Si h Ohio Regiment is now here on bridge duty. They are threw months mea're•enlisted. J. W. H. For the Messenger MARTuisvILLE, Aug, 19th, 4861. Messrs. Jones:4e Jennings—GENTLEMEN: —For the first tune in my life, I ask for a space in your paper to contradict a report circulated throughout this county, and part of Washington county, my former place of residence, by some unprincipled Abol, itionists, whom I shall not name, that I am a Sec.^s!r,rii,i, and•that. I am makinr up a ~,, c f-•ss,.,n ; and further that I have a bee:.-ssi ..n Bag courted, and that all the Deta - nats in thi3 vicinity - disloyal to the t:niou. the authi this report 1 have to say ti , ai he nitabi hPa tied, Abolition taisii;.r_ who, with ) 'MILD WETZEL CO. VA., } Aug. 23(11861 political associates, is trying to break up the Union and stir up strife among neigh. hors by calling good, loyal citizens traitors, for expressing their own sentiments. I have never meddled much in politics, but always voted the Democratic ticket ; and when beaten, was always ready to sebmit and stand up to the successful party.— When a majority was for "Old Abe," I was ready to sustain him in maintaining the Constitution and enforcing the. laws.— When our difficulties broke out, I was for the Crittenden Compromise. When the South insulted our flag and attacked Fort Sunder, and a call was made for men, I was the first one in this locality to hoist a hickory pole, surmounted by a flag of thirty four stars. 1 always insisted on all I could to enlist in their country's cause. When the Wayneaburg Company were about to leave for the tented field, I among many others freely gave my mite to bear their expenses. And when any volunteer called at my store for their outfit I sold it to them for less than original cost. Not withstanding ail this, I - am branded as a traitor to my country Now, as 'long as these slanderers and disunion agitators persist in this course they will widen the breach between those who ought to be brethren. There were a number of young Wien in this neighborhood who had put on their armor and declared themselves ready to defend the flag of their country when ever needed; but unfortunately they gave expression to their opinions as to the cause of the war, and ter so doing were called traitors, disnnionists and all kinds of hard names. These same true-hearted young men have now thrown off their are mor and say they will never enter the ranks with such vandals and slanderers.— These ultra Abolitionists who thrust their extreme notions upon the public at this time should be classed with the Southern traitors, The conduct of both leads to the same consequence. Republicans alone cannot save the Union. Democrats should he treated like brothers, and go hand in hand to preserve the Union. This war is not a partizan war, or waged for partizan purposes. If it is, it is time we should know it. As things now stand, however, it is plainly to be seen that the gulf is widening between the parties; and if the course of our opponents is persisted in, the day is not far distant when the war will be brought home to our own Hoots. My motto is, save the Union first, and then rid the country of those who brought this calamity upon us. Yet us truly, Lrad. Mines in the Hands of Rebels We are sorry to learn that the richest lead mine in Missouri, and indeed nroba on the globe, is now in ihe hands of the insurgents ; though they did not succeed in obtaining, any of the metal. The mine to which tce rotor is situated near the of Granby, Newton county, Within twenty-five Miles of the southwestern border of that State. It ties oieried about two years ago by a party of capitalists, having their head-quarters at St. Louis. ant is known by thO »aloe of ti Blow and Kennett mine. Last year it yielded about seventy-five thousand pigs, or six millions of pounds. Uniike the mines In eastern Missouri and northwestern Illinois, this is situated in a level prairie of vast extent.