%\t gcmocrat. lIARVEY SICKLUR, Editor. TUNKHANNOCK, PA. Wednesday, MAY 13 ,1863. S. M. Pettengiil & Co.--No. 37 PARK ROW KEY; YORK, A 6 STATE ST. BOSTON, aro our Agcuta fo: .'.it N. B. Democrat, in those cities, and are author to take Advertisements and Subscriptions for tc at our lowest Rates. *72£T* There are two theories advanced as to what induced the powers, at Washington, who control the whole matter, to telegraph to " the world and the rest of mankind," the monstrous lie about the taking of Rich mond. One is that old Abe got alarmed for the safety of Washington after Hooker's de feat, and got up this ruse, hoping thereby to divert the attention of Lee from the Capi tal at Washington, to that at Richmond. The other is, that, as Lord Lyons had des patched a special messenger, with the news uf the disaster to Europe, Old Abe conclu ded for the sake of lluucouib, to send by tele graph, to cape race, a.dispatch, announcing the fall of Richmond which would be car ried to Europe by tbo 6ame vessel. If the last supposition, which is the more probable one, be true; the honest old chap probably availed himself of the advice of that cunning little minister of his Billy Seward. GENERAL HOOKER'S TESTIMONY.— Cener- Ilooker's testimony on the conduct of the war is a remarkable document. He has had his " camgaign of a hundred days"—in the mud, yet when interrogated by the War Committee, he thinks Gen. McClelaln might after the battle of Williamsburg, have gone to Richmond in two days ! " Question by the Committee.—ls it your judgment that you could have gone into Richmond then ? (After the battle of Wil liamsburg.) "A. I think we could have moved right on, and get into Richmond by the second day after the battle without another g t n being tired." It takes a bold and reckless man to make such an answer to such a question. lie might just as well have said, " I am a better General than McClellan, and i would have gone to Richmond in two days !" We shall mark the time when he gets out of the mud, aud then count the days it takes him to take his breakfast at Richmond. When Hannibal was asked whom he tho't the greatest General of all times, lie answer ed, " Alexander of Macedon : and if I had won the battle'of Zama. 1 should have been the greatest." General Ilioker is evidently lollowing a classic model. Without it ,his modesty would be inexplicable—Philadel phia Age. The Arbitrary Arrest of'C. L. Vallandlgham Aa account of the arrest, by (Jen. Burn bide, of Hon. l\ L. Vallandigham, with the charge and sepcifications, which re pub lish to-day, is perhaps, considering all the circumstances, the most unwarrantable and unjustifiable of all the arbitrary acts of thi-> tyranical administration. Mr. Vallandigham has been arrested with- ! out lawful authority and tried by a court > without jurisdiction—without a jury—for an 1 tfi'emo unknown to the law. Whatever may | be '.,,e consequences of this star chamber in- ' qu.iition, (the finding of which is not yet ; l.iaue public) to Mr. Vallandigham, they are 1 insignificant compared to the direct blow which has been struck at the liberties of a people who have the right under the consti tuA/n and laws, to regard free speech as one of the most inviolable of rights. llow the people cherish this right, was once eloquent ly expressed by Daniel Webster, when lie said: It is the ancient and undoubted preroga tive of this people to canTass public measures and the merits of public men! It is a " home bred right, a fireside privilege. It hath been eiij >yed in every house, cottage, and cabin in the nation, li is not to be drawn into con troversy. It is as undoubted as the right of breathing the air or walking on the earth* Belonging to private life as' a right it be longs to public life as as a duty, and it is the last duty which those wbose representative lam shall find me to abandon. Aiming at all times to be courteous and temperate in its use. except when the right itself is questioned. 