A MERIC AN V(f l7u NTEEK. JOHN B. BhATTOS, Editor, & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., JI)NE-6, 18G2. ■* O U R. FLAG. ‘ Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but falls before nsl With. Freedom’s soil beneath our feet, And Freedom’s banner waving o’er us!” Van Ambbrgh & Co.'s Menagerie.— The 1 great zoological collection of Van Amburgit ,b Co..—tlie largest and most extensive in the world—will exhibit in Carlisle on the Hill inst. There is no.circus connected with this exhibition, but it is purely a mqnagerio of wild beasts, which every man may patrdnizo, and to winch he need have no fear of taking his family. More New. Goods at Livingston's;— The North Hanover Sroet Clothing Emporium re ceived a very large addition to its stock of goods a few days since. Livingston knows how to keep a first class Clothing Store, and he puts in practice the.adage that “ a nimble, r.ixpenco is bettor than a slow' shilling.” His assortment at present of fashionable goods is very extensive, and has been selected with care and judgement. Give him a call, all who want bargains. .War. Claim Agency. —We direct the at tention of the public,, arid especially those who have relatives or friends in the army, to the advertisement of the War Claim Agency of James McCanblish, Esq;, atNcwville, in this county. lie has every facility for pros ecuting claims against the Government, and can be relied upon ns one who will promptly attend to the business committed to his care. Ho. demands no fee until claims have been paid by the Government. The Growing Crops.— From every sec tion of the county wo have the most grati fying account of the growing crops., Every thing,looks promising, and the prospect is that the toil of the husbandman will ho abun dantly rewarded.' Grass; wheat, corn, fruit, indeed everything is in a state of forward ness which promises well, flow different this from the blight and desolation which has fallen’ upon the fruitful regiups of ’the sunny south. There all is. gloom, with no hope thatjthe season will bririg either the re ward or pleasure that it has done’in the years past. tr*r-*v lias-ssarfy everybody and “the rest of mankind” have finished this disagreeable task. We always dread these semi-annual renovations, , for go where you will the women are as cross ns old maids, every one of .’era. Wo get out of sight whenever wo see one coming. Such tearing, pulling, hauling, ripping, halloaing, shouting, cleaning, scrubbing, rubbing until your head aches, as,they have; is enough to turn a “fel ler” against tho whole tribe of crinolines.;— Splash ! splash ! from morning to night! and then go to their couches and dream of white washed cottages and papered castles. Weil, the season is almost over, and the deaf creat ures will then be as lame as kittens. Beautiful. —The country at this time pre sents a really beautiful appearance. The fruit trees arc full of fruit, and the woodland dressed in a beautiful emerald green, pre sents to the eye ot the beholder a econo of magnificent splendor. All nature seems to be laughing and clapping her hands with joy in the anticipation of the bountiful har vests she will soon present to earth’s crea tion for their subsistence. The music of the rippling stream as it wends its way through the green valley and down the rugged moun tain side, thrills the heart of the listener with rapturous delight. Well may the poet whilst admiring the beauties of Spring, sing thus : ‘*l would not die in Spring time.” Cutting Affray at Baltimore. —Mr. Simpson K. Donovan, alluded to in the fol lowing notice, is a son of Mr.S. K. Donovan, ofShippehsburg, and, a few years since was an apprentice in this office. AVe arc glad to learn that the officer he stabbed was not seri ously hurt, and that ho attaches no blame to Donovan, who when he inflicted the wound, supposed he was contending with a citizen who was about to assault him. AVe take the account of the affair from the Baltimore Sun ot Hay 27 : Cutting Affray.— About 10 o’clock hist night, an affray occurred on Calvert street, near Barnum’s Hotel, during which a man named Thomas Hammond, one of the special police, appointed yesterday, was severely stabbed by Mr. Simpson K. Donovan, local reporter for the “Maryland News Sheet." It seems thftt during the excitement and disor der of yesterday, at the office at which Mr. D., is engaged, threats were made against him, which induced him to arm himself with a bowie knife, for protection, in case of an at tack. Whilst in the locality of Barnum’s last night engaged in the prosecution of his busi ness, Mr. Donovan was assailed by several* disorderly persons, who commenced an attack upon him, whereupon ho drew his knife and prepared to act upon the defensive. Officer Hammond, responded to a call of “ watch," and started towards him when Mr. Donovan, th8 \ ( who was dressed in upon one oftheribs, thus in all Wh-ff striking ing the lifeof the officer, and v SaV ' rere flesh wound. Mr. / diatelv placed under arrest and taken to'the! Middfe Police Station, where ho was confined 1 until this morning, when ho was released up-1 on security, to answer the charge before court.' The injuries to the officer are not considered of a serious character 'and ho will probably be enabled to resume his business in a few days. afiST’Look' out* for the Elephant, for Van .Amburgh is coming on the lltli inst. HE ELECTION THIS TALL. Tlio Domoeratio State Convention, to nom in ito candidates for Auditor General and Sur- General, will meet at Harrisburg on the 4tli of next .month. In the ‘selection,of candidates, care • should bo exorcised, and fresh, intelligent, loyal men placed'upon the