CM
KZ
tileOh * ara cter of. t the ' ,
Order; how would =you
regard, if placed as a•jtrror in the jury box on
a trial tor murder, the testimony of a witness
who was a member of the Order, if the pris
oner arraigned was also known by you to be
a member of it? A It would hate no influ
ence at all.
Number of Temples and Councils in Si. Louis.
('.,.Can you state to me the number of
tenples in the oity of. St. Louis? A I can
not. I believe there are only two of the Ist
ddgree and two of the 2d and 3d degrees, and
a Cigez.nd Council,
.
Withdrawal of Grand Commander and Talk
~`,.on the Subject between Deputy Grand Com
pander and, grand Secretary.
'.Q'fititik on any knowledge of the with
dtalattof Ms. Emit from the order before his
ameat.L.A.:ol...my—own—knowledge, no. I
hi*
f ttit
aid while in prison that he resigned
bit
I .Qlive you any knowledge on that subject
inikiiiimdi to Mr. Dunn? A While in prison,
Ciliarlaii E. Dunn and myself were in consul
tltion as to what .course it would be best to
pare. He suggested resignation, if it could
beminaged: I told him to let the resigna
tions go to the devil, and come right down
olk• Atte ritual before the Provost Marshal.
l- r this 'I meant a full acknowledgment of
ot' ' relations to this Order.
' 0. A. K. Steamboats on the Ever.
'Q Have you any recollection of ever hav
ing heard among the members of the Order
that there was any particular steamboat on
the rivet upon which it would be safe to ship
contraband goods or to travel on? A Yes, -
s i r. * * * *
The Main Creed of the Order is,
in Substance,
that Lincoln - has Usurped Authority, and
-that. there 'exists not only a right but it is a
da.Ay to resist and expel him by force from
power, if necessary. •
"Q Is or -is not the universally accepted
thelip of the rhembeia of the Order in sub
stance this:- that the chosen officers of the
Federal Government have usurped authority,
and that it is not only' an inherent right, but
At imperative duty for all 'who think as the
members do, to resist those Federal function-
cries and, if need be, expel them from power
by force? A That is my understanding. •
Q Is it not distinctly claimed by tho mem
liell/41' of this Order, and so announced in the
Maid, that cinch resistance ie not revolution,
bittisob3ly the assertion of right? A Yes, sir,
Vbelleve ib is:
Q I thifitunderstand that the principles of
this . Order; As held by the members thereof,
are such that if one of its members should as
saisinate Mr. Lincoln, because of his alleged
isitrpatiorrof power. such member's conduct
would be justified by the entire Order, and
that it would be the sworn duty of all to keep
worst the act and save him from being
brutight tp trial and punishment for it? A
Yea,
Thtii rebellious principle held cipplicable . to all
Officer; aciiiis`, under Lincoln,
9, Is the same principle recognized by them
its applicable to officers acting under the au
thority of the President and obeying his or
ders--such as commanders of departments.
army, &c.? AL I think it is. It includes all
military officers of the General Government.
Memoranda Notes in Pencil Mark of Proceed
ings of Councils Identified.
Q Is the paper which I hold in my hand,
and marked "A" known to you ? A It is, and
has been in my possession as secretary of the
Second Degree.
Q Is it what it purports to be, "The report
of the condition of the Richard Montgomery
Temple?" A It is.
Di the paper in my hands marked. "B,"
kAcrirw to you,2 A. It is, and is in my hand
, i Als this the memoranda of a meeting of
tioteflplo held March 14th, 1864 ?. A It is the
Memorandum of the proceedings of a meet
inof the Second Degree, taken down by
self.
- Q Do you recognize the paper hi my hand,
marked "C ?" A. Yes, sir.
Q Is this the memorandum of the proceed
ings of . a meeting of the Temple held March
24, 1864? A Yes, sir, and in my own hand
writing.
Q I observe that there was a committee ap-
pointed to raise funds for the piirpose of buy
ing arms and ammunition for said Order ? A
I have no knowledge that any committee was
appointed or funds raised for such a pur
pose.
Q I observe also that there was a vigilance
committee to be appointed. What was to be
the duty of said committee ? A I do not
know.
