AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JIHN B. BUATTON. Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., JDNB 6, 1861.
OUR FLAG.
1 Forever float that standard sheet.
Where breathes the foe hut falls before us ?
With Freedom's soil beneath onrjeet ,
And Freedom’s banner waving o’er us!
DEATH OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.
Stephen A. Douglas is dead! Ho ex
pired, after a short illness, at Chicago, on the
3d inst. When the telegraph informed us of
this sad event—this incalculable loss to the
■ooantry—we seized our pen for the purpose of
paying our poor tribute to his memory. But,
the - Harrisburg Union expresses our senti
ments, and we publish them. The Union
says:
At a time when the services of great men
iare most needed, the nation is called upon. to
lament the death of one. of her ablest states
men. Stephen A. Douglas died at Chicago
oh Monday! The intelligence will cause emo
tions of the deepest sadness throughout the
whole country. The career and public ser
vices of Mr. Douglas are as familiar as house
hold words, and scarcely need recapitulation.
Wherever thd political history of the country
during the past twenty years Ims been read
in its daily developement, there ho was known
as the man of mark, the judge, the statesman
and. tho. patriot. Like Webster, Jackson,
Clay, and the leaders of parties and Of Sen
ates, who have exerted vast influence over
the minds of riien and written' thoir- bistory'
indelibly upon tho- records of the country.
Mr, .Douglas carved out his own pathway to
eminence through tho rocks of adversity. He
was emphatically a self-made man. Ho had
Ho early advantages. Ho was. both school
master and pupil. ‘The qualities that made
him conspicuous as a statesman were inherent
’in his nature. He was,bold, self-reliant,-de
■ termiried, and gifted with a prodigious amount
of'energy. It is doubtful whether another
public man in America ever endured the
same amount of physical and mental labor
that he endured within tho past year; Ob
stacles from which feebler natures would have
fecoiled, oily seemed to stimulate his ener
gy. There have been much greater orators,
bht the' Senate of, tho Dnitsd- States never -
coptaincd a mure ready or a more vigorous
debater. Truth in his hands became mighty
even error was sometimes rendered
• eqbplausible that his antagonists with less
the -powerful weapons of
Ho never wasted his
, b/nppn; mere declamation never
BthifcKpbd-hcioi'arliis sentences with tho wilh
bvatory,. But, every word had
abp&toWbSnd'Overy sentence camo down
.sought to convince
iiib' wWtpwitKetHhan to influence tho imag
hteyirgumentsjwjth
formidable,
j f
■ The death of Mr. Douglas in the very prime
of Jifc is a Joss that seems ! to human vision
utterly irreparable. To his great ability ns a'
statesman Tie- added the highest patriotism.
Though many of })is own party friends were
reluctantly constrained to differ with him, he
lived long enough to'overcome many prejudi
ces and to cause regrets from his former
opponents. In his untimely death his party
has lost a groat leader and his country a
statesman and a patriot.
—Our neighbor llarkness,
corner of Hanover and Pomfret streets, is re
ceiving this luscious fruit, and is prepared to
sell the same at a very small .•profit. Give
liiin a call. ' .
Tax Collectors. —At a recent meeting of
the County Commissioners, they appointed
the following named gentlemen Collectors of
States County, and Militia taxes for the ensu
ing year, viz: ,
Carlisle—Jos. C. Thompson.
Dickinson—Frederick Keep.'
’ East Pennsboro’—David Doitz.
Frankford—John Sanderson.. -
Hampden;—Samuel Shcaffer.
Hopewell—Hubert Elliott.
Lower Allen—George Eiehelbergor.
Mebhanicsburg—Jacob Emniinger. .
Middlesex—Jesse Zeigler.
Monroe—James Burtnett,
.Mifflin—George Jacoby.
North Middleton—John A. Hoberling.
. Newville—Dan’l S. Dunlap.
,New Cumberland—Adam Fceman.
Newton—John. VVestheffcr.
Newburg—John Steviok.
Penn—John P. Weiso.
Silver Spring—Jacob W. Loidig.
•South Middleton—John Gibb.
.Southampton—William
i-Shipponsburg Boro’—W. E. Bober.
Shippeneburg Twp —Daniel Line.
( Uppor Allen—William Eoklos.
• 'West Ponnsboro’—John Trego,
JB6S“ All the southern ports are blockaded,
y£t» notwithstanding this, Jliieem & Mon yen
can sell fruit of all kinds cheaper than ovcr>
next door to Beutz’s dry goods store.
■Have the Contract. —Rheem & Monver
have the contract to furnish all the volunteers
with their superior ice-creams, at their Quar
ters, next door to Bentz’s store.
BST-Wc have had rain every Monday in
May. Four consecutive rainy Mondays, is un
nsual, if not a little romakablo. Beside, this
known in history, since
Sewell’s Po,nt._Tui b point, about which
considerable interest is now folt, is situated on
the south shore of Hampton Roads, four miles
from Fort Monroe. If fortified, it wouldcom
marid the entrance to Elizabeth Channel
which loads to the harbor of Norfolk.
ET* It has been supposed by all the public
journals and speakers, that there are no lon
get -any parties in the An incredu
lous tvag yesterday on the street corner sug
gested that this was a decided mistake, that
there were still two parties—one to fight the
battles and the other to hold the officos.nnd
make money. Whether the scamp was a
Democrat or not wo wore unable to learn.
CATS IN THE PANTRY—AGAIN.
Pennsylvanians, rend the following, article
from the Philadelphia Inquirer, and blush.
The Inquirer As Republican in its sentiments.
