Sesistur. i eommuniration,s. rtl Wednesday, October 29, 1969. WHAT ARE WE FIOIFFING FOR? A cotemporaxy answers this per rtinent question in the following tru ly eloquent style: "This is a war of white men, in a country settled by white men, inhab ited and ruled by white men, and the war is for the good of white men on ly. 'Yet the radicals seem to argue, in a manner satisfactory to thm selves, that when it is admitted that we are not fighting to enslave no _goes, the conv,erse must be tree, that we are fighting to free negroes A cotemporary gave us the other 'day a sad picture of a wounded sol dier, perhaps a dying man, wile had suffered in the war, and demanded if we thought all that man's suffering was for naught, connecting there with the notion that it was for the ..negro's freedom that he had suffered and his comrades had died. A thou sand probabilities to one that if the man were asked whether he had of •fered his life on the altar for the pause of the negro, he would repu diate the idea with scorn. Pieter since the world was made did a WWI). pour out. ite treasure, its greatest treasure, the life of its youth .and manhood, as this nation has been doing. In every mountain fastness, on every plain of the North, there is • a cottage from which A son or a :brother has gone to the battle field. In every city, village and hamlet, from the prairies to the ocean, 'old men sit sad eyed and mothers look out of the windows through blinding tears, for the return of the brave who have answered their country's call. Does the wind shake the trees with .unaccustomed violence, there are a million throbbing hearts that beat quicker, even in the hours of sleep, fest the sound betoken disaster from the field of blood. Does the morning .break pleasantly with the soft light of the olden time. there is scarcely in all the land a home to welcome the -sun with gladness, an eye to bright en with the cheer of. the mellow light. The land mourns. Old wo men go tottering to the grave for lack of the support of the stout arms that lay nerveless by the Chickihom iny, the Potomac or the Tennessee. Young eyes are darkened with long grief and young hearts are broken with the long waiting, and the terri ble story that comes at last. This is what they have done and suffered .who are at home. And is all this for the black man's freedom ? or is it for the glory of ,the past, the Union of the Fathers, the land of Washington ? And they who have gone, the hun dreds of thousands who have given themselves to the battle, what have they gone for? They have endured, have suffered, have fought, have fal len, in the cause for which they have enlisted. Their graves are along the hanks of our mighty rivers. For what have they died ? Follow one man of that army from his home through all that be has suffered; -consider all that he has lost. Ile was young and strong, and he had hopes before, and affections around him. He broke the bonds of home, ;Duds known no where on earth so 'Strong as. here Ho gave himself to the nation. He slept in the winter nights under the snow or under the stars--:-he lived in one year as long, for exposure and suffering and pain, as most men live in seventy. He fought in battle after battle. The worst enemy that he met was the fierce camp fever that grasped him `in•7iot conflict, In his delirium the cool breeze of his Lome was on his; 'forehead, and in his calmer hours he remembered the well at his father's floor and longed for it, as David nev er longed for the water of the well of Bethlehem. Who can paint the terrible story of battle, of youth and fever in the damp and dismal tent of the soldier on the field? But he conquered the enemy, and another 'day he was on the battle field again, and in the midst Of the smoke and.' slaughter, he remembered the blue •eyes'of the womqu that loved him more than life in the up-country, • and even theit, as the memory of , those beloved eyes blessed him, death came in ut his breast, and the form that she would have sheltered in her arms against every human woe, lay on the plain, and the wild flood of war swept hither and thither above shem conscious clay. No—n it quite unconcious yet. ' For once his com rades, loving him for all that he had -been of gentleness and yet of firm ness, a hero in the field, but a chitd in the camp, his comrades as they rushed by in the melee saw him open his eyes, raise • his right arm, and though they saw it not perfectly, they knew that he smiled as he waved his hands--e••only onee—beti)re the darkness came. Will any one tell us what that dy ing gesture was designed to signify ? Did it imply that in the moment of his passing, that moment into which life is sometimes compressed, when the soul gathers up all its memories to carry away with it into the other country, did it imply that he remem bered all he had suffered, all ho had struggled for, all he had lost, and died content, because it was all for take Southern black man and his cause? How can men do such foul dishon or to the soldier of the Union ? Whatever be the future course of the war y and whether it dwindles from the proportions of a war for the na tion• rnto a -war for the negro, o r whether it remains a war for the American Union, let no man dare to desecrate one grave on all the fields where our dead lie a:de by side, with any monumental stone to tell the falsehood that they fought for the men , a Africa, and the freedom of the negro ride. Rather, if the war, W *eb God forbid, made a negro war, let tht dead lie in unknown graN4s, and be counted where the Union