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guisbed mark before this war closes. He has been 
tied up for several months as the Superintendent of 
the railroads in this part of the country, but is now 
relieved ot that duty, and to-day takes up his quar¬ 
ters and command of Bolivar. 
The Army of Virginia. 
But little has transpired during the past week, if 
we except what appears to be a general forward 
movement upon the part of our troops. A portion 
of Gen. Burnside’s troops left Pleasant Valley on 
the 27th, and moved down to Berlin, live miles be 
low Harper’s Ferry, where a pontoon bridge has 
been thrown across thc^,Potomac. The remainder, 
embracing the three corps under Burnside s com¬ 
mand. speedily followed. Simultaneously with this 
the troops at Sharpsburg, composed of Hooker’s old 
corps, now commanded by Gen. Reynolds, and 
corps of Fits John Porter, are also on the march. 
On the 29th General Richardson's division passed 
Snickers Gap to Paris, a small town on the road 
leading from Leesburg and running through Ash¬ 
by’s Gap. The forces under Generals French and 
Sedgwick left Harper’s Ferry on the same day. 
crossing the Shenandoah Bridge. Sumner s coi'Pj 
also moved into Virginia through the Blue Moun¬ 
tain and Short Hills where he will form a junction 
with Burnside who has reached Purcdlville. Near¬ 
ly all the troops have moved off from Loudon and 
Maryland heights. For the present Gen. Geary’s 
command is to remain on Bolivar heights. Mary¬ 
land heights are also well protected. Gen. Slocum’s 
command is to garrison the ferry. 
Heavy reconnoitering parties left Harper’s Ferry 
on the 3(kh in the direction of Charlestown and 
Shepardstown to teel the enemy w horn they found 
in large force at the former place. 
A reconnoLsance, made by the 8th Pennsylvania 
from Purcdlville,discovered the eneniy in force near 
Paris and Upperville under Loiigstreet. Gen. Lee 
is said to be still at Winchester, while the main body 
of his army is east of the Blue Mountains. Snick¬ 
er’s Gap is strongly defended by the enemy. Sev¬ 
eral rebel prisoners were taken there yesterday, 
including the chief officer of their signal corps. 
Burnside is steadily moving on, and the impression 
is that the enemy’p flank is turned, and a battle im¬ 
minent. Our position at the Ferry is admirably 
defended, and if the enemy attempts to cross a great 
battle must at once ensue. 
A dispatch dated the 2d mat., states (bat General 
Pleasauton came up with the enemy’s cavalry and 
artillery at Pbilmont, about 11 o'clock the day pre¬ 
vious. A fight, which was conducted wholly by ar¬ 
tillery, lasted about five hours, when the enemy 
retreated to Union, a small town 3 miles beyond. 
Our loss was one killed and 13 wounded. The ene¬ 
my’s force consisted of a portion of Stuart’s cavalry 
and 1 battery. Five ot them are known to have 
been killed. 
This morning Pleasanton renewed the attack, and 
at 10 o’clock he was reinforced by a brigade of in¬ 
fantry. At 1 the rebels fell hack from Union, and 
our troops occupied the town. Otir loss up to 3 to¬ 
day was one killed and four wounded. During the 
action a rebel caisson was exploded by a shell. The 
enemy’s loss is unknown. 
Gen. McClellan visited the front this P. M. 
A heavy dust was observed to-day at Ashby’s 
Gap ; in what direction the rebels are moving is 
not. known, the distance being too great. Another 
portion of our army took possession of Snicker’s 
Gap to-day. Three brigades of rebel troops were at 
last advices advancing up the west side of the moun¬ 
tain in two columns. Firing followed, but the result 
Is not known. 
The N. Y. Herald's Wheatland, Va., dispatch of 
the 2d stales that a cavalry reconnoissance was made 
Friday, to within three miles of Winchester. The 
enemy had a signal station near Snicker’s Gap, and 
has a strong force between the Gap and Pbilmont, 
on the western side of the Blue Ridge. 
A Poolesville dispatch to the IJerakl states that a 
cavalry reconnoissance discovered a large rebel 
force in the Shenandoah Valley just beyond the Gap. 
Lieut. Thompson in endeavoring to reach Gen. Bay¬ 
ard was stopped by a column of rebel cavalry, pass¬ 
ing down to Aldia. He heard cannonading and 
saw shells exploding in that direction, and it is sup¬ 
posed Bayard’s cavalry were engaged with Stuart’s. 
