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CARLISLE, PA.
Friday, May 15, 1863.
S. M. PEPTENGHAIs & C 0.,.
O. 37 Park Row New York, and 6
State St. Boston; are our Agents for the lIERALD
n those cities, and are authorized to take Advertise
ments and Subscriptions for us at our lowest rotes.
A BRACE OF Lits.—The Trofunteer of
this week, in speaking of our .Union League,
calls it a " secret oath-bound League." At'
least one hundred Demoorats have been pres '
ent at the meetings of the Union League since
its organization., Ask those gentlemen wheth
er there is the semblance of truth in this
statement. The 'Volunteer is eloquent on this
" secret oath-bound" business, when it falsely
applies the term to Union men, hilt it is won
derfully
silent, as to the recent developments
of the Northern rebel knights of the Golden
Circle, who abound so plentifully in Copper
head localities.
Again the same truthful (?) journal tolls us
that the last meeting of 1 he Union League was
a " fizzle—nobody being present." The truth
is that a misunderstanding as to the hour had
the effect of misleading a number of members,
but notwithstanding thisa goodly number were
present, and several interesting speeches de
livered. Veracity is as rare an article as hen's
teeth in the Volunteer establishment.
Xte-We cannot pick up a loyal paper
awcm our exchanges that is not filled with
patriotic resolutions from this regiment and
that regiment bearing down upon the Cop
perheads and Peace men of the North, while
we have yet to see the first resolution of the
kind in any Copperhead sheet that has come
under our eye. This . is a significant fact, and
one which will be noticed by the soldiers in
the field. We hope they. will. make a- note
of this fact, and remember who are their
friends and who are not. Mark the sneak
ing traitors in the rear.
The tory papers are taking exceptions
to, Gen. Ilaßeck's declaration, that after our
army had whipped the Southern rebels, the
soldiers would return and "place their heels
upon the heads of the sneaking traitors in
the North." Well, now why should not trai
tors South But •
Nn rozne'et felt the halter draw
With rood opinion of the law."
4 - &- When you hear a Man claiming to be
loyal, put two questions to him:
Ist, Do you believe the present rebellion to
be causeless and wicked ?
• 2d. Are you in favor of using the resour
ces of (ha Federal Government, if-heeessary.-
to crush this rebellion and restore the national
authority over all the revolted States?
If he says yes, and is in earnest, he may be
counted as a loyal uian. If he answers both,
or either, in the negative, ho is, to all intents
and purposes, practically if not actually a
secessionist.
re—Thlt Harrisburg Pirtriot says it is
"heat tily sick of Bench and Pulpit politics."
We don't di,ubt it. The civil law and the
efiristiat i Llaw are sickening: to sitek.fellows
as control that sheet. editors probably pre
fer lager beer politics, brothel polities, or
peculating politics to politics voverned by
law and elevated by Chrivtianity. No won
der such fellows get heartily sick when they
think of the law, and its enforcement.
2W,V-.. Keep it before the people that the only
party the Copperheads fight, is the party of
the Union I
Keep it before the people, that the Cop
perheads are in sympathy with, and many
of them actually belong to the Knights of the
Golden Circle.
Keep it before the people, that none of the
Copperhead Newspapers or Speakers ever
denounce that treasonable organization, but
expend all their wrath upon the Loyal men
who have banded together to save the Gov
ern in en t.
11[While thousands of names are being
enrolled, showing that their owners are un
conditionally for the Union, lot a book be
opened in every community to enter the
names of those who refuse to join Union
Leagues and who act with the Copperheads.
When tho war is over and the Government
victorious, the Copperheads will be the loud
est to protest that they were loyal citizens
and in favor pf a vigorous prosecution of the
war.
Let us have it in white, and black, and then
there will be no mistake. Record their
names.—Exchange
The Copperheads are loud their profess
ions of love fur the Union "as it was," but
will not fight for . it, and are opposed to the
" Conscription " Act, without which we will be
unable to save the Union it as it was," or any
other way.
The Copperheads used to be in favor of the
Constitution as it. is," but fearing that some
of their loading men, North and South, may.
yet be hanged upon that instrument" as it is"
they now call for a Grand-Union-Compromise-
Peace-• Doughfacc—Dirt Eating-Pro-ISlavery-
Secession-Convention, to alter and amend that
sacred couipae and of course date the ;in
end meets back, so as to save the traitorous
necks of the most: of the leading men of their
party.—Exchange. •
Tits- SEASON AND ITS
still: lingers in the lap of spring, and the cold
east wind is,almost always with us. "railer.
day we had:rain and a cold east wind ; to-day
we have the oatoe,'„probably; and to-morrow
"a-fine —sunshiny-"day; - These great olitingeS
make sad'havoc with•tho.health of - our citizens,
particularly, those having weak lunge. For
all diseases of this kind, use Bryan's PulmOldo
Wafers. .25 set. a box, at 8. Elliott's.
