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HUNTINGDON, PA.
W. Lewis; Editor and . Proprietor.
Wednesday morning, May 6, 1863.
Our Flag Forever.
"/know of no mode in which a loyal titi
an may so well demonstrate his devotion to
his country as by sustaining the Flag the
Constitution and the Union, under all circum
stances, and UNDER EVIRY ADMINISTRATION,
ILILGAIIDLESS . O7 PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALI
ASSAILANTS AT HOME AND ABROAD."
A. DOUGLAS
WE STILL SURVIVE THE "READING
Otrr."—The press of the State have
pretty generally responded to our re
quest to notice the fact -that
, the rebel sympathizers had read us out
-of their organization. While some of the
notices breathe the true spirit of loyal
editors, others expose the 'Sentiments
of traitors to what was Democracy in
Jackson's day, and to their country.
.Those particularly who have had the
collar drawn tight about their neck,
and been made to eat dirt, are very
jubilant over the proclamation of Lit
tle Bruce, Owen, Caldwell, Speer,
Nick Isenberg & Co. We are just
now where the same class of dirty pol
iticians have forced the patriot Demo
crats, Judge Holt, Gov. Andy Johnson,
Es-Gov. Wright, Gen. Butler, General
Roseerans, Gen. Hooker, and a host of
other distinguished Democrats,—read
out of the treasonable organization that
disorganized the Democratic party in
1860, and encouraged the South to re
bel against the Government,
• and is
now giving aid and comfort to the reb
els. One thing the .traitor leaders
can not do,—they may " read out"
loyal Democrats, but they can not
Make all Democrats believe that the
so•called Democratic organization is
the .'Democratic' party. The once
great Democratic party-is dead,—kill
edby secession poison.,
SIIOWING THEIR TRUE COLORS.—ItIa
controversy with J. 8.. 0. Corbin, Esq.,
of this place, on Friday evening last,
B. Milton Speer, Esq., one of the edi
tors of the Monitor, said he " would
sooner the rebellion should succeed i
than that the Loyal League party
should be successful in keeping out of
power the ' Democratic' party."—
These may not be just the words used
by Mr. Speer, but the words he did use
Conveyed precisely the same meaning.
Such a bold declaration of sympathy
for the rebellion does not surprise us,
for we know that the leaders of the
present " Democratic " organization
everywhere would sooner the Union
should be destroyed than that they
should be kept Out of office. While
the loyal people are fighting the rebel
lion, the treasonable organization,
claimed by its followers to be the
"-Democratic party," are fighting the
Government, and throwing everything
in the way of a complete triumph over
the rebellious South. The rebel sym
pathizers may sugar-coat their lan-,
guago as they may, to deceive the
honest masses of their party, still, oc
casionally, the "truth will out," and
the damnable purposes of their organ
ization'and their opposition to the Ad
ministration and the efforts of loyal
citizens to sustain the country, will
leak out. We have no confidence in
the loyalty of any man who would not
be willing to sacrifice his party feel
ings and attachments to save his coun
try. The Monitor is the mouth-piece
of the rebel sympathizers of this coun
ty, and every week it scatters its poi
don in the ranks of loyal men who are
earnestly entreated to believe that its
teachings are Democracy.
THE RAID IN WEST VIRGINIA.-
The raid into West Virginia has
dwindled in its proportions, and from
8,000 as first reported, the rebel
strength has waned to 1,500 or 2,000.
This is probable, as in most, cases the
force of the enemy has been greatly
exaggerated. The advance of Imboden
and Jenkins' gangs of guerillas bad
been gallantly resisted by the troops
of Colonel Mulligan, near Philippi, and
Colonel Latham, near Buckhannon.—
At Rowlesburg it was reported that
the rebels bad been beaten by a not
large force, - perhaps Colonel Mulli
gan's, who was said to have recaptur
ed two field pieces in a brilliant charge.
The foregoing seems to prove that the
numbers of the rebels could not have
been great in any case. A fight also
occurred at Strasburg, between a
squadron of the 3d Virginia Cavalry,
under Major McGreo, and 400 of the
rebels. The rebels were defeated, and
lost 14 killed and wounded, and twen
ty-five prisoners.
