MR 0$ TOE NORTH.
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r r WM ft J A COB Y, EDITOR.
BLOOSSBCEC, WED.iESDAY, JULY 21, 1SG1.
New TiKirr Bill Tea aud Coffee to be
Taxed. The new Tariff bill has passed the
House substantially as reported by Mr. Ste
- vens, leaving theIuties on Iron, Steel, and
' most Textile Fabrics, as they now gland,
largely increaeRX those on Sugar, Salt,
-Wines, and distilled Liquors, and imposing
pretty heavy rates on Tea, Coffee, Co
coa, and Cbockalaie.iSoch ere (we believe)
the principal features of the bill as it goes
to Ihe Senate. It will be useless to give
the details until it finally passes, for the
Senate may modify it materially.
- Congress h voted the President more
money and men than he asked for to prose
cute ibis war in an effectual and speedy
. maimer. . A bill has been ptteted, voting
the administration 5500,000,000, and five
hundred thousand men. The government
s bound to be sustained, and rebellion
against it effectually crushed out. If mon
ey auJ men will sustain this government,
and prove to other countries that it is not a
failure, the President has the free and liber
al use of both to accomplish that end.
A Republican Member of Congress pre
seated a bill before that body, a few days
ago, asking to have blavery abolished in all
territory in Virginia now taken in posses
sion by the Federal troops. Of course, it
as laid by for the -present. Such acts as
this in the halls of Congress will not help
the cause of the Union, but do much to
.weaken it. This is not the time to talk
about abolishing slavery, in or out of Con
gress. All abolitionists ought to have a
halter slipped around their necks the mo
ment tbey open tbeir mouths on the sub
ject of abolishing slavery anywhere at this
critical TOoroeat. They have the Govern
ment to sustain and the Union to recon
struct which should be done at all hazards.
Mr. John.Merrtman, who was arrested
by General Cadwallader, and confined in
Fort M'Henry, under the charge of treason,
was handed over to the civil authorities on
Saturday last, when he was released by the
United Ste Court, on bail in the sum of
540,000 10 -answer the charge in November
next. This is precisely what Judge Taney
desired to accomplish when he issued a
til of habeas cor put for the surrender ot
Merryman to the civil authorities, and fur
which be was so roundly abused as a sym
pathiser, with treason. Merryman might
have been brought before the Court imme
diately after his arrest with perfect safety,
as the same evidence that induced the grand
jury to find an indictment against bira
.would have compelled the Judge to commit
him for trial.
The Lexington Statesman of the 9ih inst j
chronicles the departure of "as gallant a
-"corps of citizen soldiers as ever kept step
"to martial music, for the Confederate State
"service." The same paper understands
that twenty Kentucky companies are now
"concentrating at Camp Boone," and pre
dicts that in two months there will be ten
such brigades of Kentuckians in the Con
federate service. We should like to Tcsow
what is meant by neutrality in Kentucky.
What are the Uuion men of that State, who
recently gave a majority of 50,000 for Union
Congressmen about, thai they permit com
panies to be organized under their very
uoses for the rebel service ?
The Fight. In remarking on the proba
bilities of a war between the Federal Gov
ernment and the seceded Sia en, an ex
change very justly remarked as follows :
'fs it not too hastily assumed that the
contest rww opening, though it may be
sharp, will be short ? The prediction is ad
ventured that the South will miserably (ail
for want of capital, credit, food, the means
of warfare, or even of subsistence. No
doubt the people of that section will suffer
many things. But war can he carried on when
nothing else can be. When the "Seven Years'
1 War" was raging in Pros!?, Macaulay.
says: "The coin was debased; the civil
functionaries were left unpaid ; in some
province the civil government ceased to
exist.; Bnt there were still lead and gun
powder; and while the means of eusta:n
ing and destroying lile remained, Fredrick
was determined to fight it out to the very
last.'
Niggers Superior to Democrats. In or
der to show the sentiments of some of the
representatives of this administration, and
in what contempt they hold white men
Demorats it may be well to refer to the
opinions they have expressed in times past,
when Ihey did not want them to fight their
battte. Here is a sample :
"Some niggers are far superior to some
Democrat. Indeed, they are doubtless su
perior to the great mass of the Democratic
party ; while some democrats are superior
to some niggers, and perhaps to lbs greater
portioa of the African race. Yet all Demo
crats, however intellectually inferior ; ihey
may be to the niggers, are entitled to live,
and to enjoy their liberty, and the fruits of
their tabor- And while we are endeavor
jag to sustain these equal and universal
rigbts.we ought not to be dra vn into any dis
cussion of the moral or social superiority of
the niggers over the Democrats.1 Joshua
R. Giddings, in the Aeblabula Scntirict, oi
September 31, 1S57.
The Dsmocract are loyal and have ever
teed ; they hare proved that fact in other
war, and are proving it in this to a perfect
demonstration. And yet, sorry to say it,
some Jew tool-hardy persons are denouncing
the Democrats as traitors, disunionists and
tecessionists. As far aa our acquaintance
One of the strangest items we have read
of late is that which informs us that several
persons have been arrested in .New York
city fur circulating petitions in favor of peace.
