Itimitot pVtrii,slr.
WREN DILMOCILATIO PAINCIPLIO3 CBASF. TO LEAD, WE CLOG
TO FOLLOW."
W. IL BRESLIN, Editor and Proprietor
LEBANON, PA.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1861
Kr The New York 79th Regiment
was put under arrest at Washington,
last Wednesday, for mutinous con
duct. The 2d Maine Regiment was
also in difficulty the same day. A
force of regulars took the ringleaders,
sixty-seven in number, into custody,
and placed them on board the Pow
batten. The real causes of the trou
ble are hard to get at, but it is gen
erally supposed that the treatment
received try the soldiers at the hands
of those in authority had something
to do in producing the disorders.
Kr An order has been issned from
the War Department hurrying on
the various regi.reents aad companies
:to Washington as rapidly as possible.
It is feared that the designs of the
Confederates are such as to require at
Washington all the force at presant
available.
Kr It is believed that the rebels
are actively preparing for an attack
on Fortress Monroe. This measure
is popular in the rebel camps, and ap
ropriate materials for the attacAk are
collected in large quantities at Nor
ifolk. at is thought that the attack
owill be made within one week.
Major General Wool having been
ordered to Fortress Monroe, passed
through Philadelphia on Saturday.
'o::rin case of the retirrement of
Hon. Simon Cameron from the Cab.
Anet, it is supposed that Hon. Joseph
Bolt, of Kentuckey will bo appointed
Su his place.
Or Some of the Republican papers
*we already complaining of the "titn•
idity of Congressmen in the imposi
tion of taxes." The reasons are that
is feared that the taxes and duties
Jaid by Congress will not pay the or
dinary expenses and interest, and
that some of the money borrowed will
have to be applied to pay the interest
thereon. Such house-keeping can't
litand, hence the "timidity" coin,
plained of.
UNION,—The Douglas wing of the
Democratic party in New "York State
laving refused to coalesce with the
Republicans upon a single State tick
4)t, and called a State Convention to
meet at Syracuse, on the 4th of Sep-
Umber, the Breekinridge State Com
mittee held a meeting lust week and
resolved not to call a State Conven
tion this fall, but to unite with the
Douglas Democrats in the election of
, delegates to the Syracuse Convention.
The Committee expressed itseltstrong
ly in favor of measures of peace and
reconciliation, and the calling of a
National Convention. The Commit
tee deny "that the present struggle
de in any sense A WAR FOR THE UNION,
:and insist that those who have pre
,tipitated the States into hostilities
=neither care, nor expect, nor desire
to restore the Union thereby."
THE NATIONAL LOAN.
NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 1861.
The Banks of the Cities of New
York, Boston and Philadelphia, thro'
the adjourned meeting of their ME
°ere, and delegates at the American
Exchange Bank today, completed
the details of their negotiation for
one Aundred and fifty millions of dollars
of Government Loan. The sum of
$50,000,000 is voted absolute to the
Secretary of the Treasury, on the
''obligations of the Government bear
ing date from this day, to run three
years, at the rate of 7 30 per cent.
per annum. The further sum of $5O,
000,000 is to be placed at his disposal
on 15th October, at the option of the
',enders, to be determined by notice
on the Ist of that month. And a
JAM further sum of $50,000,000 on the
15th December, at their Gption, to be
-determined on the Ist of that month.
All other negotiations except on a
National Loan for twenty years to
be taken up by subscription in this
country or sold abroad, are suspended
in the meantime in order that the
lenders may dispose of the paper in
question to third parties to the best
advantage. The question of the is
•sne of a Treasury Circulation of Small
Notes, redeemable on demand, is not
interfered with. The whole negotia
tion was brought to a conclusion (sub
jest of course to the ratification of the
several separate Boards of Direction
represented) at 4 o'clock this after
noon, and the Secretary (if the Treas
ury left for Washington in the 6 o'.
clock train, highly pleased with the
success of his visit, as indeed, from
the extraordinary and unprecedented
sum involved, ho has much reason to.be.
par Will .the Courier pciirtt , out "the
lategwcnable •sentiinents in Breekin
ridge'S 'speech." As it is weekly
charging that there are sueh, there
certainly can be no harm in
,produc
ing the evidence.
frr Although there is now neces
sarily very little said in reference to
military movements at the National
Capital, it is evident that the most ef
fective measures are constantly in
progres,s, under the direction of Gen.
McClellan, to put our Army in the
most complete condition for the re
sumption of offensive operations be
yond the Potomac. The rebel lead
ers are reported to be slowly moving
their forces, regiment by regiment,
to the line of the Potomac, in the
prosecution of their• declared inten
tion to enter Maryland, to encourage
and support the secession spirit in.
that State; but they will most assured
ly find their designs thwarted when
ever they make their attempt to cross
the river. The Union force in that
vicinity are now so strong as to ren
der any such attempt desperate in
the extreme. Arrangments are also
on foot to enable the military author.
hies to concentrate at any given
point an almost unlimited nnmber of
men, who are to be organized as re
serves, in camps of instruction, to be
established at or in the vicinity of
New-York, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh,
cincinnati,•St. Louis, and other con
venient plates, natter charge of offi
cers of the re.gular service. The Gov.
ernment will Otis Soon have under its
command a body of disciplined men
which must; rove irresistible.
air PREACHING vs. PRACTICE.—The
practice of the Republicans don't
rightly "gee" with their preaching.—
They preach Union, hut practice and
foment , dis•union wherever and when
ever they have an opportunity. One
portion of them are ready to hang
•Cameron and Welles, while another
is equally clamorous to degrade and
drive Gen. Scott out of the service.—
One wing of them asserts that the
'war is for the Union, while the other
vehemently contends that if it is not
for the emancipation of slavery it
knows not what it is for. To all
this squabbling the grand bass is
abuse and misrepresentation of Demo
crats.