"Trust" •is a good
. motto for a Christian ;
" trust not" is a good one for a tailor.
OEM
CARL SCRURZ AND THII . VOL
IINTEER • AGAIN.
It • Was 'its the' fall: of 'lB6O, when - COIL
Amok was stumping : Penasylvania iu, be
half Of Ont. CLlnT;Nnad th'e' general RaPuti- ,
lican :ticket, that' the American Volunteer
publiShed-Whaqt said was an extract from,
one of his speeChes:' This paragraph can
tajned, with many other treasonable notions,
an infamous libel upon the constitution of
our country. Oa Mr. SCEIURZ'S arrival in
Carlisle, while on that tour, this paragraph
in the Volunteer was shown to him and ho
at once indignantly pronounced it a scoun
drelly forgery, and promised to so prove it
in his ensuing speech here. The editor of
the Volunteer hearing of this, - and 'dreading
the impending expose, sent word to Mr. S.,
that he had copied the extract 'referred to
from one of his exchanges—was sorry he
had done so—and would apologize therefore
in his next issue. Air. S. expressed himself
perfectly satisfied with this explanation, and
said so to our citizens at the meeting held
the same evening. He admired the honesty
and manhood of the editor who had thus
done his best to repair the injustice he had
Atythis juncture the editor of the
Volunteer, who had been present during the
meeting, arose, and in a very excited man
ner, denied having made any apology, and
in effect reiterating the fraud he had perpe
trated. Mr. Stnuaz, in reply, promptly ac
cepted this horn of the dilemma, and after
proving the utter falsity and atrocity of the
Volunteer's paragraph, paid his respects to
its now avowed author. Such a withering,,
scathing rebuke we never heard man receive
—it-left him considerably smaller than the
"little end of nothing."
Ono would have thought this renewer
would have been Pllnkietit to have 'fisted the
Vu/nnteer the balance of its natural life; but
the galled jade will wince long after the
-spurs have been removed ; and -then,--in this
instance, the wearer of the rowels is at such
a safe distance, that .this kind of revenge is
very cheap. But on behalf of CARL (now
General) Scnuaz, a brave and accomplished
soldier, battling in his adopted country's de
fenc we totally deny the Volunteer's state
ment this week that " General Schurz and
his troops without firing a gun broke and
ran pill-well, and could not be arrested in
their flight for half an hour;" and tee 'now
proceed to the proof of its falsity.
THE BREAK AND PANIC IN THE ELEVENTII
CORPS
The following correspondence has taken place;
HEADQUARTERS TIIIRD - Divrmos, Mny 6, 1863.
Maj. Gen. iluweitn, Commanding Eleventh Corps:
Gest:oat : I find it stated in the papers, The New
York " Times," Tho Washington " Chronicle," The NOW
York " Herald," etc., that it was my division which, in
the action of last Saturday threw Itseit !lying upon the
rest of the corps, and it is even stated in The-Now York
" prat " that I 'Lied .theilh4gracitfil fUght,l l , person:"
-- The.sl are statements against which I feel myself
obliged to ask for protect ion You knot, the facts, and
you saw me in flint a ngagement. I would respectfully
request you to state w tort troops threw themselves tip
ing upon the rest, and where I was, and what I was
doing, while you ',LW 1110 011 the field of battle
:-
I am, ()uncial yours respectfully.
C. SCIIUItZ. Major General*
HEADQU4RTERNIITII ARMT Cour:4, May 8, ISM.
Gen. entree, Commanding Third Division
I am deeply pained to find you subjected to such
false anti mat HOUN attacks. I saw you just as the or
ter 11 i'olllllloll Cod You hastened to your poet. 1 next
saw you rallying troops near the rifle pits, upon the
ground occupied by our Corps. After this you were
with tut, forming a new line of battle near (len. Berry's
line.
I do not helieve that you could hare done morn than
you did on Iliattrythir. occuzlon— -Thwailltizationa uith
hfniieueutn tourdivision are un trite; 'SiiliirYlitreTrffrpti
did not Occupy the front on the point of attack. It
u cold to improper for me at this lime to speak mat
[rely of the lona uet of different dl, ishins. My official
relent will FOOD he Made.
L. iriles me pleasure to sul.serihe mynel f yours truly.
0. 0. I IOWA!: o, Major—General,
Now the cowardice, treachery and villainy
of this second assault of the 'Volunteer upon
a brave soldier in the front rank of his coun
try's noble defenders—lie in the fact tluit
the Volunteer, when it published its mean
fling at his reputation, must have seen this
authoritative denial of Gen. How Ann, for it
appeared in the daily papers of Monday last.