1 shall place mveslf on the extreme boundary oj my right and bid defiance to any arm that uould via e me from my ground. The high constitutional privilege I shall de fend and exercise within this house and in all places ; in time of peace in time of loar a d at ad times. Living, 1 shall assert it; and should I leave no other inheritance to nay children, by the blessing of God I will leave thern the inheritance of free pt inciples and the example of a manly, independent, and eonstiutional defense of them. Daniel Tf'eb iter. rar We have as yet, received no very succinct or connected account of the late disaster to our forces on the Jlappahan uock. There seems to be an embargo upon truth from the capitol \.ließ radiate freely from that great centre of. corruption and folly. JC3T The l?.2nd. regiment, whose termsof enlistment have expired, w ill return to their dating the present week JS2C" Henry Clay said, twenty years ago, of the Abolitionists : " With them the rights of property are nothing ; the deficiency of the powers of the General Government, is nothing; the ac knowledged and incontestible powers of the States, are nothing : the dissolution of the Union, and the overthrow of a Government in which are concentrated the hopes of the civilized world, are nothing. A single idea has taken possession of their minds, and on- ! ward they pursue it, overlooking all barriers, reckless and regardless of all consequences." And Henry Clay told the truth— though his solemn warning may now be disregarded by the radicals, in this perilous hour when events are proving that it was but too well founded. This is a time, however, when one-half of the community, assuming to be exclusively " loyal," seem to have as utterly discarded reason as those unfortunate May layan victims of mania, who are sometimes seen " running a muck" and destroying every person in their path. To such men and, for shame be it added now, to such wo men—what appeal can avail to show them the madness of the course they are pursuing? Could the shade of Washington return to earth, and appear before these frenzied zea lots whose headlong fanaticism is ruining the country, his warning voice would bo decided bv those who now scofi'at his farewell Ad dress ; nay, the illustrious Patriot himself, were he clothed oneotnore in flesh and blood would be denounced as a ''copperhead," if, indeed, he were not seized by some minion of tyranny,'in the shape of a "provost mar- i shal," and cast into Fort Lifayette as a trai tor. It is the reign of fanaticism run mad : % the very carnival of infatuation and folly and blood. Webster spoke the truth, when he said, in 1852 : " If the infernal fanatics and Abolitionists I ever get the power in their hands, they will I override the Constitution, set the Supreme Court at defiance, change and make Jaws to suit themselves, lay violent hands on those who difier with them in their opinions, or dare question their infallibility, and finally j bankrupt the country aud deluge it with j blood." Mr. Web stor said this in private conversa tion, of which the witnesses " still live." Events like those which are now illustrating O ■ the sad foresight of this striking prophecy, while they seem likely to deepen the hor- j rors of a condition ofaflau-s already fearful, are not likely to cow down the indomitable : body of true Union men who have dared to stand firmly by the Constitution, or to drive them one iota fiom tneir position. Perhaps it is best for all that this truth should be understood now.— Hartford limes. [From the Phila. Sunday Dispatch, (Abolition )J Conscription Regulations to be Strictly Ob served. j The Provost Marshals have nearly all 1 been selected, and Colonel Bry, the Provost j Marshal General, has prepared and issued the " regulations for the Government of the ; Bureau of the Provost Marshal General," as approvedjbv the /'resident, who orders "that they be strictly observed." There are one' hundred and thirty-one separate regulations with twenty from the general regulations of the army, and full directions for filling up the thirty-nine printed forms of blank re j turns. &c. ' NO DEMOORATS TO KILL THE OFFICES. Each Provost Marshal has jurisdiction 1 over a Congressional district. lie may ap j point two deputies or more, if necessary, at \ salaries of not more than SIOO per month \ each ; found special officers for detecting and j arresting spies or deserters, at from .S4O to I SGS per month each, depending on their use-j fulness; enrolling officers, at not exceeding! §3 per diem for the time actually employed ; 1 and special guards for deserters, at not more \ than Si per diem, besides their actual ex- ! penses. All these appointrn -nts are to be i made subject to the approval of the Provost I Marshal General here, wlro will unquestion- | ably be guided by the Representatives in Congress from thejdistrict, ifßepublican 1 if not, by prominent politicians. GENTLEMEN TO BE STRIPPED NAKED, OR