Having clone all this, they set them
selves up and ask tlia people to admire
them for their loyalty, patriotism, and
unity, and ''respectfully urge upon
Democrats" to make no opposition
to their county tickets for tike sake of
the Union !
lII' Col. Fremont has placed the
city or St. Louis under martial law,
and appointed Major McKinstry as
Provost-Marshall.
Dom - Mr. Faulkner, Ex• Minister to,
France, arrived at Washington: last,
week, having just returned froni Eu
rope. He was almost immediately
arrested on a charge of treason, He
is said to have purchased arms in
France for the Confederates, and that
a rebel regiment has been organized
in Virginia, of which he is to take
command.
ner The Queen of England, on the
13th of May, issued a proclamation,
wherein all her subjects are warned
"to observe a strict neutrality:in--and
during the American civil war, 'and
to abstain froM ViOlaiting and contra- 7
vening, either the statutes of the
realm in this behalf, or the law of
nations in relation. thereto,. as they
will answer to-the contrary at their
peril." On the strength of this proc
lamation it is now contended by the
London Times that British subjects
loaning money to our government
will be guilty of misdemeanor and
make themselves liable to prosecu,
tion under her Majesty's proelaMa 7
tion, for supplying the "sinews of
war" to the belligerents.
Ate-It is said that 137 commissioned
officers of volunteers, exclusive of those
whose three months' term of service
has expired, have resigned since the
battle of Manassas. The motives of
their resignation are of course only
conjecture, but the supposition is that
they made the discovery at the battle
that they are not eq.uhl to the, duties
they had rashly assumed. If so, their
places will probably be taken by. those
fitted bodily and . mentally 'for- the
dreadful' emergencies, `and we may
hear of no more Officers Jeading the
van in a retreat.
POWDER MILL PlETY.—Saida little
girl who had jest been reading the
,
newspaper account of explpsiein,
'Ma, don't you think that people who
work in powder mills ought,te be,,pi
ous?' There was a great deal d he•
man nature in that question. „The
world, like the little girl, thinks that
all who are especially exposied, ought
to be prepared for sudden
But is not the whole world ,a vast
powder mill ? IS it riot 6110 every
where with the elements pf destruc
tion ? The very air we breathe may,
become poisonous and slay us. The
water we drink may contain some
deadly ingredient which neither. Sign
nor taste can detect. We are encom
passed even by unseen dangers. We
are never certain of to•piorrow:—.
Then should we not.be pr?pared,
whatever our age, our business, or
our locality, for sudden death?
Jam' Garibaldi hastendereff his ser
vi.oes to the Federal Gnvernment.- - --
The.correspond ence in which the of•.
fer was made took place between the
American consul at Genoa, and See
retary Seward. The offer, of' Course,
was accepted, and the rank 'cif .Major-
General tendered-to the noble Italian.
THE OBJECTS OF THE WAR
The Harrisburg Telegraph, edited
and published by the Post. Master of
that place, is the special organ of the'
National Administration at the.-seat
of our State Government, and - prides
itself as the advocate, interpreter, and
vindicator of the sayings and doings,
of Gen. Cameron, the Secretary of
War. Hence anything appearing in
its columns may be looked uponas of
ficial, and vindicating the policy. of
the Federal Government. The fol
lowing extracts are from its leader of
the 10th inst., and derive udditional
force from the fact that Mr. Cameron
was at that time at his residence,
near Harrisburg
Ile - "There cannot and there never
"will be peace again in what once formed
"the United States, as long as slavery
"exists in the South. This is the de
"ere° of God himself, who has decla
"red an . eternal antagonism between
''right and wrong!!!' )
"To talk of peace, therefore,
"as long as slavery exists on this conti
"neat, in conjunction with freedom, is
"both foolish and impracticable! !!"
£ "If we intend to :be free, the
"sooner we go to work. to overthrow -And
"banish the institution of slavery, the
"longer our Freedom will last and
"the nobler it will become !I"
These are the sentiments, says the
.Pa
triot and Union, which have been sown
broad-cast over the North by the paid Ab
olition emissaries of the British Govern
ment. to foment sectionalism, civil war,
and thereby to accomplish the downfall
of a hated republic ; and a rival commer
cial and manufacturing nation.
