:V1 AGE ItECORIk
Friday, April $$;;11 2.`
Ti at, v. that that standard sheet I
Where breathes the fseibut faUs before us,
With Freedom's toil beneath our feet,
Anti Freedom's banner streaming o'er us! -.4
road/Aug.—The Rev. W. E. MMUS, of
Emmittsburg, Md., will preach in the Ger
man reformed Church in this place, on Sab
bath evening next.
The Batik 4 Pittsburg .Landing.—On
the first page of to•dap's paper * publish
an account of the great Battle at Pittsburg
Landing which is said to be one of the most
reliable yet published.
, • 77th Regiment.—lt will be seen from an
account publiihed in another column that
'oL-Stnmbaugh'aßegiment participated
the battle of Pittsburg Lauding and that
they behaved gallantly.
... 7 Property Sold.— Mrs- 4NN MARIA
BLAIR has disposed of her house and lot on
Main Street:, to DT. •JAIL BROTRERTON for
the Sum of $lOOO. We understand the Dr.
purposes removing the 'old building in the
course of a few weeks and will erect a new
one in its stead.
• New hardware.--We direct attention to
the advertisement of W. H. Bno=Error/.
in another column.
Hatt, Hatt.—Persons in want of hats,
visiting Hagerstown from this aederon should
not fail to call at UPDEGRAIIIe See adver-
tisement
New Aninery Goods.—Mrs. C. L. Hol
linberger bas just returned from New York
and Philadelphia th a fine assortment of
.. 1 e • ' • .
meek.
250 liorsesi)rcnnied.-4 barge, contain
ing two hundred and fifty Government hor
ses, struck a snag, between Paducah, Ky.
and Cairo,' on Saturday night last, and sunk
withalron board.
Re/igious Notiec.—A meeting of the Luth.
eran Congregation will in held in the Union
Church on the 10th t f May next, , See no.
tire.
Superior Article of Soap.—Mr. IL STONE
norsE, of this place, has for sale sii article
---- 11} .0
of Soap manufactured by . . Babbitt, of
New York, which is certainly a ry super
ior article. Our better-half has given it n
trial and pronounces it what it purports to
be, unequaled for washing clothing. We
advise the ladies to get a bar of Mr: S and
giie it. ntrial. 'Full directions for using it
~.ifell.
Dog lax.—We are pleased to see that
Congress proposes a tax of one dollar on each
dog. This will dispose of many a wordage
ear. '
X6l - The proposition to erect Western'Vir•
',gins. into a new state has been' abandoned. It
was opposed by the present Governer, pier.
pont, who held that the old government 'was
virtually abolished by the treasonable acts of
its officers., and that the new government is
the only one that legally exists.
-The Louisville Journal,. referring
Beauregard's order to make all the bells into
cannon, says that it once tried to make a big
gun out of John Bell, but couldn't.° There
is too much_brass in him for a cannon, and
be is too badly cracked for a /4/..
seirThe Buzciatanwouts have circulated
s report to the effect that the National Tax
bill, now before Congress creates 26,000 offi
cers. It is stated, however, on much► better
authority, that the number of new officers
ereated by the bill will not be 3,000 for- the
whole Union.
Mi'The Hon. Theodore Frelingbuysen
+lied at his residence, in New Brunswick, N. J.
on Saturday a week in the 76th year of his
serConfoderati Bonds 'are said to be eel
ling in Virginia at five sante on the dollar;
while shinplasters are are3 l t such ruinous dis
count that even the:rag pedlers become eby
tif thew. Sorely affairs must be getting des
perate in Dixie, snit the monstrous fungus
of Secession must be wilting fast.
Phi Hostwrria, of anew
-elude, will , visit this plaoe on Saturday or
!. Way atm& week with gresh Fish , during
Atomism.. Persons in the ...wintry wanting
fib iiirsequeffted to .laaiii :their -orders with
Wasbakaugh:
jerqbersiwitothing impoluo,t4 tram For
/,
„Aim *wave •iir rinktown.- Preparations
gn (e„
:being by the
J army .at this
tad, ud eko.
1 by 'iTelr',
. , ... , .. .
fts..4lret.tQuatio.N.---Sitte the Poll:
dent
. 4ted,' thee' bill oilid lit Congress v .
tieUeipriting the r elavaiin the District :of
Columbia, therthas been coinliderable sen
sation among a certain,. class of persons North.