— The supply of ore has been pronounced inexhaustible by the State geologist, and the quality is considered the best on the globe, having scarcely any admixture of foreign substances. The great Litfieulty has been transportation, there being no navigable river nearer than the Missouri, and no railroad beyond Rolla. which is fully one hundred milesilistant. The West ern terminus of the Phcifie raiiroad is a little further off; but this route has usually been taken on account of the superior character of the common roads in that part of Missouri. Wit:, the mines and furnaces at Granby in their possession, the rebels can supply themselves with lead to any required extent. Troop* Droving West The War Department, a few days since, issued orders ter the marching of ten rea., invents, newly formed in sonic of the Western tiau s, to ilaltpuon, near the en virons of which they were t- be encamped until further orders, bet in consequence of the affairs in Missouri, have countermand ed the first despatch by ordering them to proceed and jcin General RoSecranz's col umn forthwith. These regiments muster 1,046 men each, making tin effective force of 10,460 men. The necessity of these regiments remaining in the West is proba bly the reason the Government has called for all the recruits now enlisted in the Eastern States, to move towards Washing ton. The rebels are playing a cunning game, and trying. by various diversious in the West, to weaken the strength of the army at Washington. hut the Government appears to understand the game, and will keep all points properly strengthened. For this reason it is necessary to hurry for ward the recruits. There are considerable squads of men passing through Baltimore daily, but as they are not in regiments, their arrival is not chronicled the same as hitherto. It is best, perhaps, that it should not be. Why They do Not Moire. IForvarcard. The Augusta, Ga., Chronicle and Sentinel of the 13th has the following : "It is well known now. that General Beauregard's forces at Manassas, previous to Johntson's arrival, were comparatively small, and even alter Johnston came the combined army could not have- exceeded forty thousand effective men. Since the battle, we have good reason to believe that Beauregard and Johnston have . under their command much MOTE than a hundred thousand men, enough for all practical purposes. It is not the want of men that has prevented an ado vance, but the lack of means of transpor. tation, and the lack of food, coupled with sickness. Beauregard has been almost wholly without Means of transportation for his vast army, and proper food in Buff., dent quantity, as we have reason to be lieve. And• Men who fought the great fight of the 21st, and Caine out without so much as a scratch, were in no condition to do military duty for many days. With little food of suitable quality, fatigued, worn down, they were in no condition to ad vance. In fact, very many' of the ha ve been erck since the fight, and it is hut truth to say that they, as well as the wounde, have nol had proper - attention from the medical department, which, so far as we can learn, was organrzed in the very worst manner, if, indeed, it can be said to have had any organization at all, FronoVlrestern Virginia... Disturbance at Cumberland-. Attempt to Capture Gov. Thomas. GILAF CON, VA., Aug. 24. —Last ovening, while Governor Thomas was addressing a crowd in front of the hotel at Cumberland, some secessionists made a disturbance, which resulted in their being driven home, and the destruction of - the Jetlersonian of fice, a secession newspaper. This morning, as the train bound west, which had Governor Thomas on board, was about eight miles this side of Cum berland, it came suddenly upon several cross ties, thrown across the track, and at the same time a large number of armed men were seen rapidly descending the neighboring hills. The engineer increas. ed iire pcLJ of the Ncemotive, and sae. crfdt.d i n 0 - I .owjeg the !Ms . - Ay the tracl.. Tito Coming Straggle fa lien:. lucky. The Louisville Journal of Friday, speak ing of the continued outrage of the Seces sionists in Kentucky, and their otivi , ius detetinination to plunge the State into war, says : Fiends and devils in human shpp , i are plotting your ruin and sub!ugaion. They are laying their plans to have confederate soldiers in the employ of King Jell. Davis introducdd into this State. Awake ! Arouse! and prepare to meet the invader. Give not an inch to the conspirators in your midst, For the more you will give the more they will advance ! Meet them at the threshold if they dare interfere with the ox ercise of any constitutional right which you possess. Every 111:1FL of you to your post, and while you will not invade any sister State, if war is tendered to you ac cept it fearlessly, and if your State is inva ded welcome the invaders "with bloody hands to hospitable graves." We do not desire unnecessarily to alarm you, but we tell you that we understand the movements of this secession party.