WAR GAZETTE.
Under the above head we propose to
give, from time to time, each opinions and
orders from the proper authorities as may
be of interest to those, and the friends of
those, who are in the army, navy ormarine
service of the United States. This feat
ure alone will bo worth to ali uianv times ;
the subscription price of this paper. j
Send us 80 cents, and the " Army Her- j
aid" shall he sent you every month for one
year. Boldiers in the field can have the |
paper sent to their friends at horn':, and
from thenco forwarded to them, wherever !
they may bo, their friends being at ui
times fully advised as to their wherea- ■
bouts.
When the death of a soldier is cftuso'.i
hy intemperance, which is an offence
against military law. lie does not die from :
disease contracted in the service and in the
line of his duty ; therefore, is not entitled
to a pension. Intemperate men willinake
a note of this.
Deserters forfeit all right to ft pension.
Disability arising from cruel treatment j
by the enemy, while a prisoner of war, |
entitles the disabled man to a pension.
A soldier discharged on account of a
disease under which he was laboring be- \
fore he entered the service is not entitled
to a pension.
All invalid pensions commence from the
time of discharge if application is made
within one year; if not made within one j
year, it commences from the date of com- ;
pleting the proof in the case. A wid
ow's or minor child's pension commences
from the day of the death of the husband
or father.
No crime-except desertion, forfeits the*
pay of a soldier, except sentence of a
court-martial, unless in consequence of;
crime the soldier is withdrawn from ser
vice.
A soldier discharged 011 habeas corpus,
as a minor, forfeits all pay and allowance
previously due, both by regulations of the
army and general principles.
When an officer or soldier is furlough
ed. in anticipation of his discharge or the
-expiration of his term of service, he run
not claim for the balance of his term, his
travel pay and his pay n-* in service.
A soldier wfio is taken prisoner, is en
titled to his pay and allowance during the
time lie is detaiued, and to travelling al
l iwancs from the place where he is releas
ed to his home.
Arrears of pay due a deceased soldier j
may-be paid, without administration, to
the widow, child, father, mother, brother
sister, but n.y to more xcTuotfl heirs;
assd no after-application for the bst.t-fct of.
creditors will be recognised.
Arrears of pay may be legally paid to the |
mother o? a deceased soldier, he being id
illegitimate son, leading ceither wife nor:
children
The wife, guardian o: nr.r.cr children ■
or widowed mother, can draw the pay of
a prisoner of war without a written order
from 3aid prisoner. We furnish blanks
and collect such pay when de;ired
If a soldier is discharged, wiihin. three
.months from the time of entering the ser
vice. for a disability which existed at (he
time he enli3ted, he is not entitled to pay
or other allowance except subsist en t
transportation tn hUhouie
Pensions are payable unto the person
named in the certificate, if living *, and to
'•the legal representatives of such as may
have died.
On the death of a female pensioner,the
balance of pension, due at the time of her
death, is payable to her children then liv
ing.
A power of attorney, to draw a pension,
-must be dated and acknowledged fln, or
subsequent to the day on which the pen
sion becomes due
Disability incurred, from any cau.-c by
it person in the line of military duty, if
not occasioned by his own misconduct, en
titles hiui to an invalid pension.
No person while iH receipt of pay, as an
•officer or soldier of the army, con be plac
ed 011 the pension list.
Beg- In the House of Representatives
the Military Committee has reported a bill
increasing the pay of private soldiers from
£l3 to 810 per month ; corporals, to ?1S;
sergeants, to 820; orderly-sergeants to
824; sergeant-major;;, to?-0; and pay
master's clefk- to 81,200 per annnm.—
Some discussion ensued, anil the bill was
passed unanimously.
This increase of pay of soldiers will in
volve an additional expenditure of between
.830,000,000 and 810,000.000 per annum.
The increase is to take effect from the Ist
of May.
IMPORTANT TO OFFICERS.
It will be of interest to many officers
wlin have been promoted from the ranks,
to know that the Adjutant General has
decided, " that when a man has been mus
tered and paid in ouo grade, he caunot be
mustered into service in a higher oue, -to
cover time for which he has been muster
ed and paid." Hence a soldier receiving
a commission who has been mustered and
paid in a lower grade, is not entitled to
additional pay, though his commission
may be dated* two months prior to said
muster and pay, notwithstanding the mus
ter may antedate his rank to date of com
mission or the time the vacancy occurred
that he was appointed to fill.
COLORED TIIOOI'S.