ticket. It is important that wo carry the next election by a sweeping-majority—a ma jority that will at once disconcert the Rebels of the South, as well as their allies, the Wondol Phillinitcs of the North. Both those factions of “ bold, bad men” must bo put down ; they are alike disturbers of the peace, violators of law%nd the Constitution, and en emies to the country. Their loaders In both sections brought our present difficulties upon us, and the people iutend to visit them with their severest condemnation. It is important, wo repeat, then,, that the Democratic candidates before the people this fall, should bo unexceptionable in every re spect. If ever there- was a time when “ the office should seek the man, not the man the office," it is now. Wiroworkers and plotters should not be countenanced. Wo want to see this fall, a real, old-fashioned - Jackson vioto | ry, and if the State Convention is careful; in placing before the people men of worth and stamina, our desire-ami the people’s desire will be more than gratified. Every true patriot, every lover of his coun try, willrojoice to see the Democratic party opco more in. the ascendant, not only in Pennsylvania, but in all the Northern States, It is evident to all men of the least dis crimination,. that the Abolition blunderers now at, the head of affairs in the national eapitol, are not the, men for the crisis.— They chnnot control the storm they 'prhyed for. Violators of the fundamental principles of our Government themselves, law-breakers and Constitution-breakers, they never .can solve or settle the fearful troubles that now environ our heretofore prosperous and hap py land. No I—as. well might we expect the leopard to change his spots or the Ethiopian his skin, as to look for a crazy, persecuting,, thieving 'Abolition'.' faction to | quell the hurricane that they and their twin traitors of tlie South were so anxious to see. The,people, if any portion of them ever had confidence in the'Administration, have lost that' confidence forever. The stupendous frauds that have been exposed—the political persecutions that have been resorted to—the open violations of the most sacred provisions of the Constitution—the appointment to high' and lucrative positions of notorious disunion ists—the supporting of some twenty Or thirty thousand slaves at the public ex pense—the employment of negroes in prof-; erepco to white men—these, and other sim- ilar acts should, and willy cause the people to rise in their might, to rebuke the men who have put thorn at defiance and trampled Upon their rights. The President of the United States, Abra ham Lincoln, how stands before the country with a vote of censure of the House resting and pressing upon him. When the. resolu- tion was adopted, those who voted for, it—a majority of whom were Republicans—thought they were condemning and publicly censur ing, Simon Cameron, lato Secretory of War, because of the gigantic robberies and careless j)6trate^n But—most wonderful Ip say—the President now comes out, and in a special message to Congress, (it will bo found on our first page,) assumes and shoulders all Cameron’s and Cummings’ acts, and desires to bo held respon- sible for them 1 . lie therefore places himself in Cameron’s shoes, and stands before the people, wo repeat, a censured and impeached man by a Republican. House of Representa- tives 1 The vote of censure oh Cameron was in these words “Resolved, That Simon Canieronflatc Secre retary of AVar, by investing Alexander Cum mings with the control pf large sums of the public money and authority to purchase mili :ary suppliea-withdut requiring from him any, guarantee for the faithful performance of his duties, when the services,of competent public officers were available, and by involving tbe Government in a vast number of contracts with persons not legitimately engaged in the business pertaining to the subject matter of such contracts, especially in the purchase of arms for future delivery, has-adopted a poli cy highly injurious to,the public service, and deserves the censure of the House:” So it appears the House made a slight mis take in adopting the above withering resolve. Instead of Cameron’s name, Lincoln’s should have appeared. It is a little strange, how- ever, that Gen. Cameron in his speech before his friends at Harrisburg, recently, assumed all the responsibility of the very acts to which the vote of censure .refers ; and in the face of facts, and the report of the Dawes Committee, vainly attempted to justify those acts. But, “old Aue” says they.were his acts, and whether ho speaks the truth or not, ho will henceforth bear the odium of the vote of cen sure. AA r e conclude these remarks then, by again appealing to our Democratic friends, not only in this county but throughout the State, to be up and doing. Let us have sturdy men for State, District and County candidates, and we will sweep Abolition fanatics, Southern rebels, and public plunderers from the places they now occupy as with a besom of destruc tion. Select School.— Select Scholars for April and May, 1802.—School No. 11—E. J. Todd, T. Conlyn.C. S. Saul. Music, C. S. Saul. No. 12—Mary lientz, Susan Drown, Min nie Fleagcr. Music, Margaret Grove. No. 13—Kate Bcntz, Louisa Weaver, Emi ly Foote. Music, Alice 0. Rhoem\ No. 14—Samuel C. Millward, Law, Fred. W. Biddle. Music, Fred. S. Law. No. 15—Mary F. Sullivan, Grace Loomis, Annie E. Pallor. Msuic, Mary F. Sullivan. No. 16—Alfred M. Rhoads, A. D. B. Smcad, Wm. M. B. Eckels. Music, Jos. F. Brady. No. 17—Thomasino Wincholl, Bella Irwin, Emma Loidig. Music, Bella Smiley. No. 18—L. B. Hoffman, Stephen B. Iluy ett, Daniel Sollenborger.’ Music, R. F. Lnm berton. D. ECKELS, Pres. S. S. Army Orders. —Several army orders have been recently issued by GoV. Curtin. The first calling out the militia. The next order ing that no Officer of higher grade than Cap tam would ho accepted. The next that the militia would ho accepted for throe mouths, and the next that they would not bo accepted for three months nor for a loss time than throe years. DEiiioeiSric cotiiVtV convention. The Democratic County Convention, to go loot'd Delegate-to represent Cumberland coun- ty hi the 4th of July Democratic State Con- ■ vontion, assembled in the Court 11-huso in Carlisle, on Monday, June 2y at 11 o’clock,A. M. The following. Delegates appeared, pre sented their credentials of election, and' took their scats: Carlisle, East Ward —E. Cornman, James R. Irvine. ' Carlisle, West Ward —J. B. Bratton, Wm. A. Miles, ' Dickinson—3 oiln Moore, Gilbert Soarigh-t. FrahkJ'ord— Joseph Connor, Hampden —S. B. Reoser, George Dney. Hopewell —A. Hoberlig, John Il flloSngor. • Mechanicsburg —G. W. Richards, John J; Fought. Monroe —John Paul, Peter Baker. .Mifflin —John Mcßoa, Robert Boyd. NewoUle—Dr. J,.Goddia Barr,.Dr. G. W. Hal doman. Hewlmrg —D. Wherry, D, R. Hutchinson. North Middleton—P; Howard. Penn —Wm. Harper,.Joseph Brown. Silver Spring— Peter Snyder, John 0. Saxton' Southampton—M. G. Halo, S. M, Wherry. Shippensburg bor. —John 11. Greswell, Jas. E, McClain, Upper Allen —John W. Cooklin, Jacob Era niinger. IFesi Pcnnsborough —Jacob Rhoads. On motion, William Harper, Esq., of Dick- inson, was oalled-to the chair, and Dr. G 11. Tlaldeman and J. 0. Saxton appointed Secre- taries. The Convention then proceeded to elect a Representative Delegate to the State Conven tion, when it appeared that Hon Samuel Hepburn of Carlisle, had a majority of all the votes cast, and was declared elected, and; on motion, his election was made unanimous. On motion, a committee on resolutions,com posed of J. B. Bratton, E. Cornman, John Moore, John W: Cocklln, and J. 11. Criswell, was then appointed. .The Committee retired and in a few minutes returned to the Conven- tion, and reported that, considering the Con vention way not full, and that it bad been called for no other purpose than, to name a Delegate to the State Convention, it was deemed Inexpedient to report resolutions.— The Convention took’the same view, and the Committee was discharged. Ihisolved, That the.proceedings of this Con vention be sighed by the officers and .pub lished. * , . ■ [Signed by the officers.] The Union Sentiment in the South— What Prevents Its Development.—The New York-Herald, a few days ago, published an interesting: letter from Nashville, by which it appears’that the Union sentiment is greatly repressed in that region by the emancipation proclamation of Gen; Hunter. To the same effect was another letter to the samC journal, in which the- writer says: “Tho hardest fight the'Union men hero in I Tennessee have, is to defend themselves against tho infernal machines sent down South, in the shape of abolition speeches arid action in Congress." Nothing can bo truer than this, and it is so obvious to every man of ■ common sense that it can rml- he lice aforethought" and : ' letlh.- intention of preventing I broach between the such,incendiary speeches pernicious done, ■ = spirit of robcliiOn is sargents are drivdh- fhdespOTitt, the real secret of tho diffioul- r ing the authority of the fed-;,: 1 in the Southern States ; for the minds of the people wit., abolitionism, a design to stitution, and to abolish the ty guaranteed by that insfrt .•; • • ( the sacred bond of the Dnion_ - f'! .'i„;i i; oniy be violated by a perfidy abhorred by God and man. Thus all the efforts of our brave army are neutralized by the political poison dis seminated throughout the South, and the abo lition leaders ought to bo held responsible for it to the nation. Negroes Shooting our Troops. —A recent letter from Norfolk, A r a., to the Philadelphia Inquirer, says: “ Quite a disturbance took place at Norfolk last night, said to have beou.oocnsioncd by a negro shooting a corporal named John Burke, of the 99th Now York. The disturbance be came general and the greater .part of the com pany wore engaged. Three negroes were killed and two or three wounded.” “ Armourcolored brethren ,” cry the friends of the Administration. AVe have no doubt the negro who shot Corporal Burke had re ceived the musket he used from a crazy Abo litionist. Be this ns it may, those who are so anxious to free and arm the slaves, will find their mistake when the slaves turn upon their. Abolition sympathisers and shoot them down. As a general thing slaves are warmly attach ed to their masters, and. if necessary will fight to the death for them. Let the slaves alone—they are not bo trusted—and many of them cannot be .deceived by the lies of Abo litionists. ■Mrs. Beauregard in New Orleans.— Among the more recent seizures are the State Arsenal, filled with ordnance stores, and am unition, and the residence of John Slidell.— At the latter place Mrs. Beauregard and her mother wore found in occupation, and I am informed that “ that fellow” Slidell present ed tho place to Mrs. Beauregard on his de parture for England. Gen. Butler speaks in terms of warm praise of tho dignified man ner in which tho wife of the bravo but mis guided commander of tho rebel army treated the officer (Mr. Kinsman, of the General’s staff,) and soldiers who took possession of tho house. As soon ns tho General learned that Mrs. Beauregard was living in the house ho withdrew tho guard, and wo bo to the man —whether Rebel or Union—who dares to of fer her the slightest insult or molestation.