Rftas of tO flag.
THE LErT WING OF TIE
1 wrote yesterday, says a correspondent
on the left wing of (fen. McClellan's army,
on the 10th, of an advance
. by the Irish
Brigade, a couple of miles nearer Rich
mond, and while it would be improper to
state their exact location, their friends
Will'be gratified to learn that the "wild
Irishmen" are quite face to face with the
foe, and anxious to give him another les
son' in the bayonet charge. They were
formerly at Fair Oaks, seven miles ftstmi
the rebel Capital ; now, an hour's lively
walking would bring them to its very
gates. The enemy's pickets retire before
ours, and th,eir object seems to be to make
a last desperate stand before Richmond.—
We have reports almost hourly of evacua
tion, &e., but observations show no evi
dence of such a movement. Were the 1
rebels to attempt to evacuate the doomed
city, .our daily balloon reconnoissances
could give us a better view of their per
formances than they themselves could get,
and McClellan would not be the man to re
main a silent observer, He has repeated-'
.sdly declared that, with the fall of Rich
mond, ,the Confederate army before it must
.either surrender or be destroyed or demor
alized. Hardly an intelligent prisoner cap
.tured in the late battle but has declared
with emphasis that the rebel army must
be.beaten before we can get the city, and
I have yet to see one who thinks they will
be beaten.
So perfectly infatuated are they with
,thefidea of the iovincibility of their army,
that they unite in sayings. defeat before
"Richmond, in the last grand struggle,
will amount to the overthrow of the whole
.Southern Confederacy. A rebel lieuten
ant named Rinkson, who lost his leg in
the Fair Oaks fight, and was yesterday
sent North, says that if the next great
fight results in the capture of Richmond,
there will never be another battle, Some
skirmishes, he thinks, may take place,
but nothing more. Yesterday afternoon
we were in a state of suspense concerning
an attack made upon our pickets, near the
railroad. Half a dozen Union men were
killedand wounded, and the result might
have been more serious had not a battery
of artillery been brought up and got to
work. For two or three hours the woods
reverberated with their music, when si
lence once again reigned. We had ac
complished all that was desired, in main
taining our advanced position, as we al-
ways have.
In fact, these skirmishes, which in the
beginning of the rebellion would have
been dignified with the name of "battles,"
are so. common now that they excite but
little remark. Their value to us, how
e4r, cannot be over-estimated. Our boys
are kept aroused by the noise, and thus,
constantly ttnticipating action, feel the
proper military spirit which animates all
victorious armies. The theory that antic
ipation of possible death on the field
makes even brave men timid upon march
ing to the fight, is not verified by What
one can see and understand of our soldiers
in this army. Those who have been in
battle, though willing, are the least anx
ious to share its dangers again, while the
untried men are almost. crazed at the sug
gestion of even a possibility that Rich
rnond'lnav fall without another struggle.
-. Yet a General would rather take the ex
perienced men.
Defeat of the French Confirmed
E. L. Plumb, Esq., bearer of dispatches
from Mexico, arrived in Washington on
Saturday. Mr. Plumb left the City of
Mexico on the 20th ult., and Vera Cruz on
the Ist inst.., bringing ratified copies of the
postal convention and extradition treaty
concluded with Mexico in December last,
the ratifications of which were exchanged
in the City of Mexico, on the 24th ult.—
The news of the defeat of the French at
Puebla is fully confirmed. The Mexican
forces were not, as has been stated, in
greater numbers than the French. On the
contrary they were less, and a portion of
them only had the advantage of intrench
.ments.. The fight was bravely contested
by both sides, but in each of the three de
termined charges the French were valiant
ly repulsed and forced to retire. Since
their retreat to Oriziba, the French forces
have been closely hemmed in at that place,
but no attack upon them will probably be
made until the disposition of the Emperor
is known. It is still hoped that he will
withdraw his support from the reckless
schemes: of Saligny And Almonte. The
policy of the Constitutional Government
thus far has been pwrely defensive, and no
feeling of animosity has as yet been arous
ed against either the French people or the
Emperor, but the hatred against Saligny
.and Almonte, and their partizans, is in-
tertee.,
A LETTER FROM GEN. MoOLELLAN.
A letter from Gen. McClellan was re
ceived in Philadelphia on Saturday, by a
:gentleman high in authority. In it the
rebel doss at Seven Pines was stated to be
.ten thousand.. Through reliable sources
of . information (sen. McClellan had learn
ed that the wounded in Richmond now
number seven thousand. Almost every
house has its quota. If Richmond is
captured, our wounded will have to be
conveyed at once to the Nora), every
available hospital and shelter in the neigh
borhood of the spot upon which the terri
-blecontiliet will take place being already
'full. Acting upon such a Suggestion, the
Deptuty Quartermaster Genera/ of the
United States Army, in Philadelphia, will
at once seek for large buildings conve
nient to railroud or - water transportation
routes, in the vicinity of Philadelphia,
either in New, Jersey, Pennsylvania or
Delaware.
