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
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