IPtemta Irifcmie. ALTOONA, PA THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1862 Public Opinion. 'Jhe man who controls that shabby and seedy ihe Biair County Whig, is truly versatile talent for borrowing, or appropriating Jeaye orcradit, the shallow, trite phrases up witli his peculiarly baaMrons gauds and calling them his own. Some my aut he even goes farther, ami, when occasion invades the domain of fiction, which is lying. His whole past life is a Wfldafjtm -of this base calumny, showing, as it do«„that be has always told the truth, when no thing.was to be gained by the opposite, and that, ho never prevaricated when the truth would win. How theentfre community- should be so misled as to Mfcrtain tile opinion (as it certainly does) that he tvatkt the truth from the love of its opposite, or from instinct, as the beast evades those herbs not congenial to its nature, we are at a loss to con ceive. Similar to this is another prevailing belief, via: that he would rather deal in fiction on six m«liu credit, than tell the truth for the cash.— This is monstrous! Why, the /idea that this fail- tag is innate, would make him out H. S. ,M.’s right-hand man, whereas his whole life shows that he wonld have nothing to do with that old fellow nnleM he wonld put money in his pocket. , But if the public Will insist, as we regret to say it does, that he has always prevaricated when the truth wouUnH tail, and that the sum total of his truthful sayings is inore than neutralized by his fictitious tataSj We can only account for it in this way, that his objects, pursuits and purposes hare always been such that they could not be attained without de ception. In his article in the last number of the Whig, his object is; to say some hard things of Senator Hall, and no* finding anything to his hand in the realm of fact, he resegrts to invention. Hence the entile article in question is a tissue of falsehoods so bald as not to need refutation. His object be ing to calumniate, of course he could not do it withoutfislsifying. It is a wise philosophy never to he surprised at anything. The public has ap proved tiiis philosophy in the Whig Editor’s case, and resolved never to be surprised at anything, however monstrous, which he may do. His veir name is a synonvme for eveiything doubtful, anil it has passed into a proverb (so says the general voice) that there is nothing he trill not stoop to— that he graduates downward as naturally as water, and yet so bold is he in his hypocrisy that shame is put to the blush. The people say there is no virtue that he .does not affect, and no deception that he will not practice for pay. Isn’t he a beauty? See what a fair exterior falsehood hath. Inoneofhis articles in the last Whig, he has the efflrontety to land justice and honor, denounce " food'and robbery, and declaim against unparal lelled corruption mid bribery, and people being “ bought up like beef in the shambles.” (There is only one piece of bull-beef that we wot of which »■ “f n 1116 shambles,” but which is a little tpp and coarse-grained to be bought up.) Certiutily he does nothatch up these falsehoods for selfish purposes. Not he! His idol is “the people.” The god he worships is not the “ almighty didlar,” everybody believes it is. To hear this fellow prate of honor, you would not think that he and honor were entire strangers. Tp hear him talk at ju*tice,jau would think , that the days of Ariefldes were revived in him and that he should be dabbed “J. B. the Just.” To hear the hinges of Ids mind ®*)dt and groan about robbery, you would think he never turned a dishonest penny or swindled the honest poor. To-hear b.m discourse on morality, yon would think 'him “too pure for earth.” To hear him denounce bribery and cor rqrfMM, yon would think he could not be bought. In refereoce to the latter we have only to say that, i/ he has never beenTxmght it is becausfe he is not worth boying, and his opposition is more to be de aiied4ban his support. The people would natn- Ml|y conclude that there must be something wrong or rotten in the cause, or man, that required such support. The very fact that he opposes a man raises a presumption that such man is right, and predisposes the public in bis favor, while there is no snrer road to political oblivion than to have his influence and support. Then, again, he is like an eel—wriggling, squirming and slimy. Yon are not sure when yon have him. One day you may have him—-to-morrow he is for somebody else. To hear his piteous Heatings you would take him tat a lamb, i Poor dear pet lamb! What a pity it would be if the wolves would eat him! Then, fitreweil, spotless innocence! Farewell, unsullied purity J Tiy, and (ee if you can’t bring the “hard cash,” Jtr. Whig. We are bound to keep you up to the wprk. r. Bather Fishy. A motion was mods by Hopkins, of Washing ton, in House of Bepresentatives, at Harris burg, before that body adjourned, to print ten thousand copies of hi* BeportOn the Tonnage Tax Investigating Committee. At the some time he moyed aot to print the UMtimo*y o* which his re portWtehbrtW. A most novel proceeding; truly. This old politician, who has barely from the corruptions of a Canal Board, theyeitelUy of which was a stencb ineyery honest man’s notrils, no donbt sawtiyu the testimony and report would tiightly dlBa-,and that the former must be sup pressed M&gfa to further his chances for Gov erner. &^K f ,his motion. The world moves, Mr. Bifi&d tins is not the age in which cards (c «ee sf the workings and actions of the CaMEftipnl dnrmg the time Hopkins was a merabtf