Such sentiments in the mouth of the
Englishman, Garrison, would be received
as a matter of course, being the natural
expression of chronic fanaticism. But
coming from the official organ of the Fed
eral Government—the mouth-piece of the
Secretary of War—it'promulgates to the
world what but too many hesitatingly
feared—that the policy of the General
Government is tinder the sole control of
the fanatical, Abolition wing - of the Repub
lican party, and that this war, info which
they hurried the Administration, is to be
converted into a general crusade against
slavery, and is not to terminate until the
last slave shall have been wrested from
the keeping of his master. The irrepres
sible conflict is upon us; henee our gallant
volunteers are no longer to 'march to sup
port the Constitution, to quell rebellion, to
rescue the Unionists ,of the Solidi from - the
oppression of Secessionists, and to bring
back the Southern States to their allegiance
to the Union ; but, under the black banner
of Abolitionism, they are now called to
trample upon the guarantees of the Con
slit ution ; to Match into the South and free
four millioriS of blacks; to ruin and destroy
eight - millions of whites, whether friends
or foes,' and, through rivers of blood—
through all the horrorS of the most relent
less warfare—to act as the heartless exe
cutioners of a horde of blind and wicked
fanaticS,who, in -their M
Governmentad zeal, are driv
ing the and the Nation to its
utter ruin !
It was these fanatics who warped the
policy of Mr. Lincoln in the commence
ment of his administration and suddenly
cut off the country from all hopes of an
accommodation. It was these fanatics
whose chorus cry of "On to Richmond"
led to the disasters of our army at Bull
Run. And these same demented fartaties,
if not stayed in their inhuman course by a
resolute,peeple, will
. conVertthis war into
one of extermination; and plUnge the Re
public into the horrors ofirretreivablern,
in and de.strucion.
What will Western Virginia; - Eastern
Tennessee., _Kentucky, the loyal men of
Missouri and of all the other seceded States
say to thiS official declarhtion of an indis
criminate-warfare upon two thousand mil,-
lions dollars worth of Southern property
of which they are part. owners? What
will our manufacturers, our commercial
men, our capitalistS who Support the war
in the hopes of its speedy termination and
of a happy return to the blessins of un=
ion,:to the arts and prosperity of peace,
what will they say to these 'dreary pros-,
pectS now held%Out "to make the eternal
years their date of war ?" What will our
farmers and artizans say. to' the onlirnited
prospect of grinding taxation and the ru
inous depreciation of the, pride' of their
industry?
The war was inaugurated professedly
to restore in full force the Constitution and
the Union. To effect this great Natiorial
purpose our armies should march forward
with the sword in one hand and the olive
branch in the other. But the present ad
ministration is under the 'sway Of fanatics
and robbers. The fanatics thirst for blOod
the robbers for money. Both combine to
pervert and protract the war.
.In this dreadful crisis - in our - National
affairs there is-but one hope of res - cue and
salvation against intestine dissolutkin arid'
foreign -invasion; That hope 'tests' alone
upon - the Democratic party, which, ;in; alt
our varied national trials, has prcived itself
the°.T..g,is of the Union and of -the people.
That party! must now rally and drive
from the councils of:the - Nation-the sbigoiS
and the swindlers whb, in this dread time
of public woe, when the country lies pros
trate, bleeding at every pore, like leecheS,'
have ruthlesslyfasteneft upon the National
Government and - threateri to drain its very
life s blood!, The Democracy of the North'
alone can save the nation. Already in
Ohio and New • York, haver they -raised
their-standards. They will now spring
to their feet in- Pennsylvania, _and thou
sands upon thousands of ;honest citizens,'
who have been disabused by recent events
—by, seeing that a few -months' reign;_ of
republicanism has brought the country , to'
the brink of rally under- their
banners arid, by an- overwhelming vote,:
restore to this great State the -deserved
name of the Keystone of the arch -of the
Union!. - , , ; ,
. Now, at length, the real policy of `the
Administration has been laid down by the.
official organ. The irrepressible 'conflict
is inaugurated—this war is for the abso
lute extirpation of slavery. It is to con
tinue until radical abolitionism trium
phant: TilQ asses ear strikes out from
under the lion's skin:
CANADA AIIARNG.—They are form
ing rifle companies in Canada, and. the
Toro.uto • „Leader: a'alls for 2 0,000 more
British niar
reffs_beforewinter sets in.
p
ria L . The New-rork. Fire Zouaves
returned to that city, last week. Col.
Farnham died of his wounds received
at, Manassas, in the hospital at Wash
ington, on Wednesday last. A meet
ing of the Zouaves was held in Hum
boldt Hall, on Wednesday evening, for
the purpose of giving utterance to
their grievances and. setting them
fielves right, before the public. The
following is a summary of their
LIST OF GRIEVANCES
The men complain ;..That they did not get the
arms promised them—the Sharpe's Rifles, Bowie
knives and revolvers; that were to be their prop.
arty at the end of the war. Instead of them they
were served with 800 Minie Muskets and old ,
fashioned bayonets, and 200 Millie Rifles with
sabre bayonets, and led to suppose that even
those would be taken from them at the end of
the war.
That they did not enlist with the understand
ing that they were to swear in for the war, but
that they were sworn in by a subterfuge or under
threats that they would be sent home in irons.
That after Col. Ellsworth's death the Zonave
drill was abandoned by order of Col. Farnhom,
who said the Zouave drill was "played out." The
regiment refused the United States uniform, bar
ing enlisted as Zuoaves.
That Col. Farnham endeavored to bring the
•oficers of the original Chicago Zouaves into dis
favor after Col. Ellsworth's death, and succeeded
in compelling them to resign, at the expense of
the discipline of the regiment, to make room for
others to get commissions.
