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"nurWaa flat, tfcaot Met tat toot Sl)c (Drcgou CVrgu?. Wi Zi Adasne, Editor. OBXOOXr OZTTt SATURDAY. JULY IS, 1881. On)i Tvae te tu taten. Tim univ-ral uprising of tin mastcs in sll the Northern States Co put down rebel lion nid save Government, hat abashed nJ astonialn-d Jeff Davis and bli ruin loin, no mora than bu tbe thundering echo from Oregon rolled beck across the moun Uiiu astonished the little Uod of lUck corxpirators heeded bj Jo Lane, who bad biixed ell their cslcuUtioni for future fume uud fortune on the supposed preponderance dinloyslty amoug oar citlxens. If nny man doubled the patriotism of oar ieople two wm ki ago, we think the demonstrations ol J ily 4th. 1801, ell over the land, have nut failed to oien bit eye. The awful cri kiit in the hitory of oar national affairs bu b'ron Ken, felt, and fully comprehended by thn people ou thii coast. The Inion sen timenl hud been gradually developing itself fur the lust three months, In Un'on meet logs and flag-raisings, until it hud altuiiicd an intensity, that demanded one grand uni venal outburst on the natal day of Amcri can Indejiendence. For the last three months, secession organs and their few sup norters have been trying to check the ' gathering storm of patriotism by dcnouuc ing Union mooting and patriotic demon strntions generally. They have branded Union Democrats in mass conventions as abulitiu:iUti' ttioy have begged the peo pie not to " create an excitement" by ex pruwiug preference for the Stars and Stripes over the ruttle-suako ensign they have openly avowed that their " sympa tliics were with the South," and denounced all tho defensive preparations of tha Gov ernnient to protect the Capital from tho torch of tho incendiary, and save the heads of tho Government from the knife of the assassin, as 'coercion' they have tried to enlist the sympathies of tho people in bo half of thoso who were plotting the ruin of (he Government, committing outrages upon public properly, and heuping indignities upon Union men In all the Southern States they havo rejoiced to see the Govern ment soldiers shot down by tho " Plug . Ugly" assassins of Bulilmoro they have fondly embraced these l'lug Uglies as " our Southern brethren," now they oro turning tbeir weapons against tho Government, when a few months ogo they denounced them as cut throats and Know Nothing as sassins for driving Democrats from the polls and electing Know Nothings by vio lence and fraud they have seen Union men and women robbed of their property, tarred and feathered, and shot down or Jmng liko dogs, or compelled to flee for tboir lives from the Davis dominions, and suppressed theso facts from their readers they have tried all tho arts of politicul jug glery, tho manipulations of dough-face wiz ards, and tho authoritative bluster of ncgro driving urrogance to prevent tho manifes tation of a Union sentiment in Oregon. Weill wlutt has it all amounted to? Do any of these sympathizers with treason sea anything in tho signs of the times to en courage thomf Do they imagine that the thousands and tons of thousands that came down from the prairies, the hills aud gorges of tho mountains, men, women, aud children, In wagons, ou horses, aud ou foot, tO'celebruto tho elghty-flfth anniversary of American Independence, can ever bo in due d to blot out the 4th of July, bury the American (lug, and tnko tho yoke of Jeff I). wis upon their necks? Did these seces sion organ-grinders, as they wormed their ' siUa lengths through these vast crowds, set ".ny body that expressed a willingness . to iinve tho New Dahomey constitution fivo.il down his throat without tho poor privilege of voting for it? Did they hear s'y one sny ho desired to exchange n deni ocrane government lor a monarchy or an aristocracy with negro-owning officials over him culled to life offices without his vote? Or, failing iu this, do they think the peo plo aro ready to enter into a war of rebel lion against the General Government for the suko of inaugurating a " Pacific Em pire," with Jo Lane as Etnpeior, dispens ing laws copied from Yancey's Congres sional Statutes at Large, at a cost of eighty millions a year, after three fourths of our people are killed off iu securing their ' In dependence'? . It' any of the secessionists havo seen any thing in recently transpiring events to in duce them to contract their elongated vis ages a little, we hope they will make an item of it. It strikes us as though any one possessed of