eyes, John—deep and blue and liquid ;
and when she turned them upon you with
'one of her quick, sudden glances, they
seemed to Took down into your very soul.
She was down there in that little villiage
- wamong the trees, spending the
..the same house with me. I
•Imilakoktgling her one day of that 'View
i fig4iscead Of the lake and she %rtme
'di I should drive her out
the oh.'
'You remember my famous horses that
I drove in those days with classic names.
It was a gallarit team. How Mary's beau
lithl eyes flashed as she sat behind them.
'We had not gone aquarter ofa mile when
with the most natural movement in the
world she reached over and took the reins
from my hands. .
'Let the drive them, Tom.'
• Ilaw.the relnii that guided those two
powerful and spirited horses looked in her
tiny hands.. But the horses seemed to
know all about it, for when she spoke to
than in the same sweet, gentle tones she
would have used to ona of us, they seem
ed to feet it just as 'you or I would.—
They dew like the wind, but she manag
ed them beautifully and in ten minutes
we were there.
*She stood up then, and looked down
on the lake, and then her eye wandered
around over 'the landscape, but she did
not speak. Was I disappointed! No. I
did not expect it. But I stood where I
could see her face, and note all the
thoughts that filled her soul at that mo
ment. Her beautiful eyes never looked
so beautiful to me before as they looked
that Instant, and I could have loved her
then if-it would have been of any use.—
Then we sat down for an hour and,neith
er of us spoke, till the shadows of the tall
trees yonder on the bill were creeping up
the slope on the east side of the lake.
'Let us go,' she said then, and I drove
her home. As I put her down at the gate
she only said 'Thank you Tom.'.
'What era this? She was , engaged
at the time to Fred Wilson, who had gone
over the sea, and I knew that her young
heart was clinging to him with all a wo
man's love. And she was th4king of him
all the time and wishing . he. was there,
when, at that very, moment howas going
forth alone on the dark path, far from home
and: far from ber.
'She was an orphan and alone in the
world, and when she heard of his death
In that far of country among strangers
she turned at once to the hour ofhis death
and the 'spot where she was sitting, be..
Came hallowed in her memory. She
not. pine away. It was not in her nature
to do so. But she used to ride out 'there
with me, almost every , day, and sit .there
for hours gazing off ins; the sky and—'
'Where is she now,Tom r inquired
as he paused- q p
'Gone--.on the same dark path. Two
years after, she sent for me in the city.—
I found her ill—very ill. She had become
like a young sister to me, and I loved her
as such. I attended her until she seem
ed to grow better, and then one day when
I called to see her she said to rile—
°tom, dear, It is about the time you al
ways go to the country. Take me, up
there, will you I. I want to.be among the
green fields and under the cool shade of
the hill-side again. I think I shall feel bet
ter thefe.'
'And we came up. In that house where
you saw the chit:antes just rising above
the tall kola,. she died. We had been up
at the lake all day. I had to carry b* in
my arms, and she talked of the time when
we &et came there, and then of Fred, and
how he had died—and when the shadows
began to fall on the other side of the lake,
we went down.
'She said she was tired when we reach
ed home, and I sat by her till she slept.—
It was perhaps an hour after sunset, when
she woke, and. there was a strange , mu
sic in her voice as she spoke to me.
'Good bye, Tom—dear Tom. You
have been very kind to me in these two
dreary years. But I must leave you now.
It is cold—very bold. There, take my
hand in yours--note, kiss me brother Tom
—yes, brother, good bye.' .
'And : she wet* to sleep again. I thought
she had been dre,araing, and that her mind
was confused as she woke. But her
hand became cold and heavy in. mine, and
when I felt of her forehead it was cold and
damp, and her pulse had stopped !'
. THE SPIEDIiE CITY.
Lowell and' its :Industry.
The growth of Lowell, Mass'., as a manufactur
ing place, wholly within thelast forty years is
almost unexampled in iistory, and the remit is
a working mode) of skill, energy, labor and cap
ital eoutbitteigifffirodUce wonderful results. Al
thapreseitt , Wink 'there are twidvi. corporations
with arr aggregate callital of $15,0 00,000, own
ing fifty-tiro factory buildings, containing over
four hundred thousand spindles and twelve thou
sand looms, with other machinery in proportion;
omployingsighty-sevon hundred women and for-
Jyrtwo.biandnal men; mannfacturing yearly more
than one hundred million yards of cotton 010 th,
twenty-live million yards of calico, twenty mili
tant yard', of bleached and dyed goods, one and
li hail million yard. of woolen cloths, and over
a million yards of carp/tinge. Think of a strip
of cotton cloth It yard wide and two hundred
man long, made daily l Enough in a year to gc
twice round the globe, with ends five thousand
miles long to lie with. The annual consumption
of material is immOre; viz: forty million pounds
of cotton; five - theesand tons of wrought and
cast, iron ; thirty thousand tons of hard coal;
twenty seven thodilatid bushels of charcoal;
eighty thousand gallons of oil; sixteen hundred
cords of wood;, thiitsen hundred barrels of Hour;
a like amount of enuFah with groat quantities of
soap, tussles sett dyestuffs in addition. Private
atterprise-hawalsalmen busy; and prominent in
this respect stands the vast - Jstemloallaboratory of
Dr..T. O. Ayer a Co., whereenormoue quantities
of their valuable pteparatiOnliCherry Pectoral,
Pills, Apo Cure and linronpariUs, with a world
wide 'inilintiiiini 'for the relief of suffering ha
reattity, timil yeirij, alias. &alai in all lands' on
wiliali. sits :anis elituaa. This Am pinto more
than of,Adamtimes yearly, on asap.
