THE GAZETTE. LEWISTOWINJ PA. Thursday, June 20. 1861. $1 ffr annum in ahanre —at fnd of six months—at end of year. I is.* of the frt-..- heart's on!v home. l.v arjgei haS'U to vai.r '.hven! Toy su- have lit the *> ,iuine ■ Ku.-rVcr S'.jt t-.i! Wh* r ■ r... - • ;• Aii-i Ucvdvii; - u..fir*- In . cr U-. The Fall Election. Except among -::ne of the politicians on . I th -ides, we believe there is a general di.-inclination on the part of the people to embark in party warfare this fall, the pub- ; mind being occupied by labors incident ! to the reason and the war now waged against our government an d its institutions by the oath-t und traitors of the South. •Same difficulties may present themselves,! and probably will, in the formati n of a ticket, but we feel satisfied that if one can be formed with any degree of unanimity, based solely on the exigencies of the time-, and composed of men who have neither di rectly nor indirectly given aid, comfort or sympathy to the traitor- or their cause, it will be elected by an overwhelming major ity of the I'E<>J LK, without regard to pat ent democracy or fiery republicanism. J here are two modes for effecting this object, which now present themselves to our mind. The first is to eall a Union County Meeting for the purpose of consul tation, and Ly the appointment of union committees carry out the project. The other, to make as equitable a division of the county officers to be elected as possi ble, and leave each party nominate its por- i tion. Either course would allay all party | feeling for the present, would place un scrupulous one-horse politicians in the background, where they properly belong, and would perhaps result in much good feeling where acrimonious party warfare usual ly existed. For our part, we are willing to enter in to such an arrangement in good faith, and if made give it our cordial support. What ever aspirants for office in either party may think or desire, we have good reason for knowing that there is a strong disinclina tion on the part of the people to be bored by candidates this fall. e shall refer to the subject again, and in the meantime in- , vite the opinions of men of both parties on it. Kentucky and the Union. Ex-Secretary Holt closes his noble let- j ter to the Kentuckians as follows: Could my voice reach every dwelling in Kentucky, I would implore its inmates if they would not have the rivers of their pos terity shrink away, as do unfed streams be neath the summer "heats—to rouse themselves from their lethargy, and fly to the rescue of their country Lefore it is everlastingly too late. Man should appeal to man and neighborhood to neighborhood, until the electric fires of patriotism Jiall flash from heart to heart in one unbroken current throughout the land. It is time in which the workshop, die office, i the counting house and the field, may well be abandoned for the solemn duty that is upon us, for all these toils will but bring treasure, nut f r ourselves, but fur the spoiler, if this revolution is not arrested. We are all, with • our every earthly interest, embarked in' mid ocean on the same e mmon deck. The howl of the storm is in our ears, " the lightning's red glare is painting hell on the sky," and while the noble ship pitches and rolls under the l.iihitig.- ..j th" waves, th** cry is heard she has sprung aleak at many points, and that the rushing waters were mounting rapid ly in tiio hold. Ihe rnau .ii .at such an hour will not work at the pumps, is either a maniac or a monster." PEACE PARTY I—There is said to be A peace party taking root in this town who arc endeavoring to insinuate into the minds oi the unsuspecting that war is a horrible ' thing, and that it would be much better to make peace with their brr'hrry, of the South, in short, let them alone and do as they please . I- this a new 15reekinrihge move, or do the oath bound Knights of the Golden Circle father it? Header, shun such men. He who would propose a dis honorable peace with traitors with arms in (heir hands, is no loyal citizen to his government or its institutions. steamer Canadian, from Quebec for Liverpool, struck on a flog of unken ice and sank in thirty Ave minutes. From twen ! ty to thirty lives were lost. Tiie survivors, one hundred and eighty in number, have ar rived at St. Johns. *®"There was a " peace party" in the war of 1812, the members of which were regular ly denounced by the democracy a- " British tories.' There is a peace party springing up now under the patronage of southern sympathisers who are suggesting peace at I any price. What will the people do with tin m? The Southern Conspirators. The following is an extract from a letter addressed by the arch traitor Jefferson Da vis to the Maryland Legislature. If any thing has been wanting to expose his hy pocrisy in talking about peaceful measures while he is doing all in his power to rob. ;teal and plunder government property, this missive furnishes it to the letter. Lis ten to the soft words of the cutthroat: " In deference to the Stare of Marylan 1, however, it again assert-, in the most emphat ic term-, that it.