BEDFORD GAZETTE.
B. F. MEYERS, EDITOR.
FRIDAY, t s i : s : : MAY , 1863.
RALLY, DEMOCRATS, RALLY!!
The Democrats of West Providence and vi
einity will hold a meeting at the hotel of Jo
seph Cessna, in Bloody Hun Borough, on
SATURDAY EVEJWJVG, MAY 9, 1863.
All persons opposed to the present corrupt Ad
ministration, and in favor of maintaining the
Constitution ns it is, and restoring the Union
a3 it was, are invited to attend.
Able speakers will address tho meeting.
West Prov. Denx. Vxg. Committee.
A Grand Fizzle.
For weeks the Abolition ring-leaders in this
borough, had been striving to drum up a suffi
cient number of their adherents to enable them
to hold a public meeting, in the Court House,
on Tuesday evening lust, and after tho most
unremitting exertions and the announcement
that "a number of distinguished speakers would
be present," they succeeded in getting to
gether enough of their followers, to select a
few officers, and, by the aid of the boys, to mako
a little noise inlieu of enthusiasm. Tho "distin
guished speakers" who wm present, were G.
W. Householder, who is great on ohgartchin
(as he pronounces the word) "Cock Robin,"
who fluttered and chirruped and hopped about,
to the infinite amusement of tho juveniles, and
Samuel L. Russell, who talked treason by de
claring himself against the restoration of the
.Union as it was, and who for want of ability
to answer the argument of the editor of this
paper, at the Democratic meeting on the eve
ning previous, contented himself with repeating
the current falsehood about our being compel
led to take off a Copperhead badge which we
wore, when in Philadelphia. Mr. Russell is a
great logician and we have no doubt that he
considered bis repetition of this stale lie, a won
derful performance in the way of close reason
ing. It is a great pity that ho did not have tho
opportunity to deliver this speech one year ago,
as, if he had done so, we doubt not he would
have beaten Householder for Senator. Wc ad
vise him, by all maans to become a candidate
for the next term, for if this last forensic effort
of bis will not secure him the nomination of
his party, thon "Republicans" are "ungrateful"
and. can't appreciate true merit. After the u
sual clap-trap, done up in military style, by
which the Abolition tricksters try to create sen
sations, the grand fizzle dissolved itself into its
individual elements and each particular blackmake
went to his hole to dream of Uncle Sain- birds
prepared for his own and his 'companions' de
vouring.
Proselyting the Army.
The Federal Administration has been bnsily
engaged for several months, in making a syste
matic effort to obtain from the Army a quasi
endorsement of its negro measures and the per
version of tho war from its original object—the
restoration of the Union—to that of the aboli
tion of slavery. So far as some of the officers
are concerned, by promises of preferment and
promotion, it has been successful in making con
versions. These zealous officers, immediately
after their initiation Into the new faith, were
employed by their master in disgraceful and
most unsoldierly attempts to palm off upon the
privates, resolutions endorsing the fraud upon
the Army which every one knows ,was perpe
trated by the substitution of Abolition for "U
--tiion," the primary object of the war. In near
ly every instance the vote upon these resolutions,
would be taken in an ex parte manner, the offi
cers calling only the "ayes" and never putting
tho negative aide of the question at all. Let
ters have been received own town, writ
ten by soidiers in the Army of tho Rappahan
nock, testifying to this fact. Sometimes, too,
when the privates could not be trusted with a
ny sort of a vote upon the resolutions, the offi
cers would aseemble together and adopt them
and, then, send them forth as the expression of
the sentiments of their commands. But with
all this Bhoulder-strap legerdemain, but few reg.
iments have yet been reported as having given
in their adhesion to the programme of the ne
gro-lovers. , At least nine-tenths of the Army
are still firm, (and, we doubt not, will remain
eo) in their attachment to the Union and the
Cknutitutkm. They can neither be coaxed, nor
driven, cajoled nor cheated into the support of
doctrines which their very love for the Union
teaches them to abhor, and which, they were as
sured, when they enlisted, would not be lugged
into the war, in any shape.