The following is a law that has just
passed Congress, relating to colored sol
diers. It is a law of much interest, and
. looks to the correction of a portion of the
injustice inflicted upou an oppressed peo
ple. who arc as worthy of the hire, as the
fairest of our race :
All persons of color who have been or
may be mustered into the military service
of the United States shall receive the same
uniforms, clothing, arms, equipments,
camp equipage, rations, medical and hos
pital attendance, pay, and emoluments,
other than bounty, as othersoldiers in the
' regular or volunteer forces of the United
j States, of like arm of the service, iromand
j after the lot of January, 1864, and that
; every person of color v* ho shall hereinaf- i
tcr be mustered into the service shall re- |
j reive the same amount of bounty as the j
\ President shall order in the diflerent j
j States, not exceeding one hundred del- j
! lars. Any person enlisted and mustered !
i into the service as a volunteer, under the j
i call dated October 7, 1803, for three him- j
! dred thousand nicn. who was at the time :
i of cnli tment enrolled and subject to draft :
; in the State in which lie volunteered, .
\ shall receive from the I nited States the j
! same amount of bounty as was paid white ;
' soldiers under said call, not exceeding iu ;
any case one hundred dollars.
All free person ot color who have been
or may be mustered into the military ser
vice, shall from ihe date of their enlist
ment receive the same uniforms, clothing,
arms, equipments, camp equipage, rations,
j medical and hospital attendance, pay,
| emoluments, and bounty, as others of the
j regular or volunteer force of like arm of!
I service. And all enlistments in the reg- |
i ular army may be for the term of three ;
' years.
" TUF. SEW rENBION BILL."
April 10th, 1804, the House passed
: (without a dissenting voice) a new pen
| sion bill, which will be of great interest
j to all who now or may hereafter wish to
I be placed on the pension rolls. - It must
1 pass the Senate andbesigned by the Pres
| ident before it becomes the law of the ;
land. We hope to have the -pleasure of
| announcing its passage in our next issue, j
j Subscribe at once that you may keep ful- j
J ly advised as to all new laws of interest: j
SEC. 1. Provides that biennial examina
tions may he made by one surgeon.
Skc. 2. Provides that all fees paid by J
a Pensioner shall be refunded to him.
SEC. 3. Authorizes the Committee ot
Pensions to appoint persons, before whom,
applications may be made in certain ca- j
ses.
SEC. 5. Gives a pension, to any one !
who has lost both feet in the service, of]
820 per month; those who have lost both ;
hands or both eyes, 825 ; and wholly dis
abled by wounds, other than above des
cribed, 811 per month—they only get 88
now.
; SET;. 9. Places all who have served with
the forces of the United States, on an
' equality with those regularly mustered in,
in reference to pensions.
SEC. li. Establishes the fees of Attor
neys for getting the certificate at 810.
HENRY P. 8.. OF OHIO.—You are en
titled to commutation of rations at the
: rate of twenty cents a day-for the time
j you was held a prisoner in Richmond, but
you are not entitled to it while at home on
furlough.
itier The Commissioner of Pensions has
! decided that when an applicant for Invalid
| Pensions dies befori h;s Pension Certifi
cate is issued, his widow cannot draw the
: amount due oa the same — 'Army Herald
! June, 1834.
i *!j£ iFftt! AaisriasiiConflfc-Jae
i it Appeared in Europe.
PARIS, Friday, May 27, 1864 —Of
what interest can European news be—to
Americans, in the face of such events as
I are passing at home among themselves ?
; Even here (he appalling tidings -'hich
| have beon forced upon cur startkd ears
I by the terrible telegrams of Monday and
| yesterday, have produced a sort of lull of
| stupor and a3touishment Such deeds of
?rms, men v.have never been even read
of in romance, much less realized in ac
tion Have giants broken loose, they ask,
| who thus fight battles, not of days, but of
1 ' weeks, and pile up slaughter in face of
i which the bloodiest conflicts of Europe
i seem pale and unsanguinary ? Our Par
; isian newspapers seem almost to shrink in
j terror from commenting on the fearful
I tale of mingled heroism and carnage to
| which wc have been listening, or venture
| only upon a few lines of ominous whisper
i on the dreadful work of destruction which
has been going forward. In fact there is
i not so much said; men hold up their hands
in silent dismay, or ask, in low tones if it
: be indeed possible that forty thousaud hu
man beings on the one side and more still.
• probably have really fallen in so short a
space of time in that " Wilderness, "which
seem . to have been the very bo
, som of destruction. Generally speaking,
when news ft' a great battle or victory
] from America has reached us, excitement
\ has been the chief feeling awakened, and
, one s;>oke naturally '• sensation" created
jby the intelligence. I can not say that it
jis so. A thrill of awe is the sentiment
1 which seems to predominate. Men's hearts,
i or at least tongues, seem to fail them from
! fear, and there are few words used, be
cause it is felt that none could adequate
ly express their thoughts. Speculation
on the future is hardly attempted, and ev
j en judgment on the past stands almost si
, lent from dismay. All 1 can venture to
! say as to the current of public opinion
j here, is that it runs most strongly in two
directions : First, upon tlje superhuman
resolution and tenacity of the Federal
general in th*attack, pursuit and inces
sant continuity of the combat; and sec
ondly, upon tho probability of ultimate
exhaustion on the part of the Confederate
| powers ot resistance. The way in which
| these two considerations appear to predom
, inate and repeat themselves, shows that in
j general estimation it is thought that the
; greater power, now that its strength is ef
-1 feetually put forth, must win in the end,
and that a conclusion to the conflict may
; be at last approaching.
