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DAILY POST. 1 The Battle of Saturday' LaHat.
__ . . . _ , We gather from the Eastern papers the
;'nest rem:led...el and tntelligible ate:nerds
of th e ~ .are_iiietry confiiet or s;oo ,, :”.• P.
Ihe 11e,,,L1', eorreipoitilent te r n,: ee
1 folluws:
The battle of Saturday was a long and
bloody one. General Pope, having con
centrated the greater portion of the army
tinder his command, renewed the attack
in the morning. It was supposed at first
that the rebel forces engaged were only
those which bad been met on the previous
days, under the command of Generals
Jackson, Ewell and A. P. Hill; but it
was afterwards ascertained that the enemy
had received heavy reinforcements. The
line of battle was formed with the left.
resting upon that portion of the Bull Run
battle field which, on the 21 . st of July,
1651, was occupied by the main body of
the rebel troops, while the right was ex
tended in the direction of Manassas Junc
tion. The battle begun at about twelve
o'clock, noon, and was waged with no.
wavering success for the Union forces
until four o'clock in the afternoon--Gen.
Heintzelman being ou the extreme right
and Gen. McDowell on the extreme left,
while the army corps of Generals Fitz
John Porter and Sigel, and Reno's divis
ion of General Burnside's army, were
placed in the centre. '1 be enemy'a artil
lery was advantageously posted, and at
once opened a brisk and admirably well
directed tire upon our whole line from
right to left. 'the ground in that vieinity
is broken and uneven, end for the most
part covered with woods. The rebel bat
teries occupied splendid positions upon
rising ground. The lighting on both
sides was desperate and destructive, either
party frequently tiring sbarpnell and grape
from the artillery. Our troops were 'pro
tected to some extent by the unevenness
of the ground, the undulations screening
them from the destructive fire of the
enemy's artillery. Still they suffered
much, and the list of casualties durir:g
Saturday's fight will be considerable. our
artillery was well and faithfully served in
reply to the guns of the enemy. At about
thur o'clock the whole of Gen. Pope's
troops,save those tinder Gen. Banks, were
engaged at close quarters with the rebels.
The conflict was a desperate one. The
tiring upon both sides was terrific, and
the whole line of General Pope's rem
! mend, from Generals commanding . nrine
corps down to enlisted men, behaves with
wonderful coolness, courage and determi
nation, and fought with the most heroic
valor from the beginning to the end. Be
fore the determined and deathly fire of our
infantry and artillery, the heavy hues of
the - enemy began to waver, and it was be
lieved at that time that a great and de
cisive victory had been won. But soon
afterwards it became apparent that instead
of having to contend against only the rebel
troops under Generals Stonewall J ac k son .
Ewell and A. P. Hill, the whole strength
of the rebel army hail been brought up
and pushed to the front its this engage-.
meat. The lowest estimate put upon t heir
numbers was one hundred and fifty than
sand of their best troops, under the i melte
dfate command of Generals Lee and John
ston. With the, reckless disregard et life
which the sebel coneretedess al waye :Atte•
exhibited, the rebel troopi were breeght
forward in dense masses and hurled with
desperate. violence :ignites! every !eirt e:
one lines. The tide of battle turned ad
versely for us:thee: halt . ea..t lire o'clock.
At that moment. withoet any diminetion
of the forces engagin g : our re eht and cen•
me overwhelming number- of re:••••)ree
meets were precipitated against our left
wing, tinder Gen. Mel tl - iteell. and it was
soon compelled to fall back, not nrorc en
account of the violence of the assault than
because there was great danger el sell our
forcee bring outtlent,ed by the eel...tier
numbers of the enemy. :e.", tir nichtfall
our left wing had thins Linea hie l.: el:III:lie
line of battle formed an imele of ale.et
forty-tits degrees with the on li-C;t:t.:l e t
the beginning of the hatti.•. Ile :. e I:e
we held the battle field on oer nee:. :!:.,
enemy held the field epee our h-ft.
But the disparity of the forces eneite e d
being ascertained during the evening, all
of General Pope's army was withdrawn
to this side of Bull Run and to the heights
of Centreville!, where General Pope's
headquarters were established. The its,
On our bide during this engagement is sari
mated at five thousand killed and wound
ed, and that of the enemy at about tie
saute. The couseious bravery and gal
lantry of the various brigadier and divis
ion generals engaged, without exception.
were the theme of lltliVet: -, al ceireeeeda
tion throughout tie army.
No returns of the losses could be im tee
diately made. In some comfit:lnds the
rolls had not been called even, and a com
plete list of all the killed and worried.' together with the names of the missing,
cannot possibly be prreeared for several
days. Onr wounded, with the exception
of those who were taken from the field
during the fighting, were all left in the
hands of the enemy. But the arrival on
Saturday night at Centreville of ( - Me n
forces under Generals Franklin and Sum
ner. were regarded - as amply sufficient to
enable General Pope to immediately re
new the battle to-day with implicit confi
dence of success.
During the battle General ee h,-ti--k 1V6,1
wounded in the arm, which has since been
amputated. General Towers received in
'the thieh an ugly but not a dangerous
wound. None of our generals were killed
and none seriously wounded. General
Hatch was slightly wounded in the head.
All of these generals are in :' , lcDowell's
corps. McDowell's corps, though it. was
compelled to : fall back before the over
whelming force which was hurled against
it, fought bravely and well.
During the last battle, General Pope
had a narrow escape. He was prcpariag
a dispatch, when the rebels, evidently per
ceiving or surmising it was a general offi
cer, threw several shot. and shell to the
1 immediate vicinity of Centreville. No
I person was hurt, but two horses belonging
: to General Pope's body guard were killed.