We give below a letter just reoeivd from the
Army of the Mississippi, written by a soldier
who was formerly a resident of this county,
which is only one of the many which are pour
ing in npoo us from our brave fellows in the
service, congratulating us in our course, but
which will go to show how the soldiers of the
South West feel upon the negro question:
CAMP NEAR MEMPHIS, J
March 18 th, 1863. J
FRIEND MET EMS:
I enclose you two dollars and fifty rt.,
tor which- yuu will please send me the old and
and ever firm Gazette, that has been true to the
country and loyal to the Government, the old
standard-bearer of Democracy. lam now a sol
dier in the great and grand army of the Missis
sippi Valley and am for the Union and the Con
stitution 1 ; but I deapise a nigger-lover as Ido the
devil. But, thank God, we hnvc but few in
our regiment and don't want any.
Youre Ac..
SAMUF.I. RANSOM.
76tb Reg't, Si. Vol-. Company B.
An Infamous Canard.
The Abolitionists of this neighborhood are
hard up for something to make capital of against
the editor of this paper. Unable themselves to
intimidate us, they are now busily circulating
thestory that when in Philadelphia, recently, we
were compelled "to take off" t Democratic
badge (Copperhead) which we were wearing.—
Lest eomc people who arc unacquainted with
us and who may not fully understand the mal
ice and mendacity of the Abolition wire-work
ers, might give credence to this story, wo take
occasion now and in this manner to pronounce
it a lie out of the whole cloth. We wore, when
in Philadelphia, a Democratic badge,— a head
of liberty, cut out of a copper cent and encir
cled with rims ol gold and silver, upon which
were inscribed the words "Democratic Curren
cy." Wc wore it at our hotel and on the street
and no one ever molested us for doing so, or
spoke to us about it, except in admiration of
the design and of tho motto. But we were in
formed by a friend that one morning after we
had left the hotel, 6ome persons made threats
that they would "break our head" if they saw
us wear it again. Those valiant personages,
however, must have taken good care never to
see us again, for wo wore the badgo afterwards
and brought away our head unbroken from the
city. And, now, we give notice, that we will
wear whatever ornaments wc please, whether
tboy nre to the taste of the Abolitionists or not,
whether in Philadelphia or out of it.
A Model "Union League" Letter.
The following letter was lately received by a
discharged soldier now residing in this county,
who once was a "Kepublican," but who seeing
that the party to which he belonged was becom
ing Abolitionized, like a truo man and a patri
ot. as he is, dissolved his associations with that
party and joined the ranks of the only true
Union party, the old and tried Democracy.—
This letter is anonymous, and, our soldier friend
assures us, was not written in the army, but in
Bedford county. It is an attempt, in very bad
English, to intimidate and overawe, with the
design of driving the person addressed into the
foul embraces of Abolitionism. But, this truo
soldier of the Union, desires us to say for him
to this anonymous Jacobin, that he is unmoved
by any such cowardly threats, and that as to the
temptation held out to him to join the Union
League, ho would reverently imitute that great
example of resistance to the seductions of evil,
manifested by our Saviour when the Arch-ficnd
took him up upon the mountain and showed htm
the goodly heritage he would give him if he
would fall down and worship him. To this lit
erary bladcsnake, our tempted soldier would say
in the most emphatic and indignant manner,
"Get thee behind me, Satan!"—Wo publish the
CAMT NEAR FALMOUTH, Va., )
March 28th, 1803. J
DEAR SIB:
I am astonshed at you for persuing a course
like you are know doing you enlisted and went
to came and was sworen in to the Service of the
united States and went and Served a year in
hard marching and fighting and acted the part
of a Soldier and patriot then when your health
failed you the Government Gave you an hon
orable discharge and you come home and I un
dcrstank that you are voting with the coperhead
party a party that is and has ben Siding whith
the South ever sinco the rebellion brok out do
you think you can clear your oath in doing so
the cry of the union Soldiers is woe woe to the
traitors at home when wee get there you aro
Saying nou that you will not fight to free a
nigar that is the cry of all trnitors you know
that the presiden Said that the rebellion must
bee put down and if freeing the Slavo would do
it that ho would do it now I think you ought
to have betcr sense so I hope you will re con
sider the mate and chang yottr courso before
you aro marke as a rebel wee think know as
god does that he that is not for us is a gainst us
and I think that any person in the north that
will act So aught to bee drove full of pine and
sot on fire to Shoot them would beo to good for
them I intend to Send you a lctcr rote by Al
bert Smith a union it is printed know I want
you to read it carefully and then you can see
what the coper headis are doing it is very disa
greeable hear know and must close for the pres
ent So for your own sake and the sak of your
country never vote the coper head ticket agnin
if there is any union league Sociotys being rais
ed there I would Join one and come out fnir
and square on the side of the union and bee a
man and not a puke I will tell you my name
when I come Home So think twice before you
vote once.