they fought for will ,be count wean. the glories of the past" For toe Messenger. To the Non. Geo. V. Lawrence My. Dear george : sincerely sympatE4e with you in your afilic tion. Ido not refer to your failure to get the Congressional nomina tion. That was a small matter, and could have been remedied another day. And then your failure was not your fault—it was the merest accident—who could have anticipa ted that, with Washington and Greene your fast friends, and Bea ver and Lawrence divided, you could have failed i I admit it was a little provoking for Beaver county, after your hopes were so prosper• ous, to turn squarely round and pretend that the vote for Roberts was merely a complimentary one, and thus open the way for Wallace rather than for you! For how natural was it, bad Beaver and Law rence remained divided, for the fa vorite of Washington and Greene to come in as the Compromise Candi date! The thing was inevitable as matters then stood. This double dealing on the part of Beaver threw you Of your guard, and you, inno cent man! were entrapped into your own undoing ! Had those counties made a fair, open fight—such as you had ever been accustomed to—you i could have taken care of your own interests; and at least have carried half the Conferees, and compelled your rights to be respected. But they first wheedled you into playing the game of disinterestedness, and then settled their own differences and I eft you without a vote! Alas! the deceitfulness of men and the un certainty of human calculations and expectations ! How true it is that "The best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft aglee." But I repeat, it was not of this that I intended to speak. My con dolences have reference to another and greater affliction : The late election has declared the appalling fact that the District is Democratic.' notwithstanding your apparently well-directed efforts to make it a sure thing—to fix it so sure that, like the Irishman's chickens hatched from Duck eggs, " all thunder couldn't up-set it !"---Although you run the District almost to the North Pole, and hitched to it three counties whose aggregate Republican major ity at the last Gubernatorial elec tion reached over two thousand ! In this state of things how natural was it to expect success —that saucy, impertinent " Little Greene" would be smothered, run under and out voted ! and yet, only to think that this glorious prospect is blighted— the whole concern blown sky high, annihilated, blotted out, and knocked into the middle of next week I think your friends have no right to complain of you. You did your best to accommodate yourself and them. It is true that, with the ad dition of Crawford and Erie to the District it might have been saved, but my opinion, George, frankly is, that Greene County CAN'T BE BEAT under any circumstances, and that it is perfectly idle to undertake it. Yours, ------=. For the Meeeenger LETTER FROM THE ARMY. CAMP No. 11. MBAR CORINTH, MISS., } Oct. 6, 1862. Before this letter will have reached you, the lightning tongue of the Telegraph will speak to you of the two bloody days' (Oct. 3 and 4,) fighting at this place. Van Dorn, aided by Gens. Price and Villipigue made a grand and daring attack upon this army, and met with a bloody and desper ate resistance, receiving a severe defeat instead of victory. Prisoners toll us, Price said he would have Corinth, if he held. it not an hour. Had we been whipp ed here the Union cause would have been ruined in the Southwest. Government stores are here to the amount of several millions of dollars. detail the matter. On Wednesday, Oct. 1, we received order to cook three day's rations and be ready to march at an hour's notice. Oa Thurs day evening this order was repeated, only that we should be ready to move any min ute. That eight, at 11 o'clock, the word was passed quietly along, (without the long roll's being beat,) to fall in for action, Line of battle was formed just back of our Camp, and then our regiment moved off two miles and a half, being preceded by the scouts, or, either flank, and these be ing again covered bi a hall company, or platoon, of skirmishers. They lay all riglit on their arms without seeing the en emy—although our vitiates (mounted out post men) had been driven in early in the evening. I cannot tell you how I felt, all that night tii? I sat in my tent or limped to and fro on the camp-ground, anxiously listening for the first sharp ring of oar rifles, and I not able to bear a share in the toil and danger; and, as from tie e to time, through all the terribly bloody Friday following. and Saturday, I heard of the brave deeds and desperate daring of the "16th," I was mad with impatience, I cannot hear to be thus situated again, I must be away, or tight when next it conies. I cannot describe the feeling I had, and you may think me a bloody lad to long thus fur battle. But it wasn't that; God knows I've saw enough of blood and suf fering, and my yesterday's ride over the field of death curdles my blood, and makes my heart sick ; but it mast come: and my brave boys, whom :I've promised to stand by, and it !Reds be, die with, lutist not suf fer alone. But I forget—to the tight ! In the morning the 16th was ordered in, and a line of battle, I should say five lines of battle formed right along the back of our camp, and parade ground. These five lines were separated about ten paces, each from each. This looked like preparation. In the middle of the line, which was about a toile in leugth, there was a strong fort mounting 6 six-pound guns. Again