While our State officials are rioting in all the
luxuries that money can command, our volun
teers are loavljigfor homo, declaring they have
not been treated with common decency, or ns
mon, AVhilo the administration is squander
ing the §3,500,000, that have been appropria
ted for the defence of the State, there is noth
ing being done towards properly arming and
equipping the men, and supplying them with
wholesome provisions. Pennsylvania, incon
sequence of the imbecility of the administra
tion and its officials, has fallen into disgrace
among her Northern sister States, and with,
the general Government. Not long since, a
Pennsylvania regiment on' its way to Wash
ington received three groans, it is said, from
some of the regiments of other States—not
intended for the men, who wore excellent ma
norial for soldiers—but "for the Slate," on ac
count of the manner in which the men were
equipped. The National Administration has
reduced its demand on Pennsylvania for
troops, nearly one-half, and increased her
demand on Now York pne-half. The de
mand on Now York is much greater, in pro
portion to hor population than on,Pennsyl
vania. Tho reason for all this is shown in
the articles which follow.
While all tho. New England States have
men of talent, ability and integrity to super
intend the organization of her forces, Penn
sylvania has tho very reverse. If the State
had been sifted for her trash, tho Adminis
tration, notoriously elected Majors and Colo
nels, have been personal pets of tho Adminis
tration, notoriously elected through its influ
ence, while at tho same time they are wholly
and entircl y ignorant of the first principles of
military science.
While the lives of our brave volunteers, and
tho very existence of our institutions arc at
stake, depending on .tho competency of the
officers, and the efficient equipment of the
men, the State Administration appears "to
think of nothing byt rewarding incompetent
pets, and making the whole thing a matter of
speculation.
Our State has voted three and a-half mil
lions of dollars for war purposes. What is
becoming of all this money ? It is time the.
people should know whether it is going into
the pockets of a greedy, corrupt and incompe
tent set of officials—men who never shouldcr
ed.a musket in their lives—or whether it is
being properly appropriated to tho wants of
our volunteers. There has been enough of
blustering, loud talk and patriotic professions.
Now.let us have patriotic action and sober
thought. Our State at present stands in dis
grace everywhere. Let it be redeemed. We
do not'wish to seOj at tho end of tho war, the
riien who have been at tho head of affairs in'
our State coming out worth hundreds of thou
sands of dollars, and respected on account of
their corruptly acquired wealth, and those
who have had to'bear ..the sufferings apd hard
ships of the war, coming nut halt, broken
down in body and spirit, and in poverty.
Here is tho article;
Tiic {lagged Army, of Pennsylvania 1 .”
Such, it seoms, is tho sobriquet that our I
volunteers have gained in Washington. These :
men, who left their homes, their families and
their business, to fight their country’s battles I
and protect it in its hour of danger, have I
been rewarded by equipment in such trashy
clothes that they are ashamed to show them
selves, while the splendidly equipped'regh
ments-of Maßsacliuseots, Rhode Island' find
NewYorkace paraded, reviewed ail'd admired.
If, from r ii 'mistaken ceSttonjy, wo;;had boon
disposed tb^stiift'’tfieir'supplies, 'we should
have had only ourselves to binmo;- hut wo
have spent money liberally, and paid enough
to make them every way comfortable—with
what effect, every one knows ; , and everyday
brings haw-confirmation.of the statements at
first received. We learn, from the testimony
of a friend who visited tho camp at York, that
when one of their enata was tried on by a sol
dier. the hnclc dropped oitt! So far, what wo
have contributed-has not boon for the benefit
of the soldiers, hut of the sharks whp have
influence at Harrisburg.
Wo regret to say it, but wo are forced to the
conclusion that our State is in bad hands.
Corruption is the order of the day at the
State Capital. The people of Pennsylvania
demand that those who have had a hand in
tho swindle shall bo ferretted out and pun
ished. No man who has a relative or a friend
amongst tho soldiers who are now suffering
by those frauds, should rest until tho perpe
. trators.ard brought to condign punishment.
■ Let every man who has the good of the army
and tho safety of our country at heart, make
this a personal affair, and see that tho guilty
do not escape with their ill-gotten gains.
Frauds committed by- army contractors bring
with them such immediate and disastrous
evils, that .summary and severe punishment,
not gauged by that inflicted on tho transgres
sions of evory-day life, has always been in
flicted upon them, from the days that Charles
YII hanged the contractors whoso rascalities
lost hlni his Italian campaign, and resulted in.
his expulsion “from Italy. . Quito recently
Francis Joseph had. some bitter experience
with his Trieste contractors, and the punish
, ment was swift and severe. Louis Napoleon
takes care to be better served.
Villainy of this kind tends at once to ruin
and demoralize an army, and in the brief
space of time which, has elapsed, wo see its
legitimate results. Our military authorities
have already spent half a million—how much
more nobody knows —in addition to' the im
minent and unwearied labor which has been
gratuitously given by the women of our city
and elsewhere. All has boon counteracted
by this abominable rascality. The first re
quisite for a good soldier is that ho shall pre
serve his self respect; those speculators have
degraded our men in their own eyes. A sol
dier must bo proud of his regiment, and feel
entitled to think well of himself; unless he
can do this he is good for nothing. Now all
this sense of proper pride has been annihila
ted by their infamous rascalities, and our men
are ashamed of their appearance, and nothing
but their patriotism prevents them from be
ing disgusted with the service before actual
hostilities are commenced^
Shall this most shameful state of affairs go
unpunished? Wo demand, in the name of
every volunteer who risks his life for his
country, of every man who has contributed
to the fund, of every woman who has given
her time and her labor, of every tax-payer—
we insist, in the name of every Pennsylvani
an, humiliated as wo all are by these dovol
opements, that justice swift and sure shall be
done. Let us have a thorough and complete
exposure—let this. corruption bo probed to
1 the very bottom. If the citizens are not to
I take the matter into their own hands, it must
Ibo done and well done by those whoso duty it
Insist that the guilt shall not bo shift
ed Ivom one to another until it cannot bo set
• tied Whore it belongs. The guilt attaches to
. the chief officers of the Slat?, until they can
. " how t,iat .' H fve been deceived, and why
they permitted themselves to bo deceived If
- any imagine that this affair is to bo hushed
t up, as so many others, equally bad in their
j spirit, but loss disastrous in their results,!
