, 4) tf6tAlev IL W. JONES, 1 - Editors. JAL B. JENhINGS,) "One Gimetry, Ogg Constjtylion, Destiny.?" 11111tIstilt11%) VA AT E JUNE I i 864 • POE PRESIDENT IN 1861, SOL GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, pgub je r i to the Decision of the Democratic Na • tional Can't:en:ion.] {/01f)pflATic COUNTY TICKET. A,MF:IIIFILT, iiio,49 air rERUT Tr. SHERIFF, ON ATH JOHNS, OP IRAIBINIINOTOp. commisstonte, 741f:0mit.% SCOTT, Of WRITELY. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, .0i$0! G. it*FTCIIIE, CZE=E3 POOR RorsE Ditticrose, ARTHUR ItINICH•RT, iiF mar 1414 .pi #FDITO•, A. J.' MAIKTIN, or waTOZ. 'While the army Is fightlug. you as 7 t- Ikep l i see that the war Is prosecytpi or op tot eservation of the Vino!? auii he tlkiditetilit, ai4A or•youir •laViouality tiLd Seer rights ai eitizeut.t! G EO. 41. McGLEL L N. jAlt-!.Tpe Constitution aM tpe puff is I piateet i tt kigetl . ter. If they 640, the y musk iogettier; if they fall. they oust fall legether."••Daaie/ Webster. • The Official Return" of Oft Primary Eleotion. At the Convention of Return Judges on Monday last,no returns were received from Springhill, MorriS, Dimkard or Greene town ships, and ire are . censequently compelled to defer the publication of the official vote until next week. 'lt is inexplicable to as that it is not made the duty of some person in each township to be present at the Convention with the returns. This same thing of with holding the •ote until after the Convention occurred last year, and is getting to be a decided "bore." Let a remedy be devised and applied. According to the otllcial returns as far as received, and urofficial reports 'from the re maining townships, the following gentlemen -are the successful candidates : Assembly—Thomas Rose, of Perry. Sheriff--Beath Johns, of Washington. Commissioner—Thomas Scott, of Whitely. Plied Attorney—Joseph iiitC4its,' 9f . . . Ustion. Poor Douse Director--Arthur Rinehart of Franklin. Auditor—A. J. Martin. of Wayne THE COUNTY TICKET. We nail to our mast-head, this week. the names of the Democratic nominees for the several county oftices to b; filled at the approaching Fall election. They have been fairly selected, are all good and true men, and are entitled tp . the hearty and energetic support of every Democrat in the county. The canvas has been a wain one, niuch intereat has been evinced, and every proper means ep4plpyed by the friends of the various candidates to pilsure, their "'success; and now that the people have signified their preferences ; let all personal pFeju dices and prepossessions be laid aside, and let all labor f,,r the election, by an overwhelm ing majority, of "the Cc:47 et, THE WHOLE TI - cgrr, AND NOTHING BUT THE TICKET." . „ Mr. ROSE, the nominee for Assembly, well 7 ktipivn to our readers and the arty, this being the third than his name has . been before the people as a candi date for Assembly. He is a gentleman of respect4hlelity and intepigence, 'and will make an incorruptible legislator. Mr. JOINS, the candid4t,elo Stietifr, is one of the most active 40 consisinnt pemocrats in the county, stud will prpre a most courteous and efteient, G 4 47 Messrs. tITCHIE , SCQTT, TIN and ItIIipHART are 411 coimallle gentlemen, well-qualified for the Alone for which they hayp been named, and -enjoy a large share of pill confi dence, as is attested by the handompe rote they have received. Let the party go to work with a will for the entire Ticket, and give it an Un precedented majority. This is no time 'to coif about wen, or to alio*penional ': joie l litifts to interfere with • - Abe 'arty : Xen are but the day, l 44 Pinciple, like 11%Id‘iit 'eternal • pairchers is not a Niwi . it phe Union wbillAsi!siid, or sits sin pay, that be dim *l . Olll, _tits , with the rent in any 1641 .111 iNmulf40 ripetwm—rw- It k now nearly three years since the NEA- szsozn has been na4er the control of its pres ent Editors,—a period full of elcitoments, and of slip:o4l . g interest in our national politics andtiffairs. In the conduct of the paper, we Have labored honestly and zealously to subse.r.ye alike the true ; interests ,of the country and of the great and patriotic party IN ith which it is our pride and privilege to be Identified. We haye stood squarely on its platform, have been neither ahead of the party nor tiehind it, and Lave extended to its policy and candidates a hearty, earnest and tmitortn support. As a consequence, (for the people are generally Just in their awards,) the paper has had more subscribers and a better support in all respects than it has ever had betore. 