DAILY POST.
The Valeta as It was
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SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE- 14
sr Beading matter on every page.
r7DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CON
VENTION—The Democratic CAMAY Com
mittee of Correspondence met at the SAINT
7H A NUN HOTEL on SATURDAY MORNING,
10th lost.. pursuant to call. The following was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Democratic citizens of Alle
thaw emit" meet at their respective places for
MMus Prinweetmas on SATURDAY. the
Idth day of JIIIQE, to elect two delegates from
each township, bog ough and ward, to meet in
motion at the COURT HOUSE, in the city of
on Wednesday, June Itith„ at
Ili iv to select delegates to the State Con
vesfien.orluch assembles at Harrisburg on the
4th OF JULY NEXT.
The meetings in the cities end boroughs will
°Veneta Y.st,and continue until 7 r. u.; and in
the tommbips tbe meetings will be held between
the hours of* and IS P. m. By order
THOMAS DONNELLY, Chairman,
SAM= HARPER, Secretary.
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY MEETINGS.
Our Democratic citizens must not, in the
heat of the excitement occasioned by war
news received or anticipated, forget that
this evening there are primary meetings to
be held, in the several election districts of
our county, to elect delegates to a con
yention to be-held on Wednesday next
Let there he a general turn out.
THE ADVANCE ON RICHMOND
It is two weeks to-day since the battle
before Richmond; and the details of it
which we have published show it to have
been one - of the most desperate and bloody
since the rebellion began. The fighting in
other fields, Fort Donelson and Pittsburg
Landing, was terrific and destructive; but
no incident of either of them surpassed
the desperate charges of the rebels at
Richmond on Saturday week, or the furi
ous and overwhelming desperation of the
Union forces iu regaining our lost position
on the following Sunday. The steady ad
vance of the rebels, in the face of a terrific
fire, could _not have been surpassed, and
for steady courage never was. Headley's
magnificent description of the advance of
the old guard at Waterloo, under Marshal.
Ney, does not exhibit more determined
bravery than those rebels exhibited in Vir
ginia in the fight referred tn. It was only
equalled by the enthusiastic and fatal bay
onet charges of their Union opponent...
Determined as the rebels showed them
selves in this engagement, and strong as
they are reported to be in Richmond, many
persons express astonishment that Gene
ral McClellan is not - now in Richmond.
These rebels, from what we have seen, are
fighting men; they are reported two hun
dred thousand strong. and some accounts
add forty thousand under Beauregard to
this immense number; they have the
ground upon our General, and yet sur
prise is expressed that Richmond has not
yet fallen. It is a question, indeed, whe
ther it is likely to fall very soon, if we
credit the reports we receive of the num
bers engaged in defending it. But inde
pendent of the numbers to be encountend,
the advance by General McClellan must
be governed by the utmost circumspection
- and caution. A. correspondent of the
_Press, writing from within six miles of
Richmond, on the 7th, describes the task
before the Union forces as being of great
difficulty. He describes the left and cen
tre of our forces as already across the
Chickahominy, but the right still has to
make the passage. "A swamp, hundreds
of yards wide, passable in but two or three
places, and those right under the enemy's
guns, is the first obstacle to he surmount
ed. The left and centre have already done
this. Then, there is a range of hi115, - the
tops of which are fringed tvgiiwoods, in
which are coneei n emay's batte
ries. In front - liege woods' is; series of
t a etdes, fully a mile
across, every inch of which can be raked
by rebelAfies and rebel cannon, - and the
roads and paths through which are guard
ed by all sorts of pitfalls, torpedoes, and
other rsimanly defences, form the second
diffictOty, if possible, greater than the first.
Then, if the hills be mounted, and the
rebel position be in our possession, we
leek down upon Richmond, to be sure,
Init, between that goal and our stand
point we see—what? a series of entrench
matte and forts, built by skillful engi
neers, phased by traitors whose wits are
sharpened by a long course of intrigue
and treason, and -manned by a foe goaded
on by desperation. This is the prospect
before us. Such diffienities as these will
have to be overcome before we shall enter
Richmond as victors. We cannot believe,
after viewing the entrenchments and bat
teries exposed in front of the rebel posi
tion, that Richmond will be ingloriously
evacuated. A sanguinary battle, to which
laiteSeaday's -fight is nothing, will yet
Strew the banks of the Chickahominy with
dead and wounded, and will seal the day
of our entrance to the capital as forever
after a'day of morning."
With such dangers before him, General
McClellan can scarcely be blamed for pro
ending cautiously. His advance up the
peninsula was exceedingly rapid. Now he
-has his army in position right before the
enemy's works, and they are fairly be
sieged. He cannot unopposed advance a
foot further. The enemy have retreated
to the end of their tether—now they stand
at bay.. Every indication of a movement
on our part is a signal for rebel shells to
come whistling about our ears. If a pass
ing regiment is espied crossing a hill or
moving through the trees, thick and fast
fall their death-dealing messengers all
around it. They are on the alert. There
are to be no more inglorious retreats or
cowardly evacuations. Every foot of the
road to Richmond is to be most hotly eon.
tested.
