.ENT! WM. FLINT! WM.
WM. FLHtT J * U,T
WM. FLERTf :
WM. FUST!.!
ST:
Philadelphia, No-
PHILADELPHIA, ■■•"■<■%<: ’«■
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nEHFXDOCS SACRIFICE
I WOKT II OP JEffJUj
I. FOR ONE DOLLAR EACH. t ,'’
tlendid Assortment of
.NS, BRACELETS, CAMEO 6*iTe74?f” B S
s of French I’iated Chains, Gold and Phn e d
ecp or ecli any gilt, gift or
re sold by the best Jewelers as Gold
nr goods from the best Gold Jewelrv ht
le Stales, ' - . - J run
no AUK FORCED TO SELL.
110 AUK FORCED TO SELL.
HO ARE FORCED TO SELL.
is only a partial list of bnr immense
■„! JC£ TOm CHOICE FOR toek;
$1 EACH.
IKE TOFU CHOICE FOR $J.‘ ,
Splendid Cameo Sets, General Retail
> Lava do *lOO-11.
i Carbuncle do" o, rV
Enamelled and Coral do
> andCarbunclo do ■
- and Ruby do 7
aster Crape Setting sets do ]n fir?
, do ,
1 do Jot cels, do t. "
> Blade Mosaic do
1 G-jid Stone Mosaic do
, . Calico Sets. do 5““
Twists, wiih brilliants, do r. it
Sets, new Style, do gi?*?
led Cluster da do mg®
Wes, - ,dO. "£*!
Ointed Geld Pens and Cases, si: i
_r Plated Spoons, •**
dMags, jg.
ter diderent slyles Ladies 1 Jewelry. Hqj!?
. patterns and sizes; Lockets of even, a.
I pens, 14 karct, with Silver
ctieils. Sleeve Buttons, Stods, Ac- 4c.-Cow'
sand Band Bracelets; Gents 1 VestCliais,
ear for ten years without changing color
ties acid—they are nsnally sold byJowelS
,;ns—ali made in Paris. You cau lie,
SI each. Ladies 1 andGeuta 1 GuardOhaji.
sold hv Jewelers at from $5 to 433 each l
!-:ien‘s Neel: Chains, beantllhl patten’
■lt. enamelled and rnby settings: Cro&i™’
eiied. Per s', each, retail prices from Asw
ry style an.; variety of Jewelry andduira.
hr n!»wo prices. writ continue longt&oui
»•..vml-g- ‘luck, which was purchase a fT
ir-uj M;muf «cmrcrs who have ftjtaL
yocj: choice ron $i jucff.
special notice.
uOW TO SEND MONRV-g*
»-}iruf.n.t, place of Residency
i- distinct, as, we can mako nothing of
v viih .WAX. as Envelopes sealed withgm*
•st-diy-opened—the consents taken out
Attend to this, and we will be responßible
•JPVCEMENTS TO AGENTS.
Rins as Agent, who will send us at oat
rive a GoM Case Watch, c-xln.
Gold Lever Watch.
*■ Siher W.uch.
’lt' articles selected from the aboreLUut
-£ by mail mat stud $1 audlocentsm
GIVE U? A TRIAL.
:tinns must b* addressed to
WILLIAM FLINT.
No. 807 Market Bti>;
I’liilodelpkia, Pa
eh T. lv'l-C'n:
; PUBLIC.— THE SUB
taken ihcfstablishnionthcrctofore
•• I. Fnv-O would respectfully an- n
/ Altoona and vicinity,
•-••d Kht WBS&
RESALE .OSD RETAIL W|B&
r. ■ >.v njitn <f- srove stoke,
bugr <:>j Ami- street, between Harriet ar.j
Alto ra. where ho willkeepconshct
“O’ assortment of everything in his lire,
ivM.'s .* of on reasonable terms.
NG & SPOUTING
r? notice. II:; also manufactures Ludid
ft Itictt is said to be much superior to gal-
<>■; or tiri.
uTr.idunl a copper-smithing room tohses
d will k-'ep on hand an assortment of cop
ftlk-s. k<\
ob work promptly attended to.
ib:ic p is respectfully solicited.
STEPHEN WINTERS.
Icfb, ISAM
HELPIIIA WATCH AS I)
wJuIK'OCCUPANT,
t\>rn<T of Quarry
rtf--1 has !oa.=Uil the
t: ho will k*a‘t- a large assortment of GoH
rtirs. of American. English and Swiss man*
r ?u-xt c-lpljated makers, in additions
I'uui r,l\vuy~ <ai hand (n&dinade to order) an
tv of J‘ w< dry. Silveraml Silver Plfttedwans
i .isvrVncnt of such goods ns m
a first-chits IVutch and Jewelry Store.
of 0. Conmd, and those of the subscriber,
he- faiMic generally. are Invited tocJI. aui
e a good article fo*r their money.* As I ani
o :: cash holiness, goods will be soM very
Vr-nu and Qtu'cJ: Sales* 3 is the motto of this
LEWIS R. BROOMAIL,
Fdnuc-rly O. Conrad,
r w a. tcCoitJ Su, cor/of Quarry, PhilaiU.
