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skirmishing tlie rebels were repulsed; 20 of them wore killed. Morgan retreated to wards I, irking river, lnirniti? of) houses on the way. Ho returned last night towards Olivo Hill, bl the Union troops had been reinforced. liardstown ndvicrs sny that the rchels have 80,000 or :.', OOd men within u cir cle of eight uiiles in diameter, beyond liards town. Our central advance was this niter noon 4 miles on this side of liardstown They have been kirmisUinir, driving the rehrls before them, Paring the past 8 days we have captured t!00 pai-oncrs. It is reported tl :il Kirby Smith bus nrriveil nt Frnnkrrl with 1 000(1 men, nnd llum phrey Marshall is nlso said to be marching thitherward, with 5,000 rebels. Thev evi . l.-iittv mi'. in to make u stand at Frankfort nnd llirdstown. It seems that Uracil nnd li nk e r h it. Panville for Lexington on Tuesday The former in a speech at Pan v. ile on Monday threatened to send every mm who would not join the rebel army to t:ic north of the Oliio river. The rebels arc cutting new roads from 1! odstowii to Springfield and Lexington. Tii'-y are ready to enforce the Confederate conscription, wherever they have even temporary control. New York, Oct. 5. A Key West let ter of tho SlUli September says that Col. Morgan has issued un order freeing ull slaves in that Department. The Herald's Washington dispatch says tli.it Gen. Loekwood was hberating the slaves of disloyalists on the F.asteni Shore, of Virginia. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. C A letter from Gen. Sibhy, of the 'JSth of September, says that one party of friendly Indians, nt the mouth of the Chippewa river, Iroucht with them IH whites w ho had been taken prisoners in some recent Indian forays. T:ie tUit nt Wood Lake, Sept. 'Jiid, 're salted in the repulse of the Indians 1 1 of w hom were killed. Washington, Oct. (V The U'cliniond K.r iiiiiitcr of Saturday says: "Congress n-a:n indicates an adjournment, coincident with u feeling of depression and npprehen sion in public men. The general acquies cence in the Fxecutive management, right or wrong, has brought to us its bitter frii'ts. A close, vigilant, firm performance of Congressional duties is as much demand ed by public exigencies as a wild, bold con trol of the nrniy. A resolution was adopted iti the rebel Senate for the appointment of a Committee of 13 to take testimony relative to outrages committed by Yankees, that the great troths of history may be vindicated end th" perpetrators of the outrages to be left to the just indignation of the present and future generations. A bill liadbeiu introduced iu the rebel Congress to provide against foreign coun terfeiting of Treasury notes. Tin- bill pro vid s tint if such nut os are introduced by otl'kvrs nnd soldiers and others of the United States, the offenders shall sufT. r ilea' li. A j i;it risohitiou was adopted in the V.rgii.ia L-'L'islaturo which provides that no person shall he tried or impri.-oned fur h liu.'.' imy person who in any w ay aids, or jrves eff ct to the I iw ! s ai.d ficiidi-h proc lamation of Lincoln, i ui.incipating (lie f-l.lViS Springr.J.l, Mo., Oct. : -Co!. Swlomon, wata three or four regiment?, nt'aekel a r-1.-1 force uf 7,000 on Ties 1 iy hist, at Ncutouiu. Our loss during the day was It) klli d, wuiiu led, and mi-sing. " Such i'f the wounded as fell into the Lands of the rebel were treated ino-t barbarously The number of the lo.-s of the rebels is not known, but it is believed to be much larger than ours. At last accounts the rib. Is still held Newtonia. A few days probably will decide who ure masters iu the South- W'.St. C'.iiro, Oct (). We can get no distinct account of Friday's tattle nt Corinth. On Saturday morning Trice attacked Pos eruns' right; Van Porn und Lovcll les left. The assault was made with great determination. At one time our centre was penetrated, and the rebels reached Corinth Ilou-e, near Ceiitrctown. Thev were driven out ut the point of the bivo in t. Van Dorn led the column over'im abattis on our left, and within fifty yards of tin; ditch, exposed till the ti;i"ie'to'a scathing fire of grape and canister. They were driven by a charge of the .7th Ohio and I ltii Mi.s-uuri. The battle Listed till 1 1 :3o, when they retreated towards Hatch ie. The number killed and wounded on -ithcr side is not known. The rebel loss