common sagacity, who if at sll familiar with the history of great revolu tions and knows anything of the causes oow at work to solve the greatest problem ever wrought out, ought to be able to de cide by this time whether treason is likely to pny' ia Oregon. N( Waanoc. We aaderetaod that Reb art featleod, Eaq., ia about ennatracting a new warehoo M lb poaite ij f the river, an Ih it at the farmer aw, with apparatne to facilitate the traaaavrtatrea af freight avar lb KalW. Tbe His. It now seems to be a pretty well ttab lUhrd fact that the new mines art good. We have since 1849 been impressed with the belief that as good mines would be found to the north-east of this as those of California In 1848-9. We bad evidence to satisfy at of the fact twelve years ago, and we bare made this statemeut already more than once la the Argus. Wt oow believe that tbe whole couatry to the east and south-east of the Ncx Teres wines Is gold couatry to the eastern declivity of the Rocky Mountains. Ai good gold mines sre yet to be opened ia this country as were ever oiened In California, if not bet ter. Tbey may be found soon, and they may not be found for years but they will be found nevertheless. Wt mskt the pre diction, aud rest our character as prophet oo IU failure or fulfillment. Wt saw a man twelve years since who had tusny years sgo seen the gold, as be said. We believe he told the troth. Whenever rich mines are opened, It will draw away a large portion of our popula tion for a time. People who are la debt, aud bard pressed for money, will gt to the mines. Public journals may pray, preach, and sing about staying at home and work ing their farms but Its of no use. Go they must, and go they will, to raise the dust, is sure as water will run down bill. When wheat is fifty cents, and baron won't sell, bachelor fanners of sense will try the mines a spell. You may write and you may sing about sawing away on the old string, preuch good times coining witb no credi tors dunning, if all stsy on their farms and fill up their barns, but two thirds of the men, ns it always has teen, will roll out In spite of fate, and you cau't stop them. We wouldn't stop them if we could, for we be lieve it would be better for the country if two thirds of our entire Kpuliition could work this summer iu good mines, leaving tho other third to raise produce. One third of our present farming force will raise all the produce that will sell at good round prices for the next year, while if all stay at home and farm, provisions will bo low in spito of futo. If much gold comes into Oregon tho next twelve months, except what merchants get hold of and send immediately out of the couutry, Ortgonians must go and dig it. That Is so, and you cannot make it otherwise If the mines should pay well for years, wo can easily see how it might cvenluully muko times good here, whether wo go or stay. liut tho relief is too fur off, eves then, to meet the present pressing exigency, when nenrly all aro iu debt, and there is no prospect of remunerative prices for produco for a long time We do not wish to advise any one, neither do we be lieve tlmt nny amount of sermonizing by tho pnjicrs will muteriully affect the action of tho ieoplo. Tbe people have sense enough to see their own interest they think for themselves, and are just ns capable of mak ing correct calculations as a poor editor who husu't exhibited much financiering ability as yet. Skllino Liuvok to Imiiians A man named Charlre Df liter u brought before Juitice Harford on Monday lutt, upon charge of having luruiahed intoxicating liquor to Indian in this county, tad tlx churn being pretty well vttiiblinhed, tin to- cuxd was committed, in default of bail, to anewer atllieneittermof the Circuit Court for Clocks maa county. The office aliould bo particularly vigilant in fern-ting out thrao cnaea, aa wo bear that tho Indian iu tlii vicinity hava been unu anally boiatirou of late, cauacd n doubt by liquor SuaasNuaaiu in Ciuana. Oregon Division No. 8, Son of Temirance, in ttiia city, at iu regular meeting ou tha evening of July 5, voted lo urri'iidrr its charter to Ilia Grand Diviaiun of thia State, under which il line been working for more than five year paat. Thia act, though nxti Hated for aoine lime, waa only done after duly coiinidering tha diflknltiea which would have to be encountered in maintaining the organization nt Ilia preavnt lime. Nsw Doat. We learn from Capl Appcraon that a now boat ia about being built for tha Yarn hill trude, to fill the void