ofjjt, and .sport the time this gentleman ial run, we trill call on “J. for an expose. The Sheriff knows.JMiiMdotehc. __ One Tear of War. Do we realize that we have passed through one year of war? Have we really comprehended the magnitude of the rebellion—the widest spread and most formidable the world ever saw ? Have we a just conception of the number of lives already sac rificed, and to lie sacrificed, and the amount of treasure which the effectual crushing out of the re bellion will cost ? We believe we have not. We, who live up hat; in the heart of the loyal old Keystone, know nothing of the devastation which has marked the course of the traitorous armies of the South. We have not been molested in any manner, have enjoyed unbounded prosperity, and are therefore unable to properly sympathise with those who live South of Mason and Dixon’s line. v We hear of their sufferings, but not seeing them, we sooner forget them; and we believe the half has not been told us. One year ago on Saturday last, on Friday, April I2tb, 1861, at four o’clock in the morning, the fiends (we can call them nothing less, because they are the authors of this war and its attendant miseries) who composed the rebel army of South Carolina, opened their batteries on the brave little garrison of Fort Sumter. On the next d4y Major Anderson surrendered. In an incredibly short space of time the electric wire had flashed the news all over the continent, and as quickly fired the great heart of the people of the North. What an excitement it created. Business seemed para lized, and while thousands threw themselves for ward’ to defend the capital, which was suddenly menaced, others stood waiting as if to see what an other day might bring forth. All will remember what a week of excitement we passed through just one year ago. How our blood boiled when we re ceived the nows of the massacre of loyal troops by the traitors of Baltimore, and how we feared for the safety of the National Capitol. We scarcely knew who were our friends and who endeavoring to outflank it by driving it into the river bank at a point about one BATTLE OF FITTSBUEG L. The Complete Details of the Terrible Victory. From the correspondent of tlie Cincinnati Times, we obtain the most complete account vet furnished of the late terrific battle in Tennessee. It possesses a fearful interest, independent of its bhing a con firmation of the completeness of our victory,,and of the valor which deserved and achieved it. POSITION OF THE FOBCES. The bottle ground chosen for the struggle of to day occupied a semi-circle of about three and a-half miles from the town of Pittsburg, our forces being stationed in the form of a semi-circle, the right resting on a point north of Crump’s Landing, our centre being directly in front of the main road tp Cornith, and our left entending to the river, in the direction of Hamburg, a small place four miles north of Pittsburgh Landing. It has been known, for some days jrnst, that proper.attention has not been paid to the placing of pickets a sufficient distance from our front lines to insure against surprise, and in some cases it had even been neglected altogether. No pickets, it is said, have ever been placed in front of General Prentiss’ division, although it was known-that the Secesh spies and scouting parties were continually hovering even near to the outside row of the tents of his regiments. They were to be met by ever}' scouting part}' which left our camps, and the ren contres of the last few days have proven so disas trous to them that they determined to repay them with interest. THE FIBST ATTACK. At two o’clock this morning. Colonel Peabody, of Prentiss* division, fearing that everything was not right, despatched a body of four hundred men beyond the camp, for the purpose of looking after any force which might be lurking in that direction. The step was wisely taken, for a half a mile’s ad vance showed a heavy' force approaching, who fired upon them with great slaughter. Those who cscajied, fell back to the Twenty-fifth Missouri Regiment, swiftly pursued by the enemy. The contest had been of but short duration, and the ad vance of the Secessionists reached the brigade of Colonel Peabody just as the long roll was sounded and the men were falling into line. There re sistance, taken so unawares, was of but short du ration, and they retreated in as good order as was possible under a galling fire, until they reached the lines of the Second division. At six o’clock the attack hod become general along the entire front of our line. The enemy, in large force had driven in the pickets of General Sherman’s division, and fallen with vengeance on the Forty-eighth Regiment 0. V. M., Col Sullivan, the Seventieth, Col. Cockerell, and the Seventy second, Col. Buckland. The troops here had nev er before been in action, and being so unexpectedly attacked, ere they could fully understand their po sition, or get into file they made as able a resist ance as was possible, but were, in common with the force of General Prentiss, forced to seek support on the troops immediately in their rear. The Fifth Ohio Cavalry, formerly l>elonging to this division, had been removed to General Hubert’s command the day before yesterday, and their place supplied and camp occupied by the Second Illinois Cavalry'. These latter knew nothing, of the approach of the enemy' until they were in their midst, firing into their tents and applying the torch as they came. The slaughter on this first onslaught of the enemy was very severe, stores falling pt every dis charge of the enemy’s