From the Pittaharg o#azette. Union for the Siiftcol'lhe In ion. In the midst of the tremendous events now transpiring; with a yet unsubdued rAellion on our hands: with a vast and still increasing nation al debt; with a numerous, active and unscrupulous party, whose sympathies arc with the open enemies of the * Union; with a currency which is de scending lower ami lower as compa red with the metallic standard of the world, and with a condition of things in the business world, fgjm the high est mart of comerce to the stall of the huckster in the market place, exceed ingly fevirish, unsettled and unwhole some, the friends of the Union can not afford to divide among themselves on the question of a didate. We have a President who, notwith standing his slowness to come up to the great demands of the times, and his unwillingness to shake from his skirts some men who are almost re garded as clogs and hindrances to the great work of restoring the Union and vindicating the cause of human freedom, has fairly won and yet holds more of the confidence of the country than any other man in the Republic! Under his administration a revolution in opinion on one great ajul all-ob sorbing questionJias taken place, such as the wildest and most enthusiastic never dreamed of; and, with all liis seeming slowness, Abraham Lincoln has kept abreast with the mighty movement. If he has not dished forward like Luther, the pioneer and leader in a just reformation, he has hot failed, at the right moment, to set his seal to all that Las been gained, and thus made it secure. Of this nature were his preliminary and final proclama tions of freedom to the slaves in all the rebellious States. No timid con servative, no half-hearted Union men; indeed no man whose sense of duty did not rise infinitely higher than the mere dictfttcs of expediency, would have done it at all; and 110 man less wise would have timed it so well. Gen. Fremont would have given it to the country pcrmaturcly—and thus, by putting new wine in old bottles, nvould have exploded and spilled the ■other; but Mr. Lincoln, with that strange, innate sagacity for which lie is distinguished, watched the prog ress of opinion as it was indicated in the stern school of terror and disrup tion, calamity and war, until he saw that the process was complete, and then struck the blow that shivered more shackles than any blow ever struck by mortal man. We freely admit that the slave does not owe his deliverance to Abra ham Lincoln, no more than the im potent man in the porch of the temple of Jerusalem owed his cure, and his ability to leap and walk, to Peter and John; yet it is a great thing to be even the Heaven-ordained instru ment of so great a deliverance; there fore let us beware how we repudiate a man so honored. But the question is not whether we | might find a man more in accordance j with the impetuous spirit of the hour j —a man who would push on the war I against the rebellion with more vigor —a man who would fling old fogies ! from him, and employ only such as j fire heai'ty in the cauSe of liberty and | Union; but it is that we do not fall j out among ourselves. EitherFremont j or Butler might be that man; but could either of them unite, as Lin-f coin does, the whole loyal people of the country? Would cither of them be so generally confided in as he is? In this fearful crisis no man living is strong enough to give direction to the Ship of State; and it is well that it is God alone that can dothat. He gave us Lincoln when we littledream- j ed of what lay before us; and He can guide us to a home of safety under llis rule as well as that of any other man; hence we may accept it as an index of llis will, that amid all fhe tossings of the past three years, the agonizing struggle, the lights and shadows, the hopes and fears, and the tremendous sacrifices which have marked that period, the great heart of the nation has ever turned towards that man in confidence and affection; and none the less so because that heart felt that, if he was not strong and hon est. He was trusted and beloved, but not idolized, as he would have been, had he been a Jackson or a Webster. The American people, with the uni versal instinct of humanity, is sighing after an idol; but God in mercy has refused to give us one, either in the shape of a great captain or a great statesman, which we think is an in dication that lie intends to save us without one, provided we keep togeth er in heart, in purpose, and in trust. Richmond Enquirer, of the 2t3th inst., appeals for aid to keep the soldier's families from starving, and says,"the poor have not been able to procure supplies at the shops established by the City Councils, even at the reduced prices charged by the Committee." There is a "pressing necessity fur immediate aid. Now in the face of such accounts as these, which are constantly receiv ed in the Richmond papers, and in the face of an order of Lee .to his army exorting them to put up patiently ' with quarter rations, what can South ern allies of the Rebels expect to gain by