It seems scarcely possible thai in this age,
which boasts of its progress towards univer
sal freedom, such a statement as this can
be be a fact. Yet, we have the uncontra
dicted assertions of the New York journals,
to testify to its truth, and it presses itself
upon the public mind with all the startling
effect of a great official wrong. The Re
publicans have emblazct.ed on their ban
ners, for the last five years as one of their
cardinal principles the sacred doctrines of
"Free t-peech." Some of their most im
pressive arguments against the South were
baaed on the charge that this guarantee ot
lite Constitution was constantly violated in
that section, and that it was dangerous for a
man to speak his bonest sentiments there.
Can it be, that after their professed devo
tion to freedom of all kinds, they have the
assurance to attempt to carry the country
into a condition like that which prevailed
while Mr. Adams was President, when the
men were punished for candid dissent from
the views of the Administration? One
thing must never be forgotten in America,
that, however erroneous a man's sentiments
may be, he has the right under the Consti
tution to exercise them in whatever way he
pleases, so long as he commits no overt act
of opposition to the legal authorities of the
country. Any other doctrine would be sub
versive of one of the dearest rights, which
we have always believed to be secured to
us by the Constitution. Does the Republi
can party endorse these acts of its New
York creatures ? If so, it is high time that
the people should be on the alert, or a
worse calamity than sectional strife -will be
upon them Exchiinge.
Contraband Niggers. The Abolitionists,
says the Northumberland Democrat, have
always-denied the right of properly in slaves
pretending by virtue of such a denial that
slaves could not be taken as property into
the Territories. This was one of the corner
stones in their platform, but in their anxiety
to liberate the negro they have overeached
their pretensions, and not only given indi
cation that their real purpose in prosecu
ting this war is to get the slave free from
his master, but have also,throuh their char
acteristic stupidity, made an unequivocal
admission of property in slaves. Who ever
heard of a man's wife or children, or his
apprentice, being made contraband of war?
Nothing can be taken as contraband that is
not in the strictest sense property. Gen.
Butler believes that under the Constitution
a slave is property hence, his consistency.
The Administration and its supporters,
either overjoyed at a new process of libera
tion, or thro' an oversight or ignorance, re
iterate ''contraband nigger," forgetting that
it is a fiat repudiation of a long cherished
heresy of their party. Property niggers,"
"contraband of war." Who expected such
a confession from the Republicans ?
Major General McClellan. This offi
cer, who commands the Federal Forces m
Western Virginia, is a son of the great sur
geon, George McClellan, of Philadelphia,
who died a few years ago. The General is
a West Pointer, (ought in Mexico, erfl to
Europe on -a ruillitary commission a few
years ago to examine into the science of
war in the camps of the great powers in
the Crimea ; afterwards resigued to become
Vice President of the Illinois Central rail
road, and then acce-pted ;he Presidency of
the Ohio and Mississippi road, from which
he was called by Gov. Dennison, of Ohio,
a Major General of the Ohio volunteers,
and from this into the regular army, by the
President, to accept the position he now
holds, lie is thirty-four years of age, and
presents a very youthful appearance. So
says the Washington Sunday Chronicle.
The Blockade. The British Consul ai
Richmond has laid before the British Min
ister, Lord Lyons, official documents re
specting recent cases where the blockade
of the Chesapeake had been broken by pri
vate individuals by permission of the gov
ernment. It appears, from the alledged
facts communicated by the British Consul,
that passes have been issued by General
Butler, permitting private individuals arid
vessel to pass through the blockade. Cop
ies of thete passes, purporting to bear Gen
eral Butler's signature, were taken from the
parties, and are among the documents com
municated. Ixrd Lyons, it is understood, has called
the attention of the Government to these
facts, and requests an explanation. The
questions involved are of the highest im
portance. It appears that the British agents
at the several ports at the South are keep
ing a most vigilant watch respecting the
blockaded ports, and it is quite probable
they may give us trouble whenever any
pretext or opportunity may occur.
Sound Democracy -The Convention which
nominated Col. Charles J Biddle for Con
gress, in Philadelphia, passed the following
admirable resolution. It embodies the sen
timents of Democrats and true patiots ev
erywhere: Risolved, That we believe it to be the du
ty oi ot the candidate whom we have this
day nominated, if elected, to do all in his
power to sustain the present government in
its effort faithfully to execute the laws of
the country, and at the same time to use all
honorable means to terminate the present
unnatural conflict between the Stales as
soon as possible, and restore peace to our
distracted country.
. . Some time ago the Bucks County Intelli
gence- tried the experiment of denouncing
Mr. Henry Black, a former resident of that
county, but now of Philadelphia, as a se
cessionist and traitor, for no other reason
than because Mr. Black was an active
Democrat, and not quite so ferocious in.his
animosity to the Sooth as the Intelligencer
deemed that the crisis demanded as a proof
o! loyalty. Whereupon Mr. Black prose
cuted the publishers of the paper for libel.
The case was tried in Philadelphia before
t , i m t , tp !' J " r mi t i n a
The Tariff.
Pennsylvania "would never have voted
for niggerdom, except through the potent
assistance the Republicans received by a
dexterous and hypocritical use of the Tar
iff 11 issue. 'Tbey were the gieat protection
ists of the age, and fifjcoeded as usual in
humbugging the iron interests into the be
lief that Republican success would insure
a heavy Tariff on iheii staple production.
