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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER G, 18G2. THE PACIFIC RmRUID. The commissioners of the Pacific rail road have well the duties required try Congress, and, we not, met expiations of their fellow citizens. In the expeftnee and high character of the officers, chosen to inaugurate the work*; the noh!%and pat- riotic ground assumed in the resolutions; the able and comprehensive speeches from the members, and the entire unanimity of these careful, shrewd and far seeing states men and capitalists, the country and the civilized world have the best possible assurance that the Pacific railroad, mag nificent as the project confessedly is, can and will be built. And still more, that it will be built as fast as the resources of the country, directed by the most consummate sagacity and unflinching energy, will per mit. Long before the child now gaily sporting his mimic sword and drum, shall have reached his majority, the splendid conception of the late Senator Benton, in •which he proposed to hew one bluff of the Bocky Mountains into a statue of Wash ington, and its opposite in another of Co* Icir.ljiiF, -while at their feet the commerce cl the world rolled East and West on the crcat central rad way of the Continent, will be fully realized. In a work so vast and sopotent in consol idating our ocean bound Republic, let our people disregard the sneers which our ma lignant enemies upon the other side of the Atlantic will be sure to heap upon us. In I great convulsions a great people achieve | great and glorious results for themselves and for the race. The philosophers of the Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer species, whose vision—to hoirow the illustration of Judge Buggies, iu a speech before the Con vention, which we hope soon to pub lish in foil, “hounded by a little twopenny Island tom from North rn Europe, mu discover in our national troubles good for mankind only in the di vision of our great country into at least five petty nations, will indite bombastic columns to prove the absurdity of com mencing such a .work when the nation is convulsed by civil war. Their highest achievement will he to show their*own su preme folly and intense malignity. To use the forcible image of one of thdr own statesmen, for such men as Eulwer to direct the affairs and judge of the necessities of a great continental na tion, is like the anxious guardian of a mbit warren presiding at the gestation of the elephant. While they are tabling, the American people will both crush out the rebellion and build the road. What is now needed is for the people in every part of the country to canvass their duties in relation to this great work, so that when the books are opened in No vember eveiy man will be prepared to do his park Let the mdlionaire take bis two hundred thousai d dollars, and so on all tie way down to the man who subscribes only a thousand. The unwise pro vision of making a thousand dollars tic price of a si are of stock will doubtless be charged as soon as Congress opens in December, and men who have only a bun dled dollars to spare will he permitted to j contribute their share towards this great and patriotic enterprise. The question of' profits though many far-seeing men believe thev will he ample, need not he here discussed. The road is a necessity to the commerce of the country and of the world; it wiil bind the people ot the At lantic and Pacific coasts together in a per petual union, and therefore it must be built. The capital and the patriotism of the nation are equal to the task, and hence it can and it must he accomplished in the shortest possible time. We trust that every member ol the late convention may live to see it, and to be members of the first party that crosses the continent on the great Pa cific Bailroad. TVHY THE BEBEUIWI HiS KOI Kl<:i;.\ ri'r Our generals lack rigor and audacity, and seem lo distrust the courage and capa bilities of Union soldiers. When well led, the latter never foil to behave well. The line officers, with a few exceptions, have ■come up to the mark fixed by public ex pectation, and have acted their part nobly and bravely in the hour of danger. But this cannot be said, as a general rule, of those of the higher grade entrusted with the command of armies and departments. They have exhibited a lamentable lack of enterprise, courage, celerity and action. They have been, wi h here and there hon orable exceptions, mere time-killers, feeble, purposeless, hold-backs who would take no risks, and never move until it was a day too late. They have fought on the de fensive throughout, a s'ylc of warfare that I almost invariably ends in defeat and dis aster. I Our Generals high in command—with the few exceptions aforesaid—have exhib ited no heart or feeling in the war. They .havefelt no “sacred animosity” against re bels ; no desire to hurt, crush or destroy them, such as actuate the rank and file of the army. They prefer to look upon the rebellion with a forgiving and lenient eye, and prefer to settle it by a miserable compromise than by trampling it out with the iron heel of military power. Some may think our criticism harsh and not warranted by the facts. But let us apply a crucial test, plain to every understanding ; Suppose this war to be waged with Great | Bnlain on Canadian soil, instead of with traitors on American territory, does any one in his rational senses believe, that our high officers would behave as they now do? Would there he the same amount of dilatoiineas, inaction, ir resolution, and tenderness towards the red-coats that is exhibited towards the butternuts? Would our armies lie eternally kept on tbe defensive? Would ditch digging, “changing of base,” and retro grade movements be the chief achieve ments of the war? Who believes it? Does not every man feel in his soul that oar high officers would throw infi nitely more vigor, determination and ac tivity into the contest? Would they not exhibit towards the British, a little of the 1 audacity, aggression and hate which the I rebel leaders display towards the Union forces? There would be more confi dence shown in the courage and trust worthiness of our own brave soldiers than is now the case. In such a war real generalship would be exhibited, and lead ership that any soldier might be proud to follow. There would be rapid marches, skillful concentration of troops, sudden and unlocked for attacks, and displays of heroism and generalship on the battle field not exhibited on our ride in this war. The campaigns would not he pronounced “brainless warfare,” and the sorrowful, shameful, and alarming spectacle would not he held up for the world to gaze at, of the efforts of. a great, powerful, wealthy and patriotic people to quell a rebellion, rendered nugatory, by a foe in every respect their inferiors, save lathe essen tial of leadership, and earnestness of com manders. , This rebellion can never be pnt down until our generals wake np to their duty and take hold with the same clutch, resolution ■ - and animus that actuates the patriotic masses and the rank and file of the army. It is not hard to divine what ails our gen erals of the regular army who have con trol of the management of the war! It is social sympathy for the rebel aristocracy of slave holders. They strike at them reluctantly, deal with their treason ten derly, and abstain frem exasperating or wounding their feelings, hoping that some day the social status anti beUum may be restored. With them, tins is what is meant by the senseless talk about “ restor ing the Union as it teas." Hence, they art not simons to crash the rebellion by destroying tire basis which supports it. If slavery is knocked on the head, the South- cm aristocracy topples to and the whole edifice of the de molished. Our high officers philosophical enough to perceive these facts, and therefore they strive to save slavery and the Union together in order that the Southern aristocracy may survive the war. It is these considerations that unnerve their hands, and bring do wn the bio tvs of the cimcter on the heads of the parricides so feebly; that waste precious months in digging trenches, or standing in them idle; that causes inglorious retreats and “ change of baseproduces mysterious strategy that never circumvents, and profound plans that accomplish nothing, and absorb the money of the people poured out like water, and consume the lives of their le gions of sons like the pestilence that wastes at noonday. There must be a change of commanders or the commanders must change their mode of dealing with the rebel aristocracy, or the Union is gone forever. The tactics and style ot war fare indulged in during the past eighteen months, it not amended, wUlput the Great Republic in the tomb of dead nations. Vermont Election* The Vermont State election, for the choice of governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, and members ot the legislature, took place on Tuesday last, and has resulted in an almost unanimous election of the Eepoblican Union ticket. Two tickets only were run—the Re publican Union ticket, headed by the present governor, Holbrook, and the peace Demo cratic ticket, headed by R. F. Smalley. Re turns from twenty towns give Holbrook 0,574; Smalley 398, and 60 scattering. The same towns last year gave Holbrook 4,118 to 1,516 against him. In a few towns, as in Ran dolph and Royalton, the vote is reported enormous lor Holbrook. 