The latter passed through Smckersville Gap to this 
side of the mountains the day previous with several 
thouwmd cavalry, and 4 pieces of artillery aud en¬ 
camped at Union and yesterday passed down tho 
Valley. Cozarton’s cavalry has been very active 
scouring the country in the extreme front to within 
a mile of the Gap when a low shots were exchanged. 
The rebels were also driven from Union toward 
Snickersville, and are in force near Borryville. 
Maj. General Cox’s army arrived at Charlestown, 
Va., on the Slst ult. The rebel army under Gens. 
Echols, Floyd and Jenkins, retreated from there 
last Monday. The march of our troops up the Kan¬ 
awha Valley was conducted in the best military 
order, with a single casualty. The entrance of our 
army into the town was of a triumphal character, 
the citizens giving our troops a welcome. 
The following has been received at headquarters 
from Cumberland. Md., Oct 30th : 
Brigadier-General R. I). Marry, Chief of Staff:— 
I ordered Lieut Quick, of the 23il Delaware, lo take 
the Ringgold cavalry and also two guys of Rorke’a 
battery and pursue the party that took cattle in 
Harden couniy. He left New Creek last night at 
dark. By h rapid march of all night he overtook 
the enemy at. daylight this morning, attucked and 
captured 110 head of cattle. 20 horses and 16 pris- 
Andl'C Tl T? T«T til T wr 
oners. 
D. F. Kei.t.y, 
Brigadier-General. 
Movements at the West. 
Kentucky.— Gen. Rosecrans and staff arrived 
at Louisville on the 30th. Gen. R. takes Gen. 
Buell’s department. Gen. Buell goes to Annapolis, 
Md. Gen. Dumont has also arrived in Louisville, 
en route to his command. 
Tennessee.— Col. Stuart, with a detachment of 
the 50ih and 5th Illinois, made a reconnoissance of 
the country hack of Memphis a few days since, and 
broke up a camp of guerrillas, who retreated across 
Wolf river, burning the bridge after them. Stuart 
crossed, however, killing two guerrillas and captur¬ 
ing a number. He also destroyed ten plantations of 
secesh sympathisers in that vicinity. 
Col. Grierson’s cavalry had also made a very suc¬ 
cessful raid into the adjoining country, breaking up 
fiv' '•six guerrilla camps. 
It is stated thaUBullentine s rebel cavalry, some 
five days ago, left Holly Springs, and came as far 
north as Hatchie.* ..This tact may have given rise to 
the reported approach of Price to Bolivar. 
The following dispatch has been received from 
Brig.-Gen. Davis, at Columbus, Ky.: 
Jackson, Tcnn., Oct. 28, 1862. 
To H. W. Halleck, Gen era l- in- Chi </.•—T he expe¬ 
dition to Clarkson, Mo., 34 miles from New Madrid, I 
under Capt Rogers, Capt Rogers, 2d Ill. Artillery 
has been entirely successful in disposing ot the 
guerrillas, killing 10 and mortally wounding 2; cap- 
iuring Col. Clark, in command, Capt. Esther, 3 
lieutenants. 3 surgeons, 37 men. and 70 stai d of 
arms, 42 horses, 32 mules and 2 wagons, and a large 
quantity of ammunition, burning their barracks, 
magazines, and entirely breaking up the whole con¬ 
cern. No lose on our side. U, S. Grant. 
An officer direct from Grant's Headquarters re¬ 
ports that the rebels were massing their forces nine 
miles below Grand Junction on Sunday, and pas¬ 
sengers who left Corinth say that the night before 
they left, our scouting parties had driven in the 
rebel pickets. 
Gen. Sherman issued a very stringent order in 
Memphis, the 25th, for the government of the city 
Col. Anthony is announced Provost Marshal, with 
two assistants and a guard composed of one regi 
ment of infantry and a squadron of cavalry. A 
military commission, composed of three army offi¬ 
cers, sit daily to try offenders under the laws of 
war. Vagrants, thieves, and other disreputable 
characters, to be restrained of liberty, and organ¬ 
ized into gangs and set to work on the trenches and 
the streets. Citizens lurking about tho camps will 
be treated as spies. Citizens are to keep within 
doors between tattoo and reveille, unless atetiding 
churcb, places of amusement, party of friends, or 
necessary business. After midnight all must be in 
their houses except the guard. Assemblages of 
negroes are forbidden except by permission pre¬ 
viously granted by the Provost Marshal, after hear¬ 
ing the object and place of meeling, the time of 
closing and the probable number to assemble. 