SEAT QUESTION -WHICH
tlit* mini! (jf every
1 sx;t the ho*t article for my
pr.J to other matters the
ot aitwnpt to direct, but if you
in the line of
OXS OR SHOES ■
it examination of hi 1 * stock and work,
itently on hernlar. assortment
*. A,.: „ nhicli he otters at fair prices.
•’■ t *cc;.Vs att-nlinn to cn-»toui work, ah™
roni.o! to-ireiuthfacliuar JTooebutth*
>• • trtnr-| f *yed . 4 ,
y shop is on Vsr~miu street, ImtnedUK'T
iV Drti" store
JOHN H. ROBERTS-
■y and Grocery Store.
rBSCRIBEK KEEPS CO-V-
V on band
tiked Bread, Cakes, & c
D, BACON, FLOXTB,
HiOCERIES,
■i« lot "T SKGAUS aai TOBACCJ-
JACOB RINK,
Virginia Street, below Annie Street
SHOE ESTABLISHMENT
OEKSIGNED ANNOUNCE
z'. ria of Altoona and vicinity that lbey JTJ
AND SHOE SHOP
'/.AT. 1 abovt IP inter? Tin Shop**
t:.f y will keep on hand a good awort®*®*
>* of their own manufacture*
ir attention (riven to making Z/tdtet
i< --y ynvite a sharo of public patron**** w ,
t they can render entire satl*£»cti£®; t .. |f
} •-), ’UI-tf JOHN SII>J* EX
■AL POLICE GAZETTE,-;
m Journal of Crime and .
>r, and is widely ciredatMl MtfJJJJSJmi
..r,tains all the Great Trial*, WJJLj,
l -riiito Editorials or. the soine, together
Criminal Hatters, not to be/oßd*"***
ions (2 per annum; SI
i (who should write',
enty and State where they reeidr phun'J<
To G. W. MATSEUs * <Ai
& Prop'r. of New Tor* Police
St* Yar*'-vr
AND SHOES.—THE EN
has sow on hand and wfll
etoro in tlic* ManonJc
ipfcto of
w ly made, or mndc to orde*#
ts’Sandals. Gum Shoe*, Cot*
Uiioglp Ute lino oftmaincafl* oC "fill ,
and on the most rca»OttablOvWWL- J
B•ranted. '
! j.
R FOR sale.
INCH'S. 50,000 LAES®, At
BUILDING
Apply to JOHN
-VD LARD OILS, CA3*'
rulng Fluid, Cmbon OU,
L AT MCCORMICK’S Stoj®
iid assortment of
glib Me
JIcCRUM & PERN,
VOL. G
,vo' ,; o.
AND
■SCUTJCE FKF.K.
Ilew-York Benevolent Infirmary,
estabushki) ism.
\U>] mv<-t-'d to The of Mt'ffod Jirf.,rr.i: to the !>'■/•
UJ* "/* Mvlio.'l KnowlfJ'jr for thr Jr< c-vdmn of /hVvu.-ov
‘air 1 m tli" relief of those suif-rim' ami aiilicted with Chro-
Virulent Disorders. To this end this Infirmary in
t-iulu'vctl, to enable the sick and --mVerin;: thn-n-hoiil tin*
urn] breadth of our Jamh P> avmd the J
Extortion, and lpu-o\n!r>- ut py-l- w? Phyr'cu' n.\
rlii.ai' h which thousands ami tens ol thousand? annually
'tU"inv are 'num r.f the di.-eases we cure, not only
M Uv Infirmafv but in all parts of our country :
rjti-rmptij’i'aiul Pnltunn iry IViaphunts.' FcVcrs ?crof
nla. Dvijf-i'sia. Lye ami Far ih'eas-, Cancers ami other
Jaundice’and Liver iVmplaint. Seminal .Weakness.
-*mi afl diseases of the Urinary ami Sexual Or-am. from
n!.atw-r can-" or whatever nature... Our object while to
riv- iov to tiio nftlicto-1 by cif-et im: in all cases a speedy cur>*.
'*Uur I - u!o is to charm nothim.-' for advice ami written pre
-■ riptioas: but will furnish when requested the very best
iucilicincs at the tywuftt rates.
The.-* remedies an- prV’ctred in our own Laboratory, un
der the care >-f abb* Chemi-'N. ami are the most reliable
i.r,o\vn to science. inchrlin;.: all llm recent diVco’.vries,
** all addressing u a by letter, containing full account of
-vaiptoms ami appearances olMi-vus-'. age. occupation. Ac..
viwill'svrile a ramli-1 r*ply. with advice and directions
>.y. C t:rv. Any fees sent m when Sending- Hr advice will be
• n-reU'd to furmshing medlcim- Hr the poor. In all eases
ai.-Jidne can be .sent by mail or express if desired, bend
Lr one or more of oiir workand Judge Hry..nr-dves.
.ilso published'at the Infirmary, to aid these objects.
the family, physician.
