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PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1861. VOL. XII._NO. ?& Twilight There ls nn evening twilight of tho henri, When Sta wild passion-waves nie lulled to rest, And the oyo sees life'? fairy scenes depart, As fados tho day-beam in tho rosy wost. 'Tis with lin ame\oss 1'oeling of regret . Wo gaze Upon thom as they melt away. And fondly would wc hid I hem linger yet, Dut hopo is round IIB with lier angel lay, Hailing alar some happier moonlight hour; Doav arc her whispers still, though lost their carly power. Jn youth the chook was crimsoned with lier glow ! Hov smile waa loveliest then ; her matin song "Was Heaven's own music, and thc note of woo Was all unheard her sunny howers among. Life's little word of bliss was newly borti ; . Wo knew not. cared not. it was horn to die. Flushed willi thu cool broozo and tho dews of morn. With dancing heart wc gazed on the puro sky, Ami mocked (lie passing clouds that dimmed itu blue, Like our own sorrows then-as fleeting and ns few. And m nihood felt lier sway too-on thc oyo, Half realized, lier carly dreams hurst brigid, Her promised bowor of happiness seemed nigh, Its days of joy. its vigils of delight ; And though at times might lower thc thunder storm, And thc red lightnings threaten, still thc air ?Was balmy with lier breath, an.l lier loved form, .Tho rainbow of the heart, was hovering lhere ; 'Tis ia life's UOOtltUle sho is nearest seen. Her wreath tho summer flower, her robe of Hum mer green. Bul though less dazzling in her twilight dress, There's more of Ilea n's puro beam about her now ; That angel Binllo of tranquil loveliness, Which thc henri worships, glowing on lier brow ; That smite shall brighten the dim evening star That points our destined tomb, nor e'er depart Till the faint light of life is fled afar. And hushed tbi* last deep boating of tho heart ; Thc meteor-berircr of our parting breath, A moonbeam ia thc midnight cloud of dentin Letter Lom Mr Vallaodighnm PAYTON, OHIO, May 13, 1801. To Messrs. Richard ll. Hendrickson, N. CL Ogleshy, John McClellan, Wm. J. Wilclo, Simon 0oldman, .lames Cl. Lummis, 1). II, Peek, .T. F. Hand. .lohn ll. JoitOS, A. 0. (Jhindenning, H. 1*. Clough, J. C. Parries und W. W. Settoll, Middletown, Ohio: Oontlemcn : Yours of tho Otb instant, re questing my opinion upon certain points con nected with what you justly style thc prose ll l " inglorious, and it. may be bloody war," hus been received. That opinion war long si noe formed, and wai} repented ly set forth through the press or by speech and vote in the House of Represen tatt von Inst winter, and re-affirfnod in n card dated on the 17th of last month, a few day? after the commencement of thc wnr. lint inasmuch as I never had occasion to dis cuss this particular question nt length, 1 beg leave. U> adopt the following admirable sum nnry of tho ease in nu extract from a carefully prepared and exceedingly able speech of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in tho Senato of the United States, Marou 15th( 1-801 : <( I prefer audi) an amicable settlement to peaceable disunion ; and I prefer it a thous and limns to civil w.ir. If wo can adopt such amendments ns will bc satisfactory to Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and the other bor ?dor States, the same plan of pioifiontion which ?will satisfy them will create n Union party in lite cotton States which will soon embrace r. large majority of the people in those States, and bring thom back of their own free will .ind accord; and thus restore, strengthen and "porpolnate, tho glorious old Union forever. I repeat, whatever sun run tees will satisfy Mary land rtnd the border States (the States now in tho Union,) will create n Union party in the :seeoded States that will bring thom back by tho voluntary action of their own people. You .eau restoro and preserve tho Qoverntheut in that mode. You can do ititi no other. "Waria disunion. War is final, eternal ..separation.