There is no escape then from the odium
which attaches to this patent calumny.
The statements that " Gen. SIGEL was re
moved to make room for Schurz," who is a
" mere political adventurer, without 'one par.
title of military knowledge,' are the petite
fabrications which usually go to season the
Vo/unicer's more imposing' manufactures.—
Gen. Scnuaz•is not and never was a corps,
but a division commander, and consequently
could not have replaced SIGEI„ whose corps
is commanded by Gen. FloWAnn. Seeing
that Gen. Scuusz received a first-class mili
tary education in Germany, a rational guess
would be that he is possessed of several
" particles" of " military education." The
editor of the Volunteer will not deny that if
his sword is half as sharp as his tongue the
rebels south will get as sick of the former
as their copperhead cousins here were of the
graph
latter.
ADMIRABLE DUPONT AND GEN. HUNTER.-
Late news from the Department of the
South authorizes the statement, which is a
manifest contradiction of the stories of the
sympathizing newspapers, that there is a
hearty, cordial, and determined co-operation
between Rear Admiral Dupont and Major
General Hunter, and that if any attack is to
be inude on Charleston, they will join forces;
not simply because they fight under the
same flag, but because they agree upon, tbe`
principle of employing all means for the pur
pose of crushing out the rebellion.. The lai d
and-naval forces act with the heart of one
man. • Admiral Dupont, who has experi
enced the value of negroes on the Water'
like General Hunter, who has bx per ienced
their value on land, is resolved to employ
this_greaLelementia_accomplishing-the4 a -S1
before him, and securing triumph to_.his-op•
eratious in the South. All out' news from
Port Royal, from the army as well as the
navy, iddicates the hapiiiest and most con
.fident feeting..amung_tlipse- -.who - cow mand i •
as well as ,those who obey. ,
REFUSING , TO ALLOW SOLUIERS' , TO VoTE.
—The Legislature of New York paisSd a law
to allow soldfers to vote, but Gov Seymour
has will - n.4 . 0'1° Veto it:. The tories seem
determined to prohibit soldiers from voting,
if possible.
The. Seope of The. Co nflict:
The'; , Rom 44.-' ; :teitt quoror, Julius Caesar,
burned bis - sbipeoti' landing on the shores of
Britain, 'tied as the glare of- the darning
NO, lit ;up the wild coast, it testified to hi's
I ' •
determination to• quell the "barbarians" or
die on their shores. In the onSe of the lie
publio of the. United 'States, warring to pre,
servo its sovereignty, Providence has shut t ho
nation up in like manner.' Says Bancroft, the
Historian, in his noble speech at the loyal
meeting in New York, on the anniversary - of
thelßaltimore bloodshed :
" The'question is found to be, not merely
whether tile United States shall be stricken
from the family of nations, but whether the
viral principles of freedom sh all be preserved.
[Applause I The imperative call of duty
cheers us on to the struggle mare than ever;
for, unless we succeed, the power of the pee . _
pie which pervades all history as a prophecy;
is beaten down, and there is no other Western
hemisphere where the struggle can be renewed.
We have nb choice ; we must persevere. If
wo would build up the home of humanity—if
we would safely transmit the regenerating
principles that give life its value—we must
persevere. The result cannot be doubtful.—
The resources of the rebellion are nearly ex
hausted, while our own prosperity has hardly
been impaired; we must press onward with
united zeal, and 'win the victory of endurance
horn."
' Time's noblest empire" is this R,epnblic,
and it is true that we must stand to our guns
in full view of the fact that freedom,, onto
vanquished inher chosen centre and home, is
detected everywhere. Italy, Poland and Hun
gary
,have nobly struggled for liberty, yet,
even in the first named land success is not
thOroughly assured. Even in England pre
scription holds a stern sway and that nation
seems no nearer to Republicanism now than
when Cromwell died. France is the sport of
of every demagogue or tyrant, while the prog.,
ress of Russia is slow. As for Austria and
Spain, they are both as despotic as they were
a century ago. Nowhere can the banner of
freedom, "torn though flying," stream out on
'the - win - 4g with perfeet hppreeiiition save in.
the country of Washington, and never was
there so heavy a relstonsibility laid upon any
peot , le as upon (he citizens of this Republic.—
The ark of human civilization rests upon our
shoulders ; the future is bound up in our strug
gle, and this nation must persec 7 ere to the
end.
How desperate then is the treason of
Americans North or South in perilling the
holiest. interests of the human-race either to
gratify mad personal ambition or to attempt
the founding of a Government whose corner
stone is slavery !
