Clle 61oln.
HUNTINGDON, PA.
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor
Wednesday morning, May 13, 1863,
Our Flag Forever
" I know of no ;node in which a loyal citi
ren may p well demonstrate his devotion to
Ars country as by sustaining the Flag the
Constitution and the Union, under all circum
stances, and UNDER EVERY ADMINISTRATION,
REGARDLESS OF PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALL
ASSAILANTS, AT LIOMEAND ABROAD."-STEPIIEN
A. DOUGLAS
THE NEWS.
Though we have no official news
from Hooker's army, we have enough
reliable news to make glad the hearts
of all loyal men. Although Hooker fell
back to his startingpoint, we have the
best evidence that his army was not
demoralized, in the fact that he has
already recrossed the Rappahannock,
and is in hot pursuit of Lee's retreat
ing army. The raid of Hooker's cav
alry is the greatest of the war. It so
far surprised the great rebel Generals
that they became alarmed and hastily
retreated to avoid complete, annihila
tion. The rumors that Richmond has
been taken, t and that. our fortes are
harrassing the rear of Lee's army in
the neighborhood of GOrdonSville is
not - confirmed this (Monday) evening,
but we aro very confident that when
we get news from our advancing army
the whole countrgr will wake up to a
now enthusiasm.
THE LATEST.
_The following are a few of the heads
of news received this (Tuesday) morn ;
ing : The Rappahannock crossed
again—Grand advance of our army—
Stonewall Jackson's left arm amputa
ted—Defeat and capture of rebel guer
illas in Kentucky—Glorious victory at
Fort Gibson, defeat of 11,000 rebels,
great slaughter of the enemy, official
—Great destruction of rebel property
by Stoneman's cavalry.
Tut Richmond Examiner of the 7th
says, "the destruction of large trains
cif Government wagons at Rylett's, and
stores of grain at that place, is the
most serious loss we have suffered from
the raid.. The Government was deri
ving large supplies from that section
of the State,.and had unfortunately
within the last week largely increased
its wagon trains."
Another article says: "In conse
quence of active operations in the field
and the limited means of transporta
tion, the wounded on the field and all
at Guinney depotarusufferingfortood."
Hence an appeal is made to the
bonevolobt
GREAT EXCITEMENT.—Tho daily pa
pers, for two or three days last week,
kept the whole country in a high state
of excitement. One day the counte
nances of therebel sympathizers would
be as dark as a thunder storm—the
next day they would be as bright as a
June sun. Owen was not seen to
smile until news was received that
Richmond was not taken. While the
rumors were favorable, and cheered
the hearts of loyal men, Owen and his
faction remained in their holes. Trea
son will show itself.
Trouble in the Camp of the "Monitor"
Faction.—Mr. John Dougherty, in a
communication iu the last Monitor tells
the men who are opposing the Admin
igtration, that they aro guilty of trea
son. The Monitor replies and telrs Mr
Dougherty that he is »o better than
Groely, Phillips, or John Brown. Mr.
Dougherty was ono of the first editors
of the Monitor, but because he would
not come down to a level with such ed
itors as Owen, Speer, Caldwell & Co.,
its editorial columns have been closed
against him. Mr. Dougherty may ex
pect to be "rend out" at the next meet
ing of the bogus Democracy.
THE Selinsburg Times says we
ought to be sent to the penitentiary or
to hell. No doubt the rebels in the
North would like to get us out of the
way, but we Cannot agree to being
sent to either of the places they name
as both places will be crowded to over
flowing when they get their dues.—
Wont old Square-toes put it to them
when ho gets them home—into his
confederacy ?
A SHORT DIALoouE.-LThe fellowing
dialogue took Place on our main
street on Wednesday morning last:
-Mr. P.—Good morning, Uncle
George; the news from Hooker is still
better this morning. Ho has taken
5,000 prisoners and is
Uncle Gcorge.—Squire, how is that
rose•stock doing that I gave you?
Mr. P.—lt is doing well. I think
old Joe Hooker will
Uncle George.—Did the rose-bush
bloom last year ?
Afr: P.-Y es, and the Union army
will bloom this year.
Uncle George "makes tracks," but
is soon met by Dr. G., who salutes him
with, "Uncle George, good news this
Inorning l"
• Uncle George.-0, Doctor, have you
sold that horse'yetr _
SPEECH OP JOHN SCOTT, ESQ.-WC
find the following in the Altoona Trib
une of the 13th ult :
" The meeting held yesterday (Mon
day) evening, was addressed by John
Scott, Esq., of Huntingdon. Mr. Scott
is a favorite with all parties in this
place, because of his loyalty to the
Union, his sound judgment and plain
reasoning on the questions at issue,
and his eloquence as an orator. We
will not attempt an outline of his ad
dress, but simply refer to his masterly
argument on the much complained of
suspension of the writ of habeas cor
pus. He proved conclusively that
there was nothing wrong about it,
and that the President lia - d the very
nest Democratic authority for his ac
tions in this particular. He referred
to the course of Andrew Jackson in
1812, and quoted from the proceed
ings of Congress and speeches of Ste
phen A. Douglas and James Buchan
an, wherein it was sanctioned. He
showed that none but traitors had
anything to fear from the suspension.
