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s9- The Republican papers have pub
lished, evidently with satisfaction, what
Parson Brownlow has said about Demo-
Gratis, but his remarks on the Chicago
Convention, they have overlooked, proba-
bly,. They are:
The Black Republicans at Chicago, af-
ter a stormy session, some fighting, and
much abuse of each other, have, in the
midst of liquor and much hard swearing,
nominated Abe Lincoln, the Illinois Abo-
litionist, who was supported by Buchan-
ans administration, eighteen months ago,
for the Senate in opposition to- Douglas.
On the ticket with this Administration
pet, is Senator Hamlin, of the State
of Maine, an Abolitionist of the John
Brown Helper school, man, who, for
mind, manners, morals, features, mouth
nose, dark skin and woody head, could be
sold in the South for Negro.
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THE NEGRO BOARDING AND
SCHOOL HOUSE IMBROGLIO.

Our readers are aware that branch of
the Government negro boarding house is
in North Carolina, where some thousand
contrabands are fed, lodged and clothed
at the Government expense. They are also
educated by number of strong minded
women and weak minded men from Mas
sachusetts, who have established schools
for that purpose, to teach the dear Afri-
can brethren in. These institutions have
been source of injury to the Union
cause in North Carolina, and Gov Ed
ward Stanley, stanch and gallant Union
ist, who has been sent by the Administra-
tion down there to administer its affairs.
has, as one of his first acts, closed their
doors.
He is veteran politician, who knows
the temper of the people, where he lived
for years, and, being on the ground, is
better able to judge of what is demanded
than the magnates at Washington. 1t is,
therefore, with regret that we see it stated
that Governor Stanley has been overruled
by his superiors, and been directed to
open the free negro institutions which
have been such melancholy failures wher-
ever they have been tried, and which are
the offspring of the silliest and weakest
kind of fanaticism.
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Don't Get up Party Strife.

The Republican papers ard leaders are
indignant II a ths Democracy should keep
ND their Ola Union organization They
eau agitase the Niger Question apd
force upon Congress the principles of the
Chicago Platform can demand that 10
the Administration of the Government
their creed shall be applied, but the mo-
ment the Democracy talk of nominating
tickets, or organize thei: forces. these
men deprecate party strife. and thunder
their epitheis at democrats! Don't give
~ party feeling! Let there be no party
but the young. honest aud virtuous Re,
publican partyl' Let that party have
power which according to Dawes. Repub.
lican member of Congress. can steal more
in one gear than the whole expenses of the
Government uuder any year of Demo.
cratic rule.
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FREMoNT's HEADQUARTERS,
Mr.. JACKSON. June 6. -

The further pursuit of Jackson has
been impossible to-day, owing to the sud-
den rise of the Shenandoah river O.
A pontoon bridge, replacing the bridge
burnt by the rebels was completed, and
part of Gen. Fremont's force crossed this
morning It rained here all night and
day, and the river rose at the rate of IL
feet in four hours, bringing down great
quantities of drift wood, which finally
parted the bridge in the middle. The
material was saved, and no accident occur
red
Four hundred prisoners have been ia
ken to Easton, Pa.
Persons just arrived from Mauch Chunk,
give fearful account of the damage
above The dam at Mauch Chunk mill,
as well as two others are swept away, and
many houses demolished The railroad
bridge is also gone. Canal navigation is
stopped for the season, and the Leehigh
Valley Railroad will not be in running
order for several weeks. The whole town
of Misifort is swashed away Three houses
are left out of about three hundred. Ma
ny families were drowned The loss of
life has been terrible.
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! iBLATHERsKITES.

