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ALTOONA, PA.
THURSDAY, APRIL S, 1862.
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A Silly Falsehood.
“It is said that the Railroad Company has a
huge account against the National Government
for carrying troops, munitions, &c., during the
past year—that the charges for these services are
so exhoihitant, that thg departments have refused
to pass them —-that now the Company intend, at a
proper season, when the complexion of that bodv
suits them, to make application to Congress for
F*3™ e 9 ta ’ <
He above we take from a recent issue of the
JMstr County Whig, and only allude to it for the
purpose of showing the truthfulness of the pious
editor of that delectable sheet. For weeks he has
been abusing the Pennsylvania Bail Road Com
pany, culminating lately in the charge that the
Company were anxious to have Mr. Hall go to
Congress for the above purpose.
- The truth is, the Pennsylvania Rail Bead Com
pany have never presented any bill to the proper
department at Washington, that there has been
the slightest trouble about, or objection to. The
rates have invariably been fixed by the Govern
ment itself, and those rates are far below the ordi
nary charges. At this the Company never com
plained ; and the Government has always had the
fUD and free use of the road for the transhipment
«f troops and freight. Don’t this muddled-brain
fellow know this? or does he suppose that because
he was fee months engaged in fleecing Uncle Sam,
that everybody else must be ? This is a bad time
for him to attempt to make capital out of this
Company, the whole policy of which has been so
liberal ahd fair in these trying times. He should
wirnyiher that while he, and others of like kidney,
were engaged in their plunder at Washington, it
vaaby means of this great Pennsylvania entciv
prise that our brave sons were quickly thrown
there, and the National Capitol saved.
We do not know whether Mr. Hall is a candi
date for Congress or not—bat we do know that
be oonld toke no better plan to accomplish his pur
pose, if <qch is his desire, than to hare the contin
uod opposition o t the Blair County Whig, with its
present editor at its head. Who, that knows
‘‘•l. B.” won’t folly agree with us in every word
af'thk?; The people understand Mr. “Hard
.(fab.’’ They have often told him so. It aint
.fagcd to read his motives.
England and the Blockade.
The long expected debate in the British Parlia
ment, on the .subject of the Southern blockade,
earns off some rime since, resulting in a number
of ranting, buncombe speeches on the part of those
who are the allies of the rebels, and of cool and
jtprfn rejoinder from those who are disposed to do
ji#ce toy foreign nations and keep the British
jpifeniinent out of difficulty. It was shown du-
the debate that instead of three hundred ves
sels having run the blockade, only nineteen had
escaped,: and these bad ran out on dark and
Stormy nights. Mr. Milnes deprecated any inter
ference, andthe Solicitor-General also stoutly op
posed it, contending that the blockade had been
as effectual as any other blockade in former times.
Thoee in favor of interfering with the blockade
madeacall for the correspondence between Sec
retary Seward mid Lend Palmerston on the subject,
but it was negatived without a division. This
shows a majority in favor of letting the blokade
alone. One member, in referring to an efficient
blockade, remarked that in order to make a block-
H(ie sufficiently effectual to be recognized by other
nariooi,lt was not necessary to make it such as to
prevent the possibility of the escape of the lightest
dnught vessels. This was an impossibility. But
nMpefcadawas effectual when vessels could not
entitchadaylight through regular channels, and
wat ahnya recognized as each by foreign nations.
has no intention or desire to interfere
witt ow Bavy at present, and, in our view of the
statfer, it will be well for her to have nothing to'
ffoivMi'ir hereafter.
—Con are now running regularly from Alex
igdria )o JfjiinmTj and the road is open four
The Gallant Eighty-Fourth
The gallant 300 of the Eighty-fourth Pennsvl
yaaia Begiment, (in reality there was only 256)
achieved honors in the battle at Winchester as im
perishable as did the gallant 600 at the battle of
Balaklava. Tennison immortalized the latter in 1
verse, and we doubt not that the former will be
equally immortalized. Who will do it ?
That we feel particularly honored by the noble
actions of the men who compose the Eighty-fourth
and feel anxious to have their ’memories revered
throughout all coming time, may be accounted for
on the ground that they are mostly from this
county. The number engaged in the battle is put
down by those who know best at 255. Of this
number ninety-two, or nearly one-half, was either
killed or wounded, thus showing the hot position
they occupied. But their ranks are invincible.—
;All day they stood at their posts, in the centre of
the line, and repelled every attack of the enemy.
The last order given by Col. Murray, ere he fell,
was, “ charge boys—charge!” and heroically they
obeyed him. Maddened to desperation by the
slaughter of their Colonel and many of their com
rades, they rushed forward with-a yell, determined
to avenge their deaths or die in the attempt. The
enemy could not stand the fury of that onslaught.
It came like a whirlwind, breaking their centre and
scattering them in all directions. The.ponic in the
centre proved contagious, spreading along the
Whole line of the enemy, and soon they were in
full retreat, sorely pressed by their victorious pur
suers. We have been told that commanding offi
cers who were present admit that the charge ofthe
Eighty-fourth, to which we have referred, was the
turning point in the battle. Upon that charge de
pended the success or defeat of the Union army.
Too much honor can not be awarded the gallant
SOO.
In onr last we promised that we would this
week record some of the deeds of noble daring
performed by the boys of the 84th in this battle.
