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M www Vol,. XXXVIII-NFAV SERIES VOL. VIII. BUKLINGTON, FRTOAV ArORNTlSTG. JULY 20, 1S61- NUMBER FOUR. P o c t r y. oni niton its, Wave po .iMre bilks, ye Lyonf I ecus. To oVek pur girls for gay delight ! Tt Vrhm'-n flower if Utc blooms, A.ir-ilm marches fill the niglHF. Wrote but I Ik flap, whose bars toUj Drooped boavy o'er oar eal dead, And hmly garment f. frunw and gray, JV -rpinn6 Ibat mjh earn heJr broad! Keep IWK yoar tuoct, jour viols sweet, Tbat jxmr delist from otber lands ! Boo there tie dancer's rcst'osa ftot, The trowpet lead! our warrior bmda. Aod o tbat wage tbo war of words Uitii witb mystic fame and subtle power. Go, chatter to tbe idle birds. Or tbe lesson of the boor ' Ve subtle arts, in one stern Loot Me all your offices combined ! Stand clofo xhilo courage draws tke lot, The destiny of human bind ! And if that destiny bould fail, Tbe tun ehoulJ darken in tbe sky, Tbo eternal bloom of nature pale, And God, and truth, and fiecdum die ! it ' ' it l, I r; t o : I HIDAY MORN I NO, JlIA ;, 1-1. Tut Grano Akmv or the Potomac, under Brigadier General Irvin McDowell is moving in four ditision with ic reserve. The c r treme right, led by Ui indtcr General 'J 'ylcr, i coinjtosed of faur brigades, fifteen regi ments, with one regiment of 17. S cavalry, ami throe batteries. The second division, led by Brig. Gjn. Hunter, is eoniposed of two brigades, seven regiments, with one Iwt tallior. U.S. infantry, one regiment of U. S. cavalry tnd two batteries. The third division under Col. Ileintzleman, is coin osed of three brigades, nine regiments with one regiment cavalry and two butteries. In Uib third brigade of this division, under Col. Howard, is the 2nd Vt. Regiment. The fourth division is the reserve, under Brig. Gen. Runyon and is compost! of seven regi. ments, all lrom New Jersey. Tiie Jifih division, the crtrcmc Uft, under Col. Miles, is composed of two brigades, oight regiments with one battery. The march of this army of 50,000 men, lias thus fur been entirely successful. The army commenced its march at two o'clock TomJay afternoon, moving by four different routes on Fairfax Court House. Gen. Tyler's division marched by the Georgetown turn pike : Col. Hunter's division by the Ijos burgor CcjUreville road; Col. Jleiiitzlcinatis division by the little Hirer turnpike; and Col. Miles" division by the Orange & Alex andria R. R- and old Urndtlock road. Ujkiu all these roads the rebels hud placed obnraetionx within a ladiusof three miles from Fairfax Court House, the headquarters of Gen. Jl Miham, of South Carolina, who is styled in the orders of the rebel commander-in-chief, "tbe commandant of the advance guard of the Potomac." The first one met by Gen. Tylci's division was a mile from Vienna, where fifty large trees had lwcn lelled across the road, and in Icrs than twenty minutes the w hole of tbe barricade was cleaicd away and the column moved onward. Col. Hunter's division found three barricades near together, the first about three miles from Fairfax Court House. At the third there were stationed two hundred retel cavalry, who, without waiting to ascer tain the strength of the advancing ioree, lied ujn tho first ajicarance of ourBkirmishers, firing at them one rifln shot, wbich did no lianu. In no case did the rebels make any stand Itefore our troops, but a soon as the head -f the adv dicing coluiiin made its ap pearand, retreated hastily, and in trident confusion. AH the casualties reported at headquarters on our aide tiro one officer and three men slightly wundcd. Our troops wcreThnmliir nt Centrevillo, about half way between Fairfax Court HuueouiuI Manassas Junction, and eighteen miles from Wash ington. TIIU " CONTRABANDS' IN V1K CINIA. A correspondent of the Boston Traveller at Hampton, Va., was appointed to collect the colored men together, enroll them, and put them to work on the entrenchments. He told them that they had been at work on the entrenchments ol the pecessionists, and that note they must work at tho Union camp that they would he only required to do what white men were doing that they t-hould bo treated kindly, and no one should be it quired to work if ho wasjunwoll, or beyond his capacity that they would bo furnished with soldier's rations ot foo 1 They evinced no displeasure. Their names, a-'es. an l the names of their master.?, were taken and thev went to work cheerfully and efficiently. "The eentrabind? arc carious as to what tbah bo their fate, t'nc or two told uic tbat after work ing on our cntrenchinont it would go bard with thcci if their masters returned. One inquired fupieiouflv wby bis uiMtcr's name was taken down. All hope tbat, somehow or other, tboy will foon be free, and that their fugitive matters will nettr tcturn. They cill too by various title, as bow, tnasa, general, Ac. The ptft or an over seer .f nt-groes in Virginia jp certainly a now ono for a pretty earnest .Massachusetts Kepublir.in to occupy ,amt as y.-ur eorrespondent adJresod them, there was one m-Efac which ho then wished bo could deliver to tlicm, unci that was tbat tbe hour of their cmancii-ni..n come. Indeed, in con vcrsition witb one or jrany. I ttll them all that they are a? lnovh ontit'e I to their freedom as I am to mine. And will tbe Oovcrumcnt exer be to false as to fail to protect every negro who bi6 iver fcrved our efficcrs or men, or helped to build our defences, tr ia any way aided our cause ? If it khall ever be fo base and treacherous as tbat, it will deserve tc bo a thouund times overthrown and bo forever cursed among tho nations. Wha'cvcr nay be our goneral duty to Ibis opprctscd race, to such as we hara thus employed, our national faith and our pc:sanal honor are pledged. Tbo code of a gen tkinic, to say aithing of tbe grander law of recti tude, at least nccesitates protection to that extent. Yesterday I was it the lirt for the purposo of lb-iutring whetljcr ratiuns could bo furnuneit to t ju crgroos on acc-uut nf their wives and children i' I c-tiS manifest .justice to provido for their lathes wh..tn they euld not ltbur tj sujiport xh'lc ... emplovtd. llio supgculon was cordially re.