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Paued at ilse SecomfE4si,ion of the thirty-. - - IPTT , m , r - <-=:-.N.Cf:_lBB.] 1: • i As , Acr to amendia r act entitled mAtt act -, 77' - 1,0411•13160t: th6;6lg6 lir ipirJttacaut Minato ''' ';'''''Sfottctiinfoiicittinit in fra , .rict, of . .,s t_.A . ,.',.ailinitii:in ce r tain i cases, n:: approved s'',L, Angnif fifth, ' eighteen - , hundred and _/?O'ne• — ,.. ..' .: tnaded.britio.:Senate . titnd lure of Representativit of thi United States o Amer .: --icain-angreas-aszetakd r: That i vFrson . ..4.,..l2offeiding against .t.fier pit:4l6o o e act . entitled •!An act topryhiblt the s f-spir- T . ~,... !tram liquors sod' Intbridatirig ' in ... ... tits DiStrict. of Columbia' in. certain es " approved August fifth, eighteen It adred and tatty-one, may be ' tried ` biro any ttelice ot the peace for the District Of Col- TT : um, ta,,,and, upon.: conviction, shall pay a -." - I : .ll3 gPf.Vieik t.7 . doNiOsi Pr.4 1 4 11 0j of such / . 3 Vpayient shall , be. committeAlta_the jail in -Washingtoln coupty;'in.`the' District of -. 1 'caltimbia;lfor thirty daYS.' . -`...-- i 8eC...i2... _Ana be it furthir en acted,' That -any. person-licensed; 'or who shall hereafter be Demist:4,lo" sell - .oliiritOque '' liquers or d i ' ,.. oiintoiinatirig drinks within said: !rid ; --..yrho` shall 'snipe or permit any aol ter or . ''' +ol.rinteer in ' :the";Servine.,'or IlktiU nited State's, orany porton' weaving the iform -- - of`ineh-soldier`or-pbratear,,to • k any 4irittloak 'll.o.o7Ar''itomoiun drink upos bie, preuuses, , shin , be ileenued guilty ' . Of- ther. `same offencer:merditmod 7in e act "hereby '!.04a 011 ,-)in -4 :. Viii 4 Vlliitic ca be ; - -ford.any justice. of Abe ,peacia as's! resold ' - IthillbeTunirb,OTill..quim!!!LVlrlti r _e c-Obed bY:this - fiat: . • L' , ' ' Sec. S. And. i'; it :faitie;-enheied, That -a :, st convicted under the provisions I. s.ft ' notion!! - WM .- act - Jig**. ended, shall sall forfeit . kis , license to seal spituons liquor 'and intoxicating drin k , -n* any • ~ligel4oViekiliftor, tr , g/t4:4 l "kra..ist o-- Pe . 1...... t :Juin doring.tlis continuance of.the:eaiedig'. i t . • z.. rebellion shall be void: - ' - - ..2-`" '`',. ...Sec. 4. And be it }tailor 'ea'Ate That :-- , ----- 011114 - estollWo4 -- under - the7provis ons of v g air ' 'this act and'the act hereby nme e shall be paid to ,the Levy , court.or • gton. county, in the Dietrict of Columbia , or...thet as. of . said t he - . i Approved, July.l4, 1862... ' EPostae--No: Ma __ANACT:tolurther_prodiettor Ale collection r- — of therevenne upon Meru:thin, ?aorth . eastern, and • riCirtlaticiteareir, and for other iarpOUS , .• ,Be it enacted by. the •ffieurealuf Muse of -.. - Ripreeentatioe s.ofthe- - Urrrited 'Stets O.:tan ,- -„, ias,.. 41,2091 il:iiiii . Cifiea4‘ 'That - front and .• - Adler othe.first- day-of , October _mkt the -- 2,.•:aitiger-er-lettager•-• - tfr•arrerr-reitseli which -_:_, is enrolled, delleensishr kr:carrying 'on the • . - t he east ern, and Worthweetern=ficatiers, f the United States shall, 'before the depa rtureof his vessel from anrport, file a manifest of ' .21112, - With f thericallecillWand obtain a .. Clearance; and said said - vessel shall : touch - 'Weer 'of the rite 'of the United flutist; ~; -,---end ; there ; receive, on ,board , any lgoods, - "'• Wariii,irr liiirchaff - nie; or liieharge any ::..,,partion of lea eargo,.• the_ luster or !mans -Ihee skill report to 'the eoliechirtnieh arri - 'wit aid - produce his "iiiiiiiifeaViria' it shall be the duty of.2,.ther.: collector to *Thine I.llol*Onicertifted by himself, a descriptioq„ . .:;,;' , Jri4/ 11 4 , -* 4l se 1 waAse-,er •rneschendixo so . teken.ollbOATlLFAnliden, and return the • • same tO'llie master eir Ineauger, who shall ' ,- -,deliviar to the Collector of-the port a4which „ .the „unlading ,of,theiiirge„ris,;Co” leted, the. manifest .to be ,placed. • on"..fde an his . office., And owner or owners of every - VeiserWliose master 'or manager ihall. lug - ,--leot..te nA ply-arith-thee-werisions bf Otte , • . sectio n- U.lW , JWiit itaA pay to the United Steal ilia isiiii.of - twenly ffeffirs fu each and every offencei - one-half for the use of the informer, and for which rann'thci vessel shall be liable, „and ,may be proceeded. ' against summarily - by way of libel fn any district court of .the United States haying jurisdiction of the offence. Sec. 2. And be it further . enaetetf, That collectors and surveyors of the collection districts on the said frontiers are author -.• ' iced to keep bn sale, at their several' offices, blank manifests ,and clearances required for the business of their districts, and to charge the sum of ten cents and no more for' each blank 'which shall be prepared ' • . and executed by them. . Sec. 8. ..4nd be it further enacted, That -. . _ goods importeiunder the reciprocity, treaty .... with great Britain may be entered at any _ ,- port on the northern,. northeastern, and , • northweatern frontiers of the United upon utisfaotory evidence being given, to - _ the collector - at the port' where such goods are offered for entry, - that' they are of the growth or production of ' Caluda, Without - the consular certificate now required. Sec:4.: And be it 'further enacted, That - for- every entry- of - goodiat ;any custom house on the northern; nertheastern; aid northwestern frontiers of the United States a fee of forty cents shall be charged by the collector and accounted for .to the govern ment.. .. - Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That ' the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is ' hereby authorized in , all cases where porti „-"may, be opened within thillialts of inner-, - rectionary States, during . the existing-re. - - hellion, to- iappoint_ special agents; to per;A form the fnections of the ordinary :officers„ subordinate-fi the Treaaury Department it r such ports :', Prosier/4,- That the otenpense -, tient° be illoweVernett traaperayylofficenr ... ;;-. - aliall; riot ,exard - titit. taid'he.:,perpaneite .• - , officers of the:same -position -.. during . the year eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, nor ,-.. exceed,- the;.compensation '• . Cidiearily al , : lowed to such official agents. ''- Approved, July 1408132. I ponti,No. 140,1_ lifilhO election:of •rept resentatires to Congress by single• die- , Wets. - • ,;17; -Be it enacted by the Senate and /hats of ' ISpicientitives of the United States of Amer ica to Chorus atsentble,d, That. in each - , State entitled in thknest'Oft@any_ succeed - iiii.ongiati'W,znoxvilkikrisaussepiteents , "tire, the number to obiehiseelt Suite is or may be hereefter:oltitfaguill be!eleoted _ . • by_distrlcts contpprol74 contiguous ter <..f eitoryi 'Aug r number.tonhe number of • "-4-'representstitesi to oltich''enit Bate may --terent#letH - said elution in held, no-one . electing • =Fel thisa efliebhtePTlntati n o the - rproi f.this sot not, , • ,apply. tet - A9 California may affect the electionof . 