4N "r
ty of sonic *English relatives for scv.
eral mon ths,We re.em ha Aced at. South•
iimpton tur home. Before •starting,
tirlfill3t looking along . the dock-yards,
the Stars -Lind Stripes came in view,
and, if ever we felt patriotic and hap ,
py in our lives, this was the occasion.
A small brig bore them, and, as they I
gracefully waived in the gentle '
ring air they presented a picture of
beauty wenever saw before,
The "Homeward Bound" was far
more pleasant than tlie 'Outward,' yet,
nevertheless, rainy weather and fog
did much towards making it uncom
fortable. In fact I almost imagined
that old Neptune, so tenacious o his
rights and privileges was determined
to act in such a manner as to give me
a surfeit of lea-life, and, if this was his
motive, I surely think ha has succeed
ed admirably. Several days, during
the passage, were however extremely.
pleasant, and at the close of these it
was my privilege to behold a "sun-set
at sea." No doubt, to one who has
had so extensive an experience at sea'
as yourself, this may be devoid of in
terest, yet, to a novice in marine af
fairs, it was a scene attractive in the
extreme. 1 never saw the sea look so
beantitally as it did this day. The
water was gently moved by u little
and,us its undulations would catch
the effulgent beams of the sun, so far
as the eye could reach it seemed like
a field of diamonds—each trying to
out.vle the other in brilliance. Bat,
-alas, in the language of an old tar
?near by, that such a day was, a"weath
er. breeder," we felt that it .could 41i=ot,
last long. The next morning proved
-the potency of his remark, and we
'had disagreeable weather during the
whole of the voyage. We saw a great
many icebergs, and- the temperature,
while passing them, was as cold as
the.middle of winter. Thirteen days'
sailing brought me safely home, and
as we wore landed at New York, 1
felt like one who had ample cause to
thank God for having delivered me
several times out of the very jaws of
death. W ithoutpresuming any furth
er on your columns, 1 am, as ever,
your sincere friend and well-wisher.
RICHARD GEO. ROGERS.
hanint
'11,11144 SYNOCINATIO PILINCIPLICO CEASE TO LZAD, WE OBABC
TO FOLLOW."
WM. M. BRESLIN, Editor and Proprietor.
LEBANON, PA
WSDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1861.'
Z It is said that the Secretary of
State has prepared a plan of compro.
miss, and which will meet with favor
from the President, to be submitted
to Congress, which may put an end
to the present troubles of the country.
We hope so, earnestly hope so, Such
a plan, if .successful, would be the
most -signal feat of etatesmantihipthe
world ever saw.
Ur Two regiments left Camp Cur
tin on Friday for the relief of Colo
nel Wallace, at Cumberland, Mary
land, who has got himself into a dan•
gerous position there. The troops
passed over the Pennsylvania and
Broad Top Railroads to Hopewell,
from whence they had a foot march
of fifty miles by way of Bedford.—
Troops were also advanced from Pitts
berg for the same relief. The proba
bilities are that a serious fignt will take
place in the neighborhood of Cumber
land.
"No PARTY."—The Libanon Demo
-
hat shows its "no party" proclivities
by insinuations that there are more
Democrats than Republicaris in the
Secession armies. Soppose there are.
We very well know that the Repub.
limn party is a sectional party, and
that very few of its members are
found inob the Southern States, hqt i*
that matter to talk of at the present
time, when "no party now" is all the
.ory.? We trust our neighbor will
lay party aside. for ths present and
stick to his country, while there is a
button to his shirt 1
le. It is said from Washington,
and we presume by authority, that
Congress will remain in special ses
sion about three weeks, and that the
action of tho houses will be confined
to the following subjects
i. A fun tonetion of ihe President's measures
in eenneetion with the war.
IL A 'bankrupt law; end
111. A<tax upon tea and coffee.
A bout the only luxury the roar 'have
is tea and coffee, and hence, if the 3d
clause of the contemplated action of
Congress should be verrifled, poor
people, if they have the means would
better now lay in a full supply of these
commodities. It would also seem that
the man worth exactly nothing IM ex
pected to pay, mouth and mouth alike,
for the expenses of the war with the
man worth millions, or "stop off" his
luxuries. If such will be the action
of Congress we shall lose all belief in
the justice of mankind in this nine
teenth century. The bone and sin.
tie do the volunteeringth e hard work
—the weary marches—the entrench
ing—the fighting—and, if necessary,
the dying, in this conflict, and then,
in the end, to be compelled to help
to pay the expenses in proportioil
with President, Cabinet Officers, Sena
tors, Members and millionaires, or,
forego their tea and coffee, is piling it
on a leetle too thick. The above is no
doubt only a "feeler," but shows that
it is in contemplatA. If Congress
wilt,pass such a law it is beeause De.
rooarkey is powerless.
