AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JIHN B. BHATTON, Editor & Proprietor CARLISLE, PA., AUGUST 22, 1861. • OUR FLAG.) “ Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but falls before ust With Freedom’s soil beneath, our feet, ‘ And Freedom’s banner waving o’er us I" STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING. The Democratic Standing Committee of Cumberland county inet at the public house of Mr. Herman, in Carlisle, on the 3d inst. After being called to order, ■ J. B. Bratton offered the following resolutions, which wore unanimously adopted: . . Resolved, That the members of the Demo* cratio party throughout the county, meet at ■the usual places of holding their, respective township, borough and ward elections, on : Saturday, the 31st day of August, inst., hn‘d then and there elect two Delegates, to assemble in County Convention, in the Court House, in Carlisle,' on Monday, September 2, at 11 'o’clock; A.M., to form a County Ticket, for the support of the Democratic party at the elec tion in October next, and to attend to such ■other business of the party as may appear to thejn proper. Resolved, That said election bo held be tween the hours of 2 and 6 o’clock, P. M. on the above day. A. DEIIOFF, Chairman. 3. B. Bratton, 1 Secretarie , L. B. Ewalt, J Seoietanes. Personal.— We need money badly,' and it will be a very great relief to us if our friends and patrons will furnish us with a little of the “ needful” without delay. If. they can not, pay all; let them at least give us apart of that to which we are justly entitled, in order to relievo lis from our embarrassments. IVe think we have been very indulgent, and therefore hope to meet with a ready response to what we conceive to be a reasonable re quest'. , , ’ Persons at a distance can remit by mail, at our risk. Gome, friends, give us a lift with out longer delay- Wo must have money to keep the wheels of the old Volunteer in mo tion, " 'Bid Spring. Adamantine Guards? —This fine company • of cavalry, 108 men, passed | through Carlisle, in cars, on Thursday last, for the seat of war. The company is - com-' posed, principally of ybung farmers, residing iu the vicinity of Newville,' and is under the command of that, sterling youngf-Demoorat, Capt; Woodburn, son of Skiles Woodburn, Esq. Success to the- Guards, and may they reap,many laurels and kill many- rebels.- Daring Robbery.— The warehouse of Meas- TB, Henderson & Reed, at the west end of , High.'street,-was entered by burglars on Thursdqy night last,-tho safe broken ppfih and robbed of some twenty-fire or thirty dollars-in iuonoy, together with a number of promisory notes. The robbers effected an entrance ; through a window in the basement, and then ■ made their way-upstairs to the largewnreroom and office. • The safe door had been blown open by powder, aided by a-heavy iron crow-- har. The clock in tho office hadboen stopped at 20 minutes after two, about which hour;, it is, supposed, the robbery took place; Two dross bull-dugs were in the warehouse, but they wore mysteriously quieted by the burg lars, in some way or other.- Tho following note; written in a plain bold hand, was found on n page of the lodger iu tho office: WmiM. Henderson. Sir; — l liad almost determined upon burning your property,-but vfheh noticing tho quantity of cinchona you had, and it being a somewhat difficult ta.sk .to dis lodge .them from the roost, I ultimately re .sofved to spare your property, for the present at least. Tour dogs here are a pair of noble . animals—they caught mo by tho leg and held on there like a vise, hut after taking them by the throat, they soon relaxed their Hold, of which I was no ways sorry. Your safe was a very difficult one to open, though with perscverence and patience, 1 succeeded finally. ’ A Good Article of Soap.—Roraback’s Compound Chemical, Toilet and-Washing Soap, is really a very superior article—useful, simple andoheap—and is, beyond question, a great babor-saving invention. Its good qual ities-rwe speak from our own knowledge— for washing oftithesr shaving,, softening and whitening the skin; are superior to kny we have ever used. It is inanufficturcd 'in front fiveto ten minutes, without grease or lye, at an expense- of about four- cents per pound for Toilet; and three-quarters of a cent per pound for "Washing'soap! All housekeepers should have a knoweledge how to make this unrivaled ar ticle of soap. Borough, township and county rights to manufacture. the soap, will be disposed of on accomodating terms,, by the proprietors, who may befound in the corner room opposite the ti»* mansion House, Carlisle, whore specimens , of the soap can ho seen. regiment of Fire Zouaves, from Hew loth, since the battle at Ball Run, has been entirely broken up . Those who woro not killed,, wounded or tnVen prisoners, re ireated, and never stopped until - they reached 1 New, York; The Now York Times abuses' them, saying they “ were just thoworst men in the army, tho first to run from tho field and the loudest braggarts after they had loft it.’' * ’ ■ C7’ Hon., Wh. Diiimick, an ex-member of Congress from the Susquehanna district, in this State, died at his late residencein Hones dale, on the 4th inst. | jjgy Hon. Amos Kendell is now adjourn ing pt. Bridgeport, Conn., where hois engaged in writing the life of President Jackson.. " A UNION TICKET;” Our neighbor of the Herald has, for some weeks, been making an effort to get up a feel ing in favor of a , “ Union ticket," “ a ticket irrespective of party." It appears puzzled, too, because wo hdvo, thus far, been silent on the sUtjjeot. ■Wo hSVo not considered this question worthy of attention, for the simple reason that Democrats are unanimously op posed to any thing of the kind, and, wo have reason to believe, many Republicans are hos tile to the movement. Ifor ourself, we have no feeling on the sub ject, and shall acquiesce in the action of the Democratic County Convention. But wo feel satisfied the Convention will place a full Dem ocratic ticket before the people of this county and district. And wC are equally confident that we will elect that ticket triumphantly.