Soar days ago a rebel mail was cap
tured by a squad of. General Milroy's
men, near . Winchester, Vu. There
was a letter in the mail sent ;from
Richmond, and directed to Colonel Im
boden, the guerilla, notifying him of
the concealment, in two different pla
ces in the valley, of a large lot of lea
ther. General Milroy at once sent a
force to each of the places described,
and captured as much leather as twen
ty-two wagons could carry:
PRESIDENT. LINCOLN HISSED 'AND
SOUTH CAROLINA CHEERED IN PHILA
DELPHIA.—The Philadelphia Bulletin
of the 25th says that on Saturday
night a Mr. R. E. Monegan, of Chester
county, held forth at the rebel head
quarters in Walnut st., below Sixth.—
In the course of his speech ho enume
rated the original thirteen States.—
The mention of the Northern and
middle States vas received in silence
by the rebel crew ; while each South
ern State was greeted with cheers as
it was named. When South Carolina
was mentioned, the applause was
loud and long continued. The same
traitorous set hissed when President
Lincoln was spoken of. The fact that
these treasonable conclaves are tolera
tod in the community, is full answer
to any charge that may be made that
the National Administration is arbi
trary, or that the loyal people of the
North are intolerant.
'---STIEPLIEN
LOYAL MEN AND TaArroas.—ln his
able charge to the Grand Jury of Dau
phin county, Judge Pearson draws a
clear distinction between loyal men
and traitors,' which it would be well
for every citizen carefully to bear in
mind. We condense and append this
distinction for the benefit of those
whom it concerns:
"Citizens have a right under the
provisions of the constitution to
change their rulers at the expi
ration of their term of office, and
elect those who will administer the
public affairs differently, but no one
has the right to destroy the govern
ment itself. Every such act is high
treason. In a contest like that now
waging in this country all whose feel
ings, wishes and sympathies are with
the rebels, arc traitors in their hearts,
tind all who render them aid and com
fort; directly or indirectly, are traitors
in their acts. All who are not for the
government are against it. In this
great struggle for national existence
there can be but two parties, true men
and traitors; there can be no neutrals.
Every man receiving the protection of
the government is bound to render it
his warmest support whether ho ap•
proves or disapproves of the adminis
tration."
The charge at length will be found
on our first page. Read it.
TuE following paragraph, purport
ing to bean extract from a diplomatic
letter addressed by Secretary Seward
to one of the Secretaries of a govern
ment in Europe is published in the
last Monitor. The extract is a forgery
manufactured by the Rebels or their
sympathizers, for the purpose of ma
king it appear that tho Administra
tion is seeking to destroy the rights of
tho people. The extract reads thus :
"My lord, I can touch a bell on my
right hand and order the arrest of a
citizen in Ohio. I can touch the bell
again, and order the imprisonment of
a citizen in New York; and no power
on earth but that of the President can
release them. Can the Queen of Eng
land, in her dominions, do as much ?"
LESSONS FOR REBEL SYMPATHIZERS.
—The people of Northumberland cowl=
ty understand how to treat rebel sym
pathizers, if we may judge from an in
cident related by the Mittman:L That
paper says that at a recent "Demo
cratic" Meeting in Lower Augusta
township, while a sap-headed lawyer
from Danville was spouting sugar
coated treason, a Democratic farmer
arose and declared he would not hear
such stuff—and brought down a fist
which shivered a desk upon which it
landed 1 Another old farmer said he
wanted Jeff. Davis condemned at least
as much as the President of our Union !
"About this time" the sympathizers
blew out the lights, and adjourned.
Opinions of the Press.
Our readers may be curious to know
how the " reading out" of the Globe
is received by the press. The-follow
ing we copy from the West Chester
Republican if: Democrat:
" THE HUNTINGDON GLODE.-At
recent meeting of the Copperheads of
Huntingdon county, they announced
by resolution that the sterling old
Democratic journal, the Huntingdon
Globe, was no longer an organ of their
party. These followers of Jeff. Davis
and his gang, North and South, need
not have put themselves to the trouble
to make this announcement, for every
loyal man who has been in the habit
of seeing the Globe, know that neither
the paper nor its patriotic editor had
any sympathy with these traitors.—
The same conclave denounced, by res
olution, the War Policy of the country,
and when one of their number rose
to oppose it, they gagged him in a
minute, and ran the traitorous resolve
through their smut machine without
comment. We have long known Mr.
Lewis, the editor of the Globe, and he
has over been true to the cause of hie
country. The denunciation of the Cop
perhead wretches of Huntingdon coun
ty is his passport to honor and poster
ity. Ho was the first in the State to
advocate the claims of Judge Douglas
to the Presidency, and in 1860 voted
for and worked with an honest pur
pose to elect him; Since the war broke
out Mr. Lewis has acted upon the
speech of Mr. Douglas before the Illi
nois Legislature, that then and hence
forth there were to bo but two parties
in the country, "Patriots and Traitors!"
