The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1862.

......
are evenly matched in this game of blood, and
we await, therefore, with no little curiosity the
result of the battle—of all the North against all
the South.

We had hardly written the above when we re- I
ceived the telegrams which our readers will find in
our Latest News. From these it appears that the
Confederates have been compelled to evacuate Mary-
land entirely. The Federals hav,e possession of
Harper's Ferry, by which the Confederates crossed,
and are therefore completely triumphant. M'CLEL-
LAN will now be again the hero of the hour, and
deservedly so. With a force, so far as is known,
not disproportionately large, ho has completely
beaten, in fair fight, the two ablest Confederate
Generals. He has turned the tide. It is, however,
from his own shores, and the Federals will be wise
if they use the hoar of victory, not to plan fresh
invasions and hazard fresh defeats, but to offer a
settlement on fair terms.
1

WILLIAM PALMER, infamous in the annals of '
crime as a secret poisoner, appears to have been at
length in some measure surpassed in atrocity, and
this, too, by a woman. The wretched criminal who
was condemned to death on Saturday last for the
cruel murder of Mrs. SOAMES must henceforth have
her most execrable name remembered not simply
coupled with a miserable creature like Madame LA-
fFARGE, but with miscreants like the female BoRaIA,
the dark-eyed, the dark-haired, the dark-souled—
and the fair and flaxen Duchess de BRINYIL-
LIERS. If in nothing else, in the signal and start-
ling atrocity of its crimes the nineteenth will have
only too few fully and undeniably a claim to pre-
eminence among the centuries. And one of the
very blackest among these foul blots upon the so-
cial records of this time, will be the terrible record
made there of the career of CATHARINE WILSON.
It was but in the June of this very year 1862 that,
upon another charge of poisoning—the attempted
murder of a woman with sulphuric acid—this mise-
rable wretch was tried in that same dock in which,
before the close of September, she heard her-
self at length pronounced Guilty by a
Jury and condemned to death by a Judge
for another, an earlier, attempt that had
unhappily proved successful. "It is very seldom,"
said the judge, " that I think it any part of my
duty, in a case of this or any other description, to
express either concurrence or dissent with the ver-
dict of a jury ; but upon the present occasion I am
bound to say that, in my opinion, the jury could
not have arrived at any other conclusion than they
have done, consistently with the facts that were
laid before them. I never heard a case where it was
so clearly proved that a murder was committed,
and where the excruciating pains and agony of the 1
victim were watched with so much deliberation by
the murderer." Those closing words are surely
strong enough, in every way, as an attestation
volunteered by the Judge as to his own abso-
lute conviction of the prisoner's guilt. But
stronger still were his lordship's words
in reference to another crime of a similar kind, a
crime for which the prisoner was not then being
tried, but for which, if acquitted in the case
then before the court, she certainly would have
been tried and that immediately. Referring to that
other charge of poisoning, the poisoning of Mrs.
ATKINSON, the Judge said emphatically in the
course of his remarks on Saturday—" If the jury
had acquitted you upon the present charge you,
would have been immediately put upon your trial
for this murder." Adding, "I have read the depo-
sitions in this case most carefully and anxiensly,
and the result upon my mind is, that I have
no more doubt that you committed that crime
than if I had seen it committed with my own
eyes !" The mere catalogue of these Secret
. Pnianninaa 1-,w'r'"`"--- -----• m_, _t...,
Attempted, Five of them Accomplished—revolts
the imagination. Her two ineffectual attempts at
Poisoning were those made upon the life of the
woman, for the all but completed murder of whom
in June last the Prisoner, now under sentence of
Death at Newgate, was tried but eventually ac-
quitted. The other case of attempted murder by
poisoning at her fell hands, occurring in the course
of last year only, in the instance of a young man
named TAYLOR, with whom the miscreant was
living when the crime was all but perpetrated !
" Fortunately for him," as the Judge remarked
on Saturday, " remedies were immediately resorted
to and he recovered." Putting aside from enumera-
tion upon the black list now drawn up against this
Great CriminaI—CATHARINE WILSON is now
charged with, is now known to have committed the
following Five Dreadful Murders by Secret
IPoisoning :

I. The murder of Mr. MAWER.
11. The murder of Mr. DIXON.
The murder of Mrs. JACKSON.
IV. The murder of Mrs. ATKINSON.
V. The murder of Mrs. SOAMES.

