The New York Herald Newspaper, October 1, 1862, Page 1

ALD. RUMORED PROPOSITIONS FOR PEACE. Rebel Commissioners Reported to Be En Route for Washington. THE PROPOSED TERMS OF THR BEBELS. Ad@itional Rebel Accounts ef the Sattles in Maryland. AN EMBRYO SOUTHERN ARISTOCRACY. The Rebel States and Alien Enemies. UNION MOVEMENTS NEAR SUFFOLK, GEN. MITCHEL AT HILTON HEAD, heey Ren ae Rebel Peace Propositions, (Despatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer.) Wasnixaton, Sezt. 29, 1862. ‘It is rumored here to-day, that the reason of the exist- ng quietude on the part of both armies on the Upper Po- tomac is, that Commissioners are now either in or on their way to Washisgton, sent by the Confederate Con- gress, to propose terms of peace. These Commissioners are appointed by a resolution introduced by Foote, and acted upon by the rebel Congress. In a speech made upon presenting the resolution, Foote stated plainly the Gesperate plight the confederacy is now in, and said that, ae starvation is already staring them in the face, some- Ming must be done to stop this war, other than fighting. ‘The terms of peace which they propose is, as 1 under- staud it, somewhat as follows:—The loyal States are to take ali the Territorios, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky and Maryland, and to make them free or slave States, as may best please them. The cotton States are to be per- mitted to have a Congress of their own, to regulate their own domestio affairs only. In all other things to be again ‘# one, and an inseparable people. For defensive aud offensive operations against other countries, to be a unity. In all matters of postal and revenue service to be as here- tolore, they pledging to return all government property to us as they found it. They, in addition to having us Feooguize their authority to have this Congress to regu- Jate their peculiar institutions, are to be permitted Sena- < rg the Richmond Enquirer, Sept. 27.} It will be remembered that certain ‘Peace tions” were reforred to the Committee on Foreign Rela- ‘tions, in the House of Representatives, some days . ‘and were duly reported on. We have pubi of Mr. Foote, Chairman of that Committce, in making peace overtures at this the action of Congress. We copy to-day, oe ide ¢e wee the report of the commi wi was presented to tho Honse on the 19th inst. by Mr. Barksdale. Bory Ral For ourselves, too, we look with much interest, not Fis fer Peeee but for such @ division of the present ‘thern republic ag shall secure peace in the future. This division will surely come, and the earlier the better. territory presents a vast disproportion bewween its and broadth. Its extremities front on two great that look to different parts of the world; and by fifty-cight de- air line, of three the counecting neck being only about one hundred miles . It is nearly sundered again by the vast t dhat lo miiway between fe Mi-siceippl mad the Mountains. sf fs again intersected by the great Moeky Mountain range, which allows but a few doors of eommunication between the eastern and western bases. ‘These geographical dislocations are not the only obsta. eles to continued union. Tho diversity of interests will constitute a ter separatist. New England will never Test unless she is taxing other people for her advantage. At is ber uature and her history. Peunsylvania bas ever ‘been demanding what she calis “protection” for her iron ‘and coal; #0 far she will go with New England for a tariff that will cheat the remaining States. The Western stxtes are producers, and a tariff is to them nothing but a tax Others benolit. They will submit to it, if at all, with reluctance; and cnt b cause their inland situation Makes 4 maritime connection a sort of necessity. Soouer Or later they will precer to avail themselves of the free atjop @f the Mississippi which We have ordained, to bbSction With the sea, {prough the Yankees, for which sy miist pay such enormous whale, Calijopnia, with fer gold mines and her Pacific front and eastern m2." ain barrier, wili undoubtedly, together with Oregon and Washington, form a separate Power. She-will not be went 19 send for her law to Washington, a digtavce by ‘water of eight or nine thousand miles. But while we waut peace, aud want, to soe the division Of the repubdite that borders us on the North, we think, ‘with the minority report, that the best way to secure the first is by vigorous fighting, and tie eecond, by leaving ‘the communitiec concerned to discover their own. inte- rests. Any formal overturé or pressing inducement on our te likely to be misconstrued or resented. We —— for peace‘! intimations, and meet ‘them with frankness; put we must adapt our gonduct to the manifestations of the enemy. We think it very harpy therefore, that the duty of nogotiation is lodged with wame officer to whom is led ¢ poe! power to’ negotiate and the power to Strike being in the saice bands, tne latter will not he em- Barrarsed or enieebled by untimely overtures, while the ‘ved with the delicacy aud tact neces- {Bpecial correspondence of Richraoed Eaquier. corres; uirer. Wixcarerer, Sept. 22, 11 ‘Tho commands of Ceuerals Jackson, Lawton and A. P. Hill loft Martinsburg on Saturday morning, 13th instant, ‘pon their read to Ferry. General Walker ad- wanced his division to the Loudon and General Mclaws the Maryland Heighis, These forces the and ultimately compelled its surrender. Meanwhile, Generals D. H. Hi'l and Longstreet engrged the advancing army of dian near Boonesborough with a portion of their forces, om Sunday, 14th instant. The engagement ‘was severe, But the object of deterring 0 irom the relief of Harper's Ferry was fully accompiishod. In this engagement the loss on cither side ‘was heavy, and General Garland, of Lyuchburg, was killed, gallantly commanding his’ brigade, Ou sunday evening the feders! forces, cor by Gen. White and Colonel Miles (who since died of his wounits) driven back from Maryland Heights, after a sharp en Egon, by General McLaws, finding thomselyes ef ‘ually surrounded, consented to surrender. The formal surrender was made on Monday marning. Eleven thou- and and upwards of