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A voice from nostnn.

One Of the Oldest journals in Boston, the
Courier, raises its voice in Oppost ion TO the
prosecution OF the war to the bitter end. From
an editorial in a late number Of the Courier We
quote the following:
If one were to state the rightful objects Of
this war to be the preservation Of the cspital
Of the United States, and the vindicaiioD OF the
authority OF the Union against the doctrine of
state secession, no reasonable man could dis
sent from the proposition. The Vindicalion Of
that authority, and the restoration Of the Sc
eeded states to the Uaion are one and thesame
thing.
If there is a reasonable probability that war
will do il, the means are appropriate to the
end, and the end itself is right one. IL the
military subjsetion Of the South is not proba
bic, or II, being probable, it is not likely to be
followed bya state Of things whicL will again
ms Ike such system as the American Union
practicable government, then the means are
not appropriate 10 the end, and the end should
be sought 10 some other mode
With regard to the first OF these conditions
the probability Of The military coercion of
the Soutt-0pinioHs may differ The public
mind has been so poisoned with deliberate in
cuicatiOn Of contempt for our adversarfes and
their resources, that even the government has
been driven to the sacrifice of lives which the
public could lily spare, and whose private loss
iy, In sheer delusi0n as to the power of the en-
emy; for there was certainly but one inpor-
tant man in office in the nation, and be the
very man on whose judgment both the govern
ment and the people should have implicitly re.
lied, who is now known no5 20 have shared
that delu5ion. Whether the North can ulti-
mate!y reduce the South to submission ia
military question, on which il would ia be-
come mere civilians to express a confident
rrfn In al Hf.a
the supsriors in courage and in military ca
pacIty, the inhabitants Of the two sections
are probably equal. But resources, courage.
and military skill are not all that are needed
10 overTun and hold in subisction so vast
country as the seeded Sta es, il the psople Of
tia. country are united and determined. That
they have become united and determined is sp-
parent; and it is only encouraging mis-
chieyous and fatal delusion to pretend the con
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meeIInE Among tne nessIans.

Ihs s. Louis Republican says;
O0r latest sdVices from the Northeast are,
that Col. Williams and his command arrived
a Hudson about P. II Of the 4th, and Gen.
Hurlbsrt, With force Of some $50 men, about
the same time. They ordered the engineers Of
the road TO back them TO Brookield, but this
they refused IN do after nigh,. Yesterday
morning at 7 O'Clock the troops made prepara-
tions to go east, but after two trains were load
ed the I'd Kansas refused TO go under the Off
GERS in command. They then weht into coun-
Gil. Up to neon nothing was settled. At P.
II. Mr.. Farley, BY Gen. Hurlbert's orders, took
train with sixty men, with directions to run
cast and see what was GP, giving him instruc-
tiOns to return In two hours. II he did not re-
turn, Gen. Hurlbert wBs to send force after
The train a. hsf psst ). It is unpleasant to
state, Gen. HurlseTt's condition was such that
he was unable 70 stand, and Col. Williams or
dsred him under arrest. At dark, the eugi-
neers were sgain requested to back the train to
Brookteld, but this was refused. At SP II.
Mr. Farley, with bis train, returned. They
went 20 within three miles OF SheIbina, where
they found the culverts torn up. With a glass
they could plainly see men at work tearing up
the track for mile east and west of Shelbina.
man who bad escaped from Green's com
mAnd at 300G strong. Conductor Newcomb,
OF the Hannibal and St. Joseph road, is pris-
oner ia his hands.
Aiong the road to Chillicothe all was quiet.
Ihe bridge west of Osborne had been burnt.
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GeneraE FRenlsrnfin.,a-

