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discoveredef tua l r emettlhyeinPathoestwe:irataroirn Speed)
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
anr/li IN elf 10 ?Waal COOKS.
No Mercian.) , or Noxious Drugs.
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Weakness of the Back or Limbs, Strictures, Pains In
the Loins, AdectiOns of the Kidneys and Bladdgy, Organic
Weakness, :introits Debility, Decay of tbePhf Nes iPovi•
Languor, Low Spirits, Confusion of ideas,
era, Dyspepsia,
Fall Hatton of the Heart, Timidity, Tromblings Dimmest.
of Sight sr Giddiness, Disease of the Stomach, ' Affections
of the Head, Throat, Nese or Skin—those terrible disor•
I 1
arising from the indiscretion or Solitary Habits ot
Youth—those dreadful and dottruetive practises which
produce constitutional debility, render marriage impos
mine, and &Amy both body
y andßm n ind.
YOUNI
Yo
C„.„ daily who hav destructive the victimise!
adjfary Vice, that fireadlul and habit whirl!
panuoly sweep , to no untimely grave thousands of
young men of the most exalted talent and brilliant intel
lect, who Wight otherwise have entranced listening
s,nates with the thunders of elognence, or waked to ec
.asy the tiring lyre, may call with full cordldence.
MAIIUAGE.;
married perilous, or those contemplating marriage, De
ng aware of physical weakness, should Immediately con
mit Dr. J., and bo restored to perfect health.
ORGANIti WEAKNES
bestediagely cured and fell vigor rettond.
do who places himself under the cure of Dr. J. may
reogrously congdem his honor as a gentleman, and eon,
oth:oily rely upon his skill as a physician.
grOdlce No. 7 South Frederick street, Baltimore,
pia., on the left head side going from Baltimore street, 7
lows trout the corner. Bo particular in observing the
lam: or uumber, or you will mistake the place. Be par
ticular for fimorant, Trifling Quacks, with false names,
Jr Paltry Humbug Ckrit/ibates, attracted by the reputa
tion 01 Dr. Johnson, lurk near.
All loners must contain a Postage Stamp, to use on the
reply
DR. JOHNSTON
Dr. JOlll3Oll member or the Royal College of Rurgeons,
London, graduate from one or the most eminent Co llogs.
of die United States and the greatest part ol whose hie
hoe been spent In the Hospitals of London, Park!, Plus•
tielphis and elsewhere, has effected some of the most as
tonishing cures that were ever known. Many troobled
with rieguig in the ears and head when asleep, great ner
vowelise, being alarmed at sudden sounds, bashfulumn,
with frequent blushing, attended sometimes with derange.
meat of mind were cured immediately,
TARR PARTICULAR
.. uLureeses all these who having injured them
vivo by private and improper indnigencies, that Beard
Rad solitary cubit which reins both body and mind, un
fitting Mout ler either buelnessor Satiety.
The., are same of the mad and melancholy eci,ets pro.
dared by early habits of youth, viz : Weakness of the
Buck and Limbs, Paine in the Head, Dimness of .Stglti,
Luse of Muscular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dys
pepsia, Nervous Irritability Derangement of the Digestive
Fusco:um, General Debility, Symptoms of tkinaomp..
con, &o,
KFINTALLT.
lisirLuts, the fearful ellects on the mind are much 10
be dreaded :—Loss of Memory, Confusifln of Ideas, De
preeeion of Spirits, Evil Forebodings, Aversion towome•
ty, Sof-distrust, Love of Solitude, IYmidity , &e., are some
DI 1110 evil &role.
Thousands ut persona of all ogee, can now Judge what
is the cause of their decline in health, losing their vigor,
beaming weak, pale, nervous and outamstod, nave a
singular appearance about the eyes, cough, and lump
ins of consumplien.
YOUNG MEN
wno have Injured themselves by a curtain practice, 113
dulyed lu when alone—a habit frequently learned (row
0911 Jompanlons, or at school, the silents 01 whiMi are
sightly felt, even when asleep, and If not cured, renders
marriage imposaibic, and destroys both mind and body,
should apply immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hopes of his coun.
try, the darling of his parents, should be snatched from
all prospects and enjoyments ol life by the consequences
or deviating firm the path of nature, and indulging
conga' secret habit. Su %persons must, before content•
plating
mARRLiGE,j
effect that a Booed mind and body aro the most necesamy
requisites to promote connubial happiness. Indeed
without these, the journey through life becomes a weary
pilgrimage; the prospect hourly darkens to the view; the
mind becomes shadowed with despair, and tilled with the
melancholy reflection that the happiness at another be•
conies blighted with our owe.
