--"stay4
Abecrombie sett word to headquar
ters that the enemies' forces were
advancing towards his position on
the Villginia side f'rom above and be
low, and asking for reinforcements.
His command was seen drawn up
In line of battle, near the shore, and
orders were issued to push over a
strong force to his relief. Up to the
present hour, 10 o'clock', P. M., no at
tack has been made.
Five persons were arrested at
Poolsville to-day, on the charge of
being secession spies. They were
examined and remanded for lafe
keeping ; The skirmish of yesterday
was fought on our side exclusively
by the Independent corps of Andrews'
Massachusetts Sharpshooters and
Company K, of the 19th Massachu
setts regiment. The enemy's force
consisted of one regiment each from
Louisiana, Mississippi and 'Virginia.
The latter attempted to flank our
little force, but the terrible fire from
the sharpshooters, a rebel falling at
each shot, and the firmness of Com
pany K, prevented the. execution of
their plan. The loss of the enemy
was great, while only one of our meu
was killed. The skirmishers were
aided by several shots from our bat
tery on the Virginia side.
SECOND DISPATCH
EDWADRDS' FERRY, October 24.
Yesterday, on learning that a large
force of the enemy were approaching,
and had arrived at two points above
and below and in the immediate vi
cinity of the Ferry, it was judged ad
visable to withdraw our troops from
the Virginia shore, both at Edwards'
Ferry and Harrison's Island. This
was rendered the more necessary
from the high stage of water and the
prevalence of a gale, which made it a
matter of impossibillity to throw
over a sufficient force to make our
positions there perfectly secure
against a general attack.
The force at Harrison's Island
were removed first, in the face of,
and unmolested by a large body of
the capny, who wisely,perhaps, fore
bore to make any demonstration.—
Gen. Stolle commanded the division
opposite edwards' Ferry, and re
moved they& during the tempestuous
storm in the night with safety. Gen.
Stone was among the last to leave
the shore, and no accident whatever
occurred.
The numbers of the enemy are not
known to outsiders, but it is inferred
that they had between 13,000 and
80,000. Their positions were in dan
gerous proximity to the Ferry, and
a night attach•would have been dis
astrous to our small numbers there.
This morning none of their troops or
encampments are visible, except per
haps a soldier occasionally passing
along the roads through the opening
in the forests
More Particulars of the Battle Near Ed
wards' Ferry.
WAsniNGTON, October 25.—C01.
Joshua T. Owen, of the Second Regi
ment of the California. Brigade, arri
ved here last night, direct from Ed
wards' Ferry, and has related the fol
lowing additional particula rs in regard
to the recent engagement :
The force was 1,736 on our side.—
Of the number killed, wounded and
missing, 237 belonged to Col. Baker's
regiment. Captain Vaughan, who
was sent over to bring the dead, re
port that a large number of the rebels
slain were came* away, while oth
ers were intered on the battle field.
The impression is that their killed
far exceeded ours, owing to the effi
ciency of our artillery.
Lieut. Col. Wis tar, who \vas wound
ed in the shoulder, arm and jaw, is
considered out of danger. Capt.
.111arkee, of Philadelphia, was wound
ed in the arm, and taken prisoner,
Lieut. Williams, of Captain Putnam's
company was killed.
Col. Owens further states that im
mediately previous to the fall of Cu!.
Baker, the rebels made; a flank move
ment to turn the latter's line. Col.
Baker perceiving this, immediately
wrote an order to be conveyed to the
companies of the Tammany regiment,
which had just arrived, and while
immediately facing his command to
meet the Rank movement, and about
giving orders to charge, he was kill
ed, falling ten feet hi advance of the
The field on-which the battle was
fought is circumscribed within an
MA of six acres. Lieut. Bennett,
who was taken prisoner, reports
that Col. Hatton, of the rebel army,
was killed at the commencement of
the engagement.
Bishop Bowman's ettoosmor,
PHILADELPHIA, October 25.—The
.
- eoial convection of the Protestant
Church concluded its ses
sion yesterday, by the election of Rev.
Wm. Pappil Stevens, D. D., to the
office, of .kmistant Bishop, made va
cant by the deiiih'of Bishop Bowman.
13eitrintien of Smiths the Pirate.
24.-r-The jury
in the case
goof iiilbuerpEoith,a3bstrs
P th od
44 02 49 y i% t eepopesul.. itith_e
ppla Vie, - re, s ti udered +el%
die piny th
it does seem most unaccountable
that no greater facilities had been
made to effect a crossing than a few
old scows and a crazy canal boat.—
Any tolerable military engineer
could have constructed a pontoon
bridge in three days, by which any
number of troops and cannon could
have been thrown across on an emer
gency. But the forces on the Mary
land
side were compelled to witness
the agonizing spectacle of hundreds '
of their comrads being shot down by
an overwhelming force oft he enemy,
while they were consigned to a use
less
inactivity. We are glad to see
by the latest telegrams that this
movement is repudiated by Gen. Mc-
Clellan, who says it was no part of
his plan, and was effected without.
his knowledge. Whatever blame,
therefore, attaches to the bad gener
alship involved in the late move
ment belongs chiefly to General
Stone.