The County Superintendency.
Tho School Directors of the county, met in
Convention at the Court House, on Monday
last, and J. W. Dickerson, Prin
cipal of tho Bedford English School, Superin
tendent for the ensuing three years. We con
gratulate the friends of popular education thro'-
out the county, upon this auspicious result.—
The election of Prof. Dickerson puts "the right
man in the right place." It is a resnlt over
which we may well rejoice. The vote stood:
J. W. Dickerson, 72 votes.
J. C. Clarkson, 32 "
Democratic Victory in Chicago.
Tho Democrats have elected tho candidate
for Mayor of Chicago by 180 majority. The
City Councils stand 20 Democrats to 12 Abo
litionists. This is n splendid tri u ropli, as Chi
cago gave an Abolition majority at the election
last Fall. Has the Bedford Inquirer hoard
this!
WATER STREET FACTORY. —We call the at
tention of our readers to the advertisement of
Mr. J. I. Noble, of Water Street, this county,
proprietor of the Woolen Factory, at that place.
We havo seen some of tho goods manufactured
at this establishment and found them of pretty
; styles and excellent quality. Mr. Noble is a
very worthy young man and deserves the pat
ronage of the public.
WMKTAL-TIPTKD SHOES. —Shoos are an im
portant item in the expense of clothing children,
as every parent will understand. Theyinvari
ably woar out their shoes at the toe first, and
not unfrequcntly before the other parts are a
quarter worn. Children's shoes with metal tips
never wear out at the toe, and it is eafo to say
that on an average one pair with them will more
than out-wear three pairs without them. We
believe all the shoe dealers keep them.
THE DEMOCRACY IN COUNCIL I
Grand Uprising of the People 11
Good Feeling and Great Enthusiasm!!!
Pursuant to previous notice, the Democratic
Club of Bedford Borough, assembled at thd
Court House, on Monday evening, 4th inst.j
the President, Isaac Mengel, Esq., in the chair.
The attendance of Democrats from the country,
being immensely large, the Club resolved itself
into a Mass Meeting, with the following unmet
gentlemen as officers:
President, MICHAEL REED, Esq.
Vice Presidents, William Bowles, John Amo ,
Thus. W. Horton, John C. Black, John C. F ■
gard, William Cessna, 9r., Adam Zcmbowe,
George Elder, Jos. C. Miller, Samuel Ake,
C- Riffle, Geo. W. Gibboncy, Geo. Rhodes, L -
vi Devoro, Lewis Howsare, Peter Wincgardne,
W. M. Akers, Wm. Sncll, A. J. Morgart, J. C .
Hartley, Jesse Dickcn, John Kemery, Jacc >
Walter, Samuel Burket, Michael Wyant, Dai i
iel Brumbaugh, Levi Fluck.
Secretaries, Samuel Miller, E. F. Kerr, Thoi
Gcphart, Wm. Cessna, Joseph Miller.
The meeting being thus organized, Hon. Joht
Cessna introduced to the meeting Gen. A. 11
Coflroth, of Somerset, Member of Congress
elect for this district, who proceeded to delivef
an address fraught with sound common sens*
views and full of home thrusts at the monstrogj
ities of the present Abolition Administration!
The speech of Gen. Coffroth, was received will
great favor by the meeting, as was attested br
the frequent outbursts of applause by which tlifi
speaker wns interrupted.
On motion, B. F. Meyers then addressed thfe
meeting in defence of the course pursued by the
Democrats in opposing the policy of coercing
disaffected States, quoting from the writings ana
speeches of Edmund Randolph, James Madison,
Alex. Hamilton, and other founders of the Re
public, as well as from those of W. 11. Seward
and Lyman Trumbull, to show that the coercion
of a Slate was considered by them an impossi
bility and without warrant of the Constitution.