7l 4 .4,tv2 , I — a jt ~Tetitothe tikko r y. - 7-"eigh_th, freak 'm Ak e on= of Illinois; the' luteamPeet eePt'e! 'tientotli t e itllewed to 'Sai r ember d StakittAly an aes , "Ite*, , • 1.146, 00 -- O pta,,,,cji t nw,tredll‘n and otter i'Ata`,4ll,l44f Irll444 l 44oo ool red.'na. ;ot-sty-three,' - apprcistd:hl_ ,trai =o4l l ll ., - • l ? 4 ssZl - tttit4ftitte -a -Ot, - 4 11:04 the other ; t ,thirteen. ntattres to widehtit• Sta .. JO, ` 4 4l = llnti 'by 'the districts as now-prew {bcr Be d by aw .111 6 4 i3tate, .leas the 4 - ','.a,eigtelstaso of said. State shoultiodt_ o v n,fte. e 'itexidelitforeLthe Alme_itsel-by I, roe , - sheolectlonot&presentitltesllutri t f'n's " 'lVPreeedi July 14 ; 1862. - ' 4 - - 11 . n3LisT7tNi't.1414, Ax;acxto establialtodditicasalli)est scrcitee. l r ‘- \Belt tuackithirriKt'tkte'dslosif our ftf ----I ,R9TFolt,eistte'ef ftf _ l . l olltt# B .tflies q/Avler IN 1786. inn in angrear arrestUick That the 'fol lowing be established as post roads : From• airoitkCimipurnjitoll, to Au n"'etitC. From lone City, via 'Lancha Plana, Pov. ertjviiii; Jenny: Lhid, - 13rushville, Salt Spring Valley, Copperopolis, O'Byen's Ferry, and Jefferson, to Sonora. . • • . - • Prom Townadnd, 4 ria' Black Bird, to Doakyneaville. , /GSSACHWIETTS. From Heitieock toLsneeliorongh )Fioin Grandvietr;via Newtonville, Santa Claus, and Morgan Hill, to Ferdinand. . - . Vrein Madison, via Brookebarg and Braytown, to Itlonnt Sterling, and thence .via Howe and liannible to Madison:: From Freedom, in Owen county, in 'nat.. :Airiss) rirAriti4; intersecting the present established route at Hanserville. , - .From Harrisoni, Ohio, to !Mount Cannel, Indiana. Frani Ogden to Rushville: From Sullivan via Merom, Indians; arid Palestine, Illinois, to Robinioni Illinois.... - From New Point, (Itessbargh Pest Office,) viaSsint Maurice, to Clarksbursh. From Waterloo City to Angola. Frotaltritnen, yis kleptou and Millward to Leesburgh. From itetamora, via Low. Point and Washburn, to Liam. From. Toulon, via Elmira, Osceola, and .16ppaet; to:she:fie& Froth Shelbyville, via Holland, Accom modation, and Mowtison to Fremanton. From,Wilton to . Weld.. IticmciAVr From Frankfort, via Benzonia, to Tra- Terse City. orii-lonis-tolitautorts 7 Tim Middliville to Wayland. From Miles, via Berrien Centres; Berrien ,Springs, Eau Claire, Pipeslone,iand Sodus, to Said. Joseph. • Frost Del Moines, Palk county, to Dal- Gi-tithria . :County. From Decatur City, via Terrehoute, catur county, to Eagleville Harrison county, Missouri. From Perryville, via Brittle's Store and Stamer's Mill, to Greene. ' From the old depot Of the North Mien:lnn Railroad Company, in First. street, Saint Louis, via the railroad track, through blocks two hundred' and thirty-four and two hundred and 'thirty-three and along Lewis street, as • the railroad fins ben by the Government of the United 'States, thence through block - iwo hundred and twenty-seven, to Front or Leveentrent, and along paid track laid on said street to thideifets, ( rnspectfayrof the Pacific and Izen.Mountain railroads. . . . ProM Fallitha tO - Pleikantvitle. From Berkleyvillo to Hempstead NEW From Union, •111 Wakefielk, North Wake field, WsktfbOrongl4.otodpee, Ossipee Centre, and Effingham Falls, to Freedom. From, Greenfield, ,via. Bennington, to AlitAtli: •• EEIZZIM From Bloora-ingdiaiol3siglitciu.:; From Cherry . NalleydriaWest Andover, Ohio, to Espyville, Pennsylvania. From Cold Water to New Bremen. From Barnesville to Mahonoy City. From Pine Grove, via Freidenshurg, to SchcolleBliiiTen;: From Bastin, via. martin's Creelc, Boston, and Mount Bethel, to Dill's Ferry. From Miltonherger's,..via.Philip Kresge's' to Tannersville. From Moscow, Tr& Mote's Corner's Dales; .eille, - snd.Springbroolc, to Pittston. From Centreville, via Bovard's Mills, to Annandale._• • From Wifordsbarg, 7ia Moans Airy, Emmaville, and Cherry Grove,' to Bloody, Bun. From Brickerville, via Bberly's stos and Lincoln, to'Epbrati,Lancaster county, . - • "; ' VTILMONT. , • From Boston; Landing, viti Coventry end. Salem, to Newport. • From Chelsey, to Williamstown. cosoasno. • . From Denver, via, Burlington end La porte, to Fort 'Urbino; From Cache Creek, via Poncho ,Pase, to ConejeC From Colorado City to Ruesellrille. From Pueblo, via Huerfano to Tdnida* on thiiPitigistone. ‘..From:Cantion , City, via the Arkansas, Route and ?ask to' Camp . Crittenden, in tttalrlereitov. - =EIE33 From Walla.Walls to Fort Colville. n..-Froat'ltititcouver City to Walls-Walla. „Exozo Emi t kladison, vim Muekelire, At- Wait* I.SLCovelind. . J Approved, .Irdy.l4, 1862. , [PUSLIONO. 142] - AS ACS concerning the courts of the United Stateelciand ferthe (Markt of Michigan. ...-;:iiiit;slaitSii-!litiaSsUati and ilOttteo f liteleetralif MS of Me 'United States of Amer ica is „Ovreso assongdfd, That, - in" addition to ilte.courttfliow:rprorided by law to be held in the ilistrict'ot,lifichigan, a general term 31f-„thu 'ets . stat'i uccirt.'of United_ Eitattsair , Said distriCt. of litichiprishall be .held eontiallj- at the' courVrooml, in the: city, sr, Detroit on the second Monday:of February, and that all writs, billS, pleae, intitiVappealii,:veCognisances indidtments, iiikez_lstictiedings;_citil and °rim.. 1144:4114U bkariveteeil 'With at s a id term in like manner as now at theliate and Octi)bertitimsof said court. APPrc7eol July 1 . 4 r 1862. . , (PretacNo. 143:j An Am.; to extend the•iiraitsiof", Territory of Nevada , t. . Be it enacted bythe .Senatewia Rouse of Ripretentaitoes of the United Staten of Amer,' pomble4,. That ill - that; part of-the territory of the United - Matte 4ibledidevilthhi: the following I 'limite;' 44 1 4 2 44; beginning at the point at inter. iseottonlrf - thirtartpser,ond - degreil Of worth befleirle k with 'the i thirty4ightbilegree of folniati4:lreet , :from I Wesddrigt‘nj thence . ittnningsenth.4m thesold thirty-eighthde , : I Ar:Top.-..0r west langitude .. lOW . intersects 'nertheini' bOundaiy - line Of--.NeSr Masi= I.co. to the thlity-ninth went irtan!Witellington; thirty-ninthi.de • to the intersection of raid forty-second.-'de=' t Of north latitufle ; Mince tut with said forty-seeend deg*) ; of north latitude toithe:pisemutbeginning, be and the same lopenv. attached to - and made - it part of ''Zirriiirof—Neeriderseiliject.tb.;the ltmitatioits; the act organizing the Territor y of Nevada. • ','APprOved;lndy 14;1862: ' L!.; OIL WORM COMPAIRr an. -0 1,1 Warirgi:=lll 2 n - og Out. • oa®m or Om , ORITD3 ofiCat. rodrptionis Arratl4,l - ..`Addrerl rn•WIA. , rod Troontror.„ torlotro-- ritYIHIU ,redeistal ~JfAaatot.wbr .17ligraor .~cL: t': ~~. A.NI) COMMER s , " o•Y MORNING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1862. flittsintrgh Oauttil. S. RIDDLE & 00., JiDIToREV AND PROPRIETORS, Publication Office No. 84 Filth Street. MORNING AND EVENING EDITIONS, DAILY, CONTAINING THE LATEST NEWS UP TO THE Rolm OF PUBLICATION. TERMS: Houma Eornow-48 Pr annum to odromoo, or 12 casts pr week A= cullers. 