EDEt'ORIAt SUMMARY
Jackson, the slayer of Cu!. Ellsworth, is being
cannoniscd in the South. The State of Virginia
has Miepted his wife and child, while in every
Southern city subeeriptions ate being taken up
in behalf of Isis family.—The ten new regi
ments Par our regular army will consist of 2300
men each.--Candidates in Lancaster county,
although there is "no party now" are already an
nouncing themselves; and what is strangest, all
subject to the decisiotrof the County RoptlstiAn
convention.—The fly is materially affecting
the wheat crop in the middle and lower sections
of Kent county, Delaware. The variety princi
pally affected is that generally known as the
"blue stem."—To those uf our readers who feel
like taking a sail, a fish,.and a plunge in the bri
ny deep, we commend the advertisement of the
Atlantic Railroad, published in another column,
and headed "Sea Bathing Near Philedelphia."
—The following unique argument is offered in
hirer of raising mo.•e corn than cotton : Corn is
a necessity, but cotton is only a convenience. A
man 'can live very weil without a shirt, but what
can he do without whiskey ?—Those who cry
loudest "took out for treason,"' might for the
moat part be properly told in reply, "look in fur
treneett."-4 fellow 'has recently invented a
destructive weapon of war which, he says,. is so
powerful that it "would kill the devil." A use
ful instrumenti----Henry Bubb left this place
last week for the wars. Wo understand that he
intends to go as a teamster.-----Hon. Andrew
Johnson has gone on to Washington, having been
obliged to leave Tennessee, on account of his
Union sentiments.—The steamship Bavaria,
from Hamburg, last week, brought between 8,000
and 10,000 stand of arms for the United States
Government.—Mr. David Tice, left, on Sa.tur
-day night for the West.'He accompanies Mr.
Boyd, who goes to purchase horses for the Gov.
'moment. —Mr. Joseph F. Ebur left this place
Ott Monday for Camp at Westchester. He joins
Capt. Mutest company. Ile has the courage and
physique to make the right kind of a soldier.—
Aaron Jones, the pugilist, is said to be a corpo
ral in the Alabama State Militia. Ile takes out
his rations in "Old Rye."—Corporal Brownell,
the man who slew Jackson after he had killed
Ellsworth, has been appointed to a 2d Lieuten
ancy in the regular artny.--There will be no
State Agricultural Fair held this year "owing to
the unhappy and deplorable media - ton of the
country."—Hon. J. J. Crittenden has been elec
ted to Congress from the Bth distect of Kentucky,
by a large majority. The Union candidates were
also successful in the 3.1 district and in the Lou
isville district; in the latter by an 'immense ma
jority.—The New York Tribune still contends
that the present war is to sot the niggers free.—
It says that if it *ere for anything else it would
be the 'moat foolish crusade, or the direst butch
ery, that this earth was ever stained withal!"—
A petition is in circulation in Boston, praying,
'Congress to purchase all the slaves in Delaware,
Maryland, Missouri and Kentucky, at an aver
age of three hundred dollars each,' which will
make an aggregate of one hundred and thirty
millions of dollars. What will we do with them
after they are purchased?----The Enfield Rifle is
neither more nor less than the United States
Springfield rifled musket, christened in England
the Enfield rifle, after the place in that King
dom where they are being manufactured under
the foremanship of half a dozen master workmen
imported from our Springfield Armory works--
4,089 tons of omit were shipped over the Lehe
non Valley Railroad last week.----A Lieutenant
in one of the regiments that passed through this
place last week s bad one of his legs cut off by
falling under the cars in passing over the N. J.
.Central road.—We see it stated that the Ron.
Jeremiah 'Schindel, late State Senator, who re
cently resigned his five ministerial charges in
Lehigh county, has been tendered the position of
Chaplain in the First Pennsylvapia Regiment.
—The 2d Rhode Island Regiment, which pass
ed through this place, laativeek, takes the place
of the first, which leaves for home in two weeks,
the time of their enlistment being out at that-pe
riod.—Mr. Crittenden will again offer his Com
promise et the extra session of Congress.-4---The.
Philadelphia Daily News says that the Mayor
has appointed an old simon•pure loco-foe° on the
detective force to infuse a little vitality into the
Police of that city.—The difference in the dis
tance between New York and Washington byway
of Lebanon is said to be only 17 miles more than
by way of Philadelphia, with the advantage that
no change of cars is necessary.—General Scott
says that the 'Rebellion will be suppressed before
the Ist of May, 1862.—The President, in eon
sequence of the pressure of Puri° business, is
obliged to decline receiving any more visitors
from thia l eintil the opening of the next session
-of Congress.—Beware of one, two and three
dollar bills on the Farmers' and Drovers' Bauk
of •Waynesburg, Greene county. That Bank has,
as yet, issued no small bills, and all that aro in
circulation are forgeriad.—For the past few
days there has not been a single neersp •per ad
vance of the rebels, and not one of out- Brigadier
Generals has run brave men at railroad speed up
on masked batteries.—ln one of the New York
companies that passed through this place last
week there were no less than 00 men who had
served in the German and Crimean wars,
Cadwainder at latest accounts was still at Wit.
liamsport with 6,000 men. The enemy's pickets
are at the river opposite and threaten to bombard
the town. The main body of the enemy of that
section are four miles from Wit , chester, 11,000
strong.
