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NAVAL OPERATIONS.

Acting Rear Admiral Lee reports the burning off New
In let Bar the evening of the 18th of October by the
Nausemond, Of the rebel propeller Douro She had for
c.ro, $50 bales of cotton 279 boxes and 20 terces of
tobscco. and a quantity of rosn aud ,urpentne. The
secopa and third mates two Of the crew, and
were made pisouers-the rest on board escaped. The
Duro is thought to be the vessel captured by the
Quaker City last spring, condemned sod taken to the
British provinces, anu thence to Nassau
The United States steamer Bermuda reports the cap
ture on the I'd Of October Elk miles from Matagorda,
Tarss If the English scho tlorrie. She was loaded
with medicines wines saddi,s, and assorted cargo.
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RAILROAD ACCIDENT AND NARROW EscAP
From The Nsw Haoea Journal of Mondqy


1t 0ud b. dlficuit describe mere complete reel
Of ia DAD mat than piled up in Jordan CIR -k
lhrte and hall miles hi, sid- o. New London Afte
ve&ug the il would BE- next i'm possible To Gu
y4c any that amid all this alass If orr ken I'm
bel person killed aid s-riously ipiurrd Th
place called creek, bu5 " is about four hundred lee
wlte, huuh quite shallow aud is CROSSED by spite bridge
hA track being about fifteen feet above water at loy
tide
The train left This city at 80 P. NJ on Saturday an
consisted II three loaded freight cars baggage an
Que passenger and according TO the time table,
have been uine o'clock when the accident
it little down grade and The train have been
ming AT coed rpe d. When ab ut fifty ards from the bldg
the engineer ate that walked from beside the
directly In font If he engine The locomotive threS
from tbs track but relied back under tue train.
portion OF the lhfown from the rails aud I'd
whole tram dashed TO tha bridge lies and tmbsl
Immeciaely displaced, aud the whole train with III
exception OF the engine aud tender precptated pei
NELL INTO he creek
The crash ed two neghbors, Inn Clark and Jas
Beckwith who at put in boats ard instrumA
tai IN saving life by extrcatng pa. and employ
from the water and ruins. 1t quite dark, aad N
excitement and confusion at course be er nag'n4
| Than describ There were but six pas ergers q
ira n one If whom a ltdy. OF thas- Gniy une MI
10 epa Bennett injured and the wounds not oil
suHs uatufe. Tiers tot entire seat left "a.
car 80 lar at we could see. II hes upsn is SIDE 10
water viii every Other thu train is bn tom q
wards. or nearly 80. Wan. J. Sherman, conduct r.,
cc ed come severe cuts about the head MIR hos IL
# Adams Express, was considerably bruised Hen
Sh ppard aud Patrick Kllough, Drskemen, iii AID
the former having DO b aux 80 spraned. KilJugh
Internally, and is II han the others. Iu the mo
iug they carried TO New ndun.
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MUTINY or GEORGIA MILITIA.

The report OF a mutiny in Bragg's army seems to
confirmed by the late intelligence. letter from Cha
poogs to tho Cinci unali Commercial says;
at was occasioned by the refusal Of the Georgia mil
to reman longer in active service. They represented
they had voluneertd only for the battle of Chck
to drive the Federal troops out OF their own State
that zone, unwilling TO be retained in the Conf
rate service Bragg refused tn grant them permi
return home, and they stacked arus wh-reupon vii
of LongstTeet's men we're ,rdersd into loe Even hi.
not lutlm date the va liant mihti, They were resol
aud not to be coerced in any such stys. Findin
vIrtu, in threats, Longstreets were ordered g.
upon the mutneers, and discharged several volley
them, With what effect have not been able to de6n
ascertain We have IT, the authority Of deserters
xty were killed and two hundred badly wounded"
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INDIAN TREATY

Senator RAMSEY late Governor Of Minnesota tele.
Rrsphs to the Government that he has effected sstsac
tory trea y with the Indians Of Pembna and Red Lake
on The Crest Red River Of the North The object Of the
treaty was to acq right either bank Of the river to
the ind that the trains OF traders from British America
might not be molested their journey to ST. Paul Min.
nesota. These trains sometimes number hun
dreds Of teams wooden carts drawn by Indian ponies
dogs They brig down furs from what the region
Of the Hudsons Bay Company, and carry back blankets
end such other articles OF merchandise needed
the region In question The Indians on the route fancy
that the country they inbAb given them by the Great
Spirit for the noble purpose Of hunting and fishing, aud
that, after the Of the Danes they have right
collect dues for transit This they have managed to do
some extent besides committing stterly few depreda
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A SPUR TO VOLUNTEERING.