DR, JOHNSON'S INVIOORATL,NO REMEDY FOR Olt
GAM WHARNFSS.
ogy this great and Important remedy, Weakness of tht
Organs are speedily cured, and full vigor restored,
thousands of the most nervous and debilitated whit
had lost all hope, have been immediately relieved. AM
impedimenta to Marriage Physical or Mental IHsqualifi.
cation, Nervous, Trembling, Weakness or Exhaustion or
the moat fearful kind, speedily cured.
TO liIrriANGERB
The many thousands cured at this Institution within tne
tut twelve years, and the numerous important Surgical
operations performed by Dr. .1., witnessed by the re.
porters of the papers, and many other persons, notices of
which have appeared again and again before the public,
besides Me 'landing al a gentleman of character and ?d
-ipole/Waite, lee sullicient guarantee to the atliieted i
EDISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.—When the misguided
and imprudent votary of pleasure finds ho has imbibed
the seeds of this painful disease, it too often happonv that
an palmed sense of shame or dread of discovery deters
him from applying to those who, from education and re.
emeetability can alone befriend him, delaying till the con.
etitutional symptom; of this horrid disease make their
appearance, affecting the head, throat, nose, skin, die.
pprogressing on with sufferings py, uiL daait.
to
eriod to his dreaillul by sending him that
bourne from whence PO traveler returns." 11 is a mei.
anoholy fact that thousands fall victims to tile terrible
disease, owing to the unskilfulness of ignorant pretend..
era, who, by the use of that deadly poison, therCUry, 'pia
the constitution and make the residue of life miserable.
To STRAPOWIIB.—The Doctor's Dipiomaii hang in his
ogles.
,Letters must contain a Stamp to us on the reply
air gemedles sent by Mail.
sir o. 7 South Frederick street, Baltimore.
aprlS•dawly
SCHEFFE'BS BOOK STOKE.
(ma TIM osioussurto saran.)
UNION ENVELOPES.
NOTE PAPER, of six different designs,
b punted in two colors sold by the thousand and
y the ream at City Cash prices.
na Bad
Mao, Plage, Union Breast Pins, Eagles, Union Rings
ges at very low prices. Call at
ntril &learn's% BooKsroftE.
TO FARMERS
'RUTTER (good, sweet and fresh) in one
.2_,/ pound ralk,, and beat' EGGS in large and amall
quaantles taken at all times and cash pal s or, groceries
OM In exishange. Regular market rates always paid
MM. DOCK, JR.,
LOPPosito the Wart Bane
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PENNSYLVANIA, SS
A. G. CURTIN.
In the name and by the authority o f the om inaon .
®Governor
of Pennsylvania, ANDREW G. Onorpt,
Governor of said Commonwealth.
PROCLANATION.
WHEREAS, By the twelfth section of the Act
of Assembly, passed the Fifteenth day of May
1861, it iS 'provided that it shall not be lawful
for any Volunteer Soldier to leave this Corn
monirealth as such, unless he shall have been
first accepted by the Governor of this State,
upon a call under a-requisitionrof the President
Of the United States made upon the Govemoa,
' act, for troops for the service of the United
States.
- - -
AND WIERMLB, Notwithstanding such prohibi
tion, sundry persons, (many of them engaged in
raising regiments to be furnished from other
States,) are persisting in endeavoring to enlist
volunteers in violation of law.
AND waseass, It is necessary for the public
service and for the honor of Pennsylvania, that
her military force should be regularly organized
and furnished for the suppression of the existing
rebellion, in conformity with the acts of Con
gress of twenty-second and twenty-fifth July,
1861, and with the laws of the State,
and that her citizens should not be seduced
into organizations independent of the State
authority whereby the raising of her quota
is embarrassed, the regiments are not enrolled
in her Archives, the families of the men are de
prived of the relief provided by the laws of the
State for the families of her own volunteers, and
the State herself by the absorption of her men
in such unlawful organizations may be found
unable to supply volunteers to fill the future
requisitions of the Government of the United
States.