THE OBJECT OF THE WAR
The object of the present war we
apprehend is not merely to drive or
starve the South into submission, or
to test Northern endurance of taxa
tion and privation, but to procure an
early and permagent Peace. War
and conquest are not the legitimate
objects of a Republican Government,
and we are satisfied that the people
! d., not desire to „see it waged a day
longer than ie Deoessary to maintain
are integrity of the Government.—
The War has already been in Opera
tion three months, and notivithstand
•iug the President has at his command
an army of some 300,000 men, expen
ded millions in money, the subjuga
tion of the Southern States by torce
of arms, is apparently as far off as ev
er. There is a much better and cheap
er way and we trust Mr. Lincoln will
try it ? In a few days Congress will
be in session. John J. Crittenden is
returned as a Representative from the
Ninth District of Kentucky. .Now
let Mr. Lincoln advise ivith Mr. Crit
tenden, and men of his stamp, and
drive away the bloody Abolition con
spirators by whom ho is surrounded,
and we engage that the war will bo
terminated inthirty days. Let thepeo
ple have' an opportunity to vote on one
or more of the series of Resolutions
before the last Congress ; this would
even be better than Peace dictated at
the cannon's mouth. Will he do it
mg, The Connecticut Legislature
has, before it 7 peace resolutions similar
to those we published last week as
adopted by the lowa Senate.
STILL "No-PART] Now."---The Del
egates of the People's Party of the
2d district of Philadelphia, hdld their
convention on Saturday, and nomi
nated CLIARLES O'NEILL as their can
didate to fill the vacancy in Congress
occasioned by the resignation.of Hon.
E. Joy Morris. Before the nomina
tion. Mr. Loughead introduced a so
.
ries of resolutions inviting the 00-op
eration of the Dernocrats and . AMer
icans to make a no.party nomination.
Mr. West Moved to lay the resolu
tionsoon the table. •
Mr. G-arviii H. Woodward said be
was opposed to having anything - to
do with the "Bell Ringers," as he
looked upon them as -Secessionists.
Mr.' West desired to, know the rob:
ject of the resolutions. They were
the People's Uiiion party,and should
select a man to represent the District.
They had a duty to perforM,andtber
should perform 'that duty as men, and
not as children. They had an Aanain
istration to support, and they 'must
support it with men and means, and
not expect the Democrats to do it.—
Ho believed that the majority of the
Democrats in Philadelphia were Se
cessionists, and the COnstitutiOnal
Union men . were in the same category.
A delegate here jumped up and ex
citedly declared his belief that there
was a “nigger, in the wood pile." Re
had seen hincoreeping about all day.
He was in favor of nominating right
off, and thus make every one show
, his hands.
Mr. Loughead disclaiMed any know
le'dge of the nigger, arid while he did
not come to iutimidateor to be intini-
Witted, he would say that if they.dis:
regarded the voice of the people now,
they would be swept away. He de.
nied that the Democrats were Seces,:
sionists. It was no time to , throw
slurs upon any party.
Mr. West insisted upon his belief
that the majority of Democrats were
Secessionists.
Mr. .Loughead had no doubt but
that the Democrats would meet him
in the same spirit and agree to a can
didate for the People's party,one
who would be acceptable to all the
people of the District.
Mr. West still opposed the resolu
tions, and insisted upon „a party nom
inatiGn.
Mr. Jenkins . dcclared himself, a par
ty mad, but in favor of the resolutions
at this crisis.
Mr. Stokely was willing to take the
responsibility of a partylioniination,
and he opposed delay, as there was
money floating around. Men had
been offered $lOO for their votes.
Here the cries of ‘q - .la rue him" came
from every part of the. room, but Mr.
S. declined to accede to the request.
He; however, wished a vote to be ta
ken o.n the resolution as more respect
able than laying them on the table.
A vote being taken on the resolu
tions, they were lost by a very deci
ded majority, as follows :—Yeas 13,
nays 20.
General nominations were now made
as follows :—Charles O'Neill, John
M. Pomeroy, Isaac Hazlehurst, Wm.
M. Bull, IVm. M.„Meredith, and Mor
ton McMichael. • ,
A letter was read from Mr. Morton
McMichael stating that "if the action
of the Convention is to be of a pure
ly partisan character ho did not do
sire his name to be presented to it."
The roll was now called, and Chas.
