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Au g . 5, 1861.

E d s .A m e ri c a n : Th e defeat of tb e

Fe d eral forces at“ Bull R un” ha s af­-

fected mo st dis astrously th o co m m er ­

cia l i n ter est s of ' t bis c ity^

- au d - dai l y- t h e

evi denc es o f it are seen. Dur in g t h o

pas t week m any of th e gr e a t m er c a n­

tile bouses, that until n ow bad w e ath­

ered tbe storm,

w er e forc ed to suc cumb

to tbo tim es . Th e m o s t i m p or tant of

th e failures w ere tho se of C la flin , M e l -

l e n & Co., R u s h m o re , C o n e & C o , B o o th

& T u ttl e,

& c . Tb e gr eat Br oadw ay

firms still hold out, but w h e n houses

lik e those w h oso honored D a m e s I h ave

g iv e n above, are forced to susp end,

no

one k now s or can p red ic t w hat nam e s

are to be ga z e tte d iD the su c c ee ding

chapter.

Congress has re spond ed to tho c al l of

t h e p r e s id e nt , b y votin g th e m e an s of

carryin g on the war and men in as

gr eat num b ers aa tbe m ost d evoted lo v­

er of the U nio n could as k for, an d is

now ready to adjourn.

Gov. M o r c a n has iss ued h is p r oclam a­

tion cal li n g for 2 5 ,00 0 moro troops from

th is State, in accord anc e w ith a r e q u i ­

sition frem the War D ep ar tm e nt, and

voluntoers are offering th e m s e l v e s as

freely as und er the first call. I tb in k

that m ost of the three m onths men

will volunteer, forming n e w o r g ani za­

tions ; it is quite certain that under tbe

officei-3 of somo of tbe re turnin g r e gi ­

ments the mtyi will not s e r ve a g ain,

al­-

though p er fec t ly ready to servo the ir

country pro v id ed they can have c o m p e ­

ten t officers to c om m an d them. Th e

13th rcgimcHt of Brookl yn ; the 8th

and 12th ol N e w York, re turn ed h o m e

last week Returning soldie rs all, co m ­

plain of havin g been s ta r v e d and s w in ­

dled in eve ry con ceivab le manner. For

instance a reg im ent of soldiers r e tur n­

ing ftom Wash in g ton is usually, at least

forty ti g ht hours on the route, and dur ­

ing thn timo, in tlie case o f every rcgi-

incut from this city, no rations are g i v ­

en out to the meu nt all, nnd in con-c -

qucucc th ey nre forced to g o.

h u n gr y

It is well known that Gov e r n m ent pro­-

vides the means ler fe ed in g the soldier.-,

Got li on goin g lo, nnd retur ning from

the seat o f war, the refore s o m eb od y is

making a good thin g out of the return-

ing soldiers. Tho m em b er s uf th e 71st

'regim ent of thi-, city, cncli c l ai m s ns

J tlieir duo on bein g muster ed out of tho

servico, tho sum of $ 4 i’>,20, but when

■they s igned tho pay roll on S atur day ,

they received hut $-’3, w hich w as sup-

posi-d to by in full f.ir serv ic e in tiio 1.

F Army. Wh en tho men were p aid in

Wash ington they were mado to pass

through two rooms ; in tlio fir*t cf

per po und ; coffee tbr ae and a half cts . ,

an iU au gar tw o eta. All in com es o ver

$800 p er ye ar ar e to p a y to the Go y e rq v

m ent th r e e p er cent, aa d fo on. H e w

is it, cab pr inter s s tan d th a t laat t a x 7

Vessels arriv e d a ily from s e a an d re-

Eloquent Speech o f Hon. Jo oep h H o l t .

T h i s d i stin gui sh e d and^ el oquent ci t i ­

zen o f K entuck y,

h a s - r e c ent l y m ad e a

sp eech to a b o dy of K entuck y soldiers,

pr ep ar in g to fi gh t i a beh alf of th e U n ­

ion—I t ia . t h r i l l in g , p a tr i o t i c an d in .

s p i r in g .

W e g i v e a few extr a cts j

H a ve no fear s a s to the vi gor ou s an d

u l t i m ate ly su cc e s sful p ro s ecutio n of thin

war ; and feel no alarm ei th er as to th e

exp enditu re i t m u st in vol ve or as to

those star tli n g ste p s, see m in gl y sm ack -

iog o f the e x e r cis e of ab solute authori­-

ty, w hi ch tbe A d m in i str at i on m ay bo

forced from ti m e to time to take . W h i le

doub tles s all p o s sib le econ o m y will b e

ob s er ved it is ap p ar ent th at no consid ­

erations of th at k in d can b e p erm it ted

for a m oment to modify tb e policy th at

has b een r e sol ved upon. W h en th e

life o f tbe p ati e nt is confe s s e dl y a t

stake,

it would b e as u nw is e as it w ou l d

be in hu m an t e d is cus s th e question of

the p h y s i c i a n ’s fe e before su m m o ni n g

him to the b ed s i d e . * * *

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our d o t and w e far t hard, b u t ‘tI r etur n

my th a nk s to yoti for offering su ch kind-

m i s,

th ou g h I w ill not ask ao much of

ytu . I f y o a w an t to cam e hare teU

C__. t h at y ou w an t t h e password,

and b e eareful to h el d your'oafa.* *

Your friend,

, mango gmegiWar Intelligen ce

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War Items.

There i s nothing star t l ing In the On W e dne s day last a U S. gun-boat

ar r i ved at Ph iladelphia , with 3 6 rebel

prisoners, tak e n from a rebsl w a r vessel

by tho St. Lawrence. Tb o r eb el vessel,

tho Aiken, fir ed at the St. Lawrence, and

sh e r atur ned a broadside, s ink in g the

re b el, Uk in g ell but 5, prisonere.

nows from the s ea t of w ar . Tr oep s are

c on s tantly ar riv in g at W a s h in g ton , and

-every -th in g j s b ein g p u t in t h e most

thorough order.

