Vrobßierian 7*iantr.
PITTSBURGH, SEPTEMBER 6, 1862
The War.
The last week has been one of intense
excitement. It greatly surpassed that of
the previous week. . And the anxiety, at
our present writing, is still on the increase.
Definite and reliable acoounts we do not
have, but enough reaches us to evince that
the strength of our army is being tested to
the utmost. Keyes' corps has been brought
up from Yorktown, and Burnside's from
Fredericksburg, (?) and the new levies are
being rushed into Washington and trans
ferred to Virginia, with=‘,..all possible dis-
!etch. A. whole sheet' would not suffice to
print half the news, and if we could print
it all, our renders would but be involved in
the deeper confusion•. We shall give what
seem to be leading facts.
Last week we announced the retreat of
Gen. Pope from the Rapidan to and across
the Rappahannock ; and also the raid of
the rebel cavalry in his rear, and the plun
der of his camp. The enemy, . with eon-
siderable force, pursued our army to the
river, and made a feint to cross in sev-
cral plaues. He was repelled, as he meant
to be ; but his efforts served to keep Gen.
Pope watching him in the neighborhood o f
the railroad bridge, while he, with a force
much greater,:advanced up the river, crossed
it unmolested, and by a three days' circuit,
reached his old ground at Manassas Junc
tion, Centreville, and Bull Run, He was
then between our army and Washington,
and immediately destroyed the railroad
bridges and cut the telegraph wires_; thus
preventing all communication with the
basis of operations.
By this time Gen. M'Clellan bad reached
Alexandria, but one corps of his army,
Keyes', had been left at Yorktown, and two
corps, Heintz°ltuan's and Porter's, had
been sent to Gen. Pope. M'Clellan's pres
ence with what remained to him of his
army, assured Washington, but he had to
await new arrivals before he could attempt
to assail the enemy.
Things were now exceedingly compli
cated. Behind the Rappahannock, was
Gen. Lee, with a large rebel army. On
this side the river was Geo. Pope, with the
main part of the Federal army. Next, at
Manassas and Bull Run, was Gen. Jackson
with a strong rebel force. Then, at Alex
andria and Washington was Gen. M'Clel-
lan with a Federal force. Neither the
rebels nor the Federals could unite their
armies. This condition of affairs, however,
continued but a short time. Our army
soon re-took Manassas, and rettstablished
their communication with Washington.
On Thursday (28th) there was some
fighting between portions of Pope and
Jackson's armies. On. Friday they had a
very severe battle. On Saturday the con
test was desperate. All this fighting was
on and near the old battle-ground at Bull
Run, and not far from Manassas and Ceti
treville. On Sabbath the armies were no
engaged, except in a little skirmishing.
Reports, however, vary. The news of
Monday's and Tuesday's operations is yet
very meagre.
The corps priacipally engaged, on our
side, were McDowell's, Sigel's, Heintzel
man's, Porter's, Sumner's, Banks', and
Franklin's.
The losses were large, on both sides, but
reports are so various that we can hardly
indulge in conjecture. •
'WESTERN VISGT/p4 is again, the 'field
of strife. The removal of part of the
army. thence to the Potomac, has released
the guerillas from their fear, and they arc
again committing depredations.
KENTITOKY also is suffering immensely.
It seems strange that this State, with a
loyal' Legislature, and, now a loyal Got
ernor, cannot protect itself. Some
_of, its
regiments are beyond its 'bounds, but far
more Are. there from the free States.
There must be a great amount of treason in
Kentuok-y , still.. Lexington is in" the ene
my's bands, the State Government, as
may be seen' , in,. our News ;column, 'is re
moved to Louisville..
In the difficulties in Kentucky and Ten
nessee, we learn the impolicy of pushing
our armies so far South, as we did last
Spring. Our armies at Corinth, Hunts
ville, &c., are now nearly isolated. The
'enemy is far in their rear. If we had been
satisfied to tarry awhile at Nashville, we
could have made Kentucky perfectly safe,
and all of Northern Tennessee, embracing
Knoxville, Cutnberland Gap, and the rail
road into Virginia. But we grasped at too
much, for the force we had. Hence our
reverses and losses.
Missotati is putting forth much energy,'
and bids fair to protect herself,
KANSAS is safe, but is claimed by the
Confederates as part of their destined em .
pire, until they possess which, with all th e
Border States,. they will listen to •no terms
of peace. An enemy, is upon,us, malignant
and determined. We must either conquer
tielughly, or be conquered. yhat say
our freemen ? Will they lay aside party
strife, and put down determinately, every
roan who would.cause division? Will they
save their country ?
Here it may not be out of place for us
to indulge in a few remarks :
1. We know that the South have long
boasted that they could bring into the field
a million of .filfiting men, and that every
man of theirit could whip two of ours.
Now, we do not give full credit to either
of these boasts, but one or the other must
have more truth in it than many of our
folks are willing to admit. If they' -- had
but 90,000 men at Richmond, as our sen
sationalists contend, then they must be
vastly our superiors in muscle and bravery.
But if we are their equals, man 'to lman,
then they must have far greater numbers
than the folks referred to give them credit
for. We think that we are fully their
equals maxi to man, and, general to gener
al, and therefore we kin: maintain, as we,
have ever done, that they bring larger
numbers than we do, into the battle field.
They have well on to 250,000. troops in
Virginia. About 175,000 of these they
had at and near Richmond at the time of
the battles there; and about that number
they now have threatening Washington.
When they wish to alarm us, and prevent
our moving on them, they boast of large
forces. W hen they wish to entice us to an
assault, they give - out that they are few.
When, after a battle, they would glory in
their prowess, they also diminish their
numbers.
2. It is now pretty evident that the easy
way to Richmond is not that by Gordons
ville. Gen. McClellan has been sorely
censured for not taking that route. If he
had taken it, he never, with the army that
he had, would have gotten, as he did, by
way of the Peninsula, within five miles of
the rebel capital. To march an army
through an enemy's country, and against a
numerous, brave, and wiley foe, for 140
miles, is no easy. task. Gen. Pope is
checked, flanked, surrounded, his commu
nications cut off and his supplies stopped
before he gets half the distance. Either
the York or the James river, or the Sound,
will be indispensable to our taking. Rich
mond, unless per chance the rebels are des
perately whipped and discouraged, by fight
ing at a great distance. Halleck, and Mc-
Clellan, and Pope also by this time, know
far better in what way it is possible to ap
proach Richmond, than do our . very wise
civilians.
