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The New York herald., 1862-09-15
THE REPORTS FROM BALTIMORE.
BAtrlMoRE sept 14. 1s.


Two railroad employees, who were taken prisoners by
jackson wllamsport have returned. They say he
ooK thorn with him the river and when his div.
sion had crossed Friday allowed them TO return.
There can, therefore, be doubt Of the fact that
Jackson is on the other eide Of the river.
The report that the rebels had made attack 90 the
Northern Central Railroad is unfounded.
There was cannonadng al Harper's Ferry all day yes.
teray ceasug at four O'Clock in the afternoon To re
sui, has not yet been learned
General Burnside passed through Frederick early
Saturday morning, and the whole army pushed
on after the enemy by every road, cross
ing the fields. The people turned out to welcome
Burnside with the widest enthusiasm, men, women and
children and when Mcclellan IN people blocked up
the streets sc that was dIncaA for him 70 reach BIS
The New York herald., 1862-09-15
THE LATEST FROM HARpER's FERRY.

fRKDERicK, sept, IL, ltok
gentleman who left Harpsr's Ferry yesterday (sat.
urday reports that Longsrec repused there In the
forenoon. Al this writing, A. N. Sunday ms odae
has been re-cped IN the direction Of arrtrs Ferry The
firing Is rapid and heavy. Our main column will come
up with the enemy, s thought, this Sunday after
noon, when q battle, II seems must take place The
forces engaged by troops yesterday we're those
ING the rebel retreat The mon are 10 fine spirits and
anxious 10 be led forward TO rid the haryanders, who
have treated Il en- so n OF all invaders.
The New York herald., 1862-09-15

Fx1uucx, Sept. 13-P N.
On our way hi,her this merning rom Urbanna, after
crossing the Monooacy Mcclellan and staff passed
General Summers corps who opened their ranks
eor that purpose The enthusiasm with which he was
received BY that veteran corps beyond DESCRIPTION
THE RKsns IHB NEWSPAPER ofFcs
Before the rebels left Frederick they sacked and de-
stroyed tho Union (frcdc ck hraminr) newspaper
Office The ladies' forced hide the American
flags about prevent the rebels from carry
ing them on
THE REASON TINE REBEIs IEFT FREDERICK
Ip the artillery duel yesterday, which lasted till
O'Clock between General Pcasanton and the guard
Of the rcbels had three horses killed and two wound
cd The rebels fearful OF being surrounded by infantry
fell back three miles beyond the mountains Middle
town, from which place they driven in the alter
noon. Our troops held the town during the night
FREDERICK, Sept IA. NJ
ACTIVITY OF HE rRoops-PEsssYLvAFIA sAFE.
There ia no probability that our troops will remain
inactive.
There is now no fear Of invasion Of Pennsylvania
The troops are in excellent spirits their reception by
the people Of the State.
The sick and wounded have paroled
CAVALRY FIGHT
Yesterday afternoon the Eighth Illinois cavalry Colonel
charged two rebel regiments Of cavalry
and three guns short distance above Middletown
the road to Hagerstown. We had three men wounded
and took forty prisoners This charge represented
having been splendid affair.
ANorHER CAVALRY cTAReE
Later the afternoon four squadrons Of the Second lnd
ana cavalry charged regiment Of cavalry supported
BY artillery the read leading from Middetown Har
pcr's Ferry 1t desperate affair We lost thirty
killed and wounded The loss Of the enemy In killed and
wounded during yesterday double that Of Our
cavalry pushed the enemys wagon trains yesterday
that they forced 70 burn half mile OF wagons TO
prevent them falling into our hands.
The New York herald., 1862-09-15
McCLELLAN'S STAFF.

