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M JS X 1 CO INDEPENDENT ^ferrespow&atee. LATEST BY TEIEGiaPH. ANOTHER SKIRMISH. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1& The alleged semi-official announcement in the Richmond papers that Admiral Dundas intends to take his fleet into Charleston regardless of President Lincoln's blockada, is of no practical through.the columns of the Independent by an s'gnificanc'e, even if the statement is true, for phia, where v\e received a good breakfast, and J obitvar y from strasburgh—when all fir's com- the war vessels of any nation with which we are many comforts which we well kot-w how to., eth t Q p asSi y0Qr humble servant will write the j at peace have a right to enter our ports not- -appreciate.' After we left Pniladelphisthings ! e p itgp ^ SoLiTitRS. j withstanding the blockade, which is intended began to wtar a more warlike appearance ; • • —_—=— --*+•** —.— ~— — . picks ts were stat iontd all along the road to! \ PARISH, Aug. 12,18G1. guard it. In many of the phces which we j MESHBH, EDITOBS : At the present time, when passed over, tbe rails had bi en torn from the , an individual is constantly speaking against the track, and briesrosparthftty bjfrnvd. C .mp'Of. ways and means us d by the CAMP HARRIS, WASHINGTON,) Aug. 9th, 1861, f MESSRS. HuMPBIStES & SOiRRITTI-Our COlil^ pany left Syracuse on Thursday eve of last we-ek, and arrivedin Washington on. Saturday night about 9 o'clock. We were treated very well on the route, and especially in .Pbiladel- ! a commander. He is'considered second only to •gfeott.\ I would like to give more of this in- teresting letter to your readers^ but when I think of your crowded columns, my pen drops. '•gtrasburgb,\ when the 'monster\- lies, in a.rticulo mortis at the feet of tbe good ''Count\ that is to corae, and rigor^mortis has crept over his gigantic and filthy frame, the knowledge Of which sljalt be proclaimed to the world soldiers werf quite freonent alter »' parsed Havre do Grace, till we arrived in Washington. We went inl» camp on Sunday <tfHrn\ou in a grove ah ( ,ijt >i miles north of Wu-hmgton. We like if—at least a3 well as could be eap^ct- ed. Our fare is Very good. We bare dry- bread, salt pork, and a pint of bWk c»ffe« for breakfast. For dinner, we have r-n- id, treat of some kind, and once in two daya, iuup. The Hipper is par'\ as breakfast. We eat with our band\ with the assistance of a pint cup, for as nt inists- to maintain and support this government, undi : vided, and who nevtr gives a word of encour- | them will be accepted, One of them, in bis letter, says he regards to operate against commerce with the disloyal- ists. A number of the •most distinguished army officer's of Europe, particularly in England and France, have tendered their services to the United States, but it is not known that any of agetnent, it requires no great penetration of J thought to discern where that indevidual be I longs.—th »t he is an enemy of the government j and that he is a friend of those who would dis organize it. Thus it is with \G your Union Squ.ire cirri-spondent. 'He says ha'd things Great Victory in Migsottfil > THE REBILS\ RETIRE !!! The Union Troops Camp on the Meld!! ' .' GEN. LYON KILLED, AND 800FBT10N MEH KILLED AND WOUKDED. The Rebel Leaders MeOulloch and Price Killed! TERRIBLE tor i the-contest as between civilization and barbar- ism', and his love for the former controls his actions. FORTRESS Moi«tOE, Aug. 12. The event of the day has been the arrival of against tbe Unionists—and nothing to favor | a flag of truce from Ntrfolk with 22 released them; and impufns motives to th> m which ; prisoners of war. Tbey'cotnprise thefollowing: they do not imbibe. If any one doubts, let him j Surgeon Teuglet, of the 71st. regiment, Sur- yet we hav,e none of the useless luxuries, such | read bis communication to the Independent of • geon Swift, of the 8th New York regiment, Surgeon Taylor, 1st New Jersey, Surgeon Tompkins, 4 th Maine, Surgeon B. F. Buekstone, 5th Maine regiment, Surgeon \Vv\m. H. Alien, 2d Maine, Sargepn L°wis, 2d Wisconsin, Sur- geons Winston and DeGraw. 