m± AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, JIHN I. BKITTOS, WTtor fc CARLISLE, FA., JPJ*V OUR FLAG. <> Fofcver jloai that standard sheet! , Where breathes, ike foe but fall's before usl tHill Freedom's soil-beneath our. feet, . Atid freedom's banner waving o.er'us I jgggT The war hews occupies so large a space Jp onr columns to-day, that we aro prevented giving ota, usual variety of reading matter. VThe Harvest .-r-Most of our farmers have finished cutting their wheatand rye, and most of .them, would have had their crops housed had it not been for the laterains. ' The crop is the largest by far that has ever been raised in this county; and the grain is of superior quality. , -j£7* The recent refreshing rains we have had in this valley, have, been of immense bene fit to the growingborn, which has improved 1 wonderfully within the last week. Previous to the rains the corn plants were short anti fears .were entertained that the yield would be small; Now, however, we have every prospect of'an abundant crop. OorThreiMontiis Men.—The term of ■ these men expires in’ a few days, and after ■ the feadiness displayed by them to meet what was then considered an immediate at tack on the Capitol, it is no more than due to them that preparations should be made to ■ 'give- them a fitting reception on their return. ■; jp" that.end a correspondence should-be im ■■ mediately opened with the officers 10-find out the day of their return. . Wo fully except that one-half of them will re-enlist, and every encouragement to do so should be-given them, as they haVe the advan tage over new men in every way. They are well drilled, used to camp life, and consequent. ly of immediate use ; whereas a new recruit ;must ,be put through a regular course of mili tary “ sprouts,”, before he can bo trusted, to . march to meet the enemy. A word to the -'■■Wise is sufficient, and as the Government has * now plenty of means, where before it had 1 none, we hope the required’soo,ooo men may | be raised immediately. There is now but one course.for us to follow, and that- is forward march I. . ' Commencement at Dickinson _ College. . The annual commencement of Dickinson Col lege toot place during last week.' Prof. Hillman'delivered the Baccalaureate; Kev. B; ri'. Nodall the address before the Belles Lettres Society; the Hon. Horatio King, of ■Washington city,,a poem before the,General Union Society, and John Carson, Esq., of Baltimore, the annual oration before the As sociated Alumni; W. P. Willey, of Chancery Hill, Va;, was 'awarded, the gold prize medal, and M. C. Herman, of Cumberland county, the silver medal. There were seven contestants’of 1 the "junior Class for these medals. The gradua ting class numbered eighteen. The valedic tory address, was delivered by J. G. Archer, pf Hartford county, Md. . * The degree of A; M., in course, was con ferred on the following gentlemen, members pfiho class of .1858: Joseph B. Akers, Silas B. Best, John G. Brooking, Daniel W. Frieze, .' Thomas M. Griffith,Wm. H. Griffith, Samuel 0. Hopkins, Jphn IT. Leas, B. C. Lippincott, Joshua A. Lippineott, A.' F.' MulUn, T. S. Re'ese, Joseph P. Wright; on Warren Hol s, den, of the class of 1843, and on Jonathan K. ' Peak, of the class of 1852. < ”, ■ T-ke honorarydegree of A. M. was feonfofred - on Rev; W.H. Brisbane, Rev. A. E. Giba'on, G. P. McFtorlane, E. H. Snpplee and/G. S. Grape. • • -The dojgred of D. D. was conferred on Rev. - Reuben Nelson, Rev. Win.-Mann, Rev. Ed ward Bannister, and-Rev. .Isaac Winner. ; ' Th'e degteo of L. L. D. on Edward Bates, ' r 'Attorney General of the United States. ■' ' Head.— *-J6iiN-D ! ; Mahon, Esq., formerly 01 Carlisle, died at his residence in.Pntsburg, re cently/ Hewas-adistinguishiwpawyer, and studied his profession.-with Judge p.uncan, of that Mr. Mahon , •was admitted to practice; his'-preoeptor, Mr. Pnpcan t was: elevated toHi® gkiprcme Court? ihenish; which he adorned as long ns be lived. Ho transferred his wholo businesa to his then youthful/studentT John D. Mahon. The ro- BponBibi.irty,.-was immense, but .lie did-not shrink-from itrr-hb, dipt ft,l and his eminent success vindicated the highest hopes of. his warmestfriends! ,■ HiV vcry fitat stop Was into = •the front rankbf the profession, Mr. Mahon was. ope of th(Tde rare melfwhom nature sometimes,, but very rarely lf frames in her prydigiality of .gifts. "What,’others .learned by study and upon painful investigation,'so’emed’to flash him clear 'os the;blaze. of day. His per- : . ceptions were intuitive, quick as thought, and ' sepmed almost to exempt him from the drud- < gery of bdoka.. He waa intended by nature i for an orator. Ilia powers of persuasion were i exceedingly great; and in addressing the pd«- ’ sions, the sympathies,- or-tho peculiarities df the dispositions.ofimenV-liehßvor made miai His every gesture was style of- eloquence was the proper word in the! proper place’fbr the his voice was musior - He never mode a'tcdious speech in his life ; »but--how often the court, the jury;- • ond the bar ffelt’regret; aifndst disappointment;' that his. melody bad : ijd(ised so soon';. ■ 'the time ho occupied prps not too short, it only seemed so. In socialintorcourse his obeorful ; ness, good temper, and brilliant conversation al powers amounted to fascination. 1 '"C' -ir BBILUJM’ lICTOBIES IS WEStEBN KIRGISIi. Qon. MgClblian has been tickling the chivalry” of Western Virginiabeautifully of late. Accounts of his doings -will bo found in our summitry of the war nows. . 9Chn scenes or rather results that have taken. pladS in Vlrgjma.of latOi-bonfind thO predlc tiona wB mllde irt .theaC columns, whenwo re forod -to. the fact tllftt the Old Dominion had sececded from the Union. In the Volunteer of April 25, wo said: “ Poou Old v Virginia.