. . . . MP" -- _ . . . • . _ _ ..____ __ . ________ _ _ '.__... . ._ _. ___ • . _ _ ___. _ ___- • `,••:--. . 4 .t . . . . .'.4.,. . . .:?.„, . • . - . ...:,., - . -, .. • . i . --.. if ! .... . . . . ~ , le - . .. . . a /moil) Paper---Ptnoto to pairs, Agriculturt, fittraturt, SCititft, Art, foreign, domestic nub General ttf. ESTABLISHED IN 1813. ''HE WAYNESBIJRG MESSENGER, pußusitsp tw • ZONES a JENNINGS tkrAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA e Laud at eußeclurPTlGre.--$1 50 in advante; $) 75 at the ex piration of six itiontlis• ' $2 within the year; $9. 50 after the expiration the year. AtiviiiteriscluEriTs inserted at $1 00 per Funa re for three insertions, and 25 cents a square for etch addition. al insertion; (ten lines or less Con Wed a square.) -113" A liberal dedurliun made to yearly ailviiitker,i. I . L. Just PtunTtrai.orali kinds, executed in the bey Qtyle, anti onv.a.soutible terms, at the" Messenger" Joh ID— Public:oin% [inns on east Main stteet, nearly opposite the Court liiituw Maputsburg *gusittess Curbs. ATTORNEYS, A. A. PERHAM. .1 G. RITCHIE. PURMAN & RITCHIE, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LA W, Waynesburg, Pa. ET All business iit Greene, Washington, and Fay ette Counties, entrusted to thank, will receive prompt 'attention. Rept. 11, IS6I-Iy. R. W. DOWNEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Witco In Lod wlth's Building, opposite the Court House. Sept. 11, IS6I-Iy. DAVID CRAWFORD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office In Say era' Building, adjoining tho Post Office. Sept. 11, Is6l-Iy. A. BLACK. JOAN PHBLAM. BLACK & PHELAN, ATTOILNFa:ii ANt) COUNSELLORS AT LAW Office in the Wirt House, Waynesburg. Sept. 11,1861-Iy. PHYSICIANS DR. D. W. BRADEN, Physician and Surgeon. Office in the Old Bank Building, Main street. Sept. 11, 1861-Iv. DRUGS DR. W. L. CREIGH, physician and Siirgeon, And dealer in Drugs, Medieities, Oils, Paints, dt.c. ar..c., Main street, a few doors east or the lank. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy. M; A. IiARVEY, Druggist and Apothecary, and dealer in Paints and Oils, the most celebrated Patent Medicines, and l'urc Liquors for medminal purposes. Sept. 11, IS6/-Iy. MERCHANTS WM. A. PORTER, Wholesale and Retail Dealei In Poleiga and Domes AID Dry Goods, Groceiies, Notions, &c., Main street. Sept. 11, 1 —ly. GEO. HOSKINSON, Apposite the Court House, keeps always on band a tares stock of Saasonahle Dry Goods, Gnu:en:es, Doots all Ebow, and Notions generally. Dept. 11, 1661-Iy. ANDRCW WILSON, Dealer In Dry Goods, Groceries, Drugs, Notions, Hardware, Queensware, Stoneware, Looking Glasses, Iron and Nails, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Main street, one dour tast of the Old flank. dept. 11, Ititil—!y. A. WILSON, dr., Denier in Dry (foods, Queensware, Notions, Hats, (Zaps, Houtieta, &c., Wiltiou'n New Enjitling, Main street. 0. 4 4_ I. R. CLARK, Dealer In Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Queens wars and notions, oue door west of the A dams House, Main street. Sept. 11, IS6I-Iy. MINOR & CO., Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Gro ceries, Queensware, Hardware and Notions, opposite the Green House. Main street. Sept. 11, 1481-Iy, CLOTHING N. CLARK, Dealer In Men and Bny's Clothing, Cloths, Casid mama, Satinets', &c., Main str,..et, opposite the Court House. Sept. ii, 1861-Iy. A. J. SOWERS, Dealer in Men nod Boy's Clothing. Gentlemen's Fur nishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Old flank Building, Main street. Sept. 11, 1861—ly BOOT AND SHOE DEALERS J. P. COSGRAY, Moot and Shoe maker, Main street, nParly opposite yhe "Farmer's and Drover's Dank." Every style of Boots and shoe constantly on hand or made to order. Sept. 11, 1'.61-Iy. J. R. RICKEY, Boot an., Rhine maker, Sayer'. Corner, Main street. BOMB and Shoes of every variety always on band or made to order ou short notice. Sept. 11. Isa I—l y. GROCERIES & VARIETIES JOSEPH YATER, Dealer hi Groceries and Confectioneries, Notions, Medicines, Perfumeries, Liverpool Ware, &c., Glass of ii sizes, and gilt Moulding and Looking Glass /'lates. 7Casti paid for good eating Apples. S. 11, 1861-Iy. JOHN MUNNELL, Dealer In Groceries and Confectionaries, and Variety Goods Generally, Wilson's Ktm Building, Main street. Sept BOOKS, &c. LEWIS DAY, Dealer In School and Miscellaneous Books, Station ary, Ink, Magazines and Papers, Wilson's Old Build lug, Main street. Sept. 11, 1.561-Iy. BANK. FAMERS' & DROVERS' BANK, Wityneslburg, Pa. JEASNSOOK, rres't. .1. LAZEAR, Cashier DISCOUNT DAY, WEDNESDAY. gept. 11, 186I—Iy. SADDLES AND RARNESS SAMUEL M'ALLISTER, Saddle, Harness and Trunk Maker, Main street, three doona west of the Adams House. • dept. 11, 1861-Iy. TOBACCONISTS HOOPER & HAGER ; Manufacturers and wholesale and retail dealers in Tobacco, Sagan and Snuff, Segar Omni, Pipes, &c., Wilson's Old Building, maim street. Sept 11, 1861—ly. FOUNZIaIr• DUNN & DOWNEY,. Warnesbarg Foundry, on Greene suest, Brandy on hand Cooking and Parlor Iturturs Planer Castings and Castinp of 111 kindi. " f '. 