PAY S3OO. Those who neither wish tc " fight or pay," but hope to avoid being drafted by obtaining a medical certificate from their family phy sician, will find themselves mistaken. All those who plead exemption on account of bodily infirmities or diseases must go before the regular authorities, and the regulations prescribe that men are to be " examined stripped , in the day time, in the presence of the Board of Enrollment, and in a room well lighted and sufficiently large for the drafted man to walk about and exercise his limbs which he must be required to do briskly." Now many a man wil I fork over his S3OO rather than thus be trotted about naked be iore four or five other men, who will sit in judgment on him as the famed Council of Ten of the sons of Malta used to examine,the candidates for initution into that respect able order. A list of fifty-five diseases and infirmities is published as " those which dis qualify for military serrice, and for which only drafted men are to be rejected as phys ically or mentally unfit for service." MARK THE CONTRAST —Wm. 11. Seward our Secetary of State, in a conversation with Lord Lyon, uttered the following language : "My Lord, I can touch a bell on my right hand, and order the arrest of a citizen of Ohio. ' y I can touch the bell again. and order the im prisonment of a citizen of New York, and no power on the earth except that of the Presi dent can release them. Can the Queen of England do as much V Lord Chatham, one of the ablest of Eng 'and's statesmen and jurists, once said : " The poorest man, in his cottage, may bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail ; its roof may shake ; the wind may blow through it ; the storm may enter ; the rain may enter ; but the King of England can not enter it. All his power dares not cross the threshold of that ruined tene ment | The Rights of A Freeman Violated. Arbitrary Arrest of C. L. Vallandigham# CINCINNATI, May 5 Clement L. Vallan digham was arrested at his residence, at Day ton, Ohio, about two o'clock on Tuesday morning last, by a squad of soldiers sent up I by special train from Cincinnati for that pur ! pos.e The soldiers had to smash in several ! doors before they could get him. The bells 1 were then rung and an attempt was made to j rescue him, but it failed, and he was taken to Cincinnati. This arrest so incensed the nei ghbor sand friends of Mr. Vallindghara at • Dayton, that on the same day they proceeded ' to the Journal (Republican) office and com ' pletely gutted the building. They then set fire to it and burned it to tho ground. The 1 fire communicated to the adjoining buildings, ! and all the property from the south end of Phillips' house to the middle of the square was destroyed. All the telegraph lines in the city have been cut down, and a bridge on the Xenia Railroad is reported destroyed. At 10 o'clock on Tuesday night, troops arrived from \ Cincinnati and Columbus, and succeeded in putting down the rioters. On Wednesday j ! the town of Dayton was comparatively quiet, j ' About thirty of the rioters had been arrested and placed in jail. The soldiers removed a swivel from the E. office,and also took poises- ■ ! 6ion of two wagon loads of muskets stored in the Light Guard armory. Mr. Vallandigham was brought before the court martial at Cincinnati on Tuesday for trial. He refused to plead to tho charges which were road to him, and the Court proceeded with the evi deuce, the publication of which is not allow ed. The charges are based on his Mount j Vernon speech. Mr. Vallandigham was at the Burnet House under a strong guard.— j ; Diyton and Montgomery county have been placed under martial law. The total loss by the the en 11 ignition at Dayton was 339,000 The damage otherwise by the riot was small. [From the Cincinnati Commercial of Saturday ] The trial of Mr. Vallandieliam having been j concluded, it will not be improper now to ! publish the eharges and specifications against linn, and so much of t.ie evidence as is of importance. The judge advocate read the general order from the headquarters of the Department of the Ohio appointing officers a commission to try all parties brought before i it, and Mr. Vallandigham was asked wheth- j er he had any objections to offer to any | member of the Court. Mr. Vallandigham said he was not ac quainted with any of the members of the court, and had no objections io offer to them individually, but he protested that the com mission had no authority