The latest from the scene 6f the
struggle gives seventy-nine killed;
wounded in possession of both sides,
one hundred and forty-one; and
missing, now prisoners, and wander
ing in the woods on both sides of the
river, not exceeding foUr hundred.—
Total in killed, wounded and missing,
.six hundred and twenty. It is said
that our officers and men behaved
with most extraordinary courage.—
They were pressed by an overpower
ing force, stood firm until their whole
supply of ammunition was exhausted,
and then they retreated to the river,
and threw their gluts and swords in
to the river to prevent the enemy
from getting possession of them.—
Col. Raymond Lee and staff were
furniShed with a skiff to make their
escape. The Col. gallantly refused,
and gave orders to use it for convey
ing the wounded across the river.—
It was filled with wounded, who
reached the Maryland shore. The
humane and gallant officer was taken
prisoner. All credit is due him.—
Col. Cogswell took command when
Col. Baker fell, and behaved with
the greatest coolness and gallantry.
He is also a prisoner. Gen. McClel
lan returns with renewed confidence
in the action and efficiency of his
soldiers. The movement of Monday
forms no part of Gen. McClellan's
plan, and
.was undertaken without
his knowledge. The conduct of Gen.
Baker to rescue the Massachusetts
and other men under fire, was hero
ic beyond description.
Our Army in Missoari—Hedging Price
Around--Another Federal Victory.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 25.—A gentleman
from Gen. Sigel's advance post reports
that Price had left Cedar county,
and was retreating towards Green
field, Dade county. Sigel's advance
guard was near Bolivar on Tuesday
evening, and his main body was at
Quincy, Lane's forces were at Osce
ola, and Sturgis' entire command was
only one day's march behind. Gen.
Sigel was about as far south as Price,
but some twenty-five miles east, evi
dently aiming fir Springfield to cut
off his retreat south, while Lane was
only two day's march north il of him.
Fremont and staff were at Pommede
terre river en route Ibr Quincy.—
Gen. Hunter's and McKinstry's di
visions were moving towards War
saw. Gen. Pope was marching on
Leesville, via Sedalia, and Gen. As
bath was at Warsaw. The Bridge
at Warsaw was completed, and troops
were to commence crossing on Wed
nesday last. The structure is trus
tee work and not a pontoon bridge.
It was the general belief among
the officers at Warsaw that Price
could not get away, hut that he
would be compelled to fight or sur
render.
• A detachment of United States
Cavalry broke up a Rebel Camp at
Buffalo Mills, ten miles from Cole
Camp Creek, on Tuesday night,
killing seventeen and wounding a
large number, and taking ninety
prisoners, a number of horses, and
twenty-two wagons.
The Mississippi Pass Fight
The Navy Department has receiv
ed official dispatches about the Hol
lins attack on the New Orleans
squadron. His ram struck, not the
Preble or Vincennes, but the:steamer
Richmond, which could not avoid a
collision because of a two great length
to be turned.in the river. The col
lision made a hole five inches in di
amater in her hull; which did not
sink her. The ram essayed another
blow, but was beaten off. Our ships
then all made for the mouth of the
river. The Preble went over the
bar, but the Richmond and Vincen
nes stuck upon it. There they were
assailed by Hollins' mosquito fleet,
whose guns did but little or no dam
age. Our loss was one ship's boat,
that got adrift, and that containing
fifteen tons of coal. We did riot lose
a man. Ere the messenger bearing
the dispatches left, both the Rich.
mond and Vincennes had floated
over the bar again. No vessels are
DOW between the rebel batteries.
iNtrJohn Brown, Jr's sharpshooters,
numberitiglie men, passed through
Chim l to ow Tuesday, on their way to
Kansas.
_The trot Batty.,
It is nos neratiy , sa
gel _y
New York Workl4tat tile first great bat
tle in the itdvasee will .probably take
place at Centreville. The rebel army is
massed between that point and Bull Run
in force. Prom the cautious manner of
McClellan's advance they see that it will
not do to give up Centreville heights with
out a struggle, as they may be used to shell
the batteries on the old - battle ground.
Frotri the present .rate of .advance, it may
not be a week before e'en. McClellan
reaches that point. There may, hOwever;
be a dash in another direction as a diver
sion, but it now looks as though there
will he a series of battles—at Centreville,
Bull Run, and Manassas. With equal
bravery and even less men our immense
advantage in rifled cannon and arms ought
to give us the victors
A Day of Thanksgiving Appointed.