That the promotions were not made from the
ranks of the regiment, but vacancies were filled
by privates or non commissioned officers of the
Seventh Regiment, who bed nothing to do with
the Fire Zouaves.
That the provisions of the regiment were not
Of 66 quality guaranteed by the Army rations.
That while other regiments got fresh bread they
got hard crackers. - That at. Alexandria, when
building the itarenchments, they were fed on hard
crackers, rancid pork, and salt junk,-Dr hurse.—
All this was while there was plenty of flour with
in reacts 600• barrels of which were taken ateland's
Mills by : the Zonal:es. . •
That when the time arrived for paying the men
they were clamorous : but without effect. The of
ficers and men resolved not to go to the field with
out pay. They eventually did go, although every
other regiment had been paid in time. That Gov.
Morgan had refused to pay the Men, telling Mr.
Westervelt, their Paymaster, that they were "ah
armed mob."
That just before the battle the, canteens' of the
men were-taken ,by detachments. 'of the various
companies, but thet only one third of the men
had them returned on account of being immedi
ately ordered on the "double quick." •
That the statements of Cols Heintz leMen, as
to the conduct of the regiment on the field of
battle, are grossly incorrect. That they took
from fifty to sixty pistols of the Black Horse Car •
airy, Which they hare now, and killed and wound
ed many of them bating M: V. G., supposed Co
stand for "Mount Vernon Guards," on their hats.
That the three days' rations and the equipments
were necessarily lost on the field of battle.
That Rickees Battery was not deserted by
Zonaves, but was disabled only because the Her
ses and gunners were killed. That the tun:lves
did actually bring off 'several of the guns.
That Lieut-Col. Cregier, after the regiment bad
been in the battle some time, ordered the &m
-ares to "down men, for your lives," thus creating
great confusion - and some apprehension.
That the regiment never fled as Cal. Heintzle ,
man reports, but that they did efficient duty in
the woods whenever they could._
That after the baffle; some , of the officers told
the men "to go . to New'York, as everthing was
going. to the d—l, and -the best thing the men
could do was to take care of thomm roe; that the
Government was disorganized as well as the reg.
intent, and the politicians were squabbling a
mong themselves,"
That the officers of the Zonaves were in-.many
cases, afraid of their worst men, and durst not
subjert theui to discipline. •
That to sum up all, The regiment has been
treated with bod faith; fed like dogs; deprived
of the credit of what they did on the field of bat
tle ; stigniatized as deserters -for doing as their
officers told theta, and kept out of their pay for
an unreasonable length of time.
RETURN OF PRISONERS PROM
RICHMOND.
To-day quite a number - of our sur
geons aoil soldiers, and.one lady, who
were taken prisoners at Bull Run
and conveyed to ,Richmond, arrived
here via Fortress Monroe and Balti•
more: They furnish many interest
ing fltets.irelatingto their capture and
residence among the rebels. The
surgeons are here on parole, and there
allowed the,liherty from the fact that
they remained on the field to take
care of our wounded, and did not
therefore join , in the retreat with pth
er officers. For this humane as well
as bravo act they Were complimented
by Gens. Beauregard and Johnston;
and being non-coinhatante,:haVeleen
allowed greet privileges.
,The wound
ed and,t heir : attendants Tw,ere . treated
very kindly by the people living•in
the vicinitypf 'Manassas. No distinct.
Lion was made between friend. andfon
and . everthing. was done : to ; alleviate
their sufferieg, 'Hon, Mr. 111 y, Co.
Corceran,And ethers, were still in
prison at Richmond, but were well
cared for..- : There was a, universal
feeling . in favor of : hanging thc most
important ones should .the crew of
the Savannah . S.Afer death. :With re
gard to the ne:x.,t! battle or the future
tuovem.ents th 6 rebels, - but little
was said. The southern soldiers' were
very much we.aried. with
.their: 'Ong
campaign and . seemed inactive, mani
festing little or no :spirit :for a yenew
ed conflict. At first there 08;m:dis
position to
.moye.on Washington c hut
there was: an under eurrentjeeliug a
me ng the • mpre southern. regi ep ts,
wh:eh ,was averse to crossing..tha Po 7
tO ac - ,piver. „Thq.reiel ofgpers _and !
soldiers. are ; the opinion-Ai - wt.:our
sold i prs•fought Jiire tigers Run
and complimented them for,bravery,
kitit4o9y, are' severe in: denunciation
,Qur olllcers, who they say : acted
like c.apwards:, They : admit :that me
had; ‘Kon,the fieltiseverat ,and
full well tipderstood how the !panic
came to seize upon our troops, and
cause to lose it., The : l .,, ,ehela all, con-
Mir in;praisipg Olen: MeQiellan's tiA)11„
ities, - and state that
.11e.: is th& only :
map !that!they fear in :.the :coming
:neatest: .! ..! , .
rm. When Voltaire was on his death
bed, Many visitors called, all of whom
were' denied entrance to his chum ber-
A mongst,them Wag the Abbe ()ha=
11` [To came to offer the Consola
tions of the Church. 'When his name
was annou need' by th& servant, Vol
taire said`: - dame 'into the world,
barehetded, axiShall . leave, it without
a chapeau!"