Q I hold in my hand a paper marked "D,"
which I suppose to be the proceedings of the
meeting of the Temple of the 3d degree ? A
'recognize it as my own handwriting, and a
copy by me made from the original, which
was in skeleton form.
Q I hold another paper in my hand,
me ked "E," apparently a aubsoription list of
monsy o rnised for the benefit of P. C. Wright,
11ipittme Commander. Am I right? A Yes,
Are the figures set opposite the names
the number of dollars raised for said purpose?
Teo, sir.
Q I hold in my hand another taper, mark
ed HZ!' Will you explain its imports? A
Yes,, Or. It relates to one —, of who
it was alleged had made an expose or propos
mid to do so.
Witims states that his Answers on this exami
nation have been of his own free will and ac
cord, and from a sense of duty.
(1 Mr. Smith, have you of your own free
will and accord, from your own sense of duty
as ,a citizen, and without the solicitation or
influence of any one, answered the foregoing
questions, which have been propounded to
you, in - the manner you have? A I have.
Q Has this examination at this time taken
place in consequence of a letter addressed by
you to the Postmaster General, requesting it
to be made, and stating that it was your de-
Ike to answer all questions without equivoca
tiim•or mental reservation? A Yes, sir.
Witness Desires to Place Himself in the Po
, -sition of a Law-abiding Citizen by Taking
• the Oath of Allegiance and Renouncing all
his Obligations as 0. A. K.
Q-Have you done so with a view of plac-
Int-yourself as far as possible in the position
of a law-abiding citizen, and as I understand,
yhu propose now to ta kei the oath of alle
giance. A Yes, sir.
Qln go doing , you understand yourself
and *bah to be understood, to renounce any
and - till'ribligation which you assumed as a
member of the Order of American Knights,
and tolriumme and-perform -all the duties en
joined by that oath? A Yes, sir:'
G. B. SMITH.
Subscribed arid sworn to before me, this 2d
turd August, 1864. L O. DODGE.
!dent. and Assistant Provost Marshal General.
No max tioinims will be paid after the
impending draft has been made. AU bounties
end with the draft. This is a fact worth know
ing:by those who desire to enter the army:and
rtlll preserve themselves from peeniary lose.
•
LrancosroN, the celebrAted English
4iS engaged in efforts which he hopes
yetlnteceed, to , stop the slave trade on the
', 4 East"eoast of Africa.
kr.e.nat rannber of prorrOnent men of Lciu
jorille have been arrested for treasonable eon
ghsen in commotion with the 'Order of the
OP4 II -qc , -
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HARIBIt3BURG, PA.
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, INC
NATIONAL UNION TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
Abraham Lincoln,
OF ILLINOIB•
FOR WOE PRESIDENT.
Andrew Johnson,
Bounty Brokers.
The business of recruiting, and the service
of arms, have suffered from no source so much
as from what is known as bounty brokerage.
The combinations entered into by the bro
kers have been of a character far more ras
cally, cowardly and mean, than those which
the smallest gamblers with the dirtiest sweat
cloths resort to to cheat their victims. The
whole business is a base fraud. It is worse
than stealing, because men are induced to
contract for a service involving the chances
of death, under circumstances at once fraud
ulent and villainous. Hundreds of thou
sands of dollars, appropriated by the people,
for the use of the soldier and his family, have
been seized or stolen by the bounty brokers,
and used in turn by them for riotous and vi
cious purpose& And what is the most wo-
Ifni aspect of this whole affair is the fact that
the government doubly suffers from the frauds
of these rascals. If a recruit is cheated by a
broker, he becomes a dissatisfied soldier, per
haps a deserter, and therein the government
suffers. When the frauds of the bounty bro
kers are made known to the people in the ru
ral districts, it is not the individuals who are
held responsible by the masses. It is the
Administration—the authorities—the gov
ernment. Had it not been for the crimes
committed by the brokers, volunteering and
recruiting would have been as good to-day as
it was two years ago in Pennsylvania. Had
the liberality of the people been allowed to
go wherS it belongs, to the substitute, there
would be no want of men. But by some in
fluence or other, the whole business has be
come a base, dark and.clamnable fraud, full of
evil to the State and the nation. Harrisburg
presents a fair picture of the crimes enacted
by these men. By the rascals who make this
city their headquarters, to cheat the soldier,
Harrisburg has almost lost a reputation which
it took years of honest labor to gain. How
long will this business be allowed to flourish ?
