Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1862, Page 1

“THE EVENING STAR 1s VBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON, (SUNDAY EXCEPTED.) ay THE STAR BUILDINGS, Conyzn Penn's AVENUE AND liTH STREET, BY W. D. WALLAQH. —— : CK Foust HS Le 4.50 & year, in adi 5 Se ee an - $3 three 7 than Waves months at the rate of 12 cents aweck. Single @epies, ONE CENT; im Wrappers, Two CENTS. ead, DYERTISEMENTS sould be sent to the before 12 o'clock M.; otherwine they may no! pypear until the next day. Vo, XX. +> WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1862. DENTISTRY. a D DP SEES ree BF opricn EW AND begin na INVENTION ARTIFICIAL SHEGELASTIC BONE T . Whirsovr Metal PLats on Crass, DR. 8. B. SIGESMOND 21@ Broadway, New York—' qameeareet eos eb atte! ie, public to lowing 4 aah Tantfecture wil Prep i by. hres fourths, lighter malty other, No teeth sone Rdventrsetedy as the we Fools wil be made thoffensive, aud never os te th 8 t nt BS ghee aren ee ‘Batural expression of face, which under the has-been fully first: Neen eres > : tooth on aay side roots, whieh will last lifetime. ta N. Fe dion: Professor of of the Supreme Court of Washing- of others. ine for yourself. se 19-6m_ Pennsylvania ‘Avenue, 5 D.C. bn tet atoot most \mproved origrt netics 2a on ode, RS Gam. and Block Teoth ‘CHAS. P. HUNT SaaALe BRIGHT WELL. RMY SUPPLIES. Orrick oF Tre Curter QUARTERMASTER, ; Army of the Potomac, WASHINGTON, Neptember 2), 1962. Prorosats are invited for furnishing for the use or NGe0 tons bet quality. Pimathy Haye securely Ds quality y thay, securely baled, the weight ofeach bale to be marked reoD, ‘2po0,000 bushels of Oats, of the best quality, in sacks. well sewed. 17,900. cords Owk and Hickory Wood, well seasoned and of the best quality. Each bid must be accompanied by the endorse- it of two re: uaibla Bpraone the the contracts ul a Bids will be opened {rom time to time as th rom time me as - be needed, and contraets will be awarded y Ea Coneumpti feri out, 101 Chronie Reese ate N uralgin, Stiff Joints, Tat e cured. if curable, on and Mitwite aaa ke a ington. testis that (had no rest a of few min~ te Ointment Heat, Sore be without 5 a Mrs. Wren very valuable in her family for Prick!: » Nipples, &c.; thinks no mother should Mrs. 0., of Georgetown, was given u several P Yeicians ; could only walk Ai ee ee suf- red with Chronic Rheumatism for ; has been under M: tic without help. te this treatment. two-thirds: of chil- Worms, My Mag- irs. Wren’s Undersigned respectfully ~ public that he will open his well-known og ogee yp this day fo: the ~~ has bad it theroughly and pently fitted, and has sl: the summer in bedding the most choice OYSTERS the a Bay Erinas ine a fae ames Gu ‘om it, twice a week, 9 fresh supply: inde- regular supply boats. By ere will be no failure in filling any ‘that may be made with the establishment, Ss'we have never heretofore failed to do, independ: ent of the oneser lete that it arrangemen' 80 com) it ean cope ce nited Sates, tien Si oe mysel! y particular attention ir hotels restaurants, sutlers and private at the lowest cash prices. * also on hand a fine assortment fresh TTS and sealed MEATS ot B81 Cat., between inthe pad 1 een Washingto: i te god ast oth and 111! in City, D. 0. NOTICE To HOTELS, GROCERS, RESTAURANTS, PRI- VATE FAMILIES, &c. The Subseribers have just received a fresh ship- ‘at of so CASES ST. JULIEN AND FLORRAG ARETS, which they offer fer sale at New York prices. Also, t "con Sof proeite } Brendes, NA. BD BLIN PORTERS, RLES, SAUCES. CGSbEEN Wee SkqLisn Darny ISH CORDIALS, ENGEN and ENG- IMPERI. s wee NG YON Teas ane aa sssor' oO! TANGY GROUERIES, BININGER & CO. (Established 178.) Branch—219 Pa. avenue, opposite Willards’ Hotel, Washington BF Just received a small lot of ‘Oticers” Lia 244 TLVANUA AVENUE. (morth side,) between ith and isth sts, ‘ine Brazilian Pebbles ition of 'Y FIELD GLASSES. , for day and coupenna. » eed ATL INSTRUMENTS, MP. lowest Northern Brices, w! jy B-eotf E *NE DRESS GOODS. IN ALL FABBICS.—Al modern fabrics for Fine : rthern ant Tn correspondents send ae only. marked in plain 6 the actual value. fare <'pRO saa ae peal ’ SURVEYORS’ &c., &c., at the and retail, tur No: OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS, Y BLA’ f Lott: ted CASEIMENS = .G BLANNELS Pc ee ssonrure & My ¢. f DRY ine te i kinde o! GOODS for sending home to Cue price, only. the actual cash standard valu, packed forconveyance by ex- Fics jon ete be solerted” it implics Bo ob- Hgstion to pu % PERRY BRO. set ean aye erry Buildiag.” JEW DESIONS IN AUTUMN AND WINTER Nw RPPiNGs. opened De Auth ail kinds Cy ef DR re for current wants One price eniy, the sctusl cash, ralne marked in eet Wisdolameaeael int oerest. we TaN Pig eae RANGE 3AYLOB, AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOON AND TO-MORROW. By W. L. WALL & CO., Auctioneers. STEERS SALE OF VALUABLE PROP- ERTY.