Well, thow is it? Old Abe 'Aon est old
Abe" while avowing himself as a protec
tionist before the election, declared imme
diately afterwards that he did not under
stand the subject but would give it attention!
Bisecretary of the Treasury, under whose
supervision the whole subject passes,
was .known to be a free trader at the time
of his appointment, and in his report rec
ommends a high Tariff on Tea and Coffee,
but a reduction on Iron ! While Mr. Chase
would put ten andtffreen cents per pound
on Tea, five on Coffee, and two and a half
on raw sugar, he would reduce the duty on
pig iron from six to five dollars per ton
on oar iron irom filteen to fourteen on
railroad iron from twelve to ten, and in that
proportion on all the varieties of iron ! !
A principal reason assigned for fke reiuc
tion on iron is that it is necessary in order
to increase the revenue. How ? Certainly
only by encouraging importation by in
ducing our people to import their iron in
stead ofipurchasing from home manufactu
rers. This is the protection the wolf gives
the Iamb.
Of course, at arty future election, if a
seedy party wants votes badly, it need only
cry -out '''protection," and the iron men will
all fall into its jaws again. Lock Haven
Democrat.
Dangers of the iloar.
The roost alarming among ail the signs
of the limes is the disregard shown by many
of the leading political journals to the spirit
and the letter of the Constitution of the
United States. It is no longer concealed, it
is boldly avowed day after day that the
Constitution must be invaded, overstepped,
or in other words, trampled 'upon, in orderl
to carry on and carry out this war. This is
corruption of the rankest sort. This is the
utter abandonment of political morality ; J
and the country is in the last stages of de
sirable existence, when good men on whom
we hav relied as the supporters of nation
al virtues, tell us thai the Constitution is
not to stand in tne way of the President,
in the management of our public affairs.
Such men should remember that the Con
stitution is above the President. No man
swears allegiance to the President, 'bat ail
men owe it to the Constitution. And when
the doctrine becomes popular, as it is to-
day, that in times of great public danger
and national'exigencies, the character of all :
our political rights may be disregarded by
lhoee who are sworn to defend it, then our
liberties are already gone, and they can be
recovered only by such a struggle as it
takes to cast out devils from one possessed.
Kno York Observer. Prestyterian.
Part of the Rf-publican Creed.
Joshua R. GidJings, a late leading Re
publican Congressman, the recently ap
pointed Consul lo Canada, usedlhe follow
ing language,in a speech made a few years
since. If we are lo judge of the persistence
with which the Republicans in Congress ' for whoe blood they thirst, and then the
vote down every proposition looking to j people will believe that they have a right
a settlement of our unfortunate civil war ; to say whether the thing shall be settled
difficult ies. short of an annihilation of the ! without a fight or not. Otherwise it will be
Southern people and freeing the npgToes, j thought that they are only valiant when
we must come to the conclusion that old , other men fight their "battles, and they are
Giddings' prediction is about .o be verified, j themselves at a convenient distance from
Compare the following extract of his speech cannon balls and Minnie bullets.
w ith the doings in Congress during the past
week and see what -conclusion you come W visited, in companywith one of the
jo: proprietors, a few days since, the Stony
"I look forward to the day when there j Bro Powder Mills, sitnate this side of
shall be a servile insurrection in the j Orangeville. We found thern in good run
octh ; when ihe black armed man with ning order, making powder as fast a. their
British bayonetc. and led on by British offi- i , ... . .. . - , . .
... . i i i . ; faciliies permit, and that wbich is said to be
oeis, shall mserl his Ireedom, and wage a ! ,-
war of extermination against his master ; I of the very best quality. Ihey dispose of
when the torch of the incendiary shall liaht !
up the towns and cities of the South, and :
blot out the last viMiae of Slavery. And!
ihomsh I may not mock at their calamity, !
nor laugh when the fear cometh. yet I will j
hail it as ihe dawn ot a political millenium."
A mother Daring Burglart. On Wed
nesday evening last, between It and 12
o'clock, the Boot and Shoe Store of John
M. Woods, on Mill Street, this place, was
burglariously entered by a set of thieving
rascal, -and several pairs of Boots and
Shoes extracted therefrom. It appers that
the workmen, who are in the employ of
Mr Woods, and also his son, are in the
habit of sleeping in the store, and had gone
down to the river to bathe. On returning
they sat down on the front steps prior to
retiring The burglars, who had made
their entrance through a back window,
doubtless hearing them in conversation,
made their escape. Several drawers and
boxes were found open, and tracks of bare
feet were plainly visible on the counter
Suspicion is directed to a couple of youths,
whose felonious propensities will be sud
denly checked, in case they continue their
midnight depredations much longer. They
doubtless have accomplices much older in
years and in crime. Efforts should be
made to ferret them out at once. Dan
ville Intelligencer.
Col. William Hopxins This veteran
Democrat, and truly honest man, has been
nominated for the State Legislature by the
Democrats of Washington county. He was
Speaker of the House of Representatives
during the celebrated 3uck-6hol War, and
distinguished himself by promptness, abili
ty and inflexible integrity. He has since
filled a number of important public posi
tions. We hope he may be elected. The
state wants the services of such men, at
this lime. Exchange.
