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the Government, is party at once igno-
rant and fanatical; holding untrue theo-
ries in the place Of knowledge, and
pseudo patriotism and philanthropy ia the
place of prudence and statesmauship.
There is so much testimony upon this
point that the slavehoIding was the con.
servative class at the South, that nothing
but the most willful blindness wonld have
failed to accept it as conclusive. But to
believe it would be equivalent 10 an adl
mission that the entire course of the par
ty by which the Government is control
led, has been in the wrong direction: that
lit has left undone the things which it
ought to have done. and done precisely
the things which it ought not to have
done. That they have done and are do,
ing all that is in their power to alienate
aud drive into active rebellion the truly
conservative element of the South, there
is no manner of question. To oppress
and destroy those whose interests were
for peace, and whose conduct and inhu-
ence were in conformity with their inter.
ests, has been the principal, indeed the
sole end of their policy: and it is to W ork
the utter ard irrecoverable destruction of
these that all their efforts are now direct
ed. Is
There can be no greater meanness and
injustice than falsely to charge people
with rebellious spirit, and then to EN-.
ploy the power of the Government to
punish them assif the charge were true.
But this the Abeitionists OF The Nor,h
must do, or submit. to confess that thew
are in the wrong. If slavery is not then
Abolition as the, cause of the war; aud
this fact they are not slow to perceive
The time will come when the people o
the North will perceive it. The decisions
which period of unwouted excitement
have permitted to exist will, by and by,
pass away; and then it will be seen that
they who were rampant to carry the war
to the crnelest extremi,ies, were identical
with those who are to blame for i,s rigin.
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THE SCARE ABOUT WAsHINGToN-THT
HURRIED MOVEMENTS OF OUR TROOPS.

HURRIED MOVEMENTS OF OUR TROOPS
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times, accompanying Shields Division,
writing on the 9th, says:
Shields Division left its sencampment on
Kitty's Run, this morning, for Manassas
Junction. The fight at Catletts Station
had led our Generals to anticipate meet
ing the enemy before we reached the
junction, and Gen. Kimball, who led the
column, took every precaution against
surprise.
A strong cavalry force led the way,
keeping about mile in advance of the in
fantry, and with detachment securing
the woods on both sides of the road; Two
companies of the Sth Ohio followed, de-
ployed as skirmishers. The remainder of
the regiment kept within half a mile OF
the skirmishers, and the brigade within
half mile of the regiment The artille-
ry of the division followed Kimball's s bri-
gades, then the second and third brigades,
and then the entire baggage train of the
division. The fourth brigade, in command
of Col. Carroll, was left at Catletts to pro-
tect the Quartermasters and Commissary
stores SO hurriedly deserted by Duryea
I have heretofore spoken of the shabby
treatment of Shields Division of Western
troops, in the Department of the Kappa
hammock have now to report the last
hair upon the camel's back On Saturday
last Mcdowell was ordered to dispatch
two divisions to the Shenandoah, via Ma
nassas Junction The divisions of Gen.
Shields and Gen. Ord were selected.
Shields division had just concluded a
march of about one hundred and twenty
miles, and the men were greatly in need
of rest, of shoes, and of clothing of every
kind. Yet they were ordered to the scene
of danger. Ord's division has been lying
idle on the Rappahannock for two or three
weeks, and is thoroughly fitted out in
clothing and equipage.
This division was transported by water
and rail to Manassas Junction The whole
division will not reach that point until
tomorrow or the next day. If General
Shields does not protest against such obi
Gus distinctions, he ought not to be suf-
fered to command such a gallant army.
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MARTINsBURG, Va, May 4-Reliable
statements from Strasburg say, that Jack
sons whole force, with his baggage train
of prisoners, succeeded in passing through
to New Market. The firing on Monday
was occasioned by an attack made by Gen
Milroy on Jackson's rear guard, at Fish
er's Hill, strong stragetic point, mile
and half south of Strasburg. From the
best information that can be obtained, ii
appears that the enemy held his ground
and resumed his retreat during the night
1t is reported that Jackson's advance
guard were at New Market on Monday
night.
The rebel Generals Smith and Long
STREET were in the valley with Ii, 900 men,
but their exact position was unknown.
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Fremont Routs Jackson.
WARRINGTON, June 2.

