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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-01
The Opening of tho baltimore and
ohio Railroad.
The following order has been issued
Wan DEPARTMENT., ApJ'r-GENL's OFFIcE,l
Washington, Oct. "a, 1861.

The following order has been issued:
Wan DEPARTMENT., ADJ'T-GENL's OFFIcE,l
Washington, Oct. "a, 1861.
GENERAL ORDER, No. 81.
First. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company being anxious to repair their road be'
tween Harper's Ferry and Cumberland, and hav-
| ing represented to the Government that they are
willing to do 80 ct their own cost, without
any claim in the future upon the Government,
Brig Gen. Lander, United States Volunteers, ia
hereby assigned to the command Of volunteer
troops raised and to be raised at Baltimore and
| Cumberland, and the intermediate points in Ma.
ryland and Virginia, which be will proceed to
post SO as to guard the working parties and the
road as il Is completed, 60 far as the force
placed under hls command will enable him 70
do 30. .9
| To facilitate the execution of this order, Q
new military department is constituted, to bt
called the Department of HsrpeRs Ferry ant
| Cumberland, to consist Of the line of the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad from Hsrper's Ferr!
to Cumberland, and embracing space of thrt.
miles from the right bank Of the Potoma,
throughout tho length of said line. Brig. g.-Gen
Lander will proceed without delay to raise thi
| troops authorized for bis command, and will
from time to time, make requisitions for tht
| necessary heavy guns, small arms, equipments
etc., which will be furnished by the Ordnance
Department as fast as they can be procured -
| The General commanding the Army Of the Po
tomac will give the necessary orders to replace
the Maryland troops which may be withdrawn
under these instructions from points now guard,
ed by them.
| Second. A Iew Military Department, to be
called the Department of New York, Is created
and placed under the command of Gov. Nor
gan, who has accepted the commission of Ma
jor- General of Volunteers in the service of the
United States. Headquarters Albany.
| Third. To guard against accidents such as
have in several instances caused serious injury,
| it is hereby ordered that troops transported by
railroad through disaffected parts of the coun'
IT, ehall march on foot over bridges where the
possibility exists of the cars breaking through
To this end there will be an agreement in the
contract for transportation that the trains shall
be stopped, to permit the troops to alight before
crossing the bridge. By order,
L. THOMAS, Adj't- General.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-01
Something our army Officers should
Know.

1t appears that the War Department has re-
Gently issued an order in reference to tie SUBJ
sistence of our volunteers, of which we give q
synopsa: II provides that the distributing OH
Ger shall supply subsistence both prior and sub
seouent to muster, for kll volunteer organias'
tions, whether raised under authority from
Governor Dennison, or from the War Depart.
ment. Subsistence prior 10 muster will be paid
from the appropriation sfor collecting, drilling
and organizing volunteers, and subsequent there
to from the appropriation for The subsistence Of
the army. Requisition for funds for the former
expenditure will be made upon the Adlutant-
General, and for the latter upon the Commissa-
ry-General for subsistence Attention Of Off
GERS supplying subsistence to yolunteers, In the
process of their organization into companies and
regiments, both prior anG subsequentto muster,
is called to the exorbitsnt price demanded and
paid for the object. Ratons In kind will here
after be furnished whenever cooking iacili
ties can be furnished to the troops, whether In
squads or in large bodies. II the rations can
not be contracted for at a reasonable rate, sub
sstence will be procured in bulk, and issued to
the volunteers. In no case should the rations,
uncooked, exceed nineteen cents, and at most
of the points in the United States 1t should not
exceed fourteen cents. When cooking facii-
ties cannot be furnished, contracts for the ra-
tons cooked may be made at reasonable rates,
and the necessity for the same must be clearly
stated in the accounts. When board and lodg-
ing are necessary, the price for each should be
stated, and the aggregate cost of both must not
exceed forty cents per day. No bands for vol
unteer regiments will, in futule, be mustered
into the service, and vacancies that may here
after occur In bands now in the service that are
not musicians, will be discharged upon the re-
ceipt of this order by their respective regiment
al commanders.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-01
onn..,t,,n 20 the AdministrA'lon.