So long as a man remains loyal to the
Government, and adheres to the Dem
ocratic doctrine that the majority
should rule, and when that majority
elects officers to administer the affairs
of the Government, it is the duty of
all to support them, so long is he safe
from arrest, and ho has no need of a
habeas corpus; but if he acts the - part
of a rebel against the Government, he
has.no claim to the writ referred to,
and his proper place is a bastile.—
Could the counsel of such men as Mr.
Scott prevail, we would soon have a
different feeling in the loyal States,—
one that would tell mightily in this
struggle and soon bring it to a close.
His entire audience now have clearer
views on many questions than they
had before. His remarks had the ef
fect of awakening men to a reason of
the questions of the day and a conside
ration of them in their proper light."
Who are Traitors.
On the 20th of October, 1780, while
the war of the Revolution was pro
gressing, Benedict Arnold issued a
proclamation to the citizens and sol
diers of the United States," appealing
to them to turn against Washington,
Hancock and their compatriots, just as
certain politicians aro now appealing
to tho peoplo to turn against the Gov
ernment. Wo subjoin several trite ex
tracts:
[From Benedict Arnold's Proclama
tion to the Citizens and Soldiers of
the United States, issued October
20th, 1780.]
You are promised liberty by the
leaders of your affairs, but is there an
individual in the enjoyment of it, sa
ving your oppressors? Who among
you dare speak or write what hp, thinks
against the tyranny which has rubbed
you of your property, imprisoned your
sons, drags you to the field of battle, and
is daily deluging your country with blood ?
Your country was once happy, and
had the proffered peace been embraced,
the last two years of misery had been
spent in.peace and plenty, and repair
ing the desolation of the quarrel that
would have set the interests of Great
Britain and America in a true light,
and cemented their friendship.
I wish to lead a chosen band of
Americans to the attainment of peace,
liberty, and safety, the first objects in
taking the field.
- What is America but a land of wid
ows, orphans and beggars; but what
need of arguments to such as feel infi
nitely- more misery than tongue can
express? I give my promise of most
affectionate welcome to all who are dis
posed to join me in measures necessa
ry to close the scene of our afflic
tion, which must be increased until we
are content with the liberality of the
parent country, which stills offers us
protection and perpetual exemption
flom all taxes but such as wo shall
think to impose upon ourselves.
BENEDICT ARNOLD
The reader will discover but little if
any difference, in the language of Ben
edict Arnold and the language used
by the Rebel sympathizers of to-day.
The latter offer the same arguments
to weaken the Government now, that
Arnold did to weaken the arm of Wash
ington in 1780.
Hooker's Successful Reorossiug • not
the Result of Defeat.
The Post of yesterday evening, pub
lished the fbllowing communication
from a house in New York accurately
informed of the circumstances of the
recrossing of the Rappahannock:
" 32 BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK,
May I
HO.
" Ti, the Editors of the Evening Post:
" We see with regret that the pain
ful suspense of the public in regard to
Our military operations on the Rut ppa
hannou k is aggravated by the current
conflicting minors, most of which, bas
ed upon a misunderstanding of the
facts, greatly exaggerate the national
reverses.
"We are in possession of accurate
information, derived from our own cor
respondents, and communicated by
telegraph, mail, and special messenger,
down to a very late hour, which goes
to establish the following facts :
"1. The successful recrossing of
the Rappahannock by General Hooker
was not the result of a defeat by the rebels,
but was a precautionary movement,
caused by the rapid rise of the river,
his doubt in regard to Stoneman's suc
cess, the possibility of Lee having been
largely reinforced, and the delay in
sending to his own aid corresponding
accessions of force. General Hooker,
from the moment of his first crossing
of the Rappahannock, declared that he
would not remain to allow it to rise in
his rear.
"2. Richmond papers of the sth
inst. acknowledge the success of General
Stoneman's raid, and that he had pene
trated to. within six miles of Richmond,
tearing up the railroad tracks and de
stroying the bridges. Wo are now
assured that General Stoneman, hav
ing executed this work, is guarding
the line of approach to Lee's army
from Gordonsville, to prevent the
transmission to him of supplies.