/ No pupil viii be received FOR shorter rerie thar,
session. PuDits entering after The cou-escsrarr -
session. viii b eGsrged only for the residue of m
session No deduction viii be made in case OF vtb-
drawal before the cose Of the session or f5r sbs,
unless Occasi0nej by sickness.
= Win the vlsw 10 prevent evtravazauca and mo-
mote Lablts st scon"my, the following uniform has
been selected Winter uniform tg cansisf ~ -1.4g
coloTed Aeriuo dress, vita cape OF ssrse and rI,i
white collar; Dlsck ik apron as4 white legtoru gnr
TRIMMED with straw colore1 ribson for sumr1ar sn9
scariet I0r WINTER Summer Uniform 70 cons st OF dress
OF due glnshaI muslin calico (scIG coI9rs 10 ba
made with long sleeves and TO Ht close to tbs nacE
with small plain white collars aC silk auran Esrl,
pupil to BE- provided Etth two dresses Tor lie iptsr
and fosr dresses Of the summer Uni5orn
3. Boarder- East be provided with six changes NJ
clothing sultable 5r the season with all uecsSry
cles Tor the tslst and with six table napkins
:. The parents or guardians Of Young lasies c,r,u,
from distance are requested t9 name some nzrsD III
or near Aemphls " WI. Ii application may Be nadr
ton. A1'''-
The Institution will not incur the expense N fur
nlsDlng the pupil with pocket money OF articles -
eothns nor shai the pupils be slowed 70 Keep lons
70 spend az thelr discretion. Such MONEYS mast b. d.
posted with the Superior Of the Instit1te
To prevent lozs Of time and Iu.rrruDtfen of th a
exercises or the school, visitors vii be received ou
on saturdays from 70 Il o'clock n. and from 10 :
the iustitutiou5 viii be received on any dsv sesr
Sunday. 0f-
This Institution is Catholic-Jut 81, its obisct f. -
afford educational advantages ir-esp-ctiveIv sf r7
gous creeds, no innu-nce beyond that object viii be e
ercissd. Discipline ar order oniv VIII rsauirs sttl
a. &c at divine service on Sundays
s. Parents and friends visiting the puDiIs IN axbi
tlou week or at Other times, viii d1t ac5omnodatial
IN ts city OF EelghboThoo the Institute is not pre-
pared 70 furnish entertainment
8. Letters to be addressed to the
MOTHER SUPERIOR.
81. Agnes Female Academy
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The Occupation OF Columbus BY the
COnfederag Troops.

COnIed crate Troops
The Louisville C5urier Of tae lO.h inst. con-
tsins be following:
Yesterday We learn Msjor-Gensral Polk.
commanding che Confederate forces on the
Mississippi, informed Gov. Msgoffa, bv
telegraph, Of his occupation Of Hickman and
Columbus, and the reasons for q step SO crave
and mOmrntous.
He says his movement was based on reliable
Information received by him, that the Federal
forces were preparing to at once tske pogses-
sion Of these important strategic points that
the Importance OF these positions to the de-
fense OF Western Tennessee and the safety OF
hls command In his opinion made 1t necessary
that be should anticipate their movements
and that the correctness of the intelligence on
which ke acted is cOTrOborated by the fact that
when be reached Columbus the FedersIs were
drawn up in force on the opposite side Of the
river, ready to cross. Gen. Polk closes biz
communication to the Governor, with prop.
osiJiUu, in substance, that the Confederate
forces and the Federal forces shall be simult4-
neously Withdrawn frsm K-ntucky, the belliz-
eTents giving reciprocal guarantees that the
neutrality of Kentucky shall be resDected.
That Gen. Polk wac correctly Informed is
proved beyond persdyenturs BY the extracts
from the Cairo correspondence Of the CHICAGO
Times, elsewhere printed, in which the atten-
ton OF the Federal5 t5 Invade Kentucky il
frankly stated, and it is distinctly announced
hat the m0vsmsn bad been on hand some days
prior to the 81 inst, when the letter was
dated. The Federals, determined to violate
yet more grossly than they had done the neu-
trality Of the State, were, as stated By Gen.
Polk, preparing TO seize the important Foints
In Western kentucky to which we have refer
red, and the C0DtedsTates, informed reliably [
of this contemplated movement, by prompt ac- /
tion barely anticipated their enemies.
This is the truth Of the matter. Whether /
Tennessee acted wisely or well is another oues- /
-iou; but the general commanding the CoDfede-
rate forces occupied the points alluded to, not
because be wished to viol te the neutrality of
this State, bBt because his enemies and ours, |
having already armed men on our coil, were
preparing to take position which commands
10 some extent the city Of Memphis anc West
sTn Tennessee.
Both parties may have acted wrong or hasti.
y-the practical question is, Can the statu quo
be restored, aad peace mliutsiDod? ? II 50,
loT?
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Correspondence Of the Louisville Courer.l
STATE CAPITAL,

