I
WS
B ARGUS-
Whatever politiciansjmay'declare or
t.be press publish to the. contrary,
Gen. George B. M’Glellan is the fa
vorite of the loyal meh.now in arras
for the defense of the government.—
Whatever may bo his defects,those who
are willing to risk life and limb under
bis command,do not acknowledge that
be:has any, but bavojthe most un
bounded comiidence -inj bis prudence
and sagacity as a leader. He is the
iavoritc • of-'the array ‘ All regard
him as the NestorfJof fh [ays,
The .President j and his ilogal advisers
have coufide.Vieo in him. That confi
dence is shown by the; repeated vin
dication cfhisi character from the as
persions ot those w 1)0 refused to ac
knowledge that ho ;waa either fitted
by education or destined by nutuio tft
bo the our armies. In the
lace of thi&^ecogniijoi)—a recognition
by the statesmen of the land.— a reef
ugnition' from the soldiers of the array
and' a rccognkkm fr,onx the tcoundqd and
ma.ngled heroes in ihi hospitals of the
army, it is worse than folly, if it is
not a species of treason, lor tlicj ene
mies of Gen. M’Clellan to persist) in
their attacks oh his ability, his jwhw*
ess and his personal reputation. ‘He
.iii the seniof Major General of the
| Array. In his hands is; reposed
1 tho task of , defeating our foes. If
jwe weaken those hands—if we de-
I tract from liis merits, or impugn, his
: motives and | question his ability, wo
must not be over certain that we are
not playing directly into the hands
of the cncm.v. Nay, jt is provable
that such a* course is actually: and
practically contributing, to the shccdr
of the rebellion. r . . 1 J
I Wo tqok occasion,: a few days since,
to indicate our disaproval of the
, _ r manner in which the press and the
Gapt, A. W. Taylor. gain people treat the commanding Genor
officer left here ias,t week t,o rejoin his a ] g i tl ,th'o field.. Factions are forhrir.g
regiment. lie was wounded at - the, for the championship or flic overthrow
battle of Fair Oaks, and has sinceiiad who\n| are thus constituted rival
a severe attack of typhoid fe&rr howfin-dertsion .to
,a severe J 1 day?at one, because his actions do not
1 which settled in bis jeft leg. - lie has wjV.i theirhotions; while to-,
vet to use, crutches, and we tear unless j p-loi-rovr. they are either convulsed or
-1 he is very careful he will never fiilly i cvUztd' because thoy| imagine that an-;
recover its use The Captain- is One | other officer is that army in ■ detenu.;
.. n, V best °^ re ' ih • tl ?° : re S : -1 ;;^^ i Se Pr ffinati-is.u i:t Wi;h l the
The cdior of this paper, 1. j\t thj. battle, of Fair Oaks lie bellav- j v f i,fc- pword. ■■ Uf such'proceed-.
Nk-iiolso-'v.enlisted in-Capt. Darragh s. e j j n a manner to CllieiTtlie • adinjira-1 ; n are painful to discreet and, loyal
vouijiUnv! -ot’ ih’rec veui's niep. and is j tion ol ally, although li£ was very uu- 1 men, liow uiueb more so. nm>t the}
l,i r raiment. • Tli.>U»g! >«"■ cl ..he «»., and kil. if bi | £ tL
c.uors. I.vVTAN-. am. Amilksom, both off fiel(l after tho battle was oyer., w , ho are boulu j together by the
iii:«ler the hue cull Oi lae I brave. competent, and fai th lul • officer | •i nd issol übl 6 ties. a re 1 , held
tiovci anti iert tor llarrisburg -on we hope he in ay yet recover buffi-jas brothcis -by the influence
Moadav..We-arc, thcreforo.left with-; cicnl i v L 0 allow Lira to rejoin bis com-Twhich controls men battling in the
f e \ lho
the paper properly __ o hope our j baU^ 0 . - ;v wards ,of rival cliques, each
readers will bear, with us 10T u : Tt*' . f x ffipro fierce, for each other’s dest ruc
•ti!a; .'ifnfd ;I.vv fl-tdrs. Wjfvill fryf -. B@-The case «f.LI V I, Sheets to*. ; thafe; -. they f u „ ffir the
and T- the.l'csi we can nuderithe eif- fllie murder of John Ansiey, Oamd up of tho land from the
hiimnh4wS'—-angUs '.could ido.noifor trial on Tuesday of last week, ranges of .rebellion,. If I such com
i‘i i-hnntrv socnis to reuiiirol Considerable^difficulty was cxpericn- ducft.iii civil life does not dampen the
i: i,ic ti.c eouniiv seems 10 require ; \ J . • r ~! . -nlok of meii hattliria for their coun
iiH our abli-li-Alied mr7.;aiid the Ccd‘ n selecting a jury, ©even jury- tbcn , h 2 vg bug Generals been
- .Leave lira -•!>(?«« i without even | “O’ l exhausted thepanal the iwc.Utiy ]' eBg |j with more, patience..than'ordi-.
,'Tue ••HpviL.’.'i 'Vad to bo selected troni the by-staud-j j )ar j r r m< j rta i # . It must disgust them,
5 BEAVER, PENN’A.
■ Wednesjiay, Sept. 17th, liS<&
T. C. Nicholson, - - -■ Editor
Ikcplii’s Union Stale /Ticket.
. For - Auditor-General, . ' ,
HON; THO’S. E. COCHRAN.
o'r TOBK COrkTY,
For Surveyor-General,
WILLIAM S. BOSS,
OF LLELItSE COCXTY.
County Ticlfet.
Congress. .
JOII.N W. WALLACE,Lawrence do
State Senate. :
: C. C. McCAZsItLESS, of Bntlet..
' e / Assembly.
,W.M. •HEYRY,/Falbtdn. . ■
IS k A i All: WHITE; Lawrence.
