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RUTLAND, VT., TiTURSlAYMOItXlNG. OCTOUKR 31, 18(11.
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IHl'RSDAY MORNING, OCT. 31.
DOINfiS AT THE CAPITAL.
: Krom our Special Correspondent
The nso'venci Hill The Under Regi
ment fi'rsoIuti.i for Final Adjourn
ineitt Educational.
Montpelier, Monday Oct. 2X.
Editor Hkuai.d: There was one more
in t lie Senate this morning thin was wanted
to form a quorum. One resolution was
adopted and one bill introduced and referred
before noon. At half past two the Insolven
cy bill was takenup, as per special order and
read the third time. As it took an hour and
a half to read it, you may suppose little else
wis done. There were however two or three
grammatical errors or rather ineleg.incies.that
were thought worthy of a critic's notice, and
it was committed to a member with instruc
tions to amend
The Mouse has been lively to-day. Mr.
Thomas h,v nailed another thesis on the door,
and to-day was eloquent as usual. The ob
ject of his vituperation was the editor of the
Burlington Times. The Times printed a
a few days ago a letter compromising in a
toolisb, way the integrity and talent of (Jen.
Butler;- and this afternoon when the House
h,id in consideration tor final passage the bill
raising a special regiment for (Jen. Butler,
Judge Tliomai; improved the occasion, as he
alwavs does, to hurl a few thunderbolts.
Thus the Almighty Sire,
Suppressed therafiiiK of the tire- with tire'"
Doubtless friend Bigelow is " suppressed."
He ventured over to the Capital to-day, but
will probably take the first train home, as the
Thunderer hinted at indictment for treason.
If the West Fail lee representative had not
overleaped himself, nobody would have no
ticed him. tor all the members seem resigned
to hear aboil' the same quantity of remark
from him on every subject that comes up
He has a general rule for the representative
ha!!, such as he should have for the prayer
uieetiii' : that is to always give in his testi
mony." And ere the session closes. I fear
"testimonies" will number with those Of
the old I'ari-ian Monk, who bo iled he had
treated three thousand questions concerning
the ormin. not one of which had ever yet
been imagined by any one but himself'." But
he a-ked forgiveness of the House, and we
an forgive his heat, because we appre.-iate
that (i'-n. Butler was not the only man who
had cause to be offended Y. Fa-lee him--e!f
is to Colonel of the proposed regiment,
and hence his "(. iwns" style -l
splurging.
The 11. Hive pa-sed the bill with hardly a
dissi nht v'i' c, and it will easily pass the
Senate. 'I le-re are a lew unimportant amendment-,
pei lain iiilI to the appointment ,, ofii-ecr-.
which the House approved.
l)r Houghton ot l'awlet. offered
re-ohmon this toi'enouu. Ii.n on N
weitlli. lie- 1 llii' tor the final adj.)
. t he I.. a;,!,,tu!... It wa- made t!(
otdi tor toll! irrow .It ten im luck
l JOll.t
ember
mie-nt
special
il the
vote on r- p.i-s,ige is take then, it will jj;iv
a tan o.ai' nt in tie allii m it y c. Ii i iike
' however, that H will be put oil' 1 1 Mil tune
.. ;i:i e. nil i" I-- eel lain that all the iejsi' .v.
i-i tie . lo-e I up Pefore that date. In thaf
i-e r wil; most eei t;nn!v ; rove a t-uiure
r'or :hei-e is imstiiess enough to keep them at
wa.t.i al li ijsiial late, tor two Week- ncyond
. ;!... To be siiii-, i; i- mi! important,
a'.-1 ; e I .eeis'iat ui'e. mi. r define with the
Ins. !,
l.l'a I t v
pav ov
r toi i
bill, the Militia bill, the Persona
: ii. and eiakiiia an a j r. e oia t i. mi to
i I i -. ire i -1 :.) t he i ve; nor pow-
e .di t'e' tlooi-s ' I'lc-ldi i.l u
. I
uej:t .i'e' eome. ,..! . .thins ih-v
hon'.'l o-i B .: ! ! y !... ti ev u.i,,t break
over custom, ami :-ir.-,i. a ;n;i many
petitions claims ami M-heines. I'hey must
look out of countenance a .icat deal of
bi , en-iai i d impudence, and doubtless do
injustice in some cases. But they will not ilo
it The jilan is laid tor a long sc-sion, and
we miisi have it. It the House pass the res
olution on their part now, I very much doubt
tin- fact that the Senate would. All. I think,
ir. anxious to get home, but ail see an un-i-u
d amount of work to do.