prisoners, besides two or three ‘thousand negroes owe ran away slaves), sixty of cannon, the tleld pleees of superior Kind and ‘quality, twenty’ thousand stand of small arms, best y, many sabres and pistols, large supplies of ainmu- ition, quartermaster and commissary stores of con- siderable value, horses, &c., were captured. Our loss in ‘Chis affair was trifling. from on the town road, to the high bluffs on this side of the river, a short distance beyond burg. ‘The great army of MoClelien, Burnside, Porter, tzel- ‘man, &c., followed ; and Gen. Jackson made haste te join ‘our forces. On evening ho reached the battle ‘wing of the army. In the of battle the lett was commanded by jackson, the coutre was by General Daniel A. bill 74 ‘We right wi was General pe ot A “The battle begun evening before was resumed by General Jackson, of the lett Lg rpg three o'clock we ‘morning, and ; seeeral sina reutiretoe rary formed te Spr manvonal Oy thw ah No to Foren 0 Gorrece jukeasere ‘the left wing by the fine troops of General LAS ‘two o clock enemy was severely wi ou wing fand driven back fully a mile. The it at the comre was terribly seveco; but the dp. iM resolutely and to the eud mait their ground. was of the utmost moment to the enemy to turn flank, in order to oat off our communication Virginia shoro by theford near Shepherdstown. pressure upon the gallant corps of General Long- street was almost irresistible, aud ay to the re- w intense, when General A. the seaoPyo up trem Harper's " 16 the ‘ollef of tonerad Pere ets Sosn ei ee Seek ful fortune ‘posceasion of all tho ground they held ‘at of 2 from him by i i <8 i j ts Fis id i L [ ie § i in Mary. Snsoennaren ta nae gnesgeds but all award the highcst meed oF means and enon cement. rans pantheon ee ble aie fy judgment all—all is due. v1 sagacity and id mnilit crossed ry ing, and subsequently one er morgprigades cross the river. A part were meraed agcend the pre- cipitous bank on this side, to receive a very warm recep- tion from the troops of Jackson, taking them in flauk. Their column, thrown iuto the utmost confusion, at- tempted to recross the river, when the grape of our masked batteries told a fearful tale of death and destruc- tion among the affrighted herd. Our loss in this repulse of the enemy was small, and that of the enemy very great. The troops were the flower of Burnsice’s division, and the ford of the Potomac, fully three hundred yards wide, was filled with them to its entire capacity. Few could have escaped, aud many dead Yankees have no doubt floated down the river even 10 Washington. My next will afford you fuiler particulars of this litde flanking operation of General Jackson. Our whole army is probably in Mary- land to-night. Mor@ anon, { The Battle of Botelex’s Mill. [From the Richmond Whig, Sept. 25.) The fight, Saturday last, on the Potomac, between Gen. Jackgon’s corps anda column of the enemy ¢ook place in the immediate vicinity of Boteler’s mill, by which desig- nation the battle will probably be recorded. It was another Ball’s Bluff affair, as we learn from various Rources. The Lyachburg Republican of yesterday, has some in- teresting details of the battle. It says that on Saturday morning General Jackgon, who still held the north bank of the Potomac, near Shepherdstown , became aware that a heavy column, commanded by Burnside, bal arrived on the opposite bank, and was preparing to attack him. General Jackson c:n¢ealed his troope as well as possible, 80 as to show but a@ small force, leading the enemy to pares their captare would be au easy matter. A battery of four pieces was placed on a hill, in close proximity to the river, but the actillerisis were ordered to fire only one r and then to abandon their guns. Tho rose had the desired effect. Four brigades of the enemy rushed across the river and towards the guns, when Jackson precipitated his whole force upon them, as with the power of an avalanche. The enemy were literall, mowed down, aud their entire body nearly annibitated. Our informant states that the slaughter was the most terrific ever known in so short a spa€e of time. the poor wretches endeavored to regain the south bahk of the river, but were slain in the attempt, and we are assured that, 80 great was the number ol the dead, that the stream was almost dammed up by their bodies. Bunt one thousand five huudred prisoners were taken, and 0; the whoie force, estimated at ten id, not more, it is thought, than two thousand escaped. Our own losses are represented te be very inconsidera- ble, but the extent was not precisely known. It was sup- however, that two hundred and fifty, killed, wounded and missing, is a ostimate, Thus has the invincible Stonewall aud his braye band added arother imperishable Jeaf to the already justrous chaplet which encircles their brows. ~ A Cloud of Mystery! sudo the Richmond Whig, Sept. 25.) A cloud of mystery stil envelopes afairs in’ Maryland. We have neither new fucts con‘radictory to the neus published, nor yet a single confirmatiry deal. ‘That our army is in Maryland, that it was victorious in the late battle at Sharpsburg, and that McClellan is disabled from further operations for at least a month, are statements which may be received with cousiderable confidence; but on our future prosprets there is little or no light. We ‘are however, cheered by the story of Jacksou’s inte signal victory near Boteler’s, mill, yet otherwise nameless in history. That hero dealt the euemy a blow not secoud to his late exploit at Harper's Ferry. The fate of. the ten thousand sent over to fapk him was in fact a catastrophe, the most terrible that bas occurred in this war. Events like those check the spirit of a nation, as a bullet does the animal economy of a single man. This eventand the capture of Harper’s Ferry 80 add to the preetige of General Jackson, already measureless, that the presence of his single person on any fletd or in any campaign may hereafter be fairly reckoved ap equation to filty thousand men. The Objects of the Rebel Invasion, (From the Richmond Dispatch, Sept. 17.) ‘The road to Pevnsylvania lies invitingly open. Thero are no regular soldiers on