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LOCK HOSPITAL.
•uvuroti the must cortatu, speod)
IU the world tor
DlSELlntkli OF MHO VENCE,
rein} 111 IWYLV■ HOVEN,
.. Alert: or) or ;% talons Drug..
A i r ,y Coin,,KRANTRo, OR Nu Camara, IN Vittßd OAR in
TWo DAYB.I4
01 &Do
of
or Limb Mricturee, Pains
the tutu, atEctiona Lb.) Eidoup• s,
and liludder, Organa
iwry,,ity, Drolly of the l'hysio.t poa•
1A1410,r, LoW COI311010110)
rnq alal,ll ol tux 11....11, Tremblings,
of Nein ur tiultbue.is,lusearro ul the Stomach, AM:client
we kit,,,d, ibrma,N, a,. Or r•R111--lboae terrible rirrit/7-
der , an-tag tram toe triditeretioU or Solitary [labile
of
boutu—thu.t ,trt dr...srut:llva ritoliees Which
delulil3. `render p
Coarriage Impf*-
colo, 3.0 destroy 0011, hotly aiRI mind.
MEN.
v„,„„ ) „ e.u.all woo 11.1Ve become tbe victinle 01
Vie, ciy
dl.ll destructive habit wilier.
swon.ly , la du untunoly grave tbouaands 01
01 tile Inuit RIALed talcut and brilliant total
lect. pen° Ought olborwiso Cave ontraoted listenini
the thlitWerm of taugnenee
, or waked to ec
lyre, May Cull Wi,ll full confidence.
Itaried porwus, ut masse contemplating marriage, be•
us A wsre 01 pnysteal weakness, should Immediately eon
led (fr. ,I, wuJ be restored to perfect health,
ORGAN W KN ES
Mon , dicaely cured and hal vigor restored
win, places himself wider the oar° 01 Dr. J., muy
cooede in his honor as a geoUuman, and non,
upon his skill as a physician.
No. 7 sleuth reedurlolt street, Baltimore;
ma tuft baud side going from Baltimore Went,
me cornier. bid particular la observing the
nut autnUur, or you will mistake toe place. Be par.
tt to. /youratit, 75•4/liay Quacks, with litise emotes,
,ffiry thonbuy arcificatet, attracted by the repot*.
...a iit. I ivauh, lurk near.
1.111 . 1 ti mint oontalu a Postage etamp, to ass on the
JUsINSIUN.
h.eutiou member ul the Kayla 'Janne al Burgeon%
graduate from ouo of tee meet °ailment Outlets'
11,, l ml¢d 'Wes, and the greatest part el Wtkoae lilt
1,1 - 11 11.1 tae Iluartali4 of London, Parte, Phia
depuw
,uat e,,,uweare, bas &touted some of the moat 118.
mug ewes that ware over Itauwit. Malty troubled
WIII/ ,/411/g in tee, ears rod head when naleop, great tier
-11/1,1111.6, t.og tearmedatauddunaooedB, bashfulness,
trequeet taueniug, atte n ded sou:whales with derange.
~.,:,t el newt were eurod tutmediately,
CAKE. YArctIQULAR NOTiCa.
....diesel% all these who having Injured them•
timers u. and tuWruper 11.1(1%40m:tee, that saeret
au, ...ellary whit witielt ruins both body and mind, un
atung them for utak% business or society.
ler, are ...nun of the end and molunehoty uu lAA pm,.
davu uy early habits of youth, Ms: Walla.DORI of the
Back and Lubn, Value in the Head, Demmer ut Sight,
LA.II , LA Shot:Attar Power, Ptiphation of the Heart, Dye
pqms, N erVelle Derangemot oh um Digestive
renames, (Moore! Dobitity, Sympumbt of Coneump
IIIsINTALLL
ttiteLLy, (no fearful edeCte on the mind ere must' to
ue aroa.oul el Memory, Confusion of Ideas, D.
el Evil Forebodings, Aversiuu toSecie
iy, diell•disirost, Love us Solitude, niublity„ Mc, ern sume
ill lblo eileuts.