! I make no apology for sending back to
' you only the re-echo of your »wn tidings.
1 The impression created by tliem forms, iu
-1 deed, for the moment, the most marked
■ character and feature of European physi
ognomy. W hat is the pop-gun of the
i i Danish war, or the penny-trumpet of the
London Conf erence,com parod to the sounds
j wafted to usfrom the forests of Virginia]?
| Distance adds only to tho feeling ot sus
■ : pense. but is unable to deaden the over
i ; flowing vividness of the impression.
■ I &£>" Philadelphia has paid out 81,400,-
i! 000 iu bouutirs.to volunteers.
tThf gUwmcau Ctitiscn.
' THOMAS ROBINSON, I
CYRUS E. ANDERSON, j-kajtors.
i JI. W. RPEiBi I'nbllslicr.
BUTLER PA.
WEDNERBAY JIVJK 38, 1H«1.
Liberty end Union, fiow and Forever, One
and'n«eparab!e."—D. Webster.
FOR IN 1864 :
ABR liMJI I>IS( OL5i.
FOR VICE rRI .: IDENT:
ANDREW
Presidential Electors.
CEXATOMAL.
MMirhnel. Pltiia
I Thomas H. Cunningham, cotmty.
1-5 Klia* W. Hall.
; 14 rhmleNll. Shrlner,
1-i John Winter,
I If. Prtvi'i
17 David W. Wood, *
l-.ae Ben-mi,
!!'» John P. if ton.
20 It. Dick,
'-'1 Kvernrd Rierer,
.'..i.n P Ponnoy.
2-t W»eno7.er M .Ini kin,
124 John W. Blauchard.
• 1 Robert P. King,
! '1 (le .. Morrison
! 3 Henry tin nun,
4 W illiiiin 11. K-rn,
f> Barton H Jenkn,
6 (Mi'irlee M. Rank,
7 Robert l»arker,
K Aaron Mull,
0 John A. Hlestmd,
10 Richard 11. Coryell,
11 Rdward ffolßday,
12 Cbarltw F. Reed,
roNiinKKS,
THOMAS WILLIAMS.
ASSEMBLY,
WM. lIASLETT.
JOHN H. NECILEV.
(Subject to District Nomination.")
COMMISSIONER.
A. C. CHRISTY.
AUDITOR.
LEAXDER WISE.
Cmglßflwul Xoiaiiiittiou.
As late as the last of April, there was j
no evidence that our county would pros- |
i sent a candidate for congressional houors
'
at this time. Soon after, however, those
who seemed to have Mr. Williams' for
! tune more especially in charge, began to
| break ground in such a" way, as seemed
jto require Maj. Thompson and his
I friends, either to confess that he could not
; | carry our county, or at once go into a can
: j vass—they preferred the latter. The rc
-1 j «ult of that canvass has demonstrated the
| fati that Puller eouuty "ill never turn
: ■ her back on one of her own sons. The j
. j canvass in Armstrong county terminated
on Monday last. We are informed, Mr.
' i Williams has carried it over Mr. Fitidley
i —this ends the campaign in favor of Mr.
, ' Williams—it is with great pleasure, there
fore, that we at once hoist the name of
j our present able member, Hon. Thomas
■ Williams to a prominent place in our list
; ' of candidates, where we intend it shall
{ remain until after the second Tuesdaj' ot
I October IK-st. when he will doubtless -be
I re-elected by at least three thousand rna
f j jority.
| I If our Allegheny county ftiends with
us to meet with them in Congressional ,
conference, and will fix a reasonable place j
F of meeting, say Frceport, wo are quite j
■ willing to g<>, but don't .seemuch nsodfor
a meeting at all.
While our people would have been grat- j
ified at the nomination of Maj. Thomp- j
> son, tlicy will, nevertheless, give not only \
a cheerful, but an enthusiastic support to |
Mr. Williams.
Tli'- I Vialt Again.
In the inside of our paper to-day. will
| be found an order for an additional draft j
in many of the sub-districts of this coun- ;
' ty—as in other parts of the 23d District.