'We have reports from the representatives elected in thirty-two towns—all are Union. Michigan Republican State Conren- tiun. The Republican State Committee have called a State convention, to meet at Detroit on the 24th inst., for the nomination of State officers, and the transaction of such other business as may be deemed necessary. Each representative district, under the new ap portionment, will be entitled to two dele gates, and each organized county having no representation will be entitled to one delegate. Ca;»* las Itt. Clay, Notwithstanding the impression that has been sought to be created that Cassius M. Clay, by reason of his sentiments, was not popular in Kentucky, it appears that his ap pointment to a responsible post would be highly acceptable to the people of that State. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial says: “ The Union people of this vicinity (Rich mond, Ky.) are highly pleased at the appoint ment of Cassius 31. Clay to a command fa this dt-parlment. Mr. Clay was born and raised in Madison county. He is known to every body as a man ot genuine courage—one of the real fighting stripe—and there is not a single indi vidual who would believe a report that he tl turned tail” to the enemy without, at least, a dozen confirmations, and even then most of them would douot it.” The Relieving of Gen. Hunter. It is understood that Gen. Hunter was re lieved at his own request. The appointment of Gen. Mitchel as his successor indicates no change of policy in the department of the South, at least so far as regards the slavery question. The change calls renewed attention to the phrase in Jtff. Davis’ retaliatory order dated Richmond, Aug. 21: “Whereas, as Major General Hunter, re cently in command.” Who told -Jeff. Davis, ten days before the fact was known to the best informed persona in the country outside of the official circles— in which it was still properly a secret—that Gen. Hunter had been superseded ? When it has leisure, it might be well for the govern ment to investigate tbe question. More Iron Clads. Preparations are making at Green Point, on Long Island, for the construction of an iron- | clad vessel a great deal larger than anything now building. She will be 340 feet long, nearly as long as the Niagara and Great He* public,which were called “mile vessels,” before the Great Eastern made her appearance. An other iron-clad has also been commenced at Jersey City, two on the Monongahela River, two on the Merrimac River, and two at East Boston. There are also several others com menced at places not made public. Seward, in his late official dispatch, to Mr. Adams at London, states for the in formation of the British and affiliated govern ments that “Everywhere the American general receives his mott useful and reliable information from, the negro who hails his coming as the harbinger of fretdom.” We hope that the ** conservative” admirers of the Premier will not pronounce the above statement an “Abolition lie.” pg* The news that slaves of rebels escaping to the Union lines are free, has not yet reach ed New Orleans. The deputy provost marshal advertises (for the masters, of course) that slaves coming in with the excuse that their owners told them to go to the Yankees, must bring a written order to that effect from the owner, else the owner will be sent for to re claim the slave. That may be called cool for August. pg-We have stated that George N. Sanders got into Canada in the character of a miner. A few years since, according to the .Montreal papers, he “got into” the Canadians iu the same character. He got up a bogus mining .project, and took several thousand dollars from the Canucks. Had the Canadians been aware of his presence among them, they would have had him arrested. Tbe Present Aspect. It must be confessed that the present si nation of the country is more threatening and gloomy than at any former period since the rebellion beeatu The grand army of the Po tomac which marched on Manassas last spring, and went to the Peninsula ia April, is driven back to the entrenchments around Washington—a skeleton of its former self. The rebels have penetrated through Eastern Virginia to the very suburbs of the national capital, and have won a fresh victory on an old battle ground. They have overran Keu- I tucky, cut off Gen. Buell from the Ohio River; 1 the railroads and telegraphs are in their hands; they hold the capital of the State; and in a few days they will probably be saarming in irretistable force around Louis ville. Cincinnati lies a tempting prize to the half-starved, 111-clad rebels. To gain. It would be to storm Paradise, aud plunder Its wealth at will. Burnside has left North Carolina with nothing hut a comparatively small gar rison. In Butler's department we see the Union forces falling back from Baton Rouge —aud private letters anticipate an assault upon the city of New Orleans, which nothing but Commodore Farmgut’s fleet can repel. In Tennessee Governor Johnson is entrench ing himself at Nashville—Clarksville has been surrendered—Fort Donelson and Bolivar Is 1 menaced, and Kirby Smith is marching I through Kentucky. In the East, wo learn of the evacuation of Notlolk and. Fredericksburg, and the vir tual abandonment of the Peninsula, except as a naval station, at Fortress Monroe, and perhaps Yorktown and Gloucester Point. Our gunboats are moving up the Potomac to prevent the rebels from crossing Into lower Maryland; and all the positions on the upper Potomac, in the neighborhood of Harper's Ferry, Point of Rocks, and PoolviUe are strongly held. Where will those rebel raids end? The rebel leaders have changed their plans. Here tofore their attitude hie been demonstratively detersive. They talked of a soil invaded, and | the necessity of repelling the invaders. They onlv asked to be let alone. It was no part of the early plan of the rebel leaders to cany the war beyond the border I States. They had early selected that battle | ground, and they chose to retain it. . Their abandonment of this passive policy marks a new era in the war. The contest is sow, it seems, to be carried on upon Northern soiL One reason of this change of measures may consist in the enormous waste of slave property, incident to the presence of Union armies in the slave States, and to the desola tion which threatens to reign throughout the South If the conflict be permitted, to rage without interruption from the Mississippi to the sea. Bat a stronger argument for a bolder course is found, no doubt, in the certainty that the waning strength of their military arm will presently leave them no power with . which to attack or defend; and that if ever an impression is - made upon the great European governments, to whom the South looks anxiously for recogniton, it must be mode by following up vigorously the successful repulse of the Union forces from before Richmond, To have driven the invader back to his own frontier, and then to pass that boundary, carr tying war into the enemy's country, would be an exhibition of mEitaiy strength wall de* serving the applause and recognition of the entire world. That recognition once- obtainad; the war might be permitted to assume its former pas sive character; and against a'North demoral ized and discouraged. by the acknowledger ment accorded by tbe European powers, it would be easy to hold their own;'and in the end procure a satisfactory peace. And if any force were needed to clinch these .consldsra tiers* the obvious fact that something must be done before the 600,000 raw levies called forth by tbe president shill becouverted Into soldiers zuuethave bad great weight in pro opt ing a desperate resolve. On an immediate in vasion oj the North, at all points, the whole issue of the war was to be staked. OTJH WASHINGTON LETTEH, TTor in- TtroirUa — Me CWfxn where he 10a* a year ago— Our Army Bnft behind the Forti ficatiom —McDowdVs M'&na naqemmt—Th “■ Army Factions—Whot is to be the Mesult? [Special Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.} Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 8,1802. Yon say truly in yonr Monday’s issue, that ** the war in Virginia has now boxed the com* pasg.j' Tour remark is truer to-day than it was when you penned it. For to-day our army occupies the same camping grounds 6c -6 in d the fortifications that protect the capital, which it occupied last year; to day Gen. Mc- Clellan commands all the troops massed for the defense of Washington, that is, all the troops in Virginia, as he did a year ago, con stituting an army properly to be called the 1 army of the Potomac, as the old one was called j before it earned a new name in the swamps of the Chickahominy; and to-day Gen. McClellan occupies the old headquarters, next to Secre tary Seward’s house, and shaded by the tree that witnessed _ the shooting of Key by Sickles. u Everything is as it was,” chirped, with glowing countenance, a young captain yesterday, who forms a part ol the staff—the only portion ot the army, by-the-by, which has returned from the Peninsula in better health and strength than when it went thither, “Everything!” “Everything!” and the hap py youth smiled in his innocent joy. It Geo. McClellan he reinstated, what matters it what becomes of the Republic ? —not that this was the conscious thought of the captain, tut too nany devotees of the young Napoleon act as though they were of this opinion. We have boxed the compass in Virginia; hot have you not rather -more than boxed it in Kentucky ? I am still unable to say whether the rebels are to capture Washington or not; or whether they mean to invade Maryland and Pennsylva nia, Our army is safe behind the fortifications from immediate danger, I suppose, and it ought to be able to march on the radius of the circle to any point threatened, in as little time as the rebels require to go around the circum ference. I hope this, but do not feel confi dent of it: since the rebels may already be in , Maryland, without the knowledge of our watchful generals. As I write a battery of i flying artillery is just passing up Fourteenth I street, with ammunition and baggage wagons I and herds of cattle are going in the same di [ reel ion. I have talked with not a few officers and civilians who have come from the front since the battle of Saturday, and I find that they are almost without exception, very little against Gen. McDowell, to whom the soldiers, almost to a man, if these witnesses may be be lieved, ascribe the disaster which closed the week and, astberebels, their sympathizers and seme faint-hearted loyal men profess to think, the war also. The dislike to McDowell in the army before was strong enough, hut the recent events have intensified it exceedingly. It is not confined to the privates andsuoor dm&te officers, but is shared by such men as Sigel and Heintze'man, who speak most bit terly of McDo well’s mismanagement. There can be little doubt that tne same want of confidence in his generalship which con- i tributed in no small degree to the panic and ! rout at Bull Bun on the memorable 21st of July, contributed to those which again disgraced that field last Saturday. It this be so, it is only a fresh exemplification of the truth which all military history establishes, that the great test of a general’s merit is success or failure; and that a government which does not always and under ell circumstances reward the for mer and putiah with terrible severity the lat ter, can never vanquish its foes. Wehaveno right to complain that we have been unable to find a great general, unless we can show that the proper means have been taken to find him. So long as officers are continued in : command, on any grounds but that of proved excellence in their profession; so long as any | other considerations are allowed to weigh a [ farthing, the hour will lie vainly groping like [ Diogenes, lantern In hand, for its man.' A strong hand-and a strong brad are also needed by the executive of this republic to repress the army factions which prevail to an alarming extent. Staff officers who reflect their chiefs, never weary of praising them to the dispraise of their rivals. Charges of the most serious character are freely made by the part sans of each aeainst others, and the cen tal is too frequently thought of first—the country second. There is no one man prac tically commander-in-chief over all, to say and enforce his word that these things must cease, once and for all. I begin to fear that if a mili taiy despotitm be not established upon the ruins ot the republic, it will be because the mao who has the power has not the courage or the trains to do it. Why should we be exempt from the fate of other republics, which lived as long and flourished as bravely ! as ours '! I have told you in brief, what the situation is. I .cannot bear to describe it in detail, or to give the particulars of the past week’s oper ations, cr to attempt to lift a corner of the veil of the future. Senators and jonrna’ista who arrived here this morning say that they bad no idea of the true state of facts, until they reached the city. Their feces lengthen as they talk. And the worst of it all is, that if we fail in' putting down the rebellion, we fell without having struck one hearty blow for liberty; we are disgraced as well as vanquished. Won. Owen Itovtjoy at Galesburg. [Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.) GAnnsncßG, Hi., Sept. 3,1362. Hon. Owen Lovejoy addressed the Ladies Soldiers 1 Aid Society last evening. Mr. Love joy has lost none of his prestige in our section, hut is received more enthusiastically than ou former occasions, since he is now in our dis trict and is to be our next representative in Congress. Mr. Lovejoy, although wearied by constant travel, having just returaedfrom Washington, yet he could not refuse the urgent request of the ladies (who, by the way, are all 41 Lovejoy men") to address their Association, and with only a few hours notice the largest hall iu our city was crowded with people anxious to listen to the great champlonof freedom. The icceipts of the Soldiers’ Aid were unprece dented, thus enabling the ladies to carry out their benevolent plans which had been re tarded from a want of means. It is useless to add that Sir. Lovejoy’s new district will vie with his old one in majori ties, for the principles he represents and the man who embodies them. F. C. Vigor Wanted by Our Generals, [From the N. T. Times, late ilcClellaa’s organ.] Ttere is one feature of the current advices from Washington which 'strikes the country unpleasantly; we mean the reiterated as surances that our army is safe— that our posi tion is strong, and that Washington is out of danger. This is all very well as preliminary to something else. But. ihs public is not free irom suspicion that It means more than that. It sonncs too much like the old story. It baa hi«v the burden of our boasts for the pist year and a half. Onr army has been &.fe too long. The people expect it now to incur some danger,—to take r.sks,—in ihs hope of achieving some positive success. They want no renewal of last year’s perform ances in front of Washington. The hints that McClellan is to occupy his old quarters in the neighborhood of Alexandria —that earthworks are to be thrown np and that not the slightest uneasiness is now felt in olticUl quarters for the saiety of Washington, sound like ominous premonitions of new delays and ol hopes still lurtner to be deferred. They bring up unpleasant renhnisceu cis of a long winter in front ot Mau ass-as—of long weeks spent in approaching Yorktown —of the protracted and disastrous occupation of the swamps of the CQiciatiom> rij—of wasted chancis and opportunities thrown away, through an exaggerated esti mate ol the rebel strength, and~culpable dis trust of our own. It is always eisy to be wise after the event. We can see how half a dozen occasions which, If seized with prompt and dashing courage, would have given us a downing and decisive victory. Time is wailed la deploring the wtakpes that allowed them to slip. But we should only repeat our folly if we were to neglect the practical lessons which they Inculcate. Everybody knows now that if McDowell hsd fought the battle of Ball Ran one day sooner than he did, he would have won it. Eteri body knows that if McGle'Jan had pushed vpor. Torktown as soon as he reached the JXnv sula, he uouldhave taken it; that if he bad follow* d the rebels with his whole force after 'Wjlliamshnrgh, he could have roufei them ; Hal he could have taken Richmond after Fair Oaks, and that lie could have routed the etenay at Gained Mill, if he had thrown his fnsh troops vpon than , instead of with drawing to the James Eiver, <lt may bo ot no ueo now to censure these repeated failures. But it is of use to take notice that they are all due to one defect— lack of courage and self-confidence^ lack of re* liance upon our own troops and an undue es tin: ate of the prowess and strength of the enemy. And it is important that we should not continue to commit this mistake. It ha? cost us enough already. But for tula lack of pluck, which in nice times out of tea is the highest prudence, the war would have been end'd lomr ago. It has cost us 100,000 lives $500,000,000, the respect and confluence of Europe, and worst, of all, the prospective aid of a powerful Union party, temporarily overborne, in the Southern Stiles. It we conld have crushed the reoel army a year ago, we should have had by this time the popular vote of half the rebel States for a re turn to the Union. 