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Aotps-sulphuric, per csrboy, 3 %; citrlc,
per pound, es 10 toc, oxalic per pound
~ tarisric, powdered, per pound, 81.
QuistNE-t. 4 w, ess, II T.. a W. cans,
q, II. Son oIs, 20, u. 3 Sons. cans, ~.
oiis-Bergamot, eandetsun's per pound,
= ~, lemon, sandcrSon's, 10, pcppcrmin
5m, wlnterytocn,s "; olive, Malaga, 2A
s.Op.
soArs,-castile, moitled, per pound, : "a
loci CASTLE, white, Il TO IS
MlhvELliANEous - Ammonia, carb, per
pound, LOO alum, 3 TO 8; arrow root, her.
lnuua, ~, balsain copaiba, g.; botax, ~.
nned, 10 to ~, calomel, AN, IS; castor oil
per gallon, l ~ 10 W; cas-la buds, rel
ponnd' 10 TO III cream tartar, puie, per
puun1, w corrosive sublinate, per pound
70; cnlorViorni, per pound, 10; extract log
wy0d, bulk, per pound, ~ to iii siycerine,
pulk, per pound, ~ 10 IS, iodine, result,
,imated, per pound. 4 ~, leaves bachu
short per pound, IS. leaves SIENNA,
Aieh, per pound, ~; morphia, sulph, per
~, avsi spirits Nitro, sweet, per pound, Isl.
strychaia, crystals, leD, taploca. priI
pound u wax, white. per pound, soto o..
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GRAIN AND BREADsrUFFs.

wHEAr-GS TO 20.
RYE-kansas, SOC.
CoRS-ln ear, 2oc.
OATS In bulk, 10 10 isci from store, . 10
70 higher
RAs-Per swt-At MILLS, IS 10 esc.
CoRSMkAIs--Fineb oited, q 100 10, I2e
HoMtSY and GRfrs-s.OO n barrei,
FksD.-Chopped corn, IvJ 3, 4 10;
chopped corn and oats, y loo lbs, Los, corn
iran, n 10 -, ysc.
GRAHAM FLoue ~ 100 NJ, 2.25.
HAr-Prairie. 0.75 10 100 = ton.
ELOuR-FtRsT Patent 400 ost5. Sec.
ond Patent 50 10 2 IS; Extra Fancy, 4 u
70 e.se; Fancy, aW.to 2.wi low grade, LIS
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LouisyiLLE OAK SOLE LEAruER--N
heavy, nee OF brands, SIC n; \ medium,
SIC n; A medium, Que hraud, SO 10; Rsiti-
more crop, SIC; Keystone oak sole, Ssss'Sc
buFfALo SLAuATER-Primo, 10 70 ~ 10
sides, NC u; good, 10 " % ID sides, nc 10
sYnnter, II to hte sides, 9io per 10; q. D.,
Na'amoras YSc ID; No, | oak harness lea
y TO Soc n: No 2oak harness leo. Sn IN SIc
w No. hem harness lea. voc 10; No, 2 hem
harness lea, 2E To; No | hem skirting
YEA, sic 70; No. hem skirting lea, 81 to SO
10. NV " Wv ="
~ rhlLADeLPMIA CALF--Extra QUALIFY
Sto 20 los 90 dozen, 10 10: ~ 10 4S ~, II
uozen, 10 M tito 10 RS to dozen, |. OS; 50 10
heth "'AN'"Npi
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"liChET, SIR
A POPULAR CONDUCTOR SAYS