V j Associate Judge;
HILTON- LAW IIENCEd Green'd tp.
District Attorney.
J'AiLRS S. RC TAAv, J|e?ver.: T , .
L ! Commilsioner. - ,
.WILLIAM. EARNER Bridgewater
Poor House Director.
EAM L WILSON.. Sautli Bearer.
County .Surveyor.
AZABIAII WYNN, Beaver.
County Auditor.
CHANEY. Ohio tp.
Trustees of Academy.
J AMES, ALLISON, Beaver.
HEN BY HtCEj Beaver*
S. M' Pentengill & Co.,
; ,Vo‘ ST Park Jtvu;X. I'-, «V rSlalt si., Boston,
»)•*■ our A "cuts for the AtiGtis itr ttose cities,
an 1 lire .authorized to take. Advertisement* anil
Siikscf-il'tions for us at our Lour'st Kales. V
TO OUR, READERS.
ussiy
■ The Late Call of the Governed
'■ S Tl:t- Cj.veriwVa i-a!F ibr filly
t;ii.<T i:id. ib kibiiil Pt-*iiiif.yWaniafiom
iu Beaver op
Fivi;;v last. 1 Almeetiug was iinm'edi
&t•.-ailed. and a ccini'panyfbrgamzed
. .to respond to tllat call. Among -the I
I *• first to volantt-er was Messes. Henry i
I r Bj-iggs.’liugh Anderson and J. G.
! tViimn ; P mtn- who have 4 long, .since
passed ..lire'age when tjiey are. expect
ed to do military dutylj yet with their
hearts full* of patriotism they could not
be restrained. Eev. I)J 11. A. McLean;
; ]>. It. veusoi’ tlie numfcqr: also. Hey.
V.'.- Cii Taylor, Prof. S.lb. Merc-cr. O.'
S. l 4 i»Mg.- of ilic XU’r, 4ud some from
.'..ir oiva ulfiee; meir whose ■ business
;:U, liwne Avill scarcely jpgmit them to
>r•auMnjrte day. Yet, like true
. ii.itrittto tlu-y leave ait at- the .call ot
/ -s -tiiv»r country Thcitf-arc, maiiy oth-
cV4 v.diose names. We- fhayc not men
tioned; that deserve trie same credit.
"t i:ere are some we conlcfj name wild
could *bave "one, but jdid liot. \\ bat
excuse will justify them, inftbc eyes of
tbo fo mm unity? jict t hei D-. names
be treasured cj; and jvday of reckon
ing will lyet rcine. |
fiuj-AT I Victory;—lt appears from)
Monday's telegraph! dispatches',that
the Union forces, tinder McGfellan,
have achieved u'glprjous victory oven
the rebels. The rebels ate skedadr
tiling,, vel. for the other sidb oflhe
Potomac McClellan is in hot pur
.l i ■ -' ■ , i
>Uit. • . i ‘ ‘ i ■
Mr. Editor t-’-Please state ,in your!
paper that tjjq Governor has expended
the time of Dratt in this County [to the
25th insl—Thursday ■w-eek. Giving
the townships and Districts time to
furnish the number of men called for.
from them by volunteers''and thus a
void a draft. ■
I It is believed tlie number'of men
i [required from each .District ([an bo
Toil OF Draft ExTKXDED.-ilt will j published lo-morrowl [
le si-L-a by,'|reSer.un(|e to a note trqra : | Please say that by order' of the!
the t. ouimissioqer [ furi this Govcmmcutt . [
pubUshed in another | colump, that -“All Engineers and Pilots .of rcgi.W
the lime for making, the draft has been tered or licensed Sled in Boats or Steam
extended tin the i 25th insl. . This ships are exempt frotu dralt,
will give ito'vnshipji thjit are. behind ->ll persons interested will notice
■ . 1 f . . -> . * »*thut ilua does not exempt from Draft,
an bppqr;unity to iprniah their quotas licensed Engineers cr. Pilots Who are
not of or attached to “a licensed Steam
Boat ” - - ! | .
by v vf aiiteers:
BSrWe arcLappv 40, notice that j ■: James.PATTspoa,
vnr follow -citizen, IL PjHpbcrls, E%, |: Beayci, Sept. IC. j Com’r.i
bic-n elected Cdloncl of the 140th j . applied steam to the
Ecginionf P. V. j iThe other officers i great practical uses of the age - Morse
;ii o ;;1I e ~ud. Licit. Col. ‘Frazer, of has brought" Galvanism to be the dai-,
t’e.UMOiibbutg, has been fijr a number ly servant of millions of men. Xov-j ,■-i_ * ' w . .* • .
■ : , .• . ton unravelled the maces of tbe starsi PhiladelpitiA.Sept. 13.r—Auippatch
S vl :v cars en S a S c ® t b’ • caching in Jeffer- ma( j e t,jj C 4r motions U’ic imirincr’s ■ from Col; Thomas A. Scott, from Har
< Von College. He occupied at thetiine. gny e on tb®' trackless occafn.. What 1 risburg, -was received in' Philadelphia,
onus-enlistment"the chair of mathfe- these men have done in their depart-! on. Saturday afternoon, stating ( thut a
ia'Co ’•[’ inents. Dr. Ayer does in medicine.— ' battle was; in progress below >Sagers-
Vr ; -o v/.L-wfi r f Mercer romi. He turns the grcatdlisbovcrics; in Sffi-1 town tel ween tlcneral Milos’and Jack-
J.. ±J. in ..v , -j ence and Physics tos use in the cure of I son’s force, and calling on our troops
ty. -s pee o: Reading young; men ji gease< and makes fhc oc.ulf discover-1 to proceed to /Harrisburg forthwith.
