him at Lexington to-day, and he leaves with his 
staffon the. first train this morning. 
From another gentleman who arrived last evening 
from Lexington, we learn that about 6,000 men have 
been sent forward from that point, and that a Btand 
will be made at the Kentucky River. 
Army of the Went. 
A correspondent of the Louisville Journal 
writes that the rebel Morgan and his band left Glas¬ 
gow, Ky., at 4 P. M. on tlao 30th ult. While there 
they destroyed the indictments for treason found by 
the Grand Jury at the last term of the court—over 
100 in number. They also mutilated the records of 
the court, so that no traces of the indictments are 
left The horses and mules of all the Union men 
were taken away, and other property was destroyed. 
Col. Shackleford, of the nth Kentucky Cavalry, 
overtook A. R. Johnson, at Morgan field. Ky., on the 
1stinst, killing and capturing a number of John* 
son’B band. Col. S, then divided his forces, sending 
Lieut-Col. Foster, with two companies of cavalry, 
in the direction of Slaugbtersville. Foster overtook 
a party of the enemy, killed two and took 23 prison¬ 
ers and 43 horses. 
On Wednesday morning Col. Shackleford started 
for the rebels, and came upon Col. Johnson’s camp 
on Gilliger Lake, drove in his pickets, and took 
possession of his camp. Johnson rallied on the 
Opposite side of the lake and opened cm Shackleford, 
who dismounted his men and with carbines fought, 
the rebels, 600 strong, till his ammunition was ex¬ 
pended, leaving many rebels killed and wounded. 
The federals then retreated in good order, when the 
rebels advanced, and Shackleford ordered a charge, 
leading in person. Col. Shackleford’s left foot was 
torn in pieces by a leaden slug from the enemy's 
cannon, which killed his horse. His forces then 
burned the rebels’ camp, and retreated in good 
order. The federal loss was eight wounded. 
The. success of the rebels in Kentucky caused a 
good deal of excitement in Cincinnati, and fears 
were entertained that an attack upon that city waB 
meditated. Business was almost entirely suspend¬ 
ed, the people organized themselves into military 
companies, and the utmost exertions were made for 
the defense of the city. Our latest telegraphic dis¬ 
patches (5th inst.) say business is still suspended. 
Volunteers and armed bodies of men continue to 
pour into the city by thousands. The city is quiet. 
- - uo excitement beyond the enthusiasm manifested 
over these arrivals. A bridge, of boats is beiug built 
across the river, at the foot of Walnut street. Gun¬ 
boats are constantly patrolling the river for miles 
above and below. Reports from Kentucky conllict, 
and nothing is known of the whereabout of the 
rebels since their arrival at Paris. 
From Tennessee we have the following dispatch: 
Gek. Graft's Hkauqdakteus. Sept. 2,1 P. M. > 
Via Cairo, Sept. 2, 4 P. M. j 
To Maj.-Oen. Jlalleclc: —Col. Demis, with from 
400 to 600 men, met with the rebel cavalry yester¬ 
day, a few miles west ot Whedon, in superior force, 
driving them and whipping them badly. The ene¬ 
my left 110 dead on the field, and their wounded 
are estimated at 250. Our loss is 5 killed and 40 
wourded. U. S. Grant, Maj.-Geu. 
Dispatches received from Jackson, the 2d, say 
Bolivar is reported invested by a heavy force under 
Price; also, a large force of the enemy, seven miles 
from there, are threatening an attack. Gen. Villi- 
pique is reported to have crossed the Hatcbee river 
at Brownsville, on the night of the first, and is prob¬ 
ably making towards Bolivar. 
A skirmish between rebel pickets and a sound of 
federals took place on the 22d, near Greenville, 
Miss. Two of the latter were killed. 
A dispatch from Memphis, on the 3d inst, says a 
fight is reported to have occurred at Widdelugh, 
seven miles from Bolivar, on Sunday P. M., lasting 
several hours. The town was taken by the confed¬ 
erates. Federal loss, 37 killed and 27 prisoners. 
Rebel loss, A killed and f wounded. Among the 
rebels killed -was Capt. Sappington, of St. Louis, 
The Amelia was fired into on her last passage up 
from Helena, by guerrillas, from the foot of Puck 
Island, killing one and wounding two. The mili¬ 
tary landed, burned the houses in the vicinity, and 
laid the plantations waste. Fifteen prisoners were 
taken. The negroes on the plantations were also 
brought away. 
