I Centre democrat. BELLEFONTE, PA. Thursday Morning, July 18 01. J. J. BRISBIN, EDITOR & PUBLISHER. W. W. BROWN, ASSOCIATE EDITOR. Look to your Interests. By reference to the outside of our paper, it will he seen that the next number closes the first fix months of this volume. Those who wisti to avail themselves of the advance terms, and save half a dollar, can do so by paying One Dollar BDd Fifty Cents, within the coini \g week. ( OBJWIBHf y,l ''* Wa - ar, "" L " IHa Organize ! Republicans of Centre, are von organized? Are you prepared to vindicate your glorious principles in the coming elections ? Are our Committees as vigilant as they should be?— Or are we preparing to lay down our arms, to apologize to our enemies and go into a kind of fusion arrangement that will have noth'mg of principle in it? Remetnbsr our enemies are on the alert. They are active and energetic. They want no aid, says the Watchman, from Black Republicans, " oil and wabr cannot mix." Shall we surrender without a fight? Shall we go into a fusion movement with such pol iticians, when all the advantages of such a fusion must accrue to said politicians? Let the people not be cheated by would-be lead ers or designing politicians. If out princi ples are based upon truth and justice, let us adhere to them and advocate them like men. This can only be done through our organi tion, Let us maintain it. By oiganization and an active energetic canvass we elected Gov. Curtin, Hon. Jas. T. Hale, President Lincoln, and the whole Republican ticket.— What has been d >ne, can again be accom plished. if we are true to principle and to cur manhood.' Better, far, suffer ten thousand defeats than scrifice the glorious principles of our organization. Let us bo true to those principles, and hundreds of honest Demo crats will rally to our standard aod aid us in bringing back the Government to its pris'ine purity. We can only secure the respect and confidence of the honest masses by deserving it. People have become too intelligent to be deceived by, or caught in, ihe gull traps set for them oy wiley politicians. Arouse, then, Republicans of Centre. To action without further delay. Let candidates send in their names, subject to tl.e decision of the Repub lican Convention to be held on Wednesday evening of the August Court. Let the or ganization be perfected at once, and we will insure the success of our whole county and Senatorial ticket on thd second Tuesday of next October. To talk about a Union or Ihision party now is the direst folly. We can only speak for onrself. We will, therefore, say that we will advocate no such measure, nor will we sup port auy such ticket. We want, hereafter, to know for whom we work and for whom we vote. As to your half-and-half men and measures we want none of them, • We wiil support out-snd-out Republicans, because we believe in their principles, and we will support none else. In brief, let it be under stood that the Centre Democrat will Dot ad vocate the so-called Union party, or support any men or ticket placed in the field by such a combination. pzft- What is the object of the present war on the part of the North ? According to the inter pretation of Republicans, it i.- to abolish slavery, to exterminate Democracy, to desolate the South, and destroy torever the Union of the States, — Watchman. According to the interpretation of Repub licans ? The editors of the Watchman nor any other person ever heard a Rcpubbcan interpret it in any such way. Ask any Re publican you-may the object of the war, on the part of the Government, and he will tell you that it is to enforce the laws and main tain the Constitu'.ijn, to punish traitors, to perpetuate our liberties, to preserve the hon or of the Nation, to prevent the destruction of our Union, ard the ove?throw of the besi form of government the world ever saw, to j prove to the world that "ihe people" are ca- I pable of governing themselves, to promote, j ja every way, the interes's of the whole 1 Nation. He will tell you that it is not to "abolish Slavery" ; but to prevent rebels from making slaves of us. He will tell you that it is not to "desolate the South" : but to save all sections from desolation and disgrace, lie will tell you that it is not to "exterminate Democracy"; but simply to exterminate trai tors. He tell vou that it is not "to des- i troy forever the Union of the States" ; hut ; fo stay the hand that would strike the fatal j blow. Ask the same question of a traitor or ! a man who sympathises with traitors—ask j the Editor of the Watchman and you have the answer in the quotation at the head of