!
/ STATE CAPITAL,
FRANKFORT, Ky Sept. 9, 1861.
! A copy Of the Baltimore Daily Exchange, of
/ the date Of August 81, has mysteriously reach
{ ed a member of the Legislature, and con aims
/ in its teesTapbic communication, marked:
"WAsHINGToN, August 29.-Tbree conven-
/ tions are advertised to be held on the 10th
| pToXimO, namely: the Secession State cOnVen
| ton, of Maryland, called by the members of
| the Legislature of the State, to meet at Balti-
more; the Armed Neutrality, or Peace conven-
/ lion, Of the State Of Kentucky, at Frankfort,
and the New York German Republican con-
vention at Syracuse. The administration has
decided that the interests OF the republic re-
quire that the first two shall not be held, and
they will accordingly be suppressed. The ad-
ministrston regards all peace conventions a
IN the highest degree reasonable, and ali ad-
vOcates Of peace as trsitOrs.o
The Union party held two csucuses on yes
terdsy, Sunday, one in the afternoon and the
other at night. This proceeding is very unu-
sual, and betrays some important and exciting
movement on the part OF the Unionists. An
extra train Of cars arrived last night, bringing
up the Louisville members Of the Legislature,
who were undoubtedly sent for. Furthermore,
General Anderson is already here among u.s.
Something has caused a mighty fUtteTing
among the ducks, and the above dispatch
uOuOLlC55 TuFl S0e5 the true solution or the
whole matter. The current belief kere is that
proclamation will be issued by Gen. Ander-
son forbidding the meeting of the Peace Con-
vsation, to be held here on Tuesday next, and
that an armed force will be on hand TO enforce
it. | state this as the belief II the best in
formed men among Us. Thsrs is great excite
msnt throughout the city. Vsrions Tumors
are atoat in regard to the occupation of Bow
ling Green KY +, by the Confederate troops and
Muldrough's Hill by the Federaiists.
These rumors give place to others; never
theless they serve to throw the community into
state of feveriehness. Gen. Anderson is
i'll at his quarters at the Capitol Hotel.
confidently expect some strange developments
when the Legislature meets tRis morning, Of
which will advise you by evenings mail.
again add that what | write is authorized by
the belief Of our friends, and that I would in
no case be guilty Of getting up mere SenSG
tioB dispatch.
Col. Humphrey Marshall arrived here yes
terday and will be present at the Peace con-
vention. Should by any accident the dogs of
war be let loose, he will be found in bis stir |
rups, leading on bis charge more brilliant than !
that at the battle Of Buena Vista.
Yours truly, MARSHALL.
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SOUTHERN MERCHANT IN New York
The following, from he New York Herald,
elbows what befe southern merchant who
wanted to buy goods in that corrupt city:
Detective Wilson arrested John Sleight, of
Galveston, Texas, yesterday afternoon, on the
suspicion Of being SecessiOnist. The pris-
oner, on being brought to police headquarters,
stated that be was a member of the firm Of
William Hendley & Co., of Galveston, and
that be was on here to buy goods in the event
Of the blockade being removed. He was in
the habit Of spending about eight months Of
the year North, but had never come on to buy
goods before. In the possession Of the pris-
oner was found a letter from his business
partner which referred to the purchase Of some
goods, but nothing else of any interest or i'm
portsnce was discovered upon his person. Su-
perintendent Kennedy discharged Mr.. Sleight
on the condition that the latter would drop in
and see him occasionally.
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From the Virginia side of the PoIo-

WASHINGTON, September s-The following
are the results Of careful and extended os-
serVations to-day on the Virginia siIe Of the
Potomac: A new and formidable battery has
been discovered commanding Leesburg turn
pike, about seven miles from Chain Bridge.
The Telling Of woods by the Confederates ex-
p0sed this battery to the view of our troops.
Owing to the distance, DO demonstra ions
were discernable nor any large body Of troops.
Men were employed on the Notifications to-
day. At daybreak this morning our pickets
advanced one nile further into Virginia. The
ConiedeTates Tetrested before them in the di-
rec5ion Of Arlington.
Last Wednesday The Confederates fred from
an emiDeuce at Great Falls at BODY of our
troops on the Maryland side, and wounded
four men. They attempted to ford the river.
constructing temporary bridges iwith plspks.
When Uney were repulsed by the sharp-shoot-
ers Of the Pennsylvania 7th, and A number Of
them killed. The Confedsrates tben retreated
from view, carrying with them their battery
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Tho 0hIo STATE Falr.

