AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., JUNE 19. 18G2, OUR. FLAG. ~uerflou .Where breathes the foe hut falls befifre its i With freedom’s soil beneath our feet, . And Freedom’s banner waving o’er ns!” !C7” On Sunday last sonic three hundred rebel prisoners- passed through Carlisle', in the cars, on their way to Camp Curtin. They had been captured by General Banks, in his late battle.. They are a hard looking set of rascals, half starved and nearly naked.. K 7” Governor Curtin' has arranged with the government to-assumo tlio care of the sick and wounded of our volunteers, and haye jurisdiction over the hospitals of. this State, so that soldiers dying, may have the benefit of the pension and bounty laws of the United States. ■ Auditor General.—Wo; notice that the numerous friends of Col. Franklin Vansant of Bucks county,intend to present his name ' fo the Democratic Stato Convention a can didate for Auditor General. We have known Mr. Y. long and well, and feel warranted in saying that no better man could be selected for this'position. . O” When the facts of history come to be made up, it will appear beyond all dispute that the Democrats of the North have .given a firmer support to the conservative policy upon which the war was commenced, and to Constitutional acts of Mr. Lincoln's Admin istration, than his own party, and flu - more so ’than.the radicals who profess to be his warm supporters. DH7* Wo were shown the other day an al tered five dollar note on the Mechanics’ Bank of Pittsburg. Wo give the following descrip tion for the benefit of our’ readers, who Cam not be too cautious: s’s, altered—vig. farmer pouring swill from a pail into a trough, from which three hogs arc feeding; pig pen on the left ; on the right end is a farmer carrying a basket of corn ; on left is an oval male por trait. The Next Congress. —The complexion of the next Congress will bo Very different from that of the present. When it assembles in December, it will include' Union representa tives from every Southern Stale. Its com plexion will be U nion throughout; for the Abolitionists of the North as well as the Se cessionists of the South will have been all squelched by; that time, and every man will swear by the good old Constitution given to us by Washington and his compatriots. Military Camp of Instruction.— A camp ot instruction for 50,000 men, cavalry, artil lery and infantry, in duo proportions, is im mediately to bo established near Annapolis, Sid., under the command ofMaj. Gen. "Wool, in addition to his duties as department com mander. Brig. Gen. L. 11. Graham is as signed to the command as Chief of Cavalry ; Brevet Brig. Gen. Harvey Brown as Chief of ’Artillery. Singular Circumstance. — Mr. Geo. Kerr, of West Chester, awoke from sleep on Sunday night last,, from a choking sensation in'.'his threat. Upon examination, he found that ho had swallowed a dental plate and artificial tooth, which had .become detached from his gums during the night. He at once called in ' Dr. J. B. Brinton, who found the plate ten inches down the oesophagus, and after much labor extracted it with his forceps. The plate was two inches long and half an inch broad; and it required nice surgical skill to extract it. The coolness of the patient greatly facilitated the operation. National Horse Fair. —lt is not generally known that the great National Horse Fair ■will bo held at the Keystone Park, Williams port Pa., September ild to the sth inclusive. Arrangements have been made to secure the finest assemblage of imported, blooded and native breed of horses that has been collected in this country. The list of premiums will be largo, ranging as high as §2OO. Liberal arrangements have been and will be made •with different railroads. Williamsport is situated in the beautiful valley of the Sus quehanna,and accessible by railroad from all parts of the United States, and is eminently well suited for the exhibition. DT/” Among the gratifying news whioliwe give to-day, is the success of Gen. Fremont over Jackson’s rebel forces, in the Valley of Virginia. Our readers need not bo informed that this officer has never been a favorite of ours.- 'We regarded him as vastly overrated, and, in view of his career in Missouri, de plored hie appointment to another command. If, however, it should turn out that wo have been mistaken in our opinion of his merits, no one will bo more ready to step forward and do him justice. As a loyal citizen, anxj ious for the suppression of the rebellion, we could derive no pleasure from the failure of any one of our officers, no matter how littl regard we might have for his personal merits. Jn this respect we differ from tho Abolition school of patriots who would rcjoico ovor.noth mdre than the overthrow of McClellan or Halleck. If Gen. Fremont shall prove him self Worthy of the confidence that has been reposed in-him by tho Administration, we shall be disappointed, but most agreeably so. The National Debt. —An official report from the Secretary of the Treasury states that the public debt on the 29th of May was 9 *°l,4i5 1 084, at an average interest of 4,35- 100. WAS ABOLITION THE ORIGINAL CAUSE OF TUB PRESENT WAR ? o say, nnd a largo majority of thinking mon will say, that tho Abolitionists of tbo North aro as guilty as tho Southern rebels now inarms, in causing tho present rebellion. Iloiy fearfully real has become the prophecy j of that eminent statesman Henry Clay, with regard to the dangers of political Abolition ism. Wo' wish every Republican in tho land could bo induced to read and ponder well tho words thus, spoken, more than twenty years before tho culmination of tho evil' which ho foresaw and warned us