3ft)e fancaster 2nteUigcncer Ibsy are aothoHied to contract fnr us at our ****** & Abbott, No. 885 Broodway, New York, are authorised to recehre advertisements for "« JtutiUr gencer . at our lowest rates. . aqw» T..R pitmu. the American Newspaper A Rent, »• X. corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets, - ThlTtiMpMlsJE authorised to receive tubaeriptlons and advertisements for this paper, at onr lowest rates. His receipts will ds re garded as payments. . . . . . Jons Wxßffxa’s ApvßßTtsnia Aobtox Is located at No. 50 North 6th street, Philadelphia. He is authorised to recehrd advertisements and subscriptions for Thel/mcaxur No. 1 BcoU&y’sßuilding;CourtBt, Boston, it finmoelviDg advertisements,^ Now onr Sag l» Hong to the wild winds free, Let it float o'er our Cither land, And the gnard of Ita epotieas fame shall he Columbia's chosen band. TO THE DEMOCRACY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF LANCASTER. In accordance with the resolution of the County Com mittee, adopted at their meeting Wednesday, May 28th, yon are requested to assemble in the several wards of the city, and boroughs and townships of the county, on SATURDAY, the 14th day of JUNE next, then and there to elect the usual number of delegates to a County Con vention; to be held on WEDNESDAY, the 18th day of JUNE next, at 11 o’clock, A. M, at Pulton Hall, in the City of Lancaster, for the purpose of selecting six dele gates to attend the Democratic State Convention, to meet n Harrisburg, on Friday, the 4th day of July next. The local committ -es are requested to give early notice in their respective districts of the time and place cf meeting for the election of delegates. In accordance with the established usage of'the party, the severed districts will each nominate one person to serve on the County Committee for the,ensuing political year , and also nominate their local committees to serve for the same period of time, and place their names on their respective credentials to the ensuing County Convention. By order of the Democratic County Committee. P. Mabtis Hiitleb, B. BWARR, Secretary* LiHOAfiTKB, June 3rd, 1862. THB DELEGATE ELECTIOSS, We hope onr Democratic friends throughout the county will recollect the delegate eleotions wbioh are to take place on Saturday next. — Let-good men be seleoted by the people to represent them in County Convention, and let the delegates from the several districts also oome prepared with their lists of Township and County Committee men for the ensuing political year, so that early steps may be ta ken to effect a thorough organization of the party in time for the fall campaign. GENERAL M’CLELLAN, This gallant and accomplished offioer has, through his strategy and brilliant successes in the peninsula, completely knocked the noiße out of the Abolitionists both here and else where, and we no longer hear, them denoun cing him as an imbecile and traitor. To be sure they still feel as bitter and malignant as ever against him, and would doubtless prefer that he Bhould have met with revorses instead of victories before Richmond, but they dare not express their true feelingß on the subject. They no longer attempt to brave poblio opinion, as thoy did when he captured York town, by either refusing to run up their flags at all, or placing them at half-mast, as was done by the Bull Run Abolition organ in North Queen street; nor do they now dare to speak of him as deserving to have his throat ont, as was done by certain prominent Aboli tionists in this city, at that time. The recent news from the Beat of war in Virginia haß damb-foonded these traitorous Abolitionists, and they are forced to admit in publio, what ever they may do in private, that George B. McClellan is a true patriot (which they oan not claim to be themselves) and one of the greatest military commanders of the age. GENERAL HALLECK, Nothing oonld be more decisive and brilliant than the success of General Halleck in the Sooth west. He has utterly destroyed and demoralized Beauregard’s army almost liter ally, without firing a gun or losing a man.— Gen. Pope is pursuing the enemy South of Corinth and already reports 10,000 prisoners and deserters, and 15,000 stand of arms cap tured. What remains of the army with which Beauregard so long held him at bay before Corinth, is said to be dispersed over the coun try, a dispirited, disorganized and demor alized band of fugitives. “ The result is all I could possibly desire,” says Gen. Halleck to the Secretary of War. He has given rebellion its death blow in the South west, and destroy ed the military prestige of Beauregard, who is reported to have beoome almost frantic when he learned that Col. Elliot out the road on his line of retreat, and advised his men to save themselves the best way they could. OP COURSE NOT ! The immaculate editor of the Express—the j very quintessence of honesty, loyalty and patriotism —does not like the editorials in the last two issues of The Intelligencer. We did not for a moment suppose he would, for they were not written to suit the foul atmosphere in which he delights to dwell. His low, oowardly Sings at certain ladies of Lancaster, in his issue of Wednesday last, are character istic. What better, however, could be ex pected. of a creature who was convicted and made to suffer for a too free use of his pen, for the purpose of defrauding a poor woman at Harrisburg some years ago ? We submit to the dictation of no man as to how the edito rials in this paper shall be written ; but, even if we were so inclined, it would not be to tie censorship of, a convicted felon. This Sunday nigbt-eleotioneering, temperance reformer had better return to his former and favorite avo oation of chronicling the low dances, free-love 'gatherings, etc., of the purlieus of the city, for the faithful performance of which his •’sheet whilom justly earned the soubriquet of the— 1 Bawdy House Register." He is much better rcalculated for this kind of work, than he is for aoting the part of a moral instructor, or editor-in-chief and diotator of the political pronunciamentos of the Abolition organs of Lancaster. But, every one to his taste. If the Abolitionists of this city and county choose to follow the lead of such a scurvy and un principled political mountebank, it is none of our business. The Democracy despise the mail and disregard his pestilent ravings. THB BATTLE BEFOBE RICHMOND. .Our loss at the two days battle of the Chickahominy is stated officially to be 5,730. The rebel loss is also thought to be very heavy. ■ t§ JFortt#|bMonpoe; ; and General Wooi, takes hS ‘lJ'' 1 J '' BULL BUH DBCBHCT I TheExamincr —the organ of tha Ball Bun Abolitionists in Lancaster County-—is vwfr iignant beoanse wo find fault with Gw. iotub’s order placing- ; tbe ladies/.of lg|jr itwjof that Wdo woader at this, losmnch as same has Store then witbintbjs wppi . njiinb^'expo'spd itsijo'w,. iveling and unmafily. propensity by inuen dos and covert attacks iipbn'improtected ladies in this city, because they happen to be of Southern birth—and this, too, at a time when their husbands and baturaVproteotors are gafc’ lantly serving their country on land and on sea.. No gentleman would be guilty of such base and cowardly conduct, and a newspaper that indolges in these outrages on decency, and propriety is unworthy the confidenoeand patronage of-a respepteble community. We have all proper regard for, an honorable and manly opponent, hut none whatever for,a low, oraven, debased,, unprincipled blackguard— especially one who makes it a practice to wage war upon defenceless womeni) . The weak attempt of the Examiner to jus tify General Butixb by placing a construction upon his language which it will not bear, : is simply rldibulous. The order is couched in plain Anglo Saxon, just as we published it last week, and meatos exactly what it expres ses, and what every intelligent reader will understand.. The language is “ that hereafter when any femulo shall, by word, gesture, or movement, insult or show, contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town-plying her avocation.” We have italicised the portions of theßentenoe to which we invite special attention. And that it may be still better understood, we Bhall change the construction of the sentence and supply the ellipsis as follows : “ She shall be regarded [by officers and soldiers] as a woman of the town plying her avocation, and held liable to be treated’’ [in all respects as such, by officers and soldiers ] Could anything be more plain and explicit, and our only wonder is that General Bhtlsr< for whom we have always entertained a high I regard as a soldier and a gentleman, should have so far forgotten himself as to issue the offensive order in question. That the Bull Bun Examiner is the apologist of suoh conduct does not surprise us in the least; for Binoe that paper has been in its present hands it has greatly degenerated in character, and now aspires to no higher dignity than to be the common sewer and receptacle of all the filth and blackguardism which abound in the com munity. When Mr. Darlington was at the head of the Examiner it was ably and honor ably conducted; but since it is under the control of Bull Bun refugees, Bean Specula tors, and their hireling blackguards, it is des titute alike of ability and honor,-and fit only to be the organ of the