DAYTON, O., September We have reli-
able information that Hon. Joseph Holt, Gen.
Robert Anderson, and Hon. Andrew Jobps,n
will visit Dayton during the State fair. The
rush Of exhibitors at the secretary's Office on
the fair grouncs todav was immense. The
fair will be equal to, If not the largest, ever
beld in Ohio. The gates will be thrown open
for visitors tomorrow. All the railroads will
carry passengers at half fare. The city is
aireasy crowded with strangers. The entries
exceed in number those Of any previous fair.
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GSyT A gentleman, who had been In the
habit Of larding his discourse with the ex-
preston " say" having been informed by
friend that a certain individual had made III
natured remarks upon this peculiaritv. took
the opportunity of addressing him in the fol-
lowing amusing style Of rebuke: ." say, sir,
I lear say you say, l say,' at every word
say. Now, sir, although | say Il saw at
every word say, still, say, sir, it is not for
you TO say that say sdy' at every word
say
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From Warrington.

Dispatch to Cincinnati Gszette.l
WASHINGTON, Sept 8.-From the hes. iuag-
ment | can form, after careful inquiry and in
vsstigstion, am satisfied that general con-
aict between the opposing forces is impending
here a pre- ent, all the sensation reports to the
contrary notwithstanding.
The only possible point of collision now ap-
parent would be in the attempt to disiodge the
rebels from Munson's hill. do not think,
however, that this step is a military necessity
or will be undertaken.
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CT The Cincinnati Gazette gives currency
to the following as a good item, and sound
Lincoln doctrine:
GIN. CAss ON THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.
Gen. Cass, in a recent conversation with Pres
ident FaircAild, Of Hi'lsdale College, Mich,
said that though he had always been hereto
fore opposed to abolition, yet this was the
only way to successfully and permanently end
the contest. Without abolition, if we had
peace to-day we should have war TO morrow.
This is saying considerable, for one who has
always been so conservative as the great
Michigan statesman.
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G1g57 TIE Charleston papers advertise shares
for sale in the priysteer schooner BeauregaId.
yet in the southern ports. In Charleston alone
there are the steamships Nashville, 1880 tuns
the Isabel, 1l15 tuns, and the CataWba, 407
tuns ships Mackinaw, 1921 tuns, and John
RaVenel, 700 tun bark Etiwan, 325 tuns, and
brigs Emma Eyer, 196 tuns, and Louise, IT'S
trua
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WHAT FAILING OFF WAS THEEE THE
Abolition correspondent of the Philadelphia
BglLetiB writes:
| am not sure that any army of Confeder-
ates invading New York would not find a good
amount of their own colors waiting for them
am not sure that the excellent and fashion
able ladies' OF Fifth aud other avenues are not
almost as ready to hutter their csubrics for
Besursgsrd as for Mcclellan. There is
dreadful state oS sentiment heIe OF this there
is no doubt, It is probably the strict truta
that New York should be under msrtisI law
to-day.
An excitements here are over soon, and our
crowds startled strangers by their rapid tran
sition from fever to chill and chill to fever.
And yet this war ought to mean something
more, even to our street crowds, than the re-
cepsion Of Tommy; and the change has been
80 very rapid from thrOnged sidewalks cheer
ing tue going or returning regiments in few
vacant starers from the upper windows of the
"palsces," that one naturally thinks of the
pallid death that has confronted recruiting,
and wonders whether the only earnest men in
the Empire city are the showmen, who "avail
themselves Of the incidents of the battle OF
Ball Run - and advertise Tilman and bis "idsn-
teal hatchet," with an accompanying por-
trait.
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storage Goods for eaIe,

WE Wl4L SELL TO PAY CHARGES, IF NOT
" called Tor within thirty days froEi date the fol-
loving goods, viz:
box, contents unknown) marked Cornelius Col
iins, Memphis, Tenn.
Il PlOw EGndies. marked L. & 8.
dozen Cane Seat Chairs, marked Mex.
boxes Merchandise,
stove &ad four pieces Pipe,
Wardrobe and sns Tin safe,
Cane Seat Chairs AMI two Rocking Chairs
Board Seat Chairs and Ous Iruning Board
Z stand and one v ash Board,
Bsdstesd, one Pot and one Tab. marx ed Mrs
SwimeT Menphis, Tenn.
FISHER, WHYERS & CO.,
a9l6-lm No. Bradley Bi0ck.
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Ru,solI's Letter to the London Times

