411 ally Eetegrapt
Forever float that standard sheet I
Where breathes the foe but falls before us,
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet,
And Freedom's banner streaming o'er ns.
OUR. PLATFORM
THE UNION-THE CONSTITUTION-AND
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.
HARRISBURG, PA
Wednesday Morning, Nay I, 1861
Wan ma Brustmoa was precipitated, and,
when every rebel miscreant in the south was
armed fqr his work of death, they relied more
on the aid they were to receive from the north,
than any power of their own in the south, to
overthrow the government. They had not the
fullest confidence in the ability of the southern
masses to contend with the masses of the
north. If such bad been the case, Washington
city would have been in ashes more than a year
ago The rebels, however, depended upon the
dough-faces of the north for this part of the
work. These same dough-faces had frequently
done the dirty work of their southern political
masters. They bad betrayed the interests of
northern labor on the floors of Congress, and
why shored they not be expected to betray the
lives of northern men on the field of battle?
They had joined with southern slave drivers
in attempting the forcible introduction of
slavery into territory that had been proclaimed
free by the voice of a majority of the people
of such territories, and why should they not
join with their southern partizans in assisting
to usurp the laws and destroy the Union ? Such
was the reasoning of those who led the rebel
lion, and such, too, was their expectation, be
cause the same men that pledged their infa
mous alliances with the south in its crusades
on northern labor, interests and developments,
also pledged their aid to the rebellion, with
inch assurances as induced the leading traitors
to believe that the dough-faces would do the
fighting as they had heretofore done the voting,
while the south would reap the exclusive ben
efits and honors of the struggle.
With the hope of northern aid entirely de
stroyed; the rebels are as entirely left to their
own resources, to prosecute the war. This
disappointment has compelled them to 'change
all the or plans. Had th, leaders of this north
ern faction of Breckenridge men been true to
their pledge, the pplicy of invasion, first plan
ned by the rebels, would have. been adhered
to, and the north, to-day, doubtless overrun by
the rebels. We write doubtless, because we
mean by the leaders being true to such prom
ises, also the contingency of the masses of
that faction submitting to such leadership.
Bat when the masses turned indignantly on,
•
the leaders, (as they did in the case of the
Patriot and Union,) the leaders, of course, began
to declare a loyalty which they never felt, and
to give the cause of the Union a support which
is the more repugnant to them, because
it was foreed and dishonest. In this emergen- 1
thenc the south no longer depends on the
Breckenridge men in the north, but instead,
therefore,' they now rely on -the climate to do '
for them what was promised to be accomplished
by the &nigh-faces.. They wait for diaase tb
achieve. what they are fearful to undertake.
They anticipate that yellow fever will arrest
invasion sooner than it can be impeded by
their own bosoms and bayonets, and thus flyhig
before our troops in the attitude of arrant
cowards as well as traitors, they seek to escape
the danger they have created; by making our
troops the victims of the diseases they may
contract.
Such is now the attitude of the rebels. Oar
troops are daily pushing their lines into the
southern country. Our flags wave where but
lately the rebel flag denoted. There is nothing
left,. owl- troops but to take possession of the
territory, of rebellion, and then trust in God
for the preservation of their health. We are not
compelled to keep large bodies of northern men
in the tinted fever districts of the Gulf states ;
and therefore they fear the ravages of disease
over which tbe , beastly.southern
. traitor and
his more cowardly northern ally gloat, may.not
be so fearful. The policy of garrissoning forte
and arsenide with contrabands directed by
acclimated officers, may disappoint these
wretches, and give them an idea of the desola
tion of this' rebellion, by making their own
slaves the instruments of their own overthrow
and humiliation.
A lerimAlf MAN of some experience regards
the evacuation of the rebel' ankles , se a part of
their policy to effect a speedy junction of all
their fortas, then to Make s stand, and give
the federal' landed battle. The same gentle
man is of opinion that the rebels will not en
tirely yield before they have fought at least one
great battle, and we agree <with -him on that
point, because the leaders of the rebels cannot,
get rid of their followers without giving them
the opportunity of meeting death, as they
fanatic:4ly suppose, nobly in defence of their
oonntry..or locality. There is no doubt with
us, that the rebels have a policy in their aban
doning
. theSe strongholds, and Inducing oar
armies tpadmpee in their pursuit. But their
best devised plans are bound to fall. In the
end, they will be defeated, and must either be
come exiles from, subdued by or obedient to,
the government. Tne leaders cann,)t remain in
the elbukiltry . , without submitting by their own
will or.,being forced into solmnisetorkto the gov
ernment. -However, all that we can now do is
to await eVielte.as they transpire, and oonolude
not to belistiirnhe4 at anything of-whith the
traitors may *thme 'guilty.'
