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Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28
BATTERIES ON uProN,S HILL.

Standing at Balls Cross Roads, with a good
field glass, the enemy could yesterday be seen
in strong force on Uptons Hill, about two
miles due west, towards Falls Church. Upton
is Union man, and was elected and held his
seat this spring in Congress- Exasperatcd at
this the rebels after the Manassas affair, pressed
toward until they got possession of Mr. Upton,s
house. | called at the house on the day pre-
vious TO the battle of Bull Run, and found Mrs.
Upton, and her married daughter, with their
families, at home, and surrounded with all the
comforts of prosperous farmers house. Mr.
Upton was then in his seat in Congress. In a
few days the families were Obliged to Nv for
their lives. The house was entered by the
rebels, the furniture was carried off, and the
house used as quarters for the troops. The
hill is now being fortified. On the opposite
side of the street is the house where brother
Of Mr.. Upton formerly lived. Here the rebel
cavalry were seen yesterday in large numbers,
and men We're employed in throwing up a for
tifcation. Being on one OF the principal and
most direct routes to Fairfax Court House and
Manassas renders this position one of great i'm
portance. Its elevated position adds also to
its importance. From batteries on Upton's
Hill, the tavern and houses at Balls Gross
Roads can be shelled with ease, or body
Of troops at that point could be seriously
cut up.
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28

PnlLADELrnIA, September 10Th, 1861
Mn. EnIroR Every new reverse to our
anus instead of dspiriting our people, only
seems to excite them to a still greater deter
inination to crush out this wicked rebellion
The public comments yesterday and to-day,
over the news OF Col, Mullgan's defeat at
Lexington, prove that this check is regarded
as but very temporary affair, the overwhelm-
ing superiority of our arms, even against great
odds, being patent to the dullest comprehen-
sion. Recruiting is therefore livelier than
ever, our brave boys determining that if equal
numbers are required TO whip the foe, equal
numbers it shall be. The bravery of Col.
Mulllgan and his spartan band is the town
talk, as is also the evident fact that in the
Missouri the towards and mscreants whose
aim it is to annihilate the glorious "Star
Spanglcd Banner,n will bite the dust before
the intrepid Mulligan. Every man feels that
secession can not stand against men who can
fight forty-nine hours on vinegar instead DIVA
ter There is spice in that vinegar report
from Lexington, which, whether true or not,
will make secession ache in the jaws.
There are many surmises why the rebel
Beauregard has not yet attacked McClellan's
lines near Washington. That he intended to
do so there can be no doubt, and that his re-
cent teilts were intended to try our strength
is equally certain. These were thrown ont as
feelers, and therein is the solution Of the mat
ter. He don't like our ''ieel" The very name
OF Mcclellan has alreacy become tower of
strength. When the English army was in,
Portugal, during the Pennsuar compaign
the Portuguese said as the Duke of yelling
ton rode off, " there goes thirty thousand men, 7
y splendid tribute to the value OF an efficient
leader. just such is the feeling of our ?eo-
pie, aye, and of the rebels as well, toward
General Mcclellan. With this feeling in heal
thy action let us have one more demonstra-
ton on the coast and all hope or fear, of an
attack on Washington perislies.
1t would do you good TO see our Volunteer
Retrcshment Committee feed n hungry regi-
ment ms it passes on the way to Washington
through our hospitable city. Ham, coffee,
| bread and butter, etc. etc. are furnished
gratis TO II thousand men. in the twinkling Of
June bug, the same process repeNtedto every
regiment that arrives. From Saturday to this
morning no less than nine regiments have thus
been fed, and the cry is, "still they GOMEZ
By this means you may form some aggregate
OF the immense number of troops that are now
arriving at Waslingt fifteen thou
sand per weekly this route alone. Last
week the arrival ut Washington exceeded
twenty thousand. Depend upon it all this is
not intended solely for the defence of Wash
ingion. You will hear of something breaking
before long, and with such crush as will
shake treason to its centre The longest
stretch of the article is almost reached. II.
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28

PAYING WAR DAMAGEs.-The army cores
pondents in Western Virginia say an immense
amount OF money is daily expended in paying
damages for injury of property by our troops
in the necessaIyconduct ofthe war The dama-
ges arc paid TO either Union men or rebels
The Union man, so called, who will not Shout
der muskct to defend his own fresde from
invasion, but calls upon the people of Ohio and
Indiana to do so, does not deserve any recon-
pense for the property injured in defending him.
1t is only when he is in the ranks battling for
the Government and making sacrifices equal to
strangers that he has right to ask Government
for recompense for his property. The rebels
who are fighting against the Government GER
tainly do not deserve to be paid for the prop
erty necessary TO be taken to put down the
rebellion they have raised Yet it is said that
claims have been allowed o families the heads
of which are in the rebel army fighting against
the Government This matter OF the allowance
OF claims, is one which requires little looking
into. 1t is wide door open for the perpetua-
ton of frauds.
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28