Ru.soIl's Letter to the LondO Times
RusseIPs last letter TO the London Times
has been received by the mails. The follow
ing are the only interesting extracts to be
found in it:
At the present moment it is calculated that
the United States expenditure exceeds S.. .OCO. =
/ 600 day. Mr.. Secretary Chase, in bis re-
| port to Congress, stated that the sums already
/ voted amounted to S31S,519, ,513. Of which sun
be proposed to raise S240, 600 600 BY loans, and
SoO.OOJ,OO0 by increased customs and taxation.
! A direct tax Of $50 000,0 600, an income tax o.
3 per cent. upon all incomes above $780, raised
to per cent. in the case Of sbsentets, with
large additions to the Morrill, tariff, are the
means proposed; but not one shadow Of truth
has been adduced to prove that any one of
them will answer the end, while, in the case
OF tbe seeded States, we know that the ap-
FroprIations cannot at present, if ever, be
raised.
Witb all the efforts that a man can make to
keep down bis expenses, the mighty spasmodic
efforts Of the North to create and maintain a
great military establishment, are attended 5y
great waste but Psculstious, which lsvs been
Of late extensive and active, putting DEVILS
dust and BhoIdy into cloth, brown paper into
shoe sol5s, and iBdulging in similar practices,
whereby patriotic citizens make fortunes by
their coantry's losses, have not 50 much 10 do
with the eXtravagsncs as the ignorance OF
those charged with the distribution Of the pub
lie money.
If | an correctly iufoT ed, the desertions
iron the northern army are numerous enough
to excite serious sppreheDsions. BY private
letter FROM csuntTy gentleman In Maryland,
learn that all the byWays and roads are filed
with men making their way bome. Some are
working il The neighborhood as lGborers on
the farms, others are hiding ia the large towns,
and that they are numerous nay be Judged
from the fact Of 65 being counted going past
one house iH rather an out-of-the-w1y place in
one asy. Those men complain Of bad treat
ment from officers, want OF food, and DO pay
It is known that some oficers never stopped
their career from tue moment they turned their
backs at Bull Run till they ran 10 earth in
their own houses, and by their own fresides ia
The North II anything could increase the
schism between the regulars and tbe volun-
teers, it has been found in the bitter manner
in which The artillery speak of the desertion
OF the troops placed to support the United
States batteries, which were fought with great
gslllntry, and only abandoned at the last
moment.
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Terms nar SesSi0n
-yEARLY-INvARIABLy IN

FoT Board and Tuition in any or al OF the following
1rahches keaiing1 ErIt-zg, Ari-rmrIir English
5r 41Lar, Geogrsp6y, History Historic Conn siI5n
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Se|lh- AarAIng etc, SIS, $50 so or sIOl ac-lrs-
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Gg- We find the following significant para
graph in the Washington correspondence of
the Tribune, of Thursday, the 5.h inst. It
says:
STRANGE CONDUCT OF AN ENGLISH MAN
OF" "AR.-A dispatch to the Navy Depart
ment, dated off Fort Pckens, August II. ssvs.
"An English mau-Of-war steamer, lying
ptRnalt, ran down to US last Sunday morn
ing, and crossed cur bows within a quarter OF
mile, hauled his wind, and stood off without
communicating or observing the usual cour-
tesies common to all national vessels on meet
ing each other. This maneuver, in presence
Of our enemy, was exhibited for the express
purpose Of showing John BULBS interest for
King Cotton"
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STATE FEMALE
COLLEGE.
H1enohda, Te1aneezee.

Mem 1OhdSs T'ea7aeSzoS.
FT7HE Fall Session Of this Institution will commence
L Cn the l2sh OF September next In its favor we
claim the follCwicz advantages.
! Its plan OF oronzztiOn thorough course Of study
and discipline rs well the high standard Of iastruc-
ton pace It IN the rank VI strictly ars cass Female
College.
! Tha buildings are new, elegant and coanoIs9us
For all school purposes they probably unsurpassed
by any either North or Scuhs The furniture zud gem
era ehool equipments have not failed excite the ad
mrstiOn OF visitors and patrons.
3 In local situation It corstines the following adj
vsntaEas: The region J couuy Is Acknowledged to be
healthy we'll as beautiful II is surrounded BY ore
OF the NEST refined intelligent and moral communities
II Is suhcient7 near o The city for all purposes Of
trade, aad sufficiently remote to protect the pupils
against habits Of eXtTavagencs. Il may be easily
reached IN Ell directions by railroad and river.
g. The professors and teachers have had L ny sxperi
esce ana known thoroughly entitled 10 the con-
h1eace OF the SoUth 10 fsct, the highest advantages
IN every plTtlcua ar that can be found suy siiar
Institution enjoyed at this for the proper training
and eiucatiJn Of young ladies'
Expenses a. heretofore. F0r particulars, address
G. COLLINS,
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