We find them recorded in the Standard of this
week and transfer them to our columns:—
Lieut. O’Neill (Capt. Crissman’s Company,)
took twenty-two men into battle, and brought out
four. Wm. Hileman, who was seriously wounded,
managed, with great pain, to get upon his side,
mid fired seven rounds at the enemy, resting his
rifle upon a rail, and each ball found its rebel vic-
tim. Charles Curry, of the same company, also
<fid the same thing. Severely wounded and una
ble to stand, he lay upon the ground and fired
twenty-five rounds at the foe, with what success
we have not, heard. Sergt. Goldsborough also
behaved with great gallantry. The flag had been
shot down by the bearer losing his right hand.——
He then caught it np with his left hand, but in a
few moments it was also shot 1 awav, when voung
Goldsborough seized the colors, rushed out in front
of nis company some fifteen or twenty paces, and
raising it over his head, amidst a shower of balls,
he called to his comrades to come on. He was
not touched.
i Young Goldsborough is from this place, and will
be remembered by many of our citizens as the re
cruiting officer stationed here, last fall, to re
cruit for Col. Murray’s regiment.
We might mention the names of manymore who
signally distinguished themselves in the battle, but
n?e do not wish to make invidious distinctions,
since all most have done their whole duty. Their
names, or their deeds, will live in history, and fur
nish one of the brightest pages of their country’s
afinals. May their future achievements be as glo
rious as the past.
Our Carpet Bag.
; The Whig man, it seems, lost his carpet bag
lately, and our friend of the Standard gave an ac
count of its contents a week or so ago. Mr. 8.,
iti his last paper, is much riled at this,’and, charges
the District Attorney*with having written the
Standard article. See here, old boss, this won’t
dp. Yon change editors too often. But ain't it
queer that no person charges him with getting
other people to write his editorials ? No, air.—
John's marks plainly appear. Sing song, singsong,
week in and week out, the same thing. “Great
corporation ” —“big company”—“ iny tenants won’t
pay their rents”—“people’s money”—“my taxes
too high’’—“your taxes too low”—“splendid
farms to sell in the ‘Kettle,’ half cash and half in
ring-boned, spavined and blind horses”—“Con
gress ” —“ last year I was for repeal of tonnage
taxi but this year lam against it ” —“ the poor
man's friend ” —“horse contracts all done, I must
now have either a seat in Congress or be appointed
paymaster in the army ” —“ Hall ” — “Register ”
“ Standard ” —“ State officers not doing right, or
National officers doing all wrong.” A 7 o one can
cjiaige seriously that either the huge mass of flesh
afid stupidity of the Whig, or some one else, equally
bright, don’t write his editorials.
• A man of influence he is —decidedly so. By the
way, John’s late attempt to fool people out here
are brighter than usual. We predict a great comet
this year, or some other wonderful phenomenon.
How are you gettipgj along with that suit against
the Borough, John ni Give us a history of it.
Tremkkdous Explosion and Loss of Life.
—-On Saturday last the gun-cartridge manufactory
of Prof. Samuel Jackson, at Philadelphia, was
blown up, resulting in the instant - death of some
fifteen persons, and burning and otherwise inju
ring of some forty more. Previous to the war
the building was used by the owner for the manu
facture of pyrotechnics. This business' haring
behn destroyed by the war he turned it into a Min
nie ball cartridge manufactory, and! had a contract
from the government. He had some seventy-four
men, girls and boys employed, nearly all of whom
were killed or injured. The building took lire
immediately after the explosion and those who had
escaped injury from the powder, or fall of the build
ing, were more or less burned. Only one of those
killed could be recognized, so horribly were they
mutilated and blackened by the powder. So vio
lent was the explosion that portions of the build
ing, together with; heads, legs and arms of the la
borers, were found'hundreds of feet from where the
budding stood. The sufferers were removed to
the Pennsylvania Hospital, where every medical
attention is given them. The explosion appears
to have been the result,of a too careless use of j
powder, allowing it to be spilled upon the floor and I
work .benches.
•af Wendell Phillip* was mobbed at Cincinnati, j
a abort time since, while delivering a leotorein ;
which he is said to have avowed himself an Abo- 1
Utidnist and disunionist. Some of the Cincinnati
paiicta say that he did not make use of the lan- ■
gnage attributed to him, and that the attack of the !
mob was a preconcerted affair, Wendell ts a dan-:
gerinu man, and* the dissemination at his princi* j
jdea do no good, nevertheless we are not in favor
ofnlob law for the purpose of suppressing him.— :
There are other and inore effectual remedies.
Past Recollections.
That veritable pink Of honesty and patriotism,
| the editor of the Whig, is determined that the
people shall see something in him worthy of their
I notice, and he devotes a column arid a half of his
' last issue to show that the “ people do not want
I leaders whose pest lives have been one continued
j scene of corruption and trickery.” .list so, Mr.
“ J. B." and for the reason that your whole past
life has been “one continued scene” of the smal
lest and boldest attempts at corruption—only pre
vented on account of your own stupidity, not suc
cessful on account of your muddled brain—and of
the meanest attempts at trickery of the lowest sort,
the people have never and will never trust you with
any office—high or low. That’s so, John—the
honest truth. We beg to remind you of the vote
you ran for Sheriff once, to convince yon of the
love of the sovereigns for you. When the county,
at that time old Huntingdon, used to give her old
fashioned Whig majority of near 2,000, although
you ran on that ticket, you were badly beaten.—
From “them” days, the “good old days of Whig
gery” yon talk so much about, and which we would
suppose you would-be ashamed to refer to, down to
this time, we submit to you, your acts and whole
course of life have been such as to not endear you to
the people any more than then. If you desire ev
idences of a recent date, just say so, and we will
give them, not forgetting the Congressional cam
paign of 1858, the nefarious plans yon entered
into and the way yon undertook to reap revenge
on the party that didn’t see your merits and give {
you the nomination. None of your bints and in
sinuations. We treat upon facts, and will make
plain statements. And yet this is the man who
prates of his honor and honesty , This is the man
who says be is a fit “leader” of the people. This
is the man who says it is.one thing to be right in
“theory” and another to be right in “ practice." —
Jlst so, sir, and your whole past career is the best
exemplification of this (as given by all your old
neighbors) that we could possibly refer to.