mid%•self hadininnuo, priming toih side, of
WI .heat IA thilatoll gin; tbia greatest issue of
essyswireit In earinagsage. Among otherthings
of of in Loyolil Si. Ann.'. ohnroh contains a
lama posaplote-ohimm of balls (11) than any nth
-sr tit gig °Twit, with ...- single exception of
that pooh ansaistl afFambpicle;liaso. The Lo •
wellf . Vacitine //KM I. one of ihe„oldest in the
eonaliq for tie bolding Of locomoares ; and . the
pioneer of liiiroade in America le that between
loyell and. Boston airand for pation.i'er,travel .
In 106. Ae one of the swat industrial centres,
at 71. W Ehigland It - eannorfitillo • be n:place of
ifrol'hibtrAlli iktigreVer,,and-fitheiritell-in
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11211162131
IL BRESLIN, Editor and Proprietor
LEBANON, PA.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1882
THE NATIONAL PLATFORM
PURPOSES OF THE WAR
Congress, by a vote nearly mum intone, palsied
the following resolution, which expresses the
voice of the Nation and is the true standard of
loyalty
"That the present deplorable civil war has bean
forced upon the country by the diannionista o f
the Southern States, now in army against the
Constitutional Government, and in arms around
the Capital; that in this National emergency,
Congress, banishing all feeling of mere passion
or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the
whole country; that this war,is not waged on
their part in apy.spirit of 'oppression, or for any
purpose of conquest or subjugation or purpose of
overthrowing or interfering with the rights or
established institutions of those Stated, but to de•
fend and maintain the supremacy of the Consti•
tution, and to preserve the 'Union, with all the
dignity, equality, and rights of the several States
unimpaired ; and that as soon as these objects
are accomplished the war ought to cease."
Democratic State Convention
Initooordanoe with ayesolution of the .Demo
tootle State Exeentive Committee, Tnr. DEnfoon.L.
OT OF PENNSYLVANIA will meet in STATE CON
VENTION, at HARRISBURG, on FRIDAY, the
dth day of July, 1862, at 10 o'clock . , A. M., to
nominate eandidatee for AUDITOR GENERAL, End
SURVEYOR GENERA, and to adopt - nob measures
es.maylie deomed'neetwaary for the welfare of
the Remocratie putty and the county , .
WILLIAM IL WELSIE P
Chairman of Cie - Democratic State E. QOM.
Off - We have stirring news. Gen.
Banks has been defeated, and the en
omy followed our retreating troopsup
to .•pl, - nrday night. On Monday he
tad not made his appearance and it is
supposed that he is marching on Har
per's Ferry: Washington and Balti
more are threatened, and the Presi
dent has made a requisition upon the
Governors of the states for three
month's militia. Prompt measures
must betaken'to give the Govern
ment every assistance in our power to
avert the threatened mischief. The
particulars of the repulse will be
found in another column.
li- The call for troops by the Pres
ident upon the Governors of the
States, is for "Three Months'li-
Ca." No commanding officer of a
higher grade than Captain will be ac
cepted: ,
CHANGE OF POLICY REQUIRED
It is self evident to every thinking
mind that the course
.of the Repub
licans in Congress, with their confis
cation, emancipation,- abolition, and
other bills for the benefit of the . .
ne
groes, are doing more
! harm to the
cause of the Union than the whole
army is doing good—in other words,
Congress is making more secession.
fists in the South than the army is
compelling to return to their allegi
ance to the Union.
We are now and have been all along
in favor of exerting the utmost power
of the government to'destroy the re
bellion,-but at - the seine tune we insist
thatihat strength should be exerted
according to the Constitution and the
laWs, and in such a way that the de
sired object will -beeffected most ex
peditiously and with the least cost of
life and treasure.
Instead of making- this a war of
subjugation and to free the nogroes,
let it be a war for the enforeenient of
the laws, the reclamation of the pnb
lie property and the punishment of
treason.