the route, and it would be a task of little difficaity to disperse the rabblo of militia that might be brought to oppose them. ‘The country is ecurmously rich. It abonnds in fat cat- Ue, coreals, horses and mules. Our troops would live on the yery fat of the land. They would find an opportanity, moreover, to teach the Dutch farmers and grazers, who have been clamorous for this war, whit invasién really is. If once compelled to take his own physic, which is a great deal more than he ever bargained for, Mycheer will ery aloud for peace iu a very short tine, For our own part we trust the first proclamation of Pope, and the mabuer in which his army carried it out, will not be for- gotten. We hope the troeps will turn the whole country into a — ag the Yankees did the Piedmont country of Virgin Lat uct # Dade of flour, or @ bush: E or a cow, OF a hog,,or a aie grass, ora stalk of corn, or a barrel mmgglcF a sack of salt, or a horse, left wherever they move along. Let vengeance be takeh ror all phat hag been done, until retribution itself hall stand aghast. This is the cowitry of a spoken, woul@-be gentleman, jan. He has a to us, in Virginia, of z least thirty thongand negroes, the Rok val ble ig perty ‘A Virginian can Swn. They ba¥e bo nog! in Ponnsyivania. Retaliation must therefore fai npon something else, and let it fall upon everything tuat con- stitutes property. A Dutch farmer has no negroes; but he has horses that can be seize, grain that can be cov! ed, cuttle that cun be kil and houses that can be burnt. He can be takenprisouer and sent to Libby's warehouec, as our frieuds in Fauquier and London, Cul- pepper ‘and the peninsalg trave 2 sent to Lincoln's dungeons fo the North. Let retaliation be complete, ‘that the Yankees may learn that two can play at the game they have themselves commenced. Hy mivancing into Penusylvanie with rapidity, one army can easily get porsession of the Pennsylvania Cen- tral Railroad, and break it down so thoroughly that it cannvt be repaired in six months. have already posacssion of the Baltimore aud Ohio Ruilroad and the ‘ork River Railroad. brenking down these and the railroad from Philadelphia to itimore, they will completely isolate both Washi aud Baltimore. No reinforcements can reach thein f.om either North or West, ‘except by ihe Potomac and the bay. Civil Liberty Menaced—An Embryo Seuthern Aristocracy, [From the Richmend Whig, Sept. 25. The struggle for civil liberty never ends. it riodically convulses the community, In war the con- Teat continues with redoubled intensity. if the South had been as watenful of her liberties as al! human experieuce counselled her to be, this continent never would have un- dergone a second revolution such as that which is now drenching,it in blood. Gur people paid no attention to the warning voices that were #0 often raised againet the threatened usarpation. So profound was their sleep that ‘one hal’ of them were yet unaware of the revolution after it had already burst ever their heads. Hot it is a peculiarity of the present times that many of th: Southern men who were among the foremost in exhort- ing the people to prepare for the coming evil, and most effie cient in rousing them (o resistance, are now themaelves som- nolewt in regard to the “ which beset the public liber. ties at home. They are the foremost in undermining tho liberty of the press, they aro zealous for suppressing haboas corpus, and extremely latitudinous in tothe execution of niartial law. Before the war they were rigid conetructionists, and the most refined abstractionista to ‘be found in the land. Now they are the advocates in all cases of power, and treat the constitution with apparent ai e sdain. Heretofore the "ney maxim obsa has been their favorite rule of conduct. Now; theycan ese no danger in the ‘innings of evil, and in the establishment of ts which, without bore such revolution as that which Jefferson and his republican sa] \° ed in the period from 1798 to 1808, must ‘troy the con- federate system of Southern polity and plant ® consori- dated powor on its ring, 71 is even now whitpered that a acheme of cons. Lidation ia on foot, aud that Views precisely such as those which Alexatider Hamilton succeeded in disseminating 80 widely and renderiug so lar and po- tontial in the old.Unioy, are extensively held in the South: to be assimilated to Se as that of @reat » Britain; tanning por fae an fw mate in the: wo Met oe ‘The scheme has: oat 9 that we have paid Little attention to Surmises; but it must ‘be confossed that tie conduct dle Wm a meu of the country, heretofute conspicuous for it zou! iu wp. ther fone on thew sche, einer ona} 4 ‘ otber than the trath of ny we can theory We can well imagine how necessary to their schemes may be the enforcenrent of martial law in uonecessary mores and improper localities, the indiscriminate suspension of habeas and the extermination of the press; but how men Paving the preservation of the public libérties ‘at heart can become the advocates of these and kindred moastires is not earily understood. ‘The Bouthern people have been schooled to jealousy for their political rights for two gener®*%.- What haa been popular with them heretofore as @ mere system of ab. sate of fie, comers oe tad aM 4 : i i f i Ht ii eneteeen far eae equality of rights and’ privileges than «comm f ie F235 Z - te ali F Es Ee Ay es a8 2 & ruin. It could not succeed tn diciary were silenced by martial tame fhe a over: thrown, and every baat eg of ci down. The people, impelled by that same A paged treet ree aee the ree, Cd nihilate them with a breath. > i . But while there is no doubt of the ultimate result, we cuveey of ivertes olantariiy ietees ver rt volunt ma} the end. Bettor to hold the’ ship ot Stato trmly on right tack than allow it to drift dangerous ti the perils of storms Goeteten Up Union Prisoners. Cree the Richmond Examiner, Sept. 25.) ertz, of the Confederate States Prison, |, is fo leave the city ona tour of the entire: with orders from the government to gather up and fe ward to'Richmond all the Yankee prisoness that are sca,- tered throughout the various military points and posts, #o that they may be sent forward and exchanged atonce. Capt. Wertz departed on his mission yesterday. A Unton Prisoncr Detained. [From the Richmond Examiner, "Sept. 25.