against. In tho Sen ate of the United States, on tho 7th day of February, 1839, Henry Clay said : “ Sir, I am not in the habit of speaking lightly of tho possibility of dissolving this happy Union. The Senate knoW-that I have deprecated allusions, on ordinary accasions,. to that direful event. Ihe country 'will testi fy that, if'there be anything in the history of my public career worthy of recollection, it is the truth and sincerity of my ardent devo tion to its lasting preservation. But wo should be false in out- allegiance if wo did not dis- I criminate between the imaginary and real dangers by.which it may be assailed. Abo litionism should no longer be regarded as an imaginary danger. The Abolitionists, let me suppose, succeed in-iheir present aim of uniting the inhabitants the Free States as one man against the inhabitants . of the Slave States. — . Union on one side will begel Union bn the other , and this iirocess of reciprocal consolidation will be attended with all the violent prejudice, embittered passions, and implacable animosi ties which ever degraded or 'deformed human nature., * * *■ One section will stand in menacing and hostile array against the other. The collision <f opinion will be quickly fol lowed by the clash of arms, I will not at tempt to describe scenes which now happily lie concealed from bur view. 1 Abolitionists themselves would shrink back in dismay and horror at the contemplation of desolaicdfelds, conflagrated cities, murdered inhabitants, and the overthrow of the fairest fabric of human government that ever rose to animate the hopes of civilized man.” Such were the warning words of that great statesman and patriot, whom Republican or ators and Republican prints, have but recent ly lauded' to the . skies. . Henry Clay has passed from the scenes of this earth, but his words live after him, just as the warning voice of Washington lives, it echoes through itho land. Ho saw with the clear Vision Which' only great experience and a clear, unbiased mind can give, the effect which was sure to follow upon the heels of Abolitionism. Ho warned usbf the danger, but we heeded him not. He warned us Washington had done before him, but we cast his warning into the same sepulchre that entombed the dying words of our country’s architect, and we are how reap ing the fruits of this blind folly. But, to proceed, .Our. declaration is that had it not been for Abolition Secessionists, the infamous rebel scoundrels now in arms against the Government never could have had even a pretext for breaking up the Union.- This wo shall prove by testimony that oven Republicans cannot dispute. Here is our first witness, Hon. Joseph Holt, of. Kentucky, in his Louisville speech, last summer.said: “ We make no apology for this wioked ef fort in the South to destroy the Government. Wo.grant the necessity.of suppressing it; but Abolitionism that produced it, mustalso be-suppressed, Abolitionism and Secessibn ism must be buried in the samp political grave.” Our second Witness Shall be My. Wendell Phillips, who is a groat favorite with the Republicans. See how he sustains our state ment. Less than a j'car ago he made a, speech in Tromont Temple, in Boston, in which he said “ The anti-slavery party had hoped for and planned disunion, because .it would lead to fie development'of mankind and the ejev.a ion of the-black man.” Will you tell us now, Messrs. Republicans, whether Wendell Phillips told the truth or whether ho lied ? Answer. ■ Now lot us hoar from Gby. Andrew John son, of Tenn.', whose voracity the Republi cans will hardly call in question. He. said ; “ An Aiiolitionist is a Secessionist.—l would no't be personal, but an Abolitionist is as much a Secessionist as any one to be found in South Carolina. Now as much as those disunionists of both classes abuse each other, they, nevertheless, both unite in laying vio lent hands upon the Government that never harmed either. If I Wore an abolitionist I would break up the Union, for the disruption of the Union must inevitably destroy aud ob literate slavery. Hence wo are for the pros ecution of this war to save the Government as founded by our fathers ; for restoring the Constitution as wo received it, without regard to the peculiar institution of any Slate. That a Secessionist and an Abolitionist are on a ■par, I can prove by a simple syllogism : An Abolitionist is a Disuuionist, a Disunionist a Secessionist; therefore a Secessionists is an Abolitionist!” [Cheers and laughter.]— Hon. Andy Johnson at Columbus, 0., Oct . 4,1801. Now listen, again, to a voice from the grave. Henry Clay, in a letter which he wrote tp the Itov. Mr. Colton, dated Ashland, Septem ber 2, 1843, ’advising him to write a pamph let against Abolitionism, said: “ I will give yon an outline of the manner in which I would handle it. Show the origin of slavery. Trace its introduction to’the British Govern ment. Show how it is disposed of by the Federal Constitution ; that it is left exclusive ly to the States, except in regard to fugitives direct taxes and representation. Show that the agitation of the question in the free States will first destroy all harmony, and finally lead to disunion, poverty and perpetual war, the extermination of the African race—ultimate military despotism.” !C7” In our last wo returned our thanks, in a few linos, to a highly respectable lady who had placed a boquet on our table. The se cession Herald made this a pretext for an at taek upon tho lady in question, as brutish as it was ungallant. It calls her “ Mrs. Green how," and hopes she will furnish us “ with one of those quilts made from Yankee scalps, upon which her class of females dote so much." Tho lady thus