'Mumma 'torn o2f--S3 pOr &MOM to wirorme, or mots per week from curlers. ADviterjrso AT IMASONABLE BATES. WEDNESDAY 40KNENG, SEPT. 24 The. Capture of Mobile This is not as yet announced as a fact achieved, but a correspondent of the New York nines, in a letter written on board the gunboat Cayngs, One of the blockading squadron off Mobile Bay, says that operations looking to the capture of Mobile' are to be commenced at once. It is considered essen tial at all events, if the blockade is t 0 be main tained, that the forts at the entrance of the harbor should be in our possession, as the coming storms of that locality will render It impoesible for our fleet to be effective outside. The forts once in our , possession, approaches will be made to the city in such a manner as to insure its capture, in. Spite of the formida ble obstraotione in the harbor, iron-clads, rams, Am., and the shore batteries, said to command all points of approach. Mobile in our hands, Montgomery on the Alabamariver, and Tuscaloosa on the Tombigbee, must soon follow—thus gfring us possession of the rail road systerh between the Eastern and Western States of rebeldom. Meeting of the Governfore. The Governors of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode island, and we believe 'of one of the other New England States, have arrived in this city, on their way to-Altoona, Pcnnsylvania,..to attend the convention oT loyal Governors - about to 'assemble at that phose to, deliberate - on the - condition of our affairs, and. to unite on counseliAo be laid be fore the President.—N. Y. Xx. Port, Nomad,. The ahoell paragraph, from the New York Eoeninp, Post; stows that New England Will be well 'represented at the meeting of the Governors, , How it will be as to the Western and othir States we have no means of form ing anY'oPinlen. What the . epeeist purpose of the meeting is, is equally a matter of un certainty. We incline to think, however, that ,tbe President has "stolen a maebt' upon the Governoirc ; by, his proelamation of4esterdsy, and that they - will have mush lass to suggest thiii'when . the meeting was Celled. But, be this is Wan, the Meeting can do no harm, and possibly it will find litmus good to do. —We ainousibed sestinas,. that 00t. Moe woo, of Indians, would pass through Pitts burgh this afternoon, on his way to Altoona. We look for a good gathering at the depot, when the Western train arrives, as our people have long . teld the name of Governor ICTOZTON in honor, for his distinguished services In the -public cause ever since the, war eommenced. ...40,3;nonotintp.24zoinia There ere two ways of looking at the re treat of the rebels into Virginia. Thai, lot instance; theVell-Posteiconespondent of the New York !Two in Washington writes : The result proves that there w a s no great risk run by them in this expedition, inasmuch as they always had a safe beak door, obliging ly left open by us, to facilitate their escape ; while the possibility that a chance might offer to strike ; % Washington or Baltimore, was enough to stimulate them to effort. That they are greatly the gainers by the operation thee far; I think no one can doubt. They hale made it, at one and the same time,-an In vasion, a raid' and a reconnoissance in force. "-The invasion has increased :their selFconfl denoe ; the raid has supplied their ragged and Starring cohorts with clothes, shoes and ta llow) and tho reconnotieeanee has pretty ae- Oflustely reirealiC to to. them the numbers and noittitioa of _our troops in. the -But., With !these results they can afford , to fall batik upon their hue at Wine:ester and invent a new combination, while we are congratulating each 'other uporfMtelr distoniliture. --I:in-Thir.TOThiiiThiiiiii-,-'gliftfasTotal," in the . i'hiladeli:hits PM, says : Lee had barely time to took from the moon - tain-top 4 -ho oottld see, bathe could not enter the 'promised land. He aspired to be the :Joshut, but he h not even the Mosel of the rebellion, for when he turned away from the Uhl of the Monocaoy,'.itwas nava again to Itiok.upon them, exeeptitae:priioner or a fa- Be goes beak to Virginia, a baffled, beaten; wretehed-adveititirer. Ho--goes bask: to Vire :girths with , the curses of dishonored Maryland foll'AfethilesAtut-thecuiseaof hie outrage d and bleeding mother 4 tato greeting him evety -.4trae, :Melees back trailing in the dust the - banners which he had so proudly flaunted over his legions. Why the Rebels Fight Desperritely. The desierate bravery of the rebels has been .the subject of remark to many who have wit riesseclthese ghtbst. A oorrespondent of the • New York Tribwis, who main the late bite's bear Sharpsburg, Jaya . , Tho rebels fight with perfect self-devotion. As long 41 their °MOGI{ will lead them and command .them, tho rebel rank and tile will obey in . anything possible to self-sacrifice, while they - have breath. It is not for love, [tower's marls as they nrotesi it, of the cease. ..ft for-,kars, in .part; of the d—d Yankees. ,Tbey have been educated to • hate ns for gea 'redone by ail the art and'assiduity:of their subtle misstetaithesslawsholdersi' But mainly It it'inidavish fear of their &Boers. They are riled with the most rigid ! , tyrannY; and the hut. infraction visited with the speediest Slid , cruelest repression. 4 rebel soldier was set upon and abused by his eompany_ofkaer in the street of Riddle widrove this lest of them out. The solar presumed to say that if his colonel ' ! were thersC-I°' would'not trent him - that way; and Abe of loer.eni him In the neck with his sword, gagged him; and, had him bound upon hie back errs carriage wagon and dragged off I We may guess that It is much safer Ito stubbornly under such disCipline than to Shirk; Straggling is certain death. Desperate -fightinggives nine chance" to tine for his Ate, though it may have to be !dragged out upon Wan Genaut..litwo • fell, Gam Sturges was within slew yards of him. - was in oenintand otthe division formerly ornimanded hi lieno,inereased. by several new rrent‘ and the men had just - distinguish' them settee in driving the rebels from th of the Bine Ridge. These generals were holm Wanda; had bowl classmates it West Point, and . greduated together. When ' Ilene rinlo — bleaaelstinoe, lid him pinked tip, and Had; "delis, are yen badly wonisded 7", To whiehshe !spited, "Yes, Sam, lam a died man." Gen. Sturges had him placed upon a litter and carried to the rear, _where hadied in sn hoar. Hisi last words, berme leaving ihe battle field, mere, "Boys, I clan bowith you to longer to body: put ; I Aim With you in' spirit: . • • . Om , Tea' isms of grOat battles In Maryland .wttl reaoltSuropo sooner than' Is generally: • The sharnif City of New York, sibloh salted oa Saturday week, passed :Caps 64- WttlfidurfrardulirShs was bunt-. tithe news Yacht,: d tati el were . *au *din: contatningruinounoszusnts of ro wing victoria,: They wilOblis be known.to -Europa heaboutielieektakthebeemirreseel t•-‘ JAL JOURNAL. After the BatUe'••The Event, of Thni:Oday. The following` letters from the battle•fleld will give oar readers o view of what follows even s victory: .. ; ; , Os vas FIIONT, Bept-111,1862..