It seems that, in order to assist ihosc I
districts which were behind, the enrolling j
! board decided to give the hem fit j
of the credit at large to which the j
district was -entitled; this action seems j
| not to have been approved by •' the pow
ers that be," and hence the present order
i! to compel these districts to furnish their
1 j full quotas. This in the abstract, seems
fair enough—still the people feel much
, I annoyed at being thus suddenly called ,
• j upon for additional recruits. It seems to |
• us rather nnfortunatethatthe board trans- l
' | cended their authority in this matter, if
they did so, and if they did " not, we ;
, think it unfortunate that their
1 should be thus overruled at this late day
j the inconvenience it now inflicts on the !
' people interested, is incalculable.
We have always thought that there was .
i need fur a controlling spirit somewhere j
" about the head of the Provost Marshal's
' I office, we still adhere to that opinion, we ,
- don't believe there has been that uniform-1
t I ity in the promulgation of orders which
• I should have marked the management oft
| that department iu which the people have
1 such a direct interest.
Congress has been extending its ramifi-
I cations to many subjects not directly under
' its control; would it not be well for it to
appoint a committee to inquire into the
' justiccand uniformity of the rulcsby which
/ allotments have been made and drafts or
- dered ? Or would it not be better to a t
" thorite the appointment of three commis
sioners of known ability to examine and
. adjust the whole matter, at least before
: any future call be made for men ?
The Ciorcrmnt'nl and Nomina
liOllß.
Duringjthe day a of tlic Buchanan dy
nasty. all the energy of that weak admin
istration, was put to work to retain power,
by controlling nominations, and when un
successful there, by running volunteers
by which they strove to defeat regular
nominees, when anti-administration men
chanced to be nominated in their party.
" e can well remember the indignation
felt by all hone-t, fair men. in this exlii
| bitiouof interference on .thivpnrt of flv«e
who should hive been laboriug to aseer
tain what the public'will wu . rather than
how to smother that will. It is general
ly believed, that there is not entire unani
mity of sentiment in the present cobinet
at A\ ashington. Postmaster Blair, has
made quite an effort to be leader in his
way, but has not come much speed yet.
His brother Frank, got up a conserva
tive delegation to the Baltimore conven
tion, from .Missouri, but they were kicked
out uncerittiouiously; a few days later it
seems, the l'.Mstmaster's cbngfrvative dele
gation wits ejected from the State conven
tion of Maryland. Notwithstanding all
(his, it seems has not dis
i paired of being able to make his mark,
and has accordingly set to work to re
moddle the next Congress. It has alrea
dy been developed that he has set tlic em
ployees of the postoffiice in Philadelphia
to work again-1 the re-nomination of Judge
Kelly, one of our purest and ablest men.
We have for :onje time thought that the
presumption of the Blairs was intolera
ble ! of this we are more confident than
ever.
All have confidence in Mr. Lincoln,
but they do ask of him and will insist
that no interference on the part of the
agents of the Government, from Cabinet
S officers.down, shall be allowed in the con
! trolling of nominations, or other party
j machinery—and more particularly that
> the Blairs, so long a pest to the country,
\ shall bo informed that its peace and woll
! being will be best secured by their retire
| mont. Civil officers, like military com-
I manders. when they prove faithless or iu
! competent, should be compelled to give
I way-
County Kxccnllve Committee.
I Chairman, Thomas Robinson.
Adams, James Criswell.
Allegheny, Joseph Rosenbcrry.
Buffalo, A. D. Wier.
Brady, Benjamin Grossman.
Butler, Gen. J. X. Purvianec.
Connoqucnessing, Jacob Cratty.
Cranberry, Joshua Garvin
! Clinton, John Montgomery
j Cherry, Samuel D. Christy.
Clay, John R. M'Junkin.
Concord, Charles Ccchran.
Centre, W. D. M'Caudless
Clearfield, Peter Fennel.
Donegal, Elisha Wick.
Franklin Uenry Pillow.
Fairview, Wm. C Campbell.
| Forward. J. Evans Martin.
Jackson. Jeremiah Bowman.
■ Jc-fferson, James Wright.
| Lancaster, James Morrison,
i Middlesex, Dr. A. 11 Mattheaon
! Mercer tp.. E. S. Ber.tty.
Marion Samuel M'Murry
j Muddycrcek, Thomas Garvey.
• Oakland, Tsaac Bobb.
Parker, Z. B. Shcpard.
j Tenn, John Q. A. Kennedy,
j Summit, James Mitchell,
j Slipperyrock, Thomas Stephenson.
Yenaugo, Franklin Jamison.
Worth, Thomas M'Nees.
! Washington, R. A. Mifflin,
j Winfield, William Stewart.
Bor. Butler, H Colbert, J. D. M'Jun
| kin.
I Bor. Zelienople, Amos Lusk
Bor. Centrevillc, David M'Donald.
* rmy Correspondence.
CHATTANOOGA, U. S. SANITART COMMISM:OX,
June 10, IS6-I.
! In order to redeem a promise made to
' several friends before leaving home, and
in order to present the claims of the
, Christian Commission" before tho citi
zens of Butler county, I will now com
mence a serie; of articles, of which this
; is the first.