— When tho pews reached Reite a few. days since that the Virgin ia State Convention had. voted down the trai tor resolution, a thrill of joy wont though every heart. Everybody was rejoiced at what was regarded noble conduct of a once noble State. But alas, the beat mail brought the news that-the secessionists had.carried their point, and had declared tho Old Dominion out of the Union. Fatal, fatal error. That State will now be the battle ground, and if her cities and towns are reduced to ashes, they have themselves to blame.” So it is. Virginia is. emphatically thebat- tie ground, nnd not only will her towns bo re duced to ashes, but thousands nnd perhaps tens of thousands of her citizens will bite the dust, and those who escape tho sword will be utterly ruined in aprecuniary point pf view. It was a dark day for Virginia when she per mitted her bad men to assemble in State Con vention and pass an ordinance of secession. Every discriminating man could-pi edict what 'would follow'/ 1 Had that State remained true, and treated 'South Carolina and Jbfp, Davis with contempt, the war would have termina ted in sixty days from the date of its begin ning. But, the Old Dominion headed false ||fids, and gave car to her bad men, and tho result is now before her distressed people. But, we were speaking of the triumphs of General McCi.eli.an. Wo hope these trium phant victories may have the effect to open .the eyesof thepeople, not only of Virginia, hutthe whole South. Why should not Virginia lay down her arms ?, It must be evident to -her people now that it is folly to contend against the Government. If Virginia yields, then we may soon expect peace—a peace that will gladden the heart of every one, except, per haps, the Republican vultures who are mak ing the war a matter of gain and speculation. But, if Virginia will not yield—if she will hot listen to reason—then on with the war to the bitter end. Give, McClellan, Patterson, Butler, Cadwalloder, Siegel and our other heroes elbow room; and they will soon occupy Richmond, when Virginia must yield. It is evident the war has now commenced andwill progress in earnest; and instead of daily skir mishes,,wo shall have general battles. Old Gep. Scott is how ready, and will “ advance" steadily hut surely into the strong-holds of the secessionists. ' The faster this Is done, in a pru dent manner; tho’bptter, and the faster the reb els are flogged, the sooner may we oxpoet peace. All honor, then, to our brave soldiers for what they have done; and may they gobn, conquering and to conquer, until the Stars and Stripes again float majestically in every State; in the Uuion—even’ in little contemptible South Carolina. On, to. Richmond/ • Wnp Wrote the Message?—Wo notice that a number of ■ our ootemporarioa are dis- puting as to who wrote the President’s Mes sage. For our part ho think it is the joint production of two or three persons, but Sew ard was not one of them. Evidently Lincoln wrote portions of it himself, lor several para graphs 'are sheer nonsense, and sound very much like the tariff speech the President de livered at Pittsburg in February last. - There is one point, however, in the Mes sage that is odious above everything else, viz: the intimation.that the Chicago Platform is to bo the rule of action which the Executive, and his advisers intend to observe in the ad ministration of the Government. We quote the language of the President upon this point: “f.'No compromise by public Sentiment could in this case be a cure. Not that com promises are not often • proper, but that, no popular government can long survive a marked precedent that those who carry an election can only save the Government from immedi ate destruction by giving up tbo maln point upon which the people gave the election.” Who but Lincoln could have said that a( this time, when the army in the field contains three-fourths and perhaps four-fifths of those who voted against Lincoln, and the Chicago Platform? We doubt whether Horace Gree ly, bigoted as he is, would have given expres sion to the above sentence had ho occupied the Presidential chair. And why did not the President enlighten us as to what ho consid ers the “ main point” of the deceptive Chica go'Platform ? Most of the Republican papers after the election, informed us that the “main point” tobo gained by Lincoln and his friends was the abolition of slavery in all, the States. We do hope Adraiiam will send in a special message,.and inform the “common people” what he considers the “ main point” of his rotten and lying-platform. When we consid er that Lincoln is a minority President, hold ing his seat with a million of votes majority oast against him, it becomes 7iim to talk of the “ main point” of his platform. We consider, then, that Lincoln himself wrote several par agraphs of the Message, The one we have ’ .quoted, and another which contradicts histo ry, are certainly his own. No other man in America could have written them. • “ Place none but Aueuioans on Guard TO-.<iioHT.’’— -We see it stated, confidently, that Mr. Lincoln has appointed; more fore igners to office, than were ever appointed by any three of his predecessors. Why don’t our neighbor of "the American denounce him as lie formerly denounced President Pierce, who had appointed a very few foreigners to positions under the Government ? “Place none but Americans. on 'guard to-night,” was the former motto of the American, when mon ey was to be made by persecuting our adop ted fellowcitizens. ■ Now, however, forthefirst time in the history of our Government, foreign ers are appointed to office not because of their qualifications, but simply because they are for eigners ' .How very consistent some men . are. , O’The. Springfield Republican not long ago published an article ou “"War as a moans of Grace.” The topic reminds one of “ Sorip .turn'Lick's”- reading of the Bible, adapted tp-ihoßeeChor theology;—'‘.