MOVEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA TROOPS--We learn from the Harrisburg Telegraph, that in compliance with an order received from Gen. Scott, the two Pennsylvania regiments commanded respectively by Cols. Simmonds and Biddle, at Camp Mason and Dixon, marched into Maryland on Sunday last, and are now in possession of Cumberland. The march was in all respects important.
AN INFERNAL MACHINE.
Washington, July 12, 1861--The Freeborn gun boat, Lt. Lowry commanding
arrived up from Aequia Creek at half past six o'clock a.m. today, having been cruising at night up and down between that point and the mouth of the river, preventing communication between lower Maryland and Virginia. The service is active, arduous and dangerous. On Sunday, at noon the Freeborn was at Acquia Creek, with the Resolute, Pawnee and Pochahontas. Two large oil casks were discovered floating down towards the fleet with ebb tide; when within a quarter of a mile a small boat was sent from the Pawnee to reconnoitre. The small boat discovered that they were infernal machines. One struck the rudder of the Resolute, and
became detached from its body and sunk; the other careened over, and the fuse was put out by dipping in the water. The latter was hauled on board the Pawnee; it had a cylinder made of boiler iron, five feet long, and 18 inches in diameter, filled with all sorts of destructive squadron to atoms. The machine weighed about 400 pounds, connecting the cylinder which was full off coil of slow match which was an India rubber coated fuse.--The Machine looks devilish. The Freeborn brought it up to the Navy yard, where it attracts great attention, thousands having visited it.
BATTLE AT WESTERN VIRGINIA
ROARING RUN, VA. July 12, 1861--A battle was fought yesterday afternoon at Rich Mountain, two miles east of this place, where the enemy numbering about two thousand in command of Col. Pegraw, were strongly entrenched. About three o'clock in the morning, Gen. Rosencrantz, with a portion of the 8th, 10th and 13th Indiana, and 19th Ohio Regiment, left this place and cutting a road through the woods, succeeded in surrounding the enemy about three o'clock in the afternoon. A desperate fight immediately ensued, lasting about an hour and a half, resulting in the loss of sixty of the
enemy killed, and a large number of wounded and taken prisoners. They retreated precipitately, leaving behind six cannon, a large number of horses, wagons, camp, equippage, &c. The loss on our side is about twenty killed and forty wounded.
WASHINGTON July 14, 1861--The following was received July 13th from Beverly, Virginia:
Report of Gen. McCellan to Lt Gen. Scott--I have received from Pegraw propositions for surrender, with his officers and remnant of his command, say six hundred men. They are said to be extremely penitent, and determined never again to take arms against the General Government. I shall have nearly nine hundred or a thousand prisoners to take care of when Pegraw comes in. The latest accounts make the loss of the rebels in killed some one hundred and fifty.
THE THIRTY-FOURTH STAR --On the 4th of July, another star was added to our national flag, representing the State of Kansas, which was admitted into the Union on the 28th of last January. This is in accordance with an act of Congress passed April 4, 1818, qhich runs this" On the admission of a new State into the Union; one star shall be added to the union of the flag; and such addition shall take effect on the fourth day of July next succeeding such admission...
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
FROM OUR VOLUNTEERS
Camp Wright, July 8, 1861
Another regiment was organized here on Tuesday, out of the remaining unattached companies in camp. It is called the 11th Regiment, P.R.C. The following are the companies composing it Cambria Guards, Ebensburg, Capt. Litzinger; Independent Blues, Armstrong, Capt. Jackson; Indiana National Guard, Indiana, Capt. Porter; Dickson Guards, Butler, Capt. Louden; Washington Blues, Westmoreland, Capt. Spires; Brady Guards, Jefferson, Capt. Brady; Union Volunteers, Fayette, Capt. Bierer; Westmoreland Blues, Westmoreland, Capt. Kistler; Washington Blues, Blairsville, Capt. Nesbit; Conoquenessing Rangers, Butler, Capt. Stewart. The election for field officers resulted as follows: Colonel,
Thomas Gallagher, Westmoreland; Lt. Col. J.R. Porter, Indiana; Major S.M. Jackson, Armstrong. Lt. P.A. Johns, Fayette, is appointed Adjutant.
The Cambria Guards are designated as Co. A. -- the post of honor in the Regiment. That they will prove themselves worthy of the trust reposed in them is, I think, altogether certain.
A large delegation of friends from home visited us on the 4th. It is estimated that, including soldiers, there were seven thousand persons in camp that day. The occasion will be long remembered. K.
Camp Wright, July 6, 1861.
Col. Hayes regiment left for Camp Wilkins early on Monday morning, and Col. McCalmont's regiment came up in the evening to take their place. In the meantime the Cambria Guards, who had been lying in tents some two or three weeks, concluded to try barracks awhile. Accordingly, without asking the Captain or saying a word to anybody, we quietly took possession. After we were fixed all right, Lt. McCoy went to the Colonel in command and requested permission to move, which was refused. "But" said Lt. M.
