DAILY posir. The Craton as 1$ was; The Oiniatitation as it is! TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 3 *a-Beading snatiter eta every page. WWI, DMINIOCSATIC STATE CONAIEN. • 1 18-m7 TES'S— I:1 ac. 1,111 . 0, with n resolution of the Deumergtic State Executive Cowan; tee. Till D2IIOOILICY or Pun yie•su will meet in STATE CONVENTION. at HARRISBURG, on FRIDAY. the 4th day of July. IW, at 10 o'clock, to nominate candidates AUDITOR *JEN -71iit4L AND SURVEYOR GENERAL, and to adopt snob men-ores ILI may be deemed necessary Sr the welfare of the Dentoe.ratio party and the eatantry. • WILLIAM. H. WELSIL Chairman of the Democratic State Ex. Com, DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CON. VENTION—The Democratic County Com mittee of Correspondence met at the SAINT CHARLES HOTEL on SATURDAY MORNING, 15th hist, pursuant to call. The following was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the Demooratic citizens of Allo t:7w county meet at their respective places for prmakry meetings on SATURDAY,. the 14th sty of JUNE, to elect two delegates troin Fltstownship, bo ouch and word. to meet in riction at the COURT tiousE, in the city of ining k r Wednesday. June lath. at Iln'el to select delegates to the State Con gentle% which assembles at Harrisburg- on the 4th OF JULY NEXT. medial' se in the cities and boroughs will .. , opidetAii.lt., and continue until 7 P. II.; and in the townships the meetings will be held between the hours of Sand SP. N. By order THOMAS DONNELLY. Chairman. • awur.i. LORNA, Seeretary. WAR NEWS Desperate Fighting—MeClellan Again Victorious. Iu yesterdiy's Port, alluding to the lat- egi news from Richmond, we remarkcd that "A terrible battle is iatwinr t ;" and while writing the fitinouncimititi hit ith giagemeut WAS netualiy fining nn, NTiliCh resulted in severe loss upon onr side, hut with-enormous slaughter to the rebel , . ---The striking feature of this late engag. meat lA 1110 admirable , strategy a the commanding General: his genius sppcars equal to any emergency, as the intrepid gallantry 01 the non undet hint i•F oqual to' the most daring achievements. Louis Napoleon distinguished his eautpaign in Italy by a balloon. ascension, which re vealed thepreeise position and weak places • of his enemy; McClellan has improved upon this by establishing a telegraphic tionnauttication to the altitude of two thou sand feet, by which any movement of the Miele was communicated taltint with dec the rapidity. This invention was admira• blefequal to the service olfa thousand Aids. It will be seen that the rebels, taking ad vantage of the terrible sti..rni then raging, Mad outand mado the opening attack, for a while, gave-them a decided advantage; but the rapid advance of Gem. Beintaleman and Kearney soon retrieved our loss, and at the point of the bayonet drove back the rebels with great slatorhter; on Sunday morning they attempted to re- SSW the conflict, but, as General IleClel htammutrka, "guy were eeerysolten ce "dud" --------...._____ NORTH CAROLINA. Secession and Slavery. The State Corivention, now in session --- inr — Northe"carplina, demonstrates very clearly that the old North Commonwealth will soon be hack in the Union ; and, airoqttally - gratifying is the fact that aim is amply able to provide for her own 'progress, without the impertinent interfe ?aloe of outside fanatics. Mr. liennetb - Rayner, a member of this Convention of feted a proposition, providing severe pun iihment- for any one " who should counsel .. ,or- obet.any_propositiou to reinstate. the -sits in the Old union." This proposi *kin was voted down by-the significant and . decisive vote of fifty-one to thirty-one. This exhibits the feeling of the Conven tion. upon the question of Union, and is indicative of the sentiment pervading.the masses of the State. North Carolina may titOrefore, be considered already reclaimed • from the feeble grasp of the dissolving . Oorkliedentey. _ -11, 14:Conventiou a discussion ou the -question of "free labor and slavery" was rah*, • which developed an - exceedingly gratiOing state of feeling upon these sub - - The Newbern Progresso! the 24th ' , alluding to it, remarks : of the members, ou the .7th in -4t,, _a -strong and argumentative ,gieiseli favor of free labor, and of the policy of ruraging the immigration of agriculture 'Us by giving actual settlers brims, so as to kelp to develop thof hitherto hidden wealth of the State. This policy seems to be gainil ground with the mem bers of the Conve ton. - Thal:Won me ben of the Convention -20 0 •Nisivothektsuperiority of free labor, justly that there in no earthly rea son why North Carolina should not be equally, as prosperous as her Northern competurne, savelhat the latter have the advantage of Tree labor. We venture the assertion that free speech having obtained a foothold at Raleigh, free labor will soon fallow: North Carolina will soon return to the and her hidden wealth and =able products brought into-play, to with the • almost unlimited water power in the Western part of the State. Then Carolina will assuredly prosper." It is entirely manifest that the people of NordraliZiattri fully alive to the int portanee.of their remaining in the rnion _ . thq are, also, able to .provide such legis - /aka as is n" - wintry for the development ettlie-seammesof Oar State. Here ie dewastratad a - desire, if,dot a determina tion, to get rid of the institution of slave- TA by gradually supplanting it by the in liaisesiorof free labor. Why will not our ileetbsris 4itaters take the hint and them People to teenage their own internal I M local affairs? Theie loyal people of the North State are also favorable to the sellention of the property of those who sps Jp.rebeWon; our Northern fanatics propoiolo amaseate the property of all, i t ud i s t ardiag t4eitebellion or not Now that the rebellion