We contend that by the negro leg
islation of Congress neither of these
latter named objects will be effected,
and that the former depend upon the
chances of war,—ehanc.es at all timer;
very uncertain.
Instead of issuing proclamations to
free the negroes, passing bills for the
same purpose, and threatening the
property of the loyal and disloyal
alike, all of which Have4;nijc - a ten
dency to embitter the Southern peo
ple and drive the loyal into the ranks
of the disloyal, let Congress drop the
negro, and by- its legislation,.strength
en and support the Union feeling in
the Southern States, where such ex
ists, and where it does not let such - a
feeling be created. Sad the action
of Congress, since the war commenc
ed, been to attract ,
, the excited people,.
of the South to the 'Union, instead of
repelling them,- we feel confident that
in many of the Congressional districts
of the SOW the 'ballot boxes this
fall would already decide 'for the Un
ion.
There is no doubt. that—the heart
. feeling of the:masses-of the people, of
the forthOgleriOus old
'Unien. Ent .
under `the pressure of
the tyranny of their Nadcri;the ne
gro-legislation gro. legislation of .Congress, the.proc
-lamations of Bunter and ethers -of a
similar - character, and. the .infitimma
'hle•artiefes of 'Northern papers,like"
-• •
hoarier, that feeling is.
ImproOd k ;i: - 111" rebels !..undendand,
Abeiy ,
the. - tablloo and forbathe-eireniation
of Democratic papers, speeches, &c.,
which have a tendency to create an
Union feeling among the masses of
their s people, ,they freely admit the
circulation 'of Republican papers and
speeches and proclamations, which
tend to excite and augment the spirit
of rebellion.
As an instance of the effect of the
Democratic principles upon the rebel.
lion; it is said thtit theliddfess of the
Democratic Members of &ogress, re
cently published, created. a. trciuen.
done 'excitement even Alehmond.
One unfortiinate paper,-the 'Wytheville
Gazette published it, the result of
TirNch publication was the expres
sion, by ntan?prominent citizens, of
favorable opinions in reference to "the
constitution,-as it is and the trnion as
it was." > The Gazette was at once
suppressed, and 'the farther' publica
tion of tie;. address in the seceded
States declared treasonable to the in
terests of ,the Confederate govern.
ment, as it tends to a restoration of
the old Union, and thereby demoral.
iies the army of the:South distradts
public sentiment, and dissipates that
unanimity of confidence in the Davis
Government which it is desirable to
maintain.
Nothing in the northern papers has
ever so alarmed the leaders of the re
bellion as the address iu question, and
that the few copies of it which have
gotton out among the farmers in
Grayson county, Virginia, have done
more_ to paralyze the upraised arm of
patricides than a thousands proclama
tions could accomplish. It is consid
ered by prbminent traitors and mem
bers of the rebel government in
Richmond as the most insidious and
dangerous attack, that has been made.
upon the permanency of the their
new Confederation. - -
And in order to counteract its el
feet; and also to stimulate the south
ern mind to matte new sacrifices and
west more life in their rebellion, all
the leadingjournals in the - interest of
the rebel §ligareliy are Tepublislitng
all the spenehei of Lovejoy, Sumner,
Wilson, Chandler, Washburn, and I
other confiscating and emancipating
abolitionists. Nothing helps to revive
the drooping spirits of the rebel- sol
diery like .the reading of, the extreme
speeches of those men, and nothing
is. used so often and with such comb
pieta success. .
Thus the-two extremes meet. The
northern abolitionists and the south
ern secessionists denounce the conser
vative principles and policy of the
Democracy, because both want to
keep up the slavery agitation to suc
ceed in their designs. We trtist' the
true Union people 'oF. bOth sections
may come to a proper understanding
of the position of affairs and succeed
in driving the disuuionists from office
in the north, and from the country
in the south.
Viir The Supreme Court of this
State has rendered its decision on
the constitutionality of the army
vote last fall, and decided that the vote
is unconstitutional. The rejection of
the army vote will bave t the effect of
displacing Mr. Ewing from his office
of sheriff in Philadelphia, and Mr.
Stevenson from that of Clerks „of the
Orphans' Court, and also give the
Repuhlicans a majority in the com
mon council of .Philadelphia.,
At least five Republicans members
of the last House of Representatives
were elected over their Democratic
opponents by the artily vote, viz
Messrs. Hall and Russell of Luzern() ;
Busby, of Adams, Crane of Wayne,
and Daugherty, of Schuykill. These
•men sat and 'voted as Members of the
House, and gave the Republicans
their majority in 'that body. By
theii• votes John Rowe was elected
Speaker, and the most iniquitous
Congressional gerrymander that ever
disgraced the statute books of the
Commonwealth was passed. Had
this decision been rendered before or
during the session of the Legislature,
it would have change the political
complexion of the House.
