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WASHINGTON, October Is.

w VASdlNdTON, OCIOuCf IL.
The following has been issued from the
Army Head. quarters Of the United
States:
Soldiers taken prisoners by the rebels
having been released on taking the oath
not to take up arms against the South,
the Government has ordered that an equal
number Of prisoners, now confined in this
|city aud elsewhere, be released on taking
the prescribed oath of allegiance, or an
oath not to bear arms against the United
States.
The steamer Yankee arrived to-day.
and reports that the Pocahontas fred
shells ut the new rebel works at Shipping
Point, which had the effect of waking up
the rebels, who prepared their guns to fire
on the Seminole. which was a short dis
tance behind the Pocahontas, and an ex.
change of shots took place.
A committee of the Philadelphia Coun
Gil arrived to-day to present General An
derson sword, who has not yet arrived
From the Observatory at Upton's Hill
rebel pickets are plainly seen to the left o.
Falls Church. .; 49,
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PoTosr. Mo. Oct. Is.

POToST, Mo, Oct. I6.
We have the following account of the
attack on the Big River bridge yesterday
morning: The enemy was discovered ap-
preaching the bridge about seven o'clock
yesterday morning by German picket,
who gave the alarm Our troops, mum.
bering between forty aud City. instantly
prepared for action, and although the
force against them numbered somewhere
about. six hundred, under the lead of JEFF
Thompson himself, they stood their
ground, and from stone piles ar d other
places of shelter did good execution.
They were finally surrounded, however,
and obliged to surrender. Their loss ia
one killed and four wounded.
Immediately after the surrender the
Federal prisoners were sworn by JEFF
Thompson not to bear nrms against the
Southern Confederaev. and released. The
rebels ther burned the bridge and speed
! lily retired.
jeff Thompson said he had 5000
mounted men in the vicinity; that be in
tended to barr other bridges on the road
and that Pilot Kuob and Ironton would
soon be attacked and captured.
All the troops along the road have
been ordered to Ironton by Col. Carlin
commandant of that post, in anticipation
of al attack. A stroag force of rebel,
is said to be in that vieinity. threatening
our force at the terminus of the road.
| Col. CarIin's force consists of tn,
Thirty,third and Thirty eighth Illinois
Twenty 6rst Indiana and detachment o
Indiana cavalry. which. with our s,rons
Notifications, is considered suffisient t,
lrepel any force tho rebels have in tha
section, until reinforcemsnts. now on th
way, can reach there.
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FOUR FULL CoMPA-
MES
ought 10 go fsen Moarcs in addition te
What she las already done.
8EOO Esounty,

in addition 10 hhs.al vsges per ,aoash is
paid by tie 0overnasas 10 all Volan-
sees4 beside their ciothiug sad sabsis
tesee.
all persons rAising companies. can have
tasse mea regularly mastered iasa the
service asa pat on pay aad subsistence
immsesstsly BY applying to the anaess
|ssgnsa at W0oDsFIELDs and all per-
seas desiring to Volunteer can 60 into
Immediate service upon application at the
RseTaihsS Saasiaa at Naeastsea
Toe Volunteers recruited at this station
as fass as a company is formed will hs
(entitled to elect their own
oEsEsTSE14S.
1t ia Important that the companies
should 30 raised iame eaiately.
Lieut.. II. r. WEST, sg,-
z RRORUITING OFFI0ER.
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From the Upper Potomac.
DARNEsrowN. Nd, Oct. II.

1
| A gentleman from Berlin informs me
that intelligence reached Point of Rocks
to the effect that the enemy g forces, which
rstreated back to the foot of the nonn.
ltains and Shenandoah valley, on the ap
proach of the sickly season along the river
line, left their retreats and are now push
I ing for the Potomac. Large numbers il
I is stated had reached Charleston, aud
would make their appearance at every
ford or crossing on the Upper Potomac
Should this intelligence be confirmed, and
place credit in The statement, it is not
unlikely We may have serious encounters
before Dex. week.
a ride from Great Falls to Edwards
Ferry yesterday. proves tha; all was Q.sle'
10 that frontier.
Heavy and continuous firing was heard
here yesterday morning. and forenoon il
The direction Of LewinSvils or FsirIax
Court II ouse. -s.~ ..l
Col. Webster has rel urned to his regi
ment in improved health His cnmnand
q among the bess drilled and disciplined
IL. tae whale army, and is noted with pride
by every Massachusetts visi or Mr..
Canterbury, on gbeh,lf of the S ate gov,
ernment, visited the regimen: yesterday to
look iuto It's condition aud wants.
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Sr. JOSEPH, Mo-. October IA.

