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OFFICIAL, DIRECTORY. ?
Territorial Officers.
(Ion crsou. SIDNEY EDGKRTON, Bannack City ; Secretary. II. P. F0B8HT;
Chief Justice, II. L. HOSMER. ^ Ataocirri Justice, AMI GIDDINGS,
L. B. AVILLLSTON, f\ Attt. Qkskral, E. B. NEALY, Virginia City; W Marshal, C. J. BUCK,
Surveyor Gkneral, M. BOYD.
Auditor, JOHN S. LOTT. TataaUKEB, JOHN J. HULL.
County Officers of iHadlson County. A
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County Counnistiioneiv, James Feross, ^ - Savcel V7. Stan-let,
^ ^ Frbd. K. Root. o-0
Probate Judge. Thos. C. Jones.
Sheriff, Ni ii. Howie. NF Treasurer, Robert N. Hill. ,, Recorder, R. M. Hag abas.
Hcnicipal Officers off Virginia City.
Police Judge and Ex-Ofticio Mayor, G. G. Bis.se ll. / A
Members of Council, E. K. Wooduury,
^ ' * ^ Sab. Schwab, ,fe
^ ^^ Jakes Gibson, A
^' ^ N. FortD. p0.
Marshal, Jerrv Nolan.
BUSINESS CARDS.
H '. L. McMath-T W. Y. Lovell.] P.?
ITIcIW XTH * LOTELL,
Attornevo at Law, Virginia Citv, M. T., will promp- ^^^ tly attend to all professioaal bu?ine? entrusted to th.^ir cire. 1-Sm ^
W. J. McCobwck] '[Hakby Be BBS
nc( ORnICK A. lii tc.s.
Attornevs at I?w, Virginia City, Montana Territo^ ry. Office at D;^..c? A' Stuart's. 1 6m /
J. ^ , ^ ^ 5 dor
Vf. M. STAFKonn, R. B. Parkott, L. \V. Bobtob, ^
^ Cal. Iowa. Col.
STAFFORD. PARBOTT A: BORTOS, .
Attorney* at Law. Office on Idaho street, oppo.-ite j J\ the couit hou.-e, Virgiria City, Montana Territory. Ja( 2-.lm ;
JT MOIER, j Sh
Resturant, Virginia City, Montana Territory. ^ Meal* terved at all hours. Also the best of liquors. l-3m
, So
J EL JUDGE,
Eoot ^ Shoe maker, Virginia City. Montana Te-- ritory. The oeit of custom work always on hand. djiva'ini a trial. 1-6 in
JOSEPH CRUWIT,
French Baker, Nevada City, Montana Territory. 0 would say to h^ numevous cuetomers that he iB ai- wav* on hand to ituff Uie mouths of the hungry'' ^ I Gtvo him a call. l-dm ?
I -pvR. H. N. CREPIN, ye)
U , he
I Phvsician and Surgeon, formerly assistant in the pU
Hospital du midi iu Paris, and attached to the New
j York H -i*pital, New York^ recently from Dubuque, ^
I ovra. Office in Virginia City, opposita the hoy TJ
! nips, main street. \-^m A
j g T. BUTLER, C(
Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler. Particular
j attention paid to repairing all classes of watches. Ti
t Any part of any watch can be made new at this es- f
f tablish^ ent, and warranterl to give satisfaction. ^ ;F j Cell and examine specimen* of Jeweliy made from
j the native gold. l-'y ^
j A LI FORMA HOTEL, J
Nevada City, Montana Territory. g
j SLOUIS BELANGER, rnorniETOR. k,
f This hotel is situate.! on Main street, and in the ^
i be.-t put of th^ Citv. The uble supplied with the 3(
! b>-t th ' 1 \^t affords, and the saloon fumiKhed so
i with the iiMst !iqoo^.
j Bot^ 1 mud boSt can he had nt reasonable prices. ~
j Charges for board mod ei ate. I
I ~FOUl\*D.
\ A CERTIFICATE OF TEN SHARES OF THE
j /\. consolidated Silver Star Company. The owner tx
I by provining property and paying for this advertise- |
j tnent can have the same at the City Book Store, j
' Virginin City. *~ tf !
| ^jyj ECilANICAL BAKERY,
I Cuver etreet. Virginia City, M. T. Pullman ^
i Randall, proprietor*. Keep on hand all kinds of _
! breatl. cakes and pies, which aro going off like ^hot
I cakes.^ art cheap nitb*. l-6m
I OTAR BAKERY AND SALOON, T
Nevada Citv. M. T. Peter Ryan, proprietor.^ All persons w'ishing good bread are requested to calL Prices low. AL*o, beer furnished with the beat of di inks. Here is the place to get an honest f loaf, a c..ke or pie, and 'something to wash it ; down.^ l-6m j _
I * U MBER YARD.