; ; that county. • lie has already seen j ies ot the great chemists available for i Many of our citizens are -h'urryi-ng
cgusldu-abic j the wants of every day life. His med- i through the streets with arms in their
1 Wm • liciues for the low prices at which they .‘hands ln> the Pbnnsj-lvania-Rallraad
Tr -- A 'J ** .■; ‘ . ... fare sdld, bring within the reach of ev-1 depot. [
Wo 4ry m 'an the beat-'wisdom and Jtho best The Chambersburg operator says:he
U i-o Agvicnltunid Fair b»lil lb- j&yi of modern times. £Wiltiiington, j has heard firing all day in the vicinity
■ - .»|uuty this y«t«.! ' ' D*l?‘‘Stat*»m»n.”3 |of Martinsburg.
T&o Candidates !for Congress:
* Hon. Jnp. W. Wallace and Bon.
Jesse Lazcar, the opposing candidates
tor Congress, in the 24th . District,
were in town during the greater por
tion of last week. A J
these tVo gentlemen will be the
"only candidates before the voters of
this District this fall, there can be no}
chance for any one to vote unintclli' j
gently. 'Every voto tor Wallace is,
for the rigorous'prosecuiion of the war, |
for the sustaining of'the Administra- j
tiou inals endeavors to put down- this j
gigantic rebellion., - Every vote for La-j
zear is a vote against the Administraj-
Ition. ■ ' ’’ i ,j 1
He who supports Wallace supports
*onc whOsh record is such that every:
loyal citizen may bo proud, of. Ills
1 course in llie last Congress iyas that
[of a consistent,' patriotic supporter of
|be Administration, and the loyal cit
izens of Beater county can in no way,
bettoi ( teslify therr appreciation, of I|is
edurse than by voting for his re-elcc
lion. 1 ■■ j .
Gen, Lazear is an uncompromising
Democrat, so wedded to his party that
t oh eycrv,occasion, when the interests
of party demanded, his vote is to he
found recorded along with that of
Valdnditjham. Xow, voters of Bear er
- county, .we ask you to choose between
these two—if you are in favor of sus
taining the Administration in its
forts to crush'the vehcllion,'ybu must
vote for Wallace. ",
IT ' ' "
'ers.. ;The'examination ot the witness
es tor the, prosecution commence],on
[Tuesday evening and closed on Sntur
day morning. The testimony for the
defence conunenfced on Saturday, and.
I closed ot}' Monllay. The ease tvi|l
j probably go to the Jury; to-day. | •
6®r A coiji'paii*', uun4iu«tu>
hundred anil twenty-five men, Jcotrj
manded by Capt. Geo. Barkery left
Kew Brighton last iVeck for Harris
burg, in. response to the call- of the
Governor, j We understand cojmpa
nies lire, forming in other parts of the
county. ’' ■ : ' |
B*»Mr- iavenpoi^t,.the Assessor for
this District, has appointed as his As.
•instants, in this county, Geo. W. llairi
iltoni Kli ileno. and Wilson 11. {Trim*
bid iMr. Hamilton takes that”p’art bf
the county Vying West of the Ohio and
Beaver rivers,‘Mr. Bono that part ly
inir north'and Mr, Trimble South ;of
® ■ ■ ■ , j • -
iof thc Ohio river. J
Serious Affray—ManShot.—W ash -
ingtoh Gordon, living nt<ar ( IjVcedom,
and well to known to our readers, was
shot! oh Sunday evening, by ayoung
man named liarlly. Gordon is hot
expected to recover.. [
I=
.u, ‘
- 'Gen MPOlellan.
i|nt
if ilm'v are brave men : —and that they
i are jUave let a year of struggle, of
[contest in the field and heart burninj's
in jfUo camp, answer. Let all .this
answer and rebuke those-’who have
carried- their spleen and their person
jp too far in this particular.-
d -let the answer admonish the
ToyaLmen who daily hear and see
such "proceedings, that their suppres
sion is as necessary .Ip tfie pence and
perpetuity ot the : goicrnfnent r -.aB -is
the overthrow of the rebellion. ’ \r
General GcoVge Bi M’Clellan is the
chosen leader of otir armies. As such
we hail him . and yieljd to. his actions
bur. own humble support... He bas
the respect! and regard of his arm}',
I and therefore dan afford to.scorn and
j pity those- who assumq that he is nn-
I worth)’ of the respect and regard of
| men in civil life. ; He. has the confi
idqneeot the government! and that is'j
j the highest proof we desire to convince
jus of hi|.cajpae;ly and courage. That
i capacity ’ apd courage must bo our
■\ support aiid guide in this, struggle.;—
If wo doubt our leaders, we damn
our cause. Tf w,d damage pur cause,
wo damn our country-T-alid •with that
[damnation resting with' all its fearful
1 responsibility upon th ononis of those
1 who still persist in their persecution
jpf the coninjanding general of the
[iarmy, may cpmc another damnation
[from which neither praycir or wailing
• can rescue them. Let ns all, then, bo
[admonished in time,, if we desire fo
remain freq and happy throughout all
eternity '.-f ilar. Teh , , '
SJ&.Tho Democracy of this Con
gressional District are-leaking des
perate efforts to sccnre the election
of tlicir man Lazear. ,Thcy had a
grand meeting appointed for ,tni?