Gen. Cox, in a dis p atc h to Gen . Ros’

e nc r a n s,

announces th e r e tr eat of Gov.

Wis e^

an d his c o m m a n d from Genley

Bridge to L ewis bu r gh , w her e he was

exp ected to make a stan d . Before bis

retreat h e entirely d estr oy ed Ganley

Bridge, m ak in g i t neces sar y to con­-

struct a n ew one beforo Gen. Cox’s

command cpuld follow. The Governor

le ft behind him a thousand muskets and

a qua ntity o f powder.

Gen. M c C l e l l a n has estab li sh ed his

head qu ar ter s in Wash in gton , ond is

rapidly brin ging order out of th e chaos

which fo llo wed tbo d isa ster at Bull Run.

Th e chain o f pickets haa been extended

up tho Po tom ac , and now reach es to

those of Gen. B a n k s , at H ar p er ’s Ferry,

and other important m ea su re s have

beon a dop te d , calcu lated to giv o assur­-

ance of tb e safoty of the Capital.

Thero ar e rumbrs from Missouri which

i f true in d i c ate tbo prospect o f aD on-

countcr b etw een the F ed er al troops,

and tbe rebels. Gov. J a c k s o n has been

deposed, an d a new order of thing s in­-

stituted. T h e S tate Co nvent ion, called

together b y Gov. J a c k s o n , baa deposed

the Governor, Lieut. Governor and S ec ­

retary of State, and has elec ted the fol­-

lowing as State officers : Governor,

H a m i l t o n R G a m oi . e , of St. Louis ;

Lieut. Governor, W i l l a r d P . H a i .l ;

Secr etary of State,

M o r d i c ai O l i v e r

The Governor has is sue d a Pro clama­-

tion in st itu tin g m easure s calculate d to

keep tho S tato in the Union nnd pre­-

servo its q uictudo.

Qreene, Thursd ay , August 8,

1861.

Th e W a y“ Peac e Men” T al k !port h a vin g b een ehased b y privat eers .

Our w a r v es s els have not had much

luck y e t in tak i n g any of th e p ir ates.

A u s ti n E . S m i th , son of Ex -Gov ernor

"E xtr a Billy S m i th ,” of V ir gin ia, ar r i v ­

ed in the Northern Lightfro m California,

on F r iday .

He w as im m ediately tak e n

in cu s tod y and tran sferred to Fort L a­

fayette . Mr. S m i th , was t h e late N av y

A g en t at San Franci sc o, a defaulter ,

and is a strong S e ce s s ionis t.

Considerable e x c i tem en t w as m ani ­

fested y esterd ay ow ing t o an a no ay -

mous poster th at w a s d istr ibute d a b o ut

the c i ty , w itho ut s i gnatur es oHmp r int,

w a r n in g Southern s y m p ath i z e r s to l e av e

the c i t y , and notify in g the three S ec e s ­

sion organs n o w issued he r e to b ew ar e ,

or editor s will b e as si gn ed to the m to

pre serv e tbe pub l i c Welfare, and g i v i n g

notic e from th is date of th e author ity

of the people to organize a new system of

legislation suited to the times. The p la car d

ends a s follows : ODe w i l l ! One w a y 1

Ono country 1 W o have b egun to act.

From thel cague of lo y alty,T h e P e o p l e .

Yours, & c, U n io n .

C h a s . N . El l io t t. F e ace— A gentleman from Chenango

county informs us, that tbe friends of

peace th er e have fully armed them s elv es

to pro tec t thoir pro p erty and lives from

tho threatened atta ck of thp Republi­-

cans.—D ay Book

W a s h i n g to n , July 23, 1861.

Bear Brother: Las t Sunday was a day

w hich I shall l ong remember, as will

m any others. W e Were marched to

thh p la c o called Bull Run, where w e

fired into . t h em and they at us as hard

ns t h ey could, but they had sucji on ad

v anta g e that they cut our troops all to

p ie c es and wo retreated, they firing in ­

to us.* Wo gat back to a hill and laid

down, and then w e got up nnd went at

them 'again. They were toe much for

us, for they drove us oJV tlie grouHd

Out of tbo re giment that I am in there

are 30 0 ar.d over killed. The Colonel

was s h ot hut not killed. All tho boys

that w e nt from Coventr y have got back,

but I doQ’t think thero are any of them

but w hat got hit somcw hercs. Pole

Elliott got his p ant s most ail shot eff ef

bim, and others were hit, but not bad

enough to lay them up I think the

next b attle will be at Arlington Heights

b ut it is hard tolling. * * TIhv

havo got moro men than any one tho t

of, ond they hav e gol to he taken in a

different shape. I don't thmk our com ­

pany will sec an y more act.on very

Boon, as it is b adly cut up. I think it

will b e kept as a guard iu camp* *

* * It was tho Lardrjt fight ever

foug ht in this country . No ono knows

how m any wero killed on either side,

but I hope there is as many of them as

of ours, (or after the Doctors Imd dress­-

ed tho wounds of our men and taken

them to tlio hosn.tals, they came up

and Killed them ml 'lirnt is enough to

show wbat the devils will do

Truly yours,

The A u gu s ta (Ga.) Chronicle w in ds

up its jubilation over theb a t tl e o f Man­-

as sas thus :“ Heaven smiles on us, on

ou r arms, and on our cause ! Then on­-

w a r d ! F el l o w the Pre sid ent, gallant

Jeff. Davis, w he leads th e centre. N o w

for W as h in gton 1”

11 is bv such miserable subter fu ges ,

such b eld nnd w ick ed falsehoods, that

the s ec es s ion organs are endeavoring to

stir up a“

reaction” against tho Union

s entim ent ef the N orth.