— Wo want our opponents to stand Vvhore they arc—wo' will have nothing to do with them, except to expose the villainies they have been ghilty of. It is very well, and perhaps very prudent, for those who are afraid to have their public acts scrutinized, to cry out for “ a tick et irrespective of party." Wo intend, bsforO the election, to point out to the people some of the doings of our opponents when in pow er. AVo want to speak of that gigantic swin dle, the repeal Of the tonnage tat; the rob bery of the soldiers; the appointment of ih competenff political weathercocks to responsi ble military commands; the peculations prac ticed by high officials, &c. The people want information on these subjects; and wo intend to gratify them, as far as possible. We, there fore, hope our weak-kneed neighbor will stand up to the work, and defend the acts of its par ty—if'it can. Wo'will not consent to bd si -1 lenced by any arrangement whatever. Robbery in the Dead Letter Office. For some time past the meagre returns made by Rev. T. Fiske, of the Bead. Letter Office, have occasioned suspicions that many of the' valuables taken from the letters were pocket ed by him. In view of this ho was transferr ed to a new desk, when it was observed that the returns made by the clerk wore far below the usual amount. On Friday morning last, before the reverend gentleman had commenc ed his work, a couple of letters containing marked notes and specie were put into his pile. In the afternoon, ns usual, he stated to the chief of the office that bo had no returns to make, and he -was at once arrested by an officer who was present. He was. searched, and the marked raoney"found on his person. In the drawer of bis desk' a number of licen tious books which illy corresponded with his pretended character for strict morality were found. Through tho'intcrcessions of his wife and daughter, who soon heard of his arrest, the legal proceedings against him were dropp ed, and ho Was dismissed from office. The ac cused has heretofore borne n good character as an honest and upright man; and his labors in the cause of temperance have been produc tive of much good.- United Democracy. —We have been much gratified to find that the true democracy of the country are so thoroughly united as we ap proach the nominating convention.—There are many different candidates, and each has hia respective friends, but all are .willing to abide by. the' 1 decision-of the cbpy’cntion, and are dctorminedHhnt tlje ticket When' nomina ted shall be The demetf'acy nre get ting fully aroused lo the fact that their prin ciples are and. always have been right, and they are bound that,-beginning with county elections', they,will restore” the principles of of the democratic party throughout tlm coun try. The people are anxious for another op. portunity .to express their feelings through the ballot box, an d when that opportunity comes they will repudiate everything that is rep üb lican, from Postmaster, and .treason, suffuing ■constables up to President.- Mark the pre diction. A loval man, a true ‘ American citizen, a hearty lover of Iris country, can only.see in the acts of the Administration what is patriotic, noble and jUst.— -Telegraph. This definition of loyalty is both novel and 'amusing, Xtis the new test Which the Repub licans' seek to impose upon free citizens. No man can be loyal who does not endorse every act of the Administration ns “ patriotic, noble and just”—including of course the precipitate iadvance of the army to Richmond 1 ,-the' conse quent repulse at Manassas, and.all tho beef and oatnline contracts allotted by the Secre tary of War. Trying the’Secretary’s organ by this standard it was supremely disloyal to' the Government wlieh- ft denounced the acts of the late A-dministration. Tree and loyal citizens If now what constitutes patriotism with out consulting tho creatures of a day, who happen to ho in office'. “A 1 breath unmakes them as a breath hath made;” —Harrisburg Union.- The Times and the' World, two Republi can papers in New York, have begun to opori their eyes to tho fact that the Tribune is a Disunion paper. It is well-tfi.cy have n ado the discovery, but the intelligence is not now to the Democrats of tho country. Greeley has been laboring for years to break up this Gov ernment. The World' has gathered together all the evidence'of treachery against him! and made out a strong case. There can ho no doubt of the proclivities of- tho Tribune , al though tho Republicans are making the dis covery rather late in tho day. The New Tariff Bii.l.—Along, with tho direct tax bill, both Houses of Congress on Friday week passed' a'new tariff bill, which materially increases tho duty on a-large num ber of articles. A tax of 2 cents a pound has been laid on sugar; molasses, 5 cts. per gal lon; teas, 15-centsper pound ; coffee, 4;oents per pound ; chocolate, 6 cents ; figs, 5 cents per pound; nutmegs, 25 centtj; popper, 6 cents; raisins, 5 cents; turpentine, 10 cents [per gallon ; brandy, $1,25 per gallon ; hides, 110 per cent;, sole leather, 30 per cent; all \ wines, 50 per cent; silk' and velvet silks, §3 I per yard; silk ribbons, 40" per cent. BSy Horn Jeremiah S. Bi;acx, lato Attor ney General and Secretary of State of the U. States, having resumed' the- practice of tho law in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and of tho United States, has fixed upon the Bor ough of York as his future residence. O" The hog