Commander Pennock telegraphs to the
Nivy Department that the buildings and
machanery of the late Memphis Navy
Yard were found uninjured when our for,
is occupied the town.
A SUDDEN CONVERSION.
The Pittsburgh Gai*, after "a
frothy and senseless dieUniation in favor
doves) , wild suggestion favorable to the
sudden elevation of the slave population
of the South to au equality with white
men, yesterday, for some reason or other,
changed its tactics, by announcing that:
"The eniancipation of the white 'race
from the awful effects of the curse of
'slavery is the chief object we hare in view."
The inconceivable audacity of this an
nouncement is incredible; "emancipate
the white race from the awful e&ets of the
curse of slavery" by setting loose among
them four millions of slaves. The endorse
ment of Wendell Phillips' monstrous con
ceptions; the ruffian denunciations of ev
ery man who does not follow Sumner
in his revolting schemes fin• negro
equality, have all been exhibitions
of an anxiety to elevate the poor white
population of the South. To what mis
erable drifts and uses lies Abolitionism
descended ? Anxiety for • the improve
ment of the condition of the white man
of the South ? Was the advocacy of Gen.
Hunter's order, setting free one million
of the most debased victims of slavery in
the States of South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, a way to serve the poor whites
residing in them ? Remember the slave
population of these Commonwealths is
quite as great as that of the white ; in
some sections the slaves number ten to
one, and yet this infatuated editor of the
Gazette proposes to " emancipate the
whites 'k by letting loose among them this
overwhelming crowd of slaves. Will
the reader reflect an instant upon the
incredible and transparent falsehood? Im
agine the hordes of swarming Asia, spread
ing devastation wherever their savage
legions penetrated; think of a brutal and
unlicensed soldiery, in a conquered coun
try, "shouting beauty and booty, — and you
can then form a faint conception of the .
horrors with which the "white race" of
Hunter's district would have been visited
had he been permitted to enforce his
order. No place, however sacred, would
have saved our race, in these States, front
the most beastly excesses and outrages.--
The reflection is absolutely appalling.---
These million of semi-savages, the most
debased upon this continent, some of
whom have been imported from Africa,
ifset free, would furnish the world a chap
ter of horrors unsurpassed in atrocity since
brutality began. Male and female. and
even childhood would alike become the vic
tims of rapine, outrage and blood. And
yet the Gazette advocated a policy calcula
ted to entail these terrors upon a million
of white people, three-fourths of whom are
women and children. Truly it is for the
"emancipation of the white race, from the
awful effects of the curse of slavery. — "Oh.
shame! where is thy blush ?
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAIL
ROAD AND THE WAR DE
PARTMENT.
Ever since the Government found it
necessary to take military control of this
road in May last, the question of compen
sation for the use of the road has been
unsettled, and. indeed has been a matter
of serious difference between the parties.
This is now to be brought to a conclusion
by a Commission just appointed by the
Secretary of War, consisting of Nathaniel
Marsh, President of the Erie Railway
Company, Geo. IV. Cass, President of
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne k Chicago
Railway Company and W. IL Clement,
President of the Little Miami Railroad
Company. The Secretary of War has ben
quite fortunate in selecting gentlemen for
the various commissions that have been
instituted from time to time by his De
partment, and this last selection is of the
same character.
FROM MEMPHIS.
Incidents or the Late Nac•al En
gagesneut.
One 64-pounder from the Federal gun
boats struck the residence of N. Caveline,
Esq., in South Memphis, which passed
through the roof, struck a large tree and,
glancing at an angle of 45 degrees, passed
through the chimney," knocking it down
and completely covering up a little boy
trirg in bed, with the bricks. It was a
shell and did not explode. Strange to say
the little boy escaped unhurt. A shot
struck the city ice-house,ldoing no very
serious damage. One larger shell fell near
a crowd on the bluff in front of the Gay
oso. No damage was done.
The bluffs in front of the city were
crowded with spectators, many 01 whom
never witnessed anything of the kind be
fore. Many ladies were seen with the
tears trickling down their cheeks, humili
ated at the triumph of the Federal boats.
All the stores, with few exceptions, were
closed, business of every kind being sus
pended. Not less than five thousand per
sons were on the wharf. The train which
left on the Mississippi and Tennessee road
was jammed and crammed with our citi
zens, many of whom had remained until
the last opportunity to get away.
No Mose Travel on the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad.
From the Memphis Avalanche, June G.
The train due here over this road on
Tuesday arrived here on Wednesday night.
We learn that the trains on this road will
be suspended for the present. Every bridge
between Memphis and Humboldt, except
that over Wolf river, has been destroyed,
and all railroading in that portion of Ten
nessee will, for the present at least, cease.
Specimens of Rebel Chillilr3
From the Memphin Avalanche. June 6.
There were a large number of soldiers
from Fort Pillow and other points in the
city yesterday, and the consequence was
that there was a lively time. The soldiers
had not had a "spree" for many days, and
it is not surprising that they avail them •
selves of the first opportunity which was
presented. They have not always de
meaned themselves with propriety while
in liquor. Indeed, so boisterous were
they that the Commandant of the post
had to call out the Home Guard battalion,
in order to suppress the disorder• and to
arrest all straggling soldiers and take them
to their commands. In this much disor
der was prevented.