I abieevais ,a persons ut ail ague, cut Bow page What
u the Otusu Ot Choir liudlillff 1U health, losing their vigor,
uocoafiek weak, pale, nervuuk sad au/Amsted, LifiVe
611i0lhu appearance abool the eyes, cough, end cymp
rGe of eousumpttue,
YOUNG MEN
win, neve injured themselves by u certain practice, In
aortal to wheu alone—e, habit frequently learned teem
erit zointsunons, or at school, the edema of winch are
mobil felt, even when asleep, and if not mired, renders
oismage impassible, and destroys both mind sad body,
rhumbd apply immediately,
What a pity that a young man, the 1101108 01 his cone.
try, the darling of his parents, snould be sunned iron
all preepects and enjoyments ul 111'0 by the consatuenres
uu devuding !rem the path ol nature, and indulging In a
cmialu secret habit. persons must, bolero oontcn•
plating
inkKKIAOI3,
emmt that a stated mend and body are the moat necessity
roquisitm, to minnow connubial happiness. Lude.d
without these, the journey through life becomes a weary
pilgrimage; the prospect hourly darkens to the view; the
Eui el becomes shadowed wall despair, and tilled with the
nn.l.i.uctioly reflection that the happiness el another be
-4.0m08 blighted with our own.
JOHNNWS INVIGutiATANG RIMMRDY FOR OR:
ik tiANR; WKLINFNi.
, k apy tins great aud important remedy, Weaknena:Of
On ILLY are ?speedily Mired, aud full vigor reamed.
ihousunds of the most nervous And tiubliituted wit
%Ad lost all hope, have been immediately relieved. All
,tupeduneuts to Marriage Physical ur Muulttl Duque
...bud, Nervous, Trembling, Wintkuees or F.xhaualion or
t4e moat fearful kind, speedily cured.
TO STRANGER&
The teeny thousands cured at this Instiution within the
last twelve years, and the neaten:ma Important burgh
operations performed by Dr. J., withesso4l by the re•
porters of the papers, and many ther venous, ouuces 01
which have appeared again and again before the labile.
besides Ms falMaili9 OA a gentleman of character and re.
notability, is a sullluient guarantee to the alluded.
DISEASES OF IhiPRUDENCE.—Whom the missuldeu
and Imprudeut votary of pleasure Mute ho has imbibed
the seeds ol this painful disease, It too often tioppetty
that
an tliaimed sense of shame or dread of discovery deters
him Irmo applying to those wile, from education mud re•
speembility can &kme befriend him, delaying till tho ow l ,
stltutional symptoms of tbla horrid disease
mass spelt
appearance, affecting the head, throat, mud, SM4/, am,
progressing on with frightful rapidity, tall death path s
period to his dread.ul suderings by seeding luro to "that
bourne from whence so traveler returns." It le a mei.
suoholy tact that thousands MO manna to this tumble
tthlealle, owing to the uussilielness of ignorant pretouth
era, who, by the use 'f lneL deaaly pfxkj„, sterCury role
the constitution and maize the residue of Me miserable.
To blasanalle...-The booter'S Ihpiouißß haus in
Br Letters must 001124111 a & to us on tho reply,
afirßemedles sent by Mail.
aarNo. 7 South Fredertek street, Baltimore.
sprlB-lowly
JUST PUBLISHED.
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MILITARY SURGb; RY
HINTS ON ITIE EMERGENUM
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(Near the .Harrisburg Bridge.)
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APrat, etn i cswe will sell at fil:26 per roam.
*tab per ream for NOTE PAYER, decorated with
the latest and very handsome emblems and patriotic
mottos,
$ 3 .50 for 1000 WHITE ENVFLOPES, with national and
patriotic emblems, printed in two colors.
Pleme give Ala a cam, 'mg I. F., SOH Elena%
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WM. DOCK & CO.-
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SPECIAL PROCLAMATION BY
THE GOVERNOR.
OFFICE SIORWARY or rem Commonwiteran,
Harrisburg, Sept. 18, 1861.
The following "provisions in case any of the
militia or volunteers shall be in actual service
at the time of the general election" are publish
ed for the benefit of those citizens of Pennsyl
vania to whom they may apply in connection
with the general election to to held on the sec
ond Tuesday of October, A. D. 1861 :
Whenever any of the citizens of this Com
monwealth qualified as hereinbefore provided,
shall be in any actual military service in any
detachment of the militia or corps of volunteers,
under a requisition from the President of the
United-States, orby the authority of this com
monwealth, on the day of the general election,
as aforesaid, such citizens may exercise the
right of suffrage at such places as may be ap
pointed by the commanding officer of the troop,
or company, to which they shall respectively
belong, as fully as if they were present at
the usual place of election. Provided, That
no member of any such troop or company, shall
be permitted to vote at the place so appointed,
if at the time of such election be shall be with
in ten miles of the place at which he would be
entitled to vote, if not in service as aforesaid.