this article. This answer is not, therefore "according to the interpretation of Republi cans," but according to the interpretation of Democrat. The editor of the Watchman made the interpretation and was afraid to publish it without prefixing "acc ruing to the interpretation of Republicans." g Hickman declared on the fi ior oi the House of Representatives, one day this week, that ihe gallons were vailing for trait ors This vi.l be .good news to the loyal men who are now in arms to suppress rebellion, and who are so far the superiors of traitors that they should scarcely.he aked to eon tend with th< m any further than to eapfure and hang tliein. The gallows shott'd be the fixed and unalterable doom of eve.iy traitor caught with arms in his hands. The gallows Rhould be tH fate of every secret symf a'hiz* er de-ected in gi\'it>g aid and comfort to the rebels—and tl us making the -gallows out principal wenpt n of operation against the traiiors, cempletfly obliterate the crime by entielv extetm nating the criminals. The gallows should be borne in the advance of everv eolumn in the armv. As a peace offer o intie pal It we will prove permanent in every respect, end we thank John Ilickman fpr hiving announced the fact of euch a pu r'tieation Ltingin reserve for treason.— liar risburg 7'ehg- cph. "Our Lives in Jeopardy." Under this exciting head the editors of the j Watchman published a letter which they | profess to have received from some person j in Mllesburg, whom they style a " dirty whelp." Any person who will read the let- I ter must come to the conclusion, that al- ! though it is gotten up in bad style, that the j author could have written it properly. We i believe that it was written by no less per- j sonage than he who presides over the edito rial department of that paper, and was got up to create public sympathy and to give an opportunity for a little blasting. The letter warns the editors not to publish any more secession articles, and to cease charging the Republican party with causing the war, and threatons to treat them to a coat of tar and feathers, if they continuetheir preseutcourse. That the letter (?) contains the sentiments of many of the loyal men of Centre county no one would pretend to deny. We have beard men in Bellefente and men out of Belle fonte, men who are capable of judging be tweui right and wrong, say that the publi cation cf such a sheet should not be tolerated in the North, and that the authors of suah seditious articles as are sometimes contained in that paper, rhould not be allowed a home North of Mason and Dixon's Line. The fact that many of the leading men of our town and county have ceased to patronize it, goes to ptove that the people fully appreciate their efforts to further the canse of rebellion. In their comments they assert their determi nation, ptill to advocate and defend the great principles of the Democratic Party and de nounce those of the "Black Republican par ty." The people of this county are in favor | of free speech and free press, but we are not in favor of free treason. And if the Watch man continues to advocate the doctrines of I the Democratic party, by cbargffg honest men with the sins of Southern black hearted traitors and by calling loyal, brave-hearted men, secessionists, the indignation of the [ public will fall upon them in a manner more ; weighty than words. 0S- Who was the liTst President that violated | his oath, that usurped Constitutional powers not j belonging to him and made himself dictator? Abe j Lincoln. Watchman. We defy the learned editor to cite an in stance in which our noble President has made himself deserving of the charges profer j red against him in this item. lias be vio ted his oath and usurped Constitutional pow ers not belonging to him, by devising means to punish the meanest creatures on God's earth, after having dealt with tl em in mercy until mercy appeared almost criminal ? Did he do FO by issuing his first proclama tion for men to defend the Capital from the threatened attacks of Southern Arms, or in calling out additional forces to put down the most hellish rebellion on record ? lias he done eo by daring to perform his duty as a President, at a time when a lack of nerve on h:s part would have proved disastrous to the Union ? Has he done so, or shown a dis position to do so In any single act, since he touk his seat ? We say, most emphatically, No ! And we defy the Editor of the Watch man to produce proof of his vile assertion. j/39- Another General in the Field.—lt re quires more skill on the part of Gen. Scott to shield the Administration from General Indig nation, than from the army of J.S Davis.