Govenor Curtin has issued his proc-
lamation appointing a day of public
Thanksgiving and Prayer for the
people of the State. The day fixed
is Thursday the 28th of November,
and his Excellency recommends
4.. hat it be set apart as "a day of sol
emn Thanksgiving to God, for hav
ing prepared our corn and watered
our furrows, and blessed the labors
of the husbandman. and crowned the
year with His goodness, in the in
' crease of the ground and the gather
ing in of the fruits thereof, so that
our barns are filled with plenty; and
for having looked fl,-orably on this
Commonwealth and having strength
ened the bars of her gates and bless
ed the children within her, and made
men to be of one mind, and preserved
peace' in her borders. Beseeching
Him also on behalf of these United
States, tiiatour beloved country may
have delitwance from these great and
apparent dangers }wherewith she is
compassed, and that He will merci
fully still the outrage of perverse,
violent, unruly and rebellious people,
and make them clean hearts, and re
new a right spirit within them. 'and
give them grace that they may see
the error of their ways and bring
forth fruits meet fbr repentance, and
hereafter, in all godliness and honesty,
obediently walk in his Holy com
mandments. and in submission to the
just and manifest authority of the Re
public, so that we, leading a quiet
and peaceable life, may continually
offer unto Him our sacrifice of praise
and thanksgiving."
The Confiscation Law to be Enforced,
A correspondent of the N. V.
Times says that the Government is
rapidly preparing for enforcing the
confiscation law passed by the last
Congress. On Saturday attach
ments were served against a lot of
furniture belonging to a man named
Shields, who is a Captain in the rebel
army, and who owns a number of
houses and lots in Washington.—
This is to he a special case, and if the
law is sustained, the Government
will at once proceed to confiscate the
property of every known Confederate
as fast as they come within the juris
diction of the Federal arms. The
same correspondent says: An appli
cation was made to Provost Judge
Frieze, of Alexandria, •on Saturday,
to have the Government take posses
sion of the estate of the late John A.
Washington, at Mt. Vernon, for the
purpose of securing the claims of
Union men. When John A. Wash
ington left for the rebel army, he
placed the care of the estate in the
hands of one Turner. Turner, bow
every, soon caught the secession fe
ver, and went down to Occoquan
creek to join the rebels there. Near
ly all the slaves were either taken
away or ran away. The army cap
tured all the horses and cows, and
only one able-bodied man, a slave.
named Gabriel Johnson, was left on
the place with a:few superannuated
contrabands. Gabriel was true to
his trust, and worked the farm as
best as he could—hiring help, selling
grain, paying claims, and acting as
general agent. There is now stand
on the farm one hundred and thurteen
acres of corn, of which Gabriel has
sold one hundred acres, at ten dol
lars per acre, to be cut. measured,
husked and carried oft' at the expense
of the purchaser. Judge Frieze com
plimented Gabriel on his fltithfulness,
and promised to see him taken care
of.
Romney, Va.
This village, the scene of the late
brilliant achievement of Gen Kelley,
in which he captured three cannon
and a large number of prisoners, to
gether with wagons and camp equip
age, is situated in a bowel of moun
tains. There are rich, fertile valleys
running along their bases. The
country surrounding is productive
of the coreals. The town itself is
one of the most thriving in that part
of Virginia. Many of the inhabit
antrik still long for a restoration of the
old Union. It can be easily fortified
and held. But its possession, except
as a point to guard the rear of an ad
vancing column, is of little military
importance. Winchesteris the strat
egetie point of that region. Col.
Wallace's Indiana Zouaves, early in
June last, while stationed at Cumber
land, made a. dash upon a party of
Confederate troops stationed at this
point, and took all their camp equip
age and a large number of arms.
routing them completely.
BIGA MISTS BY MISTAKE.-TWO
young married men; of Searsburg,
Vermont, who left for California
some years since, and returned home
recently, found their wives married.
They having heard nothing from
their husbands since their departure,
applied to a young lady spiritualist,
who was very exact in describing to
them the death and burial of their
husbands, the date of their funeral,
and the disease of which they died.
Their wives supposing this to be re
liable, re-married, and there was a
fanny time When the long absent hue-
I bends returned. - •
s the ,
The Rebel-Routinz at Romney.
