More than this, you overlook the fact that the sons, to sustain the government and to put then administration (in the language of a well-down the rebellion, you, choosing to overlook known author) "mildly but decidedly rebuked all this, have made your appointments to civil the proceedings of General Jackson," and that office, from your cabinet officers and foreign the President viewed the subject with "surprise ministers down to the persons of lowest official and solicitude." Unlike President Madison, you grade 'among the tens of thousands engaged in in a case much more unwarranted, approve the collecting the revenues of the country, excluproceedings of your subordinate officer, and in sively from your political associates. addition justify your course by a carefully considered argument in its Support.

us; escape was impossible on account of the ed, it was reasonable to suppose that they would scant wind and our position; they had the Bri-bond the Redgauntlet. tish flag set, came up with us under canvas and steam, passed us, then tacked ship, furled sails, fired a shot across our bow, spoke us, and sent a boat on board.

We left on board as prisoners nineteen from the Redgauntlet, twenty-three from the B. F. Hoxie, and seventeen from the Southern Cross. They were all handcuffed, and kept on deck day and night, rain or shine. Five of the Redgauntlet's men shipped on board the Florida two days after their capture.

The discipline on board the Florida is bad, but probably as good as can be enforced under the circumstances. The officers, with the exception of the first lieutenant, are an inexperienced set of men; the chief engineer is a very efficient man, and every thing appears to be well conducted in his department. Her armament consists of six sixty-eights and two one hundred and twenties, all rifled and of British manufacture.

The moment the officer stepped on deck the confederate flag was set and the British flag hauled down. He demanded the ship's papers, examined them, and said that the ship was a prize. I told him our cargo was principally British, and called his attention to the consular certificate. He said that made no difference, the ship was a prize, and I must. get my wardrobe ready and go on board the steamer, adding at the same time that the boat was ready, and in five minutes from the time we were boarded all hands were transferred to the steamer. As soon as I was aboard the Florida I went to Captain I think they trust more to running away than Maffit and told him that our cargo was principal- they do to fighting with their undisciplined crew. ly British, and asked him to bond the ship and With the exception of being plundered, I was let us proceed; but he refused decidedly, saying treated with courtesy by Captain Maffit and his that "since Lincoln had decided that the bonds officers. All hands except the mate and myself of the Ariel were null and void, he had deter- were put in irons, but after the first day were mined to bond no more ships; that he should let out at times, until the B. F. Hoxie was capdestroy them all, and if British merchants shipped tured. goods in American ships they must run the risk of losing them."

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OF
COLN.

PRESIDENT LIN

By the President of the United States of America.

A PROCLAMATION...

WHEREAS, the armed insurrectionary combinations now existing in several of the States are threatening to make inroads into the States of Maryland, Western Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, requiring immediately an additional military force for the service of the United States.

I asked him what he would do if he should come across an American ship under British colors PROCLAMATION with a register from a British consul? He said that he should take her as a prize unless she had a British register ín due form from a British custom-house. They commenced plundering the Redgauntlet at the moment of capture, and in smooth water plundered her from day to day. On the eighteenth of June, I, with ten others, were put on board the Italian brig Duo Fratelli, from Montevideo for Antwerp. We saw the Florida and Redgauntlet last on Friday, June nineteenth, in latitude fifteen degrees forty minutes north, longitude forty degrees west, both standing to the northward. They were only waiting for a smooth day to finish plundering the Redgauntlet before destroying her. She was pretty well plundered before I left the Florida. The provisions put on board for us were two barrels of beef, thirty tins of cracleers, ten pounds of coffee, one half bushel of beans, and twenty pounds of sugar.

Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, and Commander of the army and navy thereof, and of the militia of the several States when called into the actual service, do hereby call into the service of the United States one hundred thousand militia from the States following, namely:

From the State of Maryland, ten thousand. From the State of Pennsylvania, fifty thousand.

From the State of Ohio, thirty thousand.

From the State of West-Virginia, ten thousand. To be mustered into the service of the United States forthwith, and to serve for the period of six months from the date of such muster into said service, unless sooner discharged, to be mustered in as infantry, artillery, and cavalry, in proportions which will be made known through the War Department, which department. will also designate the several places of rendezvous.

We have been aboard twenty-five days, and the prospect is, that we may reach port in ten more, and we are now short of provisions. No water was put aboard, the captain of the brig being told that if he wanted any he must send his casks for it; he was also told that they would compel him to take us whether he was willing or not. They took my chronometer and nautical instruments, books and charts, and a variety of articles, amounting in value to nine hundred dollars. I saved nothing except what was already in my trunks, as I was hurried off so quick. I trust that you had a war risk on the ship, and was not deceived as I was by the idea that a The States aforesaid will be respectively creditBritish consul's certificate would prevent the de- ed under the enrolment act for the militia serystruction of the ship. As others had been bond-ice rendered under this proclamation.

