BEDFORD GAZETTE. B. F. MEYERS, EDITOR. FRIDAY 7 : : :JULY 17, 183, DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. STATE TICKET. FOR GOVERNOR, GEORGE W. WOODWARD, OF LUZERNE. FOR JUDGE OK THE SUPREME COURT, WALTER H. LOWRIE, OK ALLEGHENY. COUNTY TICKET. ASSEMBLY, 15. P. MEYERS, Bedford Bor. PROTIIONOTARY, O. E. SHANNON, Bedford Bor. SHERIFF, JOHN ALDSTADT, St. Clair. ASSOCIATE JUDGE, SAMUEL DAVIS, Bedford Bor. TREASURER, J. B. FAUQUIIAR, Bedford Bor. COMMISSIONER, GEORGE RHOADS, Liberty. AUDITOR, DANIEL BARLEY, M. Woodberry. POOR DIRECTOR, HENRY MOSES, Bedford tp. CORONER, JAMES MA'J I'INGIA, Londonderry. R7"Jt is expected that the Right Rev. Dr. Dom enec. Bishop of Pittsburg, will preach in the Cath olic Church on the following occasions : OnFriday, a * ?! o'clock, P. M., at the same hour on Saturday, at in o clock, A. M., on Sunday, and at 71 o'clock on Sunday evening. "Keep Cool." o havo not issued a number ol our paper for four weeks that has not been made the sub joct of bitter imprecations and loud maledictions from the tongues of certain Abolitionists in this immediate neighborhood. When Milroy's men camo here, it was deliberately determined by these miscreants that our office should be destroy ed, and to this end they strove, by every argu ment in their power, to incite the soldiers to vi olence. In this they failed most signally, ns they found more good, sound, Constitution-lov ing, law-abiding Democrats among tho gallant Union volunteers than they had dreamed of; but ever since their failure to disturb the peace through the instrumentality of the soldiers, their anger and bitterness havo increased tenfold and now the very sight of the Gazette causes them to rave and foam at the mouth, ns if possessed with some unclean spirit which cannot brook the pure principles of Democracy. The fantas tic capers of these poor victims of negrophobia, do not disturb us in the least, and no matter how much tho miserable creatures may storm and rave, we intend to pursue tho "even tenor of our way," regardless of all their outcry and till their curses. Our only alarm is for their safety. Wo don't want the Gazette to kill them. 1 hat would bo shocking. Their only hope is to "keep cool," if that lie possible iu the dog days, with persons laboring under attacks of nepro-on-tlie-brain. Wo would also recommend heavy doses of Sensation Tills, manufactured to order by the doctors of the N. Y. Tribune and Philadelphia Inquirer. We are almost sure that tho swallowing of 118 of Die's cannon and 25,000 rebel prisoners, would quiet the nerves of the poor fellows. If this dose prove a little heavy for their organs of deglutition, let them wash it down with tho "tremendous rise in the Potomac," which is bound to cause, by drown ing, the death of tho entire army of the rebel invader. Hut all this medicine will bo of no avail, unless they "keep cool." Overheated zeal is certain death to persons afflicted with tlieir malady. Now, there are several ways of "keep ing cool. ' One is to put ico in the coat-tail pockets, and this method would, doubtless, prove successful in their cases, as tho refrigerating sub stance would thus bo placed iu close proximity to their brains. A better way would be to sleep in the open air, on the South Mountain, within the lines of General Meade, in rifle-pits dug by their own hands, the. sudorific effect of the dig ging during the day also having an excellent in fluence upon their fevered blood. But a better pla<n than any other, perhaps, would be to mind llieilr own business and let that of their neighbors' ulortk If they do this vigorously, they will have \io trouble in "kcepiug cool." Nor will their ifiiscaso harass them much thereafter. Its power yiill be broken. Negrophobia will cease and no longer will be white, nor white black. Reason will return to her deserted throne and the ljtcdford Gazette will be no longer poi son, but nutriment, to the mind now relieved of the night|mare of Abolition. "Keep Cool!" <3"Th<b Franklin liepository has passed into the hand* of Messrs. A. K. Mclure and 11. S. Stoner, bw whom it is now edited and publish ed. Though we can't wish the new proprietors political success, yet, as members of the craft ] we hope they may flourish and prosper pecuni arily. : Latest News. By telegraph we learn that Lee has crossed the Potomac with his whole army and all his munitions and stores. Gen. Meade is said al so to have crossed.