The Rae! Situatio in Wreak.
A correspondent of the Herald states
that he had a conversation with a fugitive
from the rebels, whose position of late at
Richmond, Manassas, Winchester, liar
,
per's Ferry, -Munson' Hill and Fairfax
Court House at various periods, and his
extensive acquaintance with men and
things has enabled him to judge Fetter ac
curately of the condition and movements
of the rebels. He says the number of
troops from Richmond to the Potomac, at
Leesburg, in one direction, 3 ffli Aquia
Creek in another, may safest be put down
at one hundred and se venty-five thousand.
Fifty thousand of this number were at
Richmond three days ago, another fifty
thousand et Manassas, while the remain
ing se venty-five thousand are scattered all
s;,/ig from that point to Munson's Hill,
and from the vicinity of Noland's Ferry to
Trarper's Ferry, and on the Potomac, south
of Alexandria, from the vicinity of Aquia
Creek to Mathias Point. The troops at
Leesburg are militia and number about
five thousand. There are also about five
thousand in the vicinity of Nolan's Ferry.
The force at Fairfax Court House is quite
small. Generals Beauregard and John
ston make this place their headquarters.—
The main conspicuous battery on Munson's
Hill consists of three forty-two pounders.
A little in the rear of this is another bat
tery, more obscure, containing three more
pea.
The men are generally well clad at pres
ent, but not with woolen clothing, and they
are beginning to suffer from want of them,
especially those from the extreme South
ern States. Blankets are very much need
ed at nights, and it is considered impossi
ble to supply their wants. The troops
have no shoes except those they brought
from home, and most of them are about
used up, and there is no possible means for
supplying the article. They cannot be
manufactured, as leather is scarce, and
there being no neatsfoot oil to be had, hides
cannot be cured for the manufacture of
leather. The cotton crop which has been
pledged for the Confederate loan is not to
be removed to the seaboard cities until
ready for shipment, for fear of seizure.—
There have 'been pressed into the Confed
erate service nearly all the teams and
horses in the valley of Virginia. Farm
ers are thereby deprived of the usual ad
vantages for tilling the ground preparatory
to sowing their next wheat and corn crops.
Forage for horses in the rebel army is be
ing rapidly bought up, showing that a
speedy move is about to take place. Be
tween Aquia Creek and Alexandria two
new batteries, one five miles above and the
other ten miles, have been erected. The
work upon these has been done dark
nights, between ten and four o'clock. The
intention seems to be the further erection
of similar .defences along the Potomac, up
to a point as near to Alexandria as practi
cable. He says the rebels feel safe in re
gard to the protection along the Potomac
between Aquia Creek and Mathias Point.
Thie.gentleman also states that he learn
ed, upon unquestionable authority, before
leaving Manassas, that the acticipated ad
vance will be made simultaneously at No
lan's Ferry, Alexandria and at a point be
tween Aquia Creek and Mathias Point.—
The movement at Alexandria will proba
bly be a feint. They have made every at
tempt to induce General McClellan to at
tack them in their masked batteries; but
are now satisfied that he will not do it,
and consider it a military necessity to ad
vance themselves. Salt is scarce at fifteen
dollars per sack; coffee fifty cents per
pound; common sugar twenty-five cents;
common molasses one dollar per gallon.—
When asked if he ever heard of a plan to
assassinate Gen. McClellan, he said he
never did, but that he heard something of
assassinating President Lincoln, whom
they assert to be the head and front of all
their troubles. He says they regret that
general McClellan is to command, and ex
press the hope that General Scott will
again assume command. He says Jeff.
Davis, although not dead, was quite feeble
when his death was announced, and that
his health is declining fast. The gentle
man frote whom the above information is
obtained is a Virginian, and held a high I
position in the rebel army, and had the I
confidence of B,eauregard.
tkaing Alarmed at Their Situation.
The people of New Orleans are evident
ly becoming alarmed at the naval move
ments of the Government.. The editor of
the Picayune sayehe has just been informed
by a gentleman who had just arrived from
New York and Philadelphia that the most
unprecedented exertions are being made
in all the ship yards and docks of those
two cities for the fitting out of the largest
naval expedition ever known in this coun
try. Every carpenter who can be obtain
ed is employed, and merchant ships are
being altered into war ships, and all the
foundries are hard at work making and
altering engines for steam propellers
of the largest size, as well as for small gun
boats. It was openly talked of among the
mechanics that this immense fleet of war
ships was destined for New,Orleans. It
would seem that the present design of the
enemy was to affect a ruse, by alluring us
on to take Washington City, thus drawing
our main forces into Virginia, and leaving
our Southern coast comparatively defence
less, while they make a grand demonstra
tion on various portions of our coast, and
force their way to New Orleans at all haz
ards, The enemy can easily afford to let
us take Washington City, which can be of
no great "emit* to us, and even Maryland,
if they can A Louisiana, and thereby
the control of our"botton and the Missis
sippi onset. It is time we opened our eyes
to this grand move on the chessboard of
war, and prepared ourselves to resist and
defeat the enemy's plans. Every vessel in
our harbor should at otos be put in commis
ion, and the chain of forte exteedeg ail th e
way to thelialies. This isno time for swap
ping horses, and the Giseoronteat at Rick.
