Show LATE EASTERN NEWS HEWS BY MAIL mall the daily overland mail mali has arrived as regularly from the east cast during the last two weeks as usual but bui the amount of mail matter brought by it up to saturday evening last has i been extremely limited and of papers none with two or three exceptions have been received and those contained nothing of interest having k been very small concerns published in places where if news was allowed ito I 1 to circulate the publishers considered what was obtain obtainable abe not of sufficient importance to 1 I authorize its publication in the midst of the I 1 dearth of news thus created by the operations lt gf war as supposed there havin having been no explanations received either by mail exire express 3 1 or otherwise in relation to the mat matter ter on saturday evening we had the satisfaction of I 1 receiving I 1 two papers the boston sfa Sta letman lof lot of the and nashua cazette gazette of the of 1 september from frol which we glean the fOl foi following lowan iowan I 1 items hoping before the hour of going goin to press to be the recipient of one or two more I 1 papers of a later date not expecting any considerable sid erable portion of our weekly and daily exchanges to find their way to our table vary soon goon unless there shall something transpire more favorable than the occupation of the principal places through 6 the mail has to pass under existing arrangements by confederate troops there was a monster union war meeting held at faneuil 1 l Hal hai Bostos on th evening of the oth of september presided over by hon non B F thomas assisted by over one bundred vice vicc president speeches were I 1 imade emale made by col A 0 brewster Bre wauer water who called the meeting to order the president judge I 1 thomas lions henry hanry wilson otla otis P lord arichard lR richard ichard fotheringham Foth ringham charles hale erastus I 1 hopkins I 1 op ins thomas homas T russell and others in the course of the evening the rev chas W Den dennison nison Chi chaplain plain of the volunteer forces that attacked hatteras Hatt eras cras entertained the audience by an exhibition of some trophies taken from the confederates a piece of a secession flag the scarf of an officer a pipe and bag of tobacco and a ball cartridge ile he probably expects to lie be appointed chaplain to con congress ress A series serles of patriotic resolutions were pre hinted and adopted the last of which was in the words of general jackson the federal union must and shall be preserved many blany thousands of people assembled who were unable to obtain seats or to gain admittance to the hall and there were several meetings on the streets in the vicinity which were addressed by col brewster william dennings Denni dennl esq gen schouler col A J wright and others private william scott ad vermont volunteers having 0 been found guilty by a court martial of sleeping on his post while on picket packet guardias guard was sentenced to be shot on the morning of the ath of september an appeal was made ade to general Alc mcclellan Clellan by the officers of the brigade regiment and company of the un unlucky tuck luck cy sleeper for tor mercy in his bis behalf which in consideration of its being the first condemnation for that offense offence in the army gince tince the tha commencement of the war and in consequence of the previous good induct of the soldier was extended to him to the great joy of his co mades on the mornin morning or of the 10 loth governor curtin of pennsylvania havin bavin having 0 arrived in washington the evenin evening previous with his staff in the presence of the th e president secretaries seward and cameron generals mcclellan mcclenan enan eUan and mansfield and other officers pre gentel each of the pennsylvania regiments with a stand of colors making a presentation presen addre address asp to which responded in behalf of the honored troops after the presentation ceremonies were gone through with the president secretary cameron governor curtin and suite crossed the potomac into virginia to view bone bome of the fortifications that were bein being erected they were received near the union fortifications by generals Yc mcclellan ClellaR and smith with their respective biang staffs and honored with the usual salutes the workmen OR OH the fortifications when the announcement was wab made that the president was wax approaching turned out en ea masse in working costume and ang greeted the chief magistrate gi strate and anil guests with nine hearty cheers the president bowed a respectful acknowledgment le to t the compliment the party then preceded edel a short abort distance to a new sew and ini lia ita helst tb the road baing lined with troop tro orie erie wh who graat d taca loud caters her As soon as the party had reached the of the work the president rose in hit his and asked if IE there were any pennsy present the response was wag a loud Y 6 yes lie ile then said 1 I beg to int rodi e you your chief magistrate go arnor cur car in m 01 governor curtin then rose in the carbage cari age and made a respectful bow the pres ent sent then said taking mrs mra Gov governor elnor einor cur by the arm alb aib AH all ahline w Wine me to b aroda e to you 1 ia I a 9 governor C run rtin mrs diro curla curua arka ar knowlt ovi gel the