From St Louis, Mo., Sept 2, we learn that Poin¬ 
dexter. the notorious rebel leader of guerrilla bands 
in Missouri, was caught on Monday night, asleep 
in a house, twenty miles from Hudson. He is con¬ 
demned as a spy and will suffer death. 
A dispatch from Greenfield, Mo., Sept. I, says 
Major Lippard has obtained auother signal success 
over the guerrillas in South-eastern Missouri, with 
a squadron of the 13th Illinois cavalry, two com¬ 
panies of the 20th Missouri Volunteers, and one 
howitzer of the 2d Missouri Artillery. The Major 
attacked Col. White, whose force was estimated at 
I .000, about twelve miles south of Pitman’s terry, on 
the Cumberland river, and after a desperate con¬ 
flict of an hour’s duration, completely routed White, 
capturing all hie wagons and equipage, and taking 
many prisoners, also a number of horses and mules. 
Our lose in killed and wounded is not stated, but is 
slight compared with that of the enemy. 
A correspondent of the Missouri Democrat, writing 
from Fort Scott, Kansas, Aug. 26, says: 
The greatest activity prevails here in getting this 
army ready tor immediate advance toward Arkan¬ 
sas. Gea. Blunt, commanding the forces here, has 
had reliable information that all troops in defense 
of Kansas, and all those in South-western Missouri, 
including all the new levy of militia, will he con¬ 
centrated at a designated point. His portion of the 
army is finely equipped, and contains four complete 
batteries of-eigbt guns each. 
Information has just been received here confirm¬ 
ing the report that the rebels are concentrating in 
large numbers at Cross Hollow, Arkansas, intend¬ 
ing to march north, proposing to take Fort Scott 
and then Fort Leavenworth. Pike had told his 
men be intended to be quartered in the latter fort 
before snow fell. There is no mistaking that such 
is the idea held out to the rebels now concentrating 
at Cross Hollow. 
Day before yesterday Quantrell’s and Hays’ bands 
came upon six companies of the 2d Kansas and 
three companies ol the 6th Kansas, near Lamar. 
Major Campbell and Captain Greno, of the 6th, at¬ 
tacked them with about 60 of their men, and had a 
serere fight, lasting two hours. Two were killed 
and 21 wounded. Lieut-Col. Bassett, commanding 
the 2d Kansas, marched upon the. opposite side of 
the stream, out of danger. The wounded men state 
that the rebels had about 700, and if Bassett had 
helped they would have whipped them. 
A report has been received that Nashville, Ten¬ 
nessee, is abandoned by our troops and occupied by 
the rebels. 
The Situation in Virginia. 
On the preceding page we have given a detailed 
account of the great battles in the vicinity of Ma¬ 
nassas, up to Saturday night. The telegraph fur¬ 
nishes us the following additional items in relation 
to affairs in Virginia, up to the time of goiDg to 
prese: 
There was no fighting of consequence on Sun¬ 
day, only occasional skirmishing or a few shots 
poured into the woods from time to time on the 
enemy, as if trying the range ot our guns. From 
the severe conflicts previously, it was evident that 
both armies were engaged in repairing damages. 
On Sunday morning, between eight and nine 
o'clock, 15 of our ambulances, being in advance of 
the train down a hollow, were captured. In all 
there were 250 ambulances and 60 hacks. 
About one o’clock Sunday afternoon, several 
trains of cars at Manassas Junction, with ammuni¬ 
tion and stores, were burned by the military author¬ 
ities, to prevent them from falling into ihe hands of 
the rebels, which seemed to be imminent, the bridge 
at Bull Run having been destroyed by the rebels, 
and the property, therefore, being cut off from 
retiring to a place of safety. 
A Tribune correspondent, who went over the field 
of battle on Sunday, says our dead lay untouched 
as they fell in bailie, with the exception of their 
caps and shoes. I did not see a single instance, 
among the whole 1,800 dead, where the shoes had 
not been rifled. There were palliating circum¬ 
stances, for many of the rebels were barefoot. 