When 1 arrived in Pittsburgh. June 1,
I found the Sanitary Fair in full blast,
land-since learn it was a decided success.
; Would that the "Christian Commission,"
I was half so weli patronized. I took cars
at Pittsburgh to Cresline, Ohio; from
I Cresline to ColumbuSj from Columbus to
i Cincinnati, taking me clear through the
j State of Ohio'. The appcaranco of Ohio
did not ijuite meet my expectations. It is
i level, but not so fertile as 1 expected to
sec, and vegetation very little ahead of
I our own part of the country. I arrived
i in Ciueiunati, Friday noon ; took passage
on boat for Louisville, Kentucky; arriv
-1 ed before day.and took cars for Nashville,
at 7 o'clock; from which point I entered
I military lines, and when-tho conductor
came to examine tickets, a military offi
cer followed to examine passes, and I be
-1 gan to understand a little of the presence
of war, when he begun to examine carpet
bags, valises, &c.; mine only escaped
: scrutiny; his eye resting upon the badge
of the Christian Commission, which dis
tinguishes us from ordinary civilians. 1
arrived at Nashville, Saturday evening,
j 4th, having traveled four days. There is
' very fertile and beautiful land iu both
Kentucky and Tennessee, but the indo
lence of the people is most clearly seen,
and is but the spontaneous outgrowth of
the accursed system of Slavery. Before
arriving at Nashville, we passed the bat
tle-ground of '• Mumfordsville," and for
the first tiuie in my life, I began to real- j
ize what a battle-ground looked like. It j
is an old saying, that " seeing is believ- ;
ing." I wish to correct the theology of!
the doctrine—■' I'IC; is ruatiring, and no j ,
proper idea is formed from simply hc;ir- [ ;
•! *g» V soldier happened to be riding in ! 1
tlic car. who bad been i.i £ • Ut, an 1 , '
gave nie interesting information regard- j
ing the conflict. i ,
Having arrived at Nashville, I report- !
cd at once to the Christian C. 1 wat cor- '
dially received, and went to work on Sab
bath morning among the soldic:- in the
barracks. Here, no man would p.c.'.-h
but a delegate of the C. or an ex -e .-
ingly enterprising Chaplain of 1 me n
In a very large (ive story building, de
tute of any furniture—not a seat of any
kind to sit on with perhaps a thousand or
two soldiers; some cursing and swearing
singing and dancing, and carousing gen
erally, 1 began the service of the Sab
bath morning; you may pause and try to 1
imagine my feelings under such circum- j
stances; but I am already getting natur- !
alized. and I should not be surprised if I
| find myself generally successful in this j
great work. Truly a great wide door is
opened—and opportunities of no com- !
mon character, present themselves every <
day to the Godly man. Tho Christian
Commission is doing a work which is neg- !
lectcd by every other class of men or so- j
ciety. True, tho Sanitary Commission '
does a noble work in providing for the j
temporal wants of our noble heroes; but !
to send the living Minister to tho bed
side of the poor sinking invalid, or the
mortally or slightly wounded, to pour tho
oil of consolation into his wounded heart;
to point him to the friond of sinners; to j
offer him the earnest prayer; to write to
Dear ones at Home, and to generally cheer,
and comfort the worn spirit, as well as to
feed, and clothe tho destitute; take them
off tho field of battle, and assist in every
possible way, is tho work in which the
Delegates of said Commission, arc now,
! and have been engaged. And need 1 \
urge that this is necessary; need I tell
you it is a good work; shall I argue that
every one ought to put forth au earnest
effort to aid the Society "in its work of
love and mercy. No, I will not. The
case needs but be stated ; the truth needs j
but to be known, and Loyal hearts will ;
beat in unison with those noble soldiers, '
whose blessings are pronounced upon us. j
as we move away from their bedside ; and
money and means from loyal hands, will
flow into our treasury to supply our every
want.
On the nest occasion. I will give some
incidents and circumstances, that I know ]
will be interesting to my numerous friends j
at home. E. WOODRUFF.
EDS. AMERICAN CITIZEN: —The fol-'
lowing letter was received from J. M. By- ,
ers, a private in Co. E, 103 d Regt. by i
his sister ; there are a great many of your 1
readers who have friends in that regiment j
and would no doubt be glad to hear of :
1 their A-hereabouts. Tho letter received
reads as follows:
CANT SUMPTF.R, May 4. ISO I.
