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ALTOONA, PA
JHDKSDAI, JUNE 5, 1862.
People’s Union County Convention
of Blair County.
Tbepeople of Blair county in favor of sustain
ing the present National and State Administra
itgln their patriotic efforts to maintain the in
the, Union and to crash out this unholy
vtbeiuon, by every power of the Government, are
rraneeted to select two Delegates from each Ward,
Joorongh, or Township in the county, to meet in
ififfWiftPhorendon, at Hollidaysbuig, on Tues
of June, A. D. 1862, at 11 o'clock
-MSW.’tif; J <ißd day, to nominate candidates for
ttWlf office**, appoint Congressional and Sena
torial Conferees, os well as select delegates to the
Bwrilbnig Convention, and take such other steps
■e may be deemed advisable for the honor and wel
fiueof oar State and counrrv.
The Delegates meeting to be held the Saturdav
peovioa*, in the Boroughs between the hoars of
7 and 9 o'clock P. M., and in the Township be
tween the boms of 6 and 7 o’clock P. M.
CRAWFORD IRWIN, Chairman.
, SLteoß Bdelet, Sec'y,
Xqjor .Gtoheral IT- F. Banks.
Kvarywhere through the whole countiy, the
proa and the people speak in the highest praise of
. the gallant and skillful manner in which that gen
tkfmn, whose name heads tbii. article, conducted
the retreat of the small band of patriots under him,
(less than 6,000 men,) in the valley of the Shenan
doah. Nothing-go tries the General Of an army as
being suddenly pounced upon by a greatly superior
fane and compelled to beat a hasty retreat. Then
it is he gives evidence of bravery, coolness, ability
Jsd those characteristics, that make the great
leader of an army. It is adversity that tries men’s
•Plda. Much easier is it to lead, 100,000 men suc
rassfnlly to of equal numbers, than it
*K*en of as/evidence of the greatest Generalship.
with his small force, against his earnest and
repeated protest, to guard the Baltimore and Ohio
flilvoad and protect the countiy, the character of
which, by reason of the steep hills, rugged monn
hdns and unfriendly population, made it easy for
himto be at any dime surprised and captured—he
was suddenly attacked by a greatly superior force,
«*«roat€d at from 15,000 t0t60,000, and fiercely
assaulted:in front, sides and rear. By retreating
a Jbon distanoe, then knowing Just tnhen and where
to turn and give battle, be succeeded in keeping his
men in order, protecting his large train of wagons
and bringing everything safe to the Potomac, with
an incredibly small logs.
.Gen. Banks has often before given evidence of
true greatness. A self-made man, he is endowed
with a practical and common sense miiid that pe
cubarly fits him for a leader.
: Pie latest news is that our forces under McDow
ell and Fremont have, by forced inarches, showing
wonderful endurance, caught np to the retreating'
rebel.Genl Jackson and his army, and, after seve
ral engagements, succeeded in completely routing
him and capturing many prisoners and guns. We
tnwt they may catch him. He should be made to 1
tot the strength of hemp without any loss of trial.
<BT The editor of the “ Wig ” has a long article
abating Samuel Lemon, James M. Cooper & Co.,
and Watson, Oenniston & Co., coal merchants
and shippers of Hollidaysburg, because they pub
lished. the card branding his statements as to them
M Hdamontiy fitise. j n j, e reiterate his ridicn
fabrications. In many respects, Brotherline
reawnbks the Devil, as he is said to be. If Beel
jmb* is the mother of lies, John is his son. It
» said the Devil has a sharp turn about him,
timagfa,,aad in this respect, “J. B.” differs from
bfcti,, For with all his hypocrisy, his affected piety,
and big Moral-teachings, we don’t think he has
ever succeeded yeWin deceiving any ■ body. His
treachety and. deceit have ever been covered with
too thin a guise, The people understood him. It
is not likely the reputation of the gentlemen above
named for truth and veracity, will suffer from this
collision with the horse contractor.
Tbb Light Dawns.—From Corinth, in the
South-West, to Richmond in the South-East—
everywhere—in the past few days, cornea up glo
rious news of the success of our brave defenders,
engaged in tins second struggle for American Lib
erty. Haileck, in the West, shoots the glad
tidings, “Corinth evacuated and the enemies of
our.oqpatty again routed.” While McClellan re
echom from the East,' “Onr men behaved splen
didly and the day is ours.” Thus the work goes
bravely on. The integrity of the Union must be
preserved, the Constitution upheld, and the laws
of .the land enforced. It is a war for onr national
nritinwy, and the cause of American Freedom
must rmd will prevail.
