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V. vU-Y REPUBLICAN AEbial Demokstdation. About midday yesterday, and for more than an hour, the roar of heavy artillery was almost momentarily sounding in our ears. The shots seemed too frequent to come from only one side, and the general impression in the city was that a fierce engagement was progressing between the ene my’s fleet and our batteries on the river. A number of persons went down to witness the havoc and circumstance of war, but to their disappointment found it* was only a bit of fun, or rather folly, on the part of the enemy. They brought up two gunboats to the vicinity of Ve nus’ Point, and from that convenient distance amused themselves in throwing shot and shell, to the number of a hundred or more, in the di rection of our batteries, nearly three miles off. The shot all fell short and the shell burst in the air, and, consequently, we saved our ammuni tion. Tired of the sport, the robbers turned tail and steamed down the river. Such is the report whickwe get from parties who were in viewing distance of the attempted bombardment. If the Yankees are anxious to try onr metal, why not come up boldly within range of our batteries, or, what would be equally acceptable, land a few thousand somewhere on-the neigh boring main ? We promise them, at least, a respectable reception, if they should make the attempt. Another Account. —Since the foregoing was put in type, we learn, from official quarters, that the Federals approached our batteries with a steamer and a flat, the latter being armed with guns of very long range. They came up high er than already stated, and some of their shot and shell fell in the neighborhood of onr worlis, but did no damage. Siegel and McDowell. —The Cincinnati Volksblatt, a German paper, publishes a letter purporting to give the particulars (by an eye witness) of the difficulty between Siegel and McDowell, reported some days ago. The sub stance of it is that Hiegei, while engaging the enemy, observed McDowell waving a handker chief to the rebels. He immediately rode up and demanded an explanation. The reply being very insulting, Siegel resented it with a pistol jghot, the ball striking McDowell’s scabbard. The Volksblatt states that Siegel will resign if not relieved fronj service in his present posi tion. COUNTERFEIT CONFEDERATE MONET.— Mr. John Shiceder, a private in. the Blue Caps corps of cavalry, sold Friday last to a stranger, who represented that be was a member of a corps of cavalry stationed at Charleston, a horse for two hundred and fifty dollars. Saturday, Shrceder proceeded to invest his Confederate money in other properly, when four of the fifty dollars Confederate notes were found to be counterfeits. This los3 fails heavily on Shrte der, he being a very poor man with a family to support. ; Inquest.— Coroner F.dcn held an inquest yesterday, at the camp of ,the Twenty-ninth Georgia Regiment, over the body of Private John M. Reynolds, of Cos. D, said regiment. The jury found that deceased came to.his death from wounds Inflicted on his person by one Samuel Fuller, of the same regiment, in a quarrel which toolfplace on the 16th ult., while playing at marbles. Upon the facts given in evidence, they found a charge of manslaughter against Fuller. Genesis Point.— We learn, from good au thority, that the Federals are erectinsr inortar batteries on Buzzard Island, at a point about two and a half miles distant from onr battery at Genesis Point. Whether they arc alter shelling our battery, or simply guarding the channel aud dispensing with a portion of their gunboats, remains to be seen. Aiikest.— Bergeant Miller, of the Tattnall Guards, arrested, Saturday last, John Mahoney and two negroes. 'Mahoney attempted to pass the negroes on one of the trains upward from Savannah. Sergeant Miller, perceiving that all was not right, arrested Mahoney and the negroes, who nre the property or in the em ploy of Wm. H. May. Mahoney will have a hearing before the proper civil tribunal. Rumors from the Noktu, —A gentleman who arrived at Senatobia, direct from Cairo, informed the operator at the former place that ho had seen the Cincinnati Commercial, which admitted that in the battlo on Wednesday Me Clellan was worsted and lost a number of pris oners. It pronounced tho despatch! s to the contrary bogus. The same paper also admitted the surrender of the forces at Muufordsville. The Florida. Troops.— In reply to many re quests from our friends In Florida, wo would state that our correspondent has over had therm in mind, and if he has not given them full in formation concerning their friends in the army, it was simply because such a thing was impos sible. See the closing paragraph of his letter published to-day. __ Death ot' Mnj. Spalding Mclntosh. '' ho following letter to tfio family of Major Mclntosh explains tho manner oi his lamented death rEi>. Rki*. My Dear Captain :—l telegraphed to my broth er that your son, Mnj. Spalding Mclntosh, was missing. Wo have since found his body. Ho was sho 1 through the heait with a musket bail whilst nobly discharging his duty, rallying skirmish ers early in the territic battle of Stmrpsburg, Maryland, Bnpt 17th, 1862. His remains will be carefully cared for—if possible, be placed in the vault of Mr. Rutherford, Charlestown, Va., along with those of Col. John B. Lamar, of Maeon, Ga. Maj. Mclntosh was a noble son ot Georgia—worthy of his name—generous, chiv alrous and brave, loved and esteemed, by us all. He lived a nobleman, and died a death which will link his name with those whom old and young revere and admire. Ba assured, my dear Captaiu, that all will be dote that you could do were you present. Your friend, ** Bhephcrdstown. Md., Sept. ISth, ISG3. • TUe Senatorial Selection. Savannah, Oct. 3d, ISO 2. Mr. Editor :—The ensuing Legislature will have to elect a Senator to represent Georgia in the Confederate Senate, in place of the Hon. It. Toombs. Never was there a period—and in ail likelihood there never will be—wheu a greater circumspection should be exercised by the Leg islature than now. We want patriotism, char acter and talent. Among the galaxy of distin guished gentlemen in Georgia, none are so eminently competent as the Hon. llerschel V. Johnson, ot Jefferson. Let old party bicker ings be forgotten, and let all unite on this dis tinguished son of Georgia. Respectfully yours, Middle Obqkju. Financial Speculations. The financial editor of the Chicago Times says confidently that there are indications that some of the leading strong banks in the Nonhare preparing themselves to resume specie pay ments, and adds: "The last weekly bank state ment of the New York city banks shows a ten-' denev to contraction. Andi; t-1 h a-e lb-' New York city banks contracting tVir circulation, but it has been manifest for sometime past that the Slate banks of Ohio, Indiana ad lowa are doing the same. There are scarcely any oi the note# of the banks of these state# in cKu ion, and they are all in a position, or *OOO wfil he. to announce their willingness and ability to re sume specie payments." The specie reserve in the New York city bank# Is stated to be about $57,000.000 in round num bers, of which about #18,000.000 is placed on special deposit. Their circulation on the tilh instant was #0,845,065. Thus it will be seen that the New York city bocks, as regards specie ia their vaults, are in a situation to enable them to resume specie payments, and If they should so announce their intention we doubt not the State banks ol Ohio and Indiana would at once follow suit. The result of such action on the part of the strong banks of the North stun be apparent to every one. It would compel the Federal Trea sury to redeem its Issue, or they would be at once placed in a ruinous discount. Hence we think the banks wUI not take such a step, for the simple reason they will not be allowed to do *O. The war is already expensive enough, and if it had to be carried on with a greatly dc -1 reriated currency, the Federal treasury would soon collapse.—{Memphis Appeal THE , WEEKLY S-A-TTTI&ID-A.