;it lining simple remedies • asily obtained fu- the euro .>r
/•h-.-n'as hi all its lYrni'. witli lull explanations of the
tU-'-i. «v;nptum*, dief. bathimr and t.-vrcNe. Pric-'-.'/Jct-o
THE'LADIES’ MEDICAL FRIEN D,
and the PHYSIOLOGY on MAH HI AC. i:
A wAk on t'i!‘ auD‘. symptom.-- and treatment "fall
•.ut-uiiu- peculiar to the smc. on marriage. ID. tinti« s.
,u and its result- 1 , on Children. their ills, on the
i'Vvtitiou of conception. with Inv.i'uabb* In>*riiicrti*.*ris#■ t*»
: on vAi'-cls of a private nature. Trie-* ■•cut'.
The Gentlemen's Medical Companion,
' AND I’HIVATE ADVISED:
A b-.*.-k for live old and young. embracing tin 1 Poth'dr
iT.-v-.-ntma and Cure- of all l»j of tlie Cr inary and S*-.\-
! t'rr.ui'. un.l a warning vole*'of advice and romiM-I. Mich
l. b.- tumid in no oilier weak. Prlc-- -a o.ni-L
THE GUIDE AND GUARD
run uvr.p.r one.
D all the Humbug 2, ami the various Triidp? la
calico tin-sick and uadi. It illusiral'-s tin* plans of the
Cmidfi and Rogues to dupe every one. It guides {!».-* nn
rrary through life, and sfhows up every swindle of tlic age.
Ir ?h >ws hew all kinds of Food, Medicines. Impiors and
(. h'o arc adult'Til'id, with the imams of deb-cting tin
h.uuis, Price lb cent-.
THE HOUSEHOLD AND FARM,
PLANTATION AND SHOP.
Idr every family, having ovt imp receipts --n Caking,
?:■ serving, Dyeing, Gleaning. Ac. How to plant and what
a :lic K-;*. to raise, liuw to cure animals, advice tohon-e-
I. fanner's and mechanics. onTwj subject-: uf inter
t-,:. price lb cents. Wurth SU> to any one.
- THE CONS CMI’T IVES BOOK.
V r tln-se who wish to get well from that awful disease,
full I'.T.aiption uf all the r.,nn'dies ns.*d for it. with a
Vidal "tat.-ment uf the results, and other useful inf.-rma
: Price lO cents. N
Th. information in them is not to he found in any works
IjeMMur-l. nar obtainable from any other j-onrvc-. Th
b.-.lts an- ;mbH=li',-d on line white ftap-.-r, and beautifully
• ’Any of ;h.' above worlt = will be mail-d fnv. on rocciptof
i‘S'S..- a . in nmnjvs. or inon-'y: «,-r tlv whole in a. 1 haud.-onn ly
bomid wlunio Ibr-AT Pmi.tah. N" family dmuM In- with*
out lli.'in. Tiny ar- illu-Gratvd wiili beautiful engravin/*.
1 e ‘tiMin the <\\j--ri'-U‘n' i.fyt-ars.
Aoknt.'- Want: - .:' f>r thv abo'.v wor! • i . wlioiam mak-- yl.* l -'
:• month. Solid for a circular To* ay- tit-'.
l ll both
M r miuil: J
if •. \vr.ki_'f'.;hi<'.'
ft.\ X ■.'!!>
ii.'t:r :'o<* vr
from l 'ntl I;-:
<;f|"'V.vr: r.'-rvoi:* tM>ni*y: I-s
I v,- of i*n t!u
-?-• f<-‘ I :■ ; !>'.-k*r<' veil *r t :;Vr
t-> In'th I'niiy :niil J’liutl.
T ; 1 who wniit -f run! .*“;v ivmot!
fvr Ir:\ Wltlti-.-. sojul to u.s.
PREVENTIVE.
c ■living*.! rliat tlu.-n* :uv many io.r>\n*- of .•'cr>»fV.-
>nnun;jiiv:: ami (liv.ascJ c-jinUrion towlmmni mv
'tT'nnni: cnly Eii,-ai{!--rn:ir ami j•• y. 'iVi
■v s.-.y wrii->. ami wo will *fU<l infifmatioa of
•<l, and l’~::vi-:.VTiVF..
Tun
, h v. • w
-nr*:*, v.vi
V»\* win li-iil five, to any one applylng'for it.
tju: journal of medical reform
- It ir a ! and paper, and ccntaltH the -t
vahuhh- iafi'i’inati-jM on or Seminal Weal;.
if.?*, Tha.ear.-v. elf-rt-s ami cure, showing the ,awful of.
of the di.-‘a>;'.
"a all other »f ih ■ Si-xn.il Organs. a full oxpl.i
atioji .if the origin of Syplali'. tin? means uf prevention
un C<*issvmij)ti a. that fearful
<Mi the Livt i. Ilearf, Stomach and Skin.
On Female Complaints.
On the various School of Medicine?.
On the modes of Treatment now practised.
On the False Treatment of Diseases.
On the various Medical Humbugs.
On the physiology of Marriage.
On the Common (sense of Medicine.
(hi Diet, V'xercDes. ami Ablution.
How the Physician should ho:
How to prevent Pregnancy.
Ami many other things. Srvn For. it.
This journal should he in the hands of even* one.
•T. Ilrs'-riL. M. I).. A. M-. Chief physician. S. S. Mo-r.rus.,
•Tiirg-on. Dr.,J. Doyle. Chemist,
tnli-'e in New York, 10l Chambers street.
