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CARLISLE, PA..
Friday, OCTOBER. 11, 1561.
ger-We are reluctantly compelled wash . the
indulgence of oar renders for the lateness of
our mei. The machine shop or F. Illnammt.
& Co., which furnishes the power for our press
room, was Glint up yesterday, to afford the
hands an opportunity to go to ihe fair, and
Ivo consequently are tumble to get our paper
out on Friday, as usual.
• Re_ We offer our congratulations to the
liiihipponsburg Nell!S t 191: !Lie illde pl.:Ude/It pllrSe
pursued by that paper, during the recent po
litical campaign. Ili's' efforts should not go
unrewarded, and swarl,otly, will, no ilould, be
sufficiently grateful. If the editor has no
other loading orChand limbs week, lie can
freigt his "local and variety train," with the
majority for Mr. Itippey at Shippensburg.
Falwo Syinpnl by
The Volunfrer of this week, sheds copious
tears over the death of Col. John A Washing
ton, who.was recently shot at the head of a
rebel force in Virginia; because lie wrs a re
mote decendant of Oen. Washington. If the
Father of his country whose blood this recre
ant disgraced, was now living, Col. Washing
ton and every other prominent Southern reb
el would have received a traitor's doom long
ego, on the gallows. If the editor of the l'ol
onteer designs to manufacture sympathy fu r
rebels, be must also some other exemplar than
John A. Warthing,ton, who threw the hones of
his great ancestor into the market, and hock
etermlfor a price to the highest bidder,
ONE (loon EFFECT or THE WAR --The com
mercial editor of the /Jody Ad/yr/inv. thus
lipeake of the effects of the present state of
our public affairs : The war appears to be in
troducing a system of economy into the coun
try which it is to be hoped will continue after
quiet shall have been restored. The decline
in imports for the year will probably exceed
*175,000,0 0 0, and the exports will show a
large increase, exclusive of cotton. The heavy
importations of previous years have been such
that the people, in the present stale of affairs,
are very willing to dispense with, being com
posed largely of articles of luxury, manufac
tured cotton and woollen godds, fir., &c., to
the exclusion of much home mem:factures:—
We are importing very little besides the nec
essaries of life, and such as cannot be produc
ed iu the United States.
TOE FEFAINO AT TIIE burnt.—A correspon
dent at Fortress Monroe says : Persons who
by flags of truce reach here, via Norfolk, from
Richmond and other cities in the Mouth, bear
Wines's to 'the comparatively liberalized state
of feeling prevalent at Norfolk. I have befoi e
referred to the fact, that. iu that city there is
a Union League that has grown so W1(10'111[11
as to cause Gen. linger to be unwilling to un
dertake to deal with it, lest he should make
(for the 'Rebels) a bad matter worse. I have
heard gentlemen lately speak of the liberal
treatment received nt his hands in "passing
through (ha dreary lend" of Secessiondom, as
well as the general deportment of tic commu
nity,diffoing in so marked a manner from what
they saw elsewhere as to make them feel that
DT were in another land, and indeed about
to emerge from darkness into light. It is well
kilown 'that Gen. linger went into the service
of Jeffs. Davis, not only at a late day, but with
extreme reluctance, and with the assurance
to his Union friends that, he joined the rebel
lion in the hope of being useful in giving it a
speedy termination, and more in love for the
old flag than with a spirit of resentment.
Rum. IsTuacornst: emu; THE Notrim.—A
statement of the Washington correspondent of
the Now York ruses, illustrates the complete
ness of the enemy's communications with its
agents at Washington and the North. When
the rebel quarters on Munson's Hill were oc
cupied, on Sunday, copies of the New York
journals of Saturday were found among other
matters the runaways left, behind them. As
papers of that date had not yet been distri
buted among the National troops, our fellows
hail the curious satisfaction of receiving news
from home by the hands of the rebel fugitives.
'Nothing can be clearer than that the embargo
our military authorities have endeavored to
lay upon such intercourse, is of Small value ;
and that if the rebels fail to learn news of
value to their enterprize from New York pa
pers, it is because those papers discreetly
withhold from publication all material having
that tendency.
An Earnest Secessionist
A correspondent of the Memphis Appeal
lays down the following alternative proposi
tions ;
" If hell does not break loose under the feet
of every Federal soldier and • every Federal
adherent—aye, every persistent Union man—
ia Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland, it will
be because there is no such place as hell, or
(Iloilo States are unworthy to join our glorious
Confederacy.
" We know what vast pyramids of human
bones they are, in imagination, erecting all
over our Southern plains. And every South
ern man, with even a piece of soul in him,
should brace himself like steel for the rush of
Scythian hordes that Lincoln is preparing to
hurl upon us. Ho! every Southern man; ho!
every men on this side of the border—fling
yourself front this day forward, heart and
Soul, into the confliot, each in hie appropriate
sphere of eaten.
" Let the brutal minions of a beastly despot
ism coins on! 'The' slaughter pens are ready,
and Yankee blood shall flow as free as festal
mine 1"
Will not some ono hold that man ? If left
to his own misguided impulses ho will coi ,
tainly tear Ms alairc „„
"YELLINcI" A BRASCH OF MILITARY TACTICO!
—Speaking of Col. StatmoNs, of the sth Penn
sylvanialteserie Regiment, the Philadelphia
Press says :
Col. Seneca G. Simmons entered the army
more than twenty.seven years ago, from West
Point. .During the Mexican war he was pro
moted te a Captaincy, and
. repently, on ac
count of a Wound - in the foot, Was granted a
furlough-for three years. •By permission of -
the War Department, he took command of
this fine roginient, which, thanks to his skill ,
and tatentGie now ono of the hest drilled 'mid
most effipiepti . n,tho service. `Their evolutions'
were almost as interesting as.4,l?AtNe l After,
a manner' of hiS own, he thip 4 W,them into a
hollow quark); four tleep,JO rekist'eavitliy . , in
fewer see,onds , ,than it taken to write thiefsott
tenoe. BeSitles,, many other movements, ho
made thorn 'ehargeon,a;full run, with a shout
In unistui-from nine hundred throats, so loud
stid-terrifiothatrif-4--Intd-not ,-- spetr - thetm-4-
would hey,e sworn. there were .nine thousand
instead'af,ninehundred,"_, ,
Tim ollizeritii , of Weettiooridanit'eounly,'ila:,
have invitn - d JOhri: 0. Brocktatidke tO make his
home among them. ' They' ifrOiniee , ling,' he
Ilan there be properly appreciated anil '614344 .