guns, and all making' their best effort to escape or repel the foe. It, however, soon became evident that the Secession force was overpowering, and nothing was left for the advance line but retreat. This was done in considerable disorder, both officers and men losing every particle of their baggage, it, of course, falling into the enemy's hands. TUB FROSFECT OF THAT HOUR, At half past eight o'clock the fight had become quite general, tire second line of divisions having received the advance in good order, and made every preparation for a suitable reception of the foe. As your correspondent reached the third line of our forces, he met several thousands of stragglers, many of them from the hospitals, but many more who had never before witnessed the service in the battle-field, and who so far had not found it much to their liking. There faces were turned to the river, and neither persuasion nor threats could in duce them to change their course. 1 must say, that at this juncture, your correspondent was strongly reminded of the great panic at Bull Run, for ap pearance. indicated that * the same scenes were likely to be re-enacted upon this occasion. Men and women came promiscuously, singly and by dozens, filling the road ; limping, staggering along, in some cases supported on the arms of comrades or others, but all .having the same destination and bent on the accomplishment of the same purpose —viz ; To escape from the sound of the whizzing balls which were flying in every direction. The timely arrival of General Grant who had hastened up from Savanah, led to the adoption of such measures as put a termination to this uncalled for flight from the battle-field. A strong guard was posted across the thoroughfares, with orders to halt every' soldier whose face was turned river ward. Some few of the wounded were allowed to proceed, but the self-constituted guard, who had chosen that as means of escape, were made to keep within the lines under penalty of a stronger ad monition at the hands of the established line of sentries. All the wagons and other vehicles of transporta tion, on their way to the camps, were turned back, arid the given, as far as was practicable, to the use of the ambulances, which were now getting to he very plenty. They were not, however, sufficient for the demands of the occasion, there being in many cases, but two to each regiment, and heavy army wagons were used to make up the dificiencv. These rattled along over the jagged road, through the mud, over roots and stones, filled to the top with the wounded, and such of the sick as were un able to leave the regimental hospitals without as sistance. TEN O’CLOCK, At ten o clock the entire line on both sides was engaged in one of the most terrible battles ever known in this country. The roar of the cannon and musketry was without intermission from the main centre to a point extending half way down the left wing. The great struggle was more upon the gathered forces which had fallen back upon Sherman’s position into tire next line of troops. A desperate charge had just been made upon the Fourteenth Ohio battery, and it not being suffi ciently sustained by a force of infantry, it was at last relinquished, and fell into the hands of the enemy. Another severe fight occurred for the pos session of the Fifth Ohio batteiy, which resulted in three of its guns being taken bv the Secession forces. I By eleven o’clock quite a number of the com- I mandeni of regiments had fallen, and in some cases , not a single field officer remained; yet the fighting j continued with an earnestness which plainly showed that the contest on both sides was for death or vic tory. The almost deafening sound of artillery, and the rattle of the musketry, were all that could be heard as the men stood and silently delivered their fire, evidently bent on the work of destruction with a fervor which knew no bounds. Foot by foot the ground was contested, a single narrow strip of open land dividing the opponents. Not liaving had time, m their hasty departure from the camps, to bring forward the hand-strechers so necessary - for the easy transportation of the wounded, such'available means as were at hand' were adopted, and the soldier's outstretched blanket received his crippled comrade, as the only available method by which he could be carried to the rear. Many who were maimed fell back without help, while others still fought in the ranks until they were actually forced i back by their company officers. i A STRUGGLE ON' THE LEFT WING. I inro. and a half miles above Pittsburg Landing. This wing was under command of Gen. Hurlbut, and was composed of the Fourteenth, Thirty-second, Forty - fourth, and Fiftv-seventh Indiana, the Eighth, Twenty-first, and Eighteenth Illinois. Fronting its entire line, however, was a brigade under Gen. Sherman, composed of the Fifty-fourth, Fifty seventh, and Seventy-seventh Ohio' Taylor’s Fifth Ohio Cavalry were also in Gen. Hnrlbut’s division, but from the improper nature of the arms with which they w-ere provided, they .were not able todo one-half the execution the men desired. With the first demonstration of the enemy upon the left wing it was to be seen that all the fury was being poured out upon it with the determination that it should give way. For nearly two hours a sheet of fire blazed from both columns, and I could liken the explosion of the small arms to nothing save a cane brake in a state of conflagration. ' The Mississippi riflemen, a large and well-organized body of good marksmen and desperate men, fought with a valor that was