is r ported to be much I.u-g. r limn our own. We have taken between "00 and 1,000 prisoners, not includiiitr wounded. Gen. llnkl Kim was killed, Gen. Ogi Isby dan-grou-!y wounded, and Cols. Smith,' Muw i r, nnd Gilbert wounded. Gtn. Ilurlburt mi Saturday marched to the south side of Ilutchio river, with a Inri'i: force, thus cutting off Trice's retreut. Posccrans moved early on Sutiday morn ing to renew the attack. Cannonading win heard yesterday, in the direction of their forces. Trice is on the forks of Ilatehiy river, between Jluilburt and U'i-i erai.s. Fortress Monroe, O, t. 7. The Pich inond JJxiirulner of the Cth lias h dispatch from Savuriuuh saying: "The Federals at to ked our batteries at St. John's Island on the 1st, and ufti r an hour's enu'iignueiit weiv repulsed." The l'liliruhMibn-ipient-ly hmded ut Greenville point in force, und inarched to the reur of the rebel butteries where a fight began. No further purlieu lar Washington, Oct. H It Ims been os-'rt.iin.-ij that our gunboats have been en. ru-d in destroying; old rebel batteries ! n the I'otomiic. Cincinnati, Oct (. The seccslonitn ol II n-ilo'd and liluekford counties, Indiana, i "'I- fled on Monday last to resist the draft. Th 'destroyed do ballot box and enroll i I' jiers and miid they were determined t ' e:pi! the draft at nil hazards. A hut 1 il-i'i ort!ie Third Indiana has been order- I th re to tn'orco the luw, Louisville, (Jet. H.Au unconfirmed re port suy John Morgan' iiilvnnr:a had reached Freepoit und occupied that place this evening. 8,000 more are rapidly ap proaching. Baltimore, Oct. 9 A I the city dec-lion yesterday, Chapman, Union candidate, re ceived 8,000 votes. Dreeky, independent Union, 1,200. Iliguhir Council ticket elected with one exception, .New York, Oct. 'J Tho 77 W Wash ington dispatch lias the following; Lincoln's proclamation Lu inspired the iiosl lively terror throughout the South. Soldiers de- J 'w -Veouwi or ntu mm f. scrt to return to their homes and protect wiu. their families. They believe the negroes Corinth, Miss, Oct. Sth. On Friday have organized secret associations and nro 1 morning, Oct. ltd, our outposts were at only awaiting an opportunity to rise cn , tacked by the enemy in force, six miles masse. j northeast of this place. By nine o'clock It is said that the negroes nro becoming the engagement became general. Our restive, having already heard of the procla- men fought with great coolness, but ivgi mation. Women and children in the rural iuient after regiment mi l brigade after brig districts are returning to the cities for pro-; ado poured iu upon us, and we were forced tection, and consternation prevails. ; slowly backwards, lighting desperately. New York, Oct. O.-TI.e 7Ws corres-1 Tlu; IM'" f 'W pondence from Antictam to ,lav savs the "0t 'm 1 "? :,,,lll!,l1lk'''1 " n!1''1'","' latest inlormatiou from Virginia, confirms I ' "i-d were fonmng u. n. i.i i,..t it .i... ...1...1 i our rear. e weio compelled to tall back army which landed for a time on the South bank of the Totonmc, retreated in the di lYdion of Winchester a week ago. Frankfort, Ky., Oct. 0.Gcn. lteau mont surprised a Confodcrato force to day, lie attacked the guard on the Turnpike bridge with such vigor that the rebels were unable to destroy the bridge us they in tended. Six dead and fifteen wounded rein Is were found on the field. Our loss is three killed. ltcrrysville, Ky., Oct. 8 Uragg's army attacked Gen. McCook's corps at this place yesterday. The fighting w as despe rate. The Confederate forces were greatly su perior to the Federals. The lirmg ceased ut 7:15 r. m. The lihting was mainly done by Gen. llossenu's Division. The batlle was resumed to day. Louisville, Oct. 0. A doubtful rumor says we lost the engagement at ltcrrysville. The rebels held possession of the field. The rebel accounts of our uttai k on St. John's river, is explained by a gentleman w ho h ft there two weeks ago. The gun boats were preparing an expedition up the river for the capture of Jacksonville. A land force of lo.OOO w ith an Lnlield bat tery was to take part. They had to con struct fortifications on St. John bluff. It is probable that tho battery was shelled by gunboats simply to occupy the attention of the enemy, while the troops landed at Greenville I'oint, to march to r.