would be complete, and at eight o'clock in the 
morning the whole party left the town, each man 
aud horse a small sized clothing establishment. 
The noise occasioned by the explosion of the 
powder magazine was so great that it was heard 
at the distance of several miles down the valley, 
and gave rise to a report that spread in that direc¬ 
tion, that cannonading was going on at Cbambers- 
burg. The walls of the warehouse being very 
strong did not fall down after the explosion, which 
fortunate circumstance prevented much damage to 
surrounding private property. None of the private 
dwellings were destroyed by the lire. The build¬ 
ings were fired about half past seven o’clock. The 
citizens of the town were gaihered together at dit- 
ferent points, and, of course, had to endure the 
mortification of being passive spectators of the 
scene. Some few straggling soldiers were in the 
town at the time the rebels entered, but either re¬ 
mained concealed or made good their escape to¬ 
wards Hagerstown or Harrisburg. 
After leaving town the rebels proceeded down 
the Baltimore road in the direction of Gettysburg. 
A dispatch was afterwards received by Governor 
Curtin, stating that after proceeding some distance 
in the direction of Gettysburg, they made a detour 
to the south, intending to escape into Virginia by 
the way of Monocaey. 
The telegraph this (Wednesday) morning, Oct. 
15th, informs us that the rebels have succeeded in 
making good their return to Virginia, aud we have 
the following speculation in regard to their escape: 
When it is taken into consideration that the river 
is fordable by a low stage of water at so many 
points, and that the army of the Potomac has a line 
of pickets extending from Cumberland to Washing¬ 
ton, a distance of 150 miles, it makes it easy for a 
force of rebel cavalry to penetrate it. When the 
fact that the rebels bad crossed the Potomac at Mc¬ 
Coy’s Ferry became known every exertion was 
made to prevent their return. 
The rebels at the mouth of the Monocaey, had 
marched 78 miles in 24 hours, without a change of 
horses or rest. At that point, while attempting to 
cross the river, they were repulsed and nine of them 
taken prisoners. The loss on our side was one man 
wounded. Stuart finding himself unable to cross 
moved three miles further down the river to White’s 
Ford, where he made good his crossing. 
Gen. Pleasanton, while pursuing him, lost the use 
of his guns, the horses giving out from exhaustion. 
It is believed that, the marches, both of the rebel 
cavalry and our infantry, are the most extraordinary 
on record, and they show most conclusively the per¬ 
fect folly of attempting to pursue cavalry with 
infantry. 
Orders were sent to the different commanders to 
move and occupy the positions assigned them. Un¬ 
fortunately at this particular time the majority of 
the cavalry was absent, ou important duty at too 
great a distance to be of any use in following Stuart 
On an occasion of this kind, infantry not being able 
to make a lengthy march, are of no practical use 
except in guarding fords near at hand. 
It is further stated that the failure to arrest the 
escape of J. I). Stuart and his bold rebel cavalry in 
their dash through Maryland into Pennsylvania is 
attributed to the division commander at Poolsvilie r 
to whom instructions bad been sent, by Gen. McClel¬ 
lan, stating That Stuart would probably retreat upon 
the line which be subsequently pursued, and sug¬ 
gested a disposition of the force that would have 
inevitably cut off his retreat across the Potomac. 
A strict investigation is now being conducted in 
reference to this matter, with a view of finding the 
guilty and assigning punishment where it is merited. 
From the facts which are already made public, it 
is evident that Gen. McClellan took proper meas¬ 
ures to prevent the return of Stuart to Virginia, and 
the fault must be with the subordinate officers who 
failed to obey his orders or appreciate his sug¬ 
gestions. 
Geo. D. Prentice in Memory of ills Rebel Son. 
William Courtland Prentice died on Monday 
last at Augusta, Ivy., of wounds received in the 
conflict at that place on the preceding Saturday. 
He perished in the cause of the rebellion. 
It is not in the columns of a newspaper—it is only 
in the family circle or in the hush of solitude, that the 
emotions of a parent over such an event should have 
utterance. Thu tears of weeping eyes aud fast trick¬ 
ling drops ol bleeding hearts are not for the public 
gaze. The deepest agonies should be content to 
fold their somlne wings in the soul. Consolation 
could not come from the world’s sympathy; 
it can be looked for only from God, and his 
angel, Time. Nay, there are griefs that time itself has 
no power to allay or soothe—griefs that like run¬ 
ning streams are deepning their channels forever. 