‘"Go ye into all the world adds/iaif the gdspelinto every creature 1” ffy The Boston Atlas and Bee. a stronjfad ministration journal, has suspended publica tion. T&b Pmldenl’iMeSsagn-StailliDg; DeWlop- Bttbls. Wo give on our first page the Message of President Lincoln to the cpeoidl session df Congrosin It is ei» Important doohnient, ta in,. from the Chief EiOohtiVe, giving the Ame rican peoWo tf olS'iret understanding of the object and designs of the Admimstratipn.— The President admits-,that he hfcrviolhtod his official oath, and how asks Congress to legalize his acta in bringing about the present war. The reader will recollect that a short time since the telegraph offices; at Washington wore secured by Government, at tho instance of a clerk, and that copies of despatches were found clearly implicating a man named Har rey, in acts of. treason to the ; Government, in apparently abusing his trust and the confidence placedin him by.tho Administration, anil in furnishing tho Southern Confederacy with tho secrets of the Cabinet —how and when they would reinforce Port Sumter, After perform ing this service, Harvey was appointed to an important mission by President-Linoolh. It wasintimatedthat this act of treason on tho part of Harvey was' well understood by Gov ernment, and the,refusal to withdraw him and place him under arrest go’far to prove the surmise of complicity. the tel egraph office has also been.rewarded, and bis lips sealed to further disclosures. It was im portant, too, that Government should seize the copies of despatches in tho telegraph office to prevent grater exposure. While Harvey a pet of tho Administration, was telegraphing tho professed secret designos, tho Cabinet were activly preparing to give color to bis statements by sending a fleet of armed vessels to Charlstort, harbor with ap parent hostile intent. At the same time, wo learn from the message that Government had given the Confederate Government official no-, Hoe of what would bo done if Fort Sumter was not allowed to be reinforced or provisiqn ied. . , , • I The charge has often been made -that this was a trick to throw the re ponsibility of an attack upon the South, and it isgrentoly stren gthened by.tHo fact that Major Anderson was suffered to hear all wifhout the slightest at tempt of the Government vessels in the offing to render aid. .That the Southern Government wore-m -fluenced in making the attack through the treason of. Harvey is not doubted, or even questioned, and that Harvey is now rewarded and protected by tho Lincoln Administrhtion for his treason, cannot bo questioned.—Jeffer sonian. - Mr. Editor:—Tho sixth paragraph of-the ninth .section, article first, of the Constitution of the United States, provides: “No money shall be drawn from tho Treasury, hut in con sequence of appropriations made by law.” The following is nn extract from tho proceed ings of the House of Representaves on the llth inst: “Mr Cox ( Ohio Jinquirod whothornow ofii cera under this bill hadnot already been ap pointed and received some of their pay.”' “Mr. Stevens, ( Pa.,)chairman of tho'Com mittee of Ways and Means, believed that to a considerable extent this was so.” If my memory serves mo correctly, when the post office appropriations failed a couple of years ago,'many contractors were ruined, and all compelled to submit to great losses, because this clause of the Constitution proventodthe Department from paying them the money they had honestly earned. Is there a different rule for the war and Treasury Departments now? lias the. Constitution been changed? I Can any reason be given for this outrage up on the plain letter of that instrument, except the greed of the cormorants now surrounding tUosy two Departments? X hope tUor9n.ro en ough really honest members of Congress to put some limit to the violations of public right becoming too common-under the plea of nec essity. _ InpEX. Libel Suit —Bill Found.—ln the case of Henry Black against. Prizer and Darlington, publishers of the Bucks County Intelligencer, charging them with libel, in publishing in their paper on the 23d of April last, that Black was a secessionist and had boon rough ly handled for defending secossionism, a true, bill was found on Tuesday last. The trial will take place on Tuesday next, the 9th ihst. in the Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia, be fore. Judge Thompson. Thomas Boss and Lewis C. Cassidy are employed by, the pros- I ocution. The defence have retained Geo. Lear' Mahlon Yardloy, Lewis B. Thompson | and Edward M. Paxon.— Reading Gaz. And a true verdict was found against the slanders, too. Served them right, and if a few more Abolition scribblers were served the same way, the popple would say amen. We have put up with their slanders, and their impudence long enough, and it is time they should bo sevorly rebuked. This same Bucks County Intelligencer id one of the meanest, most impudent and impertinent abolition papers published in Pennsylvania, and is ed ited by a couple of tory federalists, who are continually threatening their Democratic neighbors, charging them with ‘'secessionisra” &c. Wo have no great opinion of libel suits, bu t shall rejoice if the pair of worthies are well punished for their insolence. Poisoned nv Ice-Cream. —Tlio Roman Ca tholic. Sabbath School, of Taunton, Maas., had a picnic on Thursday last, at Myrickville, and qui e a number who ato ice-cream have since shown symptons like those exhibited by persons poisoned with arsenic. One physi cian has visited ton of these sufferers in one house. They have all been taken.; with vom iting, and with many pt them there has boon a swelling of the face, such as would bo like ly to ToaultTrom the notion of arsenic! Accepted.