so We venture to say that there is not one
of our readers that is not acquainted with
several persons that will answer the fol-
lowing description, clipped from an Ez-
change: '.s
Whenever you hear men calling their
+ neighbors .Ssocssionisas and Traitors, just
sst them down as having no friends nor
relations in the United States service for
ehs pnrposs of putting down the rebel
Hon. This viii hold good in every COM
munity. Try it when and where you win,
and you will always find that the noisy,
wide-mouthed fanatics, whose mouths arc
: flied with the words Traitor and Secession
N, have neither father, brother, son or
any othsr relative engaged in helping put
down this rebellion; and they are the cho-
sen individuals who have divine right to
ley around and call every body Traitor
and Secessionist that don't subscribe to the
! sams sectional dogmas that they do"
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rag- Mr.. Seward, just after his appoint
ment to the Office henow holds, onaddress-
ing committee of Illinois Republicans,
uttered these memorable words
Gentlemen-If you want to save this
Administration, and have Unsuccessful and
profitable to the country, | implore you to
exert your best influence now to save the
Union Let it not be said that the Re-
publican party of the United States acon
its first, last and only uictory OVER THE
DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION.
Nothing has occurred since to diminish,
but much to increase the force of this
warming.
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The White Mans Platform,
PURPOSES OF THE WAR.


CONGRESS, BY a VOTE NEARLY UNANI-
NOUS, PAssED THE FOLLOWING REsoLU-
cInar WuIcu ExPRgs5Es THE Voice eF
TEE NATION, xND Is THE TRUE STAND
ARD or LOYALTY. F,'ae2 s2i
eai4That the present deplorsble civil war has
vheen forced upon the country by the disunion-
ists Of the, Southern States, now. in arms
against the Constitutional Government, and
in arms around the Capital; that in this Ma
: tiosAl emergency, Congress, banshing all
fssiing ofsmere passion and resentment, will
srscollect only its duty to the whole country.
thaf tAis srcv 4 not tuaged on their part in any
rsPisitc cf oppression, or for any purpose of
e1Aqssst on -sntjusation or purpose of orer-
shrowing or interfering NTH the rights or es.
eished irstitations Of those States, but to de-
fsad ana p,nintain the supremacy,cf The Con
a1utios, dsd to preserve he Union, iciM all the
Sskrssy tqaality md rights Of the seuerat States
stAim psfssds and that as soon as these objects
. sss eceemPissAed The war ought to cease
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Reconnaissance Toward Richmond.
McCLELLAN's HEADQUARTERS,

June 3.
As all the wounded and many of the
dead have been sent to White House by
railroad, it is impossible to fiud any cor
rect list of the casualties of the past
three days.
9. P M.-Gen. Hooker made re-
connoissance to-day on the Villa msburg
turnpike to within four miles of Rich
moud, without meeting the enemy in
force. Their pickets kept in sight. but
retreated at his approach.
Every one seems sanguine of the fall OF
the rebel capital when our troops ad.
vance for an engagement.
The fight of Saturday and Sunday seals
the fate of that city. They threw the
main body of the army, composed of the
best troops, on our left wing, with view
of crushing it. They were defeated after
two days. hard fighting, and forced to re
treat.
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LETTER FROM COL. coRcoRAN.
WASHINGTON, June 4.

WASHINGTON, june 4.
The following despatch was received
this afternoon at the War Department:
HALLEcK' s HEADQUARTERS, June 4.
To Hon. E. NJ. Stanton, iSec'y Of War:
Gen. Pope, with forty thousand men,
is thirty miles south of Corinth, pushing
the enemy hard. He already reports ten
thousand prisoners and deserters from the
enemy, and fifteen thousand stand of arms
captured. Thousands of the enemy are
throwing away their arms. !.
A farmer says that when Beauregard
learned thct Col Elliott had cut the rail-
road in his retreat, he became frantic and
told his men to save themselves the best
they could.
We have captured nine locomotives and
number, of cars One is already re-
paired and is running to-day. Several
more will be in running order in two or
three days. The result is all I could
possibly desire.
(Signe0 H. w. HALLEcK,
Major-General Commanding.
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McCLELLAN's HEADQUARTERS,
Thursday. June 3


The severe storm which set in on Tues
day, lasted during the whole of yester-
day. The waters in the Chickahominy
rose to an unprecedented hight The rail-
road trains from White House to the late
battle field, were detained several hours,
and the telegraph line was down in many
places.
A contraband who left Richmond on
Sunday night, states that all the carts,
furniture cars, omnibuses and carriages to
be found, were impressed into the serv-
ice for carrying the dead and wounded
from the battle field, and that the Spots
wood and Exchange Hotels, together with
a number of public and private build
ings were turned into hospitals. All the
information shows that the enemy suffered
terribly.
The rebels opened with artillery this
morning from FIVE different points oppo-
site New Bridge, with V ew of prevent
ing its reconstruction. Three or four bat
teries opened on them, caus n5 them to
retreat after about two hours. Our loss
was l killed and wounded. No further
interference took place during the day
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BATTLE BETWEEN JACKSON AND Rose
CRANs-J JACKSON DEFEATED.