Wm. Courtland Prentice was no common young 
man. lie was remarkable in his powers aud in his 
temperament. A model of manly beauty, he had 
extraordinary intellectual energy, a strong thirst for 
strange and curious knowledge, and a deep passion 
for all that is sublime aud beautiful in poetry aud 
nature. He was generous, manly, high-hearted, and 
of a courage that no mortal peril, come in what 
form it might, could daunt. He exalted in looking 
destruction face to face in all its ways. He loved 
wild and dangerous adventures for the very danger's 
sake. His eagle spirit lived among the mountain 
crags, and shouted back to the shouts of the storm. 
Although kind, unselfish aud humane, he was im¬ 
petuous, passionate, and of unconquerable preju¬ 
dices. He was not uufrequently unjust in his 
judgments, and he permitted nothing to stand 
between him aud the execution of his purposes. 
This young man, if he had always directed his 
energies judiciously could have made himself a dis¬ 
tinguished ornament in any profession ot life. He 
might have been an able aud honored statesman in 
the services of the Republic. But an intense South¬ 
ern sympathy, in spite of the arguments, the re¬ 
monstrances, and the entreaties of those who dearly 
loved him, made him an active rebel against his 
And alter a brief five weeks, service in 
love for him, undimmed by tears and grief, is, and 
will remain an amaranthine flower upon the grave 
of our buried years. 
The Cleveland Herald contains the following in 
relation to the sons of Mr. Prentice: 
“The Cincinnati Enquirer corrects some inaccura¬ 
cies in the statement of the Louisville correspondent 
ot the Commercial, concerning the rebel sons of Urn 
Editor of the Journal. Wm. Courtland Prentice, 
who fell at Augusta, was 25 years old, and the elder 
son ol Mr. Prentice. Ho was never married, and 
never owned lands in Texas, therefore did not join 
the rebels to avoid having his lands confiscated. 
Clarence Prentice, the second son, left Louisville, 
for Memphis, iu May, 1861, and was soon after 
placed on the staff of Col. Yell, of Arkansas. 
Courtland Prentice joined the rebel army five weeks 
before his death, taking with him his own rifle. Hia 
mother followed him four or five miles, with the 
hopes of persuading 1*1® to return, but he declined 
her entreaties. Mr. Prentice has regretted that his 
house is divided and his sons are not with him; yet 
his deep affection fur them has never swerved. 
When ho heard of Courtland’s death he exclaimed, 
‘0! my poor boy. had I a thousand lives how gladly 
would I give thorn all for you!’ The son who fell at 
Augusta was a Lieutenant. Colonel, and said very 
little after receiving his death wound. Unexpressed 
a wish to see his father, and died with the impres¬ 
sion that be was shot, either accidentally or pur¬ 
posely, by his own men. He received every atten¬ 
tion in his last moments from the kind-hearted 
Union ladies o! Augusta. His mother did not arrive 
until after his remains had been interred.” 
the contest results in our favor, we have now no 
fears in the matter, as communication can readily be 
restored in a day or two. Had it been otherwise, 
we should have been in a bad fix. 
The country between Corinth and Bethel is quite 
level and very beautiful. The timber is very fine 
and heavy. The place is sparsely settled, however. 
The few inhabitants left are mostly women and 
children, whose sympathies still cling to tho South 
so closely as to make them sullen and saucy, despite 
their danger. I have seen women refuse Union men 
a glass of milk or water, accompanying the refusal 
with bitter scorn. The women are by far worse 
than the men, and I have sometimes bitterly regret¬ 
ted that our northern ladies were not like them in 
the strength of their zeal and utility in the cause. 
These women strip themselves of jewels, tine dress 
— everything, for their soldiers, and send forth w ith 
all tho fiery spirit of rebels, fathers, husbands, 
brothers and sons. They spare nothing. They 
work constantly on tents and clothing for the sol¬ 
diers, and aid them all in their power, 
And yet I do not wish to depreciate our own wo¬ 
men, to whose nobility and goodness we owe so 
much. Even while regretting their want, generally 
speaking, of that firm determination and self-sacri¬ 
fice which we must acknowledge working against 
us, we must give them their due, and say that with¬ 
out them we should have lost much indeed. 