NIEM
FOE THE UNION
A year ago, when the peril of the country
seemed to be the greatest, and when also the
Republican party had the control of the patron
age of the government, one of the locofoco
essentials of loyalty consisted of a demand that
the Republican party should abrogate all politi
cal distinctions, by dispensing the patronage
and the positions of government equally among
all loyal men. It was demanded .that parties
should be - dissolved, and a union effected such
as would at once strengthen the bonds of that
other Union on which depended not only the
permanency of state governments, but likewise
the prosperity of in citizens. Not so
(Ar t
much in obedience to . whence this
demand issued; as irti comp no) with their
own sense of pattiotirmi, was the idea of a
onion of all- : partied for the prenimption of the
Union, responded to by the leaWtnen of the
Republican organization. , We had every sacri
flee. to make by such a union, because it bid
fair to bring us into association and alliance
with those. whose lives had been pilksed in
maligning the .pure and upright man of our
organization, and yet to subserve the ends of
law and order; however repugnant - the asizilla-
Lion may have been, the union was effec ted ' for
the sake of the Union. The were Danie of the
-Republican party is of small consequence, cOm
pared to the fair fatue i of the country and the
policy of suppressing rebellion by making its
cause responsible for its effects. Yet the old
locofoco party could not be taught this practi
cal lesson. Its leaders were willing to enter
into alliances, where there was a hope of success
for some of their own favorites, and a prospect
that treachery and deceit (after they had been
invested with power,) would strengthen their
organization, and thus secure them the monopo
ly of the patronage of government. They
offered terms to the Republican party, when
they deemed that such a tender would result
In the elevation to power of a Democratic
demagogue ; and they reputed a like union
when they suspected that power would thereby
be placed in the hands of a loyal man 'and a
patriot. Such was the action and the purpose
of the Democratic leaden, within thtlast year—
a purpose then unsuspected, :but an action
which has since become part of the history of
those events which for a tithe so seriously
threatened the stability of the government.
The same noble purpose which induced the
Republic in party to yield its organisation to
the pressure of danger one year ago, and
nobly rally to the support of any man who
was laboring in the defence of the Union,
now induces it once more to place the power
of that organization on the sacred altar of
the country, and there in the faith of an un
alterable devotion, swear eterna l allegiance
. •
to the perpetuity and prosperity of the Unit n.
While with the creeds of that party there is
touch that Is noble, much-that is glorious and
peculiarly attractive in policy" and principle, to
all of which under any other circumstances
than those now surrounding the nation, we
would cling prefcrenosto etttr.bing pmselves .
to any other organization, .Yet we consider no
form of organisation 'too sacred or no ' political
policy too perfect, to be sacrificed to the great
cahae of the Dnfon. While the Union is in`
danger, all partiee must be insignifhant and
unworthy of confidence or support, bat that
organization which seeks to harmonize all men
in the support and defence of the Union. This
is now the condition of the leaders and the
MS/311811 of the Republican organization. It is
the position, too, of thousands of honest men,
who have heretofore heen attached to the op•
posing parties of Republicanism, but who will
hereafter lend their aid to that Union prepared
by the people, In which the masses of all parties
are honestly rallying for the support of the . ad
ministration of Abraham Lincoln-in- support,
lug the war-4n vindicating and sustaining those
who are fighting our , battles—and in effectually
crushing treason whether it seeks to do its ,
work armed in the rebel ranks, or whether it
struggles in the name of loyalty to embarrass
and impede loyal men in the performance of
their duty. Such is the purpose of , our politi
cal Union. Those who oppose it, also oppose
that national Union' from which - alone an Amer
ican citizen can gain any real benefit.
TEE WRITING ON THE WALL
Two months ago there was a small panic in
Richmond, maidoned by the discovery of some
mysteiions writinge on the walls. The rebels
regarded the phenomenon with horror, for the
words l were personal. The Unloniste came out
under cover of <the night, and scrawled unplea•
Sant: plireseethat reflected upon Bails and his
crew. The enemy pulled down the placer&
and felt better. Bat, according to the Rich
mond Eastniner of April 22d, the 'procese has
hit been repeated, and the Jilbels seem to be in
a great rage over.it. ,We are told by the Ex
aminer that "on' Paiaell, iaad & - OomPtiriy's
east wall" the fallemileg emphatic sentences
have been written:
, ,
•Theoge your bells Into cannon, and charge
with Confederate Cett."