Mrssoultb—Tim following dispatches has been re¬ 
ceived at the headquarters of the army: 
St Louis. October 27. 
To II, IF. HaUe.de. General-in-Chief Brigadier- 
Oeneral Davidson informs me that Lleut-Colone! 
Leaser, with a force of Cavalry, has pursued the 
enemy from Greenville, near Thotnasville, Oregon 
county, where on the 251 h inst., ho attacked and 
completely routed Col. Brown from a high hill, 
killing 8, and taking 18 prisoners, 25 stand of amts 
and 12 horses. The rebel forces of McBride and 
Parsons seem to retreat, toward Yellowville. in Ar¬ 
kansas. S. It. Curtis. 
St. Louis, October 28. 
To IL IF. Ilalleck, General-in-ChiefCo]. Boyd 
reports further success in Gen. Davidson’s south¬ 
east district Col Lewis, cowuiundiiig the 23d 
Iowa, with detachments from bis own and the 1st 
24lh and 25th Missouri regiments, \siih a section of 
-danger's battery, attacked 1.500 rebels at Putnam’s 
Ferry on the 27tb inst, killing several and taking 
over*40 prisoners. Our troops behaved well. 
S. R Curtis. 
Advices from the army in southeastern Missouri 
state that after the recent success of our forces at 
Pitman's Ferry, Cols. Lazar and Dewey, with their 
forces combined, pushed on as far as Ballinger 
Mills, five miles from Pocahontas, where they fought 
Burbridge, completely routing his forces and cap¬ 
turing a large number of prisoners, including many 
rebel officers. Later dispatches from Col. Lazar, 
dated Slst ult, says that he captured and dispersed 
200 of Boone’s command. 
A rkxnsah. — Tho Confederate Generals have 
begun to quarrel among themselves in Arkansas. 
Gt-.ri, Hindman is now in the military prison at 
Little Rock, and will shortly be taken to Richmond. 
Albert Pike has written long letters to the Arkan¬ 
sas Halriot, showing up Hindman’s course, and 
says that while in Memphis, he went to the hanks 
of that city under t.he assumed authority ot Beaure¬ 
gard, made them fork over $1,000 000 for operations 
in Arkansas, and alter getting into that. Slate issued 
a serk*B of most extraordinary military orders. He 
first declared martial law — he next hid all cotton 
seized for the Confederate government, or had it 
bunted, lie next ordered provision of all kinds, 
likely to fall into Curtis’ hands, to be destroyed, and 
all the wellsin the country that Curtis’ army might 
pass through to be poisoned. Finally, he refused to 
let any citizen pass beyond the limits of Arkansas, 
for any purpose whatever. 
A dispatch to headquarters at Washington was 
forwarded on the 30th ult. It reads thus : 
8t. Loots, October 29. 
To Major-General H. W. Ilalleck :—The army of 
the frontier is again successful. Gen. Schofield’s 
dispatches from Fayetteville, Arkansas, says that 
yesterday at daylight Brig-Gen. Herron, w’ith Ike 
1st Iowa cavalry and 7th Missouri cavalry, attacked 
the rebel camp four miles east of that place. Our 
force was about J.bOO strong, while the rebels had 
3.000 mpn, commanded by Col. Cravens. After a 
sharp engagement of an hour, the enemy was com 
plelely routed, leaving all his camp equipments and 
a tew wagons. The enemy’s loss was eight dead on 
field* Our loss was five wounded—one mortally. 
Gen. Herron pursued the rebel force lor several 
miles into the Boston Mountains. 
S. II. Curtis, Major-General. 
Department of the Month. 
It is beginning to look a little lively in Gen 
Mitchells field of operations. We gather from the N. 
Y. Hrrald the following information relitive to the 
recent battle on the Charleston and Savannah, in 
which Gen. Beauregard claimed a great victory for 
the rebels. 
Our troops proceeded from Hilton Head on the 
night of the 21st, and were conveyed in fifteen gun¬ 
boats and war steamers to Mackey’s Point at the 
confluence of the Pocataligo and Broad rivers. The 
object of his movement was to make a complete re¬ 
connoissance of Broad river and its tributaries, to 
test practically the rapidity and safety with which a 
landing could be effected and to learn the strength 
of the enemy on the main laud guarding the rail¬ 
road between Charleston and Savannah, and to ac¬ 
complish so much destruction of the railroad as 
could be done in a single day. In this attempt our 
forces were victorious, heving met the enemy in 
large numbers. They drove them across the Poca¬ 
taligo river. Our loss however was very severe. 