Mako ^tr*et, Virginia City, M. T. Jamei Gen- ( nail, proprietor. Keepa constai tly on hand all kinds of the besA lumber, which will he aold at low | J
j Drs. BR0 0KE ^ G L I C K, 1 1
Jackson Stecet, below Wallace Vlr- j 1 ITi.nia City ^lci)ana Territory. It
j
f B?S^N1E?S~CARD? ~~ ,
JJ. ROE A CO.,
, RetSl.^, Hreet'n W Cit? Wholesale and The Hardwar? 1? l^ V^**^' ? Qoods. Clothing, tainin i^' Stoves^ *c. St. Louis winter wheat; m
^ ;u^anS?rlf0r5alebytheL? the-
i^ Jill I 1
11 Wallace street, Virginia Citv. M. T. J. M. Cast ner 1*1 ?
50 Pr.^Pr!etor- The proprietor Wiounces to hi* old P:ltch.(
? fneno* and the public generally, that he is now morni
^ prepared to accommodate boarders by the meal, day Sherit
or week nt low rate*. His table furnished with the otibur
00 gj the ^nrket affords. 1-ly follow
J T EWIS A nALE, ~' alon.ir
J Manufacturers .of Jewelry. Jackson street, Vir- OTV,
2 5,nl* Clty^ M. T. Strict attention given to re- J-?^
2 l^^nngall classes of wstches, and warranted to U
2 g^^ satisfaction. Keep constantlv on hand a Urn ,no'1^
^^ assortment of Jewelry. Every thing in our line i been t
Jjp made to order at low rates. l_3m ilLl -v
S c ^ *^ oti.too fe
8 ^Ain DRESSING A^'^*'SE?I
00 - ^
,e Hair Dyeing and Cutting Done in n '^f GOOD STYLE ^?t.b!
led '
TOM. WHITE, Proplietor. HE^
3^ ly
la ' Th.
W. F. SANDERS, only 1
~ A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW V?l
r\. V irginia City, Moot ina Territory. n,nn7
3^ ly the d
^ : be fn
tyi Wm. DECKER. jjjj
Snr z eon D e nt i nt. ^erd
OFFTCE IN POST OFFICE BUILDING. PA- Th tient* visited at their residence when desired, lmcs tf^ 3
ROATH ^ CO., u^
AMERICAN WATCHES JUST RECEIVED DI- Fort rect from the manufactories. Every description of Jewplry manufactured from ^_ the Native Gold. Call, Examine Specimens, and then judge. plan!
Sign of the MAMMOTH WATCH. H.;ate
NEVADA CITY, Montana Territory, jjjj
Virginia City. Sept.iO, 1864. burv
^V-6m tionti
tr- Wm. DECKER. *eW
ill. INTELLIGENCE OFFICE.
Real ^Estate and .Tf i n 1 n g Agency. fb
All business promptly attended to. Office in has ^ Posf Office Building valid 4 ^ tf ture
~~ J. T- HENDERSON, >
ll.] PAINTER *^ AND SIGN WRITER.
nap. Off ice on Cover Street, Virginia City. A
d to 5^ 6m dispi
Forr
LIME AND BRICK. vicir
Ho- HENRY BAIER. JS?
Also Flue Building, and all kinds of brick work e,.J ,
done to ord?r. 5 ^ 3m os, ^ A 1
Col. Wm. CHTJMASERO. grap
jff, . ttornp;y at law. Virginia city, mon- ?n
>site j J\ u:ua Territory. Office, corner of Wallace and octw ory. , Jackson streets, at J. A. Ming's Store.
: ?~tf it
i Shaving and Hair Dressing Saloon- Geo
^ Ithei f0~ MUSTACHE AND HAIR COLORING. Uni.
far i
South Side of Wallace Street, Va. City side
less
T? LYONS ^ WHITE, Proprietors. citi,
and. of tl 3^1 ? port
F. C. CORNELL, M- D- tion
Physician and Surgeon. J^n'
lOTyi' Office at the Nebraska House, nearly opposite the li Po?t Office. c
T^ A S THE DOCTOR HAS ENJOYED A SALUBRI- p .
/\. ous and successful practice for upwards of 30 JTr
years and a:^ he has permanently located in this city 1 no
he feek. coi fident iasolicitiug a libeial share of the dub
1 the public patronage. P 6-3t nig!
? PLANTER'S HOUSE 2^
Corner of Idaho and Jackson Sts., Vir- ^ cuHr ginia City, Montana Territory- iioi
it Wm. ^ JOHN A. SHOOT ?
Formerly of the Planter's House, Hannibal Mo.)
PROPRIETORS. ?
THE ABOVE NAMED HOUSE, FORMERLY J conducts by Wm. Sloan. E-q., having bey. enlarged and re-fitted ? now open with every facil- w^ Hv for the accommodation of Guests and Boarders. Wll 3fc Comfortable rooms and be-ls are provided, and the
tabls is carefully funiished with the best the mar- 1 etor. ket antj gea.^ong afford. , . . cOE
Passengers for the early Stage Coaches can obtain n the S00d lodgings here and be wak-ened at the proper u^^ h the hour. The patroncge of the public ^ respectfully cat limbed solicited. Wm. A Jno. A. SHCOl, o'c 4 tf Proprietors. at
r*7f JOHN S. ATCHISON, UP
NOTARY PUBLIC, g
EZ REVENUE STAMPS AND BLANKS ^) ^Sfft FOR SALE AT
Store, to ! ALLEN ^ MILLARD'S BAIfK. tu,
VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA TERRITORY. tr?
an A 4^ tf ce'
ids of ^^- rrjf
shot PEOPLE'S MARKET.