lowest and most unprin cipled pot-house politicians of the Abolition school, whose sympathies for the depraved negro override every other consideration. Chairman. GOVERNOR STANLEY. This gentlemaD, reoently appointed military Governor of North Carolina,, by the President, has, it appears, already given mortal offence to the Abolitionists, beoause he saw proper to adhero to the local laws of that State by clos ing the school opened in Newbern by a Northern Abolitionist, named Colyer, for the education of colored children. Resolutions have been offered in Congress by Sumner and Hickman, calling upon the proper department for information concerning the authority under which Governor Stanley aoted, and a deputation of Abolitionists from New York and Philadelphia waited upon the Secretary of War in reference to the matter. Sumner acted as spokesman, and, according to the New York Tribune, “ Secretary Stanton said that he would not remain one hour a member of an Administration which sanctioned such proceedings as that of Governor Stanley, and read his visitors the letter which he had just written that functionary, after consulting with the President, in which he was directed to revoke the obnoxious law, and allow the [oolored] schools to go on as heretofore.” But this is not the Governor’s greatest offenoe in the eyes of the Abolitionists. He has returned fugitive slaves to masters who had taken the oath of allegiance. That is, he executed a law of the United States, one which is daily executed and enforced in Washington City. It Beems that one Nicholas Bray, re siding near Newbern, who had sworn alle giance to the Union, proceeded to the town, recaptured a runaway slave and took her home. “At midnight, on Friday,” says the Tribune correspondent, “ some half a dozen soldiers, with the letter M [intended for Massachusetts] upon their caps, went out to the house of Bray, rescued the woman, set fire to his house, and returned the slave to her home in Newbern.” And this lawless act of robbery and incendiarism is told with exulta tion by the same individual who denounces Governor Stanley for making Union converts and faithfully executing the laws! Can any one doubt after this what the in tentions of the Abolitionists are in the civil war which iB now progressing ? We leave the question to be answered by every intelligent reader. The “ signs of the times” cannot be mistaken. JB@” The details of the great battle on the Chickahominy, in front of Richmond, will be found in to-day’s paper. It was one of the hardest fought contests of the war, and is only equaled by the great battle at Pittsburg Landing. The loss of life is heavy, but the Tesult was a glorious one for our gallant army and its skilful and accomplished oommander. Pennsylvania was largely represented in the engagement —having some twelve or thirteen regiments—all of whom, officers and men, behaved with the utmost coolness and gallan try. The 61st regiment alone lost its Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Adjutant, nine Captains and eleven Lieutenants, whioh fact alone goe3 to show the terrible nature of the conflict. £65“ It is reported from Cairo that Little Rock, Arkansas, has been taken by our troops, (a portion of Gen. Curtis’ command, probably) and that the State Legislature bad scattered and the Governor had fled from the State.— Little Rock is the capital of Arkansas, is situated on the Arkansas river, nearly in the centre of the State, and about 100 miles west of the Mississippi. The Arkansas river, nav igable by the' largest river steamers to Little Rock, empties into the Mississippi about half way between Vicksburg and Memphis, about 150 miles from each. As Capt. Farragut has taken Vicksburg, some of hip gunboats may visit Little Rock as they pass up to Memphis, and secure the possession of the place. Thb thousands and tens of thousands of negroßßnow coming North, of course have no other means of living than their labor or publio oharity. They are being employed at very email wages, suoh as. our white fellow citizens could not oompete with, and conse quently the latter must be the sufferers.. The effect of this immigration, on, the. laboring olasses.willbe oppressive .in ..the extreme. Yet thie js the natural-result of the intermed dlingof;the Northj Wilh the affairs of ~ the •South; ii When bne set .’.of; i-men. attempt to regulate the business pfiQtbefsg thfeygeuerally bring evils upon some of themselves. THE EFFECT. LOOK AT IT, WHITE IBS I Tbe emancipation of slaves in the Distrust o&Gclumbia was celebrated at the Naji<iWjfc A in Philadelphia, on Thursday nwley jnixture-Qfwhitea |jud bJacks£:_V?d;, baro qndy-joom -tei :«q>y °?’ S^tiday' oljone of the sjwkers:® S“’ & •lev. JEwns.-sa young . '^nhteMKemßABn k ßQVo at-fatne I«*^ He wisgladto'miite in the celebration whip, was to commemorate tbe isolation of slavey in the District of Columbia. This was one step taken by tbe nation toward justioe. It might be the beacon light on which to hope .that-hereafter- property in_ man _will.not be "recognised. He hoped that soon the Govern ment woold be nbla- "dor »p*OPlaim liberty thronghont the whole land and to the inhabi tants thereof." Viewed in itself; theliberafioh "of a few hnadredbondmeirmay not appear ta -be mnch.but it may be'auspicious of some thing more 1 potent. It may have ifcrinftuenee uponthe millions who afestillheldin bondage. The blacks, ere? *f■ -they freed, r would not he subjects,for emigration'. ‘ finey would be freebienihafreeiandiloremain in the same territory inwhieh they were born. Tbe whites have always'looked upon the blacks with dis dain, r £u< the time will: I txme when the colored race will not be frowned upon. Whennp longer held by despotism, throughout the Southern States, by ajnalyamalion with the whites, they will establiek’a societyiif not a. nation of people far superior to any ever produced by any nation iii the world.- They'will cultivate literature, art, science, and manufactures will flourish w?ih a degree of success heretofore unparal leled. The. freedom of the; black must-be obtaiped, no matter bow —whether through the preservation or dissolution of the Union . Be fore the South will give up and be conquered by the North, againßt whom she will ever bear the Otmoßt enmity, she’ will : free her slaves and bid them help her fight tbe North. The colored people have been refused when.-they Wanted to fight under the “ star spangled banner.” They were told that it was for the Anglo-Saxon alone. But their freedom and liberty must bo attained, and to get it; no matter under what banner they rally. : They will even fight for Jeff. Davis, if,by so doing, they receive their freedom. > What do you think of it, white men ? Is this the feast to which the laboring'class of the North are invited ? These woolly heads intenb to amalgamate with'the! whites, and establish a society “ far supewlfrto any ever produced by any nation in the world.” And- to ac complish this they do. not intend to leave the country, either, nor do .they care whether their freedom is obtained - ‘ through the preservation or dissolution of the Union.” Is this treason, or is it not ? What doeß Fohney say on the subject ? PATRIOTISM—ITS MISSIOK. What is the duty of the Amerioan Patriot in the present crisis ? To save the Onion and the Constitution. Why is the Union and the Constitution in danger ? Beoause a large num her of the citizens of the United States at the South have rebelled against both, and a large number at the North have called them “a league with death and a covenant with hell.” Is there any moral distinction between the two classes of disunionists ? None. How is the Union to be saved from these enemies? By converting them into its friends and -making them Union men. How is that to be accomplished ? Weoan easily lay down plans for making Union men Out of Southern dis unionists, but to make a Union man out of a Northern abolitionist enemy of the Union is another affair, and reason shrinks from the task. There is a dose resemblance between the two classes in their modes of reasoning and acting, and both avow uncompromising hostility to the Constitution. But the South ern rebel is a reasoning man, while the Northern rebel refuses to listen to reason.