> Hence, disguise it as you tuny, every Union man in Amono* must udvoonte ;such amendment,4] to thc Constitution ns will - -preservo pateo and restore the Union ; while .every disutiionist, whether open or secretly .plotting its destruction, is the advocato of peaceful secession, or of war, as tho surest moans of rendering reunion and reconstruc tion impossible. I have too much respect for ibis intellect to believe, for ono moment, that .thero is a pian for war who is not a disuuionist per se. Hence T do not mean, if I cnn pre vent it,-thiit the enemies of tho Unioh-men - plotting to destroy it--shall drag this country ? ' -into war, under tho pretext of protocting thc jpttblio proporty, nnd enforcing tho laws, and .collecting revenue, when their object is dis union, mid war tho menus of accomplishing n ?cherished purpose. "Tho disunionists,.therefore, aro divided into .two clnsses : tho ono open, thc other secret ?lisunionists. Thc ono is'in favor of pencoful accession nnd-n recognition of independence ; ?tho other js in favor of wnr, ns tho surest inenns of nocoinplishing tho object, and of making tho separation final nnd eternal. I nm n Union ninn. hnd hence ngninst war ; but if tho Union must bo temporarily broken by a revolution, and tho .ostublishiucnt of n Oe. Jacto government. by Sonic of tho Stntcs,. lot no not ho done that, will provent rcstorntiun und futuro preservation. Penco is tho only jiolioy that can lead; to that result. . *i Hut wo aro told, and wo hear it repeated everywhere, that wo must find out whether wo have, got a Govcrnmcpt. " liny o Wc n ??.rovoriiniont ?" is tho question, and wo are told wo must test that question by using tho military power to put down nil djsoontontcd Spirits. Sir, this question, M hnvo wo u. Gov ernment V lins been propounded by overy tyra tit who lins tried to keep bin. feet on tho nooks, of tho people since tho world bognn. When tho haroun demanded Maglia Ohnrta , .frotn.Klng John at^Uthnymedc, bo oxolaiiuod,' .u have woVOpvornmerit?" and cnllcd for bia army, to pvu.down. tho .discontouted baronji.-^ W.huu". 'Charles vi'attempted to colleptfthe flhip* money ii\ violation.of tho Constitution" of vVpg1und, .nqditt.?isrc'gard of tho rights' of tho people, and yt?B i'esi?te?! hy thom, lie ex claimed, .* have wo u Government ? Wc cannot treat with rebel?' put down tbo trait ors ; wo must show that wo have a Go Vor Ut meid." When James ll was driven from the throne of England for trampling on tho liber ties of the people, ho called for his army, and exclaimed, " lot us HIIOW that wo have a Gov ernment !" When Goorgo III called upon his army to put down robcUion in America, Lord North cried out lustily, " no compromise with traitors ; let us demonstrate that we have a Government." When, in 1848, thc pcoplo rose upon their tyrants all over ldiropo, and demanded guarantees for their rights, every crowned head exclaimed, " have we a Govern ment ?" and appealed to tho army to vindicate their authority and enforce tho law. "Sir, the history of the world does not fail to condemn thc folly, weakness, nnd wickedness of that Government which drew its .'-word upon its own pcoplo when they demanded guaran tees for their rights. This cry, that wc must haven Government, is morely following tho example of the besotted Bourbon, who never learned anything by misfortune, never forgave nu injury, never forgot an nflront. Mint wc demonstrate that we have got a Government, and coerce obedience without reference to thc justice or injustice of tho complaints ? Sir, whenever ten million pcoplo proclaim to you, with one unanimous voice, that they appre hend their rights, their firesides, and theil family altars aro in danger, it becomes 0 wisc Government to listen to tho appeal, mid to re move thc apprehension. History docs not rc cord an example where nuy humnn Govern nient has been strong enough to crush tel millions of people into subjection .when thc; believed their rights nnd liberties were imper iled, without first converting tho G over much itself into a despotism, nud destroying thc Ins vestige of freedom." These were thc sentiments of thc Demo oratio party, of thc Constitutional Union party nnd of n largo majority of thc BcpUblicni presses and party, only six weeks ago. The; were min? ; I voted them repeatedly nloin with every Democrat and Union man in th House. I have seen nothing'to change, mwol to confirm them, since; especially in these cession, within the last thirty days, of Virginia Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee, tn king with them four millions and n half o people, immense wealth, inexhaustible, r?sout eos, fi ?i hundred thousand fighting men, am tho {;raves of Washington and Jackson, sh:.il vote them again. Waiving tho question of tho doubtful legal itv of tho first proclamation, of April 15tl: calling out the militia for " three months, under tho Act of 1705, I will yet vote to pa them, because they had no motive but suj posed duty and patriotism to move them j ant moreover, they will have rendered almost th entire service required of them, before Coi gross shall meet. But the audacious usurp; tion of President Lincoln, for Which ho di serves impeachment, in daring, against th very letter of tho Constitution, and wither tho shadow of law, to " raise and support a mies " and to " provide mid maintain a navy, for three or five years, by mero exocutiv proclamation, I will not. vote to sustain or ra Iffy-never. Millions for defence ; not n mn or n dollar for aggressive nnd offensive war Tho war has had man}' motives for its con niencomcnt ; it can have but ono rcsul whether it. lust ono year or fifty years -fina eternal separation, disunion. As for coi quest and subjugation of thc South, I wi not impeach tho intelligence of any ma among yon, by assuming that you dream ( it as nt ' Mine or in any way possible. Remember HIL warning of Lord Chatham 1 tho British Parliament; "My Lords, yo cannot conquer America." A pubiio del Of hundreds of millions, weighing us un our posterity down for generations, we emin escape. Fortunato .shall we bo if we cseu*, with our liberties. Indeed, it is no ,long? so much a question of war with tho Soutl as .whether we ourselves are to have Constiti lions and a It cpu bl ?cnn form of Govcrnmci horonftor in the North and West. In brief, I nm for thc Constitution fir? and at all hazards ; for whatever eau now I saved of tho Union next; nnd for pence ti Ways, ns essential to thc preservation of i thor. But, whatever any one may think thc war, one thing, nt least, every lover liberty ought to demand inexorably, that shall bo carried on strictly subject to tho Co stitution. Tho p?ace policy was tried; it arrested f cession, nnd promised n restoration of tl Union. Thc policy of war is now upon trin in twenty days it ha? driven four States ni four millions and n half of pcoplo out of tl Union nnd into tho ConfodoVaoy of tho Sout lu a little wdiile longer it will drive ont, als two or four moro States, and two titillions threo'millions of people. Wav may, indee bo tho policy of thc Kust, but penco is n ii eessity to tho West. 1 would have Volunteered nothing, gentl men, nt this time in regard lo thi." civil wa but, ns constituents, you bad a right to kw my opinions and position j nnd briefly, b most frankly, you hnvo thom. My only nnswer to those who indulge slander and vituperation, was given in tl card of thc 17th of April, herewith enclose Very truly, C. Ii. VAT.LANIMOIIAM, IT lins boen reported that sovornl of t rogimonts which huvo boon mustered into t service in this oily, mid which, utider t .u spices of tho Union Defence Com ip it ti hnvo-been drawing rations, aro rcnlly not fd but hnvo boan inndo to npponr so by fi .Hit io muster-rolls, nnd hy making the Same men duty over and over again when mustered by companies by tho inspecting officer ; m aro also behoved to have, boon lent from o regiment to another (or this purpose Tin it is said, that bodies consisting of only 8i Or 40? *mon havo boob dra\Y??g dfojly ratio for 800 to tho groat loss of tho treasury, a thc profit of &?\?eboyiy:~-XcW York Tribiu Particulars of tho Fights at Acquia Creek < and Fairfax. Wo clip thc following from the corrcspon- | dence of the Richmond Dispatch : FltKl)KUICKsm:iui, June 1. - l have just' ! returned from our batteries nt Acquia Creek, I where I witnessed ihe fight of yesterday, and ? to day, between four five United States stca j mers und our battery at the Creek. On Thursday evening last, four United j States steamers, one of them tho u Anncos tia," were seen lying off " Muryland Point," and our brave boys anticipating a brush, pre pared nt once to give thom a warm reception. On Friday morning, about 10 o'clock, the " Anacostia" and three other learners were seen to get under way, and approaching with in two and a half miles of the battery, open ed fire on it. Our beys promptly respelled, and thc lire was continued an hour and a half between tho steamers and battery, when Walker's Flying Artillery, supported by the