plaice; bat Mr. Lnzear has been ron ltd
since and the thing is snuffed out.—
Mr. Lazear is sharper than some of
his friends, . Ho knows that there : is
not 'the slighest hope of success if
his real principles are announced to
the loyal people of Layrronce, and
therefore the faithful are i admonished
to do their work on tlibi sly. Dotft
be deceived by any 6tJ,their talk
Lazear is of. the . V-hllandighatn
School of Democrats. His votes rn
Congress were'cast with the votes of
1 Vahneligham.' He lias done' all in
; his power to prevent a ,v.igorousprose
j culion of the war, and if he should
bo elected will favor a compromise
'with traitors, that will givoj ‘them
(further breathing room.—JV cw Castle
j Courant, of Sept. Vltk. • •
li* Situation. ( ■ ,
It is'nselesr to disguise therfact that
oar people have.been alatmed, within
a day or two p>st, 4t tlje conflicting
and seemingly exaggerated account*
which have reacbcd'us Concerning the
rebel raids in Maryland, and the me
naces which bare 4>,ecu made on our
own borders. But this alarm is. not
stimulated by fear. - It is the alarm
which rouses to action;: It' is the note
ot danger which creates soldiers on the
instant and elicits the (ppnrage and .es
tablishes the fortitude of : men. And
yet, while communities and ;lhc com
monwealth aVe thus, alarmed at what
the rebels are doing, no one seems to
think it worth while to pause, and In
quire what-tho .government is doing.
Where is ? Are Banks.
Wool, Sigcl, Echo and' their gallant
hosts idle ? T|& very suggestion of
such allay fear, .but
not arrest prbjfeption bn the part of,
the peoples Wlpfcro expected tp-Bcc-.
ond the struggles bf.the army in the
field. Thopeoplojire in vited.to "arm
tlrht the}- rr.ay-fcy ; lit time' toj share in;
I he) glory of strjking thcj .last blow at
that is to end
it forever. Wdtnayfeel perfectly
tident that tbovgoyernment is not ifllel
j this moraentST peril, but|that:itHs']
doing all it can to meet! the . foe, anil
puiiisli him.! “Wcr -ril) in,
good time that the government, is not
indiffcroiifor idle. i In the meantime,
troops by thousands are marching, to
the Wat of wart A new army of three
bund'red thousand men will be, in the
field before a week, is pve£, probably.
Let-tie riot give why to ‘foolish panic,
but breast the storm like men, resolv
ing that wo can contjubr.—
Harrisburg Telegraph. *
1 '• i'
Wa'sui.wtos, Sept, i^.—[By a spe
cial messenger to associated Press.] —.
Frederick', Saturday Afternoon.—On
our way hither this morning, from Ur
bnrinj after crossing the jMonocacy,
M'ClCllan and staff passed through
Sinnher’s corps, who jomjucd : their
ranks for that purpose. The enthusi
asm with which he was received by
those veteran troops:is beyond do-|
scription. *f>. ■ , > ■;.•■) i
Before the rebels left, Frcilerick they
■sacked and dcstroyedHho Union news-!
paper offiper The ladies here, were
forced,to hide' their American flags a-j
Ijout tlioir persous to prevcDlthu rob--
els from carrying them off: :
-In the artillery! duel, jycrtefday,
which lasted nntiloneo’clock, between
Gen. Pleasanton"nhjd the rear iguard
of the rebels, wo liad three! horses kil
led and two men wbundbdJ The rebj
els, fearful of being surrounded by
infantry, fell back three miles neyon.il
the mountain Middletown, from
which place they 1 were driven iq, the
afternoon. Our tioops held the town
during the night, i
Sunday] Morning.-\-Thcro is no prob
ability that our troops will remain in
active.- :.| ■ I. ••
There is now no four of an irivasiop
of troops are in.
excellent (spirits at their reception by
the people of this; State.]. The' sick"
arid wounded rebels Jell bcro| have beep
paroled, | ! i ,
Yesterday afternoon the Bth Illinois,
cavalry, Uoi; Farnsworth, charged on
two h'ebcl regiments of Cavalry 'arid
three guns, a short distance beyond
Middletown, on Ithp road ] to Hagers
town. We had three men wbinided
and took iforty prisoners. This: charge
is represented as having been a splen
did affair. ;/ , I
Later in the afternoon four squad
rons of the 3d‘lndiana cavalry charg
ed on a regiment of cavalry, support
ed by artillery, onj the road leading
from Middletown to HarpcFs Feiry.
ft was a despbra.fo affair. We. lost
thirty men killed and wounded. Loss
of the enemy in killed an ( d.' wounded, )
during jjbsterday,double, that of ours.
Our cayah.y 80 ■ pushed the enemy’s
wagon trains yesterday that tjiey
wore forced to .burn the ,half a mile of
wagons to prevent them from falling'
into our hands. 'I-' ;
A man who leff Harper-s Ferry yes
terday afternoon reports].that Long
street was repulsed there in the after-]
noop. , ' • j
. At this-writing, eight o clock a.t m.,
the battle has been roriowmd iff the di
rection of Harper's Ferry. The firj
ing is rapid and heavy. | ' !
Our main column,it is thought, will,
come up with the enemy this after
nooni when a battle, it seems, must
take place. The forces engaged by
out trobps yesterday were those j cov
ering the rebel!retreat. Tlio men are)
in tine spirits, and are anxious to- bo
led forward to rid tho Marylanders,
wbtfhave treated them so well, of all
’nvadors. ■,, - - -! ; v
■i■ ■ ■ '-j,;, r —■ -j , I
—The ‘ 23l' of]
MaineJs 56,6634«fcyear,{ against Go;,-
895, laait 9,28- {Last year
Washburn, RephWican, had; pi {these
towns 21 majority j Co-,
burn, Republican, has iOf the
five members of Congress, Sidney
Perbam in the Second Imtnct, James
G. Blaine it. the Third, and H.
Rice in the! Fiiurtt, arcknownto be
elected!; and there is no doubt of the
election ef Frederick A. [Pike in the
Fifth. • '
A correspondent ' writes ns trbm
York County, «bat the .Republicans
have lost the # Congressman iri_ that
(tho Isl) District—M- D. D. pw.eht;
having run out John S’. Goodwjn
{Repub.) by 150 to 200 [majority Jin
twenty-odd thousand votes.- .Ho eaya
the loss is mainly caused, by tho great
disparity in the members Ot the cre
spective parties brUstibg-rywhicb, sp
lur as ho has observed, isjin the pro
portion of*ninety Republicans to’ten
[ Democrats; Sorte dissatisfaction at
tbc choice !of Postmasters contributed
t.j llio the result, but the change, is
- tnninly,-caused by the above; disparity.
