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THE CAMPAIGN1HUs FAR.


The cry. .' Onward to Richmond before
the twentieth OF July :" if it should have
any effect or the C0mmo ndcr-in Chief,
would be likely to bring about just thc re-
verse Of what 1t is desired to produce.
General Scott has dIvulged but one feature
Of his plans tor the campaign, that is, that
the war shall be short. 1t no great disaster
happens he expects to terminate the whole
war before the month Of May in 1852. lie
may terminate it sooner; butit an important
defeat should occur, it would need another
twclvcmonth to finish the work. To make
a war short it Is not necessary to hurry into
a decisive action or to fight it cut in various
little skirmishCs. 4 disaster-Which is al
ways possible to the best army-wou!d only
pr9lract the fighting, and guerilla combats
are what the South can continue al mint
um. Much of what is said about meeting the
enemy at once and deciding which has the
| strongest arm, or else to yield and let the
South so, might apply very well to a ring
| fight between two city bulIics; but the pres
ent struggle is quite another affair We DO
not propose to throw down the glove to the
| Confederate Stat9s. Offer a fair and equal
! fight. aud then give up il beaten. We Iro-
! pose to compel disobcliCnt community to
| do this ia one way We must in another. We
/ do not ontT cqudl terms we do not give
! them a share IN our longer purse, or an open
port to meet us on the sea, or Il free entry to
! our markets OF produce. We use every adj
vantage that we have.
1t is not absolutely requisite that we should
lsht a battle to gam our objects. We may
c.ush the rebellion by blockade, OF by
/ .ba IN q +Io
| enemy, or by finally forcing him TO surren-
der \ battle is not an end-only means
10 an end Probably the best test of the
skill of a general would be the small amount
of loss by which a victory is gained. II
General Scott wanted long war, he would
| hurry the army forward before it was thor
oughly drilled and equipped. and without
| sufficient food or prOvender, towards Rich
monj Then any accident might cause his
retreat, break up his plans and compel Il still
further delay. We might appear to be pres
sing On, until the end Of the summer would
show Us no nearer our goal than We were at
the beginning. The true military conditions
tor 4 snort war are great masses of men, well
provisioned and armed and well Offered,
moving on a bread omprehensive. strategl-
cal plan to the attainment Of their main OBJ
ject
Gen Scott HIS now Just about secured
| these conditions, and in a shorter time than
We have any record in the history ofmiltary
afairs Tue grumblers at Washington anc
elsewhere never consider what an iinncnst
affair is the material preparation for a single
army. Suppose there are now tcventy-bg'
thousand men in and about the cIpital a
least thirty-sevcn hundred army wagons art
to be got ready; some fifteen thousand hors
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JUDGES OF PROBATE.

WHERE TuE BATTLE Took PLACE, &c
Much ignorance exists around rs to the exact
locality of Gen McCleilan's important en-
cagement, which we proceed to clear up, IS
follows:
The battle took place at what has hereto
fore been termed in the newspapers the
Laurel Hill intrencnments of the secession
lists. where ex-Captain (U. 5. Az PegIam
was in command of some 1000 to $500 OF
what was known as ex-Major ~. 5. Al
Bob Garnett's division of the army Of Gen.
Henry A Wise.
Laurel Hill is not a mere knob, but long
ridge or rib of the Alleghanies, extending
for at least q hundred miles i'm length. The
Baltimore and Ohio railroad pierces 1t by
means of the celebrated kingwOOd Tunnel,
the longest in the world. 1t stretches down
IN a direction little West of South, TO the
head waters of the Kanawha, there called
the Greenbrier river. The main turnpike
leading to StauntOn - over which WISE s
armv passed from Eastern Virginia to thus
get whipped out of their boOts-runs along
Laurel Hills base Leadsville, Beverly and
Huttonville are situated on that turnpike
Washington Star
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The Springfield Republican, Washington
Correspondent, under date of July Il, writes
as follows
WAsHINGroN, y. c., Wednesday, July II.
The Senate will talk itself to death. Some
Of the leading senator's constantly grumble
because Gen Scott is 50 slow, and yet they
are in their department Of the public
business altogether more slow than the We
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 dozen miles of Washington
for month But who planned the cams
| paign in western Virginia Did Gen Nc
! ClelIn or Gen Patters n do it? Not at all.