FRONT ROYAL, june 2.-Lieut. Jenen,
of Gen. Shields's staff, with twenty five of
the 1st Ohio cavalry, made reconnois-
sance yesterday, going to Strasburg. On
his return he reported the enemy retreat
ing through dStrasburg very rapidly, with
their baggage trains nearly through. Gen.
Bayard with force was Immediately or
dered to advance to Strasburg, and cut off
the trains. Upon arriving within mile
of Strasburg, he found the enemy in great
force just beyond the village, and not
deeming it prudent to attack, halted for
the night.
Much firing was heard yesterday during
the entire day, some distance beyond
Strasburg.
Loyal blacks report that Gen. Rosecrans
had attacked Jackson and beaten him.
The probabilities are that jackson will
be overtaken and great battle fought.
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Further About the Battle Be-
fore Richmond

We have taken some Eve hundred
prisoners, among whom are several prom,
ineDt officers.
On Sunday, as soon as it was light. the
eight was renewed by Gen. Sumner with
marked success. the fight lasting nearly
the whole day The rebels were driven
back at every point with heavy loss The
ground gained by Gen. Summer was about
wo aud half miles,. teu 4Aos..
Gen Heip,z.lman succeeded. on Sun.
day morning, in retsking the ground lost
the day before by Gen. CASEY. after
severe struggle
Our loss iu the two days. engsgement
10 killed and wounded, is abour 5000.
great number are missing Nh will
probably return. having slrayed awsy.
All Of the enemy's killed, aud mos. uf
their wounded. fell into our hands ~
The Country in which the battle was
fought is swampy, with thick underbrush.
and most OF the fighting was in the
woods. Owing to the nature of tho
ground very little artillery was used
Both balloons were up nearly all dav
Yesterday.
All the troops left Richmond and
marched ont in the direction of the bat.
tie field.
The railroad has been of inestimable
service. the cars running within . mile
and halt of the battle 6rld, Bringing
Onward ammunition and supplies. 51eN
The wounded were immrdiateIY put
aboard the ears aud sent TO White House.
Gen Mcclellan erriYed en- The hat .
teid ON Saturday evening. where be has
remained ever since directing ail In,
movements in person. Hrs presence
among the troops had most splendid
effect .d - saes}s
-Four separate charges with the bayonet
were made during yesterday. In oce in.
stance the enemy were dr,van nitie. DUR
ling which one hundred shd ssys6t >iSrse
reoeis were killed with The baSbi.sy l3ns
Bienl Washington, Aid te Ged j .
IJohast''n. WAS taken prisoneT - Tsi
rhe enemy dsad lrfs or The Acid
amounted TO over twelve hundred
/, Gen. Howard was wounded twice in
tue arms
Col Miller, Of the Eighty fist Papa
sylyania. and Col Ripley, ofs Plissbn,g.
were killed Col. C4upbsll. of Psnasyls
vania. was wounded in the thigh nss,
The rebelsofficers were unabie to rally
their troops this morning. and have re-
treated back toward Richmond. ~
Our men have moved forward to Fair
Oak. five miles from. the city. al4e se
JEFF Davis and Letcher we're both at
the. fight yesterday. c gs5t
The dead are now being gathered and
buried. A1 a,l8< LOSS, s5soa
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Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, June 3.