^, QOTOBER 3L-, ±GS£. ARMY CORRESPONDENCE Of the savannah Republican. Our Army, Its Great Deeds, Its Trials, Its Snflcrlugs, and its Perils in the Future. Winchester, Va., Sept. 20,1802. My condition is such as to render it impossi ble for me to rejoin the army for tbe present. I was not prepared for the hardships, exposures and fastings tMe army has encountered since it left the Rappahannock, and like many a season ed campaigner, have had to “fall out by the way.’’ Indeed, I can recall no parallel instance in history, except Napoleon’s disastrous retreat from Moscow, where an army has ever dene more marching and lighting, under such great disadvantages, than Gen. Lee’s has done since it left the banks of James river. It proceeded directly to the line of the Rappahannock, and moving out from that river, it fought its way to the Potomac, crossed that stream and moved on to Frederiektown and Hagerstown, had a heavy engagement at Boonsbora’ Gap, and an other at Cratnpton Gap below, fought the great est pitched battle of the war efi Sharpsburg, and then recrossed the P ;tomac back into Virginia. Daring all this time, covering the full space of a month, the troops rested but four cmys ! And let it always be remembered to their honor, that of the men who performed this wonderful feat, one-fifth of them were barefooted, one half of them in rags, and the whole of them half famished. The country from the Rappa hannock to- the Potomac had been visited by the enemy with fire and sword, and our trans portation was insufficient to keep the army supplied from so distant a base as Gordonsville; and when the provision trains would overtake the army, so pressing were the exigencies of their position, the men seldom had time to cook. Their difficulties were increased by the fact that their cooking utensils, in many cases, had been left behind, as well as everything else that would impede their movements. It was not unusual to see a company of starving men have a barrel of flour distributed to them, which it was utterly impossible for them to convert into bread with the means and the time allowed to them. They could not proenre even a piece of plank or a corn or flour sack, upon which to work up their dongh. Do you wonder, then, that there should have been stragglers from the army ? That brave and true men should have fallen out of line from sheer exhaustion, or In their efforts to obtain a mouthful to eat along the roadside? Or that many seasoned veterans, the conquerors in the valley, at Richmond and Manassas, 6hou!d have succumbed to disease 3nd been forced back to the hospital ? I look to hear a great outcry raised against the stragglers. Already lazy cav alry men and dainty staff officers and quarter masters, who are mounted and can forage the country for something to eat, are condemning the weary private, who, notwithstanding his bQdy may be covered with dust and perspira tion, and his feet with stone bruises, is expected to trudge along under his knapsack and car tridge box, on an empty stomach, and never to turn aside for a morsel of food to sustain Ids sinking limbs. Ont upon such monstrous in justice! That there has been unnecessary slrag elers, is readily admitted; but in a large ma jority of cases, the men have only to point to their bleeding feet, tattered garments iiqd gaunt frames for an answer to the unjust charge. No army on this continent has ever accom plished as much or suffered as much, as the army of Northern Virginia within tbiflaet three months. At no period during the first Revo lutionary war—not even at Valley Forge—did onr forefathers in arms encounter greater hard -1 ships, or endure them more uncomplainingly. But great as have been the trials to which the army has been subjected, they are hardly worthy to be named in comparison with the sufferings in store for it this winter, unless the people of the Confederate Statee, everywhere and in what ever circumstances, come to its immediate re lief. The mer must have clothing and shoes this winter. They must have something to cover themselves when sleeping, aud to protect them selves from the driving sleet and snow storms when on duty. This must be done, though our friends at home should have to wear cotton and sit by the fire. The army in Virginia stands guard this day, a3 it will stand guard this win ter, over every hearthstone throughout the South. Tho ragged sentinel who may pace his weary round3 this winter on the bleak spurs of the Blue Ridge, Or along the frozen valleys of the Shenandoah and Rappahannock, w ill also be your sentinels, my friend, at home. It will be for you and your household that he encounters tho wrath of tho tempest and the dangers of the night. He suffers and toil3 and fights for you, too, brave, true hearted women of the South Will you not clothe his nakedness then V Will you not put shoes and stockings on his feet ? Is it not enough that he has written down his patriotism in crimson characters along the bat tle road from the Rappahannock to the Poto mac ? And must his bleeding feet also impress their mark of fidelity upon the snows of the coming winter ? I know what your answer will be. God has spoken through the women of the South, and they are his holy oracles in this day of trial and ■ tribulation. It is not necessary to couusel violent meas ures ; but it is cot expected that any person will be permitted to accumulate leather and cloth for purposes of speculation. The-neqesi tics of he army rise up like a monutam.and can not, and will not be overlooked. It was hoped at one time, thatwe might obtain winter sup plies in Maryland. This hope, was born after the army left Richmond, and has now miserably perished. Thd Government is unable to furnish tho supplies ; for they are not to be had in the country. If it had exercised a little foresight last spring and summer, when vessels were running the blockade, with cargoes of calico, linen and other articles of like importance, a partial supply at least of hats, blankets, shoes and woolen good# might have been obtained from England. .But foresight is a quality of the mind that is seldom put in practice in these days. But whatever may be done by the people, should be done immediately. Not one moment can be lost that will not be marked, as by the second btfnd of a watch, with the pangs ot.a sufferer. Already the hills and valleys in this high latitude have been visited by frost, and the nights are uncomfortably cool to tho man who sleeps upon the ground. Come up, then, men and women of the South, to this sacred dnty. Let nothing stand between you and the per formance of it. Neither pride, nor pleasure, nor personal eas* and comfort, should withhold your hands from the holy work. Tho supply of leather and wool, we all know, is limited ; but do what you can, and all you can, and as soon as you can. If you cannot send woolen socks, Send half woolen or cottou socks; and so with under clothing, coats and pants. And if blan kets are not to be had, then substitute comforts made of dyed osnaburgs stuffed with cotton. Anything that will keep off the cold will be acceptable. Even the speculator and extortioner might forego their gains for a season, and unite In this religious duty. If they neither cloth the naked, nor feed the hungry, who are fighting for their freedom, and for ‘heir homes and pro - perry, what right have they to expect anything but eternal damnation, both from God and tnan f If the Army of Virginia could march through the South just as it is—ragged and* almost bare footed aud hatlcss—many of the men limping along and not quite well of their wounds or sickuesa, yet cheerful and not willing to aban don their places in the ranks—their clothes riddled with balls and their banners covered with the smoke and dust oi battle, and shot into tatters, many ot them inscribed with "Wil liamsburg,” “Seven Fines,” “Gaines’ Mill,” •‘Garnett’s Farm.” "Front Royal,” “Mc- Dowell." “Cedar Run,” and other victorious field#—it this army of veterans, thus clad and shod, with tattered uniforms and banners, could march from Richmond to the Mississippi, it would produce a sensation that has no