Th e“ friends

of p eac e ,” as the D ay Bookchoos e s to

stylo th e small s qu a d of s y mp ath iz er s

with rebellion who infest th i s region,

aro in no danger in respect to tlieir

lives or prbportv, ond they kno w it

There are no 1threatened attack s ex ­

cept tho attack of public opinion. Tbis

is coming down upon them w i th uner­-

ring c ertain ty , coupling th eir names

with disloyalty, an d forever s tam p in g

them as men who w ould c o ns ent to the

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destruction of our Union. W e fancy

we see th ese in tere stin g" p e ac e men,"

“fully arm ed” with a copy of ti i e N. Y.

fWu-j in one hand and tho D ay Book iB

tho oth e r — en deavorin g to s tay the tide

of public contempt b y shouting“ State

Rights,’’“ Unconstitutional W a r ,” "Abo

litiou Cr usad e” an d similar fe eb l e argu­

When Gov. Sprague’s horse w as shot

u n der him, ho shouted'*” I am not dead ;

forward, boy s, for the honor o f Rhode

Island 1” .

One of th e wounded at the b attle of

B ul l ’s Run w or e a watch, aad th e Minie

b all which wounded the soldier in the

shoulder, lod g ed io th e w atc h, finally

im b edding its el f among tbe works.

"E ll s w o r th !”—In the late b attle,

tbo

Fir e Zouaves, at each fire, aa th ey would

p e r cei v e the rebels fall, w o uld exclaim

“E ll s w o rth 1”

W h e n you en ter the S o uth , pr es*

li gh tly upon b er gardens and fields £

guard sa cre dly h er homes ; protect, i f

need b e, at th e p oin t of y o u r b a y on ets,

her in stitu tions and her c o nsti tuti onal

rights, for y ou w i l l thereby not only re-

spoBd fully to t h e spirit a n d objects o f

this w ar , but y ou will exer t over aliker

the oppressedP&nd the in fatuated p o r ­

tion of her p e o p l e , a p o w er to w h i ch

the m o st brill iant of your m il it ar y su c ­

ces s e s might not attain.

B ut when y ou meet in battl e ar r ay

thos e atrocious co nspirators, who, at

the hea d of ar mie s and thr ou gh w o e s

unutterable, a re se eking the ruin of our

com m on c o untr y, rem ember that s in ce

the s w o r d Gam ed over th o portals of

Para d is e until now , it has been dr awn

iu n o holier c a u s e than th at in w h i c h

you are en gaged . R emember, too, th e

milli ons w hose heart s aro break in g u n ­

der the an guish ef this ter r jb le cr im e,

and then s tr ik e boldly, str i k e in tbe

p ow er of tru th an d duty, str ik e w ith a

boun d nnd a shout

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well as su r ed th at

your blows will fall upon ingrates , a nd

traitors, and parricides, w ho s e lust for

p o w er would m ak e thia br i gh t land on o

v.ist Golgotha, ra th er thnn be balked of

tlieir guilty ai m s,and m ay tho Gcd of

your fathers g i ve you the vic tory.* *

S p eak in g o f th o di.A*ter at Bull Ru n

i he s ny s : \ \ hen>riji^Jook a w a y to

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c e n e of carnnjfe, ull s t r own with th e

b odie s ot patr i ot i c men w h o cou r ted

death for themnelvcs, that their cou ntr y

n v ght live, nnd then look upon the

h om e s whieh their fall has re ndered

d e- o lalo forever, wc r ealiz e— ivlmt I

thin k tlie p o pular heart in its forbear­-

a nc e has never com pletely com pr ehend­

e d — the unspeakab le and hellish ntroci-

tv of this rebellion. It is a perfect s a t ­

urn ali a uf dem onia c p ass ion. From th o

re dd ened w at er s of Hull R un nnd from

th.-g..i v field of Mnna-sas, there is n o w

goin g up an ap p eal to G o d and lo mill-

i u i i s of rxn«p erat ed men ag ainst th os e

fien ds in hu m an shape, w b o , drunk en

ivn b the or gie s of un infernal am b ition,

are filling to its bruit tho cu p of a nn-

. Woe, w e e,1 s ay ,

to

t lic - o traitors w h e n thi* ap p eal all a 1 bo

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A Zouave h ad his b an d s bat off, but

re marked —"I have another y et,

nnd

can fight on 1” An oth er re ceived a ball

in bis side, aD d ' i m m ed i ately asked a

comrade for a ch ew of toba cco ; b ut ho

so on fainted from a lo s s of blood. S abbath School Teach ers’ State Con-

vention.A poor litt le dru m m er boy w as cut

co m pletely in two b y a canister shot

w hich stru ck him just under tlio arras.

A piercing“ Oh !” em it ted in childish

treble, the soldiers near him s a y , w as a

sou n d tbat will ri ng in tbeir ears for

life.

ments against the n ecossily of sustain­-

ing the Govern ment. They c r y "Stop,

the W ar ,” while tr a i tor s arc thunder in g

at the gato s of tlio C ap i tol—t h e y whino

out " Compromise,” while J e f f . Davis

and liis rebellious ho r d es scout tho very

idea—they st igm atiz e the war a s a "Re­-

publican war,” w h i l o three fourths of

the oP.ieers und a lar ge proportion of

the rank and filo ar o Democrats ; and

while (renj D emoc ratic statesm an of the

North pronounces i l necosaary and just,

and gives it his h ear ty sup p or t, they

urgo tho support aD d circulation of se ­

cession organs—and y et they claim to

bo "Uni on mon” par excellence They

hove no word of con demnation for tho

\ filiations of the Constitution when

traitors attempt to subvert th e Gov ­

ernment, but nre l ynx eyed to discover

T h e S abbath School T eacher s of tho

State of N ew York will convene i n the

Pr esb y ter i an Church, in B in gh am ton,

on Tues day,tbe 20th da y of A u gust

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1801,

at 4 o’clock, P. M.