lt. Ii. I. Blues, Capt. Wise, of your city, came up with a ruu from Marlboro' Point, and opened on the steamers, the fire continu ing for an hour and a half. Puring tho en gagement several men were seen to fall on the steamers, and it is generally believed that at j least one of the. vessels was badly in jil red, ns j all of them withdrew from thc light about 4 o'clock; Puring the engagement a shot from a rille piece on ono of the steamers passed ovor our battery, about 200 yards over head, and foll two miles in rear. The men in the battery sustained no i.ijuvy. the only damngc done being tho tearing to pieces of thc officers quarters by n shell from thc enemy's gun. j To day, about ll o'clock, tho " Anacostia," a large three-masted steam propeller, supposed to be the Pawnee, and four other vessels, carno in sight, three of thc steamers opening on our battery. The fight was continued for six hoiirs, thc vessels hiing f>00 shot nt us without doing the slightest injury, notwith standing Hie fact that the shell fell thick as ; hail around our battery, and one of them pftss j ed through a pert hole and exploded in our j midst. Our battery fired 100 shots, many of j which took effect on the vessels ; one of them i carrying away thc flag of the Anacostia, and I another cutting down the mast of the large I propeller. The lust shot fired was from one of Walker's rifled pieces, Which ricoehetted i mid struck thc large steamer just above the I water line, immediately after which the fleet ' got under way and moved off, probably to rc ! pair damages. Puring tho fight our men were as cool as j icebergs, every one exhibiting a bravery and determination that would have done credit to ! veteran soldiers. During the two days' fight none of our men were killed, and only one cf them slight ly injured-not enough to prevent his taking part in the fight. Should the enemy attempt to effectU lauding ut.- the Creek hereafter, you will then learn with certainty that somebody has been hurt. FAIIUWX, C. If., Juno 1.-At an Carly hour this morning, our village was thrown in to great excitement-hy thc an-val of Federal ? troops, tho firing (d' guns, and the yells of I thc enemy. Unexpectedly a company of regular caval ry, well armed and mounted, and headed by a traitor, dashed through tho principal streets, yclli. g like madmen, and tiring their pistols right and left as they sped along. Captain ?Marr, of the Warren ton Hilles, whose compa ny was stationed in a meadow in rear of thc town, on hearing thc firing, run out to ascer j tain tho cause, when he was shot down and I killed. This fact threw thc Hi fies into tem porary confusion, the First Lieutenant being absent ; in thc meantime, the United States Cavalry again charged through tbotown, firing and yelling. Kx-Cov. Smith, Who was tem porarily herc, hastened over to the camp of the-Hilles, and rallying (hem, was proceeding to meet thc enemy, when Col. Yuell appear ed and took command.' Thc cavalry, in thc meantime, caine dashing through thc town for tho third time, when a well directed volley emptied a number ol' saddles, and caused the hireling soldiers to beat h hasty re'reat. Our men dosed upon the Hessians as speedily a.? possible, and besides '.diing five of theil), and capturing six or eight line horses, took eight or ton prisoners, three of whom were carried to Manassas Junction for safe keeping. A friend, who heard the firing, and saw thc retreat of tho valiant cavalry, says there were not less than fifteen or twenty-five horses scampering over the fields, minus their riders ; and another informs nie that he has seen five dead bodies of cavalry men. In the skirmish which took place, our only loss was that of Capt. Marr, than whom : moro brave soldier, or gallant gentleman, evci I.ved or died ; and ho was no doubt killed bj au accidental shot. Another of our mon wai slightly wounded. Hot us be thankful thai thc Cod of Battles is with us, and relying upon his providence, and the justness of om cause, I am sure wc shall eventually triumpl over our enemies. WARUKNTON, Juno 1.