THE TELEGRAPH IS PUBLISHED EVERY DAY, 1.3 v GEORGE BERGNER; TERMS_-SINGLI SIMCRIPTION The DAILY TELEGRAPH is served to subscribers in the City at 6 vets per wee!: Yearly subscribers will b , barged 04 00. WEEKLY AND SEMI-WEEKLY TURGRAPH The TELEGRAYiI to alto published twice a wtek during the sessioa or the Legislature, and weekly during the remainder or the year, and furnished to subscribers at the Following rates, viz : Single subscribers per year- —.— Seven " tt Tea THE 'LAW OF NEWSPAPERS 11 subscribers order the discontinuance of their news papers, the publisher may continue to send them until .rll arrearages are paid. II subscribers neglect or refuse to take their newspa rrr, from the Mlles to which they are directed, they are re- ponsible until they have settled the bills and order ed II em discontinued. Helical D.R. JOHNSON 3ES.CLI_4 I I' 7 'XMC)ML.M LOCK HOSPITAL. HAS discovered the most certain, speedy and elfeetunl remedy in the world. for DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE. 11.1111 t, IN LAX 30 TRIM:7Z HOLM. No Memory or Noxious Drugs tar A CUltii WARRANT/CD, Olt NO CHARON, IN PROM ()NN T( TWO DAYS. `'#. Weakness of the Peek or Limhi, Strictures, Pains fn the Loins, Affections of the Kidneys and Bladder, Organic Weakness, Nervous Debility, Decay of therhylect Tow ers, Dyspepsia, langnor, Low Spirits, Confusion of ideas, ralt itatifoli of the Heart, Timidity, Tremblings, D111113(111 of Sight or Giddiness, Disease of the Stomach, Affections of the Head, Throat, Nose or Skin—those terrible disor dors arising .from the indiscretion or Solitary Habits of Youth—those dreadful and destructive practises which produce constitutional debility, render marriage impos sible, and destroy both body and mind. YOUNG MEN Young men especially who have become the victims rd Solitary Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit which annually sweeps to an untimely grave thousands of young men or the most exalted talent and brilliant intel lect, who might otherwise have entranced listening senates with the thunders of elnenence, or waked to ec may the living lyre, may call with full confidence. EBEREE! Married persons, or those contemplating marriage, ba ng aware of physical weakness, should immediately con mit DT, J., and be restored to perfect health. ORGANIC WEARN ES Immediately cured and fiat vigor restored He who places himself under the care of Dr. J.. may religiously confide in his honor as a gentleman, and con. tidently rely upon his skill as a physizian. artrOtnee No: 7 South F , erierick street, Baltimore, Md., on the left band side going from Baltimore street, 7 boors from the corner. Be particular in observing the same or number, or you will mistake the place. Be par ticular for Ignorant, Trifling Quacks, with false names, or Paltry Humbug Certificates, attracted by the reputa lion of Dr. Johnson, lurk near. AU letters must contain a Postage Stamp, to use on the reply, D. 3013 NERON Dr. Johnson member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, graduatefrom one of the most eminent Colleges of tiso United States, and the greatest part of whose life tit been spent in the hospitals of London, Paris, Phila delphia and elsewhere, has effected some of the most as tonishing cures that were ever known. Many troubled with ringing in the ears and head when asleep, great ner vousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, bashfulness, with frequent blushing, attended sometimes with derange TlOl,Ol. of mind were mired immediately, TARE PARTICULAR NOTICE. • Dr. J. r.udresses all those who having injured them solves by private and improper indulgencies, that secret and solitary obit which ruins both body and mind, uo • fitting them for either business or society. Thm- are some of the (sad and melancholy eit,:ite pro ducer( by early habits of youth, viz: Weakness of the Suck and Limbs, Pains in the Geed, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Muscular Power, Palpitation of the Efeart, Dye pepsia, Nervous Irritability, Derangement of the Digestive Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of ,:',liinstroip. lion, &a. = iiINTALLY, aid fearful effects on the mind are mueb to be dreaded :—Less or Memory, Confusion of Ideas, De pression of Spirits, hbil Forebodings, Aversion toSocie ty, Self-distrust, Love of Solitude, Timidity, &e., are some of the evil effects. Thousands of persons of all age-9, can now judge what 15 the cause of their decline in health, losing their vigor, becoming weak, pale, nervous and emaciated, have a singular appearance about the eyes, cough, and symp ma of c,ousumption, YOUNG MEN ho have injured themselves by a certain practice, in dulled in when alone—a habit frequently learned. from e 11 .mmpanions, or at school, the effects of which are aightty felt, even when asleep, and if not cured, renders marriage impossible, and destroys both mind and body, should apply