SUtflima Crilmne. ALTOONA. PA MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1861 •ft* Where parties wo unknown to ua, our rule lor ad vertising 19 to require payment in advance, or a guarantee from known persons. It is therefore useless for nil such to send us advertisements offering to pay at the end of three or •& months. Whore advertisements are accompanied with th« money, whether ono, five or ton dollars, wo will giro th« advertiser the full benefit of cash rate*: S. M. PETTISGILL & CO., Advertising Agents, 119 Nassau street, New Vork, and 10 State street, Boston, are the Agents for the AUoona Tribune, and the most influential and largest clrcninting Newspapers in the United States and the Canadas. They are Authorized to contract for us at onr lowest rates. Passage of Troops, and Beturn of onr Volunteers Since our last issue, our town has been kept in* continual state of excitement, by the pas sage of troops to andifrpm the seat of war, and expectation of the return of the two volunteer companies from this place, whoso term of en listment expired s,omc time since. The regi ments that have lately passed through from the Western States, arc composed of the very best men of our country. The Fifth Wisconsin regi ment has gone for three years, or for the war, and many of them say they have no intention of returning at the end of their term, even though they should outlive it, but will immedi ately enter the regular army, where they expect to remain. Many of them were Germans who have seen service on the battle-field in the Old Country, and are, consequently, thorough-bred soldiers. The Sixth Wisconsin regiment, which passed through on Tuesday last, was composed of the same solid material, officered by men who have seen service in the European wars and in Mexico. A number of- the regiments that responded to the .throe months* call of the President, have passed through this place on their way home. Among the first was the Eleventh Indiana regi ment—Col. Wallace's Zouaves—who were in the rout given the rebels, at Romney, and thirteen of whom had the skirmish with the seventy-five rebel cavalry, near Cumberland. They were a set of boys, but looked considerably the wow of their trip, in the clothing line. A number did not take the opportunity of going homo, but immediately re-eulisted, whife. many of. those who were the regiment esnressed their. intention tb come back as soon as they had seen their friends and organized new com panies. The First and Second Ohio regiments passed through here on Sunday morning, on their way home. They were in the battle at Bull's Run on the Sunday previous, and could tell some thrilling stories about the scenes which transpired that day. They, too, were •omewhat tho worse of the wear, in the clothing Tine, and were much sunbrowned qaence of wearing caps and being exposed to the sun. The most of them -will return, in the coarse of two or three weeks, in newly orga nised companies. A number of Pennsylvania regiments, from the Western part of the State, have returned home, but, as a general thing, the men from this State have not seen what they went to see—a regular fight. ? There was but one Pennsylvania regiment at the Bull Bun battle, and even it did not get into the tight— Most of the regiments from this State were with Qen. Patterson, and they did not get much more' than n smeil of a battle, as the rebels were gen erally on the run in advance of that division. for this reason, and because many like a sol dier’s life, they will return to the wars again. The uniforms of the returning Pennsylvania volunteers are, for the mast part better than those of other Slates—at least sofar as wo have seen. Since Thursday evening last, when it was first kown that the third regiment had returned to Harrisburg and was about being paid off, the depot has been crowded, on the arrival of each train, by the friends of the men who composed the two companies from this place. Notwith standing notice was; given, long before the ar rival of the trains, that they were not on board, still the crowd would not be satisfied until they hsd seen for themselves. But at last they came and-wero received with all the respect and warmth which they could have desired. When it was known that they would posi tively arrive on Tuesday evening, a meeting was held at the Altoona House on Monday morning, and-a committee of twelve appointed to receive them on bchalf of the citizens, and it wal also arranged to havo tho- Altoona Brass Band and the different companies of Home Guards out to 1 meet them, and also have a salute from the | the cannon. The arrangements all being made j and the Captains of the Companies informed of it, they agreed to form their men in ranks and go through the formality of a reception. When the Fast Lino arrived, on Tuesday eve ning, it was found that the Altoona Guards, Capt. Wayne, was the only company on board the train—the Logan Rifics not having been paid off in time to get ready. This, of course, was a sore disappointment to the friends of the members of that company, but did not inter fere with the programme—only causing it to be repeated the nest morning, which was a