A correspondent of the Cincinhnti
Commercialgives the followinitac
count -a the clearing out @f the Beb- ,
els by• General Kelley, at Romney,
Virginia: The hour : appointed Was.,
twelve xt, for the start. The 4th
Ohio - had left4their 'tali* at Pendle
ton,4distanee4hirtS.-two. and
were within Avapluffes waiting to join
us. About 50 of the 7th Virginial
under •eentrnand of OW KelitY, MAI
of the General'. Captains Dayton
and . bowpandoe „,atso
,
gifta, itylere with uA, together
with the Ringgold Cavalry and Mc-
Ghee's.Virgie Lancers, The force,
numbering about 2500, with the wag
on train, soon after twelve P. M .—
The General overtook them the next
morning, when he took charge in
person. When within seven miles
O f Romney, our advance guard were
attacked by the ambushed pickets.—
Every step of the way was hotly con
tested, the Ringgold Cavalry under
Capt. Keys, performing feats of val
or. driving the enemy befbre them.
• Three companies of infantry were
ordered to their support, rushing on
the double-quick in the face of abot
fire from their heavy pieces of can
non,. Shot and tell were literally
raining around them. The enemy's
fire Wari well directed, but invariably
went over our heads.
In the face of heavy musketry and
cannon, a gallant dash was made for
the rebel battery, when their whole
force gave way and took to the woods,
making Flora Temple time, leaving
us possessors of all their camp equip
age, wagons, over a hundred horses,
stores and ammunition, in all value
fully twenty thousand dollars ; and
this discomfiture effected at a loss to
us of only one man killed and five
wounded. The loss occurred in the
Virginia 7th. We now hold Romney,
and purpose occupying it. Time and
opportunity will suggest the next
step. Meantime, the glorious suc
cess attending our arms at Romney,
will give a blow to the rebel cause in
that portion of Virginia which will
tend very much to break up the
crude and disorderly band which
their leaders took pride in calling
~ Our Army at Romney." From their
wounded prisoners in our hospital at
Romney, we learn that their tbree
was I.7oo—nearly all cavalry. One
of their Colonels. Mr. Armstrong,
formerly a resident of this place, and
a member of the•late Wheeling Con
vention, was taken prisoner.
General Kelly's Column.
This gallant Virginian has not
only recovered from his severe wound,
inflicted by the treachery of rebels,
last summer, but is again actively at
work in the field. His headquarters
have alternated lately between Graft
ton and New Creek. He has had six
regiments under his commend, and
these have been stretched in line
from Cumberland (Mar y landjto Graf
ton. Their principal business has
been to guard the line of the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad between
these points, and to keep the seces
sionists from making incursions out
of the valley of Virginia into the
Western part of that State. By his
movement upon Romney, the Seces
sion forces in the valley of the She
nandoah are outflanked, and Win
chester, only 25 miles from this point
is seriously menaced. By this route
_Manassas can iv completly turned,
or a march made upon Richmond,
through Staunton, without regard
to Beaure , ra 'd's army. It is doubtful
however, Whether Kelly has suffi
cient force to do more than maintain
himself. If he has more than enough
there will be a forward movement
upon 'Winchester. The crossing of
the river at Edward's Ferry. by
Stone's column, was evidently to be
in concert with General Kelly's ad
vance, from the Northwest, in the
same general direction.
KANSAS CITY, October 20.—The
Santa Fe mail furnishes the following
additional items :
About the Ist instant a Company
of New Mexican volunteers, under
Capt. Mink, was attacked in the night
at Alimosa,3s miles below Fort Craig,
by 110 Texan rebels and their horses
stampeded. Capt. Mink proposed to
surrender his company, but his men
dissented, secured their horses, and
retreated to Fort Craig: subsequently
about 100 United States troops from
Fort. Craig pursued the rebels,overtook
them, killed their Captain and ten
men. wounded about thirty, and killed
about thirty horses. The balance of
Texans escaped to Mesilla. Another
band of rebels who had been encamp
ed on Arkansas river, were being pur
sued by a company of U. S. dragoons
from Fort Wise and a company of
New Mexico volunteers.
The Naval Expedition.
As most all the vessels of the great
maritime expedition are steamers,
which can put out to sea when a
storm breaks out upon the coast,
there is not the same danger from
shipwreck to them as to the sailing
vessels that aforetime constituted the
Spanish Armada and other expedi
tions that have been destroyed by
the force of winds and waves. And
though the armament of vessels is
more formidable than of old, so also
arc the means of resistance of forts
and other land batteries likewise
augmented.
Our coasts being fortified only here
and there, while bays and inlets
abound where troops may be 'landed
out of the range of batteries, a mari
time expidition may operate much
more advantageously than in Europe,
where cannon frown in every direc
tion.
Lord Wellington once said in Par
liament that ships, however well com
manded, or however gallant the sea
men might be, were incapable of en
gaging successfully with stone walls—
Our experience during the present
war confirms the truth of that view.
But sea and land expeditions are ano
they thing, yet they have not been
From Kansas.
successful in Europe against fortified
points. The success at Fort Hatter
ts was an extraordinary exploit, and
it TO -to he:. seen *hather that
achievement can be successfully fol
-terlii-ed up.