-ar of the batury. New York, Oct. 0. News of a change in the Cabinet and Army are again in cir culation. The Washington correspondent of the Post says: It. inks is to succeed Stanton, as Secretary of War; I .ilb ck is to return to his romtnmd in the West; McClt'lhm succeed llall'ck; Hooker is lo take MeCIellan's cotiim mil. The li ra!, I contains dates to the -1th; it says there is highly important nnd grati- , lying news to communicate. The rein Is pu-ln d their pickets some distance this side of the Itlack Water, and had srrown unite bold in their menaces. Thursday evening Gen. Tcck ordered a rcconnoissa.iee in force, which took place on Friday. We drove the cueniv's pickets in on the main body. A smart skinu'sh ensind, resulting in the complete route of the r. In Is. Tin y were pursued as fur as Franklin on the other side of Itlickwii'.-r, ami the obj ct of reeonnoissance was fully nceompl.shed. Much information regarding rebels tr. titli and position was gained. There arc no rcbtls this side of Itlack w ater. Washington, Oct. lO.-McCh l! m's ad dress to his army jays he dclcatcd a num. r ous and powerlal army iu an action which was most desp.-rate'y (ought, and remark able for tin ration und destruction of lie The obstinate bravery of the troops of llookir, M.msfi -Id, and Sumner, and dar in' of Fr.ii.kliu's corps, nnd sturdy valor of lturn-id -'s corps, pres.n's n lirilli.ni: P"ctacle of courage which will sw. II t In ir hearts with pride and cxn'tat on. Four- teen guns, S'J stand of colors, l.'.OO small arms, d, 000 prisoners nr.; cvid- iu.'a of the completeness of our triumph. AddllUQiil ll.-uis. Oct. 5. The Khjhinond 1(7, of Oct. 4th says the small pox is breaking oi.t tit the military hospital, Danville, Virg'nia. Xcwbi rn, X. C IJodics of negroes in the eastern portion of North Carolina ore now known to have been seized by ord' r of the rebel .Secretary of War, anil curried into Virginia to work on the fortifications. Gov. Ynncc has called o council of the lending men of this State, for the purpose, of taking President Lincoln's recent proc lamation into consideration. Louisville, Oct. ft Telegraphic commu nication with liardstown, Kentucky, has, been re-established. The wires will keep pace with our army as it proceeds south- j ward. ' On Saturday 'he rebels iuau "iirated Ilichurd Ilawi-s Guverncr of Kentucky at ; I'O'imlmg oud executing the laws. Armed Frai.kfoit. IJragg and Iluinphny M,,r. j 'orces arc raised and supported simply to shall made bitter iinti-Union speeches , th" authorities, nnd are to be held Kirby Smith was there. Huckwr was ex- j '" s'ri( t subordination thereto in all re pec'.ed, but wns not present. At live ! "I"'('ts This fundamental rula of our po o'clock the same afternoon the rebels burn- j I''"'"' sy,0 in is essential (0 the security of ed the railroad bridge, whereupon nil their ' ""J !-,'ll"l'lin"i institution', and should be infantry left for the South, Ihc cavalry re- ! 'boronghly understood ami observed by maiiiing. On Sunday afternoon the rebels i ''v''ry M'l''i' r The principle, upon which cut away one span of tho bridge to the south of Frankfort. Soon afterwards the cavalry departed. Great numbers were left at Frankfort sick. The mortality 1 among them has been very great, New York, Oct. 1. The Trihtiiu't Washington special dispatch says; The country is yet to hear ol ouo resignation in the army in connciienre of the President's emancipation proclamation. Louisville, Oct. ". Gen. Gilberl's corns ! is nt Lebanon, Kentucky. ! to impair and destroy the diseipiline nnd Jt is supposed here by military men that j efficiency of th troops, by substiiiing a the whole rebel force Is retreating to J lull's j 'pin' of political faction for that linn, (Jnp, n few miles south of Crab Orchard iady and enrnei t support of the Govern ( Lincoln county, fifty-four miles S. S.K. (Jf ( ni'-nt, which is the highest duty of a sol Frankfort), where they intend to make a I "'tr. stand. N urljr nil the bridges between ns and the rebels arc burned, and some lime will elapse before thev can bit reconstruct ed, ( lialtimore, Oct. 7 A di-patch Irom Cumberland, Md , says that th.. rebel Jin bodeu's cut in- wagon train, embracing sup plies of nil kinds, with two pieces of artil lery, a hundred stand or small uriiK, and fifty prisoners Inivo been captured by Col. Mclteynolds, who is iu pursuit of him up Great Cucupoii creek, Virginia. Chicago, Oct. 