Our soldiers and sailors fought splendidly through¬ 
out, and our batteries were worked with great skill 
and effect. 
The Union forces were under the command of 
Brig. Gen. J. M. Brannan, Gen.Terry being second 
in command. The rebels were commanded by Col. 
Walker, until our arrival ai Pocataligo bridge, 
when Beauregard, who had just arrived from 
Charleston, commanded the rebels in person. 
Fresh troops rapidly arrived from Charleston to re¬ 
enforce the rebels. Our troops withdrew in flue 
order, Gen. Terry remaining ashore at Mackey’s 
Point until the last man had re-embarked, when 
the buildings which had been occupied by the rebel 
pickets were fired and destroyed. Our loss was 15 
killed and 106 wounded, and two missing. 
The troops engaged were the 47th Pa., Gth Cf., 4th 
N. fl., 55th Pa., 7th Ct„ 76th Pa., and 3d N. H., A 
detachment of the first Mass, cavalry, first U. S. 
artillery Co. E, third U. S. artillery, third R. I. 
artillery and N. Y. engineers. 
The Times sayB about the battle: Instead of the 
rebels gaining a victory, our troops defeated them 
in the one very hard fought engagement, drove them 
from both of their chosen positions and compelled 
them to retreat in haste across the Pocataligo river, 
at which they destroyed the bridge in their rear to 
prevent further pursuit, and although Gen. Mitchell 
did not on this occasion succeed in carrying out the 
magnificent programme which he had conceived, be 
did make a complete reconnoissance of the region 
between the island of Port Royal and Charleston 
railroad, and administered to the rebels a thorough 
chastisement. 
The British steamer Wachnta, Capt Gil pen, was 
brought into Port Roy&l on the 23d ult, a prize to 
the gunboat Memphis, commander Watmough. She 
was captured, after a full day’s chose, off the coast 
of North Carolina. She threw overboard the great 
er portion ot her cargo, and so strained her engines 
as to be unable to make steam. She is believed to 
have been loaded with arms and ammunition. The 
Waclmta is an iron steamer, built in London, and 
will prove to be a valuable prize. 
The U. S. steamer Penobscot, on the 22d inst., 
captured, off Shelton Inlet, N. C., the English brig 
Robert Bruce, about. 300 tuns burthen, loaded with 
clothing, medicines, Jkc. 
Advices from North Carolina state that. Gov. 
Stanley had proposed an interview to Gov. Vance. 
Should this be declined, he asks the latter to appoint 
commissioners to confer with him on the state of 
public affairs. 
The rebels have two iron clad gunboats np the 
Roanoke river, which will soon be ready for opera¬ 
tions. 
A greater number of vessels than usual are block¬ 
ading Charleston harbor. Four gunboats are in 
Stono Inlet. 
The Department of the Gnlf. 
Commander Howell, of the gunboat Tuboma, 
under date ot October 14th, coast of Florida, reports 
to the Navy Department that on the Gth ult., an ex¬ 
pedition left, for the purpose of demolishing some 
icbel salt works upon the mainland. It consisted of 
4 boats from the Tuhoma and 4 from the Somerset, 
in all 111 men; 2 of the boats had howitzers. A 
number of guerillas were put to flight by shell, 
shrapnell and canister, with which the houses, 
woods and underbrush were scratched; then the 
small arms men lauding, deployed as skirmishers on 
each flank of the guns, and the working parties de¬ 
stroyed the boilers, which were of various shapes 
and curious construction. Houses in the immediate 
vicinity were tired, and the boats proceeded to the 
next station. Here the boats covered the working 
parties. It was necessary to put a howitzer shell 
Ihrongh two very thick cast iron and two wrought 
iron boilers. Buildings were then burned. Just 
after leaving the latter place, the cars came in and 
probably reinforced the rebels, as people on tho 
shore yelled and shouted, and fired some 20 shots at 
the boats. From (be sound it was judged the shots 
were from Minnie or Enfield rifles. None,however, 
struck any of the men, or could have done any harm 
as the distance was too great. The expedition was 
entirely successful. Some 28 boilers were destroyed, 
and all the buildings within reach. There are but 
two upon the War Key. No confusion was exhibit¬ 
ed in landing, nor any departure from instructions 
given prior to il Tb»*re was no useless expenditure 
of ammunition, and no one hurt. 