only equalled by those who received their unerring fire, and returned it with an energy which assured them that many of those who had endured the fire of Donelson were in the ranks before them. In this quarter it seemed, for a period of nearly an hour, that the enemy would succeed in driving in our forces. Three different times they drove our men slowly before them, until they came in sight of the river, and were plainly visible even to those on the main landing below. THE GUNBOAT TAKES A HAND, While the conflict raged the hottest in the quar ter we are writing of, the gunboat Tyler passed slowly up the river to a point directly opposite the force of the enemy, and poured in a broadside from her immense guns. The shell went tearing and crushing through the woods, felling trees in their course, and spreading havoc wherever they fell.— The explosions were tremendous, and the shell falling fur inland, most probably from their direc tion in the very heart of the Secession force, must have told with a startling effect. At any rate, I attribute the failure of the foe to cany the left wing, in'a great measure, to the well directed shots of the Tvler. THE FINAL STRUGGLE OF THE DAY At five o’clock there was a short cessation in the firing of the enemy, there lines falling back on the centre for the distance, perhaps, of nearly half a mile; then suddenly wheeled and again threw their entire force upon the left wing, determined to make the final struggle of the day in that quar ter. The gunboat Lexington, in the meantime, had arrived from Savannah, and after sending a messenger to General Grant to ascertain the di rection in which the enemy lay from the river, the two boats took position about half a mile above the landing, and poured their shell up a deep ravine reaching to the river on their right. The shots were thick and fast, and told with a thrilling ef fect. . In the meantime, Gen. Wallace had taken a cir cuitous route from Crumps’s Landing and appeared suddenly on the right wing of the enemy. In face of this combination of circumstances, the rebels felt that their enterprise was for the day a failure, and as night was about at hand they slowly fell back, fighting as they' went, until they reached an advantageous positiop. somewhat in the rear, and yet occupying the main road to Comith. The gunboats continued to send their shells after them until they had entirely got beyond their reach.— Thus ends an outline of the battle on the first day. AKRIVAL OF GEN. BUELL’S FORCES. After a wearied watching of several hours of the most intense anxiety, the advance regiments of General Buell s division appeared on the opposite bank of the river, at five o’clock this afternoon.— Steamers were immediately sent over, and the work of ferriage began, the Thirty-sixth Indiana, and the Sixth Ohio being the first to cross, followed by the main portion of General Nelson’s division,—* They were succeeded by' General Bruce's com mand, embracing, among others, the First and Second Kentucky. Cheer after cheer greeted the arrival of the reinforcements, a knowledge of their importance in the crisis being firmly impressed upon all who had winessed the events of this dread ful day. Without a moment’s delay, they disem barked and marched to the advance, where thev rested on their arms for the night. THE SCENE AT MIDNIGHT. As I sit, to-night, writing this epistle, the dead and wounded are all around nje. The knife of the surgeon is busy at work, and amputated legs and arms lie scattered in every direction. The cries of the suffering victims, and the groans of those who patiently await for medical attendance, are most distressing to any one who has any sympathy with his fellow-men. *UI day long they have been coming in,’ and they are placed upon the decks and within the cabins of the steamers, and wherever else they- can find a resting place. I hope my eyes may never again look upon such sights. Men with their entrails protruding, others with broken arms and legs, others with bullets in their breasts or shoulders; and one poor wretch I found whose eyes had been shot entirely away. All kinds of conceivable wounds are to be seen, in all parts of the body, and from all varieties of w'eapons. MISCELLANEOUS, It is known that Gen. Prentiss was taken pris oner in the early part of the day; Col. Peabody, acting brigadier in the Sixth division, was killed soon after the fight began, Major Powell, of the Twenty-fifth Missouri, falling mortally wounded near to him. I merely refer to these at this place because they occur to me as I write. Many of the regiments who have sustained the brunt of the entire day s fight have not tasted one mouthful of food since last night, nor can I see how they are to be supplied with any to-night. They are beyond their camps, and cannot, in the dark ness, be reached by wagons laden with stores, of which there is an almost endless quantity here. Even if such stores were in their possession they have no means to cook with, their kettles having been left behind, and the "beating rain being,suffi cient to extinguish any fire which they might kin dle. No order had been given to keep cooked ra tions on hand previous to the fight, because it was but little expected that any would bo needed in so short a period. THE SECOND DAY. Pittsbckgh, April 7th, 1862.