I CONSIDER 1T MY DUTY 70 I'M.
a part some very valuable informa-
uon TO my friends and acquaintan-
ces, MS many of them know the nm
pleasant condition under which | have
iabored in performing my duties az
conductor OF the Georgia Central rail-
road.
Some months ago l became afflicted
with severe attack of rheumatism.
IL Increased In vio!encc until | conld
no longer get in and out OF the cars
without assistanee.
while thus suffering all the agonies
OF this dread disease, and ready To
abauson my position through sheer
necessity, u waa induced 10 try r, n.
B. THE EFFECT WAS TRULY
MAGICAL, had no idea that a med
lclne could produce such an effect I'm AZ
short Zine. | experienced wonder
iui chhnge before using half a bottle.
After taking only four bottles / And
myself to-day - well man. This splen.
did MEDICINE effected "a cure no loss
wonderful In the caseof my wife. who
was slso terribly AFFLICTED with rheama-
tism.
take mach pleasure In recommend
ing II. Is. x. 60 my friends M FIR ST
GLASS. ] rGse- TO l:r. Y. Ecbmit,
ageot {. II H., Atlanta, ana 10 G. Il.
x, SCENT, Macon, sud Dr. Rapo, A.
ianU. 1T 9oopN Az,
9m duGtSr Central Railraad.
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LuMBEa AND BUILDING MATERIAL

LvAskR-- Rough lumber, i5.ol; X native
Tive roorlog - o.: y native sidsug, ii %.
= ro0sh ceiling 1880
ShtSGlEs-- Boss, cypress, 4 50: y. h. ey-
press, Vli No, I cypress, 3 IS; native pine
aearts. Z. 20; native sap. as
d'arc l5o ~e's
l.>rHs--fer l,O,a, 500
belck--hallas brick, 5 Sapor 1900.
tLAsrEE PARIS New York, a %; Mich.
gan, 4 So per barrel
y per barrel
STONE tLUEs-- About soc per foot.
DRAIN PtrE-- From Ice per foot, md
hlNher Accounting 10 slEn
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lTho quotations siven below refer 10 aras.
Bssv.s.. .s % 81 IIyw.ns weight
Sowss:lHYc y 10, mich csws. com.
snner.P Prime, l,Ssoc.
0AosNese on the markst.
s :sD,s sss ss 49,; !. :: :ss y"
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1855; December, As January ,46ls.
Coffee-Spot, fair; Ro opiet. Si.2. an
lions dun; sales, TO- zoo bags; September,
no TO as; October, s.75; November, 8 50;
December, 6ss ~
sugar quiet; cutlosf and crushed, TI-1to
'Ssi powcereSi lie to- IA; grsnulRtcd, Z.
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ERNIr AND pnrIrRN

NNioSs-St. Louis, 500 per barrel
CABBAGE--ln crates, $50
NHiCKENs-Hcus, 3 ~, spring. an
EGGS loo per dozen
BurrkR-Best grade northern, 28o; hes,
nnliss County, II t2,c; other Texas oounty
butter, l2c according TO quality.
RMELoNs--7ho.e i .O0 per dozen
per bhl Wv
LEaoNs--A per box
o iANGEs ID par bax.
SWEET PorAToss -l.2S.
IRISH PorAToEs--Texas, 85c; Northern,
Toe per bushel
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soSEy, sToUKs AND BONDS

FEW YORK, Sept 2s--Money on call
AZ ~ per cent, closlns ~; prime mer-
camille paper, 4nb; foreign cxohpnps
active, and have advanced to 1881 for 10
ds and 4S5ss4 for demand
StocSs and Bond, closed IA follows;
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WOOL, HINES AND pELTRIEs.
,Wooir-Me Mexican, free of burrs, nominal.
Mexican improved, l0c; medium rs TO lSc f.,
me wool, according 10 dirt and condition
II 70 nc bury, 2to 70 per pound less ac.
HIpEs-Pcime plump tilnts, 20 pounds
and up, l2c per pound: seconds, plunp
UNITS, ~ pounds and up, loo per pound;
prime light and kips, ll5Ic per pound; bulls
ana staes,7 10 Sc per pousd; dry sailed,
va acoorltng to cend,tton; green sailed, 0
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FREtauTs

The rates OF freight on cotton tper ba,o
fralin DALLAS are as follows.
10 Houst0n, ~; Ga veslon, ts.6e, New
Orleans MA; ". Loais, tA16.
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.!Jsrssy,l Jss I JsIsey,,l at e,
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EXPORTS AND sVOCKs.
Exports from all United Stsies ncr.s ,h,,
lar this week: Great Britain, l7,0,6; Frnnce.
-: Continent, 2,26j StocF vt an Initial
states ports: This day, 227 SSB; This dsv
last year, 2Ol ,g75. ""S
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COTTON.