O'Neill was nominated. The vote
stood as follows:
Charles O'Neill,
John M. Pomeroy,
Isaac llazlehurst,
The above shows how little _regard
the Republicans have for "no-party"
where hey think they can carry the
election. Abusing the Democrats and
calling a "majority of them Seccs•
sionists," has, of course, no tendency
"to divide and distract the north in
the present contest - for the preservit.
Lion of the Union," but it might get
Mr. West and his fellow blackguards
well flogged iu some localities.
• rrec., "No PARTY,"—This term, so
freely used by the Republicans, has
quite a different meaning from what
most people attach -to it. In means
that in Democratic counties there
shall be Mo.partY nominations this
fall, but an equitable division of the
offices be made between the Demo
crats and Republicans, and in Repub.
limn counties thc usual course be pur
sued of strict party nominations.
PEACE PROPOSITIONS.
A Washington correspondent
of the New York World, says that
commissioners from Jefferson Davis
are now in Washington, and have
made overtures of peace. Two prop.
ositions have been submitted, viz :
Finn, That the 'United States un
conditionally recognize the existence
of the Southern Confederacy, and that
the latter be permitted for a term of
ono, two, or three years, to carry
on their government as an experi•
ment. That the expenses of the war,
thus far incurred, be equitably arrang
ed between the two sections, and that
each do its best for the maintenance
of . friendly feeling and intercouse be
tween the two people. And that if,
at the expiration of the time agreed
upon, it be found that the experiment
cannot succeed, a commission be ap
pointed to reconstruct a union.
This proposition was Peremptorily
Rejected.
Whereupon they put forth another,
as follows: •
SECOND, The South will• be content
if the Government will pledge itself
to pass, at the coming session of Con
gress, an irrepealable constitutional
provision recognizing and legaliel ng
forever the institution of slavery -be.
low THIRTY•B7X THIRTY ,'which l 9 the
southern boundary line of the mate
olMissouri. This done, the Southern
Provisional Government pledges itself
instantly:to abandon the war, and to
reestablish Twee° and the - most cor••'
dial relationship, so far as i ts section
is concerned; to redirect the bonne
of trade into its accustomed„shannels,
and in every way restore the happy
days of our forefathers.
As to the reception which this prop•
osition received, says the World cor
respondent, my informant was posi
tive, though from another source I
gather a doubt. He states that it,
also, was pereMptorily rejected. It
seemed to the party. of the second
part a mere intensification of the
Crittenden amendment, and not vary
ing greatly froth the Adams proposi
tion. Others say that the acceptance
of this proposition would not be un
•acceptable to the 'Secretary of State,
and, therefore, will meet with favor
from the President. Between the two
I cannot decide.
Mr. Davis says that his retreat from
Harper's Furry was-a stroke of peace
ful" policy. He had -troops enough
there to withstand any. force which
General Scott was prepared to . bring
against him, and it, was not biicause
he feared the result of an engagement
at that time, but because he knew
that he bad no 'fore° ,with which to
meet what might subsequently be sent
against hitn.-
Kr Our statement .of two :weeks
ago is verified, that Mr. Traitor Min
ister Harvey has pot been and will
not be recalled. • It is said that he is
deeply interested in :contracts, and
that the administration prefers his
residence at Madrid. Goodness, but
wasn't it lucky for us that Harvey is
1. Republican ? • •
Henry Winter Davis, last week
defeated for Congress in Maryland,
has been tendered, by the President,
the Mission to Austria. We recollect
the abuse showered upon Mr. Buchan
an for a similar taking care of his
friends. If the principle was wrong
then it is wrong still, but the Repub
licans have not a word of fault to find
now. If they were not hypocrites
then what are they now for quietly
suffering one just rejected by the Pee
pie to be foisted into a high office.
Out... Republican antagonists,
having in a measure used up . their
State Administration at Harrisburg,
are now turning their attention to
Washington. They say things of it
that if said by - a Democrat would
bring the halter of a mob around ails
neck in less than twenty-four hours.
Their .censures are right without a
doubt,but lose a vast amount of weight
when we know the dissatisfaction is
produced by disappointment in the
distribution of office. The N. Y . Tri
bune, in noticing the recent, appoint
ments of officers for the new regiments
of regulars, says :
"We congratulate the powers that
be, at Washington, on the rare virtue
of consistency, which is, figuratively
and proverbially, a "jeWel." Emory,
the secessionist and traitor, who had
resigned,' has been restored to an hon
orable position in the Ariny. flow
must our brave and glorious privates
delight to serve under such an officer !
They must experience a feeling akin
to that with which the Revolution
would have rushed to the leadership
of Arnold just after the execution of
Andre. But this is only in keeping
with many other kindred achieve
ments. HilirVey still flourishes.in spite
of his admitted treason; the Depart
thetas are incuinbered with known
secession clerks; Ross Winans has
been permitted to return to his treach
erous and traitorous occupations at
Baltimore; and who knows hut the
pirates recently captured an board the
first privateer may yet be organized
into a petted body guard ?