amoi, as wail MI MIX a ti. here,
tiltouldlook to it l d as or sal *kw
iltreagikeal Oseilielee4ll6,olll44lBMr
On Tuesday evening . 07 escaped
soldiers from the Confederate Army
arrived in Washington, and after re
porting So Oeneral Poster, were in
eareerto,ed at theeentralgurd house,
asprisonero, to be used for giving
information to the Government in fu
ture. One of the men gave to a gen
tlemen connected with one of the
Philadelphia journals the following
statement:—l was a member of the
First Maryland Regiment, command
ed by Colonel Stewart, and stationed
at Fairfax station. Was at the bat
tle of Manassas Junction, and was in
General Johnson's divlion. esca
ped from Stewart's regiment on Tues
day morning. Our brigade was com
manded by Gen. Blzy, going, I think,
to Munson's Hill, and I, remaining
behind, made my escape by a circuit
ous route though the woods. The
man who escaped with me was cook
to the Quartermaster of our regi
ment. I was impressed into the
army at Harper's Ferry, and ant a na
i tive of Baltimore. There is a regi
ment between Fairfax Station and
Springfield, and from Fairfax Court
House clear down to Manassas Junc
tion there is a scattered force which
the officers say amounts to 200,000
men. Ido not think it exceeds one
hundred and fifty thousand. The
force at Munson's Hill has been con
siderably strengthened, and brigades
go there by turns, and remain four or
five days at a time. This is done to
make them familliar with the loca
tion. Gen. Johnson went to Munson's
Hill the other day and made a recon
noisance of the new fort (Fort Taylor)
with a spy glass. He shook his head
and said he did not like its looks.—
No new works have been commen
ced since the battle of Bull Run:—
Sham breastworks have been erreet
ed from Fairfax Station to Fairfax
Court House, and thence to Manassas.
Our army is a seedy looking one.
Our regiment is the best clothed of
any. The Virginia regiments look
fair, but the others are clad in a va
riety of costumes. The Soldiers from
the extreme South are confident of
victory in the next battle, but the men
from Maryland, numbers of whom
are impressed, together with North
Carolinians, are rather shaky.—
There is no regularity in the distri
bution of rations. The principal food
is beef pork, rice and coffee every day.
The army is badly in want of trans
portation wagons, and all the wagons
in Fairfax county have been taken
for the use of the army. Some time
since it was the intention of Beau
regard to march to Leesburg and
cut off our communication and attack
us there, while on the other side an
uprising was expected in Maryland.
From my observations I am of the
opinion that an advance will be made
at an early moment. At Munson's
Hill there is also stationed a brigade,
but Munson's Hill is the only place
where there is any great strength of
troops. The result of the battle at
Manassas did not occasion much hil
arity among the troops, the rebel loss
being too heavy. 1 suppose that
there are some 1,400 prisoners now at
Richmond, all of whom are treated
with much kindness. A great many
men in the Confederate army are sick,
and much disaffection exists among
the troops.
Panic in the Seceded States,
The Philadelphia "Press" says : "Late
information, upon which we can rely,
authorizes us to state that a genet pan
ic has taken place in the seceded States
since Monday last. The preparations of
the Federal Government to seize certain
important posts on the Southern coast,
and the unprotracted character of that
coast, are among the chief reasons for
this rapidly increased feeling. Davis and
his confederated traitors having failed in
their absurd demonstration upon Wash
ington, (which was. in fact, never real,)
are now loosing the confidence of the
troops gathered between Richmond and
the Federal Capital, and are daily attacked
with the utmost bitterness by the people
that have seduced into their conspiracy.—
It is a fact which events will soon estab
lish, that thousands now in the rebel army
are anxious to be taken prisoners by the
American army, in order that they may
be rescued from the fearful horrors under
which they are suffering. Nothing pre
vents an outburst in favor of the Union in
North Carolina, save the invasion of that
State by the South Carolina troops ; and
such men as Holden and Moorhead will
undoubtedly speak out against the traitors
the moment they feel strong enough to do
so. Every dollar of gold and silver is
caught up and laid away, and merchants
and tradesmen only part with their goods
for the paper of the Confederate Govern
ment, and of the different State authori
ties, because they are compelled to yield."
