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2 . WEEKLY republican, By 81.B 1 . W. Sims, C lty and County Frio ter. JAMES H. KNEED. - - SAVANNAH# HA. General W. K. Hurke. who was med *t Sbarpsburg, Md., commanded the Second Louisiana Brigade. Lieut assigned by the Secretary of War to the command of the Camp construction in Georgia. Gen. Paul J. SemmeT, who was io the late battle at Sbarpsburg, telegraphs his wife from Shepherdstown, on the 19*. that he and his ■staff are safe, and that our arms were victorious. Can’t Count Tdcm.-a Yankee despatch re ceived in “official quarters” at Harrisburg, Pa , after the late great battie, says : “27wi loss of general and field officers m our army is so large As to be unaccountable." Plundering. —The Northern papers boast that among the things taken from Baton Ronge by the evacuating lorcc were Power’s marble statue of Washington and the State library, from the capitol. This was done by order of the commanding general. McClellan’s Army.— The Fredericksburg Herald says the Yankee army in Maryland is divided into two corps, which are commanded, respectively, by Gen. Burnside and Gen. Heint zelman, with McClellan as Commander-in chief. It numbers 80,000 men. .lAriTranN’R-GF.NSTiosiTr,—A letter frojjQ W m .Chester states fEat (fen. Jackson allowed aij the Yankee officers captured at Harper's Ferry to retain their horses, side arms, and other per sonal effects, and a’so gave them several wagons to haul away their baggage. It would seem from the Examiner’s account, that Stonewall Jackson has had two fights, in stead of one, since the great battle of the 17th —one in which he repelled the enemy, 10,COO strong, and another in which he blocked up the channel of the Potomac with the bodies e dead Yankees. Reported Re-occupation op Leesburg by the Enemt.— The President on Friday received a despatch from the surgeon at Warrenton, Ya., stating that a report has reached that place of the re capture of Leesburg by the Yankee forces. The despatch states that the Yankees shelled the town before entering it Counterfeit Treasury Notes.— The House Committee of Ways and Meaas has sent in a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to offer a reward, not to exceed $5 000, for the apprehension and conviction of parties engaged in forging or tittering counterfeit treasury notes. The artillery.captured by Jhckson at Harper’s Ferry consisted of forty nine cannon, twenty four mountain howitzers, and seventeen revolv ing guns. The prisoners numbered 11,000 men fit for duty. They consisted of twelve regi ments of infantry, three companies of cavalry and six companies of artillery. William and Mary College Burnt.— Shortly after the attack by Col. Shingler’s cav alry upon the enemy at Williamsburg, Virginia, a party of Yankees visited the town and set fire to the college ouilding, destroying it complete ly. It was a comparatively new edififte, occu-* pying the site of the ante-revolutionary build ing accidentally burnt 6ome years ago. Munfordsville —The Yankee papers say Gen. Winder was in command of the* forces captured at Munfordsville, and that instead of not firing a gun the garrison fought all day and made a desperate resistance. They also say that the capture of Munfordsvillo completely cuts off all hope of succor from the Northern part of the State. Frank Confession is good for the Soul. — The New York World must have sweat drops of blood when, id referring to the war, it made tho following record ag tinol t'n<■ Yankee ■■Mon: “CONSIDERING THE AVAILABLE MEANS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS, IT 13 THE MOST DISGRACEFUL FAILURE RECORDED AGAINST ANY GOVERNMENT IN MODERN HISTORY.” Wounded at Warrenton. — A correspon dent sends us. tho following list of wounded now in Payne, Newby & Cos. at War renton, Va.: SEVENTEENTH GEORGIA. W G Montgomery, hip. Company B—Enoch Tison, left arm cut cff. Company G—Thos Thornton, thigh, badly ; W O ThorntoD, thigh. < Company D—B JI Messer, left arm cut oIF. FOURTEENTH TENNESSEE. Company I—J Chandlor, both thighs. FOURTEENTH ALABAMA. Company H—L C Counts, foot; N P Hardy, shoulder! Fun Ahead.—The S'. Louis Republican rays : “ Now that Gun. Hunter has eotae hejme, and Gen. Mitchell gone out to take command of the Deportment of the South, the rebels down that way may come to the eondnsion that some.- thlng is about to be done; and iT the latter ouly could cohtrive In some way to capture Charleston, what a gl >rlo\is shout would go up in loyal quarters! ” That will play into our hands exactly. Tho boys down this way are thbroughly disgusted with the lack qf Yankee enterprise, and arc longing lgr something to turn up that will moko times livelier. A Disunited North —TU Yankees seem now to be dividet! into three factions, one in power and the other two conspiring for its over lhrow. The ruin brought upon (bo country by the Black Republicans has united the conserva tive Democrats and Whigs in a war upon the government, (Philo the timid slavery policy of the latter has aroused the ire of the red-mouth ed Abolitionists, who ra organizing secretly under Fremont. Tho ball win be opened soon,. when we may expect lively times in Yankee dom. The Herald’s Washington correspondence published elsewhere, has some remarks on the Fremont faction, which appears to be the most Infamouß of the batch. It will not be long be fore we hear ot hanging at tho North, The Yankee U rusks—a Precious Confes sion.—A correspondent of tha St. Louis Re publican, who wrs vlth Curtis or. his march through Arkarsa? to Helena, says that on the Arkansas side of the rivsr, outside of Helena, " there is not a house for ten miles hut what has been pillaged front cellar to garret by Cur tis’ Vreope.” Trunks were broken open, bu reaus opened and sacked, tn every drawer, cupboard, trunk, chest, sacked and j ladles dresses, <„r rings, tinge* riDgs, breast pins, in fact everythin, moveable -possessing value stolen.” A a lu a ~r „ r r tbat waß not all. lie adds iu: “on th, „, a t traveled by the army the same system ot has carried on, if a- dollar’* wo-th, of moveable property has b?cn left, it waa because the sol* dlpr’s knapsack would"hold ho more, or wagons could not be pres--, dto haul it.” He says he has heard It said that Curtis has regiments that could steal either Vicksburg or Richmond in a week without firing a gun. Tuts London ’-Times” on President Davis’ Message.—The London Times, in an editorial, on the message f Jefferson Davjs, Says; We cannot deny hiun bo o.dlt of being as modt rate in prosperity as he hss shown him self bold, detenu leva, acu unyielding in ad versity. m The Times then adds : We read with much pits, a the measured and statesmanlike languaco iu •> the South *>r President pay* wc.l earn V. tribute to the gstiamry and good conduct <. • hi* troops, a yßortts Ut* desolating war. and expresses couti dcAiceof tut 4 triumph ot the desperate struggle Sg-* 1 s.