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Daith Ceitgrao.
refsA float that standard sheet I
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Where breathes the foe but falls before us!
'With Freedom's soil beneath our , feet,
AniiVreeilaria,s-bantiek ittriniuiting o'er ust
OUR' PLATPOItai
'FES UNION-TIOC:IIIVNO rEtrx.ol 7 -410
THE. ENFO ; •111011061 ETTI OF THE 141 v.
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Ai.AiliifSBURG, PA
Monday Morning, October 14,1861.
BAVMES.
There is a portion of what was once called
the DemOcratic Press that now, style themseivei
the neutral or independent journalists of the
and claim great credit on account of their
seal for "Constitutional jurisdiction and con
trol" in all matters 'relating to the great rebel;
lion that was organized expressly to-destroy
not, only, this .same. Constitution, but to subvert
the laws emenating from it, abolish the 'civil
power'it created for good and wise purposes, and
forever odpple all our ability for self-govern
went:, The treason in the south is excused by;
these presses as one of our "great Matoriesi!
epticha ? " and' by this. Mild aisi l rether compli-;
mextary title, they are,content.lo pass to .
terity the incidents and , e.xoesses of a criminal'
conclave'and= organization ' such' al `has never;
been enteredinto since, wicked men conspired:
and plotted to:entrap the Saiiour of - mankind,!
and Make him the, bleeding sacrifice to their
passion and prejudiees. The acts and Abe poll,
cy, of every atate.administration true in , it's.
allegiance to the federal government; liffOra!
these "neutrals" fine themes for their own,
Whitton, and fico subject is so prolific as. that,
which.anables therm to declare to the world that
there is dimension in . the federal cabinet while
union and harmbny prevail among, the rebel min
,
tarYleadere atithavilian directors. If an announce:
mint is Made thateGet. Fremont is to be remov
ed; the fakt is grasped and extolled even before
they ars made aware of the necessity for
such an order--and , whenr they discover
that there it the sligliteitpoSSible prospect of a
difference. bet Ween • the.Presiderit and the illus
trious 'path•finder, they at ea e'e approve of the
policy of his . ,re;aoyo % shoat that it 'demanded
all g1ieC1316047, while. they labor at the' Same
thee toq:onceal their gratification at the result
asa-betiefit to themieives, politically, and to
theN'obi allies in the south, ,on thelcore of sue-
0 01 1 4 or,ei,onsaissfore the nations of the 'world;
The.fatit is, that the class of men who are en
gaged in *eating excuses for the Tsbellt, or
WhO t afeetivallir huhistrious in giving currency
to, everyrumor of difference in the Ottbipet or''
diesel:Won among military leaders, are only serv.,
jag 04 6 common design of treason to clestroy the
Atneriegt, Upton. Whenever, . therefore, you
heara.man boastlnOy declare that President
LitidokPretniked Gen.'rrernoet; p l ilt that Mau
d4 10 ,h/. 40 11 4x.kg the doubtful ,tmiherents to your
cowit{y'p,ca alsohear
man. inventing excuses , for individual rebel
leaders; or either extolling such Of their acts ae
tehd they dascribe les "means of self-da,
fenee, - ',: put them down too as traitors. 2t is
the only aspect in which they should be viewed,'
because no loyal man . rejoices at a difference in
the txilltleik of his nation, or is willing to invent
mum',
for 214 enemies.
Asii,Vraozi is very spleenish this
=mislay because its dirty game to re-elect -Dr
proved a failure; and from its totiepn the
LE :109 Uqutenallt tninnal 4tof4nuathikTe
'yr 348wardif-irawn. and his spurs on when rho
tainted:his- 'Marfa paragraphs. Tire bewthat
will not` killapsO until he is brought 2,0 toface
wall: l 44ok &Mel a 44 4 0.4.,friendi•
of the "basement in the capitol," when he can
exereisathat , time honored valor and POPE* IX)
immortal in - the history of the illol;ioVrenit; and
so isini6linaiy in the annals of war. But the
ideskoLthe clique-that controls the old Breckin-
IddgOlaiisaw rejoicing at the election of ,Tolin L.
Speel, is one of the extremes to which we never
inuughked their impertinence would extewl,
siniplY*alio6*:'SPeel has always been opi
of the ,moskconsistent and determined oppo- ,
nerd& oi. men their -ilk in the country. Still
we. weld • to•the joy of the Patriot, though , we
ar43 ,#:4.4 .n i ni n ant a by its sublime (ligmlyand
suNg4iglio3.: ,We may yet live to record
thfiifeati of the Lieutenant Colonel on the:attle
field; 'provided he is at bldustrious, efficient a n 4.
vallont Witlin Ward in his hand , ante is with
"p Taste, and wham."