caused by til dinlruo tion of the " Jut. Clinton.'1 The new boat ia te b little larger than the " Clinton" waa, but of lighter draught, and will cwt near $8,000. The gentlemen competing that company are Maura, John L. Barlow, Green Davidaun, (Jeorge Leroe, 1. Appcraon, ami K.I. Fellow. Changs Tho Sabbath evening tervicea at tho Congregalioual Church (Itev. Mr. AlkiiuonV) in thi city, will, for a few week to com, commence at half paat 6 o'clock, imlead of the unial hour of aerv ce. Union Envilum. Mr. John Kleininc, at the Port Oilice Book-Store, ha juat received a lot of tluee beautiful envelopes, made taaait the time. ArmiNTD. Charlie L. Parker has been ap pointed P. muter at Aatoria, and II. W. Davi at I'ortland. XI...... TL. ... ......v. im iiruiion oi inooe uncreated i called to the card of Trof. Rutjea, in another col umn of to-day' paper. ProfMr Rutjea bear tho reputation of an acoompliahed teacher af Admitted to Practice. Septimus Huelnt, Esq., onr young fellow townsman, was, on Thursday of this week, admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor in tho Supremo Court of tbe State, now in sessiou st Portland. Cavoi r Diad. Count Cavonr, the emi nent statesman and Prime Minister of Sar dims, died lately. Accidt On Krid.v lot. . M. and wit, of Milwaukie, On , were ndin. I. , eily, the bona bvcaim fr.f hleowj and ran awav. They wei both thrown from tbe vehicle, and Mr. Webler waa aeverelv iniured. Mr. W.k. ter eecapra witn a few lurlit bruuea. The tw IJ waa nearly a wreck. Ptrtlmni Daily Timtt. 1 h above ia correct, eicrpt ia the alluaieej to tha marital relationship ef tha partie. The gen tleman, Mr. W. D. Wcbater, i oamarieJ, ami to tha lady. Wilt the Timtt plea make the correction Tt rr f tha rroaUeat as im-Bs4vla-Chltf. 1 be following opinion Is from the author of GttrJntr'i Jmlilulf, which we publiah for the information of the public and in de fence of tbe President and bis patriotic Cabinet: The powers of the President ss Commander-in-Chief of the Military and Nevsl forces of the United States, are very ex tensive 1n time of war with foreign enemies or In rebellion witb traitors iu arms or civil war. Tbe Supreme Court of the United States decided that the civil (Jorernment organiz ed over conquered Mexico by the Presi dent, and administered bv our naval aud military officers, was legal and effectual, as well as the establishment of a Ur.IT in tho conquered ports. ( Howard's U. S. H., 003.) (18, How. 104.) Gardner's Insti tutes, COI, 603, 208, HI! 18.) These authorities and the common judg ment of all patriotic men show the correct ness of tbe following principles of public law: I. That an American army In a hostile foreign country or rebel State, which re sorts to violence, to attacks on the nation al armv, to destruction of bridges, railroads and tc-h graphs, to cripple the power of the Federal Government and of iU armed de fender and supporters, Is vetted with full military jurisdiction, so far as the President thull order, as Commander-iu-C'hief, to dis place the civil and enforce a military Gov ernment. Self-dtlencc, a universal right, shows the propriety of this rule. Gard ner's Institutes, pp. 27, 53, 695, 079, C83. II. That such power extends to all civil and criminal offences, to tho extent of such order, including those that are capital. The President will, of course, use tne pow cr with caution aud a sound discretion. (Gardner's Inst., pp. 208, 193, 195, 001, 608.) III. That if martial low Is so ordered to be proclaimed iu a rebellious State or city, either in arms or ready to tuke np arms, to attack the Federal forts, forces or Cnnitul. or that fiirntfhes soldiers or mu n tions to tho rebels, the military officer in commnnd niny rstalihah n civil miliary gov ernment and enforce it by arrests and triul by Court Martiul, and even condemn trai tors to death if the sentence is approved by the President. Of necessity no haleat corpus will be re garded where arrests aro so made by the President's order. This writ, in its legal application, must not be allowed to become an ally of robots and traitors, a destroyer of freedom instead of its defender. IV. liy virtuo of this high mnrtiul pow er, in time of war and rebellion, the Presi dent and officers acting under him may des troy property, public or private, to keep it from tho use of a reln-l or enemy, or he may close sill the rebel ports, aud prevent all coasting and foreign trade; and may stop all commerce with rebel Stntes, to destroy tho resources of the rebels, an