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The FrenehoPrfnees IN McCIsIsaasn staff.
Mcclellan mas just passed up the aEeaue, escorted
BY his cavalry guard, in dne shape. The French
princes were with him, and altogether the caval-
csde presented fne appearances. There IS some
thing little singular in the way in which tie
French Princes have entered our service. L must
have been out Of pure love Of adventure the
cause. They were tired out with the respectable
quiet and stiffness Of ClaremOnt and were impelled,
IS Hnal resource, to this country and this war.
They could not well join the army Of any European
country without offending the French Emperor.
Here they could come and lOin the Fetle1a army
without exciting the jealousies Of aIry rruee. or
p0tentste. OF course, il they were eoink 70 u lie
sides at al in the war it would be for tbelGovsro
ment and agzinst the revolution Altacueb a revo
FOlution made them, or rather tleir grandfather a
revolution unmade them. A revolution ulad1 ths
ton, and revolution now atsmpfs to unmake it, II
Count De Paris and the Duke Of Chartres entered
our serves with great enthusiasm They are for
the Government and in their sympathies are against
slavery and the slaEehOlding rebellion. They will
accept no pay from the Government having q
sufficient income OF their own. and desiring to
themselves from any charge Of mercer 3 y service.
They are hartIly welcome ami as they galop up
and down the lines, are received with enthusiastic
cheers BY the men, Washington Cor Springfield Re
publican.
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EanEee Re.cFIptioa o. LeTInrtOn.

Fhe &nne%sd BietgFe of Lexington, Missouri 10
fFOm Northern source, ind serves to shoE Ghs
Importance of Gen. PRICES victory:
The painful suspense attending the anxiety fer
news from Lexington, No., greatly enhanced by q
consideration of thu size and wealth of the place
and its Importance as 8 strategic point. The popu-
lstion Of Lexington AZ vicinity was rs5s Up Of the
best class of the earY emigras from Kentucky to
Missouri, is generally wealthy, and probably more
refined thsa that Of sny other section Of She State,
excepting St. Louis. The early settlers in that
region attracted By the similarity of much of
the country to that Eden of Kentaekans about Lex
;lgton, KY, and they not only made their selec.
tiohs Of lana scGasSing to the standard of old
Eayette bet carried the Gaslogy to the naming Of
tne county and principal town Of their lOcatlon il
Missouri go - ~ &
The city Of lexington Is situsted about one Bun
grqd Sng s. egtg ibiies from Jefferson City, and
Obtains probably fzGs inhasjtsGts. 70 is situated
on Q high, rocky bluff WHICH there has fts course
on tbe south side of the Missouri riysr, and which
sispss alRlest pFeeipitogsly directly down to the
bed of the river. RiAkilg very steep ASCENT from
the landing up to the city. From the rear Of the
city the land recedes slightly in alternate success
sious Of beautiful prairie and choice timber and ia
vel osGRpisd by fHely cultivated farms, yielding
trstrate support tG THE hitherto thriving place.
Lexington has formerly had an active trade with
the caravans Of Santa Fe and the Great Salt Lake.
The great emigration TO Cslifol MIA which has pass
ed through the country for several years past has
furnished E-1rket fer sVain cattle and horses at
very high prfces Extensive beds Of coal are found
on the river bsnkshere. q" De-.
Fhe surrender Of the city With its beautiful resi-
aeHoes, to the wslton deYiltrY Of the rebels, is
stimulated the rebels to their must desperate efforts
10 Obtain.
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(correspOoEeLss of the Union and American
JONEkBoRo, Tenn, Oct. Z, IsG


Editors Union and AsssrteGn:
In this county Washington We gain slowly on the
Union majority, which was bat thirty-eight in Aus
gust last, and think we have fair, reliable
msjority. B.F. SwNGLE Esq, one of the Lincoln
postmasteEs In this county was last week, taken to
Knoxville, and he then renowned his allegiance 70
Old Abe's government and took the oath to support
GleySouthern ConfedeFAcF. He had been very active
IN denouncing the South, and bis change of views
via 40 doubt exer. q salutsry influence upon his
neighbOrhood. The defeats of the North sre hav-
ing their effects upon Union men here; they zee
there is no chance from that quarter, hence they
are quietly coming over to our side. The change ia
one not Fl ON conviction, feeling, and is BY no
means reliable if SchGnge should happen; but there
Is 8 change, and the fact only note.