attacked by this secession shoot, has two sons in our army, and ono of them is now. suffering from a severe wound ho receiv ed in Ills fourth ba ttlo with tho rebels. Is it tho promptings of tho devil that induces the Herald, to indulge in ribrnldry without cause, and attack oven an inoffensive female who never laid a straw in its path ? . What He Did with Tuesi. —Among the supplies purchased by Alexander Cum MINGS, were six barrels of tongues. We judge, from their incessant gabble, that Mr. Cummings must have distributed those longues among tho. Black Republican members of Congress. No wonder they talk. TUB RECOGNITION OF NEGRO HiYTI RY THE UNITED SmES. The Doctrine of Negro Equality Openly avow ed in Congress—the Vole. In the debate upon the recognition by Con gress of the independence of negro llnyti, Mr. Qoocn, of Massachusetts,.one of the most prominent Republicans from Now England, said, in the House of Representatives : . “Mr Spe nicer, the object principally urged against this bill is that these republics may send her black men as their representatives. Now, this Dlije'otion lies against the amend ment as well as against the bill. But, Air. Speaker, suppose they do send here black men. They have sent them to England and to France, and they have been received by those Governments, and their color has not affected their rank or position among the di plomatic corps resident in those countries. Why shall wo in our intercourse with the world, make discriminations in relation to color not recognized by the other leading powers of the earth ? Certainly the fact that the slaveholders in this country are to-day in rebCllioh against this Government, and seek ing its overthrow, because they have not been •able to control all its departments to promote the extension and perpetuation of slavery, does nottanke it obligatory Upon ms to dp so. If they send us black men, I doubt not, sir, that we shall find them, morailyand intellectu ally, the equals nf many of the representatives toe send to Other governments, and in the same respect the equals of ihtiiiy'o'f the menwereceice from other governments, fhe [day has gone by when men are to be Judged, only by. the com plexion of their skins or the texture of their garments.” If that is not radical Abolitionism of the disgusting character, we are not a judge of the article. Air. Goocn will find that, although these sentiments may be popular in Now En gland, they never will be accepted in the groat .West, which will never' consent to place the negro upon an equality with the whites. The vote of the opnsumation of this I Abolition measure stood as follows in the,| House Yeas —Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Ashley, Babbitt,. Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham; Francis P. Blair, Blake, Buffinton, Casey, Chamberlain, Clark, Clements, Colfax, Fred. A. Conkliug, Roscoe Conkling, Covodo, DaviO; Dawes, Delano, Duoll, Dunn, Edgorton, Ely, Fessenden, Fisher, Frank, Gooch, Goodwin, Granger, Gurley, Hale, Hickman, Hooper, Horton,. Hutchins, Julian, Kelly, Wm. Kel logg, Lansing, Lehman, Loomis, Lovejoy, Low, M'Knight, M’Pherson, Maynard Mitch ell, Moorehoad, Anson P. Mbrill, Justin S. Morrill, Nixon, IV6. Phelps, Pike, Pomeroy, Porter, A. H. Rice, J. Hi Rico, Riddle, Ed ward It. Rollins, Sargent, Sedgwick, Shanks, Sheffield, Shellabarger, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens,:Stratton, Benj. F. Thomas; Francis Thomas, I'rain, Trimble, Trowbridge, Yap Horn, Van Valkenburgh, Yerreo, Wallace, Walton, Washbiirne, A. S. White, Wilson, Windom and Worcester—Bo. Nays —Messrs. William J. Allen, Ancona, Bailey, Biddle, Jacob B. Blair, G. H. Browne, Calvert, Cobb, Corning, Cox, Dunlap, Grid er, Harding, Holman, Knapp, Law, Laitear, Mallory, May, Menzies, Noel], Norton, Nug ent, J. S. Phelps, Price, Segar, Smith, John B. Steele, W. G. Steele, Stiles, Vibbard; Yorhees. Wadsworth, Ward, Webster, Wick= liffe nod Wright—37. So the bill passed. Ah Incident of the Recent , pßESttii. An elderly gentleman from Manadaville re lates to us the following: During the terrible freshet of last week a cradle was seen com ing down the rushing waters, and being sus pected of oontsining something it wks watebdd by several persons for three or four miles, ex pecting it would, at some point .on its 1 jour ney; come near enough to the shore that it would be safe in venturing after it in a boat, i At last, at a bend in the swolon stream, the cradle came sufficiently near that it was se cured, when lo and behold, upon lifting up a light covering, a beautiful “bale looked up and smiled!” We remember of reading iii that sweet book of old of a. time when the daughter, of one of Egypt’s proud rulers went to the river side to bathe, and when something was soon in the distance, to bring which ono of her maids was sent, when upon opening n babe was seen, “which looked up and smiled.” The above incident brought the ancient one to mind. A crowd gathered around the little stranger so suddenly ushered into their midst. A kind person took the little ono into charge, and although a week has elapsed, andinqui ry upon inquiry has been made, no clue to the history of the littlo stranger has been dis covered. The supposition is that in the sud den and tremendous inundation, where entire families have been lost, this child, wrapped snugly in its littlo “ sleepy-bye,” was the only ono left. There.may bo a sad story con nected with it, if it wore only known. But only in the Great Future will all be revealed. This little waif, however, will be carefully teded by kind hearts. —Eastoti Argus. E®" Military men always attach more im portance to the bayonet , than they do