Tim: itr.i. k Fo wl er

The evc)j-fing will be devo ted to R e ­

ports and Addres ses from exp er ie nc ed

Su nday School men.

Tho Convention will probably con­

t in ue through W edn es d ay and T hur s ­

da y, 2 1 s t and 22d. ^

Some th ir ty w agons are our wholo

loss, half of which w ero loaded with

provisions and half w ith ammunition.

An Ala b am a Captain, who w as taken

prisoner, dec la re d, beforo dy ing of liis

wounds, that the forces at and about

Manassas w er o 110,000.

A g entlem an who s aw m any of our

wounded as they w er e borno off the

Geld on Fun day , Bays not ono of them

uttered either groan or mu r n nr

A Union man liv i n g near Fairfax as ­

sured our soldiers ho had socn tbe e n ­

trenchm ents at Manassas, and that there

wero niDO miles of ba tte rie s thore.

WasniNuroN, July 23, 1SG1.

„Dear l'nthcr : It is with a feeling of

tho d eep est budr-.1--) that 1 seat m y ­self to write th e- e few Iiue3 to vuu.

S un day last is a day .that v..!! tong bo

remembered by mo and t..ou ands of

others. It w as this dnv we had th e

fight at Bull Run This place is in tbo

hands of the rebels U'u wero uiaroh

od to tlio batt le field about 10 o’clock

in th e mornintr, and tho battlo lasted

until 4 in the uln.uri-n Wo wire to

have 00,00') m<-ii and hnd i-n!v lyiiOOThe rebels had ■u nOO meu We foughttill tho order to retreat w.n glvdi, then

we retreated and loll tho fi.oid, much to

At For tr es s Monroe no a cti v e move'

ments have taken place. It is p osit iv e­-

ly state d that Gon. W o o l is to havo

command of that dis tric t and that Bn-

l e r is to co oporato w ith M c C l e l l a n

T h o Children of tho S ab b ath S c h ools

will ho called together on Thur s d ay nf-i

tcruoon.

Delegates from ull p o in t s on th e Erio

and Syracu so and Birghmnto n Rail

ro a ds, will p a y full faro going tow ar d s

Bingh am ton, and receive free p as ses to

re turn, by cull in g 011 th e S - cr c i a r v of;

the Convention

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inst. at D u g Spring, 19 m ile s south of

Springfield Mo, b etw e en the National

forces uDder Gen. L y o n , and tbo rebel

troops under B e n M c C u ll o u g h , in which

eight of th e former w ere killed and 30

wounded, nnd 40 of tho lnttor killed and

4-1 w ounde d. Gen. L y o n took 80 stand

of arms nnd 15 horses nnd w agon s A

troop of United S ta tes Cavalry, 270

strong, m a de a ch nr go upon a body of

rebel Infantr y, said to have b een 4,000

strong, cut t in g their w ay th rough aod

routing thorn, w ith a loss of only Gvo

inon The cliargo w a s a m o s t gallant

and terrib lo one, several of tlie rebels

being found with tlieir heada cloven en­

tirely through The e nemy retired du ­

ring tbo night, nnd Gen Lvov took pos-

bCf.-lon e f tbo field. Anothe r battle

was m om entarily exp ected , tho enemy

being in largo forco w est of Springfield

our r c g r i ’, I- -

tho rebel-. In tho first

placo wc wi re iu n.''Uil'T to fight Most

of onr troops wero t,:. .1 vuup lr icl y nut

Somo of them u.arC:.'d _'i miles before

wo g o t there O.i' regiment msrelicrl

from 2 o’ciuck t,.r i; giit bu! cc t.1 1 0

tho n ext ciav, and the I"-' 2 mil's w e

run. Wo w ere very t.ird, b i t not

6cared. F-if.ico it to t.iy m* n ore whip

ped, or dr<>vn ba' k

I will try to g ive \ '■ i a li ’ nf tin

nam es of tl.e wonude.l nnd d. id in our

companv, lor tha t t* a-far i.-

I fear Uni i.pcv.ccr is ninur,--the l-i-t

Wili iam l l tn r v Parker, is de.nl .''-m’i

Estabrouks :< dead

n n go

the leas t imaginary deviation from tho

strict letter of tlio law, on th e part of

tho Administ rat ion whilo it is striving

to preserve the U ni o n from utter des

truction " liittids of I ’cacc," forsooth !

Every word th e y utter w oul d , if it

could reach tlieir ears, oncourngo tho

rebels in tlieir atr oc ious des igns. They

nre daily giving "aid nnd com fo r t” te>

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tl.e er.ernv, ns fur ns tbeir influence cx

tend1*, and yet, u nde r Iho liberality of

cur in'-t-lutions, t h ey aro perm itted , un-

mol. >-ted, to th us nttcmpt t« paralyze

All Eva ngelical Pas tors arc in v ited to

be pre sent nnd tako p a rt in the delib cr

atioiis, and cv c r v S ab b ath School is re-;

queste d to Pond d ele gates lo repr esonl

the m in Convention

Capt. D o w ney , of tho Fire Ziua ves,

being overpo w e re d b y number", threw

down his arm s nnd surrendered.“ We

take no prisoners, d— n ye,”

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ply, and ho wns li tera lly bh>wn to pie

ces, no less than six te en ba'ls enterin g

his body.