At the conclusion of this address, the speaker
read the following resolutions, which were unan
imously adopted, amid much applause:
Resolved, in the language of the Houso of
Representatives of Pennsylvania, That as our
institutions arc assailed by an armed rebellion
on one side, which is being met by the sword,
and on the other by unconstitutional acts of
Congress and startling usurpations of power by
the Executive, which, we have seen by exneri
cy as well as principle requires that our people
shall await the process of reform which is slow
but sure, and refrain from all unlawful and un
constitutional acts, which have already brought
terrible calamities upon tho country, whilst they
invoko the aid of all patriotic men to assist in
averting the evils that threaten our free insti
tutions.
Resolued, That wo will adhere to the Consti
tution and the Union as the best, it may be tho
last, hope of popular freedom, and for all wrongs
which may have been committed or evils which
may exist, we will seek redress under tho Con
stitution and within the Union, by the peaceful
but powerful agency of the suffrage of a free
peoplo.
Resolved, That we recognize a manifest differ
ence between the administration of the govern
ment and the government itself—the one is tran
sitory, limited in duration to that period of time
for which the officers elected by the people are
charged with the conduct of the same; the oth
er is permanent, intended by its founders to en
dure forever.
Resolved, That in the exercise of our right to
differ with tho federal Executive, we enter our
solemn protest against tho proclamation of the
President of the United States, dated the first
day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-three, by which lie assumes to eman
cipate slaves in certain States, holding the same
to be unwise, unconstitutional and void.
Resolved, That, on behalf of the people of
this County, we declare our determined oppo
sition to a system of emancipation by the
States upon compensation to be made out of the
treasury of the United States, as burthensome
upon the people, unjust in its very nature, and
wholly without warrant of the Constitution.
Resolved, That wo declare that tho power which
has recently been assuinod by the President of
the United States, whereby under the guise of
military necessity ho has proclaimed and extend
ed martial law over Stntes where war did not
exist, and has suspended the writ of habeas cor
pus, is unwarranted by the Constitution, and its
tendency is to subordinate civil to military au
thority, and to subvert our system of free gov
ernment.
Resolved, That we deem it proper further to
declnro that we, together with all truly loyal
peoplo, would hail with pleasure and delight any
manifestation of a desire on the part of the se
ceded States to return to their allegiance to the
government of the Union, and would in such
event cordially and earnestly co-operate with
them in the restoration of peace and the pro
curement of such proper guarantees as would
give security to all their interests and rights.
Resolved, That we hail with pleasure and hope
the manifestations of conservative sentiment a
mong the people of the Northern States in their
late elections, and regard the same as the earnest
of u good purpose upon their part to co-operate
with all other truly loyal citizens in giving secu
rity to tho rights of every section and maintain
ing tho Union and the Constitution us they ware
ordained by the founders of the Republic.
Resolved, That the soldiers composing our ar
mies merit the warmest thanks of the nation.
Their country called, and nobly did they respond.
Living, they shall know a nation's gratitude ;
wounded, a nation's carci and dying, they shall
live in our memories, and monuments shall be
raised to teach posterity to honor tho patriots
and heroes who offered their lives at their coun
try's altar. Their widows and orphans shall
bo adopted by the nation, to be watched ovor
and cared for as objects truly worthy a nation's
guardianship.
Resolved, That the laws of this Stat* must be
taintained and enforced, and that it is the duty
f the constituted authorities of the State to
te to it that, by all constitutional means, this
jidispensablo end shall be attained.
Resolved, That the corruptions of the present
idministration are so enormous and dangerous
a tho welfare of the Republic, its attempts to
usurp despotic power, by throttling tho iree ex
pression of public opinion, so flagrant and out
rageous, and its conduct of the war so barren
of wisdom, ability, or common sense, that we
deem it imperatively necessary for the safety of
the people, and, in fact, the only hope of the
country, to effect such a party organization as
will not only succeed in voting out of power
.hat Administration, but will also prevent any
of its political adherents, endorsers or apologists
from becoming its successor.