CONGRESSMAN ELECTED
ALLENTOWN. May 26.
J. b. Stiles, Democratic candidate
for Congress ' has been elected to fill
the place of Thomas B. Cooper, do
.ceased. He had over 500 majority.
"Nearly 1000 contrabands are in Duff's Green's
Row, at Washington, and people resort there to
hire contraband help. The blacks accept what
ever terms may be offered them, and this is the
reason why their labor is sought for. Most of
them, however, are fit for nothing but out-door
labor, and good house servants are rarely to be
found. The free Degrees and other laborers of
the district are somewhat disturbed by this in
flux of muscle, which can be hired for almost
nothing; but tho Government, having the article
thrown upon its hands, disposes of it in the read
lest manner possible."
110., The above we clip from the
Lancaster Inquirer, a Republican pa
per. White' : servants and laborers
can there see what the acontraband
nigger question" is bringing them
too. Can white laborers maintain
their families if:they are obliged to
compete with the millions of negroes
that Republicanism is;determined to
east 14osp upon the country? The la
borers of the North have on a num
ber of-occasions been fooled with the
cry of protection: Suppose they were
to ask the gozermstinkfor -protection
against this etntraband labor ? No,
relief, because, as •theJnquirer says,
"the Governmentrt awing: the:;arttele
thrown-upon-as haulis; 4ifilosieslsl"it
in thereadieit manner possible." We
-are just getting it practical foreshad
owing of what we have warned the
laboring men an hundred times. If
slavery is abolished, and the party in
power is determined to do so in spite
of the Constitution and the conse
quences, the North will be flooded
with negroes, and those who do not
become inmates of our poor bonne
and jails will take the bread from the
laboring•white:inan . and his children,
"by:working for whatever terms may
be offered them." Those who have
heenihouting loudest "protection to
American Industry," will be the first
to employ such labor. The "ten cents
- a:day" =times are coming, but, thank
God; not by the fault of either James
_Buchanan. or the 'Democratic party.
A DISLOYAL GOVERNOR
Goietnor.,A.ndrews, in response to
the Warl>epartment For more troops,
.from Massachusetts, gives a disloyal
answer thereto. He sa • t the
Young men of the'State art 0 " pre
occtipie4; that they never fir - , 6 , 4 4)ps
out of the State without havt em
first armed and equipped ; but that if
the--President will sustain Gen. Hun
ter, in his abolition and arming-negro
prdelamations, that Massachusetts
.will pour out multitudes to obey the
tali. If Andrews were a Democrat,
and made such a.response, he would
grace Fort - Lafayette in less than
twenty four hours. But an abolition - : ,
ist, cif courso,,is presumed to be loyal
even if he serves in the enemy's ranks.
Sir The President has made a call
upon the States for an additional fifty
thousand men. The quota from Penn ,
sylvania Will be sent forward in a day
or two . if it has not already started.
Congress has authorized the Presi•
dent to call for 200,000 additional
men.
The President, last
. week, is
sued the following proclamation, in
response to the one , isSued by Gen.
A - Miter, freeing the slaves in the
States of South' Carolina Georgia
and Florida
I. AnnanAn LINCOLN', President of the United States,
proclaim shd declare that the Government of tlip United
States lutikpo,knowledge, information or belief of en in
tention on lite part of General Hunter to issue such a
proclamation, nor has it yet any authentic information
that the document. is genuine; and, farther, that neither
General "Hunter nor any other commander or person has
Wen authorized hy the Government of the United
States to make a proclamation declaring the slaves of
any State free end that the sappesed proclamation
now in qaestion, whether genuine -or false, is altogether
void, so far us respects such a declaration.
I fan her Make it known that, whether it be compe
tent for me, as Commander-in-chief of the army and
navy, to declare the slaves any State or States freo, and
whether at any time, - in any case, it shall have become a
necessity indispensable tp the maintenance of the ear
emment to exercise such power, are eprestions which un
der my respells Willy, I reserve to myself, had which I
cannot fool justified in leaving to the detision of com
manders in the held. These are totally different ques
tions from those of police regulations hi the armies and
camps.
. On the 6th day of .11arch last, by a special message, 1
recommended to Congress the adoption of a joint resulo
tion, to be enbotantially tut follows:
"Resolved, That the United States ought to co-operate
with shy State Which may adopt a gradual aboliehment
of slavery, giving, to suchiState pecuniary aid, to be used
by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the in
conveniences. public and private, produced by suck a
change of system. - - • ' -
The resolution, in the language above quoted, was
:Adopted by largo majorities in both branches ofCengress,
and now atands an authentic, definite, and solemn pro
posal of the nation to the States and people moot imme
diately interceded in the subject matter.