Tun printeis in Richmond, Va:, in cense
qtienoe of.. the high prices ef• *Wary. artiole'of
consumption, have raided! , their piloos - from
thirty to thirty-five . omits. , • . .
Tun buildings of- the Taunton (Mies.) Oil. ,
blolh Company worn-destroyetl- by-floe-on :the
if; . L . 1 POO. 't
THE ELECTION
The election is over, and has resulto in the
choice of the entire Demociathi ticket, in this
county. The apathy of our friends, and the
side door" arrangements of 801110 of the
candidates, as well as the, withdrawal of a
large portion of our most active young politi
cians, who aro now with the army, has con
tributed no little to our defeat. Without at
tempting to derogate from the well-earned
reputation of Judge GRAHAM, we cannot but
regret the defeat of Judge WATTS. No man
in the State possesses „higher qualifications
for the position of President Judge; no man
had stronger claims on the voters of this Ju
dicial District for their support. That belies
not received a larger vote in this county, may
be traced to the efforts-of -a few grovelling
politicians in tho townships, who doh' then.-
selvjs Republican?, but are unworthy of the
name, Fortunately, their names are known,
their low trickery has been exposed, and we
shall take occasion hereafter; to warn :ear
friends against their machinations in future
eyeridlly the little great men who are aspirants
for ogler. Judge Watts. has great reason to
be proud of his vole in the borough. His
fellow.eitizetts, who have reason to know him
best, havvotlorsed his character by a major•
ity of onr hundred awl sixly-serrn, including
the vole of the three companies, now at Camp
Tennally. II is impossible as yet to obtain
correct returns: we subjoin some of the most
important, and shall give the official vote in
our next:
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West Ward, Cnrlisle•—Wntts, 100; Stuart,
50; 'McCurdy, 3:1; Bowman, 17; Kennedy, 4;
I\llll.olldt, 0; Anderson, 51; :Stay, 32; Gard
ner, 61; Ilentrninger, 39.
Ward—Grnhorn, 13; Stuart, 15S; Cock
lin, 90; Rhoads, 112; Singer, 93; Ilippey,
92; flutsliall, 147; Rost, 60; Gardner, 1; Ir
r•ine, 56.
South Middleton—Graharn, (11; Stuart, 122;
Cue 127; Rhoads, 49 ; Singer, 49; Gut
tdiall, 50; roppey, 23; Kest, 49; Cornman,
40; Irvine, 40.
North Middleton--Grahani. 32; Cocklin
-57; Stuart, 77; Meads, 51; Singer, 42; Rip;
pry, 51; Gutshall, 48; ]lost, 60; Gardner; 1 ,
Irvine 68.
Lower Frankfortl—Grallam, 16, Cocklin,
10: Smart, It; liltuatle, 16 t Singer, 4; Rip
pey, 19; Gutshall, 21; Lost, 10; Corntnan, 4;
Irvine, W.
Ifatnrnien—Ornharn, 10; Cocklin, 5; Stuart;
2; Marshall, 1 : Kennedy, 1 ; AnderHon, 2 ,
Bowman, 1 ; Bost, 2; Gardnei., 1; Hemming
er, 1.
Nlechanieshurg,—Walls, 56; :NleCurd . 3 , , 84;
Dunlap, 93: Mar.hall, 71; Kennedy, 70: Bow
man, 70, Anderson, .7)2; May, 03; Gardner,
08; Ilemminger, 09.
Silver Spring—Graham. 217; Stuart, 210;
210, Rhoads, 217; Singer, 21,1; Itip
pee, 211; Gutshall, 225; Kost., 213; Coffman,
213; Irv,ine, 212.
SIIIITENSIWRG DISTRICT
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MB
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tlesoririle .111119 es,
McCurdy, 340 : 4 1tiart, 237
Dtwlnp, 273 Cook lin, 263
Marshall, 279 Rhoads, 292
Kennedy, 285 Shiger, 281
,rifT,
Anderson,
Treasurer,
284 Gutshall, 28G
Bowman,
EAST P ENNSEOROUG It.
Judge,
Ws( ts, 160 Grahnm, 120
A .18,,Cirtlo
A(el'urdy,
Dunlap,
172 Cocklin, 109
172 Stualt, 107
1138e1,11,1y,
Al a r 911,111, 171 Rhoads, 108
hennedy, 170 Siuger, 108
~,,;,r,
\ uderson,
178 nippey, 101
161. (1 utt±liti 11, 119
Bo NI man,
5I;11'VILLI:.
Watts, 378 lirahath, 567
it sm ,, ciale .1 adye.y,
McCurdy, 548 Cocklin, 542
Dunlap, 398 Stuart, 380
lq , em//v,
386 Rhoads, 582
429 Singer, 496
,Sheriff",
llfir.hall,
Kennedy,
Anderson,
Treasurer,
435 Gutshall, 460
Lowman,
COFFEE, SKGAIL AND TEA
Our citizens are aware that the prices of
these necessary articles have rapidly advanc—
ed of late. This is not warranted by scarcity,
nor by the moderate tax which will soon be
laid by the Government upon them, but is
caused by action on the part of speculators,
which journals everywhere Would expose.—
The New York correspondent of the Philadel
phia Leelyer, in alluding to this subject, says:
A very active speculative movement in
coffee, sugar and tea, has been in progress
here for some time past, the effect of which
has been to run up the prices of these almost
necessaries of life to a figure which places
them quite beyond the reach of those who
have the most need of them—the poor, In
anticipation of the increased duty to which
these commodities will soon be subject, the
speculators have bought, or are buying up,
and placing in store, the surplus stock on
Land, in the expectation of commanding their
own prices for thorn. Even now, the com
monest qualities of brown sugar cannot be
purchased at retail at lees than 12/ cents per
pound, which is an increase of one hundred
per cant. upon prices,iourront for the same
quality a month ago. The-advance on coffee
and tea is not so enormous, blit'it is sufficient
to limit consumption to a very perceptible
extent, and to maim the working class realize
the necessity of abandoning their "Mid. The
moderate tax imposed by the Government
upon these articles, will be borne in the saM§
patriotio spirit of self-sacrillee ;which Las
characterized our people from the beginning_
of the war, but it is questionable whether as
much can be said in regard to the speculators
who aro thus taking advantage of the neces
sities of Government to add to the burthens,
of the public, for - the p'u rpoqo of enriching
themselves. • • •
1196. The fopoering brieUbut : pertinent par.'
ogrciph, so inThot, truth and meaning, applies
tviifi uniolf,foi;eoTo.eui-ownleoallity.-
, , • . ,
• WATllllAL'otoEssjoNisTs:—There are natural
secessonints as there arC natural fools: A
Method 'for detecting the foriner is thus Set
forth by the Nevr'llorityPtmci: Take .neace
that wherever :y.on_ttr4._asnob_iii' flunitonele
or female, you will find' tO3eMiesionlst. There
Heems .to be a sort of 'ilectiye affinity that
draws 'the spicies •etne •
encounters at times * sifeetnients •of the kind tri
society—brainless oreaturss;•who,;•-unable to',
C'el ;what thffe l noblmand thgoiflotlin ebar
!Alt IhO Identity, of a 'gliat grivel t !mi
febbliVand kited° tamers, and think it's„
iiinmaristeorni ie Mang' to be a Beoetisionitit.--:=
11feCe jutscrable teadlos:areTinhttitely,more'ef7
Ifetisive thtt'n out and out traitors.. „It some....
l 'tirdesibecometi' a 'duty - to' siiu ofoh, an tiOat
hittkinA, even.thotigh ' the 'oporation dil t gtipta
•
Ai ',Wien is tiy_ jiinci in
%otio — rl.7 thirrebc 1
gar boplirrrifintlin.,ppreon; ' •
TREASON-WHAT IS THE LAW I
We remarked last week, says Dr. CROOKS,
that there was a prevalent misconception of
the enormity of the crime of treason against
the Government of the United States. •In no
other way - can we account foi tho extraordi
nary spectacle presented to the world by our
nation for several 'months preceding the fall
of Sumpter. That spectacle was indeed ex
traordinary. A Chief Magistrate in one and
the same—Message declared the unlawfulness
of secession and the unlawfulness of any pun
ishment of it. According to this new revela
tion, treason might be a crime, but there was
no legal warrant for laying hands upon the
criminal. Those were days never to bo re
membered but with shame. Treason lorded
it in,,the high places of power, sat at the coun
cil-hoard, and plotted in the name and by the
authority of the nation, for the nation's over
throw. Treason unlocked fortresses to trill
tors, surrendered arsenals, and handed over
the broken fragments of an'army to the public
enemy. Treason elbowed us in tha•.streets,
occupied desks in the Public departments'
wormed its sinuous way into the secrets of the
administration, and was paid from the public
treasury,-,while it inwardly chuckled over its
own prosperity and our trustful simplicity.—
Little wonder is it, since the good and the
bad have been so closely commingled, that the
public confidence tins not yet come to a full
sense of the enormity of this crime. The
scorn which blasted Aaron Burr, was the hon
est expression of the indignation of the past
generation against a traitor to his country'
but Burr's offence was trivial, nay venial, in
comparison with that of the men who are now
exerting all their powers to overthrow the
Constitution of the United States.
What, then, is treason P In general terms
it is an attempt to subvert a' lawful, govern
ment. The humane spirit of the American
Constitution is nowhere more apparent than
in its limitation of the definition of this crime
to two species of actions, thus ruling out other
less distinctly defined acts which were ancient
ly construed as treasonable. Treason consists
wily "in levying war against" the U. States,
or " in adhering to their enemies, giving them
aid and 'comfort. The care, however, taken
by the framers of the Constitution to limit the
definition to the most palpable species of the
crime, makes it rhe more our duty to visit
upon ifs commission the penalties of the law,
As to the criminality of " levying war against
the United States," no intelligent, loyal citi
zen has any doubt, But this high crime is
committed also, "by adhering to the enemies"
of the country, "giving them aid and comfort."
The sending of the public enemy intelligence,
with the purpose of assisting him in his ope
rations, is &reason. The supplying of the
enemy with provisions or selling him arms, is
reason. And yet these and similar violations_
of the law have been committed in broad day
light,.and it is only of late that their perpro
trators have been apprehended and put under
arrest. Such, nets of complicity with rebel
lion
as are performed undeyfear of compulsion
may be excused, and in n
.j'ust administration
of the law aro forgiven. But the Government
has been humiliated by the giving of aid and
comfort, freely and zealously, "to the ene
mies of the United States," right before its
eyes, and under the shadow of the Capitol it
self.