These militia are to be organized according to the rules and regulations of the volunteer service, and such orders as may hereafter be issued.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Paulding, Defiance, Williams, Marion, Mercer, hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

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Auglaize. For Camp Cleveland Cuyahoga, Medina, Lorain, Ashland, Wayne, Holmes, Richland, Crawford, Wyandotte, Hardin, Hancock, Putnam, Henry, Wood, Lucas, Ottowa, Sandusky, Seneca, Erie, Huron, Lake, Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull, Mahoning, Portage, Summit, and Stark. At Camp Pittsburgh, in the city of PittsburghColumbiana, Jefferson, and Belmont. The military commissioners of the several counties are especially requested to exert themselves in securing a prompt response to this call.

The troops will all be organized into regiments and well armed before being ordered into service; GOVERNOR TOD'S PROCLAMATION. and now, fellow-citizens of the State, in the name COLUMBUS, Monday, June 15. and behalf of the best government on earth, let LEE's rebel army is advancing in force upon me implore you to lay aside all other duties and Pennsylvania, Western Virginia, and the eastern obligations, and come forward promptly and cheerportion of our own State. To meet this horde fully for the preservation of all that is dear to us. of rebels, the President of the United States has, You will thus secure the gratitude of your childby proclamation, called out one hundred thou-ren's children, and the smiles and blessings of sand militia for the period of six months, unless DAVID TOD, sooner discharged. Of this force, thirty thousand are called from Ohio.

And now, gallant men of Ohio, will you promptly respond to this necessary call without hesi

heaven.

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tancy? I have assured the President that you PROCLAMATION OF GOVERNOR CURTIN. would do so. Remember that our own sacred homes are threatened with pillage and destruction, and our wives and daughters with insult.

To the rescue, then, at once, and thus save all that is dear to man. As we have but few, if any, regularly organized companies of volunteer militia, I can but invite and implore you to duty. The few companies which have been recently organized are requested to repair at once, with their entire force, to the camps hereinafter indicated. All others will go forward in squads, and be organized into companies after their arrival in camp, for which purpose efficient officers will be designated.

IN the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of the said Commonwealth,

A PROCLAMATION.

The State of Pennsylvania is again threatened with invasion, and an army of rebels is approaching our borders. The President of the United States has issued his Proclamation calling upon the State for fifty thousand men. I now appeal to all the citizens of Pennsylvania who love liberty and are mindful of the history and traditions of their revolutionary fathers, and who feel that Railroad transportation has been duly provided, it is a sacred duty to guard and maintain the free and every provision necessary for the comfort of institutions of our country, who hate treason and the men after their arrival in camp. A reasona- its abettors, and who are willing to defend their ble allowance will be made to every volunteer for homes and firesides, and do invoke them to rise his subsistence when en route to the camp; the in their might and rush to the rescue in this hour pay and allowance for clothing will be the same of imminent peril. The issue is one of preservaas that of the volunteer service. Should more tion or destruction. It involves considerations respond than the Government requires, the sur-paramount to all matters of mere expediency and plus men will be returned to their homes free of all expenses to themselves, with the regular pay for the period necessarily absent.

I have now but to designate the camps of rendezvous for the several counties, to wit: Camp Dennison, for all who may respond from the Counties of Hamilton, Butler, Preble, Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Warren, Greene, Clinton, Clermont, Brown, Adams, Highland, Ross, Scioto, and Pike. At Camp Marietta-Lawrence, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Monroe, Noble, Morgan, and Hocking. At Camp Chase-Franklin, Pickaway, Fairfield, Fayette, Madison, Clark, Perry, Muskingum, Guernsey, Coshocton, Licking, Knox, Delaware, Union, Champaigne, Logan, Shelby, Morrow, Carroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas, Vanwert,

all questions of local interest. All ties, social and political, all ties of a personal and partisan character, sink by comparison into insignificance. It is now to be determined by deeds, and not by words alone, who are for us, and who are against us. That it is the purpose of the enemy to invade our borders with all the strength he can command, is now apparent. Our only defence rests upon the determined action of the citizens of our free commonwealth.

I therefore call on the people of Pennsylvania capable of bearing arms, to enrol themselves in military organizations, and to encourage all others to give aid and assistance to the efforts which will be put forth for the protection of the State and the salvation of our common country.