parallel in history since Peter the Hermit led his swel ling hosts across Europe to the rescue of the Holy Sepulchre. I do not write to create alarm, or to produce a sensation, but to arouse the people to a sense of the true condition of the army. I have yet to learn that anything is to be gained by sup pressing the trush, and having the army to suj fir. If I mim withhold the truth when the ne cessities of the sutvkc require i. to be spoken, 1 anr quite ready to return home . There is nothing new from the front. It is 1 reported that J.u ksor. crossed the river at Wil- I Famsjvert a few dj s ago to repair a road, which j t.c might have occasion louse, and then return <fi. i fee nettii: g, .however, to change the I -pinion heretofore expressed, via: that the j l. a?y work of the campaign is over, unless Me Cielian should seek ns on the south side of the river. Th'a. some believe, public opinion at the North will compel him to do. It mav be so; though l doubt it, I had made arrangemeuts to procure full offi cial lists of the casualties in the Georgia, Ala bama and Florida regiment#, as well "as some account of the performance# of the troops from those State#, and regret that sickness should have prevented my from carrying them out. P. W. A. Mr. Ma on in Scotland.—The Glasgow Herald, of August 21, says; We understand that Mr. Mason, the Commie ; Honor for the Southern Sums, is at present on a visit to thl# part of the country. He is the guest of Mr. Stewart, of MurWoua. Mr. Mason will afterwards vieit Mr. Ellice, M p„ at Glenqaaich, Inverness shire. Charleston dud Savannah In War Timcs*-As Seen by a Yankee Lady. The New York Journal of Commerce prints the following as “the substance of a conversa tion with Mrs. Livingston, of New York, who was brought from Savannah under a flag of truce, after a sojourn of several months in Dixie.” Mrs. L evidently appreciates the Yan kee fondness for the marvellous, and hence she “lays it on thick.” When here she passed her self off on tbe authorities as Mrs. Henley : Mrs. Livingston, whom X find to be a very intelligent lady (and who is the wife of a Cap tain in the Federal army,) says she has been treated with uniform kindness and respect since her detention in th South, which dates back to the commencement of the war. From per sonal observation, she believes Savannah may betaken, but Charleston, never. She has seen sixteen lores which are already completed, and the rebels arc still engaged in making more numerous the fortifications between Fort Sum ter and the city. The rebels ray there are to be no more New Orleans. There is no property, except veal estate, within a dozen miles of Charleston. All the furniture, stores, and in deed everything movable, was sent into the in terior immediately after the battle of James Island. Two provision stores only remain. Many of the inhabitants reside about three miles outside the city, in barracks similar to soldiers, and use only the most indis'pensable and cheapest kind of furniture. No Sabbath day services are held in any of the Charleston churches ; all the church bells have been cast into cannon, and even the iron railings and fences have been collected together and made into cannon. It is reported as a mistaken idea that there are Union men in the South. Mrs. Livingston does not believe there is one. She never saw a people so united and so determined. There’s not a iady in the entire Confederacy who owns fifty dollars worth of jewelry. It has voluntarily been given for the cause, and the proceeds have built many of their finest boats. The blockade is ineffectual; she has seen three steamers enter Charleston har bor on one day—and during a short visit at Charleston, one steamer made three trips to Nassau, N. P., bringing medical stores enough to last the entire army a full year. Nothing but tbe most common qualities of wearing apparel can be obtained—and shoes are very expensive—the pair she wore, worth about one dollar and a half, costing in Savannah twelve dollars. Necessary provisions were cheap, but the luxuries were very expensive. A free market had been opened in Charleston, where anybody Could procure, on application, three pounds of fregh beef and half a'peck of potatoes per day. Besides the heavy war and Slate tdx, every male resident of the Confede racy is taxed two dollars per year for the sup port of the families of eoldies. The utmost contempt and indignation is felt for Gen. But ler, and that order ;s universally regarded as infamous. The Rebels expeeled to be defeated at Richmond, and had made all preparations to fall back upon Columbus, which place was strongly fortified. The buildings for the Capi tol, and those for tbe residence of the officers of State, had been selected. All the cotton had been removed to Die interior. The Governor of South Carolina lias cam cd all the negroes to be colonized near Greenville, some three hundred miles in the interior. They arc under the su pervision of agents appointedjby the Governor, and are to plant com and potatoes for the sub sistence Of the army, and are to be fed and clothed by the Government during the continu ance of the war. Very few shaves were found in Savannah or Charleston' —they were so scarce as not to he procured for servants, even when one dollar and a half per day was offered for them. The rebels were most sanguine of their ability to procure their independence—and re garded it only a matter of time. Boys of eight and ten years of dge were formed into “Home Guards” at Charleston and Savannah, and had acquired so much skill in the use ©f arms aato be able to hit a mark formed in the shape and size of a man at a distance of thirty rods. These precocious defcnders v it is said, were to mount sheds and fences, when the cities were invaded, and shoot down the Yankees. A Rabbit la a Battle—An Incident on tite Rattle Field ol'Malvern Hill#. Says an Eastern correspondent: A full grown rabbit had hid itself away in the copse of a fence, which separated two fields near the centre, and a most exposed portion of the battle ground. Rabbits are wont to spend' the day almost motionless, and in seeming dreamy meditation. This one could have had but little thought—if rabbits think—when choosing its place of retreat at early dawn, that ere it was eventide there would be such an un wonted and ruthless disturbance. During all the preparations for battle made around its lair daring the forenoon, it neverthe less remained quiet. Early, however, in the af ternood, when the rage of battle had fairly be gun, and shot and shell were failing thick and faßt in all directions, a shell chanced to burst so near Mr. Rabbit’s hiding-place, that he evident ly considered it unsafe to tarry longer. 80, frightened almost to death, out he springs into the open field, and ran hither and thither with the vain hop3 ot finding a safe retreat. Which ever way it ran cannons‘were thunderirg out their smoke and fire, regiments of men were advancing or changing position, Lorses gallop ing here and there, shells bursting, and solid shot tearing up the ground. Sometimes it would squat down and lie perfectly still, when some new and sudden danger would again start it into motion. Once more it would stop and raise itself as high as possible on its hind legs and look all round for some place of possible retreat. - t At length a part ot the field seemed open, which was in the direction opposite from where the battle raged most fiercely. Thither it accordingly ran with all its remaining speed. Unobserved by it, however, a regimotit was in that direction, held in reserve, and, like Wel lington’s at Waterloo, was lying flat on the grpund, in order to escape the flying bullets. Ere the rabbit seemed aware, it had jumped into the midst of the men. It could go no further, but presently nestled down beside a soldier, and tried to hide itself under his arms. As the man spread the skirt of his coat over the trembling fugitive, in order to insure it all the protection in his power to bestow, he, no • doubt, feelingly remembered how much he himself then needed some higher protection, under the shadow of whose arm might be hid den his own defenseless head from the fast multiplying missiles of death scattered inall directions. It was not long, however, before the regi ment was ordered up and forward. From the protection and safely granted, the timid erea taro had .evidently acquired confidence in men —as the boys are wont to say; “had b&en tamed.” As the regiment moved forward to the front ol t(:o battle, it hopped along, tame, seemingly, as a kitten, close at the feet of the soldier who liad bestowed the needed protec-, tion. Wherever the regiment went, during the remaining part of that bloody day and terrible battle, the rabbit kept close beside its new friend. When night came on, a:.d tho rage of battle had ceased, it finally, unmolested and quietly, hopped away, in order to find Some of its old and lamlllar haunts. Further from W ilmington.