srr is one Of the characteristcs oi Tree peo
ia q litd fauIs with their Government. such
disposition generally exists in proportion 70
the degree Of freedom enjoyed. The people
are prone to il in England, and in this country
probably more than in any Others because here
we have been accustomed 70 exercise the great
est liberty of thought and expression we ma
turally watch the servants We have piaceo ~
power, with jealous eye.
Il is sometimes discOuraging ioloynl citizens'
when they see how little confidence appears 70
b Q reposed in the Administration by many Oh
those who we're the most forward and ins.ru-
mental in placing it in power. And this want
of confidence threatens to rise into serious anu
determined opposition. Yet this should not
dishearten those who love the Union and are
resolved to labor for its preservation. The Ad'
miuistration, If It hae to encounter the distrust
aud opposition of come of its late clustering
supporters, may, for that very reason, become
more firmly seated in The affections OF 6 truly
loyal people, to whom the American Union Is
but another name for American freedom and
independence.
There ia another reason why the threatened
opposition to the Administration by some Of It's
late professed friends should not excite serious
alarm. That opposition will arise from re-
fusal on the part of the Government to carry
out those fanatical schemes which would con-
solidate the South in the rebellion, and render
dissolution Of the Union in time Inevitable
Let the Administration keep steadily in view
the enforcement of the Constitution and the
laws, and neither it nor the country will have
anything to fear. The rsbid opposition Of q
few fanatics, who have been trying to turn the
Union upside down for the last twenty or thirty
years, viii only knit the true friends OF the
Constitution and the Government more firmly
together.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-01
The southern Commercial COnven
tiOn.

Very scanty reports OF the doings of the re-
cent Southern Commercial Convention held at
Macon, Ga, have as yet reached US. We find
in an exchange the following synopsis OF three
measures suggested by the Convention in one
day to the Confederate CoOgresG: l
They recommend the Confederate Congress-
to pass law levying discriminating duty OF
twenty per cent. against all goods imported into
the Coniederacy "for Northern acc0unt'-thus
asking Davis e. Company to interfere between
buyer and seller in the most arbitrary manner.
Next, they ask that call cotton produce bills
be made payable in Europe," thus attempting
to effect violent change in the current of trade,
which sets inevitably toward New York.
And lastly, they urge the imposition Of tax
of twenty per cent. upon bills of exchange pay
able, and Of ten per cent. on debts due in the
United States. @
The following is also given as one Of the req
olutions adopted by the Convention:
ResolUed, That every ship entering our ports,
bringing valuable cargOes Of Iecessaries for
our people, and supplies for our brave country
men in arms, shall be allowed to take back to
Europe cargo of cotton or other Southern
produces; provided, that such shipments of cot.
ton shall be for manufacturer account and for
actual consumption.
On this the New York Post remarks:
When It is considered that, as the Richmond
WHO remarks, "the cotton States have but o
single crop, on the sale of which they depend fol
subsistence;" when we remember that most Of
the cotton planters are even obliged to mort.
gage their crops before they are gathered for
advances of food and clothing, and that their
inability to sell is already distressing them eI-
ceedingly, this resolution permitting humble
applicants under certain circumstances to buy
the precious cotton (on condition that they pay
for it) has a somewhat Chinese sound.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-01

Senator Wilson. colonel of the Massachusetts,
Twenty Second Regiment, has had the good
sense to resign that position and accept place
on McClellan's staff, where, without attempting
to regulate the movements of troops, he can
CLEAN information which will be Of great ser.
vice to him as chairman of the Military Com.
mittee of the Senate, by making him familiar
with the details of the operations Of the army
by which the necessary legislation will be muct
facilitated.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-01

DR.. Clarkson t. Collins, wealthy and cele-
brated physician of Great Darlington, Mass,
declares his readiness and desire, in defense Of
the Federal Government, to be one of thou
sand men, or one Of three hundred, to arm and
equip themselves--each taking two horses aud
a servant--to enter the field. to give their lives
II need be, or to continue in service till the
close of the war, be it for one year to ten, and
all ut their owl exoense, not to cost the Gov.
eminent cent. That kind of patriotism has
the true ring.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-01
THE New york co,resnonder, !, ~

The New York correspondent OF the Phila-
delphia Inquirer states that Archbishop Hughes
went to Washington on Saturday, In response
to en- urgent telegram from Secretary Seward
desiring his presence. The object Of bis visit
is matter of conjecture, but Il IL supposed TO
have soutc connection with, the appointment Of
Catholic ChapIains
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-01