the 16th, won some other regiments and bat teries were thrown forward about. three Miles, and at precisely 6.10 o'clock, A. M., Oct. 3d, (aS I looked at lily watch on hear tug the first cannon,) the bail opened._ The fight raged .fiercely here : the trees are riven and prostrate front shell and sol td shot. And the ••tiefil was strewn with dead. tveu to-4y, three days since, i n riiiing over the field, r find ten in one place, fifteen in another, and FO for more ,than a hundeed rebels, With here and there 41. Union' man,- unburied: Soon our lines gave way, under tl r pressure of at least five to one,And with stubborn reluctance, fell back, fiettiog every foot of the ground. MEutv of . :Our officers and men, (Captain Oak-IWO one) fell from sun-stroke—the heeirriTa dust was terrible, and there is little water, we haul nearly a:l we use three miles. By night our lines had fallen back on the North to within a mile, per haps three-fourths of' a mile of Corinth ; on the West we were over a mile out.— The attack was brought on from the North west on the Chewalla road. As night drew nearer, the firing slackened—by dark, (six o'clock,) nothing but a dehse cloud of smoke, an occasional guts, the deafen ing, cheers of the worn, weary soldiers as reinforcements in small numbers arrived, or some good word of news was told them, and the sore groans of the dying, the cries of the wounded for water, and the dead heaped all around, told of the horrid carn age of this day. We all looked anxiously forward to the morrow, almost more with fear than hope: for we knew the rebels had a large army, we a small one. Our hope lay in the forts. of which there were tour command ing tl,te road. into town on the two sides, where the rebels were approaching: in these, and in others on the other sides, are mounted the heavy siege guns, with which Ijalleck sent hie 64 pound shell and 84 pound round shot into Corinth. I should have said to you that I was left to get the Captains and my trunk packed, to keep them out of rebel hands, Friday morning, then went into town and back, nearly a mile, in our company wagon, being so fa tigued that I could not walk scarcely at all. At night I lay down on the ground wrapped in a blanket, but Captain Osborn would not permit we to lie there, on ac count of the dews, lest I might take cold, which would ruin my spine for life, were it to settle there, so I went into town.— One tavern was full, the other, the Tisho mingo, was filled with dead and wounded soldiers. So I lay down in my blanket in an open-sided depot, with a canvass roof ing, right in frost of the Tishomingo. At four o'clock, Saturday morning, I was wakened by the loud report of a howitzer, and the almost simultaneous scream of a large shell. I was on my feet in the same instant, in which the first sound reached me. All was clear to me in less than an instant of time ; the shell was bearing right on in my direction ; I could then not only hear it, but mark it, in its terrible course by its red flash, like a red hot com et's tail. Almost involuntarily I threw myself to the floor, as did my partner of the blanket. The shell passed directly over us, within, say at least eight feet, and fell into the yard of the Tishomiligo, where exploding, it killed one man. Fol lowing rapidly came a solid nine-pounder, crashing through the bar-room door-fac ing, tearins . e it away and making a ventila tion in the back side of the house; almost simultanous with this followed a six-pound shell into the bar-room and through into a side-room, where it exploded, breaking things generally. A great number of shells followed during the morning, ex ploding in the public square, and breaking through houses, killing ill the whole a good many. But this battery opened too soon—in tile dark the Has - fling of the guns revealed too well its exact position ; our batteries were turned upon it and our musketry picked off the gunners, and at an early hour it was captured. It had been planted during the night; the Captain commanding it was taken ; he had taken the oath of allegiance but a few days brtirro el Chiscalla. I was exposed during the morning to the shells from this battery, several exploded near me—one wounded one oft-wheel mule in the head. As morning dawned the in fantry added their incessant rattle to the h o arse and constant roar ofart illery. The artillery's thunder was tremendous—the large siege guns shook the very earth. From my place I could look upon this aw ful game, played for the stake of life or death. Price, during the lull of the tight on Friday, is said to have formed his line of battle and as he rode along to them, that they fought for victory and plenty on the one side, as in Corinth there is millions of food, on the other hand defeat and starva tion, as their eight days rations were gone, and they had nothing to tall back upon.