1 Zfre C4 j tOragv, R. W. JONES. t Editors. RS. S. JENNINGSO "One Country, One Constitution, One •. • •-•- Destiny." 11% . 1,41.1474Wh% WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, 1864. FOR PRESIDENT IN 1864, GEN. GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, ISittied to . the'Dicisiota Democratic Na tiotia/ C071:1 "While the army Is fighting, you as cit igens see that the war is prosecuted for the preservation of the Union and the Constitution, and of'your nationality ai:d Four rights As citizens: 9 CEO. ft. McCLELLAN. Constitution and the Union: place them together: If they stand, they most stand together; if they fall, they must fall togetfter: 99 --Daniel Webster.. Positively the Last Notice ! We have a number of subscribers throughout the county who have had the "Messenger" four or five yLars and owe us from $8 to $lO. All such are ;3.9t,ifipd tliat if their accounts are not set tled by the Ist 41* April, they will be plabed - in an officer's hands for cr.,llection with Out respect to persons. This is FOSMVELY the last notice we shall give them The Soldiers in the Field, and the Ab- olitiontsts at Home. The clais'of' politician§ in this country, known 'as Abolitionists proper, while they "have in too many instances controlled and 'shaped the policy of the Administration in reference to the war, are still as a body far from being its fighting friends. They do not go td the battle field—they are rather pa, triots of the stay-at-home order. While t hey are the bloodiest kind of enemies to the re bellion, it is the blood of the soldier in the field they are for shedding, not their own.— They are for pouring out the "last drop'' of his brood, and spending the "last dollar" of the people's' money to *destroy slavery—not from motives' of Lumanity to the slave, but for the advancement Of a party policy, while 'the question of the restoration of the Union, and the return of the country to peace and prosperity, are of quite inferior consideration. We all agree, in the North, that the Re- , hellion must not be permitted to succeed.— Nat one in ten thousand would Aluntarily consent to the permanent disruption of the Union. Even the Peace Party men are op posed to 'the dismemberment of the country. They only insist on peace i r s the shortest road to a restored Union. For our part, we udopt, in common with the Democratic masses of the country, the sentiment '• of Gen. McClellan, in regard to the rebellion, when he iays: "The Constitu tion and Union must be preserved, whatever may be the cost in time, treasure and blood. 'if secession is successful, other dissolutions are Clearly to be seen in the future." ' As to the disposition of the vexed, deli cate and difficult question of slavery, that belongs to the States, and not to the general government. Humanity to the negro and the commonest principles of christianity require that the abolishment of slavery in this coun try, should be gradual and systematic, not abrupt and forcible. All sensible people re gard the . 4gina of the Abolitionists of the -cferited equati4 a the negro with the white man, as the veriest moonstruck chimera. The war was declared - for the suppression of the rebellion and the restoration of the Union. These were the purposes put forth ty the Government to induce the soldier to expose his life in the "tented field." These were the objects he had in view when he sac /. Hoed the 'comforts of f tinily, home and the PteitCeful 'employments of civil life; When he finds tLe Administration changing the purpose of the war and superaddingthe question of the suppression of slavery—thus prolonging the war and rendering a return to peace, pros perity and Union, yet more remote—and all this for the purpose of promoting the unhallow ed objects of Abolition leaders, will he not become justly indignant at the party thus lasing him, and at the Administration thus Cruelly aceiVing him ? And when allowed to par citrate in our elections, whenever and wherever that may be, will he not unite with an outraged pee t ple in hurling from power the we, who have to perf,,diously betrayed their trusts; falsified their pledges, and by the policy they have adopted rendered "the re bels more rebelliots' and 'obstinate in their resistance to the government," 'and indefi nitely prolonged the war ? • Mir Evans ought to be treated as a, pubic enemy for trying to fill up the ranks with men he insists are "copperheads" and "trai tors." Only another way he has of "abet"- ling the rebellion," FA it is evident, if he 'means all he says about these chaps, he ex pects them to go over• body and breeches to Jeff,. Davis and the auftideracy. Ti. pleasure en our advertising ads wit only continue a couple of Ittgos• David Crawford, Esq. We have neglected; hitherto, to call the attention of his clients and the public to the fact that D•vm CR4WFORD, Esq., has lately re moved his law office to the Treasurer's room in the Court House, were be may always be found during busineari hours. Mr. Onaw- Foul is one of our leading lawyers, and if health and life are prolonged, will make his "mark." talents are of a high order, his professional acquirements thorough and extensive, his integrity beyond