— The progress of yellow fever In OHr sister city of Wilmington has become alarming. Tl;e number of cases reported is fearful for the population, and but few seem to recover. The Journal of Monday evening says: The following is the number of new cases of the prevailing fever oecuriog since our last is sue, and reported to the Mayor up to 10 o’clock to-day: Saturday, September 87th — 29 cases. Sunday, September 83th.... 45eases. At 11 o’clock on yesterday 13 deaths wore as ' certalucd to have taken place on the night pre ceding and up to that hour. It is also asserted on good authority, that the number of inter ments yesterday was 18 to 30. No person who has not visited our town since the outbreak of the epidemic, can form any es timate of the suffering the people who* are compelled to remain here are undergoing. Yes terday was an awful day. One of the editors of this paper has had the misfortune oi going through a similar visitation in his native town (Washington, N. C.,) some years ago. It was bad enough there, but nothing to compare with the distress here at this time. Few nurses can he obtained, and when they can be had, the comforts of life can only be got in rare cases, while delicacies for the sick cannot in many instance* be obtained at all. Among those whose deaths we have to record, are.some who died elsewhere, bit u uistakta bly of the difo-te contracted be-t One of these we uuy msatiju now —Win C. Bettea oourt, E;q , one of oar oldest find meat estima ble citizens, who died of yellow 'ever, on Thursday last, in Giintoo. I)r. James 11. Dick son, a physician of the highest character and standing, died here on Sunday morning of the same disease. Dr. Dickson’s death is a great loss to the profession and to tho community. We have jhst heard of the death, at the Sound, of Stephen Jewett, Esq., Cashier of the Bank of Wilmington, of tbe prevailing fever, contracted here. The Journal complains of the lack of nurses and almost every delicacy appropriate to the sick. Can we not help them, in Savannah? Delicacies are probably out ot the question, but surely we can supply them with a corps of nurse*. w.mviiiT —The condition of the people in Stash Till*, both soldiers acd citiseM, to represented as truly deplorable. They are nearly at tbs point ai s*amu on. Nothing can be shipped there from the North, the river being low and the railroads all tom op. The soldiers are taking all the private supplies that can be found, no matter who they starve by the operation. The place to compietejv invested by &> n* Forrest and Anderson and Cot. Woodward, and everything it wasting on Sen. Price’s movements. The Yankee* are still fortifying there.—{Chattanooga Rebel, 27th. fftcnig from Yankee Papers. The latest Northern papers contain the fol lowing : the press on Lincoln’s proclamation. The Washington National Intelligencer thinks the proclamation of the President, with regard to the slaves in the Confederate States, likely to prove equally void of practical effect with that of Gen. Hunter, and is not “without the suspicion that the President has taken this method to convince the only class of persona likely to be pleased with this proclamation of the utter fallacy of tbe hopes they have founded upon it.”' The Washington Republican is jubilant over the proclamation, believes it “will be,received by t he lojal States with a perfect furore of ac clamation,” aßd says while it will lose to the President -. few latter-day friends, “it will re store to the President all his old friends, and unite the sound portion of the people in one solid and impregnable mass in support of the Union and ilia Constitution.”, The Baltimore Clipper says the proclamation came “vety unexpectedly cn the country,” and adds: We know not what can have been the prompt ing motive of the President to have again pre sented this subject to the attention of the country at this tune, except that the sixty days’ notice of the confiscation act had expired. The remark recently made by him to a distinguished citizen, that the time bad not arrived for such a step, had left upon the minds ol the people (he hope that the negro question, any further than as it was noticed in Mr. Lincoln’s reply to Horace Greeley, would not be soon again urged upon the public attention until the close of the war. The subject is one which the loyal men of the border States cannot but believe is not calculated to aid the Union cause, and therefore regret to find it thrust before the public again. No good, we believe, will come of its repro duction, and we hope no evil may flow from it; but we think it had better been left alone. NEGRO REGIMENTS IN KANSAS. A correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat, writing from Kansas City, gives a description of some of Gen. Lane’s volunteers, as follows : A detachment of Lane’s row negro brigade, numbering 200, arrived to day at Camp Lane, near Wyandotte Bridge, in Kansas, opposite this city. Their departure from Leavenworth yesterday is described by an eye-witness as be ing novel in the extreme. The detachment, accompanied by their baggage trains, marched through the principal streets, singing “John Brown’s body lies mouldering in the ground.” On arriving at the levee a most ludicrous and affecting scene occurred in the leave, takings of the darkey women, girls and old men. Tears, grimaces, grips, ivery, and “ God bress ye’s,” were commingled in laughable, melancholy, wrathful style. One crippled darkey, in gib bering a general adieu, admonished them thus : “Show your pluck. Africans, neber show your back to the ’sesh.” m’clellan still on the defensive. A letter to the New York Tribune, dated Sharpsburg, Md., Sept. 21, congratulates the North that not “an armed rebel treads the soil ot Maryland.” The Federal army, however, is represented a? still being on the defensive.— The correspondent acknowledges that the fight ing in Maryland hasn’t been very advantageous to'the Federals, but still it might have been much worse. BURTING THE DEAD .AT SHABPSBURG. Three regiments have been occupied since Thursday morning in burying the dead. It is beyond all question, and I challenge any one who has been upon the battle field to deny it, that the rebel dead arc almost three to our one. On the other ha id, we lost more in wounded. This is accounted for by our officers from the superiority of onr arms. Many of our soldiers are wounded with buck-shot, which disfigures the body terribly, but seldom produces a fatal wound. ‘ SHARPSRURG AFTER THE FIGHT. Nearly all the inhabitants of Sharpsburg have returned to their dwellings. The work of re moving dead horses from the streets and repair ing the damages to.the building, has commenc ed. Two churches were nearly destroyed, and .will have to be rebuilt. Fortunately, the mansions of the rich rebels suffered the most severely. The dwelling of a Mr. Grover, a notorious Secessionist, was al most destroyed. Daring the cannonade, the women and children were huddled together for three days in the cellars; one -cellar, under a large stone mansion, contained more than sixty. They entertained themselves wiih prayer and P3iam sicgiDg, and cursing the rebels or the Yankees, as their sympathies leaned with one or the other beligerent. One can imagine