G mham, 295
Rippey, 31'37
But it is said that the press should be held
to be exempt front these liabilities, and that
under cover of the-- constitutional provision,
"Congress shall make no law abridging the
freedom of speech or of the press," our public
journals may stir up "sedition and rebellion"
without incurring any penalty. This we con
ceive to he ono of the most extravagant notions
of the time. The editing and publishing of a
newspaper is a branch of ordinary business,
and as such amenable to law, and when car
ried on with the manifest aim to subvert the
Government, should be repressed by the arm
of justice. To claim that it is beyond the
reach of the law is preposterous. That the
clause of the Constitution, in relation to the
freedom of the press, "was intended," says
Justice :t•iry, :` to secure to every citizen an
absolute right to speak, or write, or print,
whatever he might please, wild/out-any respon
sibility, public or private; therefor, is a sup
position too wild to be indulged by, any roe
able man. That would be to allow every
citizen a right to destroy, at his pleasure, the
reputation, the peace, the property, and even
the personal safety of every other citizen. A
man might, then, out of mere malice or re
venge, accuse another of infamous crimes ;
might excite against hint the indignation of
all his fellow•citizens by the most atrocious
calumnies; might disturb, nay, overturn his
domestic peace, and embitter his domestic af
fections; might inflict the most distressing
punishments upon the weak, the timid, and
the innocent; might prejudice all the civil,
political, andcrivaCe rights of another ; and
might stir up sedition, rebellion, and even
treason, against the Government itself, in.,the
wantonness of his passion or the corruptions
of his heart. Civil society could not go on
under such circumstances. It is plain, then,
that this amendment imports no more than
that every man shall have a right to speak,
write, and print his opinions upon any sub
ject whatsoever, without any prior restraint,
,so,•adw_ays_that he does not injure any other ,
person in his rights, property, or pnrsonal
reputation, and so always that he does not
thereby disturb the public peace, or attempt
to subvert the Government." Those opinions
commend themselves to orery man's good
sense; for if the• Government had no remedy
against a press working for its subversion, its
condition would be most pitiable.
Rippey, 618
This war for the suppression of rebellion ;
will trace out in the popular mind a clear de
finition of treason, and leave it ineffaceably
impressed there. It will settle the question
where the. paramount allegiance of the Amer
ican citizen is due; and settle it, we hope, for
over. It will correct the delusion, that a cit
izen of the Union has a higher allegiance than
that which hp owes to the Union itself. And
when the public judgment has become clear
to this extent, an honest, hearty scorn of
treason and of traitors will become universal.
•The nation - has not yet quite grown up to this
height / but it „is. growing_ rapidly. Its eon=
science has been"paralyzed by sophistries, but
it is fast recovering the tow) of healthi •
" WHOM THE GODS" WISH TO DESTROY TIIEY
FIRST MAKE AIM/ MRCP the day this
aphorism was first uttered, a litousand years
ago,-has-it--been'- more -strikingly illustrated
then•in thcritutrageous behavior of the Luis
,creentswhonre •now, attempting tp sultvert
this Government. Disregarding every right,
every intuit:m:l of htmanity, wherever they ap
pear, whether Ti - poor, - worn-out Virginia, or
on The rich plaint' of',Kentael4 srufAissotik
they rob, murder and 'tiestro,Y, and )eave
mpirNyake k4esplation, ji4o that following . in,
the Wake of ti'tortindo or.a postflerice., Fol
low the course secession "tiraty,,and You
follow Ake path of tho,gertulicf,Pcstrttotion, 7 —,
From the very:start the :career, of Secession
hesbeeti on of the wittiest, madness, Truly,
" wbordthe Gods wish to destroy tlloy fist
make mad. . . -
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THE PROGRESS OF TUE•WAR
Fiunsmary of Neis;e and Incldnts
Every thing in and about Washingt on, wears
an appearance of quiet, so far as regards any
advance movement' by Oen. McClellan, or an
attack on the lino of the Potomac by the reb
els. Apt the intortninablo lino of wagons car
rying supplies to the differimt cnmpti, and the
ceaseless moving of men in uniform, show no
want of nativity in.tho army. Speculation is
rife now as to the probability of Gen. McClel
lan, making another forward movement with a'
view of givingbattlo to the Confederates some
where between the Potomac, and Richmond.
All idea of no attempted attack on Washington
by the rebels is abandoned, and the army
seems to be rotiring in - the direction of Ma
nassas.
Some pretend to say there are from one
hundred and fifty to ono hundred and eighty
thousand Southern troops within, and so con
tiguous to - the Manassas fortifications, as to
available at any engagement that may take
place there; others again who pretend to know
their number, say it is by no menus so greet.
A strong-body of Federal troops is now in
possessidn of Munson's Sill, and the encamp
ments along Arlington Heights present a very
formidable appearance.
On Tuesday last a grand review was held of
cavalry end artillery ; the force consisted of
one hundred and twelve pieces of artillery
and about five thousand cavalry. The display
was very fine and was witnessed by the Presi
dent, and a large number, of distinguished
spectators.
As the Campbell artillery were-passing near
the President's house, on their way from the
grand artillery and cavalry review, the am
munition box on one of the gun carria—ge7s-ex
ploded with a-noise like the report of a can
non.' The box contained shell and solid sliot .
The three artillerymen sitting on the lid of it
were violently lifted several feet, and slightly
scorched, and falling into the street were con
siderably bruised. They were at once re
moved in ambulances to the hospital. The
explosive force was principally at the back of
the ammunition box, that section being broken
into charred fragment s, while the lid on which
the men were seated escaped fracture': It is
doubtless owing to these facts that they *ere
not more seriously injured, if not killed. The
wheel horses were severely scorched.
A Ong of truce brought 57 wounded pris
oners to Newport News on Monday. Batter•
ies aro erected along the James river, in an
tioipation of an attack on Richmond. The
rebel troops aro said to be suffering from want
of medicines, foOd and clothing.- Gen. Beau
regard is at Manassas. Jett. Davis returned
hence to Richmond on Saturday; in feeble
health. Mr. Ely is detained at Ittibmond.—
Colonel DeVilliers has escaped to Norfolk.—
Brigadier General Williams has arrived at Old
Point, and will proceed to Hatteras to assume
command.
Generals Fremont and MeKinstry left Jef
ferson City on the 7th for the west. General
Wool is said to be on his way to St. Louis with
50,000 troops.
A deserter from Gen. Pillow's army, former
ly a resident of northern Illinois, and reports
that Gen. A. S. Johnston is in command at
Columbus, whh 40,000 men. They have for
tified the banks of the river four miles above
Columbus, expecting an dttack from the Union
troops. Gens. Cheatham, Pillow, Polk and
Johnston are all at Columbus. The troops at
that point are well Onied and equipped, and
have large bodies eifYfavalry.