is rapidly expir ing, the Swat Aar of a speedy restoration of the Union cometttioin thijagitators in Congress. The conduct of these extreme Aituin retie= to the wer; : is , not eaten atettto encourage the majority who con ' aiitiie the North Carolina Cdnrention; it jai. on the contral7, intltudedlo , ,destroy what' rnion feeling there mitybe 'in that and the other border States. The constant agitation of the slavery ques tion, by those having no connection with it, and, therefore, entirely irresponsible for its existence, has had the effeet of not only strengthening that institution. but of rendering State laws in relation thereto far more stringent than they formerly were. More than a quarter of a century ago the gradual emancipation of slavery was under serious consideration by the peo ple of Virginia. A bill for that purpose acme within a sintde vote of psasinz the douse of Delegates. Inoneiliatelyafterthis significant demonstration by the leading slave State of the Union, Abolition agita tion began, and from that moment. no man, who is not fatally crazed upon this ques• tion, can believe but that the border States would- gladly get rid of such uncertain property as slave.., if they could, upon any reasonable terms. Rut your gennitic Ale olitionists do not want this: they wish to keep the question open for political pur poses; to agitate until the border State men are overwhelmed and utterly annihilated by manumitted slaves. It matters but lit• tle when the rebellion is put down, so fur as the existence of slavery in the border States is concerned ; that institution can never be of much con>equenee in any of them; and, the effort will ho. from this time forth, to get rid of it a.atidy and pru dently as may be wise and practicable. In the meantime let our Sumners and Love joys and Greeleys and their infuriated g lowers refrain from vile ichem.i of sudden emancipation, and e the question to those only who an , respon , ible for it. and who evidently know too, to iwinag, it. - Let them mark the indication= of the North Carolina I :onventioli. :end withdraw their infamous propo.:itivn, for at,. sadden ritption and vermin pro,t the rnion 11101 of Ihe South. EXPLOIT OF THE 'TELEGRAPH Win' tlu rr i: 11..1 [ling, math itrttrlita Wt. generally rot.rdv, "lir dis• ',ladle:: with rvitthrkal.l, pr..t.iptihid-: btu %%lieu sonwthing eNeitirtg, a i‘f :ii rbin~ intereA ibeetirs, the :clung with Ningnlar deliberation. l'er the Cineinnati 'rapers received the aei•eiiiii 4 Mc Cleihnii: vietury :mon, turd. of enur.ii• hurl it morning's i•eqte; Hr reeei‘ed it ve-tertitty forenoon, Hhont eighteen hunt: after. Isor all practical purpo-es We might hrtvc 110W:4 for this morning's paper front our Cincinnati etttempttrarie-. imiten.l of get• ling it by telegraph. IV , trust that the eastern agent for the Pittsburgh Press, will not take (deuce. to this }trial i , etice of a' "v - ^ The f.,',/zette doe- Ito! 11kl! a t•(1111- published in the Pi/St of Satur day. from —ll Subscriber. — discussing the address lately issued I,y the Ibmtocrntic I COllllll/114tt` of Congress. llad it been an l'etfusion from Wendell upon .the "political and natural equality .r.t the races," it would. donhtlea, have met the ap. probation of that prospective li(11111:4111[111- tIOIIISI. It 19 1 . 11:11 noting to this: indeed. the Ocactie's inehoutions are evidently / tending to the advocacy of amalgamation: bat, at present, it hasn't the eourage to .say so. After a while it will turn to its darling theory, and will, Norm after lead off, in a practical illustration ;Wits teachings. We desire to see this; we wish to see those monsters, who ore laboring for the degr. - ,- dation of theirown race, placed upon a so• cid equality with Pittsburgh's share of the , contrabands. There would ben fitness in this which all sensible people would re joice at. jariVe are pained to learn that our gal• lant young townsman, Lieut. Col. Sydney Morgan, was wounded inl.n: .401 . 1 I 1 .et.a Richmond no Saturday In at. Hi= w oun d is not serious. FROM THE MOUNTAIN DE. PAR'T'MENT It will he seen by n telegram fruit the special cormspontlent of the Tribune, that Fremont is after the relail ••with a sharp stir! Emancipation in Congress. The Philadelphia Inquirer, a conserva tive Republican paper, remarking upon the second section of the emancipation hill now pending in Congress, prints the sec tion and says: "Sec. 2. And be it JOrther enacted, That if any person claiming to be entitled to the service or labor of any other person shall seek to enforce such claim, he shall, in the first instance, and before any order shall be made for the surrender of the person whose service or labor is claimed, establish not only his claim to such service or labor, but also that such claimant has not, in any way, aided, assisted or countenanced the existing rebellion against the government of the United Stated.'' A provision in an ancient parchment on the files of the Department. of State, enti• tied The Constitution or the United States of America," declares that a person held to service or labor in one State, es caping into another "shall be delivered up; and the olden rolls also declare that only the laws which shall be made in pursuance thereof shall be the supreme law of the land. Now observe the phraseology of this section. A man is peremptorily re quired to prove a negative, which, besides, its illegahty, is simply, under many cir cumstances, an impossibility. The nega tive to be proved is also of the most whole sale character—"that he has not in any way, aided, assisted or countenanced," 4tc. The language extends to opinions as well as acts, nor is it limited to a period subse quent to the passage of the law. • The section simply means that there, shall be no rendition of fugitives from service or labor in any case. It would be more honest to avow that