AND WEBER" the following order has been
issued by the War Department of the United
States, viz
WAR Dapeorminfr,
September 25, 1861.
His Excellency A. G. CURTIN, Governor of Penn
sylvania, Harrisburg.
SIR :—I have the honor to transmit the fol
lowing order from the War Department :
1. All men now enrolled or mustered into the
service of the United States for brigades, regi
ments, batteries or companies in the State of
Pennsylvania, under the direct authority of the
Secretary of ar are placed under the com
mand of the Governori of Pennsylvania, who
shall organize or re-organize them as he may
deem most advantageous to the interests of the
General Government
2. The United States will continue to furnish
subsistence, camp equippage, clothing, &c., as
heretofore, for Um organizations referred to in
the first paragraph, and all U. S. commissaries
and quartermasters will furnish, on requisitions
made, the necessary subsistence, clothing, &c.
3. All authorizations heretofore given to said
brigades, regiments or companies in the State of
Pennsylvania, are hereby revoked from and af
ter the expiration of the times limited in the
original authority, or in any renewals hereto
fore granted ; and in cases where no limit of
time has been specified, then from and after
the expiration of ten days from the date of
this order; and in future all volunteers for the
service of the United States shall be raised, in
Pennsylvania, only under requisitions made on
the Governor. All authorities issued by the
War Department for Independent Regiments,
subject to the approval of the Governor, which
have not been so approved are hereby revoked.
Respectfully,
SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War.
And, whereas, the President of the United
States has, in accordance with the acts of Con
gress of the twenty-second and twenty-fifth of
July last, made requisitions on the Governor of
Pennsylvania for sundry regiments of volun
teers, which requisitions are in the course of
being filled.
Now, therefore, I Andrew G. Curtin, Gov
ernor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for
the purpose of preventing further impositions
on the good and loyal citizens of Pennsylvania
in this regard, do make this my proclamation,
hereby prohibiting all persons from raising vol
unteers in Pennsylvania otherwise than by au
thority of the Governor, and especially forbid
ding the raising of volunteers for regiments to
be furnished from other States. And also for
bidding all citizens of Pennsylvania from en
listing in or attaching themselves to any such
irregular and unlawful organizations and
warning all persons that in disobeying this
proclamation they will be disregarding the or
ders of the Government of the United States,
as well as defying the laws of the State and
violating their duties as sons and citizens
of the Commonwealth. And I do hereby
require all Magistrates, District Attorneys,
.or ents4
prosecute all persons who shall disobey this
proclamation, and particularly all persons and
their alders and abettors, who under any preten
ded authority, shall enlist volunteers for any
Brigade, Regiment, Battery or Company of
Volunteers other than such as may be authoriz
ed by the Governor of this Commonwealth, or
advertise or open or keep recruiting stations for
such enlistments, so that such offenders may be
brought to justice and punished according to
law.
Given under my hand and the great seal of the
State, at Harrisburg, this twenty-eighth day
of September, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and
of the Commonwealth the eighty-sixth.
By the Governor. _ _
ELI SLEFER,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
sep2B
REGULATIONS.
En:corm DaPeassurwr,
Hamussurta, Sept. 3, 1861. i
1. No pardim will be granted until notice of
the application therefor shall have been given
by publication once a week for two consecutive
weeks in a newspaper printed in the county in
which the conviction was had.
2. No pardon will be granted unless notice
of the application therefor shall have been given
to the District Attorney of the proper County.
8. No pardon will be granted without first
consulting the Judge who presided at the trial
of the party. By order of the Governor.
ELI DER,
Sec'y of Com.
A. CHANCE FOR A BARGAIN.
Toclose Up the concern the entire
ji stock or SHOIM, BOOTS, hie.4ate of Oliver Be I
man, deceased, in the rooms In the Market Square will
be sold at private sale at COST; and the rooms will be
rented to the purchaser It desired. The terms will be
made easy. jell-dtt PAWL P. BOAS Agent.