What say you to this John, guilty or not guilt}- ?
We know you are not good at answering questions,
as week after week yon have been charged by the
Standard with favoring the repeal of the tonnage
tax bill last winter and with cheating the govern
ment in these war times, and you so far dodge
the answers. But consider this well, and give ns
one truthful answer. Do John. Then we will
tell the later story of how yon came to get the
Whiff, and how you are going to raise the “hard
cash.” Come bub.
Larger Guns Wanted.— .-There is undoubtedly
more inventive genius in this country- than in all
other countries combined, as well in designing de
structive munitions of war and effective defences, as
in the arts and sciences of civil life. No sooner have
we the information that some genius has invented
a gun or ball that will knock all fortifications into
a “cocked hat,” than some one gets up a boat
that will resist an assault of all the guns of all
the men-of-war afloat. The present rebellion has
been productive of more advancement in the sci
ence of war, than all the previous wars known in
history. It has been demonstrated that land forti
fications on large rivers, or in harbors, are scarcely
able to stand an assault of mortar-boats, and that
as against iron-clad vessels, such as the Monitor,
they are useless; and also, that a wooden navy,
or even iron-clad ships, are worse than useless in
an engagement with gunboats such as the Moni
tor and Merrinmc. From souvenirs now in pos
session of the Secretary of War, together with
evidences of their penetrating and destructive
qualities, he says it is useless to make any more
guns of the calibre now used, but that some fifteen
inch columbiads, that will smash through anything
that floats, must be provided for naval warfare.—
Strange as it may appear, with all these modern
appliances for the destruction of life, on land and
water, the mortality is less than in olden times when
battles were fought with spears, clubs and stones,
and in open boats. The improvements in means
of defence keep pace with the improvements in
missiles of destruction.
VV igfall’s Last.- —A letter from Kichmond to
the New Orleans Orescent shows that Mr. Wig
fall still maintains his old character of court jes
ter;—
“I passed Gen. Wigfall on my return from din
ner, and asked him if there was any news. “ No, ”
said he, “I don’t believe we have been whipped
since dinner; I expect, though, to hear of another
defeat in the next five minutes.”
The same correspondent also pays a tribute to
Yankee persistency, In noticing Halleck’s declara
tion that the Union flag will never again be re
moved from Tennessee:—
“This is brag, but the Yankees have, up to this
time, stuck like leeches wherever they have effect
ed a landing. They intrench themselves, and at
the first spade-full of earth thrown up by them,
our Generals give right up and say all is lost.”
Beauregard their Favorite.— Beauregard
seins to have been a great favorite with the rebel
soldiery on the potomac. Many anecdotes are
told of his kindness to the men under his com
mand, distributing comforts among them from his
own, private stores, and caring for the sick as
though they were his brothers. “Joe Johnston,”
on the contrary, succeeded emminently in acquir
ing the hearty hatred and detestation of the whole
army. Caricatures of him abound in the fly-leaves
of books found in camp; his name, coupled with
opprobrious epithets, is written over the walls of
the huts. This sentence, “Gen. Joe Johnston is
no gentleman, and incapable of appreciating the
feelings of one,” is written on the blank side of an
army order, and signed by several members of an
Alabama regiment.
Bull Bun and Ball’s Bluff,—Gen. Cadwala
dor, of Pliilodelplda, has added his page to the
testimony in the Bull Bun affair, and it is said
that the commit tee will make a report, in a short
time, of it and the Ball’s Bluff aflair. Gen. Stone,
it is understood, will be held responsible for the
Ball’s Bluff affair, great measure, and will be
charged with treason. Gens. Scott and McDowelf
are vindicated of mismanagement at Bull Bun.
That disinter was, in our opinion, providentially
directed, intended to build up the Union army, and
to this end was jar better than a dosen victories.
—The body of Col. Cameron, who fell on the
Bull Bun battle-field, has been disinterred and
brought home and deposited in the family vault
at Stjnbnry, Though short his military career,
his name will live in history, and be repaired
among the martyrs to the cause of civil and reli
gions liberty. All honor to the gallant hero.
Full Particulars of the Winchester
Battle.
That a victory so complete and overwhelming
as that at Winchester, should have been achieved
with comparatively so little loss of life on our side,
may seem a matter of surprise, when we consider
the vastly greater numerical strength of the rebels,
and the nijlsral advantages of their position. We
should be less surprised than gratified,, however, to
reflect that its attainment was due to the the watch
ful skill of such an officer as Shields, and the in-
trepidity of soldiers enlisted in the cause of the
Union. In proof of which we give the following
details:
EECOKKOIBSAXCE TO BTBABBUBO ITS OBJECT.
The object of the reconnoissance made by Gen.
Shields to Strasbnrg may now be stated. It was
to throw the enemy into the trap which has so fa
tally sprung upon the rebellion. Discovering the
number and position of the rebels,'General Shields
retired hastily, posted his men about two miles
north of Winchester, in a few tents, as though the
force was unable to attempt pursuing Jackson's
forces, and there, after the withdrawal of General
Williams’ division, awaited the effect of his move
ment upon the enemy. The result showed that
the scheme entirely succeeded. As soon as the
rebel General Jackson heard that the division of
General Williams had moved towards Centreville,
he immediately took up his march to Winchester.