■** .i r r -at on. Major Ga, vaw w.u, t y ” ordered to report his pwoh to Major Genera. Butler at New Orleans, for duty lu the department of the Gulf. the S-A-V jlel wieieikiiiiY sa.tuir.id.a.'Y'; September 27, 1862. State and Confederate Collision. Wo observe that Judge Thomas W. Thomas, of the Northern Circuit, bitting .in the Superior Court of Elbert county, has dtclarcd the "Con script law” unconstitutional and void, on an Issue made under a writ of habeas corpus. XV I here have a direct collision betweeu the State and Confederate authorities. The officers of the Confederacy are bound to execute the Conscript law in Judge Thfftnas’ District, and the officers of the State are equally bound to carry out the decision of Judge Thomas —in other words to resist the law. It is not our purpose to question the validity of this decision, or to examine Into the ques tion of the constitutionality ot the Conscript Act; we desire simply to bring the fact of col lision between the State and Confederate au thorities to the public attention, as one preg nant with danger to the harmony, if not the in tegrity, of the nation. -That such a state of things should arise, is evidence of alarming de fects in cur system somewhere, and if we in tend to have a government at all, our statesmen should 6et about to remedy the threatening evil. A government that has no rightful power to enforce its laws, is no government at all, or next to none. It will soon be despised by the whole world, and by none more than by ourselves. ~ We are the last to maintain such a doctrine as the irresponsibility of Congress and the ab solute submission of the States to all laws that may be passed by that body, without reference to their character; but the dullest intellect must see that if every .Judge of a State Court shall be considered as invested with authority to declare all laws of Congress unconstitution al and void that may not square with his own interpretations of the Constitution, the Con federate government becomes a nullity at once, and to the extent of its jurisdiction we are in a state cf anarchy, not law. It is evident that we cannot hold together under such a system, for the Union will be at the mercy of any State that may tbintS proper to question it* mithority or assail its power. It will be seen that we are not raising a ques tion of right. We simply present a most alarm ing anomaly in our system of government, and wo do so in order that the statesmen of the country may apply their hearts and minds to the subject, and devise some remedy that shall be acceptable to the States, ere we plunge into a second revolution before we get rid of the first. The peril is imminent, and no man can fail to perceive it. It is not our province to devise a plan hy which this threatening difficulty may be recon ciled, but we have some views which it may not be amiss to throw out for the public con templation. In doing’so.we know we shall en counter a spirit of jealousy that has grown up and been nurtured in our country, with regard to what is called Federal encroachments upon the rights of the States—a feeling which we have always regarded as unsupported by any event in our history as a nation, except, per haps, the solitary one of Abolition warfare upon our domestic institutions, and that was against a section, not against ary particular State, and the remedy was promptly applied. The States have always beers stronger than the Federal government which they compose. There is not in onr history an instance of collision be tween them in which the State did not triumph and drive the Confederation from its position. And it will always be so as long as man retains his present nature It is natural that he should love his own household first, his neighbor next, the people of his State next, &c., &c. Human affections are warmest at the centre, and gradually weaken as the circle enlarges. We shall never see the time wljen the people are not more devoted to their own State than they are to the Confederacy of States, or when they will not take sides with the former, even in the wrong, when the issue shall be made. This is the true philosophy of the case, and we never yet saw the day when we considered the rights of the States in danger. It. is natural for man also to sympathize with the weaker party in a contest, and hence the popular sympathy throughout the country has always been with the States in their quarrels with the central government. Texas absolutely bullied the Fed eral government out of ten millions of dollars for New Mexico, over which she had only a paper jurisdiction, and the representatives of the States sustained her in the claim. Virgin ia, the mvitdevctcd of all .the States to the old Union, and opposed to nullification, opcDly de clared *Q General Jackson that no Federal sol dier should ever plant his foot upon her terri tory In a march to South Carolina. But we have digressed enough. Our object has been simply to show that the States are-not in danger, and that most of our apprehensions with regard to them are wholly uncalled for. Resuming our topic, then, we would remark, that, in our humble judgment, if wo intend to organize a govqramcnt out of the seceded States that will stand, we must banish some of our fears and modify some of our notions about State sovereignty. They are inconsistent with a permanent, efficient central government, able to protect ns at homo and secure respect abroad. If we cannot make up our minds to this, we might as well undo our constitution and re solve ourselves once more, into,free and inde pendent States, each existing for and of itself, alone. We must surrender a portion of our sovereignty for a greater good to ourselves, and those whose interests and sympathies are in unison with our own We are frank to state that we have no fears of any of the States who have joined us in this revolution—we are wil ling, Georgia being represented in the council, to trust them with our destiny and theirs. In order to prevent collisions, it is evident that the States must create, of their own free will, some common arbiter to decide between one or more of them and the central govern ment all questions of dispute, binding them selves in all cases to abide its judgment. We say in all cases, but- of course we do*not mean to question the right to resist intolerable op pression by force, or to deny the right to se cede, which many of the States, unwisely we think, reserved to themselves when entering tho present Confederacy. That reservation, wise or not., exists, and will ever, afford a prompt remedy against encroachment. A Supreme Court is, in our opinion, a proper umpire in all such cases. It will probably be composed of the wisest, purest and most learn ed men of cur country, and we could safely entrust them with all disputed questions of con stltutionnl interpretation. Besides keeping to gether the government Itself, and preventing collisions between different jurisdictions, it would forever shut out the most fruitful sources of popular Controversy and strife. From 1789 down to IS6I, we formed parlies," quarreled aud kept the. country iu perpetual turmoil ali.-ut whether this or that measure was constitutional or not ; the strife agitated the people and every depart mei.tol the government, and we finally broke up without deciding a solitary issue that had been made. We shall have accomplished much for ourselves and the human race, when we succeed in suppressing such strife consis tently with the theory and character of our gov ernment aud tbe.iibenies of the people. Jackson Crossing tbe Potomac.