concocting elaborate representa tions, epistolary and editorial, that there is a superabundance of food at the South-? To I hi' MccluniiCN. Miners, mitl IVorltingmen ofWcnlfrn I*u., H chl Virginia ami Ohio. I urn directed by the Executive Com mittco of tho Pittsburgh Fair for the sick and wounded of our anny and navy, to ask you to gi\e the proceedsof ONE liAV'k LABOR in your ordinary avocations, to the Fair; and the appeal is inadoin the conti deut hope of a generous response. One day's work in the year will not he hard for each man to give, and yet the aggregate Bum produced will be a splendid testimo nial of your sympathy with the noble sol diors of the Union, who am so freely giv ing every day, and risking their lives for the glorious cause. None but those who have seen the ope rations of the UnitedStatesSanitary Com mission on the field and in the hospitals can tell how great the benefit it works out for the soldiers: and even the soldiers themselves, while their lives are beingsav cd by the Commission, often do not know whence the aid comes. If any one supposes that the working man. or poor man, has any less real stake in.this struggle for liberty and Union than the manufacturer, merchant or land own er, he is in error. The rich man, or his sons, may become poor. Whether rich or poor, the blessingsof the free institutions, watered in their planting by the blood of! our Revolutionary martyrs, and cultivated to their present perfection by the wise statesmen of the Republic, belong to all, and for ourselves and our posterity MUST AM) SIIAI.I. HBVRKHKUVKO. Some of us must fight, others must work ; and among all the modes by which we who arcathome cau labor for the holy cause, there is none more effective tlrm to aid the sick and wounded soldiers. K veryjifu saved isamau given to his country, and leaves one man at home, who ttould otherwise be needed to li'l his placo. Every gift to help the wounded patrii# is a gift to the cause of Free dom, and lie who cauie to heal the sick, and"to proclaim liberty to the captive and the breaking of chains to them that are bound," promises a reward for the im itation of his works. God, patriotism, the holiest and noblest moving springs of ac tion. call upon us to help the soldiers of the Union. Let every man respond, and let the noble workmen in iron and coal, to whom our country owes so much of Jier prosperity, take the lead-in the patriotic effort. It is puggested that each mill, foundry, mine, or work shop, will appoint its own committee to obtain the subscriptions and sec that tlie sum is paid to F. Ilolmos, treasurer of the Fair' by whom acknowl edgments" will be made in the newspapers and by letter. FELIX 11. BIU'NOT, Chairman Executive Committee. TIM' OiiHiK'itTi i ii'l 11 inois. Tbc editorials <>t' those bitterly' Coppe rhead organs, the Detroit fvrc I'rrss and Chicago Tinifx have of late been unusual ly venomous and treasonable. Not long since, the Detroit Tribune published the statement, that arms were being smuggled into Canada in herring boxes —herring be ing imported duty free into the provinces —that large numbers of draft skedaddlers and rebel deserters were gathering on the Canadian frontier,and that these men were in constant correspondence with the Cop perheads of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.— The present demonstration may quite pos sibly be but one development of a widely organized plot. The Chicago Tribune has just published wLiafit claims to be a gen uine r.rpote of the reorganized order of the K. G. C. The new regulations add great ly to the secrecy and eftil'iency of the or der. The Tribtiiw says thi»t a meeting of the conspirators was held in ;>'cCormiek s block in that city, from thoSth to the 11th of March, continuing rn session night and day. We cite these statements for what they are worth, They are however, wht.n coupled with (lie treasonable outbreak above described, deserving of attention- In referring toihe Coles county outbreak the same paper in its issue of Thursday re marks :— Ex. A deputy sheriff of Coles county not long ago boastingly told an informant of ours that the Copperheads of that section had arms an j powder in abundance, that they meet often for drill, and could mus ter in a week's time four thousand men. Of bourse the fellow lied in the last point, but it shows that the present outbreak has been prepared for, is deliberate, and must be crushed without temporizing. The tone of the organ of Jeff. Davis in this city yesterday relative to the Coles county cmeutc, was precisely similar to tflat of an incendiary watchiug from a dis tance the progress of the flame he Jias kindled. The rebel organ didn't know much about i* "The military authori ties had usurped the telegraph." A false hood. They know the fire that they have been setting for mouths past was begin ning to burn- When the fire is extin guished the reckoning will fall on the in cendiary. SANITARY FAIK BUILDISG.