Paisox &tors BuRDLED.—A despatch,
from Foot itadimm states that on the 16th
Abe amps of the lowa State Prison were
destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at from
.fifteen to twenty thoueand dollars. In
saraoce not ascertained.
THE BATTLE BEFORE RIOHNOND,
The correspondent of the Tribune writes
on the 9th, from the advance of Gen. Mc-
Clellan's army:.—There is duelling at
long range between the enemy's pickets
and our' own—and there are movements
and preparations on our side, and undoubt
edly on their side, for thy' great battle
soon to be fought. And I will candidly ;
tell my friends that they must make up
their minds to hear• the details of a con
flict before Richmond compared with
which; the battle of the Seven Pities was
but a skirmish. The enemy are greatly ,
superior to us in numbers. Their earnest
ness is of course greater than ours—for
they fight to repel an invasion of their
homes and firesides. Their courage, as'
daring, if not as tenacious of our own, is
by nature savage, and has been animated
by politics into implacable hate: They
have our own discipline—an equal expe
rience in the camp and in the field—and
possess in their despised smooth-bore
muskets and their cartridges of one round
bullet and three buckshot, a far better
weapon for this wooded fighting ground
than our boasted Minie rifles, Nro—l
saw these rebels fight under the Seven
Pines, and I say to all those people who
think that we are to march into Richmond
without
.tfg+ltfing evely ineb. of our way, that
they nurse a delusion which the list of
killed anti wounded certainly, and possibly,
the list of killed, wounded and captured,
will wake theta from, shockingly, if they
have eons. blethers or nephews in the
battle,
I tell yon, New Yorkers, that this rebel
army has no purpose of retreating before
us as we march into their political cap
ital. They sit in their trenches and lie
under their cannon to save the Southern
Confederacy. They desire to fight. By
evacuation of strongholds and retreats
from- positions of advantage, held just
long enough to weaken us by delays,
they have drawn us where they can flank
us, and where they will compel us to fight,
whether we want to or not. They con
sider that the coming battle will decide
their fate, and that of their Confederation
—that it will conclude the war. They
know its importance, and they are braced
to its duties. To whip this rebel army
to-morrow or next day, we shall have to
destroy it. To march into Richmond we
must pave our way with 20,000 dead
Southerners. Can we do it? If I could
go back for three or four months, with
the advantages of my present military ex
perience, I should not cease to urge the pol
icy of strengthening McClellan. I know
that this policy was wise. The division
i ng of armies and the multiplication of com
mands has ever been a rot in the vigor
of war.• If Napoleon lett any legacy
to the science of which he was a master,
it was the concentration of forces and
the striking an enemy with overwhelming
numbers, or with a rapidity of successive
blows that stun while they surprise.
VIEWS Or McCLELLAWS CAMPAIGN.
The Richmond Whig says the brilliant
operations of Gen. Jackson in the valley
of the. Shenandoah, crippling and dispers
ing the forces of Milroy and Schenck at
McDowell, of Banks at Front Royal and
Winchester, of Fremont at Cross Keyes
and Shields at Port Republic, have a wide
reaching and important bearing on the
war. These several corps were to have
been consolidated and brought across the
Blue Ridge en route for Richmond. When
they reached the Rappahannock, McDoW
ell with his army was to fall into line,
and the united columns were to be precip
itated on the devoted city from the north.
At the same time it is probable Burnside
expected to be on hand from the
south, advancing up the south side of the
James river from the direction of Suffolk,
in conjunction with the Monitor and its
consorts in the river. The capital being
thus assailed from the north and south,
McClellan was to make the grand attack
from the east in front. The plan was a
gigantic one, and in all probability would
have succeeded, but for the masterly
movements of Jackson, completely pamal
izing the Valley force and compelling
McDowell to send a portion of his army
to save Banks and Company from demo
lition and their capital from capture. Thus
left without co-operation and succor, Mc-
Clellan is afraid to strike.
The Richmond Exanancr says, it is un
certain whether McClellan's army has
fallen back to a fortified camp in the rear
of his first position, or further and as
the art and practice of making reconnois
sance in force seems to be unknown to
military men in America, and the Confed
erates have not gotten so far in French
as to understand the use of balloons, there
is probably little infbrmatiol worthy of
reliance in the possession of any person or
persons in Richmond. One thing is mani
fest, that McClellan is not attacking the
Confederate lines or operating against the
city. As he came here for these purposes,
and as he published to all mankind the
intention and pledge to "posh us to the
wall," the fact that he is doing nothing of
the sort, that he is drawing his pickets
back, and acts as if only occupied about
the safety of his army, proves that there
is a terrible hitch or slip somewhere, and
that the plan of his campaign has been
interporated with an important digres
sion. The swift-footed Achilles, who has
routed Banks, destroyed Shields, and
smitten Fremont, will give McDowell a
long day's work. lle may find a grave
in his way before he turns again towards
Richmond. At any rate, the design de
pendent upon his co-operation must be
abandoned, and perhaps McClellan is not
less peridexed than ourselves to decide
which shall be the new plan.