The result of Thursday's and Friday's
battles show signal Union victories. The
result of Saturday's battle should not be
regarded as a Federal defeat, as the cost
tending parties held their respective posi•
1 tions on this hattle.field of (Ind%
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The Tinzes special says:
The disposition four threes was about
the same as on the previous day; lieintzle
man held the extreme right; Porter and
McDowell the centre, and Banks the ex
treme lett. Sigel was held in reserve in
1 1 the rear of Porter's corps. The. fight was
sustained on our part by Porter's force
: until afternoon when the rebels eoneentra
-1 ted their entire force upon:McDowell. Th e
1 engagement was almost entirely with the ar
tillery untillo'elockin'the afternoon. l7p to
this time little damage wasdone on either
side. The rebels at length became desper
ate and charged with solid columns upon
Porter's men. They did not succeed in
breaking the line, however, and were com
pelled to fall back to their originial pos
ition. The result: was its our lever, inas
much as we drove the enemy ell hough we
suffered severely in so doing. The rebel
loss must have been frightful, as our at'•
tilerists fired at excellent range, •
At 3 p. m. the enemy changed teeti,:s
and moved the major part of hie :force to
ward McDowell, who was on the left of his
centre. At this point we had stationed
three batteries, Lapine's Fifth Maine, of
four pieces ; Thompson's Pennsylvania, of
six pieces, and Howell's Battery, of four
pieces. For some reason, Lupine's bat
tery, which was in the extreme front, was
unsupported by infantry. The troops tinder
McDowell were too much scattered to of;
&dually resist 'an enemy's advance. It
was partienhtrly observed that an immense
number of stragglers were loafing . about
the field. Stragglers area nuisance to an
• army, and the thedpline of troops can be
The Onion Na It WSW , 1
The C4mstitdtion as it CO
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 4
sir liteadlng matter on . page
Er A MEETING OF TUEDEMO:
CRATE° County Committee or Corres
pondence will be held at the SAINT ell ARLLS
HOTEL,. in the chy of Pittsburgh. on Sis turday,
the 6111 day of September. at 11 o'clock
a. m. THOMAS PARLEY. President.
J.unts M. Pt a • ens. Srcretarv.
OUR CONGRESSIONAL ASPI
RANTS.
The course pursued by the late Aboli
tion County Convention has not given
much satisfaction to the honest masses of
that party. The selection of Mr. Williams
for Congress, in the Allegheny portion of
the 23d district, is not complained of, but
the reasons given for supplanting Mr.
McKnight are not considered sound. His
connection with a particular branch of
the Christian Church, the Gazette informs
us, was the cause of hii defeat. This, if
true, is to be regretted by every Christian
patriot, whether a sympathizer with Dr.
Plumer's peculiar sentiments or not. It
was not charged against Mr. McKnight
that he was even suspected of disloyalty to
- they Government or to Abolitionism ; his
career in Congress proved him to be sound
on the latter. at all events. But he would
not enter the lists to persecute his minister,
in the face of that minister's public dee
larafion-of loyalty to our Government. It
is carrying partizan proscription a danger
ous distance when a man is politically
'slaughtered because he doesn't exhibit an
eager anxiety for the proscription of a
minister of the gospel, from whose very-.
lips he is used to hear spiritual advice and
consolation. -Such, however, has been
the spirit of bigotry and intolerance since
the world began, and we can scarcely look
for moderation and reform in this age, es
pecially from fanatics who desecrate re
ligion by making it an instrument to
achieve political purposes. Mr. McKnight
should not feel much mortification at be
ing beaten by such infamous proceedings.
In looking over the proceedings of the
convention which disetirtied Mr. MeKnight
and - nominated Mr. Williams, we do not
perceive that Ex-Gave:nor Johnston was
even named in any connection. How is
that? 'That abolition speech which he
was two wr-elts preparing, and which he
had published in the didn't an
swer his pnrnose. 111, gratuitous, un
provoked and unnecessary assault !Ton
the integrity of the Pittsburgh Pis/ wasn't
so sharp a dodge as he imacined. eater
He did not rece:vc a single vote in the
convention which his speech was calculat
ed to affect.
Bat the vicissitudes , which overtake and
uptrip the calcelations of most political
aspirants do not appear to ever cross the
path of Generel Moorhead. ITe stands
"himself alone," wit:it-tit ever a rival in
his ranks. When a Democrat, he - was
poked and buffeted upon all occasions:
even the chairmanship of a Democratic
meeting in the Seventh Ward would
be occasionally denied him; and, af
ter putting up with this kind of shab
by treatment until it became intolera
ble, he stepped over into the Republican
ranks, clutched a Congressional nomina•
tion the first grab, and has succeeded, after
fouryears' service in obtai Mug a unanimous
nomination for two more. This is the most
remarkable run of luck we know of. It
looks as if all the persecution which the
General suffered at the hands of "ten
hoar Democrats" was about to he fol-
lowed by years of political felicity. In
deed, this good fortune seems to puzzle
even the General himself; for in his speech
returning thanks for his nomination he
modestly remarked:
"Hie heart was full, and he had not
words to express in fitting terms his kindly
feelings towards those who had thus hon
ored and trusted him—He came here a
poor working boy, many years ago, and
never expected vi roach the high vosition
of a member of the National Legislature.
Indeed be did not know that he was even
qualified for the discharge of the respon
sible defies involved, but as he was now
nominated for a third term, through the
partiality of his fellow-citizens, he would
trust their judgment as to his ability. He
knew they had not chosen him for his fine
speaking, as he was not gifted in that re
spect; neither was it on account of his
literary acquiretu, nts, as he was educated
at the tanner's bench
The charming simplicity of this avowal
is particularly attractive, when the reader
reflects that the speaker came here "a
poor working boy," having no idea what
ever of mixing in politics. Bat modes
merit, like the General's, can not long
elude a vigilant public, and we rejoice, in
common with the rest of our fellow-citi•
wens—iucluding the General himself—that
his hasn't been permitted to remain in the
obscurity of the tan•yard. Well, verily,
nothing like leather," although
the Glener►l's speech upon that useful arti
cle of universal consumption sounds to us
very much like sa much prunella.
EDITOR Posr:—ln times like the pres
ent, when our cherished institutions are
undergoing the terrible ordoal of civil
commotion, it is very possible to mistake
party zeal for patriotism, rad for the best
of men to give utterance to opinions -which
sober considerations will not justify.
These *remarks are fully confirmed by the
illiberal current of opinions prominent in
cert a i n quarters, which makes former'
connections with a certain political party'
prima facie evide ice of dimloyalty. Ac
cording to this standard. men whose fealty
to the land of their birth has been illus
trated by -acts which have no tinge of am
biguity, must quietly submit to the unjust
suspicions of dubious patriots, whose only
claim to distinction consists in their har
ing introduced a series of illiberal resolu
tions at some petty borough meeting.
