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wagon filed with the dead ;:"I ktlled. thst
be6 tasl Lieutenant there, x,tt 6 II ,bayonse,
yoT q s eVsr % d1ink anytSnx r. sTss, thsnkyoai"
replied q ggins;; Jet poured out The wst,kys-
and they took horn together. dtRgtna taen
ssia 70 ThpnHson-A eneral {onx as mnas ont III q
stsad dR iii, aud We wil1 whip the 'oeka OF
6nr men a.e armed with Fse1aontrs A1s.
triaa musketk Thompson'f men tried i9
vain to find out how 70 aro fhem MO Noo99
upby swearing that nobody bat NEE ca,n
captured about SO Of then With Capt Elhotes
company. Our returned prisoners ~, learned
that Capt. Elliott EaB wounded N tae Mm
and that the men fought I'LL borne doHn y
m odds Of seven to one. Capt; Mppencols.
lest nothing but the arms o. tae e4ptu1eu :. ~
men. H1s Ieuteuant-Weav haa noG
been in the fight, took = squad OF men ana
went back to camp, bringing array every ytn3ug:
ImuRt chronicle one redeemtng act OF zen.
Thompssn. When the bleeding BODY OF the
rebel Lieutenant, before meatloned: vas nofne
past Orderly Higgins, the rebel 8olaess, lea5n-
Sergeant, and would have killed him. But
Thompson sprang between, and BWore be
would shoot down the first man who harmed
the prisoner; adding that Higgins had fought
bra7ely, as he Ras ii duty bound, and Should
be protected, now he was prisoner
,ThoE ps0n's men were armed chiefly Will
| double-barrel Ehot guns, some muBkets, and s
| few Mimic rihes.
| The names Of the wounded in Llppencotfs
| company (K) are Crawford, Twlaing, BreWs
| Ter, Kngore and two others, not learned
They were paroled BY Thompson, aud lefG II
| private houses.
We await further intelligence from Capt
E1uott's company Yith much anxiety ~
| baye still another Of our companies to hes
from Capt. Morgan's) but as that vas station
ed come ten or twelve miles nearer ut. Loulf
| it hiss probably escaped.
We Gave now tried the metal Of our Norma
boys, and know they will fight. They are q
thirstirg for br1Ek. Whether ne shall get
at this point, 2 few hours will determine.
This letter must take its chance OF gettfn
through. Qu1 VrR.
, 1861-10-22
IGbitaqIn Trib,1'1s


&SENEkfAA y A10 AA* Az<.AsA%
The ayidity with which certain retailers |
NJ noIit;ca1 scandal sicze upon the maligni-
lies which fall from the mouths Of the jeal-
us denouncers Of Gen. Lane-the desire
, hat they manifest to play accuser against
{ &c whose patriotism has led him to sacri-
fee for the Union cause, probably moro
tban any other man who has taken up
SIMS in the great struggle, and whose Of
Tending lies in the fact that he is an @abo-
litionist," )" +" Freedom Shrieker," Cor that he
took part in the Great Kansas War, but
more particularly that he is .. 8. sena-
tor; and the scurri1ous attack that are cop
led by the more obscure papers which see
fit to play second fiddle to every
thing that may emanase from the
Missouri Republican, have none Of them
prove sufficient to draw upon the tradn-
GERS ttat rebuke from all honest journals
which should fall upon the heads Of those
whose chosen road to fame leads through
the ruin Of some one more honest than
themselves. Gen. Lane IS proof against
such foul aspersions; and the charges with
which his enemies would assail him fall
harmless upon the minds Of Intelligent aud
honest men.
But for the brave brigade that has Tough,
the cause Of our Constitution in eight vic,
torious batt1es-which has been the ter
ror of secession wherever it has appeared
in Western Missouri or Kansas, and which
las always been alike the protection O
Union men and the scourge Of traitors, 1
is but just that The viEanous lies invented
in Kansas, remouthed by the Missouri Rz
publican, and picked up and garbled b,
the Chicago Times; should be denied 8
base fabrications. Gen. Lane is upheld b.
a1l Union people Of Kansas, and will b
upheld By his Government
, 1861-10-22
Indiana nIi1ItAry Matters

