The Wales as it was;
Chic lUlrri.elfllaZitain aft II is!
SA.TURDAI"IOIINING. MAY 31
Kit Rending issattertui every page
MILITARY PRETENDERS.
In Mr. Tobin's charming comedy of the
Honeymoon, there is a character of a
quack doctor, whose chief merit. like
many in real life, is to write death war
rants in Latin, which means, of course.
inditing prescriptions for villainous com
pounds. This quack, like the faculty , gen
erally, when he got a good case, he nursed
it. A rich old gentleman taken suddenly
ill, of a - slight fever. had to engage this
pretender's services, and in a fit of exulta
tion at his good fortune, the quack in
formed his landlady that he would soon be
in funds, because the medicine he was ad
ministering to his patient would keep him
sick all summer; for, said he "I have tried
it frequently upon a dog, and it has never
failed."
Just now the government of the United
States is in pretty much the- same condi
tion of the sick traveler alluded to.—
At first her disease was slight and could
have been easily cured by a couple r,f skil
ful physicians, but a multitude of quacks
have been experimenting upon her con
stitution, with as little remorse ut their
prototype tried his nostrums upon a dog.
And, as long as the government's credit is
good, and the people willing to foot the
bills, just so long will these quack doctors
trifle with the life of the nation.
Indeed the treatment, of this multitudin
ous array of doctors, is not intended to
restore the patient. Conflicting counsels
characterise the whole set; and while they
are debating over the Homopatby of Abo
lition, or the Allopathy of emancipation.
the rebel, Jackson, suddenly appears in
the valley of Shenandoah and sweeps our
sickly little army, under General Banks.
clear out of Virginia. The leading phy
sician at the War Department, whose
fingers are constantly anon the pulse of
his patient, appears to have exhausted his
skill, entirely. At first, he indicted orders,
which looked a if he expected. like Jeff.
Davis, to carry_on the war by praying:
then again, like C:•oin well, by a mixture of
piety and powder. At length he heard of
Bauks' retreat from Virginia. and the old
" round head — began to trouble for the
fate of the capital, itself. Now it is an•
nouneed that the PreAdent himself is
going to take charge of both the Army
and Navy, in order to repair what mischief
his Thomsonian doctors hare inflicted.—
We trust that he may be eminently suc
cessful.
A latuent'able truth - it is that we have. at
the present time. 1:), fir too touch military
pretension in this country. Fellows who
havu't the capacity to comprehend the
mysteries of a mouse-trap, talk out loudly
upon onr corners and iu public placen,
condemnatory of the wisest military E-trat
. egy. We have ill the service, too,—the
home service,—nicely dressed young sprigs,
luxuriating upon snug pay and rations, who
could not be induced to attack a bull-rush,
unless the wind were in their favor; but
who regret not being in chief command.
because of the confidence they feel in their
ability to outwit and •outfight Beauregard.
The country is full of these military gen
iuses; is absolutely groaning beneath
the weight of their ponderous conceptions.
In their estimation General Scott is a fogy :
McClellan a mere charlatan, and rfalleck
a great humbug. They talk oracularly
about energy and resources, although they
never exhibited enough of either to make
a subsistence, and who would now be upon
the poor list, of their respective districts
were it not for some mysterious influence
by which they have been quartered upon
an indulgent government.
Our own highly respectable profession,
has inflicted upon the country a horde of
these babbling military strategists. The
country abounds with them; their homilies
have embarressed our 'Generals and dig
. gusted the people. ,There seems to be
strange fatality in this, which leads onr
eoteinporaries into the expression of the
meet absurd opinions- and theories. To
discuss the war, its probabilities and,
chances, seems the' especial weakness of
many; -whose lucubrations only tend to not
only mystify the subject, but confound the
reader. We can not illustrate our idea
bettir than by copying a few sentences
from-the war articles of the Pittsburgh
Casette. On Wednesday last that paper
alluded to Gen. Banks' retreat, and after
discussing the cause of it, says :
"It is not improbable that the retreat of
Baika l as far as Strasburg, was planned
sometime ago, and that his falling back.
so far, was m the programme.
"Whether this really was the plan, or
whether, fj it was, it will now fail through
the superior strategy of the rebels, the
near and inevitable development of - iferifs'
will show "
. „ 134ri 4,Ny stupid paragraph, not
frastanding the Gazette's italics to give
it point and emphasis, was followed up in
yesterday's issue, by an equally muddy ar
ticle, from which we select the following
swum :
"The result is known. It is very evident
that the President's complaisance to Gen.
McClellan has led him to undertake more
than he bad forces to accomplish. If Mc-
Clellan has no greater force than is neces
sary, is is evident that there were not troops
enough at the control of: the government to
carry out its vast designs, without endan
gering some Point."
We are a little dull aboutthe President's
"complaisance." but what ever it is, it has
not. as yet, led McClellan to undertake
more than he has accomplished. These
paragraphs are but specimens of the kind
of war strategy, whiel the press through
out the country, is intlieting..upon a suffer
ing, though patient people. The war, it
self, is affliction enough, without this mer-
cileu visitation; but, in the language of
Another, there seems-to be "no end to hu-
astiimiamity."
THOMAS A. SCOTT.
The Philadelphia North American, in
referring to this gentleman, says:
"The Board of Directors of Ahtvrenn
aylvania Railroad Company hive again
elects 1 Thomas A. Scott; IN., vi ce
Presid •nt of that corporation, s position
he fills 1 with so much ability for a long
period before his acceptance of the posi
tion of Assistant Secretary of War. Mr.
Scott neyer had any aspirations for politi
cal preferment. At the breaking out of
the war the government found itself ex
ceedingly embarrassed for the means of
transportation for troops and supplies, in
consequence of the destruction of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad by the rebels.
and of the railways between Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington. by the Balti
more conspirators. Mr. Sentt. at this
juncture, was summoned. by General
Cameron, to his aid, as the General bad
long been familiar with his great practical
ability in all matters pertaining to railways
and transportation. He was made general
director of railways for the government,
and in that capacity rendered such signal
services that when the post of Assistant
Secretary of War was created he was se
lected to till it. Had it not been for the
occasion which demanded his services in
aid of his country, of course he never
would have accepted it. But he sacrificed
his private interests to his public duties,
and devoted himself to the business of the
War Department with an alacrity and
assiduity which proved his eminent worth.