DEAR SISTER: —We arrived hero on
yesterday, after a long and tiresom ride ;
we came through Wilmington, N. C..
and Charleston, S. C. I wrote to you
soon after our capture, givingyoua state
ment of our casualties,which fearing that
you did not receive my last letter, 1 will
state again, Samuel Logan, of our compa
ny was killed, and Jefferson Burtner, and
William Dickson, were wounded, all the
I rest of us escaped unhurt, and are now
well, you need not be.uneasy- about us,
■ we will get along, tell the neighbors who
have sons in Our Company, that they arc
- safe and well. I guess that you can write
t'i us. but you must not expect letters very
often from us. When you write direct as
'! follows :—Camp Sumter, ('. S. A., Mili
' 1 tary Prison, 44th Detachment, Anderson
i | ville. Georgia.
. I The above letter was just one month on
its way from Georgia to Pennsylvania.
. L. W.
LET HIM AI.ONE. —The N. V. Kren
in g I'unt is of the opinion that the best
thing that can be done with \ allandig
: ham is to let him alone. After remark
' ing that his desires are for martyrdom, it
says:
i But the authorities at Washington are
, too sagacious, wo trust, to bo caught in a
trap which has been set for tho.m. They
must know by this time that Vallandig
ham's original arrest and punishment, was
» a doubtful matter; that there is really no
; authority for sending a man out of his
, country, and that his coming back is
, scarcely eveu a nominal offence. It is at
best a piece of wily and long-planned
' bravado, gotten up by the managers of the
• desperate peace faction, to help themselves
forward at the North, and to futhcr the
interest of their rebel friendsat the South,
i •• The scheme is glass; a very mole can see
through it; faugh V
SKIP A remarkable snake fight took
pluce a few days since, in Washington .
Marion County. Ohio. The fight was be
tween two snakes, a black and a spotted
rattle snake. They were first discovered
' by some children, who spread the news of
! the deadly conflict and iu a short tiuie
. about fifty persons were upon tho grouud.
[ The snakes fought for about two hours
and a half, when at last the black snake
' seized the rattle snake by the back of the
i neck and never let go the hold until the
i rattle inake gave up the gost.
WASHINGTON, June 15—7 A. M. —To
MA,J. (i I.N. 1 > l x :—-The movement of the
.•rrniy of the Polemic to the south side
ui' Richmond, across the Chiekahomiuy
tin J .James rivers, has progressed far
enough to admit the publication of some
v- era' fact? witnou 1 danger ofpren a ure
disc.iu.-ure. Aitei several days pridiinin- i
; i t>j arai ■ n- the movement coiniueiie- !
et] tin ' i\- ii otit. The 18th corps.
llt .1 .Smith, li , U I ' M iit'alid
embarked on trawqiorts for Bermuda Laud
ing, Wright's corps and Bumnide's mov
ed to Ja.nes Bridge, cn-.-sel the Chieka
limiiiiy, and marched to Charles *'it v w <*u
lie James river. Hancock's corps end
| W'ai e,: ,IT -I the Chiekah «>I nyjU
,0;i . J'L . ' . marche 1 to \\ iicoK si
i Hie ..'ame# liver was to be crossed by
(he aiiny at Powhattan Point. A ni.-- j
patch from (irntit, dated >:o p m. Mon- j
day, Head quarters Wilcox's Laudiug.
states that our advance had reached that,
j lace, an 1 would c. mmeiiee ere- dug the :
1 Jamas river on Tuesday, and that Smith's
. Corps would commence arriving at City
| Point that night. Xo fighting reported
I during the movement, except a little cav
alry skirmishing,
j On Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock.Gc i.
I Grant was at Bermuda Landing. In a
! dispatch from him dated 8 p. m.. he says,
; Our forces will commence crossing the
j James river to-day. The enemy shows
I no signs of yet having brought any
| troops to the south side of Richmond.—
j Our movement from <'old llarbor to the
! James river lias been made with great ee
! lerity, and so far without any loss or acei
j deut.
An unofficial di. patch dated General
I Butler's headquarters, p. in., says
| General Smith's Corps was coming in,
j live thousand having already lauded,
j A dispatch from Gen. Sheridan's liead-
I quarters, dated at three o'clock yesterday
' afternoon, near Kcncshaw, states that the
j General is in front, advancing his lines on
| Kcncshaw. Another unofficial dispatch,
dated 9 p. m., reports an advance tu-day.
! Thomas has gained ground, and one reb
el brigade was nearly surrounded. Itfuth
-1 cr reports that the rebel Gen. Polk was
! killed to-day. and his body sent to Mariet-
I ta.
! Gen Washburtic, at Memphis, reports
| that Sturgis' expedition met a large rebel
force uudcr Forest at Gnntown, and after
a severe tight and heavy loss, he was
worsted, and was at Colliersville, retreat
ing towards Memphis. Late arrivals of
troops renders Memphis safe.
General Sherman has made arrange
ments to-repair Sturgis' disaster, and has
j placed General A. J. Smith in command,
! who w ill resume the offensive imuiodiate
ly.
No other intelligence ha b'- n rcceivd
] since my last telegnm.