'Nevertheless, there has been some fault-finding, and a disposition on the part of m few captioil,s and conceited grugiblers to ' dictate a Cotirse for us , - . ,vhich, in our view, wonla not only l i iiki , e imperilled the success of the party, but would Have done violence to our convictions of patriotic duty. While we have listened respectfully to the suggestions of .these "favored and enlightened few," and heard the mutterings of the distant thunder they have tried to raise alxiy,t ,otir ,earft, we have kept right on our way, assured Atot we were RIGIIT, and that Taxa, the infti4ige.cx rector of all wrongs, would "make AII things even" and vindicate our course and ; m otives. We have had no personal and mercenary i.ob jects to attain, and no nervous longings for popularity. Our single aim has been To no ota Di TY to our country and party ,hi 'these trying and perplexing times, and p.w. gon science acquits us of any intentional or de liberate dereliction in this regard. We have been led to these remarks by the perusal of a private letter just received by the Senior Editor from one of our subscribers, and from which we hope to be excused for jr/aking a brief extract. The author is a dis tinguished lawyer .of .t:orthern Pennsylvania, is one of our DelwatN to Chicago, and has been the Democratic candidate fcr Congress in his District, and notwithstanding the over- Whelmtng Abolition majority it usually gives, came within a few votes of an election. As a man and a politician, he is utterly fearless and incorruptibly honest, and is the idol of ii party in his portion of the State. Ile is no trimmer or time-server, but carefully ma tures his ,opinions aml then expresses and Ralptahaa th,ept w,ith bcldncss and intrepidity, despising the Arts of the demagogue who would conceal his real sentiments or who is "all things to all men and upthing long."— Eoteriug the army Ate s Lieutenant-Colonel of pne /gm cavalry Regimenta in the Spring of '6l, when all over the land Democrats by tens and hundreds of thousands were flock ing to the national standard, under the pledge that the war was to be prsoecuted for the sole purpose of restoring "the Union as it was under the Constitution as it is," he was in all the seven days' battles before Richmond and in several other general engagements, carry ing himself with conspicuous gallantry in all, and eliciting the warmest praise from his superior officers. Promoted to the Colonelcy of his regiment, he was assigned the command of a brigade of cavalry at Antietam, whe,te he and the brave men npder him pertormed pro digies of valor. Disgusted subsequently at the removal of 4cpellatt, and with the per fidy, incompetence and mpi-slayery fanati cism of the Administration, he quit the ser vice and returned to his profession. Such, briefly, ere the character and antecedents of the gentleman who writes us as follows con cerning the MESSENG ER : "I cannot refrain from expressing my real gratification at finding one Democratic paper tkat 4rt. 100 Consecrative. 19 conserve the ptiptic peace and welfare in times like the present requires infinitely more courage than to float down with the current without thought, reflection or manly independence. It all our papers held the same views and 'lsqpressed them, we might truthfully boast thetwe could not be swerved from on; daty by either passion f.tr prejudice." Stir The LAPP Journal says: "Fred Dttogivi thi* that the Blacks can never set rid of otitis twitiabkwoorroleas inav by smailPartitton with the whites, &tab this:ls - the only way to *wet ths . !dolts oat o *4," The Messenger and its Course. New Tax Items. It is thnuht that the Abolition fnprAciv of Pongress will put the following itenp in the new Tax bill !Tor speaking disrespectfully of lir. Lin coln two hundred dollars and confiscation of your property. For thinking against Mr. T.incoln, one hun dred dollars. For dreaming disrespectfully of Mr. Lin coln, fifty dollars. For taking the name in vain of any Aboli tion offtce-holder, 25 dollars. For speaking disrespectfully of private Re publicans, ten cents each. For voting a copperhead ticipt, twenty- 4Fe cents. Every Democratic office-holder, taxed cents a day, (Sundays included.) Every man not drafted to be taxed ten dollars. For every white male cl4ild born alive, ten cents, For every wisft4 temine ptim for{} naive, ten cents. For every negro male child born alive, a premium of twenty cents. For every negro female child born aliva, prpruium of ton cents. For not believing Mr. Lincoln to be the grOiertiment a tax of 600 dollars. For talking apinst the right Republicans have to steal, a .ax of fifty cents for each of fence. For dying, a tax of one dollar a head, save and except thop Americans of African de scent, who ghall have a right to die free qt charge. Wegdell Philips, in one of his ifite ha rangues in Boston, took upoil the platform with him a young saddle-colored female, whom hejntroduced as "the type of the fu ture American woman." The abolitionists were so delighted that they crowded toward the platkirm to caress her. It is certain tbst dam crack-brained fanatics had their own way, the white race . would scsin be ex tinct in this country, and their place filled by bYbdds. TUE amyl BRANCH, The Suspension of the Nev York World 