PSonehern Lexicon covered wittt
'Pinks of elai4lry.'l7 .
"The is on our side, intt, In conee4inence
of Tressing engagements elsewhere 4 could not
attend at Pea Ridge, Donerson;'&o., &o."
"He wilLalscibe jozpivented fcbni vision his;
chosen 'pinks' at Yorkturn,___„ _
"Southern hearts a, beating low—
Metweae boeiterit Wen the foe; •
Stars and Stripes shall yrave,egain' -`- '
Noitheiners.ttend thhi ehezi malt.*
•
Not perittudw,itp Ahem impei•tirienok6 the
audacious Union men . scribbled the following
expressive -bit of doggerel tapod-the walls of
the Powhittsri souse: • •
“siulh'eri bi,fristeri . ,. grasp the dust,
Ig . the Lord yutt.YainlY Vast.
Foc the Lord yosf4in would cheat
With Ralyconlips and_ Pluto's feet."
"The'cry is still they , come."
_ .
In order to add point to the stanza, it was
written on "the south wall" of the hetel.
The "patriotic" proprietors, of the beildings,
which were thus used like sheets of paper, in
stantly "efh/Aird" the inscriptions, and at last
mmounts the nuitiicipai autt orities of Richmond
were in search di the offeiidere.
Beleharwar wasutt :pleased with the writing
on the wall. Nal mote are •the Richmond
rebels. - •
d e teck Ns4. Imiduatu
aa pieta . an d .
with religions cannwaiespaithainia
Take city.
RECKONING WITHOUT TBKIR HOST
About one year ago the New Orleans Bulk
contained the following paragraat concerning
the dangers to New Orleans from our fleets and
army :
"This tremendous force of annihilators will
commence its march when every requisite is
pr-pared and supplied. As this cannot be ac
complished for several years to come, there is
no necessity for us to make immediate prepa
rations for the reception of Lincoln's big army.
oo o Their ridiculous schemed for our
subjugation show conclusively that they are
thoroughly alarmed and panic-stricken. We
of the South can successfully resist an invasion
from a million of snob craven wretches."
This may be called reckoning without Com
modore Farragut. And we may further add,
that after all this boasting, the city of New
Orleans was held after its conquest by a small
detachment of marines. As to the resistance
of the South of "an invasion of a million
of such craven wretches," it seems strange
that the resistance Is in the shape of cowardly
evacuations, psalm, flights and demoralization.
The fact is, that the end of this boasting will
be, the complete dependency of the rebel states
on the power and the leniency of the federal
government.
Tam WABHIBOTON Bseuerm of this morning,
says that some of the New York journals have
had a sensation story that the Congressmen
from' the slave states, upon consultation, bad
agreed to withdraw from the Senate and House
in a body because of the proposed legislation-in
reference to emancipation and Lortfiscatlon. If
the story were true, it would •only show that
slavery is naturally rebellious—that it is in it
self a monstrous rebel. But the story did gross
injustice to the slave state members. Theta is
not one word of truth In the story; as we have
been assured by more than one of the persons
concerned. It is surprising that any such
statement should have been made without
foundation, even to make a sensation in a New
York morning journal, but the Southern mem
bers assert that there has never bees an excuse
for such a dispatch. If we are ever to, have a
second edition of the rebellion, now is the pre
cise time for it to occur, when our troops are
ready for it, and the country is in the humor
to crush it out.
Tau ESCHAZIGE or Pau:4mm is strongly ad
vocated by the Military Committee of the Sen
ate. As matters now look, we have a notion
that the government will soon have possession
of every rebel in the south, except those who
are shot in retreat, or fly the country to escape
the gallows. Richmond will be• in our posses
sion before"many days, and it is not likely that
the traitors will carry theVnion prisoners with
them.
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From oar Evening Edition of Yesterday
FROM PORTE= MOHR
A Rebel Steamer with Ciml for the Merrimac
Purposely Run Ashore.
THE CHEW MATE TO OUR LINES
THEIR ACCOUNT OF AFFAIRS AT REHM
Attempts to Sustain. the Rebellion Pro
flounced Sheer Polly.
=I
Exchange of Prisoners.