Mr. Thomas moved a resolution that the
1 i .is'iii i be directed to report to the House
t he had paiil any ordets on account of the
B . iid t li lueation ince the Auditor made
Ins report in jreterern-e to the Board. This
too. cans.-. 1 a ripple or two. Mr. Thomas
was the au-hor of the lull withdrawing the
State appropriations an. I .le-troying the
Board of Education which has kep the school
law inuviiiu so harmoniously f.u the past lew
vears Mr. llallock and Mr. I'houias are the
champion of the light on this point, and each
I- very jealous of the oilier when the question
-bows only ns loretop. I think the intelli
enee ot tin- State has i ut one view on this
-ui ji 1 1. and though 1 fear it has been bought
an i s.. I, during the past year, yet there can
be no iluubt but the Hoard of Kducation has
lone mu ll good. The other school bills un-o-t
i unsi.ieiation, may be said to have two
ides It may be a question how the school
' ine flottki be raised, but the question
A terrible death occurred in Troy on
Saturday evening last. A woman named
Ellen Fairbanks, who had been intoxicated
all day, was found by her husband on arriv
ing home at half past ten, lying upon the
floor and slowly burning. The unfortunate
woman was burnt to a crisp, and when the
llames were extinguished, it would have been
impossible to recognize her remains. The
6tench from her burning body was almost
suflocating. A tallow candle was found near
the woman.
E3T The Indiana and Ohio troops, who
have pas?ed through Frankfort, Ky., have
been assaulted and pelted with boquets and
biscuits by the ladies of that place, in a man
ner which showed a determination, on the
part of the beautiful "little cusses," to con
quer or dye !
IJir General Price is so much troubled of
late with "what ailed him" in the first battle
he fought, that it is supposed he will soon
evacuate the entire State of Missouri ! Fre
mont and the diarrhea are uivin" him a
"hard run."
Lakck Tukxh". Mr. Al tier H. Celvin
of Clarendon Springs, brought us a turnip
yesterday which weighs neventreri pounds.
anil measures tJiiri-thrrr inetrs in circum
ference. Mr. C'olvin intorms us ihat very
manv of this variety, which irrew in the same
field, would wi ih from S to 14 pounds.
The seed came from the Patent iffiee, and
the variety is said to be native in the north
of France and Belgium. We think this
turnip ca.unot be heal.'
JS" We have received a beautiful catalogue
of the New Hampshire Conference Seminary
and Female Coliea,-, ),i, vte,l San or ntorn
Bridge. The President i K-v. W. dish
ing, formerly of Newbury S inarv. and the
Principal t H. M. Manh-y. formerly Prin i-
pal of Randolph'.-Vcadem v. and uhequenfl .
we believe, editor of the Vermont Christian
Messenger. The Institution Rnp'-ars 'o be
in a flourishing t'ondition.
t??"The Sermon delivered at Brandon on
the occasion of the National Fa-', bv Rev
Wm. Ford, has been published in pamphlet
form for general circulation. Die subject :
' American Republicanism its urr, its
perils, and the duty ot its present support-rs ."'
is ablv preseriteii.
SOLDIKRS AID SOCIETY.
At a meeting of the Ladies SuMier's Ai.'
Society of Hu l imt. held ( ) t oi .e r h. l siil.
it was dccideil to -etc! -iieir fir-- 1 ,,N ,,f cloth -in
-j and other article n, the SaiiCnv Com
niittee early next wee!,-. All person-- invinc
articles in readiness ui'l pie -e lnn.i 'hem to
some of the oliicefs ot tin- -i.eietv at o- previ
ous t" the next rejiiii- tpee; inLr. .!.(, Wilt
be i.e't.l at h C. i.- Hons... , Tie - In .
November oth, a' .'. o'. 'o k P. M Tic
regular mcetinj, ,.--,e v will t..- ie fi
at the Court House ,,,, ,.u ri Tne-iiav at'er
noon ' ill t:i : ' le'r n.-ri--c.