CLAYTON, DELAwARE.-This is the name OF
the station at which goods are landed intended
for the town of Smyrna and the surrounding
country. Besides the depot, there are two
stores, two restaurants, two Hotels, one Church,
and number of dwellings. We had almost
forgot to say that there is also large black
smith and wheelwright shop One store is stan
ding idle. This town, no doubt will soon
take the wind out OF the said town of Smyrna,
prove very rapidly. 1t will make good place
for the purchase Of grain and the disposal of
fertilizers and agricultural implements. Bust
ness men, no doubt, have their eye upon the
embryo town OF Clayton.
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28
RoUT OF REBELS AT BLUE MILLS--DE-
TAILED ACCOUNT OF THE ACTION.

ST. Louis, Sept. 22.-The following account
of the battle at Blue Mills Landing is derived
from an authentic source;
Lieut.. Col. Scott, with $40 men of the Iowa
regiment, and one piece of artillery, left Came
ron on Monday the 18th inst. in pursuit Of the
rebels who left St Joseph on the Friday pre-
vious. Col Scott arrived at Liberty, Clay
county, on the morning Of the 18th, and NOV
ed from that place at ! O'Clock p. NJ. At 3
o'clock he fell in with the enemy, $500 in num-
Der, occupying strong position. Our skirm-
ishcrs received a calling fire and slowly re-
treated to our main body, when the action be-
came general. Our siX-pounder was brought
to bear on the enemy, and few shots fred
which proved destructive. At this time u
heavy fire opened on our single gun, killing
our gunner and wounding two others On
this several other gunners, Germans, from 81.
Louis, abandoned the guu, CARRYING of tho
primer upu marches to rcnller the piece use
less. TIE action continued Tor nm hour, when
our column was slowly withdrawn to n more
open ground bringing off the wounded and
dragging away the gun by hand, all the horses
having been killed or badly wounded.
About this time, Col. Smith, who left st.
Joseph with 400 men at about tue same time
with Col, Scott, for the same general purpose,
Joined the latter having pushed forward his
mounted men and artillery Mt Ii rapid pace on
receiving message from Col Scott, when ten
miles back, that lie was advancing on the enc
my But IT being night and the men COM
petely exhausted, while the rebels were re-
ported to have strongly entrenched themselves
at the thicket, which was impossible, except
BY narrow road, further attack was post
poned until morning.
Early on the following day an advance was
made by the combined forces, but OH arriving
at Blue Mills they found that the enemy had
crossed the river before daylight, taking the
road towards Lexington.
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28
DISTRESS IN RICHMOND.

Dr.. Wilson, from Richmond, says that much
distress prevails in and about that city, par
ticuarly for the want Of the common neccssa-
ries of life, and much dissatisfaction on the
part of many once prosperous and influential
citizens Of the city. In the first place, nearly
all the hotels are occupied throughout by the
sick and wounded, the nurses and medical
staff, and large proportion of the cases were
very difficult Unsuccessful treatment. The doc
tor had occasion several times to pass through
the wards allotted TO the Florida Regiment, of
whom there were nearly four hundred down
with the measles and typhoid fever. One OBJ
stacle in the way of the successful practice OF
the physicians was the difficulty OF providing
pure and genuine medicines, and quniue, so
extensively used, could not be purchased Tor
less than eight dollars per ounce.
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28

THE GRAVE OF SENATOR DouGLAs.--A cor
respondent of the New York Commercial writes
from Chicago as follows;
Among the new objects of interest shown to
the stranger in Chicago is the grave Of Sena-
tor Douglas On broad and Slightly elevate
ed plain, near the beautiful grounds which he
eonsecrated to the Baptist Society for their
colleges, in memory of the first Mrs. Douglas,
itself monument to his generosity and noble
affection, and on the very spot where he anti
cipated building Il mansion to enjoy a long
life, a mound is row raised over the remains
of the great statesman. Only few months
before his death gentleman in the neighbour
hood wishing TO negotiate with him for some
OF his real estate, at that time quite extensive,
was told that in that beautiful corner lot he
expected to "buid mansion after his own
heart, where he and his family might live in
comfort and happiness Near enough to read
the inscription on the marble, the traveller now
passes by, looking not on the mansion, but on
the last resting place of the dead Senator
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28
FROM FORTRESS MONROE AND HAT
TERAS.