Wallace St., Next Door to Weary's jj New Bank. et(
J-l MEATS, VEGETABLES, GAME, fcy
th the I *c > *c- au
honest STEWTART A BALL. aah it ? t^ en
j ^fOVmXD.
f\S THE HEADWATERS OF THE MADISON, St id aTl ' V/ about seventy-five miles from this city. .one at 1*5 J^ke of mtm one a yellow with a white be ly, I and the other a dark brown, with white on his belly,
| and one hind white leg; abo, a light iron grey j fr,
mere. Any pereon proving property and paying pa I charges can find the same by enquiring at the ba- Rj Vlr- ' teo7o^ Dr. J Maarns, *^*^^^?XT~ pr ^ry. | tj, Montana Territory. JAMES rCKUi- |F
1 ?* ~ ..... T
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. j amon^
,~ ! decinr
V\ ashisgtox, Sept. 28. prepai and .?be Republican has issued an extra con- evacui ing, taininjj the following important intellgencc: and si eat, We learn officially that the advance of inerv r ln the rebel General Forrest has been sudden- these ^ ly checked at Pulaski, Tenn., to which and tl point northward he pushed after destroying iug pu lhe railr0ilu bridge over Elk river. Dis- ' nccesi patches received by Government, this ' had b now niorning, containing the latest report from A si day Shuridan, announces his arrival at Harris- has b^ ithe onburg on Monday, and his intention to uaand
follow up tho pursuit of Early, who passed
along towards Staunton with the shattered The fra/tmcut* of his ^ief^:^t^d and di-wolraizeU was r. VW- army. Ev.-ry attempt of Early to tak-s ad- dar: Vto v:int'l?(> of ^ IJW m t'-.o Blue. Ridge Head- ^^rge ^WWfltainl, to annoy Si; ridau's rear, has Chi line i been defeat sd!. Oil Satttt lay, Forbit's cav- f 0r 1 aii v met tike r l i c .vnirv near Burn v Coufrt ^ ;
House, and atu-i u .spirited n^ht of ^several i
hours, routed them with a loss of several j faZi hundred killed, wounded uud prisoners, i __ ^_ JW- Tho rebels were commanded by General! ^ Wickham. They retreated up tho vallev. W On Sunday our cavalry effected u junction ^^?.a with Sheridan's infantry near New Market. . it /-., . ^ nna e
Head Q'rs Army of Potomac, Sept. 28. mv ir
The quiet in front of Petersburg is broken ing oi
only by the usual picket firing and occa- when sional artill ry duels. Considerable heavv and F jAW firing was heard vesterday and to-day in filled the direction of James river, supposed to
be from gun boats. A large body of rebel
cavalry are reported this forenoon to be moving on cur left. The object is not yet i . ? ?. developed. j for C
p. Three spios were arrested within our | 'iaPtu :ittd. lines yesterday. | firmc
New York, Sept. 28. I The steamer Cassandia, from New Or- ?n leans the 18th, with 300 prisoners from ?'? > DI- Fort Morgan, has arrived. [a
Gardiner, Me., 8ept. 28. | tho 2 nens, Official returns from 475 towns, cities and i tho ' plantations, or neaily the whole vote of the ^Wav CH. Htate> '00t UP ni follows: Cony, 62,389; dailv Howard, 46,476. Last year's vote in the mom ory' same towns, stood : Cony, 67,7^'J ; Brad- fearf bury, 50,223. The vote \>n the constitu- Stan
tional amendment allowing soldiers in the | Earl'
Held to vote, stands : In favor, 74,430 ; against, 19,127. -,, CE- Concord, Sept. 28. ifc
' r SUCC'
^^y* The Supreme Court of New Hampshire 8rTOr C9 in has decided that the soldiers voting bill is Rjcn valid and binding in law without thesigna- 6p|PI ture of the Governor. The veto message 0j p of tJovernor Having was returned to the Legislature one duy loo late. EK- Nashville, Sept. 23th. offlc;
:ity. A courier from llosseau has arrived with
dispatches to the effect that during the night 13i
Forrest withdrew his whole force from the corn
vicinity of Pulaski. Ho is believed to have pin'i crossed to the Chattanooga railroad. Ros- pice scau reports the rebel loss during yester^ day's light at about 300; Twenty prison- work ersw, , e also captured.