DPic; in WjUiamsburgh, South Sth and nth streets.
Cevropundents will please enclose two or three stamps
return postage, and address
DU. A. UURNKY, Secretary.
Williamsburg, New York.
(r;oTcUl.)
T'.'or. l‘i. ISOu.-ly
BEAUMAN'S
POG3 METALIC PAINT,
T7QUAL TO 11 ED LEAD AND 75 pcv
JLli cent.cfiwiiHT—stands GOO .]o*rto« Uc.it—Varranteil
water pruofalid will mdllier lade nor wadi, i'er
SJKAJt BOILERS A XT) PIPES, CAS HOLDERS.
RAIL ROAD BRIDGES AXl> CARS, PLASTER,
JHOX AXD DRU 'K FJiOXTS. TJX JtGoFS,
HOUSES, JJAJIXS. FFXrFS. IF.I (JOXS,
FIIIF i)£C&>\ PI.UMJiKUK JOISTS?,
IF OX FOFXVKIiS rMIEFXS,
sR*., <£f.j <£c.
For graining atid staining equal to Turk-
is/i. Umher
rOLOKS arc Umber 1 Brown lake, Olive Indian Bed and
Black. 1 ■ ■ ,
/ej» One responsible agent wanted in every town ami
e-tv in the United Slates. Terms accommodating, for
C irculars. Ac., annly to or addsess
' ’ * IVM, 1. lIOLI’T,
Xo. 102 X. 4tli street, Piiiladelphia.
21-Gm
CONFECTION EBI
& ICE CREAM SALOON.
rpilE SUBSCRIBER WOULD IN
JL FORM the citizens of Altoona ami vicinity that his
confectionery, nut ami fruit store. always
with the very host articles to be had, ami in great
aritiy. He has also an
ICE CREAM SALOON
to tiis store, in which he will serve up ICE CREAM
°f all flavors during the season.
ID is at all times prepared to supply cakes, candies. Ac,,
Dr pie-nics ami other partita. lie invites a share of public
p’.tr-ijiaee. believing that be can render full satisfaction to
all. °
, iP-aitniher, his store and saloon is on Virginia stleet, two
‘ "Tn below Dutton's Hall. OTTO Ko£r?l.
nDEaSTTIST^-^.
T IRVIN' STEEL, 1). D. S., HAY
if « IN'O Pirated permanently in Altoona, respectfully
1 bis services in the different deportmciiw.of
Surgical and Mechanical Dentistry.
Sb-re, Virginia A|
■' ' -May Id.-01-U',
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OH, WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF
MORTAL BE PROUD ?
CT ABRAHAM LINCOLN
A correspondent of: /fm.Va (Maim*)- Pays the
following was clipped frouihvn Illiuuis.paper printed three
years ag..:—
Oh. why should the .spirit of mortal be proud ?
Like a swift Hooting meteor—a fast Hying cloud-
A Ha-h of the lightning—a break of tlie wave—
lie pa-f H-th from life *o hr rest in the grave.
The leaves of the oak and the willow will fade,
He scatter'd around, and together be laid:
As the >oting and the old. ami tlu.* low and the high.
Shall crumble to dust, and together shall lie. ‘
The infant, a mother attended ami loved—
‘Tin* mother, that infam’s affection wlm proved;
The father, that mother and infmt.who blessed—
Each, all I arc away to their dwelling of rest.
The maid on whose brow, on v.hose'clrcek, in whose 03m,
Shorn* beauty and pleasure—her triumphs are by;
And alike from the mliuK o3'fhe living erased
Are the memories of mortals who loved her and praised.
The hand uf the King, that the sceptre hath borne.
The brow of the priest, that the mitre hath worn,
Tin- eye of the sage, an,! tlio heart of the bnvve,
Are hidden and lost hi the depths of the grave.
The peasant, whose lot was to sow and to reap;
Tin- herdsman, who climbed with, his.gouts up the steep
Tin- beggar who wandered in search .of his bread,
Have faded away like the gras* that;we tread.
So tiie multitude goes. Hl:o tin- Ibnvpr'or weed
That withers siwuy to let </tV*..*rs .sU'-ei'rtl.
So the ftmltitmli: comes, even those wt* V.-LolJ,
To rcjif-at eveiy tale that lias often been told.
V\)i* we arc lit.- ramr- our fit’kw bavj been;
tW see-tho sntne unr ibthr-; > Jmv -aoi);
V*h; or ink the same # >trr*:r>, 'w ?‘v the same sun ;
Ami run the .-aiuc Cy!t:>e onr fatbcr-itliavo run.
. ; ■ -<
T! ic tlio;:_!■{.' wo are tblnkSu 7 ora' did think.
From the ih-ath we are tdirlnkinv c.nr.fa'.licrs did shrink
To tin- lit"- we an* clineirg '--nr I'lthi.-t.-i did cling.
Hut it ?;><:■ da from ns all like the HnJ on the wing.
They loved, but lie' story we caiuiofniifoM; '•
They scorned, hut the heart of the haughty is cold ;
They grieved—but no trail from their slumbers will come:
They joyed—hut the tongue of their gl.uhu-ss is dumb.
