Aitit hill. ,lit*A41111)-' iiiii [ o•!iottol l: li* :ot f I' It tW:041(110( : -''" '44'iiii,tite - r,ear*rli? We, '': it . irillessli.*.f;. 'iiii!ein(o(iliscitifitiit' c - e , g tea i,- the t the, lost' ticotd,•'firty?,4o aiyaro' , 4, l• Pti!fifi 'O , fire"7 4 .dituT• ,-4 4 1-04,,., -- 4 . !'__... - , - ,,, - ,, , r , f -si.tnies' - ' , i3t high•in the, 'lt'''._.._""-"in-ernrc","fe'llinBe. in front,to ferret.. , A.Nruegift.ftgi, B ittl4..lteitrell's2 battery' had been. ''‘tokill:ll.skrt,VSkitithtre tunes by - us,.but was • ', IliilitfillK,-nittit 'el Hie . .birrsei , -' hiving been, ;. ,, kioOt l 4oi:pp, 14064i:being miithided,'end First 4:ii#0 , V..461144;.':.ki11ed:- . ''.Lieut,',Kiftry behave& ;!!. .117Liteit . iibtlYEirod'irecie`edert ,- ie :'carrying lilt Y'1.010,,t1 #O4- I ,•llifri're.:thielinie heavy reieforce '-nt*Ari4..l6l:lhi-etterriy were' „ iStiectlyeien ep - ; :ii ..)atietMsWiltiii9--faio'lfirtdai, , extendiecentl out • 4 114.„_*hi c jilli f ilf.the' iighti •.,:ppt. Stewart'i brig :l'.4oB:lokaillaiPtik'lliti'fiel& Ikt ' nit .titriil, having•beerf . - q,-itilet7,4l4ol*sttirei3Ojnieret is a re-serve' 'at' the AsiOrtiffsittriii*ir leftltfe turnyikei ' It took . pottt `...144114„,.40114_690.4iktii..indiear;•• and •for some .ine llilif)llilfqiiheldrlie:enemy in check. I had ..' ii 'ite ertr4efof eivalry - attache!' to My divie • , 01.1ilkii i relloariefiined;'dorint the: eng - agement 2 1"441,t ' fro.,ll" . ‘bletrisf.' Lid Stanton's division.: Ma, • - ';''.lolloliilVlts*hci-eotinthritirled.. thorn was anxious -,ltheiteritilirfel thtti'enemy'. - • This ground being tin ifiriroititslirioi ordered 't 'rein, back out of range of taffrOfeindifikit-inifsoiiiblii to rally' any of the TitsiOrriiiiii"Veti cecherrielfead !otir"ietreat about '. - All'cliStiflliteMrP.The're was a fine position a 4 bifitetiltiffan'Ve,fin theirs', ` - '*here . I-hoped - to ''lliffilllietlitaidir-rivith' ateectiori of - Arnold's bet-'' 4, Mtr[illi - Halted . Stateif cavalry, If I could - 44111rtiOstilflafinsentif'ef Infantry. In this I ntterlOfitlet,tllii&-Wis'continired -, ou'r retreat on • ,•:14111141iilleWiebt&•edinstleed•'on' in the Morning; i., 1140***40fiffl.MY. istaff'Officers..to rally some ' 214INIOttlieyritifir&hti rue, brit ruit a . cthipany ‘iiiiti. Weep*PAllikturipil! bilok . e kW momenta at the ,'`• Itusapitel'to:hee, what arringernents, could. be 11111111/iiikeilkii - Vri siroulded: , . ” The (OW • ambri .; eialifirtifthit?Wereqltere :were filled 'and started - 4111thitt-Ar,10.•-ciThe.cliiir'cli - Which' was used as a, , 411,ilipliiili.i.WithrtheWounded- - 'and eon,* of- _the. 40,itenfiWiseists after :Ifeir•intb, - flie hands of the ...--. seessalim cavalrY that followeeus closely::' .A ". - railliiifitisiftciairalry croised• the °rear - and Bei •-, ltilidAtroirribiilance hill Of Wounded.; - Capt. Ai ' i'iiiklilip4therw iv:cot:ride , of. rounds -of '‘cariis* ter`'.'. from: his section of artillery; Which"' rent. .111ibtiOseitfipeifirig.rivray and :"kept them 'at res.. lillinaltilicifietibee 'd 6ring .. ' the• remainder. of. our . • tAftlifeit: , :r At-thiri point most Of the straglers• .ilitifilifi itii , ance of - us. - Having every feaeon' to fete e trigormier f pureuit from th e .' enemy's .. ficaorabiti,)ll,vfite desikous of forreingpa strong ii}t. , o ll trii: but neither the efforts of the off'. eI! COI CIO repleitarmy, nar tho• coolness of .., ; filitiloler . ,troripswith me, could induce them , fo forma "single company.'We relied entirely `'fog 0n,!;,, protection on•one seption nf artillery. • s t iliffiille.olOrripanies - Of cavalti: Most of the iiiiiPiNitiilififyiiiiible'for,Mfantry, but unfaVore rb(re frii. l ,",c'X i diir'fied - artillery.' About'dusk, as .'4l . !,iiiireitcbedlifei.Warrenton turnpike, , we' • "teiri),"Witftek 'Of Oiled cannon on our right, and ''iinfinge 'fat 'the enemy' had, established a bat -iiteeA hiling - fhe.roed. ,' - ,• ' ' ... 1 ;, 14 ' ii iii geo)d virirh' his ,section of eitillery, c if ft liiiiiete',fOri.the_ghtintlet, and reached the i t , 'Virti ' 'lVer''Coli,' run, ainiirf <two miles from s Oofr-iiVille, - ; but found it obstructed. with bro. lietf,,ejs,PiPite t end was compelled to abandon his 4110,0!"-,11504,.,...ivire, under the fire of these r 1...., leo:Crimion. - ;: ; Ttie 'criVniry turned to the left .. ‘liifirt,',llo,elissii,e4.through aetrip of , woods and - iiiiii*ltimi,‘ti,tfucle ii . tong which led them to • ''"some c. pecluiled 14, our troops - in . the mein irietlNtigh- which we regained the turnpike.— 41,4bet't' elitit *e. sr. we reaChed ihe .cairiph we .14ff,'pecup"ed in 'the morning. ' Had a brigade . liiiii" tke reseirve . a&v . arided a short distance be , 9;,o4ei t iitie - vm s , near one-iitird of the artillery ,•..1 0 :0"jghic'harie ;been saved, as it, was abandon. iiifift csi,Weisi-"hia Creaming. Such a rout I nee ik,iiiitheiiiii before: - Nu efforts could induce iiiiige"iril ieni' te.fo . rm - t rite r a rete . at iad 'ie4ittienCed: .. . ' '- 1 '''§iii!:l4plkry:viis served admirably and did . • ' got? eitedistron: Prime pf . the volunteer regl-. .'iiitrplii'behayed 'ver y . well, and much` excuse can '. 