- -sneer** and earnest desire is f r peace: that whilst the Government would readily entertain any proposition from the Government of the United States tending to a peaceful solution of the pending difficulties, the recent attempts of this Government to en ter into negotiations with that of the United State- were attended with results which f.r -bil any renewal of proposals from it to that Government, i If any further assurance of the desire of . this Governm-nt f*r peace were necessary, it wouid be sufficient to oLserve that, being formed of a confederation of sovereign State-, each acting and deciding for itself, the right cf every other sovereign State to the same self action and self guvcrnin nt i- neee.->ari!y acknowledged, llence, conquests of other State- are wholly inc n-istent with the fun la mental prin •it.les. and subversive of the very • organization of this government. It- p liej cannot but be peace—peace with all nations and people. Very respectfully, JeffeksjX Davis. , Messrs. MeKaig, Ycllott and Harding, Com mittee f Maryland Legislature. Now let us turn a moment to see what one of his satellites, the redoubtable Henry A Wise, of Virginia, says in contradis tineti nto the great unhung. In a speech at Richmond, delivered about the same time the above letter was written, Wise -aid, as reported in the llichmood papers : "I rejoice in this war. Who is there that now dares to put on sanctity to deprecate war, or the 'horrid glories of war?' None. Why? Ik-cause it is a war of purification.— You want war. fire, blood, to purify you, and th L rd f !I -ts has determined that y u -hall walk tbr ugh fire ard blood. You are callc-1 to the fiery baptism, and I call upon y uto com" up to the altar. Though your pathway be through fire, through a river of blood, turn not aside. Be in no haste—no hurry and flurry." Another of his hellhounds Gen. Beauregard, in a proclamation recent ly issued, says: "A reckless and unprincipled tyrant has invaded your soil. Abraham Lincoln, regard less of all mora!, legal, and constitutional re straints, has thrown his abolition hosts among you, who are murdering and imprisoning your citizens, confiscating and destroying your property, and committing other acts of violence and outrage too -hocking and revolt ing to humanity to be enumerated. All rules of civilized warfare are abandoned, and they proclaim by their acts, if not on their banners, that their war-cry is " Beauty and Booty." All that is dear to man—your hon or, aod that of your wives and daughters, and your fortunes and your lives are involved in this momentous contest." As an evidence of the jteuctful designs of the traitor, the following extract from an address of George Bickley, '• K. G. (J.. President American Legion," called forth by a resolution of the Kentucky Legisla ture to inquire into the objects of the se cret oath-bound association known as the Knight- of the Golden Circle, shows what iis secretly doing. Bickley says : "There are now nearly eight thousand in i the State, (Kentucky,) distributed through every county, and the organization is gr<w i ing daily in favor and importance; and the work will be pushed with the 'utmost vigor until the tri colored flag of the Confederate States floats in triumph from the dome of the Capitoi at Frankfort, and if, perchance, Ken tucky should be tied to a Northern Confeder acy, cursed and blighted with the fanaticism of Abolitionism, the organization will invite and carry from the State ten thousand fami lies of Kentucky's best citizens; and plant them on the broad and fertile prairies of the noble State of Texas, where the K. G. C., in that State, will meet them with open arms and warm heart.-, and welcome them to a State where every man's constitutional rights are respected." Members of this traitorous organization are in Pennsylvania, as well as the South, I some of whom can be readily recognized by their acts within the past three months, and others by their sudden conversion to peace partisans. Geo. M. Keitn, a prominent and well known citizen of Reading, and equally as prominent in Pennsylvania, died in that city laat week. 86k. ibe election in Maryland last week resulted in the election of six union members of Congress. Davis was defeated in Balti more by May, a professed union man, but we think a doubtful one. the Democrat has defended the Quartermaster's Deparrment as well as our seif, it can ask the question why the blan kets referred to were purchased at the pro per place, as there are Lis of democrats in office IU it. fifcjrThe Jersey Shore Vedette says it has heard that while the Michigan regiment was in Lump Ourtin, Gen. R. C. Ilale remarked "that it went d—d hard with him to give