Resolved, That we denounce the so-called
"Union League," as a semi-secret association
gotten up for no other purpose than to continue
in power the present corrupt and abolitionized
Administration, to prolong tho war, by sustain
ing those who have perverted it to an Abolition
crusade, and fit for nothing but the traducing
and ostracising of Democrats, who are tho true
and tried friends of the Union.
Resolved, That we hold it indispensable, in
order to the restoration of peace and a perma
nent rc.establishment of the Union, that Abo
litionism, which is the cause of rebellion, must
be put down, believiug that so long as this fuel
is piled upon the secession flame tho fires of re
bellion cannot be queuched, nor the fair fabric
of our Union saved from destruction.
After the adoption of the resolutions, O. E.
Shannon, Esq., being called upon, responded in
an able and eloquent spoech, wliich was very
favorably received by tho audience.
John Palmer, Esq., then delivered a very for
cible und stirring address, after which the meet
ing adjourned, in excellent spirits and full of en
thusiasm.
From the U- S. R- R• M- Register.
Broad Top Coal Region.
EXGINHEB'S OFFCK, SAXTON, BEDFORD CO.,
PA., Aprd 15, 18G3.
THOB. S. FERNOX, ESQ., Editor U. S. R-R. S(
M. Register. —Sir: I enclose you a map recent
ly made of tho Broad Top coal region. On
it you will observe the position of the Hunt
ingdon & Broad Top Railroad, with its branches
reaching into the coal field. The Bedford Rail
road is a continuation of tho Broad Top.
Twelve miles of the former are now nearly
completed, giving a rail lino from Huntingdon
(on Pennsylvania Railroad) to Bloody Run, a
distance of 43 miles. The construction of the
Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad was
mainly intended to dcvolope the Broad Top
coal region, and thus far public attention has
been directed exclusively to tho the coal inter
ests. The annual reports from the region, pub
lished in the Register, will show that its ship
ments have been rapidly increased, whilst now de
velopments are being made, and the railroad
branches extended.
It seems a singular fact, however, that the
coal of thiaJTutrict should have thus far mo
nopolized all the attention—a district having
within its limits vast quantities of excellent i
ron ores, lying along its main line of railroad,
ucci! ..vrvi.urmlncineL yvjien smelted the
iron."
The prostration of the iron business, during
the past few years, may account in part for the
neglect of this interest, but with the present
protection and demand for iron, it appears to
me tho time has come for the successful devel
opment of its iron ores, and tho establishment
of iron works along tho valley west of the coal
region.
Three qualities of ore arc presented to the
consideration of the iron manufacturer—tho
proto carbonates of the coal measures; the brown
peroxide of iron of tho Umhral series, and the
hemoctitc and fossiliferous iron ores of the Sur
gent series.
Proto-Carlonite of Iron of Coal Measures. --Very
little lias heretofore been done to develope these
ores; (hiring the period of river navigations by
arks, before the construction of the railroad,
a few furnaces were in blast along the Raystown
Juniata, one of these, the Hopewell furnace, ob
tained a portion of its ore from the Cheney ore
bank, up Sandy Run. Surfaco specimens of
iron ore are found 4n many localities in tho coal
field, but no systematic explorations have yet
been made to develope the position or magni
tude of these deposits.
The Peroxide of Iron of the Umhral Series has
been opened and worked at a number of places;
it is found in tho upper red shale, which accom
panied by Terrace mountain, encircles the coal
field. It has been worked at Paradise furnace,
Trough creek, and nt Hopewell furnace. In
1853. J. P. Lesley, Esq., Geologist, remarked
of this ore: '-The furnace at Hopewell has the
coal within a mile of it, an immensely valuable
deposit of cold short iron ore outcropping be
hind it, an ore which will l>e pursued hereafter
from gap to gap, the whole length of Terrace
mountain, and upon which a hundred furnaces
might run a century."
Iron Ores of the Surgent Series. —These val
uable deposits of iron ore are found in tho Sur
gent red shale, which forms the base and part
of the slopo of Tussey mountain: it is also
found flanking Jacks and Black log mountains.