— There is danger ahead. Do not Lc. taken una wares. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty ! It having been announced that a meet ing of svmpathizers,with the secessionists was to be held at Saybrook, Conneticut, and that a secession flag was to be raised. about ninety residents of New Haven went there for the purpose of preventing the de livery of secession speeches. On reaching Saybrook the New-Haven boys marched in procession to the flag—staff upon which it was rumored that a secession flag was to be raised, surrounde l it. and immediate proceeded to hoist the stars and stripes. when Judge Colyer, of Hartford, and noted secessionist in Saybrook, with others, uns dertook to prevent the stars and stripes from being raised, and cut the halyards, and it is said also made an attempt to use the knife upon some of the New-Haven boys, when a desperate affray commenced between the secessionists and Unionists, which resulted in Judge Colyer having one of his cheeks dreadfully cut, and the great peace advocate of Saybrook faring little bettor. Mr. Eaton was deterred from ma king his prepared speech; and quiet being restored, Captain Joseph R. Hawley, of the returned First Regiment, whose bra— very at 801 l Run has been frequently allu ded to, made a capital Union speech, which was enthusiastically received by the assent. blaze. MILLER LAMS The Augusta, Georgia, Chronicle and 17th ot August has a leader on McDowell's report,t'&ein which we quo t e :—McDowell makes Tio display in his report, it is but a plain detail ot his movements, and it shows that he arranged • •ri I (ought the haute, as well as any of LMeolo's generals, with their troops, could have done, not excepting General Scott.— He managed it admirably in every respect, and was nearly successful. columrflll of Hunter and Heintzelmatt passed up the run, crossed at Sudley's Ford and attempt ted to turn our left, which was the great feature of tne plan. Hunter did cross, and attack as ordered, and did force our men down the run, where they had to receive the cross lire of Tyler's column and noth— ing hut the protection of Heaven, the ge, nius of Beauregard(who detected Hunter's movements by the clouds of dust,) and the unequaled heroic courage and great endu rance of our men, prevented our left 'do— ing mimed, and perhaps the seizure by hunter of the Manassas railroad at Gaines ville. &-sit-We boa,' Irom our special corres pondent in North Carolina, that on Thurs.- day, the 2th instant, members of the Na. tional Congress were certainly elected trom four Districts, and possibly from the emit° State. The names of the four gen tlemen elected, we withhold from reasons of prudence, but we think they way be re lied on to be present in Washington at the opening of the regular session in Decent bor nest. Our correspondent, who has now visited ahioust L.Vcif part of North Carolina, orot who has Caok means of becoming aecjiminted with the real sentiments of the people, assures us that more than half of them are loyal to the Stars and Stripes ; while in seine Dis trict, men hitherto prominent Secession ists, al-armed at the prospect of debt and ruin under the sway of Jett. Davis, have proposed to join in the intended movement fir a New State Government, on condi tion that the pecuniary obligations under taken in the Secession interest, cm behalf nitric State, shall be repudiated. livery thing wears an encouraging aspect in North roli n . Y. Tribtz . b - n!owne4 order has j:.Bt been publishe , l by the Pt,stinaster t.,knoral: PO,3T-oFtlen DErARTMENT, Aug. '2i, NUE The President of Ihe United - States di— rects that his proclamation of the Itith in