Kidding ....-....--.''
Good Mlddling ........'.' -
RFprtPra ~
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~ RemIt b POsTAL MOTT, Bxpteea
Money Order, New York Mechanic ~
Letters with Currency invariably sy m.
I've pay Impress charges on iii suns q
ASsahssss' -. A. PAuRH11g.
;i; y! |! 80 i:;!;::I & :;
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Tory-, ,,ia,.' -. -,..ss,.... . 600
or nosE; Ciofed-New York, steady: NSg
erpooi, steady fair demand, law
COTTON sr@CGMENr
PORTS This This This j,Ssi-
Day. Week Season Season
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Application FOR rates to club. sbcSia ~
made only 10 the once OF Com pany in
New Orleans. For further inforinntIon.
write clearly, giving "a II address.
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70 TIL 10 LADIEss,-S. DirRANzA
Louis Mo-, Wholesale and retail dealers In human
VI the adles 70 their complete stock Of hair
vomprtsine full limo of Switches Wig, BAudoa ~
LsnYsry 'front.' and either straight OF curly eack q
msnla, she'll seuba, ets, Curling Irons and 0olden
ere are yroinpuy aM.ndsd 10. ,ots offered ~ Tie
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-29
Mrs. Garfieids Fortune.

The recent reports concerning Mrs.
Gariield's endowment of the Garfield
Hospital, and other gossip about
the widow of the martyr President,
have created some curiosity about
the lady's financial condition. An
intimate friend of Mrs. Garfield, re-
siding in this city, gives the follow.
ing description of her estate; The
subscription raised through the in
strumentality of Cyrus w. Field
aggregated, when invested in Gov
ernment bonds. about $4,000.
Gen. Gariield's life was insured for
$4,000, the payment of which the
companies, for the sake of the ex-
tensiye advertisement it would give
them, if for no other purpose,
promptly made. Congress also vot-
ed her the remnant of the salary
which would have been due Gen.
Garfield for the first year OF services
as President which amounted to
$4,000. The little estate which
Garfield left aggregates some $4,000.
This was all be had bee able to ac-
cumulate after life of unusual ac-
tivity. This makes her total estate.
in round numbers. about s450, 900
in money well invested. From this
an income of probably $4,000 is
derived. In addition to that she
has from Congress an annual pen
sion of 5000, which is now voted
to the widows Of ALI ex-Presidents.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-29
CAUSE on TIE TRouBLE.
Floods In the West.

DENNIsoN, Tex, April 23.-A spe-
cial from Mexia, Tex, says prairie
Grove reighborhood, eight miles
south of Mexia, was visited about 2
O'Clock yesterday afternoon by Sc
we're cyclone, causing serious results
in life and property. A two story
school house, in which were about
fifty children, was blown down and
torn to pieces, killing one and
wounding several other children.
Larkin Gentry's house some distance
from the village, is also reported de-
molished and himself, wife and chill
dren killed. A number OF other
houses were badly damaged and
more casualties are expected
to be reported, as the count
ry through which the storm passed
is thickly settled.
4 family of emigrants encamped
on the river bottom was suddenly
surrounded by water last night and
sought safety in the trees. The,
were rescued to-day.
AT GAINESVILLE, the Pecan creek rose
so rapidly that people living along
the banks were unable to escape un-
til their houses were surrounded by
water, and many houses were over
thrown and washed down the stream
Many persons had taken refuge in
trees, and the air was filled with
shrieks of women and children.
Mothers with babes in their arms
remained clinging to limbs of trees
for hours until rescued, almost dead
When day broke the banks COR
great distance were strewn with de-
bris of all descriptions. The scene
on Elm Creek, west of the city. was
equally distressing. Several fami-
lies had been caught by the water
and were lodged in trees, in danger
of being drowned.
Rats and boats were launched,
bat were broken to pieces or sunk
by the current In one instance a
negro succeeded in getting woman
and her two children into a boat,
when it upset and the frantic moth
er saw her children sink to rise no
more. After six hours labor the
rescuers succeered in saving the ma
jority OF the srderers. IL is impos-
sible to estimate the damage done to
The water is two fet high
er than it was y yeare ago, when
there was a food which caused
great loss of life and property. All
the bridges in the city were washed
away and the east portion of the
town was entirely cut off from the
business section. The rain contin-
ued all day yesterday and the rivers
have risen rapidly.
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Unprecedented Floods in Kansas,