. have boon, they will find themselves deceived’.!
1 Wo say to the people —this is your affair; see '
'< that the guilty are brought to justice and pun
ished.
1 Contraband Negrors,
General Butler seems-to be equal to any emer
gency. On tho 2d ult. the picket guard at
Fortress Monroo brought in three fugitive
Slaves, the propority ofCol. Mallory, comman
der of the rebel forces in that vicinity. ‘ They
represented that they wore 1 about to bo sent
South, and hence sought protection. Their
owner vorv cooly sent a messenger to Genera
Butler under the protection of a flag of truce,
claiming the rendition of his'slaves under tho
Fugitive Slave Law. Ho was politely infor
med by tho General that so soon as ho should
visit tho fortress, and take a solemn oath to
obey the laws of the United States, his prop
erty would promptly bo restored —but that
until these terms wore complied with the fugi
tives would bo treated ns articles contraband,
of war, and bo set to work inside[;ho fortress.
Col. Mallory did not venture to comply with
these conditions.
As slaves are property, and in some res
pects a very useful kind of property in time
of war, tho General was justified in treating
them as he did. This Virginia Colonel seems
to have presumed that because Gen. Butler
returned fugitives to their loyal owners in
Maryland, that ho would bo equally magnan
imous towards disloyal owners in Virginia—
but he evidently mistook his man. Tho. army
is not in Virginia to interfere with slavery in
any way, eather to incite servile insurrections,
or to restore fugitives to masters who deny
their obligations to the laws of tho Union.
Ahethe Eight Men in tub Right Places?
—Tho Harrisburg Telegraph, a paper well
known for its bigotry in politics—tho Repub
lican organ at tho seat of Government —con-
tains the following remarks under tho above
caption. Tho Telegraph might have answer'
ed its own question, as the people are Answer
ing'lt in all quarters. It might have respon
ded—“No! tho right men are not in tho right
plaees. Two-thirds of them have beon select
ed' because they wore pet Republicans, with
out one single qualification as military men"
Another portion was selected because of their
proficiency as robbers—speculators, who were'
anxious ihr war that they could have an 'op'
portuiiity of cheating the soldiers and enrich
ing themselves.”
But, to tho remarks of the Telegraph, -which
remarks we heartily approve:
. This is a question that is becoming painful
ly interesting as events thicken upon us, and
the importance of the crisis is augmented by
daily experience. We have ambitious men
in abundance—men who are anxious and emu
lous to lead and fight—but are they all quali
fied for the positions to which they aspire—and
are those who are filling important places fit
ted to discharge the duties devolving upon
them? Those are the questions that now ex
cite the public niind, and in manyparts of the
Union fill the .people with honest apprehen
sions as to.the success of the constitutional
cause, the triumph of the constitutional army,
and .the.ultimate-peace, prosperity, and per
manency of tlio American Union. Have wo
right men for. the right places? It may all, do
very well as long as our soldiers are quartered
in camp, surrounded by friends to applaud, to
associate with and contribute to .their comforts
—it, may all appear to be successful as long
as tbo enemy is separated from us by milosof
territory—and it may “look like battle and
sound like wav,” for men to “strut and fret,”
but this does not prove thattho right men are
'■h the right places. It does not prove that
when the summons to fight is made, and when
the signal for bloody encounter comes from
the mouth of the cannon or is flashed from the
gloaming sabre, then it will be too late to dis
cover and admit that the right men are not in
the right places. God forbid that the bravo
men who have volunteered in this holy contest,,
should bofcd into the jaws of defeat by the
incompotency of their officers or the inefficien
cy of their organization. God forbid that bur
country’s (lag should bo sacrificed to imbecili
ty, inertness or ignorance. To prevent such
a melancholy result, it is not too late to ex
amine and see whether we have the right men
in the right places. It is not too late to romor
dy the evil by removing the inability. It is
not too late to purge the civil as well as the
military service of the State and Nation, of
all that may enervate or destroy their energy.
Let us have then, above' all other considera
tions, the right men for the right places, and
the right will bo vindicated, the wrong exter
minated, and our country restored once more
to tho.healthy action of just laws administered
by just inon. The ariny will adtl to the hon
or and glory of that country by the brilliancy
of its triumphs—and the Government itself,
strengthened in its own vindication, become
indeed the homo of the free and the land of
the bravo.”- ■ , •
Scenes in Camp Life, — Provision liiot at
Camp Wayne. —Wo print below an extract
from a private letter written by a volunteer
at Camp Wayne. The scenes so graphically
described are much to bo deplored, but not
half so much as that the gallant soldiers of
the old Keystone have been driven to insub
ordination and violence to protect themselves
against the impositions of a dishonest com
missariat : '
“ This morning wo had another exciting
time when they issued the rations. Instead
of bread they gave us crackers about the size
of a common piato, and as hard as a brick.
When those wore dealt out to the men, they
began to swear and throw them away, and
soon the camp was flying full of crackers.
The men made wagons and used the crackers
for wheels; they made necklaces of them and
strung them around their necks, and used
them for epaulets, and every other imagina
ble way that they could bo used to show their
indignation. At length the..excitement was
so great that the officers become alarmed, and
attempted to stop them, but it was of no use.
