lhaQ our own. One 1 arrott gun uurfc* tne nrsi 
day, and becoming worthless, was abandoned. 
Great efforts up to noon to-day have been made 
by the combined forces of Itnboden and Jackson 
to prevent our return, but without, success. W e 
have brought in over 300 prisoners, including one 
Major and two or three Lieutenants, and a large 
number of cattle, horses, Ac. 
J am, General, very respectfully yours, 
W. W. Av krill, Brig. Gen. 
A Great Work—Fowler k Welle. 
Tree? ! Trees! ! Trees 1 1 1 —T. C Maxwell & Bros. 
Faulkner Nurseries—John C. Williams & Co. 
Something \>i-Bice k Co. 
Anhnm PuMirtiegC'o,—E < 1 . Stnrke. 
AdirondacGrapes—John W. Bailey. 
The Prairie Farmer— Ercerr & Co. 
Broker's Sale—Andrews lc Co. 
$60 a Month—Shaw fc Clark. 
Special Notices. 
Dictionaries in England. 
was not the main one of the fort, which is by no 
means clear, the havoc created inside was such j 
as to materially lessen its capacity for resistance. 
Observations were made late in the afternoon 
of Wednesday, and it could be seen through a 
hazy atmosphere that the parapet walls were 
broken, and two of the guns dismounted. This 
fort, as fully shown, would bear only a small 
amount of cannonading as compared with Sum¬ 
ter. Its reduction will immediately follow the 
planting of batteries at Cummings’ Point—a 
work which will soon be accomplished. 
The Ironsides sent a shell into Moultrieville. 
setting it on fire and destroying half of the town. 
The firing from all the rebel forts and bat¬ 
teries which were in range of Morris Island and 
our forces there, and which began on the morn¬ 
ing after the evacuation of Beauregard's troops, 
has since been severe and continuous. We do 
not occupy in force the captured rebel fortifica¬ 
tions. Besides the filth which exists, the rebels 
made certain arrangements for the destruction 
of our men wh«u they should enter the works, 
and these matters must of course bo attended to 
previous to occupation. It is represented, how¬ 
ever, that the rebel works will be of little use to 
Department of the South. 
The following dispatch was received in 
Washington on the 10th inst. from Gen. Gilmore: 
DjtPARTMS.VT OV THE SOVTH, ) 
Ri-.ai^l-ahtkkh ix the Field, Sept. 7 . j 
To Mai.-Gcn. JJalkck:— I have the honor to 
report that Port Wagner and Battery Gregg are 
ours. Last night our sappers crowned the crest 
of the counter scarp of Port Wagner on its sea 
front, masking its guns, and an order was issued 
to carry the place by assault at 9 o’clock this' 
morning, that being the hour of low tide. 
About JO o’clock last night the enemy com¬ 
menced evacuating the island, and all but 75 of 
them made their escape from Cummings’ Point 
in small boats. Captured dispatches show' that 
Fort Wagner was commanded by Col. Koitt, of 
South Carolina, and garrisoned by 1.400 effective 
men, and Battery B by between loo and 200. 
Fort Wagner is a work of the must formidable 
kind. Its bomb-proof shelter, capable of hold¬ 
ing 1,800 men. remained intact alter the mostter- 
ribie bombardment to which any work was ever 
subjected. We have captured 10 pieces of artil¬ 
lery and a large supply of excellent ammuni¬ 
tion. The city and harbor of Charleston are 
now completely covered by iny guns. I have 
the honor to be, General, very respectfully, your 
obedient servant, Q. A. Gilmore, 
Brig.-Gen. Commanding. 
The correspondent of the N. Y. Everting Pont , 
gives the following description of Fort Wagner 
and Battery B after they came into our posses¬ 
sion: 
As the light dawned, what a spectacle was 
presented by the interior of Fort Wagner! 
