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VOA
/ tigrAtairlrasholpt, ir k
Vitiday, atifteAoo
Oorsin..
_Whet, _ .
tirith Nefaimiti 'son bontiNth *tit Ted.
And Preedon'n baottint Wet Ming o'er nod
trounded.—We Meet to learn that Mr.
• fe a. GARtaa, a teysl i and ter, respeeta.
• . ble alien ! or the Ringgold Vld,) District,
web shot by a drunken soldiert one Ittettlug
fast peek. Report *kap ! that Mr, Gi was ou
the road betweed that tilacti and Leitersburg,
*hoe he cattle up 4 ott a couple of soldiers, who
dimanded his horse, and on his tefusioN to
aeode to their requept, one of the partydrew
• a pistol and fired at hiw,the ball,taking effect
in_liiathighi--but - fortturatelffolliiung only
to slight flesh wound, They were cluttbtlesa
dexerters,
A lloki NUtrefiber, named
itACIYU DEEnbEllaPs living at Franklin Grove,
dotibtleds a Tory Rytnpathizer, returns
4 s to hie paper vrith the inscription on its
argitti ''Send the paper no more to mu tie
f IHII not pay the oubscription on it." This
la
. tattainly, I Modest request fora Matt ' , Who
is iii arrears to us to the atnottut ef Sev
en Dollars. He is what might be termed a
bold figteal=inuenit enough Ihr the commis ,
Dion of any crime, horsesteliittg not except ,
id. ftir he who swindles another is art tun&
s thief as the ono who commits? robhttil up
on the highway.. .
. ,
noict, a Monterig----Whilo hotly and hub.
. ly pursuing the enemy, we re suddenly, says
the Union County Pressi brought to a halt,
to consider. who is to stone for the rivers of
`` - bided that are made to flow in the course of
the rebellion. It will certainty have 'to be
&tolled fet i and it rests upon the heads of
toch traitors *ha first betrayed their Inas.
too. While we .claim it to he a necessity
--80-et .:4 i • . 1 cr o save onr a tors and ,
ner firesides from devastation and ruin, the ,
rebels have no plausible pretext whatever. ,
tnore than they have sought the downfall of
A nation to better their own condition.- Hay- I
log lost the confidence and respect of the na- !
tint they plot los overthrow, to unee mare I
gala pottitlow and power, no tnatter at what t
eost of blood and treasure. Such -are the
• tiien who brought on and control the rebel
!tom finch are the men *ho seek' to wake ,
#laVes of tts all; and with such men rests the
Murder of hundreds and thousands of their
itilo* human beings, slaughtered in the heat
- err battle to satisfy the selfish and false ambi.
don of an aristocratic oligarchy. „Already
We inughte _them suffering all she pains of
hell i s hottest fiercest flames. . Thai are
doomed to a fiercer hell than was the rich 1
man Orterrefased to give Lazarus the crumbs
•
d'at fell from his table.
99tirTottey gpirit.—We copied a short
trticle into our paper week before last, head.
od "Snakes," for the benefit of Northern
Traitors, which has called forth more than a
half column of strictures froth the pen of the
genies who presides editorially over the col
umns of the Tra Siffii f the organ of the
Sympathizers in this county. This pithy ar
ticle will doubtless affori the traitors itt our
midst, great gratificathitt, and be the means
of adding a number of slept, shriekers to the
igpiries flat of subscribers, for, like the edi
tor of that delectable sheet, their stereotyped
eant is alI the time—Nigger, Nigger. J udg
lug from their eontinUons howling they must
be haunted, by day and by night, by 1110,36
black spiribrt , Nett to this, their toast prom
inent theme, follows tbe extrotayonce and
corruptions of the Gctertitnent. Every art
et the President or Congress is a usurpation
of power. A "military despotism" has been
insegnrated i and dough-faced "mudsills" of
the North; hate actually, under this Lincoln
"reign of terror," been forced to put out . the '
"Stars and Stripes " No wonder that the
poor fellow of the Spit* should have such ,
tender corns. To use an old saying, it is
natural fora wounded bird to flutter. These
sympathisers with treason, are continually
belaboring the Government in its efforts to
trust, the Rebellion, but how seldom does a
'word agnate Mita their lips about the pur
gered villians now at the head of the sac&
led Southern Confederacy. •
If the editor of the siirAt'' , who is an spot
.;
eirt of the Valleedighatn school of traitors,
"-Stet himself been bitten by W . need:
'seakel erialk
e eertainly 1 its strong symptoms
of poison.