GT The great Naval Expedition sailed from
Fortress Monroe on Tuesday. The distance
thence to Hatteras is one hundred and thirty
nine miles; thence to Beaufort eighty.six miles
and to Charleston two hundred and sixty miles
It is said the feet will make about seven knots
an hour.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-01

p We hear from Washington that the most
recent advices from nearly all our Ministers
abroad give more cheering information than has
yet been received concerning the temper and
disposition Of foreign powers with reference to
the United States and the rebellion We are now
engaged in suppressings IN. Y, Tribune.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-01

REPORTED DEATH OF GEN. HousToN-The
Louisville Courier of the 18th Of October, has
report Of the death of che Ex-Governor Of
Texas, which Is said to have occurred on the
9th ult. A letter, however, from Houston, da-
ted the next day, states that he was still alive,
with some hopes entertained of his recovery.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-01

Col. LEE,-COl. Raymond Lee, who was cap
tured by the rebels in the engagement at Ed
Wards's Ferry, was formerly particular friend
of JEFF. Davis. Lee graduated at West Point
in the same class with Davis, taking the first
rank, while the latter stood twenty-three.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-01

10 Edward Dickinson, who was nominated
ioF Lieutenant Governor Of Massachusetts, by
the Republican State Convention at Worcester
and has resigned, was originally Bell and Ev-
erett maa and J. @. ABBOTT, who was nomi-
mated for Attorney General, and has aiso re-.
signed, was Democrat. This leaves the Re-
publican ticket 70 run by ITSELF
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-01

In an advertisement OF the Ordnance Depart
ment Of the C. 8. A., in the Louisville Courieg,
published at Nashville and dated Bowling Green,
35c per pound, in Tennessee money, is offered
for saltpetre.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-01
AlZN MANHOOD. IS
av HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED

Just Published in Sealed Envelope; Price 9 ctsi
A LECTURE ON THE NATURE, TREATMENT AND
RADICAL CURE OF sPERMAT0RRHEA Or Seminal
Weakness Involuntary Emissions, Sexual Debility, and
Impedments to Marriage generally Neryousne.s, oon.
sumption, Epilepsy and Fits, Mental ana fnysicst In
CulverWeii, M. D., author Of the Green Book, go.
A Boon 10 thousands OF sufferers,
Sent under seal, in plain envelope 70 any address,
post paid. on receipt Of two stamps, BY DR.. CHAs.
No 4.ss6. sep7:3mtkW
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-01

W.D. Howells, u. s. Consul to Venice, leaves
next week for his post. He goes BY the way Of
Il srmaDy. si
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-10-22
NO. 7S3.
LErrrR OF EX-PRtsIDENT pUCHAN-
WEsTCuEsrrp. Pa. trilay

WEsTcnEsTER, Pa, Friday Oct. 4.
At the great Union meeting at Hsyesville,
! Chester county, on the lst inst, the following
letter from Ez President Buchanan was read
/ WHEATLAND, near LANCASTER, Pa. Sept. %.
! DEAR SIR:-I have been bonored by your
kind invitation AS chairman Of the appropriate
committee to attend and address a Union
meeting Of the citizens OF Chester and Lancas-
ter Counties, to be held at Hayesve on the
lst OF October.
This | should gladly accept, proceeding a.
if does from much valued portion cf my
old Congressional district, but advancing
years and the present state Of my health rem.
der it impossible. You correctly estimate tho
deep interest, which feel, in common with
the present condition Of our country.
Thls ia indeed serious, but CIR present mil
i'ary rere'scs so far from producing despon
de- cy in the minds Of loyal and powerful
people, will only animate them to more nigh
ty e%cGilonS IN ,astaining war which bas be-
cowr inevitable is the assault of the Confed;
crate states upon fort Srumpter.
For this reason were il possible, waving
all other topics, | SHOULD eonfne myself to
a solemn aud earnest aipcal to my country
m"n aud specially those without families to
volunteer f1r the war and Join the many
THOUSAND Of brave and patriotic volunteers who
ire already IN tie field.
Iais Is Ih, moment for prompt, energetic
and united action, and not for the discussion
OF peace propositions. These we must know
would be rej-c'ed Iy he states that have Sc,
- led uuIcs- We offer to recognize their inde-
p"ndeuce, which is entirely out Of the ques-
unu.
E~tter caun.ola may hereafter prevail when
ttose people shall b. convinced that the war
is CO Quoted not for their conquest or subjuga-
ton, but soIrly for the purpose Of bringing.
them back to their Original position in the
t@,nn, without iupairing in the slightest de-
grc' ANY Of their constitutional rights.
Whilst, therefore We Shall cordially hail
their r-'um under oar common glorious flag
AMI w,.com" them as brothers, yet until that
happy day shah arrive il vii, be our duty to
support the President with all the men and
moan, at the con maul Of the country in a
vi-orou, anl Successful prosecution Of the,
war. IuuIa, cry respectfully,
(Sigred) JAMES BUCHANAN.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-10-22
DarIag EAp!olt ga vIrhIgan Soldier.