to the bullet, and an army which can be brought to rely upon the bayonet is considered the best disciplined and most efficient troops, Mc- Clellan's men -appear to come nearer this state of efficiency than any other of our for ces. On Sunday the victory over the rebels in front of Richmond was won by the bayo net charges. They stood the bullets and the shells bravely, but the bayonet charges scat tered them like chaff. It is stated that in one of those bayonet charges one hundred and seventy-throe of. the rebels were killed—an amount of destruction which shows the terri ble nature of tho'weapon when wielded in de termined hands. The gallant commander, in his recent orders to his army, may well say to his men, “keep well together, throw away no shots, but aim carefully and low; above all things rely upon the bayonet.” A Hint. —Major Jack Downing once said to Gen. Jackson: " Gin’ral, I have always ob served that those persons who have a great deal to say about being ready to shod their last drop of blood, are amazin’ purtic’lar about tho first drop." There are some of tho same class of people left in this country. They are wondrous valliant in telling what should be done to the rebels, favor the raising of armies by millions, plead earnestly for others to en ter the service of the country, but never offer their own precious bodies I You can general ly toll them by their noisy habits, and blus tering method of attacking bettor people than themselves. Poor follows 1 they don’t know what a laughing stock they are for others. Where and by Whom Treason Began.— The first petition ever presented tp Congress for tho Dissolution of the Union, was from Haverhill, Massachusetts, and was signed by Abolitionists.. Ten Gents Per Day for Labor. It is stated that “hundreds of runaway and emancipated negroes are employed in Ches ter and Lancaster counties 'at ten cents per day 1" If that is the price fo which the abo- litionists.have reduced labor in those coun ties, already, to what price will they reduce it by the time they carry out their entire pro gramme ? The. question is ■quite interesting to Northern white laborers, for, not only the counties of Chester and Lancaster are con cerned in this matter, but all the counties in the free States. If the Abolitionists in Con gress succeed in liberating the four or five millions of negroes in the South, wages may bo reduced to tou'-oents per day or less, all. over the North. AVo presume the flag rocs that are working for ten cents in the counties named, are em ployed by Abolitionists, for that is about the amount of wages those extensively philan thropic,patriots would be likely to offer, to “the poor down trodden black man.” When , required to confer a practical benefit upon the negro, by diving into their own pockets, these soft-hearted gentlemen give the very poorest proofs of their sincerity of principle. After they shall have Buct;ftb(led in overrun ning the free Stat$ < witli>'freed negroes, it will be to the enetnios of their mad policy that the horde of helplosj and wretched black vagabonds will have to look for actual, prac tical kindness and benevolence. The Abolitionists will content themselves With having set the itbgroes free, and frill do no more for them, except to hilto the best of them, when for ten '£HiS or less per day 1 Tho Valley Spirit says that “ over one hun dred “contrabands” arrived in Chambers burg on MondaE’tfiid Tuesday of last week.” Fifty a day in crib village 1 Labor will soon be led cents pet day in that county; What Say th'o laboring white men to all this ? They wm arisVief 1 in Qctober. A Criticism Upon', President Lincoln's Moßlploation of Gen. Hunter’s Proclama- tion. —-The Providence (R. I.) Post, an able Democratic paper makes, the following criti cism President Lincoln’s modification of General Hunter’s order: We of course rejoice that the President has so promptly disavowed General Hunter’s in sane Abolition proclamation, and all other like proclamations, as not hnvinjg the autho rity of the Government, We rejoice that he declares void the declarations which General Hunter makes in regard to slaves in Georgia, South Carolina and Florida. lathis respect the proclamation of-Mr. Lincoln must prove highly satisfactory to all conservative men, and equally unsatisfactory to Abolitionists. But we sincerely regret, at the same time, that the President, should, seemingly, claim for himself a power which he once denied to Geueral Fremont,; on the ground that it was not conferred upon the Executive authority by the laws of the country., IfGenoral Hun ter’s declarations, like those OfEremont trans cend the boundaries which the lnw haa sot up, how can, the President, issue them, .any more than one of his Generals.? Has ho any more right t» disregard the law than General Hun ter T ' ' And we regret, also, to-find an. intimation —for such it certainly is—that he, as Cora mander-in-Chiof, knayyetdo whathe pronoun ces void in, the ease of his subordinate offi cer. It sounds to bs like a threat, to the South; like saying, “ Vpu harl better abolish slavery peaceably, lest?! dto 1 it forcibly.” It looks Solao appease the Abolition friends 'of GeifftTu) tluutcr, arid' reconcile, them to,the'precodihg paragraph of the ■proc lamation. . , (And finally, tjgi-regret that portion of the proclamation in -‘which ho urges voluntary • the 'signs of the times indicate the overthrow of the slavery institu tion. The “ signs of the times," wo assure Mr. Lincoln, are. understood to he in his keeping. He could stop this clamor for anew Union in a hour. He could render hopeless the efforts 'which‘are being made to forcibly emancipate all the ' slaves of the coun