AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, JODN I, BHBIDN, Editor k PiopilMot CARLISLE, PA., AUGUST 1, 1801. O U R. F L A G " Forever float that standard sheet! '.'Where breathes the foe bat falls before its? With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet, And Freedom’s banner waving o’er usl” . The Battle at Bull. Bus.—An interest ing, account of the battle and retreat ofonr troops at Bull Bun, -will bo found on our first page... Return of the Sumner Rifles. —The Sum ner Rifles of this place, Capt. Kuhn, arrived homo a few days since, their term of enlist ment having expired on the 22d of July.— /When the Capitol of the Nation was threat ened by armed traitors, this company was among the first to tender aid to the Govern ment, and is therefore entitled to much hon or for the zeal manifested in defense of our common country. Wo presume a number of ■the, members will .re-enter the service for the war, and thus assist tO’end the rebellion that is now desolating pur land. The Wheat and Rye Crops. —The wheat and rye crops have all been harvested, and the yield is unexpectedly good.. The crop of oats has also been cut during the lasthnd present weekfand is considered a good average yield. The oats are not of so tall a growth this.year as usual-hut bear handsome heads, with a full grain. , tfhe corn, in most localities, is growing finely and looks very well. Good Conduct of the Troops.— The troops who Lave boon stationed here for several days past—the Idthand-IStliEogiments —have con ducted themselves in a highly credible man ner, much to the gratification of our citizens. With one or two exceptions, we have not no ticed a man of the party intoxicated, and not a single difficulty has occurred that wo have heard of. Indeed, the entire body are peacea ble solid nien,- and are just such material as. arc a credit to the American army. 'fry Our citizens have been- exceedingly kind to'the soldiers of the 14th .and Xsth Re giments, How stationed, hero. Nearly all houses were' thrown-wide open, and .the sol diers proyided with substantial food, and even luxuries. This was right. The' soldier do" Serves the gratitude of all good citizens.- A Dress Parade. —On Tuesday morning the. 15th Regiment, under command of Maj- Bradford, paraded bur principal streets, and performed many military evolutions. This Regiment is very perfect in drill and milita ry knowledge, and the -parade was quite a tr ;at to bur citizens., Col. Bowman and Sergeant Chase.— These gen tleman have been handsomely treated un til recently. They were out on parole, board ed'at the best hotel, and were courteously treated by all classes with whom they came in contact. But last week they wtre thrown into confinement, and will, it is said bo kept there until it is seen, what disposition is to be made of the pirates who were captured on the Savanah, If they are hung, Davis threat ens to retaliate by banging the Luzerne men. Lewlstowners Captured. —Among the pris oners taken by the rebel foreos, in the late battle near Martinsburg, wore some forty men belonging to Capt. Hess’ company, 15tb Pennsylvania regiment. Several Lewistown boys are,among the number; also several from Juniata county. They will no doubt’be bumanely treated, until an exchange of pris oners may be made. O* The returning soldiers, without excep- tion, surprise their friends by their robustness and vigorous appearance. It is probable if they had remained at homo the number of deaths among them would have been greater than those which occurred during their ab sence, and they are free to declare that they feel thatthe changed and active mode of ex- istence they had adopted so invigorated them ' that it gave them a-now lease upon life.— Thus,'practically, they found the life of a sol dier, more favorable to longevity than that of a civilian;' This encouraging report of the physical condition of our troops forms a bright and cheering contrast with the situation of a largo portion of those who arc located in the camps—:many of whom-, owing to their bad habits,"want of proper discipline and care, and insufficient and unwholesome food,, are rapidly perishing from- disease. This was known-to-be the case with a number of Gen. Johnston’s troops before he left Harper s Fer ry, with the camps in Eastern and Western Tennessee, and with all others of which we have been able to ascertain accurate knowl edge. Gratifying »is Curiosity.— A member of Gongross wont out to BuU’s Run to the tight, ns he wanted to got a nearer view of the reb els.. He fell Into their hands a prisoner, and is now gratifying his curiosity in a Richmond jail. His observation and experience will ho valuable in his future career. The New York Tribune says:' 1 The election, of John AY. Forney, ns Secretary of the Senate, has taken everybody by surprise, And has excited ns much indignation among the true friends of the administration ns sur pr&B, and still more apprehension that it Is ■a limiSiph of the professional contract job pm" K7*R<Kid the first page carefully. OUR DEFEAT AT DULL BUN. The defeat of tho Northern troops at Bull’s Run, on Sunday week,, was ns disastrpus as it was humiliating. By this'dofeat wo have lost, in killed, some 800 or 1,000 men; we had, too,’ns many wounded., Military stores,- arms, wagons, horses,- do., were lost to the' amount of nearly or quite a million of dollars I- It was, indeed, a complete and overwhelming defeat, and will have the effect, wo fear, of prolonging tho war for years.