WASHINGTON, June z.
Information has been received at the
War Department tonight that Fremont
has encountered and beaten the enemy
near Strasburg, yesterday and this morn
ing, part of Jackson's army, which is in
full retreat
WILLIAMsPoRT, June 2.---Col. Ken
ley, Major Dwight, Dr. Stone and others,
are safe at Winchester.
A battle is progressing at the latest ac-
counts from Middletown. So say returned
privates.
SECOND DISPATCH. (
WILLIAMspoRT, June 2.---It is rumor-
ed here and at Harper's Ferry, that Jack
son was defeated yesterday at Winchester,
and was retreating toward Swaker's Ferry
THIRD DISPATCH.
MARTINsBURa, June 9.--This morning
all is quiet; no indications of the enemy
in the neighborhood.
HAGERsTowN, June "A paroled pri.
vate from Winchester arrived here to- day
He says that Jackson and Ashby were
both at Winchester on Saturday at 10 O.
clock. On Sunday morning their army
WAS pun III HotloH Go"diuS pudSpufSS Z
Ashby taking the route along the nortl
side of the mountain.
Shortly after daylight, on Sunday, HI
heard firing in the direction of Middle
town till he reached Martinsburg. Seces
sionists told him that Jackson had encoun
tered Shields and Fremont at Middletown
where Jackson was defeated and lost tel
guns.
Information received states that Jack
son had twenty one regiments Of infantr.
and fity-two guns. All prisoners wer
well treated. The sick, wounded and dis
abled, as well as the surgeons of the hos
Epitals, stewards and nurses, were paroled
Only small portion were taken alon
with the rebel army. They claim to hav
taken two thousand prisoners
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! RoLLA, Mo-, May 5.-Cols. White and
Vansewig of the rebel army, and James
Massie, Secretary of State under Claib.
jackson, together with about 20 ordinary
rebels, were captured at Cassyille a few
days since. Advices from Gen. Curtis
army in Arkansas, say that scouting par
ties from Gems. Carr and Osterhos' di-
visions in front of Little Red River, and
from Gen. Steel's department, have been
successful lately in breaking up the rebel
camps and running down guerrillas.
Lieut.. Grus, of the 1st Missouri, fell in
with party west of Barcay and charged
ON them, killing 4, and wounding about
20, and scattering the rest.
Near West Point party was routed by
Ma;;or Hawkins of the 9th Missouri, and
rebel Lieutenant was taken prisoner
Lieut.. Col. Ricket of the 9th Ill cavalry,
attacked party at Caich river, killing 4,
taking 2 prisoners and driving the rest
into the swampS.
Maj. Burn, commanding detachment
of his own battalion and the 3D. Iowa
cavalry, ON the night of the 9th of May,
fell upon rebel camp at Kickapoobon,
about 55 miles west of Balesville, killing
3 and scastering the rebels in every d.
rection, capturing large amount of camp
and garrison equipage, % prisoners, 25
hsrses, 81 guns, 80 or 40 Bowie knives
and 80 revolvers.
During attack the men leaving their
prisoners charging the camps with their
carbines. Thus reads the unintelligible
telegraph. Our troops can take the reb-
els on their own ground of guerrilla war
fare, and show superior arms and brave
conduct.
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~ s'The conservative msu Of The
North aud the border States" says ths
Washington correspondent Of the New
York Times, 'could save the Union end
restore peace to its broad extent 10 thirty
days, if the destructive element Or radical
abolitionism was crushed out Of Con-
gress." That is palpable truth. and ita
admission comes through . very proper
source. Abolitionism is 10 the waI sad
must be crushed ont before the psopls
can hope for peace aud q restored UnioN
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- GOOD Definition of secesslonist.

