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CAUSE. AND ~EFRHUT.

CAUSE AND -EFRHCTs = =
Our Cairo: correspondent sends; Us the
result of the election on. the question Of
secession in Eastern Tennessee. 9 The ma
joaitica for The Union, and; against the
Southern >~Ccnfsderacy,- are immense.
East Tennessee stands toward the s!ats
precisely as Western Virgi:ia does towards
Eastern The cause Of the large Union
vote in The Knoxville section, may be
discovered in the following:
=" Gems us returns Of 1880 -twcnty:nine
counties: '-:-*' r.
Free population. .anoo21
s'aFe population: 1855
Total population. .2U,bso
The free population being ten tin,es as
great as the slave, loyalty to the Republic
;predoninates in an equal, ratio. In the
Memphis end Of the State, s1nves are as
numerous as whites, and as consequence
treason carries everything beforeit ySlav-'
cry lies at the bottom Of all our National
troubles Exactlyi I'm proportion as q State
or county is cursed with Slaves will be the
degree Of -disloyalty..oi its citizens -
Wherever there...is 8. slave, there is a
traitor. Where half the population are
bondmen, the other half. arc rebels. West
e1n Virginia, Western Maryland, and East
e1n Tennessee, have livery few, human
chattela, and equally few .secessionists.
The opposite ends Of those States swarm
with Helotry and stink with treason. Del
aware being almost free, is almost as loyal
as q free State. Kentucky and Missouri
have enough. alaves to corrupt the loyalty
and cop the allegiance Of a1arga minority
Of the whites and bring distress and disas-
ter upon those States, :z~1 =
The rottenest Of all the ,seceded States
is South Carolina, and larger proportion
Of her people are slaves than in any other.
Slavery andTebellion are cause-and :eff-
feet When the Cause is removed. the
Effect will cease. +:
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49, Union Fotoka tnsv3z III :: =:
:, Pa1LApKI1,H1A, June a - refugee from
Norfolk brings copy Of the 1fansc7ip! OF the
25th u1t, containing the, names OF one hun
dred and eleven men who voted for the Union,
Notwithstanding reported threats of assassin.
alton. He says that tho ierrimac mas Just
a1oat wheu:he left, and he 1idicules the idea
Of her being used for offensive purposes. No
other vessel waa raised,
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Gov. J&ckaon stll1 Running.
BRRnANN, NO., June Il. "A German from
jefferson City says the steamer White Cloud
was loading at that place yesterday With can-
non and military stores, and It was said that
Governor Jackson, and an the State officers,
we're to EN- bark on her for Arrow Rock,a 4
strong point about 60 miles above, on the Mis-
eour River. Capt. Kelley's Guard Of 100 man
were the only soldiers In jefferson City up to
one o'clock yesterday. There nre no troops
at the Osage bridge or Dodd's Island. -
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Gen. Prenxls& and the Kentuckian3,
), = = Prom An occaeiona1 Correepondens.l :.
1 - .~ C41Ro Jnue 18th 1851.

Editors Chicago Tsfbuue: ..'
: Nntvs{ths4sna3nor tha q htot,l, s.+,st.,.o,z;
fnfc1r;eTsst ~ 49,, - 1,15tI5as .nH Gaff
T,1ohm.n ~ 1890 ~. Gan.0, au1 pIsn SoL
lit ~ Cs.ia and tha,r hi.nd cnnrtaa,. - .su. s
anr,srenfiv fr.1E .n3 natv;ntfa nsnpeH 4hau hau
cf moi mil o1,r ~ II Won1 sat4ss4, -, .nsJ
Enrfl,rIner's eSes ana NJ a.,1r ~ AZ rhsyy
rItvrnf fhd atn,ns.tior.s ~ 9s,,nas.,oH ea9;jj
rrsepinu M nn5er the Tr1v mn1z1es ~ = ~
.pUne et Caifo. : - ~--1
Ever slnce the consolidation Of: our forces
at Cairo, that great highway from the unesay
eorth to the free North, hss been thtonRed
with outraged American citizens-fugit{ves
+frem secession meauneas- -crowdtng the head.
quarters Of the army At Cairo, until Gen Prem.