—No official account of the surrender of Vicksburg has yet been received from Gen. Grant. Despatches which purport to have been sent by Com. Porter, give particu lars of the surrender. Wo aro assured on "reli able authority," that 31,000 prisoners were pa roled by Gen. Grant and that many cannon fell into our hands. It remains to be'seen why Gen. Grant's official report is withheld from the pub lic.—There is also a telegraphic report that Pt. Hudson has surrendered with 18,000 prisoners. We do not vouch for the truth of this "heavy business" in prisoners, but we doubt not that if Vicksburg has fallen, Pt. Hudson will inevita bly meet the same fate.—Gen. Rosecrans is said to have captured 4,000 prisoners and Bragg to have retreated to Atlanta, Ga. —The great Draft riot in New York city, of which we publish an account in another column, was, at last accounts still raging. Gov. Seymour, however, was on the ground nud will, doubtless, succeed in qucl the mob, as he is said to have assured them that the State authorities would do every thing in their power to 6ccuro to the people their rights under the Constitution. This riot is disgraceful and greatly to bo deplored, but it is the whirl wind that Ls always reaped by those who sow to the wind, as the Abolitionists have been doing for the last two years. All this terriblo loss of life and poperty, might have been prevented, had Congress passed a conscription law of the constitutionality of which there could have been no doubt, and had not the Abolition Jacobins made the business of mobbing a common means of securing their political ends. Against Home Interests. We are informed that somo of the Abolition Post Masters in this county, are making efforts to induce people to stop tlieir co.unty papers and take some of the blood and thunder journals published in the Eastern cities. We are told that theso disinterested patriots tell Democrats that they have stopped tlieir subscription to the Inquirer , and, therefore, Democrats ought to cease taking the Gazette. The Postmaster at Alum llank is reported to us as manoeuvring in this manner. If this be the case, and wo doubt not it is, the Abolition Postmasters arc guilty of striking at tho home interests of our county, by endeavoring to break down the local news papers. They would rather have the people's money go out of the county, never to return, than have it given to sustain tho county press, which speaks for tho home interests of the peo plo and which urges, encourages and sustains local enterprise. Such men are untrue to their own firesides and deserve the execration of tho public. Wo warn theso officious P. M's that they had better simply attend to the duties of their office and let the people take whatever pa pers they please; for, if they don't, somo of them may discover ere long that other people know a few of their official secrets as well as themselves. At tlio door of the Copperheads of tho North can be justly laid tho responsibility of the dar ing invasion and consequent damage incident to the raid through a portion of our State and county.— Fulton llepubhcaii. Will tho sapient gentleman who is the author of the above delectable paragraph, be kind e nough to inform us whether lie considers the President of tho United States, tho majority of both Houses of Congress and the Governor of Pennsylvania "Copperheads?" If lie does not, then it follows that ho tells a deliberate false hood when he says that the responsibility for the rebel invasion of our State, can bo laid "at the door of tho Copperheads." For nobody un der the sun but the President, the majority in the last Congress and the Governor of Pennsyl vania can bo blamed for the state of affairs which permitted, nay invited, tho rebel army to enter Pennsylvania. Who removed McClcllun and appointed Buinside, under whose blind lead ership tho Army of tho Potomac was rushed forward to slaughter on Maryc heights? Who appointed Hooker, under whoso sad and san guinary blundering, the disaster of Burnsidc was repeated, and by whose deplorable failure, the rebel army was left a straight and unob structed highway for ifs inarch into Pennsylva nia? And whose peculiar policy has prevailed for the last nine months, to the utter exclusion of every modifying suggestion from those whom tho Hepublican styles "Copperheads?" The Pres ident and the majority in Congress have had ev erything their own way. They have had as many men as they asked for, and as much mon ey as they could spend. They appointed their own favorites to fill the oirices, both civil and military. They even assumed