'Wilk,Vilisloi those Who• led, as few of the min teiiiitil at ' any'. time 'he' seen.. .Raw, troops eis . eht•Vir :,exiieCted..fe., stand. long against' an riiiisliNnefini.: '.l "hav e been unable to obtain r . ity * ,' - rAiiiirf friini tbe Zimayee, as Col.:Fernhani '• 1;1011 gf,t - fie:fiolitiital.;....Siece the retreat more tirikebreii-ifOuirths of the 'Zouares have diens eileeie,'tia 'Cifiress,my Obligations to the . bilWarCid, trii kat!, visa—Captain 11. S. Wright ~ tiiiitteAatit F.. ';,,,V Snyder, Lieutenant I': N.. liiiiebar; ) Phi l3 nr•Engineers; Captain Chauncey, Y. l 4`.46 , Aisi!itiiat . kdjutant Generals" Lieu , 'it,tia4,3'4...Suieet of ihe SecOod cavalry, and • • lituf - 4.o.lrairbanksi,of the First Alichigan, • lisf r tbe !little, po irear,r,...-per.forrnan,ce of :their Ilifitif ,i - Aryth recorettiend them to your ,favo ' figis; ceinsidik anon'. ,• ~ . ' - '''' - ' '•-• ' ter": respectfully,:' • ' S. P.. HirerripirSrann,. , • p-iiiiit 41:::pq Seventeenth infantry,. Ccimtriad- Inls-tligt tiiiid...tiiVision. ;''zl;..- "4—i-----'-'-,---,-• 4. ' . . •-. _ . ' 41,;:ft A '',',, ~,-.', ~.,' t r,WASTN.GTON, August 27 . 1 ;:t A iiif,Wfeceived in this .city 'from , Tenneb iiiisifYll thit'26;ooo ieheli are under arms in itijii'Staiii: :•' • ' '. • - , • : • • i' l !` . l4 . llii Lairanie 'district all but twenty-foui ,ip'fitia insle:infiehitants have enlisted in , the '.'l l iital: iie,IPY• :- - '•' ' . I,lo , willidliite'of ilepregard'a army are nerrer ' 4 AffinitiiiiHeights'thait ever:before.. This fact :OW beilie:ied does not indicate,an attack. ' • '"lfli iepriited that the :English and French fifilififi'fin!ieur'ioaat are intended fer service at 'taretirdis,' intervention in "Mexican affairs be filgleiVibbablii design cif these governments. 'lltfiffard."W*liach; ,who was yesterday ap riiialt *yet of thii,city, in place of F erret, iiiiiiiieUnienist and will use all'hie power 1 t ? . 9 ili a rditing';the GOSernment., , '. . "t* . dia t teilli . not the' District of Columbia. SIM 11,5iiti4 - oaled this"morning at tee Chain .11Vrtdge"akd it now in' jail there'. • ' ,4 `itir l iiliiilifi;Wiii occasioned at 'the Chain iliiNg4viii t ihli:VtiiMiac last night by the re- Plfe:thieth*.iifemy was adVancing. • Drums tiVikifiiii:icilli;;liiid•sighel iiins'were fired. All Illeliciciiiii'iiire tindir• arms `but no' enemy ap . Malt., 'ClisileOpi hetfavedadmirably.• • . '''''FieViatiiirtiiiard"lift : The city 'this ;morning failNetAqarki • 'Withei'he goes . iii - erratige a teliriiiiiißort: ijs'teri: ' : :: ''. '', ' • , ... 14 4 1 friffie4ii'Patehes from Itenttialiy'represent •Vialltil4:lo'heini Onlbe' Serge of 'civil ' *lir. 114.0illiiq,Men'irei',veady far whatever; issue 1 4 " 04 40 1 4iiiiiiibli itivh: - ''. . I .RWititiiihtiiirikliiiq thAtiy,' The newlY ai, ikilill`itiod:';'lttimidiate 'accoMmOdition : 't" illiele . jeiarriey.-, , 0 1 :.,!`;" "..,-' 13iNGOE, Ai Alli 25. ' • ttATlllt6P,essperatt'a„seceasion pa ; ' 4 7, - 'ilvgasifin k i n , the , Posk Oirma on Friday . i i 4 , .. i , iffctsPilil k it4' Liftn9tified the, pip-. sittitoulf.) , ltiit'Spies•pilil hp 're tql,lx ,;.- . ~.,arti#.- ' ", —' • " - •' ' •,, ” , a'i?.,g,'; il , • tO li glitl f aillgillened ris , "-• • ' 4-/iiiiilit'ottwo;• eke." and the '',... ~, , ,t1 ~ -, --,t:', , . ,, ';' ;• , . . . ' • ' c.r.; . ig:;;;;;3:::::'.;, ,. . :, , :1 01f:;t...! . , , t , : , ,,:') , :: , , Z..''.:'- , . . trichunattei by ilie-trealdint at the U. ; S. , • •16fh day of'April;.-1 . 661; the Pcitslitititt• 6f- • a n-ill/11/ Lion, Igain4;tba laves, Constitntionaiid Povernl mettejiftttn : United'.:.Statew, which ' bad broken out *lloitif,th l •States 'South•Cirinlind,:Qetir; and.'reiaii•arid in -*silenceor the provisions 'of tbeigt entitlid . “Actlo provide for .calling forthilier militia•to execute the lawirof , the Un ion, suppresi iniurrections.andrePelltivasions,• and to repeal the act noW•iii forcelor, that' par pea.," aPprovett Fetiruary-.28,. 1795, dill call fOrthlhe•militielo-• suppress 'Bald insurrection and to cause the lavrs'Of the - Union•to' be' duly executed and the ineurgents. have failed to Perseliy - thelinie 'diiected by the',President;• intl.whereas _such insurrection - fine since-broken out and yet.exists,':within the• States of• Virgi nia; North. Careliniv,. Tennessee and Atkansas; and whereas 'the ineurgents . in 'all' the said States.claim to ectnnder the authority:thereof,' and sitch,claim is not_diticlainned:or . .reptidiated bythe•Oerrionst exercisitig the function's of gov: .ernmentlit suCh.State or Statee,:or . in'theltart Or parts thereof' in . whic siteh',co•nibinatione . :exist, - nor has'efichlrisurrection beenlitippreas ed-hy skid:States:, ' • • • lincOln, Presi dent of, the United States;' in pursuence 'of an act Of Congress, siPproved July. la; 1861; do herebfdeclare"that.the inhabitants of the seid• •States of 'Georgia ' ~ `South ' Carolina", -Virginia . ,. Mirth , Carolina;' Tennessee, Alabania , , Louisi ana; Texas, Arkansis,Missisiippland Florida, (eiteetit.the inhabitants,of that part, of the . State of.Virginialkinewest.of .the 'Allegheny moan taine and of suctrotber.parts of .