— \Ve see that Gen. Oataeron, Sec retary of war, has accepted the fifteen regi ments of Reserved volunteer corps, under Maj. Gen. McCall, tendered to the Government by Gov. Curtin, and the regiments, fully organ ized, will at once he mustered into the ser vice, of the United States. These new regi ments, in every essential, will compare favor ably, with any body of mon in our army, and we. feel confident that their.efficienoy and bra very on the battle field will not he equalled. ITew U. S. Senators from Virginia.— John'S,..Carlisle, of Harrison Co., Va. was on Tuesday unanimously elected U. S. Senator or the long term, in place of-R. M. T. Hun ter, and Whitman F. Willey, in place of J. M. Mason, for the short term. Other elections for State officers, took place. The recogni tion of tho noy government is gradually ex tending over all Westorn Virginia. Jacksonon, Secession-— -Gen. Jackson, in his nullification message of January 16,1833, says: ‘•“The right of tho people pf a single State, to absolve themselves at will, , and without consent of-the Other-Slates from their most' solemn obligations, and hazard tho liberties and happiness of the millions composing this Union cannot bo acknowledged. T° say .that any State may at-pleasnro-secode from’ the 1 Union, is to say that the United States is not 1 a nation,’ 1 Henry A* Wise Mortally -*'■ ijhc iicpoH Cdnjir/ncd. The Whtfißiig hUvVAgtncev; of Saturday last. tfdhVdifis the following item in confirmation of tho report that Henry A. Wise had been mor tallyfounded:, . , ■'“Mr.' 1 Star, of Mason county, who arrived in this city last * evening,.reports that it, is reliably ■ascertained that Henry A Wise, it hot actually dead, - is so badly wounded that there is ho dangef'of his recovery. Wise and his body guard, as before stated, ■were going to fill ah appointment at Sissonvillo.- Somo forty Union-men, who, not feeling safe ht their homos, had been spending most oi their time in tho woods, armed with ordinary rifles, heard 1 of Wise’s coming, and secreted themselves— 1 -ambuscade in the tegultr way;— and upon their approach, each fired at his man, when the assailing party retreated to tho top, ofa high hill. Wise and Patton, together with about thirty or forty others, wore seen to fall. The Union men, after reaching tho top of the hill, saw thOso who escaped carrying off tho dead an&.wbundcd. ..Several persons, recently’arrived from Charlestown, say that there is no mistake about Wise being woun ded, and as he has been suffering from dis ease, it is supposed ho cannot recover.. Forney, Again Provided For. —Col. after being removed from tho Clearkship of the ‘House, became, cross and obstreperous, and threatened to blab secrets and break things* Tho concluded that he must be pacified, and, for tho purpose of ma king a place fin* him, tho' Secretary of, the United States Senate was amoved, and on Saturday last Forney was ’elected to that position. So our quondam, friend is again in n fat, office, and, of course, again in a good humor. Forney, during Mr. Buchanan’s ad ministration, was in the habit of denouncing office-holders ns mercenaries and slaves, but itappears he baa,no objections .to.,holdinga big office himself,* ‘ Maj. Gen. M'Clellan,-— Major General M’Clellah, who thrashed the traitors so sound ly last week, is [a/aon of the great surgeon, George M'Clejlati;- of Philadelphia, who died a few years ago, universally . lamented. The General is,a'West'Pointer, fought.in Mexico like a hero, went to Europe on a military com mission few.years ago to examine into the sci ence of war m'the'camps of the great Powers in ’ the . Crimea : afterwards , resigned to be come vice. president of the Illinois Central railroad, and then accepted the Presidency of the Ohio-and Mississippi railroad, from which he was called by Gov. Dennison, of Ohio, as major, general of the Ohio volunteers, and from this into the regular army, by the Pres ident, to accept the high post which ho is now so honorably filling. Go is thirty-five years ofiage, and presents a very youthful appear ance. Outrage near Mabtinsdurg, Vn.—A. cor respondent of the Philadelphia Inquire}* writes .as follows from - Martinsburg, under date of July 11,: Two men broke into Mrs. Kano’s house last night, bent and cat the old lady with a butch er knife, and frightened her daughter, Miss Mary Kano, that she was soon afterwards found dead. Two men are under arrest, and every means are being used to bring thh perpetrators to an account/ One of the ■ mou undcr la named l isher; of Captain Slxtlv.lloglment. tto fee the Brigade Quartermaster’s -Department, and a pass be longing to him, from Lieutenant Baugh, was found near the house ; the knife also belonged to him. lie professes to have prooj* of his in nocence. The perpetrators of the deed, if • found and convicted, will bo either hung or shot. A teairishjr; is also under urest. ■Whebb is . He ?—The Suuhury Democrat aska “Where ia John Covodo, who recently presided over the' celebrated Investigating committee for political effect in Washington? Uis services are very much needed now, to expose to public tojust punishment those whom his investigating labors wore in lander to place in official positions. There is now a good cllanoo to defend honest tax payers against corruption and robbing, and the Prince of Invostinators, after getting hi§ hand in so-nicely for political effect, should, not now lose a good opportunity to practice on a reliability.” So where’s .Covodo and the breeches? . As .was Expected. — W o see that the rottdn Suuhury and Erifc llailroad Company is again “swamped,” notwithstanding the lift our cor rupt Legislature gave them last winter. They now propose to lease the concern to the Penn sylvania Railroad Company for a period of 999 years, wo presume for the purpose of cre ating a corporation strong enough to control the polities of this State for all time to come. Will the members from this district who vo ted for the thieving railroad bills last winter* tell us about whit time the State ia to bo ben elittod by their dots ? • correspondence between" the now Government at Wheeling, Va., and the Ad ministration, in which the former ia officially recognized as the rightful Government of Vir ginia, is published. It contains’no matter of special interest. 