Major VIZ. II. Crouch Of our town has been ap-
pointed Deputy Marshal of East Tennessee. This is
a very good appointment, and reflects credit upon
the appointing power that made it, as Major G. has
been from the very start of our best most intel
Egent, and reliable Southern men. He has, by
argument and illustration, both public and private,
ably sustained our and hss shown his devotion
TO it, by allowing his son, youth of nineteen, the
only one of his children of age capable Of bearing
arms. to enter the service
We have had tremendous rains here for two or
three weeks past. Nearly every day has sent US
shower, and the quantity of rain which has fallen
IN these parts during the latter part of the summer
and thIg fail. has been immense-never before par
slleled. Indeed, the farmers have not yet put in
one half of their wheat crop, and as the winter
approaches some Gpprehensions felt that they
will be deprived of finishing their seeding.
-Four infantry companies, CaptS. T. VuLETT, "a
West Point graduate) JAS. N. BOTTLEs, Gko P. FAN
and Z. RoDDIE, have left this county for the war
a cavalry company has been organized and will
enter the service from this county in few days
JSo. B. McLrN Esq, young lawyer OF foe talents
and address il the Captain.
Our County Court to-day made handsome sp-
preparation for the relief of the poor soldiers from
our county in the army, for clothing etc.
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The ESEXY IN FoRcE At BERwIcK's BAY.--The en-
emys vessels are noS in pretty strong force &c the
passes leading to ReFEiek's Bay. They awe, vita
10 the last few days, captured the hght-drsqghs
schooners Zavella and the Rsnchsro. which have
been regular traders between BeFEick's Bay and
the mouth Of the Sabine. They first captured the
ZaYells, and used her a. 4 decoy duck TO capture
the Rsnchero. On each Of these vessels they have
placed l2-pound howitzera. Another schooner has
been captured By them, the name of winch is not
known. With these light draught vessels and the
kesEY lGEnches IN their possession, the whole of
YerailliGR bay, sad, il fsct, al the passes the
Western coast Of this State wiz be st teir merry if
energetic measures be not Immediately adopted to
eheckmste them. The people of the parish Of st.
Mary, on hearing Of the seizure Of those vessels,
sent the steamer Gen: Rusk with two large barges
10 bioc.- rp the principal channel-the steamer to
piIsthe channel ana tie targes 70 be sunk in the
FEAR Of the npihng: 10 sooner, however, did the
steamer make her appearance, than hhe was driven
back by the'enemy's launches without efecting her
oE;ecg-L o. True Delta, 0d9.
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WINTER QuARrERs FOR THE SoLDrEEs.-The Richp
mond Enquirer states that large force Of worKmen
Faye been employed in constructing apon Hospital
Hill Rockets comfortable quarters for thaprotees
ton Of our soldiers during the winter, and adds
The buildings are all Of wood, strongly and sub.
sttntisllg built, with Wel-shingIed roofs, glazed
windows, ana other eonFenienees. There are in all
eighty five Buildings for the accommodation of tie
men; twelve officers quarters, three h0sp!tsls and
one large bake-house, with two eaplcioUs brick
ovenS. Zach Of the buildings are forty faet long
and are divided into two by partition, extending
their entire length.
Each division will accommodate one full company
The buildings will be warmed by stoves--one in
each eompany's quarters-Which will be arranged
for cooking purposes also. Tie camp iS,dessned
for the accommodation Of quite 10000 men, should
it eyer be found HecessArY 70 CONCENTRATE 90 large
number in this city The hill Upon Whichthe CAMP
Is located is admirably adapted for that purpose. II
already presents very picturesque appearance
The camp will be supplied with water from Griin's
spring snd Bloody run
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Closing mp the Potomac-OpeningO Of the
Newly Erected Confederate batteries.

Correspondence Of the New Orleans Plcayune.
The long line Of batteries on the Potomac, below
the mouth Of the Oceoquan in the vicinity of Dunn
fries, Freetown and EyanspoTt, was completed yes
terdsy, and at point fire " as opened upon the
enemy's fleet. One ship, unguardedly riding at
anchor was completely riddled, and in ker attempt
to get of by aid of tug, ran aground She is
probably very badly injured if she does not prove
q total loss.
The opening Of our batteries created quite con-
sternation in the feer, which had been lowering
about for some days, trying 70 find out where the
masked batteries" were, and at the frat shot,
steamships. tug boats, sehoODers and other small
crafts scattered in every direction up and down tbs
river. Up to this time, from the beginning Of the
war the Potomac had been an open rosdstead to the
enemy, and their surprise must have been great to
find it ct once closed to them, and thst probably
forever. The number of guns already in position
it about twenty. Il will be double that before this
reaches you. All of them are of the longest range
and few vessels of any size viii venture to run the
gauntlet.