11,1801-Iy. acct Vottrg. OUR LI ITLE KATIE PRETTY /ink Katie! SmiGn~, feguiling, rllll of eli:4liSh merriment that nothing could check ; Without a moment's warning She'd ran down in the morning, And jump upon my knee, and throw her arms about my neck! Coaxing little Katie ! Gay thing, Plaything, Thinking all tho world was made for lun and glee ; Iler eyes they shone so lorii! - LI/Y, Her footsteps fell so lightly, All, I made too much of Katie, and Katie too touch of me ! Romping little Katie ! Tripping, Skipping, Through garden and through orchard, or meadow now, Then back a minnte after, With most melodious laughter, And rosy au u red-cheek'd apple on a bough. * x * * * * * Solemn little Katie ! Dying, Trying To give the ono more kiss—but with lips of clay ; She looks very pale and sickly, She is breathing very quickly, And opgels hover round, to bear her soul away. Happy, happy Kalio! Wandering, Pondering, I hie me to her daisy bed, and muse there a lone; Though cold and sad the place is, Oh how fair her angel face is, As she feels ilia kind embraces Of Him who loves the little ones, and makes them his ()wit ! gmbittg. Funeral of a Drummer 803 There was a military funeral at Camp Kaloramo, Washington, on Saturday. On Friday, Joseph Winters, one of the drum mers of the N. Y. Nineteenth, was drowned while batting. An army correspondent thus refers to the sad event : He was a pleasant, good boy, !and his sudden death made a deep impression in the encampment, His body was brought up from the creek and laid beneath a new tent pitched to receive it, under the trees on the north side of the parade ground.— The men stood in silent rows in front of the tent until sundown, while a guard de tailed for that purpose paced slowly back and forth. A letter was found in Joseph's pocket from "Cousin Susie," and as his comrades thought that he had no parents or brothers or sisters living, his captain wrote to her. A little barefooted fellow, about eight years old, stood on the land when Joseph's body was recovered by the divers, and when the surgeon, promptly on the spot, was vainly endeavoring to start the water clogged wheels of life, the little barefooted fellow walked in silence up the hill side with the men who carried the body, fol lowing close behind ; and there he stood before the tent curtain in serious stillness. At last he spoke, with respectful manner, and clear manly enunciation, to one of the field officers : "Will you be so kind as to tell me, sir, whether he was a good boy 1" "I believe that he was, my little fellow, but I did not know.him very well." "Has he a father or mother, sir 1" "Why do you ask, my boy 1" "Because I hope that he did not have a mother, sir, or a father; they would feel so badly to hear that he was drowned."— The officer cleared his throat and the little Leßow went on. "And if, sir, he has no mother or father, and it he was a good boy, I am glad." "Why glad, my boy 1" "Because, sir, I think it was the best time for him to be taken away." "Why the best time I" "Because, sir. what the Lord does is al ways best." The funeral sermon was preached, the regiment attended the funer al, and the usual volley was fired over the grave. The Blind Mother's Last Look at her Babe. On the last Sabbath of 1860, when the cold winds of December were wailing the dirge-song for the departing year, we met at the funeral of an infant. Not two sum mers had blessed the child. Disease cAme early, and quickly performed its fatal work. Sweet words of Scripture wero read, a short exhortation made, an earnest prayer offered, the benediction pronounced ; and then, aftfr a moment's silence, the friends were invited to 'take the last look at the decased.' One and another came, and gazed with peculiar interest upon that beautiful form, which seemed as it it were only sleeping. But now all others step aside, for the mother approaches. As is blind—has nes er seen the she levee, and now has lost. Forward she lease; her term almost covers the tittle coffin. She *me wain 'WAYNESBURG , PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1861. (ing, her sightless eyes to catch a glimpse of the loved one, before it is taken from her forever. But, as if convinced that this may not be, while the tears flow down her cheeks apace, she puts her fingers upon the face of the child. Every feature is carefuily felt—the forehead, eyes, nose, chin. Gently she passes both hands over the entire body within her reach. She grasps tenderly and tightly the little hands which lie clasped upon the breast of the babe. Kiss after kiss she imprints upon those cold lips which she had so often kissed before, when they were warm with life; and then the mother, trembling, weep ing, turns away. She has looked at her off, spring as the blind only may. It was the last look, until the morning of the resur rection shall recall the dead to life again, and the omnipotent touch of God shall un seal the sightless orbs of His benighted children. Then may we hope that the mother redeemed by grace, will behold her angel babe, beside the Saviour, and in that realm where darkness and death may -never reign, will join with the sweet child in songs of everlasting praise !