AMERICAN VOLUNTEER JOHN I). CMTTO.V, Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., AUGUST 14, 1862. O U H. FLAG. Jl f^^yvV *• Forever float that standard sheet! ■ B7ier« breathes the foe but falls before usl inih Freedom’s soil beneath our feet, ■ And. Freedom’s banner waving o’er us ! ” ~ State Tickcl. ‘FOR AUDITOR GENERAL: ISAAC SLENKER, _ . UNION. COUNTY. FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL: . JAMES P. BARE, PITTSBURG. ■ . To a Weather. —During the whole of last •week, the weather was most oppressively warm. Men were indisposed to work, and it was.hcst to-impossihlo to write. The ther mometer stood in the ninetieths the entire week, and those having a superabundance of fat,. must,have suffered terribly. "Verily, the dog, days are upon us. . 0-17“ VVe hope all our citizens'will put up a few Cans of Fruit, or make, some'Blackberry ■ Cordial, or Wine, or put up piokles, Beets, Cabbages, <fe.c.’, for the use of the army. Much sickposs and many valuable lives may he saved hy a little'attention to,these sugges tions, and if every family puts up a little fur-this patriotic purpose, , our gallant soldiers will have,abundance. ' Don’t forget. .. Contributions be Kail-Roads. —Wo no tice with pleasure, that most of the fail-roads of our .country—and particularly those that have boon' benefited by the war —have madp liberal contributions in aid of neve troops and the war. Our Cumberland Valley Railroad, however,'is an exception, fof.j-hotwithstand-, ing its.f-bceipts have been increased enor mously. since the war commenced, and owing, too, (iltogether to the, war, it has not contri buted a farthing.' The menowning this road are making fortunes, because of our, national troubles, and it would, bo right and prdpor that- they ‘' shell out”. Some ton or twelve thousand dollars in aid of our glorious Union. ! Let them'- do it, and thus show a desire to as sist the Govor'nment in its troubles.- Those •receiving' the favors and bounties of the na tion, should bo the'first to render means to, V stiffen the sinews of war.” . Goon ' von, tiie Smiths.— lt is .proverbial that the universal Smith family is-gallant and patriotic. Among the members of Capt. Porter’s, company, which left heroon Satur day hist, ivei-o five of the name of Smith, all brothers, and sons of our respected townsman, David Smith, Eiq. Their names respective ly are, George'-S., Charles A., Theodore' U., William ll..and James A. Smith. Those young soldiers all Democrats,, and sons of a good Democratic sire ; and should they, come into close contact With .the’ enemy, will ■doubtless show' the inei'al they are made of, by hammering themmost unmercifully. All honor to tho Smith boys, and theirDomoorat ic parents. Is there any Republican in bur county who will furnish five sons lor, the ar my? • . Volunteering.— Cumberland County has nobly responded to.the call of the President for volunteers. Two companies were naked •for; and we have already seat fow, .and' had the time been extended for a week or ten days, hcv more would have volunteered.— Cumberland has now twelve companies in the army, eight of which are in active service.— Carlisle itself Ims. furnished six full compa nies, four of which, viz: Capt. Kuhn's, Capt, Henderson's, Capt. Dwe-an’s, and Capt. Kauffman’s, have already performed arduous service. In the battles near .Richmond, the three latter companies participated, and that of Capt. Henderson was'terribly cutup. Its ranks, we believe,! have already been filled up from this borough. All honor to Cumberland County! She hat! more than performed her part, but is ready to-do more. If the other coun ties of the State have done as well, our quota has-been more .than,filled.,. With such an immense army of patriots and gallant men as Pennsylvania alone can bring into the field, the South must succumb, and the insane rebellion soon ter minate. God grant that the day is not far distant. ■ Green Fruit.—As green apples, pears, ami Other unwholesome fruits aro beginning to make their appearance in our market, we would recommend all who have regard for their health, and do not wish to bo taken sick .with the cholera morbus, and other complaints which prevail at this season of the year, to abstain from eating the kind of fruit in largo quantities. Ripe and fresh fruits are whole some articles of diet, but nothing can be more injurious than an unguarded indulgence of the appetite manifested by some people for wntipo Iruit. By being careful as to the kind iand quantity of fruit used, the payment of large fees for -medical attendance will bo avoided. . The 46xn Regisiest.—ln the bile despe rate engagement near Culpepper C. H„ the gallant 4Ctb Pennsylvania regiment acted nobly and suffered severely. All the field officers and a great number of the Hue offi cers were seriously wounded. Col. Knife, it is feared, received h mortal wound, .Lieut. Col. Selfbidoe, Mai. Matthews and Adjt. Porn aro all seriously injured, and hundreds ol the men of the Regiment were killed or wounded. A great many of the men compo sing this Regiment arc Harrisbnrgers, ami a number belohg-to thiscoanty. ,1 GLORIOUS SPIRIT AROUSED*. The patriotic impulses of tbo sovereign people are now fully and but one sentiment pervades the Northern sentiment of deep, determined resistance to the infamous traitors in arms against the Gov ernment. Iminonso bodies of troops—troops animated by the spirit of their forefathers — aro pouring into camps, to receive the weap ons of war to bo used against the merciless wretches who have dared to lift their voices and their hands against tho best country and best Government ever Vouchsafed to man.