The men only howled, hooted, yelled and
groaned at them, and pelted;thom with crack
ers; but they finally quieted down and wont
to their quarters, swearing that they would
kill the first man hauling crackers and bad
meat into camp. On Saturday morning the
crackers and bad meat made their appear
ance again, but no sooner did the men see it,
than they made a break fitr the gates, forced
the guards away, and went to town. About
eight o’clock the town was full of squads of
soldiers, headed by officers, scouring the town
from one end to the other, driving the runa
ways into camp; blit it took until some time
in the afternoon to got them in, and after
they did pet them in they wore not in a con
dition to drill; there was but little drilling
done that day.
Damages Awarded.— Mrs. Joseph W. Phil
lips, a pasengcr on board the steamer Acorn,
on atrip from Provincetown, Mass., to Boston,
Inst August, fell through a hatchway and was
very severely injured. Her husband entered
suit against the company for damages, an#
the matter was loft to referees, who awarded
§2,000 damages, and their award has since
been confirmed by the Superior Court.
ttS?"AN influential Baltimorean, the Pres
ident of the Maryland Agricultural Society,
has boon arrested by the Federal Government
lon charge of burning bridges on the Northern
I Central Railroad.
the warnews.
The Action at Acquia Creek
THE BATTERIES SILENCED.
A Second Conllicl.Goin? on To-Day.
"Washington, Jm.d I.—-The official ropor
of tho affair at Acquia crook yesterday rcpret
sonts tho conduct of tho naval officers as dar
ing and efficient, and details, with particularity
the contest. The enemy's batteries within the
range of the guns tho steamers were silenced,
but a gun on a battery at a distance from the
shore could not l>o harmed. ,
A seaman on board of orio of tbo steamers
was wounded. It is net known what damage
was done’to 1 tho rebels, hut it is certain that
the shells burst over or.near those" who wore
serving the gutis.
A lady who arrived this evening says
tho Vessel on whichaho was a passenger passed
within sight of tho creek this afternoon, and
sho distinctly going
Reports continue-to represent the Seventy
first Now York. Regiment ns having gone to
Acfjuio crook, but this is proved to bo incor
rect, although last night orders for them to be
ready to depart at a moment’s notice were is
sued, but were afterwards revoked.
The Second Action at Acquia Grech.
BATTERIES BOMBARDED FOR FOUR
HOURS.
Ten or Twelve Rebels lulled —Nobody Hurt on
The Steamer— 'The Dipot Buildings Destroy-
Washington, Juno 2 —From a messenger
arrived direct from Acquia Creek this morning
by the steamer Anacostia, the following facts
are obtained relative to the contest yesterday
with the batteries,at that point. '>■
The egagement on Friday commenced ns
heretofore stated, and lasted two hours. Yes
terday it was renewed, and continued twice
that length of time.
The lower or bench battery, which had been
so essentially damaged the day previous, had,
in the meantime, been repaired by the rebels,
whoso force is supposed to bo about. 2,000'
strong. The steamer, Freeborn yesterday ap
proached about two miles from the shore, early
in the afternoon; and fired four or five shots,
when the Pawnee entered into ,the conflict, tak
ing a position nearer to the land.
■ For the first two hour" the fire from the shore
batteries was very brisk, but was. returned
with more expedition by the Pawnee, During
the expedition she fired one hundred and six-i
ty shells, ode of which was soon to explode
immediately over the heads of the rebels who
wor.e working the battery. The observer,
through a telescope, saw a number of the reb
els carried away in wagons. During that ;
time the movement among the.rebel was ex
ceedingly brisk. The Freeborn lodged three
shells in succession in the beach battery per
ceptibly damaging the works, which had also
the effect of greatly diminishing the fire.
The Freeborn received two shots, one of
which passed through'the cabin, damaging
some of the ofoekery, but not the vessel, ex
cept making a passage through the bulwarks
of slight consequence. •
The Pawnee received eight or nine shots,
but all to high too inflict much damage. One
struck the maintopsail yard, which was there
by unslung.
Another grazed the mizzen mast head, and
one passed through the hammock nettings. It
is the opinion oftheofficerson board that had the
rebels boon provided with good gunners the
vessels would probably baveboenstruck. Some
of their shots pnasediover the masthead to,the
Maryland-shore, .y . . .
The Anacostia returned hero this morning,
the Pawnee and iCrcc&ora'limpling off beyond
the range of the pdamy’s fity. _ .
The tug Unite,-which wdnt down with de
spatches on Friday, fired a few shots Only, not
being prepared for a long contest.
The railroad depot, and buildings on shore
at the landing are destroyed. , .
The damage to the beach battery is not eon-,
sidered permanent, as the rebels pan soon ret
pair it. '- It !s safe to say that at least'ten or
twelve wore killed on the part of the rebels,
and it is not Icnown how many may bo wound
ed. : ■
Ail the officers engaged in the fight concur
in the .opinion that the rebels have a rifled
cannon, and perhaps several, and, in all, it is
supposed there are about eight guns mounted.
Fight at Fairfax Court House.
Five 'Rebels.'Capiurcct—Two United States Dra
goons Missing and 'Jhto Wounded—Hubf
Loss Fifteen to Twenty,
Alexandria, Jvmol — lt is reported that at
daybreak this morning Company B of tho 2d
U. S. Dragoons, Lieut. Tompkins, while recon
noitring in the neighborhood of Fairfax Court
House, 12 miles irom Alexandria, were fired
upon by the rebels. The dragoons charged
four times through the villiage and -were fired
upon by tho rebels concealed in tbo houses.