WASHINGTON, Sept ~, 1852
AZ there many questions daily asked in regard )
McCleans stan, and as II is composed Of
OF the most distngu shcd officers Of the regular army
scna you complete list, which may be Of interest the
public
Chief OF staff ..... Brig General Randolph n Marcy.
Adn,taut General. Brig. General Seth Williams.
I,suertor General 7. .Coloue nclos b. Sackett.
chief Quar- terinaster.. Colonel Rufus lsgalls.
chief (ominissary Colotcl Henry r. Clark.
Medical hi, ector...... .Dr Jonathan LGttermau.
chief OF ordnance Lieutenant Horace Porter
Lieut. Co Edward JcR. Hudson.
,,doe 40 cnmp - ! Lieut., Cni Nelson r. Swectzcr.
Lieut.. C1l. Albert V. Coiburn.
Chief Typographical Engineer Vacant
Chief Engineer. .........,..' Nacmt'
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THE REPORTS FROM PHILADELPHIA.
PmLADELPnIA, Sept. IA, 1867
The special correspondent Of the Press, who route
direct from acClcans army, which he left las. night
tcegraphs briefly from Baltimore that his Is good
The rumor about tho repuise Of Burnside is false
The New York herald., 1862-09-15
DIR WESTMINSTER CORRESPONDENCE.

chief TopograrhicaI knglnser Iaclht
Chief Engineer. .....,.....'..', Facihc
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SAFETY OF PENNSYLvANIA's STATE CAP.
rT.I ~

HARRISBURG, Sept IL, 1so2
On receipt Of the news Of the occupation OF Frederick
by Burnside and the advance Of Mcclellan, the people
became wild with enthusiasm. The telegraph Offices
were bcscgcd with regard 10 the result, and great conn.,
dcnco felt here TO tie safety OF the State cap
tal.
Troops still arriving foot and by rail and being
forwarded.
The New York herald., 1862-09-15
THE REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON.

WELLINGTON, Sept. 14-hdnighh
That the fight has been progressing in the direction Of
Harpers Ferry beyond question Both on the Vh
ginia and Maryland sides Of the Potomac heavy firing
has been heard all day, with but brief interruptions
The reports audible two miles from the city. The
thus far received through private sources gives
promise OF beneficial results 70 Union cause has
accordingly elated the spirits Of all loyal men.
Mail communication with Frederick will be resumed
tomorrow
The New York herald., 1862-09-15
Interesting Details from Our Special
Correspondents at Frederick.
sTRENTH OF THE REBEL ARMY
SPEECH OF HOWELL COBB.
10, &c. As
THE REPORTS FROM HARRISBURG.

THE REPORTS FROM HARRISBURG.
HARRnrrRe, Sept. IA, 1862.
Heavy cannonadng heard this morning at Hanover,
Rreencastle and Chambersburg, proceeding apparently
HON action between McClelan's army and the rebels
General Reynolds has assumed command Of the army
>or the defence OF Pennsylvania.
Edward McPherson candidate for reelection Congress-
- the Sixteenth Congressional district s on the staff as
volunteer aid. de camp
fosSCRIPI, Afternoon.
The excitement has increased by the reported cannon.
Ading heard at Chambersburg and Greenoastle.
Military operations progressing finely
Regiments constantly being forwarded Troops are
Vs1ring IN foot and by rail from all directions.
The New York herald., 1862-09-15

HARnssuRc, Sept. II, 1662
IAsre wss battle to-day in Mddetown. Lopgstreet's
Division moving the Boonsboro road the direction
9WnAnsport with the Intention doubt Of recross-
- the Potomac at that point, wss engaged by the
Unio0hts Nothing onlcial has been received as head
@1arters Of the battle up 70 this hour (midnieht)
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-09
The Boot and shoe Business.