The Potomac, in fact, is now completely Closed
up, and the communication Of the enemy between
Fortress Monroe and their principal depot 1T Wash
ington cut of. The river, both below and above
the mouth Of the Oecoquan, throughout its whole
extent indeed from the base Of their operations to
the capital is no longer of use to them. For up to
the present time, they have never been able to eff
feet thing in their attempts upon the points be
tween snce the opening Of our batteries at Aequia
Through" business and that is closed up there
Will hardly be any further use for their boats, and
they may as well lie up those above our batteries
for the season, for see no possible way Of their
now getting out. The Alexandria and Washington
ferry business, however, was good after the battle
of Bull Run, and they may have an opportunity to
60 into that again.
No doubt the enemy will attempt to reopen the
river, but do not see how they viii be able to ace
Dplsh it They cannot do it with their heet, nor
can they do it by land for, though they still hold
Alexandria an expedition down the right bank Of
the river in face Of advanced force on the right
would be ,hsZardous IN the extreme. Besides they
could not in &Dy case cross the Occoquan. which.
below the confluence of Bull Run, is a wide, deep
and violent stream. The bridge, moreover, wss
burnt down before the advance Of the Northern
army and il would take weeks, if not months to
rebuild it, if that possible at all. in face Of
hostile army. We look therefore, upon the Poto
Theoretically sealed to the enemy till the close
Of the war. HP.
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Affairs at Columbus.
Correspondence Of the Memphis AppeaI.

CoLUMRUs, Ky, Oct. S-The second day following
the expedition to Elliott's mills acouting party
of the Tennessee Mounted Rifles, Capt white IN
deg command Of Lieut.. Moore, made q sortie upon
the house in which the Lincolnites who fred upon
the Haywood Rangers took refuge, and made the
arrest of man notorious 10 these parts as one of
the bOdest and most cunning of Old 4b's partisans.
The name of the individual is Mercer. BE kss been
q resident of this county for forty years and his in
innate knowledge of men and things in this part of
the State, coupled with his cOnsummate shrewd
neGs made him an invaluable ally to the Lincoln
tics and troublesome neighbor to the patriot ar
my that occupies Columbus. 1t was bold move
ment on the part Of Lieut. Moore, with party of
ten men, to pass over the ground so recently ira
Versed by lsrge command, thereby naturally IN
ducing increased warness en- the part of the enemy
and after entering within their lines to capture and
bear of guide and spy whose loss to the enemy
cannot well be estimated. Nevertheless this expe-
dItIon was entirely successful, and sold Mercer"
as he is generally known in these parts, now Occu-
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The Defense. of New Orleans.

The PicGyfas of the 9Th inst, has the following
encouraging intelligence:
The city Of New Orleans is assuming the asDect
Of a large camp. Everywhere, and all the time the
din Of martial preparation is going cn-the tramp
Of the soldiePy, the Inspiring i6and Of the martial
music, and the rumble Of wagons. carrying oanp
equipages, munitions and artillery to the points
selected by military science for the public defenses
The possibility OF wild attemptby the malevoEent
enemy to make descent upon our coasts, or force
his way up the river, s calling out the whole pop
ulation to arms. The kp4lmqns for the militia has
had the two fold effect OF preparing large reserved
organisation for the contingencies of an actual
invasion, and of filling up the volunteer companies
with the best nateFisl for soldiers We will not
speculate upon the number Of defenders who might
be rallied for case Of actual defenses, bat We will
venture the opinion that no possible force which
Lincoln could bring TO the coasts, even IL they
could effect landing, would ever reach the city
except az prisoners. By land we are impregnabls
and the coast azd river sssailRbe points are suss
ceptible of that degree Of defense that floating
wood and iron cannot make an impression.
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WLFUL DEsTAUCTIoS OF PROPERTY on TUE Foro
MAc-The special Fairfax correspondents of the
Richmond Dispatch writes on the 18th as follows;
This evening q sad sIght met my eye as ] was
riding on the turnpike towards Annsndsle. Two
or three men. true and loyal Yrginians, had their
families and few things they could hurrisdy tske
with them in wagons, on their way 70 Fairfax.