The editor of the Globe was naturally
a patriot and not a traitor. His ma
lignant assailants were, just as natu
rally, Traitors and no Patriots. A
very sharply defined and natural point
for Mr. Lewis and his defamers to sep
arate.. We say to him that now he has
got rid of this putrid carcass, he will
sleep well o' nights. We have had ex
perience in such matters. These in
quisitors with their thumbscrews and
racks, tried their devilish schemes upon
us long ago, but they aro at this mo
ment suffering political death on the
very instruments of torture which they
prepared for ourselves. The unceas
ing maledictions of an outraged and'
insulted people are falling like molten
lead upon the heads of these guilty
men, and they shrivel in the fiery vol
cano of scorn like a parched scroll.—
We congratulate our friend on being
rid of the pestiferous nuisance, and ev
ery patriotic and loyal man in Hun
tingdon should see to it at once that.
his subscription list is doubled. Cheer
him on to a speedy victory over these
vile traitors. Give him a generomi
support, and our word for it his vigor
ous pen will annihilate the whole race
before the next election. These moral
monsters should not be permitted to
propagate their species, and the editor
of the Globe will see that they do not,
if the true men of Huntingdon county
perform their whole duty.
From the Hollidaysburg Register.
"READ OUT.—It seems, by a resolu
tion of the so-called Democracy of
Huntingdon county at a recent meet
ing, that friend Lewis of the Globe was
formally "read out" of the party.—
Well, well, we are glad of it, and yet
sorry it had to be done. The com
mand is not "wait until you are read
out," but "Come out from among them."
Friend Lewis is not much hurt after
all. Ho has the consolation to know
that many good and great men have
recently shared a like fate. If the
Butlers, the Wrights, the Johnsons, the
Rosecranses and others equally loyal
can survive such indignities (?) surely
he need not be alarmed. Go on, and
still refuse to bow down to the great
image erected by the modern Nebuch
adnezzar. The Northern Priests are
afraid to fire up the furnace, lest they
be made to test its heat; and will only
confine themselves to paper resolves."
From the Bucks County Intelligencer.
The Huntingdon Globe, the old•fash
ioned Democratic organ of the county,
and the first Douglas paper of the
State, has lately been read out of the
party by the leaders of the Vallandig
ham faction, because it refused to en
dorse their course and preferred to
support the Government of the United
States. At a county meeting of the
faction a resolution to this effect was
formally adopted. We have no ac
quaintance with the Globe man, and
-have not often seen his paper, but we
have repeatedly heard him spoken of
as one who has consistently and effi
ciently sustained the Government and
waged unrelenting war against the
traitors. By this we presume ho has
excited the ire of the copperhead fra
ternity. , We believe that ho has grit
enough to stand his ground, and never
surrender to their base requirements.
The spectacle we have had in Bucks
county of a loyal newspaper falling to
the lowest depths of partisanship in a
time of national peril, stands as an exam
ple and a warning. Let the true Union
men of Huntingdon of all parties stand
by the editor of the Globe, and hold up
his hands as those of a faithful guardi
an of the public safety and welfare.
From the Ebensburg Alleghanian.
The Huntingdon Globe, a journal of
consistent Union proclivities, has been
"read out" of the Democratic party
by a convention of Copperheads, late
ly assembled at Huntingdon for that
particular purpose. They couldn't
stand anything savoring of patriotism
and loyalty—hence the result. The
Globe survives, and promises to sig
nally outlive its petty persecutors.—
So mote it be.
From the Chicago iVestern Railroad
MEM
A Mau HoNort.—Douglas was
read out of the Democratic party for
refusing to endorse the inihmous course
of Buchanan & Co. Phe Huntingdon
Globe, Penn'a., the first Douglas paper
in the State, we see has been formally
read out of the same party,"for being
guilty of suppoqing the Administra
tion and refusing to endorse the Val
landigham & Co. Democracy. We
congratulate our cotcmporary for the
Aistinguished honor thus accorded
him.
From the National Guard, Phila
The Huntingdon Globe, an old Dem
ocratic paper, has been read out of the
party by the Copperheads who now
control it, for being guilty of suppor
ting the Government and for refusing
to indorse Vullaudigham, Cox., Wood
& Co. We have known the Globe for
many years as a staunch and fearless
advocate of Democratic principles,
when tbo men who now control that
party were its bitterest revilers. Its
fearless and able proprietor has been
from boyhood a firm and consistent
member of the Democratic party, and
we are glad to see that now in the
hour of our country's peril, he has ta
ken sides with such true Democrats as
Butler, Dickinson, Johnson, Todd,
Holt, and many others, who by a life
service have proved their devotion to
the party.
From the Fulton County .Republkan.
In inaugurating the new policy of
open and avowed enmity to the coun
try, the Copperheads of Huntingdon
county have had the honor to lead off,
and they have started by reading out
of the party the old Democratic organ
of that county, the Huntingdon Globe,
for sustaining the Government and ad
vocating the cause of the Union.—
When the ancient Democracy of the
North sold their birth-right to Jeff. Da
vis, and turned Copperheads and ene-.
mies of their country, the loyal and
heroic Editor of the Globe remained
true to the cause of the Union, and
like a faithful sentinel guarding the
outposts, he challenged and stopped nil
who could not give the countersign of
unconditional devotion to the Union !