-that - State and the other 'States .herein berme named 'as may malntain.a loyal adhesion to. t,he• Union and the Constitution, or may be, frimi timeto flute, oc cupied and controlled 'by, forces . of the United States'engaged . in, the, dispersion of -pai d ineur gents,yare in a state of insurrection against ihe United: States; s and . that all "..commercial.' inter course bet Weep the• sante' ,and • the.. inhabitants thereA.With the 'eXCeptions••aforesaid, itid the citizens of other ;States And' ether Parts . of the United States; is unlawful; and will remain un lawfuluntil sucninsurtectiou 'shall cease or has, been suppressedt thitt all winds and clintteli, wares and Merchandise, "coining. front any 6f alid 'States, with the exCeptions• aforesaid,•intO tither patient' the United'StateS, without. the special licensnand permisaion of the Preside'. . through 'the Secretary ot the TreaSnry, or pro ceeding to eny of paid State; With the 'exert): lions aforesaid, by'lanil or water, together with „ • .the vessel or vehicle. conveying, .the• 'seine, or conveying persons to and from eaid•State. with told .exceptions; will be forfeited to the United Stateevand that from and ,after fifteen . days, from theissuing cf . this proclamation, all ships and vessels belimging in whole in pert tonny citizen . or inhabitant of any of aaid States; with said exceptions; found at sea, or in. "any•port of the - United States, will be forfeited, to , the,Uni• ted States; and' I hereby enjoin . upon all: -Disr *Wet Attorneys; Marshals, and officers 'of the revenue and of the military:and naval fories of 'the United States, to'• be vigilant in the execu tion of said act, and in the enforcement of the penalties and forfeitures' 'imposed or declared by it; leaving , any party .whti may think himself aggrieveilthereby to his application to the Sec: retary of the Treasury frt . r the remission of an penalirni forfeiture, which•the said Secretary is authorized bylaw to . grant,. if •in his, judg ment the 'special •circumstances of the cause shall'require such . reinission." . ' ' : In witness whereof I ,have hereunto iter.my hand; . and caused . .the, seal of the ' United . • . States to be affixed.. •.• • Dons at•.the City of Washington, this :16th day of. August, in .the year. Of our 3. .Lord,',lB6l; and of the independence • of•theOnited States of 4rnerica the eighty-sixth. • . . • • . ' ~.ABRAHAM LINCOLN, • . Ort-the 'morning of- Tuesday the 13th of Aug;- oat instant, Orris gall, G....MOrgan,E. Hall B. R. Brawley,'and•others, who were operating on oil lot• Pin. 4 . 1 on' the upper Buchanan 'farm, struck : the strongest oil vein yet 'Nina in the . country," The well flowed in the fi rst 48 hours 000 barrels of oil, and continues: to ..flosV• at the sismts site. •• .• • . • The ipase :.was ,originaily • taken. by.•B. R, Brawley, Oscar Chase and ',D. S. Morgan, sub-: sequently Chase : conveyed hii interest tesMor.. •gan, and Morgan Old the undivided : thirit part of his then interest, to• Orris Hall and the same part to •Erie Hall so • thatlat this =time Orris Hill owns the two niriths.,•Erie . H4li tWei•ninthe Morgan and others two . ninths, and the balance of.the well is . owilikby•Mr.' Bra Vrlei and those who.. have acquiled• interest tinder him., .The leases t;ay Messri.'Rouse; MitChell & Brown one half, and Still' hav6 400 Abls..per. day - Without the trouhie of pumping. We have ' 'seen : the pariie . a•Who are interested, and : state with confidence the wonderful yield of this well is' the narpes'Ot the foritinate owners .and their respective interests.--VinongO Spectator.' • Ow D. Prentice Rebukes the Ultra R epublcons. . No one questions that Geo. D. PRENTICE,' of the.Lenisv il le Journal, is battling' mere brave. ly and energetically for the Union, and has thus battled since the fall of Sumter, than any other man in . Kentucky. And as 'we write a .des patch*comes in from New York that the friends of liberty and the Constitution' iti that city are getting up a, testimonial for him. In a late number of the Janina?, Mr. PRENTICi thus ad diessef himself to those.men and presses of the Republican party who contend that this, war must. be prosecuted for , the abolition of slavery: "%yeagree with the Baltimore American that whin, ultra prints of the North, flattered by the u ip n everywhere in Kentucky, M ar y. lend, esterni Virginia, etc., mistake that seri, tifnent,,patriotic'in its' purposes and honest in, its intents,' for a spirit „of "conquest"—when they'venture to speak of making that subside ry.tesubjugation,",they need not suppose that the.Dnion men of Maryland and .ICento cky wit/ keep of that they would not do all in tlialt Rimer to sustain Southern constitutional debt ?;in this reposes all our strength'.' In . *relation we are glad to note that in flit! 22h, on the occasion of the ovation ex: telideil ,the Hon. Addrew Johnson; of. Ten nese it tincinnati, that prominent champion of C . , titirtional rights keeps ,all these points 4i, diro v: : in :view.' And we warn the ultra. North, When theylose'sight of these plain guar. : inteeh. when they, propose to abate' one jot or. titla s of whatii honestly , due all Southern inen,, .Hray. not 'only paralyze the arm of the Federal 'Goieranient to ,that , extent, . hut at the same they strike a deadly blow at all Union senti- Mem. in the.liiolith.npen which our wisest states men titular hereafter relY for Precenst roc i ion.?' There ie another ,kooint for i the consideration of ;thi.Fria'States: Let them repetsj the leat,shred of ispeoriatitutional. leglelation-,hcietila to, the. 'Pi COf:'conciltatieni.let , thiM:Jeiia:ne,tbtlit u o il Onlitelemet thempelise right; ,while ' the y ire is Ileret*iiiiillo4l , 4ol 'a merdiO'li.faior of Ali Ctiptssitutional.Gerteritaent. By'the'Pieeident: Wzr.rt.tat H. SEwißD,•Seeretary of State 011 • Discoiety 41i , ,tt0i#40iliiti2 - glOrio.4.