An Important Movement in Missouri.
The St. Louie -Democrat" of Mon-
day says:
"On Saturday nine steamers lying
at the levee, were chartered by Gen,
Fremont. Their names are Emma,
Emile, Minnehaha, H. D. Bacon,
Northener, W. L. Ewing, J. D. Perry
Sam Gaty and Post Boy. These ad
ded to others already engaged, make
a fleet of fourteen or fifteen steamers
which are actively engaged in an im
portant expedition under Gen. Fre
mont. Yesterday the N. W. Graham,
Northener, W. L. Ewing, Sam Gaty;
D. G. Taylor, H. D. Bacon, and A.
McDowell, were busy at the landing
1 - taking on troops and military stores
and equipments. The Northener,
Graham, Ewing and Gaty, shipped
Col. Ellis' cavalry regiment of 750
i men, and the same number of horses.
The Taylor took on board Col. Kel
ton's regiment, the Bacon, CoL Bland's
regiment, and the McDowell, Colonel
Knoblesdorts regiment of Northwest
ern Riflemen. All we know of the
destination of this formidable fleet
is that the boats have turned their
mass lip samara, and arolusdoubtedly
bawd*" the Miami river.
Murder at a "Peace - Meeting."
On Saturday evening a peace
Mating Was held' at Port Deposit,
At, at the hotel of Robert Smith.—
Some fifty secessionists were present,
when six soldiers entered the bar
room, having with them a small Amer
ican
flag. After taking a drink at
the bar, they proposed and gave three
cheers each for the flag and for Gen- 1
eral Scott, when the "peace" wor
shippers rushed out of another part
of the house where there meeting was
being held, and seized the flag and
trampled it under theirfeet, and corn
meneed a most violent assault upon
the six soldiers with clubs, chairs and
knives, at the same time closing the
door to prevent their escape. The
soldiers were wholly unarmed; a no
torious individual, named Tom Kelly,
stabbed a soldier, when the soldier
wrested the knife from him and kill- ;
ed him with it. A highly respectable
citizen of Port Deposit, Robert Thom
son, was also killed ; he had distill
cruislied himselffor his violent denim
ciation of the United States Govern
ment, and all who aided in its effort
•to restore the Union. The soldiers
I were arrested and placed in the guard
house until a captain and twenty-five
men from Havre de Grace arrived on
Saturday night, when they were ta
, ken to Havre de Grace, under a
pledge from the military authorities
to return them for examination
before a Justice of the Peace on Mon
day morning.
From General Banks' Division.
The Baltimore American, of Monday
last, save: That it is again in possession
of news front Loudoun county, Virginia,
through the same source hitherto proven
so trustworthy, and learn that no Confed
erate troops in any numbers greater than
small scouting parties are anywhere along
the line of the Potomac from Leesburg up
to Sir John's Run; and, moreover, that
notwithstanding some alarm on one side,
and wistful looks in that direction from
the other, there has been no force of any
consequence along the route referred to
since the battle of Manassas. From scouts
across the river, as well as from other
sources of direct information, it is quite
certain that a great scarcity exists every
where in that direction of the commonest
articles in daily use, especially sugar, salt,
and things usually deemed indispensable
by families. A woman came over to the
troops of Gen. Banks' column recently
with a quantity of butter and offered it for
salt, and begged hard to be allowed to car
ry some back with her. The officer was
compelled to refuse her the privilege of
carrying supplies of that kind into Vir
ginia, although he offered to seed over
and remove her family to the land of plen
ty on this side. Col. Geary, our informant
stated, has in custudy still the Rev. W. H.
Wilson, arrested on charges of complicity
with the rebels, and he stated further that
the proofs against him were accumulating.
The Rebel Design Upon Louisville.
The Louisville Democrat says :—"lt is
now certain that the whole purpose of the
movements made at Elizabethtown and
Lebanon, on Tuesday, under the orders of
Gene ral Buckner, was to prepare the way
for the invasion and conquest of Louisville
by the Confederate forces of Tennessee.—
The Home Guard from this city and
Roseeau's brigade was evidently quick
enough to disappoint, for a time, the ex
pectation of our enemies, and we hope
they are strong enough to maintain, fur
the present, the position they have deem
ed it necessary to take to secure our safety.
But we need not flatter ourselves that
they must not be speedily strengthened.—
Troops beyond all question will come from
Camp Boon or Camp Trousdale, or both,
reinforced from the southern part of Ken
tucky and other secession localities in our
State, in sufficient numbers to sweep be
fore them the comparatively small force
that has gone from this direction ; unless
the latter shall receive a prompt and pow
erful increase. We may as well take it
for granted that the most extraordinary
exertions will be made from Tennessee
and the secession portions of Southern
Kentucky to reach Louisville. It is no
torious that the secessionists of Tennessee
and Southern Kentucky have for months
past been looking to Louisville with eyes
of hate and vengeance. Thousands of
them have sworn to destroy our city ut
terly, and no doubt the struggle for the ac
complishment of the hellish work is about
to take place. And now let our friends
strain every nerve in preparation for de
fence. The time is come. Every hour,
every minute, is valuable."