.new. i
nßectieut ingenuity s.never
failing in the production ofHneedful
and timely articles. A woolen mlan
ufactuting ; firm , , in Enfield Making
knit
_uniforms-- ofi durable, material
and proper color represented to be
serviceableand•suitable for sum Mer
or winfet wear can be furnished per
uniform—jacket Vest' and paritaloOns
—:for three- dollars. •
Oz°T in the Italirin war,„it is said,
officers went into conflict armed and
uniformed like privates; this being
deeme&necessary, on account of ',the
introduction of rifles, to prevent the
commalndaqi from being picked off
FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsnixoTori Aug. 17.
We have another arrival from Ac
quia Creek to-day. Yesterday a new
battery concealed in the Woods, open
ed on the United States steamer Po
cabontas with rifled cannon. Al
though she was nearly four miles off,
the balls went through the rigging,
splintered the vessels, and came near
killing an officer. It was useless to
return fire:, and, the Pocahontas speed
ily got out of the way. Her officers
were entirely unaware of the existence
of the battery, which makes the fourth
already discovered at that place.
The city has been very quiet for
several days, so far as any rumors of
battles are Concerned. There seems
to boa dearth of news, and no relia
ble information reSpecting the move
ments of the rebels.
The general impression,, however,
is that Beauregard is by' : ,degrees
throwing his main force upon the
banks of the Potomac, especially a
bove and beloW Washingtorr: Sever
al of the returned prisoners speak
positively as to the absence of troops
at Manassas Junction,* at.leaSt, of
the main body of the rebels: At Fair
fax Court - House thero- arc not proba
bly more
_than four ar five regiments.
Where are the rest of : the 60,000 ? It
is believed that a large 'force is Con
centrating at or near - Leesburg, and
another at some point between Dum
fries and Matthias Point. .
FROM_ sT. Louis.
St. Louis, Aug, 17.-11 30 P. M.
—Dispatches reached here to-day
inthrmiog us that the train .convey
ing troops on the Hannibal and St.
Joseph Railroad 'Wks' fired into by
Secessionists, near Palmyra, and one
soldier killed and several Wounded.
Gen. Pope immediately sent orders
to Gen. Hurlbut to take suchforce as
lie deemed necessary to Marion coun
ty and quarter them on the people,
I and levy contribution of horses, mules,
provisions, and such things useful to
soldiers, amounting to $lO,OOO, on the
inhabitants of the county, and On the
city of Palmyra $5OOO, as a penalty
for this outrage.
AN HONEST CONFESSION.
The Bucyrus Forum, says our Wash
ington correspondent, a few „days ago,
in a private Conversation NV itb Mr._
I Lincoln, asked him how he liked the
conduct of the Northern Democracy
on the present crisis. - ,
"Honest Old.A.be" replied with a
blush—that "their patriotic support
of the ConstitutiOn and the Union is
just what he expected of them—that
if they had not rallied to the support
of "the Stars and Stripe,S7. there would
now be no crovernment.,left.
he, "if the - Democracy had served me
and my adminiStration such a trick
is Mr. Corwin tint!, myself served the
administration of itir. Polk duriogthe
Mexican War, we should now lie in
the hands of Jeff. Davis. At that
time, we were traitors to our country
and gave aid and comfort to the . Hex
leans, arid if our countrymen were to
treat ps now as we treated them then,
weShould:be Weleanned 'with bloody
hands' to hospitable graves. ; '
SHAMEFUL NEGLECL-0 na to the
_6
reckless indifference of the State mil
itary authorities, one of the most gal
lant regiments, that fought at Bull
Run is in a state of suffering.
.Over
one hundred men of. the New-York
Thirteenth Volunteers, Cot. Qtli ey's
regiment, have neither pantaloons nor
Shoes, and : arc • to-day walking about
in .0 eir. camp in-their .drawers,, and
barefboted. Some .of the other mem
bera are supplied with ctotjing
by the eontributien of members Hof
the Sixty-ninth when they .returned.
The wants of this regiment haVe been
kiniWn by the State authorities-for
weeks, and, oothing but promises have
been received Washington corres
pondent, .2y.
Eitmored design'to (Test)* Washington:
WAS ' ILIN . GTONi Friclay, Aug! 'IG. •
Rumors are current here, said to be
founded upon reliable authority, that
Jefferson 'Davis strongly conteMplates
the invasion 'of WaShington, 'not to
the cityibrit to destroy Tit. • He
hesitates net on ifiribilfty to doit,'but
do•the loyalty of Maryland. \Stroll.
non§ efforts are in-:progress to secure
a - change:of sentithent in favor of se.
cession: That acCoMpiished,the'first
mOveni entOf 'array . wonld be -Up
on the' capital; With the desporitte'd
termination -to Mete 'tint tO it the fate
af` , Ha 'which. they say was
burnt by' our '
The recent fight has' added a
new ,simile descriptiye!of speed pg the
aJready red undan t vocabulary of joek=
eydo to . It is now said : of .the fastest
horse, "I o
.p.y „ fco member of
Congress. af„ Ann: !,
The officer in charge of the' U:
-
S. prisoners at'RichMbirdis it broth:
of „., ~
Mre:',Linceln-4.lr;Tedd, of Xen.
tucky; -,5.0 :writes Mr. • Magraw, one
of-the pristinerat-.