ST. LOUIS, April 23.-Dispatches
from Southeastern Kansas report
the heaviest rainfall since Tuesday
that has ever been known in that
part of the State. Over twelve inch
es of water is said to have fallen.
All the level country is submerged
and is vast sheet of water Traffic
on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Railroad for many miles each way
from Parsons is suspended, and a
passenger train which left Parsons
Yesterday on the Fort Scott
and Gulf road was wrecked not far
from town.
A large number of hogs and cattle
in the stockyards on the Labette
river, one mile from Parsons, were
drowned, and it is said hundreds,
perhaps thousands, of animals have
been drowned in the surrounding
country. The streams rose so rap
idly and the water poured down in
such torrents that little, if anything
could be done in the way of rescuing
live stock or securing other kinds of
property. Fields are devastated in
all directions and great destruction
of crops and movable property has
occurred.
A negroes settlemnt, near Parsons,
was inundated and many ofthe peo-
pie were rescued only after great diff
ficulty and hard labor with impro-
vised boats and other means. The
Marmaton river, which runs near
Fort Scott, overfiowed its banks with
rush and submerged settlement
of from six to eight hundred popula-
ton, known as North Fort Scott. the
water standing in many of the hous-
es from three to tiye feet deep. All
the. people were rescued, however.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad track
is badly washed out both ways from
Fort Scott and no trains have NOV
ed since Tuesday.
A freight train on the Wichita
road went through a bridge at Clear
Water, and Frank McDaniels, the
engineer, was drowned. The fire.
man and brakeman went down with
the train, but they caught in q tree
and were rescued. Great damage
was done at Kingman to business
property in the town and 10 lives
are supposed lost.
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A Fatal Waterspout.

KINGMAN, Kas., April 21.-A dis
astrous flood occurred this morning
in the Ninnescah river, which is sup
posed TO have been the result of q
waterspout. About 3 o'clock the
river began to rise at 2 tremendous
rate. But little attention was paid
to ii, as the preceding night had been
,one OF heavy rains. The river rose
eye feet in 80 minutes and in lit
It's tims vas out of the banks, but
still the people did not feel any par
ticular danger. thinking the waters
could not rise much more but on
it came, and soon small outbuila-
iags and sheds began to move, and
almost instantly the whole of South
Main street vas under a rush of
water, which tore houses from their
foundations and sent them drifting
across the street and on their way
down the wild and turbulent rivre
with families still in them scream
ing for help.
The food soon reached the floor
of the bridge, which caused the va
ter to pour into the Riverside Hotel.
The inmates fied across to :he north
side. Fifteen dwellings we're swept
into the current with men women
and children in them and st the
mercy of the waters. The number
drowned is unknown. though four
women and one man are known to
have been drowned, besides certain
ly several children. At three p. m.
the water began 20 receded, and a
meeting of citizens vas called to
look after the destitute living, and
the bodies of the dead.
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Cure for Piles.

