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Health of tiik armv. —Thh official HtaLiiilica of 
the Sanitary Commrai-ion'show that the proportion 
of Hick soldiers in tbejarcny is about one-tenth of the 
whole’number; or, more accurately, out of 1,000 sol- 
dlere, 104 are sick; and this proportion remains 
conBtant. 
At a war meeting last week at Chicago some one 
offered a cow to the first married volunteer. The 
l ira! volu nteer waaja single [man who stepped for¬ 
ward amidst vociferous applause, some cheering the 
man and others cheeriog the cow. <• Gentlemen,” 
Haid he, “ I belong to the class that can’t be cowed.” 
Another New “Mon [tor” Finished —One of 
the new “ Monitors,” an iron-clad vessel of superior 
model and finish, was launched at Wilmingion, 
Del., on the 11th, auiid the greatest enthusiaHm. 
She is built upon the plan of the celebrated u Moni¬ 
tor,” and will, it its stated, prove herself not inferior 
to it cither in execution or value. 
A Company at P hay Kit. — A letter from our 
army while in pursuit of the rebels in Maryland, 
Bays:—“The troops march with alacrity, and seem 
in good spirit*. Lapt evening I saw a whole com¬ 
pany belonging to a Philadelphia regiment rever¬ 
entially kneeling upon the ground at their evening 
devotion. They had just bivouacked for the night 
alter a weary and dusty march. It was in a grove 
of majestic trees, which resounded with strains of 
sacred music and the voice of prayer intermingled. 
The bright beams of a full moon fell upon the pros¬ 
trate soldiers through the branches, and seemed 
like the beaming face of Deity giving answers of 
peace to the weary soul. 1 have seldom witnessed 
a more impressive scene.” 
.ml his wants cared for. Lieut. C. had captured n Jug R u favorable opportunity to check this project ,b @ f» 20s at any discount, from the market rates or — The rebels continue to bum ootton in the neighborhood 
ehel Major but while in charge of him was himself by a sudden blow, a concerted movement, was made in other words, to public com net! I ion but will In of M< ‘ m P hlf ' 
uptured, and Is now a prisoner. The whole loss of rJ T° r to **I* dit * ^eir circulation as rapidly as ~ tr.Ce of Memphis was never bett er 
neut. Longer s company in the fight is one wound- ,he Murfreesboro road. At the same time 1 So P°“ iWe * than .t present 
Army ol tfc« I'oloinnc. 
There have been several reconnoissanceR dur¬ 
ing the pae;t week on the south side of the Potomac 
and much valuable information obtained concern¬ 
ing the position of the enemy. Gainsville, New 
Baltimore, llaymarket, Thoroughfare Gap, Diim 
fries, Stafford Springs, IVftrrentou Junction, Mauas- 
sas Junction and other places were within the fields 
of observation. Our troops had occasional skir¬ 
mishes witfi the enemy, and both sides IohI, a lew 
men in killed, wounded and prisoners. 
A dispatch from Fairfax Court House on the 23d u It 
says: Capt. Courney. just returned from a reconnois- 
sauce to Leosbu rgh, reports that the rebel Gen. Mum- 
ford was at Percellville with 1,500 men and some 
artillery. Major Steadman, from the expedition to 
Thoroughfare Gap, reports a force at New Baltimore, 
and the ruilroad iH in good running order to Front 
Itoyal. The enemy is actively recounoitering. lie 
has, it Is reported, 2,000 cavalry, some infantry and 
artillery. No re-enforcements were sent llieiu 
from Winchester. 
1 he Washington Star says, we have very late 
information from that region of country between the 
lines of Gen. Bigel and Gordonsville. Three days 
ago the only rebel troops occupying it. was a regi¬ 
ment of North Carolina cavalry, and one regiment 
of infantry. 
They had their headquarters ut Warrenlon, with 
pickets along the Rappahannock; and at times sent 
out small scouting parties in various directions. 
CullpepperC. 11. had then ceased to tie the railroad 
terminus at which the supplies from Richmond for 
Lee’s army were put on wagons. They are now 
taken to Staunton by railroad, and wagoned from 
there all the way up to Winchester. This change 
was doubtless caused from dread, lest Bigel should 
cut off their trains, which he could do if they con¬ 
tinued to travel the road from Cullpepper (3, II. via 
Sperryville and Winchester, now that his cnvelry 
horses have been recruited. . 
Contrabands from Stonewall Jackson's command i 
report that after the utter destruction of the Balli- 1 
more and Ohio Railroad, west of Marlinsburg, the I 
entire rebel array commenced falling back on (lie I 
25th ult. The rebel officers believed Lee’s inton- I 
lion to be to winter near Gordonsville. This re¬ 
peated falling back is corroborated by an unusually , 
Strong-picketing in our front yesterday and to-day. 