How Wise Escaped.
When Floyd left his entrenched Camp at
Carnifex's Ferry, he fled across the coun
try till he reached the main pike leading
from Gauley Bridge to Lewisburg. He
turned down this road, went a short dis
tance toward Gauley Bridge, and there
commenced new entrenchments. Mean
time WiSe, who had only been seven miles
from Carnifex's Ferry on the day of the at
tack, no sooner heard of Floyd's retreat,
than he got on to Lewisburg pike and
started out of danger. Cox, who had been
ordered to "raise the shout, and start as
speedily as possible at Floyd," hurried
up from Gauley, and reached the point on
the Lewisburg pike where Floyd had been
entrenching, just two hours after the
Great Thief, warned of Cox's advance, had
deserted his works, and fled after Wise.
The Federal Prisoners.
Seven surgeons, released from Rich
mond, on parole, have arrived in Wash
ington. They say the condition of the
prisoners is very bad, especially as to
clothing. Most of the officers and all of
the privates of the New York 69th, 79th
and Fire Zonaves, have been sent to Castle
Pinckney. Our prisoners at Richmond,
stand the climate better the* thm*eistic —
The New York papers ant regale:ly riot
to Richman& view Asylum" eitethet le
4ose at 3‘04112410.14
4rtuz tie Sag.
Battle at Kansas flit—Rebela R3Pnised.
KANSAS CITY, September 19,—Fif
teen hundred men, under Colonel
Smith, overtook three thousand Se
cessionists, as they were crossing the
river at Blue Mills Landing, on the
17th, completely routed them, killing
between one hundred and fifty and
two hundred, and taking twelvepris
oilers. The Federal loss is fifty kill
ed and twenty-five wounded.
Advises by private letter from Lex
ington, to-day , say that Price attack
ed-the Federals at 10 A. M.. yesterday,
with a force of thirty thousand.—
[ Thirteen thousand ?] The Federal
force is estimated at from three thou
sand to four thousand. The Federals
fought them two hours, when the
Secessionists drove them back into
their entrenchments. An Irish regi
ment then came out and charged
them at the point of the bayonet,
scatering the rebels in all directions.
Price was to attack them again this
morning, with seventeen pieces of ar
tilery. No statement of the loss on
either side is given.
Louisville Courier Offie Seized—Telegraphic
Communication Stopped.
Lou ISVILLE, Sept. 19.—Early this morn
ing the United States Marshal seized the
office of the Courier, and arrested ex-Gov
ernor Morehead, Reuben T. Moffett, one
of the proprietors of the Courier, and Mar
tin W. Barr, telegraphic news reporter of
the New Orleans Associated Press, on
charges of treason in complicity with
those iu rebellion against the Government.
The prisoners were carried to Jefferson
vill, and will be transferred to the custody
of the Marshal of the Indiana District.—
The transmission of telegraphic news
southward has been interdicted, and the
lines are interrupted.
Traitors En Route for Fort Lafayette
INDIANAPOLIS, September 20.—Ex-
Govenor Moorhead, Martin W. Barr
and R. T. Durrett, who were arrest
ed at Louisville yesterday, for treas
on, were brought here to-day, to be
sent to Fort Lyfayette by urder of
the War Department.
The Federal force at Lexington
JEFFERSON CITY, Sep. 20.—At head
quarters, Mulligan's force at Lexing
ton is supposed to be 3,400 consisting
of an Irish regiment, Col. Mulligan,
900 men ; Col. Marshall's Illinois cav
alry, 600 men ; a Kansas regiment,
number not known ; 500 mounted
Home Guards, 500 Infantry home
Guards, together with 3 six-pounders,
1 howitzer and 2 mortars. Federal
Scouts just in report firing still going
on at Lexington on Wednesday even
ng. The rebels are said to have not
shells, shrapnel or canister, nothing
but round shot and slugs. Nearly
3000 Government horses and mules
are within Mulligan's entrenchments,
requiring much care to prevent a
stampede
Dissatisfaotion with the Rebel Leaders--A
Remarkable Letter.