To the people of those States I now earnestly appeal.
I do not argue; /beseech you to make the argument, for
yourselves. Yon cannot, if you would, be blind to the
signs of the times. I beg of you a calm and enlarged
consideration of them, ranging, if it may be, far above
personal and partisan politics.
This proposal makes di)mmon cause for a common 'ob
ject, misting no reproaches upon any. It acts not the
Pharisee. The change it contemplates would come
- gently as the dews of heaven—not rending or wrecking
anything. Will you not embrace itt So much good liar
nut been done by one effort in all past time, as, in the
provideneo of Ciod, it Is now Tour high privilege to do.
May the vast future not have-to lament that you have
neglected it I
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States' to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this the nineteenth day
of May, in the
,year, of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-Die, and of the Independence of the
United States the eighty-sixth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
~he President.
- Wu. U. SEWARD, secretary of State.
By:Ahe Procddent.
We are.glad that the President has
thus promptly repudiated the pre
sumptuous and unconstitutional or
der of his subordinate,• but at the
same time we
. are sorry that he has
not laid down a general policy for all
the Generals to pursue in the future.
Further; the President reserves to
himself the right to do what he has
just declared-void in Gen. Hunter, or
in other words assumes that he poi
sesses the power to abolish slavery,
and may exercise that power at a fu
ture time. To do so would be exer
cising a power not derived from the
Constitution, and would make the
President an usurper,—a crime more
despicable than - treason, itself. The
fact that the President has intimated
that he may exercise such a power at
some future time has awakened con•
siderable anxiety in the conservative
and loyal public,
Ad' The conservative Republicans
in Congress aro beginning to feel the
blows of the abolitionists, and
CoHamer, last week, in the Senate,
when Sumner endeavored to last . ' him
into a distasteful measure, exclaimed
"that there had been a great deal of
domineering here like the crack of a
slave driver's whip." Just so but even
Coßamer thought it fun when these
same abolitionists were trying their
whips over the backs of Democrats.
Kelly too, of Philadelphia, and a
Judge at that, tried his whip on Vor
tices, of Indiana, in the House last
week. Voorhees wouldn't stand it,
when Kelly got gentlemanly and call
ed him "a liar, and a scoundrel," for
which he was hissed, called to order,
and reprimanded by the Speaker.
vs. .A large number of conserva
tive Republioans of this county are
disgusted with the niggerism of their
leaders, and attaching themselves to
the Democracy. Many. have not on
ly spoken torus in regard to it, but we
have'recently added-quite a number
on Y our list of subscriber& The abo
litionitWand di4Nitism of the,Coa
rier is also disgusting the loyal peo
ple of ttie county, and is becoming a
"stench to the nostrils of our citizens."
Our people feel "humiliated that such
stuff" should be encouraged in our
midst. It split up the party last fall,
and has now only a "little coterie,
gathering around the 'editor sing
ing into his ears" "persevere for the
negro," "the happy time when the
lion and the lamb—black and white
—shall lie down together," is near at
band.
0:::r The fanaticism of the Republi
cans—(and Republicanism and Abo
litionism is almost synonymous now
a-days,) is becoming every day wilder
and more nigger loving. On Friday
in the U. S. House of Representatives,
Sedgwick (Rep.) .from New York,
proposed to send Robert Small, a ne
gro,-as Governor to South Carolina.
He contends that thin would be an
act of poetic justice, and hoped Abe
Lincoln. would do so. •
es. We would like to have the ab
olitionists tell us what they propose
to.do with the negroes after they get
them' This is a practical ques
tionf is generally a soedolager.
VW
DE I A . WAL 11. KELM.-
Gen. Wit : tate Survey
or Gene his Stab
conahial - , ck of typh,
tlyseeter the Brady
Harrisburg ; on Sunday o 1
in the 49th year'of his
r
Kelm held the pe - rw! I,Tria at ti lb points
ra 11
of Pensylvauia w and unarrisport.—
months' servie ervi nc we have heard in re
force here. We all
Patterson. 0, -- • —Ammo to-night safe--men
ed a Brigadier Ge Pal' by the Presi' :'n'E and all, I think, making a
ilea which he accepted, and resigne I - v oh of thirty-five miles.
thWoftioe of Surveyor General. (Signed) N. P. BANKit.
was present at the taking of York-
I.lajor General Corn'dg.