The proceedings for conducting such elections
shall be as far as practicable, in all respects the
same as are herein directed in the case of gen
eral elections, except that the captain or com
manding officer of each company or troop shall
act as judge, and that the first lieutenant or of
ficer second in command, shall act as inspector,
' at such election, so far as shall relate to such
company or troop ; and in case of the neglect
or refusal of such officers, or either of them, to
serve in such capacity, the officer or officers next
in command, in such company or troop, shall
act as judge or inspector as the case may be.
The officer authorized to perform the duties
of judge, shall administer the proper oath or
affirmation to the officer who shall act as in
spector, and as soon as such officer shall have
been sworn or affirmed, he shall administer the
proper oath or affirmation to the officer whose
duty it shall be to act as judge, and such officer
acting as judge shall appoint two persons to act
as clerks, and shall administer to them the
proper oaths or affirmations.
The several officers authorized to conduct
such elections shall take the like oaths or affir
mations, shall have the like powers. and they,
as well as other persons who may attend, vote,
or offer to vote, at such election, shall be sub
ject to the like penalties and restrictions as are
declared or provided in this act, in the case of
elections by the citizens at their usual places of
election.
Within three days after such election, the
judges thereof shall respectively transmit
through the nearest post office, a return thereof
together with the tickets, tally lists of voters, to
the prothonotary of the county in which such
electors would ham voted, if not in rallitaly
service. And the said judges shall transmit
another return of such election to the com
manding officer of the regiment or battalion,
as the case may be, who shall make a general
return under his hand and seal, of the votes of
all the companies or troops under his command
and shall transmit the same through the near
est post office to the secretary of the common
wealth.
It shall be the duty of the prothonotary of
the county, to whom such returns shall be made,
to deliver to the return judges of the same
county, a copy certified under his hand and seal,
of the return of votes so transmitted to him by
the judges of the election in the companies or
troops aforesaid.
The return judges of the proper county or
counties, in which the volunteers or militia
men aforesaid may have resided at the time of
being called into actual service as aforesaid,
shall meet on the second Tuesday in November
next after the election. And when two or
more counties are connected in the election,
the meeting of the judges from each county
shalkbe postponed in such case until the Fri
dtillollowing the said second Tuesday in No
vember.
The return judges so met, shall include in
their enumeration the votes so returned, and
thereupon shall proceed hi all respects in the
like manner as is provided in this act, in oases
where all the votes shall have been given at
the usual place of election.
ELI SLIFER,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
seplB•doawte
STONE FOR SALE.
11DPITILDING STONE or Stone Ranted
for turaplklog purposes well be delivered to soy
par of the clip or Its vkUnlty. &op', to
mar2l4 WM. COLDER. Jr.
BOARDING.
PLEABANT apartments, with use or
heater, bath, gas, with good board, can be ob.
muted by a couple of gentlemen at No. 6. Locust street.
House lately oscapiod by Gen, Miller,) near the river.
sapid-d2svataw
HEAD Quaalma
Harausuuse, Sept. 9, 1861.
A BOARD OF SURGEONS for the e -
t 1 tion of candidates for the post of Surgeon
and Surgeon's mate in the Pennsylvania troops,
will assemble in Harrisburg, at the Hall of Re
presentatives, Wednesday, Oct. 2d, 1861, at 9
B. in, when and where all desiring appoint
ments will present themselves.
1 By order of the Governor.
BERRY H. SMITH, M. D.
selo-3taw Surgeon General, l'enn'e..
ALDERMAN.
HENRY PEFFER.
OFFICE-THIRD tiSTREET, (13EIKEN8 BOW,)
NEAR MARKET.