2d New \York Surgeon Norwall, 7iHh New York. — These surgeons remained at Smiley Church after the/battle, attending- the wounded, and were taken prisoners. They remained, some at Bull Run, others at Manab c as Junction, attending the wounded, two weeks after the battle, and were -then seat to Richmond. SANBY BOOK, Aug. 12. Last Sunday news reached Major Ledlie ns knives, forks, plates, &c. We have no ta-1 Aug. i»th. In that communication be under- bids, preferring to eat on *.tr*w in cur tents, j takes to make some horrid disclosures, which and if too warm, (which is c^-nt rally the case) i he does in such a vague manner and. want of we take it out into the shade, lay oar rations ; fairness that he absolutely pxposes himself more on th<* groat d, and sit down to it Turkish fash- - than anybody else, \C\ charges that there are ion. Yon can't imagine ho'v werel'i-b our food gentlemen who \generously and feelingly of- eaten in that manner, nor can you till you try : it. ' j It is 'very warm here, and flies are awful • thick, together with an decisional black snake. The boys have just^kjiied m.e some tour feet -^ajengtb. The ^ldJerSvhfr\ are very numer- ous, there being OWJ^JK hundred thousand in Washington at d vicinity. The best of order prevails, oainji to tbe excellent provisions of the commanding generals. Nn soldier, not even a colonel, is allowed to go arcund the streets without a pt-s» from the G*n»ral. I succeeded the other 3ay in gvtr in« u fa-* to go through fered\ to support the families of volunteers if they would but enlist for the war, bat tbeyare now \reveling in the profits of the war\ and j have n**gleRted the families of the volunteers, ii'id the families are now soff-ring oa account; of that neglect. It \C's\ charges are true, he J should expose tbe names of those gentlemen (demons). Their names should b{ brought up! to the surface of society that they may receive I I latter learned Capt. Kennedy's the scorn and rebuke of an enlightenpd public I that a force of upwards of 1Q0 cavalry was at opinion, and it is a duty which \C\ owes to I Lorretsville, Loudon county where they were humanity, it not to-the country, to make the ' pre&siog and oppressing the Union inhabitants', exposition. Will be do it ? \C\ brings oat! A detatebment from different companies, the city, aod al<oovetthe L< tig Bridge to vieit j oertain letters to sustaia his allegations, bat ] amounting to 100 men, jnnder command of thy camps-tH* Ai4iag*<»»4l*it{h*A The Height*: ^ nBe tettrTs corae von££^yfrom sustaining; i Capt. Kennedy, crossed tbe\rrVer atf the Black are very etrongly fortified, tunuonbeinx'mount them, unless it may Vie again* one namele'ssl ferry, at 1 o'clock on Thurhday morning, and ed so as to commmda. -approach from any <li-individual. Any individual in reading tbe j after a march through a difficult and rocky r-ction. The troors are alt eager for nnother j certificate ot Ool. SjUpvan must come to one of! pisa seven miles, reached Lorretsville about euounter, and the sigus are that they will soon! two conclusions—fi-st. th.it it is a sheer fabri-1 daylight. Ascprtaining tlie rebels had left, be gratifi. d. They are expecting an attack ev & t i 0Q . or pefond, that it was got up so hastily ' they retraced their route two miles towards ery night^p.ur pickets have been drove infer I that bfl wag QOi aware wbat ! aDgaage housed ! the river, bopjnsr the rebels woald follow them, two successive nig'.ts by the rebel cav.df y. ; u he wrote iti evidently be did not intmd It,! as t?oon as the It Our company have been furnished with most j ^ould be used publicly, and it is an insult upon : weakness, 'of our equipmeats. and are hourly expecting the that brave officer to offpr it Eb the public. Thei Here the Union men formed an ambush, rest. Wo baie t.een notifipd to be prepared to ' le . t „ t of Q pL ^ ehards appears addressed\ to ! where they lay concealed till two p. m.. whea, iimrch into Virginia within two w*.tk*. which . no i, a/ fy what objection could the individual ; ascertaining the rebels bed rot returned, they we think i» rather hurrying us, as we\' were ! l() w b.