"3. General Peck, at Suffolk, has
ascertained that the force opposed to
him on the Blackwater and Nasso
mond has been withdrawn, and he is
on the move to assist in the final de
nouement. .
"4. General Keyes, also with strong
force, is on the way to reinforce the
army of the Rappahannock,
" 5. The preparations to remove our
stores from Acquia creek are in accor
dance with a plan before formed, to
change the. base of supplies to the line of
the Orange and Alexandria Railroad ;
and it is already public that General
Heintzlemaa is leading thirty thous
and veterans by that route to the aid
of General Hooker.
"G. The losses of the cneniv thus
fir very largely exceed our own; and
his facilities for procuring both rein
forcements and supplies are far inferi
or to ours.
" Thus, it will be seen that the Ar
my of the Potomac has sustained no
defeat. The delay of the Government
in forwarding reinforcements has occa
sioned a temporary pause, without
materially injuring its morale or offen
sive power;
and it is certain that the
efforts of the enemy to overwhelm it
have failed, while they have had the
effect to weaken their own strength at
Charleston, where a combined land and
sea attack has probably ere this been
made by the Union forces.
"It wi!l thus be seen that there ex
ists no substantial cause for despond
ency or discouragement. The Army
of the Potomac has added to its alrea
dy brilliant reputation for courage and
fortitude, and its commander, before
fitmousfor his fighting qualities, has
achieved a reputation as a strategist
that places him in the front rank of
living generals, and established a cred
it for a wise caution, as far removed
from timidity as from rashness, for
which even- his warmest friends were
unprepared. To adjure all true patri
ots not to despair of the Republic,'
would, under these circumstances, be
unnecessary ; but we may bid them all
have faith that the general success of
our arms, now occurring in the
Southwest, will speedily be followed
by a destructive and final blow to the
rebellion on the Mt ppahan necy._
- "SAMUEL lIALLETT & CO."
PROCLAMATION BY THE PRES
IDENT.
Enrollment of the Militia,
A PROCLAMATION
Whereas, The Congress of the Uni
ted States, at its last session, enacted
a law entitled, "An act for enrolling
and calling out the national forces, and
for other purposes," which was ap
proved on the 3d clay of March last;
And whereas, It is recited in the said
act that there now exists in the Uni
ted States'an ingurrecttion and rebel
lion against the authority thereof, and
it is, under the Constitution of the
United States, the duty of the Govern
ment to suppress insurrection and re
bellion, to guarantee to each State a
republican form of Government, and to
preserve the public tranquility;
And whereas, For these high purpos
es, a military force is indispensable, to
raise and support which all persons
ought willingly to contribute;
And whereas, No service can be more
praiseworthy an honorable than that
which is rendered for the maintenance
of the Constitution and the Union, and
the consequent preservation of free
government;
And whereas, For the reasons thus
recited, it was enacted by the said
statute that all able bodied male citi
zens of the United States, and persons
of foreign birth, who shall have de
clared on oath their intention to be
come citizens under and in pursuance
of the laws thereof, between the ages
of twenty and forty-five years (with
certain exceptions, not necessary to
be mentioned), arc declared to consti
tute the national forces, and shall be
liable to perform military duty in the
service of the United States when
called out by the President for that
purpose;
And whereas, It is claimed by and - in
behalf of persons of foreign birth, with
in the ages specified in the said act,
who have heretofore declared on oath
their intentions to become citizens tin
der and in pursuance of the laws of the
United States, and who have not exer
cised the right of suffrage or any oth
er political franchise under the laws of
the United States, or of the States
thereof, are not absolutely included by
their aforesaid declaration of intention
from renouncing their purpose to be
come citizens, and that on the contra
ry such persons, under the treaties or
law of nations, retain a right to re
nounce that purpose and to forego the
privileges of citizenship and residence
within the United States under the ob
ligations imposed by the aforesaid act
of Congress.
Now, therefore, to avoid any misty
prehension concerning the liability of
persons concerned to perform the ser
vice required by such enactment, and
to give it full effect, I do hereby order
and proclaim that no plea of id
ienage will be received or allowed
to exempt from the obligations
imposed by the aforesaid act of
Congress, any person of foreign
birth who sb ill have declared on oath
his intention become a citizen of the
United States, under the laws thereof,
and who shill be found within the
United States at any time during the
continuance of the present insurrec
tion and rebellion, at or after the expi
ration of the period of sixty-five days
from the date of this proclamation.
Nor shall any such plea of alienage be
allowed in fitvor of any such person,
who has so, as aforesaid, declared his
intention to become a citizen of the
United States, and shall have exereis-
ed at any time the right of suffrage,
or any other political franchise within
the United States, under the laws
thereof, or under the laws of any of
the several States.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand, and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Dono at the city of Washington,
this, the Bth day of May, in the year
of our Lord, ono thousand eight hund
red and sixty-three, and of the Inde
pendence of the United States the
eighty-seventh.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President.