For this—for his refusal to sustain the
Rebellion, and to beslimo Jeff. Davis
and his minions with compliments the
Copperheads cama together and read
him out of their party.
And so the honor and fair fame of
William Lewis is saved ! Has he not
reason to be thankful to Almighty God
that he has been spared the disgrace of
having affiliated with these despicable
Tories, by their own published record
to the contrary ? And in after years,
when treason shall have mot its death,
and tories shall have received their
brand, the proudest legacy„to , which
his children can point, will be the Res
olution in which he was " denounced "
and " repudiated" by the Copperheads
of 1803.
Glorious News from Hooker
Read the War News to-day. Good
news from every direetion,
Otrr correspondent, n Pliny Rex's"
letter; for want of space, will appear
in our next.
WAR NEWS.
mportant from Hooker's Army.
The Crossing of the Rappahannock
INTERESTING DETAILS
Gen. Banks' Late Brilliant Suocesses.
TUE WAR IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
FROM GENL. GRANT'S ARMY.
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE
Defeat of the Rebels in Kentucky.
Important News from Rebel Sources.
More Good News front General Banks
QM
The Crossing of the _Rappahannock
The following interesting account
of the crossing of the Rappahannock,
is from a private letter from a soldier
of the Sixty-first Pennsylvania Regt.,
of Gen. Pratt's Light Division, Sixth
Army Corps, commanded by Major
Gen. Sedgwick :
BIVOUAC NEARYREDERICKSBURO, )
April 29th, 1863
Here we aro again confronting the
enemy—nearly in the same • spot of
the Fredericksburg battle. We have
successfully laid the pontoon bridges,
an account of which, I doubt not, will
be interesting to you.
Yesterday morning, about eleven
o'clock, wo struck tents, and by 12
were on our way to the river. Our
division was the first to move. At 3
o'clock we halted, and were ordered
to make ourselves comfortablelor the
night. It was raining very hard, so
you may imagine our disappointment
at receiving orders, an hour later, to
"pack up." But the order was no
sooner given than obeyed. Soon it
was announced to us that wo were
charged with a most important but ex
tremely arduous duty—nothing less
than the laying of the pontoons. As
soon as it was dark we marched to the
pontoon train—two companies to a
boat. The orders were, to proceed
with the utmost caution and quiet.—
Now, to accomplish this, the pontoons
had to be carried on our shoulders to
the banks of the Rappahannock.—
This, I assure you, was a very arduous
task, but never did men work more
cheerfully, or with better will; for
Hooker w s as with us. No waiting for
transportation this time. These pon
toons, you are aware, are very heavy,
and the distance to be carried was
nearly two miles. It required the nni
ted strength of 60 men to carry one of
them, and then we could proceed but
a few yards at a time.
So in this way we steadily but de
terminedly proceeded,' commencing
about 8 P. M., and accomplishing our
task at 2A. M. By daylight we had
shoved them into the river, and no
sooner were they afloat than they
wet•© filled with living freight, com
posed of the One "Hundred and Nine
teenth Regiment, P. V. they having
volunteered to cross and drive the reb
els from their rifle pits, and to Vold
the opposite bank until the bridges
were built. They were met by a cou
ple of pretty sharp vollies, in which
about a dozen were wounded, and I
regret to say that their gallant Colo
nel (lillmaker) was one of the number
--receiving quite a severe wound in
the foot, which, it is feared by some,
will result in amputation.
Wo have just received orders again
to pack, so I must draw to an abrupt
close. We do not know what is before
us, but think we are prepared for near
ly anything. Never was our glorious
Army of the Potomac in better trim
or better spirits. General Hooker is
constantly everywhere, and has in.
spired the entire army with a most ex
alted opinion of his qualities as a brave
and skillful commander. His orders
do not come up to us from the rear.
[Correapoodence of the N. Y. Times.]
Details of the Crossing Below Freder
icL•sburg.
BELOW FREDERICKSBURG,
Thursday Morning, April 30,1363
Tuesday afternoon the forward
movement commenced, the positi^n of
the army designed for this point "'en
camped in. the woods above the river,
without fires and with as little noise
as possible. General Pratt, with his
" flying division," together with Colo
nel Stealer's brigade of Gen. Howe's
division, reported to Gen. Benham
and were assigned the duty of carry
ing tbo pontoons down to the river
for the first three bridges below the
city, getting them down to the bank
between three and four o'clock Wed
nesday morning. The bridges weigh
ed over two thousand pounds each,
and the men tugged away lustily, get
ting the pontoons to the • river with
out the enemy becoming aware of
their presence, until tho boats were
launched. Two companies of the Reg
ular Engineors and Companies 1, B,
E, and A, of the Fifteenth New York
Engineers, under command of Major
Casson, were assigned to the duty of
laying those three bridges. They first
moved over General Russell's brigade
of Howe's division, who came upon the
rebel pickets lying behind their earth
works so suddenly that they had time
to deliver but ono volley. They im
mediately skedaddled over the fields
and into some neighboring houses,
where the officer of the picket—a Ma
jor—was found in bed asleep. &nue
half dozen prisoners were taken.