eta ,far as . concerns the muting down ofl
lietierviz's Chios FlagTOle by Hor.
sees troopers, ire ehall_Gnish what we 1181•4
thoat It with the retuark that it Wee
aeons sot,sn4 can be defended %di on
itiirb reference to 010 above *e_.)lo l ,
No one buts.tilibiliottiltiAol
'- erik- is %'i4/
- Unios'i4ore so- Irtt.LitiO.
Name, swell -brown
A;tio*to orAvtori‘vra;lied in that
it t ploC-4444.., iA tin-Otb,yeitr of big ate.
*Ste,.
tee faith/ Praia*, ' Where , owners have
whatidotted their laid to engage in the rebel
lion; and the saner shall hate been struck off .
de - the Uinta Stet* at teadttei-thweommiii
elopers prOpanad to be tippointed, may lease
the saute under such regulations as will oo
tare proper and reasonable eutployment i at
Wages, or upon abate' of the eropi of such
persona and families as "tray be, residing
up
on the land. The.roneedertif the leases and
sales are to be paid into the Treasury,",one
fourth of Which is to be paid over to the
Ooverttor of the State Wherein such lands
ire situated, orlis authorized agent s when
such instirreetien shall be put down aid the
peopl shall elect's Legislature and State of
ficerss who shall take an oath to support the
l eotoltitiltion of the United States, and such
foot shall be reclaimed by the President,
for the purpose of reimbursing the loyal
citizens of said State, or for such other pur
pose as said State may direct; and one fourth
shalt-also-be-paida - ver - tomlidltilaas a and
to aid in colonization or emigration from said
State of any free persons of African docent
who may desire to ?chime therefrom to Ilay
ti -Liberia, or any other tropical State or
6lony.
the Para al Ju(y.—gxtensive prepam
! Oulu are making throughout the country to
celebrate the eoming anniversary Of our Na
tional Independence . .
If ever it occurred at a tints *then it
should he celebrated with deep and earnest
religious feeling s by every loyal heart, it is,
1841 Will Dot our people nialse thg ones
sal arrangements to have a good old.fash
lofted celebration in Waynesboro? For years,
iviith a few taimptiotts, 'have made no
local demonstration; but those who desired
to Join in the ceremonies of the day, were
compelled to go elsewhere. Now, lit us
have it at home. Let the note of properation
be sounded, let the old watch-fires b e kind ,
led, let us meet together on that day' let us
call to wind the heroes of the revolution and
their gallant sows now in the field, let-us re
new onr deathless devotion to the starry flag,
and offer up our united incense of praise
and thanksgiving to the Giver of all Good.
The Editor of the Philadelphia Press,---
The Lancaster Examiner says a rankling
thorn in the side of Northern Sympatbiters
is Col. John W Forney. His noble sup
port of the Administration, his scathing
denunciation of northern sytnpathitors
pith the • rebellion, and his withering
rebukes of such pseudo patriots as Vallan
digham and Sanderson endear him to the
people, while it subjects him to thejmpotent
wrath of all thoie who believe that the glori
ous het Dago the fathers of the Revolution be
queathed" to their children is passing away,
and that the face which awaits in the sunny
but rebellious South, the loyal sons of those
loyal fathers, is to "die like rotten sheep."
But well may he laugh at the imbecile
opposition of this little rebellious faction.
Hs is on the right path and his stirring
words have - gathered the people to his sup
port.
ittirA disloyal demagogue is thus de
scribed by the sturdy senator from Ohio,
_Ben Wade, who-saysthat-the-datrger - to — riiir
institutions is not so great from traitors in
I the field, with arms in their hands, as it is
from the nimble-tongued, slippery hypocri
tes who go forth apologizing, and condemn
ing every energetic measure of the adminis
tration as Crannies' and wrong, and endeav
oring to deceive the people and stir them up
to hostility against this wise, this just, this
most moderate administration.