AU manner or toistructiens are ' being put
upon the Often of' Congress and' the presi
dent. SoinhaiOntend`thatthe bill is intended
to free Al L the "sniggers;' that it hi an' a
bousinablehorrible stalitionmorement, etc.
Editors ' who *ere /creed to' display the . ,
"Stars and Stripes" a year ago, ate of course
very indignant, aiid,are endeavoringto_ give
indirectly the cline of the traitors is little
aid and comfort. That the aims fad purpo
ses of the governnsent should 'be misrepre
sented in reference to this question • noth
ing more then might have been exp t
°tea.—
An exchange remarks that there has _ been,
and will be, no war waged againit slavery,
'for the purpose of injuring that institution.
Whatever damage it may suffer will be the
legitimate and inevitable, result of the folly
and wickedness of ita professed friends, and
not the consequence of the assaults of its
foes. It has been treated with as muchfor
bearanee and leniency as any f its defenders
could justly ask or expect. would hard
been manifestly improves:, aft r all the occur
rences of , the past year, to uffer it to be
, erpetuated in the Dist • of Columbia.—
B , Congress, in complying with the de
man. sof the spirit of the age, the earnest
desires of - a - vrist majority of the loyal citizens.
of the Union, and the dictates of prudence,
did no injustice to loyal slaveholders, It
rather benefitted than injured their pecuniary
interests by the *terms of compensation it
provided for. Yet the nation will not coup ,
plain of the compartively Alight burden it
will suffer by paying for the enfranchisement
of the slaves in and near Washington. Af
ter expending many millions for the construe
tiod of the. magnificent public buildings which
adorn it, and for its , defence against the ter
rible dangers that had menaced it during the
last year, an appropriation that will fbrever
dignify and exalt it. in the eyes of the world,
and "virtually form a new bulwark against
future conspiracies within its limits, surely
needs no elaborate defedee.
a e
that desires to abolish slavery, to defray the
expenses of such a measure, shows that the
American people, even now, regard more in
sorrow than in anger an institution which
has directly or indirectly caused so much
loss, misery, and distress to our country. It
indicates that the Federal Government does
not desire to interfere with the rights of the
States against their will, but that it is ready
to aid without assuming power to control.—
It at once gives a death-blew to the hopes
of unconditional and immediate abolitionists,
answers the columnies of Secessionists and
tbeir_ sympathizers, and yet opens. a way by
which, when those immediately concerned
perceive their true interests, the slaves may
be set free.
That the proposition will produce import
ant. practical results we do not doubt. At
the late election in Western Virginia, .a large
majority of votes 7.41 1 re cast in favdr of ma-,
king it a free StatilL) Marty, of the citizens
of Delaware are now endeavoring to abolish'
slavery within its borders. Maryland, Mis
souri, and Kentucky, contain a considerable
number of voters who would gladly favor e
manoipation 4f any feasible project were pre
sented. In time, the„same process of grad
ual emancipation that constuzad a marked
feature of the early days of the Republic will
probably be resumed.
s,,The H rrisburg Tckgroph says that
in one hundred years from thiS date, if it is
not the ease before the lapse of that period
of time,the lixicograpby of the age will have
adopted the term Vallandigham to express,
tier, coward and traitor. It implies as much
as this at the present time, and we cannot
understand how the temper of a majority of
members of the national House of Represen
tatives, brooks the insults, lies and imperti
nence of this Vallandigham, who occupies.
a seat in that body, as a Representative from
the state of Ohio. He is - eimartebe constantly
on the alert to insult the dignity, and deco
ram of that body, Or is ever awake for same
proposition designed to libel the national
administration or bring reproach upon the
national reputation at home and abroad.—
The country is sick unto utter disgust with
this wretch, and it there are , any legal means
by which the Hall of legislation can bele
lieved of his presence, the country would
hail his expulsion from the House with more .
satisfaction than they would bail the death
of any of his equals in the reeks of the rebel
piny. His recent assault on the ex-Secre
tary of War, Gen. Cameron, is a specimen of
the bitterness with which he pursues men
whom he deems unable to engage and force
him to account for his shameless falsifications
bumps he removed from their reach.—
Ths idasofitbsre being a defalcation in the
the acootmta at the Seerstaiy -of Wm, is
simplizidionlons,jmossme no cabinet officer
eau draws waranton the Treasury for any
MOM money than is-requirad to pay his own
salary. this Vallandigheat knew when he
indulged iri his insinuation on the floor of
-the House, but theknowledge could not de
tsr him • from offering an insult, before the
*way to one of our Purest and most patri
olio damns.