lEEQn EQ0 AQ04AlA4V21a tV0AAA1A1 A1@A1
james II. Smith, formerly OF Dayton, Ohio,
ard late Superintendent Of the Indiana Central
and Dayton s. Western Railroad, is now here
OF visit, and is spoken OF % Coloael Of the
Railroad Regiment.
The officers Of Capt. Ksaus'a artillery, star
Toned, at last accounts, at Sedalia, Missouri,
have resigned, and have since been arrested
aGd are to be court m2rHa1ed. The cause Of
these 1estgnstiops, as told us, Is that the men
Fad been promised complete outfit for their
battery first at st. Louis, next at Jet1srson
City, and then again at Georgetown. The bat
te1y vas finally ordered soathWard into the
eremy's country with only two hundred and
thirty rounds Of ammunition, aud With III
complete equipments The officers held =
meeting and resolved, unanimously, to tender
their designations. This led to their immeai-
ate arrest, which Was the condition Of affairs
at our latest advices.
jasper Packard Of Laporte is engaged in
raising 4 company Of Mechanic FusiIeets, to
be atl7ched to Col. Wilson's regiment At Cai-
eago.
Nine companies. Of the Indiana Legion
have been organized in Evansville.
f. -We1eam that Colonel sxe;ght'e Regiment
the 51st, ID nearly full. He has engaged the
services Of the Peru Brass Band Is regiments
| muEicianr.
:, There sre about two hundred and htt.
! men in Camp Joe Hclt for Col. Rty'a rsg1
ment, the 49:h, also, three companies u
! Camp Rush fer The sal Regiment, Col. M:
Re5tosds,
, 1861-10-22
SOTEhum Manufacture.
From the Rockford Registe1.1

We have visited three different establish
meots recently for the manufacture Of sugar
cane into syrup, and the results are still more
epcouragirg thsn Of any previous year. 4. H.
Mille1's Rotary Alternating E7aporator is the
kind in use at each Ct the places We visited.
Our fist visit vas to Mr.. Fletcher, OF sou:h
Rockford, who had Just set up his mill and
eyaperator in the most substantial manner,
ard had turned off the last lot Of syrup, which
vas very fair and Of excellent quality.
We next looked At the works Of Joel Faulk-
ner, On the Byron road, four miles south Of
Rockford. He Was also new beginner, but
Vas succeeding moat admirably, having made
several specimens Of syrup that ne have not
seen ercelled anywhere Jet.
On Saturday last we went to see Mr. Foster
Of East Rockford, Who has been nannfactur-
ing eyrup from the eugar cane ever since it
vas first grown In this country. Last year
Mr. Foster Used one Of Cooks eyaporators,
but this year disposed Of it aud Is trying one
Of Mi1lers, and he does not hesitate to pro.
nouuce it far superior to Cooks. To use his
Cooks EvapoTators Il 1t wasgfyen to him, after
trying Mile1's." He further states that the
one in present use consumes less wood, and Is
| much 1ees liable to 6corch or burn syrup, and
can reduce the juice OF the cane to heavier arti-
| cles Of syrup, and much tairer
| We have closely observed the growing and
| manufacturing Of the Sorgum Tor the last
| three or foar years, and have learned from
others experienced IN the business, sufficient
| to confirm Us in the opinion that the manu-
featuring Of syrup aud sugar from this plant
Is success, and will yet save millions Of mo
| 1ty to our country.
The most important thing to learn now Is
how to grow the plant successfully and have
It riPen in season for this climate. We must
seek the earliest varieties and plant ear:y, and
adopt all processes that will adTanee the
growth Of The cane. Also, we have to lear1
more about the proper time and the best man
ne. OF cutting ard preparing the cane for the
mill. If We can tucce sfuly grow the cane
and bare it ripeu, which ne have not the leas1
doubt, there Is no further question in reference
10 the manufacture Of syrup and sugar:
Mills and eyaporators Of sufficient capacity
viii be ready for the most successful execu
tton Of the work. The gentlemen whom Y,
visited, expressed desire that ne snon1t
hnse another Sugar Convention immediate!
alter The season 1or msnufacture ia over. TN
viii be aveH Important subject for eousldeIa
ton At this time, and no hops that there I'll
be mutual agreement among al thoee VII
are growing cane, a. we'll as manufacturers, =
make it N occasion worthy Of the impoEsanc
Of the subiect
, 1861-10-22