The Columbus Statesman gives the
:, followipg good definition of Secession
ssishs. Isssays: bea
~ 7ssA Sccessicn:st Is one acho oithdrovs
~ - separates hfwseIf from the Constitution.
81 and tie Uaion. He may or may not take
eup arms against those who maintain the
q authority Of the former andthe integrity
s Of tho iaster To constitute man a
ii 6ecessioniss. it is enough that has position
% q one of Aostaity to and rrpudiation Of tie
{ Constellation and the .Uaion formed nm
8 der IL - aa9e9 al
Z Uader this view our neighbor of the
alGszeste is Secession, and Ben Wade and
: ell the Abolitionists are Secession
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E The evils Of .hrowiog opeo % the

I az The evils of throwing open the
District of Columbia to runaway slsves
are being made apparent every day at the
Capital They aock there in great NAM
bers from the adjoining counties Of Mary.
land, and the attempts of their owners 10
recover them are attended With great
difficulty, and have already produced -.
fortunate collisions between the civil and
military authorities The law sboujd bA
enforced. and the slaves Of all loyal mas
ters returned, The Federal Gove.nmsnk
cannot afford, at this time, exhibitions Of
Iawlessness at the very seas of its slthor~
ity aud power. Sumner, Lovejoy, and
other radicals are endeavoring to make
out that the fugitive law does not apply
to the District of Columbia. T1is y
quibble in every respect worthy Of thsss
new-fangled Union msa.
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(Commua;cated \
Soldiers and their Widows Bew

Soldiers and their Widows Beware
PAytiss are going round the country offering
- purchase the claims of discharged soldiers,
! and also those Of their Widows, for mere
3 tribe, do not part with your claims to any of
Istheee unprincipled men, but get some respon-
sikls. and we'll known agent to do the bust
ness for you. In most cases a charge of FIVE
os ten dollars is ample compensation. We
have heard of charges as high as fifty. Don't
lspAy any snah price. ~ a.I X.
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Public Debt.

.,aa Tho telegraph informs us that Secretary
j Chase has made an official report as to the
3 amount of the public debt, putting it at
491 AK, 1854 on the 25th of May That
viii be gratifying news to the country, as
Thad Stevens, the Chairman of the Com
pittee of Ways and Means in the House.
. stated that It would reach one thousand
: millions by the frst of July. ais
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A GOOD SUGGESTION.

Some of the Abolitionists, to show their
appreciation of right, say "let those who
caused the war bear the expenses All
right. Nothing is palmer than that the
Secessionists and Abolitionists produced
the war, hence, let them pay the expense.
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nsS" Congress having passed an act re-
organizihgssand taking into the family of
nations, the negro Governments of Hayti
and Liberia, it is rumored that Charles
Sumner will be sent out as Minister to the
former and Ben. Wade to the latter.
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WHO rs THE TRAITOR?

Senator Wade declares that the man
who "prates about Constitutional guar
antics . is traitor , We declare that
man a traitor who disregards the guar
anties,of the Constitution and would tram
pie it under foot.
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My Six hundred and twelve petition
ers have fled their claims with the Dis
trict of Columbia Emancipation Con1mis-
sioners for compensation for nineteen
hundred and twenty mine slaves.
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WASHINGTON, June 6.-The following
dispatch has just been received at the
War Department
CAIRO, June 6-The steamer Desota
has arrived direct from Fert Pillow Our
forces now occupy the fort. A number
of guns were found, and the large mortars
had been destroyed.
The gunboats have passed Fort Ran
dolph.
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important from Halleck's De-
partment.
HAS 10000 PRISONERS AND DE-
SER TERS
CAPTURED 15, 900 STAND OF ARMS, NINE
LOCOMOTIVES AND A LARGE NUMBER
OF CARS.
dishearted and tells has men to
saue themselves the best they can.
HIS ARMY ON THE asKEDADDLE."
From the Valley.
GEN. POPE THIRTY MILES SOUTH
OF CORINTH.