A. Gross Attempt to Swindle,
The Cleveland Leader says the
mails are now flooded with circulars
appealing for contributions to the
4.X..S..liumane Society," which pro
fesses to act by the consent of the
,G9vern moot, and under ; i4; authority,
b tai ningifund a for the army a
balances and hospital supplies. The
modest sum of only thirty-thousand
dollars is required, and subscriptions
from a dime upwards are solicited.
The Lcailer says the whole thing is a
base attempt to swindle the patriolic
public, by creating an impresgai
that this movement has something
to do with the Sanitary Commission,
which is quite another affair.
The Rebels Dividing their Forces.
Positive information has been re
ceived. says a Herald despatch, that
recent occurrences have occasioned a
division of the rebel army on the Po
tomac. Reinfbreements to a very
large extent have been sent to Lees
burg, with the expectation of a re
newal of the attack on that point,
and an immense force has been con
gregated at Norfolk, under the im
pression that the expedition fitting
out in the Chesapeaks Bay was in
tended to make a demonstration
there. The centre of the rebel army
rests at Centreville, and has been
much weakened by the withdrawal
of these forces on the right and left.
General Johnston is the general com
manding, Beauregard commands
the forces opposite the city of Wash
ington, and Gustavus W. Smith, late
Street commissioner of New York
city, commands the forces at Lees
burg. It is stated that a rumor was
current at Richmond a few days ago
that an important advance movement
of the whole rebel army was to be
made before the Ist of November,
but perhaps the fight at Bull's bluffs,
and the sailing of the great naval ex-
pedition, has rendered a change of
programme necessary.
Another Great Well.
Another extraordinary vein of oil
was tapped on Oil Creek last week.
The oil was forced into the air a
height of several feet, and the gas ig
niting from the engine house the well
was soon in a blaze. While matters
were in this state a spectator procur
ed a barrel, which he cut in two, and
one half of which he filled with com
bustible matter. Wrapping himself
in wet blankets he rushed up to :the
blazing well, and setting the half bar
rel over the pipe succeeded in driving
a plug into the tube through which
the oil flowed, thereby extinguishing
the fire. lie received 400 barrels of
oil tbr his trouble. so that both the
owners of the well and himself were
handsome gainers by the operation.
Patriotic Letter from Garibaldi
The following patriotic letter writ
ten by Garibaldi, at Caprcra.Septem
10th. to Mr. Quiggle, the United Sta
tes Consul at Antwerp, settles the
question with reference to the coin
ing of the Italian Liberator to this
country, at least for the present:
.'My Dear Sir,—l saw Mr. Sanford,
and regret to be obliged . to announce
to you that I shall not be able to get
to the United States at present. I
do not doubt of the triumph of the
cause of the Union, and that shortly.
But if the war should unfortunately
continue in your beautiful country. I
shall overcome all obstacles which
detain me and hasten to the defense
of a people whe are so dear to me.
I 0 II n•
More Rebel Brutality.
A gentleman at Hopkinsville, Ken
tucky, about three weeks ago was
taken into the woods by the rebels,
when they first took possession of
that 'place, and there stripped and
scourged with a raw hide until the
blood flowed to the ground. He
says he received at least one hun
dred lashes. A rope was then placed
around his neck and he was actually
hung to the limb of a tree which for
tunately broke. At this critical mo
ment some of the mob who were
members of the order became aware
that he was a Mason, and exerted
themselves to save his life, and at
last succeeded in placing him beyond
the reach of these fiends in hu
man shape. His wife and children
are still there, exposed to their ten
der mercies.
The Abscondinz Secretary.
Some excitement has been created
by the rumor that the secrets of
the Naval Expedition had been be
tr•ayed by the private secretary of
Commodore Duyout, or some other
person. The New York "Evening
Post," in commenting upon this re
port, says: "Our own correspondent
with the naval expedition mentions,
incidentally, as a matter of small im
portance, that a master's mate on
one of the ships, a crazy follow, had
suddenly disappeared, and it was
feared he had, in amoment of tem
porary aberration of mind, wandered
beyond our lines, where he would be
shot by the enemy." We suppose this
is the ground of fact on which the
"Tribune's" alarming rumor is found
ed.
Latest from Parkersburg.
A dispatch to the Cincinnati Com
mercial says: The rehelsfled on the
approach of Col. Richmond on Tiles
' day. His scouts captured forty reb
els and twenty horses. The rebel
force was at least six hundred strong
: throughout Wirt county—a great
many of whom had taken the oath.
Heretofore they were too cowardly
to show themselves, but are sending
their wives to compromise with Col.