I compel ola-dience to the Federal Govern ment, (lb. aud p. 538.) Y. 15 tho some martial power, the President may niureli the United States forces into and through any State, and form camps therein, to attack the rebels and pnt down their forcible resistance to the Federal authority; or he may station them in any Stato uud erect forts there, for '.hut or nny other nationul object, nnd forcible opposition to such Government acts by any citizen of any Stato is treason. (Gardner's Institutes, pp. 323, 332.) VI. The opening and shutting of the rebel ports is a domestic mutter, with which foreign nations havo no right to in terfere in any manner; nnd every vessel that trades or attempts to trade with the closed ports, in definncu of the military order of President Lincoln, mny bo seized and confiscated. (Gurduer's Inst., 535, 5 18. 19. 94.) VII. That, ns the traitorous conspiracy of Davis, Toombs, Cobb, Hoyd, nnd Co is not a nation, and never will lie, the re bullion is wholly a domestic affuir, and any act of nny foreign Power recognizing it in any manner, either by trranttng vuitti ity to Davis's piratical letlers-of mnrqne, or by insisting that tho ordinary public law of nations slut 1 1 be deemed applicable to our domestic military blockade of rebels, every such Power must be held an enemy to our Republic, nnd treated accordingly, (lb., pp. 2, 220, 225, 382, 304, 148, 152, 509, 512. 027, 633, 658, 522, 524, 528.) VIII. This high military power will nu thorizo the President, by his nrmy and navy, to seize nil slaves belonging to rebels and traitors (us they have been and are used to erect rebel formications and per form military duties in attacking our forts and armies,) as contraband or war; and wo may properly employ tiio rebel slaves in similar military duties in defence of tho Federal forts, forces, and Federal authori ty. Our able Gen. 15utler has aptly ap plied this principle to a recent case. The principle is capable of extensive and useful application. ia. ino J resident s civil powers in pence, though great, aro small, Indeed, when compared with the hiirh constitutional mil' itury and naval authorty in time of war nna rebellion, when tho universal maxim. popua tuprtma lex, gives the rule of ex ecutive law and action. X. Where tho President has a military Discretion to decide an act. no Court or Judge can review bis judgment or control nis constitutional action. A Hardshell Preacher os the Ux ion. Some of those corduroy preachers of the West are rough as the roads over which their parishioners are obliged to jour ney to get at them. Said one of them, a short time since, by way of "concluding re marks" to a sermon on the Union: " Hav ing used up all the arguments I could think of to stir up your patriotism, nothing re mains for me to add but ' let ns pray,' and after prayers look out for kllf" n? In reference to church flogs, the Pacific says: Nothing could be more ap propriate than that the sanctuaries of re ligion should thus give forth the most sol emn and significant endorsement of the ef forts of the best Government in the world, for crushing out the most infamous re bellion that can ever darken the paws or history. " 1ST W are aoJer eblinuooe Meem.Char nan W amer, a;eat f Tracy 4 Co., far hue paper. larniilA. JcLY 1. 1861. Ko. Akois: I presume your readers and our friends generally would like to bear from this place occasionally, and Prt'j'u; lorly how we get along since ' t nele Abe becsma Presidcul. Voo msy remember that we ned to complain good deal about our Post-Office, Custom House, Mil itary Itoad. Ac, Ac, and that we, pretty much all of nt, airreed and admitted that the election of Uncle Abe,' or any one else, except Hm k and Lane, would tun ly bring nt a correction of tbe abusts com plllill'd of. , , Well, the election came and ped - The 4th of March came also, and with It it.. :,..,lr,iin,tion of ' Uncle Abe.' notwith standing the predictions to the contrary of many bold as well as timorous men. The attractions of Astoria, the prospects of upper town,' the 'silver' mines, and lastly, though not least of all, the ez Perce fold mine fever, toek from upper town all the surulut Dooulation which was only one family and a half, I think bnvii.r onlv tha Federal officials there, These last held on, and held on, and kept holding im never having sworn, I think, that they would " never hold office under a Ulack Republican administration" until some of ns besan to think that Mr. Im coin was slow, to say the least. Still, we