cholera is prevailing to an al arming extent in the western part of Macomb county, Illinois-. Republican and Democratic Prophecies in 1860, Contrasted The Daytort (Ohio) Empire, presents the following contrast of Republican and Demo cratic prophecies in 1860: • WHAT nkbUBLICANS i , ao*>tlEaiED. Tile Republican press arid orators, during the last Presidential campaign; prophesied that the election of Lincoln, . “Will give peace and quiet to the coilntry, of which it is Sadly in need; ” “ That all branches of industry will revive, business will bo good, and wages high : " “Thatit will kill off the heresy of seces sion for all time to ooirie “ That it will strengthen the Union,’restore confidence and friendship between the people of the North and South; " That ho will have an economical and pure administration, an.d so condufct affaits as to rc inaugurato the times of the earlier Presi dents:" ivitAf tile dOmochatS piiopnESiEd. The Democratic press and speakers, on the other hand, told the people that the election of Lincolri, Will rfc'sult in the disruption of the Union : Iri the destruction of rill trade rind com merce : Widen the breach between the North and the South: • Throw the laboring masses out of employ ment; . Bringdown the price of produce, find in crease the taxes of the people: And worse than all, would ho likely to cre ate a long, bloody and expensive civil war be tween thesections. Reader, Lincoln was elected, and our country, great, prosperous and happy, in 1860, already furnishes melancholy but truthful evidence' of {life utter falsity of the Republi can prophecies, and the full realization ,of those made by the Democracy. The Crittenden Compromise 1 would have* prevented Avar had.the* Republican specula tors permitted it to'pass. In the United States So'natO, March 2, Mr. Pnait,- Senator from Ohio, said “ The Crittenclfe'n proposition- has been en dorsed by the alniost unanimous vote of the Legislature of Kentucky. 1 It has been en dorsed by the Legislature of the. noble old Commonwealth of Virginia. It has beoivpe-. titioned for by a larger number of electors of the United States, thfiii any .proposition that was ever before Congress. 1 believe in iny. heart, to-day, that it would carry an over whelming majority of the people of, my State ; ay, sir, and of nearly every other State in the Union. Before the Senators from the State of Mississippi left this Cfhamber, I heard one of them, who now assumes, at least,.to he Presi dent of the. Southern Confederacy,,propose to accept it audio maintain the Union, if that proposition could receive the vote it ought to re ceive from the other side of this Chamber: Therefore, of all your propositions,-of all your amendments, knowing ns I do, and knowing that the historian will write it damn at, any time before the ,/irst of January, a, two-thirds vote for the Crittenden resolution in this Cham ber, tcould have saved every Stale in the Union but South Carolina." Mr. Pugh said this in the hearing of Sew ard, of Wade, of Fessenden! of Trumbull, of all the Republican Senators,,and not one denied the truth of his assertion. Mr. Doug las heard it and confessed its truth thus. We quote from the Globe report of the discussion, of March 2d.. Mr. Douglas said: “ The Senator has , said, iliat if the Critten den proposition could have passed early iiyihe session, it would-have saved nll the Slates ex cept, South Carolina.*.! firmly believe it would. While the Crittiden proposition was not in nc cofdance with my cherished views, I avowed mjoroadinoss to aospepjiijjmoider to eavoJhft Union, 'if'w'o could- unite upon it. No man lids labored' harder thati I have, to got it pass er]. 1 can c'onfrm the Senator’s declaration, that Senator Bans himself, when on thy Com mittee of thirteen, was ready at all times, to compromise oii the Crittenden proposition. I will, go further, and £ay that Mr. Toombs was also.” Letter from mr.. magra'# of ren’nlv a fia: —The following letter from Henry S, Ma gvaw, of Pennsylvania, who wont for, Col. Cameron’s body, , and is now a prisoner in Richmond, has been received at Washington-; “ Arrested 23d, on tho ground that we had come within the lines of C. A. improperly. We are now held as prisoners of war,-, and are quartered in a tobacco house, in company with tho captured Federal officers. Have mot many friends hero who have been exceed ingly kind. Indeed, wo were treated with kindness and consideration from the time wo were' put under arrest at Fairfax Court House. The officer in charge of us, and I believe of all tho prisoners, is a brother of Mrs. Lincoln —a Mr. Todd, of Kentucky. When the Uni-) ted States government refused to recognize the C. S. govotnmont as a belligerent, aiid failed to send a flag of truce under which their dead and wounded niight have been properly’ oared for, the' authorities on this side became very rigid in referoh'ib' to’ these prisoners. “Before this they were allowed W remain at the hotel on parole, ifow they arej con fined and under guard all the time. A.s wo passed tho battle ground day before yesterday, wo saw some of tho dead, lying unburied. When tho Confederates had buried their own dead,-and cared for their woun led, they then turned tlioir attention to the'killed and wound ed of the'enemy, ifarns and I have no ex pectation of being released at an early day, although efforts have been made in our be half by leading Southern gentlemen in high position. But they will not bend the rtifo in our favor, and say that tho measure meted out to thoiricaptured shall ho our fate.” Slnyery Abolished lir Congress; This announcement will not ho n startling one to those of our readers who have watched tho recent proceedings in Congress. Both 1 rouses have pabsed tho Confiscation Bill, which deprives every master of all his slaves found giving aid to the rebels. As every slave in the Seceded States must necessarily, by his labor, give aid to the rebellion, this is a virtual and practical abolition of slavery, and Vab so intended by its authors; The bill was passed against tho.protest of Critten den and other conservative advocates of tho war, by a vote of 60 to 48. Tho Abolition-of slavpry will hereafter be a leading feature in the programme-of the war. —-Bedford Ga zette.