Piles are frequently preceded by
a sense of weight 10 the back, loins
and lower part ofthe abdomen, caus-
ing the patient to suppose he has
some affection of the kidneys or
neighboring organs. At times,
symptoms Of indigestion are present,
as fiatulency, uneasiness of fthe stom-
ach, ect. A moisture, like perspira-
ton, producing a very disagreeable
itching, after getting warm, is COM
mon attendant. Blind, Bleeding and
Itching Piles yield at once to the ap-
plication of DR.. Bosanko's Pile Rem
edy, which acts directly upon the
parts affected absorbing the Tumors,
allaying the intense itching, and eff
fecting permanent cure. Price 90
cents. Address, The DIR. Bosanko
Medicine Co., Piqua, 0. Sold by
C. N. BOYD, Druggist, Somerset,
Pa. dec3-1y.
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IT will cost the State about half a
million dollars to defray the expen-
ses of the Legislature now in ses-
sion. At least one-half this enor-
nous sum could have been saved
the people, if their representatives
had given even half a days work
for a full days pay. How not to
do it, has become fine art at Har-
risburg. Legislators do not devote
one-half their time to their duties,
and when they are in session, the
brief hours of ostensible work are
frittered away with buncombe
speeches and personal wrangle. No
sessions are held on Mondays or
Saturdays, and it is the merest sub
terfuge to call the meetings on Mon
day evenings and Friday mornings,
business sessions. Five or six hours
three days of each week, is what
passes current for a weeks work.
Meanwhile, the pay at ten dollars
per day, goes on with the certainty
of fate. What farmer, or mechanic
or other employer of labor would
for moment think of paying full
daily wages TO hired hand, who
worked for him but three days out
of the seven? And what are these
Legislators" but hired hands of the
people? Do prudent business men
hire loafers, who do not even make
pretense to render an equivalent
for their pay? On Friday last, even
the miserable pretext OF a session
was negatived by the fact that q
quorum was not present in the
House, and, consequently, it was
compelled to adjourn. and waste
another day. Custom has appar-
emily sanctioned this waste of pub
lie treasure, under the pretext
OF discharging public duty, and
members have escaped individual re-
sponsibiiity under the plea, that
the majority, not they, were the sim
ners: but this thing cannot go on
forever, and the day of reckcaing
will come ere lohg, mid a whirlwind
of public indignation. The Repub-
Iicans are in large majority in the
Legislature. and consequently are
responsible for its follies, its short.
comings, and its waste. and We but
perform a duty we owe our party.
when We thus publicly arraign it
for its misdemeanors. Gentlemen
of the Legislature, be warned! Your
rseard, with extravaganza and waste,
idieGsss and folly bIurring its every
page, will cot stand public inspec-
ton. II you sss capable of better
things, you have & mouth left in
which to prove it. Let your aeiions
speak louder than your words.
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Declaration of War Thoughtto be
Inevitable.

LONDON, April 26.-The Russian
ambassador, Baron de Staal, and
Earl Granville had conference yes
terday which is said to have left both
in an irritable mood. 1t is now be-
lieved that war is inevitable. Dis
patches from st. Petersburg state
that the cZar sanctions toe raising of
Turcoman militia by General koma-
rolf. A general increase in regimen
tai officers in the Russian army has
been ordered. The Spectator thinks
that the persistence with which the
Russian papers ere urging the seizure
of Herat is inspired for the purpose
of preparing the Russian mind tor
the event, and that the Car has all.
ready ordered such action.
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RUSSIA isevidently bent upon war,
is insolent, defiant, and aggressive
towards England, and refuses fur
ther explanation of the attack OF
General Kornaroff on the Afgbans,
while at the same time she rewards
with medals and official thanks her
soldiers engaged in that battle.
Meanwhile, England while persis-
family demanding the explanation
due her, is energetically pushing
forward her preparations with dog
eed determination, and parliament
has unanimously voted s55, 100000
for carrying on hostilities if war does
come. kussis is also rushing her
armament, and Il looks as if active
hostilities may brest out any mo-
naent,
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General Grants BAD Thrca,