The ores of Woodcock valley, along tho base of
Tussey mountain, have a general range of out
crops, noarly parallel to, and hut a short dis
tance from, the main line of Huntingdon and
Broad Top Railroad, whilst the Bedford Rail
road intersects them at Bloody Run. Between
this formation and tho railroad, the scalent lime
stone outcrops along the entire valley, forming
a sharp prong west of Bloody Run, and again
flattening up Black valley. Tho fossiliferous
iron ore is found in two scams in tho lower por
tion of tho formation, which are separated by
an interval of slate and sparry limestone, from
two to eight feet thick. The lower seam or mem
ber is of the hard variety, and tho upper, tho
soft fossiliferous ore. These ores have been
opened at numerous localities along the outcrop
from below McConnolstown, in Huntingdon
county, to Bloody Run, in Bedford county, pre
senting an outcrop of over 50 miles long. The
upper or soft oar is two feet thick, ond the low
er or hard oro averages 15 inches thick, giving
an aggregate average thickness of ore over 3 ft.
In the upper portion of this formation, and
connected with the lower layers of the scalent
limestone, are found a chain of deposits or"pock
eta" of hematite iron ore; the principal open
ings., made in thscc deposits, have been at
"Fluck Bank," about one mile west of Stoners
town—there the ore was found 4 feet thick and
of nn excellent quality. Mr. Whitney, an ex
perienced ore miner, informs me that he shaft
ed down this deposit 90 feet. At the Bender
bank, 3 miles forth er tip the valley, the ore was
found 6 feet thick; the working extending be
neath the surface 135 feet. At Cogaus open
ing, near Bedford Forge, the doposit is 4 feet
thick, and at Bloody Bun, near Bedford Bail
road, on lands of Hon. W. P. Schell and oth
ers, a new opening recently mnde by E. Tram
bath, shows the ore 10 feet thick nn'd of a su
perior quality. On the saute lands explorations
are being made to fully develop the fossil ore
scams.
Tho iron ores of the and Meri
dian series (Warrior ridge) have not yet been
sufficiently developed in this district to determine
their size and quality. Mr. Rogers refers to
this in liis report of the Geology of Pennsylva
nia, Vol. 2, page 731. For u full description
of the ores of this district, see Rogers Geology
of Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, page otitj, &0., and
Vol. 2, page 726; at pago 731 a table of anal
yses of the Surgent ores will bo found, giving
their constituent parts iu great detail. The i
rtm ores of this district have been sufficiently
tested at the old furnaces to remove any doubt
as to their quality, and although no accurate
record has been kept of the depth of the mining
in the Surgent fosgilifcrous ores, from which to
obtain data for a calculation of quantity, e
nough is now positively known to show that
these ores can bo mined (along the entire Tus
sey mountain range) to a depth uf 60 to 90 feet
beneath thotr exposed outcrops, and this depth
of mining can be reached by the ordinary drifts
or gangways, at water level. From a careful
collection of facts in regard to the position and
quantity of irou ores in this region, I have no
hesitation iu presenting it as a desirable field
for ironraakcrs. All the muterials for its man
ufacture are accessible by railroad, and fuel in
the form of coke, coal and charcoal, can be pro
cured hero iu inexhaustible quantities. The
coke from Broad Top coal is favorably known
ns a veiy superior quality, and is judged to be
the fuel for smelting tho ores of the surrounding
valleys.
No question of supply and demand enters in
to the problem of ironinaking, for the humilia
ting fact is well known by iron manufacturers,
that iu tho United States we only make about
CO per cent of the iron required fur our own
use; the balance bus heretofore been impurted
from England.
If tho foregoing remarks on tho iron ores of
tho Broad Top Kaystown Juniata district will
have the effect of drawing the attention of prac
tical ironmakcrs to an investigation of its min
eral resources, the writer will have no fear of
the result. Already the old furnaces at Para
dise and llopowcll aro being again prepared
for work, and I trust the day is not far distant
when capital and labor will fully resuscitate this
extensive source of wealth.
Very respectfully,
JOHN FULTON, ltes't & Min. Eng.
11. & B. T. It. R. & C. Co.
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS.
Operations of Gen. Banks.
SERIOUS FEDERAL LOSB IN KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Correspondence of the Boston Courier
NEW ORLEANS, April 18, 1863.