to try him. he be ! ing neither in the land nor naval force of j , the United .States, nor in the militia in the } i actual service of the United States, and was ' not therefore triable by such a court, bui j was amenable only to the judical courts o i j the land. The members of the court were then sworn 1 to try his case impartially. The judge advocate-then read the follow ing charge and specification : . CHARGE. Publicly expressing, in violation of Gener- j ! a! Orders, No. 38, from headquarters, De- i part ment of the Ohio, his sympathies for ' j those in arms against the government of the j ! United States, declaring disloyal sentime nts j and opinions, with the object and purpose of' | weakening the power of the government in ! | its efforts to suppress an unlawful rebellion. SPECIFICATION. | i In this, that the said Clement L. Vallan- ] i digham, a citizen of the State of Ohio, on or ! j about the Ist day of May, 18G3, at Mount | Vernon, Knox county. Ohio, did publicly ad dress a large meeting of citizens and did ut i ter sentiments in words or iu effect, as fol- I lows: declaring the present war "a wick id, j j cruel, and unnecessary war;" "a war not j being waged for the preservation of the Un- I ion •" "a war fop the purpose of crushing out liberty and erecting a despotism ;" "a 1 war for the freedom of the blacks and the ; enslavement of the whites;" stating "that if the administration had so wished, the war j could have been honorably terminated months ago ;" that " peace might have been hon >ra bly obtained by listening to tho proposed in tormidation of France;" that " a proposition ! by which the Southern States ould be won , back and the South be guaranteed their r.ghts under the Constitution, had been rejected the day bef re the late battle at Fredericks jjr.urp, bv Lincoln and his minions," meanidg thereby the President of the United Stales and those under him in authority. Charg -1 ing that, the government of the United States were ah >ut to appoint military marshals in every oistrict to restrain the people of their liberties,-to deprive them of their rights and 1 privileges" Characterizing General Order N-. 38, from headquarters Department of the Ohio, as " a base usurpation of arbitrary authority ;" inviting his hearers to resist the same by saying , " The sooner the peo ple inform the minions of usurped power that i they will not submit to such restrictions up- I on their liberties the bcttcdeclaring | " that he was at all times, and upon all oc casions, resolved to do what lie could to de feat the attempts now being made to build up a monarchy upon the ruins of our free govornmentasserting " that he firmly be lieved, as he said six months ago, that tho men in power are attempting to establish a j despotism in this country, more cruel and I more oppressive than ever existed before." 1 All of which opinions and sentiments he well knew did aid, comfort, and encourage those in arms against the government, and could in his hearers a distrust of their ntvn government and sympathy for those in arms against it, and a disposition to ' resist tho laws of the land, J. M. CUTTS. ; Captain Eleventh Infantry, Judge Advocate, Department ol Ohio. MR. VAI.I.ANDIOHAM'a PROTEST. Arrested without process of law, without warrant from any judicial officer, and now in military custody, I have beeu served with a charge and specifications as from a court mar tial or military commission. lam not either in the land nor the naval the United States, and therefore am not tryable for any cause by such court, but am subject, by the express terms of the Constitution, to arrest only by due process of law, or warrant issued by some officer of a court of competent juris diction for trial of citizens. lam subject to indictment and trial on presentment of a grand jury, and am entitled to a 6pcedy trial, to be confronted with witnesses and to compul sory process lor witnesses in my behalf, and am entitled to counsel. All these I demand, as my right as a citizen of the United States. But the alleged offense itself is not known to the Constitution, nor to any law thereof. It is words spoken to the people of Ohio in ail open public political meeting, lawfully and peacefully assembled, under the Constitution, and upon full notice. It is the words of a citizen, of the public servants of the people, by which policy it was alleged that the welfare of the country was 11 gu>," is not by 1 any means one of your fancy