atta and his of1cesa have scraped the bottom
ct their pockets TO afford momcntafv falief to
the needy fuE1tfyes until they have be-
come henrt sick, mad with Indignation at
tales OF Southern cruelty, Injustice and meau-
nett. And 1hese fugittyes hayc, for the moss
past, been ttmperatc, Aonest and respectable
people. They have presented Themselves as
indtSidualsi II men, n women, a., old
ment @ yIung men. rs tamillss, as Hhole
reg hpofnooos. They come with: heads
|. eIsyed, N1tn bodies excorfated With the 1ash,
!II'ppnE LAemselse& TO attest the truth, in
ne M ptsssnes sk ~ een. ffentlce and his officers;
tusy S1,ne nS .uo s, - ,, nome, Or peace and OF
K.HPst3 KP 3.ttms - eta9psy soF adherence TO
SEs 4n.en -. 1s. muM o9 y nnoesstood,
Aeus~g @ ttss ~" * tann 5tpTesented oY
-. ef.;,... -. ~ ~, souak 10y 20 SEQ
tn.,s - a. s.as1, x,a;nt - r. tne tHef,
1nank N too aies oe1n e Rus RInat " Hnu Tnefd
80 M ss,t u rhaT an. - susI oHn
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Another Mexican Revolution,

!, A413WNA1V4 @{4EAACA1 X16TVIN4k0H4 2
FEW ORLEANS, June 14-Te18s adyices say
that Co1tfnas was attacked about mile from
Redmond's Ranchero by;a force under Capt.
BeEayide md completely routed, killing seven
Ct bis men, and Wounding several and dis
Ee1airg them from the place. Certinas e..
capped with about 10 men into Mexico.-:-
1t is understood that 8 revolution has been
inangurated u TarmauliF Fa!a:.. .Gucrterno, the
defeated candidate for Governor, :has issued. =
proclamation aud removed the question as to
who should be Governor from the ballot boz
: 10 the sword. -, ~ r
: II IL the Impression that tic revolution win
become geuem1, and that Guenerno viii
unite his forces. with those Of Marynex and
Me1:sa who haze been setting Juazez: gov
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:. WAaH1Naror, june 14-Col. Fog1ey vii de.
liver enlegy on Judge Douglas ;an the 81 Of
sheperdstown Bridge was buined last night
and the Confederate pickets haveiBeen with
below WillIamsport. The secession camp Of
Haynsville, four miles this side .of Martins
burg, has also been broken up:
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NEW YoRk, June 14--1he steamship "sup:
pl9n arrived this morning from KY West,
bringing datea to the 2Sd. Very little excite-
'ment existed at the time Of her departure. Ap-
rarently . warmer feeling for this government
prevailed and the CRUSADER, Wyandottt aud
Water Witch were IN port. The two latter were
eocn to leave for Fort PIckens. All well
there. The q. g. steamer, Quaker City, for
Old Point Comfort and Hampton Roads, had
also arrived. - - a@,t'.
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Harper's Ferry. Certainly
::"! ~. EVacuated..S: =.
10000 MEN IN: THE VICINITY.
THE BRITISH POLICY RECONSTRUCTED
BB1DGEs AT; THE FERRY. AND
aHEPARDhT0WH DESTROYED. !;
LYON ~AFTER:HIM:
ELECTION IN EAST AND MIDDLE
TEhARSsEE.! = ;.
!: ARMY APPOINTMENTS,
~; HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
Especial Dispatch to ths Chicago Tribnns.l

: ~; HIGhLX IMPORTANT.
!. :: Especial Dispatch to ths Chicago T1ibune.l
.*:: ::;... :.::,, WARRINGTON. June II.
This esacuation Of Hnrper's Ferry and d.
st1uction Of bridges scross .th. Potomac, by
the rebels, Is confirmed By ad7ices Of the
Var Department. It IL: believed that they
wia attempt to atand 1t Winchester, after
being reinforced BY i strong column which
is reported to have moved moth from Ma.
nassas Junction last night, - :, 49,. -.
AL the regiments now stationed here and On
the Virginia side, received orders to-day: to
hold themselves In readiness to march st a
moments warming whether with a visr! to
aggressive or defensive movements, has not
trnneptred.:: -. ~: = = -. :
Sixty heavy gums are now mounted on our
Notifications in Virginia = ~. !:
: John A. Dix was to-day appointed Major
General; and Y. 8. Rosencrans Of Ohio, s.:A..