stant, interdicting crimmennal intercourse with the so-culled Confederate States, shall ho applied to correspondence with those States, and has devolved upon this Department the enforcement asp notch of its interdict as relates to such corres pondence. The officers and atimits of ttliF, Department therefore, without furtbo r instructions, lose no Mae in putting an end to written mtercourso with Muse ;tt a t e s by causing the arrest of any express agent or other person who shall, alter the promulga tion of this order, receive letters to be car ried to or from those States. and will seize all such letters and forward them to this Department. (Signed,) M. B'ill's, The Augusta, Georgia Chronicle and Sen tinel, of the 18th instant, kas an article on the question, "Why dart our army move forward 1 The editor says: "We claim to he the superior of North-men in every respect, and we are; hot we have got to prove it to thei r satisfaction before we can expect peace. It is the policy and lixed determination of our government to ad vance, and if possible, to bring this war to an end before the co•3l weather, the recruit ing of the enemy, and his preparation o sufficient transportation shall unable him to make air invasion of the Carolina and Georgia coast." Goods to the value of about $5,000 pur chased by parties in Baltimore for Rich im.nd dealers were intercepted on Satur day,Aug. 17th at Annapolis Junction, and taken possession of, together with the teams and wagons by which they were being con veyed, and a number of lettet's to officers in the rebel army. It is uno,rstood that the man having charge of the goods has also furnished much valuable information in reference to the manner in which communi cation has been kept up between Balti more and the rebel States. Thus one pro lific source of supply for the rebels is un doubtedly at last cut oil. WELL PUT.--1n his late, great patriotic speech, Daniel S. Dickinson, of New York, stated, the case as to the orig ia of this war so concisely and adinirah ~ ly 11:1t it might Le tako.i ;Is ti.o niutto of all tete:lli. eraers of the Goveromert, "Srarh 4 1 17: - lins began to scrape liat `,,i-tor , the voip, s vacs , counted-" And it is a positive historical fart. A meeting of Secessionists Gen. McDowell's Report Postmaster General A Modest Opinion Important seizure. GLO.tte at t:roii Laacs CiNciNNATl,Aug.:29.—The .ntr all the particulars we can learn of a halite at Cross Lanes, near 6uminerville, on the 2tith, which appears to have been a bloody athir: The Seventh Ohio Regiment, Col. Ty— kr, was surrounded while at hroakfast and attacked on both flanks and in front simul taneously. Our men immediately formed for battle and fought bravely, while they saw but little chance of success. The en emy proving too powerful, Col. Tyler sent forward to a barren ere train which was coin ing up three miles distant, and turned it hack towards Gaulry, which place it reach ed in safety. Co! TaMes It, C and I slits l - ered most severely. They, particulailv i were in the hottest of the tit. lit_ and finally fourrlit their- way through fearful odds, .netking (1, - (..iiVel havoc in :7 i; enomy's ra!lks. Tin rLbel force conso“i dof 3000 iof , tatry, cavalry and 10 guns. fhu federal scuttored, ofte-r cutting - their way through, tut soon filmed tqt:ttici and fired, but received no reply or pursuit trout the enemy. Our loss is tint yet delinitely ascertained, hut not over 200 are missing out of the 900 engaged. 'rho rebel loss was fearful. Lieutenant Colonel Creigh ton calitured their colors and two prison ers. The following is a list of the officers known to be killed: Captain Dyer, Com pany I), of Millersville, Capt. Shentliff, Company C. of Oberlin, Capt. Sterling, Company L Adjutant L. Deforest, of Cleveland; Lieutenant Chun. Warren, and Sergeant Major King, of Warren. The other field officers are all sate. S7i,= --- Theie was a general inspection of the troops and their a ruts and cquipinents in talc D, , pai orient of the Potomac on Sunday. 11.3 inspec!ion was conducted by officers of the regtdar army, principally members of (ion. Alet2lcilan's staff. The inspection was very minute in its dataili, and defects and points of commendation carefully no ted. Volittral. Highly Treasonable "Tribune" Tot4.9i.