4 hyfßal of Commerce._ I Abolitionists do not went Peace I The gditors restored to Liberty. or a Restored Union. The New York World and Journal of Commerce, having been auspended by the Qovermnent for publishing a boguw procla mation of the President, resumed operations on Saturday—it hezQg ascertained that the proclamation was an Abolition forgery per petrated by one of the former "loyal" em ployees of t4,le Times, and at present local editor of a paper in lkooklyn, (and withal one of the pillars of the Rev. Beury Ward Beecher's Church,) for the purpose of in fluencing gold and eto4 operations which he has, as a good "loyal" citizen, been large ly engaged. What will the Abolition news papers, which charged tike fwgery upon "Copperheads," say to the startling revela tion made in the following brief article which we copy from the N, ew york World The alleged cense of this military usurpa tion and outrage was the publication, on `Wednesday morning, in the daily issue of The World, of a Proclamation, purporting to he by the President of the United States, calling for four hundred thousand more men, but which proved to be a bold and audacious forgery per petrated by a Republican loyal leaguer, an old city editor of the Tribune and Times, a mem ber of Henry Ward Beecher's church, an in, timate of President Lincoln's, a guest at the White House, namely, Joseph flowlird, j r .,— widely known as "Howard of the 'Times"— and skillffilly palmed upon the newspaper press. He has confessed his crime, avows that he had no complicity with any newspaper employee. This document was received at The World office at a late - hour on Wednes day morning, just as the paper was going to press, written on manifold tissue paper, with every appearance of coming through the or dinary channel of telegraphic news. It was immediately put in type by all the papers, and The World and Journal of Commerce issued their editions in part before the forgery was discovered. The other papers made the dii eovery just in time to suppress their issues sonic of them being already printed—but the publication in two Demoe r ratie papers tarnish ed the pretext Which the . edniimstration had long been seeking to wreak tf,cir partisan malice upon their most persistent,oponents. and se cure, if so they might, IV silence ut a free press, and thus prevent the dak nrnil weekly exposure of the r own acme ; - agamei liberty and law. We make these charges boldly; and, among many other reasons, for this rOaSOII that Prqident Lincoln. sectoitry Stanton, and Secretary Seward, before the order for the sup pression of the World was sent, knew all the facts iu the case, except the name of the guil ty party; knew t t rom Gen. Oix himself the lilameleasness of the World and its employ ees. Yet the order Wa3 sent, and, in spite e f protests fr,i;o:i government officials, from the v... tole press of the city, and from an indignant public, was kept in force two and a half days. It was riot trail Saturday tyc.t we were agn,in put in possession of our office and eriAed to proceed with the printing of our large edition of the Weekly World. three days behind its regular day of publication. The Monday's correspondence from Wash ton of the N. Y. Herald says :—The demon. atration wljjeli was intended to have been made in the House to-day in referense to the recent suspension of the World and Journal of Com. 'tierce by the military authorities was squelched by the Repablicans reftg4ng to saapend the rules ti; allow the intro4ec4ml Pruyn's resolution of censure of the administration.-- Great indignation is felt, anti the matter is only postponed to he brought up again at the first opportunity. No attempt was made by any member to defend the arbitrary course pm . - sued:' 01 We clip the following significant ar ticle from the Washington city Consti tutional Union of May 17th. • The facts it embodies speak for themselves. If any farther evidence of the intention of the present radical Congress not to re store the Union is needed, we would like to know what it. is The fate inflicted on the following resolu tions, offered in the House ot Hepresentatives yesterday by the Hon. John i.. Dawson, of Pennsylvania, proves demonstratively that the feelings of radicalism hago reached their acme of implacability. kn i t;he .beginning of the outbreak the T t eurfle rushed u#li enthu siasm to meet the _supposed h,i,valter, under a call for the defence of the capital, which was pronounced to be in danger. 4 isrge army eagerly olmed tihe AugowLs . ,.,stulyinder mo tives added for the active prosecution of the war addition 4 troops 4 9 4,e.4 to the standard of their country with the war cry . the res torAtion of the ,Union ,uneler,the .Consti tution. This, in the Inception of the contest, was proclaimed to be the sole motive of its prosecution. We are unable to probe the hearts .of ,the advocates of the war, and determine whether their declarations were the mere utteramoes of hypocrisy, or whether their present faith is a change produced I,)y alteration ot interest. That a revolution in the doctrines they origi.