'When we shall have it now—who can tell? We must not make these mistakes hereaf ter. We must discard the hesitating, dis trustful timidity out of which they hive sprung. We have an army in the field worthy of our confidence, and we must put confi dence in it. We smst not shrink from hurl ing it upon tbs enemy, lest it should he de feated*,—suchan apprehension goes Car to wards securing its own fulfillment The rebels owe all the successes they have achiev ed to their audacity. They have never hesi tated to attack,—and they have done It lu every esse as if they expected to win; and tins very confidence, by giving them increas ed strength, and by half paralyzing ns, 'has gone far towards securing them the victory. We have been imposed upon by their bold nessT They have always impressed us -with an exaggerated idea of their strength, by the dashing vigor with which they have used it against ns. It Is time we caught somethin" ol their spirit. . .. . . .6en« Banks. [From the Detroit Free Frees.] A telegram was received last evening, from Gen. 'Wil iams, stating that Gen. Bints and Ha whole divisions ere safe in Washington, There is no general in the army who has ex hibited greater bravery, and been treated with has consideration than Gen Bants, and those under him. Bnt he may rest assured that the people will not forget him, however much the politicians may endeavor to pat him. down. , THE LATE BATTLES IN VIRGINIA. The Manassas Battle Field After the Fight. Our Losses Heavy—Destruction of Properly Immense, OUR ARBIY Fill BACK The Movement Ordered by tbe Government, [From Correspondence K. T. Tribune,] Bull Rex Battlefield, Sept. 1,1863. The incidents of this letter were taken down in my note book on the bloody battlefield of Manassas Plain, while surrounded by the white, cold bodies of 1,800 tlain heroes of the Republic, and 5,000 living soldiers of the re bellion. „ At 10 o’clock on Monday, Gen, Pope seat a flag of truce with a corpse of ambulances to cany of our wounded in the Sifurday’s fight. Your correspondent was kindly invited by the Rev. iMr. \Vinslow,t chaplain of the sih New York, to accompany thetrain. Notwithstanding I had no pass or anything to shield me If the rebels had taken a fancy to have retained me a prisoner, I could not with stand the ruling passion of curiosity Which tempted me to enter their Hues. The corps arrived at the outer line of the enemy’s videttes, stationed along the bank of Cob Run, about II o’clock, and the white flag at once gave ns admittance within their lines. , A curious group of slouch-hatted, butternut- | ‘uniformed cavalry thronged around us, and though detailed to escort us to the battle field, stood around listlessly staring at ns as if we were a sort of national horse show. They were very respectful, and cleverly com municative. Chatting along the road, they took ns to the battle field. Standing around the battle field in various squads, companies, and battalions, were about 5,000 soldiers, j dressed in every style of dress conceivable, ] from a surtout hunting jacket to a muskrat overcoat. Some were di eased as civilians, | with nothing military about theta except a . sword or a rusty shot-gun. They all asked us how long before the war would close. They said, 4< AJI you had to do was to stop fighting us, and peace would come, as we were all sick cf the war,” They said they for some time had got nothing to eat or wear from the gov ernment. They had not received a single ra tion Irons. the government for the Ust teh ! days, bnt had lived on the county and the , supply they took from us at Manassas; Is till almost every man avowed his intention to ; fight to the last ditch for their independence. ! While the surgeons were taking off, the wounded, I had a long and interesting , yersaiion with a group of officers. I ans tfered all their questions firmly and strongly—and . from the Tribune stand-point. They asked what right we had to confiscate their negroes, i I told them they were contraband of war in every sense of the term, and that persons of I most limited military Iniowlcdge should un derstand the policy and necessity of depriving | them of the labor of a mau who tilled their , fields and allowed them to go to war. They | asked what right we had to confiscate their | property. I told them that every nation ad- I lulttedlhe right to confiscate the property of j traitors, and that they themselves even went ' fun her—for when they confiscated the debts due Northern men, they confiscated, not the , property of traitors, but what they term a I common enemy. Our conversation was deep- i ly interesting, and was participated in with I much good Jeeling. I now THE FIELD LOOKED, [ Our dead lay untouched as they fell in bat tle, with the exception of iheircaps and shoes. , I did not see a single instance among the whole I,BCO dead, where the shoes had not been rilled, j These were palliating circumstances, for many of the rebels were barefooted. I The rebel dead and wounded had all been disposed of, and not a single vestige of sick, i killed, or wounded remained on the field. Even the straggling soldiers did not know where they had been taken to. Taey were . evidently buried secretly in the night by ne groes, lor occasionally in a deep ravine I come i across mounds sometimes ten or fiiteeu feet square, where thelrviclims had been secreted i from the gaze of their own men. a snow of u. s. property. 1 During the afternoon a train of wagons marked U. S , and also aU. S. battery, were drawn by us, as if to attract our attention, as I then thought; bnt I afterwards rode along whli a rebel major beyond the battle-field, where a train of wagons three-quarters of a mile long wire moving towards Gen. Hill’s division, situated about two miles north ot the battle-ground. Among this train I noticed many U- S. wagons and horses. The majorin ci mmand of lie this train was the first train that had arrived from their hase ot supplies since the army had marched through Thor oughfare Gap. During the intervening time the rehels.had subsisted on toe country. Being dressed in a semi-military suit. I could very well pass lor a confederate. Taking advantage of Ibis, I pushed beyond the sen tries on the right of the battlefield where the 20th New York bed fought in Saturday’s bat tle. I knew it was the battle-ground of the s:6th from the killed and wounded on the ground. From this commanding position I had aviewot Longstreet’s division as it Uy encamped on the distant hills, and gently sloping from the north towards Manassas plains. : . , A cavalry man came up aud enquired of the soldiers where Hill’s division was sta tioned, and were directed to a point to the east of Longstreets command. I believe Irom what I learned in this reconnolssance tnatthe rebels intend no retrogadc move ment, and that they will not for some time venture an attack on our column. I learned here that Geo. E*ell was wound ed in the Thursday’s battle, and that his leg had been amputated above the knee. THE ARMY SAFE. There were apprehensions that the enemy had been heavily reinforced, and that before the arrival ot reiuforcementa from McClel lan the rebels might advance under the mo mentary prestige they had gained, and throw their whole force on our left fl ink, command ed by Gen. McDowell. As Franklin’s and Sumner’s reserve force swept up from Alex andria, these apprehensions ceased, and the army wa; safe, Gen. Sumner, with his Pen ii-sula veterans, composed ot Kicuardson’s, Sedgwick’s, and Kimball’s divisions, was pcstedon the right wing, and Franklin in the center. Fires were bnilt, tents were muck, and thus the army lay on their arms until morning, awaiting the enemy. Nothing ot importance transpired during the night. Sunday morning dawned on the quiet lines of both armies. A reconnolssance from our army revealed the fact that the enemy did not attempt to follow alter the battle of the day before. Their videttes had not even penetrated as far as Bull Run. The truth is they had not the heart or the power to follow. At 53 o’clock on Sunday their pickets made a‘faint stow on our extreme lelt; but they were soon Edit back by a few random shots from our artillery. This movement on the part of the enemy was no doubt made as a feint to draw cur attention Irom an intended raid on our supply trains, extending to the right and rear along the Fairfax road. A RAID OX THE WAGOX TRAINS Was made about five o’clock on Sunday, two milesfiom Fairfax Court House, towards Ceu treviile, by a regiment ol Cavalry under Fitz bugh Lee, One company of tie 2d United Slates cavalry were taken prisoners, with Captain Eight commanding