! They executed, but Gen Scott planned.
| Wait and see this campaign out, gentlemen
grumblers before you decide upon tie fit
ness OF Gen Scott for his position; and Of one
thing you may be ccrtam-Gcn Scott will
not move on till he gets ready Upon
Richmond | mean, Of course for the cry is
''oH 10 RiChmoHd." as if it were Il days
march off, and very easy to be got at. Some
one was reading to the old general the other
day 81 fault finding article from a New York
paper, at his request, and when the article
WIS finished be replied, 80 long as am
COmmdn-or OF the armies Of the United
States, stall be commaqdlr. | am fit or
am not fit for the position, ami If the country
thinks that / am not. | will resign. But -
long as | am at the head OF our troops,
shall direct their movements not according
10 the cIa'n0r Of newspaper editors, but ac-
cJrdlns 10 my own Judgment | may not
have got the exact language, but have the
substance, of what Gen Scott sid. The
truth Is, the general does not intend to be
scolded out OF his plan OF the campaign by
"DrgadIer generals or newspaper edlt0rs.
Who can blame hun?
Gen. Mcclellan is the man Of the hour
and his name IS IN everybody 5 mouth. His
successes have proved two very important
thlngs-hrst, tndt tie Northern troops can
6ght, aud second that the much boosted
Southern troops ran rUqi Pat these two
very lnpO. tant facts together, and the result
of the WILT Is easily asccrAIn,I. Remember
that don't predict tlIt the rebels are al
ways going To- run. BY no means have
No doubt they viii make some splendid
lighting before e war IS oytr-5ut still
they can run irJm Northern troops, and the
Northern mon raH tiIht i'm the face of the
iuyluc.hle shareholders.
There is no possible chance that Congress
will adiou tins week. The Senate Iudul-
.c- in 50 much discussion that is impossible.
The aim now j., to get through by next
week. aud the Senate will probably amend
the Il3u,c resolution Of adiOurument by
striking Oh, F.IIay %. aba, week and insert
4
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Our Army Correspondence.
l'uI Amy N'iINS i'l41A'h-''I
FROM TIE SECOND REGIMENT.


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JuIv IAN 1861.
Dr,r Trrr rrrs,.
We LEFT Washington on the 9TH
aul marched to the boat for Alexandria. It was
4 hot sutry day. Many of the men gave out IN
the miles march. overcome with the heat and
tic unusually sultry air. Some companies had as
many As 30 sick or unable to carry their kuapslcks
before We reached this rl1cc
We marched through Alexandria, where the
bI,od Of the Gallant Ellsworth stained the 1oo5 Of
a traitors house 1t would be hard to describe
ones icclin-s as he stands in that r,us,d house
now made desoIatc by the flowers Of the youth
ful hcro-anl secs the marks Of his blood He
seems to hear a u5tion, ro-e Hof first in llmeuta-
fons for fbe 4e7qrfeI, theu in decp and solemn Uow
that those preciol d,oPs ,hoaH be fde seal to fbe
DEArH WARRANT OF TREASoN,' and that those
bones aodiciag b4-k 10 dust si9ad be The battle cry
/ of ,O0O, ,000 armed man Speak the names of
sFL,ico4fH and Sp~ptT' in battle with traitors,
and it Will be worth ud5ie J1nIhJH.
! We arrived at our present encampmcnt about
$50 PM. July 9th. No sooner had we left the
cars than a terrific storm Of rain and wind set
! IN We backed our baggage about half a mile,
riiebed our tents, and laid down to rest. We
arc the outer po.t on this route; the enemy are
within four miles of US; their pickets are some
times seen. We have been out rcconnoitering
some, and shall soon advance. Cur regiment,
and two from Maine and one Of Zouaves, will
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0be Irre Nrt9s
B,RLINGTOA
FRIDAY MORNING, july 70, lecl.