—By virtue of a deed of trust, duly exe- cuted, and recorded in the land reeords of Wash- we tball sell ‘Anetion, du the premises: ee! . oa SATURDAY, the 27th day of Keptember. A. Be, }, at five o’clock-p.m., numbered ten (19,) in juare numbered eight hundred and seventy-four, : Gne-third cash; the balance tn tw equal payments, at six and twelve months, with SSinittr the lolli pernonts Gocverescing a secure the defe: . Conveyancing f the purchi er t janer. meer ‘ALFRED SCHUCKING, AE LY, Trustees. W.'L. WALL & CO., Aveta, FUTURE Days. By GREEN WILLIAMS, Auctioneers, Tiere cba @ONDAg. sheath Iontant, we shalt sell,'at5 i ‘the i m.,infront wit! ick tions re- yady Miaated on the west side of Wists ieet | ‘to the corner of New York avenue. 4 Terms: One-third cash; balance a credit of 9 days for satisfactorily endorsed notes, bearing interest. g se %5-4t GREEN & WILLIAMS, Aucts, By GREEN & WILLIAMS, Auctioneers. E% C., &C., AT AvC- Tio%.—On MONDAY, the 20th instant, we shall sell, at 1 o’clock a. m., at the residence of ner. fag. No. 358 Sixth street, between Hand I, an excellent assortment of Furniture, viz: One fine Rosewood Piano Forte, (7-octave, made by Snyder, an excellent instrument,) Stool and SRNITURE. Prano ForTE, & Cover, . t One Walnut Haircloth Parlor Set, consisting of Sofa, Arm, foo and Parlor Chairs One set do., different, Extension Dining Table, Marble-top Dressing and-other Bureaus, .. Tables and Wash Closets, Bookcase, Fine Walnut Jenny Lind and other Bedsteads, Wardrobes, Fine Painted Cottage aad Walnut Chamber Seta, Mente Ornaments, China, Glass and Crockery are. Clocks, Beds, Bedding and Mattress, Tables and Stands Fine lot_of Preserved Strawberries, Blackberries ana Cherries Fine Brussels and other Carpets and Rugs, Oilcloth and Matting, e Cooking, Radiator and other Stoves, A good lot of Kitchen Requisites, many other articles, which we deem unneces- sary to enumerate. Terma cash, in bankable funds. GREEN & WILLIAMS, Se 25-3t (Intelligencer.) Auctioneers. By W. L. WALL & CO., Auctioneers, Gs ERNMENT SALE OF SUBSISTENCE BM Stones at Avctioy—On TUESDAY, 3)th September, 1862, at 12 o'clock m., we will sell at the Auction Rooms, the following artieles, condemned as unfit for public service, viz— 1.158 Ibs, Bacon " 8 barrels Salt Beef, 22 bushels Beans, 1 bushels Split Beas, 9834 Ibs. Rice, ‘3 Ibs. Green Coffee, 380 Ibs. Ground Coffee. Terms cash, Government funds. By order: Lieut. JOHN CASACK Ist Infantry, A se2% (Rep.) W.L. WaLL & CO. By J. C, McGUIRE & CO., Auctioneers. RUSTEES' SALE OF VALU ABLE BU!LDING Lor.—Under and by virtue of a deed of trust to the subscribers, bearing date on the %th day of May, A. D.18@.and daly recorded in Liber J. A. 4. NO. EM folio 9, &c., one of the land reeords for Washington County, in the District of Colum- bia, we will sell at public auction, in front of the mises, at 50’clock : m. the ninth = of Octo- a A. D. 1362, the following described piece or parcel Of ground, in the city of Washington, viz: ot No. eight, (8.) in Uhiman’s subdivision of original Lots No. one (1) and two, (2.) in Square No. eight hundred and fifty-cight (ds8.) . This lot is situated in a rapidly impreving part of city. Terms of sale : One-third in cash, of which $25 to be paid at sale; the remainder in two equal payments, at 6 and 12 months, with interest, se- cured by deed of trust. Terms to be complied with in five days, All conveyancing at parchaser’s cost. WILLIAM H, WARD. meet THOMAS C. DONN, Sapa se 8 J.C. McGUIRE & CO., Aucts. j\) bh age SALE.—In virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued from the Clerk's Office of the Cir- ‘ourt, of the District of Columbia, for the County of Washington, and to me ditected, I will expose to public sale, for csah, in frnnt of the Court House doer of said county, on. MONDAY, the 13 day of October, 1862, at ‘clock m., the followin described Lots. to-wit, Lots lettered A, B.C. E, Gin Janies Dumawin subdivision, of original Lots No. 7,8, aud 9,in square No. 212, in the city of Washington, D. O., together with all and singular the improvements thereon, seized and levied upon as the property of James E. Dunawin, and will be sold to satisfy judicials No. 233, to Oc- tober, 1862, in favor of Daniel E. Swope. WARD H. LAMON, se 19-dtd U. 8. Marshal, D. 0 s.—-T._18s6o.