— JValchmctn. The indignation of no person is aroused against tie Adniiois'ration except that of Southern Nigger-driving rebels, and their heiUdeservin" aiiie- 1 acd sympathizers ic the North, who evince their zeal in the cause of rebellion by asserting that the Republican party at th 9 North was the cause of the war, and by giving ''aid and comfort" to the ene. my in a thousand other ways net less crim inal. Every traitor in the land deserves to be hung, and every man in the North who sympathizes with the traitors in their heav en .offending work of trying to destroy our Union, should share a similar fate. — 4 Highly Important News. j I Advance of Gen. Patterson upon j Bunker Hill. Engagement of 600 Rebels. j Defeat of Col. Stewart's Command i j Battle Expected at Winchester, j BUNKER HiLL.Va., 15, 1861. The whole of Gen. Patterson's division of! the army, with the exception of the First j Pennsylvania Regiment, advanced to this I point to-day. The march was a very pleas- • ant one, and nothing of a serious nature oc curred until we were near this point, which is nine miles below Martinsburg. Captain Tompkins' Rhode Island Battery had the lead, supported by the Twenty first | Pennsylvania Regiment and followed by the j Twenty-third. • Just below Bunker Hill, Colonel Stewart, j with 600 Rebel cavalry, drew up for a charge upon the Twenty-first, but failed to see the Rhode Island Battery, which opened with powerful effect with shot, shell and grape. Colonel Stewart's charge was'immediately broked. when the Second United States Cav alry, under Col. Thomas, charged and pur- j sued him two miles, capturing one captain and one private, who lave been sent back to Martinsburg. The remainder of Col. Stew art's force scattered into.the woods, and the Second returned. Our whole force then en camped for the night. As our advance guard was coming into Darksville, three miles back from this point, the Secession pickets were just leaving, arid the Twenty-first lired on thein One shot, we are sory to say, took effect in the hip of Mrs. Joseph Chapman, making a severe but not serious flesh wound. We had lent our horse to a sick friend, and stopped in front of the bouse to await his coming up, when Mr. Chapman asked us to procure hira a sur geon. Dr. Worthington, of the Ninth, com ing along a few moments after, gave her j every attention, and she is now doing well. ' The whole secession force has fallen back on ! Whatever, thirteen miles from here, and will i likely give us battle there to-morrow. Col. John W. Forney. WASHINGTON, July lGth. 1861, Col. Forney came into the House today as the Secretary of the Senate, and delivered a message from the Senate. After his message had been delivered, a number ot members crowded around to congratulate him. CEUVTnS Z>E!MOGRAT. Array Increase. The imputation, pays the N- Y. Tribune on the new Congress of blind servility to ihe dictates of the Administration is emphat ically rebuked by its resistance to the propo sed permanent increase of the Federal Army. Though the subject has not yet been defini tively acted OD, it is plain that neither House will vote to sanction the proposed enlarge ment, and that our young friends wbo have fondly supposed themselves quartered for life on the Treasury as Army Officers will have to look further. Congress is ready to do anything, everything, to press on the War for the Union to an early and saffsfactory conclusion ; but, when the War shall be over, it is determined that the Army shall be reduced to the legal dimentions of one year ago. And it cannot be truely said that journalistic criticism or popular clamor has prompted this decision. Very little has been eaid in the journals, still less in the public assemblages, against the proposed increase ; though we cannot doubt that the decision of | CoDgress is in emphatic accordance both with public sentiment and the public inter | est. The Nation is to be saved mainly by . men to whom War is not a trade but a stern | necessity, and wbo,. on the restoration of peace, will return to the walks of productive | indu?try. Of the Military caste, so large a \ portion has turned traitors, that the People , distrust the policy of paying a heavy annual tax to educate and subsist a class who, in the day of trial, seem as likely to be against them as for them. There is one strong point which does not seem to have attracted the attention of Con gress-wtbat ot the absolute futility of the ats ! tempt to increase the Army as proposed.