3. It is time that we should cease to de
preciate our foe. We lost last Summer's
campaign thereby. We have thus lost this
Summer. If we lose another Summer, we
lose our country. If we lose even this
Autumn and the coming Winter, we shall,
most likely, have lost our country. And
there is no rational hope for us while we
urge on our Generals, without giving them
an adequate force. Give them the army
they want, and they will reed no urging.
Let them have the means of victory, and
they will not linger an hour. Our pru
dent, cautious, far-seeing, skillful and brave
men, will lead us to victory, if we heed
them. Our fast men, our men of dash, if
we give them the lead, will involve us in
speedy ruin.
4. We are not yet, it is to be feared, re
duced to such straits as to make us a united
people. We are too self-confident, too
boastful, have too much of partizanship,
and too much of indi'vidu';ll wiidom, to
unite heartily. The radicals cannot get
the confidence of the nation, and the con
servatives will not be trusted; and the
President is net acknowledged as a leader.
It is expected of him that 'he will follow
public sentiment, and carry out public sen
timent, while hostile political parties are
striving against each other, and actually
perverting the existence of a public senti
ment. The Government will yet have to
declare a policy, and then turn a deaf ear
to all parties and all clamors ; and it seems
to us that the time has nearly arrived when
that policy should be definitely declared.
The policy of the Radicals may be a neces
sity, but if so, it will be a sad one. It
must lead to an utter subjugation of the
South, and most probably to, a servile war.
It is also impracticable' under the present
opposition of the Conservatives and Border-
States men. The policy of the Conserva
tives must, in our opinion, certainly fail.
The South applaud it now, as it causes
division at the North, but. they are utterly
opposed to any compromiae short of a divi
ded country, and their having every acre
of territory where slavery is recognized ;
and Kansas into the bargain The Pres
ident would save the Union, but he leaves
it undecided as to what is to become of
slavery. Let that live or die, he says,
according to circumstances. But with
this indecision the Radicals will not work
in earnest. They are ever fault-finding.
And under it the Conservatives seem more
disposed to hinder than to help. Hence it
is greatly to be feared, that we must 'be
brought under far greater - difficulties and
more intense sufferings than have yet come
upon us, before we will unite in the means
of saving the nation. But, can we not dis
pel all gloominess, and nerve ourselves in
action? Will not the people repudiate
and utterly cast off the authors of distrac
tion, on either side and every side, and
cling to the Government ? Bid. the Admin
istration save the country, and cheer it and
sustain it. Our only hope, under God, is
in union, and the only practicable union is,
upon the Administration..
England and America.
Intervention and recognition do not
seem to be making any advances in Eng
land. The policy of letting vs. alone seems
to 4e - fixed, for the present. , Manifesta.:
tions ill feeling toward US, however, are
still abundant, in journals and speeches;
while we have a few friends to speak a
a good word for us occasionally. There is
evidently, upon the whole, great bitterness
felt, and a strong hope cherished that our
nation will exhaust itself hi civil war, and
will then be easily controlled.
On the 28th of May,- Mr. Seward wrote
~a letter to Mr. Adam's, our Ambassador in
England, to be laid before Earl Russel.
This letter received no reply till July 28tb,
and then the answer, thouglinot offensive,
is rather curt. The London Daily News,
which is somewhat friendly to our Gov
ernment, rebukes the Earl for his assump
tion of " an air of very conscious superior
ity," and, then remarks :
" Lord Russel directs attention, in a tone
of rather lofty self-gratulation, to the mag
nanimous conduct of the British Govern
ment in having maintained a strict impartial
neutrality, notwithstanding the insults con
stantly heaped upon the British name in
speeches and newspapers in the U. States'
PRESBYTERIAN BANNER.---SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1862.
We cannot well appreciate the magnanim
ity of such a proceeding, nor do we think
it very dignified to claim credit for supe
rior virtue on any such ground. In the
first place, there has really been very little
seriously to complain of in the general tone
of feeling toward this country on the other
side of the Atlantic.
" Violent and intemperate things have
no doubt been said and written in the ex
citement of the contest; but, after all,
these hostile demonstrations are few, com
pared with the speeches and writings of a
better and more friendly character. But
had they been far more numerous, it is
surely hardly consistent with dignity and
self-respect to make any reference to such
temporary ebullitions of eeling in an official
dispatch.
"The formal intercourse of responsible
governments is regulated by the maxims
and usages of international law, by recog
nized principles of public right, not by the
fluctuations of popular feeling. These max
ims of public law remain as the guides of
public action amids all the various chancres
of opinion, and it is but a poor boast for
any government to say it has not been de
terred by unfriendly criticism from doing
its obvious duty toward a friendly Power.
Besides, in this particular case, Mr. Seward
might well reply, in the words of the For
eign Secretary's own dispatch: As to the
course of opinion in this country, the Pres
ident [the Foreign Secretary] is aware that
perfect freedom of comment upon all public
events is, in this country, the invariable
practice, sanctioned by law, and approved
by the universal sense of the nation.'_":,
In the same article, the News, in com
menting on a most vile speech mode by
Mr. Roebuck, at a dinner given to Lord
Palmerston, has the following happy bit:
" Recent events have, however, furnished
Mr. Seward with another retort more point
ed and direct, if not more conclusive.
Whatever insults may have been heaped
on the British name' in America, no pub
lic man of character and position on the
other side of the Atlantic has yet, that we
know of, reviled the whole British nation
in the presence of the leading representa
tive of the American Government, and with
the hearty support of the leading organs of
that governmeut. An English, memer of
Parliament (Mr. Roebuck,) however, has
recently called the people of the Northern
States ' the scum and refuse of Europe,' in
the presence of the Prime Minister of Eng-
land, and at a public banquet given in his
honor; and the journal that specially rep
resents the Prime Minister applauds the
speaker and the speech to the very echo.