BALTIMORE, 'September 21. The
"American"has received, by the hand
of a refugee from Virginia, several
Virginia papers, including the Rich
mond ?day of the 6th, which contains
a remarkable letter from Franklin
Minor, most bitterly denouncing the
Administration of Jeff. Davis. The
Richmond "Examiner" of the 12th
says it is evident to every intelligent
observer that the embittered remnant
of the submissionist park
', fully rep
resented in the Virginia Convention,
is bent on the organization of a regu
lar opposition to the Government.—
Under all filenames that it has borne,
that element in our politics has been
invariably against the Southern; and
though the events of last spring an
nihilated its material form, or at least
caused it to disappear from the pub
lic view, it exists always with undi
minished virulence, and awaits the
opportunity to spring into light
again.
The following article in the Rich
mond Whig appears over the initials r
M., no doubt from the pen of Mr. F.
Minor : To whom it may concern :
The following private letter to the
editor is from an old personal friend,
but long separated by party, and one
of the first in position and intellect
in the great county of Albemarle. It
was obviously not designed for publi
cation, but on that very account it
may be the better sign of things un
seen, and the better serve to enlight
en the Administration respecting the
temper of the public mind.
ALBEMARLE, Aug. 180. Dear
Mosely : I am utterly disgusted with
your man, Jeff. Davis, and his man
Walker, and I want to know if you
will publish my spleen if I utter it.—
I have a letter just from Manassas.—
Our troops there, one day last week,
had nothing for breakfast but salt and
potatoes, and were sent eight miles at
double quick to meet a false alarm,
and got neither dinner or supper when
they came back to camp. Now,
Mosely, it is evident to me that your
Government is rotten at the head.—
Davis ought to be spiked up where
men may see him. You have won a
great victory and got no fruits from
it. You have had charge of the gov
ernment for six months, and have
done nothing. No meat, no bread,
no powder, no wagons, no anything
but salt and potatoes, and yet you
sing out, "the government has the -en
tire confidence of the whole people."
Now it has not mine, and I want to
know whether I can have a fair hear
ing. The only smart thing I have
seen is your proposition to postpone
the Presidential election. * *
Noble Action of resisioli7 Lagislthure.
FRANKFORT, Sep. 21.—The bill
which passed bothlionses,requesting
General Anderson to call for and take
command of the Bentuc volna
. haft.
was vetoed by GOVINIOF APR
passed over his vow, is bops,
sixty-44n agoimi* tmeatty4lre,
Enthisiestic Reoeition of Federal Troops
by the Kentuckians, &c.
Loonviux, Sept. 21.--Colonel Critten
den, from Indiana, whb was the first to
bring a regiment from snot/lei. State into
Western Virginia, in aid of the Federal
Government, was the first to come to the
aid of Kentucky. His regiment, well arm
ed, passed through our streets towards the
Nashville depot this afternoon and pro
ceeded immediately Southward. They
were enthusiastically received at different
points on the route. Brigadier Gen. Ward
arrived to-day from Washington, and will
forthwith take command of his brigade in
Central Kentucky. A portion of Gen.
Rousseau's forces are in possession of Mil
draugh's
Details of the Battle of Lexington.
Hunsos, Mo., September 23.—The fol
lowing account of the seige of Lexington is
furnished to the St. Louis "Republican,"
by Henry Bradburu, one of Colonel Mulli
gan's soldiers, who left Lexington Satur
day morning. The Fort was surrounded
on Friday afternoon. The men fought, for
fifty-nine hours without water, and had
only three barrels of vinegar to quench
their thirst during all that, time. There
were no springs or wells of water in the
Camp ground as has been stated. The
supply was from the river, and was cut off
after a desperate fight on Wednesday.—
The camp ground consisted of about ten
acres, and was located a short distance
from the river. There were breastworks
entirely around it, with the exception of
the portion next the river. It was here
the hardest fighting took place. The rebels
procured a large number of hemp bales,
rolled them in advance and under their
cover, gradually succeeded in gaining a posi
tion in the rear. They then cut oil' the sup
ply of water, and had the fort completely
surrounded. They made but few charges
upon the breastworks during the entire
siege. Their object seemed to be to
surround the fort, arni cut off the
supply of water. Having succeeded
in this, they awaited until Colonel Mulli
gan was compelled to yield to a foe more
terrible than the 27,000 rebels that sur
rounded him. Previous to the surrender
he offered to take a position on a level
spot of ground, and give Gen. Price the
odds of four to one in a fair and;open fight,
but no attention was paid to it. After the
surrender the rebels mounted the breast
works and seemed mad with joy. As soon
as the surrender took place a party took
down the flag and trailed it in the dust.—
An immense amount of gold, supposed to
be „About a quarter of a million, fell into
the possession of the rebels. It was taken
from the banks and buried by Colonel
Mulligan on the camp ground some time
ago ; the rebels speedily' unearthed it.—
Colonel Mulligan wept like a child when
he found himself compelled to surrender.