- What were tho causes of our great misfor tune? The question is casilyanswored. Ram pant Abolitionism is alone to blame, For weeks and weeks previous to this battle, tho extreme men of the Republican party kept up a constant clamor against Gen. Scott, for his “ want of activity,” as they termed it. A number of tho public journals of that party— tho Now York Tribune being particularly con spicuous—hnrled their anathemas at tho old veteran, and demanded of him “ either to re sign or make a move against Manassas.” Lovejoy, Sumner, Lane, and other crazy Abolitionists and disunionists in Congress, joined in tho denunciations of Gen. Scott, and even went so far ns to intimate that he was a traitor, and in the pay of Jeff Davis! llt was hard for the old General to withstand tho assaults of these infamous men. But he did withstand them for weeks,: and quietly told his persecutors that ho “would fight a battle and gain a victory as soon as his vast arrangements would permit.” The clamors continued, but still Gon. ScoTt turned a deaf ear to the demands of the fanatics. Finally. however, President Lincoln, (who is himself a bigoted Abolitionist-,)'yielded to tho de mands of LovEjqv, Gueely, Lane & Co., and Intimated to Gen. Scott that ho. had better force a battle, and thus gratify the,grumblers 1 With quivering lips tho old horp then, for the first time in his life, consented to yield his own opinions, and to be governed by a' set of ignorant civilians, . The battle was ordered, and the. result is before the world. President Lincoln, and his bosom friends, Loyejoy, Sumner, Lane, aud.their allies, were gratified, but the Northern people mourn. . This defeat may, and doubtless will, cost the people, hun dreds of millions of dollars; for, as wo have said, it has given the rebels heart, and may prolong the war (or years. . Had the grumblers permitted Gen. ScotT to have exercised his own judgment, there can bo no doubt whatever but that victory would have perchecj upon our,banners. The battle was fought before the old hero had completed his arrangements; Had it been , delayed for three or four days, a sound flogging of the re-, bels would have been the. result. IVe’ see it stated, upon reliable authority, that our troops were not-even provided with rations or water, and that many of them sank to the ground exhausted on this account. The horses, too, had not been fed or watered for twenty-eight hours, and scores of them fell dead from hunger and thirst. Indeed, the battle was gone into pell-mell, without a particle of previous preparation, and its re sult should forever damn the men who were instrumental in bringing it on. Gen. Scott, we think, has learned a les son. He will, doubtless, pursue hie own course hereafter, even if all the hounds of the Administration are at his heels. If Greedy, LovEjuy, and kindred spirits continue their ■impudent interference, he/should oirrest and confine them;, or, what would bo better, send thorn to Jeff Davis. They are enemies to the country, to order, and to decency, and should bo silenced. The next battle will be Gen. Scott’s - , and not. General Greely’s, and will, we predict, dispel the gloom that now hangs like a pall over the Northern States. So mote it bo. • Increase of the Military.EstaDltshment, —The two branches of Congress have com promised their disagreeing amendments to the bill lor the increase of the military establish ment; The Senate had provided for an aug mentation to an extent of eleven regiments, or twonty-threo thousand men, in accordance with the recommendation of the Executive.— This the House altered to a volunteer force, but throngh the Joint Committee of Confer ence recoded from its amendment and agreed to the Senate bill, With a proviso that the army, which is thus made to consist of 40,000; shall ho reduced to 25,000 men at the end of the war, without further legislation. All the officers of the regular army who may'bo as signed to duty in the new regiments, are, on the latter being disbanded, to return to their former regiments, with the pay and promo tion to which they shall he entitled.. Both Houses have concurred in the .roport-of the Conference Committee. Pabt or the Repuiilican K. Biddings, a late loading Republican Con gressman, and the recently appointed Consul to Canada, used the following language, in a speech made a few years since. If wo arp to jadgo of the persistence-with which the Re publicans in Congress vote down every prop osition looking to a-settlement of our unfortu nate civil war difficulties, short of an annihi lation of the .Southern people and treeing the negroes, wo must come br the conclusion that old ©hidings’ prediction is about to he verified. 'Compare the following extract of his speech with the doings in Congress during the past week and see what conclusion-yon come to: “ I look forward to the day when there shall bo A SERVILE INSURRECTION IN THE SOUTH ; when the black armed man with British bay onets, and led on British officers, shall assert his freedom, and wage a war of extermina tion against his master; when the torch of the incendiary shall light up the towns and cities of the South, and blot out the Inst vis tige of Slavery. And though I may not mock at their calamity, nor laugh when their, fear coraeth, yet I will hail it as the dawn of a - po litical millonium.” Congress Pay.—A few years ago when times were good, trade and commerce flourish-, ing, and money plenty', Congress raised their pay to $3OOO per annum, —an increase of [more.than 50 per cent on what they had pto -1 vionaiy received. Now jho country is involved in civil war; times are had; trade and commerce destroyed; money scarce; thousands and hundreds of thousands out employment; Government debt going up by hundreds of millions at a jump ; taxes increasing, but the Republican Con gress while imposing new burdens upon the people show no sign of reducing' their own pap I Such is the patriotism of Black Rep ublicanism. AWar of Invasion. The following article wo copy .from the Now York World, for the purposo of showing tho difficulties that an army of invasion has to encounter, and tho necessity there was for tho Government to make tho most ample pre parations before commencing the march -to wards Richmond.