— The Southerner may, after becoming con vinced that the Constitution is too Btrong for him, abandon his resistance and relapse into good citizenship, but the Northern rebel regards the Union as a league with death and a covenant with hell, and refuses on principle to eat sugar or wear cotton that is grown under the protection of such a Union. THE CONFISCATION BILL The confiscation bill which passed the House of Representatives on Monday week, provides that all persons found in the civil, military or naval service of the so-called Confederate States , shall have their property, real or personal, sub ject to seizure and forfeiture to the United Slates _ The bill also provides at length for judicial proceedings in the premises, and finally au thorizes the President to issue a proclamation calling on the rebels to lay down their arms, which, if they fail to do in sixty days thereaf ter, all their property is subject to confiscation. All amendments to the bill affecting slaves of rebels were defeated. Provision is included for the benefit of loyal creditors, so that the latter may reclaim the amount of their debts after the rebel property has passed into the hands of the government. The bill received 14 majority in-a House of 150 members, 82 of whom voted in the affir mative and 68 in the negative. Nine members eleoted as Republicans, viz., Messrs. Dawes, Delano, Diven, Granger, Harrison, Hortom Nixon, Rice of Mass., and Train, voted against confiscation. Mr; Noell, of Mo., was the only Democi it who vuted for the bill, and Messrs. Brown and Whaley of Virginia were the only other Border State members who voted for confiscation. LOOK CPOS THIS PICTURE The following is the theory of the Repub lican party, as adopted at the Chioago Con vention in 1860: "Resolved. THAT THE PEOPLE JUSTLY VIEW WITH ALARM THE RECKLESS EX TRAVAGANCE WHICH PERVADES EVERY DEPARTMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN MENT : THAT A RETURN TO RIGID ECONO MY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS INDISPENSA BLE TO ARREST THE SYSTEMATIC PLUNDER OF THE PUBLIC TREASURY BY FAVORED PARTISANS, WHILE THE RECENT START LING DEVELOPMENTS OF FRAUDS AND COR RUPTIONS AT THE FEDERAL METROPOLIS SHOW THAT AN ENTIRE CHANGE OF AD MINISTRATION IS IMPERATIVELY DE MANDED.” AND ON THIS! After one year of Republican rule, the fol lowing is the testimony of Mr. Dawes, a Re publican Member of Congress, as to the prac tice of the Republican party: “ IN THE FIRST YEAR OF A REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION, WHIOH CAME INTO POW ER UPON PROFESSIONS OF REFORM AND RETRENCHMENTS, THERE IS INDUBITABLE EVIDENCE ABROAD IN THE LAND THAT SOMEBODY HAB PLUNDERED THE PUBLIC TREABURY WELL NIGH IN THAT SINGLE YEAR AS MUCH AS THE ENTIRE CURRENT YEARLY EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE ADMINISTRATION WHICH THE PEOPLE HURLED FROM POWER BECAUSE OF ITS CORRUPTION.” THE GREAT FLOODS. The very heavy rain of last -Wednesday raised the waters in Pennsylvania to an alrnoßt unprecedented degree. The. Delaware, . the Lehigh, the Schuylkill, the Susquehanna; the Juniata, and their tributaries, all rose so sud denly and to so great a height as to cause terrible*destruction of property. Estimates made in the height of the oonßternation oreated by such calamities as the one thathas desoß ted a large part of our State, are unavoidably wild and generally exaggerated. But there is no doubt that the pecuniary loss amounts to many millions of dollars. Canals, bridges, dams.and railroads were swept away; towns inuqdhted; 'furnaces, factories and mills stopped torrents; houses swept away;'andq worst of all, many lives were des troyed. The suffering and distress oaused by the flood will be immense. • NT ff. J. Allbn, Democrat, has been pleated to Congress from the Iliuth. Illinois District, in place of Qeneral. jp|n A- Logan, resigned. When the bill establishing diplomatic inter* ynnraft with Hayti was before the Hpuse of Representatives, of Ohio, made > telling speech against receiving ißter from that the same footing as other foreign jjßnifltks.ipt at.the same time favored the estSßliahmer® of mereial relations with Hjgji 05e*.York Tribune to the following precious morsel: S While Mr. Cox of Ohio was blackguarding Hayti and its Government and people, in the House of Representatives, yesterday, and calling them a-miserable set of worthless animals - , unfit to bereoognixed by white men,- that thhHaytian Congress opened on tne 21st of April, the legate of the Poperand the repe: reaentativea. of and >Spain being present '’ftie'satnejhepvs tells, ndhf an linsutrectipnatteaptedby J2£n._SalQiHen,ibut President, nut.down_the, jebqllion in, fewer- daya-tfaW-’ wS-Rava 's4ie& Soobths fori nun. Another distrjct hayiagigivcn signs of, rebellion, Geffrard gave _the people 48 hours to return to allegiance—just what Buchanap ought to have done here in December, 1860.” si w If this is meant to prove anything, it is that a negro government is much, better than a government administered by white men. Pre sident Geffrard put down a rebellion in Hayti in fewer days than we have used months for ours, therefore the government of Geffrard.coh trolled by blacks must be mnoh better than our Government controlled- by whites. The logic is irresistible. l Our- Government should' learn that the bla'oks site 1 the boys to putdown rebellion and act accordingly; and if our Pre sident is unable to. accomplish the task before him with white "armies, no doubt the Tribune would not object to calling on President Geff rard for his valuable aid and oounsel. —Patriot & Union. -.. ... , As Bopip of our readers may wish to learn in what Mr. Cox’s “blackguardism" consisted, we give the report of the proceedings: Mr. Cox (Dem., 0.) offered a substitute proposing that there be appointed Consul- Generals to negotiate-treaties : of oommeree with Hayti and Liberia. The object designed Was not so much to increase commerce, but to give a sort of dignity and equality to these Republics, beoause their citizens happen to be black. He argued the Consuls were the inbre appropriate agents to promote the interests of commerce. He asked the gentleman from Massachusetts whether he expected a minister in return from Hayti. Mr. Gooch said that be wished to put Hayti on the same footing as other independent nations, and if that Repnblio should send a minister be should receive him just the same as England and France will do. 1 Mr. Cox said Hayti debarred all whites from office. As a consequence she would send a negro minister hero, with all the rights and dignities enjoyed by Lord Lyons and Count Mercier. . Mr. Fessenden (Rep., Me.) wished to know what objection the gentleman from Ohio had to that. Mr. Cox replied that he objeoted because it raised the black man to an equality with the white. He had thought this Government was made for white men. He recollected that the gentleman from Maine (Fessenden) said some thing like this the other day, namely, ho would prefer that the Union should not be restored than that slavery be continued. The gentleman would destroy the Commonwealth for the purpose of getting at a black man.— Mr- Cox in his argument, said that the people of Hayti had not the power to raise above ignorance, corruption, and superstition for the last seventy years. The only object was to dress up the negro Minister, who might be sent hither in gold and lace, with light leg gings and shoe buckles of the old style, and perhaps put a wig on his head, and send him to the White House to be the laughing stock of all who congregate there. He was not to be considered so much the representative of Hayti-as of the free negroes of this city, and to whom they would look as the God of their idolatry. the administration is not the GOVERNMENT. Messrs. Editors: Since the Republican party has been raised to power there have many strange doctrines been promulgated, and many new principles of action adopted, bat none more alarmingly novel than the dogma that tbe Administration at Washington is the Government, and that all who staod in opposition to it are opposing tbe Government and, consequently, traitors to their country. These new measures of expediency have been carried so far that we have almost lost sight of onr former principles of government, and the old Republican Institutions of which we loved to speak and boast have well nigh lost their identity. Wo appear to bo gradually drifting away from the old landmarks of the Constitution; the strongest points of civil liberty are being surrendered to a manifest tendency to a centralization of power,—and, in the mild est possible construction, to Ihe adoption of the principles of the old Federal party—a fossil ol the ages ef Despotic power, and never In any form applicable to the; develop ment of true Constitutional liberty. The sacredness in which certain powers of government have ever been held, and the affections of the people cul minating in the broad principles of the Constitution, have proven to be the palladium of civil liberty, and the golden cords by which the Union has been held together.and the people bound into ono grand, fraternal brotherhood.' The Federal Government Is bat the agent of the people of the several States thus united, and consists of three distinct and co-ordinate departments, viz: the Legislative, the Ex . ecutive,and the Judicial—each equally entitled to the con fidence and support of the people, and with equal, yet limited, powers under the Constitution are enabled to dis pense their benefits, as well as to assert their authority to their constituency. Tbe Execntlve cannot usurp the powers of the Legislative, nor disregard the authority of the Judicial, and of coarse cannot assume ail the functions of government without a violation of those sacred provls ions of tbe Constitution, and a breaking up of the whole Bcheme and science of onr liberal government. Change. the conditions of organization and you change its nature. Hake a common use of the ordinances of th* Church and you destroy their sacredncss. Suspend tbe Constitutional powers of tbe Judiciary, or the writ of Habeas,Corpus, suppress the. freedom of speech and the liberty of the press, and .divert the powers of civil liberty from their proper channels, and we drift Into the dark, deep waters of hope less Despotism. But it is a contradiction in terms, as weH as an adroit scheme of expediency, for the Black Republicans to stig matize all Democrats