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THE AMERICAN UNION. imimwwiMHaHi MARTINSBURG, SATURDAY EVENING, iULY C. 1861. "VTOl'ICIJ is hereby given to all not to sell any intoxicating liquor to on occasion whatever. By order of MAJ.

Sl'IKU, Provost Marshall. July 1801. having information of iinportancein reference to the. operations of the army under General Patterson, are requested to send the eaiue to Gapt. William riipes, editor of the "American Union." A responsible name mu.it in all casos accompauy the communication.

TERMS PUBLICATION, fllho "American Union" will iEaucd daily when the of army render this posjible. It will bo sold at tho ofTico at TWO CENTS PER proceeds to be devoted la the payment of the expenses of tho oflioe. Not inoro than ten will be Bold to one person. WANTON DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. If evidenco were wanting to prove the inline wickodness of the loaders of the presant Southern Rebellion, it could be found iu abundance by visiting that portion of Virginia through which tho Baltimore and Ohio R.R.

passes. The wanton and useless destruction of property in this region is so great as almost to baffle Splendid bridges have been utterly destroyed, and locomotives by the scoro have been burned. We arc confident that wc do not exaggerate when we say that it will require one million of dollars to replace the property thus destroyed within the limits of tho borough of Martinsburg alone; and in other localities the destruction has been equally as great. Why was all this done? What did the rebels liopo to gain by introducing this Vandal-like system of warfare '( Wc confess that wc cannot answer these questions. Tho Railroad might, it is true, have been used to transport troop3 to and from Washington city, but its destruction can only retard for a few hour3, and not prevent, s'uch transportation.

There arc other great Rail Roads connecting the East and tho West, and these can (ill every purposo that tho Government requires. Wo venture to say that the movements of our troops in this locality, and iu Washington, have not been retarded a single day by the destruction of all this Railrohd property. Tho evil done to tho peoplo of Virginia and Maryland is, however, incalculable. All trade through this region is stopped, and ill business is destroyed, Coffee is now lolling in Martinsburg for from 25 to 30 cents per pound, and; other groceries in Proportioa. OftQQOt fet iind'Bt all, because thn Baltimore market has been rendered entirely inaccessible.

Such is the coudition of things noWf and it requires no prophetic vision to forseethat they must daily become worse and worse. So far as our observation has gone, wo are coDvincod that the harvest in Virginia could not, under any been more than ordinary; and now it is certain that a great portion of the grain in the border counties must be wasted. It is actually going to ruin on the ground for want of the labor necessary to gather it. The progress of great armies is always marked with deduction, and people of the OIJ Dominion must actually suffer, as much in this respeot from their own troops i(S from the Union soldiers. In view of alb those most firmly believe that thousands in this region will suffor for the necessarios of life before the end of the present Summer, and how the poor are to live through the coming winter, God' only knows.

For all this prcseqt and prospective misery the instigators of most unholy rebellion are responsible. They are to bo held accountable for the destruction of as happy communities as the sun shone upon, and for plunging a prosperous and beautiful nation into civil war with all its attendant horrors. The day of reckoning for these men will come. It will como not only from the thousands who are now in arms against them, but from the myriads whom they have doluded and deceived in the Southern States. Capt.

E. M. Price, the master of transportation, employed by the rebel forces in removing the machinery from Harper's Ferry, arrived at Richmond' on the 20th of Juno, and reported to the Richmond Enquirer that "Col. J. B.

Hoge, with one hundred and thirty rangers, killed fwentythree Yankees, and brought their scalps to the quartermaster. He. routed the rest and drove them across tho Potomac." The science of scalping has hitherto been oonfined to the savages of tho forest, but It would appsar that it is proposed to adopt practise down in Dixie. gfjyWc understand that tlio Rev. Mr.

Fnl. ton, Chaplain of tlio Scott Legion, Col. Gray, commanding, will prcacli to his regiment tomorrow, (Sabbath) morning, 7th inst, at half past ten o'clock, D. and also to the 7th Pennsylvania regiment, Col. Irwin's in the afternoon.

Mr, F. was ono of thoso who assisted in raising the Stars and Stripes the Court House on the fourth inst. reign of Old King Cotton being rer," iays a Pennsylvanian, "now let us see what wo I MAJOR GENERAL PATTERSON'S COMMAND. The following is a itatement of the various regiments and corps under command of Major General Patterson: Generals of Division; Maj. Gen.

Cad walla der, Maj. Ggn. Keim. First Brigade, Coli Thomas, U. S.

A. Second Cavalry, Col Thomas; Philadelphia City Troop, Cap.t. James; Twenty-Third Regiment, P. Col. Dare; Twenty-hrst Regiment, P.

V.j Col. Bullier; Sixth Regiment, Col. Nagle. Second Brigade. Gen.

Wynkoop. First Regiment, P. Col. Yohe; Second Coli Stumbaugh; Third Regiment, Col. Minier.

Third Brigade, Gen. Williams. Seventh Regiment, P. Col. Irwin; Eighth Regiment.

P. Col. Emley; Tenth Regiment, P. Col." Twentieth Regiment, P. Gray.

Fourth Brigade, Gen. Negley. Fourteenth Regiment, P. Col' Johnson; Fifteenth Raiment, P.V., Col. Oakford; Twenty-fourth Regiment, Cof.

Owens. Fifth Brigade, Colonel Longnecker. Ninth Regiment, P. Colonel Longnecker; Thirteenth Regiment, P. Colonel Rowley Sixteenth Regiment, P.

Colonel Ziegle. Sixth Brigade, Colonel Abercrombie, Eleventh Regiment, P. Colonel Jarrell yr First Wisconsin Regiment, Colonel Starkweather. The Fourth Connecticut Regiment, belongs to this brigade, but has been left at Hagerstown. The First Pennsylvania Regiment is at Frederick, Md.

Outside cf the Brigade -Captain MeMullin's Rangers; Doubleday's siege battery Perkin's light fiel battery of six pieces. Rhode Island Battery, 6 pieces rifled cannon. LT. SMITH, U. S.

were in error wheu we stated in our first edition that Lient. Smith, of tho regular Army had command of the company, attached to Gen. Negley's Briaade, which wa3 surprised by Col. Stewart's rebel cavalry on tha 2d instant. Lt.

Smith had been detailed to direct the movement of the company, which was commraanded by its own officers, and when the attack was made npon it he displayed great courage and coolness. Hs was no way to blame for the mislortune which befell the command. In this connection we cannot avoid calling the attention of our Volunteers to the necessity of exercising the greatestvigilence and caution when marching through the enemies' country. Every -advantage will be taken by the and the least negligence may cost many A Rapid noon to-day intelligence was received to the effect that the enemy was collecting on the South and Weil of our lines, in considerable bodies. An orde? was issued to throw out of some of the Regiments to meet them, and in a few minutes the 7th, 8th, 9th, lUth, 13th, 16th, and 20th left their Camp at "double quick time." The forces marched some miles out on different roads, bat did not discover any Urge body of the enemy.

rebel was shot by company of the 16th, and tho 20 th took several prisoners. We are unable to give nay farther particulars at present. Nearly all the caunou in use the hftTe been the United States.