On the 29th of Seittember,' Jeff. Thompson
bad 4,000 men near-Nropmorat, his army being
fast diminished by desertions.
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FORTRESS MONROE,
Pitt BAIt
LTIMO
E, Oct. 8.
The frigate Susquehanna has arrived from
Hatt4as Inlet and brings roost interesting in
telligence. The day after the capture of t4e
Fanny the Ceres and Putman having one of
the launches of the Susquehanna in tow, went
up to Chickimicvnieo and landed seven days
provisions, returning the same evening with•
out having seen anything of the Confederates
On Friday, however, word reached Hatteras
Inlet by the Stars and Stripes that twenty-five
hundred confederates consisting of a Georgia,
South Carolina and Virginia regiment, had
.001110 over from the main land in six small
steamers and schooners with tint boats, and
had attacked the Indiana regiment, who
were obliged to retreat. The Stisquelianna
and Monticello steamed up outside while Col.
Hawkins marched up with six companies and
reached Hatteras light by night fall, a distance
of thirteen miles, and during the night Col.
Hawkins wasjoined by thifTwentieth Indiana
regiment. who had passed in the darkness a
largo body of the rebels landed for the purpose
of cutting them off.
Col. Brown reported a loss of fifty men as
prisoners, comprising his sick, wounded, nod
twenty pickets who could not be called in.—
Ho succeeded in saving his tents, provisions,
&o.
On Saturday morning the Monticello steamed
around the cape, and a few miles up the coast
met the eonfederatea marching down the nar
row neck of laud to attack our troops. Rebel
steamers were also landing men to co-operate
with them. They were in easy range and the
Monticello opened upon them with shells of
live second fuse. Two hundred and eighteen
of which were fired from three guns in three
hours and thirty minutes, doing great execu
tion. The confederates at first tried to shelter
themselves behind a sand hill, and then in a
narrow copse, but soon broke in every dire&
lion and took refuge upon their vessels. '
A shell passed through the wheel house of
the Fanny which was already employed against
us. It is supposed that there loss must have
reached between two and three hundred killed
and wounded. During the engagement a
member of the Indiana regiment who had
been taken prisoner, managed to break the
rope with which he was tied and escaped.—
He took to the surf and was picked up by a
boat from the Monticello. He reports that
tlfelirst shehlfrom her killed Col. Barlow, of
Georgia regiment, and that the havoc was
frightful: Ho also reports that when he
escaped ho killed a confederate captain with
his pistol, Upon the withdrawal of the con
federates, the Monticello, and Susquehanna
landedrthe foroisaadsdurned to Hatteras In
_
Col. Brown narrowly escaped with the In
diana-regiment. He was shelled from the
confederate vessels, and troop!' wore landed
both above and below him, yet ho managed
escape with coniparatively small loss. Thu
particulars of his masterly movomoni have not
yet Arrived.: ,
Who:Maputo Between
,Fretnont anti
'
The Washington corrossondent of tho Phila-
North Amer* , d v !--• .
: — ."The - Cabled - 14 41.7 ' , .., 3 11 . 1 mooting yes- -'
ierday, to consider t niattors. The
sresult Of the delibbratl will he tnailO'cippa-,
root inn few "days.'.. A course entirely eatia-,
factory woe agreed upozi, and lhe mach vexed_
(volition will be'solved soon in .a manner
a - ad oon,
dueivo to- thiqiublio interest. I am - not now
crtditairt y to r-pealt of the pina o agreed trot'.
THE PENNSYLVA NIA RESERVE
GM=
This fine body of troops, of whom Pennsyl
vania has just reason to be proud, is encamped
under the -immediate command of General
McCall, at Tennanytown, a small village About
five miles from IVashingion, and some two or
three miles from the Potomac.
To the left of the road lending to Tennally
town, the oth Regiment, Col. Jackson, and
the 111 h, CoL'Onullagherntro encamped; on
the other side are the lOth, Col. McCahnont,
and the 12tIr. Gen. McCall's quarters, are on
the hill, near the village, and just in front on
n gentle slope of woodland, arc the 3d Regi
ment, and Campbell's artillery. To the left,
about half a mile, the 7th, Col. Harvey, is
eneaniped.: in winch are Capt. Hendei-sOd's
Company. of this place, Capt. Zinn's Com
pany, of Mechanicsburg, and Capt. Jamison's,
of Liverpool, Perry county. Adjoining the
ith, is the "Buck toil" Regiment, commanded
by Col. Biddle. Near these regiments, a for.
tnidable entrenchment, known as a Lunctir,
has just. been finished. Immediately to the
right of the General's quarters, the 6th Regi
ment,,Lieut. Col. Penrose, is encamped, and
near the 6th is the lot, Col. Roberts, in which
are the Carlisle Infantry, Lieut. Stuart, and
Capt. Crop's company, both of this place. To
the right of the Ist are the 811 f, Col. Hays,
the sth, Col. Simmons, and Col. Mann's Regi-
A redoubt known as " Fort Pennsyl
vania," is close by the Sth. It is a strong
earth-work, mounted with heavy guns, and
defended by a deep ditch, and a strong tfhatti.f.
It commands all the approaches to Tennally
town tram the Potomac, and is one of a chain
or reilouhts, which are intended to guard this
portion of Maryland.
Con. McCall's division is doing good service
to the Union cause; they are stationed at the
most 'vulnerable point of Maryland, if the
rebels design to attack Washington in the rear.
The' troops are all in good condition and eager
for a brush with the enemy; and if the "tug
of war" should come, we feel assured that
"our Lays" will do their whole dilly.
men!
ED E=
The Mesilla Timex, of August 10, gives the
particulars of the abandonment by five com
panies of United States regulars, of Fort.
Stanton, the last post. in Arizona, left in the
possession of the national troops. It appears
to have been abandoned in a panic, growing
out of the surrender of Major Lynde's com
mand. The United States troops made an at
tempt to destroy the property, (estimated by
the rebels at t5,^:300,000,) before leaving it, but
the attempt was nearly ns ineffectual as the
similar one male at the Norfolk navy yard.