— A gen tleman lrom Winchester, who saw General Jackson when he crossed tbe Potomac, de scribes the passage of our victorious hosts into I Maryland as the grandest sight he ever witness j '•d. When our army reached the middle of the i river, which they were wading, the troops were halted. Gift. Jackson pulled off his hat, and the tp.eudid bands of music struck up the • inspiring air of “Maryland, my Maryland!” Wiiicli >\ *$ rcspOwdtd to and suns: with “the j 8 i Lit and with the understanding” by all who | could sing, and the canoe of all Who could then j and there ang was legion. It sounded in the ! ears of the tyrants on the other side like j mighty thunder. The tact that our army was j to pass over the Potomac into Maryland, was, I ot coutwe, known to mmy of the gallant sons 1 of that long oppress*.! oad down-trodden State, ..mi they *ck there to welcome the Confeder ate soldiers to the land of Howard, and Pinck ney and Carroll. A Factory J. S.E. —If the Yankees s id not to General Lee in the late baUit* Dear Washington, tht twere certainly ttonierl. ARMY CORRESPONDENCE Of tub savannah Republican, .Propositions for Peace. Near Fredekicktown, Maryland, 1 September 9th, 1862. j I have reason to believe that the Federal gov ernment has solicited a short armistice, which Gen. Lee has very properly declined to grant, since no guaranty could be given by a foe so false and treacherous that it would not be abused. 1 have rumen to believe also, that an Intimation lias been given by Mr. Lincoln cov ering our recognition by the Federal Govern ment and a proposition to allow the border States to decide for tuemselves whether they would elect to go with the North or the South, and that it has been favorably received by Gtn. Lee. In other words, I am credibly informed that a prominent citizen of Maryland, known to be iriendlyto the Confederate States, arrived at Gen. Lee’s headquarters from Washington city, within the last twenty-four hours. This personage, though not authorized to offer terms or submit propositions of settlement, has, nevertheless, suggested, in an informal way, that if we would renew our offer of peace (made at an early period last year,) upon the basis of the recognition of our independence by the Federal government, coupled with a proposition to allow the border States to deter mine for themselves their future relations, it would be agreeable to the government of the United States and receive their favorable con sideration. Gen. Lee, it is believed, though distrustful ot the faith of the adversary, has acted upon the intimation thus conveyed to him, and has, probably, ere this, submitted propositions of the character just suggested. Should his offer be accepted, then an armistice will doubtless be agreed upon and the terms of settlement at once drawn up. Until the armis tice shall be granted, hawever, the informal preliminary negotiations, whether undertaken in good faith or not, will not be allowed to in terfere with our military movements. There can be no impropriety, therefore, in making such an offer as I have alluded to. We are the conquering party, and any propositions that look to an adjustment of existing difficul ties should proceed from us. Nor can we ob ject to the suggestion to leave it to the border States to say whether they will cast their lot with the North or with the South. This right each one of the Confederate States exercised for itself when it severed the bonds that bound it to the old Union. If they don’t desire to go with us, we certainly cannot want them. There can be but little doubt, however, that Mary land. Kentucky and Missouri will unite their fortunes with ours by large msjorities of (be people. The Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, and the Indian Territory, we already have. The Ohio river belongs entirely to Vir ginia and Kentucky, from its mouth to the ex treme northern point of the Panhandle Dis* triet of Virginia. This boundary was reserved by Virginia at the time Kentucky and the North, western States were carved out of her territory and ereqted into States. We could not desire a better boundary on the north than a wide, deep and navigable river like the Ohio. The bound ary line between Missouri and Illinois .is the middle of the Mississippi river. It may be that thi3 diplomatic movement of the Federal Government is merely a ruse to gain time. The precarious position of the government is such, however, that one may well be excused for giving it credit for sincerity. The demoralized condition of its army, the load of debt under which it is now staggering, its inability to enforce the act authorizing a draft, and onr recent successes in Kentucky' Tennessee and Virginia, leave Mr. Lincoln no alternative but to grant ns peace upon our own terms. Baltimore and Washington are within our power, and one more victory will open to our advancing hosts the gates of Philadelphia and New York. * ■ Should it appear, therefore, that I have been correctly informed, Gen. Lee’ff proposition can do no harm, even if it be rejected. A refusal by the Federal government to accept it, would only farther unite the South and divide the North, and at the same time strengthen us in the border States and throughout the world. The New York Herald, it is sold, has already come out in favor of peace. It considers the thing all over so far as the North is concerned. It is reported that Banks has moved out from -fcfalo direction vrith n louafUifa ble force. It is understood that he is at Darncs. town, a position which was fortified by tho Federals last year with a view to cover the fbrds and ferries near the Great Falls of the Potomac. It is not believed that he me litates an offensive movement, but merely one of observation and precaution. We hear also that the Federal lorce near liar-' per’s Ferry, estimated at 3,000 men, has been captured, and with them a large "amount of stores, and all their horses and artillery. We fonnd at this place a considerable amount of medical aud hospital stores, shoes, elotbing, Ac., which have been appropriated to the use of the army. Hagerstown, due north from Harper’s Ferry, and just below the Pennsylva nia line, is represented to be in our possession. Gov. Hicks is afraid to call the Legislature of the State together. The members wer#*lected, as It were, at the point of the bayonet and no one was allowed to vote but Unionists ; and yet the President of the Senate is now a fugitive in Richmond, .whilst a -majority of the member 8 arc understood to desire a union with the Con federacy. I rode into town this alternoon with. General to see an old friend of his. While pass ing along one of the streets, a Ipeautiful young lady beckoned me to the side-walk, and asked if the officer with whom I was riding- was not General Jackson. Upon receiving a reply hi the negative, she wrung her hands and ex claimed, ‘‘Oh, I shall grow crazy if I don’t see him.” “He is not much fof good looks,” I re ; plied, “but he lights like a lion.” “I know it,” she said, “and that is the reason I am dying to see him. When will the army leave?” -“At daylight to-morrow morning.” “Oh lordy,” she said, “what shall Ido ? Won’t you come iu and take some wine and cake with cousin and myself?” I excused myself, but told her an an ecdote about.old Stonewall, as lollows : Dar ing his march lrom Staunton around to Rich mond, hi? officers were very anxious to know where he was going; and, finally, an inquisi tive Colonel rode up to him