clung to the motto, ' A'il detperandum' and recollected that be. too. in his Inaugu ml said that whatever is done deliberately is more likely to be done well. Hut at length we learnedXhat W. L. Adams was appointed ou the 8th of April Collector at Astoria a gleam of light. Next, that on the 9th of May a notification to him of Ids appointment, nnd to Gen. Adair to quit, were penned and mailed to the U. S. Dis trict Juduo at Portland. Mr. Adams re ceived bis commission, notification, ic, verv kindle from tho said Judtre. after liar ing executed his bonds, Ac, on the 12th of June, and on the 1 4 in called on ucn. Adair, who very gracefully signified hi readiness to surrender on the Monduy mornimr folluwiiiir. the 17th of June which be sccordinirly did. The new Collector, pursuing tho policy, In nnrt. of the Administration, concluded to retain the old deputy until the 30th of June, which would be the end of the finan cial year, and would close up all accounts or the ouico to tlmt ante. iow me otuco is in new bunds throughout, and it is liomd orders will como from Washington soon for the removal of the Custom House to Attn na; tot thero is no reason or convenience, that enn bo ttumcd, why tho office should continue at uper town, but every reason, having nny opplication to the matter, why it should be removed speedily to its proper place Astoria where all tho interests uud conveniences of the two places actiiully t-xist. But it huviiiit been held fur tight yenrs at ' upper town,' nnd a little pi ce of property, worth three Itumlrcu dollars or less, having been bought and puid for there, for tho U. S., by tho former Collector, it has been thought ndvisublo not to abandon it until orders to that effect shall bo re ceived from Washington. When those orders come, and the commission for our new Postmaster, C. L. Porker, which we exjiect is ou tho road hither from Wash ington, our community nine tenths of them will rejoice exceedingly and with great joy. I verily believe that those who have for so muny yours caused us so much inconvenience by keeping the Post-office nt ' upper town,' uttd deprived us of our crjnnl rights with them to tbo patronage of lite Custom Iloufe, Revenue Cutter, untl Mili tary Pond, nnd to a great extent prevented the growth and prosperity of tho whole county, are aslmmcd, now, or tho whole transaction; and if kit to themselves would not have pjttek to continue there nuother quarter ol u year. lint, thanks to tbe versatile character, recuperative energies, aud late-abiding dis position of the American people (except the few secessionists), we shall now soon recover our lost character as a thriving, enterprising, harmony-loving community, if such lias not been the case heretofore and I certainly utltuit that peace, harmony, thrift, and energetic action cuti only exist w hen the mnss of tho people possess their inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, under just nnd equal Inns and regulations, deprivations, and benefits. My hope nnd prayer upon this subject now is, that all other portions of Oregon, and Washington, and California, nnd of the whole country, in fact, mny feel, nnd seo in the near distance, as great benefits and satisfaction from the new administra tion of Abrujiam Lincoln, proportionately, as does onr little community of Astoria and Clatsop County. Harper's Ferry Evacuated. Tho Washington correspondent of tho Bulletin writes, saying: " There seems to be no reason to doubt that the rebels have entirely abandoned Harper's Ferry. They could not expect to withstand the crushing force of the sev eral columns of Federal troops which were so rapidly marching to surround and cut tlicm off from all assistunce. Tho alterna tives before them were surrender, extermin ation or retreat, and they, wisely choso the latter. Harper's terry was held so long by tho rebels nnd extensively fortified with a view of making it the base of operations looking to a descent upon Washington or an inroad into Pennsylvania both of which were cardinal points in Jeff Davis' military performance. The evacuation of Harper s i erry leaves our army with no enemy in its rear, and free to address itself next, to the work of driving the rebels south of Manassas Junction. Let the reader examine again his indispensable ranp, and he will see that the Federal columns directed against Harper's Ferry readily sweep around to the westward and south ward, so as to outhank the rebels at Man assas, and take them again in the rear. hether Davis will