Since then additional assistant secretaries
have been created, and men of talent have
been selected to fill theta. The service
has been thoroughly organized, and there
is less need for Mr. Scott's assesses.-- '.
Mr. John Edgar Thomson. the able Presi- I
dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Cone j
patty, has been in such ill health (14 to I
render a voyage to Europe and a release
from business advisable. Mr. Scott has,
therefore, returned to his post of Vice Pre
sident, in order to assume the duties of ad- .
ministration.'
TAKING THE RESPONSI
BILITY.
The New York Eveniug
an article upon the PreFident'a announce
ment to take tho responsibility in the f
lowing mild, though significant manner:
"Having taken the rosponsihility, how
ever, the President mnst not forget that
the people will hold him to it.• They con
fide in his honesty; they believe in his dis-
cernment and sagacity: they do not doubt
his courage; but they know, ton, the im•
mense interests at stake. what enormous
sacrifices of life and wealth we are making.
and they will exact the most rigid aer•.mut
from all their stewards"
The New York Times eny: —nil gener
ous intervention Win scarcely nltor the
eeneral verdict. The nation will not ven
erate President Lincoln less. or res
pect Cameron. Morgan and the rest an
atom the more."
KELLY
A correspondent of the Chicago Timid
hits off the valiant Kelly in the folhiwing•
Nlr. Kelly. of Pennsylvania, ; •
wroth at Voorhees—lto is very much exits
;;crated by Democracy. Ile is vet, sar
castic in his allusions to the anti .\boll.
tionists everywhere. Let me tell you why
he is thus demonstrative in his patriotism
ardent exterminationism fur slavery.
Kelly is fr•no Philadelphia. Eel's- knows
of a good wagon coat ract—a job for mak•
ing fifteen hundred wagons. with a prolit
of twenty dollars upon mtelt wagon, which
;;artially went into some• Congressional
pockets. Kelly does not wish others to
know this fact, but murder will out. The
thieves have fallen out, and a certain Dr.
of Pennsylvania is suing. in a Phil.
adelphia court. a certain patriotic and abo
lition member of Congress to obtain a fair
partition of the spoils.
"Dawes knows all about the matter.
The. Contract Committee have taken tes•
timony upon this wagon business. and.
when they make their next report, Kelly
will be no better pleased with it than he
was with the last one; perhaps not as well.
He is a remarkably ardent Republican, a
shining light in the great moral party.'•
Horse Contracts Awarded
The following horse contracts were
awarded to-day by Col. Rucker of the
Quartermaster• General's Department :
~ 'ATA !ACT' Haiti ES.
•
eturuet,*. Iteoninee...Vc.
L.O :Sr Moore, Carrolton. Ohio .......
~ .Levi Sargent, N Phiatire. i Le...ior,
John Sh.iw. 11.1timcre. .. 11.5 ii
.. VV . cu A Iron, Lawrence CePa.. Pki ILI
i_Harah 3toore, Washlon, b C.. 50... Ir.; no
t..Wm B Crexton. Wash'ton, D C Jnn zto
..John.ForKuson, New Castle, Pa.. we Lit
.Henry 8 Frank, Lewistown, Pa. 50.. 11.1*. Le.)
\ol.
Vol.
No 3
No 4
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Contraotore. RexMienee,
Oliver N Moore...Carrolton, Ohio .........`{...illy 00
John Shaw Baltimore, Md ..... 108 99
Harsh & Moore...Wnabington, 1) C..... 00... IQ4.
Geo Cooper Mount Jackson, Pa.. N. 0... 109 50
Election of Governor Sprague as
Senator
PROVIDENCE, Tuesday, May 28, 1882.
Gov. Wm. Sprague was to-day elected
United States Senator for six years from
the 4th of March next, when the term of
Senator Simmons expires. He received
92 votes out of 103. There was nt regular
nomination in opposition.
NEWS PROM THE SOUTH.
New Orleans papers of the 18th inst.
have been received at St. Louis, from
which the annexed extracts are taken :
The Situation.
From the New Orleaas Bee. May 13.
r Gen. Butler publishes in the Sunday
papers a lengthy notice, the main object
of which is to announce his intention to
distribute among the poor and destitute of
our city a quantity of beef and sugar, cap
tured by the United States forces. The
work will be commenced this day at the
Custom Rouse, from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M., '
where all p,ppliffirifts for aid, who are pro
viligd,rlil proper credentials, will be en
titled to a share of the provisions. In the
"official notice, it is intimated that the poor
of New Orleans have been wholly neglect
ed by the "rebels." We have only to call
General Butler's attention to the fact that
since the month of August there has been
in regular operation in this city, a "free
market," supplied exclusively from vol-
untary contributions, and which is still in
existence. Twice a week between 1,700
nod 1,950 persons have had their baskets
filled with meat, vegetables and other ar
tides of food. It is estimated that between '
5.000 and 6,000 individuals are thus nnr• t
tured through the liberality of the city and i
country.
Making the Union Forme Cont.
lbetable.
From the New Orleans Delta, May 13.
We learn that the residence of General
Twiggy and Colonel Adams, in Peytania
street, have bath been taken for occupan
cy by the Federal troops.
Gen. Butler and the Banks.
From the New Orleans Delta, May 13.
The Presidents of the banks were re
vested to meet Gen. Butler yesterday,.
and we learn that he invited them to re
turn the specie they had sent out of the
city to them vaults, assuring them be would
not seize nor interfere with it: We
.did
not ascertain the determination' of the
presidents, but owe* the :reek to he Or.
woad their reach.