Tin y illi-d—ah I they diedwe. things that nv»? now—
That walk on the turf that lies over their b;o\v,
And make in the dwellings a transient abode.
Meet the things that they nu t on their tdlgrinmg? road,
Vea, hoge and dc;?gondc-ncy, gl-wisuro.- ami gain,
Arc mingled together in sunshine and rain,
And the smile and the tears, the song and the dirge,
Still follow’’ each other like surge ngon surge. •
’Tis the wink ofnn eye; J tis the draught of a-breath.
.From the blosVru of health to the gahmecs of death,
From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud?
Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal he proud?
Hdftt 'hhscdlaui)-
BATTLE OP HIGH jIDUNTAIN.
"Wo make the following extracts ffom
a highly interesting letter to the Cincin
nati Commercial. It is dated at Beverly,
July 14th, ai,id gives a very minute and
detailed review of the late,battle :
Till’. FLASK MOVEMENT.
According to. the testimony of captive
rebel officers, General Garnett recently
visited' Hick Mountain, -when his advice
respecting rear defences-was asked. The
engineer was consulted, and a councilor
war was held, when it was unanimously
decided that the configuration of the moun
tain made it physically impossible for the
Federal troops to turn the llebel flank and
get into their rear. So .it seems. That
General McClellan did jiot concur in this
view, was afterwards established. But I
mention as a remarkable fact, that on
Sunday night preceding" the battle, and
while General McClellan was encamped
at Buckhannon, he wrote; a letter to Gen
eral Scott, in Which he said: —“We shall
probably have;a fight at'Hearing Bun or
Eieh Mountain, one or the other. I shall
there repeat your Ccrro Gordo operation—
turn the enemy’s flank an J assail his rear.”
This whole campaign has developed, in
its main features, precisely according to
the plan formed by General McClellan
before he left Cincinnati.
THE DETOUR B.t LANDER AND ROSENCUANZ
You will boar iu mind, that Gen. Roscn
cranz’s whole force, excepting the Thir
teenth Indiana regiment'eonsisted of three
months’ volunteers. The Thirteenth are
three years’ troops —and; they were fresh
from the forests of Imliaiia. It was rain
ing hard when- the column started to get
ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 18C1.
in tlie rear of Pegram, and their garments
were soon thoroughly saturated. The
ground was muddy, and the thickets were
heavily laden with rain-water. But the
column pushed on laboriously among un
broken masses of underbrush, through
trackless forests, and over rugged moun
tains, sweeping around, during ciyht hours,
until the)’ had described the circuit and
got directly into the roar of the enemy,
upon vantage ground for the intended at
tack. Col. Lander, who is familiar with,
mountain travelling, describes the loss as
one of unexampled severity, aud says the
lads pushed on hcartfully until the work
was done.
Had Koscneranz attacked where the
rebels had expected him, lie would have
had bloody work, since the road was pro
tected by a six-pounder, and was entirely
flanked for two hundred yards by the
corn-crib defences and an almost inacces
sibly steep ascent. But he very skillfully
selected the gorge of their works, aud
came full into their rear, making some of
their works available for the protection of
his own column, and obliging the enemy
to reverse their dispositions, so that they
had to get on the side of their breastworks
opposite that which they expected to oc
cupy. In other words, they proposed to
stand on one side of the fence and fight,
but were compelled to climb over and fire
front the opposite side. They were so
confident of their ability to repel our
troops that they neglected to secure retreat
for their guns.
10 00
HOW Tin: SURPRISE WAS FRUSTRATED.
’..The assault in the rebel rear was inten
ded to be a surprise, but was defeated in
that respect by an accident. An orderly
sent by Gen. McClellan to Gen. Kosen
cranz with instructions how to proceed,
allowed himself to be captured, and his
papers were secured by the enemy. Lieut,
llahsom, Assistant Adjutant General to
Col. Pegram, also says it was surmised by
them, on account of the unusual number
of lights visible in our camp, while the
expedition was forming to march. Gen
eral-Koscneranz-bitterly denounced this
part of the performance. The enemy,
however, expected our forces at another
point, until shortly previous to the attack
by their pickets. A glance at the posi
tion is necessary to a comprehension of
the battle points. •
GALLANTRY OF THE VOLUNTEERS,
The bravery and intrepidity of the vol
unteers was unmistakable. They flinched
not an instant, but were eternally for
‘■'pitching in.” Col. Lauder says they
were brave as lions, but too prone to dis
regard orders —the necessity of which
they did not seem to realize. The Gen
eral says that, with this
acted splendidly. He was compelled to
bring many to their senses by rapping
them smartly with the fiat of his sword!
Northern pluck displayed itself to fine ad
vantage oil that leaden and fiery day. —
Pur rebel prisoners confess their surprise
at it. One of them said that when Col.
Manson on the hillside ordered his men
to “Tire low/’ their own commander, Col.
Pegram, ordered them instantly behind
their'breastworks. And bore I remark a
studious effort on the part of the rebel
officers to conceal their numbers in that
fight. According to the best accounts,
they had engaged in it, from first’ to last,
nine hundred or a thousand men. Their
breastworks and cannon made them fully
equal in strength to the assailing party.