question, and his diligence habitual and pains-taking. Hon. Alexander Crow Acquitted. Hon. Alexander Cron• ,one of the Associ ate Judges of Fayette county, was arraigned befure the U. S. Court at Pittsburgh, a few days ago, charged with persuading a soldier to desert. We are not disappointed to learn "he was triumphantly acquitted, not only because the prosecutors utterly failed to prove him guilty, but because he clearly proved himself entirely- innocent of the charge." The Judge is a sensible, high-toned gentle man, a true patriot, and, as a Democrat, has a back-bone about two feet ten inches thick. He don't belong to the kind that "skeer easy." Long lite to him "The Soldier's Friend." Se - "We do profess to be the sol dier's friend, and we are so confident in the consistency of our course that we have no uneasiness about our reputation with the army."—Lieut: Evans, in the last Greene county Republican. se' That reputation, dear Lieuten ant, was established when you turned your back on our brave lads in the hour of their need and divest peril, when, wi der the lead of the gallant McClellan and McDowell, they were confronting, with vastly inferior numbers, the Rebel hordes belore Richmond. And it re ceived its "finishing touch," when later still, instead of going to replenish our wasted ranks, as you exhorted others to, you "forked over" the $3OO blood-mon: ey, and staid at home to hiss "Copper head" at men whose devotion to coun try and government was never question- . ed by any body not in the last stages of "nigger on the brain." Educated by the Oovertip.g.nt for nearly a year at an expense of some $llO per month, you showed your gratitude to it and your sympathy for the soldier by leaving the service when the little stock of military knowledge you had acquired might have been available, and when tacticians were scarcer than they will ever be again,—apparently not caring whether your comrades fell into the hands of preen drill-masters, Jeff Davis or the Dev il 1 Why shouldn't you feel "easy" about your "reputation" among the brave boys after all that, Lieutenant I "How he Likes them." Evans is showing his friendship for the soldier, just now, by publishing the most atrocious calumnies on the gallant McCLEL- Leiti, charging him with belonging to a trea sonable secret organization whose members are "swam to aid each other in evading the draft and to discourage all eftbrts to raise men far the army," and "in case a member is forced into the army by draft he is instruct ed to go over to the enemy, when on picquit, by a prescribed rule, &c., &c." There is no depth of partizan meamiess and malignity this man Evans has'nt sounded. Lear Evans calls Gen. M'Clellan au !`ego tist" and "bigot," and says his "defeat" be fore Richmond was utterly "inexcusable."— The Lieutenant ()rum TO &Nov. Pity he left the army when he did ;—he might have averted it. Could'nt he be persuaded to re turn JUST LONG ENOUGH to take the Rebel capitol? A leader of the Lieutenant's pluck and transcendent military genius is all that's neederto do it, and we fear GRANT can't be spared from Chattanooga till toward mid summ'r, "Pitch in," Lewis—we'll "hold your bonnet." er Evans calls lustily on "&opperheads" to "volunteer," but as there none here aboUts, it is "like calling spirits from the vasty deep." By the way, why don't he stir up the "Niggerheads 2" If any of them about here are going into service, we can't hear of it. Be wants TRIM to stay at home and do the voting, we suppose See% Evans is so well assured of the pa triotism and loyalty and' fi'liP Soldierly quali ties of what he terms "Copperheads," that hp is willing to pity them 30 dollars a month and "rousing" bounties, but still thinks a Dottdat A DAY too much for veterans. Lew : - is a very CO'ZSISTENT and CLEAII-lIEADED youth. Dijj-The Springfield kMass.) Republican, an administration newspaper, says : "Neither the administration nor its party can stand under the load of this rank corrup tion. Tin:e is no need of it. It is not their load, unless they make it so. if no honest and thorough effort is made to ferret out, expose, and punish the thieves, then the administration will be justly held re sponsible for their crimes." They have already made it so. They have made it so by fraudulent traffic in con tracts, and protection of subordinates whose plundering has been proved. • "The admin istration and its party can stand'' because "of this rank corruption." It is the meos whereby they live. It is the agency with which they propose to perpetuate their lives. bar-Senator Bayard, of Delaware, has re -440 his seat in the Senate of the United States, in consequence of being compelled to take the'nzw oath of loyalty required in that body, who tFq deemed unconstitutional.