Fee the Pest. -
ADDRESS OF DEMOCRATIC
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO
THE DEMOCRACY OF THE
_..
UNITED STATES: ,
If the "Address . ' above mentioned was'
intended as an authoritative exposition of
the principles of the Democratic party,
for the coming campaigns of the present
and succeeding years, we seriously confess
our belief that it was ill-timed and inap
propriate, and that it is entirely wanting
in that authority which heretofore the
platforms containiug our leading princi
ples have possessed. It has been the boast
aad glory of the Democratic party, that
while in the main its principles have been
the same from its foundation to the pres
ent time, questions of temporary import
ance. neising froth the eireeeel eo s.,4 o f
Inc country at arty one period, and the
applications of the general principles to.
particular questions, have been settled by
representatives in convention, elected from
the hotly of the people—men whose minds
were vigorously alive to the feelings and
iuterests of those whom they represented. '
If such, therefore, was the object of this
Address, wo cannot receive it as carrying
the weight of authority. We can never' '
'consent to change our time-honored env
toms, arid place to the hands of a few irre
spOW?ii.lP individuals the power of decid
ing the political action of a party with ,
whose rise commenced our country's pros
-1 perity, and at whose disruption, owing to
a departure from these customs, our coun
try has been plunged into misery and ruin.
But if, on the other hand the Address was
intended to warn the couservative people
of the nation of the daugers suspended
over their heads by a mere Damocles
thread. and of the means by which those
( dangers can be averted,' we could earnest
ly- wish that not only every ltemocrat. but.
I ,:very truth•loving, intelligent citizen,
[night read and earnestly ponder over its
1 subject -matter. He would find there set
I forth the policy by which our country has
been governed throughout its whole exist
l ence: he would fi nd there the principles
! laid down by Jeffersdn as the policy of his
administration end parry: he would find
that in so far as the present Administra
tion has found it necessary to act in refer
ence thereto it has uniformly and always
transgressed those principles, and not only
them, but the Com-mutton from which they
were derived. When Abraham Litlet , lll
was elected President of the United States
aft were told that the principles of the Re
publican party were identified with those
of Jefferson. ' Hire are three, from those
mentioned in the A ddre , - n' having been
laid down by Jefferson : "'rho PS pr , tartry
of the civil over the military authority:"
"Economy in the public expense, that
labor may be lightly burdened :" gut.
lastly, " Preetlorn of religion, freedom nf
the press, and freedom of the person under
the protection of the Aobea, core,o+. and
trial by juries impartially seleCted, When
we consider that there are but three or
four more maxims of Jefferson, as thus
stated. still remaining, we are led to be
lieve that the people have either been
grossly deceived, or that the maxims really
mean something very different from what
one would imply from a simple et .. .mitt-tub
tion of the words.
The very first act of the President Was
ill direct opposition to the supremacy of
the civil Over the Military authority. as
well as to the decision of the highest judge
in our laud--a decision in tiontbrinity with
English precedents, and the dicta of J edges
Kent and Story and the most accomplish
ed writers on the law of personal liberty
in our land ; the freedom of the press has
been abridged in more than one instance
and sometimes utterly suppressed ; the
apprehension without warrant of many
peaceful citizens who have been thrown
into dungeons and denied the privilege of
having their alleged offenses investigated
by competent judiciaLauthority tell, too
plaihly to be mistaken. the regard which
the Administration have shown to habeas
corpus and trials hy jury : and the burgher.
of a debt of a thousand millions shows
how economical has been the expendituro
of the Government. since the advent of
the present Administration.
The Address, in order to show that the
Democratic party ought TVA now to be
i disbanded, appeals first to the principles
upon which it was founded and which it
still maintains, and second, to its history,
and under the latter head refers to two
subjects which ut the present tithe are of
vast_ importance and to which we wish to
cull particular attention.
As to the first. we have heard time and
j again the,,remaric that it was the duty of
members of the Democratic party UN citi
zens to support the Administration in all
its acts. In the Address is shown clearly
the distinction between supporting the
I Administration and supporting the Goy.
I erutnent. The Government, though rest•
I ing on the consent of the people, is of
i Divine authority, and all the duties enjoin
:ed by it should he carried out as strictly
lus sliced , ' be performed our duties to God
or our family. Bat if we were to sustain
the Administration in all itsacts, we might.
in the perversions of government, pile
; Pelion on Ossa and still be compelled to
! heap up abuses until, instead of a system
of natural laws, we should merely have
time arbitrary will of a despotic ruler. We
will let the Address speak for itself:
"But it is said that you must disband the
Democratic party to support the Govern
ment." We answer that the Democratic
party has always supported the Govern
ment; and while it was in power, preserv
ed the Government in all its vigor and in
tegrity; not by force and arms, but by wis
dom, sound policy and peace. But it nev
er did admit and never will admit that this
administration or any administration is
the Government. It holds and ever has
held that the Federal Government is the
,I
agent of the poi* of the several States i
composing the .Union; that it consists of
three distinct departments—the legislative
,' —the executive—and the judicial, each
equally entitled to the confidence and sup
port of the States and the people; and that
it is the duty of every patriot to sustain the
sever i-departments of Government in the
exercise of all the constitutional powers of
each which may be necessary and proper
for the preservation of the Government in
its principle and in its vigor and integrity;
and to stand by and defend to the utmost
the flag which represents the Government,
the Union and the country.
_ _ _
The second subject receives but a pass
ing notice in the Address, but in our opin
ion is of far more importance. That is,
that the Constitution and laws, so far as
concerns the exercice of governmental
powers, should he strictly construed. To the
failure to observe this rule may he refer
red the necessity for the petitition of
rights in the time of Charles the First, the
bill of rights in the reign of William and
Mary, and that ever famous guarantee of
human liberty—the Magna Charta of King
John. Neither of these great charters pre
scribe new laws, but merely restrain the
king from the exercise of his prerogative I
to the injury of particular rights which
the people already possess in general. The
strict adhesion to this rule has been the!
main cause of the past successes of the
Democratic party.