The rebel pickets all disappeared from in front 
of Harper’s Ferry on the 24th ult. Evidences that * 
the enemy me moving towards Gordonsville are • 
of Correspondence of the N. V. Herald from Fairfax 
hi C. if. to the 24th ult. states that a detachment of 
le about HO men who were at Manassas Junction, were 
I- attacked by about 15(1 rebels on Fiiday, and retreated 
is with a loss of two Lieutenants and 15 taken prison¬ 
ers. Lieut- Conger of the 3d Virginia Cavalry with 
ie 135 men. who had been on a recounoitering expfd - 
u , tion, and was on his return, met the same party of 
r . rebels between Catlett’s Station and Warrenton. 
|t , Lieut. Conger attacked and dispersed them, killing 
>. several members of the 13th Virginia Cavalry and 
„ taking two prisoners. In the engagement Lieut 
( Conger was seriously wounded and remained on the 
p field over night, when he was taken in charge by a 
| resident of the neighborhood and taken to his house 
and hi« wants cared for. Lieut C. had captured a 
rebel Major but while in charge Of hirn was himself 
r captured, and is now a prisoner. The whole loss of 
Lieut. Conger's company in the fight is one wound¬ 
ed and three prisoners. 
Capt. Dahlgren with bis force on the 25th drove in 
’ 'be rebel pickets between Catlett’s and Warrenton 
1 Junction. Capt. Dahlgren who went out to look 
after Lieut Conger, reports him dangerously wound 
rd. lie wan paroled on the field by the rebels, who 
proposed to send him to our lines, blithe was too 
badly hurt to be removed, and a surgeon was sent 
to his assistance. 
The Baltimore American has the following special 
in ils issue of the 27lh ult: 
The movement of Burnside across the Potomac, 
f ol which you were informed yesterday, though it 
has not been followed by an immediate general ad¬ 
vance of our forces, is undoubtedly un initial move¬ 
ment of that long promised activity on the part of 
the army of the Potomac, which we hope is to deal 
against, the rebellion a most staggering blow. To¬ 
day there has been no movement beyond a gradual 
but heavy reinforcement, of Burnside in position. 
He has taken the Virginia side of the Potomac near 
Lovcttsville, infantry and artillery. It will not do 
to say in what numbers they have been moving in 
that direction, until it. is evident the movement is no 
mere reconnolsance, but an advance of the left, wing 
of the army. The movement, it will be observed, 
brings our left wing which was previously in the 
rear, into nearly a straignt line with the center, and 
in all the distance from Pleasant Valley to Lovetls- 
ville nearer the enemy. 
It will be seen that this movement was a neces¬ 
sary preliminary to placing the army in a position , 
for an advance, while it does not in the least betray ( 
the plan on which that advance is to be finally made , 
from Lovcttsville. Burnside threatens equally the , 
rebel Hank at Winchester and their line of commu¬ 
nication at Front Royal. 
Ourcavalry and light artillery uoder Gen. Plea- , 
wanton, are reported to have occupied LcOBburg last 
night, The rebel cavalry force there are retreating, , 
but I cannot now verify the report. 
In relation to the rebels, we have numerous re- , 
ports, all tending to one conclusion, that the main 
portion, if' not the entire army, has fallen back 
beyond Winchester. One fact may bo said to be 
certainly established. They have deserted the line 
of the Potomac, and are neither to he lonnd in 
Charlestown, Marlinsburg or Shepardstown. Dur¬ 
ing several days of each week, as has been their ' 
practice usually before retreat, they showed (hem " 
selves in strong force at the various points ol our ? 
line, and their pickets were viciously belligerent, 
firing at any and every thing. t On Saturday all the 11 
demonstrations closed, and the pickets have disap¬ 
peared entirely from our front. Refugees from 
Winchester are also reported to have come within P 
our lines, and stated that Hie town has been evacu¬ 
ated, and that the enemy were retreating towards 
Staunton. I give it only as a report. The general 
belief is, however, that Leo is making last time 
toward Gordonsville, and that, the main portion of 
his army is well advanced in that direction. 
O fin i>i | dispatches have been received at Louisville AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON. 
from Nashville stating that, the rebels were in - 
large force near the latter city, and sent a flag of Tiik government has received intelligence from 
truce demanding the surrender of ihe town. Gen. the South, through a eource entitled to credit, that 
Negley declined. The federal forte was ample for rfi bels have ventured upon the policy of arming 
the defence. Gov. Harris, Muj Gen. J. R, Anderson their negroes. In Atlanta, Ga., Montgomery, Ala., 
and Brig, Geo. Forest were in command of the rebels, and other cities, ft is said that negro regiments have 
The General did not. wait for a second summons, already been organized and supplied with weapons, 
but moved on the rebela The details and there- and a recent North Carolina newspaper states that 
suit are given in the following official dispatch ol black soldiers, officered by whites, have tieen 
the General : Rdnt from camps of instruction to garrison fortifica- 
HitAnqtTAKTitnH V s. Horcks, Nashvu.i.k, Oct. » tioris and Important towns. 
Major Gen, J. R. Anderson, Brig. Gen. Forest The Secretary of the Treasury will shortly dis- 
L1ST OP NEW AHVERTI8K3IKNT* 
The Npw York Observer Sidney E Morse, j r ,. 
Hi*hlv Important i„ ti„. Sold,,.,; (. <;. Ivan's * rv 
The Independent- .lo-i-ph It. KiehardB “ Co ' 
Patent. Chef— Vat II ft K. j. Cooper 
Oneida N luxury Wm Gunhy. 
Cayuga Block Pucks, Are John It. Page. 
r MilI h *1. UuiHiljc, ArdhI 
Hagio Pocket Books Snow k llnpgood. 