An Infidel and a Coward's False
hood.
the following is a plain assertion from the
Tory Organ, yesterday morning;
- - .WE HAVE :* * RELIABLE INTEL
LIGENCE THAT HOOKER WAS
BEASTLY DRUNK AND ENTIRELY
INCAPACITATED FOR COAIMAND OR
ANYTHING ELSE ON 'SUNDAY, AND
THE REI'UItIS THAT THE ARMY
HAS ENTIRE CONFIDENCE IN HIM
ARE' UNFOUNDED.
—Now we only ask, that the soldiers who
are at present in this city, and who p , rilled
their lives with 'llooker in achieving the sue
ceas of the most consummate \ stragetieal
movement of the war—that these brave_mcra
meet and resent this foul assault on their
brave commander. Be it remembered, that
,the wretches who put forth this uu founded
libel on Gen. Hooker arc• themselves the most
confirmed inebriates in the hind, who owe a
stipend to every lire plug. lamp post and curb
stone in Harrisburg, for the uses to which
these were put while being occupied by their
bkiated heads. And yet these dastards,when
they cannot write and print treason against
the Government, fur fear that their craven
necks might be subjected to the pressure of
a halter, turn their spleen on a brave leader
of brave wen, and endeavor the aspersion
of his character, to bring reproach and dis
grace upon he Government.
We repeat, that we trust the soldiers who
are now'in this oily will take some notice of
this cowardly attempt to traduce the char•
actor of their leader, by miscreants Who are
the open and the uncompromising foes of the
Government. It such libels are allowed to
pass unnoticed, we may expect to see these
wretches resort to other .and more forcible
means to overturn the authority and destroy
the dignity of the Government. it will only
need the passage of a few brief resolutions,
by the brave men now now in Harrisburg,
repelling and exposing this falsehood, to
make the poor drivellers of the Tory Organ
retract, chew their words, and admit their
unblushing falsehood !—Barriiburg Tele-
rie,_ IN AN article intended to show how
the problem of slavery is being solved by the
irresistible progress of e.vents, and how indivi
dual opinions aro formed or modified by the
influence of the present national struggle, the
Nov York Tribune says :
Every hour of the fluctuating fortunes of
of this terrible strife is an hour of added pt , ril
to slavery. No sun sets that does not see
some. persons free who were slaves the night
before. IdeElellails and linens contribute to
'flie inevitable result as surely, though not so
willingly, as Freu.cmis and Hunters. Butler
enters the war a Breckinridgo Democrat, die-
tales the famous “oontrabauds" order, gov 4.
erns New Orleans a few mouths, and come'
home to enjoy and requite the intensest hate
of every Copperhead acid every open Rebel in
in America, simply Leeauseihe is earnestly
hostile to the Rebellion, and sees that Its fate
and - that,of shtvury have become 'inextricably
bleudedi, Gov. Hamilton, a slaveholder,, is
- hutited - eut - ofT'etas. -- becauser.—he — wlik-it i t 80 --
made a Rebel, and becomes antislavery from
convictloniltat . neither he nor any other Union
ist canisvor lire in the South horeafter-unlessi
the Rebellion and
.slavery shall both die.—
An& hi f i convictions aro shared by nearly
ever,_ Unionist, ketnitining in -the South: - •
- .
Vrench tragedy occurred in New
York last week. A. deserter frotn the U. S.
-Army poisoned himself and his sweetheart.
The' poison worked violently upon him, but,
had less effect upon the, girl. He tried to
strangle her, but his death struggles 'week.
erred him, and he died, while she recovered.
Letter from a Loyal Southern Gat-
POR TEM NATIONALINTELLICIENOER.
2 A rebehrvisitle and a;ciinitant cotrespon-.
deuce with the South, linsoonvinced the ytriter .
of thirs•article orthe,eorre r etness of tliOriewa.
advanced in his communication to youtTial
uable'paPer some months since. 'The fanatics
on both sides who have asserted that the peo
ple of the South have been and are a unit in
their antagonism to the United%States Govern
ment are in the wrong, and the falsity of their
assertions in every day becoming apparent
Every Southerner knows that a majority of
the white population of his particular section,
are not in .favor of establishing any stronger
form of the government than that set tip by
'our fathers, and that they have interest
in, but, on the Contrary, have an interest
against the maintenance of slavery, which
only operates in competition with their labor.
');very Southerner knows there are not over
two hundred thousand persons, all told, in
that portion of the United States now in re
hellion, who are directly interested as slave
owners in upholding slavery, and that a ma
jority of them are not disposed to abandon a
republican form of government as a failure.--
It is true that the politicians of the South who
fomented and still centrel the rebellion, do
regard a monarchy as the best form of gov
erment, and have boon and are laboring in
sidiously to get their opinion adopted by the
people who put inn in in power. They have
already established a rigid militai-y despotism,
which, so long as the war continues, will an
swer their purposes well enough, but in the
event their rebellion were to prove a oneness.,
which is now more imptubable that ever, what
would become of them in case their armies
were disbanded before some strong form of
government were adopted add organized ?