Mr. Greelet says that he does not regret
the affair at Fort Sumter because it has
fhown the patriotism of the North.
Rather an expensive business to so use
less a discovery no one but Greeley's
school of politician ever doubted it. The
JVvnorim of the North," will hardly pay
Compromise.
Some of our military editors are becom
ing so fierce for brood, says the Police ?u
'ztlte that they are -actually going stark mad
for fear that a patriot may ariso In the laWd
who will discover a method of reconci!ii4
the nation, and restoring the fraternal bond a
that'hav'e been broken, without the necessi
ty of piling up thousands of slaughtered hu
man beings on the fields of battle. One ol
them goes so far as to assert, that any man
who dares' tQ"propose a compromise of any
kind, will seal his political death.
Wellj'We'batfe no political death to seal,
so then we hall "escape the terrible 'Kioom
that must of necessity full on the head of
some other, and therefore we have no per
sonal fear on that score. And again, we
are free from the effects of the anathema,
for the'-reason that we'have no compromise
to propose, other than that provided for by
the Constitution and the laws, and to 'the'tti
wa expect always to adhere. It 'mAy be
possible that some abler an wiser 'head
can discover a way by which the Govern
ment (like our merciful Creator didwUh a
fallen and rebellious man) can be just, and
yet the justifier of thos:e who have- commit
ted such grievous wrongs against society
and government. Nebuchannezzar, who
was a more pdwerful'Tnari than any of our
military editors, issued a decree that no
person in his dominions should pray 10 ibe
living God for the space of thirty days, under
ihe penalty of 'death Yet a Daniel was
found, who had more respect for his God
than the edicts of the King, and he refused
obedience no the decree, and in conse
quence thereof was cast into the lions' den.
The God whom Daniel worshipped sealed
the mouth of the lions, and he halloed
around the den as safely as if he had been
in the king's palace. Our military editors
would do well to'read this little to?y, and
learn wisdom therefrom.
For a man to sit in brs sanctum, and ful
minate his bull of excommunication against
every one who does not obey his behes:, or
who dares to exercise tne part of a freeman
and the rights inherit to his political con
dition, is supremely ridiculous ; and if he
is vain enough to suppose that he can
thereby deter other men from doing what
they consider right and just, we can only
say that he is an eligible candidate for the
lunatic asylum.
We think that the 'frua eou"rse for the
Government to pursue is, to carry on the
war vigorously and energetically, and not
to relax in a single measure necessary to
theuccessful vindication of the law. Nev
ertheless, if any man can suggest a method
for the settlement of the whole difficulty
with the honor to the Government, and that
will insure the integrity of the country, and
restore the fraternal relating of the people,
he will not only be gladly heard, but in-
J utead of sealing his political death, he will
; be elevated to the dignity of a saviour of
j his country , and his name and memory
will be revered as long as a freeman lives
' to treasure it up in his heart.
We would suggest to these gentlemen
who are so afraid that human gore will not
be poured trot to stain the land, a way ty
which they can give more 'force to their
counsels, and entitle themselves to be heard
by the people. Let ihem exchange the pen
for the rifle, and join themselves to the ar-
my, and meet on the tented field the men
all they manufacture, and could find mar
ket for a great deal more if 'hey only had
it. These wartimes will bring powder into
market, and no doubt cause a high price to
be paid for it.
Whenever and wherever you see a man
clamorously denouncing every effort to set
tle our National difficulties, without incur
ring the loss of life and treasare that must
eventually ensue, if the struggle goes on,
and demanding with all the fury ol his na
ture, that less than a complete annihilation
of the entire South will do, it may be set
down as a fixed fact that that individual is
not going to peril his life for the success of
his doctrines. It is an undeniable truth,
that boisterous language and a cowardly
heart, always go together !
Douglas' Speech Our readers may profit
something by giving the very able and pa
triotic speech of the late lamented Stehhen
A. Douglas, a careful reading, which will
be found on our fust page. It speaks of
war in its true light, and there can be no
misunderstanding the doctrine advanced in
this speech. It is '.he last public act of this
man'f life, and we heisitate not in saying
that all who readhisspeech will pronounce
it a noble act.
The telegraph despatches received at this
place, for the Ust two days, have been ex
agerated considerably. They are decidedly
too steep take everybody by surprise.
The papers give a much more favorable ac
count of the late battles for the Federal
troops. The despatches here would have
it that we were defeated at Manassas Junc
tion and driven back.
Movement rf the Army We give in an
other column theparticnlari of the movement
of the Army opposite Washington, for Ma
nassas Junction, and of the first encounter
with the enemy that took place on their
onward march. Doubtless before this paper
reaches many of oar readers we shall be in
receipt of the news of a much more exten
sive battle, and the capture of Manassas by
oar brave troops
THE WAR'NEWS.
A 'BATTLE AT BULL'S UtX.
Centhevillk, Va. July 18 Evening The
first engagement of any characler in East
ern Virginia, ' during this campaign, took
place at Bull's Run, four miles south of
Centreville, this afternoon.
Gen'. Tyler's division encamped' last night
a few miles east of ' Centreville, ' and'this
morning proceeded towards that point
Centreville was passed in safety, and the
troops turned from Ihe Little River turnpike
road to the Manassas road. On the road,
information was received that a masked bat
tery was placed on the left of the road,
ahead, and Col. Richardson, irr command of
the Fourth Brigade, was Ordered to recon
noitre, while the remainder of the division'
remained in the vicinity of Centreville.