„ m *it was addreswd have to his name] continued on their way. When about three prom : sed three months to drill. But the com-; appa^jj. before the public, no one can imag-' mil^s-from the river, they were overtaken by a pi;,:es all say, to-sooner the better- r*'«- are j | ne . To sny tbe least of it, those letters are |boy, with the information tlmt about 130 of prepared. 'involved in mystery. Last Saturday I saw < of Stewart's rebel cavalry bad re occupied the I have uo mor« time to write at present, as jf r . j t ,hn Driggs. and he says the family of Mr.' town. • if is time to drill. H. S. SMITH. I Delore- has been cared for. Provisions and *^\\* ' money have been furnished them since Mr. De- PAKISB, Aug. ID. WC1. -I |„ re left, and will be furnished still. He also MASKS Eiiixi>its : I have just received a long t<;iys that amiable gentleman fo whom those and very interesting letter from Lieutenant' l\tters were addressed has not called on hrai to IWulieu, giving ft fall, and what seem* to me get information iu regard to Mr.'Delore'fl fami- to be a true and rational account of the .--o- ly. It would doubtless be a gratification to •\ 'lied great battle at Ball's Ban pr Manassas, the readers of tbe Independent to learn whether 1!» says: '• I was astonished a£ reading the ex-,1 that gentleman has called on Mr. Delore's fam- ng$erated account of the great bat'le at BuU's! il? and ministered to their wants. Will be Una as published in the New York papers, j report himself ? It fa exceedingly strange that '^Z\^\Z tleTown^t douWeluick77ring There was nothing l'ke the troth in those j such men as Dickinson, IMt, Dix, Butler, &c, lwo T0 u e j 8 as tbe y ran 8,000 Unionists against 23,000 Rebels ! PRISONERS TJIKJEJST fy TROPHIES CAPTURED BY THE UM0M8T8. Martial Law in St. Louis. A Louisiana Regiment and a Mississippi Regiment almost AjonihiTatedl Slaughter smd Dfcmay Ranks of the Enemy ! Just a s we are going to pte'ea this (Wednesday) afternoon we receive ntws of a terrific battb* which was fought hear Springfield,, Mo., on Sturdy last, sud which, after tremendous loss of life on both sides, resulted in the defeat of the rebel troops. As we have to g o to press im-nediataly, it is impossible for a s to give any 01 the details in this week's paper, Toronto Mills Market. Flttijr per Sack, spring wheat .$1 31 \ '• winter \ 137 \ \ donbleextra 16? WHOlgail!!. ftonr.... $5 60,^6 26®6 B0 Corn Weal'gOTCwt, 1 Q0 Sliortsper fcusli. 4 OS Ship stuffs per bast).., 18 PRICKS TAtD V0& R3AIIf. Whe*t,spring, per buBh ,...W 90©1 00 \ wiater, \ .'..'. , 1 O0fa>! 25 Cora per bash.,, ^»^.»,^,^.«.«^ —38/9- 48- Oats » ,^«, .',. 25j^ 2T Tired and worn out, almost shoeless,, and ! hungry, the brave fellows, with a shout, at I once voted unanimously to retarn and attack j thf rebels. Starting St a double quick they gained sight of tbe town, and under cover of \ a corn -field, gained sight of the cavalry about 1.1 rods distant. Resting for a few minutes, they < heard the rebel captain give orders to mount. ; and believing they had been discovered and were about to be charged upon, Capt. Kennedy List of let-ers * Remaining in the Post Office at M«rfco, N. Y. - Aug, !<£, 18f)l, Alvord, F. Esq. 2' .. Barker, Sfr. Barker, Charlie Booth, Levi Cheseboro.T.