We print to-day two brief articles which
intimately concern the tarmers Of the
Northwest, and through them the people
Of all Christendom-one report Of lec-
tr1e in New York on the properties, and
adaptability to this climate, Of the per
sennial Cotton Tree Of Chill, and the
other Il still briefcr article from the Rock
ford Register, setting forth the results
in Northern Illinois, in the culture OF
Sorghum Of the latter we have little
to say. Sorghum culture has passed be-
yond the domain Of experiment, and be-
come fixed fact in the history OF Western
agriculture, The day is not far distant
when it alone will be the chief, perhaps
only, reliance OF the immense population
in and west of Ohio for the sugar used
for domestic purposes. Certain embarrass
ments which our chemists Will overcome,
yet stand in the way Of the wide planting
Of the saccharinc plant, and certain me-
cbanical adaptation Of means to the pur-
pose to be accomplished, have yet to be
studied out; but there can be no doubt Of
hna1 success. TIE essential properties
Of tie Sorghum are well understood, known
to be unalterab}e in this latitude, and Ger
lain to be re1nuaeratiye when made avail
able as part Of our agricultural economy.
OF Cotton there is more to be said. The
perinnea1 Cotton Tree is introduced to the
public precisely SIS the Sorghum. A trav-
eler from distant country, who had seen
the latter in China and South Africa, aud
properly estimated its prospective value q:
an American product called the attention
OF our farmers to it, and within half 1
dozen years it has domestieated itself il
every State Of the Union where the large
and later varieties Of Indian Corn vii
grow. The Cotton tree comes to us unde
similar auspices; and our faith in th
assumed fact that the Creator never in
tended that the business Of furnishing
cheap material for clothing should be COZ
fded to Asiatics and American slaves,
SO strong that ne are ready, as the phi1os'
pliers cay, a PRIOR, to accede to all th
Mr. Kendall in his lecture sets forth, 81
to believe that within the next ten yea
Illinois cotton raised by free labor will b
as common in the markets Of the world {
Illinois wheat and Illinois beef. But OF
enthusiasm VIII not accomplish the resu
hoped for. We turn the matter over
the Intelligent farmers Of the State, su
that in their hands the investigation "
60 on; and that if this tree will eman'
pate the world from the hateful domin
ton Of the nigger-drivers Of our Southe
States, they will be the frstto demons1a
tbe fact
, 1861-10-22

The Siberian Telegraph could also be con
nected with lines running direct from Kiatchta
to Pckin, and Shanghai, and Japan might be
brought in by line from the Amoor to Hako-
dad}. These, however, are matters for future
consideration. The Count Romanof rightly
concludes that the line through Siberia and
acrogs the Aleutian Archipelago would be
more expensive to build aud maintain than
any other, but It would also be more desirable
and certain. His plans are well received both
In Europe and America
, 1861-10-22

FoRTREs MONROE, Oct. 2o..-some twenty
persons who have been waiting here for
eereral days to go to Norfolk by d hag Of truce,
will return to Baltimore tonight. Neither
the General or Flag Officer will allow COM
munication with the rebels for e number Of
days at least
The released rebel prisoners from Fort
Lafayette arrived here this morning, and we're
sent temporarily to the store ship
Colonel Dimmick, who has been Post Com
mandant at Old Point for nearly two years,
has left for Fort Warren, Boston.
, 1861-10-22
Two Recipes for the Day.