Reinforcements for General Fremont.
PII lIA ADE LPHI A, June 10.—Tht Ledger
announces the statement that Secretary
Stanton has called upon the Governors of
the States to state what additional volun
teers they,cansupply on short notice. It
is supposed they are intended to reinforce
Fremont in the Shenandoah valley.
Whereabouts of the Rebel Army
Vicksburg papers of the 12th, received
at• Memphis, report the arrival of Gener
al treckinridgc at that place. So we have
at. last the exact whereabouts of a portion,
at least, of the rebel Corinth army. It
would appear from this, that the Missis
sippi has not been Wholly abandoned by
the enemy. It is also stated on the au
thority of a man arrived at 'ltem phis, Who
had taken the oath of allegiance, that there
were sixty-five thousand rebel troops at
Grenada, Miss., where provisions were
plenty. This place is ninety-nine miles
from Memphis, and one bundred and forty
from Vicksburg, with railroads from both
places. It is located on the Missisippi
Central, leading from Grand Junction to
New Orleans. From Okelona, on the Mo
bile and Ohio road, where Beauregard's
army was reported at last accounts,
watched over by General Pope, it s fifty
miles in a direct line to Grenada. If this
report, as to a rebel force at Grenada is
true, it would indicate a new piece of strat
egy on the part of the rebel leaders.
With any considerable army so near as
that to the river, the project of opening the
Mississippi to New Orleans would have to
be postponed for a while, and to render
Memphis secure, will require a considera
ble portion of General Ilalleck's army.—
General Lew Wallace's division is now at
Memphis. The Memphis and Charleston
railroad will be in operation from Corinth
to Memphis in two weeks, it is thought.
It is now probable that Memphis will be
come the base of important military oper
ations in the Mississippi valley.
The Rebels Being Reinforced.
Yesterday, writes a peninsula corres
pondent. our pickets were eriven in on the
left, and our men in repulsing them, had
one or two wounded. We took six of them
prisoners, and learned that they belonged
to the Twenty-Third North Carolina regi
ment. That in company with the First
North Carolina, the Forty-fourth and For
ty-Ninth Georgia regiments, they left
Goldsboro' some two weeks ago, and reach
ed Richmond about ten days since, when
they were at once sent to the front to do
picket duty. They are ignorant of other
divisions except their own, and say other
troops are pouring in from the South and
Southwest. That they are going to de
fend Richmond at all hazards. Just be
yond our picket lines at Old Tavern, which
is but a mile or little more from the bat
tle-field, they are mounting four large guns
behind a recently constructed earthwork.
This is confirmed by the following from
a Press correspondent : That the rebel
army have received strong reinforcements
is undoubted. Last week as many as ten
thousand troops, with long baggage trains,
passed down their lines towards our centre,
This week fifteen thousand, half of them
yesterday, have gone in the same direction.
and baggage trains seem to indicate their
coining some distance. Still, if reinforce
ments come by way of Richmond, unless
especially intended tor the rebel left wing,
we here would never see them, as all their
movements would be in the rear. A con
stant stream of twenty-five thousand men
all going one way, passing a part of the
rebel army which is confessedly weak. and
against which I scarcely believe there will
be any federal demonstration—leaving as
strong a force at that point after their
march as there was before—seems to he al
most positive evidence that they are rein
forcements.
LATEST FROM WHITE HOUSE--CAP
TURE OF GUERRILLAS-PICKET
SKIRMISHING., ar,c.
FORTRESS Mosicoz, June 19.—Every
thing is quiet here and there is no news of
importance transpiring. The Elm City
arrived this morning from White House
with about one hundred and fifty sick sol
diers who, with others from here, will be
sent to Baltimore to-morrow. The White
House Point boat brought down twenty of
the guerrillas who made the assault on
our rear on Friday last, making fifty-four
in all that have been captured. Some of
the seamen are farmers, dressed in citizens'
clothing, while the others belong to the
East Virginia Cavalry—one is partially
uniformed.
Six boys were brought in by our caval
ry yesterday. They said that' the rebel
pickets on our left wing have advanced,
and they had accidentally strayed over the
lines. They are believed to have been
spies, sleeping in the swamp during the
day and spying around among our pick
ets at night.
There is occasional skirmishing going
on along the whole line of the army of the
Potomac. but a general engagement is not
anticipated for some days.
The sloop-of-war John Adams went to
sea this afternoon with the senior class of
the United States Naval Academy on
board. The steamer Empire City will
sail for Port Royal to-morrow, with the
mails, stores and passengers. The weath
er is very warm, and another storm is
looked for. The roads are now in pretty
go od condition.
Two sutlers were captured in the gurelil•
la attack on Friday, one of whom had
nearly 55,000 in United States money,both
notes and specie, and the other is said to
have had *1.0,000, having just been paid
off by their regiments. They were coining
North to buy goods.