The General did not. wait, for a second summons, 'drearJy been organized and supplied with weapons, ” 
but moved on the rebela The details and there- and a recent North Carolina newspaper slates that (j 
suit are given in the following official dispatch ol klack soldiers, officered by whites, have tieen 
the General : BfJlt from camps of instruction to garrison fortifica- ~ 
iiKAnuiTAiiTitus V h, Pobcks, Nabhvu.i.k, Oct. it tioris and Important towns. 
Major Gen, J. R. Anderson, Brig. Gen. Forest The Secretary of the Treasury will shortly dis¬ 
and Gov. Hams have been rapidly concentrating continue Ihe receipt of deposits of gold It is ascer 
a large rebel force at Lavergne, fifteen miles east, . , , K ins ascer- 
with the Intention of assaulting Nashville. Deem- that he will not, as has been proposed, offer 
®l)c Ncuis Conitcnstr. 
— Hold sold in Boston on Wednesday week at 1.35. 
— Several English ships of war have been sent to Call*,, 
— Cowhair is used as a substitute for wool in making c i oU) 
it the South. 
infantry, under Golnnel Miller, inarched by a cir¬ 
cuitous route to the south ol Lavergne. 
The enemy's picked,s mid vnbdtcs were in consid¬ 
erable force on the roads and skirmished with our 
advance ten miles, enubling their main force, which 
consisted ol one regiment of infantry, the 22d Ala., 
one steel idled cannon and 1,000 cavalry, to assume 
a position, funning their lines in anticipation of our 
entire force advancing on the Murfreesboro road, 
which wus part of our Object. The enemy begun 
the action by opening a lire with three pieces of 
artillery at a distance ot three hundred yards. This 
battery was soon silenced by a shell (rum one ot our 
guns exploding their ammunition chest, At Ihe 
moment the enemy were directing their movements 
against the right, flank of Colonel 1’airner’s force, 
Col Miller's Infantry arrived,advancing in splendid 
order and delivering a well directed lire into the 
enemy’s ranks, which was followed by a skilful 
deployment right ami lelt to cut off their retreat. 
The Confederates held their ground for but thirty 
minutes, and fled in the wildest disorder, leaving 
175 prisoners in our hands, among whom were two 
i Jen ten an I Colonels and a number of line officers, 
three pieces of artillery, ordnance and quartermas¬ 
ter's stores, a large amount of provisions, personal 
effects, camp equipage, and regimental colors, and 
two railroad cars which we destroyed. Their defeat 
was complete. Their loss in killed and wounded 
was about eighty. The conduct of our officer*and 
men was highly 'meriiorous. with numerous instan¬ 
ces of individual bravery and efficiency. A report 
in del-all will bn forwarded at the first opportunity. 
Our loss was five killed, nine wounded and four 
missing. .James B. Nkolky, 
Brigadier General. 
The representation made in some quarters that 
the Public Debt has reached $2,000,000,000 is a gross 
exaggeration. On the first of the present, month it 
was only $020,000,000. This amount includes the 
lullin' circulation of every species of notes, and be¬ 
tween $70,000,000 and $80,000,000 debt of the late 
Administration, but excepts debts on which no 
requisition has yet been mode. The latter claims 
remaining unadjusted cannot reach $20,000,000. 
Orders have been issued directing the occupancy 
for government purposes, of property in Washing- 
tot), of persons known to be in the services of the 
rebels. 
General Buell has been relieved from the com¬ 
mand of the Uuion army in Kentucky, and General 
Rosecrans has been ordered to the position. The 
appointment of the Gen. Rosecrans was owing to 
the vigor recently displayed by him, and as a com¬ 
pliment, lbr his fine soldier ly qualities. Equal ener¬ 
gy is expected ol all entrusted with similar impor¬ 
tant duties, and there is also authority for stating 
that the administration is determined that further 
ruinous delays shall be a cause of complaint 
The Department of Tennessee will include Cairo. 
t;. 11 _ 1 tv 
— Cincinnati is full of destitute negroes, who have been set 
free In the Mouth. 
— Frightful foundations have occurred in Australia, doing 
imincline damage 
— The Acton, California, copper mines were recently sold 
for 1300,000, cash. 
—TIih 3d, fith and 44tli Mass, regiments have embarked for 
Newborn try stormier. 
— The monthly statement of the Bank of France shows a 
decrease of f30.000.000. 
— Wheat Inis declined considerably in Richmond, being now 
held at |8.7t per bushel. 
— It is reported (list Mr. Tliurtow Weed will soon make 
another official visit to Europe. 
— Tire Americans who went to Nicaragua gold hunting 
have arrived at Panama penniless. 
— Richmond papers say—'* We fear much trouble and vast 
Huffcring from the scarcity of coal.* 
— Snow has already fallen heavily on bottr banks of the St. 
Lawrence, in the vicinity Of Quebec, 
— The British ship Hluo Rook, from Callao for Hamburgh, 
has foundered at sea. All hands saved. 
— It is said that Gen. Price lias been reinforced recently by 
15,000 Texans, and more are arriving daily. 
— The ship Erie was icon August 20th, seventy nine miles 
filovciiH'iltH nt I lie West. 
Kentucky - .—G en. Rosecrans has been appoint¬ 
ed to the command of the troops in this State, Gen. 