GTKINEEI1.D, UCL. Iu4 Ipu1.
RECIPE TO MAZE REBEL-Take rs parts
Of slavery; Is parts Of hypocrisy and 10 parts
Of congiction-mix well, then baptize in
time-serving Church Whitewash and set out
to dry and you have genuine article.
RECIPE FOR L PRo-SLAvEHT DoCToR OF
D1yM1r1.-Take 50 paris Of pride, 20 parts Of
selfrighteonsness, rs parts Of ezpedlency; stir
weD. Then add 1opezts Of sanet5ty and Is parts
Of conservatism let 1t become hard. White
wash with two good coats and you have No.
article. Reference, Matthew xiii 81. Luke
xi 42433, Job xiii 21-22 ".
, 1861-10-22

FRANE1N GRovE, ILL.,, Oct. Il, 1881,
Editors Chicago Tribune:
A difference Of opinion seems to prevail, in
regard to the time for which our volunteers
are enlisted. Some contend that if the War is
not closed at the end OF three yeara, they will
be required to serve during the .ear. Others
think they Til1 be released at the end Of three
years, whether or not the war is closed. VIII
you please en1ighten US, and ohlige.
". LAHxAN.
TVolunteers are enlisted for three years-
no more, If the war is ended before the ex.
piration Of that time, they will BE- free to 50
home,-EDs. TRB
, 1861-10-22

james sloan, Of Winnebago, raised fraction On
under two acres Of 1az the present year, with
encou1aging results. Il was sown Old h3o
aooot the middle Of Msy, and started nicey
but the dry summer made It rather Snort
crop, yet the yield Of seed WIS u bushels 70
the acre, and about ton Of straw. Ae hsa
sold the Feed for 81 cents per bushel, which
gtyes ,4 per acre. The cultivation and cus.
ting with u reaper and threshing BY MACHINE
!B about the Bame az wheat
Compare this experiment Of fisk With "aeas
se aqs1a1s aaa the },inss basae i eSn 1hc5
If too high, and wheat ut Wceuts PEI ouAael u
SO so aE atnst 81, ,a34f for 1s1.
The fnccatioEs are that it is sa'~ Tor M tarmese
to experiment, at lesat, more largely with tfx'
, 1861-10-22
Afternoon DISPATCHES.

From R2ahinxton~V VafaeRa aa4.so1.
Photographed to New York papeEs Of AondaJ.1
WAsu1KGroE, Oct: 20.-.Two OF three Old
Gers, prominent In the volunteer eeRytce, are
suspected Of giving information Of o1r mere
ments to the enemy a New fork Colonei.
nov under arrest tof tnauhordinasiou, Is one
It Tas currently reported On the other side
of the Potomac to-day that Fairfax Court
House has been fred and destroyed By the
rebels,
meets tomorrow at Alexaudrfa~ His unpall-
fled acqutttal is beJond doubt.
The city has been ve1J 9utet. The advance
Of cur forces has much diminished tho NUN.
her OF uniforms upon tho streets and around
the hotels. General McCltllan's bunday order
appears to have bean strictly ohsyea.
1t appea1s the Government hae, through lts
Its ngenta In England, purchased iarga 4asn.
tltY of blanketa, 10 tbs extent af at lEaas vylr
600, and that :.00,Q0D more aFs yst to l,e pnf,
chased: some Of them. 1t Is said. hays already
cien this FORECAST beforp ths hpptoa4A of wiz.
ter, rs no blankets could be got fu thts market,
sl,hough 1t Ia supposed several apesHlatqfs nss
holding them buck tor higher phess.
In regard 10 the expedition fitting out 10
opsrate sgaInst Mexico, our Ministers u l. IN.
oon and Pa1is nssert poe.tiyelo that neither of
these Governments has entered !nto 4ny ""
| rargement with spnin to join tho alleged expo
| dislon. The reply to the communication OF
| Secretary SeEard, which was addressed como
! time ago to those Governments respecting t1s
| designs Of those powers, has not Jet been re-
eeived. We have all along been assured by
| both England aud France they had no Oh
ject in their Inference IN Mexican affairs other
| than to protect their citizens and obtain re- ?
| arations for out1ages perpehated upon them,
ii It IS ar remsrEabie isc: thus far, that i1s
| troops Of neither army have occupied the soil
t of Mount Vernon, unless 1t has taken place
| within few days. A general watchfulnese
has been kept upon the p12ee By our troops
Should the rebels attempt to erect batterie:
there, they will be repulsed By MCCLELLAN
without delay, and the place protected BY
guard Of honor, composed OF troops that haF'
distinguished themselves.
/ The advance Of the army has rendered
| necessary that the General Com mandinz'
| headquarters should be removed to Virginia
Arrangements ere being made, and it is es
| peeted in q few days Gen. McC.elian's quarter
will be in the midst Of the camps On the othe
t side.
It is evident thst the movement Of Gener:
Mccall at tie lead Of his Division toward
LeeEburg, Is intended to cut of the rebe's,
they have gone in the direction Of Harper
Ferry, IS some suppose, instead Of falllp
back on Manassas. They Eaye most Hkel
| done the latter, snd Gen. Mccall viii pzobah}
fail to find an enemy in the direction ne is no
marching
, 1861-10-22
4 GLANCE AT TIE SITUATION,