Acting Lieutenant commanding McCauley, of the 
steamer Port Henry, reports October IGth, that a 
second reconnoissance up the Appalacbicola, result¬ 
ed in the capture ot 1 the G. L. Brockenborotigh. 
which had been scuttled, and had on board 64 bales 
of cotton. A launch from Ihe Saginaw cleared the 
river hanks of guerrillas, and killed a number of 
them. 
The Navy Department has received the following: 
United States forces in the Gulf have destroyed 
the salt works of the rebels at St, Andrews and 
Joseph’s Bays, both capable of making 4o0 bushels 
of salt in a day. 
The bark .T. L. Davis captured the English 
schooner Isabel while attempting to evade the 
blockade of St. Marks, with a cargo of cotton. 
United States steamer Albatross captured the 
schooner Two Sisters, off the mouth of the Rio 
Grande, on the 21st nit,, flying the rebel flag at the 
time; and a rebel register was found on her. Her 
cargo consisted of gunny cloth, bale rope, <fcc. 
The capture of the Sabine Pass is confirmed, Oct. 
1st, by the United States steamer Kensington, Capt 
Crocker, and schooners Seamen and Jones. Capt. 
Crocker with asmall body advanced into the country 
and defeated two bands of rebels. Results of which 
were the capture of one fort, two camps, thirty-six 
buildings and ten rebel vessels which were burned. 
We have a rumor by the way of Corinth that Mo¬ 
bile is ours. The report was brought in by rebel 
prisoners, taken by our scouts. 
The Columbus (Ga.) Times of the 17th says that 
Gen. Bn tier w ith 7,000 men had landed at Pensacola. 
It was expected he would advanoe on the Junction 
of the Mobile, Montgomery and Pensacola R. R. 
The following is from the. Richmond Dispalch of 
the 25 th: 
The Federal fleet rff Galveston, Texas, attacked 
that city on the 4th ult A Federal steamer ran past 
the battery at Port Point under a heavy fire, aud 
laid to at the Central wharf The battery was then 
destroyed by the Confederate troops, who inarched 
to Virginia Point The troops in Galveston lettand 
went to the same point. The Federal steamers 
lying off Galveston, live in number, gave the author¬ 
ities of the town four days to remove the women 
and children from the place, at the expiration of 
which time they would shell the place, if it was nox 
surrendered. The cause of the attack was the firing 
into ihe steamer Harriet Lane. She steamed in 
under a flag of truce, but went too far and was fired 
Into. 
The latest telegram from Galveston is dated the 
Gth, and, speakingof the movements of the Federal?, 
says they lauded yesterday again at the Point, but 
they have not permanently occupied it, having a 
wholesome fear of a cavalry dash. Col. Cook is en¬ 
gaged in removing such machinery and foundry 
works as can be got off, and it is not probable the 
enemy will find much of value on the island. Or¬ 
ders have been issued to inform the people that 
should our troops leave the island, communication 
will at once be cut off, and no supplies will be allow¬ 
ed to enter the city. Measures are already oil foot 
for a rigid police surveillance of the bay, and an 
active cavalry force will continually scour the main 
laud. The determination of the military authorities 
seems to be to confine the enemy to the baycoutigu- 
ous to the island. 
The following items of intelligence from Nassau 
were brought by the last steamer from New Orleans: 
The Guai'dian says the pilots of the port have been 
forbidden, under penalty of deprivation, to bring in 
any belligerent vessel in future, unless the permis¬ 
sion of the government is first obtained. 
The Guardian contains a letter from Secretary 
Seward to Secretary Welles, dated Augnst 14th, 
relative to Ihe chase of the British steamer Herald 
hy the Adirondack, within a maritime league of the 
island of New Providence. If the commandant of 
the Adirondack committed such an act, he inexcus 
ably violated the law of nations, and reparation 
ought to he promptly made. The President desires 
notice to be given to all commanders of American 
veFsels-of-war, to adhere strictly to the principle that 
the maritime jurisdiction of every nation covers a 
a full maritime league from the coast, and acts of 
hostility within such distance are strictly forbidden. 