New YORK, April 25.-General
CIR mt did not get settled for the
night until about / o'clock this morn
ing. He received five minims o.
morphine, and after / O'Clock hs
slept at intervals. The sore at the
base of the tongue appeared angry
last night. and restlessness may
have been the result. Between
and o'clock this morning the pa.
tent slept most of the time, and
when he arose and his throat was
examined there were more favora-
BILE indications than yesterday.
When DR.. Douglas left at $50 a. m.
he said the General had passed a
very quiet night, though his sleep
was somewhat broken. So far as
the physical condition of General
Grant is concerned, he might with
safety be removed to the mountains
or seaside tomorrow, but no exodus
will occur until the 1st of July.
That the General vii survive the
summer is the belief of those in a
position to know.
General Grant did not take his us
ual carriage ride to-day. He had
passed an uncomfortable night and
the weather was considered too cold
for him to venture out.
DR.. Douglas came to the house at
9 D. ~, accompanied by A. L. Ca
hen, who is agent of new illumina-
ting apparatus for surgical and sci
entifc purposes. The state Of the
Generals's throat being such that he
could not open his mouth wide
enough to admit of the use of the
old instrument, the new one was put
into operation for the first time in
this country. 1t consists of a dyua-
mo-generator, worked by crank, a
tongue depressor and incandescent
lamp in one.
A view of the Generals throat un-
der the new light revealed a very
discouraging state of affairs. The
gums were honeycombed and for
some distance down the urula pre-.
sented the appearance ofa red, rough
surface, covered with mucus. To
this is attributed the pain and un-
easiness which the General has been
suffering from for the last few
DAYS.
Mr.. Cahen is of opinion that the
doctors have made no mistake in
their diagnosis. and that the Gener-
ais case is a hopeless one. He also
stated that in conversation with one
of tue attending physicians he said
that the Generals was such critical
case that no definite opinion can be
given of it. DR.. Douglas will stay
all night.
There is no such thing as re-
lapse in case of cancer, for the di-
sease progresses steadily to its ter
mination. There are days when the
General feels well and when the di-
seased part has a better appearance ;
but there is nothing to hope for in
the Generals case. He may live
for few months, or a few days may
end his life "As to the manner of
his DEATH" continued the speaker,
''he will die of suffocation. There
will suddenly come a yelling of the
blood in his throat caused by the
rupture of blood vessel, and all
will be over. The Generals case is
a hopeless one"
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A DRAWN BATTLE.
Between Riefs Rebels and the Cana
dian Vo.un,eers.

CLARK's CROSSING, N. w. T., Apr.
25.-The rebel haIf-breeds and In
dians in the fight were estimated at
800. The engagement lasted all
day, and when night came General
Middleton camped to wait till this
morning. The Canadian loss is ten
killed and fifty wounded. The reb-
els scarcely missed a shot. General
Middleton will resume the attack
to-day.
A special from Clark's Crossing
says? Beyond a doubt it is fact
that the fight of yesterday was re-
verse for General Middleton, and
that the volunteers were really fore
ed to retreat. The rebels seem to
have followed the troops to camp
and defantly awaited renewal of
hostilities, which they are likely to
receive with more vigor than before.
The rebel loss, if any, is said to be
very small. The place for the fight
was well chosen, giving the rebels
great prestige over our men. The
approaching scene is an open prairie,
a mile in length, ending in a slight
ly inclined hill, running down into
the Coube. The bluffs on each side
were well wooded. On the north
side OF the rayine the rebels were
entrenched in force; thence they
poured a deadly fire upon the volun-
teers, while the latter were unable
to see the enemies, who were hidden
behind trees and rocks and from
places of ambush could pick ont
their men with the greatest accura-
cy. Even the guns of "a" battery
failed to dislodge the enemy. The
rebels are reported to have gone III
the direction OF Batouche crossing.
Troops will have to pass the entire
distance through thickly wooded
tract of country. General Middle
ton camped last night or the south
side Of the ravine midway between
Battletord and the river.
Latest dispatches indicate that
our troops captured ten ponies be-
longing to rebels, and killed twenty
five half-breeds and Indians.