-i undr 1 t,-. an 1 rations urdeted fur them. This morLiiij; I inquired of csch man whither he . a vite and chil.jjen. In some instances the melancholy anMrir was gn ea tbat be had a wife, bat ibe Imd bo n s. 1 J and carried off. Socc slavts come to our pickets every dav, --vir. - escaped iroia their SUtcrs. Soma nnn- !':i.iii;s rc atMgned to them, and they aro set Y.rr.id ;f vi.l, i trcii, u t uplsm tait I i-j-'u s- ueb t-i i-ay abvut tLenegroet. ihey arc -a -.aiu feuturo ot interest here. This is oor first liii. j.c'.lou to ,liw life ia V'trinia, and k aro r t r .mm. n J t.. ensfront tho graveit question of t xt fctant :bat we tua bai v. the cu.r- fco i.a i urtca?t to meet it! Tho'anxious itudent 'Mag even's cannot fait to find in tho slavo lety, which is now presented, objccU r-er-rctnal reflection." CONiillliSStONAU Sexatk. Tuewlay was occupied chi fly with a teeeh from Mr. I'reekenridgc on the rcHjltition fur approving the action of tho President for what he onsidcrcd his uncon stitutional and usurping act". Ilo omitted nil discun-ioti of the acta of tho rebels and their plans to subvert tho Government. He was vehemently opposed to the war. Mr. Iin of Kansas replied sharply ; said he sanctioned all the President hatl done, and the pcop'c sanctioned it ; and he sanc tioned all that is to be done. Our victorious columns shall soon sweep treasonfrom Old Virginia. The President suspended the writ of habeas corpus, and he Lane only regret ted that the corpus of Baltimore treason had not been susjK-nded. The Kentucky remedy for treason hemp was the thing wc wanted now. Tho Naval appropriation bill was passed. Mr. Sumner introduced bills lor the con fiscation of traitors' piopcrty in .he rebellious States. Horse Mr. ATa;hburne frm tiie com mittee on commerce, reported a bill to make tho southern blockade more effectual, and to put a stop to piracy. It authorizes, during tho present insurrection, the Secretary of Wur to hire, purchase, or contract for vessels necessary lor a temjiorary increase oT the navy, and to arm them efficiently. The temjKjrary appointments made ot acting lieutenants, acting paymasters, acting sur geons, masters' mute-, and the rates of pay for tlu'se ofiic.TS as heretofore designated, arc by this hill legalized, and the turn of $5.l!Uii,UU0 is appropnated for tue purpose of carrying the act into effect. On moticn of Mr. Washournc, it was lc forred to the committee on naval affairs. Mr. Bingham, ficm th: committee on the judiciary, reported a bill providing for the suppression ol rcr-cllion and resistance to the laws. Hie President is thereby author ized to call out the militia for these purposes; their continuance in service is not to extend beyond 00 days after the commencement of a regular session of Congress, unices the lat ter shall otherwise direct; the militia is to be entitled to the same pay and rations as the regular army. I he bill passeu, under the operation ot the previous question, al most unanimously. Twenty thousand copies of the eulogies on Senntur Douglas were ordered printed. On motion of Mr. Edwards the following was unanimously passed : Rnotvctt, Tbat the thanks of this House be presented to .Major (lencral Ocorgo It. AScClel lan and the officers and soldiers of his command, or the series of brilliant and decisive victories, which, by their skill and bravery, they have achieved over tbe rebels and traitors in arms ot. tho battlo fields of Western Virginia. In committee of the whole, the House considered the bill to increase the efficiency ol the volunteer forces of tho United States. Mr. Burnett made an hour's speech, vin dicating tho seceded States, and condemning tho warlike acts of the Administration. Mr. Holman stoke in favor of crushing out treason, and to the effect that tho L'niein must and shall be preserved. Uic bill to increase tho eUieiency of enrr volunteer forces was pawed. Wednesday. June 17th. ShNaTK. Mr. Pcarce, of Md., presented a memorial from tho Police Commissioners ot the Citv of Baltimore, now confined at Fort Mcllenry by orderof Mai. Gcu.Biuks. They assert tliir own ihliy to tlio lawn and to the Constitution .-av that Marshal ICstne is a gentleman of integrity and worts, and that no bodv ot men arc Icr-s liable to the enarire of unlawful combinations than the police force of Baltimore. They ask the iritertHioi- tion of Congress in their behalf. Tue memo rial was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Grimes, of Iowa, from the committee on Naval Affairs, introduced ti bili to pro vido for tho temporary increase of the Aavy. Mr. root, ol t., said there was pressing necessity Lr the jwssage of the bill, when the privateers were untiring our commerce. The bill authorized the Secretary of the Navy to purchase or hire such vessels as may be necessary, during the war, to suppress piracy and render effectual the blockade. It appro priates $5,000,000. Tiie bill was imaged. Ibe resolution ol the House, in regard to the adjournment on Friday, was taken up ami laid on the tabic to give time for further consideration. Hoist Hcrny May ofMd., appeared and was qualified by taking the oath to support the constitution. Mr. Holman of Ind., introduced a resolu tion authorizing the- select Committee here tofore unpointed to x imiuo into tha ar Department contracts, to extend their in quiries in all facts and circumstances of all contracts or agreements made or iicreaiter ro lie made, prior to the uual report ot Uie committee, by or with any DejKirtment of the Government; that the c tinmittee have leave to sit during the reces at such time and place as they may deem necessary. Mr. KcIlo;;g ol 111., opjHised the resolution lie was not disposed to establish an advis ing and controlling board, and in effect have eight instead of one head of the department. There was no reasou for putting the Secre tary of War under the ban of the Commit tee. He was opposed to a roving commit tee. He defended the Secretary ot War. Boscoo Conkling of N. Y., was opposed to a roving commission. Mr. Holman said the reMilnthn was re ported by the direction of the committee and had his concurrence. He argued that it implied no censure on the administration. Mr. Dawes of Mass.. a" a member of the committee, although he had not consented to serve on it, yet he would not shield or whitewash any improper transaction, whether of this orany other Administration, xhc country is full of rumors of fraud and corruption, and hence an investigation was required. Mr. Van Wyck,ofXcw York, favoreS the res lution. The resolution was then adopted yeas 81, nays 12. Mr. Vallandingham, of Ohio, offered a proposition reviving tho tariff of Z , taxing tho freo list 10 per cent., excepting tea, coiicc, ana urc-arms. Several speeches were made, when Mr. Stevens, of Pa., remarked that the House was running into Buncombe, and mured that the committee rise, which was agreed to. Mr. Vallandingham gave notice of bdls to roiul ilc and enforce the writ of habeas cor pus ; to secure itersejua from unreasonable scizuic or search ; to secure tho right of the people to bear arms for their delense ; to prescribe the right ol quartering trooj in prirate hour's during the time of war ; to secure the freedom of press aud of speech. On Thursday, Secretary Forney called the Senate to order, and stated that he had a note from the Vice President, esying that he should be absent for the rest ol the session. Mr. Foot, of Veimontj was elected President pro tan. Tho Military bill being under con sideration, efforts were made by Mr. Powell, of Ky., and Mr. Brcckcnridge, to crippb it by an amendment, "that the army and navy are not to l employed to subjugate any ouue. or reduce a territory or province, or for t.e alolitiou of elavery." Mr. Sherman, eii wmo, opposed the amendment. It was in n i sort tho object to subjuga'c the States or abolish t-Iivery. The purposo was to maintain tl.o national honor aud uphold the national Hag everywhere. Tfley simply wished to maintain the Conststution. It was only tbosa uho wished to break up the government that desired to alter the Ojn&ti- tut ion. no wonia n;u ai'.ow any imputa tion if !o Usui ja his en:kiv ut Mr. lowwh referred t! reniutk atads bv f . . - i Mr. Dism -n (.