Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-07-23
VOL 9---NO. 80

ceS>luliy terminated Il the wav indicated
IN your resolutions, and bv saving and
giving assurance TO the people of the slave
holding States, that their rights sil.iIl h,
protected under the Constitution. We
have chosen our poSitions-thev are for
the maintainance of the Governments. the
Constitution and the Union The loyaI
men of the country VIII rally around our
standard-bear,g,s. and viii bear aloit the
Stars ;md Strips, Our battle cry viii
be one Constitution one Union, one
country, the Constitution aS ii Is. and
the mon as 1t WAS and which we VIII
uphold by putting down abolitionism and
seces~ionisln. Prolonged cheers
The convention then adjourned
The Richmond Eauateg-, published
on the 4th of July saws:
- Ii will be reollectcd that ii was sta
ted, with great precision of detail, that on
Saturday evening last, we had brought
the enemy TO bay on the South side of
the Chickahominv. and that il only ne
manned to finish him in a single enco,lntre
Such, in fact appeared TO bc the situation
then The next morning. however. per
cciNin% that our supposed resources of
@enrr.,lShip had given Us too much confi-
denoe; that the enemy had managed to
eNtricate himself from the critical position
and having masScd his forces. had sue
cecded, under the cover of the night, In
! orening a way to the James river.
= Since this untoward event. the oper-
ationS of our army on the Richmond sid,.
of Chickahominv have been TO follow the
fugitive enemy through 4 country where
IA has had admirable opportunities of con
ccalmcnt. and through The syvamJ,S and
forests of which he has retreaied with n
Judgment, and dexterity, and spirit of
fUrtitudc, which, however unay:liling they
may be 10 save his entire command, must
challenge our admiration of his superior
general~lip.
The glory and fruits our victory may
have been :, s,riou>ly diminished hv the
-ravc misliap or fault by which the enc
my was permitted TO leave his camp on
the south side Of the Chickahominv, In
An open country, and to plunge into the
dense cover of wood and swamp. where
the best portion of four or five days has
been consumed in hunting him and lin
din" ont his new puSit ion /; ONLY n fine 10
attack him under the lmcC rtaintv and dis
advantage of ihe darkness Of night. But
IN spite Of DELAYS and eml,a-Tassncnts
which have already occurred in bringing
tine enemy - n 4 ciSive acton. the sue
rcSScs of ilc week ,nga-Cmcn; :, rs far
rs now known TO Ia, are not 10 be lightly
esteemed We would not deIrecsite re
suits ainel.lv accomplished because of cG-
rors which. if they had not occurred,
would have made our victory more ulori-
OILS AMI nl"rc complete. The siege of
/ ic,im' NJ has been raised: an army of
one hun,lrel and twenty thousand men
haze been pushed from their strongholds
and Notifications, and put 10 fight; We
have crIoyod tie ocbU OF an almost daily
succession of victories. some of which
have i,crn achieved liz circumstances In
which the v:,or of our troops has alone
rcd,rmcd IA from the fault OF military
suicide; We have gathered an immense
spoil, In which we are reported 10 have
taken tJn thousand prisoners, and from
SyNcnty io ci-hiy pieces OF artillery; and
We have dcmuIsilized and dispersed IF we
lave 10. Succeeded IN amihila1ing. an ar
mv which had every resource that could
be summoned TO its assistance. every pos
sihle addition TO numbers within the reach
o; fine Yankee Government, and every
mat rial condition OF SUCCESS TO secure for
il the result of the contest which Il now
ahan'lons in di~lnay.''
1IIE lSEEFIS II TIE SHENANDOAH VAL
IEY.-Rcliahlc intelligence has been re-
ccivcd here TO the effect that the rebels In
no; very large force, probably three thou
sand Strcn@, have Appeared IN the Shcn-
! andoah Valley again, al Iurav. where. II
l. ppartcd, small figl.t took placc ON
Thursday. Ii WAS no; believed TO be q
d-Inons;::siil n OF any material signific;lilcc-
\ GENERAL ExCIiANGE OF PI:I~aNTI:S-
-WASIuNGroN, July II--It Is under
stood that, pT,eyio;Is 10 the late battles bc-
! fore Riclunon,l, Gen. Mcclellan arranged
for a general exchange of prisoners, and
| that Gen Dix had been instructed 10 con-
sumlnate thc same under Il fac of truce.
NEW YORK. July Il.-An tie rebel
1 pTi>oncI> that have been confined in the
/ fort, In lhis harlsor have rome aboard the
steamer Baltic
= Mobile is prtty well fortified. AMI
/ the inhal,.t.tntS eilcct 10 believe that II
c:nno; bc taken. Confidence i .e,cd
thin-. bat has Mobile heard from Ncrr