The Washington correspondent OF the New York Even
ing Post says:
There talk here in military circles Of early repeal
ne on of the sections OF the coucrpton act by the
Conpre ss-that which provides for temporary exempt
BY the payment of three hundred dollars This will be
urged in December, and it is not improbable that
the next draft is made should the quotas not be made
by volunteering exemption by the payment OF money will
be impossible. Some persons here advocate new law
mon this subject which shall fix the price of exemption
at high Rue say high six hundred dollars OF even
fifteen hundred dollars, and still further providing that III
any given district the drafted persons who go into the
shall receive all the money raised in that district by
exemption purchase / sm told on coed authority that
h. dea rgnaed with Mr. Chase, ard that h urged it
upon me Government some time ago Let The man who
poes o the war the morey Of the who will not
20 Such law would provide that no poor man would
b. compelled TO leave family behind without means OF
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CAPTURES ON RED RIVER.

The Navy Department received the following despatch
y, stcrday morning:
MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON,
Flag. ship Black Hank, Cairo. Oct Ia, 1863.
Hon Secretary OF the Navy:
SIR: have the honor IT, report that the 7th instant
Acting Vounteec Lieut. James p. Coutbouy, having
cved information that rebel steamer was tied up to the
bank the Red River fitted out an expedition under
charge Of Acting Chief Engineer Thomas Doughty, with
twenty men, aud Mr. Hobbs, who crossed from the
Mississippi TO Red River, aud after great labor IN getting
through the augcmens OF the bushes and other UNDER
growth, Mr. ID party got gh 81 the steamer lyi' at
the bauk He captnred her few moments afterwards
he was enabled 10 capture another and found himself
In Possession of two and nine prisonersone OF
the prisoners an aid to the iebel Gen. Taylor.
HE rebel officer had been sent up pressy for the last
steamer the Fult ~ fac boat to ferry troops
across the Atchalsaya aud the other wis Of the few
boats the rebels couli get provisions from the seab ard
Mr. ID finding he could not get the steamers away, Get
fire and destroyed them This loss to the rebels
The capture viii deter Others from coming down the Red
River. ! he Fulton" was valued at $4,000
Yours, very respectfully.
DAVID X. PoRTRR, Rear Admiral.
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FROM NASHVILLE.

NASHVILLE, Ger. 81 -QaarLermaster Gen. Mejgs aud
staff arrived here this afternoon and reports that Major
Con- Grant assumes command of the Dep rtments of The
Cumberland and the Ohio to be called the Military Division
OF the mississippi Gen. Thomas, it is reported, Is to
command the Amy of the Cumberland Gen. Hooker is
at Stevenson, Alabama
The Hon. NJ Stanton, Secretary OF War arrived here
on sp, cal train. He is the guest of Judge Catron.
During an assembage Of citizens the st Louis Hotel
short speeches delivered by Gov Johnsoa and Gems
Grant aud Meigs.
The telegraph is working to Chattanooga
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TIE OHIO ELECTION.