—AVF. Tribune. '■ [
J®"The govornmoot is using all the
Conti abands that can be fjund; More
are wanted than- we now have.
;n.»>Bnsine»» hi
> Cincinnati.
REBCMK
•CBumnd in
Corrcßpoudeojee of the .phil*flelphiai Prwfi
Letter: ftoni “Ofcoafiionali”
!' • : : ’ k;M • ■ I -•- G.J-' ■ ' . .t\
i ’li !•' j; .. . • .-**• 'Jj'. ll ’- 1
; •!.' WAUUftiOTON, Sopt. 7, I. 802»
There is ianothcr rumor hi circula
tion, and published as I see in thri
New‘York papers to the effect that
Me, Stanton has resigned his position
in the Cabinet, and is succeeded by
General Hal leek. I tbink.it Is about
time that this thing should bo ‘stop
ped.' Ido not know what motive can
actuate the gentleman who circulate
these rumors, unless it is a silly love
Of mischief; or a wish that is father
to the thought. 1 have at all times
been ready to criticise. Mr. Stanton,
although I can see ho good that- is to
be obtained by each conduct towards
a public officer at, this [time. If Mr!
Stanton, was an inefficient Cabinet
minister, o» a disloyal man, or inca
pable of comprehending his extraor
dinary duties, or in any way uni’eliil
ble dr lukewarm, his. removal;would
be proper. Ho has boon wanting in
norici bf Ithese capaeitie.-, liowcver, ami
the indrc I look at his administration
of the Warii Department 1 ! the more I
am disposed to censure the senseless
abuse' that: has been heaped upon
him-' ’ ■[ ' .-V-v
' Many' of those who claim especial
credit for, being ihefrionda of Gerierj
ill McClellan .who use his popiilnrUyj j
;as political ..stock in! trade, /have
sought-to ruin, him by that sort
friendship which is 1 always ruinous;
charge Secretary Stanton witii being
the cause of his iriisfprtunes in the
Peninsula. | Let its look at this charge
one moment. Gen.jMcClellan Was the
commander of pur armies. His ■duljj
was itdi conqudr the annies of ‘l he re
hellion. Mr.' Stanton' Was Setretayy
of War. His duiyi.was to so dsgantiso
and j. supply the stymy might
conquer ' the rebellion. ben Mr.
Stanton took the pdsitiou oCßeeretiw
ry of War he placed everything at
General McClellan's control. His
I commissariat - waw organized his
quartermaster's department'.etftahlish
l.ed du a permanent and dffec.livdj basis
—hibs“jJrtiUery made, perhaps, the mo'st
Ifberiudablo array : «f arlijllery j*|in; ihc
world—this .resources ot the j nation
werej placed-at his |dispo|?al. General
McClellan himself, in terms of pridey
irplcrred tohis army! on
leaving for the .jiqnlpsula. - -
: What motive could the Secretary
li a vie lor hamporingVtholcliief milita|'y
coinmander of the armieshe liad ere;'
atdfl, and whoso victory wouldjbg the
happiness of-‘the nation! and! his own
imjmortal fame ? but, ajiart from any
motive.;wc have had the pgpliyit evi
dence ot the- President of Ihe JU rii tedj
Siates.in his speech 4t-the; Washing-!
ton war meeting, that Secretary - Stan. - ;
ton had refused General McClellan
nothing that it was in his power’, tqj
sendi!him. It may have been,. tjimt
there was an error of judgment in not
calling .enpugh trdiips iiiioithe tield.- 1 -i|
But tho call (or tn ops' was not ‘made
by’ Secret ary Stanton; the basis'on
which the afmy w: was aj
basis' accepted hy Gob. McClellan him-!
self. If an error, it was an error in
which the' whole world .shaved, and'
Wljibh cannot be justly ;laid to any one
;mail,! or-any statesman, cveh if he
j Isolds the portfolio of the Department
of Wad; ■ '
Tnis is the most popular charge, a-,
i gainst Secretary - ■ Stanton. and L dis
cuss it freely now because tiie appoint;,
imeiil.df Gun. McC’lcllan to a r.C,w;i.com-
I niaiid shows that the. best feeling Cx
;isis between -them both. Gen., Mc :
j C'b-iian would- dot accept»
from a Minister! whom he Ijc|ieycji tt>
have conspired 'against, his\i jnilitayy
success! and /-cndeavoi* to i bring dis
comfiture-'to his'armies. >! Secretary
Stanton would not hold ihc portfolia
of War whilo aj general direttetL the,
-war operations whom he believed ,to
Ibe incompetent and weak. This one
fact Will show the utter rceklqssness;
of those Who, attempt to lexeitej ani;
iri'osity'and bad feeling by causing £
quarrel between the* friends opa see,
relary and the i'dieiids of a general,
wlien .the ' secretary and general, are
laboring earnestly • and harmoniously
td bring triumph to our arms, and
peace to our homes.. . | Ml.:
;; It has Dcen said, too, with much bit
terness, that th 6 Secretary has allied;
himself with what is balled‘.‘■Abolition
faction,” and is now| endeavoring tq
britj<t- about the ruin the of the coun
iry in order that in.thc ruins of con
atiiu tibnul liberty - , slavery may pcnsly.
When: men use this language ibey are
in my mind,but a very slight improve
ment upon tho Seccssionists/in arms
against us. dyer in. Virgiiiia. My.