- Tho World, bo it remem bered; is a thorough going Republican paper, and, oftcourse, the Miss Nancy patriots about hoifiej of tho Grooly stripe, will not sot up a howl of indignation against us, for copying tho production. Wo take tho extract from that paper of Thursday week: “Invasion is,a kind of military work that oven the greatest Generals have failed in, Alexander the Great overran Media and Per sia, but his” armies were rolled hack before tho legions of Scythia and India. Cyrils marched his army in splendid style in Persic, but only to immoralizo the skill which con ducted tho “Retreat of the Ten Thousand.” Hannibal swept down with irresistible force into Italy, only at last toretreat from it in ig nominy. Crassus carried his cohorts into tho plains of Mosopotami, but only to be de feated with immense slaughter, and to lose his head. Napoleon led his hosts into tho middle of Russia; and led them to destruction; there, too, the Swedish invader, Charles XII, a hundred years bofore;had met his doom. Bur goyno marched his forces into A.mcrioan ter ritory,. nod marched to a surrender. Sohieski, with forty thousand, attacked eighty thousand, Turkish veterans intrenched and defended with three hundred pieces of cannon, slew fifty thousand and'carri'ed the Polish ensigns in triumph to the banks of tho Danube ; and yet n month after there was scarcely a rem nant of his army left. Wellington drove Massena, at the head, of a hundred thousand men, out of war wasted Portugal,- 1 but, before his full success in the peninsula, had to retire and intrench himself behind the -Torre Vedras.,: Theßritish Generals, in their invasion of Afghanistan, accomplished.march cs across■-mountain ranges and desert tracks unparalleled in history for their length and hardship, but the issue thereof may he -read in the terrible tragedies of thoKoord Caubul and the pass of Jugdaulluck, and in tho fate . of that sixteen thousand; of whom' but one man - escaped alive to toll the' tale of slaugh ter.-- Desperate Affray at Harrisburg.- —For ifhe last Week or ten days Harrisburg has been literally filled with‘soldiers—those ro ; . turning from, and those going to the battle ■fields. Tlio town authorities, have- found, if impossible to preserve the public peace, and hundreds of fights have dccurrcd daily. The Harrisburg Union of Saturday, gives the fol lowing particulars of a desperate affray that took place the day previous :■ Yesterday a little before 12 o’clock a,dis graceful affray occurred in front of the Ex change Hotel, which will probably result in the loss of one, if not two lives; It is an exceedingly difficult matter to get; at the origin of the light,’and if thing but a legal investigation will bring the facta- to light fairly; It is enough to say, however, that a number of young men of our city en gaged in a quarrel with a number of. the men belonging to tlio Fourth Regiment.; The quarrel commenced in the Exchange, but was soon transferred to the street, whore it bid fair to become a general riot. A young man named Geo. Statry, late a member of the State Capital Guards, being, as io is alleged by some', hemmed in, drew a Sharpe’s revol ver and shot two 'members of company , B, named George Reif and James Ashburn, both from Norristown. The former was shot in the abdomen; and possibly survive. .The latter was shot iritho left side, and may re cover. The supposition is thatßicf was shot accidentally while standing) behind ' Starry frying to wrench the pistol from liis hand. The excitement following theyhooting was intense, but Starry managed toescjtpe through the alley between the Exchange and Omit’s and has probably made good his escape. Had ho been caught, by the incensed cmnpanions of the wounded men, ho would most unques tionably have boon shot, as they had pre pared themselves for that, purpose. Rief is represented ns a quiet, inoffensive young man—a fact which only incensed his companions the more when he was shot. 'He is lying at the house of Mrs. Humes in Third street, - _ As wo said before, it is impossible to get at the facts in this case, as each party has it ver sion of its own, and we shall spare comments until the law sifts the matter, merely giving it ns oUt opinion that such scones are disgrace ful to American soldiers, who, instead of seek ing one (mothers lives, should cultivate’ a fra ternal feeling that will last, from the end of this campaign through life. After the above was in type, Starry was taken from the new brick dwelling bouse, op-, posito the Methodist Church, (-where ho had secreted himself during the afternoon,) by his friends, who lodged him in jail to protect him. Letter from Gen. Patterson.— The follow ing is an extract from a private letter from Major General Patterson to a gentleman of Pniladolphia, dated Harper’s Ferry: “ Johnston retreated to Winchester whore he had thrown up extensive entrenchments and had a large number of heavy guns. 1 could hav.e turned his position and attacked him in the rear, hut he had received large re inforcements from Mississippi, Alabama and Gc.iagia, a total force of. over 30,000 Confed erate troops and 5,000 .Virginia militia. My force is less than 20,000. Nineteen regiments, whoso term of service were up or would ho within a week, all refused to stay one. hour over their time, hut four-Ltho. Indiana regi ments, Franks, Jarvetts (the-Eleventh,) and Owens (the Twenty-fourth.) Five regiments have gone homo. Two more go to day and throe to-morrow. To avoid being oulj.ofr with the remainder, I fell back and occupied this place.” Harvey tiVe Traitor, not to i/e Recalled. —Xu alluding to the fact that Harvey has not boon recalled, the Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Sun says: '‘ Harvey, the Charlestonian, five betrayer of Government secrets, the correspondent of the Tribunt ;, and the newly appointed Minis ter of Portugal', >s in luck. Convicted dishon or, it sooms°that ho is to continue in honor, known to bo a traitor, ho is yet retained in the oohtidonoo of the Government. lie is tall, thin and' cadaverous, with rod, sandyish hair, a wavering eye and an uncertain voice. Re ally about forty-live, ho' looks ns though he was sixty years' of ago. 1 repeat,, bo > a > n luck. lie knows too much !. Ho wont bo recalled !I Contracts 1 Contracts !!