ICiN VOLUNTEER.
ABluJv
JIM J. BWTfON, Editor k Proprietor
CARLISLE, PA., WLY" 26y 1861,
O U IV F LAG.
*' Forever float that standard sheet I
Where ireathes thefoe bui falls before ust
"With'Freedom’s soilbenecUh our feet,
And Freedom’s banner waving'o’er us!”
HEMATIC STANDING COMMITTEE.
The Democratic Standing Committee of
Cumberland County will meat at Herman’s
Hotel, in Carlisle; on Saturday, August 3, at
10 o’clock, P. M. A General attendance of
the Committee is earnestly ,
The Crops. —Our exchanges throughout
the state give the most .flattering-accounts of
the crops. ' All through Pennsylvania the
wheat crop is morethan an' average- one,, and
has been harvested in good condition. The
bay, although not heavy, is of art unusually
good quality. The corn and potatoes are some-,
what backward, but they look well, and the
recent general showers will insure a good
product. With the exception of fruits, there
wiil be in Pennsylvania more than an average
crop this year. -
Thr Tariff. —The Tariff Bill, as it passed
the House, -fixes the duty- on coffee at five
cents per pound ; tea fifteen cents per pound
raw sugar two and a half cents -per-pound 1 ;
currants five; cassia ten cents; cassia vora
two cents; cassia buds fifteen cents ; cinna
mon twenty cents ; pimento six cents ;• cloves
eight'; cloves stems two; nutmegs twenty
five; mace twenty .five; pepper six cents per
pound; raisins five cents; ginger three cents;
galtin bulk twelve cents period lbs. It does
not change the duty on iron. The bill is now
before the Senate-, and was not acted on Fri
day as expected. There appears to be a rea
sonable probability that it will pass without
other material alteration..
The Tribh.ve for Peace. —The New York
Tribune is but for peace. It says that “no
where on earth would a speedy and honorable
peace—a real peace—bo hailed with more
heartfelt gladness than by us. And it adds
that "if the traitors pro-ve too strong tobe sub
jugated, we are for peace on their terms,
' rather than a useless continuance of the war.”
This is treason, according to the Republican
doctrine, and had it been uttered by a Demo
cratic editor, he- would here been denounced
■s a traitor by every Republican journal in
the country.
Htve Bill fob Treason.— The Grand jury
of Baltimore county, on Wednesday Inst, found
a true bill of indictment against Richard
Thomas, for piracy and treason. This Thomas
is an officer in the Confederate Navy. _ Ho is
the same man, who, disguised as- a French,
lady .participated in the capture of the steam
er St. Nicholas, and when the United-States
officers apprehended him, was found snugly
stoWed away in a" bureau drawer. Three of
his confederates, Tatum, Alexander and Hol
lins,have also been presented by the Grand
Jury for treason.
Thb traitor' Congress met at Richmond
on Saturday last. The message of Jeff. Ha
vis, of which an abstract has been furnished
us by telegraph via New Orleans, iscomposed
chiefly of violent abuse of the late message of
the President of the United States, and reads
more like a bitter partisan speech, or an edi
torial in a rampant Secessionjpurnal, than an
official document.
jg>The Philadelphia Bulletin has a chapter
On John Brown and the war, in which senti
ments approaching adoration for the memory
of that old traitor, who attempted to. seize the
Hafper’s Perry armory, are expressed. Ev
eryone to his taste —but wo cannot exactly
see the distinction betwene the treason of the
mam who attempted to take Government prop
erty as the prelude to a-slave insurrection,
and, that of the Secessionists who seized'it for
their purposes. The Bulletin is quite happy
in the belief that the cause in which John
Brown sacrificed his life appears so.near its tri
umph, and’that the “blood of the martyrs
is once more the seed of the “(Abolition''
Church-"
Everett’s 4th of July orationat the
Academy of Music cleared $7OO for the Vbl--
nnteer Aid Fund. The entire receipts were
$1,300..
John who was arrest
ed by General Cadwalader jmd confined in
Fort McHenry under the charge of treason,
was handed.over to the civil'authorities on
Saturday week, when ho was released by the
United. States .Court on bail in the sum of
140,000 to answer the charge in November
next. ■
To THOSB WUO ABB AvRAID OF THE CojTET,
we would'say that it is thirty millions of
miles from us, and'will \>o no nearer.. IV'o
Wish all of our enemies were as far off..
the English Parliament began
to coin money, an old cavalier, looking on one
of the now pieces, read, this on the on* side;.
“God be with us." on ibe other, V The Com
mohwealth of England." “ I see,” he said,
“ God and the Commonwealth aro on different
side?." i.
Madison Cutts, fathea of Senator
Douglas’ widow , publishes a care, by desire
of that lady, requesting their friends of the
departed statesman not to raise contributions
for put support of herselfand children, Mr.
Catk in'able and willing to provide for them.
F4MTKIBS AND COBBUFTM. j
If there ever was an occasion in thi jhistory
of nations, a moment' of precious t me, de
manding the exercise of the highest < laments
'of character, it is beyond doubt the present.