Colonel Richardson proceeded with three
companies of the Massachusetts First, be
ing the Kelsey company of 'Fusilers and
the National Guards. They passed across
an open ravine and again entered the road,
which was densely surrounded by woods,
'when they were received by a raking fire
from' the ieft, killing a number ot the ad
vance. They gallantly sustained their po
sition, and' covered the retreat of a brass
cannon of Sherman's battery, ihe horses
having been "completely disabled by the
-fire,' -until relieved by the Michigan Second
and New York Twelfth, when they fell
baek.
The Federal forces then took a position
on the top of a hill. Two rifled cannon
were planted in front, supported by Captain
Bracken's company B, ot ihe Second Cav
alry, with a line of infantry composed of
the Michigan Second and the New York
Twelfth, some distance in the rear. A
steady fire was' kept up on both 6ides in
this position.
While the troops were again thus advan
cing they were met with a raking fire. Our
guns were again pot in position, and pour- i KUf, to witness the battle. One of them re
ed grape and cams er among the enemy un- ports that Col. Hunter, of the Third Cavairv
lil the supply was'exhausted. These guns
were' commanded by Captain Ayres. Gen.
Tler commanded in .person aud acted jal
lantly . Captain Ayres, of the artillery, lost
one -killed and three Wounded.
Several'of the piece wer disabled.
The New York Twelfth suffered next !tn
the Massachusetts First. . Among the killed
are the following :
Lieut Smith, of company G Massachu
setts First ; Edwin Field and Seargeant For
rest, of the Boston Fusileers
Lieut. Lorin, of Brackett's cavalry, is
among the Wounded ; also. Oliver E Simp
foii, of the Massachusetts First, and Chap
lain Lancy, of Connecticut.
The lotal loss on our side is estimated at
thirty killed, and forty wounded.
At half-past four o'clock, General Tyler
ordered the troops to retire, it being neces
sary to relieve Captain Bracken's cavalry,
which had done the most affective service.
The day was exceedingly hot, and the
horses thirsttug for water, which could not
be obtained at Centreville. Only 'about
1 000 of our troops were at any time en
2ated. The rebel force is estimated at 4,
OOO. Col. Wilcox's division including the Zou
aves moved from Fairfax Station to-nightjto
flank the enemy. The battery will un
doubtedly be taken to morrow
This battery is thought to be one of a line
of batteries, irom Acotink Creek to Manas-
ah. Junction.
Centreville. Va.. Julv 19 In addition
to the killed yesterday, at the battle of Bu.l ' the left the Oino and Wisco-.sin, and
Run, as far as ascertained, were two of the ) Seventy-nhr.h, Thirteenth, and Sixty-ninth
New York Sity-ninth. j New York on the rijlit 0ol. Mile divi-
Our troops did not retreat, as represented . ion lolloped in the rear
in some quarters yesterday, but only retired The firt range g-iu wa fired by Sher
to prepare for a more effectual engagement, man's battery, at ten minutes to seven
THE FIGHTING STILL Gf ISO ON.
One o'clock, P. M A special despatch
to the St'ir, Irom Fairfax, says that this
morning heavy cannonading as heard in
the direction ol Manassas Junction.
Washington. July 19 A telegraphic de
spatch, received at the War Department at
eleven o'clock to day, -says Thai the battie
is still going on at Bull Run, three miles
from Manassas Junction.
The rlbels still in possession or the bat
tery. Washington, July 19 A gentleman just
arrived from Centreville, which he left at
six o'clock this morning, report all quiet du
ring the night, and no movement antici.a
ted at that time to take place to-day. The
only alarm during the night was by the fir
ing ot the pickets.
ll is ascertained that about twenty wee
killed and wounded yesterday at Bail Run.
The rebels are still in possession of the
batteries, and it is expected that they will
make a stand at that point.
Col. Wilcox's brigade arrived at Centre
ville, trom Fairfax Station, last night.
1 he Federal forces lie over to day lo re
connoitre, and the attack of the batteries is
expected to-morrow.
A ne gro, who has arrived from the rebels
report. that his master, Col. Fontaine, of
Warrington, was killed, together with a
large number of rebels. Thi statement is
coroborated by a member of the Massachu
setts First, who was in the engagement.
The list ol killed on our bide is not ye
made out.
LATER FROM BULL RUN.
Washington, July 19 Col. Richardon,
member of Congress from Illinois, arrived
here at 2 o'ciock. P. M Irom the seat of
war. Up to the time he left, (8 o'clock
this morning,) there had been no general
fighl since 6 o'clock last evening. There
were, however, occasional hots by skir
misheis on both sides j
General McDowell informed Col. Rich
ardson lhat he should first examine the lo
cation of the enemy's batteries and extent
before again engaging the enemy.
General McDowell thinks lhat forty will
cover the number killed and wounded, and
of these, three were killed, twenty-nine
wounded, and the remainder missing.
Washington, July 19 Hon. John A. Mc
demand, of the House of Representatives,
left Gen. McDowell's headquarters at Cen
treville this morning, at 9 o'clock, and
brought the official report of the battle al
Bull's Run yesterday. He arrived here this
afternoon.