treat quite acceptable. The Guards formed company at the depot, and, proceeded by the deputation of citizens and the Altoona Brass Band, and followed by Company B, Home Guards, Capt. Turner, proceeded up Main street to Caro line. up Caroline to Virginia, down Virginia to Annie, down Annie to Main, up Main to Julia, where the procession was dismissed. All along the roots the friends of the returned soldiers pressed in upon them end kept np a continual hand shaking and congratulation; and when' they were dismissed, it seemed aa though they I were about to be devoured. Of course it was principally the male friends of the soldiers that approached them in the ranks, bat after their dismissal they sought ont their wives, mothers, Bisters, cousins, and some that were not cousins. We Will not attempt to describe these meetings. Othjstii have attempted it, and, if what they were describing was 'anything like that wit nessed on Tuesday evening, they failed—so we won’t make a failure. Those who have been separated from friends, under trying circum stances, may imagine the reception the soldiers received. On Wednesday morning, the Logan Rifles, Copt. Szink, and the Juniata Rifles, Capt. Lloyd, of Hollidaysburg, together, with several other companies of the 3J regiment, came up on a special train. The Logan Rifles were received in like manner as theQuards, and received from the people the same cordial and hearty welcome home. The reception they received certainly contrasted strongly with that which some per sons hod led a few of them to believe would be: given them. All of them show the effects of exposure to «he sun, with little to shield their faces. With a few exceptions, all look better than when they enlisted, which is some evidence that the diet given them by Uncle Sam agrees with their constitutions, flow many will re-cnlist we can not say; some wo know will not, others say they will. A number of recruiting officers are on hand to pick up any who may feel inclined to return to the war; and, as a bounty of §3O is given to three-months men who re-cnlist, many may thereby be try it again. By permission of tlic recipient wc copy the following extracts from a letter written by a private in Colonel Simmons’ regiment of Penn'a volunteers, recently ordered- to Cumberland, Md. ItHs dated at New Creek, July 17th’ 1861 On Saturday last we left Cumberland for this place—22 miles distant—to rout out a lot of Secessionists who were rubbing the citizens o. everything they had, and packing the goods in boxes to be sent to Romney. One store was entirely.cleaned out, causing a loss to tho pro pnetors, of about Sd.OOO. All he could do was to he off m the woods, on a hillside, and watch them packing up his goods. There were about 300 ot the rebo.s, ail mounted, and for this rea son they got away from us. Wc were approach ing the place, on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail road, and whep wo ..were within three miles of the town, some half-witted fellows tired off their guns, and as soon as the Rebels heard the re port they took.off -towards Romney as fast as they could. Rad not the guns been fired, we would have taken them, as there were two regi ments on the tjain. What will be done with tae fellows who did the firing, I am not able to say hut our old Mexican Colonelwiil be apt to deal roughly with them. * M e remained in camp, about three miles from this place, until last Tuesday, when our regiment was ordered to the support of Colonel Kane, who was surrounded by the Rebels, ten miles from this point. We made a forced march, but on arriving at Col. Kane’s camp we found they had gone from us once more; so you sce_ they don’t give us any chance of a fight they will run. The next morning we marched back to this place, and are now await ing further orders. The rebels rob the houses of all the Union people in this section, and yesterday our boys thought they would retaliate by robbing Secea sion houses. After plundering some two or tarce houses, our Colonel found out what was going on, and stopped it-taking all the plun der back. He sfiys ho won't steal and rob ■if they dp. Yesterday an alarm was sounded; in camp and we soon had our guns in readiness but the alarm was false.’ f ’ m con.sO' Table or Distances. —Just at this time the question of distances from point to point in Vir ginia is frequently asked and few are able to answer it. An Officer in the army has compiled the follow table, said to be accurate! EASTERN VIRGINIA. From.. j- 0 " “fusion f rin Potomac) Fortress Monroo ‘W (vki Junction) Richmond tI “ - Alexandria Manassas Junction Fairfax Ci-ntroville Manassas Fredericksburg AKucamliia Fairfax Ceutrovillo Manassas' Fredericksburg ' Fortress Mouroo ,v do Suffolk Petersburg Washington do . Richmond Baltimoro Harper** .ferry Wheeling Untftnn Phillippj do liUcUlmnucn BcverJy do Monterey Ftauntou CharlottariUo Wilmington I’hilllppi Approximate Estimate of our Loss.