Sir Th e above paragraph is especially ap
plicable to the Chtunbersburg Valley Spirit,
and the Vallandigluun traitors of oche North
generally,
Little Strange.—We have lost
within the lad year about one hitudred sub
scribers, and yet strange as it may seem these
subscribers all say that they are Union men,
but fur eine reason they don't like our kind
of Unionism. What theirs is they don't tell
'us, but we expect it is about this: That if
the traitor DAVIS and the thief FLOYD and
their compeets can't be coaxed hack into
the Union, the Union is not worth'preserv-*
Beraid. ,
flerA few days ago, a petition was pre
sented in the House of Representatives of
the United States, by Mr. Ottrrey, of Ohio,
signed by 638 loyal citizens of the city of
Cinoinnatti, requestin the "expulsion o f
Hon. C. L. V andig from the House
of Represcntativ on account of their be
lieving him to be a i traitor to his country and
a digrace to the State of Ohio."'
iarThe Chambersburg Valley Spirit, will
of eourtiti`-bowl "NlCiatit," and brand
these "pattioners" as Black Abolitionists.
Oodew's Lady's •Book.—The Lady's Book
for July is upon our • table; filled with - the
most interesting reading madisr, with funnily
fttU page engravings gracing its pages. A
mong the enamilishments is a Splendid steel
plate of "Summer," with a beantifid Double
Enteilid6ii Fashion-PI/del coutairiin itix-coV
ored figures. The household ...receipts pub
lished in the,,Lsdy's Bofyk are worth two or
thine times therm" of subscription. We
direct the attention of the. ladies especially
to this iambi?. The prioe • of , subscription
is lalkperlawsintt b but tiersons wishift to
seheoriheffir - 411e , '-itliffottn::ean . have both
limit to tholr address for ILSO.
. .
t Ills friti" , .de in this,
ihiteiCeiiiiio4lo2l , oo4 l o o 24 ,
kpril47, - pod. IS will be gratifying to hta
Metals and numerous acquaintancesherei to
know -thatite had thus -far, passed- , through
the coaflict with the RebelTexene unscath
ed, having l PartieiPated in 'the' bloody battle
of Valverado:—.
The Tokens to the number of about three
thbuisand, ivade 'their -appearantre iri this
chitty, abut the tuiddlenf Febrnary;.
then we have ' had three engagement s and ,
many shine Thes viith them, the whole re•l
suiting in-their predipitate'retreat Nur the
country, the alma total destruction of their
trains, which, with , the- plunder they con
taitiedy-tkey have been ' compelled either to
destroy or permit thearto fall into our bands )
and a loss of -from 100 to 1000 gy p -killed'
. wounded and prisoners. When ty - tirrved
here we had about 1000 regular troops, the
rest were'Mesicatt Volunteers; when I say
that with Arty regular troops I believe I
could put. to flight a regiment of Mexicans,
you can imagine what depiandeisce could be'
placed in the latter. With these we had an
-eztent-of-eountry - greater 'then any — Sta - Mlif
the Union tri - proteet, and one almost desti
tute 'if supplies; consequently a large pot ,
tion of our troops were necessary to protect
those we had from the States, for had the
I enemy obtained possession of them, we would
hive - been at their mercy.