-10 P. M. A day of rest—such rest as asin be found with three mites of dad men to Miry, and thousands of wounded eo bring frem the field. A day of standing oti the line where the bat tle doted—of intermittent sharpshooting, oc casional discharges of artillery, but • no gen eral skirmiohingnti attempt - to advance on either side. • The enemy is Still here, apparently In strong forge. Sorely pressed back yeeterday, to;dav tiortrottid c. .not attack), and we hava'notl This morningilltli,tiliefratit'arriVals, awl One full eorpe not onititiPhylititdeY , we -could have thrown thirty or far ji thousand new men into action. We.have been waitingolt is said for the troops to rise, for Sims of exhausted ammunition to come , forward u fai reinforce ments to arrlve.l The .troops arehrested, the ammunition is received, the reinforiements are here. The newly arrived i divisions are sent up to the front; to-night, we have plantednew bat teries, and the. - general - betteris - that:we at tack in the morning.' Will the enemy be here for another life-or-death struggle, or will he adopt his old policy, Sind Improve the , leisnril we have given him, by stealing away in the night? Ile. has no empty breastworks with which to endow no, but he can leave an a field ploughed with shot, drenched with blood, and thick with dead. "A great victory, l ' said. Wellington, "Is the most awful thing in the world except a great defeat." If yesterday's battle was not a great victory, at least it had all the . terrific features of one. Out loss in Generale is un paralleled; and the ;Commander-in-Chief es timates the total oft our killed and.rrounded at 10,000. Many of the wounded have beentthen back to Frederick, 18 miles. Keedystrille and Boonsborougb, with every house and barn in the adjacent country, are fall of them; and large numbers are carried to Hagerstown, whence they will be carried by railroad to Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and New YOrk. On the whole our] troops behaved admira bly. No great army ever did better. • Bury loyalist who saw low' steadily - and 'solidly they moved forward to encounter that iterrifie storm of Iron 'and -.lead- felt his heart swell with pride. -., • The oppor tu nity for seeing the battle was unparalleled.. A eingle stand-point com manded nearly the Whole field from dawn to dark. No onewho looked upon that wonder ful panorama can describe it ; neither San any who saw forget. Contrary to his usuilOelicy, the enemy met us lit open country, and he was pressed back. But every hill andlvalley, every porn.field, giove,.alid-elustor Of treet was fiercely !Ought for. The artillery.was 'unceasing; we could often count more than 60 guns to the minute and the musketry was like the 'patter of rain drops in an April shower. On the great broken field ware riderless horse. sad Scatter ing men ;- clotide of dirt from shot end ex ploding shells, long dark lines of iafantry ewaying to and fro, with columns of smoke rising from their touskete--.with flashes and white puffs from, the batteries—with the sun shining brightly on; all this scene of tumult, and beyond it, upon the 'dark, rich 'woods, and the clear blue mountains, flows the Po tomac. • Amid all the screaming of shot, and thun dering of cannon, and Whistling."( balls, with the fearful carnage^ they brought, I saw no considerable breaking among our troops, lave with several now regiments of Fiestch's divi sion, in Hamner's corps. They felt beak in confusion, losing considerable ground. True, it was ground wo had won from the enemy ; and Franklin afterward recovered the mostof it, but not all. narrow strip is still within the rebel lines, and more redutins disputed territory. , To-day on the front has ,harm. devoted mraltily-to-tka-briryiligof lise.Astfl:frout of Itichardson's (now: HanooorsYdivllleirint 4 p. m., a flag of truce was raised, and the sharpshooting ceased. On the debatable ground between our line and the enemy's, Gen. Hancock and Meagher rode over Into a, cornfield and met Gen. Roger A. Pryor. Pryor . stated that the flag had been ratted by,us and asked if we desired permission to takeoff our dead and wounded. Our Generals indig nantly denied that the signals for ethos* came (tom us, as we claimed the ground. They in formed Pryor Olt we had- been engaged during the whole day in bringing „off and caring for both our wounded _end his, and suggested a cessation of sharpshooting until all the suffering could be removed. This he declined, though the Sround is so exposed to our advance that the rebel,' line made no at tempt to bring in their wounded, and in tan minutes the firing ceased. In front of Couch's ilnet, by common con sent, both the rebels and our own soldiers were mingling freely, taking away the Irounded. Ohe of our regiments was within a quarter of a mile of a rebel battery, and the groundtmar it was covered with specta tors from our- lines. Whenever the I enemy detected any one using a tield .. glass on his: camp or battery, his sharpshooters would at once re-open notwithstanding the informal trues. The Crowning Error The crowning error of the Government is, not that it appointed "educated military men" —West Point graduates—to the command of our armies -;-' but that, when these men proved their incapacity, it did not at once and 11002- marily remove them to make way foi their sucoessors, to be proved in their turn. The natural course for the President and his Cab inet, in the hour of danger, was to turn to these very men i prudence, - demanded, the country expected, and the Government did if. But here is the fault-,the supposition thil every graduate of-the Military Academy 'was lit for in Important and responsible command -en error in grlivona that it has - cost the country retire hundred millions of money, and the lives of more than one hun dred.thousand men. , -- The root-of the evil is in the ballet thit_flenerals—by'flenerals we mean great commanders—an mode, not born. Not one has been made sloes the world began. The genius for command is as much a part of the natural endowment of the successful Gen eral, a. the Sense of harmony and time - is the gift of .hlar- who excels in i male ; and it is - jest as.