'Gov. Pierpont asks the Presi dent fora sufficient military force to put down the rebellion inlVirgihia, and the Secretary of War rospond|.that the President will send a largo force for'thnt purpose. The Secretary ■of the Interior; informs Gov. Pierpont that under the last opportionment Virginia is en titled to a eleven members in the House of Representatives,. The Recommendations of tue President’s Message are few and simple, but the figures they embrace are of startling magnitude. They may be condensed into two lines: A force of 400,000 men. A fund of $4q0,000,000. Congress are asked to place these mighty sinews of power at the control of the Govern ment, “ for making this contest a short and decisive one.” iThey may be needed now—at least, wo would vote for them, withreasonable restrictions upon their use; "But, it is only natural that the people, from whose loyal mass the men roust come, and from whoso pockets this enormous debt must ultimately bo paid, should'stop to inquire whether the occasion that now calls for both, might not .have been honorably and peacefully avoided? Gen. Scott, with the approval of the War Department, hah’ issued an order prohibiting the’transmission of telegraphic dispatches rel ative to the movements of the army,, unless ap proved. by the Commanding General.' O-A little Mixed. —War News. THE WAR NEWS. DESPEB4TE BATttB H HISSODBI. FIFTEEN THOUSAND UNITED STATES TROOPS AGAINST TEN THOUSAND REBELS. „ ' Great Jjdss on-Both Sides. St. Louis, July, 11, 1861 Lieutenant Toskin, Colonel Siegel s Adju tant and bearer offflespatohes to Colonel liar ding, gives the following particulars ot tno battle near Carthago ; ' . The State troops were placed on a ridge in a prairie with live, pieces of artillery, one twelve pounder in the centre, two six pound ers on the right and loft,'cavalry on each Hank and infantry in the rear. . The artillery of Colonel- Siegel . approached within eight hundred yards, with four cannon in the centre, a body of infantry and a six pounder, under Lieutenant Colonel llassonr dan on the left; Colonel Solomon’s command with a six pounder on tho right, and a body of infantry behind the centre artillery. Gdl. Siegel’s left opened,fire with sharp ness and soon tho engagement become, gener al. The rebels had no grape and tlioir artil lerists being poor, their balls flew over the heads of the Unionists. After two hours br ine tho enemy’s artillery was entirely silenced and their ranks broken. About ,1,500 rebel cavalry then attempted to outflank Siegel and out off his baggage train, which was three miles.back, when a retrograde movement was ordered. The train was reached, in good or der, surrounded by infantry and artillery, and tho retreat of the Uuion troops continued un til a point was reached whore the road passed through a high bluff on each side, where, the enemy’s cavalry wore posted in large num bers. By a feints as it intending—to- [tttSlT around the bluff, Siegel drew tjjfrcavalry. in a . solid body into the road at abundance of one hundred and fifty yards from,his position, .when-by a rapid movement of his artillery ho poured a heavy cross tire, ot canister into their ranks. Atfhosametimfi tho infantry charged at a “ double quick,” and in ten minutes tho State troops .scattered in every direction.— Eighty-five riderless horses were captured, and sixty-five shotguns and a number ot revolvers and boivio knives wore picked up from the ground; Colonel Siegel did not-surround Carthage, as reported yesterday,‘but attempted to reach a piece of woods north of the town, and after two hours’ desperate fighting, in which all the forces on both sides were engaged, and in which Lieut. Toskin thinks tho enemy lost nearly two hundred killed, ho succeeded in doing so ; and tho rebels retired to Carthage, and- Siegel fell back on Surcoxie, whence he proceeded next day to Mount Vernon. Lieutenant Toskin loft on the evening of tlio 7th inst., and rode to Holla, one hundred and fifty-three milesi in twenty-nine hours.— lie mot General. Sweeny’s command, five miles, and 001. Brown’s command sixteen miles from Mount Vernon, pressing forward to reinforce Siegel. SKIRMISH AT LAUREL HILL, YA.—THE REBELS ROUTED. Washington, Friday, July 12. A portion of General McClellan's .forces/ stationed near Buekbannon, Va., had a brisk skirmish on Wednesday afternoon with the advance posts of General Johnston’s command at Laurel Hill, which lasted nearly the entire dev. The Fourteenth Ohio and Ninth Indi ana regiments were engaged on the one side, and the rebels word, supposed to compromise a Georgia regiment of softie reputation. The latter.'were completely routed, however, by the fire of the artillery, which scattered their 1 cavalry with shell, anil drove the.infantry, in disorder, into the woods, from which they did. not rally ; and at dusk MoClellau’s men with : drew in good order. ' It wds ascertained' tliajt the rebels are strongly intrenched near Lau rel Hill, and probably number some 8,000 men. ' General McClellan-had resolved todis lodge them, and was to have advanced his en tire force in two divisions yesterday, for that purpose. • , _ -. Accounts up to as late as two o’clock yes terday afternoon report General McClellan throwing