immediately. What a pity that a young man, the hopes of his cells. try, the darling of his parents, should be snatched from all prospects and. enjoyments of life by the consequences of deviating from the path of nature, and indulging in s certain secret habit. Su la persons must, before contenl , plating ntARRIAGE, effect that a sound mind and body are the moat necessary requisites to promote connubial happiness. Indeed without these, the journey throuar life becomes a weary pilgrimage; the prospect hourly darkens to the view; the mind becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with the melancholy reflection that the happiness of another be. comes blighted with our own. DR. JOHNSON'S INVIOORATING REMEDY FOR OR O&NIC IVEAKNE6B By this great and important remedy, Weakness the rums are speedily cured, and full vigor restored. 'fittousanda of the Moat nervous And debilitated whe had lost all hope, have been iinniediately relieved, All impediments to Marriage, Physical or Mental Distil:milt.. cation, Nervous, Trembling, Weakness or Exhaustion or the most fearful kind, speedily cured. TO STRANGERS. The many thousands cured at this lustiution within the last twelve years, andthe numerous imporTant Surgical operations performed by Dr: J., witnessed by' the .re: porters of the papers, and many other persons, notices of which have appeared again and again before the public, besides his standing as a gentleman of character and re tfgaisibititg, is a sntficient guarantee to the afflicted. DIS.EASEiII OF IMPRUDENCE.—When the misguides and imprudent votary of pleasure finds he has imbibed the seeds of.this painful disease, it toe often happens that an .itt•timed sense of shame or dread. of discovery defers him from applying to those who, from education and re• spectability can alone befriend him, delaying till the con. stitutional symptoms of this horrid disease make their appearance, affecting the head, throat, nose, skin, ac.. progressing on with frightful rapidity, tilt death pats a period to his drumlin' sufferings by sending him to "that bourne from whence - ike traveler returns_" It is a mel- Anoboly fact that thousands fall victims to this terrible disease, owing to the unskilfulness of ignorant pretend ers, who, by plaza of that deadly unison, mercury, ruin the constitution and make the residua of life miserable. To Fasariusals.—The Docter'i Diplomas bang in Miles. Am-Lettere meet contain a Stamp tone on the reply AN-Remedies sent by Mail. gar No. 7 South Frederick street, Baltimore. anyla-dawly All Work Promised in One Week 104. PENNSYLVANIA STEAM DYEING ESTABLISHMENT, 104 Market Street between 4th and sth, HARRISBURG - , PA., WHERE every description of Ladies' and Gentlemmas , Garments, Pleceeoodfi, &c., are iied, Cleansed and finished the best manner mi at rfhortest notice DODGE & Novli-da,vlv Pronrietors SCHEFFEIRS BOOK STORE. (NEAR THE HARRISBURG BRIDGE.) UNION ENVELOPES NOTE PAPER, of six different designs, printed in two colors, sold by the thousand and by the resin at City Cash prices, Also, Flags, Union Breast Pins, Eagles, Union Rings Badgei very low prices. Call at 8011FINTRa'S BOOKSTORE. (Vitt newly replenished stock of Toiiet kJ and Fancy Goods is utisurpesned in this city, and fueling confident of rendering satisfaction, we would res peettully invite a call. MIER, 91 Market street, two doors east of Fourth street, south • t Pt* #44411.# • 1 4 t 114 D " J - A , 22 00 12 00 15 00 VOL. XVI. iflistellantutts ONLY PREPARATION WORTHY OF Universal Confidence dv Patronage FOR STATESMEN, JUDGEC, CLERGYMAN, Ladies and Gentlemen, in all parts of the world tastily to the efficacy of Prof. 0. J. Wood's Hair Restorative, and gentlemen of the Press are unanimous iu its praise. • d few testimonials only can be bare given ;'see circular ur more, and it will be impossible for you to doubt. 47 Wall Street, New. York,.Dec. 20th, 1858. GENTLEMEN : Your note 01 the 15thinst., has been re sieved, saying that you had heard that I had been bene fited by the use of Wood's Hair Restorative, and request ing my certificate of the fact if .I had no abjection ht give it. 1 award it to you cheerlully, Demme I think It due.—, My ago is about 60 years ; the coloret my hair auburni and inclined to earl. Some five or six y care since It be gan to turn gray, and the scalp on the crown of my head to lose its sensibility and dandruffto Corie tzliou it. Each of these disagreeabilittes increased witu time, and abouti four months since a fourth wasadded to them, by heist falling off the top of my head and threatening to make, me bald. this unpleasant predicament, Imas induced to try Wood's Hair Restorative, mainly to arrest the falling, off of my halr, for I had really no expectation that gray! hair could ever be restored to Its .original color except , from dyes. '-I was, however; ' greatly surprised to find after the use of two bottles only, that not only was the' falling oft