VINE TOILET bOAPS, POMADESJIAL#
POWDIRS, commas=mums,
many atyles i Prices sad mannfeeZ e l at KELLIM+IS. ,
DRUG AND FA?ICIT swum!.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1861.
LET THE RECORD SPEAK!
Dr, Heck's Eestimate of the Safety
of the Country and the Courage
of its Defenders.
=I
He Refuses to Appropriate Money to Se
cure the National Honor and Uphold
the Federal Authority!
PREDMEN AND SOLDIERS OP DAUPHIN
COUNTY, READ
*-4 11 0-
e the hot shot and bombs
were falling thick and fast around
the gallant band who were de
fending their country's honor in
Fort Sumter, Gov. Curtin had
sent into the Legislature of the
state, then in session, a message
suggesting the better organiza
tion of the militia, and asking
for an appropriation of five hun
dred thousand dollars to place
the state on a war footing. The
bill as it passed, can be found in
the last volume of the laws of
the state, page 299—and the
proceedings attending its pas
sage in the House, in the Journal
of 1861, page 957. We extract
the yeas and nays as they appear
substantial on the Journal of the
House :
YEas.—Messrs. Abbott, Acker, Alexander,
Anderson, Armstrong, Ashcom, Austin, Ball,
Barnsley, Bartholomew, Bisel, Bigler, Blair,
Blanchard, Bliss, Boyer, Bresaler, Brewster,
Burns, Butler, (Crawford,) Byrne, Clark, Cowan,
Craig, Douglass, Duncan, Ellenberger, Elliott,
Frazier, Gibboney, Goehring, Gordon, Graham,
Rapper, Harvey, Hayes, Hillman, Hood, Hoar's,
Huhn, Irvin, Koch, Lawrence, Leisenring,
Lowther, M'Gonigal, Marshall, Moore, Mullin,
Ober, Osterhout, Patterson, Pierce, Preston,
Pughe, Reily, Ridgway, Robinson, Roller, Seltz
er, Shafer, Sheppard, Smith, (Berke,) Smith,
( Philadelphia , ) Stehman, Strang, Taylor,
Teller, Thomas, Tracy, Walker, White, Wil
day, Williams, Wilson and Davis, Spcalter-76.
• NAYS. —Messrs. Brodhead, Butler, (Carbon,)
Caldwell, Cope, Dismant, Divine, Donley, Duf
field, Dunlap, Gaskill,
3EXMIIC.,
Hill, Kline, Lichtenwallner, M'Donorigh,Mani
fold, Morrison, Myers, Randall, Reiff and
Rhoads-21,
Freemen of Dauphin county
Soldiers who went at the first
call of danger to the capital of
your country, and who still rest
upon your arms night and day
around the limits of that capital,
are you ready to vote for a man
who so lightly estimated the hon.
or of your country and the, lives
of its defenders? Dr. Heck is
one of the old Breckinridge Dem
ocrats whO sympathised with
and still sympathise with and
confide in the course of the trai
tor Breckinridge, and showed
his attachment for those who
are at the head of this - rebellion
by refusing to make an appro
priation to arm the great state
of Pennsylvania to aid their
overthrow and its suppression
- This—man is again—before - you,
and again solicits your vote that
he may again disgrace the halls
of legislation with his presence
and his conduct. He, desires to
be returned that he may aid in
embarrassing the future efforts
of our noble old commonwealth
in assisting to redeem the land
from rebellion by enforcing the
laws and vindicating the federal
authority. No patriot, no brave,
loyal lover of his country can
vote for Dr. Heck.
HOW BREOK_INRIDGB BAN AWAY.
The inglorious flight of an ex-Vice President
of the United States is thus recorded by the
Louisville (Ky.) Journal of the 26th instant :
"We learn from Mt. Sterling that on Friday
morning, about four o'clock, a buggy contain
ing two gentlemen and a negro boy passed
through that town, stopping for a few minutes
at the house of an ex-official, and took the state
road towards the Virginia line.
"Several gentlemen met the buggy on the
road. One of the travelers was closely muffled
and whenever they were about meeting any one
the negro boy raised himself so as to cover the
muffled figure. One of the secessionists in Mt.
Sterling revealed the fact on Friday that John
C. Breckinridge had gone through on his way
to Virginia or Tennessee. Lincoln's 'Hessian
cloak' is forever eclipsed now.