-=. DRAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERS. They purify, strengthen, and invigorate. They create a healthy appetite. They are an antidote to change of water and diet. They overcome effects of dissipation and late hours. They strengthen the system and enliven the mind. They prevent miasmatic and intermittent fevers. They purify the breath and acidity of the stomach. They cure Dyspepsia and Constipation. They cure Diarrhoea, Cholera and Cholera Morbus. They cure Liver Complaint and Neryous Headache. They are the best Bitters in the world. They make the weak man strong, and are exhausted nature’s great restorer. They are made of pure St. Croix Rum, the celebrated Calisaya Bark, roots and herbs, and are taken with the pleasure of a beverage, without regard to age ortime of day. Particularly recommended to delicate persons requiring a gentle stimulant. Sold by all Grocers, Druggists, Hotels, and Saloons. P. H. DRAKE & CO, 202 Broad. way, New York. sep 25-e06m IRON HALL, 320 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, EMILE DUPRE Would respectfully inform his friends and cus- tomers that, having just returned to this city from New York, he offers a renewed assortment of FINEST FAMILY GROCERIES, Consisting of SUGARS, TEAS, COFFEE, SPICES, Ric. FLOUR, BUITER ARD. Also, & fine assortment of HAVANA CIGARS, which, Deing purchased from a prize vessel, enables us to sell at very low rates, SUTLERS, TLERS, - mY SUTLERs, If you want to Purchase GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS, and TOBACCO, - Of Best Quality and at Low Prices, You Must Call at EMILE DUPRE’S, 320 Parsxsrivamia Av: Tron Building, who laid in a large stock of Goods before the un- heard-of rise in prices had taken place. se a FRRST EMBAL! IN Dine oats Wtattanad Arse jn this city, having with the army taken rooms, No. wane avanae. whete be ia ready to execate all orders with as much metefore. Wi. B. Dr. B. has now no eonnection with his for- mes pacepe! business, 308 Pa. av, oe Lm’ CELLENT HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN | H. L. Skin- | ANOTHER BUDGET OF NEWS FROM SOUTHERN PAPERS. THE REBE! GREAT EXPECTATIONS” FROM THE CONFEDERATE ARMY OF IN VASION. ere THEY WERE TO TAKE WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE, RAVAGE THE FAT FARMS OF PENNSYLVANIA, ADVANCE ON CLEVELAND, OHIO, ANB BREAK THE BEOCKADE AND OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH GREAT BRITAIN BY WAY OF LAKE ERIB. psec -aeeseets THE NEW CONFEDERATE CONECRIPTION ACT. We have a pundie of Richmond papers of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th. ‘The Southern’ version of the battle of South Mountain and the capture of Harper's Ferry, (contained in the Richmond paper¥ of the 20th;) we tiave #iréady given, but we faid many other points ‘6f interest in the | editorials and other matter in these papers, in- | dicative of the exuberant spirits of the Con- j federates, in view of the impending rebel inya- | sion of the Northern States, and it will be seen ; by our quotations below thatthey had alyeady | in their mind’s eye made due disposition of the “fat cattle, cereals, horses and mgules” (Rich- mond Dispateh of the 17(h) of the “enormously | rich couutry” towards which Lre’s army was t headed. The Dispatch goes on to say: “For our own part, we trust tbat the first proclamation of Pope,and the manner in which his army carried it out, will not be forgotten, We hope the troops will turn the whole coun- | try into ade as the Yankees did the Pied- | mont countr, i Let not a biade of a barrel of flour, or ‘se, Or a cow, or a hog,or a left wherever they move alon; Let vengeance be taken for done, nntil retribution itself aghast. This is the country of the poken, would-be gentleman, Me( has cansed a loss to us in 0 negroes, the most valnable prop- Virginian can own. They have no ta smooth-s, negroes in’ Pennsylvania, therefore fall npon something fall upon everything that constitutes proy A Dutch farmer has no negroes; horses that ean be seized, grain that fixented, cattle that can be killed, h e burnt. He can be taken prisov t to Libby's warehouse, as our frien: Fanqnier, and Loudoun, and Culpep Stafford, and Fredericksburg, and the Penin- sula_have been sent to Lincoln’s dur the North. Let retaliation be comp! the Yank ancing into ariny can easily get possession of wania Central Railroad, and break it down so thoroughly thatit cannot be repaired in six months. They have already possessioa of the Baltimore and Ohio Railread and the York Railroad. By breaking down these and the railroad from Philadelphia to Baltimore, they wilt completely isolate’ both Washington and Baitimere. No reinforcements ean reach them from either the North or West, except by the Potomae aid the bay. “One effegt which the invasion of Pennsyl- yania would haye, we have not yet alluded to, It would compel McClellan to follow Lee and fight a battle outside of his entrenchments. Gen. Lee would haye his own choice of ground and his own time to fight. He could lead him so far off ould not getto his burrow. He woul@ rout htm, and probably destroy his whole army.” The Dispatch proceeds to speak of the capture of Baltimore and Washington as foregone con- clusions, and says of this city: «“ We cannot bring our minds to the belief that the Yankees, when compelled to evacuate it, will destroy even the public buildings, since such @ measure would amount toa confession that the game was entirely up with them.” Now that the Dispatch has learned the resul from Lee's fighting McClellan « outside of his intrenchments,” it