The Mesilla Timex'says:
"A battery of flying artillery was aban
doned unharmed, consisting of four fi pounders
and two 12-pounders. A large amount of
ammunition WAS saved. There is said to be
full supplies for six months for a - Aix company
post. Fort Stanton is situated in the Sacra
mento mountains, 140 miles northwest of Me
villa. Not one Federal soldier is now lefVon
the soil of Arizona."
Tie Times states that th.c following resigned
l'nited States Army officers arrived at :llesilla
July 31, front California, and proceeded on to
Richmond, to join dies occasion army:
Gen. A. S. Johnson, a native of Kentucky,
late in command of the depot of California,
and commander of the Utah expeditiOn
Brevet Major L. A. Armisted, late of the
sixth infantry.
Lieut. A. B. Hardcastle, late of the sixth
infantry.
Lieut. E. B. D. Riley, late of the fourth in
fantry.
Lieut. Francis Mallory, late of the fourth
infantry.
Lieut. N. Wickliffe, late of the ninth in
fantry.
Lieut. A. Shwa, late of the fourth infantry
Lieut. It. 11. Brower, late of the first dra
goons.
CANNON PITTSBURGH.-Six or
seven establishments in Pittsburgh are largely
engaged in riding and finishing cannon. BA :
tied twelve inch guns, throwing an elongated
shot of nearly four hundred pounds, are cast
in that city. Forty-two pound columbiads, of
the old pattern, are being rifled, and these are
to ho followed up by the rifling of guns of
even larger calibre.
JAMES BUCUANAN.—The editor of the Mon
mouth (N J.) Democrat has been on a visit to
ca-President Buchanan, and says the old gen
tleman has been sick, for'the first time in his
life, and complitined that the former bodily
strength was gOtTC lie now goes for war, and
says there is no other way to get out of our
difficulties but to fight it out. Pity lie hadn't.
thought so before.
The Watiliinnt on Railroad
The Government, which has had the man
agement of the Washington branch of Iho
Baltimore and Ohio railroad for several months
past, has restored it to that compriny.
Cobalt anD Cunt) rlattzrs
THE M A 11.8.—As soon as the Fre
inapt difficulty is settled, we hope the I'. M.
General will turn his attention to the mails
between Carlisle and Washington. It gener
ally takes about three days to get a letter
from Washington, witich, in these exciting
times is rather too long.
A NEWS DEPOT.—Messrs. BRETz
CORNMAN, have opened a News and Periodical
Depot, on West High street, opposite tho
Bait
road office, in tho'room formerly occupied by
Mr. N. lIANTEIL Mr. BRETZ isonn energetic
Young; man, and: wo Nei assured the now
enterprizo will flourish.
Minnow:D.—We learn with pleasure,
that D. A. MURRAY, so well known as the ef
ficient Sergeant-Malor at Carlisle Barracks,
has been appointed by the War Department,
Lieut. Colonel of a regiment of Ohio Cavalry.
This is a well merited tribute to the worth and
soldiery qualities of Mr. MURRAY, whose ex
perience in the service renders him fully equal
to the command.
This is the true - ptan•to give efficiency to
our volunteer forces. There aro plenty of
non•conmiissioned officers still in the army,
who are in every way worthy of the shoulder.
straps, and we hope the Department will not
forget thorn. .
ROM - MADLY DI tie it A nsl t).—ANF. !MEW
H. Ilixhnit, a member of the Carlisle Fenci.
bles, has returned home, having been honor
ably discharged front the service. This young
man was in Gla§s' Hotel, at the t ulna of the
burning of that building, and only saved his
life by a bola leap , from the third-story win
dow, In the full he so injured his foot, that
110 was detained from the conapanyforoeveral
weeks after their departure. He join_ed them
however, and was oh duty about three months,,
when his injured foot became so swollen and,
painful, that ho was compelled, reluctantly
'enough, to accept a discharge.
A . SUCC.S6()It TO_BIBITOP
,t special convention of the diocese oi"Penn-'
ylvitnia has been- called. by .the Right !lei'.
; r tj‘hor. POrrEn, to "meat-' at St. Ancht!!Oveo
PhillideAphia, on WednCsdai_ihn 28d'
-I- ity-o f `Octob orott-1 0 n'olifcitArlir. 7— Tlin - nb=l
iJot ip to elect nri' , ll,4ltant..Binhop, in .the
lace` of . the late,laniented Bishop 13ownAw. •
OITR COUNTY FAIR
Notwithstanding the depression in trade,
and the unsettled state of the public mind
consequent on the war, the Fair of the County
Agricultural Society is quite a successful ef
fort; of the truth of which, the numerous vis
itors must he convinced, as they look on the
splendid display within the enclosure. The
contributions aro equal, and: in some cases
superior, to any former year, and we re
pet that the netir approach of our publication
day, prevents 113 from giving full details of the
exhihition,
The entries of stock are larger than last
year, and the horses, and cattle are of very
superior quality, showing the beneficial 'work
logo of the.,Suciety in turning the attention of
our farmers to the importance of improving
the breed. The imported horse Bromplim, is
quite a curiosity from his size and make he
is probably the hest. specimen of nn English
draught-horse ever seen in Pennsylvania,
befog 17 . hands high, and weighs nearly — l9oo
pounds. Ile is six years old and cost ;;'5OOO.
Mr. Parker M k oore exhibits the fince display
of Devon cattle we hose ever seen.
The display of sheep and hogs is not as good
as it was last year.
Of ripples there is a larger quantity than
uvual on exhibition. hong,silorf KAM alone
contributed 70 of the leading varieties, all of
which they have under cultivation. Wm. B.
Mullin, Egg , and A. Cal heart present fine speci•
mcns of apples. Tile only other fruit we no
ticiid were pears and grapes, of which the sup
ply is small.