the company. A few random shots were fired into toe wagon trains, which, at this time, extended in a con tinuous line from Centreviile to Alexandria. No other damage was done than to create a hannh ss excitement among the civilians who thronged the thoroughfare. MOXDAT’S OPERATIONS. On Monday morning intelligence was re ceived at headquarters that toe divisions of Bill and Longstreet intended to appearon our right in force and cut off our supply trains, lo prevent this consummation, the division ; ot General Reno was dispatched by General Pope to Fairfax Court House. Ic was also deemed prudent to commence the evacuation ol CenucviUe, to cover our base of operations, inasmuch as Generals Hdi and Longstreet were known to be in force some distance to ward Washington from the battlefield of Sat urday, and as a riconnoissance to the front had revealed an anticipated movement in the same direction by the enemy. The army of Virginia commenced retiring toward Fairfax Court House ou Monday at 0 o’clock, Kino's division leading the march and McDowell’s corps following. ABOUT OUR WOUXPED—REBL3 REPEL FLAGS OF TBL’CF THAT THEY MAT IL»VE TIME TO ROB THE BEAD. WAsinKCTOK, Sept. 1,1663. "We left "SVashlngton on Saturday evening alter the battles of that and the previous day. with a view to get as near the battle field as Eottible, In order to attend to wounded, and ury the dead. Reaching Centrevllie on Sun* day morning early, we found, much to onr disappointment, that the victory we believed cur aims bad achieved, had been changed into something like a defeat, McDowell, who had the kit, was so unfortunate as to be flanked, wlileour centre almost at the same time fell back without-, however, being broken. It ap pears that the attack on our left and centre was almost simultaneous, and we had to leave the hbttle fit-id with most of onr dead and wounded to the enemy. The surgeons, I pre sume, during the engagement, hod succeeded in bringing off several of the wonnded of both days, ana dressing the wounds of many more who, unfortunately, had to be left on the field sothavup' to the morning of Monday, several hundred poor fellows who were.badfy wound ed were still nncared for where they had fal len. I was told this (Monday) morning, how ever, by one of the surgeons that out of eighty three whose wounds he and others had dressed, only one was reported to have died, so that, . in some way, we had succeeded in getting on uthe field. .It may here be remarked that the reason assigned for the rebel generals refusing flags of truce to approach the field early after the engagement, is that the soldiers may have an opportunity of stripping and rifling the dead, which is done, l am credibly informed; bo that they are left in a state of nudity. Tne wounded are also deprived of everything valu able, eitberintbesbapeof money or clothes, and a wounded office re* uniform is a godsend indeed. The* wonnded who were removed from the field were placed in a farm bouse and tints occupying a portion of the ground where the battle of the 19-h Offaly, 1802, a - day or two preceding the celebrated Bull Ran sfiair, was fought. They were carefully atr fended to by Dr.Rsuch and Ids attendant phy sicians, and well and -faithfully was their painful task performed. . I • never saw i poor fellows more grateful fer any little klnd i ness shown them and 'more sympathizing i wi«h each other in their misfortunes than ther were. Troops were being massed at Centrevillo on Sunday afternoon, and it was expected t&at the nest battle would be fought there, though the report this morning is that Jackson had fallen back to Cedar River. When we reached the hospital on Sunday morning It was an nounced by one of the surgeons that Stuart’s cavalry were coming down.onns in force, which caused a stampede among some who came but to attend the wounded, disgrace fully going off with some oi the ambulances, which, as it proved afterward, were wanted to remove the wounded. The conduct of some who went out from the city was most dis? graceful, as it was very evident, that many went to have a grand frolic and did so by get ting slightly elevated. It is strange that the enemy did not follow up the advantage he had gained in turning our left on Saturday; but he aid not. Gen. Sinks not being reinforced and fearing that he could not bold his position in view of this dank movement, is said to have destroyed a Urge quantity ot his ammunition and provisions, besides five locomotives, amounting, It is said, to half a million of dollars. Our line of battle-was plainly seen from. Centreville, and the smoke of our guns at ev ery dscharge dnring..Snnday, indicated the po siiion of our troops. The view was very grand—under any circumstances the scene would be admired for its picturesque beauty, but associated with “the pomp, and circum stance of war. 5 * it was very imposing. The fighting of Sunday was apparently slight, and confined to artillery, I should judge. - Rebel, prisoners say that the enemy is very short of ammunition and provisions, and represent the troops as almost starving. This is partially confirmed by the fact, as I am informed by an officer, that the rebels do not tire more than twenty-five shots (artillery) to onr hundred— and aim to make every discharge tell. Icm say for myself, that I never saw such a misera ble half-starved looking set of creatures ia my life as-the hundreds of prisoners we met on Sunday morning traveling toward Alexandria. Many were barefooted, several without hats, and scarcely any two dressed alike, while many were almost destitute of clothing.' How such men, so inferior physically and badly equipped, can cope with onr troops, I cannot comprehend. ■We have not retreated, reports to the con trary notwithstanding. Wepaasedontheroad to-day great numbers of the finest looking troops I have ever seen. Couch’s, Sedgwick's, and Smith’s divisions are pressing forward to the front rapidly, evidently enthusiastic and eager to engage the enemy. In fact, the road from Centreville almost to Alexandria is crowded with troops, as well as ammunition and supply wagons, giving one some idea of the immense force necessary to carry on a war such, as the present one. BLOODINESS OF THE LATE BATTLES. Alexander, Va , Sept, 1,1862. The details of the.batries ot Thursday, Fri day and Saturday, are too heart rending to re late, and yet nothing is to be gained hy con cealing the truth. Alexandria is a vast hos pital. The streets are crowded withambu licces and barouches, filled with the dead, the dying, and the wounded. Boatload alter ooat load & .movirg off from the wharves for Wash ington—-traitvafter train is leaving toe Orange and-Alexandtii raUrbad with tueir bloody freight. All day and all night the sid proces sion moves' Soldiers who cannot be carried in ambulinces, walk and limp by the side of the /bids, or lie down until some friendly banf''comes to their relief. The first tele gr«\s,frcm the first battle of Ball Ran .were lavorable, and all Washington and nearly the whole North wire rejoiced. Gen. Pope’s dispatches received in Washing ton on Saturday, the day of our disastrous de feat, filled every heart with joy. The telegraph had hardly clicked the joyful news before hun dreds began to have presentiments that all was not well with the combined armies of Vir ginia and the Potomac. Tfie roar of artillery toward evening could be distinctly heard from, the tops of the public buildings in Washing ton, and began to indicite that the contUct was approaching the Potomac—that our troops were being driven, and the battle lost. Hun dreds who had been closely listening to the cannonading all dav retired at night fully con vinced that the battle was lost, and yet but a few horns bad passed since the posting of the bulletin announcing a great victory by Gen. Pope. Our loss has not only been great in officers and privates killed, wounded and taken priso ners, but the destruction of property by our own hands has been immense. The Orange and Alexandria railroad has lost more than one half its rolling stock. Two hundred ana fifty new cars, heavily laden with stores, and ten first class locomoiives were burned or blown up on Thursday and Friday. By Gen. Pope’s order, 140 cars and lour engines were de- B»roved last Saturday to prevent them from falling into the enemy’s hinds,who bad crossed the Rappahannock, and were advancing upon Bristow Station, under the immediate com mand of Gen. Lee. Gen. Banks, who was at Bristow with his decimated corps, was compelled to fall back upon Manassas, under cover of the smoking lulus. Your correspondents have not exaggerated, as I can yet discover, in a single instance, the extent of our losses. Nearly all the published rumors have been confirmed, except those of victories achieved over the rebels. A scout came in tfiis morning saying that Lorgstreet was reinforced yesterday with 20, l OUU fresh troops by the