— : Embryo officers—aspirants to epaulettes are as plentiful as toads after a shower ; but | the rank and file come up missing. Though ! extraordinary efforts have been made at re j cruitiDg for the last three months, we do net j beleife there are to day eo many soldiers i nlisied as are required to fill up the old reg iments, after dismissing the three thousand so shamefully surrendered i.a Texas, and who j having given their parole not to serve against j the traitors, are of no use. The recruiting | officers are not earning their salt, and the j only effect of the effort to increase the Army i is to withdraw from the field experienced j officers, whose services are greatly needed, | and post them at recruiting stations, where ! they can accomplish nothing. The Volunteer System is the natural, log ical, necessary reliance of a Democratic Re public. No other is adapted to its instincts or its genius. We can far more easily call out Haifa Million Volunteers than enlist Fifty Thousand Regulars. And the Mexi can War proved our S r o!unteers scarcely in ferior, and in some points superior, to Regu lars. In the first place, they volunteer with an express view to fightiDg, and because they feel an interest in the cause which the nation has armed to uphold. Then they are gener ally better educated than the average of the rank and die of tie Regulars, and are citi zens woo have a social position to maintain and advance —very possibly, an ambition to gratify. Tbeir neighbors will real and talk of their contact in the field ; and he who re turns covered with honor, though in a hum lile rank, is apt to be put forward in after years by those of like political views, as a candidate for office. It is popular, it is hon orable, to volunteer, and eaob State, county, township, neighborhood, feels an interest ID the good behavior of its brigades, regiments, companies, which makes itself respected in battle. The conquerors of Burgoyne at Sar atoga, of Provost at Pkttsburgh, of Packen ham at New-Orleans, whpre mainly men who Dever would have borne arms* but for the presence and imminence of a gravd pub lic peril. War threatened their firesides, and they met and repelled it; but they were by vocation and choice' farmers and artisans, not soldiers. The Army, if thoroughly purged of trai tors, wiii doubtless play a manly part in the struggle before us ; but this is a war of the People, end should be prosecuted according ly. If promptly pressed to a just conclusion we shall probably have little more fighting to do for a - lifetime. Let the preparations accord with the need of them. HENRY A. JVISE MORTALLY WOUNDED. The Report Confirmed. The Wheeling Intelligencer of Saturday last contains the following item in confirma tion of the report that Henry A. Wise had been mortaly mounded ; " Mr. Star, of Mason county, who arrived in this city last evening, reports ibat it is reliably ascertained that Henry A. Wise, if not actually dead, is so badly wounded that there is no danger of his recovery. Wise and his body guard, as before stated, were going to fill an appointment at Sissonmllc.— Some forty Union men, who, not fueling safe at their homes, had been spending most ot their time in the woods, armed with ordinary rifles, heard of W'se's coming, and secreted themselves—ambuscaded in the regular way —and upon their approach, each fired at his man, when the assaulting party retreated to the top of a high bill. Wise and Patton, to gether with about thirty or forty others, were seen to fall. The Union men, after reaching the top of the hill, saw those who escaped carrying off the dead and wounded. Several persons, recently arrived from Charleston, say jhat there is no mistake about Wise be ing wounded, and as he has been suffering from disease, it is supposed he cannot recov er. Advance of McDowell's Column- Fifty regiments on the Virginia side of the Potomac. W AeniNGTcN, July 16. Gen. McDowels army commenced a for* ward movement this afternoon, The departure nf Col. Einstein's Twenty seventh Pennsylvania Regiment for General McDowells' command, yesterday, makes the fiftieth full regiment of citizen soldiery that has been sent to him trom this point, aver aging quite a thousand men each. This is exclusive of regulars, twenty-five hundred of whom have already joined them, with one thousand more, including six hun dred marines, two lull batteries of light ar tillery; &c., yet to be transferred to his com- ! mand. Our Army Correspondence. CAMP PIERPONT, | MARTINBUBG, VA., July 7, 1861. J COL. W. W. BROWN : I am now about to do what I attempted some five times before to accomplish—writing to you. I have been unable to write much