arrested, but the color was restored to the gray hairs and sensibility to the scalp, and dandrull ceased to form on my head, very much to the gratification of my wile, at whose solicitation I was induced to try it. For this, among the many obligations I owe to her sex, I strongly recommend all husbands who 'value 'the ad miration of their wives to profit 'by my example, and use it if growing gray or getting bald. . . • • • . Very respectfully, BEN. ,A. LAVENDER. To 0. J. Wood At Co., 444 BroadwaY,'New York My family are absent from the city, and 'I am no long er at No. U. Carrel place. Siamaston, Ala., July 20th, 1859. To Foos. 0. J. WOOD: Dear Sir : Your "Hair Restora tive" has done my hair so much good since I commenced the use of it, that I wish to make known to the PUBLIC iteeffects on the hair, which are great. A man or wo man. may be nearly deprived of hair, and by , a resort to your "Hair Restorative," the hair will return more beautiful than ever; at leaat this is my experience.— Believe it all -I ' Yours truly, . 'WM. H. ILENEDY. P S.—You can publish the above if you,likef... By pub. - fishing in our Southern papers you wih. get more patron. ago south. I see several of your certificates in MUM°. bile Mercury, a strong Southern paper. WOOD'S HAIR 11,E,ST084TIVE Paor. 0. J. WOOD i bear Sir flavirig had the .misfer tune to lose the best portion of my hair, from the effects of the.yellow fever, in New Orleans in 1.851, I was in duced to make a trial of your , preparation, and found.it to answer as the very thing needed, My hair is now thick and glossy, and no'words can expressray obliga tions to you in giving to the afflicted such a treasure. ' FINLEY:JOHNSON. The Restorative is put up in bottles of three sizes,-viz : large medium; and small ; the small holds : half a plan, awl retails for one dollar per bottle ;the medium holds at least twenty per cent 'more in • proportion , thah , the small, retails for two dollars pa. bottle ; the large holds a quart, 4o per cant. more in proportion, and retails for • $ 3 . 0. J. WOOD As CO., Proprietors -444 Broadway, New York, and 114 Market street, St.. Louis, Mo. ,•• ' and sold by all good Druggists and Fancy Goode Dealers. jyl3,aaareow TREES ! TREES ! ! TREES.!.! PRE undersigned invite attention to their large and well grown tdock FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, .•hrabs. &c. 5 embracing a large and complete assortment APPLES, PEARS, PEACHES, PLUMS, enaltiEs, APRICOTS, and . NECTARINES, Standard for the Orchard, and Dwarf for the garden ENGLISH-WALNUTS, SPANISH CHESNUT'S, HAZLE. NUTS, &e., RASBERRIES, STRAWBERRIES, CURRANTS add GOOSEBERRIES, in great variety. GRAPES, OF CHOICEST KINDS ASPARAGUS, RHUBARB, Am, &C. Also a fine stook o well formed, bushy EVEROREENS, suitable for the Cemetry and Lawn. DECIDUOUS TREE.S for street planting, and a general assortment of- Ornamental Trees and. Flowering Shrubs. ROSES of choice varieties, CAMELLIAS, I3EDDING PLANTS, &c. Oar stock Is remarkably thrifty and tine, and we offer it at prices to suit the times. icerOstalogues mailed to all applicants. Address EDWARD J. EVANS & CO., Central Nurseries, York, Pa. sep2s-2md PT~IPI~F~R'S DAILY MI LINE Between Philwielphia, LOCH HAVIN, JIMMY SHORE, WILLIAMSPORT; Muscrt UNIONTOWN, , WAvoNrowN, ldnsotg, Lavriatraa, NOATHOMHERLAtp, 6172.11101t1r,, TRZTORTON, GEORGMOWN, VELLBES 13URO, HAIMAX DAUPHIN AND HAR)EtISBURG'. The; Philadelphia 'Depot being iientr.tilY pinned the Drayage will be at the lowest rates. A Wadactur goes through with each train to attend to the safe - delivery ot all goods entrusted to the -line. Goods delivered at the Depot of _ : ' - ' . • FREED, WARD & FREED, No. 811 Market Bteet, PhiLa delphia, by 6 Welocir. P. IL, will he delivered in Harrishurg the nest sziornimi,. Freight (always) as low as ky - any other line. Particular attention paid by this line to prompt and speedy delivery of all Harrisimr ; Goods: -- The undersigned thankful for past patro •4o hopes by strict attention to business to merit a con.. , wince of the same. T. PEIPHER, Philadelphia and iteadin4 epos ; Feet'of Market Strne titrrishurg. j•-16 d6m FRESH ARRIVAL HOMONY, BLOB, BAMP, Glum, HOMONY, SELENE!, CORN, Brut Pus, BARLEY, HAYMOW FAY 13sANs, WROLI PEAR, &C., lizo Jimt received and for vale at the urwmer .oass PRIORI fehl6 • WU, DOCK JR. & CO. ALDERMAN. HENRY PEFFER. OFFICE THIRDSTREET, (SLIELL'SJIOW, NEAR MARKET. Residence, Chestnut street near Fourth CITY OF ItAARTSBURG, TENN'A, mpl2 dii WHOLESALE UMBRELLA MANUFACTORY! No. 69, Market Street, below Third, 312, , wiePlinIIEG, PA. M. H. LEE, • .VIA.NUFACTURER OF UMBRELLAS, ;km PARASOIS sad ALKING CANES, will furnish goods at LOWNit piticm than can be bought in any of the East?rn cities. Country merchants will do well to call and examine prices and quality, and convince them selves of this fact. aug23-dly. TO FARMERS 1 BIITTER (good, sweet and fresh) in one pound rolls, and