On Monday morning, intelligence was received at 
headquarters that the divisions ot Hill and Long- 
street intended to appear on our right in force, and 
cut off our supply trains. To prevent this consum¬ 
mation, the di vision of Gen. Reno was dispatched 
by Gen. Pope to Fairfax Court House. It was 
deemed prudent to commence the evacuation ol 
Centerville to cover our base of operations, inas¬ 
much as Generals Hill and Longstreet were known 
to be in force some distance toward Washington 
from the battle field of Saturday, and as a recon- 
noissance to the front bad revealed an anticipated 
movement in the same direction by the enemy. 
The army ot Virginia commenced retiring to¬ 
ward Fairfax Court House on Monday, at 9 o’clock, 
Reno’s division leading the march, and McDowell’s 
corps following. As Reno’s division was forming 
its line of march, and when within miles of Fair¬ 
fax Court House, a heavy volley from a force of 
riflemen came pouring in upon them from the 
woods to the right of the road. This occurred at 4 
P. M. The. whole force was a detachment, from 
Gen. Hill’s division, and was commanded by Gen. 
Stuart. The volley was almost entirely received by 
Gen. Stevens’ brigade, composed of the 28th Massa¬ 
chusetts, 8th Michigan, 5(ith and 100th Pennsylva¬ 
nia, and 4Gth New York. 
Reno and Stevens immediately formed their com¬ 
mands in line of battle to repel the attack of the 
enemy, now concealed in the thick shrubbery. 
Gen. Stevens rode up and down his lines, gallantly 
rallying his men, intimidated by repeated volleys 
from the enemy. Unable to cope with them in the 
position they then hold, Gen. Stevens ordered his 
men to fix bayonets and charge them through the 
woods. This order was gallantly responded to by 
his men, who pressed the enemy and drove them 
before them with great slaughter. While thus 
charging them, Gen. Stevens was hit with a miuie 
ball and instantly killed, but not until the enemy 
had been routed. Capt. Stevens, the son of the 
Getn-iuJ, was wounaeu in tne Ju>nJ. 
Kearney's batteries now opened on the rebel 
forces, causing sad havoc among them. Skirmish¬ 
ing was kept up for about three hours, when the 
enemy retreated and the train passed on. 
Gen. Kearney was also killed in this engagement. 
The manner of his death was precisely ascertained 
by Surgeon Foye, while a prisoner at the scene of 
battle. The General rode into a piece of woods to 
reconnoiter, and came upon a Louisiana regiment. 
He was ordered to halt, but instead, turned his 
horse, leaned over to avoid the bullets, and rode 
rapidly away. While doing so he was shot in the 
hack, killing him instantly. 
Eleven hundred paroled prisoners, some of whom 
were taken as far back as Thursday, atManassas, ar¬ 
rived at Aqueduct Bridge, on Wednesday evening, 
and report that Gen. Lee has established his head¬ 
quarters on the battle-field, three miles beyond Bull 
Run, on the Warrenton turnpike. The only force 
at Fairfax was Stuart’s cavalry, he being there in 
person. 
Information has reached Washington that the 
rebels are demonstrating up the river, and some 
have already reached Leesburg, and were also 
spreading between there and the Chain Bridge, as 
if designing to cross the ferry connecting with 
Montgomery county, somewhere in the neighbor¬ 
hood of Poolsville. 
A dispatch Washington, Sept. 4th, says the 
work of getfioA the army into a good position in 
front of Washington, has been accomplished with 
fair success. So well conducted has been the pro¬ 
cess of falling back from Centerville to their present 
positions of perfect security, that not one army 
wagon has been lest on the route. Everything was 
done most systematically. The troops have for the 
greater part resumed the precise localities held by 
them previous to their leaving for the Peninsula. 
Five rebel scouts or spies crossed over at Ed¬ 
ward’s Ferry on Wednesday, and were seen at or 
near Poolsville. Hiey did not long continue in 
that neighborhood. Such reconnoissances are be¬ 
lieved to be of frequent occurrence. 
A regiment of rebel cavalry was at Edward’s 
Ferry yesterday, and amused themselves by salut¬ 
ing our men on this, tlw Maryland side, with their 
field pieces, but doing nb damage. 