Richmond. He refuses to listen to
them until they gave up a sufficient
number of their leaders; he will then
think them sincere. There is no
chance for a battle, although the reb
el force must -be large; than. ours,
A, Fe* (hi' Wien,
The keit' York Tribune, of Satur
day, says:
We learn from an unquestionable
commercial source in this city ? that
two English sailing vessels entered
the port of Charleston, South Caro
lina, a few weeks ago, there being at
the time no blockading ships before
that port. Lord Lyons now demands
of the Secretary of State that these
vessels be allowed to leave Charleston
unmolested, on the ground that at the
time of their
goingin there the block
ade was not effective.
Confiscation of a Printing Office.
The "Kanawha, Valley Star" offic6,
at Charleston. Virginia, belonging to
J o h n B un dl e , has been confiscated.—
Bundle holds the position of a First
Lieutenant in the Confederate army.
About the time the rebellion broke
Out the "Star" announced that the
editor had gone into the Confedrate
service, and was willing his types
should he moulded into bullets to
kill the invaders of the ••saerk. , (l soil."
Instead of doing execution in that
line, they are uow used for printing
blanks, &c., for the Federal army on
the Kanawha.
Gen. Anderson in New York--Sailing of the
Naval Expedition.
NEW YoaK, October 30.—A gold
box and the thdom of the city will
be presented to General Robert An
derson this afternoon by the Mayor
and Common Council.
The transport steamer Hobert
Swan, from Fortress Monroe. reports
that the first was getting under way
on Monday. evening. She passed at
midnight at Monday off Hog Island
tour steamers bound South.
rzfi_Froin Hatteras we hear that
General Williams is busy in strength
ening the 11)rtifications and drilling
the troops. The pretense set up by
the rebels that the Monticello killed
nobody is false. The Rev. Mr. Tay
lor, who is now in Washington, seek
ing succor for the• distressed Union
men of that district, and who had
the best means of knowing the truth,
states that the rebels removed their
dead in considerable numbers.—
there is no douht that the rebels
were thoroughly chastised on that
occasion.
A Dun, IN ARKANSAS.—A duel was
fought on the 14th, in Arkansas, op
posite to Memphis. between Messrs.
Lanks and Chambers, both of Mis
sissippi. and rival candidates for Con
gress. They finight with rifles. at
fifty paces. and three shots were in
terchanged. At the third fire Lanke
was shot, mortally, in the head.—
Mr. Chambers was uninjured. The
difficulty occured during their can
vass. Both gentlemen acted with
the utmost coolness and bravery, and
the whole affair was conducted in the
most honorable and chivalric manner.
FATAL ACCIDENT. —On Tuesday
evening last as two men. named Jeff
erson Brute and George Crop, were
returning home from Limetown in a
wagon, the vehicle upset• from some
cause or other. and falling upon Mr.
Bute killed him instantly. Crop was
not seriously injured. Mr. Bute was
a resident of Franklin township.
Fayette county, and leaves a wife and
eight children to mourn his sudden
end.
OV-By the regulations of the Pro
vost Guard the city of Washington
is almost without a solitary soldier.
Not only are squads of ten or a doz
en detailed to march around the city
night and day, but a soldier, musket
in hand, is stationed at nearly every
corner, and all soldiers without pass
es are arrested, while passes are
granted only in the most urgent ca
ses.
GARI BAL DI
1-The story that Gen. Jim Lane
captured a rebel wagon train the.
other day is confirmed. There were
only six wagons in the train, howev
er. When passing Pleasant. Hill.
Missouri, Gen. Lane raised an United
States flag on a pole, and swore ven
geance against the people if they did
not keep it flying during his absence.
BOY Kim. - En.—A son of Mr. .John
Moore, of Farmington, Trumbull
county, Ohio, was fatally injured on
Saturday last, by falling about sixty
feet from a hickory wee, which he
had ascended for the purpose of sha
king off the nuts. He survived but
a few minutes after the fall. having
been injured internally and sustain
ing the breaking of both arms. The
boy was about fourteen years of age.
siarlt is stated on good authority
that the rebels are regulaily main
taining communication from the
Maryland shore with Virginia, by
means of a boat on the Patuxant riv
yer, and thence by laud to the Poto
mac, where they cross under the pro
tection of the rebel batteries.
iiiieThe story that the Rhode Is
land artillerists deserted their guns
at Ball's Bluff, was not correct. The
poor fellows were shot down by the
enemy's sharpshooters early in the
action, and General Baker part of
the time assisted in working the
guns.
se-Certain newspapers having pub
lished that Gem Cameron was oppo
sed to a forward movement, it may be
safely stated that he defers entirely
in the movements of the army to
Gen. McClellan.