-- He has represente4 his State in that branch of the ITattynal C;ongreiy for the last thirteen years. tonal's. fhe Oonscriptiou bins still I;lefora the House. Pittsburgh and CownellsviMs Railroad. A private letter from Hon. R. H. Latrobe, President of the Pittsburgh and Counells vile Railroad, informs us that an earnest effort is making for the completion of this great line of communication with the East. If the purpose of its present officers is not defeated, the Road will soon be under con tract from Connellsville to Cumberland, Volunteering, Several townships in this county are raising private bounties with a view to filling their quota with volunteers under the existing call. Centre, Jackson, Washington and Richhill are moving in the matter, and doubtless others will soon follow their example. The liberal bounty offered by the Government, the pros- pective increase in the monthly pay of the pri vate soldier, ana the hope that the war will close the coming summer, are having the elect to stimulate enlistments all over the country, and many districts and some States are likely to entire%) escape the approaching L?raft.-- There is no time to be lost, however, here or elsewhere, and whatever is done in the matter must be done quickly. Transportation to New Brighton will be furnished by the Recruiting officer here, to Volunteers from the various townships who receive home bounties, and credit will be GUAR ANTEED to the district sending them. Another Infamy—Destruction of a Democratic Newspaper office. The Northumberland County Democrat, a paper published at Sunbury, Pa., was entirely destroyed by an Abo!ition mob on Sunday nl - tt. of last week. If the Abolitionists continue to advocate and practice mob law; injure the person and destroy the property of Democra:s, as well as put ev ery other outrage, in their power upon them; and it in the end a just retribution should over take the scoundrels and the same deeds be committed upon them ; and if from such scenes of outrage, anarchy and civil war in the North should be the result, WHO WILL BE TO BLAME? Do they imagine that Demo crats will always sit down and quietly submit to the destruction of their property, as was the case last week in Sunbury, and not long ago in Huntingdon, in Winchester, in Eaton, in Carlisle, and in dozens of other places ? And if they should protect their property and resist mob law and civil war be the consequence, would t!ley be to blame or wou'd the Aboli tionists who countenance, encourage and ad vise the outrages ? Patience under wrongs may cease to be a virtue, and if commotion the North occurs in consequence, we want the blame to lie at the right doors.—Lebanon Ad• vertiser. Another Outrage. A few days since, a body of armed soldiers entered the office of the "Crawford Demo crat," at Meadville, Pa., for the avowed pur pose of 'cleaning it put ;" and as the editor, T. W. GRAYeOF 2 Esq., formerly of the Wash ington (Pa.) Examiner, states, "began ti series of the most boisterous, profane and denunci atory exclamations we have ever heard.-- These trespassers, and would-be nsobites, were about a dozen in number, and headed by a person who was designated as Lieuten ant Moore, said to be a resident of Mercer county. They were all 4nir,t4to by the demon spirit of Abolitionism, more or less under the influence of artificial excitement, and armed with revolvers. and knives. They called for the name of the publisher of "this damn paper," denounced Democrats general ly, and were not stinted in their abuse of Gen. McClellan, who with the editor of the Democrat was classed with Jeff. Davis and Vallandigham." After "spreading them selves" in this style some time, they prudent ly withdrew, graciously telling the Editor they would "try the paper three weeks longer." How much Mr. Grayson's calm and courageous bearing on the occasion and the prudence of a few of his friends had to do with their "retreat," our readers can conjec ture. We venture the opinion, however, that any attempt to carry out their threats at that time or at any future time would and will, as Mr. Grayson says, prove a failure and a source of "sorrow and regret" in that community. Still Another The office of the Mahoning (Q.) Sentinel, published at Youngstown, Ex-Governor Todd's place of residence, was destroyed on Friday night by a mob, led on by a number of prominent Abolitionists, who also attempt ed the assassination of the Editor. —The President says to the people of Arkansas : "I will allow you to return to the Union, but not under your own or the Constitution of the United States.— You must first join the Abolition party, and next you must make—or I will make for you—an Abolition . Constitution and Abolition laws. If you don't do this, I'll send an army .there to thrash you till you will do it. • I'll send Northern politicians to rule you—some consistent Bantum like T. W. Lockwood, or some vir- Nous 'chieftain like Col. Dorus Fox. I'll iati 0, Constitution and enforce it p.pon you hy bayonets, and the First Michi gan Ethiopian. It is my will, and you must submit. You must accept this "uncondi tional Unionism . ." !!'ll)e Interests of God and humanity" require It, s.nd the people of Massachusetts wish it. A Satire on the Administration Party.. The most scathing satire we have yew seep on the Lincoln Administration party we find in the St. Louis Republican, which has th,o audacity to republish the sixth plank in tho platform adopted by the Gecago Conven tion, which nominated "Honest Old Abe" for President. It is as follows : "That the people justly view with alarm the reckless extravagance which pervades every department of the Federal Govern ment ; that a return to rigid economy and accountability Is indispensable to arrest the systematic plunder of the public treasury by favored partisans ; while the recent start ling developments of frauds and corruptions at the Federal metropolla show that an en tire change of Administration is imperative.. ly dernandsd. 