AMERICAN VOLUNTEER
JOHN I). CMTTO.V, Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., AUGUST 14, 1862.
O U H. FLAG.
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*• 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,.