The rebels, in the recent engagements, did not 
fight with their entire forces, having a powerful 
reserve, to he made use of as the exigencies might 
require. The most reliable among the conflicting 
rumors is that the rebel forces, comprising, at a 
guess, 100,000 men, were • still moving yesterday, 
(Sept. 3.) through Thoroughfare Gap. branching off 
into the. valley, and stretching upwards toward 
Harper's Ferry. Paroled prisoners say that the 
rebel soldiers express their confidence of crossing 
over into Maryland in heavy force in the course of 
four days. They doubtless will make the attempt. 
In front of our army to-day clouds of dust indi¬ 
cated activity among the enemy. The sound of 
cannon tor a short period seems to confirm this. 
It appears from a private letter that our troops 
have been withdrawn from Acqula Creek; if not 
altogether, at least in part The stores have been 
placed beyond the possibility of falling into the 
hands of the rebels. Five or six gunboats were at 
last accounts lying in that vicinity. The rebels do 
not occupy Fredericksburg with any force, as the 
troops designed to hold the town have been for¬ 
warded to Jackson. The citizens are performing 
guard duty. 
The rebel force, under five Generals, Jackson, 
Longstreet, Ewell, Hill and Smith, is not less than 
two hundred and fifteen thousand men at the present 
time. A gentleman just from the rebel camp states 
that Jackson, Longstreet, Ewell and Hill are now 
consolidated at Manassas, while Smith is marching 
with a column of 30.000 strong on Fredericksburg. 
The following is gathered from newspapers and 
private sources: 
It is believed that the rebels have crossed in some 
force this &ide of Point of Rocks, and subsequently, 
for the most part, re-crossed into Virginia, as though 
hesitating to make the experiment of getting lodg¬ 
ment in Maryland. The rebels have thrown shells 
across the river at canal boats, <£c.. hut done no 
damage. A man professing lo have escaped from 
the vicinity of Leesburg, Wednesday, reports Jack- 
son as entering Leesburg and pushing toward Ilar- 
per'B Ferry, and Longstreet is marching in the same 
direction. 
The rebels are well supplied with artillery, and 
most of the Unionists of Winchester and Leesburg 
had escaped into Maryland. Others, who were 
captured by the secessionists while attempting it, 
were imprisoned. Upon learning that Jackson was 
marching toward Leesburg, rebel flags were dis¬ 
played in token of joy at bis coming. 
A gentleman who arrived at Washington, from 
Fredericksburg, on Thursday, reports that the 
destruction of bridges over the Rappahannock, at 
that place, was not completed by our troops be¬ 
fore they all evacuated. The wire bridge is pas¬ 
sable ouly for foot passengers and light trains, hav- 
only been partially injured, and has since been 
repaired by the citizens. 
An officer of Sigel's staff says the battle of Bull 
Run, on Saturday, began with heavy firing from 
artillery, on both sides, from Gen. Franz Bigel’s 
division or corps. The effect of the firing from 
Gen. Sigel’s batteries was terribly effective upon 
the enemy, literally creating winrowsin their ranks. 
This is proved to be so from the fact that shortly 
after a temporary cessation of our fire in Sigel's 
line, long after the Confederate batteries had been 
silenced, the rebel Gen. Jackson sent two staff offi¬ 
cers with white flags to seek permission to bury his 
dead. This permission was granted. 
Gen. Reno said in conversation that he never saw 
a more daring act than the one performed by the 
rebels on Saturday. Out of the woods, on the flank 
of several of his batteries, swarmed, what appeared 
to be stragglers from our forces; a few at first, then 
more and more, until not less than a regiment or 
two had emerged. He was completely deceived 
until ihey were nearly upon his guns, when he caughi 
sight of the red patch; he knew them to be rebels, 
turned his artillery upon them, and destroyed 
almost, every man. 
The Wheeling Intelligencer of the 3d inst., states 
that a dispatch from Gen. Kelly, dated the 2d inst, 
says that, he was attacked by the rebel guerrillas, 
Col. Jenkins and Imboden, the same who made the 
raid on Buckhunnon and Weston, and that he 
defeated them, killing and capturing several of 
their number. 
The rebel Governor of Virginia has issued a pro¬ 
clamation, calling for a State force of 10,000 men, to 
be formed into a division and placed under the 
command of Gen. Floyd. 