— “ Down with the traitors," is now tho watch words of tho people of the North. IVo haw, thus.far,' been too lenient with tho enemies of our country; and our loyal people are at length convinced that it was a mistaken pol icy, however well intended, to deal tenderly with men whoso sworn purpose it'was and is to destroy tho country, the Constitution and laws bequeathed ns by our veteran fathers.— Forbearance, therefore,-has ceased to bo a vir tue, and henceforth we must usesoveritywbon wo contend with rebels. Let all conditions of men assist then to “ push on the column," and those who from business or family relations or incapacity, can not themselves join the army, should freely contribute their means to the destitute fami lies of those who have gone. There should be no niggardly, miserly men these times, but all who can should give of their means freely to encourage enlistments, and tbenthank their God that they had it in their power to give. Cost what it may in life and treasure, this unhappy contest must ho put through to tho bitter end. Tho Union must not be dissolved; the Constitution must not be mocked at. If, in our efforts to restore the Union, we involve ourselves in . bankruptcy-and ruin, so bo it. The war was commenced by . the South, and will be ended, by the North, be it scon or re mote. Enlist then, young men, now that your country calls. Both humanity and poonpmy dictate the necessity of strong measures and a strong army. A draft may not become noo ossary if the whole people put their shoulders to the wheel-and assist, by every, means ,in their power,, to crush the traitors and the re bellion. Cumberland county, has- thus for acted nobly, and we have no doubt, if our pa triotic people come, up to the work manfully and with alacrity, wo will be able to, send a full regiment to the field.. So mote it bo. A Week 0/ Excilcment, During.the whole of last week, the citizens of our borough were kept in a continual whirl of excitement. On Monday morning, at an early hour, wo were awakened by the firing of minute guns at the Carlisle Barracks ; 13 rounds were fifed in honor of the memory of - Ex-President Mabtin Van Buren, recently deceased, and' at sundown, thirty-four guns were firedwith the same object. Wo believe that on' the same day, national salutes were fired at every military post and fort in the Union'. All honor to the memory of a great and good man. .... .On-the same ,morning,, the Chambers’ In fantry, from Chambersbufg, passed through on the cars for Harrisburg. On Tuesday morning, Captain John Lee’s' Carlisle company of recruits, about 70 strong, took its departure -for Camp Curtin, Harris burg, amid the repeated cheers of a largo number of citizens, and strangers, who had assembled at the Bailfond Station to bid the boys “ good bye." . They departed .in excel lent spirits, end will no doubt give a good ac count of themselves; This company is not quite full, but its ranks are rapidly filling up. ’ On Wednesday morning, one or two-com panies from Franklin county passed through, and were repeatedly cheered by our citizens. . On Thursday morning, three splendid com panies also passed through. One of them was from Nowvillo, this county, commanded by. Capt. Laogulin, and 97. men. Another, from Shippensbnrg, also in this county,- Major Kel so as captain, had nearly its full complement of men. A company from Franklin county | wont through at the same time. On Friday, morning, a company from Chambersburg, having its full complement, departed for camp Curtin. Verily the war spirit iafairly aroused. In the evenings during the entire week, the music of the drum,and fife-might bo hoard, and Capt. PoiiTEa’s.recruits were continually drilling, preparatory to.taking up the Uuo of march. But the great event of tho'week was the departure on Saturday morning, for camp Curtin, of Capt. Pohtee’s fine company of re cruits. Its ranks were more than full, num bering 103 men. This was the Carlisle com pany par excellence, being mainly composed of citizens of thobprough, many of whom arc married men. One family alone, '(that of Sheriff Salmi’s) furnished fiee 'of its gallant sons to, swell tho ranks. Long before the hour of departure, the street in the vicinity of the station was filled with a vast multitude of men, women and children, from town and country, all anxious to sec tho men off, and to shake bands with tho departing braves.— Fathers and mothers were there, wives and sweethearts were there, and children were there, many with tears in their eyes, to bid, it may bo,, a last farewell to sons, husbands and fathers, and to wish God speed, success, and a speedy return to* the beloved ones. The cars departed amid, tho cheers and plaudits of the men and the waving of hand kerchiefs by.tho ladies,, which wore respond ed to by loud shouts from tho soldiers. An other company from Chambersbnfg passed down in this train. Since the departure for the seat of war of go many of our citizens, Carlisle will wear a more than Sabbath stillness and there will be many a solitary homo. No matter; if they can contribute in the least in crushing out this monster rebellion, their relatives and friends will not regret their absence. The President Refuses to Accept Negro Soldiers. —A deputation of Western men called upon the President last Monday to tender ttlo services of two regiments of color led soldiers. They wore attentively hoard, hut the President positively declines to put arms in the hands of negroes. Ho says it would ho the signal for the Border States to turn against the Union, and wo cannot afford to lose them. Ho intends to carryout the i'hnanoipation and Confiscation acts thorough ly, and proas the war with the utmost vigor ; ho will employ all slaves in any available manner oscept ns fighting men. v ■ TUB LIST COSOBESS. . The Carlisle Herald of tho Bth