compliment and be hefe heie e 11 bald baij tle fir pir pr ja ident pointing I 1 to secretary Carn camero erwi i yos yes yea yom 1 have bave dir mr sec secretary tary iary cameron your old fi f 1 endl endi and there faung general mcclelan mcclel McC leian lelan an yoa yoe have the greatest man of al ati ali the cukro I 1 dictions were i cc ce ived as reported ari m u tw ti thusia cheers heera I 1 for a short abort I 1 ime the troops were a wei wed to gratify their desire to shake snake hin han a nth wath with general mcclellan mcclelan ad a d the G des ra to become acquainted with bs L s men ald aid and to have them know him grat fied fled them it is if I 1 said that he did not tak an by hand at the expense of a pr vale va e he ife ta led little bowed to each man eim eka d looked lina inu Bt straight raight in the eyes each man hai bati a me n thing h cheering to say to the tue genral gen ral rai ode oin I 1 man said sald general we are anxious lo 10 w p po out bull run hun hope you wi w 11 anoy aaby us ua 0 do it soon very ver son bogn bon if tt tle e enem enemy y does doms nut ruu run was th tb prompt re spose response at AL aa aut captain barker of the ca cago caco c valry I 1 corps composing 0 the dacoit t appealed to ie VIS ta troops not to cr crowd the genei at too bald baid or hake shake his bis hand too mii aub b as before lie he slept he had a long iong wy way w y to ti avel avei and much wr arl t ing inato to do with the hand they were s lak as 1 ile lle promised prom sed if 1 hey hes would fail fall back lla lia a vla via as s general woud say a few words worda to ahti ibri thera they instantly complied when the Ge geneel uerAl removing his hat spoke as soldiers OLI oll aers we have haie had bad our ast retreat we have seen our last defeat you stand b ide rde and I 1 will bland stand by you and hence bence henceford ben hen cetor forI u i VO vis vas vac tory will cron crovi n our et forts the party parly then proceeded to the camp st ft the new yolk seventy ninth they were werd received at t the verge of the camp by cognet co bael stevena stevens Stev ena ens and conducted to the parade gound lound G aund where tha the regiment wab way drawn up in evin evir order As the party reached the ri LL of tha the tb line the band struck up the air of 0 to the chief aa soon as the tha music had ceased general mcclellan advanced to the front frost of the line and in a formal manner restored the iha the iha regimental 0 colors recently taken tallen fo f 0 a tha regiment at the same time expressing a hop hops that they would never again be taken away except in an honorable manner secretary cameron then robe roae in his hib and said sondie SoLDiE Kt 1 look upon you with chordia no gordn ay feelings fee linga I 1 look upon you a as the trio s of ofa a dear brother who lot lost hla his ve lf at your head while battling for his hib country countr I 1 look upon you not only as aa my rny friends ut uit as a a body of men worthy of my especial regard ans ana an d esteem whether secretary of war or a private citizen you all will nind find a shei shel er under mv my roof the ahe loss of a dear brother is a thought next to my may heart but I 1 need not fotr ro count that now when seven hundred officers non commissioned officers cens lameti and privates vates yates of ofir noble army shared the same bame fate te I 1 need on only y commend you ou from the bottom butom of my heart a rt to your new leader general mcclai ian lan ile he is a young 1 soldier skillful and careful f il and will prese arese present lit you to no BO danger that military science can avert 2 the troops cheered first for tor the president dent Jent and d secretary of war and then for gennia gennil gen gens rala raia scott mcclelian Kc Clellan and Co colo coio loei ioel loel id stevens stevena St evens evena tha party then proceeded over a difficult road for several miles until they reached the aniela at balls croes cros roads and within range of the guns they halted baited a few moments conversed conver coaver sd with the soldiers sol soi diera and took the route to fort corcoran general mcclellan mcclelian with his stafe starr rode along alongside sid the presidents entys carriage ani and explained tha the tb object and design of leveal seve sere al fortifications tu c ale the president the thirty third pennsylvania Volunteers Colonel black and finally proceeded to the united states ferry and crossed over to georgetown and from thence to the presidential minada mana mans oa which was reached about dusk A wahington bisp itch of the lith s nay nad trie toe secretary t f the treasury has address ed a circular to ass asa stant tj tha iha fA lowing blowing aff ct treasury notes ef f afta denom nation f five tei ana and llo lio colars lars iara will continue to be issued r rf deniAble demable in co n D on demand at tb the offices of th 1 Tre aurera at bostone new york phila delphia aud adel st lou s and at the of cici batt natt these thage notes rotes ara are ar in tandel intended to furnish a ennitt medium of cf payment et e ex chans chads 1 bing b ing at all acme fines s convertible a j lt jj oin at thee then th option of the holder at the an ce where cibere made payable and everywhere rocel receivable vable vabie for public diles dies they must always ke equivalent to gold A sufficient