fresh EGGS in large and small quantifies taken at aIL times and emit pal or groceries given in exchange. ,Regular mar WM. k etDOCK rates a ., lwa ys peel , at ta CO. augl9 Opposite the Court theme QMORE 1 SMOKE 1 ! SMOKE rt not objectionable when from a CIGAR purchased as RULER'S DRUG STORE, 81 Market street. "INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS--NEUTRAL :NONE• ' " HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 1; TX3CM W, E. lienedy the Ettegrap. [BE - PUBLIBBSO BY BEQUEST.] Decisions of Hon. John J. Pearson. The 'following legal decisions of Hon. John J. Pearson, are deemed of sufficient importance to be published for the benefit of the community at large. It will be observed that they are dis 7 tinguished for the legal acumen and impartial ity which have made Judge Pearson so eminent and successful on the bench. The common`- • wealth obtained judgments in three several cases against the sureties of a defaulting public officer. The defendants all resided in Lycomb3g county, and writs of fieri farias were directed in each case to the sheriff of that county, who made a return that they were stayed by the order of C. D. Eldred, an'Associate Judge of that cdunty, on the ground . that the'defendanti were entitled to a stay of execution, pursuant to the act of the 21st of May, 1861; they having suf ficient freeholds within the county to satisfy debt, interest, costs, &o. Mr. Meredith, Attorney General, moved for an attachment against the Sheriff for failing to; execute his writ aacording to' law, and' making an insufficient return thereto. Mr: Rawn, as attorney for the defendants,.in the execution, and in behalf of the Sheriff, opposed the mo tion. BY THE COVET. The suits in these ,cases were commenced and judgments obtained pursuant to the 12th Sect. of the act of 16th April, 1845, relative to de faulting public officers, and its various supple ments. On the judgments entered in Dauphin county writs of fieri facial and venditioni exponis can be issued to any county of the common wealth, and to more than one at the same time, if deemed necessary, and the Sheriff of the county to which they are.sent is to execute and Make return thereof, m is reqUired in cases'of testatum writs. 'That is, he must‘have the writs entered, make hislevy, and return it by mail to this county. In case of a sale on a writ of venditioni exponis, the•ileediaist be acknailedged as required on writs of feitatunt. For every pur pose the judgment remains in this county, and the execution process is in the form of an origi nal, not a testatuni writ. This court alone has jurisdiction over the' process, which extends' to every part of the State, the judgment itself need not be, ••and is not entered elsewhere. The first section of the 'act of '2lst of May, 1661, gives jurisdiction to the Court in which the judg ment is entered, or a 'judge thereof'in vacation„ to order a stay of =execution' for one Iyear" - frinn the'2,lst of Hay, 1861, o Judgments previously entered, or for one year on those obtained sub sequently, provided the defendant is tb.e owner of real estate in the county' in which the Same is entered, or to which it has been • tnrnsferred, worth sufficient to pay and satisfy the debt over and above other.incumbrances - ,,and the amount exempt by laW from'execution: When a judg ment is transferred to . another county than that in which it was caiginally.Lobtainect the execri tier' issnes directly frcan , the; judgnient so en tered, and it is treated for almost every purpose as a judgment of that ,Court ; of course, the stay of execution would be there ordered. The judge of a dittant county has no authority over testation writs sent to the sheriff thereof, but if there is error or irregularity in. the 'writ; or judgment on which it is issued, application must be made to the Court. or a jiidge of the county in which the judgment 'was entered to cOrrect or control the process. There is 'even less plausibility in the Court, or a judge in a distant county attempting to control , original writs issued on judgments entered inthis Court, than in cases of testation writs : the 'whole pro cess is under the control of this Court or the - . judges thereof, for every pu r pose. The judge in Lycoming county had no jurisdiction or power to order a stay of execution which must be done _by those- having jurisdiction. over the judgment, and his order .to the sheriff was a mere nullity. That effieer' might as well at teinpt to• abetter himself under a decree-of the town constable of Williarrisport asunder that of the judge of Lycoming county. He - should have treated the order 843 a nullity and paid no attention to it, but have executed his writ until stayed by a judge or the Court of MS 'county. For failing to do this, laid tusking all illegal re turn, he is in contempt, •and -an attachment must be awarded against Lim to be directed to the coroner of. Lycoming county ; returnable to next term. Jzio. J. Pasasmr, _Pres' t riudge. On this decision being ruade;- Rawn for the defendants moved for a rulelo show cause why a stay of 'execution should not be ordered by this court under the act of the 21st of May 1861, which was opposed by Mr. Meredith; Att:lrnek Gen in eral, on the ground that the Co . monweal.th was not embraced by the - act of As.