The Republican nrnals still rejoicing the greS
of their party at the late election in O,lo and IL
addition to the ordinary statements showing TIE
activity displayed in procuring full vote, ani III
find in their columns rtters directed to the end The
latest of these contained in the New York Evesng Post
of Monday being private letter from Cleveland Obi,
which says:
THE result of election brought about mainly
by the interest and exeton of our business wh for
the first time at elections closed their places of business
ad not only to the polls aud voed but m.ny of thcm
yed there from the opening (hafpast M to tie
closing, giving one day h. their country"
Other letters previously published Ohio clearly
develop the unusual exerticns which made swell
the Republican to the bighett figure The following
are extracts from letters which appeared in the Cincu
matt papers about the tin If the election The 6rs, s
from the Commercial" aud the second from the Ga
zstte," both unwaverug and influential Republican JOUR
mails:
COLUMBUS (OHio,) OCTOBER D. 1863
Nearly two tho usand soldiers in the city tonight,
from Camp Chase receiving transportation u Their dier
mt countless 10 euabs them 20 vote on Tues lay next
They given ten days lurcuih aud are juoaut oyer
TIER visit home shouting Justify for Brough and the Union
III " are now hes egug q ster Burns fl" de-
terniGed not to allow he employ Is To eave ut each AID
all have their tickets
COLUMBUS como OCTOBER ~, 1863
Since the last Presidential contest there has hceU
election that aroused such interest at The capital the
one Ohio. In others there have beeo ges
tons important policy involved but IL this t. question
was above ali policy IL whether an add ard aeetor
of treason should BE- rewarded with the highest office OF
the State that the General Government ght be ebukei
for it's efforts sustain itself against treason There WIS
no doubt of the result but there the deepest anxsy
that the verdict should be overwhelming possible.
Accordingly, every Ohoan Washington /" no could pos
siby get away held 1t to be his duyto go b. me and vote
The law it considered gave nearly al OF them The
right of suffrage STILL Notwithstanding an absence that IN
some cases amounted three Yeas There were
NJ ar thousand Ohio soldiers hospitals IN aud about 1h
captaL an it was needfu that few should stay
that no vote Of OH solder failed t. reach the ballot
box Of the rest all who could. Leaves OF absence
were grated in the Departments, On condition thai ar
should be made, by working extra hours, to
keep 40 the BUSINESS and v rabe terms were mace WITH
the raroads for the round tip out aud back Penns
mana too were goipg home wherever they could aud so
by Wednesday or Thursdsy last some OF the Departments
began to seem comparatively depopulate Numbers more
started the early Friday trains aud lew were sun
in Frdav AFTERNOON who had delayed their departure
til the last moment from which they could make the trip
| i'll season.
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GEN. ROSECRANS

LOUISVILLE, OCT. 20.-Major Gen. Grant assumes
command of the armies Of the Cumberland and Ohio and
Kentucky, with penary powers He lett for Nashville this
morning to the direction Of ars at Chattanooga
Gen. Thomas takes command of Gen. Rc.secrans army
Rosecrans being ordered to Cincinnati. to report by letter
to the Adju,ant General at Washington Gems Garfield
aud Stedman arrived tonight
CINCINNATI Ger. 2l.-Msjor Gen. Ronecrans is ex-
pected to arrive here to morrow and a committee Of
citizens has been appointed to give him public reception
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FAILURE OF TIE TnREE.HuNpRED pouNpE,

lisa fact not generally known, and which should
mode rate little our transports the found per-
fecons Of our hitherto neae rifed guns, that the
tire hundred FOUNDER PARROTS have proved failure.
have doubtless noticed recent despatch stating
gun which fired Greek FIRE shells into Charleston
wss a tuohundreJ pouuder. Five of the Parrot riff d
three bundled FOUNDERS snt to Gen Gilmore. and
every Of them bursteda but ut the fret trial
OF course they could be fred the Dahlgren smooth
bores were long, with half charges Of POWDER bat the
Parrot guns have no need Of such subteruges Up to
two-hundred Founders they have proved success; 10
is too great for ca.tron barrel no matter heavily
reinforced with wroughtron band Washington Letter
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ORDERS AFFECTING THE MISSOURI ELECTION.
ST LOUIS, ocT 2l.--Gen. Scaofed has issued orders
for the government Of The November elect on p Missouri
judges OF election will be held scy responsible that
none excepting quailed voters will be allowed to vote and
any action their part excluding qualified va ers from the
polls will be punished as military offence
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FROM EoRTREs q NoNp M

FORTRESS MONROE Ocr 'lO-The ate ,msr New York
left here yesterday aerno IN for Ct p int in chsrpe Of
general dag o'ttucs office Major MnlorJ Only few
rebel Chapans were talea up The steamer expected
down again on Wednesdsy '
train Of left Norflk t.-s e.. Suffolk under
men bound to Richmond 'u' o''o """''''
On "wednesday ~ b, les of cotton, captured board
raa;n sa n on @ cold in PHILADELPHIA sat prices
e's w y " !" cents per pound
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MILITARY AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.