There were splintered timbers, dismounted and 
exploded guns, walls and traverses torn and fur¬ 
rowed by shot and shell, here a mangled frag¬ 
ment of a body, a leg, an arm, half of a head, 
there four bodies lying in a pile, on which the 
heat and sun had produced the frightful marks 
of decomposition (one of these bodies was a 
lieutenant-colonel.) Strewn all around were 
bodies of horses and mules. The ait* was un¬ 
speakably foul and loathsome with the stench 
from all these masses of ■decay. Those who first 
went into the fort could not help vomiting re¬ 
peatedly. Attracted by a groan, they found, in 
one of the bomb-proofs, a wounded man, whose 
injuries had not been dressed at all. He died 
while being removed t<|jour hospital. 
$l)e Sfctos Condenser 
— Gen. Cass is so feeble that he cannot live long. He 
is in his 81st year. 
— Scurvy is reported to prevail to some extent in the ' 
Army of the Potomac. 
— The city authorities of New York advertise for 10,000 
substitutes at $300 each. 
— Out of the 116,000 deserters from the U. S. army, 
about 16.000 have returned. 
— Maj. Gen. Hunter has been assigned to active duty, 
and will leave for the West soon. 
— The Provost-Marshal General at Washington thinks 
the draft will bring in 100,000 men. 
— The new projectiles thrown into Charleston are the 
invention of a son of James G. Birney. 
— Notes of various denomintions in imitation of the 
Government greenbacks are in circulation. 
— Robert Jennison, Jr , has been elected to fill the an- 
expired term of Yancey in the rebel Senate. 
— Well executed 0s on the New England Bank, of Bos¬ 
ton, were put in circulation in that city Sept. 6th, 
— The article of petroleum, or coal oil, is assuming a 
great importance in the commerce of the country. 
— The commander of the De Soto, on blockading ser¬ 
vice, has already $100,000 prize money assigned to him. 
— Nathan Daboll, the author of “Daboll’g Arithme¬ 
tic,” recently died at Croton Conn., at an advanced age. 
— The order of the War Department refusing passes to 
women to visit the Army of the Potomac is imperative. 
— Madame de Ligones, sister of M. de Lamartine, is 
dead. She was distinguished by her unbounded charity. 
— Twenty-four young soldiers from our armies now in 
the field have just been appointed to cadetships at West 
Point. 
— Col. Bowman, Military Superintendent of West Point 
has been relieved, and Brig. Gen. H. G. Wright put in his 
place. 
— Governor Buckingham, of Connecticut, has written 
a letter in favor of organizing colored companies in that 
State. 
— Hon. Luther Bradisli, formerly Lieutent Governor of 
New York, died at Newport Sunday week. His age wa3 
58 years. 
— There are ten[thousand rebel prisoners at Fort Del¬ 
aware and three thousand five hundred at Camp Douglas, 
Chicago. 
— The President has given permission for colored mis¬ 
sionaries to enter the army lines and minister to their 
brethren. 
— Brigadier Gen. Robert Anderson, U. S. A., has beeD 
assigned to the command of the depot for volunteers at 
Newport. 
— The Kentucky tobacco-growers are about to hold a 
convention to talk over the excise tax, which they regard 
as onerous. 
— Ice is in such demand in New York that the steamers 
plying between Maine and that place take it as part of 
their cargo. 
— Eighty National Banks, with an aggregate capital of 
$10,840,000, have already been authorized to commence 
operations. 
— The first snow squall in August occcurrcd on the 
top of Mt. 'Washington. The weather there is as cold as 
Greenland. 
— The rebel cavalry in Virginia are active. During the 
past five.days they have gobbled up several small squads 
of our men. 
— Rev. Dr. Breckinridge is named as the probable suc¬ 
cessor of (secesh) Senator Powel in the U. S. Senate from 
loyal Kentucky. 
— Mr. Bayard Taylor, late Secretary of Legation at St. 