(inn Jk Dixon r..I . i that be bad said i'i ca-'e the or.t ' oaiae t . a qutbtion bawe-ei. Luion -u t Ma.ry, believed tha; the people would say Slavery must go down, and he still eaiJ eo. The proposed amendment was lost Yeas 0, Nays i'-0, Mesfcrs. Iliwkinridge, Bright, Johnson of Mo., Kennedy, Lithain, Nes liu til, Polk, Powell and Saulsbury, casting thoir rotes in the affirmative. The bill waspass.-d. In the House, Mr. Colfax, ol Ind., from post-office committee, reported a bill that all prejaid lettcia to soldiers, addressed to them at a point where they are not stationed, may whenever practicable, he scut to any other oint u thou t lurther charge. The bill passed. Mr. Hickman, of Pa., front the 0 imniittee on the Judiciary, to whom Mr. Potter's resolution was referred directing ficm to inquire " whether Hon. Ihnry May, of Ma ryland, has b-en or is now holding criminal intercjuise iviih those in armed relwllion against the United States," reported that the committee had not any evidence to impli cate tho gentleman, and recommend that no action was necessary. The Committee fur ther say, that tho investigation oiiti rely re lieves the President and Gen. Scott from any suspicion of a correspondence or attempt to corrcijiond through .Mr. May. The report was laid on the table. Mr. Maj-, of Md., by permission of the House, proceeded to make a personal explan ation. The House concurred in the Senatj amend ments to the Navy appropriation bill. 'The consideration of the tarill bill was resumed, and the bill was passed with slight amendments. The House took up the Senate bill provid ing for an inereasj ot tho standing army to 21,(MI0 men. Ou motion of Mr. Blair, of Mo., from the Military Committee, a substituto was adopt ed, converting these regiments into volun teer forces. Rutland Covm Conventions. Two Cjunty Conventions for the nomination of County officers, one called as a Republican Delegate Convention, the other as a Mass Convention of "no party" principles, met at Rutland on the 5th instant. After the Con ventions were organized, on invitation, the Republican Delegate Ctnveutiou met with the Mass Conrention ; and the following nominations were made : M. C. Kirs, John Jackson, D. W. Taymb, Jor iknafors ; A l ansox Allen, Ebexezek Fisher, for Judges; Wm. M. Field, for Sheriff; A-i-.roze L Bkown, Judge o Prolate for Rut land District; Almon Warm, Judge of Pro Me. for Fairharcn Distriil ; Jou.v Pholt, State's Attorney; U. W. Pitts, high Batltff. The Convention adopted resolutions like those of the Montpelicr State dmrention, and one to give a cordial support to the State Ticket there nominated. Mr. Caiv, ol the Couri'T. one of the Douglas Democratic Statv Committee, objected to this provision, and moved to strike it out; but the Conven tion out voted biui and retained it. The Rut land Ha aid pays Mr. Jackson, the nominee for Senator, is a Democrat, nominates! in plaee of Mb. Fwm, "f I, rh witbdrvw bin name. It would .seem, frm one circumstance as reported, tbat the " Union lor the sake of the I'uion " was meant to be a very temporary affair ; for after the nominations were made, the Republican D.'legat: Convention met again by itself, and chose a Committee for the next year, aud gare order for its next inciting. EttLOGiEs os Mr. Dicolas. The Wash ington Globe of July 10th, contains tbe re ported eulogies made in the Senate and House of lleprcsentatives on the late Hon. Stephhn A. Doiulas, of tbe U. S. Senate. They are fifteen in number, and made by Senators Trumbull of 111., McDougall of Cal , Collamcr of Vt., Ncsmith or Oregon, Anthony of 11. 1.; and by members ol the House Richardson of 111., McLernand ol 111., Crittenden of Ky., Cox of Ohio, Diveu of X. Y., Arnold of III., Walton of Vt., Ij-aw ol Ind., Wicklifle of Ky.. Fouke of 111 ( )f course the speeches are all on the tomb. sOonc pattern, except on a larger scale, namely, ignoring defects, and smoothing over faults of character, or keeping them quite out of sight, nnd enlarging em such intellectual and moral qua.itics of the de ceased as will bear it. It strikes us that on particular jtoinrs some of these eulogies are strong very strung. V I III CAM PA I G N 'I HU5 FA I! . irrotu the N. Y. Eve. lVst. The cry, ' Onward to Uichniond before the twentieth of July!" it it should have any c&ct or. the Comumider-in Chief, would he likely to bring abjilt just the re vi rse of what it is desired to produce. General Scott has divulged but one feature c t .- .1 : . .1. .. ui tils plans tor uie campaign, uiai is, the war shall 1 short. It no great disaster happens he expects to tciminato the whole war bclore tho month of Mav in 1802. He may terminate it sooner; but if an important deieat should oecur, it would need another twelvemonth to finish the work. lo make a war short it is not necessary to hurry into i decisive action or to light it tut in various little skirinishis. A disaster which is al ways possible to the liest army would onlv protract the fighting, and guerilla combats aro wiiat the souui can continue au iniiuii um. Much of what is said about meeting the enemv at once and deciding which has the strongest arm, or else to yield and let the South go, might apply very well to a ring light between two city bullies; but the pres ent struggle is quite another alfair. Wc do not propose to throw down tho glove to tho Conicdratc Stnt,s, ofljr a fair nnd equal light, nnd then give up it beaten. Wo pro pose to compel a disobedient community to obey the constittiti n and laws; if wc cannot do tins in oneway wo must in another. e do not oflei equal terms ; wo do not give them a share in our longer puree, or an open port to meet us on the sea, or a Ircc entry to our liir.rkcts of produce. Wo use every ad vantage that wc hare. It i3not abiolutefj requisite that we should light a battle to gain our objects. Wc may c.usli the rebellion by a blockade, or by causing tho internal disorganization of tho enemy, or by finally forcing him to surren der. A battlo is not an end only a means lo an end. Probably the host test of tho skill of a general would be tho small amount of loss by which a victory is gained. If General Seott wanted a long war, he would huiry the army lorward beloro it was thor oughly drilled and equipped, and without sufficient lood or provender, towards Rich mond. Then any accident might causo his retreat, break up his plaus and compel a still further delay. We might appear to be pres sing on, until tho end of tho summer would shoiv ui no nearer our goal than wo were at the begiuiiing. The true military conditions lor a short war aro great masses of men, well provisioned and armed and well officered, moving on a lr.ad, comprehensive, strategi cal plan to the attainment of their main ob ject. Gen. Scott h-s now just about secured these conditions, and in a shorter time than we have any record in the history of militarv J affaire. Tue grumblers at Washington and , ujjewhero never consider what an immense ' affair is the material preparation for a single liC : army, ouppose there arc now n veniy-iivc tuousanu men in uuu uuoui. uio cij-nai, at least thirty-seven hundred army wagons aro to bo got ready; some at teen tnousanu nora- os, with all their provender, tc -ts, ambu lances, artillery, arms to at ieos-t tiie num ber of one hundred