In °lir fight at Valverado near this camp,
tkere were not more than 050 of our troops
, engaged pith the enemy.- My company was
one of the first to cross the river and engage
the enemy, and with five companies we kept
the enemy at bay for more. than . two hours,
'until reinforcements arrived. The, loss on
both sides was very great, ours being 319
killed, wounded and missing, and that of the
enemy supposed to be much greater.' We
were under fire from 9 o'clock in the morn
ing to nearly five in the evening; and it cer
tainly Was one of Op toast desperate and
bloody conflicts of the- war. The regular
troops done all the fighting. One regiment
of Mexicans could not be got across the river,
and the other was an idle spectator of the
scene. The Texans, finally, to the number
of about six hundred, armed with revolvers
and shot guns, made a desperate charge' on
our battery, running through the blaze of
fire from our battery °or six hundred yards,
leaping over the bodies of their fallen com
rades seeming determined to take our' bat
tery or perish in the attempt; they finally
snecceded in' reaching our guile, bia not un
til nearly every man at the battery was eith
er killed or wounded, and the suer , " - -
fr il•wr
do rem iti; :0 out or three offlee;S with it
.were killed, and the third wounded. When
our battery 'was captured Col. Canby ordered
a retreat. Our men retreated wading the
river, and forming on the opposite side in
admirable order, and marching home with
the precision of a parade, although annoyed
by .a plunging fire of round shot, until we
got beyond the range of their guns. Four
of our officers were killed on the field; fill of,
them-my-intimate friends, and one of whoni
I regarded almost as a brother. Poor fellow
after passing through the fire all day, un
scathed, he 'fell when crossing the river; a'
ball passing through his heart, he died with
out a struggle; as gallant and brave as be
was noble and generous in all his impulses,
his death cast a gloom over the minds of his
many friends which it will be long before
they will recover from. Our battles and our
labors are now over, at least for a time. Our
enemy after_his attempt has retreated, and
left us in quiet posseesi.n, and the lesson
which he has been taught, is sufficient to
convince him, I have uo doubt, of. the use
lessness of attempting to conquer this terri
tory, and we may now once again live in
peace I cannot bat recognise the hand of
Providence in preserving me without a scratch
when inyfriende and comrades fell in groups
_ - _
'nder bullet'
vat fi - C - iiribe leaden hail of an enemy's bullets .
4for during the hattle.we had here, I had ' of
course, to expose myself to some extent, and
although several,of my men were shot down
at my sits, I was untouched, and. - although
1 in the description of the first engagement he
was in, Washington said there was something
eliarming in the sound of bulletS, I must say
the sound was anything but comfortable to
me.
At Last a Law.—The house on Tuesday
passed the Senate's substitute for its own
bill, to secure freedom to all persons in the
_Territories of the United Staten.. The bill,
as it is a law, was originally da wn dip by
Mfr. Arnold, of Illinois, and is j.tr the\an
guage of the Ordinance of 1787. It,' - as
follows :
"That from and after the passage ''of thfr
act there shall be neither slavery or involun
tary servitude in any of the Territories of
the United States now existing, or which
may at any time hereafter be formed or ac-
Auired by the 'United States, otherwise than
in punishment for crimes whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted."
Skirlln act has just been passed and sign
ed by the President to prevent and punish
fraud on the part of officers entrusted with
making contracts for the Government, which
establishes a "Return Office," in which all
contracts are to be filed for public inspection.
Officers making contracts are required to
swear that they concluded the same without
any benefit or advantage to themselves or to
any other persons. The penalty for the vi
olation of the law is not less than 8100 or
more than 8500, and an imprisonment of not
more than six. months,
Aron the 29th of May, according to an
'official report from the Secretary of the
Treaa*y, the public debt
„of- th e United
'States was, 8491i445,984,:at au'rierage in
terest of 4.85' per cent. Thiii state.
ment ought to satisfy even Vallandigham,
who has persistently' denied all unofficial
stitimente, 'and insisted tbat the debt was
Ina; than twice as large.:: The annual in.
terest, at the above rate . i 51121,277,990.
Gov. Yetesonliitiois;:bas issued a pros=
bunetioa callinfor eiiiserved corps of 50,-
000 men to be mustered into serytec for
pars uniss sooner discharged-
AthiselOWS lief:
It* to wake ki re*
letter ' off Captain .
• 0 10,4 RI OTM NEWS.- -L I - t.
`Success of -Gen., Aregifty's
Tito Capture qtahattoor4ilietreat*:
the Rebels. •
NASHVILLE, eTubei2.-- , S. - deeps_ tell 'ticon.
Gen. Negly to GOveirnoiJohnson. enoounees
tho ettecees of his expedition to East Tenuees.
see.
lie took 80 prisoners, including: a . number
Of, prominent citizen's. A drosre of' Cattle,
and-a large
• nutiber of horses for the Rebel
army, were also captured.
The defeat of Gen. Adams Rebel force on
Sweden's Cove was more complete than at
first represented, Gen: Adams' barely suc
ceeded in making , his escape, without .hut
sWord or hOrse.
The Rebel batteries at Chattanooga were
silenced on the 7th, after a heavy cannonad
ing of three .hours. •
Our forces opened the en'the nut day,
and continued it 'for six hours on the town,
driving the enemy out of his works and forc
ing him to evacuate tag city.