—Why isn't that print Suppressed. ? The Bridgeport Farmer collects the fol lowing highly treasonable extracts front the files of a leading Riepublicart paper, the .New York Trihane, Latterly, the Tri1)2172 , 2 has abandoned the ground it held last winter in tavor of the right ofsec;ission, and the injustice cai coercion, but it has atteintiql to coututo its own doctrine, whieti it iirlintained was incontroverti ble:— NO. 1 th' cottrn Z'tetes consider the value of the Groton debatable, we maintain their perfect right to discuss. Nay, we hob! with Jetlerson to the inalienahlet right of communities to alter or 'abolish forms of oorverninotrt that hate become oppressive ; and it the cotton :States shall become satisfied that they can do bettor out of tile Union titan in it me lnsi.a on 1 , 1- thig then go ro pes''. The right to secede may be a revolutionary one, but it e xi.,h- ; nevertheless ; and we do no , see how non party has a right to do what anAher party has a right to prevent. We tuust ever res ist the asserted right of . any State to rennain in the Union and nullify or defy the laws thereof; and to permit them to withdraw from the Union is quite ;mottle! matter.— And WhPrlCyt'i 3 COnSideT3blP. S!Ctitlit Ot our Union shall deliberately resolve to go out, We shall rrsist rtl cm:rciv:7 ineasurms drs iywcl to keep it in. We hope never to have a Republic wherof one section is pin ned to the residue by bayonets.—X. V. Tribune, Nov. tart. NO. 2 If the cotton States unitedly and oarncsA. ly tvish to withdraw• peacefully from tho Union, we think they should and would bo eribnred to do so. Any attempt to Cornixl them by force to remain would be contra-. ry to the principles , ermnciated in the im mortal Declaration of Indep-ad ::Ic.t —con, trary to all the fundamental ideas on which human liberty is based.—Tribun,: 12Yo yerrther, ' .',ft. NO. 8 What ".cc hl ll lO 211111101. ant; tain, is the right I,f a moult; to frame and inokiily their political ins:itutions in accord ance %vitt: their own convictions of duty and peliciy,ac aflinned in the innnortal Declaration or Independence. It our cor respondent has anything to sty iu confu tation this doctrine, we sh:111 be hap. py to Mgr 1\ O. 4 If the people of seven or eight cnntign ousSiaies shall pretty neTrly unanimously resolved to seeedii:and set op hir theinsel vos, we think they would I t so, and that it triml,.. l . h!: atos/ tintil:s.: to tl:Dit rt.:lkt+ to r+,.- sist h f,•dertli firer.. AVhy is it that those ‘vho want to eihitethisdne trinene always make their attack on some thing else,---Tribync Dce. /as/. A Fair Mt 'rho "Perry County Denicerrtt" gives the "No-Party" itiniblieinv; the following deserved "r/i ! ;- :" "Th,2 cc:ll,lva! of Df”tvicnits eXiiibit a very c.arnest biro on tin , p , irL ul 1:1f! fotlcrAl 71,11ni , j , itr;:tion !0 `tibliteratc pqrty linOS and elfortt.:l union 01 all partiys nu one ticket in tin respective States. Does it not lunk Very Much like ttn effort to secure first all the posts of hon or and profit now coniro'dQd by their party and then ask for a division of all others not so certainly with` their grasp ! This is not the spirit which will ever induce Democrats to abandon their party organi zation even for a single day." Editors South, poor fellows, com pensate themselves for their loss of liberty by affecting to think they are lighting for independence. Not a year ago about hall °lntern denounced Disunion, and gave the most cogent reasous against it. The reasons are quite as good as ever now; but these editors are not merely silenced, but they are compelled to rail on the other side. If they dared to publish what the• pub !Hied twelve months arro, they woule be hanged by a vig,ilance commitee, tittik he patient; they will bP act lice after awhile, and can iarain speak out for their country; and then they can tell ex pericri, who: it is to be a slave. Moitins will address the Citi zens of Davistown, o❑ Saturday next, 7th Supt., on the distracting questions of the day. Also the citizens of Jackson tp., at Mathias koleberry's on Moodily 19th of Sep., at two o'clock when he will ask for tocruit.s lot the U. service. EMI Whitilese3 Dr. Whittiesey wiil he at the Green House, Waynesburg, on Al °oda sr, the last day of Sedternber, and Thosday, the first day of October, where all w4m wish can avail themselves of his skill in the treatment of Chronic Liseases. THE RRHELF. say they took 62 guns at '3 llin. We hgt i 5. P-.