The morning after the surrender the men
were all released on parole, and ferried
across the river. The officers were de
tained.
The loss of the rebels is not known, but
it is thought not to be less than a thousand
killed and wounded. Their first attack
proved more disastrous to them than the
long Beige that followed. For a day or
two previous to the last attack they were
engaged in burying their dead.
001. Mulligan's Command released.
CHICAGO, Sept. 23.—A special dis
patch this evening, from Quincy to the
Journal says that Col. Mulligan's com
mand has been released on parole,
and will be here this evening to re
main under Gen. Fremont's orders.—
Reed and Prentiss have telegraphed
to the American Quartermaster to
provide subsistence for two thousand
men, and have it ready upon their ar
val. The commissioned officers are
retained as prisoners by the rebels.
More about Mulligaa's Command.
CHICAGO, September 25.—From re
ports of some of Mulligan's command
who reached this city last night, the
following additional particulars are
gleaned : The men started from Lex
ington on Saturday afternoon. Near
ly two hours were occupied in cross
ing the river, and at three o'clock
they started for Hamilton, forty miles
distant, under tho guidance of several
armed secessionists. The advance
reached Hamilton at sun-down; and
at ten o'clock most of the, party had
taken the cars for Quincy. Along the
route to Hamilton they were general
ly kindly treated. All the money
could raise was employed to get wag
ons to carry the wounded, though all
those severely wounded remained at
Lexington. Only one commissioned
officer, Lieut. Hollenburg, escaped.—
All accounts agree that the rebel loss
in killed and dangerously wounded
amount to from 9,000 to 12,000 (?)
The Quincy "Whig" states, on in
formation of an intelligent member
of Col. Marshall's regiment, that a
leading rebel surgeon conceded a loss
of 1,134. One hundred mounted
troops, and some four hundred horses
of Col. Marshall's regiment were kill
ed, it beingimpossible to shelter them
from the enemy's cannon. After the
surrender, many of the men killed
their horses in order to prevent them
falling into the enemy's hands. A
large sum of money, estimated at half
a million of dollars, half in specie,
was secured by Price, after being bu
ried by Mulligan.
Latest from Fortress Monroe,
FORTRESS MONROE, VIA. BALTIMORE, Sep
tember 24.—A new arrival from Hatteras
Inlet to-day states that all was quiet, and
that an early effort would be made to dis
lodge the rebels from Roanoke Island.—
The U. S. frigate Sabine arrived to-day
from Portsmouth, N. H., and will sail
southward to-morrow. Gen. Wool will
probably send no contraband slaves to
Washington, as the entire force is required
the Wm of Quarter **or Talmadge.
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r Gen. Bo.Oblast/ Prooliaatition to the People 1 ,
It of L
entaoky.
LouisviLLE, September 24.—The
following Proclamation has jttst been
received:
To THE PEOPLE OF KENmeat—The:l
Legislature of Kentucky have been
faithless to the will of the people.—
They have endeavored to make your
gallant State a fortress in which, un
der the guise of neutrality, the armed
forces of the United States might se
cretly prepare to subjugate alike the
people of Kentucky and the Southern
States. It was not until aftermonths
of covert and open violation of your
neutrality, with large encampments
of Federal troops on your territory,
and a recent official declaration of the
President of the United States not to
regard your neutral position, coupled
with a well prepared scheme to seize
an additional point in your territory,
which was of vital importance to the
safety and defence of Tennesse, that
the troops of the Confederacy, on the
invitation of the people of Kentucky,
occupied a defensive post in your
State. In doing so the commander
announced his purpose to evacuate
your territory simultaneously with a
similar movement on the part of the
Federal forces, whenever the Legisla
ture of Kentucky shall undertake to
enforce against both belligerents the
strict neutrality which they have so
often declared. 1 return amongst
you, citizens of Kentucky, at the head
of a force, the advance of which is en
tirely Kentuckians. We do not come
to molest any citizen, whatever may
he his political opinions. Unlike the
agent of the Northern despotism
who seek to reduce us to the condi
tion of dependent vassals, we believe
that the recognition of the civil rights
of citizens is the foundation of consti
tutional liberty, and that the claim
of the President of the United States
to declare martial law, to suspend
the priveleges of the writ of habeas
corpus, and to convert every barrack
and prison in the land into a bastile,
is nothing but the claim which other
tyrants have assumed to subjugate a
free people. The Confederate States
occupy Bowling Green as a defensive
position. I renew the pledges of the
commanders of other columns of Con
federate troops, to retire from the
territory of Kentucky on the same
conditions which will govern their
movements. I further give you my
own assurance that the force under
my command will be used as aid to
the government of Kentucky in car
rying out the strict neutrality desired
by its people, whenever they under
take to enforce it against the two bel
liderants alike.