E. M. STANTON-.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, June 11th,3 ork v M
To Major General Dix, A". P.: -Official
; reports down to fiw o'clockpesterday, de
i tail no movements of importance.
A dispatch from General Sherman, da
j ted yesterday, states that our cavalry yes
i terday, the t)th, developed the postionof
I the enemy in a lino along the hills from
| the Keneshawto Lost Mountains, and are
| now marching by the roads towards Ken
ashaw.
A dispatch from Butler, dated this
' morning, reports all quiet. Yesterday,
i General Koutz charged the encui) 's works
! at Peters burgh and can'ie i them, penetra
| ting the town, but not being supported by
| General Giluiore, who had withdrawn his
j forces without a c.niiii. t. (ien. KM'/. was
! obliged tow ithdraw without furthertsl&ct.
| Gen. Koutz capture I forty prisoners and
j one piece" of artillery, which he broil- lit
j away with liini.
j A dispatch from Gen. Canby, dated
' Vicksburg, Juuc-ls ,ys: General Emory
I rcporti that an attempt by Taylor's force
j to cross the Atchafalaya had been frustra
j ted. The troops that had crossed were
| dispersed and a large quantity of com mis
-1 i sary stores and clothing were captured.
I Gen. Burbridge, commanding in Ken
| tucky' in a dispatch dated yesterday, at
Lexington, reports thatalter Concentrating
| a force at Beaver Court House, on the Big
1 | Sandy, ho moved against Morgan's force,
!in Virginia, first as far as Gladcrvill.
j Morgan with 2.50(1 men moved into Ken
tucky via White boro and pursued him.
. lie marched 'J'J miles in 24 boats, carno
j upon himat Mt.Sterling yesterday nioru-
I in;r and defeated him. By stealing fre.-,h
I horses hereachc 1 Lexingtonattwo o'clock
this morning. Our forces heald the forts,
! and the rebels did bat little damage. lie
j left here at 7A. M.,for Versailles. I start
i in pursuit with a fresh force this evening,
i No official report has yet been received
j from Gen. Hunter.
E M. KTANTON.
Secretary of War.
| CONTORT>, X. 11., June 17_. —The Iloii. E
, ! of llepresentati ves to-day. by a vote of 1 (ji!
: yeas against 0:1 nays, adopted a resolution
i requesting the representatives of this
: ! State in Congress to do all in their power
, : to secure the passatro in Congress of the
i proposed amendment to the Constitution
| abolishing slavery in the Uhited States.
IXDIANOI'US, Juno 12.
The Ratification meeting of norai
{ nations of the Baltimore Convention,
I last night was largely attended. Ad
i dresses wero delivered by Gov. Mor
ton. In referring to Freemont's letter,
| accepting-thonoinination of the Cleve
land Convention—said the silence of
Freemont in regard to the prosecution
of the war and suppression of there
: bcllion, gave rise to most painful ap
prehensions of hi- 1 true position. He
. hail tarried his standard in 185G and
endeavored to sustain hiui as a politi
: eian and military chieftain, and never
. until he saw that letter had he cause
. to regret what he had done. lie
! caused joy to Irs enemies and pain to
: 1 his friends, and omitting one or two
1 sentences there is nothing in it that
might not have been writtten and sub
scribed to without inconsistency by
Mr. Vallandigham.
SAN FRACISCO, June 9.
The news of nomination of Liineo'n
and Johnson was received at three
o'clock this afternoon. Flags were
waving from more than five hundred
houses, and from all the shipping in
the harbor within thirty minutes af
ter the arrival of the news. The
evening had scarcely set in when sky
rockets were visible in every direction.
Rejoicing will probably -continue all
niu'lit. Sevei'ai buildings were illumin
;■.ted,and bonfires are seen every
where. A li,.*-- meeting to-night was
addiv s> d by Governor Lowe, Col.
Ferguson, and other prominent gen
tlemen.
WAMIINOII N. June 15.— Our army
moved Tom i' i nes on the north side of
the 'l' ' ilii'iiiiii-. i.n Friday afternoon,
■ ■ne c '.uu'ii ii. \ i". »iiwanls Long Bridge
i 1 i !lie ■' t .vant.-, Jones' Bridge.—
|V. .ft.- i i i . ihe «• \ "iice ttud Wright
• ov.-t.-.t ilie re.ir. General t;raut.moved
from Coal Harbor at 4 p. encamp*
j i d for tl ■ 11;llit at Mi dy s. a short dis
| lance th < sine oi' Lug Bridge ro«d.—
l-i ail I . nu . .• lo St. Mary's Church
i- fauki dby an inq-a aide swamp. On
the «i t In in St. Mary's Church, a road
i ivi l !. i utli-e; stwindly. in the direction
of Charles t'iiy Court lLftiso, leading in
to the road fn in Jones' Bridge to Pow hat
tan Point. Now that General Grant has
rccupied James River.it is not improper
to .' late that he has achieved up to this
time what In- intenfle 1 when he erased the
l!apl: n and that he has not deviated ten
mile: I'm 'in his pr .j <: ed lino of liuirchatany
place. 11. cii sin;:'at the North Anna
was undcrl: ken for tho puvposo of effec
tually destroying a section of the \ irgin
ia Central Railroad, between Hanover
Junction find Gordotisville, thereby pre
venting the return of Lee's army north
ward under any circumstances. This
work was accomplished in a most thor
ough manner, rendering it impossible to
supply an army moving on Washington
from the South, Northern Virginia be
ing utterly exhausted of food.