Though these remaArs are general in
their nature, they will apply with special
cogency to the recent ?flattest attempt of a i
certain lecnlity to air its patriotism by
forcing citizens taro will not allow their
lordly to be doubted to take the oath of
allegiance. " Oh, it is excellent to have
giant's etrergili. but
_tyrannous to use it
as a giant."
Mcrom.
I ascertained by observing if many of them
leave the ranks during a march.
The enemy charged at first upon Lapine's
battery, and succeedatl in capturing it.
1 . 137 then advanced eight columns
dee', toward McDowell's force; bat, :
I McDowell ordered his men7tliirallAiac*li•
which they immediately commenced 40.
ing. All three of the batteries were then
left nnaupported, and, of course, to fall
into the Minis •of the enemy:' It is re
ported, however, that three pieces - out of
the sixteen were drawn from. the field by
the artillerists. As soon as McDowell's
troops commenced retiring, the cowardly
stragglers set up a shout and ran pell-mell
to the. rear. 'Teamsters and ambulance
drivers were the next to follow, and it was
feared that another Bull Run flight was
about to be inaugurated. The breaking of
the line in the centre of course compelled
the right and left to. fall back. If the
movement had been conducted systemati
(Ally all might have been well, but the
fear of being the last man seemed to seise
the troops, and they made a rush for Cen
treville. Before reaching Bull Itun they
were partially rallied, which had the effect
to hold in check the advance of the ene
my. Several attempts were made to arrest
the flight of the men between Bull Run
and Centreville, but they all failed. Men
with loaded rifles, and fixed bayonets be
hind a breastwork at Centreville were the
only barrier sufficiently strong to keep
back the trodps.
Darkness soon came on, and it being
ascertained that the enemy was not rush
ing upon them with the celerity of light
ning, the men became calm and set about
preparing something to eat.
Franklin's entire corps had arrived two
miles beyond Centreville when the stam
pede commenced. They drew up in line
of battle at that point and remained there
during the night.
Our forces have fallen back to Centre
ville. Sumner's corps passed up front
Alexandria to-day. The road from A lex
dria is lined with reinforcements. It is
.doubtless the intention of the rebels to
make the next a decisive battle. All their
available force is at Manassas. Prisoners
state that Jackson, in an address to his
men, told them that ho would take Nash
ington within eight days or sacrifice his
whole army.
The Union and the rebel armies are
now Lace to face with each other. It re•
mains to be seen which side shall conquer.
Our casualties in the two days' fight will
probably amount .to about 1,000 killed and
wounded
Another correspondent of the same pa
per says of the two days' fighting:
When Jackson threw himself, with a
comparatively small force, in the rear of
Pope, he executed one of those bold in
spirations of genius whose very audacity
almost insures success. Pope•s viitreht
had been a feat of such astonishing rapid
ity that he may alinot be excused for not
conceiving it to be possible for Juni:son
to thus overtake and :lank him. At the
same tune, Jackson's daring subjected him
to a terrible risk, but promiscd brilliant
rewards. The risk, thanks to his prompt
reitilorcement by Lee and 1, - mestreet, he
has survived, and the rewards he has re
alized in the capture of immense stores.
giving the rebels a welcome supuly of ord.
nonce and ammunition, as well as of p r o
visiom.. of which, in consequence of the::
:amid march, they were destitute
hoe ever, poi
i.-essed the boldness and promptitude of
.lackon, he would inevitably have fallen a
silk - N.1k.... to leis enterpri,e• i.,,,trnt:o.
Probably ha es..imnied cb , p•ces as
in his laid to the
the that his e ,, tirriati• '1- cor-
Both armies !lave now been reini;Te e d ;
Juel,,. m by s for; - .e estiinat. , . , l a , fr, , :n 1 , ..•
04i-1 to 0 1 , 44 5 , ; Pope by 11'...i:ionl fruu: , he
coil :, ,-1 M , ..l , •iii,i, ai.d i;nrui-,,,.:,.. lire
,”I,•Try n•ad t • : tn 0v.•ri,..., ring :ilia, !, uli
McD0w..11 . , , c 01.). wh ,, n 1 , i,g, , tr,,i coven up and (trove it ha k -sill; crest 1. ,, - . !*
my:, zi , :d or.lnt 'lr. , . . 1 h.. lig:.ii,,g ~! .nr
tar-11 v.:I; ; , ;ipt.rl , . ,Sine, ti-ut rr;!.to . t,t•
, neon: we Levi- tu - •en on the deietitive. and
:,..e now back. as tar at bets!. as Cent rev.tle
—,c,:riorps s'n , tioo-. .1 he retreat l !: ,, 1.,..-.
!mid! , with entire :teadinl.,,,, and ft.- men
eshii,it the utmost c..,:lneag and c. ttra ge .
Itut little tighting ha-. been dens to day;
the tnetny, who occupy the old battle
ground of Mill Run, apparently seeking
some tronms of turning our flack, Our
ti, :...tals, are, of course, ignorant of what
I !be morning will bring forth.
In CPRO OUT troop -u prove too titre:: to
i 0. 1 ,1 the present hire of defence, they to ill
-till be ale-- to fall hack in good t.rder to
1 iv- I;:rtilicatt iur 4in front o: WH. , hinetcn.
ani'','s Me enc7l,-. Iqi .ifttlie (1.1,'i ,!,1 jinni.
nt , .:.nentent, suave-1 in n , enpyiny them first.
lit the former case, Washington is entire
!y He., till the new levies arrive--in tLe lat
ter contingency, its fate would fief= to be
sealed.
I think confidence is lost in Gen. Pope.
To-night an officer of stone prominence,
who was in the fight, announces, after
visiting the War Office, that to-morrow
morning will see a new Commander in the
field. Whom it can be, I can only guess.
McClellan has not been in the field to al:,
nor has Burnside; but there is confidence
in the latter, who is now said to be at
Centreville, and pow be the man. if a
change is made. .
The Philadelphia JO-Juicer has the fol
lowing, under date of the Ist inst.
A gentleman, who returned to-day front
the battle field. reports that in Saturday's
fight the left wing wan commanded by Gen.
McDowell, but owing to the murderous
enfilading fire rue was compelled to thll
hack. Sigel commanded the centre, and
Kearney the right.