This journal, indeed, goes out of its way to
emphasize the insult by endeavoring to
magnify the importance of the speaker;
Mr. Roebuck,' says the ministerial organ,
does not, indeed, speak with the authority
of a minister, or with the practical respon
sibilities of political office; but he is an
old and a distinguished politician, the rep
resentative of an important community,
and renowned for his fearlessness and inde
pendence.' It is this distinguished poli
tician,' whom the ministerial organ delights
to honor, who calls the Americans ' the
scum and refuse of Europe.' After this we
shall hardly, perhaps, venture on any fur
ther official complaints of the insults heaped
on the British name in speeches and writ
ings on the other side of the Atlantic." -
The London Morning Star gives a letter
from. Mr. Mallory, of Sheffield, who pro
tests, on his own behalf and that of thou
sands of his fellow-townsmen, against Roe
buck's " shameful and disgusting speech,"
in these terms :
" I do not stand alone in the feeling of
disgust toward a man who could dare to in
sult a friendly people. Thousands there
are who consider Mr. Roebuck's speech as
a dikgrace to himself and to the a.udiende
who applauded the false and malignant
statements pf this professedly liberal repre
sentative. the speech was a violent attack
upon a great, a free and enlightened neigh
bor, and many of Mr. Roebuck's former
supporters, remembering this last act of
imprudence, will now be ranked amongst
his bitterest opponents.
" America (the North,) deserves all our
warmest sympathy and all our forbearance.
They (the United States,) were and still
continue a great and free people, and
though surrounded by the dangers and dif
ficulties of a cruel and blood-thirsty revolu
tion, they will, from the crumbling ruins
of that.vile treason,-rise a magnificent and
gigantic republic, again the wonder and the
envy of the world. As Englishmen we
have no reason to be jealous of America,
nor they, as Americans, to be envious of
us; but we have both of us reason to unite
ourselves in the bonds of amity and peace,
bidding alike, by our generosity , and valor,
defiance to foreign aggression or internal
commotions."
A loyal Englishman is so full of Mon
archy and Aristocra4, that he cannot
properly appreciate our institutions and
conditions; but these quotations show us
that all the people of the "fast-anchored
Isle" are not our foes, and not willing to
be silent while we are maligned by their
countrymen.
PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES.
The PRESBYTERY OF STEUBENVILLE will
hold its stated Fall meeting in Annapolis, on the
First Tuesday (7th day) of ,Ootober next, at 10
o'olock A. M. ROBERT HERRON,
The PRESBYTERY OF WASHINGTON will
bold its next stated meeting in Claysville, on the
First Tuesday (7th day,) of October next, at 11.
o'clock A. M. ALEX. McOARRELL,
, The PRESBYTERY OF BEAVER will meet in
New. Brighton, on the Fourth Wednesday. of
Sep
tember, at 7 o'clock,P. M.
D. C. REED, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF REDSTONE will mee
at West Newton, on the First Tuesday of Octo
ber, at 3 o'clock P. M.
3. WOLINTOOK, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF ,KASICASICIA stands
adjourned to meet in Chester, 111., on Friday be
fore the fourth Sabbath (26th day) of September,
1862, at 11 o'clock A, M.
D. A.'WALLACE, 'Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY .OF 14ITSSOURI -RIVER
will hold' its next regular meeting in the Presby
terian church of Hrownsville, N. T., September
11th, at 74 o'elOck - P. M.
H. H. DOi3BINS, Sta ted Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF PEORIA will hold its
next stated meeting in the church of Brummick,
on the Third Tuesday of September, at 7i
o'clock P. M. ROBERT 40EINSTON,
" Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF ZANESVILLE will
meet, per adjournment, in Coshocton, on the
Third Tneeiday (16th) of September, at 2 o'clock
P. M. W. M. FERGUSON, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF BLOOMINGTON will
meet in Chenoa, on Tuesday, September 23d,
1862, at• 7 o'clock P. M.
R. CONOVER, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF FINDLAY stands ad
journed to meet in the Riley Creek church, on
the Third Tuesday of September, at 2 o'clock
P. M. W. K. BRICE, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF DUBUQUE will meet
in Dubuque the Second Tuesday (9th) of Sep
tember, at 7 o'clock P. M.
JOHN M. BOGGS, Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OP CEDAR will meet in
the Summit church, on Tuesday, the 9th of Sep
tember; at 7 P. M. E. L. BELDEN,
Stated Clerk.
The PRESBYTERY OF lOWA will bold its
next stated meeting in the Westminster church,
Keokuk, on the Second Tuesday of September,
(9th day,) at 7 o'clock P. M.
GEO. D. STEWART, Stated Clerk.
The SYNOD OF ALLEGHENY will meet in
the Presbyterian church of New Brighton, on the
Fourth Thursday of September, (25th,) at 7
o'clock P. M.
Presbyterial Narratives are to be sent before
the First of September, to the Rev. David Hall,
Cowansville, Pa.; ErmioT E. SWIPT,
The SYNOD OF lOWA will meet in Daven
port, lowa, on Thursday, September 11th, at 71
o'clock P. M. A. A. E. TAYLOR,
Stated Clerk.
The SYNOD OF SOUTHERN lOWA will
meet in Albia, Monroe County, lowa, on the last
Thursday in September next, at 7 o'clock P. M.
S. C. M'CUNE, Stated Clerk.
I:tneral geb3s.
WASHINGTON, September 2.—Generals Kearney
and Stevens were killed in a: severe engagement
which took place last evening near Chantilly,
about two miles North of Fairfax Court House,
between portions of Gen. Pope's army and Jack
son's forces. Our loss was heavy, but the enemy
were driven back more than a mile, and we oc
cupied the field of battle until three o'clock this
morning.
General Stevens was killed with a Minie ball,
which entered his brain while he was leading his
men into action, bearing - colors in his hand, the
color sergeant having been slain. His son, act
ing as Assistant Adjutant of the brigade com
manded by his father, was wounded.
Gen. Philip Kearney was also killed last night.
His body was takempossesSion of by the enemy,
but afterwards delivered into our lines, under a
flag of truce.
City Point, on the James river. has been en
tirely demolished by the Federal gunboats. For
some time"past the rebels have been firing into
the transports passing up and down the James.
rsver. Com. Wilkes sent the rebels word that if
it was not discontinued, he would destroy their
rendezvous, City Point. On Thursday last the
rebels brought down to City Point eight cannons
and about two hundred riflemen, and opened.fire
upon the Federal flotilla, which at the time was
abreast of the place, when our gunboats opened
fire upon them, and demolished every building
in the, place, and dispersed the rebel force.