—During all the horrors ol last night the steamers lying at this point, which were not too heavily laden with stores or too much filled with the wounded, were engaged in ferrying the troops belonging to Nelson’s division from the opposite shore. Every load was greeted with cheers from those on shore, and returned lustily by those who had so opportunely arrived to take .Pfrt in the battle to-day. As the boats reached the shore the troops immediately left, and without music, took their way to the advance on the left wing of our forces. They had received marching orders at a late hour in the afternoon, w>u 2®? °'V l doub!e ( l u ' c k” from Savannah! With the first hours of daylight it was evident however, that the enemy had also been strongly t-u± rCe f d ;,/° r ’ . no * vi ‘hft anding they must have known of the arrival of the new Union troops, they were the first to open the battle, which they did about , o clock, and with considerable alacrity.— The attack then began from the main Corinth road, a point to which they seemed strongly at- " hlCh " D ° tim ° did the >’ leare un- ALL THE LISE AGAIS ENGAGED. Within half an hour from the first firing of the morning, the contest liad again spread in either direction, and both the main centre and left wing were actively engaged. The rebels were, however not so anxious to fight their way to the river’s hank as on the previous day, having had a slight : experience of what they might again cx,»cf if brought again under the powerful guns of the Tu l h ° S . e black W* 3 Steamed slowly along the stream, keeping a careful watchfulness for any signs they might be able to gather as to the exact location of the enemy in the dense forest which stretched Svay to their right. The foe was ■ not, however, _ lacking in activity, and they were met by the reinforcements, together with the still ' so < H ors of yesterday,. with an energy ' .that they conld not have expected. At tone 1 dock, the sound of the artillery and musketry fully * equalled that of the day previous, though it could not be said to continue so. long in one quarter. — It now became evident that the rebels were avoid ing the extreme of the left wing, and endeavoring to find some weak point in the lines by which to turn our force, and thus create an irrecoverable confusion. If is wonderful with what perseverance and determination they adhered to this purpose.— f They left one point but to return to it immediately, and then as suddenly would, by some masterly stroke of generalship, direct a most vigorous as sault upon some division where they fancied they would not be expected. , ' ELEVEN O’CLOCK, A. SI, Notwithstanding the continued rebuff of tire rebels wherever they had made their assaults* up to eleven o’clock they had given no evidence of re tiring from the field. Their firing had been as rapid and vigorous at times as during the most terrible hours of the previous day, yet not so well directed, nor so long confined to one point of at tack. Still further reinforcements now began to ar rive. The steamers Crescent City, Hiawatha, lAm - isville, John Warner, and others, having left Sa vannah loaded to the guards with troops belong ing to General Buell’s command. These immedi ately mounted the hill, and took possession upon the right of the main centre, under Gen. Wallace. So far the fight of the morning had been waged some one and a half miles within our former lines, and but a short distance from the river’s bank, in a dne westerly direction. Generals Grant, Buell, Nelson, Sherman and Crittenden (I learn, though 1 have not seen him) were present everywhere, directing the movements for a new stroke on our part against the foe. Gen. Wallace’s division, on the right, had beqn strongly reinforced, and suddenly both wings of our army were turned upon the enemy with the intention of driving the 'immense body into an extensive ravine. At the same time a powerful batten - had been sta tioned near an open field known as'the “battalion drill ground,’'’ for Sherman’s division, and this, loaded with canister, poured volley after volley upon the somewhat disgusted rebels. The can nonading of the day previous had been mostly confined to shell and heavy ball, but it was evident that the change now made was having a telling effect. At half past eleven o’clock the roar of the battle almost shook the earth in this vicinity, for the Union guns were being fired with all the energy that the prospect of the enemy’s defeat could in spire. The fire from the rebels was not, hoyvever, so vigorous, and they began to evince a desire to withdraw. They fought as they slowly moved back, keeping up their, fire from their artillery and muskets along their whole column, and apparently disdaining any motion which could be considered as approximating to a retreat. As they retreated they went in excellent order, battling at every ad vantageous point, and delivering their fire with considerable effect. Moving somewhat in the di rection of the river, closely followed by our men, General Grant feared that some mistake might oc cur on the part of the gunboats, whereby our men might be injured by their fire. Accordingly a messenger was sent, ordering the Tyler and Lex ington to “ steam up to Hamburg, four miles above, and on no occasion to fire inland before reaching that point, as our men had driven the enemy so far that the shells might injure the wrong party." AT NOONDAY It was now a matter, settled beyond dispute, that the enemy were retreating. They' were making but little fire, and heading their entire column for Corinth, by both roads leading in that direction. From all divisions of our lines they were closely pursued, a galling fire being kept upon their rear, which they still returned at intervals, but with little or no effect. THE CHARGE OF THE CAVALRY. I have neglected heretofore to mention that from Sunday noon until night, and from Monday morning up to the time I have now reached, in this outline description of the battle, not less than three thousand cavalry had.