Hnrlburt Of Illinois, anaa cAptJoohn Pops, Pc, Of
Enginee1s;i :Bzigadler Generals by the Preai-
Henry Winter Davis will be Minister to
Austria in place Of Bnr1ingame, who goes as
Minister to China: : =: = = Z: 'S*'
:: Nothing new on the Virginia side Of the
Potomac, in and about our intrenehments.
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EPH1xarn1D; June 1.-THE Governor, and
: State officers have made arrangements to pay
: all eoldiese under the 10 regiment act, in gold
upon pretentatfon' OF their warrants to the
Treasurer: Only the warrants In the hands ol
the Eo1dfers themselves will be rald at pres
.ent.. Parties who hold them at slcond Rand
will be paid at q future. day. The soldiers cau
draw their pay BY Powers OF Attorney, blanks
!: for which: will be furnished by the Auditor
upon application :. 81: - = -
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AN0A ~ VrN1A8SUN&k4~1 -.
TIE strpidest advocate. ct the neutrality
dcdec will now see that the day has come
for dealing. promptly. vigorously and de-
c:tively with Gov. Jackson and his traitor
CTS allies and abett6ra in Missouri: His
trsason. long known, is now proved by his
declaration Of war upon tha United States,
and heneeforth he must be: regarded as
public enemy who, ,hast. abandoned his 10y:
ally and accepted the chances Of strife
Fer the sake Of the Union men men of. .Mis-
souri; for the -peace. aad*:quiet Of our
neighboring State now th1essensd with the
horrors of civil waf; ttor DE i aakas; Of :ths
Union canse ese1ywheze, We beg mud pray
the anthor'hes atWa.h1gtoa p p give y the
case oi olassoull 1nelf SPEEDY ana earnest
attention. LEI Us nave no delays no iAlse
monone' no 1eolmg: 4Ne!ye .noqsapa men
N llnnon: 'nlEe 'noasaaa u LOWE, t"o
M:"h: oasA..a ~ ~, .sun -. . 1891 ~ raGn@.. a = =
n'sAlsa' anu nAn . eoasa s>s - =
..e a.ana' ~ tny 1sea1 ~ 1o'S 60 -
80 44alns ~ ns.s1.t ~. . - 80. - u -
oeason nas oone a9 "o1e. sau eas o'ase =
oisggea o9 1ofoe ano cunning 1n.o 'ne
.a'homiess gun oi pe5aihon-ecesaon' ~ II
Every day now u mon1h; every nou1 -
osy; every 1nmu'e g i4om. 4he gFo9no
which may be- occupied now with hardly
The firing Of q gun, will cost regiments Of
brave and loyal men by-and'hy. Let there
be no waiting TOT etiquette, for further ne
godation In that1iow coact, the red. tape
and precedent osasra ~ ow rs the time TO
x4r,1. ~ Z. iaxHs&s..+n * ~ 1.fw %,t,i,n- 4.
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:s g. r.: WA4H1HGxoN, Juns II, 1851. :
j learn, also, that the rebels it Richmond
have plenty Of paper money. They have msde
forced loan from each Of the banks: nv in.
formant knows one bank that paid twenty:
five thousand dollars, and at the same time
required them to keep : this fact from
timore at fifteen per cent: discount and 1arga
amounts are sent there from Richmond 10
Pay for goods and provisions, aud some Of It
has been exchanged for specie; I believe
there ia. yet = market for Virginia money in
Wall street. n those who buy it realize that
the demands Of the rebels, without fegard to
their security, they will probably stop taking
1t, and aiding and abetting f1aitors::'
NR DuR11saAAE AMD TEE COURT on :v1Kxsi.