The Col. commanding at Columbia tele-
graphs that email detachments of rebels j MON- were near Columbia to strike the railroad j 8 n and between there and Nashville. are,
N'?v York. 29th.. 'tel serv
It is stated that Jeff. Davis has gone to Heri
loon- Georgia to head off Stephens and Brown in pei7 I th eir efforts to restore that State to the \f\[[ iG. Union. The situation in that direction, so jlfJp far as the rebel cause is concerned, is con- j prot City sidered critical in the extreme. Nothing tnej less than Jeff's presence can reconcile the ~iV( ;cr8* citizens of the state to a longer endurence
of the rebel yoke. Hood's army is also re- ^ ported to be in such a state of demoraliza^ tion that the presence of their President is Par. >ft. considered necessary to bring them up to sc^ the fighting point. 1 tethe St. Louis, Sept. 28th. aIe _ Colonel Mills was attacked at Mineral ^E 5 of 30 Point last night by a large body of rebels. .is city I The enemy were repulsed, but our troops 1 e of the i subsequently withdrew to De Soto. j
Potosi was captured by the rebels last J aer
night. Smith's head-quarters aru still at j *~
De Soto, where he ia receiving reinforce- j J? ments. | Vir- Ewing was ordered to evacuate Pilot [J ' Knob but the rabeU cut the communica- :l
7* tionabefor. h'o'icould. ^o away. (YV General Blai? ;^ home on sick leavo. He JJ tendered fcis serrrees to Rosecrans to-day, ? and was diroctod to assist in the organiza- W
fVTJT V 01 llil>1'?^ \ '
IBM'] About 12.000 militia are now under avms, ;
-.pr ttp.ttl } .1 iPr
v facil- which with indep nd -nt citiz -n companies, Jardere. will make quite a formidable fore-. | '
.nd the Washington, S-. pt. 29th. j '^l
^ mar- A dispatch from Grant gives a telegram j ^_ , , ^ contained in yesterdav's Kichmond Whig, *1 'Jroper dated Cha.lottsville, which says : Th it our ^ 'ctfully cavalry entered Staunton on Monday at 8 , ', o'clock, p. m., and that our forces were also
as. at Waynesboro. No damage has been done P , up to 4 o'clock, p. m., but the smoke indi- . ' catcd that they were burning the railroad ,
C^ track between Christian Creek and Staun- ' ton. ' ^ *0
INKS No direct communication has been had ? with Sheridan for several days. A courier to and from him is known to have been cap- tured by the guerrillas that infest that coun- j ft^Y trv in h'is rear. g Dispatches to 9:40 last night, were re- | g ceived from Sherman at Atlanta, but no j movement at that point is reported. A ^ From Nashville our despatches are to 9:30 j j
. lant night. The enemv did not attack at ' eary b p??aSI, but took the ^pike towards Fay- j c ettcville, and was pursued about nine miles \ . A ' bv our cavalry. Kosscau is returning with .
his infantrv to Nutshville. JUL. A desperate effort will be made by the J^
enemy to force Sherman from Atlanta by
destroying his communications.
The'draft is quietly progressing in all the ^ ,DISON, States. Signed : STANTON. Jj
ity. one >few York, 29th. r,
its belly, Special to the World: Severel deserter* B on grey j from Lee's army reached here to-day and j r^ I paying I sav there is indication of the evacuation of j a the Sa- j gfkaw? The Virsiniu troops, however, j on coun- j . igt again8t jt, and should the rebel au- I tl ' IthoriWe* do ^ot if- would causa ^ mutiny | J
( among the Virginians. Those conscripts city. dechire that 4hc confederates arc making ! mac b preparations which look very much like ! arriTeJ on- eraouation. Several Government works j The ce: and shops have been closed and the mach- railroa of inery had been removed further South when tralia i en- these parties left Bichmond a few days ago. j antion ich and the machinery of other shops were be- i The or ing . ing packed for removal if it was deemed I grcssei ?is- j necessary. A large number of mechanics 1 inorrov his ' had been conscripted for the rebel army. daily, om A special to the Times says, that Hooker The ris- has been appointed to an important com- j of Dc to mand. j meet.