The most important function of government,
thie law making power, is now'deliberating
upon a state of affairs exceeding in Value and
importance tbs Congress of 1770. Wo ore
painfully forced to admit it falls immeasura
bly .below the standard of that body in wis
dom and self-sacrificing patriotism. Party
spirit has demoralized our whole people, and
corruption stalks broadcast throughout the
land. But few genuine patriots are permit
ted to represent the people and find their way
into the councils of the nation, and these few
are likely to be overwhelmed in the tempest
of the hour. . '
The Detroit Free Press, referring to the ac
tion of the fanatic Lovejoy the otherday in Con
gress, mokes the following eloquent appeal:
“ While the heart of the nation throbs with
intense anxiety at the peril which threatens
our national life, and patriots are rushing in
breathless haste to the field of battle,-while
the “ plain people” tiro fired with the love of
country, and. are eager to make any sacrifice
of time, of property, of life itself, if necessa
ry, to maintain our free- institutions, the de
mon of party lies in wait to bring discord and
divison into the- councils of the nation, and
corruption, with its hundred hands, is ready
to plunder the treasury, and riot upon the
means gathered together for the holy purpose
of self defence. Like the vampyre, it feasts
upon the heart’s blood of the nation, and ghoul
like gloats upon the desoltnioh and ruin which
marks its footsteps. How long shall these
things bo without a change? How long wi|l
the people, whose lives and fortunes are in
i peril, submit patiently either to the one or the
- other without casting out their unfaithful ser
• rants? . ■
‘‘Congress had hardly assembled in the-
Halls of the'Capitol when Mr. .Lovejoy, of
Illinois, who has won for himself the unenvi
able notority of being the most ultra partisan
in that body,.introduced aresolutiontoinquire
into the expediency of repealing tho-fugitive
slave-law. AH arouhd him' sat the ropresen
datives of the border States, tho venerable
Crittenden and his associates from Kentucky ;
Thomas, and others, from Maryland; Phelps
ana his compeers from Missouri, and Carlisle
from Virginia, the bravest and noblest men
of them all. While in'the Senate Chamber
there was Johnson,- of -Tennessee, fired with
patriotism'and love of country, equaling that
of the Father of.«his' country, and with
a bravely fat exceeding that of Leonidas at'
at the Pass of Thermoplylm, had fought the
battle of his country's liberty in his mountain
home. These who had'all remained true to
the constitution, true to the laws, and had
again and again exhorted their people with (
firey eloquence to remain true to the compro
mises of the constitution, were insulted and (
confounded by this crazy fanatic. A'trtid tile' (
clash of arms, the shrieks of women and chil- -
dren, the" groans of the dying, this man like
a fiend, must come to blight the counsel of the-
I bravo: How long will the people of tho bol
der States remain true to the constitution if
the leading men of the administration set it
at defiance ? How-long can Johnson of Tenn-<
essee, and Carlisle of Virginia, hold their con
constituents faithfulaqd aotfn con cart with
the,government to put down this rebellion if
the men who giro distinctive character to the 1
administration are forever Icindlingthe- fires
of fanaticism between the North and South?
The constitution requires the returnof fugi
tive slaves, and he who swears to support- it,-
and fails in this point, has broken his oath;
and stands before the country and the
world a perjurer, .If hedoes notdie a traitor's
death, ho will fill's traitors’s grave. Never
was there more unparallod impudence • than
this displayed by Lovejoy, who in one:breath
proposed! to repeal a law approved by Wash
ington; demanded bythe constitution, and.in
the same-breath denounced another, who pro
posed to violate his oath by resigning his com
mission in tho‘army because his State had se-i
ceded,!’
What is the use to talk of. peac and com-'
promise now? Peace and compromise were
offered; nay* more than offered —urged upon
.those now in rebellious arms against the gov-?
ment,- until we were taunted well nigh aa
cravens. —Republican paper. -
By whom were peace and compromise offer
ed? Not by .ultra Republicans, surely. No!
they opposed both with all their might,-they'
had the power in Congress, and they defiantly
spurned all propositions for compromise.
'When asked to submit the same to the people, I
they were equally unyielding, afraid, like' the
secessionists. to trust the people,* their'mas
ters. And now wo have the consequences—
civil war, more seceded States, and .general,
ruin to the commercial and industrial interests
of the North. It is true that Democrats and
conservative men of . all other parties desired
compromise, plead for it lotig and earnestly,
but they were oowerloss and all their efforts
vain;, the mad heads had been entrusted with
powerand they would do nothing to conciliate.
The result which might have thus been avoid
ed, is now only beginning to be-aoen and felt.—
i Portland Argus . ,
Union Savers.
Nathaniel P. Banks proclaimed from- the
rostrum, in a public speech, only a few years
ago, his-Teadiness to “lot the-Union slide.”—
He is now “saving the Union,” a Major Gen
eral under Mr.. Lincoln, in Baltimore, by hold'
ing the people of that city-in it at the point ol
the bayonet 1 '
Anson Burlingame' said;, about the samo
time, that unless we oould have “an antialavo
ry Constitution, an anti-slavery Bible, and
an anti-slavoay G >J.” the Union wasn’s worth
preserving. Ho has been appointed-Minister
to Austria- by this Union-saving Administra
tion 1
' Joshua R'. Giddinos whs expelled from the
House of Representatives, several years ago,-
lor offering petitions—not from tho South, but
from Ohio —in favor- of a dissolution of the 1
Onion.. He now holds an honorable and luc
rative foreign office by'appointment from* the •
present Union-loving Administration 1-
ITe might enumerate many similar instan
ces of devotion to the Union on the part of the
leading men of the Republican-party, but the
> above will euffice for the’present, and-should l
satisfy everybody of the sincerity with which
this war for the Union is pressed. So says
Gapt.-SANDERSON, of tho Lancaster Intelligen
cer.
New Hampshire and Illinois were late
ly visited by terrible tornadoes. Canada by an
earthquake.
Tulin Inpreiifooi rad T&oi# Who bate Contet*
bated lo.Prodnee Thea. v'
A» the grand Federal army advances into
Virginia, says the DemocrattcUnion, Union
men are rejoicing atthoirdeHveranoe ffom.
tho tyranny, that hjis oppressed them, and
men who wore rebels under tho false impres
sion that the-object of the Government was
subjugation and pillage are reviving,their
loyalty as their minds become disabused of
the falsehoods implanted by the secession con
spirators. .
From all quarters we hear the same report.