Mi:-. M. FA'KR I S. s..e.vt;,rv.
il I HK liesi. ',.,' and !-,. ..ii iik -t
the I'.cp.irier -as :Tia-lc i;rin.-. as .,.
e li-' w.-ck. Wi'h inr !::!. ..-.r- ;. Tie-r.
are tew or n.i 1 ivi-r- in ; : - mmim t. :ne bsi--tt'es-
at pii.-ent iietna with provinei .
New Ktigiand an i muti the West. The mar
ket is fairly sopplied with ui'-t kinds , on ni
and tln-se are jeneralh hel i-tt iirm ra'e-.
'1 he call 'oi army ware Is ina'.a'.-.i, and
present, no i cw features. I .tai hip'n..ut,
ol boot- an t s' ,,cs by rail and ;,ir the
week. 1 J.:'72 case,.
The Northampton. Massachusetts, Courier
says that a gentleman arrived in that town
last week, trom Columbia, Mississippi, who
believed, until le reached the loyal States.
tin' Congress was in session at Chicago.
1 lie b. lief that it is doing lni-in.'.s. and that
ail the archives ot tie- ( b.vcriinient have been
removed there, is universal in the South.
He was greatly ayonished to learn that
Con.M'cs, had been m ,., inn latch 'at the
old stani;' in Washington.
Cp?" In IMati. JefTerson Davis, then Secre
tary of War, wrote to (ien. Smith, then colli
ding in Kansas, as follows :
"The position of the insurgeni.s is that of
open rebellion against the laws and constitu
tional authorities, with such manifestations of
a purpose to spread devastation over the
land as no longer justifies f'mth-r hesitation
or indulgence. Patriotism and humanity
alike require that r 1, llbui should he rumjth
A Wakmsh. The Charleston papers
publish the following order from Urigdier
(icticral l.ipley : "Citizens residing on
Sullivan's Island will hold tlieinselvs in
rcitdiiii.-s to proceed to the city on short
notice. Circumstances can only deter
inine when or at what moment it may be
iiece.,-ury to order a removal from the
i- land."' That is to say, they are expecting
a vi-it from the Federal lleet.
I'kksonaj.. Hon Solomon Foot is
vv tit hi. mt . 'e under-tand ie- will no
to .; iniigton k r t vo i-v t uri-t- week-
TlIK GRKAT jN'AVAI. K.Xl'KM I ION.
The time for the sailing of the great naval
expedition is evidently tit hand, as tin
entire fleet is now off Fortre.-s Monroe,
and is only to take on board the force
assigned to it at that station. The num
ber of soldiers ernbai Led at Annapolis
was about lf,000, but several regiment
had previously gone forward to Fortress
Monroe, and it is understood that a con
siderable detachment from the men there
will join the expedition, so that tin- whole
number will be somewhat over 2,ono at
least. There are in the expedition .'51
large transport steamers, 1(5 steam gun
boats, and 8 or lt vessels of war. carry
ing in all over 400 guns. All the trans
port vessels are armed. They carry ord
nance and quartermaster's stores, two
houses in frame work, bricks in large
quantity, about 1,500 shovels, tie- -unit
number of picks, -and bag-, limv-s. buat
tbr landing men and guns through the
surf, and every other article be requir
ed for a campaign. A peculiar feature of
the expedition is that about I .'' negro
aceompany it, being mainly i'.iw y h
have come into Fortress Monroe from the
neighboring di-tricts ot iigiuia. Tle-y
are to be employed main!;, in throwing
up entrenchment.-. Inis cireuui-tance
will probably strengthen the opinion ot
tho-e who have gu- i that ti e i .-di-
ion is destined tote m ttginia
THE CRKAT KXPKDI I ION ! !
INTKHKSI 1N; I'.M'.TK ri.AKS.
F'om tie- N. w York 11. raid of ye,ferlav
wr iiather u; ai"' oiii'ln
tfie
OWM
faci, de-cri;)'i ' 'he i-har-icter and arma
ment of the great Naval Expedition, upon
which al! eve, are at pres" f fixed.
The great navii! and mdi-'try expedition
which has been in cour-e of pretiara'ion fur
the last two or three months, sailed 'T'tn
Hampton Roe's on Saturdiv ' 'rnocn list,
the 2'tfi inst , oti 's mis-ion, and we liny now
look, a any raoin-'it. ior intelligence of it
earliest operations
We may state, in gem-rat t,-rms. tha' this
is the most powerful expediuon that has ever
been fined O' t on this continetit. at:d that
results corresponding m magnitude may rea
sonably be exnected from ir. It con,:", of
no less than eighty vessels, some o'' them firs
class men ol war, and all armed, manned and
furnished to the very highest point of' etlii ien--.