ROSENCRANZ THE SOUL OJ? THE ACTION
. All participants concur that Gen. Ro
scucrauz was the soul of the battle., lie
flamed over the field with battle in his
face, exposing his person conspicuously j
during the whole action. When the col
umn was first formed to engage, he led it
os one side of the,conflict —Col. Lander
on the other flank leading. While the
men fought with unflinching intrepidity,
ho was encouraging them. Luring the
fight ho lost his cap, and during the rest
of the fray he went charging across the
field with his hair streaming in the wind.
The rebel prisoners say they distinguished
him repeatedly. His escape from injury
is marvelous, and he deserves great credit
for Ills generalship and personal gallantry."
His Aid-de-Camp, Capt. A. Irwin Harri
son, was also remarked for his cool, quiet
bearing under trying conditions. The
position of Aid is perhaps the most dan
j gerous in the field. It is sufficient to say
i that Capt. Harrison was always at bis post,
j - GALLANTRY OF COL. LANDER.
After Gen.llosencranz, Col. F. W. Lan
der was the most conspicuous figure on the
field. Re was there without command —
yet he is a man that must command where
ever there is Battle. The admiration of
the men for his splendid hearing justifies
recurrence to the part he acted. lie saw
the: disposition of the men to fight single-
and, comprehending the necessity
of concentration and the display of war
like skill, he lent his aid to form the troops
by appeals, admonition and vehement im
precation. After his horse was shot, he
leaped upon the top of a rock, presenting
his broad martial form a conspicuous mark
for the riflemen of the enemy; but he
paid no more attention to hurtling bullets
than if they had been rain. Many have
said,they constantly c.vpcc cd to see him
[INDEPENDENT IN EVERYTHING.]
full. He wore his battle countenance that
day, and it swept away that sad Ilidalgo
iike solemnity that mantles his features
habitually. But he displayed none of the
trappings of the soldier, but stood up a
‘‘natural general,” in a rough overcoat,
with slouched hat, and his pantaloons
stuffed into his boot-tops —an excellent
picture for Harrie Lovic. Colonel Ben
ton, in his official report of the battle,
says, “ Col. Lander led the leaders into
the tight.”
HEROIC EXPLOITS AND SHARP SHOOTING.
There was so much getting behind rocks
and trees that the combat, partof the time,
resembled an Indian tight. One of the
General's servants says ho saw one of the
Indiana boys shoot repeatedly from behind
a tree at rebels who stuck their heads from
behind a big rock to shoot a(j our men.—
A number of shots struck his tree, but as
soon as a rebel poked his head from be
hind the rock the lloosier would nail him.
My informant said ho had a curiosity to
see what the Hoosicr had done, and after
the battle he went to the rock and found
four dead rebels behind it —three of whom
were shot in the head, Most of the firing
was at a distance of about three hundred
yards..
The accuracy of the shooting by our
lads was astonishing, when we consider
how apt “ raw material” are to overshoot
and to “ shoot wild.” It was observed by
hundreds who reviewed the field of battle'
that a great number of the balls which
struck the trees, ranged at from three to
twelve inches above tho line of the rebel
breastworks. So many rebels shot in the
head was powerful testimony of the accu
racy of the firing.
Joseph Frank, of Company A, Bth Re
giment, was shot in the ankle, and
llc said'to a comrade .that he couldn't get
out of the fight, but if he would lie be
hind a rock with him where he had fallen,
and load muskets, he would pick off some
body. The fellow, it is said, fired eighteen
shots after he was hurt. His wound is
doing very well.
Frank Hall, of the Tenth, was felled
by a shot in the leg. Ho hailed a com
rade, and told him to shoot while he loaded.
Frank heroically seated himself on a rock
in the midst of the fire, and loaded mus
kets thirty-five times for his comrade to
shogt. His comrade tells the story, and
Frank' modestly answfcrs that it is a fact.
An eye-witness relates an instance of
coolness in private Chapman, of Peru,
Ind. A rebel gunner was just touching
oil one of the guns, and in the very act
Chapman discovered him, but instead of
looking out for grape he drew a quick
“sight” on the gunner, and “fetched”
him as the grape-shot hurtled over his own
head. The gunner's body was picked up,
after the battle, from the spot where Chap
man laid him.
NUMDER ENGAGED AT RICH MOUNTAIN,
General Roscncranz informs me that I
greatly exaggerated his strength at the
battle of Hieli Mountain. He left Roar
ing Run with 1,800 men—not more than
1,200 of whom were in the action alto
gether, and only 800 at one time. It is
impossible to estimate the force of the
enemy. They differ widely in their own
statements. Some say 800, other officers
say TOO and 450. Col. Pegram informed
me that he had “five companies” in ac
tion. Some of their wounded reported
immediately after they were captured that
they had 500 to 900. Our own officers
say that they had between 000 and 1,000,
hut their breastworks and batteries equal
ized the forces. Several of their officers
inform me that the most terrible lire they
had that day was the two volleys by bat
talion fired by the 19th Ohio. One ot
them said, “we supposed your regulars
were at work, and that it was no use to
fight against them.” This is good tosti-
I mony for the Ohio hoys. Gen. Rosencranz
himself said they were tire only regiment
who stayed whore he ordered them to stay,
and moved according to his orders. .