eince I am in the ser vice, on account of multifaiious duties. Tbe papers have kept you booked up in regard to our movement. You are aware that we are in Gen. Patterson's Division, and had tbe pleasure of crossing the Potomac and march* ing upon this place. At the battle of Fall ing Waters our Regiment was too far in tbe rear of the column to participate in the en gagement. But tbe next morning I grati- J fied my boys by a little fight on our own | hook. Being out on a scouting and picket j party, we discovered the enemy, mounted, 200 strong, coming down a hill some two hundred yards in advance of us. 1 gave or ders for a portion to fire, reserving ibe fire of the remain body for the charge of the caval ry which I expected. But our aim being too true, the enemy " cut sticks" and run. The enclosed notice of the trifling affair is in tbe main correct—only their patrol was four times as large as our company : [ Yesterdvy, Company B, of the 10th Pennsyl vania, came across a rebe' patrol of cavalry, and fired upon them, killing one and wounding two.] I think my boys will distinguish them selves before another week passes around, as we are to lead tbe column to-morrow. The boys are in good spirits, and since they have a taste of blood are like hounds, eager for the fray. I confess to having that little in firmity myself. The rebels are eucamped, 25 000 strong, at Bunker's Hill, ten miles distant from this place. We expect te open j the ball, or rather balls, there to-morrow. — I Scarcely a day passes but what we kill two j or three of them, and it is a common sight in | the morning to see a company come in with |2oor 30 horses taken from the enemy. A i few minutes ago, Capt. Gerard's company I came in with one officer, two privates and j three horses, taken about a mile from here- I had a long conversation with ono of the ; prisoners. He professes to be a great Union j man, and says he was impressed into the ; service. That game is " played out" with I us. Our forces number some 25,000 or 30,000 | now, and the march of this "grand army" is 1 the grandest sight I ever beheld. The Cen tre county eompanies are all here, with the exception of Capt. Saydei's. Yours truly, Capt. JOHN 11. STOVER. What Congress has Done. During the nina days of the extra session, Congress has done the lollowing work : July ilk.— The House organized, and elec ted a Speaker on the second ballot, July sth —The President's Message, and the reports of the departments of the treasu ry, war, and navy, were sent in. July 6th. —The Senate committees were declared, and six war bills were presented, viz : 1. Legalizing the past act>on of tbe President. 2. Authorizing the employment of volunteer. 3. Making provision for the increase of the regular army. 4. Far the appointment of an Assistant Secretary of War, and reorganizing the army, etc. 5. Or ganizing the volunteer force. 6. to add to the efficiency of the army. July Bth. —The House committees were an nounced and a resolution adopted declaring that the house, during the session, shall eon ■ si ier only bills or resolutions concerning gov ernmental military and naval appropria tions, and financial affairs connected .there with. July oth. —The Senate passed a bill to re mit duties on arms imported for the use of tbe Union ; the House appropriated six mill ions of dollars for payment of back dues to volunteers, and resolved that it was not the duty of United States soldiers to return fu gitive slaves. July 10th. —The Senate passed the bill au thorizing the President to call out five hun dred thousand volunteers. The House pass ed the loan bill authorizing the Treasury De partment to borrow two hundred and fifty miliioDS of dollars and a bill empowering the President to use the army and navy in the collection of revenue, and to close ports in rebellious states. July 11 th —The Senate passed the House bill, for back payment of volunteers, and a resolution expelling the seceding senators.