Of the last-mentioned murder, the second or third
of the five chronologically, the wretch, after a very
patient and careful trial, has been formally proved
and deliberately pronounced Guilty. Of the mur-
der of Mrs. ATKINSON, the fourth upon this fearful
list of Secret Poisonings, she was deemed to be so
ominously guilty by the judge who tried her in the
case of Mrs. SOAMES, that, as we have said, his
lordship declared himself to be as perfectly satisfied
in his own mind and conscience that she had com-
mitted murder upon Mrs. ATKINSON as though he
bad, with his own eyes, seen her do it ! In every
instance charged against her, she is known to
have
ced the same appalling coolness and
e evidenced
deliberation. In every instance the crime is per-
money. In the instance of Mrs.
murder was perpetrated with the in-
some £3O or £4O ! The mur-
pseotAr3artE per-
petrated
th fore
oreover, when the infernal Crime
tention of getting
deress in this case in
was accomplished, laying her grasp upon no more
than £9 sterling as the booty obtained by her new
atrocity. It is possible, of course—frightfully
possible—that CATHARINE WILSON may have been
these five crimes of
guilty of more than
But, at any
murder by secret poisoning.
rate, these five we have enu
mera
Inted
the have been
instance of
brought distinctly home te her.
W
,INE ILSON'S
MAWER, it appeared, when CaTIIAA.
history came to be examined into, that in 1853 and
1854 she was living in the house of this person
named MAWER, as his managing servant or house-
keeper, down at Boston in Lincolnshire. Making
his will in March—a will leaving the whole of his
small property to WILSON, his housekeeper—
MAWER died in the Oct. following : quite manifestly,
as it now turns out, from the extensive administras
tion of colchicum. Two years after MAwER's death,
WILSON is living with the young man DIXON, not
down in Boston, but up here in London—in lodg-
ings—at the house of Mrs. SOAMES. DIXON dies in
1856. Mrs. SOAMES expires labouring under pre-
cisely the same horrible torments that preceded the
and afterwards of DIXON.
sudden death of MAWER
Mrs. JACKSON breathes her last after an agonising
illness of four days' duration. Mrs. ATKINSON also
after an illness of four days. The sufferings endured
by each of those unhappy
victims being of the same
excruciating character. Retching, violent purg-
ing, vomiting, and an agony
indescribable. Re-
membering the number :of these atrocious crimes

thus coolly perpetrated by CATHARINE WILSON,
remembering the time that bad elapsed
during their perpetration before this dastardly
and deliberate murderess by secret poisoning had at
length been brought to justice, we could hardly feel
surprised when the learned judge exclaimed on
These facts render it extremely pro-
Sbaatbuleratahye startling statement made by Ik. TAYLOR,
in the course of his evidence, is correct, and that in
the midst of apparent prosperity and obedience to
the law, a dreadful crime and vice is rife in this
metropolis, the destruction of life by secret
poisonings." It is an appalling reflection, but it is
one from the horrible glamour of which there is no
escape—with the whole grimly series of these five
cruel murders perpetrated by CATHARINE WILSON
since 1854 glaring irresistibly at this moment upon
our recognition.

In the good old days of duelling the witty
Irish barrister who suggested instead a
harmless display of skill with pistols, deserved
well of the duellist class. Let us, said he to his
challenger, chalk a figure the size of each of
us on a barn door, and whichever hits the
other's chalk man shall receive an apology from the
one who misses. Now we do not know whether the
Catholic and Presbyterian Doctors of Divinity,
CULLEN and HANNA, do not equally deserve a Peace
Society prize, although, such is the infirmity of
human nature, what they devise for peace ends in
war. The Government will not indulge us, they say,
in good neighbourly breaking of each others' heads to
the honour of our respective faiths, so, let us show
our strength in another way. Let us have monster
meetings—processions—gatherings—and whoever
gets up the biggest meeting and makes the best
show, let his faith be the infallible one. Now
really this is a very creditable proposal. Why
should not numbers be the test of orthodoxy ?
Why cannot we accept the vote of the majority,
as we do in other matters and have done with it ?
Only carry out the CULLEN-HANNA principle,
and we really might get rid of all our sects in a
little time. What a blessed peace it would be, too,
for us all, if once we could be as easy in religion
as in politics, and give in to the majority.