Nevertheless, there was enough disorder
for the day. Some of the soldier "pressed"
hacks into their service, and took " a free
and easy ride." Others amused themselves
by shooting at dogs on the sidewalks and
in the Street; while others entered houses
and " cut up" generally. Among the
Home Guard ordered to suppress the dis
order was Company F, Capt. Brittinghaus.
They arrested several boisterous soldiers,
and took them to their captain, then at the
Mississippi and Tennessee road, about to
leave for Grenada, where they delivered
them up and turned and marched away.—
,Insfas they started, th t men who had been
arrested pulled out their pistols and fired
into Captain Brittinghaus company, kill
ing Mr.-.T. Cohen, and wounding one ortwo
others. Captain Brittinghaus' company re
turned the fire, and it is said wounded a
number. The train for Grenada soon moved
off, eswryiagniany of the disturbers of the .
peace with it.
The Appeal of the 6th states, that in ad
dition to Air. Cohen, Mr.Ofilm, tailor, of
Monroe street, was also lulled, and Lieut.
Eichbnrg, tinsmith, Waslington street,
was mortally wonndedlij the fira4,oo,
soldiery.
Union Men Running off withlLo.
comottreii:
From Memphis Avalanche. Jane 56. .
We announced yesterday that the officers
of the Memphis and Ohio Railrbakimme
diately on learning that three of the en
gines had been captured by their employ
ees and run off, dispatched an engine with
employees to tryand recoverthelost prop
erty. The escaped engineers, it seems,
went up to a switch this side of the burned
bridge near McKinsey's station, and there
they found all three of the engine&—the
Wood, Woodruff and Cossett. The engin
eers, on going up, seemed to imagine that
they might be pursued, and hence they
burned the first bridge they passed over.—
This act was designed for the double pur
pose of saving themselves from capture and
preventing the recapture of the locomotives.
In this, however, they were disappointed,
for the hands on the engine which was in
pursuit. very readily constructed a tempo
rary trestle work, on which the engines
all passed, and brought them safely to the
city last night. •
The ilia that the burned bridge had not
been repaired, and that there were no Fed
erals to receive the fugitive engines at Mc-
Kinsey. would. seem to be conclusive that
there was no collusion between them and
those in the Federal lines, while the prompt
action of the officers on the road was cer
tainly instrumental in recovering the lost.
property. It seems, therefore, that the
stampede, so far from being a deeply laid
scheme to steal the engines, was only a
successful attempt of certain disaffected
railroad men to escape to the Federal lines.
This they have done, and it is not to• be
regretted; but why they took so many lo
comotives to effect their escape is not
known.
Capture of Part of the Escaped
Crew of oue of the Rebel Gun
boats.
FrUm the Memphis Appeal, June
We learn that a party of eight, from the
crew of the gunboat Van Dorn, who went
to Lanier's ice house, on the Arkansas
shore, opposite Island 34 and below Fort
Pillow, was surprised by the Federal scouts
on Thursday last, and seven of them cap
tured. They were sent to procure a sup
ply of ice for the sick of the fleet.
Latest from BeauregariPs Army
From the Memphii Avalanche. June it
1t k reported and confidently believed
—says the Jackson Mississippian--that
Ileauregard has obstructed the Tennessee
river at Duck river Suck, about one hun
dred and twenty-five miles above Eastport,
by blasting the (din, thereby filling the
(-hamlet with masses of stone and forest
trees. It this be true, the enemy's trans
ports and gunboats are. or will ift a few
days be, at our mercy, and any attempt at
retreat by the Federal - army will insure us
a complete success. LAII bosh.]
Change on Reauregard•s Staff
From the Memphis Argus, June 6
Major G. W. Brent, Assistant Inspector
General, has been appointed Acting Chic!
of Stall' to General Beauregard, in plan•
of Brigadier General Thomas Jordan. who,
we regret so sad•, has been obliged to be
relieved on sickness. Major
Brent is a talented officer, and distinguish
ed himself at the battle of Manassas.
where he served as Major of the Seven
teenth Virginia regiment.
Reported Capture ofOne 'Mon
sand Union Cavalry.
the 3fernphis Appeal. June 4:.
On Sunday morning last a force of some
'1.20 or I ,i - art Federal cavalry made
raid on Brownsville, situated on the Mo
bil, and Ohio Railroad, some : 3 .5 miles
below Corinth. where a portion of a regi
111011t of new recruits. only partially arm
ed, were stationed, and a lot of sick sol
diers occupying the hospital buildings.--
The ' , licitly succeeded in destroying three
or four car loads of army stores, and cap
turing about 300 prisoners. They Moue
that ely started back for 4.; eneral lal leek's
headquarters,but when about half way, the
same day, they suddenly found themselves
within a network of Gen. Price's division
of our army, which was falling back from
Corinth. Over a thousand of the Federal
cavalry were taken prisoners, and the cap
tured of our own men saved from a tedi
ous and tiresome trip to Camp Chase.