Col. Irwin, of the Forty-ninth Penn-
Sylvania, who served with Gen Hooker
in Mexico, was wounded in the foot,
and conveyed to Potomac Creek
Bridge. There were also wounded :
Capt. W. B. Freeborn, Co. B, 40th
Pennsylvania—fractured thigh.
Corp. Moses Cresswell, Co. B, 49th
Pup—thigh.
,Tames Culp, Co. E, 95th Pa.—frac
tured arm.
Moses McCluskey, Co. F, 95th Pa.
—thigh, flesh wound.
John Gorman, 49th Pa.—dead.
They wore all taken to the Pollock
House, where Dr. E. P. Taylor, iltedi
cal Director of lirooks' fltta
established his haapital. -
Thom bridges were lain exactly At
the point where they were thrown
last year for the loft wing to ems.,
About 4 mile 4ml 4 half below, two
other bridges were thrown by Compa
nies B, 0, D, H, and K, of the Fiftieth
Engineers. They begun the mbar of
laying them about five o'clock in the
morning, but had hardly reached the
river before the enemy ppened a furi
ous volley upon them. Portions of
Wadsworth's division, First Corps,
opened a return fire upon them, which
was kept up for some time, until seve
ral boats were finally launched, and a
large body was rowed over. The 24th
Michigan, Col. Morgan, and 6th Wis
consin, Col. Bragg, of Meredith's In ig
ado, were the first to reach the oppo
site bank. Gallantly the'whole force
charged up the steep hank, captured
one Lieutenant Colonel, two Lieuten
ants, 84 privates, belonging to the 6th
Louisiana and 14th Georgia.
The following casualties occurred in
Pa. Regts :
Benj. R. Smith, Co. 0, 56th Penna.,
, shoulder.
Geo. March, Co. H, 56th Pa., arm.
M. H. Hunter, Co. B, 56th Penn'a
hand.
Jas: holly, Co. B, 56th Pa., loft
thigh.
John Cunningham, Co. B, 56th Pa.,
and some seventy of Michigan, Indi•
anti, Wisconsin, and N. Y. Regiments
were wounded.
CM
Eighty-four prisoners were talsen,
including two officers. The eighty
four prisoners belong to the oth Louis
iana and Fourteenth Georgia; and al.
so two Lieutenants, Fourteenth, and
Lieutenant Col., Sixth Louisiana.
Four divisions have crossed the riv
er; the remainder of the forces are
still on this side.
Details of the Crossing Above Freder
icksburg.
In Bivouac at Kelly's Ford, on Mel
Rappahannock, Tuesday-10 P. M.
The Rappahannock is again cross•
od by the Army of the Potomac, and
this time without the shedding of a
drop of blood, or the firing of a single
gun.
The neat movement which wo have_
been so long anticipating, began in
earnest at daylight on Monday morn
ing, by the movement of a very heavy
force up the Rappahannock. The 11th
Army Corps, General Howard, had the
advance on the march, and still has it.
At this hour it is hardly prudent to ou
ter into the minute details of the force
and the march, as they have undoubt
edly a great deal of work yet before
them.
The weather on Monday was re
markably fine—oven sultry, and the
men found marching in overcoats too
fatiguing. They threw them away in
large numbers, and the track of the
column can be traced by the abandon
ed clothing.
Tuesday morning we had a cloud.
sky, and before 9 o'clock a drizzling
rain began fitlling. But our column
kept steadily moving, and by one o'-
clock Gen. Howard's advance arrived
at, Mount Holly Church, ono mile from
Kelly's Ford, having marched sixteen
miles slime daylight. The rain contin
ued until the middle of the afternoon,
when It ceased, it having at no time
been very severe, but just enough to
make marching heavy, and to stall ono
or two of our very small number of
wagons in some of the chronic mad
holes. Otherwise, the move prosper
ed. The arrival of the troops in the
vicinity of the Ford was well masked
by Col. Bushbeek's brigade, of the
Eleventh Corps, who had been guard
ing the -post for two weeks.
The troop; marched rapidly and in
fine sprits. Slocum encamped last
night near Hartfind Church, and
,Meade just east of it ;—all were well
up by 4P. M. today. .
At 8 this morning, Gent. Hooker
left his headquarters, and accompanied
by his personal Staff, rode straight to
Morris - Jille, 20 miles distance, and but
6 miles to the Ford. His passage
through various columns of troops was
marked for miles by a tumultuous
cheer, enthusiastically genuine.