—Chrisian Intelligenter. The National Intelligencer publishes the subjoined letter, addressed by a well known citizen of East Tennessee, who has been driven from his home, to Andrew Johnson. The letter is dated Jamestown, Kentucky, August ltith DEAR Sim-1 arrived at this point totday, in company with about 240 men from Morgan, Roane, S.,,ott, Fentress and Over ton counties. We have just decided to proceed to Camp Robinson,near Lancaster. We are out of money, and traveling on the generosity and hospitality of our Union friends of Kentucky. We left our homes by different routes, and are together at this point as it were by chance. You may rest assured that the state of things in East Tennessee is indescribable. Many of our people, upon bare suspicion, aro arrested and taken prisoners, insulted, abused, and carried into rebel camps, there to be dis posed of as the rebel mob thinks proper. Squads of cavalry and infantry are eou tinually scouring, over the country, offer ing our people, male and female. every indignity that these ruffian bands are ca pable of; destroying our crops and sub stance without regard to the condition or circumstances of the persons; pasturing their horses in our cornfields, wasting our hay smelts, taking provisions of every de scription without regard to quantity, not oven asking the price or tendering an equivalent therefor in any shape what ever. The violaters of law, of order, and the Constitution, are upon us in the name of "secession." I may say to you, in fact, that the destroyer is upon us. We still have hope, and look to the governmeut of our fathers for protection and support against usurpation and our ruthless invad. ore. May God and the Government come to our aid and rescue as from the bands and destruction of the vandals now upou us! The hearts and feelings of the people of Tennessee are still fur the Union, and will so continue as long as there is ono gleam of hope left to an oppressed and downtrodden people. Let us have arms dud the munitions of war and we will drive these invaders of human rights beyond the borders of our State, or the last MIA will perish in the attempt. The East Tennesseans are trying to get into Kentucky for the purpose of arming and organizing companies, battalions, reg. iments and brigades, or in such force, with whatever aid we can receive from Ken tucky and elsewhere, and then going back to their native homes to relieve those whom they have left behind. We expect now to reach Camp Robinson in three or four days, where we will meet a large number of nur East Tennessee friends, and, if pos sible, hope you will soon be there to aid us by your counsel. If you know where Hon. M. Maynard is, communicate the above to him that he may assist, if possible, in giv ing us aid. The Hon. George W. Bridges was taken prisoner on the 7th of August.— He came to Monticello, and .ventured back to see about his family, who were coming by Jamestown, and in so doing was taken prisoner three miles inside of the Kentucky line. Myself and came with him, and considered him out of reach of the enemy. We have not been back home since. I cannot write all. We need help from the Government, and must have it, or we are lost. Russell's Letters on the War. Russell has written a second letter on the , the battle of Bull [tun, in which be says there were no daring deeds done on either side, and that the only struggle was in the two belligerent parties trying to get away from each other. This possibly is a can did opinion of the battle to the extent that "Our own Correspondent" of the Times saw it. But unless report does Mr. Row sell infinite discredit, he was a long and safe distance from any fighting, looking at the operation through a lorgnette. Among the first to leave the field and to add to the effect of the rout, was the gallant corres pondent himself, who has been described by a brother correspondent in such a hur ry, "trying to get away," that he could scarcely remember his own name, when a guard interposed to prevent the flight of the earliest of the runaways from the bat tle field. The panio that struck Mr. Rus sell so fearfully is very likely to make him suppose that every other person was equal ly impressed by fear, and as he displayed nothing but pusillanimity, the whole army was infected with the same feeling. We hope that he will soon have an opportuni ty to form a different opinion of the courl age and fortitude of our troops, and, with a proper feeling of personal security him self, be at liberty to notice the alacrity with which they can advance in the face of a toe when properly led. THE greatest modern poetess of England, Mrs. Browning, said beloro she died, in Klorence, last June, when referring to the United States:—it is your transition time —your crisis—but you will come out of the fire puriled, stainless, having had the gel of a great cause walking with you In the furnace. A Touching Ciy for HOP Your friend, &c., PEN AND SCISSORS. A WOMAN DETERMINED TO CO. -At Col umbus, Ohio, a few days since, a compa ny of volunteers were ordered to Washing ton. The wife on one of them desired to go with her husband, but the commander said that it could not be allowed. Her hus band seated himself by an open window of the car, his wife standing on the outside, to whom he offered all the money he had.