Hos. Thomas A. Scott.— This gentleman has
been nnanimpnaly re-elected "Vice President of the
Pennsylvania Kail Bend, and assumed the honor
flilejMid respoorible Unties of that office on Mon
jhy W. Colonel Scott never had any ambition
for |nffitical preferment, but iias rendered signal
semce to the Government during the past year,
ftnt in the position of general director of all the
nO rands in the United States, and next as As
ri*^sccrctaryofyfar, to .which ho was elevated ,
on Recount of theability and energy displayed in
Hisvesignationin in the War
place on the Ist instant. All
Ida energies will now, as formerly, be devoted to
the intayestsof pur great rail road.
S.S. Whabton.— We regret
death of Hon. S. S. Wharton,
from the Htauingdon district. He
dkidtfyddenfy from an attack of paralysis, at his
Pimtingdon, on Snnday morning last,
lysine nuirertally iorpd and respected
inferred his county in both branches
store, paß year of his' term in the
loifeanlied.
9&i
Beauregard’s Official Report of the
Battle of Shiloh.
We publish in to-day’s issue the official report of
General Beauregard of the late bloody and des
perate fight near Pittsburg Landing, on the 6th
and 7th of April last. Beanregard; is an able man
and makes, no doubt, all out of his case that is in
it, and a good deal more than a truthful account
would show fin* his side. It will be perceived that,
whilst in certain places, he states, is far as he goes,
the truth, be yet does not tell the whole truth,
whilst in other ports of his bulletin he wilfully fab
ricates. Wc proceed to show. After going on
to state that he had “foiled our designs by concen
trating all his available force at and aronnd Cor
inth,” trader General Polk, Bragg, A-S. John
ston and himself, it was determined; “to assume the
offensive and strike a sudden blow, at the enemy
under General Grant, before he was reinforced by
file array under General Buell.” The detailed or
ders Were all given in time; the troops, he: says,
were all in admirable spirits and fine condition.—
He selected his own choice of ground, time of at-,
tack, and manner in which be should, do it. What
was the result according to his own showing V
The avowed object was to not only attack and
rout, but to bag the whole of Grant’s force before
Bnell conMarrive. By bis own sitewing bis whole
force engaged in the “terrible Sunday,” the first
day’s figfat, after over fourteen hours of steady fight
ing, were obliged to desist at nightfall, without
having either whipped Grant or compelled him to
surrender. He carefully avoids mentioning the
number of troops he bad under his command in
either the first or second day’s fight. He boasts
of the advantages he gained on Sunday—the po
sitions he drove our men from, the artillery he
took, the tents and equipage he curried off, but he
carefully conceals the truth, that the next day,
when reinforced’by only a very small part of Buell’s
grand army, our brave fellows drove him before
them, gaining all the ground they lost the day Ire
fore—retaking the whole of our artillery, &c., &c.,
and some of the rebels artillery. Beauregard can
make nothing out of the first day’s fight, except
that our army fought with a daring bravery and
skill he did hot expect—contending, as they did,
with a force twice their superiors in numbers, and
as to the result of Monday’s work, he was obliged
to hastily retreat, after haring signally failed in
“beating or capturing Grant’s army before he was
reinforced.” We think Beauregard’s report de
monstrates' the “Battle of Shiloh" to have ended
in a complete victory for onr forces. Certain it
is, the rebels foiled to accomplish their well ma
tured plans—and admit the loss of. nearly eleven
thousand men, including their ablest General, with
several others of almost equal note. Judging of
thd exhibition of truth in that part of Beauregard’s
paper that we are familiar with, we think it might
be considered pretty reliable that he has not given
more than half his real loss, and that a true tale
of both day’s fighting would show the total rebel
loss of, killed, wounded, and missing, to exceed
20,0001 :
The whole report shows the rebel General to be
a man who will moke as good a story as he can,
even in the shape of an “Official lie port," at the
expense of truth. A cause that has to be so
bolstered np, must fall.
P. S.:—Since writing the above, the news, has
reached' us that Beauregard has evacuated his po
sition at Corinth and gone off to Okolona, or some
other place on the Mobde and Ohio^Hailroad.
This is in accordance with all the rebel plans,
especially of the S<iuth-West. They keep up a;
great talk of their coorage and daring—their skifl
and bravety, so long as our army remain quiet or
make no offensive move—when they pull up stakes
and run. In this ease they seem to have had a.
perfect panic, and fled in the greatest disorder.—
They cion fight in no stronger position, if that is
what they want, and there will soon be an end to
their running. The victorious Halleck will follow
the boasting Beauregard wherever he,goes. This
retreat of the rebels at Corinth leaves’Memphis iu
opr hands, opens the Mississippi, and greatly re
stricts the range of Jeff.’s travels. The end is
drawing near. False reports of .battles fought, or
bombastic braggadocia of what they pan and will
do, will not much longer keep up their courage.—
The next few days will probably reveal still greater
honorsfor onr arms, and we confidently hope that
ere the end of the present summer the flag of our
country will float proudly over our whole country.