Tho Virginiunsfind that itis not es they were
led to expect. They supposed that their fields
would bo ravished, their bouses burned, their
slaves freed, their property destroyed,, their
persons subjected to. violence, and their terri
tory abandoned to a mercenary soldiery. In
stead of those evils, they find that the" Feder
al army is the precursor of peace and securi
ty ; that it comes os’a deliverer, and not as a
destroyer, and that it is in reality the restorer
of law and order. A people-who have just
suffered from theoccupation of tho rebel army
are in a condition to observe and mark the
contrast between the conduct of their protend
ed friends, who are'their real foes, and thei
supposed foes, who prove to be their real ]
friends. And thjs contrast must create agreat
Union re-action in tho awko of the advancing
army.
It seems to-hnve' been the special aim of the
Abolition faction in the North to encourage
false impressions os to,the nature of this con
test. Congress should at the commencement
of this session have declared the object of the
Government in distinct and unequivocal terms.
Instead of this wo find resolutions passed de
claring that the army shall not return fugitive
slaves ; bills introduced to suppress the slave
holders' rebellion, when itis well known that
tho slaveholders, as a body, were not tho au
thors of this rebellion-; bills to declare the
freedom of the, slaves by proclamation ; sug
gestions of the propriety of conquering the
Southern States, and holding them ns Territo
ries, and the indiscriminate banging of rebels
taken in artns. ,
Wo observe, however, that there yet re
mains a sane party -in the Senate to rebuke
these unconstitutional, sanguinary and dia
bolical counsels. The notorious Jim Lane, of
Kansas, who would not now hold a seat in
the Senate if the gallows had its dud, offered,
on Thursday last, to amend a resolution of
Mr. Powell, declaring that no part of the army
or navy should be, used to subjugate or hold
as, conquered provinces any rebellious State,
nor in any way interfere with African slave
ry, by providing^- 11 Unless it shall become
necessary in enforcing the laws and maintain
ing the'Constitution” —as if tbe Constitution
ever -could be maintained by subjugating
States ahddestroyingproperty. Mr. Sherman,
of Ohio, rebuked this mischief-maker and'
plaeed' the contest in.its true light when ho
declared that " it was no part or object of the
Government to subjugate States or abolish
slavery. The purpose was to maintain the
National honor and uphold the flag every
where; He simply wished to maintain the
Constitution’.” That was the right position.
Lane’s amendment received eleven votes—all,;'
of course, Abolitionists and enemies of the';
Union, plotting its destruction. ...
"ihero- agitutors Have been emboldened;
introduced tHeirtr'fiaspnable and dosfruejive
projects in ,Congress—but if wo ,mistake .not
there is l a' conservative sentiment that will
hold them in check during tho war,' and settle
them forever after it terminates in the com
plete restoration of Government and order.
Hois Peculation 1 Dinted’.
The New York Times, a leading Republi
can organ, seems to think there may be”
schemes of speculation or swindling going on
at Washington as<well as at other plabes. We
copy from-Saturday’s issue-
‘The; steamboat Catiline was burned the
other day near Fortress Monroe, thereby giv
ing occasion for a Congressional inquiry, Which
we earnestly hope will not be lost; tpr such
inquiry, we are assured, will bring'out. the
following facts; The boat in question wns old
and unseaworthy, and its outside,value, .fixed
,by competent judges, was $7,500;- It was
hired' by Governmentas iv trrtnsporf , at the rate
ef $lO,OOO a month ; witha clause in the con
tract that in the case of casualty, such as has
just overtaken it, the owners were to he in-
demnified by Government, jn-the sura of $50,-
000. * * * Into the - history of this busi
ness, and into the parties to-the distribution
of the profit, an investigation should-be made
unsparingly.’
The Times evidently believes the burning
of the vessel was not altogether accidental 1
Military Printers having their Joke, —
A delegation of printers from-the Twentieth
Ohio regiment, now stationed at Fairmount,
Va'„ Kavo taken possession of the’ Trite Vir
ginian printing office, in'that town. Their
first leading article was an invitation to the
late editoo, to come back—thus:
“Mon with military trappings now occupy
the identical chair in which your-peaceful
body once sat. They write Union articles
with your'‘sooesh’pen ; they drink n Union
whiskey out of your old bottle, Dri nkard ;
and the-devil wears your coat; and the pike
you-kept as a relic of John Brown at Harper’s
Ferry, the boys use now to out your rules,
and the paper and ink you prepared for seces
sion purposes are now used to print army
blanks upon. Oi Drinkard 1- you ought to be
hero. How can you stay away ? Your typos
are set up for Union artioles-; your press prints'
them: And morn than this; the" Stars and
Stripes float fronv your window'; and-wo all
know, from-thefiles left in your soncfumi-that
this doesn’t suit you. Come back, then,and
take possession. Bring all your friends—
Ilfanry A: Wise, John Letcher, and- the rest
.withyou." .
Partt Proscription.— Tho following is
ratheran extreme case of party proscription)
in these times, when the Republicans pro
claim that there is no party known except the
supporters of their country. A 1 letter from l n
“ volunter," dated Washington, May 10, pub
lished in the Albany Atlas and A*gus closes
os follows :■
I would odd that Ihave twobrothers in the
New York Eighth Regiment, and that I be
long to the New Jersey Volunteers,-all now
in this city, and that Phave just learned that
my aged father has been turned- out of the
New York Custom 1 House; simply, I suppose,
because three'of his sons, all Democrats, are
fighting tho battles of the Union. I ask- for
information as to thequefltioD,-“Have wo but
one-party T”
Richmond, Va., City Cbanqil baa
bought a mansion in that town for $50,000,
for Jeff Davis pa president of the Southern
1 Confedeßwy, ‘ f
This People Defend Litorfleli
The arrest of Mr. Quion.in New, York for
obtaining signatures to a petition to be sub
mitted. for the calling of
a Notional Convention, with a view to restor
ing peace to the country, has nroused consid
erable feeling in certain quarters. The right
of petition is defended os sacred and inalien
able, bccauso it is expressly guaranteed by
the Constitution to-every citizen. The Troy
Whig has a good article on the subject, a per-,
tion of which is subjoined:
" The March to Despolinm."— Under this
head,a few days since, wc endeavored to point
out the danger of our drifting into the control
of the worst of despotism and lawlessness, un
der the plea of sustaining the war, public ne
oessity t etc, 'As an evidence of ihis tendency,
we quote tho threat of a leading republican
journal to the effect that if Mr. Crittenden at
the approaching extra session presented peti
tions for peace, he should be turned out of the
Hall!