—Al though no official returns have yet been sent to the War Bcpartmcnt, of tho loss in killed and wounded, gilns, provision-wagons and smalj arms, in the retreat from Bull Hun, on Sunday, it is believed that the following is an approxi mate statement: Killed.... .:. Wounded, including about 100struok,but not much injured I Wagons loaded with provisions Cannons spiked,and left on the field, and not since recovered Small arms dropped, about half which number were picked up by ordnance wagons on Monday, 1,500 or Military Klle.—lt appears from the Buffa lo Express that the Fourth Wisconsin regiment, on their arrival at Corning, found an impedi ment in thewayoif their further progress, in the form of a despatch from Superintendent Minot, of the Erie road, prohibiting its passage over that road to Elmira. Some honrswere spent by Col. Paine, in attempting to make terms with the rail-road authorities at Corning; but to no effect. At length,the Coloneldetcrmined to ap ply martial law to the case. Accordingly, when the night Express camo along, betook posses sion of the train, bitched on an extra locomo tive and additional cars, found engineers, fire men, brakesmen and conductors among bis own soldiers to run the machine, and so transported his regiment to Elmira. tST The wort of felling the trees still pro gresses from Arlington Heights to Alexandria 1 From the Army. .Richmond Richmond 50 Sewall’s Point V' Newport News Norfolk W..<. Gosport (navy yard) liiZ Suffolk oG Petersburg 84 Richmond .101 Petersburg 55 Richmond I*4 Richmond (direct) 04 Charleston, S. C. 'direct) 440 Charleston, do do 04S Harper's Ferry do s‘! Rail's Run ’ do 40 WBSTERX. TIECIMA Grafton 05 J’billippi 3 0 Huckhannon 31 JSeverly 27 Ikvrrly Ifi Kidjmojui 165 Monterey , 31 Staunton 05 Charlottsvillf 00 Wilmington k Palmyra 10 PichtnonJ ’ 44 ikvorly 27 PEN AND SCISSOES. I S, Boyer Hammill, of llollidiysborg, was, on Tueo i <by, 23d Instant, admitted to practice law fu the several • courts of Blair county. In order to raise money to contribute a full sfa&ro of support to the rebellion, the people of the city of Mem phis, Tcdu., hare suspended their public school?. 39* Two prisoners named Baugkinbaugh and Ksjs, I made their escape from jail, by scaling the wall, on Satux i day morning last. Kay has been arrested. DaughinbaugEt j is still at large. Petersburg (To.) £rprci< says, that the Con federate troops now in A irginia and under arras, is esti mated at one hundred and seventy thousand. JS9* A letter was received in 'Washington on Wednes day from a lady iu Richmond, in which oho saya: ‘'There is no rejoicing in Richmond. Hi© number of killed and wounded brought to Richmond is fearful.” , &S»« A Slight Mistake.—The secession paper ut Boone ville, previously to tho battle at that place, exhorted the State troops to meet the enemy and “strike Lome:” They endeavored to obey, but unfortunately misunderstood the order—they met the enemy and struck for home. tSt. On Saturday week,a Welsh miner was killed by the premature discharge of a blast in one of the coal drifts of Wood, Morrell & Co., at Johnstown, UU name was Thomas James. The deceased was about thirty-oue years old, and leaves a w ife and two children. Two other miners were seriously injured by the same discharge. Winchester letters to Secessionists report, in part, twelve hundred SecssionlsU certainly killed at Bull’s Hun; that it is California Albert Johnson who is killed, and not Utah Joo Johnson; that the enemy retired from the field simultaneously with our army, believing they were beaten; aud that Beauregard showed tho white feather during the buttle. ZEif- A disheartened member of Cangrcss said to General Scott on Tuesday after tho battle at Bull’s Itun, “ We’re beaten.” Tho old man, straightening himself up, replied, *‘Xe, Sir.’ no, Sir! wo’ro not beaten ; the government isn’t beaten!” Some cue remarking to Gov. Seward that we were not defeated on Snuday, he answered, “We've found that out now, but too late,” ftß. Col. Wilcox, of the first Michigan Regiment, who was wounded and.left on tho battle field, has heeu heard from, and is safe. His wife, who went on from Detroit to ascertain the facts about his fate, lots received a dispatch from the Colonel assuring her of ins safety. lie was shot through the arm aud otherwise injured. He was captured and suut to Richmoud, where he now is. Cdf- A lieutenant of the Fire Zouaves haviug been com pelled by sickness to resign his command a few weeks since, his brother, a member of tho same regiment, said to him, “Never mind, Rill, I’ll do your fighting and mine too.” Ho kept his promise, fur he not only fought as long as the regiment stood its ground, but when it recreated, he, with a dozen others, bravely charged the foe, and tell pierced by their sabres. ■BS-Xhc following Anecdote is going tho rounds; .<•' An elderly lady, who attended a meeting of tho First Torment regiment, arose, full of enthusiasm, and said she thanked God that she bad hoeu able to do somethiog for her couir try; her two sons, all she had In the world, wero in the regiment; and the only thing she had to regret was, that she had not kuown it twenty years ago—she would have furnished more.” ’6A. The Board of Alderman of Washiugtou city have passed the following resolutions“ Resolved, That we have heard with deep regret of tho repulse sustained by our gallant army, battling in the cause of die country, and in detonce of tho Capitol. Resolved further. That in this hour of gloom and peril, we pledge ourselves, both as in dividuals and in our corporate capacity, to give a cordial and unfaltering support to the Government of the Union.” Novel Experience.