Residence, Chestnut street near Fourth.
myltaOM OP ILLBRIBRIMI,
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BARR ISBURG, PENN'A
ORUGGISTS, PHYSICIA.NS,STORE-
KEEPERS AND O.)tsISUMERS,
We are daily adding to our sisorttuout of
goods all such articles as are desirable, and
would re - Tactfully call your atention to the
largest awl best selected stock in this city, of
DRUGS, CHEMICALS dg PAINTS,
Uft,viwidshaimOOMee,
Dye.4taln, Glom am/Rutty,
&rthit Oolor;o Duid Tools,
Pure Ground Spiro.,
Burning IFiuld and Aloeltud,
Lard, 'Sperm and Piste Olis;
Oodles. Vials and banip Globes,
Castll4 Soap, Sponges and Corks,
&0., &c., &0., Tito , 3tc., &0., &c,
With a general , varlety of .
PERFUMERY & TOILED ARTICLES,
selected from the best manufacturers. and Per-
limners of Europe and this country.
Being very large dealers In
PAINTS, WHITE LEAD,
LLNSEED OIL, VARNISHES,
WINDOW . GTAI Rst, ARTIST'S
COLORS, PAINT AND
ARTIST'S BRUSHES
IN ALL THEIR VARIETIES,
COLORS AND BRONZIiII
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We respeetftuly invite a call, feeling, coati
dent that we can . - supply 116 Wants of all on
terms to their aatiaakotion.
TEETH I TEETH 11l
JON E - S AND WRITES' S PORCELAIN TEETH,
PATENT MEDICINES AND HAIR
RESTORATIVES.
k Of all kinds, direct from the Proiristors.
Saponifier and Conoentrated Lye I
Wholesale Agents for Saponifier, whlchliwe sell
m low as it can be purchased, in the cities.
"BAYER'S MEDICAL FLUID EXTRACTS;
Goa, CARBON &fr. n
Being large purchasers in these Oils, we can
offer inducements to close buyers.• Coal 011
Lamps of the most improved pattens, very
cheap. All kinds of lamps changed to burn
Coal Oil. ,
FARMERS AND GRAZIERS;
ose of you who have not given our HORSE
AND CATTLE POWDERS a trial know sot,
the.r superiority, and the advantage they are
in keeping Horses and Cattle healthy and in
g.)od condition.
Thousands can testify , to the profit,they have
derived from the use of our Cattle Poirdtma by
the increasing quantity and quality of milk,
besides improving' the' general' health and ap
pearance of their Cattle.
Our long ex Perience in the business gives as
the advantage of a thorough knowledge of the
trade, and our arrangements In the cities are
such that we Mb in a very short time furnish
anything appertaining to our - Susiness, on the
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best of terms.
Thankful for the liberal patronage bestowed
on our house, we hope by strict attention to
business, a careful selection of
PURR DRUGS
at fair prices, and the &etre to please all, to
merit a oontlutyowe of the_ 4
Wing Public°
,el,tgrapt
FOURTH STIMIT BITKEL. --Services will be held
iu tlie Bethel this evening, at which time the
pastor; Rev. James Colder, will deliver a dis
course appropriate "to the' timasion.
Tawßom= Smarr llirnua. Casa—The Elders
and Trustees of the Church of God in Harris
burg have appealed their case from the Common
Pleas of Dauphin County to the Supreme Court.
It will,be argued and finally , decided next June.
Sasnam SCHOOL CALSBILOHON.—The annual
oelebtstion of the Sunday School connected
with Shoop's church took place on last Saturdayi
and was quite a pleasant affair.
At an early hour the teachers and scholars of
the school assembled in a grove near the resi
dence of Mr. Alphred blilleison, in company
with their parents, and a large number of visi
tors. The exercises commenced with prayer after
which addresses were delivered by Rev. M. A.
Smith of Hummelstown, and Rev. G. T. Martz of
thiscity. The singing was performed by a choir
of young ladies and gentlemen, accompanied by
fine toned melodeons, which sounded very
sweetly in the open air. An attractive feature
of the exercise was the presence of two military
companies, whose martial music, and skillful
, evointiona, afforded considerable amusement to
the little ones. After the exercises of the morn-.
ing a collation of wholesome and substantial
refreshments was served ,up by the ladies,
which was partaken of , by some four or five
persons. The afternoon was devoted to music
and other social amusements, which were, how
ever, interrupted at an early hour by a shower
of rain.