as the real ob ject, for practically to that end will the act come. Thus, the proof required is to he furnished "in the first instance;" that is (as it will doubtless be sought to be in terpreted) before any warrant for the ar rest issues. While, therefore, the claim ant is detained day after day furnishing this preliminary evidence, the delay and publicity of the proceedings give ample notice to all parties interested, and when the warrant comes afterwards to be issued the fugitive has, of course, escaped from the jurisdiction of the magistrate, no mat ter how loyal the claimant may prove himself to be. There is no reason why we should thus subvert the plainest principles of the ad ministration of justice, make a mockery of the supreme law of the land, turn the pro cediire-of onreourts into the method of a Stai.Cimunkerori an. Inifunntion, emulate the enormitial 9Ctllitt. 04,41. tglislt State Trills, afitrgidlieefetrfaillitical Judge or Commissioner an opportunity to flour ish as a modern Swoon or Jeffreys. PRONE • 17TR. ... RelbelAeemus _ `411.0011t REu MMENDIX. THAT 111611510. TD RE SIIRSED. From the Richmond Rognizen, Nar 91. . Our defenders are oar own husbands, fathers, sons. brothers and kindred ? dear to us, and we lie down at night and rise up trom day to day preserved from invasion by the loved ones in front. But the enemy is strong in numbers and his energies are bent on the capture of Richmond. His coils will become closer and closer every day. He will not return until beaten and driven from the field. ' Rut are we citizens prepared to receive all this?- Are we prepared to receive the corpses of our brethren fresh from the go ry field, to welcome and attend on the wounded, dear as they may be to us? Are we prepared to witness the desolation of our homes, and to encounter all the sacri• fires which a savage bombardment iq likely iu incur: /Wet, thu C0.L..././el to the sacrifice required—Tains. vrotinds, death, the sacrifice of property and life, notwithstanding. It were better that Riehmond's fate were that of MOSCOW'S, than that Richmond should fall to be the habitation of the invader. We hope the patriotism of Richmond is equal to the sacrifice. Fearful that Supplies will be cut Prom the Richmond Whig. May 2J must call the attention of the Quar termaster and Commissary General to the importance of organizing transportation upon the James River Canal. That work will be found adequate to conduct the com. munication with the upper country, if timely steps shall be taken to put all the battez.at and canal beets 'a good order. It is plain that the enemy may make a cavalry dash upon our rail roads anti iutereept their use, but if the canal be put anti kept in good working order the supplies of .the upper country can be brought down with sufficient ra pidity to maintain our army. We hope this important measure will be attended to immediately. Indeed. we hope it has al ready received the attention of the Con federate and canal authorities. Let not an indignant public be awakened suddenly to the important titer of an insufficient communication with the interior. Let not the Confederate authorities give occasion 1.1 t-omments which impair public confi dence in the cause ; and let the President of the canal take measures that Virgiuia may rece,ive an adequate reward in the , afety of her capital for the liberal wisdom with which she ha; constructed that hit oortant work . We infer from 1...p01ed movement; id the enemy that it is his pUrpos . P to move our railroad; and interrupt our eimunii• Mention with the interior. We have no fear of the ••eireittioullation" of whieli w .. e hear. link"; the Yankee; advance air enough l o command our railroads permit • neatly. and if do this a part of their army aill have to he separated from their of supplieo, and they will have to xIPORI , t h emse l v es to a flank mot emelt!. Want of Food In Richmond. From the Richmond Whig. May 21. The city was never more crowded than it now is, and the question of "feeding the multitude*" assembled here is one that challenges attention. The monopoly of the means of transportation by the guar termaiters and commissaries of the Con federate government is the chief cause ~1 the scarcity of provisions in this city. Little or no regard has been paid, us a e understand. to the necessities of the coin ninnity. If any one day in seven had been conceded to the railroad companies for the exclusive accommodation of the public, it is probable the supplies of bacon, butter. mad have been much larger, and that instead of a scarcity there might have been something like an adequate supply of bread and meat,&e. The en• croachments of the enemy, the confusion kwevailing in some districts of the interior from which supplies have been received, the withdrawal of rolling stock and other may render useless any attempt at this time to afford relief: but no harm could result front an official notification trout the heads of the departments men tioned, that on certain days of the week the railroad companies would be at liberty to transport provisions. or breadstuffs to this city, without "let or hindrance" from j the Confederate authorities. General Heth is justifying the good opin ion of these who urged his elevation to a ,general's command by the good service he Is rendering in Western Virginia. His victory at Giles Court House, like that of Jaekson at Meltowellhas been followed to the destruction of file at-my op! o•ed to him. This is well—it is glorious. We hail it its the harbinger of a new state of things. when battles are to he no longer indecisive and victories no more fruitless. e have news of a very promising state jof tumult in Kentucky. rho spell of mule contracts is losing its potency and the I falsehoods of Yankee editors their power Ito deceive. We shall rejoice to see Kentucky again in a state that