Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-08-14

ed, with his suit and the French Minister,
/ from Manassas He rode from Fairfax to
Manassas with four United States horses in the
1 hands of the enemy. Three regiments of cav
airy and four of the rebel infantry held pos
| session of Fairfax When it was known at
Manassas that Prince Napoleon was coming
/ the enthusiasm was wild
| Gen. Beauregard and Gen. Johnston are
! both at Manassas. They received the Prince
with the greatest possible respect. He arri-
we'd at about eleven o'clock last evening, and
/ break tasted with these generals, All their
pressing invitations aud entreaties that he
| would 90 on to Richmond and see JEFF Davis,
the Prince firmly declined
The Notifications Of Manassas are formida-
bic. and our guns, particularly those of Sher-
mans battery. form an important part of the
defences. Gen. Beauregard informed the
Prince that he captured sixty two guns at the
battle of Bulls run. The dead were not
properly buried. They are simply put uud-
er the ground. aud some of their feet above
ground
The soldiers in Manassas we're very num-
erOus, but very poorly dressed the Captains
wore hnsey pants, with shirts bound with
yellow tape !: some of these had added to the
slouched hat the decorations of the dead Off
GERS.
At departing the rebels gave the Prince
salute with the United States guns On his
return % Fairfax. Col Stephens approached
the carriage oE the Prince, and said, Il hope
you like our Notifications, Prince:' %,
pretty we'll U, pretty Eell.'
Il hope, he said again. you viii interfere
for US when you get home
The diplomatic Prince shrugged his shoul
ders as he replied, L know nothing
A member of the Palmetto Guard writes
to the Charleston Mercury:
We have had a terrible, though glorious
fght-tLis makes the second. The fight
commenced on the left flank Of our line, and
we in the centre (Cash's and + ershaw's regi-
ments) received orders TO march. When you
were IN church We were IL the blooliest bat
tie recorded that was ever fought IN Moth
America The day was lost when CUR regi-
nents came up. Our troops were falling
back. and had retreateQ some distance. Col.
Kershaw gave the command forward, and
after some ten or twelve rOuLds, away went
the Yankees l understood Beau-egard - ii
our regiments saved the day"-a second
battle OF Waterloo.
Another account to the same paper confirms
! the statement that the rebels were struck with
the panic, and were Fastening from the field
when the reiuforcements -.riyed
! LOUISVILLE, August, iU--No trains have
been allowed to rLn eastward of Tennessee
river, from Memphis. for the past two days.
| The National Union, of Winchester, Ky,
yesterday issued an extra, saying that they
are informed that between two aud three hun
dred disunion troops have come into kentucky
( through the umUerlauG Gap, and are march
| ing on BarbOuIsyille 1t Is supposed TO seize
/ 0U, 600 pounds of bacon, and To rob the bank
there Ii Is feared that they intend to pro
ceed from thence to Richmond. Ky. The
| Uniouists in the vicinity of Barboursville
sent runners TO Owsly, jackson and other
counties, where Union men are rapidly gath
ering with rifles aud shot guns The extra
says the above is reliable but we haze no
means of verifying it here.
WAsHGToN, August. Prince Napoleon
who started to visit Manassas, did not return
| to Washington this morning. he intended
! 1t is supposed that he has extended his visit
perhaps to Richmond by invitation of the
rebels.
/ The Naval constructor charged with that
I particular duty. reports that be has twice ex-
amiued Nanderbi.t's steamers and considers
them unfit for the service required, namely
| for blockading purposes, The Navy Depart
ment, in view of the facts presented, concurS
with him in the opinion.
The following consullr appointments have
. recently been made ) me of them have
/ been confirmed by the Senate, and others
made since the adjournment of Congress-
John T. Neal, of Kansas, Consul TO King
ston. Jamaica o. Hogg, to Trinidad NJ
/ NJ. jackson of Wisconsin. to Halifax: 7 S
King, of Rhode Island, to Oporta; J G
/ Bowman, of Indiana, to Matauzas David II
! - Z I,rr I -
of Maine, TO Constantinople : Arthur Fnlson
to Cape Haytien; Wm L. Baker. of Mary
land, to Guyamus; (; l.. Fierce, of Texas, to
Matamoras; j. l.. OrInsby. of New York, to
Naples; vice Mr.. Hammett, who mas held
/ that office for fifty two years.
DAVIS ON INsURREcrIoN JEFF Davis,
when Secretary of War, had no mercy for
insurrection. When the Topeka Convention
assumed authority over the Territory of Kan
sas, Mr.. Davis called for two regiments from
Kentucky to be ready at the call of General
Persifer Z. Smith, and wrote to that officer
as follows:
1.-The position of the insurgents is that OF
open rebellion against the laws and constitu-
tional authorities, with such manifestations
| of parpose to spread devastation over the
land as no longer justifes further hesitation
or indulgence. Patriotism aud humanity
alike require that rebellion should be crush
ed"'
Davis is now precisely in the same cODdi-
ton. and yet be asks to be ''let alone" that
he may innocently indulge his inclination for
breaking up the Government, without incur
ring the penalties for such causeless mischief
and wickedness.
ST., Louis, August Capt. Jcnnison, Of
Kansas notoriety, arrived to day en- route for
Washington, to arrange with the War De-