W3l. 11. SEWARD.
MEMMINOER, Secretary of the
Confederate Treasury, has sent a com
munication to the rebel Congress, in
which he informs that body that the
estimated expenses of carrying on the
rebellion for the six months ending
December 31st, 1863, the last six
months of the present year, will be ac
cording to prices ruling in the South,
fifty millions of dollars per mouth.
Loyalty of the Drafted Soldiers
They Declare Against Copperheads,
and Counsel Death to Traitors,
The Voice of the 166th Regiment, P. M.,
in Thunder Tones for the Union I
[Correspondence of the Harrisburg Telegraph.]
Headquarters 166th Reg., Pa. Militia ,1
Suffolk, Va., May 2, 1863. j"
At a meeting of thii °Ricers and men
of the 166th Pegt., P. M. a,preamble
and resolutions expressive a the sense
of the regiment were reported and
adopted, of which I forward a copy to
the Telegraph that they may find their
way, through your columns, to our
friends at home. You will perceive
that they are signed' by all the com
missioned officers present but two (2.)
These resolutions were also presented
to each of the companies separate and
were adopted by a very large majority.
As this is a drafted regiment from
York county, we will prove to the cit
izens of the north as wel as the trai
tors in the.south, that drafted men will
fight and also show their patriotism as
well as volunteers. When we reach
oar homes, we will endeavor to mike ,
good in deeds what we now express in
words. A FIGHTING MAN.
WHEREAS, Our Government, the no
blest on earth, the hope of the world,
founded on the eternal principles of
virtue, liberty, and independence, was
established by our forefathers by the
sacrifice of their lives and fortunes, that
their descendants might enjoy and per
petuate the inestimable blessings of
the Government:
And whereas, A desperately wicked
and causeless rebellion, conceived in
prejudice and ungodly thirst for pow
er, and upheld by falsehoods and mis
representations on the part of its lead
ers and abettors, is endeavoring by
force of arms and barbarous usages of
war to subvert this Government and
its glorious institutions, and to produce
anarchy, confusion, and endless inter
necine wars in this "land of the free
and home of the brave :
And whereas, %Ile, the officers and
men of the 160th Regt. Penna. Militia,
constituting a part of the forces en
gaged by our Government for the sup
pression of this rebellion, and represent
ing a part of the Keystone State of
the Federal Union, have been deeply
pained to learn that since we left the
endearments and comforts of home to
help and sustain our Government with
armor on, miserable recreants and un
principled demagogues, basely dis
guised traitors, are at homo endeavor
ing to discourage and demoralize the
Union army and to weaken the power
of the Government by assailing all
measures used to suppress this rebel
lion, by - infilmous peace propositions,
by clamoring for wicked and humilia
ting compromise, and by secret plot
ting of treason in harmony with trai
tors of the South : therefore, be it
Resolved, That we re-affirm the doc
trine of the immortal Jackson, " The
Union must and shall be preserved;"
and of the great Webster, "The Union,
now and forever, one and inseparable."
Resolved, That as traitors commenc
ed this civil war and uphold it by the
use of tyrannical power and appeals
to depraved passions and .wicked mis
representations, much as we desire
peace and peaceful industry and social
comforts soon to extend again over
our once happy land, in place of carn
age and bloodshed,yet true to the teach
ings of oar patriotic forefathers, true
to the Constitution of our country, true
to the noblest impulses of humanity,
true to the rights and privileges of un
born generations, true to the oath of
the soldier to resist all enemies of the
Government whomsoever, the only
conditions of peace which we can ac
cept is the unconditional submission to
the laws of the Union.
Reso/ved, That the love of country
should banish all love of party, and
that we arc rejoiced that many thous
ands of our opposing partisans in the
army and at home have risen above
party issues, and are united in earnest
efforts and great sacrifices to preserve
our country, the brightest and fairest
that e'er the sun shone on—our coun
try, our whole country and that coun
try ever one.
Resolved, That we have full and
abiding confidence in the wisdom, pro
priety and policy of the measures
adopted by the Administration for the
suppression of this rebellion, and ten
der our hearty and unqualified support
to the same, believing that he whr', by
word or deed, in this hour of our
country's peril, tries to prevent the
enforcement of the laws in the North,
South, East or West, is an enemy and
traitor to his country.