The Battle Before Richmond
.4 Walk over the Rattle-Held—
the Horrors of War.
Correepuudent of the New York Express.
I paid a visit to the battle field of Satur
day and Sunday, called by some the "Bat
tle of the Seven Pines." The camp of
Casey's division presented a sight which
an artist might envy, and yet one of deso
lation. .111 around lay charred ruins,
clothing, guns, cartridge boxes, &c., the
property mainly of our own troops. The
whole camp was just as level as the Russ
pavement on Broadway. Here was where
the enemy first made their appearance on
Sattrfatty, and where they so badly drove
back our men. A little further on is a
piece of woods and by walking through
water and mud knee deep, one is enabled
to investigate its contents. The bark of
nearly every tree is peeled oil' towards the
roots, the rifle balls and canister fired into
the forest by our men having taken down
the trees about as lively as they did Con
federates. Letters, guns by the dozen,
both Secesh and Union, clothing enough
to start half the Chatham street dealers in
business, new-made-graves, yet unburied
bodies, and all the minor indications of
battle and death, form one of the saddest
scenes ever witnessed on the Virginia
Peninsula. In a swamp we found eight
bodies of Alabamians close together, and
in such a horrible state of decomposition
that hardly a man saw them without turn
ing
away his head. Their • clothes were
on, but the bodies were so swollen that
they fitted as tight as the skin itself. It
was a disgusting scene, but one some peo
ple might have seen with profit. But it
ought to be added that our people are
burying the dead just as fast as they can
reach the remains.
I saw one body, which was evidently that
of a Confederate officer. His clothing Was
rather bet ter than that of the large majority
we saw, ant? other indications of rank were
numerous. •He lay concealed behind some
brush, and had evidently been wounded,
sought its shelterand there died. The limbs
were contracted, but upon the face there
seemed to rest a placid smile. One hand
held on to a fence rail near by, while th. 3
other was extended upon the earth. Call
ing some scouts, a grave was dug, and the
decaying flesh was consigned to its last
rest place.
Another body was found sitting on the
ground, the back braced against a fence.
The skin was peeling off the hands, and
hung down from the fingers in shreds.—
One hand rested on the musket, whose
contents had been discharged. The head
drooped to one side, and the features
were fearfully contracted, evidencing a
dying struggle of a most painful nature.—
In his vest pocket there was a piece of
paper, and curiosity prompted me to read
it. There - was some scribbling upon it,
the distinguishable.words being, "Eighth
Alabama will never yield." No, sir,
never."
To show how desperate was the strug
gle in the heavy woods . between Casey's
and Ward's camps, I have spoken of the
bullet-marks upon the trees, of the dead
and of their effects, everywhere seen. An
other indication was the clothing, yet hang
ing upon low tree branches, fences, and
lyingnponthfiground. An officer engag
ed in hiWe tells me that when-we.
were pursuing, on Sunday, the -retro)*
Confederate s to the woods through which
on Saturday they drovit !‘s, a desperate en
counter ensued. HunWs of men on both
sides threw 0011 their aiperfluous clothing
and, wmp i ll e wiirtiretiold the Sixty-ninth
n, Stripped_ almost : to their
Ito had an, opportunity
phicettihet t ate: where they would be
trellOrreA era; with no time for that
threw them on the ground, and lost them
with their lives. Within a space of two
acres there were ungathered arms enough
to supply a New York militia regiment.—
In that small space nearly six hundred
men were sent to their long account.
At Casey's old camp there were no hu
man bodies, as there it was an easy matter
to dispose of them immediately after the
fight. But hundreds of horses, torn by
shot and shell, lay around.' the carcasses
emitting a pestilential stench. On Sunday,
when we were again in possession of this
field, men and animals lay closetogether—
"Rider and steed in one red burial blent."
The animals "are now being burned as
that is the only way in which they can be
disposed of„ and the horrid effluvia re
moved front its too close contact with
our camps.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
I'i o 11 ittuikt-1 Souvtt.es.
PIERRE SOULE
ARRESTED AND
SENT NORTH.
Since the opening of the Mississippi
river, consequent on the capture of Mete
phis, we have received, via Vicksburg and
Memphis, several days later intelligence
from New Orleans, as news to the 29th ult.
We subjoin a summary:
Pierre Soule Arrested.
Ex-Senator and late Provost Marshal
Pierre Soule has been arrested by Maj. Gen.
Butler, on a high political charge, at New
Orleans, and will be sent North in a Jew
days.
The First. Arrest tinder Order
No. 2S.
A furious woman, with one eve, and
badly marked with the smallpox, wa3 ar
rested on a charge of deporting herself in
a very violent manner. She refused to
give her name, but declared she would kill
Gen. Butler, and that the Yankees were all
a very fediculosus set: She was put in the
calaboose.
Business and Provisions,
Very little business is done in the city,
but provisionsaregradually arriving,which
will relieve the working classes from the
danger of want.
Gen: Butler Enforcing Specie
Payments.