FROM THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
orreepouaeate el the Telegraph
Yesterday was a gala day in the vicinity •of
rennetly town. Gen. McClellan, accompanied
by a twat of military chieftains and civilians,
proceeded to the encampment of the Pennsylva
nia reserve for the purpose of witnessing the
drill and field exercise of the various regiments.
The Pennsylvania boys sustained themselves
adniliably, and won golden opinions from the
General. Their active movements, soldierly
bearing, and the quickness with which they
performed every evolution, elicited unbounded
admiration from the distinguished visitorapres
ent, and Gen. /Wall was complimented very
highly for his tuttiring efforts in disciplining the
men under his oommtuid. There is a foul blot
to be erased from Perinsylvania's escutcheon—
tile cowardly conduct of the Fourth regiment
when the battle at Bull Bun was raging at its
highest pitch, and about which Gen. McDowell
duyoted a paragraph of his official report—and
I feel confident that the volunteers now in the
field from that proud State will wipe out the
stigma that has been cast on her fair fame: A
signal corps has been formed principally from the
reserve corps, and promises, to render incalculaT
ble service, It is controlled by a notable officer,
who has performed like service on anterior oc
casions. William Woodall, formerly a ser
geant in the Kepner Fenciblee, from your city,
represents in part that company in the corps.
The pay of the members is twenty-one dollars
per month. Gen. McClellan no doubt feels
justly proud of the soldiers in the field from
his native State, and he will certainly place
them, when the desirable time comes, in a po
sition where they can win glory and renown.
Commodore Dahlgren, commander of the
Washington Navy Yaid, has requested the Navy
Department to issue no more passes to persons
desiring admittance, except those who have bu
siness to transact. The thousands of visitors
daily _. to the yard, have annoyed the Commodore
very much, and have liarrassed the employees
withinterrogatives to such an extent, that they
could; not do justice to the work assigned them.
The request was readily. complied with, and
hereafter none can gain ingress except on spe
cial business. There is a larger force employed
now in the yard than there has ever been here
tofore, and it is said that . eight cannon are
turned out daily, besides sundry other death
dealing instruments. ,Add to this the various
gun-boats that are constantly plying between
that place and the anbouchtue of the Potomac,
makes it the most lively and stirring place of
the Metropolis.
• The provost guard of this city is doing good
service, and it is really amusing to see the wry
faces of officers when passes are demanded of
them. The guard discharge their duties faith
fully, without fear, favor, or affection. O ffi cers
are no longer seen u nnecessarily away fro ..
their poets , and loafing' about the saloons and
principal hotels. Soldiers; too, no longer barri
cade the streets, or are seen in an intoxicating
state. Whisky -sellers obey the mandate very
reluctantly, but they know full well that their
movements are watched very closely, and that
If they are detectizi in disregarding the law they
will be dealt with severely. hence all parties
'regard the law comma 17 foul, through fear of dis:
covery, and the punishment that will certainly
ensue. The citizens of this city feel very grate
ful to provost marshal Porter, for his unremit
ting zeal and energy in maintaining such good
'order, and well they may be, for the city has
never been governed better since its foundation
than at the present period.
This city is walled in as perfectly as Paris was
prior to.the battle of Waterloo, or as Carthage
was when in the,zenith of its glory, and before
liliundbil was' defeated by Scipio. A hill near
the old Bladensburg dwelling ground is being
fortified, and as many as sixty or seventy guns
will be Animated on the embrasures shortly.
This hill commands the country for miles
around, and is one of the most formidable sites
that could have,.lteen selected fora fortification.
There is a great deal of revolutionary fame at
tached to this particular spot, it being the hill
where General,Whnler, in 1814, like the King
of France,
-"With several thousand men,
Marched np the hill, and then down again."
,Every available point to the city is also thor
oughly fortified, and we feel as safe here, not
withstanding the rebel &gig seen in the dis
tance, as Louis Napoleon does in his regal
chair. I hear it said that the people of the
north have fears that the Oldbitol will be at
tacked by the rebels. Ities deluded idea. On
Are contrary they are expecting a coup de man
,from our army daily, as verified by a statement
In n en ; a dmatter. nAto. came insfe of 031K411,95
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W4fGIUNGTON, Sept. 22, 1861
now
few days ago. Let all such fears be dispelled:
The regiment that has been raising in this
district for some time is now full, and a finer
looking body of men could not be scared up
anywhere. Mr. Richard Wallach, Berretta
successor, presented, in behalf of the ladles of
the city, in a neat and appropriate speech, a
beautiful standard to the regiment, on yester
day, which was received in a pertinent manner
by Col. Tait: A large crowd was present to
Witness the ceremony, and everything passed
off 'pleasantly: The district ladies deserte
great credit for their patriotism, and for their
kindness in administering to the wants of the
sick soldiers All honor to them.