her noble children now in exile and in arms can hear mentioned without blushing. information has reached the govern went of continued successes in New 31ex ico. Santa Fe is said to have fallen into our hands, and it is believed that the et forts of the Lincolnites to get a command ing foothold in that broad territory of the South have now been effectually defeated. The telegraph reports that - the Yankee fleet off Charleston are expending ammu nition on the adjacent islands. Our men declined to offer themselves as targets,and so set fire to their quarters and retired. Union Gunboats in the James River. From the Petersburg Expresa. Meg ls. The number of Yankee gunboats now lying in James river, off City Point, is eight. They keep well out in the stream, nearly two miles from the shore, and but little can be discovered of their. opev.tions. They were greatly exasperated at the cap• tore and killing of several of their men on Monday afternoon, and gave ,vent to their wrath by projecting some one hundred shell into every part and parcel of the Point where they thought it likely any of our pickets might be on the lookout. No one received a scratch. One of the shells plunged into the earth and exploded,mak mg a hole big enough to contain a horse and rider. Others exploded in the trees, tearing of great limbs and scattering leaves and twigs in all directions. Many of our boys secured several which failed t o explode. Capture °lfni. ()niters and Men orthe United !Mateo Gunboat Waehusett. From the Petersburg ExPrem. MuSaL As soon as our men were seen double quicking towards them, the Yankees on land endeavored to ma ke their escape, but were, fortunately, cut off and made to sur render. The command to surrender was also given to those in the boat, and several times repeated without success. It being very evident to our men that they were en deavoring to get away without positively refusing to surrender, they raised their , rifles and fired. One man was seen to fall overboerd, and ell the balance, ercpt one, to fall in the boat, leaviag no doubt that one man of them all was left to tell the fate of his comrades. The surviver was seen to paddle off with one hand, and the in ference is that the other was too much in jured to be used. Our men then quickly returned to a train of cars stationed a little way off, put their prisoners aboard, and brought them to town, whence they were immediately carried to Qeneral auger's headquarters. The Destruction or the _Deng. Ihrion&hhcliiehmiliad Whig. The pilots of the late Confederate States steamer Virgulia- sweet a suspension of public opinion sr to theitatsmiunta rupee ting theasselves, wit :appearW on-00n istatafintilta &Y . , • i n -I, - bbahed officsa.re-,. po - '. Tatnall;letailine the 10110 of inatanable steamnr. The pilots :thar;the . ,. 7 ltiveittigation, • which - will dontitlesiebe had in a few days, will put the Mallet.' in its'roper light. In this connection, says the Petersburg Express, we may add that evidences, which cannot be doubted, reach us daily of the terror which the Virginia created with the entire Yankee fleet. The enemy themselves be ing the witnesses, she could hare passed Old Point and captured every vessel in Chesapeake bay or York river without. re sistance. What hope can a people have when such an engine of wartime is wanton ly destroyed? News from theassith.---Stores at Memphis. From the Vicksburg Whig. Prudential preparations are being made by the government to save the valuable Rh - H . l.s which have accumulated at Mempiti.. I.:s co thing in the a Loh' that t 4.111(1 be of service to the army has been turned over to the officials by the business men, and this, too, was done with the utmost cheerfulness in almost every instance. The supplies thus seeured are enormous in quantity, and the soldiers will have real on to thank the generous and patriotic citizens of the Bluff City Ibr a long time. Of course this was not done without sacri fices being made in a few instances, but the general verdict is—better thus than that they should Tall into the, hands of the enemy. Rebel Accounts irollll Arizona. From the Richmond Whig liovernor Baylor..of A rif.ona. was late ly in Vicksburg, on his way to4lichntond, and spoke very favorably of affairs in that territory. He is confident of being able to hold it. Fort Craig, he thinks, has ere this fhllen into our hands, and (ieneral Sibley will soon have Fort Union. lie speaks very highly of the country, and says it is the most valuable in the Confed eraey. FROM NEW ORLEANS The°Kind of News that keeps up the Courage or the Rebels. From the New IM lean; Delta. May n. For several days past the people of this city have been greatly agitated by a vari ety of exeiting rumors frorn the scone of war. Marvelous and utterly incredible as. thes,• stories are, it is nstonkliing how ea gerly they are .;napped rip and eonlidently believed L. a great many sagacious and cool-headed people how minutely and fully they were contirmirik—how many let ters and even actual wit tleSO., VOII id be cites to sustain them. and how ingoni wish , the testimony was col leered and einhodied, placing the ruts beyond all doubt. ete. Jr ansvver to the innumerable inquiries ad dressed to us concerning these various ru mors, we uniformly "disirlisted and discred ited them, and advised Our people to do likewise. We have thought it eminently the duty of an honest journalist to arrest and prevent the dissemination of unau tlicntsc rumors. But we regret to say that our efforts, so far as recent stories are concerned, have not been very su , •cessful, and there are thousand's of our people who believe that there has been a great battle on the Peninsula, in which Lee 11.11.1 .I“liii iton were killed, McClellan was taken prisoner, 4:000 rederal;: were killed, wounded and captured: that Arlington Heights and D. - fishing:ton