Your friendS are already voura; .
buy your euemies. IS,not this a doc
trine for the present day ?"
The Readipg Times says :
"The appointing power- at Wash
is liable to be misled by false
representations and to be influenced
by personal motives and friendships
to OW infinite detriment of the public
service. Bands of thieves are now
hanging about Washington looking
out for and getting contracts. The
incompetent and the corrupt fear
nothing so much as an independent
newspaper."
In the language of the Press we
say that such talk is "calculated to
divide the people; create dissatisfac•
tion among those in the service; and
demoralize the army.—lt shows a
disposition to embarrass the opera
tions of the govern tnent; and the peo
ple, who are tired of trifling with trai
tors in their own midst, will make
short work of the man who attempts
to prevent the present vigorous pros
ecution of the war!" •
So look out Messrs. Tribune and
Tens& Don't the Philadelphia Press
endorse the appointments .as follows :
"The hew array appointments will
satisfy the public of the groundless.
ness of complaints which have been
made in certain quarters. General
Scott said, in conversation with the
President and other gentlemen t,that,.
during his long connection with the ser
vice,he had never knowrrso much care
taken in the selection of officers. The
veteran Lieutenant General was em•
phatie in expressing his 'approval of
these appointments." •
Notwithstanding all this you find
fault. Look out we again say There
is such a word as "Treason !"
WHERE IS ?-W here is John Co
vode, who recently presided over the
celebrated Investigating Committee
for political effect in Washington
His services are very much needed
now, to expose to public gaze and to
just punishment those whom his in
vestigating labors were intended to
place in official. positions. There is
now a good chance to defend honest
tax-payers against emTuption and rob
bing, and the Prince of Investigators,
after getting his hand in so nicely for
political effect, should not now loose
a good opportunity to practice on a
reality.
THE VIENNA. AFFAIR
.On Monday of last week a train of
cars was despatched from AleXandria
to Vienna, taking Col. MCCook's let
Ohio Regiment, accompanied by Gen.
Schenck. The object.of the expedi•
tion was to drop companies along the
road to guard it. The expedition got
itself into an ambush of the enemy
and was severely. handled. The fol
lowing is
GEN. SCHENCK'S REPORT.
WA.sHlNorox,.June,lB, 186/
[By Telegraph from Camp to Lieut. Gen. Scott.)
Left camp with 568 rank and file,
twenty-nine field_ and company offi
cers, in. pursnanee of Gen-. ItteDow
ell's orders to go upon this expedi
tion with the aviiiiithle force of one of
my' regi m ents.
The regiment selected being the
First Ohio Volunteer's, left two com
panies I, and K, aggregate' 136 men,
at crossing Of road'; sent Lieut. Cot.
Parrot with two companies, 117 men,
to Falk - Churoh, and' to patrol roads
in, that direction . ; stationed twocom
panics, D and F; 135 men i to guard
the railroad And bridge, between Cross
ing and Vienna; proceeded dowly to
Vienna with foiit companies—total
275 men.
On turning the eurvoilowly within
one quarter of a mile of Vienna, wo
were fired upon by a raking masked
battery, of I think three, pins with
shells, round shot and 'grape, killing
and wounding the men, on the plat
fork» and in the ears, before the train
could be Stopped.
When the train Stopped the engi
neer could not, on account of the dam
age done to some part of the running
machinery, draw 'the train out of the
fire. The engine being In the rear
we left the cars and retired to. the
right and left of the train, through
the wbods.
Finding that the enemy's batteries
were sustained by what appeared a
bout a: regiment of infantry and by
cavalry, which force We have since
understood to have been 1,500 South
Carolinians, we fell back alone , the
railroad throwing out skirmishers on
both flanks, and this was about 7
clock, p. in. Thus We retired slowly
bearing our wounded :5 mites to - this
point which we:reached at 10 o'clock.
CAISUALMES : 5 kilied, 6 wounded,
and 14 missing.
The engineer, 'when the men left
the pars, instead of retiring slowly,
tis'l ordered, detached his engine and
one passenger car from the rest of
the diSabled train and abandoned us,
running to Alexandria and we have
heard nothing from him since.
Thus we were deprived of a rally
ing point, and of all means of acebm
panying the wounded,,who had to be
carried on litters and in 6lankets.—
We wait - here -holding the road for
reinforcements. The enenirdid not
pursue. -
I have - ascertained thatthe enemy's
force at Fairfax Court House, four
Miles from Vienna, is now about 4,-
0.00; - •
When all the battbries opened upon
us, Major Hughey was at his station
on the foremost platform of the car.