BY TRIG: /
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA
SPIRITED ADVANCE OF THE
* FEDERAL TROOPS.
THE ENEMY ROUTED
THE TOWN OF ROMNEY STORMED,
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THIRTY-FIVE HEELS KILLED AND
URGE NUMBER WOUNDED
Gaerrozr, Va., Sept. 25
Five hundred of the Fourth Ohio regiment
with one piece of artillery and the Ringgold
cavalry, seventy-five in number, under Col.
Cantwell, and four hundred of the' Eighth Ohio
under Col. Harks, made an advance from New
Creek on Monday towards Romney, and drove
the enemy, seven hundred strong, out of Me
chanicsville gap on the morning of the 24th,
and advancing on Romney stormed the town,
causing the enemy whose force numbered four
teen hundred infantry and caviar* to retreat to
the mountains, with lose of about thirty-five
killed and a large number wounded, Our loss
is three killed and ten ' wounded.
From Gen. Banks' Column.
Trial of Lanahara, the Murdere rof
Major Lewis.!
PROM THE UPPER POTOMAC
The Rebels Employed at tearing up Eat
told Tracks.
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ESTIMATED NUMBER OF REBELS AT MINIS,
PATS
THEIR CONDITION DEPLORABLE.
Gen. Johnson at White Sulphur Springs
for the Benefit of his Health.
Col. Geary Has Another) Skirmish
With the Rebels.
Deaneroww,•Sept 25
Lanahan, the murderer of Major 'Lewis, of
the. Pennsylvania 46th, was tried yesterday and
found guilty of murder. He will be hung as
soon as his sentence is confirmed by theauthori
ties at Washington.
The accomplished soldier and executive offi
cer, Captain Robert Williams, .Assistant Adju
tant General, attached to Gen. Banks' division,
has accepted the command of a regiment of
Massachusetts cavalry, six companies of which
have already been raised and equipped. It is
expected that he will leave here in about ten
days.
The latest advices from the upper Potomac
state that Capt. Carnes, formerly of the rebel
army, was at Dam No. 4 with a company of
loyal Virginians performing picket duty. At
Williamsport and Hagerstown our forces have
been considerably strengthened on the Virginia
side of the river from _Harper's Ferry.
At dam No. 6 there were about 400 rebels of
Henderson's, Rhinehardt's and Turner Ashby's
corps. It is said that Capt. Henderson was re
cently killed in Jefferson county by one of his
privates, named Miller. There are about 600
foot soldiers in and around Martinsburg, but
they were generally employed in taking up the
track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from
Cpeqnan bridge to Duffield's atation,`a distance
of twelve miles above Harper's Ferry.
The rebels have
,succeeded •in carrying off
three of the new locomotives, and were.engaged
taking to pieces four others. The locomotives
as well as the iron rails have been dropped at
Stevenson's station,. the nearest point on the
Harper's Ferry and Manchester Railroad. Noth
ing had been done towards laying' the track
from Manchester to Strasburg on the Manassas
road, the reason given is that they have no
cross-ties. •
At Charlestown there were but two companies
of militia, who, are being used.ss laborers.:At
Winchester:there are from 8,000 to 4,000 mili
tia, half clothed,, half shod and half starved.
They also are being used as laborers. Their
condition is deplorable in the extreme, and
they perform the duties required of them with
the greatest reluctance.
Gen'l Johnson was at Lees Fauquier sulphur
Springs, where he has been staying several - days
for the benefit of his health. Of this fact there
can be no doubt.
rotter or Roos, Sept. 24.
To-day an action tads place at the point be
tWeellA past ot the fcm3 PAO; Ca _Geary and
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PRICE ONE CENT.