In the meantime he had received reinforcements,
and Generals Lonstreet and Smith, of the rebel
army, hod their commands united to that of the
boasted Stone Wall Jackson. So prompt and un
expected was the attack of the enemy, that it took
our Generals by surprise, but everything was
ready for the emergency.
SATURDAY’S SKIRMISH. i.
On Saturday afternoon, at about a quarter past
two o'clock, our advanced pickets on the Strasburg
road discovered the rebel cavalry, under the mad
cap Ashby, about half a mile beyond them, recon
noitring the woods on both sides of the turnpike,
and steadily advancing. Our pickets fell back
half a mile to the hamlet of Kernstown, four miles
from Winchester. The rebels were thus confirmed
in the belief that our forces here did not exceed
five thousand men. They then gave chase.
Coming up with our men, Ashby cried at the top
of his voice, “There they are, boys, now give them
h—.” Steadily did the trooper, advance as our
men wheeled to aim and fire. That fire sent many
of them reeling frojn their saddles, and threw the
rtjst into such confusion that before they could again
be rallied our gallant little band of infantry was
beyond the reach of their power, without haring
lost a man killed or wounded.
Meanwhile skirmishing progressed on other
points along our advanced line, and our pickets
were everywhere rallying on our reserves. General
Shields, hearing of the advance of the rebel cav
alry, supposed it to be a manoeuvre of Ashbv alone
for the purpose of watching our movements. As
they were approaching so boldly and so closelv,
however, he ordered four advanced companies of
infantry, engaged in protecting the supply train, to
rally to the support of the more advanced pickets,
and try to hold the rebels in check till he could
move down the division. -These four companies
were made up of one from the Maryland First, one
from the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania, and one
from the Forty-sixth Pennsylvania, and one from
the Twenty-eighth New York. Their Regiments
had already marched under Gen. Williams.
GENERAL SHIELDS WOUNDED.
A battery of artillery was also ordered forward,
and Gen. Shields, after ordering out the division,
rode to the front, accompanied by his staff. While
engaged directing the fire of the artillery, and the
defence generally, a shell from the rebel battery of
four guns, which now began to play on us, burst
near him, and a splinter from it struck him in the
left arm, just above the elbow, fracturing the bone
and creating a painful wound. His adjutant gen
eral, Major Armstrong, who was standing near,
remarked, “ General, you are wounded in the arm.”
“Yes,” replied the gallant Shields, “but say noth
ing about it.” He then gave a fresh order to the
artillery, and continued on the field till he satis
fied himself that all was right.
HALT AND BIVOUACK OF THE REBELS.
Our division began to arrive in force on the field
towards dark, and the rebels perceiving this did
not push their advance, but halted about three
miles from Winchester for the night, lighted their
camp-fires and bivouacked, while our array lav
between them and the town. It was generallV be
lieved that a general engagement would take place
on the pext day (Sunday), and the expectants were
not disappointed.
The Sunday Battle.
About ten o’clock, reinforcements of five regi
ments of infantry and two batteries of artillery
were announced, arrived from Strasburg, under
General Garnett, by the vociferous and prolonged
cheers which proceeded from their lines. The at
tack was not now long delayed. The enemy ad
vanced his army, which now consisted of sixteen
regiments of infantry, numbering 11,000 men. five
batteries of artillery, with a total of twenty-eight
pieces, and three battailions of horse, under Ashbv
and Stewart. His line of battle extended about a
mile on the right of the village of Kemstown, and
a mile and three quarters on the left of it, and the
village lay on the road between the rebel right and
centre. There is a mud road branching from the
turnpike, a mile or so from Winchester, to the
right of the road as you go to Strasburg. This
road passed through the left of the tfnemy’s centre,
and was one of their points of defence. Beyond
that there is a grove of trees, and farther a ridge
of hills, with a stone wall running along its sum
mit about breast high. This was the rebel line of
offence and defence on the right of our line.
ONSLAUGHT OF THE REBELS.
Our most advanced regiment was the Eighth
Ohio, of General Taylor’s brigade, and on it the
rebels made a furious onslaught about half past ten
o’clock A. M., with the intention of turning our
right flank. The Ohio Eighth met them gallantly,
withering them like autumn leaves before the
breath of winter by their deadly fire of rifles.
Five several times did the enemy emerge from the
woods, and from behind their stone< parapet, with
vastly superior numbers, and try vainly to accom
plish their object. Our left wing, consisting of the
Thirteenth Indiana, Seventh Ohio, and a battery
of the Fourth regular artillery, under Capt. Jeiiks,
had a feint made on it while the real attack of the
enemy was being directed against our right tying.
The feint on the left was a heavy fire of artillery
posted on both sides of the tillage and the turn
pike, which, however, did trifling damage Our
battery replied, silencing those of the enemv
though the firing was well maintained, for a long
time, on both sides.
oub centre and right wing.
~ O "°? n s ro consisted of the Fourteenth Indiana,
the Eighth and Sixty-seventh Ohio, and the
Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania, and two artillery bat
teries belonging to the First Ohio artillen- and
flie cavalry, consisting of the First Michigan and
Tirst Ohio, were drawn up in the rear Tlie
whole of onr cavalry amounted to no more than
eight hundred men, and this arm played a verv
mumportant part in the action on hither side
Fi^K g nt™ ng - wasmade u P of *be Fifth and
Eighth Ohio regiments and a battery of the First
H*, 1 * 111 ®'. Tb® reserves consisted of the
Twelfth Indiana, the Thirty-ninth Illinois, and a
squadron of the Michigan cavalry. General
Shields was unable to appear on the field in per
son, and the command in the field devolved from
Acting Bngadler Kimble, wbo led our centre, tod
our nght was commanded by Acting Brigadier
General Tyler, while Colonel SnlHvan directed the
operations on our left.