The following extract irom the New York
Times, Of the 7ta instant, will bo read with
interest all over the State, and most particu-,
Isrly IN this city, where the subject Of the ar
tirie l. known:
''Shortly after the battle Of Cornifax Fer,
~, communication VAS cut OF between the
Federal camp az Eiawater and tlat at Cheat
Mountain summit, tue rebels holding posses.
sion Of the road. 1t was necessary that com.
municat!lu should be re-estabi,hed between
Gen Rcynoil, AZ the former place and Col.
K,DIal at the latter. Several attempts had
been tnuGe, bu the messengers had been kill
ed m every case Four had already set out,
and been picked of.
9TH whole camp at Eikwater was in dan,
ger. and II was necessary to get word to the
summit o. o"ce, aid another Young man vol.
unteerod but be. too, was never heard from
after ne left th' camp The commanding Off.
Ger thea stated to hs men their danger, and
called upon some one to again volunteer to per.
form ;ae risk. Not man responded in all the
camp, ubtit at last one WAS found in Capt.
Looms Michigan Battery.
"il-ury II. Nolriugtou, of Detroit offered
to peril hs life 10 save The ot ers. He started
out and succ'ade! in Guiding the enemy,
craving nil upon his hands ank knees,with
his m"ssuge roiI"d up aud in bis mouth ready
to swa.'p" u u moment if he was taken,
and firaly reached the friendly camp. He
also had 10 return, and after receiving his dis
patches. set on, in the night, the whole camp.
shaking hard' with him, never expecting to
see him agaJu. He travelled all night guided
by the North star ard the next day crawled
/ = ] 1
I'll finally struck the main road a few
miles Glow hlkNaor Seeing ono of the
encmy's cavalry horses tied to a stake by the
roads, e, md o." owner not visible, he crept
up, cut IT," roap with uis knife, and rode off
in bot hast, WITH several shots whizzing
around MN, H. arrived safely in camp aud
dehsrr.a hi, dispatches, Icing the ou ; sur.
vivor Of the -iX tdat had attempt d the peril.
ous ,s.k.
AS rnwarl Of his bravery, lie was pro-
motrI u tie company TO be chief Of piece,
and va, place. upon the commanding gen.
c.a'> ,taif a, mounted Orderly. He was pre-
sortel 10y The Captain of hi, company with
q sword, AMI hy uiS General with an elegant
revolver. IL wa- greeted upon parade with
uiI" ci"e'- by the Cniire company, and his
pa, mote than double. Besides this, favor.
ahic mention was made Of his feat, and tho
great r'c' he Lad performed, in the official
report forwarded TO the Department at Wash
irg'on."
Mr.. Noriugton is about 20 years of age,
wa q ce0k in ;u. Post Ollie Of this city, and
as tie Michigan First rtilery was about
leaving, h" resigned his place and enlisted,
IN 1t under Capt. Loomis. llS fellow clerks
in the oiie", whose e-toem he had won, re.
grcttci at parting with him, and present
ed him with tokens of their esteem.
Det. Advertiser.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-10-22
A Gross ittempt 70 Svirdle,