- nally preached is proved. The resOitipp,of Mr Dawson brought all the faithful to a definitive test, and we live 11OR the demonstrations in the ayes and noes, which we append, that while ignoring the Constitution in the North, they are resolutely determined not to return to the Union with the South. The slogan is not now the :Cuioti under the old Constitution, but war for the negro; war—war protracted to the utmost period of prolongation, until the utter devas tation of the fertile fields of the. South and the I extermination of its inlillitatits close the tragedy,. The c4o4,ey nil* ie giateitd to Mr. Daw son for bringing the majority to this test.— The resolutions were laid on the table, on the motion of Hon. AIPOS Myers, of Pennsylva nia. The vote, glyen below, should be care fully s i canfietl ley all, so that at the nett elec tOn for members of ~ongress, the trustwor thy may be discriminated from the hypocrites or the faithless: WiirEAgi, it was solemnly declared by this Tionae ,on the 22,d day of July, 18131, speak - lug in the name ot the people of the United States and in face of the world, that the pres ent civil war was waged for no purpose of conquest or oppression, but solely to restore the Union, with all the rights of the people and of the States unimpaired; and whereas, a civil war like the present is the most griev ous of all national calamities, producing, as it does, bloodshed, spoliation, and general demoralization; and whereas the American Government cannot rightfully wage war upon any,,portion of its people, except for the solo purpose of vindicating the Constitution and laws, and restoring both to their just suprem acy; and whereas, a restoration of peace is essential to the perpetuation ot the system ot republican government, It is now eminently befitting a Christain and homogeneous peo ple in the triumph of our arms, and in the exultation of victory, to tender the olite branch as a suh.stitu`e for the sword. There fore. RKSOLVED, That the President be required to make known, by public proclamation or otherwise to all the Country ; thap whenever any State now in insurrection, shall submit herself to the authority of the Federal gov ernment as defined in the Constitution, all hostilities against her shall cease, and such State be prptected from all external interfer ence Kith tier Weal lw ti 4 institutions, and her people shall be guaranteed in the full en joyment of all those rights which the fede ral Constitution gave them; and iu tha exec .eittt, of a sound and patriotic discretion he shall proclaim a general amnesty to all those w 49: 4,Y false counsels, have been induced to engage in qtr. work of rebellion. On the mfitinn to lay ou the table, the • vote was as follows. • y, 4 s—Messm .1111s9n, Ames, Arnold, Ashly, liiiiiv, John D. Baldwin, Beaman. iticoh B. Blair, 4ontwell, Boyd, Ur'illiatii G. Ilrown, 4.liihrose W. ark, Cobb, Cole, Creswell,' Henry Winter Davis, Thomas T. Davis, Dawes, Deming, Donnelly, Eckley, Eliot, Fenton, Frank, Garfield, Gooch, Grin • nell, Griswold, 'Rigby, Hooper, Ilotchkiss, A. W. Hubbard, J. 11. Hubbard, Ilidbutd, Hutchins, .Tenckes, Julian, Kasson, Kelly, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellogg, Long year, Mcßride, McClurg, Mcludoe, Samuel F. Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Daniel Morris, Amos Myers, Norton, Odell, Charles O'Neill, Orth, Patterson, Perham, Pike, Price, Win. 11. Randall, Alexander H. Rice, John 11. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, Shannon, Sloan, 1,,t Smith, $ panlding, .gievens, Thayer, Tracy, Upson, an Valkenburgh, 'Ulihti . li. Wash turne, illiam B. Washburn, Wilder, Wil son, and liViptlom---76. NAY--Messrs. James C. Allen, Wm. J. Allen, Ancona, Augustus C. Baldwin, Bliss, Brooks, Jas. S. Brown, Chanler,' Coffroth, Cox, Cravens, Dawson, Eden, Edgerton, El dridge, English, Flack, Ganson, Grider, Hale, Harding, Harrington, Herrick. Holman, Philip Johnson, Kerman, Knapp, Lazear, Long, Mallroy, Marcy, McDowell, McKinney, W. It Miller, Jas. R. Morris, Morrison, Nel son, Noble, Pendleton, Pruyn, Robinson, Jas. S. Rollins, Ross, *putt, John B. Steele, Stiles, Strouse, Stuart, Voorhees,Juseph W. White, Winfield, Fernandt? Wood, and Yeainan-58. The Rightful Governor. "A pamphlet has been printed in ftliilß delphia, showing that Judge Woodward wilp elected goygnor by over 100,q4q majority of the legal votes of the State. The fact§ au() !hip arty pc figures produced, make a clear case of the most stupendous fraud, which, for the bonar of humanity, it is to be hoped, was never known before. If. this pamphlet does not forewarn to the extent of forearming the people of Pennsylvania, they mast have made up their minds to patiently wear the chains the Abolitionists have forged for them" air 'Certain Repulliipi+p journals have de clared the Executive pc the country no inca pable that the questifip Rpw is, in the midst of our "terrible etrnggica!" Can the nation carry this man through tge'n, and not perish in the attempt? he being not only incompe tent% leitincapable of hotter things, became ”unconscions of ltis cm! unfitness for his Owe:" Gov. Seymour's Letter in Reference to the Seizure of the World and Journal of Commerce. NEW Yonx, May 24.