thousand, cartridges, powder, e.irtouchc-boses, belts, knapsacks, uniforms, and a thousand little matters bo sides. Many of these things have to lc made for the purposo. The subsistence alone of such an army is an enormous task. If th commanding general were allowed to treat Virginia entirely as an enemy's coun try, the difficulties would he greatly dimin ished, lb could forage his army, in great part, on Virginia grain or grass; the poor inhabitants would be obliged to feed his soldiers, ami the immense stores ot proven der and food he is gathering could be in part dispensed with. But this ho cannot do. I ho irgint ins are our former lellow-citi-zens. Ho must treat them most kindly, and try to win them back to allegiance to the government. This alone makes the cam paign a very different one from most pre vious campaigns. In the Crimean war how many months was it before the armies were in full prepar ation, though the allies had the sea as a mentis of transit, where ono hundred miles offer less obstacles than six miles of Virginia roads. Wo believe the rapidity with which the large supplies havo accumulated at Wash ington, aud two hundred and ten thousand men have been put under arms by the gov eminent in different jiarts of tho country, is something unexampled. General Scott has now secured the power from Congress which was indispensable for this "short"' cam paign, lie has succeeded, owing to the for. illation of new regiments and the promotion to the head of their brigades of army cap tains and colonels, in placing around Wash ington all his favorite and experienced young officers who served with hitn in Mexico, and who will now lead the spirited volunteer rjgimcnts into Virginia. He is advancing his columns slowly, but with the most bril liant success, from Northwestern Virginia on the flmk of the position at Manassas Gap, to unite them ultimately with the grand army a lv.mcin from tho Potomac The victories of McClellan at Rjaring Hon and St. George justify that part of the pro gramme at least. H he: her the attack on Richmond will be inado by this army in a land march, or whether there will lie a sudden return to the water, and a conveyance of a large division by York river, combining with a lorce from fortress Monroe, it is impossible to say. Bat thus far wc have all the conditions ot a grand campaign fulfilled; he ivy columns of men with adiqu it; supplies, and led by the best brigade ont-'crs in ttie American service, marching under a comprehensive plan tow ards the capital and headquarters of rebel lion. Why sliould wo grumble? Lot us wait, and believe that the old hero of many a campaign, now closing a glorious career, with no motive but his country's success, wilt bring this war to the end which all good citizens desire, and that before another spring our banner will float from Richmond, Charleston and New Orleans. Dtc.f iojt in the Case of the Vermont & Canada Railroad. Wc learn tbat by a late decree of Comt the lease of the Vt. & Can ada Railroad t ti c Vt. Central Railroad Co. I, ps bin cot.Crmcd in all its parts. Tho cos-t of construction of the Vt. & Canada It. R., is fixed at 1,340,500, em wbich by the to ire of the lease an annual rent ol eight jM-r cent is payable to tbe stockhe-Idcrs of the Vt. r Canada K. R. By the decree the roads arc to remain in the hands of the present re ceivers and the ire 'ine to lie aid in liquida tion of roii's. The whole amount of back rents witb inter est thereon , i to be paid before any payment is made on the first mortgage bonds of tho Vermont Central Railroad. We believe the rent has not been piid for the last six years. We understand that there arc available means in the hands of the re ceivers, and that the directors can order a 1 per cent, dividend, payable August 1, if they think proper. By a contract between the two companies, dated July 0, 1S50, in caso the rents due to the Vt. & Canada should fall in arrears and remain so over four months, the Vermont & Canada was to have tiie right to enter into jwssession, and to run both roads, and re ceive tbe tolls and apply them to the jay lncnt of the rent, till tho same might be paid. This cntract is adjudged also to lie valid. The possession, inauagcaieot and control of t-ie two roads is ordered to continue in the present receivers, Laurence Brainard, Joseph Clark, and John Gregory Smith, "subject to the order and discretion of the Court, with power of removal at all times." The Decree to which wc refer above was issued from the Chancellor's Court (Lnks 1. Poland. Chancellor.) on the 13th inst., and in conformity to a manditc of the Supreme Court, reversing a Court ef Chancery. former dvroo of the Among the documents lotind at Centre villo was a report from a lieutenant com manding an advance pieket, to Gen. Bon luiui, saying " The sentinels report the ene my is approaching in a considerable body. I shall do my duty if they come." It has been ascertained beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the bruv3 lieutenant command ing faithfully performed liia " duty" by taking to his heels the moment he saw the " enemy approaching." TiiuSE Arhv Wagons. Some of our Ver mont papers speak sharply because Gov ernor F.ukiia: ks got the army wagons for the Third Regiment made in Con cord, N. II., instead of employing soiiu of the good wagon makers of our State to furnish them. People ought to bear in mind that the east side of our State has always considered itself as a sort of append age to New Hampshire; particularly, in the matter of wagons, they have heard so long and so often about "Concord wagons," that they do not generally suppose wagons fit for anything more than to go mill in, can be made anywhere else than at Concord. Wc presume the Governor had no thought of acting otherwise than strictly in accordance with public sentiment in the case. To be serious, though there is no doubt of the magnitude and high character of the large Concord establishments, and that they can turn out sojner a large number of army wagons than any ono Vermont concern can do ; yet, by taking timoby tho forelock, and dividing the work up a little, wo think our Vermont wagon makers could have met tho want in this case, satisfaciorily to tho public service and creditably to themselves. Wc wish they could havo had a fair chance to try- Tue Third Rigwet. Col. Cochran, of Bellows Fall, has been appointed Major of the 3d Regiment by the Governor. When tho rogimcnt was being sworn into the U. S. service on Tuesday, two refused to take tho oath, and were stripped of their uniforms and drummed out of camp. Tho Caledonian says " it was a humiliation they had not counted upon, evidently, or they never would have cut up the courage to have tcfuscd to take the oath. Wo pity the man whoso counu'e fails him at such a moment. The Springfield Republican's Washington Correspondent, under date of July 17, writes as follows : Washixuto-v, D. C, Wednesday, July 17 The Senate will tain itself to death. Some of the leading senators constantly grumble because Gen Scott is so slow, and yet they are in their department of the public business altogether more slow than the ve nerable military chieftain of whom they complain. Besides they talk away their time, while Scott