-The body of tin lamented Marr reached town this evening und was escorted to thc residence of his deep ly afflicted mother by tho Hoe Guards and i very largo concourso of citizens. Tho South Carolinians, 2,100 strong, havi advanced to tho Court Bouse, together witl Kemper'? Flying Artillery, while strong sup porta have been advanced from Mnnnssai Junction, ff all tho men nt the Junctiot and Fairfax Court House could bo advancei on Alexandria, we have enough to whip al tho troops on this sido of tho river, but 1 won't tell how many there arc. AQ?IA CHKKK, Jubo 2.-Thc firing oom nionced nt Hi o'clock.in the morning, witl great .spirit. Thc lino of battle, composed o tl?reo stonpiors and two tugs, soomcd destinci to. devour in a few minutes our little batter; nt tho point, whoso outer works wero. protect cd by railroad iron, whioh proved very ben efioinl. TJio largest steatnor moved up am oiichorcd directly in front of our battery oi tho point, and oponed hor broadsides iii rapi< Hiiccc8i}ton, firing 'eevon guns at Once, nm changing alternately her sides ns her guns bo enmc heated. She was thought to he thc Pawnee, carrying sixteen large Gl-poundeis. She fired with great precision, striking the buttery very often, hut not penetrating it. She was answered and salute i hy our big 01 bull-dog, who struck lier several times, with richochet shots, and it is reported that sonic of thom pierced lier from side lo side. ?She was about a nulo nnd a quarter from thc wharf. The other vessels fired very little, with tho exception of a steam-tug, which, divested of i.ll incumbranccs, carried two 82-pounders, rifle guns, and by far out-shot thc Pawnee, throwing her shot over thc surrounding hills. The. enemy, alter discharging 072 shots and shells, withdrew his vessels nt hbout 4} o'clock in thc evening. Not n oinn received a scratch on our side ; we know not whnt dam age the enemy underwent. Wo tired onlj seventy five shots. "Catching at Straws/' . New York-the Mecca of country mer chants, nnd the Golgotha of Southern lahoi and cash-has recently been exercised by th< evil spirits which dwelt within her corporate limits, dames (Jordon Bennett, whose spoon brain, Dr. Alexander ?Tones, has always herc toforc spoken out fearlessly in favor of tin South, and fairly as to Southern resource nnd pvospocti?, has gone down before thc mob and thc Herald is now alongside the Tribun and Timex, in uttering mendacious slander against us. The Harper's, who have mad millions of dollars out of the South, now dc vote pages of their " Weekly " to lying illus trat ions and aspersions of our people. It i a crime against thc welfare of our commuait, to suppo. . either of these publications, air they should bo prohibited entry into th Confederate Stales. Until we apply thc mos stringent principles of prohibition to ou slanderers wo will not be safe. An insolent New York Alderman, in cm tody of the sheriff, is allowed to organize Regiment of thieves to march n gai list th South. Woo to tho hen-roosts, when Hill Wilson's Zouaves approach. The PoOr-hoi ses and Prisons have been cleansed to fut nish invaders against the South.- Fiv Points and the Bowery have been raked o\ to fill up the r.lhks. Thomas Francis Me: gher, the Irish patriot beggar, who told h tales of distress to meetings of Southern ai diences, at thc rate af a half a dallar head, eight or ten years since, now wax< strong on the funds he thus acquired, and enlisting his brother hod-carriers to len them against thc South, in the ranks of h Irish R?giment. His ditchers and hostie will make tine soldiers for civilized warfare. When turned loose on the South, they wi show themselves thc veriest cut-throats nu hind pirates the world has ever seen. Tl world admires the true-hearted, honest Iris! man, but. when associated with the villains i the cess pools of New York, the Irish chara ter goes down before the knavery of tl Vnnkce, nnd tho once honest emigrant b comes n hrutnl minion, in the hands of h commander. Their brethren nt thc Soul will meet them ns they did thc invaders Roynownlcr nnd Vinegar Hill. The mc pliant princes and capitalists, the Astor Stewarts, and thousands (if others who mai their fortunes out. of thc South, and beguih ns with friendly encouragement till tin could cloak their vilhtnios no longer-nc "catch at straws," and ns they approach tl vortex of ruin they sing huzaunas to tl Abolition powers which rule tho fen rf reign of terror which threatens to Cligul] them. They choose their own futuro. When thc waters of strife subside, the Sont ?iri people must never forget that they we .ince tribute, bearers to tho hypocrtical v laius wdio have forgotten the ancient hon ind honesty of the Knickerbockers. [Nome (.'ompauion. FIENDISH OUTUACIK.