- - And surely they fought as men fight who determine to do or die. Such des perate charges never before did the sun look down upon. Steadily right onward they moved against the direct fire of a bat tery supported by two or three thousand infants- and a cross-fire from two forts on the left, (their right) with infantry, and a fort similarly supported by infantry on the right. On, on, they came. the shell and shot making great gaps in them—right on to the fort on the right ; their color ser geant here went down at five paces from the ramparts, an Adjutant seized the col or and waving them over his bared head, calling on the men to follow ; lie leaped upon the walls. waved the colors over his head, and fell pierced with a rifle ball through the brain, and a bayonet thrust through his body quite. The rebels press ed on and pushed our men fr he fort ; one gun alone was spiked, at 41,e brave fellow who stayed to spike i Mitred out his heart's best blood on a rebel bayonet. Three new regiments were immediately hurled upon this fort, and in less than ten minutes it was ours again. with 80 priso ners, amolig whom is a wounded Colonel, acting Brig. Gen., also an Adjutant was wounded. The rebels retired in disorder; b u t, what was the wonder and admiration of allrwho saw it, the officers rallied the men right under this direct and en fila dug (cross or flanking) tire which I've before mentioned, and that, too, before they reached the standing timber, in the midst of the thickest a6atis (felled trees and cut under-brush,) I have seen; the town is in the midst of a great forest, (as it was,) this is now all cut down fora half or three fourths of a mile to expose the enemy to oar fire and impede their advance and break their ranks. Again, under the most galling fire of canistrv, shell, solid shot, and infantry, and the annoying rifles of Burke's "Wes tern Sharp shooters." great masses were hurled upon our lines in solid, serried rails ; their weight was mostly thrown against our left this time, as if to take us there nnprepared, their former charge be ing mainly on our right. Hearts almost ceased to beat, and men held their breath in anxiety. In that charge was the fate of the day, the fate of the western army ; cut oft here we must finally have surren dered or starved out. The house tops of Corinth bore many an anxious spectator, and many Union citizens rushed to the rescue with arms obtained from the army. The siege guns belched great showers of shell, the lesser guns of grape upon them ; under all this they advanced at a "double quick," as best they could through the tangled felled-trees, always falling down at the flash of our guns, then again ad vancing, under the lead of the gallant Col. Rogers of Mississippi, late Col. C. S. A.. acting Brig. Gen. The flag borne by a Mississippi Reg. went down five times i n this advance; the last time within a couple of paces of the ditch. Gen'l Rog ers caught it up, just then Capt. Williams, of regular army commanding the fort, Called out, "SURRENDER !" Rogers ans wered, with more force than elegance of expression, "No by —, Never !" crossed the ditch, mounted the walls, and leaping upon a siege gun, planted the colors on the fort and fell, pierced with three balls through' the head, t*o iil the chest, MO iu the abdomen,. and .five - in the legs. Forest of Tenn., fell beside him, onaWhole side of his head being torn off with sshell. The Nair:v.o.4h itfo., lag behind !Want , work of trees, now arose and poured- in a terrible volley ; the rebels broke and ran and returned to make a charge no more, on this one they pressed their way well nigh into town, on the centre; suores of their dead tell of the terrible tire through which they passed. Our forces followed them immediately about four miles. The pursuit was re newed Sabbath 2 A. M., 5,00X1 fresh troops having arrived .from Grant at Jackson, Tenn., the evening previous. Hurlburt met the rebels on their retreat, as he came in from Bolivar. W heard the connonad ing yesterday, Sabbath morning, early.— The enemy are now far beyond Cliewara, at least fifteen miles from here; and our army is taking many prisoners. In all, I suppose we have certainly, a thousand prisoners. I was in a hospital to-day where there were at least 200 wounded re bels. Yesterday I walked about two miles and rode about nine over the battle-field, again to-day I rode about seven in search of Wm. Lipping, the only man in our Com pany wounded in all this terrible fight— and, oh, God ! how heart-sickening a battlefield is after the tight ! Where Rogers and Forest fell, twenty-se - cot, piled one on the other, lay in the ditch around the Fort. I looked right into Forest's head, and saw the carnival of flesh-worms and maggots, as they rioted in his skull and feasted in his brain. I saw a score of headless trunks and a few trunks des titute of legs ; of one the leg was shot ofr high up into the back by a cannon ball and carried about sixteen .Daces. I saw a shoe on the trunk of a large tree with the foot in it, as it was cur square off by a cannon shot; the body I did not see, pos sibly it had been carried off. In one spot of about twenty square feet, I counted 15 dead rebels. In all, I think I must have seen four hundred dead Confederates.— Among them, Cols. Forest, Rogers anti Johnson, (son of Albert Sidney, killed at Shiloh,) the last two acting Brigadier Generals. In conversation with a Cap tain of the Miss. 41st or olst, q. cousin of Johnson, I learned that Cols. McLean and , both acting Brigadier Generals, were killed. I also learn the death of Col. Berry. so here are sir Colonels, four of whom were commanding Brigades, killed; and one wounded and prisoner.— Of certainty, my information does not embrace all the loss of officers—so you may well conclude, as we do. that we have chastised them severely. The best esti mates of their loss is 1,000 killed, 1,000 prisoners, and 1,500 wounded—these fig ures may be touch modified by official ac counts, which you will doubtless Pee lie tore I do. Gen. Rosecrans commanded in this fight,—sometimes on the field in person— his force, first day engaged, was about 5,000, on the second day, I apprehend, about 15,000. Van Dorn led the rebels, Price and Villipigue were with him—their forces were estimated at 40,000. The news just now conies in that Price is so pressed that he has burned his wagon train, and half the army is captured— we hope both are true. But. I am writing you such a long letter that you will be weary reading it. I have to-day visited the hospital to see it when I was not myself an inmate. They, and the battle-field both sicken me at heart.