In our engrossing thoughts about cotton,
and ship-building, aud railroads, and various
manufacturing interests, we are apt to over
look the large space which such small articles
as the last and the Iapstone ill in the industr-
al pursuits of the country. The following,
clipped from an article on manufactures, in the
Providence Journal, shows, that If intellect
does not receive a sufficient share of attention
from the American people. the understanding
of our population is by no means neglected.
Under the head OF Boots and Shoes, the Jour
nal says: 90,
The manufacture of boots aud shoes en-
ploys larger number of operatives than any
other single branch of American industry.
In 1880 there were 1895 establishments
with a capital of nearly thirteen millions of
dollars engaged in making boots and shoes to
the value of S53,9 ,40S, and employing u, 305
male and 32,94S female hands. In 1860 there
were 1854 establishments in New England
alone, which employed capital only S2,516
less than that of the whole Union in 1850; aud
with 5000 male, and 24,S7S female operatives,
produced boots and shoes of S54, 761,077, or
eight hundred thousand dollars more than the
entire value of the business in 1850 in the
whole country. Massachusetts increased the
business 92.6 per cent and made boots and
shoes of the value of SAC, 40 POO, in 1860. Es-
sex county in Massachusetts made boots and
shoes Of the value of fourteen and half mil
lions of dollars; Worcester county nine and
one half millions, and Plymouth county nine
and one-quarter millions.
The largest production Of any ore town was
that of Philadelphia, S. 329 ,SS7; the next, that
of Lynn. Massachusetts, 81 s67 .299; the third,
Haverhill, S4,l30,500; the fourth, New York
City, SO 500 06S ~
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-09

AN OCCURRENCE IN HoRTIcULTURE.-The
writer OF this paragraph has pear tree in his
garden that has borne for the first time the
present season. At the time of bloom it was
~ feet high, lnow feet y its trunk Baths of
an inch diameter; its product IA pears, all
of which ripened. Curiosity to ascertain the
relative weight OF the tree itself, and of its
fruit, led to the pruning OF shoots from a
neighboring apple tree, Of the same number,
size and length constituted the trunk and
limbs OF the pear tree, thus to ascertain the
weight of the latter, which proved to be one
pound aud two ounces. The aggregate weight
of the fruit was three pounds and eight
ounces--ii little more than three times the
weight of the tree. This he considers AN en-
couragng sample Of the early prolific. G.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-09

SAcRrLEGE.-The Argus quotes the late
Senator Douglas words before the legislature
of Illinois,-sI will never acquiesce in any
warfare upon the constitutional rights or nsti-
tutions OF the South,"-to justify its own
sympathy for the rebels, and unwillingness to
see them crippled by an assault upon their
most vulnerable and yet most vital part. A
greater indignity was never offered to the
memory Of departed patriot and statesman.
Douglas ,oould not acquiesce in any warfare
upon the constitutional rights, or constitution
al institutions of any one, but he never was
the man to stutify himself or to attempt to
stultify others, by prating about the constitu-
tional rights of those who had spurDed the
constitution itself, and were trampling it in
the dust The idea that men in open, defiant,
murderous rebellion against the constitution,
are to receive its benefits as though they were
loyal, or to be allowed to claim its protection,
Is preposterous vagary, worthy to emanate
from the most insane ward in bedlam. What
rights the rebels had under the Constitution
they have forfeited by their crimes If dealt
with strictly according to law-the supreme
law. of the laad-they would swing from cross
beam, surrendering their lives as a just penal
ty for their transgressions; and yet we have
set ofpolitical wiseacres who pirate about the
constitutional rights of rebels, and of warfare
upon those rights by government whose au-
thorify they have defed-whose laws they
trampled under foot, and whose Constitution
they have labored to subvert. Constitutional
rights, indeed! Their only remaining Consti-
tutional right, the only one not long since for
feited, is their unquestioned right to halter,
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-09
DIED..