} Major Atwood, of New York, one of the prisouers in- cluded in the paroled list sent off yesterday, detain- ed for the following reasons:—Some Lime since, fhiie out on a plundering expedition in the valley, Atwood entered the mansion of Mr. Lewis Washington, between Harper's Ferry aud Winchester, and tock a fancy to a very highly prized and vatuablo portrait of General Washington. Finding it a five relic, and too sacred to remain among rebels, he seized it, and giving the overseer a recelpt for the sari@, sent the picture off to New York to his wife. Atwood was soon after taken prisoner, and Mr. Washit ton, anxious to recover thes portrait of his anves' instituted proceedings, and inid the matter before the Secretary of War. Atwood was on the way to Yarina, with the othor pri- |. Soners, when the order for hf detention was given; bat he was sent after and brought back. He will be hela for the safe return of the portrait. The Yankee Army Near Suffolk. [From the Rick: Whig, Seite 2.) The Petersburg Express learns from a gentleman who. reached that: city Tue page aisha itis et, he 5,000 ni |, DUI now, itis supposcit, at least 25, men, The Aepress aiso learns that they have sent 10,000 men to Windaor station, onthe Nortol Railroad, eleven miles this side of Suffolk. They have narrowed the gauge of the railroad four iwetita from Nor- folk to Zuni station, seven miles.this side of Windsor, i i eleven miles from the point to which the track-has been ttorn up by our people, and capper it is miore or lose obstructed (o Petersb Heer z idle The Yankees at Hilton Head. ‘HARLESTON, Sept. 25, 1862. The Mercury of this morning eays that agen in y port thore are grounds for believing that the enemy al sending heavy reiuforcements to Hilton Head aud along the shores of Broad river. Pinckney Island is now occu- pied by a large body of troops. - The Rebel Cone Unconstitu- = th Le The Richmond 's:-—Judge Thomas, of the El- bert Superior Goat Conte has oP in a habeas corpus case, jounced law unconstitu- tional and void, His opinion in the a papers, What the effect ins to be seen. We should have g Supreme Court, now, to-nottle the question defaitively. The Rebels i Kentucky. The Richmond Ezaminer of the 26th instant says that General Bragg, with ten thousand men, is at Glasgow Junction, and that General Rousseau bas gove to meet him. ‘orfoll Union regards the defeat of General Bragy’s army certain, and says that there are two hundred thou- sand Union troops between Nashville and Louisville. Questions Before the Rebel Congress. {From the Richmond Whig, Sept. 26.] Another question of i oe is involved in the pro- Position to declare to be alien enemies such persons, being citizens of the Confederate States, who may have taken the oath of allegiance to the Washington government, and who persist in their disloyalty to the confederacy. ‘It ie certainly desirabie as woll as just that such persons pie be rene in og way for their quasi-treason. present the immunity tl y enoy 9 ates ag & pre- liana i bn of alogines tothe fashington government protects their property against the operations’of the fcderal confiscation tees, whey at — they are equally safe against the effects of Con- rate legislation. ‘oceupy an mnomalons position, which, however benef! it be to them, we cannot siiffer them to retain without being guilty of great injustice towards the loyal citizens of the confederacy. But the questions present themselves whether Con- gress cup, by a simple act of legislation, the citizenehip of a citizen of one of the Confederate States; whether Congress can declare a person not to be a citi- zen of the confederacy who is @ citizen of the confede racy, and make a person an alien enemy whois not an alien enciny. Stillfurther, the question arises whether Congress has power at all to define the qualifications of citizeuship; whether that power does not reside exclu- sively io the States, and whether a citizen of a State can ‘be deprived of his citizensh{p by act of Congress. ‘Thos are questions which invoive the whole subject in perplex ity, and which ought to be carefully consifered in ad- vance of any deciled legislative action. It is certainly desirable that dis!oyal persous be punished, or at least deprived of the advantages they now enjoy; but it is still more desirable that Congress do nothing ‘equivalent toa usurpation of the exclusive powers of the States or destructive of their rights. ‘The questions of martial Jaw and of the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus also claim the attention of Con- grest. Mr. Seromes, of Louisiana, has introduceda bill which seenis to embody currect principles, and to provide for any probable emergency. Rebel Confederacy Coat of Arms, {From the Richinond Whig, Sept. 25.) ‘The Senate yesterday passed « bill furnishing the-con- feterncy with & seal, oF coat of arms. ln the foreground Confederate sol jn thie nasil charen bo yeder PAD Sve rene res war vuet $33 mcird whee, a woman with @ obfid in front of achurch, “both with hands uptifted in the attitude of prayer; for a background a homestead on the plain with mountains in the distance, beneath the meridian aun; the whole surrounded by a wreath composed of the stalks of the sugar cane, the rice, thecotton and the tobacco plants, the margin inscribed with the words, ‘eal of the Confe: derate of America,’ above, ‘Our Homes and qpnstitution’ beneath.” Miscellancous Items, GENERA. EWELL, The Richmond Whig of the 25th imst. says General Ewell arrived in Chariottesvilic on Tuesday, and was car- ried to the residence of Capt. T. L. Farish, adjoining the town. General Ewell looks somewhat emaciated. He will have kind attention there, and we trust will soon recover. EX-GOVERNOR SMITH WOUNDED. The same parer Soe Cones (ex-Governor) WMliam Smith, of the Forty-ninth Virginia regiment, was slightly wounded in tho tie of Sharpsburg. This is the fifth very narrow escape which he has made. : THE SICK IN THE KICRMOND HOSPITALS. Surgeon General