- sembly. After consideration the following opinion was delivered by Pearson, President Judge: The act of Assembly is broad -and gen eral in its expresifons. It says 'that upon all judgments now remaining unsatisfied, .&c.,. and the question is, does the stay apply tokidg ments entered in favor o(theState,which it has obtained on account of money coming to itself in its sovereign capacity? The words embrace these judgments, but according to the estab lished rules for interpreting statutes should they be applied to those held by the soevreign which here is, the State of. Pennsylvania? , It is laid down as a radiMental principle of the En glish lavi 'that "the king shall not be restrained of a liberty or right he had before by the gen eral words of an act of yarlianient, if; the king be not named - in, the act."---Dwarries on the statutes 623. Again, when the king has any prerogative, estate, right, title or interest, by the general words of an act of Parliament he shall not be barred of em: . —ldem p 524. , . There are some exceptions to these general rules, but they . are for purpow and objects not within our present *quay. .The general prin ciple of immunity from the Operation of statutes when not expresaly named, or clearly embraced by implication from the' nature and objects of the law, has been claimed by the sovereign States of this Union and by none more so than our own. It was held in Johnson v. Irvine, 3 S. &R. 292, and Brigly v. Wallace. 16,3. &B. 246, that the State is not embraced in the stat ute of limitations. Such is also the iltktrine of several other cases in 'our hooka.- In Oki:Corn monwealth v. Hutel&on, 10 Barr 466, , ifis 'de: cided that the State is not affected by a dia -1 charge of her debtor under a general bankrupt law of the United States, and the reason is given that being. a sovereigrt State, lilre•.'the king, it Ts' not bound — named. -T he United States and the several States were rick named in the bankrupt la*, and are therefore not bound by it, although the expressions as to the discharge of the bankrupt from liability are quite as broad and gen,eral an those of rthe act. under consideration. It is said in the State vs. Garland 7 Iredel, North Carolina rep. 48 that generaridatutes' dO not bind the sovereign unless expressly tamed in them. Ins the State of • Maryland' it- is 'de 7 tided ; "as a general rule In' tie interpretation of legislative acts'they 'will not be .construed to embrace the sovereign power , of government unless the State is expressly named, or is ini tended by necessary Implication."—The State vs. Milburn. 9 Gill. 105. Such is the doctrine of the courts of Illinois. 4 Gum. 20; 'also' of Mississippi. 28 Miss. rep. 169. It is decided id the United States vs. Thomas. Crabbs R. 207; "General words in a statute do not include or, bind the United States as a sovereign power: It is bound only by express terms or necessary implication." We thus perceive that the immunity of the sovereign from the binding effect of its own when.nbt named . therein, - is as cleatly'seti tied in this «unary asin England, , anlidthough we might consider-itniore dorusonarit' with ' purl tics for the legislature to tie up the band's . 'of the State from the collection of its debts' than those of private individuals, as they are the di-; rect representatiVes of the one, and have nO right to interfere with the contracts 'of the other, yet we are constrained to say that not being named,' nor refered to, - in the act of as -j, sernbly, the State process cannot be stayed its effect, and its debtor cannot dernand • - a cavil ezeeutio. The motion for a stay of execution is refused and the rules disTn'sßed. ' ' JOHN J. PEARSON : From our Morolug'ldition. From Watallhigton. =I Safety of the Steamer ,Saranac. HE RETURN OF SECRETARY CAMERON, Thiess of the Assistant Secretary of War. IMPORTANT CIRCULAR TO THE SEABOARD STATES. • • New Rebel Batteries on the Potomac. FEDERAL DTRARERS FIRED INTO Twenty or Thirty : Shirts Tired' at the Pawnee. NO INJURY DONE TO HER. Rumored Retreat of the Rebels from Leesburg• GENERAL EXCHANGE OF .PRISONERS ANTICIPATED. WASHINQTON, bct. - 16 The Navy Department is satisfied, from the official information' in - its Posiesidon,. iihat - the steamer Saranac is at-San Francisco undergoing repairs. It is, therefore, untrue that she was recently lost off the mouth of the Tdissusippi' in a storm. ' ' ' Secretary Cameron has telegraphed that he will return to Washington by to-morrow morn ing. Assistant Secretary of War Thomas A. Scott is confined