Eighty of Major James cavalry, al
Cameron, on Saturday, came upon 25C
or 800 rebels in cornGeld, twenty
miles south of Cameron, in Ray Coun-
ty, The advance guard of nine routed
them, they seeking refuge in the tim
ber.
Our guard was reinforced by shirty,
when they completely drove than from
that section, killing eight and taking
Eve prisoners. : FoIr Federals wore
wounded, none killed. Our cavalry
were at first fred on by seventy-6vs
men. One Lieutenant has thirty two
bullc.-holes in his clothes, and six
scratched his skin.
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General Fremont.

We fnG the following in the Boston
Post strong advocate for vigorous
prosecution of the war:
Secretary Chase pronounces the con.
tinuauce of General Fremont in command
u great public evil"
1t is unfortunate for the public interests
that there should be such want of conf.
dence between the Administration and one
of its leading Generals. It is calculated
to injure and retard our military opera
tions
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FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Oct. l8.-Gen. McClel
Ian, accompanied by Gems. Smith, Nc
Clelland, Hancock, aud strong escort ol
regular cavalry, proceeded yesterday to
Vienna, which ia five miles west of this
place. and remained there several hours
Tho reports about the rebel army be.
| ing in full retreat for Manassas are found
ed on corjscture, at least nothing of it is
known in quarters entitled to confidence
As stated in previous dispatch, a
large reconnoilering party proceeded as
far as Vieaua, but returned before Gen
Nc cClellau had quite reached the village.
A hundred men only on o similar busi-
ness proceeded to AsoDdale, which. is
about an equal distance from Springfield
to Fairfsx @. H.. Fzi E4S a.sy ..
Gen. Wadsworth went within mile
aud bali of Faitfax G.. H.. with a CONS
paratively small escort. From obserya..
tions it was conjectured the rebel force
there was composed of about two regi-
ments of infantry and battalion of cav.
airy The escort was fred oD, but reached
their camp without resorting TO any sex &
traordinary hasie - .sN ts 5asFi
!. From a gentleman whosis presumed to
posses, the best opportunities of jadg.
ing, it is nscertaibed The enemy has been
alternately retiring and advancing within
q breadth Of Eve or six miles of our lines
The Treasury Department yesterday
sent West s.. 100000 in treasury notes.
An official dispatch received from
Dar.es,own this morning. represents ali
quiet on the Upper Potomac.
/ Qaite number of upward bound yes
sels ran the rebel blockade last night. anc
have arrived q. the Navy Yard aud a,
our whasvss. Among these is the Gov
; ernment steamer Ceur de Lion, which
,ltowed up the Government sloop Granite
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They passed III. batteries shortly after

midnight
The tugs Murray and Pusey were sev.
eral times fred upon as they passed. tow
ing mp couple Of schooners loaded with
Government stores, but were not touched
The Ceur de Lion spoke the Pawnee
in he Chesapeake Bay. The Pawnee was
not disabled, as reported, by the shots
she received
A large number of vessels are waiting
ct Smiths Point for an opportunity to
come up.
The tug Pat Leslie, while on its way
down last night, ran into the Hugh Jen-
kins, also bound down, near Mt Vernon.
The jenkins was struck near the bow and
SO crippled that she was compelled to run
into shoal water, where she rests on the
mud bottom. She had cavalry on board
The Leslie returned to the Navy Yard TO,
a scow to take the horses off.
The Harriet Lane left the Navy Yard
this morning
The new rebel battery at Timber Creeh
mounts four guns. s
WASHINGTON, Oct 18.-Col Kerri
gan, of New York, who has been undel
arrest for some time past charged will
generating INSTRUMENTATION, was to.da.
placed in charge of the Provost Marshal
| Geo. Banks, after several days sojourr
here on official business, left to>day 70
his head quarters. .r .
The Secretary of War has ordered Col
Berdan to establish camp of instruction
in this city for his new army iu the sery
ice, and to collect all the shooters he CO
during the next ninety days, and in fac
with full power to accept companies an
, regiments of men, who, on examination
may be found equal to the requirement
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rea. The correspondent Of the St. Louis
Republican, at Santa Fe, New Mexico,
dated Sept. %, says:
On the 18th inst, at Fort Fauntleroy,
200 Navajoes made an attack on that
post, and were repulsed with loss Of
90 killed anG 33 taken prisoners. The
troops in the fort had but one man wound
ed.
Col. Strain has resigned, and it is un
derstood that Kit Carson will succeed hin
in command.
The Governors call for the enrolment
of all males between 1S and As years
does not seem to elicit much attention
from the people. l have yet to hear o
the FIRST man complying with its require
meuts.
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From Missouri.