:liiploveuouts tboiSitioity of Pittsburg
:4044,thra.,soisof *snomitsreattoi44,
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The egad ; pl944l4
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aPpointed by the -J,irgialatirre iniestigate
alleged fratialh• been pigpen*,
ted upon our -galhwo Patuaiivuois Bohliers
by State officers iu the disbursement, of the
16500,600 and $3.,000,0100 loans, her; just
made their, report, • It is signed by every
member of the •committee, cud concludes as
follows. .
' I‘That mere is no *trident* 'which in atty
way involves - any - officer of the
in improper conduet in the dWkrsement of
the funds of the Commonwealth or,.in provi
ding for the soldiers. On the eontrary, the
evidence satisfies - the tomMittee thnt inevery
instance when any wrong w:e brought to the
knowledge of the pxecutive, proMpt mea
sures were taken for its correction.
'The committee feel it their duty, as well
in justice .to the Executive as in honor to
our noble Counnenwealth to state tbiit not
withstanding she has placed more men in the
field than any other state in the Union, she
has put them more promptly and at leas ex,
pense per man than either the national gov
ernment or any individual State of whose ex
penditure they hate information, and the
committee hesitate not to express their clear
judgement that the thanks of the citizens
of the Commonwealth are due to her execu
tive officers for their self-denying and peise
vering efforts to maintain - her honor, and
from the citizens of the United States, that
by such efforts the capitol' of the country
was saved from capture by traitors, and the
whole country from disgrace.
The friends of the ,patriotic and energetic
Chief Executive of the Commonwealth, will
be gratified to see, by the report of the com
mittee, that Goveuer Curtin has been fully
vindicated, as to all the malicious charges,
which the enemies of good men insinuated
against him. Such has been the 'care for
our Pennsylvania soldiers evinced by Gover
nor 'Curtin,, that his popularity with theit is
almost unbounded. Ilia title , will be the
'soldiers,' friend."
War Yeres.—Pretlericksburg, one of the
most . important inland towns of Virginia, is
now occupied by Federal troops. A portion
of Gen. McDowell's command advanced on
Thursday last, but did not reach the Rap
pahannock until the-nest day, its progress
being disputed by a considerable rebel force.
Several skirmishes _took place,- with a lbw
lost on each side, but the rebels were finally
put to flight, not, however, until after they
the brio; hi
-WIT& fie ,ges across the river, to
gether with three steamboats and twenty-two
sailing - vessels. Freeerieksburg is in Spott
sylvania county, on the South or right bank
of the Rappahannock river, and is sixty miles
from Ricbraond, and fifty-five miles from
Washington, via the Potomac and the rail
road from Aequia creek. The population is
about six thousand..
Brother Against Brother.—lt is stated
that three of the sons of Mr. Wm. Robert
son,formerly_of this town, were in the late
engagement at 'Winchester, one being on the
Rebel and two on the Federal side. It is
stated in the Mail that the brothers recogni
zed each other during the engagement, and
that in the skirmishes which succeeded it,
the Confederate, whose name was William,
was killed. The Mail exclaims "is not this
civil war most. horrible !" Certainly it is,
and we presume - you begin to think that it
would have been better to have livecinder
Mr. Lincoln's rule four years, than to have
inaugurated such a war. Don't •ypu?—/fa
.
gerstown Herald.
sir Further particulars of the great bat :
tie at Pittsburg Landing seem to clear away
all doubts as to the results of the conflict.—
Our losses put down as follows:
Billed, ,
Wounded,
Missing,
The Rebels lost more in killed than we clid.
About 1,250 of their wounded were left on
the field, and about one thousand unwound
ed captured. Over two thousand of their
dead have been buried by our force. Our
troops retook on Monday all the artillery
they lost on Sunday and captured in addi
tion.twelve of the enemy's guns.