powers which they themselves admit do not belong to them, but which, they declare, "military necessity" demanded them to exercise. The Governor of Pennsylvania bad tho military power of the State in his hands. He could have lined the border with effective soldiery drawn from mili tia which he might have had well organized and disciplined. But with all tho resources within the reach of both Federal and State Adminis trations, with nil the power, Constitutional and assumed, in tho hands of Mr. Lincoln and the •last Congress, and with the ono hundred thou sand militia which Governor Curtin could have had within his control, tho war for the suppres sion of the .Rebellion is transferred from Virgin ia to Pennsylvania, and the gallant Army of the I'otoinae, instead of acting on the nggrcssivc, is compelled to stand on the defensive. Now, who is in the fault? The I'residcnt, Congress and Governor Curtin who had every thin" in their own hands and pursued their own course, or tho Democrats ("Copperheads" in Abolition parlance) who asked these t unctionaries to change their policy, but were not listoned to? I vet com mon sense answer. "The Cambria county volut :ocrs need no de fence at our hands. They aro loyal gentlemen, and bore themselves wi th prop iety under insults which the Hertford Secesiionists) taped upon them." —Johnstown Tribune. / The "insults"' heaped upon t e Cambria coun ty volunteers by the people of iedford, consist ed in those volunteers being lolged in our hou ses and fed at our tables. Is< body in lledford county sent for the Cambria c unty volunteers. They came here witltout any equost from us. When they did come, however, our people treat ed them kindly and gave th ra a hearty wel come. They came here, as '-6 understand it, not so much for our defence, s to cover their own homes from attack. Wfe gave them our soil for entrenchments, our brikd for food, our dwellings, churches and pubjic buildings for lodging places and camps. In return, they stole our horses, wantonly and waslofully killed our cattle, wickedly destroyed privkte property, and now, having returned home, Itell their friends that the people of Bedford flicapcd insults" upon them! They are, doubtldss, very "to/a/," and quite likely are "gentlemen\" when measur ed by the standard of tho Johhstown Tribune. (And, really there were many decent and up right men among them, who dcraecatcd tho con duct of their comrades. To tlcso, of course, we do not refer). 15ut a goodlyjportion of thorn "will steal." PISCATORIAL—"We and ouip" are under spe cial obligations to that "prince <tf good fellows," and chief among all amateur fishermen, Major James Reynolds, for a mcs9 of very fine trout, caught by the Major in the Whtcrs of the ro mantic Shade. On Tuesday last two hundred and forty-three of tho "speckled beauties" sur rendered to Major Reynolds and companion, some of the "gay and festive" prisoners weigh ing nearly two pounds. It makes one quite yjrt-ical in his tastes to sec such sights! | IKON CITY COLLEGE.—Wo wore surprised on | visiting the College a few days einco to find it completely filled with a most interesting and in dustrious class of young men. Tho immediate [and constant attention of the Principals to their i students secures to them the very highest ad vantages, which is evinced in the steady and reg- J ular increasing demand among business men ev ery where for graduates of this school, as every student is thoroughly and carefully instructed, and none but competent accountants are ever awarded the Diploma of the Institution.—Pitts bung Morning Post. The Huntingdon Monitor. —This able and fearless Democratic journal has been re-estab lished by tho Democracy of Huntingdon, with J. Irvin Stoel, late of tho Illairsville Record, as editor. Mr. Stool is a young man of great prom ise, nnd, we doubt not, will cultivate bis new field of labor with abundant success. God speed him. The Draft. Any person drafted paying S3OO, is exempt from liability under that draft. V. Any person furnishing an aeeeptablo substi tute is exempt for tho period of time the substi tute is sworn in. A drafted man cannot pay commutation mo ney or furnish a substitute after reporting him self for examination. The above is contained in a late circular of the War Department. Poor people will find it a good plan to club together in tens or twenties to raise tho coMmutationmoneyfortho.se among them who may be drafted. ON THE BATTLEFIELD, ) NEAR Girrrvsiuiuq, July 7, 'O3. J FRIEND MEYERS: A short account