as traitors and seceeeionists who may say a word against the policy of the Administration of President Lincoln. The cry of opposition to'tbe Govern ment in such cases is about as inconsistent and hypocriti cal as that of “No Party for the sake of the Union.” It is palpably a scheme of expediency for the Bole purpose of breaking up the organization of the Democratic party, in order if possible to save tbe fast waning fortunes of tholr own miserable party, which, in its principles and actions, is responsible for tbe lamentable condition of the country, -and tbe unfortunate: and destructive war. now raging in tbe land. Freedom.of the press and unlimited latitude of discus sion upon tbe merits and demerits of. tbe Administration are glreo to the Abolition sheets, that fairly freckle the face of the broad country North with black stains of trer-sm and disloya'tv; whilst a Democratic paper that presumes to criticise the conduct of tbe men now unfortu nately in power is charced with treason against the Gov ernment, a clamor for the closing of the concern is raised, and tbe editor-must be Fiienced, or arrested, with a yack of Black Republican curs barking at bis heels. Leading Abolitionists, also, who have been meditating, : concocting and counselling treason for years, and the bur- j den of whose lectures at present is to prove that disunion has been the all-absorbing object; of their Jives, are not. only allowed free spe“rb, but aro tendered the hospitali ties of the Administration; and. th-balls of Congress, as well as the Legislative-halls of some of the States. <> re freely given in which to ventilate the caverns of their musty Abolition brains. Whilst a Democrat, whose creed has always been a sacred devotion to tbe Constitution and | the Union, is branded as a traitor, hooted at and despised, i and even imprisoned, if be presumes openly to raise his voice in opposition to a policy which he feels !■ drawing in forcibly oil the the-Constitution, and : withholding the principles of law and liberty so' richly enjoyed in the past years of onr National -life. ' -If a Democrat ventures to predict a reverse to our arms lo any of the pending battles bo.is branded as a u t'*ltor and secessionist” If he says a word against the President or any of. his Cabinet be is “opposing tbe Government . If he asserts or holds to the principles of the Democratic" platform of'JSGD be is regardid-not only as a traitor but as a confirmed lunatic If ho has the temerity to advocate party organization sod discusses party principles, the Vas sals of Black Republican role ore about bis ears and ready to bind him band and foot and carry him off to some strong fort, in order to remove, -his inflapneo “against the Government.” If we advise a near.friend .not to go into tbe army, according-to Black Republican lawß-we are trai tors, and sotject to all.the penalties of that crime. I have actually been called a secessionist for refnslqg to walk to the railroad depot to see a noted'Abolition.fool passing along in tbe care. Why, the Sedition laws of thejeign of terror in the administration Of the eldef Adame, 1 are but the lights and shades of tbe pictnre now-presented which is to represent the Government of the.'United States of America. AH this, .however, has its significance, and is resorted to for a well-digested and leading purpose'and object. If tbe brawling Republicans, who sure now seeking to muzzle and hoodwink the Democracy, really believe, and hold that to : oppose the Administration is treason against ihe meat, then are they traitors of the jleepeat dye, for no party or set of men ever resorted to such extraordinary means to destroy an Administration as they did; against that of President Bnchanan. Bat their object even then was not so much to kiil the President as {okllHhe party, for they know that so longas that part/ organization which contains all'the true, elementary, conservative life of tbe Government stands, the factious, infatuated, fanatical dog-' mas of their own organisation-must pass away as the vapor . before the sqm This; then, is the true Interpretation of their Insane crusade against all Democrats who may op pose the conduct of the dominant party and its'method of : administering the affairs-.of the .Federal Government They well know that Indivlda’aljoplnton, or’ even the opin ion of the press in the abstract cannot in any .way effect tbe condition of the country ;btdthat organization! that powisrwhieh is a terror to evildoers, and to all the ene mies of. the true prißcip.les of the Constitution, and whieh is the embodiment 'of Avery principle 'which can' In any way: perpetuate the. statna of the., Government,, tha mast be wiped oat, or the Republican party as such cannot livo to see the close of the administration of Its flrtt l and only President, . • ' The loss of General Banes in bis recent retreat to the Potomac, is placed at 34 killed, 138 wounded, and 1,043 missing— and'the'rebMlosa in'the'battle at Hanover Ooutt Hdase/ at 1,000 killed, 3,000 wounded', ana Ij’fflDO taken prisoners"" 'V'’"'."" HAYTI. For The Intelligencer. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. Democratic City Delegate Meetings.— Xbo~Bemoeracy of the City of.-Lancaster are requested to meetaOheir accustomed places of meeting on Saturday next, 14th IqbL, betveea tha hours of 6% and 8 o’clock,. theporpoeiofelecfuf five delegate* from .each Ward to-'Vepreeent' the 'dty in toe'County.-Convention,' which meeta at'FUltnnHall on WedafliMaj, tfc* lfithflnat, WYLnMpek, ArM./ >- J-g 75 1- vrv xucwtor mseixek - v:' Sg H. W. Wa»d -flhobcriaHotal, Nortf Queen street. • .: 3$ N > £.\Wv^rTonng , s Hotel. East parent street. : Hbtfl f fi6qth Qnsen ■tgat’ ' BPS. Saloon.'Booth Qreen street BY ORDER CITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES. "Csli Accepted.—Rev. D. Steck. for the last four years and a half pastor of St. John's Lutheran Chnreh of this city, has aceep’ed a call from the Lutheran Church of Dayton, Ohio, recently under the pastoral care of Rot. F. W. Conrad, of Trinity Chnreh. this dty. Mr. ~y»~w* ».witi»« h« tbe lat of July Jiext.. The best wishes of the eiticene of Lancaster will attend 'Mr. fr.'to* his newrfldd oflabor, and while thaeongregation of Bt. John's will meet with a eerions loss in being deprived -of hlaeerviee*. oar Dayton friends-will secure for a pastor one of the ablest, most eloquent and estimable divines of -tfaLwtberan Church In the country. Lancaster;and Day ton have made ah exchange, and in this casetheuld adage Is true, that a “fair exchange Is no robbery l” .Whit MoNDAY.—This, one of the gala days of the year hereabouts, occurred yesterday, and as usual the dty was crowded with strangers from all parts of the eoauty. With the circus and numerous other Itinerant sbowsJa full ■ bUst, ; our rural friends; enjoyed themselves hugely, and they seemed to be in the beet of humor with themeelvee' and "the rest of mankind.” A large number of . our German citizens spent the day very pleasantly at the fibutzenvereln Groundsmen the banks of the Cones toga, a short distance east of the dty. Daring Burglary.— On Thursday morning last, abont two o'clock, one of the most daring robberies took place at Zahms’ Jewelry Btore, eornerof North Queen street ami Centre Square. The large show window ie pro tected by shatters, which ere closed at night, but the fastening, fs so light as to be easily removed with but little noise. Bat little apprehension eonld be entertained as to this fret, for the window itself is composed of glass plates three-eighths of an Inch In thickoess, reqnlrlng great force and ppme heavy instrument to break throngh U, and even then it could not be done without making noise enough to arouse the watchman who sleepe in the store. About the hour mentioned, the watchman was awakened by a noise at the window, turned up the gas-light, which Is kept burning low all night, and reached the window fronting on North Queen street jast in time to see a hand and arm suddenly withdrawn, and hear the retreating footsteps of the robber, who had evidently broken the shutters open with little noise, then used a hammer or some like instru ment to break the glass, and inserted his hand for a grab, which .was only too. successful, as he secured two gold watches valued at .