—A youri"' man , named Homer, living some six miles cast of Volk City, on the prairie, where trees and fences wore wanting, was the other day placed, in a rather trying position. A largo swarm of bees, seeking a resting place, settled upon his person, com pletely covering his legs and body. In this position lie walked to the house some 100 rods distant, whore, obtain ing a box, the bees were successfully hived, without in juring him. —Dcs Moines Journal. General Lyon’s Body Guard. A correspondent of the New York Times writ ing from General Lyon’s army says—Une of the principal features of the march are General Lyon and his German body guard. The latter i i= composed of ton athletic St. Louis butchers, . each mounted on a powerful horse ami armed .'■with a heavy cavalry sword and a pair of navy i revolvers; each wears a light hat turned up on ! the left side, and decorated with a wita ostrich j plume. Almost any time General Lyon, nccom : panied by half a dozen of those savage looking j fellows, may be seen spurring along the line, ' or a small squad of them, or singly galloping fiercely to the front or rear, or straight out into the country. If the General goes into a house ' a half dozen of them will bo seen in front stand lug like iron statues at the- bridles of their horses—if he seours along in advance of the train the clauking of their long sabres is heard . beside him—stop where ho will, there may be always seen a stolid squad of white plumed ■ horsemen awaiting patiently his movements. They are fearless riders—jump fences on a , dead run, leap ditches, gallop down steep de scents, and, in fact, never ride less fast than j their horses can run, unless compelled by some urgent necessity. Independent of their duty as body guards they act as messengers, scouts, &o. : and in consequence have plenty to do. They arc comnnded by a lieutenant, and from their !,appearance and daring horsemanship will, if I'tjcoasiou demands, whip a dozen times their ; weight in chivalry. Miles. 10U 115 Virginians Buying Substitutes. —The fol lowing is from Se Do Kay’s latest letter to the Louisville “Courier,” doted “Camp near Win chester’, July 11th;”—For several days past the militia have been pouring in to our assistance. One regiment is encamped very near us, and we have full benefit of their corn-stalk soldier ing. I was accustomed to regard the old field musters in Kentucky as the most perfect speci men of what was verdant in military matters, but the manoeuvres of these Virginians exceed in awkwardness anything ever known or con templated. Vet I doubt not but tbn.t when the day of battle comes, they will stand up bravely to their work, and deal deadly blows upon the hordes who have dared to invade their soil.— It does not look altogether right, however, that so many stout, hale and hearty men should have remained at home until the last moment and then be drafted into the service. Soiso of the militia have made an excellent speculation out of the war, by acting as substitutes for cit izens whose business or fear of danger keep them from the wars. One thousand dollars is the lowest price 1 have yet heard ds having been paid, and in some instances four fold that sum. 080 5 DO 2 o Desertion of Rebel Volunteers.—The j Rowling Green, Kentucky, Gazelle, says : The | troops arc deserting in large num- ; hers from the encampments in Tennessee, and \ thoao who remain are reported to be in a I wretched condition. No fewer than a hundred i and fifty deserters have passed through this I place within the last ten days. These, we learn for the most part were from Camp Trousdale ! On last Monday evening while at ourdepot some I fifteen or twenty of these men arrived from | Camp Trousdale. They boro in triumph the i Secession flag, and betrayed on their features j all the joy of a party who had just regained ; their freedom. As soon as they reached the depot the Secession flog was torn into tatters, ; and within a few feel of us the pieces were in- | dignantly trampled under foot. Three cheers ; for the Union were then proposed, which were ■ given by the party with a hearty will. They represent things at Camp Trousdale as in a very | bad condition, desertions continually taking ■ place. Most of the party proceeded in the eve- 1 oiug train to Louisville. 