" Contending sects would lose their power or cease,
An e'en the dipped and sprinkled live in peace."

But poor Dr. HANNA has certainly a grievance.
If our duellist above-mentioned, being required,
through his bad marksmanship, to make the apology,
ran up to his rival and gave him the butt-end of
his discharged pistol, this would certainly not be
fair-play. Now, says Dr. HANNA, this is the way
with the Cullenites. They had their meeting in
Dublin. They went to the verge of the law, and
even beyond the law, by displaying party symbols
and banners, Lord CARLISLE, well meaning but
weak-acting man, did not put all this down; or, as
ABE LINCOLN'S friends say, "put his foot down
on it." Yet we exemplary Protestants in Dublin
made no disturbance. Dr. CULLEN had his demon-
stration to his heart's content. This, says Dr.
HANNA, was our grievance. We have sad com-
plaints to make about the castle patronage—
it goes out of all proportion, to incompetent
Catholics—we could however forgive even that.
We are industrious and shall not starve, although
we miss our proportion of the political loaves and
fishes—but for a grand public meeting of Catholics
to be tolerated—a meeting designed merely to glo-
rify Popery by a quiet display of physical. force—no,
that cannot be brooked. If an amiable Lord Lieu-
tenant will not " put his foot down" he must see,
and the Catholics must see, that Protestants can
match them ; so Dr. HANNA blows his trumpet on
Mr. EPHRAIM at Belfast, and calls on all good Pro-
testants from the four corners of Ulster to " gather
themselves together to the help of the LORD against
the Por-E.."

Now it really was a little too bad of the
Catholics to waylay and maul the quiet Pro-
cestauttl Wilt) Ltuu caaa,k.uacu. vu., AV. b,ettL

"palaver" in the Botanic Gardens of the town.
Talk could do no harm. And as the Catholics
had their show unmolested in Dublin, it
was too bad of them to meddle with the
Protestant show at Belfast. We cannot excuse the
naughty Paddies, whose priests had doubtless in-
structed them, with an appropriate movement of
the eyelids, " to take care they did not disturb or
molest any Protestants." Yet we must own, as
good Protestants, we cannot let off Dr. HANNA and
Co. so easily. We cannot, if we are to suppose that
Irish Catholics judge of English Protestants by
Dr. HANNA. We would not have it thought that
we here, in sober old England, could be provoked
to a demonstration of physical religious strength.
We have heard a good deal lately of " Muscular
Christianity," but it is not just the muscularity of
crowds which finds such favour with us. May we
beg all in Ireland whom it may concern to take
notice, that religious ochlocracy is viewed with dis-
gust by respectable men of all creeds.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
arrived in town on Saturday from visiting the Earl and
Countess of Chesterfield, at Gedling Lodge, Notts.

Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess
Edward of Saxe Weimar, who have been staying during the
week with the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, at Gedling
Lodge, Nottinghamshire, returned to town on Saturday.
The Earl of Warwick left his house in the Stable-
yard, St James's, on Saturday, for Warwick Castle. The
earl and countess leave in a few days for the Earl of
Wemyss's seat in Scotland.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are receiv-
ing a succession of visitors at their seat, Broadlands, Hants.
Viscountess Jocelyn and family are expected at
Cambridge House today from a tour on the Continent.
The Earl of Chesterfield has left Gedling Lodge,
Notts, for Newmarket.
The Dowager Marchioness of Queensberry has
arrived in town from the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood.
The Earl and Countess of Lincoln have arrived,
at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Clumber Park,
Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
FALL FROM A RAILWAY-BRIDGE.—On Monday
night Mr. Macdonald, son of the stationmaster at Stam-
ford-bridge, on the North-Eastern, met with a serious mis-
hap. He had occasion to speak with the driver of an
engine, from the step of which he alighted when on the
high viaduct which crosses the Derwent. It being dark
to tyheYo
Md r. Macdonald missed the bridge and fell into the valley, a
epth of 40 feet. It is said the bridge was not protected at
severe injuries, internally and otherwise, and was sent
thever place, Mr. Macdonald, as may be supposed, received
visrlkONCouonFty
mHogßitaolptohLe
IsTaAmNe night.pAß
Act any of the parishes within the metropolilsMS
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on the application b
divided into 'Wards fo
soifonWiosrktos, orh osfunhomt less than purpose of electing vestrymen
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at.he than
Secretary 2, 000 ratedof State,hou s householders,
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se,
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sion
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maTyhoerdeEr tmhepesraomre a fair representation in the
vestry of the interests of the rate
has published a
carrying a
against
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tObliafieSeenatiyoellt toSuhficnetachps ecereBcbd3eyo2diwt: g reign, checks the effects o the
ee iniquities of
in cases where the extreme measure has noe
applied.
Private letters from Russia state that the eman-
cipation seberue will now proceed without further hind-
rance " as the peasants find that they cannot have the land
for nothing, and that applications for further concessions
will be useless." One nobleman writes that he is happy at
no longer possessing
a single serf, and that he has com-
menced letting his land out in farms as in this country.
Ile sap, moreover, that his income will not be curtailed
for more than a year or two.
The opera season in Dublin commences on Tues-
day, the 7th of October, under an arrangement with Mr.
Mapleson, of Her Majesty's Theatre. The company is a
good one' it includes Mdlle. Titiens, Madame Lemaire,
: The operas
"Il Travatore," 4' Lucia di Lammermoor,"
ntganoliseGedivagrleini, Badiali, Herr Formes, ex.
"Puritani," &e.

ROYAL ENGLISH a

RA.

PE

SATANELLA.

Of all the characteristic products of the first
French Revolution, not one was more illustrative
of its vigour and audacity, than the story of " Le
Diable Amorous," by Jean Paul Cazotte, which
enjoys the distinction of having originated the
" Supernatural" School of Fiction, that became so
popular in ;Germany at the hands of Fouque
and Novalio. The novel conception of the
" Devil in Love," had a fantastic force
about it which of itself was quite suffi-
cient for the volcanic taste of the day ;
but it had the advantage, in addition, of consider-
able skill and humour in its treatment, which ex-
plains the popularity it acquired in other countries.
The hero, or heroine of this story, we must remem-
ber, was not the Evil One himself, but a demon
who at his bidding assumed a lovely female form,
in order, with other attractions, to ensnare a young
Italian cabalist; but who was punished by being
caught in the very trap she had prepared, and made
to love and save the victim it was her business to
destroy. This idea, wh'eli has been often repeated,
was highly original and poetic, and only required
to be divested of a little of the excess of its present-
to the vivid field
especially
it has never
y
enough,
ever,
themselves, though
attracted
et
the
ec tt ode
dr haveatmh drama.
French
Oddly adapted
d irta me s
they are always on the hunt to discover new and
good material, and only found its way to their stage
in the emasculated form of a grand ballet, which
was reproduced at Drury-lane some twenty years ago
when under the title of the "Devil in Love," it was
brought forward by Mr. Bunn, in order to enchant
us with the wonderful pantomime of " Pauline
Leroux." When, at length, Mr. Balfe resolved to
adapt the subject for an opera, his librettists unfor-
tunately went to the ballet for their materials in-
stead of to the book. By so doing, they not only
lost nearly all the poetic notion of the story,
which would have supplied very supe-
rior opportunities for music, but they
hampered themselves, in addition, with a train
of disjointed incidents, which, however well adapted
to introduce a variety of dances, was directly op-
posed to the essential unity and growth of a
dramatic interest. Again, in the book there is
but one heroine, whilst in the opera there are
three—a further division of the interest, which
sadly weakens its impression; whilst in the very
scene of the original—its magnificent opening in
the Bay of Naples, with its highly poetic incan-
tation amidst the ruins of Baioe (here discarded
for the worn-out notion of a devil's chamber,
and a sliding picture), presented resources that
were just as superior for the musician as the painter.
Mr. Balfe's success, therefore, in treating this sub-
ject, must be measured by his difficulties, and the
very meagre opportunities that were placed within
his reach. Adequately dramatised, we believe that
the " Diable Amoureux" would have become the
medium of one of the most signal and enduring of
his achievements. As it is, it contains music which
few of his contemporaries could have written, and
which, whether on the score of its skill or melody,
must always make the work accceptable.
Of its performance last evening we are only able
to speak in measured terms. Produced chiefly with
the view of presenting Miss Sara Dobson and Mr.
Perren in the leading characters, it subjected both
of them to the kind of trial which they are most
unable to sustain. Both the Count and Satanella
require the highest; dramatic expression, whether
to develops the force of the music or to sup-
port the interest of the story. And we
need not say this is precisely the quality in which
the new and young singers are deficient. It would
be very difficult, we fancy, to find even experienced
lyric artists who would impart to the one Mr. Har-
rison's spirit or to the other Miss Pyne's emotion,
and the test therefore must be proportionately fatal
to any substitutes who are in their noviciate. Miss
Dobson's best successes were in the lovely ballad,
"Let not the world disdaining," which she sung with
a grace and tenderness which were highly meritori-
ous, and her two songs in the third act, the
buoyant air, " Sultana Zulema" (taken bodily, we
mast remind our readers, from one of the Irish
melodies) and the sparkling rondo at the close,
which she delivered with considerable spirit. Her
singing was also so praiseworthy in the scene with
Ahrimanes, that it is obvious this young lady is
already beginning to strengthen. Mr. GP^ 6o
_ ~C 1114.• effa-
sion, " The glorious vintage of ohatapagne,"
in which he won a deserved encore, and in
"An angel form, in dreams beheld," in the refrain
of which ho was equally and justly complimented.
Miss Thirlwall was an agreeable Leila ; Mr. Rouse,
a comic Hortensius ; Mr. Corri, a vigorous Pirate ;
and Mr. St. Albyn, an excellent rustic lover, sing-
ing his one song, which was encored, " Oh, would
she but name the day," with great humour and ani-
mation. The best feature of the performance was
unquestionably Mr. Weiss, who resumed, on this
occasion, his original character of Ahrimanes,
and alike by his commanding bearing, and
noble use of his noble voice, restored that personage
to the level of its original importance. His entire
scene with Satanella was a mingled flow of force
and dignity. Of the merits of the band and
chorus, or of Mr. Mellon, on this occasion, we can
only use our old expressions. The house was toler-
ably-attended, not withstanding the disastrous night.