-Tho Baltimore' ?S'VMI in its news from Fortress Monroe, has tho f lowing account of the perpetration of t iondish outrage by Lincoln's wretches. Su mirages will nerve tho ann and steel the ho; )f the Southern men who are. on their way meet the devils, and " no quarter " will thc motto : "Great excitement hhs been produced Jld Point by n outrage perpetra tod by g( D'il ni Cot soldie , on Saturday last. It ? ficars that n party of them had gone, to n g< Ionian's house noni' by, and,assaulted a you ady some sixteen years of ngo, with the desi o outrage her person. Her father, an ag nan. onme to her nssistance, when tin lends seized him,, and threatened his lifo ic raised an alarm j nnd with n revolver poi ul nt his head, he was forced to witness t loosummotion of their villainous purpose up he person of bis child. Gen. Butler v yesterday afternoon ongogctl in examini tito thc case, but the result had nottransp'u vhon thc steniner left. Constant complaii ire being nmde to the officers there, bv por.?t iving in tho vicinity, whoso hinds and dwi ncs have been invaded by the govornhu loldiors, who steal whatever they fancy fr hoir houses, and carry off chickens, sb? itid hogs, wherever they cnn find them." (?OV. AND MllS. BllOWN, AND TDK Si Vi Kits.-We aro informed that Gov. Bro ms delivered to tho Treasurer of thc St; lis subscription of one thousand dollars vards tho support of tho Georgia troop; orvice, and that ho expresscsdiis dntermi ion to apply all tho incomes of his plnntnti ftor deducting necessary expenses, to this de oauso. Wo nlso learn thnt Mrs. Gov. Brown is rnged in making soldier? clothing, nnd end? lo devote hor whole time to tho wo ibo crprcsseas her regret thnt no one of ivo lit lio sons is old enough to bear arms, t ays, as sho hus no soldiers to ofl'or tho Sh ho will give her whole time to tho worli lothing Georgia troops. [Millcdgevillc I nion ! Telegraphic News from all Quarters j CHICAGO, Juno 5.-Thc Tribune urges ? tho appointment of a Douglas Democrat to j lill thc Senatorial vacancy, i J. Di Pulley, a Representative, has boen ; arrested by Prentiss for treason, i NK\V YOUR, June 5.-Cotton dull and unchanged. j NKW YORK, Juno G.-Cottou is a little i firmer-quoted at 13',' to Hil. I CAIRO, Juno 5.-The Southerners have 5,000 troops at Union City-another regi ment having arrived there on Friday. 10, 000 aro between Memphis and Cairo. (Jen. Hcauregafd is expected at Union City on Sat urday. LOUISVILLE, June 5.-No orders having hoon received ot thc post office in this city, . Southern letters will bc forwarded as hcrcto I fore. Some letters received from the South, i having Confederate stamps, arc delivered, the postmaster collecting three cents addi tional. No change will bo made until orders arc received from Washington, j ALEXANDRIA, June 6.-A majority of j citizens herc, under thc malign influence of 1 a secession press and political leaders, con i tinue sulky and opposite. There arc, how ever, prominent exceptions to this. At half ! past 9, every evening, citizens arc all required I to bo in their dwellings, and tho quiet nftci I that hour is gloomy in the extreme. I Col. Wilcox has niado himself favorably j known in Alexandria, being a Virginian b} birth. An engagement must soon take plac?, un less thc enemy prefer to retreat toward Rich mond. lt is stated that Major General Fremow will bc aligned to thc command of tin Western Division of tho Lincoln Army, t< operate in tho Mississippi Valley. ST. LoulB, Juno 6.-Mayor Taylor bas rc signed. Eighty men from Hannibal, formin; a part of thc Battalion of the Home Guards , were sworn into the United States service 1 were armed, and returned with arms for th ci comrades, who will be sworn in by their Major LEAVENWORTH, June 0.-Twelve volun tours from Camp Lincoln, armed with Mini rifles and revolvers, crossed thc river nbov this place, and demanded thc secession flap which is flying here, in thc name of the Uni ted States. Tho flag was hauled down. Ot their return, thc secessionists fired on them wounding three of thom, one severely. WASHINGTON, June 6.-Six Dahlgro bronze 12-poundcrs have been fished up qt th Navy Yard (at Norfolk, probably.) Eigh tons of gunpowder have been taken from th I Merrimac. The Germantown wju bc ?n a8C I going condition in two weeks. I HALTI.MORE, Juno G.