Resolved, That we consider all per
sons residing in the loyal States who
are endeavoring to embarrass the Ad
ministration at this time, while under
its severe trials, as alders and abettors
to treason, and those who Attbor for
peace on any terms, however humilia
ting and detrimental to the future
progress and prosperity of the nation,
as unworthy the privileges and securi
ty of person or property which the
brave and loyal soldiers now in the
field are endeavoring to secure for them.
Resolved, Tlitt despicable and odi
ous as the traitors of the South appear
to all civilized nations of the world, for
wickedly and treacherously attempt
ing to overthrow a government which
was ever faithful and conducive to the
interests, property and power of the
States now in rebellion. Yet more
despicable and -odious are the traitors
of the North who, under the guise of
loyalty, " can smile, and murder while
they smile," who withhold all volun
tary support from the Government,
who secretly plot treason, and whose
meanness of soul is only exceeded by
their great cowardice; for, though
An open foe may prove a curse,
A pretended friend is two times worse.
Resolved, That the sentiments of the
87th Pennsylvania volunteers, as ex
pressed in their published resolutions,
meet with our hearty concurrence.
Resolved, That we warn all North
ern traitors to turn from the evil of
their ways, for in their continuance in
their maddened efforts to foment strife
nod civil war atshome, they but treas
ure up for themselves " wrath against
a day of wrath and of righteous indig
nation," for our love for our country is
stikinger than our love for traitors, be
they kindred or alien.
Resolved, That we urgently recom
mend the loyal citizens of the North
to unite in Loyal League associations
in every township and village, believ
ing that " in union there is strength,"
and that such associations will render
powerless the efforts of Northern trai
tors to frustrate the execution of Gov
ernment measures.
Resolved, That - we view with con
tempt
and indignation the act of the
House of Representatives of our native
State in refusing its hall to Gbw. John
son, of Tennessee, and Ex-Governor
Wright of Indiana.
Resolved, That our gratitude is due
to Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, for
his deep interest and earnest efforts in
behalf of the comlbrt and welfitro of
the Soldiers of the Keystone State.
Resolved, That we view the act of
citizens of foreign nations, manufac
turing and furnishing instruments of
warfitre, for the apparent purpose of
affording aid to the armed traitors now
Waging war against our Government,
as an infringement upon the laws of
nations, and s for which the respective
nationalities are responsible.
Resolved, That we concede to the
Government the power and right of
drafting any number of citizens neces
sary for the suppression of the rebel
lion, and we hereby pledge to the Gov
ernment our dyes and honor in enforc
ing the execution of the conscript law
in any part of the country where op
position to the same may arise.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
published in the papers of York coun
ty, Pa.
Committee—Alonzo L. Ettinger, Cap
tain Company A • Daniel L. Stotiel,
Capt. Company I.e; Samuel E. Miller,
Captain Company E; Jacob IL &bu
yer, Qum termaster Sergeant; J. N.
Taylor, Orderly Serge:lli t Company G
Yeas—A. S. Fulton, Colonel ;
G. W.
Reissinger, Lieutenant Colonel; Joseph
A. Reliant, Major; Abraham Harsh
berger, Surgeon; A. 11. Whitman, As
sistant Surgeon ; A. J. Leo, Chaplain;
Milton Sultzbaugh Lieut. and Quar
termaster; John Reiman, First Lieut.
Company A; Samuel Leitner, Second
Lieutenant Company A; Jeremiah
Kohler, Captain Company F; George
A. Smith, First Lieut. Company F;
Simon J. Diller, Second Lieut. Co. F;
Gilbert W. Branyan, Capt. Company
D; William IL Becker, First Lieut.
Company D;
Jacob Deihl, Second Lt.
Company D; James A. Grove, First
Lieutenant Company I; Samuel B.
M'Laughlin, Second Lieut. Company I;
Peter Z Kessler, Captain Company ;
A D Yocum, First Lieutenant; John
Gable, Second Lieutenant; Theodore
G Gauss, Captain Company II; Gco
S Rehm, First Lieutenant; -- Henry
Haldeman, Second Lieutenant; John
Forney, First Lieutenant Company E;
Emanuel Wallack, Second Lieutenant;
Jeremiah M. Donegan, First Lieuten
ant Company K; Ben jam Geipe, 2d
Lieutenant; Daniel AI Spangler, Cap
tain Company G; Richard F Eleock,
Second Lieutenant; Jacob N
First Lieutenant Company B; John
M Kauffman, Second Lieutenant-134.
NAYS—Michael ALTatridge, Captain
Company I ; William E Patterson,
Lieutenant and Adjutant-2.
EXCITEMENT IN OHIO
21r. Vallandighanz Before a Gond Mar
tial—Riot in Dayton—Montgomery
County Under Military law.