City were in the possession of the Confederates. Many other incidents of an inferior r•haraeter are also reported lin eytally satisfactory evidence. \Tow, we consider it our duty to ou r oit• izete, to truth and history, to .state. from a knowledge we have, that webelieve each and every one of these rumors is utterly unfounded; that there has been no great pitched hattleoutlte peninsula, no advance on Arlington Heights, nocapture of Wash ington, no killing of Johnston or I.ee. or eaptnring of McClellan. and 110 tight at Corinth. up to Sunday last. Finally, we believe that there has not been a word of truth relative to war operations circulated in this city for the last week. The people• ought to have better sensethan to go about swallowing every stop that may be in vented an put afloat. An Obnoxious Article. The following article, which aopeared .11 Ihe beibt, appears to be one of those which I drew down the displeasure , . of Gen. Rat• I ler. Taking us a text a paragraph in the London Times regarding the wide-spread I distress eitumed by the want of cotton. the 1 1 editor writes ---- 1 "In the season before the last. all the cotton raised at the South was hurried for ; ward, in apprehension of the war. On the I Ist of September, IMO, the amount of cot ton on band in this city was but 10,000 liai ".l ihe ' r r n i :t e n!i ng fa r eL n r i e t r r s P t i3 o . i k n e kee l s i t ' ft; ena bledr..igl the past winter. it is true the pile° of the raw staple nearly doubled is value, arad:a ear responding addition was made to the price of manufaet tiredgoods. Thus the capital ists were enabled to sustain themselves. just us our sugar planters make as much out of a large crop at high prices as from u full crop at small prices. But the eon sumer; of sugar are not so well satisfied. --- They are taxed by the increased rates, or compelled to reduce their congnmption.— So with the laborers in the cotton facto ries. They have received no higher wages front the increased cost of material ; they have had less employment ; and now it is verging rapidly to a condition when two thirds of them will have no employment at all. The month of June has been indi cated by the sagacious and intelligent as the period wben the distress already be ginning to manifest itself will become uni versal. It will then be, perhaps. the time to begin the discussion of the question whether "Cotton is King.•' When the supply of American cotton is exhausted, full justice may be done this question.— The whole world is interested in its solu tion. Should it be determined, as we con fidently believe it will be, that this pro duct is the real basis of the commerce and manufacturing industry of the great com mercial and manufacturing nations of the world, it may open the eyes of.those who have so steadily pursued and sought. the an nihilation of the source of this great wealth, this chief agency of modern civilization and commerce. The-Southern States are greatly inter ested in testing and determining this ques tion. They can afford to dispense with the profits of one or two crops to afford full oportunity to those who think they can do without our products, or can supply the want of them from other countries, of proving the soundntss of their theories and the justice of - their estimates. The grain and provisions raised during the present and the next seasons will abun dantly supply our whole population with the.means of comfortable subsistence. As long as they can live thus comfortably on their plantations they may well dispense with foreign luxuries and abate those ex travagances by which they greatly weak ened themselves and increased the wealth and power of those who war against their institutions and interests." Soldiers Killed by Lightning etril/OUS PHENOIIESA.-Dr- E. 0. Bid well, the Assistant Surgeon of the 31st Massachusetts regiment, in a letter in which he speaks of three men of the regi ment having been killed by lightning, says: "I noticed on two of the corpses the peculiar and beautiud allotment ap- Pestance on the chest and abdomen of lightning stroke. Had the accident hap pened under or near a tree, I suppose some one would have designated it a pho tograph of a tree. As it bantam that there is not a tree of any kind or =Coil& in stlesst two miles of the spot, nor:any. thing resembling a tree, the hypothesis must be allowed insufficient for the case." —Thsseelsr. LAM rows TILIGIAPIL CEN. M'CLE R AS N I . AMP, NEAR Glorious Victory SEVERAL BAYONET CHARGES. Gen. Pettigrew and Colonel Long Taken Prisoners. • Our Lunn lu Nape•--Thelr•w Enorrouum M'CLELLAN INBTRITTED FROM A BAL LOON 2 onn FPRT Ilfoll. FROM THE FICI.D OF 134.171.}: June Ist, 1882.—n. To Hou: E. .\I. Srtx . ros, Secretary of IVe have had a desperate battle, in which the corps of Generals Stunner. Heintzel man and Keyes have been engaged, against greatly superior numbers. Yesterday, (Saturday,) the enemy tak ing advantage of a terrible storm, which had flooded the valley of the Chickahomi ny, attacked our troops on the right Hank. Casey's division, which was in the first line, gave way unaccountably, and this caused a temporary contusion, during which the guns and baggage wore left, but Gens. lleintzelman and Kearney most gallantly brought up their troops, which checked the enemy, and, at the same time, however, succeeded by great exertions in bringing across Sedgwiek and Richardson's divis ions, who drove back the enemy at the point of the bayonet, covering the ground with his dead. This morning the enemy attempted to renew the conflict, but was everywhere repulsed. We have taken many prisoners, among whom are General Pettigrew and Col. Long. tlur loss is heavy, but that of the enemy must he enormous. Wlth the exception of Casey's Division, the men behaved splendidly. Several fine bayonet ehargea have been wade. The Second Excelsior made two to-day. Signed) GEO. ft. McCLELLAN, Major Gen. Com'g. iffiNUTON, J f4. — During the whole of the battle of this morning. Prof. Lowe's balloon was overlooking the terrific scene from an altitude of about two thousand feel. Telegraphic communication from tluii balloon to General McClellan, and in di rect connection with the military wires was SuccessfUlly maintained, Mr. Parke spring. of Philadelphia. acting as opera tor. Every movement of the enemy was obvious, and instantly reported. This is believed to be the first time in which a balloon reconnoissance has been successfully made during a battle, and cer tainly the first in which a telegraph station has been established in the air to report the movements of the enemy and the pro gress of a battle. The advantage to Gen eral NlcClellan must have been immense. Evacuation orliartinsbnra and Charleston a...