- • ' “ Benicia Bot” in an Illinois Court.— It appears that tho domestic difficulties of tho Benicia Boy are not settled to the satisfaction of all parties concerned. Wo find an official notice in the Woodstock Sentinel, of the 7th inst, directing his wife, Adah Isaacs Menken Ileenan, to appear at the October term of the court of Mcllbnry county, Illinois, to show why the “Bby” is not entitled to a- decree of divorce. jjgy-It is said that many gamblers have on listed in the.army fertile puspose of looking after tho money paid to the volunteers, and that they aro mooting with much success. Tho ennui and inactivity of camp life aro so 1 oppressive to many of the mon, that they 1 rush into gambling as a relief from the intol erable horo of doing nothing.- BY PRESIDENT OF TtlE DSITED STATES. X too CL AM AT lON Whereas, A joint committee Hous es of CongteftsTmawaited on the President of the United Stoics, and* requested him to re commend a day of public humiliation, pray br ana fasting, to bp obsorvod by the people of the United States with religious solemni ties. and ,th« offerings of fervent supplications tp Almighty Gbd.for the safety and welfare.of these States; his blessing on their ar.ms, and a .speedy restoration to peace; and whereas, it is tit and becoming in all people, at all times, to acknowledge iitld before the supreme gov ernment of God, to bow in humblp submission to Ilia chastisements; to confess and, deplore their sins and transgressions, in the full con viction that the fear of the Lord is the begin ning of wisdom; and to pray with all fervency and contrition for the.pardon ‘.of their jlast of fences, and for blessing upon their present and prospeotivo’ttctidns and whereas, when our beloved country, once, bv the blessing of do'd, united, prosperous and is now af flicted with factions and civil war, it is pecu liarly.fit for us to recognize the hand of God in this visitation, and iii sorrowful- remem brance' of our own faujts and criufos, as a na tion and .as individuals,.-to hurphlo btiraelves before Him Ond to. pray for His mercy; to pray that We riiay b.e spared further punish-, rtient, ihoughmost justly .deserved ; that our arlns may be blcjsed npd mode effectual for the of law. order and peace throughout thfi country, and that the inesti mable boon ofcivil andreligiousliberty earned under His puidageft und, blessing by the la bors and oi/r may be re stored irt all itaj original excellency ;■ There fore I, Abrahhlff .Lincoln, President of the United States, do .appoint the last Thursday in September next,* as a day of humiliation, prayer and fasl\ng for all the people, of tne nation, and I do earnestly recommend to the people, and especially to. i\Tl ministers and teachers of religion, of nil denominations, to all hoadaof. families, to observe ahd keep that day their, several creeds and modes of WorshipTn all humility, and with all religious solemnity, to the end that the united prayer of the nation may ascend to the Throne of Grace and bring do'wn' plentiful blessings upon our. cotintiry,. In testimony whereof. &c’„ ... . i ABU All AM LINCOLN. By the President, - William. H, Seward Secretary of Stated A correspondent of tlio Louisville Demdcral, who lias been sojourning in Detroit for some tiirie, has writte'n a letter to tho Democrat; in which the following paragraph occurs : We could not tjiink.of leaving the city with out calling on General Cass. Wo found him in good health, but much depressed in spirit by the state of the country. ‘■Kentucky,” said ho, “ deserves everlasting honor for her loyal stand.” ifc mentinncfl s.'me of the ras calities, pf the traitor Floyd, among other things ho Btate.d_.that at Detroit there had been a large collection of arms which had cost the United States six, dollars each, and that Floyd had,sold them for thirty cents. The battle'at Manassas-General Cass considers,a victory on ourasiae','so far as the fighting is concerned. _ j , When .we* took oiir leave at the door he thanked us foV-our visit, and said in a des pondent tone', “I am' now eighty years old. I was'born beforO 6hr Government was formed, and now it is a sad .thing to mo to think it may bo destroyed before I die.” “ I hope Gen: Cass;” said I, “ that yon will live .to see it flourish in greater vigor than ever.” “I hope so—-I hope sol, replied he'; but the'tone was such as brought tears-to my eye’s. , Gen. Cass has' a beautiful collection' of. works of art. superior, I believe, to any oth-1 er private collection in the country; _ This I will not attempt tb describe!. There is an or iginal by Domcuipblnn St, Agnes; is perfectly , ,oU»»v . among them by G'rndo; But I must close. . Gejieral tjiori’s Body Guard. A correspondent of the. New York Times Writing from’ General Lyonia army says:— Oho of the principal features of the march are' General Lyon and hia German body guard. The latter is composed often stalwart St. Louis butchers, each-mounted on a powerful horse' and armed with a heavy cavalry sword and al pair of navy revolvers; each wears a light hat turned Up on the left side, and dec orated with a vrhito ostrich plume. Almost any time Genera! Lyon, nceotnpanied by half a dozen of these savage looking fellows, may bo seen spurringjjilong the line, or a small squad at them or singly galloping fiercely to the' front or rear,.Or