It has been stopped at other posts, why should
it flourish here?
Burning to be the Future Warfare of the
Rebels.
The Richmond papers are devoting a large
share of their columns almost daily since they
received the news of the burning of Chem.
bersburg, to the discussion of the measured .
the Yankees will adopt as .a rotollation.
rebel editors. claim that the Southern fore ,s
captured Chambersburg twice before, resolved
each tithe to burn the town. They intended
to visit York and Gettysburg with the same
fate—and in fact, their first object in attempt
ing to invade the North, was to burn, destroy
and desolate. These purposes, say the Rich
mond editors, were deferred, because the
Southern soldiers are essentially chivalrous,
brave and christian—and only when the bar
barous Northerner had passed the bounds of
honorable warfare, did the South light the
torch, and henceforth, while the war contin
ues, its flames are to be unquenched. All
this is very fine talk for: the Richmond edi
tors; but when it is remembered that the rebel
armies hold no territory but that which is in
insurrection, they will have a good time burn
ing and desolating the property of their own
friends. Yet the threat thus to carry on the
War with the torch instead of the sword,
shows the desperation of the men with whom
we have to deal. What would a peace be
worth, procured in any other way but by the
victory of Federal bayonets, when we estimate
the character of our enemies by their own
threatenings ? Not as much as the paper upon
whiCh the compact could be written. With
the torch as the weapon of our, enemies, the
contest resolves itself into one of plain issues
and duties. If we do not promptly crush
them—if we do not overwhelm them with de
feat—they will kill us, burn our homes and en
slave our children. Let us be prepared here
after, for the new weapon of rebel warfare.
Only Traitors Thank Them.
We have carefully watched the character of
the reception given to the "protest" of Messrs.
Ben. Wade and Henry Winter Davis, by the
press of the country, and it is now clear that
none are so hugely gratified as those which
represent parties opposing the cause of the
Government. Indeed, we can safely write,
that no men of sense or respectability outside
the Dernocratie party, are better pleased with
the performances of Messrs. Wade and Davis
than they are themselves. The day was when
Wade and Davis had some influence for good
—but that it gone by, and it would now
appear that they are only capable of evil.
The copperhead press of the country alone
approves the " protest." It affords the traitors
large capital to work mischief to the Gov
ernment, and Wade and Davis have the satis
faction of knowing that at the hour when our
prospects in the field and on the wave are most
propitious of success, they cast a brand into
our midst to kindle flames such as the rebels
lit at Chambersburg. Hereafter, when peace
is restored, if both men survive, Ben Wade
and Henry Winter. Davis will be two of the
most pitifully fallen statesmen in the land,
fair specimens of what ambition C all do when
it overleaps itself.
REBEL Sotaarms if; GEORGLL —Every male
jnhabitant of Georgia, between the ages of
seventeen and fifty,is in the Confederate ser
.4rice, arid those between sixteen and seven
teen,, and between fifty and fifty-five, in the
State militia. There are from fifteen to twen
ty-five hundred troops about Savannah. Be
sides troops, and women and children, there
parcely any one in the !AV.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Fab THE 'T/CLY4GRAPIL
ERPOTEED
SENATE
MONDAY, August 15, 1864.
The Senate met at 8i P. M.
BILL IN PLACE.
Mr. CLYMER read in place an act to
authorize the school commissioners of Berki
county, and the school directors and super
intendents •in the several townships and
boroughs, to levy a tax to pay bounties to
volunteers.
Hoven AMENDMENTS
To the following named House bills were
read and concurred in:
Bill No. 1281, an act relative to the Reading
railroad company. • •
Bill No. 1020, an act relative to the Ex
celsior coal company.
Bill No. 576, a supplement to an act to in
corporate the Lee coal company.
Bill No. 625, an act to exempt the Penn ,
asylum of the city of Philadelphia from tax
ation.
Bill No. 1203, an act to incorporate the En
terprise mining company.
Bill No. 1197, an act to incorporate the
mineral exploring company.
Bill No. 864, an act to incorporate the
Pittsburg and Philadelphia coal oircompany.
Bill No. 1121. an act to anthdrize the bur
gess and town council of the borough of
York to borrow money,
Bill No. 854, an act to incorporate the Na
tional oil company. .