Tho Cleveland Lcoier says the mails are
now flooded with ,ircuars appealing for con.
trih tons to the ~. s. Humane Society,""
which profr,ses to act by consent Of tho Gov.
eminent. and under It's authority, in obtain
ing funds for the army ambulances and hos.
ptal supplies. The modest sum Of only thr.
" thousand dollars is required aud subscrip.
lions from dime upward ara solicited. DR..
S. w. Tolhurst signs the circulars, "a General
Western Az nj, Cleveland, Ohio. The Lead.
er SAYS no such man g known there, and it
exposes the whole thing as base and cow
srdly attempt to swindo the patriotic public
by creating an impression that this move
ment has something to do with the Sanitary
Co mission, which is quite another affair
Some Provost Marshal should make an ex.
ample of Iohurst. At all events let no one
be deceived 10y his shallow prete usious.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-10-22
Special dispatch to the st. Louis Republican.
Reports from FTmoats Army..Whst Cam.
rron Did and saw..Deseiters from Gen.
Syracnse. Mo. Oct. IL.

Syracuse, No, Oct. IA.
Gen. Cameron, accompanied by Adjutant
General Thomas, spent Saturday night at
Jefferson, aud arrived in Upton about nine
o'clock yesterday morning. After breakfast
ing in clmp, on horseback, accompanied by
Gen. Fremont and staff Upon its arrival
hero, the party called upon Gen. McKinstry,
and after spending haitian hour with him, pro
ceeded in company with him. his staff, and
several other gentlemen, to review Gen. Nc
Kiustry'o division, which are encamped here.
At the close of the review Gen. Cameron
made a few well-limed remarks to the troops,
expr ssing the highest gratitication at the
condition in which he found them, and the
utmost confidence that in the hands Of such
men tie honor and success of our country
arms were safe. Loud cheers were given for
Gen. Cameron, Fremont. and Mcklnstry, al.
ter which Gen. Cameron aud his party, ac.
companied by Gen. Fremont and staff, went
by railroad to Upton, where they reYi we'd
Gen. Asholl's division, which were also iu *
celIent condition, and tucn they went on Toy
special traIn TO St. Louis.
1t Is understood that Gen. Cameron came
here at the request OF the President, to exam
inc the condition Of affairs IN this depart
mont, and that he professes himself highly
grarifed with the con lition oi Frenout's
army.
Col. Meuil's cavalry have gore down the
Usage on "a scouting eXpcd lion
Gen. Fremont is on the eve OF moving, hut
Is greatly embarrassed by want Of transporta-
ton.
Within few days parties of rebels have
been foragiug GO miles south Of Sedalia
/ have very late intelligence from Prices
army. Nv informan. a citizen of this coun.
tv, deserted and is here to claim the amnesty
offered to rebels who Law down their arms
He left Price on Wednesday. a short dis
tance south of Johnstown, in Bates county,
moving southwark. He represents that great
dissatl ,iactiou exists in Prce'o army. Desert
,ions occur every day, and il assurances could
be conveyed to them that they would not be
sharply doalt with he thinks the greater part
Of tho State Guard would lay down their
arms and return to their homes. They are
tired Of the war, and are only prevented from
deserving in large bodies by the assurances
of their officers that il they are caught they
will he hung as traitors, and by the stories OF
horrible Union Outrages, which are industri
ously circulated among them. The most ex
aoerated accounts Of atrocities committed 10y
our army, the destruction of property, burn
ING Of towns, aud ravishment Of women, are
circulated and believed among them. Eight
or ten other citizens Of lis county, who
belonged to his company, deserted along
with him, and are ready to give themselves
up.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-10-22
what horrible death that william meant

what horrible death that william meant
for u.s., uttered Garter.
Yes be did, said Tucker with shudder
He belongs to the same gang that's been
Robin and brrniu' the poor folks houses on
the eastern coast said one Of the men.
Yes said the Commoiore with nervous
twlch Of tho musels about bis mouth.
A bitter curse from the prisoner here broke
upon the air, and with a clenched fist the
Commorde went below.
In the morning when Commodore Tucker
came on the dock, Seguin was in sight upon
the siarboard bow, but when be looked for
the prisoner he was gone.
Garter where is that william lashe here
last nghtF
I'm sure don't know where he IS Com
modore. Perhaps he's jumped overheard
The old Commodore looked ste,uly into
Cartcr's eyes, and he saw twinkle of salts.
faction cleaning there. He hesits,ed-
then he turned away and murmured TO him
self,
We'll, well-I can't blame them. II the
murderous villains gone to his death he's
" met a fate which ne richly deserved. Bet
ter far that it be he, than my noble crew were
now 10 the oceans cold grave