[Signed] G. B. BUCKNER,
Brigadier General, C. S. A.
Dated at Bowling Green, Sept. 18,
1861.
It is rumored that Buckner has ad
vanced on Elisabethtown, but cannot
be confirmed in season for the after
noon papers. The Federal troops are
preparing for any emergency.
An Action at Point of Rooks.
POINT OF ROCKS, Sept. 21.—T0-day
an action took place at this point be
t ween a part of the teree under Col.
Geary and 400 or 500 rebels on the
Virginia side of the Potomac. The
enemy were sheltered in the high
point of Catoctin mountain, and in
the houses at its base, but they were
driven from every place by the
battery and rifles of Col. Geary's com
mand. The houses were burned to
the ground. The U. S. troops sus
tained no loss.
The conflict there of the 15th inst.
resulted in a rebel loss of eighteen
killed. One shell, alone, from our bat
tery killed 8 secessionists. Not a day
or night passes but bodies of the reb
els make their appearance at some
point on the secession side of the riv
er, opposite Col. Geary's line of guard
keeping his force in a constant state
of bodily exercise. He only uses his
artillery when he knows it will be
effective.
ROMNEY—We learn from reliable
authority that a force of about 1,300
was sent to Romney, Hampshire coun
ty. on Sunday last, with orders to
hold it till re-inforced, if possible.—
Some trouble is expected.— Wheeling
Press.
LISS' OF PREMIUMS
MFOR TI EFFSRSON AGRICULTURAL. SOCIE
TV. to be held at Jefferson, Greene county, Pa.
on Thursday and Friday, October 17th and IStb,
CLASS 1.
N 0 R SE .1
Best Staines,
Belt Broad Mare
Best 3 year old 3lallieu.
3d " " "
Beat 3 year old Caldang,
Beata year old Mare,
" •' "
Beat Draught ♦nhoal
CLA,Se II
Best 2 year old Hone Colt, 2.00
2d • 1.00
Beat 2 year old Mare Colt, 1,00
id • 1,00
Beat yearling Morse Colt, 1,00
td " 1,00
Best yearling Mare Celt, 2,00
2d " 44 64
1.00
Beat spring Horse Celt, 2,00
2d " • 6 411
1,00
Beet spring Mar: Col!, 1,00
$4 •• 1,00
CLAMS 111
Beet pair Matched Horses or Marna. 5 00
id • •• 3,00
Best simile Driving Animal, 3,00
2d " •• 40 1,00
Best Riding Animal. 3,00
Best Trotting Animal in Mamma, 3,00
" " under Saddle. 5,00
Best Patine Ashes'', i 00
CLAMS IV.
DURHAM OATII.E.
Best Butt,
Best 2 year old Bull,
Rd "
Bert yearling
Sd "
Best Bull Calf,
Best Cow,
2d "
Best 2 year cold 11401.14.
Id
Best YeaMOE,
24
Beet Hight' Calf,
CLASS V.
aaszva OLTTLB
Beet Bull, 400
Beatf
Beat S year old Ball, • 2,00
1.30
Beet yearling" too
Id
Beet Ball Calf. 1.00
Beet 2
2d Corr,
,00
1114 S tsar elditei s fee, SP
1,00
4 00
IA
IS
CLAIMS VI.
SPANISH SHEEP
Best Buck,
5 1 4
Best yearling Buck,
Best Bock Lamb,
But lot of Ewee, 6in number,
2 d
Bea lot of Ewe Lambs, 6 in numbes
CLASS VU.
SAX ONY
Btst Buck
Best yearling Buck,
Best Buck Lamb,
Best lot of Ewes, 0 in number,
2d. 44 $6
Beet lot of Ewe Lambs, 6 in numb .r,
CLASH VIII .
WM&
Beut Boar
Beet Brood Sow
2d
Beet Litter Pip.
CLASS lx.
POULTRY
Beat ROCIIIIPT,
2.1 "
Beet lot of Hens
CLASS X.
1 0 1/041./FACTUREE ARTICLES
Rest Fulled ClOth, 10 yards,
2d
Beet Red I , lannel, ••
2d '•
Best dress
Best pair Blaakets,
lEEE
('LASS XI
LEATHER, &Fe
Best Pair Boots,
Best Calf-Skins, ii in numbei
Beet Side Upper Leath. r,
Beet Bide Soul Leather,
Best Double !farness,
Best Single Harness,
Best Side Saddle,
Best Man's Saddle
Best Bridle and Martingale,
CLASS XII
CLOTHING;
Bret Dreci Coat,
Rest Pair Past!
Bext Vela,
CLASS VIII.