Late from Memphis--Gen. Beanregard's
Army in Good Condition.
MEMPHIS, .tune 18.—The Board of Al
derman has adopted a resolution, asking
Col. Slack to postpone the suppression of
Confederate scrip for sixty days. Colonel
Slack has not yet decided, but it is under-
stood there is but little prospect of a favor
able response. The Avalanche says: Gen.
Beauregard's army is in excellent order as
regards health, morals and equipments,
and that all reports of its disorganization
are false.
CON SCIENCE.—Judge Jeffries,
when on
the bench, told an old fellow with a long
beard, that he supposed he had a conscience
as long as his beard. 'Woes ,your lord
s Lip," replied the old man, "measure con
science by the beard? If so, your ?or&
ship has none at all."
LATEST FROM McOLELLAN'S ARMY- ! STILL LATER FROM RAYMOND.
Raymond, the editor of the Tithes, Erom a letter dated the 17th we
has commenced writing, again from quote us follows : For about an hour
the Peninsula. FrOnV his letter, this morning, commencing at 9
dated the 19th, we quote as follows: o'clock, we heard very_ heavy firing
The counts yis impatient • foi anoth- lon the extreme left. From the direc
er battle. Unless lam greatly mis- tion, size of the guns, and other eir
taken, it will not have long to wait. i cumstances, it seemed most likely to
The battle of Fair Oaks disclosed be on James river, and was probably
some facts which could not be ne- an affair of the gunboats. For the
g •
lected in any subsequent tstimateof last day or two there has been an
result* and foremost among them ominous silence all along the lines.—
was the courage and the tenacity of , The opinion is beginning to prevail
the resistance offered by the rebels on our side, that no active opera
to our arms. I have heard military tions, by way of an advance, are to
men say that several times through be expected for some time to come—
the day they advanced in solid mass- but in this opinion I do not share.—
es upon our batteries, and that the General McClellan will unqestiona
wide gap made by each successive . bly take ::11 the time for preparation
discharge were filled up repeatedly , which he deems essential to success
with a steady valor which would —but he will take no more. Ire has
have done credit to the veterans of ' full and entire confidence in his
any army in Europe. It will not do troops, and will not hesitate to put
to rush upon such a foe without them in motion the moment he is
counting the cost and preparing, to ; able to move them with a certainty
meet it. And the time which has of being able to support them prop
since elapsed has been thoroughly erly.
and wisely improved. 1 What is Expected from the Next Battle.
There call be no harm in saying I The battle soon to come off will be
that a force is now across the Chick-' for possession primarily of the com
•
• ly open country which lies
ahominy- sufficient, not only to repel '
para. (~tiv-
any attack that may be made upon i in front of the eight fortifications by
the left of our army, but also to which Richmond is defended. The
follow up that repulse by a vigorous guns mounted upon these fortifica
and effective pursuit. It is not be- tions can take but little part in it
lieved that the rebels will venture They are to fix off, and can conic in
upon another attack— at least not to play Only after the main action
upon that wing. If they attack at shall (lave been decided, and when
all, it will probably be upon the our forces shall have advanced three
right, which they may deem weaker ior four miles further forward. The'
than the other. and where success new levies will probably be posted
would enable them to cut of our in these works, leaving the older
communications with the York river, troops to contest the field in front
and seize the large quantity of sup- of them. if the latter should be re
plies collected at the White House, pulsed and driven back upon the
on the Parnunkey. works, they will be very likely to
Encouraging trom the Army. carry among the raw troops there a
But General McClellan, I am . in- good deal of confusion with them.—
clined to think. does not intend to If' this should be sufficient to war
await their movements. Unless I rant such a step on our part, we
they make haste, they will not be may push forward at once and Fin
iat to select their point of attack. dertake their capture. It not, we
The losses of the army have been. can at least encamp in front, and en
repaired. The Chickahominy is ter more deliberately upon the work
now crossed by all the brigades that of reducing them.
can be required. Four days of hot Flag of Truce about Exchanging.
weather had dried the roads and j A flag of truce was sent over to
left the ground everywhere reasona- the rebel camp on Sunday, to hold a
bly practicable for artillery ; though conference with Gen. _Rowell Cobb,
the heavy rain of yesterday has se- . on the subject of exchanging prison
riously damaged the things in this ers. Col. Key, of Gen. McClellan's
respect. But unless some new oh- I staff, was the officer entrusted with
this inistion. It is said that he found
stacle intervenes, I feel quite confi-
Gen. Cobb in fine health and spirits,
dent that the present week will witness
a decided trial of strength between ostentatiously- confident of victory
the two opposing armies. It may before Richmond, but still more em
possibly be postponed a little longer, phatic in maintaining that, even it we
to insure the co-operation of the gun-
should take Richmond, we should
boats on the James River, and the have many other battles to fight be
arrival; fore we should succeed in "conquer
of expected reinfOrc ernents
but I think not. ing the South." He was quite dis-
The enemy evidently suppose that i posed to argue the whole question
Burnside is to advance upon Peters- iof seeession, and timid in Col. Key
burg from the direction of Suffolk
; an opponent quite as ready to dis
cuss the political as the military as
for we have a report to-day that they
have destroyed the railroad between pects of the controversy. Gen Cobb
those two points. But whatever stated that the Confederate Govern
mayment was ready to exchange prison
movements, be the fact about Burnside's
ers upon any fair and equitable terms,
I do not believe that
McClellan will be delayed on account and seemed quite desirous of coming
of them. Of' the result of the at- to some mutual understanding upon
tack, whenever made, I do not this subject. Nothing was decided,
think anybody in the army enter- i however, beyond this mutual agree
'
tains a doubt. Its success is con-
generally 1 Picke ts Fraternizing—Gen. Meelcilaa.