our pro visions to them." The story in itself is im probable, hut the swearing part is deeidedly rich 1 If Reuben has learnt to swear since he became an officer, we call upon him to re sign forthwith. g'iT 1 he AV estern \ irginia Convention has adopted resolutions declaring that that por tion of the State wiii not submit to the ordi nance of eecessiou, but maintain iis rights within the Union. A Bill of Rights was al so reported, repudiating all allegiance to the Southern Confederacy Mr. Carlde also re ported an ordinance deposing the State offi cers who are in rebellion against the General Government, and providing for the establish men*- of a Provisional State Government, j LATEST NEWS. The Confederate troops at Harper's Fer ry on Wednesday hung three men who had attempted to desert. Another man who ■ attempted to eseape was shot at Martins ; burg. • The Governor of Missouri is making a strong attempt to precipitate the State into ' revolution. He has issued a proclamation calling out fifty thousand State troops to resist the so-called invasion of the State , l-y the United States forces. The Indiana regiment, stationed at Cum berland. under command of Col Wallace, 1 on Tuesday made a forced march to Kom ney, Virginia, where they surprised and routed a camp of five hundred Confeder . ate troops, capturing several, killing two, : and securing their camD equipments, arms, ■ Ac. Three citizens of Louisville, who were . detained at Memphis by the secessionists, ! undertook to walk home. They were ar , rested twice on their way and one was hung. The others escaped to Louisville. Near the road they saw a man lying helpless and in a djiny condition, with Jus head sluiced and his cars an'l <--• cut off. His crime was that he was a Xartherncr. The event of Friday was the announce ment that the Confederate troop* were evac uating Harper's Ferry. This step had so often been predicted, and denied with such confident as.-ertiuns of the impregnable for tifications there and of the determination of the Confederate leaders to make it the chosen point for a desperate stand, that the fir-rt reports were received with doubts and incredulity. C nfiriuatorystatements, how ever, of the withdrawal of pickets from all points above and below the Ferry, of the burning of the railroad bridge, and the destruction of provisions they were unable to carry off, finally not only confirmed the evacuation, but gave to it somewhat the as pect of a hurried retreat. Accounts state : that the troops left in two columns. One column went toward Winchester with the presumed intention of joining the force at Manassas Junction; the other retreating through Loudon county toward Leesburg. Major Lyons, in command of the Feder al troops in Missouri, is taking active step to meet the seditious movements of Gov. Jackson. Several expeditions have been sent to different parts of the State to main tain order and prevent the assemblage of the State troop-. The Governor i* report- I ed to Lave left the Capital of the State and taken refuge on an island, with the view of fortifying it against attack. The famous "Wilson Zouaves'' on Thurs day last embarked on board the Govern ment transport steamer Vanderbilt, which was to sail with sealed orders. Their des ; tination, probably, is Fort Pickens. Beaurtyard and Captain Ball. —The Washington Star has positive information that General Beauregard has ordered the Fairfax horse company of Captain Hall, re cently prisoners, to leave the State of Vir I ginia, because they have taken the oath of allegiance to the United States. Those of them who may he induced to violate it will of course be excepted from the operation 'of the order in question. We learn that ' they will all, however, leave the State, in cluding Capt. Ball, who has no idea what ever of forfeiting his allegiance to the Un ion. Beauregard condemns them for de clining to remain prisoner- until exchang ed, his object being, if possible to induce | the Government to regard disunionists cap • tured in arms against the United States a j prisom rs of war. Shooting Zonae*. —Last Wednesday a week or thereabouts a squad of the mur derous scoundrels who have been lurking in the bush and shooting in the back Uni ted State* pickets, Ac., in Fairfax county, rode at lull gallop into the village of Fair fax Court House, and proclaimed that they had just shot "one of them d d Zou aves, near Cloud's Mill; and that they had left him writhing like a shot eat in the ag onies of death." In an hour afterwards a servant rode iuto the village for a doctor to visit Mr. Mortimer, a well-known seces sionist, who, while in his own yard, near i Cloud's Mill, Lad just been shot by some miscreants. Mortimer, it seems, wore a : red shirt on that evening. The servant's story soon changed the tune of the mirth of the murderers. Bridye Burners —The disunion troops i from Leesburg burnt last Saturday four bridges on the Alexandria, Loudon and Hampshire 11 ail road —Tuscarora, Lyco- j line, Goose Creek and Beaver Dam; three of 140 to 200 feet, and one of 50, being the balance of the bridges from Leesburg . to Broad Bun. Evacuation and Occupation of Harper's Ferry. 