=I
ME
Brammoza, Miy 6
The Fortress dilonroe . Coirespoxident of the
Americas reports the following: Yesterday af
ternoon a 5ch00ner011 . 4146,11411113.6 Jaines river
from Richmond, and; I Whelk near Newport
News, was run ashore on the south side of the
river..
Her singular movements attracted conaidera
ble attention. Men were observed to immedi
ately take to their Ixsts and, pull for,Newport
News, On arriiring ihory announced - Wit they
had intentionally run her aabore for the pur
pose of reaching our lines, and that she con
tained sixty tons of coal for the Merrimac.
Several boats were immediately manned and
started out for the purpose of endeairoling'
tow her off, but finding this to be impossible
they sot her on fire and she was burned to the
water's edge.
- .
The itterriniso- wasln sight at thatinie, but
she did not venture to save the vessel... .
_
The crew were taken to headquitifebrf and'
gave a deplorable account of affairs , at Rich
mond and among the troops, Rho regarded all
further attempts to sustain the rebeilibn as
sheer 'folly. •
In accordance with a notice gitnin‘bY General
Seger to General Wool, a few deka Edna, Capt.
liiiiward proceeded at noon to-day with the
.steamer New Haven up the James river; to
meet the rebel-boat in which he promised to
send down from Riciiirlond,4olfoderal prison
we in exchange for those relfased - by General
Burntiide. Up to the hoar the tioat started nti•
tidingi have been heard from them. They are
expected•to arrive to-night.
FROM NEW YORK.
.116 . 0apture of a Union Prize Ship.
Naw Yost., May 6.
. The ship Emily St.
,Pierre, which was cap
tured some time since by our blockading fleet,
sta.& prize crew put on board with orders to
make for Philadelphia, was subsequently re
camred by, the.sebeLgspt. Wihison t who p hy d
stratagein,'MadepriOneri of all the prize Uhl*
and. prize m-mters. Tire vessel 'thivoatLiv-.
erpool on the 21et ult .,- the captran as
sisted in navigating.her by only tine:nor four,
who with , himself, were allowed to remain on
board'by our cruiser who captured her.
Lieut. Stone was placed in charge of the
Emily St. Pierre by outgunboat, and. Was over
powered by Wilson' and the rebel steward and
cook, and placed in irons.
ipA letter from first class merehante In Batt
more to EL LivCrpoot .mercantile firm, states
:under .date of April Bth,
,that the walls suf
fered a toyer° defeat in a battle at Yorktown „.•
,that she li sf . r fu lec
_arid seven otter irtin dad
eldpe are out: received‘in Live Tool
iry.tlre steamship Chink, and shows that a fi thti
me rehainretßettniofithre not yet loyal.
pennogluaniaally -
fete grapti. ttlettneoltap Slap 7, 1862
The Pursuit of the Rebels.
ur Forces Come up with the Rear Guard.
THE FIGHT.
ENGAGENXNT AT WILLIAXSBIJBG.
Hand-to-Hand Encounter with the Enemy.
The Ordnance Captured
at Yorktown.
I!MECZI
Gen. Walella,n's Advance beyond
Williamsburg.
THE GUN . BOLTS AT WEST POINT.
, •
OiPTURI or ' , Stitt& TROSPORTS.
4 -
A LUGO MUIR OF iIiSOURS TitllN.
ROOS LANDED . AT WEST POINT.
Destruction of a Eridge'nit the Riohmond
and York River Thalkoad.
GEN. ,M'CLELLAN a WITH THE ADVANCE
*.*AftgY.
REBEL CHIEF OF ENGROSS MONO THIO
PRISONERS.
• HUD QuJuane, Ness WIILIAMIEDMIG,
lifay4, P. M.
The advance of the forces under Gen. Stone
mak with the view of a.certalning the posi
tion of the enemy, reached this place, which ie
two and a half miles from Williamsburg,
about two o'clock this afternoon, on the road
from Yorktown.
The country in most instances was laid deso
late, and but few of the bonsai along the road
were occupied.
On emerging from a corner of the woods we
came in view of Williamsburg and the enemy's
earthworks. At the same time ,no guns were
visible on the enemy's *Wilk but a regiment
of cavalry could be seen approaching, about a
mile off, in line of battle.
