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A Brooklyn (N. Y).. Soldier Hung in Rich- i mond.?The Riehinomjk^jjj^rs contain accounts of the execution, at that place, on the 2oth nit, of Spencer Kellogg, hung as a spy. The Richmond Whig in its account says: " A short but impressive prayer was then offered l?y the minister, at the conclusion of which the condemned man, unaccompanied, mounted the the scaffold In a few moments Detective Cope' * * - - i . 1* A At _ nart loiiowed, anrt commenced to aojusi ine rope | Over the neck of the criminal, in which he assisted. ' nil the while talking with the officer. On taking j off his hat to adiriit the noose over his head, he ! threw it one side, and, falling off the scaffold, it strnck a gentleman beneath, when the prisoner 1 tnrned quickly, and> bowing, said : ' Excuse me. Sir.' After getting the rope on his neck arranged 1 to his satisfaction. Detective Copehart commenced to pinion the arms of the condemned, to which ! he submitted composedly, simplv remarking, i * Ain't this hard. Oaptain?f Ilis ankles were then tied together, and his hat given to him, which he j held in his hand behind him. Copehart then shook hands and left him. A : hegre next caihe on the scaffold with a ladder, j rtl111 I CllCll 10 lilMCll llir w IUV UJ.J'1. , beam, the prisoner meanwhile regarding him with the greatest composure. The rope being fastened the negro was in the act of Coming down, when the prisoner, looking np at the rope, remarked, * this won't break my neck ! 'Tis'nt more than a foot fall! Doctor, I wish you would come up and .arrange this thing! I don't want to have a botch job of it!' The rope was then rearranged to his satisfaction, and the cloth cap placed over his head. Tie condemned man then bowed his head and engaged a few seconds in prayer ; at the conclusion of which he raised himself, and, standing perfectly erect, pronounced, in a clear voice, 4 All ready! ' At five minutes to 1 o'clock the drop fell, and the condemned man was launched into eternity. He struggled violently for about a second, the rope swaying to and fro like the pendulum of a clock. He was left hanging thirty minutes, when he was cut down and pronounced J?J 1 xl ii J x _1?- ? tU'HU UV lUtf Ulicxnium Ull^Ul'UUl, 1U? lici t uaiuig been broken in the fidl. The body was then placed in his coffin and sent to the burial ground. Kellogg was a man of rather prepossessing appearance, about five feet eight or nine inches high, with sparkling light blue eyes, sandy hair and beard, and a slight mustache. His skin, from liis long confinement?some fifteen months?had become as fair as a female's. He wore, at the time of his execution, a chirk blue coat and brass buttons, light blue pants, a blue check shirt, and black wool hat He was apparently about 33 years of age. The wretch had previously confessed his guilt, r' ?: U,.* L.,,1 iLie suuMxvnce ui wnicu cuiuesniuu wan um uc uuu liired himself in the Confederate Engineer Corps at Island No. 10, for the purposeof gaining information for the benefit of thttFeder&l Government, and though at last detected, he died with the conviction that he had furnished more valuable information, in the character of a spy, to that Government than any other ten men in the United States service." The real name of the young man whose tragic fate is narrated above, was Spencer Kellogg Blows. His parents formerly resided in the city of Brooklyn, emigrating hence to Kansas in 1854, Spencer being then 12 years of age. His father was founder and third part owner of the town of Ossawatomie, celebrated in the annals of the 3 ?? T17.?M TM 1 O"/? \nii?r>ml 1 w \ Dliruer ?? III. XU IIWU, lUC m?u niw uuiiivu uj I Border Ruffians, and the whole of Mr. Brown's property destroyed, while Spencer, the subject of our sketch, was carried off by the ruffians, v ho kept him prisoner in Missouri for six weeks, only giving hiin up on his release being demanded by Gov. Geary. Spencer subsequently was maltreated by the Border Ruffians. In 1861 he went to St Louis, where he enlisted in Captiin (afterwards General) Lyon's company of Regulars. Receiving his discharge from the Regular Army : from General Fremont, he was given a commis-1 sion as First Lieutenant to recruit the Lyon's j - * " * - it- - 3! 1 I .Legion, but he lost this position on uie aispuu-ement of General Fremoxt. Nothing daunted, and feeling that his place was iu the front of his country's enemies, he joined the iron-clad gunboat Essex (Captain, now Admiral Porter), as a common sailor. Here his meritorious services soon gained him promotion, and his Captain gave him the rank of Fourth Master. He was in the engagement having charge of a gun, when the rebel ram Arkansas was destroyed. He was then sent by Caphtin Porter to destroy a rebel ferry-boat near Port Hudson. He had accomplished this duty successfully, and ta?qttturaing to his bout, when, being alone, thr&% gM^illas rushed from the bushes and seized hiim^rlis execution, it is stated, creates the utmost surprise and indignation, as by no pretence could he be regarded as a spy. "We hope our authorities will not suffer such au outrage to pass without retaliation. t I 1 J General Gielmore ox Lares, Cements, & .? The publication,*! this moment, of a stout octavo on "Limes, Cements, and Mortars," by one who has made his name illustrious by setting at naught the binding powers of these substances on the walls and foundations of forts, has almost the air of a practical joke : but General Guxmore inform h us ir? an introductory note that the exneri **"" ?