— I pray God that peace mar come, and war cease—l mean, however, a peace of resto ration of the Union, a peace in which God's hand is manifest. 'lo have peace, however, we ntst have men and conquer it: then let the North give ns men. In regard to my health, I ain very well, indeed, though I am lamer than when at home the exposnre, one night no rest, two sleeping out—l may say all the time exposed to sun, and riding over the field. together with the excitement, has affected toe for the worse. In addition to in creasing my lameness, I sutler considera ble pain. I am back to our old camp, and will do well. I). GRAY PURMAN, Co. I, I6th Iteg't, Wis. Vols., Ist Brigade, 6th Division, Artily of Welk 'Fenn. Rfitro Di tip flag. The Explosion at Sag Harbor-- The Death of Geo. James. The tele•rraph has infOrmed us of ofthe death Gen. Charles T. James from injuries recoil-ill by the explo sion of a shell at Sag harbor on Thursday morning The details of t he catastrophe are sadly interesting. For nearly two rears Gen. James has from time to tune experimented with his new weapons near Sag Harbor. On Friday about a hun dred persons int erested in arlillery met at the ae , :ustomed rendezvous to witness farther tests. A twelve pounder, throwing a twenty-four pound shell was used, and a number of highly successful shots had been made, when the "plunger" was fast ened into the fatal shell. The cap had been on this plunger for some time, and just before firing Gen James determined to put on a neweap. Had he removed the plunger from the shell, and then charged the cap —or had he carefully done so with his fingers, all would have been well. But long familiarity and with con stant handling of projectiles made him rather careless, and he used. thoughtlessly, a pincers to remove the cap. The friction unexpectedly ignited the fulminating matter, and in an instant the explosion had oe cured. Gen. James, with the gunner, was standing directly by the gun. and was hit in the thigh, the foot and the side of the head, the hitter wound undoubtedly being the fatal one.— lie was at once removed to the Mansion House and carefully tended. The gunner, Henry Beverlow, of Sag Harbor, was reported killed instant ly ; but this is a mistake, 218 be was alive up to Sunday night. Several of the spectators standing near by were more or less hurt. among them Capt. James Smith, Mr. lifP. By ram, and M.. Berger, a French engi neer of distinction, who is visiting this country to inspect the American improvements in fire-arms. The French consul dispatched a special surgeon to attend to his case. The excitement in Sag Harbor was inten , e. and everything that sympa thy and care bould do was done to alleviate the condition of the suffer ers. The accident was caused by fatal iiionv , bt lessness, and was not owing to any defect of the project ile or gun. naph3 - sat Gen. dames: The late General James. who owes l his death to his own wonderful in• vention, was a native of Rhode Island, in which State he had long filled high positions. His military title he claimed fro at being Major General of the Rbole Island •State Militia. From 18.51 to 1857 he rep ' resented his State in United States Senate. He was by profession an e»giLleer, and bad superintended the construction of some of the lar gestestablishments tnanticacturiwf in New England. I Although not professionally an artillerist, Gen. James bad devoted his large leisure for over thirty years to careful study of the science of ar tillery. His inventions came from no sudden thought, but were t`ie re sults of unwearied toil and repeated experiments. He anticipated in some of his inventions the famous Minnie ball, and claimed to be the original inventor of the main features of the Parrott and other well known guns His projectiles were in fre quent use in our army, and had at tracted the attention of foreign ar tillerists. Gen. James was about fifty-six years of age. Ile leaves a wife and four children. Prospects of a Battle. The main body of the rebel army, writes a correspondent, is at Stras burg. Heavy reserves are spoken of at Gordonsville, Charlottesville, Staunton, and Front Royal. Jack son and Hill are in the advance in front of W inches te r, supported by Longstreet. Lee is organizing his shattered and fragmentary armies yet, and will certainly risk the issue at or near Winchester at whatever cost of life and property necessary.— The rebels are in the last stage of a terrible desperation, and, although they w;11 do battle of the strongest kind, there can be no doubt that _McClellan is organizing and drilling the largest, bravest, and best capari soned army that ever set toot in the field tor the coming struggle, which shall place this accursed hydra head ed treason at his feet. Four fighting coips d armee are in Virginia and ready, nearly in every particular, fOr an advance. Two other corps in Ma ryland are ready to cross in support, and a vast reserve is forming that will make its mark in the field, even should disaster befall the grand army, and this, it seems to me, is impossible in the calculation of ordinary events. It will not be surprising if the ,neatest battle of the present war is to be fought in the valley of the Shen andoah during the present month.