OUB right wjso charge the eseky.
»ged Skwg the whole hoe with great
(ary from eleven A. M. till half past two P M
when General Shields, who received account* of
ri4r&° f i? efightoa S ,he
- where *e contest raged the hottest, to
npOTi tire euany. That was an awful
charge. The left qf the enemy prepared desper-
ately to repel onr gallant troops, but the rash was I harried back to bring np the One I
as irreesdble as the tide in the bay of Fnndy.— tenth Pennsylvania, and Sixteenth India **
Previous to this time par line of battle hod been right oblique movement through the *7 ! ? i
somewhat changed. The Eighty-fourth Pennsyl- the enemy receiving all the combined '"V
vania reinforced onr right, andalso a battery of fire retired, and left ns in possession of Stlol '' i
artillery. Onr whole force now engaged was bought gun and caissons. °’ lr
about six thousand men, while that of the enemy United, ofiward we pressed again
; was, at the lowest estimate, eight thousand.' The two bttiss pieces and musketry pouring inV 1 * 15 '
: rebels had also changed their line, and>«xtending 1 Three companies of the Eighth Ohio J- .
both their wings presented a concave front to our us, we gained our brass piece and its
i army. They had also reinforced their left wing, ; compelled the enemv to fall back. Wu ’ l> U;
| and the charge to be made by onr right was all This was at 7P.M. I moved to the riot,
> important in its consequences. On it, at three and caused the cannon to go forward with I,
• o’clock, depended the fate of the entire battle.— fast retreating, enemy, when I met tvitK et,! '
; The gallant Tyler led tin? charge, sword in hand, Ashby’s cavalry, who shot down mv o nl >is 1
jat the head of the line. The rebels fired from the killed his horse, one of the bullets piemin
! woods with artillery and small arms, while our I was compelled to use my sword to kMl 0 '
i men advanced agonist their murderous showers of them. ;
j lead and iron, returning few shots, and reserving ' The cavalry captured two hundred a l
1 their fire. Up to this time the armies had not prisoners, and’ met only with little rcsista 1 " 1
j been much nearer to each other than three hnn- • the enemy’s cavalry. Uce H
j died yards, unless in some few instances. The : At BP. M. the musketry ceased, a t
wood was soon cleared at the point of the bayonet, ’ cannon shots from their extreme left Wtp* IB:t ’
■onr men discharging their pieces at twenty, and -fired so as to withdraw onr attention
even five yards’ distance from the rebels, and then treating foe, and all was over. Onr men *
dashing at them with the bayonet. The rebels on the field of battle, picking up the
fought well, however. They contested the ground i slept upon their arms to awake for the ™ **
foot by foot, and marked every yard of it with j the enemv on the morning of the ‘'-Itli 1
blood. Betiring behind their stone wall, on the j rapidly hick beyond Newton, when.lt
ndge, our men jumped after them, and drove them 1 the morning of that dav, Major OetiM.iuV
along in the greatest confusion, and with fearful I took command, and I reported back to m t
slaughter upon their centre. Genera], I have the honor to be ever l. '
THE REBELS betreat in confusion. 881,6 in 80 glorious a body of soldiers under' “
The panic communicated. Kimble ordered a able leading ’ Yoar m «« obedient, humble *’
charge along the whole line, and for a short time Vant ’ _ K. C. SHKILER,'
the fighting was most desperate. The rear of the Tl lB following we take from the Pres, « y
cannon was no longer beard, unless in occasional dav last. It is claimed to be a correct Ik. j-'*
bursts of fitful explosions, and the rattle of mns- killed and wounded in the Penn«vlv, n -
ketty was more boisterous than ever, and sounded . . , " ou “ ded m “ e Pennsvhanuiregm^
like the noise made by a very close thunder clap, but Bndent, y the n*™ BB are not all spdled w
except that it was sharper and continuous. ’ The rally,
rout of the rebels had fairly commenced, however,
and two of their guns and four caissons were now
ours, and though many of them turned and fired
again and again at our pursuing host, many more
threw away muskets and bayonets without hesita
tion. Darkness and the extreme fatigue of onr
troops, however, saved the enemy for the time,
and we retired about two miles and bivouacked
till Monday morning.
ARRIVAL of BANKS AND WILLIAMS —FDBBOIT.
At daybreak General Shields ordered the rebel
position to be attacked, and'the enemy, after re
plying by a few shots from his artillery, continued
Ids retreat. Meantime, General Banks, who had
been at Harper’s Feny, arrived, and, taking com
mand of the troops in person, is now continuing
the pursuit with about ten thousand men, and at
the latest accounts had pressed the rebels beyond
Middle burg, cutting off many stragglers and pres
sing the enemy very sorely. The object is to cap
ture his whole force, if possible. It was not till
yesterday morning that any of the force of General*
\\ iliiams arrived on the field, and then thev were
too late to participate in the action. They’joined
in the chase
TIIE LOSS ON BOTH SIDES.
The loss of the enemy in killed and wounded
will foot up about 900 men, of which 225 were
killed. The number of prisoners taken from them
is 236. These figures are independent of What
they have lost, and will lose in the pursuit. The
regiment which lost most on the side of the rebels
was the fifth Virginia. y'-S)
Our loss in killed so far as ascmSinedfs—less
than 100,-and about 300 of our men are wounded.