sed Washington, Sept. 29ih. J men wl
red The following official dispatch from Grant j said th zed was received at the War Department to- ! sympa ad- d*y : j e]ty j8
Jge Head-quarters army of the Potomac, ) . and iai has Cuapin's Farm, S -pt. 29th, 10:40 a.m. \ | nois ai JJ! Or (*^ cfrps aiva c d this morning and larrivc Zl\ cirri >d a very strong fort;scation and a ;'a long line of entrenchment*, b,dow Chapin's ! Late ;raI | farm : capturing some 15 pieCes of artille- J ing : ?rfj | ry and 200 to 300 prisoner,,. Gen. Ord was j The r*1 woundid, but not dangerously. Gen. Bir-?tho pi ^ion n^-V auvanccu at *ne same time from Deep I Sherm Bottom and carried the New Market road j that tl nnd entrenchments. He scattered the ene- i practk ^^ my in every direction. He is now march- 1 eral of ken ing on towards Bichmond. I left Pirney was Q. ?ca- where the road intersects the New Market | rate st avy and Bichmond road. The whole country is j A cc v in filled with fortifications thus far. I ful spi
1 to [Signed,] TJ. S. GRANT. erals v
? New York, Sept. 29. i ^^jjjj
vet ?he ?>t>*''* *Ppcial says : Hooker left here j ' for Cincinnat' ihi^ morning. The reported 1 geav our cnP*ure ^f Staunton by Sheridan in con- j
!firmcd' IS an
m Harrisoxbcrc, Va., Sept. 20. j faiien
Qr_ I Sheridan reports the close and scccessful j was ui rom ? Pu,8a't ^f P-T'y through Brown's Gap. At . indept I Port Republic he destroyed 75 wagons and | called 4 cassions. Torbitt entered Staunton on woinei j the 26th, and destroyed much property of duties and i tho Confederates, and did the same at Xhe ! the Waynesboro. From 25 to 40 prisoners authoi 289 ; daily give themselves up, reporting the de- acrcei the moralization of Early's command to bo Kebel rad- fearful. The seizure of the forage around repres titu- Staunton is a heavy blow to the enemy, hv wh the j Early drew all his supplies from it. valor' *30 ; p0RX Monroe, Sept. 27. to rec
,o The action on the James is a brilliant j ^^^fe ' * success. The captured works are very j * fie c ihire fitrong) and Gen. Birney's forces menace j *re to U *s Richmond. The colored troops behaved j gna^ splendidly. The forces are within 5 miles j pa_ of Richmond. ncco? 1 tnu Wasuington, Oct. 1. jt ?or
Ex-Governor Denniaoa is sworn into . port t lh- offlco. * At
with Head Q'rs Army of tub Potomac. forttl
light Butler r^jporU that the 10th and 18th MfrSed i the corps carried the enemy's position at Cha- were have pin's Bluff taking 3lH3 prisoners and 16 force Ros- pieces of artillery, flags, 4c. rouni ster- Detroit, Sept. cd af
8^n^ The Governor General of Canada has or- A 1 tele'- dered all persons from the Federal States , oK(il^ of America who have taken refuge in Cana- i a^',1
bo id i du 8 nci' the l8t of AuJJU,t' aml who ' J are tit for militarv duty, to r- portimm di-
.h ately to Capt. Wilkes of Her Majesty's Th
*^ service, for enrollment into tho military j deDt
ne to gerTicc of Her Majesty's government. All j battl-
*n in person's failing to comply with this order I for tl
t the wjji D0 subject to summary arrest, fine and excit
>n, so iinprjgonment. Refugees or exil.-s seeking I prov.
('9n^ protection fron this government, must lend umoi
thing their aid to hireugth.'n the government that quiet
le the wives them protection. howt rence ^t. Louis, Sept. 29. foug
'?.re^ A raid on Potosi was made by a scouting for t
a , ' partv who robbed all the stores and con- time
ent IS r . i ... rleeii
to sC^pted several citizens. ubvu
P The particulars of the affair at Centralia whic
^tn are received. Thirtv-four soldiers, most Heai
^ ' , of them discharged veteraiiS returning home rivii hel from Atlanta, were shot in cold blood, and ^W
roons their bodies terribly mutilated. Mr. Roland re-s
P j express agent at Centralia was also mur- Tl
Is laci 1 dercd, and throe citizens on the train were Capi
U ^t i wounded and left to burn up with the train, rout
force- ' wbieh was firoJ an(i 9tartcd off at f uil *P vJ- g C ^ About an hour after the guerillas left, Mi- W;irj
Vint I jor Johnson, with about 150 militia, arrived *1
inica ' at Centralia and started in pursuit. They **^
were ambushed vhr e miles out of town, ^-he
tt L and 96 of them, including Major Johnson, the:
I sh \ wore Rifled. The militia were all raw and Dy
niz-i' b:lJly ftrrocd- The guerillas were under ^tat
j command of the notorious Bill Anderson, the
I The following dispatches to head-quar- Por1
a VmS' j ter* to-night, are from Ewing's Adjutant : hnc
antes, M davlight our outposts at Ironton were inS-
qH attacked arid forced back within half a mile g*n
! of the Fort. The enemv made a desperate grc:
$Et^ j effort to get possession of Shepard's moun- g'*'
iSR tain, and at 2 o'clock p. m., succeeded in W
' .1 driving a battalion of the 14th Iowa into raa(