ST. LOUIS Oct. II The following
dispatch has been received from the officer
at Pilot Knob, dated 10 o'clock last
night. Af7 -
{ Maj Gerrit. of the lst Indiana caval-
ry, made an attack on the enemy this
morning. when. discovering the strength
and position of the rebels, he fell back
until he came upon Col. Alexander with
600 infantry of the ,2lst Illinois and one
piece of artillery. The enemy followed,
fighting all the way. Major Gerrit then
got the gun in position, and concealing
his infantry, caused part of his command
to retreat still further, thus drawing the
enemy into an ambuseade, forcing them to
fall back with heavy loss.
= SYRACUSE. Mo, Oct. IA messen-
ger from Gen. Fremont's headquarters, a,
Warsaw, arrived here to day with dis
patches for Gen. MeKinstry. 1t was said
that Price had made stand in Cider
county, Is miles from Osceola, with 90.
00o we'll armed and disciplined troops
and large number of irregular militia
On ths al rival of Fremont at Warsaw
the opposite bank of the Usage river Wa.
filed with rebel horsemen Tuey were
dispersed by few rounds of canister
Fremont had begun the operations te
lay o pontoon bridge across the Usage
when the messenger left, and it was sup
posed his whole army would be over th,
river on Wednesday night. He was de
termined to push on with the utmost Wig
or, and would probably soon come ~
with the enemy and force him to fight OIL
retreat.
IRoNToN, Mo-, Oct. 17.-No othel
bridge than that at Big River has beer
interfered with on the Iron Mountain r
r., and no rebels are known to be neal
the road.
The 9Th Wisconsin Regiment is now
here, and another regiment, with Msjol
Scofield's battery of artillery, is under.
stood to be on the way, which will make
this point secure against attack.
The rebels are reported ir large force
25 miles below here, but nothing definite
is known as to their numbers or designs
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RENIcK. Mo-. October Is.

The train on the North Missouri
Railroad, from st. Louis, was stopped
at this place yesterday morning, by a
party Of 20 armed Secessionists, and
six Federal recruiting officers on board
taken prisoners. asq1s.
The rebels then searched the train,
but for some unknown reason did not
enter the express car, in which there
were 800 Enfield rifles and two tuns of
military clothing, destined for Ne
braska. a5Iz
Tive of the captured officers were
released on the spot, and three others a
few hours afterward. No shots were
fred, and nobody hurt.
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A Battle near Harper's Ferry.
a HEAYY GUY CAPTURED-
THE REBELS COMPLETELY 7
R0UTED-OER Loss 7-REB.
- Ell LOSS $50
BALTlMoRE. Oct. Is.