The Rebels burned the railroad bridges in
order to prevent pursuit by our army.
The loyal citizens of East Tennessee, who
have thns beeg relieved from the despotic
rule of the Rebels, after en long an endur
ance, came out i n crowds along the line of
march of the arm °file Union,--and—gree
-ed—o r roops with the moat enthusiastic
oheere.
17te Advance on Charleston—Another right
MEmPuis, June 14. -t.-The Grenada (Miss,
late the Memphis) Appeal of the 12th inst.,
contains the following despatch:
t , AnousTA, Ga ,Junelh—Fighting con-,
tinues in the vicinity of Charleston. The
papers of that city this morning contain the
particulars of a sharp engagetnent.on James
'lsland, on Tuesday afternoon, which contin
ued till dark. Our furies eonsistetrof three
regiments and one battalion of infantry and
batteries., under command of Gen. W. D.
Smith. The enemy were under the protec
tion of felled trees and gunboats:
"Col. WUHares, of the 46th Georgia Regi:
meet, was mortally wounded. Our loss is
estimated at from 30 to 65, principally„ Geor
gians. The loss of the meaty is thought to
be large.
"The Confederates succeeded in driving
the Yankees from a piece of woods they
were trying to occupy. Col. Lamar, at Se
eessinville,, kept, up a fire on the enemy's
boats and camp on land, and on Monday he ,
disabled the Yankee propeller Federal.
"A prisoner
. ttiken on Monday reports the
enemy on Jamei'lsland us being 10 regiments
strong, and a levv more regiments were ex
pected Thor Ij. •
"It was reported at Charleston that
steam- ' in that nitp fur Nas
sau, with a cargo of cotto4,.bad been captur
ed by the enemy.”'
New YORK, June 12.---A special despatch
to the Tribune, dated Harper's Ferry, to-day
says-
Gen. Wool, accompanied by his stall, paid
a hurried visit here to-day. The General
thoroughly_ inspected Bolivar Heights and
the - adjacent country.
From the feeling exhibited by the Seees
liouists in the vicinity of Martinsburg- and
Winchester some credit may be attached. to
the rumor that Jackson has again been large
ly teinfoteed, but while I have confidence In
the ability of Gen. Fremont to successfully
cope with Jackson in the valley, it is believ
ed that even in the event of his meeting with
.a reverse, the preptira.tions which Gen. Banks
and Sigel are making io the vicinity of Win
chester will render any nieces the rebels
may achieve of short duration.
The bridge across the Potomac at this
point was completed this mrrning, and its se
curity tested by the passage of a heavy hur
tled train,
The road between here and Winchester is
being rapidly repaired, and it is believed the
Government will have it use in a few days
One greatliliteilitating the traneportatiou of
enpplies to the army in the valley.
-Petal Accidents—A young man, named
11. F. Middlekauff, aged about 22 rears, a
merchant at Beaver C r Washington
county, Md., met' wi th a sad and fatal acci
dent on Friday evening last, while return
ing from a visit to Mr. Landis, in that vicin
ity. He was thrown violently from his horse
and his brain was so injured from the fall
that he expired on Sunaay morning about
9 o'clock. The deceased was unmarried,
and much esteemed by all who knew him.
Cr The President has wrt p.
tten to Gov.
Stanly disproving of his action in closing the
;• gm schools and taking the positions that
his commission as Military Goiernor did not
authiise him to take any steps at all in such
airairai , The 'President also infoirms Mr.
L s/
Stanly'tliet a Fugitive Slave law must be en
forcedvihrough the courts only, and military
officers are n#4O trouble themseliva but
it or interfere my way with runaway
slaves.
ilarirotn the exaadation of the Regi
mental returns, and the Surgeons memoran
da, it appears that the list of our killed,
wounded and missing, at the battle of Fair
Oaks, near Richmond, will mount up to
000 S Fearful as is this number, the loss of
the rebels greatly exceeds it. It is report
ed that Richmond is in mourning for 10'000
doad, wounded 'and missing.
Horner' s Cavalry---We !earn, says the
Adams Sentinel that Capt. Horner and Lieut.