— The House passed the army and navy bills, which, in the aggregate, appropriate one hun dred and ninety-one millions of dollars, thus detailed : Payment of tr< ops, $60,000,000 Subsistence of troops, 25,000,000 Quartermasters' Department, 14,000,000 Cavalry and Artillery Horses, 10,500,00'J Support of the Navy, 30,000,000 Transportation, 16,000,000 i Western Gunboats, 1,000,000 i July 12 th. —The llous£ passed the bill au- ] thorizing the President to accept the service of volunteers to the number of five hundred thousand, and appropriating tor their expen ses five hundred millions of dollars. Further to facilitate the rapid transaction of public business, the House Comraitree of i Ways and Means has already prepared all the bills intended for submissson during tbe session, and in less than a wpek it is expect ed that Congress will be ready to adjourn. Thus we see how imperatively the will of the people determines the action of the gov ernment. Party interests are forgotten in national necessities ; partisans become pa triots ; there is to delay but that which gives free speech even to opponents of the war, and perhaps the most important session of Congress in the history of the Union will be recorded as the shortest and the wisest. Military Items. WASHINGTON, July 16; General Seott and Staff crossed the Long Bridge this afternoon, and reviewed a num ber of the troops. He was greeted with tbe wildest enthusiasm, and returned this even ing. Col. Einstein's Regiment are still encamp- i ed at Alexandria. The Fourth and Fifth Pennsylvania Regi ments are with Col. Heintzleman'6 command. Col. Small's Regiment still remains at Kalo rarna, near Washington, Gen. Runyon is in command at Alexandria. LATEST FROM WASHINGTON. Important for the Three Months Volunteers — Fifty Dollars Bonus for all who Enlist by Regiments. WASHINGTON, July 14.—The amendment of tbe Hon. John Covode, viz : " SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That a bo nus of thirty dollars will bo paid to,each cf the three months volunteers on their re-enlisting for the war, and that an additional bonus of ten dol lars to each volunteer be paid where they re-en list by companies; and, also, that an additional bonus of ten dollars to each volunteer be paid when they re-enlist by regiments, making the bonus in the latter case fifty dollars"— Has the endorsement of Gen. Scott, the Pres ident, and Secretary Cameron. It will pass the Senate by Tuesday, and immediately be come a law, by receiving tbe eigDatuie of tfie President. This section allows a captain to receive in Lis new company, or in his re-enlistment privates from sny other company in his reg* iment. Thus, if the captains or lieutenants in any company are obnox : ous to the men, they can secure the bounty and fight under officers in whom they have confidence, and men they can respect. An amendment will propably by added to this section, allowing regiments to take companies trom any part of the brigade. The object of Mr. Covode is not only to se cure the three months men, who are now thoroughly drilled and equal to tbe regular army, but to save the expense to the Gov ernment of paying the men's expense.. back to their place of enlistment, and then their return in new regiments. The President says that this should have been recommended in his message. It is certain now that unless something of this sort be done, the efficiency of the three months men will be nearly entirely lost. Adjournment cf Congress. Unless something, not now anticipated, turne up, the House will adjourn on next Fri day, or, at the outside, in ten days. Nothing but the business of the War and Navy De partments is tolerated, and it is rushed thro' with a unanimity and speed never kuown in l the annals of legislation. m A Bill to Confiscate Slaves. Senator Pomeroy will introduce a bill, to morrow. confiscating all the slaves in tbe I Seceded States, and releasing all their of li gations to work for the Rebels. From" Western Virginia. DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE VICTORY AT BEVERLY, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY KILLED— ONE HUNDRED PRISONERS. j M'CLELLAN AFTER THE REBELS. Pennsylvania Regiments Called into Requisition. m RETREAT OF THE REBELS TO BE CUT OFF. Ten Thousand Rebels Driven Out. WASHINGTON, Ju'y 14. Tbe following dispatch from Gen. McLel lan was received to-day at army headquar ters ; " BEVERLV, July 12, 1861. " Col. E. D Townsed, Washington, V- C. —The success of to day is ali that I could de sire. We captured six cannon, of which one is r fled ; all the camp equ : pr>age and trans portation, even to his cups. The number of tent 3 will probably reach two hundred, and more than sixty wagons, Their killed aDd wouDded will amount to fully one hundred and fifty, with one hundred prisoners, and more coining in constantly. I know already of ten officers killed and prisoners. Their defeat is complete, '• I occupied Beverly by a rapid march.— Garnett abandoned his camp early in the morning, leaving much of bis equippage. He came witbin a few miles of Beverly, but our rapid march turned him baek in great con fusion, and he is now retreating on the road to St. Geirge. 