how furious the cannonade must have been, from the fact that but five dwellings in a village containing 1,500 inhabi tants, escaped uninjured. RACE BETWEEN BUELL AND BRAGG. A despatch dated Loaisviile, t'ne2stb, at mil night, says : Tho armies of Bucl: and Bragg left Lebanon, Tenn., and Carthage, respectively on the 2ist, Bueil following the arc and Bragg the chord of a circle. Our army traveled 3f>l and Bragg 206 miles. Buell got into Northern Kentucky one day ahead of Bragg, notwithstanding the im mense excess of our transportation ovc-r that of the enemy. Col. Wilder, of the 17th Indiana, has arrived, having been exchanged with the rebels for one Lieutenant and 26 privates. Rumors, creatiag some excitement,''are afloat of the movements ol two divisions of Bragg’s army, but the direction or purpose cannot be ascertained to-night. ANOTHER IRON-CLAD OUT ON A ‘SECRET MIS3ION’ The Baltimore Clipper says that the iron-clad “New Ironsides” has sailed from Philadelphia with sealed orders for nobody knows where. It adds: It is to he hoped that the rebel steamer which was so shamefully permitted to escape the broekade at the South a lew days ago will be safely caged by Capt. Turner, who is in com mand of this noble ship. It is high time our .navy was at work again. It is well known that at the few ports still held by tho rebels they are making desperate efforts to fit out iron clads; and the first we shall hearoi them some of these oajp will tic a sudden raid against some of our meu-of-war, the commanders of which, like Ocpt. Preble, will permit them to outwit and perhaps destroy them. MaUers North. Scenes in the Governors' Convention—McClellan Consulted by Lincoln on his Proclamation. A despatch to'the New York Herald, dated Altoona, 25’.h, says : The Now England Governors, and a portion of the Western, went to Altooua for the sole purpose of securing the removal of McClellan and the appointment of Fremont; but were de feated by the noble and determined stand taken by Governors Toil, Curtin, and Bradford. The country is to-day indebted to those three ofii-i cials for defeating the treasonable plans of the radicals. Gov. Andrew was the leader in the anti-McClelian cabal. Gov. Sprague and Gov. Yat##'assisting in tha l ; aht work. The battle of AntietaVn was a stumbling block to them. Not satisfied with their efforts in the after noon, another effort was made m the evening, when Gov. Sprague declared that the battle of Antietam was not a Huron but a rebel victory, and did his best to prove his position. Gov. Curtin replied that the people of bis State believed it to be a victory ; that McClel lan had saved the State from invasion, and that it would he hard to convince them to the con trary. Gov. Sprague and Gov. Andrew made several attempts to-push their scheme, but were met in so decisive a manner by Curtin, Tod, and Brad ford, that they finally abandoned the project. There is no doubt that the President’s eman cipation proclamation was and is intended sim ply and exclusively as a war measure, While it has taken the wind out ol the rails of the Gov ernors’ Convention, it was not designed by the Administration to effect any political pur pose, or to aid any faction. On the contrary, it is said that Jhe President desires this fact to be made public that the proclamation is only a part of the measures adopted for the most Vigorous prosecution ot the way, without ariy reference to the wishes oi partisans. There is reason to believe that with this view General McClellan was consulted in reference to the proclamation before its publication was determined on. As parlies in the. North express anxiety to know the relation subsisting between General Halleck and General McClellan, it is well to State thpt they are in e iy:■ - -cd. nd that MeCldfim writ bu sas'.amc-i t- Ge * ririieck in his effort to crush ana destroy the rebel army f he has just driven ont of Maryland. Exchange of Prisoner*. We find the following official notice in the A Richmond papers. It contains welcome news j to many of our returned volunteers : exchanged prisoners. Richmond, Sept, 22,1562. No. 2. The following officers and man oi the Confed erate service, are duly exchanged : 1. All officers and men who were delivered at Aiken’s on the Ist September, 1562. 2. All officers aud men who were delivered at Aiken’s on the 7th September, 1562. 8. Ail officers and men who were delivered at Aiken’s on the 18:h September, IS‘2. 4. All officers who have been dell*,- -red at Vicksburg. Miss., up to this date. 5. Ten thousand three hundred and sixty eight fnen of the first deliveries at Vicksburg. As al! the deliveries made at Aiken’s are em braced in this and the previous notice, it is therefore announced that all the officers and men who have been delivered at Aiken’s up to this date are exchanged, * s Robert Ould, Agent lor Exchange. TUB BATTLE AT I-11-KA. THE FEDERAL ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR. [From the Cairo Gazette, Extra, 22d,] We have to record a brilliant victory achieved by Gen. Rosencranz’s army at I-u-ka, Miss. Gen. Price and his legions are beaten, demoral ized and pursued by our victorious troops. Two Rebel Generals are placed hors ctu. combat, five hundred Rebels arc prisoners, and probably one thousand killed and wounded. Wo cap tured six entire batteries —thirty-six pieces—of artillery, and an immense amount of provi sions. All this h j been accomplished without severe loss on the Union side. Four hundred brave aiul gallant men were killed and Wounded. In our rejoicings at this splendid victory, let us not forgef to drop the tear of re; ret r-.v.d sympathy for the noble dead. Never did U v ':y.s tight more bravely or mare galhnl’y C nr. ! Thui-Hi-y m.io iiig inform:-,'. ~ was brought to Gen. Grant that Gen. Price was moving northward in the direction of the Tennessee, intending to strike the river at Muscle Shoals, where it is easily forded, to join the army ol Gen. Bragg at Munfordsville. General Kosen eranz’s army corps (fomieiiy Pope’s,) was im mediately put in position for Rienzi, which they reacted on Thursday night. Gen. Price had probably learned of his ap proach, and struck for I-u-ka, crossing tho route which Gen. Roseneranz would have la ken, between Rienzi and Cotton Plant, about eight miles below Rienzi. Gen. Roseneranz was informed of this'movement in season to march across the country and arrive at I u-ka just as tho rear-guard of "the enemy was leav ing. It was then four o’clock on Friday eve ning. He immediately engaged the enemy, anct for two hours there was heavy skirmish ing, without any definite result, until darkness compelled the combatants to suspend hostili ties. Both armies rested on their arms, and at day break the battle was resumed. Cavalry, artil lery and infantry were mixed in horrible confu sion, and the carnage was dreadful. The tight lasted till nearly noon, wheq the enemy’s lim a became deranged, he wavered, and finally fell back. A magnificent charge was made by our forces, a panic was induced, and tbe rebels fled ir. wild confusion, our artillery pouring deadly missiles into bis ranks, giving additional impe tus to his fl : ght, while the pursuit of our cav alry completed his defeat. Gen. Price’s force's are now in full retreat southward, followed by our avenging army. It is expeeted that we shall be able io capture the greater portion of them. The brunt of the battle was sustained 1 y Gen. Roseneranz and Gen. Stanley’s divisions, com posed mostly of Illinois troops. The rebei General Little, formerly Governor of Mississippi, is killed, and Gan.* Whitfiejd wounded and a prisoner. The casualties amoug our officers and men are not fully ascertained. General Ord started from Corinth for Ia ka j along the line of the Memphis and Charleston j railroad, but did not arrive in season to partici pate in the battle. Interesting Northern Items, Surg. Gan. Ilatnmond reports at Washington that 3,000 dead Confederate# lrave been buried on the field at Sharpsburg by the Federals, and that COO remains unburied. Attorney Gen. Bates made a speech in Washington Thursday night, and did not say one word about Lincoln’s eman cipation proclamation. It la said he urgently opposed it. The Republic ins of New Yoik have nominated Brig. Gen. Jas 8. Wadswortu for Governor of that State. He is now Military Governor of Washington City. Gen. Mllroy has been appointed to the command of WesU-, o Virginia. The militia recently called out in Pennsylvania during tjie panic are returns .g their arms to the SWernad themselves ta their homes. ; •}, IT CLELLAN CROSSING INTO VIRGINIA. 