He reports that last night after the firing
had ceased, General Schenck's brigaJe pro
ceeded up ihe Gainesville road, with a view
to flank the positions of the three most
prominent batteries at the Junction, as well
as to intercept the downward passage of
any trains with reinforcements from the up
per valley.
The Confederates who fought our troops
at the Run are supposed to be those who
were driven back from the various
points between Fairfax Court House and
Centreville in addition to a reinforcement
of five regiments which were brought up
from Manassas Junction during the action,
which continued about five hours.
Despite the variou? rumors of the condi
tion of affairs at the close of yesterday, it
may be characterized as a drawn battle ;
there being no decided result. The Confed
erates nowhere showed themselves during
ihe battle, they being altogether concealed
by woods, ravines and entrenchments, from
which they directed their fire.
The members of the House who witness
ed the fight were Messrs. McClernand,
Richardson, Lovejoy and Logan, of Illinois;
Noell, of Missouri ; Dunn, ot Indiana ; and
Ex-President Howard, of New York. It is
Colonel McClernand's belief, from what he
50,000 men ai the Junction, or wlio could
be there concentrated. . .
LATER-FROM THE 'BATTLE-FIELD AT MANASSAS
JUNCTION.
Washington, July 21 (Received' ? P M )
Ihe orders to uen JUeUowell to move
forward at 6 o'clock jekleroay were sua
pended until o'clock thi ' morning Our
troops in the -meantime were employed in
cutting a road through ihe woods in order
to -flank the enemy's batteries.
The Secretary of War has received a de
spatch that the fightirg was renewed at
Bull's Run this morning. -Our troop en
gaged the enemy with a large force, silenced
their batteries, and drove the Secessionists
to the 'Junction.
The city of Washington is wild with ex
citement and joy. The firing was distinctly
heard in the. direction oi Bull's Run, lrorn
11 till abonit '3 P M., when a cessation took
place till nearly 5 P. AI. At 7 this evening
the reverberation ol cannon was still audi
ble. '
A gentleman, who arrived here to-rtiht,
pays that at 3 o clock this afternoon the ec
ond and Third New Jersey Regiments were
ordered to march forward from Vienna, first
sending back her baggage to Camp Tre;i
ton. Othet troops were hurrying forward
to the scene ot hostilities There is great
military bustle ami excitement in the di
rection of all the camps.
ANOTHER WASHINGTON DESPATCH.
Washington, July 2 1 12 night. The most
intense excitement is everywhere existing
lo hear '.he news iroiri the field ot battle.
Everv return in ? soeciator is immediately
surrounded and the demand for intelligence f
is insatiable Many unauthorised rumors .
prevail which serve to contuse the truth..
The smoke of the battle could be seen
from the eminences in Washington. Nurn-
i bers of members ot Congres, and even la
i dies, weni lo the neighborhood of Bull's
out acting a Major General, was 6eriousiy,
it not mortal y, wounded. It is stated with
I confidence in "all quarters, that Col. Camer
on, ot the oeventy-mntn rxew utk and
bro;her to the Secretary of War, and Col.
Siocuin, of the Second Rhode Island, were
killed.
STILL LATER.
jriiiAt'igtOM, Midnight, July 21. A most
severe battle was taught to-day at Hull's
Run bridge. This conflict was desperate,
lasting over nine hours The programme,
as stated in ihe first dispach, was carried
out until ihe troops met with a succession
ot rnafked batteries, which werd attacked'
with vior aud success.
Our iroops advanced ai follows: 'Col.
Richardson proceeded on the lelt with tour
j regiments of llie Fourih Brigade, lo holj
I the battrty hill on the Warrington road, in
j the vicinity ot the ground where the last
beiile was lought. Ihe Hank movements
have been previously described. Schenck's
and Sherman's brigades, ol Tyler's division
advanced up the Warrington road, while i
Heiiitzelmau's and Hunter's division took
the fork of the Warrington road 10 move be
tween Bull's Run and the Manassas Junc
tion. Col Key's brigade remained at Cen
treville. Information was recieveJ by General Ty
ler's command of the existeuce of the cie-
j ray's batt-ry commandin
the road Our
battle arrav
troop were then lorrne.l in
Tlie Second New ork an I the Second Ohio
i i tie rebel ;i I r.m return nis snot ii-.hi an
hour and n halt afterward. When Colonel
Hunter's division came u,v the b.ittie be
came general. The lauer's movement, to
gain the enemy's rear, was almost a success.
The enemy's po-ition was opened on by
several of Capt Carlisle's howitzers, folio w
ed fdiaht skirmishing. Tha rebels rapidly
received reinforcements from Mauanas
; Junction, alter the a.,ack wa opened. I he
battle consisted in a succession of fire irom
i masked batteries., which opened in every
j direction. When -one was silenced its
i place wa supplied by two, and in the dar-
inir charges ct our infantry in unmasking
; thern. i
The Second Ohio and Second Ne w York .
j Militia were marched, by flank, through j
j the woods by a new made rode, within a
mile of the main road, when they came o i ;
' a battery of eight guns, with four regiment ,
flunked ir. the rear Our men were mime- j
1 diately ordered to lie down on either si le
' of the road in order to allow two piece f i
j artillery to pas through to attack the work
i wnen this du. tery opened upon us ana eiu- j
; ed, on the third round, Lieut. Domp-ey of ;
j company G, New York Second, and Win. '
i Maxwell., a drummer, also seriously wouu- :
j ding several others. !