— Cor. N. I”. Herald. The Union’ as it Was. —The soldiers of the War of 1812, residing in- Philadelphia, held a meeting at tlio armory of the Washing ton Grays, on Wednesday evening last, Colo" n id Francis Coopes in theohair. A commit tee was appointed to prepare resolutions ex pressive of the sentiments of the meeting, from which wo extract tho following: Resolved, That the soldiers and defenders of the War of 1812, here assembled, solemn ly renew their pledge tostand by the Govern ment in the prosecution of the war, in the support of the Constitution, of tho United [ States, until tho Union .as it was shall bo re i stored in all its vigor and purityj, Special Message of the President. On our first page wo publish tho special • message of President Lincoln to tho House of • Representatives, in which ho assumes tho re sponsibility of tho proceedings for wliioh the House passed a veto of censure upon tho late Secretary of War, Simon Cameron. Tho Pa (Hot and Union, in speaking of this moat un blushing and shameless document, says: “.We have not space for any extended com ments on this remarkable message, but if it had been delivered before Hlo 2d of May in stant, when Gen. Cameron made his spoeoh at .the Jones House, it might havespared tho Ex-Secretary of War tho necessity of making an explanation which does not entirely .har monize with that of the President. Mr. Lin coln tells us that ho appointed the-Now York committee and Alexander Cummings, and that ho is-the responsible person. Mr. Cam eron said.inhisreoentspeooh, that Mr. Seward, in company with Mr. Chase, called upon him and asked him to name any individual whnm.ho considered competent to assist the public offi cers in collecting and forwarding troops. He gave the name of Mr. Cummings, and associ ated with.it thatof Gov. Morgan c .’New York. Mr. Chase and Mr. Seward ini'.a mod him (Jilr. Cameron) that thaj had appointed Mr. Cisco, Gen, Dix, Mr. Opdyko and Mr. Blatch ford. Mr._ Cameron, then, quotes the order issued by himop that occasion which says—“ I hereby authorize Edwin D. Morgan, Governor of the State of New York, and Alexander Cummings now in the city of New York, to make ail necessary arrangement about tho transportation of troops,” See, The President’s name-is not even mentioned. Wo do not pro tend to account for this evident discrepancy between the President and tho late Secretary of War. If the President, however, was re ally the responsible party it is but just that his name 'should _lo substituted for that of Simon Cameron in tho resolution of the House, Forcible Bemarlcs of the Hon. Wm. L Bichar son of Illinois. Delivered in Congress on Monday, the IWi . day of May, 1802. Mr. Iticliardson, of Illinois, proposed to dis cuss., a few points relative to the conduct of the government in the present war. He said some time ago the distinguished Secretary of State fixedi a law of the land that the negroes, within thirty days after the termination of j the Court, who were not convicted, should bo free.' lie did not allude to this for the pur pose of finding fault with that order, hut to' cintrakt it with another. White men cannot visit*onr camps wifclu -t.a pass, hut negroes can go- without one. Why are these things so ? The Abolitionists hy their action in this Congress, ;havo abolished slavery in this Dis trict, and jaid a largo annual tax upon the people of the United S-ates. You are issu ing to day! rations for eighteen thousand ne groes. Where are you issuing rations to tho white • people ? The people of Illinois were selling their corn for eight cents per bushel to pay tljoir taxes. The government has four hundred negroes employed as teamsters, paying thi m more than the soldiers who are lighting tic battles. Employing these ne groes in jositions whore the white met! of this countiy would like to be employed. The government arc issuing rations to negroes in this District for their support at an enormous expense, ts much as it would fake to support several of he State governments. He had it from the icst information that tho govorn men whs i sailing rations for five thousand ne groes in a fo't, in one of the Southern States, ,at a a head. They are : ie expense, of tho • has withdrawn ' b''.-, non and given it i.>h -■ .- ment is clothing i : furnishing them .; they have to give, '/ session for-six; 'h-'i, and*enti^ hien, killed upon ... it‘.will ovpear before the ...... ihan thia Codgress has legis* The cost of itogvOei -amounts to one ] th<ms-snd .dollars per gapuui. i'Where do -/on +■ W ■ at rations have 'heen'.ihSpd :tor,poor, -r! ' ■ people ? What p^e ( iye®;®tMpihe.wh -n ? Wbat.have 'you -yv.v.- w- tk- ■ I dix.i .vhoao'fathcrs fell on btji-ody battle-fields ? A few days ago he saw one hundred negroes marched through the 1 street by In army officer ; bo inquired where they woreltakon from; and the reply was' they were goinj to work fur tho Government. lie would askjtho gentlemen on the other side of the ChomJor(Abolition) whether it was their purpose tejmako the negro equal to tho white Ui: i>. ;i ' i ' ’ i man ? No equal to tl made the The white dian as tl gontlemet not clevai chance. ■' The Almjj him super! the time men woui race, no people, were ever made it of the white man; The Almighty vhite race to command the. earth, nan is placed as much above the In e Indian above the negro. Some say the reason why the negro is id is because lib has not bad a, Vho gave' the white man a chance ? hty who created him, and created or to the negro. He trusted that •Quid come when all these ultra bo driven from the councils, and they can do no misoliief. put when jAn’s Awiy.