On the-- vessel- are embarked trom
twenty to e.riv thousand nicked troons.
with all the muuitiens an 1
uppnes nect-s-
o;.rc.-i v- i
it
sarv for a c-unpaigti.
The exped: iju can o .!y b
bv beholding tie vnst tb-t t atii
l' r t
roadsteads. The potalerou Wa--a,ii. with h- r
dot. hie tier, of tiiili d gs on ea. fi -,!,.. down
'o the skihiiiiii'g httlc schooners acting -,.
tende-- to tiie 1 irger crat's. ice reptvse"' d
in this monstrous expedit on. The origu. -tor
ft 'he exped ;t:oti, i '-tie r.d h.u 'inaii.ct c ; '.
d s, rves the greatest m. . I . ; j,r n- , '. . -n'i
git: anil the N ,vy II , ,'..- .
r-iteg out the plan-. ;it :-v .f !;. i ,-
M i.Vt-
:at t d:ri
bit a f.r
:o ilc!
s will
- :d to
1 - . ! I em i ';e IliO.s' llli!" -h-
V i . . 1 1 , 1 1 I V ' :g " te V. t V
''I, tn ;- It tie- ex: ::
- and '' e bii.es ero.ix-;
to ut'er !c- sfgh.-s !!'. r.-
i.erai I li'iin.-i. F. Si,etn,.;
' 1 H. 1- s';i , , j J
!i. s i . : ; r yen- urt
'!i name- of ( b
ot oiniiii ii he S in i
in 'ie- page, t -i
ler a bright ; . :
1 I i :
F D..;,on- w,!;
in-1 ,rv I'd , ;, )'.
ir-u jeiLetii - t;.- a
:. scleT.ce i
lit letieli,ori. 1 !
: ;j ::' issue arc as -oni
n i i :i-t a'. an
' !. ! eiU! II Ot
a:
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IV
1 tvs to in
Tlf 'loop, .-ng.ig.-i! e. expe.Iili.a. I.
'-. ear. fully !,,!,.,! i a;c or tioi..-1
brigade,, ntnl-r iru-ti :u,-i peri ti- d
' i 1-. i ne entire control, how
-ct'iiis devolves on Maior ' b
i his oflicer has had rur:, ,;,
War Di paitment. ate! : . . - ......
liients a- ot.iy -I, t) i and . i ..- ;. ,
tate. He take, v-; ,, :i ' i j
.. -! i tiieers. who.e .bi n -.- i
'end t" 'he i.iii.' -ervice. .t ;
on I oar slop, devolve uj,o:i l
eers of the N.i v . un-i'-;- conttol
'.it I lut'ont.
tlie.r
rman.
COtil'l 'li -
ail' of'
v. onlv '.--ignahii.g
signal nfii
: Flag Otli-
The fleet was getting under wtjv af five o'
clock in th" at'lei noon . M:, !.!!, l'eter" lav
ing been living fro;,, W.ib.sj, since iii on,
and i.y s. ii, i ,v to dr ; . w;,,,.e tleet ha-l
saiied in die ;,: ,,r giv.-n oi-iow. The buds
on board tin- trans, of- ami irigate plaved
mait.al ails. and I lit- excitement on the wharf
at the forties, was intense. All the Cfljeei,
who were on shore were recalled, and numer
ous cutters win plying the bay filled with
those rejoining iheir vessels.
The following is the
ORDER OF SAILING
Of this great expedition, to sail at one and
a half cable's length apart:
Wabash.
Ottawa. Unadilla.
Pav. . Seneca.
Isaac Smith. Pembina.
Cuilew. R. R. Forbes.
Penguin.
Baltic, towing, Atlantic, Empire City,
(ien. Sherman's fig'h, Ericsson, Ocean Ex
press, Vainhrbilt, towing, Philadelphia. Po
cahontas, Florida, Illinois, towing, Great
Republic, Roanoke, Ocean tueen, towin,
Matanzas. Golden Eagle.Ren. Deford, Locust
Point, Zenas Collin, i"erryboat , Star of the
South, Potomac, Daniel Webster, Parkers
burg, Wintield Scott, Augusta, Belvidere,
Union, Ariel, Costzaeoalkos, Oriental, Ca
hawba, Marion, Alabama, Gunboat, C. M.