! Our troops were kept for fifteen or tweu
: ty minute under a galfiug fire, not bemg ;
I able to exchange siiot wi,h the enemy, al-
! though ithin a stone's throw of the r bat- j
teries. They succeeded ir. retiring in regu ,
. lar order and with their battery. I
j The most uallant charge of the day wast
i made by the New York Sixty ninth, Seven-
ty-nmtti, and lhirleentn, who rusiieauooti
one of the batteries, firing, as they proceed j
ed, with perfect eclat, and attacking it at
the bayonet's point.
The yell of triumph seemed to carry al!
before it They iouud that the rebels hal
abandoned the battery, taking only one gun;
but this success was acquired only after a
serious loss of life, in which the Sixty ninth
were the greatest sufferers, and it was re
ported that the Lieut. Colonel was among
the first killed. The Zouaves also distin-
guished themselves by their spirited as-
saults on the batteries at the point of the
bayonet, out it is tearea tnat their toss is
immense.
Up to three o'clock P. M. it was general
ly unoerstood that we had hemmed in the
enemy entirely, and that they Were gradu
ally retiring ; that Hunter had driven them
back in the rear ; that Heintzelman's com
mand wa meeting every success; and that
it required but the re-erve of Tyler's divis
ion to push on lo Manassas Junction.
A Mississippi soldier was taktn prisoner
bv Hasbrouck, of ihe Wisconsin Second
He turned out to be Brigade Quartermaster
Pryor, a cousin of Roger A. Pry or. He was
captured with his hordes by accident riding
into our lines. He discovered himself by
remarking to Hasbrouck, "We are getting
badly cut to pieces." "What regiment do
you belong to ?" asked Hasbrouck. '"The
Nineteenth Mississippi," was the answer.
Then you
are my prisoner," said Has-
brouck
From the statements of this prisoner, it
appears that our artillery has created t great
havoc among the rebels, of whom there i
from thirty thousand to forty thousand in
the field, under the command of Beaure
gard, while they have a reserve of seventy
five thousand at the Junction.
He describes an officer most prominent
in the fiaht, distinguished from the rest by
his white hor?e as Jeff Davis. He confirms
the previous report of a negro regiment in
the rebel ranki, but says it is difficult to get
them into proper discipline in battle array.
The positions of the enemy extend in
three tines in the form of triangle, the apex
fronting the centre of our column. The
area seems to have been filled with masked
ie i icb.
The Late Knsugment.
Our latent accounts froii the seat of war
bear dtie July 2J. In me l-M conflict uo
Pennsylvania troops were e.iae.l. h will
be sjen itial our iroops were compelled to
retire ty the superior to roe ot tUe enemy.
Many contused tstateinenu are prevalent
tui enough is known lo warrant the Maio
meui that we have sutiered in a degree
w hich ha- caiti abloom over the whole ar
my, anil excited the deepest melancholy in
The carnage ha been tremendously
heavy on both sides, and our is represen
ted as Irighttui. We were advancing an.l
taking he niaked baitenes gradually but
surely, driving the enemy toward Manas
sas Junction, when the enemy seemed lo
be re-enlorced by G-sn. JohuMi, aud im
mediate! commenced driving us back,
Avhen a panic among our troops suddenly
occurred, and a regular stampede took place.
It is thought that Gen. McDowell under
took to make a stand at or about Centreville,
but tie was unable to rally his men, the
Whole army became confused, ari'l it was
impoMb!e to cneck them, either a. Centre
ville Or at Fairfax Court House. The re
treat wa kept up un it ihe men reached
the 'regular encampment, a portion of
Whom returned lo them. A lare number
ot ihe troops in the retreat le i by the way
ide lrom exhaustion, and scattered tbWg
the whole route, from Fairfax Court flouse.
1 he road from Bull Run to Centreville was
strewed with knapsacks arm, &c. Some
ot the troops deliberately threw away their
guns and other articles, to belief fcililate
their travel.
i f lir II . .1 t :i - . i
wcu. iiiti'untu was : iije rtrar vrijiie in3
retreat eerhn4 himself to ral y hrt ma.,
but with only partial effect. He wt- com
pletely exhausted having slept bat little for
several -mlits. HisorJ-7 oiieu fa! ltd to
reach those tor whom ihey were intended.
It is supposed that the iorc'es sent against
our troop consisted of about 30,0()0 men.
ll is also stated that owin'to the reinforce
ments from Richmond, Stra-burg, anJ other
points, the enemy's effective force wa. 0,
000 men. According i a Fire Zouave's
Maiement the have only about two hun
dred men leit trom the slaughter, whit ths
69ih New Yorli and other regiments have
s tf.i ..t.l t....W. ...M-. : L.ll. ' , t l
ruusi 111jium.ii) 111 kuieu ami wounneu.