probably is not so well satis- fied with the experiment, and its hopes of feast- ing on the fat things of the Dutch farmers, or 0 wintering in Washington city, somewhat damp- ened. The Richmond Examiner of the 19th is even more jubilant in the same vein. It thinks the whole difficulties of the plan of invasion haye been disposed of by the victories over Pope. The Examiner sayse «New forces have been recrnited: but they are little better than raw militia. The enemy | may throw as many troops in front of our | armies—in their march into the bosom of the North—as were encountered in the several bat- | tle-fields of Virginia; but they will be palsied by the prestige of defeat, and by the conscious- ness of inferiority. They could not, it they dared, and they dare not, if they could, with. stand the impetuous onset of our victorious le. gions, “The number of troops composing our in- yading army is ample for all purposes. Too great numbers would only encumber and clog its moyements. It has now the advantage it had not in Virginia of moving in a country fall of forage and provisions. It reaches the en- emy’s country just after haryest, and the har- vest of 1862 has been abundant in the North. The march will be through the most prolific grain region in the world. The amply stored Dutch barns in Middle Pennsylvania, present an idea peculiarly propitious to the success of a great military movement. Our generals need not be very serupulous in appropriating the treasures of these Dutch barns, The abolition Congress has itself declared that the armies en- gaged in this war must subsist off the country which they invade. The rnle was made ready | toour hands. They themselves have prepared the chalice for the lips of their own people. «Considering all the contingencies of the war, we cannot avoid concluding that the future progress of our army now ia Maryland must be as prosperous as its past. The chief difficul- ties of the campaign have been surmounted. It has gone through the dangers and tribulations of the desert, and has arrived at Mount Pisgah, Itis not only able to view the promised lund, but it is at liberty toenter and enjoy. We are not impatient for the invasion of Pennsylyania. Let our generals take time and mature their preparations. But it is not teo much to expect that our army will.winter in the North.” What a rude shock to such rose-colored expectations must have been experienced in Richmond on learning that the invincible rebel army of invasion that was to “march into the bowels of the North without impediment,” has been tumbled pell-mell across the Potomac by this same “would-be-gentleman McClellan,” and his “raw militia!’ But the invasion of Pennsylvania was but a small part of the magnificent rebel progrumme. The Ezaminer says in another editorial: “It would seem that Northwest Virginia would soon become a strategic theater of the war. The possession of that extreme portion of this Commonwealth would give control ot all but one of the great lines of railways connecting the Northwestern States with the seat of gov- ernment and the States of the East. The oceu- ation of that country would enable us to cut » lines of communication, and wonld place us in close contact with Lake Erie. A march of fifty miles, or a string of fortified camps com- munding this interval of space, would put the South in contact with Canada, whose ports are not and cannot be blockaded. The occupation of such a line would be worthy of a great effort. The capture of Cleveland and the possession of a line of railroad from that city to Parkersburg, Virginia, would accomplish great political and commercial results. “Politically it would sunder the Northwest- ern States from the residue of the abolition domain, and yirtually overthrow the Rump of the so-called United States. Our government would then cease to dignify Lincoln’s govern- ment as a legal establishment; and denouncing itasarump and usurpation, proceed to treat for peace indiyidually with the Northwesterm States. There can really be no peace until the Lincoln establishment, Serco, fe be the ce: ernment of the United States, shall have been overthrown. That concern isa mere usurpation, that has revolutionized the old government, upset the Constitution, and assumed an illegal dictatorship oyer the Northern States. There is no longer a United States, or a United States Government, in's can only exist while the war is prolonged, The moment that thy people are free to look into its action and to pes its iniquities, that moment willit fall the ground. With that concern, to make peace is todie. To treat would be an act of suicide, and suicides are unheard of among reigning powers. - oe only mode of obtaining peace is by breaking down the Lincoln Goyernment, This mi done by iso! the Siates from the ment and establishing peace with them in detail, If we penetrate the narrow belt of Boa tern territory to. lake Erie, we cut the bin