'I he Government department received despatches late on Sunday night, from Point of Rocks, giving a full account of the evacuation of Harper's Ferry by the Confederate troops, and arrival thereof the advance column of the Federal army, mo ving byway of Chambersburg. The troops landed on the Virginia side of the Ferry at 2 ocloek P. M., Saturday They passed over to the town, and found it nearly desolate. There was nothing of value left, and the village aud surrounding country presented a forbidding and dreary aspect. There was not a solitary soldier visible. The better class of houses were all closed, and the only individuals on the streets were a few of the poorer classes, whose poverty compelled them to re main in the ruins. The armor) buildings, magazine, and engine houses saved, on ly because their destruction would jeopard ize other property, which it was desirable to preserve. Three cars of grain and coffee, marked "Miller Rifles, Winchester," and left for the engine to haul, were thrown into the river, probably for want of sufficient steam to get thorn away. Five trucks marked "Richmond," and loaded with machinery and papers, stand in front of the hotel. The "boys" fished fifty flint lock muskets j out of the river near the. armory, and they have obtained ome old bayonets, and pie ces of musket*, to retain a* mementos. — There was nothing left ot any value. The physician who it appears remained behind the retreating column, reported 50 soldiers from the Mississippi and Alabama troops sick with measles. The troops we-re twenty-four hours be hind the time they were ordered to evacu ate, and they were only ten miles out to wards Winchester when our men entered, or an hour before they entered; and at Point of Rocks sixty-four cavalry were re ported still there, on the opposite side of the Potomac. We learn from Ilagerstown that on Sat urday night several picket* were thrown acr ss the Potomac, opposite Williaiusport. The first division, under General Cadwal lader, crossed on Sunday, the troops gal lantly wading the stream up to their waists in water, covered by two pieces of the Rhode Island battery, which were planted I on a bluff near Williamsport. Information deemed reliable has been received stating that the rebels abandoned Leesburg after burning ali the ears and lo comotives there belonging to the Alexan dria, Hampshire, and Louden Railroad terminating there, 'i hi* was probably in duced by a knowledge of the approach of Col. Stone's column byway of Edward's Ferry, and the fact that the Federal forces from Alexandria had rebuilt the bridges, stocked that end of the road, and had a telegraph completed to a distance of 15 miles towards Leesburg. Gov. Hick* arrived at Ilagerstown on Sunday forenoon, to consult with General Patterson. He visited the camp, and was I received with cheers by the various bri gades. At the Washington Ilou.-e he was repeatedly called upon {'or a speech, but de clined to address them on the Sabbath, promising, however, to gratify them next day. lie was socially called upon by many of the citizens. We have no important news from Wash ington. There were indications of some movement being in contemplation, but the Government keeps it* purposes closely se cret I lie evacuation of Harper's Ferry is supposed to have caused some change in ' the movements of the United States Army under General Patterson. The Rhode Island regiment, forming part of the col umn which advanced byway of Williams port under command of General Cadwalla der, were expected to return to Washing ton. That portion of the force which had • crossed the Potomac were recalled, and the whole of Ben. Patterson's force were en camped in Maryland, between Ilagerstown and the Potomac. A large number of wagons had been collected from the farm er* iu the neighborhood and there were ev idences of preparations for an early move in some direction. 'i he brig Hattie Jackson, of and for Sa vannah. with a cargo of molasses, captured , by the blockading squadron off that port, arrived at New York on Monday. The \\ abash, hag ship, was off Charleston, and j the Minnesota off Savannah. The latter 1 will soon return to fortress Monroe. J !ie New 'i ork Sixty-Ninth regiment,at Arlington Heights, on Monday captured seven confederate soldiers, among whom an officer who had abo.it his a plan of the heights with the details of a proposed ■ attack upon them. From Fortress Monroe we learn that ru mors prevailed of an intended demonstra tion in force rn the direction of York town. Ihe Coiifederates were landing troops at a point six miles above Newport News Point and on the same side of James River. — One