and said : “General, we are all desirous to know what our destina tion is—can’t you tell us ?” Jackson drew near him and inquired in a confidential manner, “Can you keep a secret, sir?” “Oh yes,” an swered the Colonel. “Well, so can I," the chieftiau replied, and rode on. The young lady laughed hearti!y""at the anecdote. I bade her good evening. Wo saw a great many at the windows with minature Confederate flags which they waved at us as we passed. A citizen has just informed me that Confed erate money is already worth ninety cents in the dollar, and that Federal money will not pass at all, except at a heavy discount. P. W. A. Diary of ilie Itlarcl* of the Confederate Army. Near Middleton, Mi)., Sept. 10, 1563. . Orders were issued last night to move at five o'clock this morning. Jackson’s corps started first, then Hill’s; and finally Longstreet’s, which being the right wing of the army, brought up the rear. The army has marched by the left fl.nk from'Richmond into Maryland, and hence Jack son, who commands the left, has headed the column all the way. Though the corps of Longstreet was ready to take up the line of march at five o’clock, it did not move until nearly nine, having to wait un til the other corps had passed on. it was un necessary, therefore, to keep the rear of the column waiting over three hours; it would have been better if the order had indicated dif ferent corps and divisions to start. The rule heretofore adopted was for the wagons of each division to follow immediately in the rear of the division. To-day, unfortunately, th. rule was changed and the wagons were ordered to keep a.ong side of the division. Our march lay along the great Cumberland turnpike in the direction of Hagerstown, and it w a , supposed, 1 J presume, that the road was wide enough* admit the column and the wagons io proceed abreast. This n” n mVake,' however; and consequently onr anvai e was slow and tedious The dust was ititol snl>le, exceeding anything I have ever seen or imagined. Tee turnpike proper, or midrib' of tte highway, was com paratively free f<o,m this annoyance; bnt the dirt-way on eithi r side over which the wagons, artillery, cavalry -nd beef cattle proceeded, sent up a suffocating ch uJ of gray and yellow dust that enveloped the whole army. It has been very warm today, beside*, and this rendered the march still more tiring to the men. But they were prepared for it by the two days of rest they have just led along the banks of the beautiful Monocncv. While passing through Frederick, we were welcomed with many demonstrations of sym pathy by the citizens, the women and children taking the lead. It was not an uncommon thing to pass a house with only one window open, and on looking in to see one or more iadies sitting in the back part of the room waving miniature flags. The people in this part of the State have felt the heel of the oppressor, and hence tv. n in the presence of a Confederate army they find it necessary to be as cautious as possible. They say if they only knew we would not abandon the State, they would throw off every disguise and array themselves on our side at ouce, with arms in their hands. We en countered a good many Unionists both in the town and country. They conducted themselves with propriety, and were in no wise molested by onr soldiery either in person or property. This was in accordance with Gen. Lee’s order, a copy of which you will find enclosed herewith. Not a pound of hay nor a piece of wood has been consumed without the owner’s consent and full compensation. In this the people have been agreeably surprised ; they had heard so much through Federal sources of the lawless ness of onr troops, that they were preyed to witness scenes of violence and spoliation wher ever the army marked. It is now 10 o’clock at night, and we are en camped two miles west of the village of Mid dleton. The men are slaughtering beef by moonlight, and cooking rations for the march, that is, such of them as had not already pre pared their rations. The order before leaving the Monocacy, was to cook three days’ rations —just sufficient, as the men supposed, to last them to Baltimore, forty miles distant, and the Mecca to which all eyes have been turned since we crossed the Potomac. But the road we have taken, does not lead to Baltimore, but directly from it,' What does it mean ? Is Harrisburg our destination, or Pittsburg, or Cincinnati ? But the weary men have rolled themselves up in their blankets, aud in their dreams are pay ing pleasant visits to their distant homes : and I must follow their example. Hagerstown, Md., Sept. llth. The old order of march was resumed this morning, the wagqn trains following the divi sions to which they belong, find hence the march has not been so slow and tedious as it was yes terday. It has been cloudy and misly, too, and consequently, i’ae dust und* beat have been less oppressive. We kept on the Cumberland turn pike until we had passed Boonsboro a short dis tance, where Jackson and. Hill and others took the road to Williamsport, and Longstrcet con tinued along the pike in this direction. One brigade only (Colonel Benning’s, late General Toombs’,) entered Hagerstown to act as a guard, the remainder of Lonestreet’s corps having stopped three miles short of the tofvn. Our march, yesterday and today, lay across the valleys of the Monocacy and the CatoctOn, up the beautiful Arrietan creek, and over the continuing lines of the Blue Ridge. I hav e never seen a more .fruitful and lovely region’ or more picturesque and bewitching scenery. The deep blue jeountains running in parallel lines, the quiet valleys, the clear rocky streams, the white farm houses and immense barns, wheat stacks and hay ricks, the great cattle grazing on the hillsides, the long dusty column of the Confederate army, threading their way across the valleys and through the gaps in the mountains, and the clusters of simple country people, who have’gathered along the road side, or in front of their houses, to witness the pass ing spectacle —these constitute a scene of min gled lovlintss and grandeur—a scene in which the quiet beauty Qf nature and the stern array of war are brought into singular juxtaposition. The hnt of McClellan anij Pope have melted away before onr victorious legions; but the sky looks serene, the hills 6tand as firm, and rivu lets laugh as sweetly, alter we have passed as before; for they are the work of the Almighty, and endure forever. Looking back from the crest of the mountains, over ail this scene ol beauty and glory and grandeur, one can but feel how puny and insignificant is man, and all his works, in the presence of the Jjord of lords and King of kings. Many of the peopld of Hagerstown and the adjacent country have fled across the Pennsyl vania line, five miles distant, taking with them such effects as they could carry. The fugitives are persons who had taken an active part in oppressing and hunting down the Secession ists in this part of.the State, and being con demned by their awn consciences, they con cluded their only safety lay in immediate flight. No pursuit wits attempted, and no punishment was meditated sgainst them; we have come, not to punish, but to deliver the people "of Maryland. Many ol tliose who tied are known here as Dunkards —a class of persecuting re ligionists, who wear very