They have pondered well upon this question.
They know what in that event would be their
fate.
The writer of this article, having been born
n the South, having always resided there, and
riving bee❑ in five of tae seceded States with
in the lust six months, is perhaps bettor quali
fied to judge of public sentiment in the :South
than those who have never been there. Those
residing elsewhere, who are known as “sym
pathizers with the South," are not entitled to
be so designated. They do not sympathize
with the majority of the white population of
the Sunthomt with the . politiehinS LIMA are
riding them to their ruin.
Thu question is often asked, why, if such be
the state of the case, do nut the masses in I he
South rise up, and, alter(' epusing the rulers,
return`lo their allegiance It is easily an
swered. They lack arms, munitions of war,
and organization, all of which are in the des
polio control of Mr. Jefferson D.ivis and .his
confederates. Alter having been abandoned
to their fate in portions ut Tennessee, Ken
tucky, and Virginia, and Texas by our guv•
erument, it is nut to be expected that the
people of any portion of the sededed States
will now demure. themselves fur the Union
until they see clearly that they will receive
per ma lo at protection.
It is not at all strange that Mr. Jefferson
Davis's health scents to tie giving' way under
the pressure to which he has been, is, and
must continue to be, subjected. -What has
become of the flattering inducements held out
by hint and his associates in the conspiracy
to us, the people of tha South? Have we had
"peiteenh . le secession ?'l - Ills the export duty
on cotton f i led the treasury of the so.called
Southern Confederacy by pa) ing the interest
on the bonds i•sued by Al r. Memminger ?
Have he great PONVera of liurape intervened
and opened our ports". llave the Democrats
of 'the North held their party tie stronger
than their allegiance to their government, and
consented to help out the treason of those who
regard a republican form of government as it
failure? Thus far, what have the leaders of
the South gained by the war they inaugurated
save a stay of execution? They ktitiv that,
their doom is fixed, and they are only tight
fug. for delay. If such is mit the, /11421
su many of the knowing ones among them oc
cupied in converting, at,a ruinous sacrifice,
their assets into gold or sterling exchange'!--
Where has lien. Sterling Price sent hits per
sonal effects, and why ? Where have Floyd
and a host of tae contractors of the so
I=ri!M
IYhy are millions worth of exchange and gold,
not to spcak of government cotton, quietly
escaping out of the limits of — Secessia" by the
only safe rout loft open by the neglect of
President Lincoln's administration—by why
of Matamoros r
The " Northern man whir Southern prin
ciples" who, like Slidell, have ridden the
South for years past, and yet ride it, have a
prudent consi leration for the future_ Though,
like rats, they way instinctively desert their
sinking ship, they have their hoards for future
use in places of safety abroad.
Letter from the Reserves.
CAMP OF VIE 7TII REO . T P. V. RC. }
Near Convalescent Camp, May 10, 18(13.
DEAIt leam.n : —The di vision of Pen asy
vauia Reserves, which according to the press
has been represented as rusting, reorganizing
its shattered ranks, &c. is =Aimed and quar
tered as follows, viz: Ist brigade at Fair
fax Court llouse, picketing an extensive line,
and as the tile is limited, its duty is extreme
ly arduous. Two regiments of the 3ud bri
gade (7th and 4th,) are guarding at camps
Convalescent and Distribution, and (ho re
.rnainder are at Alexandria patroling the prin
cipal thoroughfares, arresting persons whose
seeesh proclivities predominate, and keeping
things straight generally. • The 3d brigade is
stationed at Washington, doing provost and
other duty, and among the moot pleasant we
notice from tYishington papers, is that of es
corting rebels, whose desires of visiting
Washington, wore more than realized, to the
Old Capitol prison. We have the most envia
ble position of all, and it is of that we pro
pose to write. Immediately on our first ar
rival in this section of Virginia, we were or.,
tiered to Upton's Hill, and occupied the camp
vacated by the'l4'3d New York. • Our duties
there consisted in picketing,' which we did
almost continually and occasionally to take
a nocturnal tramp in search of raiders. We
remained there some two months, performing
ouF labors to the satisfactieu of every ono,
won it was rumored that - ii "Change posi•
tifin was contemplated .and it was the inten-
tiotilef the Colonel commanding to canton the:'
2nd brigade at Washington. Accordingly
everybody was in the best possible spirits,
and on the ipti vice to Y•eceive, the ever wel
come order.. Our anxious expectancy was
finally relieved at 2 o'clock on the morning'
of the 15th of April ,with orders to break
camp and got on "the march irnmediatelY—
which we did with truly remarkable alac
rity, and proceeded—where ? not to Wash
ington but Convalescent camp to guard
itttagglerearicHlesertersl — at — whielr - ptrice we
are at present writing. Our duty now con'
gists of guarding with loaded inttsketsi - un
armed men, and daily largo details are made
from the 7th and 4th for that purpose. The
two regiments occupy the camp vacated by
thellth--Ithode Island. and- as--far -as guar--
tors are coireerned, they are the most corn-•
fertable we have been in ddring our term.....