'J. In tho rebel House of l.cprcseiiintiveson (ho 1st, resolutions for shoulder. The- skirls of her clothes were the appointment or a Johit Committee lo completely riddled with bull. Oh yu address the people of California, Oregon, Southern chivnlry Washimjlim (N V) and tho various Territories west of tho I -AVw Km, Srpt. 1ih Pocky Moiintuitis, on the expediency of es-1 - - . lubliHhing it league, offensive and defensive, Washington, Kept Kith -Com I!ank beluii.i I. K,.,lu I i... ill.. ii i ' I. '"III. l.llllK- . . . , . V . . T. . ' "'""" ; tho Coufedernto fctatcs, were referred to me Committee on Foreign Alfuirs. ' 8,111 r"r,l,,,r !Tm,,t ,1,is' T'e .T1' incut from the c was accomplished. The enemy were now inside the breast works, pressing us towards the town, when darkness put an end to the lighting. Dur ing the day our loss was heavy; that ol'the enemy must have exceeded nun. Three pieces of tlio Firt Missouri battery were captured by the enemy. Yestirday morning the enemy opened briskly on the town with shot and shell. I ur batteries replied For an hour the caiiuonadii i: was very heavy. At the ex piration of that time their battery ol seven guns was raptured and ipreluess resigned. A regiment of sharpshooters was ordered out to feel the enemy, at hall past nine, and met them three ipnirti rs of a mile from the town, advancing rapidly. A vigoraus lire opened on their exposed ranks, mowing them down l.ke grass. The slaughter was frighfil, but with unparalleled d iring they piishad forward, charged over the tempo rary earthworks where the bidory was placed and broke our lines. A temporary panic sei.eil our men and the rebels march ed into the streets of Corinth. Itattcrics had been previously placed in the town, however, opened on tin in, and with the aid of the ni 'ii who reformed, stopped Ut advance of the cneniv. Thev wuvered anil fell back. Our last batterv was retaken and again hurled destruction into their rauVs. The day was saved, and the ene my were in lull retreat. Our loss was comparatively small during this learfnl charge. In the charge, one rebel I.rigndii and two noting ltrigadiers were killed nnd left on the held. The rebel loss was about eight hundred killcil mi.l tilteen to eighteen hundred wounded. We have fifteen hundred pris oners at Corinth and three hundred more on the llatchie. More are constantly com ing in. Gen. Ord s.ivs, on Sunday we had several hundred wounded, and proba bly more than that number of the 'enemy were taken. Several thousand sta-d of arms were thrown nwav bv the rebels in their Ibgl.t. They arc mostly new und of l-.iigi sh make. Our lo'S at Corinth is believed tube three hundr- d killed and a thousand wound ed. The lighting on Saturday is describ ed as desperate in the extrem-, the rebels ru-hing up to the mouth of the cannon. Many of them wi re blown to atoms Many houses in the town were badly .shut t. r. d' by shot n i.i 1 shell Hall the rebel sol I ers were barefoot nnd ragged. Tin1 pri-oners say th'-ir effective ferve was sixty five thousand. This is probably an over estimate. i On Sunday, Gen. Ord drove the enemy five miles, ov, r hills nnd through woods and valleys, the rebels taking advantage of rvcy wood for their inf.o.try an I every hill for artillery. The fight lasted seven hours Aiming the prisoners eiptured are two a:ds of Van Dura. The rebel Gen ,ut n, of Texas, was killed Gen. Ogh-sbv, of Illinois, di d o! his wounds. G.-ns. Ord an I Via. ii were slightly wounded. ll.ill In Ml.nurl Urlirls llouttil. St Louis, Oct 7 Di. patches to le ad ....... 1 . . If uarters bring intelligence 1 1 the t IT"ct 'bat nn Saturday morning, Oct. -Ith, Gen hofiefd ndvuueeil iiron the rebels at New toni.i, Xcwton county, Missouri, nnd after two hours' lighting the enemy broke ami ll.'d in nil directions. Their force was esti mated at .1.000. Our los,- is trilling. Ib'l'l'l disilltchS intercepted fifhf the fight, advise.) Soholiehl of the intention of the li bels to cimeeiitrat" their whole force nt a point twelve miles (Psnt from cw. tonia. To this point, Scholield wns march ing with the expectation of n buttle on Sunday. No firt! er particulars have b-en received. Washington, Oct. H Geu. MeC, Han, m calling attention of the ofiiccrs nnd sol 'diers of the nrniy of the I'otomiic to the general order, publishing to the finny the I 'resident's I'lnaneipation proclamation, suv: "Tho Constitution confides to lie- '-';vi' authority