That party has with fewexceptiona refus
ed to exercise powers which were at all
doubtful—has never exercised powers
which were not plainly inferred from the
language of the Constitution. Can this
be said of the confiscation propositions of
Senator Sumner, or those of other Sena
tors, who are so willing topunish without
regard to the letter of the Constitution ?
Can it be said of the suspension by the
President of the privilege of the writ of
habeas corpus ? Can it be said of that
exercise of power which deprive* peaceful
citizensrof the' light of tool by
Can it be said of such =gam poyor
by those Generals *ho t ly L.Feel.astroa,
have liberated - the Wooster P9logillo_. oitio
Wei? We think not. But this we do
think, whether these powers be doubtful
or not, if the exercise of them was carried
to its logical conclusion, an absolute des
potism would be established on the rains
of oar once free and happy country-in
whicb„,instead of the 'moderato and easy
control aresponsible judiciary, we shall
have the irresponsible will of one man,
supported by thebayonets of an army of
half a million. That this may not beim
possible will plainly appear, by analyzing
the right to suspend habeas corpus. If
the President has the right to suspend
habeas corpus, he has also, to perfect that
right, the right to decide when the exigency
may arise which demands such suspension.
If he has the right to decide as to such ex
igency, he may decide that any, even the
slightest event, is exigency sufficient, and
the right to suspend involves also the
right to abolish such suspension, so that
he may therefore suspend as often and
for is long a time as may suit his conve
niPnce. From an honest, con;r-•vativr •
u as itke our .ere,Ment, we may not have
cause to fear; bet let us suppose his place
filled by an ambitious usurper, or let us
suppose that the character of Piesident
Lincoln may develop into something quiti•
different from what it now appears lien
we have a precedent at hand by which lit
can ride into power.
In conclusion we heartily commend this
address to the people, it not as a guide to
political faith, at least as contaibing a
plain statement of the history of the gov
ernment for the past year, and as showing
the necessity for a change of rulers.
Gen. Beauregard's Report of the
Battle of Shiloh
The New York Pest of Thursday con
tains Gen. Ben regard's official account of
the battle at Pittsburg Landing, called by
the rebels the battle of Shiloh. We give
a few extract: front the report.
The following shows the object of the
Confc.ilerstes in oinking t h e attack :
It , ier , rmittPd to asst , m, the '
olfeniiee and strike a sodden bine: at ih e ,
enemy in poit;on ender I :ent,.a! I :rant,
on the west hank of the fettuttg , te,.., at
Pittsburg and in the direction of Savannah,
t.eture he was reinh.rced by the army under
Gen. Bud!, then Avaarn (e he advancin g
for that purpose by rapid marches from
Nashville, via Columbja. About the -tune
time General Johnson u-a. advised that
such an operation eontormed to the ex pee
tations of the President.
By a rapid and vigrootts attack on GPI).
Grunt it was expected he would be beaten
hack into his tram:To:l: atel the ri ccr, or
captured, in time to etiabie ii, to profit
the victory, and rettalve t•o the rear till the
stores and munitions th:.,t would fall into
our hands in sn, it an event, before the
arrival of lien. flatila army on the 6c1 . 11 ,. .
it win; never contemplated, however, to
retain the position thus gain.••!. and
d r , t , the strategeti, point of the
eampogn
\\ not of proper oflieers• needful fer the
r roper argue izati. - on of ailit.ll , llS 811 d brig
an army brought ;ha.
t,- , ~ t her, and other difficultis in ti..: way
(.1 nii • efreetive organization, del }••d the
movement until the night of the '2.d
when it was heard from a reliable quarter
that the junction of the enemy', armies
was near at hand; it was Abet', at a late
hour, determined that the attack
he a:tempted at once, incomplet and
-
tolt.erlee: h.; were oar
for rueh a 47'1.'1. end laQine:itou• a•!v,•n•
tore. Aeforttrigly teat ni•z!,t. at ! clock
.1. .5t., ;Le prelitu::,ary ~.rders to l'!.!,1•!,,•
:nai,,te rA „t c , ,rps acre .el for th e
JTlOW,,ment.
Qt Th.! battle he
"It was after ix o'clock as before
! said. when the enemy's last posithil a•aS
i carried: and his fbrcos linen .) broke awl
sought refuge behind a commanding eat;
nence, covering the Pittsburg Landing,
not mere than half a mile disriust und un
der the guns of the gunboats. which open
ed on our eager eolutnni a fierce and an
noying tire with shot and shell of ihn
heaviest description. Darkness wit- c lo.,
at hand. f►tficer; and Met were .N.h a t i ,,
ed by a combat of over t wrist! hours
out food, and jaded by the march of the
preceding day, through mud and water.
was therefore impossible to collect the rich
an d opportun e spoils of n•ar left SC:itte::,.i
broadcast nu the field left in ,air
sten. and impracticable to wake tiny ef
feetive dispositions fur their removal to
the rear."
A.h(er describing the second Morning's
fight. he says:
"But hour by hour thus opposed to an
I enemy constantly reinforenm. our rinks
wet., perceptibly thinned under the uncews•
ing. withering iirE of the enemy. and by
twelve meridian eighteen hours of br e d
fighting hail sensibly exhausted a lat.z , l
number, my last reAerces had been te,e,
Harilv disposed of', and the enemy ev
idently receiving fresh reintoreenicats af
ter each repulse accordingly, abort 1 P.
IL. 1 determined to withdraw from so un- j
equal u conflict, securing such of the re
sults of the victoryy of the day before as
was then practicable.
Officers of my staff were immediately'
dispatched with the necessary orders to
make the best possible disposition for a
deliberate, orderly withdrawal from the
field, and to collect and post a reserve to
meet the enemy, should he uttampt to push
after us.
About 2 o'clock 1.. s. the lines in ad
vance, which had repulsed the enemy in
their last fierce assault on our left and cen
tre, received the order to retire ; this was
done with uncommon steadiness, and the
enemy made no attempt to follow.