WASHINGTON, June 3.
The anxiety to learn further news from
the Chickahominy has been very great.
here all day, but up to the present wri-
ting, no details have been made public;
nor is it distinctly known what the present
position of the two armies is. We have
reason to believe, however, that to-mor-
row we shall have full intelligence. It is
proper to add. that nothing has trans
pired here within the last twenty. .fours
indicating any reason to fear that the re-
suit is otherwise than satisfactory, and
that General Mcclellan will speedily and
triumphantly enter Richmond, no one
questions.
The publication of the order enlarging
the boundaries of Gen. McClellan's De-
partment, aud increasing the forces at his
command, is hailed with general applause
in Washington. 1t is the first sure indi-
cation that President Lincoln has really
assumed the direction of war matters.
1t was photographed, some time SINCE
that Governor Stanley stated that be
should return to California unless the
Hunter proclamation was repudiated by
the government. Since reaching North
Carolina he has caused the teaching of
negroes to be discontinued Mr. Sumner
has taken umbrage at this. and on the
strength of some statement that the ac-
tion Of the Governor was iustigated by
the government he has had resolution
adopted by the Senate inquirpg into the
matter.
The general expression of soldiers re-
turned from the South is, that the edoca-
tion Of negroes aud armipg them are re-
pugnant to the Army. The most that
can be done is to set them to hard work
on the plantations.
| Officers who have been on duty in con-
nection with the negroes at Duff Green's
row, object to keeping up q boarding
school for negroes at that place.
Every day exhibits some new way OF
serving up the nigger in Congress. There
eau be no understanding or adjustment
of the slavery question to suit the radicals,
short Of its entire abolition. aud the pla-
cling of the blacks upon terms of perfec,
equality with the whites.
The Senate having disposed of the
Tax bill, the Confscation bill will proba
bly, be held back until the House shall
have acted on the motion to reconsider
the Slave Emancipation bill. Meanwhile
the Senate will probably take up the Pa
ci6c Railroad bill. Il will pass the Sen
ave substantially as it came from the
, House. The Senate Committee, com
posed of ten members, has already re
ported it With a unanimous approval
with only a slight amendment.
The change of General Wool to Balti
more will not oDly give great satisfaction
10 the loyal men OF Maryland, but will
I give to General Mcclellan the control o
all the troops in the military department
, lately commanded by Gen Wool.
1t is said THAI Gen. CadwaIlader will
supersede Ger. Butler.
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GREAT EXCITEMENT IN WOOD
FORD COUNTY A NEGRO AT
TEMPTS TO COMMIT RAPE is
HUNG BY A MOB.

On Sunday afternoon, as Mrs. Mad
dox, her daughter Hester, and a little son
were returning home from church at Mid
way, and when about mile and half
from town, they were met by young
negro, about nineteen years old The
fellow stopped the buggy and ordered
Miss Hester to get our, which, of course,
she refused. He then, by using force,
dragged her out and attempted to accom-
plish his hellish purpose Meantime,
Mrs. Maddox had also got out, and gath
ering stones, began to throw at him as
well as she could, so as not to hit her
daughter: but the negro continued his
attempts, which would no doubt have
been successful had not the young lady
called to her mother to get the pistol
from the buggy. At this the negro be-
came frightened and ran away Getting
into the buggy and driving back to Mid
way to the house of young Maddox, who
lived about mile the other side of the
town they remained there while he, with
a few neighbors, started in pursuit. The
pursuit or search continued until Mon
day morning, when the boy was found
and confessed the crime. He was drag
ged considerable distance, and then
hung: but before life was extinct his mas
ter and an officer appeared and had hin
cut down. He was taken to Versailles
recovered, and put in Jail to await trial
The people are greatly excited, and threat
en- to hang him if he escapes the Law
Louisville Democrat, June 24M.
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nssz- q There are only two narties in

ea~ There are only two parties in
this war; said the lamented Douglas
loyal men and traitors; man must be for
or against the Government" Abolition
lists who now avow their purpose to make
a new Union, who neutrality-suspicious.
and soldiers unless the war be perverted
into an abolition crusade, of course are
all against the Government, and therefore
traitors. 1t is no worse for rebels to
break down the Government by force than
it is for abolitionists to break it down by
the power committed to their hands
They both stand side by side to-day, as
they have ever stood, mutual enemies to
the Government-Chica Times.
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HALLEcK's HEADQUARTERS, June