way of Sperryvllle and Waterloo. The strergth of the rebel army he estimates at 150,000, with 150 pieces of ar tillery—about one-third the amount wc have between Washington and Centreville. As yet there? has been no fighting to-day. The enemy Is kelingGen. Pope’s right, evi dently endeavoring to find a weak point by which he can reach Leesburg and Edwards’ Ferry. Before the cjjose of the week you may possibly bear of a great battle ne«r the B ill’s Blnffbattle ground. Notwithstanding the fact that the enemy hold the battle ground of Sat urday, a large number of officers who were se verely wounded have passed through this city and pone on to Washington. Rln Ricbett’s division, the brigades of Gen erals Tower, Hartsuff and Duryee, lost more than half their commissioned officers,and luily one-half tnelr privates. I have been spending most of the day with womded officers, and therefore have but few details of the battle to give yon. I send by ieh graph to-night a list of 400 killed .and wounded officers and about 1,200 privates. A BRILLIANT AFFAIR NEAR CENTERVILLE. The Washington Star of Tuesday evening says; . We have information from the front up to 9 a. m. to-day. The engagement of last evening, mentioned elsewhere in to-day’s Star, was heaviest opposite tbe position occupied by the division of the gallant Gen. Reno, (about two milts norjh of F*itfax Court House,) who re pulsed the enemy handsomely, and with se vere rebel loss. We, however, regret to have to add that in tbe course of the fight there, Brig, Gen, Isaac L Stevens was killed. After their repulse by Reno, the enemy de clined renewing tbe engagement for the day, and had made no attempt to do so up to 9 o’clock tb'S forenoon. At that hour, in the execution of the change of iront, which we anticipated on account of the flank movement of the rebels, a Urge por tion of onr army had been massed in and around Fairfax Court House: Oar right was at or in the vicinity of Flint Hill, the Court House being our center. The impression last night and this morning at the front was that, foiled by Reno in Ids demonstiation upon the Little River turnpike, the cnen y had moved further around towards Vienna. The correspondent of the Philadelphia In quirer has the following account of a brilliant affair: 1 While the division of Gen. Kearney was halting at Manassas Junction, Gen. Kearney fcuggested to Brig. Gen. Blrney the propriety ot making a nconnoisance towards Center- V.Ue, Gen. BLmey took with him two or three orderlies and about twenty cavalrymen, atd started in the direction indicated, to which point, from Manassas, the distance is tonr miles. As he proceeded along he saw noihicg of eecesh, but as a precautionary measure, and to prevent surprise, he would occasionally send one of the cavalry in this direction, another in some other, and by so doing I* the number he had with Dim to such an extent that when he reached Cen terville he had but two orderlies and four cav alrymen. as they rode into tbe town it appeared de serted, and they commenced making prepar a'ions for a comfortable and permanent stay. While hailing in front of the only tavern in the place, one of his orderlies rode up to him and stated that there were then coining up tie hill a body pf out own cavalrymen, hav irg, having with them the Stars and Stripes. The general was about to go on and meet them, when remembering that it was hardly possible for any of our troops to approach irom that direction, he determined to make sn observation before proceeding further, Baidlyhad become to : this determination, when tbe body of troops spoken of reached the brow of the hilL They, discovering that they were so near, a Union general, gave one of their peculiar yells and rushed toward him. His party, seeing the trap they were in, put spurs to their horses and started on a full gallop towards their own encampment, hotly pursued by the rebels. , . , _ ' IvThis was kept up untill just across Bull Run, when the colotel of the rebels, who was mounted on a splendid horse, came so near to the general as to draw his sword upon him, but when in the act of raising to strike, Gen eral Blrney suddenly turned, and with Ms pistol shot the colonel in the region of the At this point the general had_ stationed a regiment, we believe the SSth New York, to do duty as pickets. They previously hearing the commotion, were drawn up in line. lne central immediately rode to the rear, giving the order to fire, which they did promptly, thus checking the pursuit ot the rebels, kill* ing some twenty and taking quite a number of prisoners. .. These troops were all attired in tbe uniform of Unde Sam, and had with them the Stars and Stripes. A conversation had with the wounded colonel before he died disclosed the fact thatin this uniform and with these colors they had frequently been within our. lines, ana that it was • their intention to visit Washington at some future lime in the same disguise. Gen, Blrney was much complimented upon the cool daring displayed upon this occasion. Captain Blrney, the adjutant of Gen. Bir ney’s staff, met with a somewhat serious acci dent during the engagementon Saturday. Big horse being somewhat fiery id his nature, became frightened at the explosion of a shell, and startedon a rim. Ere he could be palled up, be stumbled and threw the captain, who, in falling, badly dislocated his shoulder. It has been reset, and he is now in a folr way to recover. ’ " „ ' Lieutenant Linnard, another member of Gen. Blrney’s staff, is again a prisoner. It is but some three Weeks since he was released from a six weeks’,captivity in Richmond. HOW THE •RragT.R uirVEBKNCE OCB PRESIDENT. Another correspondent ot the Inquirer says: The fireman of the engine president, who was taken prisoner and who managed to make his escape, tells us that after cap taring the engine they took from the side of It the portraits of out noble and able President Lin coln, set them up tor targets, and, after firing a? them fc r some time, unally chorg* d biyo~ sets on them, and' then gallantly captured them and took them off. as trophies. From each one of the engines they took the large and handsomely plated letters, which told the rame of each engine, as well as the hills, and all smaller and movable articles. ODB ARMT PALLING BACK—THE MOVEMENT ORDEBED BX THE GOVERNMENT, [From the If. Y. Evening Post.} "Washington, Sept. 3,1863. The excitement Is more intense here to-day than it baa been since last Friday. Humors fly through the streets thicker than ever, and come of them of the most improbable char acter. The army oE Virginia is unquestiona bly falling back on 'Washington. The evi dence of this fact comes trom too many sources to leave room for doubt on the sub ject. It is, of course, of the greatest impor tance to know why it is falling back. Stories have been rife that tbe national forces bad. been beaten back by Lee and Jackson. This is untrue. Onr troops troops % last night bad not been attacked this side of Bail Ran. Another story, which finds many believers, is, that Gen. Pope discovered that the rebels were making a flank movement upon his army and that he was compelled to fall back. The secessionists here have gravely asserted this morning that Jackson is crossing tbe Po tomac at Edwards’ Ferry with 40.0D0 men, while Lee remains in front. Of course this talk is wild, and has no foundation. Tae real truth of the matter seems to be that on Sun day a Cabinet meeting was held, at which it was finally decided to issue orders for the ar my to fall back upon the old Potomac line, for sis or eight weeks, until the new levies shall have bten slightly disciplined. General Halleck, I understand, favors this plan very strongly. General McClellan agrees with him on this point. They say that no great risk In reference to the capital should be encountered at this moment as we have an immense new army pouring down to the line between the contending troops. It is now thought that a hundred thousand troops will be sent up the river to Pooisville, Point of Bocks and Harper’s Ferry. We have a large force now at Harper’s Ferry, and Gen eral Wool went up this morning to command them in person. So far nothing is certainly known of the movements of the rebels, bat they cannot possibly be concealed more than a day or two longer. The town swarms with Northern physicians who rushed on here at the call of Mr. Stanton. There is a fair prospect that more surgeons will soon be here than there are wounded men. The hotels are crowded tub. There is not a bed to spare in one of them. Messrs. Chadwick, of the Willard House, were ob liged last night to put up two hundred cots in the Concert Hall attached to the house to ac commodate the guests, many of whom are Northern physicians. All the clerks and civilians of the city were asked to go down and take care of the wound ed on the field of battle on Saturday evening, but no provision