Father and 8ox ox tits Battle Field.—A 
story is told of the veteran Sumner at the battle of 
Antietam. Ills son, Capt. Sumner, a youth of 21 
years of age, was on his staff. The old man calmly 
stood amidst a storm of shot and shells, and turned 
to send him through a doubly raging fire, upon a 
mission of duty. He might never see bis boy again 
but hi3 country claimed his life, and, as he looked 
upon his young brow, he grasped his hand, encircled 
hint in his arms, and fondly kissed him. “Good¬ 
bye, Sammy," “Good-bye, father,’’ and the youth, 
mounting his horse, rode gaily on the message, He 
returned unharmed, and again his hand was grasped 
with a cordial “How d’ye do, Sammy?” answered 
by a grasp uf equal aflection. The scene was touch¬ 
ing to those around. 
AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON. 
By direction of the President, the State of Ten 
neesee, east of the Tennessee River, and such parts 
of Northern Alabama and Georgia as umy be taken 
possession of by United States troops, will consti¬ 
tute the Department of the Cumberland, to be 
under the command of General Rosecrans. The 
troops under command of Gen. Grant will consti¬ 
tute ihe I3ih Army Corps, and those assigned to the 
command of Gen. Rosecrans will constitute the 14th 
Army Corps. 
The complaints that, have been made in the many 
regiments because of the non-payment of monthly 
wages, and ihe lack of suitable clofliing, will now 
be satisfied, as the President is determined that 
every soldier sludl be clothed and promptly paid, 
and the proper departments are busily attending to 
requisitions. 
The Mayor, the Presidents of the Councils, and 
the Committee of the two Boards, have had an 
interview with the President to urge the immediate 
construction of the railroad from the Point of Rocks 
to this city and thence in a straight, lme to the Ches¬ 
apeake Bay. 
The President, in reply, said that Congress had 
deprived him of the power to make roads, and that 
had the road from Kentucky into East Tennessee 
been permitted, the war in the West would have 
been long since ended. The President, also stated 
that, these two roads might be made, and he would 
recommend them to Congress. If he bad the power 
he would see that they were constructed imme¬ 
diately, as he well knew the pressing necessity for 
them, both for military purposes and as a question 
of economy in the transportation of troops and sup¬ 
plies. 
The colored people of the District of Columbia, 
for whose removal Congress made an appropria¬ 
tion, and gave the President authority in the premi¬ 
ses, have sent a delegation to the President, and 
that delegation has delivered to him the following 
letter: 
Sir:— The undersigned, in behalf of their colored 
brethren and themselves, have called upon your 
Excellency to learn when we can depart to the land 
promised in the address made to us in this your Ex¬ 
ecutive mansion. Many of ns actios oil your prom¬ 
ise 10 send ns, as soon as 100 families were ready, 
have sold our furniture, have given up our little 
homes to go on the first voyage, and now when 
more than five times that number nave prepared to 
leave, we find that there is uncertainty and delay, 
which is greatly embarrassing us and reducing our 
scanty means until fears are being created that these 
means being exhausted, poverty in a still worse 
form than has yet met us, maybe onr winter pros¬ 
pects, We have seen it stated in newspapers, that 
you do not mean to let us start. We do not believe 
that your Excellency would invite ua to make ar¬ 
rangements to go, to create hopes within us. and 
stimulate us to struggle for national independence 
and respectable equality; and then when we had 
made ourselves ready for the effort in confident 
belief of the integrity of your promise, that ifr reali¬ 
zation will bo withheld, Congress has placed power 
and means solely in the hands of your Excellency 
to aid in removing us. You began the movement, 
yon appointed Senator Pomeroy, in whom not only 
the colored people, but the whole country, have 
confidence, to see that justice will be dope ns in our 
removal. Tie has said that he is ready. We there¬ 
fore earnestly beg that your Excellency will now 
give him special orders to set sail before the winter 
sets in to pinch us here, before storms shall make 
our voyage dangerous. 
President Lincoln, through his Private Secretary, 
replied to the deputation of colored men, that lie, 
the President. WHS as anxious us he ever was for 
their departure, that be had placed everything in 
the hands of Pomeroy, and that he could not now 
see the deputation, but would do so in a lew days. 