• WAEHINGTONi May 26.
town, and also at the battle of Wil- ! The following is the latest received
liainsburg, but too ill to participate from General Banks:
in the latter. His remains were taken To Hon. E. Jr. Stanton, Sec'y of War:
for interment to Reading on Tuesday ! WILLIAMSPORT, May 26.---We believe
a week of which city he was a native
that our whole force, trains and all, will
and citizen.
cross in safety. The men are in fine spir
its, and crossing in good order. The la
bor of last night was fearful. The ehemy
followed us last night on our march, but
has not made his appearance this morn
, ing. The news of your movements south
has unquestionably caused them to look
out for their safety. Your dispatch was
read to the troops this morning, amid the
the heartiest' cheers.
(Signed,) N. P. BANKS,
Maj. Gen. Commanding.
Gov. Curtin has issued the fol
lowing urgent appeal to the people
of Pennsylvania, which will no doubt
be patriotically respon - ded to:
GENERAL ORDER
ITEADQUARTLRO PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA,
RAERISBUREI,Mtty 26,1862.
On the preSsing requisition of the President of
the United States in the present einergeney it is
ordered,
That the several Major Generale, Brigadier
Generals, and Colonels of regiments, throughout
the Commonwealth muster without delay alt the
military organisations within their respective di
visions, or under their control, together with all
persona willing to join their commands, and pro
ceed forthwith to the city of Washington, or to
such other points as may be indicated by future
orders..
Byorder of A. G. CURTIN,
Governor and Commander-in Chief
A. L. Itusszt., Adj. een.
The following order has also been
issued by the War Deparl!nent at
Washington:
AVASERNOTON, May 26
PRO6LAMATION.
Ordered, By virtue of the authority vested by
act of Congress, the President takes military
possession of all the railroads in the United
States from and after this date, until further or
ders, and (Creole that the respective railroad com
panies, their officers and servants shall hold them
selves in readiness for the transportation of troops
and munitions of war as may be ordered by the
military authorities, to the exclusion of all other
businesti. By order of the Secretary of War.
M. C. MEIGS, Q. M. G.
FROM GEN, BANKS' ARMY,
Highly Important News.
Attack an Banks' Army at Winchestm
STRASauaG, Va., May 24.—Hon. E. M.
Stanton, Secretary of War.—Colonel Ken
ley's command of infantry and cavalry
has been driven from Front Royal with
considerable loss in killed, wounded and
prisoners. Among the wounded and pris
oners is Colonel Kenley. The Rebel
force was estimated at from 5000 to 6000.
It is reported as having fallen back on
Front Royal, and probably occupies that
place this morning.
(Signed,) N. P. BANKS,
Major-General.
[Front Royal is a flourishing post vil
liege, the capital of Warren county, Vir
ginia, situate one hundred and forty miles
northwest of Richmond, and one mile east
from the Shenandoah river. The railroad
from Alexandria to Strasburg passes
through this viliaae, and a plank road
twenty miles long connects it with Win
chester. It has numerous flourishing mills
and a population of about five hundred,)
WASHINGTON, May 24—Midnight.--
Despatches were received at the War De
partment at 10 o'clock to-night from Gen.
Banks, dated at. Winchester. He has
moved from Strasburg to Winchester for
the pupose of securing his stores and
trains from the enemy, did to prevent his
communications from being interrupted.
His advance guard entered Winchester at
5 o'clock, with all his trains and stores, in
safety. A strong attack was made upon
the trains at Middleton by the rebel infan
try, cavalry and artillery, but it was re
pulsed, and a few wagons, abandoned by
the teamsters, were secured. General
Banks will return immediately to Stras
burg. The Rebels are now in possession
of Front Royal. Gen. Geary occupies a
posotion on the Manassas Railroad, at
White Plains. He has been reinforced.—
Gen Banks has also been strongly rein
forced.
WA.SHINGTON, May 25.
Dispatches received by the •WaT
Department-states that Gen. Banks
was 'attacked at Winchester this
morning, and has fallen back toMar
tinsburg and Harper's Ferry.
The enemy was reported to be in
large forbe; and many reports state
that the rebel force haii left Richmond
and moved North to take the offen
sive.
[SECOND DISPATCH
WASHINGTON, ..May 25,
The enemy under, Generals Ewell
and Johnson, with a superior for*
, gare battle tio:-Gan. Banks .this morn
ing at daylight, at Winchester. Gen.
Banks fonght io t t htm :and
-then Wilted in,Slae,direetionAgf,Mar
tinshuro with what loss is unknbwn.
The enemy are, it is understood,
advancing from Winchester upon
Harper's Ferry. Our troops there
are being rapidly reinforced. Rumors
say that Jackson is advancing to sup
port, Ewell and Johnson, and there
are also statements that still another
force is behind him. Prompt means
have been taken to meet these emer
gencies if truly reported..
A. dispatch received to night states
that General Banks has made good
his retreat across the Potomac at Wil
liamsport.
Gee. Rufus Saxton is in command
at Harper's Ferry.
[THIRD DISPATCH.]