-W. Culowsou, William . Case. E -Jr. Fuller, Enwline, Miss George, Nikalus Johnson, Edith, Mis3 Lester. Frjmk, Miss Nny, JJelma, Miss Norton, B Izabetb, Miss Northrop, \Vivaldo Owen, S. Perry, Az'el Eeed, Almira, Miss Terktns, H.B. Wbrrod. Thomas Wood, George Lobar. L. S Persons calling for the above, will pjeasesay they are advertised. K. A BuT-usit, P. M. Dentistry. st7tem?nt«. On Sunday night of the day of j never discovered that the present war w«» a 'Chicago Platform'' war, till \C\ made tbe astounding discovery. STRASBURGH. b it'tle, our Rpgirn'nt was ord*»ed to march next morning. We thtn h id mukets. In the even- ir g our Col. marched us t o the naval depot, a dStance of 5 or G miles, wrere we. txchunged oar maskets for the Enfield Rifle. We then rmrcbed back to camp, which took ns all night We took a hasty hreakfus*, and marched into Virginia for the scene of conflict. * •. * * We met the soldins d'raiag in from the battle- They were net tbepanicstrcken men that the Y. Y. papers would have you believe. $o. sir: •'H D said that tp talk compromise is to talk treason,\ How hard, how unrelenting, the human heart, when once become hardened by a dark cloud resting on it. How prone to let a differ- ent, if even it may be a soger light, enter ; how reckless the speech and^thought when- once is hound the band around the fountain thatcrttsh- The enemy, after firing a few harmless shots, made their way, concealed by houBes, out of -the opposifp side of the town, but not until ', they had 1 Lieutenant killed and 5 men wound- ed, as ascertained from a persoa who came in- to town soon after. ; The inhabitants of London county ere gen- erally Unionists, and were greatly rejoiced to ] be freed from the oppression of the rebels. , Capt. Bowman, of the 28 th N. Y., stationed I between Berlin and the Point of-Rocks, heard Pr. C. BABrtCK, wishing to establUb a D*nttl Offirt in this village, has taken rooms st the Mexfeo Hotel, and would be pleased to relieve C»UK from the cttiiens, whether they desiro hia (irofe*RiOBi t ser-*ic«i* «r no€, la order to inform tbe corairiuuity what hif various styles iind prices for Mechanical Dentistry are, he gives tbe following list:— Full setts on Gold 22 camtg fine, *80 to $100. Full setts on Pure Silver, $40 to 150, Jf-aii setts on Platins, (rotitinuOuii Gnma,) $100. Full setts no Hard B »bb»r or Coralite, $50. Clasp job* on Gold with spring el*«pii, preventing injury or wenr to tbe r itural teeth, $t per tooth. The same on Sitwr, spring ••lisps, $2 per tooth. Teeth fi!!«d vrith Urjnt*l Gold for $1 td $3. Hill's HnpptbK 6u to 76ots. Artificial bone, 76ots to ft. Teotti eitraoted for 2Ecl«. ill rork trarranted to be as jfoml its c»n be procured in Oswego 0.umtf. Rti-stiKSCKs—DR. DJKTOS, DR. HoSj/sftON, and DB. B«AiJBCny, Mexico. *-T Th«\ follo-wlrj? is from a man who Is pretty well known they were h«roe«. nho, when outnumbered by i es out the free utteraQce of th(! 6 em tbat ' s te8t ' j the firing at Lorretsville, and started with his | bv man; of the citto n » of tfels place; overwhelming odd\ retired from a nard-fongbt contest, pur-cha-ed l.j a terr fied roemy. * * What I can gather from conversing with sol- diers and intelligent ohyer.*, force me to these conclusions : Tna* n.sr men, numbering - JO0OO r fo '.'5 000 at tb» t.T.jf. march, d 14 mil.-s with- out fouil t r rliii.it of any kind, io vervhot, weather ; met 10 OOO ..f the enemy thoroughly j ^° its aid a powerful,a mighty balm, lest in entnnch<d and fortiOid, with he*vy masked moment it be—dead. companies aTid ran three miles to aid Capt, iSmredy, bat was to late too participate in the rout. mg there. How mighty, aye, how terrible the force of the fanatic band when winding round the heart. Mortals, do ye know it?