• ost s ,A distressing occuren(e t ok place n
Sunday morning, at the old Capitol prison in
Washington City. It seems that Jesse-B.
Wharton, a youngiawyer of ilagerstown,has
been confined for some months in the prison
for political reasons. On the above named
morning, about 11 o'clock,' e arproached one
of the windows looking towards the Capitol
and 'engaged in' an angry conversation with
one of the guard. The dispute then ended
in the guard (named Ambrose Baker, Com
pany C . , 91st Penniylvania regiment,) firing
his musket at Wharton,, the WI taking effect
in his head. He was at ono to to his
room;where, he lingered - until o'clock in
the ailAsrnotin, when death released him from
his sufferings.
Previous to his death ho accused Lieut.
Milligan, the officer in charge , at the time
with being the cause of his death, as - he had
ordered the guard to. shoot any of the pris
oners who put their heads out of the window.
Baker says that the Corporal of the guard
ordered him to shoot Wharton a few nun
utes beffpre -he did the deed. Baker was
immediately placed under arrest, and Gen.
Wadsworth informed of the occurrence.—
The remains of Wharton were removedlo
Hagerstown for burial. •
Marne partisan bitterness of the pro:lb
is:lagers is amazing. All patriotic men ad
mire Parson Brownlow for his beide devo
tion to the Union. in the midst of traitors;
yet, the other day, when a resolution was
troduced in the Ohio Legislature to invite
the gallaut liminlow to address that body;
all the Breekiziridge members voted, against
Had 'Om rosolution been to invite Jiff,
Brackinridge, 'Floyd, or woo ;
übalOoker;tbeir, •totoo would ao doubt kris
bon in tioeullrouitim
, J VQ,l42o,Mlhlnti.
geoedh ji re
While sojourning fei, - se:tints . tele*. the
Seth parallel of 10404 OnjoAng 14;400 7 ,
'timity of staulyineSkiiitheany einitetbe and'
Southern -characteri - wasulwayeatriaok with" ',
the evidenced, afforded by every
bly,,of thitistoral inclination of the people
to the useef that ainhigtiOn.s rhetorical fig
ure,gyperbok. I . was ' frequently 1
ded orthe minister,.who; oubeitig repritnan
deAoto' r usinghyperbolieal expressionsin the
pulpit,, replied evident sadoessl.tit, he:
had w ep t oceans Of tears otter /El I li " 4une
18561 aecompanieil an 'excursion party to
the mouth of the .Pototium - river:- the twee
-Dion being - the-"opening" of the "season," at
Piny Point. Troops' .of Vtrgiuia , Chivalry
Were there; to dance,- gamble, run horses etc.
Rosining along the coast one day . I fell in
Wits a party lashing for Crabs.. A piece of
fish being tied to a rope' and thrown into the
water, the crabs rushed to it in shoals,
"Here they comae," shunted one; "there's One
as big a:s an elephaitt, That one will weigh
one hundred tats;" each exclamation empha
sised with oaths to shake tit.. skies. The
boys even at an early age, use the most ex
travagant language,—and adopting the ex
pressions of their seniors, they talk of "gut
ting" their enemies, "cutting the heart out"
of those they hate, "smashing the siknlis of
their white-livered" antagonists. The ladies,
too, who should be all gentleness, all modes
ty, seem, from their published letters, to en
joy a full command of the language of Fish
monger's Lane though, innocents in Syntax
and Orthography, they pour forth a volean'e
tide of Words, Satanic in, fierceness, pedantic
in length, ineaningless as thi•ir heads are
empty, and, altogether, pointless its their
minds are blunt and uncultivated. What is
a little surprising-very little I must say,
when I reflect upon their characters—our
Secesh women—for could ladies, :could ladies
descend to bandy such expressions ?—are
rapidly adopting this vulgar vocabulary; and .
our ears are sometimes shocked at hearing
them, applying these epithets to unswerving
Union men, whom they call Abolitionists,—
as e. g.the Editor of the "Record,"—beeause
they have no other excuse to allege for their
maledictions. Having sonic knowledge of
Southeru Society, I would like very much
to see our secesh women, and men, most of
whom—which almost incredible—a r e
"greasy Mechanics," a very stench in South
ern nostrils, bodily transported suddenly and
set down in Charleston. I believe that So
ciety Char would sicken,—melt away, that
the authorities would clap them • into some
prison, that the lovely damits would faint
away from the strong stench of "mechanic
4 9 • . lis woU
circulate immediately to have the dirty, mean
"mudsills" removed—the ugly, horrid, hyp
ocritical, "low-born" women shipped
0, no !—they wouldn% get of so easily !