try by a single word. If -he were known to stand now just whore his first message placed him ; just wherothe Crittenden resolution— nay, and the Chicago Platform, too, and ;tho Corwin amendment of’6l—placed his party, not another word would ever bo breathed in favor of the Confiscation and Emancipation bills now before thotwo Houses of Congress. Why, then, does ho warn the South against the signs of the tiines, Certainly the seceded States, in their present excited condition, cannot be expected to commence the work of “ gradual emancipation." They could not, if they would. Why not, then, invite them, in n single sentence, to come back to the old Union, which is the Union which the Presi dent swore to preserve ? Are wo so weak—so very weak—that we must threaten to tram-, pie upon the Constitution and- obliterate State institutions, older by a century and-a half than the Constitution itself, as a means of suppressing this rebellion ? If wo are not, thqn why are these threats resorted to i Sodden Deatji. —Miss M, E. Sears, aged about 40 years, and well known to many of our readers, died suddenly at Hollidaysburg on Tuesday of last week, where she had been practicingimedicine for some time past. The Standard says that she had boon making her customary calls, through Hollidaysburg, in' the forenoon, and, stopping at the Post Office, where she received a letter from her brother in the army at Port Royal; sho proceeded to her room at the .Exchange Hotel. A short time after, Major Wind ate, the proprietor, passing by her; door, which was ajar, ob served her sitting on the Hook, against the wall, with her bonnet and walking dross still on. Believing her to be ill, he called for as sistance, but before she could bo placed upon tho bed the unfortunate woman breathed her last. A physician was ca}led in, but it was too late. Tho letter which she hack received from her brother was found upon her bed, as was also an unfinished one by herself to him. In one passage sho spoko of her fears of death; and, indeed, during the morning, whilst talk ing to a lady she had a severe attack of ver tigo. From these circumstances, and from her appearance after death, there can be no doubt that sho, died with apoplexy—which, wo believe was the verdict of tho Coroner’s jury. , Senators Cowan and Wade. —That was a flrst-rato hit of the Signified and able Sena tor from Pennsylvania, Mr. Cowan, who, up on being grossly insulted by Ben. Wade, re plied that “ when the Senator settles the little account with his colleague in the other House, it will.be time enough for mo to pay attention to that kind of remark ; till then he must ex cuse me." Until Wade does something to vindicate bis character from the imputation of Mr. Vallandiohau, he will, indeed, be unworthy of notice.from Mr. Cowan, or any other Senator. The member from Dayton has shown that, if Wade is a lion in talk, ho is a lamb in action, and like all other Aboli ' ion traitors, is a coward at heart. Taxation Desalting from Abolition. It is becoming more and more 'apparent Uiat among the other evils brought upon tho country by abolition polities and intrigue, must be counted excessive taxation. The present Congress have voted oho million and a halffor tho negro in tho District of Col umbia, besides other appropriations for his benefit in quantity yet unknown. All this must be raised by taxation.. Then, it is esti mated that 100,000 blacks are in tho aggre gate supported by Government at ■ varions points,.in almost total idleness. Saying noth ing of clothing, the “rations” of this number, at a cost of 20 cents each, amounts to $20,- 000 a day—or over seven millions of dollars per annum—and this Vast sum must also bo raised by taxation. The nionoy is being spent, and payment rtUst bo provided. There is no escaping ihe bills, and however specious the forms in which th'O tax may bo concealed, it is sure to be im posed, and sure to" fall On tiny white m'Cn of the North. “Tho labors” of the Abolition ists and ultra Republicans, “in bChalf of the black man,” may bo summed up, then, ias tho instrumentality through which impost and tax burdens are forced by millions on Northern capital tind Northern labor 1 As ah offset to this, What has it in reality accomplished for the negro ? tot the dema gogues make up their own inventory. We know not where to look for benefits to the blacks equivalent to the disasters they have brought on white Citizens.— Patriot cfc Union. lead and Buried, The Republican party of Pennsylvania is No uonfe. It has “ gone, under,” squelched, sniiSed Out, like a candle, and the opposition to Democracy in this State is to be rallied under another name and hold a State Conven tion at Harrisburg on tho 17th of July next. Well, peace to the Republican party’s ashes ; —for, under that name, these same fellows have caused tho biggest ioar that ever devas tated any nation. ■ But will this change of name avail them? Can they thus deceive the people, and make them believe that they are not tho very same men, with the same notions, ideas and pur poses that have brought all this devas tation upon our country I The people were once deceived by this change of name on the parsfof the -enemies of Democracy. That was in part, the fault of the .tricksters. Tho next time it will be the people’s fault. So says Tate of the Columbia Democrat. More TrsfniONr. —Captain John J: Ron- ‘ inson, of Tuscarawas county, now a Captain in the Eightieth Ohio regiment, hear Corinth, ■thus writes to the Holmes Couhtfj Farmer, about the damaging effects of the Abolition emancipation projects that ate being passed by the present Congress : “ The legislation of Congress on the;slavery question has greatly strengthened the rebel cause in the south-westi The rebel leaders now say, “ Did. wo' not tell you what the Abolitionists would do if they, succeeded,’’ The Abolitionists have thrown all the doubt ful and waveririg oh the sidq of the rebels, except a very few, who count the charioes of suc cesses and act accordingly. 