- much , ' -impossible to make 2:....suctiassfnl_. commander out of one who lacks'. this fundamental and natural qualifitation, as Sor•a mpili who is insensible to time end harmony, to he eduobted into a Mozart oa Beethoven.' No culture can confer upon anybody the 4licir. eye, the in stanteneoue Judgment, the power of weighing force and resistance, the capability of instant and decisive eatien,:the *meet topographical tense, and the moral power necessary for a Tarenne or a Napoleon. Where these gift. artroongenial, et:titivation will improve - and ; strengthen them and subordinate them in their proper order and relation '; but all the proles eon that - ever ,taught - cannot , area them. ' Redo, when the boy who want to West Point without them graduates, the honors conferred upon him - by, reason of his technical studies 'ere no evidence, that be ought ever to rise higher - than a 'eaplitin of a company br • col onel of a regiment—no matter what theextent of his theozetleal,acquirements. Most mil li/irk-great/ilea of the Academy ire well I learned in the; details of their - profession— the branches which qualify - them for idioms in the engineering or ordnance ',depart mente:of- the ariny, and for drill molders of f 1-regiments and companies.' They ea • calm', late the explosive force of powder, e force and velocity , of rprOjeetibis, : the : ad antages gained by . the nee of rifled guns and conical shot, id preference 'to - the , Ilkithilli-bore and the spherical ball. - They know forlifieation es a solemn, *bother field 'or larManenti . they study and Master the dittos of the guar and commissaries calm; they army familiar with the - construction and defense of camps, and can matheuietically determines and na doubt correctly, most military ques tions tharmathematics can solve. - Bat-most of their atudise ere areMbniealli-and - • repave, 1 fiiry;, that hard!) , do more , toward -Xn king a commander,then a knowledge of t et eon. 'true - dvi im of a piano ior a olin Writ dtv , to- ward making a musician.: ;.They: sear sums, and organize irmleg_ but_AO: Ongeat with, them it gaits another thing-,sit titling . which She schools cannot teach: .Thsweare the flots am, the Admintitmtlon , har forgotten` 'and these itemagneitionably the canes of all our woes,..By and thereto:a will nonakandthe. stestOonimandsi ;Fin -be ropid.=lok*fra.; IM!TMMZSI URGII GAZETTE Important Decision. • The blowing highly important opinion waridilliered4n the Court of Common Pleas, this morning, by 'Judge Sterrett. The points involeditre interesting to every tax payer in the county, and are fully set forth in the opinion • Commeairacal.ikaz,l44/, The ITestrrs State Pen itentiary or. Aaron ..Floyd,r , Treararer of the Cbiraty of Allegheny, No. 840, October Term, 1862, Rata for Mentdamu', 'l7°' This is • rule on the respondent to show cause why -a enandamturshonld not issue, com mendinghim to pay a warrant for $1,440 88- 100; dated . ..February 19;-1882, drawn by the Commiisioners, and countersigned by _the Controller of Allegheny county, in favor of the relator, for expenses of 'keeping the con riots' of the tounty to the penitentiary. -Ali the requirements of the Mw, in relation to the presentation and approval of the robs tor's amount—the drawing of the warrant therefor, die., appear to have been striptly complied with. On the 18th day of Jfily, • 1862, the warrant was presented to the Treas urer, and payment thereof demanded. lie refused on the ground that all the money in the treasury was held by virtue of mandamus executions, issued by the Circuit Court of the UnitedBtutes forthe Western District of Penn sylvania, on judgments obtained against the county foraneare of interest on bonds executed by the County Commissioners in favor of cer tain railroad companies—which writs were served on him before the warrant in question was presented. In his answer to the rule the respondent admits, that, at the time the warrant was pre sented to him, he had funds of the county sufficient to pay the same—that he has since received, and now has money—levied and collected for the purpoie of defraying the or dinary expenses of the county sufficient to pay the warrant, bat not enough to pay it and the writs of the'Cireuit Court. The question thus presented is, whether the mandamus writs of the United States Court are entitled to payment out of the funds on hand, In preference to the warrant of the ro- ator. The writs of the Circuit Court were issued tinder • rule of that Court, adopting, as part of its civil process, the 6th and 7th stations of an act, relative to actions by and against counties and townships approved April 15th, 1834. Consequently they have just the same force end effect es similar writs issued by , the State Courta.. The 6th section of the bet is as • follows, vie : .If.. tile judgment shell be obtained against a county 'in any action or proceeding, the party entitled to the benefit of such judgment may , have execution thereof, as follows, and tiot otherwise.viz: It shall be lawful for the Court in whi ch such judgment shall be ob tained, to., to issue - thereon a writ command ing the cointatssioners of the county to cause the amount thereof, with interests and costa, to be paid to the party entitled to the benefit of such judgment, out of any moneys unap propriated of such county ; or, if there be no each moneys, out of the first moneys that ellen be received for the nse of such county, and to enforce obedience to such writ by attachment." —Pardon,, 172. According to , the plain reading of the act, it might well be queationod whether it was ever intended to authorise the inning of a man dismiss writ!against 'the County Treasurer, or any other 'officer not named in the act ; but! the Supreme Court In Monaghan vi. The City, of Philadelphia, 4th Casey, 297,his intimated that it ~may .be donor sod it is said in that ease that, "although cities are not expresaly' named, yet they are clearly within the spirit of the act." end.consequently a mandatory writ may be directed , to a city treasurer ' or other-officer having the custodyand contro l of municipal funds. For the purposes of this case, then,- we may assume that the manda tory writs wereproperly directed to the County Treasurer ' if. The- claim td. th relator is one of the bigheit order. 3 ' It I in fact a debt due the !CednictiMitaaltliherle !!,,,, pie Treunter of the Penitentiary is, but trustee for hornet and' although the suit is in the name of the West ern State Penitentiary, the Commonwealth is the actual party, and entitled to insist on her -prerogative: Conaosonirealth vs. Baldwin, I Watts, 18. It la well rattled that a claim of ' 'the Commonwealth 'cannot be affected either by the statute of limitation or a certificate of bankruptcy, 11 Barr, 293-10 Barr, 468. litSommeniceoith,ser_ Bilasitie, it we! . h e ld I that the, nen of •a ju‘dgmentLin favor of the Commonwealth is not barred by lapse of time. An lotion of debt, for $10,200, was com menced against Saldein in 1810, and the de fendant confessed judgment in April, 1816, at which time he was seized of lands which sub sequently, in September of the um* year, ho mortgaged to the Boalf .of Pennsylvania. Upon the sale of these lands in 1830, the'' money wee brqught into Court for distribu tiOn. It was held that the lien of the Com monwealth -wet unaffected by lapse of time, and the judgment wee paid out of the fond. In'thio case, at well as others that might be cited, theoxemption or the Commonwealth is. put on the ground of her. prerogative as tt . sovereign; and in delivering the opinion of. the Court, Chief