Stanton feels intensely on this great
question of Blavcry—but lira soiiti
merits are ihoab of almost every joyf
ul man ip-UiWtJjbion,: Regarding sla
very as the cause of tlie rebellion, he,
does not hesitate to • declare that it
should suffbr the consequences opahe
rebellion.; He would save the Union.
If slavery lives he, is satisfied; if 'sla
very dies he is satisfied. I do snot
know what the opinions of Gen. Me-.
Clellan may .bo; but judging from liis
latest probceedihgs-on the Peninsula,
i his employment of negro labor in bis
camps, and his dreadful experience of
the perfidy and power of t lie irebellioii,
1 should regard him as being as much
of an Abolitionist as the Secretary of
War. V 'M, v'Mi-i^l
. But .apart from the confidence., 1 ]
have Mri Secretary Stanton, and iriy j
desire to see Gen. McClellan rcde.bin ]
his 1 fame,. and justify tlie, affection
Which bis fellow citizens bestow upon
him, I would impress upon all who
value the liberties of their country the
necessity for earnest’ united, and vig
orous action, ; All feeling should be
harmonized;: all cnmities should bo
1 baried awayl; lor in the immediato fu
ture wo have a task to perform wliicb
can only be performed by - a uiiion 'of
sentiment as; well 1' as a union ;of
strength. '‘'.i, M ■ ■■kM'MM!|M,'
If wo are divided amongronrselvqs
—if we permit any partisan feeling,
or the reinembranee,evcn.iOf any’pSst
wrong, to; bias our judgement, aind
weaken our efforts lor the countiy,
we are traitors. Ido riot believe that
fn the irisiseee of ttijl people any snob
again been
i. ‘ V *
■I; .t-
ii ' •
ti<;4ire eicfsts. They are jioucst,| ami
if they: astray, i.f is because! their
leaders' irejdishonest. iL,ui jinei[recall 1
Oh old'iiUcnd ( let me remind the pep
tolc of tUiHiUiiion the quanel ,ia
not dovv beiwtsun Uio parlisaC®*-
par and Llio t artSitns of Antdijy, but
it is A doiifeut for the, life Of Koine. ;
;>;[• : : rj Occasion. It.
1 Gall: Wills, Sopt.ildi—On We Ines
day a ■ sol uni i of the enpniyj about
five tbd iik&d, > said .to be 1 undei* the
comma) d' of Sen. Boring, the first
notice of whom was in our rear, be
tween ; Fayette andi Gauley ' made an
attack du|fyho 34th and.!37th Ohio, un
dcrGolfSiboi/nUn.boringitwclvohuii
died in iiij fenCampcd at Fayette. A,
desperate battle ivus i lasting
till dark.j;* Oitfjffifces caf'their "way
through 1 , i retJchfulgGauley I djiriiig
the! night, having lost .ohe I hundred
killed ."and founded. ; Meantime an- •
othW: dblumiV iof the ienemy ? ;qi
pybucbcid.'ljlai'lcy Bridge, !oivfbe|f.(:\v %
is burg road, ItuUnig off tlio 371 h Ohio,
two conlpanios Of the 9th Ya. aiid
one company of the 2d Ya cavalry,
who were at Summerville. Nothing
has since,beet heard of] them. ■,
j l Umler these |circumstances, .Cdone!
flank and rear beifigi
threatened me kn| overwhelming force, 1
ho Was compelled to evacuatei-G uuley,
i which wits 1 Successfully done: lon the
;lltb aftef destroying alf the' govern-,
mpfit prOpeHyrli^atunable]to.bring 1
uwayi J]lo 'moved down the Kanawha
in two Cold i is,' one on each side of
the river;! Wfljehing Campßlattodn'.tbd
afternoon of the skirmishing
the whole way here. lie massed his
troops on the north bank of the
KknaWliiij biit being hard pressed, re
treated during -night,' Beaching Elk
riyer, jusif below CharleslowiH on the
|2th. lie made another stand on the
dower hahkfof Elk 1 river, whore|a des
peratc’ fight ensued, lasting from tea
in the morning until dark. ;• '■ - r
Our forces shcUedand.burned Char
leston, two houses, only: being jlefl.— -j
The result pF the fight is unknown.—
Xpthnigjhas lieeii heai'dl, from Light
burn hinjcc Saturday at sixpvm .Up to
that- lime our troops were holding
theifground, and punishing thpienpmy
1 severely I. . 1 .; { ]i ■'
,r\Ve.understand our forces destroyed
all IheiUltMwpijks' Liglitbu.i nbrought
six hdpdrbd loaded wagons safely ’ to
Elk river. Thoiretreat .to :Elb river
was conducted in good order, d Great
anrißtklia'tUt for tlib safety, of ;Light
burii's command, as well asdor Point
Pleasant ,aiid' GaKipolls. Tho m.iUtia
arc flocking here from this and adjoin
ing, colintiesi Tlitf enemy's 'force is
estimated at ten. thousand,jj
' llarrisUro, Sept! 25jt—Ijicayy- ar
tillery tiring- was "heard fat Green Gas
tic llhiii morning;
in the, dir[‘c 'ion of AVdlli iniSp'oft:'
. The hiain body cjf t|li-rvhcl ariny
does no£ ap pear: to have gone to Ila
; gersto%Vn. Lopgstrectj division is
I only there, lumbering tdibnty orjfhir-'
ty ihonsa id, apparently to supply for
age'and sup] I,,es lor the remainder ot
the unity. Theniairi body of the reb
i,el army .8 at .Boonsboro. .T. he, pick
' etsjiuve been driven into the Slate
iliii'p. j ■ .i \ ; '
" r, - > -nnMcpntini««- **'
| Troops!continue to: arrive ant
for ;CM>ai|vbe J i i sb'jVg as ja?ft .Ira
tatioii i'« n l>e forwarded.) | . i
: Gen. Lee in .said to .at I:
41)o rcb|c Iscla i ml anr. ar
190,000 meniin Maryland, also i
in Virginia With Which
menacing Washington,whiled.h
In MaiylanJ; hacks the border i
vaiefc i’eui sylvunia. :
j ;A InimoT has got
■Govredvor /rants no’iniilitia if rat
adelphia. , By authority. this
iphai|ic!tlly. ItMiied. Scpd them
ilast as possildo, .They arc; iicr
ently required;:,' ■ i !■.