** * A merits and researches embodied in the work were conducted under the authority of the Engineer Bureau of the War department, and were completed ill the summer of 1861. It will prove a valuable contribution to the engineer and architect, into whose arts the elements under discussion in this work enter for so much. General Gillmore, unlike the majority of the graduates of our military school, who rest quite content with what they have learned in the text books, is for.il of original investigation, and he has a talent for recording the results of his investigations. His report of the reduction of Fort Pulaski, overleaping the narrow limits of a mere official paper, assumed the form of a comprehensive and instructive memo}re on the breaching power of rifled ordnance, and takes itsplace as a valuable piece of military history. Tne present monograph, though on a mote specialized subject, is an important contribution to the branch of practical engineering which it covers. Such a wofk, em bracing all the results of the latest e^yiments, both in this country and in Europe, ^^as very much needed ; and General Gillmore's detailed and exhaustive treatment conipletA fills the desideratum. ^ " It is needless in a "work of so purely technical a nature as the present to do more than briefly indicate the scope of its contents, as professional men, who alone will "be interested in it, will doubtless procure the hook itself. General Gillmore begins with a survey of the geographical and geological distribution of limestones, and stone suitable for hydraulic lime or cement throughout the United States. It need only be remarked that nature has supplied us with these elements in great profusion and endless variety : but the most extensive hods have thus far been discovered in the valleys of the great Appalachian chain of mountains, as they traverse the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee, and the northern portions of Georgia and Alabama. He then gives the method pursued in testing the mortars winch furnish the basis of all tables introduced into the report These tests are with a view to determine (li their capacity to a fronwersp strain : C2) their relative hard ness ; (3) their adhesive properties. Chapter I, is devoted to the celebrated Koseudale cements, so named from the fact that the stone was first discovered in the township of Rosendale, Ulster County, in this State ; the different kinds and qualities of this cement are described and analyzed and the various manufactories of the cement are given in full. Chapter IT, goes into the subject of lime, its characteristics, tests theoiy of its induration in the air, classes of hydraulic limes, intermediate limes, natural " pozzuolanas," 4 tra?s," "arenes," hydraulic activity and hydraulic energy, artificial "Portland" cement, strength of certain mortars, d*c. Chapter V, treats of limestones, kilns, mode of treatment, Ac. Chapter VI, of calcareous mortars and "aggregates," the process of makiiig them, by mill and hand, and the mode of application to j^astering. stucco, Ac. Chapter VII, of "coiyite" juul "beton," their uses, mode of maimractnre in ! Europe and the United States. Chapter V ILL, ol | the devices of laying stone under water, Ac. i Chapter IX, of mural efflorescences, their causes I and remedies, and the general methods of artifi! rial induration. The volume is issued in Mr. j Van Nostrand's accustomed excellent manner, in an elegant octavo of 333 pages, copiously illusI trateiL?Army and Kavy Journal. News F^m the North. By the arrival of tne Kurnak on Tuesday evening last, we have New York dates to the 9th inst. The news from the Southwest is very important Nashville, Wednesday, Oct. 7. Up to a late hour this evening information from Chattanooga at Murfreesboro did not tell of a general engagement The two armies still remain in front of each other, fortifying. Irregular firing was of constant occurrence. rr"1 ?winoomonta Vmirior made oil liitrrc wcic nuuxc iuvtviuvuv? the part of the enemy that seemed odd and mysterious, but not positively threatening. I do not pretend to give these as positive facts for I got the information through a source that is indebted to others for the same. Neither railroad nor telegraph communication is open to Stevenson, Ala., from Nashville ; but the news brought is not depressing. Headquarters, F. S. Forces, Texx., ) Wednesday, October 7?i P. M. \ The reports received up to this time at Mnrfreesboro are conflicting, and though of impo.-tnnce, are by no means certain. It is considere 1 beyond a doubt that the enemy is being rapidly qifi or' x C? pursAi by otir forces^ and that while he may stop to do sonaedaniage to the railroad, he will have to retreat with rapidity. If Geti FofefcEtfr is rein-1 forced by infantry, then there is a possibility he can stand ; but it is hardly probable he can get a sufficient infantrv force for this purpose. On the railroad referred to above, extensive means, both in labor and military force, are being employed on our part to restore communication, and both it and tne telegraph will in a very short time b? again in working order. REBEL REPORTS. Fortress MoSroe, Thursday, Oct. 8. The Richmond Enquirer of to-day contains the following dispatches .' "We opened upoti Chattanooga at 1 o'clock A. M., from Lookout Mountain and points along our line.. Our shell exploited in the enemy's cainp,- I as well as in the city, setting tire to one house. The enemy replied briskly from Moccasin Point to our mortars on Lookout, ahd feebly from Star Fort The firing still contintieS/ " The Tennessee river is rising rapidly. It has swept away the lower p ntoon bridge of the enemy and submerged the trc; tie bridge. 41 Major Mitchel, Chief Quartermaster of Gen. Loxgstbeet's corps, died last night. 44 No firing on either side at 11 o'clock last night/ REPORTS FROM NASHVILLE. Rumors prevail here that a force of rebel cavalry have captured and entirely destroyed Shelby ville, Tenn.. taking our forces there as prisoners. No particulars have been received here/ The truth of the report is questionable. Gem Mitchel with a large force of cavalry w as pursuing the rebel cavalry, but we have no reports of his being within striking distance. The telegraph is working within three miles of Chat.'anooga. A large force is rebuilding the railroad track recently torn up. Probably the rel>el cavalry have divided, part making toward Kentucky to harrass Bcrxside's lines of supplies, and a part going southward against Rosecraxs. There is no prospect of a rise in the river. The latest advices from Chattanooga say that all is quiet and there is no prospect of an attack. ADVERTISEMENTS. Metallic coffins, for sale by C'. W. Dennis &. Co.. No. 4, Sutler's How IRA C. FEATHE R,? Military and Naval Pho'ographie Gallery, 19 1-2 Sutler's Row, Port Royal, 8. C. Aug. 12, tf. DR. W. M. 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