-The 'Railroad Again In Operation. t:w Yong. June 2.—A. special dispatch to the Tribune, dated Harper's I:' , trry. to day. says : "Allis quiet here. The rebels have evacuated Martinsburg and Charles town. The damage by the rebels to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad is trifling. The road can be put in operation to the Ohio river within two days. The Union cavalry occupied Martinsburg and several miles beyond. The Union refugees in large numbers are returning to thei r homes. Brig. Gen. Casey. YORK..lunto _'.—The Tribune to ddy : Brigadier General Casey is a regular army (officer and had under his command three brigades. They were originally composed of a brigade under Col. Itavis, consisting of the 104th Penn's, 11th Maine. 52d Penn's. blat New York and Col. Berdan's Sharpshooters, a sec ond under Col. 'Fidball of the (19th New York, Kdit and 93d Pennsylvania and a third under Col. Allen, of the 9th U. S. in fantry, the Alfth and 64th New York and 4th S. infantry. Whether this was the constitution of the division at the time of its defeat we of course do not know, but . presume it has not been essentially chungod. Union Meeting Is Neelbllk...ol)• jeer or the Late Ulm*. &e. Foirrukss 111),:not:, -lune I.—The Union meeting held last night at Norfolk, was ii very spirited affair. The meeting was gotten up on short notice, in consequence of the presence of Mr. Seger; but it. was R. complete success. Some eight hundred persons were present. The projected new Union newspaper will be started this week, and snore exten sive Union demonstrations will be Shortly be made. There was also a Union meet ing at Portsmouth last night, attended by 1.200 persons. Patriotic speeches were made, and there was much enthusiasm. The fortifications at Pig's Point were blown up to day by the navy, together with the rebel barracks in the vicinity.— A reconnoisance in force was made to Winton, North Carolina, yesterday, by fleneral Viele. We have not learned the result, According to the statement of prisoners brought down by the White Souse boat this afternoon, the object of the enemy's attack on our left wing yesterday was to reach the river and thus cut or our line of communication. This was the purport of the address to the troops before leavingßichmond yesterday morning. The British gunboat Racer arrived flrom off Charleston this afternoon. Union Meeting in Noribik. FORTRESM Moxitoa, June I.—The S. E. Spaulding arrived this afternoon from New 1 ork, with the privateers and others from Fort Hamilton. They will probably go up James river to-morrow. A Union meeting was held in . Norfolk lnst night. Mayor Sear, made itlipeoch: There was great enthiisiasmith"clieers for the Stars and Stripes. The meeting was arranged on short notice, bit a more extensive demonstration will take place in a few days. . . , Newts. Better as It Comes Ix. WAsumaros, June 2.—pisfmtc'hes of an unofficial charsater, ieceved from the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac t say that the importance sad dimensions of our victory increase as they are hourly de. veloped. An Elmlinla Csyp;. tire" Off Cluseleiptem. • - ' PHILADELPHIA, June 2. -The P.ntlisb iron steamer Cambria was captured of Charleston by the United States gunboat Huron, after a chase of five hours, on the 26th ult. She went into Port Ro yal, an 4 sailed from there on the 211111 uttimpi charge of Lieutenant George Q. Belknap. Wm. Budd, First Assistant Engineer Jos. M. Adams, and Assistant Empneer Boyd, were also placed on board. Her Catite consists of liquors, medicines, Ukfield ri fles saltpetre, &c. She brings and three immwepippg.fron Norfolk. Cusp NI Brilliant 404 PURSUED TWO Destroyed SO Cam of Supplies, 10.000 Stasi of swum Arum, Loeesa•tivem, &e. 2,000 Prisoners Paroled. HALLECK'S HEAUQUARTERSt May 31 . - Our cavalry found the eleiny's tents all standing, and took hundreds of barrels of beef, and seven thousand stand of arms, in a large encampment on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, said to belong to Price and Van Dorn's forces, who left en Thursday night. • The rebel.; are br-ingbrnnght in in squad' , of from forty to fifty. Our cavalry tound the rebels on several roads in strong posi tion, with artillery, supported by infantay. The rebels commenced moving their sick last Monday. Beauregard and Bragg were at Corinth on Tuesday. The recently published card of army newspaper correspondents gives the er roneous impression that General Halleck had prohibited the reporter of the New York• Associated Press here from tele graphing anything, even when not contra band, except such items as he approves. General Halleck has never used such influ ence over the Associated Press dispatches, and erases only such items as are of a con traband character. .11;NX I.