'■dor' ‘ !l
lulbjrinutioufiii to, -no reo.
irmy n M irylaiid bas been; -roeeivecl
front a tkfoan who - visited their
campk and .spout; considerable‘time,
witliir theijr; lines. U; ' ‘I j ■/V ■ .
Co?. .Tohii ;K. 31urphy, ofj Uio. 291 b
;Ptniusy'lVjiJiiii, arrived heroi morn
dug,! e iidcitydripg through the .Govern-.
WAo, Inflict oh excKaijgo. ; jHe oilers
jhis tier vines to the t Stiate in janf? man-
Inor iitjccptable. Major M Bcotjt is) ak.
Iso hero on business With the Depai t
moht. I- • 'L' 1..',- !i " -T !: .
’There is; no truth in the report as to
martial aw being declared hero -Ev
erything Wresses.. finely Eroops
are still ppuniig in from all sections
Of U 4 Stile. . They are being armed
as fast and sent te £:imp
Curtin fori Instruction belbifo proceed
iii.r itd Ghfonbersburg. |
i The fioels occupied Middletown to
day thousand diUanlry,;
followed by. largo wagon -trains.
r JL'hi> locality of the late'firing is not
definitely [known. but is supposed to
~have been the rebels nnder Jackson
and 4 Federal force of 2,501) under
While at Martinspurg, or. idles at;
Harbcr’s Ferry" Our pickets extend
twp thilaa beyond No v Castle,
i rebels ucc upy -thc State lino w : th 50 0
caVqijlyj Cob Brin a.
EiiZAßETHfovrs, September 14.
The' rebels, under Gen. ;Dun:ari, at
tacked !or r fortes at Green rlvjr, near
Munibrdyillo, about tUrocj o’clock th|s
morning. The fight lasletlytill 11 a,
ni. Our :‘men fought bravely, firing
the last shot. The' rebels; njero re
pulsed w tb heavy loss,: and sc
fla'g pf truce,' asking
ry their dead, which was; grt
Col. Wilder, of thelTlh India
nianded the Federal forces.;
FoiiTßKgs 'Monroe, Sept. 1
hundred. and efSvonj rebel p
were Bent to
for exchange. i Th6y
Suffolk Avcek before last. A b
ndinbcr.pf steamers have goi>|
der’the pag of truce ito brint
tfik|6,6qp Union priaoriera no<
ing transportation. ) ' |%
, ■oTßtsjLi, ■ Sept ,13i—Hon
Thompson, TJ..,S|. die
residence, in j Pripeoton,' at i
bonrtiftwjinid night;.;lli&flffi
would ixpirtd rt>n'f 1 thv
<ss*^l
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SEVERE
HAGERSTOWN, MD. :
UNION AR
f Washington, Sept. If>—lfearf,jnrir. -
iefi Army of the Potomac, Three :
Peyond middlefqwn. Sept.A4, fhid p, M ; ( ,
—To Henry W. lialleck,;Gentasi ( h£ ■■.’.■ •
Chief’: '/Aftcra very'severe cngaWj.
merit the orals Ilookti
and Ronobavecarried the heights ednh
dnanding tho ilagtn'Stown load V ~.
| The troops behaved inagni^eonUy.
They never fouglit hotter. Goh.Fnink- f
lin has been'engaged dn the ‘extreme ■ '
■left. . I do not yej know th'Aresiiltferc- '
dept that the firings indicates pi ogress ■
ob his part, i The .action], .cpntlntied’, '
till afj:er:dark'and* termigatbd leaving >‘
u!s in possession of the entire crest; 1° ;
|lt pias;beeii a glorious victory. ! I i r • -
cannot yet Tell .whether | the' enemy ' v
will retreat during the ; bight or
pear in incre'sed force - lii -’tlie morning.,, t'
d regret to add that the glallant and
ahlo'Gen. Rcnd is killed. : I r ; v H :
| : G. D. iTCi.EU.AN, Maj. Gcn, v
: i . WASinxo'ro|xi September .15. —Thai i.
followiag later intelligence been ’ ! I
received from] General M’Ch Ilan. | : :
i Headjuarters Anny of the ’ Pofmnc, J-\
iiSept.i; 15 3 aj. in.—Alaj.: Gen; 11..' W., • -
II alleck; G e n raj d;n -C h hTI arn h ap.
pj’i td iiiforrnjyou that General Frank
lin’a ' succession'Gi b left was as com
plete as.that on 'the centre and right
and resulted in his pelting possession : ; ;.\
dfj.lhe Gapmftera sje'croietigagemoiitr' •
in all parts'of ;thc line. ; / :
'Tlie. troops, otd‘and n]ety,- h>-'haved
with thetutmost/.steadiness an-f -g;.!. ' ,
lab try, carrying, with but little usds- ;
tancc 'from Our own artillery..'‘.every
j iiqsiiioii defended; by artillery and iif; ■,
fan try lido •npt , thii![k,dur.los.s i,s‘ very
i severe. The j corps, of Ai S. II iU..* anil ‘ :
Lbiigstrc.et were engaged /frith dur
right. ■ TVo have taken a co‘b.ddcraW«r..v
number of prisoners. ■ The ,emm|v
dispersed during ; the j tright. Ohr ,■
troops Are how advancing in pursuit i /
lot them. Ido not yet kliow wli>-relle, ’
will next be found. : v
J I.nfoiynatioiV has yhi's mortica!; iwer.
