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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
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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.