—Tho splendid army Clellnn, says tho Public ledger, is ill share of the work of crushing on, though tho necessary restric ipon the publication of its .move-. ; somewhat taken from it the glory ivments. The brief telegrapli do vhich announced tho battles at urg, West Point and Hanover iso; afforded no indication of the or Importance of these battles, and poh the public mind with less force of the insignificant skirmishes in which have been trumpted tons ttlos. The battle of AVillismsbuvg the severest, bloodiest, and. most mts of tho war, and showed more uranco and resolution of tho men ised our army, than any other pre goment—that at Pittsburg Land epted. The steadiness with which er’s column - withstood tho over assault upon it, without yielding its ground—tho gallant charge of vhich first set tho rebels in motion y', and decided tho yictory in our evidences of courage, daring and as tho war has not'yet exceeded, codost announcement of tho taking r C'ourt House by Gen, Pits John vision, no person would hnvo in hard a fight was the engagement, crcly it Was won, nearly four bun-' Union soldiers being killed, wound sslng, and double that loss to the lading five hundred prisoners.— irco weeks time, three severe bat men fought, in each of which the y have triumphed, and over the the rebels have in the field. Yet Washington and elsewhere talk ction" of the army of the Potomac, slowness, as if the army can be itily and inconsiderately against id numbers, who have been pre a year the ground on which they lly to decide the fate of rebellion. Clollan stands one of the largest ppointed armies, led by the most orals the rebels have been able to o field. The, advance against it d the highest military skill and t gallantry of our troops. Those ngnally exhibited so far, affording ded belief that when the final con- cur army will bo victorious, Hal ho true instinct of a General who Is the task before him, moves with mtion and deliberation, to secure :ant results which depend upon, ndous trials at arms. HOW THE SliUff WENT SOUTH. Tlio Boston- Gazette, published in Massa [ clmsotts, and dated July 17, 1758, contains the following' advertisement: “Just imported from Africa, and to bo sold on board the brig Jonnoy, William Ellery, commander, now lying at Now Boston, a number’of likely negro boys and girls, from twelve to fourteen years of ago. Inquire of said Ellery, on board - said brig, whore Con stant attendance is given, "Note. —The above slaves have all had the small-pox. Treasurer’s notes and New Eng land rum will bo taken as pay.” There is a good text fof a long sermon.— But the subject requires but few words.— Massaohusots, now so piously hostile to slave ry, woe at that d.ite, and for half a century later, the great slave trader of the Western. Hemisphere. Her ships, her men, her mon ey, and her enterprise took to that trade as naturally as a duck takes to water. There were thousands of her people who engaged in the "sum of all villanics, as John Wesley denominated the slave trade, but not the own orship of slaves, Massachusetts money and Massachusetts ships invaded the barracoons and coasts of African mainland,, and thou sands of “boys and girls from twelve to four teen years of age," wore brought to Now Etig-“ land for use there, or for sale to the lathers of the present Rebels of the South. Now England people wore the “man-steal ers” for tho colonies of Britain, and for the States which now comprise rebellious Dixie. There was money in the business—there was gain—there was pelf; and up to tho year 1808, when the vile trade was abolished, no one ever hoard of a Massachusetts man de nouncing this trade in human beings. When her old slave ships wore worn out, and she could turn, an honest penny at some other tralic, she became suddenly conscientious, and has continued, to kick up a fuss generally with.those who own the negroes which she sold tp,_thom. Her conscience (which seems to bo tin india-rubber one) baa been drawn into many shapes on this vastly mischievous subject. > . Gapt.iin Ellery seems to have had a sharp.'oyo to business, and he gives the gratifying an nouncement that “all the slaves have had the small-pox 1" To show the vast philanthropy of Massachusetts—she was always full of rc- liyious proposed to take Now England rum, as pay! This rum ho would isell or trade on his next voyage, to pay for d new batch of darkies, adding to his profits on both species of property. It was a sharp dicker, to be sure, and eminently worthy of some people who don’t live quite a thousand miles from Boston. Massachusetts fetters were placed upon the limbs of the slave, and ‘‘New England rum" debased the soul of the cantive. ■ - • • , Lord save the world from hypocrisy, and ransom those who deserve the contempt of man and the dire judgment of Heaven !—ln dianapaUs Sentinel. The Foety-sixtu Pennsylvania Regi ment.—A special correspondent of tho Phila delphia Inquirer thus speaks of the gallantry and bravery of the Forty-sixth Pennsylvania regiment, Col. Joseph Knii;e, in the recent battle at Winchester and tho, retreat to Wil liamsport of Oen. Banks’s army; The Forty-sixth is now encamped one mile from Williamsport, on the St. James College I he men aie naturally much fatigued, but are anxious and determined to return at art early day to Winchester and Strawsburg. The events of Saturday and Sunday will long bo remembered by General Banks’s com mand. Not only did they march sixty-live miles during tho two days, without anything to eat, save what could be picked up by the roadside, but they fought ono severe battle and two engagements. ' To specify individual acts of gallantry and bravery would boinviduous, whore all fought so well; The field officers of the Forty-sixth