The following circular from the Adjutant Gener¬ 
al's office is of importance to those having claims 
upon that branch of the general Government: 
Numerous applications are addressed to this office 
relative to the service of deceased soldiers and offi¬ 
cers. Fraudulent claims have been facilitated and 
information been procured from public officers, and 
to guard against, such imposition and secure the 
right of discharged soldiers, or heirs of deceased 
soldiers, no information a a to the service, discharge 
or death of deceased officers or soldiers will be fur¬ 
nished except to those who shall show themselves 
entitled to it; hence no application for information 
can be used as a basis of claims against the govern¬ 
ment or to the prejudice of innocent persons. The 
following conditions must be complied with : 
1st, Identity of soldier must be proved. 
Heirs and representatives must, show that 
2d. 
they are such. In these cases proof may be by affi¬ 
davit from credible and disinterested persons, certi¬ 
fied to be such by an acting Justice or Notary, 
whose official character should be made to appear. 
3d. When an Agent acts, he must produce his au¬ 
thority in each case, with proof of that of the party 
who empowers him. in the manner above indicated. 
4th. While the object is to obtain pay and allow- 
ances, application must be made to the officers of 
government under whose direction payment would 
be made. When this officer is satisfied of the right 
of the claimant, he will call on the Adjutant-Gener¬ 
al for any information on record to perfect the claim, 
which will be furnished to him, but not to the party 
concerned. 
5th. When affidavits or other evidence is procured 
from a foreign country, the official character of the 
magistrate before whom they are taken must he 
verified by a minister or consul of the United States, 
resident iu the country where such evidence origi¬ 
nates; verification to be in all cases under the hand 
and official seal of such minister or consul. 
6th. Applications for certificates under seal of the 
War Department to he used in foreign countries will 
only be entertained when comiug from the highest 
representafives of the foreign country through the 
Department of State. All facts connected with the 
subject of inquiry should be communicated, partic¬ 
ularly the full name, rank, regiment and company 
of the soldier, when and where he was last heard 
from, and name of the officer under whom he served. 
. L. Thomas, Adj.-Gen. 
Mario Pocket Rooks — Snow k Hapgood 
Small Farm Wanted—H. T. R. 
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS 
srr.vwp xotioes. 
Partial List of Gifts—J F Hone 
Electrical Instruments—O. M. Rollins. 
Booth's Patent Shaker—Chappell & Sprague. 
®l)c Nenrs tfionifeuser. 
— The Democratic majority in Ohio is thought to be about 
2000. 
— The venerable Lewis Cass attained his eightieth year on 
the 9th nit 
— The Government now rises for twine for postal purposes, 
flax instead of cotton. 
— Secretary Smith says the new navy is to be sent to tak» 
Mobile and Charleston. 
— Counterfeit fires on the Union Bank of Sullivan countv 
N. Y., are in circulation. 
— It is stated that the family of Capt. Semmcs, of the pirate 
resect 290, is in Cincinnati. 
— Railroad earnings this year are about 25 per cent in ad¬ 
vance of those of last year. 
— There is, according to the census, an excess of 733.258 
males over females in the United States. 
— Tt is stArid that $70,000,000 to SSO.000,000 of counterfeit 
Confedeiate money is in circulation in tire South. 
— Nicholas Biddle's partner. Baron Steinberger. died in St 
Louis on the 14th ult, in reduced circumstances. 
— On Monday week the Philadelphia Board of Brokers 
passed a resolution striking gold from the list of stocks. 
— There is a report among the gossips at Washington that 
Belgium is about, to recognize the Southern Confederacy. 
— It is reported that 350,000 heavy English navy blankets 
have been imported into the South in tho part two months. 
— The Richmond Examiner recommends that negroes be 
drafted into the Confederate army as teamsters, laborers, 5ie. 
— Appleton Oak smith, the 81arer and Fillihuster, who es¬ 
caped from prison a short time since, has arrived at Havana. 
— The English mouthpieces of the rebellion are aburing 
Garibaldi for his recently expressed sympathy with the, north. 
— During Sunday night week fifteen inches of snow fell in 
Jefferson county. The railroad trains were much impeded 
by it. 
— A man calling himself LouiB Napoleon was hung in 
Richmond recently for counterfeiting Confederate treasury 
notes. 
— The cotton business appears to be increasing in the 
Southwest, notwithstanding the annoyance of the guerrilla 
bauds. 
— Dr. I.ankester, the coroner, estimates the deaths in Lon¬ 
don, England, from crinoline taking fire at seventy-five an¬ 
nually. 
— Valuable iron mines have recently been discovered in 
Aroostook county, Me., by those engaged in the geological 
survey. 
— On Friday week contracts for horses for the Government 
were awarded at Philadelphia, at a rate varying from $114,94 
to $110. 