Sxamxiso Disclosures.—From the Shelby
(Ky.) Nars of the 21st, we copy the following:
The measures recently adopted, by the traitors,
and which they are endeavoring to cany out, may
be stated thus:
1. Withdraw all the force from the Virginia and
North Carolina coasts, and concentrate them at
some central point in Virginia. These forces to
form one wing of the rebel arihy, to be placed un
der the command of Joseph E. Johnson, and to
move in the direction of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
for the .purpose of invading that State."
2. Withdraw all forces from the coasts of South
Carolina and Georgia, and concentrate them at
Chattanooga, or some adjacent point. This divi
sion to form mmther wing of the rebel army, ander
command of Robert E. Lee; and to move in the
direction of Louisville, for the purposed of invadipg
Kentucky and Ohio.
3. Withdraw the forces from the coasts of Flor
ida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas'and Arkansas,
and concentrate them at Corinth, This wingfo
be commanded by G. T. Beauregard, and to move
in the direction of Paducah, with the intent of in
vading-Illinois and Indiana. '
The plan was formed by a full cpnncil of leading
traitors. It is nnnecessaiy for ns to give the source
of our information. Suffice it, that onr informant
obtained it from a native of this State , now a res
ident of another State, and whose name has often
been given in the newspapers in the Southern States
’as a trusted and confided agent of the traitors
against the Union. Socially anid politically, he
stood among the most prominent before the rebel
lion. -
A Woman Appointed Major.—Gov. Yates
has paid a rather unusual but merited compliment
to Mrs. Reynolds, wife of Lieut. Reynolds of Com
pany A, 17th Illinois, and a resident of this city.
Mrs. Reynolds has accompanied; her husband
through the greater port of the canppaign through
which yhe 17th has passed, sharing with him the
dangers and privations of a soldier’s life. She was
{>resen]Lat the battle of Pittsburgh Landing, and,
like a ministering angel, attended to the wants of
as many-of the wounded' and dying soldiers as she
could,'thus winning the gratitude and esteem of
the brave fellows by whom she was surrounded.—
Gov. Yates, hearing of her heroic and paiseworthy
conduct, presented her with a commission as Major
in the atjny, the document conferring the well-mer
ited honor being made out with Mi due formality
and baring attached the great seal of the State.—
Probably no lady in America will ever again have
such a.distingnishod military honor conferred upon
fieri |dn. Reynolds! s now in this city, and leaves
to jolti‘ fcet raiment - It a day hr two. —Peoria
Trmie»ipt, , ’
Important Document
We publish below a very able and important
document on the state of the country, and bespeak
for it the attentive perusal of our readers. It was
prepared by that able and unflinching friend of
the Union, in Kentucky, Rev. R. J. Breckinridge,
I). I). To his talents, influence, and efforts, per
haps, more than to any .other man, was owing the
stand taken by Kentucky for the Union and against
rebellion. And because of his efforts in this lie
half has he been so much.persecuted and greatly
villified. Bat he has manfully braved all, and has
the consolation of seeing his native and loved State
standing by the stars and stripes for their defence.
The paper was prepared by him, and presented
for the adoption of the General Assembly of the
Presbytcriap Church, (Old ’School.) of which he
was a member, and in which he is on able minis
ter and Theological Professor. That body held
its annual meeting at Columbus, Ohio, during the
last month, when and where this paper was pre
sented, ably and fully discussed, and passed with
out amendment by a vote of 206 to 20.
Taking into view the ability of the paper, the
character of the body, (acknowledged to be one of
the most venerable, learned, and pious ecclesiasti
cal bodies in the world,) and the large majority bv
which the document was passed, it can not but
have great weight with the public. History will
doubtless record this paper os one, of the deliver
ances of this eventful period, worthy of preserva
tion : and be cited in coming ages us the evidence
of the loyalty and high-toned patriotism of the
Church which has passed it:
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of America, now in
session at Columbus, in the State of Ohio—con
sidering the unhappy condition of the country in
the midst of a bloody civil War, and of the Church
agitated everywhere, divided in sentiment in many
places, and openly assailed by schism in a large
section of it; considering niso’thc duty which this
chief Tribunal, met in the name and bv the au
thority of the glorified Saviour of sinners, who is
also the Sovereign Ruler of all things, owes to him
our Head and Lord, and to' his flock committed to
our charge, and to the people whom we are com
missioned to evangelize, and to the civil authorities
who exist by his appointment, do hereby, in this
Deliverance, give utterance to our solemn convic
tions and our deliberate judgment, touching the
matters herein set forth, tliat they serve for the
guidance of all over whom the Lord Christ has
given us any office of instruction, or anv power of
Government;
I. Peace is amongst the very highest temporal
blessings of the Church, as well as of all mankind;
and public order is one of the first necessities of the
spiritual as. well as the Civil Commonwealth.—
Peace has been wickedly snjiersedcd by war, in its
worst form, throughout ’the whole land; and pub
lic order, has been wickedly superseded bv rebellion,
anarchy, and violence, in'tbo whole Southern por
tion of the Lnion. Ail this has been brought to
jjass in a disloyal and traitorous attempt to over
throw the National Government by military force,
and to diride the nation contrary to the wishes of
the immense majority of the people of the nation,
and without satisfactory evidence that the majority
of the people in whom the local sovereignly resided,
even in the States which revolted, ever authorized
any such proceeding, or ever approved the fraud
and violence by which this horrible treason has
achieved whatever success it lias had. This whole
treason, rebellion, anarchy, fraud, and violence, is
utterly contrary to the dictates of natural religion
and morality, and is plainly condemned bv the re
vealed will of God. It is the clear and' solemn
duty of the National Government to presene, at
w hatever cost, the national Union and Constitution,
to maintain the laws in their supremacy, to crush
force by force, and to restore the reign of public
order and peace to the entire nation, by whatever
lawful means that are necessary thereunto. And
it is the bounden duty* of all people who compose
this great nation, each one in his several place and
degree, to uphold the Federal Government, and
every State Government, and all in au
thority, whether civil or military, in all their law
ful and proper acts, unto the enil herein before set
forth.