long hair and beard. •‘ The wicked flee when no man pursueth.” Those who remained, and who constitute a majority of the town and county, have given us a very cordial reception. They have thrown open their houses to os, and exerted them selves to render us a3 comfortable as possible. Several Confederate flags' were displayed, and the ladie3 met us at every corner with smiles, boqnets and waving handkerchiefs. The boys hurrahed for Jeff. Davis as lustily as they do in Richmond, and one can almost imagine he is in the far South. Intelligent citizens tell me there is not a county, even along the Pennsyl vania that would not, if left to a free choice, cast its lot with the South. I have just seen late numbers of the New Herald, Harrisburg Patriot and Union, (a Democratic paper, whose editors were ar rested tome weeks ago, and subsequently re leased,') and the Rcchesur Advertiser. It would seem that the report of the departure’©;- Mr.'Lincoln, and his cabinet from Wlasbington grew out of his absence and that of Mr Seward; both of whom are now at their posts- I hear nothing farther of the resignation of Pope or of the arrest of McDowell, and am dis posed to discredit both rumors. Popfe claimed a decided victory on F ida'y, tbe 29; b of r rgust, though at the cost of 8,000 men, but on the second or following day it is admitted that the Fedtrals fell back, after being eonsideiably worsted. They estimate ibe ; r wlfble loss in tbe two days’ fight at 15,000. Tney also admit that their left wing, composed in j’art by Por ter’s and Heinfzelman’s regulars and picked troops, and opposed by Longstreet's corps, gave way first, boing badly cut np. It was here that CoS. Fletcher Webster, the last sur viving child of Daniel Webster, fell mortally wcuuded. He said that but lor the fresh divis. ion brought up by Toombs, tbe Federals would have carried the day. fie fell into quite an error; lor Toombs did not bring up a division. He had been absent, as I have already explained, under orders, and reached the field a few min utes after 4 o’clock, and when the battle was raging. He dashed along our lines on the right in. search of his brigade, and was vocifer ously cheered by the Georgians and Caroli nians, who knew him, as he passed. Finding his brigade at last, and placißg himself at the head of it amidst the shouts of his men, he and Wright (who was just preparing for a charge also) moved forward rapidly and irvconcert, and threw their brigades with great violence agains the hitherto immovable lines of the enemy. It was this brilliant charge that first broke the lines of the enemy, and led CoL Webster to think it was made by a fresh division under Gen. Toombs. CoL Webster, now dead, was the oldest son ; of Daniel Webster. His youngest son was in the army in Mexico, and died it service there. ; HU diughter, Mrs. Appleton, died some years j ago—so that in i!i rc is none left of the of the great orator. m The bodies ot Gcu. Stevens and Col. Fletcher’ Webster were embalmed in Washington, and sent to Boßton, their native city, for interment. Gen. Stevens did Dot fall into our bands, but Gen. Kearney and Col. Webster did. The bodies of the latter were sent forward under a flag of truce. The Federate were not aware of Kearney’s death until we sent in his body; they supposed he had been captured—not killed. As yovrhave already been informed, McClel lan has been appointed by the President com mander-in-cliief of all the forces for the defense of Washington. The papers before me say his appointment was opposed by all the Cabinet except Mr. Blair, (Mr. Seward being absent). The new levies continue to arrive in Washing ton daily. The draft to make up the deficit of volunteers has been postponed from the Ist to the 15th ir.st., and not abandoned. The Roch ester Advertiser says that the draft ba3 been changed, and is intended to raise sufficient vol unteers—say 200,000—t0 fill up the old war reg iments. This is a special draft, and in addition thereto another draft for 800,000 militia to for nine months, has been ordered. Archbishop Hushes has delivered a great war sermon in New York. The Legislature oi Ken tucky has adjourned from Frankfort to Louis ville, and carried with them the archives of the State. There is great uneasiness itf the West, aud indeed throughout the United States. Stocks are tumblisg down, and exchange and gold going up. The Democrats are organizing for the Fall elections,and taking the ground that the Abolitionists are primarily responsible for the war. Gen. T. W. Sherman, known as Port R yal Sherman, has been sent to New Orleans, to supersede Gen. Phelps. General whose meteor-like career in North Alabama last spring attracted the attention of the coun try, has been ordered to Hilton Heffi to super sede Gen. Hunter. Hiram Bank 0 , a brother of Gen. Banks, was killed with Gens. Kearney and Stevens Monday evening, the 3Lst of August, in the battle of Chantilly (in front ot Fairfax.) Chantilly is the name of the country seat of the Stuarts, and it was on this estate that Jackson and Lawton engaged the enemy on his retreat from Manassas. The Herald of the 4th con tains four closely printed columns ot the names of the Federal killed and wounded during the late battles, in addition to as many columns published a few days before. The Rev. Dr. Belbune, of New York, is dead^ We are standing on the borders of Pennsyl vania. Shall we enter the State ? An immense majority cf our people and the army would answer, yes. But would it be wise ? Would it not be better to relieve Maryland,.now we are here, than to leave her behind and go into the enemy’s country ? Is it for revenge that we should march into Pennsylvania ? A nation may make war, or continue it when once in, to resent an insult, but nevSr for mare revenge. P. W. A. Hagerstown, Md , Sept. 12th, ISO3. The army did not move to-day as wa'b expect ed. Jackson and Hill ittmed off yesterday this side of Boonsboro’, and took tho road in the direction of Williamsport;-’since which I have not heard what their movements have been. Possibly there is a remnant of Pope’s army down on the river, that may have retreated across llie mountains Irom Manassas; and if so, that will account for Jackson’s detour to wards the Potomac. An accasional report artillery firing has been heard to-day in the direction of Williamsport and the fords on the river. There is a strong Southern feeling in this town and vicinity. This may appear the more striking iu consequence of the flight of many of the Unionists. A company of recruits ar rived this evening from Frederick, and others are coming in singly and in squads'from the surrounding country. A recruiting office has been opened here, and a sufficient number have been enrolled- to make up a company. Stuart is receiving many additions to his cavalry regi ments. It would be better if the recruits would organize themselves into distinct Maryland regiments, elect their own officers, and come into the army as the troops from other States have done. Our cavalry force is already large enough, unless it were more useful. Last Fall the Federal cavalry numbered more than 50,000 men, aud y<?t they have not been worth as much as the saddles on which they ride. Ours have done better, but their performances have fallen far below the expectations of the public. Mor gan and Forrest