The rebels are giving ground along
their whole line. The greatest effort Of
which they are capable, has been put forth.
They can do no more. They have all the
men in the field it is possible for them to
raise and support The maximum Of their
strength has been exhibited; their progress
has been witnessed their decline and tall
will come next, as certain as fate. The
contest may be prolonged, but The triumph
Of the National arms can not be arrested.
The present condition of the rebels, is
far worse than it was month ago. They
have lost ground at every point contested
Beginning at tie East, We see them forced
back from the Potomac, slowly but surely. |
Each day McC1el1an's army gains new
post, and the enemy lose one. They are
pressed back almost to their former posi- |
tion at Manassas. Our General is no long
er acting On the defensive. He has assumed |
the offensive, cautiously, it is true, but he |
is making sure work as he advances. His |
great army grows in numbers, discipline
and seI-confdcnce, day by day. He is
multiplying lis batteries Of artillery, and
adding new squadrons to his already nu-
mercus cavalry, perlecting his Transports
ton service, and making ready for the DC
livery of tremendous blow. The rebel
chiefs are becoming duly impressed with the
vastness and perfection Of the army which
con1ronts them, and are losing confidence
in the ability Of their own forces to resist
its onset. Meanwhile great expedition
has been fitted out to operate on the rebel
coast Twenty thousand troops have sailed,
accompanied by powerful fleet 0: war
ships. The insurgents know not at what
point the expedition may land. They are
in shudder from Cape Fear to Galveston.
1t may he Charleston, or Savannah, OF Mo-
bile, OR New Orleans, or some point that
will command one or more Of these places
Soon We shall hear from the fleet and
when it strikes, the army on the Potomac
will begin to " thunder and lghtning.n
The blockade is growing tighter and
more sufTocating to The rebels. Nov and
then vessel may slip in or out Of port
but the number Of such is few, and ths
occasions are booming more rare. Con
sidering the great length Of the coast to b
watched and guarded-2,500 miles, it /
surprising that all the numerous pork
sounds, bays, inlets and creeks, have bee
so well closed. Our fleet IS rapidly increas
ing in the number Of vessels and etncienc
of crews. Every day almost, o new wa
, 1861-10-22

The sssunse1'' Reported Captured.
BOSTON, Oct. 21.-The Bangor Times pub
fishes an extract from letter dated Barbadoes,
Sept. 27th, stating that the priYateer Sumter
had been captured By the .. s. steamer Pow
hatar. Letters from parties in Baroadoes,
however, Of Sept. 2Sth, received here, make
no mention of the report.
, 1861-10-22
ralaur.nh ,x,hrourh tn GalifarnIa.

Telegraph Through to California.
A7cH1soN, Kan, Oct 19-Orders have to
day been issued by the President Of the Piae's
Peak Express Co. at this place, to stop the
running Of the Pony Express as soon the CAL
lfornia Line is completed, which will proba-
bly, be early next week. It is therefore prob.
able that not more than one Pony more will
, 1861-10-22
Correspoadent Russell.