sally out from his in- treiichmeiits, or wait to be himself assailed therein, remains to be seen; but Gen. Scott's policy, yon msy rest assured, will be the same Defender as it has been hither to he will avoid a general battle if possi ble, in order to save life, and will address himself chiefly to the work of cutting off the enemy's supplies of provisions and mu nitions of war." tW The attention of th Edit. baa bran ec. eupied lately in preparing lo move to hi aew home, ia coojeqaaaca ef which th editorial de partment of tho Argue haa boon omewnat neg lected. It m hi intention, however, en rettiair tiled, to walk into aeceeakiaieni and traitor, d bend? both without glare. Ac latteit Wewt. Saw Yaa, Jen 94 .-Th lata adviea cm lieu I rp il ta b Ih iataiie) af aWura. (.rd la advent m Ih Kdrl linrt. Teei.iday tea Hi. day fU-d far aa advaae oa W prof. I -we lake ha balloon rwa la r.U Cbarch to-day. and will make sa ael l-m. row inorninf. tnd ! a v.aw of iha rebel eupa. a Ait. w lUuiinore it aunt aa the or. fee, but it profunndly ili4 aMdrolh. Il m brld is f hrck oaljr by frr. Al any ladieali) M an ewbrrak Jlnj -lien. u w n wiiihwi hlllh eity from Kan Mcllenry. It m Ih man lo obey order la lha v. ry teller. Juhnwn and Kiherulje have b-aa er4 by oftVer of lha (Jownim-iit Ihal Ih Lnonmea ia Kal Teama, and htrr ! la Hi Htale Ihey may need ai.iewe. Vhall be au. Uis'dby Ih euenih af the liovernmenli and an erdei ha beea ieaurd lt.elodie Ti-nn.aa ia I he diatriet andvr lha command of Bf gaJtrr General Aaderaao. , Henalor Johinwa af Tnn he arrva al Wuhmgton. II waa ftrrd apen when per Cumberland Cap. but wn aaiLjurrd. "' thai lha I'nion men ia Kal 'lenneaw Will inn. tale the action of M'retern V worn, tad eat laeea from lha reWllioue nuthorilb-s and fifhl far lha IU .iJ a vnit In leaibnf ellioiala, and ... .rmlv reraived. The Admiuietralioa U hiKhly p'aed witb lha manly tnd virue alii Hide af Johneea. :.. Mb! .-'. Hand ha atrrrrd with Gov. Majrof- fin thai Krutucky ahall b neutral territory; Ihal Kentucky r.all protect I. r. pn-pvnvi Houtlira label r iulo K nlo. kv. ha will call an KvnliH ky rniiev them; and if l stteeeetful, aha will call lha Government loher aid. Union men have been a'eeled la loiifrea from every dmriel in Mar) land eti-ept Mh 11 (Ualu more), h. re Winter Duvni waa defeated by 200 niaiority by Henry May. In W. niuekv. Crittenden, in I he Usinftoa. and MaMerv. in lha Loaieiih. d airU-la, hava been Ireird by irauirndiHia Uuion niajuritwx. On aiet -lune, 30,000 I une w.-re etopned at J. f fennille, Indiana, eonaigned lo Ixuurvillr, until there iiduee that they are deiigued for L'n.on men. St. Louis, June M CnpL Totlen ha liven up Ih uurauit ot Gov. Jatkun. Claib nintoala!. Anripedilion went out finn Cairo lo rapture a ntal f rabrU in Mimiuri, and relumed wilb lima Bfi.miuiil k-atlere the rebele fled. The defeat of Ih aeceeeioniata al ttoonville ho hml a good rffccl upon Ihv rrbel or bale)" ana adjoiuiiif counti.-a. A good many nvidarll e rein aia are deaireu f iv n( allrf ianc to Ih General Government. Tha Mayor of ltinslon hae left, ami hi place ia 6 led by a Unioa man. Tin Herald d patch aaye Gen. Mean and hie Niihtiiry advi r mel the 1'reei.Unl and hi Cabi net on ih 9:ld, when Ih plana of Ih enmpnign w.-re fully developed and diaeuawd. Nothing b known of what Irawp'red at the council. The pritaieer p rate ' havnnnnh' had been cap tured about fifty mile freniChartoion by Ih U. S. brig ' I'eiry," nnd brought to New York. Tha Government will mil interfere with Ihv due Couie of law in the ce. 1 he pirale hip had a abort time previously Ruptured a brig loaded w ill auar, and look il into Georgetown, S. C. Detail of Eastern News. WjtsiiiNCTo.v, June 18. Tho War De partment has accepted three odditioiinl regiments from Iowa, muking six, Including cavalry. It is stuted. on undoubted au thority, that Senator Wigfull visited this city in the disgubo of a cattle drover, and after muking a through reconnoisnnce, returned too Mnnnssns Junction. The Wur Depnrtinent has accepted for three years, or for the wur, a Chicago battalion, raised by Capt. J. W. Wilcox, consisting of 212 men rank nnd Die, culled the Illinois Brigade of Dreastwork and Fortificutiou Fusiieers. The rebels' guns nnd lings are distinctly seen ut Aquia Cn-t k, nnd a large number of tents are distinguishable. It is certain tlmt a strong force is gut bend there, which is to be reinforced from timo to timu from the Maryland shore. TheiV. Y. World's Wa-hlngtnn dis patch of the 1 7th