—Residents say that the rebel guard burned the Cypress Creek Railroad Bridge by a misapprehension, causing the destruction of seven locomotives, and per haps as many more trains, laden with Commissary and Quartermaster's stores. This accounts for the smoke seen by the signal corps from the tree top. Col. Elliott and his command returned Mier destroying the railroad in several places,. burning a large amount of stores, capturing three pieces of artillery, thirty wounded - prisoners and about six hundred infantry, with little loss. He found twen tv-five hundred sick and wounded at Memphis refugees report all their news pipers as having been removed to Grana da, Mississippi. General Pope congratu lates Colonel Elliott for the brilliant sot-- cells of hisexpedition, sayingthat be reach ed Boonville on the morning of the 30th, and destroyed the track North and South; of that town, blew upone culvert, destroy ed switches and track, burnt the depot, lo comotives and twenty-six cars loaded with provisions of every kind, destroyed ten thbuSand stand of arms, three pieces of artillery, a great quantity of ammunition and clothing, and paroled two thousand prisoners, who could not keep up with his cavalry. The enemy heard of his movements and had a train of cars, with his flying artillery and five thousand men, running op and down the roadlo prevent Elliott's reach-• ing it. The whole road was lined with rebels. Elliott reports the roads full of small parties of the retreating enemy, scat tering in all directions. Coancrw, May 31, via CAIRO, June I. A special dispatch to the New York Tri bune says: Yesterday morning our reserve diviiions were brought up, and our entire front moved forward, the men having two days rations in their haversacks. During the day we kept up a tremendous cannonading, shelling the woods furiously. The rebels hardly showed themselves, but replied feebly with a few shots. Last night we threw up breastworks along the entire front, and -slept on our arms within thousand . yards of the enemy's breastwoiits. At six o'clock this morning Pope . entered Corinth, without the lightest gesmatnee, and took posses sion. At the mime time the Mayor, who' had come out on a different road, met General Nelson, and surrendered the town to.him. There were no inhabitants remaining, except women, children and old men : the rebels succeeding in carrying away abso lutely everything, except a few provisions, which, with the warehouses and railroad depot, were burned before we arrived. They took every invalid from the hospi tal, and every letter from the post office. They did not leave a single gun, and had been moving away troops more than six days and stores two weeks. The most of'the troops have gone to wards Grand Junction. The rebel rear guard, under General Bragg,.lo,ooostrong, marched Southward at. idinght. Citizens assert positive) y that Beanregard was there in person and left with it. All concur that never more that 60,000 troops were there at once and usually much less. The rebel fortiScations were five miles in extent, from the Memphis and Charleston Railroad to the M. and 0. Rail road, but they were much weaker than we supposed. They could have been storm ed at any time. • The few prisoners we have are deserters from the rebel rear guard. There is great mortification in our army. I have these details from one who was there in person. The lastest Miens Winchester. BALTIMORE, June 2.—A resptable cit izen of Baltimore has just arrived home from Winchester, having escaped from there on last Thursday. He states that Col. Cenley and a large portion of his command were prisoners there, and that the many rumors that we have received with regard to the brutal treatment of this regiment are Altogether unfounded. The stones of burning the "hospitals, with all in them, are altogether untrue, neither of the buildings having been injured. He saw Col. Malley sitting up in bed, with a wound on kis head. A number of officers of the Second Maryland were et large, on Rarole. The rebels claim to have t aken live thousand prisoners, but from what he saw in Winchester, he supposed that half that number is nearer the truth. Great Unite' Illeeefisi at Celsius- Ws, Team. COLUMBIA, TINS.. June 2.—A large Union meeting was held here to-day, at which fifteen hundred persons were Jae sent, and the deepest interest exhibited. ' Ex-Gov. Neil B. Brown, addressing the meeting, said is fiiijudjuumt the rebellion was played Mit, and Terinesiee ought all be,foc the:Unim Tommie. wain knit forever to the confederacy, and common settee- showed Willie folly of contending against the Bedard Government, and the longer the ear was kept up the worse it would be . for the South. Gov. BroWii hairheth a prominent rebel and a member of !he fonfederatc .M litary Board of Tennessee, Gov. Miriam made a very powerful speech, of "two hours duration. He said the government should not be given to. traitors, but to loyal men. The- speech was loudly applauded. • The Union feeling is increasing, and the people are gaining more confidence. Tw•RoseeisOkaile4 2 Dmsw.' lent ; 1 1 3 . 1 4 i and the teirrilie_liemAikl . _ b if uy was n, residemaeof J . m . ans struck hy Wind% bihng Mar 7 Malmo add AU Uhlril goodwill. the latter was to have lien married to the former's brethei-tO4iy: • Vie G. only arrived pfront. lierwia, The liottse wea gip tin lefrinte 1, 1 4 1 * for 1 4w . Yo r ' k 'er • Unire. azglit :they will compista LATEST FROM WASH IN. 10 FlGNlNfitaiito puti e nbi ti r - r Battle Most Lay bids were kJ tit WASHINGTON, June .2.—informdion re , eeived at the Wur,pepartr ist€ tia even states that Freinota' had eii6iiintilted and beaten near Strasburg yesterday afternoon aad tI.:A louri,:ngap:i4tWaci t bliftrnay, which is in full retreat. Allvices front the army of the Potomac, dated this afternoon, states that there has been no fighting to-day. Our advat.ce is considerably in front of the . position occu• pied previous to thebattlettElliegiday. All the Military intelligence received to-day at the War Department is of,. !nost eheering character. HF:AUQI•ARTias JlrCi.m.i.Ax's AR.