HER MAJESTY'S THEA7RE.

CHEAP NIGHTS.

Mr. Mapleson reopened this house last evening,
for a series of four cheap performances, in order to
catch a farther portion of the still flowing tide to
the Exhibition. The first of the series was
" The Trovatoro," in which Madame Titiens
and Signor Giuglini sustained their usual
characters, the only novelty being the appearance
of Signor Badiali in the Count di Luna—an artist
whose excellent voice, superior dramatic feeling,
and thorough musical accomplishment, made him
so prominent a member of the Italian Opera at
Drury Lane. We have so often discussed the
merits of these singers we can have no occasion to
renew our praises, so content ourselves by saying—
that they never exerted themselves with more suc-
cess—to a house which, despite the wet was very
well attended.

This evening is given " Marta," in which Herr
Formes appears as Plunkett—his first assumption,
we believe, of that character in London:
On Thursday, " Lucia de Lammermoor" will be
performed, and on Saturday one of the above
operas will be repeated.

LATEST NEWS.

THE WAR IN AMERICA.

(Per Norwegian, via Quebec and Londonderry.)
NEW YORK, SEPT. 20 (Morning).

Later accounts from Gcneral Mielellan's Head-
quarters state that Tuesday last was chiefly passed
in deploying the forces and gaining positions, but
on Wednesday a severe battle was fought, lasting
from dawn till dusk,

The result of the battle was indecisive, but the
superiority of position remained with the Federals ;
their loss is estimated at from 6,000 to 10,000 men.
Federal General Mansfield was killed, and Generals
Hooker, Dureza, Sumner, Meagher, Max, Weber,
Dana, Hartsuff, Richardson, Sedgwick, French,
Ricketts, and .Rodman were wounded. The loss of
Federal Generals and field-officers is said to be so
large as to be unaccount able.