—A considerable portion of Ihe material for the building to be used by the forthcoming Sanitary Fair has alrea dy been conveyed to the Allegheny Diamond. To give our readers an idea of the extent of the proposed structure, we might state that it will require sixty five cars to transport it from Cleveland to Allegheny city.— The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chi cago Rail Road Company has agreed to forward three car loads per day. Four of the persons who were enga ged in the erection of the building in Cleveland have been secured by the committee, to superintend its eroction in Allegheny. A number of teams have been generously tendered to the committee by citizens of Allegheny to aid in conveying the lumber from the Federal street depot to the Dia mond. The U. S. Quartermaster at this post has notified the committee that they can have the use of the U. S. wagons, in case they require them. The erection of the building will probably coTumenee next week. HdU Governor Edwards, of the Chotaw Nation, has issued a procla mation urging tho Indians of that tribe to return to their allegiance to the government, t in charge of these Whive soldiers. While this campaign is advancing in the East, there is little doubt but that Sherman, Banks. Gilmore, and others, will be equallyactivc in their respective departments. Upon the whole, the open ing campaign is one of unusual interest, and one on which every loyal man can look with an abidiug confidence iu its fi nal and entire success. <'»(>|M>rli<'iind I'ortunifnth X. 11. Marietta Third Wttuburgh. Sandusky i....Third Pittsburgh. I Others besides these may be ready for I floating off. Some of the above will be I nearly ready for sea when launched, j Gen. (irant docs not seem to fancy the luxurious style of living prevalent in'the j Army of the Potomac. He says lie can t maintain his physical integrity on pork and beans, as soldiers do out. West, and 1 believes it can bo done by them here. Ca terers to the delicate palates of our offi | cers are in spasms at the report that the ' Lieut.-Gen. is about to banish their wares j from the lines. I By common consent the Hon. Josiah i B. Grinnel of lowa, a clergyman, ananti slavery lecturer, a shepherd with a flock of six thousand fine wooled merino sheep, and the owner of a village in which not one drop of intoxicating drinks has ever ! been sold, has been indicated to Speaker j Colfax as the fittest member of the House ; to take Owen Lovejoy's place in theCom ] mittee on Territories. General Patrick. Provost Marshal Gen eral of the Army of the Potomac, sent to this city yesterday, a notorious rebel citi ' /.en and bushwhacker, -charged with the * murder.of the son of Senator Brown, of Virginia. The proof against him is said to be positive, as the deed was witnessed by several of our officers. Col. Ingraham j committed the prisoner to the old Capitol 1 Jail. NEW TOBK, April I.—The Newberuc | Times of the 23d, says in reference to the j denial made by rebel newspapers of the recent hanging at Kinston : He havoan 1 fye-witucss who saw the hanging of 22 sol diers of the North Carolina volunteers,and i was within 200 yards of the scaffold at the time of the murder. Two steamers, the Alisc and Housa.ran out of Wilmington through New Inlet during the night of the 12th inst. Both were fully loaded with cotton, 700 bales j each. NEW PAPER. —We have received , the third and fourth numbers of the l J nsr, a new Union paper published at , Morgantown, West Virginia. It de i serves a liberal support from the peo ple of Mprgantown and neighborhood. —Pitts. Gaz. J®" France is paying nearly half a mil-' lion sterling per month for the support of her armies in Mexiro.- Speech oT Hon. («. ( la) Smitli. This distinguished Kcntuckinn, who is a warm advocate of the leading measures adopted by the Administration to subdue the rebellion, delivered at Lexington on thecvening of the2Bth ult..a masterly ad dress defending the justice and policy of enrolling slaves for military service. The speech was in answer to the harangue of Col. FRANK WOLPORD, F00 from the Government. Some men will say that this act enforced would bp a violation of the Constitution\>ftho Commonwealth. But 1 defy any man to point out a clause in the Constitution of the State or a single scratch of the pen prohibiting it. What! do you tell me that it is right to tear the boy from his mother, the father from his family, the laborer fromhisetnployer, the farmer from his field and throw them into the jaws of death, and ycttliat itis "Unconstitutional" to use the negro in the same manner? Is it right. 