Though the enemy had a much larger force,'four
pieces of cannon more than our army, the selec
tion of fighting ground and every other advantage
yet all the trophies of the occasion belong to the
Union armv.
The loss on our side was heaviest in the Eighty
fourth Pennsylvania regiment. Of the five com
panies of three hundred men, in all engaged, they
lost Col. Murray, as dashing and brave an officer
as ever drew a sword; one captain, one lieutenant,
twenty-three privates and. non-commissioned offi
cers killed, arid sixty-three wounded. The loss in
the Eighth and Fifth Ohio regiments is about sev
enty-five and sixty, respectively, killed and wound
ed. '
Lieut. Col. Thobum, of the Third Virginia, is
among the wounded on our side. These are the
only field officers killed or wounded in the Union
forces.
THE IRISH BATTALION.
The rebels had an Irish battalion of one hundred
and fifty men, of whom forty were killed on tiie
field and nearly all the rest’ wounded. Captain
Jones, who commanded the Irish battalion in the
rebel army, is a prisoner in our hands, jvith both
his eyes shot out by one bullet -
OFFICIAL REPORTS,
Since placing the above in type we have re
ceived the official reports of Gen. Shields and
Capt. Shriler, and we give the closing portions of
each. The first part of their reports detail little
more than we have given above’ Gen. Shields
concludes as follows:
Our killed in this engagement cannot exceed
onehondred men, wounded two hundred and thirty
tnree. The enemy's killed and wounded exceed
one thousand,’ The inhabitants of the adjacent
villages carried them to their houses as thev
were removed from field of battle. Houses
between the and Strasburg, and even far
beyond, have since been found filled with the dead
and dying of the enemy. Graves have been discov
ered fer removed from the road, where the inhab
itants of the country buried them as they died.—
Gen. Banks, m his pursuit of the enemy bevbnd
Strasbuig, afterwards, found houses on'the'road
twenty-two miles from the battle-field filled in this
manner, and presenting the most ghastly spectacle.
The havoc mqde m the ranks of the rebels has
t Jj? s w^°* e region of country with terror,-
Such a blow had never fallen on them before, and
it is more crushing because wholly unexpected!—
Jackson, and his stone-wall brigade, andall the
other brigades accompanying him, will never meet
this division again in battle. During the night
they managed to carry off their artillery inthe
darkness. We opened upon them by early light
next morning, and they commenced to retreat.
Gen. Banks returned from Harper’s Ferry between
mne and ten o’clock A. M. and placed himself, at
fmnwhe*Komv* t J? e , J 6 ® 1 of the cotmuan( l. ten miles
from the battle-field, pursuing the enemy. Eein
forcements, which we had ordered back from Wil
hams division, and which I had ordered forward
Dlght ’ n Came I >ollrin g in and with
all these we continued tire pursuit, pressing them,
with vigor and with repeated and destructive at
tacks as far as Woodstock, where he halted from
mere _ exhaustion. The enemy’s sufferings have
nnd snc b as they have nowhere rise
endured since the commencement of this war: and
yet such wm; their gallantry and high smto of
thatat no time during the baffle or pm
smt did they give way to panic. They fledto
Mount Jackson, and are by this time, no doubt,
in communication, with the main bodv of the rebel
anny. I hope to be able in a few days to ride in
“ ’f.fr £ lace m - v l elfat the bead of my com
’ b i t . l h , ave , neither sufficient force nor sufii
cient rank to do that service to thqgmnntry that!
bette aDd 1 ““ ca f“^ e of- No man could be I
Iff*® I mu by Gen. Banks, and vet
if ho and his command had been here on the 23d.
yon would have heard nothing of a fight, because
our wily enemy would not have been entrapped,
tt W i efficient cava lty regiment—t(io Third
United States; cavaliy, for instance—ami addi
n-now J B©e the Sec
retar) of War. for instance, in relation to this
matter, I can do the country service if they give
me a chance, JAMES SHIELDS,
Capt. Shriler closes his report as follows :
t w he .u ifth ? hio atld Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania
threw themsdves once more, with fixed bayonets,
( ,the foimer iosing foarflmesin a few min-
WA e fi. Bta “ dard - bea cw- Capt. Whitcomb at
Jast took the colors up again, and, cheering on bis
nmn, fell also. So, too, Colonel Murray, whilst
gallmitly leading on his Eighty-fourth regiment.—
in met, that ground was stream with dead add
wqnded. Gmi Tyier lost there his aidTuieut
Williamson, of the Twenty-ninth Ohio,
IN THE KIHUTY-FOURTH REGUIEXT.
Killed—Col. William G. Murray, Cast. p, Hl i
Gallaher, Second Lieut. Chas. Reem; pi
McLang, Job Miller, John Gilmore, James W f 1
Leo Keech, Wm. B. Fowler, John Kelly, ||
Gates, Thos. Haneoff, Simon Kreisber, Jos. y. K
Clanan, Jacob Wainwright, James Graham.!),. K
iel E. Smith. | f|
Wounded—Capt. Penrose Chadwick, Fusil*., I J
B. M. Moncon, First Lieut. Samuel Bryan fc, I J
geants C. W. Cnnay, Silas White, Horn Fmk [ 1
Hugh Smith, Philip Smith, Franklin Houslor f ‘ o
I Moore, Corporals Peter Jones, Jackson H,|L r |
back, John Snadden, Wm. C. Hileman, j M » |
Price, James W. Murray, L. C. Fowler, Ehimk’ 1
j Brubaker, Joseph Ledger, Alex. Taylor, J<m (u/ J
!- l«her, Privates Wm. H. Davis, Thomas Ru™ Hi
hill, Daniel McLane, John Brooks, Michael Fir if!