HALLEcK's HEADQUARTERS, June 4,
Midnight.-Men who left Grand junction
this morning, say Memphis and Fort Pill
low surrendered to our forces on Friday
night.
Citizens say that when Beauregard
learned that the Railroad had been cut,
he became frantic, and told his men to
save themselves as best they could. Sew
eral regiments of Mississippians dispersed
and have gone omeh.
Pope, with 10000 men, at last accounts,
was forty miles south, pressing the enemy
hard. He already reports ten thousand
prisoners and deserters, and fifteen thous-
and stand of arms captured. We hsNe
captured nine locomotives, partially disa-
bled, and several cars, and expect to have
them running in week.
PHILADELPHIA, June 5.-Col. Corco-
ran has written letter to New York in
which he declines the appointment ot
Harbor Master. He says:
1 am confident that the appointment
has not been solicited by any of my
friends. / therefore feel that his Excel
lency could be actuated by no other mo
tive than that of the kindest considera
ton for my welfare; and while am inf
lnitely grateful, l am obliged, under ex
sting circumstances, respectfully to de
cline the appointment Many reasons
clearly demonstrate the propriety of my
action
FIRST, Ifin the possession of my liberty
before the suppression of the rebellion,
desire to serve my country in the field
and,
Second, cannot think of accepting .
salary for duty really performed by anoth
er person.
He orders the money already received
by Mrs Corcoran to be refunded, ane
again thanks Gov. Morgan for his intend
ed kindness.
In the same letter he exculpates Col
Crocker and Major Cassidy from the
charges preferred against them. He says
they have been his fellow prisoners since
the 24th ult., and he is thoroughly con
vinced of their loyalty to the Constitu
ton of the United States.
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From the Cincinnati Enquirer
Who Caused the RebelllouP

Besides putting down the rebellion,
there is. we are informed by the organs OF
the party in power, another duty to per
form: to punish the particular class or
order of people at the South by whom it
was promoted. Admitting the justice OF
this proposition, il becomes important to
discover. to certainty, which is the gull
ty party Upon this point there are
more opinions than ont; there is an opin-
ion founded upon Abolition theories and
projects, aud an opinion founded upon
fact. Tue former is the opinion of the
New York Tribune. The Evening Post and
the CIscianati Glzette: The latter that OF
intelligent loyal citizens of the South.
The first represents the shareholders as
the originators of the difficulty, as will be
seen by the following extract from the
New York Evening Post:
I'VE mus remember that this is not
rebellion of the people, bat of class
which has losg ruled the South, 10y wealth
and by its slaves. The people of the
nth are already wearied; they refnse to
enlist; they do not fight as though their
hearts were in the struggle; they are
ready to hail the return of peace They
will settle down gladly as soon as the
Government re.establis .es itself, aud il
the wealthy Secessionists have not had
enough of war, they will be bound over
to peace by the responsibilities imposed
upon them by General Halleck's rules
The other view of the case is tina,
holden by Hon. Francis p. Blair, of Mo
AID which was presented by Parson Brown
low, and by the Rev. DR.. Breckihridge in
his recent address in this city. The Bos
ton Courier gives the substance OF some
remarks of Mr.. Brownlow upon the sub.
ject as follows:
'sHe said the other day that there is q
great deal of ignorance at the North as
well as at the South, and instaDcsd the
common idea entertained among US tha,
the rebellion is the work of shareholders.
That. he says, is 10 no sense true The
shareholders were conservatives generally
they feared the loss of property which
disunion would bring upon them; whereas
those who had nothing TO lose were easily
Influenced by the demsgogues, who per
soaded them that Abolitionists would free
the negroes and let them loose among
them."
1t is evidently the opinion of Northeri
Abolitionists tnat the more q man has
seen of the people and the state of soci
ETY. at the South, the less he knows. A
closet Abolitionist in Boston, who never
in all his life ventured south of MasoI
and Dixon's line, is accepted as better in
formed upon Southern things aud institu
tions than man who has been all hi
life in contact with them. 1t is This fac
which gives, in the opinion of .housand
of good and patri otic men. so discourag
ing an aspect to our affairs. The part,
which has distinctness and concentration
of opinion calculated to render it poteu
10 giving direction to the movements o