;: Har}ng taken some trouble to ascertain The
origin Of the rumor that the Austrian Govern
ment had refused to receive Mr.. Bur1iugame
Us our representative 7 find its authorBhfp en-
elnaiyely due to foreign Minister resident
here. Az soon ps Mr.: nrlingame's name WAS
first mentioned in 'connection with the Aus
up By Senator Mnson md Hunter, his former
most intimate friends, lost no time in writing
to Vienna violent dispatch concerning MI:
Burlipgame, describing him q fiery red Re-
publican, and adding other, ,slandeEous absnr-
dittee, connected in the society of his traitor
Qua friends: This. dispatch was boasttngly
carried al over Washington; It was even rad
to distinguished Republican Senator here,
with intent to ffighten him, and was forward
dto Vienna previously even to HI. Burling.
ame's name being sent to the Senatel Some
weeks after Mr.. BIS. departure to his post
Count Rechberg, misled by these false rep.
resertatioDs, transmitted instructions to enter
q protest against that gentleman's noniua-
tion- Hereupon the same diplomat again
boakted right and left that MI. Burlfngame
to,Ad be refused at Vienna This piece of
diplomacy furnishes an additional evidence of
the complicated plots sud plaus OF the secess.
ion traitors. Like their other schemes, how
ever, 1t promises to 60 a-glee.- !. 80
Mr. Seward, IN recent Interview with one
Of the Foreign Diplomats, used some vigorous
language that will be quite likely to make an
Impression On some Of the Powers Of Europe.
Mr. Seward announced that any nation that
interfered with the rebellion In this country,
or encouraged the rebels, Would be Fe-
garded as making var with the United States,
End would be treated accordingly; that when
England was at w1r With Indin and Ireland,
the United Stntes Government did not Inter-
fere, and all the world must keep hands of Of
us and our afairs Or thera would be trouble.
The Diplomat undertook to intimate that the
question was an intricate one, and ore that
demanded mnch consideration To which
the Secretary Of State replied, Tint it Wns not
60; th1t 1t was not only plain one, but: one
that had been settled for. yesrs by the Law of
Nations, and that the Federal Government
would submit to no interference let It CONS
from what quarter 1t would, and thus ended
The conference - -: + tt.|-.s :t5!sa: g
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= 10 10 .3110s Z
i. By our dispatches this morning, 1t will be
found that al Illinois volunteers under the
ten regiment bill are to be paid fmmediate1y
In gold. The sharks who have been buying
up the eoldie1s' certificates 1t an enormous
shave, VII have to await q little: LONGER, As
they ought to,
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m6nud6ht 20 Benatof UoUGlo1-,
WASHINGTON, June 14-A number Of the
friends Of the late Senator Doug1as, represent
Ing various States, assembled Last night for
the purpose Of concerning measures to erect
suitable monument to bis honor, aud make
preparations for delivering eulogy upon The
deceased on'the evening Of the 4th OF. July.
Gen. DIX Will be commissioned q Mafcr-
General tomorrow. =.
=. Hon E. Joy Morris has Secepted the mis-.
tion to CoDsfantinople and viii to-morfoF
forward to Gov. Curtin resignation Of his
seat in CouEreaB,
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:: -: w ;The Great Bethel AfYalr.; =; ~ :
!, We find In the New York 1Em<s' Washing
ton dispatches, the following additional par.
ticu1ars Of the unsuccessful attempt upon tile
rebel batteries at Great Bethel: .''7+3 tSo
There we're three batteries opened on our
road to yorktown: In ali there were about
thirty cannon served, many Of them being
life pieces. Our forces had only Light bas.
teIy Of three field pieces 6.pounders, at first
-snd fourth, which came up during tho
The fight 1t the batteries commenced 1T II
lnceesant1yt iii about O'CLOCK: The New
York Zouaves, Col. Hawkine, fell aside from
the road and got In range across one OF the
batteries, doing good execution for over half
an hour, but they got ont OF ammunition, and
.,Were ordered to tail back with the retreat i.
On the water, side 1t Eas Impossible to ap-
proach tie battery. After the first volle9s
were fired upon the central battery, the. cot
umn opened right and left, and entered the
woods, with q view to turning the flapk Of
the enemy, while the field pieces served by
the Massachusetts boys held their position
In the centre for time. The odds were too
great, however, aud the retreat WAS finally,
made good, only one Of the field pieces being
=: Ths loss Of the enemy must be very heavy.