$l6O or more, and'eseapedaa stated. ‘ He had evidently made areconuoistaoceof the premises by, daylight, and knew exactly where the watches bang 6us pended ln the window, and made his openiog accordingly. Had there been' no one In the storey he might have made a sweep of some $l6OO worth in the window. We hope that the scoundrel or sooundrels who perpetrated this deed may be discovered and punished as they deserve, so as to be a warning to others. The Fencibles’ Band —The Seventh Bri gade Journal, published at Columbia, Tennessee, of the 28th ult., thus speaks of a serenade given by our own glorious, inimitable Fencibles’ Band: Tax Bsyinty-Ninth Band —A Birxnadx— On last Satur day night, the soldiers as well as cltisens of Columbia were'again aroused from their knapsacks and “downy pil lows” by strains of “sweet music,” creating quite a sensa tion and bringing to an understanding all those wbo were wrapped in the arms of Morpheus. In one bonnl the sol dier leaped from his bed of straw and stood in front of bis “tooted booße,” listening with the most profound silence, catching and drinking in every note that dropped from their well-timed instruments. The cltisens, too, (mate and female,) hastened on their inexpressibles and roshed for the window —notwithstanding tlieir utter detestation of “Northern doughfaces”—-and, no doubt, agreed to turn ont ear to the “rich cadence” floating unmeasuredly about them. They are free in acknowledging the superiority of this famous Band", as all other citizens have done wbo had tbe pleasure of bearing it. Lancaster may well be proud of such a corps of musicians, and we defy any oth°r Baud extant to “time” with them. If they wisha good Chin-lng, a blast from tbe bugle horn oo a Clen i-ent day, or a roll firm ‘big U,” we repeat. let them come on. The compositors of the join in extending their right 43“ of fellowship for that note they dropped In front of their cfliee. with the fond anticipation of '-picking up” another before long. Obsequies of a Chaplain. — The funeral of Rev. John McCosker. late Chaplain of tbe 65th Regiment, p. V., which took place on the 6 f h in?!, from the pastoral residence of the Church of the Annunciation, Philadelphia, was largely attended. Col. P. C Ellmaker furnished a military escort for the occasion consisting of a detachment of ten men each from Companies A, B D. E. F and G cf the First Regiment Reserve Brigade, commanded by Capt Pears* 1 of Company F. The obsequies took place at Ft Patrick’s Church, at Twentieth and Locust streets. The deceased was a native of Skooryglass, in the pariah of Wi ney. iu the county Tyrone. Ireland. Entering Ft. Cbarleß Theological Peminary in 184.8,‘ he was ordained a priest in December, 1862. being theD only in bis 23d year. His first mi-siou was at St. Patrick’s in Philadelphia. In September. 1865, be wan appointed to tbe Catholic Church at Eliza betbtowD, in thiß county, where he remained until last automn, when he was nominated Chaplain of tbe 65th Regiment. His death is a loss to bis many friends in his former charge in this county, and also to the regiment in whose service he died. Let his name be inscribed high among those of our heroic sons who have fallen In the great struggle! « Columbia in the Fight.— Colombia was well represented in the late fight on the ChlckahomlDy— i a large nomber of Columbians being 23d and 61st Penney!* * vanla, Couch’s Division, which is mentioned as {supporting ] Casey. A letter has been received from Capt, Haldeman, ■ fitating that all the Columbians were safe, though they 1 had been iu the thickest of tbe fight The casualties he mentions amoDg his men sro: John Sherrick, of Washing ton, shot through the body and left on the field—either dead or a prisoner; Madison Moss, of Wrigbtsville, shot through tbe mouth and loft on the field, probably a pris oner ; James Shenberger. of Wrigbtsville. hurt by a shell, but not seriously. Tbe Columbians in the 61at are also safe, having also borne the brunt of the battle. Tributes of Respect.— The Union Guards, of which the late Wiluam G. McClain was a member, have adopted the resolutions of respect to bis memory : Oamp nxab Fredericksburg, Va.,) June 1.1862. J Tbe death of our fellow soldier, Wm G. McClain, of Lan caster city, having been announced this day to the mem bers of “Co. B,” (Unton Guards.) Ist Regiment, P. R. Y. 0., the company formed ou its street, when the following reso lutions were offered and adopted: Resolved, That we have heard with deep regret of the death of our late companion in arms, Wm. G. McClain, one of the original members of tbe “Union Guards.” Resolved, That in his death the Company has lost one of its mostiefficient members, and tbere lives not in the racks of the YnJunteor Army ot the United Plates a truer soldier; and we do furthermore bear testimony to the faithful performance on his part of every duty assigned him during his connection with us. Resolved, That we do most sincerely sympathize with tbe immediate relatives and friends of the deceased, offer lug them our condolence in the bereavement which God in His providence has deemed proper to visit upon them. Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be forwarded to tbe family of tbe deceased, and that they be published in tbe newspapers of Lancaster city. THOS. B. BARTON, Capt 00. B, Ist Reg*t P. R. V. 0. And at a special meeting of the Union Fire Company, No. 1, held Id their Engine Hall, Market street, the follow ing preamble and resolutions were adopted : Whsreab, We, as a Company, have been deeply bereaved at the untimely death of our late fellow member, Wm. G. McClain, who was among the first of that noble band. seDt out from the r&Dks of the Union Fire Co., as tbe offering onr Company would make to preservo intact that other “Union,” and who exemplified in his death the many no blo, manly traits of character that endeared him to us; And Whereas, He was tbe first to have “the silver cord broken,” and ushered into the presence of his Maker, therefore be it Resolved, That in his death, occurring at a moment when life was most precious to him, to us, and more than all to his country, we have suffered a loss that cannot be - repaired, while tbe nation has been deprive 1 of one of Us best and bravest defenders. Resolved, That to his companions-in-arms, now in the presence of armed, dastard traitors, we tender our {la cere condolence; to them he was bound by tbe closest ties of brotherly association and feelings, and while they will 'still be as closely observed and as prayerfully watched as though he was among them, wo, here at home, have the sad consclonsness of knowing and keenly feeliDgthat their noble band now numbers one less from its bravest and . best members. Resolved, That to bis family and relatives we tender oar -siocere expressions of deeo regret and sympathizing con dolence, and that while with them we mourn his loss,, we must bow in bumble submission to that Divine Power 1 that “doeth all things well.” f Resolv'd, That as an expression ofoursorrow, we clothe our apparatus in mourning for thirty days, and in token of onr respect for bis memory attend his funeral in a body, p Resolved , That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded i ■to tbe Union Guards, of which he was an honored member, | to his family, be published in tbe city papers, and entered upon the minutes of the Company. For The Intelligencer. BUTLER’S APOLOGIST. The Examiner has turned defender of Gen. Butler's in*, famous proclamation to the women of Nt-w Orleans. lie fears the verdict of public Bentiiuent and comes to the res cue with alacrity. He is aware that public opinion will not sanction any tuch flagrant violation of every principle if propriety. The proclamation however is overlooked; the General is forgotten, and the wbolo article assumes a tirade of low. personal abuse of the “lotellieencer.” The snbject of defence becomes too revolting. The proclama tion itself Is not allowed to appear. It is withheld, we suppose, on account of its monstrous character. Not even a quotation is made. Words are pat in Butler’s mouth ■which be never used. This is doue to give it at least a small lldt ef respectability if Its source does not.degrade it. Ho represents, the proclamation as setting forth that if “the women refuses to assume the dignities of true wo manhood.the calaboose was the proper place for them.”— This is false, and well does the apologist know it The proclamation states that the woman disregarding the order •‘shnll be regaided and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation ” 11 This is the punishment. Not.a word about the calaboose being the proper place.— Tbeir liberty is not interfered with. Not a word in regard to arrest or imprisonment. Their social status is however declared, and tbeir treatment foretold. ' But the power, the fine of the whole apology consists In the ‘voluntary of havlDg abandoned the de fense.. The apologist discovers wbat be has undertaken and admits a digression This might be expected. f>r be who can stoop to apologia for such a production baa either no sense of propriety to compromise or no moral sense to vio late. Has that £onrnal no higher conception of -morality ? We hope the proclamation may yet find Us way to Its col umnr, in order that its readers may judge for themselves both as to it and as to the apology. ‘ N. TUB EDITORS’ BOOK TABLE. We are indebted to Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia, for the following new publications, viz: Th« Stoliit Mask; oa tbi Mystcbioto Cash Box. By . Wilkie Collies, Author of l ±TJic Woman in White” “ The ' Dead Secret " The Crossed Path,” “ The Yellow Masks,” •; Sisler Eose," etc. One volcmie, octavo, price *i6 cents. The Two Psima Doicwas. By George Augustus Sala, editor of *■ Ifempfe Bar,” and Author of “ The Seten-Eons of v Mtxmmon” etc, Ooevoltuae, octavo, price 25 cents. v These are both highly interesting novels, well written, and canflot fail tohave ; a good run with the readiog public, or sale at WesthaefTer’s Bookstore 44 North Qoeen Street. We are also Indebted to the same publishers, through the same agent, for the June number of their excellent and reliable Counterfeit Detector, an invaluable work to business men lo these time#of rotten banks and paper money. This number gives a list and description of no less than 61 new.counterfelta pot in circulation tinea the first of