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, 1861-09-18

NEWARK, N. j., Sept. 16.-The Republicans
here bave concluded to abandon their party
organization, and take up any goon Union
man in the coming local election. General
Theodore Run5 on, who WAS Douk1as msn,
is q prominent candidate for Mayor. The
Peace party have made their nominations,
coupled with resolutions sustaining the Gov
e1nment, the full force of which may be ap
presiated when it il known that their caudi.
date for Mayor expresses the opinion that this
var on the part Of the South is Just As holy AZ
OUTS Of the Revolution.
, 1861-09-18

In AND Our.-Wher the traitor Aagoft1 BY
his wiles caused the Kentucky Legislature TO
tel TO H. When the Legislature proved it,
irdomitable loyal by calling upoa the Gov
eminent to defend tie 8 ate ag4inst the It
tacks Of the insurgents, Kentucky stocks rose
8. once to 78@79 The psople have conf
d*nee in Kentucky II the Union. They grow
suspicious Of her Ehea she stanea on tho
v,tge Of dItunion. They would not trust her
fcf cent ont Of the Union.
, 1861-09-18
Martin III. Cagae1I,

A letter in the STATE Journal from Hunne-
veil, Mo-, Sept II. says: We learn that
Green's force has Mart. Casseu 3 prisoner.
We have made every effort for his release, nnd
expect him to be at liberty in Il few days. He
was taken out OF the stage while on his way
to Mexico from Paris, where he had been with
q strong force to taEe money from the bauks !;
snd after taking the money. he very fmpru-
IDENTITY attempted to return by stage, and had
not ridden far when he was arrested and tax
En- to GREEN'S camp,
, 1861-09-18

cd with 1org, ,szroW, N 2on-ahapel slougas
and lakes, and impaasable for IN army. A few
miles below Fort Holt tho outlet from these
eloughs enters the Mississippi, and the cross
ing can be 70 obstrucksd and defapdaa
t1at the approach of m army is almost i'm,
possible. In fact, the entire country .ronnd
CAIRO Tor many uiles, Is low and couapo.ed
entirely OF the fine sediment brought down
os 1he great rivers that mlngle their vaters
nete ano at all seasons except long contin-
ned dry westher, the rich alluylal soil forms a
ia OF mud of unfsthomable depth, across
which no prudent General would think of
marching an army. The only remaining sp-
proach il by river, and the forts and gunboats
interpose retistless obstacles to any such
movement Hence, though Ger. Polk has had
q well apl ointed army Of 26 600 men within
days march, On good road, Of Cairo and
Birds Point, he has manifested no disposition
to risk an attack Two other points deserye
notice in this connection: The first il
MOUND o1TY
six miles above Cairo on the Illinois shore.
The road f1om the opposite side, in Kentucky,
Is said to be passably good, and fsars have been
entertained lest the enemy should by this route
tnroW a column acroEs the Ohio, in the
fesr Of Cairo. Col. Law1er's regiment has been
stationed for many weeks at Mound City, and
should the enemy attempt any such move
nent, Cairo is so near, that before he could
gain position in Illinois, he would be sure
to be utterly annihilAted. The other point re-
fe17ed to ia
rADUCAH, KENTUCKY.
fifty miles above Cairo. A. this place the
Tennessee river, nayigable for hundreds Of
miles, and flowing directly north from north
EN- Alabama and Mississippi, enters the Ohio.
Anilwsy also connects it With all the rail-
waJs Of the South. As soon as Gen. Polk,
with his army Of rebels, arrived at Columbus,
the terminus Of the Mobile and Ohio railroad,
Gen. G1art took possession of Paducah. It
is only fortyeeven miles from Columbus to
Paducah-a distance that csa be made in two
days by any army, over good road, ~nd snch
it il and bad Gen. Polk at once marched on
Paducah without ha1ting at Columbus, he
would hare kept Gen. Grant and his steamers
decidedly "active" in order to get an army
there Of spf1 cient strength to repel him The
golden days we're lost and Gen. Smith Is now
in readiness to give him warm reception,
Should Polk march on Paducah, his move
ment would at once be known and before be
could get there, the fleet Of etea nera at Cairo
could take up an abundance Of troops to drive
him tnck In hot haste to the land of Dixie
whence be came.
Next to Cairo 1t il plain that P.ducah is the
S-..-
, 1861-09-18