(i. N'attircia, Aug: 31, 1861. ' Democratic Nominations VO It • A 586( DR '.'0,.R.-EARLEY. .13.,,.4.-..i)II.CHOLSON. • Leinoiutitic, County A Dernoctatic . County' Convention +ill be held et the'Oourt SMethport. on Mon daY the 16th day of Septernbei neit; for the purpose, of nominating suitalAacandidates to be Supported et. the ensuing . election. - the We . - rat townships µ;11.1 hold their primary meetings on Satorday , everting, the Lith day, of Septem ber, forthe purpose Of choosing three Dele'gittes to. tittend:said„Conv,ention. eeneralatte'n danc'eAS earnestly requeited. , 2 BACKVS;Chairatan• . Was, Witatm, Sec'y. • . ' , . . SUPPOSE TOUT GO 70 . WAR, YOU CANNOT From' ALWAYS, AND WIZEN, AFTER. LOSS ON yoTu SIDES AND NO GAIN ON EITHER, yotiounsi FIGHT ING, vilk IDENTICAL.QUESTIONS AS T 0 TERAIS OF INTERCOGRSI: ARE AGAIN UPON YOO.--Preiident Lincoln '6.1113 kon4liral. • , . . . . . . . , . In consequence of the . .decrease,in , the mail service on the : .Shippen and Ridgway roe.tes, Vehave changed the publication of the ..bnat-. ' OCItAT to Sitttii,thq Ajc4iling. CNANGF. IN Ttie.TIME OF lIOLDING Covu•r...By .4.et of 4ssembly our Courts are to be held a 'week laterthan formetly;' the September term will consequently. cernmence, on Monday.; . tim 30th, instead of the - 23,1, Thert% will be ..no „lariat this term, as notice of the, change Was net:received in time to _ make the drawing.: • TRTICIS 011.."---We'understund Our to..vns. * man; N. V..Joor's . , after-rwrsei/ering•through,u 'course of ill,lock:fneti. - 'would .disconrate my but . hlin r futa'at length found thing;" ha'ving a.:“Spouti . 4,wol'':thsl•iiffords 300 bar 'rels , • , Darini; . oui. recent visit. to Elk 'County 'we, of course stopped at the "IfydellotiSe,?'-liiilg' way, where we., found our frfend:.oBooD ready to welcome Us to his hospitable acconindationi. This 'hotel in•the'handi .thepresent.propriej toriSnot'e.)ceell(d : by'nny the•country. We:also nt - ;Friend Rosy is not a whtt be, hind the best as a hotel 7 keeper,:oi• his shill ministering to . .the : corpfe.rt of his. What ha's heenme a(the §Methport , Oit,Com: panjrl •The "well,". We See has been aban-. 'cloned some time since, and the “derriek" and tools are last going to ruin,. We would sug gest that work be re-commenced; the', period for using•lights is approaching and 'we shall.be Obliged to'discover our'supnly,of "or remain in the dark;*as we are destitute • of. Means to.pur . rhase: • • •The Brookville Sear, 'an , abolition takes . excepijons , .to•the resolutions adopted . the.recent.lepresentative .. cOnvent ion held at St. Marys, pronouncing them deeply dyed. wi'th. treason; etc.' . The editor ''copies a portion,of zhe 'rescdtitiona whieh favor peacei'.c.oinmend the'Spnaters,.and ItePreseniatives . who "main- . -tainett the integrityof the Constitution, in the . late extra session,. and denounce the faniitic and litoodtiliirsty *spirit. that actuate the Abo lition element, as .evidence of their treasona ble tendency.'..• . With Out wishing . to assume the special chem._ - pions!) ip of defending the'. resolution, we have. no hesitancy. in saying . .that the convention had .nc):Aesign . .of adopting the insane doctrines taught in.that 'paper.. The 'whole, .objetion seems to be basednn the ground.that they.favor a . maintenente of 'the integrity of the consti tution and a peaceful adjustinent of our natinn 'al.ditliculties;. -and this the editor calls .(4.lciep ly 'dyed treason!" .' We did notupnose there' Was •a man possessed with the to attribute s of humanity but would Wish to see this •bor-, rible civil war•.cease,.. and our national tlif ficulties 'settled peaceably; that any person ..efaiming,, the prbtection of the constitution, 'would pppnie ,its. maintenance. But we are tillitatten in this;. there is class Who can be sat isfied with nothing htti'butchery, anything that looks to the accomplishnnent of the restoration of the-Uniorhyanother prcicess, treason.,—. ItWould be charity topronounce such ,men ' • , juilgioeut.thoO art fled to brutish beatta, And' men have loot their ielood !" The editor of the Star hae been Persuading its readers that this war must be prosecuted until slaveriii crushed out. A few year's ego it was a KnOwnothing sheet, then this ed itor edvecated the doctrine that the country was inevitably ruined unless Foreigners were trcruehed out;" US cry • was then ttdawn with the'Pope," assisting se far as lay in its power to bring about the'bloody strife among .zens of a common• country, that followed the onward course of tha . t proscriptive' party.— Now - his cry is "down with Slavery;" and the only end to be accomplished.in this'War, that he can appreciate,' is to slaughter slave-drivers' and raise the negro to equality,with the white.. Stich insane disorganizers and open repudia. fora of the constitution ..and laws, have • done,. and are doing to favor disunidn, than Jeff. Davis, himself. ' .• • ' •'; in another' column, asks Demo : . crats to join himami avow•his 'Tolley.. 