Lieut. Butler, who was present during. the
coLfifct, thinks that at least 200 rebels must
haye been killed and wounded. ..-.:
Major Winthrop, Of Massachusetts, AID to
Gen. Butler, is mlssing+ He LETT his horse
with servant, at the roadside, and entered
the woods to feconnoitre. He has not rpturn-
ed, and It Is feared be is killed, or has bean
9ut fouf prisoners we're taken By tic Fedsr-'
al forces. - .
:ordals were gtrsn: by Gen. But1er; It thta; :;
otatset, that the different detaehments should
ddis1tinguish d11hg A. themselves @ By wearing = white
-1nexpllcat1e' that Col. Bendix, Of the New
York German regiment, should hare fired on
his OWL friends, VIXEN be came In sight Of
thems tnasmnch as they might have been
known by their badges.
: The: conduct Of Brigadier Gen. Pierce is
again seVere1 y commented on. He retired to
the rear, confused and unable to give any or
ders that bis: men could comprehend. He
cried, Boston, charge /" but none could hear
him, at any distance, and one man cried out;
stCharEe be: id How: ara you: EoIng to
,cha1ge that dnfernal fire." The boys stood
;! Their gro9nd IS long - 1t was of any uses
Regimen, WAS wounded through the arm. He,
bound It up and bravely continued to fight up
to the Inst moment. !. -
Col Townsend himself behaved With great
GOODNESS ard bravery throughout the action. :,
Gen Butler feels deeply the loss OF the gal-
lant Leut- Greble, whom he esteemed es a
most accomplished young oRce1.' ~ <.
[Col McCheeney, one Of Ellsworth's orgi-
nal Zouases, late Of this -city, and now Colonel
ofa regiment OF tbs New York Zonayes, ,was
near he scene Of action, in command Of the
useITes which Gen. Pierce neglected to order
up to acslon-En, TR1s.l :x.ze:t.s.,->
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3Ao "oF1NF II camp NHQA1C8..
CAIRO, June 13.-To day, ,Gen:sMcC Cle1lau,
accompanied by Gen. Prentiks, Col, Wagner,
Lieut.. Osborn, Messrs. G. ". Graham, John
J. sproule, Robert Forsythe and John Biz.
the vicinty.~ Gen. Mcclellan EXPRESSES him
self highly pleased with the appearance OF
The men and their quarters. HV LETT on the
special train at tWo this afte1noogior Spring
Geld. ~:
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t">t Gen.. Mcclellan a& Oairo... -,
: Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune:l. :

: Gen. Mcclellan; a& Calro.s. ~;
~ Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune1 =:
~ CAR Dx11Anca;; CA1no, ,1une14, 1851. .
Major.Gen. McClellaa,t III company. with
Gen, Prentiss and bis stat, escorted BY ! squad
Of Capt Barker'G chicago Dragons, went the
:: entire rounds Of Camp Defiance and Camp
Lyon to-day, the ceremonies occupying foui
or i've houra. His inspection OF: the various
regiments and detached companies wss tho
rough. What he thought lot, tho troops may
bo gathered ffom Sic following. remarks,
which he made I'd Gen. Prentlsa, in the prss- ist
enee offhe Brigade: otBcen, on their retura :.
congratulate you, General, upon the admt.
rable condition Of your command. I am sur
prised at the discipline Of: your troops. l ex.
pected to find massof men with Gttle discl-'
Pline, not much instructed, aud without o.
der. I find, on the contrary, brigade res-
dy to 50 into the field You want certain ar
tIcles IN the way Of equipment, but 30 far ts'
Qepends On the officers and men themselves.
anould not hesitato to take the brigade IN.
Ger ffs 70 moHor. I knowwhas they could
Ga 90 anls :yisit h. caused ma much
may be thrown together. more frequently.
Tho resnlt Of yourl1ahn1s Is moet. creditsb{e
10 The State Of Illinois. and to yourseIyes.
gentlemen. You have my. siucesest thsuks
!or the condition OF your troopa. You have
to your country. Of course, much more re
msina to be done, but you have done infinite.