Moore roports that the number of sick and*wounded received in the Richmond hospitals siuce their organization is 99,508. Of these, 9,774 have been furloughed, 2,341 have boon 4 y and 7,603 havo diod, At the Chimborazo hospital ‘wore received 24,296, of whom 2,093 died. At the Winter hospital the number received was 22,874, of whom 1,271 died, The whole number of sick and wounded received in the Pe. tereburg hespitais was 11,170. Here, as in Richinond, the smallest number of deaths have occurred in the hos- pitals superintended by the ladies. THE SALT BILI, PASSED. ‘The Sait vill has paseed in the Virginia Legislature. COPPER COIN. s A bill has pareod the Confederate Congress authorizing the Secretory,of tho Treasury to issue copper coins of the denomiuation*of five, ten add twenty-five cents tothe Amount of five millions of dollars, and appropriating two hundred thousand to carry the act jnto effect, DRATH OF CAPTAIN ALLEN, ‘Tho death of Captain George W. Allen, of Richinond, from wounds received at Malvern Hiil is reported. the dectine ing stock and diminished demand. Wo qnove 65c. per Ib., thongh lower rates prevailed at the a: sale on Weduesday , but we hear of sales, privately, at the figures given. For clarified sugar higher pricos aro . A novelty in the trade is the recoipt of sugar in sacks of forty and eighty —— Coftee is steady, holders asking $1 70 8 $175. Molasses is lower, sales at auction at $3, Holders are asking $3 26 a $3.0 per Toa $6098 por Ib. for best green. Rice 100. @ 120. for primo. Flour stills keeps up, in conse: Sign pesn cnet outhern ~~ 4 sone very Prices: ). rates are sitper- Raa sie tor extra, but market ia duli—sales limited. “The city mille are only runtting ba their ca- age yt ry pt Darrel deipg inadequate. Wheat 5 for 400. Apples aro in ‘ 10 por bbi., according to quality. Country coup . per Ib. Candies, 70c a Téc. for tallow—Scottsyille be i cnodies held higher Cotton is quoted to as nt the wide range of 250. a 300., but the latter is am extreme price. panienonts tinetonnenean Death of Hon, B. F. Hallett. . Boron, Sopt. 90, 1862. Fton. B. F. Hallett, well known ag @ distinguished lawyer and politician, died to-day, i ; 33 539) @yening, from the vicinity of”) Uhere has been heavily ree. and Petersburg | YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1862. THE GREAT BATTLES IN MARYLAND. Official Despatch from Gene- ral McClellan. Total Union Loss at Antietam and South Mountain 14,794. ded Total Rebel Loss in Killed, W and Prisoners 25,542. Thirty-nine Rebel Stand of Colors, One Signal Flag and Thirteen Guns Captured. NO UNION FLAG OR GUN LOST, &e., &., - &. | Nak SuarrssurG, Sept. 29—1:30 P. M. United States Army :— Gewxrat—I haye the honor to report the following as some of tha results of the battles of South Mountain and Antietam:— At South Mountain our loss was 443 dead, 1,806 wounded, and 76 missing. Total, 2,326. At Antietam our loss was 2,010 killed, 9,416 wounded, ‘and 1,043 missing. Total, 12,489, ‘Yotal loss iu the two battles, 14,704. The loss of the rebels in the two battles, as near as can ‘be ascertained from the number ef their dead found upon the field, and from ether data, will not full short of the following estimate:— ‘Major Davis, Assistant Inspector General, who superin- tended the burial of the dead, reports about three thou sand rebels buried upon the field of Antietam by our troeps. Previous to this, however, the rebels bad buried many of their own dead upon the distant portion of the battle field, which they occupied after the battle—probably at Jeast five hundred. 9 ‘The loss of the rebels at South Mountain cannot be as- eertained with sccuracy; but as our troops continually drove them from the commencement of the action, and aga much greater number of their dead were seen on the ‘field than of our own, itis not unreasonable to sup- pose that their loss was greater than ours, Estimating ‘their killed at five hundred, the total rebels killed in the “two battles would be four thousand. According to the ‘ratio of our own killed and wounded, this would make their loss in wounded eighteen thousand seven hundred ‘and forty-two. As nearly as can be determined at this time, the num- er of prisoners taken by our troops in the two battles will, at the lowest estimate, amount to 5,000. The full Foturns will no doubt show a larger number. Of these about 1,200 are wounded. | This" gives us a rebel joss in killed, wounded and ) prisoners of 25,542. 1t will be observed that this does Not include their stragglers, the number of whom is said by citizens here to be large. It may be safely concluded, therefore, that tho rebel ‘Army lost at least 30,000 of their best troops. From the time our troops first encountered the enomy in Maryland; unti! he was driven back into Virginia, we captured 13 guns, 7 caissons, 9 limbers, 2 field forges, 2 caisson bodies, 39 colors and 1 signal flag. We have not Jost a single gun or a color. On the battle field of Antietam 14,000 small arms were collected, besides the largo number carried off by citizens aud those distributed on the ground to recruits and other unarmed men arriving immediately after the battle. At South Mountain no collection of small arms was made; but, owing to the haste of the pursuit from that Point, 400 were taken on the opposite side of the Potomac. GRORGE B. McCLELLAN, - Major General Commanding. Thanks of Maryland to General McClel- lun and His Army, and to Governor Curtin and the Militia of Pennsyl- vania. EXECUTIVE ORDER. Stare or MaRyLANp, EXRcuTIVR DEPARTMENT, ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 29, 1862. ‘The expulsion of the rebel army from the soil of Mary- land should not be suffered to pass without a proper acknowledgment and the cordial thanks of her autnori- ties to those who were chiefly instrumental ii compelling that evacuation. I would tender, therefore, on behalf of the State of Maryland, to Major General McClellan and the gallant officers and mon under his coramand my earnest and hearty thanks for the distinguished courage, skill and gallantry with which that achievement was accomplish ed. It reflects a lustre upon