Captain Gibson's reserve battery was then
ordered front to open on the enemy's approach
lag cavalry, while a portion al the Sixth Uni
ted States cavalry were deployed as skirmishers
to the right-and left. The fire from tbe bat
tery was very effective on the enemy's Coriiity.
but they never changed their ,coarse.' About
two hundred yards to the right of Gibson's
tiattery, was an earthwork which had all the
appeatence of being deserted, when all of a sud
den our troops were ?fir;Ae4 upon :ay 'a deadly
fire from artillery PCatted ftWad"the Works.
At the same time the rebel oavalry continued
suivancing, until they were'checked by a charge
made by a portion of the First and Sixth car
airy, which was performed in e , riatist admiratile
manner. In more instances than one it was a
tand to hand encounter.wiiht4 enemy's cav
airy, but strange to rehire . , none of oar men
were taken prisoners, while we captured about
twenty-five of tie enemy, among whom la Cap
tain Punk Lee, of the Third Florida infantry.
Ca e r. Gibson's battery had fourteen horses
Lieut. De Wolf was mortally wounded.
One of our guns was lost by Sticking fast in
the mud.
.Lient. Benton, of the First" Cavtdry, and ten
tarn df the same regiment, were wounded.
Limit. McClellan, of the Sixth Cavalry, was
slightly wounded, as were also twelve others
of the same r meat
Lieut. Col. Kress, of the First Cavalry, had
his horse shot under him While engaged in a
herid-to:hihd'erticitmter with two of the sue=
my. He escaped with a few slight bruises.
Private Noble Irish, of Major Barker's
McClellan Dragoons, bad his horse killed, and
waa severely wounded in the leg by the ex
ploskin of a torpedo, while passing through
Yorktown.
The rebel cavalry was forced .our mop to
abandon their position, kit,ttie want of infant
ry prevented our man fro& advancing en the
enemY's works. It leirdpivident that it was
uselesq to attempt further operations, the keel*
fell-beck about two' huridred yards, to await
the arrival of infantry.
Gen. Hancock's brigade soon after anived,
but it was deemed advisable to defer fdrther
operations antil to-morrow.
We have 'information that the enemy are
still - on the retreat beyond Williamsburg.. The
rear guard of the enemy is..-very strong, as was
shown to-day.
Lenut.—hlonday-raorning.—lt commenced
raining this morning, and has continued heavi
ly up to this tittle.'
There is no news from Williamsburg, it is
too early in the morning to hear.,
We will occupy Williamsburg early this
morning. From thence our course will depend
upon that taken bY inifiny. •
THE ORDNANCE CAPTURE!? AT YORK
TOWN.
DZEPATONISrsok GIMIXHAL ALCOLILLeUt
HEADQUAIIMS ON VIE ARMY 'OP TB!
POl5O3iAO, Nay 4, 11:20.A. M.
To the Hon. Edwin M. Stattton, Secretary of
War:—An inqpection 1414 niade, &owe' that
the rebels•abandoned in their worka-at York ,
town 'the following Ordnance:
Two 8 loch Anti On.
Two loc h tided cannon,
Sixteen 82-pounders.
42-potuudeis: ^ -
Nineteen 8-inch colum blade.
Four 9-inch Dahlgrenk
One 10-bach
Oue 10 loch mortal..
Ooe *deg.- howitser.
With the caftlagektuld IMplemenbl complete.
Each:plecelemx!liPlifd with 84 . 1 icuti"dx r9a 1145
of ammunition, , ,
On' the ramparts thereare also four maga
zines; which have not been examined.
These. do not hl4446.Piakuilt left at
.Glonoed-.
ter kolnt and - theirother Ilia io our left:
(Signed) G. B. - IdICLIZELAIt,
Major end.
Waumforoz, May Tartlet neviirhaz
been' received at 'the War Department from
Fortress /aeons) or Yorktown. The boat for
Chertystone Inlet had probably been delayed
by the' storm which preyttiled in that region.
Very little informal& has arrived ky
,t;ek
graph from any quarter, and nothing of an an
ilivbrable character. ":,
LATER.
limaixbni,- Mk- 6
The special correspondent of the4assrfam at
Fortress Monroe says that eat. 11/13edlan's ad
vance is beyond • Williamsburg, =4, PO our
gunboats are at West Foint,having - on_,
way captured or destroyed many rebel.trana
ports.
A report was also current of the tigoture of a
large number ot plisonedi. .. •
A .forcobad been ..landed aG Wert Raint t _and4
meiool4** I:dcinird and Tor],
whine
,„
STILL LATER,
Thu Fre , .eb war steatne.r Gassyndi c , me
down from Yorktown at five o'cli.ck last night,
bringing the French minister, and also Capt.