Gen. Butler had an interview with the
officer, of the Southern Bank on Thurs
day, and after a full hearing the bank was
ordered to pay all their depositors, upon
demand, in such money and according to
the provisions of Butler's general order
No. aft, which we published a few days
since.
Bessuregard'm Bells Bouud
North.
The belle which were taken from the
churches by the order of Beauregard were
shipped to New York on Tuesday last in
the ship North America. by order of Gen
eral Butler. The Alta wants them united
in one ea=ting and placed on the 1..4' of
Faneuil Hall.
The Churches to he Opened.
Gen. Butler has ordered that religiou4
services be held in the different churches
of the eityas in tittles of profound peace.
and no prayer for the destruction of the
rnion or for the success or the rt.hel. , will
he tolerated.
Supplying of the
Needy.
ien. Butler gives notiee that the ('hie
of Subsistence will sell to lantilios for i•uu
stouption, in small quantities, pork. beet
hams and bacon at seven cents. :old tet
cents for flour.
Arminian& Military Commandant
Colonel N. A. M. Dudley. of the Thir
tieth Massachusetts regiment, has been
appointed Assistant Military Commandant
of the city. .
Trade Opened.
I.T:flier the "Alarine NetlV.,.. heading we
find the following:
The schooner Pathway cleared for Bos
ton.
MIME!
U. S. propeller Tamerlane (with troops
from Ship Island.
Ship Havelock, from Boston.
Bark Harriet. from Bordeaux.
Ship Daniel Webster, from Ship Island
U. S. steamer Constitution, below, corn
ng up.
Arrival of the New Postmaster.
The steamer Connecticut arrived on
Thursday evening, bringing a large supply
of naval stores and a heavy mail.
. .
J. P. Tweed, of eineirniati, and E. W.
Fox cities as passengers. Mr. Fox is the
new Postmaster.
a Slight Cold,
ti.DIV i h . or on
fau . g , o.senesa
13RONL'HIA or a'aie ohodal,
c c- 3 . which might be ch * .ecked
'7OO with a simple remedy,
if neglecta, often terminates seriously.
Few are auxire of the irn,portartce of
stopping a, Wasta.h_ or
- 1 9diri in, its first stage; that which
in, the begins ing would yield to a
mild remedy, if not attended to, soon,
attacks the Lungs. •
4sciattuesattanchial,aeadzea
were first introduced eleven years ago.
It has been. proved that they are the
best article before the pub/io for
Wausiza, Xelda, igc.ndzilLa,
i fatastich, the Hacking
Cough in Wan.aunzldia.n, and
nuenerovs affections qf the oh.Odal,
giving immediate relief.
Public Speakers & Singers
will find them. effectual for clearing
and str.affthenine• the voice.
Sold all pruggists and C.Pecaers
in ilfedicine, at n cents per bar.
de9-0m
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To Destroy--Mice, Moles and Ants.
To Destroy—Bed Buss.
To Destroy—Sloths in Furs. Clothes. ,tie.
To Destroy --Mosquitoes and Fleas.
To Destroy---luseets on Plants and Fowls
To Destroy---Inseetspn Animals. &c.
To Destrog---Eyery form and species of 'Vermin
The 'Only Infallible Remedies known. ,
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"Not dangerous to the Human Family,"
"Rats do not die on the premises,"
"They come off out their holes to die."
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Country dralers can Order as above. Or address
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LATEST NEWS BY . TELEGRAPH.
Later from the Mountain
1)/4)artment.
THE ENEMY IN FULL RETREAT.
Our Loss 125 Killed and 500
Wounded.
THE ME'S LOSS NOT MOWN.
M'OLELLAN'S HEADQUARTERS
Washingt on Cite Diems
The Rebel General Pettigrew
iu Baltimore.
WASHINGTON, June 12.—The following
dispatch was received at the War Depart
ment to-day:
HEADQUARTERS MIWNTA IN DEPAIMICT
Port Republic, noon, June 9.
To lion. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of
War :
There wag no collision with the enemy
last night. This morning we renewed the
march against him, entering the woods in
battle order, his cavalry appearing on our
flanks. General Blenker had the left-
Gen. Milroy the right, and Gen. Schenck
the center, with a reserve of Gens. Stahl's
and Bayard's brigades. The enemy was
found to he in full retreat'on Port Repub
lic, and our advance found his rear guard
barely across the river and the bridge iu
flames. Our advance came in so suddenly
that some of thei r officers,remaining on this
side, escaped with the loss of their horses.
Cannonading in the forenoon apprised ns
of an engagement, and I am informed here
that Gen. Jockson attacked Gen. Shields
this morning, and after a severe engage
ment drove him down the river, and is now
in pursuit. I have sent an officer with a .
detachment of cavalryto open communica
tion with Gen Shields. This morning de
tachments were occupied in searching the
grounds covered by yesterday's action at
Cross Keys for our remaining dead and
wounded. I am not yet fully informed, but
think 125 will cover the killed and 500 that
in wounded.