the ability of the Com- mandet-in Chief and the heroiam aad eudurance of his followers that the country everywhere recognizes, and that even our enemies are constrained to acknowledge. To Governor Curtin, of Pennsytvauia, and to the militia ot hls Siz, Who raitied with auch alacrity at the first symptoms of ap invasion, our warmest thanks are also due. The readiness with which they crossed the border ‘and took their stand beside the Maryland brigade, shows that that border is in all respects but an ideal line, and ‘that in such @ cause as now unites us Pepnsylvania and Maryland are but one. 1 cannot forbear to notice, in this connection, the con-. duct of our own regiments that took part in the recent battles. All reports concur in representing their gallantry as all their State could desire. “The numbers of their killed and wounded, and their torn and tattered standards, bear witness to the position they occupied in the field. ‘To the Second, Third and Fifth Maryland regiments, the Purnell Legion, the first regiment of the Home Brigade, and the Firat Maryland artillery—participants in the re- sent severe struggles—I would, therefore, tender the thanks which are so justly their due. A. W. BRADFORD. By the Governor—Ww. B. Hi, Secretary of State, NEWS FROM M’CLELLAN’S ARMY. Our Shepherdstown Correspondence. Suermxnvstown, Sept. 25, 1862. Arrival of Troops at Shepherdstown—Appearance of the Place—Hxodus of Scared Secechero—Removal of the Rebel Wounded—Cavalry Erpelition— Death of the Rebel Lieutenant Martin—Balloon ReconnoissancesmAdoance of a Reconnoiiering Force, de. ‘The regiments which I mentioned at tho close of my last letter as ‘about starting to cross the river are now im this town, having effected tho journey hither, ae it was expected they would, without hindrance, Tuforma- tion trebiy received trom scouts and spies and Professor Major Genera: H. W. Hawick, General-in-Chief of the” re the Union people being first. enemy took away yesterday 18 late battles, those whose wounds did not admit of being removed. revailing is that they have gone in the direot! Martinsberg. 10 one appears to know the destination or intentions of the enemy for the future, or, if any do, they will give no information on the su! Our men coming over here has been the signal for re- ‘reat to the Maryland shore of scores of people, including whole families, who fled here to get away Sharps- burg when we were shelling it. The rebel authorities would not permit them to leave while they were in pos- segsion-of the place, and orders were issued to shoot any who attempted it. ‘To-night our men are to go back to their brigade on- campment on the opposite shore. The general belle is ‘that o large force will be ordered over hero in the morning. ‘While Iam writing the cavalry squadron arc absent on ®@ scouting expedition inland. Thoy havenot returned yet, The Situation and Movements of the Union Army. Sie Weahiycn Star, Sept. 30.) Last night extensive military movements were evi- dently commenced in this vicinity, one body of quite 20,000 ti taking up the line of march in one direc tion, and another body in a different one. It does not Decome us to intimate their respective destinations, and we state the fact of their movement only to the end of Jetting the impatient public know that the troops in this vielvity are by no menus idle. Our impression is that our friends ef the Baltimore Amvrican are in error in their stxtement this morning that General Sumner occupies Charlestown, eight miles out from Harper's Ferry. On Saturday his advance was camped on the hilis half way between Charlestown: and Harper’s Ferry, while the foriner point was held by two brigades of rebel infantry (from Louisiana and North Carolina), the Sixth Virginia cavalry and their First Maryland 'battery. General Sumner’s pickets, however, then held the ground to within about two miles of Chariestown, Gen. Greene’s corps hoid tho Loudon Feigh’s, which are now our left in Virginia. Herculean efforts are being mado to prepare for cross- ing our -whole army over, it seems to us, in the exergy with which Gen, McClellan's engineer and construction corps ave preparing facilities for communicaticn with his base of supplies and rear, i the shape of building an ad- ditional pontoon bridge over the river and repairing the superstructure of the railroad bridge there. The former should hive been passable last evening, and we trust the latter will be th's or to morrow evening. Thus it is evi dent that General McClellan does not despise sucn neces. gary precautions for the due defence of fis rear, neglect of which under the inspiration of that never to be for- ten preliminary proclamation issued by General Pope, led not loug since t results so disastrous. The busy labor of a portion of the army iu the construction of these works doubtiess gives rise to the now general belicf that most of McClellan's force wil! soon be again in Virginia, Deserters aud prisoners continue to gssert that Lee is strongly fortifymg Winchester, which does vot strike us as being probable, in view of its great distance from his base of supplies. ° It ia very generally believed here that- Jeff. Davis is about to Ferd 50,000 of lis best troops on a forced mareh over the mountains to Wheeling, in the hope of being able to take that city and to destroy the government arsenal, &c., near Pittsburg, and then to take Cincinnati and cross over into Kentucky and ferm a junction with Bragg and Kirby Smith, all before our troops, that are really soldiers, can be placed in position to interfere with any pertion of this proposed striking enterprise. It is argued that the rebel commanders believe that militia hastily assembled even to the number of 200,000 will Prove no obstacle whatever to the movements of such a body of voteran rebel troops; that they surely calculate on being abie to seize sufficient steamers to transport, an army of 60,000 whither thoy choose on the Ohio, and that the fall rains will soon place the river in fine boat- order, according to the rebel programme—which tirst came hither in whispers of Richmond gossip. Whenever McClellan crosses in large