Condition op Corinth — Negroes. — For the 
last two or three weeks Corinth has presented a 
strange and novel appearance. Thousands of ne¬ 
groes, in the most pitiful condition, have swarmed 
into the place. I have stood at a front, window of 
the Tishemiugo Hotel and watched Ihe cars coming 
in from Tuscumbia, Ala., with the most, intense in¬ 
terest. A train of fifteen or twenty cars, both freight 
and passenger, would be literally packed with the 
sable denizens of the South, covering the wholo top 
the full length of the train. Old blankets, bundles, 
beds tied up in quilts, and all sorts of things huddled 
together, would be heaped up indiscriminately on 
the top, and about half a dozen little black imps to 
every bundle, swarming over and through them like 
bees. On their arrival, the Frovost Guard would 
march them off to the depot, where a portion of the 
building was assigned to their use till they could be 
shipped west. They were also camped all over the 
town in great droves. Go where you would, you 
could see more black faces than white throughout 
the place. Many, however, have been shipped dur¬ 
ing the past week, till the place is somewhat freed. 
It is a pitiful thing to look upon them. Rough, half- 
clothed, stupid and ignorant as they are, large num¬ 
bers have been set at work on the breastworks. 
The Corinth and Tishomingo houses, which, though 
not in the center of the town, are still in the most 
important vicinity, will now be taken for hospitals 
lor the wounded. 
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Tho Rebel Dnilt in Pennsylvania. 
The telegraph columns of the daily press have 
teemed with accounts relating the occurrences con¬ 
nected with the recent raid ot Stuart’s cavalry into 
Pennsylvania, hut, these were so confused that we 
deferred giving any history thereof until something 
definite was received. The Philadelphia papers 
have at length furnished the needed material, aud 
we condense the following from their report: 
The cavalry, about three thousand in number, (al¬ 
though accounts differ as to their strength, some 
parties insisting that there were not more than seven 
hundred of them,) and six pieces of artillery, cross¬ 
ed the Potomac at Hancock, or Clear Spring, and 
proceeded at once to Mereershurg, without commit¬ 
ting any depredations, or in the least degree inter¬ 
fering with the inhabitants along ihe route, it 
evidently being their intention at the outset, to 
spare the. persons aud property of private citizens, 
horses excepted. In fact, this was communicated by 
some of them to parties in Chambersburg. 
They entered Mercersburg about noon, to the 
great astonishment ot the citizens, who at first tho’t 
it was a body of Union troops. No damage was 
done at, Mercersburg, with the exception of pressing 
a number of horses, there being no railroad depot, 
public workshops or government stores in the town. 
They passed through the town, and took the Pitts¬ 
burg pike for Chambersburg, arriving near the town 
just before dark. One of their first acts was to 
plant three pieces of artillery on a hill back of the 
town; after which a detachment of fifteen men were 
sent into tho town, bearing a flag of truce, and re¬ 
questing to see the chief personages or authorities, 
stating that they had an ample force at hand, and 
that the town must be surrendered or shelled, at 
the same time stating that guns were in position 
for that purpose. Hon. A. K. McClure and Pro¬ 
vost Marshal Rtimmel then accompanied them to 
the officer in command, and all resistance being 
impossible the town was surrendered, and soon 
afterwards fully occupied. Previous to their en¬ 
trance, however, a number of the militia of Cham- 
bershurg proceeded to arm themselves and make a 
show of resistance, but the project was abandoned 
as entirely futile. One of their first acts on enter¬ 
ing was to plant two pieces of artillery in the square 
of the town commanding the principal thorough¬ 
fares, and placing guards at different points. 
.Mercersburg was fairly occupied about seven 
o’clock in the evening. Shortly afterwards a large 
portion of them made directly for the warehouse 
and cars, in which were stored a great quantity of 
government goods, consisting principally of uniforms 
and a small quantity of boots. Not long afterwards 
the whole town was converted into one vast dress¬ 
ing room. On every hotel porch, at every corner, 
on the greater portion of the street door-steps, in 
fact all over town might be seen rebel cavalry 
donning Yankee uniforms, and throwing their own 
worn-out and laded garments into the street. In 
many instances, one man would cusconee his pedes¬ 
tals in two or three new pair of pants, with as 
many coats, and with the same number of caps 
hanging about him. The streets became full of 
dirty rebel clothing. It is a noticeable fact that 
many of ihetn liad on Union uniforms when they 
entered the town, and a number of their horses 
horses were marked “ U. S.” 
During the night, until daybreak, a portion of 
them scoured the country round in quest of horses 
and captured about six hundred. The rebels fed 
their own horses in the corn fields around Charn- 
bershurg. The road for five or six miles towards 
Harrisburg is strewn with corn-stalks that were 
gathered in the fields and brought to the edge of 
the road for the horses. 