* remained seated in their saddles on the hill top overlooking the river, pa tiently and earnestly awaiting the arrival of the time when an order should come for them to pursue the flying enemy. That time had now arrived, and a courier from Gen. Grant had scarcely de livered his message, before the entire bodv w'as in motion. Those who have never witnessed a charge of so large a force of horsemen should have been there to have seen the wild tumult of the eager riders, and apparently equally excited steeds. The enemy have been driven beyond our former lines, and are in full retreat in the direction of Corinth. An old surgeon who has been long in the ser vice, and who has just returned from the field for the first time since the battle began, said to me as he sat down to-night on the river bank: “I have been present at both Bull Run and Fort Doneison. but they were skirmishes to what I have seen since yesterday morning.” Such it seems, is the testi mony of all with whom I have conversed in rela tion to this great contest. ; THE FORCE ENGAGED, AND THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. As near as I can estimate, the entire force en gaged in this conflict, I have set it down at the opening pf the battle as being about sixty thou sand on the rebel side, with a somewhat smaller number, say p vtt fifty thousand, on ours. This morning witnessed an addition to our trooiis of about twelve thousand men, while from the testi mony of the rebel prisoners taken to-day, the rein toreements to the enemy were about eight thousand men, more than half of whom had been left at Co rinth when the troops moved from that point on Saturday evening last. The intimate knowledge possessed by the enemy ol every foot of the contested soil on which the battle was fought, gave them a greater advantage than was awarded us by the trifling increase in . numbers, but on either side the battle was fought with a desperation which I could not have believed to exist in the minds of men, unless in cases of strong personal grievance. The determination ap peared, even under the most galling fire, to be vic tory or death. The Mississippians, on the side of the enemy, were the ndipg spirits. i r f be * 'P 33 * n knred must have been nearly double the estimate I have made as to our own.— iheir wounded are also veiy great in numbers, al though perhaps not so great in proportion, as Minie balls are more fatal than those usually fired from Mississippi rifles, the old Harper’s Ferry, or even the Algiers nfle, of which they seemed to have a large number. In regard to our killed and wounded, I shall re train from mentioning anything further than I have in former parts of this epistle. The various rumors afloat, without a shadow of foundation jus tify me in this determination. As a total, I would set down our kdled, during the two days’ fight, at P u . a ; ° ne thousand, and our wounded at about thirty-five hundred. I find but few, who have an equal opportunity of judging, but set my estimate at too low a figure. Many of the wounded ar trtv iaUy injured, and will soon be able to again per form the duties of the soldier’s life. No correcte*- timate can be made within the next five davs, as '}} rc( l uire 6 .°nie time to gather the wounded together, and inter the dead. The confusion’of , e 2T “* wh,ch 1 write, so early after the close ot the battle, prevents any more accuracy than I have given in this particular. OUBIOrs INCIDENTS. .One strange feature in the battle was, that neither aZ** 7 havc 1 seen prisoners. On our side it did not seem to be a comest for cap tnes. It was a hfe-and-death struggle to us, and .' e M re, 'f ls to entertain the same idea as to Imndrell Id ° not h® l ' 6 ,'’ o that more than one th« Pnsoners were taken to the rear, during the battle of both days. All I know Ls, that if Sl°o n f e riiem eretaken ’ I , The New York Herald of the 12th inst tains a map of the scat of war at and about town accompanied with the following historical count of* the memorable siege of 1781, as 00111 pared with the present;— In the first instance, the object of the Wsr the establishment of the independent nationality* the Union against a powerful European enemy' ■ < the second instance, our object is the maintainan, a of the “ integrity of the Union” against the m 2 causeless, foolish and hopeless, and yet the formidable, domestic rebellion in the recorih any nation on the face of the earth. In the of these two great wars, after five years of a and doubtful struggle against superior numt*.' resources and facilities for war, by land and « tiie final issue was decided in favor of the in the successful siege of Yorktown; in the war, with all the advantages of superior niunfe and warlike means and resources, and after a E j, tuerous train of brilliant victories, by land aii water, who can doubt the issue of the second sie-j of Yorktown? Surely it will virtually end War, as did the first siege, in favor of the But in view of the grand results depending m,, the siege of Yorktown of 1781, how magnifies;;' appear the contending forces of that day, com pared with those now gathered around that’fam w locality. The army surrendered by lord Comwal lis amounted to 7,000 men ; the combined force, besieging him consisted of 7,000 French tmoo. 5,500 American continentals, and 3,500 h® amounting in all to 16,000 men. The kfc wounded and missing