The line of troops established to cover
this movement had been disposed on a
favorable ridge commanding the ground
of Shiloh Church ; from this position our
artillery played upon the woods beyond for
a while, but upon no visible enemy and
without reply . Soon satisfied that no
serious pursuit would be attempted, this
last line was withdrawn, and never did
troops leave a battle-field in better order ;
even the stragglers fell into the ranks and
marched off with those who had stood
more steadily by their colors. A second
position was taken npabout a mile in rear,
where the approach ofthe enemy was waited
for nearly an hour ; but no effort was
made and only a small detachment of
horsemen could be seen at a distance from
this last position, warily observing our
movements.
Arranging, through my staff officers, for
the com pletion of the movements thus
begun, Brigadier General Breckinridge
was left with his command as a rear gtiard
to hold the ground we had occupied the
night preceding the first battle i just in
front of the intersection of the Pittsburg
and Hamburg roads, about four miles
from the former place, while the rest
of the army passed to the rearin excellent
order,
Then follows a list of casalualities among
general and staff officers and mention of in
dividual merit. Gen. Beauregard then
sums up his loss and our own, thus :
It remains to state that our loss in the
two days in the killed outright was 1,728,
wounded 8,012; missing 959, making an
aggregate of casualities of /0,699. This sad
list tells in simple language of the stout
fight made by our countrymen in front of
the rude long chapel at Shilott especially
when it is known that on Monday, not
twenty thousand men on our side could be
broeght into action.
Of the losses of the enemy I have no
exact knowledge. Their newsp apers . re
port it as very heavy. Unquesuonably it
was greater 2 even in proportion, than our
own, on both days; for it was apparent to
al: that &air dead •lefton the field outnum
bered ones two to One. Their liamirlities,
thorax*, "nit* have fallen many short of
20,000 in killed, wounded, priioners and
First Edition.
LATESr N B 7rmil
Corinth Evacuated
OUR TROOPS NOW IN POSSESSION
Enemy 410ni• 130 Mile, Further South
WRIT OF HABEAS QORPC:y BSFUSED BY
CIRCUIT Co WIT.
WASHINGTON, May SO.—A telegraph dis
patch has just been received from an un
official source, that the rebels left Corinth
I n:zt night. a.,d 01-t
their entrenchniNiti at eight o'clock this
morning.
The following Intsitist been received at
the War Deportment:
If zoinott.inTi.as DEPARTMENT
or Tim MIRSINR(PPI, CAMP os •
CuItINTH ROAD, May 28.
To 'lon. i•;. STAN TO N, Secretary of
War:
Three strong revolt:mitering columns ad
vanced this morning, on the right, center
and left, to feel the enemy and unmask his
butterie.,;.
A :4r WICILI HER
The enemy hotly contested the ground
at each point. but was driven back with
considerable loss. The column on the left
encountered the strongest opposition.—
(bar loss was twenty-five killed and wound
ed. The enemy left thirty dead on the
field. Their losses at otherpoints are not
yet ascertained. Some Eve or six. officers
and a number of privates were captured.
The lighting will probably be renewed to
morrow at daybreak. The whole country
is so thickly wooded that we are compelled
to le , d our way.
Vi I... ) iitPARTNITST, May 30.
A dispatch just received fully corrobor
ates the forun , r message that Corinth a
i•carnoted by the rebels and occupied ky
wo• tr0 , ..p3. Prisoners say that the enemy
left la , •t night for (ftiolono, a point one
hundred and fifty tnilos south of Corinth,
On the Mohile and Ohio Railroad.
Iterout• Coat silt. May 2 9.—Midnight.
—There has been no additional movements
except picket skirmishing and strengthen
ingou r position. Halleek moved his camp
two mile. forward tn•day.
. •
Lieut. Loeblo, aid to Gen. Go n e! Kin
wa- among the pri....)neri captured rester
()ay.
WASH iNG-rns. May ZP).—John M. Broom
head. of the District of Columbia, has
been appointed by the President one o
the comtnissionreq under the act emanci
ottim, shire. in the District of Columbia,
In ri ace of Vinton, deceased.
fhe Circuit Court to-day, formally re
fused a writ of habeas corpus for the dis
charge of an alleged fugitive slave. Sub
.,criptions are being pledged to employ
eminent counsel to teat the legality of the
application of the fugitive slave law to the
District. before Supreme Court of the U.
S. The claimant of the fugitive slave re
epntly wrestud from Marshal Lemon by the
military authorities, is about entering suit
~,z ai r ist him for the recovery of the value
rat the slave.
'Phirfy-Nes•enth Congress
WA Hr. - unix, Nay 3 0 .—SENATE.—Mr.
Trumbull,(Will., did not see any neces
sity for extra haste in passing the tax bill.
This session of Congress WM not bound to
adjourn at any particular time, and be did
not think Congress ought to adjourn in the
preient condition of things and leave the
p , st of duty. He was oriposed to any at
tvmpt to push the bill through hy night
Mr. Dixon, of Conn., spoke in favor of
variv w!ti..n on the tits HU.
Afr. Simmons moved to amend the tax
Oil whisky. so as to make it 25 cents until
July and after that 36 cents pergallon.
Mr. Sherman opposed the amendment
as l oinr toohigh . a tax. on one article and
operating injuriously on the agricultural
•
inti•rests.
Mr. Harris, of N. 1., said he would as
sume that the expenditure would go onand
the debt become one thousand million,
and this was certainly enough to satisfy
any body. He thought this bill was cal
culated to raise more than was actually
needed to pay the current expenses of the
go vern want besides an interest on the debt
utvl create an ample sinking fund. He was
wilting to vote every dollar that was neces
,ary and no nn re. He would not add to
:he already heavy load on the people.
The discussion was continued by Messrs.