"received completely co|nhnning tiio
route amlvdo 4 fnondizalion of tho rebel
army. Gen.’Lee is reported-wemnded ‘> ■ •
j apd/Gon.- Gai!and;killed. r Gon. Hook- / |
|;er s alone has over one tlmcsani more
I prisoners,;s[oven 'h’l'ndreu'liavirigiWetfi '■■■■
1 sent to Frederick. : ■ I
I ■ .1 _V •'»/).
| GiiAMnEitsßUiUj,' '{Jeptmbbr , :
Six o’clock q. ■ mi. ,
jtll'is imW’iwng state) that is
! u'i cohunand of the forces -c»k«;ut>vAj>? 1
Ha estimated at froia 1, •S.OUV
Vti) idjUQ.dv.those under Jackson ■ci'ossedr
the river yesterday, fb Sir,numbers be-,
ilig slated at 15,000, With thirty pieix-a
Of artillery. It Js' supposed th-A ia-, ,
tbtul an Attack ,on our .troops it. Mar-’...a
tinshurg.to day. I
! liming last night three rebels tv ere [
| Captured by our- pickets and arc novf; f
Übcki-d up in"C'hainbeisl’urg ' ; j
I |■2s o ■cha'ugfe' of pickets! <r»r* in the con-1
dition of; affairs! generally. A: largo,
body of troops- arrivcdj this m*raiug
from ’ilarfisbiicg. : | l , ;
I It is now positively. -known that
the [rebel-army cvacanted/Fr/dcriclc
Vcstcrdayfpassingllu'onghtU.vohshoro
; iuid liigerstown tOtVafdi'Wiliiamsport .
Jive witnesses Stale that the 'cpliipVti '
i/was from nine a, Arty till dark passing
| a given point. | 4 Ttiieir throe is osti iiat-, ,
[;Cd By ah. officer who the: ■
jlinoyeiaCnl iat ‘SO.UpO infantry,-; 0.000 :0 ;
licavalrvKarid about niiVotV pieces of • .
artillery',’■ [ ■■.' -j ’ - [' . ’ ,-[ ' '
Thoreports -jof the a;rrcst-;.and im
prisonment! .of I)n Scott, with, other
is dontradioto,!; and
[ and no property of any kind has; been
! molested., (It was roporledghat a Mr.' *
Bo inian's bo'.ise bnd been enlaced and
:’a ‘Union flag, beautiful)y' painted qii '
Vih'b'ccaliri*;,"cut. the,party: committing ;■
otherdepredations. .
The rehbls.are rtccuiiing- alt along;ft
their lino of marjeh and. quite a .ufftn
ber have ypined tjheir ranks.' O
A party of rebel . c.a-vahv made a
; dash on bit r,pickets at [the.Stale lino
this TofenijoiH , ail'd captured i Joseph'
G. Mcßride, a" member of a c/mipariy
of- regular cavalry ftoin Ch'.ibirto-.
he JeiiJ 'They took hisjartois ;,.nd| pa- ■
i-plod hint lolling him iatjfng
oh North .in.a day or-two.* .Nd-iad--
Vance! has been [made this aide i-tha
li'rio.j'vj. j: ;
, A.,.gentleman vt'ho canie. .fi.o iv near
Martinsburg reports,Jackson to ,hav«- j
crossed, wi'lh his array at \yilhapiport.-
oi> Thursday, and caniped sik“Jfnites
west !pf tliat place that .iiiglit., |He
.had abbuylajJdO. infantry,yl,ooo! ciiy-v
' airy- and forty, pieces of artillory. lie
did - -not ’go to wards Marti nsburg. but
took,the road to Western Virginia, it
is supposed either to Gov;
-Ke'ly|i or to cross the river at Ilan
c«Sfk; and enter Pennsylvania at.fi;
point,-:tv here he '.Links no troops wilt
oppose. him. ;He is said to 'Lavs cut
the telegraph and ! destroy-'.d life ■
railroad: A wagon trains Ucs nule
west of Hancock, is reported as huy-g
ing been captured by some rebel t-av ■
airy: 1 Another rtf mot is to the effect-)
that: General' While and his fohse aij
Martinsburg were fill lakcm pnsoneri|
to-day., Evot y thing up to this pour,ll
p. in,; is quiet in front- :j . ;
i HAiißibncno, Sept. 14. — On the rot,
cojpt of tbo hows here this afternoon
of the occupation of Frederick Gilt
hy.-Gem Burnside and the advance cl
Gen. ’McClellan, the people bcamt
wild, and the" enthusiasm knew nO
bounds, i The _wev?
besoighed wifi) anxious inquiries m
regard to the result, and great -confiv
dence is now felt hero as to the, saf‘ ! \
ty of the State Ciipitol.,. Troops'a’"®
still arriving* on foot hud by rail, anu
forwarded. - ■ '' j
d leave
inspar-
jtgers
ni)’ .of
rJa.OOU
in tend
t array
.nd.i.in-
nat |.lie
fPbjl-.
ds erti-
on as
;/ arg-
ot in a
a to bu
nted.—
:a, cun
.2. One
i fisoners
ter day
sen near
intficiont
3 up uni*,
down
w await*
MIRRiEI>4-fn Marietta; Oluo, ™
the 24Ui ult., by Rev. L.
Timothy L. Buell and Ijauba Thor>-
iley, of Marietta township.
p
ohu R- DIED—On the li6th of July. &«>•
i at his Carouse Powsr, wifeofS. A. Po wo ,!
n early lof Rochester, Pa.; aged 29 years
sialtem ~By |an pmissioa
6th of should have attended to 1 it,
notice did not appear *oopc?. !
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