two; we % atthe waist; We eepaTAG Tae Sa aN aT CAN OS THE WEEKLY, STAR. This excelent. and Bewg Journal, con- taining a greater variety ef interesting reading than can be found in any other—is published om Friday morning, 87 Fingle copies (in wrappers) cam be procarca Ne 2,994 at the counter, immediately after the imuecef the . ’ 2; paper. Price—THREE CENTS. with relrenee etme engngement; oxen it that T ip, - Seti ren coe sre Oe ee reat’ | mecopeare af Carsems Ammunition at Ba our - r tory was complete, and the enemy were terribly massas—Bebel Movements, “slaughtered. The same re; als it ‘that we captured some wurer ‘five aonennd Tne Yankee f aged in this figh ‘ankee force engi int! terossed the Potomac at Boteler’s Mill, one mile below Shepherdstéwn, ard the fight must, therefore, tla in the immediate vicinity of that own. The statement that General Jackson, with his fighting troops, from the Yankee States Proper; Nad se ae ha into Maryland after the battle 0! and. we thereby destroy the efficiency of Northern armies. “Commercially, we shonld gain a great ad- a@ntage by penctrating to Clevelandand taking Nt possession of that harbor on Lake vi European able also to send off, by Fonte much of our gotton to exchange. for gold in Europe. . ot, “Lt is, possi with some reference toa dead engi this that onr armies of the Fast anttvf the West are pursuing 2 direction Jecking, in both instances, towards Cleveland. In this point of yiew Harrisburg and West Pennsylvania are far more important to us than pyle ie and Baltimore ” The Examiner of the 19th sdys: “An act passed the House of Representatives yesterday, extending the operations of the con- Scription act te forty-five, It aynthorizes the President to call on the Governors of the re- spective States for their respective quotas of men, The Senate was engaged yesterday on the exemptions to be made in the conscription act new before that body.” The Fzaminer of thesame date is down on the Confederate Senate for exempting printers from the conscription, and not editors; also for ex- cepting Jewish ministers from the bill exempt- ing clergymen. The Confederates are disgusted with the fail- ures of their attempts to get up a@nayy. The urday, is hardly probable, unless there was in conchrted plan fora similar movement of our whole force. It may be that 3 land will again be inva- ‘ded'at an early day, “nd that Gen. Jackson's «column fs the advance guard of a second inva- tion. But inthe absence ef facts, it is idle to speculate upon what our future movements of the blockade; and we should be | will bez: THiFrom the Richmond Whig: Sepe aah. . ppt. 24.) Tae news’ the Fetemae and Kentucky was ex ly favorable, and tended, in a great measure, to dispel the fears which had been aroused in the community by a pernsalof the Yankee rs. Itisnow very ‘well ascertained that statements contained in those mendaciour sheets were not only gross exiiggerations, but wilful falsehoods. Thebattle ot Wednesday last resulted in a decided victo- ry for the Confederate arms. The enemy, re- pulsed at all points, were compelled’ to aban- don the ficld, and were unable to- renew the engagement the next ~ -Thetr loss must have been very great, but as yet we have no meens of estimating its amount. * * On Friday, at 2a. m:; McClellan te: hed to Washington that he thonght he might claim @ victory in the battle of burg. Thus thirty-six hours after fhe event was unable to sta the result with confidence. Phree hours later, when he found that Lee had eressed the Potomac, he telegraphed that his victory was complete, and that he sent Gen. Alfred Pleas« onton with a column of men in pursuit., This column, it appears, ¢rossed the Potomac at a lust Southern Illustrated News has an engraying | pomt near Shepherdstown, and. was immedi- of a Manassas steam ram in process of con- struction. A soldier asks a sailor what the object of the queer looking customer is, and he answers, ** Why, of course, we're inaking it to blow it up.” « Yellow fever has broken out in Wilming- ton, N.C. Five cases (two fatal) had occurred up to Tuesday last. . n. Beauregard has arrived in Charles- ion, The Examiner hints that the Yankees are soon to be cleared out of the York river country about Gloucester Point. The Dispatch of the 20th compliments the «“ Leonardtown Beacon™ for its bold utierances against the Lincoln despotism,” and in this connection quotes some “ Dr. King” as author. ity for information as to matters in Washington. In the Virginia Legislature on the 19th, « Mr. Muliory introduced a resolution inquiring into i the expediency of prohibiting by law any per- | son from charging more than one dollar per pound for leather; adopted.” LATER FROM THE SOUTH. Southern Account of the Battle of Antie- tam— Two Generals Killed and Six Wounded—W hat is Thonght of the Re- treat irom Maryland—W estern Virginia Threatened, &c. We find in our Northern exchanges the joined extracis