Loulsvrixi, September I.—A large and en
thusiastic meeting of citizens was held this
morning, at the Court House. Hon. Jos. Guth
rie presided. Several spirited and, patriotic
speeches were made, and the. following resolu
tion passed : That the Mayor issue his procla
mation calling on all the male citizens to arm
and be ready to meet the rebels in case they at
tack us.
The Mayor's proclamation calls upon the citi
zens of Louisville to meet in their respective
wards for the purpose of completing their en
rollment. Citizens are requested to report- the
number and character of arms in their posses
sion. The Captains of Home Guard companies,
as now organized, will likewise report the num
ber of men and arms now in their possession.
All citizens, who are able to bear arms, who
fail or refuse to report themselves for enroll
ment for the protection of their homes and
firesides, will be looked upon as a common
enemy.
Lexington was evacuated this afternoon -by
our troops falling back to Covington. All the
stores were removed to Louisville. At -7 o'clock
to-night the Lexington operator closed his office,
saying that Kirby Smith had appeared at the
suburbs and demanded the surrender of the city,
which was complied with by the citizens. There
is a good deal of excitement here, but prep
arations are making for defence. Gen., Lew
Wallace has - assumed command of the troops
here. Regiments are arriving and others are
en route.
The Legislature adjourned at Frankfort, and
moved to this city. Goy. Robinson and many
of the members are here now. It is said the
Legislature will convene at the Court House to
morrow. .
The public archives were removed-from Frank
fort., and $1,000,000 in treasurC from the bankS
at Richmond, Lexington, and Frankfort, arrived
here to-day.
Gen. John W. Finnell, Adjutant General of
Kentucky, has established his headquarters in
Louisville.
The city is in a blaze of excitement to-night.
The citizens are enrolling themselves 'and mak
ing great preparations. A correspondent of the
Journal writes that the rebel Morgan and his
band left Glasgow at 4 o'clock on Saturday.
Whilst there they destroyed all the, indictments
for treason returned by the grand jury at 'the
last term of the Court; over a hundred in num
ber. They also mutilated records of the Court,
so that no traces of such indictments are left in
the State. The horses,and mules and other prop
erty of Union men have been stolen.
The telegraph is in operation to, Nashville
again.
Minitrras, August 30.—A meeting,.called yes
terday, twelve miles South-east of Memphis, to
organize a guerilla hand, was ,surrounded and
captured by a company of Federal cavalry.
Eighteen prisoners were taken.
A detachment of FederalsMccupied Hernando
on Thursdhy, Capturing ti. train of cars from
Grenada. • • •
A rebel force is said to be at Goldwater, a few
miles diatant . , • .
Villepugne, with 9,000 men, is reported to be
moving through Grand Junction. • •
Prominent secessionists say, that Bragg's army
has gone into Western Virginia, and will soon
appear on the Kanawha river, and march to the
Ohio river. •
Stated Clerk.
PHILADELPHIA, September I:—Charles Inger
soll, recently arrested for alleged disloyal senti
ments in a speech in Independence Square, was
discharged from custody this morning •by order
of the Secretary of War_
Stated Clerk
By order of the War Department, the com
mand of the armies operating in Virginia it as
follows: Gen. Burnside commands his corps, ex
cept those that have been temporarily detached
and assigned to Gen. Pope; Gen. McClellan
commands that portion of the army of the Poto
mac that - has not been sent forward to Gen.
Pope's command; Gen. Pope commands , the ar
my of , and all forces temporarily at
tached to it ; all the forces under command of
Major General .Flalleck, Commander-in-Chief. ;
A later order gives Gen:-McClellan command
of the fortresses near Washington. •
General Order. —The following officers of the
71st ,Regiment Ohio Volunteers, having -publish
ed a card stating that they advised Col. R. Ma
son, who has been cashiered for cowardice, to
surrender, Clarksville, Tennessee, to the rebel
forces are, by direction of the President, dis
missed from the service of the United States.:
Firit Lieut. N. J. Hunter Second Lieut. Isaac
Mason, First Lieut. Ira L. Morris; Capt. Smith
'H. Clark, J.- R. Woodward,'Catit. T. W. Bowen,
Capt. Sol. M. J. Houch, Capt. CLII. Crum,
Lieut. T. T. Moore, Adjutant; Capt. W.H. Cal
lender, Lieut.. H. M. Drury, Lieut. L. H. Beaver.
(Signed) E. D. TOWNSEND,
ASsit Aj't. GOD.
SYNODICAL.
Stated Clerk
Generals Allied.
City Point Destroyed
Kentucky.
From Memphis.
Ingersoll Released.
Commanders in Virginia.
Officers Dismissed.
HEADQUARTERS DP THE ARMY,
- August 28, 1862.
The Iron'sides.
Capt. Turner, who has arrived at Fortress
Monroe with the Ironaides, gives a favorable re
port of her qualities, but objects to going to sea
without the vessel's spars. The Navy Depart
ment have concluded to send the'vessel back to
Philadelphia to get her spars, when she will go
to sea, the emergency which sent her to James
river having passe over.
A Call for Lint.
SURGEON GENERAL'S OFF ICE, WASHINGTON,
August 30.—T0 the Loyal Women and Children
of the United States:-The supply of Lint in the
market is nearly exhausted. The brave men
wounded in defense of their country will soon
be in want of it. I appeal to.you to come to our
aid in , supplying us with the necessary article.
There is scarcely a woman or child who cannot
scrape lint, and there is no way in which their
assistance can be more usefully given than in
furnishing us the means to dress the wounds of
those who fall in defense of their rights and their
homes. Contributions will he received in Bos
ton by Surgeon A. N. McLaren; New-York, Sur
geon It. S. Satterle ; Newark, Assistant Surgeon
Janeway ; Philadelphia, Surgeon G. E. Cooper;
Baltimore, Surgeon C. C. Cox ; Washington,
Surgeon C. S. Lamb ; Cincinnati, Surgeon G.
Penn; Louisville, Surgeon C. F. Head; St. Lou
is, Assistant Surgeon, C. T. Alexander; or by
any other medical officer of the army.
WILLIAM A. Ifaritmown,
Surgeon General United States Army.'