Justice Gibson remarks that without pretending to fix its limits in all cases, it may ;tatty be asserted. that this prs. rogative is a principle of government and a part of the law of the . land. • Upon the principle pervading these cues, therefore, it , would - seem that the claim in this case ontaplee a higher position than an ordinary debt against the county. - Again, we think it is distinguished from ordinary claim, against the county, by the act of April 23d, 1820,in relation to the Eas tern and .Weeterts . Penitentiaries,: Which dil recta that the, expenses of. keeping' the con- elan shall be borne by the respective earn- ilea in'which they shall be convicted. The 9th section, among other things, makes it the:, 'duty of the Treasurer' to accept orders and make provisiOn for the payment of these -expensee..!li requires the Inepeotors of the .Penitentiary to furnish the..Connty Commis sioners annually, on or. hefore the first Mon day of , Febrdary, with a probated account of the .expeniesl; and the Treasurer, upon re - calving notice of the:amount from the Com- minioners, it requkred to collect and retain money to pay the obme whin the order there for it presented. It also provides that the' order shall not be presented to the Treasurer before the first Monday of May." Perdon 649,31 n. ' • • The provisions of this section are somewhat modified by .-ss , an act relating to Allegheny county," approved May let, 1861, which re quires that all accounts and claims 'against the county, shall first be protented to and ap proved by the Controller ; but the duty,of the Treasurer, under the former act s " to collect and retain moneys; for the payment" of war rants, drawn for the expenses of keeping cors elets, reunites the same. The set, in effect, appropriates the necestarY :meant for! that purpose. In ilea' of the character and-position of the demand in this cue, and the provisions of the act requiring the 'payment of etch °lairds, we are of opinion that it was the dutyof the Tres. surer to retain 'efficient funds and pay the warrant in "question, notwithstanding the writs of "penal Fier, Facies Josue& by the ' Circuit Court.. . • This might be' sufficient to .dispose of the ' case, but one or two other poettlone,! In sup-, port of. the rule, may. be briefly notisitkd.. It Is claimed that funds necessary to defray the' ordinary - and current eiponses of the y county should .not .be withdrawn from the treasury by mandamus extentions. There are strong reasons as Well as authority for this . position. If all the funds in the treasury can be thus Witlidrawn—‘leaviug nothing! to pay jurors, the expenses of the jail and convicts zu the penitentiary, and other-indispensable . current expenses—how ls ; the administration of public juetice to be maintained and the machinery of the county government .to be.' - kept. in-. motion!? •It cannot be ;done. The necessary funds, are just , as indlepensible. to the existence of the, government , as food is to the sawn of animal life. - If the rolling , stook und,',whaterer else is necessary to the atumeisfoldPirations . at suilroads; is held to he. eiempt:.,from: ielgure'..:ind; stale; on the ground of pull* interest And-bondenience, ..should not a - similar Troutotion; to a lemons— ble eipent, be given to - the trsuuryor sa mu eleipal gtrernment.;!lint we are not without. . authority on this pint. ,Elo far.as.eir Courts hare indiesteduny opinion on.this - subject, it ,nu been in , faror ofeensidering. the ordinary . cuirent:itiptames as, having the first. l uponithibrati 1/inney .5.: ..'.: . C laim. ar.„,,„,",,,maj0e.1114., ReL'Aiie ei„ - Ii 07111. . - VOLUME LXXV---NO. 265. Inirsioners of Philadelphia, 1 Whart. I.—A rule was granted to show cause why a man damus should not issue, commanding the commissioners to draw an order an favor of the relator for damages assessectin the open ing of certain streets. The substance of the commissioners' answer to the rule was, that all the funds in the treasury ward required to defray the ordinary current expenses of the county, and that - they did not consider it their duty, as public agents, to continue drawing warrants open a treasury which they know to be in effect empty. The court, in discharging the rule and refusing. the writ, says : "It appears by the affidavit of the com missioners that there-is no money in the treasury, except that which is wanted to de fray the ordinary and current expenses of the county! The writ of mandamus is not of course. It Will be granted when a plain cue of necessity isshown, and 'where, in the dis cretion of the court, it appears tribe advisable. In this case we should probably 'atop the wheels of the county government, if a man daMus were allowed." . Again, in Commonwea /as es. The annsaission ars of Philadelphia County, 2 Whnrt. 290—A similar rule was taken, to which the Commis sioners, among other things, answered "that there is no money in the treasury which is not wanted to defray the current expenses of the county, and that there is not sufficent even to defray them." The Court, in deciding that the answer on this point was sufficient, says " the County just discretion must exer cise a sound and discretion in reserving money to defray the current expenses of the county, because they are of the first import ,' ance to the welfare of the public." • We are not aware that these cases have ever been overruled • on the oontrary, the prin 1-clple involved them has been affirmed 'Whenever the question has properly arisen. In Lorimer, for use vs. Pitt Township, the same doetrine was held by the District Court .cd :this county, in a very. able opinion, not publiehed. It was there held that, notwith standing a mandamus execution ander the act of 1834, against the Auditors of the town ship, they were fully justified in paying out motley of the township,Tor the support of the poor—repairing highways, and other none eery expenses, and the Court refused toattach them. 