of Sawyer s American rifled cannon had been placed on the Rip-Raps, and the Confederate battery at Sewell's Point found to be within range. Seven out of eleven shells exploded near the battery. The Confederates hoisted a white flag upon a j building, probably a hospital, near their ! encampment. The United States troops in Missouri have taken possession of' the State capital. One of the State Bridadier Generals lias al so been arrested on the charge of treason. Capture of the First Privateer. Ihe New \ork Herald of Saturday gives the following account of the capture of a Southern pirate : One of those robbers of the ocean, denom inated as privateers, has been at length cap tured by one of our blockading fleet between Charleston bar and the great Abicor, in the Gulf Stream, on {be evening of the 3d of .June. The name of this craft is the Savan nah. She was used as pilot boat No. 7, in Charleston harbor, and was considered to be one of tbe fastest sailors and staunchest j crafts in that locality. The SavaDnah was taken by the brig Perry, carrying an arraa meat of six guns. Ihe particulars of her 1 capture are as follows: The Savannah was titted out as a privateer in Charleston. She was provided with a crew of twenty men, including officers, as well a6 the necessary supply of ammunition, arms. &c. No food fit for the craving merce ' naries of Jeff Davis had been met with until ' two or three days previous to tiieir falling in to the hand.* of the Federal Government, when the Joseph, of Rockland, loaded with sugar, from Cardenas, Cuba, was fallen in with. A superior right to the ownership of the Joseph was asserted by the Savannah, and, : in consequence of having no means of defence, the former had to succumb to the latter. The captain of the Joseph was taken on board the privateer, and received the worst treatment. He was refused any of his property, and then stripped almost naked of the 'apparel which he had on. The privateer put eight men of her crow on board the prize, and transferred the crew of the Joseph to their own vessel. The Sa vannah then left the prize vessel, living ord ers to those on board to put into the nearest port belonging to the Confederate States.— The Joseph soon after succeeded in reaching Georgetown, South Carolina. The Savam nah accompanied them almost to George town. After the privateer saw their prize safely ensconced in Georgetown, they put out in quest of some further material to practice on in the way of merchant vessels, and happen ed to perceive the brig I'erry in the distance, I which they mistook for a merchantman, as she had her ports closed in order to deceive the advancing enemv. The Savannah pushed boldly forward to the attack, thinking that she had an easy prey, but when almost within shot distance she discovered that she had got into the clutches of one of I ncle Sam's emissaries, and immediately the order was given to " 'bout ship, and the " bold privateer" showed the white feather, and tried to run. The Perry clapped on all sail, and gave hot pursuit. The chase was quite exciting, and by de grees it became evident that the Savannah must inevitably become a capture instead of a oapturer. \\ hen the vessels came withiu range of each other's guns, a simultaneous tire was opened by both crafts, but no person was injured on either aide. The sh Ms of the Savannah had n • effect whatever, they flying far athw art the bows of the ship, and taking every imaginable course but the right one, wi-.ile, on the contrary, the attack of the I'ni ted States vessel produced some hav.'C in the rigging of the en my, two shots passing ci m pietely through her foresail, and cutting away some of her r-pes. The Savannah at last hove to, seeing no possible tlance to escape, and she was imme diately hoarded by the crew of the Perry. The naval Seers at once rushed down into the cabin and secured the papers. See. So resis tance v.-a- made by the pirates, as they be lievel " discretion to be the better part of valor," seeing the position in which their trencher, ua and bloodthirsty tendencies had placed them. I he crew were then all taken prisoners and brought on board, from whence thev were transferred to the war vessel Minnesota lvtng of Charleston bar. A prize crew of seven was then detailed for the privateer, and she was sent on to this city under charge of the master's mate, MeCook. General Butler's Official Account of the Battle at Great Bethel : Hi vrv VHTKKS. IttPAXTxtXT r.f Vis. rxu.) Fortress Monroe. June 10. JSSI. { V L:';'tsus? oenwoi jjc- -rr—fitH o .• ine i that the enemy i.a.l established m outsort of - n. strength .it s j.|a*e ealled Little Betl..■!. a sm.il! .: ' ilsiut •?:v" tt: mi'. - fr- in Newport New-, ami t m son '• distance from Hsunpton, fr...in whenee thev v.;.-r- . cnsr-.Tivd ntahtlv to .ulv.iii-.- .?