New Hampshire bas furnished her compxuy
to Berdan's regiment, commanded By Capt.
4 B. Jones, and composed of one hundred
men whose average is q string Of thirty inches
for the ten shota-the maximum allowed BE-
ing fifty inches. Capt, Jones has but just
graduated from college, and as "shot" " he
rivals Berdan himself, making the ten shots
inside Of sever inches for the whole. There
we're ESQ men offering themselves who passed
the test, and the hundred were chosen from
smong the best of them. They are probably
the best company in the regiment. The Yer
mont company IL also On It's way to the seat Of
var,
, 1861-09-18
Afternoon Dispatches.
MnNM UA&HENGTnM

WASHINGTON, Sept 16-Lient Col Atwood
Of The 9Th Wisconsin Volunteers, was honora-
bly, diechsIged from service to day In conse-
qneace of physical disability to endure the
iatg9ss Of csRR Me. @ -! Als ss9 5et1sn eut Is mi
IN able officer in the volunteer service,
Tho following coIunels have been appointed
to take command Of the Kentucky Infsutrv
and Cavalry Regimants: Thos. j. Bram1ette,
1st Infantry 8: s. Fry, % Infantry; 8. 7.
Dovan, Sd Infantry; Frank Wexford, Lit Cay
While the United States are doing the best
they cau under the rules Of war, to take csre
OF. md protect the health Of febs1 prisoner
now In their possession, JeE Davis, or
Beaurega,d, or Johnston, or al OF them,
the nearest fort to Char1eaton, South Caro-
Inns, where ferer pr walls e1tensi7ely st
this eeaaon Of the year. Il ouz off,
Gers confined = prisoners in Castle Pinck-
ney survive the present seas0n, will ho con.
t1aGy to the well known theory Of Southern
e1s, for they hsve alWsys asserted q reason
Why slave labor must be employed, that
Northerners could not survive the n'alaria
and fegers that prevail in that section. The
rebels MAY suppose that the confinement Of
of1ice1n OF the Union army In Charleston may
prove \ protection to that place. We shall
eee.
n. T. Tribuae's specisl-7
Last evening the rebelS approached our LETT
wing in force, destroyed several grain stacks
snd other property, nd poisoned number Of
cattle belonging to Union farmers.
Later In the evening, on false alarm, Gen.
2locuu1's Br gade was under arma in four
minutee. It turned out that several contra
bands had arrived On their ms&ters' horses
and some Of our o~n men had struggled in the
bushes.
An Intelligent free negro from Fairfax says
the greater part Of the rebe!s arc arriving b.
tween Fai1tax and Alexandra, where they
have thrown up breastworks. He heard
Lawyer Hunter, owner Of Hunter . Mills,
esy, that the rebels would take Arlington
Heights and Alexandra this week, with 200,
GOO men, snd from there shel Washington
After tbs fight at LeWiAsYille, Beauregard
was seut for to bring foinforcsment5 from
Msnasses, as they feared We would overpover
them He came with considerable body OF
troops.
Owing to information received By the Post
Office Department, the Hannioal and st. Joseph
road is entirely unprotected from the rebela
At st. Joseph, and in their hands, it has
ordered the California mail to be carried viz
Davenport and Council Blufa The Depart
ment haa also received information that ali
the oftlcers and employees Of the Overland
Mail tDu DAILY are rebels.
, 1861-09-18
Gen. Zollfco2er Takes Possession Of
Gun befi4Ru Gan.

FRANKFORT, Ky, Sept 16-Ia the lower
hruse oflhe Legislature, message from Gov.
Mage fio was received, Communicating tele-
graph from General Zullicoffer, announcing
lint the eafety Of Tennessee demanded the oc.
crpation OF Cumberland Gap and the three
lclg mountains in Kentucky, aud that be h.d
cone go, ard should retain his position until
the Federal forces were withdrawn, aud the
FEDERAL camps broken up.
Also message from Thos. c. Reynolds,
Lieut.. Gov. Of Missouri, asking what course
Kentucky intended to take in view Of the oc-
cupation OF the mississippi, below the mouth
Of the Ohio, by the federal fsrces, In violation
CT her neutrality,
No Southern newspapers reached here to-
night
, 1861-09-18

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1.-THE anniversary
5f the adoption Of tho Constitution Is being
eu1 rise nnd at noon. The Home Guards also
;n1ned out and paraded the streets, thre.
thousand strong, tscortiug the orator OF the
gay, Hon George ID. Dallas, to Independence
SQUARE,
, 1861-09-18