The rebels are carrying out a threat long since 
made, of invading the Northern States. Indeed, in 
all thoir operations lU^Y are exhibiting great quick¬ 
ness of movement, and it is atmcult at this stage to 
say whether they are guided by wisdom or despera¬ 
tion. They have crossed the Potomac in the neigh¬ 
borhood of Poolesville and Leesburg, and now 
occupy both banks of that river in force, cutting off 
the portion of our army at Harper's Ferry from 
resources and aid, and unless our Government is 
prepared to march to their rescue at once with a 
strong force, they must surrender before superior 
numbers. The rebels now occupy a large territory, 
running to within 15 miles of Washington on the 
one side, and the same distance from Harper’s Ferry 
on the other. This embraces a section of the Balti¬ 
more and Ohio railroad, the city of Frederick, in 
Maryland, and other smaller towns. Frederick is 
by railroad 58 miles west of Baltimore, 23 east of 
Harper’s Ferry, and about, 40, in a straight line, 
north-west of Washington. 
The following are the latest dispatches received 
by telegraph: 
From one of the Times correspondents who has 
just returned from Poolsville, we learn that on 
Thursday night the rebels commenced to cross with 
cavalry at or near the mouth of the Monocacy. 
They brought over two regiments of cavalry and 
threw over a pontoon bridge and crossed with artil¬ 
lery, which encamped on Rogers’ farm and threw 
out pickets toward Poolsville. On Friday about 
11 o'clock a column of infantry and artillery 
commenced to cross. They were crossing in three 
places besides the bridge, the water being up to a 
man’s neck. No resistance was offered to their 
coming. Some cavalry who were watering there 
were attacked and chased to Poolsville. There the 
houses were closed and the streets blockaded by the 
citizens. The farmers fired upon our flying cavalry 
as they passed by their corn fields. About dusk 
Gen. Lee rode into Poolsville at the head of four 
regiments of infantry, and guided by a farmer who 
was professedly a Union man. Their - infantry went 
off to the left toward Frederick. 
The rebel Generals Robert Lee, Hill, Stewart, 
and Fitzhugh Lee, are with the men. They march 
in solid column. They have few or no shoes, and 
no knapsacks. Their wagon trains were crossing 
on Saturday and Sunday morning. The farmers 
are bringing in hay and provisions of all kinds, and 
giving them away. There is not a loyal man, with 
one or two exceptions, there. "Women received 
them with flags and demonstrations of joy. 
The following account has just been received from 
the Upper Potomac, and is believed to be reliable: 
The rebel force in the neighborhood of Darnstown 
and Clarksburg is estimated at 3,000, and is com¬ 
posed entirely of cavalry. 
A body of the enemy, about 1,500 strong, crossed 
the river last night at White’s Ferry, and are sup¬ 
posed to be en route for Frederick. Our forces hold 
the bridge across the Seneca creek, which was not 
injured by the rebels on their return from the recent 
dash on Darnstown. 
It has been ascertained that Jackson crossed the 
Potomac opposite the north mouth of the Monocacy, 
and passed along the bank of the stream to Fred¬ 
erick. A rebel picket, captured near Clarksburg 
to-day, says Jackson’s force is 45,000. 
Darnstown is on the Potomac and about 15 miles 
above Washington, and Poolsville about five miles 
further up. 
The latest reports by telegraph, this (Tuesday) 
morning, are that rebel pickets were extended eight 
miles south-east of Frederick, Maryland, and that 
nearly all the enemy had left our front in the 
neighborhood of Manassas, hut whether for a 
bold attack upon Maryland or for some other work, 
seemed to be unknown to (hose in search of 
news, if not to the Government. The rebels move 
in solid columns, first cavalry, then artillery, then 
infantry, with baggage in the rear, and these again 
followed in order by similar troops. The people of 
the Talley have contributed to the subsistence of 
the rebels, and probably furnished them with all 
needful information. 
Nothing has yet been heard from the Federals at 
Harper’s Ferry and Martinsburg, who are cut off 
from re-enforcements by the rebel movement toward 
Frederick. 
A gentleman who arrived at Washington on the 
8th, says the rebel force at Frederick is estimated at 
40,000, under Jackson. From this gentleman's con¬ 
versation with rebel soldiers, he derived the impres¬ 
sion that one object is to destroy the Western Cen¬ 
tral Pennsylvania Railroad, and otherwise operate 
in that State, and having ulterior designs on Wash¬ 
ington and Baltimore. 