1 2,000 i More Incidents of the Battle-Field, j Culled from Various Sources. ! During the late battle a great man; interest ! ing scenes occurred. Colonel Cowdili, of the ! First Massachusetts Regiment, was leaning : with his back against a tree iu a very exposed ; position, when a friend expostulated with him | for his recklessness. The Colonel said the bul , let was not moulded that would shoot him that i day. In a few seconds after, another personal ; friend camo up, and reaching out his baud to • the Colonel, the latter stooped a little to grasp , it, when a conica! cannon-ball struck on the j spot where an' instant before was the head of ; Colonel Cowdin, shattering the tree into splin ; tera. The Colonel turned about calmly, and remarked that “he was' certain that the ball j that would kill him whs not yet cast,” and pro ; ceedcd to issue his commands, j About half-past seven o’clock, while Blenk cr’s brigade was still at Centreville, Governor 1 Sprague rode up, as cool as if iu a parlor, and 'said, “I-.am withdrawing tho Khode Island I troops in good order. Vou must help to make ■ a stand here.” The officers to whom he had ! spoken expressed their willingness to do so, and he then added: “I've received no orders all day. We’ve been fighting on oor own hook. Where has General McDowell been?” No ono j there knew. The conduct of Governor Spraguo | through and after the engagement, was charac ; terized by the greatest self possession, ami, j considering his entire separation from military i pursuits,, his conduct amounts to tho highest ! heroism. | Colonel Cameron seemed to have a presenti i meat of his death. In a conversation with him I in his tent, on the evening prior to the battle, i he said that lie had accepted the commaud of ; tho gallant Highlanders, because he had ad ! mired them, and inasmuch as he bad only a | short time to live, he might as well devote it to j his country, lie asked your correspondent if { he was going to the buttle field. Receiving an ! affirmative answer, he said “Good-bye, God : bless you. We may meet again, but I am ' afraid not iu this world.” Some sixteen hours • afterwards the gallant Colonel was shot from i his horse. j A Massachusetts Colonel was met in the re treat three miles ahead of his regiment, which I he assured an inquirer was cut to pieces. No . remonstrances availed to induce him to turn i back, or to wait for his Subsequently be excused himself by saying that he received a ! sun stroke, the effects of which, however, did not seem to have diminished his pace towards i Washington. A Wisconsin Colonel behaved but little better. On a hill commanding the battle field was a bouse, the possession of which position would have given our men a decided advantage in operations against the enemies batteries. A charge was ordered to obtain it, and regiment after regiment went up but were obliged to fall back, by the heavy firing of the enemy, and j from that moment the fate of the day was de : cided. j Tho Zouaves, after taking one battery, were j rushing upon another, when those behind it cried out—“ For God’s sake, don’t shoot your j brothers. ’ Upon this, the Zouaves reserved i their fire, until a volley was poured in upon | them by the battery from which the supplica i lions had come.’ - Capt. Ayres brought iu his battery—formerly Sherman’s, which was reported taken—without, the loss of a gun. He lost some of hid caissons in consequence of some of the volunteers cut ting the traces aud riding the horses off. Geneial McDowell is said to have behaved admirably. He was active, cool, and-attended to everythihg in person, so far as possible; but he had not a sufficient staff, and was not pro | perly supported by his subordinates. Major | Wadsworth, of New York, one of bis aids, showed the utmost gallantry and,devotion. He exerted himself to rally the forces when they first fell , back, and towards the close, after 1 having his horse shot under him, seized the j colors of the wavering New York Fourteenth, and called on the boys to rally once more to ; the. glorious old flag. Private Tyler took hold of the colors with him, aud the regiment rallied; : to another charge, but without success. Major Wadsworth, as the a:my retreated, remained at Fairfax Court-House, and devoted himself to. I purchasing everything needful for the wounded, j of wbom>about a hundred and fifty were at’ j that place. Col. Burnside disjjayed great activity and i courage at every stage of the fight, and is eager . to renew it. Cols. Hunter and Hciutzlcman , have sent word, that, iu spite of their wounds, ■ they will take the field again in two days, if I desired. When the Fourteenth New York en ' tcred the field, they passed a wounded Major of 1 the rebel army, who begged for water. A pri ’ vate gave it to him, and ho‘ offered his gold ' watch in return. The private declined taking ; it, but the Major insisted, as he said some one , else would get it if he did not. The testimony 1 is universal to the barbarity and ferocity with - j which our wounded were treated by tho rebels. ; General Scott is iu good spirits, and hard at work. When the colors of the Sixty-ninth were cap j tured by the Virginians, two of them seized the flags and were going off with them, when Lieut. : Matthews, of Company K, Fire Zouaves, fired - and killed both the Virginians, and recovered j the flags. All our men agree in representing I that the rebel ’ infantry will not stand a fair i fight, even with three to our one. They gave way whenever attacked, if not supported , by • artillery. | Among the despatches received at the Wash i iugton office, was tho following, addressed to i a member of one of the regiments quartered at ! Arlington Heights—the Sixty-ninth, of course; I “New York, July 23, 1801—Your wife wishes ; to know if you are dead, alive, or wounded. If ; dead, please send the body on.” ; | Tho Colonels of our regiments appear to have ■ ; been iu the thickest of the fight, if we may ! judge by tho casualties. The returns show four ; killed and seven wounded. There were thirty | six in the engagement, which gives a ratio of 1 one in three killed and wounded. ■ : | Hero are a few brilliant samples of “South- ; ; era chivalry.". It fs stated, with entire relia- I ; bil'ity, by those who. were iu the late battle,l ; that the Kclels carried American Flays, to deceit**-. ‘ cur men , and when small squads that hacf'got ■ separated from their regiments approached these .flays, they ic,.