soldiers. On ! the contrary, his ideas of a soldier's duty are | all practical, and have direct reference to ; the use of means, in his opinion, best adapted to the settlement of the difficulties now unhappily dividing the country. According to his notions, drill, discipline, parades, reviews, inspections, guard-tnour.tings and " officers of the day," are all part of a premeditated system of hum bug, instituted for the special purpose of annoying without cause or reason the patri otic volunteers who came into the army to fight, and not to be made the puppets of a i parade, or die tuine actors in the play-sol dier business of mounting guard. I cannot say. of a verity, that " Boguss" has a horror of guard duty, but I am quite certain that it ! has no place of honorable distinction in his I ; mind—consequently according to the mood j that happens to be upon him, lie is either ! indifferently careless, or facetiously rigid in his practice of discipline, upon suoh occas ; ions. Not many days since, " Bogus" happened on our'outpost, down near the "Lacy House," and in front of Fredericksburg His turn of post-duty cauie on at midnight, at about]wh'ch hour it is usual for the "offi cer of the day" to go " the rounds;" for the purpose of6eeing that all is quiet aloDg the lines, and that the guards are doing their du ty. The early part of th# evening had been beautiful, but dusky clouds of vapor arose from th# bo6om of the stream and now hung like a pall upon all surrounding objects— There was no countersign out and the guards ad just been instructed to exercise more than ordinary vigilance, and to permit no person to pass without proper authority. " Bogus" was either fully impressed with the importance of his charge, or supremely disgusted with what he considered its insig inticance, and he determined, come what might, to fulfil his instructions, not only in spirit, but to the letter. I will not say that he prayed for the approach of an officer, but I am a little fearful that he kept his eye turn ed more constantly in the direction from which he expected him to appear, than he did towards the enemy. Indue time his vigilance was rewarded by the appearance of the " officer of the who was quietly permitted to come to within the usual dis tance, when his ears were saluted with the customary challenge: "Halt! who comes there?" to which the party approaching approaching promptly responded, "officer of the day !" Lut continued to advance. Now " lit gus" had ordered him to halt aiul he determined that that order, if he never lived to deliver another another one, should be obeyed—so lie yelled ut the top of his voice, " Hold on there, God damn you ! llalt ! I say !" The officer paid no attention to this rather peremptory challenge, but came a lew steps nearer, when " Bogus" cocked his rifle, atid assuming a threatening attitude said ; " Now just you ' mark time,' or Til blow you to hell in a second." This brought the the officer to a standstill}' but ''Bogus' had got it into his head that "strict disci pline" required nim to " mark time," so he said, in a tone of menace, " I told you to 'mark tune.' and I'll be swamped if you ain't got to do it." The officer remonstrated, but it was of no avail, lie bad to " mailt time," until tbe officer of the guard was ca'led, and he was relieved from his unpleasant predica ment. " Bogu*," with his usual good luck, escaped with a slight reprimand from the officer, and ahearty cursing from the " offi cer of the day." But '* Bogus" is not, by any means, the only peculiar character of whom our compa ny can boas', although he is a special, in his way, ami is. I believe, without a riva ! in the regiment. We have our " corrupter of words," for instance, some of whose speeches certainly outrival Mrs. Partington, in even her happiest efforts. He is at present detail ed from the company for the purpose of car rying the Division mail" lie pays us fre quent visits however, rarely without an in crease to his vocabulary. 