in the West, and Stuart and Ashley in the East., and a few other isolated commands, have contributed largely to our suc cess ; but with these exceptions, the horses employed in this branch of the service would ha\p been more usefully engaged, if they had been left at home in tfie plough. Northern journals are much puzzled by our atrateg They affect to believe that, in cross ing the Potomac into Maryland, we have done the very thing they most desired. They will be sure to bag us thi@ time, and thus bring the war to a speedy close. If Gen. McClellan does not destroy tho rebels now and smite them hip and thigh like Gideon of old, the newspaper generals will he very much astonished. They say also, which is probably true, that our move ment into Maryland and towards the Ohio, wifi stimulate the volunteering business at the North, and impart fresh vigor tathe counsels of the government. In spife of all this “sound and fury,” however, there are unmistakable symptoms of alarm. Neiihqr the press nor the government eln conceal their uneasiness. Washington is in a panic, and so is II irrieburg, and so indeed-is. the whole" North. The New York Times-of the sth contains an elaborate - article on the situation of affairs, which I eent you yesterday. The writer claims that the North has more troops, better arms and clothing, and a better cause than we have ; and jet he admits that we have beatep them again and again. He says.it will not do to laugh at the “barefooted butter nuts,” so 1 mg as they whip the Union troops in battle—that the test of armies is victory—and that victory is on the 6ide of the Confederates. He ascribes our suc cess, not to our arms, or numbers, or superior fighting qualities, but to tbe greater activity of our government and the superior skill and genius of our milßasy leaders. , . The Times, of the Bth, Contains another arti cle,. In which the editor makes a direct bid lor a cell in Fort Lafayette. He considers the Union cause as almost hopeless, unless greater ability and a more zealous patriotism arc brought into tba service of the government, both in the Cabinet and on the field. He says we live-in revolutionary times, and intimates very plainly that it may become Decessary to'employ other agencies of greater power, ability and zeal, than the regular government, if something be not speedily done. The Herald, which his not come-out in favor of peac*, rs was-reported some days ago, calls the Times to account, and denounces Rs plain speckirg as treasonable. It declares that tbe Committee on the prosecution of the war, in New York, and other Jacobins in Congress and elsewhere, have and ctated the articles which have appeared in the Times and other news papers. There is evidently a strong undercur rent setting in against the President, if not against the government, provided the Herald is to be treated as a credible witness. The Demo cratic party is organizing for the Fall elections, and the ultra Republicans and Abolitionists are damning the administration with faißt prai-e, and threatening to unite with its enemies for its overthrow. The Times avows its belief that the government itse.H is in greater danger than the Union, beleaguered as it is. The Northern press concur in considering tbe renewal oi the Italian imbroglio as a fortunate thing far the Federals,'since it will, probably, prevent any intervention in American sfliirs by FraSee and England. According to the last ac counts received from Italy, the troops of V ic tbr Emanuel had had a sharp conflict with Gari baldi’s followers, in which the former were suc cessful. Garibaldi was captufed and sent on a national ship to Spvzzla. Gen. Pope has been sent to the Northwest, beyond the Mississippi, and placed in command of the departmen embracing Missouri, -Kan sas, lowa, Ac. McDowell has been glinted a l<of abs< i ‘or fifteen days, eo say the liorulii and o.hei Federal papers. September 13th. The army has not moved yet. Heavy firing was heard in the direction of the Potomac this morning. We are at a loss to understand what it means ; we only know that Jackson is there, and that he is a wall cf safety wherever he goes. The Fedcrals are not more ptizzled by. Gen. Lee’s movements than our own people. Hagers town is not the way to Baltimore from Freder ick ; nor is it on the direct route to Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania. It does lie,however, on the great Cumberland tur.ipike leading from Baltimore to Cumberland, and in tbe direction of Pittsburg, Columbus aud Cincinnati. It was tbe bill to construct this turnpike by the Fed eral Government that led to the division of parties into these who favored internal improve, ments by the Government and those who op posed them. From this place to the Pennsyl vania line the distance is about five miles, and to Harrisburg it is abo'it fifty-five miles. Thu ß yon see we are within three day’s march of the capitol of the Keystone State. We have already cut the B.illimare and Ohio Railroad, aud our advance to Harrisburg would enable U3 to des troy the Pennsylvania Central, one of the three great railway lines between the Atlantic and the West. The Baltimore and Ohio and tiig New York & Eric roads are tbe other two. A majority of the Northern papers express the opinion that Gen. Lee has only come into Mary land to procure a supply of food and clothing for his ragged, barefooted and famished army. Others think he is bound for Baltimore ; others again for Harrisburg ; whilst the N. Y. Times would not be surprised if he were to form a junction at Cincinnati or Pittsburg with Bragg and Kirby Smith, take possession of the shops and foundries at Pittsburg, build gunboats and cast cannon, and by occupying the line from Wheeling up to the Lakes above, separate the West from the North- and East, and seek to make terms with the West.' All of the cities indicated—Baltimore, Harrisburg and Pitts burg—aro within easy reach of us. To which point will Gen. Lee direct his steps? Ido not know ; yet I have great confidence in his skill and judgment. The army has encountered much difficulty sincb it came into Maryland on account of our currency. At first our friends in Frederick took it freely at a small discount, but in this part of the State, where we must procure oqy supnlie-, it is with great trouble we can pass it at all If it were known that the army would remain in Maryland, the people would receive it freely— at least, they say so. Virginia bank bills pass as currently as the Federal ‘ green backs.” The bills of other solvent Southern Banks pass at a trifling discount. Wljat a pity Mr. Memminger did not think to procure a supply of this kind of money before the army crossed the Poto mac ! P. W. A. [From the Richmond Enquirer. J , The Gre.it Fight at Sharpslmrg. A UTJIENJIC PARTICULARS. A Decisive but Dearly nought Victory. We have received authentic particulars cf the san guinary tattle .at Sbarpsburg, alluded ‘to elsewhere, and concerning which bo many ptfinful rumors were afloat on yesterday. Wo have the graldlc tion of ba, i.ig ablo to announce tbit the batt'e resulted in one of the most complete victories that has yet immortalized the Confederate arms. The ball was opened on Tues day evening about six o’clock, all of our available fores, abcut sixty thousand strong, commanded by Gen. Robert It. Lee in