tin; power of making, ex '"' ",'J, ts which the army shall '"' '''"ployed in suppressing the rebellion '"' ''''ertiiined and declared by the (;ivil authority. Therefore, tho Fxe'cutivo is the proper and only source through which the views mid orden of Government can be laid down to armies." Discussion by officeM concerning public measures de termined upon by thi! Government, it ad verted to by tho General ns an evil against winch it is t.iought mlvisiibh) to guard the armies of the l: iniliip. as it tends crentlv Tun Kkuki, Cavai.kv Slav Womkv ash Cnii.t.iiKN. As private Jewell, belonging lo the North Carolina First, was coming out of his house during tho action, unarm ed, where he had been lying sick for some time, iicconipnnicd by his wife nnd child, endeavoring to get to his rpiai tcrs for safe ty, he was charged upon by the rebel cav alry Nn was cut severely upon tho head nnd arm by a saber; his wilo was cut over tho head, making a severe gash; nnd n lit tle girl, a child about five years old, wns shot iu two lilnceu it. "i "iinn urn hi in iiimi "' " "Pl-oinle.l t tho command of tho Monitor, Com. .Stevens having been viuvivu iv important service at sou, Tun Ki;tn:i.s in Maiivi ,.xn. A ids patch to tho X. Y. Ti ihum; dated at Washington, Sept. 1 Ith, l as tho annexed: While tho rebels were. In Frederick, an tillieer rode lip to a group of young ladies, and said to one of them, " I will iiiako you a present;" at the same lime pulling n ring from his linger, and remarking: that It was made from the bones of a S. uiikee. The lady declining to receive tho ling, the olli eer' rode oil' with sneering exclamation, "Oh! I thought vou were Southern la dies " Tin) most liberal estimate made, the whole force lil.Ol'O strong, including 8,000 negroes. The negroes were mixed In pro miscuously with the whiles. L.ko thcin, wore uniforms of every description, and were nearly as dirty. Many of them ear lied a niud.et, a sain r, n diik or a boa ie knite. They furnished most ol the music, and all that was worth listening to. Many of the drummers and buglers wi re blacks." The vilest and worst looking per son iu the whole anny, a " conteuiitil'le, bloated black guard," to quote our inform ant, "was Major General Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury under James Fiuchunau.'' Th.) rebels evacuated Frederick at five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, our troops entering the city us the rebels were leavin it. The Fight Tcnnsylviiuiti Cavalry un der Gen Tlcnsulitou occupied the place. They were welcomed most enthusiastically by Ihu inhabitants. Thousands of citizens rushed into the streets to greet them; Hugs and handkerchiefs were waved from the doors and windows; and nn uproar of np- j which could nurse aristocracy, in the nine plans,, rent the air. The women attired , ,.,,,!, ,.en!nrv, and in tho i'niled StnteR themselves iu sashes of red, tt bite and blue, I ' . . . . . . . . ... '. i , i ,i ' ol Aim r.ca, into such a pitch ol insohiioc and aihiineing lo the streets, saluted the,' ' soldiers, waving llags and making other ; " '".V Vl"r"1 ,l,,ml ll'u N" patriotic demonstrations. Children with ' (ion's liberties, shaking the entire fabric of miniature llags i ! to their clothing car- ried others iu their hands, advanced to the lines and tossed them to the men. " The enemy numbering nt least ninety thousand men, although tiny make it one hundred and fifty thousand, occupied this lown five days; the main portion of flu-in lef the town on Wednesday. These forces were under command of Jackson, with tho minor Gens. Fit. Hugh Lee, 1 1 ill. Long street and olhers. They are represented to have been iu the most forlorn and starv ing coin!. lion, ' ragged, shoeless,' and filled with vermin, as some have it. The Caval ry men generally wore shoes, but (lo ir hor ses were stalling None of theiii curried knapsacks, this being contrary to Jackson's order, and the int.ro army was in t n renin panicd by over one hundred and fifty wag ons, of all shapes and '., and ino-l of which weio impressed into the service - When tin y entered the town the first cure of the soldiers w as to se, k lor provisions, in my of them being in a stal ling condi tion. They complain of loiiii g been marched forty in l,s a day, and tins, too, Without anything to cut. Their lianr- acks were empty, and no other course was left for lluui but to subsi.