amount of eoln doln to tor r deem these notes promptly on denand will be kept with the dep si tories lea iea by i alom they are respectively made payable ibid hd all depositors and nd collecting officers will receive them theta and pay th m to public creditors US AA money i cales caleo cuales les lea henry foster foater claiming 0 to o be co congressman elect from north carolini carolina t allta on the president on the lith and ten tendered e i reda a full bigades of I 1 from that rate kate the tha commercial commercials washington dispatch states blaies that a prisoner an affirms that he confederate grate irate force within w a radius of 20 miles if f ma ia was 1 Beaure 0 rid pid was to la be concentrating his forces between fairfax court house aud and lesburg esburg L iaac isaac you s and aa another person had been by a air daniels for participating in in a di disloyal meeting at rockville Roc kvile ae md ile he aleo airo arres arrested ted at their resi resl residences denes at rockville isted by a 11 guard W V B bowle bowie olal I 1 and join joan bremer on the same charge during I 1 the latter arrests some demonstrations were wire rade made 0 it rescue but the determined attitude 11 st the guard previn prevented ted the accomplishment of ken men a design tb tuy y were handed oyer over to the provost Margl margi nl A metho preacher lr eacher was arrested in bli maryland ryland recently for attempting to trans fart fort tort balls to the confederates in virginia ia heavy birin firing was heard beard on the esth in the direction of conrads ferry the federal pickets dis discovered a confederate cavalry camp about two miles milea from the river and captain Tom tomkins tomkin kins kini with the rhode island battery threw a at out twenty shells amo among them then for thear their inspection when the encampment disappeared V 4 eared every preparation had hael been made for gly ing the confederates rates a warm r reception should they attempt to cross at great falls and point cz gec rocks with a view of marching on baltimore simultaneously with an attack on wash ington hg ton A large party started ont early on th morning of the lith from the vicinity of chain eli ridge bridge under he khe command of col stevens Ste vens venn of cf new new kew york highlanders High landers it consisted of 1 detached companies of infantis luy lus a company c om pany of cavalry and captain griffins battery As the skirmishers advanced the melya picket retired beyond lewisa lie ile about teven seven miles milea from chain bridge the I 1 t ision exion troops having accomplished tie the the object let wet f their errand co cof necked with the sance of the country began to retrace their str tp ps when a large force of the Se ceders of two regiments of infantry and col stewarts stew arts regiment of virginia cavalry a battery batter of four pieces was seen approaching i pro aching b from the direction of falls church exi epi exigently dently with a view vies of cutting off the fedai wa trompa and preventing their return to camp A line of battle battie wab ewas formed by the Cr confederate federate forces and their bat ery cry opened with shell which wab was replied to b GriM Grif gini giai battery several rounds were fired on each side when irhe trie te federal troops ceased firing for about twenty minutes in order to give 1 the enem enemy y an opportunity epport unity which they would not embrace of ine meeting eting them on the open field the tae confederates being for the greater part concealed in tho the woods the union forces on resuming operations epe rations brought into action a 32 the ui shell sheil from which soon silenced the th con fa federate battery the tle gun was then directed tx warda the cavalry which appeared ta t a 4 be road Iea lea dag to falls church and it poon boon sent igent them flying i a number reeling from melr meir their saddies saddles and fall ng eg to the ground the th chill habin having exploded in their midst midat the was then given to withdraw and th column fell back in good goad order to challi chain badge addge kd e reaching there late lite in the afternoon qan agn smith ccmmand lu the division to cetica vetica these theae troops were attached arrived on me tae ground shortly after the engagement in this engagement one lieutenant gnant enaut one gr sergeant and four privates were reported lai lat killed aled seten ceven wounded and three taken pris bors general afe clellands Clel ciel ians lans re report port to the secretary et ef war in relation to the affair is very brief lle lie he merely bays baya that gen smith made a re with 2000 men to lewisville Lewi Lewis ville sTille there bertral hours and ani gomp tomp oapl letea ted teJ t kheir their bir examination of the grost ground nii mil the tk ast xai YZ 47 47 was completed ani and the th commard had haq started barted back the enemy opened fir fit hire bire with thell shell t by which two men were killed and three wounded griffins battery he be says bays silenced that of the enemy and our men came back in perfect order and excellent spirits the men behaved most moat admirably under the fire ile he concludes by remarking op we shall hali have no more bull run affairs I 1 A mobile dispatch says the pensacola pens Peni acola dry j 1 dock was entirely burned on tha the ad |