Lieuts. Tompkins and Gordon both had horses
shot under them. Three other horses was
wounded, two men are missing, and three
wounded; It is estimated, that the dragoons
killed from fifteen to twenty rebels., The dra;
goons captured five prisoners, and loft them
nr. tbo camp of tho 28th Now York regiment.
These details are furnished by a gentleman
arrived from the camp.
Washington,. Juno I.—An engagement cer
tainly occurred in the vicinity of Fairfax Court
House, in. which four of the United States
troops wore killed, and twenty-seven of the
rebels killed and wounded, according to tho
official report.
Alexandria, June.—'Loyal Williams of
Washington, who had been imprisoned at
Richmond ns a spy for four days, chanced to
bo at Fairfax Court House last night. Front
his statement it appears that only one man
was killed among tho rebels, and ho was Cap
tain John Q. Murr, of the Warronton Rifles.
Ho heard tho troops coming up, and ordered
them to halt, when they replied that they wore
Captain Powell’s cavalry company.. Not de
ceived by this, the Captain ordered his men to
arms. The dragoons then fired a volley, by
which tho captain was instantly killed.
Tho rebels rushed out in undress and great
disorder, and fired on thedrhgoons at random.
The dragoons charged through them, and,
having fired three volleys, retreated, Tho reb
els pursued them for a distance. Subsequent
ly, onq of tho rebels returned to oamp with two
dragoons ns prisoners, with their horses, Wil
liams is certain that the number reported as
killed in, tho Washington /Stef fis greatly ex
aggerated. At the roll call of tho Warrenton
Rifles, this morning, fifteen men did not an
swer to their nnrtfes, but their absence was on
account of being on a picket guard and other
duties during the skirmish.
Messengers were sent to Controvillo, where
there are 2,000 South Carolina troops, it be
ing supposed that tho dragoons wore but the
advanced guard of a great army,
“ Extra” Billy Smith figured in tho fight as
the colonel in command, and was wounded.
A heavy rain commenced falling this eve
ning. There are no anticipations of an at
tack. Tho campaign for tho present will evi
dently be confined to a guerilla warfare.
Detailed Account. of the Fight at
FuliTax.
Two United Slates Dragoons Killed and Two
Missing—Pice Rebel-Prisoners and Twenty
seven Killed.
Wasuikotok, Juno I.— Tho following ac-
■count of,-the fight at Fairfax Court House was
communicated for the Evening Star;
Last night company B, of the Second cav
alry, consisting of forty-seven privates under
Lieut. Tompkins and Second Lioufr. Gordon,
and three members of tho N. Y. Fifth Regiment
Q.M. Fearing Assistant Q. M. Carey and Ad
jutant Frank, were reconnoitoring within
three hundred yards of Fairfax court-house,
by tho Winchester road, when they woro fired
bn by two of a picket guard. One of them
they took prisoner and the other esosped, the
fired at. The dragoons then charged into the
village from the north side, and wore fired on
from the Union Hotel, formerly kopthy James
Jackson, who murdered Ellsworth. Tho man
firing on thorn was instantly shot down, iho
dragoons then charged through tho principal
streets of tho village, and woro fired on frpirt
many houses and by: platoons from behind
fences. Having passed thus to tho end of the
village, they wheeled about and, instantly
charged back, and were then met by two con
siderable detachments with a field, piece.-
Turning again, they cut through a third de
tachment ill" the rear and loft the villagohnng
ingwith them five prisoners, and killing du
ring the engagement twenty-seven men. Two
of cavalry were killed, two
are missing; and' Assistant Quartermaster
Carey of tho New York Fifth was wounded in
the foot. Lieutenant Tompkins hid two horses
shot under him, and the last in tailing on his
log injured it slightly. The wounded are un
der the cSro of Drs. Hasso and Roosa of tho
New York Fifth Regiment.
FROM ACQUIA CREEK.
The Engagement with the Rebel Batteries Re
ported 'Loss on Both Sides—The Steamer
Pawnee.and Reinforcements on the Wag,
Alexanwua, Juno I—The1 —The steamer Gipsey .
from Farlington, via Fort Washington, has ar
rived. She left' the fort at 10, o’clock this
morning, and brings information that the en
gagement with the rebel batteries at Acquia
Creek, yesterday, resulted in the steamers
Frechornawl Anacostia retiring after a se
vere fight, in which, it is said, a number were
killed on b oth sides. The steamers rotired to
await the arrival of the steamer Paionee , The
latter, on reaching Fort Washington, was de
tainek to await the transport Baltimore yr ith
troops, supposed to bo the Seventy-first Now
York regiment. On the arrival of the latter,
they proceeded down the river in o mpany.
The Fourth Pennsylvania regiment has ar
rived here. .
Throe wounded dragoons have boon brought
here in a wagon from the neighborhood of the
Fairfax court-house..
Gen. Butler, now leading - in the oper
ations against the rebels in Virginia, has .al
ready made a splendid military reputation. —
Ho is a man of vast and varied attainments,
and most too keen a northern barbarian for
the F. F, V.’s. Many good anecdotes are told
of the General, but none better’illustrates the
character of the man, and his shrewd profes
sional, freaks than the following by a young
factory.girl, formerly employed in one of the
Lowell mills. She had been discharged, and
the corporation refusing to pa’y her, she sought
legal redress and retained Mr. putler for her
counsel, lie listened to her case with much
interest, and afterwards consulted Hie ropre-.
sqntativo of the corporation, who still refused
to pay the girl her wages. Butler then issued
a writ, and attached the main water-iy.heel of
the establishment, when the corporation, rath
er than allow their mills to remain iillo, and
await the laws’s delay, paid the girl her wa
ges, and resumed .operations.
From Washington.