ST. LOUIS, Der 20-Gen Schofeld issued an order
relieving Gen Mcneil of the command of the district Of
Southwest Missouri and placing him ia command of the
District Of the Frontier vice Gen Blunt who is ordered
to report at Lsavenworh Gen Sanborn takes command
of Southwest Missouri and Gen Ewing of the District of
the Border extended embrace the entire State OF
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DIRECT EUROPEAN TRADE WITH THE WEsr.-Tbe
Detroit Tribune says tho ropect now Gathering for
se trade between Liverpool and Detroit Cleveland and
-. r Lake cities Ii learns from good authority that
s in Liverpool have it in contemplation to place twelve
,rteen Hrst-class vessels on this next
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THE WAR IN ARKANSAS

st LOUIS, Der. 20.-Litte Rock advices 10 the l4th
say that the rebel scattered in every direction,
and an extraordinary revival of Union sentiment taken
place among the people Over thousand men joined
the Federal army at Little Rock aud the people
ing in daily and taking the oath of allie glance
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FROM CHARJ,EsTON

NEW YORK. OCTOBER 21.-The steamer Fulton from
Port Royal and Stone Inlet with dates to the 18th, has
arrived She reports all quiet at Charleston ALSO that
the 10 she chased blockade runner nine hours but the
latter escaped IN the night. -
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Twenty.six of Morgans men escaped from camp Doug
las Chicago, Saturday night oy digging tuhoe from
ne of their barracks under the fence.
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TIE QUAKERs AND THE CoSscRIPT;oS.-The
whence Journal says that the Friends" VINO were d'
Rhode Island and sent to Fort Columbus have
paroed aud permitted to return home. BY the tern
the parole they are to the call OF the Govern
! whenever made.
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Major Gen sckes and portion of his staff returned
DO this eisy estedsy oruug from the front The General
rode through the city horseback, maintaining firm
seat a. ante the loss Of his leg.
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THE NATIONAL LOAN

PHILADELPHIA, Der 81 The subsc rim ,ion AGENT re-
ports the sale Of $32 100 of vetw- ties TO dsy BOMBS
are now delivered payment of .ubsc ripti,n Large
amounts are going abroad by each re. me r.
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A BLOCKADE RIrNNER

HALIFAX, Ocr' 2l-The blockade runner p. e. Lee
sailed during last night. She has a valuable. cargo of
blankets, clothing, &C. destined for Dixie"
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IN Fourth Congressional district Of Connecticut the
a. 900 has been paid by drafted for commu-
tatopL
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The Navy Department received the following despatch
y, sterday morning:
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Poverty Nos . Great curse.

II there IL any thing in the world that
young man should be more thankful for
than another, it is the poverty which ne
cessitates his starting 10 life under very
great dissdvaetages. Poverty is ono Of
the best tests Of human quality in exist
ence. A triumph over it 10 like gradua-
ting with honors from West Point it
demonstrates stuff and stsmina-it 10 .
certificate of worthy labor creditably per-
formed. A young man who cannot stand
the test is not worth anything. He can
never rise above drudge OF pauper. A
young man who cannot feel his will hard
en- as the yoke Of poverty presses upon
him, and his pluck rise with every difh-
Guilty poverty throws in his way, may rs
we'll retire into some corner and hide him
self. Poverty saves q thousand times
more than it ruins, for it only ruins those
who are not particularly worth saving,
while it saves multitudes of those whom
wealth would have ruined. II any young
man who reads this 10 30 unfortunate as
to be rich. l give him my pity. | pity
you. my rich young friend, because you
are in danger; you lack one stimulus to
effort and excellence. which your poor
companion possesses; you will be very
apt, if you have soft spot in your head,
to think yourself above him, and that sort
Of thing makes you mean and mi ures
you. With full pockets and full stom-
ach, and 6ne linen and broadcloth on
your back, your heart and soul plethoric,
in the race Of life you will find yourselves
surpassed by all the poor boys around you
before you know it.
| No, my boy, if you are poor, thank
God and take courage, for he Intends to
give you q chance to make something of
yourself. If you had plenty Of money,
ten chances to one it would spoil you for
all useful purposes, Do you lack educa-
ton? Have you been cut short in the
Textbook Remember that education,
like some other things, does not consist in
the multitude Of things man possesses.
What can you do That is the question
that settles the business for you. Do You
know your business? Do you know men
and how to deal with them? Has your
mind, by any means whatever, received
that discipline which gives to it action,
power and faculty? If SO, then you are
more of man, and thousand times bet.
ter educated than the fellow who gradu-
ates from college with his braint full Of
stuff that he cannot apply to the practical
business of life; stuff, the acquisition Of
which has been in no sense disciplinary
process as far as he is concerned. There
are very few men in this world less than
thirty years of age and unmarried, who
can afford to be rich. One of the great
est benefits to be reaped from great fnan.
cial disasters is the saving Of large crop
of young men.
TIMOTHY TIrcoMB.
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CoPPERHEAD CORRESPONDENTS The
Buchanan County Guardian reports that
Morgan Holmes, war correspondent Of
the independence Civilian, (Copperhead)
WAS arrested three times for desertion
and finally made his escape. So it goes.
The correspondents of the Muscatine
Courier and Independence Civilian illus
trated their doctrines by desertion; and
the war correspondent of the Nevada
democrat (Copperhead) was convicted in
the District Court Of this county for horse
stealing, and was sentenced by Judge
Gray to the penitentiary Comment is
unnecessary,-(Des Moines Register.
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WALL PAPER.-Received this
w stoet Of Wall Pzpxr, rev designs:
PH.nam's Pendulum Curtain Fixtures.
Jpdd's Curssin P 1tnr-s
Green Holland for Windows.
Bu Holland for wrdows.
C@rds, Iasseis &C
ap-d17 M. W. wEETCOTr,
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Nearly Two Million Slaves sent ipt.
Georgia ana Alabama.