Wheeling and Western Virginia.
R is the intention of Provost Marshal Darr to
administer the oath to all suspected parties in
the city, especially those having relatives in the
rebel army. Recusants will be arrested.
Two thousand five hundred and two persons
have been enrolled in the city as fit for military
duty, inaluding five hundred already enlisted.
Gen. Kelly,is still at Beverly, with three thou
sand men. Imboden, who led the raid on St..
George, has sloiied.
A. party of guerrillas appeared last week near
Buckhannon, Upshur. County. A company of
the 10th Virginia has gone in pursuit.
On the 17th inst., a guerrilla party beaded by
the notorious Bob Edwards fired on a picket
party of the Greenfield cavalry, at a suspension
six miles from Romney, mortally wounding Jas.
M. Weaver, of Washington County, Pa, The
rebels were pursued all night,- and on the next
day overtaken. Edwards was shot through the
brain, and his horse and equipments captured.
The rest escaped.
foreign 'Otitis.
The London Times treat ' s the conscription as a
new act of despotism, and thinks that involunta
ry servitude is now the lot of the white race in
the United States.
The News and Star continue to defend the
cause of the North.
It is Claimed by the Paris Pays that the her
vest in France is the best in ten years, and tha
no corn will be needed from abroad.
It is said that Napoleon has passed„ decided
c,ondemnatiaii' of Garibaldi's movements. ..
In the Tarin Gazette of August 20th, Ratazza,
in reply to a question by a Senator, declared
that the goverment considered Garibaldi in a
state of rebellion, and the situation of Italy very
grave. Garibaldi had entered Catania.
p•trial fotico.
Danville Theological Seminary.
The Tenth Annual Session of the Danville
Theological Seminary will. open on the 20th day
of September.
A full corps of Professors will be in attend
ance, and it is confidently believed the exercises
of the Institution will be uninterrupted.
A new edifice for the accommodation of stu
dents has been completed during the Summer.
The ronms . will be furnished with new and suffi
cient furniture, including mattrasses ; but stu
dents will provide their own bed-clothes. All
who may attend next Session will find accommo
dations in the Seminary buildings.
STEPHEN YERKES,
Secretary Board of Directors.
BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE !-THE BEST IN
THE WORLD
WILLIAM A- BACHELOR'S celebrated Hair Dye pro
duces a color not to be distinguished from nature—warranted
not to injure the Hair in the least; remedies the ill abets of
bad dyes, and invigorates the Hair for life. GREY, RED, or
RUSTY HAIR instantly turns a splendid Black or Brown,
lehving the Hair soft and beautiful. Sold by all Druggists,
..hir The Genuine is signed WILLIAM A. BATCHELOR ;
on the four stiles of each. box.
FACTORY, No. 81 BAROLLY STREET, NEW YORE.
(Late 233 Broadway and 18 Bond Street.)
DENTISTRY.—Dr. C. SILL, No. 246 Penn
Street, attends to all branches of the Dental profession,
WM. FORREST, Carpenter and Joiner,
Jobbing Shop, 'Virgin Alley, between Smithfield Street and
Cherry Alley. All kinds of House Repairing done on short
notice and in workmanlike manner. Charges moderate
Leave your orders. All orders promptly attended to.
3y 5 °m •
arri6,
.
On :the 20th ult., - hy. Rev. N.J.. Close, assisted
by Rev. J. W. Allen, Mr, EPI : IRAIII IL ADAMS
to Miss LETITIA Bnowir, all of Crawford County.
On August 23d; 1862, at the residence of the
bride's faker, by Rev. D. M: Miller, Mr. jAIRES
STEWART, of Carroll County, to Mies. REBECCA
M'OREA, of Columbiana County, Ohio.
On the 19th inst., by Rev. J. R. Duncan, as
sisted by Rev. C.. C. B. Duncan, Mr. GEORGE
DRAPER to MISS' ELIZABETH. E., eldest daughter
of James Eakin, Esq., all. of Noble County, 0.
On Thursday, July 31st, by Rev.- H. R. Peairs,
Mr. Jonx KERR, of Itush*ille, "Ohio, to Miss
Carnanxiii'Dtinbitan; 'eldest daughter' of John
Griggs, Esq., of Perry County, Ohio.
July 3d, by Rev. J V. 'Miller, Mr. JAMES
BLAOKSTOCK to:. Miss ELIZABETH' J. HEMPHILL,
all of Butler County;: Pa. • .
3 hillto.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS, GEATIS ; ADDITIONAL - BERIARKEI 3 Frva
CENTS A LINE, NINE WORDS BRING A LINE.]
DIBD--In West Kishacoquillas, on the 81st of.
July, MARY PAUI.,L, child of Rev. R. B. and
Mrs. "Louisa J. Moore, aged 9 months and '8
daYs.. • " '
. . . _
DlED—At,lndiana7 • 1 ,Pa on Sabbath August
31, 1862 at 8,1 o'clock' A. M. 'of diptheria,
CHARLIE P.,..; youngest son of Thos. B.' and
Mary P. -Lloyd; (formerly of Allegheny City,
Pa.,) aged 8 years and 9 months.
DTED--August 70, of diptheria, nearEohells
burg, WILLTITELMA., daughter of Joseph and
Esther Mullin,in the 11th year of her age.
Willihelma was a very interesting girl, dutiful
,
to her parents, kind and affectionate to, her
brothers and sisters. Her baptism haying been
neglected in her infancy, a few days before her
death she expressed a wish to be baptized.' On
her own profession of faith in the Saviour, that
ordinance was administered. Her disease was
painful and severe, 11131014 depriving her of the
'power of speech ; but she was enabled to say
enough to afford a pleasing hope of her, interest
in Him who in the days of his flesh took dear
little ones in his arms and blessed them:
DIED—On the morning of the 14th inst. , in
. ,
the 62d year of her age, Mrs. SARAH WHITE . ,
wife of Mr. Thonwson White, of 'Wellsburg; Va".
Mrs. ' , White wee blessed with' early, religious
instruction, and'at the age' cif twenty-two made
a profession of her faith in Christ, under the
ministrations of Rev. A. 0. Patterson, in the
Sewickley church, Pa. Soon after her marriage
she united with the Wellsburg church, where she
remained a member till her death.