instant, contains an article of a column in length, eu i logistic of tho last Congress, in which it “as sorts boldly that the Republican delegation to tho Inst Congress is fully equal, in ability, integrity add patriotism to any equal num ber of members of any Congress, which has convened in Washington during the last twenty years I” So I Well, perhaps tho Her ald differs with us in opinion ns to what con stitutes “ability, integrity and patriotism.” Now wo know not whether the production in tho Herald of which wo aro speaking, “ origi nated" in tho fertile brain of its “ editor, and proprietor,” or whether it is,a street contri bution, nor do we care ; but this we do know, that tho last Congress was , a curse to the country ; every officer in the army, who is not a crazy rampant Abolitionist, says so ; the people say so. It is a fact admitted by all reflecting men of all parties, that the acts of-the last session of Congress dope more to aid, tho cause of the rebels, than all the Suc cesses of tho Southern forces.- Not;only did the Abolition majority in Congress paralyze the efforts of the Federal armies by unwise legislation on tho negro question, but all the. leaders of that party became engaged in Gov ernment contracts, by which either the na tion vfas robbed, or tho bravo soldier swindled out of tho food and clothing which he should have received. This will not bo . denied while such oases as that of Senator Simmons, and Alexander Cummings, and John Tucker, and Simon Cameron and General Fremont, and hundreds of others, are still fresh in tho memories of all. But, saysthoNcraW, “not a single Repub- lican Senator ever advocated secession, or ever gave treason, either actual or moral aid. This tiie Volunteer knows." Wo know no such thing. On the contrary, we know just the reverse. Perhaps the course of such men as Sumner, Wade, Lane, Wilmot,, Stevens and Lovejoy, was not intended by .'them ,to give “ aid find comfort to the enemy," hut yet their speeches and votes had this effect. The Herald reminds iis that daring the late session four Democratic Senators (Southern men) wore expelled for treason. Served 1 them right;-but suppose the Republican Senators and Members who had been engag ed in stealing had been expelled, how many , would have been left? Tory few we opine. Senator Cowan of this State might have re: taihod his seat, but Mr. C. has been repudiated and discarded by his party, for no other rea son that wo.can see, except that he is a loyal aud honest man. The immaculate Simmons, of §50,000 notoriety, is a pet of . the Republi cans, and be was not, expelled, and the rea son why ho was hot is well understood. Oven by “ common people.” But, if our opinion is not sufficient to con vince the Herald that the last Congress wee an ,infamous body, wo will produce the testi mony of anotbor-r-the testimony of Hon. Les lie Coojibs, who has boon a life-long oppo nent of the Democratic parly, and who voted for Lincoln, . Mr. Coosins, of iContucky, is a man whoso devotion to the Uuion has at no time been questioned; Ho has.labored unre mittingly against disunionism and secession ism. Under dale "of May 19lh, 1862, he wrote a letter to R. Craves, Esq., of New York city, in which ho says : “We have thirty thousand gallant volun teers in the field, ready to die lor the cause, and yet the. ultra legislation now being pressed by the Abolition traitors in Congress is doing us infinite mischief, and putting us in political and personal jeopardy in our ap proaching August election. We feel our selves in much greater danger from the hands of secretly organized and armed trai tors in our midst—stimulated by the intem perate Abolitionists in Congress—than wo do from their public armies." The Recent Arrests at Harrisburg.— The Provost Marshal of Washington visited Har risburg on Tuesday of last week, and caused tho arrest of Messrs. Barrett & McDowell, proprietors, and also Messrs. Foster and Jones, editors of the Patriot t& Union news paper, who wore on the following day taken to Baltimore and lodged in Fort McHenry.— The offence alleged to have been committed by tho parties, was the issuing of a handbill from the, office of tho Patriot & Union, calling upon the colored men of Harrisburg to enlist in the colored regiment of General Jim. Lane, which being put up about the,streets of that city caused much excitement.. There was no authority for the act, and as it tended great ly to inflame the. public mind, the attention of the Government was called to it by tho military authorities at Harrisburg, and Gen eral Wadsworth, on investigating tho facts, ordered tho parties to be taken jnto custody. It is duo to Messrs. Barrett & McDowell to say they disclaim all knowledge of the af fair, while their character is a guarantee that they would give no countenance to any such act of meanness. Tho issuing of this forged placard was wholly inexcusable, the more so 'as,it not only tends to excite violence, but gave to the enemies ol Messrs. Barrett & McDowell a pretext for unjustly charging upon them hostility'to the Government. Senator Cowan.