It appears that our forces attacked the
enemy in the woods, from which the lat
ter opened murderous batteries, causing
great slaughter. The Rebels suffered
equally as much as our troops. Our men,
fearless and determined, fell back about a
mile, leaving our dead and wounded on
that field. Our informant says our main
forces were live miles front Centreville on
Sunday, in battle array and prepared for
all emergencies, having been strongly re
inforced.
All the wounded have been removed
from tho battle-field of Thursday and Fri
day,. which was yesterday still in -our pos
session; but not so, at the latest advices,
the scene of conflict on Saturday, which
the enemy still occupied. fhe care came
in this morning front the first -named field,
bringing many wounded, some to Alexan
dria end others to Washington. The
most devoted attention is being paid to
this description of our soldiers.
Our informant, when passing through
Centreville, saw thousands of stragglers
at that. place—men of ditliiltent regiments
all mixed up an exhibiting a scene Of dia•
organization. An officer remarked that
these men would all be right the next day,
after they had recovered from their
fatigue. And so it proved. Our inform.
ant, while returning to the eity,this morn
ing early, saw them all marching hack,
properly companied, to their respective
regiments. They appeared to be cheer-
I flu and anxious to rejoin their comrades.
When the ambulances in large , numbers
reached the late battle-field, yesterday, to
bring away the wounded, a stampede com
menced among them, the drivers having
turmoil the heads of their horses towards
tho road leading to Waihington and heat
a liatty retreat with their 'empty vehicles.
Some frightened driver imagined STUART'S
Cavalry was dashing up, and accordingly
gave the alarm. The panic spread almost
with the speed of electricity, and doubtless
would have been prolific of serious conse
quences had not the guards on the road
rushed forth with Rointed guns and threat
end-to shoot the drivers unlesii they return.
ed to the field. This conduct on the part
of the guard bad the desired effect. After
a while the ambulances againreached the
field, andperformed their npraopriate duty
in bringing aWaY the wounded. . : '
There seemed to be no doubt that the
enemy's pickets werehovering around the
persons engaged in their humane work on
the field, nut up to an evilly hour this
morning they had not been interrupted.
From all that Mite be gathered, though
we have safferetl eecerely, our m i en are
confident of retrieving their loss on Satur-
day.. It -owing to their impetuosity
and daring in: charging the enemy in the
wood that they suffered so tr i tir casual
ties.
There was no fighting of consequence
on Sunday, only occasional skirmishing,
or a few shots poured into the woods train
time to time, on the enemy, as if to try
the range of our guns. From the severe
conflicts previously, it was evident dun
both armies were engaged in repairing
damages.
About 11 o'clock, yesterday morning,
several trains of cars at Manassas Junction,
with ammunition and stores, were burnt by
order of the military authorities, in order
to prevent them from falling into the hands
of the enemy, which seemed to be immi
nent, the bridge at Bull Run having been
destroyed by the Reliefs, and the property,
therefore, being cut off from returning to
a place of safety.
Returned prisoners from the Corded
ate lines, give the following information
to the Empire,. correspondent:
The forces at Nlaiisas, at the time the
Confederates appeared there on Tuesday
night,lwere 98 men of the 87th New York
or Pennsylvania regimen,t a part of the
12th Pennsylvania cavalry, a battery of
seven pieces, 2d New York,l (Putcaner,
and a numberof bakers, commissary men,
quartermasters, agents and t eam +tors.
The Second New York Battery opened
on the right and tired ten or twelve rounds;
the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry fell back,
-and about one hundred were captured.,
Finding it useless to continue the contest,
the party were surrounded and captured.
rho Confederates marched the prisoners
to within a mile of Bristow. when they
returned to Manic,-,:is immediately, by ci—
der of General Jacksnn, reaching Manas
sas again at 11 o'clock on Wednesday
morning. When they got bark to Manas
sas they found a fight going on between
t h e New Gellerld
Taylor, and the forces under -Jackson,
ho drove back Taylor and took some
prisoners
'lle prisoner, c. - crit then marched within
a voile of Bull Hunt there they met Jack
son again. retitrning fretn Centreville,
with some prlsoner,. Ile directed the
prisoners to be !Land' bat it, when they
stopped opposite " Wier House, - the for
mer headquarter, nt Iteattregard, where
they were put into ramp, brit g gt
and staying there till ten minutes before
l I o'clock, iVellne.ilay night. They then
were taken to the old Mantissa, battle
field, and remained id! Jackson . - left
wing was attacked by S;g..l'a force,:
whereupon they were removed towards
Sudley Churrth, altort a mil e , when .l iic k•
.lows right WA- ovettrut upon.
There they commenced taking a list of
the 1 , ..-p.trit:wy to paroling,
and they got the manes of the prisoners
furnished by (' Merrer, of the Quer
terrnmster'a I)Vpatt:ni.n., tilted States
Army. They retto tt with the papers in
about two hot r-. 1 !;,• pri , r , twrs were
titer drawn tap hurt. unti the calling of
their names was ::rain t-mmenced. They
got halt way th-ct h whP^. tho !, ft Wfl
'pot-e.l cc ct: !lest... anti ntint.t that t;tr,
i.11,,•r •: .c:, ia, ni;ith tna.lo
It necessary to to?:- III: .1' Lam , - iiirll.
.111 , •y wet, it ,
about an hen- by .1:n wa: , :gain !
attackoti. the t;r1• cow : v.:olg 1:::
o ' clock. .% .• :• k l t . r , A .
strt,, • • 1:1 rotlf. r
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go , iri: • ' !try tf. kl•
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I,V e hat e tt,•t • ct:ir • i Iron: Fairfax
.ion on the Th e -, i t ,
no battle raging, of vny nr. tout , teedsy.
lliete is conttne:,! Ina IF tile e. a•iii a k hr
to exprtmsed tltnt the
reinforcements and pro. i.ions, a n d a te
going to s, movement up,
mat ge t beta iwt, Centreville sad Irs.h
ington, oil . 1.1.1
4%1/ our trail ?. are :;,:w
x:ite: in Wn.i.in,„:!oti. or :war there. .1 tic
brid g e ovi t iluti ui :as
The live ettga.l,-at.d. hurelre:!
eighty !ivy car , .,,.!:plies. ammunition,
a hid: In•well had near Warren; an,
were ail Sunday nutria:
. 1 . hrLe engine; and MI , lit:mired and
forty of the car- in:bulg e d to the Baltimore
and t.)hio Railroad, atot were used to bring
Cuit's division around.