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 Colonel
Geary's command. The houses were burnt to
the ground, and whilst several of the enemy
are known to have been killed and wounded,
the Federal troops sustained no injury.
The conflict there of the 16th inst., resulted
in a rebel loss of eighteen killed—one shell
alone from our battery killed eight secessionists.
Not a day or night passes but bodies of the re
bels make their appearance at some point on
the secession side of the river, opposite Colonel
Henry'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.
ERATO
LATER FROM MISSOURI.
Reported Attack on Lexington by
Generals Slagle and Lane,
HEAVY FIRING HEARD.
Details of the Surrender of Lexington.
THZ REBEL LOSS 1200
Special dispatches from Quincy reports by
telegraph to-day that Gen. Seigel with a large
force, and'also Gen's. Lane and Hunter had ar
rived at Lexington and attacked Price. An
officer in the employ of the Government heard
heavy firing while passing Hamilton yesterday,
and says that it was believed that Seigel had
Price in the same position as Mulligan had been
placed in. In regard to Gen. Hunter this can
not be true, as he was at Rolla, two hundred
and fifty miles from Lexington, on Saturday.
From the reports of some of Mulligan's com
mand who reached this tity last night, we learn
the following, additional particulars :
The men left •Lexington on Saturday atter
tioon. Nearly two hours were occupied in fer
rying them over the river. At three o'clock
they started for Hamilton, forty miles distant,
kinder the,guidance of several armed secession
ists. The advance portion reachei Hamilton
at sundown.
At ten o'clock most of the party took the
train for Quincy. Along the route to Hamilton
they 'were in general kindly treated. All the
money they could raise was employed to get
"intone to carry the wounded, though all those
4everelrwerunded remained at Lexington.
Only one commissioned officer, Lieut. Halli
.
hrone,. escaped. All account; agree that the re
bel low of killed and dangerously wounded Is
from nine to twelve hundred.
The Quincy Whig states on the information of
an intelligent member of Col. Marshall's regi
ment, that a leading rebel surgeon conceded
their loss at 1184. One hundred mounted and
001110 four , hundred horses of Col. Marshall's
regiment were killed, it being impossible to
shelter them from the enemy's cannon.
After the surrender, many of the men killed
their horses to prevent them from falling into
the enemy's hands. A large sum of money,
estimated at half a million dollars, half in
Two, was secured by Price, after being buried
bYtOl. Mulligan.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Gen, Fremont not to be Removed,
flattering Prospects of the National Loan
Several prominent citizens of Kentucky have
arrived here within a day or two, and are
now urging the Government to haste in crowd
ing their State with hosts of loyal troops, so as
to keep •Kentucky where she belongs—fast in
the Union.
The popularity of the patriotic loan is some
thing wonderful. Reports from new agencies
come in from all the loyal States with large,
iresh subscriptions and indications of great in
crease in the amounts already largo. The Gov
iniinent also has from the Banks in the cities as
tinkirznces that the fifty millions of the next in
litalment of the loan will be promptly paid up.
The President has fully decided not to inter
feie with the course of General Prenont inkiis
souri, at present.
Interesting from Western Virginia.
The following is an eatiact from a private
letter received from Western Virginia yes
terday :
"Prams, BOONECOMITY, Va., Sept. 17, 1861.
—The times are truly startling here. Death
and destruction are laying everything low. I
am in the midst of the battle field. The two
contending armies are meeting occasionally,
and do up their work to perfection. Our coun
ty town, has been laid low by the Peyton &
Home ,Guards and two companies of the United
Stites army. During the engagement we
killeAll.ll, and 7of our men wounded. Since
that time the rebels feel determined to fire
Peyton. The Union men have guards out
night and day. I have had my furniture
our in the woods nearly one week ; all in the
house 'now. The rebels are'hot, fiery demons,
regardless of what they do, and so far as I know
and have heard, they auffer amazingly, and
have done ,so in every, battle since the Manassas
fight. On the 4anawha the supposition is the
rebelii are in a 'serf lied scrape. They are fight
ing at iStauly Bridge, and at last report lost 4W
to .fib, Union men. It is greatly feared that the
people living in the vicinity of where the south
ern army his been, in the interior of Virginia,
Will atarvatto death during the coming winter.
flachis the stake of things here that I desire to
Atl - the fast opportunity."
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CmcAoo, Sept. 26.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26