believed here that the:effeetire force I
_From firing upon each other con
is much, if' any over one hundred
thousat
is made of the raw levie
nd, though in this estimate nolito
.scantly, the pickets of the two ar
es have passed to the opposite ex
which that army embraces, and eme, and are now frequently found
in close companionship, having, laid
which will be of very little service
aside their arms for the time and ex
except in their entrenchments. Our changing
newspapers or talking
officers r%
officers have the utmost confidence
over the events of the day. This has
in our troops—a confidence which
been carried so far as to render nee
has been immensely strengthened by
the recent battles, and I not
essary the interposition ofthe gener
alofficers, and orders have been issued
think they would hesitate to lead
forbiddding it in future. All along
them against a force at least a half
the front the two armies are separa
greater than their own, for a single
,
tech by a thin belt of woods which
instant.
serves to conceal their mutual pre
parations. Beyond this line of trees,
which runs for most of the way
through a ravine, the ground is high
er and more open. The first strug
gle will be for the possession of this
ground, unless the rebels make a
different issue from another point.
General McClellan has been labor
ing under indisposition, more or less
severe, for several days. lie is
much better now, however, and is
indefatigable in his attention to the
details of official duty. lle visits
the lines constantly, keeps an eye
over every bridge and battery, and
spends a large part of every day in
the saddle. He has a most laborious
and effective staff, and the whole
buAiness of the army is in the most
compact and complete order.
McOLELLAN'S ARMY.
A recent letter from Berlin to the
New York Herold says that General
McClellan's recent operations have
been much criticised in Prussian
military circles, and he is condemned
for cutting off his army on the penin
sula from the corps of McDowell and
Banks. Now this was iot only not
done by McClellan, but it wasstrenu
ously opposed by him. The division
of the army was made by the Secre
tary of War, just after McClellan had
perfected his plans for the conquest
of the peninsula and the capture of
Richmond. He was deprived at that
critical time, of the command of at
least 50.000 men, viz., those under
McDowell, Banks. Wool and Blen
ker. When the foreign military
critics learn all the facts of the case,
they will be surprised that ho has
done as well as he has. The work
of taking Richmond will cost more
time, money and bloodshed, than it
would have done if he had been al
lowed to have his own way. But he
will take it nevertheless.
Resumption of Railroad and Telegraph---
Location of Beauregard's Army.
CORINTH, June 19 —The telegraph
wire north was prostrated through
the early part of the week by the
heavy winds. Our army has return
ed from Boonville, and now occupies
a more northern position. General
Pope has gone North on furlough.•—
The Memphis and Charleston Rail
road is in running order eastward
to Tuscumbia, and westward to Cy
prus Creek, fifty miles from here;
the Mobile and Ohio road running
north to Jackson, and Railroad com
munication is open with Grand Junc
tion via the Jackson road; west from
the Junction, they are reported bad
ly damaged. All the railroad telt--
graphs are in good condition.
Major General Ord and Brigadiers
Sullivan and Hamilton have arrived.
Considerable Union sentiment ex
ists in Western Tennessee, espe
cially in Barbour and Jackson coun
ties.
Beauregard's army, at last ac
counts, was at °talons, 80,000
strong. Twenty thousand men, un
der Kirby Smith, were at Chattanoo
ga, fifteen thousand under Price and
Van Dorn at Fulton, and a small
party of cavalry across at Grenada.
FROM GEN. McOLELLAN'S ARMY.
WHITE HOUSE, June 16.—Several guer
rilla parties are still hovering in the rear
of our army. On Saturday and Sunday a
small party were prowling around the
country on the opposite side of the Pa
munkey, their oblect being to await an
opportunity to destroy the shipping at
this point. Another patty was at Charles
City Cburt House on Sunday, and to-day
they are reported to be in the neighbor
hood of Williamsburg.
Ten of the most prominent citizens re
maining this side of the Chickahomn‘y
have been arrested. They undoubtedly
have operated on our rear during the past
few days.
The rebels made an attempt to drive in
our pickets in front of Gen. Heintzelman,
for the purpose of ascertaining our force
and position. A few were wounded on
both sides, but none are known to have
been killed.