At Morrisville he makes his head
quarters for the day and night. A
consultation of corps commanders, in
cluding General Stoneman, who had
come from Warrenton Junction, was
at once held, and then and there (-fen'.
Hooker first revealed to these his
principal subordinates, a portion of the
plan and nature of the present move
ment. Beyond what has already been
developed, none but those officers know
anything. Yet there is reason to be
lieve that it is startling in the magni
tude of what it contemplates, and gen
eral officers remarked this afternoon
that if officers and men did one-half
their duty, it could not fail of success.
Howard rested his men four hours,
and they were then got under arms,
ready to support the operations at the
Ford. The pontoon train for the
bridges arrived with great promptness,
having come from Bealeton Station,
being transported thither by a railroad
from Alexandria. They are the usual
wooden boat, save being smaller ,in
size than those formerly used. The
pontoons and timber were all unload
ed on the bank of Marsh Creek, near
its mouth, and the boats launched be
fore dark.
These operations, be it known, were
conducted in plain sight of the enemy,
who appeared only in small force—a
few straggling pickets, who seemed to
be there as lookouts only. They kept
a sharp watch, but not a shot was
fired. The work went rapidly on. The
pontoons were at once shoved from
the month of Marsh Creek into the
Rappahannock. Seventeen boat-loads
of men from Colonel Bushbeek's brig
ade were thrown over at once, follow
ed by a reinforcement of as many
more.
The bridge laying began at 8 o'clock
and proceeded vigorously, under the
direction of Capt. Comstock, Engineer
officer on Gen. Hooker's Staff. By
9i P. M., one bridge was completed,
and another under way. Howard's
corps was.put under motion for cross
ing, Bushbeek's brigade leading, fol
lowed by Schurs's division, then by
Diven's, the balance of Von Steinwehr
bringing up the roar. This force was
disposed on the south bank, for the
night, doing picket duty on the differ
ent roads. Just...before our forces lan
ded, a small body of cavalry, number
ing twenty, perhaps, dashed down
nearly to the river, and halting for a
short time, leisurely surveyed our op
erations, and then retired.
'Oat there was 11f) resistance a,t, tlm
Ford caused much surprise. Not n
single shot Nya.E; fired. '?he enemy had
rifle:pita, hut did not up them, We
took no prisoners:
There is the best reason to boliore
that up to noon to-day the evilly had
not discovered this movement. }lvory
citizen on the line of march Nyns put
;Ind will bo kept under close guard
until they can do no Image. We
speculate freely on the events of the
morrow ore we reach our destination,
which is Culpepper on the ono hand,
and Ely's Ford, on the Rapidan, on
the other. We shall undoubtedly meet
the enemy before we reach either place,
though each are less than a day's
march distant. Stuart's cavalry have
not shown themselves to any extent,
and Fitzhugh Lee is reported absent,
sick. •
We are certain of ottb or more things.
There are no heavy fortifications in
front of us. There are no very strong
positions which - can be defended. The
enemy must have as groat a force as
ours to beat us back.
Bridges will undoubtedly be laid at
other fords, further down the river,
for the benefit of our transportation,
which is in a safe place. Once well
across here, we can protect the, laying
of bridges at any of the fords below.
The sun set clear and red tonight,
and, gave promise of a fair day toanor- •
row. But the night is thick with mist,
and the moon is "eating fog," which
sailors say is a sure sign of a coming
storm.
Before io•morrow night there will
undoubtedly be some blood-letting.—
Our commander looks and feels as
though he was in his element.
There are other important move
ments on foot by other portions of the
army.
WASHINGTON. May lA.—From the
best attainable information from per
sons arrivip , r from the Rappahannock
it appears that soave important move
ments of the army took place on Wed
nesday, although there was no fighting
of any importance.
The United States forces crossed the
Rappahannock at Kelly's Ford.
Pontoon bridges were laid two or
three miles below Frederieksbnru, and
we took possession of those points on
Wednesday night. The enemy form
ed lines of battle, anti planted batteries
on the heights of their rear, and also
fired a few shots in order to get the
range. In crossing we lost one ortwo
officers killed and from thirty to forty
men wounded. Our men crossed first
in boats, drove the rebel pickets out
of their rifle-pits, killed and wounded
many, and took one hundred and six
prisoners, including several officers,
ono of whom was Lieut. Colonel Ham
mond, of the 6th Louisiana regiment.
These prisoners arrived hero yester
day, and were sent to the Old Capitol
prison.
Another informant says the left
wing, 35,000 strong, crossed four miles
below Fredericksburg, a little below
whore Franklin crossed previous to
the last battle. They fought twelve
hours and drove the enemy eight miles
out of their rifle pits and behind their
entrenchments. The third brigade of
the first division of the first corps has
suffered more than any other in the
fight.