'This: would equal au alliance '.of sheep with, wolves against shepherds.. • •• • .. -,. The Gevernnarint is satisfied t.hat Pen. Fre mont coulri.4have sent lrn einforeeents to pen. I..yon'previqiis to the brittle.,near Spring witipaufenderikering the safety of 'South ern Missouri.. , • ••11eiva bylast. l rtight's mail bring brief 'par ticulars of.a'ilesperatp:battla at uintrierrivitle, frithe Vs: Obia ment numbering 900 men,: were attaced white at breakfait by 3 . ,000 rebel infantry,, a large .body cavalry and ten pieces of. artittery; The Union Iroopi•SuOceeded.. in'intting• way , „thropigh and effecting:a : retreat. The Ohio troops report two: hundred'of their nua , ; 130: lost in the conflicti'while the , rebeflosi is • , represented to have been very heavy • $50,000,000 ..711E ' BOND: Tixeri:—The beaks .ol Bos tea:, -New York and Philadelphia; have subscribed. for $50;000,000 of the.goiverP trietit.:loao of $250,000,000 authorizo by the late act of Congress, 'with the understanding 'that they are io;be the:soles eusiodiaiis 'of the .Treasury • notes; to' be .issued' by, the..tciern- ' From-'.3llissou 101,L4 Mo.; Augu&t 22„1861 • The accounts from'Springfield are to fecrthitt• frtirri . six. to ten. thousand. of 'MeCul touch's army have left for the. North.: ' - A 'small forea has . reached... Lebanon, on the Rolls road, and .a re• 'engaged -3* making 'repii dals; and corninittingAepredarions.on..Union .men . . - About seven hundred of 'the' ekiles from Springfield have joined CM. Brytl'e. regiment. Thousands of'llnion Men have.: been . obliged toatiundon.,their homes in the . Southwest and leave their property at the mereiof.the'reliels. There is . - much distress atiaong these: people, large numbers ,of them havjnvrieither•Money nor provisjons,. The.train. of the federal artily, which was'brought from Springfield by Major Sturges,ls said to . be worth one million and a half The passage of .the rebel.. army .north will enable our threes, when .they •Move bark to Springfield, tot off its eomrtfunication with and retreat to ArkanSes„and thus' comPle . tely enelose l.t in the mresterit counties of the. State. uita,- August 2.1.,'1861 . . . . • , The proclamation of 'Gov: du:rtiti has been. nobly - respOnded , to.' • M'olee than th :thous and men haire . already:been...forwarded. of the twelve new regiments, enhteniplated State ant liorilies.• •The neetornmanded byCol.' Blitelc;'ex-Crtivernor of Nebraska; left fOr Wash ington ltisteVenio,g,'and two others are fully erfiriptiodoind wildmarch in.a .few dlys; The rPrnaind , ;r will bt! made up and oi . spatched at the rate Of two regiments per Week: , ; All these regiments:will be officered by experienced Men' seleeted . ,witli great citation by . Gov. Curtin, most pf Whom have•seen aetive'seryicein .the field, and atiout..two•thirds - of•the'rank arid, file are recruited triifri returned yoluateeri. Lduis, Two fnembeyS of the Ist Kan s as Regiment arrived her from . Springfield . to-day, having been:released by. Gen. Price,of 'tho.rtlbel ane y. hyy.repott that -on .Thursday. foll6Wing% the retreai•frOm McCulloch start ed in pnrsitit pipe-n. Siegel with S;ooo . .cavaliy: and nine Pieces of artillery; but alter one clay's, .marcl;i_karniOli,' that Gen. had been re..; int - mend; gave up pursuit marched towards Jefliirsoiteit v. . ..* . . . . Quite a 'amber: of the wounded on both hove died •since.our forces left, Sprineflelii.--' Col. Calrry Who teas was' a'prisoner in the ferl-' eral comp, and who was releas,eil'on a naiole of honor by Gen. 6 L'yon.a short. time sinee, was' wonnileil: • • • . , . . . oftleial rlroftvfoot ni) the loss of. the. Fe.le 7 rule at Ithe.ba!tle at Wilson's CrePh,.as follows: Killed; 223; wounded;: 7f.. l l;•missing, 101. lare•e number of the missing men wete•tak'en prlsciners by tbo . .rebels i and hal/Q.:since,. been released.• • • • , ' ' ' Atigust 23, 1861 . , . The NeW Torii' Day Book will lie ittimediate ly stiMiressed.hy, the. government." .- It is - inti mated that the government 'will not allnkvKen lucky In oecopya neutral position mocklonger. ...:.The.l3.altimore papers have agreed •tii,com ply with the request . .or Gen: Dix; to. refrain fmm publiS.hing newl • that will aid;tite . enemy'. Out of. three hundred soldiers' in the hos•pital here,:there is not.iine-caie - of injury hy bayonet. th'rust.•.• ' • . . . NEW Y 94, August 23;1861 ' Thomas Carcion aMt William 711. Pettra m, of Baltimore, and : W. Kelley; arrested re cently at Ilarrisbnrg, ho come from south, of the Potomac. . • 'On Kelle y was found' $lOO,OOO in notes of the. Confederate •State .Banks. VariouS hills of sale,.date4itt 'Richmond, for . pork and other ar ticl,S, were concealed inlo'ckets on the inside of his shirt. • Yor.AIIII , IOTON, August ' sth, 186.1, Authentic intelligence received from. Marias ass states that. immediately•'after. the , battle at Bull's Run; the rabel•atithorities made eitrocir (finery exertions to _bring forward troops, and that, the reside has been• the transportatiorLof large forces from Tennessee 'to Viriinia,which bad•been:held at hinnefor defensive Operations on the Mississippi.. . •: The Cotton States had alsri forwarded large nurnhers—all that, could be • spareri fro:if-home; and .Beauregaid has now .alargerforce,than at any'previous time.' . . .