Col. J am es Cameron, of IV nn i y h nnia,

and brother to S ecr etary Cameron, fed

gullantly fighting, at the bend uf Id-

1 reginiont, the S ev e nty ninth. Highland >

at tlie m om e nt when fivo of his cap ta in s

were shot down, l i e was strurk by

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Senator Breckinridge v is its rebel

Dele gates w ho de.-ign to nttond this

Convention, arc r r q u o t ed lo send their

^n a m es by-mail to R l k ’S K. Amoky, E-q.,

1C ounty F ecret ' i r y , n t ll .n ghi w ii ton, N

; Y ,lcTurc the l-'/h <] iv c f Augu - t .

S itu ate d S ) l u - . i r u-" , wc havo no

1 i'ibt li. it L11i~ ( 'or. v» :il ion will 1)0 well

at t o n,;i ,j , r„ m t |,,Hf,

etion . ’which th e y rrc, ived $2 0 , in the s e c o n d

tig v paid fiv e dollars to som eb o d y fur

some pu rp u-c, said to b e for ruu-ie 83.1

and for their p antaloons $2 ll is well

known that tho clo thin g was purchas

cd frco o f cos t to the r e gim ent and to-

gether w ith the tax for mu-ic tlio men

con-idir tiicmsi'lvc.s hu g ely 6w i n d li d .

—~-—-—— —-¢-o <--

L i l t of Jur o r s.

Th e cn-i :n of our cm-'.nnv, h’-name

was Park", v..i--I. t i . u g l i tl.e l. eir t

by a Minnie r.:L b..',l (> ,c M . aw l ey

w as hit bv a c.ien •» ball in the foot

Frobnbly l e l>3 1 to death Our t'olo

nol was bad'.v v. .--mooii in tl.e thighIt w as broken t-vi.-e ; they llnnk lie

will rccovrr. 1 h- po be w .11, Iir lie is

as fine a man r.« ever I v.-d n: the u or Id. 1..............................................................

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Ono Churl, s 1V.n ! 1.N e 1-. >n i

tl.e efforts of l oy a l men ; and though

the Pay Book m ay attem p t to rouse

them to further acts of d is lo y al ty by

telling thorn that they nro" llirc atoned,’

nnd m ay posaib’y succeed in making

some poor ign orant fouls believe that

pf-r*o:ial v io lenc e is contem p l ated

ugain d them, y e t it will fail after nil to

accomplish its h elh -l i purpose. A co l ­

lision be tween Uni on men an d disloyal

camo verv near be mg hi'.b <1 bv a gr ap e

i h ot It just n.i-si-n his urrit and tbat

Is all. Ad nf Wujnd.-il that w ere j citizens, with th e •■f.iug'iiter of a few o f

left on the fie.d ti.o uln-" ec nrict nnd(^sntfUitc8 w ou l d bo a god send to tb o

killed, ruMiin; tlnir hn’i'iiirts Ih.tviyh them i,

Napoleon 1. i.utt had tlm seal of his 1 1,1,1 }°°

breeches shnt off llo turned around to |

load, nnd a cannon h.iii took off hi- 1

breeches as i b on ne.u-s the ri^ht hip

ns it could bo dune with the sh ears

Ou t of 94 men in our company nnlv 55

are gono Foino companies eati't count

4 0 men W e are these alive i in Uarnp

Andorsan After tlio fight they fo llo w­

ed us roost to Wash ington. Jusb thin k

of marching 40 miles in about 18 hours,

an d being ch as ed by somo four timos

It w i . l not bo ncco m m oda

lod Public contempth the o nly puni s h ­

m ent which is nt present b ein g m eted

out to those i tn ' i ' j us w b o oppose th e

(iovernmant. How lung before th e

time will corce when o ther steps will

need to bo tak en,

of courso we can not

say . W o bop o never.

1 ur. P.i" G--t • i; i I o n — G cut es

W UKr.-, of the S>,,t,i of t'ir Tunci, sttri-.Drawn for th e Circuit nnd Oyer and

Terminer, to b e held on th o 2d d s y of

Sc ji tr inber, l'-'.il.liiitcs the

p a ni c a m o n g c ir t r c e n s nt

B u i . ll-iii t o t h e i r g n la r s lie s u v s in

The Tariff and Dire ct T ax Bill.prisoners nnd openly sym p ath i zes w ith

them nnd their cau-p

Tbo /jOUBTegi u k i n „ono b fll.

I .l ! * \ |l JURong

JriiI e —.1 olin I' L a n d e r s

.Stewe

ll.

W . Davis, J o h n

<i a i 'licit —Y ou eg H

<liftin' — Sti-plu-n

avi rv ml:.i i*.e r n d i n U r es t i n g accoun t

uf llip li a t ’ Io, o f w i n c h l ie wh s an pvo

wi tnc""

, t h at tlio W e s t P oint b a t t er y ,

Tli is hill, consid er abl y modified, has ;

becomo a law. Tho prop osod tax on

silver an d gold w atch es and pleasure

carriages, and tho ex cis e upon domestic

liquors w as all stric ken out. It pro-i

vidcs for additional dut ie s upo n num er­

ous artic le s A m o n g the . important

ones \^e notice tho fo llo w in g :

On t ea 15 c e nts per pound ; upon

euffce, 4 cents ; upon unrefined sugars,

2 1 2 ce nts, ngninst throe-fourths of a

cent p er pound und er tho old tariff ;

upon rcfinod sugars , 4 c en ts instead of

2 ; up o n silks tho rnte of increnso is ful ­

ly 10 p e r cent., av er ag in g now nbout

40 p er c c ot ad valorem. On brandy nnd

distilled liquors tbe incr ease is about

25 per cent. There appea rs to have

been no reduction of dut y on any a r ­

ticle.