up batteries on the hills command ing the position of the enemy. The rebels opened tiro upon him, but without effect. — General Morris was keeping the rebels at Lau rel Hill actively employed in continual skir mishing for tile last twenty-four hours, aud we regret to say that several if his men ol the Ohio and Indiana regiments were killed. At Washington military matters are oh the move. Several regiments wore advanced yes-’ terday in the direction of Fairfax Court ILmso and along the Manassa.s. load;' thus drawing the’ lilies Closer together. It was reported that a portion of the rebel troops at Fairfax were retreating. FiGHT BETWEEN REBEL CAVALRY AND U. S. TROOPS IN MISSOURI. St. Louis, Friday July 12. Sixteen hundred rebel cavalry, under Gen eral Harris, attacked 500 United State troops near Monroe station, thirty miles from Han nibal, Mo., on the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad, on Wednesday morning, and were repulsed with the loss of four killed, five cap tured and several wounded. The United States troops also took seven horses. Our men pursued the'enemy, were again attacked and again victorious. They then took up a position and sent for reinforcements, and while there were surrounded by the enemy, who be in" all cavalry had the advantage of them.— Twelve hundred infantry and cavalry, under ox-Oovornor Wood and General Mather, were immediately sent from St. Louis to the assis tance of the United State troops; 500 more had boon sent from St. Joseph and 700 from Hudson, so that if all those detachments reach Monroe, the United States forces will number 2 900. The strength of the whole force of the enemy is estimated by another dispatch at 3,000, and they had burned the railway sta tion, cut the telegraph- wires, and . made an abortive attempt to seize a train of oars, hut it escaped them. RE-ENFORCEMENTS FOR GEN. PAT TERSON. General Patterson has been reinforced by the arrival of Major Doubloday’s battery and the Rhode Island battery at Martinsburg, whore Patterson is now encamped.- Largo numbers of troops from Washington, en route to the same point, passed through Baltimore on Sunday night, nnd crossed the Potomac at Williamsport yesterday. General Johnston, who, it is said, has been reinforced by 7,000 men, is at Bunker Hill, only a few miles dis tant from General Patterson’s head quarters, with a body of 16,000 rebels. , SKIRMISH BETWEEN OHIO TROOPS AND REBELS AT MIDDLE FORK BRIDGE. Buckhannon, Va., July 7,1861, Forty-five men belonging to the 3d. Ohio Regiment, under Captain Dawson, while on a scouting tour last night, fell in with an am buscade of several hundred rebels at Middle Fork Bridge, 12 miles east, and were sur rounded. After n desperate fight, they cut their way through, losing one killed and hav ing some five wounded. The enemy lost some twenty killed. Five of their dead bodies wore found to-dny. • DESPATCHES FROM JEFF. DAVIS TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN. ‘Washington, July 8. To-day about noon, Lieut. Col. Taylor, of Caroline, Virginia, an officer in the rebel, ar my, presented ■ himself, with n flag of truce, to Col.-Porter, -while the latter, attended by his brlaado, abont six nrtlos from Arlington, Col S stated ho it as the-boaror ol do snatches from'Jeff. Datfa to ’th 9 Presitlont of United States. lie was taken to wen, MoDbwcl’s head quarters at Arlington, where to detained nntitlate thisevenng. vho* General Scott despatched- an cseort to hung rfttftat may be the nature oAheeo despatches, imagined, speculation runs high sa-to tvhat is ha precise object of Col. Taylor's finssioUy- Somo say it has grown out of the present visit to Ilioh Jond of Hr. May, the member of Con gress alluded to in a previous dospoteb. mtr-p MISSION OF COL. TAYLOR, OF THE T R lff® ABMX.TOTHB PRESIDENT. Washington, July 9,1861. Colonel Taylor, bearer of the flag of' truce was not received by tbo Preß.dent but t o letter ho brought was delivered to Mr. Cm coin iaat night, by one of Geneva! Scott fl aid.. It containoJ an impudent demand, signed by Davis and Beauregard. Iho President fused to reply to it, whereupon General bcott ordered the rebel bearer ol the traitors flag of truce to bo escorted blindfold back, with out any answer, to our outposts, with the in structions to our pickets to shoot him it seen within an hour of the time the escort lolt him, giving .him aiilplo time to reach the rebel pick ets, us our outposts are now extended to with iiTtbrco miles of Fairfax Court House. T,ho impudent demand’of Jeff. Davis and Beauregard, contained in the letters ho brought by the flag of truce, was, to know what authority the federal government; a*, sumed to send troops into AVestern.Virginia, and by what right they recognized the now government established there. ;■ . At the same time Jeff. Davis apologized for tenure of the steamer St. Nicholas, fry ing thardip had no knowledge of the affair, and that it was done without his authority. The prevailing opinion hero is that the let ter was never written or signed by either Da vis or Beauregard, but was a mere ruso em ployed by Colonel Taylor to Visit our hues (■ and observe our fortifications* TWO RHODE ISLAND MEN KILLED. By a sad accident-Which occurred yester day, at Washington, two members of the 2d Rhode Island Regiment were killed, one sen ously wounded and two others s.lightly hurt. Some cartridges in an ammunition chest bo cbming ignited, scattered canister shot about, with tho result stated. MUTINY IN THE GARIBALDI LEGION. A company of Garibaldi Guards, seventy in number, mutinied on Monday night on ac count of dissatisfaction with the muskets lur nishod them. They came from Alexandria to Washington, and.encamped near the Smith sonian Institution. Oapt. Chambliss compa ny of. cavalry arrested thcm'without