1 say. that this should be done?, simply that you may lie back in luxury and ease with twenty or thirty negroes to do your bidding? [Cries of "No, No."] 1 say that this country is for white people as well as for the negro. [Laughter.] And 1 would just as soon sfte a negro fac ing death with a musket in his hand, or digging in the trendies, as to see a white man in the. same position. [Great ap plause.] There can be no doubt that the cause of unconditional Unionism is gaining ground in JCentucky everyday. It was but recently that Kentucky was on the threshold of a rebellion inaugurated by her State executive against the Govern ment of the I'nited States. Governor Rramlette had prepaVed a proclamation in voking resistance to the enrollment of the blacks, and pledging the support of the' whole power of the State. Now we learn from Washington that the Governor has practically withdrawn bi» objections to the enrollment in question, while the speech ofGreen Clay Smith shows that men of Kentucky have at last found a brave and able leader. They have also a sound newspaper organ in the old Frank fort Commonwealth. We arc now hope ful of the political future of Kentucky.— The Gutbries andPrcntiees will not be al lowed to have things their own way dur ing the cpming summer. Green Clay Smith and others who think as he does w ill attend the Baltimore Convention and do all they can to carry Kentucky for the Union nominee. CAIRO, March 20. —There arc re ports circulated here this morning, that the rebels under Gen. Forrest, attacked Paducah, Ky., fifty miles above here, yesterday,' and burned part of the town, but' as telegraphic communication is cut off, no-authentic information could be obtained. The steamer lalana, from Nash ville, passed Paducah at 5 o,clock, this morning, and the Joseph Pearce, which passed two hours later, brings the following account of the affair.: Gen. Forrest, with an estimated force of 5,000, captured the place at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, sacked and fired the city. Col. Hicks, com manding the post, occupied the fort below with about 800 men The rebe* made four assaults on the fort, and were repulsed each time. Three of our gunboats opened on the city during its occupation by the ene my, much of which was burned, in cluding the Marine Railway, the steamer Arizonia, and the wharf boat. Abont 3000 inhabitants of the city moved across the river upon learning of the approach of the rebels. When the Pearce passed at 7 o'clock in the morning the enemy had left. The people are returning to the city and the fires are dying out. The amount of public and private property captured is unknown at pres ent, but is supposed to be large. Our loss is 12 killed and 40 woun ded. Two hundred and fifty to three hundred rebels are reported killed, among whom is Gen. Thompson. 'Twenty-five houses around the fort were destroyed by our troops, they being used as a screen for the rebel sharpshooters. The headquarters and Government storehouses were burned by the enemy. Your reporter has gone toPaclueah, and will furnish correct information as soon as possible. DENMARK. —We learn by the last in telligence from Europe that Deumark has consented U> the proposed Conference of European powers. The German Powers have not jet eonsented. The war mean while goes on. .Irrcxl of 11 UcNcrlliiK Conm-rlpt In Canaila—llun the Tiling WIIS A young mail named John E I'orco, who, previous to the rebellion, hail tilled one of the most lucrative offices in the gift of the people of Luzerne county, was nuiotip the first to offer his services, and by duplicity he managed to get a commis sion as first (lieutenant. While in Har riaburg he flourished immensely in Cop perhead circles, but his calibre was soon measured, and IK; was discharged—not that he was deserving of an honorable dis charge, but solely to get rid of him. Ke turuing to \\ ilkcsbarre, ho found special pleasure in deuouneing the Government and inciting resistence to the draft. 1 his was in 18(53, and in the conscription then being made, Force was drafted. Imme diately he then set to wor.R to remlor the draft odious, by issuing all sorts of print ed appeals to the people drafted, urging them to resist the officers or fly to Canada, where they would* be out of the reach of "the Lincoln despotism." Having creat ed all the mischief possible", Force him self left Luzerne county, goirtg direct to Canada. • Detective Franklin, by order of the i Provost Marshall at Ilar.iishurg. started j to Canada, on tho delicate business of finding Force, and enticing liini back to the land be had disgraced, that he might receive tho punishment due to traitors. Learning that large numbers of deserters from the Afnericjan armies were rendez voused at St. Catharines, Canada West, officer Franklin took the cars for that lo cality. He reached -St. Catharines«>u the 30th of January, 1864. After securing lodgings and announcing himself as'a de serter J'rom the Federal army, he soon fell in with Force. As their acquaintance was ripetjed into a sort of friendship, and as mutual sympathy was created from what appeared as like hardships borne by each, the confidence of Force in Franklin be came unbounded. Franklin stated that he was the owner of a valuable* printing office in Ohio, which his wife was about to sell, and then he, his wife and her sis ter, intended to proceed to Australia, where thev would be free from the tyrannies of tlie Yankee Government. All this time Franklin was receiving letters which pur ported to-conic from his wife. 