—Governor Seymour's letter to the District Attorney Hall in rela tion to the seizure of the World and Journal of Commerce, says It is charged that these acts of violence were done without the legal process'and without the sanei.on of State or !,i4i4t)4l. laws It this be true, the offenders must be punished. If the owners of the above named journals have violated F,tatp National laws, they InnA be procaedo against and imnished by those laws. Any action against them outside of legal proceed ings is criminal. The Governor argue's the matter at some length, and concludes: in making your enquiries and in prOsecuting the parties implicated, you upon the sheriff of the county and the heads of the pollee department for any needed force and as§i6tance, the failure to give this by any official under my control will be deemed sufficient cause for his removal. "VOTE FOR CURTIN AND AVOID THE DRAFT!" ANOTHER COMINC;; IMPORTANT CIRCULAR FROM PRO VOST MARSHAL GENERAL FRY. • WASHINGTON, May IS, 1864. Major ('. Gilbert, A. A. P. M., Gen- era!, Philarielphiii Confer with your State authorities and en deavor to get the different districts and sub districts to commence raking men at once, with a view to the new call referred to in dis patch of yesterday from Secretary of War to General Dix. It would be greatly to the advantage of the different towns, cantles, &c., to save time by commencing immedi ately on assumed quotas. Spare po etlikt to colaplet!! the reyish;ii of enrql!r t prit at the earliest possible day. The epf..l riff quotas will be based upon it. I want it reported, to me by the 10th of June. JAMES B. FRY. Provost Marshal General A FREE l'ionr.--The Journal of Com merce, in view of the rattier free fight gqirg t.in among the pepublicanje4Ralists i and anti-Lincoln, says: "it niali.o,* Rq Nrt. of difference to of vilether they hyld their Convention in June qr p t eptember. It is only of special recpr4 that we have arrived, by a Intpra,l progress, at a point at which we can 14,41 at' the Odiculcuis' doctrine, that to stip- Rivirt the Administration is to support, the Povernment, the late 'loyal' supporters tit the Administration being 'u y ! . hard at work plotting its overthrow. What Copperhead, they wuold be it they were only honest:" Dynio--Thrimi.--Senator Doolittle said iR Porigrees the other day : "Slavery, 14r. Bresidprit, is dying, dying, all around us."— To this the Dayton (0.) Empire says "Yes: And Constitutional liberty is dying , , , morality, public and ;Ovate, is dying; 8,) that we have prized of peace, of social order, peiglilxirly kindness, of friendly intercourse IR society, is dying. And dying, too, by birfpflieds of thousands, are the brothers, fathers . , sons, of the most frenzied, deluded ahifinserable people. Why did not Mr. Doolittle tell it all, while be was about it ?” ilia" & lock of the Presidents hair, clip * ken the spot where he scratched hie heed, when he wee his iltaancipatieß hmismatinn, It perhaps bring aim* * little fortune at one plAwaeSealtary (Prep*, ARRESI or Mrimax.—The Cincin oati of the Chicago Jlmes writes : 'The arrest of Colonel edary created some exciteme,nt, until the facts in relation to it were shown. Col. M. was arrested upon an indict ment found by a Republican Grind Ju ry in the United States District Court, iu which it was allegedw.s. ~ that he s co-conspirator with Sam Thomas and wife, Cathcart, and the washerwomairi Parmenter. Col. M. had not the hon or of even knowing by name his co, conspirators, much less their offence, until he heard of their arrest. The ; whole thing is a poor, pitiful attempt to ! make personal and political capital against Col. Medary, but when tinder, stood, will react upon his opponents.— FlOOll as the Colonel arrived in the city, the Messrs. MeLean..of the Enquire. ; er, Washington and S. B. W., repaired! to the court room and volunteered their I names as sureties for the veteran Dem ocrat, and were accepted to the very moderately low Amu of $3,000. No body supposes that the case ever I be tried, as the prosecution are not desirous of showing their weakness.