In my letter of yesterday I told you to ex
nect a. report qf "suyqesa" on the Bayou Tcche
manding the operations in person. You were
advised of the destruction of three Coufederate
boats—and now you will learn of the "oomph;to
success" of the army corps, at least so thinks,
or rather says the Government organ. By the
last accounts, the Rebels were falling beck be
fore the Union forces, towards Franklin, the
latter having made and sent to this city about
300 prisoners, in doing wlucb there must havo
beon some hard lighting, as large number of our
men have beon wounded, and now tiiid accom
modations in most of the houses in the Teehej
but about 600 wounded Federals have been
succcessfully brought to this city. A list of
those brought yesterday, and who fill one of the
many hospitals I enclose.
I find, in looking over the various accounts
of wounded men from twenty-six regiments,
that the greatest sufferers seem to be the 159 th
New York and the 13ih and 25th Connecticut
regiments, which were terribly cut up. About
the killed, wenre not permitted to know, for all
communication with the returned soldiers and
prisoners seems to be interdicted. I was fully
aware that the Confederates would fall back,
fighting as they went. I thought Banks would
reach Franklin. Anything, however, of his
movements is contraband. If however, by the
next mail, a true account of the expedition is
allowed to be published, you will be able to form
an idea whether "our success" will be likely to
end the war.
Tho mercury is up to 85 degrees, and our
soldiers will find their duties so onerous in the
Opclousas swamps, that the day of their dis
charge will be hailed with joy by the !) months'
men, who will be glad to yield their places to
some of the 900,000, who, I wish, would come
out and sec how their African brothers' condi
tion has been improved; and after they have
seen the elephant, let the nine months' men go
home satisfied. EX-HOSTON.
Concerning the Confederate raid into Wes
tern Virginia, there are rumors in abundance,
but the facts are few. Tho actual amount of
damage done to the western section of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railway is at present unknown;
nor does it appear to have been ascertained with
any degree of accuracy whether the Confeder
ates are in force or not. In the fight which oc
curred at Greenland Gap, one of the most im
portant points on tho Baltimore and Ohio Rail
way, the Confederates are said to have been re
pulsed several times with great loss, but event
ually succeeded in killing, wounding or captu
ring the whole Federal detachment, numbering
between seventy or eighty men. Colonel Mul
ligan, at Fairmont had also been attacked and
defeated with the loss of his artillery. The ex.
citement along the Pennsylvania border was in
tense, the raid having extended into Fayette
county; but for only a few miles into the inte
rior. At the last advices they held Bridgeport
and Palatine, on the railroad west of Grafton,
and, it is nsserted, had seized large quantities
of horses and cattle and sent them southward.
Tho extent of the raid, both in the amount of
damage done and of spoil taken at various
points, is said to exceed that of any previous
excursions of a similar kind during tho present
wnr. It is, however, tho opinion of the mili
tary authorities that the number of confederates
engaged in it are comparatively small.
Of tho six transports that attempted to run
tho batteries at Vicksburg, we now learn that
four are known to have been sunk, and that the
other two, if thov got by, were badly damaged.
THREE DAYS FICHTIMG.
Hooker Moves on the Enemy's Works.
Capture of Guns, Stores, Ammunition, ami over
Two Thousand Prisoners.
TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER.
WASHINGTON, May 4, 1833.
A great battle has just been fought at
and near Fredericksburg. Tho battle lasted
most of tho day on Saturday, and continued
with great fierceness until two o'clock on Sun
day morning, when hostilities ceased for two
hours.
At 4 o'clock the ball opened again and lasted
until 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon, when the
enemy's batteries became si!ont, and the wildest
cheering commenced on our extreme right and
ran along the whole lino. When our informant
i left the prevailing opinion was, that the enemy's
| ammunition was exhausted, or they had beofl
attacked by Hooker's left wing, the force under
Gen. Sedgwick, which crossed below Freder
icksburg.
Our informant says that, before he left the
field at Chancclloruille, tho general result was
completely successful to our artnc; that a large
number of prisoners bjtd been captured. He
hastened from the field as soon as the firing
stopped, and recrossed the river at Bank's ford
and proceeded to Falmouth, opposite which
(Fredericksburg) a desperate battle was raging.
The capture of the city of Fredericksburg
and the works sftrounding it, was complete—
The killod and wounded on our side, in Freder
icksburg, was comparatively small; but the
rebel rifle pits were said to be filled with killed
and wounded rebels.