Fox, aa-istant Secretary of the Navy.
We learn that up to one o'clock the steamers
with Gen. Franklin's division bad not gone
beyond Yorktown, but were waiting to hear
from aboie.
One of the gunboats which went up on Sun
day morning had returned and reported that
they found the river unobAructed, and that
the gunboats had reached West Point, wilt re a
force had been landed and destroyed a bridge
on the road to Richmond. Several rebel trans
ports were overtaken going np the river. Some
were run ashore, those on board escaping, and
were burned, others had been captured.
The latest reports say that Gen. McClellan
was with the advance of the army, and was
supposed to be before Williamsburg, in which
directions there bad been a brink cannonading
all day.
AiDong the prisoners, is the chief of engin
eers en Gen. Johnston's staff, who states that
the whole rebel army at Yorktown, amounted
to 85,000 men.
He gives a most deplorable account of the
Condition of the army, and says they will be
finable to make a stand anywhere this side of
Richmond.
The retreat commenced before daylight on
Saturday morning, and he doubts not that the
advance was twenty miles distant. The last
gun was fired from Yorktown.
On Sunday - moreing Gen. hi'Clellan signalled
five gunboats lying below Yorktown, the fact of
the evacuation, with in a tructiona to proceed up
the river to West Point and remove all obstruc
tions in their way.
Quite alieet of steamers and vessels loaded
with troops were discovered in the distance,
and a pursuit was commenced, resulting in the
capture of• some of them, whilst others were
run ashore and fired by those on board, who
escaped to the woods.
It is said that by three o'clock in the after
noon the gunboats had reached West Point, at
the head of navigation, nearly thirty miles
above Yorktown, frequently shelling the par
ties of the enemy that were discovered flying
along the shore, and flanking that portion of
the retreating army that were moving towards
West Point to take the Railroad to Richmond.
Immediately in the wake of the gunboats
followed along the line of the river steamers
loaded with troops carrying Gen. Franklin's
division with fifteen thousand to twenty thou
, sand men.
These troops reached Yorktown during the
afternoon and were stoptAti there to await in
telligence from the gunboats. It Is proposed
to land them at Yorktown if the reports of the
gunboats are favorable.
THE VERY LATEST
THE ENEMY MAKE A STAND
AT WILLIAM SBIIIIG.
TWO REBEL REDOUBT?. MEN.
TWO REBEL COLONELS AND TWO LUMEN
ANTS 1111 ED.
150 Rebels Captured.
WIMINGTON, May 6.
The boat to Cherrystone Inlent has arrived
with despatches for the government.
The enemy are in strong force and entrenched
near Williamsburg, intending: to dispute the
further passage of our troops there.
There has been some brisk fighting, in which
Gen. Hantock's division had taken two re
doubt& and repulsed Early's rebel brigade by a
brilliant bayonet charge.
In this engagement, Gen. Hancock's forces
arnsald to havJ killed two rebel colonels, two
lieutenants, and captured 160 prisoners. Gen.
*'Clellan highly compliments Gen. Hancock's
conduct.
At the time of sending off the dispatches our
loss was not known, bat It is supposed to be
considerable in proportionto the extent of the
engagement as the fighting was quite severe.
Brilliant Affair at Lebanon, Ten
INXI MERL CAVALRY ROUTED
A targe Number Killed and 150 Prison
ers Taken.
WYNKOOPR PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY
IN .7114? FIGII2.
LOTTJZIUMI t May 6.
A dispatch to the Journal says that General
Dumont with portions of Woolford's, Smith's
and Wynkoop's Pennsylvania Cavalry attacked
Morgan and Wood's rebel cavalry 800 in =un
bar at Lebanon on Monday morning at 4 o'clock
The rebels were utterly routed, a large number
slain, and 160 prisoners taken. Nearly all their
horses and arms were captnred. They fled after
fighting an hour and a half. Gen. Dumont being
itigull pursuit, he will capture the whole force.
The prisoners will be•here this evening. It
was a brilliant sftdr and managed with great
skill by Gen. Domont. , Morgan Is reported
killed. Col. Smith is wounded in the leg. Col.
Woelford •was wounded in the abdomen seri
ously. The rebels were completely surprised
and outwitted.
FROM LOUISVILLE.