"The ex-official at whose house the travelers
called was not in Mt. Sterling on Friday night.
A number of the state Guard stole a portion of
the state arms on Friday, after dark, and start
ad on the road the buggy had iaken. 1%4110i
Way accompanied Breckinridge , and;• his Corn,
panion as a body guard."
QT4t ifittegrapt.
LINES
Inscribed to the memory of the late lamented Col. James
Cameron, of the New York Highland Regiment.
lUMPROTITILLY DEDICATED TO THE HON, SIMON CAM
IRON, BY THOMAS MAJOR, A. •M.
Written for the Telegraph.)
Hail Cameron ! brave chief of Scotia's band,
Thy spirit flown, now lives, among the mighty
dead. •
All hallowed be, thy grave in hostile land !
No traitor spear shall e'er pollute thy honor'd
head.
Brave Warrior rest I enjoy the peaceful sleep,
Though loved ones now no longer hear they
gentle voice ;
Yet oft they sigh, and turn theirheads to weep!
As far from thee, in Freedom's light they
still rejoice.
The Patriot's sigh breathes o'er thy lonely tomb;
And Washington, with grateful tears, recalls
thy name.
Spirit, awake ! to hear the cannon's bomb,
Like Scipio's shade avenged be thou, de
fend our Fame.
Columbia's name, renowned, as erst shall be,
Evok'd by thee, thou Hero, bravest of the
brave!
Then wave thy sword, exclaim, " Scots follow
me !"
Shall Scotia live, while Patriot meets a name
less grave ?"
Forbid it Heaven ! then brave thy sword, all
hallowed be,
Thy Peace above ! and Scotia find her home
with thee.
BROOKLYN, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1861.
MAJOR ABNER DOUBLEDAY
Sketch of the Lite of a Fort Sumter hero
Abner Doubleday was born June 26, 1819, in
the village of Ballston Spa, Saratoga county,
N. Y. His father removed the same year to
Auburn, and for many years published the
Cayuga Patriot. He was twice elected to Con
gress, and was a staunch supporter of Jackson's
administration.
Abner at the age of fourteen was an excellent
Latin and mathematical scholar, and organized
an evening class of his father's apprentices,
which, while proving . useful to them, served to
impress his own acquirements more thoroughly
on his mind. Hard study having somewhat
injured his health, he choose civil engineering
as the profession most likely to give him ex
ercise in the open air, and his health was speed
ily restored and made permanent in the course
of his engagements on different parts of the
present New York Central Railroad. He was
in Canada in 1888, engaged in surveying the
route of the Toronto and Lake Huron Railroad,
and spent some weeks in the almost unbroken
wilderness around Lake Simcoe. The insurrec
tion put an end to his stay, and he returned
home to find that he had, during his absence,
received the appointment of cadet at West
Point, where he passed four years.
In his class were Itbsecrans, Pope and Meade,
now Generals in our army, and Van Dorn,
Longstreet, Anderson and Hill, at present Gen
erals in the rebel army. He was brevetted sec
ond Lieutenant in the Third artillery, and
stationed,in various of the forts on our southern
seaboard, at' one time serving with Bragg's.
company. Promotion was very slow in those
days, and it was not till 1845 that he received
his commission as full second Lieutenant in the
First artillery, which he joined at Fort Preble,
Portland, in May.
In August, when General Taylor occupied the
south bank of the Nueces, he was ordered
thither, and arrived at Corpus Cpristi in Septem
ber. While stationed there, being one day on
duty as officer of the guard, a disturbance took
place in a house within our lines, occupied by a
Texan desperado,
who on the approach of the
guard threatened to shoot the first man that
crossed his threshhold. The sergeant sent for
Lieutenant Doubleday and reported the facts.
That officer, ordering his men to remain out
side, entered the house alone, and arrested the
proprietor, in spite of the guns levelled at his
head by him and his fellows, who, however,
cowed by his determination, made no further
resistance, but quietly submitted. On the ar
rival of the army at the Rio Grande his com
pany was stationed at Point Isabel, and he con
sequently did not participate in the battles of
Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma.