We have fresh evidence before us that the
people, if they think to save their inheritance
of freedom to'themselvcs and .their posterity,
have groat occasion to watch closely passing
events and, weigh popular tendenoie.s. Many
years ago, ono'jjf the most .sagacious of wri
ters oh public qffhirs Said tbnt.wKeh the epi
taph on the; A inerican 11 epublic was written,
it would read— 14 Here lies A people who in
their zeal to give liberty to the colored race
lost their own I” Wo have certainly hoard
much of late jteiirs about the preciousnoss of
■ 4 Freedom,” 44 equal rights’’ and 44 personal
liberty.”' These, terms have rolled from the'
tongues of ten thousand popular orators, on
the stump.oii the. locture rostrum and.-in the
pulpit. Thejr have been the watch fires of
political partips, and have Smoothed tho way
of every inferior men to the highest public
positions. To bo for 44 freedom”, to all man
kind has been the passport to popular favor,
and to be suspected of lacking the most un
bounded sympathies for 44 freedom” has been
fatal to men of all political parties. _
If “■ frepdbm“ i 8 worth anything, it is worth
as much to American white, citizens as to the
Afrioan. wbother in the South or in the North.
It has rarely occurred, we presume, to the
masses who have prolonged the 44 Freedom”
shout, that the politicians :they* were follow
ing would bo’ the first to'deprive the people of
their most sacred constitutional rights—rights,
the possession of which alone.lift the Ameri
can citizens above the subjects of the most ab
solute despotism on earth I ,
ilfvsr.igeof J<lT. Davlefo she Con
grcts ul Blcluh»b<!* .
New Orleans, July 20— Davis’ inaugural
message called attention to the causes which
formed the 1 Confederacy, and, he says, it is
now only necessary to call attention to such
facts as-have occurred during the.recess, and
to matters connected with the public defence,
lie Congratulates the Congress on the acces
sion to the Confederacy of three_equal sover
eign States.-' The several States deemed it.ad
visable to.remove tho departments and ar
chives to Richmond, to which place Congress
had already removed tho seatof-Governmont.
After the adjournment of the last Congress,
the aggressive movements of the enemy in
duced prompt and energetic action. The ac
cumulation of the enemy’s force on-the Ppto
mac sufficiently demonstrated that his efforts
were to be directed against Virginia, and from
no point could her defence and protection bo
so efficiently directed as from her own capital.
' The rapid progress of.tho last few months
has stripped the veil behind.which the true
policy- and purposea of the Lincoln Govern
ment" had previously been concealed. It is
now fully revealed..-• The-, message of their
President and the action of their present Lon-,
gross Confess their, intention of- subjugating
tlio SeOeded States, by n war Of f°Uy < .
only by its WieVednese—n.war by which it is
impOsSble to attain tbe.pTOPOscd result, whilst
'its dire qahmsitips' will fall d.ouWk;Ve,yere on
th^solv^-.lfewTOePOing^.-Je?t, March with
dh dfioctatiaro of, ignorance.; of .tpe secession*
of ,seven States, which ha<j organized a Cod**
federate Government ; porSistipg. m April) m
the absurd assumption of thtf cxistenco of a
riot, which whs dispersed by a posse comUalys ;
continuing in soVeFnl successive months in
false representations that thfese States intend
ed an offensive war in spite, gf the conclusive
ovidence tofhe contrary, furnished as well by
official action as by the basis ofJhe Constitu
tion, the President of the United States and
bis advisers isuoceeded in deceiving the pep
ole of those States into the belief that the pur
pose of this Government was not peace at'
home, but conquest abroad; not the defence
of our.libertles. but the subversion of the peo
ple of tho. United States. The senes of ma
noeuvres-by which this impression was creat
ed, and which where devised in perfidy, are
already known. Fortunately for the truth of
history, Mr. Lincoln’s message minutely de
tails the attempt to reinforce Fort .Pickens in
violation of an'srmisticO which he confessed
he had been informed of only by rumors too
vague au(P uncertain to create any attention.
The hostHe expedition- despatched to supply
Fort Sumpter was admitted to have been un
dertaken with a knowledge that ife success
was impossible, the sending.of a notice to the
Governor of South Carolina of an intention
to use force to accomplish, the nbject, and
quoting from his inaugural that there would
homo conflict unless these States were the ag
erflb°prooeedB to declare that his conduct, ns
in the mast will be in the future This prom
ise, which* could not be misunderstood, gave
notice of the approach of a hosti 0 fleet. He
eliargeethese- States.with, being the assailants
of the Union.- Thr World cannot misandor
'stand this unfounded pretence.-
Mr. Lincoln expresses concern lest somofor
oign nation hod 'so shaped its action as if it
supposed an early destruction of the Union
was probable, and' be abandons further dis
guise, and proposes lo make the contest short
and dooisive.- Hb confesses even, by an in-;
creased force and those enormous preparations,
that the United States is-engaged in a conflict
with a great and powerful-nation.. He is com
polled to abandon his ’pretence of dispersing
rioters and suppressing? insurrection. He is
driven to the acknowledgment that the Union
is dissolved. II? recognizes the .separate exv
istonco of the Confederate States by inter
diction, embargo, and blockade.- All com
merce between the two sections is cut off; re
mediating the foolish idea that the inhabitants
of tho Confederate States are still citizens-of
the United States. Davis compares the. pres
ent invasion with that of Great Britain in
1781,. but whioh ,was conducted in a more civi
lized manner. Mankipd will shudder at tho
outrages now being oqmmitted on defenceless
females by those pretending to be fellow citi
zens, who depict the horror with which they
regard deliberate malignity, and which, un
der the pretext of suppressing insurrection,
make special wur opon sick women and child
ren by withholding' tbe‘ medicines necessary
for thoir cure. Tne saoredolaims of humani
ty respected by aft nations', oven in’ fury of
. battle, by a careful'deviation of attackon-hos
pitals, are now oUftafrod by the Government
which pretends to desire a continuance of fra
ternal connections."' Such outrages admit of
no retaliation, Unless the actual perpetrators
are conquered!