1 Itis hard for sold iers toorush Secession when Congress is tramp ling upon tho Constitution, and enforcing the dogmas which aided in bringing this devasta ting war upon the country. It will take the last life’s drop.of many poor soldiers to repair the damage that the present Congress haS , done to the Unibp cause.” The above expresses the sentiments,of the whole army; and every other discreet, sensible 1 man in the Union. Jeff. Davis seems to ,' have two Congresses in his interest at the present time, and the one alt Washington ,js doing him far more good than the one at Richmond. ■ if ever Surrender. —We admire tho tone of the following, which we take from an able article in the Albany Argus, addressed to the Democracy of Now York : Fellow-Democrats, have patience, stand fast by. your principles, calmly endure the flip pant reproaches and misrepresentations with which partisan demagogues, or it may, hon est hot weak and unstable political friends assail you, When the storm of vituperation shalj have passed; and the noisy pretentious, patriots' of the day shall have shrunk’ away from- the dangers which now impend over us, tho last hope of tho nation will rest upon our courage and firmness, grounded upon an in telligent political faith, which will be equal to the terrible ordeal, and tho salvation of your country will be wrought out by vour own hands. Cherish your political principles, preserve your organization, patiently strug gle for the right, and prepare for the hour .when the work of re-establishing the Consti tution and restoring the Union will, by common consent, bo committed to your hands. Tub True Policy. —Tho Boston Post says, with great truth and significance, that “as fast as wo proceed into the enemy’s country, tho words of the New York Tribune, of Sena tor Sumner, of Lovejoy, of Hickman and Wa»e, of the Abolition meetings of Boston, follow in our footsteps. Where the power of a federal soldier has made a friend to the Union, these men of the North turn his heart to gall again. They see that a largo party here is working mighband main to coerce the President into emancipation at tho head of tho army ; they see thatthisparty would make this a war for the abolition of slavery, therefore they see a lie in our professions to sustain the laws only, and will not adhere to our stand ard. This makes tho Union sontiment of the Border States waver to and fro it makes them half our open enemies, and complicates and embarrasses the war.” THE WAR NEWS. From General Fremont’s Army. Rout of the Rebels onthe Shenandoah DEATH OF THE REBEL GEN. ASHBY. Another Battle with Jacksou’a Hebei Army. SEVERE LOSS ON BOTH SIDES. Retreat of the Enemy Washington, June 9, 1802, The following despatch was received at the War Department to-day by telegraph from Front Royal;— Headquarters, Mountain Department, 1 Aruv in tue Field llarrisonb’o, Juno 7. J 2b the E. M. Stanton Secretary of War; The army reached this place at two o’clock yesterday, driving out the enemy’s roar guard from the town. Severe skirmishing continued from that time till dark, the ene my’s roar being closely pressed by our ad vance. At four o’clock the First New Jersey caval ry, after driving the enemy-through the vil lage, fell into an ambuscade in-the roads, to the southeast of tho town, in which Colonel Wyndham, of that regiment, was captured, qnd considerable loss was sustained. Colonel Choserot, with his brogadc, subse quently engaged tho enemy'in the timber, driving him from his position and taking his camp. " At atlout eight o'clock a battalion of Colo nel Kano’s Pennsylvania regiment entered tho woods, under the direction of Brigadier General Baynard, and maintained for half an hour n vigorous attack (in which both sides suffered severely!, driving the enemy. Tho enemy attempted totshell pur troops, but a few shots from our batteries soon silenced his guns. After dark the enemy continued his re treat. ’ Full particulars will ho forwarded by mail. J. C. FREMONT, Major General ADDITIONAL PARTICULHRS OF THE TIGHT. Harrisonburg, June G, 1802. ibe advance guard of General Fremont reached Harrisonburg this afternoon, nt two o’clock. There was not fighting during the march. Jackson camped here last night, and left this.morning. A cavalry force was sent on a reconnaissance four miles beyond the. town, which came on a large rebel force of cavalry and infantry strongly posted in the woods. Colonel Wyndham, who had pushed the recconoissanco three miles further than ordered, rashly led forward the First Now Jersey cavalry, and was driven back by in fantry in ambush. Colonel Wyndham is a prisoner and Captains Sholhnfco and Haines killed or severely wounded and prisoners. Captain Charles is missing. All the officers bravely and vainly endeavored to rally their men. Captain Janeaway gallantly attempted a flanking movement,Which covered, the re treat of the First Battalion. .Ho is unhurt. The regiment lost thirty-five in killed, wound ed and niissing. ' , General Bayard, with the “Bucktail” or Kane Rifles and First Pennsylvania cavalry, and Ohesorot’s brigade of the Sixtieth Ohi j and Eighth Virginia, Wore ordered forward to the support, and drove the body of the ene my from their position, rind captured their camp and some stores, with loss. The Kano Rifles, numbering over one hun dred and twenty-five,men, found themselves opposed