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him that he desired to be reinstated, and asking

DESTRUCTION OF REBEL SALT WORKS his opinion what would be done with him by us

if captured, for breaking his parole. If he were to be caught, our Government would not be slow in determining what punishment he merits..

IN PRINCESS ANN COUNTY, VA. NORFOLK, VA., June 20, 1863. ON Tuesday morning Major Murray, of the A letter which was being written by one of One Hundred and Forty-eighth New-York, with his daughters (and yet unfinished) to her cousin, one hundred men of his regiment, started from stated that Captain Semmes, son of the famous Portsmouth upon a raiding expedition into Prin-rebel pirate, said the compliments of the escaped cess Ann County. As he journeyed along he picked up all the horses and mules that he found upon the route, and mounted his men. He made his way direct to the coast, and when at Land Bridge, which is about fifteen miles below Cape Henry, he destroyed seven rebel salt works. Proceeding five miles below on the coast, he destroyed another. Ten miles further south ten more salt works were levelled to the ground, and over one thousand bushels of salt destroyed. A sloop lying near by, containing four hundred bushels, was destroyed.

After all this had been accomplished, the expedition visited Wales Neck, and there found a large lot of pans and lumber, intended to be used in the construction of other salt works. The lumber was burned, as were some additional five hundred cords of fire-wood that were intended for fuel. The pans were rendered useless. Currituck Sound was then struck, where the expedition halted all night on Wednesday, having marched nearly forty miles a day up to that time.

The Major and his men wended their way slowly back, reaching Portsmouth yesterday afternoon. This morning the horses and mules, numbering about a hundred, were brought across the river, and taken to the Custom-House yard, to be delivered over to the military authorities. Many of the animals were of an indifferent character, but there were a number of valuable beasts among the lot. Several were valued at about five hundred dollars each. These were blooded stock, and belonged to a horse-jockey who has been engaged in buying up horses for the rebel government. The finer horses he disposed of privately to officers in the secesh army. He narrowly escaped being captured.

Two prisoners were brought in. Besides the captures, Major Murray gained some important and interesting information relative to the prisoners who made their escape from the steamer Maple Leaf, last week. After leaving the coast below Cape Henry Light-House, where they landed, they went to the house of a Mr. Borroughs, (late a Major in the rebel army,) at Long Island, which was some twenty miles distant. He entertained them handsomely, and then piloted them through a portion of North-Carolina, after which he reëntered this State, and took them safely to Richmond, where he now is.

This Major Borroughs four months ago resigned his commission in the rebel army, and was paroled by us not to aid the confederates in any way. He broke his parole, and from letters found in his house, it appears that he stated the fact to the rebel Secretary of War, informing

party were due General Dix, and when again seventy-five rebel prisoners are to be transported a guard of three hundred armed Yankees will have to be put over them. This was nothing more than Southern braggadocio, and Captain Semmes may rest easy that no more rebel prisoners will escape from a steamer, no matter what may be their number.

The whole expedition was attended with much success, and reflects favorably upon the skill and courage of the officer in charge, together with his men, not one of whom was lost. Some of the salt was brought in here, and is of a very fair quality. The destruction of so many works will greatly limit the rebels in the use of this luxury, which they were so short of directly after the war broke out.

Princess Ann County was pretty well scoured, and a few more raids like the above will clean it out of every thing which it possesses, that is of any value to the enemy.

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PROCLAMATION OF GOVERNOR PARKER.

EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, TRENTON, N. J., June 16, 1863.
A PROCLAMATION

JERSEYMEN: The State of Pennsylvania is invaded. A hostile army is now occupying and despoiling the towns of our sister State. She appeals to New-Jersey, through her Governor, to aid in driving back the invading army. Let us respond to the call upon our patriotic State with unprecedented zeal.

I therefore call upon the citizens of this State to meet and organize into companies, and report to the Adjutant-General of the State, as soon as possible to be organized into regiments as the militia of New-Jersey, and press forward to the assistance of Pennsylvania in this emergency. The organization of these troops will be given in General Orders as soon as practicable.

JOEL PARKER.

THE FIGHT AT ALDIE, VA.

ALDIE, Wednesday, June 17, 1863. THE advance of General Gregg's cavalry command reached this place at about two o'clock this afternoon, where two brigades of the enemy, commanded by General Stuart in person, were found in possession. After three hours' hard fighting they were forced to retire. The fight,

while it lasted, was one of the sharpest that has occurred during the war, and, as a consequence, the loss of officers and men on both sides is very heavy.

other regiments already named, drove them pell mell over the hill. The First Maine, at about this time, was called in from the left, and, with the First Massachusetts, stationed on the Snicker's Gap road, to a position held by the second battalion of the Fourth New-York.