- gag- To all men the best friend is virtue; the best companions are high endeavors and bugorable sentiments. (Jr 4 „e l iT A l ON TO RICHMOND Grantly Ong My from the City, Sorit 6ir. Nourp 4..t5N t, Near J crico's Bridge, May p. The rebels are in our front and pris oners have been taken - ittring the last 24 how from three rebp) 6enerals, Ewell, Rill arid Longstreet. Over 400 prisonerS were taken from a brigade o' the rebels by the Pennsylvania 1 - k±serves, under Crawford, who made a charge on our extreme right, after Warrgn had crossed the North Anna on ,tbe roai leading to the Beaver dam. Our troops have torn up and completely destroyed nearly six miles of track on the Virginia ,'entral road, west ct' Sex ton's Junction. We are now but one day's forced march from Richmond, in a t;ine open country. There, is plunty of good pasture for our horses but moth mg for men, except what has been brought along. The enthusiasm of our army W)WS no bounds. The condition of the rebels, judging from their woun ded prisoners into our hands, is very bad. The weather is i4frPSCly hot . Frcipi Qua. Cgel,----Some Account of His Defeat. NEw Yonii, May 20.—The Tribune's correspondent with Gen. Sigel says that the army left Woodstock on the 15th, marched eighteen miles, to Newmarket, fought the combined forces of FA:ll°ll's and Imboden, and returned to Stras burg in forty-eight hours. The fight was commenced ny the '2Bth Ohio at tacking Imboden near Mt. Jaekson, drawing him to Newmarket, wiiere Gens. Echolls and Breckenridge rein? forced the latter. At the same time Sigel reinforced our force. The rebels p.4:p•ged twice on our troops, the second chargp heing successfid; but on reach ing our wow]. line they were met by seventeen pieces of :Milieu and a des tructive infantry f t re, almost annihila ting the rebel 'first line, We charged in turn and drove them, but our bat teries had to GoaLe working to allow our charge, and the rebels numbering two to our one, then drove us back, we los ing rive guns. The retreat then coin iiienced, in good order and success, across the Shenandoah, the bridge being burnt after crossing, Our loss is six hundred and fifty killed, wounded mid missing. From Gen. butler's Army..,-A Mid,. night Assault by the Rebels.--They are Repulsed with Great Slaughter. ew Yonx, 9f ay 21.—A Herald cor respondent with Butler, writing tinder dale of allay 41, gives an account of a midnight 4ssau4 by the rebels on the night previous, The pickets 4.‘peived the fire firmly and galltlntly and fell back, when the artiary npepiLtd lire on the advancing rebels with withering dis charges of grape and canister. siege guns and light batterries were I/Fought. to bear, and the rebels were mowed down ' f ilo grass. They still advanced, receiving another slaughtering dis charge, when they halted. A rebel caisson then e.iploded, scattering death in all directions. The gunboats on the 4.pponiatox, joined in shelling the lygods, where the rebels reserves were sta.! ioried. ;Finally, pie rebels litulitig our forces so well prepared to receive them, with drew, leaying their dead on the field, nun beriug 233. Cur defetices, con stl•ilcted by some of our best engineers, are almost impregnable. Reponoissance by Gilmqre.-!-En: gagement of an Hour and a Halt?? The Rebels Completely Routed. FORTRESS MONROE, May 24-5 P.m;— This morning Gen. Gilmore went out on a ree,qnnoisance, and at 3:10 a: it}et the enemy in some force. After an engagement of an hour and a half hp completely routed them. Our Igg,l is slight. It is reported that nearly half of Beauregard's force left him yesterday and marched towards Richmond, proba bly to rehtfprce Lee. The rebels have made pine 14sclo pn our intrenchipents ap4 they have been repulse 4 each time. Important from Gen. Sherman—John ston's Army In full Retreat—The Rebels burning their Trains—Gen. Stoneman in Pursuit. NEw YOICK, May 25.--Extended de tails of Sherman's operations. -in the Tri bune, show that after several days' fighting, on the morning of the }6th the rebels vlPrt , T0W5:4 1 44 ( MP' Pliell afßitin!tfil ' Nreleg. their "tiler) , earri4 :* e limit 4,- 1190 rummy, c}a4 ahu • more are meant A Battle on the North Anna River.-- Hancock's Corpa Again the Victors. --Lee Failing Back and Grant in Pursuit. WAR DEPAR:MENT. WA: I / 1 1NOTON, May 24, 10 p. m.—Maj. Gen. Dix : A dispatch from Gen. Grant, , dated 11 o'clock last night, states that the army moved from its position to the North Anna river, closely following Lee's ar my. The Fifth and Sixth 12orps march ed by way of Harris' stone to Derick's Ford, and the Eighth Corps succeeded in effecting a crossing and getting into po sition without much opposition. Shortly after, however, they were vi olently attacked. and handsomely re pulsed the assauk without much loss to us. We captured cone prisoners..