—One of tlio ablest advo cates of Constitutional liberty, in tlio United States Senate, is Hon. E. Cowan, of this State. Although differing with him in poli tics, we cannot but admire his manly and pa triotic course in opposition to the wild and dangerous schemes of the abolitionists to overthrow the government and trample upon the Constitution. In one of his late speeches, in discussing the ViU which provides provi sional governments for certain districts, ho uttered the following patriotic sentiment. If there were a majority of such mon in- Com gress we might confidently hope that this terrible rebellion and war would soon bo at an end. He said : “ The only way the Union could ho restor ed was that every part : should enjoy its rights. In any other way wo could not suc ceed. He looker! upon the scheme to thrust emancipation down the throats of the South in the same light as the attempt of the South to thrust slavery on the North. lie wanted to make friends with the South, and not make weapons against us. The country was not to be saved by initiating legislation and schemes, in favor of the negro, but by war against the rebellion and kindness to loyal people. Ho believed the system of legisla tion pursued boro brought us to tho condition wo aro now in and massed the enemy against us. Where is now tho great army! And shall wo go on fighting, as if we wore tho Abolition party fighting against the pro slavery party!" , K7“The health of Gov. Curtin isimproving.. Quarreling Over the Spoils. ■ The pose of Samdbl Norms, of Springfield, Moss., vs. Tho Providence Tool Company, lias been decided in the U. S._ Circuit Court at Providerioo.R.' 1,, resulting in o' verdict of $13,500 for Mr, Norris. So bnd sued the company ,for payment of his services in pro curing a gun contract. Mr. Norris' claimed, that be first suggested to the agent of the com pany the possibility of getting a contract for the-manufacture of Springfield muskets; that he was chiefly instrumental in getting the contract, aided by Senators Simmons and An thony, and that by an agreement with the company, -if he obtained n contract for 5.0,r 000 muskets, he should have all ho "could go t over $l5 each, and if a contract of 25,000 ’muskets, all over $l7 each. A contract for 25,000 was. obtained of Secretary Cameron at $2O ;eaoh, Senator Simmons going with Mr. Norris to the office of the Secretary of War, and jending hrslinfluenoo-for, this.plirpose. - Another contract was afterwards obtained at the same price. The ogent of the compa ny denied having made any agreement with Mr. Norris ,to give him all over $l7 per mris ket, anil' the company asserting that if such an agreement had been made the agent had no authority for doing so. Hence the suit, which has resulted in the verdict ,above,' which is a good deal better then nothing, though' but asmall.part of the $75,000 sued for. It came out on the trial that Senator Simmons claimed 20 cents per musket, as a present, and that the company had paid him $5,000. It will bo remembered that Mr. Norris was ac cidentally instrumental in exposing the Sim mons part in the Subttrth contracts, by which the sharp Rhode Island’ Senator Vra's to have made $50,000, hut principally succeeded in making his name a stink to all honest men. - The Pennsylvania Reserves.—Gen. Sey mour has been assigned to the command of the Pennsylvania Reserves, in place of Gen eral McCall, who was taken' prisoner in the recent battles before Richmond. General Seymour graduated at West Point, in M’Clei.- lan’s class, and served with great distinc tion, as an artillery officer hi Mexico.* He was one of only two who ascended to the summit of Popocatepetl, the rest of the party having succumbed to the extreme cold and the burning sleet; and more recently during a visit to Europe, he made the ascent of Mont Blnne with no companion but the guide. After raising a company of the Fifth United States Artillery, in which regiment he is a Captain, he commanded Camp Cam eron, at Harrisburg, for several months. There he organized several batteries, and was appointed chief of artillery to tho Re serves, entirely re-organized, that arm in the interval between Manasses and Alexandria. In May ho was appointodßaigadier General, and assigned the command of Grd’s brigade in the Reserves—the brigade which won the battle of Drainesvillo. For ttio Volunteer. Editor of the Volunteer. —In the Carlisle Herald of the Bth ulfc.,l find the following article: '■ “Theason in Fuanktord Township.—We are informed by a responsible ; citizen of Fnuikford township,' that three or four of tins leading Democratic politicians of that neigh borhood are using their utmost endeavors to prevent enlistments,''' at they have already dissuaded a number of young men from join ing the Nmvvillo companies, with the argu ments that ‘‘Democrats should have.nothing to do with this war." Is not hanging too good for these miscreants V According to a late order of the War De partment every person w.ho ■ attempts to dis courage enlistments, is liable to arrest and imprisonment. We. therefore demand the, writer of the above paragraph to point out the “three or four leading Democratic politi cians” of Frahkford towhship who have been guilty of this offense. .Wo demand him to do this, wo say, and failing to dp so, wo brand the paragraph above an infamous slander, and the writer of it a liar and a coward.— Come out with the names now, or wear the character we have affixed to you. Many Men op Frankfoud. O” There ia another newspaper published in this neighborhood, which has been for some' time past, practically but a reprint of this secession Patriot & Union. Would it not be wise for it to profit by this wholesome lesson, and change its tune before it is too late.,— Carlisle Herald. . The assertion that our paper is but n re print of the Patriots Union, is a sheer false hood, for, notwithstanding the Union has contained many able and powerful articles in defense of the war, the Union, Constitution and laws, yet it is a fact that we have copied but very few of its .articles.. As to the admo nition contained in the last sentence of the above, wo ban only ramark that it is a weak attempt in imitation of Bergner’s Telegraph, a paper that is doing more to, stir up bad blood than any dozen papers in the State. Wo can take advice from loyal men", but Abo lition zealots we will not listen to, for wo re gard them as the people do—-with contempt. Troops at Harrisburg.