Our government seemB to be actively preparing 
for the new circumstances in which we are placed, 
for it is said immense bodies of troops are moving 
for the Upper Potomac, and everything showsvigor 
and determination on onr part. 
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. 
The Provost Guard was busy on Tuesday closing 
up all the liquor establishments in the city. Their 
captures were sent to the Medical Purveyor’s office. 
The Washington correspondent of the Philadel¬ 
phia North American telegraphs that it is now un¬ 
derstood that the period of drafting will be left to 
the Governors of the respective States to decide for 
themselves, as the Government is not disposed to 
push the matter, unless the emergency should be 
such as to render a single day’s delay fatal. 
H. M. Pierce, President of Rutger’s Institute in 
New York city, has been appointed General Super¬ 
intendent of Hospital nurses in the military district 
of Washington, and has entered upon the discharge 
of his duties. All applications from persons desir¬ 
ous of acting as nurses should made at the Surgeon 
General’s office. 
The following circular was issued on the 30th ult.: 
Sckc.eox Gkxkkxi.’S Office, Washington, Aug. 30. 
To the Loyal Women and, Children of ihe 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 need of it. 
I appeal to you to come to our aid in supplying 
us with this necessary article. There is scarcely a 
woman or child wbo cannot scrape lint, and there is 
no way in which their assistance can be more use¬ 
fully given than in furnishing us the means to dress 
the wounds of those who fall in the defense of then- 
rights and their homes. 
Contributions will be received in Boston by Sur- 
C. .T. Tambncci; Cincinnati, Surgeon Glover Per¬ 
rin, U. S. A.; Louisville. Surgeon .T. F. Head. U. S. 
A.; St. Louis, Asgt. Surgeon C. G. Alexander, U. S. 
A., or by any medical officer of the U. S. A. 
C. J. Hammond, Surgeon General U. S. A. 
The following order has been issued by General 
Halleck: 
GENERAL ORDER NO. 122. 
Wan Department, Adjutant General’* Omen, > 
Washington September 8, 1862. f 
Major-General McClellan will have command of 
all the fortifications of Washington, and of all the 
troops for the defense of the Capital. 
By command of Maj.-Gen. Halleck. 
E! D. Townsend, A. A. G." 
The re-appointment of Gen. McClellan is princi¬ 
pally due to the wishes of the army itself. A dis¬ 
tinguished Major-General who had been opposed 
to General McClellan’s strategy, stated that can¬ 
dor compelled him to admit that the soldiers demand 
McClellan for their leader. Immediately after ac¬ 
cepting the chief command of all the Union forces 
in "Virginia and the neighborhood of Washington, 
Gen. McClellan proceeded to inspect the troops and 
fortifications on the otbor side of the river. His 
reception by the officers and soldiers was marked by 
the most unbounded enthusiasm. 
Gen. McClellan has issued the following order: 
GENERAL ORDER NO. 1. 
Washington, September 4, 1862. 
1st. Pursuant to General Order No. 122, from the 
War Department, Adjutant-General’s office, of the 
2d inst,, the undersigned hereby assumes command 
of the fortifications at Washington, and of all the 
troops for the defense of the capital] 
2d. The heads of the Staff Departments of the 
Army of the Potomac will he in charge of their re¬ 
spective departments at these headquarters. 
3d. In addition to these consolidated morning re¬ 
ports required by the circular of this date, from 
these headquarters, reports will be made by corps 
commanders as to their compliance with the assign¬ 
ment to positions heretofore given them, stating defi¬ 
nitely the ground occupied and covered by their 
commands, and as to what progress has been made 
in obedience to the orders already issued to place 
their commands in condition for immediate service. 
G. B. McClellan, Maj.-Gen. 
S. Williams, A. A. G. 
A dispatch dated Washington, Sept. 4th, says, in¬ 
formation has been received here that a number of 
persons from this city, with others, were yesterday 
on the late battle field, attending to the burial of the 
dead, and the comfort and removal of the wounded. 
About twenty surgeons were of the party. It is 
further stated that a number of our citizens, includ¬ 
ing the government clerks, were undoubtedly cap¬ 
tured on Monday by the enemy, who were engaged 
harrassing General Banks on his retreat from War¬ 
renton. Their going to the battle field to perform 
the duty assigned them without a flag of truce was 
an unsafe proceeding. 
The paroled prisoners who have arrived here say 
that they were well treated by the rebels except in 
the matter of food. 