says, thut information reached there ut a lute hour to-night, that four regiments arc udvniiciug toward Fair fax. It is said thnt tho rebels evacuated the village, returning to Manassas. Lieut. Gen. Scott receivvd tho following dispatch: " I left i-amp nocording to In structions, with tbo First Ohio Regiment, CCS strong; went on exped tion to Fulls Church, to patrol ronnd in that direction. I then proceeded to Vienna, Va., witb four eompnnirs Company K, Cnpt. Haddock; Company C, Lieut YVoodwnrd, afterwards joined by Cnpt. Pease, Company, G ; Capt. Darby, Company h total, 210. Ou tnruing the cup-c, within a quarter of a milo of Vienna, we were fired upon by several mns-ked batteries of three gnus, with round shot and grape, which killed and wounded three men."' The N. Y. Herald's dispatch from Washington, of the I8ih, says tlmt the Vienna attack commenced shortly before 7:30 p. h. The lute hour ncconnts for tfiu failure of tho enemy to pcwtie. The troops aro expecting a strong Federal force. Muj. Gen. Schenck, with sword drawn, boldly threw himself between the bat teries nnd his men, giving bis orders in a cool nr.d deliberate manner, nnd telling the boys that Ohio expected them to do their duly. If the train hud advanced 100 yards further, tho destrnction of lile would have been terrible, nnd tho entire expedi tion made prisoners by the enemy. The X. Y. World's dispatches from Wash ington of tho I stli say: It is understood that no previous reconnoissnnco had been made where the fight took place at Vienna. The same train had not only proceeded some three miles beyond tho scene of the conflict several dnys before, but our scoots had boon over w.f very ground upon winch the batteries were erected. Tho battery consisted of six-pounders, which fire.' seven rounds, tbe hrst being most destructive, scattering rouud shot and grape into the passenger cars, which contained four com panies of the First Ohio Regiment. The battery was oo a bill almost perpendicular over the track, and it would huve been folly to attempt to take it. Tho troops were therefore forced to make a hasty re treat. A report that the battery was manned by Kentnckinns and Carolinians is doubtless a mistake. The rebel force is estimated at about 10,000. a, St. Locis, June Slst. The Democrat's special dispatch from Syracuse, about 25 miles south of Booneville, says; An expe dition nenrly 1000 strong with four pieces of artillery, under Copt. Totten, of the regular service, left Boonville on a. m., yesterday. Gov. Jackson, with abont Gve hundred men arrived here on Tuesday, after impressing tbe property of both ene mies and friends. They got tidings of pur suit and suddenly left yesterday morning, proceeding south toward Warsaw. Our forces have gone forward to-day, but there is littlo hope of overtaking tbe fleeing party. A battle took place at snnrise on Toes- day morning, between 800 Home Guards, under Capt Cook, near Camp Cole, and a lager party of secessionists from Warsaw and tarrounding country, in which 15 guards were killed and 20 wounded many of them feverr and 30 prioncrs tnken Moat of tbe gaarda were Is, . II " T the Bring be.., b,, imrnetli.w, Ing U arsts, it is said killed 0 ei tacking party belortUlns; wJLT' superior Mtnbers. XHrififi escaped, and are ready 0 ui, to diapute the petaapVof The army of Wathlmrtoa S fully 45,000 effective me.f jo- men will be added to tl.U hj early .,xt week. 10,000. iihTu. trlet militia, will be sufficient 1m J" f. ne of the Capital, so that J SZA oHS OOOa. t,Wid rcp,,1B;,l.,t? found anywhere can be moved sniZ rebels. Wahthe.idofOen KSl division, they will be more tbiiSES to break the linea of the fruKsft1?1 them In the direction of Rickmotnl I learn from Gen. Walbridee th.. Governors of sll the St.u, to his letter, Inquiring heluef ,Lr in favor of a vigorous prosecution of th. J Tin f are unit in declaring that ikL. ready with men aud money to Lru7. war to end. ll Tho " i'nwnee," on her emit dow. a. Potomac seized 10,000 barrel, ofkLz nnd other stores, destined iottiJ! slonisls. Col. Curtis' 2d Iowa nimrtit lrr.; that secessionists at Bavsi.imh u J ty miles north of 8t. Joseph, kj dri out or imprisoned all Union met k ul? be went there with 400 troops, , ,r?' sllirht kiroiUh, in which two rebrfcj ! killed, put things to rights, ditsrsnnf - ccsionists, and giving their ntuktti t tZ iou men. rartleularsj trf the Battls at f. TtUt). oaaas Gov. Jackson and his dtludrd Ibueteri make a stand at Booneville, fortkenir. pose of fighting the