In this city Oct sth. of diptheria, Olivia NJ. only
daughter Of Joseph z. and Hannah Z. Rugg. aged
years month.
Eg-Funeral on Thursday to-day afternoon, at
O'Clock, at No. 1881 Congress street.
In his city Oct Sth Eta G., daughter of Levi w
and Ellen VI. Atwood, aged II months
FY-FuneraI this Thursday afternoon. as o'clk,
from No. Is Hanover street.
In Saco Sept 10th. Mrs. Mary Ham, aged 43 years
In Sacealappa. Sept 9th, Samuel Noith Esq.
respected merchant. aged about "A years.
At Camp Paapet. La. August Sd, Orrington Will
liams, Jr., Of West Bath. Co. b. 18th Me-, aged a.
In Philadelphia recently, l.. ID. Hanscom q private
In Co. ID, Y. s.. Engineers, aged - years. Mr.. III.
was born in Readfeld, Me.
Eastern papers copy.l
In Fernandina. Fla, August 9th. wilbert Ware,
Go. l. 9th Me-, of East orrington, aged 10. Also.
William Wilson, Co. l, 9th Ne, of Bangor aged
80 years
In watervie Sept 10Th. Irene. wife Of WIN. r.
knights, aged 81 years months. li
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-09
The Case wei Stated.

! Gen. Wadsworth, recently nominated for
Governor by the Republicans of New York,
prior to the rebellion was a Democrat, as was
Mr. Trenaine who is on the same ticket for
1t. Gov.-and at present he Is In the Army,
the Military Commander at Washington. A
few evenings since, ia response to a serenade
from his friends, he made brief speech from
which we make the following extract. We
commend it TO all candid men of the Democrat
ic party.
/ do not propose gentlemen, on this occa-
sion-it would be obviously improper in me, in
the position now occupy--to enter at large
into discussion OF the war or the policy Of
the Government Sufficient for us to know,
gentlemen, that the Government has given us
the most solemn and repeated assurances,
and that it is sustained in this by the public
sentiment OF the loyal people who gather to
the support, that the war shall be prosecuted
with the utmost military energy, and that all
means, agencies, and appliances of hon
orabe war shall be availed of to support it and
bring this trouble to an end 1t would have
been criminal folly, in the Governmental
would have been criminal folly, to have over
looked one great element of Southern society;
one element which may be and will be, accord
ing us we wish it, an element of weakness or
strength.
1t would have been criminal folly to have
overlooked and forgotten the fact that we are
fighting against an aristocracy-base and sell
fish. but still powerful arjstocracy--and it
would have been worse than folly. too. for
them to have supposed that thew could nut
dow. the rebellion and save the aristocracy.
Loud applause.l year and half of bitter
experience has proved TO us that we cannot do
that. that we shall fail in that purpose-fal iy-
nobly. We have moistened hundred battle
fields with the blood OF our sons: we are sur
rounded by hospitals full of sick and suffering
and wounded aud diving men Almost every
household of the North is full of groans. weep
ing for some beloved member who has gone
forth to return no more-and what have we
gained?
Is it enough that we are safe on this side of
the Potomac? lCries of mo. no. it's not.'l
Are we repaid ior all our sacrifices by this
consolation | think not That's SOIL And
what. gentlemen has this powerful aristocracy
done for us that it is entitled to our sympathy?
What has it done for this Government but to
use il for its own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: failing In
that. TO rise up against it and attempt to over
throw it?
have never gentlemen. previous to the out
break of this rebellion, failed. on any public
and proper occasion. to declare my earnest de-
votion to the Constitution of the U united States
tapplause) and nv desire to uphold it with
what are called the COMPROMISES and conces-
sions ia behalf of slavery. But. gentlemen, Sc
cession ind war -bloody and relentless war -
has changed our relations to that which is the
cause and source of the war. (Cries OF That's
so,' and loud applause.l We have right; we
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-09