CINCINNATI, May 6.—There was
much excitement at Dayton all yester
day over the arrest of Vallandigham,
and at dark a crowd of fi'Ve or six hun
dred men proceeded to the Journal of
fice and sacked the building. They
then set fire Wit, and burned it to the
ground. The fire communicated to
the adjoining buildings, and all the
property from the south end of Philips'
house to the middle of/the square was
destroyed. All the telegraph lines in
the city have been cut down, and a
bridge on the Xenia Railroad is re
ported destroyed. At 10 o'clock last
night, troops arrived from Cincinnati
and Columbus, and succeeded in put
ting down the rioters. At 111 o'clock
all was quiet. Telegraphic c• min
being interrupted, we have no
advices a.: to the condition of affairs
this morning.
CINCINNATI, May 6,—M.V. Vallandig
ham was brought before the court
martial to-day for trial, 11e refused
to plead to the charges which were
road to him, and the court proceeded
with the evidence. the publication of
which is not allowed. The charges
are based on his Mount Vernon speech.
Mr. Vallandigham is at the Bernet
House to-night, under a strong guard.
Dayton and Montgomery county
bane been placed under martial law.
The total loss by the conflagration
at Dayton was $39,000. The damage
otherwise, by the riot, was small.
CINCINNATI, May 6.—Dayton has
been comparatively quiet to-day.—
About thirty ringleaders of last night's
riot were arrested without resistance,
and placed in jail. The Empire news
paper
has been suppressed, and its ed
itor arro,sted and brought here. The
soldiers removed a swivel from the
Empire office, and also took possession
of two wagon loads of muskets, stored
in the Light Guards' armory. Every
precaution has been taken to prevent
a renewal of the outbreak. The liquor
shops have been closed. The damage
to the telegraph line has been repaired,
and will communicate with the East
immediately.
Ppecial Dosp,ttelt to tho Itolletin.)
CINCINNATI, May 9.—Tho charges,
specifications, and testimony in Val
landighatn's trial are published.
The charge is based upon his speech
at Mount Vernon, and accuses him of
publicly expressing, in violation of
Order No. 3S, his sympathies for those
in arms against the Government of the
United States, and declaring disloyal
sentiments and other opinions, with
the object and the purpose of weaken
ing the power of the Government in
its efforts to suppress the rebellion.
Specifications and testimony arc
very strong against him. Ho manag
ed his own defence, summoned few
witnesses and concluded by filing a
protest denying the jurisdiction of a
Court Martial for the trial of citizens,
and demanding an indictment by the
Grand Jury and a trial in a civil court,
&e.
The finding of the Court is only sue
wised. It has not been announced.
CINCINNATI, May 9.—The court
martial in Mr. Vallandigham's case
submitted its decision to Gent. Burn
side yesterday, but it will not be made
known till published in general orders.
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WAR NEWS.
GDNL. STONEMAN'S EXPEDITION,
Splendid Achievements of the Rational
Cavalry.—Operations of the Harris
Light Cavalry—Daring Raid Within
the Entrenchments of Richmond.
' The following dispatch was received
at the headquarters of the army this
afternoon :
To Major General :
YORKTOWN, May 7, 1363.-001. Kil
patrick, with his regiment, the llarris
Light Cavalry, and the rest of the Illi
nois Twelfth, have just arrived at
Gloucester Point, opposite this fort.—
They burned the bridges over the
Chickahominy, destroyed three large
trains of provisions in the rear of Lee's
army, drove in the rebel pickets to
within two miles of Richmond, and
have lost only one lieutenant and thir
ty men, having captured and paroled
upwards of three hundred prisoners.
Among the prisoners was an aid of
Major General Winder, who was cap
tured with his escort far within the
entrenchments outside of Richmond.
This cavalry have marched nearly
two hundred mites since the 3d of May,
and were inside the fortifications of
Richmond. On the Ith they burnt all
the stores at Aylotto's Station on the
1)1 - attapony. On the sth they destroy
ed all the ferries over the Pamunkey
and Mattapony, and a large depot of
commissary stores near and above the
Rappahannock, and came in hero in
good condition. They deserve great
credit for what they have done. It is
one of the finest feats of the war.
RUFUS KING,
Brig. Gen. Commanding Post
The Fighting of Sedgwiok's Corps.
[Correspondence of the N. Y. Tr ibune.]
FALMOUTII, Va., Thursday,' May 7,
1803—The losses of the Sixth Corps,
in the fierce struggle which it encoun
tered during the present movement
amount to 5,970, or, as I first intimated,
nearly one third of the entire effective
force of the whole corps. The coming
in ofstragglers may diminish this num
ber to some extent, but all such on the
other side will, of course be captured.