11016.1 ti nov. !Durtita's Itiangrirei ha hypo critically thanks the people for the generous confidence with} vhich they I#lYe stiotaioOd him. It would be more tpelp4ato to ths4 Secretary Stanton for sensing thirty thcf sand soldiers-into Pewluania at tlielast election, remarks the eraiford tlemocrit. Soldier's Letters. We receive a great many letters from otir gallant boys in the army, and a great manly interesting ones, and would print all o f th em if we had the room; but we can only publi s h one now and then, without excluding our us ual variety. Ilelow area couple just receiv CAMP :MAR STRVENSEURG, VA., I Jan. 30th, 18 i 4. Messrs. JONES & JENNINGS : —Being off du ty to-day, I take the liberty of writing you a short letter, which, it you think proper, you ma y publish for general information. I have been in the service now nearly u year and a half, which I voluntarily entered, to defend the dear old "Stars and Stelpes" from the violence of Southern hands, that same old flag which Northern fanatics call a "daunting lie." When I entered the army, the object of the war was, as I understood it, to put down armed rebellion, to preserve the Union as our fathers gave it to us, and to establish the Supremacy of the Constitution and the laws. But very shortly afterwards, the whole pol icy of the Adsuinistration was changed, and the War was made a crusade against slavery, and against the lives and property of private citizens. The "Emancipation Proclamation'' wAs issued, and Gen. McClellan was removed, just on the eve of a great and glorious vic tory, because be would not, and could not endorse the extreme radical policy of the President. Now, if I refer to the perjury and corruption of the Administration, in common conversa tion, I, and all those who think with me, are denounced as "copperheads," "secesh," "traitors," &c., &c. Ye Gods ! who can en dure all this ? Separated from friends and tome, enduring all the toils and hardships of a soldier's life, facing the belching cannon upon more than one hard-fought field,—am I to be denounced as a traitor, merely be cause I do not blindly and implicitly endorse the negro policy of the Administration ? Can flesh and blood stand this ? But this is not all. Nothing but the lying Abolition journals can now find access to our Camp, and we have . no means of know ing the truth, only as our friends may write to us, or occasionally send us a Democratic paper. If Democratic Journals are not posi tively prohibited from the Camp, as was the case last winter, they, at least, are not facil itated in finding their way to us. I might instance many insults that are daily heaped upon us for our opinions, but for the present, I forbear. You may likely hear from me soon again. Please put me down for the "Messenger." Yours, &c., A PRIVATE OF Co. A., 140th P..V 15TH VA. VOL., INFANTRY, SLR JOHN 'S RUN, January 30, 1864. TO THE EDITORS OF THE Mcsszsona : Dear Sirs :—Thinking a communication from this Regiment would be of some interest to you and your many readers, (and many of them have friends here,) I venture to drop a few lines. This Regiment, 15th Va., was crgan ized in 1862, and has, since then, been near ly all the time guarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Greene county is largely represented in it both in the ranks and among the officers. Col. McCaslin has been long and favorably known as a Greene count* of worth and integrity, and one who has lent every energy to the one great purpose in which we are all engaged. Many of his old friends, personal and. political, have stood back and looked on while friends and neigh bors have been for two years in the front and rear of the mighty throng,_ who have been battling for our National existence.— But it is not yet too late for them to come tor Ward and help us. 4pparently the rebellion is fast going to pieces, and if we want to effectually kill it, let us do it at once, not let its dying throes fester and rankle thrptighont the nation for years to come, only making more bitter the feud, that to some extent tmlst• exist for a time. To do this, we want Wren to fill up our depleted rank:; and more, we want good, solid encouragement from the people at home,—not the cold comfort they have too often accorded us heretofore. True, some have done well, done nobly, done all ; but this has been the exceptirn, not the rule. Yours, truly, THOS. H. KIN-C.A.ID. Prrrsarnon, Jan. 26, '64 To Miss Jennie Teagarden :—ln behalf of the U. S. Christian Commission, we acknowl edge the receipt of one box of Hospital stores, from "Richhill Ladies Aid Society" from you; and in the name of our brave and suffering heroes, we thank you for them. The articles will at.onee be forwarded, through our delegates, to those for whom you intend them. Very truly yours, W. A. WEYMAN, Receiver U, S. Christian Commission, No. 79, Smithfield Street. Democratic Victory in Lancaster.