IVfr. Taylor’s mission- to lVnshington Was
for the purpose of effecting an exchange of
the prisoners taken on the privateer SavahnaTi.
He informed Mr. Lincoln of our determined
purpose to cheek-all, barbarities-on .prisoners
of war by such retaliation as-would effectual
ly put an end to suchpraotices. Mir. Lincoln’s
promised-reply is not'received,-.
In reference to the poonlior relations exist
ing between this Government and the States
usually termed the Border slhve States,-some
of them' would have united With us.-ns-they
are with almost, entire unanimity opposed to
the prosecution of a wer. with nsj but those
States which regard us as brtth’eftt are restrain
ed by the; actual presence of largo armies, the
subversion of civil authority, and thtf declara
tion of martiql law, the. President declaring
that, in order to execute the lows, some single,
law made in extreme tenderness of citizens
liberty, may, to a limited extent, bo violated.-
We may well rejoiCe that we bavo forever sev
ered connection with a Government that thus
tramples on-air principles of constitutional
liberty, andlwith a people in whose, presence
such'an avowal may bo paraded.
- Operations in the ; field will be greatly ex
pended- by reason of 0 policy, which hereto
fore secretly entertained, is now avowed and
acted on by the.-United States. The force
hitherto raised proved ample for the defence
of tho Seven States which originally organized
the Confederacy; excepting on those fortified
islands which the enemy’s naval force enabl
ed them toretain, ho has been driven entirely
out. Now, at tho expiration of five months
from the formation of this Government, not
a single hostile foot presses their soil. Our
forces, however, - must necessarily prove in
adequate to tho reported invasion by half a
million of men now proposed by the enemy.
A corresponding increase of our forces, there
fore, becomes necessary.
Our crops are now the most abundant ever 1
known in cur history. Many believe tho sup
ply adequate to two years’ consumption. Our
citizens manifestji laudable pride in uphold
ing their independence unaided by any re
sources other than their own, and subscription
to the loan proposed by the Government can
not fall short of $50,000,000, and will proba
bly exceed that sum.
every man and boy were to get all
that they deserve, forests would soon run short
of switches. 1
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
At a meeting of the. Board of School Direc
tors, held this day. in Education Hall, Mr.
Hamilton announced the death of Andrew
Blair, President of the Board, whereupon it
was unanimously .
"Resolved, That in the death of Mr. An
drew Blair, wo have sustained a great public
loss, and desire to hear testimony to his indi
vidual, worth. During a period of twenty-five
years he has served this community as Presi
dent of the Board of School Directors, and to
his advice and labors our schools are greatly
indebted for any destination they may have
attained. His Christian department and long
tried integrity, secured him the esteem and
confidence of his fellow citizens, and his ex
perience and judicious measures in his official
capacity, have’been of eminenfservice to this
Board, and that wo will hold in re
membrance the noble spirit,, the earnest piety
and the arduous self-denying'labor of the de
ceased. ’ :
Resolved, That whilst, to us his death ap-
E ears, and irreparable loss, wo know it has
een 'his infinite gain, and therefore, in all hu
mility, we submit to the will of ■“ Him who
doeth all things well.”- . _
Resolved, That we feel called upon by his
death, to exert ourselves more than over to
maintain the high position and strict Christian
discipline of our school, which bo was so in
strumental in /
Resolved, That we sympathize with his
children and friends, in tho. death of one who
has, through a long life, so happily filled the
duties of a father and a citizen, and evidenced
the true follower of .the Lord JesuS.
Resolved, .That we will, os a Board of School
Directors, attend his funeral, and request the
teachers of the Public Schools to do so like
wise, and that we will wear crape for thirty
days as a token of our high regard for our
deceased friend.
Resolved, That a 1 copy of these resolutions
bo communicated to his family and publish
ed in the papers of this borough.
C. P. Hjiumcn,
V Sec’y of Board:
TRIBUTE OP RESPECT.
jivAt; a meeting of the Faculty of Jench'ers of
the Common Schools of Carlisle, held 23d inst.,
the following preamble and resolution were ’
unanimously adopted:
. Whereas, It has pleased an All-wisc-Provi
denco to remove from our midst Mr. Andrew
Blair, who, for-twenty-five years presided over
the interests of tho’Conimun Schools of Car
lisle, with an unswerving integrity; therefore,
bo it
Resolved, That in the death of their Presi
dent the Board have lost an efficient member,
the Teachers an invaluable friend, the Com
mon School System one of its, moat zealous
advocates, and the Church a consistent and
exemplary’member.
Resolved, That while wo how in humble rev
ignation to the decree of Him. who is too wise
to esr, and, “ who worketh all things after the
counsel of his own will," yet We cannot bjit
deplore' the loss of one whose upright and
gentlemanly bearing, noble impulses of soul,
and conspicuous Christian graces could not
fail to impress every one with whom ho came
in contact; and that we will ever think of
him as oho upon whose character niemory
delights to linger, and link the most pleasant
association..