— Everything looks ,ex.coolingly favora ble. Another dispatch giving the details of the movement of our corps, and speaking o the rebel assault on War ren's position, says; lie was attacked with great vehemence. I have ney,er heard more rapid tiring either of artill ery or musketry. Tice ,Attach resttlt ed in a destructive repulse to the ene my. At th,e position attacked by IJatic,ock the rebels were entrenched and in consislerable force between the creek he had crossed and the river. They made a powerful resistance to his onset, but before 4,:trk he had forced them from their works and driven them across the stream. It is said in these engage ments the slaughter of the enemy was grit. C)ur losses were itlei - nisi:Jet-able. The rebels charged ;}gains otir TO sutiered, especially, from caitis t cr. A dispatch from the front. dated 2 o'clock this morning., ha.s gtlso been re ceived, :1 tats that the gnemy has tiilen back from the North Anna, and we are in pursuit. Negroes who have cote iia 1 ,- .4y.Lee is falling• back on Inch mond. Other official dispatches from head quai ters say that Gees. Warren, Burn side and Hancock are pushing forward after the retreating enemy. Gen. War ren captured a good number of prison, ers last evening, but has not had time to count them or ascertain his loss.— Gen. Hancock is storming the rifle pits on this side of the river. Last evening he also took between 100 and 200 pris oners, and drove many rebels into the river, where they were {frown .d. Gen. Warren has also captured some official paperl, among which are an ptli c:inl order calling out boys 611.«±n years of age to gap ison I;,ichniorvl. Ainbu -140- r4eiti :11141 inAsicians were also or 4med w anus. Sheridan is this morning at Dunkirk, and will be at Milford to-night. No dispatches have been received to day from Sherman, and none arc ex pected for several days. Dispatches from Butler have been re ceived to-day, relating chiefly to the re spective forces. Admiral Lee, in a telegram dated 22d, to the Secretary of the Navy, states that )p,st atlllatttrday night iltf enemy attacked the army, and were bansomely repulsed. ,\ dispatch from Canby, dated the 18th, at the mouth of Red, river, states that Banks' troops had arrived at SietniTiespgit yesterday, and will reach Norgansville'to-day. The army is in a better pondition than expected, and will soon be ready to resume ofinsive oper ations. Glorious Inteiligence.,-Lee's Army Hastily Retreating.--The Rebels Beyond the South Anna River.-- Rumored Flight of Davis and his Cabinet. PHILADELPIII 1, 'Alay 25—The Bulletin has the tbllowing special dispatch : P. - .tsniNcroN, May, 25.—The Repub lican ha: an extra which contains the following highly important and glori ous intelligence: I take pleasure in being able to announce that intelligence ha. reached this city that Lee is filling bria. from the North Anna, and, as has been already stated, commenced a has ty retreat, and he had reached a point beyond the South Anna river, pursued with great - vigor by Grant. Uen. tyrant is in thip saddle all the time, day and night, directing gener:il inoveuients in person. Hooker has crossea the rivo near Resaea, and Gen. Schofield crossed pear Pultou. Gen. Stoneman, with 14s cavalrv, is in pursuit of Johnston, engag, ing them with artillery that morning. Unless Lee stops to fight we shall next hear of !sratid conflict for 4ich mond betiwe, or in the works of that capital. Reports say that Jeff Dal is and his Cabinet lett Richmond some days ago. There is little doubt but that Ridtroond by this time is pretty well cleared- out of its ilihabitants, and that it is nothing less than a fortress. There are still a number of sick and wounded at Fredericksburg. Skir mishing with guerrillas occurs daily, but always in our favor, Official from Secretary 4fanton—Lee Taking up a New Position—Tito Ur Three Days May Davelope his Plans. WAstitNoroN. May 261.11.—T0 Maj Lien. : Dispatches from Gen. Grant, received tali, morning, informs ilia De partment that the rebel army still hold a strong position between the North and south Anna rivers, where their forces appear to be concentrated. It will probably require two or three days to develope his intention. • The Ninth Corps has been incorpor ated with the Army of the Potomac. No other . dispatches received from any other field of operatioNs. [Signed;] E. M. STANTON. [lt will be seen from the above that Secretary Stanton was somewhat too hasty in announcing that Lee was cross ing the South 4.nna, and that our army would tq that r4Tvtii , TResdaY °raging. }0 has ifAtle wagger Bind, gun 4 cioakrtleas mepts in his next battle the assistance of most of the troops in and around Richmond. Much will now depend on the kidnap' and activity of Butler's army .--Onnol.] I The y.utepnii"Strategy Again pe, Ifealed t Niw Y.of.m. May 26.--The Herald's Ninth Corps (x - irrespondent, says ; ultaneous with the attack on our left during the night of the ;19th, a di v i s i on of cavalry attacked our extreme right wing, composed of Gent ral ored troops. The attack was impetuous but was met with great steadiness, and a heavy volley from the rifles of the ; colored troops brought the rebels to halt. They formed again, however, and advanced more steadily, when they were again met with unflinching bra ! yes y. J. , 'inding they could make no impression, they lett the field. Next morning not a 'rebel was to be seen on our front. Upre as on our hft. the rebel strategy so Oftell successful with this army, of cutting off our supplies, was flAled, and they abandoned the attempt with di, gust. The Race for Richmond—Gen. Grant has the jnside Track—Gene. War ren and Hancock Still Successful. NEW YORK, May 26.