The enemy's loss we cannot clearly as
certain. He was engaged during the night
in carrying off his dead and wounded in
wagons. This morning, upon our march,
upwards of two hundred of . his dead were
counted in one field, the greater part badly
mutilated by cannon shot. Many of his
dead were also scattered through the
woods, and many had been already buried.
A number or prisoners had been taken
during the pursuit. I regret to have lost
many good officers. General Stahl's brig
ade was in the hottest part of the field,
which Was the I aft wing, from the begin
ning of !the fight. The brigade lost, in
officers,fire killed and seventeen wounded,
and 01Iq Of 1118 regiments alone, the Eighth
N. V.. has buried sixty-five. The Gari
baldi Guards next after sutlered most se
verely, and following this the 45th New
York, the Bucktail Rifles of General
Bayard's brigade. and Gen. Milroy's
brigade. 4 hle of the Ihiektail companies
has lust all its officers, commissioned and
The loss in tieneral
Set ink' brigade was less, although he
inflicted severe less on the enemy—princi
pally by artillery fire. or my stair I lo s t
a good officer killed—Captain Nicholas
Dunk,. Many horses were killed in our
batteries. which the enemy repeatedly at
tempted to take, but were repulsed, by
cauister lire generally.
I feel myselt permitted to say that all
our troops, hy their endurance of this se
vere march and their splendid conduct in
the battle, are entitled to the President's
commendation, and the officers throughout
behaved with a gallantry and efficiency
which requires that 1 should make partic
ular mention of them, and which I trust
will receive the particular notice of the
President as soon as possible. I will send
in a full report, but in this respect I am
unable to make any more particular dis
tinction than that pointed out in the de
scription of the battle.
I.TI Plt E. JIM(' I3. — The Old Point
boat has arrived, hut brings no news front
Fortress Monroe.
Gen. Pettigrew, of South Carolina, who
was wounded in the battle of Fair Oaks,
and a prisoner, came up this morning in
charge of Ceneral Dix's Staff. He is now
at the Monument house, on his parole of
honor. His wound incapacitates him from
moving.
\\ ' tsntxcrox, June i2.—Gen. Burnside
was yesterday tsndered a serenade. He
was exceedingly obliged to his friends for
their kind intentions, but declined the
compliment.
Lord Lyons had an audience with the
President to day, being on the eve of his
departure for Europe, to be absent for
several weeks.
The President by proclamation offers
nearly four millions and a half acres of
land in Oregon for public sale in October.
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PHILADELPHIA. June 13.—The following
important dispatch has been received from
Major Gen. McClellan:
Ife.kno'rts ARMY OP THE POTOMAC, l
Thursday, June sth, 1862. j -
To Hon. EDWIN N. STANTON, Secretary of
War :
My dispatch of the Ist inst., stating that
Gen. Casey's &vision, which was in the
first line, gave way unaccountably and dis
creditably, was based upon official state
ments made to me before I arrived upon
the field of battle, and while I was there,
by several commanders. From statements
made to me subsequently by Gens. Casey
and Naglee I am induced to believe that.
portions of the division behaved well, and
made a most gallant stand against supe
rior numbers, but at present the accounts
are too conflicting to enable me to dis
criminate with certainty. When the facts
are clearly ascertained the exceptional
good conduct will be properly acknowl
edged.
LSigned] GEO. B. MeCLEI.i.Ax,
Major General Commanding.
WASHINGTON, June 13.—For several
days past secession rumors have prevailed
that the Monitor and two others of our
vessels had been captured by the enemy
above Fort Darling, and the names of dis
tinguished gentlemen are unauthorizedly
mentioned in their support, but there is
such positive information here as shows
that the reports have not even a shadow
of foundation upon which to rest such an
occurrence is impossible.
NEW YORK, June 13.—A special dispatch
to the Tribune.. from Memphis, states that
reports prevail that the rebels have burned
Vicksburg, but they are discredited. Sev
eral gunboats and rams are starting on a
reconnoissance up the White river. Many
families are starting for the North, who
have been for months waiting for the ap
pearance of the Union forces.
NEW YORK, June CI. —A special dispatch
to the Post from Washington says that
Mr. Pierce, the Government superintend
ent of cotton lands in South Carolina, has
arrived there. He left Charleston Earbor
on Tuesday.
Our forces under Gen. Benham had oe
'cupied James Island under the protection
of the gunboats.
The rebel force at Charleston has been
greatly augmented. Deserters say that
30,000 men from Buaregard's army had
reached there, and every preparation was
making for a stubborn defense of that
city.
Commodore Dupont thought our attack
could not safely proceed until we had a
stronger force. There was heavy tiring
from the enemy on Tuesday, but no ap
prehension of danger was felt from the at
tack on our troops.
WASH mrrox, .1 tine 13.-I)ispatelies from
General Halleck, dated Jane 12th. 7. p.
m., have been received at the War Depart
ment.
Beauregurd is reported to have been
with the remains or his army on Saturday
last.
Spies and deserters represent the rebel
army to be greatly disorganized—mutinous
and deserting. Regiments which refused
to serve any longer than the time of enlist
ment have been disarmed, and large num
bers shot.