Buell having been relieved by orders from Wash- 
multlplying. For four days, large*, wagon trains lll b ,0 ' ) - 
have been leaving Winchester, and a large camp ' d<!bu:btru,nt sent out by Col. Brown, from Bow- 
has been formed at Port Royal. ir ‘ K at,a cked Morgan’s guerrillas al Morgan- 
The N. V. Times’ special says: The rebels are '[ wn ’ <jn the 24tb, capturing 16 prisoners, whereupon 
generally believed to be rapidly retreating. Their ^ n ‘ ,M ‘* ^’treated towards Rochester — where 
pickets have disappeared and they have evacuated 1,M ‘.y W( ' re J ome<1 ^ ^ose under Wood and Jobu- 
Martlnsville, after destroying the railroad property. M ’ n / , ,,, ,, .. . 
The correspondent of the Tribune, writing from , , „‘ S wl,fl a forc,! from Henderson, 
Bolivar Heights, 22d tilt.., says more Ilian half the ,iW ” g ‘‘ \ vUh i another ban<1 o( ' Morgan’s 
army is now under command of Maj.-Geu. Burn- ll *»^^ c »P l '»red 57 ofHbera. 
side, In addition to his own corps,' the Olh, the tM . Jnd ( ml an * ' if > P™ oners * 
commanders of the 2d and 12th report to him. The “ mJ ' , ‘' vmg on ' arid federal ) 
2d, late Sumner’s, is under Afaj.-Gen. Couch. The bom s Creek, arrived in Louisville on 
12th, Banks’, was assigned three days ago to Mai - ^ P P a * ’’ 0 0,1 tb, ‘ b,lb ’ ,M,, 1 "I 1 to 
Gen. Slocum. But while all these corps are under 00 the 22,1 Lud nothin « to ea, » Mo W ha 
Burnside, the llirco remaining ones to the north and Ktr0y0da " " U ' ril '" uro<J Provisions that her 
WflHtof us, 6th. 1st and Gth, commanded respectively Carry aWay * Mor F an ’ H changed clot 
by Generals Fitz John Porter, Key nt,Ids and Frank- nmny of °» r priwnon, and many of his t 
lin, continue to report directly to Gen. McClellan U0 ^ cIo,,J( ‘ d iu ^ ttderal uniform. 
The current belief Is (bat when Ihe army of the »mibtful rumors say the bridgeaover Roll: 
Potomac moves it will be in two bodies, one com aud Bacon Crf, ° k ’ liavo beeu <l«stroyod 
manded by Bui nside and the other by McClellan, re 5f. 10, 
one to lake the enemy in front, the other on the - 1 • eig , Com ! n,Mf<lon<,rH 00,11 b .V the 
flank, with jtrobably only an inference drawn from San{,ary . Comm * 8Bion r ca P (ur, ‘ d near Cox’, 
this argument. have arrived here. Morgan's band took 
The indications in all quarters are such us to give “fP 11 ® 8, lnrt ,, . , 
assn ranee that both the army and navy will not ^ (,n tho 11)1,1 fhe rebels at Cox s Creek, c 
much longer remain inactive, but will commence a Ib .Wood’s Division with all his m 
plan of operations promising the most important laining 8,!V0, .’ ul Diottsand totters. They tool 
results. The preparations for this purpose tire lbere ’° and destroyed the letters, 
nearly completed, and to such an extent as to pro- Co1 ' ® dward Mo P uol< » llc,i,l K Brigadier ( 
elude the possibility qf a failure, and to answer all w ' ,, ‘ cav,d, T t t-,t Grab Orchard on the 2 
demands from public and private sources, tor » <,,1C0llrit « r «d several bands of Morgan’s gn 
more vigorous prosecution of the war, with a view and Scott’g rebel cavulry at Point Lick and I 
to the suppression of the robollion. killing four or five and capturing their te 
The following bus been received by Gov. Brtul- ‘^rator with his apparatus; also 33 wagon 
ford from Gen. McClellan: loaded. The remainder of the rebels went 
BsAugitAiiTKiiH army of thk I’otomac > Mouni Vernon. Acting Brig. Gen. McCc 
A Federal force numbering 200, with one piece of 
artillery, stationed at Wuverly, Term., 20 miles 
south-west of Fort Donelson, were attacked by M0 
rebels on the 23(1. The latter were completely rout¬ 
ed. Loss 24 killed and 25 captured, and a large 
number wounded. Our toss was two killed aud two 
wounded. 
Information front the country to the 26th repre¬ 
sents that the guerrillas who were lately encamped 
midway between Germantown and Collierville had 
been seen in full retreat, closely pursued by Federal 
cavalry under Col. Gleason. These guoriillru were 
from Kentucky and the impression seems to be that 
they were depredating on their own hook. 
MtsHotitit. A band of rebels, 200 strong, were 
discovered endeavoring to pass south, some miles 
east of Marshfield. They were said to bo under 
command of Col. D’Ornay, and to be going to West 
Plains, Arkansas. At II o’clock on the 20th, they 
were attacked by Lieut.-Col. Sfuanl with loo men 
of the loth Illinois cavalry, and routed with a loss 
ol four killed and nine wounded, and 16 prisoners. 
Our loss is one killed. The enemy are scattered, 
and .Stuard is still in pursuit. 
Mtij. Woodford, of the 10th Missouri cavalry, at¬ 
tacked a budy of guerrillas on Auxvois river, dis¬ 
persing them, killing and wounding several,* and 
capturing arms, ammunition, blankets and horses. 