" mora than I had any res son TO expect. :
:: Gen Mcclellan then retired, aud General
*Prentlss, in rely, said 10 his officers present,
that, ago well pleased vaa Gen. Mcclellan
with the brigade, that he had pledged hiuself
to immediately advise Gen. seott, that this
brigade must be received into the United
statea, service for three yea.s under all eli.
cnnstsnces; ! that this must form thte' tiht':,t van
guard for a movement down the Mississippl,
Of the Wettasn' Divisioa Of tho Grand Army
of; the United statts; that i reputation
should 1t oace be made for the very choicest
arms in the service, and Tor every othsrsrtt-
c1e that was needed for tbs equipment
and comfort Of: his men, Dc: qenera1
Psentits:- then j, advised ~bis: officers to
continue their drill without .cess.:lon j;
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BALTIMORE, JUNE 14.-Complete. returns
from the Sd district election give Lesry
{Union) S75 majority. Thls district gave
Breekinridge majority last fall -:
Nothing from the Fizst District yet. The
general Impression ls that the whole Union
delegation except Henry Winter Davis, Is
elected.
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GEN. Lyon On the Governors Track
jackson u lille ahead.

>sT:' AuHERTs,: Mo-, June 19, 8:A: MA
special agent, sent down from Jefferson City
with the mai, has just reached here, having
left there this afternoon. Hesrys the govern
day, and that the Inst Of the soldiers LET to
day, at Q 4 IL taking with them ali the 1oco..
motives & understand there. Here 'fiye) aud
cars, and burned the bridge at Grey's Greek,
three miles vest Of Jefferson, sand also one
atoye there, after they had passed over them.
It }e supposed that the Governor has ordered
Or ArIow Rock probably the1atter-and it /.
thought that Cen Lyon win push On aftex.
BIN, and should ha meet with no delay he will
not be more than twenty four hours behind
the Governor. The Morsan bridge, four miles
this side Of Jefferson. iss unharmed, but the
western span Of the osage bridge, mIlea this
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-"
|: Virghis.- He fE here tonight His Regiment
aud the Twenty Second OHIO are guarding tbs
ParkenburE road He reportssa skropR a.
.ceaslon feeling along part or the line OF that
The arst work Of the Nineteenth Ohio Rse-
wheeling roads. Tie Regiment Is expected be- led
: but not Jet reported. 2::7 -st@:*s.s -
q: Col 6teadman's command moves to Bu-
. chanan, the county seat of upahur, to.nor.
row. He wt1l prevent the further impress:
ment Of. Union men there
Captain Crawford Of the Fourteenth Ohio
By q sentry. He died Instantly. The stupid
ssntry fred without calling for the counter:
Sign. ~-''%- -
Latest from Fortress Monroe. ana
=: " Great Bethals
=, Fortress MONROE, Juno Is, via BALTrxoRs,
retired from Great Bethel, 60 far a. their anain
body is concerned, but the plsce Is Still held
+ By them and can be occupied by a large body
On very short notice.: e.,
Capt r. q. Davis, son OF Judge7 Davis
Lieut. .Chas- q. Seaman and Dz. Martin, Of
Col. Duryee's regiment yestereday entered
the enemy's line with da1 OF ftzuce, and went
to within half = tmtls of Yorktown. They
snw formidable battery at Great Bethel. but
!. were not allowed to e1smf16 tan works, and
fIom there to Yorktown vera conducted by
soldiers, who met them At New Market Bridge
3 miles from Hampton, to which point tic
secession plckets extend. They were cour.
:teously treated by Col. J. B. Magsuder, who
commanded. at Great Bethel. fhere was a
kEge eucampment Of cavalry: at Yorktown,
and: the place was being strongly fortified.
There Te5e also batteries between Great
y, The secessionists report one killed and five
wounded at. the engagement at Great Bethel
and express the Wish that Gen Pierce may be
retained in commaad-.: :"t....'. -
Major Winthrop was ehot dead by aLoulsana
was buried By the rebels, md bis heroism
greatly praised. Two Zonazes died prisoners
:, The rebels say.. they have other prisoners
whem they we're willing to exchange; $: =. Z
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..Z CHICAGO

the SACRED eoip Of -apy State whereon
American honor is at stake; and in the a.
ssencs Of defnite instructious he has the cool.
clear lead aud the firm heart that will satisfy
the popular will ct the Great Northwest In
the course he would take In vfndicatipg the
tonof OF the old flag, r: 900. III. =