Fortress MONROE, Sept 22.-The steamer
s. r. Spauldingarriyedf from llatteras Inlet, this
morning.
On Tuesday last the steamer Fanny ran down
to OcrsS2ke lpletA 4 towpan,x Of trssns
abandoned some time since. The magazine
was burned aud the cannon sunk. II is said
that the rebels are assembled in force at Wash
ington and Newborn, and that 1000 Of them
had landed on Roanoke Island, with the inten-
ton of destroying the lighthouse and the dwell
lings Of the Union men. A detachment OF seven
hundred men, accompanied by naval force was
about to leave IIatteras Inlet, to prevent this
inroad.
The rebel privateefs Coffee and Winslow had
visited Ocracoke Inlet, to carry off the cannon
left by the rebels, but they left on the appear
ance Of the Fanny The steamers Pawnee and
Susquehanna were still at llatteras Inlet. The
Argenaut, OF Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, laden
with fish and salt, ran into the Inlet, and wss
secured MS prize
A portion of the Eleventh Regiment, New
York Fire Zouaves, composed mainly of the
members of the First Regiment Fire Zouales,
reached Old Point this morning.
There was an alarm, last night, at Newport
News. The troops in the Fortress and at Camp
Hamilton were also under arms at dusk. A
considerable rebel force was seen near Newport
News, but j Wy. M-aaaEawn aflcrhnrning few
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28
KENrrckY-A WoNprnruL FonrlrlcArIoN.

kESTucKy-A WoYpERruL FoRTiFIcATIoN.-
There are many wonderful natural curiosities
and antiquatcd relies to be found in Kentucky;
and one of the most remarkable of them is to
be found in Allen county, on the Tennessee
border, and II miles from Bowling Green,
where wall of solid limestone, 200 yards in
length, 40 feet high, 30 feet at the base and
six feet wide at the top, crosses neck formed
by bend in brakes creek, and encloses a
peninsula OF 200 acres, elevation | 10 feet above
the river On the top of this natural mound
is an area of three acres, enclosed by a wall
and ditch, forming one of the strongest for
tresses in the world. 1t is not improbable that
the fortunes of war may cause this old fortif-
cation--bdit, it is supposed, antecedent to a
race of men who held the country when dis
covered by Europeans-to be occupied by n
hostile force, and made to play a prominent
part in this civil contest.
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28

FRoM THE LEDGER BosToN, MARCH 20, 1860
PERUVIAN SyRUp.-Now here is a remedial
agent that is performing its blessed work with
out the aid ofpufiing and exaggerated advertise
ing, and performing that work thoroughly
And those who have tested it, cling to it as to
friend. They know its great value when IL
is most needed. And it is because II thus stands
OIL its merits alone that we can speak of it rs
freely and approyingly as we do 1t is doing
good work every day, and poisoning nobody.
1t has not made its way by any of the arts and
tricks that are SO profusely employed by noun
tebanks in medicine, by confessed quacks, and
miserable characters, but presents itself on its
merits alone and on its merits will be esteem
ed, more and more widely every year, one of
the most valuable and effective remedial agents
known to the present age
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28
GOVERNMENT LOAN.



22d DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1861,
AT QUIZ OFFICE,
N. u. CORNER OF FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS
In the city OF Wilmington. for subscriptions, under
superintendent for Treasury Notes, to be issued under
the act Of July IL 1861 These notes will bc issued in sums
of nifty dollars hundred dollars, five hundred dollars
thousand dollars, and five thousand dollars enc dat
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order of the subscriber directed and benring inter
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when Treasury Notes aforesaid will be issued thereon
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made subsequently, to the first, which will remain until
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HIN, .,,. IAN
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date fragment and on ina payment like interest ono
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Will be reimbursed to the subscriber in the payment Of
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Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28