Banks' corps had reached Centreville,
which ae slab hold, and rations are being
thrown forward. Porter's, McCall' c,
lieur••ey's, Sigerii and Iterio's
troop s have suffered terribly. Most cut our
wounded are still in the hand: of the ene
my. They sent word to l' o pe th at h e
might : , end surgeons, ,Vc., it he: would
own lip that he was whipped. lie tefuied
We can hold our po.,ition, unless attacked
by fresh troops to day .
tin Saturday, whim it will; , -tippo,, e d th a t
the enemy was going; to tall hack to the
mountains, Porter was to attack thou on
the left and Ileiatzlanoin on the right,
near nainesville; but the enemy fell upon
our left and then on the centre. McDow e ll
ordered a retreat, and towards the close of
the day Ifeintzeltuan reinforced him, and
finally all fell back to Centreville, leaving
our dead and wounded, except such as
could walk or had been carried away.
The enemy are known to be nearly ex
hausted from loss of sleep and privations.
Heavy reinforcements are still going for
ward.
Gov. Stanloy.
A New York letter, dated on Saturday
last, to the inquirer, says:
" Governor Stanley, of North Carolina,
arrived in town this morning. His busi
ness at the North, just at present, I under
stand, is of a private and personal nature,
and has nothing to do with public affairs.
He will return to Newborn in the course
of next week. Governor Stanley repre
sents everything in his • department' as
very quiet. There are no rebel troops of
any consequence, now, to give him trouble,
though it it were in the power of the Gov
ernment to send a few additional regi
ments inside of Hatteras, it is not doubted
that, with Weldon and Raleigh oeeunied,
it would not be long before the Old North
State would be back to her moorings.'l
DIED:
Io
Washington, I). Q, au the morning Sept.
^d, LIEUT. F, J. H. rrPENCE, of CO. K, lOthir
aegiruent, trout the e (leas era wound received in
Friday '8 Battle;
His remainsarrive ou the noon-train, and
thence he conveyed to New UluLie for interment,
WaiMUDAL ARROW ROOT—
ItECKER'S FARINA:
HAI% EMI CiII)CoLATE:
PRL, t3iot);
(3‘.R EA N
STAItOI, in papers :
LIQUIDE
S , NET;
Daliz..tC6
.CIA •
FL. VOItINti I.XiMACTS;
TAPIOCA, very *bite;
Mee
PRARL, BArtLET;
For sale by SIMON JOHNSTON,
sel Corner Switntield t b'earth streets
THE ELDORADO,
(rOlibili.LY COMO EXCHIQVIM)
CORNER FIFTH. SMITHFIELD STRUTS.
(Opposite the Post Offiee.)
THE IlitneitlltliElt HAVING
takes the abore well-known amyl, will be
Rimmed to see his friends at all boat& me wines.
urri• Woo. and cigars are of the best.
e24-Saul JOHN LUNDY. Proprietor.
HAN6III6III—INCIM
-Nu SON, brown and fireeltorsais
.IT Wood meet.
First kdition.
ATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
SKIRMISH NEAR FAIRFAX C. H
Gen. Stevens Killed while Rally
mg his Men.
THE REBELS DEFEATED
From Colonel Collier's Regiment
BATTLE NEAR MERDEN, Tenn
LAMED. from EUROPE
Excitement in Cincinnat
iSPecial to the New York Tribune
• •
CENTREVILPE, VA., MONDAY P. M., Sep
tember General Reno's division
was pursuing its line of march, and when
within one mile and a half of Fairfax
Court House, a heavy volley from a force
of riflemen came pouring in upon them
front the woods to the right of the road.
This occiired at 4P. M. The rebel force
was a detachment from Gen. Hill's divis
ion, and was commanded by Gen. Stuart.
The volley was almost , nurely reoeived
by Gen. Stevens' brigade, composed of
the 28th Massachusetts, Bth Michigan,
60th Pennsylvania, 100th Pennsylvania
*m1114601 New York.
Gene. Reno and Stevens immediately
formed their commands in line of battle
to repel the attack of the enemy, now con
cealed in the thick shrubbery of the woods.
General Stevens rode up and down his
lines, gallantly rallying his men, tntimi•
dated by repeated volleys from an unseen
enemy.
Unithle to cope with them in the posi
tion they then held, General Stevens or
dered his men to fix bayonets and charge
them out through the woods. This order
was gallantly responded to by his men,
who pressed the enemy and drove them
before them with great slaughter.
While thus charging them, General
Stevens was hit with a Minnie ball, and
instantly killed, but not until the enemy
had been routed. Capt. Stevens, the son
0 ! th e Goer , ral, was also wounded in the
band. General Kearney's batteries now
of (Ai the rebel forces, causing sad
havoc among the rebel ranks.
Skirmishing was kept up fur about
three hours. when the eaemy retreated,
and the train passed on unmolested.
Your correspondent passed over the
battle ground at ten o'clock On Monday
evening. The enemy's loss was heavy
Their dead lay in furrows where the first
volley from Stevens' brigade went whist
ing tenong them. and I thought the pen
alty for.this raid was amply severe.
General Stevens was Ex-Governor of
Washington Territory. and is reported to
ha:e fought tnott gallantly in the battle of
Saturday.
to the Eveninz , hronie
• • ..
13 t I.TIMORIC, SileeMber 3 - —We were
:rernisbed at Hart isliargh, by Adjutant
tienernl Russell, with the Fplendid Vin
, enili - s French Rifle. Er.'ryhody is in
ip , od heaith n':d spirits.
Seven hundr,:d wounded arrived here
from t'...m.Yr.t:ton this morning., anti hare
r . iirted !!:e Philadelphia' and New
st". , :k hospitals, lIIOHO who are danzer,
";nls Vr..arl , d .Ir, , retained in Washing•
t City. M 'J. W. H. Moomr.