AuLiana OcerriAer,=.3fr.•Stephen Cromwell;
of 040 n, Ohto, has made e, c ontract by*hich
he tf:44;q44311. One hundred and fifty thOusand
cords of wood for the Ohio Central 7 Railroaci
company. The magnitude of this contract can
be nzuhiretrood only when we take into amid=
deratiomithiaatt. that it' makes pile four feet
high and not less than two hundred and fifty
seyemmlieg lie length; and-roinires the delili , ery
of nearly Hfty , cords a day (Sundays excepteA):
for ten years. •
1 4 1 "/t 1 PINTATIVAI: Dear, composed.. of
Crawford. and. Warren. counties, has: eleCted
E. Cowan and S.- S. Bates, both staunch.:
consistent : 44kblimns, to the State legisla'
Cow* W among .the moat active and. !useful
members of ;the last house, and is also thb'able
edit& of the Eepublican organ in Warp
county ' W6 l *l :the pieasure of congra tidat
ing 16. Cowan to-day, he being at present in the
city.
TzttFfig!milmuti - Weil is becoming pa
im,
tient* expenfie ,of band inmate for the
army m iAtokostihrlantsonntei to a's= 'that
ir oniti 4ll4lBll# 4Bk.few 11 : ex 1 r i fon 7 ' 4 .4 1/1
At 1i 3
OPPRESSION IN THE SOUTH
South Carolina has been the cradle and nur
sery of traitors from the hour that a white man
first set foot on its soil, down to the present when
in a, rebellion to des
her aizens are engaged ,
troy the purest, wisest and most beneficent
government man ever devised or defended.
Her history is a repetition of acts of nullifica
tion, aggreSsive on the rights. of her laboring
and producing classes, and the repudiation of
every obligation binding her in allegiance to the
federal authority and government. In treason
South Carolina has alone been consistent. In
assaults-on the • -principles ot• liberty her states
men have only been frank—while the persis
tent manner in which the minority in that state
have managed to defranchise the great ma
jority of its citizens, is only an illustra
tion of the force of that aristocratic slave
holdees power, whichtherebels of the south seek
to introduce-into the government of every state,
until it becomes the policy and the principle of
the entire: Union. Tor show= how persistent
South Carolina has been in her opposition to the
federakauthority, we, need only, refer our read-
WO:4 the - record=atict prove, a portion of
-the=prOCAtlings of her legis
loture, only as far back as 1850,need be quoted.
In'lBso, South-Carolina dedlared her treason in
a series of resollitions; providing for the follow
ing purposes :
'1:." First, for; calling - a Convention - of the Pee-
Ple ; second, for non-intercourse with those
states whiclk have laws affecting the right of re
caPtuie of slaves ; third, declaring it, the right
and Aut.* of the slave states td - recede . from the
Union.; fourth, declining to fill the'Vticancy hi
the Senate occasioned by the death of. Mr. Cal l
hoim; fifth, declaring it degrading to the
sonthem states to hold further intercourse with
the north, and toquestingi Senator Butler and
the Congressinen from that; state not to take
their.sents nntil..,furtheri instructed ; sixth, for,
feceivhig, the state's portion of the land moneyi
under the act, 0(18.41, to beaPplied to strength
ening the military , defences.; ''seVerith; instruct-,
ing the Governor to inquire into the purpose.
i for which additional tmops have :been. ordeted
to OherieSton.".
These resolutions were laid on' the table for,
futureconsideration,, except , the. last 'named,
which was adopted, The recommendation: to,
arm the state, to strengthen* military defen-
Ses, and, place its TP910404 a warifOotbag,,when'
the south was b a condition of. unprecedented
prosperity—when peace blessed the Union, and
when the government was deemed most'sutoess-,
ful and liberal. Then South Carolina was anxious
to arm herself r because the traitors in her midst were
concocting themery plans emce developed and now , in .
operation to destroy the Union.: In order to, ,prove
that the condition of the south was never what
the rebel, slave holders claimed it. to bb And
thereforo• they themselves lacking the justifica
tion which they claimed for - their opposition to
the federal authority, we ; qnote . the: following
from the Mobile Dailyeitherliser, which appeared
in its issue of the latter,part,of 1850. .The para
graph alludes to the "opprosion" under which
the slave holders complained they, mere groan
ing. It is plain and to the point as follows :
The disuniOnc aud secession , orators in the
south assert Unit - the. people, are. awfully • op
pressed by the General Governwent—robbed,
laegraded, &c.. Now, it is a fact, which no in
ttelligerd - man voill'ileny; Oat' the people of the
',south were Who& mire prosperous since the country
Was settled. Every kind of property sells readily
and,at mir prices. No people on the face of Me
plebe . are enjoying, as a community, a higher degree
of happineir and prosperity than those of Alabama.