&uprise and Capture of Union Troops,
Lonnaux, May 6
Captains Hulett and id:Kinney, Lieutenants
(*ivy, Chambers, Dial, Thomas, ii r eonatd, of
the Second Ohio regiment, with 70 privates ;
CaPtain Jeofer and Adjutant Neal, with fifteen
men, of the Eighteenth Ohio, Lieutenant Mitch
ell, the General's son, of Kennet's cavalry,
Captain Ewing and two Li.-utenauts, of the
21st Ohio, with 63 privates, were taken prison
era at Palaski, Tenn, on last Friday by 1,000
of llicrgan's rebel cavalry, after a fight of two
heMit and a half.
The prisoners were subsequently released on
parole and are now at Nashville. Morgan lost
six killed and two wounded. Our loss was two
Wiled and three wounded—one missing.
LATEST FROM PITTSBURG LANDING.
Canto, May 5.
The steamer Antelope, from Pittsburg Land
ing, on Sunday mining, has arrived here.
la the affair at Farmington, on Saturday,
Gen. Pope took between two and three hundred
ptisonense bseides an amount of tents and
°na equiPPage, four pieces of artillery and
solfM'allituAreci muskets, '
VA the iime4l44utelope !eft:Pittibrug, loud
. ponthruedliting was heard, the cause of
Iffirnoriilitartained. •
XXXVIIth Congress—
First Session,
w Slay 5,1862,
SN E,
presen , ed a petiti on
privileges in the maits.
Mr. T. EYCK , (N . J.,)
tpking that certain newspapers be alio d -
are equal
Mr. &ERMAN, (0 io,) offered a resolution tha
the Secretary of War be rotested t) mum . t
nicate to the Senate copies all the reports not
the officers in command at the recent bud., o f
Pittsburg Landing. Laid over.
Mr.
favor of t KINGhe, ( bank rupt N. Y..) pr
act manted petitions
The homestead bill was taken tip, th e pi ,
Hon being on Mr. Carlisle's a mendment, ',sw o t,
was rejected—yeas 11, nays 28.
The
follows bill was then passe yeas 35, nays 7, a 4
:
Yses—Messrs. Anthony, Browning, ch t „, i.
ler, Clark, C....lamer, Cowan, D.xon, - D ool i ttle
Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Rale, Kern;
Ilenderson,llowe, Kennedy, Ring, Line (ltd. ,
Lane, (Kan.,) hl•Dougal, Pomeroy;
Sherman, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trutt,.
bull, Wade, Wilkinson, (date d
son, (M 0.,) and Wright-83.
NAYS—Messrs. Bayard, Cathie, Davis, Powell,
Saulsbury, Stark and Willey—l.
HOUSE OF REPRESNINTATIV Es.
Mr. Cox, (Ohio,) from the Count:ante en
Foreign Affairs, reported the Senate bill sp.-
propriating $2,600 as indemnity t the owners
and officers of the Spanish bark Provilence
which was illegally detained by the blockade'
Mr. Correa, (Ind.) by the unent n „,,
sent of the House _introduced a bill to punish
frauds on the government, which provide-I L it
all persons engaged in furnishing supplies of
any kind for any department of the Givers
went by contract or otherwise, or peronn.l,/,
any service therefor, who shall be full u i geli i,
of fraud in any United States Cont., nn i „.,
the accessories thereto shall be sotenc,l to
imprisonment for a term of not lees t . tau at
months, nor more than ten years, and
not exceeding double the amount of the Raul,
and all officers of the government are itel grel,
when frauds are discovered, to ini.t.tut e a :Lit
against the offenders. Referred to the Cesium.
tee on the Judiciary.
MY. BINGHAM, (Ohio,) from the C ,
the Judiciary, offered a resolution turf com
mittee of two be appointed to gu to the
and at the bar theteof, and In the name ut
House of Representatives and of tLe pup
the United States, impeach West 11. tieuiptr,v,
Judge of the District COUt c of the United y.a:;:
for the several districts of Tent.e.s, e of nigh
crimes and misdemeanors and auloaiut tn z
Senate that the House of Represent:dive; ail
in due time exhibit the particular Artie ea tit
impeachment against him and wake gout le
same, and that the committee elad that
the enets shall take order for the itypearato s
of the said West H. Humphrey
to tili.,vet cue
said impeachments
In rasp - hue to a question for imotaiid n.
the report of the Judiciary Committee aa< r, i i
which shows in effect that the Juice La:
out his secession proclivitie,
Mr. MAYNARD, (Tenn ,) showed thejustisol
the present proceedings tor impeachment lti4
resolution was adopted.