A Washington correspondent writes
Gentlemen arrived here from Kentucky
report that eighteen hundred thousand
slaves have been run into Georgia and
Alabama alone from Kentucky, Tennes.
see, Louisiana and Mississippi, by redel
owners, to escape the Union troops.
"dreat distress was oecasioned by this
enormous influx of food consumers. and
80 scarce had subsistence become that
even corr bread was luxury and almost
the sole diet Of every class. Apprehen-
s'ons were entertained that general star.
vation would ensue the coming winter an
the supply of cors was lbs ufficient to feed
the increased number of consumers. and
The transport2tio ton Of food from districts
where it was abundant was impossible.
owing to the dilapidated condition of the
railroads."
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ing this most dangerous article. A. ! ny.
our prediction in our August = ~ .u:s
to be bitterly fulfilled. "oe' -
A merchant 10 . small vill,u. .on.
h''een mile. % from News TX, in dr.ipinc
pens. ..e in cellar placed his ligh. ON the
door at considerable distance from the
can containing it; in moment loud ex.
plosion was heard and the store was in
flames. The merchant vainly attempted
to reach the staircase and was burned to
death.
The FIRE on the 18th inst. in Mcclure 4
Wholesale dry goods store at Albany. vas
caused by gas from a leaking varnish c.sk
coming in contact with gas light. The
FIRE was most intensely fierce, and vaa
subdued with difficulty BY the persistent
efforts Of the FIRE Departments. This +
the second time this store has been on
ERE within year and half, aad from
the same cause ~ is believed.
A couple of weeks since . retail drur
stock at Fort Plain was severely damaged
BY fire from gas from bensins varnish
coming in eontsct With . light vlih
draining it. We have deSas non. @.
res OF like cause end yesnlt.
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When win the public learn the true
character Of this insidious stuff, with
which they have to do! When viii our
underwriters positively restrict il. ne or
sale By stringent conditions q their poll
cies Il i = duty they eve to them
selves and the public. aud should not b.
delayed an hour.-[N. Y. Insurance Mon
itOr
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NEW BOOKS.
The Book ofDaFsj
Campaign of 1ees and ies3-by schaik;
Mvstsrfes Of Life and Deass and Puturtty;
odas by Baroness Tsutphseus;
Ny Southern Friends-by Author OF Among the
Pines.
Children of the Abbey;
Gil Hlas;
ThAddeus OF warsaw
Don luiKotts;
Scottish Chiefs:
The Woman in white:
No Name;
Les Miserabiee, / Vol,
Packard Minor Surgery,
For saIisy w.wEsrCoTT.
sylG-d
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Por further PARTICULARS enquire At the above
named place, and be suhE yeu do not forget the
place.
Keckuk, September. 1853.
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GRAIN SACKS.
,o0ot wo bushel Extra Linen Sacks, ito srrtve,
VIII oetoldlow for Cash, at 81 ana SO Levsa by :"
septq0-d CONNARIRk SHvTu
IRON AND NAILS.

900tonsassorted Bar and Bundle Iron;
$40 kegs Nails;
a,..a.s''s anaiu stock OF Piow and Cast Steel
for sale low for Cash, BY - e''
sepf20-d GONNA plv = suvrr
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II. =. Ten EvcJts' .ACeneH.,
DEGULARLd LICENSED
Il EAL Els Il TIE,
AND
GENERAL INSURANCE


REAL KgTATg bought and sold for others, easi-
uess 0ousss D~ eihngs, Lots and Lands rentsd ~
otAsrs and kentscolisetsd. ass
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TIMOTHY TIrcoMB.