Another large camp near Portland was broken up. 
Maj. Gales, of Adair county, reports that Cttpts. 
Burr aud Smith came suddenly upon Dennis’ band 
of thieves, killing and wounding 20, and capturing 
15 prisoners, 2(1 horses, arms, ifco. 
Gen. Guitar lias captured several guerrilla lead¬ 
ers near Columbia, Boone county. 
The steamer from Commerce, Mo., reports all quiet 
there. The re lie Is had sacked the town and carried 
off $3,000 worth of goods and a number ol horses. 
Akiianj-ah,— Dispatches received at. headquarters 
Helena, Aik., report all quiet, and the fortifications 
nearly completed. The rebel General Holmes had 
sent to Gen, Carr under the flag ol truce; assuming 
fully that the LI. 8. government or its Generals had 
engaged in arming negroes, Gen. Holmes entered 
»** <11 «T • a* 7 ' in VV II* Mill /4li»f||KT 2111(1, Kf'Vf 
lolls Henry and Donelson, Northern Mississippi, south of Capo ftoru, abandoned amt dismasted 
and portions ol Kentucky and Tennessee, west of _ Tho 27t „ llft , 1>f Nov , mb „ , IMt ha „ hp „ 
1 ennessee river, and according to the official order -I«J Of thanksgiving ami pm K r for I'om.svlvani 
just issued, Maj.-Gen. (Irani is assigned to the com- - T,.„ thousand poo, id* more have hoc 
mund ol the Department of the Tennessee. Australia for tho mow* in T.anrashLro Engl., 
.Seventeen held officers, including Prentiss and _ Ho,, Thomas H, gi«, n»* boon appointor! 
viiltenden, and two hundred line officers, recently dent at Nicaragua, In pt».of Mr. a b Dickln, 
released prisoners from the South, have been granted _ it i- aimo.im-od from Washington that thor 
leave of absence for thirty days. of additional Aoting Assistant Su-goons in thn f 
The War Department has received dispatches _ Tho wator in the Ohio river at Wheeling at 
fnmi r€il. I ope, stating that the Sioux War is at an was rising, and was expeetrd to reach a good n 
end. Little Crow has fled with a small party to the —a Cherokee Indian has been admitted as 
i link iim country, but a cavalry force has been sent the rebel House of Representatives, from the Ch 
alter them, and there is not much doubt but they -The Peruvian government has falsely in 
Will be given up. brutally treated some Englishmen, one of wh 
It is ascertained from New Grenadian official rtit ' b 
sources, that the government has interposed no ob- ~ Tho M,,i P Reporter of Now York, for ,San 
jeetiori to free black emigration to that Republic, been totntly lost off Cape Horn. Only four of 
the policy being to encourage settlement of the 
country by those qualified to develop her ugrioul- — During the week ending September 27tb, tl 
t.unil and mineral resources. Oommission distributed provision* to 30,420 pe 
Orleans. 
A largo nuDilwr of propo»Ulono Imvo boon rao,lo _ ^ „„ M , m , 
lo III,, Navy Departmonl for llio doilriiollon of Iho wi„.i,.«. b, .. n„ ti. w i. 
pirate Alabama, provided u suitable reward should window. 
Ire offered to warrant Ibu undertaking. As a gen- - A little boy fell down a coal shaft, in Mateo 
eral answer to all such applications, It may be safely a distance of 163 feet, and escaped with no oth< 
stated that, the Government would cheerfully buy “ducking. 
Die vessel from any party capturing her, and pay An officer wlio was at Sharpsbmg *ay* ho * 
$500 000 for her, and iu the event of her destruction, so down five times out of sight, and aw oi 
$300,000. ’ In conflict. 
Secretary Seward has sent a circular to England ~ <!fnoral c - wl, ° Wiled Oe 
advising the emigration of the suffering operatives to ^ 
this country. The Liverpool J’ost thus endorses the „ . 
proposition: Here is a palpable and immediate rent- ‘ “”»t nearly i 
.i rnt i • . ... rclio.ln liavo ta lii'ri Die oath of allciriiujco to tlie i 
erly. Those who emigrate-and they can emigrate at government. 
a mere trifle eaob—benefit themselves, and will, im- „ „ 
«• i | o, .. . • * . * ^ — Hon. Emerson Ethridge, clerk of tho House 
mediately alter finer urrtva, be in a condition tn 
- J 1 a count non 10 brigade of Union volunteer* in hi* old Congret* 
relieve the friends and relations they have left be- iu Te nru'ssce. 
hind them. The Northern States of the Union nev- _ the death of air John Ing.is, a brave soldier 
or were so prosperous as they are at Lilia moment, be remembered, defended Lucknow, is anuoi 
The land teems with plenty, and the demand for the London Times. 
produce Is universal. If the authorities in Lunca- — Hie New York Tablet think* there ere not ] 
shire were wise, they would take instant notion on hundred thousand men in the Union armies to 
the Information contained in Mr. Sewards circular. ,J irttr or lineage. 