force in Virginia the balance of the rebel .ari is to fail back on Richmond as soon as possible, aud there garrisoning its defeuces, now claimed to be stronger than those around this city, to await the approach of our army by any route its commander may elect to march. An important feature of this alleged rebel programme is for their force in Kentucky, immedi- ately aftor its combination, to sweep the State bare of its every horse, hog or head of cattle within ita reach. driving them South before thom, and having thus obtain- ed sich means of prolonging the’ contest (precurable no- where else within their reach), to take post in Southern Tennessee and Northern Alabama and Mississippi, leaving our armies to follow for a winter's campaign at their ‘usual leisure. If we are not greatly mistaken our authorities here have already taken occasion to interfere before hand with the realization of this grand scheme of surprise and vir- tual conquest, by sevding to exposed points suflicient veteran troops to hold any such rebel fying force in check until they may be opposed by an overwhelming army of Union roal soldiers. We may aiso add that if Lee ventures any such division of his army, so watehed are the possible lines of its march westward that the fact will become known hero almost instantly—certainly in Lime to enable Generals MeClolian and Heintzelwan—the former by pursuing and the latter by intereopting thom— to make short work with the rebel army proposing to seek potty? under the shadow of the fortiticatigns around Richmond ‘The movement of the Confederates down the Ohio river (oe ae them to be possibly succes*fal i reaching { Stream), as it must necessarily be performed in un- armel boats, would leave them quite at the mercy of our gunboats moving up to meet them. TRE ARMY OF VIRGINIA. The Advance of General Sigel—Twelve Hundred Rebels Captured. Wasinnaron, Sept. 30, 1862. Recently General Stahel’s brigade, being a part of General Sigel’s corps, advanced to Warrenton Junction, about forty-one miles from Washington, without meeting the enemy. Yesterday they went to Warrenton village, ten miles west, and there made large number of sick and wounded rebels, together with a few conscripts, prisoners, whom they paroled, General Stabel continue his reconnoissance to Salem and White Plains, but found no rebels in that neighborhood, Arejort prevalied at Alexandria to-day that Geperal Sigel’s troops had recaptured all the engines and cars which the enemy obtained from the wrock at Bristow and Warrenton Junction. Nothing is known here, as reported, of any disagreo- ment between General Sigel and the War Department. ‘The Washington Siar of this evening says:— General Sigel moved out wm) our immediate front some days since. Gonoral Sigel bas just telegraphed that yesterday Goneral Stahl’s advance brigade took the town of War- renton and made prisoners of twelve hundred rebels. Gen, Stahl yesterday went to Salem and White Plains, where he found no trace of the enemy. They are, how- ever, in. force at Culpepper Court House, the present northern terminus of their railroad connection with Rich. mend. $ Yesterday the cavalry of that forco advanced on War- renton, doubtless in the hope of relieving the force there. A party left General Sigel’s headquarters on Thursday morning last, and halted at Bristow Station on Friday morning. They proceeded thence to Warrenton Junction, where they met @ considerable force of the enemy. There was a cavalry regiment of revels and one battery of artil- lory. After a fow rounds the enemy skedaddied. Our force captured eight wagons, loaded with quarter- master’s and commissary stores and several mules, and brought them of. News from Californt: San FRrancrsco, Sopt. 90, 1862. Sailed, ship Henry Brigham, Hong Kong, with $126,009 io treasure; ébip Express, . Business Quiet. Sales—100 bales stanaard drills at 220, About the same amount of drills will be shipped cast by the next steamer. No stamps have arrived in California, and busines men are at a loss to conform to the law requiring doou- lowe, that the town was empty of rebeis, convinced me | nents to be stamped before taking effect. that It would be tolerably safe to accompany the expedi- tionary party. The toformation has proved to be correct. The freedom of the town is ours, although minus gold snuff boxes, or other auriferous tokens, accus. tomed from time immemorial to accompany extra- ordinary proffers of municipal freedom. Our men are now threading the etreeta and taking obsorva- tiows of the eburches, dwellings, shut up stores and ditto hotels, with eyes 08 dilatingly watchful of every and everybody as though each wore intent on wwrithg book of travels. And quite ag ul or, more properly speaking, was and we tarough.and net the villages wo hage reoen! od towne in the Old Dominion, be pinch ve prioct made up of one strect, which here is a long one, al ting: hadelestpuow a Bit-of bFlek or stone pavement, and now none; old wooden buildings, sard- wiched between equally autique brick and stone ones, with stables, decayea pump? and toppling hotel signe . ‘There are eix churches and a town hall uswal com, lement of stores and tailoring and Discksmith — # to be found in a village of cightteen hundred inhabitants, whjch, Tam told, was (he nunsber living here before the rebels showed their unex+ t im the town, per SU) mang dwell ings shut up and tonantiess, I asked an-eldesly man the u revgon, “They ave the hovses of scared secosh folks, whe have fied” he replied. «How many have gone’ [ crked further. “About bali, I reckon; and al! I wantof the Lord is to int with ‘The Oregon Legislature has memorialized Congross for ‘arms and munitions for the defence of the State, andan 4 the mouth of the Columbia, New Covstenrerr tx CinouLation.—Counterfeit fives’? ‘on tho Bank of the Commonwealth, of this city, werefree- roulated*on Monday Bi The police got wind of Weed aban early ter, however oad Sols ome, ar: rests, but not until tauch Suz. had been effected. counterfeit is well engraved; but the papor is rather poor. Farat Ermmore OP SRYLAS<ixd.