The immense destruction of valuable
stores of provisions proves that the retreat
was a hurried one. Half burned locomo
tives and cars have been found in places
where they would not have been left if the
enemy had been making a contemp'ated
and prepared retreat.
The rebel army has stripped of food the
whole country South of Corinth, and many
of the inhabitants are in a starving condi
tion.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., June 12.—The
vote by which the convention yesterday
refused to continue the present provisional
Governor in office was reconsidered, and
the action of yesterday reversed by a vote
of 45 to 21. A resolution expressive of
confidence in Governor Gamble and the
other State officers was then passed unan
imously.
The bill allowing the soldiers of the
State to vote at the coming election for
Governor and members of the Legislature
and county officers, was passed.
A Soldier Hung for Murder.
FORTRESS MONROE i June 13.—Private
John McMahon, Co. F, 99th New York
Volunteers; was hung to-day for wilful
murder at the Rip Raps, according to the
sentence of the general court martial and
approved by the commanding General.
The circumstances of the case showed no
mitigation of the facts, the prisoner having
calmly and deliberately shot private Mil
chael Dolan of the same company and
regiment, using the words, God have
mercy on your soul. The prisoner plead
guilty to the charge of wilful murder and
the plea having been confirmed by the.
Court, he was sentenced to be hung.
To-day at noon having been appointed
for the execution by Gen. Wool, the sen
tence was carrietlinto effect by Provost
Marshal, Lieut. Blake. Everything was
carried out in the mokettemplary manner
and the prisoner died with scarcely a
struggle. Up to the very last he appeared
indifferent to his fate and refused to make
any explanation of the object of his act,
which therefore remains a' secret. After
hanging half an hour the corpse was cut
down and placed in a coffin, and will be
buried this afternoon.
-Imniediately-alter the execution a gener
al order was read remitting the sentence to
be shot, for sleeping on their post, of pri
vates Patrick Flaherty, Co. F, and John
Dillon; CO. S both of-the 16th regiment.
Arrangements has been made between
Gen. Viele and the banks and other cor
porations, issuing shinplasters by which
such currency is to be immediately re
deemed on presentation at par. This step
will relieve an immense amount of distress
among Union men.
Steamers Preintrina. to Run the
Bliekade.
BOSTON, June I:.—The Hon. Albert
Carrier, of Newburyport, a passenger by
the Africa, informs the Trareller that two
steamers were about to leave Queenstown
for Nassau, with the intention of running
the Southern blockade. One was the Julia
Usher, of 467 tons burthen, Capt. Jenkins,
reported to be armed in Liverpool. She
was filled up with one thousand barrels of
powder in the night time and would sail
immediately. l'his steamer was formerly
the Annie Childe, which ran the. Southern
blockade sometime since, with!, cargo of
cotton, etc., to LiverpoOL, • .
The second vessel, of eight 'hundred to
one thousand tons, reached Qiieenstown
May 81st, loaded with arms and Stores.
She would fal up witirpowderlefore sail
ing.-Ilarz.tame •was.nipt at Biped.
' Mr: Coiner stiteithadiddle- - m England
there is a general feeling in favor of the
South
i it s is mum - 11y thCseverse in Ireland,
7 beig,firdp#4. Ircilaror of the
ph of the Govirtunerit and - the resto:;
itero i• the Illisemiliallessb
- Walley.
;rex, Juno 13.-11 r. u.—Ad
latest date received at the Wet
it indicate all quiet iii die valley
nandoah. Nothing of interest
fired at (;en. McClellan's head-
news had been received from
Later from Mexico.
N sir YOH e, J une 13.—The steamer Brit
ish Queen, with Havana dates to the 7th,
and Nassau dates to the 9th, arrived this
evening.
Among; her fanssengert ifif lin limb,
the bearer of the ratified . pastal convention
WO extradition treaty
The news from Mexico is to.the lot *at ,
and confirms the defeat of the FrenCk by
the Mexicans. Five hundred of the for;
mer were killed, and seven hundred taken
prisons, but thelatte . werer released, as the
victors had not food for them.
The Mexicans were actively_ fortifying
the eaPitld, and the Frenek;Willi'march
against it when reiefoicenithits
- The statements current in Havana, are
that the French deeigatt pre mot 4a A velach
against Mekiim as ataitigt thet" , Ualted
States:
There is great disaffection among French
officers. leading to appeals to Napoleon.
The English minister had concluded a
treaty with boidado.
Taragoza has a force of 14,000: men and
Ostego was expected iii Mexico with 8,000
more, and recruits were coming in from all
points.
Maryhez is in Vera Cruz and was about
imposing a forced loan on the foreign
merchants, and it was supposed that, the
English Admiral would protest, though
some thought he would not, as it would
displease the French.
Venzuela dates to the Nth tilt., state
that there had been an outbreak of the
soldiers at La Gain., but it had died out.
. .
The Yellow Fever was increasing at Ha
vana.
The schooner Constitution arrived at
Havana on the 27th from the Sabine Pass
with a rebel cargo consigned to the British
Consul, Mr. Crawford.