May, among which are the Allowing on the .Farmers' Bank of this city, vis \ ( : 10s altered from Is—vig. cattle in stream on right, dog guarding a key near centre,.maid near water left, with bat and sickle at her fe6t. 5Cs, spurious—vig. large building, people, Ac. B®* The Cleveland Herald,, (Rep.) thus speaks of the Irish and other foreigners: “ We unhesitatingly aver that seven, tenths of the foreigners that land on, oar shores, have less intelligence than fall blooded Afri cans.” , • That sentiment prevails largely among Re publicans, and their recent revival of Know ‘ Nofhingism under.' an! assumed and'.deceptive title, together with; their efepa toward eman oipationi render Rjrpbajljle,their anecesa would enBnre>Unegrp«ftt9ieniovment of snpwor privilege to those or s>reignerp. man's Journal. ■■■■■■. i WAR news: TMe Battik Chiekahomlny—Ae* eount of Ffr*t Day’s Battle. attack on Saturday, tfce &lst ult, was made by tbe wuemy oa onr left wfriFaud centre. Tbe attack was sod~ deb and overwhelming. was to tare our left. Sen*. Tbe first ludhatloa ete* attack was about 1 F. Xtf'wbentfe «&«Mb Mas try opened fir* upon oar pickets, *ttfqa*dat%jS«f tferotd, and from three* feraornsLOtanee totfaftiSA and the pickets were thread tofaUhrek OfidlliLtfiMatedlThloQ was immediately marched- out, Use of battl*. As tbe rebels advanced toward the opetf field. Captain Sprattfs battery. Company H. of the Ist NSw York Artillery, under command of Colonel BgUey, United Btatas army, which commanded tbe opened a deadly fire with grape and canister, mowing a swathe through their ranks at every discharge The enemy continued to pren forward, discharging volley upon volley, which Was returned by our infantry; hot the greatly superior. odda against ns compelled onrmetr-to gradualty-gtvr wsyr ytn oOcars and men belonging to Battery H were badly cot up, and most of their horses being killed or wounded, the battery was abandoned. Fire was then opened from tbe batteries belonging to the Ist New Ycrk ArtClary' Regiment, stationed In tbe same field, a short distance In tbe rear. At this time the enemy moved down the'railroad for the purpoae of outflanking us on the right, bat were success fully resisted, oar forces faavlngJuen-raiqfarced- bGen. Conch's division. Oar lines were driven back'for nearly a mile, contesting every loch of ground, until being rein forced, the tide of'battle was turned, and the enemy were o*>mpelled to fall hack, learingoarmen la possession, of the field, when the terrible conflict ceased with the approach ing darkness • Tbe Battle of the eount of tbe Second Day’s Battle* . , Correspondence of tbe New York Times. 1 - Earns Fmn,' Monday, Jane 2,1869. The rebel army still occupied tbe camps of Casey’s and Couch’s divisions ou Sunday morning, with a strong pleket force cuarding the road facing Saeafs boose and the wheat field where, our earthworks were thrown op, ex tending from oar extreme left to the railroad, near Fair Oak Station. Tbe distance from the point where oar earthworks were located to the edge of the wood could not have been more than fourhundred yards. Thia pori tion tbe Rebels held on til day dawned on Sunday morning. To onr right-on the other side of the railroad,, tne'di visions of Gens. Rlehardson and ;Bedgwtek werefonnd, In a semi-circle, with their left resting, on Clen. Hooker's right, at the railroad, and their left-flanking the enemy. These divisions were composed of of the brigades of Gen. Borns, Gen.’French, Gen. T. F. Meagher, with four batteries of artillery. Gen. Hooker's Division were camped in tbe woods front ing Snead's boose, on tbe Williamsburg road, occupying the centre, and a little in advance of our right and left wings. On our left tbe remaining portions of Conch’s and Casey's Divisions rested, with reserves of fresh troops ex- tending to onr extreme left, near tbe middle rord, under Geo. Reyes. Gen. Heiutselman was on the ground at the front as soon as tbe day dawoed, accompanied by two aids. Gen. Hooker met him, and the two Generals sat down at the foot of tbe tree behind onr breastworks, arranging a plan for tbe day’s proceedings. Generals Jameson, Keyes and Sickles arrived' at the front soon after, and tbe fight of Saturday was talked over as one of no particalar advantage to the enemy, as they had concentrated their main force upon this portion of onr front lines, and the effect was more disastrous to them. Their loss In killed in Saturday's fight exceeded ours two to one, and of their nomber wonnded it is Impos sible to form an estimate- Several of their men brought In as prisoners gave their loes in killed and wonnded up ward of three thousand. They made a desperate attack, it is tree, and gained considerable ground, besides a large number of gnns, camp equipage, Ac, as trophies, which they immediately sent to Richmond to dazxle the eyes of its pent-np Inhabitants, who doubtless secretly wish to see tbe city fall into the hands of McClellan. PREPARATIONS FOR THE BATTLE ON,SUNDAY. General Heintzelman, at 6 A. M., ordered ’a reeonnois sance to be made by a small force on the left of tbe wood and to tbe right, toward the railroad.' A Lieutenant with two caval jymen crossed over the wheat-field behind Snead’s boose, and was abont to penetrate the wood near the Williamsburg road, when the enemy's pickets appeared at bis front. He immediately turned back and reported to General Heintzelman tbe elose proximity of tbe enemy. Iu the meantime, tbe other parties sentouteame in, and rt parted the enemy In great force In front of onr right aod left flanks. General- Heintzelman then ordered ont Geo. Hooker’s division—part of which had been left to gaard the camp, and a certain position on onr extreme left. The regiments General Hooker brought on the field were the five regi ment’ comprising the Excelsior Brigade, under command of Geneial D. K Blcktes and the Fifth and Sixth New Jersey reziments- General Heintzelman having resolved to at tack tbe enemy and drive them from the wood. THB BATTLE. It was abont a quarter of seven when Gen. Heintaelman ordered General Hooker to attack the rebels in his front, and drive them from the woods. The Excelsior Brigade marched nut from their camp in the woodwto the "Williams*, burg road, the New Jersey Fifth and Sixth following. The Excelsior Brigade filed In the wheat-field in fropfc of our earthworks to the right of the road, while the two regi* ments of New Jersey troops tooka posltion-to the left. As the B*cond Regiment, Excelsior Brigade, was forming in position to the front of the wood the rebels opened e rapid and heavy fire upon it, killing two or three privates* and wounding about six. Among those wonnded at the first fire of the rebels was T lent. Lawria (formerly an aid to Gen. tickles) and Capt; Nolan. The fire of the enemy immediately became simultane ously along their entire line. The New Jersev troops fought splendldlv, loading and firing without flinching from tbelr position. General Sickles’ regiments did great execution, advancing at every fire upon the rebels masked by the wood. However, it was plainly to be seen the enemy bad every advantage, and It was resolved to clear the woods at the point of tbp bayonet. Genera] Sickles rode along the front of his men. In the midtt of an iron hail which the rebels poured in. and gave orders for the Second regiment, Col. G, B. Uall, to charge bayonets. No sooner was the order given than the men fixed bayonets. Colonel Hall gallantly led the charge one of the mo6t brilliant ever mado in any battle. Not a man ebirked or straggled from the ranks. The rebels presented a strong front to the gleaming bayonets of our men, not a hundred yards distant. As the Second advanced on the double quick, cheering and shouting, tho rebels held back their fire until oar men were hardly one hundred feet from -their line, when they fired a murderous volley into the ranks of the Second. It proved too low, and few were killed or wounded. Immediately after the rebels fired this volley, they broke ranks and fled through the wood. A few of their bravest remained to resist onr passage, but they were soon mowed down by tbo steel front of the gallant Second Excelsior. Major Herbert, of the Eighth Alabama Regiment, Was taken prisoner atthia time. His horse had been shot under him, and as he fell be received a shot in his side. He sprang to bis feet, however, almost instantly, and seeing several of our men in front of him, mistook them for some of his ovd regiment. »* Rally once more, boys V * he cried; but they'" corrected bis mistake by presenting tbeir bayonets and demanding him tosnrrenddr. which he did with allthe grace and finish that an original secessionist, as he afterwards informed me be was, could do under the circumstances. The rebels made two or three attempts to flank us on''the left, after retreating from their centre, bnt they were beat back with great loss, our troops pursuing them for nearly two miles. Richardson's brigade, before the enemy’s centre gave way, bad a bard fight; the gronud was hotly contested by the rebels. The Fourth and Fifth Excelsior Regiments were sent to snpport one of Richardson’s batteries, but. be fore the battery gotin fair working order, the enemy began to show signs of a'retreat. The rebel officers eould be heard distinctly, urging the men to the fish*, but they would ran away. The