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child. Anticipations are expressed that he
would return to the Rebel capital in few days.
The same paper (2Sd) mentions the capture Of
% deSerters, some Of whom will be shot.
WASHINGTON, June 26.
The following has been received: "REDouBT
No. 90, one o'clock A.M.-To the Secretary Of
War. I'VE have advanced our pickets on the
left to-day, under q SHARP resistance. The men
behaved handsomely. Some firing sti lcontinues.
| 10 minutes past 8 P.M-The enemy are max.
| ing q desperate resistance to the advance Of
picket lines Kearney and one-half Hookers
are where we want them. have this moment
reinforced HOoker's right, with brigade and a
couple Of guns. hope in few moments to
complete the work intended for to-day. The
men are behaving splenddly; the enemy are
fighting well also.
This is not batte-merely an affair Of Hcint-
zleman's corps supported by KCyes; and thus
| far all goes well. We hold every foot we have
gained The loss thus far is not large. The
| lighting up to this time has been by Hookers
Division. He has senced the Caemy's batteries
on his 'front.'
Five o'clock, P.M.-TLe affair is over. We
have gained our point, notwithstanding strong
opposition. Our men did all that could be de-
sired. The affair was partially decided by two
guns that Capt. Needy brought into action un.
der very difficult circumstances The enemy
were driven from their camp, in front Of ours.
(SigncD MCCLELLAN.
WARRINGTON, June 9th..
Mcclellan gives the following losses in the
battle of Fair Oaks: killed, 500; wounded,
1929; missing 1917. The Dispatch states
the Rebel loss in the battle at 5000, including
8 Generals, % COlonels, 10 Majors aud 81 Cap
tains. t.... ..
LOUISVILLE, June 9th.
The Federals now occupy Baldwin Junction,
on the jackson and Bolivar Railroad. 1t is
stated that the Rebels have lost 10000 men by
desertiOn since the evacuation Of Corinth.
General Pope reached Washington June 25th.
He went at the request Of the military author
tiles. -...r.7
WASHINGTON, June 18th.
Dispatches fro II Harrisonburg state that an
attack on the enemy's rear yesterday, preciPi
tated his retreat. Their loss was severe. In
the retreat they left large number OF wagons
In the Senate, DOolittle Of Wisconsin moved
Sn amendment to the Pacific Railroad Bill, pro-
Viding for route iIOm the head Of Lake Su'
periOr to Puget Sound.
CHICAGO, June ~.
News from New Orleans states that Pierre
Soule has been arrested, by order Of Gen. But
Ter, aud sent North.
WASHINGTON, June 18th.
The President has offered by proclamation
400 900 acres Of land in Oregon, for public sale
in October
LATEST NEws.-By to-day's mail we have re-
ceived dispatches from New YorS to July Cd,
and indefinite rumOrs Of severe battle at James
Island near Charleston, In which the Federals
were repused with a terrible loss. At Rich
mond the battle was still raging and the Union
force successful. Gen. StOneham, being cut off
from the right wing, bad to retreat to Yorktown,
and had arrived ut Fortress Monroe. ltis stated
that Gen Mcclellan by hard fighting had passed
through White TAX Swamp with 10000 men
and loo pieces Of artillery, securing an advan'
lagr u our position and line Of communication
to James River. II is reported that during two
days fighting Mcclellan lost 10000. lii stated
that the President will call for 100000 Volun
teers to hold ports already taken until the close
Of the war. Mcclellan has changed the base Of
his operations from York to james River. The
President has approved and signed the Pacific
Railroad hiil and internal tax bill. Owing 10
failure in receipt of exchanges our newsis vague
and indefinite, composed chiefly Of rumOrs. BY
next mail we may look for full details Of the
above battles and their results.
Limited we stand, divided we fail, has ever
been household expression with every loyal
American citizen, since it was first uttered by
one at whose recollection our every heart warns.
Aud hereafter it should be ingrafted upon our
national creed with a religious fervor, and in
siled in the youthful heart, impressed upon the
Infant mind, and lisped by its chid.tongue, in
common only with the petition Of our Father, so
early taught by Ours svirtuOus matrOns Thus
each hearthstone would become 4 nursery Of
patriotism, each household q cradle Of liberty,
and each family host Of freemen, so trained
that when old they would not therefrom depart
Had this been tie case Of late years. as it was in
the early history Of theRepublic, our age and gen.
Grafton would not have been, as now, the date and
dupe Of heartless villains and traitors, wolves in
sleeps clothing, Of demagOgues dealing damna-
ton to our institutions whilst prating prosperity
to the party in power, and pot.hOusc politicians
plrd-ing Eealty 10 the Union in one breath, and
in the next Vowing to the yictors verify belong
the spoils We would have no occasion TO ex-
hort ohe another to renewed vigilance and to be-
ware Of the telnpter. All the departments Of
our national and State governments would have
worked with accuracy, economy and prosperity
all the positions Of honor, trust, and emOlument,
within the gift Of the people, from the highest to
the humblest, would have been filed with men
honest-heartcd, competent and conservatives our
country would have continued to increase in
strength and population, in wealth and prosperity,
our course onward and upwa d. conquering and
to conquer. not BY the sword and battis-axe,' for
they would have been long since beaten into the
pruning hook and the plow.share, but BY the glo-