Morrison have resigned their offices, and
that Lieut. • Hunter has been elected Cap
tain, and Wm. A Horner appointed by, the
Governor, First Lieutenant, and Hiram Mc-
Nair Second. The Company, we have un
derstood, was at Winchester at the•last ac
counts.
'l6lrGeo Banks telegraphed to Gov:Cer•
•
tie, requeatiog,tho .State of Pennsylvania to
relieve him 0f.600 rebel prisoners, and the
request has been acceded to. Thal arrived
at Harrisburg on Sunday, (468 und are
lodged at , Camp
,Curtin, under a strong
guard.
on James Island
E=12:21
Prom Ilarper's Perry;
•
Later From CieneAft`- ~ ; 'it ,Arriiy.:
, Niiirs Hotta .Z-1
, Va. the lAietlit4
guerilla parties are e dit. itig , itiftiiiorear
Ili
of n ,ur army pi k ,satira - nba ettuclity a
aMall, party Werairrewllng around the coun
try on' the . Opposite ' bide of the Painunky,
their object being.to await an o , tortunit
, t ..ttt 1 • 4•; 4 4 I a $ point.' A
nother party. was at Charles City Caart,
lionse on gunday, and to-day there are re
ported to :be in the neighborhood of Wil.
Hamburg. Ten of the most prominent chi
'nue- remaining this aide of the Ghichaboini
ny have been -arrested. They 'Undoubtedly
gave information - up* which the rebels have
operated on our rear during . the past fei
days. The rebels - median attempt to driVe
in our pickets in- front, of Gen. fleinteletnan
for the purpose of ascertaining our force and
position. A few were wounded on both
sides, but none are known to have been ktl
led. An order' was issued to-day, by Gee.
McClellan, eatending . the department of Gen.
Dix, so ae - to include- Yorktown, Gloucester,
Williamsburg, and West Point," •
1 W,..asumerroN, June 17. •
The War Department has despatches from
Gen. McClellan's headquarters, datedA o'-
clock this afternoon. We especial movement
had taken lace.
The weather was fine and the roads im
proving rapidly.
Our cavalry yesterday paid another visit
to Ashland, surprised a party of rebels at
that point, drove them off, .and captured
some property.
The advices from other quarters contain
nothing of public interest.
Representative 4F. A.) Conidiug returned
to-day from a visit to the. Army of the Poto
mac and General McClellan's headquarters.
He gives a most encouragin ,, account of af
fairs. The army is in a splendid condition.,
In effective fighting numbers there is but
little doubt that we fully equal the rebels,
while, in certain army accontreinents, we are
far superior to them. The we4ther is cool
and pleasant.
The- War in Mexico,
KANSAS CITY, June 10.—Acivices from
Fort Scott, dated the 18th, state that detach
ments of the 2d Ohio Cavalry had arrived
there with 1,000 head of fine beef cattle and
800 head of horses, taken from Col, Coffee's
Command on the morning of the 4th.
Our forces, 5,000 strong, in company with
Robb's 2d Indiana battery, under command
of Charles Doubleday, made an attack at an
early hour on the morning of the 4th, com
pletely surprising the enemy.
A part. of Col. Coffee's command is made
up of Indians. All the munitions and camp
equipage of the enemy fell into our hands.
4—regintentol - I"Jr . - Indian"
o' (11 JlllOll Indians are expect
ed in a day* or two. They are to be newly
in:ached and equipped, preparatory to march
ing South. . .
GEN. BANKS' RETHEAT.—The official re
port of Gen. Banks, detailing the events of
his retreat down the Shenandoah Valley, is
characteristic of the man, and is a plain,
straightforward statement of facts without
an attempt to-conceal his losses or magnify
those of the enemy. With less than 4,000
men he marched nearly sixty miles in forty
eight.hours, and had three engagements with
an enemy 25,000 strong in the meantime.—
It should be added that of his mach of near
ly sixty miles thirty-five were passed over
in one day. His toss was but 88 killed, 156
wounded, and 712 missing, total 905. He
saved all his guns and only lost 55 wag ons
out of 500, and most of these were bu rned
to prevent their laid); into the hands of the
enemy. - These few facts tell the whole story
and stamp the "Iron Man" as no ordinary
General.