It appears from General Orders No. IIS, issued 
by the War Department, that the number of officers 
of the U. 8. service who have been exchanged as 
prisoners of war, up to the 27 th ult., is 279, including 
two Brigadier-Generals, Reynolds and McCall, 11 
Colonels, 9 Lieut-Colonels, 17 Majors, 95 Captains, 
and 83 1st and 2d Lieutenants. 113 Confederate 
officers were changed tor rank and file of the United 
States army. 
The Surgeon-General has sent away over 2,000 
volunteer surgeons. Some of them objected to do 
duty in the Washington hospitals, and were inexor¬ 
able unless they could cut and carve on the battle 
field. A number of gunboats have approached 
within a view of Washington. The appearance of 
two, near Georgetown, tfiis afternoon, was indeed a 
wonder —Buch a craft never before having appeared 
in the Potomac. The river shore in that vicinity is 
lined with spectators, and the day being beautiful, 
the surrounding scenery and the movement of troops 
presented a scene at once beautiful and impressive. 
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
The National Feed Cutter—Whitte ore & Son 
Genesee Valley Nurseries—Frost & Co 
.4 Nurtery for Sale at a FI a renin 
Apple Tree's Ac, for Sale— E Moody J, Son 
Trees and Plants at Low Prices—Frost .fe Co 
Endless Chain Railway Horse-Powers— r j. jf Harder 
®t)e Nevus <&0ni>ett8er. 
— It Is publicly denied that Sigel has lost any g Uns 
— Senator Fessenden’s son, Samuel, was killed in the I 
of Friday. 
— Canal receipts to August 22d exceed those of last 
$835,821.80. 
— All the property of John Slidell has been confiscated v 
Gen. Butler. ^ 
— Gen. Nelson has relieved Gen. Lew Wallace, who 11 
take the field. 
— The death of Gen. Stahl is positively contradicted h 
Gen. Blcnkcr. 
— Norfolk and Snffolk have been strongly re enforced 1 
Federal troops. 
— The 73d Illinois regiment is commanded throughout b 
Methodist preachers. 
— A French ship has been captured on the coast of North 
Carolina with a cargo of cotton. 
— A monument to the memory of Prince Albert is to be 
raised in Coburg, his native town. 
— The tuntiage, afloat, of the United States, Is larger than 
that of any other nation on the globe. 
— Joe Balding, a colored man, died in the Zanesville In¬ 
firmary on the 11th ult, aged 121 years. 
— Twenty-three Indiamen are now on the way to Boston 
a larger number than for several years past 
— Jeff Davis has issued an order to treat Gens. Hunter and 
Phelps as outlaws, to be executed as felons. 
— Edwin G. Ripley, President of the AStna Insurance Com¬ 
pany of Hartford, died on Tuesday, 26th ult 
— Tiie Emperor Napoleon bas fixed the majority of the 
Prince, his heir, at the age of fourteen years. 
— Col. Fletcher Webster, son of Daniel Webster, was killed 
in one of the recent engagements in Virginia. 
— Hon. John Willard, member of the N. Y. State Senate, 
died at Saratoga on the 1st inst., aged 76 years. 
— Alexander M. Ross, the engineer of the Victoria bridge, 
died in England recently, in an insane asylum. 
— It is stated that the Emperor Napoleon has declared 
that Prance intends to defend the Pope of Home. 
— Three West Springfield athletes are said to have swam 
three miles up stream in the Connecticut recently 
— The Georgetown Seminary Hospital is appropriated ex¬ 
clusively to sick and wounded officers of the army, 
— The headquarter* of Gen. Wright, the new commander 
of the Department of Ohio, will be at Louisville, Ky 
— Among the articles comprised in the cargo of the cap¬ 
tured steamer Tubal Cain, were 18,000 stand ot fire arms. 
— A war with all the Indian tribes is at hand. The Califor¬ 
nia mails are to be sent via New York until further notice. 
— As the work upon the census is approaching completion, 
100 clerks will be discharged from the Interior Department. 
— The Chinese Government, has ordered three propellers 
of New York builders. They are in course of construction. 
— Gen. Burnside expressed the opinion at Fortress Monroe 
recently, that McClellan would make a mark leading all the rest 
— Tuesday, 20th ult., twenty-six clerks in the Land Office 
were discharged, on account of the falling off in the business. 