from late Richmond paper: THE TERRIFIC FIGHT AT SHARPSBURG, MARY- LAND. BY the Petersburg Express, Sept. 23. ne Richménd Enquirer of yesterday gives the following, relative to the terrible ba:de fought at Sharpsburg, Maryland, on Wednes- day last: . «+ We have received authentic particulars of the sanguinury battle at Sharpsburg, concern. ing which so many painful rumors were afloat on yesterday. We have the gratification of be- ing able to announce that the battle resulted in one of the most complete victories that has yet immortalized the Confederate arms. The ball | ub- ‘was opened on Tuesdayevening,about 60’clock, all of our available force, about 60,000 strong; commanded by Gen. Robert E. Lee in person} and the enemy, about 150,000 strong, commanded by Gen. McClellan in person, being engaged. ‘Lhe position of our army was upon a range of bills, forming a semi-circle, with the concay towards the enemy: the latter occupying a commanding position opposite, their extreme right resting upon a height commanding our extreme left. The arrangement of vur line was as follows: Gen. Jackson on extreme left, Gen. Longstreet in the center, and Gen. A. P. Hillon the extreme right. “The fight on Tuesday evening was cept up until 9 o’clock at night, when it subsided into spasmodic skirmishes along the line. Wednes- day morning it was renewed by General Jick- son, and gradually became general. Both armies maintained their respective positions, and fought desperately throughout the entire day. During this battle Sharpsburg was fired by the enemy’s shells, and at one time the enemy ob- tained a position which enabled them to pour a flanking fire upon a portion of our left wing, causing it to waver. At this moment, General Stark, of Miss., who had command of General Jackson’s division, galloped to the front of his brigade, and seizing the standard, rallied them forward. No sooner did the gallant general thus throw himself in the yan than four bullets pierced his body, and he fell dead amidst his men, The effect, instead of discouraging, fired them with determination and revenge, and they dashed forward, drove the enemy back, and kept them from the position during the rest of the day. P “it teing evident that the ‘Young Napoleon,’ | finding that he could not force his way ugh” the invincible ranks of our army in that direce tion, had determined upon a flank movement towards Harper's Ferry, and thus obtain a po- sition in our rear, Gen. Lee, with ready fore- sight, a the movement by drawing the main body of his army back on the south side of the Potomac, at pherdstown, Vir- ginia, whence he will, of course. pfoject the necessary combinations for again defeating his adversary. «The enemy’s artillery was served with dis- astrous effect upon our — troops; but they rephed with musket, howitzer and cannon, with a rapidity and will that carried hayoc amidst the opposing ranks. The battle was one of the most severe that has been fought since the opening of the war. Many of our brave men fell, At dark the firing ceased, and in the morning (Thursday) our army were ready to recommence the engagement, the enemy having been forced back the evening before, and the adyantage of the battle being still on our side. “Firing was consequently opened upon the new position supp to be held by the enemy, but no reply was obtained, and it was then dis- covered that he had disay red entirely from the field, leaving many of his dead and wound- ed in our hands and about three hundred pris- oners. The report current on yesterday that a truce Occurred on Thursday for the burial of the dead was unfounded ‘he prisoners stated that their force was more than 100,000 strong, and that McClellan commanded the army in person. “Our loss is estimated at 5,000 in killed, wounded and missing. The prisoners state their ranks were greatly decimated, and that the slanghter was terrible, from which we ma) infer that une enemy’s loss was fully as grea! if not greater than our own. «“ The following is a list of the commanding officers killed and wounded in the engagement: “Gen. Stark, Mississippi, commanding Jack- son’s division, killed; Brig. Gen. Branch, of North Cafolina, killed; Brig. Gen. R. H. Anderson, wounded in the hip, not danger- ously; Brig. Gen. Wright, of Georgia, flesh wounds in breast and leg; Brig. Gen. Lawton, in leg; Brig. Gen. Armistead, in the foot; Brig Gen. Ripley in the neck, not dangerously; Brig Gen. Ransome, of North Carolina, s! ightly; Col. Alfred Cummings, in command of Wilcox’s Brigade, slightly.” THE BATTLE OF SATURDAY. [From the Richmond Dispatch, 24th.] An officigh di h, dated Staunton, Septem- ber 23d, was received early in the day yester- day, communicating the intelligence of another decided and brilliant victory on Saturday. The dispatch was received by Gen.G. Smith, and was read in the House of Repre- sentatives yesterday morning. The following is & copy of the dispatch: “ wee i Giepatch has st been received from ‘Winchester, dated it. The enemy crossed 10,000 men over the river at Shepherds- town, and were immediately attacked by Jack- j eon’s corps and routed. Theirloss jac) 8 rec! ‘ary! H. B. Davivsos, Col. P. A.C. S, ately gobbled up by Jackson's co. in the most remorseless style. se “THE MARCH INTO MARYLAND. 