• . ‘.: Ho%yever. great the necessity for him to eorn-. inence an ontt•ard mOvement to prevent his 0r . ... my from going. ,into' dissolution, yet no fears are expressed that he. will.venture an attack on WASIVNGTON, Aug. 25. GoVernment is- considering the propriety of organizing a national . detecticie police force. .New York; . St. Louis, Chicago, mid other cit . — jes were represented in: the conference. • The plan to have agents distributed through the conntry, forming a net work of surveillanee llrough' whose meshes secret traitors will find it hard to escape. •. . . Thedetective force in Washington is large ly increased by recruits Jrom New York and Philadelphia: • • • , • - • All tim mutineers still, in including those of the 2d *Mtnnesota, and the 13th..and' 21st New York; were . sent to the .Ary Tortu gas. this afternoon: • . . The Rev. Jas. W. Green, Methodist Chap lin of the .10th Pennsylvania Regiment, is now •in 'the 'city prison,. charged with tampering with soldiers'.letters. • • WAsturIGToN, Aug. 25 . . . A committee of geolimen from BostoLhas baen•hera - endeavoring 'persuade the Preii dent Oat hopught to change his constitutions) ' It Is so iffthese gentlemen . repreient the , sen timents of certain prominent monetary inter ests inßoston; Who demand that the heads of the War and I§Jai , y s e.Departments,.must crane off, elsethek w ill, not risk 'theirseapital further. The ineeentation of their cm here crea ted considerable "feeling. ~ • A Viiit to the Battle Field. The writer of this,:nn' Monday Jost; 1 ,30 d. pear the scene of the, bat tle nt. the. July, near Bull Min.. It . tram', con. tr'itty..to rumors • which' .have, gained ,some .• cireulation, 'not oely cie, our ovVn artily. but ,also of the eeemy, have. been .tleeentlY.burb.d. . In the whole area of •tfint•terrible'enset no human i corpse,.and not even amangled.limb, was to he':seeri. l'heeatth had re'eeived them .!,111, nod so fortis bulletin' combatants . , :were 2enticetned, nothing. remained;to- tell'olthose Who had fallen viCtlms'of the shock Orbattle'save the. monads Of.freah earth which •iiliovekd they had. 'been laid a.Way. in' their last sleep.: • Many of these mounds gave es idenee•rif pituF care.-::of' surviviag. lineloiureq Ware - 41 . 1t. 'around:the. graves and branches and evergreens cover the spot:: •Sumetimei bbards marked • the': head, and/ foot', - ..0n which . were carved the naMonndlelloWship.of ihe•deceased. Sdmetimes boards nailed to. a neighboring tree told. that' the., ground • adjacent:- .coutained. ithe fallen' tillt certain regiment or company.. . Numercins dead, horses; , Scat tared .over the area,.show.whereithe.tiatteries Of, flying srfilln ery were captuyed.or disabled, or Where - sere officer waSdistrionnted,..Therdslrate fences, too, served to mark, the .track' of the: battle. Where the'lpfaniry .:crossed they .a re' firoken down so 'that- e Man might step over,. aridi grans show.l . where. the artillery'carriages thundered along. • The grabral, t 00,.. tramped by thelfeet.de rushing men and hersesYevidenc , ed where the strtiggle' had -deer' the.,fiercest. • bt relieS.Of 11 , n•hatile,,alieady but mew re inain.;,'.Th'e'field had been -searched, and gleeri . , .ed by - daily: crowds of visitors, seeking' Int mementoes..... fewl).tillets that had, inn their. errand, some fragments of; . eiploded bombs, a haversack; end .a : teW • other things, were all that an extensive. rernhle brought under our view, . 'Canes - cut from the battlelield are., also' in coniiderible 'demand. - - ' . • .• 2 . . area . included' fi've' dwelling ,houses: All of theie, :lAIO we .visited, bore evid'enc. es of :the •'storM:''Which . raged JiMund.:th,em. 'Many Were - . killed ''o'f the • hOliSe of -1111.1..DeDogari. , 'A bulletLhele in a r cliiirriber. door remains a . 'memento' cit;the brittle.. llis family. escaped just.as the battle • • • But it was•On a bill south Of advance rout where.the enemy's 'furthest advance 'was Checked;and where the' final issue- was fought;, that the inwrappeil dwelling showed most. plain ly'the fury of the fight. • . , • A house here,.late,the_thotle of a widOw. lady, Mrs. Judith Henry„ peas riddled with cannon . find musket: shot.,' liiSsing projectiles from the canridn of our enemies hadlpassed through the Walls and •rOof,. Until the • :dwelliniz was • . hunded yrirds . ,to the right i. .of . the bols of Mrs Henry,, lay five horses%in a heap; and near by•another heap Of .as many more. On theleft . .'M Mrs.lienr)d's,..distance , about a fourth of a mile, iaa.rPat house beloneinto a colored man - named Robinson. A.. cannon ball drnve through :this' also.: Between These an orchard of imall.trees.; 'here liarnp to'n's Legion fought and suffered so . seVerely.. Their graves .are here. , One of - them'.which covers.'tbe'remaina of."ty•near relative J. L: Orr, is Marked by abroken musket plant ed as a headstone. A way,o6. the Pxtrerne northerriverge of the battle ground is the rdne in NV hia: the Georgia Itegiment- Met ihe•'enemy,s . .advance. In.this pine gro've there seemed :acarce a tree IFat,was lint struck :by the enemy's balk, number' of Georgians fell here; and. their 'gra veS are,elose,by... 1 - 9 the grove was pointfid out the stint where Lamer fell. In the year,. was the dead charger of the -lamented' General, .par.- tow, killed tinder hiin, himielf, to fall 50011 Oen;E, K. mith i orFlorida,..was'arnong the slain at Manassas.. He waSilie son of ft inguiShed Jade of theSuperior..Courtsfor the EasternDktrtet:pf his.PU ,: iY lllO was sperit.in SC.'•Atigustine.—Thence lie . was sent to the * Mrlitariy Academy of 'West 'Polo. Where..he .graduared : with ;Upon the secession of Florida bethre,w: up his .corn. mission in the army of the United . St.iteS, and ieceleett-ftnen the confederate goy - errtpentth'e arinoirilment which he held..afthe.tinie''.tif Ili; New York News tiurpressed: NF:w.YUrtx,'Ati:vist 26i 18.11 . . , '. At an early hour this mornin _ 11, rsh,i4 Mum- ray dspatched a fore:,e, of cl..noti iga'6l - 1 di to the.bfrive or. the, •A'nfericansF.