— There are now at Camp Curtin some 20,000 troops,. The following extract of. a letter, dated Harris burg, August 10, is important: ‘‘On the 7th of July last a calf was made on the State for twenty-one regiments of vol unteers. I leain that a communication was, .received, yesterday, from the War Depart ment, containing a requisition for militia tor the lull quota of the State under two re cent calls, each for 300,000 men. The full quota of this State under those calls will be 02,841 men, less the. number of volunteers furnished by the 15th instant, under the call of the 7th of July,’above mentioned. Penn sylvania is equal to the emergency, and will, no doubt, promptly furnish her quota, though it take every third able-bodied citizen iii the I State. The . rules and regulations to govern the draft will probably be wade public in a few days. O* Arch-Bishop Hughes is nowin Ireland, visiting the land of his birth, where ho has not ’before been for sixteen years, lie left Irolapd when a boy—poor, and unprosuming; be returns to it now in advanced years, one of tho'great lights and one of the ablest men of of his age; an aroh-bishop of the first see of America; a man consulted by Governors and the National Government in the hour of trial, a friend to the Emperor of France, who receives him with the respect due to a farth er, in his own palace lirul at his own table; the confidant of the Pope at Homo, and the inferior in his influence of no roan in the Ho man Church, except the Pope binhrelf; ■ W4B MEETING IN WASHINGTON. ■ A grand war meeting was bold at Wash ington onthe 6th inst., at the cast end of the Capitol, the Mayor of' the city’ presiding. Spirited resolutions were adopted, among which was one declaring that the hesitancy of the people to devote themselves or their property to the cause of their country arose from the apprehension that there is on the part of those, who direct our military opera tions a want of readiness to employ the whole power of the nation. Speeches were made by President Lincoln, Mr. Chittenden of the Trensiiy Department, and Ex-Governor. Bout-, well, the newly appointed Commissioner- of Internal Revenue. The following is a re port of the President’s speech : THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. Fellow-Citizens : I believe there is no precedent for my appearing before you on this occasion [applause] ; but it is also true that there -is -no; precedent' for your being hero yourselves [applause and laughter], and I offer, in justification of myself and of you, that, upon examination, I have found noth ing in the Constitution against it. [Renew ed applause.] I, however,.have an impres sion that there are younger gentlemen who. will entertain you, better [voices—“ No, no,' none can do better than yourself, go on”], and better address your understanding than I wjll or could, and,'therefore, propose hut to detain you ft moment longer. [Cries of “Go on,” &c;] lam very little inclined, on any occasion; to say anything, unless I hope to produce some good by it. [A voice—“ You do that 1 Go on 1”] The only thin" I think of just now, not likely to bo better said by some prio else, is a matter in Which we hftvO'heard some other person blamed for whftt I did my self. What is'it?”] There has been a very wide-spread attempt to' hftvo a quarrel botwecn General McClellan and the Secretary of War. Now, ! occupy ft position that enables rap to believe, at least, that these two gentlemen are not nearly so deep in the quarrel ns some presuming to bo their friends. [Cries l”l General McClellan’s attitude Is such that in the Very selfishness of his nature he cannot but wish to be success ful, and I hope he will, and the Secretary of War is precisely in tho.,same situation. If the military commander in the field cannot be. successful, not only the Secretary of War but myself, for the time beirigthe master of .them both, cannot but be failures. [Laughter and applause.] I know Gen. McClellan wishes to bo successful, and I know He does not wish it any more than the Secretary of War for him, and both of them together no more than t wish it, [Appjauso.] Sometimes we have a dispute about how many men General McClellan has had, and those who would I disparage him say that he has had a very large number, and those who would dispar age the Secretary of War insist that General McClfllan. has had a very small number. The basis;for this is, that there is always o very wide difference, and on this occasion, j perhaps, a wider one between the. grand to tal on General McClellan’s rolls and the men i actually fit for duty f and those who Would disparage him talk of grand totals on paper, and those who woulddisparage the Secretary of War talk of those at present fit for duty.. General M’Clellari has sometimes asked for things that the. Secretary did riot give hirii, and General M’Clellan is not to blame for asking for what he wanted and needed, and the Secretary of War is not to blame for not giving when be had none to give. [Ap-. plause and laughter.] -And 1 say here that, as far as I know, the Secretary of War has withheld no one thing.at any time, in my power to give him. [Wild applause and a voice exclaimed “ give him enough now !”]'X have rio -accusation' against him. X believe bp is a bravo and able man, [ap plause,] and I stand hero, as justice requires me to do, to take upon myself what, has been charged upon the Secretary of War, as With holding men.frpra him. I have talked long er than I expected to do, [cries of “ No, no !" “ Go on,”] and now I avail myself of my pri-, vilege of saying no more. ggfThe new order of the for drafting throe hundred thousand men is .re ceived with joy in every