4 BE 2cares the Petersburg Express, Sept. 23.) he experiment has accordingly been made, and the result, we think, slionld banish from our minds the idea that Maryland is disposed at present to unite her destinies with the South. If she had been, her people, upon the ear ance of our army upon her soil, woul Mave risen en masse, and rushed by tens of thousands into its ranks. We speak only of the majority of them, for we doubt not that there is a very respectable minority who sympathize warmly with the South. The State government, mpre- over, is decidedly and intensely devoted to the Union, (so called,) and the press there, with scarcely an exception, is of the same character. For these reasons we think that General Lee has very wisely withdrawn his from Mury land, the co-operation of whose le in his plans and purposes was indispensable for suceess. They have failed to respond to his noble appeal in the desired way, and the vic- tories of Boonsboro’ and Sharpsburg, pnrehased ‘with torrents of blood, hay: un- »rofitable, in & material point of view. They are, however, deepened the is which we the Spey of the previous I gave him in the art Selle soe though they may exult, in their crazy jon, over imagin- ary successes heralded in the lying dispatches of McClellan and his trnmpet the no less lying correspondents apd editors of the Lincoln journals, ‘yet they will be willing enough to let Lee and his army alone on this side of the Potomae. We can now put matters to rights in Virginia and turn our attention to Pierpontand the Bal- timore and Ohio Railroad, The former willsoon ! } { ression upon | | 1 | be dis) of, and we trust that a portion of our arm; destroy the latter in away to render its recon- struction impracticable. Every bridge, tunnel~ and culvert should be forthwith demolished— every embankment leveled, every cutfilled up, and every cross-tie and rail removed, from Harper's Ferry to Wheeling and Parkersburg. The road has een source of nothing but evil to the State since it was made, and more es- pecially since the commeneement of the war. Along its whole line the taint of disloyalty and treason is to be seen. It has more or less Yan- xeized the entire region between its track and the Pennsylvania border, from the Ohio to the Potomac, - The recrossing of the Potomac by our forces does not at all disturb us. Under the cireum- stances. it was a mos? judicions movement, and in no manner or de; prejudicial to our interests; in a military point of View—saye and except the losses we sustained in the sanguin- ary battles in Maryland, which are to bedeep- ly deploped. But the enemysufferef in this re- spect far more than we did, and although this is no adequate consolation or compensation to us in the premises, yet it asstires us that the blows which we struck lost none of their vigor and efficacy by the brief change which-was made of the seat of war. THE RETREAT FROM MARYLAND, Schwere the. Richmond Dispatch, 24th.} The news received yesterday fully satisfies us that the army under @eneral recrossed the Potemac on Friday last, and is now the south bank of the river. The reports he received, and biped we wi — to credit, that a portion of the army recrossed, prove to have been not well founded. From gentie- men who arrived last night from the immediate presence of the army, ‘we are assured that the whole column crossed, and that the was without the slightest attempt the enemy to obstruct our passage. Of the deaperaicand. bloody battle of Wednes- day, in the vicinity of ped sg? we have yery few additional particalars. Hon. A. B. Boteler, who participated in the it as an aid toGen. Jackson, here last night. He represents the engagement as resulting Geci- dedly in our favor, and the victory obtained by our forces, if not com) ‘atleast great and satisfactory. He left the army on Friday, aster the larger portion of it had crossed the river. He speaks in the most hi and cheering manner of the operations of our forces in = land and the Lower Valley, and entertains belief that the enemy will mot make any serious attempt at invasion forsometimetocome. Our were buoyant in spirit, and ready and AToops eager to meet the foe again. TUE INVASION OF MARYLAND. __The Richmond Dispatch contains the folow- ing letter: i, et Md., Monday, ‘8, 1862. ‘We crossed the Potomac Sat ni Had to stand three hours in the river with our bat- terice, such was the crowded state of the ford— this was due also to bad management. We have come about fifteen miles into Maryland; haye seen no enthusiasm fer southern rights; not a white hankderchief from a low, though, from the stateliness of some of the mansions, there must be white handkerchiefs in them. The country is very rich and beau- tful. GEN JOSEPH B JOHNSTON. | A Richmond eg e writes : “Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was at church yesterday, looking marvelously well. There is a rumor that he will be sent to take command of Bragg’s army in afew days. I merely give you the rumor without comment as to its prob- ability.” FROM PORT ROYAL AND PENSACOLA. Important Naval Movements in Progress. New York, Sept, 26.