at home by sickness. The following important,has been sent to Governor Morgan of New York, and similar ones to the Governors of all the Stated on the' seaboard and lakes':— DixArnaan , STAzie, Washington," Oct. 14, 1861. , Ib, ..E'ztedkncy, the Gar‘rnor of the &ate New York Sni:—The present insurrection had not, even revealed itself in arms, when disloyal" citizens hastened to a foreign country to involve `their intervention for the overthrow of the Ge*ern ' merit and the destruction of the Federal Union: These agents are IrnoWia to have made their sP peal to aomeof the more iinFortant States with : , Out gamest. ' It' not likely; hewever, that they will remain Contented tiith . such' re fusals. Indeed, it is understood that "theY are undoubtedly endeavoring to tiedoniplisli` their dishayal'purpoSes by degrees and by indirection; taking advantage of the'etabirrassinenta"of richlture, marnifactrires and commerce in ',for eign countries, resulting Troia the "Instirreetion they have inaugurated "at "home; they - seek hi involve our common country in controversies with States with which - every public interest and every interest of mankind require that it shall remain in relations of peace; amity and friendship. . • • I am able to state for your satiafaction that the prospect of any such disturbance is now few serious than it has been at any preViour period during the course of the 'husiztrection. " is,' nevertheless,' necessary now; at it has hitherto been, to take every precaution 'that iipoisible to avoid the evils of a foreign war to be Super induced upon those of a civil COTltlOCtiOn'which we are endeavoring to cure. ' One of the most obvious of such precaution is that our 'ports and harbors on teas and' lakes should be put in a condition of complete defense. For any nation May be' said tei '• -vol untarily occur, danger in a terapesteus season and when it falls: it shoWa that it has sheltered itself on every side froth which the storm Might possibly come.. The measures which the execriL tive can adopt in this emergency are such only, as Congress has sanctioned and for 'which it has provided. The President is putting `forth the most diligent• efforts to execute these; meas ures .and we have the great satisfaction of seeing that these efforts ' are ' - '11. 4 .4 , .—nded by the favor ' aid and support . et layal -pa triotic and self sacrificing 'People - are rap idly bringing the military and naval forces of the 'United States into the highest state of =Ea efficiency: 'But Congress was c y absorbed during its - recent , extra session with these mea surasand did, not provide as amply as mild be wished for the fortification cf our sea and lake coasts. In previous wars loyal States have ap plied themselVeilsy independent 'and seperate action to theTrupportand aid'of the federal Gov ernment it 'its - arduous responsibility. The same disposition has been manifested in' • 'n, degree eminently honorable .by all loyal States during the present insurrection. In view:of this fact, and relying on the increase and continuance. of the same disposition on the part of the people of the loyal States, the Presi dent hrtedirected me to invite your considera tion-to-the subject of the improvement and the perfection of the defenses of the State over which you preside, and to ask you to submit the subject to the consideration of the Legisla ture when it shall havS assembled. SuCh pro ceedings by the State would require only a tem porary luso of, its, , means and, the expenditure ought to be Made the subject of conference with the Federal 'Government. Being thus made with the concurrence of the Government for general defense there is, every reason to believe that Congress would sanction what the State should do and ProVide 'for its reimbursement. Should these: suggestions be ticcepted the Presi dent. will direct the'proper agents of , the Fed eral Government to confer with you and to su perintend, direct and conduct the prosecution of the system of defense of your State. I have the honor to be, sir, Your obedient servant, [Signed,] Wurress H. SEWARD. . . It has been ascertained that the rebels have withdrawn part of the forcethey had at Acquia Creek, sad placed it in new batteries, which yesterday fired on some of our steamers. They have "mounted thirty-two pound guns in the batteriea; which occupy commanding points on the river for a distance of six miles. During last night they fired on and sunk a small pungy. . ' The steamer Mount Vernon reached the ship . , ping point just before daybreak this morning, and unmolested passedthe rebel battery, but the Pawnee following in short time thereafter was fired on, - between twenty and thirty shots be ing thrown toward her. The Pawnee accord bag to orders Made no — response. By an arrival this afternoon from the lower 'Potomac, it is ascertained that both vessel's' had safely passed beyond all reach of danger froni the rebel