Chandler, and McDougal of California.—
The hitter speaking - at length upon the
writs of the bill, contending for the supe
riority of the substitute offered by him,
which raised sufficient revenue and taxed
only those things which were legally sub
ject to taxation, while the bill from the
House taxed everything which should be
encouraged, and by the great mass of ma
chinery and detail renders itself impracti
cable. Adjourned.
O
DYSPEPSIA AND LIVER X
PLAlNT—fhese are the diseases C
which
sweep their countless thousands yearly to the
grave. Sallow eomplexioned people walk
leesly along, looking es if death would be a relief
to t item. •They know that they are slob. and that
they are fast wearing away, but cannot tell you
what ails them. Hundreds of oneh persons have
been thoroughly cured by the use of Linderre
Illood-Searcher. The genuine article.
_prepared
by the original inventor. DK; LINDSEY is for
Hole by all solvent druggists and by them:dement.
SIMON JOHNSON.
tny2ti Corner Smith fi eld andiron:lb streets.
IT ... ,ASHOCIATE LAW 3trsoz-
DAVID RITCHIE. at 'peasant one of the
Associate
Al
Judges of the Co f COMMOU
Pleas fur Allegheny counts. will boa eandidate
before the Republican County Convention. for
nomination for the place he now occupies.
my29-tf
a Slight Cold,
cattgh.,, , laasittenrata
fißoNcHi k or Vase Ohotaat,
which might to awaked
-OC\-\ with a simple remedy,
ff nesieot4.-d, often terminates seriously.
Few are aware of the importance of
stopping a Xastait or ififfight
,toll in its first stage; that whiah
in the beginning would yieki to a
mad remedy,. f not attended to, Boors
attacks the lungs.
4focutree 40ancisialigitatisita
Were first introduced damn years ago.
It has been proved that they are the
best article before the publio for
Waugh 9, gelds,Atifigandlitist,
:Asthma, ' fah:took, the .Haaldry,"
Cough in ocatzeutiszttlian, and
numerous affections of the Okatetaf t
giving. immediate retie:
Public Speakers S Singers
will find them effectual for. dewing
and dr Arthenilw the voice.
Sold all pru,,srgists and (Pealers
in jliediqine, at Prs cents per box.
L - ?DOLLAR SAVINGS BANN,
Deposits made with ate Bei& airceM the
FIRST DAY OF JUNE,
will draw Interest from that date
rid CHAR.-A.COL I
ielliessmia 3i mad sadAikrA
KELM&
11. W. HALLECK,
Major General
NO. 63 FOURTH STREET.
Second
Till TM LI
THE EVACIAIk*'
Official'. Icegitatt
ENEMY EIGHT MILES mourn
OF CORINTH.
ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THE TOWN.
The Citizen, Save ElftyHouses
FURTHER OF BARS' RETREAT,
WAR. DEPARTMENT, WALSH/Nom:Q.
;10.—The following dispatches were re
ceived at the War Department this aftor
noon :
NEAR CORINTH, May 31).
To Hon. E. M. STANToN, Secretary of War:
General Pope's heavy batteries opened
upon the enemy's entrenchments yester
day, about In A. 11., and soon drove the
rebels from their advance battery. Major
General W. T. Sherman established an
other heavy battery yesterday afternoon,
within one thonsand yards of their works,
and skirmishing parties advanced at day
break this morning. Three of our divi
sions are already in the enemy's advanced
works, about three quarters of a mile from
Corinth, which is in flames. The enemy
has fallen back on the Mobile Railroad.
(Signed) H. W. HALLE(' h..
Major General.
SEVOND DISPATCH
NEAR. CORINTH. May
To Hon. E. M.S.T..tyroN 7 Sec'y of War:
Our advanced guard are in Corinth.
There are conflicting accounts as to the
enemy's movements. He is believed to
be in strong force on our left flank. some
four itir five miles south of Corinth, near
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
(Signedi H. W. HA LEct:.
Major General.
HAI-trek: S ifEAIKKARTF.Iti
'May ul'• j.
Liming nearly all last night moving of
cars, suppressed whistles sounding, beto
kened some movement going on, but not
being any extraordinary occurrence was
not considered of an extraordinary nature.
About 5 o'clock this morning several ex
plosions were heard. Immediately after
skirmishers were turned out und a general
adiance commenced. Large amounts of
railroad iron was found, there being some 1
twelve or fifteen tracks from the depot to
their entrenchments with side tracks and
switches, enabling them to move troop: ,
with the greatestrapidity. From all infor
mation gathered from prisoners it is thought
the evacuation commenced at dusk last
evening,' retreating in three directions,
east, west and south. Beauregard stated
to citizens last night that he intended evac
uating and throwing himself on both our
flank.s
At this hour Corinth is held by cavalry
searching for the enemy. That sent by
Pope, came upon and dispersed the enemy,
eight miles below Corinth. on the Mobile
and Ohio Road, in the act of burning a
bridge, captured forty prisoners of the
enemy's rear guard. They destroyed the
depot. a few bales of cotton, a church and
intended destroying the entire village, but
the citizens saved some fifty houses, also
broke open the stores and burned the con•
tents. A large cavalry force under Col.
Elliot, was sent out Wednesday - morning,
by a arcuitions route to destroy the bridge
on the Mobile and Ohio road, south of
Corinth, though not yet returned. We
learn from the prisoners that it was known ,
in Corinth last night that the large bridge
had been destroyed forty miles south by
a body of our cavalry, and that Pope's
twenty-potinder Parrotts, yesterday en
filaded their camps, killing eighty men and
one hundred himses, also that a thirty
pounder Parrott shell thrown into Corinth
by Pope as an experiment, destroyed a
locomotive and 'killed the engineer.
It is thought among the military men
that the destruction of the bridge south
and the uncomfortable proximity of our
falling shells, and the possibility of the
Federal successes on the Mississippi, were :
causes of the evacuation. The enemy's
works were certainlyof very great strength
and capable of stout resistance.