I.—The
it maztt , r the is gate 11knesota ac
. dent:illy tell thrtmgh the hntchway, and
%vas int•tstttly
The .1 tvvt tiset flotilla& has left here a
..s•ffle rlt.-11,1 to the buhinrss
The Engli,h irigat.• liar•er arrive-41 he
!hi; morninz. The English frigate Ca
tnhs here, at sachet near :hull
(laps.
GFA. GRANT'S HEAD..2I'ARTEtti,
Sept. 2. riq Cairo. I
r :Valor Of fte , ql Ila Heck. Commander
in• (Air :
Colonel Dennis. with from four hun
Bred to live hundred men, met with rebel
cavalry yesterday a few miles west of die•
don. superior force, driving and
hipping them hAdly. The enemy left
itundrr-d at:d tvrt men dead on the
held, and the wounded is estimated at
over two hundred. our loss was five kill
oil and forty wounded.
;Signed I•. S. GRANT,
biajor General Commanding.
liAmr.l2., Sept. 2.—The steamer Asia
arrived at this port at eight o'clock this
morning. The steamship Australian ar
rived at Queenstown on the 22d ultimo.
Un the 2r.dh the - Ahia met the Arabia and
Scotia, bound fur Liverpool.
Political news brought by the Asia is
unimportant. The commercial news
brought over by the Asia has not as yet
been received.
ilaribaldi's position Wag without change.
The Ministerial address to Victor Eman
uel recommendeds a state of siege in
Sicily, and denounces Garibaldi as a rebel.
ft is reported that General Cialdine is to
be appointed military chief in Sicilia.
It is stated that the recent movement of
the United States gunboat Tuscarora had
been merely for the purpose of dodging
the British steamer Ajax, in order to ob
tain coal.
American Fecuritiee were advancing
CINCINNATI, Sept. 3 .—Business, is still
suspended, and active preparations con
tinue for defense. Martial law is in full
force. All citizens are compelled to en
roll themselves in their. vespective wards.
and are organized and put on duty on the
fortifications. Reports are conflicting as
to the whereabouts of the rebels. Tele
graphic communication is open to Boyd's
station.
FORTRESS Nlositoe, Septmuber a.--The
steamship Baltic, with thirteen hundred
soldiers, the lath and '2sth New York
Militia on board, ran aground on Winter
Quarter Shoal. on Monday afternoon. The
ship is probably a wreck. Eight hundred
of the troops were rescued by the schoon
ers Trade Wind, Henry- C. Bayless and
Henry Fink. Captain Dakin left on Tues
day morning, and has arrived here with
two hundred and twenty-five mew. Five
hundred soldiers were still on board of
the vessel when Captain Dakia left.
ST. .loscra, Sept. 2 .—Poindexter, the
notorious rebel leader of guerrilla hands
in Missouri, was caught last night on the.
Northern Missouri Railroad, twenty miles
from Hudson, asleep in a house. He has
been eondeinned as a spy, and will suffer
death.
ST. Loris, Sept. 2.—Gov. Gamble made
a requisition on the banks and savings in
stitutions yesterday, for seven hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, to purchase
arms fin• the government requisition, made
in anticipation of money to be collected
under the recent assessment order. It is
understood that the banks have - responded
favorably, and placed the amount called
for at the governor's disposal. The h'ope is
entertained by secessionists that the order
will not be enforced to the full amocnt
thus called for. The full amount will be
assessed and collected.
JOHN PLERGRII,
MI corner Obi. sued Beaver sta.
.ALLBOILENT CITY.
La!S• Ito& et await ad
ir at «to to order. aad we satoMSTINI
sit WM.
Sepairias proaaptkr at za44 d tR
aomsw-acril-att
TO-DAY'B ADVERT/8
- •
iW.LECTIIIRE AT THE 1
COLLNGIi. coma oflMla
atria% Thnraday moraine at r
USURY. .0'
-
•
LEATEZWIRELTHIS--
Rolm mem N. Y. 14
Well tanned end stretched. furls& at the Leath
er etore of
lIIt. DELANOW - -
233 Liberty street oiposite bead of Wood.
003- wts
GUM HOSE-M. DELAYGE, 233 LIB.
ERTY STREE f, is the only Agent for the sale
of the New Patent {{oven Hydras&
553 wte
GENUINE HAVANA CIGARS-
Genuine Havana Cigars
Genuine Havana Cigars
Genuine Havana Cigars.
I am ;lust in receipt of another large invoe of
superior IttAVANA CIGARtt. Thooe fend of the
we e d, wishing a good article. will oonault their
own interest: by examining my stock before curdle
sing ebewhere. way A pure article of CHEW I Ii
TOBeLCCO constantly on hand et
JOSEPH FLEMING'S,
set corner Market street and the Diamond
Puna LIQUORS,
PURE LIQ C ORS,
PURE LIQUOFIS,
of all descriptions for medicinal purposes. at
JOSEPH FLEMING'S,
se corner Idtuktt str-et at.d. 'ha Diamon
FFOBMENT—A CONFORTA BLY. Two
story dwelliug house, ho. 157 Third street,
nelr Cherry elle., 11e.,t $15,81 per month to
April 1. S. CUTiIBERT dr Su:10-,
. 51 Market street, • ----
RENT 00,59 radii IMONilifT FOR A
neat two story brick dwellice house of five
rooms :and cellar. yard, bake ov n, etc.. corner at
Secend and t.. , thart streets. f Immediate POS,C3ii , ill.
Hood FtWllritY rc.luin d_
S. CUTHBERT & SONS.
sea 51 Market street.
For Cincinnati and Louisville.
W EDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 10 A. M.
1 H E LIUUT bRAIGHT
steamer H. C. LEVI. R• Um.,
oomtu■uder, will 'cove for the above ports , t 3 an
nounced.
tor freightor pagasta apply on board at the Coo
of Wood Rivet.
TO THE rraLic_
Daily arrivals by Express and Railroad of
• NEW GOODS,
:NI at tt u es- y
7? , c NIA HEE r STREET.
Ls te , t styles 'crimmi! Enihroideries, C.:ll,lre
Sets. Ilan , :lker.shtek 1.e.Nt.., Fancy Goods, Dead
Seta. Pattert,,, Skirts, Ccr: ts. Arc. la , estt
merra of llogiery. Glove=. Furne , hintr tit-4o —for
Ladle.. Gentlemen and Children—Pine. Nee..iles.