straight, out into the country. If the General goes into , a house a half dhzen of them,will bo seen in frbntstand ing like iron stittuos at tho.bridles of their horses—if he scnuW Along in advance' of the train thC' olankink' of their long sabres js heard'beside him—atop where he will, there may he always seen a stolid squad of white plumed horsemen awaiting patiently his move ments. They are Tearless, riders—jump fen-- ces on a dead run,‘’.leap ditches, gallop, down steep descents, and, in fact, never ride loss fast than.their homes Can run, unless compel led by some urgent necessity. Independent of their duty as guards they act as mes .congers, scouts,’ &o. ; , and in consequence have plenty to do. They are commanded by a iiculcnaht and from their appearance and daring horsCmanship' Will, if occasion de mands, whip a doien times their weight in chivalry! ;. 1 Jdlv 25, PrtiJteiis in Lia}!^-— The foremen in three pnn.tji'ri'g ofii'pfes in this Borough wore in luck on Wednesday u 1 ght last, each being on that night presented by.liin lady with a bouncing girl. This is one of the'ciirioua coinoidentsof the craft. What town can bent it? —-Chester Co. Times. I . Whatto-rfn wabfcto? . ’ OCT - Brigham Young has thrown off his al legiance tq the United States Government, and declared the independence of the Territo ry. The Mormons'; are a'rmirig in direction to rriaiiltoin thoir'inddpendonoe at all baz . Jw- . ET” We observe > hat the Hon. Warren J. Woodwaud, of Columbia county, has been nominated for President, Judge of the Sev enth Judicial District, composed of Bucks and Montgomery Counties. O" A prize some time ago, by some prominent Notv Yorkers, for a National Hymn, and a oommjttee appointed to make a selection. Of twelve hundred manuscripts offered’, tl>e Committee have reported none worthy of prize ant have retired from their position us judges. I' Rorherv of a Catholic Cnnnon.—The State Street Catholic Church, in Harrisburg, Pa., was entered somd'timc during last week, by a robber, who stole, among other things, a suhorium —a large vessel of solid silver, used in the tabernacle fo* religious ceremonies. Return of the First Troop.— The First City Troop, Captain James, will leave hero early to-morrow. ( Monday) morning, forborne.- They will march to Hagerstown, whence they will proceed by railroad to Philadelphia; ar riving tliore Tuesday or Wednesday. o=Nino' deaths are reported in St. Louis, on the 7th inst., from sun stroke, overheating, and-exhaustion. . -Central Cass. Sandy Hook, Md., Aug. 11 THE WAR NEWS. Latest and Most Important. IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI, Terrible Battle Between General Xyon iiud tue Rebels. DEATH OF GEtfERAE LTOH.* St. Louis, Tuesday, August 13, Early, on,Saturday morning, General Lyon marched out of Springfield, .to. give battle to the on’omy. He came up to him on Davis creek, on Green's prairie, a few miles south west of Springfield, where ho had taken a strong position on rolling ground, at twenty minutes past six o'clock in the morning. ' General Lyon fired the first gun, when the battle immediately began. Severe cannona ding was kept up for two or'three hours, when the fire of Oapt. Totten's artillery proving too severe for the enemy, they gradually fell back towards their encampment on Wilson's creek. General Lyon’s cavalry was posted on the en emy’s left flank, - and G.eueral Siegel’s artillery on the .right. Thtin began a terrific attack, spreading slaughter and dismay ,in the ranks of the enemy; and .pursuing them to their camp, shells froth Totten’s artillery setting fire to their tents and baggage wagons, which Were rill destroyed. •A Louisiana regiment and ,a Mississippi regiment seemed to have.suffered most in the fight, and were almost annihilated. , Sometime in/the aftornoom, as Gen. Lyon was leading, on Ins column,.his horse was shot froiii under him. Ho immediately mounted another, and as hb*tiirncd Around to his men, waving his hat in-his hlthd. and cheering them on to victory, he was struck; in the small of the back by a ball and fell dead to the ground. The command then .devolved on Gen. Siegel. Pursuit until nightfall, when our little army rested for the night in the en campment of the enemy;, - . Sunday morning General Siegel, fearing the cnemfy might recover and attempt to ci'it his command off from' Springfield, fell back np’on that ci y; whore the Home Gunrdswero stationed, (jn reaching Springfield, fearing the gro.it numbers of the enemy might in duce them, to get between him end Bella, - General Siegel concluded to fall ba'ck upon Holla with his provision trains, and meet the reinforcements Which wmg on the way to him. At the latest mem'ent of*c departure of the messenger the enemy ha.d not been seen; and it is probable General Siegel had not been disturbed in his : march. Ninety of'the rebels were captured, among whom was a Colonel of distinction, the mes senger not remembering his name. The sword and horse of Gen. McCullough Were the trophies taken. , . .... Reinforcements .tiid. .on ; the way to Bolin, and Geheral Siegel and his army may be con sidered safe. ! :. OFFICIAL' REPORT OP THE MISSOURI BATTLE. W.vsirlN'GToy,; Tuesday, ■, August 13. The following is the official rc'pbrt received to-hight by General Septt:' Headquarters, Western Department, j St. Lotors, August 13, 1861. J To Cot. E. D. Townsex'd Gcndral Lyon, in three columns, finder him self, Generals Siegel and Sturgis, attacked the enemy, at half-past-six o'clock, - oh the morn ing of the 10th, nine miles s'outh-cast of Springfield. The engagement' was severe.