Pettit, Gunboat Mercury, Gunboat Mocki
kan, Gunboat Seminole.
This grand naval and military expedition
is destined agaiust seveial points of the south
ern coast. Where the blow will be first
struck will be known to the public in a very
few d s We an onlv await wif' confidence
I TMK REAL GREATNESS OF THE
! AMERICAN I'NIOX.
I'NIOX.
ot great states,
republican, in till
! The whole history of
j whether monarchical or
age- and in all climes, has been one of
alternate, engrafting and splintering
trom the central stock. Territorial Jx-
pan-ions :md contractions have been by
turns the destiny of nearly every Euro-
. St.,, , , f .1 t- . i I
pean State of the f.rst order, since the
itays of Charlemagne. It has been pre-
eminently so of France, whose confines
have -eldom remained for half a centurv
unchanged ; yet when litis the bitterest
eneinv of that great country ventured to
talk of her political existence a- a thing
TIt'lT 11') I.H..1.1I I. .......
, - , - '
statesman and historian understands that
the vitality of a great State consists not in
tin- casual extent ot its acreage, or the
fluctuating numbers of its neonle. but in
the moral v igor which loyalty to it- iu-ti-
tutions, and bomogetutv .',f feeling habit
1 - ii
aud purpo-e g,v; and winch vo ace,-
dents ot flood or field can tak" awav.
We
the ' rn States iftrtrd tinnlhi
unit jvrrrer jrom utr ( 110t, iff 1 ition
in.uld stilt he the (rentes r'n-e emiutnj.
With te r.rcejititin of' our own. hut the
tvorlit Inis 1 i-cr seen. It n.ould stilt os
mws ( inenta ir it hi n its 1 1 t oi'iieiiie and
fioicer raster hi fur fhnu iu, huroienn
t'ite' Ut l,i,ast : it would tid he invinci
ble by toveiijti nrns. and unshackled in the
jiursmt. of nidiitrij. kitoir't'lie. nilcenture.
and 1 in jirovemeiif hi domestic bonds. "Ifth
er j creed oi cast? : it would -.till po-se.-.-the
priceless trea-un- of a matured litera-tur-
and jurisprudence, and while it
maintained all the trc-htie-- ami energy
of national youth it would -till be a vnl
uniiu v combination of -elf-niling State- :
it would be the home of tie- free
e cordially -vinpathize in the bold
and eloquent language of Viei-- 'haucel
lor II age Wood tiKin this -ubW-et ; and
wr si-riou-Iv eiimiiietid bis wie and migh
tv w irds of political reproof to the s,al-
. - . - . 1
low-tiateii orator- and writer- who tfii'o 1
it til- to sneer at the mi-chanees .'r, i
lo 1 of" a free community, itivol v!
ag:ti.'-t their will in a -angiiinary wat
No :uritv of motive- or political wi-'b 'n
can etl'ectiiali v in-ure a nation again-:
wanton and wilful di-atlect ion. How ma
ny revolt- have English nil- ;- been
ob! ged tn r--i-t ' II'W mariv attempt
at schi-in atid -ecessi,,i; n;,. t-,.; Driti-h
iiov.er -!ir ii 1 ': 0;ir dutv a- :t nation
ot kiii-nieii
Very jdaiti.
on.iht tn !
stun, I on '.
''oi, re!, tar
r'. friend-, a
' )r si'in'"
fl'-J g !. 1 e u 1-
1 1
at
tor thus- ana tics, an' tela
d irnsif: n '." ''. i,tn'i,h
th, 1 is s the caH'i' of our. ,a-
ih-rni'd r, ,',t. We. too are bkelv to !e
heavy -iiiie; .(.! ,v reason ot' tie: con-
flic! : bu: . (, Lord d'- if.-v has ree.-nt
b-
WcH s;,.
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TE WAR NEWS.
tT Our rrr
our oicket- ar
Vienna, .it
Anttartdaie.
a in 1 o- t-e voi;
t;. (iej:. Sherman ha- t om:i-.i!,l of' t
latd ior. es ,,f the Nival Expedi'ion. He
of ' li- famous Sh-rmttn ba'terv ."