Mr. Dswits, (Mass.,) called up the C aorto
election awe, the resolution reported from le
Committee on Elections declaring that r. F.
Lowe Is not entitled to asott SS a rept6eu , c
from that State.
Mr. D.twas explained that the prayer 0 . z
memorialists was founded upon a statute ui Ire
United States, as well anon the coubtradole:
the Constitution. Calitorma claiming Lb:to
representatives In the pre.eut Ltirers,
nurntwr to which she is eutitted under tee at
portioninent based on the last crab i-.
Latest from New Orleans
OCCUPATION OF BATON ROM tiIIFILVEP.
Landing. GI Gen. Batter's Italy di 11 Ofietllli
An Immense Amount of Cotton Discovered
AN ENTHUSIASTIC thION MEETING,
Matt), Kay a.
A special dispatch to the from rim,
dated to-day, says:
A refugee from Memphis, brings ueAs of the
recapture of Baton Rouge, Ljuniaua, bi the
United States forces, and the passage op the
river of the United States gun butts.
Gen. Butler's army had landed at ties os
leans.
An immense amount of cottou hat been
covered and seized.
The Union citizens of New °Hens had hAs
meeting, which was attended by large morn
who indulged in the most euthl.bia•tte &mow
stratious of joy.
Actiording to our informant, but little oppv
sition will be made to our gun-boats comei
up the river.
A lbw rebel troops, lately eurulltd Bala
Rouge, were stationed there, but they f 1.3.1
the appearance of the United States tide.
LAROZ AMOUNT OF COTTON, SUGAR, ETC., COI-MD
BT. Louis, May 5.—A refugee trots theSath.
who was at New Orleans whet) our fleet armed
there, says our forces captured a large quaotity
of cotton, sugar.and other property.
Nem 12tbvertivinfut3
PARSON BRO W Nit.) IV'S ti OAT
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bsowalowl Soak at
E. S. OKRIII.S'S 130
N 0.27 Sou b col ....at
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1 .----S NDUCEMENT TO PIIRCHtibE
.
A VERY heavy goo; of Dreo
.110 L, of every dtetrip.too, now op N at v
rF
CATHCA• r s a,:obt!. u .
Next den. .0 the Harris LTA
my 6
its ads line manufaCtured for fame SL. %LI;
rrurs very low. A great ~env Ror i ef "
I:ATI:WANT it BO )
Next doo' t • ihe n rei_u
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my 6
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SUN SHALIE6, Sun thavreliai au
Pa
VA. Prices ten per cent iower thaq (I.oAere
UAT . Cifit
War door the tis
my 6
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ANTSO.—A. white WO
owo
the house Work ;Or a family of tire • g
Dana. to b 3 a COmpotei,t parion. tO irmee„.7l,
given. inquire at Tilts OF • ICc'.
_
HAREL.BUSO DOE, May c. ,-
ffiRE Board of Direct° , s declared [o•tl9y
-L a dividend of LIFO pa - cent. tr.e 00.
PaYable on dainaad j. P.B.
eas , l3- , 3t Ct‘a et.
PUBLIC BAI,E.
I
WILL SELL AT PUBLIC ACCIIO,S, 0°
°
Saturday, the 17th day of Slay, i,
the town of York, Pa., at 10 o'ciock, A.. g.
said day,
40.437 FEET OF LLIT.BEgi
coubieitaug of )wards and Scantling. wing P, °
8 ,re
of the buildings at the camp it
York, Pi.
sem
lumber is divided into small
,1
feet to 3000 feet, &c. Terme R
Promptly, when knocked down
not to the purctiori
in gold and silver or t .
rea
C. s WILSONE, C3I4S-A.
Acting Quartartua,.ter, U. ..
York, Pa., May 7, '62_lt.
NOTICE.
-FOR SALE. -I'l,e Novelt.F Iron IS'or3e
A: 11.0 d MaCinory. Taws fOurable GI ?vet tb
"MCA)6dS2IN; j.
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Setiliillirldbl;o3ll;al'y,tll)- N 61
A . 'fb:lii'oullrftl See,
rurkdelphia, Aprh 3: ts 64. 'e
°.
The Annual Meettu. of the Staaboldee or „t:e::
klizir, oral au election for Prosideot ao3 sis 11,4 NA
*ill trice place at the office or the O.I3IPSOY, '`l
at 1317410/ dc, X. W. li. ifoiLLIEOISSI,
agl McNeil