— The battle-field may be north of Win chester; but I think it will take place at another point, to which the eyes of Our commander-in-chief are turned. Whatever it may be, it will yield to the Federal /11108 a vict or y_ a ous one—and let ris hope it will be a decisive one. .1 do not think a battle imminent, but it cannot be delayed a great while, unless the rebels should retreat. Every confidence may be placed in the Army of the Potomac —it will soon move forward to give battle. 4flralr4 on the CAIIIO, Out. 21.—The steamer Ca ton liala was tired into by the rebels on Saturday morning. thirty miles below Memphis. Ono man was wounded. The steamer Gladiator was attack.- ed by a hand of rebels while loath ug cotton. twenty-five miles below Mem phis. Two persons were killed and seven wounded. The revels then tired the boat, but the flannel Wero extinguished without doing much damage. and the boat escap.• d. The rebels continne to burn cotton in the neighborhood. or Memphis. It is said that Price has been rein forced, recently, by 15,000 Texans.— More are arriving daily. A steamer from Commerce, Mo., reports all quiet. The rebels sacked the town and carried off $3,000 worth of goods and a number of horses. A report is in circulation here to day that the rebels attacked and cap tured Island No. 10. The report is not traceable, to any reliable source. Horrible Revelations . Last Sunday a week ago a party of Cleavlanders on a visit in lode ,petidence, were informed that one Phillip _Herz, a farmer in that town, had, after whipping a little six year old boy—a son of his—confined him for four days and nights in the hog pen without any food, except what he might find in the trough—evident ly for the purpose of killing the child. They proceeded to the spot and found the poor boy in a horrid condi tion, emaciated to a mere skeleton, his clothes torn to pieces utid cover ed with filth. and hardly enough life in him to stand up. The child was rescued by them and delivered to a neighbor, and on complaint of one ofthem, before Jus tice Nicola, a warrant was issued for the apprehension of the• inhuman father. lie had, however. heard of it, and eluded the vigilance of the of ficer, who returned the process to that effect. From words spoken by him before his departure and letters left behind him, it was suspected that the man had done himself some Na ry. Search was made yesterday, and his body found in the woods near his' late residence. He had shot him self with a double-barrel shot gun, or ,, of the charges taking effect in ,ead. and the other going through his hand. The Pursuit of Bragg and Smith Aban doned.—The Rebels Safely Out uf Ken- Era INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 20.—The armies of the rebel Generals Bragg and Kirby Smith have passed safely out of Kentucky through Powell's Gap, with .all of their trains, supplies, &c., it being impossible for our army to pursue them for want of forage and subsistence. They Will all re turn to Louisville and' tebitn. —Special to Ci noinnati Comi Mr. Maitre New Progriimme. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20—There is no foun dation for the current report that the Sec retary of the Treasury will apply to the next Congress for authority to issue more Treasury notes. It is probable that Mr. Chase will ask Congress to legislate so as to curtail the issue of bank bills, and thus restore the value of the government paper to the gold standard. It is the opin ion of many financiers who have been in Washington of late, that if no more govsr !tient paper were to be iii Sued, and that ii all the paper issues of the banks could be suppressed, the government paper would instantly rise to the value of gold. The government is convinced that something must be done to lesson the evil of the present disparity between specie and pa- per money It has been proposed in certain quarters that henceforth, instead of issuing any more paper currency, the Treasury De partment.shall issue six months and one year six per cent. certificates of indebt edness. The old Demand Notes are rap idly coming.in, as the importations for the last two or three months have been vtry heavy. and the duties have been mostly paid in the old notes. instead of coin. New troops continue to arrive here.— One of the finest regiments which has ar rived since the war began is the One hun dred and Sixty-Ninth New York Volun teers, which marched up the avenue last evening. Two or three new regiments ar rive daily. The War Department has decided to al low drafted men a period of twenty days in which to procure substitutes. From Kentucky Icy isviLLE, October 20—In the recent raid upon Lexington we killed front five to ten rebels, and wounded fifteen, among whom was Maj. Sam'l 31organ, of Nash ville, cousin to John, who was shot though the neck, and will die. We also captured and paroled one hundred and eighty. John Morgan left La wrencebureh yes terday morning with about twelve hun dred men, closely pursued by Gen. moat's forces, which captured troth fifty to one hundred. At three o'clock this morning three or tour hundred of Morgan's tug ) at Cox's Creek, six and a halt miles this side of Bardstown, captured and burned a Feder al train of eighty-one wagons, fitly-one of which were loaded. They carried off the wagons and those having charge of the train, except Lieutenant Barr,of the 24th Ohio, in command. who escaped: The wagons belonged to Wood's division, thir ty being empty, and coning towards Lou isville. Morgan then went towards Bards town, and about daylight captured anoth er Federal train—number of wagons n»- known—two miles li•um Bardstow Thence Morgan went to Boston, with the cut posed intention to burn the railroad bridge there. The rebels sh ot Thomas Marten, of Wil son County, Ky:, after capturing him. D union t, yesterday afternoon, near Lam reneetiurith, was in pursuit ofthese rebels, and only forty minutes in their rear. Nothing from Buell or Bragg's forces From the Army of the Potomac. IIEADQUARTERS ARMY or THE Pu•ru- M_cC, Oct. 2.l.