---The First Gun for 1564.---Hon. George San- derson ne-Eleeted Mayor. LANCASTER, February 2.—Hon. George Sanders, Democrat, was re-elected Mayoc of the City to-day, by one hundred and sev teen majority, being a gain of sixty-eigh since last October. Some Difference. The Salem Advocate gives the following incident showing the difference between white men and negroes, in Abolition estima tion : "Last week we had occasion to mention that at a meetinglin the Methodist church in that place, a collection was taken up for the runaway negroes by an agent of the "Freed man's society," amounting to twenty-one - dollars and a half. A few evenings afterwards, a collection for the benefit of soldiers' families and destitute white people, was taken up at one of the churches inthe town and we are told that the magnificent sum of six DOLLARS was raised. Thus it goes—twenty odd dollars for the negro and the enormous sum of six dollars tha WRITE MAN !" The Poor . Contraband. The wicked hypocrisy of the Abolitionists, including "honest Abe," Sumner, Wilson, Lovejoy and -every man of them high in au thority, or influential in private life, is clear ly shown by their cruel negleet of the poor contrabands who hare been brought among us by their nefirribus policy. A- recent Cairo letter says these poor outcasts have been landed on the levee of that city in squads from twenty * to' one hundred, and lett there to the tender' mercies of the cold weather or the charity of the world's people. There some have died, Tender children, aged men, aged women, nave given lip thi ghost and become intr i ates 'of atiotivr sphere, where, it may be hived, they rill nat ire f see more sorrow or suffering . ' • • SlatrA Richmond paper of Jan. la, says that Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Rebelkon, is seriously to at Augusta, 43a., and. doubts are entertained for his re corer7. One Man Power. Abraham Lincoln has informed the Ai..." kansas delegation that "one-tenth of the people of that State can at any time call a State Convention, nominate State officers, and put the machinery of a State govein ment in motion." lie told them that he had authorized this to be done in Louisiaass. and that the people, or one-tenth of them in. Arkansas, could do the same thing. This is governing majorities with a high hand. But where did Mr. Lincoln get the power for authorizing one-tenth of the peo ple of a State to govern nine-tenths of them ? From the Arsenals? Ls this man the ser vant or MASTER of the people ? lie has sworn to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution. Bat the doctrine that one terth may govern nine -tenths, pretty effect ually "squelches" that instrument, which has been regarded as of great value and au thority by all the former Presidents. A Modified Constitution. President Lincoln's instructions to General Steele, respecting the election ordered for the State of Arkansas, directs that the "said election may be conducled according to said modified Constitution"—the modification re ferred to being the interpolation of a clause declaring that there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the State: Who before the present time ever heard of the Constitution of a State being "modified" by order of the President of the United States ? hitherto the people, through con ventions, held for the purpose, have made Constitutions for their respective States; now the President "modifies" the State Constitu tions to conform to the Republican creed,— What next can he do, except it be to abolish the States and set up an empire ?---LN. Y. World. Who are for the Union ? Blatant as they are on the subject of loyalty, there is not a Lincolnite in the United States Nvho dares to proclaim himself an unconditional Union man under the Constitution. Their oloyalty" is the allegiance of the subject to his king, the serf of his master. They are "loyal" to Lincoln, but disloyal to the Constitution, the Union, and every principle of free white man's government. On the other hand, every Demo crat in the land is loyal ; , to the :Constitution, and the Union, and opposed to Lincoln, his administration and his party, because they arc disloyal, and every day plot and practice treason against the government as established by its founders, the patriot fathers of the rev°. ution.—[Patriot and Union, The Loyal Tenth of Louisiana. The efforts making by the radicals to ob tain the loyal tenth in Louisiana to accom modate Mr. Lincoln's ideas of a Republican form of 'government, has disclosed the fact that the negro is to be made the controll ing element in the composition. It appears that, after many months of canvassing prior and since the proclamation, they have sacoeeded in organizing a convention, though the enrollment of one-tenth is not complete. Two whole parishes were represented in this convention, by the admission of negroes as delegates, who voted and participated in the proceedings ! The Spring Campaign. A correspondent of the Tribbne says Gen. Halleek has expressed his belief that the last grand and desperate effort will be made in the ensuing Spring by the rebels to transfer the real fighting to Northern soil. They