Their houses had been burned BY the Fandal enemy
and heart-sick and homeless, with the savings Of
years destroyed in q moment these poor victims
we're seeking shelter 10 our lines TO protect their
persons from outrage i would have rasde the
blood of any Yirginan boil with rage to have seen
the sight and to have felt the modification of being
poyerless to aid or reTeBye them. Their houses
have been burned and their farms or plartsfions-
ike the old word very much better-haVe been
pillaqsd and devastated Il is ruRlOred tht several
buildings in Falls Church have been destroyed
within the past tWepty-fouT hOgrs
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late fFORs PsnsasoIa-AnOtheE Deserter
fEsns she Enemy.

OQrre5peufenc6 1tFerlFFs
Pensacola Q1t 5.-A deserter from the enemy
came oEes 70 the city yesterday. He left them
Wednesday last, sHS furnishes Us with some i4foF
nation which, though not imB0Flsgt, ie, neyerthe
less, interesting He ls YiYginisn, 8 astys Vt
AccOmac county; entered the o. s. Army 10 1858 in
Capt VOgdes cOmpshy of Artillery, and has been
on duty ct Fort Pickils since April last. He is by
far, the most intelligent of sRy that have yet came
over. A carpenter by trade he has been on de-
tailed duty nearly all the time; has assisted on the
bSGtaries, snd of course is familiar with their
position Gld eGGstrrcton. He had long been { red
of Old Abe's harness, and the FIRST opportunity
Invested himself Of the ineumbrsAce. TIE m.Ine-
of his escape is simply this: Being empFeyed-scme
days On battery in construction above the
picket lines it Was 20 unusual thing for him to
pass the sentiPals on duty Taxing advantage
Of this on Wednesday be picked ID his ham
mer and RGa and crossed the lines fop
the works as was supposed. Instead Of stopping be
kept up the Island, and discovering little schooner
IN the Sound, hailed her, but attention was pa
big by the skipper, as he thought 1t ruse to trap
GIN 10 told me much when his craft arrived at the
wharf, Wednesday night Despsiring of relief while
On the Island, be made GAIT and reached the main
land, and after wandering ahoqt for gay snI night
reached house where he was supplied With food
end brought to Pens Icols. He giVes Hs an account
of the burning of the schooner dsys SGD by the
Federalists. The expedition was fitted out from the
fleet csRs round Fort Pickens and passed above
the yard The Fesult yes highly gratifying to them.
BE does not recolect the maze OF the Commanding
Lieutensnt;but the chief Of % Irnes was Lieut. Rey-
nolds. The enemy lost four killed. and had twelve
or fifteen wounded. They represent our loss as six
ty killed, sud bz. two wounded. The enemy bulnt
our Dry Dock, at least they claim the credit of it.
There are now sixteen hundred men on the Island
until recently they have been careless in watch, but
are now wide awake, fearing we nsy re tallate for
the loss of the Judah that until within few days
two companies could have gone over and cut of
Wilson's command, which is three miles from Pick
ems and outside the land batteries. The pckets
DOW composed of regulars, being unwilling to trust
Wilson's Zouaves with the safety of their camps
The enemy have ten 32-pound rife cannon, some of
them besring directly special points and objects
in the Navy Yard. They hRFe received accounts Of
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4 Virginia correspondent of the Crescent over
che signature 81 @Chcot,' thus concludes his last
letter. We give it as showing the spirit now ami
mating our people generally throughout the South
q spirit and determinatiop that never will yieldy
and cannot be conquered by sll the hosts Of Lin
eondom:
If the var is not brought to a close by the first
Of January, the Confederate States must become
share must give way to the sword and the m1sket;
the peals Of church bells viii be silenced by the
FSGF Of artiieFy ana the sound Of feand drum, and
Ike thu patrRTehs, Taust ahan9on abiding plaees
and live in tented fields. With our wives children
and househodgoo1s, and bid farewell to al comforts
and to all industrias pursuits, lighting ia every by
way and every hill side, until we annihiiste
enemies or are by them snnihila ed. There is no
middle ground for US. The war has been forced
upon Us, and we must abide the issue.
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D r. COL E M A N
PRIVATE DIsPENsARYI

HNHE attention 81 citizens, Stranger, anu otns j
AsshFile, raquirDZ nd cal Bd b respi e.flllyl
MS once, 30 DeldeTex street end a00r,b Fed
aud he square
DR CoLEN.E Is an old pras itiOnsr ( mSlieine; ii
unliDtsd experiences aod hateriug or many u
10 the treatment Of PRIVATE has ndueed him
his undivided stts-tlan q ali diseases Of this nsur
Cases o. the most inFetsrate character have Omluy
bis improved method Of .rssiment.