Federal trooa, if, bad destroyed all the telegraph burned all the bridges Iu bit rear, tad might have escaped bad be takes t rotte across the count7. He was fool tMofi, however, to post himself on the rirrr, taj as be is not given to setting riven ot tn be, of course, could not escape Geo. Ljet'i pursuit. Tho lorcts of the latter pruetq cd from Jefferson City up, in three w Wti steamboats, and disembarked a lew stilts below town to avoid battery which the Governor's officers bad placed for linking; tho boats. After ascending a slope for bull a mile, they found the tcctsiioa (wctt strongly posted ou on tmikeuce, tad ia a wood. Arriving at tho brow of the latent Cnpt. Totlen 0ened tho engagement by throwing a few 1) pounder expleniict into their ranks, while the infantry Bird oUqat right nnd left and commenced a ttrrilr volley of musketry, which wm fort short time well replied to, the balls flying thick nnd fust about our curs, and ixcai'onallj wounding a man on our side. Tbe enemy were posted iu n lane running toward the river from the road along which le grand army of the United Stntes were adviH.ing, nnd iu a brick house on the northesU cor ner of the junction of the two roads. A couple of bombs were thrown through the east wall of that house, scattering tht ene my in nil dim-lions. The well directed Ire or the German infantry, Lieut.' Col. Sthsef fer on the right, and Gen. Lyon's company of regulars nnd part of Cub IMair's regi ment on tbe left of the road, toon ronprll ed the enemy to present an ingloriimi as pect. They clambered over the feuct Into it field of wheat nnd ngniu formed ialintjmt on the brow of the bill. The then sd vimced some 20 steps to meet us, and fora short time the cannons were worked with great rapidity ond effect. Just at thatis tho enemy opened n gulling fire boa e grove just on the left of onr centre, toil from a shed beyond nnd still fustutr tetht lutt. Tho skirmish now nsmrwed Hie Btgni' tudo of a battle. The cwnmaivder, Get. Lyon, exhibited the mt rtawlabk cool ness, and preserved ilireaghoni tlitt otxJii turbed presenco of mind shower) by bin itlike in the camp, in private Me, tsd on tbe field of battle. " Forward en tht ex treme right ;'' 'Give fhent aaether thet, Capt. Totten," echoed aboto tbe rear of musketry clear ami distinct fror the lip of the General, who fed the twlasmeing tor timn. Our force was M9 m alt, hot sol over 500 participate at any two tiaae hi tbe battle. Tbe enemy, aa we have site been reliably informed, were over 4,000 strong, and yet 2& minnles from the time when the first gm wa feed the rebels were in foil retreat, and onr troops occipy' iog tbe ground on which they first stood ia line. The consommnte cowardice elisplaj etl by tho Seceshtrs will bt ee Wry ew tkrstoed when I add thut tbe sparser sjf rcssive elevations now btea roe more tbrtpt, sleep and Tygcd, the enemy being lully acqawintied with their ground, aud itrotf positions behind natural defenses, orchards and clumps of trees offirinir themttrsca every few yards. Nothing more, Itaweitt, was seen or tho flying fugitives ntftbotl ono mile west of the bowse of War M. Adams, whore they were posted, art there was Camp Vest, and censutertoki force seemed prepared to defend tat ap proaehes to it. Meanwhile, a shot fro the iron howitzer on the SlcDowtll, i nounccd to us that Capt. Vocster, with kit artillerymen, and Capt. Richsrdsoa't coav pany of infantry, who were left in charge of the boats, were commencing operstiott on tbo battery over smile below Ctop Vest. This but increased the panic among tho invineible(?) traitors, and Capt. Tot ten had but to give them a few modi before their heels were again in requisition, and Captains Cole and Miller, al tbe head of their companies, entered and took pos session of tbe tuemy's deserted brcakltft tables. The amount of plunder secured m Cstop Vest, was very large. 1,800 shoes, !0 or 30 tents, quantities of ammunition, toe 50 guns of various patterns, blankets, car pet sacks, and two secession flags were k cluded in the sum total. Leaving Capt. Cole in command of the camp, we pushed on toward JJooaville, chasing the cowardly wretches wboost manncd us two to one, Tbe McD& now came along up in the rear and off te the right from our troops, and navies; a more distinct view- of the enemy from tat river, and observing their intention lo saekt another stand at tbe Fair Ground, osa mile east of here, where the State kt s armory extemporized. Cnpt. rocsfcr ejs'u scot tVra his compJi'oents from the oo