Determined not to remain guarding 1 . 0 - 0 -f and
pork. wlittk 11101131Y - Wiiik was to be done, he
succeeded in exchanging companies with an
other officer, and, as one of the artillery bat
talion under olonel Childs, behaved so gallantly
in three days fighting at Monterey as to earn
the special notice and praise of that officer in
his official report. He remained in garrison at
Monterey until the enemy appeared in force
before our position at Aqua Nueva, when his
company was suddenly ordered to equip a heavy
battery and hasten to General Taylor's assis
tance. General Marshall, with a force of two
hundred and fifty men and four guns, started
promptly for Banal°, but on reaching the Aine
one& pass was met by a messenger with orders
from General Taylor to fortify it, as he feared
he should not be able to maintain his position
at Buena Vista. The men worked all night and
the next day, though burning to take part in
the battle, whose roar ceuld be distinctly heard
though they were thirty-five miles distant.—
Another messenger came with orders to hurt
forward to Buena Vista, and at six o'clock P.
M. they started. The road was very billy,
and the guns had to be drawn up the hills with
ropes by the men, and let down in the same
manner. Whenever General Marshall order
ed a halt to rest the soldiers, they continually
cried out, "Hasten, hasten forward ; we shall
not be in time." Some"of these brave fellows
were among the defenders of Fort Sumter.
The beacon fires of the enemy showed that
the whole country was roused, but they saw no
large force until they reached Santa Catalina,
where they found large camp fires, whose light
showed two thousand cavalry drawn up in bat
tle array a short distance from the road. Gene
ral Marshall, though embarrassed with a wagon
train half a mile long, ordered his men forward,
and with lighted matches the artillery was
passing in front of the enemy, when the twenty
four pounders settled in the mud. An attack
was expected, but to the great astonishment of
our troops the cavalry looked calmly on until
the guns were extricated and the little column
was out of.sight. Theygottck the battle ground
at .six baying . rat*, the unparalleled
:of thirthirty-flue:e. miles in twelve hOure,
througha mOuntetnius country. Had Banta
Anna renewed the attack, the heavy guns
would have silenced his batteries and enabled
our troops to maintain their position.
On the 3d of March, 1847, Lieutenant Double
day was promoted to a first lieutenancy. At
the close of the war in 1848 he was stationed at
Fort Brown, opposite Matamoras. Some thefts
of public property having occurred, the com
manding-officer ordered that all persons found
without permission on the public grounds
should be put in irons in the guard house.
Lieutenant Doubleday, on receiving the order,
respectfully represented that none but a magis
trate had authority to imprison a citizen, but
offered to take all unauthorized intruders be
fore a magistrate, and make complaint against
them for trespass. Being, peremptorly ordered
to obey, he declined doing so, and was placed
under arrest. The complaint against him was
dismissed at the War Department, his conduct,
approved, and he was restored to his command
which had been removed to New York, where
he remained until October, 1850, when his
company was sent to Fort McHenry.
In 1852 he was married to Miss Mary Hewitt,
of Washington. When the Gardiner frauds
were discovered, he went to Mexico as one of
the commissioners sent there to investigate the
case, and his testimony proved very important.
In 1854 he was sent to. St. Duncan, Texas, and
remained there till his promotion, in March,
1856, to a Captaincy. He was stationed at
Fort Monroe till October, 1856, when Jefferson
Davis, then Secretary of War, ordered the gar
rison to be sent to Florida, so that the fort
could be seized by the secessionists in case Fre
mont was elected. In 1858, when the Indians
were removed from Florida, he was stationed at
Fort Moultrie, and remained there until the
transfer of the garrison to Fort Sumter in De
cember last.
As one of the Fort Sumter garrison, his name
is now dear to the nation's memory. The de
tailed history of the long seige in Sumter has
yet to be written ; but it is known that Captain
Doubleday was among those of the officers who
showed the most uncompromising devotion to
the honor of our flag, and his ability and en
ergy aided greatly in the preparations for de
fence, and in the defence itself.
The President has made many Colonels and
Brigadier Generals, some of whom, at least,
never smelt powder, except at a pigeon match.
He has made Captain Doubleday Major of the
Seventeenth infantry.
Major Doubleday was for some time in the
column of General Banks, but was some weeks
ago called to Washington and placed on General
McClellan's staff, as chief of heavy ordnance in
the forts opposite Washington. Thus McClellan
shows that he knows the value of a brave and
skilful officer.