— Our loss was about 800 killed and wounded. General Lyon was-killed in a charge atfbii head of his column. Our force was 8,000, in -1 eluding 2,000 1 Homo Guards. The, master roll reported taken . from the enemy, gives their force of 23,000, including regiments from Louisiana, Tennessee and Mississippi, -vfltn'The Tjiifi alatfemont by prisoners. - Their loss is - reported as heavy, including Generals McCullough and Price.— Their tent?'and.wagons wore destroyed.in the action. ' GonC'ra'l Siegel loft one gun ,ou the field and .retreated to . Springfield, whence, at three o’clock on the'morning of the 11th, con tinued his retreat on Bella, liringing ofi his baggage trains - and $25,000, in specie from , thc.Springfitdd Bank - . ‘ J*. C. FREMONT, Major General Commanding. I'l-iiTiiEU PakTici'i.aiO-' ov Tilt Battle. , Wasuiuqtg’n, Wednesday, Atrg-u'at 14. Later reports from the recent battle in Mis souri, represent the action to h'ive^ resulted substantially in a drawn game. 1 lie story that Gen. Siegel occupied' the' enemy's' camp Saturday night; was a' mistake, the'enemy at that time being in possession' of the fiold .oIV which the battle was fought. Geh. Pried wak not killed, as reported, and the rebels deny the death ot Ben. McCullough. Gen. Siegel was obliged to leave his dead and a number of his .Wounded upon the held,- and also hist three canhbn. Notwithstanding this sei'eie i loss,'it is apparent that the substantial advan tage'rested with the Union army. General Lyon's' command numbered (inly 5,500,' add nothing more could have been expected than to inflict a blow upon the enemy of sufficient weight fo'Check his operations' until the', ex peototl federal reinforcements- could arrive! That this was not fully accomplished is true, since General Siegel thought it prudent to evacuate. Springfield and fall back to Kolia. But the rebels were in no condition to pursue him, as they certainly would have done if the retreat had occurred before the battle. The destruction ot the enemy’s tents and baggage train seems to have been a deliberate act per formed in the fear that they would fall into our hands. Soon after the' receipt of the news, Gen. Fremont proclaimed martial law in St. Louis, an act which was evidently ren dered necessary by the' excited hopes of the secessionists, founded upon the early reports of a federal defeat. Gen. Lyon was wounded in the leg at an early hour during the battle, and had his horse'shot.: 'i*ho Colonel of one of the Kansas regiments having been killed, the men called upon Gen. Lyon to lead them. lie immedi ately throw himself in front of them, and while cheering the men'on to'the 1 charge, received a Bullet ip the'loft West, and fell front" his horse. Ho was asked if he was hurt, and re plied, “No, not much;” but in a few minutes ho expired without a' struggle. lie was a gallant soldier, and died bravely as a soldier should, in front of his men. Tho loss of the Union army is variously es timated at from 150 to 300 killed and several hundred wounded, while tho rebel loss is put down at over two thousand. There is some doubt ns to tho death of Generals McCullough and Price, while, unhappily, no doubt what ever hangs over tho fate of tho gallant Gener al Lyon, whose body was brought back to Springfield! Severe Skirmish at Grafton, Va, Despatches from Grafton, in Western Vir ginia, dated yesterday, inform us that a skir mish took place a few miles from l there on Tuesday, 1 on the Fairmont and Webster,road. Information having heed received that a se cretly organized body of rebels, living in the county, wore lodged, within a few miles of Webster, General Kelley despatched Onpt. Payton, of Company A., Fourth Virginia Re giment, with'fifty men, from Webster, to dis arm them. After scouting nearly twenty four hours, ho came suddenly upon them at noon; and'aftoran hour’s severe lighting, suc ’ceodcd in killing twenty-one and putting the others to flight, without,any loss to his com mand. The rebels numbered two hundred. y Death of Col. Farnhah, f regret to be obliged to telegraph the death of Colonel Noah L. Farnham, of Noyr York,’ which occurred at 8 o’clock to night, at the Infirmary, in this city. Until within several days past, the indications were that t-oi. Farnham would recover, hut the disease, which followed the wound ho received at atm Run, proved fatal. Col. Farnham came to Washington ns First Lieutenant in the second Company of the Seventh Regiment, tendered, and accepted, the Lieutenant-Colo nelcy of the New York Fire Zouaves, and on the (leath of Colonel Ellsworth, became Colo nel. Mutiny in the New York 79th, A mutiny broke out in the 79th Non' York Regiment* the Highlanders ) yesterday. All but 100 of them refused to obey orders, on. ac count of disaffection arising from several causes. A detachment of cavalry and infan try, including three pieces of artillery, was sent to the camp of the’ regiment, and sur rounded the mutineers. They surrendered, and about seventy of the ringleaders were marched to the Guard-llou-e, to ho severely dealt with. The rcstof the regimen presumed their allegiance, and were sent over into Vir ginia. The Batti.e Near Springfield—Further Particulars, St. Louis, August 15, The correspondent of the Democrat , writing from Springfield on tlie 12th, furnishes a de tailed account of the battle of Wilson’s Creek. The main facts have been already telgraphed. The enemy’s camp extended along the creek for three, miles, enclosed by a high ground on each side, upon which the greater part of the engagement was fought. It does not appear that the rebels were driven back for any considerable distance, but their charges were all repulsed, and they burned a large amount of camp equipage’and baggage to prevent its capture. The enemy had twenty one pieces of artil lery, and a very huge body, of cavalry. Gen. Siegel attacked the rebels from the S.B. as. soon w he, beard from Gen. Lyon’s com mand!, and drove them back half n mile, ta king possession of their camp, which extended west-ward to the Fayetteville road. ‘ Here a, terrible fire was poured 'into his ranks, by a regiment ho had permitted to advance within a few paces, supposing it to be the lowa First. His. men scattered considerably,- anu Col. Sol opion’s could not be ralliedconsequently, Gen. Siegel lost five of bis guns, the other-be ing brought away.by Capf. Flaag. .who com pelled his prisoners to drag it off the field., -.Our troops .capture.d-about four hundred horse’s. Cur loss is about two hundred killed, and- from six to seven- hundred, wounded. That of the enemy cannot be loss than, double ours—their forces have moved inlargb bodies and our artillery playing on them with terri ble effect. , , , .. ' Lieut. Col. Brand, who commanded, the, rebel force at Bonneville, and has since aetbd ns aid to Gen. Pricehwns taking prisoner.’ . . The body of Gep. Lyon has-been embalmed, for conveyance to'hisffrierids in Connecticut; The followingnrb additional nam'es of officers killed: . ... ■ . ’ - .Capf. Mnron, of the First Iowa; Oapl. Brown ditto; .. .. The reported death of Maj: Shaffer is un confirmed, ~ . Among the wounded are Capt. Gottsclialk, Frst Iowa;: Capt. Swift,. First Kansas ; Capt. Uiotten. ditto; Capt. Gilbert, First Col. Colo, First Missouri; Liont. Brown, dit to. \ s Ahrest of llon. Charles J.'Faulkner.. SVASifiNG'roN'i 'Tuesday, August I3V A' very important arrest, oh charge of trea son,, was m'ade by .the Provost Marshal yes terday, the prisoner being .our late .Minister .to,the court of Franco, Charles «f. Faulkner, of Virginia. It ia alleged that .the principal, charges against hurt ars based on acts.com jnUtsl iiuSaifei *rencl StatCSvVlnlo'-rpimjacptmj£ too United States |gnVcrnm£rttJ-. ai}rf,ohde‘r?r'hr?ng'‘ to? pro cure the recognition nf .the rebel confederacy by the government nf Franee. Mr. Faulkner was conveyed to jail by orded of tji’e Secretary of war, and was; forbidden to hol’d correspon dence with any one. A formal examination into liis ease will take phico immediately. He declares that he is not cognizant of hav ing done anything to warrant his arresw . Return of Prisoners from fcontfoNji. To-day quite a number of oar surgeons and soldiers,' and one lady,■■who were taken pris oners at Bull Run and convoyed to Richmond arrivedbere via Portress Monroe and Balti more. They, furnish many facts relating to their capture and residence among the rebels. The surgeons are hereon parole, and wore allowed the liberty from’ tho'fact that they remained on the field to take' cure of our wounded, and did not therefore join in the retreat with other officer's. , For this hu nlane’as well as brave act they were compli mented fiy. Generals Beauregard and John ston, and, being non Combiints, have been al lowed gecat privileges. The, wounded and flVdir’dlteiidants were treated very kindly by the people living in the vicinity of Mantissas. No'distinction was made between friend and fob and everything was done to alleviate suff ering; lion. Mr. Elcy, Col Corcoran, and 'others, were still in prison at Richmond, but werc'well cared for. There was a universal feeling in favor of hanging the most impor tant ones, should the crew of the Savanah suffer death. Withregard to the next battle or the future movements of the rebels, but little was said-. Tire southern 1 soldiers were very much wearied with their long campaign, and seemed inactive, manifesting little - or no spirit for a renewed conflict. At first there was a dispoition to move on Washington, but there was an under current, of feeling among the more southern regiments, which was av erse, to crossing the Potomac river. The reb el officers and soldiers arc'of the’opinion that our soldiers fought like tigers n't Bull Kun, and compliment them: for their bravery, but they are severe in donnniention of our officers who they say acted like cowards. They ad mit that wo had won the field several times, and full well understood' how the panic came to seize upon our troops, and cause us to lose it. The rebels nil concur in praising Gen. McClellan’s abilities, and state that he is the only man that they fear in the coming con test.- Prom' Washington. The Designs of the Rebels—lmportant Order from the IVai Department—Volunteers to he immediately foru'arde.d to Washington. Washington, Aug. 18. —The statement in this correspondence, sovoraldays ago, }hat the rebels were slowly moving their forces to the lino of the Potomac, with a view of entering Maryland, and encouraging and supporting the Revolutionary spirit in that State, with ultimate designs on Washington, is now re peated with Increased assurance of its truth, and with such evidence as cannot be disre garded. ■ With a view of mooting all possible contin gencies which may arise in connection with this subject, the Administration hasjust issued the following important orders,,a prompt re sponse to which it is not doubted will be piv on, thus at once securing the Capitol against invasion, and at the same time affording ad ditional confidence to the country of the ear nestness of the Government in the protection of the general welfare; War Department, Wa-shin'cton, Aug. 18,1861. All commanders of regiments of volunteers accepted by this Department, in the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Now York, Con necticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Islands Now Hampshire, Maine, and Mich igan, will take notice of and conform prompt ly tothe General Order this day directed to the Governors of the States above named which is ns follows. ’ To the Governor of the State of— . By direction of the President of the United ’ States, you are urgently requested to. forward or cause to bo forwarded immediately to the City of Washington, all volunteer, regiments or parts of