Resolved, That we tender to his bereaved
friends and relatives our heartfelt sympathy
in this their hour_ of deep affliction, and
while we mourn his death, we are solaced
with the pleasing assurance that our loss has
been his gain, .and that ho lms but exchanged
the sad realities of a fleeting existence, to en
ter upon the purer and more sacred joys
which the enfranchised spirit finds in the
paradise of God. , ; '■ ■ . ■
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions he
sent to the'-friends of the deceased, and also
be published in the papers of this Borough..
THE WAR HEWS.
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA!
THU BATTLE AT BVIX BCSI
CANNONADING AT MANASSAS JUNCTION!
50,000 Rebels Troops at Manassas Junction!—
Highly Important from the Grand Army.
Obntrbville, July. 18.
The first engagement’ of any character in
Eastern Virginia during this campaign took
place at Bull’s Run, four miles south of Cen
trevtlle, this afternoon;-
1 Gen. Tyler’s division otloampsd-lhst night
a feWmiles east of Cijntreville; and'thißinorii
ing proceeded* towards that point. Centre
vine' WOBT passed' in safety, and' the' troops
turned' from the Little' River Wrhplde* road
to the MitoasSatfroad.-, .
On the read'information*was received that
a masked battery was on the left* of the road
ahead, add 1 Coli-, Richardson, in command" of
the Fourlh'Brigade, was ordered to reconnoi
tre, while’ the remainder" of the' division re :
mained’ id the Vicinity of Centreville. Col.
Richardson' proceeded With" three' companies
of the Massachusetts' First,'"being, the Kelsey
County Fupileors and National' Guards.—'
They pnsßod acrtoss'an open ravine and again
entered the road) which was densely surround
ed by woods, when they Were received by a
raking fire from the left; killing: a* number o ,f
the advance; They gallantly sustained their
position" and" covered the’ retreat' of a*brass'
cannon- of Sherman’s battery, the'horses hav- -
irtg Been completely disabled by the fire; un
til relieved by the Michigan Second and New
.York Twelfth; when tliey fete back.- .
The Federal forces then, took-a position" oh"
the top of a hill; Two rifled'-guns-were plant
- ted in ftoht..supported by Captain Braoicett’s
company Bj Second- Cavalry, with a lino of
infantry, New Vork Twelfth,- some' distance'
in'therear. .... ...
A' steady fine was kept uponboth sides in"
this poettiodV
The rebels had two batteries cfeight piwes
in a poeitiOtt commanding ]tho road. They
used tWrgttnswell, except they
tim'e's dorf high, tut Were gallantly faced. Dy
ourtroopsi xhey'didnotreplytoou g
fee for half On hour, during, which time they
Were- receiving large roinforeement*.. '
In the mealtime Richardson s brißnd° ro
connoitorod tlft woods. While wowereftga.n
thus advanoing we wore met. with awging
Arc. Our guns wore again put in P°s‘‘!““>
and poured grape and canister among the on
emy until the supply was exhausted. Thes
guns were commanded by Captain Ayers.
Gen. Tyler commanded in person, ana nc
of the i »% l08t
killed and three wounded. Several of bis
The New YortTwellth suffered nest to the
Massachusetts First. Among the WW »
Lieut. Smith, of Company G,
First; Edwin Field and Sergeant Forest, of
the Boatoh Fusileors; Lieut. Lormo, of Bra
ott’s cavalty. Among the wounded, l ,
ver E. Simpson, of the Massachusetts F ret
Chaplain Lancey, of Connecticut. .The total
loss on our side is estimated at thirty
troops to retire, it being necessary to relievo
Capt. Brackett’s cavalry, which had done the
most effective services. • ~. ,
The day was exceedingly hot, and the hor
ses thirsting for water, winch could only be
obtained at Centreville.
Only about a thousand of our forces was at
any one time engaged. Tho rebel force is es
timated at four thousand. .
Col. Wilcox’s division, including the /,ou
aves, moved from Fairfax station to-night to
flank the enemy. . , „
The battery will undoubtedly he taken to
morrow. This battery is thought tq bo one of
a line of batteries from Acotmk Creek to Ma
nassas,
July 22,1801,
[later.]
Washington, July 19.
A telegraphic dispatch received at the de
partment at 11 o’clock to-day . soya that the
battle is still going on at Bull Run, three
miles from Manassas. . ' '
[still latik.]
Washington, July 19.
A gentleman from Centroville, at 6 o'clock
this morning, reports all quiet during the
night, and no movement anticipated- to-day,
and the only alarm during the night was by
the firing of pickets. .....
It is ascertained that about 20 were killed
and wounded during yesterday’s engagement
at Bull’s Run. '
. The rebels are still in. possession of the bat
teries, and it is expected they will make a,
stand at that point. ...
Col. Wilcox's brigade arrived at Centrevillo,
from Fairfax Station, last night. - _ -
The Federal forces lie over to-day _to recon
noitre, and an attack on the batteries is ex
pected to-morrow. . .
A negro, arrived fromtho Seceasiomsts, re
ports that bis master, Col. Fontaine, of War
renton, was killed,-together with a large num
ber of rebels. This statement is corroborated
by a member of the Massachusetts First, who
was in the engagement. _ _ ■ ■
List of killed on.- our side, is not yet made
out.
FROM SEAT OF WAR.
Glorious Union Victory. — The Rebels Driven
from Bull Bun.—Several Batteries Taken in
Rapid Succession.—Great Slaughter on both.
Sides.—The Enemy Whipped at all Points. —
“ Our Victor;/ Complete."—Storming of the
Batteries.—Unparalleled Bravery.—Spirit
ed Action of the Zouaves.—Jeff. Davis in the
Field.—A Ret/imeht of Negroes in the Reb
. el Army.—Colonel James Cameron , of Penn
sylvania, Among the Killed..
