Smyrna times., 1861-10-10

MORE TAHPRRISd WITH RAI.RoAD DRIpGEs
"A gentleman vi ZaAesvI!ie, " no ~As o. lac
fret train which passe1 over il on Monday
IaSrning, reports 10 NO ZsAesEnje Courier
that ral!roEj bridge, Sevsa Hi'Ss Sett Of
Asnis. aud ~ tRc direction o Day IA, was IN
aged 30 as 10 mskA Hnr& fe SOF tsA'ss 10 ps 80
over -. Il wsS feunS o. examination that
braces Ead ether tMAb0Fs hsi Sess renewed,
and If uSa haA VentrRss oD the brudRa il
would have gives way. Faa ss.age vas re.
paired 10 short stder. IL had been aTTauged 10
send large body Of Ifoops over it that RighI,
bat from some Cause az ether tAey were sent
bf different routO, and therefore 90, harm was
dane.
large riHed steel gun, manufactured at
Plttsbur., was tried there lately. TsTee FouaJs
we're fired wth vOry satisfactory effect, hut
fauttb roUnG. w,th a double charge, burst the
bresca plug b7rds, dsi IHX The geo. Tne ball.
'wefer. was driven completely through az
gEteeD zach tree, HsvtTSed sOir- distance
h"youd, aud was buried tour feet in a ssak
Tine protective ls enn gated ia form. with a Os ud
OF lead cnnnlersvnk nesr the tace. and turned
IN cyhndrIcsl grooTss on ihs surface. This
band, afer firing. wss shc~n II have been
perfectly rified bY the grooves in the barfel
Another battle has 10 ken place in the Kama
~hs Valley, IL which The National fosees &C.
c"mplished h,rst brilliant eucceAs. FIVE
romPanies Of TIE Firsg Kentucky Regiment
tour Companies OF the Thu,- ioufth OHIO snd
one company q The Flfih Vitgnis. he hole
Commanded by Lieut. Col. Ey art, surrounded
und attacked rebel foFce at ChspnsuvI|le, in
Logan County, and after q short ngsgement
completely routed them. ling elx'y ard to&
ing seventy prisuneVs. The trying pan ~as
hard enough for the rebels, but in escaping
from IT they appear only TO hsye g: INTO the
fire, for they were Intercepted by another Ma.
IlOnal force, under Hiatt. who succeed cd in
killing forty more and taking large number
of prisoners. This blow is cone dcred .ae
finishing one for the rebels in the Kanawha
Valley, west and south Of Charleston.
Tic privaIcor Sumter probably the only
pirate Mat nt 'he present time frnrn the rebel
pnrls, was last at P1ramsrlbo. md 50 G;sra,s
ed and altered as prooebly 10 escape our ctuis,
ers. urle.s they are WIDE awake. A lo,,er
from hat place. dstsd the In Of September.
says she arrived on the I9,h If Aagus,. IN
want Of c.als. The U. S. Consur protested
agnInsl any AID being furnished her, and re
Gnes'c1 th1l the Governor would order her out
OF .os,. The Governor refusei to so 20, allow
cd Ter to coal, aud the Conul immeGlala,y
s"nl to the neareGs naval station for a uaiIennl
N"sso.
GoOD EXAHpLE The Gsweoo Times sssYs
Mr.. Elisha BOwP0, Of the cpty, deserves ,nra.
tion as the father Of seven patriotic SOMA
When the first call for trCnDs was mndr. two
OF his boys ENLISTED IN New rrk. and forr wen,
io the seat Of wor wt,h the Twenty. fourth rac.
Imeni. Since the organization Of the second
Oswego regiment, another con has culs ed
end The old gentleman. foil of patriotism, has
also joined It as drummer The mother o.
theS' young men only regrets her inabIIuy 10
accompany her husband aud children.
Th"Te has been a marked change 10 the hsb.
It's OF our troops during tue past week, though
the 50 e OF liquor is stIll openly winktd a., :
The business, however, iE chiefly confined 10
the camps where the liquor Is sold by the suit
hers to the troops. with the foil po.n,isslon of
fhsIT olficers. Indeed, 1t is asserted by some
th't the latter are interested pecunsrily 10 the
sale. 81.
The Secretary ofWar, ia consequence Of the
pressure OF public business, is compelled to
cease opening Eny letters narkcd Private"
HeresiIer, all letters go marked will reaaaiu
vnopeped.
Ius,iSe Burt. of Buffalo, few days since. set.
t!sd4a lsug disputed question IA the most EN-.
haticlsnla amer, BY sesianciogs man named
eonard Fuchs, "a six moaths inprisonnlent nt
ard hsrd slsbeT ~ ths PeHitsni'sry. for stesiing
10 umbrella
aafs eonseausscs Of the sbsndoum-nt Of the
c.,,s IL Afizooa By the U. s. troops. Ihs Apa-
go hrve tsnsst into tbs co0ntry and commiued
,.,o., aevas,atioas, SO that the settlers q n.
leaving every place except Tscson.