Out of 2,300 of the Flying Division,
Only 900 are left to answeott the roll
call. Shaler's brigade, of Newton's
division lost 180 men. •
In the fight of Sunday evening at
Salem Heights, (4 miles beyond Fred
ericksburg) Gen. Burke's division lost
between eleven and twelve hundred
men. This is the most sangtinary
battle which has thus far been fought.
The corps was proceeding rapidly fin•-
ward to reinforce Gen. Hooker on the
right, when it encountered the enemy
in the woods of Salem Heights. A
prisoner, (it is said,) on being brought
in on questioning as to the position of
the rebel force said that there was none
in this woods. Burke's division ad
vanced boldly forward and were met
with a terrific fire from the enemy,
who were strongly entrenched in the
forest. After a severe infantry tight
thb infantry withdre%sf, and we shelled
the woods terrifically, causing the reb
els to leave the woods, and we took
coLeand
fight of Salem Heights, (Alonday even
ing,) when the enemy attacked us, an
idea of the disparity between the for
ces may be obtained from the announce
ment of General Sedgwiek, that " the
emergency of the case is such, that a
regiment must do the work of a brig
ade." ' The rebels charged with terrific
yells, but were successfully repulsed,
when our men fell back toward the
river.
The Fifth Wisconsin and Sixty-first
Pennsylvania supported one of our
batteries, which did terrible execution
on the charging enemy, and, falling
back into a gully, were fired upon by
our own guns.
The Forty-third New York and
Seventh Maine were left at the ex
treme right, near a cross-roads, to keep
,up a show, while the remainder of the
corps retired across Banks's Ford.—
The force commenced crossing at 11
o'clock Monday night. The enemy
succeeded in getting in the rear of the
pickets of these two regiments, took
them before they fired a gun,. then
moved down upon the Sixth Maine,
which fired a ,yolley, repulsing them,
and then retreated to Banks' Ford, to
gether with the Forty-third New York,
reaching it in safety, being obliged to
make their way through brush and
slushing. Ifaines's Battery did fine
execution, and lost but ono man:
The rebels confidently expected to
capture the whole corps. Its retreat
was a masterly affith'. The bridges
over Banks' Ford, (built by the Fif
teenth New York Engineers,) over
which they retreated, have been taken
up. The whole army is safe on this
side, the Fifth Army Corps covering
the retreat.
We have captured riot.less than 17
guns. The boys are in good spirits
and there is no demoralization. 12,000
or 15,000 will, I think, cover our total
loss. The air is very chilly this morn
ing.
Capture of Grand Gulf and Port
Gibson.
CINCINNATI, May 9.—A special de
spatch to the Gazette, dated Memphis,
the 7th inst., states that General Grant
has captured Grand Gulf, Port Gibson
and Willard Valley, and on Wednes
day was 30 miles up the Big Black
River, marching on the rear of Vicks
burg. The army was enthusiastic at
the speedy prospect of a victory.
[Grand Gulf is on the Mississippi,
two miles below the mouth of Black
River. Port Gibson is six miles
in
land. It is a thriving town, in a
splendid rich country, and is connect
ed by a railroad with Grand Gulf.—
" Willard Valley," spoken of in the
above despatch, should probably be
" Willow Springs," a post village about
eight miles northeast of Port Gibson.
The Big Black is in fine navigable or
der, and the fleet and transports may
ascend it to within ten or twelve miles
of Vicksburg.—Eds. Bulletin.]
Official Despatch from Genl. Grant.
WASIIINOTON, May 9.—The follow
ing has been received at headquar
ters:
GRAND Qum:, May 3, ISO3.— To Major
Gen. ./1: Ilaileck, Gen.-in-Chief :
We landed at Boulinsburg April
30th and moved immediately on Port
Gibson: 'We met the enemy,: eleven
hundred strong, four miles south of
Port Gibson, at two o'clock in the
morning on the Ist, and engaged him
all day entirely routing him with the:'
loss of , many killed, and about 550'
prisoners besides the wounded. Our
loss is about 100 killed, and 500 woun-'
ded.
The enemy retreated towards Vicks
huro- destroying the bridges over the
two fortis of the Bayou Pierre. These
were rebuilt, and the pursuit contirr
ued.until the present time.
Besides the heavy artillery at this,
place, four field pieces were captured
and some stores, and the enemy was
driven to destroy many - more.
'The country is the most broken and
difficult. to operate in I ever saw. •
Our victory has been most complete,
and the enemy thoroughly demoral
ized. •
Very respectfully,
• U. S. - GRANT,;
Major General Commanding.
GRAND GULF, Miss.,
May 6, via Cairo 1 - - --
Major General 11. TV. lialleek, General
in -Chief:
I. learn that Colonel Grierson, with
his cavalry, has been heard of first,
about ten days ago, in Northern Mis
sissippi.moved thence and struck
the railroad, thirty miles east of Jack
son, at a point called Newton'sStati.