*prP ss Company, where he' hati . ..underitood.a - lanze of di4 . - lo'yal . neWspapersThao beeti•lodged: tor trans,. miss'on by Express...: . The,orlieers:sf , ized six paekages of the Daily News this morning.' ' The puhlisherS elf thely Neie!...findinei themselves excluded from. the Post •Office, ems'• Express •aiid Rouce &. - -Toece . V's itgerKies, had .endeavored• to employ; -lhe Am r ricnn.,Ex press Co., which they. supposet was; net 'IMPORTANT iF Thug.—A .corre=pondent of :a Philailelphia.paper, in a favorable position to know, writes : that “the war Department has decided to send:seventy-five or eighty. of • the fiist ragiments that that are organized at Washiogton,'to•Fo`rtress Monroe, reinforce Gee. 'Wool t with the ultimate design of 'march ing on Richmond from that point . ... . •• COURT .PROCLAMATION. I — ATHEREAS the'Hon. Robert G. White P.resident - Judge, aod•the Bons. 3. Dar. ling and S. Holines,' Associate 'Judges . of the Couyts.of Oyer & Terminer and General. Jail Delivery; Quarter .Sessions the. Peace, Or phans' Court and Court of. Common. Pleas for theCounty . o(M'Keanhave issued theif precept, bearing date Saturday, the nth day . of June, in the year of our Lord one "thensand eight hundred:and sixty-one; and. to 'Me:directed, fOt holding a Court of Oyer and Terrniner'and Gen eral' Jail Delivery; Quarte'r'. Sessions of the Peace, Orphans' Court, and C'ourt of Common Pleas,• in the Borough of Sinethport,.. on Mon • day; the 30th day of Sept. next, and continue one week. - . . Notice is therefore hereby given to the Coro ners; Justices of the Peace and Constables Within the County, that they'be then and there, in their propevp6rsons, at :10 o'clock A: M. of said day,•with their rolls, records, examinations, and other remembrances; to' do those things which their officesappertaiti to be done. 'And the's° who' are bound bY their rec- Ognizances prosecute the prisoner's that are or .shall be in the jail of said, county of 'M'Kenn, are to bet then and there to 'proSecute . against themas will be just.. ' Dated at' Sinethport., Atigust22nd,. 1880, and the 85th year.. Cif ..the Independence' of the .United - States of .America: '• '' JAS. E. BLAIR, Sheriff. , Thr; Grand and . .Traverse' Jurors are . notified, not to attend' . itt.:the t ioxt:'!tesaion .. of Court ; ae:tbere . will no•lory, at that. tern]. ' ' ' E:•BLAIft Shiqr. • Smetbport, Aug.,3oiii;:t 86i. • - IsTap:bital Fast. A PROCLAMATION , . . By the . Pieszeten 9f. I 1 Witycd !S:t . :t f e . , n A er , :Whereas, A Jeint'cominittee of- both Pfiases of,Congress has Waited' en the . President, ot,the • • United.f3tates; requested hint to rim:it - amend a day Eland! fatioe,-Prayer and Fastiegi . to he ohnerved by the People of the United;Stittei .with religloitS solemnities, and the oifer of fer vent supplidatiettato Almightyllod for tbessife ty /intl w,elfare :of. thefie States Ilia, blessings on their arms;.nella speedy restoration,of peace;' And rehertr.i,' It is ill and becoming in all'peo.' pie at all tittles to acknowledge and'revere the _Supreme Covernmetit 'of 'God, to bow in.humble . chastisements,. to, conlese tind (lila die their him and thrige-essioniiinlhe 71111 fionviction that The fear of the .1.041:1 ihe, be; g i nal n:.±,...0r wistiola, - Ond.lp pray with all fervency and cunt:Odell ..foe., the: liartioti•-or past fentica, and for it , I)lessipg - np'oll . .• • Am/ Whfreas, When bat beloved coantrt, Vine, by the blessing bf God, united, prosperoni - and . happy, isMow aftleted withlection and civil.w sr . it.peculiarly fit for -us to reimgaize the hand of God in this visitation; anti le sorrowful eemem lieranee of; our own (Milts-and as' nation. ,and as individual:l'o.o - .ourselves befero affil Prarlof 'llis:rne,rey--to :prey that l '„,., n ihy tipared•l pa firther nislinient, though. justly deserved; that' "oar , arms my be - blessed .and tnada Mit . ..eta:it for the Tetiiitablishment of o rd,..r, and- peace, cioughofit Our -country, and that tire inestimable. boon . of civil • and *.re.' ligi oils libt rty,. earned; under- his gnidance and Messing ... l)Y ,the labors . and . suffbrings of our ritthers,mitly,lie restored in all its original Therefare, •I,- LINCOLN, I. 3 resident the United States, do appoint tho last Thursday in September next as a day of Hu miliation', Prayer and Fasting for all . the - people . fir the Notion, tied I do earnestly recommend to' al l t h o pail& and especially to all Ministers and. teachers orreligipti of all denntuimitions;.and to , all heads of families—to-observe and keen;that dRy:IWC01:1111/g tO their several creeds and modes erworship in all humility, and with all io g i ous seleinnity, to the end that the.united prayer of OM Nit Lion-may aseend to the Throne . of Grace and ', L i ng . down plentiful blessings ,upon . our owri eon titry-.• • . 