Threads, find other.nt.,.ll wares. .
We Invite the ,pecial attention of wholesale and
retail buve-r, cor.lideut that we can meet ever)
want in ',nee a n d vari e ty.-
'NU:RUM at GLIDE,
MARts.ET STREET,
Between Fourth nod Diamond. set
lAL N 1100 D—
•
HOW LOST! HOW RESTORED!
Jolt published, in u Sealed Envelope. Price
" 6iz Cents.
A LECTURE ON THE NATURE, TREAI
RENT and Nautical Cure of Spennatorrhma (.4
Seminal Weaknced. InsolnntarY EnnzdarionE,
Sextial Det.ility. and Impediments to Nlarrisca
Nervousneas, Comutuption. Epi;eo2
and Fitv; 'Mental and Physical Incapacity TegUit.
LE iron Self - Abuse. ac.—By ROBT. I. CUL
VERWELL, M. D.. A uthor of the Greets Book. de
"A Boon to Thousands of Sufferers'
t2ient tindbr asst. in a plain envelo.pe, to any ad
Items. Podpuict. oa rocoipt of nix oents or Lys(
postage stamps. by Dr. CD. J. C. KLlkki.
Bywury, Nes , Turk. Post lace BOA'. 1.5 to
an7:3113-i&d.tw
VERICII WATCHES
FOR SOLDIERS!
AT REDUCED PRICES.
AIERIVN
THE AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY give
notice, that they have lately 17 . sucel a new style ca
Watch, expressly designed far Soldiers and others
who desire a good watch at a moderate price.—
These watches are intended to displace the worth
len, cheap watches of British and Swiss manufac
ture, with which tho country it. Hooded, anti which
were never expected to keep time when they.. ere
made, being refuse enanufuemres, sent to till,
country, hecauFe unealee hie at home, and used
here only for a od purpo
We offer to ee'l our Watch, which is of THE
MOST SUBSTANTIAL MANUFACTURE. AN
ACCURATE AND DURA ULU TIME KJ EPER.
and in Sterling Silver Cases, Hunting pattern,
at as low a price as is asked for the trashy Anetes
and Lep.'ae, of foreign make, already referred to.
We have named the new series of Watches, WM
ELLEItY. Boatou, Maa,, which name will b.
found on the plate of evety watch of this menu
facture, and is one of our tra le marks.
Sold by •ll respectable Jewelers in the logs
'bolesidu orders should be addressed to
ROBBINS & APPLETON.
Agents dile American Watch ComoanY•
Is 2 Broadway. N.
'el-1 • .2p
- -
To Dooecor---Rats. Roaches. &c. -
Dearov--I. 4 dice, Moles and Anti.
76 Deetsov---Red Bags.
Destross—s-Moths is Furs. Clothes, &e.
lb Destsw—a.Mosionitoel and Fleas.
To Destree---Insects on Plants and FOWL%
Tb Dessroy---Insects on Animals, &c.
To Destrov---iivers form and spades of Vie
_issedles
"Free from Poisons."
'Tot dangerous to the Human Fimily,••
"Rats do not dieon the premises."
"They
!Oki byff out their holes to die."
Everyw Urr-
AU Wrot.WL.Deosopns In the large °idea
and by Druggists. Orocera torekeepent and Re
Milers generally, in all Country Towns and Vil
tures in tho United States.
B. A. FAHNESTOCK A Co, IL E. Pit Lora l .t CO., and others V/ helesalo Agents at Pitt:Antral
Country dralers can order as above. Or addrea,
lireot—{or for Prices. Terms. &aJ to
HERRN COSTAR
Principal Depot. 182 Broa At. dway. New Yo ,
rk.
iet-3indawis
ANIF i t z, AT THE HOUSE 0.1
A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN
To teach the Primary D , partumet of the Boys'
&ohm!, and to take charge of the sleeping actin
manta of the boys One hating had immanence
in teaahirg and housekeeping would be prefer
red. Saisry $930 per aniline and boarding.
,epplica ion to he made at the Institution
TIMM]) aY. AUGUST Meth, None need ap
ply unites they can came well recommended.
stn26
CO-PARTNERSHIP.
'FINE ILINDEIRSIGNED HASAILSOCIA
it.
with Alit OIP EOO. OLIVEM, Moot. tA,
(/‘ in a copartnerzhip. tor the traneaetion o
the CARP P-T BUSIA at: under the name and
firm of W. McCLINToCK & EON, he t
'rum x genereo• public a continuance, to the ueh
firm, of the libera. oittronic , o berutoto o by ta w
gulf enioied . plo,-LIN2OCK.
CARPETS -Waving purchased for CA^ 11.
before the late advance. the laae: stock ol
u menete i n th e city; we would call thervw tentiot. of
wboles..le and retail buyers to our complete as
sortment of CAISPlatt. MATTIpQy
CU) I lio, ,ke. W. McCI.IetTOCK. ltiO.
au2l • 112 Market street.
HENRY W. B LAUER T dr, 00;
RAORIKEISLY OF THE TWO _HALE
r RtUSß.doslorski Foridirs Brandies. Wine
and Rho: oloo.'BildnOl7. Boi r sb.y. WI
Cherry, and Ringer Brandies. Old onongabe I
Bye and other Whiakteraeinaliss Roo. Ran
rico Wineßittoll.Rd _ __•
No. Si mraster lamps. - ,
Opoosite Foiath a! 6n Pi,
Rotel& Timone. andiamilie Moe&
einr"olits for sub. Am Jlisq. for balk
er
garreimi..
'0
-DAY'S 'ADVERTISEMENT
i1A1164,11..4 IPBI ND
ment for o flo
0 1 14 IIF.NRI 11. COLLINS.
1111jULAFEtt MEI) (VA AND COAL
for Foundry tise. neei rf.+l by
BIZ ItY IL COLLINS.
1121 MAP STONE DUST--:10 MARKEL%
/r. for sale by .4
sel lIENItIi 11. CI e LLINS.
AL MANS MEETING OF TINE ClTE
'ma of Pittvb rgh will ho held on
el:Ilk:ET, near the head of Wylie etreec et or
near the , public heuse . ct Aenry Ron. t.n 11dURS
DAY EEN I A tom, September 411 b at 7 IA kelt.