person, and the enemy about one hundrt and and fllty tbouaard strong, commanded by Gen. McOletlaa in person, being engaged. The pos.tioa of our army was upon a range of hills, form ing a semi-circle, with the co. cave towards 'he enemj; the latter occupying a less commanding position oppo site, their extreme right resting up n a height o >m manding our exireme left. The arrangement of our lino was as tollows: Gen. Jackson on the extreme left, Gen. Lorgstrect in .the centre, and General A. P. Hill on the extreme right. The fight on Tuesday evening was kept up until 9 o’Olock-at night, when it subsided into spasmodic skirmishes along the line. Wednesday morning it was renewed by Gen. .Jackson, and gaduaily became gen eral. Both armies maintained their respective posi tions, and fought desperately throughout the entire day. During this batt'e liharpstmrg was fired by the enemy’s shell, and at one time, tho enemy obtained a position which enabled themto pour a flanking fire upon a portion of our left wing, causing it to waver. At this moment, Gen. Etarke, of Miss., who inid com mand of Jackson’s Division, galloped to the front of bis Brigade, and seizing the standard rallied thfm for wa and No sooner did the gal’ant General thus throw himself in the van, tnan four bullets pierced his body, and he fell dead amidst his men. The effect, instead ol dtaconrag'ng, fired them with determination and re vel g-, and they dashed forward, drove the enemy back sill kept them from lhe position during tho rest of lhe day. It being evident that the "Young Napoleon," find ing he could not force hts way tirough Hie invincible ranks of oar army lu tffht direction, hart determined upon a lijuk movement towa ds Harper’s Ferry, and thus obtain a position in our rear. General LeeJ with ready foresight, anticipated tho movement by drawing the main body of ids army back on tlio southstde of the Potcmae, at Bbephcrdst mn, Virginia, whence he will, of course, project lhe necessiry combinations for again defeats g his adversary. The enemy’s artil ery was sorved with diastrous eff ct upon ofir gullint troops; but they replied from musket, howitzer and cannon wish a rapidity and will the cairicd havoc amidst the opposing ranks. The ■ battie was one cf the most severe that has been fought sines the opening of the .war. Many of our brave men fell At dark the firing ceated, and in the morning (Thursday) our army was ready to re-commence the engagement, the ehemy having been forced back the evening b. fore, and the advantage of the battle being still on our side. Firing was consequently opened upon the nosy po rtion supposed to be ho and by the enemy, but no reply was obtained, and it was then discovered that he bad disappeared e lircly from the field, leaviqg many of his dead and wounded in our hands, and about threo hundred prisoners. Tho report current on yeste day that a truce occurred on Thursday for the burial of the doad, was nnfuunkd. Toe pmonemstaied that their force was more than a hundred thousand streng, and that McClellan commanded tbe srmt in person. Our loes'is estimated atS.DOOin hilled, wounded and missing Tba prisoners state thst their ranks were greatly decimated, and that the Blavfgbtcr was terrible, lrom which we may infer that the enemy’s foBS Was fullyfea great, if not greater, than, our own. Tho'fjllowing is a list of command ng officers killed and w landed In the engagement: General Bt*rk, ol Mi s., commanding Jackson’s di vision, killed. Brigadier Genera! Branch, of North Carolina, killed. Brigadier-General it. U. AndersoriJ wounded in hip, not dangerously. Brigadier General Wright, of Ga , flesh wounds in breast and leg. Brigadier General Lawtcn, in leg. Brigadier Oeneral Armstead, In ihe foot Brigadier General Bipley; lu neck, not dangerously. Brigadier General Ransom, of N. C., slightly. Col Alfred Cummftigs, in command of Wilcox’s Brigade, slightly. “ftlcClellan’s Great Victory—Now Vor ward to Richmond.” . The New York Herald says “McClellan’s im. portant victory ol Sunday over the great libera ting army ol General Lee, in Maryland, marks a turn of thp tide of war, which, If vigorously followed trp, will bring this rebellion substan tially to an end within thenext sixty days.” It add%; It appears that Gen. Leo in falling back from Fred erick, had chosen a most admirable dec-naive position on the cre-t and in one or two passes of the South Mountain, a .spur In tbe continuation of the Rlqe Ridge northward from Harper’s Ferry: This strong position was si- rmed and carried by our gailant sol diers after a severe engagement, tho results being ihe complete disioJgemeut of ibe enemy along the whole line and his precipitate re real during the n-gbt. No Held fight during ihis war has occurred with such com manding advantages of p eition as ihis on the side of the defeated army. We thick it apparent, too, that Gonnral Lc-c had concentrated the" bulk of his forces in or near this position, not simply to arrest the advance of Gea. McQielKn, but to surprise him with a crushing repulse. Alter, this defeat of the rebel General, there fore, a vigorous pursiit-ol his scattered and demoral- ized army is ail that is needed to finish it. The despatches of Gen. McC el.an show that be fully realizes his opportun ty, ihat ho is vigorou-ly.foliowing us the enemy, and ilmi in n'l prof ability dh > remnant! of Lee's Maryland liberating ermy will be gathered up on tne banks of the Potomac or in be bhenacdoab valley. But what of that division of his army left b; Gen. Lee on the Virginia ‘ids of tbe Potomac, scatter ed along from Lees urg io Cei trevil'e and Alanas-aal- We conclude, from the various estimate! reported— ranging from seventy-five to one hundred and fifty thousand men —that ben. Lee's artny c luran in Mary land was at’east one hundred tho sand stro- g. .Bet his army which .ollowed Gen. Pope toOenlreviiio-was estimated at not leis than two linn ired thousand m. ®. B rike eff oLe-'ourtb, and there s-11 lcmaios betwe- n Manassas and Leesburg a rebel ediamu ol City thou sand men to bs looked after. Here then is an important bit of inviting work far Gan. Baileek. We presume that hts reserves retained around Washington amount to at least 75 000 men. This whole force he may now put iu the field after this r-bel army column lemainiog around Leesburg nd fdanass s Let mis oa done, and let Qtjvercor Curtin’s army cf eturdv militia, low cn tha Pennsylvania bor der be ca ica to stand around Washington for thirty dav’t. aud wit in thii limitation, while Gen McHellaa is [Aii.’.nz after the main army of Lee up the fch .naa . join Valley, this column pf our reserves troth Wash mat n, bv way of Goroonsviile, may wajk into Rich mond. If Gen Halleck's c unbinaU mstmcrace some such movement, lei it be at once j.ut into practice, for the country has now the right to demand that no part of tee’s a my. from either etde of the Po’.oxad, shall ever go back to Richmond. Keiogeeswho arrived in Washington yes'erday from Richmond aud Fredericksburg state that there are no rebel soldiers ia the capital, except the Home Guard and some convalescents; that there are very few t-oops at Fredericksburg, none at ail at Aquia Creek, and only three regiment, on tbe James river. If this be true, now u> the availab.e moment to capture Rich mond, and crown the victories our armies are winning in Maryland. * A Yankee paper repor-o uat "‘the reb 1 pr vatetr Burater,'now afrO,’ ha.