Bill No. 1373, an act to incorporate the
Maxwell oil and mining company.
Bill No. 1523, an act to incorporate the
Garrick oil and mining company.
Bill No. 896, a supplement to an act to in
corporate the Thomas iron company.
Bill No. 1242, an act to incorporate the In
dependent oil company.
BILLS =CONSIDERED
On motion of Mr. WILSON, the Senale re
considered the vote on Senate bill No: 881, an
act to amend an act to incorporate the Cen
tral coal company. Said bill was amended and
passed
On motion of Mr. CHAMPNEYS, the Sen
ate reconsidered the vote on Senate bill No.,
664, an act to authorize the banks of this Com
monwealth to become associations for the pur
pose of banking under the laws of the 'United'
States. Said bill was amended and passed fi
nally.
On motion of Mr. REILLY, the Senate
reconsidered the vote on Senate bill No. 702, a
supplement to an act to incorporate the North
American coal company. Said bill was
amended and 'passed finally.
On motion of Mr. SMITH, the Senate re
considered the vote on Senate bill No. 976, an
act to incorporate the Ernst coal and iron
eompany. Said bill was amended and passed
finally. _ .
On motion of Mr. STARR, the Senate re
considered the vote on Senate bill - No. 634, an
act to incorporate the Howard coal and iron
company. Said bill was amended and passed
finally.
On motion of Mr. REILLY, the Senate re
considered the vote on Senate bill No. 21, an
act to repeal the third section of an acp to
confer upon the orphans' court of Lancaster
county, certain powers in relation to the real
estate of John Lindemann, deceased. Said
bill was amended and passed finally.
BOUNTIES IN BERNS COUNTY
Mx. CLYMER moved to discharge the Ju
diciary Committee, and proceed to the con
sideration of an act to authorize the school
commissioners of Berks county and the school
directors and superintendents in the several
townships, boroughs, ito., to levy a tax to pay
a bounty to volunteers.
After considerable debate. the a•" 443- aSr a
vote of 12 to 14, re i ns wa 4v discharge the com
mittee a.
On motion, the Senate adjourned.
SENATE.
THIMSDAI, Aug. 16, 1864.
The Senate met at 10 o'clock,
6=!
Several petitions were presented in relation
to kcal bounties, among which was one by
Mr. FLEMING, from the taxable inhabitants
of East Hanover, township, Dauphin county,
praying for a law to enable the school direct
ors of said township to levy a tax to paybOun
ties to volunteers.
Also, another from the common council of
he city of Harrisburg, praying for authority
o borrow money and to ley' a tax on incomes
o pay bounties to volunteers.
BILLS fl PLACE
Mr. KINSEY read in place a supplement to
an act for the sale of the State' canals, ap
proved April 21, 1850.
Referred to the Committee on Canals and
Inland Navigation.
Mr. REILLY, a supplement to an act re
lating to the payment of bounties to volun
teers, approved March 25, 1864.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. BUCHER, an act relating to the pro
test of notes and bills of exchange.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. FLEMING, an act' in relation to the
payment of bounties to volunteers in East
Hanover township, in Dauphin county.
Referred to the Cominittee on the Judiciary.
RECALLED BILLS ANENDED
The following bills; recalled from the Gov
ernor, were amended and repassed :
A supplement to an act to incorporate the
Locust Gap improvement company.
An act to incorporate the Sandy Lick rai
road company.
BOUNTIES IN 1417TLXII COMITY.
The Senate, on motion of Mr. M'CA.ND
LESS took up a supplement to an act to
provide for the payment of bounties to volun
teers in the congty of Butler.
The bill was aiscussed by Messrs. Cvalten,
CHAMPNICIS and lirOmmoss, and finally re
committed to the Committee en the Judici
ary.
APPORTIONMENT BILL AMENDED
On motion of Mr. CONNELL, the act fir
ing the number of Senators and Representa
tives, and apportioning the State into dis
tricts, &c., was taken up, amended by the
correction of a clerical error, and repassed.
Adjourned till three o'clock this afternoon.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 1864.
The House Met at 10 o'clock.
Mr. SHARPE, from the special committee
on the subject, reported a bill for the relief of
Chambersburg.