can not subsist their armies in their own de:,,,lat ed region, from all the most fruitful parts of which slaves have been withdrawn into the interior Cotton States. It is difficult to de- termine whether their new campaign will be due north into Pennsylvania again, or across Kentucky into Ohio, using Longstreet's present position as a basis of operations. All the secret advices received at the War De partment show that a Peter-the-Hermit cru sade agaicst the North is now being preach ed throughout the Confederacy, and. that they are conscripting into the ranks with ruthless violence eyerything human that is able to hear arms, Curious int! Fatal Disease. The Clarion Banner states that a fatal dis ease had broken out in the neighborhood, from which four children of Mr. Wm. Bell had died. That paper says : 'The first indi cations of the presence of the disease is noted by a sudden trembling of the body and arms, which is followed by slight symptoms of fever and paralysis of an arm and the lower limbs, with severe pains in the back, and finally the vision becomes affected. Several physicians have been called in, but are unable to de termine the diagnosis of the disease. It is neither typhoid nor spotted fever ; and they are unable to arrive at any definite conclu sion as to its nature. Its action throughout resembles the effect of some powerful narco tic poison in the system.' The Dead Lock Over. HARRISBURG, Feb. I.—An important event occurred here to-day. The resignation of Senator Whi:e is received, and is now in the hands of Senator Lowrie, dated Libby Prison, Nov., 1863. His father withheld the resig nation because he desired to procure the ex change of his son, and used it as a lever. A writ has been issued by Speaker Penny for a new election. A:Dead Man Driving a Morse. The Galena Democrat tells of a man, who, iu a buggy was slowly passing a farm house, in the neighborhood of Warren one of the cold days last week. The good woman of the house, thinking that he must he cold, called to him to come in and warm himself. Ile made no reply, but, turnirg neither to the right-nor left, kept on his way. The lady, fearing that the man would freeze— knowing that there was no house for five miles in the direction he was going—request ed her husband to follow him and induce him to stop and warm himself. He did so, and coming up, found him frozen stiff dead, with whip in one hand and lines in the other. Gen. Leese Address telHle Troops. Late rebel papers contain no important news. Gen. Lee has been icsuing orders to his army. He tells them to endure their present hardships and hunger fora season, and that God will certainly give them suc cPas in due time, as he did their forefathers from their oppression. This appeal to them shows the straits to which the rebel armies are reduced. Rev. Dr. Duncan appeals to the people of Richmond for shoes for a reg iment in Lee's army, which, he says, has on ly forty pairs altogether, all the rest being compelled to march barefoot. Ige,-,4 republican editor says, "the Deme ntia at. busy up Salt River just now." Yea air; they are ornolling, and next year will come down in legions. • another Rebel Raid on the Siff• tirnore and Ohio Railrok Fighting at Patterson's Cr and North Branch. BALTIMORE, Feb. 3.—lnformation received from the tipper Potomac to-night indicates that the Rebels are malting great efforts to destroy the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.— The telegraph lines were cut about noon to day east of Cumberland, and the bridges at North Branch and Patterson's Creek were burned. Some fighting took place at the lat ter point. It was feared that an attack would be made on Martinsburg. A Rebel force about 500 strong, under General Rosser, made the tattack on Patterson':> Creek and North Branch. After burning the bridge, they moved towards New Creek. Nothing further is known. A Battle in New Creek Valley, Va.-- The Rebels Repulsed. HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF WESTERN VIRGINIA, Feb, I.—Considerable excitement prevailed along the line of the railroad to day, occasioned more by precautionary movements than anything else. Yesterday ornmg a portion of a rebel brigade that had been sent over into New Creek Valley for the purpose of intercepting one of our maoviug columns came upon the rear of Col. Thorburn's command, whereupon skirmish ing ensued between the two forces. Our men finally' drove the rebels back. This afternoon the enemy again advanc ed axkd tliis time occupied Burlington. Brisk skirmishing was going on at different times during the day. Much confidence is felt in Gen. Kelley's ability to defeat the ene my's designs. Up to this time everything is favorable to the interests of our side. MONDAY EVENING, Feb. I.—A fight took place late this afternoon in New Creek Val ley, between the advancing columns of the enemy's troops and one column of ours.— After a sharp engagement we repulsed the enemy, driving him back over two miles. A Raid by Rebel Cavalry--Bridges Burned. CrMBERLAND, MD., Feb. 2.-4 p. tn.