of the recent desperate fight at this place, may perhaps provo interest ing to your numerous readers, if it is worthy a place in the columns of your valuable and fear less sheet. • On tho evening of tho Ist of July, nfter the first light took place, wo were ordered forward, being some distance in the rear, nnd early on the morning of tho 2d, wo were in nur position, nearly on tho flank of the left wing of tho lino of battle. Soon after wo had taken our posi tion, heavy firing commenced to tho right of the centre. This gradually ceased hut opened very suddenly near tho centre, continuing a short time, when it again ceased. For a time all was silent, the enemy tlying to got a good position. I mounted and rode forward to take a look, when suddenly a most terrific cannonading commenced and for one hour tho roar of artil lery was deafening and tho shells ileiv in all di rections, crashing and tearing through the trees and wounding some of our boys and their hor ses. This fire slackehed and immediately one of tho rebel divisions charged up into a small gap in the ridge, on the extreme left, and a ter rific. fire of small arms took place. This con tinued a considerable length of time, tho roar of musketry being the most tremendous I ever heard. The rebels made a desperate attempt to break through our left into our rear and had nearly succeeded driving our men almost to the edge of the woods, when the gallant sixth corps, with tho old reserve division, coming up, charg ed full upon the enemy, driving them back with great slaughter and regaining the lost ground. Finally tho firing ceased and ended tho tight for this day. The sun set in a clear sky and night closed over the battle field and our tired and victorious army slept in their old position. The wound ed were taken care of; every house and barn in our rear being converted into a hospital. The ambulance corps were busy carrying the wound ed of! the field, rebels as well as our own. • Gen. Lee sent in a Hag of truce asking permission and time to bury his dead. The reply of Gen. Meade was, that the victors would bury the dead of both armies at the close of the battle. The morning of tho 3d came at last, clear and cloudless, promising a hot day. With an oc casional shot here and thcro along tho line, noth ing occurred until about ten o'clock, A. M., when the rebels fired two guns, apparently as a signal, and simultaneously, almost along the whole line, tho most terrific artillery fight com menced that was ever witnessed on this conti nent. Veterans that have been in many fights, admit this to be the most terrible they ever saw. At the end of about two hours the cannonade slackened, and wns followed by a sharp firing of musketry on the right. This censed at lest, and for near an ho. ■ if "• but, at about one o'clock tho firing again com menced, equaling, if not exceeding the former. The shells began to knock the chimneys off the J house in 'which Gen. Meade had his headquar ters. Here Gen. Butterfield was struck in the breast with a piece of shell and two of Meade's aids were also wounded and a number of hor- i ses killed. Prudence obliged the commander to seek a safer place, but before the firing ceased, ho took his mounted band and rode along the line, cheering tho men by his presence and with the soul stirring music. Towards evening the j firing slackened and finally ceased, our mon re-, moining masters of the field. Gen. Meade, | fearing that the enemy would leave during the | night, pushed forward a strong rcconnoitcring party and found that such was actually the case. He was endeavoring to steal away under cover of tho darkness. Preparations were immedi ately mado to follow him. A great many of the rebel dead remain unburied, but men aro busy removing them, though tho stench is hor rid. Tho battle-field prescuts a horrible pic ture—dismounted guifr, broken caissons, dead horses and men in horrid confusion. The town of Gettysburg is pretty well riddled with shot and shell. It, is full of wounded whicli the la ; dies aro taking good care of. God bless their noble hearts! The rebel army is said to bo falling back to some entrenchments on South Mountain, in a disorganized condition. I think Lee rues the day he crossed the Potomac river. Our position was a good one, the line being in the shapo of a horse shoe, with Gen. Meade's headquarters in the centre. Our batteries had excellent po sitions on tho hills commanding the town of Gettysburg. Troops arc arriving at this place to-day, in large