I Sherman's Carlide', and the Went Point
i batteries were taken by ihe enemy : and
the eight seige 32 pound rirle cannon,
latter being too curnrbous to move. They
were lelt to miles the other sida of Cen
lievide. Such of thu wounded a were broutft 'to
the Centreville Hospital were left there af
ter having their wound properly dressed.
All attempt to rally ihe army to a Man 1 at
CetiirevMe, were in vain. It a firm sUn-l
had been made their mir troop would
have been re-eutorce l an l much diaster
prevented. Gen MeDewell wa thus toil
ed in tiis well arranged plan, ll n sup
posed tltal all the pronio,i ir.tiu belo i
ing in u were saved Sjrne regimental
waon were ovenurue I by accident, aud
had in be ab.tudme 1 Lire droe of cat-
tie were saved by being dri veil back in
vance ol the reiret.
An officer jui-i from Virginia reports that
the road Irom Centreville to the Potomac
i strewed with Mralers. The troop are
renmiii the occupation of the fortifications
a..d entrenrhmeii'. on the line of ihe I'd"!
mc. A ureat many of our olficer were
killed ami wounded. vYanou are conduit
ally arriving in Washington with the dead
aul wouuded soldier -re relating lothe
greedy listener ihe pruba'-le even: of lat
hi jilt and early tin morni'm. We are not
able to ive the number killed an! wounded
i t ttu battle, but can only s.iy ilia1 our loss
wa thought i.i be heavy.
O ie other battery not me n ione.l above,
was taken, ll w a- the Uhode Island battery,
the hor.-e alt being kilied. I his happened
at the bridge across Bud Run, where -he
rebel reireat Was cut ofl. The lo. on out
side ha been estimated a, trom 4,1)00 to
5 Odd. This is aid lo be he lowest.
It ba been reported that Gen. Patterson'
D.vi-iou arrived in the vicinity of Manassaa
.Junction this morning, ami commenced an
attack upon ihe rebel force. Thi wa not
the ca?e He wa within 25 miles of the
nht ye.-ierd.ty, but the ehauied condition
of hi men prevented him from coming t 3
the aid of Gen. McDowell.
Mjitour Cuu.i.'y Aheid The Treasurer rf
Mo'.t-jur county paid, on fast Tue.-dy, into
the State I rea-wry nearly 55 OO'i the State
Tax fvr l?til thereby saving 5 percent lt
the couniy. To the eificint and judicious
management l the present board d Com-mis-ioners,
the county i indebted for if!1
prompt action on the part ot the lrea6urer.
j IJauvitie Democrat.
' No Pahtv." Mr. Goodwin, a genuine
Wilmot Republican, ha been appointei
I'oMmasRr in our neichSorinsj borough cf
Kingston, in piace o! A H. Ilejno'.ds. Esq ,
Democrat, removed. Thus is lh auillorip
at woik upon the hea ls of Demcrats, i:t
commemor ttion t ihe "no-pariy," era
about hicfi we hear so much now-a day-.
Luzerne Union.
We regeet to hiarn, tht Mr. Horn, tin
wife ot Lieut Horn, of th ;Montour Rifle,'
was robbed oi'ono hundred doliant lat wieic.
Tne money had been sent to her by ber
husband. We hope ihe thief will be found
out and punished. Dwvilie Democrat.
SEXD ITALVXG 4 confide able num
ber cf our petrous ute in arreart One, twi wt l
more yenrs . The.j tcilt ohlie u by en--Ui ur
the small amount due. Printer '$ dues aie ftct
as ought to le discharged by every bodu, and ii
no cuic, o"a hi thry be tej't i3 run along af'cr the
j cxvirafhn of the ht'ir. Yuen the amounts are
J sm ill and c m be ta--i!y paid. Send them alot:
;y, en,it ur.d give ut ickat is honesty our oitft.
bluing the pad tCeek we have ''pruned ' our
litt considc ably, and unless a numlter of ac
count are soon sct'led, tre Uf have lo do J,
little more of tt. Hovcever deposed to do so, thi
timet do not idiow ui to itiy piptr put work cn
it. and ihe'i not receive any pay fur several
y.ais.
iSURRlElh
At Dushore, Sullivan county, Pa., July
4th, 1861, Mr- Francis H.Snyder ot Phila
delphia, lo Miss Tillie, eldest daughter ol
Joseph Gensil, Esq , Sheriff of Laporte, Sol-
Jivan county.
DIED.
. In Bloomsburg, on Saturday last, of Con
sumption, Mrs. Hannah B. Siinemaii, wife
ot L. B. Stiueinan, iu the 4th year of her
age.
In Berwick, on Sunday last, Mr. ltfaaJ
Welsh, aged about 67 years,
In Montour township, Columbia county,
on the 15th inst., Simon Lynn,Jr, in iho
16th year of his ae.
LOST ROTES.
TWO Note of hand, drawn by Morton
McMicbael, in favor of C W.McK-Ivy
& Co., dated July 6th aud July 10ib, 1861,
on four moults, fur 8714 50, each, tailed
lo reach iheir mai! destination. All per
tons are cautioned against negotiating for
either of said Notes. A euiuMe reward
will be paid fr their return to Morion Mc
Michael, al Philadelphia, or lo the codni.
Bfiitied, at tlm Cabawissa Paiwr M Hh.
C W. McKELVY k CO
it 1 Ai frn o clock thi evnin? suns were