The enemy's pickets were first encountered a little east of the village by companies H and M, of the Second New-York (Harris Light) cavalry, The rebels, at this time, charged down the under the command of Lieutenant Dan Whita- same road, and drove before them a squadron, ker, and were by them driven through the town when General Kilpatrick ordered the First Maine, back to a ridge of hills half a mile to the west, Colonel Douty, First Massachusetts, Lieutenantextending across from the Middleburgh and Colonel Curtis, and a battalion of the Fourth NewSnicker's Gap road, where the rebel force was in York, under Colonel Cesnola, to charge up the position ready for action. The advance brigade road. There was a little hesitancy at first, when under General Kilpatrick, immediately moved General Kilpatrick, accompanied by Colonel through to the westerly edge of the town. The Douty, of the First Maine, and Captain Costar, of First Maine, Colonel Douty, was sent off to a General Pleasanton's staff, went to the front, and point half a mile to the left, and the Fourth New-called upon the troops to follow. There was no York, Colonel Cesnola, to the right, to support a section of Andrews's battery placed on a rise of ground north of the Snicker's Gap road. The enemy at this time occupied the hill, as before stated, where they had four guns in position; a line of their skirmishers occupied a fence on the eastern slope, and a long ditch, just in front of which were half a dozen stacks of hay, thus commanding both Middleburgh and Snicker's Gap roads. A stronger position could not well have been selected.

When the exact position of the enemy had been ascertained by drawing their fire, General Kilpatrick rode up to the Second New-York, (Harris Light,) and said then was the time for them to wipe out the reflection cast upon them for their alleged misconduct in the fight of last week, at Brandy Station. He ordered them to charge into the valley and secure the haystacks; the ditch or ravine at the rear of the position had not then been discovered. Companies H and M, accompanied by Lieutenants Whitaker, Raymond, Martinson, Homan, and Stuart, moved off down the Middleburgh road, the fence to the right was quickly thrown down, and, with a dash, this forlorn hope rushed up to the hay-stacks. For the first time their fire was opened from the ditch a little to the rear of the hay-stacks. This was filled with rebel cavalry-many of them armed with rifles. Captain Grintar, with Lieutenants Mattison and Shafer, and company K, dashed up immediately to the support of these companies, F, I, D, and G, went to the right up the Snicker's Gap road a piece, turned to the left, crossed the field, and reached the scene of conflict in time to take an active part.

hesitancy then. The Maine boys gave three cheers for General Kilpatrick, and the whole column made a dash up the road in the face of a terrible fire from carbines, rifles, and cannon, sweeping every thing before them. This virtually ended the fight. The rebels, after a little more skirmishing, fell back, and our forces to-night occupy their position.

Colonel Cesnola was under arrest at the commencement of the action, but set such a gallant example to his men, by leading the first charge without his sword, that, upon returning to the road, General Kilpatrick released him from arrest, and placed upon him his own sword. He immediately after participated in the charge with the First Maine, First Massachusetts, and Fourth New-York, and has not been seen since. A sergeant of the regiment asserts that he saw the Colonel fall, and is sure that he was killed, and some of the rebel prisoners confirm this report. But the report of his death is not generally believed. In this charge General Kilpatrick had a horse shot under him, and Colonel Douty, of the First Maine, was killed. When returning from the charge, the body was found by Captain Vaughn, who had it properly cared for. Two shots struck him, probably at about the same time. The First Massachusetts captured the battle-flag of the Fourth Virginia cavalry.

More than one hundred prisoners were captured, members, principally, of the First, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Virginia cavalry. They say they were under the command of General Stuart. Among the prisoners is one colonel, three majors, and a lot of line officers. The major and sixty men, who were stationed behind the haystacks, were nearly all captured. The major considered his position impregnable, not believing that any cavalry would dare make a charge upon the place, swept as the whole field was by three lines of guns.

The contest for twenty minutes at this point was about as spirited a scene as is often witnessed on a battle-field. The Sixth Ohio, Major Steadman, was sent up the road to the left to support the Harris Light, when the whole command, with the Major at its head, dashed into The meeting of General Gregg's command was the fight just in time to decide the unequal con- entirely unexpected by the rebels. Stuart had test. The rebels were forced to abandon their arrived thus far on a forced march into Maryland, position, and all who were not killed or captured, having marched twenty-five miles this morning, fled precipitately up the hill. They made a short and expecting to be on the road again in the evenstand behind the fence, when a dash from a bat-ing. Two regiments had entered the town, and talion of the Fourth New-York, called in from its had pressed into their service all the blacksmith position behind the battery, together with the tools to be found; and when our advance-guard