' IV 'StAknlXO'.'hy
out 'country we are-no, , more' under
the necessity of endOrsing'AbOlitierf
isiii or Republidahigin;' than we are
of embracing , Spiritualism;' Agrarian
ism or Freeleveistii - Perforthing this
patriotie:Onty'does not inVelvoan
handonnient i of DeineeraticpilncipleS
—on - the - Contrary, we ingloriOusly
desert those principles When We refuse
to live; or' die for - the ; flag . of
Unien."lYe have'been taught
gardthe rear"oreatinon heard in
fence of that flag as good Democerati&
thunder.--:-:=AfaficheWr. N. if, Mirror.
den. MOClellen is asking for as much
artillery,as can be provided, He is..evi
dently of. Napoleon's opinion, Nhat God is
on the side that has-the best:artillery.
'Abundant--.-Huckleberries in Clerefield
county. A 'cOrreapondent oi the Republi
can says he counted no less than Ifi2 wag
onsi at one * , patch," which had taken ber
ry gatherers there from the surrounding
neighborhood. • •
. , .
The Troy Tiiaes says, that a man, was
find& ten dollars by the court in that place
for kissing a married lady, and adds: "It
May to state,for:the, sake of the
thdt any law against,
ktising them?' ':' - I c' •
Great Battle in Missouri.
FULL AND AUTHENTIC PARTICULARS.
ROLLA, Mo., Tuesday, Aug. 13.
The following account of the battle at
Springfield is - furnished by an eye wit
ness, who left Springfield Sunday morn
ing and came through to this place on
horseback.
Our Army marched out of Springfield
on Friday evening only 5,500 strong, the
Home Guards remaining in SPringfield.--L-
Our forces Slept on the prairie a portion of
the night,and about sunrise Saturdaymorn
ing drove in the, outposts of the enemy,
and soon alter the attack becarne general.
The attack was made in two columns
by Gens. Lyon and Sturges, Gen. Seigel
leading a, flanking force of about 1,000
men and four gaps, on the south of the en
emy's camp.
The fire raged from sunrise until
,I. or
2 o'clock in the afternoon. The rebels in
overwhelming force charged Capt. Tot
/ ten's battery three distinct times, but
were repulsed With great slaughter. Gen.
Lyon fell early in the day. He had been
previonsly wounded in the leg, and had
a horse shot from under him.. •
The Col. ofone of the Kansas vgiments
having becdrne disabled, the boys cried
out, "General, you come and lead us on."
He did so, at once putting himselfinfront
and while cheering ,the men on to the
charge, received a bullet in the left breast,
and fell from his horse. He was asked if
he was hurt, and replied, "No;.not Much,"
but in a few minutes he - expired without
a struggle:
Gen. Seigle had a very Severe struggle,
and lost three of his four, guns., His artil
lery horses were shot in their harness,
and 'the yieces disabled. `'He endeavored
to haul them off with anumber of, prison
ers he had taken, but was finally com
pelled to abandon them, first however
spiking•the guns and - disabling the car
riages. •
Abbut I o'clock the enemy seemed - to
be in greatdisorder, and - retreating and
setting fire to theirtrainTorbaggage-wag
ons.
_um- forces were too much;'fatigued_
and,elit up to pursue; Stithe battle may be
considered a drawn one:
Gen.. Prices was not killed. There were
rumor's on the field that McCulloch
was killed, but the rebel denied it.
On Saturday night Dr.; Meucher, and
others of our army, went back with; am
bulances to the battle-field, from Spring
field,to see about the killed and wounded.
They found the enemy,,bn the-field, and
• were considerately treated. Gen. Lyon's
body-had been treated wit k greaffeSPect,
and'was.brought back,With some 'of the
wounded to Springfield.
Major Sturgis took command of the
battle-field after the death of Gen. Lyon.
Gen. Siegel took command after the battle:
Our loss is variously estimated at from
150 to 300 killed, and several hundred
wounded.
. .
The enemy's loss is• placed at 2,000 kill
ed and wounded. Our boys captured a
bout 100 horses of the enemy. The ene
my carried two flags, the Confederate and
the Stars and Stripes. .
Gen. Siegel marched back to Spring
field in-good order, after perfecting his ar
rangements, gathering the baggage, blow
ing up what powder he could .not carry,
and destroying other property which he
did notwish should fall into the hands of
the enemy. He left Springfield. on Sun
day night, and encamped thirty miles this
side of that place, the enemy not pursuing
him. The only hostility observed during
the day was the firing of muskets from a
distance at the rear guard.
Geh. Seigel is confident he could have
held Spring - field against` : the force he had
engaged, but he was ..fearful of reinforce
ments tb the enemy :the Southwest,
atuf , that oiCommunicatiorf to 'Rol
la would be cut off:
Gen..Lyon,,begair the. attack upon .the
.
receipt of intf4gene that the enem'y were
expecting Gen. Har
dee's column, which was approaching
ftom the southeast.
A portion. of the artillery of Alte. enemy
was admirably served,
The fire of the.rebel infantry was also
very severe.
The;Spring,field: Home Guards were not
in the fight. They, with a large.:riumber
of citizens of Springfield, are in Gen. Sie-.
gel's camp.
It was thought-that Gen. Siegel would
go back no further-than Lebanon, -where
reinforcetitenta Would meet him.