—Tue..sday &ening-11J expedition started front Gen. Ski cum's connnand, this inorning. for the purpose of intercepting and cap turing a force of rebel cavalry under Capt. Dug, who w , )re foraging near Lovettesville, Louden Co, Va. It was, in every respect, successful, but the details are not known. We took thirty-two prisoners, among whom was the Captain, and killed ten of the enemy. Our loss was one killed and four wounded. Dog's was an independent company, raised in Louden county. Mrs. Gen. McClellan and Mrs. Gen. Marcey, having finished their visit to the army of the Potomac, left for Washington to-day. From Louisville Oet. Jeff. C. Davis, who killed Nelson, has been releat'ed from arrest and ordered to report for duty at Cincinnati. and left here this evening. (;en. Dumont passed through here this evening, en route fir Indianapolis. One hundred and fifty rehel prisoners from Frankfort and Lexington, and three hundred paroled federal prisoners from Cox's Creek, arrived here. They left at 3 o'clock, Monday morning, and up to 2 this afternoon, had nothing to eat. Mor gan having destroyed all the captured pro visions that he could not carry away.— Morgan's men changed clothes with many of our prisoners, and his band are said to he now clothed in federal uniforms. 4frairs lii 311Issouri ST. Louis, Oct. 20.—The rebels that crossed the slissouri river and seized the steamer Emily at Portland, were under Porter, and were atterwards intercepted at the California House, near Maysville, by Lieut. Col. Sigel, and scattered. No par• ticulars of the affair have been received. More rebels are said to have gathered at Portland, and measures have been tak en to attack or intercept them. All the rebel hands remaining in Mis souri.seem to lie endeavoring to make their way out of the State in the short time pnetica hie. Refused to 4 'Totol the Murk Seth Blakeslee of Royalton, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, cut off one of his big toes with an axe immediately upon learning that he had been drafted. Seth is a young man, the son of wealthy parents, and the most cowardly sneak we bare heard of since the war commenced. 166-It is stated that the cost of the For rest divorce case aJome amount to $40,000. The. suit was commenced lourteen years agO. Gueivillas Captured Hunsox, Mo., Oct. 20.—Major Wood ford, of the 10th cavalry, Missouri State Militia, attacked a band of guerrilas on Antvois river; dispersing them, killing and wounding several and capturing their arms, ammunition, blankets and horses. Another large camp in the vicinity of Portland was broken up. Major Gates, of Adair county, reports that Captains Burr aLd Smith came suddenly upon Dennea' ham) of thieves, killing and wounding some 20 and capturing II prisoners, 20 horses, arms, it - c. Gen. Curtis has cap tured several guerrilla leaders r.ear Colum bia, Boone county. Capt. Emory, Capt. Robinson and Lieut. Morriso n were taken, with a number of p ivates, and some itu portant rebel correspondence. Mountains of silver. 'rhe Silver Age, of California, says : From a pretty reliable source we learn that the Ophir Company are shipping weekly, from their works in Washoe coun ty, the sum of not less than tithoOOM bul lion, and some weeks it amounts to near ly $lOO,Ol/0 in value. At this rate the yield of the mine will probably reach the enormous sum of three millions of dollars this year. There are hundreds of mines in our vicinity equally as good, which are undevoloped, but which only require the capital to make them yield similarly. What a Husband is Worth The wife of William IL Perkins has re covered from the New York Central Rail road Company five thousand dollars dam ages for the death of her husband, whi c h occurred by the accident at Saquoit creek, in May, 1858. The case has been twice tried in Monroe county, the defence being that Mr. Perkins was traveling on a free pass when t lit accident occurred. MARRIED, September 22d, by Rev. I. N. Cary, Mr. Michael C. Mow•, of Washington county, to Miss Lidia AIM Litz—Nlbargh, of Greene Co., Pa. on the 25th of septein ber, by the same, Mr. Win. Garrard awl Miss Elizabeth A. Hartley, all 01 Greene Co., Pa. On the eame day, by the same, Mr. Charles Strawn and Liss Sarah L. Ran dolph, all of Greene Co., l'a. on the 14th inst.. b the same, Mr. R C. F. Randolph and Miss Catharine M Pennington, all of Greene Co., Pa. tin the 22inl inst., by the Rev. S. Kei.• dall, Mr. Christian C. Ruse to Miss• Ma rgaret •Jane Bane, all of Urrecue co., Pa. By the same, on the 23rd inst., Mr, Isaac B. Gardd to Mfrs Cynthia Sergent, all of Washingaon Co., I'a. 11n Thursday. pith inst., by the Rev. C. Tilton, Me Win. 11. Sutton to Miss Mary Turner, both of Washington tp., Greene Co., Pa. 8778'8• CATHARTIC PILLS. r! 