Ther,would say, "These people don't sym
pathize with w, that's against nature—they
were born o in the North, and if they are not
true to the land of their birth, they cannot
be true to us :—besides ice don't care for
then, how can they cake . for us, friendship
must. be mutual to be true." - Ah, they arc
mad, because the house of their old rotten
Democracy, i. e. the Rebel-Secesh Muck and
Breck-Democracy, the bile of the true De
mnocracy, let out of the -body by the gallant
Douglas, but which is striving to reenter it
again and to sicken and embitter 't. "They
are mad because the filthy, funguropped
off at Charleston; we kicked it over,
because
it was a fabric of sycophancy and hypocra
cy; we used it as long as we could to rule
the Union, but when that became impossible,
we knocked down the Union. Got out of
our kingdom, ye miserable money-changers,
hypocrites, snubbs !....-And then with a deli-
Cate application of that black -mucous fluid,
and a coat, that once cola rted some inhab
itants of the - air, glittering damsels and
sparkling democrats, i. e. 'mud-sills,' _would
be shipped home. Well, it would serve them
right, it' they couldn't take a joke.
A GALLANT ACT.—On Friday last, Lt.
Elm. K. Mimi, of Captain Richards' com
pany, Third Regiment of Pennsylvania Re
' serves, while on duty near the Rappahan
nock river, was captured by a party'
of rebels and carried .off some distance,
where a guard, armed with a shot gun, was
put over him, to prevent him from making
his escape, while the party went to look for
more garlic., As as the captors were
out of sight, the Lieutenant pulled a revol
ver from his coat pocket, and, holding it
close to the head of the guard, politely in
formed him that he would be under the
painful neemity'of blowing his brains out if
he did not lay down his arms and ge with
him. The frightened rebel obeyed orders,
and it was not long before the Lieutenant
was back in his own camp, 'as good as c~v,
accompanied by his pr!ze. 'Lieutenant Mull
is a resident of Berka county, Pennsylvania.
Prom Gem' ral Bank's Command—Olcial
1,500,
4,000,
2,500,
Hon. ENNA)! M. STANTON Secretory of Wass
NEW MARKET, April 22.—Our advance is
near Harrisonburg. We have troops across
the mountains, protecting the bridges on the
Shenandoah, at Allay, and on the • Ldray
road.
Tco.4lay we pushed a force forward to Lu
ray. The people ivere greatly alarmed at
fist, on accouut of the reports circulated by'
the rebels as to the treatment they would
receive from us, but in the course of a few
hours they become quite reconciled to the
presence of the troops. There is a good
road to Warrenton, twenty-five miles, and a
turnpike to Culpepper Court House, the
same distance. lo several recent sharp skir
mishes with the enemy we lost three won.
Jackson has abandoned the valley of Vir
ginia permanently,. and is en route for 'Gor
donsville, by way of the mountains. .
• Every day brings its prisoners .and num
erous deserters from the enemy.
N. P. BANKS,
Major General.
as.llow delightful must be the feelings of
those faithful and heroic man and women of
Tenn. who,after beingacourged by Confeder-
Ato tyranny for many long and weary mouths,
now see, the Union armies sweeping trim,
pliantly over-the-rebellione d.h, we
wouldAoLemsduntgo,
fesintt af a persoistad If i eilats of Nashville
Or sash, home of all , man 0
ila 04
400 1 * Thsy.Mosin . lam" ,
psitiiiisliia r vid toms thily7 , tsilitp_4li joy" the
its rrestar vittorp-.—,Nashose
Co i -..
Despatch.