Tlm ld 'li ro^iment N Y F. M,

re­-

turned from Ilnrp er ’s Ferry, on Thurs-|

d ay ; th ey wer e full forty t i gh t Lours!

on tho route, nnd d ur in g the t i m e no

rations w ere served lo the men : hut

whon s tarvation w as staring the m in

the laco at Philade lphia, the citize ns

canio and f.ii'ui.-hed tlie star v in g nnd

weary men a bountiful lunch. I could

fill ray letter with j i=t such in stances

of the sham eful manner in w h i ch our

bravo vo lu ntee rs are treated, b u t the

few 1 h ave given will suffice for the pur­-

pose.

w er j rushing upon another, w hen

g e tt i n g i u t o f p ow der , m nt i t s ca i sson*

b a c k Gr a s u p p l y ID-a d d s :

H e tramun

lhoco b e,|iD£] jt cn ed 0]|t . ..For (;ot].s

Sflko_ d ota 8,)00t yoiir brotliers..

r p on

pro-i be Zouav es rc.-i rver] their fire, un-

til a v o lle y wav prmrcd in ttpon them

bv tlio b att er y from which the su p pli ­

j

/..„i\U,/> —Ara'i/.i W oo dru ff

.Yrir Berlin—Urrin \n g el l

Normilh— t’i.irk B Sndt h, llirnra riale,

,\*a Barnes, Tboniua II Prenlis s , H or a ­

t i o N WiiDer.

Nnth Norwich—f’nlcb B Barr, S a m ­

uel T Be nedi ct

Orford—Aust i n D nmilt on, Hezpkiah

D. Morre

Olselic— Wil l ia m S C ox

I'rdtwi D cl.m cy Wait, Dud ley B r o w o .Sherburne

— George W ater s , A lfr e d

K in ney , S vl van u s T i nk er .

.S’milhriUe--Willia m P en dleton , J a m e s

J Harrison

Smyrna—Y a l e Xo rt hrup.

PETIT JURORS

Afton— William Beatraan, J oh n V.

Step hen s,

Hi r am Willey.

Bainbridge— A polios B ened i c t , D y ar

D. Bullock, John A. N ew ton , G il b ert

S tr on g .

Columbus— Tlnrvey H o w ard.

German—

S tep hen L e w i s.Greene

—R ansom P. Merrill.

Linckleen— Ezr a Daan, Frederick F.

El dr idge.

McDonough — AIodzoRaBdall, E dw a r d

B Curtiss.

Norwich— Harry P el l et t , Ziba W i n d ­

so r, Otis R. Arnold, And r ew Wait , W i ll ­

ia m R Crandall.

North Norwich—L ow i s Gile.

Oxford— N athan Pendl eton,E dw i n A

.

Hull,

Thomas W. S h ap l ey,S te p h en P.

Turner, W illia m Justice, Ira Tenbroeok.

Pharsalia—And rew B r own.

Pitcher— G eo.

VV. Corpenter.

Plymouth— Herkimer W . Brewer, Hen ­

r y VV. Fr eem an , ’ John W . Benn ett.

Sherburne— Albert B. Wh itn ey .

Smilhvitle— Amos M o sh e r,

' Oli ver P.

Ro os.

I

I

"’ I havo described h o w thnt branrh

of the Fc-rvii-e, mado its charges in the

morning, and how re ck irsslv it olwav s

- o u ght p.-w a y to tiie front, through thr

for no d cel l m ns of tho volunteers. In

th e s-an.e manner did it now go back

upon its crr.in-l, riding down eve r y th in g

in its ru.id, mid rc atterin g tlie r an k s of]

th e rigion-nls in i v cr v direction. Tlie!

voluntc i r s w ho l.nd nev er before seen

su ch a Fight, nnd w h o were already

penetrated with the fearful p a g eant of

tbo dc«rcndii)g^*neniy, could on l y un-

dcrsinnd tlio m ovem ent in one way

Thos e flying carriages, and the3o madly

excit ed men were r u s h in g to th e rear,

and tlieir action was therefore constru ed

in to a wild retreat. The thought which

ap pe aled to their ag i tated minds, was,

that if the regulars w er e in such haste

to escape, it was neces sary the y should

hurry for the m se lv es, nnd ono fearful

p anic look possess ion of them all.”

cations had come

Russell, of the London limes. F ay s

tho fight in g at Bui.'.i Run, bont anyth in g

ever dono at tho Crimea.

Ono o f o ur soldiers was stru ck by tho

fra gm cot of a ah ell that took tho visor

off his cap , grazed bis forehead s ever ely ,

nnd knocke d him down. Hia comrn dcs

picked him up, and were ab out tak in g

bim to th e hospital, but he had no id ea

of being p ut on the sick list, and cr ie d,

“Givo m e m y gun—givo mo my gun .”

The m easure of McClellan’s m en ’s ad

oration for him words fail lo ex p re s s ,

though tho following statem ent of one

j

’

of his m en will perhaps ap pr oxim ate

it : "W o would every one of us, fight

for old Mac till hell frozo over , and the n

,

die on the ic e.”

Wm . Murray, a private in Co. F., 2d

N .H . r egim ent w as hun g at A lex andri a

ou Fri day, for the m urder of Mary Bui-

ler on S atur day of the w e ek previous.

There nro large numb ers of V o lu n ­

teer officers ch arg ed w i th either co w ­

ardice or incorapctoncy. Th ey will be

com pelle d either to resign, or be cash ­

iered.