1 said to him the other day, "Jerry, how does it happen that you are over here so often ?" " Oh," says he,'' I just go to the Captain and get a com mission whenever I want one and then I go where I please." Jerry," inquired I " what is the news over at Head quarters '• Oil, nothing particular, only they say that Hooker is going to design if Lincoln don't let him have his own way," " All, indeed ! ami what does Lincoln say to this? Is he willing to let' Oil Joe'have his own way ?" " I believe so ; hut he'll hold him sponsible, if everything don't come out right." " Well II ooker has no objection to that, of course, and, 1 presume if perfectly willing to a-sume all responsibility for his own actions ; but, Jerry, is there no news from up the riv cr ?" "Oh, yes; they say the calcary has been making a recognistir.ee out towards Gordon, ville, or some other place, and they had quite a squirmish. A retail of themcome in with a lot of prisoners, yesterday." " I had heard of that, what do they say about the prospects for a fight, over your way ?" " Not n.ucli ; but they seem to think that a fight is iuventable before many days." But enough of Jerry. llis distinctive char acteristics are as plainly defined that we need but a superficial view to read him like a book. The Pay master is in camp, anu we expect that he will disburse some of father Abra ham's " green backs" to us, during the day They will come in time, for we have been " hard up ' for change, a long lime. The 10. X. Y. was paid yesterday .and started for home this morning. The 4th, X. Y. is being paid this tn >r nng, and it is currently report, ed will leave for home this morning. This .. leave but two remaining regiments in the Brigade—The Ist Delaware( three years men) and our regiment. We ex pect to leave the field some time next week; aul lean assure you that the da}' we turn our backs upon the river will be the happiest of all the days that we have passed since we left the hills >( Wy oming, though the last few months of our soldier experience lias been quite the pleasantest part of it. W e will reach home, probably, some time between the 12th, and 2lith. I really do not anticipate that we will get into another fight, but there is no telling at this stage of the game. If the government cares to re-enlist the men it would be the worst possible policy. Send them home with only the sunny side of soldiering uppermost in their minds, and two thirjs of'them will re-enlist within three months ; but send them home w'th tlio houors of a battle field tlie prevailing idea, and not one in twenty will return to the service. Hoping to meet you soon in health and prosperity, I am, as ever, Truly Your friend, CLINT. TRCE.—Every officer or private who cries out against the "Copperheads," we will ven ture to say, was "sun struck" about the titna he was getting into a battle, never aimed at a rebel and never expects to, or is aspiring to a Major General's stars. The brave, patriotic hearts who have boldly met danger in a dozen bloody battles, they are the ones who are praying for the success of the party that is laboring to quell the strife, that the baltie scarred veterans may return to their dear ones and bome6. War News FROM THE ARMY OF THE I'oron vu General Hooker's Retreat. [From the correopordeuco of the N. Y. Time(Rep-l The fighting on Sunday was don • princi pally by the Third and Twelfth corps, and French's division of the Second Corp*|with the aid of Tyler's brigade of the Fifth Corps It was believed by many high in command 1 that at 8 -rae period of the fighting Gen. ITookt-r would throw a portion of his army unengaged on the right of the left flank of the enemy and completely rout him. They looked lor this in vain. The enemy, failin* to turn tl e right flank and cut off Hooker's line of communication via Banks' Ford, with, drew to the left flank, where Hooker moved out of their reach behind an entrenched line. Sunday afternoon and Monday having pass ed without a battle, the defensive attitude began to work its effect upon the troops and' all thought of miking an aggressive move ment was banished from their minds. Their conversation turned upon the strength of their position and the safety of the arm)- The advantage thus lost was felt by the com manding General, and this, added to the re verse of Sedgwick, and the advice of some of his corps commanders, induced him to re cross the river and commence the campaign anew. Early on Tuesday all the pioneers and men with extra tools, were employed on the roads leading from the army back to the United Stales Ford. Old roads were repaired,and new ones cut through the woods. The ar rangements for the withdrawal of the arrnv were extensive and perfect. The trains and artillery commenced moving toward the river eaily in the evening. Rain was falling rapid ly. and the night was quite dark. The cross ing was commenced at 10 o'clock, and at three o'clock on Wednesday morning