FROM THE FEDER AL CAPITAL.
Correspondence of the Telegraph
WAffl:maros,-Sept. 30, 1861
From all appearances yesterday, I was satis
fied that something would transpire during the
night. Regiments by the dozen marched over
the Long Bridge the entire day, supplied with
two or turee days' ration ; and the countenances
of the men betokened-that something startling
was to occur. I was woke up this morning by
the startling intelligence that Munson's Hill
was ours ; and about an hour afterwards I took
a stroll up the Avenue to learn the truth of the
news, and had the satisfaction of hearing it sa
tisfactorily and authoritatively corroborated.
The city was in a flame of enthusiasm over the
result—old and young rejoicing at the victory
achieved without one drop of blood being
spilled. It seems that the rebels got wind or
suspicioned that Gen. M'Olellan was about to
make a move, and retreated in the direction of
Munson's Hill, taking with them all their can
non but two, which are now in our possession.
A Michigan regiment is now at Munson's Hill,
where, it is said,' siege . guns of immense calibre
will be mounted imiliediately. Four or five
prisoners were taken, two of whom were officers
—non-committal ones. They would not give
information of any importance. Perhaps after
they are confined awhile, they will not be so
contumacious. Ere this letter reaches its desti
nation, you will no doubt hear of a demonstra
tion at Mason's Hill, about two miles distant
from Munson's Hill, where the rebels are said
to be strongly entrenched. Union men in this
region still entertain the opinion that they (the
rebels) will not make a decisive etand this side
of Bull Run. "Tempts mania revelat."
We have also news of important and success
ful operations by Federal vessels along the
coast. We in the Metropolis have no fears of
any reverses in arms hereafter. Our force in
this vicinity is strong enough to march success
fully to the Gulf. The batteries along the Po
tomac, if any serious harm is done by them to
our vessels, will be silenced in a short time.
Before long, poems will be sung all over the
North in commemoration of splendid victories
achieved, and the old stars and stripes will wave
defiantly over every inch of land that has been
stolen by traitors from the Government.
[COMXIMOATED.]
Ma. Berman—you will do me a favor if you
will correct an error published in the TELEGRAPH
of Saturday last, which, if not done, may possi
bly do me a great injury. In your report of
the proceedings of the Union County meeting
held in the court house on Friday afternoon, to
settle a Union County ticket, you say I retorted
sharply to Mr. Rutherford, by reminding him
that my Union sentiments could not be doubled,
as I had "four sons in the army."
That is incorrect, I did not say so. I said I
was opposed at this time to party nominations,
that I believed the time had come to lay party
names aside, and all unite in nominating a
ticket without reference to party names—true
and *honest Union men, that will support the
administration ; and if the chair would again
put the question on the adoption of the report,
I had not the least doubt that we would not
only carry it by a large majority in the meet
ing, but could elect the whole ticket in October;
that I had four votes in my .family, (I have only
three sons : the youngest served three months,
and is willing to serve longer; the oldest is now
commanding one of Campbell's batteries, in
which he volunteered for three years ; the third
is home, sick,) and I can command more votes
at the election than any poor man in Harris
burg. If the chair would take the vote over
again, and this meeting do what is right, I was
determined to exert all the feeble efforts God had
given me, to elect the ticket and aid the State
and National Administration inputting an end
to this cruel rebellion. I did then say that, in
order to test the voice of the meeting fairly, I
would move to reconsider the vote on the
adoption of the committee. I made the mo
tion, and on the question being put by, the
chairman, it was almost unanimously decided in
the negative. I felt satisfied with the decision
of).the-qtsestioni and *et ; give the, ticket, my
hearty suppokt. • , BeePectfuilY your% etc.
W. Ben.
PRICE ONE CENT.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Later From Washington.
NAVAL COURT PISF INQUIRY.
ESCAPE OP A REBEL PRISONER.
AF.PROINTRENTS FOIL THE VOLUNTEER
A court of inquiry, composed of Captains La
velette, Pendergrast and Morris, was opened to
day at the Navy Yard, to examine the conduct
of Commander Chandler, of the steamer Dawn.