'Again, it may well be questioned whether money, levied r us oar county taxes are, for the . express purpose of defraying certain 'pacified current expenses of the county,ein be tresited . as "money unappropriated of flea m:nasty," ex cept where there is an excess, not requiredfox the payment of the objects ineltided to theca ' timate. The law requires theft near the Close of each year "en estimate of the probable ex ; perms of the county for tlit, ensuing year," shall be made. This estimate , - contains the several items of ordinary torrent expenses of the:county, such as repairs of public build inks, jurors' fees, jail cinemas, keeping con victs in the penitentiary, etc., and upon it the tax is levied. It -would - perhaps not be a strained construction to hold that the several. sums, thus designated, are, in effect, eat apart —appropriated to the particular objects named, and that they should not be diverted to objects not embraced in the estimates. Any other construction would render any appropriation --except by actual payment from'the treasury' —impossible.. In other words, it would ren-• der any appropriation of the moneys of the county impossible. We leave this question, however; as ono worthy of coisideratiori. when it pros erly arlsen. For the reasons;'before given, vis The nature of the debt, and positive directions of the act as to its payment, and the exemp tion from seizure, on grounds public policy, of money required for current expenses of the' county, we are all of opirdius that the writ should be awarded. And now, Sept. 23, 1862; this cause having been argued by counsel, and . duly considered, the rule is made absolute, and an alternative nandantua awarded—returnable the let Monr day of October next. The Propoied Ertension of the Cleveland Raltroad....important Opinion. The - following opinion, iu-thetuatter of the Petition of thiCleveland and PittsburgtiiiiP road Companj, for the appointment - of View ers to Woes damages to the Pittsburgh, Fart Wayne and Chicago Railway Company, in the, extension of the track of the petitioners' from Rochester to this city, was delivered in the Court - of Common - Pleas 'this morning. by Judge Ritchie: In she matter of the Petition' of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Raitroad Company for op pointenCest 'of Vietoers. • October Term, 1862. The petition in tide case sets forth that the petitioners have toasted, marked, eto.,a route for a railroad, in puraisanoe of the sot of in corporation, and of the laws of Pennsylva nia, from the lino between Beaver and Alics;k, gheny, Orintier, to the property-of J. A H:: Phillips; near Manchester, in Allegheny noun) . ty ; that "said route is located partly calends the fee simple of which is in the Pittsburgh, , : Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Company, and in other placespartly on lands which the said Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Company allege areetukraced in their rights of way ;_hut that the lands thus owned or claimed by the said Pi ttsburgh,Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Company, ever which the route of the petitioners road is located, is not necessary for the sues and purposes of said Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Company." ' The petition states also- that petitioner have not been able to agree with the Pitts: burgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Com pany, as to the compensation for damages r , eta., and asks the Court to appoint Viewers to estimate the damages, eta., under the pro. visions of the 11th section of the act of As sembly of 19th February, 1849, regulating , railroad oomptinies, Pamph. Laws, 84: On part of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and - Chicago Railway Company it is alleged that all the lands and rights of way owned by them "are necessary for the uses and parposes, present - and' prospective, of their road. The Pittsburgh, Fort encl() bingo Railway Company also deny, that the petitioners have any authority by - virtue of their charter and the laws ,of Ainnsylvania, to construct a rail road over and upon the premises andproperty , described II their petitibti. • The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and' Chicago Railway Company further allege `that -prior to the 19th day re lof , April, 1853, they had constructed and we using, under and in pursuance of their Ohar ter and the laws. of Pcnnsylvanie a railroad .over along property which h ad been ap propriated under its charter, part of which the raid lietitionera now attempt to-lake and' n' appropriate for the route their , eo tem- Rioted railroad."' _ The charter of the Pittsburgh Port Wayne and Chicago . Railway Company authorises the Company to construct and maintain : a rail road, with a single or double traeliiwith such side Meeks, turnouts, of6ces,and depots, as they.may deans neccisaary.„_ As a preliminary matter, it was a ll eged on the argument of this ' case that the petitioners have no corporate authority from kennsylvania to build a road from Rochester, in Beaver county, to Vile-. burgh. The Court is of 'opinion th - at the act of 18th of April, 1853, Pamph., Laws,, 473 t to ineorporate the Cleveland end; Pittsburgh Ra i lroad Company, and the ,and; • suppleMent-:1 ary to set, „of, llth • . Of April, 1862, Panipls. Levis, 438, do' give authority to pet- • Alt:inert to build a isilroad - fmM Rochester to The petitioner* allege"that under the words of the lltheectioit of the itotof•l9th lebruary,, 4849;regulatingrailroMt companies; the Court -has no discretion, lit must proceed to appoint ; viewers as prayed. fot..:.The ;Supreme Court' of Pennsylvatds, in a ease similar in principle to this one, (Mg , -C ll 6eyi rays the_better . .prectickis to arrest. the Pro ceedibgsjelinuse tf,on the face of the 'Oiler Hoe; fatal ,objeationa are rertiticol. The lan guage orthe ant in Mandatory:that - the Court shall appoint stilton bnithill means that they Shall appoint'vieir oily when the petitioner brings hii ease. within the'ect. - So here, as the application of the petitioCers discloses an intention - to' take - property beioaging the Pitteburgh, VortVityne and;Chicago, Railw'aYl Company ' , which that company , alleged, ltd. be " necessary for the proper:conduct of Its bail- The.flotirt will ezerolsoits discretion' . on the subjeet, and prevent: anything from' being:done.: thiett It_would ifterwares feel , Itself bound to.undo,..Zioactual appropriation, the said propertyL petitioners, will ba permitted umtirtheir!dig#l". to apmpriatis.4. Ant 'stabil/hid. I: • - . MriNIMM= ~,:~~: With regard to this snidest, the-Court is of theopiztion that the Legiilature:has no power to authorise another BailroadCoropany to ap propriata any premises of the .Piitsbargh, Fort Wayne .and Chicago Railway Company, which'are necessary to the proper eondnot of its business. The lights conferred upon it cannot be taken away and given to another Reilroad Company, even by express words, much lase by mere iseplieation From authority given to 'smother company to build broad be tween certain termini. The right of eminent domain can only be excreted where the pro perty taken is converted from • lower to • highernse. For the discharge if the! same use, the State has no right , to transfer pro perty from one person-or body corporate to another. "The right of eminent domain, or inherent sovereign power, gives to the . legislature the control of private property Mr p•blio uses only." "It undoubtedly must irst,`as a gen eral rule, in the wisdom of the legislature, to determine when pabllo uses require the as sumption of private property; but if they should take it for a purpose' not of a public nature, as if the legislature shouhl take the property of A and give it to B, or if they should vacate a grant of property or of a franchise, under pretext of some public use or service, such cases would be gross abuses of their discretion, and fraudulent attacks on private right, an d law Would be clearly unconstitutional and void." 2 Kent Com., 339 340. In the case of Boston Water Power Com pany vs. Boston and Worcester Railroad Cor poration, cited by petitioners; the Supremo Court of Massachusetts (23 Pick. Rep. 393) says t "If it is suggested, that: wider this claim of power, the legislature might author ise et new-turnpike:canal or railroad, on the same line with a former. one, to-its'whole ex tent, we think the proper *hewer is, that such a measure would be substantially and in fact, under whatever color or_ pretense, taking the franchiao frOre one company and giving it to soother, in derogation of the:first grant, not warranted by the right of eminent domain, and incompatible. with the nature of legisla tive power. In that cue, the:bjeat would be to provide for the public the same public east - ment, whit& already provided for, and se cured to.the public:, by the prior grant, and for - which**there could be no thhlic - exigency. 