— The New Orleans Advocate figures up a loss to that city 
of $250,000,000 as the effect of secession, already experienced. 
— Mrs. S. P. Boutwell, of Williatnstown, Vt., has six sons 
and one son-in-law in the Union army, volunteers for 3 jews. 
— It is rumored that when our forces in Virginia are fully 
concentrated, Gen. Halleck will take the field as Commander 
in Chief 
— The Government has perfected arrangements with a 
Boston company to raise the fifteen sunken vessels in Hamp¬ 
ton Roads. 
— The total tonnage of the United States on the /• Inly, 
was 6.639,812 tuns—an increase of 185,944 tuns over thr- pre¬ 
vious year. 
— Maria Pia, daughter of Victor Emmanuel, is to marry 
the King of Portugal on the 10th of October, the anniversary 
of her birth. 
— Up to the present time this year, only 3,757 less emigrants 
have arrived at the port of New York than during the like 
period last year. 
— The new census of Son Francisco gives a population of 
90,000, against 83,000 last year. The city is in a very pros¬ 
perous condition. 
— Twelve bundled applications have been made to the 
French Government for the place of Guardian of Napoleon's 
Tomb, just vacated. 
— Three gentlemen caught 741 trout, in Vermont last week, 
in eight hours time. Committing such havoc among the trout 
is shameful business 
— It is said that the imperial nursery of France will have 
auother inmate before long, to the great delight of “ the 
nephew of his uncle.” 
— John C. Rives, ex-publisher of the Washington Globe, 
has subscribed $5,000 for the District volunteers. He has 
previously given $10,000. 
— The Government of Brazil has decided that after two 
years, the Amazon and its tributaries shall be open to the 
commerce of all nations. 
— From the 11th to tire 16th of August, no less than 16,000 
sick men were removed from Harrison’s Landing with boats 
of the Sanitary Commission. 
— A man in Shrewsbury, Vt., has been arrested for passing 
a twenty dollar Confederate States uote, as the difference in 
making an exchange of horses. 
— The ladies of Prescott, U. C., have offered to contribute 
toward the Ladies’ Relief Association, Ogdensburg, N. Y., 
and the offer has been accepted. 
— Gov. Tod, of Ohio, has been authorized by the Secretary 
of War to raise a cavalry regiment for the defense of the 
river counties against rebel raids. 
— Father Dunne, a former Catholic priest of Chicago, lias 
accepted a Colonelcy in the Union army, and is raising a 
Dunne Legion for service in the field. 
— Mrs. Flannager, while under the influence of liqnor, was 
run over by a train at Hartford, Conn., on Tuesday night, 26th 
ult., and had both her lower limbs cut off. 
— The U. S. steamer Hatteras captured, while trying to run 
the blockade at Benorick Bay, the rebel schooner Josephine, 
with 322 bales of cotton, bound for Havana. 
— The Provost-Marshal of St. Louis has notified seven 
well-known secession females to quit the city iu forty-eight 
hours, on pain of imprisonment for refusal. 
— Bridget Gleason, of Rutland, Vt., about 25 years of age, 
was so burned by the explosion of a duid lamp Saturday, 30th 
ult., that her death ensued on Sunday morning. 
— The town of Jackson, in Amadas oounty, California, was 
burned on the 23d ult, Two thousand people were rendered 
homeless. Loss $400,000, and very little insured. 
— The man who was for some time supposed to be Nena 
Sahib, of execrable memory, has died in a British prison in 
India. An order hud just been issued for his release. 
— In Sharon, Vt., on the 11th nit., a little girl four years 
old, while playing with matches, set fire to her clothes, and 
was bo severely burned that she lived but a short time. 
— Maj. Thomas Cornell, of Rondout, N. Y., contributed 
$3,000 to aid recruiting for the Ulster and Greene regiment, 
and subscribed $5,000 to aid in filling up another regiment. 
— Edward Lee, a workman in the Washington Mills at 
Lawrence, Mass., was caught by the teeth of a wool picker 
lately, and so horribly lacerated he lived but a few minutes. 
— Several wooden tenements and three stables in Charles¬ 
town, Mass., were destroyed by fire Saturday, 30th ult,, and 
twenty families were made homeless. Loss $10,000 to $15,000. 