— Mr. Corwin, the American Minister in Mexico, is very 
ill In the Mexican capital, and it is thought he cannot long 
survive. 
— The population of the Russian Empire in 1722 was 
14,000,000 ; in 1803, 38,000,000 ; and at present it amounts to 
(15,000,000. 
— Ohio citizens are raising a fund of $100,000. to be devo¬ 
ted to purchasing artificial limbs for such Ohio soldiers as may 
need them. 
— Some of the savings banks in Massachusetts have declared 
no dividend for the past six months, their earnings proving 
insufficient. 
— Willard's Hotel in Washington is making a profit of 
$1,000 per day. The present proprietors bought the property 
for $775,000. 
— Brig. Ccn. Edwin Price, son of Maj. Gen. Price, of the 
Confederate army, has taken the oath of allegiance to the 
United States. 
— Letters from Egypt represent the cotton crop in that 
country as a complete success, and opening dazzling visions of 
future wealth. 
— The Portland (Me l Advertiser says the mountains in 
that State are covered with snow and look as white as they do 
in mid-wiuter. 
— Gen. C. T. James, the inventor of improved rifled guns, 
and of projectiles, has been killed by the explosion of one of 
his own shells. 
— The late Margaret Burr, of New York, left the sum of 
$230,000 to he divided among various charitable and benevo¬ 
lent organizations. 
— A circular has been issued by the rebel government to 
the newspapers, forbidding the publication of the emancipa¬ 
tion proclamation. 
— Gen. Ashoth has been assigned to duty in the Depart¬ 
ment of the Ohio, and ordered to report in person to General 
Wright at Cincinnati. 
— The gardeners in Washington have for some time been 
engaged in cutting down and removing from the capitol gar¬ 
den all the aiianthus trees. 
— A Union lady at Frederick, Md,, saved 90 rifles belonging 
to the home guard, when the rebels entered the place, by 
throwing them into a well 
— A bear weighing 324 pounds was killed on Thursday 
week at Irasburg, Vt. It is reported that bears are making 
great havoc in that Vicinity. 
— The law for the abolition of slavery in the Dutch West 
Iudias, which goes into operation iu July next, grants the 
owners $120 for each slave. 
— Three rebel agents were arrested at St. Louis a few days 
ago, who had $1000 worth of drugs in their possession, which 
they had bought in Chicago. 
— On October 15th there was a frost in New Orleans. The 
ground was white, and the ladies had been wearing furs sev¬ 
eral days because of the cold. 
— Government obtained 2,000 bales of Sea Island cotton 
from Port Royal last year, which sold for ?-000,CK)0. This year 
the crop will amount to 3,600. 
— Eight hundred or one thousand contrabands, mostly 
women and children, now at Cairo, are said to be in a most 
deplorable state of destitution. 
— Cotton in Kansas has ripened perfectly this year produc¬ 
ing a heavy crop of good staple upland cotton; and it was not 
grown by the aid of slave labor. 
— There are now twenty-four steamers, English and Amer¬ 
ican pljiug on the great Chinese river, Yang tse-Kiaug, lately 
opened to the commerce of the world. 
— St. Louis is paying a tax of six millions per annum, and 
the Mississippi valley fifteen millions, in extra freight, in con¬ 
sequence of the closing of the Mississippi. 
— A soldier from Delaware county, Iowa, states that the 
first information he had of the President’s proclamation was 
from a runaway negro slave in Mississippi. 
— Late California papers state that sugar and sirup from the 
Chinese cane, and a better article than the imported, has been 
made in considerable quantities in the State. 
— Commissioner Boutwell has decided that a bond and 
mortgage each requites a stamp—so that transactions of that 
character are subject to a double stamp duty. 
— The Legislature of Indiana is set down by the State Sen¬ 
tinel, as 27 Democrats, 21 Republicans, and 2 Independent. 
The House 02 Democrats and 88 Republicans. 
— The yellow fever is raging fearfully at Wrightsville 
Sound, N. C. In about a fortnight 60 to 70 persons died. The 
stores are closed and the inhabitants arc fleeing. 
— The Connecticut river is unusually low for this season of 
the year. Several of the streams among the hills are so low 
that manufactories are impeded in consequence. 
— New York is not so occupied with the war as to leave no 
time for amusements. The number of visitors to Central Park 
Saturday week was 48,000. The carriages numbered 4,378. 
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