In the varied , vicissitudes of life through
which she has passed, she evinced the Christian
character; and in the great sufferings to which
she was called during the last year, she evinced
much Christian fortitude and resignation. Hav
ing obtained that good name which is better
than precious ointment. We doubt not that her
dying day was better than , her birth-day,
Though a husband and three children, and many
other friends, feel deeply bereft, yet they are not
left to sorrow as others which have no hope.
DIED—In West Kishacoquillas, on the 19th of
August, GEORGE WILSON, .Esq., in the GBth
year of his age.
A companion, five sons and four daughte.re f
with many friends, are called to mourn his loss.
He was an example of the strictest honesty and
integrity of character—ever governed by stern
principle in his conduct alike toward his family,
the Church, and the world. Remarkably free
from ostentation, he was liberal, and ever ready,
either publicly or socially, to perform his duty
as a Christian.
As the head of a family, he was. worthy of
imitation. He ruled his house in the fear of
God, trained his children to honest and useful
habits, and as part of his reward, be 'had the
pleasure to see them all the professed followers
of Jesus,•and two of them zealous servants of
Christ in the ministry—Rev. R. F. 'Wilson, of
McKeesport, Pa., and Rev. M. C. Wilson, who
graduated lately at Princeton, and who is yet
without charge. He was, we may also state, the
brother of Rev. Dr. Wilson, of Dunlap's Creek,
Pa. Throughout his lingering illness he was
meekly submissive to his Father's will. His last
days were days of patient waiting for the Mas
ter. His end was calm and peaceful.
WE INVITE THE ATTENTION OF
DIED—July 23d, 1862 ' at Annapolis, Md., of the public to the PHILADELPHIA
h
a wound received in .tile battle of Fair
.Oaks . - r
' housekeeping Dry Goods Store.
JOHN LOW, of Paris, Washington County, Pa.,
of Co. A, 85th Reg't P. V., in the 24th year of where may be found a large assortment of all kinds of Dry
his age. tbsxis, required in furnishing a house, thus saving th
. ' trouble usually experienced in hunting each articles, in VW'
In all the relations of life, the subject of this Lions places. Jr consequence of our giving our attention to
t m h e is m k n i kind of stock,, ma t o r t p li:i ic e te xc
and luio st n y o l l ea d t r o es b s e a t u h d e f m an og e t y f f v e e o ra ds :
notice . , was a young man of good qualities of
me in ' thrmarket.
mind. and heart. As a son, he was obedient, du
tiful and affectionate; of him his mother could
, iN LINEN GODS,
i we are able to give perfect satisfaction, being the Oldest Es
say, that he never gave her pain by a disrespect- 1 tabushed Linea Store in the city, and having been for more
t n l47 .i t e ve t n u t i ?.;e l i z ilr e e l gl d a . r iz o oi r trs a f i r w on , l a stm a.g e e o s f tho t Zt o b f est
ful word or act. As a brother,. he was all that
such ties would naturally prompt. Naturally of FLANNELS AND MUSLIMS,
an amiable, kind and affectionate disposition, he" of the best qualities to be obtained, awl at the very lowest
.
made, friends of all with whom he associateit, i r at z ci A t ro, Bianke s, , qui , s, . r tngs,. lc lugs, am s
-t • 'it. Sh t - r It . b a A
. 3 0 s,.anil Napkins, Powellings, Diapers, Ituckabaelis
who were satisfied that he possessed the virtuN j Table li. and Piano Covers,.. Damasks . and Itioreans, Lae? and
8 sbad lri ngs Cx e ta , ili c s„ , Dimities, Furniture Chattlerk O Zlndow
of patriotism, for at his, country's call, . he,
S. W. corner of Chestnut and Se p v= u r ii..
though tenderly brought up, and accustomed to 1 1 ., , !1 , 1 II
the comforts of home, abandoned them all, and *., ' , .
QaTEUBENVILLE FEMALE SEM.'
went forth to brave the dangers of the battle-field. . 5......- 'NARY.
There, though young in years but old in patriot- ' REV. CHAS. C. BEATTY, D.D., LL.D. v
ism, he received the wound, upon the sanguinary SUPERINTENDENT.
. •
battle-field of Fair Oaks, of which he died, PROF. A. M. REID, A.M.,
where many a brave soldier merited praise, in-
PRINOCPAL,
stead of censure, from those in command. Al
though he died away from home arid kindred,
among strangers, it is believed that'he there
found those who watched over him in his dying
hours; andadministered to'his comfort
May the comforts and consolations of the Gos
pel of Jesus Christ be richly enjoyed by all who
mourn 'the loss of those who have fallen in de
fence of the "Stars and Stripes," and especially
by the mother and- relatives of him for whom
this tribute is shown by the soldier's friend.
DIED—At his late residence, in Salt Creek
Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, May 27th,
1862, Col. DA.VID 1?BAIRS, in the 76th year of
his age.
The deceased was born, near Elizabethtown,
Allegheny County, Pa., and soon after his mar
riage he moved to his late residence, in the
Spring of 1813. Being raisedin the Presbyte
rian Church—though not a professor of religion
when he settled in Ohio—he immediately eought
that family of God's people, and soon after, with
his wife, he united with the Presbyterian church
of Zaneiville. A few years after this, a Presby
terian church having been organized at Chan
dlersville, which was much more convenient to
him, he united with it by letter, and continued a
Member of the same till his death.
From the nature of his disease, which for sev
eral days preceding his death entirely deprived
him of the use of speech, we cannot give hi
last testimony as a Christian. But from almost
half a century's walk as a servant of Christ, in
which he manifested the Master's mind, we have
reason to believe that his departure, though si-s
w
lent, as triumphant. The Lord had blessed
him in tefirooral things, and with grace' to serve'
him with'bOth his heart and his goods. He left
at home an estimable widow and daughter. T o
these, and all his family, he left not only an
abundance of teniporal goods, but also the 'leg
acy of a good example and good name.
As a citizen, he was highly respected and
greatly held in honor. Having lived a useful
yua y
life, and by his daily walk exhorted all who
knew him to walk uprightly and lay up a treasure
in heaven, in the fullness of his years the. Lord
took him from , his family on earth , to his family
in heaven. Lit the Lord give grace to his tard
ily 'and Christian brethren to say, The Lord's
Will be done. IL R. P.