By tie President of the United States
A PROCLAMATIO N.
Wit ereas,Ajoint conimit tee of Mull Timms of Congreak.
has waited on the -Presidenelof the United States, mid re..
quested him to recommend a day of pntLlic humiliation,
player sod fasting, to be Vserved lay the people of the
United States %vitt). religions solemnities, and the offering
of fervent supplications to Almighty God for the sailaty
and welfare of these States, his blessings on their arms,
and it speedy restoration to peace; and Wheteas; it is fit
mil becoming in all people, at all times, to acknowledge
and'revere thesuproute government of God, to. bow. ,
humble submission to Itischastiscureuts, to confess - and
deplore:Weir. sins anti transgressions, in the Intl too vie-
Lion that the:fear cif. the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and terpray - fcrveriey and contrition uir the lint ,
don of their past otionees, and for a blessing upon. their
Presoak! and prospective rintiens ; and whereas, when our
leeloveii-cetutatry, imeiyby , 'the blessing of. God, united,
Prosperous and happy, is note :aided with factionintid
civil wrir, it is jtecitliarly fit for us to recognize hand
of GOttin tills visitation,;Miii, in sorrolVfol retnenibiittice
of our own faults and crimes,as a natiou and as individn-
Ills, to humble:ourselves.before Him and tu.prity, for His
mercy.; to pray that Ave may he spared further punish
ment, though most justly deserved ; that our arms may
he blessed mid moue egectual for re-establishment of law,
order and peace throughout our country, and. that ,the
Inestimable :bonn of civil awl religious liberty, earned
Mader Ibis guidance nod blessing by, : tha labors anti:suffer
ingei;Of Our, fathers, may be resteredju nil. original 0:-
telltales; Therefore, I, Ablalltun 1.4p0,dn, President of
01 0 United states, do ; appoint the. last Thursday in
Simtem her, next, es a day- of -humiliation, 'prayer, and
fasting for all the people of the nation, and I. do earnestly
rt.commend to the people, tint! especially to all ministers
and teatibers of religion, of ill denominations, to all
heads of families, to observe and keep that day according
to their several , creeds anti medeS of worship in all
humility., and with alt religious Soleinnity, to the end
that. the unite,! prayer of the flatten may ascend to the
Throne Of Grace fold bring down : prentiful. blessinga
upon OUr °Wu country.
La testimony whereof,
A BBAIIAI.ILINCOV4I S
By the riesident,
WILLIAX if. SEWARD, Seeretitry of Stat
. .
.
NEW VOLUMES of the fuurEvlrms and
131.4CX*002onnuelico July, 1861.
For any one of the four Reviews $3 00
For ittly:hrti of Ole four 5 0u
For anyilireti of the fotit Renown . ' • 700
For allibu ca the Reviow4,„" t .:, .
......... 00
For Illackatiod'alklagailzie " 300
For Blackwood and one Review 5 90
For Blackwood and-two keyiewe • - 700
For IllacktrObd ittid'throo Revintia 9 00
For Blackwood and the four Reviews 10 00
.
N0n,!:?):04.474ent the 41tac Wherra ieoata lOW be' ve r ceired
CLUI3 BIND.;
A disconnt' of twenty-fire per cent. from , the above
priceovill he allowed- to Cuu Ordering four or :mere' co
qf any one or more of the shove works. FOUT
copies of Blackwood, .or of one Iteviewg
.serit to one
itgatess fJr $9 ; four copiee of ttm awl Black
wood for $3O ,and so 00. -
viet„,nemittancca, Should. a l w a ys be Nillreased to the
publishers.
,SCOTT CO.,
No. 54 Obld - Stiing New X
•
The,Lewisb g Oltr ant 'puhl4he s
a list of the teachers in attendance at the
State Teachers', ...LssOciation, which filet at
that place last week. 41. z.,. henry Houck,
Miss Muria C. Gleitu, .4 , iss..Paillina S.
Wheat, Mils Kate•Bowtarrn•apft,
uel Moves . AttiCiWoni,
county. .; 4.-1
It-etas further resolved-that the fund in
the treasury, with such other sum as may
be necessary7 . be devoted to the purchase
of a cannon. to be presented to the - Gov
ernment in the name of the Penrisylvania
State Teachers' Association, to aid in put
ting down the rebellion. Dr. Burrows to
purchase and present The, gun. Messrs.
Davis, Sypher, Heckendorn, Wilson, and
Waltham were appointed special commit
tee to raise additional funds—every mem
ber of the Association to co-operate with
the committee, at once. A liberal sub
scription was opened on the spot.
Cr The liberal . proposition of R. W
Coleman, Esq., to those of is bands who
for the war, which
enlist in Ipyto army
we noticed two weeks ago, is highly co:n
o:tended by the press. The Lancaster Ex
press says of it,: , . •
Among all the exhibitions - of patriotic spirit which
have illuminated the darkness of these troublous times,
wa lutvl seen none which struck us as being more genet ,
ously and thoughtfully conceived and nobly executed
than this. Such a course shows till - Attie party is willing
and anxious to put his sympathy for the brave defenders
of his country into a tangible and telling shape, and
should receive the honor and pries° Its merits. When
the depression of bilMillek4KWaS so kreat as to force him to
close his extensive works, he generously and unostenta
tiously made this provision for those who-mere thrown
out of employment and were willing to enter the service
of their Country—at the same time giving them ti strong'
'inducement to do so,by assuring them that their foimilies.
will be looked after at home.