:1 1 .TbeVIthlkttiblq" A1'411111E:
fisfiee..ala — t4iftwoui 7th
Venir;syl#allii :*ginienji Whi c h 4 M. 'f ah*
lonittifitlitittilartnWtieubiris bit:‘ tbie Astii,.
tested del -1101 the part tiketiln that Con
flict by 'the 77th, the Surgeeti*Ot
"The .17th Itegintent Col; btumbaugh,
Wasiktiochoiy,4 'llr.Cooles - Divisionoli
played a meet, eonspicuoui part iii the fight.
The brigade lett their camp on Sunday morn
ing, tuadAttarched 23 Miles_ to the scene of
the engagement, direr the, Motit horrible roads,
'uniting at Satantialr about 9-1 1 . M. The
battle-field was'rettched that night, and the
men lay down in themud and rain until day.-
light, when they joined in an Attack on the
entony,Rhich was cenditeted in gallant style.
The 77th made a brilliant bayonet - chine,
and covered itself with glory. 'The - entire
division Complimented them for their Steadi
ness and bravery . and dashing manner in
`Which the .charge was exemited. Dl'Cook's
division, he states was badly cut up, bikt the
77th, though in the • thickest of the fight,
had but five killed and ten wounded,
A mar; recent letter, from the setae Sir
geon, (Dr. Irish, OgPittsburg,) gives the fol
lowing additional partiettlad of the part the
77th, took irk the battle:. . _
"We were, I believe, the only , regiment'
in the field from kenusylvania. We have'
earned au inscription for the
_magnificent
banrker presented us by the Govenor before
leaving the "Smoky City." The regblent
were 30 miles distant from the scene of ac
tion when the battle commenced on Sun d ay
morning. Our Division, (M'Cook's) threw
ing aside baggage and kuapsacks, atot leav
ing behind ull their stores and previsioos,
marching within speed to Savannah, a' dis
tance of 23 mats, "to (towards, not from,)
the sound of the enemy's cannon," from which
place we were forwarded by transports to the
battle-field the same night.
After waiting in the mud and, rain until
o'clock next morning, our brigade went to
work in handsome style, and .stuck to the
rebels until the middle of the afternoon,
wheu the day was decided in our favor.—
Our regiment (the 77th) formed part of
M'Cook's reserve, and was ex c eedingly lucky
throughout the day. Our Col. (Stumbaugh)
though under- fire all that terrible day, es
caped.unharmed, His coelness, courage
and skiltliktmartagetuent deserve the highest
praise. About the sharpest part of our work
consisted in a struggle for a battery, taken
from our forces by the enemy - the day be
fore. At this time the 77th came to the
relief of the other three regiments of the
brigade, who 'had been, galtantly breasting a
murderous storm of shot and shell fr' the
sattery in question. The position of the
brigade was now such, that the battery was
accessible to the 77th only., Already, on
this day, had this battery been retaken. by
our, troops, and again lost. With cheers
for old Pe-nsylvania; that rose high, above
.the din and roar of battle, the 77th weal, at
them, an into them, with the bayonet, kil
ling muil and horses, and retook and Icee
that battery until the day was'ovcr. it is
now one of our trophies. Late in.the day a.
body of those renowned Texan Rangers
made,a dashing charge at the 77th, but were
so warmly received, and their saddles so rap
icily emptied, that the charge was not repeat
ed.
Among the• prisoners taken by the 77th
was Col. .Battles, of the 20th Tenuessa,reg
intent, who delivered his sword to Col. Stum
baugh on the field.
Cul. Stumbaugh's regiment lost . 5 killed,
and twelve 'wounded. The. sth brigade, of
M'Cook'a division, to which it belonged, .lost
5J killed, and 200 wounded.
Letter front Captain S. R. .31eKesson.
The Chambersburg Dipaielt says :
Our fellow-citizen, CaPt. S. R. McKesson,
who commands a ompany raised in this
place, and'which ,is attache! to the 77th,
writes to his wife milder date of the 10th
inst., on the battle-field, from which we are
permitted to make, the following extract:
"31y Company participated in the battle'
on Monday. The battle of Sunday : and
Monday was one of the hardest fbught in
the history of our country. There. must lee
some six or eight thousand of our men killed
or wounded, and the enemy's loss is even
greater than ours. Our forces were surpri
sed by the enemy on Sunday, our
men out of their camps. We entered the
field on Monday morning, the fight commen
cing at 7 o'clock and continued, until 3
o'clock in the afternoon. The slaughter was
tertible, and strange as it may appear, none of
my Comiany were killed or wounded, and •
but two or three of the Regiment were kil
led and - some few wounded. The boys are
ready for another passage of 'arms, with the
enemy, but from the number of the dead, I
hardly think they will soon met us. I saw
one place where they buried some 500 of
their_dead in one ditch, three and four on
top of one another. The appearance of 'the
field on Tuesday is beyond my powers of de
scription. * .*
Your husband,
S. R. M'KESSON.
Abolition of Slavery in the Dis
triot of Columbia.