In the face of this fact, these discOntented ora
tors assert that th,e . people,are the most oppres
ed and abused of quay ,in, the worfa 7 ,their
right` so itainplat resistance
hy.force--4, , resort to.'airris Mid- the 'risk 'of
civil war. Can these men be serious in their
declarations? Aro.thoy not sporting with the
destiny pf the POI*? ,
The resolutions of the South Carolina legisla
ture assert in vague terms an oppression, and a
grievance known, only , to, the cuithors. of the as
aertion, while, the 4fobite Doily Adverliser makes
declaration of a fact, cogniaant to every business
man at that time in the sonth,and ,corroborated
on all sides by the happinessmad prosperity .of
the people. But this happiness , and prosperity
of the common_ people, did•not suit the arristo
aratio interests and demands of the slave hold
ring arristocracy, therefore they were oppressed,.
and hence tbeirreiistance of the oppression and
'their - sesret fimialtivekto deitioy freer govern
mentvlllhei saile:feeling ardinatit the saine •
merit; i. WhOff they •reiolVed, sikOiths ago; to
open febelliiinAhtiecsailitiim of tl3e ikeople of the
'sorithmals/lievel niore PrOspertiina'or iriorts ' pro
mixing i for the:future.;A'heir irelatiori to the
general government was loyel--4heir communi
ties;were peaceable-LIMA - the Monster slavery, lin
able to"tappreciate :the-Nokia which- Messes all
men, and equalites all citizens,• rudely renounced
the : and the loyalty Of the south;
leairing its , population 'bleeding in the grasp of
war, ind making its-interests and its re
sources subservientto the willof rebellion: Such
are the wrongs, such the injustice and such the'
oppression of which the ':_traitors of the south.
einnplahi. '
.Gzsykrasra,AN has - now the uncontrolled
ommiarid of the airfit on the - ` Potomac. This
'bas-been conceded to' him by -- th6" Cabinet, so
that henceforth he is to be charged with all de,
**r 'and' credited in that vier-
nits , of mit. operationi:" - Tlieyiihiidsolaii3i feels
.the responsibility Um§ resting tisnildrii, and is
6rer'Witring to litten'tO the suggestions or ad
'vice of - veterans likt - Seott;*and 'yet, like the
£43t NapOleotqafter listening to the connsels'of
h#3 - Aideipl. iatreiritiS, he generally forms'hie
'oWi Opinions inathiei his ewicplans, and acts
on them promptly liC'eVery Case. Pennsylvil
alit has catuie to be prottd of her connection and
, idisitffivititits with tills StrUggle. Her force is
now the largeit iti the fild and in the camp.--
One of her youngest then at- the head of the
largest federal force in ihe , held an& one, of her
indict practical, energetic and able statesmen is
atithe - head of the War Department. All these
connections and facts must be - gratifying to the
peOple of , the :Keystone Efate, who in their ad
mintion for this young hero and more mature
risen R f c 9 1,1 1 1 61, dOinot,forget thatimen such .as
tbBnefrlcerg.t o the whole nation, ands thattbeir ,
lia3,an tif , 4 44„eir Anne cannot be circumscribed.
Wag. Ilicarxmaszr hasndetailed some sit hun
dred lientemmte:fromrthe-ariny-for a srgnal
oorPs, to selve.isi ...easeakiiight imartilieci.' ,
`this,mannet “eolliakins;astiongil outOinvir
14t 4 rWilllim presented,or i
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DRAFTING.
-: •,' :',. : ';,.'tte..
• We notice that some of theitewspapert ,
this and other states, still continue to &Ail*
the prospect of a draft to fill up the requisition
for troops made by the
.last Proclamation of
President Lincoln. Many of these journals do
not fully understand this subject, while others
have not taken the trouble toinform themselves
as to the legal• forms and regulations of a draft.
Now, as to drafting, strange as it may seem, we
feel confident in the matter, that there is no
power in the laws of the - United States, or of any
state of the Union, which enables the authori
ties to draft, or to force any man to bear arms
against his will beygndi ;the iiinitsiof his own
state. Much as this is, perhaps, to beregretted,
we may as well state the truth as we understand
it. Laws have been enacted demanding the
enrollment of the militia, Mg Wring the muster
ing of the militia, determining that all white
male citizens between the ages of eighteen and
forty-five years shall bear armsin defense of
this state, but these are merelystate ordinances,
and can force no man into the army to do duty
beyond the limits of the immediate sovereignty
in which he resides.