'ln testimony hereof I . hnve hereunto net iny, hand nnd..cansed 'the great seah of the .United . ;Atateß'to. nitixed;.thisT2th day of. , Augu s t, A. U. ISGi ant of the Independenee• olthe .Onited• States'of Alitseriea the eigl4-'sixth. • • .AIIRA.IIAII LINCOLN. By. the ,President; SEwArr.n, Secrefafy of StOle. • Election Proclamati o n. ' 1 • . - .xTIIEIT,A§, in nrfil, by the• 13th. section of 1V • the -A et. o f the:General Assembly -of Penn vivattia, Passed July 3d 1$111): entitled Act. relfiting.to the electiofis of the Commoinyealth, ,, - it is enjoined .on the Sheriff . Of every' County to; give notice 'of such election to beheld and - can,' taerlited in such: notice What officers are .to be elected.: intrsititrice thereof, 1,- JAMES E•; 131,,kiit;•Iligh She'olf•of the COuzity 00FR:eau, do therfore make linown and ',give .this publin no. lice to the elei:toss. of said county of M'Ketin, that a (;etteral - 1:10qtion be held lit thei said County 00 the Sceon,l Tnesddy of Oetaber, next. tith ,lay.of October, 11161,, for the efee• tin it ufthe following officers, to.wit: • • • " .. Oat, person' . lor l i 'rssitlent Judge to serve in the , Judidal itktriet, coinposed of the counties or Tioga, Potter, !illkean, Elk' and Cameron., Tvi,,:per;“)ifi ror . Associate Judges.... ... Two pers•»ti- to represent the counties . of M". li.ean,.l.:lk:.loli , rson and Clearfield, in the House of Ileplesentati.ve's of Petinsrltania- - . ' • ' -- • (111, ii(9-40ri for Colnininissioner; iwrsort . . , „ ' one person tor tArptler. • " All the gunlilled.Electoes of salq county of Mc- Kean, shall linitltheir Elections ifl the severall dint" lets. as' follows:—. .•. , .• ' . • • Tfw fi,,rouelf of SmetitpOrt, at the Court House . , . The township of Bradford, at the Bohol house ' . • . • ' Thu . Lowimliip of Ceres . ; at the hens uOf E. Tint - trtrynstlip of Cory.tion, at. the. Sctio - ot home 'near J. Portneter. _.' . The town , liii) of El.lred.,.atAliC Eldr6,l !Iota: . tuv,iiship at the Aldrich school • The . teeliship of Iramiltop, at the school jio,utie. near 1 - 6;iieli . ' The town,hir of Keating, at the Coltrt'Hou,so: . in •. • , . :'rho tOa-n,hip• o,f Liheity, at the .school . honso All'ogany,.' • • • • • . Jiw.town,-hipi of Lafayette, at:the School .hotio ' .•., t ,‘: Nonisich, the.liOnse of c.. the ,school house fil. The reivn , hipmf Shippen, at the house kept by Dike. ". L . .„ The toWitship- at Sergeant, at the hUus • : ' '• The tovmsnippf, WettriorM at the house '• Ant i al. p. give Potive".that eNery 'person re Wiry" Jostices'or die Peace spy ollicoorappoiniment.of profit or trust under the G.)eernment td — th - e,•United States or oldie' - 4 titte;-, or of any city or iticorporated district whether a. roma' is.ioned .oilleer. op:' otherwise,' Mlcorclinite incur Or-agent, who is'or.shall he ployell uii,hy die , Legislative Executive, or; „locliciary department of .this ,State, or. of, the •United or. of any inciarporatedr,districl;. and also that every member of Congress, and of the Si ate'Leghilature and of the Selector , Com-. mon Cdunc . itof any City or Commissioner,inf any hMorporated district, is by law incapable of ex erdising at. the' sanie tioor' the office of 'Judge, - espector. or Clerk of an blectiod in: this COM mon*enl.,ll, 'Mild. that.' no Inspeetor; Judge other diiieernf any such eleetion; shall be:eligh• hie to tiny .elliee then to he voted: for.' ' And,.in.anti by the 4th Se4tiOn of.anAot prOywrthe loth. day of Apra 1.90,-it is enacted that•the; I section of ttri Art passed July 3d, entftled.'"An. Act relating to the.'electiot is In thia Conynonwe'altic,".shall - tint • berce4trued. as 0 ' prev(2a :iv military or borough .ollleey, from serving aa'.luilge, Inspector. t.'Clerk nt any general or apeci ii clef thm of this Commonwealth , : And the Return Judges of the respective dis tricts aforsaittare featured to meetat Satethiccut, the County •-teat'of said County, . on Friday' after the second Tuesday of'. October next; then and •there to tliteintrge the.'deties reehired Icy laW. • (I I von tinder my hand and ~seal at Smethpert.. the Ist. day of September, A • i>.,lBtlo; and of the 'lndependence of the Thtited States. the eighty sixth, JAMES E:BLA.Ift, Sheriff. dug 27, 1861 • 'TRIAL LIST, FOR Ser. TElt . NI 1861. I .l• l 4 e ..l o l n l ,, W i a i r i n , e t r a . t : t . d • J., , a . ePII • . • - Company,. •• • '••.•. vs Wm; Fle/ds et a! ' E..F. Itineltarts, Executtorsy.s W - n. L. Gibson • : Samuel U. Ilytle ••: ye Chrlstopher'llebden. 11, A. Easterbreolc vs • Wm. Barnes eral. .lolin Vonsickle • • Tfl 12 51 Dunbar ' Otis Irons .•• , TO J. Cilickus Kelnnt's Szl i rentles vs S M Tibbltts •.. Santo •ve G•D: Webster .'• • W.•y.lcatlint ' .vs Orrin. Cook 'Thomas Struthers .. sat Morrlit. Murk' a el Lewis Parker • vs 11 B Barrett • Phelpit Et al • . • vs.ll.Freeman et al • ',mina A. I;abree' and bur-,l'.' • • • • :hand • • va bur-,l'.' II ; dotton • Freeman • • m tl . B w A .S n C: i r r o w t rl i e j t i e eG y 't:r e in t 1 :1 i ! .Itarnard S.. rooter , • "vs D Harrower et al . King &Bell ' : • . • - Y 5 G` a .. Fe • r°"nn • en . I N I . t GAIL 3 V r rti r - ot - tey . piteleltee Ceblno , „ . . l'iltivist . 0 0.. • .„ .• '5.0 0 • Men Wanted• . V.,,-. 2 .,_arjaac3so4o.eiElecDD4o•' •.. , . • • S)nithpqr,t, . ! Iqy • • MILT:IE R; .13ARBEW. . • • • , • si ! eip:ig .13.efthett. . . • Sha v ing pad hair cutting dope •In tho : htpd, also olutmpooriing Ladion and - Children% hair. cot-. :ting.done on.short notice:: Will call 'at their reaktancer if desired. Rozore..put iai good order; old clothes olonnod'and iaatle now. • .• . • NB. on and after:this date there-will.be!rio 111E=E;EI
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