whatever was made to give them an opportunity to get upon the field, and they were brought back to the city with out seeing a wounded man, though at least one thousand of them went down as far as Fairfax Court House. The call for volunteer surgeons was sent abroad Saturday night, and will bring in here at least five hundred men, not half ot whom will find employment. The arrest of army officers at the hotels on Sunday, has not yet cured the evil. The hotels are yet lull of them. It is a disgrace to the American name. It is of the utmost import ance that the officers of the new regiments coming in here should remain with their men. The effect upon the men is excellent. But with every new regiment the hotels gain a squad of officers. The number of well men who have on various excuses come up from the recent battle-fields is not small. Through tbe recent “ dark days ” of Wash ington ttere has been at least one pluckv man btre, and he is Mr. Spinner of the United States Treasury. Some one was saying yes terday in his presence that it was probable that the fate of the nation would oe sealed within three days, by the result of the next contest at or near CentreviQe. “it is net true,” eaid Mr, Spinner, “for if we get whipped there we will still make another fight on the Potomac line; and if then we lose Washington, the war will have only just begun. Not until there his been a funeral in every family will tbe government and the peo ple make up their minds to wage this war as it should be waged.” FKOItt P.EW OBLEINS. Nesro Be"lmc»ts Authorized I>y Gen, Bnt'er. The rebel governor of Louisiana having au thorized the organization of regiments of free colored men, Gen. Butler uccep/s the regiments thus organized, in the following order: Headquarters Dep"t of the Gulp, I New Ouleass, Au-j 21,18a2. J General Order No. 63.—Whereas, on the 23d day ol April, in the year 1861, at a public meeting of the free colored population of the city of New Orleans, a military organization, known as the Native Guards,” (colored) has its existence, which military organization was duly and legally enrolled as a part of the militia of the State, its oflicers being commis sioned by Thomas O. Moore, governor and commander-in-chief of tne militia of the State of Louisiana, in the form following; Headquarters Louisiana Militia, j Adj’t. Gen.’s Office, March 2t. f Order No. 426. —1. The governor and commander-in-chief, relying Implicitly upon the loyalty of the free colored population ot the city rnd State for the protection of their homes, their j-roperty, and for Southern righis, from the pollution of a ruthless in vader, and believing that the military organ ization which existed prior to the 15cn of February, 1863, and elicited praise and re spect lor the patriotic motives which prompt ed it, should exist for and daring the war, calls upon them to maintain their organiza tion, and to hold themselves prepared for such orders as may be transmitted to them. 2. The colonel commanding will report without delay to Major Gen. Lewis command ice State mbit's. By order of Thos. O. Moore, Gov. M. GsrvoT, Adj’t. Gen. And whereas, said military organization by the same order was directed to report to Major Gen. Lewis for service, but did not leave the city of New Orleans when he did. Now, therefore, the commanding general believing tnat a large portion of this militia force ot the State of Louisiana are willing to take service in the s volunteer forces ot the United States, and be enrolled and organized to “ defend their homes from rathless invad eis;” to protect their wives and children and kindred from wrong and outrage, to shield their property from being seized by bad men; and to defend the flag of their native country as their fathers did under Jackson at Cnal mette against Pakenham and his myrmidons cairvlng the black flag of “beauty and booty.” Appreciating their motives, relying upon their “well known loyalty and patriotism,” and with ‘'praise and respect” for these brave men—it is ordered that all the members ot the “Native Guards” aforesaid, and all other free colored citizens recognized by the first and late governor and authorities of the State of Louisiana, as a portion of tne militia of the State who snail enlist in the volunteer seivice of the Unlttd States, shall be duly or ganized by the appointment of proper officers, and accepted, paid, equipped, armed, and ra tioned os are other volonteer troops ot the United States, subjeettd the approval,of the President of the United States. All such persons are required at once to report them selves at the Tonro Charity Building, Front Levee street, New Orleans, where proper offi cers will muster them into the service of the United State. By command of Maj. Gen. Butler, E; S. Davis, Capt. and A, A. A. Gen. Charges against McDowell. [From the Washington Republican-] All our wounded soldiers, together with officers, and everybody with whom we con versed, says our reporter, charge all the blame of Saturday’s defeat to Gen. McDowell. They say he letLongstreet in through the Gap par pot dy, and in every way daring the battle managed to actually aid the enemy, la short, they call him a traitor. Now, we trust that ibis matter will he investigated, and we sin cerely hope it may notprovetrae, butthattbe general aid his best. Certain it is, there is universal complaint of Gen. McDowell. Troops Marching On. —The very earth trembles with armed men. 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C.C.COOK&CO., Blanket 16418 State Street, CUoigo. 16418. YARNS, W.PHTB WORSTEDS, Heavy Knit Wool Hf. Hose, BulUrtrte, tor Army Wear. Coventry Frilling or Enffling, OFODB OTOIMPOBTATIOSr. [ Corsets, Hosiery, &c. j 4re receiving a foil assortment ol Woolen Tarsi for Tall Trane. . ; SUTTON & BURKirr, i illAulie street. J®-rtS«a GROCERIES. Ewing, Briggs & Co. Oflbr tor sale AT THE VERT LOWEST PRICES tC CLOSE BUYERS AND PROMPT MEN, * well selected stock et • E. P. E. BROO.TL XRALB9XB [nom-ns-ly] Importers and Healers In AND ABESTS FOB OFFER FOB SALE THE —OF— El THIS .MARKET. Tobaccos, Syrups, Fls*, Cordage. &C, &L. &C. WHOLESALE GKOGEBS, taug22-W9Q3ml asatjolcsale Rouses. M SOCTH WITEE STREET, CHICAGO, G ROCERIES, At "Wholesale, KMBKACTK& SUGARS, PISH, TEAS, TOBACCO, COFFEES, RICE, SYRUPS, SPICES, MOLASSES, SOAPS, DRIED FRUIT,, WOODEN WARE, and all articles usually Included Or their line. 17e have bought most of our goods for cash, and bo lieve that —e can mate it to the Interest 01 all but Chasing In this market to call and examine cor stool DeforeDOjlng. EtfXKG. BRIGGS6CIX, Fo. T3 Sauth Water street, Chicago. Wm. L. Ewlnc, fit. Louis, Ho. - BtlggS, trhli'nm Thomas Heermsna, J v^fel JJARDWARE, TIN FLATS And Metal Warehouse. WILLIAM! BLAIR & CO.. 176 I.ake Street, Chicago, HU Importers and Wholesale Dealers In TIN PLATE, SHEET IRON, COFPEB. ' ZINC, &o*, finners fools and Machine*, And Tinner* Good* of aD descrip^na. FENCE WISE, best American manufacture, KAILS, •* Wheeling" brand. Japanned and Pressed Tinware, CUTLERY A2rp SHELF HARDWARE. A foil assortment of all goods In oar line at Easters prices. :SUJB. C. 3. SZLSOS. O.W.BKU)! FIELD, BENEDICT &Co„ 34 & 36 Lake Street, Are bow opening a large and well snorted itock o CLOTHS, GASSIMERES iSB TESTDffIS, Together with an the various styles of Goods R» UZS'SWEAB.ndiu Oardoroys, Satinet*, moleskins, Gottonadet, Velveteens, F. and Iff. Cass, planter*’Drills, Queens Goth, Planters’ Ducks, Span’ll Linens, Merino Cass, DrapD’Etat, Kentucky Jeans, ital’nClothf, Fancy Linens, Tweeds. Ton will always had la our assortment all the deafr shloatylea in the martet, which will be sold at satis factory prices. A fall stock of Tailors* Trimmings al ways on hand. apTplltlv SPRING 1862. COOLEY, FARWELL & CO. 42, 44 ft 46 WABASH AVEKCS CHICAGO, Axe nov ofiexlng & totgc aul attract!** laoisa DOMESTICS, Frints, Ginghams, Be Lalcec, ICOTIOKS. FANCY GOOD#, WOOLanb. and a choice teioecion of DUES S GOODS Most of our heavy Gotten Goods haying boon pi l chated e*tly In me fall, we can and will oner aapetio: mductnienw to tnetmde. . , . We will guarantee otr prices to be tne lowest made In this market or !