— This she refused saying she intended to go with him. As the cars moved off, she made a spring for the window, and was caught by her husband, who drew her, crinoline and all, through the open window into the car, and it is presumed she went on her way rejoicing. NATIONAL Pours.—The arrangements for the formation of the National Detective Police force are now nearly completed. A celebrated Western detective, whose rep utation is well established all over the country, will be made the head of the new organization, and its operation will extend not only to every city and town in the country, but also, by means of its agents, into every neighborhood. Treason will find it impossible to raise its Hydra head anywhere, when this new organization gets into operation. THE surrender of Fort Fidmore, In Ara— zonia, to the Texan Secessionists, accord ing to the Messilla Times, proves to have been a most disgrgceful and cowardly, if not criminally dishonest proceeding. It is stated that eleven companies of United States troops mounted and foot mustering seven hundred effective men, surrendered to two hundred and eighty Confederates, four pieces of cannon, army equipments, two hundred cavalry horses, mules and wagons, and two hundred and seventy head of beef cattle. CAUSE icon ANGCR.—A “erman, of the Second Michigan Regiment, in hospital at Washington, had his arm amputated. His description of the sensation he feels frorn his fingers, which lately belonged to his left arm, camas frequent bursts of merri ment from other patents in the worn. He says': I veels ter tings mit mine vingers yen I knows iso got no vingers dere, and it makes me mad.ven I veels ter iing,s all der time mit mine vingers ven mine vingers aint dare any more shtill A CELEBRITY DEAD.—William Lyon Mackeuv.ie, ei-oueuA)er of Parliament, died Wednesday night in Toronto, Canada.— The deceased was the Upper Canada lead er (lithe rebellic 837, which resulted in his exile to the United States for tv ,,-1- vo years, during which time he was estineet— ed with the _New York Tribune. Being ing pardeaed in JBJtt, h e returned to Can ada. and wag elected to Parliament' which position he occupied for several years.— He was universally respected. GIN. J. B. llol.vELL's Unientcwn Stan'lard. in speaking of this regiment, says :—We are not able to say how soon Gen. Howell's regiment will be full. Seven companies are now consider ed as secured, via: three from Fayette, two from 'Washington, and two from Soiu• erset. The prospect of aid from Greene is also quite encouraging. It is to be hoped that several companies will he raised in that county. A SENTINEL'S REMONSTRANCE.—At one of our camps last week, a soldier who was on guard during the night, reported to the captain in the morning that "he was abe' sod by a fellow because he would not let him pass." "Well," said the captain, "what did you do I" "Do! why 1 remon— strated with him." "And to what effect'!" "Well, I don't know to what effect, but the barrel of my gun is bent." ON Friday morning the rebels made a demonstration at Falls Cross Roads with three pieces of artillery. They were driv— en back, and are known to be entrenching themselves about 500 strong at Munson's Hill. it is estimated that there aro at least from four to six rebel regiments between 'Falls Church and Fairfax. Tix enforcement of the fifty-seventh ar ticle of war is to be carried to the sweep ing extent of preventing the publication of any information anywhere concerning the movements, process of increase, condition or location of the Army. SENATOR WI LM UT ItANOEROUSLY ILL.- Divid Wilmot is ill atTowanda, Pennsyl vania, and it is reared that he cannot recover. His disease Is cancer of the stom ach, and he has been declining for several months. THE Richmond papers say they miss the Northern mechanics. The rail road track in the city remains unused because no per son there can make a passenger car. PRESIDENT DAVIS is confined with an at tack of chills and fever, which may induce Congress to postpone its adjournment.— Vice President Stevens is sick at Manassas J unction. THERE was a Masonic Lodge opened at Elk Ridge, Maryland, a tew weeks since, at which officers from the Federal and Rebel armies were present in uni forin. ONLY TWO SPIRIUALIST PAPERS.—The pressurn of the times has left but two Spir itualist papers in existence in our country: The Herald of Progress and the Banner of Light. HEREAFTER no minors will be mustered into the service of the United States as vol unteers, without the consent of their par ents or guardians. Garribaldi was expected to arrive at Naples on the Bth of September, the anni versary of his entry into Naples. Grand fetes were preparing in his honor. Palmyra!Captured by the Rebels, QUINCY, 111., August 29.