rell» Fell* MeUin, Samuel Burk, Adam Frank
James Burr, Michael Forney, Bcuben Rillim 11
Jas. Kurts, Alfred Crague, Joseph Pinkerton, Ck. > I
Parker, F. S. Simmons, Mark Saxton, Alex \y~' 1 |
Henry Grimes, Martin Young, Torrence Kinncv - I
Isaac Johnson, Robt. Taylor, Abram Hentrer J, * I
cob Spidle, John Jennings, C.D. Bowers MicvJ 1
FUzharris, Wm. Prosser, S. C. Lccter, Guv Ho' i
comb, J. dresser; Wm. Gallagher, P. p i
Thos. Goripan, Wm. McCarty, Jno. Tolbert \ r , iM
i man Stiyker, Robt L. Bam, Dan! Ritter, &nW M
j Johnson, Wm. E. Stead, Hemy Strickler, DwistL- I®
Roberts, Robt. Johnson, William Cassidy Marth Pal
Conigau, Christopher Smith, John Lncrce! Joh 11
It. Carr, Wm. Luzier. ■■ a
Total killed I, ;. 'S
Total wounded |‘ J
Aggregate killed and wounded 92, olniuf f. J
engaged.
ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH REGIMENT. ' |j
,v Privates J. D. Davidson, J. Fereus™ i/1
1 i Co ? 1 ?* “ Lcibrich, Samuel Er
erly, John Murphy, John Darn. $|
Wounded—Sergeants W. Cunningham. Wm H
Roberts, S. McCune, Corporals Charles Wbeatlcv pi
J. Murphy, Privates John Nipple, C. H. Horn, J li
Horseman, Jas. Wallace, W. I*. Ramsev, J. Min- H
hn, David Price, Wm. A. Callahan, Anthony Kim-
lJecdore Rockcy, D-C. Baker, S, timh. H
T. Mcllwame, D. Gardiner, J. B. Albert, T. Gki H
ter W. Cowrage, M. Sacock, S. S. Anthony, John H
Borfen, J. H. Happer, D. Brown, G. Sloan, Join H
C. Foreman, John Dougherty, James French, Ji K
cob Swartz, John Dawson, W. H. Slutt. ■
Twenty-Eight Pennsylvania.—Wounded ■ Pti- El
rate W. Williams. |||
Letter from Savannah, Tenn. ||
[Through the kindness of Col. Elias Baker, of
Allegheny furnace, we are permitted to take the
following interesting extracts fiom a letter lately
received by him from a Captain in the 4th Ulinob
Cavalry, who was in the siege of Fort Donelson,
The letter is dated at Savannah, Tenn., Marti
•iith.— Eds.]
Ibis cold, bleak morning, away down here in
Tennessee, 1 seat myself to drop you a line and
inform yon of my doings and whereabouts. If
' th ‘ s 13 caUed the “ Sunny South,” so be it. Sureli
it is only so in name, for the sun has foiled to shine
since I left Illinois, which is now about seven week
and during that time it has been cold and net.
Savannah is situated on the Tenesseo river, IS
miles from the Alabama line. Its inhabits®!
(when at home,) number about 800, but it is wB
known that many of its yonng men are mm- in
the rebel army, although we have reason to be
lieve, from late evidence, that they would willinilv
desert and return to their allegiance if the? Wl
an opportunity. I base the above assertion up*
the tact that within the past five days our annt
has enlisted 800 Tennesseeans at this place alone,
who are now willing subjects to our glorious con
stellated banner.
A few days after the Fort Donelson battle,!
was taken quite sick, the result of four days and
night exposure (during the siege) to wet and cold,
with nothing to eat but hard bread and nothing to
cover us at night but onr overcoats. I assure yoa
it was the greatest privation I ever endured. The
battle itseil made but a feeble contrast to the fierce
wind, min and snow. Many times the shellsfrom
the rebel ordnance would burst around us withont
causing the least apprehension. Twice we wen
ordered by Gen. McClemand to dismount, leave
our horses in the rear and confront the rebel breast
works to within 600 yards. Onr carbines ate
breech-loading and self-capping, and shoot accu
rately sue times a minute. After the garrison sun
rendered several officers informed ns that our ear
bines slaughtered them hugely, as they were the
strongest shooting weapons used. Indeed, the
enemy were led to believe that they were anal!
indefinite proportions.
Col. Bilge’s Rifle Sharpshooters did more exe
cution than any other regiment engaged. His men
would he around in squads of from throe to five,
and creep up to within 600 yards of the enemy'*
breastworks, where their ordnance was planted,
ana every time a brave man would attempt to load
his cannon, our sharpshooters would pick Mm off-
In that way they kept nine batteries of the eflemy
silenced all the time, and on the morning of the
surrender there could hb seen from 20 to 30 dead
rebels King around the batteries, and in some
dead of both sides lay as thick as stones.
I doubt not you well know the extensive earth
works the rebels had thrown up at the fort and
around it. They stretched out at least three miles
in length. In fact, their line of defence was so
peat that it took w whole armv of 40,000 men
to enclose them one regiment deep.
Several of our best regiments lost heavily.- -
They went into the fight with 800 men and came
out with 300 or 400—the rest being either killed,
wounded, or missing.
_ I am now almost well, and will be ready, is a
few days, to pitch into the rebels at Corinth, Miss
which is about 70 miles from here. At that point
the rebels are concentrating from all quarters, and
will make a strong and determined-stand. It
not on any river, as they say our gunboats batter
mem out of all river fortifications.