—A Iferald' d headquarters correspondent says line of advance from Bowling Green is duo south to Richmond. Gen. Lee has Longey disiance to march, and the probabilities are that we shall reach there first. Lee may by forced marches arrive tho e at the same time, but his army would be so exhausted that the re sult of an engagement would not !Ai doubtfitl. Ow CzmiTERFIELD, M:iy (Monday 10 P. M.—The news from Warren and Hancock is beyond our expectations.— Both Corps effected a lodgment on the right bank of the North Anna late this evening, after a sharp and decisive en gagement. At each crossing they suc ceeded in carrying the enemy's line of rifle-pits and driving him completely from is vantage ground. From Gen. Crook's Expedition., Narrative of his Operations. A dispatch to the Cincinnati Onzetto o,atig; that Gen. ('rook left Charleston on the let inst., and passed through Princeton on tho 9th: at Cloyd Moun ta'm had the first and fiercest battle, and choti..ated and routed the enemy. Col. Olev, of the Seventh Virginia Cavalry, with one hmidred and twnnty-the men, rharged the enemy's rear and took many prisoners, including (-len. Jen );ins; thrce cannon, ten-pounder Su polcont,, were taken. Our forces camp ed that night near Newbern. On the morning of the 10th, about .9 o'clock, 41(1 attacked the enemy at the bridge, and fought till 3. We burn-, ed -the great bridge, and they the one on the pike. We captured seven can non, three 20-pounders, which were spiked and thrown into the river, On the 11th we mai-oiled all day, and camped on Salt Pond Mountain. On the 12th the advance guard rout ed "Brick Wall Jackson," and captur ed his train and two cannon, 12-poun ders. This occurred oa this side of Salt Pound Mountairot. On the IWi we reached Union. Of) the evening of the 18th the rear was at tacked while crossing Greenbriar river, and eight or ten prisoners lost, though no men were hurt. Immense stores of rations and cavalry equipments were destroyed at Dublin, and tobacco and cigars captured in great quantities.— Since the 9th Averill's men have lived °tithe pnemy, have lcartitd no par. tieulars of his movements . yet. Our loss in killed and wounded amounts to C. , 00. The rebels fought desperately, and were overcome after a long amp sev , ro strm,gle. tilgel's Fight at New Marl►cl n ho participated in the en, gagenicut of the lath hitt., at New Mar ket. under Gen. Sigel, writef, as follows: —The fighting was terrific, the most so of any battle itt the valley. We could only bring about 5,000 men into tyro fight ; the enemy numbered 10,00 tv, 18.000, and fought like devils. Our cavalry behaved badly, 4nd *erne ct the intimtry no better ; but the later n'c re rallied, the cavalry coul d not be. Gen. Sigel was in the front; and in the thick of the battle all day, encouraging, direct ing, and leading his men. The bullets were dense all about him ; one or tarq of his stall* were slightly injurod : sev eral leel horses shot under them." Litte Children Starving A eorrespondent, speaking of the, suffering of the poor in the counties of .. ipottsylvania, Stattbrd and C...aroline.. says "rnopped near a village to feed my horse and refretth myself, and here discovered for the first time the state of the poor in the vicinity. Where my horse had eaten his corn from a blanket, several grains lay scattered on tho ground. Three little half clad children came and gathered the, up and ate them. I was interested in one of them, a little girl, and called her to me, and upon questioning her she said they had nut eaten a piece of bread for threa t days, their only thod having been wild greens gathered from the fields. Shc said her father was killed in the first battle of Fredericksburg, and there vies nct cne in the neighborhood to whom they could apply for help. I gave them what I had in My haversack, and left them enjoying themselves. Butler's Fight last Moriday. A dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquir ed, dated Bermuda Ifundred, May IYtl reads as follows : "The Director tf Transportation of Wounded informs me that nearly five • thousand of our rnen were captured, wounded and killed or} Motida , y. Nearly . the whole of Heck, man's krigade are either killed, wounded pr missing. Our forces have fallenlhack to within five miles of this place. They are no longer menacing Fort I:I:Fling:. ' lir A Prussian Countess, seventeen years old, shot herself at Baden reoentr ly, and was ngt opected to survive.— Canse--_-. a. Ipt4pr from her, betrothed, saying that:be could not Awry bet at present, and releasing herfitozn her V 4 gagement.
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