THE ItEBEL DEAD.—As the returns of
the Provost 'Marshall's details for burying
the dead at the battle, of Fair Oaks, come in
one'after another, the aggregate swells be
yond all expectation. It has now-reached a
total of over seventee.n•hundred of the enemy
which has been put beneath the sod at our
hands. With the reports yet to come in it
must exceed two thousand, making this bat
tle one of the most sanguinary of modern
times, exceeding Shiloh in fatality, if not in
the number of wounded. The enemy's loss
cannot he a whit less than ten thousand,
while our own aggregate, including killed
wounded and missing, is between tire and
six thou Sand.
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A CANADIAN PAPER . ON G. BANKS
RETREAT.---The Montreal Herald of last
week makes the following very sensible re
marks concerning the recent repulse of Gen.
Banks. We do not look upon retreats 4
general as wonderful successes: but though
this one has undoubtedly been a reverse,
the management of.it, when it became neces
sity, appears to have exhibited more soldier
ly qualities on the part of the general in
command than has been shown in any other
movement during the war. It is something
to boast of
. for au amateur general to have
retreated seine 60 miles in about 3 days,
crossing severala..rivera ,'.fighting all the way,
and, yet to have lost only 50 wagons out of a
train of 500.
THE FIGHTING GENERAL.—Gen. ileint
zelman is emphatically the fighting General-
At the • battle of Chickabominy, or Fair
Oaks, he' was again in the thickest of the
fight, and repulsed the enemy wherever he
appeared. Heintzelnian is not one that takes
greater trouble to have puffs in. letters and
dispatches than he does to meet the enemy,
but a grateful and discriminating peoplewill
take care that such courage, patrietiste and
modesty as are characteristic of him, shall
not go unappreciated,. Lot us have justice
fur the Lancaster county General.
The Doom hovers over wicked Charleston.
That viper's nest:and breeding place.of re
bellion is, ere thialime, invested by Union
arms—perhaps• already '?n our hands. If
there is any city deserving of holocaustie in
famy, it is Charleston. - Should its inhabi
tants choosii3n,,make its site a desert, blmted
by fire; we do nut think many tears would be
shed. Trtvelers of to-day are quite unde
cided as to the locution of ancient Carthago;
travelers of 1862 may be in the sane doubt
about Charleston.
leiPlt in_ reported upon pretty good au
thority,_that President Lincoln has said be
would raise a Ire',4=arati of a million of men
rather than aubmit'to Ray forcible interree.
Lion. If he did say 'ao, he only anticipated
the universal sentinient of the 'people.
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['. ', '', Oh•viretie I ever Wondrous trait, . ..,
.111 right girdle never lading,itetit •
''T-iiiti decks the regal robes of state, '
Or glitter/ in si diadem
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O'er thee our dearest hopes of earth
- ,_.4tre.shettliktr4irops ut evetitogriew } ')
TO thee we .100 k as Nnoree birth .
For *llthn's noble jest and'irtre.
Fowl Slander's voice cannot defile .
The glory of thy frovrning creAti
Nor Envy's wrath thy:truth lieguile,
Vince 'tie the Aimor of theirlest..
Blight opirit-olthe angel bend
ttepretne, eternal joy, and peace r
High Herald of the spirit gentle
Thy noble works 'ball never cease.
While onward through the glonin of care
Thy soft mill 'tole* Ann mot' can,
And man'e.eetatiot deepair,
'Until thy Erreptre deigns to fall. -
Two YpIING LADIES INSTANTLY KILLED
nt LIGHTNING.--On Sunday night, about
12 o'clock, during the terrific storm of thuu.
der and lightning which passed over the city
two young ladies,Miss Mary rillsbury awl
_Mims Cbra—Goowin,—wereinstently — killed
by lightning in their WA at the two.story
brick house which stalls alone on the
land, opposite the steamboat handing. The
two ladies had retired to bed a few minutes
before the approach of the storm, and It is
supposed they bad not gone to sloop when
the fatal accident occurred. The head of
the bed in whieh they were lyVtogother,
stood near a gable window. 1 o lightning
strnek the house between the two ^ thinineys t
and the fluid appeared to have divided into
the different forks.. The fork which killed
the ladies passed in at the window near the
bed,
There was rt feather mattress' neon' a straw
one, and the fluid passed under the feathers
and set the straw on fire. A night-cap worn
by one of the yonug ladies was torn into'
shreds, and the face and neck of the wearer
somewhat marked. The other fork..tit/Ai-vis
ion of the fluid passed down.a wooden watery
conductor, which was completely shattered.