In regard to this power to draft, we repeat
that there is not now within the law books of
the United States, or of the State of Pennsylva
nia a single provision by which men can be
forced to bear arms. The President may, for
the term of three months, call for any number
of troops ;he may arrange the quota of his
demand on theitates according to population
and fnilitary resourees; but there his interfer
ence with the sovereignty; of the states is at an
end, so far as the demands nf the army are con
cerned. In complying: with this requisition,
the Governor of our state may call Sor volun
teers for active service, in such. Erections as -the
President may think: it. - preper teec demand
Any further 'proVitice the hart IA tie Gover
nor is controlled by the constitution:: of the
state, which only enables:the Executive to: en
roll the militia for one of these purposes—to'
suppress an insurrection, or to repel an invasion'
or threatened invasion, of the state.. ' In: the
latter named proposition onlY earl, the militia
be carried beyond the limits of the state, and
then only to repel or crush out any force which
may endanger the safety, of the Commonwealth.
Visiting, a policy ivhich is nearly akin to
the conscription 'set of England - arid 4 14:ance,'
has been resorted to oiti , lart tied`occasions in
this country, and then:only - In accordance with
the above rule and by especial actsof the Legis
lature of the respective states. In the Revolu
tion the President made a requisition upon the
states of Massachusetts and Connecticut for six'
thousand troops, andthey were supplied with
out a recourse to any method than to order the
enrolled militia into service.. In the war of
1812, a demand was `made upon the authorities
6f this "iitat.6, and the:: refugia" Of - one' of the
militia ordered forth by the Governor brought
the case before the courts for a final decision,
and then it was'shown that the only manner in
which the militia could be reached 'was by 'an
act of legislation of that: state to which they be
longed. ',,
So far as drafting is concerned, we : opine .that
each state will, as a matter of justice, be ek
pected to make up its quotiibelore the conscrip
tion would be levied. Many of - the states have
not filled their quotas by several thousand,
,so
that if drafting is resorted to; it would of course
Commence in the states thus deficient and' not
in those like Pennsylvania, which have more
than filled their quotas. And even then, the
fact that drafted recruits could not be retained
in the service more than three months, would
be of no avail in a requisition calling' fcir men
to serve for three years. The limit of three
months is the extent of time for a draft. This
is the legal exposition of the drafting system—
but we are convinced'that the spirit of devotion.
which prevails in the Old Keystone state would
teorn the system of drafting, and, if it were ne-
Cessary, fill up the army wherever there was a
laeficiency, if it required every fighting Man In
the commonwealth. And mhen these fail,-we
have old men with nerve sufficient to 'repel an'
enemy or resist a traitor, while there are thous
ands of brave women in the state Who. could
ht a rebel and pull a trigger that would re
*hid him of his loyalty or bring. him . ta
grave.. _ '
A BEGUN - ENG has been made in Ohio towards
breaking up the organizations of the: Knights
Of the Golden Circle, which are knewii to exist
In various parts of the state. Steps were taken
io expose the oaths of the order, which are <of
the most :treasonable and infamous kind, and a
ifr. Frederick Court, a leading member, was
:drrested at Marion, Ohio, on the 7th init. An
unsuccessful attempt was made by a party of
three hundred,led by the Prosecuting 'Attor
ney of the county, who is supposed be a
member of the Order, to rescue. the prisoner.
. Warrants are now out for other prominent
members of the gang of scoundrels. . It is said
that persons obnoxious to them, and who is
feared would expose their oaths and plans, havis
been put out of the way mysterionsly—perhaps
murdered
IMPROVEBINITS IN DEMTISTILY.—We invite the
attention of the'readers of .;the PILEGIILAPH this
afternoon to an . adlertiseniont in another
column relating to a great improvement in
dentistry. Dr. P. H. Allabach a gradieate
of one of the first Dental Colleges of the coun
tiy, and a practitioner who has won a great re
,
Pntation for skill and accuracy in his profession.
The improvement in dentistry which he adver
tises will strike every reflecting person as highly
important and ..praetical,.while itobviatasskid
entireliabcilgli& all lif-the graveObleCtions to
the metal 'plates heretofOre and' Still in 'use kir
setting teeth. We .clieerfullY recommend'U.
Allabach to the confidence and enoatirage—n**
of the people of this city.
Tas PATRIOT AND UNION claims this morning
that on the popular vote in the state, the Dem
ocracy are largely in the majority. A few
weeks since this same sage orglM of The Breck':
inridge Democracy, asserted thitt the env . of .
Pennsylvania, now participating hsrthestrriggle;
fot the Union, was mainly conap&ed of Deis),
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From our Evening Edition of Saturday.
Later From Washington.
Destruction of a Rebel Schooner in
Dumpias' Creek.
Ti?MMUa'H A'FitrW B BY -MLIL:
THE' CASE OF COL. ItEOKEt.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.