-e slaughtered without mercy! The\ i Held} also cruelly murdered onr wounded, in some : instances even tying them tp trees for targets, and : . then flnng at them! One of the Connecticut nien : ; saw this done. A number of the Second Sew : | 1 ork sate the Held sharpshooters fire upon and i i kill two vicandicres {women,) who were giving'. j wine and water to the wounded! They also shot i | at ambulances bringing off (ho wounded, at- I j tanked flags of truce sent out to succor the j ■ suffering, fired point-blank at the buildings;' | used as hospitals, and, it is said by some, that ;, ‘ they tired the buildings. Captain Haggerty, ofi i the N. Y. Sixty-ninth, was killed in a charge, i ; When his body was found, his throat teas cut ] from car to ear, and his ears and nose were cut .: off! Many of the wounded were found thns j disfigured. The faces of our dead in the skir- j mish on Thursday, were found horribly man-1 gled and mauled with the butt ends of muskets, i and.thcir bodies covered with wounds evidently | inflicted after they had fallen upon the field! | Poor Captain Downey, of the Fire Zouaves, on i Sunday, being overpowered by numbers, threw ;• down his arms and surrendered. “ He take no ; prisoners, damn ye!” teas the reply, and he was i literally blown to pieecs—no less than ’sixteen balls I entering his hodg. Such are tho experiences of i our bravo soldiers at tho hands pf these wirse f than savages. It is terrible to contemplate the j fearful retribution which will eventually be ! meted out to thie fiendish foe, by our troops; i but if they provoke it by such acta of hcntlicn • ish barbarity, they cannot justly complain. I The Paymaster of the Sixteenth regiment finding that Us regiment was one of the Re serve, and would probably not come into the ; action, volunteered to go into the fight, and to 1 assist one of bis brothers who was in the Sev ; enty-first. lie rode with lightning speed, on a I fine steed he took from Staten Island to the ; scene of battle. After having done good ser ' vice for several hours, he was approached by i two of the enemy’s cavalry, one with the sabre 1 raised to hew him down, and the other with n ; pistol elevated for his destruction. Quick as thought, when the first came within twelve feet ) of him, he fired his revolver with fatal effect j to his opponent; the other; presented his pistol ; to his head, and he, iu return, his pistol to the j rebel’s breast. They both fired together; the I ball of the enemy passed through his cap, and | bis own ball through’tfie heart, killing both his ! opponents on the spot. He immediately ac | cured the two burses, on one of which he placed . a wounded soldier of tho Seventy-first, then ly ! ing helpless near by, and told him to ride to i Washington. The other horse he scoured, and ! has notv with him iu Washington, as a trophy, i The name of this intrepid aud daring officer is i Henry D. Townsend, Esq., one of the members of the New York bar. The following touching incident is given in a letter from a young officer of the Second Rhode Island Regiment:—“After the battle was fought I went into a grove where the Secessionists had been concealed. 1 found the ground covered with the dead aud dying. The sight; was one that I pray never to See again. One poor rebel with his leg shot off, called me to him, and asked me to shake hands with him. He then asked me if I had any ill feelings towards him. I replied, ‘No, but I am sorry that brothers should bo obliged to slaughter each other iu this maimer.’ The poor fellow burst into tears and said he came frqin Georgia, and that they would have shot him in his own house if he had not come. I saw; many heartrending scenes, too numerous to mention.” During the battle, a heroic deed was per formed by Edward Schwartz, a member of Com pany B, Bth New York Regiment, and only eighteen years of age. In the hottest of the battle, when, the rebel cavalry were charging on our forces, young Schwartz shot the Captain of the advancing foe, and captured his sword and sash, which he now holds ns trophies. A Pei lamii Astonishes the Secessionists, —The Richmond papers tell of a fire Zouave who was caught and taken to Fairfax. When carried before Beaureguard, he manifested his contempt for that chieftain by putting his thumb to his nose and gyrating with his fingers. Being ordered under confinement, ho turned about suddenly, kicked a Colonel who stood pear, in the stomach, so hard that he sat down, knocked tho corporal