>, ~a , . .C. News end the pi h<d (jiuli of Httmpto . t-> , -'•-to. oi i fron- u ot-iu'e they bul ...niv duru ill small aqnade of cavalry and taken a number ofUn on men, some of whom had the mfrwunrd and protec tion of the troops of the United and foreed them into the rebel mnk-s, and that thev were -ati . er.nst up t!i-- nv - f : i, , v . ,{ "j,-.. v auo !.-fi tl'ie r farm- .1 ••hare--- of tin-ii u'- rj them to wor -in entrenchment* at William*- * i burg and York tow 11.1 had determined to send up ~ : !■•: •• drive t!.- :s >- k and t-.-tro*. ~ . : ,i.. • - ; he-aiiquioterx of whieh wait this small elituvh. I also 1 i.i.i in;,: ntoi tlint a" .i t'lii't* a short di-tat. -i' on. i i tiit- road leading to \oHtfeaam, wa an outwork .• the rebels, on the Hampton side of a place called Big I Beth*.. a la.-gr . near tlie h--ad T tii® norn; ; iratK-h of Ifrt rr r. arid that here was . vcrv . 1- . s lerabk- ren-ii-zv•-•!.-. tvitli work- of mot-.- or 1 -- -tretigth in pr- ■-- f er>.tion. and \ m • - j.o.m the whole country •..., bud undior contrifaotfrm. ! lordlngly. F - rdered General Pierce, who is in i command of Camp Hamilton, at Hampton, to send ! Imrye.v.s regiment of Kouaves to t- ferried over j H.unpton i-rrc-k at one • >'. ! .--k tbi- inonntig. -i - - march by tin- road up to Nowutark.-t l,>ri<ige. ih.-n <t—inw tbe kridft to go tn a lij uml and that pat 1 the regiment in tin- rear .f the enemv. and r: ! big B*thel ami Little Bethel, in part for the jcirp-.sc ot .-Mttmg iiim orf. ami then to make an attack on !- * .yßcthej. 1 oireeted '•■•iicral l':-ree t" support hint from Hampton with Colonel Townsend*s rc-i- j with two mounted howitzer-. and to march I a'->ut an hour later. At the am< time. 1 directed Colonel Phelps, commanding Newport News, to send I out a battalion, composeil of such companies of the I regiments under his command it he though best, an- I il.-r command of Lieutenant Colonel Washburn, in tinte to make a demonstration upon Little Bethel in fro :•. and to ii ire him supported by Colooci li. ndix'a regiment, with two field MM—. Bendix's and Town send** regiments should dfeet a junction at.. fork •>{ tin't- a i leading from Hampton to Newport News. ' something like a mile and a half frSm Utile Bethel. 1 directed"the m.-tn-h to Im> so tuned that the attack ! -iioii.d Is- m.i-iv I .i-: a: daybreak, ami that after the attack was made upon Little Bethel, bunco's regi- | meat am! a restßM frt m Newp irt News should fol low immediately upon the heels the ftnrim.-. if! tin y iter. c-ii:.o!.-d to -u' them Oil", and attack the bat- I tery on the r - i-i to Big Ilcthcl. while covered bv the i fugitives;or. if it was thought expedient hjr General Fierce, {ailing to surprise the eamp at Little Bethel. | they sliouhl attempt to take the work near Big Beth- j I*l. To prevent th- possibility of a mi-'..ia- in the I darkness. 1 dir.-. • i that no attack should },.. made J untiMbe iva: *hw< rd should be shouted by the attack- ! ing regiment, im • :<-•• ti.at by any mistake in the j - i.i t c recline that li re vo make tin- juiu-tioti I should iinexpcetenly meet and he unknown to ca-h i other, also dire* o d that tin- in. inls r- of Col. Town- ! -end"- r- . imcnt should be knoun. if in daylight. ! v , somctliing white on the arm. The troops were ae- I eordiugly put in motion as ordered, and ihe march I • -- • "-Hi* I 'hat ' 01. |i try aha 1 got ,n tk position - - - • Ui'oti tlie a..-< itiipauy ing -k< teh.and Licutenaiit ' ; in ! YVaahburn in eoiuniand oftlie r<*gitiient from ; Newport News, had tzvi izt the position mdtcatodtspon i the sketch, and Colonel U ndix's regiment had been posted and ordered to hold the fork of the road, with 1 t it" pieces of an,, 1 -i v.aiiii * '"i. I own-end's r*g.merit ' I. i gotto the pLc-e indicated la-hind, and were about i to form a junction as the day dawned I j. t l thi- point the pian ha.l Isreti vi-joroiislv, ae- i curati Iv and sm-t-essfully carried out: but here. I v ! - ne strange iatabty. and. a- yet. unexplained blun der. without any w- rd of notice, while Col. Town-eml was in column en route, and when the head of lie column was withiu one hundred yards,CoL Hrndir r regiment opened tire with !>oth artillery and nui-kci- i rv upon Co!. Townsend'- column, which, in the h::r- 1 ry and confusion, was irregularly returned by -otneof ; CoL Townsend's men. w ho feared that thev had fall, n into an ambuscade. CoL ToumsemTs column imine- j di.uely retreated to the eminence n.-sr bv. and were 1 not pursued bv Colonel Bendix's men." Bv this al niost criminal blunder, two men of C..L Townsend's i regiment were killed, and eiirht more or less wound- 1 ed. Hearing this i annonailing ami firing m bje rear. Lieut. ( of. Washburn, not knowing but that his com munication tnigl.t ' e cut oft. iniriiediately reversed his march, as did CoL Imrvea. and marched lack to form ajuni-tion w.th his reserves. Genera 1 Pierce, who was with CoL Townsend's regi ment. fearing that the enemy had got notice of our approach, and had posted himsell m luce on tic* line of march, and not g.