Our forces have captured between
500 and 600 prisoners, who will soon
be brought to this city.
Many of these prisoners have volun
tarily come over to us, having thrown
away their arms, in small squads, and
begged for food. They pick up what
the soldiers have thrown away on the
march. Other rebels, however, say
they have plenty to cat.
The right wing crossed at Kelley's
Ford, and Stoneman's cavalry is re
ported to be somewhere in the rear of'
Fredericksburg. One army corps re
mains at Falmouth as a reserve.
Genl. Ranks' Expedition—lts Brilliant
Success—Semi-Official Saninutry.
WASHINGTON, May I.—The National
Republican of this afternoon publishes
serni•official despatches from General
Banks, dated near St. Martinsville,
April 17th, from which it appears that
when be left Baton Rouge three regi
ments of colored troops remained for
its defence. The results, among oth
ers, of his expedition, aro as follows:
Accomplishing a march of over three
hundred miles, beatim , the enemy in
three. battles, two on l and and one on
Grand Lake; dispersing his army ut
terly, destroying his navy, capturing
his foundries at Franklin and New
Iberia, and demolishing the salt works
(ten miles south w est of the latter place);
capturing his camp equipage, several
guns, and between ono and two thou
sand prisoners. lie cannot for some
months, if ever, reorganize his land or
naval forces in that part of Louisiana.
Other successes, already known to the
public, arc mentioned. Our loss in the
two battles is about six or seven hun
dred. Noshing could exceed the con
duct of the commanding officers and
privates. The despatch says we have
not only destroyed the army and navy
of the enemy, and captured his mate
rials for reorganization of his forces,
but we have also in our possession his
ablest officers, of the sea and land.
The Late Rebel Demonstration on the
Pennsylvania Line.
The facts in reference to this demon
stration appear to be as follows:
The rebels first entered Morgantown,
Virginia, at two o'eloclem Monday,
27411, and were met by the_Mayor with
a flag of truce, who surrendered the
place. The rebels remained four hours,
and then retired to Ryan's farm, nix
miles south, where they encamped.
Persons who saw the enemy's en
campments say there were one hun
dred fires and twenty men around each,
making two thousand men, all cavalry,
no artillery or infantry.
On Monday evening they returned
to Morgantown, and shot Lieutenant
Genuine, of the First Virginia loyal
regiment, wio was visiting his hOme
on a / furlough. They also stole fifty
horses and all the available property.
No women or children were molested.
The rebels were under the command
of the guerilla Jenkins:
At lb o'clock Tuesday evening they
moved to Broomfield, nine miles south
of Morgantown, and encamped. Va
rious foraging and stealing par
ties were sent out, among others, one
to Kingswood, Preston county,'Va.—
Hundreds of horses were stolen. On
Tuesday night, the rebels attempted
to cross Cheat river, but were unable
to do so, owing to the high water, and
to the fact that all the boats were on
the - Union side of the river.
n em i s rouson to belieVe , 1 ,1 14 dm
object was to geom.() plunder in green
and Fayette counties, Pennsylvania ;
and to enforce the rebel conscript*
law in Western Virginia. Some of the
most untrustworthy reports reached
Uniqutqwn by a mn» whq deserted his
wife amd three children, in order to
save °pp horse.
There. is no doubt but the rebols
contemplated the Wof investment es -
' r
-rn Virginia, and the formation of a
new military base lino for their opera
tions. -
The Fight at Greenland (dap--A Gal
lant Defence.
The following dispatch was received
from General Kelley by Lieutenant
Colonel Chceseborough, of General
Sehonek's staff:
Greenland-Gap, Harding co., Va., }
April 28th, 1863. •
To Lieut. Col. Cheseborough; A A G:
The affair at this place on Saturday
was one of the most gallant, since the
opening of the war. Greenland Gap
is a pass through the Knobley moun
tain only wide enough for the road and
a small mountain stream. This gap
was guarded by Captain Wallace (23d
Illinois) with a detachment of Co. G,
23d Illinois regiment, and a small de
tachment of company H, 3d Yirginia
infantry, Captain Smith, iii all lietween
seventy and eighty men. - •- -- :- --
Captain Wallace occupied a large
church at west end of and near the
mouth of the gap anti Captain- Smith
held a log house - atioura hundred - fife . :
distant, both positieus, commanding
the- gap. Jones was ' compelled to
r:apture or dislodge the little band be
fore he could pass. His troops made
three gallant charges but were each
time repulsed with great loss especial
ly of officers. The fight commenced
at 5 P. 11.1„ and lasted till after ditili:
The rebels, mailing themselves of the
darkness approached and fired the
church, bat the gallant -Irish boys
would not even theu surrender till the
burning roof fell in. The kilfed,surd
wounded of the rebels' outnumbered
our whole forceengaged. -Five of the;
officers out of eight commanding' the
leading battalion which made the firs
charge were either killed or wounded.