The Maryland in
the Army—Names of Officers Stricken from,
the Army Ball —The (httposts of the Wilt
New York Regiment Fired Upon—Fairfax
Court Mouse to, he Taken—A New Levy of
75,000 itfen —From Fortress Monroe— : The
Naval Brigade not Accepted-—Death of Sen
ator Douglas. :
Washington, Juno 3,
While there is no doubt that thi-oo of the
six commissioners appointed hy the Legisla
ture of Maryland, have waited on President ■
parls, no information can he obtained here to
show that the associates, as instructed, have
yet officially visited President Lincoln.
. The plan of organization-, for volunteer for
ces, designated in the general order of May
4th, is so modified as to allow one surgeon
and assistant surgeon to be appointed by the
Governor of the respective States for each
regiment, subject to the approval of the Sec
retary of War.
Limits; Chambliss and Ho'xlon, having ten
dered their resignations to avoid being called
upon for active service, their names have been
stricken from the rolls of the army,
. About 12 o’clock, lest night a squad of rebel
cavalry made a,dash at the outposts of the
Twenty-Eighth Now York Regiment, and
fired upon them, Thonlarm was immediate
ly sounded, and the regiment turned out. A
scouting party was despatched in pursuit of
the enemy. Their fire .was returned hy the
outposts of the Twenty-Eighth, with what ef
fect is not known, ns the night was excood
ly dark. No damage whatever was done by
the rebels.
There was no attack made on Fairfax court
house last-night, as was reported. One will
probably bo made this evening. All is quiet
In the army this morning, as far as hoard
from; the troops everywhere' strengthening
their, positions. .
A man named Bennett, who was arrested
by the rebels for shoeing a U. S. Cavalry
horse a week ago, about eight miles from
hero, was hung on Saturday, at Manassas
Junction! Ho was a Virginian.
To-night has been decided upon for an at
tack on Fairfax Court House, the scene of the
cavalry exploit oh Friday night. It is not
probable that there, will bo much resistance.
The Ringgold Artillerists, of Pennsylvania,
headed by a fine band, are parading in the
city this morning.
It is said to have been decided in the Cab
inet meeting of Saturday to make a now.levy
of seventy-five thousand men, to serve throe
years or. during the war.
No movements have been made down the
river to-day. A renewal of the attack on
Acquia. creek has been delayed.
The New-York Seventy-First Regiment
protests against the Associated press report
ers for moving them about in so many direc
tions, contrary to official orders.
The following are tho names of the seven
steam sloops of war authorized to be built at
tho last session of Congress: Those to be built
at Portsmouth, N. 11., tho Kearaago and Os
sippeo. Tho two at Boston, the Ilnusatonic
and Washusett. The one at New York, tho
Adriondack. The two at Philadelphia, tho
Juniata and Tusearorn.
Tho Naval Lyceum at Brooklyn Navy Yard
will take charge of all letters for the block
ading squadron.
There are fifteen vessels of war now In the
Gulf of Mexico, twelve on the Atlantic coast,
and ton in the Chesapoko and Potomac.—
Every exertion is being made to add to this
list with tho least possible delay.
The Navy Department has received dis
patches from Capt. Richie, of tho U. S. steam
er Saranac, dated, Bay of Panama, May 22,
in which he says, after acknowledging the
receipt of tho President’s proclamation in re
gard to protended letters of marque: Having
been notified by tho Paslfio Mail Steamship
Company of tho supposed 'presence of priva
teers in tho Pacific, I had partly anticipated
the order of tho Department by directing
Commander Bissol; now at Acapulco, to
cruise with tho Cyano between between that
port and Manseanilla, and have also despatch
ed an order to Commander Porter at San
Francisco to expedite tho repairs on the St.
Mary, and, when in readiness for sea, to re
pair at once to Manseanilla and co-operate
•with Cant. Bissol in affording protection to
tho mail steamers along the most exposed
lino of coast, j: ... ,
By tho English mail stcaraor, sailing homo
on the 24th, I will forward, instructions to
Cant. Hunt to proceed immediately with tne
Naragansott to,tho relief of tho Cyano, whiohi
latter vessel, after receiving stores at tine
port, will bo despatched to Oiillao, and dis
charge tho duties of tho Nitrragansott at that
Pl Captain Mitchell’s last _ Comnwinication
states that ho expected to sail front Sanlran
oisco with tho Wyoming for this port about
-the Ist of Juno.- Should I heat howevCT; of
further detention of that vessel, I Will direct
Captain Mitchell to remain with the Wyom
ing, at San Francisco,, and afford protection
to our interests at that point. _ t .
In my orders to Commander Russell I have
directed special vigilance to be exercised on
tho arrival and departure of the mail steam
ers at the port of Acapulco, and will instruct
Copt, Hunt to tho same effect.
Chicago, June 3. _
Senator Hougla-s expired at 9; o’clock this
morning. _ ,
Those in attendance- oh. Senator Douglas
wore Mrs- Douglas, Dr. Miller, J. Madison
Cults,--Mrs. Cults, S. M. Cutts, Jr., ol Wash
ington; D. P. Rhodes, of Cleveland; Dr.
McVichar, Spencer C. Denham, and Dr. Hay
of Chicago. The remains will be taken ,to
Washington on Wednesday.
Parsox Brownlow’s Daughter.—A gen
tleman just arrived in this city from Knox
ville, Tcnn., brings intelligence of affairs in
that city. Ho informs us that 2,500 secession
troops are stationed there, for tho express
purpose of overawing tho Union men.. It is
a part of their business to engage in quarrels
in saloons, and in street fights, with all who
are not friendly to secession. Twd men wore
shot last week for no other offence than speak
ing words of loyalty' to the Federal Govci-n
-■mont.