— The rebel cavalry, under Colonel Rosser, re ported 500 strong, made an attack on the guards at Patterron's Crcok and at North Branch at one o'clock to-day. After some fighting our troops were driven off, and the rebels burned the bridges at both places. At North Branch where the bridge crosses the Potomac, the bridge was of considerable length. After destroying the bridges the rebels went in the direction of New Creek, by way of lirady's Mills, beyond Cumberland. Fears are entertained of an attack on Pied mont or Oakland. Later of the Rebel Cavalry Raid—The Enemy Whipped and put to Flight by General Averill. BALTIMORE, February 3—The Ameri can has received the followino , special dispatch.—Cumberland, February 3. —Soon—The guard of the company of Infantry posted at Patterson Creek bridge, eight miles east of Cumberland, was attacked at 1:30 yesterday afternoon by 500 rebel cavalry, under Col. Rosser, and after a desperate resistance, in which two of our men were killed and ten wounded, the greater part of the com pany were captured. This accomplish ed, the rebels set fire to the bridge, and leaving it to destruction, started off with their prisoners in the direction of Romney. The employees of the rail road succeeded in staying the fire, and saved the bridge with only slight damage to it. General Avarill with his command, who had been sent out from Martinsburg by General Kelley this morning overtook the rebels near Springfield, and thence to and south of Burlington. Many of the rebels• were killed and wounded, and our captures are large, including the recov ery of our own men taken at patterson's ere*, yesterday, and many horses. The enemy are making rapid tracks for the back country, pursued by our cavalry. The intended raid on New Creek has been thwarted by by General Avarill's quick movements, and the other ample arrangements made by Gen. Kelley, and their anticipated success turned to a complete route and discern fiture. The Baltimore and Ohio road is now entirely clear of the enemy, and the full operation of the line will be at once resumed. The weather is clear and cold. [SECOND DisPATCH.] BALTIMORE, February 3.—The tele graph line is again working to Patter son's Creek. Preparations are being made to restore the bridgr there, and it will soon be repaired. The North branch Creek bridge is longer, and can not be so easily repaired• No further information of rebel movements has been received. Important from West Virginia—Re capture of Burlingtou and Moore fleld--The Rebels driven from the Railroad. Naw Yonx February 2.—A special dis patch to the - Herald, dated Headquarters Department of West Virginia Feb, 2 o'clock P. M., states that Colonel Mulligan this morning drove the rebels from and re occupied Burlington and Moorefild. At noon five hundred of Rosser's cavalry at tempted to run the North Branch and Pat terson's Creek bridges, and to cut the tele graph. They were driven off without any serious damage, the fires put out, and the rebels pursued by Pennsylvania Cavalry.— The wires-are being replaced, and a bridge reparing train goes out to morrow morning. We lost a few killed and wounded and took some prisoners, The Siege of Charleston.--Refugees Pouring into the Union Lines. Naw Yost, Febrriary 4.—The arrival of the Atlantic, from Port Royal yesterday, puts us in possession'of news from Charles ton to the 81st ult. The 4lieliing of the city was progressing. Fort *tinter was again a target for General Gillmore's ball practice. The people in one particular district of Charleston, where the shells were falling with uncomfortable precision, have been moving out into tents and shanties in the suburban section, to avoid the unwelcomevisitors. Numbers of refugees, from Geor gia and Florida, are pouring into the Union lines. They repeat the story of want end discontent told in all quarters by deserters from the enemy's camps. sir These were twenty GeneraLs in Louis ville, Kentsoky, one day hat week. The War in Tennessee. !lowing dispatch has been received ;eAdquirters of the Army : 11;A4M1138 OF MR MILITARY DIVISION o THE,MISSIMPPOTASILIVIME, TENNESSEE, in. 29..—Maj. Gem S. G. Foster telegraphs from Knoxville, Tenn., under date of Jan. 28th, 9 a. m., as follows : "I have the honor to report that the cav alry, und6r Gen. Sturgis", gained a decisive victory over the enemy's 'cavalry yesterday, near Fair Gardens, about ten miles east of Seviersville. Gen. Ale Cook's Division drove The enemy back over two miles, after a stub born fight; lasting from daylight to 4 o'clock p. In., at which time the division charged with the sabre, and with a yell, routed the enemy from the field, capturing two steel rifled guns and over one hundred prisoners. "The enemy's loss was considerable, sixty five of them being killed or wounded in the charge. Garrard and Wolford's divisiang came up after a forced marched, in time te , be pushed in pursuit. Although 'their hor ses were laded, Gen. Sturgis hoped 'to be able to make the rout complete. J. A. RAWLINS, Brigadier and Chief of Staff, Infidelity and Murder. A shocking murder was committed in Grand street, New York, on Wednesday.