-r- tbis country on which bright suns bare ever sbone -is d;,ing. Tip oft the verge of the aw-1 GARIBALDI 1 CO.MLVO — A,dispatch from Wash fo! gulf, and the la«t low breathings of pros [ 'ogton to the Sew York papers Hays:-\Gari- ar« panting from its fountain. Bring , baldi has tendered hts services to the federal a pcrity batteries sill over he field; fought them 12 hours without rest'intf ; drove tbem a mile and a half, and took about every baitery ; then met from 40,0i)0 to TJO 000 fn-sh troops reinforcing the enemy, when 2,900 of tbo enemy's Cavalry Charged upon oar tram-te'rs and a host of civil- ians, one half of wl om probably were secession- ists under tbe Union garb, who understood their business—-that o* getting up a panic, in which tbey succeeded but tco well. * * .* Our soldiers are more eager tb«n ever for a fipiht. Instead of being demoralize, a* was claimed, they only wish to tight traitors on fair ground, even by giv'ng tb,em the advantage c-f two to one. * \ Ws are now under the command of M»j. Gen. McCl Han. Y-ou can well imagine the enthnshsra of th^ V»yf• &', ls<»?flg o«(?et such Yet those who love It—love it yet even in its. trouble, 0 !- so truly, and pray that its pres- ervation may be through- the 'soothing influ- ence of peace, instead of t blood and carnage* are called—O ! can it be!—traitors.* Has: it Government, through the American Consul at Geneva, and Secretary Seward. The offer is accepted, and the rauk of Wajar General has been tendered to the noble Italian.\ We hope this is true; but it is ye* a mere rumor. Tne ; sympathies of the noble chieftain are with the Union ; hut Is his work io feis own native land reached the crisis when an utterance of ccn-- »° far perfeoted as to justify his protracted ab- eilfation or a dread of war, can plunge a hu- j eence? man soil deep iu tbe dungeon ? Ab ' deluded eouls, betrayed ye will stand ere long around thy eon nryV broken wreck, aul mourn like those who weep around an early tomb. O! -Alien wiil the bright luster of that star—though shtniag dimly now, burst its light through that dark cloud of fanatic'sm that is binding the hearts of men w^th a st;jfl>d band—and Wra men to realize their real danger, and how sooth- ing andjuire the influence of peace whea„com- pared to that enemy of all nations—war. Union Rtpmre, ing. 13,1861.. C. CoxvcYnoNd;.—Tbe Repnbliean', \and all others willing to unite with theoa in the sup- port of the Government and a vigorous pros- ecutipa of the war,'' are to hold a convention for nominating state officers, iu Syracuse, on tbe llfh of September. The Democrats hold their convention, for nominating their State - ticket, on the- 4th of September, !o the samo city. I . namden, Aug. I2tb, 1861. To thefiltirtnsl 6f IfefciCo:-^ jlllfnv aie to lilffo-duue to four farorttble notice l>r. Ci A. BaScnefe * Bfi tn» bWh in my office between four and five yean. I take pleasure io sajing to the ci.tiz»n» of Meitico, th«tt he possesKeg rare attftinments in the line of lus prnFessfnn. He fs well posted in all tbe latest Ioapiorements of th* mechanical department. and t triftt. with strict atteotiun to business, he will I merit a very liberal share of your patronage and confi.' dence V'ery iMfeotftiHy yours,. *. T VAS V^tBriiNiiURtSH, Dentist. Mexico, August \til 1861. Take Notice. - FOB SALE! Some of the Most Desirable Locations in the West. T O any one wishing to invest property ?n western ignd*, Iniprored or OninaproveJ, I would liy that I huve some oflBe choicest; locations' in the west, which I will eell if »pplied for sdott The above lands are sit- uated in Wisconsin They were pofebaeed' when tije country was^new, thereby securing tlae Best Farming Lands that cfotriil be booght, the kbove described lands are Weil Watered, and TimUred. They are «ituate<3 within jfrotn 3 to& tniienof Steimboat nayigajioa, thereby secmitty » good market. Fur farther particulars enoaire of the «ub»cril»»r in Mexico, Oswego Co., S. t. £BJ A. 0. ERSEINR, y