Waitastsroay, May 28. —lt is no longer
contraband to state that from the hour of
recall from the pursuit of Jackson beyond 1 1
Harrisonburg, and the gobbling up of all
General Banks' army except two small
infantry brigades, fourteen guns, and two
regiments of -inexperienced cavalry, that
every officer was firmly imbued with the
belief that; should Jackson and Ewell
combine to assail us , we were completely
at their mercy. . •
It mast not be supposed that all the
force above mentioned could be contracted
to repulse the enemy in case of an attack.
At least one half of the infantry force
were required for special service, such as
guarding trains of wagons, bridges, rail
roads, &c., while the cavalry were required
to be continually on the scout, to guard
against surprise. • •
When your correspondent temporarily
left camp at Straaburg, on the Saturday
previous to the bloody affair at Front
Royal, it was known that hordes of guer
rillas were. swarming the -mountains and
the valleys of the North and South forks
of the Shenandoah, on our rear and flanks,
but no indications could he obtained of
any concentrated attack. Still the very
weakness of our army would, if known to
the rebel commander, be sufficient-to in
duce an onslaught with even equal num
bars.
No favorable responses having been re
ceived from Washington as to reinforce
r meats an officer was specially dispatched
thither to lay the case before the War
Department in, person, but before com
pleting his duties news came of the attack
!at Front Royal, and a few hours later, the
retreat of General Banks' entire army to
wards Maryland.
At the hotel in Front Royal, on the
night of the 18th; your correspondent saw
!an aoccitippidied prostitute, who lute der
! edlargely in themebel cause, and having
seen her but, a short time revions at Mar
tiniliii4er.piresenite at Front Royal, at
a time when ! rebels were surrounding
I it, suspicions were aroused that she meant
! mischief. She was pointed out to the mill
! tary commanders there and her arrest
!advised. It is now that s ue was the bearer
! of an extensive correspondence between
! the rebels inside and outside of our lines.
F I have thefidlowyig-Asitement from an.
officer who participated in the battle at
Front Royal: After you left Front Royal,
Belle Boyd madrii trip io Mariehester in
company with, a cavalry officer. IVhile
there theirs' arrested by the military au
thorities, and assumed such an air of in
nocence that she got clear of any charge
of treachery and returned to Front Royal
again. An:hour previous to the attack on.
Col. Ketily,Bell went out on a rise of the
ground south of the town, and mai seen to
wave her henkerchief towards the point
fromwhichesunipellip attack Apti *de; . •
Witir'cottespondint-Citrinot vouch roi;
the strict accuracyjif the foregoing, but
00d,0t0b10... - )ofOorl Borip Kier *O
mit:" wetteliciw' latitels
the Confederate elm
in
Thet kW • •'of ilk4ittriek 'On
Front '• • . •he Winchester
tkreee-ef - r.'"V • :-. - . -
„ •
• , .
•
a ~,.,,,; 1~ s
elny,e , ! r f hr. rebelii were
t'„!-.; r ! COrrltral•4
1/1)1.1.!••ly 01. .•(..• '11,„ . ..•
nun:erne, a `Ekir II:1A lg been pet.
ire elnitt....4 correspondence.
large lu:.)it;t• iniarlieines,
Antes ft
tinst.r N i• r6 l • •'1 t-(lby Medical
Sur pr 8:0x' , ..r, h': •In• enemy were in
town:"
40RINTRi;
Dr
Baxti.r %rough a storm of
&ills and :ells and :.everal times fired
nu front the TL.4 !or 110 t e. w herr. he bad
boarded for serrni! ;:1;;;,;.
COIN! Zol.;kt i ; a battallion
of the Ira Harri under Col. De
Forrest, Capt. Hampton.- 04theRtithobu4r
battery, a few of hisinclwatidieftebd
,oftd,ry,w,ure eut.olf byilesmaiakhody.of
the enemy between Middletown and it in
eheitter. The whole foree'consistedioNsa
than one thousand men. The Zoaaves And
cavalry had baton detailed to destroy the
bridges after our retreat. .V3Ptaiiktilisal.To*
•--. . I,;ti fn the
tat, on it:, ttattery wagoii.i and
forge:i. Finding their retreat.,,ta od . they
retraced the read tn. S•rashaili .*,veral
Ilanitttott ci„:ed the /Item , ,(tav•
I,y wontoiq, iort. pip.: on it , car
riage anti placing it in position ti 11.402-
findry had pa,,e, I Th e ru s .-: not
dittrovercl I, r th. t:.
Ilea-hinv: St; a,1.0.rv . this force eoted
thlit)-h abandolo low with
eowon: , : ary Throl. :her the
molmtaiu road 1111 , 1 by.ll cit. t.tous
route :n IVirtehiister,: ;-.ly to
!hal thenui in (•nenly s raw
aoi to Bah, followed I . bat
talion of rehel cav:ire, they .ched
the. Putithinc. n.,;tr 11::tivock. anti :shed
here lasi nigiil , o,ith hut ;mall - On
one oeuti , wa ;!..• 7 o..utv:::: only se. :ty itt
nu tisla•r. 10.-ot ttr I,ty for a quart, Jf an
hour a I.rig;ide ene:ny. and • -11.11)4
saved the wbe it.
The 'Lunar - es ap.- General Ban; • body
: guard, an l apnen:. 1: , have been . ;•!1 se
lected for such na important du:.. The
following is their log=: Killed,..l4eques
Lauritlor, WI/I: M .,, l.ttae, .Ins; itton;
wounded. Climb, Fedalitt : missin . none.
At ilaneock the l.,:inves found • ereted
and brought off cases of rides:
than lit ,n 4 tm.3 oat of al• ut five
hundred. which . itleiark many c01,.-idered
wortillers by tl,nernl Sbiebis whet; lie left
this minium. have I,r,m and !lib' ene
my have derived but little -benefit from
what wa.: abandoned on the road.
A large amount id' old camp equipage,
turned over mv to Qnai:ertutts
bt.r, was burnt. One of the principal ac
quisitions by the enemy was bet w4.en COO
and 1;:o I European rides, left there by
Gen. Shhdds. when he left Gen, franks
command. The safety of so large a por
tion of our transportation and stores is
undoubtedly m tributable to the experience
of Capt. 111d:third, Chief Quartermaster
and Capt. Beckwith: Chief Comutiesary.