The whole of the morning'session was con
sumed in the discussidn of the bill Providing
a militia force for State defense. Numerous
amendments were offered and debated.
One, offered by 'Mr. MYERS,
.proposed to
strike out the provision for raising the mili
tia, when necessary, by draft.. It was not
agreed to.
Another amendment was offered by Mr.
COCHRAN, (Erie,) to strike out the amend
'merits adopted in committee of the whole, au
thorizing the election of company officers , by
the companies and regimental officers by - the
company officers. 'the amendment preiiideff
for the appointment of the officers by the Gov
ernor, their competency to be ascertained by
a hoard of examination: While , thin amend
ment was. under dismission, the Reim 'ad
journed till this afternoon.
dig trdefenrap6.
LATEST FROI GRANT'S ARMY.
The 2d and 10th Corps only 12 miles
from Richmond.
Lee's Pontbon. Bridges in Danger
of being Captnyed.
All Wokking'Well.
utting of the - Bridges a Sad Affair for the
Ilepels.
I=l
• ' BALTIMORE, Aug. 16.
The American publishes the following:
BramtrDi HUNDRED, Attg. 14.—Yesterday
the 13th inst., , the 2d corps (Hancock's) were
going on board transports at City Point all
day, apparently for Washington, and started
down the river, the bands playing gaily. Of
course rebels were watching from the shore
and no doubt felt much interested in the
movement.
The transports did certainly go down the
river for ten miles or more, when, however,
they suddenly put about, and under cover of
diii.ess returned, coming up by this point
under full speed at 10 r: .sr., and proceeded
,up the river.
At the same time the 10th corps, with the
artillery of the 2d corps,. wese crossing to the
.north side of James river, and they were all
landed up the river :within 12 miles of Rich
mond beforethree o'clock this morning.
This, with Gen. Foster's, makes quite a re
spectable army. It is understood that their
first move will be to destroy, if possible, the
rebel pontoon bridge ablive 'Fort Darling.
Thus far all works well.
Musketry firing was heard in the direction
of this movemeilt . tkis morning.,
If they succeedrin outiing the pOntoons
Lee would be unable to cross his army to the
north side of the. James river, except by
marching by way of Manchester, more than
twenty miles.
STILL - LAT - ER.
Arrival of Wounded at For
tress Monroe.
IRING KEPT UP ALONG THE NEW LINES.
Our Forces Carry Two Lines of
Rebel Earthworks.
They are Within Nine Miles of Richmond
GENE GRANT AND MEADE COMMAND
ECG IN PERSQN.
........q,,r.-...
Our Losses Very Small.
-•-
.
SEVEN GUNS CAPTURED
Five Hundred Rebels Bagged
On: 1111-essr --/l'isakii.on is ginscsists: -Ono
OUR FORCES ABLE TO HOLD IT
Sm.-prise of• the Rebels
FORT MONROE, Aug. 15.
The Hospital steamer Hero, of New Jersey,
Capt. Hancock, arrived from Deep Bottom,
on James River, this afternoon with one hun
thed men, who. were wounded in the fight yes
terday after landing on the north side.—
They belong to the Tenth army corps, and
the 'following officers, are among the num
ber," viz :—Captain W. E. Mapes. 24th New
York: Lieutenant Richard Pickinter, 16th
Pennsylvania; Lieutenant G. H. Brown ' 10th
Connecticut; Captain James M. Munn, 100th
New York; Lieutenant E. E. Fairchild, 9th
11. S. Colored, sun stroke; Lieutenant J. S.
Mansur, 9th Colored; Lieutenant P. M. David,
24 South Carolina ' rebel prisoner; Major C.
P. Baldwin, 11th Maine; Captain Wm. &lure,
11th Maine; Corporal A. M. Fender, 11th
Maine.
The Hero brought away all the wounded - of
the 18th Corps up to 5 o'clock, yesterday af 7
ternoon.
Artillery and musketry firing has been kept
up all day, and still, continued when our in
formant left.
Our forces tlio've in the rebel pickets early
on Sunday morning, and during the day had
succeeded in carrying two lines of the ene
my's earthworks, the one lating only,about
nine miles from Richmond.
The loss in the 20th army corps has 'so far
been very small. Gene. Grant and Meade
are commanding in person.
xaita.