Among the latter Colonel Dulapy,
commanding. Captains Wallace and
Smith had only two men killed and
four wounded. I counted to.day eigh
teen dead horses within musket range;
I most earnestly request the Maj. Gem
Commanding to apply to the Secretary
of War to have every offiCervon-cony~
missimed officer and private engaged
in the fight presented with a medal in
recognition of the gallantry displayed.
[Signed] B. F. KELLEY, Brig. (lea.
Exciting AreWS from Western V7rginiVa.
The following.jp telligence from a'es-:
tern Virginia has been received:
All of Major Shewalter's cominand
of the Sixth Yicgh is sediment; 600
men and four pletre9 of artillery, ar
rived at Pittsburgh in a special train
from Uniontown, via the Connellsvilla
road, at 2 o'clock this morning. ' They
left immediately for Wheeling by biaats,
The military anthoritie4'seern con,
vineed that Wheeling is the object of
attack, and all the troops are being
concentrated there.
The reports state that Gent. Muni-,
gall lost 250 men taken prisoners, but
escaped with his artillery.
The rebels at Fairmount are said to
be 12,000 strong.
From Genera Grant's Army.
C/NC/NN-1,11, May 2.—Advises up fa
Sunday evening, from Milliken's Bond
and Grand Gulf; state that no obstruel.
tions are known- to prevent the pas:
sage up Big Black River. _
Our land force can easily reach the
Vicksburg and Jackson railroad bridge,
and cut off the rebel supplies. The
rebels will be compelled to come out
of their stronghold and - tight, or re
treat or starve. This is the probable
destination of Grant's army.
The rebels aro greatly alarmed at,
the progress of the Federal forces' in
Northern Mississippi. '
From their papers we learn that on
the 20th of April they occupied Sena
tobia, and cut the telegraph at Sardis..
A force was also out near Houston,
intending to destroy the Mississippi
Central R. R. at Ramona and' puet t .
Hill. They also have a despatch sta
ting that tho Federals have,positively,
taken Mayhew, 14 miles from Colitilln
bus, Miss. Their movements threat
ens Southern ttailroad communications.
generally, and:if successful will cut off
Vicksburg-and Mobilo from the dire - e:-
lion of Northern connections;
The IVar in Tennessee
CINCINNATI:•AIay2:—Bragr;!4 army
is stead fly :lily:ming towards Mur
freesboro, and feeling Gen, lioseerun's
lines. This looks its thongh they colt'' ,
templated an attack. ill •
Defeat of .the Rebels in. Kentucky.,
Cincinnati, May 2.—General Carter
crossed the Cumberland below Somer
set, Kentucky, yesterday with five
thousand men, attacked the rebels at.
Monticello and after some fighting
drove thtm from the town.
General Carter has crossed the Cum,
berland and now ocoupies Monticello;
after routing Chonault's rebel forces,
which retreated on the Jamestown
road. Carter is after them. A squad
of rebels were routed at Meadville, Ky.,
on the 30th ult., by a detachment of
the Thirty-fourth Kentucky. Seven
rebels were killed, including their Mao
der, Captain Gorsuch.
Very Important News from Rebeisourcest,
Cincinnati, May 2.—The Charleston,
Arercury says that the Federals • cap
tured, at Grand Lake, Louisiana, 1,000 ,
prisoners, two ram's, four transports
and three gun-boats:
A telegram from Brookville, Gem\
gia, to the Hon. John Forsyth, Mobile,
says that the Federals have taken
Mayhew, on the Mobile and Ohio rail
road, eighteenl miles from Columbus,
Mississippi. This movement threatens.
Southern railroad coin mu n icutions gen-.
entity. A large Federal force was;
within twelve miles of Houston, Miss.,
on the 19th, designing to destroy the ;
Mississippi Central Railroad.
More Good News front General Banks,
There is •nothing later from General
Banks except that on the 21st ult.'l4.
occupied Opelousas and Washington„,
La., and that the column was resting
for the day at.tbe latter place: The
want of horses for cavalry being sup
plied from the country round about.—.
Seven hundred horses• had been,
brought into Opelousas.
A crevasse near Thibodeaux . ville has .
inundated all the plantations qn the
Bayou Lafourche, and cansect,,grom
damage to the railroad: - ••
rebel force at Butte la Rose, qt
tlto Atottatiiitiyq, 6,0 'miles hprth gf
.M.rislie4r City, capitulated to oiir'gto,
boats on the 21411. Vifty=six priionere
were taken, two cariain: and a con,
siderable quantity of ammunition.
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