•ltrigadier General W. S. Crawford, late
Surgeon under Anderson, at Fort Sumter,
and afterwards 113:speller General, under
llo:eeratt.cin Western Virginia, Las been
appointed to the first Brigade of t leneral
William,' Division, recently Commanded
by Col. Dennehy.
heav
eh a own
. Our pickets, on the Virginia aide of•the
Potomac, bare 1.1{,e11 Iri von by a miperior
forte of the enemy.
Our Pennsylvania
EfAintistiono, May 30.—Intelligence
having been received of the arrival at
Predericksbn,r and %YUliamsport, 'Md.,
of the wounded Pennsylvania soldiers en
gaged under Gen. }tanks in the retreat
from Staunton, the Governor immediately
ordered Major Sees, accompanied
by two surgeon::: from the hospital in cap
, Curtin, to iwoeeed to the above named
points with all the appliances neceatntifi t ,to
insure their comfort and safe conveyante
to Harrisburg, whore hospital accopiiiio
clarions are prepared. The; will pco,belaly
arrive here on Monday aid rukdapi,.The
active exerdons nod benevolent Interest
taken in this matter by the Governorida
most praiseworthy and is a sure gnexastee
that everything that money and pOWii can
effect, will he brought to bear in relieving
14 he wants awn- brave soldiers.
No battle is fonabt, in which Penniid
ranians are engage d, but competent -per.
sons are immediately dispatched 'to, ,re
lieve their wants and - bring theailioa* 7 -
We venture the assertion that. no, loyal
State can show so fair a record in tide*.
titular.
Arrangements have been effected.; :by
Gov. Curtin with the War DepartMlept,
by which every facility is furnishetttoinit
sons sent on missions of this character. by
officers in the different divisions Orthe
army.
A list of killed and wounded will-be
furnished for publication at the earliest
possible moment.
•
orravittc. May 30. —The Mallon!).
and Broad :Mountain Railroad haii been
completed to Ashland. The first load of
coal was Aiipped over it to-day, consigned
to the President of the Reading R.
Company.
PITTSBURGH THEATRE
LE,B3RI AND MANAGRR WM. BRISTDRREM
K.
Engagement for ONE WEEK. ONLYi. ~
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY SIM
of the well known
II - 0
01, AIE "Ir ,; ' , •
[LATE HOOLEI & CAMPMELLIII]
From Niblo's Saloon, Broadway, New' York.
R. 11. hOGLEY k 0. W. H. OMIT'S. PROPRIRTORS,
in their unique and unapproachable -
ETHIOPIAN ENTERTAINMENTS.
The gentlemen comprising this talenbed troupe
are universally' acknowledged to be this -
Mars of the Profession. '
For full particulars seeprogrammes. czt
FRANK EDWARDS. Agents:
Prieesof admission 83, 25 and l 3 rents. . .
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DEMOCRATIC COENTT MR.
t- VENTION—The Democratic County.Rego.
mittee of Correspondence met at hi 84.torr,
CHARLES on SAT( rRI lAY MARNTIttt.
10th inst., pursuant to eall. Tho following's/40.
unanimously adopted:
R•ooloed,. That the Democratic citizens of
'hefty comity meet at their rc , pective plasma for
bolding unman , meetings foi SATCHIttY. Use
14th day of - JUNE, to elect two deleg a t e s m .
each township. be. ouch and ward, to mist In
Convention at the COURT IiOUSR. in th.
Pittsburgh, on Wedniesdisy. June /8
ve l n 4 t r o e n l . o . w e h k c h s a e s l s e e c m td bl e e l s e g s a t i c
liar
r t is h ow --
4th OF JULY NEXT.
- -
The meetings in the oities and borouilli
open ata P.M., and continue until 7P. sad In
the townships the meetings will be held beetroot
the hours of 3 and 3r. Y. By order
THOMAS DONNELLY. Chainsiab..
Sanest,HAMM. secretary.
ST'
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-.ATE SENATE-4r.U
LL a candidate for the tU"
h.ugan oa
STATE SENATOR. - lbe
fc-i. DISTRICT ATTORNIET44
on
lw. KneurAvitich will bp
date fi n. nomination to the above_oifteti. non
• ,
next
va
nominating Republican unt" , -
4
that
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CUSTOM -1, 01:161C- ;•, , •
Pittsburgh. April 1-Ith. /Ma,
~
,r - • NOTICE IS II imam V OM I.R
N..-. 7 dnit ' SEALED PItuPOSA LS" mann.
Partied by proper guar.intee! according to forma
to be furnished en application at tlais m win
La
be received thereat. until 12 o'clock. niesidialaPen
the FIRST TI2EnDAY OF .11*N lf. NE_ e XT, for th
supphr of Provisions. Medicine. &c.,enenueseeer
in mid forme. for one year. commetteinar';wtba
Ant ofJuly neat, and ending on the thutieth tit
June foilowutr, The quantities *med. elm gig
nutted with veferenee to the usual ntuntwr Of p t ,
dents i n um Hooka ; bat thu U awed btaidi ins -,-•
mei tb• seer to take more or - less of Mid stiV- •
• , e!. secorwpritar.be rentsired.-. If the
articles deli tate.'ildatriant Art an t It
the
indium:a of it. *tan orthe best qtr i i ii N n d
adapted tolbwrionsigid. bit will be -at 'to
, agent Demme, to surplus* gier, Rinks la air
• Mad. and to charge tsetioilitiintor'wi th ea-
Ds at it
taktenbtaL v Iligk
I ft il t
t i minfigeLieseConlipriae sesta
a . rzt:nitrui At ti
p. tu.-11Ivs:!enger., just report
g }Jot IlatT,T's Ferry and
Wounded
Cared For.
AMUSEMENTS.