• Con tracts!!!” Quick Work.— Bread from Wheat in' Six hours. The Hamburg Schndlpost informs tis that, on tilts 4th, Mr. George A. Wagner, of Upper Bern township, Berks county, brought to tho Sunday school celebration in Seaman's grove, near Hamburg, soVoralloaves of bread, tlio wheat in which, six hours before, was still standing ; on tho stalks. At 5 o’clock in tho morning it was cut and thrashed by Mr. Wagner, immediately afterward ground into flour at Woidnor & Nnfzinger’s mill and 1 baked into bread by Mrs. AVagner, by 11 o'clock. The bread was white, light and thoroughly baked. AVo question'- whether wheat was ever turned into bread 1 in a! sl'vorf -1 or time than this, • ' The after tlie A correspondent of tho Phila. Press gives the following .- account of tho field after the battle: ' j ' Tho scones that immediately succeeded the battle, are the hds| evidence of tho ineffioien cy of at least a portion of our officers, to whom is to bo attributed tho unfortunate finale of the day’s labors.*, A correspondent of The Press, who wont out yesterday with a brother of blip of the killed at tlie. Bull’s Hun skir mish oh Thursday, to recover tho body, had but just disintore’d the body and placed it in a metallic coffin, when tho panic commenced among tho teamsters and citizens, and was cammuniontdßjjl the men, a portion of whom came out 'froraPiladcr a tremendous fire and retreated rapidly and in.disorder. The.pan ic became general ; thd scene, was indescriba ble. The heavy teams—over one hundred in number—rushed madly on; over fields and fences ; the carriages of citizens joined in the rush ; the soldiers filled up the throng, and tho' stampede Was complete. It was not or dered, but rt break was effected in the ranks, and away they went. The road was tilled accoutrements, blankets, muskets, provisions, &0., thrown from soldiers, carriages and heavy government teams. Wagons broke down and were left; horses without riders were gallop ing over everything; others, with traces fly ing in tho air, were rushing madly on. The .roads were filled with dust. Soldiers would give oilt and lie down by the way side, and there was no onh to come for thorn. Sojuoof tho more resolute gathered’ up.trophies of tho day, but the opportunities to do so wore few,, and the danger was that of being run over by tho teams rushing oh behind. A largo and apparently well-tilled pocket bdok; evidently for a side pocket; was seen in the wreck of a carriage but time-permitted no delay to cap ture it. On they rushed to Fairfax, and there tho po.nio was extended to those on duty-and aslop.—All were arouspd and joined in the general stampede, and on tlizy came to the city, where their adventures, as they are told beggar description.. ’ Who are Secessionist!!! The* Hew’York-Tribune id the organ of the Republican party—the Bible by which they swear. The other (lay wo chanced by aeci. dent to observe a'remark in its editorial col umns which looks to us considerably more .candid-than considerate." It was this: “11 is by nomeansthe specific duty nor the special interests of liepubUeuns, to maintain the Union.” And tho roason.givcn for this frightful spec imen of indifference inrogard to the integrity of the nation by a journal that is daily, brand ing somebody or other’asa. “traitor” who is more patriotic than it is itself, is .thus ox-' pressed: ■ -A “ With the slave Stales in me- [Union, the Democrats will probably rule three terms but of four let see’ehsion become a fixed fact, and tueir chances of ascendancy wilt be materially lessened!” AVe do not accept" the doctrine of tho ITri bune for those of tho .entire Republican party, but wo really believe-that the ultra, and teal; ous wing, of it, which is by far the largest,, .accept such heresy. What a shockingly sel fish and riarrow conception of honest patriot ism the individual must entertain whoso af fection for.his.party surpasses his love for his country! Terrible Reverse.” Forney’s ‘t Press,”' aiponsionod war journal which sustains the Lincoln-" Administration, in all its acts;-whottihlfeght .or wrong, cOnsti • "Teat issues which have been forced upon us by the recent disaster in Virginia. Tuat we have ni'et with a terrible reverse; that the" lam-ost a rm y which ever marched under our banner h a 3 been beaten; that wo have been driven fro m ou . r advanced position in Eastern Virginial a va facts which the people must re luctantly admit and carefully consider. The people of the South have gained the greatest triumph of this revolution. If there has been division before, there cannot be division now,, for the stvord which checked the career bf the Federal army, under the brow of tho Blue Ridge, will check any attempt to maintain a loyalty to tho Union in the seceded States.— The victory of their troops will consolodate the Southern sentiment; for a rebellion that is-formidable'enough to win a great .battle, within thirty miles, of the Capitol of the country its leaders betrayed, will bo strong enough to punish as treason to its authority any exhibition of discontent within its owii borders.” • ■ , - ■ Again:— “ In April, 'Washington was in terror' of a local rabble which had collected from the counties of Fairfax, Prince William, Louden and Jefferson. In July, the danger conics from a largo, well disciplined, and gallant army, flushed with victory, commanded by able Generals, and representing every com* munity in the South, from the aristocratic planters of Virginia to the uncouth foresters who" roam through the woods of Texas.” The Clothing Faxon Case at Pirrsnuiia Motion to Quash the Writ of Certiorari Over ruled:—ln this case, the following order was entered in the Supreme' Court on-Thuraday: Commonwealth vs, Frowenfeld et. ah ' Mo tion to grant whit of certiorari, ■ The motion to quash the writ of certiorari is, overruled, and it is now here ordered that a Court of Nisi Prina bo held at Pittsburg by the Chief Justice, or any other one or more of the Jus tices of this Court for the trial of the said case; that a venire issue immediately for the summoning of . thirty-rsix. jurors for the trial thereof, directed to the Sheriff of Allegheny county, and returnable on the first Monday of September /next, and that the Court com mence on tlie Friday preceding the said date, so as to give the parties an opportunity of making any motions that may bo nrioded pre paratory to the said trial. Some of the clothing furnished under the Neal and Frowenfeld swindle was worn by the 13th regiment, and wo have no hesitation in pronouncing it much inferior to the suits of “ hard times” shoddy furnished the pau pers in l alms houses. The Commonwealth should produce a few of those suits in Court. They would- servo ns terrible witnesses to con vict the parties. By all moans let a few of them be offered in evidence. EaTai. Accident.