Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-06-25

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rIIsi usn hnl guhloar Col wiz
.kns of ihe lslh regiment 0i Nonffh
was n0fHllt wounded. and 0ur loss Us na.
liinalri I'd from thirty iD Hyl,.hyr. prime
rItalIy Icotpnnf Tho lou uf lho enemy
s Thought 10 bc large The ronlodrrnlcs
succeeded in diving lhe Yankees from %
tiurc or wood they were trying lo 9ccu'
rol famcr. at Scrc.sionyIIlo, kept ur %
fire ON tho enemy boats aud land camp,
and on Monday mo disabled % Yankee
propeller,
4 Federal prisoner taken on Monday,
reports that the enemy on James Islanu
as sixteen regiments slrCng and few
more were expected shortly.
4 Il was reported ut Charleston that tho
steamer Cecil, of that Port, for Nassau,
with a cargo of cotton, had boon captured
by the enemy.
Tho Richmond papers of the 18th contain
the following dispatch, dated Charleston,
+ the day before;
"rhc same paper states that three thou
sand prisoners taken by General Jackson
from Banks left on wednesday Tor Sails
bury, y. Carolina. Tho papers also states
! that OF the AZ of our wounded that fell
into thir hands at the battle OF fair oaks,
nine have since died and the balance are
at the Liberty prison hospital
THE BATTLE OF CROSS KEYS,
! The truth ir regard to tho battles oI
Cross Keys and Port Republic will proba'
ably bo arrived at some time. Meanwhile
/ tn ere is u tantalizing mystery about those
affairs, which is not relieved hy the fol-
lowing statement from the special corrcs-
pnndent of the New York IimcS Wr!-
/ ting from tho Mountain Department,
| June 10Th, he says Of the battie OF Cross
Keys. PWsJurg Dispatch.
"Of the fight during the day it were
useless now to speculate, and worse to
criticise. Fremont's little army (lar less
than the public would readily believe, J
was met ut every point by superior num'
berb oaly by superior material and bet
ter fighting was it enabled to escape dis
aStTous result. llau
Gen. Fremon. known then, as lie knows
now, Of the movements Of Shields, and his
failure TO cut off JaCksOn's escape, by
burning the bridge at Port Republic, the
fight at Cross Keys had doubtless como to
u different end.
when the pursuit was resumed the
next day passing over the same ground
occupied by the enemy the day before
finding him gone, and soon after seeing
the smoke OF the burning bridge, with
strange rumors of Jacksons escape, gath
cred from citizens, prisoners, and finally
from couriers, having crossed the river, 1t
was evident, for the first time since had
known him, that General Fremont was
surprised, perpleXed and disappointed.
1t had previously been rumored IN camp
that Gen. NJ M'Dowell had been arrested
and called to Washington OH a charge OF
treason. The surmise was suggested TO
moro than one, had that any connection
with Shields failure to do what was eX.
pected Of him! As this matter is 20 be
investigated 10y court.martial, the coun-
try will know the whole in due time.
The next day Gen. Fremont had moth
ing left but return with his depleted for
ces, through heavy rain, TO HNrrsonburg,
and 50 falling back down the valley to
Mount Jackson, strong position, where
his army now remains"
Inn L.IunII tv,nIn.--Ine WIuULustri
, correspondent of the Press gives some in
, cidcnts connected with the battle of Port
Republic, among others the following:
, Patriot d Union.
"rhe Eighty Fourth Penna. which held
f the extreme left, supported by One. hum
. dred and-tenth Penna. took into the field
about two hundred men, Of whom nearly
| fifty were killed or wounded. Major Bar.
rett, son Of Judge Barrett, OF your State
| commanded the regiment, and won for
himself the high honor OF receiving
! the personal thanks Of his General. The
f first shots fired rrazed Major BIS coat, and
| carried some of the cloth away. The bal
ance of his coat is full of holes, as is also
! the pumme of his saddle. The Eighty.
\ Fourth is at present without any field OIL
cers with the exception of the Major.
5 Col. Murray was killed at tue first battle
Of Winchester, and Lieutenant Colone
MacDOwell resigned before the fight a
. Front Royal. Major Barrett has gone tC
r Harrisburg TO see Gov. Curtin, and hay,
him appoint n man to the Colonelcy.--
, Major b. should be promoted to the
/, Lieutenant Colonelcy, for he has now
been in three fights, in two of which ht
comman ded the regiment, and has alway
been h ighly complmentcd by his supe
rior officers for bis bravery and soldierl!
qualities"
PARSoN BRowNLow AND THE RErUBLI-
, cANs.-The Abolition papers are publish
ing great deal stuff just nov that Par
son Brownlow formerly said about Demo
lcra.s, and as they seem very desirous t,
hunt up "reminiscences we respectfully
ask them TO publish the following morsel
which appeared in the Knoxville wig
Immediately after the nomination of Lin
coin, by the Chicago Convention.-Er.
The Black Republicans at Chicago, af
ter a stormy session, some fighting, an.
+ much 0tuse Of each other, have, in th,
midst of liquor and much hard swearing
nominated Abe Lincoln, the Illinois Abol
itionist who was supported 10y BuchOnon
Administration eighteen months age, 70
the Senate, in opposition to Douglass. -
! On the ticket with this Administrator l