Jackson with his whole force moving to-
ward New Market.
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na- Gen. Halleck married grand
daughter of Alexander Hamilton = the
Of Schuyler Hamilton.
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Democratic Victory in Pennsylvania
A Sign of Coming Events,

The following telegraph dispatch is of
gratifying significance. The election re.
ferred to. took place on Saturday last:
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McCLELLAN's HEADQUARTERS.

rE UESDA1, u uuc D.
The following address was read to the
army this evening at dress parade, and
was received with an outburst of vocifer-
Gus cheering from every regiment:
Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac,
I have fulfilled at least portion of my
promise to you You are now face to
face with the rebels who are held at bay
in front of the Capital. The final and
decisive battle is at hand. Unless you
belle your past history the result cannot
for moment be doubted. IF the troops
who labored SO faithfully and fought so
gallantly at Yorktown, and who SO brave
ly won the hard fight at williamsburg,
West Point, Hanover Court House, and
Fair Oak now prove worthy of their an
tecedents, the victory is surely ours The
events of every day prove your superiori-
ty. Wherever you have met the enemy
you have beaten them. Wherever you
have used the bayonet he has given way
in panic and disorder. 1 ask of you one
last browning effort The enemy has
staked his all on the issue of the coming
battle. Let US meet him and crush him
here in the very center of the rebellion.
Soldiers l will be with you in this
battle and share it's dangers with you.
Our confidence in each other is now found
ed on the past Let us strike the blow
which is to restore peace and union to
this distracted land Upon your valor,
discipline and mutual confidence the re-
suit depends.
s (Signed), GEO. B. MCCLELLAN,
Major General.
Gen. Birney, of Philadelphia, was re-
lieyed Of his>command ON the field of bat
tie by Gen. Heintzleman, he having failed
to bring his brigade into action when or
dered on Saturday
Reconnaissance made to-day show no
material change in the enemy's position.
Further information received shows that
our troops on Saturday and Sunday en-
gagged six divisions instead of four, max
ing force of $4,000.
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oALLENrowN. PENN NAV .
OF A CONGRESSMAN.

''ALLENTowN, PENN, May 26.
"John d. Stiles, Democratic candi.
date for Congress. was elected to Gil the
vacancy occasioned by the death of Ttos.
B. Cooper, by over 500 majority,n
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HIS ADVANCE GUARD ALREADY
THERE

SURRENDER OF MEMPHIS AND Fort
| Pillow
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Management of the War.

We learn from Washington that the
joint committee of Congress appointed to
inquire into the management of the war
meets with little or no succ ess in its inves
legations. The Commander in Chief of the
army declines to give the Committee an
audience at present to discuss the Balls
Bluff disaster. Not having the resolution
under which this committee was appointed
before us, we are unable to say whether il
contemplated only an investigation into the
causes of the disasters to our arms, OF
whether the Committee is designed to act
as supervisory junta to control the future
operations of the Commander-in-C Chief
If the latter power is granted or assumed
it is evident that this Committee may be.
come, in the hands of politicians, an in
strument of much mischief and DISASTER
The same uneasy class Of politicians who
forced the Government into the Bull Run
fight, are impatient for another advance,
and if permitted to have their own way
would preciptate the army into another
defeat before the close of another week.
The Commander-in~C Chief is naturally
Jealous of such interference with his plans,
and it is not surprising that he has inter-
posed obstacles to an investigation that
can accomplish no good, and may work
incalculable mischief.
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men, We are asked that the President
shall exercise over them a power, which by
the Constitution is conferred alone upon
Congress, to impose rules and regulations
in regard to the composition of that force,
that he may convert these twenty thousand
men from infantry to mounted rifles. Do
gentlemen know what those twenty thous.
and men will cost the Government for a
year? If they are infantry, they will cost
$40, 100000. If they are mounted men,
you all know, who are familiar with the
operations of this Government, that regi
ment of mounted men costs 81 500 900 q
year. I ask this house if they are prepar.
ed to add to the burdens their constituents
now have upon them, and which they must
bear, twenty or thirty million dollars a
year more, unless there is some imperative
necessity be shown, cannot vote for this
bill.
As l said before, there is no call by the
Administration for these troops. l do not
doubt what the gentlemen from Kentucky
{ Mr.. Wickliffel says is true as to the state,
ment made to him respecting the views of
the War Department, and am not bam-
ing him for asking the passage of this
bin; but if the Department require these
twenty thousand additional troops, Jet them
send a requisition here showing there is a
necessity for them, and for adding twenty
or thirty million dollars to our annual ex-
penses, and to the public burdens, and
shall reluctantly vote for it. But until
then, although have the highest respect
for the gentleman from Kentucky, and for
the Committee on Military affairs, yet l
cannot vote one dollar for another troop to
be raised beyond the six hundred and six
ty thousand now in the field until the he
cessity is shown by some one further than
it has yet been shown While l am reluc.
tant to vote against any bill which the gen.
tleman from Kentucky desires, | cannot
bring it within the line OF duty, as l re-
gard it, to vote for this bill. If he will
urge the Department and the Commander
in Chief to send troops now in service into
this state, 1 hope they will crafty him. -
I have no doubt his recommendations will
have that potency which they ought to have.
But for Heavens sake do not let US 60 on
piling mountains upon mountains Of debt
and taxation, until the nation itself is final
ly destroyed in the operations of this war.
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A TreasOnable Affair.