-Thc Rark Genen tireen, owned in Charleston, has been car tured. Merril & Thomas' gun factory hu been soizod. . Washington gossip fia}'* that Scott disaj proves of landing forces at Aquia Creek. A the dispatches announcing hostilities ns soo to occur at Aquia Creek or Mantissas Gap, ni incorrect. Several members of thc Marylou Legislature recen tl jT visited Richmond, doub less to confer with thc Confederate authentic The New York Tribune, in speaking < Haltimore, says Marshal Kane is ns bad ? heart as Merriman. Ile boasts that the Go' eminent is afraid to arrest him. His frictu threaten to rise if he is touched. WASHINGTON, June G.-John P. Sande has tact) appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, sccoti in command under Col. Anderson. EVANSVILLE, IND., June G.-The Ele enth Regiment has been ordered to Cumbo land, Maryland. WASHINGTON, June G.-Thc Evening Stt says that certain information hos been rcceivt that Gen. Reauregard is at Mnnassas Junetio with 20,000 troops. Washington gossip r perts that a person from Richmond says th tiie troops march by night, without music - Jackson's brothers aro supposed to bo tl persons who aro picking off thc Federal pic ( ts. They are said to have fifteen or tweu men, finely mounted. A large amount of rolling stock has arrive at Washington, to bc used in transport? troops towards Mantissas ?Iunction. Ran leads the coast column, acting with Rutlcr. This arrangement is strongly opposed by t but Lincoln. Thc op' hi ion is headed 1 Gen. Scott. A bridge over Sleepy Creek, on thc Hal more and Ohio Railroad, has been burned. WASHINGTON, (via New Orleans,) June -Parties representing tho Rogus Kcntuo j Volunteers at Camp Clay, has becu to Was i ington to obtain onus and accoutrements frc j Gen. Scott. It is said that Gen. McLell j hus been instructed to supply tho Rriga< and orders havo been issued for Gnthrio j report to Col. Anderson ot. Louisville imn diately, on thc suggestion that this would t tho policy of Miigoffin's proclamation, G< Scott replied, "you will bo sustained, for can send you tweuty thousand mon in tin days. Trustworthy information indicates that t Southerners will attack tho lines on thc Wot ir.gton side of thc Potomac, crossing nbe Arlington lleiglitsond Alexandria. A mo' ment was mode on Fairfax Inst night, particulars havo yet been received. For i ? vious reasons there will bc no renewal of t j attack on Aquio Creek. When Scott is rcn< ! thc ploco will bo camed by storm. Mei j tiirio, tho Powneo cruises in thc vicinity, p I venting the erection of further fortification Grow, of Pennsylvania", or Rlair, of M Souri, will be tho Speaker of tho noxt Eedc j House of Representatives, j High military authorities state that no f ward movement of tho Federal troops will made for a few days. Careful piftpcotiou shows that among projectiles used at Aquio Creek by tho Sou crn?rs was a novel cannon, cvidontly of Eu peon mHuufooHuc, but how or wheo it thcro, ianthe question. Clerks who lately refused to tako tho o of nllcginnt/c still romain thoir situations ib Treasury Department!. Lieutenant-Colonel Furn hom how commauds tho Fire Zouaves. A theological student, from Richmond, re ports 100,000 troops in Virginia-20,000 of whom are at Harper's Ferry It is thought the student was sent hero to deceive thc Gov ernment relativo to thc Southern strength. HAUBRSTOWN, June 1.-This morning, thc secession forces again attempted to cap ture the ferry boat lying opposite Williams port, for thc purpose,.as is conjectured, of re moving it into Falling Waters, a point four miles below, where there is n considerable number of secession troops stationed, who, j doubtless, intended by means of the boat to' cross to tho Maryland side on some expedition. Thc company of Union mon nt Williamsport, ns soon as they observed the opposite party nbout possessing themselves of tho boat, or I dercd then; to desist, which they refused to ' do, whereupon thc Union guns opened fire I upon tho enemy. Thc Confederates returned? j thc fire, and a brisk exchange of shots waa ! kept up on both sides for about un hour. Three or four secessionists wore wounded, one' seriously, but none wcro cither killed or wounded on this side. As soon oe hostilities commenced, the secessionists deserted the boat, nnd it now remains safely at its moorings. Thc Union Company from Sharpsburg nre on their way up to Williamsport, with one or two field pieces. WASHINGTON, Juno' 7.