Geo. W. Weston, Esq., acting as Judge Ad
vocate.
It has been ascertained that Howell, alias
Emack, alias Emerick, alias Addison, etc., who
stabbed Mr. F. W. Walker, the correspondent of
the New York Express, has made his escape into
Virginia through the aid afforded him by the
secession friends in Mary land. The horse and
equipments taken from him by Walker are in
this city. The latter is recovering from his
wounds
The Kentucky cavalry regiment is still with
out an officially recognized colonel. A peti
tion is in circulation recommending Lieutenant,
Colonel Owens for the commander. Prince
Salm-Salm was some time ago appointed, but
at his own request a change has been made and
he is now attached to General Blenker's staff.
The following appointments for the volunteer
service weremade to-day : Melanctou S. Wade,
of Ohio, Lovel H. Rousseau, of Kentucky, and
Alvin Schoeff, of the District of Columbia, late
examiner in the Patent Office, to be Brigadier
Generals.
Major Hunt, U. S. artillery, has been pro
moted an aid to Gen. bl'elellan, with the rank
of Colonel.
Capt. Coppiuger, an English officer, late in
the Papal military service, has been commis
sioned a Captain in our volunteer service, on
the reconunetalation of his holiness, the Pope.
This makes the fifth European Monarch who
has recommended officers for service in the
United States
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Steamship Bohemian.
The steamship Bohemian from Liverpool on
Thursday 19th, via Londonderry on the 20th,
passed this point about two o'clock this after
noon. She wile intercepted by the news yacht
of the associated press.
The steamship Hibernian from Quebec,arrived
at Liverpool on the 16th.
The French government refuses to allow their
officers to join the United States army.
The steamer .Great Eastern has arrived at
Liverpool. The gale which she encountered
and disabled her, was of a fearful character.
Over twenty five of her passengers sustained
fractures by concussions occasioned by the tre
menduous rolling of the ship. The accident is
mainly attributed to the breaking of the rud
der.
NEW JERSEY AFFAIRS.
TRENTON, N. J., Oct. 1.
The Eighth regiment of New Jersey volun
teers left this city to-day for the seat of war.
The officers are Col. Johnson, Lieut. Colonel
Martin, Major Trawin, Adjutant Johnson, Sur
geon McKelway, and Assistant Surgeon Taylor.
They were taken by the cars in charge of Col.
Halsted and his aid•de-camp, Dr. John H.
Phillips.
The ninth regiment, sharp shooters, is organi
zing rapidly. This will make two more regi
ments of volunteers fqr,three years than the
State has been requiredlo furnish.
ERATO
A large meeting was held last night at which
chancelor Green presided, in favor of sinking all
party considerations and nominating candidates
for the Legislature in favor of the Union. Judge
Potts and numerous leading politicians of the
city participated.
NAVAL OFFICERS SENT TO FORT LAFAY-
ErIE.
Lieutenants Loyal, Butts and Stevens of the
navy have been sent to Fort Lafayette, for re
fusing to take the oath of allegiance.
FROM HAITERAS INLET.
NEW Tons., Oct. 1
The British gun boat Rinaldo reports the
frigate Susquehanna and gun boats Albatross
and Cumberland at Hatteras Inlet on Friday.
POWDER SUPPLIES. —'The United States powder
magazine at Chelsea, Masa., is again rapidly
filling with powder. Mr. J. C. Ritter, the effi
cient keeper of the magazine, has received this
week from Hartford, Portsmouth and Delaware
110,000 lbs. cannon powder, and fi fty barrels,
of 100 lbs. each, of rifle powder. The follow
ing is the quantity of powder and shell put on
board vessels for the Gulf, says the Herald:
Steamer Curlew,'s,ooo lbs. powder 60 82. pound
shells and 126 Parrott shells and shrapnel; ship
Ino, 6,000 lbs. powder, 80 32-pound shells,
loaded ; bark W. G. Anderson, 4,130 lbs. pow
der, 60 31-pound shells, loaded ; bark Ethan
Allen, 4,130 lbs. powde, 60 32-pound shells,
loaded. The new powder-boat building at the
Navy Yard will take from the magazine pro
bably an immense quantity of powder, what
she sails, for supplying the fleet. —Boston Jour-
SEKVICK.
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