4 A despatch, dated Harrisburg, the 23 i, sa,3 McClellan is rapidly marching into Virginia by way of Williamsport. Ladds: Gen. Kenly’s brigade in advance went ovt'r on Sunday night. It is cuiiip .Sou of the follow ing regiments ; Ist Maryland, Col. Dnsliane ; 4th, Lieut. Col. Bowerman ; 6th, 001.-Howarc ; 7th, Col. Webster, andßthLieut,Col. Johannes- Gen. Comb’s division also crossed the Poto mac at Williamsport, oa Monday. Gen. Frank lin’# corps was to follow immediately. Get?. McClellan and staff were at Williamsport active ly engaged in superintending the crossing of troojS. An impression prevailed in the army that Heinzelman and Sigel were now in Vir ginia and their mission was to stop the rebel retreat. A- letter in the Philadelphia Inquirer, dated Sandy Hook, the 24th, says every road and lace there is filled with baggage wa|ons and artil lery. It says: The shrill whistle of the locomotive is again heard. Supplies of all kind3 are now being transported over the railroad to this point. The telegraph is being repaired, and large gangs of workmen have commenced removing the rub bish of the railroad bridge, which was destroy ed By the rebels. A temporary bridge, similar to the one r.t the Monocacy, i9 to be thrown across the Potomac. It will be ready for trains to pass over in about a week. The boats of the pontoon bridge have al ready arrived. They will immediately be placed in position. Immense numbers of sol diers have lorded the Potomac, there being no means of conveyance across the river at pres ent. They swear vengeance and retaliation upon the rebels for their vandalism. BUELL’S INEFFICIENCY. The Tribune says: There is reason to hope that the government has under consideration the question of ap pointing a successor to Gen. Buell, if not also that of assigning one General to the command of all the West. # THE SURRENDER OF HARPER’S USURY. General White and Cols. Ford, Trimble and D’Utasaey, who were acting Brigadiers -t Har per’s Ferry, have been carried to vVa-.-iVgion under arrest, to await an invest;-: u , all circumstances attending the Surrender. INDIGNANT. YANKEES. The “Tribune” says; The indignation among small army officers of a certain class on account of the President’s proclamation, is very great. Instead of find' jng vent in resignation, as was threatened, it takes the direction oi obuse of the colored people. Many, without the slightest provoca tion, have been knocked down aud bcateb. RELEASE OF PRISONERS. The persons who have been imprisoned in tip. old Capital building, as ho3tnges for the Yan kee eitixens of Fredericksbu-V were relea- •:! on the 24th lost. Among t . .in arc Mayor Slaughter aud Itev. Wm. F. F. Mns REPUBLICAN CO' YEN fIOS. Th§ "Republican Union Convents.m” of New York, have nominated General J. S. Wadsworth for Governor, and Lytnm Tremain for Lieuten • LOUISVILLE, KY. The Yankees are seizing all unenroJJcd per sons in Louisville and putting them to work on the entrenchments around the city. The New York “Tribune” states that by the surrender of Harper’s Ferry the Confederates took 14.5Q0 men, rations for 14,000 men for twenty days, one hundred tons of ammunition, fifty-seven guns, (some of which were the best Parrot’s) 14,000 stand cf arms, and four bat teries. Another Proclamation from Abraham, The following proclamation appears in the New Y ,*rk Tribune of the 25tU nit: proclamation. Whereus, it ‘ s V eouic necessary to call Into service,!;., aiiy voln-.-t-y.. but also portions of the militia or the -Sir, by dri ft, j n o. .U rto suppress the insure • x" -.log in the United States, and disloyal persons are not a tt qj.utdy restrained by the ordinary *.<•• . , ol i- from hindering this measure, and from giving aid and comfort ia various ways to the insu-ruction. 1 Now, therefore, be it ordered, that during the existing insurrection, and as a necessary mea sure for suppressing the same, all rebels and insurgents, their aiders and abettors within the United States, and all persons discouraging volunteer enlistments, resisting militia drafts, or guilty of any dirio?. practb >, nffarding ,<l gnr! c ..nforl the r. bei-, auai. -t the author tv or the United Stares shall bes law, aud liable to trial and punishment by court martial or military commiscioc. 21. That the writ of habeas corpus is suspend- j ed in respect to all persons arrested, or who are now, or hereafter during the rebellion .mail be imprisoned in any lort, catap, arsenal, m.iUary prisons, or other place of Confinement, by an? military authority, or by the sentence of any court martial or r&ili'.ary person, la witness whereof, & Abraham Lincoln. The Fever at Wilmington. —The Journal of Tuesday says ; Owing to eircumstaucfc** beyond the eoatro of the Mayor, the number o: deaths since onr la-t i:su* cannot be obtained, nor can wo arrive at any tr approximation. Rvpor a from .41 the pby ho*, me have beta received *• a.ive to the garaberofnew cases f an is g yesterday. Estimating for the one wnoee report has not been received, the number of new cases yesterday, Monday, Sept. 2bih, was 43, showing evidently that the epi demic is not abating. At 12 o’clock to-day, the thermometer stands at 82 in the shade, but the sun is exceedingly oppressive, more so, if ap pears to os than even at midsummer. From Col. CrnvvloKU, Ucßiineul. loot of Walden’s Ridge, ) Sept. 25, 1882. \ Editor Columbus Enquirer On the 2d Sep tember our regiment—thefid Georgia Cavalry— crossed the Tennessee river at Chattanooga and took up our line of march for the purpose oi overtaking Gen. Bragg’s army, then sain to be across the mountains. We followed on rapidly in the rear of the rapidly advancing, army, and on tho night of tho oth camped ten miles beyond Sparta, the hoadquartei'3.of Gen. Bragg, and were assigned our place in Gen Wheeler’s Brigade, which was iminedcately or dered to the front and sent out upon an expe dition, the nature of which wo did not at that time understand—tho object of which, how ever, was to detain, it possible, the retreating army of Buell until Gen. Bragg could accom plish his ends. On the night of the 7th we watered our jaded I; - sin the Cumberland, near Carthage, and tue next morning cooked four, days rations, left the wagons and our extra b:-::g 'g': behind, crrs 'e.d the umbcrland and camped for the night at Dixon’s Springs, where v; met with Col. Bennett’s command, eonsist r ' ot 4or 500 volunteers imperfectly armed.— Tho next day we moved to Castilian Springs, , seven miles from Gallatin—the scene of John ’ Morgan’s famous exploits. Our scouts went in to the town and captured some few .struggling Yankees. They also obtained information concerning Baell’s force —thc-n in the vicinity asp ;>:ovh gup totiard Bowling Green. Buell 1m(1 left Nashville with almost iiis entire force, •.'•d was marching towards this place. General B ■ g was directing his bourse not alter Buell— ■ ii-.