NEW YoRK, Oct. 2l.-The London Times
thanks Mr. Seward for the just exercise Of his
Judgment relative to the memorials against
Dz. Russell, although his (seward's) reply
shows strong under current OF spirit. The
Times also repudiates the charges against Dr..
Russell, and believes that the good sense Of
the Americans will see the folly Of interfering
With him
, 1861-10-22

cents per pound, gives Sl,0UO
Deduct from This board and wages Of men,. l3s
And re hayc-... ......... -.......,.. 1865
Which gives Us $7S per acre.
In this estimate have considered interest
on land, cost of fertilizers, teams and imple-
meHts Is being the same North and South,
ard given the yield Of the perennial cotton at
ite lowest rate; but IS know tie tree to be
capable Of producing 2,GO0 pounds per acre,
and as it can just as well be grown in lawns,
by tic Wayside, and in divers hooks and cor.
nerB, where it would not materially interiors
might safely add fifty per cent. to the credit
side o1cotton grown BY flee labor in the Mid.
1t the South, the everlasting complaint is
the insnf6ciency OF plantation help, while in
the free States, labor is always abundant, and
procurable at reasonable rates. Besides, from
nv own observation and sll the information I
have been able to obt2in, the perennial cotton
| Ia never 1iab1e to damages by Vicisaitudes Of
weather, or destruction by numerous pests so
ini1nics1 to the herbaceous plant.
bfr. kendall's experiment in growing the
| cotton tree resulted in 8 gratifying success.
| The tree hos been grown BY him fifteen miles
north Of Baltimore. The seeds were planted
| in rows alternately with peach stones, and
while the cold Of last winter destroyed the
! latter, the cotton shrubs houriahed unhurt.
ME Kendall is 60 sangufne ct its SUCCESS af
| the North, that ne ventures upon thlB pfopn
! eeJ: ..
"The period is not very remote, when hedgee
mcst efficient as fences, shall yield annual divi
dends Of superior cotton; ornamental treeE
| blending the useful with the beautiful, shall
repay tenfold their cost and culture; wher
the ,Dgged heights Of the Hudson, the plain!
of New jersey, the fertile valleys Ct the Key
stone State, and the undnlatiug prairies Of TIL
crest West, shall CLEAN in the sunlight, whit
| aa the winter DRIFT with generous pods Of Dsm
| ocrtic cotton"
, 1861-10-22

New YORK, Oct. 21.-The s75i6une sayg -
tsOf the various stories adoat regarding Ere
mont's command, We know this to be true,
that Secretary Cameron took out With him to
Missouri full discretionary power to super
eede Fremont and turn over the command OF
his army to Gen. Hunter, and that he did not
see fit to exercise that power. All beyond this
is idle speculation.
, 1861-10-22
From ERfrG-~Reconn0f8aH Up the
TeuUeA1ee A1FeF.

Tenuea7ee River.
CA1Ro, Oct. 21.-The gunboat Conestcga
returned to Paducah yesterday from trip up
the Tennessee river. Size went 10 the Ten
neEsee line, and found q strong rebel fort
there, but did not attack it, as she had no men
10 spare to garrison it,
Twelve miles this side Of the fart she cap
turcd two barges loaded with five hundred
barrels Of flour, bsing towed into Tennessee
by hand, and brought them down to Pa
0ucah.
Thirty q. 8. mu1ea, stolen from Paducah
some time ago by the rebels, we're re-ca ytured
at Blendyl11e by Two privates Of the 41st ~.
nols regiment, Saturday. The boys went to
the rebels mule yard, broke down the fence,
mounted two Of the best mules. without sad;
die or bride, and rode into Paducah, followed
by the whole drove, with Six rebel keepers.
Coed Joke on the Keepers, The animals were
not all United States property, but the Quaz-
te1master says they are full as good and more
Of Me7i.
Rebels were at Blandyille in strong force on
Saturday, but went back to Columbus: They
said the we're going to Msyfe1d to destroy the
railroad.