The Navy Department this morning received
the following dispatch :
D: S. arteicsalhuox, of Avila Creek, Mt. 11.
Sirhave the honor to submit the follow
ing report fur your information :
Being informed of ,a large, vessel lying ou
Quantic;o 'di Dumpiest' creek, and knowing also
that a large number of troops were collected at
that point with a view of crossing the Potomac
as was reported to me,
I conceived it to be my
duty to destroy her. With this object in view
I took two launches and my boat and pulled in
for the vessel at 2.15 this morning. One of the
launches was commanded byrnidskriprnanW. F.
Stewaib, iikieonipardetik by , \kaaSter , Idivard L.
Heynee f _of the Rescueizand the:otlier by acting
master Amos Foster, of the Resolute.
I took with iisethe)pilbti of the vessel. He
was a ,Pennsylvanian. Some little difficulty
was at first experienced on finding the entrance
to 'the creek,
which you will remember is
very narrow, but having found it we pullectup
this 'crooked channel within pistol Shot 'Of
either shorti=4lll we discovered the sohooner.
She wad close to the shore in charge of a sentry;
who fled at onr approachand alarmed the camp.
She had a new suit of sails and all the furniture
complete in cabin, which was collected together
and tired, producing a beautiful conflagration, but
unfortunately revealing our position to the enemy
who commenoefi: a rapiddue•fronv both banks
of that narrow lifid*tortuous stream until we
twere beyond their ;rtuige. Our crews returned
a raking fire from thli boats, and the two steam
ers gave three chethstand pulled -for their ves
sels, the light from the :burning schooner
guiding them on their way. Her destruction
was complete, and - although the clothes of the
men and the boats were perforated wit h balls,
not a man was killed, the officers and men vied
with each other in the performance of their
duty.
Acting Master Forster applied 'the match in
the cabin of the doomed vessel. Acting As
sistant Surgeon W. R. Bonsall, accompanied the
exPedition, ready, should his services be re
quired.
I hoperwhat I have done will meet your ap
probation, notwithstanding .I have acted with
out orders. This little affair wilishow the ene
my at least, that we are watching him and
ready to meet and destroy his preparations for
crossing this river at all times.
- 1. -- h - airellitchortor to be your obedient servant,
• A... 1 .1 Thin gL, Lieut. Corn.
Captain S. CB.AVSN, commanding Potomac
flotilla.
_
Unfounded statements of a character preju
dicial to the public inteiesta frequently appear
among the telegraphic news of journals pub
liihed a - distance front the Capital and "the in
quiry is often made why , the Government per
mits such dispatches-to pass over the times. It
is proper therefore to say by request that these
statements really go by mail and not by tele
graph or ate Pntpared'at the points where they
appear.
Col. Hecker, who came here on business con
nected with the trouble in his regiment, now in
Kentucky, has left Washington.
'"Major Kime, Capt. Maui and Lieut. Klokke,
representing their own interests and those of
the other four officers who were discharged
througtr - CoVireeker' 6 - Watt:mentality," ara sti 11
in Washington. 'Thep-have - prifetied - ierious
charges against:Hecker, and asked'that he be
court martialed, but no decision has hae . n made.
A .
Latest News from the Gulf Squadron.
THE GULF PORTS STRICTLY BLOCHIDED.
Port Pickens Ready to Attack Pensacola.
' ' WastnataTow, Oct. 12.
The last news from the Gulf squadron lefti
Commander McKean, who succeeded COMMIIII
- Mervine on lboard the Niagara,wftich is
'now the 114
ship of the squadron, instead of
the Colorada, off. Pass a Toutre. Commander
McKean *tia making active preparations for the
compete cloaing up . • of the - Mississippi. •
would then move from that position to Pens&
cola, the Colorada=talting - the place of the Nia
gara. The late storm did very little clainage to
the fleet.
Commander Mervine, whose departure was
much regretted by the; wholwileet, intended to
ask a court of inquiry, but there was apparent-
ly no disposition on the part of the government
to censure him. He is one of the oldest cap
tains in:the service.
The whole coast from Galveston to Florida
reefs was completely bbickaded.
Fort Pickens is prepared to attack Pensacola,
Forts Mcßae and Barroom, and hold them.
There is no doubt in the opinido of the best of
ficers there that 'the place can be taken without
serious diffieulty., ,- •
FROM PENSACJOIA.
TTACK ONWILSON'S FIRE ZOUAVES,
BFBTL ACCOIINTiVF THE-AFFAIR,
Porty Rebels Killed and Double that
Number- Wounded.