BALTIMORE. Oct. Is.
Passengers from Harper's Ferry state
that there was quite battle yesterday
near thet place between two regiments o.
| Mississippi AID Alsbama. and the Wis.
consii ST and some Massachusetts co,n
panies. While the caEnonading was go
ling on across the river, Colonel Geary
crossed with force. stormed the battery.
)and succeeded in capturing one thirty
two pouuder which he brought across
the liver into camp. A conside erable
number were killed ard wounded on both
sides The capture oflhe cannon is col
frmed by dispatch from General Banks.
SECOND DISPATCH
BALTIMORE. Oct. IA gentleman
from near Harper's Ferry furnishes US
with the particulars of the fight between
six companies, consisting of parts of the
| 2Sth Pennsylvania, 81 Wisconsin and
l3 b Massachusettsreg under COM
mand of Col. John w Geary, and three
thousand rebels Il uly yesterday NOR
mig The rebels showed themselves on Boil
livar's Heights at Harpcr's Ferry and
commenced the attack with artillery, up.
on three companies uuder Major j A
Gould stationed on the north side of the
Potomac. A constant f,e was kept up
for some hours, when three companies Of
1.-THE Wisconsin regiment crossed. formed
Into line and d. owe back the enemy and
succet ded in capturing one of their heavy
guns; they were, however, compelled to
retreat, but 10 good order. to the river
where they were reinforced by three other
companies They then, with Col. Gsary
at their head, marched upon the enemy.
aud after hard fighting dove thtm from
their position, and recAp;ured the gun, o
i32 pound.r coluub,ad Oar forces bud
but three pieces artillery. ani these were
i fir d from tn 8 s.ds of the river until the
en- any retreaied The eren J had seven
D: :eces, Eve hundred cavalry together with
Ilafantry The cuemy was completely
irouted aud driven back scme tn: ee N les
Our loss iu kill, aud wounded il not oyel
seven That of the enemy is at least SO
Col. Ashby. who was at the head of lht
eueny, is among the killed.
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The Affair At Harper's Ferry.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 18-A gentleman
who spent the whole Of yesterday at Har
per's Ferry, says the accents published
OF the light there es Wednesday, ere in
the main correct. The cannon captured
IS haO new siege gun, well mounted and
ln good order, With the exception Of q
fracture of one axle during the fght. II
was stationary yesterday near the ahut
lnent Of the bridge When it was about
being retaken by the rebels, ten penny
mai! was driyea into the rent, which has
already been drawn out.
The Rhode Island battery did not par
ticipate in the fight as at 6rss stated.
They were stationed on Maryland Heights
and found it impossible to discriminate in
the distance between friends and foes.
The fight from eight in the morning
till two O'Clock was a regular skirmish,
with varying results. The rebels, when
hotly pressed, retreated into the woods
and at other times they drove the Feder-
al troops back into Bolivar, the mair
light being beyond that town, on the -oac
Ito Charlestown At two o'clock Col
IGeary arrived with three pieces of cannon
which soon sileneed the enemy's guns
putting their entire force to 1ight. i.
The chaplain who was taken prisoner
Isays that before he was captured 81 wer
killed and wounded, and had been car
lried from the field There was nothing
positively Known as to Col. Ashby hav
ling been killed, and it was not general
lcredited. e.
| The Federal troops remained on tn
Geld all of Wednesday night and yester
day morning. Having brought acros
the river the remainder of the 1000
bushels Of wheat captured from the reb
els military depot, which they were abou
to transport to Leesburg, an order wa
given for the whole force to retire to tn
Maryland side. s
| Great distress prevailed among the fe
remaining residents at Bolivar, informa
lion having reached them that it was th
ir tention of the enemy to destroy Boil
var and Harper's Ferry on Thursda
night by FIRE, and they we're all packin
i up preparatory to fight into MARYLAND
4 No Information has been received frol
there this morning, as to whether th
threat was carried out. f975
The river is still too high to ford, an
!, the troops we're conveyed across in scow
: The prisoners captured admit that the
force was 1000. whilst the entire Feder,
force was only AGO. ltf1sR0Es So = z.
The change that has taken place
f Hsrper's Ferry and the thriving village
) Bolivar, is represented as most sad an
) shocking Ruin was everywhere visibl
, aud the Inhabitants were bowed dow
: with sorrow and desolation. - o5 Is.
! Col. McKaig, State Senator from A
legheny county. who was arrested SON
time since and carried to Ohio, and q
lowed the liberty of the State on parol
arrived here yesterday in violation of h
pledge, and Was arrested last night at b
) hotel by order of Gen. Dix. ~
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Especial to the Post

A Virginia paper of Monday confirml
the report that the steamship Nashville
has gone to sea, from Charleston.
The New Hampshire quota of troop:
is fnll; that State is the first which ha.
completed her levy of troops uude. tbs
Presidents requisition.
The Iudian Agent for New Mexico
has just arrived here direct from that
Territory. Previous to his departure,
all the principal men of the Nayajoe In-
dams came to Santa Fe and made trea-
ty of peace with the Government, with
the exception of those of Arizona. where
small force of Texans have possession.
The Federal force there under Colonel
Candy, who commands that military de-
partment, is from twelve hundred to ff-
teen hundred. while the citizens have
raised three full regiments
Mr.. Stock reports the people as loyal
to a man. The object of the rebels is
as being to seize Government
stores, rather than couqner the country.
There were no disturbances on the
plains. aud when Mr.. Stock was passing
over them. the Indians were in the best
possible humor from the fact of their re-
ceiviag presents and annui,ies.
Tae employees of the Treasury Depart.
me1t are raising fund to get marble
bust of Secretary Chase for The. Library
Of the Department. = Glereland Leader.
Probably by waiting q while Chase will
make one himself moro enduring than
marble. fs4.s3 sa s
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What Else Could You Expect

Il was feared at one time that the rebels
would gasher all the Red Men Of the
Territories under their Gag. The Com
missioner of Indian affairs who returned
to Washington last week holds out, how
ever. more promising prospect From
his report we learn what We had already
more thaa half believed. viz: that the
Confederate Army has Nary Red Pan.
itu Fair.
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ArcuIsoN. October Il

The statement made in Eastern pa
pers that a party of rebsis attacked one
If the overland coaches is utterly false.
They run with great regularity, and
without trouble from any source The
employees of the Company, numbering
somo hundreds, have all recently taken
the oath of allegiance.
Maps and specifications received
from the surveying party on the new
route from Denver to Salt Lake, show
the obstacles are much less than were
anticipated. The road car be obtained
at comparatively small expense.
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From Fortress Monroe.