Petersburg!!; arrived in New York last week in the Scotia 
W'ith)his family. 
— The cranberry crop in Massachusetts is said to be in 
splendid condition, and the prospect of an abundant crop 
was never better 
— Persons arrired from Florida report that a majority 
, of the people are tired of the rebellion, and want to come 
, back to the Union. 
— A servant girl was so beaten with a broomstick by her 
N. Y. City mistress because she proposed to leave, that her 
’ life is despaired of. 
— The rebel debt is now upward of $1,000,000,000, and 
J from the awful depreciation of “ Secesh’’ currency, is in¬ 
creasing fearfully. 
— Rumor assigns Gen. Heintzelman to a large eom- 
1 maud in Texas, which shall stifle the contraband trade up 
' the Rio Grande, &c. 
— Bands of guerrillas from 100 to 200 strong have r*> 
1 cently appeared in Clinton, Monroe, and Cumberland 
- counties, Kentucky. 
r — The pursuit of the murderers of the people of Law- 
1 reuce, Kansas, has thus far resulted in the killing of over 
- one hundred of the miscreants. 
. — During a thunder storm at Eatontown, N. J., recently, 
a flash of lightning ran around the hoops of Miss Lavina 
Edwards, injuring her severely. 
— The steamer Gertrude, on her passage from N. York 
to New Orleans, captured a rebel steamer from Havana 
for Mobile with a valuable cargo. 
— The bushwhackers of Callaway, Mo., say there shall 
be no enrollment in that county, and that no man who 
pays $300 shall live in the county. 
— Fifty-three men were drafted from Enfield Ct., and 
52 of them paid their $300, the remaining one, a black, 
expressed hii determination to go. 
— Advices from Hungary state that there is absolute 
famine In one-third of the country, great want in the sec¬ 
ond third, and sufficiency in the rest. 
— There arc nearly 3,000 miles of railway in India—all 
laid by tbe British within the last ten years. Last year 
these roads carried 6,000,000 passengers. 
_There are now about seven thousand sick and wound¬ 
ed in the Washington hospitals, many of whom are con¬ 
valescent, and nearly all draw full rations. 
_Maj. Gen. Withers of the rebel army has resigned. 
He is a graduate of West Point, and has commanded the 
Alabama troops since tiie commencement of the war. 
Fling out the old banner, let fold after fold, 
Enshrine a new glory as each is unfurled; 
Let it speak to our hearts still as sweet as of old, 
The herald of Freedom all over the world. 
Let it float out in triumph, let It wave over head, 
The noble old ensign, Its stripes and its Stars; 
It gave ns onr freedom, o'ershadows our dead, 
Gave might to onr heroes, made sacred their scars. 
Let it wave in the sunbeora, unfurl in the storm, 
Our guardian at morning, our beacon at night, 
When peace shines in splendor athwart heT bright form. 
Or war’s bloody hand holds the standard of might. 
Unfurl the old banner, its traitors crush down, 
Let it still be the banner that covers the brave, 
The star spangled banner, with glory we own, 
’Ti* too noble a banner for tyrant and slave. 
Dorado. A large number of rebel soldiers came 
voluntarily into our lines and surrendered. 
About twenty-five came up on the G roes beck. 
They report matters in the Department as look¬ 
ing very gloomy. The old conscription laws bad 
proved inadequate to raise the required force. 
Gen. Kil by Smith, commanding in West Missis¬ 
sippi, has called on all the old men to rally to his 
assistance, promising them their services will 
not be needed for more than sixty days, as by 
that lime the fate of the West will be decided. 