and flanked in the woods by four re giments of infantry and cavalry, and before they could be withdrawn suffered severely. Lieutenant Colonel Kane is severely wound ed and a prisoner. Captain Tyler whs also wounded and captured. Captain W.F. Blanch ford was wounded severely. Lieutenant J.J.S. Wayne was probably killed. After a most gallant tight the Rifles were driven back, with a loss of Ufty-five killed,. wounded and missing. The febeisbrOught up their artillery and used it with affect. Jackson is thought to have let the main road, and has either halted the main column 1 for battle or greatly strengthened, his rear guard, and pasted his trains, which aijo in confusion, on the road.. "WASHINGTON, Juno 10. The following was received'at the War De partment this morning : Iv the Fiet.d, 1 HARRISONBURG, June 7—9 P. M. J To the Hon, E. M. Stanton Secretary of. War; The attaokupon tho enemy’s roar yesterday, precipitated his retreat. Their loss in killed and 1 wounded was very severe, and many of both were left on tho Soldi Their, retreat was by ah almost impassable road, along whiph many wagons were left in the woods and'wagori loads of blankets, clothing, and other equipments are piled up in all '.direc tions.;’ During the evening many of the reb els were' killed -by shells- from a battery of Gen. StahUs Brigade! . ... Gen. Ashby, who coveted the retreat with his whole cavalry'force'and throe regiments of .infahtry, who exhibited admirable', skill and audacity, was among the kilted. Gen. Milroy made a reconnaissance to-day, about seven miles on thePoit llepublio road, arid discovered a portion of the enemy’s force encamped in the timber. J. 0. FREMONT, Major General Commanding. Interesting from East Tennessee. FROM HARPER’S FERRY. New York, Juno 16*. A special dispatch to the Tribujie, dated Harper’s Ferry to day, says : , General AVool, accompanied by his staff, paid a hurried visit here to-day. The Gener al thoroughly inspected Tioliver. Heights and .the adjacent country. From the feeling exhibitedby the secession ists in, the vicinity of Martinsburg and Win chester some credit may be attached to the ru mor that Jackson has again been largely re inforced, but while I have confidence in the ability of General Fremont to successfully cope with Jackson in.the valley, it is believed that, oven in the event of his meeting with a’ reverse, the preparations, which Generals Banks and Sigel are making in the vicinity of Winchester .will render any success the rebels may achieve of short duration. The bridge across the Potomac at this point was completed this morning, and its security tested by the passage of a heavy burden train. The road between here and , Winchester is being rapidly repaired, and it is believed the Government will have it in in a'few days.. - • Important from the Shenandoah. Complete Victory Over Jackson in the Battle of Cross Keys. Five Hundred of the Rebel Dead Found on the Field. RETREAT OP THE ENEMY ACROSS THE SHENANDOAH, &0., &0., &c.. ATashington, Juno 11. —Advices received at the War Department state that General Jackson’s army attacked General Shields’ advance on' Monday morning, near Port Re public. The conflict is said to have been maintained for four hours by about 2,00'0 of our men against the main body of Jackson’s array. The enemy’s force became so over whelming in numbers that our advance was compelled to fall back, which it did in good order, until it mot the main body of General Shields’command, near Conrad’s store. As soon as this was effected, the enemy in turn retired. The fighting is said to have been very seve re, and the loss heavy on both sides, PARTICULARS OF THE FIGHT, Luiiay, Ya., June 10, via Washington, June 11,—Colonel Carroll, commanding the 4th Brigade, consisting of the 84th Pennsyl vania, 11th. Pennsylvania, 7th Indiana, and Ist Virginia Regiments, numbering altogether about 1,600 strong, reached Port Republic on Sunday. A reconnais sance was made and the enemy found to be in the town. After a skirmish, Colonel Carroll concluded to hold the bridge, and or dering that_ i t should not'be burned, put his guns in position to command it. At 0 o’clock on Monday morning he was °P® ne| i °n by some twenty heavy guns, which had been placed in postion by the enemy during the night. Our forges tried to reach the bridge repeatedly, in order to destroy it, but they wore met by storms of bullets, and were obliged to retire. • A largo cavalry force of the enemy then crossed the bridge-and attacked our troops, while thoir infantry followed. I Our men opposed them at evory^teiT^ , driving them back with heavy loss . 11 in mb ora, after Gen. Tyler’s Third’BrL,' 0 arrived, wore so much inferior to the enon. . —theirs, being at least five td-one Vhat i? r was impossible to hold our position and „ word compelled to fall back, our boys ing ovoty foot of the way. J ° After falling back some throe of four miles a body of cavalry ; ,wpro sent to attack, us but were received in silch a manner ns to comnel them to retire, when the engagement ended having lasted about five flours. ’ Our loss in killed and woundod isnot known but it is largo, ns.is also that of the enemy’ Wb lost a largo number of prisoners. During the fight Colonel Onrroli’s horse fell with him, injuring the Colonel badly. Captain Reilly, of General Shields’ staff was badly injured in tlie head. He received praise from all who saw him fighting. Colonel Buckley, of the 29th Ohio Res-;, mont. was badly wounded. His men charged throe tinies in order to get him, but he was carried off by tho enemy. .General Ashby, of tho Black Horse Caval ry notoriety, was positively killed during tlie ’ fight at the bridge over