'.I here ire good
o'iua. A 1 mot: te-in
irr
!'. Nor'h ( 'ar
dey-e:r:ir
eome poti
-If
th-ie, and
w n.:
'I'Ley ii tv
1 1 . v hicii
wi'hout en
' reonii-si
to o
itiai.
rebel- are
no force th
.ir -cout..
iri'tving Ceirreville.
-idi ot' Kairtax (.'.
.roiv! aiiout at rtiglit
ring.
Th-
ih
hav
e
. Ki.
Is
I'll K Rot IK UK
I ION. Ih.-; A.VCK- :
run Navai. F.mkiii-
From Hampt in Roads to Hatreras. l.": miles.
Hatteras to Reaufiirt. N. ('.. m
to Charleston. 'Jo! "
to Pott Royal. .'loo
o Savannah. '!': -
to Brunswick, ,'t7o "
It will have been s-en from this, thaf Port
Royal is Hi miles fnmi Charleston, and
miles from Savannah.
tj" Tribune Washington correspondence :
In every one of the Departments atid in
the White. House, the utmost astonishment i ,(.riou s looks, the comedian cooly remark
ami indignation is expressed at the publica- ..yCs. ihat'.- it bring me some."
tion o the details of the great Naval Expedi-1 ' '
tion. It will surprise none to hear that a ! iM1.urTVNT Dkcion. It has been
newsboy was arrested bv our pickets tins j , i .1 .,,.1 i...l..
.1 . x 1- i- .1 11 I decided bv deiieniU Butler iinl Sliouler,
morning, this side ot tairtax. with an unsold ; ,RUia" lV ""y--1- " '
liuaiiuo ui oie - e w 1 oriy i iiui;?, ui -.'aiui-
.:... ,i. . x'.. t: i-s:,.r
day, which was going to market among the
rebels.
Secretary Cameron has authorized the es- j as though he were 'sworn iti ; and per
tablishment of a depot for prisoners of war at ! S()IJS jlUve tnisted and left the .-er-Johnson's
Islan.l, in Sandusny Bay, Lake j . hout ft .r ji;;ciia-ge fUe to be
Erie. An experienced builder ot Sandusky ; deserters, whether they have
has contracted to erect seventeen buildings, ; 1011 lt,c' tu uv,' 1
capable of holding l.Ooo prisouers. They j 'sworn m or noU
are to be finished by December 15th,
at a total cost not to exceed 25,00rt. First . auIu,c:bn? Jj .
Lieutenant E. W. H. Read, of the Eighth in- Three companies of the llhro.s Utfi regu
fantrv, now on parole, is to be acting Assist- ment went to Saratoga, 4 b miles up the
ant Quartermaster and Commissary of Sub-1 Cumberland river, on Saturday, and attacked
sistence for the depot. One hundred and a company of rebel cavalry, 100 strong,
fiftv men will be detailed as guard. j completely routing teem. ;
& i The rebel loss is 13 killed and 24 prison-
Cairo, Mo., Oct. 28. j ers .'2 horses and ill their camp etjuippage
A party of 30 men of the HI. 28th, while 1 were also taken,
seouting on Saturday, encountered a party j The federals had two wounded,
of rebel cavalry and infantry, 13 miles below , Thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and
this place. A brisk engagement eusned, the j 8;xtve;(Ttlt horses have been purchased by
rebels were routed with the loss of a captain, . tj, " (j0vernn.r.t iti Cincinnati rh.- b
ber'ena.et and seve-a' wounded No loss - . . . . .1 J. ..
' W The following is from a highly re-
, spectame refugee trom Jfesbur'r : When!
the intention of throwing the Federal troops j
j across the Potomac river it became apparent I
! the rebel force in the neighborhood was so j
, spectame refugee trom L.tesbunr : When
small that it was almost decided mum not to
1 "er any resistance. Some reinforcements, I
' nowever, were brought up from back of
I Lee-sl)ua'. and with the ford thus gathered.
I "T Tt!" ex,f edl,n-' 3'V0' k was rt" !
! solve(J to r"ake a stand. Roth parties, it was
. a,lrnitte(i ar Lesburjf, fou ht desperately.-
The Confederates leared that they would be
j surrounded by the large force which it was
j anticipated that (ien. Banks would throw j
I a,'r- the Ferry just above where the battle I
I wa ,uu-'tl!- al,1 thus most desperate eflorts
were made to defeat Col. Baker before the
expected reinforcements of Gen. Banks' could
1 1
M-sime to his relief The Federal troops,
1 though overmatched in numbers, stocxl out
! against the attack manfully 1 and hravelv.