yel'E »var,i},v th'AVUlctvo-e cf ‘Vid.,'vc.n everlasting praise.' Colr"Rnipe rccelVcd'*!F slight flesh wound in the shoulder, and his right pistol holster was tho recipient of a ball which, glancing, passed immediately under the leg of the gallant rider. Lieutenant Colo nel Sclfridge made a narrow escape, a shell bursting in front of his horse, causing the an imal to fall, slightly bruising Colonel S.’s leg. The Major, Adjutant, and in fact all, were alike cool and bravo. Captain G. A. Urboks, of Company D, the color company, received a i bull through the skirt of his coat. Himself and bis company are referred to in exalted terms, as is also that of Capt. Wise, of Read ing. Color Sergeant James McQuillan be haved nobly. Ay bile bearing tho colors, he was wounded by a Minie ball, in the calf of tho leg. For a moment ho dropped, and then; with one hand raised above his head, cheer ing his comrades, ,and with the other waving the Stars and Stripes, he arose, and apparent ly forgetting his wound, marched in the ad vance. The flag received two balls. Among the prisoners taken by tho enemy were Cap tain Cyrus Strauss, of Company . K, from Northumberland county, and Lieutenant A. AV. Selfridge, of Company 11, from Bethlehem. Both officers wore engaged upon a court mar tial at Strawsburg, and in attempting to join their regiment were cut off. The wounded in the engagements forgot their wounds* in their patriotism. One poor fellow, belonging to company A, of tho For.ty sixth, with tho top of his left hand blown off by a piece of shell, walked coolly along with his musket trailing in his right, until Colonel Knipe ordered him to the rear, while another, vyounded in the calf of tho leg, walked twelve miles before ho was compelled.to succumb to his pain. Col. Knipe had previously given up his horse to a wounded private, and Lieut. Colonel Selfridge had a few moments before done likewise. Brigadier General (acting Major) Williams was passing at the moment, and -immediately dismounting, made tho wounded private take his place in tho saddle, while he walked. With such sympathy, such feeling, on tho part #f tho officers, how could men fail to fight well. Tho total loss of tho Forty-sixth, up to tho present time, is as follows; Killed, Wounded, Missing, Company A ' 0 3 10 Company B .1 Not rep. Not rep. Company 0 0 G 5 Company D 0 4 2 Company K 13 12 Company F 0 5 11 Company G 0 6 • 3 Company H 1 2 7 Company 10 8 4 Company K 1 2 12 Farragdt Determined to “Try it On.”- Captain Boggs, returned from NowDrleans, tolls a good story of Farragot. It seomsthat before the bombardment of the forts, the com manders of the English and French vessels of war near at band had desired to communi cate with the forts. This was agreed to.— After the foreign captains returned, they in formed Captain Farragot that it was useless for him to attempt to take the forts—that no wooden vessels afloat could reduce them or pass them. Farragot replied:—“l was son, here to make the attempt. You may bo rightt but I came here to take New Orleans—to take the forts—and I shall try it on I” Officers in the Penitentiary. —A resoi lution was adopted in the House a few days since, instructing the Committee on the District of Columbia to “ inquire and re port how rngji’y officers ijpf the regular and volunteer army are now confined in the poni-, tontiary." That will bo an in foresting report, when made. Dir, Stanton ns n General. -If tho ropultoof Gon. banks’ army Ims tho effect of convincing Mr. Edwin M. Stanton, that ho is not agroat military strategist, it .will not ha wholly without its advantages to the cause of’tho country,. Had d'en. McClellan been permitted to carry out his original-plan of tho campaign, or'had some competent jnil itary man directed operations from Washing ton, it is safe to assume that Gen. Banks would not have boon left fn tho valley of tho Shenandoah with.a force interior to that of enemy, that our army would not have been driven North of tho Potomac, and tho whole country thrilled with painfulapprh6nsibn for tho safty of the National Capital. • Mr. Stanton came into thriWar Department with, a high reputation for legal ability, por soial energy and decision ,of character. But unfortunately for his own reputation and the great cause ho was elevated to subserve, ho bccanic a party in tho cabal against General McClellan, and imbibed the strange notion that the military art consisted alone in attack ing the enemy wherever he was to bo found, strategical combinations argued “in fidelity” and a defiance of Providence. Gon. McClellan was deprived of the direction of the operations of the whole army and despatched tMic peninsula with a separate corps, while the Secretary of War undertook the resposi bility of managing the campaign from Wash ington, and controlling tho movements of tho. several divisions under the command of Mc- Dowell, Banks and Fremont. The result is precisely what might, have been anticipated from the interference of a civilian, who enter tains a supremo contempt for tho military art, in a business concerning which he appears to have boon bostfully ignorant. Had Gen., McClellan’s orignal plans of tho campaign boon followed out, this disaster could not have occurred. We do not believe that any military head would have committed the stupid blunder of diminishing the army of the Shenandoah until it numbered less than ono-half the force which the enemy was \nown to have arrayed against it. If tho les son of Sunday last will convince Mr. Stanton that ho is riot d groat military oomiriandor, it will.not 'bo without its alleviating oircu: stances. So says tho Patriot do'. Union lion. Amos Kendall on