Middle river. • Captain Keogh 'charged with a body of cavalry and held the bridge for some time’ during a terrible storm of grdifih ’ This was one of tho most hotly contested en gagements of tlie whole war, ns indicated by the loss, compared with the numbers engag ed. who fought like demons. ° Two regiments from the First Brigade ar rived in time to assist in covering the retreat. The pioneer corps also helped. Colonel Buckley has arrived hero wounded. Fhesiomts Headquarters, 1 Port Republic, Va., Juno 10, 1802. J The army advanced early this morning in lino of battle, but finding no enemy, proceed ed in column through tho woods, and over thd country to Port Republic. Everywhere were evidences of tho oomplot ness of yesterday’s shecess. The battle was fought at Cross Keys, and takes that name. The rebel loss was great superior to ours. They left their dead and'mnny wounded on the field. Not.less,than five hundred dead were found, and many wounded! Two of their guns were loft behind, which we captured this morning. Captain Dun kef, of General Fremont’s staff,. was killed. Captain Gittorman, of Cluserntt’s staff, was scveroly'wouudod. Nor other Staff officers Word wounded. : The rebel Wounded Were found. in every house along the road. Ambulances, wagons, arras and clothing strewed the field.' Forty of our wounded, taken prisoners, were left in a ••huroh, and wore retaken. The Sixth Louisiana lost all fctft thirty men. The enemy retreated till midnight, and this morning their rear guard crossed tlie Shenan doah at this place and burned the bridge. From General M’Clellan’s Army.' ADVANCE OF OUR PICKETS Skirmishlitg with (lie JGiicniy. ■Washington, -. Advices from Gen. M’Olellan’s headquar-' tors this evening state that a rcc-onnoisfrince made this morning, ns far as Meadow Bridge,- found tho enemy quiet but in force. Sohio' skirmishing had taken place during tho day,- but with little result on either side. The’ weather was good, and the.roads and grounds drying rapidly. A gentleman of eminence, directly fronv tho headquarters of tho Army of the Potomac,- expresses the opinion,: based upon what he learried from interviews with military officers, that.the tnking.of Richmond by our forces is merely a question of time. CASEY’.S DIVISION AT FAIR : OAKS. ; The following important received from Major-General McClollanT;' Headquarters Army of the Potomac, > , Thursday, June 5, 18(52. ]" Bon. li. JIT. Stanton, Secretary of War : ■My despatch of the Ist inst., stating that Geni. Casey’s Division) which was in the first dine, gave way unaccountably and discredi tably, was based apotf)ofljeial statements made to mo before I arrived upo'p thp field of battle, and while I was there, by;soveral com manders. From.statements made to mo sub sequently, by Generals ■ Casey and Naglee, I am induced to believe that portions of the di vision behaved well, and made a most gall ant stand against superior numbers, but at present the accounts are too conflicting to enable me to discriminate with'certainty.—' When the facts are clearly ascertained, the exceptional good conduct will be properly ac knowledged. (Signed) Geo. B. McClellan, Major-General Commanding. The Killed Wounded, and Missing at the Battle of Fair Oaks. OFFICIAL STAX'EMEiVT. Washington, June B.—The followingstnto mentofthe loss in the battle of Fair Ouks has boon 1 received at the War Department: To the Ron. B. M. Stanton, Secretary of H'ar : Statement of tiio killed, wounded, and missing on the 31st of May and Ist of Jane,. 1862,.in front or Richmond. .. , Killed. Wound. Miss. Gon,” Sumner's 2d corps . 183 ' 894 14® Gen, Holtzuiman's 3d corps -259 980 155 Gou. Keyes' 4th corps ■ 448 1,753 1 -021 Total. •. . 800 ’ 3,(527 1,222 Grand total killed, wounded and missing . 6,730. A nominM list will bo furnished ns soon as (O data can be received. G. B. McClellan. Major-General Commanding, IMPORTANT FROM MEMPHIS. Memi-his, June 14. A citizen of this city, who has taken the 1 oath of allegiance, has just returned from Grenada, Miss., and reports that a rebel array, 05,000 strong, has concentrated there—that business was brisk and provisions plenty. • The following is a copy of the oath admin istered to rebel officers and soldiers who vol untarily deliver themselves up; I solemnly swear that I will'boar true alle giance to the United States, and support and sustain the Constitution, and the laws there of ; that I will maintain the .national sover-- eignty, paramount to that of all State, county or corporate powers; that I will discourage, discountenance, and forever oppose secession,- rebellion and disintegration of the Federal 1 Union ; that I disclaim and denounce all faith and fellowship with tho so-called Confederate' States, and Confederate armies and pledge 1 my property and my life to the saorod per formance of this my solemn oath of allegiance; to tho Government of the United States of America. There is much alarm among the whites o f Crittenden county, Arkansas, opposite this’ city, in consequence of the discovery of a de sign on tho part of several hundred of tho ne groes of that cqunty to simultaneously run away and present themselves to the Federal commander for protection. : There are about 4,000 negroes in the county, and only a few hundred whites, seine of whom are coming, here, nolj deeming it' safe to remain among the negroes. - A conipany of cavalry, tho advance guum of General Wallace's command, reached her yesterday, and Gen. Wallace will probah / arrive to-day, and take command of tho enj- There is nothing so strange but that counterpart may bo found when the W* B sought after. Thursday, Juno 12.
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