The mail boat Sey,sport has arrive( „ from
City Point, and
_has' on board 100 rebel pri
soners, captured' during the 'Skirmishes of
yesterday.
Besides the earth works captured'by our
forces yesterday, we also captured one bat
tery, that bore upon our men working on the
canal heretofore alluded to.
WASHINGTON, August I6.—The Mail boat
Keysport, reports the movement of the 2d
corps up the James river on Saturday night,
resulted in the routing of a large • rebel force
at Datch Gap, and the capture of over 500
prisoners and seven guns. .
The position occupied by the enemy is said
to have been a strong one, and is now held
by our troops, who are able to hold it. _
The Beysport took down from Bermuda
Hundred to Fort Monroe over one hun
dred prisoners from this light, about forty
of whom claim, to be deserters. There was
but little fighting done - by . Hancock
accomplishing his end by skillful maneuver
ing and a surprise, and consequently our loss
was small, it being estimated.at:lees than one
hundred. Previous to the-movement up the
river, the troops were placed on trans
ports and moved down ostensibly to be
low Harrison's Landing, thus completely
deceiving the rebels, who alone supposed :the
siege of Petersburg and Richmond was being
raised. Under cover of the night the troops
were turned up the river again, and the result
was a complete surprise of the enemy.
Our troops have now gained, it is said, an
important position within two miles of Fort
Darling.
Release of Ex-Mayor Parkl of
• Memphis.
ura% Aug. 15.
The Memphis Bulletin says es Mayor Parks
has been released from prison,' having written
a penitential letter to the military authorities.
From NashrHie.
Nessvinna, August 15.
fielipral 'correspondents of the different news-
Rapers have arrived here froin,lielolv t as Ll- 43 ,
antidioate no early movement er *mortar*,
Official Report of the Surrender of Fort
Gaines.
Unconditional Bounder of all its Troops and
Gdns.
eenwition of Fort Powell.
LATER FROM SHERIDAN.
BUTLITTLE PLUNDER TAKEN FROM
s
MARYLAND BY THE REBELS.
GENERAL- EARLY'S TRAIN SMALL
AffairS at Petersburg.
NOTHING LATER FROM ATLANTA.
Official War Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Aug. IG-10;30 A. al,
TO Major General Dix, „Yew York
The following official report of the surren
. .f Fort. Gaines, and the abandonment of
Fort Powell, dated August 9th at New Orleans,
has been received from Major General•Canby:
"Fort Gaines, with 56 commissioned offi
cers and 818 enlisted men, with the arma
ment of 26 guns intact, and provisions for
twelve months, has surrendered uncondition
ally. It was occupied by our forces at 8
o'clock yesterday morning.
4ort Powell was abandoned, its garrison
escaping to Cedar Point. Its armament of
18 guns is in condition for immediate service.
"General Granger will immediately invest
Fort Morgan, leaving garrisons in Fort Gaines
and Powell."
A. telegram from General Sheridan's com
mand, dated Aug. 14, at Cedar Creek, was re
ceived this morning. It states that except
Moseby and White's guerrillas, there is no
enemy this side of tie Blue Ridge; that Sheri
dan's trains are all up, and his army in fine
condition.
Geri. Sheridan, in a dispatch of the 11th
inst., reports that the stories of plunder taken
by the rebels from Maryland are all humbug.
They have very little, just enough to subsist
upon,
_and no more, most of which has been
taken . from the Shenandoah Valley.
In another dispatch, of August 12th, he
says Gen. Early's train is a very small one,
not exceeding 250 wagons, and the stories
about accumulated plunder from Maryland
are untrue.
The Department has received an unofficial
report from Fortress Monroe, that move
ments were being made yesterday in front of
Petersburg, but owing to the telegraph line
being broken, no information has been re
ceived from that quarter.
The Department is without any recent in
telligence from Atlanta.
The rebel papers received here say nothing
about Mobile, since the capture of Fort
Gaines.
(Signed,) EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War
Grand Raid by McCook.
brimense Captures of Wagons, Mules, Com
missary and other Stores,
Destruction of Railroad and
Telegraph Lines.
CAPTURE OF 1000 PRISONEIL INCHIDING
OFFICERS.
15178SE4VENT LOSS . OF 500 MEN
Lowey - Ims, August 15.