-t on private char it v " . , , . , , i i .. . Die rebel nfhr.M acknowledged that they made this incursi,.', al the solicitation of h ading Seces, oui-ts of M ir land; lili-l Ihu' it was iu the hope of oblaiii ng a force of 7.,I'IHI r t rails Not over seventy men j"ine tie in in ad I r d r.cli county. .Uthough the r. bids say that (ley be- i.iv. d llii-uoi lies ordetlv ill Marvlaii'l, for U. . , , . , . icy now cl.i .in her as one of their o'.i n Conf, ,. la v, they ,v Ih y will show no mercy to IVim-i Iv.wi.i, and us s ion ns lie y gel iii it that liny will carry lire mil sword eoiupl.-l. ly thro, ig'i it They st.it that .la. kson Ins prom , 'd le ver to rst until he p'a es Peuiisvlv.ini i in th- same coiid:t:oii as Virginia fril( liiltCSt :(!VS. 'A'.V IU'l.I.l. ); T. I 7'S ;,' KM' 'Iff i.'ej in ', iinyi'iiiii.' Wc have just received the Sacraun iito Cuionof the I Ith, containing Inter news, w hich we condense: lien lliua.inl nU.iclo- nml il. f. il.-.l rrtjl f- re,. iirar I r.,nU.,M. K . I M l (l.li. The i, l-l. wrto i.niiieiii.lrd Icy Ji,!m .Murmi, und n, ii i'Uiii.lrl,'ly ti.rr. it. (J. li. I iL-sl, -n nul kill. ,1 nl ("..inilli, nn rr- ..ifir I I n e in In-ill i,l i I bv i.ur lr..in. r ml mi Hie M. .Ii.l.n'. It.ver. I IiiiiiI, w.it -.,,- lurfi) Ii) oiii f.ite.n.willin Log, ion, ,ii of ii, urn. li'ini of H'.ir. I lur lm in llii-Inilli. of .ie,in Hun. Mi.i. fi,ui;U llir ilny uilnr t 'oriinli, ,n .' Ooknlr l ,tl,, w-.iiii ltd. Wi. luok 1 1 imiiii'.ii nml Ml i ,ii.. 'Jli.- frl. fin.ill) !,.,,!,, i, p ! ilirir iriiini i. il. mi, ii h m hp, ip-isin v etery or. r ihr rrle-l Ur,,.' ; in IVrfs) iilio, Ky , on . I ril, ,u, lull. 'I'he r, I.--U win. doiru n iiliw u t, hiiIi our fuier in rlnw .until I. Amoiitf ..ur k llrd ii rf C-n. J,i, ksoii mid T,r- fill, Aeiin lliigndier. Wrl,ln nnd l.illlp, mid l.t- nl-f ot. Jf wit unit Mrf 'ihiii.Ik-II. lira. Hon.. trail i rr,oitrd Hoiinilr.l. I In-rn lie I .Slnml'ii enmlrv, 3(Mi0 in niimUr. Iiiivk mud., a il,ih lain IVniimlnui a. a,,,! o, ,-ii. i,-d MrrnrraliiirK niiiM'linnilirnlnirg. (;.,, Cur- nn imieii x niiiii ron up ,n 0,j . Co.M'is, atiov in Missorm. In coinpli- niice wild orders from the Secretary of ar, Gen. Schofield has ordered the Pro vost Marshal General for the Ilisin'et ,.f Missouri to proceed without delay lo car ry into effect the Confiscation Act, so far as the provisions of said Act are subject to lie carried into effect by tho military au thorities of tho United Stales iu the dis trict. The property liable to confiscation in the dislrici is csliiuuted at fifty millions. Puck Thoocs. Tho Xew York Fvo- ning Post says: Gen. Hunter nsscrts pub licly that hud hu been encouraged ami con,, inaiiiled to raise- black troops iu tho South when he limt went lo Port Poynl, ho could inv had by this time under arms nn army of not less than mm hundred nnd fifty thousand iiblu bodied men; sulhcieiit to re store law und order in all the southern tier of States, without risking us to sucrilicu another singly son or brother. Answi'.iikii tuk PcitfosK. Peccnlly Colonel Pissell caught u guerrilhi in Ihu act of plying his vocation, and no ropo be ing at hand, ho was strmi( up with a pioco of Uli graph wire. Jt unswerod thu pur. posu pletly well, Ckair- In Pelawani thu enliru Union tick- t at tho lulo election was triumnhiintlv chosen by a largo majority over secession, as reprcHcnieu oy tho Ojijiooilioij. Mi ,. W any man nUi'imnn l Uw rtnwnMi Xmill. iU I Ull, Ktimil It I HI l M"l t11 Crn. Ihx. i5Tl) c rcgon Clrgus. W.L.Adams, Editor. OREGON CITY: SATFKDA V, OCTOItFU IS, ISrtJ. I lie IM'iimh'i'U ,,ur '" Ct'.ilitiiiltivl ) III the ih durations of many South side politicians, made before rebellion struck its first great blow, the "irrepressible conllict" doctrine, or tho eternal aulagoiiiMii of free dom nnd slavery, is distinctly avowed; and the organs of Southern niistocracy, by their significant hints at the proper position of " Northern mud-sills,'' u ilium less sig l ilieaul allusions to the duties and privi leges of a " dominant race," ih sceiidants of old Fiiglish Cavalier stuck, and composing thti " first families" of the Cotton King doin, indicate their desires and designs hi nil urn ipilvocnl manner. All institution r self government, may bo well charac- , , , , , , , f 1.!:.:.... .... v... than of social vice. Men hato been sneered at who veutuivi! to say that slave i ry