TuE GRAND ARMY or TIE PoIoMAc, unde
Brigadier General Irwin Mcdowell is moving
IN four divisions, with one reserve. The o.
fr,ne rlgbf, led by B;igadicr General Tyler
IL composed Of four brigades, fifteen regi-
ments, with one regiment Of L. 5 cIyalrY,
and three batteries The second division,
led by Brig. Gen. Hunter, is composed OF
two brigades, seven regiments, with one bat
tallior L. 5. infantry, one regiment Of L.
). cavalry and two batteries. The third
division under Col. neintzleman, is com
posed Of three brgldes, nine regiments with
one regiment cavalry and two batteries. In
the third brigade ofthis division, under Col.
Howard, is the 2nl Vt. Regiment. The
fourth division is the reserve, under Brig
Gen. Runyon and is composed of seven regi-
ments, ali from New Jersey. The ffh
division, tie crirmc M, under Col. Miles,
l. composed Of two brigades, eight regiments
with one battery.
The march Of tIis army Of $4,000 men,
has thus far been entirely successful. The
army commenced It's march at two clock
Tuesday afternoon, moving by four different
routes on Fairfax Court House. Gen. Tylcr's
division marched by the Georgetown turn
pike: Col. Hunters division by the Lees
burg OF Ccntrcyille road, Col. lIemtzlcman' =
division by the Little River turnpike; and
Col. Miles division by the Orange 3 Alex
andria Il r. and Old BraJdocz road
Upon I'll these roads the rebels had placed
obstruction within a radius of three miles
from Fairfax Court House, the headquarters
Of Gen. B,ulmm, Of South Carolina, who is
styled in tie orders Of the rebel commander
in-chicf, "thc commandant Of the advance
guard Of the Potomac The first one met
by Gen. Tylc1's division was a mile from
Vienna, where fifty large trees had been
ielled across the road. and in less than
twenty minutes the whole Of the barricade
was cleared away and the column moved
onward. Col. Hunter division found three
barricadcs near together, the first about
three miles from Fairfax Court House. At
the third there were stationed two hundred
rebel cavalry, who, without waiting to aScer-
tain the strength Of the advancing force, fled
upon the first appearance Of ourskirmlshers,
firing at them one rife shot, which did nc
harm. In no case did the rebels make any
stand before our troops, but as soon as the
head f the adv ,ucing column made its ap-
pearancc, r,trcated hastily, and IN evident
confusion AH the casualties reported at
headquarters on our side arc ono officer and
three men slightly undcd. Our troop:
were Thursday at Centrcville, about half way
between Fairfax Court House and Manassas
Junction, and eighteen miles from Wash
IngtOn.
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In behalf of Co. G., 2l Regt. VT. Vol. NJ.

HoNoRs TO GEN. ScoTT.-At the Com
mencement at Harvard College, on Wednes
day last, the Honorary degree Of LID. was
conferred on Gen. Scott, and also on Gov.
Andrew. of Mass The bestowal of the
degree on Gen. Scott was received with great
Satisfaction. At the Commencement dinner
allusions were made to the subject.
Gov. Andrew modcstly expressed his regret
that Gen. Scott had not been the sole recipi-
ent Of the honor President FELTON, remarked
that the first person on whom the college
conferred the degree was Gen. Washington,
and now the LIST is Gen. Scott. The allu
sions to the veteran ommander-in-ehiei,
both at the dinner table and when the de-
grecs were announced in church, called forth
repeated and most enthusiastic cheers.
At the close of his table speech, Gov. An
drew offered the following toast
"Gencral Sco,t-You have given him degree
at the North-hc will presently take several de-
grees in the South, where, as Doctor Of Laws,
lie will teach rebels obedience
The language Of the degree, translated
from the Latin, is given as follows;
Winfield Scott. commander-in-chief, nIustri-
Gus for military skill, for virtue, authority and
success. and equally famous for renowned states
manship, the devoted friend Of peace and human
ity, who defends and upholis, and with his whole
heart loves the whole rcpubIic-out of respect we
have created and publicly proclaimed doctor, as
well Of the law Of nature and Of nations Of civil
Jurisprudence and have conferred upon him all
the privileges and hCno1s pertaining to this
degree
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Those Army WAGONS Some Of our Yer
mont Papers speak sharply because GOV
crnor FAInDA:ks got the army wagons
for the Third Regiment made in Con
cord, y. H., instead Of employing som3
Of the good wagon makers Of our State to
furnish them. People ought to hear in
mind that the east side of our State has
always considered itsolf as a sort Of append
age to New Hampshire; particularly, in the
matter Of wagons, they have heard 50 long
and 50 often about Concord wagons, - that
they DO not generally suppose wagons fit for
anything more than to 20 mill in, can be
made anywhere else than at Concord. We
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 sooner large number Of army
wagons than any one Vermont concern can
do yet, ly taking time by the forelock, and
dividing the work up little, We think our
Vermont wagon makers could have met the
want in this case, satisfactorily to the public
service and creditably to themselves. We
wish they could have had a fair chance to
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Weave 70 rloTe silks, We Lyons looms,
Te drck cur girls for gay delights
The 5TiE4arn flower of hattie blooms,
1us -~llemn marches fiji the nigh's.