A dispatch dated at ’‘Lookout Valley, 12miles 
goulh of Trenton, Georgia, Sept 7th,” says :— 
The army has crossed the first ridge of moun¬ 
tains south of tbe Tennessee River. The valley 
just west of the Lookout range is in view, and as 
far south as Winston, which Is 45 miles south of 
tbe river. The enemy has not yet offered the 
slightest resistance. There are but three roads 
over Lookout Mountain between Chattanooga 
and Winston where an army, with baggage and 
artillery can pass—one at Chattanooga, one at 
Johnson’s camp, 8 miles south of Trenton, and 
the other at Winston. It is thought certain that 
Bragg, if he fights at all. will contest our passage 
at either of these points. Skirmishing will prob¬ 
ably commence to-morrow. The army has 
endured the fatiguing marches bravely. It de¬ 
sires nothing better than to fight, as it is tired 
running after Bragg. If the present bold move¬ 
ment succeeds. Chattanooga falls of itself. The 
right of tiie army is now less than fifty miles 
from Rome. Forage is plenty in the valley, and 
the inhabitants are sick of the war. The slaves 
have nearly all been run into tbe Interior. 
The following dispatch from Gen. Itosecrans 
has been received at headquarters : 
Camp near Tre.xtox, i 
Sept, mil, 1863—6.30 P. M. j 
To Maj. Gen. Hatteck, Commandcr-in-Chitf :— 
Chattanooga is ours without a struggle, and East 
Tennessee is free. Our move on the enemy’s 
flank and rear progresses, while tbe tail of his 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., SEPTEMBER 19,1863. 
was going to uiiarieston. a column oi lo.uuu to 
20,000 men can in one week bo easily thrown by 
the Virginia and East Tennessee R.R. to Bristol 
or Greensville in East Tennessee. 
The Wheeling Intelligencer of Tuesday has the 
following notice of the recent expedition under 
General Averill, and the fight at Rocky Gap : 
“ Private dispatches received in the city last 
evening announce the return to Huntersville, 
Randolph county, of the expedition under Gen. 
Averill. recently sent out by Gen. Kelley. Gen. 
Averill's route extended through the counties of 
Hardy, Pendleton, Highland, Pocahontas and 
Greenbriar. He destroyed the saltpeter works 
in Pendleton, and drove Jackson out of Poca 
hontas. pursuing him to Greenbriar, White Sul¬ 
phur Springs. At Rocky Gap he encountered 
the forces under Gen. Jones and Col. Patton, 
and had a severe action, in which he lost about 
100 men in killed and wounded, including seve¬ 
ral officers. Gen. Averill brought in quite a 
number of prisoners, Including many officers. 
He destroyed Camp Northwest, with a large 
amount of camp equipage, stores. Ac. 
‘■A later dispatch states that during the late 
action between Gen. Averill’s forces at Rocky 
Gap, Capt. Baron Von Koenig. Aid-de-Camp on 
Gen. Averill's staff, was killed while leading an 
attack on the enemy’s right, and Capt. Ewing, of 
Ewing’s battery, and Major McNally, of the 
Second Virginia regiment, were both badly 
wounded,” 
The following report has been made by Gen., 
Averill to Gen. Kelly : 
HuttoNFvu.i.e, Va., Aug. 30.—General J. H. 
Thomas reports tbe. safe return of mv command 
to this place, after an expedition through the 
counties of Hardy. Pendleton, Highland, Bath, 
Greenbriar and Pocahontas. We drove the 
enemy uuder General Jttckson out of Pocahontas 
over the Warm Spring Mountains, destroyed 
their saltpeter works, burned Camp Northwest 
and a largo amount of arras, equipments and 
stores. 
We fought a severe engagement with a supe¬ 
rior force under command of Major Gen. Samuel 
Jones and Col. Patton, at Rocky Gap. near the 
Whitt: Sulphur Springs. The battle lasted two 
davs. We drove the enemy from his first posi¬ 
tion, hut want of ammunition and the arrival on 
the second day of three regiments to re-enforce 
the enemy, and not receiving the co-operation of 
General Salmon, which had been promised, de¬ 
cided to withdraw my command. It was with¬ 
drawn in good order, with the loss of only two 
men in the operation. 