—Lieutenant Pinkney, of the Sixteenth Regiment of Volunteers, came to this city last evening. He states that a large body of rebels, vari ously es ted from twenty-five hundred to three hbusand, under the notorious Martin Green, took posession of the town of Palmyra, Mo., yesterday morning.— There were no United States troops there to defend it, and of course no resistance was made. Some five hundred of the rebels were in the town, and the balance encamped on the outskirts. A train of cars containing a large quantity of muskets tor the troops at St. Joseph, which left Han nibal yesterday, was firedon in or near Palmyra. and was forend to return. So damage, fortunately, was done. Gen. Wool Hard on the Captain• Gen. Wool is turning out "a trump."— He-teems to be anxious to show to the na tion that he is;not too old to fight for the Union like a yotingster. Some of his vol unteer officers have been not a little as tonished by being enquired of how long it took their men to cook beans and other rations, as though the food and cooking of the men were any , of their business. A few similar questions put by the new commanding General appear to have giv. en them new ideas, and it is supposed that at least some of the officers will find their level, and the men their advantage, under the new order of things. The men have ever evinced a desire to have true military discipline placed upon them. They only want to know that their officers have a knowledge of their duty, and will require nothing more or less than what is right.-- This confidence must be created before the proper relations can begin to exist between the officer and soldier. "How many men aro there in your com pany V' asked the General of a Captain the other day, when he little dreamed that the commanding otlicer was so near him: "%Six ty-three," was the reply. "Count them." This Captain counts, and reports "fifty three." "Where are the othersl" "Two are sick, and I don't know where the oth— ers are." "The ignorance is inexcusable ; never let it occur again." Said he to a Colonel "In two d'ays I shall seek of you all the information I require concerning your regiment, and shall expect you will be able to inform me without referring to adjutant or sergeant." "Every man must he accoented for specifically," is the in struction. The idea is already abroad that the Major General is going to inspect the officers and men early and frequently; and there is a general stir in all the camps.— lie is in possession of an er.curato state ment of his entire force, of the sick, of the number in custody, ar otherwise absent. Brilliant SUCCESS of Gen. Butler's Ex pedition--The 'Whole Cor-st of North Carolina tinder our Control--Twenty- Five Cannon, One Thousand Stand of Arms, and Seven Hundred and Fif teen Prisoners Taken, ac.,.ir c. At last we have heard definite - and wek coins news of the direction and object of the expedition which started lately from Old Point under charge of Gen. Butler and Commodore Stringham. The chief end of the enterprise was to get possession of the forts commanding the most important in let off the North Carolina coast, which coast, as will bo seen by renirence to a good Leap, is very singularly feshioneil.— A tanirtio of Lied extends cut from Vir ginia all along the. Carolina coast as tar as Cape Fear, leaving between it and the main coast a series of sounds, broken into bays, estuaries, &c., and affording, harbors and operating space for a large amount of contraband commerce. An immense busi ness has lately been done by ships which have slipped in and escaped out of the inlets to these interior waters, while nu merous vessels from Norfolk have reach ed the open sea and returned again by passing to and from Albemarle Sound through the Dismal Swamp Canal. To break up this very flourishing business, to capture the vessels enclosed in these pro tected Sounds, and to gain possession of the inlets through this encircling tongeus of land, either by the capture of the forts commanding them or by sinking the hulks of old ships in the channels, was the de sign of an expedition which has met with a success even beyond the expectations of the most sanguine. It appears from rather mixed-up de spatches from Commander Stringham and Capt. Steil wagon, that the fleet made Cape Hatteras inlet—which we presume to be the ono named in the maps as Ocracook inlet, right off Pamlice Sound—on the 2Sth. We suppose, althoug,li the despatches make no direct mention of the fact, that the two forts attacked were stationed on the tongue of land on either side of this inlet. The Adelaide landed about three hundred men amid a heavy surf. The men of war haul ed in and commenced a heavy cannonade at 10:15, a. rn. on the 28th, and kept it up at intervals all day, recommencing on the 29th at 8:15, with increased effect. The enemy's