An order was issued to-day by General
McClellan, extending the department of
General Dix so as to include Yorktown,
Gloucester, Williamsburg and West
Point.
Fighting on James River.
Dispatches have been received in
Washington, stating that, on the
17th instant, the rebels opened fire
upon our ships of war in the James
River, from the bluff at City Point,
by artillery and small arms, but our
squadron returned the attack with
shell and shrapnel, silencing and
driving back the rebel force.
A DELEGATION FROM PHILADEL
PHIA QUAKERS----THE PRESI
DENT'S EMANCIPATION VIEWS.
PHILADELPHIA, June 21.--The follow
ing is the Press' exact report of the
President's remarks to a delegation
of the Society of Progressive Friends,
who presented him a memorial ask
ing him to issue a decree pt emanci
pation :
The President said that' as he had
not been furnished with a copy of
the memorial in advance, ne could
not be expected to make any lengthy
remarks. He was pleased that the
delegation had not come as office
seekers, for they were the source of
his greatest troubles and perplexities.
The next most troublesome subject
was slavery. He agreed with the
memorialists that slavery was wrong,
and differed from them only in re
spect to the ways and means of abol
ishing it. The extract from his
Springfield speech in the memorial
was in complete; not including a
sentence in which he had indicated
his views as to the effect upon slavery
itself of the resistance of its exten
sion.
If a decree of emancipation would
do the work, John Brown would
have done it at Harper's Ferry.—
The Constitution is binding upon the
people of the South, hut cannot be
enforced at present. Do you think a
decree of emancipation would be any
more effective ?
-True. Mr President." answered
Mr Johnston, "the Constitution
cannot now be enforced at the South,
but you do not for that reason give
up the struggle. The memorialists
believe that the extinction of slavery
is necesary as a means of the attain
ment of your object."
The President replied that he telt
the importance and magnitude of the
task before him, and hoped to be
rightly directed in the very embar
rassing circumstances by which he
was surrounded.
Mr. Barnard then made a few re
marks, expressing his sympathy for
the President, and his ardent desire
that he might be guided by Divine
wisdom in the exercise of the power
placed in his hands for giving free
dom and peace to the country.
Mr. Lincoln replied in an impres
sive manner, for he felt very deeply
his need of Divine aid and guidance
in the discharge of his solemn duties.
He had sometimes thought that he.
might be an instrument in the hands
of God for accomplishing a great
work, and he certainly was willing
to be. Perhaps God's way of accom
plishing the end which the memori
alists have in view is different from
theirs. At any rate, he should en
deavor. with a firm reliance on the
Divine arm, and seeking for light
from above, to do his duty.
The delegation then retired. E.
HINTS TO YOUNG MEN.—A thorough
business edueation, such as can be
obtained at the Nos CITY COLLEGE,
Pittsburgh, Pa., has already proved
a fortune to many a young man; and
were the advantages of this celebrat
ed school more generally known,
young men would not be slow in
availing themselves of the facilities
there afforded for acquiring in the
shortest time and in the most perfect
manner, a complete preparation for
business. Catalogues sent on ap
plication.
ComPAttisoxs.—lt is useless to
deny that the masses of the people
have a deep-seated and settled con
fidence in • Sarsaparilla," as an al
terative remedy. Notwithstanding
this confidence has of late years been
abused by many preparations claim
ing to possess its virtues. but really
with none at all, still the people be
lieve in its intrinsic value as a reme
dy, because they have known of its
cures. The rage for large bottles at
low prices, has called into market
many compounds of Sarsaparilla
which contain scarcely any of it, or
even any medical virtues whatever.
Yet everybody knows that' Sarsapa
rilla is the great staple antidote for
Scrofula, Eruptions and cutaneous
diseases, and for the purification of
the blood, when they can get the
real article, or an actual extract of it.
Such we are now able to inform
them they can obtain. Dr. J. C.
Ayer it Co., the celebrated chemists
of the East, whose reputation assures
us they do well whatever they un
dertake, are selling a Compound Ex
tract of Sarsaparilla, which, although
the bottles do not contain quarts. for
a dollar, contain . more of actual
curative power than whole gallons of
the stuffs which have been in use.—
It is asserted that one bottle of Ayer's
Sarsaparilla contains more than dou
ble the amount of medicinal virtue,
which is afforded by any other.—
This fact is not only apparent to the
taste, but - its effects and cures afford
incontestible proof that it is true.—
Such a remedy has been long sought
for. and is everywhere needed by all
classes .of our 'comma n ity.
=MI
GREENE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
800IETY.
At a meeting of the Greene County Ag
ricultaral Society, held in the C. P. Church,
Carmiclraels, May 31st, 1863, the follow
tug officers were elected for the ensuing
year:--
President.-1. X. Bailey
Vice Presidents.— I udge Garrard. Benj
Maple, Esq., J. C. Flenniken, Esq.. .1. R
Wood, Esq.