The display of agricultural implements is
very good., among.whieh we noticed an im
proved seeder with a guano attachment, pre
sented by J. F. Keller,
Very tempting specimens of jellies and pre
served fruits were presented by Mrs. Addams,
(leo. Murray, Wm. McMillan, Wm. Fridley
and others; and among the preserves we may
as well mention 37 specimens of preserrrd
.Tnake.g, by I). E. Iluyett, although we are at a
loss to know under what head of domestic
products to class them.
The display of potatoes, cabbage, beets,
pumpkins and other field and garden pi , oducts
is very superior, especially potatoes, of which
several varieties were exhibited.
Mr. A. 11. Ewing has a fine display of fur
niture. C. Ogithy a large 11111011 a of fashion
able goods from his store, and Mrs. Hutton
and Miss Duke choice articles of fine milli
nery. Luther Lytle has the finest display of
dahlias We have ever seen, and Wiliiam Line
and John Campbell, present an array of rare
flowers. The exhibition of articles of home
industry is not large, but quite sufficient to show
the skill and good taste of the contributors,
among which we noticed some very handsome
quilts, a finely embroidered skirt ; by Miss
Emma Mullin, an embroidered wrapper, by
Miss Hostetter, and a carpet by Mrs. C.
Hutnerich.
nlut, we have not space to describe the many
articles that deserve honorable mention; and
in closing our brief and imperfect account.,
we take occasion to express our gratification
at the extent and variety of the exhibition.
The cro'wd of visitors was not as great yes
terday, as on the corresponding day of last
year, but that may have been partly owing to
the threatening aspect of -the weather. To
day, the plowing match will come off, the an
nual address delivered, and tho premiums
awarded, after which, the fair of 1661 will
close. Taking altogether the exhibition has
been much more successful than any ono an
ticipated.
DEATH OE A VOLUNTEER.—Mr.
LtAm B. SITES, whose death we announce in
another column, was a member of Ccanpany
A, Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves.
On the call being made for the three years'
volunteers, Mr. SITES, although a mere youth,
promptly responded to the call, and attached
himself to Capt. HENDERSON'S "Catli,lo Fell
cibles," which war afterwards mustered into
the service of the United States. Ile remained
with the army until quite recently, when he
was discharged in consequence of ill health.
Ile returned to this place sortie time since
where he languished until Friday morning
last, when death relieved dirt of his sufferings.
lle was a young man just entering upon the
active duties of life, and his untimely death
deprives his country of a brave defender, his
young wife of a loving hutduthd, his parents
of a dutiful son, rind his associates of a firm
friend. On Sunday afternoon last, ,his re
mains were interred in the Catholic burial
ground, and were followed to their last rest
ing place by a large concourse of weeping
friends and strotrathir.ing acquaintances.
IiAILdtoAD AccIDENT —On Tuesday
morning last, as the freight train on the Cum
berland Valley Railroad was within about two
miles of this place, a man was discovered ly
ing across the track. The engineer reversed
his engine, but before the train could be
stopped, the cow-,catcher struck the man and
pushed bim a considerable distance, mang
ling his body mast terribly. lle was a mem
ber of STA3IIIAIIO les regiment, which passed
through on its way to Missouri on Monday
evening about 7 o'clock. Ile must have fallen
front the train, and lain on the track all night,
and was probably dead before the train struck
hint. In his pocket was found an instrument
of writing, which was so discolored by blood
that the name "fumes," and the name "James
Hussies, witness," was all that could be deci
phered. The deceased was a young man, with
light hair and eyes.
An inquest was held by Coroner D Sutra,
and a verdict rendered in accordance with
the facts.
NEW COUNTERFEIT.—Our merchants
and business men should be on the look out
for counterfeits recently put into circulation.
A counterfeit five dollar note, on the Bank of
Commerce, Philadelphia, has made its appear.
anco, which, although !Idling like the genu
ine, except in the size and form of the letters
in the name, has deceived many accustomed
to handling money. Tile note is printed on
flimsy paper, of a lighter color than g the gen
uine. In the right corner is a vignette of a
stone mason, very clumsily °vented; on the,
left are three female figures, two sitting , and
the other reclining, the one nearest the ooruer
of the note is holding a sheaf Of-wheat.
The note is marked with the letter D. ...The
signatures do not resemble these ()CUM genu
ine at all.
Potrfitv.—Newreqtientiy receive pa
-414i0 piccbs of poetry, original and selected,
with tho request to-publish. The Present war
11(41 called Into requisition the poetical
nbili
ties of a large number of
. verso writers, both
made and female . .Scarce a paper we open,
bui contains ono or more-" War Song," "Odes
to iho Union," alines to our Gallant Volun
_toers„!!_etc,, eta,. Could doggeral rhyme . s saVe
rthel,Union and crush out this wicked rebellion,
tlio matter. would'soorCbe nacomplisbeil, but
lonChopes of success are founded more upon.
pullets than ballads. ...„Ilowemir, these pctenon,.
eittisionsr-if-not of a very Order of merit
,evince the- patriotism of the writers, - Und , are
so far worthy of commendation...
Btu J. W. SmrLEY has just opened an
unusually large and desireable lot of winter
clothing for men and boys. Also, ono of the
largest stocks of boots and shoes ever brought
to Carlisle, together with a general assortment
of hats, caps and every other article belong
ing to a. furnishing establishment. Do not
fail to give him a call as he promises to please
you both in goods nail prices.
He will let no man un lersell Lim. You
will find Ids new store-room btu wren Her
man's lintel and Lb/yeti's corner, Hanover st ,
Carlisle.
Tor•. TrmmELL liousE.—We call the
rotetfli on of our readers to The card oT the
Kimmel House, to he found in another column.
Those of our 'friends who may have occa,ion
Igo visit. Wa,hington, will find at this hotel,
quiet and comfortable qu arters, and a tattle
wl•ieh is nut excelled by any hou s e in that
city, Being kept on the European plan it is
gltecially advantageous to strangers, who, in
that city of t. magnificent distances," may not
always be able reach the Hotel at meal-time
Attt
KEiteSENE Oir, , which was ftcrinerly
very popular with prudent housewives, is be
ing so greatly adulterated by unprincipled
men, that many persons are losing confidence
in it as a Bnre illuminating ngenf. We are
assured that much of the oil now. in the loam
bet is as explosive as gunpowder. Those who
wish to procure n pure article should be care
ful to purchase only of dealers in whose in
tegrity they have reason to repose confidence.