of the British, during hot work of a close siege of nineteen days the Ist to the 19th OctobeV inclusive, were’ some 552 men; of the allies, about 300. The artill n employed in the defences of Lord Connvalli hardly amounted to fifty pieces, and these were chiefly six-pounders, and the artillery inyesfinj him was largely composed of six-pounders ' Now, with General McClellan's approach to th work of besieging Yorktown, instead of a resist! J force of seven thousand, he finds himself in from of an enemy numbering perhaps one hundred thousand men; and, instead of a little circle of de fensive works embracing forty or fifty gum 0 f the smallest calibre, he finds himself confronted by a yawning labyrinth of earthworks, extending acres five or six miles, from river to river, and armed with perhaps not less than five hundred, hearv cannon, including numerous 100-poundero and long range rifled pieces. And yet we are satisfied' that Washington, in moving upon Yorktown from the north and west, in conjunction with a French fleet and army from the east, commanding both rivers and the peninsula, confident, as he had eve ry reason to be, of a complete success, was not more confident than General McClellan mav justh feel of repeating the decisive victoiy of Washing ton. That he will do it we feel entirely assured' and if he should do it within Washington's limit of nineteen days, or within a period twice as long, the country will appreciate the crowning glory of this achievement. The siege of Yorktown, 1781, resulted in the independence and organization of the American Union, with its three millions of population; the siege of 1862 will re-establish and perpetuate the Union, starting afresh with thirty millions of peo ple, and going on in its reinvigorated prosperity until it shall culmmate in a population of two ur three hundred millions, the central and riding na tion of the globe. But, dropping onr parallel be tween 5 orktowu of the last and Yorktown of the present centuiy, under siege, the question still re curs, What will be the immediate results, in a military view, of General McClellan’s success in that quarter? We answer, that the rebels have chosen that narrow neck of the peninsula at York tqwn as the protecting gateway of Richmond, their “ Confederate” capital, and that, in forcing this gateway, General McClellan will secure Richmond without further opposition. Upon the siege of Yorktown, theft, depends the immediate collapse, from Virginia to Texas, of this rebellion, or its prolongation yet a little while. After their late disastrous reverses in the East and the West, the leaders and rulers of this rebellion jf. driven ignominiously from Richmond, and if still at large, will find no resting place this side of Mexico. They understand the desperate necessity of a final struggle for Richmond. They cannot abandon it with any- degree of safety against a popular Southern reaction, and thev have therefore resolved to make a stand at Yorktown. We think that this is a matter for public congratulation, be cause we believe that in making this stand the is sues of the war are reduced to this single siege, atid that McClellan will thus be saved the trouble of following up his enemy into the Carolinas and Georgia. , Meantime, it is probable that the monster rebel nim, the Merrimac, and her three or four iron coated satellites, at Norfolk, are preparing to co operate with the rebel land forces of the peninsula, in some dashing enterprise in the James or York river. Supposing, however, that against this con tingency the government has provided the neces sary securities, we calmly await the denouncement of the second momentous siege of Yorktown. Prom New Mexico. .Denver City, April 7, via Julesbukg, April 9-—lnformation received from New Mexico states that on the 2Gth ult. Col. Hough, with thirteen hundred men, reached the Apache pass. His aJ vanee, consisting of three companies of cavalry, had an engagement some distance beyond tins place with two hundred and fifty rebel cavalry, and took fifty-seven prisoners. The Union loss was four killed and eleven wounded. At Pigeon ranche, fifteen miles from Santa i on the 28th, Col. Hough met a force of 1,001) lexans, strongly posted at the month of a cannon- The fight began about noon. Col. Hough en gaged them in front with seven companies, while Major Cherrington, with four companies, engaged them in the rear. The latter force succeeded in driving the rebel guard away from (he supply train, which was captured md burned. They also captured one cannon and spiked it. The fight continued desperately till 4 o'clock, when it ceased by mutual consent. - Col. Hough withdrew his forces to a creek four miles distant. The loss on the United States side was three offi cets and twenty privates killed, and from forty to fifty wounded. The rebel loss is not known.-" ■Communication between Col. Hough and General • Canby is continually kept up. What General Scott Says.