Government is supporting here at an immense
expense, a camp (Distribution) in which are
.confined deserters, stragglers and• convales-
cent soldiers. As far as we are able to' learn,
no punishmetrris administered to the two for•
mer, with 11;o - exception of keeping them in
comfortable Sibley tents--.:as guard liouys
the litter are certainly an expedae and drudge
' • •
tleman.
A Dutchman, who had accompanied the
soldiet 4 t from Salt Lake City, had grappled a
Injuit," gat hifhead under his artirt lrt
Benicia boy, and was knifing him. The In
dian was trying to draw his knife from its
sheath, and the Dutchman seeing his predi
cament called to a 'comrade : " For Gott
tam's sake, come quick! or dere lie von dead
DUtelltll4ll here in two minut." The soldier
stepped up and put four balls into the Indian
before he dropped •
Two hundred and seventy-two Indians were
Idled on the field, forty-eight were shot in
the river, and twelve escaped. One hundred
and fifty squaws . and children were left 'to
subsist as well as they could on the dead
horses; and to inter the,corpses of the tvar-'
riors. The command lost - twelygLtacadrEthe:
ight. The Bear Hunter, head - chiel,of the
was
,killed and his scalp, with all the
horses; and rifles of the Indians falcon to Bait
Luke City. After the eitizonshadreccliered'
their stolen stock,the rernainder_was sold at
auction, and the proCeeds distributed.among
the soldiers. IV. C. IL
D.,Z7R411.. SLENKEIC, Auditor General; Mr .
HAni Sniieyor General, and .Mr. McGitant,
State":;.greAsurer, entered upon - the—tluties - o f
their re'Opeetive offices, at, Harrisburg, on the
Ist itistant. Mr. Barr has appointed Theo. J.
rtehterEsq., 'as his Chief Clerk. Mr:' Mc-
Grath. has Appointed IYm. 11. Boas, Esq.,
Chief Clerk'nt the Treasury lidpartmont.
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whose uniform they ,
wear.
Thousands of those mou are kept here inao
Live, depriving the country of their services,
and doing infinite injustice to their comrades
in the field:'' ' ,•••
~ We cannot say that our regiment is being
reeraiteti to any alarming extent; a few con
valescents from different hospitals in the
Ninth being ait theticcessions, , We are well .
officered however, soros of the companies whose
numbers do not exceed twenty men; having
their full.' - oompletnent. Cul. Bolinger and
Major Lyman are on special duty at Division
Court Martial and the command devolves
upon Capt. Spence, a bravo and efficient °e l
cer. Lt. Col. Henderson, who has boon act
ing on the staff of Col. Sickles as Inspector
General having recently received the appoint.
merit, of Provost Marshall of the 15t h Con
gressional District of Pennsylvania, left a few
days since to assume the duties and responsi
bilitios of that position. Brave to a fault,
affable and courteous to all, and a soldier in
every sense of the word, ho was admired and
respected by the entire command, and carr i es
with hula the heart-felt regrets of ollicers and
men.
The monotony of camp life was painfully
broken last Sunday by the burial of a meta
her of this regiment. The deceased, who was
out of Company " 1" had visited Washington
and becoming intoxcated got into trouble and
was maltreated to such iin extent that he died
shortly after reaching camp. Tao funeral
ceremonies were performed by the chaplain,
and wet e very solemn and impressive.
Paymaster Ball lately appeared among us
and distributed Uncle Satu's good gifts to the
' tune of i 152,00 per man. Thu venerated face
and white hairs of " old Gideon" tire alwityo
hailed with delight in this neighborhood as
the precursor of coining events—viz : a copi
ous distribution of hii -• greenbacks" spiced
with a corresponding quantiy of "cousin
postage stamps." Gideon is ever welcome.
We are contiguous to Alexandria and the
town is daily visited by the 'boys for a little
amusement and rerreatiom No intoxicatig 1
liquors are allowed to be sold, and with that
"
exception the freedom of the city" is gur r
)
anteed. The houses in Alexandria are ow
and dingy and the streets narrow, all pre
senting quite an antiquated appearan . The
place is a notorious secession rendezvous, full
three-fourths of its present population are
traitors in the guise of loyalty and ever ready
to give aid and comfort to the enemy. In the
parlors of sonic of the most pit:eminent t. iti
zoom are displayed full length portraits of
many generals in the rebel army, and is their
open boast that the city has furnished one
whole regiment to the Confederacy, —the Nils
Virginia under Longstreet. Company "A"
has its 'I headquarters' at the i'etinsi lvania
Restaurant." oil kit% St. now under the
charge of Mr Jacob Hartman formerly of
Carlide.