E L. (a %/,A IN, Iho Unit. 12 condi-ate for mete
Senator is elpected there to rtnevn 11 , e eh 3 ;gm of
forgery, comp MYY at d treasen, nerrtetere tenon
against well known Pittsourghert , and rbil.olei
'Aliens and hieh though mutt public , y made,
have not yet been public4ll, d.niefl.
$5O REWARD
/MIHE 'PERSON IIAw I GG IN HIS POS.
IiES:-710:4 a large
' COLD FINGER RINC,
given him for safe keeithdr, will Please leave It
with J. B. itIeFADDEIi is CO., Market street,
who will give a satisfactery reward, if required, or
FIFTY 'DOLLARS will to paid fur information
that will lead to the recovery of the ring.
sa2-3t.
oung'ts Ealing Malawi,
CORNER VIRGIN ALLEY AND SMITH-
FIELD STREETS;
Where OYSTERS and all the dollesoltw of the
season will be served lan in the most palatable
style. FIJ YOrN(4,
0014 n'rer Virc in alley and i , mithfrld st.
CURTIS C. STEINMETZ... ..... TM:M.I,E M. BLACK.
STEINMETZ dt BLACK,
11011 SE CARPENTERS
AKII JOBBERS
SHOP VIRGIN A LLEV, between Wood
stud Liberty rotreets,
PITTSBURG 11. PA.
iliirOrders solicited oral promptly attended to.
sus
NOTICE TO MERCHANTS
D E 4 1 1.
. _
FfEW GOODS FOR F - " i .
•
EATON, MACRVIII 0.,
IIIIE A-TTENTIONTAPPIVIVIr.
KliS of
TRIMAILNGS.
UIDERTEO
110 dtilvEs.
11ILLIN It V eitt ^ DiSi.
OTIONS.
Our present stock embrace N s everything here- ,
torero kept. with the ..tioitton of iirpiy Lew and
use•til articles. to whim, tre mvito the special
atteutiou of the jobbitic trade.
SOLDIERS
irr i An e into entry 1.110 , .Irl nry'y themseives with
India Rubber Mau t. els. all WOOll.
Shirts. Howl Stieto., es, bbspeSsi
ers Collars. Re
EATON, 71 1 017 M
So. t 7 Fifth street
TIER,IVAN fiSz
Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
IaPtIUTEREI AND ;INA LICRI IS
TEAS, WINES, LIQUORS, dre.,
NORTII-EAST corner c:1 •
OHIO STREET AND TEE DIAMOND,
COUNTRY HOMES.
HORE 4:1110/C1F. SITES FOR COWS
IRT re4dencei iu LINDEN G. OVE, Oak
land, are offered for hrAncli o , the Pitte
burgh and Ea,t Liberte rum. into tho
center el di:: plot. Thn let 4 contain one halt
acre and upward.. l'ern.; only one-tenth coati,
and ono-tenth annually. Ap t ly
IV. 0. LEM?,
At On lava Station.
ata27 bud
- 3 I , ZIM, PA .1
August it :O.
ornri !in. 1
I. F. elmpb.li.s7th Penna. volis , ,
hereby appointed Provo, .I , l , rson'. Ile will
be obeyed and re , peti , e.l a , • , .. , rd rely,
11, All officers and .oldicr3 in this city. awl In
the country arnii,l, ab:ent tr to their regiments
from whatelnr (du-c, !rill re urt with..ut oe ay
to Vol. Campbell atNo, 67 Fourth
etreet. i n pe::on hy !fttie, 'II' not side it re
port in perzon . , they Fill re, rot l.y Niter. t
atts
nhtting a reit: .cat • ph; -h•ion ingot
standing, show:eft wht tit: y are hi: able to ro•
port in
111. otFwer, end,:':iii-cc 'rii - i gin the city
neighborhood. and
through. under r.rier trill re vet u, lihe manner
to the Provo:it
IV. 'fliea.tenti,o, ,i,...ente•± twin re intents
i 3 d to the unit r the 11 . nr Dm ailment.
pul-liO:ctl July n•r i -ion= hick
will be , trictlY c..1 , -re‘ it by tt a Provost Martini
iu regard to it ..PI:t0;•,.
Fit v, mii 1 . . 9. A.
C6lnwstuder,
[Pittsburgh Papors vlcazo copy]
VILLIAM BAGALEY,
WHOLESALE GBOC E 111
NOS. 16 AND 20 WOOD STRUT,
STRAYED OF STOI. EN.
AS:IIIALL RED VOW. AN
finding he ,I• 11 y r•iward. d by
leaving w.rd it Matii .;7 y. rn liche:iem.
s'reet, Allecheuv. to-tio i*- Linulnir
Yard.n by it, Niiiin; n tja , • the Pittsburgh
Post Office.
t nl2-tf
MIN I) II WILLIAMS
`NEW FALL
DRESS GOODS,
.1% - o Tr OPENING'
rc IL'
All colors
ARMY BLANKETS,
Regulation sveight.
GUM BLANKETS,
141- CSIANOI, CILICCIES. .140
CHEAP FOR CASK.
C, HANSON LOVE &
74 Market Street.
DAUB irt CAPPELL,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
NO. is SMITHFIELD STREET.
wE RAVE JEST RECEIVED •
large and welirelectcd stovk of
IP ALL GOODS,
ennsiging 41!*
Cloths, (:a fihneres, Vesting*, ese.
AI.CQ_A lime cf:
GENT'S FM:NISI:LING GOODS,
it:l-hiding Woolen:Ain' Par , ,• ir4
dldeverythinfrusu ke. tby fir IC . urt i
zs.tores. • rders prom , tly est: •ut d.au.
CorttUeopi• q•ett/oon,
CORNER OP UNION AND MIR STREETS.
•
(Near Market)
UEBIC THE PUBLIC CAN O.
?dealTNe dthe
baell and
* a n s th M e i sh os e
st no•
tiee. -
Lunch every morning between the broil, of so
sad 12 &doer. FRED. It h1;,:l,
n3l-1,
Proprietor.
. .
ADVPDRID AND LEEcuIA lig
RR. ans. BEM.
' • Tooll Cold :cad 4041 7ThAtINT Grant strew.
MIME
ALLEGHENY CITY.
VTP'4HIr It Ili