IL Those patriotic gentlemen who have
been expecting revolt in the army OCCASION
ed by the emancipation proclamation, will not
be able to declare dividend on their new po-
litical stock at present In their minds they
saw Mcclellan refusing to fight under the new
order OF things, and the whole army, attached
TO him by devotion akin to that which ex-
listed on the part of the French soldiers for the
first Napoleon, refusing to be turned over to
new commander who would act in harmony
with the proclamation. But the wind is taken
from their sails. Gen. Mcclellan lays down
the fat-footed doctrine that soldiers are not
the men to determine the policy of the war;
but to obey orders, and that the orders of the
President are to be carried out in good faith
We commend to our contemporaries of the
carping, fault-inding press, who claim
to be the special friends Of the Commanding
General, the following extract: "
Discussion by officers and soldiers concern
ing the public measures determined upon and
declared by the government, when carried at
all beyond the ordinary temperate and respect
ful expression of opinion, tends greatly to inn
pair and destroy the discipline and efficiency
OF the troops, by substituting the spirit of po-
litical faction for that firm, steady and earnest
support OF the authority of the government.
which is the highest duty of the American
soldier H
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-09

sy-Col, Wildes, who resigned command of
Maine regiment because he was ordered in
to active service before he had time to prepare
himself therefor, has been re-commissioncd
for the same regiment. We think Col. Wildes
showed his good sense in declining TO do what
he was untitled for at the fine; and If others,
not half SO well qualified AS he, had done the
same, thousands of brave men would have
been living to-day who were sacrificed by ig-
norant officers, too vain Of their honors, and
too proud to give place to their betters.-
lSewburyport Herald.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-09
From our Regular Correspondent.
Letter from the state Capital.

AUGUSTA, Oct. 5, 1852
Th following appointments in the l2tn Reg
iment have been made since my last.
Co. B-Horace Eastman, Loves, Captain.
Co. samuel +. Thompson, Bangor, Capt.
VIM. b. Skiliin, n. Yarmouth, LIST Lieut.; aud
Charles II. Boswell, Bangor, I'd Lieut..
Co. E-Hanilton 5. Lowell, Windham, lst
Lient.; Marcellus l.. Stearns, Lowell. I'd Lieut..
Co. K-James S. Cleaves, Calais, Capt. I;
Stephen NJ. Eaton, Gorham, LIST Lieut.; Royal
A. Bray, "a Lieut. SKIRMIsHER.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-09

Jhe HalWay Line oil American steamers.
Certain parties in Ireland connected with
the Railway lines that cross that Island. have
for some years endeavored to establish line of
transatlantic steamers to run from Galway
Bay on the west coast oil ireland, but thus far
without much success.
Immediately alter the capture of Mason and
Sdell, Great Britain was compelled to send
most Of the troops with which she undertook
to reinforce Claada, across the eastern prov
inces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, the
St Lawrence being then closed to navigation.
Oar neighbors of the Provinces have for
years, it is well known, had project of con-
Meeting New Brunswick and Nova Scotia with
Canada by railway; but the length of the
line, and the limited amount of business, have
been formidable obstacles to its success. Our
''blue noser friends with little of "the Sam
Slick abont them, have awaited themselves of
this last military scare" of Father Bull, to
revive the project of a railway connection -
and coupling this military necessity" with the
Irish influence Of the Galway line, hope to get
the rich old gentleman to open his purse to
one more colonial call upon the Imperial treas
ury.
Earl Grey's proposition, made about two
years since, was that Canada was TO bear four
tweltths, New Brunswick five-tweliths, and
Nova Scotia three-tweliths of the cost Cana
da has population of little over 100000,
and her government is liable for about three
million pounds for railways, which will be
al,o,, f,r inba
New Brunswick has population of 100000
and her government has incurred railway
debt Of e1,l7l ,351, which will be trife over
"a lis. per head; and Nova Scotia has $780,
S57 inhabitants, and the government liability
for railways, including the branch line from
Halifax to Windsor, is in round numbers 1,e-
100000, which will be little over e3 per head
According to Mr.. Lights figures the length of
the road by the river route, from Truro to Ri
Were du Loup, is $50 miles, but by Douglas
Valley it is only 400 miles. Adding to the
above distance the IS miles already construct
ed from Halifax to Truro and the ITO miles
from Quebec TO Riviere du Loup, we have the
whole length of the road, by Mr.. LIS route,
as 697 miles, and by the Douglas Valley as GA
miles.
Ada .,a 100 ro;,as cron onaha, :. Mo.,...
coo ,,,;,,. - -.
-. 49,, G. la, ~ ..,.-..
-. ~. pr,,;.,, r,a,,;,...s ), 90. ~ 5;a.a
between Montreal and Portland.
Tho g. John co,r;er s,.,as Tho. NON.
nronos;,;on IN relation n tho c.,w.v liz. has
lately heen made ~ w;t. Tho, Tho runar;,,
c.orern,.nt h.s s;oo;ead e. ,,;,,;,,nrs. :,
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-09
Cassins VI. Clay In New York.
Offer Of Ten Thousand Cavalry.
NEW YORK, Oct. 8.
Rebels Retreating.