loyal. State. The people know, as well as Mr; Lincoln knows, that this rcbolliori is a “ big job;’’ and that it will require a-big force to subdue it*—but this big force they arc competent to furnish, and tli is “big job” they will soon finish after they tako hold bf .it with all their power. The point of decision is at hand—conquest or defeat must soon terminate- the contest.; hence the final struggle will bo a hard but decisive one, and if success do not crown the efforts of the loyal people, it will be because they do not wisely employ the means at their command to win it. 1 A Bit op Advice. —Senator Sumner, in his hypocritical letter to the Now York meeting, says;. , . - “What I "can do lot me do. There is no work which I will-not undertake, there is nothing ! will hot renounce, if so I can serve my country.” Well, says tho St. Louis Republican, he can serve his country by a very easy performance. Let him resign his seat in the Senate and an nounce that he will not be a candidate for re election, and then go into tho nrpiy as a vol unteer and take the front rank. Rumored Mediation op Russia. —lt is sta ted in tile N. Y. Herald’s correspondence from Paris that tho Russian government lias proposed to Franco and England a mediation in tho affairs of this country ; and it is ru mored that' the governments of those latter nations have assented to tho proposition,— Rusia being considered a Power friendly to this country, it was thought that an offer of intervention would he move acceptable than if it, came from either England or Franco. (TT" Greehev says that the fighting men of his party, who have novor smelt battle, num ber 900,000. More shame for them,.hut the draft will operate on. sonio of these windy pa triots. Intend of Staying at home and mak ing mischief by denouncing loyal Pemoorats as “ secessionists,” they will have to faoe and fight the real 'secessionists—an earnest work, and of a very different sort from that they have been engaged in for the last year or more. . Recruiting in Ohio —PnorosEn Draft. Gov. Tod, of Ohio, has decided that«uol- the 15th of August he will more boun ties. Iftheve shall bo a deficiency of volun teofs then it will be made up by draft with out bounty. Other Governors propose thp same thing, and. the Secretary of War will probably.adopt it. - The “ NoniiE Aruv op Absentees.” The Chicago Tribune of Tuesday comes to us with seven columns and a halfot names of absen tees, from the Illinois regiments alono. mo whole number, wo should estimate, at about three thousand—about equal to tbreo lull re giments. ■■ Postage Stamps Currency.—Washing ton, August 2. —Thd National Bank Note Company, wbo have the order-for the pos tage stamp currency; say thoy. will furnish' Idrgo'supplies by the 15 tit of this Wontlu Oorrospondonoo of the Volunteer. LETTER' FROJI THE ARMY. Co. A', 11th Bog.. Pa. Volunteers,,! Camp- near WAMatoo, Va., f . Aug. 4, 1862. j Mr. liralion: ■ ■ ■ ■ Dkak Sm-In compliance with your request upon pur .departure from homo to keep you informed of our movements occasionally, I embrace the present Opportunity of ep doing. This regiment, to which is attached Capt. G Kuhn’s company from Carlisle, was sent from Camp Curtin on the 26th of November last to Annapolis, Md., where it remained do inc guard duty along the Annapolis and Elk ridge B. 8., and provost duty intbe town until tlie Oth of April following, when, through the repeated efforts of our Colonel, wo wore finally relieved and ordered to report for active service at Washington, D. 0. On our arrival there wo were quartered in the buildings, adi’dining: the depot called the “ Soldier's • Ilomo.”, After remaining hero for a week {during which time wo were re lieved ofall our unnecessary baggage and pro vided wi th n ew.clothing, cam p cqui page, teams &c.,) we were ordered to Manassas, Va., which place we reached on the 17th of April. On the. following evening wb were distributed along the MunaSsas Gap B. 11. for the pur pose of protecting the road _ and telegraph lino; our company was stationed about five miles from the Junction; and guarded The road to that,point southward, arid to Gains ville the same distance on the North. Du ring pur stay here wo wbre afforded frequent opportunities of visiting the rebels’ furmer wiuter-quaftora in the vicinity and the Bull Bun battle-field ; nearly all of us have some relic of that ’ battle in bur possession, which wo piokedoff the battle field. These relics' .generally consist of fragments ofshell, secesh buttons, niuakbt of rifle balls, &o.; others have rings made out of the foot of laurel trees with Which , the battle-Beld. is in sortie portions thickly covered, Wo remained alohg the railroad until the morning of Sunday the 11th of May, at which time we received orders to pack.up. and - march to the Junction immedi ately, and there rCpoft to hoad-qnOrtors. \Vo were here-joined by 1 the- of'thb regi ment, and on the following evening took up our lino of march for Fredericksburg, Va.-—■ Wo marched during.the night and rcsteddu fing the day, and reached, Falmouth {opposite Frederioks,hurg)on thb aftSrnoort of the 16th, having slopped on our march the first day at Catlett’s Station, on tlib'Oraxigo and Alexan dria railroad ; the second at Eik Creek.—- During this day it rained very hard and in the everting wo, forded the creek and took up but quarters in a Church artd some deserted buildings about a mile from our former camp; all day of the 15th "it ruined very hard, hut notwithstanding this .Wo' marched 16 miles and took up our quarters in another church.;;. the day following, as I have already' men tioned, we reached Falmouth, where we went into camp again. At this place wo were at tached to the 3d brigade of M’Duwoll’s divis ion, under the command of Brig. Gen, Hart suff. This brigade is.composed of the 9th N. Y,, 12th and 13th Mass., and 11th Pa. regiments of InfantrJ, the Ist Maine Cavalry, and. two sections of the sth Maine Artillery. ■ The N, Y. and Mass, regiments were formerly under the command or Brig. G>on.