-tting any communication frotn Col. llurvea, s*-nt back T*- tile for ri-infori-cmcnts. anil I immediately ordered Col. Alien's regiment to be put in motion, and they reached Hampton about seven o'clock. In the meantime the true state of facts hal ing been ascertained by General Pierce, t lie regiments effected a junction, and resinned the line march. At the moment of the firing of Col. 8.-mlix. < -I. Duryea had surprised a part of an outlving guard of the enemy, consisting of thirty persohs.'wic. have: have been brought in to inc. Of course by thi- tiring all hope-of a surprisealiovo j the camp at l.i*:!*.* Bethel vi.,s lost. uml. upon march- | .ug upon it, it was found to have been \ acated. ami the cavalry had pressed on toward Big Ketl •-!. i Dnryea, however, destroyed tin camp at Little 8.-th- j e! and aiivanced. General Pierce then, as he informs 1 tne, with the advice of his colonels, though: best to < attempt to carry the works of the enemy at Big Beth- I <.. and ii. .;e o -positions to tliat effect. The attack ' otnmenced, as lam informed—l'or I have not yet re ceived any official reports—about half past nine • o'clock. At at .: ten o'clock General Pierce sent a uote to • nt" saving that there was a sharp engagement with ; tiio enemy, and that he thought lie sliould bo able to ! ni.untain h - p -.-iti n until reinforcements could come ' up. Acting upi n this information. Col. Carr's regi- 1 ii.-.v .: a , i been Br-h-red in the morning to pr> • (1 as far a- Newmarket Bridge, was allowed to u'o forward. I received this information, for which 1 sent I a special me*-eng*r, about Iz o'clock. 1 immediately mile disposition from Newport News to have Col. I':. dps. with the four regiments there, forward aid if i necessary. As soon as these orders could be s nt for v rd I rep i.rcd to Hampton, for the purpose of having proper amimlance and wagons for the -ick and wonnd- V.'-f * pttiii'i: .ig to go forward and join the command. — while the _ wagons were going forward a messenger came, -tating that the engagement ha.l terminated, and that the troops were retiring in good order to i camp. I remained upon the ground at Hampton, per -'.naily seeing the woundea put in boats and towed round u the hospital, and ordered forward Lieut. Morris, with two boat howitzers, to cover the rear of the returning column in case it should be attacked. Having been informed that the ammunition of the ar tillery ha i been expended, and seeing the head of the column approach Hampton in good order, I waited for General Pierce to come up. lam informed by him that the dead and wounded liad all been brought otf. and that the return had been conducted in good order and without haste. I learn from him tiiat the men behaved with great steadiness, with the excep tion of some few instances, and that the attack was made with propriety and vigor, and courage; but that the enemy were found to be supported by a battery, variously estimated as of from fifteen to "twenty pie ces, some of which were rifled cannon, which'were very well served, and protected from being readily turned by a creek in front. Our loss is very considerable, amounting perhaps to forty or fifty, a iprau-ter part of which,you will see. was frcnt the unfortunate mistake—to calf it bv no worse n^me—of Col. Benuix. 1 will, as soon as official returns can be got, give a I ; fuller detail f !■, a'! ,ir. -ml i;„ .. j, „ , j we Iwve to regret esyeeoßv the dai h .f V I I Grebte, of the S-e-nd artillery- m ~. . *** I Got. Wjskbom, ff.-m Newp-wt N- *v -,, i „ " ' , efficiently ar : galiaiJv fouzi.t '•..-: ' , t -' struck l.y a shot. I lt( ; 1 accurate -Pit- mems to forward bv t! • ne,. . , ; thmk, jn the unf-rtoaate cominoai... a .-.f .... , lees, ami the r- -tit which „ ; r iutve gtuned more than w- i. ," J - '** learned to have confide ne- in ii t>... the enemy have shewn tiiev w ' - open field, anil our officer-" j,... . their orgauixati'-n ami drib are ineffi . - ' a While waiting for the official rep. , r v-.! ~ jor to submit thus far the informal . . ' pes-esscl. 1 have the h--ti -r to be M -si r— | —-c; - ) ncle .: Brxi. F. BCTUXX. MajorFH-NERK, T ■ BY THIS MORNINGS MAIL A party ;>ent out Iroiu the caiin., n€ar Alexandria, met with a mishap the if- ■ account of which is as follows : M Asntxtrrox, .Juqp jy | [By telegraph fr .m Camp to Li ut. G •. . al Scott. camp with 60S rank ao-I Si.,. 3nJ o| . I ! field and company ff- r ir r--- j ' V, R . " T URSOARICE I F I Ueneral Mel' v* . . • ..." ; expedition, with the available f • •<. } . " ' my regiments, the r.Miuient -.-I v-:. ] j the lirst M:.i - v .'.untoers. Left two ies, I and K, in the aggregate on- Lun '- •" and thirty men, at Crossing of H-.