bat- George Eustis, late member of Congress from Louisana, and nephew of Mr. Corcoran, the banker of this city, has gone to England as the. rebel Secretary of Legation: A new'Union paper has been started at Rock yille, Despatches received this morning from Gen. Banks' command represent all quiet. Rumors prevail that , the rebels are retreat ing fromleeiburg. • General Anderson did not reach here to-diy, greatly to the disappointment of the Philadel phia Committee apioihted to present a sword to him. Sortie Of, them hair° gime home. Walton.J: Srikith, eon of the' Secretary of the Interior,: has been appointed Chief Clerk of that Sir James Fergnson, Bart.,' and Hon. Mr. Burke,' M. IP.; of BAgland, arrived here to-day, from Memaamze and Richmond, via Norfolk, un der a flaeohince. ' ' It is belleiect laere that the order just issued, relative to ah exchaide of prhaoners, will speedilfleadto an . eichange of nearly all on . bdth * ' ''• ' It*Will be some'dttys before . we can receive of ficial:two:mints of the' affairs at Santa Rosa and in ilierldisaisippi:' . Btit it is generally believed in both 'oases, it will turn out that the rebels were worsted: ' " ' From Gen. Banks' Coln= Return of a Prisoner Captured by the Rebels, RI MINI AMONG TuEBEBEL REGIMENTS Their itxmy Greatly Demoralized ViArt.- - IiGIiitiST•THE..tIQUQA . :.iIitALERS , ALL MET ALONG THE POTOMAC Payment of ,the Pennsylvania Troops One of the soldieri of the "Hew York 34th, captured •with others two weeks'ago while on a Scout oppoilte Nw's encampment, re turned 'teiltonday. R Was', taken' to Fairfax Conit House from whence he ;escaped. He re ports that there are no. large bodies of rebel trOops betwati Greeit-Falls and Leesburg. Two of the six or eightrebel regiments which paid our troops their respects at Orreat Falls three weeks .ago - have mutinied and left the It if stated that the remainder of the force are scattered between Winchester, Martinsburg, Sheppardatown and Hancock. There is a full regiment at the latter place, which from the fact . of it being the only poet where salt could be.obtained it was thought of sufficient impor tance to protect by a •superior force. This aG counts for the _sudden disappearance from this quarter of the rebel army, War against liquor" and 'liquor - dealers is be ing carried on Thonaands of dol.- ' tars Worth have been destroyed and confiscated already. ' • . The individual -killed by four drunken soldiers, near' Bealsville, last week, was not, a.citizen but .one of their own: number. The 'perpetrators of .the riotous act are under arrest and are tobe tried by court martial. Some regiments have not been fully supplied with their outfit of: inter clothing , : and have been seriously reminded of the fact by the past few night. bam Uriuting Having procured Steam Power Prearea, we are prepar ed to execute JOB add BOOK PRINTING of every descrip tion, cheaper than it can be done at any other establish mentin the country. - - - - RA lES OF ADVERTISING. E - Four lines or less constitute one•half square. Eight lines or more than four constitute a square. Half Square , dayone SO 25 ‘, one week 1 00 one month 2 00 It three , months 300 " six months ....... ........ •• • • • • 5 00 one year 8 00 ViOneequare, one day one week 2 00 one month 3 50 three months ..... .... .......• .. 500 te cg six months 10 00 4 ` one year......... ... ........ ._..15 00 t sar Business notices Inserted in the Local Column, or before Marriges and Deaths, FIVE MISTS PER LINE for each insertion._ Sig- Marriges and Deaths to be charged as-regular ad• vertisentents a Ml2e" 33. All was quiet along the Potomac yesterday and to-day from Great Falls to the mouth of the Seneca. The individual who sold the liquor to the Connecticut Fifth was arrested by Provost guard and is now in charge of the Marshal. Letters directed to the Connecticut Fifth should now be directed to Williamsport, Md. Jack Cross, the noted secessionist, whose res idence was within the lines of the picketS of the New York Thirty-fourth, socretly returned home this week. On receipt of information to this effect he was arrested and sent to Pooleville for trial. The Pennsylvania Twenty-ninth received two month's payment yesterday. Two month's more pay and allowances will be due on the first of next month. LATER FROM NEW MEXICO. THE CITIZENS AND INDIANS LOYAL, The Indian agent for New Mexico, Mr. Steck, has just arrived here, direct from that. Territ ory. Previous to his departure, all the principal men of the Navajoe Indians came to Santa Fe and made a treaty of peace with the Govern ment, with the exception of those of Arizona, where a small force of Texans have possession through the treachery of Col.. Loring. • All is quiet in the Territory. The Federal force therein, under Col. Canby, who com mands that military department, is from twelve to fifteen hundred, while the citizens have raised three full regiments. Mr. Steck repre sents the people as loyal to a man. The object of the rebels is represented as being to seize the Government stores rather than to endeavor to conquer the country. There were no disturb ances on the Plains, and when the stock was passing over them, the Indians were in the best possible humor, from the fact of receiving their presents and annuities. C APITAL PumslimmT ENGLAND.