The slaughter at Chancellorville is estimated
to be large on both sides. Among the killod on
our side is Gen. Berry, of Maine. Gen. How
ard was wounded in endeavoring to rally the
German liegiments, which wavered on Satur
day before the heavy masses of the enemy
thrown against them.
We captured many large guns, ammunition,
stores, and up toyosternoon about two thousand
prisoners.
Postscript.
Our ndvices from the field of operations np
to noon to-day are that the victory of General
Hooker's army is a more complete one than was
first supposed. All that the most sanguine
could hope for has been realized, if we except
the awful slaughter, which for tho present we
forbear to enter upon.
LATEST.
Telegrams received since the above state that
Stonewall Jackson had outflanked Hooker-on
the right, and that at lost accounts there vms
no decisive result.
Gen. Hooker's Advanoe and Success.
WASHINGTON, May 3d.—Dispatches from
General Hooker hare been received by the Prov
ident.
He has successfully crossed the Rappahan
nock, and has severed the communications of
the enemy between Bowling Green and Hano
ver Court House.
The main body of Hooker's army crossed first
jiuuu.
I' nlmouth under Gen. Slocum, who made a de
tour of the enemy's position, and captured some
fifteen hundred rebels.
It is said that our communications"with Gen.
Stoncman have been cut off by guerilla bauds
between Warren ton Junction nnd Bull Run, but
will soon be reinstated.
General Hooker hopes to capture all of tha
rebel forces north of the Pamnnkoy river, and
will probably move forward to tbo left of bis
present position.
FROM HOOKER'S ARMY.
Terrible Fight on Saturday and Snnday,
The Inquiirr has the following M a special
despatch :
WASHINGTON, Sunday, Mar 2, 1863—Relia
ble information has reached the city this after
noon from the Army of tho Potomac, going to
show that a terrible engagement has been going
on yesterday and to-day. The brilliant manoeu
vre by which the rebels have lieen flanked on
both sides, has been followed up by daring ootv
confliQts, in which our troops have been ex
tremely successful. During the whole of Sat
urday the musketry nnd artillery fring was ab
solutely continuous, especially on the right,
where Howard's corps was engaged.
Between midnight and 3 o'clock this morning
(Snnday), a pontoon bridge was laid between
Falmouth and Fredericksburg, nnd our troops,
part of the Sixth Corps, marched over and took
possession of tho town, driving out the enemy.
They then advanced on the fortifications upon
the slopes, in exactly the direction of the move
of Burnside, and it is reported,that by noon
they had reached the top of the hills. The en
emy had left this part exposod; not expecting
an attack here his troops were withdrawn to
the quarter where the conflict was', already n
ging.
Our troops are behaving splendidly, nnd are
worthy of their cause nnd their leader. Not a
single instance of misbehavior has occurred a
raongst any of our regiments.
Gen. Hooker is conslantly in the thickest of
the fight, and bis escapes from bullets have re*
nllv been miraculous.
[This reads somewhat like the bulletins pub
lished immediately after the battle of Freder
icksburg, the "change ofbase before Richmond."
and the defeat of Pope. Tf n terrible battle
was fought on .Saturday and Sunday, why does
"the Government" object to sending news of
the result T —Eos. EVENING JOURNAL.]
Soldiers, see to your health, do not trust to
the Array supplies; Cholera, Foyer and Bowel
complaint will follow vour slightest indiscretion.
HOLLOW AY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT
should be in every man's knnpsask. The Brit
ish and French use no other medicines. Only
25 cents por box or pot. 216
COALMONT LOTS FOR SALE.
1 will ofier at pqblie sale, on Wednetdev. the 20th
of May init.. on the premiies, ONE HUNDRED
FINE BUILDING LOTS, lituate in the town of
Coalmont, on Rroad Top Rail Road, Huntingdon
coon-y. Sale to commence it 10 o'clock, A. M.
Terms eoey.
W. P. SCHELL.
May 8— 2tt.
CAUTION^
All persona are hereby notified not to trespass
upon my property, for oy purpose whatsoever, ns I
am determined to enforce the law e°aihst alt who
may do so, without respeet to pr*.oh.
JACOB EVTRSULE, of Ab'ra-
South Woo<fbny tp., P.r-Jt'.