-hlps they ! count e, few 'lt th , lEO 'Hy last wintr.r. 1W , 2, had hut 215 ;;-. Cie shame, to us j. ti .1;6, Ma is ;1; •et Ittlle periA, (very mem-, r t i t!.e hruc , n fan,iiy is sui,jeet in dis,et . se cr I art,..1,,,; ur th e hp , iile functions; brie; with 11,4 , >iiv of a good Louie and the exercise af „lain r - vi,moleNenso, they may be able Co to 0 0 "he L. to ,ecttrc permanent L ' nrfier t.;; tieeenTilt;ll this detiired purdito is certainly I; , .ti v:1:1 S ai t produce a natural state of, :! : toast lati7.ll.ed.(.f vital strength and purpose, Dr. Hostetter has ha ; trlP ' llf . 4 , l ro rt i= country a Preparation hearing ',r rh not a new me di c ine, but one I, , Ta NIL I .1 , ,r pars, giving satisfs,c.- ti , '; to at' w ' ; - ; haVe. 11'04 it. The Bitters to‘ ~.vcrallly upon the stomach, bowels, r, them if; a healthy and 1... y the dimple pro „t' trt.1,;t1:,..ii,.g nature, enable the sys- 1 ~.) i t ;le rota of I)ysp,:psia, Tn lir,estion, .110r0.3 - . 1 , , 0-s. Qt . _l, ppet e. or any BIiMUS 41 , 31:10: :roar, a morbid. it - motion ..,1' , !:e ; , tottrich or Bowels, proilueing Cramps, . c o li c , Cholera Morbus, &c., these L.Lve no equal. tlyscntery or 1115-, so generally con-, ~)• new settlors% and cauted principally I,y of water and diet, will be speedily e.lated hy a brief use of this preparation. DPI a disease which is probably more in all its various forms, than an !bet., anti the etarse of which may alwa'fs .it:ri.: - Jtitoi to 12r::rigertients of the digestive can be cured without fan by using itut-Tt,TTER't3 ST( 'MACH. liIITERS, as per .; re ;tiom; on the bottle. For this disease every ~ :i••:su will roconcriend tors of sonic kind; ;,, v, by not use an article known to be halal,- P ? . 1 11 r, itions have their Bitters, as a pre --. N of and strengthener of the sytri• and aroung theta all the foil a me.ie healthy people en from 7110 m i -his preparation ems. ;tisori 'upon scientific experiments which tended to prove the value of this great in the scale of medical science. r • Ferns AND Aura.—This trying and provok-: irk Ali •axe, which fixes its relentless grasp on t s ar „ holy of man, reducing hint to a mere she, d,,w in a :liurc time, and rendering him thy • tmd totally us„less, min be driven front the body by the use of 110STETTLIB , 'S RE O 1 NED BIT - ft:RS. Further, none of the o' , ove-sto:ed diseases can be contracted, Oven itt exposed situations, if the hitters are used n per d;cor, thins. And au they neither create ate ofit nd the palate, and render wa r,- auy change of diet or interruption of ordinary permits, but promote sound sleep dig:estien, the complaint is re m ,! a. is consiFtent with the pro.. a th.,rough and permanent cure. 1"-; t'trr 1 , 1 Arfratired Ye•tra, who are .! , 111 - eving fmro an enfeebled constitution and inr-n, body. there Bitters are invaluable as te, of of..“.r:_mtth and vigor, and need only le tried to ito appreciated. Arid to a while nr,l =lug these Bitters are india pon-:Wlo, e , T , cially where the mother's nour 1,n0.0t is irmloomte - to the domands of the conse , ! tienrly her strength must yield, ao,l hero it ia, where a good tonic, such se or's Sti,mach Bitters, is noe‘le.l 4 l o impart s,rm,gth and vigor to th€ system • • !-1,0,1d by all means try this remo4 debility, and, before so doing, is their physician, who, if he IS • w the virtue of the Bitters, will • motom! their use in all cases of weaknesa. c,:cuT caution the public, against using or counterfeits, but ask f-r ei.LEBIIArED STOMACII BITISILL .11aL back bottle hea the words "Dr. "titters" blown on the side } , attic. rur.l ct/tinr< , l on the metallic) eep and 4.1 e TIT 0 that onr autograph 3;gnatura is ou tilo 1117,C? Pv,r.lrocl and sold by HOBTBTTED. Siv , .l.T.Ef, Pittsburgh, Pa., and sold by all groeors, and dealors generally thr.,uallout the United States, Canada. boob America- and Germany. .4t:ENTS. Yato , A. IThorrey, 1I r7l tk" !f2rt, 1:•:•cSun, ltnri H. 11. Lionsey, Sept. 4. Iz-4;1-1y. C 3R E. GR EAT ANTI finiiiiTlV BAND THE O\l li:s.w.VN REMEDY F(11-i Ithaniatisni, Gout and Neuralgia, AND A SURE (TIM I , l)Ft. II 73 ertainial l)iseaßes. is a c iL! rue .;caled lit isa•ra ar•eind withalit mien 1., the in••st •lelicate I,luulius 10; It PI!! IS I , 4.111111 . (1. 