Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-07-06

On Saturday afternoon, the President
raised the flag that 6oated from the main
mast Of the steamer Freeboru, aud Under
which Capt. Ward fell, on pole south OF the
White House.
On an elevated platform were the Presi'
dent und his lady, Secretary seward, General
Cameron, General Mansfield, Rev. DR.. Pyne,
and punber of invited friends. A guard OF
eighty men surrounded the etsnd, and acted
as aG escort for the party.
After prayet by Rev. DR.. Pyne, Wtber's
Band, of the New York Twelfth, played the
Star Spaugled Bapper as the President ran
up the flag. Several thousand people around
the stand gave nine cheers for the dag, three
for the President and three for Gen. Scott.
AFFAIRS ON THE UPPER POTOMAC.
Probable AdUance Of Gsnsrai Patterson's
Column.
HAdERsrowN, Friday Night, June %.
Major Doubleday saw q body Of Rebel
troops clustered around the edge Of the
woods upon the high hill opposite Williams
port, and threw I'd pound shot at them this
afternoon. They scampered over the crest
of the hill at more than double quick"
Orders for the march Of the Reserve Guard,
consisting of the First Wisconsin and the
afternoon, ond also to McMullin's lndepeud
ent Rangers. From the fact that this corps
is the especial body guard of Gen. Patterson
it is presumed that he, too, moves his head
quarters southwark.
Lieut.. Elder, OF Major Double6ay's com
mand, learned from the party who brought
the flag OF truce yesterday, that the NiEeIni
ans are forced TO feed their horses exclusively
upon corn they have no old hay, and &C.
knowledge that not only provender, but
provisions OF oil kinds ure very scarce. They
said that everything in the valley Of Virginia
is literally exhausted.
1t ia believed that our own troops will cross
the Potomac partly at Wliansport aud
partly at Shepperd's Ford, nine miles below
II they cross OF the latter point and push
rapidly forward they may succeed 10 capturing
CT least three hundred Secession cavalry.
The troops are oil insprlted at the idea Of
forward movement, but their enthusiasm is
somewhat chilled By ;he fear that they will
be marched ten or Efteen miles and be halted
again for weeks.
Two regimeuts-on Alabamians and the
other MissIssippians-- reached lIarpers Ferry
this morning, and destroyed the balance Of
the railroad trest!e work. They also came
over TO the Maryland shore and seized all
the boats they could get, either breaking
them mp or taking them over the river
All the Union men of Harper's Ferry were
again driven cut. Alvey, the Secessionst
leader, who wac arrested here ten days ago,
leaves tomorrow for Fort McHenry, by way
Of Chambersburg and Harrisburg. HIS
trunk is already packed, and be is uader O
guard of McMulln's Rangers. Any attempt
at rescue would prove hazardous in the
extreme.
have jus: learned that McMul!in's Ran.
gers encamp tomorrow night 1T Sbeppards'
town, and some regiments will be thrown
forward with them. The headquarters of
General Patterson will be advanced farther
soutbward within day or two.
HAGERsTowS, June 30.--The following de.
spatch is Official -
HEADquAHTERs, DEP'T. OF PrNsA.
hAGERsrowH, June 80, 1861.
General Orders, 40. 29-Tne Commanding
General has the satisfaction to announce 30
the troops q second victory over the insur-
gents by n small party OF Indiana Volunteers,
under Colonel Wallace, on tho 26th inst.
Thirteen mounted men attached to the regi
ment attacked forty'oue insurgents, killing
eight and chasing the rest two miles. On
their return, with seventeen captured horses,
they were attacked by seveuty'iye os the
enemy, and fell back 10 a strong position,
which they held Till dark, when they returned
to camp, With the loss of one man killed aud
one wounded. 10 the last skrmisb, o Cap
tain, two l.ieutensnts, aud large number
were wounded.
The commanding General desires to bring
TO the attention of the officers and men of
hi. command the courage and conduct with
which this gallant little band OF comparatively
rap troops met the emergency by turning on
an enemy SO largely superior in numbers
cbastising them severely, and gathering in
retreat the fruits Of victory. BY order Of
Maj. Gen. PATTERsoS,
j. L. PORTER, Asst. Adj. Geo.
Union Demonstration in Texa,
WASHINGTON. june 30.
Information has been brought by Judge
! Shelby, o distinguished Union man. lust ar
! rived from Texas, that a movement is on fool
to separate western TeXos from the rest o.
| the State, and erect it uto Union State
1t is settled largely by Germans, and the
German press without exception, favor The
measure. The Union party there, alread,
very strong. is rapidly increasing. Secrei
Union associations have been formed, ant
their Influence is daily estendiug from count,
to county. General CarPrn, who has distin
guished himself by his opposition TO the rebel
lion, has been nominated as al nncondtious
Union candidate Tor the Congress of the Uni
ted States. Gen. Carpen has been for SOM
time al the head OF q body of Union men il
western Texas, nnd it is reported of him that
with about two hundred Union men, lie latel
routed more than twice that number of reb
els. This movement, and the fact that tn
loyal citizens there, too, are arming' to resis
the usurpGtiop of their State government, fer
nishes another evidence of the decaden.s @
the South Carolina conspiracy.