Since our forces crossed tho Rapidan
they have forced Leo back jixty miles
through tour complete lines of fortifica
tions, captured twelve thousand prison
ers by actual count and twenty-thrco
pieces of artillery. Wo have lost less
than six thousand, one-half of whom
were stragglers, and only three guns. Bc
inethc attacking party, we have lost a few
more in killed and wounded than the eue
lllV, but, only a few. We have lost seven
teen general officers and the enemy twen
ty-five.
WAR DETAUTMENT, WASHINGTON,)
June 18—10 p. M. )
GEN. DIX : The following dispatch
from Geir Grant, dated yesterday, 11a.
in., at City Point, has been received by
this department:
The oth corps this morning carried two
; more redoubts, forming part of the defen
ces of Petersburg, capturing 4.">0 prison
era and four guns. Our successes are be
ing followed up.
Our forces drew out from within fifty
yards of the enemy's entrenchments at
Colo Harbor, made a flank movement of
about 55 miles march, crossing the Ohick
ahoniiny and James rivers, the latter 200
feet wide and 8 1 feet deep at the point of
ores-fin™, and surprised tho enemy's rear
at Petersburg. This was done without
the lo- - of a wagon, or piece of artillery ;
only about 100 stragglers wero picked up
by the enemy.
Covering this move Warren's Corps
and Wilson's cavalry had frequent skir
mifhing with the enemy. Each had from
OO to 'i 1 ' killed and wounded but inflicted
an equal if not greater loss upon the enc
my „
The I -:h corps, Smith's, were transfer
red fioni tho Whito House to Bermuda
Hundred by we er.an 1 moved out near to •
l'e i dji.ru on tho night of their arrival.
They Mirpri-cd, or lather captured tho
| ver\ strong work.- northeast of Peters
burg 1 ci'.ire a sufficient force could begot •
on them by to hold them, lie
was joined the night followingjbis cap
ture by the sth corps which iu turn cap
i hired more of the enemy's redoubts fur
| ther south ; and this corps was followed
i by the Bth with the result above stated.
1 All tho troops are now up except seven •
divisions covering the wagon trains, and
| they will be up to-night. The enemy, in
! his endeavor ; to reinforce Petersburg,aban- •
doned his entrenchments, iu front of'Ber
| i,nid i Hundred. They no doubt expect*
' ed t;i ,>p: i'r-ii.i north of the James river
io take their pi no before we discovered
it.(i .1. liutler took adrantago of this,
and move 1 a force at nnce upon the rail
m i 1 and plank road between Richmond
and Pe ei shurg, which he hopes to retain
pi s,e « of.
T . i much j raise cannot be given to the
trooj.s B |,J their commanders for tho en
t ev. y .and fortitude displayed during the
la ' live day . Day and night has been
all the same. No delaysbeing allowedou
aiiy account.
L-.te in-official dispatches show that at
! K o'clock t li - morning the enemy still oc
i eupied Petersburg. Maj. Ilorton was
s killed in an assault yesterday,
r Nothing to-day front Sherman or Ilun
i ter. E. M. STANTON.
LOI:ISVIT.I,E, June 17, 18(14. —Tho
rebcljColouels Chenowith, Charlton, Mor*
gau.atida membcrof John Morgan's staff",
came into lAciugton yesterday with Gen.
Hobson, undera a flagof truce, designing
to arrange with General Burbridge for
an exchange of prisoners captured in tho
' receut raid. General Burbridge refused
~ to l ecognizo tho flag, and arrested tho
rebels as prisoners of war and ordered
I Hobson to take the command of his divi
sion.
About one hundred and fifty mounted
men of Je.-see's gang crossed the Louis
| ville and Frankfort railroad, early this
morning, at Siuithfield, and wero subse
quently heard of at Shelby ville, en routo
' I to Taylorsville. On Friday the 10th,
- j Col. V/cathcrford of the 18th Kentucky
j cavalry evacuated Burkaville, and on tho
) fflllo.viiig Wednesday Rennet's gang took
) posses .ion of tho post and gave the town
II up lo pillage.