Bartrarons, Oct. 11;
The NoKfrai-734 Book received this 'morning
eontains a dispatch from New Orleans giving an
accbutit bf thek:suitiriae and 'attack made on
Yrilson'a Zouaves at Saida Boas Island, on the
eighth inst. A detachment from several Lou
-
Wane and Alabama regiments landed in the
night, drove in the pickets and had a fierce bat
tle.- - The 'Zoraivigfiiii" - C.Ficlited with having
fought Withtdrialiiiiely; and' the rabbi a d_
nit a loss of forty killed and about double that
number'wciunded; r• Therclairn to have spiked
the gins, of the Zotrav,espid destroyed all their
camp e q uipage. - They claim to have commit
..t4d a great slaughter among the Zouaves, but
gave no nurabcr of killed. Thor - Ids° carried
off several prisoners. - •
FiiolK - N . EW Vi',XTCO
[Cbrresponcknee of the St. Louis Rgmblawn.] .
Same. FE, NEW Maxim, Sept. 22.—New
Mexico is still free from invasion by the Texans.
On the 13th inst., at Ifort younfleroy, four
hundred Navagoes — inade an attack on that
pOst, and were repulsed with'a lam of twenty
1811.. ed and forty-four wounded and prisoners.
The troops in the fort - had butone man wounded.
Col. St. Vrain has, rersimedoad, it is under
stood that Bit dawn will succeed him-in com
a
The Governor's call :for the enrollment
between-18•andt45 does not seem to
e*itmnoh attention )froorthe pikelle.'
to hear . ofghe
• ,nuts.,,
From Fortress Monroe.
Further Details of the Battle at
Hatteras.
The steamer J. R. Spaulding returned from
Fortress Monroe this morning, bringing further
details of the recent engagement, which differs
in but few respects fromAhe accounts already
telegraphed.
The Indiana regiment lost their tents, pro
, and.many of - their knapsacks. Col.
Brown states his loss at about fifty. None were
killed by the fire of the rebels. The inhabit
ants along the beach camein with the regiment.
The loss of the rebels has been overstated, but
it was undoubtedly large.
Brigadier Gtrieril - Williams Will take passage
for Hatteras on the steamer J. R. Spaulding, to
morrow night.
From Western Virginia.
THE REBELS FIRE •ON 4 . 1 GOV
ERNMENT VESSEL.
Attempt to Gut off Roseerans' Supplies
The steamer Izetta, laden with Government
property, left here this' morning, destined for
AiPtErigurt,t on the Kanawha river.-
' When opposite Red House Shoals, 30 miles
above Point Pleasant Ira:, (at the mouth of the
Kanawha,) she Witt fired into by a hundred re
bel cavalry, from the south bank of the river,
andhrdtireCto land. Capt. Windsor declined
doing so, awl by means of the engine alone (the
pilot having been compelled to leave his post)
succeeded in turning the boat down the stream
and escaped, reaching here this afternoon.
The India -, passed' through the pilot house,
cabin and engine room, but no one was in-
The Government steamer Silver Lake, it is
supposed, has been captured .by the rebels.
Reports are rife that a large body of rebels are
!advancing towards the river in order to cut off
General Rosencmn's !supplies. ,
IfAtilit OF "nig 'BUTE = idONTINTIiiii.
Arrival of Segretary Cameron and
Adjutant General Thomas.
The State Convention met again- this 'morning,
and a quorum being present, proceeded to busi
ness.
A resolution was adopted :authorizing the
chair to appoint five committees, each to re
port ors various subjects for the action of the
Convention—viz : military, civil officers, elec
tions, ways and means, and revenue.
Secretary" Oanieron And Adjutant General
Thomas arrived in this city this morning. It is
undebstoOd that they tome on business connect
ed with the Department of the west, and will
remain-for some days.
In the afternoon session of the Convention,
among the insdlisficint offeredtarid referred to
the various committees was -the following of
fered by Mr. Hitchcock :
Resolved, That the Ccinimittes on' Wayi and
Means be imstructed to consider the expediency
of action by this Convention for the purpose of
confiscating the .property 'of alt citizens, resi
dents, or persims in the ;State, who shall, after
the expiration of a reasonable time, be found
aiding or abetting the rebellion 'now on foot
within its boarders ; and for .the application of
all property so confiscated, first, to reimburse
the loyal citizens off the State for leeks sustain
ed by them in the support of the National Gov
ernment, and sexiiidly, to the use of the State ;
and that the committee report by ordinance or
otherwise.
Mr.,flowell moved that the Cor.vention reject
the resolution at once, stating that he did not
wish each a resolution tOrifoine before the-cora
mittee of which he was'a member even for con
sideration.
The motion to isjectvlis:lost—yeas 22, nays
Mr. Howell then resigned' his place on the
committee, and the vacancy wasilled by Mr.