—The gunboat Connecti- cut has arrived the Gulf of Mexico, via Port Royal, and brings Lieut. Walker, of the gunboat Winona, 25 officers and X3 seamen, (invalids and discharged.) 6 prisoners, and 7 refugees. The general health of our squadrons in the Gulf was good. Naval expeditions were being fitted out at Pensacola and Port Royal, and the public will probably hear of an important achievement by the former in a week ooai On the 13th the gunboat Winona, Lieut. Com- manding Thornton, ran under the fire of Fort Morgan, below Mobile, and fired on the rebel will be immediately set t0 work to | = ALEXANDRIA, Sept. a ed started as from Alexandria , an siti ging reaching ° train of cars were m a) other side, but the parties “¢ of it, on be- coming alvare of theit sdanget, their train back, and quickly dixaj Eight Rebel soldiers bnicites 28 ppen eect irg the debris fo ‘UBins destroyed at that 4 ‘were cap- tured and bronght down as Sixteen freight care were she at. Ma- tipn, wich had bet piled on the ground end pee withcai eae. © oe The Rebels, it@ermry the idea, started some Union pi that this was'an from the si is above being used by the rebels. : ee ee aes the em reached inchester Maria aioe hem esc ing impressment, Which. ia Row forced in ¥ fer acces in“foving thee ped Many, howeVer, + neceed in el) ets and reach our leay! furniture and domestic effects behind. —ae The War in Kentucky. LovisvILLe, Sept. 25,+Midnight—The ar- mies of Generals a left Levan. on, Tenn. and Carthage 2ist, Buell followed the are and Bragg choréef a circle. Our army travelled 961 miles. Buell got into northern Kentuel day thead of notwithstanding the juebse excess of Our Wanspertaidon over that of the ey. Colonel Wilder, ef the Seventeenth Indiana, has arrived, having been exchanged with the Tebels for a lientenant and twenty-six privaves. Rumors, creating some excitement, are afloat of the movement of two divisions of Brage’s army, but the direction or purpose cannot be Rew Tons, Sept’ spatch from Lo! Nk rorK, it. 26 —A dis ch a fevill mounces the seizure by the rebels of River distillery building, though most of the stock had been removed wo the city. This distiMery is but thirty miles from the city. Experiment in Projectiles, Weer Pornt, N. Y., Sept. 25.—There was an experiment in projectiles made here to-day, un- der the supervision of U.S. army officers, A shell invented by C. W. Stafford, of lows, was fired through a one-hundred Parrott gun and penetrated through six one- inch iron’ plates and a solid oak backing. It Sectaenp eet eae tans een periment wou! ve one or two inches more of iron. The Conference of the Governors. NEw York, Sept. 26.—There is not the slight- est foundation in fact for the rnmors of certain Governors endeavoring to impose upon the con- vention at Altoona and u: the President ac- tion in regard to any Generel in the field or cleewheth in regard to other details of the management of the war. eae Case of Rev. Mr. Benedict. Brrrato, N. Y., Sept. 25—In the case of Rev. Judson D. Benedict, (arrested in August last for alleged disloyal remarks during a ser- mon,) a second writ of habeas corpus was is- eee, by — Hall and strved on declined to og od the Seviedietion the court, was taken = ——— >) prisoner yesterday The St. Louis Court Sr. Lovis, Sept, 25._The ap- ‘pointed for the trial of General, Mckee sembied this morning. In the absence - eral Harney, who has been ordered to Wash- ington and started S. B. Graham was FURTHER FROM THE SOUTH. of the Associated Press. ORTRESS MoNnor, So 25.—The truce boat Metamora arrived here this = noon, from -Aiken’s Landing, bringing down whom are 94 ee ne a to re- lace the losses, recent battles.” P'the = announce the death of Gen. Richard a Flor- He ae. last lay. yel fever has appeared at Wilming- ton, N.C. The disease is very re telesrap anh apenas tor had closed his offiee and re- moved to A ‘ TART, Thornton, of Ve, was billet tn tiles. The Richmond Of Sept. 24th says: The satan Sekaetenin aor ordered of. Phe ie § 4 2 That Gen. 34 spaieed Gon, the 17th, pursued him on the i¢th, and ited him on the 19th.” om ] 8 for boats suitable in size forthe rivers and States. THE BATTLE BETWEEN GENS. ROSECRANS AND icz. not at the presen! at $15, and every other essential article higher in proportion. t pay. expenses or Francis Putezky.—Francis Hungarian patriot who visited ited States with Kossuth, is under arrest