- latter supposed—but io the direction of Glasgow, Kv., so as to be above him and thus cut off his retreat. Such being the rehuive positions of the two armies, it became a matter ot the highest im- P nance that Buell’s army should be annoyed and retarded as much as possible. This, then, w-vi our business. “Not to fight, but to har ms-,” were Gen. Bragg’s instructions to our galiant leader—and nobly did he fulfill the trust reposed in him. It would require far more sp tee than I have in thiq to \ tell of our adven tii..'p% our sufferings, privation:;, and various skirmishes with ihe enemy—sometimes on his flac k, then his rear, and again his front—never fir one moment losing sight of him, never giving him rest, until ho imagined that the whole of Gen. Braga’s army were pressing him oa every side, instead of a paltry force ot eight hundred m m. The. sufferings of.otir men were great, but were borne with the nun stuoriitude. By cay we mart:!.cd, hi night ire slept in ranks, our arms at our side, our horses tethered to our 'vc -ts; oar 'o id a part erf the green corn they ate, • ' die green apples and other fruit we could find by the wayside. Oa the night of tbe loih we camped at Merry Oaks, hy., twelve miles from Glasgow and twenty from Bowling Ci . a. Our work for the time was over; we had misled the foe. Gen. Bragg had told Gen. Wheeler that if ho detained the enemy but twelve hours, a great point would be gained. We bad detained him'three days. Tho Conscript Act. * The following is the new act for recruiting Hic. army, as it passed both houses of Congress : An Act to amend an act entitled “ an act to provide further for the public defease;” ap proved 10th of April, 1863. The Cotigress oj the Confederate Slates of Amcr ca i!o onact, That the President be and he is here by authorized to call out and place in the mili tfcvv service of the Confederate Slates, for three yen vs, unless the war shall have been sooner ail white men who are residents of the C aGrt.tenite Slates, between the ages of thirty fit a"d forty-five years, at the time the call or c . ) iu ..v be made, and who are not, at such tune £>r limes, legally exempted from military ■ . v ea; or such parts thereof, asiuhisjudg i i at may be necessary to the public defense; ..... call or calls to be made. '< the provi sions and according to the tew. > f the act to SvuieU this is an amendment, and such authority ?.kali exist in the President during the present uar, as to all persons who now are, or may h, ,-uafter become eighteen years of age; and, once enrolled, all persons between the if eighteen and forty five shall serve their V \.\ ided, That if the President ia calling out t 1 o mto the service of the Confederate States . 1 !i .*• call for only a part of the persons with ■ is hereinbefore stated, he shall call for b tween the age of thirty-five and any o-.i. a axe lee3 than forty-five years ; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be under stood as repealing or modifying any part of the act to which this is amendatofy, except as here in expressly slated; and provided, further, Those called out under * this act, and the act to which this is an amendment, ‘shall be first and immediately ordered to fill to the maximum number, tho companies, battalions, squadrons and regiment# from the respective Slates, at the time the act u. pr vide for the public defence, approved 16th oi April, 1803, was organizations formed from each State since the passage of that act, or placed in new organizations to be officered By the State having such residue, ac cording to the Taws thereof, or disposed of as now provided by law ; Provided, That the President- is now authorized to suspend the execution of this, or the act to which this is an aateedmvur, in any locality where he may find it impracticable to execute the same ; and, that in such localities, and during such suspension, tho President is authorized to receive troops into the Confederate service under any of the acts passed by the Confederate Congress, prior to the passage of the actrfo further provide for th public defence; approved 16th of April, 1863. T*ia YTanttce Xioss ls llio S3 a ill.; of Sharpsburg, The slaughter cf the Yankees in the battle of Sharpsburg must' have been terrible, even by their own admission. Tho correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing of their loss, Vv e have been burying oar dead and carrying 1 off the battle field our wounded. I have just | returned from tha sickening spectacle. Sol j filers who went through all the battles of the i Peninsular say the battles about Richmond was iu- "olhing compared with it. The dead lie in i heaps, and the wounded are coming in by thou ! sauce}. Around aud in a large barn, about half j p ni-e from the spot -where Gen. Hooker en j • ;d the enemy’s left, I counted 1,250 wound ed. Along the same read, and within the dis tance cf two miles* ere three more hospitals, . r’l having from COO to'7oo in them, and long trains of ambulances standing in tho road, waiting to discharge their, bloody loads. In killed and-wounded no battlo of the war will approach it. In Summer’s corps alone our loss in i-. illt'd, wounded an ’ missing amounts to five tiiou- ;!•<! lw 1 hundred and eight! The 15th Mi r.turnout weal into tho battle v.-:T; live hundred and fifty urea, and came out | v. ah -me hundred and fifty-six. Tim. 10th Masse ; ! biuctts, oi ion;' hundred aud rex, last ail but 1 uodred and forfy-seven. The Colonel and Li ' . nunt Cr/L.nel w ra troth wounded, (the ! ?’ajor was lost some months ago,) and every SC .!•! ! n in •: regiment killed or disabled. The 15th New Hampshire, about three hundred j strong, lost hundred and ten enlisted men ! ai.T lourtci.n offi.vr#. Massachusetts, out of 1 eight regirautu engaged, (all except the ooih, i oLI regim.-. s, with their ranks,) loses upwards j of fifie; u hundred, and Peueylvauia has suffered ! more liiau any other State. The rebels seem to I take off our men and officers almost before j they have time R 5 draw their men up in line of j bailie. Heavy Robbert.—Mr. Jas. R. Sanchrz, of Orange Springs, Florida, was robbed of 85,000 last Wednesday morning, while the Atlanta cars were stopping at Dal; c, in a manner more daring and impudent than wu have heard of lor some time. Mr. ?! ■ z pulled eff his money bait during the night, in order to rest better, and placed it in his carpet bag, which he kept under his head or between his feet all the time. When the ears arrived at Dalton, a man raised up to light his cigar at the lamp overhead, but -ut ic out in his efforts. As soon as the ear was in darkn€3, Mr. jsAcehtz felt bis carpet bag i it Red away from between his Let and notwith- Vo.i -jir.g ever* • ffjrt- on his part and also of the ’.assent*;'#, the thief got away, knocking down tv. or Uu-,a passengers in his Lurry. It is l .-dliss to say that tha man who lit the'eigar win also missing when the light arrived. Mr. Sanchez has reason to believe the man is from AU.-ata.—(Chattanooga I. meL Thu Uour.es in Minnesota.—St. I’alt, S t. ls.—'Therirorrors of the present Indian war are nncea.-ieg. It is without a precedent. Ore.: five i.ur. destitute refugees are now in tl . .-1 v, d.pendent upon the citizens. There. . j has the above at Bt. Ireter, and many ... for Illinois, gait g in every boat. O.e woman died her: ycsteriiy from ■ ds of fourteen buckshot. Of htrpeven Children, two arc living, ohe wn3 starved, and toot were murdered ia their mother’s sight.— The two r. m auiug were tomahawked and left fordeiJ. I -.nu as Lis dislike to cap ture cth u by gocgir-R ibdr eyes cut with imjrßbirp in :>inuoent, or chopping the fingers from G. .1 ha: Js. There are many such instan ces. a lew t oa in this city. G. n. Pop- • expected to-night. Query : Will he find a: l w Jackson ? [Chicago (Illinois) Times. ‘ The Federals Capturing our Wounded.