The house of the celebrated, hold-hearted
and out-sjroken Parson Brovrnlovr is the duly
one in Knoxville over which the Stars and
Stripes are floating. A few days ago, two
armed secessionists wont, at 6 o’clock in the
morning, to haul down the Stars and Stripes.
Miss Brownlow, a brlllia'nt young lady of
twenty-three, saw them on the piazza, and
demanded their business. They replied they
had come-to “ take down them d—n Stars and
Stripes.” She instantly drew a revolver, from,
her side, and presenting ib,.s«id, “Go on. I’m
good for one of you, and I think for both !”,
“By the looks of that giriV eye, she’ll
shoot,” one remarked, “i think we’d better
not try it; we’ll go .back and get more men,”
said the other.
“Go and get!more men,”said! the noble
lady; “ get more men, and eome- and take' it
down, if you dare!”
“ They returned with a company of armed
men, and demanded that the flag should bo-.
hauled down.. But on discovering that, the
house was filled with gallant men, armed to
the teeth, who would rather die- as dearly as
possible than,sec their country’s flag dishon
ored, the secessionists retired.
When our informant left Knoxville, the
Stars arid Stripes still Abated to the breeze
over Parson Brownlow’a house. Bong; may
they wave. —Chicago Journal.
John Merrvm.vn, a prominent citizen) of
Baltimore county, Maryland, was rcecntlyar_
rested upon the charge of having-participated
in thp • of bridges bn the Korthorn
Central railway, and incairecr.-sted in Port
McHenry. Upon application) to, Judge- Tantet
a writ of habeas corpus was issued requesting'
General Cauw.vlader to protlnce'lihe'Body. of
Meurvmax and show cause why he should ho ;
detained. General GaowaladEr refused to
appear, but sent word to the Chief Justice
that he was authorized hy the Prc.-rdant of
the United States to suspend thd writ of ha
beas corpus in such casba, and in the exercise
of the discretionary power thus reposed in
him, ho declined obedience to the order. The
Judge thou directed a writ of attachment t°
be issued against the General, commanding
him to appear and answer for contempt, which
the United States Marshal was unable to servo.
• .Wiiat Gen. .WALimiDGE would
WalbrUlgois still in Washington, and urges
the Administration to overwhelm the rebel
lion with forces-so largo as to render resist"
anco liop'oloak or the fight short, , lie would
have five to seven hundred thousand men en
rolled at once and under.nnns. Ho would
have the war carried into the heart of the ene
my’s country, by punishing South Carolina>
'firstand worst in insurrection, most severely"
Col. Ellsworth’s Successor. —The Sooro
tary of Gen. Scott gives notice that he cannot
respond to the many inquiries made concern
ing the place made vacant by the death of
Colonel Ellsworth, in any bettor way than by
stating that the place is well filled temporari
ly by the former Lieut. Col,, Farnbam ; and
there is no reason to believe that the Depart
ment will doom it expedient to remove him.
The Japanese Donation to the Police;
The Police Commissioners of New York are
considering the subject of using the §13,000
given to the police department by the Japanese
Princes, as a fund to bo appropriated in pro
viding for the families of policemen who have
enlisted in oney of the city volunteer regiments.
■They have decided to leave the matter to the
men. It is understood that the men will glad
ly vote to allow the fund to be distributed i
the way stated, and thus relievo themselves of
the- monthly assessment now exacted for this
purpose.
Jin Buchanan’s Health.— We lotrn from
Lancaster that tho health of ox-President Bu
chanan is far from good. Dropsical symptoms
have made their apporanoo, which are alarm
ing at his time of life;
The Virginia Election.— Ueturns from
Virginia of the election hold on the 23d nit
upon the ordinance of secession, give tho Union
majorities in nineteen counties, 13,032. Those
comities gave for Lincoln in 1800, 215 votes.
iCTTIoN. Charles Francis Adams, United
States Minister, had been presented to Queen
Victoria.. Mr. Dallas has returned homo in
tho America.
T7*The London Times says that the medi
ation of England might as well, bo offered to
a hurricane as to'the United States.
ID” On Saturday Judge Cadwalader, of
Philadelphia, issued the necessary .prder for
the release of tho throe Baltimore vessels taken
into that port from Hampton roads as prizes.
Major General.— Gov. Banks is to be made
a Major General, and to bo put in command
of an important column.
Tho Govonor of Delaware has issued
Ids proclamation calling for another regiment
of troops from that State for tho Federal gov
ernment to servo for three years,
ifF-
The Case of Itrerrynmra,
From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
CARD FROM THE POTTER RIFIESr
Editor Telegraph:— Being among those
who have loft tho “ Potter Rifles" for homo,
wo wish to make a.plain statement of tho facts
that liavd led us to take this step. Soon after
the-call of the President for tho first quota of
men from our State, wo had an opportunity of
enlisting ; believing that the flag of our na
tion was endangered, we readily rushed to its
support, Wo wore told to take no clothing
with us excepting such ns we wore, ns tho Gov
ernment would supply us immediately on, our'
arrival in camp.' Our march for seventy-five'
miles Was through a now country, over rough
i-onds, rendered muddy by recent and heavy
rains. Wo arrived at tho railroad station cov
ered with mud, wet, weary and foot sore;
nearly in this condition wo entered Camp Cur-
tin, . , ,
We expected on our arrival hero to he,in
dulged, not with tho comforts of homo, but at’,
least with clean clothes a sufficient supply of
healthy food, and to bo mustered into service
and placed under drill. We have been hero
about throe weeks, and no member of bur com
pany has received a single article of clothing,
and during a part of that time, ninety six
men have subsisted on the rations of soventy
seven; Wo were, enlisted for three months’,
service; wo camo before that requisition was.',
full; we were not received ; Twenty-one of our
men then wont homo; many of us wore indig-'
nant at them for this course, believing that
true policy'required us to enlist for the war.-
A full company expressed our willingness to
servo for that time, yet we wen sfltt Kept -out
of the service and kept is rags.