reinforcements, (coming off, we judge, from the main land,) endeavored to land, and were driven hack, and at 11:30 they displayed a flag of truce, and were forced to surrender at discretion. On the appearance of the white flag the Adelaide steamed into the inlet and laid behind the fort ready to throw the troops ashore, eith er in case of a commencement or cessa tion of hostilities. The George Peabody and Lieut. Lowry did the same. An un conditional surrender, however, was agreed upon, and seven hundred and fifteen men, amongst whom were Capt. Sainl. Barron, commanding the chief fort, Lieutenant Sharp and Dr. Wyatt and Mr. Brown, all late of the United States Navy, and Major Andrews and other officers late of the United States Army were transferred to the Adelaide, and ti.ence to the Minneso, ta, which sailed for New York on Friday last. In all, two forts were captured, with their twenty-five cannon, one thousand stand of arms and seven hundred and fif teen prisoners, including seven chief oft, cers. The loss of the rebels is not exact ly known. The whole number of wound ce prisoners taken and conveyed to An napolis after the surrender, was eleven; two more were left in the fort, in charge of a medical officer, their wounds being of such a serious nature as to prevent their being removed. From reliable information, it is thought that many of the wounded, and perhaps all the killed, were sent on board the rebel steamers in the Sound prior to the capitulation. Only two killed were found, and these were discovered in the outhouses of Fort Clark, on the day of the evacuation of that work. Lieutenant Murdoch, formerly of the U. S. Navy, is very badly injured, a fragment of a shell striking his fore arm and making a com pound fracture of both bones. This gen tleman escaped from Hatteras prior to the surrender of the privateer Winslow.— Flag-officer Stringham has gone to New York in the Minnesota, while General Butler, accompanied by Commodore Steil wagon, and others connected with the mil itary and naval forces, arrived at Wash ington early yesterday morning, in a ape. cial train from Annapolis. The brilliant exploit on the North Carolina coast soon spread throughout Washington City, and occasioned unbounded joy among all loyal people; The Government, of course, was promptly informed of the gladsome news. 110 reetamo party, in company with sev- eral members of the Cabinet, visited the President between ten and eleven o'clock. The result of the expedition is claitned to be the possession of the entire North Car• olina coast. The dispatches thus far received of this brilliant affair are provokingly meagre and unsatisfactory, and we are left to guess at a good many important points. Whether the expedition has achieved all it went to achieve, or whether it was. to have gone further south, we are not told, but judge, from the fact that its leaders and the most prominent vessels have returned, that the job is a finished one. The forts were call ed respectively Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark, and we suppose that a force quite adequate to hold them against all corners was left in possession, which will put a stop to all contraband commerce through that most important of the inlets. The other inlets, we presume, were obstructed according to programme with the old hulks bought at Baltimore and brought along for that purpose. By a Baltimore dispatch we learn that "many of the prisoners are Baltimoreans, and that among the prizes is a ship load of cotton, prepared to run the blockade. It is rumored also that a mem ber of the rebel Cabinet is among the prisoners. The Ilarriet Lane got ashore, but would soon be relieved. The footing; obtained in North Carolina will be per manently held, and Willinington ultimate ly taken possession of, thus giving the rebels in Virginia a fire in the rear." Successful Explorations— A Traitorous Consul—Later of the Late Naval Expe dition. W.A.sglNG•rox, September 2,.—The Navy Department, by the aid of able and exile. rienced officers, has carefully studed the whole line of the coast, with a view to making the best use of such a force as it could secure. The expedition was planned before the meeting of Congress, and when that body placed the necessary funds at tire disposal of rho Department, active preparation was made for carrying them into effect, As the co-operation of the War Department was necessary, and preliminaries requiring time were indis pensable, so that it was not until Monday, the 26th ult., that the expedition sailed.