—We arc ena bled to say, says the New York Tunes, that, even before the surrender of Island No. 10, General Scott expressed the opinion that the rebels were so disorganized and demoralized that they wouM offer little further armed resistance to the authority ot the Government, and only make such stands and take such shills os their desperate leaders could intimidate or cajole then into. This opi ll ' ion from one who has judged and dealt so wisely upon all public affairs, in peace or war, heretofore and who appreciated in the very beginning th® magnitude of the task of the government in p ut " ting down the rebellion, and saw that it was not to be accomplished by a direct march into a hos tile country, is, we need hardly say, of great im portance, and will add much to the feeling of con fidence which is now universal. pXmm irife X.QOAL ITEM! A CoM>wa> Uifvicultt. —Considers has been created in this place m dayaborg, arising ont of an attempt to am three or four fu* ltlve slaves and an alleged thief, from the vicinit y of Cumberland, Mi The truth of the matter is hard to get at to the different storiea in circulation. A; w 0 learn, it stands about thus: —On 1 morning last a 111311 named Spriggs came and requested Constable Ely to assis attesting some horse-thieves. He stated party of colored men had stolen a horse net beriand, Md., came to Bedford and sold h hired a conveyance to bring them from Be Hollidaysburg. While the Constable and were talking, the party came suddenly a corner, whereupon Ely proceeded to arret Ho succeeded in securing one of them woman who was with the party, but three made their escape. They were pursue, town by a party'of some ten or twelve i were not overtaken. It ranted out at that the man arrested was a freeman, and three that escaped were slaves. The r woman arrested were taken to Hollidays! placed in jail. The excitement create, arrest ran pretty high in this place for som a number alleging that Spriggs did not warrant, and bad no authority to arrest at party, while others contended that he had to his slaves, and applied the term “Abo pretty freely to those who argued against ccedings. At the instance of some of th< men of this place, the man and worn brought before Judge Moses, on Tuesday I wrif of habeas corpus —E. Hammond, E pearing for Spriggs, and Messrs. Calvin oi for the defendants. In the opinion gof the the evidence was not sufficient to hold th they were accordingly dismissed. We ha informed that there was a large crowd . and colored people around the jail when oners were liberated, and that for a tin were strong symptoms of a riot—pistols ai being freely shown, and a demand made t and stones. The prisoners finally got ou crowd and left for other parts. Not knowing all the circumstances ct with the case, we shall venture no opinioi ference to the proceedings of the officer, law, or the crowds, either here or at Hollidi but will simply give the different versions have been given us. Those who wished the men arrested allege that Spriggs is tl of the slaves and a loyal Union man, and horse left at Bedford was stolen and s. making them horse-thieves as well as slave opposite party allege that Spriggs is only ger-catcher” from Bedford; that he had thority to arrest the party either as slaves < thieves; that they did not sell the horse ford, but paid for his keeping and ordered back to Cumberland the first opportunity the matter rests for the present, but it bat less, broken friendships which it will requi years to renew, and done injuries to men require time to overcome. In Town. —We were somewhat surprist or two since, to meet, upon the street, ou townsman, Pat. Traves, who has just from Secessia, having lately been engage* structing foundations for magazines and for the rebels, at Island No. 10. Now di gine, reader, that he is a Sccesber. If i bis description of the folks down South \ think so. Like many other good Uni who were in the South when the rebel! menced, he was compelled to go into the army and to work at whatever was assig When the rebels evacuated the Island he self until they had all left, and thus esca the Confederate authorities. Ho purposes ing in the North for the present. Tkop’hy from Secessia. —Dr. Wm. S has now in Ids possession a set of fals lacked up in Fort Walker, S. C., by Diet Findley, after our troops took possession of tifications about Fort Royal. They do i from other plates of teeth that we have s as eveiything belonging to the enemy, p on a battle field, is invested with its shat terest as a trophy, of course the teeth will for theirs. They are worthless to the fin cept for the gold contained in the plate opine that the loser has had a sorry tii gumming his sea biscuit since ho lost thei deed, he did not lose his life with his tect Boons Maeuiage Notice. —The not lished by ns, last week, announcing the of H. Albert McGraw and Miss Kate J we regret to say, was bogus. It was si through the Post-Office—the rascal wh having coupled it with a genuine not making the deception more complete, endeavor to ferret out the perpetrator, discover him ho will receive a lesson th likely to deter him from perpetrating joke. The Altoona Tribune, which ci notice, wiU please make the necessary c — Standard. Illustrated Papers. —From H. proprietor of Oak Hall, we have rect copies of Frank Leslie's Illustrated S nnd Harperls Weekly. Frank Leslie cot gravings of the explosion of the Cartri tory in Philadelphia, scenes of the War gia and on the Mississippi; Fort Jefferso ■tugas Island, a scene on board the Ctu ■&c., &c. Harper’s Weekly has a spirited •entitled the.•“ Uprising of the North,” ti •nral troops at Hampton," “Shipping A Alexandria,” and other interesting engi ” lce > B irt cents each. Latest evi The proclamation of the Preside! °n the people to return thanks to the li Universe for the late victories achieved hues of the Un ion, was obeyed by all ( Pons in this place, on Sunday Sunday las mg an appropriate Hjjftnn, and in prayt prayers of the righteous availeth mud taught, and therefore we feel sure that t offered up bn Sunday last, in a good in carrying our army safely tb siege of Yorktown. Wh»t is the best cloth for maki warm ? . Drilling. (