ZierA project is being started to
raise contributions to the Washing
ton Monument 'Fund among the diff
erent regiments. The Sixth Regi
ment District troops lead off with a
contribution of 618.
seir The Rev. Mr. Pierpont, late
Chaplain of the Twenty-second Mas
sachusetts regiment", Colonel Wilson's
now eighty years of age, has accept
ed a situation in the 'Treasury De
partment.
1/ 1
GEN. SCOTT'S HEAurn---
.A lett . -
ceiveci* Ne*Verk from Wasbin
would i'eem td centijabict the repo
of the declining health of Gen. Scot .
It says: "The General is in fine spir
its, and appears to be in exellent
health. He is full of occupation and,
as one of his aids informed me, passes
ilmrteen hours every day actively at
work. The aids, he went on to say,
feel occasionally tired, but the Gen
eral never." The rumor of his con
templated resignation may have some
foundation of truth.
,:The Commissary's Department
advertises for ten thousand barrels of
flour, to he delivered in Washington
by the 26th of November. Bids will
be received until the 10th of that
month.
VirMr. Dawson, the new Governor
of Utah, is in Washington preparing
for the discharge of the duties of his.
new position. Ho left for Utah on
Monday.
SPECIAL NOTICE
TO CONSUMPTIVES
IIiTE advertiser, having been restored to health in a.
very few weeks by a very simple remedy after
having suffered several years with a severe liing affec
tion, and that dread disease, Consumption—is anxious
to make known to his fellow sufferers the means el
El=
To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the preserip
tion used, (free of charge,) with the directions for pre
paring and using the same, which they will find a SURE
CURS for CONSUMI - TION , ASTHMA., BRONCHITIS, &C•
The only object of toe advertiser in sending the Pre
scription is to benefit the afflicted, and spread inform"-
tiou which he conceives to be invaluable, and he hopes
every sufferer will try his remedy, as it will cost them
nothing.. and may prove a blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription will please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
WILMA , 5131.150,
Kings County, New York.
Oct. 26, !861-31n
CO Ns9 1:7 ItilL ./z , iim I 0 .I%T
DR. 3. H. SCHENCK,
Will be at the
818 SIVE 01 B. 610.11. KEYSIII,
NO. 1.40 NVOOI STREET,
PITTSBURGH, PA.,
On Monday and Tuesday, October 7th and Bth;
November 4th and sth, and Dec. 2d and 3d.
IAR SCHENCK DESIRES ALL HIS OLD PA-
T" TIENTS TO COME AND SEE HIM WHEN
HE VISITS PITTSBURGIL lIE MAKES NO
CHARGE FOR CASES THAT HE HAS EXAMIN
ED ONCE ALREADY. HE ONLY CHARGES IN
NEW CASES WHEN HE MAKES AN EXAMINA
TION WITH THE "RESPIROMETER." FOR
SUCH AN EXAMINATION HIS CHARGE IS IN
VARIABLY THREE DOLLARS.
THE MANDRAKE PILLS,
=I
CURE FOR DISEASED LIVER,
ITEM
MANI DANGEROUS MALADIES. WHICH ARE
CAUSED BY A MORBID CONDITION
OF THAT ORGAN
To give the public a clear understanding or the
mode in which ricii ENCK'S MANDRAKE PILLS
produce those wonderful effects which are attested by
thousands of reliable witnesses, we present a brief
DESCRIPTION OF TILE HUMAN LIVER
and its innctions, which will make the operation of
this popular medicine perceptil.le to every man 'a un
derstanding.
The Liver is supplied with blood-vessels, nerves and
absorbents. One of its obvious Uses is to secrete and
prepare the bile. It likewise filters the blood and sep
arates that fluid from all its impurities. How indis
pensably necessary to health is the proper performance
of this function! If the liver is diseased it cannot
purify the blood, and if that is sent back through the ,
lungs, brain and other parts in a morbid condition, it
must valise jaundice, biliousness, obstruction of the
knlneys, gravel arid many other complaints, more or
less painful and dangerous, but the least of them quite
enough to make a man sick and uncomfortable, and
unfit for the performance of any of the ditties of life.
This unhealthy state of the system very often ends in
pulmonary consumption.
The circulation of the blood is conducted in this
manner: The heart sends the vital current down thro'
the arteries, it passes throii i gh the flesh, taking up all
impurities in its progress, then the stream of blood
flows backward through the veins and passes to the
liter to to. purified. It is impossible to cure consump
tion. scrofula, scarcely any other kind of ulceration,
while that important organ, the Liver, is diseased. It
is fir that reason that regular physicians rarely cure
consumption. They usually begin their treatment
with the use of some cough medicine, the base of
which is morphia or opium in some shape, which locks
sup the liver, instead of relaxing the secretions, giving a
tone to the stomach, at. d producing a healthy flow of
bile.