does no such thing. He is ac ting steadily, night and day, though there may not have been any bloody encounters to record within a dozen miles of Washington for a month. But who planned tho cam paign in western Virginia? Did Gen Mc Clellan or (ion Patters in do it? Not at all. They executed, but Gen Scott planned. Walt and see tin's campaign out, gentlemen grumblers, before you decide upon tl.e fit ness of Uen fJjott for his ijsitiott; and of one thing you may Ik certain Gen Scott will not move on till ho gets ready- Upon Richmond I mean, of course, for the cry is "o to Richmond,'"1 as if it were a day's march off, and very easy to bo got at. Some one was reading to the old general the other day a fault finding article from a New York piper, at his request, and when the article wis finished he r. plied, "So long as I am Conimanier of tfic armies of the United States, 1 shall be commander. I am fit or I am not fit for the position, and if the country thinks that 1 am not. I will resign. But so long as 1 am at the head of our troops, I shall direct their movements not nccording lo the clamor of newspaper editors, but ac cording to my own judgment "' I may not have got the exact language, but 1 hare the substance, ot what Gen Scott said. The truth is, the general does not intend to be scolded out ot his plan of tiie campaign by "brigadier generals" or newspaper editors. Who can blame bun? Gen. McClellan is the man of the hour and his name is in everybody's mouth. His j successes have proved two ycry nnjiortant things first, that the Northern troops can fight, and second that the much boasted Southern troops can tun! Put these two very impoitant facts together, and the result of the war is easily ascertained. Remember that 1 don't predict that the rebels are al ways going to run. By no means. 1 have no doubt they will mako some splendid lighting before t e war is over but still they can run from Northern troop, and the Northern men ran tight in tho t.iee of the invincible slaveholders. There is no possible chance that Congress will adjoif n this week. The Senate indul ges in so much discussion that is impossible. The aim now is to get through by next week, and the Senate will probably amend the House resolution of adjournment by striking out F.iday ol this week and insert ing edr.esday ot next. The quicker Con gress adjourns the better. 1 he effect ot a short session upon the country will be ex cellent, and something should be sacrificed for this c fleet. It some of our Senators must speak, let them go home and make war speeches to their people. I am soiry to say that one or two of tiie NVw England delegation arc acting a little doubtfully. That delegation is no longer unbrokcuiy republican. Connecticut sends a couple of democrats, and Cennecticut democracy from time immemorial has been something which the devil hiiuse-lt could not stomach. I believe, however, that both the Connecticut democrats in the Douse arc true and loyal men; but English of New Haven lias given some rather queer votes, lie sits next the Ohio pest, allandigbam , and possibly is uow and then influenced by that honorable gentleman. These are times when men neod watching, and he who plays into the hands ot the rebels knowingly, no matter how, deserves the execration of all loyal men. Our Army Correspondence. I'KOJI TUK SISCOM) ItKCIMHNT. Is Cavf, 6 MILES S. W. or Alrtasdria. ) July 13tb, lsol. 5 Dm Tree Tbcss: We left Washington on tbe Jtb, aud marched to tbe boat for Alexandria. It was a hot mltry day. Many of the men gavo out in the S miles march, overcome with tho heat and the unu-ually sultry air. Some companies bad as many as 30 sick or nnable to carry their knapsacks before we reached this place. Vfe inarched through Alexandria, where tho blood of the gallant Kilswoith stained tho floor of a traitor's house. It would be hard to describe one' feelings as he stands in tbat cwsul house now made desolate by the fol lowers of the youth ful hero and sees the marks of bis blood. Ho seems to hoar a nntmn'n votrr liftrd fnt in laminta lionr for iht dr parte i, thtn in a dtrp nnd solemn vow thnt those precious drops nhimld bt the seal to the "Death Warrant ok Treason," ami that those boirs moutderinj back to dust should be the battle cry of 1,000,000 armed mm! Speak tho names of "Ellsmrlh and Sumpttr" in a battle with traitors, and it will bo worth a while batulnn. We arrircd at our present encampment about 7.30 P.M., July 9th. No sooner bad we left tbe cars than a terrific storm of rain and wind set in. M'o backed our baggago about half a mile, pitched our tents, and laid down to rest. Wo aro tho outer pot ton this route; tbo enemy aro within four miles of us; their pickets aro some times seen. Wo havo been out reoonnoitcring some, and shall soon advance. Our regiment, ml two from Maino and ono of Zouaves, will form a brigade. Wc leavo tents, baggago and all, next time we push on. Wo shall movo on to 1'airfax Court House in a day or two then to Manassas Junction. Wo aro encamped on Com modore I'orcst's farm a secessionist in tho rebel navy. Wctake excellent care of nil his property; not ivtn a rail from his fence has been disturbed, though wc go about a milo for our wood. His mansion is a very fine one, and h guarded to so- curo it from all harm. It woul 1 bo a good plan for Congress to declare all properly tbat belongs to secessionists, confiscated, and sell it to pay tho expenses of tho war. Tho Ellsworth Zouaves are with us. AVc agree nicely. They aro truly a fine, intelligent set cf men, and by no means rowdies. They are the most intelligent regiment, jaue ours, of course, that I have seen. Hut I must close. My timo is almost entirely taken up with the duties of tbe camp; so my let ters must be short and hastily written. Mr. lligclow stopptd with me Ust night. He seems to cnjo7 himself first rate, and "only regrets tnal he it nit a soldiir." Wc shall fill up our regi ment to 1010 men. I want eighteen good fellows for tbo Burlington company. Yours as over, J. T. D. Cakp Clermont, G miles beyond ) Alexandria, Va., July 14. Messrs. Editors : When our Company left Uuilington I was told by many that they should expect to bo in formed as to the wants and necessities of tho com psnv. Acting on this, I writo you to lay before on sotno of our pressing wants. Our rations are always sufficient fcr welt, hearty iRtn. We never fill in having plenty of salt meat and bard bread, coffee, tea and sngar. Eu when I say this, I dt nit say tee have means ti re- invigorate those wvw ttrtngth his left them by sick ness or overworking. The fact is, men may havo enough fcod, Such as a hearty mm can oit, bat yet of ba no good to on whose stomach is weak. It is so with all tho companies. My men aro the freest from sickness of any, and if we bad dried apple?, currants, plums, .lc, with what wo can mako from ft ur, something could be ptovido-I for such men so that Ihoy could relish thoir food anl gain strength. Wo can get no vogctables, so that sonlo of this kind seems necessary. I ask only for the benefit of my company, and those who bavo sons with m will doubtless second my request that somo-.bing be sent to us at ono. I woull suggest that maple sugir alio form a part of tho