Adjournment of Congress.The royal stonrn ynteh Jerome Napo­-

leon, arrived at this por t on Monday

last, hav in g on board l ’rincc N ap ole on,

and th e IViucess C l o t i l ue his w i fe with

a num erous suite. T h e 1’rince is now

on a v is i t lo W ash in g ton hv invitation

of tho President ; from there it is ex­-

pected tha t lie will mako a shor t visit

to th e West ; in th e m eantime the

Princres is enjoying a strict seclusion

at the N ew York H otel T he Prince

,

dis­-

­

­

Napoleon is decidedly a good looking

man, of ab out fifty y ear s of ago ; the

Princess Clotiijie i3 th e odIv daug hter

of V ic tor Emanuel, K i n g of Sardinia,

nnd much in terest attaches to her on

thnt account. S he is but eighteen

years of age, and said to bo qui te pret­-

ty. Th e Pri nce is to b e congratulated

on bis good tasto in s ele c ting so young

nnd h andsom e a wifo.

Fort Lafayetto at th e N a r r o w s is now

used as a prison for political offenders.

Already quite a number are conGncd

there. The m embers of tbo Board of

Polic e Commissioners of Baltimore, who

were implicated in th e attack upon the

Gth Mas sachus etts re g im e nt in tbat

city in April, are now in cu s tody of the

com m an dant of the F ort . An attempt

was m ade last w eek to take o n e of the

prisoners out of the hand s o f th e milita­-

ry auth orities on a w r i t of habeas corpus.

The co m m an dant declined to obey tho

writ, g iv in g as a reason tbat b o held the

prisoners by order of Lieut. Gen. S c o tt .

On tb e return, J u d g o B ei t s , w h o issued'

the’writ refused to interfere further,

and dism is s ed the ca s e, g i v in g as t r e a ­

son th at during ti m es like tbese, the

Cour ts should u phold and sustai n the

milita ry power.

The new tax for th e s up p o r t of the

war comes home to us all in one way

or another. Tea is to bo tax e d 15 cts.

o ur number. Wh at are alive aro inCongrc?9 adjournod on Tuesday lost ,

at noon. M uc h important business w a s

tr ansa ct ed d u r i n g tho l at ter days o f th e

sess ion. It p as s ed the Lonn bill, tho

in r u i ana Dir e ct Tax hill, (a syn o p sis

of i t s p ro v is io ns may bo found in an­

other column , ) a >q|| ^vbjd) jn effect

auth orizes th« President i . caii out 8

million of m an iT necessary ; lnn« for

tho purchaso o f arms, erection of for­-

tifications, for the better organization

o f tho army woro passed ; also a bill

incr easing t b e pay of soldiers $ 4 a

m onth.

Th e session w as ch aracterized

b y a determ in at ion to do all in it s p ow ­

er to aid tho A dmin istration, and e v er y

th i n g noc es sar y to that end has met

with its ch ee r ful support.

W a s hin gton . I go t hit in my thigh by

a sp ent ball, not to hurt me very much,

but it ia very lame.V__

V__

l'p.ANKi is-S p e n c e r

It also provides for an incotno tax,

and a tdx upon real p rop erty. There

is no t ax on pro perty to the amount of

$500, nor in com es of $ 80 0 or less.

Over that tho tax is 3 p er cent. Th e

direct tax is limited to $20,000,000, of

w hich N ew York is to p a y $2,603,918.

Connected with these measures is an ­

oth er — an a ct supp le m e ntar y to th e

sam e bill, which allows the S ecretary

of tho Treasury to issue 20 year G per

cent,

bonds in exc h ange for Treasury

notes. It also make s Treasu ry n otes

p a y ab l e upon demand, and permits $5 ,

n ote s to bo issued.

[ W e h ave in our possession a letter

from R o u t . G. M c M o ra n , of this town,

iv momber o f Co. I, 25th Rog. N Y. V.,

now quartered at the Marshall House,

Alexandria, ( the sceno of E l l s w o rt h ’s

mur der, ) wb ich will appear next w eek ]

Br o o k fi e l d Ag r i c u l t ura l So c i e t y. —

The 12th Annual Fair of this Society,

will be held at Clarkville, Madison Co,

S ept. 24th and 2 5 tb . Tbe Premium

L i s t is liberal, em bra c in g as i t dees a

w i de range of objects.U n d e r F i r k— A Fre nch seldier who

Bmelt gunp o w der Grst at Solferino, thus

describes h is sensations : W h a t a"

R u n

”

is—

Does th e reader

kno w w h at a "run” is ? For the bene­-

fit of the unlearned w e may as w ell ex­-

plain that it is a stre am ef running

wate r, s om eth in g m oro than a brook

and s o m eth in g less than a river.

"H o w eac h shot electrifies y o u.It

i s like a w h i p en a racer's legs. The

ball s whi stl e p ast you, turn u p the

ear th around, kill one, wound another,

»n d you hardly notico them. You grow

in tox i cated,

tho smell of gunpowder

m o un ts to y our brain. The e y e be­-

com e s bloodshot and the look is fixod

upon the e ne m y .There is something

• f all the p a s s io ns in that terrible pas­-

sion excited in the soldier by th e sight

• f blood RDd the tumul t of battle.

,

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Ladies Aid Association.A Pr o po s e d Union Ti c k e t —The Re-** * # A d isp atch from St. Louis, S atu r d ay ,

probably sensation, savs th at it is b e­-

lieved th at the object of the secess ion

forces, gath ere d for a su p p osed attack

on Cairo or Bird Point, is to attack St.

Louis.

po** * #

publican S ta t e Committee of tbis S tate

hav o offered to tho Democratic S tato

Committeo to c all tho S ta t e Conventions

of the two p a r ti e s on th e santo day and

at th e same p l aco,“ for th e purpose of

en ablin g tbe tw o Conventions to unit e

in tho nomination o f a Union ticket,

pledged lo a vigorous prosecution of the

wnr, for the restoration o f tho authority

of tho Constitution an d tho execution

of the F e der al laws in all sectio ns ol

t h e country.”