Gen. Banks left Washington this morning (the — It 1* reported that the Lake Ontario Steamb 
28th ) in a special train for New York, to organize an 1,avu n11 their boft,# > 10 1,6 "P° n t,ie N ' 
Important Southern expedition. Gen. Heinfzlemiin KkI1 n ' v, ' r rou,r - 
has been put in command of the defenses of Wash —11,0f,,r ll "' nbo,ition of » Iaver y iri J,1, y. 
ton during Gen. Banks’ absence. the s,atM General ()f Hollan. 
JUUU!U Bjr lUONH UUU4ir VV00U an(1 aa protest Gen. Carr promptly re- ton during Gen. Banks’ absence. 
, , . , . , sponded, telling him that neither the government r n j 
Gol. Shacktoford, with a force from Henderson, nor its agents had armed negroes; on the contrary , Th « followln g ordcr ^ the draft has been 
luul ft flfflit with another band of Morfran’w mipreii 1 / a i « , , . , • * iBMued. 
las and cantured 67 of them g g " thfl , '” d, ‘ Jal 1,-00 P a had bfi *>“ employed In disarming Exkoot.ti Man*,or, oct. 20 , 1862 . 
<)ne lint itrofi nnd i f’i • < negroes and whiles, and while so employed were It is hereby ordered that all persons who may 
.- 1 0 ? I ,r «oners from Frankfort attacked, und a portion of them captured. General have aetuallv been drafted into thn military service 
and Lexington, and 300 paroled Federal prisoners Carr adds: “Whatever may be the nolicv of mv oft ho United_ States, and who may claim exemption 
from Cox’s Creek, arrived in Louisville on the 22 d mmiinnmiimr t trtem* nmi it... ... , , , ,, Recount of alienage, will make aorpllcation, there- 
. ..nth. 1 
on the 22dhud nothing to eat, Morgan having de- j n a skirmish on the lllh, twelve miles west of p A. Lincoln. 
stroyed al 1 the captured provisions that he could not Helena, the national forces captured the Lieut -Col 1 y order ol tho 0 p e 
carry away. Morgan’s men changed clothes with of the 21st Texas and twelve privates. The enemy’s ‘ bKWAan > Soc ‘ ofSteto - 
many of our prisoners and many of his band are further toss is unknown. Major Rector. 4t,b Iowa, „ VA *°** AW **” r ' ****»<no*, Oct. 20 , 1862. 
now clothed in Federal uniform. wum tak«n tirtoonnr Pursuant to the above order, the proper officers 
Doubtful rumors say the bridgesover Rolling Fork 
and Bacon Creek, have been destroyed by the 
The following was received at the headquarters 
of the army: 
St. Louis, Dot. 25th, 1802. 
rebels. lu ” 111 n v • 
, St. Louis, 0«t. 25th, 1862. 
Iho eight Commissioners sent by the Chicago It ajor-General Unlleck :~Qur arms are entirely 
Sanitary Commission, captured near Cox’s Creek unccessful again in North-west Arkansas. General 
have arrived here. Morgan’s band took all the Bcimfield finding llmt the enemy encamped at I’ea 
Rulge, sent Gen. Blunt with the tot division west- 
’ „ ’ ln „ .. . , . ^ w-ard. and moved towards Huntsville with the rest 
On tho Dili the rebels at Cox s Creek, captured of bra forces Gen. Blunt, by making a hard night's 
Capt. T. B. Wood’s Division with all his mail con- Inar( ‘h, reached runt utlaoked tlje rebel force at 
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Mining several thousand letters. They took ontlbe 
money therein and destroyed the letters. 
Col. Edward McCook, acting Brigadier General, 
with 500 cavalry left Crab Orchard on the 23d. He 
encountered several bands of Morgan’s guerrillas, 
Maysville, , 1 ! seven o’clock, on the morning of the 
22d 1 ii*i- The enemy were estimated at from’ five 1,0 
seven thousand strong. The engagement lasted an 
hour, and resulted in the total rout of the enemy, 
with the toss of all his artillery, a battery of six- 
pounders. a large number of horses, aud 11 portion 
ill' lli**ir* 1 1*11 nunnrifiitti >*• . . . . 
nuT 1 oanuB O. morgana guerrillas, to their iranspor.a.i.u, and garrison eqto,!m^ 
and bcot.l s rebel cavalry at Point Lick and Big Hill, Our cavalry and light howitzers were still in pur¬ 
killing four or five and capturing llieir telegranli 8l,it °' ,ll( ' ir Boatleied forces when the messenger 
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A KTK(ln AKMV OF TIIK I’OTOMAO, ) 
I'JoabHnt ViilJey, M«I M Ovi. JH. J 
To Ills Excellency, A. IF. Bradford, Governor of 
Maryland: 1 have the honor to‘acknowledge Ih'.- 
receipt of your Excellency’s order ot September 
2fflb, iu which you advert in such Haltering terms to 
the conduct Of this army in the recent bat lies fought 
upon the soil ol your State. It was with the utmost 
pride and gratification that I received this ucknowl 
operator with his apparatus; also 33 wagons partly 
loaded. The remainder of tho rebels went toward 
Mmu.i Vernon. Acting Brig. Gen. McCook had 
two horses shot under him. At Richmond our for¬ 
ces captured 200 sick and wounded rebels, whom 
they paroled. 
Tennessee,—T he Htcatner Cotonella was fired in¬ 
to by the rebels on Saturday the 18th ult., 3 miles 
below Memphis, and one man wounded. Tho same 
suit of their scattered forces when the messenger 
left. Our lops was small. 