IYIARTINSBURG, Va., May 25-2 40
P. M.—The rebels attacked us this
morning at daybreak in great force.
Their numbers was estimated at 15,-
000, consisting of Swell's and Jack
son's divisions. The fire of pickets
began at day light and Was followed
by the artillery until the lines were
fully under fire on both sides.
The left wing stood firraly, holding
its ground well; and the right wing
did the smile for a tune,' when two
regiments broke the lines under the
fire of the enemy. The right wing
fell back and was ordered to with
draw, and the:troops pissed through
the town in considerable confusion.—
They were quickly reformed on the
other side and continued their march
in good (M i er to Martinsburg,
.r. m wherg
they arrived at 2.40 a distant?
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JAMES- RIVER EXPEDITION
Repulse of the Federal Gunboats.
Official I :Reports of the :Engagement.
WASHINGTON, May 20, 1862.
The, following reports have been
received at the Navy Department,
from Commodore Goldsboroucrh :
UNITED STATES STEAMER GALENA,.
Off City Paha, James river, May 17, 3862
SIR : I have' the honor to report
this vessel, the Aroostook, the Moni
tor, and the Port Royal, with the
Naugatuck; moved up the river, get
ting aground several times, but no ar
tificial impediments Until we arrived
at Ward's Bluff, .about eight miles
from Richmond, where we encoun•
tered a heavy battery and two seper
ate batteries formed of spiles, and
steamboats and sail vessels. The pi
lots both say that they saw the James
town and Yorktown among the num
ber.
The banks of' the river were found
lined with rifle-pits, from which the
sharpshooters annoyed the men -at
the guns. These would, hinder the
removal of the obstructions, unless
driven away by a land force. The
Galena ran within aboUt 600 yards of
the battery, and as near the apiles as it
was deemed proper to go, let go her
anchor, and with a spring sprung a
cross the stream ' not more than twice
as wide.as the ship is long, and then
at 7:45 A. Al. opened fire upon the bat
tery. The wooden vessels; as directed
anchored about 1,300 yards below.—
The Monitor anchored near, and at
9 o'clock she passed just above the
Galena, but-found her guns could not
be elevated enough to reach the :bat
tery. She then dropped a little below
us, and made her shots effective.. At
five minutes after 11,.the Galena had
expended nearly all her atnpunition
and we discontinued the action.—
We had-but. six Parrot charges, and
not a single filled 9 inch shell. We
had thirteen killed and eleven wound
ed. The rifled 100. pounder of the
Naugatuck burst, half of the part
abaft the trunnions going overboard.
She is therefore disabled. - Lieut. New
man, the excutive officer, was conspic
uous for his gallant and effective . eer
vices. Mr. Washburn° acting mas
ter, behaved admirably. These are
selected from among the number.—
The Aroostook, Naugatuck, and Port
Royal took the stations previously as
signed them and did everything that
was possible. The Monitor could
not have done better. The hairier is
such that the vessels of the enemy
even, - if they have any, cannot possi-
bly pass out, and ours cannot pass in.
I have the honor to be your obedi
ent servant,
Jowl RODGERS, Com. IT. S.-Navv.
Ns. The Republicans side of the
House of Representatives ,is aptly
called by a correspondent the "char.
coal sanhedrim."
stir Our loss at Williamsburg is
stated to have been over 2000 in kill
ed and wounded. All the official re
ports have not yet been published.
00- We see in the Patriot and Un
ion that the other day a conweny in
Philadelphia discharged three: hen.,
dred white laborers and gave *their
;work to the Bade number
,of contra
bands slaves. This 'is • protecting
American Industry, e / Rresonike,
which t l3 , 6 ‘r9o l l,bii * -.ew SteiK.htkiiP dirk
the lase Presidential campaign,
FROM, McCLELLANIS ARMY,
Our Forces Within five miles
of Richmond.
Arrival of Beauregard in Richmond
BALTIMORE, May 23.—The special cOr . .
respondent of the American, at Fortress
Monroe, says under date of yesterday :
The steamer from White House this af
ternoon brings a number of passengerS
from the headquarters of Gen. McClellan;
which were in proximity to Bottom'S
Bridge, over which a portion of the , army
has already passed, a second division hav
ing passed the Chickahominy at New
Bridge, about seven miles farther up, and
within eight miles of Richmond.
It is rumored that -acroposition for an
armistice of ten days lead been made by the
rebels, , but, of no such idea could
be entertained.
The advance was understood to be
within five miles of the city, to which point
the enemy has fallen back, with but slight
effortto check our onward movement.
The advance by way of New Bridge
enters the .city on the north side.
Passengers state- that Beauregard
ar
rived at Richmond on Tuesday. On be
ing questioned as to their authority for
this statement, they said that it was so
announced and underatood at Petersburg,
on Wednesday morning, and no onedoubt
ed the fact.