is a curse to out' country. Sneers in I such a cause nre more convenient than ur guuii'tits. Put now, who that feds our country rocking in the throes of a teniblo r, b, lliim does not see the cni'so fulfilled -and dares not say slaveiy has dune nil this. While tiie Government win in the hands of Southerners, or Ibinkt js of Not them birth who had been sold out body mid soul to tho Interests of the slave power, the coca trice's egg ol In asoii and n hellion was hatched iu the very council chainbir of the cation Southern i hits like Wigfull and Preekinridgc, heirs id mi infamy rivalling that of Arnold, stayed ill the Senate Cham ber mill received the people's money ns pav for their s, I vices until the last moment, and tin n, like Cut hue, Ihu Human one spirator, Went out threati ning to destroy ,,e Country nnd (hi Government the'v " " could no long' r control. Fancy the pout ' I'""" '"'" ' iteJ hub- fool W.g'all, ns he j I' -'V. s the Senate chamber, bellow nig bui k, ; " I no, but w In n I mmr ngiiu . r 1 1. !,.r. l,.i. ,! iv ..1.u..Vr k. ) n u,ul i , " '-lt. ,.,., ,.f ,itvi. ;,,,, ,;, ,. (-(.uM . , . . - . . ......... -... . in i, ,i,i in sin ii ii i iiai r ' A fn r npiauih i u.g a thou-and m liion , dollurs an I a liundird thou und Imal .vi , battl.ng force with fori e Ir nl.iiii I. is r,- sorted to In r must l gilin.ati' tteapon in a conll i t w ith such a fot A g rdlu of fire j has bu n kin lied round the r 1,1 lust, nnd j it has In en siiniew hat .sing, d; but iinw n i it be k ndled iu their m dst that ' '"1" '"ir". ""' ,,IU fon ml at urn of their so- fi ll MI .I put. tifnl labiic. The Ffiillom they have if spi-ad und eonti min d is to full on tin in fi mil within no ,si than from without, nml il will be slrniige inih i d if liny be not buried iu the ruilH. This is a day of great wotk-, but of nil that the genius of men has been nbh (o woik out, there is absolutely nothing iu modern limes which compare iu iiupor tu nee with the iiboli.huii nt of human slav i ry iu the I'nited Slain. Tin's is no man's w ork The nation's cjrs had long be. n blinded by self interest, nml wo were too proud to ni knowledge our present weak ncs n well a our former injustice, by call ing on the slaves lo Inlp ih put down the rebellion. The South inaugurated (his war lor llm puqano of consolidating mid pcrpeluiiling their peculiar institution The North iu the beginning studiously di avowed any dcire or design to interfere in any wny with it, nml nothing cU but n sncccssliil slave insurrection, which would have been compi lied to bnitlo North ns well as South in any self induced effort at Freedom, could liuvc possibly wrought out what wo now see coming to pas. In very self d, feiiKo we have bei.u compelled lo aim our weapons at tho life of their institution, as tlyy from tho first aimed their attack at our Nntioiinl lifu nnd greatness. All this lin disappointed tiiiiny of us, but in the march of great ovenls individuals nro often left behind, nnd now and then 0ine puny fool grasp tho wheel 0f tho car of progress In on insane (eHiro lo slop its on ward march. ( To be cnnlinunl.) j, ,,, Krnni I he Ml An. Pi kCitv, Hep), 13, 18(12. Ko. Aunt s: Having ,l;u fof mm ,iU submerged In the multifarious " enm ami toils" Incident lo a miner's if, I im risen to the surface, and nsk permission to obi rude a few ,, i,,, t10 m,,io ,,, Persons writing nrtii I.-n from tho mine for Insertion In the papers nt homo, uro ipillo npt to givo very enlarged Ideas of thu ex tent, duration, nnd richness of thu mines concerning which they write, This rows out of llm fuel ,t miner,, t.mm dorn write for Hid papers, nnd never tell what their claim uro pnyh unless to n r sons with whom ihey are very wsll nn iini!iilud; but when nked concerning tho pay, they generally ovcrrnlu It, Thin fl. counts In somo mcusuru for tho exciting lotion which org frcijucntly iiubllblicd, and which havu broiiuht .,. ... . Ing to so niaiiy deluded gold hm r" , ,v"'K''"'tKK.Ml at n,tll ' ' r-l'tH ,f WW,,, I but one on American (v.i, , cul"llo "' J'HjK i ,,,-, , '"""" """i:'i"';;' .:;:':! over nix dollars ft jliy. 1,01 N wen. drawn r ,lu rlllI " worked In (ho Klkfllj w'l'l l"'t ver three ,! A . " iiiIiiv. No ,11k , ""'"Wli ... 