General Schofield pursued Gen. Hindman beyond 
Huntsville. Coming close upon him, when his forces 
precipitately Ued beyond the Boston Mountain. All 
the organized forces of ihe rebels have thus been 
driven back to the valley of the Arkansas river, and 
ihe army ot the Iron tier has gallantly and success¬ 
fully accomplished its mission. 
8. R. Curtis, Major-Gen. Commanding. 
Exkoutivic Manmiom, Oct. 20, 1862. 
If is hereby ordered that all persons who may 
have actually been dratted into the military service 
of to® United States, and who may claim exemption 
on account of alienage, will make application, there¬ 
fore, directly to the Department of State, or through 
their respective Ministers or Consuls. 
A. Lincoln. 
By order of the President. 
W. II. Stew a an, Sec. of State. 
Wak Dki-artmint, WAxnnraTo.-v, Oct 20, 1862. 
Pursuant to the above order, the proper officers 
are directed to report, to the Department ol State 
cases to which the order refers. 
E. M. Stanton, Sec. of War. 
The following circular, by Mr. Seward, has been 
addressed to all the diplomatic and consular agents 
of the United States, and is published in the Paris 
papers: 
Dk taut meat of Sr.ATK, Wahiiirotoji, Sept. 22, 1802. 
G ent i, km je n:—Y ou will receive by the mail which 
will carry you this dispatch evidence which will con¬ 
vince you that the aggressive movement of the rebels 
against the States remaining faithful to the Union is 
arrested, and that the forces of the Union, strength¬ 
ened and re-animated, am again ready to undertake 
n campaign on s< vast scale. If you consult the news, 
papers you will easily perceive that the financial 
resources of Ihe insurrection decline rapidly, und 
that the means of raising troops have been ex¬ 
hausted. 
On the other side you will see that the financial 
sHu.it.ion of the country is good, and that the call for 
fresh troops, without which the material force of 
the nation would he seriously crippled, is being 
promptly responded to. 
I have already informed our representatives 
abroad ot the approach of a change in the social 
organization of the rebel Slates. This change con¬ 
tinues to make itself each day more and more appa¬ 
rent. In the opinion of the President, the moment 
edgnumt of the skill of the officers nnd gallantry of evening the Gladiator was attacked by a band of 
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Executive of a State whose Inhabitant* had wit- anu w<> h, “ e< * autJ H«van wounded. The rebels 
nessed our efforts, and whose field* were rescued then fin d the bout, blit, the flumes were extinguished 
from the invaders. Your praises will stimulate tho without doing much damage and Ihe boat escaned 
army to renewed efforts In the sacred cause of the „ „ . K noai escaped. 
Union. Tho following dispatch Luib been rsetfived at head 
Permit me, Governor, in the name of the army of quarters: 
the 1‘ut.oruuc, to thunk you for your appreciation of Jackson, Tonn., Oct 24 1 862 
UhVirtortes. With the sincere hope and belief that To Hoy Gen. Halleck, Comm under- i n Oh idA 
MissisHirri. The conscription act is vigorously ! , n ’ Hi toe opinion of tho President, the niomeut ' 
I . .. ., * . .. * , J hll8 (‘onu 1 to hltR'o the errenfc fiust inom olAarlv tmiht't* 
en oreed in tho South, An officer from Vicksburg tho people of the rebel States, and to make (hem ‘ r <">» , wti. 
says that every man under 35 is in the army. understand that if these States persist in imposing — i n t 
An arrival from Bolivar and Jackson say it was “l"' 11 . th** country the choice between the dissolution t ,r fio tm 
reported at, Jackson, on what seemed good author!- , ov ' ,r, ( ,m r '‘ r ! b ft ' , 00( ' ( ' necessar y and benoli- 
’ ,, ,, a .imiiiju oral, and the abolition rd slavery, It ih tlio U u on and w 
ly, that 1 rice was on the ilalchte With 60,000 men, not slavery, that most he maintained and saved. Jail, 
marching in the direction of Bolivar. Gen. Pillow With this object the President is about to publish a not privil 
is also reported in the same neighborhood with proclamation, in which he announces that slavery moneys < 
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military circle*. next. While all the good and wiso men of all Vl ' r . v K r,,ft 
. Commanding. 
next. While all the good and wise men ol all 
From several sources wo learn that there is activ- w " ,n,r 'eH will recognize this measure its u just and 
By among the rebels in the vicinity of Helena !,'' r ”l’ or nilhtury act |,.tended to deliver the country 
viobKi,.... . . .. ii c • ' / 7 front a terrible civil war, they will recognize at the 
Vickibiiig, und Holly Spring. I hoy evidently huiijo tbno Hut moderation and mu^rnmimliy with 
contemplate an attack, but just at what point Is pot w D icli the Govern men t proceeds in a mutter so 
known. The number of rebel* u. Jlollv SDriune i» ““<• imnortnnl. I nin, KWillemen, 
Bind to be 70,(HXI. four obedl.nl B.rynnl, 
William II. Seward. 
I — The 27th ilay of November iiPAt Ims bcon set apart as a 
flay of thanksgiving anil prayer for Pemisylvani*. 