McCook 'was with me in. one of
the passenger cars. Both these .offi
cers, with others of the commissioned
officers, and many -of the men, be
haved most nObly under this galling
fire, which we could not return, and
from batteries which we could not
flank or turn, from the nature of the
ground. .
The approach to - Vienna is through
a deep, long cut In the railway.. In
leaving the cars and before they could
rally, many of the men lost their hav
ersacks or blankets but brought off
all their muskets except, it -may be, a
few that were destroyed by the enc . -
my's first fire, or lost with the killed.
[Signed,] ROBT. C. SCHENCK.,
Bri , aciier Genara.l.
GREAT BATTLE AT BOONEVILLE
MO. SECESSIONISTS ROUTED,
AN.l* 300 KILLED.
Sr. Louis, Mo., Juno 18, 1801.
A special dispatch from Jefferson-
City says that Gen. Lyon's expedition
left there yesterday in two steamers,
destined for Booneville.
Gen. Lyon landed four miles below
Booneville, and opened a heavy can-
onade against the rebels, who retreat
ed and dispersed into the adjacent
wood, whence, hidden by brushes and
trees, they opened a brisk fire on Our
troops. General Lyon then ordered
a hasty retreat to the boats; and the
rebels, encouraged by this-movement,
rallied and fol lowed the troops into the
wheat field. General Lyon halted,
faced troops about, and bringing the
whole force of his artillery to bear . ,
opened a murderous fire on the rebels,
300 of whom were killed, and the bal
ance fled. General Lyon then moved
forward and took possession of Boone
ville. General Price was taken with
violent diarrhcea at the beginning of
the battle, and was taken on a steam
er and carried to his home in Chara.
ton. Goverr.or Jackson viewed the
battle from the distant hill, and fled
for parts unknown after the defeat of
his forces.
There is great rejoicing among the
Unim men here, and' the Stars and
Stripes are hoisted on the Capitol,
guns were fired and the "Star Span.
gled Banner" was played' by the regi.
mental bands.
Scouting Parties-will be sent out in
all directions tomorrow to cut off the
retreat of the rebels.
_ -
The steamer J. C. Swan -btu, arrived
with two cannon, ammunition and
ar
tillery men, which have heen.planted
at Colonel Boernstein's head-quarters.
John Fitzpatrick, one of the most
violent secessionists of the State, took
the oath - of allegitince to the ..United
State government in the presence of
all the officers here te ; day.
The Democrat learns from a gentle.
man just, from Lexington that yester
day evening, while an advance guard
of United States cavalry, under Cap.
Lain Price,were moving along the road'
&Om Indedendence, they suddenly
came upon a considerable body of State
troops stationed on the top of a
with cannon commanding the road.—
Four secessionists are reported killed,
one of whona was 'Colonol Holloway,
in command of the troops. There
was 130 pursuit of the cavalry.
ANOTHER REPORT.
We have another version of the
battle ttt BodueVille, which makes the
rebel loss 20, and' the United States
loss 2 killed, 9 WoUnded and 9 missing.
The rebels lost 100 G e"tand of arms and
a considerable quantity c, - if ammuni.
Lion. Gen. Price resigned and Went
home provioas, battle.lt is-;
thought that the 'rebels will make an
other stand at or near Lexington, un
der command of -- . Col. Weightman,
formerly of the 13.::5. army.
.
As-wz EXPEPTED.—ZWe see that the rot
ten Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company
is again s.Swartved," notwilistanding the
hit our liberal Legislature gaie - tfiem last
winter. They now propose to lease
the concern toe Pennsylvania;,Rail-
bcimpariy, for -a period of 999
years, we presume, for the purpose of cre
ating a corporation.strong enough to con
trol the polities this State for all time to
come. Will.themembers who voted for
the thieving ± ikitrOad bills last Winter, tell
us about what the State is to be benefited
by their acts 1
Jar Tas Wsshing;ton correspondent of
the New York Tribune gives President
Lincoln a rap for not having a national flag
or some symbol of Unionism hoisted over
the Executive Mansion. It declares that
the Government does nothing for "exter
nal effect," which is one of the great ele
ments of success. That's right. Make
the President show his hand. Possibly he
may be a traitor since he don't plant a
flag over his Mansion.
RUMORED BLOODY FIGHT AT PIED
MONT.
GRAFTON, Va., June 20
It is reported that at Piedmont, Va., a
guard of 40 Maryland volnteers, with one
cannon,vstationed at a bridge, being at
tacked by four or five thousand rebeltroops
showed fight and resisted bravely till all
of their number was slain but two, who
escaped. The rebels suffered. terribly,
nevertheless , they captUred the bridge
and gun, and now occupy ihe' town.—
Lieutenant Colonel Thompson °lithe reb
el army, has been captured byi.United
States seouts near Phillippi.