-Lord Lyons has received dispatches fr?m Iiis Government which arc supposed to be unfavorable to tho federalists. The Cabinet haB been in secret session eve ry day on foreign affairs, which is believed to' be ominous of trouble. ST. LOUIS, Juno .7.- Tho District Court, of Springfield, Illinois, h ns' issued a writ of habeas corpas for McDonald. NEW YORK, June 7.-Thc Vandaliastart ed to-day to join thc blockading forces. WASHINGTON, June 7.-Bartlett's; naval brigade have forced themselves into th'c ser vice. BOSTON, June 7.-Thc Susquehanna fins arrived from a foreign station. Commodore Hollins, thc First Lieut. Barney, the purser, and three midshipmen, have resigned. .T'UtTHKss MONROE, June fi.- The Harri et Lane attacked Pig's Point battery, opposite Newport News, ou James Hiver. After re ceiving two shots, wounding five of her' men severely, she retired. Pig's Poiut opened five embrasures, disclosing heavy ordnance. NEW YORK, Juno 7.-Thc DeScta has ar rived from llavaua. She. reports sugar a half rial higher. Gossip in Washington says that Cummings, of thc World newspaper, has been appointed a brigadier-general, preparatory to being made a major general. It is rumored here that Seward rcmnrhed this morning that bc expected soon to hcar'of sharp work at Harper's Ferry. Reinforcements have been ordered to Chambersburg. Measures have boen taken to ascertain how many of thc three months volunteers aro willing io enlist, for tho war, and the result will doubtless dotermino tho strength of tho new levy of troops about to bo ordered by tho Emperor Abc I. There is no doubt that Gen. Beauregard is? preparing to attack Alexnndrin. CHARLESTON, June 7.-Gov. Picken? will leave this city for his home to-morrow morn ing-_ THE FIRST CIIARI.KSTON PRIZE..-Wo learn, on direct nnd reliable authority, that nf valuable prize has been secured by the Priva teer Savannah, which left this port a few days ngo, between tho bars of the Lincoln blockade. This prize wes'the brig Joseph, of Port land, Mc., from Havana, for Philadelphia, with n cargo of sugar, valued at 380,000, and was taken into Georgetown, S. C., in mas terly style. Soon after this achievement, the priva toce engaged tho attention of rt Lincolnitc emisor nt n distance, and n ohnso began. . At our loot information, there Wns good reason to bclicvo ' that the privateer,'having the advantanges of approaching night, borough acquaintance with thc coast and soundings, n light draft and a good pair of heels, was getting decided? - ly thc better of the chase. Wc hopo soon to bc nblc to congrat?late thc gallant Captain and crew, nnd to report * sweetening for the market. [ Ch a rf cst n n Co u r)'or. A .VISE ENACTMENT.-Tho Montgomery; Advci .;'*<.;. says : ? One of tho most impor tant enactments' mnda by the Congress'ot ita' recent session in Montgomery, wns ono to prohibit tho exportado" of Cotton from th? Confederate States, ex< .it through tho s(5nV ports of thc said States, and also to punish persons who shall violate or attempt to viol? thc provisions of tho law. This Act provide that on and after thc 1st of Juno, 1861, i shall not bo lawful for n ny porson or perso to export raw Cotton or Cotton yarn fron? th Confederate States, except through the sea' ports. The pchalty for a violation of tji provision is a confiscation of the proper attempted to bo exported, in addition to heavy filio nnd imprisonment. Kvory ?team boat and railroad oar which shall bo with the consont or knowledge of tifo' ors, for the purpose of violating this fat shall bc forfeited to thc uso bf tho Confcdor nto States. The only exception to tho opera don of this hm is in 'regard to Mexico.'"' ''* GREAT complnint is nindo by U)o Rcp'?j? liottii press Hutt thc army vont motora nt tb North nre swindling thc Government in vision, clothing, and everything clso, \ " is .Rot nt all roi n ai kable. They have b?j?g$ their lives swindling tho people of tho Shu?j - have got tho hang of the thing, and c?fivt holp it! Speaking of hanging, wo hope f scoundrels who got up tho shoos with sm chips abd brown paper, whieh havr? timo lo time bought' during *>?, ' years, nay now meet their jo^c- V t>? ??uui?t