STRANGE BED FELLows.-0 Wednesday
evening last, we slept in the very same bed
that Senator Bayard spent such an uneasy
time in the night he arrived from Secessia.
This is at the house of one of the most gen
tlemanly landlords in the State, Mr. Rash
of Clayton. Whether it was conceit or not
we do not know but the next morning we
felt our dignity considerably increased by
the close connection which stranger some
times makes. Only to think of the misera-
BILE proprietor of weekly newspaper being
elevated to the Seventh Heaven by sleeping
in the same bed that was once occupied by
the grand descendant of an old ancestry, and
the great Representative in the .. S. Senate,
of whole Commonwealth. We certainly
did feel elevated. Our dreams were sweet
and our slunbers light. This was partly
owing to our not having the whole affairs of
the nation upon our shoulders and partly
from being one of the tiredest men in the
country We are free to confess that we
never dreamed of the Great Seceder whose
successor we became by actual possession of
the same bed upon which he threw his
weary bones after having disposed of the
State, in satisfactory MANNER to jeff. Davis
&c. Mr.. Bayard, doubtless, dreamed in the
interstices of certain nervous sensations, of ii
visit he had just made to Mr.. James Albert
Pearce, Z. S. Senator from the State of
Maryland and whether those dreams were
very pleasant affairs or not is matter that
he alone can tell. But we are certain we did
all we could to fully sustain the character OF
that self same bed and the next morning
looked upon it as one of the great benefactors
of the day. just think of man who had
been travelling all day through the forests
fAppoquinimink, jaded and wayworn, find
ing at the end of his journey pleasant and
agreeable host and all the viands that d
weary and hungry man could ask for, and
then to rest in the same bed once occupied
by L. IS. Senator. Such Il Heaven upon
earth can only be found in one place, and
that is at Clayton, Delaware in the Hotel
kept by Moses Rash.
1t is very doubtful whether We will be able
to know our poor friends in the future OF not.
We hope we have not caught the secession
fever from this bed. We will wait patiently
nine days and see.
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28

The INSPECTOR AT SMYRNA.-On Thurs
day last, we had a good opportunity of OBJ
serving how a suspected people AIRED used by
the Government. The freight train arrived
early in the morning from Wilmington. Mr..
Dickson, the Inspector, entered the cars as
soon as they arrived and examined all boxes
to he found. He even went so far as to open
the boxes and examine the contents. In one
of these, directed TO druggist in a neigh
boring town some four OF five bottles CON
tanning qninine were found. This, the In
spector thought, was rather large quantity
OF that medicine to be in one drug store in
country village. The box was detained until
the case could be examined into. Mr.. Dick
son is very efficient officer and conducts
his searches with n great deal of propriety.
He is the man who discovered number of
mariners compasses some time ago which
have been sent to this city and placed in the
hands of the Collector Mr.. Rodney.
We think there is a little mistake in watch
ing the Smyrna station too closely. The
great trade in contraband articles does not
go this way now. The water side of the
town of Smyrna is the part which should be
closely scrutinzed. If there is any contra
band trade carried on in this neighborhood
it is landed from vessels. We have no doubt
but Delawareans are in this business in fact
we are pretty well convinced of it; it is not
done through the Smyrna station. There
are other places i'll Delaware that should be
watched closer than Smyrna station, one of
which is Smyrna itself, from the water side.
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28

1t is striking indication Of the character
of civil war, that Generals Mcclellan and
Beauregard, who are about the same age, were
educated together at West Point, served anil
were wounded together in Mexico, and having
advanced together from rank to rank ore now
pitted against each other as the leaders of the
great Northern and Southern armies. IL is h
question for the Christian philosopher to watch
the solution of: " For what great purpose Is
it that God allows this ronHict. and has raise
up two such great men to be leaders of IL ~
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28

Col. Observation-Disclosures we go, through
out the State, we find great deal of regret
for the fall of the gallant Muligan at Lexing-
ton. The people Of Delaware have taken a
great fancy to this noble officer, and many
complaints are made that he did not receive
the proper reiniorcemencs in time to have sa-
we'd him from surrendering fever there was
a man who had sympathetic hold Of the
hearts OF the Union men of this State, it is
Colonel Muliigan
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28

a GREAT MrsrAKE.--A great many of the
people Of Delaware think that the contest
between the North and South is political
one. We wish they would think over that
matter well, for they cannot commit great
er error than to think so. When they diyest
themselves of that delusion there will be no
trouble about Delaware going out of the
Union. II is a question Of government or
no government.
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28
GOVERNMENT LOAN.
Pursuant To instructions from the Secretary of the rca.
sury, book will be opened on the
10th DAY OF SEPTEMBER,
ATT THE CtJTcmnE rrn1Tcn

al IaE CUSTOM HOUSE,
IN the cly OF Wilmington, for subscriptions, under my
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sums OF fifty dollars hundred dollars five hundred
dollars one thousand dollars and five thousand dollars
eacl dated 10th August 1861 payable three Years ncr
date to the order of the subscriber or as directed and
bearing interest at the rate Of SEVEN AND THREE
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