"the men have already done so without orders!" So the Colonel, after giving it as his opinion that 'we'd do," said that we might as well remain.
A DAY AT CAMP WRIGHT--Having nothing particular to do last week, and more than a sufficiency of time to do it in, we paid a brief visit to out "sojer boys" at Camp Wright. We found them all enjoying themselves hugely, and looking haler and heartier than when they left home. Good health was a perfect drug with them, inasmuch as not a single man was afflicted with the slightest indisposition. A happy faculty of being able to
accommodate themselves to any circumstances was also observable about them, as they appeared as much at home in their "quarter" as if they had lived there for years. Without a single exception they expressed their entire satisfaction with their new mode of life, and their willingness to remain in it until Rebellion is completely wiped out--officers and men--are the Guards, and rank high in the esteem of their fellow soldiers. As proof of this,
witness their designation as Co. A. in the 11th Regiment--the post of honor. (Co. A. is a rifle company, and the skirmishers of the regiment.) We ate with the Guards, and had ocular demonstration of the fact that they receive plenty of the grubular; we slept with the Guards, and know that we could put in fifteen of the twenty four hours each day with similar acoummodations; and we dodged the sentries along the lines with the Gurds, and feel almost positive that we could do it as well as any of them after a little practice.
The camp is situated on gently sloping ground, which successfully prevents the formation of mud puddles within it. Trees are scattered throughout and around the enclosure, affording a grateful shade from the heat of the sun, The strictest cleanliness is required as to the camp and surroundings, and no intoxicating liquor is allowed within gun shot.--Altogether, Camp Wright appears to be a model military rendezvous, and we congratulate our soldiery on having secured so comfortable accommodations.
The Guards expect to be ordered into actual service ere long, but to what destination is as yet unknown.
No paper was issued from this office last week, owing to the fact that our printers were all afflicted with a severe attack of 4th of July, which effectually prevented them from giving any attention to minor matters, Ourt readers can console themselves with knowing that the "greatest and glorious occasion" comes only once a year.
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH IN EBENSBURG--The eighty-fifth anniversary of American Independence--the Great and Glorious Occasion--...
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ACCIDENT TO A CAMBRIA VOLUNTEER
George Sweigart, a member of Company G, Capt. Lapsley, 3rd Regiment Pa. Vols. had his arm dreadfully shattered by the accidental discharge of a musket, while on the march to Martinsburg, VA. on the 2d inst. The AMERICAN UNION --a paper published at the above named place by the division of the American army under Maj. Gen. Patterson--gives the following particulars concerning the accident: Dr. Jackson, the Surgeon of the Regiment, without a moments delay had
the wounded man was carried off the road and under the shade of a tree amputated this limb. The soldier stood the operation without wincing, and after it was concluded was asked how he felt. "Bully" he answered, "but very hungry. Can't somebody give me something to eat!". Such is the metal which composes the Union army-- when can it be conquered?
PROMOTED--It gives us great pleasure to state that our young friend, John Roberts, who went with the Cambria Guards as a musician, has been appointed Drum Major of the 11th Regiment, P.R.C.--John is a good fellow, and in this instance is emphatically the right man in the right place.
JOHNSTOWN ITEMS--Our Johnstown correspondent, under date of 9th inst., sends us the following items. They were intended for last week's issue and altho' slightly out of date, will still repay a perusal:--
The glorious Fourth was celebrated about town and neighborhood. The day was ushed in at about the time graveyards yawn by a grand solute from the old pistols, shot guns and muskets that could be scared up, and from that time until rosy dawn an incessant firing was kept up. At 9 A.M. the Home Guards composed entirely of our German population, paraded to the public square where a national salute was fired. After this they repaired to the rolling mill,
Where the Stars and Stripes were elevated to the top of the stack. A meeting was then organized and several addresses delivered. The program was varied and enliven buy the singing of the Star Spangled Banner and other national airs by Misses Emma Boggs, Jennie Crouse and Jennie McClusky, assisted by Capt. Smith and Col. Crouse. A picnic was also held at Jacoby's Grove at which several speeches were delivered.
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How Wilmore Celebrated the Fourth with the Wilmore Zouaves.
CAMP WRIGHT--We see by the Pittsbutg Dispatch that the guns for Camp Wright were distributed on Monday.--They are the old style flint lock muskets altered to percussion, and the same authority says that considerable dissatisfaction existed among the men on their quality.
THIRD REGIMENT--The term of enlistment of the three months' volunteers is about expiring, and it is expected that the 3rd regiment, to which are attached three of the companies from this county, will disband on the 20th inst.
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