pickage. Yours truly, J. T. DltKW, In behalf of Co. C, 2d ltegt. Vt. Vol. M. Ho.nors to Gev. Scott. At the Com mencement at Harvard College, on Wednes day last, tho Honorary degree of LL.D. was contcrrcd on Gen. Scott, and also on Gov. Andrew, of Mass. The bestowal of the degree on Gen. Scott was received with grcit S.iHsfiotlnn A t. tln (immpneemoni dinner allusions were made to the subject. Gov. Andrew modestly expressed his regret that Gen. Scott had not been the sole recipi ent of the honor. President Fclton remarked that the first pers-on on whom the college conferred the degree was Gen. Washington, and now the Lst is (Jen. Scott. The allu sions to tho vetoran commander-in-chiel. both at the dinner table ami when tho de crees were announced in church, cilled forth repeated and most enthusiastic cheers. At the close ol his tame speech, ov. An drew uiFered the following toast : 'thniral Scott You have given him a degree at tbe North he will prercntly take several de- . t , i . . r 1 . grees in tno souin, wnerc, as uwwr oi ho will teach rebels oocuicnce. The language of the degree, translated from the Latin, is given as follows : " Tinficld i"cott, emumander-in-chiof, illustri ous for military skill, for virtue, authority and suco:ss, and equally famous for renowned states manship, the devoted friend of peace and buman itv, who defends and upholls, and witb his whole heart loves tbe whole republic out of respect wo have created and publicly proclaimed a doctor, as well of tho law of nature and of nations, as of civil jurisprudence, and have conferred upon him all the privileges anil ncnors pertaining to wu degtee." From John Jay's Speech, July t. ISO I. How the Rebels acquired their Strength. Let me say next a word of the means by which a conspiracy so contemptible in its ori"in, so destitute of moral weight aud of twnular suriport, has attained to us present dimensions, ousting the Federal Government of its jurisdiction in more than half of our national territory to the East of the Rocky Mountains, and obtaining possession of ar senals and navy yards and fortresses, seven teen in number, which had cost ine .Ameri can JieopIO IIIOrB map "even on. 'mis ui (loll.us. On the 29th October, ISoO, beloro the Presidential election, Lieut-General Scott wrote a letter to I'resiacnt i,ucnanan in wbich he referred to the seccss'on excitement which the leaders of the conspiracy were actively fanning a the South, aud remarked that if this glorious Union were broken by whatever line political madness might contrive, there would lie no hopeofreuni- tiniz the fragments, ex?ept by the laceration and despotism of the sword; pointing out the danger, he proceeded vt point outuii prevention : 'f rom n Knowledge ol our aotitiicrn pa pulation." he said, "it is my solemn con viction that there is some danger of an early act of rashuess preliminary to secession, ri.: the seixurc ot some or all ot ine lonowing lKKits. Forts Jackson and Philip in the Mis- . ... , i- sissippi, "jclow -ew urieaiis, "" mioom "arrisons . rort .Morgan, neiow .ioiue. without a garrison ; rorts Pickens and Mcltae, Pensicola harbor, With an insuffi cient garrison for one ; 1'ort I ulaski below Savannah, without a garrison ; Forts Moul trie and Sumpter, Charbston harbor, the former with an insufficient garrison, and the titter without any ; and Fort Monroe, Hamp ton Roads, without a sufficient garrison. In ray opinion all these works should immedia tely be so garrisoned as to make any at tempt to take any oneot tnem, oy surprise or coup dc mam, ridiculous. "With an army faithful to its allegiance and the navy probably equally so, and with Federal executive lor ino next twelve months, of firmness and moderation, which tho country has a right to expect modera tion being an clement of power not less than firmness Ihcro is good reason 10 hope that the danger or secession may lie mado to pass away without one conflict of arms, one execution, or ono arrest for treason.'" tfentlemen, Lieut. General Scott knew well, we all know, that what he recom mended Mr. Buchanan to do. an honest exe cutive might have done. Again and again in the history of our country have attempts been made to resist tho execution ot the laws, and again and again has the Federal Govern ment triumphant, by vindicated its supre macy. The first armed rebellion was mat neaued by Shay in Massachusetts, in the winter of I7S7. The rebels attempted to seize ine arsenal, and were met with cannon that killed three and wounded another ot tiicir number, and the state militia, tinder the command of Gen. Lincoln, routed their forces, taking many prisoners, and peace was cstored not by any compromise, hut oy the enforcement of the laws. As a Lincoln suppressed the first insurrec tion, so will a Lincoln suppress the last. You will readily call to mind other similar occasions where the Federal Government by prompt action, maintained its supremacy unimpaired. First came the Whisky rebellion in Penn- sylrania during the Administration of Wash ington, to suppress which the President called out fifteen thousand men from three different states, led by their gorcrnors and General Morgan, whom U ashmgton at first proposed himself to accompany across the Alleghanics. Next President Jefferson crushed in the bud the opening conspiracy of Aaron Burr. President iMadison, during the war ot 1S14, when doubts wero entertained of tho loyalty of the Hartford conrcntionists, who wero falsely reported to be in correspondence with the enemy, stationed Major Jessup ot Kentucky at Hartford with a regiment to suppress any sudden outbreak. Gen. Jack son, about the same time in New Orleans, proclaimed martial law in consequence of attempts by the ciril authorities to embar rass the necessary measures of defense. President Jackson, in 1832, repressed by tho arm of Gen. Scott, and amid tho hearty applause of tho nation, the defiant nullifica tion of South Carolina; and President Tyler, in 1843, with the approral of shis Secretary, Mr. John C. Calhoun, sent United States troor8 to Rhode Island to sunnress the state rerolution organizod by a majority of the State, but in notation ot the existing btatc constitution, under tho leadership of Gor. Thomas . Dorr. When, in 1860, Gen. Scott, in advance of any outbreak, recommended President Bu chanan to reinforco tho fort3 instead of re commending active measures of interference, such as his predecessors whom I have named did not hesitate to tako, he simply asked of tho President to uo what any intelligent school-boy could see was absolutely proper and essential and what he could accomplish by a singlo word. Mr. Buchanan, guided by his secretary ot War, tho traitor and thiet, John IS. rloyd, relusea to order the rem forccmcnt of the fortresses; all tho forts named by Gen. Scott, excepting Fort Pick ens, were seized by the Confederates ; and on tho fact of their quiet possession, and the aid and comfort thus given to the rebels by the Federal Cabinet, was based tho accession of the traitorous States and the formation f the new Confederacy. Tho lact thus becomes clear as day. that not simply all tho strength tho rebel Confed cracy originally possessed, but its very organ zation and existence, were due