-, r ctived a eavy armament at sea, and is prepared to ma.eaa tasaalt upon Northern comm tree.” TELEG-RAFHIO NASHVILLE AGAIN EVACUATED! TUOtiiiiE AT LOUISVILLE, CnATTANOo&A, Eept. 19.—The Yankees have again evacuated Nashville, this time going down the Cum berland river. The occupation of Clarksville and Dosielson was for the purpose of securing this route of retreat. The tone and appearance of the Louisville papers indicate tho apprehension of the speedy occupation of that city by the Confederates. A train on the Nashville road started for Tullahoma, eighty miles from here, to-day. Latest fiom the Cumberland Gap PROSPECT OF OVERTAKING THE ENEMY [3pec-ial despatch to the Savannah Republican.] Knoxville, Sept. 29—A courier from Cumberland Gap reports that Morgan’s Ya kee troops obtained bn, three hours’ start of iur forces when they evacu ated the Gap The pursuit is fed by General Steven son, and there Is every prospect of capturing a large portion of, if not tho entire, Yankee army. Three hundred had already been taken. Largo number, of persons, formerly attached to the Tennessee Tory regiments, are dispersed through the mountains. A private de j atch confirms the glorious news from Maryland. Terrific Fight at Sbarpsburg. Md. HEAVY DOSS ON BOTH SIDES. Several Confederate Gens. Killed GEH'L LAWTON AND RIPLEY AMONG THE WOUNDED. Richmond, Sept. 21.—The Enquirer has a do'patch from War; enton, dated 20th, announcing a terrific fight at Sharpsburg on Wednesday, with the advan tage on our side There was great loss on both sides. G:ns. C. Starke, Manning and Branch were killed. Gens. D. E. Jones, B. E. .Tones, Eipley and Lawton wero woundeJ. The who’e streng hof both armie3 were engaged in iho fight. Eeport says the fight was renewed on Thursday and tho onemy routed and driven nine miles. Latest from the North. TIIE YANKEES CLAIM VICTORIES AT SHARPSBURG AND. AT MUNFORDS VILLE, KY.—CONFEDERATE VESSELS AT BERMUDA—EXPLOSION OF A YAN KEE ARSENAL-GOLD IN NEW YORK. Richmond Sept 21.—The New York Herald of the 18th, received here to-day, claims a victory at Sharps burg Its desjia ches are contradictory, hut concur in stating that the Confederates were defeated. Letters from Louisville claim n victory at Munfords ville, Kv.. over the forces of Duncan and Scott. The Herald’s Bermuda correspondent says five steamers are now lying in the port oi St. George, awaiting an opportunity to run the blockade. The U. 8. Arsenal at Pittsburg, Pa, blew up on Wednesday ;sevenly-Gv.' or eighty boys and giris were killed by the explosion. In New York, on Wednesday, gold opened at 116% and advanced to 111%. AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY A Great Battle Brewing. (liATTANOOGi, Sept. 21 —The Nashvillo Unioa (Yankee) of tho 16.hsays: "If the Rebels in Ken tucky have any disposition to fight and wont shun an engagement, there will be a great battle within three days.” The Union does not fear the result, as the best divisions and Generals in the Federal service are there. Tho Louisville Journal of the 12th rays; "The Bet els have no present intention to attack Cineinnaii, but lour heavy columns, including Bragg’s, are advancing toward Louisville Notwithstanding Ibis, thousands of Federals aro being sent from Louisville to Cincin nati. - ' Furilier of the Battle at Sharpslmrg. Richmond, Bopt. 22.—The accounts of tho battle at Sharpsburg aro meagre and somewhat contradictory, but agree in representing it to have been the most bloodynnd desperately centosted engagement of the war. Tho Confederate army, though opposed by largely superior numbers, have again illustrated its valor and invincibility, by successfully repelling tho repeated onsats ol the enemy. Officers have arrived here who state that thsy went over tho battle field on Thursday. They as.ert that the advaniago remained bn our side, tho enemy hav ing fallen back, The city papers this morning report, on the author ity of passengers who arrived last night, that Gen. Lee reerossod the Potomac on Friday at Shopardstown. IMPORTANT FROM THE WEST. SEVERE BATTLE AT IUKA. GEN. LITTLE KILLED. Momi.li, Sept. 22.—The following despatch, dated luka, 20th, has been received: The right wing of the enemy under General Rosen cranz, eight thousand strong, were found advancing about four o’clock yesterday afternoon on the Jacinto road, driving in our pickets. Gen. Price Immediately ordered General Hebert to move with his own and Martin’s brigade! against them, and went himself upon the field, accompanied by General Little. Tboy met the eoemy advancing in line of battle, about a mile south of the town. Our line was imme diately formed and th j battle opened. Discovering Ih it the enemy were in force, Genera Price sent back for the other brigades of Little’s divi sion. They came forward at the doable quick, but did not reach the field until alter the enemy had been 'driven back from eyery position mare than six hundred yards, and with a loss of over fifty prisoners and nine pieces of artillery. Darkness prevented farther pur suit, and Little’s division bivouacked on the field. Our lobs in killed, wounded and missing will reach two hundred and fifty. General Little was killed, and Colonels Whitfield, Gilmore and Mabry wounded. The enemy having" received heavy reinforcements during the night, General Price determined to carry out the orders of thj morning previous, and our army left luka between seven and eight o’clock iu the morn ing, bringing off all the captured stores An attack, which the enemy mado on our rear guard, was repu’sed with severe loss to them, whilst our loss was only one pan. The'third Louisiana, Whitfield’s Legion and Third Texas Cavalry behaved with distinguished gallantry, and were the greatest sufferers *n tho fight of Friday. Their Colonels were all wounded. Important from Kentucky and Maryland. SIX INDIANA REGIMENTS SURRENDER IN KENTUCKY. IUcCLJELL/ r." CLAIAIS A VICTOUY ON WEDNESDAY, Jackson t,* ats 10,6(10 Yankees in -a’yland. Bicujiokd, fci j . -Ihe New York Herald of the 20th contSir.B dt-,..n..ts from Lonisvilie, announcing the i urrindtr of six Indiana regiments, of five thou sand nun, at Alumfordeville, in Hart county, Ken tucky. O fficial despatches from McClellan, dated on Friday, claim a victory in Wednesday’s fight at Bhsrpsburg; though it is evident bat his army had fallen back, lie stales that the Rebel army had recroesed the Potomac into Virginia, and that he had sent a column under General Allred Pleasanton in pursuit. An official despatch, received here this morning! arm ounces that Jackson had re crossed into Maryland, and that a battle t,ok place on Saturday, on the Po tomac, n ghepardstown, between his farces and a column of ihe enemy ten thousand strong. It resulted m a root of the enemy with heavy loss. Quite a num ber of arms were captured. Our loss was slight. Later from CumDerland Gap. HIOBGAN PROBABLY OVERTAKEN, [Special despatch to the Savannah Republican.] Kboxvilue, Sept. 22.— A courier, just arrived in this city, brings intelligence from Cumberland Gap that Gao. Stevenson was preasing close on Morgan’s rear. Heavy firing was beard this morning In the direction of Manchut r, from which it ia believed that he has overtaken and engaged the enemy.