Nassau dates to the 7th, note the arrival
of the rebel steamer Cecile on the sth and
the Halze on the 6th from Charleston, with
dates from rebeldom to the 2d inst.
The Bahama Herald says: "At last it
appears that the Southern star is in the
ncendant and their noble courage merits
some reward." It then gives the rebel
acoonnts of Jackson's raid in Virginia.
The steamer Nellie. in attempting to
run the blockade on the 27th, was run
ashore after being shelled by the Federal
cruisers, and her cargo lauded On Long
Island slightly damaged, but the vessel
was pretty badly used up.
.„
The steamer Tubul Cain, with a cargo
for the rebels, arrived at Nassau, from .
Liverpool, consigned to the rebels agents,
Abler], & Co.
The inhabitants of Long Island are en•
gaged in planting cotton seed.
Departments Defined.
WAsn I XI:TON, 91 Ithe 13.—8 y order of the
Secretary of Warite Department of Mis
sissippi is extended so as to include the
whole of the States of Tennessee and Ken
tucky. All officers on duty in those States
will report to Major General Halleck;
The Mountain Department is extended
Eastwlrd to the road running from Wil
liamsport to Martinsburg, Winchester,
Strasburg, Harrisonburg and Staunton,
including that place; thence in the same
direction Southward, nail it reaches the
Blue Ridge, to the Southern boundary of
the State of Virginia.
The. Department of the Shenandoah is
extended- Eastward to include the Pied
mont and the Bull Mountain range.
A large number of volunteers areabseut
from their regiments who are now fit for
duty, and to enable them to return the
Governors of the States are authorized to
give them certificates or passes, which will
entitle them to transportation to the sta
tion of the nearest tr. S. Mustering Officer
or-Quartermaster, who will pay the cost
of transportation on such certificate or
pass and provide transportation for the
soldier to his regiment or station. The
principle being recognized that medical
officers should not be held as prisoners of
war, it is directed that all medical offi
cers so held by the United States, shall be
immediately and unconditionally dis
charged.
Thirty-Seventh Congress.
WAS iitxcrroN, June _I2.—HOURS.—The
House passed the Senate bill appropriat
ing 5100,009 to enable the Seeratary of
the Navy to contract for raisin* snob ves
sels, armament, stores and equipment be
longing to and sunk in the waters of the
United States.
The House then proceeded to the c on
sideration of private bills.
The House passed the joint resolution
tendering the thanks of Congress to Lieut.
A. Morris and the officers and men for
their gallant conduct on the Cumberland
in the fight with the Merrimac.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs re
ported that no exigency seems to exist to
require tie interposition of this Govern
ment in ehalf of the suffering people of
Ireland.
Mr. Frank gave notice of his intention
to introduce a bill making the Consulate
at Siam a salaried office. ,
Mr. Anthony, of Rhode Island, opposed
the amendment for the repair of the Naval
School at Annapolis, as there being an in
direct mode of directing the Department
to remove the Naval School from 'New
port.
The House passed a bill, the object of
which is to secure more prompt payment
to officers and volunteers; also the Senate
bill adding forty Surgeons and one .hun
dred and twenty Assistant Surgeons to the
volunteer forces. The House added a
section abolishing brigade Surgeons and
placing them on an - equal footing with
Army Surgeons; it being
,the , :opinion of
the Surgeon General that their services
can thus be rendered more 'Useful. -
The House passed a bill to hidemnify
certain citizens of Delaware - for, the ex
penses incurred by them in`equiping vol
unteers.
The House passed the Senate bill pre
scribing an additional oath tole taken by
the grand and petit jurors seriiiitin the
United States Courts to the - -effeet that
they been true and faithful to - the Const
itution, have not taken up arms or coun
seled or advised any person to take up
arms, or rendered assistance, aid or com
fort to any State or States in revolt against
the Government, &c.
The House then proceeded to the con
sideration of bills on the private Wender.
Adjourned till Monday.
_
SENATE-Mr. Hale, of N. H., presented
the petition of Oliver L. Pierce, that an
appropriation of $5,009 be made for build
ing a submarine war boat.
Mr. Clark, of N. IL,from the Commit
tee on Claims, reportd a bill for the re
lief of James F. Simmons.
Mr. Fessenden, of Maine, from the Com
mittee on Finance reported - bick the bill
of 5150,000 for cert ain postoffiees. Passed.
On motion of Mr. Wade, of Ohio, the
bill providing for the taking of the oath
of allegiance in certain cases was taken up,
and at the suggestion of Mr. PoWell
over till to-morrow.
Mr. Grimes offered an amendment, that
on and after the first of November, 1862,
the spirit rations in the navy cease entire
ly and no distilled liqpors shin 'be taken
on board a ship with a commutation of
five cents per day. •
Mr. McDougal, of Cal.. thought this
'kind of legislation the wildest' of hum
bugrAltis,was against • whisky—was nct
always wise: — The wiadoin 'of the world
from Plato down was•againat such legisla
tion. Theamenement was adopted.
Mr. Grimes offered an amendment that
niinorg" not - under. 18 may be"eulisted
tsitheiltAhe emoent ofparents.
r t K,lng moved an executive session,
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