The horses of those that remained in the town 
were ranged along the streets, facing the sidewalk, 
and remained there for the uight, the riders lying 
around in different directions. It is not known that 
they made any attempt to enter a single private 
house. The taverns Avere all visited directly after 
they arrived, and a considerable quantity of whisky 
drank, for which payment was generally offered in 
Confederate scrip. The men were, as a general 
thing, friendly, and even sooiably disposed towards 
the Inhabitants, entering into conversation with the 
citizens in the taverns, barber shops, &c. In one 
instance one of them entered a tavern in which 
there were several citizens, and slightly hesitated 
at the door. Some one remarked—“Come in, we 
won’t hurt you.” Whereupon he entered, remark¬ 
ing, “Well, perhaps not: but some of you Yankees 
lie so.” 
With the exception of the occurrences above re¬ 
lated, the night was quietly spent Preparations 
for leaving the town were commenced about day¬ 
light, Combustibles were placed in the railroad 
depot, the warehouse iu which government stores 
were kept, the machine shop, and a train laid to 
the powder magazine at the warehouse. The stolen 
horses were got together, a large government wagon 
Gen. Morgan's Address. 
On the arrival of the brave little army of Cum¬ 
berland Gap at the Ohio river, after a march which 
military history seldom parallels, Gen. Morgan 
issued the following spirited address: 
HEADQUARTERS UNIT BO STATER FOUCIKS, > 
Greeimpsburgh, Oct. 3,1SS2. j 
General Order No. 109.— Comrades:—At mid¬ 
night on the 17til of September, with the army of 
Stevenson three miles in your rear, with Bragg on 
your left, Marshall on your right flank, and Kirby 
Smith in your front, yon marched from Cumberland 
Gap, mid the roar of exploding mines and maga¬ 
zines, and lighted by the conflagration of l)nj store¬ 
houses of ihe Commissary and Quartermaster. 
Since then you have marched two hundred ami 
nineteen miles, overcome difficulties as great as 
ever obstructed the march of an army, and with 
your field and siege guns have reached the Ohio 
river. 
The rapidity of your marches, in the face of an 
active toe, over ridges regarded impassable, and 
through defiles which an hundred men ought to 
hold against a thousand, will hereafter be regarded 
with astonishment and wonder. Although on the 
retreat, you constantly acted on the offensive, and 
so hotly did you press the enemy sent to retard 
your march, that on three successive days you sur¬ 
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upon the hurried meals which they had prepared. 
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men, yon had manoeuvred against ao army eighteen 
thousand strong, and captured Cumberland Gap 
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from your stronghold, hulling deflaucc at the fee. 
One and all. you are entitled to the (hunks of your 
countrymen; and I pray yon accept the assurance 
of my profound gratitude, in my official report, 
your services and your sufferings will he properly 
noticed. Although you have done well, let it be 
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Soldiers! as a friend aud brother, 1 hail and greet 
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The Great Knitle at Corinth. 
The Cincinnati Commercial of the 9th, pub¬ 
lishes tho following statement from Cupt. Sands, of 
the J 1th Ohio battery, who was present during the 
bloody engagement at Corinth; we learn some par¬ 
ticulars of the fight which have not yet been made 
public: 
The rebel force engaged is estimated at from 
40,000 to 65,000, under command of Gen. Earl Van 
Dorn. The corps of Geuerala Von Dorn and Lovell 
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engagement ensued. Gen. Davies’ division was 
some six or eight miles from Corinth, but was grad¬ 
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mands. The loss was very severe on both sides, but 
of the extent of it Capt. Sands was unable to form 
an estimate. 
There are two fortifications, mounted with two 
siege guns, commanding the approach to the town 
from the north. There is a stretch of level land be¬ 
tween them, through which the railroad from 
Columbus enters the village. The upper of these 
forts, on the left hand, was attacked by a rebel bri¬ 
gade under Gen, Moore early on Saturday morning. 
The brigade emerged from the woods about .100 
yards in front, crossed the intervening ground, 
which is filled and obstructed by fallen timber, 
under a tremendous fire from the siege guns, and 
succeeded in approaching to within a hundred feet 
of this fort, when they were repulsed by our in¬ 
fantry and turned back with fearful slaughter. 
Previous to this, however, the rebels had planted 
two guns in position to shell the town, which they 
did early in tbe morning. One solid shot passed 
through the Tishimingo House, and others fell far in 
the rear in the wagon corral. The damage done by 
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From Corinth — Tho Battlc-Iicld In Mississippi. 