1 n-t informant -aw ovei lOu
dead. wMl-t all the numerous
of the rebels
arm-houses in
! I1"" '"'"hborhood were oecupijed as temporary
' hml'"l: lh! tnui h"T d.ral soloiers
j captured our informant did -not know. He
,HW on(. iar,v f Wu tak ,n ofl. but ,11(ier.
,tr,fl tht two ,..l,r ,,3,l L.. ...........!..
beeri sent awav. The enn.-cratbui I, Cirjf
pr. vailed. that the national rooii would be
an..- to a'ivance in overwhelming numbers to
Leesburg. occasioned the utOio-t excitement
I.- . 1 . .1
tuning i e 1 nionisis, 01 wiiii.-fi mere are aj
gre.jt ii'iiuber i:: tlie vienmj who are pre- !
Iiare'f to We eome 'tifr. rii.. Us-fii in.,v ,' !
1 the ptoiiiiiient male seeessions-ts 11.,: ! prep
arations to leave. The repij,,. of t!;e national
troops of cour-e auseil a cure, ponding de
pression with one class and exultation with
tie- other. After the battle the rebels rapidly
hurried up reinforcement,-, and at the time to
which our information extends it wa estima-
it-'i t.iat ttiev tiao trom 10 000 to tuen
in Leestmrir arid Waterforo'.
'In one re,(tect, at lea-t.' .-aid D.xrtor
Spooiierto :i per-on everlastingly -peaking
about himself, w ho had tor nearly fifty
years growled about the world overlook
ing hi.- iie-rits : -in one respect, at lea.-t,
you ar- qualified to be I're-id-'M of He
Tinted Stat. ail will admit this.' -I
thank you. Doctor.' reminded the bore,
much rnoiifi.-d : -bir what particular
. 'ifi.-ation tnav that In- Y "Why. you
t'e . id e-ioiigi,. sU1,l tl,,. doctor, turning
on hi- h.-el.
Sl'ATi . NEWS ITEMS.
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M' C'li-niand. Logan. Fouk-.
i Lo -jov ar- aii in the army,
i t the nine members. Mc-
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tid Kellogg af- t.'ololjei, ol legi-L'.-.cjoV
is oil Gen. Frelilolit's
-nuinber Faru-worth, ot the
liistrict. ha- ju-t -tartcd with hi
iv'sment tor Washington.
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idling on steamboat down thy Ilud-oti.
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-eaien :iiiii- n .0. m ..-i' .
beefsteak. Th- ' waiter furnished him
with a small strip of th- article -tich as
traveller- tin- ti-tiallv put of! with. Ta
L i.,.r it noon hi- fork and turning it over
I and examining it vrith one ot Ins peculiar
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j is hobb-n from the time of lus si
I name to the enlistment roll, just
;ning his
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from jnUauuri.
Polk Co., Mo., Oct '-'6.
The following is a special dispatch to the
St. Louis Democrat.
Gen. Fremont and staff arrived at Boli
var, Polk county, sixteen miles from Camp
Morrisey, and encamped this evening on the
outskirts of the town.
Bolivar, like nearly all tlie towns in the
South-west, is almost entirely deserted. The
stores being all closed, and many of the
houses abandonded.
It is now ascertained that the loss of the
Fremont body guard, in the brilliant charge
at Springfield, was ii to 8 killed, and some
15 to 20 wounded.
A number of most brilliant instances of
daring were shown on our side. One Ser
geant had three horses shot from under him,
and a rebel placed a pistol at a Surgeons'
head and was in the very act of firing, when
the Major severed his arm from the hhoulder
and laid him dead at the horse's feet.
Col. Carr's .id Illinois cavalry and Major
Holman's sharp shooters have left here lor
Springfield, and one regiment of Gen. Sigel's
division will march there at midnight.
en. Fremont and staff, and (ien. Sie
gel's division depart by forced marches for
Springfield, at day-light to-morrow morning,
and will piobebly arrive there iu the even,
ing.