Irwin.
Governor Gamble's message to the' Conven •
tion, asks fotle more simple and efficient mili
•tary law than now exists, and recommends
prompt measures to provide means to carry on
the State Government and, meetthe present ex
traordinary ertrergenedes.
In consequenee of the postponement of the
Stateilectlon", as ordered by the lad session of
the convention, his own term of office will con
tinue longer, than was /contemplated; Auld he ,
ouggests the aPPointinent of some person to
discharge the Executive duties during the pro
longed period thatiwillelapse Wore the eleo
tion can be had.
A salute _of fifteen guns was fired in honor of
Secretary Cameron and Adj utant General Thom
as, On the occasion of their visit to the Arsenal
this evening, ' - ''" '
From Gen: Banks' Column.
Several movements, by regiments in detail,
have transpired within the last few days, and it
is the impression of outsiders that other move
ments ere in contemplation. Everything con
ne'eterivith 'the government of General Banks'
and Stone's command is conducted with the ut
most secrecy, and the ..most anxious searchers
after knowledge canna obtain any reliable in
telligence in' advance. This, of course, is a
rigoeusoodisantemppoplaintr
movements,
who revl w om oul ess d di oi
e welfare and interest of our country and its
t(:lthose
vernmciat.' ' '. •
A Jicrioup and tragical affair occurred last
ends.* nig' lit at the teinpoiary encampment of
e fifth Oonnectiout'reginfent: 'Mixing the
rmoil of pitching tents and preparing supper
• the midst of 'a terrific ilitorra an unprincipled
none disappointment
agiuggled'alidgshea'd of liquor into
the lines, and before he was detected by the
*Leers had dispensed enough of his" poisonOus
cbraprlomid ,to . create the greatest disturbance.
During the reign of its influence, an affray oc
curred in whibh one citizen was killed, two or
three wounded, and several horses and cattle
shot. On the facts transpiring, General Banks
issued an order for all the liquor found within
the limits of our pickets to;be indiscriminately
destroyed, and those found selling it to be
tested. _ „ . . •
7 To-day a man succeeded in concealing a bar
rtli in the woOds, - and supplied the liquor to
passing soldiers near Saithersburg. Adjutant
Shone and Surgeon Dimon, of the nineteenth
w York, ferreted out the fellow, arrested him
d turned him -over to the care of Provost
*rshal Stone. He gave the name of Joseph
Flail. His villainous beverage was dettroyed
oil the spot. .
;• 'General Williams, an officer in the Mexican
" • ar, has , been ordered to the command of the
T ird Brigade.
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Foaxasss Memos, via Baltimore, Oct. H
Ge.trasous, 0., Oct. 11
FROM - MISSOURI,
ST. Louis, Oct. 11
Demineromm, Oct. 9
DTtni Cabvertizeiiirats
IMPROVE3IENT I.N DENTI
DR. P. H. ALLAII;cIi, tint, Manufacturer ot Thoo- it T , ,
method hat obviates ever} • 1,, , ,
tidal leetn, embracing prirual I f
piece only, of pure and inile-tru - -
crerice.for the acecuto o
and therefore, no otT,
tat In used in their roil, rum ,
g-tton or metallic tit to Hn •t o ,
hayed with sore tiiroal t lay
North Eecond etr. Ph, 12,
octl2
I.oco Harr,tm,,r,
w,„ k„. •
House, es lay eref
D'oleck.
octl2.dcod3t
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AN ORDINANCE
FOR OI'ENING AND t la
SPCTIONI. Be if ordain,/ ht,
Cily of Harrivburg, That Iht 4,1 h.
the hak re of four d a halt and
deriug the month ot April,
September, ht twtet t
Mimi; the residue of
ercrioar 2. That so mtit.h o• ttt,
iticohMsteht herewith he as the
Fasted Oct b IShl
1;1
Attest : DAtito H.ARRis,
Approve.' uct.. 11th 13tH
=1
MEI
MIIE %V E. KIS DI
p.m., or,„ l'r
iluton roveloi PA per. all
Pape s. MagAzincs, and rLnmu.r p ,•:
cau bo had at GEO. 1., WAI,I FT.'S • •
Periodical helot, 116 Markel strew
Mtn-Rd
SEALED PROP OSA
- E:NDORSED "P •, ROPtiAl,
r will be received until :; p In
17, 1861, for turnishinz by ;
ALZITIZ. CI)
..t_
for e the United States tmops
eron or Greblo, near !fart
such quantities as may I;
time to time, to be deli‘,.n..l
to the United States at either ,•:
The proposals will state the
hay and per bushel (of ;12 11,
articles to be of the hest quality.
inspection as the U. S. Quartet
quire. Should the proposal 1;• ;,, -
packed hay, the fact must be te. i
same.