W o nre gratified to announce thnt

tho ladies of this town h ave been h i gh ­

ly successfu l in their efforts in behalf of

the volunteers W o shall give n e xt

w eek a report of their doings. I; w il l

show how much a littlo effort can a c ­

com plish. Tho ladies have met at

Unio n Hall, thr ee or four timos, w i th in

the p a st week, to the number of ab out

100, and have labored diligently in the

m anufacture of hospital clothing, &c.

A b o x will be sent to th e Relief C om ­

m i tte e within th e cp ming week, c on­

t ainin g the s e artic les, to g eth er with a

qu antity of Je lli es, Preser ves, and oth e r

art ic le s appro priate for tb e relief o f our

s ick and w ou n d e d volu nteers.

Th e Ladies h ave exten ded an in v i ta­

t i on to Hon. D. S. D i c k i n s o n to ad dr es s

them , but have n ot yet received h is r e

p ly tlrereto

T o w n F a i r s—

The S m i th v i lle Town

Fair will b e held on the 5th an d Gth of

S ep tem b e r next. W e shall p ubl i sh tbe

Premium Li st noxt w eek .

Smyrna— Alfred T a y lo r,

L em an 0 ,

Talcott,

jfigyAll perso ns who sell Her r i c k A l­-

len’

s Gold Me dal S al er atus are auth or ­

ized to g i ve their c ustom er s th e p ri v i ­

lege of u s in g one half tb e paper, and if

no t perfectl y satisfa c tor y , to r etu r n the

balance an d g e t tbe am o un t paid for th e

whole. J t is the best in the wor ld . It

is a gr eat deal better th an soda to use

w itb cream tar tar . Tr y it. Most of tke

Grocers an d Druggists k eep it. L . R.

H it cb c o ck a n d F. Ju l iand sell it.

"Ever yb o d y who h a s triad it testi­-

fies to the pecu liar intoxica tisn tbat is

produced b y bein g in a battle.

There i s an in fatu atin g influence

about tbe sm ell of p owder,

tba shrill

■whistle of a bullet, and the s igh t of hu

-m a n blood, that in stantly transforms

m en frem cowards to horoes—f ro m wo­-

m en som etim es to monsters. N o one

can tell o f the nature or m y ste r y of

th at in fluence but those who h ave been

in tbe fray th em s elv es .”

A dis pa tch from Cairo, Fr id a y , sta te s

that Gen. F rem ont and staff, and a fleet

of ei gh t steam er s, and four r eg im ents

of infan try,also several detached c o m ­

panies of infantry and tw o c om p anies

of li gh t artillery, all equipp ed,

arrived

thero at 5 P. M.

The Chicago Timessays“ w ar h a s dis­-

pelled ono delusion of the Abolitionists.

The negroes r egar d them as en em ies

instead of friends. No in surre ction has

occurred io the S outh— no i m por tan t

s tam p ede of sla ves h a s evinced tho ir

desire for freedom. On tho co ntr ary

they h ave jeered at and in sult ed onr

troops, b ar e r ead i l y enlisted in tb e r eb ­

el ar m y,and on S unday,

at Manassas,

shot ddwn our men w ith as mnch al a c ­

rity as if Abolition had never ex i s ted .

The Coven try Fair w il l b e held on

th e 26th and 27th o f S ep tem b er . ■■

w i l l please

acc ep t our thanks for a q uan tity of very

ex c elle nt I ce Cream. Pri vate families

supplie d on short noti ce, b y leaviifg

their order at the "Eure ka.”

I ce C ream . — F ran k T ur k,

loot

The R epub lic an State C om mit tee met

on Tues day, Aug. Oth.

£9}:

New Ch u r c h .—The corner stone of

the new Congregational Church, at Nor­-

wich, w as l a i d on S aturd ay la st, with

ap propriate ceremonies.

R a z o r S t r o p s . —T o rrb y , the m oder n

“Razor S tr o p man,” w a s here a few

day s since a n d held for th to nn ad m i r ­

in g audience, an d sold a number o f his

fungu s str op s.

Ho l eft a quanti ty of

them with som e ef e u r merchants,

w h ere all w h o wish g o od "strops may

find them. T h e public ar e invi ted to

gr ve them a tr ia l.

Pro test — I n the R o gue s ’ G aller y at

th e H ead q uarter s of t h e New Y ork Po ­

lice, the pi c tur e s ef Jeff. Daris, F lo y d,an d o th er note d secess ion criminal*,

h ar e b een for some ti m e su s p ende d ,

much to th e disgust of tb e r egul ar

Thieves’ F r ater n i ty , w b o consider tho

association an insult to th e m so l v as ;

an d th ey h a v e at la st pr esente d a form­-

al w ritten pr ots st, a n d a pet i ti on for

th e removal of the obnox iou s pictures.

*Tbe Cosmopolitan Art Associa­-

tion in N e w York has .been obliged to

suspend its op era tiois, and discontinue

its jtQrn&L

:09}:

| ® xT h e Democratic S tate Commit­-

te e isj|tealled to meet in Alban y on

Thur s d a y , Aug. 8th.

V&~ Af-pl6<LBant;, je st in time o f mis­-

fortune is’ebarnge to tbe beart, stren g th

to the a tm /an d digestion to th e atom-

abb.

tlrereto

is ojte

The Hamilton Union h a s heard

• f 25 cents being offered an d refuted

for the gr ow in g bop crop.

ICOO-I

A r ecr uitin g office for Volu nteers

ojte ned a t Bingham ton.

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