Jeff Davis and the military authorities
declared their intention to fight to the
4. • ath before Richmond, but strong' sns:
picions were entertained that it was really
the purpose to abandon the city after a
short defence at the works surrounding it.
Large numbers of women and children
from Richmond had arrived - at Petersburg;
and they represent the distress prevailing
in that city as beyond description.
Threats were made by soldiers from
the 'Gulf States that they will only leave
Richmond in ashes, and great fears were
entertained that the threat would be car
ried into effect. It would require the great
est efforts on the part of the citizens to pre
vent such a catastrophe.
RG, i 9g
i I
The number of rebel forces at Rich
mond and ; •the vicinity was generally be
lieved to .be fully 200,000, including the
unarmed and poorly armed troops of re
cent levies, who are having' pikes, put in
their hands for active service.
Deserters from Fort Darling report that,
the infantry force in the vicinity of that
work is nearly 30,000.
- WASHINGTON, May 23.-7.'he latest ad
vices from the Army of the Potomac state
that Gen. McClellan had crossed the
Chickahominy -at Bottom's Bridge, and
that his headquarters are at New Bridge.
Preparations for an attack being made.
The rebels made a dash at Gen. Bank's
line, near Front Royal, this afternoon, and
an attempt was made to burn therailroad
bridge, recently rebuilt by' the United
States forces, over the Shenandoah. The
prrticulars have not yet been ascertained.
Nothing of particular interest has beerk
r toeived from the other military depart
ments, up to ten o'clock this evening.
A steamer arrived at Cairo to-day from
the Mississippi flotilla. An officer on
board reports that the rebels gave a strik
ing proof, on Wednesday, of their pres
ence, by firing into a steamtug sent down
on a reconnoitring expedition, but it is
supposed that they are in small forces.-;
The rebel fleet had disappeared.
SATURDAY, May 24, 1862.
The light brigade under Gen. Stone
man, and the brigade of General David
son, of General Smith's division, to-day
advanced from New Bridge up the Chick ,-
ahominy to Ellison's Mills, on Bell's creek.
Here they encountered four regiments of
the' enemy's infantry, with nine pieces of
artillery and a command of cavalry. Of
these, two regiments of infantry and three
pieces of artillery were on the opposite
side of the creek. The balance of the`
fantry, which was composed of the Eighth
and Ninth Georgia regiments, under Gen.
Howell Cobb, were posted in a favorable
position to resist our advance to Mechan
icsville.
Tittler's and Robertson's batteries of
the Second Artillery were quickly brought
into action, and, after filing some one
hundred and fifty rounds, the rebels with
drew with their guns (not, however, until
one of them had been dismounted,) to the
villiage, covered by their infantry and cav
alry.
Pour regiments of Gen. Davidson's brig;.
ade were then sent around, but night com 4
ing on they went into camp within six
hundred yards of the enemy. At day
light the batteries on both sides opened,
Wheeler confinin g his guns. to shelling
the houses behind whichthe enemy's 'in
fantry were concealed. The fire was -so
hot for the rebels that theyiefi. the :village,
a,portion retreating across the Chickahom
.
-my.
[LATER.]
SUNDAY, May 25.
Gen..Negley's brigade is now encamp
ed five miles beyond Bottom's Bri4ge.—
To obtain this position they were forced
to engage the rebel Gen. Stewart, with
his brigade, composed of five regiments of
infantry, one of the cavalry, and two bat
teries.
Our loss was two killed and six wound
ed. The offeers engaged suppose the
rebel loss to be between fifty and sixty
killed. A number of their dead were left -
on the field.
There is nothing of interest from the
vicinity ofßichmond to-day. Coptrabands
who come in say that the inhabitants of
Richmond are leaving as fast as they can
for Danville. All those.capable of bear
ing arms are compelled to remain. Very
few soldiers are in the city all being in
their camps.
From the Mountain Depart.
CcarrviArz, May 24:.
Colonel Heath, withAOMmen, attack
ed our forces underz:6olconel.. Crook yes
terday mornin,g,attgevaisbmg, and after
a severe fight the e'zienw was driven back
and completely routed:
Col. Crook's force
, unmbered
Our loss was ten killed, forty wounded`
and eight missing. The enemy's loss was
much. greater.
We captured four cannon, two of which
were rifled pieces, and two hundred stand
of arms, and about one hundred prisoners,
including a Lientenant Colonel, a Major
and several captains and lieutenants.'
[Lewisburg, where this fight occurred,
TS gib county town of Grectibriel county,
Virginia, and is nine miles - west of the fa
rdbus White Sulphur Springs:] „ -
!Baward Gebhar4, - of the Lo§anora
Sohool Board; rosigned4ast week. -
went.