Weave but the flag, whose tars to-day
Dropped heavy o'cr our eaIl dead,
And horcly rarmcuts. coarse and gray,
Fof orphans that must earn tbeir bread
Keep back your tunes your vols sweet,
That pour delight from other lands
Eou.o there the dancers rest css feet
The trumpet leads our warrior bands.
And 70 that wage the war Of words
With with mystic fame and subtle power,
60, chatter ~ the idle birds.
Or the lesson Of the hour
Ye subtle arts, in one stern knot
BE all your Offices combined
stand close while courage draws the lot,
The destiny of human kind
Aud if that destiny should fail,
The sun should darken In the sky,
Tho eternal bloom Of nature pale,
Aud God, and truth, and freedom die
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RECEIVED A KIcKING-On Saturday night
a tall, nondeScriptal specimen OF humanity
endered Monument Square as the band at
tachod to Col. Lyle's regiment was playing
the " Star Spangled Banner After the
tune had been played, our hero began hiss
ing, and called for "Dixie. soldier
standing near, handed his gun to a comrade'
and, approaching Dixieite, gave him an ex-
eellent kickiug. The operation was VIII
messed by several hundred persons, VINO w, were
highly amused ct the operation; PIKE
slnnk away from the neighborhood, looking
as mean as a sheep-stealinG cur-bdttn'ore
Clipper.
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1t is said on authority of a gentleman from
Richmond, Thursday, that there are only
I2,0 900 rebels at Manassas Junction, but that
the defences are elaborate and extensive
There were, however, $50 railroad cars at
the depot, which had arrived from Richmond
since Sunday. On that day General Beau
regard went to Richmond, when military
consultation was held. after which the rail
road cars were dispatched to the JunttiOn.-
In the opinion of the gentleman who brings
this news, a retreat to Richmond has been
decided upon, where great stand viii prob
ably be made.
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CAKP CLERNoST, 6 miles beyond ,
Alexandria, Va. July IL. (

HessTs. Editors:
When cur Company left Burlington 1 Was
told by many that they should expect to be in
panT. Acting on this, I write you to lay before
on some Of our pressing rants.
Our rations are always sufficient for vcH, hearty
E,tn. We never fail in having plenty OF salt
meat and hard bread, coffee, tea and sugar. But
when l say this, d. M, say iaUs means to re-
inUgarate those wtose stSengk has it them by sick
ov0workrng.
The fact is, men may have enough food, such as
hearty man can cat, but yet Of bo no good to one
whose stomach is weak. 1t is so with all the
companies Ny men arc the freest from sickness
of any, aud if we had dried apples. currants,
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THE THIRD RrGNENT.-Col. Cochran, of
Bellows Falls, has been appointed Major of
the Sd Regiment by the Governor.
When the regiment was being sworn into
the U. S. service on Tuesday, two refused to
take the oath, and were stripped of their
uniforms and drummed out of camp The
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plums, &C., with what VIC can make from fl ur,
they could relish their food AMI gain strength
We can get no vegetables, that sonic of this
Find seems necessary. l ask only for the benefit
of my company, and those who have sons with me
will doubtless second my request that something
be sent to us at once I woull suggest that maple
sugar aIso form part of the package
Yours truly,
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Caledonlan says " it was humiliation they
had not counted upon, evidently, or they
never would have g't up the courage to
have refused to take the oath. We pity
the man whose courage fails him at such
moment" "
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Fifteen more regiments ore now be'ng
mustered into the U. S. service in Pennsyk
vania. A portion of these regiments will be
sent to General Patterson's division, and the
remainder will he ordered to Washington.