Fortress MONROE, Oct. IT, (via Balti-
more Oct. ls.)-No flags of truce will be
permitted to start from here for Norfolk
for number Of days; neither will any from
the rebels be permitted to come this side
Of Sewell's Point.
Appearances indicate that the rebe
frigate Merrima: has been brought down
a short distance from Norfolk.
A severe gale from the southeast il
prevailing here.
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.-Ics,q Mcclellan has been h

sw Ger. Mcclellan has been h ,ard
to say that be will never attempt to adj
vance very far into the interior of ihe
enemy's country, until he can teach bis
own troops to behave as we'll 10 virgtnia
as they do at home. It is only fair to
state that but few regiments have been
guilty Of committing outroges. The
great mass Of the loyal Potomac army is
made up of sober, wen d sciplined men.--
NJ Y. Post
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PnlLA1,ElrnlA, Oct. Is A suit wa

b. PniLAI,EIpnIA, Oct. Is "A suit was
instituted by Mr.. Hodges. proprietor OF
ihe West Chester Jeffsrsoainn. agains,
u. S. Marshal -Millward and DspntiAs
jenkins and Schuyler. for trespass rist or,
mas. The writ orders them to appear lie,
fore the Slpreme Court of Pennsylvania,
on the Grst Monday in November. w
3 Reed and G. w. B.ddle are the plain
tiff counsel.
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ANOTHER C.sMEr Another comet hes
been seen by London Astronomers. It
appears fast approaching the earth, sna
will sbsrtly be perceptible to the naked
eye. Well, let it come on. II ever the
world is to be destroyed by comet, now
is the time Perhaps it will come as Z
messenge: of peace. At all events, let ii
come; it cannot make things much worss.
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"a Nelson briggs was convicted &

rfA. Nelson briggs was convicted o
counterfeitibg il ST. Louis, on Saturday
week, and sentenced to ten years im;ris.
onment. Four indictments are yet pend
lag against him This mau was formerly
o merchant in Freeport. Harrison county
in this State. aud was at that time con
sidered person Of respeetability.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-10-23

~ Gen. A. S, Johnston, the rebel
commander at Columbus, Ky. has been
presented with the famous racer .Un-
pire" for charger Gazette.
Rather for . reereater.
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LIEUT.. HENRY R. WEST,
Recruiting Officer,

~
is snthorized to enlist men for the 62d
Ohio Regiment. who will be Immediately
put on pay aud subsistence as soon as
they are enlisted By him. Uniforms will
also. be furnished the men without delay
Read the following extract from en-
order from the War Department. dated
Sept. 81. 1861:
ARecruitlDg for companies not full, will
be aondncted under orders from this of.
Gee, where special orders are necessary.
and must In all cases be done by q COM
missioned officer. Recruiting to 6ll com
panies mustered into service and turned
over to the United States, must be ac-
cording to General Order No. 69, of the
War Department"
Monroe County has aent large mum
her OF man into the Virginia service. for
which she gets no credit. Therefore, she
will have 70 raise more men, o. be draft
ed. as VIII be seen from the following ex-
tract from the Adjutant Generals ordel !:
sTbe ratio or recruits must be one in
every forty Of the population. to make the
quota of each county. No one should be
content to stop short Of this The entire
number must be made up from the. Siatsa
If II cannot be done by volunteers. it
must be done by draft"
Monroe County is now. in enlisting,
the Banner County Of Ohio. She must
still remain the Banner County, and it
would be q lasting disgrace to the fair
fame of our County, If drafting had to
be sesorted TO for the purpose Of raising
her quota OF mep: ses g7s 49,
The citizens Of those Townships which
are bshisd II efelsiDg Volunteers she ull
waksp up to q sense Of their duty.
EVERY TOWNSHIP
nlst send her just proportion of men
Some Townships have done nobly, other'
hsvs ssnt very few men. There shou'c
b, pstriotism enough in "oid Monroe
10 send
1900 MEN
to hsht IN defence Of the Gag Of shei
sssssy.