difficulty, and they are in custody. Seventy-one of Col. Banker's Regiment also are in jail for a sim ilar cause. . / * • A SKIRMISH IN WESTERN VIRGINIA— A NUMBER OF REBELS KILLED. ' Cincinnati, July 11. A special dispatch from Bealiugton, hear Laurel Hill, says tb it Brisk skirmishing', was kept up with the enemy all yesterday after noon. About two o’clock, from High Hill, in the neighborhood, two large bodies were scon marching out of the enemy’s, camp. Instant preparation were made to resist a formidable .attack. By four o’clock the skirmishing in front, by the Fourth Ohio ami Ninth Ohio regiments became very .warm, ’The enemy advanced under cover of the woods. Our skirmishers rushed forward, pou.ring.in a sharp volley, killing Several of-the enemy. • The enemy’s cavalry-then advanced to take. !our sL'rtuishers in the hut our hoys rap idly retreated, and ,the artillery, dropped a couple of shells, one of which exploded among their cavalry. They instantly fell hack, and our hoys rushed forward and poured in anoth er volley, The enemy now scattered ■in the woods, and the officers' were seen attempting, to rplly them, but they could not" he brought ] up'in, a body again.'' .In the meantime our skirmishers pickcd otf some of their officers.— Several more shells were thrown, and our mem ‘made a final rush, driving them clear through their own rifle pits, bringing hack several of their blankets* canteens and guns. It was a Georgia regiment, numhern.gtvyelvc hundred, and is their crack regiment. At dusk the skirmishers returned-from the woods in capi tal order. . Astonishing tdm-k' vrj; .osplfiycil hp onr ski!-:,„vrs; and tlie only trouble was tu-krep the men from rushing into the enemy’s mjdkt. The whole skirmish was amostspi. ited affair, and our Ohio and Indiana boys gave the-Geor gia’men some now ideas of Yankee courage. HIGHLY. . IMPORTANT FKOM WESTFIIS VIRGINIA! General M'Clcllan’s Otfidal Report!—Rebels Total!;/ Routed!—Details of the Rattle !— Vue Thousand, Prisoners!—The Fight at Rich Mountain 1 A special dispatch to the Commercial from Beverly says that M’Clellau’s advanced divi sion is moving rapidly to Cheat Mountain Pass. The rebels burned the bridges-at Ilut tonsville, and will burn the Cheat Mountain bridge. It can’t delay us an hour. . ■ At llich Mountain one hundred and thirty one dead rebels were found. Our wounded are doing well. Ton commissioned rebel officers were killed and captured,. including Capt. Skepwith, of the Powhattan, Capt. D. E.' Langell, late U. S. A., Capt. Irwin,, of Brunswick, dangerous ly wounded. Dr. Tyler, .late U. S. A., and Dr. Walk, late U. S. A., are prisoners. Some Georgians and South Carolinians wore among the dead: but the rebels dead are chiefly Eastern Virginians., This morning Col, Pogram,-commander at llioh Mountain.senta.lettorto Opn. McClellan, offering -to surrender himself ahd'ajommand' of 600 men., The surrender was accepted, arid the pl-lsdnors wilbmhrclv in to-day. The prisoners are much reduced by hun ger- Washington, July 9. Cincinnati, July 13 DETAILS OF THE BATTLE. Bkveri.y, July 13, Yesterday morning Oen. McClellan order ed four regiments, the Eighth, Tenth, and Thirteenth Indiana, and-thoNineteeutli Ohio, to prooeed aldhg'the lino of the hills southeast of the.enemy's.intrenched camp on the Bev erly road, whore it cresses Rich’s. Mountain, 2 miles east of the enemy’s position, with or ders to advance along the Ilovorly road, and attack the cast side of the work, Gen. McClell an being prepared to assault the west side, as soon as the firing should announce the com mencement of the attack. The capture of a. courier, who mistook the road through the onenray’s camp for the route of ourtrpoos, placed the enemy in possession of the movement. When Gen. Roseoranz reached the Beverly road at 2 o’clock, after a most exhausting march over the mountains, he found the ene my posted on the opposite side of the road, about 800 strong, with two cannons, holdio". a strong position partially fortified. ° An engagement with the enemy took place, and continued three-fourths of an hour, when the rebels were totally routed, with a loss of 300, including ton officers and both cannon. About 75 ot the killed and 75 wounded are in our hands, besides 150 prisoners. The road was between two hijls. Our troops descending a stoop declivity, wore greatly ex posed to the fire of the rebels, who occupied the opposite hill, and poured their musketry shot and shell upon them, Gen. Rosenoranz’ column remained at the place of the engagement dicing: the nighL, Gen. McClellan Was in positoen. -with hig whole force daring the aftbrhoonv ready td make the hssaulti but heard nothiugrfi'ußi the other colomu except distant firing early in the proceeding ■lb : plant Ilia bannort oponan eminence comliitiHaitiga portion of the rebel camp, and preparing to attack the whole nest in,front, when it wits ascertained! that the enemy had evacuated the'tfiacb d ur ine tbo night, moving towards Latirfel Hill, leaving a few men with their siclt.and. Uitiif cannon, (Tamp equipage and transportation. A rapid march wae then made by General McClellan to Beverly, passing General Boson cranz command on the road,witb instructions to follow quickly, ' ■ ■jit Beverly it was aseertamed late in the day that the rebel forces at Laurel Hill had retreated, moving towards Romney, . Our total loss is po more than 11 killed and 35 wounded. The foregoing report lias been approved by Gen, McClellan, , BATTLE AT RICH MOUNTAIN—2,OOO SECESSIONISTS ROUTED. Roahino Rea, Va,, July 12. A battle was fmight yesterday afternoon at Rich Mountain, 2 miles east of this place, wliore the enemy, numbering about 2,000, in command of Col. Pegraiii, Wore strongly in trenched. About three o’clock in tbo morn in., Oon. Roseucranz, with