DR. SCHENCK'S PULMONIC SYRUP,
Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills,
will strengthen the system. purify the blood, and ripen
and heal ulcers on Vie longs.
Lt tu7.erculmis consumption, Where thic stomach and
liver is genmally in a tolerably healthy condition, the
Yolmonie Syrup alone will root out all impurities of
the Mood, and restore the patient to health, if the
cavities isi the lung.; are not too sleep. But where con
sumption originates, as two-thirds of the cases do in
this section of the country, sympathising from a torpid
liver or disorderud stomach. it requires the Seaw&d
Tonic and Mandrake Pills, in connection, to bring
them in action- then the Pulmonic Syrup seems to go
or di=solve into the blood, and thus throw out all im
purities; then cohsumption and scrofulous diseases
insist yield to those medicines if properly taken. They
have cured thousands, and other thousands are now
being cured by them. SCHENCK'S MANDRAKE
PILLS are doing more to regulate the stomach and
liver than any other medicine invented. Thousands
are using them now, in this city and elsewhere, and
every one is astonished at their gond effects. When
the diseased state of any part of the body requires
purgarives, these Pills always reach the seat of the
disease. They are as harmless as bread, but far more
powerful than t aloatel or any other mineral poison in
their curative effects. Almost every day some person,
who has been cured by them, conies to Dr. Schenck's
office and relates the wonders they have performed.
From some persin.s they have expelled large worms;
oi hers morbid matter, and front others again,
clear bile.
WONDERFUL CURES
In certain cases, persons who had been ill for a long
time with diseased fiver—skin shallow, tongue coated,
bowels costive, breath rrtfensive, &c., were restored to
health and the pet feet enjoyment of life, by the use of
this medicine. Some who were thus relieved had be
come so dull, drowsy. or lethargic that they scarcely
had energy enough to move hand or foot.
1 . 11 such Cases. the ailniva is often caused by worms.
Ilv using rillilENCK'S MANDRAKE PILLS, the
stale bile and corrupt matter which constitute what
are called ti e "worms' beds" are worked off, and the
worms themselves pass off With them. Some weeks
ago a lady told Dr Schenck that she had taken the
Pills tur liver eiimplaiiit, but to her surprise, the medi
cine brought away several worms, each about ten
inches in length.
An old gentleman, of Baltimore, who had been in a
wretched rood id ion for a lone time took the SEA
WEED TONIC and MANDRAKE PILLS, after which
he passed thousands of small worms (ascarides,) and he
is to to pecti,t:y
A lady caitteio Dr. lachenck at the Marlborough Ito
tel. Bostui.; she was supposed by tier physicians to be
afili..ted with tape worm. She had severe pains and
sensation of something moving and twisting inside of
her. These feelings, at times, aililost threw her into
cot:vet-I.ns. It would creep up into her throat and
appear to bite: the only way to quiet it was to drink
milk. when it w,mld settle down and go to beep. She
would have to take a quart to bed with her every night
costive, skin yellow,
. Dr. Schenck gave
and that
: iti, p r,,,,7,;;,
mere
.7 10 1 ,
her four MANDRAKE PILLS every night fora week,
and the SEA-WEED TONIC according to the direc
tions. which only moved the bowels slightly once a
day, and which in ordinary persons would have phy
sicked severely • but it sickened the animal, and
site found site did not crave arty more milk. At
the end of a neek Dr S. gave her a double dose, say
eight or tea Mandrake Pills, and soon after she passed
a large quantity of mucus and slime, in which was im
bedded a large lizard. From this time she began to
recover, anti is now perfectly well. This shows what
can be done with proper medicine and proper treat
west. Any person that imagines that they have got
tape-worm, or any other kind of worm, if they will
take sufficient Mandrake Pills every day for a Week or
term days to relax the secretion, but not to , purge, lass
take a dose large enough to physic severely, it will car ;
ry off all morbid matter in the system, and if bodkins
of the kind should be there, it will cleanse the system,
and leave the patient in a healthy condition.
A volume would be required to give a brief account
of the remarkable cures performed by DOCTOR
, tcilENcK'd MEDICINES, PULMONIC SYR
UP, SEA-WEED TONIC and MANDRAKE PILLS—
aII of Which are accompanied by AIR dtrectinns for the
use of them. Dr riCHENCII,. has
state of rooms in
each of the large cities Where he heti an extensive prac
tice. Aft persons who wish to consult with him, will
meet with kind and attentive treatment. He makes
no charge for advice.
The MANDRAKE Pil4/1, sag noisy merlicinas may
be had at No. 440 IMMO 'maw
burgh. Pia.
Price 25 cents PER INEYX. INgang by bob se NOY
Pitts
addrae ~
Oct. 19, 10141°.