Our eipectalions were nut exactly realized
Nvith regard to the movement of the army of
the Potomac, but having served under Oen
eral !looker we know hue as not the man to
become totally depressed and disheartened at
temporary reverses. Our hopes are st reng'
eneil with the knowledge that Lee's army has
suffered infinitely greater than ours. and that
the gallant army of the Potomac is not in the
least demoralized, but ready again to resume
the offensive whenever the general command
ing orders. God grant he meet with success
in the third attempt at that modern Gibralter.
COL Conner's Fight i:vitlPthe Snako
Indians.
Col. Conner is stationed at Great Salt Lake
City with a regiment of California Volt/Li
tt...els, for the purpose of enfbreing the laws
of the States in the territory and pro
tecting the mail route. Fur sevmal sum
mers the Snake or Shoehone Indians have
been troubleso ne and defiant, killing and
alping individuals and small parties while
distant from the settlements, and attacking
trains of migrants, which they will follow
for days . atid 3trike . at -- Siehe un , uaftlti'd -iMi
ment. Early in January about four hundred
encamped in Cache Valley, on Bear river,
threw up earth works, and sent word to the
trJups that they desired to fight. The men
were very s.,licitous to go and their Colonel
was willing. 'Die difference between Cali
fornia In.i,an lighters and regulars is that
the former have experience in this method
of warfare, and the soldier retains his indi
viduality without being lost in it corps, while
the latter are ready to operate only as the
command is received. Totally ignorant al
everything connected with the business in
hand cxeept discipline, and dependent wholly
upon the knowledge and conduct ut their
officers fur success, they are not utifrequent
ly defeated by all enemy not superior in
numbers to themselves and using inferior
3. When the Californians go for
diilB" they generally get Mein.
()mho 25th of January Col. Conner star
ted hir the Indian camp with three hundred
cavalry and .infautry and two howitzers. lie
made forced marches, travelling principally
at night, and breaking a trail through the
snow. The fatigue and exposure disabled
nearly sixty of the men, some of whom were
compelled to have their frozen feet amputa
ted. Tile 'whims were found near the mouth
of a canon unsuspici f ns of an attack. The
Col. endeavored to bring his howitzers into
Position, but his men grew impatient of the
delay and begged permission to go at them.
Ile consented and only took time to place
them in proper position for the assault when
the word was given and the troops delivered
their , fire and then rushed down the sides of
the mountain, - pistol and knife in hand. Af
ter the first discharge it was throughout a
hand to hand conflict. The Indians fought
desperately fbr there was no escape. 'After
discharging his revolver a soldier would close
with a warrior and the contest lie terminate
MOM
with the knife. An incident will illustrate
the manlier in which the 'combat wits con-
ducted
A movement is on foot for another column,
but particlars are withheld for - the present.
An inspection of the ground upon which
the late-baffle was.fotight shows the despera.
tiou of the rebels and their immense loss.—
Large numbers'of their dead and wounded are
upon the field; In the Wilderness, where the
tire took place from the shells from our bat
teries, a very large number of charred re
mains have been inund. ' The sufferings of
the poor wretches must have been terrible.
Yesterday afternoon a flag of truce was
sent across the - Rappahannock- - by -General
Lee, with a letter to General Hooker, in which
it was stated that. Lee's army was deficient in
supplies and their communication cut off, so
that it wa+ difficult to reinforce their commis
sariat, rendering it necessary that General
(looker should send over supplies for the
wounded soldiers in the hands of the Con- •
federates.
Medical and hospital supplies were- sent.
over in response to th.s communication. which
indieat , .. plainly the great success of General
Stoneman's 'cavalry expedition.
Iletropub. Movement —Hooker's Communica
tions Threatenel by the Terrible Rains
11,oher Reerosses the Rai;pnhannock—Gen.
Hooker Brinys.of 2,500 More Prisoners.—
General Lee's Losses—Operations of General
Stuneman—llan C'avalry within the Entrench
ments at Richmond.