A lady Of this city, (says the N. Z. Eyening
Rast,) writing last May to d young Russian no.
bleman residing at Moscow, used letter paper
and envelope which we're stamped witha beau
tdfu1 design Of the American flag. The follow
ing extract from bis reply shows how the
Stars aud Stripes are regarded in Russia:
"Moscow, Russia. July Il, 1861.
e. "We have had lately g. Jete cAanpe-
ire at one OF our country seats. In the evening
the parks were Illuminated and brilliant fire.
works were displayed, that even the night
might be made az Light as possible. Iepsak
to you of this festival that may prove to you
the high respect which We have for the Ame i
can fag-Jour flag. The fact is that the little
boats which formed regatta on the lake were
al ornamented with your flag, for the e1quls-
charming letter. The flag WAS greeted with
demonstrations OF reepect and delishtn
, 1861-09-18

The sk1rmls1, on the Upper Potomac.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 19-The names of the
Killed and wounded at Darnstown have not
Jet been received The first account of tue
Atfeir Was received by the american, from au
anonymous correspondence, and was printed
at too late an hour to obtain any vcridcation.
, 1861-09-18

And We have grand total of 279, 100
soldiers In the service OF the bogus Confed-
hall the Whole number, on the Potomac, and
the remainder scattered Ut different points in
Virgins, On the sea-coast and On the Missis
sippi River.
We think that the Hrald's estimate of the
border s1aVe States too low BY half Missouri
has in the field At least 10000 rebels, Ken.
tucky 10000, and Maryland 5000. Making
these additions aud the total il sos, 100, which
is doubtless nearer the truth
, 1861-09-18
From RAltuyfsnFA.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 1.-The Old Point boat
has arrived, but brings no news of interest.
Western Virginia caused great rejoicing here
amorg Union men,
, 1861-09-18
John 4 Logan Done with ColHpro-
m1R@s

The Crawford {111) Bulletin, speaking Of the
revolutionized sentiment In Egypt in tavor
the war, and particularly Of Col John a. Lo-
gan's regiment, says:
Lcgan declares that he and other compro-
misiug men in Congress met in secret con
clave, and determined to make a last effort.
They seat Adv to Richmond to ascertain II the
Conftderates would entertain, accept or Offer
any compromise. No compromise could be
agreed upon, they utterly refusing, exn though
otrn terms Logan debates their intention e. ii III Is
to fight, and calls upon all Democrats to rally
around the old dhg, and thwart them in their
dlabolical Efforts to destroy the Government
, 1861-09-18

Tie following eums were in the different
Repositories and branch ni1ta Of the United
States in the seeded States at the time those
States rebe1led, and were stolen from the
, 1861-09-18

MAINE ELEc11on,-The Portland Aduc.tiser
Of Fr.dsy hAs returns from 273 towns, which
show the following result:
, 1861-09-18

1he Force q Sazoas-1Ae Fb4t ss .RoNa-The
H<a!M q tAs Ragf1sest-l.esdeats q III Rat-
De- WsLoa's Gprksa,
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-23
KEEP THE MOUTH CLOSED.

The author sincerely believes that by keeping
the mouth and teeth shut person can sleep in
any malarious region, mingle in any out door
infection, almost with impunity. This is dis
covery OF such importance that its magnitude
can at present scarcely be apprehended. Had
it been practiced earlier, it would probably have
saved innumerable lives. The writer of this, al
though OF a weak and delicate constitution, some
years since went from the North 10 some of 'bc
most sckly portions of the South and West.
He slept on the banks of rivers and on the Dor.
ders OF swamps, by the sea and among the noun
tains-and while many of the old acclmated set.
tiers were dying around him, especially in Nor
folk, during the yellow fever, be enjoyed his
usual health-a fact which he attributes 10 TEN.
perance, and keeping his mouth closed.
This is the experience of several noted travel
ers-Catlin, Lewis, and Livingston. The Indian:
also understand this well. Taught by their moth.
ers in infancy. no one has ever vet beheld an In
dian sleeping with his mouth open, as is common
in civilized life.
Even the animal-natures's own followers-al
ways keep the mouth closed Observe any O
them. and see If you Can discover one with it.
mouth open in sleep.
1t was through the nostrils that the Creato
blew the breath of life" into the first man.
The principal seems TO be, that air, by passing
! through the delicate inner glands of the nose
becomes purfed-at it were. strained of its nox
ious properties and animalcule-and supplies th,
lungs with healthy food while, with the mouth
wide open, all these impurities go directly u
the lungs and work ont their deadly ends. tn,
remedy is simple-costs nothing. Mould it no
be worth while to try it:--Dr. IL ". Scott.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-23
JOHN BILL.
ANashville, Tenn, correspondent thus writes
of the fallen John Bell:

A Nashville, Tenn, correspondent thus writes
of the fallen John Bell:
His lot (hcre) is that of a complete political
isolation. He stands unrecOnciled to the pres
ent, and parted with the past. The leaders in
the false cause that brought about his fall had
no honor, no sympathy for him, while those
that once clung to his political fortunes have
grown Indifferent. and lose their trust in him.
And thus he lives an unenviable, Lonesome,
hopeless existence, embittered, beyond all doubt
by the consciousness Of having, by one false
step, inflicted a stain upon his record that OBJ
scures all glory Of his past, and can never be
fully wiped out.
To appreciate all this, it must be known that
John Bell, his public remuneration Of loyalty
to the Union to the contrary notwithstanding,
has neither heart nor hand IN the great South
ern rebellion. He goes with bis section. not
because he thinks il is right, but because il is
his section. He pronounces himself a rebel
however, not one from choice. He believes, or
at least expresses the opinion. that the war
| sutjugatiOn' undertaken by the North, is wrong,
but on the other hand, looses no opportunity in
declaring the Southern revolution unjusiihed.
Whenever he visits places Of public resort,
he takes occasion to denouDce the Jefferson
Davis dynasty in unmeasured terms His past
public services secure him immunity from the
consequence this ofiense would entail upon
any other person. but render him at the same
time unpopular among the thorough going
| rebels. The late cOn6scatiOn of some Of his
steamboat property has greatly irritated him
not sufficiently. however, to make him more
forbearing with the administration Of affairs a,
Richmond.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-23
Liquid STONE.

In the immediate vicinity of the Lunatic Asy.
IuIH at bioOming0ae, Is sulIdng evidently use0
as a mandatory, for during the day there as
cends from the smoke stack and steam tunnels
those unerring indications of the presence o. the
great motor. Within this establishment are 30
powerful machines employed in converting into
powder fragments of rock. These mills work
with great rapidity, and the noise arising from
their constant operations is almost deafening
The process is that of stamping crushing in
stead of grinding; twenty stampers of about
sixty pounds each, falling at the rate Of four
blows per second, crush and pulverize the masses
of rock. which are placed for the purpose upon
chilled iron anvils.
As fast as the rock is converted into powder it
falls into a trough below, and is thence collected
into common recepticle, whence it is conveyed
| to ''dgester," where singular transformation
takes place. 1t is here rendered soluble by
means of superheated steam and chemical alca-
line preparations, which converts the mass into
"hquor of flint" The metals which combine
with the rock of quartz are not affected by this
action, and$hay readily be separated, thus rem
dering the process invaluable when applied to
| rock containing the precious or useful metals
Were this the only service to which this inven.
ton could be applied it would still be useful, and
in many godbearing localities highly valuable
out Whie tnls was, Win the Inventor, tne pTiind'
ry intention, his search and experiments have
enabled him to produce material which is des
tined to take rank as one of the most useful that
the mind OF man has ever vet disclosed.
The liquor, after being drawn from the "di
gester," can be poured into moulds of any con-
ceivable form, and, the liquid stone crystallzng
can be converted into the hardest conglOmerate
making it invaluable for almost any purpose tt
which it may be desired to convert it. Not only
can coarse pavements be formed in this manner
but bricks can be made much cheaper and o
better quality than from clay by the present pro
cess
The invention is not confined to these use
even, for the finest marbles may be moulded a
will and made to assume any shape desirable
Paint made from it is incombustible, and vii
protect anything covered with it as perfect as
it were stone. A slight and inexpensive previ
Gus preparation of the wood of ships bottom
with one or two coats of the properly prepare'
flint, will make a petrifed surface, combining
with the woody fibre, as durable as copper, an
it will always keep free and clean. In fact, thi
new agent, or rather this new discovery fror
natures great labratory, is applicable to go man
purposes, that in this present infant state W
cannot conceive what NAV be done with it.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-23
1--WE DONE sMOKlNG.-