Kr CONVICTION ion MANSLAtIGHTSR.— ,
John and James McGuire were put upon
trial on Friday last, in the Oyer and Ter
miner, for killing John McDevitt. The
parties are Irish laborers, and met, on the'
18th of May last, at the lime-kiln on the
other side •of the Harrisburg bridge,where
they ate and drank together, and finally
got into a fight, during which James Mc: ,
Guire struck McDevitt in the fEICA
stick, and John McGuire struck him a
blow whiCh-threw him into the kiln, and
injured him so seriously that he died two,
days afterward. The evidence was sub
stantially to that effect, and the jury on
SaturdaY morning rendered a verdict of
guilty ofvOlUntary manslaughter against
both the prisioners. They are not yet.
sentenced.—Reading C-hizette.
BARN BURNED.—During the thundeN
storm of Thursday night, the 18th
inst., the barn of Mr. Thomas Roll-.
inger,. near .Church town,'Lancaster
comity, was e'truek . by, ;lightning, and
destroyed with large
. qUantity of
hay and grain that were stored in it,
There was no. Insurence. '
AN IM PORTA.NT CAPTURE
Last Tuesday afternoon the Sur
veyor of the Port i with officers Isaacs
and Bunn, hoardedthe steamer Per
sia at Quarantine. .On the way up
to the city intelligence wascoraniuni
cated to the Surveyor to the - effect
that one of the passengers on board,
named Thomas B.,Serrill was .a- vio
lent secessionist, and bad stated to
another passenger` that he was re
turning. fronieurepe, with :the pro
ceeds of a loanwhicb,,ho had rie„,aoti
ated in 'Europe for the Southerrf Con
fedm'acy.
On the arrival or *the steamer at
.Tersey City, officers Isaacs and`Bann,
made a thorough search of the per
son and baggage of the passenger
designated, and succeeded in finding
R.,10,000 in Bank of England notes,
and a large number of letters and
other important papers, the contents
of which leave - no doubt that the in
formation giVen to the Surveyor .was
correct..'
Surveyor AndreWS at once comma
-
ideated with Secretary Chase, who
was in the .city, and: the Secretary
commended the proceedings , _already
taken and advised the arrest of Ser
rill. The matter Was also communi
cated. to the federal government at
Washington.
Meanwhile-the money, amounting
to E 10,000; and the letters were tak
en- to.the Surveyor's office. The let
ters have been read and are discov
ered to be strongly secession in tone,
and some of them suggest plans for
breaking the blockade and supplying
the LiVerpool Market with cotton.—
ThesedespateheS leave ..no doubt
to 114 character of the:, bearer, and
render it probable that' the
..E40,000
was a -lean to the . Confederate States,
as he represented.
Several passengers ; by the
. Persia
have vellintarily 'coino forward and
_have made affidavits' respectino• the
secession talk of Serra on boakthe
ship;
This Morning the United States
DistrictAttorneyput:a Warrent for
Serrin arrest in the'Aiands of an ,of
• 3.l.r.'Serrill - is a New Orleans `man,
who has been for years engaged in
the cotton business..-lie is about fif
ty years of age, and is'reizesented to
be Wealthy.
Some of. the affidavits nfliassengers,
made this morning, state 'positively
that Serrill said that the money in
hiS ppsscssion was "a loan for . the
Confederate State.s."- . --N, Y. Evening
Post.
`TUE 1 3‘ ,1 : 1,7 71;.coLTINii•Ens—tion.
gross passed Vie , increasing the
pay ;of volunteers; making it $l3 per
instead
-of $ll. - prifposi.
tiob io make tt.51: 5 .(aUe40414 $ l3 wagt
a compromise niensure: - •
Ki n g Otho, now.n,Gernlarip, .I.s
said,, inteute to return,' o more to
Kr An order has been issued from
the •War .floPariment establishing,
camps ofreadezvous and instruction.
at New 'York, .Harrisburg, 'Pittsburg
and Cinoinnati. Every volunteer is
to be mastered in 48 scion as enrolled,
and sent to the canipoP-mide_zvous
as soon as_ mustered ti ie Opens°
of transportation
,to be borne by the
Governmeet. Th . - apart in at
reserves the right 'to attach soldiers
or co inpaai es ;to other regiments, in
case that for which they were enroll
ed be not ready at the time fixed.
SMALL P OTATOES.—Speaker Grow has
ordered the portrait Of Ex-Pres't Buch
anan to be removed from the rotunda of
the eqpltol. That's very small business.
The, name Of Buchanan will live in the
menfory of his country-men when Groom's
abolition bones are rotting in his unhonor
ed grave.
Dis B n
TURIIANcE, - -.l—
evening a week Mr. Breekinridge,
stopping ovetnight in flaltimpv the que§ , t
of font ketirY May, was -eallea utioa lir
a speech. .In response to the eall, he es-'
sayed to make a few remarks, but was re'-
peatedly interrupted by a gang ofrowdies
who applied to him the grosiest'Aiia most
offensive epithets. Such is the-boasted
“tkeedoni of speech" -`
.:in, the Monumental
City.