WAGONS, CARRIAGES, &c
Best Fa:uily Carriage. by manntecturw,
2d
Mewl Buggy,
2d .•
Best Farm ItVairon
Beet Ox ('art,
Best Sulky,
Best Wheel-Hower,
rf,Arig
CABINET WARR, Su
Hest Nocretary,
Best Bureau,
Best Bedstead,
Best Churn.
Best :Heat Tub,
ne.9l. Tight Barrel,
Beet Bus'tet,
Best Wooden Bucket,
Best Washing Machine
Best Marble Work,
CLAPirc XV
FARMING IMPLEMENTO, &
Beet 1 ltoree Plough,
Best Corn Plough.
Best Harrow,
Best Cultivator,
Best Feed Cutter,
Best Cooking Stove,
Best Parlor
Best Draught ClllOl4.
Best Axe,
Best Axe, Broad,
Beat Mattock,
Best Grain Cradle,
Best Spade.
Best Shovel,
Best Manure Fork,
Best Hay Fork,
Best Tlireeker add Separates.
Best MoweY,
Best Grain Drill.
Best Fanning Mill,
Best Horse Rake.
Best Cora and Cob MM.
Best Coru Sheller,
Best Hit of Horse Muses and j tb. of Sails.
~LIRNXVI.
OOVBSLBTB
glwitt Coverlet.
CLASS XVII.
QUILTS, WHITE
Best Whits Quilt,
CLASS XVIII.
QVILTS, FANO!'
gest Yummy Quilt*,
" "
QUILTS, SOSAP
livid Slum, Glakilt
id " "
VLASS XX
BONNETS, Itto
Hest M.de Basket,
't " Dress,
•-• Shirt,
CLASEI XXr .
110IdEIRY
Best ('otter Hose,
"24 " "
Best Wu"len Huss,
Il "
Beat " Socks,
Id " at
CLAM XXII
CARPETtt,he
Best Beg Carpet, ten yards,
Best Wool "
Beet Rome made ',lnnen, 10 yerSe
2d "
Beet Linnen Thread.
Beet Sewing silk.
CLASS MEW.
NEEDLE WORE
Best Stand Cover,
Best Hearth Bug,
Best Lamp Mat,
Best Ladies' Collar,
Best Ladies Handkerchief,
Best Silk Embroidery,
Seat Worsted
Beat Portfolio (on card Lama.)
CLARA XXIV .
LEATHER WOIIii, &c
Beet Leather•work,
Best Grecian Painting.
Best Crystalized Basket,
Best Basket Tissue Flowers ,
Best Waz Fruit,
CLAMS XXV.
FLOWERS
Best Variety Dahlias,
Best Round Buquet,
Best Flat "
Best Basket Cut Flowers.
Beat Vase Flowers,
Best Variety Verbenas,
Best Variety Cut Roses,
Best Rose Geraiteuto,
Best Cactus,
Best Collection cf
CLAM; XXVI.
IRLI.,IRW, •c
Best Preserved l'eaches,
2d
Quie , * o
IME
i=;/=1
Tomatoes
MS
Beet Currant Jelly,
Beet Quiure ••
Heat Apple
Beet Quint, Marutata,te
Pe.uh
cLAaks xxvil
Liutrr 91te.4.1)
D•lt Light Mead,
Ika,
Pound •'
Fruit
" Sponge "
dilver "
" Jelly ••
Pone
CLAMS XX till,
BEITTSR, PICKLES. ike
Beet Butter, 3 pounds,
Best Cheese, 12 pounds
2,1 `•
Bull Cucumber Pickles,
" Variety Jar,
" Peach Pickles,
" Tomato Caulap
•• Lard, 3 pounds,
•• Hooey, I pounds,
CLASS XXtX.
HORTICULTURAL PIitOOUO3S
Beet selection of Apples,
24
Ben specimen Apples,
24 •
Best
it
Pun,
Peaches,
Plum.
Quincas,
CLASS xxx.
GRAIN, VEGSTABLINII,
Sov. eptcionsa , Pneet.
Corn,
•Ir A ve,
" " Oats,
• Barley,
" " Sweet Potatoes,
" " Inds •
•• " meets,
" Pumpkins,
" " Cabbage,
collection of Gams vii, "
Best Miniature An Beene. 1,80
1110411104 . 140.1
M. Ir. Danny, Matt,ipti* $
.
N. M. Immterr. Car. flimey.
islitunne, Sept I*, IMM,
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4,00
1,00
1,00
1,00
4,00
1,00
1.00
2 ,00
1,00
2,00
I.od
2,00
I,OC
2,00
2.60
1.00
1,00
1.00
1,00
8
1,00
r,OO
1,110
1.00
LOO
1,011
1,00
i,OO
SAO
1.00
1.05
LOS
1.00
1,00
El
2,100
1,10
1,00
1,00
1.00
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