not to the rco- plo of the South, on whom without their sanction it was precipitated, nor to the leaders, skillful as they may hare been, who had neither arms nor armies to overpower the uoverr.ment, out tncy were due to the Federal Executive and his advisers of the Cabinet. This fact is so interesting as a matter ni history, it is so important to a right understanding of tho whole subject, aud bears so clearly upon tho question, what is our duty as citizens, and what tho policy of our Government, as regards the tolerance or sup pression of this relcllion ? that you will allow me to quote one authority upon the point lrom among the rebels themselves. The Baltimore Kiaininer, in an elalwrate culoiry of Floyd, who in the extent and infa my of his treachery certainly excelled his lellow traitors in tho Cabinet, makes this plain avowal : "All who have attend d to tho developments of tho last three months and knew aught of the movements of the Buchanan Administration up tr the time of Floyd's resignation, will justify -he assertion that the Southern Confederacy would not and could not lw in existence at this hour, hut for the action of the lain See-iUry of War. "The plan invented by Gen. Scott to stop secession was like all campiigns devised by him, very able in details, and nearly certain of general success. The S luthorn states are full of arsenals and forts, commanding their rivers and strategic points . General Scott desired to transfer the army of the United States to thC forts as spedily and as quiet ly as possible. Ine isjuthcrn estates could not cut off communication between tho Gov ernment and the fortresses without a great fleet, whie.Ii they cannot build for years ; or take them by land without one hundred thousand men, many hundred of millions of dollars, several camjiaigns, and many a bloody siege, Had Scott been able to have got these forts in the condition ho desired them to be, the Southern Confederacy would not now exist." W'AU ITEMS. An official despatch from Gen. McDowell, dated Fairfax Court House, July 17th, says : "Wo haye occupied Fairfax Court House and driven the enemy towards Conterville and Manassas. "We have 1 officer and 3 men wounded. The flight of the enemy was so precipitate that he left in our hands beet, Hour, en trenching tools, hospital furniture, and bag "ae. 1 endeavored to pursue beyond Cen trcmle, but the men were too much exhaust ed to do so." Several members of Cjngress who went on to Fairfax with McDowell's column, and returned to Washington Wednesday night, report that the kirmishers reached Fairfax at 11 30 Wednesday, Jand the advanced guard cnteredthe village exactly at noon. Trees had been felled across the road at three noints to obstruct the march, but they proved lecble impediments Lr. -i. t c.:r. Half a milo this side of Fairfax, an embank ment had been thrown across the road a half mile in length, with embrasures for lor 5 guns, and sand bags for protection, but no guns we-e mounted. There were no pit-falls nor masked batteries The pickets this side of Fairfax retired Wednesday morning about an hour before the head of our column came in sight, leaving the grain bags out of which their horses were fed, and the federal troops fed the grain to their own horses. The rebel troops at Fairfax were drawn up on the west side of the town at nine o'clock, a. m., but made a precipitate retreat. The entrance of the Federal troops into Fairfax is said by these gentlemcu to have been inspirit ing beyond description. The main street was filled as far as the eye eould sec with the soldiery marching with fixed bayonets and loaded guns.cheering for the Union, and the bands playing the " Star Spangled Banner." As s on as the C000 infantry in the col umn had pissed, the cavalry, which was in the rear, dashed through the town on a gal lop in chas of the confederate troops. They followed them four miies toward Ccntcrville, but the great heat preventing a forced march of the infantry, they returned. It is under stood that Centervillo is to be defended by the seeeders. A few buildings were burned by the Fede ral troops a mile beyond Fairfax, on account of a rumor that a soldier had been fired on from them. The column which occupied Faiifax was composed of two brigades, commanded by Colonels I'orteranu uurnsiue, anu conwuueu two battcrici of flying artillery. Tho other olumns of the advancing army arc north and south of Fairfax. There must be at least 50,000 troops on he march under Gen. McDowell, exclusiro of his rcserres. which are still resting around his late entrenchments. Gen. Patterson has moved to Charlestown, northeast of Winchester. On the cast side of Winchester is an eminence which com mands the place, and the north and west sides of the town are strongly fortified. Gen. Patterson will therefore move round to attack th.! rebels on the east flank. Gen. 1'atter- son Thursday morning received information that Gen. Johnston s lorces nau reire-uwu o miles bevond Winchester. Tho ford at Harper's Ferry has been com pleted, thus re-opening communication be tween Maryland and Virginia shores at this Point. Harper's Ferry is to-day occupied by the federal troops. Gen. McDowell's division Thursday occu pied Centrcville .reaching there from Fairfax Court House about 10 o'clock. They halted within half a mile of the enemy s entrench ments, and formed in line of battle expect- in-' a conflict. The scene is represented as grand and imposing. Instead of the smoke of battle for which they were earnestly look ing, they saw tho national Uag hoisted over the town, anu a solitary man running uown the line announcing that the enemy had fled. The band played the " Star Spangled Ban ner," amid the cheering ot tno ieuerai troops. It is said that there were seven or eight thousand Confederate troops at Ccntrcnlle. dispatch from Gen. McDowell at fair- fax Court House Thursday morning.says the axe men cleared tho obstructions out of the roads in a few minutes. "There were cxtcn- lve breastworks at tairfax, and some of them with embrasures revetted with sand ba's. Extensive breastworks were also thrown un at the lairfax R. R. station, and on the road leading to Sangstcrs. A great deal of work had been done by them and tho number and size of their camps show they have been here in great force. Their retreat therefore must have a damaging ctti;ct upon them. They left in such haste that they did not draw in their pickets, who came into one of our camns thinking as it occupied the same place, that it was their own. The oo- struction to the ft. n. in ine ricinuy oi me station, including the deep cut filled with earth, &c, can bo cleared out in a lew hours. The Telegraph poles aro up with wires on them. I look to having telegraph communi cation in a very short time. Much flour, arms, forage, tents, camp equipage, &c, wero abandoned by them. Tho left of Gen. McDowell's Division, un der command of Col. Heintzelman of tho 7th Infantry, comprising the brigades of Cols. Franklin, Willcox and Howard, proceeded without any difficulty, lrom Alexandna,over tho Old rairiaxitoaa, ana reacnea oangs.i Station, 18 miles from Alexandria Wednes day, driving tho rebels beforo them. Col. Wilcox reached Fairfax Station and captured 10 