All this we could bear; hunger, cold and
fatigue could bo endured; but wo had loved
our State ns wo did our mothers; wo wore
proud of her reputation and jealous of. her lion--
or, anil when wo received nows from Washing
ton, and the, camps'below us, of tho situation
of our men- there,.,and tho jeers at tho “rag
ged army of Pennsylvania,” we determined
that wo would not bo the passive instruments'
whereby that honor was to be further prostra
ted.' We are ready to-servo our country for
the war—wo are ready to face the enemy oq
any battlefield and We- are ready to-submit
to all necessary esposvfre and privations of a
soldier’s life; but we- req-vtost—aye, demand
—to be treated with decency, and'as men.
For tho ladies of Harrisburg amf all other.
places who have manifested an interest in our'
welfare, ivo tender our sincere thanks; their off-;
orts have been a link bindingns to thehomos wo
deft behind us,aml preventing ns from "forget,
ting that wo, weveyet sm'roond’ed by the luxu
ries of civilized, society.
With this statement of facts wo.are willing
to submit our- actions to the impartial .judg
ment of the people of the State and of the na
tion, Potter. lUfi.es..
Se.vsiiii.e Talk. —Hero .is a bit of what we'
.sail sensible advice-, which wo cut from an
exchange: .
“PatYocr Small Debts.— This is good
adlvioo, and there never was a time when it
is a more, solemn duty. When the small
debts are paid, there is a general’ confidence
among oar home people, and the wheels of
'trade move on regularly and easily, Bbhidoa;.
; it is the small debts which control! all the
;hig ones, and which most materially affect
itrade,, None are p»yrngto ; pier enemies, hut'
’all should make .a special eflTrutl to pay, their
small debts to their friends-, if firr. no otjicr:
'reason that it.diffuses good apiirihr,. gives-oon—
jfidcnco arid greases the wheels- eff tradiv'nll
‘which are so nccessary and’-incTispensiblo at
■ the present time:. Let all i*av, or,’ aiuf’alS
■ will) feel hotter and thus promotethe, common,'
'weal.. Pay upvbu-t especially pay all small!
'debts..” - - - ; , ' -V
“Parly f-iuips
At the Philadelphia Custom’House, on Sat
urday Inst, fortif-fmo Sbmocrats were removed),
and their places supplied hy rampant Bcpuh
ilicans. Another hatch of removals wijijv*
made on the 15th of the present moot!), mol
in' less than throb months tber-v will scnrcely
ho a Democrat-left in the whole concern.
The same proscription has been practiced!
rt Boston! and New York, bub still the Repub
lican papers arc preaching up no partyism I
Out upon snch hypocrites !
Dry" Those two . hot warriors, Greeley and
Bennett. have fallen out. Here is a specimen!
of the Uerald’ii talk about old White Coat r
Bn ( .when Justice gets her due —when thcr
chief offenders in the work of. bringing upon
the country tins civil war shall bo punished
such Abolition and disunion agitators of Ilia
last twenty, years as Greeley, Garrison and
Giddings will bo among the list of traitors
hung up like herrings to dry in the sun. Gree
ley, particularly, has been a great sinner, and
withal a very dirty ono, Let him bo washed,
or lot him retire.
Beef for the*Army. —Mr. Hugh Maher*.
of Chicago, 111., is the lowest bidder to furnish’-
tbo boof wanted for the Army. Ho wiHJ dq?,
liver it in Pennsylvania at §3,00 live weight*'*
and bv Washington at §1,48 per liomlredF.
pounds. ...
This is considerably loss profit than Geoboit
M. Lauman & Oo„ oxpoctod to make at §8 pef,
hundred pounds live weight.
Tiie'Ali.eged Frauds upon the State,— 'The.
Governor has appointed Jacob Fry, Jr., of
Montgomery county, and Benjamin Haywood,
of Schuylkill county,'Commissioners to inves
tigate tlio foots oonnoetod with tlio furnishing
of supplies of every kind, including clothing,
&o„ to the State troops.
The Springfield Republican says thata
private letter from Madrid received in that
city, states positively that Mr Preston, o.MP
Minister there,has b6on using all his influence
at the Spanish Court in behalf of Secession and
tho interests of th'o Southern Confederacy.;.
nsr Commodore Pauldiu has deemed it
prudent to re-arradgo and to reform thO/Ontirs.
navy signal books, so that although full sots-,
of books have been appropriated by the dosor-.
tors, they will prove absolutely of no avail.
Appoinuent by the Govenor— Govenor-
Curtin has appointed William Ml Meredith, of
Philadelphia, Attorney General' in place of*
Mr Purviance, resigned. Mr Meredith has,
accepted flip position.
6®“Virg!nia boasts of being the mother of
Kentucky; but we guess Kentucky’s mother
will never know she’s out.— Prentice.
ID* Mrs. Partington says there isn’t enough
of tho spirt of seventy-six loft in the South
fill a fluid lamp.
ID”Col. Wingate Hayes has.bepn appointed
District Attorney of Bhodo Island, by BresL
dent Lincoln.
ID”Jefperson Davis, is now at Eiohmond,
and General Beauregard at Memphis, Tonne*
ssee.
DD* Which -is the most delightful. “To
kiss a fairwoman on a dark night, or a dark
woman on a fair night?”
ID” Excess of ceremonyshows; want °
breeding. Thiitpiyility is bofltwhiohAvd
nil superfluous formality and action.