THE REPORT UNTRUE
GRArroN, June 20.---It now, appears
from good authority that the reported pos
session of the town of Piedmont by the
rebels is false. Mier burning the bridges
and cutting the telegraph wires, they re
treated into the country, but it is said that
a large force is still in the neighborhood.
The guard at the. bridge made their es
cape. Rumors of an attack on- Phillippi
are rife,but no advance has yet been made.
THE VIENNA BLUNDER
The blunder at Vienna now appears in
a still more ridiculous light than it did
according to the first advices. It seems
that the rebels ran as soon as they had fir
ed a single round, and that the troops
from whose presence Gen. Schenk's com
mand retreated were a detachment of Uni
ted States cavalry.
NEW STATE GOVERNMENT IN VIRGINIA.
The Virginia Convention, now in session
at Wheeling, passed an Ordinance, by 73
to 3, providing for the entire re-organiza
tion of the State Government. It declares
null and void all the acts of the Rich
mond Secession Convention, deposes all
the State officers who adhere to and obey
the mandates of that body, and restores
the Old Dominicin toots former po'sition in
the Union. Every . officer is obliged to
swear allegiance to the United States, and
to repudiate all other allegiance. The
Wheeling Convention on Thursday com
pleted the work of re-organizing State
Government by the election of Gen. Pier
pont of Marion county, as Governor, to
gether with •a Lientenant-Governor and
Council. In addition to the oaths to• sup
port the Federal and State Constitutions
the new officials are sworn to resist the
authorities at Richmond. After the in
auguration of the Govern6r, the bells
were rung, cannon were fired, and the
whole town was. Wild with delight. A
new State seal and other emblems of 'au
thority have been ordered.
ARMY MOVEMENTS.
_ -
The main blow against the rebels will be
struck from the Federal capital. The ar
my on the right and left banks of the Po
tomac, distributed so that it can tie concen
trated at one point in less than two
now consists of fully forty five thousand
effective men.
Ten thousand more men will be added
to this immense body early next week.—
Ten thousand with the District militia will
be efficient for the defence of the capital
so that a grand army of forty five thou
sand as spirited troops as can be found
anywhere can be moved against the rebels.
With the aid of General Patterson's corps
d' armee they will be more than sufficient
to,break the lines of the rebels, and drive
them in the directien of Richmond.
Five regiments on this side of the Poto
mac are under orders to march at a mo
ment's notice, thus inclicatiug a prepera
tion for sudden emergencies.
THE DUTY or TEE CLERGY.—In these
exciting time it it clearly the duty of the
Clergy to endeavor to throw oil on the
troubled water—not to add fuel to the
flame. It becomes men in their position
to try to allay the fury of war—not to add
to its horrors. They should pray for PEACE,
and like Paul, "preach Christ and him cru
cified." It is a notorious fact, that in the
French Revolution when the streets of
Paris were (1,-.luged with human blood, the
Priests and Fish women were the most crut'
el and bloodthirsty. Our present national
misfortuneS have developed the same feel
ings' on the part of some men who' profess
to be Ministers of grace representing the
meek and lowly and mereiftil Jesus. •We
have a few (and a very few, we are glad
to say,) of these gentry among us, who
are for waging a war of Subjugation and
extermination—who would rejoice to see
a universal insurrection throughout the
South—who would shout hosannas to a
general butchery of the entire white race
in the Southern States, and prdclaim a.soi emn to deton over the destruction of cities
and towns. ' Can such men. be Christians I
Are men whose hearts overflow with such
sentiments proper persons to preach the
Gospel of Christ I can the fire now rag
ing over the land be quenched' by throw
ing the pulpit into the flames If the God.
of Battles has six dtlya in which to; do
his
work, should not the:pooe ? .:(it Nemo have ,
one devoted exclusive to him 'I We leave
reflecting and intelligent citizens to an=
swer these qUestiOns for themselves.—Eas
ton, Argus.
..se- Tan Luoisi.e.nvr. GUAttu, 4:frearili
ed immediately after the adjournment of
the Legislature, were ordered to report
themselves at Camp Curtin on Sunday
lash About a dozen members only re•
ported themselves, and held a meeting, at
which a committee reported that Gov. Cur
tin had not formally accepted the services
of the company 4 as it might lead to ember
rassavnt in case an extra session , was cal
led. By a resolution of thoie present the
company disbanded and 'adjourned sine
die. So ends one of the greatest farces
,of the day. . .
