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