Onr loss in the battle is probably over 100 offi¬ 
cers and men killed and wounded, among whom 
are Capt. Falls and Baron Von Koenig killed, 
while leading an assault upon the enemy's right, 
and Major McNally of the 2d Virginia, and Capt! 
Ewing of the artillery, dangerously wounded. I 
have reason to believe the enemy’s loss is greater 
own sacrifice. A very intelligent, officer of engi¬ 
neers (Captain Brooks, New York Volunteer 
Engineers, whose skill and efficiency have been 
absolutely Invaluable all through the campaign.) 
pronounced it ‘-the strongest work of the kind 
iu the world.” 
I did not count the pieces myself, but an intel¬ 
ligent friend who counted them carefully, tells 
me that there were sixteen guns, besides three 
mortars. Of these mortars one was a Cohorn of 
about twenty-four pound calibre, whose legend 
of ” G. R.” surmounting a crotWb marked it as a 
revolutionary trophy. Another gun, rilled, not 
yet mounted, was of the •• Brooks ” patera. It is 
shaped exactly like the Parrott, and can only be. 
distinguished from it by a very close examina¬ 
tion. 
A walk of about twelve hundred yard3 brought 
me to Fort Gregg, a small bnt very strong work, 
mounting three eight and ton-inch guns, and fur¬ 
nished with two howitzers. The inducements 
for staying long in Fort Gregg, or to rambling 
much between it and Fort Vagner, are quite 
limited. Shells from Forts Moultrie, Beauregard 
and Johnson are falling perpetually upon this 
narrow area, with a frequency and an accuracy 
which pay the rebels’ tribute to the value of the 
position we have gained. 
On the 8th and 'Jth insts. our land batteries, in 
conjunction with the fleet, bombarded Fort 
Moultrie, and the injuries to the front were of a 
character to indicate that the reduction of the 
fortress would be effected with comparative ease. 
NEWS PARAGRAPHS 
dozyn, eggs 5c. per dozen, the best oi beet be. 
per lb., and wood ?1.50 per cord. It is a coun¬ 
try flowing with milk and honey, to be had for 
the asking. 
There died the other day, at Metz, (France.) 
a -gentleman connected with the press,” who 
deserves a word of respectful memory from all 
the guild. His name was Collignon, printer In 
that town, and son of a printer in that town who 
was a son of another printing Collignon of the 
same ilk, who was ditto to ditto, and so on up 
the unbroken, honorable, and ancient inky same 
family line to a primary Pierre Collignon, printer 
at Metz in the year 1646. 
Cummings’ Point, the extreme westerly point 
of Morris Island, which is now in possession of 
our troops, is within three miles and three-quar¬ 
ters of the wharves at Charleston. It is distant 
one mile and a half from Fort Sumter, and one 
mile and three-quarters from Fort Johnson, the 
next important defensive position of the rebels. 
here with two regiments of cavalry, Ool. De 
Conrcey being on Urn Kentucky side with a brig¬ 
ade which 1 started in that direction before leav¬ 
ing Kentucky. The infantry brigade marched 
from Knoxville to this place, 6u miles, iu 52 
hours. The garrison here, consisting of over 
2,000 men and 14 pieces of artillery, made an 
unconditional surrender at 3 P. M. to-day, with¬ 
out a light , „ , r . .. 
A. Burnside, Maj. Gen. 
A dispatch to the Cincinnati Gaulle, dated 
Knoxville Oth, says:—The great campaign of the 
war is over. We ore in full possession of East 
Tennessee. A great and bloodless victory. The 
campaign was skillfully planned and energeti¬ 
cally executed. Such was the rapidity of our 
movements that tbe rebels, taken Unawares, fled 
before us without destroying property. At Lou¬ 
don they attempted to hold the bridge, but the 
impetuosity of the 2d Tennessee broke them to 
pieces. Three steamboats, three locomotives, 
and a large number of cars were captured there. 