NEW YORK, Oct. 8.
There was a tremendous gathering last even
ing at Brooklyn Academy OF Music, to listen
to Cassus NJ. Clay. Mr.. Clay spoke for two
hours, stirring up his audience to pitch of
rapturous enthusiasm. r- II
dispatch TO the Herald says that recent
reconnoisances reveal the fact that Gen. Lee
is rapidly falling back on Richmond.
Parties from the Pacific coast are here inn
portuning the Government TO accept the SER
vices of 10000 cavalry.
On Monday afternoon Capt. Buck of the
British Steamar Despatch, was arrested by tine
United States Marshal on two warrants, one
from the U. S. Marshal, aud the other, a war
rant ON attachment from Judge Belts Tor the
sum of $4,000. On
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-09
MARRIED.

In Plymouth Oct 3D.. n r. Burgess of Portland, to
Miss Lydia J. Robbins OF =.
In Gardiner sept 9th, by SamI d. Clay, Mansfield
Halioweil.
III Manchester Sept 2rh. Joseph Gordon TO Miss
Mary Z. Murdoch, both of Winthrop.
In Machias Sept 27th, John w. Hoar to Mis-. Mary
A. Mclaughlin, both of NJ.
In Eastport Sept 20th Capt. Thcophilus Crosby to
Miss Mary n. Spencer, both of 4.
In Stockton Sept 10th. Charles C.. Park, of Sears
port, TO Miss Annie +. Segar of Stockton.
In Belfast Sept 18th. Ezra Young, Jr., of Frank
fort, to Miss Susan E. Walker. of Camden.
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-09
II The Philadelphia Press makes use Of

u The Philadelphia Press makes use of
the following significant language :-"The ar
mics of the republic are marshaling for the
last time in the history of the great rebellion.
main to the end Of the war. Soon an advance
will be made very generally, in every direc-
ton, and BY every corps OF the army. The
day has been fixed, the leaders have been
chosen aud assigned to their position, and the
necessary orders have been written"
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-09

CARD.-The undersigned in behalf of the sick
soldiers in the Hospital at Camp abraham Lincoln,
would take this opportunity to heartily thank the
ladies of Portland and vicinity for their kind aten-
tons, and for the liberal supplies furnished by them
for the of the Brigade Hospital. May they all
live to peace established throughout our entire
and beloved country.
WILLIAM Ii. TRUE. Acting Surgeon,
Twenty-ffth Maine Regiment
The Portland daily press., 1862-10-09

COOP SPRING BED has become an almost indis-
pensable article not only of comfort and necessity
with every family. while the united testimony of
Physicians has placed their healthfulness beyond
question.
No invalid should be without one.
As an evidence of che superiority of
CoREY's "PREBLE" SPRING BED
over all Others the fact that the demand for this
Spring Bed is quadruple that of any other kind.
October l. 1852. If ai