General Hunter’s Order, The Hon. Amos Kendall, who. has so no bly and ably vindicated the rights of the National Government against secession, sends the following letter to the National Inteligen cer f , GENERA!. HUNTER’S LATE ORDER. • Washington,' May 19, 1802, —To {he Edi tor of the National Intelligencer My atten tion has been called to a Washington letter in the. Philadelphia Press, in which the wri ter, after quoting a passage from one of my letters published in yoiir paper, says : Thus it will be seen that even the vete ran Democrat, Amos Kendall, while objec ting to the course of the Abolitionists, is. en titled to the credit of having made the propo sition which Gen. Hunter has thus practically carried out.” . . Now,T should consider myself a traitor to my country if I wore to approve the hue or der of Gen. Hunter, purporting to, sot free all the slaves within his military district.— While exposing to Southern rebels the gulf which is yawning before them, the conception never entered my brain that any military commander or the President himself could institutionally,fby general -order of procla ■ maiion,■confiscate' thciF property ahd i eriian cipato their’ slaves, or that such an'object could be effected otherwise than by conviction for treason by duo course of law in the courts of justice. In the order of General Hunter I see the essence of military despotism, utterly subversive of the Constitution we are fighting to maintain; and it is deplorable that the President does hot, by the enforcement of a general lino of policy, repress these assump tions of power by his subordinates. EVery such assumption unrobuked by him exposes him and Congress itself to the charge of hy pocrisy and perfidy in their announcements of the purposes for which the war is waged ; It discourages the loyal men in all the Slave holding States, and in an equal degree en courages the leading rebels ; it will cost the North thousands of lives and millions of mon ey; it alarms cohyersativo men everywhere and makes them begin to think their own lib erties in danger; it strengthens disloyal men in loyal Stfitos, and enables them to embar rass the Government in its legitimate opera tions. In fine, there is but one safe course for the Government to pursue, and that is to disregard all party affiliations, and adhere firmly to the' programme originally announ ced, V'z j The prosecution of the wa.rforthe.sole object of preserving, the Constitution and the Union with the rights af the States intact, to be followed by peace as soon as ihosepbjects can be attained. If there be not firmness enough in the Administration to do this, wo are on a sea of revolution, with scarcely n hope of ov or.ogain reaching the haven of unity and peace. ; Amos ICendall. The Wounded l*c imsy IvunlaiiN in General Ranks’ Army, Harrisburg, May 30.—Intelligence having boon received of the arrival at Williamsport anil Frederick Md., of the wounded Pennsyl vania soldiers engaged under Gen. Banks in the retreat from Staunton, the Governor im mediately ordered Major 0. W. Loos, accom panied by two Surgeons from the Hospital at Camp Curtin, to proceed to the above named points with all the appliances necessary to ensure their comfort and safe conveyance to Harrisburg, where hospital accomodations are prepared. ■ They will probably arrive here on. Monday and Tuesday. The active exertions and benevolent interest taken in thia matter by the Governor, are most praiseworthy and are a sure guarantee that Bvory thing that mon ey can effect, will bo brought to bear in re lieving the wants of our bravo soldiers. No battle is fought in which Pennsylvanias are engaged but competent persons are immediate ly dispatched to relieve their wants, and bring them homo. No other loyal State can show so fair a record in this particular. Arrange ments have been effected with the War De partment, by which every facility is furnish ed to persons on missions of this character by officers in different divisions of the army. The Homestead Bill,—The following syn opsis of the Homestead Bill, recently passed in Congress, is by Speaker Grow : “ All the lands owned by the Government are open to settlement under it in quantities not exceeding 160 acres to each person. Any person who is a citizen of the United States, or has declared intention to become such, who is 21 years old, or the head of a family, c>r has served in the military or naval service of the country during this rebellion, can make entry on the pavement of ten dol lars and the fees of the register and receiver of the land office. That is all the settler has to pay at any time. The act takes effect the first of January next, requires a resident and cultivation of five years to perfect the title. Any person can enter, under this act, land on which ho has a pre-emption claim,” Prentice says, Wise, Floyd, Pillow and Price are the four-runners of rebel defeat. The Effeet.