numbers. All is quiet here. Wo hear that Vieksburg is ours at last. Wo only hope it is true. The prisoners that we took feel dis appointed at not being able to reach Baltimore and Washington, though they will reach tho latter place, and I think if the truth was known, in tho way they most fancy. I.ce's army is surely badly cut up and demoralized. The loss of both sides is very heavy. I cannot tell the exact amount. The day is closing, and so must I. Wo are expecting orders to inovo every minute. Yours truly, PENNSYLVANIA. CAMP ooth P. V., 1 BEAUFORT, S. C., Juno 10, 'G3. J MB. EDITOR: As there arc not many contributions to your paper from this Department, I will givo you a few lines. The health of the Regiment is very good. Wo still have plenty of picketing to do, and expect to as long as wo stay here. I suppose the news of the late glorious raid of the "free A mcricans of African descent," is resound ing throughout the North. It was made by Jim Montgomery, of Kansas notoriety, and his com panions, the South Carolina "Niggers." Four or live hundred of them, two pieces of artillery and a couple of gunboats, left here and landed on tho "Main," between this place and Charles ton. It was a most extensivo raid. They drovo threo pickets from an old deserted battery, advanced a mile, destroyed a few bushels of rice and burned eight or nine plantation houses, all of which was private property. I the Confederacy is tottering from the effects. The objeqt of the expedition, was to capture some of "Fader Abram's" chosen people. They got seven or eight hundred, mostly women and chil dren. They took one hundred and fifty of the men to till up tho "colored legion," the rest are in Beaufort, being taught by tho "white nig gers" that they are free—that they are equal to tho white race—that tho people of the South are to bo exterminated, and that the houses, formerly their masters' are to bo their 3. Such are the teachings of tho "philanthropic New Englanders." The extermination, as they say, is begun in earnest, as they have appointed companions of John Brown to command the negroes, men that committed murder at mid night—that dragged innocent men from their beds and butchered them! What will become of tlie helpless women and children at the South, if these barbarians, commanded by such men, penetrate tho interior 1 I have soen resolutions condemning thoso that are trying to bring about an honorable peace, purporting to come from the enlisted men of the regiments. When those resolutions are adopted the men are not consulted. They are not com posed of the sentiments of the enlisted men, but are the base resolves of a few avaricious "green back" worshippers. The soldiers are disgusted with tho manner in which the war is carried on. The "blacksnakcs" that coiled their folds around us and have dragged us to destruc tion, say "wo havo ono consolation for the or phan and widow—the intelligent bearing of those who once vero slaves, but now arc free men." They say "we see with pride the op pressed and down trodden walking tho streets of Southern citie3 with the air of freemen."— This is their consolation —for tho dead and maimed heroes of the battlo field—for the wan dering orphan and weeping widow. The suf ferers of this war, when turned loose, will make daylight shine through such hypocritical scoun drels. The sons of Bedford county, here in South Carolina, bail with pleasure the stand she has taken against the encroachments of des pots. They only want to know why thoso at home who talk so fiercely for the negro policy of the Administration arc not in the field in stead of hunting down and arresting loyal citi zens of the North. On bearing of the arbitra ry arrests at home, we often ask ourselves, "Can America bear the tyrant's bieast 1 Is she the friend cf stern control f Wears she the despot's purple vest, Or fetters she the free born soul ?" Alas! our country must be in a sad condi tion, indeed, if a patriot dares not speak his sentiments, if he dares not address a public meeting. Woe to us, when to crush out free dom of speech, the cry is heard, "To the llas tilo! To the Lastilc!" Yours truly, O. 11. S. From The Age. A Slander Refuted. SINCK the invasion of Pennsylvania by tho rebel forces, the Jacobin journals have been engaged in circulating all kinds of absurd and ridieulous,storios for tho purpose of injuring tho Democratic party. As they expect to operate upon the credulity of the masses, insulting, by their conduct, the intelligence of the people they