Irish brigade' fought splendidly, and rooted the rebels at the point of the bayonet. - None of onrforces on the left flank participated in the fight. The rebels were defeated, and driven back'by Hooker’s and Richardson’s divisions. Advance parties sconred the woods on both sides of the Richmond road, and succeeded in capturing nearly two hundred of the rebels, among them three Lieutenants. At 11 o’clock the firing on both sides ceased. The rebels bad fallen back to beyond our original lines, leaving guards stationed to watch our advance, and also to bring their wounded off the field. The enemy were driven from every position they occu pied, by our troops. The main column rested a mile in ad vance of tbeir position at the commencement of the fight At abont 12 o’clock General McClellan rode up to the front accompanied by his staff and body*gnard, and met General Helntzelman seated at the foot of a tree. Little Mac democratically seated himself at the side of Heintzel man, on the ground, when bis Btaff groaped themselves, resting on stamps of trees and logs. There was the Prince de Joinville, Count de Paris, and the Due de Chartres, forming a select group of three, conversing quite animated ly in French, and the other members of McClellan’s staff joining in with a little English. “They fight on Bunday always,” said the Dao de Char tres, allnding to the rebels. Gen McClellan had been seated probably a half an hour, conversing with Gen. Helntzelman, when General Hooker rOde up Jrom the extreme advanced line gained this morn ing, and as be was dismounting from bis horse, Gen. Mc- Clellan rose from his seat, and advancing,, shook him warmly by tho hand, atad congratulated him abd his noble division in terms of the highest praise. A long eonversa- , tion took place between them. It was plainly seen that no further advance was to be 1 made that day, as no troops were ord-red up to .the front. \ At* little after one o’clock, Gen. McClellan mounted his horse and rode along the lines of his .troops, back and forth, until all the soldiers had a good opportunity of see- j Ing him. Napoleon never was received by bis enthnriastfc ' troops with greater manifestation of delight than was Mc- Clellan by his army, showing that be possessed the confi dence as well as the hearts of bis men. They feel that they must ever be victorious under his guidance. Prisoners continued to be brought in very fast; we had r captured nearly five hundred. They were immediately handed over to Provost Marshal Young, of Gen Hooker’s Division, who sent them properly- guarded to Heimzol-. man’s headquarters, at Pavage’a Btation. . Many of them were dressed in mw clothes, captured in Casey’s camp—a large supply having been sent to Casey’s Division s few:' dayß before the battle, bnt bad not been distributed to the i men. The result was that the enemy, who bad htan wear ing faded, worn-ont home spun, doffed their- forms in onr 1 genteel uniforms. This was the cause of many serions mistakes, our men unfortunately mis.aklngftbem for one. own. ~ . INCIDENTS OF THE FIELD. Gen. Sickles b*d several narrow escapes ; be was always to he found in ihe thickest of the fl*ht Had those gifted Senators who refused'to eonflnn his Domination but wit-' ' nessed the enthusiasm.of bis troops: when serving nnder him and bis military qualifications for the office, they wonid do penance until re-nlected. ' The rebels during r tbe fight had tbeir, eharprsbooters : posted in trees to pirk off our officers—a fact discovered in the early part of the'actidn. One of these sharpshooters had been wounded and laydown at the foot of a tree; as General Sickles was riding in the wood; betook; deltWrtte aim and fired, but fortunately missed bis,mark-. Bome of our men rushed at the wounded rebel, and werd about 1 despatching him with their bayonets, ordered them not to harm him, but take hlm : prisoner. As 1 stood watchipg-tbe regiments ofHookert Division march in the battlefield, I recognized, marehing’ at the head of hiß company, Captain Johnson, belonging to the Third Regiment Excelsior.: ■ Capl. Johnson waa In the bat tle of Williamsburg, jrbere be acted with the mostheroic enurage, and was wounded' badly in the left arm by*, mloie bill; so dangerously was be wounded, that the sur- I geons at ono Ume thought an amputation of bis min wonid become necessary to sava his - life. The woundvhbwever, ; took a favorable turn, aud he is now In a-fair Way,of re' covering. At the head of his company marcheljjus gal lant officer, his bandaged arm resting ht As he passed by me smiling, an from Gen Keyes, who, with' hla-staff, was on the opposite shfe of the rad/rode up to me and inquired the name of the wpunded cfficer- ;I. gave it to him; be exclaimed* '‘He is a brave man.” If his country rewardsiher heioes, Capt.'Johnson’s will stand among tbe forejnbxt-v _ , . . There were many indd&villastraUng fully the mettle of oar men engaged la this taragglel: Ufnysprlvate dis - played deeds of bravery worthy of record.* Tho. officer? bore themselves well, and shared the dangers! d advance of theirmen. - THEBEBEL ! ‘ The rebel Generals commanding' in .'this .engagement, were Generals Longslreet, Roger. A. Pryor,.HJU« Brook, Howell Oobb, Rains, Huger, and names I could not.-leam.-• i < A STAGE AftD FOUR HORSES CAPTURED. A small party of our men reconndtering,-met an omni bus drawn by four fine bay bones,, on the New Bridgeroid' going at a speedy gait toward Richmond, and containing two officer?. Driving the hortea were ttrOjcfontrabanda—. Lieut. Lee cried out to them to stop, but npattonHon was paid to tbe summons, and he ordered the men to flroi One: of the offices jumpedTOut and macfegpodhtteMM In the woods.’ The other was shot as he had his head out of the window urging the contraband*: fo £o-fasUr. r - St* driver now held up, and Lieutenant Lee mounted, the. hox, first pladhg the negroes inside in charge of priirati Boyd, One Hundredth N?w York. ■ The Lieutenant brought thftJtage safely within our lines. As it made Us tppearanee, emer ging from the wood on- the WilHamSburg road/where bqj-. a few hours ago the enemy were disputing'ou .adttoeey It created. the most intense excitement »na~ carfosify' among thm mem. Many* supposed iiwa*'. sent down by General McClellan, from Rifbinqnd, wUhtha mows, of bis occupation of the city. is ebmparstifelyna** In rise and shape jt is about the san» . stages, perhaps a trifle lighter. \ ' - THE BATELE 1 ' ' ' J In oompany- with Gen.: Bkklee; Col. HaU and Lieut. Graham, I rode out uponJfhehwfcMrtd on ; Sunday afternoon, at fimrycloek- j** ***?"*”” borr taffies att acwTlntlmr hortss shot, dead in their trams, ambuianoee, wagons, Ao, filled the road in front of Cbmj'b camp. There were about two hun dred of oar wnanded still lying where they fell <ra Patar daj. Bone of them spoke Hod!? of the rebels, saying they treated than* very well.-;' DMA rebel«. an well as oar own men. vNiry'vrait of the fl-ld and wood. I coanted fifty raven deed rebels in front of a small piece of woods not forty feet square.'One wounded rebel was . lying on tfcegnxKnd, amble to more J.he was shot In both legs. Ouettk tide of him ley tome detd rebels. As we pasted by,he begged ns for god’s saks to take the deed man away from hra. The iteaeh «u intolerable. . HUMBER Of SUNS LQBT. -We lodtlf goat in the fight of Setarday. Not one of them fcss been recovered; The rebels ran a trsda dMm /fisift£ > carried away Stores, mi*, hip* taßfchottad. Thereiils destroyed what they eould not oonrenisntlT carry twin, including the new testa of Casey and Oouelra Division. S, The two contrabands captured with the stage, had left Richmond on Sunday morning, with a party of gentlemen who had chartered the stage to take them ont to see the fight. They hare furnished the authorities with mnch In formation relative to the number and movements of the rebel force .- which .is highly important. It is not Improb able that General McClellan, with his Generals, will dine at Richmond on Bunday next Late from the f>outh* < Weit«-Great Hayal Flffht—The Rebel Fleet Destroyed-*- Battle of the Rama-—Memphis Bur* rendered—The nipslsslppl Open. . Nxw Manmn. Jane T. . The steamer Platte Talley has Just arrived from Memphis. She reports that alHs quiet (here. The city surrendered to the C. S. flotilla without resistance. ' f6XOOIQ) UBPASCS.J Caibo, June 7. ' The operator at New Madrid telegraphs that the steamer Platte Talley had passed there direet from Memphis, en route for Cairo. Our forces are in indisputable possession of the City of Memphis. (official cosmEMinoir.] WisHuratoir, June 8. Advices have been receivol from Commodore Davis at Memphis, announcing a battle between his fleet, aided by 001. Ellett** ram flotilla, and the rebel fleet of eight gun boats and rams.' The engagement commenced at 6:80 on the morning of the 6th lust., and ended at 7 o'clock In the morning—the result of which was the capture or slokiog of seven of the rebel fleet; one escaped by superior speed. 