• Washington, April 16.—The following
Message was received. by the House of Rep
reseutatives, to-day, front the President: • •
Fealty -Citizens of the Senate and .gousa
Regresentatives:—The act, entitled "An act
for the release of cortaiii„,persons held to ser
vice or labor in the Dittrict of Columbia,"
has this , day been approved and. signed.
1 have never doubted the Constitutional
authority of Congress to abolish slavery , in
this District, and I have ever desired to see
the National Capitol freed from the institu
tion in some satisfactory way. Hence, there
has never been in my mind any question up
on the subject except the one of expediency
arising in view of all - the circumstances. if
there be matters within and about this act
which might have taken a course or shape
More satisfactory to my judgment, I do not
attempt to specify theta.. . •
lam gratified 'that the two principles of
compensation and obliniratibn are both reo• •
ognised and practitally . applied in the act. In
the matter of compensation it. is provided
that claims may be presented within 90 days
from the passage, of t 2 l}e . i* butqwt tketitaf-•
ter; and there Is no saving fiii..faiaors, fem
two meri t insane or,absent 'parsons. I pre
itooothat this is an oruissiOkhrtuare over
sight, awl ropionipood' **tit - be ' 6 4PP/iO 4 l
by ao . sareidatory or supPlemAtrtotd act.'
April 16;1862.'
ThePremident today
atoJawrOsTettintte, Ei-SkioT of waeltiht
ing 1 14 :
Iti argkoe ) , foitattly of North
Koa,oaf* at* setiborishing
tl do TrodfAhe District oohttehlei
thitehnitter the etitt‘
vu~it of adelaites presente&-
ftOM PIT i ll SMI WI LANDING:
Natters •=itt that : 1114 , 4.86144:.
riatik
~„
The Cideintiatti:: aciiiiiiir4nt. ,
Stiltirday
contains' the folio:Vitt deilpateli 0:Om its col , :
respondent at Claim: -
'Ceuta, ApriLl.B,lB62:
The steamer City of AteilOhii 'sena e Pa
difeah tvenlig, -- frolin'Yittsburg,'With 700
wounded. : She'wan: sent to Louisville. A-.
along the .wouilited wus Gupliiiii N. It:l l °44lc
nephew` of Mr- , Yresideint.polk l , Who, participa- ,
led in the lattli, sad was:severely Wounded
in the leg. .r The surgeons, held ,a consulta
tion on .the passage"..iloWa;.:aad
amputate it: . r.
lien. iiherman wooed his division ors `Wed
nesday two miles *farther into. the iiiterior,
and, alter a sharp skirmish, in whieluke.en.
emy was Oefeated with a loss of so r killed
and as ninny wounded, succeeded in main
taining his positiou.
I believe - it is the intention of gm Heigi.
leek to advince slow and surely, and partly
ularly to guard against surprises— No suer`
i
disgracetufand nezeuiable blunders as, daise s
perpetrated on Sunday will again happen
while he ie in command.
The excitement al aiust certain (Seers
intensei and chatges have preferred
which will saddle the responsibility of the
slaughter where'it rightly . belongs, '
The .roads west of Pittsburg are exeerab4
but are rapidly drying under the iuiluenee
of the hot Suilthdrii
A battle is intutiuent, and cannot long bn
• delayed.e •
lutenuation fron Corinth to the 15th (yes
terday), reached Savannah, and-is deetnetl
reliable. The person referred to says that
the rebels - consider the affair of Sunday and
Monday as of unequalled brillittney, gad -it:
is producing a wonderful effect upon the pee-
The movement furnishes incontestable.
evidence that the Yankees are not invulner
able.