hope to deceive, they do not hesitato to manufacture and give publicity to rumors which they know have not the slightest foundation in truth. It is almost useless to attempt a denial of these slanders; because no sooner is one of tlicm nailed, like base coin to the counter, before another is fabricated and given to tho public One of the current reports started for political j eftoct by the unscrupulous Jacobins, was an 1 ral Jenkins and the District Attorney of Frank lin county. This story is disposed of by tho lattor gentleman in a letter which we lay before our readci-s with great pleasure: CIIAMBERSBUIIO, June 22, 18G3. Editor of The Age : I notice in several papers what purports to bo a conversation between Gen. Jenkins and the District Attorney of Franklin County, during the recent occupation of the place by tho rebel forces. It is alloged, that, among other things, the general said: "You are a regular Copperhead —Lincoln ought to have hung you anil the rest of the Copperheads long ago. We would not tolerate any such men in the Southern Confed eracy. We respect those wiio are against us in the North much more than tho Copperheads." I am the District Attorney of Franklin Coun ty. I have never spoken to General Jenkins, nor has he to me. To the best of my knowl edge I have never seen him. All the slanders hurled at the Democaatic party cannot prevent its success in Franklin County, nor in the State, in October. Yours, very truly, W.vi. S. STENGEK. Dreadful Riot in New York. The Arsenal on Fifty-fourth St. Seized. Four Hundred Rioters Armed. SUPERINTENDENT KENNEDY REPORTED KILLED. NEW YORK, July 18.—A large mob collect ed at the conscription office on the Third ave nue, to prevent the draft from being carried on. At this hour (11 A. M. ) tlicy have driven a way the conscription officials, set the building on tiro, and the whole block is now in (lames. The mob will not allow the fire bells to be rung, nor the firemen to act. They have destroyed all the telegraph wires in the vicinity, and are bent on mischief. The Regulars from Governor's Island have been sent to the scone. Two O'clock —The riot is said to have assumed vast porportions. It is stated that 'the Arsenal on 54th street has been taken by the mob, who armed some 400 of their number. The police have beea handled terribly severe. It is report ed that Police Superintendent Kennedy and some fifteen of the police were killed and many wounded. A squad of some thirty soldiers wcro ordered to fire on the mob, but they had their guns taken away and were shockingly beaten and dispersed. The noon train for itoston was nearly demolish ed, the passengers driven out and prevented from leaving. The telegraph lines are all cut in many places, destroying connection with the Eastward. NEW YORK, July 13— P. M. A large crowd collected at the Ptovost Mars h this otlice, in the third Congressional District, this morning. They were determined that the draft should not proceed. The rioters were armed with stones and re volvers. The mob commenced by smashing in the win dows. The rioters then seized the papers and implements for drafting. The Provost Marshal barely escaped with his life. The rioters, nfter destroying every thing which came in their way, set tire to the building which was entirely consumed. The mob at this time numbered between five and ten thousand. The military have been called out. The mob has proceeded to the Eighth District. They threaten to burn this building also. The mob is gaining in strength every minute. Still Later. NEW YORK, July 1-I.—The riot still contin ues unabated. Detachments of marines, reg ulars, and the Invalid Corps are guarding the Public Squares and thoroughfares. Another attack on the Tribune Otlice is expected. The police arc in great force, watching in the ad joining streets and houses. Down town com paratively quiet. The Excitement in the up per portion of the city is as strong as ever.