'J hese let ters were written by l;'i ankiiti himself and dispatched to liuftalo, and then re-mailed as if they had come from tho ideal wife of the detective. As Franklin received these letters in Canada, be read them to Foreo, breathing great affection, anil en tering heartily into the plan of removing to Australia. Force was led to before as he read these le tors, that " Mrs. Frank lin" was one of the best of wives living. In the cou.re of the correspondence it was made to transpire that Mrs. Franklin had a sister, who necamc interested in whatjicr brother-ih-law had written con ccriimg Lieut. Force. As the correspon dence went on.it was arranged that Force should accompany Franklin to Australia, while at the same time it was slily hinted that the maiden in question might possi bly become the wife of Force. This was luring Force by a -hope in Hymen's joys which he little deemed wqre so soon to be destroyed. All the wl/ile tho traitor was unbosoming himself to the detective. lie confessed how lie had assisted in forging naturalization papers to carry the election in Pennsylvania—how he had aided draft ed men to escape to Canada —liow.be had written printed scurrilous handbills against the constitutional authorities, and how he bad douc all he could to bring the [ govegpment to reproach and disgrace. When the plans were all understood at Buffalo—anil-when Franklin had gotten possession of all the papers and correspon dence of Force establishing his guilt, it was arranged to start fur New .York, and there to meet Mrs. Franklin and her sis ter, and thence immediately to Start for Australia. Franklin had arranged a sig nal'with the Provost Marshal at Buffalo, so that on the arrival of the party in that city, the Provost Marshal was on hand prepared to nit. F'raijkliij and Ftree were on their way to the depot to take the cars for New York. In the depot Frank lin gave the sisnal and at once both he and Force were seized and handcuffed. The reader can iuiagine'th.e consternation of Force. .It is also necessary hero to state that the'detectives did not know Franklin, nor were any of the officers ex cept the Provost Marshal acquainted with the merits of the ease. * Alter being ta ken to the Marshal's office. Franklin in sisted that he was an officer in the army, but no deserter, and warned the Marshal how he proceeded. Franklin also advised the Marshal to bo careful how he treated Force. Finally, Force was ordered to close confinement for a further hearing, and only after the knave and renegade had left the room, did the Provost Mar shal of Buffalo announce to his associate officers that Franklin was neither a de serter nor a criminal, but a vigilant, faith ful and" valuable officer like themselves. Of#ourso the surprise was great. The officers congratulated detective Frankliu oil his course, while the Marshal paid him the highest compliments*. The Harrisburg Tvtrfjrayh from which we condense the above statement, says that letters were found on Force, written •by his copperhead friends in JScraut.m and Wilkcsbarre. the publication of which will remove the veil from several " Dem ocratic " liypocrits in that section.— Ex. ®ar" A father ami his son were jogging comfortably towards a neighboring town, when the : :her volunteered the following advice: "Now. my sonny,'' says he, " Vheu we get there, you keep your mouth shut, and no one will fiud out that you are a fool." \\ hen they arrived at the pub lie inn, there happened to be several gen tlemen preset who had a pleasant word and smile for the youth, but all in their inquires failed to elicit any replies from him, when a gentleman spoke to a friend in an undertone, '• I guess that boy must be a fool." Whereupon the bov hearing this, called out to his father i " Father, they've firund it out! " M'CLH.LAN'S OMITTED DIWATCHBS. —lt is stated at the War Department that M'Clellan, in his report to the Secretary of War on. his operations on the Peninsula, omitted nearly one huudred bombastic dis patches, including his great '-push them to the wall" dispatch. It is not at all un likeljUUiat an amended and correct edi tion Vffhis report will soon be published. ■ SEWS BYTKLRCiRAPn. Tlic I'iulit ill Padueak. ST. LOUIS, March 81.—The Provost Marshal General has ordered the seizure ol Pollard's History of the War, Confed erate official reports, life of Stonewall Jack son, life ot Morgan aid his men, and all publications based upon rebel information circulating or for sale in this department. The steamer Florence sank in the Mis souri river on Monday. She was valued at fifty thousand dollars, and insured for twenty-eight thousand. The steamer waa laden with bacon, hemp and grain, most of which will be lost. About two hundred wagons leave St- Joseph daily for Idaho. The- Democrat'* Cairo special says tho Rebel prisoners state tho main body of Forrest's force has been ordered to Jack - son, Tennessee. The troops sent to Paducali scturned,. Col. Ilieks having sufficient force to re pulse any attack. During the fight at. Paducali tho rebels took Mrs., Hammond' from the hospital and murdered her.— Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Egan and Mrs. McChong were also taken and sent to the front between two fires, and kept there an hour, during which time their dresses were perforated with bullets. While the rebel flag of truce was move ing forward, they disposed thier forces for action Our men had ceased firing for fear women might be killed A man was arrested on board the stea mer Anderson, having iu his possession the freshly taken scalp of a white man, supposed to have belonged to one of our solder,'*. Tho New Orleans papers of the 2:1 d inst. contains no news. FOKT SMITH. \RK., March 30. —About I ten thousand effective troops have gone | South from this district. The whole number in the department under Gen. : Steele, now moving Southward, is from thirty to thirty-five thousand, sufficient to overpower and rebel forces opposed to ! them. * A scout from Trice's army reports Ca bell'f) command at seven or eight regi ments, fifteen miles this side of Washing ton. seven or eight thousand Tcxaris at Zennesport, Marmaduke aud Shelby at Camden. 'J'hc rebels are well supplied with clothing and importation horses from England have just reached them. A large number of negroes are being con centrated at Camden and Washington, and Quantrel is south of Red river. Gov. Kd wards, of the Choctaw Nation, lias issued a proclamation urging the In dirns to return to their allegiance to the Government and repossess themselves of what they have lost during the past three years, by associating themselves with the most accursed foes that ever polluted their country. CIIICAOO,-March 80.—A special to the- Chicago Tribune, from Mattoon, 111., last night, says : Tour hundred men of the 54th Illinois regiment leave Chariestn to-night to at tack the rebels, who irre said ta be 300 strong, under the command of Sheriff John S. Ohair, entrenched at Golliday Mills, ten milts north-cast of Charleston. A portion of the 54th is at Mattoon, that place being threatened from Shelby and Moultrie counties. Two companies of the Invalid corps, en route for Springfield, have been stop ped at Charleston for garrison duty, and pickets, are on all the reads. In the fight on Monday four of thes4tli and one Union citizen were killed. Col. Mitchell and two Union citizens were * wounded. Two Copperheads were killed and several .wounded. GF.N. LKK'S ARMV.—The following i» ; the latest estimate of the strength of (ien. Lee's army. It is from the Philadelphia ! Xnrth American: ! The total forces under Gen. Lee's or ders arc said to be 130,000 men. Of these 5,000 are commanded by Breckin ridge. and have been stationed between Lynchburg and Abingdon, in southwest em Virginia, and guarding the line of the Great Southern Railroad from Lynchburg •to Long-treet's pickets in Ejqjt Tennessee;. 5,000 under luiboden and Moseliy, have been maintained near the line of the Bal timore and Ohio Railroad, and in North ern Virginia; 30,000 under Gen.Elzcy, at and near to Richmond, at I'ctersbnrg, Weldon, Goldsboro', Wilmington, and along the railroad between Richmond and * Wilmington, under Generals Pickett and Barclay. Seven divisions of iofantry, 70.- 000 strong; 250 pieces of artillery, with 5.000 artillerymen, and fifteen regiments of cavalry, 15,000 men, or a total of 90,- 000 men, arc under the immediate per soi»l command of Gen. Lee. His entire control includes the 130,000 thus recently disposed. It was estimated that Long street hail 20,000 .when his head quarters . were a.t Bull's Gap.-in Eastern Tennessee, an>l some portion of this force is reported to have entered Virginia. COPPERHEAD OUTBREAK IN ILLINOIS. —A special dispatch from Charleston, < 'oles county, Illinois, to the St. Louis Democrat, says the Co; perheads curie in to"that town to attend court, yesterday, with guns concealed in wagons and armed with pistols. Some so.diers in the court house yard were drawn into the affray and a general fight instantly occurred. The county sheriff sprang from the judge's stand and commenced firing a pistol at the Union men. Major York, surgeon of the 54th, was one of the. first victims. The Union men being outnumbered at the courthouse, ran to the houses and stores for arms and were fired upon from the windows and ten or twelve wounded. Col. Mitchell, of the 54th regiment was woun-- ded badly. Oliver Saler, James Good rich, William Hart and J. C. Jeffreys killed. Several soldiers belonging to the 54tl> were wounded severely. The 54th regi ment arrived in the aftcrntiou, and formed on the square. Nelson Wells, the mail who fired the first shot, was instantly kill ed. John Cooper, a prisoner, was shot while trying to escape. Col. Hrooks, with a squad of men, went in pursuit of a gang of Copperheads about seven miles distant. Captain Williams lias some 20 prominent secesh, implicated in the affair, - under guard at thecourt house. (010 ne 1 Mitchell had a conference with lion. O. B. J-'icklhi and Judge Constable, who seemed very anxious that steps should be taken to prevent a further outbreak".