rebels there. When Col. Ueintzleman reached tbo forks of tho road, 2k miles from the station, a camp was found, with the fires still burning, and there was every evidence of their hasty retreat, quantitiesof iresh beef, corn, &c, being left behind. All the masked batteries so much talked of and which rendered tho leaders of our forces extremely careful on tho forward movement, turn out to bo nothing more than Infantry breastworks of tho meanest stylo ot construc tion. A fight took place "Wednesday three miles this side of Fulton, Mo., between Colonel McNeil with, about 600 men, and Gca. Har ris with a forco estimated at about 1000. Twelve cf the federals were wounded, sev eral secessionists killed and tr hundred tiken prisoners. The enemv were tom p'ete'r routed. The remains ol the rebel General Garnctt, killed at St. George, will be taken to For tress Monroe and conveyed under a 11 ig of truce to Richmond. When the Fourth Mass. Failed from For ties Monroe for Boston, care had to be taken by the authorities to prevent the carryint: of contrabands, several of whom were smug gled on board the vessel. The government have decided to occupy Fort Lafayette, in the Narrows, New York Harbor, as a military prison for rebel and traitorous army and navy officers captured during the reMlion. The location is ndmi- rably adapted for the purpose. A full com pany oi regular infantry, in charge of two officers, haye been quartered in Urn fnrfc. nn.l are engaged in preparing it for the reception of prisoners. Orders will soon be issued to forward all officers captured by the united States forces to this military prison. The vowels composing the Gulf Squadron are now stationed as follows R. R. Cuyler at Galveston : So'ith Carolina, and armed sehosncr Aid, at Berwick Biy; Brooklyn, 1 owhatan and .Massachusetts, at the raoutn of the Mississippi , Mi--isjippi, St. LouiJ, and Ilunt-viIIe, tit Mobile; Water Witch, at Fort Pii-kens or Pensacola; the Wyandotte. at ths Eist end of R-oa Hand ; Mohawk, at St. Mark's; Montgomery, at Apalachicola; Ni igara and Crusader, cruising around the Island of Cuba for the privateer sumtcr. Col. Bocrnstcin, at St. Louis, has an nounced that ho will administer no more oaths of allegiance, but keep all prisoners confined until they can bo released without detriment to the cause of the government. A messenger from Col. Bocrnsiein to Col. McNeil was arrested while on his way to 1-niton and bis lift, threatened. lie was, however, finally released. The messenger swallowed the dispvtches. Bull's R'in, where the first encounter be tween the U. S. troops and tho rebels toMc place, is a stream running into the Oeoo quan River, about three miles from Manassas Junction. Here those who wer driven back fr.tu various places between Fairfax Court House and Ccnterviile made a stand, and were reinforced by five regiments from Manassas. Thursday night, after the firing had ceared, Gen. Schcnck's brigade proceeded up tho Gainsville road with a view to flank the position of the three ni.ro prominent bat teries, which had opened our troops. Tho Confederates during the battle at Bull's Run, were altogether concealed by the woods, ravines and intrenchmcnts, from which tluy directed their fires. It has been ascertained that the confed erate troops abandoned the first battery beyondCentrcville before the federal troops re tired Thursdaynight. The loss on our side was comparatively small. Some are missing and are supposed to have straggled away or to have been taken prisoners. Thirteen prison ers were captured by the Federal troops, and are now at Washington. A desr-atch from Gen. McClellan, dated Beverly, 10th. says one of Col. Dix'd regi ments, the 2nd Kentucky, defeated and drove 050 of Wisa's men out of Barbourville on the 10th. The California steamer Northern Light, which leaves Aspinwall next week, is to be convoyed by the Keystone State, fbr fear of privateers. The Northern Light will bring 82,000,000. Orange Covstv Nominations. The Re publicans of Orange County have determined to stand by their principles and their orga nization. They have put in nomination tbe Republican ticket of last year, as follows : HORATIO BROCK, t.c:,nat0 ZENAS L. UPIIAM, znMri- L. HINCKLEY,) j j E. L. TRACY, fJUU-M R. FAR Nil AM, Jr. State's Attorney AV. T. GEORGE, Sheriff. K. D. BENNETT, High Bailiff. JUDGES OF l'ROBATE. P. C JONES, Randolph District. ALEXANDER II. GILMORE, Brad ford District. TliAffft ft VC nil rrruA nnl tfUQ IHCD. &Dll CO jluv-c e ; - nrnsccution of the war. Their enemies can say nothing against them unless it be that they deem Republicanism not inconsistent un a uciermiueu cum w n..t-r. fW,n t'nn Tieril.s into which save iuu veiuunj - a - , it has been brought by the slaveholder rebellion. freeman. Wirrnr TIIC Ti VTTI.C TOOK PLACE. LC. Much ignorance exists around as to the exact locality of Gen. McClellan 's important en gagement, which we proceed to clpar up, ks follows: The battle took place at what has hereto fore Iiecn teimed in the newspapers tho r -mrM TI ill intrenenments of the secession ists, where ex-Captain (U.S.A.) Pegtam was in command of some 2000 to 2500 of what was known as ex-Major (U. S. A) Bob Garnett's division of the army of (Jen. Henry A Wise. Laurel Hill is not a mere knob, but a long ridge or rib of the Alleghanics, extending for'at least a hundred miles im length. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad pierces it by means of the celebrated Kingwood Tunnel, the longest in the world. It stretches down in a direction a little West of South, to tho head waters of the Kanawha, there called the Greenbrier river. The main turnpike leading to Staunton over which Wise's army passed from Eastern Virginia to thus get whipped out of their .boots runs along Laurel Hill's base. Leadsville, Beverly and Huttonvillo are situated on that turnpike. Washington Star. Received a Kicking. On Saturday night a tall, nondcscriptal specimen of humanity endcred Monument Square as tho band at tached to Col. Lylo's regiment was playing the " Star Spangled Banner." Alter tho tunc had been played, our hero began hiss ing, and called for "Dixie.' A soldier standing near, handed his gun to a comrade, and, approaching Dixieite, gavo him an ex cellent kickiug. Tho operation was wit nessed by several hundred persons, who were highiy amused at the Operation, lhxie slnnk away from the neighborhood looking as mean as a sheep-stealing ciz. Baltimore Clipper. It is said on authority of a gentleman from Richmond, Thursday, that there are only 12,000 rebels at Manassas Junction, bat that tho defences aro elaborate and extensivo. There were, however, 150 railroad cars at the depot, which had arrived from Richmond Einco Sunday. On that day General Bean regard went to Richmond, whena military consultation was held, after yrbica.tbtt.rail road cars were dispatched to the-Jur;.ion. In the opinion of the gentleman who firings this news, a retreat to Richmond has been decided upon, where a great stand will prob ably b made. Ix , Fifteen mora regiments are now being clustered into the 17. S. service in Pennsyl vania. A portion of these regiments will ba sent to General Patterson's division, and tig remainder will ho ordered to Washington.