who had charge of him head over heels, and invited Bcnuregaurd to “come on and get lammed,” declaring that “ if he didn’t have a muss he’d spile.” Finding none of the surprised lookers cn started to meet him, he took to his heels down a lane. . Seve ral shots were fired at him without effect. At each successive discharge ho would turn to make grimaces at his pursuers, or jump high in the air and yell as if struck. Suddenly a Lieut., with drawn sword, sprang before him from an adjacent building. ‘fS-a-a-y, what arc you about, pinting that thing at me?” exclaimed Zouave. “Don’t yep know .yer might cut my bran new wesket?” Being marched off to jail and put in a solitary cell, he signalized his first evening’s lodgement there by setting it on fire. The rebels seem to admire the cool audacity of the chap, and Beaureguard laughed heartily at his pranks. A Toion Weighing Forty Poinds Re moved-?—A most extraordinary operation was recently performed by Dr. A. 0. Walters, of this city, on a young woman named Kehacca T. Montgomery, residing in Smith township, Wash ington County, a brief notice of which may not be opt of place. Miss M. was affected with an ovarian tumor of some two years’ growth, ami of such an enormous size that her life, under the circumstances, had become a burden. The Doctor found the tumor firmly adhering, by broad attachments, to the walls of the abdomi nal cavity in front and at its tides, as well ns the omentum and the liver. It proved, on re moval, to be, an enormous cyst, containing within it several smaller ones, with a gelatinous fluid, of various colors and consistence. Some idea of its size may ho gathered from the fact that the water within the different cysts weigh ed twenty-nine and a half pounds, while the solid mass weighed i eleven and a half pounds. The tumor was removed while the patient was under influence of ether, and though but a short time has elapsed since the poor girl was relieved : of her burden, she is now almost convalescent, and will shortly return to her home, The op- : ciatibn, considering the size of the tumor, was a most extraordinary one, and it does great credit to the doctor’s skill that his patient sur ! vived it.— l'ittshurah Chronicle. i ■ Rebpl Friendship. —A correspondent of the , Lcvcnworth Conservative, writing from Camp I Washington near Clinton, says of an aged man : and a slave-holder—but a strong and honest j Union man, bold and fearless, who never fal ; tered out his indignation against Jackson and i bis co-rebels: One night about twenty drunken i wretches came to this good old man’ll house i dra ?Scd him oot of his bed, carried him into ; the forest, where they Red and blindfolded him, and then informed him that be was char-cd ; with high treason against Governor Jackson, |Md disloyalty against the State of Missouri, for ■ which he would then and there be tried. But | be was informed that If he would renounce his | allegiance to tho Union, contribute a part of his ! wealth to the support of the Jackson gang, and i swear most solemnly never again to Break a word in favor of the old Union aud the Consti tution, or against Jackson or the Southern Con federacy, they would let him .off. But (he , bravo old man resolutely refused to comply ; with iheir terms, aud assured them that he j would die first. ‘Well then,’ replied tho leader ! of Jfiese devils incarnate, ‘ dio you shall, you old abolition dog.' And six demons ! stepped back, leveled; their rifles at the staunch i oW , H ero > ba Us entered his bead and heart, ’ and fiic noble soul of the gray haired veteran ; took’rts flight. A Fatar Prize — The Cracow journals an nounce the death in that city of a man named o ’ wto won t!l0 great prize of 250,- 000 florins in the Austrian lottery last,year,— To obtain immediate possession of his fortune ho paid a discount of 11,000 florins, but from tho moment he got it in his possession, beseems never to have enjoyoda momenl’s peahe, so fear ful was he that some robber would strip him of bis unexpected wealth. Ho kept it in nn iron cheat} locked up in an anched vault, and visited it morning and night,’ to see that all was safe, till at last, from excitement and anxiety, he fell ill, and typhus supervening, death soon deliv ered him from all his troubles. fi®“ The following is a despatch dated Rich- ' mond, July 2d:—“Lieut, Dickinson, the Adju- i taat of the independent battaliion frem Louisi ana, commanded by. Mjajor Robt. Wheat, is I wounded by a Minie ball in his thigh, and is ! here well attended. He says that out of the four hundred of Wheat's command engaged, less than one hundred escaped being killed or wounded. The Catahoula Guerillas, belonging to the bat talion, fought with desperation. Lieut. Dickin son thinks that a large majority of the Gueril las were cither killed or wounded. This com pany was commanded by Capt. Rorhoatph ' CONFLAGRATION AT PITTS BURGH. j Pittsburgh, July 30. —Duqucsne Dc j pot of the Pennsylvania Railroad Comp., ay accidentally took fire, at about hgf past three o’clock this afternoon, and was eatirely consumed, together with all u, contents. The fire is supposed to have originated ■ in the basement, where about 