Gen. McKinstry was two mile- north of
Warsaw la-t night. Gen. Pope was this side
of 1 be Osage, and (ien. Hunter in advance
of him. all marching to this point. I under
stand that in the forth coming battle Gens.
Lane and Sturgis will have the left win".
(Jen. Hunter the right, as both the main coT
unm and McKiristry's division will form the
reserve, (ien. Sieged taking the advance
Nothing further has been heard from Price
and no news of Ben McCuiloch.
Tifton, Mo., Oct. Ji.
A special despatch to the St. Louis Demo
crat sas, (ien. Kennedy who has just re
turned to Sedalia from Price's army says
Price's men are much dissatisfied at the
prospee- ol leaving the State, and that tber
will force him to make a stand within our
border?.
O.i ttie other hand it is a eriained that
(ien Johnston has J-ft Kentucky to tke com
mand of Price's and McCuiloch' forces and
that be!.-- leaving that Stat he sent couri
ers to Price and McCuiloch directing them
to fall back into Arkansas and not give (ien.
Fremont battle until he ould reach them.
(ien Kennedy sajs Gen Fremont will find
a much larger force to contend against than
he imagines
Considerable numbers of Gen Prices rebels
are arriving iu tbi- sec'ion daily and it i
feared that they will renew their plundering
habit., a- soon as our troops leave.
ai.of l4(itic Trlrstritph.
S'. Louis. O.-t. 2".
Wean- g-a-i!ied to l-a-n t'rwn J. H. Wa J
Presii:ent of' the Pacific Telegraph oaipa-.
tiy . that over 2oo private m. !.a--d
over the hne th- tirst day it was opene 1. and
tha' ir.e-ages continue to come ui j" both
-rid, as last
them., thus
,oo!l be l:-ci
wire to mee
:i- open'or- ir.- abb- 'o 'ratisimt
ind.c ring alrt-aiy 'hat i' will
-s i'i o ji'r up one or two more
.jrgeii' w nuts of the e. mmer-
ci t! public and 'he Pre--.
I.cltfr from .rlialtli.
Wa-hingtoti. O- t.
Ttie tollowing Ie't-r from Otr:oaidi has
been received by the I ' S C,,,,,'.! ., Ant
werp :
C'atireri . Sejit. 1 "
JiearSir: I -aw Mr. Sn.tord and re
gret to ! obliged to announce vou that I
shall not be ii.le to go to th- I li'e 1 St ite
at pre-etit. I do no do .! ot' the triumph
of the c.i'jse ot the Fiiion. ati d tha shortly ;
hu' it' the yvar -houid unfortunately -oatinue
in your beautiful country I -hall -ver -ouie all
ob.'a '. which detain ne- a:i I ha-feti to the
defer,.- -''a peoul,. who ared-arto in-.
(i. (iAUIl'.AI.I'l.
To Mr. (Juiggle. V S Consul at Antwerp.
from III- nulli.
Richmond. 0-t. J!.
The tra'-k ;f the Alexateiria Railroad has
been torn up from Fairfax Court House to
Manassas.
Messrs. Breckinridge, Preston, and Humph
rey Marshall arrived at Richmond on the
Jl-t. They were received with the greatest
cordiality and enthusiasm.
(ten. John (irayson. commanding the Flor
ida forces, died at Tallahassee. (Jov. Moore
has issued an order requiring all persons
leaving New Orleans and Jefferson Point on
steamboats for Memphis, to get passes from
the executive oflice.
The il.l Cat Affair.
Louisville, Oct. 29.
(en Thomas' official account of Jthe Wild
Cat aflair, says the forces were nearly equal,
and the federal troops repulsed the enemy
with great loss to the rebels and little to
themselves.
From .tliaaouri.
Rolla, Mo., Oct. 2:'th.
Thirty-eight more of our wounded soldiers
arrived to-day from Springfield, which place
they left Thursday last.
(Jen Price was then at Nevasho, in New
ton county.
On Wednesday, about 1000 redels entered
Springfield and took away a considerable
quantity of stores left by Col Taylor.
It i a most remarkable feature in the cas
es of Ellsworth, Lyon and Baker, that each
went into battle with the presentiment of
death hanging over. .;In the instance of Ells
worth it was hardly so strange, for he was
new to the field and its perils must have im
pressed him. But Lyon and Baker had
fought before, cheerfully and gaily, yet ia
their last battles they walked steadily for
ward, with eyes open, into the valley of the