Primary. Secondary, Tertiary ani Hereditary sphhl|
orrhes4 6est AID al dsess o. the genial and urinasi
ne (: Eith o resistance = his rtmsdI-s.
Lil4snse rreEul ritiss md fanetiaral dFar Zemsal
Honb, snd AID d5s lc5 Erisiug fro-a eestAoa lad ~
pEziuFi3On. ~-s
EvtFy case Of Redu- Die Rupture, and 81 FILES, an
81 the R5othm, mozt sss Of stala, b Y
broceIi nery painletB n either Of the larer ses
salep By D.. Us eman, egre e fE5arfa6}y Eafr1ad
eaJsf4i ezauin fon lFsys puescn the necessary ~
Of sttcess o. JzfgNrs BY 3 improved Eslhos Of ofc
Per5ons o. eitneF 5sx applying in psFsn g b. iete
bing csssl "a TIE 3rs mpiOmS Of aay aGsuats apeiad
esa be rsd in most IS. ~ the sbOFIil shod 10 ID
h5uTs
sgict NJ is1ee. DTompr astsntOn and modr ts
viii gcYsrn him uith nis patr
ICPNO mercury used in TIE treatment Of rszsrasl "A
believes Gin mott elsssl Il prodRessS disease 4
Il is EiVsn % cure.
oGSs hOurH from eight in shs morning TN hinsIn
ins. ccd
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Extract from letter written to a friend, by one

Extract from letter written to 8 friend, by one
who recently visited the Hospital in Richmond
In rambling through the wards Of a hospital, to
which many of the wounded soldiers from Manassas
had been taken, for surgical treatment my attention
was drawn toward q youth. whose soft, pale and
beardless face seemed ilbefitted to the fierce aud
bloody scenes in which he had so lately psrticipa-
ted. His far brow-unwritten by a furroW from
the hand Of time-Wore the bleodless hue Of POI,
ishad marble; and his slight frame had become n
la4ed to painful and preearious exhaustion. But
for the hali-reeumbent posture, into which some
kind nurse had bolstered his languid form and the
get speaking sparkle Of his rich blue eye one might
well have thought the life spirit already gone. The
right arm of this brave South Carolna boy hsd
been shiYered in the battles strife and the surgeons
scalpe had Left mere shout Ter stump to mark ard
round OFF the jagged point of severance Taking
seat at his humble side said, "My young friend,
It's SD thus 70 be manned and mutllated &C your
time CT life" " Yes, sir," he calmly replied, and
his bright eye lindled, as from latent fires within
"but took the chances for this before leaving my
mothers roof; and now l have no regrets TO in
dulge' | dropped q tear on his only remaining
hand, and turned aWay-n0t without a fervent
heartprayer to Heaven for that distant mother and
her noble son. Fear you now that the South can
be Overrun and conquered! Never while there is
Southern heart to throb, and Is patriotic arm to
strike nor, while that boys birth land can grow
cotton enough to weave winding sheet for one
mRrtyred hero
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NECESSITY OF COAST GULRD.-The Griffin (Ga }
Confederate States has the following important
suggestion from g reliable correspondent;
was brought up on the seacOGst of this State,
and know how much it ia exposed to the incursions
of the enemy. The following extract from letter
just received from lady near Brunswick, gives
some insight into their designs "My sisteF-inlaw
writes that she has seen Southern gentleman just
from the North, who says they getting up every
craft they to send South and it is said one hun
dred thousand men are to man them. Their object
the whole coast from North Carolina to Texss.-
There maps selling on the streets of New York,
giving the plan of the seaboEPd and ten miles in
wards, with every plantation, and the owners
name, the number of his negroes, the Rame of every
inlet and creek &C. Their object is to destroy the
crops and Csrry off the negroes"
There ought to be 20, 900 men, we'll armed on our
own coast at this moment.
Republishing which, the Montgomery MGa says:
VIII not 81 Southern citizens now attach them
selves to solitary companies already formed or form
new ones ? Drillj drill; drill is the word, with
what arms YOU may hSVe, and trust to the govern
ment, under Providence, for others in the time of
Heed No man can fight, however willing. unless he
knows how to fight. It will be too late TO learn
when the sound Of the enemys guns gTeets our ears