3,0U0 bbk of petroleum oil weac deposited. ; The flames spread so rapidly that it w ;i , impossible to arrest their progress, or mv.. anything iu the. building, and in a quar ter of an hour the entire structure was ia a sheet of flames. i Ljt is supposed all the oil was consul;-,-! , together with ten freight cars, and goH, ; whose value is supposed not to es<'cr■■<! ; So,ooo. The depot was valued at S 100,000. b was built in 1855. , The amount of insurance is large, bat " has not yet been ascertained. All the houses in the rear alloy, mostly ; occupied by poor families, numbering ;>er baps twenty, and several dwelling/ t >n ; Penn and Liberty streets, wore also burnt. All the goods to and from the West am ; transported about two miles from the Du I quesne depot, and none but goods i'-, Pittsburgh were destroyed. The I’ail-road company have taken prompt hicasures to erect a temporary ■ building to accommodate their trade until the depot can bo rebuilt, and no inooiivc ulence will result to the business ut t 1,.. , company from, this disaster. A Builiant Affair in Missonu. -- In bold strategy and dose fighting, tL.j rebel warriors of Missouri take the Witness the battle of Dunksburtr, a relia ble account of which wc find iti the St Louis Democrat. On the night of (he 14th instant, the rebels learning thru a body of Union meu had taken position in the Duuksburg Church, resolved to di lodge and capture them, and so making a forced-march under cover of the night, reached the church about two o’clock on Monday morning, the loth. All dark and silent'at fhe church; Union men ap prized probably of their coining. -Rapidly the rebel forces flanked and surrounded the church. Gradually they drc\\- near. “■Surrender,” shouted an officer from on.: side. “ See you d -d first,” was the answer, and immediately'the firing began The contest raged for a couple of .hour.-, with the rebels directing their .-I through the windows, which being vtw largo were much exposed. As daylight approached they retired, and on counting their losses, found seven killed and a large number wounded. Subsequent reconoi tering disclosed the fact that the church was empty during the whole of the fight, and that the Union forces wore miles aw av from the scene of the conflict. The win dows of the church on opposite sides were riddled with bullets. lli.xrtv Magraw at Manassas.— Mr. Bareli, one of the three appointed Commissioners who went for the body of Col. Cameron, and who were retained a prisoners, has returned to Washington lie is sworn to report nothing of the rebel's movements, their strength, nor of our prisoners. The rebels" know nothing uf Col. Cameron. lie is not in, their hu-pi tals, and must still lie on the field unin terred. Messrs. Harris and Magraw are at Richmond, incarcerated in the common jail. Mr. Burch thinks Mr. Harris will be permitted to return, but that Mr. Magraw, who is a heavy contractor under our Government, will be held indefinite ly- Mr. Burch went through all then hospitals, and-says our wounded are verv well treated. Our dead are still unburied. It is a little remarkable that the tb; ■ traveling in a carriage, net or met a pick' until they reached- Manassas, and even then they were entirely' unmolested, until after Mr. Magraw had sent' for General Johnston, whom be knew intimately. panic at Ccntreville is nut a novelty in warfare. The beat disciplined troops ol Europe have been guilty of them far less excusably than our men in Vir ginia. Such was the famous flight of French and Sardinian troops from Gusti ghone to Brescia, the day after the great battle of Sblferino. There the successful soldiers were resting from the fatigues of (lie fight, when five Austrians who-had been hidden in hushes came out into the open field to surrender themselves. In stantly, the cry of “ the Austrians are coming! ' was raised. From that simple incident arose a panic. For seventeen miles, all the way to Brescia, thg road was filled with a flying mass of holies and foot; wagons and ambulances were emp tied of their wounded, and every-body seemed beside themselves with terror. — Some fifteen thousand men were engaged in this panic, and the loss of life from it was very considerable. A Regiment oj? Scythes. —Some tier mans of New York are attempting the or ganization of a regiment to be armed with scythes. The organization of such a reg iment would be completed at very short notice, without much cost. It was stated “J some of the speakers that a regiment of this kind would do a great deal of ser vice; that if properly directed they could cause a great deal of havoc among the en emy. It would bo better adapted than any other weapon now in use to attack the enemy’s cavalry with effect... That such troops could be made serviceable had been demonstrated in the Polish revolution and ia war of the Peasants in Germany, when the regular troops were very often 1 ought with scythes. Messrs, Adam Rol ger, V alcntine Roon, and V. Stone have been appointed a committee to prosecute the plan. The roar of the cannon at the bat tle of Hull’s Run was distinctly heard at Port Tobacco, Md. 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