—About two o'clock yea” torday afvorndon, a P. Rike! and Charles Scho. , of the One Hundrod and Third regknent New York dmanveers were sky! together in 4 Pe catastrophe was witnessed by a number of persons, and ail agree that the affair was purely acci- denml. Rikel ioe himself up to await the action of the Coroner. An itqrest will be held upon the body of pat Coll about five Boy Drownep.—Kadward Collins, a yoann tld, residing with bis parouls, at NO. 72 Grove street, fell off the pier at the foot of Eaciatopher street, yesterday, and was drowned, Coroner Wildey held an juquest upon the body. PRICE TWO CENTS. IMPORTANT FROM THE WEST. Evacuation of Cumberland Gap oy General Morgan The Gap Closed and the Rood Across the Mountains Impassable, Kirby Smith and Marshall in Pursuit of Morgan. Important Military Movements on Foot, ke, &e, Civernnai, Sept. 80—~9 P. M. Intelligence haa just veen received from General Mor- gan, who has evacuted Cumberland Gap with bis entire force, and is now well on his way to the Ohio river, to what point it is not proper for me to stato, On evacuating the Gap General Morgan sprung tho mines, clésing the passage through tho mountaisis so completely as to make it ovtirely impassable, All stores, artillery ahd mnnitions of war wore other brought away or destroyed, not leaving the value of five dollars to the enemy. General Morgan’s forco is much larger than 1s genes tally supposed, He has not oniy the veterans of his com- mand, but has been receiving daily adiitions of hundreds of the Joyal citizens of East Tennessee, artillery and cavalry. It is known that Marafall and a portion of Kirby Smith’s rebel force haye moved to intercept them, Genera} Mor- gan dosires to meet them, Important movements hi becn ordered against the forces of Kirby Smith and Marshall, which will seriousty interfere with their plans. 1 am not pormitted to suggest thoir character, We expect important news from that region hourly. At Louisville General Buell’s force is fully organized, and fully adequate to meet all the force of the rebols ip Kentucky. A large portion of our force are vetoraus. Cixciwxani, Sept. 80—P. M. Gen. Morgan jeft Cumberland Gap about two weeks ago, with all his forces. and iz supposed to be marching in @ northeasterly direction, so as to strike the Ohio somewhere about Portsmouth. He brought away all his artillery and stores, and blocked up tho Gap with stones, g0 as to render it impassable. Tie is strong in NEWS FROM KENTUCKY. Capture of the Third Georgia Cavalry. Euzamemitown, Ky., Sept., 30, 1862. Golouel Kennett’s cavalry has had a skirmish with and captured the Third Georgia eavalry. He paroled the nox- commissioned officers and privates. General Davis to be Trica by Court Martial, Loviavnir, Sept, 30, 1862. General Jefferson C. Davis is under arrest for killing General Nelson, and will be tried by Court Martial. Funeral of Gencral Nelson. Louisriui, Sept. 20, 1862. The funeral of General Neison tock place to-day. pe corpse was enclosed in an elogant motailic casket. following oilicers acted ag pail bearers :—Major Generals McCook, Crittenden and Granger ; Brigadier Gencrals Jackson and Jobnson, Captain Jenkins, chief of staf, and other staf officers. ‘The procession formed at the Galt House at three o'clock. It was compored of cavalry, artillery, and about seven regimeyss of infantry, Tuere was in addition a company from each of the old divisions the gailent Nelsou com- manded, The remains wero taken to Christ chureh, where Rev. Dr. Talbott offici ted, agsisted by Rey. Messrs. Newell and Lange. Mr. Talbott delivered an oloquent address. After tho ceremony had bven performed the remains were conveyed to Cave Hill Cemetery and plated in a vault until they can bo removed to Camp Dick Robin. sou, according to General Nelagg’s request. General Buell Not Removed. Lovisvinie, Ky., Sept. 30, 1802. Yesterday it was rumorca that General Buell was re“ lieved from bis command, The nowa created much dis- satisfaction among our State athorities and prominent Citizens, who have the utmost confidence in Gen. Buell, ‘We have reliable information to-day that Gon. Buell is still in command of the Army of the Ohio. ‘An Indianapolis correspondent of the Commercial says Gen. Buell has been removed and Gon. Thomas assigned his command. - - Death of Captain Prentice. Crxcrexan, Sept. 30, 1862, Captain Pentice, son of George D. Prentice, of the Louis- ville Journal, who was wounded in the Augusta; Ky., fight, died to-day, NEWS FROM MEXICO. Arrival of the French Ship-of.War For. fait—Operations of the Freneh Army in Mexico. The French slop-of-war Forfait arrived at this port yesterday morning with news from Vera Cruz to Septem- ber 19. ‘At that date the French had taken possession of a placo called La Soledad, situated between Vera Craz and Oriza- ba, and had garrisoned it with the Second corps of Zouaves. Their object in this is to secure the communi- cations between the two cities, and to have entire control of a place which is said to be easily aesailable ou accoums of the bad state of the ronds. ‘Tho news at Vera Cruz was ¥ the typhoid fever was making dreadful ravages in tho rauks of the Mexican army, and that General Zarragozzm had died of the scourge. It was also said that hia suceessor would be either General Comonfort or General Ortega. General Forey , the Commander-in-Chief of the French army, bad stopyed at Martinique on his way to Vora Craz, and was expeeted to arrive at that city in a day or two on board the frigate Tureune. The march of the army upou Mexico was expected to take place towards the middle of October. ‘The Draft. THE DRAFT IN CINCINNATI. i Cxerxsatt, Sept. $0, 1962. Drafting takes place in this city to-morrow. ‘THR DRAFT IN MASSACHUSETTS AGAIN POSTPONED. Boston, Sept. 30, 1862. ‘He araft in Massachusetts lias beon again postponed till October 15. Arrival of the steamehip Europa arrived he: tain morning ‘nue bas Jean passenge! Un the 7th ropa 280h the Australasian, bound cast. ao sped! Astrong northoast gale comm eee oe Pactolashas not yet arrived from Mentroal. pin ss Ae leh Boston Weekly Bank Statement. wn Bosvow, Sept. 90, 1962 the following isthe weekly statement of the Boston