He then moved southward towards
Enterprise and demanded the snrrenL
der of the place. He gave them - an
hour's grace, during which General-
Lormnicy arrived. He loft - at once
and moved towards Hazlehurst, ow
the New Orleans and Jackson rail
road.
At this point he tore up the track,
thence he moved to Bahala, ten miles
further south on the same road; thoneu
eastward on the Natchez, road, whero
he had a fight with Wirt Adam's cav
alry. •
ii'rom this point he moved back to ,
the New Orleans and Jackson railroad
to Brookbarscen, ten miles south of 1341-
hala.
When last heard from, lie was ii
miles from Summit, ten miles south of
the last named point s and was suppos
ed to be making his way"-to Baton
Rouge. 11
He had spread excitement through- :
oat the State, destroyed railroads,
trestle-works and bridges, burned loco
motives and railway stock, and de
stroyed stock of all kinds. He also ,
took many primers.
U. S. GRANT,
Major General.
Additional News from the South—
west.
[dpecial Dov itch to t'to ItoHenn.]
CINCINNATI, May 9.—The news
from below is encouraging.
The rebels who escaped - from Grand
Gulf retreated down the Mississippi
htistily pursued ; They halted at the
entrenchments at Bayou Pierre, but'
were again routed.
A fight at Port Gibson, six miles in
rear of Grand Gulf, took placo last
week (Friday). The Federal's loss
was 20U. It was this fight that decid
ed Grand Gulf.
The distance from the mouth of
Big Black River to the bridge on the
Vit:ksbitrg and Jackson railroad is 32
miles. The river is navigable for the ,
gunboats.
On Wednesday Grant's army was
pretty well up .the river, and the fate'
,of Vicksburg is probably decided by
this time.
News from the Southern Coast.
NEW YORK, May 9. The steamer
Circassian, last from .Wilmington bar
on the 4th, has arrived: She has been
all along the coast, from Sabine PAss
to Fortress Monroe. She has on board
the rebel Commodore Forbes, captured
by the steamer New London, off Sa
bine Pass, and a lot of prisoners • cap
tured from the• rebel steamer Cliatta,•
hoochie. •
She reports the iron clads offeharles
ton all ready for another attack.
General Stoneman's Operations.
The Star has the following semi-or
fleial reports of the brilliant operatioms
of General Stoneman :
Stoneman's forces were divided into
three columns, one of which, that mo-,
vino. in the direction of the Richmond
and7Fredericksburg Railroad, he Qom--
manded in person, though the havoc,
worked from Hanover Junction &twit •
to within fi 7o miles of Richmond. ,was
mado by a subdivision under the corn- -
mild of Colonel Davis.
One of the three columns, comman
ded by Brigadier General, Averill, af
ter crossing the Rappahanndek at Kel
ley's Ford, pushed on to Brandy Sta
tion, where it met the enemy's pickets
and drove them back in a'short skir
mish. It then pushed on direct to
Culpepper Court House, where Gens,
Fitzhugh and William, Henry Leo
were found with a rebel force of Ter
haps 500 cavalry, which fled precipi,-:
tately back across Cedar Mountain., ,
At Culpepper Court House Genera
Averill captured a lot of rebel Govern=
mitt flour, and then pushed on' after
the retreating Lees, following them to,
Rapid Ann Station, where they burned
the railroad bridge, over which they
retreated after a smart fight, in whirl;
they lost Col. Rosser, (late U. S. Army)
who commanded one, of their brigades.
Our loss there was inconsiderable, and;
they lost several killed, besides Colonel,
Rosser,
and also thirty-one prisoners,
whom General Averill brought back
with him. The object of A.verill's
pedition seems to have been to destroy
this (Rapidan) bridge, which the ene
my, in their panic, did for him. ,After
proceeding as far as Orange Court
House, he returned with his force to,
,
the main army, joining it at Chancel,
lorville on Sunday last.
Another column of Stoneman's force,
under command of Gen. Buford, which,
left the Rappahannock at the same.
time, pushed ou directly towards nor-.
donsville, and positive information has ,
just been received announcing its skic,
eegs in cutting the Central ll4lroad,
between Gordonsville and Richmond,:
and also between Gordonsville and
Charlottesville, thus (witb the achieVe.:
.ments of the column in destroying the
railroad between Fredericksburg Arid,
Richmond) - completely stopping rail
communication in any direction out,
from Lee's main army, and' breaking
up I the time, bOing - tbe enemy's fii
(Unties for forwarding supplies•or rein
forcements to it from any direction.