The third passed down a chimney fine to
the lower Moly, and come out near the fire
place shot diagonally across the toorn y break
ing a looking-glass into a hundred pieces,—
The shock was, of course distinctly felt by
all in the house, and some member of Mr..
Pillsbury's family openin g the door of-the
room occupied by the girl s, the fire in the
bed was discovered and immediately extin
guished.
Miss Pillsbury was 22 years of age; Miss:"
Goodwin was 28. The latter retie* this
ity fro 14 &ad
Aseriliffe, on Sbtur.; -
day, and was to have been married this wee4:::-.
—Wheeling Intelligencer. .
tiro= the Advance of Our Army.
The following is an extract from a private
letter from an officer in Col. William's Regi
ment, in front of Richmond, to his father, in
Philadelphia, under date of June 13, 1862 :
* * * * The Rebels' are shelling us
every day. It is-my .impression that there—
will be a great fight here before long. We: •
have not eujo3ed the comforts or a tent,
blanket nu overcoat, or a change of clothing,
since the battle of .Fair Oaks—or Seven
Pines—and it has -.rained- very hard since;
however, we all bear our hardships with good
hearts.
I have read of men digging their own
graves metaphorically ; but 1 have seen that
done literally ; for the rifle-pits which the
rebels dug have been used as their own
graves, and our men buried them there.—
While the excitement of a battle lasts we do
nut realise its horrors, but of all sad and
sickening sights, the saddest I ever saw is a
field after the battle. This one is the second
havirseen—God grant that I may never
see another I DonTsuppose from this ' that.
I regret volunteering. No, if I had the
choice now between remaining where I am
and returning home, I would stay and see
the matter out., If' young num like me de
not answer our country's call when danger
threatens her, we cannot expect older ones,
with few - Hies-depending on them, to do so.—
If I fall, it will be in defending the honor - of
my country, and what more glorious death
could I desire ? If Ido thll, kiss my little
brother andsisters, and tell them that I died
in the good cause. The army of. the. Poto
mac is the best. and bravest army in the
world, and ifire gain the approaching fight,
(which God permit.,) '1 think it. will be thil p
end of this wicked rebellion. Your loving
•
son, J. IL H.
Pain: BABIES.—The subject which now
seems to be engrossing the public mind, next
to the movements of the army before Rich
mond is Barnum's Baby Show at New York.
Probably there never wan such a caucus of
infants, such a conglomeration •of all sized
fragments of humanity under one roof be
fore, as that now on exhibition "'at the Muse
um. Babies of all sizes' and complexions
greet the astonished eye of the visitor, from
the attenuated specimen, which is but just
visible to the naked eye ,
to the fat baby of
w mderful proportions. Matrons who, wish
to keep up with the age in their knowledge
of babies, gentleniati who hive a taste for
the curious, and young people whose inter
est in the subject of infants is both nature)
and commendable, will fipd a visit to the
Baby Show both.instructive and miming.—
A part of the premiums were awarded on
Tuesday. Geo. Augustus Marr,„rath, 41 yrs.
old, took the first premium of ROO as the
finest child on exhibition; Chas. Shaw, 10
months old,
.took the premium as the fattest
child, and the . Ciucineatti child, 8 months
old and ,weighing but lih. 7 oz:, took the
premium of $1,900. This is the last - week
of the exhibition.
The State Treasurer of Pennsylvania paid
over on Saturday, to the AsSistant Treasur
er of the U. States 8350,000, the final in- •
stallment of Peunsylvania's quota of the di
rect nil, imposed by the act of Congress-ef -
July last, the whole amoumt paid being near
ly two millions. This saves thel.s per cent,
authorized to be deducied.
- NEW YORK, June I.4.—The steamer Jet•
sey'Blue arrived at this point - to-day,
four hundred sic and wounded froui Oen:-
eratiAcelellan's army, and ninety privateers- -
men, whom the rebels refused to exchange ~ -,
ag,The loss by the great flood itiqhif
Lehigh valley is estimated at fife
dollars.—One .hundrei pOrsons.were dream— ,