'HE scieares o (*heath:try and Medirrite have teen I taxed their utmost to prod use this best, most perfect plogatiee which ix known to man. Innumerable proofs are shown that 1111,1“, have virtues which surpass in excellence the ordinary medicines, and that they win noprevedentedly upon the esteem ill all into. They are Inee and pleasant to take, hit powerful to cure. Their penetrating properties stinitilate ;he oat activities of the body, oits or gans. purify the blood, and expel disea:e. Tney purge "11l the fifill humors which bleed sod yri/VW distemper, stimulate sluggish or disordered °roils into their list ma{ action, And inipart healthy tone with strength to :tae w hole syerete. 1\ Of Only do they cure the every day complaints of every body, but also formidable and diseases that haler hall-led hlae hem. Mae skill, While they pr..duce pow et lid effects, they are at the same time, in ihminithed rim.ea the safest and best physic that can be employed for children . — tieing sugar coated they a e pleasant to take; and be ing purely vegetable. are free from Oily risk of horn, Oures have been made which surpass better were they not substantiated by men of such exalted position and character as in forbid the suspicion of untruth. Many mistiest cl reyitien /111111 physicians have lent their nature to certify to the puolk the reliability of our rem edies. while others have vent me the assurance of their ronvic Ala( nor Preparations contribute immensely to the relief ,if 113 V afflicted. suffering fellow-men. The %gent lielow named in pleased to furnish gratis our A meri.-an A hoam•c. co thatch g directions for the use and ceriddirties of their rtes, of the following com plaints:— otttise tt ese, Hiltons C.tittplaints, Uttentnistisra Drop sy, Ilearthutn, lleabarh, . arising fron t a foul Kon t arb r , Nausea, Indigestion. Mm hid Inaction of the Bnwelst and Pain arising therefrom. Flattilentry. Lore of Appe tite, all Diseases which require an eva, liant medicine. They rtbn, by purifying the blo o d and stimulating this e)Ple111. cure man) complaints wluch it would tint be anni...,l they rout. , reach, 1.111.11 as Dearne.s, Partied 11111111 , 1. NS. Nem:tight and Nervous Reliability, De— tangrownts of the Meg r and Kiduc) I. (Zont, and other smarm' complaints arising ✓mm a low state of the body, or Allhir1111:011nt its Intomions. Ho mil be phi off by ntiptioi-Ipled deniers with some other pi I they A c more profit on. Ask for .4 KER'S PILL:i. and take on Moir else. Aii whet they can give yon compares with this to its toll irmic va ioe or rotative powers. The sick want the hest sill theta is for them, and they should have Prepared by Dr. J .4.YER (1)., Lowell, Marie Prier 25 rents per lioa. f IVe Huxrn fir I. +4011) 131 W ('REICH, WM. A. p4)RTErt end if. A. UARVE Way str %burg, end one trader in every town in the connirv. Om I liint-stane. GREENS COUNTY, SS : r the orphans':on ft of said -:ounty of , B.S. I JIIIII! Term, Isti2, Nu. 1. In the maile r the Pat-gluon and Nulttfttoti of the Real Estate of Michael siroanitlef, dee'd. am! nmy. 14. wit. Sept. In. 5a02. the Sheriffs return to the login sit it coed toed by the Court. and rule on the heirs to color into voila at next lei 111, and accept or refuse the real emair at the valuation, or show ca. se why the sante shall not be sold. To he served as 10 those living out Of the county liy puidiration in ill • "Wayneshing Messenger" for six consecutivo weeks. tad nature to he sent by mail to their several pint Offices. II) the Court. :rues!. D. A. W(IRLEY, Clerk. The heirs nl the said 31101:11!1 Sinisiiider will Like no lice ~1 lla.:11a/Ve rule, arid appear acriirditigly. ( , rt. 2 - 2, THOS. 1.1 I•.lu', Sheriff. GREENE COUNTY, SS: hN the llri th aus' Court of raid County, of „lune Term. ItltF2. No. Mt. lm the matter of the Partition cud vatiottom of the Real Estate Iti Evans McCullough, der'it, And 110 W. tm tt it, September Id, Inquest confirmed, and Kole op...•the heirs to appear at iii-xt Term, and nerept or retme the Real Estate at the valuation, or show rause o Its the •ame *hall not be sold. If .i tin Oairi, Attest : 11 A, IA ORLEY, Clerk. The heirs of the sai I Evab olee*(I, will take mitit . , of the above role .ltd appear accordingly. TllOl l /11tS. 1.4;1 AS, t,.heriir. I t 22, INi2.-6; SIZERXI I I"S SALE. D 1 virtue oft writ of Ventihiuni Exponas, istued out of ihe OM I 1 of Colin ~,, Pleas of Greene co., and t.. no• directed, there will I. eXpoord Ito sale at the door 4,1 the I 'Olin House.: in Waynesburg on Saturday. the Ili 01 NOVCIIIIIO., 011• It, :11 11110, lock, P. N.. the following property. i 7: /1,11 the right., title, interest and claim of the defendant, of. in and to a ger taut toessutive :aunt half lot 01 ground, situate in the borough 411 Wayneshurg, Greene .-Pa.. Inn the tt eSI Icttt of 1441 market on the original plan of said town, with the utuubur 11110 hundred and twenty-three. Mein street tin the. North, Andrew Wilson 1111 the East, Cherry Alley otit the ',nth, I), W. Braden ou tige West, fronting Oil Alain street Mt Wel, and run • log buck ISO feet, :111111 has erected thereon .111 e frame house two stories high, with a kitchen and cellar. sta -11 hie and other out buildings . Taken ill extuanion as -the property of George W. lk 'sett , at file I,llit 01 William T. E Webb. Sheriff's Ottlre, Way lie , . '('llOd. LUCAS. burg, Pa., Oct. 15 4 'lit. Sheritr. AP' persons indebted to the estate of W. E. Aig.. wee iaeretor- *WWI .ftetM Sbey must se Mr their antes and accounts by the Ist of Nos. vessatier aext, Or they 'vitt be plaited in an otrlc eel; hands tie immediate entlection. Thts is positively the. LAST CALL. M. DILI., HANNAN R. MINOR, Waynesba3, Ott. Vtil. hdininistraton.
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