Recording Secretary.—John (ivy
Corresponding Secretary.—E. K. Bail e y
Treasurer.—J. W. Hathaway.
Auditors.—lsaac 'l'. Biddle and Israel I.
Craft.
Managers.—Wm. Hartman, Esq., Jeptha
Michener, Win. C. Grooms, Vincent
Gwyn, Josiah Gwyn, J. F. Ritchie, N. H.
Biddle, Samuel H. Rea, Rea Dowlin,
James Rea, Henry Sharpneck, John C.
Corner. •
flfar Erery day of thy life is a leat of
thy history.
gotices.
WOOD'S MOWER
The greatest mower of the age.—
Read the following certificate from
the lion Benj. Ross. late Associate
Judge of Greene Co.:
RUFF'S CREEK, GREE;CE CO., I
May 3, 1862.
I - TASTES:OS & STREAN :—ln compli
ance with your request in reference
to my opinion of Wood'© machine, I
have but to say it exceeds anything
I have ever seen in operation. I
have used McCormick's machine for
a number of years, and besides, I
have seen different ones in operation,
but think the Wood's machine, for
ease of draft, and its facilities for
working on steep ground. &c., ex
ceeds anything that I have yet seen_
Yours, BENJ. ROSS.
HASTINGS & STREAN, Washington,
Pa., only agents for Washington, Fay
ette and Greene counties.
Price of machinooB7, payable on
November Ist, 1862, or 55 off for
cash, delivered in Washington, Pa.,
or $2 less, delivered on Cars or
Steamboat at Wheeling. Va.
TO INVALIDS.
])R. Wm rrLEs V' next professional visit to Way
jJ I he, made un Morday and Tiles lay;
the ith and dtbda ys of July. (Mice rooms at the Ham
ilton House, with remeoies entirely new. Dr. Whit-.
tiecy Lines the li,ll twine complaints, viz : Diseases of
the Throat, Lunas, Heart. Liver, Stomach, Dropsy,—
also, all diseases of the Blood, such as Scrofula. Ery
sipelas, Cancer, Fever Sores. Nervous Deranaemeuts,
and all other complaints. All fiirms of Female Weak
ness and Difficult ies attended to with unparalleled slic
es, Dr. Whituesy 's "dice rooms will hereafter be at
the Hamilton House, directly opposit , ! the Court House,
May LI, Ifile2.
TO CODISUMPTIVES.
rPH E ADVERTISER, DATING BEEN RESTORED
1 to health in a tew weeks. by ;t very simple remedy
alter having sutleted several gars with a severe. lung
affection, and that dread disease. Consumption—is anx
ious to make known to his fenow-sufferers the means
of cure.
To all who desire it, he wiil semi a ropy of the pre
ectiption used (tie 7 of charge) with the direction for
preparing and usie .! the saute, which they iv ill find a
suet; CURE fort ossc MPTION, ASTII3IN, BRONCHITIS,
&c. The only oh; ect t , t the advertiser in sending the
Prescription is to Mmetit the afflicted, and spread intbr
'nation which he conceives invaluable, and he hopes
every sitirere• will try this remedy, as it will cost them
nothing, and may prove a blessing.
Parties wishing he prescription will please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON. W illianohurgh,
May 211, 1862-3 in. Kings County, New York.
A CARD TO YOUNG LADIES & GENTLEMEN.
The subscriber will send (free of charge) to all
who desire it, the Recipe and directions Mr making a
simple Vegetable Balm, that will. in from two to eight
days, remove Pimples, Blotches, Tom Freckles, Sallow
ness. and all impurities and roughness of the Skin,
!ravine the some—as Nature intended ih shouid be—
soft, clear, smooth and beautiful. Those desiring the
Recipe. with full instructions . and advice, will please
call on or address (with return postage,)
F CHAPMAN, Practical Chemist,
May 20, 1602-2 in P3l Broadway, New York
IrlIE CONFESSIONS AND EXPERIENCE OF A
SUFFERER-I'o46:llrd as a warning, and for the
everial benefit 01 Young Men and those who suffer
with Nervous Debility, I "ss of Memory, Premature
Decay, &c., by one who has freed nimsell by simple
malls. after being put to great expense and inconveni—
ence, through the use 01 worthless medicines preseribed
by learned Donors Single copies may be had ufthe
author, U. A. LA M BERT, Esq., .Greertiwint, Long
Island, by enclosing a post paid aildre.sed envelope.—
Aderess CHARLES A. LAM BERT Esq..
Greenwald, Long Island. N. V.
May 20, months. '
TO NERVOUS SEUFFERERS OF ROTH SEXES.
A Retired Clergyman having been restored to health in
a few days, atier many years of great Nervous Suffer
ing, is willing to assist others by sending (free), on the
receipt of a postpaid directed envelope, a copy of the
piescription used. Direct to itEV. JOHN M. DAG
NA(.L. Intl Fulton s,reet, Brooklyn, N. V.