The Washington Star, of last Thursday,
brings us the following
,necounts otthe - with
drawal of General !looker from the south side
of the Rappahannock
The storm that commenced on Monday eve-
Mug and continued throughout Tuesday was
at its height on Wednesday, evidently warned
General !looker —whose movement was nee
essarly made with only eight days' supplies,
carried by the men (which were then nearly
consumed,) and without trains—of the immi
nent danger that, unless he promptly sought
his camps the elements would out a stop to
his operations; the railrotd communication
with Apita Creek having been destroyed by
floods for i we've hours at Brook's Station be
fore he determined ro - recross - tlre river:
In the course of all the fighting throughout
Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, the
enemy has not ventured a general engagement
tviilu his army, only a portion .of which was
in action at any one time ; and on no occa
sion with as great loss as he inflicted upon
the Rebels. Nevertheless, is it became evi-
For the " 11 vrald "
dent. that the greatest storm of the season
would surely cut off his supplies of all de
-criptions, if he remained on the south side
of the river awaiting an opportunity to induce
the enemy to risk a general engagement, ho
evidently had left him but the only alterna
tive of returning, for the tune being, to where
Nis supplies could readily reach him•.
On We.tnesday General Milroy capturel
Rebel officer on whose person wis found a
fresh dispatch from Gen. Lee; stating that
his (Rebel) loss h.td been •` fearful"
• The destruction of the railroad nod turn
pike bridges south of Fredericksburg by Stone
man's force has surely placed the rebel army
in even a worse position for supplies than our
own is nt this time, as !looker is now whero
his communications are already reestablished;
while theirS (wito Richmond) must. continue
unavailable for weeks to come, necessitating
them to scatter or fall back in a body, it seems
to us.
On the whole it is clear that a decisive vic
tory was snatched from our gallant troops
only by the elements.
Gen. Hooker brought out with him, we may
odd, an aggregate of 2.500 prisoners.
The following additional items, from the
second edition of the Star, if reliable, will
greatly relieve the fears entertained that the
aura of General Hooker has beou aecompa
ied with serious disaster:
General blooker, it is understodd, estimates
s losses in the bite battles at about ten
iousand men, all lon, killed wounded and
is.ing. It is believed that the Rebel losses
(which their officers admit wore terrific) were
nearly if not quite double this amount.
Stoneman's cavalry ha've marched nearly
two hundred miles since the 3d of May, and
were inside the fortifications , of Richmond.—
(hi the 4th they burnt all the stores at Aylet
tes Station, on the Mattapony. On the 6th
they destroyed all the ferries. over the I'a
monkey and Mattapony, and a large depot of
commissary stores near and Above the Rap
pahannock, and same in hero id good condi
tion. They deserve great credit for what
they havo done: It is one of the _finest. fe_ata
of the star. •
CAPTURE OF POR9 GIBSON,
'OFFICIAL DISPATCHES rROM.. GEN,
,000 RERELq-ROUTED AND DRIVEN TOWARDS
Taken— Gen. Griersaie:t Cavalry .Itiaid.
. • . Washington,. May 9.
Tho followiag - has been received.at. head,
quarters : . .
Grand Gulf,. Nay 3.—To
HaHeck, General-in-Cbief.—We . landed at
Bordinsburg April 30th, and moved immedi,
litely On Port Gibson. We Met the enemy;
11,000. strong, 9 miles south of Port Gibson,
at') on the Ist; andengaied hitn. all
day,
.entirely routing him,. with' the. loss of
many killed and aboilt 500 prisoners, .besidea
the wounded. Our loss is about : 100 killed
and 500 wounded. c--; .
The enemy retreated_ towards Vicksburg,
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WAR NEWS.
HOOKER AGAIN ACROSS THE
, RAPPAHANNOCK.
LEE'S ARMY IN RETREAT
General Lee Cut Off from his Supplies,
%Vast:lmam:44 May 9. 12 P. M.—On Friday
morning last General Hooker re-crossed the
Rappahannock with two corps d' armee, and,
after reconnoitering the old position held by
him at Chnnoellorville, found that the enemy
had fallen back,. leaving hundreds of his
wounded behind, and his dead unburied
During the day tho entire Army of the Po
tomac crossed the river, with sixteen days'
rations, and moving forward, deployed right
and lef,, in search of the enemy, who was net
to'be found in force up to 8 o'clock this morn
ing. •
A large number of ;stragglers have come
into our outposts lines and giving themselves
up, expressing their disgust with the rille,of
the rebel lenders.
These men confirm the public accounts of
the consternation created in Richmond by
Gen. Stoneman's raid.
General Hooker informs Gen. Halleek that
be only needed active co•operation from Gen,
l'eck and Keyes in a second advance to ren
der the destruction of the rebel army and the
capture of Richmond certain.
The report that Richmond has been 'cap
tured by General Keys is not credited by tho
War Department.
The President and Generalßeck, as well
as the members of the Cabinet, are in ei6et
lent humor and very hopeful.
Reinforcements are arriving hero rapidly.
It is th.mght these troops will be sent to Gen.
Hooker.
ARMY OP THE POTOMAC.
GRANT.
VICKSBURG.