- The evidence accumulates, that tlio 0 ff 0 of Congressional abolitionism is sentiment in tho border Strtt.es and stimulat* roWsJto^gronW^rtiojris v | 10 Wo hove often advanced ;ho opinion that if Sumner, Lovejoy and Co. wore in tho n a of Jeff. Davis, they could not render his cause greater than they now do. They ' ato worth a thousand recruiting officers to the rebel army. And yet those are the men who presume to brand true Unionists and Democrats; because they love their whole country, as traitors. Tho mischief they perpetrate, and the ad ditional sanguinary character their course •gives to tho contest, is illustrated in tho fol lowing letter from General Lesme Coombs, of Kentucky, written under date of tho 19th ult., from Frankfort, Ky.: Wo have thirty thousand gallant volunteers in the field, ready to die in tho cause; and yet, tho ultra legislation now being pressed by tho Abolition. Traitors in Congress is do ing infinite mischief, and putting us in poll liticdl and personal jeopardy, in approaching August election. Wo feel ourselves in much greater danger from the- hands of secretly or ganized andarmo'd traitors in our midst— sti mulcted by ‘the intemperate Abolitionists in Congress—than wo do from, their public ar mies. ’ • • Yours truly, LESLIE'COOMBS; To K. Graves, Esq., New York City, [T7*Noarly 1,000 contrabands are in Duff Green’s row, at. Washington, and tho people resort there to hire contraband help. The blacks accept whatever terms may bo offered them, and this is the reason why their labor is sought for. Most of them, however, are lit for nothing but out door labor, and good house, servants are rarely to be found. Tho free negroes, and other of tho district are somewhat disturbiSLby this influx of muscle, which can bo hired for almost nothing; but the Oovemmontjfhaving the ar ticle thrown upon its hands disposes of it in tho readiest manner possible. This is tho language of the Washington Sun day Chronicle , one of tho Forney organa. The tax-payers will please bear in mind that fifty thousand worthless contraband. negroes are now drawing rations—the Government is feeding them, and the people are paying for it! "Can be hired almost for nothing t” Re member this, ye laboring men of the North 1 We see i stated that already hundreds of run away negroes are employed in Chester and Lancaster counties at the low rate.of ten cents a day I We hear it stated, too, that white men have been discharged in this coun ty and their places supplied cheap by ne gro labor. Things are working, and wo shall soon see the bitter fruits. ° A Sad Marriage. —The special correspon dent of the Now Orleans 7 ieayune writes from Memphis the following account of a'macriaga in that city: A most interesting marriage took place in this city to-day. The parties were Captain Boniaiiiin Vickers and M : ss Snllic Huston. The bride is oho, of the most beautiful .and accomplished ladies of the city. The groom is a a native of Kent county, Maryland, but has been living.in this city for years, where he become acquainted with the ydling lady, won her consent, and she agreed to marry him. Before the union could be solemnized however, the war broke out,, and the young, man was called to the field. He was at Shi loh, and there, in one of the moot desperate charges,, received a. mortal wound, which will . prove fiitel ere this, yoachosyou. Before his:, death, however,, the young lady inaistc(f h their marriage, and to-day:the rite was per formed. Sent, to Fort McHenry.— Win. H. Cowan, Esq., was arrested in Baltimore on Thursday by provost marshal, and, by order of General Dix, was sent to Fort McHenry. His arrest is said to have been ordered in consequence of language used while defending a prisoner on trial in the criminal court on Wednesday. A difficulty occurred on Baltimore street, be tween Jno; D. Tormey and Matthew T. Oos noll, which resulted in a light, in which .Tor mey came off second best. Ho. was arrested by policeman Dushano, and charged with having-made the assault, and also with hav ing publicly declared himself a rebel against the Government of the United States. By order of Gen. Dix he too was sent to Fort McHenry. The Philadelphia Press says—“ War is the most expensive luxury of modern times.” To stylo war d luxury,\i certainly a new idea,' and but for the-light from the.Yan Wyck com mittee would 6e inexplicable. Possibly, how ever, Fornev has been one of the peculating jobbers and contractors who have grown rich . by indulging in the luxury of plundering the Government. To such it is no doubt a luxu ry, but not.so to the bravo men whose patriot ism is not that of the hierling. A Sad Accident. —At Cazonovia, N. Y., recently, a district school gave an exhibition, embracing a dramatic scene in which a de serter was to be shot. The act was performed and the lad who acted the part (a son of Eev. E. Swan) fell dead upon the stage. It ""as found that on loading the gun a brass ferrule on the ramrod had slipped from its place and remained in the barrel. * State Booms for the Contrabands—Decks for the Wounded Soldiers. —The AVashing ton correspondent of the Public Ledger , in his letter of the 29th lilt., says: _ “ Many of, our sick soldiers who have ar rived complain that tho contrabands monopo lize the state-rooms and berths on board of the steamers coming pp tho Potomac and from Fortress Monroe." O' The Army Surgeons, who arc required to administef to the sick of the sis or seven hun dred contrabands, old and young, halt and blind, that are jammed together in Duff/ Green’s row, in Washington, complain of this species of extra duty, which interferes with their obligations to the sick and wounded of the army that are congregated in that city at this time in great numbers. Sick and Wounded.— The hospitals in Philadelphia for the sick and wounded sol diers, are said to bo all filled, and more ac comodations needed. The suffering must therefore bo great, and calls for nil the sym pathy, in the way of necessaries and com forts, that the generous are capable of afford - ing. . . Intervention. —The sonsationists aro get ting up another runoftho report that Frauen and England aro contemplating intervention , in the afiliirs of this country. OurMinistorSi in their dispatches by the last steamer, men tion them as rumors, hatched by the ° w j ssa^ rios and allies of the robols-in Paris nud bon ffou,
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