Little beyond skirmishing occurred on Thursday.
General M'Clellan officially reports, on Friday
morning, that the enemy abandoned his position on
Thursday night, leaving dead and wounded on the
field, and says :

6, I do not know if the enemy is falling back to
an interior position, or crossing the river. We may
safely claim the victory for ours."
In a later despatch he reports that General
Pleasanton is driving the enemy across the river,
Our victory was complete. The enemy
and says :--`'
is driven back into Virginia. Maryland and Penn-
sylvania are now safe."

The newspaper accounts state that the Confe-
derates commenced crossing the Potomac, at Shep-
herdstown-bridge, and two fords above and below
it, early on Thursday night.
During the night General M'Clellan advanced a
battery and shelled the Confederates from the sur-
rounding heights. Early on Friday morning General
Pleasanton pursued with two batteries and two regi-
ments of infantry, and captured some of their
ammunition, and a small portion of a South Caro-
lina brigade.

General Stonewall Jackson conducted the Confe-
derate retreat into Virginia, and the whole Confede-
rate army appears to have crossed the Potomac with
but slight loss of men, waggons, and artillery.

The Confederates retreated in the direction of
Winchester.

A considerable Federal force, under Generals
Siegel and Heintzelmann, is on the Virginia side of
the Potomac, and speculation is rife whether this
force will interfere with the Confederate retro:, t.

It is not decidedly known whether the Federals
or the Confederates occupy Harper's Ferry, but it is
rumoured that General Burnside yesterday crossed
into Virginia, via Harper's Ferry, and was moving
against the Confederates.
General M'Clellan's army crossed Antistem
Creek, and is massed between that position and the
Potomac, opposite Shepherdstown. It was sup-
posed M'Clellan would cross the Potomac.
The capture of the Confederate General Long-
street is not confirmed.

The Federal garrison at Mumfordsville, Ken-
tucky, numbering 4,000 to 5,000, with 10 pieces
of artillery, surrendered on the 17th to the Confe-
derate General Bragg, whose forces numbered
30,000.

The reported investment of Charleston is officially
denied.

The Federal gunboats have destroyed Prentice,
Mississippi.
The Confederates are concentrating at Goldsbo-
rough, with the intentim of attacking Newburn,
North Carolina.
Large bodies of Federal recruits continue to leave
,for Washington.
A ateamer, supposed to be the Ovieto, ran
the blockade of Mobile.

(By Telegraph to Father Point.)
NEW YORK, SEPT. 20 (Evening).

General Burnside occupied Harper's Ferry on
Tuesday last, driving the Confederates out, and
pursuing them to Martinsburg, He afterwards
crossed the Potomac, and was in the engagement of
Wednesday, under M'Clellan.

The Confederates all succeeded in crossing the
Potomac on Friday morning, saving their trans-
ports and all their wounded, except 300.

The Confederates are still visible in force on the
Potomac shore, opposite M'Clellan's position, and
have posted artillery to prevent the Federals from

crossing.
The Federals estimate the Confederate loss at
18,000 to 20,000 men.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Money easy. Gold, 17,1 premium. Exchange
dull. Bankers' bills, 1281, 129 i,
Stocks large speculative sales. New York Cen -
trals, 961; Illinois, 66; Erie, 421.
Cotton dull. Middling Upland, 53.
Flour heavy, sc. lower. Wheat dull, at a decline
of lc. Corn heavy. Provisions steady. Coffee
and sugar good inquiry. Molasses very firm.

(Latest by Telegraph to Cape Race.)
NEW YORK, SEPT. 22 (EVENING).
The Confederates have retired from the bank of
the Potomac opposite M'Clellan, and have retreated
in the direction of Winchester.
The Federals are crossing the Potomac at Shep-
herdsto wn and William's Point.
The reported occupation of Harper's Ferry by
General Burnside was incorrect.
The Confederates evacuated Harper's Ferry on
Friday last, after destroying all the Government
stores and the pontoon bridge, and partly destroy-
ing the bridge of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
The Federals now occupy Harper's Ferry and
Maryland Heights.
Gene. Siegel and Heintzelmann remain for the
defence of Washington.
Commander Preble has been dismissed the United
States service for permitting the steamer Ovieto
to enter Mobile.