'II'VO hci tl'ls silt er worthy ,,f ...... . ilnlnis that were not woiki, , now linvo water brn.i,i ' - UUt i It -v... Mostor,,:;:;' '''.'f.iinnenrw,,,;::;11'' speaking and writing or gings, have seen ,,., ,() d ihi m as rich and durabl,., w)licu i,1"""" ..ggera.ion. When , ll..'M. bills (which Ih ,u,w iranyof (huehnnsnow know,, J', over twenty dollars ,, day, r . 'J ".- two years. Tl,0 ro r,y , ' WoV'.and ,l son,,bOV(olk(,,o;(' 1 1 oVverie an, n,,,,!,, ,,,. ; 11 "-'nniiieswiHh, iini,ii i ... ii.: .i. . Ulma -""II. " fs mm ,.rei . theso sluleinenls uro correct tl,,fi utr show. A i lo It... ..i..,.i . , .i ure Kill - a Hit n,;.. i cannot bv so certain, but Mill gi,( , . estimate: Xo. of I'laitm nn Am,,u.n K.' lloJ; Clearwater. 352j 1UJ m, ,5. .sen.soui i rei K, iiU; lij JM (llll'h 4-.. other gulches, I'.O; hill d,!,,,, summer, 2. Whole um'wt of d, woiked iu South Foik nihil, opfj lllk City has Impruved r,.ry m siiiniuer, and now iiiiiiiIh rs nioog i(,t,;y. Ing scleral that would du honor to ullage, if nothing but the nl, r, mice were considered, hut only IH s.-o I ho drinking, gambling, j,., ery, nnd one can scare,, re,,,-,., tl.oagfcu of the " whit,, H'puhhris." Society here is ill u mn-t W uful rotijiti, Scarce n week pass,- wi,!,,,,,, or slabbing uflVay. On K. ,,,,,1 ,le I (Ith ins. out. of 1 1,0 ,,Ht niriK-ictt, acr ib r nn loiimiiitnl evi-r pcorlrj t uiinal, of crime, puriug ,1,,, ,f,,niooo , singling ulfaiy "eurrid bihiem ,0Bl, named F.nnigaii nml .MeGuirr, i limb ilm lattir wus shot uicv oiid.lroikoiillt bead with a p so ii, ,l(, ,ai, 0 Fmi. gnu, when the crowd inlirfi ml. M Guirt Win taken to I he Fushiou Saloon, U wounds dnss. il, mid hr put t0 Ull il L room ovi r th,. i. A ft. r dark. Kisni. gan sh p. i up Into the r sun and rot JJc Gii.r.'s thro al. leatini; hit knife ii. IU wound. .Next day the 111:111 rit luroij mi rn in liiriniil (hi-insi Irri into I i. lain e lommiltee, Iriiilniul roiiviilnj J'i nig hi of n. nr. I. r iu the first uVj-rrr, ir, n i tenee.l him lo be lung Ihr lirxl ilm it II o'l'o, k. More ni on, n rhop. u i t. fw The dcpatehi from the Kit, li t.'legr iihe, to Vri'lii, and puLlinlici) is the Oregon P.ipirs ri pre,i,l that the If ci-ssionist of lliirtfiirdiind Plackford roon ti In bunn, had taken up arm (0 mill ll eduifl. Th'' d intch III (he FierjB'll to Ciiioti, however, show thul II wis voir tin' m eesslonisl of Ilarlfuid, roiliilj Kit of Plaekford coimly, who hail dnlroinl the lisli of i iirollmrnt, Ac. Thrrc il M Hartford county iu the Slutr. Mr I'l vi, l-i.ii, ol this city, who lived in lllnl(i"il county s. virnl ymrs, inforuii ui that it (he most beniehted huh' in I he S'.slr, Ml i xeej ling (he 'deestrii k' where Johncu-J Illbbetl lili ll Mora IVrkrl llarkarldr. A I. tier from Pi v. II. P. Witt, of JU roe county, Kentucky, to frituJ o coast, make un lition of (he follomng it' stances ol rebel barbarity: la that county, a parly of rebel culled at the liouw of Df Pluck, wheru there wn a joiinif UJj, Miss Stevens, who gnro I lit rrlsll-"1-w nter -nf(er which Ihey nsknl her which side shn would like lo liare luecenl & niKMi-rcd, tho Union side upon wli:ca the rebel shot her dead! The other instimco is, if powihle, rt'H moro nlrocions: The rebels cilW ' house near Puw Paw Isluiul, on sissippi Piver, ns Is authenticate"', s" iniindeil their dinner iu llio nsuit of IM Southerii Confedcrney. An old WJ elghly-lhree years of ago who '""J got their dinner very good iiMurcJIr, w while they vero rating sho look llnlirlJ of talking to them. Sho told tlifiD WJ were ruining the best Government II tw world, and that they could ncyrrnisWf1, other OS good; sho brgged Uitm "i down Iheir arms and submit to ll" u ' eriiinciil. After many horrid oilM bitter threats ngalnst tho friend" ' w Union, they took her nnd hunj htt trrt in fmnt ohtr own Jimr-ht B(F" makiiig hi csenpo to tho Federal ff"0001"- Kkntcckv.-TIiO Pegislalurt of Slnto is reported to bo orrniiKing for g orul draft and tho nprnpriallon of iw ' 000 for tho purposo of Mug htt 111 crushing tho rebellion, lib tl' ,,,c "J about it, Her go between iH7 nigh ruined tho Government, m brought civil war hack to hrr lioin", saved by Xorllicrn Ahnlitioii Ttlor. 6 might lo do soinclhiiiK tor lttr on ' tion.flud pay less heed lo ll.o M " coiiservativii" nigger lovers, tif Gen. Cnss mule riug'na "l nt Hillsdale, Michigan, rccrntl ' lislinenls, nnd heartily cspou.li'K M 1 . ".'" "': ,lvl.J,'l:J.iS.l (lid iasl, It liol iorK,..vi., -- , journedtill ll.o standard of lb U lloals, uiiopiiostd, from aw" - oud to the Toclfic Occau.