— An accident occured on Saturday morning last, at Camp Wayne, which proved instantly fatal. A soldier na med Smith, belonging to the Cumberland Guards, was handling a loaded revolver, when one of his companions requested to see it. Smith cooked his revolver, and handed it to his companion, who seized it by the handle and' in doing so touched the triogger causing causing it to go off. The ball entered the left breast and passed through his_ heart. The womndod man was caught by his friends and carried to his quarters where ho died in a few minutes, —The' deceased was a new recruit, and had only left home' two or three days be fore! At the commencement of the' war the deceased was anxious to join the three months volunteers, but failed,to obtain his wife’s con sent. After repeated importu'nites he'obtain ed consent of his wife to join the Reserves, and two days after his wife and child are called upon to mourn his lost.—r WeU Cheater Jeffersonian, July 27. MAJOR GENERAL PATTERSON. Tho York Democratic Press contains tho following sensible remarks in reference to the slanders against General Pattebson. There has been a pack of Republican curs yelping at Gen. P.'evor since ho entered upon his mil itary duties, and the night before he loft homo to take charge of his Division, a-Republican mob insulted him at his owri tiouso, and asked him to “ show hisdolors.” Tho reason why ho is slandered now is simply because ho is a Democrat. But, to tho remarks of tho Press; “ This distinguished soldier, who. lias in tho war of 1812, and in Mexico, proved his capac ity and courage, has'boon of lato the subject of nmeh censure, so much so, that to his charge is laid the defeat at Bull’s Hun. In no other war in the history of tho world, lias there boon so much senseless criticism, by people who are entirely ignorant of military affairs, with the movements and operations of all por tions of our army. This is, in a great degree, owing to tho excitement of tho public mind, for none oxeopt experienced soldiers them selves a o competent to judge of tho merits and demerits of officers.- We have conversed with several who have just returned from Gen. Patterson’s division, and they entirely exon erate him froni blame, and express surprise at the attacks made upon him. The charge, that his want of military ability, or his, want of courage occasioned tho defeat of General McDowell, While the movement of General McDowell itself is condemned ns inconsider ate and rash, is very inconsistent. Prudence in one case should ho a reason for prudence in the other. But to say that the movement of McDowell ,was rash and that Patterson ought to have saved him, is to say that Pat terson should have known beforehand that the administration wore going to order a Very foolish thing, rind that, therefore, contrary to his own hotter judgment, ho should have done likewise to prevent the disasters that, of course, wore to be expected. Gen. Patterson is no longer a young man! Ho has seen service. Tie had the confidence of Gon. Scott, and, at liis request, accepted the command of the Pennsylvania three months volunteers. lie is now about to return from the public service as his term of duty .has ex pired, rind that he is able to vindicate, liis course, to .the satisfaction-of his commander in-chief, and all sensible men, wo firmly be lieve,". - Another Princely Visit. The dispatches hy tho Arabia announce that the Prince Napoleon and his wife, the tho young Princess Clotildo, will sail for Now York on tho Bth of August. ,On this the Ex press remarks: " ■ At any other time than the present such an arrival would cause an immense sensation, and it is probable that even in tho midst of the prodigious events in which wo are al> sorbed, the distinguished pair will receive more than a cordial welcome.- /The Prince is the first cousin of the Emperor,- tho son of Jo-' rome Bonaparte by his second wife, and tho rival of-our American Bonaparte. In tho case of tho death of the Prince Imperial, ho .would; be heir,presumptive of Louis Napoleon. The Princess is the daughter of Victor Em manuel, first Kingofiuodernltaly; the events of her marriage, which, occurred only a year or two ago, must-still be fresh in nianyminas. Prince Napoleon is a great favorite with the Emperor, has been sent frequently to repre sent tho imperial presence, and . his coming at this, peculiar juncture cannot possibly be without the consent and approbation of the great monarch-; indeed, it seems to have a significance which it could have at no other period. . Tn this view, it W'iU doubtiess bo"- regarded' as an unusual compliment, and perhaps a more magnificent reception' be, accorded tho representative of France, even jtbau that of fered to the Prince" of Wales.- Then the Piinooss will come, in for her share of attention ; we" have had princes be fore, but never a.princess; never, the daugh ter of a king, and the wife of so important a personage as Napoleon.- . She is pretty .Inter esting, graceful and accomplished,- and very much, a favorite,at the French’. Court, ns she had previously been at her fathers. -Doubt less "those attributes will combine to make her popular hero, for the veriest democrat.will not refuse the" homnlagp of admiration to a young and charming woman.- WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE. The public mind unlturalfy inquires, Who are responsible for the recent defeat of the Northern forces at Manassus,- and the terrible destruction of life .that occurred? All roust admit that General Scott is not responsible, for it is'known that he was opposed to, and advised agrtinst, a foreword movement, and desired a delay Of eight or ten days, in order for a more mature arrangement of plans and a better organization of his.forces.-' president Lincoln, however, influonee’d by the counsels and demands of such men as Grcely, Hick man, Blair, Lovejoy, & Co., who speak of Scott as a traitor, overruled Scott, the,advance of the Northern troops,—-brought on a premature battle, —and he and his advi sers, Grooly, Hickman, Blair, Lovejoy & Co., will be held responsible for the bloody, fatal and disastrous Consequence. So says the Jeff ersonian. ■ ■ The Army of the Potomac and its Regiments, . The Army that Anight the battles of Bull’s Erin and Manassas Junction, ori the 18th and. 21st days of July, had for its commander-in chief Irvin McDowell, and numbered 55,000 men. It was divided into five Grand Divi sions ; had five Major Generals,.twelve Brig adier-Generals, fifty-five Colonels, and five hundred arid fifty Captains. It had nine bat teries of Light Artillery. The right wing was commanded by Gen. Hunter, the loft wing by „Gon. Heinizlemau, the right centre by Gen. Tyler, the left cen tre by Gen. Miles, the reserve by Gon. Eun yon. It was organized by General Order, No. 13, and from it the following summary is made of its different Regiments. 'The usual regimental number is 1,000, but some.of the New England and Now York Regiments ex ceeded that amount.- The following States furnished the Regiments; New England had 14 Regiments, 15,000 Michigan had 4 Regiments, 4,000 Wisconsin had 1 Regiment, 1,000 Minnesota had ■ 1 Regiment, 1,000 Now York had 10 Regiments, 20,000 Now Jersey had 7 Regiments, 7,000 Ohio had 2 Regiments, 2,000 ■Pennsylvania had 2 Regiments, 2,000 U. States Regulars, Infantry, Marinos, Cavalry, Artillery, 3,000 Grand Total, A Just Companions —Jeff. Davis in an ad dress delivered July 4, 1848, thus, like an un conscious oracle, pronounced judgment on himself. IVo know what wo are, but wo know not what wo shall be. ‘This great country will continue united. Trifling politicians in the . South, or in the North, or in the West, may continue to talk otherwise, but it will bo of no avail. They are like the mosquitoes around thorns they annoy but they cannot wound, and never kill.’ BSyGon. Rains, who figures in the war in Missouri, is a local politician, and not an ex army officer, as supposed. Who Overrated General Stoll 1 , ■ The New York Times has the following in relation to a,conversation with Gon. Scott, on 1 the Tuesday before the battle. It is report ed now that wo know tho result ; being disregarded, but it shows that theold hero is yet in tho full possession of his facul ties and justly appreciates the military nosi -1 tion of tho country rind the true point where the rebels ought to bo struck, ns is evident to nny ono who takes a glance at the On tho Tuesday preceding tho battle, Ucn. Scott, at his own table, in presence of his nuts and a single guest discussed tho whole sub ject of this war, in all its parts, and with the utmost clearness and accuracy. He hail a distinct' and wcll-dcOnod opinion on every point connected with it, and stated what his phm.would'he for-bringing it to n close, if the • management of it had boon left m his hands, i The main object of tho war, ho said, was to : bring the people of tho rebellious States to fool tho pressure ot the Government; to com pel them to return to their obedience and loy alty. And this must bo done with the least possible expenditure-of life, compatible with ■ tho attainment of the object., Christian i nation can bojttstifiod,hcsmid, in waging N\ai l in such a wav as shall destroy 501 lives, when , the object of'the war can bo attained at a cost • of 500. Every men killed, beyond the num i bor absolutely required, is murdered. Hence, , ho looked upon all'shooting ot pickets, a I ; scouting forays not required in order to ad vance'tne general object of tho war, all des truction of life, on either side, which did not ■ contribute to. the general result, us so-many i acts of unjustifiable homicide, - t • . i If .the matter hud been-left to him, he said, : ho w-oiild have commenced by ft perfect block ade of’every Southern port on tho Atlantic • and .tho Gulf. Then he would have collected ! a large force at tho’ capitol for' defensive Pur poses, and another largo one on the. Aliss t isriippi .for. offensive-operations. Th.e summer i months, during which it is .madness to take ■ troops south of St; Hollis, should have been devoted to tactical instruction ; and with the first frosts of autumivhc would have taken a i column of 80,000 well disciplined troopsdown . tho Mississippi, and taken, every important r'point onrtbat river, N. Orleans included;. It i > could have hec'n done , he said-, withgreater ease , • with less loss of'. UJc, Und with fur more impor i taut results ilutn would utlend the inarching of ■ an army to liichmoud. At eight points the • river would have been defended, and eight battles would have been necessary 7 ; but in every ono of them success could have bccii made certniit' .for us. The Mississippi and the Atlantic once ours, the Southern states 1 would have boon compelled, by the natural 1 arid inevitable pressure of events to seek, by' • a return to the Union, esenipo' from the rrim . that .would speedily overwhelm themout of.it. said he, “ was my plan. ; But I am only a subordinate. It is my business to give advice when it is asked, and to obey orders when they .arc given. I shall do it. ihore are gentlemen in the Cabinet who know much more about war than 1 do; and who.have far greater influence .than I hrtye in determining the plan of the campaign. There never vfras a mori? upright man than the President; biit there, .are momairiong his advisers who oon snlfc their own r'esentiments far more- than the dictates of wisdom and experience— (jnd these men will probably decide the jdan aj the campaign. . I shall do’, or .attempt, whatever! am onjerod to do. Bui. they must not hold me responsible. If I am ordered to go to liichmoud, I shall endeavor to do it* .But I know per fectly Well that they 7 *hftve no conception of the difficriUies we' shrill-encounter.