H also thc riilc-piis, and getting two G-poundcrs in J**j
lc,a? position on thc mountain. The th:ee moun-
D- ,^C tain slopes overlookiug the Fort were tilled ?S1
I o d with dismounted cavalry, extending across urn
St-1^ - tne va?tty between th^^ Fort and Ironton,
and commanded by Marmadukc, while a 1
t^ j column passed around the base of Shop- ern
n ^ ard's mountain and formed at tho south of inti
:ouncr Qpn ?.jjbell's command of dismounted | anc
^ caP- 'keavalry on the slopj ot Pilot Knob. The tioi
coun- troops thus disposed, a signal of two | sur
j guns was fired from the mountain, and the Sh^
7e rc^ ; assault in force moved on our works. They of
n0 j came up in fine style to the ditches, but Go
q on went back to the mountain in haste, leaving the
'' at 1'500 killed and wounded- Among thc lat-
^lCp j ter is Gen. Cabell, one Lieut-Colonel, two *
* .j-? I Captains, and two Lieutenants. Our entire coi m .-.u Iost is nine killed and sixtv wounded. Yes- pai aS Wlin terflay at 4 o'clock a. m.J we left thc Fort ] bv the and ?'cw UP tne magaz'ne* P^ce was com- gei inta bv mandiDS in pereon. | wa
J Since the reception of the above dis- j wi all th^ P*tch, we learn thatJEwing, after b'.owini;; to r n'v up the magazine, evacuated Pilot Knob and lit
brought away his eatire command. He will 29th, reach Harrison's station on the South west \ sh escrters Branch railroad to-night. There is much > gh iv and | rejoicing in the city ut thc escape of Ewing ; In ation of | and his gallant army. ' m
owevcr, ! General Smith has evacuated De Soto | in ;bel au- i this morning, and brought his forces to | ^t mutiny | Jofferaon barrBoko* tw^lve milea hMMf the i ti
:r:pts : city. The entire country below the Merri- in th iking mac bridge, is abandoned. Gen. Smith ; i^usk^ like ! arrived in the city to-night. a *>on
vorks j The Unionists along the North Missouri I Ger lach- railroad are intensely excited over the Cen- j ed the when ' tralia massacre, and call for the extermi- | he wa i ago. ! nntion of all rebels and their aympathizers. mahd ' be- i The organization of citizens has so far pro- j and a emed i grossed that business will be resumed to- ' ture t anics morrow. Store* will be closed at 3 o'clock j to the ny. daily, to give an opportunity to drill. j divisi soker The rebels infest tho entire country south 1 till nc com- ! of Dc Soto, plundering everybody they J with.
j meet. They have a list of all the wounded j near!' ?h. men where they pass through, whom it is ; Thi jrant t said they kill. They conscript all rebel ^ head- t to- ! sympathizers, even boys of fifteen. The j Eat j city is full of refugees from that section, j tured l ) j and largo numbers are emigrating to 1 Hi^ i diatel
^ > nois and other 6tates. Troops continue to ' hold ftnjj j arrive from Illinois and other states. shelli
^d a I* ' New York, Sept. 30. ? Th.
ipin's ! Late southern papers contain the follow- locate -tille- j ing : ' throu
i was j The Macon Confederate commenting on repor Bir- I the propositions for pence tendered by forcei Deep i Sherman, says that Gov. Brown replied to 17 road I 'hat their negotiations could lead to no Th^ l ene- ! practical results, as Sherman was only Gen- arriv* arch- j eral of one of the Federal armies and he Eat irney was Governor of only one of the Confedc- so tan arket | rate states. eraU try is | A co.-iespondent says : Hood is in cheer- j p r o.
j ful spirits. Before many months the Fed- Th. $T. erals will hear from him through quite a form 29. novel and unexpected channel. ident , ' j The Moutgomery Advertiser saya : Ma- down ^re j gruder has gone into Arkansas with a very >tnd r ,orte^1 j heavy force. Jeff Davis, on the way to peace i con- j (jl>orgja) made a speech at Salisbury, N. ditioi cp. j C-, and said that though reverses had be- foreg | fallen them, the spirit of the Confederacy j with essful j was unbroken, and would yet bring a peace j first a p. At j independence from the haughty foe. He | Th li and | called on all to enter the army, and urged j joyin on on women to marry no man who shirked the I bless rty of duties of a soldier. ly bo
ne at The Charleston Ccmrter of tho 23rd, on even ^oners authority of a correspondent : says : ^ An j thouj ae de- agreement has been effected oetwecn the J Th to bo Kebel Government and a Commissioner ! has I round representing a certain European population 1 ly tli nemy. hy which some 30,000 soldiers of approved poini valor will be added to thc armies. They ar: j cies, 27. to receive a grant of land belonging to the avow illiant Confederacy, but where, it is not stated.^ j of a verv i ?'he correspondent intimates that these men ! orga icnae'e are to come from Poland. I of p
hayed j St. Louis, Sept. 30. I ^
m''es j Capt. Hall, just arrived, gives a detailed !