Rut I digress. The prisoners will he
i quartered here for the present. A dctach
j ment, guided by'a rcheliiicutcnaut, is now
i out in the mountains looking for one huu-
I Trod and Twenty-six more of Pegram’s
enmniandTwho arc famishing in the moun
tains. They arc ordered by their comman
der to surrender. We have now seven
hundred prisoners,- with one thousand
stand of arms, chiefly U. S. muskets chan
ged from flint to percussion locks. The
wounded of both parties arc being removed
from Rich Mountain to this place. Col.
IGgrani is quite ill, having been seriously
hurt by being thrown from bis horse in
battle. "
Our own and the rebel wounded lay
strewn together in blankets on the floors
of Hart’s house. Every available space
was covered with their convulsive and
quivering bodies. Down under the porch
there was another line of wounded. There
was no difference in the treatment of the
sufferers. The severely wounded of the
enemy were attended to before the slight
ly injured of our own army. Most of
them suffered in silence, afew slept sound'
ly, but some moaned with intense agony■
One poor fellow, an Indianaman, shot thro 5
the head, who. could even yet stand on bis
OUR AND THE ENEMY'S WOUNDED
feet with assistance, suffered great agony.
If he survives it will.be almost miracu
lous. Now and then ,3 ( rebel.gyould stare
sullcnlyTat our people, but the majority
appeared gratefully surprised at the kind
ness with which they were treated. In
deed everything possible was done to mit
igate their sufferings. I shall riot attempt
to depict the ghastly picture of horrid
wounds and shuddering forms of poor vic
tims, to whom it would have been merci
ful if they could have died, but who lay
on the cold ground quivering with agony,
with no chance to survive, aud yet could
uot ckc out a last suffering gasp.
GEN. AI’cLELLAN IN TEARS
When Gen. McClellan rode up to the
battle field, he visited the hospital and
spoke cheerfully to the sufferers making
many kind inquiries. When he came out
at the door, a rough soldier exclaimed to
a comrade: “Why, the General is cryiug.”
It had never occurred to him that it was
a scene to draw tears from a soldier. As
brilliantly as Gen. Rosencranz shone iu
the field, his lustre in the hospital had a
brighter glow. lie did all that a General
and a generous-hearted man could do to
mitigate the suffering of his gallant troops.
THE DEAD ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE
The dead presented a ghastly spectacle.
I never conceived anything half so hide
ous. No power of expression is adequate
to describe it. The faces of our own dead
were as fearfully forbidding as those of our
dead enemies. Some were lying prone on
the field as they had fallen, with limbs
sprawling, great thick plotchcs of coagu
lated blood near their bodies, their gar
ments saturated with the ensanguined flow,
and their gaping faces and stony eyes sta
ring full at the broad, brazen sky. One
who had been shot down in the woods,
above the breastworks, lay stark upon his
face, one arm thrown with a convulsive
struggle around the limb of a fallen tree.
Clotted blood which had flowed out of his
side, was near him in thick lumps. But
the most hideous scene was that of twen
ty-nine dead rebels packed horribly to
gether in a trench —most of them with
fearful orifices perforating their heads,
through which the brains oozed in sicken
ing clots; others with Minie holes fall in
their breasts; some with shattered limbs,
and. others with lacerated and mangled
flesh, with here and there a splintered bone
exhibiting itself. Oh, horrible! most hor
rible ! Our own precious dead, but few
in number, bad been more tenderly gath
ered, and kind comrades had decently com
posed their stiffening forms. - I lifted the
covering which concealed their inanimate
features, but sawnothing to remove from
my mind that indelible impression of un
mitigated ugliness of dead faces of men
shot in battle.
One poor fellow, of the Thirteenth In
diana, was shot in the left eye by a’grape
shot. It perforated the brain and dis
lodged and disorganized the whole inner
structure of the cranium from the skull
downward, leaving a monstrous cavity of
unimaginable horror. The hall left the
eyelid perfect, entering directly under the
nose where it joins the forehead, without
difiguring the nose in the least —a perfect
ly clean, but a very singular wound. Our
own dead occupy separate graves on the
battle field they so gallantly won. The
bodies of our brave, but misguided foemcn,
were carefully laid in a common grave, and
arc now resting quietly where hut yester
day they fought so well.
THE PRISONERS GIVE THEIR PAROLE
I witnessed a most melancholy proces
sion yesterday. Indeed it was touching.
The rebel commander, Col. Pegram, after
flying from his stronghold with his forces,
found himself shut up in the mountains
without food and no refuge. A council
of his officers advised surrender.’ His
force, excepting six hundred, had scat
tered. Ho addressed a note to Gen. Mc-
Clellan, proposing to surrender, and the
General's Aids, Lieut. Col. Key and Capt.