- I know the country—how admirably' adapted it.is to de fence, and how resolutely and obstinately it : will be’ defended.; i would like, nothing bot>- tor than to-take Richmond; now that it has boon disgraced by becoming the capitel of the rebel C .ufederaoy, I fool a resentment foWards it, and should like nothing,better than to scat ter. its .Congress -to the -winds. But I- have •lived long enough .to know that human re sentment is a very bad foundation fur.a pub lic policy; arid those gentlemen will live long enough-to learn it also, I. shall do whrtfc I am. ordered. ■ 1 shall fight when and'where l am . commanded. But if lam compelled io fight before lam ready, they shall uol hold me respon sible. These gentlemen must take the respon sibility of thor acts, as I am willing to .trike that of mine. But they must not throw their responsibility on my shoulders'.-", ■ It -will bo seen by tbo above that General Scott apprehended a defeat before the battle at Bull Hun. had been fought. Ho was over ruled by the X’resident,'who', bad hinvs.clf been Overruled by a few crazy fanatics, who are groatonadvieebutnotso ready to'UgWt. , Gen. Scott was ‘pVlicuWly 'sarcastic, when he said' that “there .are gentlemen ii) the Cabinet who know much more aboufidar than I ( Scott ) do, and who have far greater, in fluence than I 'have in ''determining the plan of the campaign.” lie was,also - sovertf on the President when he said, “I airi only a subordinate.” Is it riot a sha.mri that the plans of Gen. Scott must, ho thwarted and disregarded, and the plans of a. few ignorant'civilians “ who consult thoirown resentments” adopt-,, ed in their stead ? If this impudent inter-: ferenoe with Gen. Scott is attempted again, wo will not ho surprised if the people take' tho advice of Grekov's Tribune, and the .Cabinet out of office, nook and heels.” 1 Tdu Best Joke oe the Season. —-The Bed ford Gazette, one of our most spirited'Demo cratic exchanges, has for some time had ahit tor dispute with the Inquirer, of the same town it violent, Republican paper. A.few weeks ago, tho Gazette published as a commu nication, heading it with a few, introductory remarks, some extracts from a speech deliver ed by President Lincoln in Congress. The thing was so well dune, that the Inquirer, with due simplicity, niado a greedy bite at the article, and next week came out in an editori al in its columns, declaring it as “a rank treasonable communication.” , IC7” “ Old Virginia nebor Tiro,” the old song says; but Wo four poor old Virginia is very tired by this time. Tired of soeesiion, tired of war, and tirod of being the catspau convenience for a lot of godless traitors who desire to shield themselves behind her from the just wrath of the Government. Who would.not got tirod under such circumstance! Poor old Virginia! INCIDENTS AT TUE BaTTI,E 01' MANASSAS.— A special despatch to the Now- Orleans Della says Beauregard had his horse shot from un dee him while loading Hampton’s South Car olina Legion. OCT'Es-President Van Burea was in Alba ny, last week. In conversation ho expressed the opinion that the war ought to be vigor ously .prosecuted until the full authority of he United States government is re-establish ed. 55,000 O” The Wide Awake Army.—There are said to be over 0,030 applications for'Clerk ships’filed in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury !■ vessels captured by the-Confeder ates,. ib port arid by privateers, since the war commenced, is sot down at forty-one in num ber, of which two have been released and one burned. 0“ The charity which longs to.publish it self, ceases to lie charity. Front the llarritbnrg Union of Monday TUB BEXIfBKED VOBUBITEJERs. LOUD CLAMORS TOR THEIR PAY l A PAYMASTER HUNG AND BURNT IK . ' EFFIGY! . The Tnoors or Camp Curtain Cai.led Out I Wchavc carefully refrained from saying nny thirlgof an indamatory nature in regard to tlio infamous wrong perpetrated upon the returned soldiers, because it only wanted something of thatkind to serve ns n torch to tiro and explode the mine upon which wo liave.licon standing for tho last few'days. Now that tho danger is over, mid quiet lias been restored, wo feel free to speak. _ < The Administration at Washington, ns well ns the State Administration, know precisely the day on.which the term's of tho different regiments would expire, and if they had made the proper arrangements, each regiment could readily have been piiid off and mustered oat of the service six hours after its arrival in this city. Instead of doing this, however, two rc giments arrived on Sunday, tho 21st, one of which was quartered ni the Capitol; and the other scattered about town. Others followed, until Capitol Hill was literally covered. It was found that there was but one Paymaster hero, and he not prepared to pay out any con siderable amount. Thfl officers called upon the;,-Slate authorities,'and they in turn tele graphed tp Washington,-when a dispatch was -received by John A. Wright, early on Tues day morning, signed by Paymaster .General Lamed, stating that two Paymasters would ho sent to Harrisburg ns soon as they could got tho money out of tho Treasury. Pay master Snlladn, on Wednesday, paid-tho First and Fifth, which -exhausted thp-.amauut Tio had'on hand. ’ I In the meantime, the returned soldiers were without food or shelter, and some,of thel'n