Kerosine is manufactured of ns good qualify
now as nt any former period, hut. as the worth
less and unsafe brands afford the largest pro
fit, the temptation to deal in them is very
great. Those who do not wish to improvise a
piece of fireworks, which cannot be lighted
up without involving members of their house
hold in danger, should utterly refuse to use,
the spurious oils.
CARLISLE PRESBYTERY (0. S.)—This
Presbytery met in the Presbyterian church in
l\leehanicsbnrg, on Tuesday evening, the Ist
inst., and adjourned on Wednesday evening.
Rev. iiK!iltY REEVES, Principal of the Cham
bersburg Female Seminary, was the Modera
tor. We take the following notice of its pro
ceedings from the Mechanicsburg .Journal:
There were about thirty ministers present,
besides a number of elders. JOIIN WIIERRY,
lately it tutor in Princeton College, was licens
ed to prone''', and the pastoral relation between
Rev. , R. .1. IlmowN and the Church of Hagers
town was tlissolved. The action of the Gen
eral Assembly at Philadelphia, upon the state
of the country, was endorsed, and several
cominit tees were appointed to carry into effect
the various recommendations of the Asseinbly
as to systematic benevolence. &e. The next
regular meeting of the Pre.Mytery will he held
in Carlisle; an adjourned meeting was, how
ever, ordered at Silver Spring church the 3.1
Tuesday in November, for the purpose of or
daining and installing Mr. Dissmoun as pas
tor. On this occasion, Rev. Mr. Clam RAN will
preach,:Rev. Mr. Ekm.s will give the charge to
the pastor, and the Rev. Mr. MuttitAr to the
people.
LUTHERAN SYNOD OF WEST PENN
81LVANIA..—T110 Evangelical Lutheran Synod
of West Pennsylvania, commenced itS s sessions
in the Lutheran chtirch of Mechanicsburg, on
Friday evening the 27th ult., and adjourned
finally on Tuesday evening to meet in Steil -
pensburg, next fall, at the usual time. The
territory of this Synod enthrones Cumberland,
York, Adams. and Franklin counties. Thu
number of ministers is about forty.
The Synod was organized by the election of
Rev. E. BRIDE:NI/AIM!, of Greencastle, Presi
dent: Rev. AI.I.VMAN, of Hanover, Secretary;
and. Prof : JACOBS, of Gettysburg, Treasurer.
During the sessions of Synod, considerable
business of a local nature was transacted, and
a spirit of harmony characterized the pro
ceedings. There was no business before the
Synod or an exciting character, and hence
there were no very protracted or exciting dis
cussions. On Tuesday evening a randier of
young men were ordained to preaclniiho gos•
pct. The services during the Synod were of
an interesting character, and the preaching
and addresses were of a high order.
How TO KNIT SOLDIERS' STOCKINGS:
As stocking knitting is to be the fashionable
employment of the ladies during the corning
fall and wintery and as probably a few of our
patriotic young ladies have neglected their
education in this useful art, we copy for
their benefit the following directions from
an experienced knitter, how to knit stockings
for the soldiers. We hope every one of
the lady readers of the HERALD will Beall it
over and go to work :
"Set up twenty eight or thirty stitches' on
a needle; rib two inches; knit plain seven
inches before setting the heel; form the her 1
by knitting twentythree stiches each side of
the seam, taking off the first stitch without
knitting; length of heel, before narrowing,
three inches; narrow the heel by knitting ten
stitehei; plain; knit two together; knit plain
to within three of the seam; knit two together,
one plain, and turn the seam; knit one plain,
slip and bind one stitch; knit plain to within
twelve of the end of the needle; slip and
bind; knit ten plain; knit back plain; knit
thus until the nerrowings meet; kik hack
on wr .112' side to seam; then outdo
together on wrong si e; knit two together
end bind off to one stitch; tyke tip the loops
I o the left hand, and knit five stitche+ off
the instep needle on to that one; knit off the
instep needle, and take five off the other end,
to add to the right wile of the heel, and then
[Ad up the loops; knit ono round all plain;
knit three stitches and widen, hr taking up
a loop between all across, to within seven
of the e d ot the needle; then narrow on the
first side, by knitting two atogether, and
knit five off plain: knit instep needle plain;
knit five, and narrow on
,the lest needle
by slipping and bmding one stitch; then
widen as before, but only this one round.
Nt;NV narrow every other round, as before,
until you have twenty four stitches on a
needled knit plain four inches ; narrow the
the toe on the needle to left of instep needle,
by lintting one plain slip, and • bind; then
then knit plain to within three stitches - of the
end of the needle; knit two together and ono
plain; knit thus on each needle; knit three
rounds plain, then narrow, as before, knitting
three plain rounds between each flat rowing;
then knit two rounds between, to tivelve
stitches on each needle; narrow every otbi r
round to .the close,"
Thats the way to do itr Every. loyal
woman in the land should knit at least one
pair nistneking for our hravr anldiers. It
will he something to be 'proud of is pll their
future lives.
EnrrontAt, Amu:E.—The editor of the
Visalia (California) Delta took leave of his
office a few days since, as a delegate to the
Democratic Convention at Sacramento,
.At Hornitos he. wrote a letter to his paper,
closing it as follows:
-
-°' Boys take good tare of tho Delta—try
andinalco it aulisagrecable as posSiblefor the
.Repubs ant.LSeceshers -till r-cet back—raiso
the American flag on the — bilitit, the 4th of
Jtily---titke a big drink in honor of - the
Goddess of. Liberty, (which divinity is likely
tti hunt 'some other place to locate iv ranch
unless she i 8 treated More respectfully,) triko
tny, purse = spend it Au,—then 'Make ui , o ,
of my - nittne '. to any ninount till'you get drunk
enough' to• he comfortaile."C '