‘Abercrombie, of Geh. Banks’ division, hut were transferred to .M’ Dowell’s division early in the spring. During our, stay at that oamp we were re viewed. by Oen. M’Dowell, and also a tow days after by President bin coin. AT e were also practiced, for a couple of hours each day in knapsack drill, i. o. drilled with our knap sacks on, a drill to which wo arc anything but partial.. , , On Sunday, the 25th of May. wo . received intelligence Of Bank’s retreat down the valley , and also an order to march to his relief im mediately. AVe wore isoon ready to move, and firiaUy .got started about_4 o’clock .in the evening having been joined in the,.meantime by a portion Brigade ; wOmftrched to Acqua Creek .that night, and the nest morning took passage on steamboats for Al exandria, marched through the, town.at mid-, night, and took the ears lor Manassas again. At this place we wore again joined by our cavalry and artillery, which had come .by land, and wo started on a forced march fur, wo know not where, on the morning o't the 29th-; onr forces on this march amounted to about 25,000 men, consisting of Gen, Shields’ division of 12,000, Rickets?, Diiryea’s arid ’our brigades,.making at least 13,000 more.-—:. These brigades, were under the command of Mnj. Gen. Ord, who was accompanied by our fellow-townsman, A. B. Sharpe, as one of his aids, whose kind woids and. pleasant counte nance cheered us frequently on our wearisome march, 1 About noon of our first day’s march, we were marched-froin the main road across fields to the railroad, where V& took passage on the cars. A rumor spread among us to the effect that our advance was then engag ing the enemy at a place called Keetbrtowu, and that upon bur speedy arrival depended the result; this rumor was unfounded, how ever,as following circumstances proved. AVe were conveyed to a place called Thoro fare Gap, where wb encamped (or the night; the following day wo marched about 15, miles further, and encamped in a elover field; du ring the night it ramed harder than I ever knew it to rain before or since, and as we had not put up our “ Ponchos” as carefully as wo ought, as a consequence we all got soaking wet; this, however, did not deter us from ta king up our march at 5 o’clock next morning. Ou our arrival at a place called Piedmont, wo were ordered to leave our knapsacks; ns we would be required to reach Front Royal 1 or its vicinity that night, and as the road over which we were to march was a very rough oiib, If was deemed advisable to have us carry as little weight as possible; vre were also here supplied with rations of hard bread, sugar and coffeethe heads \vera knocked in the barrels, and we were all allowed to have as mueh as we thought proper to carry ; hero wo also saw the first evidence, of jhe presence, of rebels—a small railroad bridge having been destroyed by them...- Towards .evening we left the main road and. marched along the railroad until our passage was stopped by several ears piled up bn each other on an em bankment some 100 feet high; the removal of these occupied some 20 minutes, when we again moved on; the track that had formerly been on the embankment was now laying eh the bottom of it in one entire section of at least 100 yards; how it was‘moved in that manner I am at a loss to conjecture. . i < Wo encamped about 9 o’clock that night in a p'uio thicket; wo didn’t have much sleep, owing to & heavy rain and the cool tempera ture of the air, which we felt quite sensibly, having no blankets, The next morning, (Sunday,) however, wo heard the spuqd of heavy cannonading in the distance, and an order for us to examine and throw away con demned nmunition and supply ourselves with 50 rounds apiece of perfect partridges, and, piatph to'Front Royal immediately, was suf ficient to convince the' moist skeptical of us. that an en gagometit■ was' likely to take place very shortly. Fortunately (for some of us, no doubt,) we wore disappointed, for about amile bn the otheVsido of the town we were halted and received the news that Jackson had made good his escape. The forces hero consisted of at least 40,000 men, and we wore here di vided to endeavor to out off his retreat if pos sible. Our brigade was ordered to cross the Shenandoah and proceed to Strnaburg, but owing to the heavy rains the roads had become impassable and bridges being swept away and wb, had to halt some three miles from there. Our wagons also become separated from us, and wo suffered for rations a day or two. On the 4th of Juno wo marched back to Front Royal, whore, as a compensation for our trials and troubles, wo wore visited by the paymaster, who distributed tli each- of us our portion of" green backs’’ fos’two months’ ser vice. . • ■ ' i , . , After a rest of ..about two w-eeks hero d ’ ring which tirotf ojus of our company n cc i,i„, u ’ tally shot himsolfin tho arm, wo returned b railroad to Manassas’, whei-b wo romninM until the morning of the 4th of July when we again took dp our lino of march’ for (I hope) Biehmond. Wo wore encamped at Warrenton until the 22nd, when we packed' up and came to our present camp, abouty miles from there. During our stay at War ronton we wore again visited by tho Paymas" ter.' - ' We are now a portion of tho Army of Vir, ginia, under thb immediate command of Mai' Gen. Pope, and we are all flattering ourselves that wo will bo engaged in the next attack on Biehmond. Wo wore reviewed by our now commander on last- Friday morning. The