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From the North.

Petersburg, Sept. 10.
--Baltimore and New York dates of the 6th inst., just received. A dispatch from Cincinnati dated Saturday morning says:

‘ Great preparations are making there to receive the rebels should they advance. Smith's army was twelve miles north of Cynthia, Ky., Friday, at .

There was great excitement in Baltimore, fearing the approach of the rebels; but a personal reconnaissance Friday, by Gen. Wool and staff, as far as the Point of Rocks, showed up signs of the rebels on Maryland soil.

The excitement at Frederick, Friday, was intense on account of the false rumors. The Union men all stampeded to Pennsylvania. The Provost Marshall burned the Government stock.

McClellan has all the fords on the Potomac, from Washington to Point of Rocks, heavily guarded.

Lexington, Ky., was entered by the Confederates on the 2d. The extra session of the Legislature was convened at Louisville. Frankfort is abandoned. All the archives, &c., were removed to Louisville.

Bolivar, Tenn., was invested by Gen. Price on the 1st. He will have the co-operation of Villepluge.

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