SCRAP OF HiSroßif.—During the Rev°.
lutionary war, Gen. t afayette, being in
Baltimore, was invited to a' ball. - He went
as requested, but instead of joining in the
amusement, as might have been expected
of a young Frenchman of 22, he address
ed the ladies thus: "Ladies, you are very
handsome; you dance very prettily; your
ball is very fine--but my soldiers have no
shirts x" This was irrisistible. The baR
ceased'; the ladies went hdrne and wni t to•
work, and the , next day alarge number of
shirts were 'prepared by the fairest hands or
Baltimore 1-;./r the gallant defenders of
their country.- r -Exchange . •
Just sue. l ) a speech should be
..
ad
dresses to , the balks, parties, receptionedke,
that nightly take place at Washington; in
the year 1861.
fo - a - Tu* rage for relics of departed he
roes is•frequently carried to a ridiculous
excess. The flag which Cokmel Ells
worth. seized and carried, the oil cloth orr
which he fell, &c., have been dividett. andi
the pieces are carefu ly preseved-hy curP
osity hunters. A resident of Pattersair;
N. J., boasts of possessing and is exhibi
ting a piece of cheese which the gallant
Colonel had in his haversack! This has
been divided into a doten parts and to as
many persons.
per- Gen. LYON, commandinct the Fed
eral forces in Missouri has issued a procla
mation from the scene of his late exploit at
Booneville, of the acts by which the Seces
sionists bad endeavored to overthrow the
authority of the Federal Government; he
reassures the people that their rights are
not to be interfered with by • the •Federal
troops, and warns all in arms against the
Government to lay down their arms and
return to their homes. ,Gov. lackson, it
is understood,'hasidlcd to ArkahSaisf audit
is believed .that the rebeisOpMnd to make
another stand at-• Lex , ingtcp, under MTV
mand of Maj. *eiglitman fate Of:theseru, -
lar Army. Several important captures bf
arms and munitions are reported to have
been made in various'parts of the mato
by the Federal. troops,' andi nifinerous
arrests have taken plac,) within a day or
two.
BLISTERED FEET.—The following%
relation to foot traveling may be • ve.
ry useful to our volunteers :in :their
expected travels South, this Summer.
.
Cut the following out, boya, and paste
it in your hats r-
"I had, for :several years, two sons
at school at Geneva, Switzerland. In
their vacations they, in.:company with
their tutor, made excursionsthrough
Switzerland, Italy, Germany, &c., on
foot, bearing their knapsacks, con,
taining their necesatity wants for a
month. They systr6 - provided with is
small bar of, common brown soap,
and before putting on their stockings
turned them inside out, rubbed the
soap well into the threads :of them,
consequently they never became foot
Sore, or had blistered fekit. Let our
volunteers. try it, and my:word for it,
they won't complain of sore or "Wis.
tered feet."
WA - The Vayette Geniusof Liberty,
sayi:--L"The short but bitter experi
ence we have had in Republican leg
islation has been disastrous in the ex
treme. It has east a great deal more
than it is worth; These who Ivere
anxioue for "a change" are now„.like
poor Richard, cofhplaining that
paid too dear for the whistle. If oar
finances ara, managed another year
or:tWo.as they have been the kit,. ft
will he an absolute burden .ta own at:
farm, or be in possesslana wealth:op,
account of the en. 01911 - US taxes -our
people will. be:es:wave Wi-lay."
1 Among the loudest" mouthed'
ranters WI the subject of treason, is•,
the _Boston .Litierciror which hears at.,
its head these words :
"The United States Constitution is a
covenant with death, and' an agreement ;
with Hell 1"
We presume that is not treqeon
Boston,
How THE JAPANESE
FADED .I`I.IO,W . EAS.
After a boquet is drooping beyond
all remedies of fresh, water, the 4€ .
panese can bring it back to all its first
glory by a simple and seemingly most
destructive operation. A writer at Na,
gasaki says
I had received some - few days ago,
a delightful bunch of flowers from &
Japanese acquaintance. They coatis!.
ued to live in their beauty fore nearly
two weeks, when, at last, they faded,,
Just as I was out to have tlyza ti
thrown away, the same gentle? an,,
(Japanese gentleman,) came. ta see
me. I showed him the facietfltoWers,,
andlold him, that :though lastirigt
ii
long time, they had now becomense
less: "0, no," - said .he, "only- put -the
ends of the stems. into the' fire, and
they , as-,good .before!!.
was incredulous.; -so he took them
himself; and held the stems' ends in—
to the dre,until.theywere- complete
ly charred. This was in the morn- -
ins*; at eveniog theywere again
ing fresh and vigorous, and Intve„eon:;
tinned so Tor another -week, What..
may be the true agent in thise~ivi,n:
Process; I am unable to determine
ly;
,whether he heat dri•ging one*
more the last, juices
,into. the very==
leaflet and: vein, 'or:'whether it t thn.
bountiful supply Of cakhon furhishek,
by the charring. I aminclineci; how- ,
ever, to the hatter copse, as the
effect was not prodftced. until eight„
hours afterward, acod ,l 4° it sechmthat,:-.
if the heat was: the principle agent, it,
must have been, sooner- Feliplwedeby
visible changes.
'leir When you dispute with , °a ibok,
he is very certalp itti3e eimtlarly ere r .
played.