regiments, at the expense of the United States Government that may now ho enrolled within your State whether under your immediate control or by acceptances issued direct from the. War Department, whether such volunteers are armed, equipped, or uniformed or not. The- officers of each regimental organisation that may not ho full shall leave recruiting officers at their several rendezvous, and adopt such other measures as may ho neoessary to fill Up their ranks at the earliest date All officers of volun teer regiments on thoir arrival .will report to the Commanding General; who will provide equipments and other supplies necessary for their comforts. To insure the movements of troops more rapidly than might otherwise he done, you will please confer with and aid’ all officers or independent regiments in sneh man ner as .may he necessary to effect the object in viefr. All clothing of supplies’ belonging to or contraced for the several regiments shall he forwarded fo Washington for their uso,d e tailed reports of which shall be made to the Commanding General. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War. How to Keep a Flag Feting. —Wo have heard an amusing incident of the riot of the I9th of April, in Baltimore. A determined Union man, while the city was in a perfect uproar, iand the Secession rowdies wore tear ing down every Union flag they could see fly ing, carried the Stars and Stripes in his hand, unwilling that there should be any doubt ns to his sentiments; but, having been encoun tered by a crowd, and overcome by numbers, his flag was taken from him, and torn Jo pieces. He then went and found a painter, and induced him to ascend to the roof of his house, and paint the Star-Spangled. Banner upon his chimney. There was -no pulling down such a flag: and so he remained under the Stars and Stripes until more peacefiif times enabled him again to “fling out hia bunting." ' . T-> R't "vrt f- „i(e Right Talk.— The Boston ranscnpfc says that a friend of the editor (ms received at letter from an influential gentleman in Was hington, in' which the following statement occurs.' “Montgomery Blair called to see Gen. McClellan on Saturday and began to give him his Scott and myself will bo responsible for the campaign,’ he re-- plied, ‘and we shall conduct it as we thick best.’ Mr. Blair look his hat nnd departed. B®” Tho government has contracted for 100,000 hew muskets. tote . 'UAfcUiSIAI MAUKEJ.—Avo.;22, 1861, \Jorrected Weelih / hy Schmidt. Flour, Superfine, • : $4,12 do.; Hxtya, ■ do.) ' *sl . do., Family/ do.// ' . 4.75 do., Rye, f ,do./ 3,50 White Wheat, per'bushel/ • Red Wheat/ do./ Rye, • dp.;.-; -• 4,(3f Corx/ d 0.,". 45 Oats,. . do v ' 22 CLoyessEEpi' do:, • .4,6'; TiMOTiiYSEKn, ’ r . do., - . 2,^5 ; _ - _ / , ■'Sln“lfcg .place,l'ltU JpsjCj'fifw, lJiuJohn Ow»(5 l «“‘ li *" iA v" iB ,h “ r oighty-soipentlr ycaroflver ivge. ; ANNOUNCEMENTS. Comity Comiiiistioiivr. WE are requested to announce JOSHUA , (IULI’, pf Silver, Spring township, ns a candidate fur the office of County Obinmissioner/ subject to the decision 1 of tho iluiiiucratic OULinty Oonvcntion.' , , ' Aug. 22, TS6T. Coun I y €omnal»ulo »er. South- Middleton Township, > ; . August 10,1801- j AT the solicitation'of many of toy friends, I offer - myself a candidate for tlie office of COUNTY COMMISSIONER, subject to.tho action 'of the Democratic County Convention. ftu fs_3t* • MARTIN SHREINER. County Commissioner. - WE are requested to, announce JOHN EM J MINCER, of Silver Spring township, as a candidate the office 1 of County Commissioner, subject to the decision of the Democratic County ConVoirtiom • Aug. 8; 18’61-Tim.* sheriff. AT the solicitation of numerous friends,. I. offer myself us a candidate for tho office of SHERIFF of Cumberland county, subject to lh° usages of tho D’ehVocratic party. If nominated wd elected, tho duties of tho office will bo discharged faithfully and to'tlhc best of my.ability. • JACOB REDSECKER. Penn Township/ Aug. 1, 18.01. ' SIIERIPfALTY.— We have biW request; 'ed to announce J. T. RIPPEY, of Shipped* burg, afr a candidate for tho office of jodt to tho action of tho Democratic County vention. . • August 22,1861: . SHERIFFALTY.— Wo are requested to an; nouned- IVILLIAM F. SWIGERT, of Norta Middleton- township,, for tho office of Sheriff, *hn joob to tho division of tho DomooratioOouaty Con vention. , , - . August 22/1861. , • • , _ SHERIFFALTY.— Wo are requested to ,a£ Bounce DANIEL S. CROFT » “5* tho offioo -of'Sheriff, subject to tho action.*; Democratic County Convention. . au • County Treasurer* WE are requested to announce JOHN GOTSHAiII, of Carlisle, ns a County Treasurer, subject to tbo action ox v ooratio County Convention. Aug. 8,1861. COIISTV TKEASU REIt.• To the Voters of Cumberland Count;/. I offer myself as a candidate for the office of- COUNTY TREASURER, subject to tho Dob 0 " oratio County Convention Carlisle, Aug. 1, 1861, Cpiiuiy Treasurer. ’ have been requested to announce ▼ ▼ SAMUEL ENSMINGEH, of Carlisle, »» » candidate for the office of County Treasurer, J ensuing fall election, subject to tho decision of W Democratic County Convention. July 11,' 1881—2m* Dickinson College.’ T»HE FALL TERMopena on *"* J. , I2th of September. Wo specially 10 monfl tho Grammar School, under tho_ oa *’® /j o j. F. Mullin. A. M., to thoso proparmg for* logo classes. n. si; jonsrsoN, pw s ’*- Ang. 22, 1861—6 t Notice. ■ rpilE “BOARD OPRELIEIV’of 1. land county, will moot .at tho Oo n ' 1 “V 0 p g o p« Office, in Carlisle, on'Monday tho , ■ .iffiniQ ,tombor next, at 10 o’clock, A. Aldjjt'vr no lin’d persons composing; tho Soldiers’"Relic • oJ( j er ol are requested to present their olnnns. J fflcrt the Board. ,■ J. ARMSTRONG, August ,22, : 1861—2 t: . d. cornman.
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