We learn from an officer of the 2d Indiana
Cavalry, that in the late raid M'Cook started
out with 2,200 men, entirely independent of
Stoneman, captured or destroyed 1,160 wagons,
over 3,000 mules and horses, a vast amount of
Quartermaster's stores and Commissary stores;
destroyed the railroad and telegraph at Pal
metto, and both sides of Love Joys station,
captured 1,000 prisoners, of which number 72
were commissioned officers, includinct General
Ross and most of his Tennessee brigade.
M'Cook was surrounded near Newman by
Wheeler, Roddy, Jackson and an infantry di
vision. He lost about 500 men, and fell loack
gradually.
Front Louisville.
Henderson, Ky., Threatened by the Rebels
OUR TROOPS PROTECTED BY GUNBOATS
Loursvmrat, Aug. 15.
Passengers arriving at New Albany, hid.,
say that Johnson, with a body of rebel cavalry,
is threatening Henderson, Ky.
Our, garrison there is composed chiefly of
negro soldiers, who are under the protection of
our gymbot4s, which are ready to shell the
town in case the ..rebels succeed in getting in
there.
Many of the inhabitants are fleeing north
of. the Ohio river.
Capt. J. H. Ferry, for a long time an active
and efficient member of the Quartermaster's
Department 'here, has been appointed and
assigned to the office of Quartermaster at this
post
REBEL DEPREDATIONS
Capture of Three Steamers on the Ohio River
CATTLE SEIZED. AND DRIVEN OF
INDIANkPOI.IB, August 15.
The rebels under Col. Johnson, estimated
to be 1,500 strong, captured three steamers
near Shawneetown, Illinois, on Saturday
night.
the steamers were loaded with cattle be
longing to the Government for the use of the
forces stationed along the Ohio river, to pro
tect the border of Indiana.
The captured boats were compelled to pay
several thousand dollars each, to save them
from destruction.
. At the last account the rebels were ferrying
the cattle across the Kentucky river. It is
now supposed that they will not attempt to
cross to Indiana.
A SWEEP BY THE SECOND CORPS
Capture of South Carolina Re.
bell at Deep Run.
. • - WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.
A xassenger on the mail boat from City
Poin-Yorhich 'arrived tc-day, reports that a
detachment of_ the Second Corps on Sunday
swept around to Deep Run, and captured a
utunberot prisoners. About eighty of them
were yesterday landed at Fort Monroe. They
are South Carolinians, and belong to Long
stmet's corps. -Their.appearance Wiest"
tbatlitiraTe InlibAed WWI Mitt
The Tallahassee.
eserlption of Her Armament
TATEMENT AND THREATS OF HER COM
ZANDER.
e Destroys Fifty Vessels in One
Week
Bos.rox, Aug. 16'.
Captain Reed, of the brig Billow, before re
ported captured by the Tallahassee, gives thr
following particulars of his interview with
the pirate captain :
I was two hours and a half on board thp
Tallahassee. She has one pivot gun, three
forward guns, and one brass rifled grm"ol
large calibre on the hugicane deck.
Her Captain, John Taylor Wood, was quite
free and 'unreserved in his talk with us, and
said he could steam sixteen knots an honr,
and had crossed the British Channel, twenty
one miles, in seventy-two minutes. He would
not fight, he said, unless compelled to, and
preferred to run, as his veseel was so fast.—
He also averred that within one week he had
destroyed over fifty vessels, and that within
30 hours of my capture, he said, he had de
stroyed sixteen sail, namely, three ships, two
barques, and the rest hermaphrodite brigs and
schooners.
One of the shies was the Adriatic, of \<<c
York, captured the same day he took my ves
sel.
He added that he would slacken up the
coasting trade, so that Uncle Abe would be
glad to make peace. He asked me about the
Nantucket light coast, arid afterwards ,aid,
recurring to his designs, that there were more
afloat than the Florida and Tallahassee, mean
ing, of course, the confederate ships of similar
character to his own, and Uncle Abe had bet
ter look out.
FROM GENERAL BUTTER
ANAL SUCCESSFULLY PROGRESSING.
Good Behavior of Negroes.
The - Rebels Like the Canal.
Reinforcements Sent to Early, by the Rebels
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.