account ot the defence of Pilot Knob : but ^ ?v B '* ** it does not diff.-r materially from the re- t into t port already telegraphed. He eajsi m At one time the rebsls were so near the new mac. j fort that they got on the draw-bridge, which i jt(Jej i 18th 1 vraa down, the ropes having broken, but they \ rc t Cha- were driven t>ack with great slaughter and j |^*j md 16 forced to retreat. Our men fired about 300 J ?\ rounds each. The garrison was not pursu- j forc Jept. cd after leaving the Fort. I yoa,
tias or A train of sixty-four wagons had been \ States destroyed bv the rebels between Irondale j ,ne i C-ina- ! and Minera? I>oint> and the men massacred | ?an| id who I without demanding their surrender. jlulc ^m di- I New York, Oct. 1. I of s
ijestj's | The Herald's Fortress Monroe correspon- | shal lilitarv ; dent of the A>th, says: Rumors of a heavy F t. All j battle near Petersburg have been rife here j tion order I for the past two days and have caused great I T ne and excitement, but upon inquiry, the facts j the ieekillg ! prove that nothing more than the usual A (St lend amount of picket firing has disturbed the j rin. nt that quiet spoil in the vicinity of the citv, while I stre however, there has been no pitched battle | no ( - 29. fougl t of late, still ev rything is preparing on I eouting for thi most sanguinary condict, and the S id con- time is not far distant when a grand and j sen decisive movement will bo commenced j mei ;ntralia which must result in a great Union victory, j liti. s most HeaYj reinforcements for the front are ar- uf ighome riving daily, and either ascend the Jamos i ord od and river in vessels which bring?them, or arc ( Ro'land re-sh'pped here on light draft steamers. cid
io mur- This morning the ocean steamer Arago, ont in were Captain Henry Godsden, arrived here en ie train rowfe for Hilton Head. She discharged a a, lspej. large numbr of recruits who were sent for- eJj ;ft Ma- ward to City Point. gw,
arrived The Herald's head-quarters army of the
They James correspondent of the 29th Bays : tn( if town The armv of the James is in motion, and jU] ohnson' the fact itself is not considered contraband ] raw and' by the military authorities. It may be tu, : under stated further that the operations during t0I iderson. the next few days will be of the most im- ffcj id-quar- portant character. The men are really ^in q_ jutant : ^nc spirits ^nd equal to a strong uudertak- I on were 'nS- Though the movements have been or- ga If a mile ganized and conducted thus far, with the iq esneratc greatest possible sccresy, still the most gt 's moun- gratifying confidence ia felt and unreserv- ^ ^eded in edly expressed that great efforts arc ro be ' >wa into made to accomplish the long desired ob m indcrs in j^ctive point of the campaign. ^e moun- Thc Charlestown Mercury says : Beau- ere tilled regard has accepted the command of Hood's g across army. u w|
Ironton, YoBK^ 0tt- *^ 7^
while a The Commercial's special says : The gov- ei af Shop- eminent has information that the invasion m south of into Missouri is substantially squa^hed, mounted j and Sherman has restored his ^communica- i t(J >b. The I tions with no apprehension of a lack of s,
il of two I supplies. It is now pouitively stated that tj, , and the Sherman has corresponded with Gov. Brown ?, KS. They of Georgia, concerning peace, and that the tj ches, but Governor approves of Sherman's course in p, ', leaving the matter. ^ g the lat- October 2. one}, two The Herald correspondent with the 18th nr
^ ur entire corps gives the following account of the c led. Yes- part taken by that corps : B t thc Fort Hickman's and Stannard's divisions cros- j was com- sed the James at Aiken's Landing. A mile o
j was marched before they came in contact g jove dis- 1 with the enemy ; but they showed no desire r blowing to fight and fell back rapidly frcm their t Knob and lines of rifles pits, which were abandoned. L He will | When they reached the main line they I Duth west ; showed resistance and opened with sharp- is much | shooters and artillery of every description, t of Ewing ; Immediately in front of Stannard and com- I ( j manding the road was a largo fort mount- : De Soto ; ing 11 guns. Preparations were made to ^ forces to | storm it. When ready, Gen. Ord gave the j ^ b*ImT th^ ^ signal and our man rusbod ao?oas the field j ^
rri- in the face of tho enemy's artillery and lith musketry and captured tho fort, guns and
ja m*ir^beV of prisoners. wri Gen. Ord was wounded just as he eOter- an- I ed the fort. Gen. Burnhara was killed as mi- j he was about tc enter. Hickman took com' ers. mahd of th^j ..-orps After- Or* wait wounded wo- . and made several desperate charges to cap- to- ! ture the enerer**' eecontl line ; but owing ock to the fact of the 10th corps and Paine's I division of the 18th corps not joining us uthi till noon, no farther success has been met hey. with.- Twenty-two guns were captured ^ ded j nearly all heavy.
^ is j The Herald ccrreapoadent at Butler's
?bel head-quarters, Sept. 30, writ^ s : rhe Early yesterday a. m., Butler had cap' ^on, ! tured all the fortifications save one imme- llli- j diately opposite Fort Darling. We still e to \ ho! J tnem. sorwithstanduig the rrgOrous shelling by the rebel ranis.
The fact that one of our hospitals Was ow- located within, three miles of the city throughout yesterday is significant. It is on reported that thc rebels aro rushing rein- by forceaseata to their left by train loads of l5 lied to 17 cars each.
> no The Peruvian, from Liverpool, 22d, has Jen- arrived.