— Tie Richmond Enquirer of Monday says : On Friday last, a body of 1,000 Yankee cav alry visited Manassas Junction and proceeded towards Warrenton, which place they have doubtless entered ere now. A paroled prisoner who arrived yesterday, states that they had advanced to within three miles ot Warrenton, ana were capturing and paroling all the sick and wounded" in the hospitals along the route. Trev bad already taken about seventy. Tuere are a large number ot our sick and wounded at Warrenton. The telegraph station at mat place has been closed. TEiLEa-rßA.ipmci From Our Army Direct. MAJ, MEANS, OF S. AND CAFT. heady, of ala., severely WOUNDED. Ldpooial despatch to the Havannab Republican.) of^^ssr- ° cu i '— EverythiDg is <iu ‘ ot *“ koni McClellan has sent a polite loiter to Q on . Lee in forming him that Maj. Moans, of tho Seventeenth South Carolina Regiment, and C„t. Third Alabama, were severely, though not dangerous ly, wounded in tho late battle, that they are in his hands, and that every attention would be given them The letter was sent at the request of the wounded parties. Gen. Longstreet’s Adjutant inf irms ma that lists of all tho killed and wounded at Sharpsburg have been furniilied to the Army Intelligence Office at Richmond for publication. He had no other list that ho could give me, and I have telegraphed to Richmond to have them sent to you immediately. P, W. A. Later from the North. GEN. BUELL REPORTED RELIEVED—N. Y. FINANCES—FEDERAL MOVEMENTS IN VIRGINIA—THE REBELS AGAIN TO BE “CRUSHED OUT”-THE BRITISH AND FRENCH ON MANASSAS NO. 2-A RAM IN THE MERSEY—YELLOW FEVER AT GALVESTON-DEATH OF BULL NEL SON. RicnMONTi, Oct, 2 —The Baltimore Amorican of Monday afternoon, says: It is reported that Gen. Buell has been relieved from his command and assigned to Indianapolis to organize paroled prisoners into regi uents. Stocks were rampant in Now York on Monday, and prices went up 8 per cent. At first call gold was 22}£ premium. At the close of operations it had advanced to 28X- Reports from Galveston say that yellow fever is rag ing fearfully at that place. The Enquirer has received New York dates ot the SOth. Bull Nelson was shot in the Gau’.t House, lit Louisville, on Monday, by General Jefferson C. Davis. Ho expired in a few moment?. Gen. Seig'e had advanced to YTarrenton and was preparing to cut off all communication between the Rebel army and tho Shenandoah valley and Richmond. The American says there are also intimations of re newed activity oa James River, indicating that the present apparent suspensioaoif operations is only pre paratory to a systematic movement that will produce important refits. The steamer Anglo Saxon had armed at New York. The defeat of Pope at Manassas was universally re garded in England and France as fatal to the Union cause. . A powerful ram wa3 openly being built in the Mer;ev, to boused in opening the blockade at Charles ton.. * The address of tho Yankeo Governors to Lincoln is not to be made public. * Reported Capture of Gen. Phelps and Com. Porter. Pout Eudbon, (via Mobile) Sept 80.—A gentleman just arrived from New Orleans B-jysit was reported there that the Confederate war steamer “290'’ had captured an outward bound Federal vessel, off the mouth of the Mississippi, having as passengers General Phelps and Commodore Porter- These dignitaries were transferred to the “290” and placed in confine mutt. Skirmish in Mississippi. Tupelo, Oet. 2.—(Special to tho Mobile Advertiser & Kegister.) Tho Yankee cavalry ssouta yoßterday penetrated to the railroad two miles south of Baldwin, and cut the telegraph wire. They were attacked by twen#-five of tho 2d Tonnessre cavalry, routed and driven off with a loss of seven killed and two takciff prisoners. Our loss was two killed and none wounded. Congressional Nows. EiclUiond, OcL 2.—The Sknatf, to-day, refused to agree to the amendments of the House to the Exemp tion bill And asked for a committee of conference. Tho House bill appropriating a million of dollars for the construction of tho Blue Mountain and Home Eaiiroad was passed; also tho Senate bill to provide for tha transmission of the trans-Misussippi mails. At one o’clock the Senate went into spnret session to consider tho regular order of tho day, being a bill to repress the atrocities of the enemy. Nothing of im portance was done. When the doors were opened, several communications from the President were pre sented. The House was occupied nearly al! day in a discus sion of tho bill to raise revenue. From Nashville. Ciiattanoooa, Oct. 2.—A company of pnrtizan Esn‘ gers yesterday drove tho Yankee pickets at Flat Book back to Nashville. Flat Kock is three miles from Nashville. A Nashville despatch of tho 30lh ult., says the steamer Forlorn Hope was captured a few miles below there, on Sunday by the Bebels. It is the impression in Nashville that Bragg has taken Louisville, Ky. Speculators have cleaned out all tho goods and stores between here and Nashville. No more need come. Thore is no doubt about the starving condition of Nashville. Last of Dr. Rosbvally.— According to the Richmond Dispatch of the 27th, the career of this man has been brought to a close. That paper says: Hitno.—About two weeks since, Ihe Southern pa pers contained an account of tho arrest, in Mobile Bay, of five men, w*o, from indications apparent, had a'tenanted to embark in a boat for Now Orleane. Let ters from suspected Unionists in Mobile were found on them, addressed to Butler and other Federal offi cials in New Orleans; maps of Mobile and plans of its defences, flies of the city newspapers, lots of gold, and an assortment of both Federal and Confederate Treasury scrip; also, several flags, one of which rep resented the United States flag on one side and, the Confederate Flag on the reverse. Other evidences of intended treachery were found, and the whole party, though they protested they were only on a fUhing ex cursion, werp conveyed to Mobile, and safely locked up us spies. Amo 0 g the men on board the boat was Br. Marius Louis Eossvaliy, well known in this city. Intelligence was received yesterday at Gen. Winder a office, by a gentleman direct -from Mobile, that Boss vaily had been hung there a few days ego; but wheth er by military authority or the poaulace acting as a vigilance committee, we did no learn. Good Ketort. When the flag o£ truce steamer, containing the Coniederate prisoners to be exchanged at Vicksburg were lying at Memphis a few davs since, a poor Irishwoman went down to the wharf, for the purpoee of seing her husband who was on board one of them. She asked an officer on duty to let her go aboard, and stated the object of he mission, but was refftsed. She still persisted in her effort to get aboard. The officer not liking her con tinued appeal, hallowed ont to her; Madame, you cannot come aboard I say, I wish you would go to hell and let me aloneT Ihc woman was roused, and putting her ar& akim bo replied, shaking her head : “I can go to hell can IV Say, misther officer, do you know oneStonewall Jackson ?” “Yes, what of him ?” “Wejl he hs been sending so many Yankees to that place now that be Jabers there is no room for dacent people there, and the ould divil him self has to sleep out of doors.” Good for Biddy. The Enemy’s Operations near Bluffton. The Yankee gunboats steamed up May River and commenced shelling the woods around Bluffton about 9 o’clock on Tuesday morning. They drove the pickets from Bluffton, and land ed about one company of riflemen, who skir mished through the woods on the river bank, ftring*as if engaged with an enemy. One of the gunboats passed up as high as Crow'ell’s Land ing, stopping at Pope’s on the way up, and committing SQme depredations around the houses. At Crowell’s they endeavored to en tice an old negro away, but did not succeed. They threw 12-inch shells for two and a naif miles across the road leading to Bluffton and in all other conceivable directions- It is supposed that this blustering expedition was intended to interrupt the pursuit of several runaways, a por tion of whom have been taken. [Char. Mercury, 2d. Brig. Gen. Chalmers, we understand, is nnder arrest for making the attack on Mnniordsville, or Green River bridge, prematurely and against orders. The place was to have been entirely surrounded before a demand lor its surrender shorfld be made—this was eventually done, but not till Chalmers’ brigade had been repulsed he day previous.—[Chattanooga Rebel. •mira m sn ills FOR SALE. THE subscriber off are for rale between 7,0€0 and 8/00 acres of wtl.-timbered Land, with a supe rior set of Saw and Grist Mills, in oomplete order, sit uate try Tut'null county, about sixty miies from Savan nah, There sre 200 acre* cleared and well enclosed. The pace is unsurpassed for health, and is near the Ohoopie river, affording a’ constant supply of fish, corn, fodder. Horses, mules, and' stock of every de ectipilon can be purchased with the pla-e. Terms will be reasonable. Application may be made to the sub scriber, on the premises, near Keidsville, or to Judge I*. 8. D’Lyon, Savannah, ocW we* 0. F. TOWHB. 3