.. Washington, July 21.
the following bulletins wqfe received in'of
ficial quarters during the progress of the.bht
tlo, from the telegraph station about four.milcs
from Bull Run. ■.e
Fairfax’eleven A. M.-—Rapid firing from
heavy, guns and frequent disabargea df.tpus
eisieven forty—Fighting very heavy arid ap
parently more on. our left wing.
Eleven fifty.—There is evidently, a battle
toward our left in the direction of Bull ’s Run
a little north. The firing is very rapid and
heavy. ,
One forty-five.—Heavy gnns again and ap
parently nearer; musketry heavy and nearer.
Two P. M.—The musketry very heavy and
drawing much nearer. There is evidently a
movement more to our left.
Two forty-five P. P.—Firing a little further
off apd apparently in the. direction of _ the
Junction. Less heavy guns and more light
artillery, ns near os I can judge.
Three -P. M.—Firing ceased ten minutes
since.
Throe fifty P. M.—The firing hns almost en
tirely censed and can only bo heard with dif
ficulty. I shall telegraph no more unless
there should be a renewal of the battle which
has been so gloriously fought for the old stars
mid stripes, and from all indications here our
troops bare at least stood their ground.
Fairfax Court Hobs*, 3,50, P. M.'
Our courier hns not yet returned. Quar
termaster Barton, of the Second Regiment of
Michigan, has just passed, and says that of
ficers, men and citizens at Ocntrerille, say d
general engagement of the whole line has ta
ken place three and n half miles this side bf
Manassas, and that out troops find driven and
forced the Secessionists’ line back to Manas
sas. VTe expect n courier now every mo
ment.
Gen. McDowell has orderou the reserves
now here under Col. Miles to- advance to the
bridge over Bull .Run, on theWnrrenton road,
having driven the enemy' before himv Col.
Milos is now about three or four miles from
hero, directing operations near Blackburns
ford
Two of our couriers have returned, but were
unable to communicate in person with Gen.
McDowell. One of the couriers was oh the
field of battle. • He says ' out troops have ta
ken three masked batteries find' forced the
rebels to fall back to retire. Ho says the bat
tle was general on Bull Bun.- One of the bat
teries taken was in a'wheat field, and the oth
er some distance' from: it, and the third still
further on.
Five twenty P. Ml—--Another dispatch'says
that the Federate have won the'day. The
loss on both sides iS'heavy, hat the route of
the rebels is complete; Tbobatleries at Bull
Itun are silenced and two or thfge'qthers ta-'
ken.
Five forty, P. M\—Firinglinia ceased. "Wo
shall send another courier there in a few min
utes. The Colonel Went at four o’clock,- and
will be back soon.-.
A 1 report, not official but from'apparently
'reliable sources, says that the colilun under.
Col; lieiatzlotnaa has followed'the rebels to
Manassas Jhnction and- has opened firo on
their entrenched-camp and was then shelling.
them 1 .- The connonaaing.oau occasionally be
heard in Washington from Georgetown Hbigbt'.
; The headquarterSof the army- are inacces
sible to-night',-the President and Cabinet be;
ing privately closeted- with Gan.- Scott and
staff and other distinguished gentlemen.-
The most intense excitement is-eVefyWhero
existing to hear farther from'the'fieldof bat
tle; ' .Every returning spectator of the -events
is immediately surrounded to relate his obser
vations; Tho demhnd for intelligences un
satiated; Many unauthorized rbmors prevail;
■ Which iwVetoooofuße the truth;-' Twteske
A BLOODY BATTLE.
Centheviole, 4 P. M,
Fairfax, 4:45-, V. Sf.
SECOND 1 DISPATCU.
ttftßD ’DISPATCH:
of the battle coulA W> seen from eminences ‘
bf members of Cobgress, and
oven ladies, wont to thS neighborhood of Bull
Bun to witness the battles Qno of them ro
ports Col. Hunter, of the Thurd Cavalry act*
fnff as Major general,-as seriously, if not mor
!Xwounded.-. Ififßtod with confidence
Jn /iV onnrters that Col. Cameron, of the sey-
Unfv Oihth fcgimeht,- Mother of the Secretary -
of SSdm- Sfooffm. of the Second Rhode
Island rogiriiohl; were killed.
rODRTII Mspatou. ' , •
A most severe battle was fought’to-doy ot
Bull’s Bun bridge. The conflict was desper
' ate, lasting over nine hours. The programme;
nS stated in the first dispatch, was carried out -
until the troOps met with a succession of ~
masked batteries which .were, attacked with
vigor and-success after severe lots Of life.—
Our troops advanced as follows: .. _ ,
Col Richardson, who distinguished himself
in the previous engagement, proceed pn the
loft, with the four regimente of thoFomth
brigade, to hold the battery hill on tha War- -.
renton road In the vicinity Of Bid pined Whdrd -• ■
the last battle '
ment wore described Jn.thofifsfc dispatch.
Sohneok’s and ShOTihan-'a Brigades, dflylor »
division, advanced by tbs Warrentpn road'
while llointzleman s and Huntof’s
took the fork of Warronton road to. nioy.e be-: ,-
|tween Bull Bun and Manassas Junction;-. -
Key's brigade remained at Centreyille.
was rccoivcdby Tyler’s com- ,
mond of. the existence of J|io enemy s battery ;-.
commanding the road. trnohs wore then :
formed in battle array, the .:
and Second Ohio on the left, ihe^oconjpiiio
and Second . Wisconsin ami . .
Thirteenth and Sixty-ninth Ncw.Yprk on the,-;.,
right. Col. Miles’ division followed in the
"Tho first range gun was fired by SWntanC'
battery at ten minutes of seven. ;
did.not return his.shot until ap honr nnd a .
half afterwards. When Hunter s diyisinji;..
came up another battle became general.-...