Lawrence A. Williams, L. S. A., went out
to receive the surrender. , That afternoon
they marched sadly into Beverly, and
stacked their arms where some of them
had but, lately encamped. A feeling of
sympathy for the brave but misguided fel
lows was irrepressible. I don’t know that
my emotional nature was much effected
by Col. Pegram’s sadness, although he was
sick. An officer who betrays and deserts
the country which educated and fostered
him, is like the son who abuses his moth
er. But there were many young officers j
and privates for whom I felt keenly. I
Many of them openly confess they have ;
been deluded, and assert they will not en
courage rebellion further. Many will take
the oath of allegiance, but others, restrain
ed by the influence of their officers, stub
bornly insist that they arc right in defend
ing the “sacred soil” of Virginia. Among
the most determined in his hostility I men
tion Capt. Atkinson, President of Hamp
den and Sidney College, of Prince Ed
ward’s. ,He commands a company of stu
dents who arc his fellow prisoners. Need
I tell you that our prisoners arc as kindly
provided as our own soldiers.
JSy* It is rather remarkable that the
first apple in Paradise should have turned
out the first _p«aV.
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
SLEEPING POSITION.
toe right side, hence its passage }y fa<nn
tated by going to sleep on the right side* •
Water and other, flaids flow equally on a
level, and it requires less power to propel
them on a level, than upwards. The heart
propels the blood to every part of the
body at each successive beat, and it is
easy to see that if the body is in a hori
zontal position, the blood will bo sent to
the various parts of the body with greater
ease, with less expenditure of power, and
more perfectly than could possibly be done
if ono portion of the body were elevated
above a horizontal line. On the other
hand if one portion of the body Is too low
the blood docs not return as readily as it
was carried thither; hence there is an ac
cumulation and distention, and pain soon
follows. If a person goes to sleep with
his head a very little lower than his body,
he will soon wake up or die of apoplexy
before morning, simply because the blood
could not get back from the brain as free
ly as it was carried to it.
If a person lays himself down on a level
floor for sleep, a portion of the head at
least, is lower than the heart; and discom
fort is soon induced; hence vcrypropcrly,
the world over the head is elevated during
sleep. The savages use a log of wood or
a bunch of leaves ; the civilized a pillow ;
and if this pillow bo too thick, rising tho
head too high, there is not blood enough
carried to the brain, and as the brain is
nourished, renewed and invigorated by the
nutriment it receives from tho blood du
ring sleep, it is not fed sufficiently, and
the result is unquiet sleep during tho
night, and a waking up in weariness, with
out refreshment, to be followed by a day
ol drowsiness, discomfort, and a general
inactivity of both mind and body. Tho
healthful means is a pillow, which by the
pressure of the head keeps it about four
inches above the level of the bedding or
mattress, nor should the pillow be so .soft
as to allow the head to be buried in it,
and excite perspiration, endangering ear*
ache or cold head, on turning over jflw
pillow should be hard enough to prevent
the head from sinking more than about
three inches.— Hall’s Journal of Health.-
Thrilling Adventure with two
Large Snakes.—The St. Joseph (Mich.)
Traveler, Juuc 12, says:
While crossing a piece of marshy ground
bordering on the Northern bayou near this
village, in company with a small boy Abe
Sheriff discovered two largo blue racer
spakes just ahead of him, and although
armed with nothing but an insignificant
stick, ho resolved at once to endeavor.to
dispatch the monsters. Therefore, by de
scribing a circle ha headed them off, and
hemmed them in nest to the water, which
this species of reptile dislikes exceeding
ly, but as ho approached nearer and near
er, the largest one, head erect, turned up
on him, and in an instant coiled its strong
sinewy body about his legs with such
tenacity that it was impossible for him to
move from his tracks without falling over.
But, in spite, of his predicament, tho
Sheriff was not so much alarmed until he
saw the other snake, which had meantime
been running from side to side, suddenly
start towards him, and with the quickness
of lightning, leap upon him, catching his
body as firmly as if it had been secured
with chains of steel, and, of course, not
withstanding ho strained every nerve in
the effort, he could not release if. With
his left he drew a sheath knife from'a
breast pocket of his coat, and made short
work of severing the coils of his disagree
able foes. The largest of these monsters
measured seven feet four and one half
inches, and the other five feet eight inches
in length. The Sheriff says that it seem
ed to him that the terrible embrace of the
.large snake was equal to the. strength
which two, men could bring to bear on a
rope about a person’s limbs, and was. ex
tremely painful; while the quickness of
their movements was indeed astonishing.
He brought away their heads as trophies
of his victory.
Rax Story. —A young lady of Provi
dence, in whose veracity wc have no
doubt, recently saw what is related in con
nection herewith. As she sat looking
ont 6f her window into the yard connec
ted with the house, she saw an egg lying
upon the ground in the hencoop; present
ly two rats made their appearance, one of
which, lying down upon his side, gather
ed the egg between his limbs and held it
fast, while the other rat took him by the
‘narrative’ and drew both rat and egg into
the hole together, where, without ‘letters
of Marquo,’ the egg wad specdUy fconfisti
cated.
As a man “ tipples” ho gcnerajly
grows reckless; in this case, the* mope
drams the fewer sernples.
Camphor has been discovered to
bo an antidote for that terrible poison,
strychnine. ’- -f
8&.T0 prerciira headacbV^'
sober—keep drunk. - * '
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NO. 26.