% • t Alcisnut, June '2d, P. M.- 4 Two days of the battle of Ru :mad has been fought, on -both of whi. it oar troops have been victorious. The both sides is heavy. The.battlewa opes ed by the eaenty making an attack flan. Casey's division; encamped near revert pines .oit the turnpike landihiroft: mond: The attack was 'midis 'bout one o'clock on Saturday by Gen. Hill's•divia ion, composed of five .rebetthe troops being in the 'most 1441 , - - ft im`stVir gin's, South Carolina and Georgia. The hght here was very disastrous. Ceneral Casey's troops were foiced tokik-Gief be fore superior numbers. leaving all their camp equipage and two., biattaries. Col. Bailey in endeavoring to save his batteries was killed. Some or theie troops in this division from New York and Pennsylva nia behaved very badly. and many of the utlivers were killed and wounded in en deavoring to rally their men. Gen. Heinthelmait on ascertaining the result, ordered forward a portion of the divisions of Gen. Kearney and Hooker, to regain the-day. Gen. Keanieriimen on being brought into action, ehrnOld - with the bayonet, driving the re bels them like sheep, regaining all the ..laikgroend but about half a mile, and night., coming on, operations were brought' to a close.— Gen. Sumner's two divisions_, Sedge wick and Richardson's crossed the Ch ahominy about three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, taking.a position on Heinteel , man's right, here' the? , encountered Gen.'s Longstreet's. Raines- and Huger's' divis ions, the flower of the rebel army. The fightug was desperate,everyfoototggeund being hotly contented; "bat" oh Ididiers. were too much for them. reds The enemy would stand .ni a distance of sixty .yards and be Siiikukbut they were afraid of- the . bayt*atipliad in every instance that our. men Clubleggliga were victorious. These te , o'idivietoos • nobly, driving the rebels at irrergtoint until dark. The enemy's loss. was very heavy, many of them being:L . ll4 by the bayonet. General Pettigrew, of South Carolina was taken - prisoner. We lave 16i:tatZOO pris oners. Nars.—At this point in the meaistithe line ceased to work between• Wilmington and Cherry Stone, probably 'oWing to a storm. Curtis Beyond Littlellinaek. ST. Loris , June 2.—Jiidge Nas brought here ori Saturday night and, Apia ed on paroleyesterday, to repair at the " Provost Marshal's office to-day, when his case will be further considered. ~., Advices from Arkauras say etWirebel gunboat and several steamers atauepoited to be at Little Rock. The sailboat shall that ed the rebel camp under the 'int ' that it was occupied by thir.; . wounding rebels, and scatterinr, • , ”:16,i.14 garrison. The Union troo_ps had dtiveit ' W Ari , da 13 miles beyond Little Red rivii:V.:.:o I u ji lW r General Curtis' cavalry have the enemy on his front an gl d .., 18 or 20 of them. - • .cis o se.ti Report says that the mouth it _ • sus is blockaded by the Federid,7 . Captain Frisbee, commanding*. , -- - went of the 88th Illinois infisatrr 1,7( Ist Missouri cavalry.caliturt4.4ol. ' nit., near Neosho ' . ttitia, 4 ,... ..... one lieutenant; two jayhawkeis, 4 .4 . .„'irinosser of guns and revolver, ' fiftetai;notyanonad a large train of forage provision s . - Mobile papers, of the 26th, faelarfa the rebel camp at Corinth containdirsties,_ . from Charleston statiag thiit UM mew fleet had just passed.twelhattedegja•el oao river and were within eights ;* a city, where great g ezeiteram 't • ...._ :::., _ Wrote the Meeatetik . t FRE3IONT'S HICADQVAIRE f STRASBURG, June - 11#. ~ 4 .11‘• el General Fremont, with a 't: and_ left Franklin - last Sunday. and- forced marches has crooned the . - • doah mountain ranges, marchine a hundred miles over difficult " ' • little means of transportation .414 XI 0 . 11111 • - plies in the country: TMs mornhielfre miles from Strasburg, he overtook Ala ion in full retreat with his whole gis t the road from 'Winchester . to . Col. Closerut commanding thet*linte brigade, came upon the enemy - posted with artillery , which ope ,-. **ea as the ' head of his column apinewofisd. General Fremont brought his inaW - rapidly lup and forstied a line : " Jackson declined to fight,' and W . 1 , 'm' s - ing Col. Closerut in cheek Withltseab of his troops, withdrew blame& i fir4 continued his retreat: In the - five of the Eighth Virginia and siei'lff, Sixtieth Ohio were wounded. IIC - 40... my's loss is, unknown. TwentriMealppo oners were taken by our Cavalry.. , o '=;- ,-, Lieut. Col. Downey of the Third - UK- ment Potomac Home Brigade, in it,r mish on Thursday.moreie& drelrikikpla party, of Ashby's .Ciiiiky • thraniih 4 gt. densville, killing two and wounding egirs ; giiiArillifuirr - ;''. l *- Tribune. , Correspondent. Approved by CoI,I I ILICT, A.. #. 01 :... ''.-,.. .... ----- . . , Freiman& Ow M Jackson.; Fammtv's 46,1 STIA.BIIIIIO, General Fremoit's adSanca,. under Colonel Cloaerut, burg last night without ' ' son - rapi.dly t retreatint befinalast4postec midrugh "reconnoupinkoe hbeyond'Strasburg agniti m ncade ' and ambush of J guard, but retired successfullyoddilnioss of only three wounded. ' Colonelnip*. minsie, of Fremont's go; w#4,4(wiliiit teen men, brilliantly charged - and out to flight a body of cavalry somman‘d Ashby in person. • GEQ. W. til4tairri ,t , Tribune Correspoitent!' Approved by• Col. TIM M Ad./Wall-4 - r. Nair Yong, June 2.--The Prinwilamn er Nassau has arrived at this port. She was captured by the gui4: 4 4 B Georgia mid- VicWWvilili rnn thlk.l4l9 l .Wdit fit"Wysion, And has it carto of ammunition and En- • Naaar it maw, 41j1PM ol : 4m A ti m i u m t t . Utt, en 'ti e 2841 aid silitlimg4uned The officers haring her in °harp', mums that the rebels were busy litroaigaienme Fott Conrail, N. C.
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