'Such .a case, therefore; eannet:bepreonmed." take away property necessary for the metier conduct of its bosinima;froin a railroad company 'Whichis in full iiischarge of the du ties for. which it was organised, and give it to another railroad -company, would be to take away from kand give tollusd would morever be a flagrant - breach of good faith to-" wards the first company. - If, however, thePittsburgn Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Company owns lends or rights of way not necessary for the proper • conduct of its bosiness we are of opinion that such proPerty may be liken for the use of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad CoMpany, just as the property of any one on the line of the proposed road. From the information now incita possession, the Court cannot decide that the premises of thelPitleburgh, Fort Wayne sr.' d Chieego Rail way Company, which the petitioners desire to appropriate to themselves, are not neces sary to the proper conduct of the business of that company. We -have concluded, how ever, to reserve this question for inters con sideration, and appoint -Viewers.- In the meentime we will, if desired, appoint a Com missioner to take testimony on the question' of interference, to be considered in the 'with the report of Vieweri . In the meantime the, petitioners will . not be permitted to enter upon the land in controversy, except for She purpose emitting surveys and assessing dam ages. , . • • • Prices in Etecessin.' A merchant of Petersburg, Va., 'lately z c ooped to our knee, gives the following prices as these which are paid by those whnesn, for the commodities mentioned below: ' Coffee, $3 :50 per pound; tea, $l6 ; sugar, 80e. to $1; salt, tie. per quart; molasses, $5 - 457 a gallon since the capture of New Or cant; butter, $1 - per pound egg', $1 per - 7 poundmatehes, 370. per box ; $1 per pound ; tour, $l3 a barrel.; corn .meal, $2 50 . a bushel pptatoei, $4 a bushel ; onions, 106., a_Piroa p ine wood, $lO a cord ; Tremor" Notes sell at 75 per, cent t yremiuns ; Tr Butte I.letes, SO per cent.; calico prints, $1 50 a ...anti' cotton-eh:44 . 75c. to $1 a gari ; hoop skirts, $l5 to".*.Vo Oadiee cotton-hose, $1 per pair; gaiters, $l2 to $l5; slippers, $8 ; pins, per paper, $1 50 spool :cotton thread, 50o.; . bleak erape,g4, and for which: there has, of late, been a great demand. Ribbons are not to be had. . The Rebels Making Salt. A dispatch from ciallipoCa to: tha Cincinnati Gazeti!. !gips : . . I hare jut had an interview with a MOT chant of Cbarleiton,- who left that place on WednesdaY, arriving here to-day.- He stated that the rebel force in the Kanawha ',Valley is nine thousand, and is under Generals Loring, Hades •and 'Cerro' Gordo Williams. He saw. Williams aid convened with him. The rebels have , an ,immense wagbn train, and are ran, ning 'the . saiSworks nightand day., Hone of the.. salt 'works vreie destroyed; only some sheds IMO burat.- - Charleston was not burnt by our: shells, al reported.. : Onc commissary depot:was lind,,asusing the destruction of the Kanisiha House, Bank. of Charleston, Metho dist' church, William'ltelly's 'residence, and William Whittaker's store. . . , Tao theatre of Epheino has' rowan! ben eiamtned and measured: It mustlasvo beenthe largest .ever. ereoted,.. Its diameter. was six hundred and sixty feet; forty . feet More than the . major axis of the Coliseum. Allowing fifteen:inches for each pecrsoni It would 11400321.. modate thousand 'WWI.-hundred speotatori.. Drury Lane. . will pull contain three thousand two hundredj . mid Obitlovent Garden held - two thousand 'eight' hundred. This edifice was the scans of one of: Appolo- niUs'iniracles; it is meinorible for the uproar described in Ante:m,'When - thi - Sphesisim ' . acoused.Paul and the Christians.in. this very - building. To this edifice the. writer to . the Corinthian alluded, probably, wheilhe "If, after she manner of men, I have fought I with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it , me ?". RADictia.--Who ace the. raditalar Those who favored the confiscation act. Qf course Abraham Lincoln, whir signed It, and will en force it, is a radical. An who are in favor of emancipation, am. radicals, and in fine all who think this ii something broader, deeper and higher_than , a political war, an radicals.. Thos e .who believe that not hing Would be done, that can by any , poulbllity exasperate 'the 'rebels; who' want an olive branch to extend beydnd the pointof every bayonet, and think that the extinction of slavery would be the death of. the ilinion,,are conservatives. - Vie tuna COP, to the concia don, that, inclined as we are to go to thi root of thematter, weame maim% s,- ' Ins Ein=RAU' or Wiz has authorised the coromindsutat Cairo to hire out the contra-. bands, who aro arriving there by - hundreds froni% Cairo to- llitnois, employers, and to tram:Sport theta to their Utast:l6a at Gov ernment 2 eupenie. Whenever their help is 'dosized, - a committee of responsible eitizene most be founCto - mike the spplibation, and they Win' 'also act asi &Indiana to the negroes, to 800 that they are well treated.:- TNIMA BUBBER CAMP MLANKET: I3 I - : fa soldiers. nag auperkur to any' or thaw ca]aas *town litaakabir *bleb ate nothing Moro than Old andst. unaffected. (loth. Ttut wads wearer Isystrantediratar roof. by boat or cad, latch shc OA caw *Mb - 011 Moth: - anotbar.ruppy 1•• aired at the lodla }lubber Dop#4-14 and ;211 at. CU& stmt. - . a PHILLIP& SUGARS AT REDUCED PRICES.— Lasenata double Mined cradieil iad pulverized Loaf Sayan Abe nand Mins and War and rim Ottawa natant. in sae wlialesale and Wan, at n. dacettiniess,llr, ' JD= A. £I2IISIIAW. *en , ' , • - --canaft Ilbertykaad Nana Inane. GSEEN GINGER, for' picklirg and. tratimnr. Jag" teadv,d ant fa' atl• at th• randy orxtri bun at .- - . . JOiLN -A ANNISHAVT: coroar Manta mad Mat atmat..- T T mood qalll4 cif )Rand-sad far ' - • ions TLOTD oo - - MT • l'Aris&! = •.•.tkew. - . e • • room= ju,k4= ',llfas.'diaisc-!".,04;os so, IDT
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