— The circumstances of the affair are that some years ago the wife of Robert C. Haines left her husband and took up her abode with : William H. Williams, a well known bill poster, According to the testimony of Mrs. Haines, her husband has frequently visited Willlifin's residence and partaken of his hospitality: It appears, however, that latterly Haines has, solicited his wife to return to him, but with out success ; and recently he has announced his determination to shoot Williams. Ac cordingly, on Wednesday Haines met Wil liams in Grand street, in front of the latter's residence, and after some conversation and as Williams was walking towards the Bowery, fired two shots from a pistol, both of which lodged in Williams' head, causing almost instant death. Haines then entered tho house and attempted to shoot his wife ; but she struck up his weapon and escaped.— - Haines was immediately arrestec', and after an investigation, was committed to the Tombs to await the action of the Grand Jury. A Horrible Murder. A horrible murder was perpetrated at Suf folk, Connecticut, on Sunday afternoon, it is alleged, as follows : An Irishman in the employ of Luther Adams called for his pay• He found his employer engaged in splitting wood. A dis pute arose which resulted in the death of the Irishman, who was struck by Adams with the axe, which literally split his bead in twain. The murdered man survived but a few hours. Another account says the murdered Irish man was named Wm. Brown ; that he had no rightful claim upon Adams for wages, had threatened several times to take his life, and on Sunday approached Adams with a club in his hand as if to strike him. Adams has been arrested, making no attempt to es cape. Boy Shot by a Soldier. A dispatch from Buffalo, N. Y., of the 30th, says :—Last evening, at the Central Depot,, as some substitutes were leaving for the West.; under charge of some soldiers of the New Hampshire Invalid Corps, a boy belonging_ to this city was shot, and almost instantly killed, by one of the corps, under the im pression that he was a substitute attempting to desert. The affair caused the greatest excitevnent and indignation against the sol dier for the reckless use of his musket. Snow Thirty' Feet Deep. Mr. Benson, who has arrived at St. Joseph, Mo., from Idaho Territory, says that the snow is thirty feet deep in some places oa the route. At Fort Kearney the houses are buried in the snow up to the top of the roof All who were exposed to the snow storm aro more or less frozen. Some will have to have their fingers amputated, and others their limbs larA Washington dispatch of the 30th says: It will be recollected that in October a call for 300,000 men was made. This number has been about half filled by volun teering and re-inlistments. The call now made for 500,000 men is interperted by gentlemen acquainted with military affairs, to include the above 300.00, being in effect an additional call of 200,00 men. The vol unteering is supposed to be at present an av erage of 2,000 men a day. The order of the President makes a credit in the deduction of so many as may have been enlisted or draft ed prior to the Ist of March, at which time the $5OO premium expires. The arrange ments completed, the total in the army will be half a million of men. gig-In Louisville, Kentucky, the other day, a gentleman put same $2,500 in greenbacks in the chimney of his sitting-room, thinking it would be safe from robbers. His wife; in the exuberance of witely thoughtfulness, kin dled a fire so as to give her lord" a cheery welcome s and the greenbacks were barued up. Many of the frnit trees in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana were killed by the late severe weather. In:lndiana'the peach crop is entirely- destropetl. In some parts of Mis souri the vines hare been killed, and the grape product will be inconsiderable. Gen. Dumont, Member of Congresi from Indiana, is the father of nineteen chil dren, ten of whom eine into the world id couples. A 'representative' he is in more senses thin one. .PEi• The Mobile Register says the Con federate army Li naked, hungry and ille gnipped. A Few Recruits Wanted. rin', undersigned is recruiting for the 15th Western 1 Va. Infantry. coannatirted by Col. 311cCaillin, we II known throughout Greene County. The Regiment lie Brigaded and located in Western Va., and has chiefly been employed in guarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Greene cofintians who have enlisted in it, have always heen within a few hours travel of their homes. On the line ()Me Bait road the men hgve controilable hoMsea. and every thing to eat that they may desire. ' • • Prom ptesent appeanthees the Rebeilion, will col lapee early in the coming yammer, and those who go in now as Volunteers wilt secure their 11404, If veter 'instead 6301 if TWA, with 305 down besides monthly pay, and then 'mishaps be discharged before the year is np. To be drafted you get $l3 per mouth, and no choice of oaten or Regiment, and tvirhaps be pushed to the front without pro or con„ and if you are once drafted you go or pay ORM. Souk Votnateees as come from Pennsylvania will be credited to the townships from whenee they come Phen some on. my mood billows, and go into a good Regiment, with good itglicers and light duly. Lt. R. PORTER, Recruiting ufticsr, Peb. 10,'64. Pemberton House, ‘Vheelilllt. W. "
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