— Ten thouMind porimls more liavo l.cen remitted from 
Aiistratin for the sutfinrer* in I.anrftsliLre, England, 
- Hon. Ttiomaa H. Olay lms born appointed Minuter Resi¬ 
dent lit Nicaragua, In pin, e of Mr. A. Ii. Dirktngon. 
— II i- announced from \Va«h!ngton tl, a | there Is great need 
of additional Aeting Assistant Surgeons in thn Navy. 
- Ttie water in the Ohio river at Wheeling, nt last aecount*, 
was rising, and was expected to reach n good navigable state. 
— A Cherokee Indian tins been admitted as a delegate in 
the rebel House of Representatives, from the Cherokee nation. 
— Tlie Peruvian government lias falsely imprisoned and 
brutally treated some Englishmen, one or whom has sinta 
died. 
- The *bip Reporter of New York, for 8an Franciico, hag 
been totally Io8t off ( ape Horn. Only four of her crew were 
saved. 
— During the week ending September 27th, the tj. S. Relief 
Commission distributed provisions to 30,420 persons in New 
Orleans. 
— In Vienna a company lias been formed for tire pnrposc of 
washing windows by machines. Tlie charge is one cent per 
window. 
— A little boy felt down a coal shaft, in Mascoutah, Illinois, 
a distance of 163 feet, and escaped with no other injury than 
it ducking. 
An officer Who was at Wharpsburg says tie snw Mengher’s 
brigade go down five times out of sight, and as often re appear 
n conflict. 
— (tenoral Jefferson C. Davis, who killed (tenoral Nolson, 
■as boon released from arrest and ordered to report for duty at 
Jlnclnnstl. 
— 'flic Mobile Register admits Hint nearly ten thousand 
■chela liavo taken Uie oath of allegiance to the United State* 
tovemment. 
— Hon. Emerson Ethridge, clerk of tire House, has raised » 
trigndc of Union volunteers in hi* old Congressional District 
u Tennessee. 
— The death of Sir John Inglis, a brave soldier, who, it wit! 
ie remembered, defended Lucknow, is announced in tlie 
.ondon Times. 
— The New York Tablet thinks there arc not less than two 
lUndred tliousuiid men in the Union armies to day of Irish 
lirth or lineage. 
— It is reported that, tlie Lake Ontario Steamboat Company 
lave sold all their boats, to he placed npon the New York nnd 
r al! River route. 
— Tho low fur the abolition of slavery in July, in the Dutch 
Test Indies, passed tlie States General of Holland by a vote of 
hirly five to seven. 
- Tiro Richmond Dispatch waxes furious over the offer of 
iarabalili to fight for the Union, nnd calls him a “played out 
European Brigand,” 
— Captain Worden, of tho Monitor, is residing iri Brooklyn, 
-ill suffering iu one of Ids eyes. The testimonial to him U 
ot far from f20,000. 
— Wild goose nnd wtkl ducks arc very plenty on the Jnmes 
vor, hut there are no sportsmen to shoot them, says the 
ichmond Examiner. 
A decree has been Issued in Nicaragua that all persons 
Jming into tiro Republic must have passports, and all free 
egroes are excluded. 
— English papers congratulate their country upon still being 
de to raise nearly seventy millions by taxatiou — the exact 
mi Is £89,898,160 per annum. 
— Mr Burlingame, thn American Minister in China, was on 
s way to t’ekin ut last accounts. Tho cholera was raging 
vfully at the Chinese capital. 
Louis Fust] on lie. professor of modem languages and liter- 
urn in tire University of Michigan, died at tiis residence in 
un Arbor, On Wednesday week. 
It is said tlie government has a project in hand to lower 
e price of coal by sending all the able bodied contrabands 
■employed to labor in tlie mines. 
- Rear Admiral Foote hail lost another child — tlie third 
Uiiii the last half year. Hi* daughter, aged seven years 
ml at New Haven on the 20th ult. 
— Tlie lust new* from Mexico augurs ill for tho Juarez gov- 
ument, which seems to be on “ its last legs." Zaragoza, tlie 
Jest soldier of the republic,” is dead. 
— Under recent orders from the Navy Department, men-of- 
ir are being pointed grey, ns vessels painted that color are 
t so easily distinguished at sea as if black. 
- The Empress Eugenie seems determined to introduce hull 
tiling into I'«rii, and El Tato, tho celebrated Matador, has 
un engaged for the sport at tliu Hippodrome. 
-Last week a New York House sold to a firm $500,000 worth 
tea, and took Ihe buyers' note* for the goods, the largest 
nsaotion of tlie kind on record to New York. 
— In (lie new prison l.iiiltling at Toronto, two chapels are 
he built, so that members of tlie Protestant and Roman 
hi,lie faiths may have distinct places of worship. 
- Judge Rice, of 111., has decided that colored persons aro J 
not privileged to teach school In that State, and that the public 
moneys cannot he appropriated to pay their salaries. 
- the rush to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, for substitutes i* 
very great, as they are exceedingly scarce In counties whero jj 
tin- draft 1ms taken place, and thn price* are very high. 
“ Governor Kaudull, of Wisconsin, bus been appointed First 
Assistant Post Master General, In pine* of John A. Kasson, j 
resigned, and just elected Member of Congress from Iowa. 
— The hanks in New York refuse to lend money on gold, Sx 
the object being to put a stop to speculations therein. They flj 
liavo also raised ttio margin on stock securities 20 per cent. £} 