-t s ' Lieut. Col. Parrot with tw > e inpame- r 116 men, to Falls Church, and to r s .l - ' that direction. Stationed tw , c.nir and F, 13 > men to guard the railroad -1 I bridge between the cr ssing at i I : ceeded slowly to Vienna with f ure u •••- 1 : —-c.MR-R.ay K. C, R ... , "S" 1 ? Kept H I ward, rw i Pease:) company G. Capt. Bn v. "! ' j 11. CapL IlazletL Total 275 m ! tng the curve si >wly within on tor ufa mile ..f \ ienna, we were ti: ii- ■ ;by raking masked Latter; —1 . . . " 3 | guns with shells, round sh t and y | : n , arid mounding men <m the f "utf. r a and m the cars. I*efure the train c ul j 1* When the train si pped the engi:„ • - < n-.t, on account <.f the damage d' tiv t. > In part of the running machinery draw the tn; j -.ut <f the tire. Th engine ; n ,j[' R [[' • i v * l f the car.. a::.l r-tired t- tfo.- :i \ ' left of the train through the w is. Finding that the enemy - batteries *.-•? sustained by what a pp. ared uh. ut i reg;n:e 0 t .f infantry, and by cavalry, which force*-* have since undersio .1 t i h ire L -u 1" Sowth CarnlmtM*, we f.-!i back a] ng t : .-> 1 railroad, throwing out skirtm-ii-rs >?: ;[j |tl inks, j'iiis was al.-.ut ni •p , I :we returned slowly, bearing offiwir w. uc i J I j live inilcs to this point, which we reached at I CASCAI.TIKS.- Capt. Ilazlett's. company H., I two kn .en to he kiilc-1, three u nnd 1 j five missing; Capt. Bail v--. c mpanv 6, three killed, two wounded "and tw < apt. l'a-ldock's. <• -mpanv K, {.ne iff r I s.ightly wounded; Capt. Pease and two mi- | i sir [r Ihe engineer, when the men left the car-, instead of retiring slowly, as I ordered, de • tai-hed his engine with one passenger car fr m ! the rest of the disabled train, iiii 1 | u- , running to Alexandria, and we have ; ir 1 nothing fioiu him since. Thus we were de prived of a rallying point and of means uf ac companying the wounded, who had to he car ried on litters and in blankets. We wait li- r. holding tbe road, for reinforcements. 'ii j enemy did not pursue. I have ascertained that the en.any'-f r of at Fairfax Court II use. four milt.- hau \.- f ; enna. is now about 4,000. W hen all the batteries opened up- n u-. Ma jor ilughey was at his station on the fortm j platf.rin car. Col. .McCuok was with me in ; one of the pass, tiger ears. 15 th these nfi- I ; cers, with others ot the e n.mi--, -nt j-. Kci-rs j | and many >f the men. behaved m -t nAy under this galling tire which we c.'uld n ir turn, and fr-.m batteries which we c ul; t. t Hank or turn, from the nature . f the -r ur.A Tlie n'.pr ach to Vienna is tin ugh adv.p long cut on the railway. In I ai.: g the. ir-, and L'-f'.re they could rajly, tnat.v ■ !'ru - . :r • lost their ha'.er>acks or biat.k- 1-. but !-r -i.g! • i off ail their muskets except it may be a iVw that were destroyed by the enemy's first tire, || or lost with the killed. [Signed." KOBEBT C. St'IIENCK, Brigadier Gcnorsl. I It seems to us that rutiniii_ a mi'r ;.i C train through "a deep le>t:g cut" in an ■ euetny's vicinity, nithuut tir.-t examitiing B j it, is rather loolharilv. B9*The Western Virginia Contention on Bj Monday adopted a Peciarafi >n of 1 rid'pen dcnce of the Kichm- nd O-mi titi -n, which I was signed by tin* ni< mhers. etidenc. oi the pr gr. -- : on-.tny in the S-.utli i-afforded in tl. fact that J after the delivery of a speech by Jef Pat:.- ' Richmond, the baud struck up "Pixies Land," thus making a negro song the nattan* al air of that region. {Pay-Judge Sharswood, of Phiia l-df' 'H has pronounced the extension clause : th.' stay law unconstitutional. Are notahsfx? laws of the character passed at the recent ses sion unconstitutional? The deciri tisoftlie I . S. Supreme C urt certainly .aJ at- ' t to bo so. tt@h.The bids l .r the construction <-■' screw gunboats were . pened at the Navj " e " : partmeut on Monday. The bids for the hu;.s range from $55,000 to $90,000, time uf con struction from 90 to 105 days; for t he engine from $35,000 to $48,000, time of eonstrnc : tion from 00 to 100 days. There are near. - ; one hundred and fifty bidders for the bail-- ing of the hulls. SHERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of a writ of Test, bend. hrr .n as, issued out of the Court o! Com® - Pleas of Huntingdon county, and t-.-me rected, will be exposed to sale, byP u - ; j due or outcry, at the Court House in the ough of Lewistown, on Saturday, July 6, 1861. at 1 o'clock p. in., the following real e?-- fcO wit * All the right, title and interest of An-zr-" Wise in and to a tract if,laud situate ■ Granville township, Mifflin cAunty. OJU and described as follows : Oh the north| by the Juniata river, northeast by ®n * Wm. Barger, southeast by the land e | : heirs of Thomas McCord, dee'd., ar '_ y"[ | west by George Strunk, containing aC " I net "measure, all of which is cleared a-- " fa der cultivation. ~ . ■ Seized, taken iu execution and to oi ■■ as the property of Andrew Wise- .. C. C. STANBARGER, She::- ■ Levvistown, June 20—3t
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