all they wagon and mule trains, and the artillery ; had passed the bri Jges and the crossing of the in fantry commenced. The 2 f corps, commanded by Gen. Couch led Ihe advance. Gen. Meade's stb corps f. med t:-* rear guard with Syko's division of regulars to over the retreat. There was not the slightest confusion in the movements of the sever tl c >rps. E ich m irn ;d in the road an 1 at the time designated, and in good order The enemy was not aware of the movement until it wa-jto lato to interfere. Tne artilery massed on a hill that commanded the ap lit aches to the bridges, and would have made short work with the cnlurus of an ap proaching enemy. Genera! Hooker gcrossed the river on '1 ucsday evening, and pitched his headquarters on commanding grounds, from which he could watch the progress of the crossing. The heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon and night had caused the river to rise 60 rapid ly that the ends of the bridges were fiode to such an extent as to make it impossible to cross. Two hours were consumed in laying additional spans, so as to lengthen the bridges and raise the ends abuve the water. It finally became necessary to take up one of the three bridges in order to pro cure mat rial to lengthen the other ' two. Notwithstanding these delays good order was preserved throughout, and (he whole army, with all the irons, supplies, hospitals, and prisoners, crossed in safety, and marched away towards the Acquia railroad. At day light this in >r nog siiarp cannonad ing was heard at Banks 1 Ford, which contin ued during half an hour. It is reported to have been an ussuccessful attempt ot tin* enemy to destroy Sedgwick's trains, which were parked on a plain below the ford. The panic at Acquis creek, caused by the ; repulse of Sedgwick's command, had subsided this morning, and the stores which had been hastily placed on board the transports ing removed to the landing. The enemy against occupies fredericksburg and the heights, and the situation is subslan | ti.-illy" as it was before the opening of the I cornpaign. In the hottest of the fight on Sun lav, a hat I lory attached to the 3d corps had all its hor- I -es Killed an 1 only one mm, a sergant, re j in*line I witn the battery and continued to I live one of the guns. General Meagher, com j manding the Irish brigade, seeing the sit - ; nation, ordered one of his regiments to "haul away the guns." The order was pro nptiy obeyed, and five guns vvcie dragged from the | clutches of the enetnv. The other five j had b4en removed by another detaca j ment. j The losses in Sedgwick'B command are es i tiinated at 5,0 )0 killed, wouned and tniseing. : The losses in the six corps, immediately j under II >okor fromcareful returns, areesti j mated to he 5,000. It is known that the los i ses of the enemy are much heavier. An officer who went within their lines with a flag of truce on Tuesday evening, reported j that the rebel officers claimed to have defeated I our army, bit ackn >wle lga I that their loss was far heavier than those of the national ] forces. . GEN. STOSEMVVS RAID OX RICH MOND | The Harris Eight Cavalry Inside of the For tifications of Richwoiii! -Sale Return to j Yorktown j VV ASiMNGTOn, May 8 The following de spatch was received at the headquarters of the army this afternoon: YORKTOWN May T, 1863 To Major Gene*nl llalleck: 1 Col. Ivilpatrick. with his- regiment, the Harris Light Cavalry, and the rest of the Illi , nois Twelfth, have just arrived at Gloucester Point, opposite this fort. They burned the ! bridges over Chickahominy, destroyed threes I large trains of provisions in the rear of f/e-j' army drove in the rebel pickets to within two miles of R'chmond, and have lost only one Lieu tenant and thirty men' having captured and paroled upwards of three hundred prisoners. A mom; the prisoners was an aid of Major General Winder, who was captured with es cort far within the entrenchments outside of Richmond. This Cavalry marched nearly two hundred miles since the 3d of May, and were inside of the fortifications of Richmond. On the 4th they burnt all the stores at Aylette's Station on the -Mattapony. On the sth they destroy ed all the ferries over the Painuuky and Mat tapony, and a large depot of commissary stores near and above tlje Rappahannock, and came in here in good condition. They deserve great credit for what they have done. It is una cf the finest feats of the war. RI FLS KINO, Brig. Gen. commanding Post.