The following is from the Boston 1raselier.
Let those who smoke go and do likewise, and
the blessing will follow the deed.
Our friend delivered himself, thus, honestly
and In earnest As he empted his mouth o' his
.ast segar, our mouth became full-fuil Of bes
sing:
Blessed is the man himself He is more wise,
more cleany, more savOry, and more reasonable,
than when he went smoking and putting about
like locomotive.
Blessed is the mans wife. She is the happiest
woman for the four reasons mentioned IN the
last sentence, and for many more. She bad ho-
ped against hope for the las puff, but IL has
been made at last We seem 10 see her face
brighten, her step is more elastic; her voice is
.weeter, her welcome TO her husband, ~ he
| reaches home, is more cordial. She has our
hearty congratulations.
Blessed is the mans house. An unsavary
| spirit has gone out Of it. More easily can il be
kept neat and tidy. Old repellances will repulse
| no more.
Blessed is the mans apparel. A certain fra
GRANGE has left it; but not to the sorrow OF those
Oft in proximity with hin. His wardrobe ia mi
nus real annoyance, and plus the benediction
Of many friend.
| And blessed is the mans health. In the
smoke the fire he so long kept beneath his nos
tris he fed an insidious enemy. And his Who'll,
nervous and digestive system unite in the bene
diction We now indite.
And blessed in the mans pocket. A leak il
stopped. As much as before will flow in, snG
less flow out. We seem TO hear voice from
that quarter, there will be better days in thi
department of our masters domnions."
And blessed is the mans resolution. May
tower aloft, like granite pillar, above all th
smoke and fire that may sssail it, That puff
Be it the last And though the smokers vi
not JOIN, yet there be enough to unite in heart
Amen.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-23

DISCOVERY OF THE RUSS OF A ROUND Tow
KR IN FRANcE-The Archaeological Commission,
accompanied by NJ. Amedee TERRY, Senator,
went three days ago to visit some excavations
which had been made by a gentleman named
Galaire, near the Portsur Saone, department of
the Haute Saone, on the site which historians are
Of opinion was formerly occupied BY the Gallo Ro-
man town of Port, Portus Abueinus). At only a
few inches below the surface of the soil are the
ruins of a Gallo Roman habitation. Between
the remains of the walls, which are about feet
in hight, are fragments of pavenents in concrere,
mosaic, marble and brick, all of the ground floor
apartments. Fragments of pottery and earshen
ware, vases tiles, bricks used for stoves. frescoes
and household utensils, together with coins, arti.
cles of jewelry, &C., have been brought to light
and carefully preserved. Other excavations, at
. distance of between 200 an 500 yards, have
led to ruins Of other buildings.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-23

Coon NEws FOR CoHsUNPTIvEs.-n there il
any truth in the following statement, clipped from
the New York Evening Post, consumption may
be made less terrible scourge of humanity than
it has been in past times:
Recent experiments made BY the French ply.
sician, DR.. Curie. revealed very powerful new
remedy, q remarkable illustration Of the cardinal
principle of homeopathy. The plant called
''sundew," (drosera yotund.foi'o,) will develope
tubercles in the lungs Of cat, and cause otner
phtbical symptoms Of lymphatc degeneration in
the most marked degree, if administered steadily
for short period. At the same time regular
holic tincture Of the same plant will infslibly
cure tubercles in human patient If begun 10 the
earlier stages of pulmonary consumption. Cut
this out for your pocket book.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-23

TIE MErHoDIsrs AND THE WAR.-Right. Rev.
Bishop Ames, OF the Methodist Episcopal Church
in Indiana, lately advised his son, young man
of eighteen years. to enlist for the war, and he
expressed . determination to spend the winter
in camp himself. The conferences will soon be
over, when he will have few months release
from official duties, which be proposes thus to
devote to the moral and religious interests of the
soldiers. He is one of the most able and popu.
lar men Of the West and his spirit is largely
shared by the ministers with whom he is aseocia.
ted. At the last session of the Illinois Confer
ence, which embraces but q small portion of the
State, not less than ten clergymen received ap-
pointments - chaplains to the army, they hav.
ing already been chosen to gil that position BY
the proper authorities. The other Western Con.
ferences are also giving some Of their best men
to the work.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-10-23
The PREsrprxr oUr OF L,sE.-The "Specis

TIE PRESIDENT oUr OF LINE.-The Special
of the n. Y. World, is responsible for the fol-
lowing:
On the occasion of a review few days since
the President and Secretary Cameron had occa
sion to pass through one of the gates of Fort
Runyon. To avoid confusion the rule is to keet
to the right; 4; but the road was so blocked uE
that the Presidents coach tried to 60 through
the left gate. This the guard resisted, when h,
was told it was the Presidents carriage; but b,
shouted, THAT dodge has been tried before il
won't do this time" "Old Abe" thought it
good joke, and ordered his coachman to wa
and take his turn to the right, like common
folks.