A gentleman who attended the recent
lecture of Wendell Philips in Now York
city, informs the .4rgus, of an incident
which aptly illustrates the cheracter of the
audience, and shows it to have been fully
in harmony with that of the speaker. His
Grafton was complete farrago Of treason
one fifth of which, if uttered by a Demo
crat, would have consigned the individual
instantly to Fort Lafayette or Warren.-
The incident alluded to is not reported in
the daily papers. At the close of treas
enable passage, where Philips avowed that
he was for the Union now only because he
hoped the Contitution would be overridden
a person in the hall celled out, "Three
cheers for Abe Lincoln and the Consttu
ton - The response was instant shout of
"Hustle him out - and he Vas hustled
out, ignominiously.
Gen. Fremont was present, and when
ever hi, name was uttered by the speaker,
this gang of trcason-mongers and despisers
of the Constitution vociferously applauded
while Gen. M'Olellan's name was passed
over in utter silence. Fremont alone, OF
all the Generals of the army, was jugcd to
have shown sufficient contempt for Consti-
tutional restraints, and enough of the die
tator, to suit this revolutionary conclave,
which reminds one of the clubs in which
Robespierre used to rant, and sans calot-
teS of Paris to applaud.
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Christmas in W ashington.

There was general observance in
Washington Of Christmas day. all secular
business being suspe Iied. The street
crossings were guarded by few mounted
and foot soldiers, to be ready to suppress
any disturbances, the city being visited by
hundreds of volunteers, some of whom
were arrested by the Provost Guard for
being absent from their camp without leave.
All the drinking saloons were closed at
night. As it was agreed that the meeting
of both houses of Congress on Thursday
should be simply matter of form to ad.
journ over till Monday nearly all the Sena-
tors and representatives had left the city.
The public functionaries of all grades,
sought relaxation in social amenities, and
the soldiers enjoyed relief from all excep.
Indispensable duties, and fasting upon the
turkies pies and knick. knacks, whole wag.
on loads Of which had been proviced by
their friends. Notwithstanding the priv.
leges allowed, the almost entire absence of
drunkenness was generally remarked.
Our soldiers across the Potomac enjoy
ed general holiday. Dress parades were
the only military duty required. A large
number had their private Christmas din.
ners, speeches and music. Most of the
tents were tastefully decorated with ever
greens, and otherwise rurally ornamented.
At Camp Butter6eld, Halls Hill, there
was fantastic parade of the Ellsworth
Regiment, which caused great merriment.
Each man was grotesquely dressed, and
the usual order OF movements are carefully
reversed. There was nook trial of the
officers, and other doings, which served
greatly to entertain the men and their
friends, who were in attendance in large
numbers.