evening previous wo were informed of his in. tontion and ordered to bfl in line at 6 o’clock, on the following mornin'g,' With clothing, guns and equipments in the best possible condi tion. Like good soldiers we obeyed, and of. ter an interval of about 20 minutes our ex pected visitor' made his appearance, followed by quite a retinue of officers and - hisjiody, guard. ■ He rododip arld du.wn the lino, mid then took his departure. Wo are all highly, pleased with tho change of commanders, fu\- Gen. Pope has inaugurated quite a different policy to what Gen. M’Dowblf practiced. , . The health of. our company has boon ex ceedingly good since our departure from Camp Curtin. We have had hut one death, ’and at pt-esent we have hut throe absent sick;, there are none of the Carlisle,boys sick at all. We have a very pleasantly located camp at present, with 1 plenty of good fresh water; how long We may remain here lam unable to say; we are all anxious to march forward and make an effort to wind this war up. More anon. , Tin.' THE «m R Order for the Arrest of Person^ Discouraging Eniislments. Washington; August B.—The following order was issued this morning: Wait DEPAnTjntNT, ) Washington; August 8,1862. J Ordered first. That all United Marshals and Superintendents, and Chiefs of Police of any town, city or district; be and they are hereby authorized and directed to arrest and imprison any person of persons Who may Do engaged by not, speech or writing, in discour aging volunteer- enlistments, or in.any way giving aid and comfort to the enemy, or any, other disloyal pl-Jcticc against the United 1 States. , , : - Second —l'hnt miihediato foporfc bO; made to’ Major L. C; Turner, Judge . Advocate,,in or der that such persons may be tried before i military comltlttnderi ytt/rS—The etcpensßs-of such arrest and - imprisonment will be certified to, tho Chief Clerk of.thb War Departtnoiit for, settlement andjiayment, • Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War; ASSASSINATION OF GEN. ROBERT N’COOK, NAStiviuhE,,August 7,1862' General Robert McCook, of Buell's army was shot by a party of guerrillas hear Siilcni; Ala., yesterday,.while riding towards Win chester, .Tenn., sick, in an ’ambulance.' Ilis remains reached hero this evening. :Captain Brooks was captured. Our forces burnt .the house of the rebel who led them iuto this am buscade, . ' : AVheu the news of the murder became' known among the camps, theexcitement, was intense. Tho. Ninth Ohio,. McCook’s own re- : gimont, on learning of 'the assassination,, marched hack, to the, scene of the occurence, burnt every house in the neighborhood and 1 laid W’asto the lands.- Several iuen who were implicated in the murdor/TC'-ro taken' out and hunt/ to trees by the mfitriitied iaf-- tliery. ‘ ,V ••" " Bailie Between Gen, Banks and’ Stonewall Jackson. TTlie Rebels Cross I lie Jia pitfall". GENERAL H’ANKS ATTACKED BY LARGE FORGE, « EN. PO E 13.0 N..THB- FIEKV. Gciicrai Gcaiy Looses an Arm'. GEN. BANKS ACCIDENTALLY ... . injured. Jackson iiud Ewrll in Command of Ike Rebels. itEAVY LOSSES ; ON BOTH SIDES. A SEVERE BATTLE, WE HOLD OUR POSITION. ARRIVAL OF GENERAL M’D O WENS REINFORCEMENTS. Head-quarters, Six Miles Below Culpepper 7 .... August 10, lbli2, ) A battle was fought yesterday between. General Bunks and Stonewall Jackson. General Bayard, of General McDowell a Corps, with hie cavalry brigade, had been en gaged before in the extreme advance, near the Rupidan river, ip skirmishing, and ina lioeuvering, taking some prisoners, and en ding with-a slight loss, baffling the efforts of a large force to surrpund.aud out him off. Yesterday morning ho was engaged for some hours, before Gen. Banks come up, and with four regiments of cavalry, the , First Pennsylvania, First Maine and First Rhode Island, delayed and embarrassed the enemy’s advance. - . ' The Rebels.under Jackson and Ewell, hadi crossed the. Riipidun,. ip, force, and their ath. vanooguaid 15.0D0f strong,. wap. attacked by. Gon., Bunks, yesterday afternoon., about 8W; miles south of Culpepper Court House, The fight was almost wholly with artillery’ at first, but the infantry became' engaged' about six o’clock, and a determined and ■ bloody contest followed. Gen. Banks’ right ivirig under General suffered severely. . The Rebel position was in the woods, while " the troops which attacked them were obliged 1 to cfosspn open ground. ■ It was pot (ill about 0 o’clock thpt It he-" came evident that thp Rebels. wore (vtfnoking. us in force. Previous to that there had been ■ rather desultory cannonading. Tliq whole Rebel force sqddenly attacked us in overwhelming numbers at all points.—- Nearly nil their regiments had full ranks. At 7 J o’clock General Pope arrived.on the" field from Culpepper, accompanied, by. Gene*' ral McDowell’s Corps, , , ■ The battle was thp.u substantially ovorr- Goueral Batiks holding the-ground that ho' had occupied at thp beginning. • After the arrival of General Pope there was ■ an artillery combat, continuing at intervals till nearly twelve otoleok. The night was unusually olpiyvand the moon full. , - , , The Rebels, planted a battery, against BJo- Dowell’s, centre,, whore Gens. Pope and Han't# wore, bnuging both of them under fire. 1 If? GonorpJs aud-their staffs were so near tliolteo- el lines,, being actually in front of their pw linos that a sudden charge oi the Robcl'cavr airy was made from the woods, a quarter a mile off, apparently,with a view to capture them. The attempt was repelled by d vigorous n from .MeDowcll’s troops, and the. Genera and their staffs left the Hold under a ores - fire from the Rebels and their own troops. , TKo fire of the Rebel batteries was atter.- warde silenced,.
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