Col. Hunter’s movement to-gam-the rear .of
the enemy was almoitasncccss. ’
position was opened on by several of Carlisle s
howitzers, followed by.sliglit skirmishing.—
The rebels rapidly received reinforcements .
from Manassas, Junction after the attack.was
battle consisted in a succession of fire*
from masked batteries, whiclroponedia every
direction. When one was silenced jts.place.,
was supplied by two, and in the dnripgcbnr
ges of our infantry m.unmnskmgthem.: The
Second Ohio and Second New York miliha ,
were marched by flank through the woods by .
a new made road within ft few miles-of the
main road when they came on n -battery of
eight guns with four regiments flanked™ the
men were immediately ordered to ha
down on either side of tho road, in order to al
low two pieces of artillery to pass through and
attack the work, when this opened
upon us, and killed, on the third round Lieu .. .
Dempsy, of company G, New York Second,
and Mir. Maxwell, a drummer,.and Seriously,
■wounding several others. - \
Our troops were kept for fiftceh or.twenty,
minutes under a galling fire, not being .able
to exchange shots with the cnemy altboußh
within at,nice threw of their batteries. fhev.
succeeded in retiring in regular order and
with their battery. The most gallant charge
of the day was made by the New York’ Six*
ty-nintli, Seventy-ninth and rhirteenth»»wW.
rushed up upon one of the enemy's-batteries,
firing as they proceeded with perfect eclat and
attacking it with the bnyonot s, pmnti .The
yell of triumph now seemed to carry bib be
fore it. They found that the rebels had aban
doned the battery poly taking one gun. but
this success was acquired only after a severe
loss ol life, in which the sixty-ninth severejy
suffered ; and it was reported that the Lieut.
Colonel was amongst the first kmed.-
Tho Zouaves also distinguished themselves
by their spirited .assault-on'•the; batteries ■*s
thp/puiut of the bayonet,: but if■ >« tb*
.their loss is immense;’ -Bp toth ®_ h - aBr .
three o’clock V. M. it was generally under
stood that we had hemmed °
tiroly and that they were gradually retiring,
*thnfc Hunter had driven themback.in- the rear,,
that HcintsilemanV c(»mmand^’WaS ; m©etiD|
w’ith every success* and* that it rdtjiyired hut
the reserves of Tyler’s division to push bn to
Manassas Junction,
A Mississippi soldier was taken prisoner
by Ilasbronck, of tho Wisconsin-Second. He
turned out to bo Brigadier Quartermaster
Prior, con-in of Kogor A. Prior. . He was pan
tured with his horse, as ho by accident rddn
, into our lines. He discovered himself by
marking to Hnshronok, “We aregeftingbad
ly cut to pieces." “ What' regiment' do you
belong to?” aekeJllasbronck. “The Nine
teenth Mississippi," was the answer. ••‘Theft
you are my prisoner," said Hasbrotiok; ■
From the statement of this prisoner It bp
pears thatbur artillery has created greatnay
oo among the rebels, of whom there iS'ftbm
thirty to forty'thousand in the field unoor
command of Beauregard, while thev ; hajye a.’
reserve of seventy-five thousand at the •func
tion. He describes an officer most prominent
in the fight distinguished from the rest by his
white horse as Jeff. Davis. j
lie confirms the previous report of, ft tfigtr
ment of negro troops in the rebel foroos, ’but
says it is difficult to get them in proper disci
pline in battle array.' .
, Tim position of the enemy extended in th«ft
lines form a triangle, the apex fronting the
centre of our column. The area seems to haffr
been filled by masked batteries. ' At seven-,
o’clock,this evoning.guns wore still heard'
firing at - short intervals.’ ~ r
■TItE WAR IN VIKiaSNIA/
TERRIBLE DEFEAT OF TAE FED
ERAL ARMY!
SMERBU'N'S, CARLISLE’S AND" THE WEST
POINT BATTERIES TAKEN,!
THE AKMY FALLING BACK OE WAStt-
INGTON!
FEDERAL LOSS 3,500 TO «,o®o r
THE REBEL ARMY 90,000 STRONG!
A REBEL ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE!
E*om 'Washington!
Gen. M’Clellan to Command the Aemt of
the Potomac I
REPULSE OF T'BE FEDERAL ARJI'T.I
, WasblnotW, JulyB2.-
Ohr troope, after taking three batteries apd'
gaining’A great victory; Were eventually re
palaed7Btid commenced & retreat on'-Wash
ington: The retreat is'in'g6od order, with
the rear well covered by tfgood column.
Our loss is frorn , 2,soo'to ff.OTO.- " ,
The - fortifications around Washington art 1 :
strongly reinforced’ by fresh troops.- -
[sifeorfD* DftpAT*n;}i "
. W ashlnqt6n, July 22.—After thj) latest ipr
formation was received from OentrSrille, at
half-past f o’clock last dfgbt,, a'-serieS' o*' 0 *'
events took place.in the mtepaeSt; dogbee dis
astrous.
■ Many oOnfused' statements' are' preraleub
but enough. is known to warrant the sta *
mont that we-have’suffered in a degree W“| .
has oast a gloom: over - tbe’-remnnnt o: . ,
army, pnu excited the deepest melanono j
throughout Washington'. ,
The carhHge has boon tVemendbuslVbcav,
on'both' sides, and on ottrß is roproSents
frightful. . . . i;
We Woto'ad vanning and" takiiig'tho mw ,
batteries' gradually, but surely, phd by at ' • a
tho'enomv towards Manassas Junotion,
tbs’ enemy sOChied 1 to'be" reinforced -oj i,
oral JbbnSon; ahd‘ irataediatoly. ooni _
driving; uS back,- whip' si pome 1 amt**
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