— The success is perfect, and every antici pation of this Department is realized. Among the papers captured was a copy of a paper from the late American Consul at Rio, Robert G. Scott, giving a list ot all the vessels leuv He or to leave that pert during tilst woutii, with a fall ilf!scriptiun of their car;r(ics and destination. By this inhumation the rebel privateers know just when and where to look for vessels, and six named in the list have been captured. Tho report of the engineer-in-chiet was also among the papers. It states that all tire good guns at Norluik are expended, and, and also the whole amount of their fuses. Seine home made percussion caps were sound, and it was ascertained that copper had been stripped from one ot these prizes, the Linwood, to furnish material for caps, the! manufacture of which is of tolerable good quality. Among the guns captured was ono of the ten inch eolurobiads from tho Tredegar works, Richmond, which had not been mounted. Our vessels took three Prizes ; one brig, the Henry A. Rogers, of New York, and two light boats belonging to the United Slates, but in the employment of the rebels, with miscellaneous cargoes. A gentleman connected with the expedi tion reports that the forces were landed arrdadrawn up in line on the beech, When it was found that the force consisted of three hundred and nineteen men, under command of Colonel Max Weber, of the Twentieth New York Regiment. At this time the wind raised a little, and it was found impossible to land more troops.- Pickets were immediately posted, under command of Lieutenant Sodir, of the reg ulars. A scouting party, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Weiss arid Lieuten ant Wiegaf, proceeded up the beech, capt uring one brass field piece and a horse.— The force then advanced to Fort Clark, which had been evacuated, but were com pelled to retire again, owing to the shells of the fleet faiiiag therein, and marched back to the pleee of landing. In the morn ing they again returned to the fort, and the fleet commenced bombarding the sec ond fort, canted Fort Hatteras, which soon after displayed a white flag. Serenade of Major General Butlei WASHINGTON , September 2.—Major Gen eral Butler was complimented with a sere nade last night, when an immense crowd gathered in front of the National Hotel.— The band having played the "Star Span gled Banner," and there being vociferous cheers for Butler, Gen. Walbridge appear ed on the balcony to introduce him to the auditory, in performing which duty he briefly spoke of thc combined exptoits of Butler and Stringham, saying that the policy of invading the Secession States would crush the rebellion, and secure freedom and submission to the Constitution throughout the length and breadth of the land. lie then presented Goa. Butler as one whose recent conduct aflOrded a har binger of glorious future for the country. Gen. Binder was again greeted with cheers, and after the band had performed "Flail to the Chief," the applause was en thusiastically prolonged. lie said he had been far too much complimented by ex , pressions of the kind regard of his fellow citizens, but he took it as complimentauf to the cause which all men love, and for which any of them were ready at this mo ment to lay down their lives. It wac, therefore, no mere personal congratulation to him, who by accident became :!partici pator in the scenes over which they had rejoiced. They were all ready, as they cherished the Union and the Constitution, to defend them. To the gallant Navy under Stringham are we mainly indebted for our success,— Oh, it was a glorious sight to see the eol diets of the Union streaching their hands against its , 4 children. Had you stood on the deck( and seen the Wabash, Minnesota, and Cumberland come into action, and looking over the sea seen the Savannah, which on hearing the firing camp to take her share in the contest, and heard the booming of the cannon, as a rebuke to treason, you would have though it such music as lengthens a man's life. It was a glorious sight to see the man who was once an honor to the Navy of the United States, but who had proved recreant to his duty, presenting his sword as a prisoner to Com modore meant Captain NEW SERIES -VOL 3, NO. 14 Barron, in company with seven hundred and fifteen prisoners, on his way to New York. Mr. Battler was repeatedly Interrupted by applause. After describing the battle scenes, be spoke of the necessity of con• tinuing vigorous measures for crushing out the rebellion, saying that, with the aid of Jack Frost, the king of the North, who would kill off the malaria that now hangs over the South, the force of the republic would push on to the contest, and not rest until every Union man can enjoy his own and the rights guaranteed by our tree in• stitutions. In conclusion he proposed three cheers for the Navy, which were earnestly and enthusiastically given, and he retired with repeated cheers. Representative Sedgwick of New York, Senator McDonough, of California, and W. D. Wallach, of Washingtrn, addressed the assemblage. The band again played and the procession marched off to serenade Secrefary Welles, and perhaps other offi cers of the Government. Gen. Fremont's Proclamation. ST. Louis. August 31.—The foil-wing proclamation was issued this morning:— Headquarters of the Western Department- St, Louis 30.