WEST BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL,
.lALE AND P1431AL.8.
Duties resumed September Bth, 3862. The accommocla,
tions for BOARDING PUPILS. are equal to any in the State.
The course M. instruction thorough. Pupils received at any
agepreparatorylo entering the High School classes:
. TB B,BlS—tor Boarders 8:30-per quarter.
For Circulars, address "
• , 11. DC/NU:ANT LONG, A.ll , Principal,'
sep6-tt Jersey Shore, Lycoining Co.. Pa.
IaTIV ES, MOTHERS AND SISTERS
..
v 'whoSe Intebands, sons and brothers are serving in
the array, can not put into their knapsacks a more neens-ary
or vaDtable gift than a few boxes or lIOLLOWATS FULLS
AND OINTMENT., They insure health even under the Mc
-posures of a soldier's life. Only 25 cents per box or pot.
sepO-It
C lIRISTIAN COURAGE;
A SERMON FOR ; 131E TI IES.
By REY. ALKUNDEII CLARK, Editor of Clark's Scbool
A beautifully printed pamphlet 01%28 pages,• with bronze
and Oolored cover. Price 10 cents, or 76, cents per dozen,
post-paid.
An eloquent homily, fully up to the progressive spirit of
the age."—Forney's War Press.
.
"A manly, timely and eloquent ntterance; clothed in most
beautiful language:?—Springfield 'Evening Hews.
Its application to the present times is excellent."—Pres
.
byteriam Banner.'
"The style is bold and striking; the sentences are short ;
the sentiment is hopeful, Manly, loyal, and evangelical."—
'American Presbyterian.
' i All whonrder. a' copy of the Sermon will receive, if
they request, specimen copies of the &hoof 'Visitor, gratis—
a 16 page Magazine for youth.
Address all orders to • '
"CLARK'S SCHOOL Turtort,"
1148 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
ang3O .t
A ILLEGH' ENY CITY, COLLEGE,
gOIITH-WEBT COR. OP LACOOK iND BANDUSRI , STREETS,
Will coiumence ite Winter Session of five months, September
let, 1862. ,The Course of Instruction embraces all 'the
branches usually implied in a College Course.
Per Cireulare, with fall particulars, address
aug23-3m JANES Y. Pd'KEIA Principal.
11 - 4 AWREXCEZMiLE SELECT
MISS SL •13.. PATTERSON will resume her School for
Young Ladies on =MOND4Y, September Ist, in Robinson's
Mill, Butler Street, between Borough and Chestnut Streets.
TERIIS, (per session of live months,) $lO 00 to $15.00, half
in advance. Music,; Drawing, with Lade, German, ,and
French Languages, extra. 'A few pupils from a distaucecan
be accommodated with boarding in the village. Applications
may be left with REV.. W. IL ANDREIVS, Mwalt Street,
Lawrenceville. • " 'ang23-3t*
BEAVER FEMALE SEMINARY.
REV. W W. LAVERTY, Principal.
(Laie under the care of Rec. J. A. ArGilt.)
This Institution for tho reception of Young Ladies, will
.open on MONDAY, the Ist day of September next. Board-.
ors received into the family of, the Principal. . •
EXPllNSES—.l3oard,ll,ight, Fuel and Tuition; per term of
fourteen weeks, $10 . .00. "Toition alone, per term, ti.op, $6.00,
ind'S7,oo. according to branillieS studied.
roefurtherAmtietihre_siddress the Prittoipal: •
aligo.6t*'
PASTOR
V s tor.
BECOMMENDATIONa.
T II E 0 IL I G I N AL
Howri
ANSrittrg%o6l) , Mi'egAggEgarVeßei
Established 1845.
.Peifeeled 1864
Mr. HOWE invites attention to thp important ipifirOVe:.
ments which he has recently made in his Sewing Machines,
which enables them to do a larger range of work With' less
machinery, less noise, less trouble,,and more perfectly than
any Machine now before the public.. Th:e missing of stitches
and breaking of needles, so common and annoying in other.
Machines, is entirely done away with, in the IMPROVED
110148. No trouble in making any garment worn by male or
female, however delicate or heavy, with silk, cotton, or linen
threads an the same Machine. We use a straight needle, and.
the stitch is elastic and alike on both sides. For shirt
Makers, Dress Makers, Tailors, Shoe Binders, Gaiter Fitters,
as well as for every variety of Family Sewing, the fenproveil
frowe Machine now stands far in advance of the Machines irf
the day, and they will be sold at a much less price than any
other Machine capable of doing the sane rang' of work in
as good a manner. No person should think of purchasing
a Sewing Machine 'without first seeing this-411e latest and
greatest triumph of the original inventor of the Sewing
Machine.
Portions at a distance can order a Machine with the Mann
factnrer's guarantee that if will ranch them safely, and prone
every way satisfactory.
A few responsible Agents are wanted, who find our terms
liberal. Send for descriptive Catalogue of styles and prices,
and address the
"HOWE SEWING MACHINES,"
jurie3l-6m 437 BROADWAY, NEW -Foal
READING FOR THE ARMY.
Soldier's Camp Library.
THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY,
150 bl-oiSSAU STREET, NEW YORK,
has just issued a beautiful Library, consisting of TWENTY
FIVE VOLUMES, iSmo., inclosed in a box, at the low price
of $3.0 ; among which are "General Havelock," "Capt.
Hadley Vicars," 0 Capt. ilammond," "The Nue Flag,"
" Young Man from home."
Packages of 3,000 pages of select Tracts, at $2.5G, are put
up to accompany the Library, when desired.
THE SOLDIER'S POCKET LIBRARY,
of twenty-live volumes, in flexible covers, containing the
Soldier's Text-book, Soldier's Hymns, The Soldiers and
.Jesus, Story of Lucknow, and other appropriate storks.
$2.01t,
The American Tract Society has furnished gratuitously
many hundreds 4 thousands of pages of Tracts to the sol
dines of Pennsylvania, as well as others. The friends of the
Soldiers are availing themselves of the opportunity of putting
'into their hands these most valuable hooks. And there are
not a few instances where most happy results have followed
the truth they contain.