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Amons the documents todnd at Centre
yllo was a report from a lieutenant COM
maudins an advance picket, to Gen. Bon
ham, saying " The sentinels report the enc
my is approaching in a considerable body.
l shall do my duty if they come. 1t has
been ascertainod beyond the shadow of a
doubt, that the brave lieutenant command
ing faithfully performed his " duty" by
taking to bis heels the moment he saw the
g enemy approaching"
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| The proposed amendment WAS lost-Yca,
o, Nay 20, M,ssrs Brecbinridgc, Bright
johnson of Mo, Kennedy, Latham, Nes-
mth, Polk, Powell ard salisbury, casting
their votes IN the affirmative,
Tac bin was plss.d.
la the House. MIR. CgiLx. Of Ind., from
! Post-Jiiice committee, reported bill that III
/ prepaid letters u soldiers, addressed to them
at point where they are not stationed, may
whenever practicable, lie sent to any other
! POINT without further charge. The bin
passed.
Mr.. Hickman, Of Pa, from the Committee
| on the Judiciary, 10 whom Mr.. Potter 5
| resolution was referred directing them to
inquire " whether Hon. Henry May, Of Ma
ryland, has been OF is now holding criminal
intercourse with those in armed rebellion
against the United States, - reported that the
committee had not any evidence 10 impli-
cate the gentleman, and recommend that no
action was necessary. The Committee fur
thcr say that the investigation entirely re
ieyes the President and Gen. Scott from any
suspicion OF correspondence or attempt to
correspond through Mr.. May. The report
was laid on the table.
Mr. May, Of Nd, by permission of the
House, proceeded to make personal explain
alton
The House concurrcd in the Senat3 amend
monts to the Navy appropriation bill.
The consideration OF the tariff bill Was
resumed, and the bill WAS passed with Slight
amendments.
The House took up the Senate bill proyId
ins for an increase OF the standing ARMY to
- 1850 men
Ga motion of Mr. Blair, Of No, from the
Military Committee, Il substitute was adopt
cd, converting these regiments into valun-
tcet forces.
RUTLAND CorN1Y Co>yMuo>s-rwo
County Conventions f,r tie nomination Of
County officers, one called as Rvuh.ican
Delegate Convention, the other as "a Mass
Convention OF "no party principles, met at
Rutland on the 9th Instant After the Com
ycntiors were organized, on invitation, the
Republican Delegate Convention met with
the Mass Conventions and the following
nominations were made VI. {. RICE, JoHN
JACKSON, d. W. TAYLOR, for N,Ro,ors
ALANsoN ALLEN, EgNEzER FISHER, for
Judg.s WV. ". FIELD, for St,oF: Av-
rsozE l. BaovN, bulge ~ Probate fer Rui-
11ud Dnr.cf. AINo> WAR>ER, Ju{geo Of Pro-
bate for Fairtqrrq Dvrid. JouN Prour,
Slate's -lporncy: L. W. PITTS, high BalG.
The Convention adopted resolutions like
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ORANGE County NONINATIONs.-Tbe Re
publcans of Orange County have determined
to stand by their principles and their orea-
nizatlon. They have put in nomination the
Republican ticket of last year, as follows
HORATlO BROCK, (ssnators
ZENAS L. UPHAM,
I. I. Hl4Ehc7i' L. TRAG7, Judges
r. FARNHAM. Jr. States Attorney
W.T.. GEORGE, Sheriff.
R.D. BENNETT, High Ba!l'f.
JUDGES OF PROBATE.
JONES, Randolph District.
ALEXANDER IL. GILMORE, Brad
ford District.
These are all good and true men, and go
in for vigorous prosecution OF the war
Their enemies can say nothing against them
unless it be that they deem Republlcanlsm
not inconsistent With determined effort TO
save the Country from the perils into which
it has been brought by the slayehoIderss
rebelliOn.-ETeemGH.