— Nino persons killed in Pitt street on tlio easterly side of the city, and several wounded by the marines. Gov. Seymour is in town and made a speech tc-day, at noon, from the stops of the City Hall, calling on the crowd to disperse. Ho assured them that ho would protect their right, and that no law, which could not stand the test of the civil courts would bo enforced. Alderman Har dy also made a speech, stating that the Common Council of the city wcro about to make provis ions to pay three hundred dollars for every cit izen who cannot pay it himself. The Battle of Gettysburg. A Graphic Account of Friday's Fighting. [From the Correspondence of the Philadelphia Age] On Friday morning General Lee did not de sire to make the attack, lie saw the superiori ty of the Federal position, and wished to entice them out of it, and down into the valley, with this design he withdrew all his sharpshooters and infantry from Gettysburg. The deserted town lay there a very tempting bait, but Gene ral Meade's men hid quietly behind the fences and trees, and banks upon the hills. They could look down into the streets and see every thing which was in progress. They saw the enemy march out and retire to the seminary,hut made no advance, and tho Confederates gained nothing by the movement. A parting salute of musketry, however, from a knoll north of the cemetery accelerated the Confederate retreat. For some time the town had scarcely a soldier in it. Scores of dead and wounded men and horses, with broken wagons, bricks, stones, tim ber, torn clothing and abandoned accoutrements, lay there. The frightened inhabitants peered out of their windows to see what the armies were doing to cause such a lull, and almost a fraid of their own shadows they hastened away and crouched in corners and cellars at the sound ot overy shot or shell. Gen. Lee's evacuation had no effect. Meade was neither to be enticed into the town nor into tho valley. Enough dead Irodies lay in the fields and streets to give him warning of what happen ed to poor Reynolds two days before, and ho wisely determined to stay where he was aud let events shapcthemselves. Tho enemy soon be came impatient. They could wait no longer; and after much solicitation from his subordinates. Gen. Lee permitted Gen. Longstrect to send his grand division on a charge upon the cemetery. The Federal soldiers were ou the alert. They were hid behind their embankments, some kneel ing, and some flat on the ground. T'be Con federate artillery open, it was as fierce a can nonade as the one the day before, but instiad of thrown at the cemetery. Experienced soldiers soon divined what was coining, and in evrry portion of the Federal line the cannon were di rected towards the valley in front of the ceme tery. All were ready. Ainid the furious fire from the Confederate cannon, scarcely a Feder al shot was heard. The artillerists, implements in hand crouched in the little ditches dug behind their cannon. With arms loaded, the infantry awaited the charge. It soon came. From the woods of short, scrub by timber, and the rocks near the seminary there rose a yell. It was a long, loud, unre mitting, hideous screech from thousands of voi ces. At the yell, the Federal cannon opened. Soon the enemy's columns emerged from tlio woods. They came on a rush down the hill, waving their arms and still screeching. They climbed fences and rushed along, each one bent upon getting first into the cemetery. The can uou roared, grape, and canister and spherical case fell thick among them. Still t hey rushed onward, hundreds falling out of the line. They camu within musket shot of the Federal troops. Then the small arms began to rattle. The Con federates approached the outer line of works. They were laboring up the hill. As they moun ted the low bank in front of the rifle pits, the Federal soldiers retreated out of the ditch bo hind, turning and firing its they went along. It was a hand-to-hand conflict. Every man lbught by himself and for himself. Myriads of the enemy pushed forward down the hill, across into the works and up to the cemetery. AU were shouting, and screaming, and swearing, clashing their arms and firing their pieces. The enemy's shells flew over the field upon the Fed eral artillerists on the hills above. These, al most disregarding the storm which rtiged around them, directed all their tiro upon the surging columns of the enemy's charge. Every avail able cannon on the Cemetery hill and to the right and left, threw its shot and shell in the valley. The fight was terrible; but despite every elfort the enemy pushed up the hill and across the second line of works. The fire became hot ter. The fight swayed back and forth. One moment the enemy would be at tde railings of the cemetery; then arusli from the Federal side would drive them down into the Galley. Then, with one of their horrible screeches, j they would fiercely run up the hill again, into the cemetery, and have a fierce battle among the tombstones. It was the hardest fight of the day, and hun dreds were slain there. Feckless daring, how ever, will not always