I had almost forgotten to sav that thev areforti-
W oajhis stream, about 30* miles up," just
side of Florence, Ala., but their force there is
sntnll. We will be ready to operate against that
pciftt soon. _ I was in Xl*hsu\s on last Friday and
oatnrday, along with onr advance guides, and
round many as good Union people as ever existed
North of Mjson and Dixon’s Line. ,
|UtOOM : ini
local, ite
FusKftAi, Obsbqcibs op Col. W«,
—We noticed last week that Col. Wm
of Hollidaysburg, in command of the 1
Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer!
at the bittde at Winchester, while ga
ing a charge, at the head of his
mediately on receipt of the ini
fall, preparations were made to have I
to Hollidaysburg and interred by the
wife. Accordingly on Wednesday fan
was brought to Harrisburg, where bis
asters reside, where it was kept until
Friday momingfollowing, when it wi
board the Mail Train, and brought t
and transferred to the Branch Train,
companied by the mother, sister, and
relatives; of the deceased ; the Joint
Committee, consisting of Messrs. R
and Kinsey, of die Senate, and Me
Barron and Blanchard, of the Hou
Bahai), Ideate. sO'Neal, Bnrtin and N
geant Barney and two privates, all
regiment, together with a delegatiot
from Harrisburg, intimate personal f
deceased)
As the (rain passed the Eagle Ire
the upper etui of Hatrisbnig, all the
that, establishment, headed -by Win.
Esq., the proprietor, ranged thenwelv
on the edge of the pavement, with the
covered, as a mark of respect to the
mains of the gallant dead.
All along the road crowds were coi
the depots, anxious to obtain a sigh
ceased, hut they had to content' then
a sight of die coffin. *<
Previous to tho arrival of the train
(ion, a great crowd of people bad col
depot, uqder die belief that they would
with a sight of the remains erf the nu
reflected iso much honor upon his com
county of bis adoption, whose death tb
lamented; and whose memory they will
But in tins they were disappointed. A
respect to the deceased, in fact all <
were able to pay, in consequence of tin
his remains were hr our midst, the
displayed; at half-mast, and nil the c
and the slfbp bell on the Company's j
toiled from the time die Mail Train
town until the Branch Train passed on
On the arrival of the train at Duma
coffin was taken out of the car and {
hearse. Carriages were also provided f
lives and escort. The procession was t
by Marshals Col. John Piper and J.
as follows: Vanities Comet Band, Se
bearing.'American flag draped in raoun
with privates from 84th regiment on
with muskets reversed, officers of reg
riages wilh relatives and Legislative
zens in carriages, citizens on foot. T 1
the preoetsion moved into Hollidaysbui
playing appropriate music, ami march
to the residence of the fathor-m-luw
ceased, John Dougherty, Esq., where
was removed from the heap: to the
opened in order to affonl the children
censed an opportunity to gaze upon the
their departed, sire! This was truly a
and impressive interview, and brought
eye* of every spectator. ,
After the relatives and immediate fri
family hafl obtained a sight of the corps
of the residence were thrown open to
curiosity of the public with a similar
for nearly two horns there was almost
line pf people entering the house for tl
All the flags we noticed in the towi
played at half-mast and most of tin
craped. :On the front of one building ]
in frame pnd craped, an excellent like
deceased,! taken by Proctor. AH busi
were closod as the cortege entered town,
thing went to show how ranch the de
respected by those who knew him best.
We take the following account of th
Col. Murray from the Standard of this
( “At test o’clock on Saturday morning
containing the corpse, covered with the
flag, was carried on a bier to St. Mary
It was preceded by the band, military, &
cisely the same order as the day beta
Mass, and a most touching and cloquen
bang delivered, over the dead body by
Walsh, the procession returned in the s
to tho Catholic Cemetery. The day p
on whichthe remains arrived here, was
pleasant and beautiful, but ou the cere
the church being concluded, a furious s
was raging from the east, but it did nc
in the leabt the feelings and interest of
ands who| thronged the streets and folio l
Pfpcesatoi). His remains were deposit
side of bib wife, whom bo hod followed
a few short months before. When the
fuU of earth had been placed upon his
last voljey of soldiery fired, and the la
thorofenin dead march and the tramj
J*®B * n •Le distance,
“Hfring snows had whitened I
P®* ““d fleecy robe had t
seemed as one—m
ot that reunion above, where there are i
row ® nor partings, and the weaty are at
Rdmains of Capt. GhiLahsx—tbs
Rather unexpectedly and entirely unk
onr citizens except those who chanced tc
depot, the remains of Capt. Gallaher, <
rc ®? lei ß» who fell at Winchester, were
Train on Saturday mb
his wil|aeeonnt for any seeming want
tbepnrt of onr citizens, as compare!
Mm^* ? * aed tbe the "5“
remains being a
'^ ag telegraphed to HoUtdaysbnrg, tod
n?«i of the Smndb Train at that plao
y? a c<MnmitWe from Port
‘*■ °f which he was a member.
had collected who
00 ®** lo h and followed the remains ti
James Moorehonse, father-in-law
cca *ed, where his widow ami relatives i
"rival of the body,
funeral of Capt. Gaßaher tool
“"“day afternoon at half-past two o’cloc
own to whibh,jiiaee hfr remain
®“ by Ids Masonic brethren, is otde
7 s nnB »oroa» friends to take their last
»e convenience of the large crow
10 m thnSrlaat tribute of im
services wemim*«med by Be>
m Schtpdler, after whicfa the mosbi