GEN. BUTLER'S HEADQUARTERS, Aug. 13,-
10 r. 31.—Four days ago a force was thrown
across the James River at Dutch Gap, the
narrow isthmus that prevents Farrar's Island
from being an actual island. Maj. S. G. Lud
low, of Gen. Butler's staff, is in command.—
The object was to cut a canal across the isth
mus, which is only one hundred and fifty
yards wide at that point, while around Far
rar's Peninsula by way of the river it is five
miles. Dutch Gap is opposite where our iron
dads lie, about half a mile below where the
right of Butler's line cuts the river. At the
extremity of the Peninsula, a mile or more
above our iron-clads, are the rebel obstructions
in the channel, and close by, the Howlett
House Battery, which has often engaged the
Crow-nest Battery and our iron-dads.
The rebel iron dads lie still further up the
stream. Major Ludlow immediately set to
work constructing two lines of earthworks
across the isthmus, one on either side of the
projected ditch, and also began the latter. His
operations were unmolested until five o'clock
this morning. when the rebels opened from
tha Howlett House Battery, a mile and a half
westward - on his left, with the Virginia and
the Richmond iron clads half mile up the
river northward, and with a new battery on
the mainland eastward on his right.
They could only bother us with artillery,
since front and rear is river, and infantry can
not approach on the narrow front of either
side.
Their batteries and iron-clads fired without
cessation until nearly noon, but without alarm.
ing effect. A few cif our men were struck,
but not so many but that the men grinned at
their wild shooting. The working parties on
the canal did not for an instant lay aside pick
axes, shovels and wheelbarrows. Half of the
force consists of nenoes, and these were par
ticularly cool and steady. Major Ludlow says
he wants no better soldiers.
A lucky shot from a hundred-pound par
rott in the Crow's Nest battery entered an
embrasure of the rebel fort at Rowlett House,
and dismounted the Run, after which that
work slackened fire. Our iron-clads scarcely
fired during the day.
It is demonstrated that the rebels cannot
displace the lodgment at Dutch Gap. Should
they try it again we shall be ready with more
guns than we had to-day.
The Richmond papers of to-day announce
that we are cutting a ditch at Dutch Gap, and
hope we will complete it, since it will be of
great value when the war is over, and be
some compensation for the devastation we
have inflicted upon the State.
It is definitely ascertained that large rein
forcements of infantry and cavalry, and
twenty guns, have gone to the Shenandoah
Valley to support Early.
The Army before Atlanta.
CINCINNATI, August 15.
The correspondent of the amtmercia/ from
Gen. Sherman's army before Atlanta gives au
account of an action on the 6th inst., in
which the 23d Corps lost over 500 men in a
pattially unsuccessful assault on the enemy's
At the last accounts, August Bth, our line
had advanced three miles northwest of At
lanta, and within a mile and a half of the
Macon road.
The Gazette has received Atlanta advices to
the I oth inst.: "Since - Gen. Schofield's move
ments on the sth, to reach the Macon road,
nothing important had been done. These
movements had been partially successful,
and the right of the line had assumed a posi
tion three miles north of East loint and
about a mile from the railroad line. It thence
extends north around the city to the Chatta
nooga road,
"General Sherman was making general ap
proaches and is very near the enemy's works,
with works nearly as strong as theirs. It
was thought that Gen. good, in command of
the enemy, had received reinforcements."
The Guerrillas in Virginia,
UOSEBY IN HIS OLD HAUNTS—ATTACK AND DE
FEAT OF GIIE CAVALRY — PICKET-SHOOTING.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.
Captain Fleming, with sixty men of the 16th
New York Cavalry, who were sent out on a
scout, were attacked near Fairfax Station 011
Tuesday, by a body of Moseby's guerrillas,
and Captain Fleming and eight of his men
were killed, and most of the others taken
prisoners. Captain Fleming's body was found
near the road and taken to Falls Church and
buried, On Sunday morning several rebel
scouts were seen near Fort Schneider, at An
naaudle. They fired upon our pickets in
several directions. Sergeant Linnan, of the
16th New York Cavalry, who was on picket
on the Braddock road, was killed. Our scouts
are on the alert on the hills, and in the val
leys, and through the dense woods, but are
unable to catch these . picket-shooting asses
~siasand marauding highwaymen.