—Circumstances, in my judg, ment of sufficient urgency, render it nec essary that the commanding General of this Department should assume the admin istrative powers of the State. Its disor ganized condities. !ig% helplessness of the siva authority. tee total insecurity of life and the devastation of property by bands of murderers and marauders, who infest nearly every county in the State, and avail themselves of the public!, misfortunes and the vicinity cf a hostile force to gratify pri vate and neighborhood vengeance, and who find an enemy wherever they find plunder, finally demand the severest measures to repress the daily increasing crimes and outrages which are driving off the inhabitants and ruining, the State• In this condition the public safety and the success of our arms require unity of purl pose, without Teter hindrance to the prompt administration of affairs. In order, there - - fore, to suppress disorders, to maintain as far as now practible the public peace, and to give security and protection to the per sons and broperty of loyal citizens, I do hereby extend and declare establisheil , Mar4 fed Law throughout the State of NI isSiouri. The lines of the army of occupation in this :,•;iate are, tor the present, declared to ex ;;d iron' Leavenworth by way of the posts Jcilcrtion City, Rolla and frionton to Girardeau, on the Misissippi River. All persons who shalt be taken with arms in their hands within these lines, shall be tried by court martial, and if found guilty will be shots The property, rent and personal, of nil persons in the State tit Missouri who shall lake np arms against the United States, or who shall be diree`ly proven to have taken active part with their enemies in the field, is to be confiscated to the public use, and their slaves, it any they have, are declared free men. All per sons who shall be proven to have destroy ed, after the publication of this order, any railroad track, bridges, or telegraphs, shall suffer the extreme penalty of this law.— All persons engaged in treasonable cor respondence, in giving or proeuring aiu to the enemies of the United States, to Co , teeming tumults, in disturbing the ',Odic) tranquility, by creating and circulating false reports or incendiary documents, are in their own interest, warned that they are exposing themselves. All persons who have been led away from their allegiance are required to return to their homes forth with. Any smith absence without sufacient cause will lie held to be presumptive evi dence against them. The object of this declaration is to place in the hands of the military authorities the power to give instaneons effect to t: J) ex, isting, laws, and to supply such defiencies as thy condtttor,e of war demand. But it is not intended to suspend the ordinary tri bunals of the country, where the taw will to administered by the officers in the ::seal loanio and with their customary- aethor ity, while the same can he peaceably exer cised. The commanding General will la bor viligantly for the public Welfare, and in his efforts for their safety hopes to ob tain not only the acquiescence hut the active support of the country. [Signed] J. C. FREMONT, Maj. Gen. roulinJnling. The George Peabody arrives r-1 , atter inlet—The brig H. S. Hrft)!:<; in as a Prize. FORTRESS MONROE, Sep!,l'e.l,er 2.—The steamer (.eurge• Peabody arrive- frem teras Inlet this morning, havine• in tow the prize brig 11. 5. Brooks,, reiptured at the inlet. The steamer I farriet Lane was got off at two o'cteek, p. Saterhy ; her armament and coal had been lb - )wit over board, hut the guns would be recovered. The rebels had eight killed and <5 ivonnds ed. A new military depot, is i supposed, will be created, and as , :ignpd to General Butler. ;apt. Larned's c.unpany, of the 3d Artillery returned onboard Peabody. They were the first to land, Tell, the Naval frigate, complen:l v (et!, off the es cape of the rebels by laid. Lieutenant (Airier was the first man that invaded the sacred soil of North Carokna. Thy guns boat R. B. Forbes, from Boston, went ashore yesterday oe Smith's Island, near Cape Charles. Three prointe were sent down from Old Point to asst in getting her off. Two members of ilawkin's regi ment were accidentally she te-uay, and one of them killed. A Steamboat Contbkated to the Govern- Me II . Our leaders may not, perhaps, be aware that the confiscation blll, under which ves sels and other prop,-;:ty belong gto the rebels, found in the Joy RI State:, oecomes conft•icated to the Gc;v:cwi; not, went into operation to-day. Acting under its pro visions, our otheient Co!iee:or of the Port, Capt. Bachelor, this morning seized a new steamer in courseof constr uctia at the Allegheny, wharf. :and placed her in pos.. session of the officers et the Government to be disposed Gf forsits henefit. The boat belongs to John BAI, of Tennessee, and is worth about ittll,ooo. As hut some 000 only have been pail on her, the Gov ernment will be h en;-.fie by the : , ,eizure only to that aim - ll:cit. Th,l C.Il is wido awake to hi:; aml it wouid mot at all surprise ns to hear of some more seizures of the saute sort b;.•tine the close of the week.--Chroh,ick. 40
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