succeed. Several attempts were made to take the place, but they wero not successful; and lato ifi the afternoon, leaving dead and wounded behind them, the enemy's forces slowly retreated up their own hill and into their woods again. They were not routed. They can scarcely be said to have been driven. They had made an attack and been repulsed, and after renewed, attempts, feeling that it was useless to try any more, they retreated. It was now General Meade's turn to make an attack. Though they had lost heavily, his soldiers felt elated. Thoy ! saw hopos of a victory; and wero ready to do almost anything to secure it. Although there had been so fierce a battlo in the valley before 1 Gettysburg, yet the town was as quiet and as much deserted as ever. Shells flew over it, and now and then one of its houses would have a wall cracked or a roof broken, but neither force possessed it. General Meade turned his attention there. The day was waning and the battle had lulled, and he determined, if possible, to drive the enemy out of tbo seminary, llis troops wero placed in order, and charged down the hill and into the town. Thoy ran along every street chasing a few of the enemy, still hid there, before them. They came 'out from the west side, along the "Tape worm,and the Emmittsburg and Chambersburg roads, and ascended the enemy's hills amid a storm of grape and shell. At the seminary the Confed erates wero not very strong. They had weak ened that portion of the line to make their attack further to the south, upon the cemetery. They had but few cannon; and though they re sisted some time, they finally retreated from the edge of the hill and abandoned the sem inary. The Federal troops did not chase them. The land back of the seminary was rather flat, and cut up into grain fields, with here and there n patch of woods. The rifle-pits on the brow of the hill proved an effectual aid to the Feder al soldiers in mantaining their ground, and as they lay behind tho bank, with the ditch in front, they could pick off the stragglers from tho retreating enemy. There was but little serious fighting after this, and night put an end to Fri day's struggle, the Confederates having retired about a mile on the north, near the seminary, and u half mile on the south, at the little stream. During the night tho dead in the streets of Get tysburg were buried, and the wounded on all parts of the field were collected and carried to the rear. On the next morning General Meade expoeted another attack, but instead of making it the enemy retreated further, abandoning their entire lino of battle, and the pickets repor ted that they wero entrenching at the foot of South mountain. Tho Federal army was ter ribly crippled and sadly in want of rest, and no advance was made, altho' pickets wore thrown out across tho enemy's old line of battle, and towards the place whero thoy were building entrenchments. All day was spent in feeding and resting the men. Gettysburg was turned into a waste hospital, impromptu ones were made at a dozen plueos on the field. The rain came, too, and with it cool air and refreshment both from wind and rain. No one could tell what the enemy was doing; every picket reported that they wero entrenching, and the night of the 4th of July closed upon the field with it in Federal possession. THE LOSSES. It is very difficult to make any estimate of I the losses in any contest, but from all that can be learned the number of killed, wounded and captured of the Federal army will scarcely exceed fifteen thousand. The enemy's loss was about the same. There is no reason why it should exceed that of General Meade, and none which should lead us to place a lower estimate upon it. As to prisoners, it is more' difficult to judge, but as there wore no instances of any entire commands surrendering, the only men captured being deserters and stragglers and wounded, who either lagged behind or la}' upon the field, the two armies have been equally dopleted by captures. The Confederates, however, parole"! nearly all whom they took, and these are wih General Meade. Of captured Cohfederttes there seem to have been about six thousand HEALTH FOR THE SOLDIER! —For one who dies from the effects of the bullet, tenporish from damp and exposure lo night air. Small doses of llolloway's l'ills, taken c\ef other night, will corycct all disorders of the jiver and Stomach, purify the blood, and ins''o sound health, to everv man. Only '23 ccn' P pr box.
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