•» New York, adding freight, and In vite all cioee buye-a to a careful examination of eu stock before purchasing. _ .. _ COOLEY, FARWELL & CO. pOLLARD & DOANS, Successors to Emlti, Bollard ft Co„ WHOLESALE GROCERS, 189 ft 191 South Water street, CUcag* 7. X. pott-ato. rmySl-rTSS-Sm] CEO.g.DOiI Will. D. HARRIS, WHOLESALE DRUGGIST, 87 S. WATEE ST., CHICAGO, Keeps a full assortment of Dings, Chemicals and Dye.StnflS, —ALSO— Soap Makers’ Stock, • Match Makers’ Stack, Tanner’s Stock, At lowest market price. sepl-uIT-Sm J>OOTS AjJD shoes The subscribers ■would announce that tliclf FALL STOCK, Now In Store, has 1)6611 Selected with. Special Care, To meet the wants of oar patrons. It mar he proper to state that nnr facilities for anp pljlDg 'the wants of merctaot? In oar line are unsur passed, and that we have, b? giving one our orders eatlp m the season, and securing contracts previous to the great rise it labor and stock, scenre.d a full snpoly ol poods, which we can sell much lower than If pur chased at the present time. . . ... These goods are lor sale at t’c lowest market prices for CASH oh StfOP.T Ac't'KOVED CREDIT, and WC the a*, -who are touvlnc. to examine our stock before nmkißS BASSETT * HltLs . ‘,£9 and 31 Lake street. sepl-ngum STBYKGB k CO So. 11l Lake Street, Are now opening flielr FALL STOCK, Comprising erery description of DEY GOODS KEPT BY THE TRADE. SHAWLS AND CLOAKS CT GREAT VARIETT. PLAIN and BROCADE REPS, ALSO rreuoli HeHnoeS) both Plain and Printed, A SPLENDID STOCK. EMBROIDERIES .OP AM KINDS AND PRICES. HOSIERY AND GLOVES A COMPLETE STOCK. Sheetings, Shirtings and linens. B ft T.MORAL SKIRTS. Ay IMMENSE STOCK OF BOTH ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CLOTHS and WOOLENS. Z3f~ Call and examine oar stock, . STRYKER & do. mylg-rilS-ly ■pOOTS AND SHOES D C. H. HESDERSOS A CO., Wholesale Dealers In BOOTS, SHOES AND ROBBERS, No. 32 Lake Street, (Corner of Wabash avenue.) We have in store an nnnsnally expensive stock ot Boots and Shoes and Rubbers. Diu-chas-a mostly for cash, previous to the recent advance, which we offer at price* much below the market value at this tune. Onr Warranted Custom Made Goods are not sur paCiish*buyei3 will find It to their special advantage to give ns a call. S‘*p2'US6 Sm C. M HENDERSON & CO. 1662. FALL TRAD*. 1862. Tire offer to Merchants and Dealers onnsaal attractions in onr atoek of READY-MADE CLOTHING, WhlcisrebelleTe is eecoudln *l*o ui vavifij to none lit tho United States* Also, we aafcthe attention of toe Trade to a fun and complete assortment of Gentlemen's Famishing Gooi A large portion of: onr Goods-were the sea* on at Tott prices, and we WILL DIVIDE THIS ADVANTAGE tilth'onr customers. • ISARKETT, KING Si-CO. ttuSltEMm Rouses. 1862. FALL TRADE. 1852. ’ Weber, Williams & Tale, HATS, C^PS, FURS, BUFFALO ROBES, BUCKS KIN GOODS, Parasol*. Umbrellas* Straw Goods* Ac., See, 25. LAKE ST., CHICAGO. 25. We hare now to store the Urcest stock In on- line that has ever been brough; to this mark-t. pntchsised of ZDHuafaiturera. for cash beR re the recent *ivaace on materials and labor.which enables ns to offer goods as low l! not lower than any house East or Wed. We nave increased onr val* sronm by adding tw<» rooms, giving as five rooms 28x100 feet, and have added co increased "tocK a full assortment ol MEN AND BUYS’ BUCKSKIN GLOVES AND MITTEN*. Our stock isacaptedto the wants of all dealers In the northwest, ami is not Bnnas«ed In extent, variety, onailty or caeapnpa ny any to be 'oued m any market. We keep our stock full at all times and eve special attention to rardera. ana guarantee satisfaction In all cases MercbanU whp have not bought of us are especially invited to give us a caiUhia season Those VDj lave purchased in other markets areaarared, that we are rally prepared and detrjmiQcd to conin'-to successfully with the beet class of booses, either by the cozen or packake. 6U2M789-3m WEBER WILLIAMS & TALK. gAWSON A BARTLETT . Manufacturers and "Wholesale Dealers In BOOTS AND SHOES, Se, 30 Lake Street, CSlcago, ID. ■We woQ’d respectfully call the attention of City sad Country Merchants to oar extensiyestock ofßoora and Shoes, which we have now in store, and are dally r» celrlng from oar Factory In "West Boylsten,- Mam., which consists of a flxll assortment of these Celebrated Custom-Made Patna Kip and Calf and Grain Wator* Proof Boots; together with a (Oil stock of all style* Of mylS-rgl-ly PALL AS5> TIIMEB GOODS, Of the best quail ty and manufactures, which we are pra pared to sell for CASH and prompt paying trade at Boston and Sew Tori Jobbing Pricsa. YANKEE NOTIONS AND TOYS, Belling cheap to the trade at JPcugcoVs Great Variety Store, iOS Lake Street. ESTABLISHED IN 1838, BURLEY & TYRRELL, 48 Lake Street, Chicago, 111*, Importer and Jobbers ol CHINA, GLASS * And Ctucensware, Table Cutlery and Silver-Plated Goads, Kerosene Lamps, Wicks and Shades, DITHRIDGE’S FLIXT CHDLXEYS, Oval and Round. LOOKING GLASSES, Paper Hangings. Window Shades. tfe leave to a?k an examination of oar larz?, •ailed and unsurpus-c-lstockfor the Fall Trad? of I; 61 acSS-defl-an ~ '• g>etpmg ffiactunes. Merit alone makes a SEWING MACHINE rVmhle The peep'e are perceiving Ui.t glowing rvpreseuta tions are tot merit. That It Is cconomr and wisdom to nerrhaso only S SEWING MACHINE of known practical utility. There are 03.000 Machines in use in this country and Europe. TLl> Macliine Is PROFITABLE and AVAIL ABL3 A LIFE-TIME. It is equal to TEN Sc imßfrc?sC3. AN ANNEAL DIVIDEND of 100 to SOI per cent, (on its co;-f) may he obtained In uae—by its possessor. This Is the only PEKING MACHINE In the world making the LOCKSTITCH atith the i’.O TAXING HOOK, and nslr g the GLAsa FOO r. GEO. R. CHITTENDEN, General Agent fer nilnols. Wisconsin. lowa. Northern Indjana and Southern Minnesota. 10t» Lake street, Chicago. Jg-Circular may he had on application or by post mhgi-uCiC-ly . ph s oRISi sAS HOWE Sewing Machines IIN VENTED IN IMS. TMPBOVED IK 12*41 Manufactured by A. B. HOWS, Brother of ELIAS HOWS, JB* the original lanoK and patentee of the HOWE SEWINQ MKOHIBE, And from which all other Sewing Machines derlvatMtt vitality, and to whom all others pay a License, This Is the oldest Machine In the world (invented IB 1545), improved frona time to time, and rally perfected In January, 18*2. Particularly adapted to family OK, tailoring and manufacturing purposes, boot sad shoe work, carriage trimming, *c„ &c. Having the widest range of adaptability to sewing, of any machine pr*» duced. Soy the Improved Howe Sewing Macima, And have no more dropping of stitches. hreaWag 05 needles, no more trouble in sewing the driest fabric Ct the coarsest satinet, no and a machine that is warranted net to get oat ol or> der with proper ase. . t3T Agents wanted In Ohio and other Western oft Korthwestem States where not already appointed. Circulars, containing fall description of Hacking. can he had on application, or sent hy mail. • AunßEsa J t 8. BRXANTi General Western Agent. €6 Lake street. ChlcaeV* myl7-r431-ly m ’SIHSifsA. The “FLORENCE” SEWING MACHINSS make Fone DirreßZXT stitches on one and the same Machine. Tims the lock, lock, knot and dottbls knot, ail of which make the seam alike on both odea oftheft* brie. Either or all can be produced whaetae Machine is in motion, They have the kbtxbstblx FBCJ«OD<a which enables the operator to hare taewsr* carry either way, or Co change the oirectJC*, and fasten the end of seama, vs hlcfa, tonthsz with making a long and a shortstitch,il sttK etmpiy by toralcg a tlmmb screw. Their motions are all rbsirm. There -art no springs to get ont of order. They are so simple that themost Ineroerleacedcanwork them perfectly and wit** a*e. Theytr# KoisKLzss, andean ed where quiet is as- ccasary, - They ar* *.he fastest SEWESS intta ■WORLD, maxing five 6titch» to tloiu Thor oQ do dresses. Their STITCH U the wonder of all. hecanse of its comntta yT.ASTTfTT , BTBKireTH andBBAUTT* A cents wanted throughout the Western country. With a emaU investment of capital? profitable bn* nets'caa be readily estaWlabedTiFOP circular* aa4 sample of wort, address l¥s €• MASON, \Te«tem ifk 124 Laia street, ChlcafO. Je4-rB9O-iy Xi'INELE * LYON SEWINH X? MACHTKES-oaceoa flirt floor 102 steseU Tbe £rlend» and- patrons of tbe Fmfcle&Lvoa Bewog Machine Company In Chicago and Ticmlcv. will OS imsssssss&'S^^^S, than any Machine in marfcetormoneyrefunded riM reduced. Agents wanted. jea-sjwea L. CORNELL 4 CoS.' IMBBCCVE D SEWING MAOHUSTES. $35 TO sllO. ■'’aqsast & Faeb’s Paikst, dotols Lock 7ahs Stitch ; Willcox & Gißu’a Patb»t Twists® Tight Loof Stitch ahd shuttle Stitch Machine*, tM» combining In our stock.all thepractical tfroeala use Purchasers can better decide which stitch 19 M*l for them by tobKrg each. Either stitch. if weUtaJOT. makes a pEBFEt-rLT BKJUBij: seam. Each sutchhaa Its and enthusiasticadvocate*. OurmaohlM wflljror eei out of order, they are perfectly msae, and £ e run hy steam In heavy wort, with the sllghtert none, at B,ooc stitches per minute (three UineathH speed of any other machine*) they are adapted'to *0 cmeaes of work—we will abtc* a wlth wryg nttSSedWj Fjgegg ‘ maHwlth fell dlreetic ns for bosoms, t&eks, bad working machines. A<x, on receipt o£ umqs oa ScMm aid *1- We Mil KimMß for aU cny Pntton. Oil QQS9&IB, Golds. Ad. ~ Sot 1 finds ofSewlnzilacUMj •"““d.IasPTSK* STB.EET. :■. ; ' AUno diddle ho U SB, ■ DETROIT, . GO Jefferson" avenue, have g a front of «0 locaCon la delightful, and r£ «Seb. It has oetn enlareed^d -lefarateMd. ia a superior manner. The table will be bountifully sup* "’iSb-'SIS W “ grcptlMOO. A MERICAN HOUSE, BOSTON, g St^r r^lSwis *"» ®lSii -TERM OFFICE tifsßM JDoirts.