3114 it rl3l/re! Alt t ;0' SI stew, s, !then: p•oductilg Ir t'it . e . Cts .iri, , ill.l! front lit,. list 11.1 . .i1 , 1111, 11 tit , :tht.ll tt/y tie (011StI:11110::, .11,1 ::11 - ,11' . 111,1 , r.1ry I e:1,1 ~11i, Ireanneiii. tat turf P . :11 11/t•ii in the Hand, room . itt With lint hl tsoll said reach. s the disease, 1110 aa , " lei pores olale• nee in crery litFlailet; a 1, 7- C,.,.1 cure, r i parts atiliried N NA,' a most powerrii ;Hid Will ruunay ridieve the s3.s tem 1,,11 tilt' it'hUtto 1; ~: of Merettry. Med:l - ate e.,•• ar•• cared ea a has aays. tiod we are COTlStilit iy .- f.1 . 1',N efficacy ill aggravate n , .! standing. PRI( l o "E- , 2 nu, to be had or tz:rgists generally, nr lke sent hy wail iAliress, iv iii till direr;inad lie. to a:IV part nr hue country direct from ;lea Princityll N. -109 7,1!1:9.4,11r.7.ik1i New York. (;. C 1).., Saute Proprietors. N. Circulars Aent Vrep. tie rat ii I.l.Tant ed 1 , 1 veryvicli ere.4_ll Sold hy ['s al, A. Wayuet4eueg . , Pa. Jure hi, , 4)1 tc r. I yr, fIARPER'S MAGAZINE, 7111•: 'lune . ..1511),..r cifinmenePd l'went, ! ..77„ ‘ 1 - o! to,c thiti..it . • NEW :AWN MAG.ZINk. •h , sutt.; ia the first Nen .:;11,0. I pro,nt n periodical .. ,vl::ch 110. ~ 1 1, \\ I,llTurd the Si relish for triisrollan , ,,,:.s it a. 11,.. ' 4, h.' t.r , t+ , . s .s,ulis ill, 11terary genius Of 4•,V11 W.fe, \,.. , i1,21y tic IVllilollr. And 1.11 , 3' ".” p1.1,-.'l it :I, rats, anti to give it L. so iols',ll. •,•oi iii pf 11sal it makis its way hit" 1t,n,1 4 ur On! 1,11113 circle intelligent cit . ,- zee lis 1 . 0 , 111111 0 11111 In ninniii, and coinitialt bark NiiitibeN and eornplWiti that Ti,l Magazine meta Lila nallis ni tire g , eitt hotly Atari wait reail,rs. NI , chalag , , iiim; !' „ u• li, ;mutt; in its lit:lna:if rharat ter. Tint Mug mime Lust icatlnia iSitintillies. It i, I locsi a larPti, 'mit/tint of mattiw than is pit i - 11 w :Illy oilier l t ilitizaztile of lII' ,lay. N cuntam, atl :Ilium.; et mad_ int!, mat 11, that in ail or tat') volinne, iitairitiatit iir eviiiy sublet:l. in which te., Eat Cail :lid the it,. hi a,, than have alttelity sppitttr,l in GI, NiaCa.,lll.l. TI•T• 1.51,1 tciti, Ti el, Mt 10 t slit :t!hl the Intl/it:mast while gial,,ntee fll:!. IP.tl 111,, 11.1:71, f; ly lj e a C . l / Oi! oft i r I gl/ :t it ita, reccivo,l tiu prtis 1•.- 1 1-3 t. inßcp NO _ .AD y• The Steani 14fist Mill, having been stopped a mouth fur repairs. is now In operaii,9l. w e are at ,0 :a being able to MIIIOIIII/, 1 / 1 91 we have „ ! ,. ~:::`nts7.lr. Rogers, L'sq., of lingers % ale, to :14- ivt In winding. Mr. Rogers is well known to be ,ite h.•ni. millers to in rhe Coiltity, and he Itewatter :aye:intend the griorlitiL!. 11,4 rem. Meat aiol Feed kept f or !Hie rheap , 4' 111,1 i c.LII he had else, here in town. We C.,:pert !,, Dare ili, Carding Machioe itl opera. tine in IWO .1 . OH weehg, hating failed to get ready 9.: le tore aonnoloaal, owing tt.. a d iS:lppoilitlilelit in gi,itiog cards. Lilts. etc. Aug •ISO! 41dministrator's Notice. ;,;• zramed to the 1:;oltsigto•,1 sport 1:10 .•5:40 , . late of 1 , n0.6i lo,‘ a - blo. 41ter..',1. Noti ce i s (0 to said eState, to 10.0;1- ps,yrni!lit iC. tiottersigned• and thrt,tt tt-tv .,,,!;;;1,t t -ante to Deese''t th e m ma y au ti0,,itic,0.4,1 tor s,itit .`oiti, 14, 1;561-4it Administrat,or's Erotica. . . Lvtu:rs of Adoon,tration haring been panted in the outlerstgued, upon the esiali, of John Knight, Jr., deceased. Notice is lierel.7: given to all persons tu sa,(l eStaie to i ikn immediate 'Payment to Anti those having ;11,',1•:I. t 4, seUle lIWIT.. Aug. 1.1, ILLIAN. CARPENTER. IS A.4,al,uisiotor. the +note OEM = ;-,.~ . NNE I %Waynesburg. Pa (:-^c;;sbcro, Pe Ntoten. Pa 13, :,;(-.lv. Pa. Jt!:..!s , :n. Pa. Bia. L ci E., %X kr ;4 hiarruElTA, nanklin Sqnaro, New York THOMAI4 1100 E THOMAS A DAMSON Admisistrau;r El >-~~