March s.—Am
LINDSEY'S BLOOD SEARCHER!
NOTICE.
IHAVE appointed ,thinini Druggist,
burgh, Pa., sole wholesale and Retail Agent for the
sale of Itiy Mood Searcher, 10 whom all orders must
be addressed. UR. .1. M. LINDSEY,
Hollidaysburg. Pa.
rIAUTION.—Many parties have informed me that
../ they have used another article of Blood Searcher
purporting nibs: prepared from my rmipe, but that its
size, taste and ettscict are entirely different front mine.
me to aCCOIIIO t for it; to which 1 answer, and
also caution the public that 110 other genuine article of
ittilsey's Blood Sea niter can be made by a•ty other
living man than myself, as the full recipe, both orig
inal and improved. is known by our only, who have
spent, I may say, a lifetime in bringing it to its present
perfection and celebrity.
Sold by illy A get' t, ;nut respectable Druggist.: through
put the country. het rade supplied MI literal tering.
Dr. S. M.
11081-11511 CA LODGE, No. 585 1. 0. F.
ATEET in Waynesburg. in Allison's Hall, opposite
. 1.11 the Iton rt !louse. on Thursday evening of each
week, at 7} Ovstukust
11. 1.. RB I'. 1. PORTER, N. G.ARNES, P. G. N ORMAN Wonmsr, E.G.
J. F. TEMPLE, Sec'y.
R. F. HERRINGTON, Treas.
W. A. PORTER, Chaplain.
Nov 6 1861.
01111 HUNS SAVE ASSOCIATION.
THE BOOKS OF' PHIS ASSOCIATION
are open at the Register's Office and. the Store
of W. A. Porter. Any person may become a
member thereof upon payment of ten dollars,
which may be paid in hand or in monthly in
stallments of one dolkr.
By order of the Board.
JusT(iti F. TEMPLE, See' y.
N. 8.--Business day of the Association,
Thursday in each week, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Waynesburg, June 11, '6•2--tC
Buckeye Mowing Machine.
NO NITMBUG.
A VIER some practical knowledge of the workings of
AIL the different Machines, the undersigned has no
liesittancy in saying the Ildckeye is the best in the mar
ket, without any fear of sitecescrill contradiction; it
needs 11n lint of testimonials gotten up to impose it on
the people; it recto iiiii ends itself when and wherever it
is worked.
Huck, ye. Senior costs sl'2ll half cash when it is set
up and works to plea-e. the h . , lance in six months.—
Buckeye Junior costs $OO as above, or S cash. Pur
chasers in all cases paying freight.
Waynesburg, June 18,-3t. .1. T 1100 K, Agent.
SEE ERIFT'S SALE.
I3l' virtue of an Pluries Venditioni Kunnas issued
out of the Court of COllll iii Pleas of Greene Co.,
aim n the directed, there will be sold in front of the
Court Ilotion, in Waynesburg. Oh the 16th day of July,
next. all the right, title, interest and claim of the de
fmilant, of in and to the following described real
notate. to wit A tract of land situate in Greene tp.,
mu tt mo,g lauds of John John Lantz and John
Wright, tont:titling one hutolred and six acres more or
less, almut forty-four of which are cleared, and on
which are erected one Frame Dwelling House. Log
Stable and of her ontbn
Taken in execution as the property of Jahu Ingbram,,
at the snit of Harzella Stevens, 6ir the use of Hoygger
Wise. TAI IM AS LUCAS, SlierglE
Sheriff's Office, Waynesburg. June, IS, ISM.
$l5O BEST PIANOS, $l5O
GROVESTEEN dt. HALE,
a lo y th rir i , r . ‘ i : r a e r p e a r r n e n d m I
to ,
4T tl oNo.
frer
11,, public a magnificent new scale toll
7 OCTAVE ROSEWOOD PIANO,
containing all improvements known in thiS country or
Europe. over-strung bass. French grand action, Imp
pedal. full to la frame for $l5O CASH, Warranted
for 5 Years. Rich moulding cases, en's to 6100,
all warranted made of the best seasoned material, and
ru stand bent r than any sold tbr 51500 by the old meth-
Ida of manufacture We invite the best judges to ex
alwoe and try these new instruments, and we stand
all times to test them with any others manu
faCtureo,o
+ tios. this country. GROVESTEEN & HALE,
lout 1
478 Broattiray New York.
412,-,u
a nus's NO'1 1 1.011.
N OTICE is her e b si l iven to the o ffi cers of the Board
of Managers, o , t Greene Academy of Carmicb.
saidas Borough , Gree ce
i G ll ree me lr et e
nesburg. at Pa.. on the First
Pa„. that the Auditors of
Monday of July, 186 ,at Now of to o , elack, A. M..
of said day, for the purpose el - kuditing the Arcot/at
of said institution.
A_ f 4 ROBS,
SOON G. DINOMORA
June 11, 3t. THOM 6 SCOTT,
fr