1 have ordered Gen. Morris to follow him up closely. " I have telegraphed for the two Pennsyl vania regiments at Cumberland to join Gen. Ilili at Rowlesburg. The General is con centrating all hie troops at Rowkshurg and will cut off Gamete's retreat near West Union, or, if possible, at St. George. " I may say thst we have driven out some ten thousand troops strongiy entrenched with the loss of eleven killed and thirty-five woun ded. The provision returns here show Gar nett'-* farce to have been ten thousand men. They wero Eastern Virginians, Tennessee ace, Georgians, and I think Carolinians. " To-morrow I can give full details as to prisoners, &e. I trust that Gen. Cox has by this time driven Wise out of the Kanawha Valley. In that case I shall have accom plished the object of liberating Western Vir ginia. " I hope tbe G6nera!-in-Cbief will approve of my operations. Signed, G. B. MCCLKLLAN, Maj. Gen. Com. Dep. of Ohio." Another Battle in Virginia. TOTALDEFEATOF REBELS! GEN. M'CLELLAND'S REPORT WASHINGTON, July 12. The following dispatch was received to day at the headquarters of the army in Washington : HA NQRARTPRS, DEPARTJIENT OF] THE OHIO, RICH MOUNTAIN Va., V July 12-9 A. M.) COL. E. D. TOWNSEND; We are in pnsession of all tbe enemy's works up to a point in the right of Beverly. I havo taken all bis guns, a very large amount of wagons, tents, &c.— everything be had; a largo number of prisoners, many of whom were wounded, and several officers prisoners. They lost manv killed. We have lost, perhaps, twenty and fifty wounded, of whom all but, two or three were in the col umn under Rosencrans, which turned the position. The mass of the enemy escaped j through the roads entirely disorganized. Among the prisoners is Dr. Taylor, formerly of the United States Army. Colonel Pegram was in command. Col. Rosencrans' column left camp yesterday morning, and marched some eight miles through the mountains, reaching the turn pike some two or three miles in rear cf the enemy, defeating an advanced pgst, and tak ing a couple of guns. I had a position ready for twelve guns near the main camp, and, as guns were moving up, I ascertained that the onemy had retreated, lam now pushing on to Beverly, a part of Colonel Rosencrans' troops being now within three miles of it. Our success is complete, and almost blood less I doubt whether Wise aod Johnson will unite and overpower, me. The behavior of tbe troops in the action, and toward tbe prisoners was admirable. Signed G. B. MCCLELLAN, Major-Gen. Commanding. ROARING RUN, Va-, July 12. A battle was fought yesterday afternoon at Rich Mountain, two miles east of this place, where the enemy, numbering abou* 2,009 men, in eommand of Col. Pegram, were strongly intrenched. About 3 o'clock in the morning, Gn; Roscncranz, with a portion of the Eighth, Tenth, and Thirteenth Indiana and Nineteenth Ohio regiments, left this place, and after a very difficult march of seven or eight miles, cutting a road through j the woods, succeeded in surrounding the en emy at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, A ; desperate fight immediately ensued, lasting ! about an hour and a half, resulting in a loss i of sixty of the enemy killed, and a large ; number wounded and prisoners. Some of i the latter are officers. They retreated pre* I cipitately, leaving behind six cannon, a large ! number of horses, wagons, camp equipage, I &c. The loss on our side was about tw< nty i killed and forty wounded, among the latter j Captain Cris. Miller, of the Tenth Indiana. : Official Report of the Bs. "" of Carrack's Ford. j Despatch From Gen. M'Ciellan. ENEMY ANNIHILATED. WA6HINOTON, JtJy, 15. The following is the official report? of the battle of Carrack Ford, dated HutUmeville, Ya., July 15th, 1861. "ToCol.E. D. Townsend, issistaatAAsd s | jutant General: Gen Garnett and his fprces j nave been routed and his baggage and one | gun taken. His a-my is completely demor alized. Gen. Garnett was killed whita at | tempting to rally his men at Carrack Ford, ' near St. George. We have completely an j nihilated the anemy in Wertern Virginia.— I Our losses are but thirteen killed, whi'e the I enemy's is not far from two hnndred killed and tne number of prisoners we have ' taken will amount to at least 1,000. We : have captured seven of the enemy's guns in ' all. A portion of Gernett's forces retreated ' but I look for their capture by Gen. Hill, ! who is in hot pursuit. The troops that Gen. ! Garnet had under his command are said to i be the crack regiments of Eastern Virginia, i aided by Georgians, 'i'annesseeans and Car | olinians. Our success is complete, and I ! believe, firmly, that secession