An old correspondent of the N. Y. Evening 
Post , who has just returned to New York from Cor¬ 
inth, Mississippi, furnishes the following interesting 
description of the state of affairs in that region one 
week since. The news of the victory of Gen. Rose- 
crans - forces over the rebels under Van Dorn, Price 
and Lovell fixes attention upon the vicinity of that 
battle-field, and these fresh impressions of our cor¬ 
respondent will be read with avidity : 
A battle has again taken place at Corinth which 
results in our favor, and has in part redeemed the 
past, in which we find much to be condemned, and 
tor which we have felt a deep sense of mortification. 
For some time past our forces at Corinth have ex¬ 
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no specific reason why we should not have one, we 
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I can speak well for the action of our troops, who 
have really acted nobly. Our long inaction and the 
recent movements at Corinth have stirred up our 
men to something like patriotic zeal. They have 
met the enemy like men and fought bravely. 
It appears by the telegraphic reports that the 
rebels succeeded in penetrating the town to the 
Corinth House. This is a hotel iu the city of Corinth, 
situated about two stones' throw iroin the junction 
of the Columbus, Tuscumbia and Rienzi Railroads. 
The depot adjoins the Tishemingo House, in the 
northern suburbs of the town. 
Gen. Rosecrarismet the enemy bravely, and fought 
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One of the saddest incidents of tin's engagement 
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His division one week since was about three miles 
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Alas! that he should so soon have fallen! Deeply 
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ill-spare those who have proved our best and bravest. 
But such is the fortune of war. 
Bethel — The People. —Bethel, where this 
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Corinth, between Columbus, or rather between 
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have received correct intelligence, the engagement 
has extended throughout this space of twenty miles 
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deavoring to avoid this for some time past, for this 
closes the only menus of supplying the army, there 
being no other outlet for this purpose. However, as 
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avfmv*. a ui p.unicaun;fl>t, military urrjMti :*»nj h»iU LNJ- 
moraliziition of the South- By an Impressed New Yorker. 
New York: A. T. Barnes Sc Burr. 
Nothing that we have read during the present war has giv¬ 
en us a better insight into the way in which the rebels have 
united the Southern people in a bad cause, and kept their 
ranks full of fighting men. titan this little work by an “ Im¬ 
pressed New Yorker,” William G. Stevenson After under¬ 
going it farce of a trial in Alabama, merely because he was a 
Northern man, and very narrowly escaping hanging, our au¬ 
thor was compelled to volunteer in the rebel army, in which 
he served for thirteen months before finding an opportunity 
to escape North. From the Publisher. 
Title Wife's Stratagem : A Story for Fireside and Wayside. 
[16mo—pp 830.] New York: D. Appleton & Co 
From reading a page here and there, we infer that this is a 
very readable and sprightly volume—such as will entertain 
the weary and care-worn and cause the blues to vanish. And 
this seems the author’s intent, for the introduction concludes 
with this sensible remark—“Simply and earnestly, if one soul 
heavy with core, whirling along iu a railroad car, or silting by 
the winter fire, is beguiled out of its brooding grief, for an 
hour, by reading these stories, as mine—God be thanked—has 
been out of many, by writing them; then shall 1 have a grate¬ 
ful and thankful heart, for the loving and lovable part of my 
intention will have been accomplished.” For sate by Steele 
& Avert. 
country. 
the rebel ranks, he fell soon to breath out his fiery 
life, receiving meanwhile, far away from his family, 
the kindly ministrations of those against whose 
cause his strong arm had been raised. 
O, if he had fallen in his country's service, fallen 
with his burning eyes fixed iu love and devotion 
upon the flag that for more than three-fourths of a 
century has been a star of worship to his ancestors, 
his early death, though still terrible, might have 
been borne by a father’s heart; but alas! the reflex- 
tiou that he fell in armed rebellion against that 
glorious old banner, now the emblem of tbe greatest 
and holiest cause the world ever knew, is full of 
desolation aud almost of despair. 
And yet we shall love to think of Courtland 
Prentice, that brave and noble though misguided 
youth, during the little remnant of our lives. Our 
Martin Van Bcrkn. Lawyer, Statesman and Man. By Wil¬ 
liam Allen Butler. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 
This is a brief tribute to the memory of the departed 
Statesman, and gives in a concise form, iu a few words, the 
leading incidents in the life of Mr. Van Buren, as a Youth, 
Lawyer, Statesman and Citizen. For sale by Steele & Avery. 