The right is reserved to
any forage not of satisfactory ;
Proposals to be addressedi to
at Harrisburg, Pa. E. c.
Captain & A. Q. M. V.,i
A N ORDINANCE AU I Ho ,
PURUHASH OF lie 1,8 1•,;
PAYINFINT or THE SAME
Samos 1. Be it ordained Ly U. ',.
City of Ilarneburg. That
authorized to p.ireha e ov,• hcn,a r •
double copperr riveted tone, .250 t
the UneOr the Friellefihil, Fe rn I. ttt ;. •
the dee of the Good Will Hrer,...p.,,
oil are (briber autborlz I tti
Five Hundred dollars I. i n rn.
cast of the Marna ex - eed Fire 1.1n1..1r.•
may be paid oat or any oviin.y
erwise appropriated.
P.iner•d October 10, ititil
Prestiknt of 0 , nun•n.
Attest : DAVIT) iTARKIS, Clerk,
Approved October lit h,
W . ii.
oct11•d
To Married Men or those C,11;e: - _.
• plating Marriage.
•INHE undersigned wik
on a very intern - in t / and •
Will be valued more than a tho .•
every married couple of a , .•r c
The Information will be ,cm •
through the Carrie sour., , • j , •
two red damps. Addis
R. H. tr• '! ,I .• .
N. EL—Thie is no bum,
p'y sallkixtory In cOoy ~.-;
Meta.% age, or condi iou
funded. All letters t ,
Look Box 60, Brkuon, 1 ,
address for return. . . , 1
.pßorosiLs FOR IitTIO)S ::;:: hr
QUAICKIMI.STER'S OFFICE, MAI
Washington, Septeml. , l 2,
SEALED PROPOSALS will be rc. • :
office until the 30th day - of 0. mber le
o'clock m., for furnishing ration , :•.
Marines, a t the followitnz stati„n..
year 1862, viz :
Pottsmouth, New liaimebic
Charlestown, Ilassacliii,ett-
Brooklyn, Long Island. Nee ••
Philadelphia, l'ennsylvaiii.i
Washington, District of l e.
Each ration to consist of till-, ;
pound of mess pork, or bacon •
fourth pounds of fresh or salt bee: ••
ounces of bread, made of extra see
or in lien thereof twenty-two ~e r.
superfine Hour; or one pound of I,
the option of the Government: ,te:
of eight quarts of best white 1 , 0 ,
thereof ten pounds of rice; ten 1,• • ..
coffee, or in lien thereof one aft
of tea; fifteen pounds of r e i
sugar; four quarts of vinegar: .1
sperm candles, of-one-and-a-Milt p.•,.:.:-
mantine candles, or onc-and-,L ,
good hard-dipped tallow candle-. • • :
of good, hard, brown soap: tie . 1
and one hundred and tifty-ric p•
toes, to each hundred ration,
The increased allowance of
flour or bread, and the allowain
as above proved, will cease, at the nil,.
of the present insurrection, find n.
as provided by law awl
of July, 1861.
The beef shall be delivered
the commanding officer o f cab
in bulk or by the Single r.d0.11:
slat of the best and most , ,; ; •
carcass; the pork to be Ye.
and the groceries to hr of w;
kinds named.
All subject to in:Tc.
All bids must be 11.,',..!npani,l
ingiguarantee
Form of t;•••:r
The undersigned, --
State of ---, and
State of _, hereby gininflite.:
the forgoing bid of ------.'.or rav,Th
described, be accepted, be or thy v. 111,
ten - days after the receipt of the contra: t
Post Office named, execute the whit., t
same, with good and surtkient
case the said shall tel to
tract as aforesnid, we guarantee to n''
t.,.
ri .
the difference the offer of the -- n't
which may be accepted.
, -
Witness :
E. F.
1862.
I hereby certify that the above mumsd ' l
,
are known to me as men of pperty, n
to make good their rruarantee. t 11.
.'
(lb be signed &y the United Stales Ikitrat
Niter' States District Attorpry, or Lb/i.tor.r
No proposal will be considered of a....si
panied by the above guarantee.
(Newspapers authorised to publish the alo%
will send the paper containing the tint imcr
tion to this office for examination ) , ,
Pres to be endorsed "Proposls ior
tions for al
1862," and addressed to the under-
W.signed, B. SLACK.
octl-4t] Major and Quartermaster.
OUR newly replenished stock 9f • 0
and Fancy voids is un*unruVed L't.F.;
feellogittonar of modernly squOlimilion, weslls,,,'`
pectin ty In, to
91 O&M ktreel; two doors cast of Fourth street , 0A
EOM
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