001. Ellett, who Is seriously, bot not dangerously wounded, . Is highly complimented for gallantry and sklU. Memphis surrendered immediately after the engagement, and was placed undecfaUltary -aathority. • From Begley’s Command—Highly Inter* eating and Important to) hanoasterlana —The Rebels Under Gen. Adams*Defeat ed and. Routed—Col. Hambrlght’s Regi ment Share the Victory* W&BHmOTOir, Jure 7. De-snatches have been received at the War Department from Gen. Mitchell, dated at Huntsville, Alabama, Jane 6, stating that the expedition from his . army, under com mand of Gen. Negley, had driven the enemy, commanded by Gen. Adams, from Winchester,(Teon.,) tbroueh Jasper, baek to Chattanooga, and utterly aeftaled and routed them at that point. Baggage wagons, ammunition and supplies, have fallen into our hands, and still more important results may be expected to follow this movement [We were advised of the organization and object of tbli expeditions week ago, by our special correspondent, (the news being tfaon * contraband') who stated that Col. Ham bright, acting as Brigadier General, was to take the ad vance. and of o inrse the Lancaster County Boys would be with him. Their friends can rest assured that they have given a good account of themselves, while we have reason to believe the loss on onr side has been very light—Bn. EXPBXS3.] From Fortress Monroe—From the Army of the Potomac—Federal Loss Five Thousand Wounded and Fifteen Run-, dred Killed. Fo&t&xbs Mosaoi, Vo., \ June 4th, 5 P. M. j I have ia letter this afternoon from a gentleman at the White House, who says that the latent intelligence just from Gen*r»l MeOlellao announces everything as progres sing satisfactorily, and that oqr troops arq confident in their ability to drive the Confederates before them, and capture Richmond. There is no hesitation or uneasiness in the army of the Potomac. It has entire confidence in its General and his Lieutenants, who have all proved them selves fit to command v the divisions and corps to which they are assigned. Officers who were engaged in the battles of last Saturday and Bunday testify to the hotness with which'they were contested. From all I have been able to learn, we were badly worried in the earlier part of Saturday's action. General Casey's division was really surprised and nearly surrounded. The with great ateadloe«a and bravery for a time, hot finding themselves almost flanked and in danger of being cat to pieces ot captured, they be came disordered, and left the ground in confusion. •ibe Confederates had attacked them with incredible fury aod In overwhelming numbers. Officers and privates, who have come down fro© the field, all seem to agree that tbev outnumbered us. four to one. A very Intelligent T-(»nteDant,.nf:ihfi 62d New York regiment, told me that bed d to blame Casey’s men for trying to Tnev had to retreat or be annihilated. He says that they fought well while there was any hope; and tbat the Penn - gylvanians In that division behaved as well as the men of refdm-nta oqtside the old Kevstnoe. This same gentleman speaks highly of Colonel Baxters Fire Zonavos.. who made a telling charge with the bayonet at a crlt’cal moment of the battle. Our loss Ivhesvy, and the estimate of fifteen hundred hilUd atidjtie thousand is believed to be t early cor recL Ihat'uf the enemy In not known, but ns our canoon played on their douse columns with terrible certainty, opening long lanes through them with solid shot, shell, grape, canister and shrapnel. It is thought that their loee will reach from ten thousand to twelve thousand. The fire of onr musketry was steady and heavy, and io some places the Confederates were piled three and four men deep —one on the other—dead, with balls through tbelr heads and breasts. They aimed low, arid thus the large propor tion of our wounded are struck in the lower extremities Of those brought down on the Btate of Maiue, yesterday, more than half are wounded in the legs, and often limes the feet. —Philadelphia Inquirer. From.tlie Valley of Virginia* The correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer tele traphs from Harper's F*rry, under dale of Jone 3d, tbat Fremoot'B advance attacked Jackson on. Sunday last, near Winchester, and was severely cut up. The columns of Shields and Fremont wero subsequently united, near Winchester. Banks and Elgel are again on the inarch down the valley. The present position of Jackson was not definitely known, but be was supposed to have taken the mountain road, down through the gap, to tba-Luray mountains'. It Ir, however, admitted that he has, in all probability,"escaped from the cordon of Federal troops that was encircling him.. A special despa’ ch to the New York Fxprest aays that Jackson, with the force under bis particular command, had succeeded in forcing his way through the Federal columns which were convergiogupoirbim, and bad passed beyond New .Market, carryiog off safely his spoils and prisoners. Generals E. Kirby Bmltb apd Longstreet were in the Valley, but their exact position was unknown. . Address of Gen. McClellan to Mis Troops* HXADQUABTXRB OF GIS. McCLBLLIH’B-ABMY, 1 Tuesday Evening,' Jane 8.. J The following address was read to the army' this evening at dress parade, and received with an outburst of vociferous cheering from every regiment. Hsadquaxtsbb of thb Army of *hi. Potomao, 1 Camp hxab, Nxw Bamax, June 2, 1863.. -J Soldiers of the Army of the Potomoc : . I have fulfilled at least a part ef my promise to yon. Yoq are now face to face with the rebels, who are held at bay in front of the capital. Theflnal and decisive battle is at hand. Unleash yon belie your past history, the result cannot be for a- moment doubtful. If the troops - who labored so -faithfully and fought so gallantly at Yorktowu, and who so bravely won the hard fights at .Williamsburg, West Point,. Hanover Court House, and Fair Oaks now prove, worthy of .their antecedents, the victory is surely ours. The events of every day prove your superiority. Wherever you have met the enemy you nave beaten, him. Wherever yon have used the bayonet, be has given way in panic and disorder. . ~ I ask of you now one last crowning effort. The enemy has staked his all on the issue of the coming battle. I*t us meet him and crush him here In the centre of the rebel lion. Soldiers! I will be with you in this battle, and share its dangers with you. Our confidence in each other is now founded upon the past. Let us strike the blow which is to restore peace and union to this distracted land. Upon your valor, discipline and mntnal confidence the result depends. Gxo. B. McCiulaS, Major General Commanding. THE PEHNSYLVAIHASS AT SHILOH. The'following letter from General McCook to Gov. Curtin was wriltsn soon after the battle of Shiloh : Headqcabtbks Second Division, Abu. or ) Ohio, Field or Shiloh, Tenn. V ApriUS, 1882. ) Hon. A. G. Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania .- Sib :• Both justice and inclination prompt me to bring tS jour notice the bravery, cool ness and discipline of tbe Seventy-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Colonel Stambaugh’s,). which was a part of'the divis ion I bad the honor to command in the battle of Shiloh. The only Pennsylvania regiment on the field, it bore without re proach, the banner of the Keystone. State through, the thickest qf the fight, and won for her a Wreath, which may, with pride, be placed beside those gathered npon the fields of the Revolution and in Mexico. I am, sir, very respectfully Your obedient servant, A. McD. McCook, Commanding Second Division. A BOOSIEHANG. On Monday last a lot of sick and wounded soldiers arrived in this place from Hagerstown and as soon as they reaohed the Depot, they were as nsnal surrounded by an anxious orowd eager to bear the news,- To a question asked tone of the soldiers he replied,. “ Gentlemen I can tell you how yon can pat an end to this war very soon.” “ How?” “ How?” eflgerly inquired one. “ Burn them out ?” chimed in another. “ No," replied tbe soldier, “Hang rail the Abolitionists in the North aDd, the war will soon stop, them's the sentiments of. the army/’ A profound silence ensued, and the crowd dispersed with faces as rueful as if they had just. been attending the foneral of a'dear relative. A rabid Republican remarked ae he left the stoop, “ That’s a Breckinridge Dem ocrat, Pll bet.” “ Yes,” replied a bystander, u yon.can safely make that bet, for nearly the whole army are Democrats” Theßepnhlican accelerated his locomotion and went off mut tering • unutterable things.— ChambersSurg Valley Spirit. WB BID VOV WELCOME. The editor of the St.’Joseph (Ho.)’ Daily Gazette, in the course of an article on “ De mocracy,” says: Having hitherto battled against the old party, believing that it Aid not fully carry-out the wishes of the founders of the Republic, we are convinced now that we did it injastioc. Since the inauguration of : the present regime Plovd’s peculations sink into ineignmoanoe be -1 Tore the mighty firaqds daily perpetrated on the so -glarmg'that thd’phople stand aghast at their the country is rent in twain, the life blood of her bravest sons ponred forth liko water,-: and millionsof-dollars, worth of property copfided J to the flood and flames, what is moip eoinpe ;tant' tobeal the wounds.and bid the tronbled waves be still tban-'a great national partyj- Buoh as Demoeraoy purposes to be? -f -: i Though a young convert we Will dbour best to aid ia the good work. Oar labors ahall henceforth be with the Democracy; iand.wiih them we will work for the perpetoatipn of onr Iftidn.bni. Constitnt(on,'openjy:, fcsely.and :wlthout feir, fevM tjr'affeotlon. * '
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