The Southern heart is fired, and reinfotte , ,
ineuts are pouring• upon lieauregard at an
unexampled rate. lie has one hnndred•
thousand men at his command, and is forti
fying Corinth, building entrenchments - , rifle
pits, and constructing abattis of trees, &ie.
The. rebels entertained uo doubt sof success
lhe next time, if an encounter be provoked.
'"'" We lost thirteen pieces of tali lery in'the
ldtv katic, autt etrptatrd-lifteen
•
Gen. Smith is dangerously ill at Savannah,
and his recovery is doubtful.
The wounded in the buspital at Savannah
are dying at the rate of S or 111
The steamer Ranee arrived - at Paducah,
this morning the 71st Ohio, en route for
Vort Donelson. This is one of the regiments
that disgraced the State on the (kb.'
Their colors have been taken from them.
The 77th Ohio has - been disbanded and
maaterc,3 out of service: • ' : - ,- •
A deserter from Jjelinregard's army' came
into Savannah on Wednesday, - and Says that
Gen. Price reached Corinth on Saturday, Bth
instant, with wb.st, he ; calla 89,900 men; and
that the rebels were. very much rejoiced in
consequence. Ile reports the rebels badly
whipped on Monday night, 04 says they
were nearly demoralized. Bushiod (Totni-i
son died, from the wounds received at Pitts-:
burg, on Sunday night, in. his teht-a,t Cox-
inth. -Our informant says that the people
in Secessia looked upon him as no: ckettez
than the Yankees, and rejoice at his death.
THE FIGHT A.T YORKTOWM.
FORTRESS MONROE, Apt : . 19.41h,e N;44'.:`
folk Day Book of to-day mentions that in, ale:
skirmish of last night, Col. McKenney, of 4.
North Carolina regiment, and 25 Men Were
•killed and 75 Vrouuded t , •
There was a Very extensive , fire in Nor...
fulk last night, and-it has contirmed to burn
all day today.
Thirty-nine wounded soldiers from York
town arrived be c to day, making 90 in all
wouuded'in the fight on the lett flank ou
Tluirsday.
The whole number 'reported is 3:.1 1411 ed
and 90 wounded.
• Gen. Magruder's report of the stitee fight
in the Norfolk papers-gives 25 killed itichitt
lug Col. McKinney, and 75 wounded..
We can hoar occasional connonading. to+
wards Yorktown, but learn that kis merely'
44empts of the enemy todisturb our working
ji - tr,tics. With the_exception of the-rifie pity
affaii - on Thursday, the rebels have got the
worst of all• skirmishes so far. _
The works are progressing rapidly, and
when thd siege does commence it ..will be '..
terrific. •
Goy. Ifarvey, q( Wisconsin, Droicned,,
MADISON, Wis., April 21.—The Eiecu
tive Department received this morning the
startling announcement of the death of Gov--.,
ernor Louis P. Harvey, who was drowned at.•
Savannah, Tenn., on Saturday night, while I
stepping from one hot*, to another. .Thir,
body .had not been recoveved ;when the de?
spatches left. „
The State offices have bean eloped, for the.
day and the flag . placed at half-mast. Goy: -
Harvey was a native of Connecticut, and forty.
iwo,yeara of *age.: Ale was a member of the ..
Conveution which framed thu - Venstitutitin
the State ; and for several years .a leadin
member of the State Senate.. •At the time of
his death he was engaged, in the humane ob.
joet Of ministering to the wended at Pitts:
burg Landing, having taken with him an •
immense amount of hospital stores, donated,
at hisaggtstien, by th , cities of Milwaukee,'
Madison, and Janesville. His successor id
Lieutenant Governor' Edward Solomon, of
31ilwaukie.
Bcitabardment. of Port Vright,
OiricAao, April2l—The special despatch,
to the Journal, from Cairo, states that the
beinbardiuiet of Pert. Wright contieurs„ but
the results are as yet ttaimprtax*'
The iteboli have cut..the levee.ea the'itar.
kisses shore,7opposito. the-fort, and the fine
farming hadathere are WM covered with
lake of water for .miles around, The .resit..,
dents are .. greatly exasperate 4 at. .this route:
rage ,
Ile most eueoureging , nows
be received from Gen. Ifalleck's :may,. near
Pittsburg finding.; •:.
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of ,thir Plod,
of huii tsrve
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