Books carefully put up, and forwarded as purchasers may
diroct. Address
H. N. THISSELL, Agent,
0 , 24111110.tp.,0 Stront. Philp
MEI
This Scheel has been in successful operation under the
sem if Superintendence for recce than thirty years. It 'swell
ansy.avorably known. It was the design of its founders to
esi blish an Institution on Christian principles, whose aim
w old be to give not only thorough culture to the intellect,
b t the religion of Christ to the heart. In this aim, God has
g ally blessect;thein. inning its entire history the favor of
tie Holy . Spirit has rested upon it.
Steubetiyille is remarkable for the beauty and healthfulness
o its situation,; and is easy of access from every direction
b. Railroads..
:large
Ohio River and
Gymnasium has recently been added to its , educe
tic , apparatus.
Terms.
Fti. , Session of Ylve Months, Beginning May or
November:
Boarding, Light, &c
Tuition
Wasbing, per doien'
'ljusic, Painting, and Modern Languages., extra.
he drams are as low as the nature of the acevromoda
tint s afforded will admit.
3 rem these terms a. dednetiow of fifteen per cent. is made
for the daughters of Clergymen, and for any pnpile that are
seri by soldiers in the army.
: pal ticulara, apply to the Saperintcodent or Principal.
marMni
rtiViC, SECOND-HAND, 5 OCTAVE
-w; Portable Melodeons, of Cashed. & Needltantand Mason
& andin. For sale by
tnyl3-1y JOHN U. MF.LLOR, 81 Wood Street.
lIIDGEHILL SCHOOL,
PRINCETON, N. J.
HET. JAMES P. HUGHES, A. M. 1
REV. THOS. W. CATTELL, A. AC,
This Institution, founded - in 1820 ; is designed to prepare
Ilya thoroughly for college or for a. business life. The
Lt ildings are large and commodious, and the grounds em
l'jace more than thirteen acres.. cloth of the Principals de
v int their whole time to the school, aided in the department
o,r- Instruction by competent teachers.
; , upiiii are received at any time and charged only from the
1
di eof adinission.
MIS :—5125.00 per Session of five months.
'or circulars, or further information, address either of the
Pat ncipals. Reference is also made to the REV. MR. CAT-
I' 1 lito-Ilarrielinrg. - .
Pain Der: Dr. Hodge and Rev. Dr. Professors in
,the Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J.
,
have for several years been intimately acquainted wit
the Rev. Thomas W. Cana. He has had charge of two of
my suns : and I can safely say I have never known any one
in whose 'fidelity and nevotion to his pupils, I have equal
confidence. lie is a good scholar and a successful teacher.
I knoiv no one who hes a greater facility in gaining the
love of his scholars or who exerts over them a better in
fluence.
I am aware of the responsibility in speaking in such terms
of cOMmendation of a teacher; but I am satisfied I am doing
nothiughut simple justice to an excellent man, in using the
language which I have here employed.
CHARLES HODGE..
I have great confidence in the lies% James P. Hughes, as a
teacher. both in his aptness to give instruction, and him tact
in the administration of discipline. I have had two sons
under his care, and from the most careful 'observation I our
free to recommend the Edgehill School as one of safe and
thorough instruction. ALEXANDER T. - a'GILL.
)plB-6m
ELECT CLASSICAL SCHOOL FOR
LADLES,
Corner Beaver Street and Sonth Common,
ALLEGHENY CITY, PA
MRS. E. A. SMITH, - - - Principal.
The design of this school is to impart to Young Ladies and
Misses a thorough, comprehensive. and Ceiristian education,
the facilities for accomplishing , which being every way ade
quate to the end in view. The location is the most desirable
for achy school, rooms large and elegantly furnished, num
ber of pupils limited, and everything calculated to advance
the real interests of the student.
. ...
A few young bidies , Nvill be accommodated with board in
the family or the Principal.
. The Filth .eirti-Acinual Session commences on MONDAY,
September Bth..
air ,Mrs. Smith tefers, by permission, to the following
well-known' gentlemen, moat of whom aro or have been
herpetrons, viz.:--Rov. John EL Brown, Rev. H. Kendall,
D.D., Rev. Thomas Sproul, DD., Rev.. James Grier, Rev. W.
1). - Howard, DD., Rev. James Prestley, D.D., Rev. D. R.
Kerr, D. 11., Rev. Win. Preston, D.D.,' Rev: Henry L. Hitch
cock, D.D., President of Westminster Reserve College.
N. , 8.--Send forts Circular. jYI9-Rm
NO. 21 , FIFTH STREET,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Upwards of 80,000 ifaohines Sold in the United States
MORE THAN 20,000 SOLD THE PAST YEAR
More speedy in movement and more durable than any oth
er Machine. We give full instructions to enable the pur
chaser to sew ordinary seams, stitch, hem, fell, quilt, gather,
bind and tuck, ell cm the same machine, and warrant it for
three years.
'CIRCULARS, giving prices, &c., will be furnished gratis
on application, in person or by-letter.
iter Sewing Machine Needles, Silk, Twist, Cotton, and
Oil, constantly on hand.
ii l9-3 .m. -WM.- SUMNER 8G CO.
IVATRONA.OIL.
A.ll This Carbon Oil, manufactured by the Pennsylvania
Salt Manufacturing Company, is entirely free from offen
sive odur.ls unsurpassed in the brilliancy of light it affords,
and will not explode. Consumers should always ask
for NATRONA 011 4 both on account of quality and cheap-
All orders or letters of inquiry addressed to GEORGE
CILLIIOI3N, No. '24 Wood Stmet, I , ,tmhurgll, will be prompt..
Rnuwornd.. • dee2l-ly
BEAVER ACADEMY.
This Institution SKiii open on MONDAY, We let day of
Septeniber.' "A' limited 'number of pnpilltan obtain bawd
ing in the family of the Prlncipal. -
For further information, address
• B. B. bLEIBBit, Principal,
au. 430.: Beaver. Pa.
,
VDGEWORT . SENINARY. FOR
• - YOUNG LADIES.
10 : Xi SESSiOII opens MONDAY, SEPTiailitn 15.rn. •
TERMS—for Board,-.Tui non, Washing; &c.,•570 in advance.
Aar LOOl. Address, ,
my. A. WIDDIAIGD, :P.D.,
Sewinkleyville, Pa.
erig94
ag
===s=
860.00
$lO to 10.00