—During the reign of Hemy VIII, no less than 72,000 per sons were executed for theft alone, in England, besides those who suffer for treason and other crimes. During the reign of the Stuarts, and the first Georges, the capital offences were in creased to 220, and men and women were hang ed for stealing a sixpence, or a yard of cotton cloth. At length inquiring mind began, at, the commencement of the century, to find out that the severity of the punishment did not restrain from crime, which seemed to be regulated, by other laws—including poverty and ignorance. When Sir S. Ronailly, in 1810, passed a bill through the House of Commons, repealing the law making it a capital offence to steal the value of five shillings, the Lords threw it out, and six Bishops and one Archbishop voted against it. The efforts to reform the bloody code of .Eng land excited the wrath and indignation of the House of Lords, which repeated rejected ameli orative acts demanded by the spirit, of the peo ple, and one law-lord declared "Englishmen could not sleep safely in their beds if the capital offence of stealing forty shillings should be re pealed." Lord Ellenborough declared. he "did not know where such innovations would stop," and Lord Eldon was piteous in his complaints. At present the punishment of death is only:in flicted in cases of murder and treason, and ex perience shows that the employment the hangman as a moral teacher has utterly failed, and that the influence of well-paid employment, cheap food and improved sanitary conditions is far more effective in diminishing crime, and ex alting the character of the people. TIME are certain relics of barbarism still standing in England, which the tide of Christi an civilization in every other country boasting life and light has been able to sweep utterly away. One of the most deeply imbedded of all these disgraceful remains is that heterogenious monstrosity, the clerical justice of the peace. One of these rustic monsters in Southeastern England, Rev. T. J. Marsham, who preaches brotherly love to the coequal children of one Father on Sunday, and on Monday sentences his starving inferiors to jail, condemned a poor hungry hop-picker with a baby in her arms, to pay a fine of seven shillings and two. pence (a dollar and three-quarters—.nearly one week's wages) or be committed to the work-house for seven days' hard labor. Why? Had she been guilty of aggravated assault and battery ? No. In passing through a farmer's field she had I picked up two wilted and partly worm-eaten turnips, already pulled from the ground—eaten one of them raw, and taken the other home.to boil for the baby. When she was sentenced by this Draco Parson, she and the baby had al ready been kept in the, slation-house twenty four hours. She had walked from London, with the child on her back, a distance of thirty miles, the day before. DAIIii}ISTOWN, Oct. 14 WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 A Cuskx PHYSICIAN having been robbed to a serious extent in his tobacco. works, discov ered the thief hp the following ingenious arti fice, Having called his negro slaves together, he addressed them thus ..--"My friends, the Great Spirit appeared to me during the night, sad told me that the person who stole my money should, at this instant—this very instant —have a parrot's feather at the point of his nose." On this announcement, the thief, anx ious to fuld out if his guilt, had declared itself, put his finger up to . his nose.. "Man," cried the master instantly, "'tis thou who hast rob bed me ; the Great Spirit has just told me so !" • SEQUESTRATION OE TOE MONTICELLO ESTATE.- A petition has been filed for the sequestration of "Monticello," the former home of Jeffer son, now owned by - Chiab. P. Levy, a captain in the Lincoln Navy, and occupied by his brother, who is alleged to 'be disaffected towards the Confederate Government. The estate comprises 360 acres of land in Albemarle county, assessed at $2O per acre, together with improvements valued at $2,800 ; besides this there is another tract of 960 acres, with sheep, niggers, hogs, and a lot of hour;ehold and kitchen furniture. A VICIOUS practice has grown up of giving the officers E of the army their pay at the expi ration of the month, if they choose to ask for it, while the soldiers were obliged to wait till the tWo Months had elapsed. - The Paymaster General has decided that colonel and 'private which officers are paid more frequently than soldiers will henceforth be ratified by him. 3
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