; he Latest American advices were regarded >dc- so f lvorable for the North that the Confed^ erate loan declined a quartsr iess thanaine
eer- j p -r cent, in one week. _ ,, ^ed- Th^ Times' editorial, criticising the plat- to a form of the two pmiea, regards them as identical except that one is turned upside Ma- down. Lincoln c mnot forogo thc Union rery and must keep on fighting, but will make r to peace if the Union ia preserved, as uncon- , N. ditionally as anybody. McClclhn cannot be- forego tho Union ; but, instead of going on racy \ with the war, be puts the peace experimeat eace j first and reserves the fighting for afterwards.
He I The Times thinks the nation, after en- rged j joying a respite fnoiu war and realizing the , the blessing of peace once more, may gradual^ ly bs resolved on retaining those Closings, ., on even at the expenses of what would sow ho ' An thought impossible to surrender.
the The political situation in Copenhagen oner . has assumed a peculiar character. Not on- itiou I ly the Swedish papers evincs in a moat >ved ; pointeJ manner their Scandinavian tendun- r are cies, but even Copenhagen journals op^?nly :^ the avow sentiments favorable to the formation ed.^ j of a Scandinavian, dvnasty instead of r^- men ^ organizing. They attack the stipulations I of pone a and thc preliminaries therefor. It is quite essential that the great German ., . I powers should adhere strictly to paragraph ^It I one ^* tne Protoc^l ^f the armistice, where- ; u j by hostilities c in be resumed at any time 5 re^ after bix months' notice.
, The Monunt; Post confirms the reported tne new treaty of France and Italy, and believes th ' ^8e? justified in announcing that the -. | agreement is signed for the withdrawal of t 300 i tau ?rencn troopj from Rome. t .iJO j principal points are, that the French
ur8U^ i forces ehall gradually withdraw within two ] years 5 that tho King of Italy shall under- ^PC.n ^ lake to preserve inviolate the possessions of nrtaie | ,ne exarch as at present defined, and guar- crc rantec not to countenance or assist tbft machinations of what is termed the party L j of action in Italy ; that thc capital of Italy Bpon- I shall be removed to Florence. leavy j French Journals are demanding explana- I here j tions from the Moniteur on the subject. great | The Italian parliament was convened on facts j the 5th of October.
U6ual I A demonstration bad taken place at Tu- d the I rin. A number of yonng men paraded the while ! streets, shouting down with the ministry ^ battle j no disturbance. The assemblage dispersed >aring on their own accord.
id the Spain.^ The Minister of the Interior bad d and i sent a circular to the eivil governor reconi-^ enced j mending the impartial treatment of all po^ et ory . . litical parties ^ at tho same time an exercise re ar- | of severity and the maintenance of law and James i order.
>r are Greece. ^ The national assembly had de- T8. cided to abolish the Senate and have only irago, one chamber in future. . ere en New York, Oct. 3.
^ged a The Tribune's special savs, our lines now ntfor- exten(j from chapin'a Bluff to White Oak swamp, a distance of five or six miles from of the Richmond. From thc bluff we command BaJs the enemy's lower pontoon a e rose the -1\an? durcea. Our loss is estimated at 700. ^aoand jt jw reported t'aat Torbett's cavairv cap- lay be turcd one of Early's trains beyond Staun- uuring ton> jt j9 J|jM0 reported that a force of lin^ rebel cavalry had taken posscssioa Of illy in Grafton. W e had no force there. lertak- -pQ0 citiiens of Uarrisonburg say that pen or- Ynr\y had but four pieces of artiilerv and ito the 10,O00 men when he passed that plaee. At most Staunton he had two batteries ot 5 pieces reserv- cach in reserve. His troops had lost their 5 t0 ~^e regimental organization and were retreat- c^1 00 ing pell-mell for a place of safety. Ut>au Baltibobr, Sept. 29.
Hood's Early reached Keelstown %t II o'clock yesterday. Opinions were divided as to j j whether he would make a stand there ox fall further back. There is considerable be gov- eicitemrnt among the citizens of Staunton; lvU8,on many are leaving, sick and wounded. lathed, j jyit. government stores havtj been moved junica- i to a pmce 0f safety. Sheridan mav tako I K Staunton. but its capture will avail him no- ed that thing. The valley since the war began has ow^ been a race ground. Sheridan haa reached that the ine other end of the course; if he don't >urse in puU up o{ hi8 own accord he will be pulled 9 UP*
>er l. From Cuipepper we hear there is no ens- he 18th my in that country except a small body of of the j civalry that recently burned a. bridge at Rapidan station. tnscros-| president Davis arrived at M icon, Ga., A mile on the 22d and mace a speech there; he ia contact going to Hood's army. M desire No movements of any consequence by m their the enemy were reported up to iaat accountai ndoned. The expulsion of citizens from Atlanta ine they haa been complete.
1 sharp- j It waa reported yesterday that Hood's cription. | army waa in Sherman'a rear? between him ind com- I Chattanooga.
t mount- j A large force of mounted Yankeea were made to ' collecting at Pound Gap with the intention gave the J cf making a raid on ths Virginia salt the field { wirka ; thay namter about 1,000.