were reduced io (ho necessity of hogging io keep from starvation I Wlltm tho people' of, Harrisburg learned this fact, they came forward l 'with will and’ energy that will redound to their credit for all., time to come, and fed the, hun gry, .and took; the sick into lUolr, houses and cared.for them. .Houses wove:;thrown open, and basket after basket of provisions was car- 1 riod to tho Hill, Nor was this .done hy tho ricli men •of tho place alone, but hundreds who wore scarcely able to afford, it, in a lau dable determination that the soldiers should 1 ’ not want, gave to the last, t \Yo may inci dentally mention tho. ciiso of? a poor laborer who exhausted the money he. Inublaid 'up to pav his rent in'supplying food fdr the voting teors. The authorities on the Hill finally got' their eyes .bpenedi and’ in order-to remedy matters,-after the. men had existed without rations for three dr four days,;§6yved’-out hard crackers and raw beef — they hrtd neither fire nor.cooking - While this.state of things going while the men wore reluctantly living on tlio charity of this citizens of Harrisburg, it was given out that several Payinastora had ar rived from. money. This was. bn’ Thursday morning, "find every one' thought paying off -would tie ooiifnianced at once; hub',the day wore away, and nobody was paid, neither could any-body account for the delay. Ou Friday a'number of pffi.ceva called upon.tme of those Paymasters for in formation, when, some were .fttiswdi'bd eva sively,- and others were informed that he would pay when ho was ready* . These men had all their muster rolls prepared, did every thing in their power to gat -their pren- oh, Some, proposed paying' (iff their refen-them selves,- and otheftr wanted to give.a nowerof attorney to otlier parlies to draw.and receipt for them, but tho Paymasters refused to pro ceed in any other way.than tho.regulap mo'tli od; ichcmver iht'd icevc ready; . Thus matters stood until alnut'4 o'clock*on Saturday aftcniooil, when a larger ,number of tho volunteers, congregated in th6.«MjirA-ot squafd, who bud expected to apon'd ■.♦li.o S-ili bath, at-homo, became clamorous— them exceedingly..infuriated.. An 6lagy, .Uv belled “ Paymaster,”' was .hung on tao lamp: post in. front of the Jdr.Oß Ilonse; which was set on firO' and CqnsivnVe’d amid the liuzzas (d tho soldiers. While; the conflagration wasgo iiifr on* the 12th regiment of rdsor.vo's in'iirohcd lu’irom Oamp Curtin,’ arid charged down Seer ond street. Tho returned volunteers being without mis', gave wr*y, The cry. was then : raised—“.To the-Arscfinfl. for-yourarmsl” and tho crowd commenced rushing in that direc tion. The 12th went up Third street at double quick tinre,-an'() succeeded in‘surrounding tho Arsenal before tho volunteers could get any arm’? outofit-—a fortunate''circumstance which certainly"prevented bloodshed. * -* ' Some of the volunteers gut an old dismounted cannon, and, drew it down to the square on a dray, with tho avowed intention of “blowing up the paymaster.** It was subsequently taken back. Tho threats to hang tho Paymaster werc-vory fierce,and'tho Jones House; in which ho was stopping, was guarded by soldiers of the,l3th regiment. ■ - ' Order was finally restored on a promise to pay.yesterday morning, arid the Paymaster was as good as his word. Ho commenced operations on the 2d regiment at . tho United States llotcd lit ■ Iff o’clock,' and continued throughout the day, and will continue to-day until all arc paid. Tho soldiers throughout ooiidnetod them selves with groat forbearance, considering the cruel mn'nrio'r in which .they .worn treated, and wo hero declare, from conversations wo hoard, that it was tho kindness and liberality ol the citizens oiflcnded to tho soldiers that prevent ed a, serious out-break, in whicjiawe all would have suffered more or less. ■ The Administration nt : Washington will have some difficulty in explaining away tin ■cause'of this outrage. ,To acknowledge tho incompetoncy of the officers appointed, would strike too near home. No other cause can bo assigned, or wo are grossly misinformed. Many of the soldiers, if cared for comfor tably, and paid off promptly,'would havc ro J entered tho service without* leaving the city.- The treatment they have received will not only, provent them from going back, but it will militate very much against raising now levies, .The men that wore hero will soon bo scattered over tho Stale, and their statonien will not be without weight. , They talk of a day of retribution, and wo think it will come—not only one, but a no in bor. Every election day will bo a day ei 1 tribution for years to come. The Pennsylvania Sixth. —The Sixth Bo gimont from Pennsylvania came through aboui one o’clock yesterday morning, and took a spe cial train on the North Central railroad tor Harrisburg, where they say they will disband in order to bo relieved of some of their officers,- whoso cruelty they could not endure, and then reorganize and enter the service for throe years- This regiment was engaged at Bull’s Bun, and report twenty of thoir number killed and one wounded, the latter of whom they took I 10 ?'® with them. While passing out din taw street from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad depot, the roar of the regiment was hissed and-threat-- cned jiy a party of young men who wero'stand ing at the Lexington market, and policeman Brown arrested Goo. Curlingorand JohnKnci mer, the former on charge of inciting a riot ny insulting soldiers on the street, and the latter fordisturbingtho peace— BaU.Sunof MoiKloj-- jjgj- A private 1 letter from' Washington,- says-.T— “lt is not true that General Scott is about to resign the command of the army favor of John Hickman.-” Honesty; —Obsolete; a term former y in the case of a man who paid for his how per and tho- coat on-ilia back.- Cbi- Sigee.— -It is stated tliatf upon , gj. resentntion of Hon, Frank Blair, " “ , gel has been wade a -Brigadier Gen
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