a portion of tbo Eighth, Tenth and Thirteenth Indiana and Nineteenth Ohio Regiments, left this place, after a very difficult march of seven or eight milcr, cutting a road through tho.woodp, -sue* oeeded in surrounding the enemy about throe in the afternoon. Adesperate fight.immedi atcly ensued; lasting about an hour.and .a. half, resulting in the loss of GO of the enemy killed, a largo number wounded ahd prisc n ers. They retreated precipitately, leaving, behind six cannon,'a largp number of horses and wagons, camp equipage, &c., Lossori our side about twenty killed and forty wounded: among tbo . latter is Capt., Christ. Miller, of ’ tlio Tenth Indiana Regiment; ANOTHERBATTLEIN MISSOURI—THE REBELS ATTACKED AND DISPERSED. A gentleman from Hannibal, last night, says Cul. Smith’s command at Monroe was reinforced by 300 mounted men from Illinois yesterday afternoon, when,the'rebels were at tacked and dispersed. Gen. Harris r was forced to abandon his horse and take to tho woods. A number of rebels were captured. Captain M’AlliSter, reported killed, was only severely 'wounded. He will probably recover THE REPORT OF GEN. McCLELLAN TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL SCOTT. B?ver(,y, Vh., July 13., I have received from Pegram propositions for surrender, with bis officers and tho rem nant ot- his command, say six, hundred men. They are said to bo extremely penitent, and determined' never against tho General Govorn ,ment. I shall.have nearly nine hundred or one thousand prisoners lo take care of when Pogram comes in. . .. OFFICIAL REPORT OF'. GEN, McCLBLL ■ ;■■■■ AN. ' ■Washington, July 13. Tho following dispatch from Geh, McClelb an was received to-day at the army headquar- Beveki.y, July!-, ISdl — Col. A. Dt Tuit'n setid, WtMiwjlon D. ,6’.—The ■success of to day is alLthat I could desire. We captured six brass cannons, of which one is ruled, nil the camp equipage and transportation, even to his cups. . T’lie mini her of tents will ptuhio ' bly reach two hundred, more than sixty wag' mis. Their killed mid wounded will uniooat to full ISO, with lOO.prisopors, and more wuh ing in constantly. I know already of ten rifi* corei killed and prisoners,-; ~ -.. . , Their’defeat is cohipleie. I 1 ocoopiMrdtir' , etfy by a rapid march.'- Garnett abaiiduiia his camp early’ in the morning, leaving. niuca of liis equipage.: ' lie wjuiio withiii ale w allies of Beverly, but our- rapid, maroli turned him back in great confusion,and hols now retreating on. the road Ui St-George, .1-ordered Gea. Morris to follow, him up closely. , I having telegraphed for the two Pcrnsvl -vnnia regiments, at Cumberland to join tiioi. Hill at Rbwlesbnrg. Thu General.is concen trating all Ida troops at Roiv.lesbarg, and will cut off Garnett’s retreat near West Coion, or, if possible, at St. George. I miiy say that wo_ have driven out sonic 10,000 tnror.gjjr entrenchcd; with UiS Uaaofll lulled and .35 V.'outiuCt!.’ ■. The provision returns here show Garnett’s force to have been 10,000 men.,.-,They were Eastern Virginians, Tennesseeans, Georgians, and, I. think, Carolinians. , To-morrow 1 can give full details as to prisoners, &a. I trust that Gen. Cox has by this time-driven out of the Krtnawba ,valley. In that case I shall have accomplished the object wt libera ting Western Virginia. _ . . 1 hope the General in Chief will approve of my operations. (Signed.). G.B. McClellan, Maj. Gen. Commanding Department of Ohio.. .. • Auotlier Baltic In Western Vir ginia !—-CompWc Victory of Federal Ti««i»!—TTie Rebel General Garnett Rlllted. Cincinnati, July 151 General Garnett was killed by an Indians soldier in a regular battle fought yesterday li miles from St. George. This is reliable" Particulars of battle soon. ~ SECOND DISPATCH. Cincinnati, July ; is. Dispatches from Grafton state that the body of General Garnett, the lute-.commander, ot the rebel forces at. Laurel . Uiil, had arrived there in a special train. He was killed while attempting to rally Jus retreating forces at Carruck’s Ford, near,.SV George. „ The rebels were 'completely rdutdd by. Gen. Morris’ division. All of their oainp equipage was captured, with many prisoners, and the l l loss is about fifty killed. The loss on our side is four-of the Ohio 14th regiment killed, am a few wounded. The rebels are now sca tored in every .difepthm. . TUI no DISPATCH A special dispatch to - the' Commercial,.da ted at Grafton, says the rebels retreated from Laurel. Hill. On .Thursday night Gen. Mor ris’ column commenced the pursuit,-hud tno next afternoon, after a terrible forced march through rain and mud over Laurel mountain, our advance came upon the enemy at Car raok’s Ford, eight miles south of St. George. Tucker county. , ■ The rebels drew up in line of battle anil poured a raking volley on the right of our col umn, the Ohio Fourteenth, whioli returned it, and a hot fire, lasting 20 nliniites, was kept up, when Dumont’s Indiana Seventh made a charge upon their battery. They broke ana run, crossing the ford toward St. George. Gen. Robert S, Garnett, while attompth'S to rally his flying men, was struck.by a ba • passing through uis spine and out at the, rig 1 breast. Ho fell dead on the sand. Col. Dumont continued the chase,for t miles, and then bivouacked. . , i' . The other portion of the column bivouac on the field of battle. .n-j IVo captured 40 loaded wagons, one r cannon, and two stand of colors, .Twcn j the rebels wore killed and many '-wound • More prisoners were taken tnpn wo , take care of. The flight was finally Vyud into a disastrous rout. Our.loss is two and two mortally wounded. onaio- The rebels lost all their tents, camp fir i ago, army chests, clothing, hundreds o St, Louis, July 12. Cincinnati, July 13.
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