11. The Church ot Christ has no authority from -
him to make rcliellion, or to counsel treason, .or to ;
favour anarchy in any case whatever. On tiro 1
contrary, every follower of Christ has the personal ■
liberty bestowed on him by Christ, to submit, for j
the sake of Christ, according to his own couscieii- i
tious sense of duty, to whatever government, how- |
ever had, under which his lot may be east. But |
while patient suffering for Christ’s sake can never I
tie sinful, treason, rebellion, and anarchy may be i
sinful—most generally, perhaps, are sinful; and j
probably are always and necessarily sinful, in all 1
free countries where the power to change the gov- j
emment by voting, in the place of force, which
exists as a common right constitutionally secured i
to the people, who are sovereign. If in'any case ]
treason, rebellion, and anarchy can possibly be sin- j
ful, they are so in the case now desolating large j
portions of this nation, and laying waste great j
numbers of Christian congregations, and fatally ;
obstructing even- good word and work in those re- !
gions. To the Christian people, scattered through- ,
out those unfortunate regions, and who have been ■
left of God to have any band in bringing on those i
terrible calamities, we earnestly address words of ;
exhortation and rebuke as nnto'hrethren who have !
sinned exceedingly, and whom God calls to re- i
pentance by fearful judgments. To those in like
circumstances who are "but Chargeable with die i
sins, which have brought siich calamities upon the :
.land, but who have chosen; in the exercise of their. '
Christian liberty, to stand in their lot, and suffer,
we address words of affectionate sympathy, pray
ing God to bring them off conquerors. To those ;
in like circumstances, who have token their lives .
in their bonds, and risked : all for their country. !
and for conscience’ sake, we say we love such with |
all onr heart, and bless God such witnesses were
found in the time of thick darkness. We fear,
and we record it with great grief, that the Church
of God, and the Christian people, to a great extent
and throughout all the revolted States, have done i
many things that onght not to have been done,
and have left undone much that onght to have
been done, in this time of trial, rebuke, and blas
phemy; but concerning the wide chism which is
reported to have occurred in many Southern Syn- |
ods, this Assembly will take no action at this time. !
It declares, however, its fixed purpose, under all
possible circumstances, to labour for the extension
and the permanent maintenance of the Church
under its care, in every part of the United States. !
Schism, so fur as it may exist, we hope to sec j
healed. If that cannot he, it will be disregarded. :
111. We record our gratitude to God for the
prevailing unity of sentiment, and general internal ;
peace, which have characterized the Church in the ;
States that have mjl revolted, embracing a great
majority of the ministers, congregations, and peo- i
pie under our care. It may still be called, with
emphasis, a loyal, orthodox, and pious Church;
and all its acts and works indicate its right to a
title so noble. Let it strive for divine grace to
maintain that good report. In some respects the
interests of the Church of God are very different
from those of all civil institutions. Whatever may
befall this, or any other nation, the Church of
Christ mast abide on earth, triumphant even over
the gates of hell. It is therefore of supreme im
portance that the Church should guard itself from
internal alienations and divisions, founded upon
questions and interests that arc external as to her,
and which ought not, hy their necessary workings,
to cause her fate to depend on the fate of things
less important'and less enduring than herself.—
Disturbers of the Church ought not to he allowed
—especiallydistnrhers ofJhe Church instates that
never revolted, or that Imre been cleared of armed
rebels—disturbers who, under many! false pretexts,
may promote discontent, disloyalty, and general
alienation, tending to the unsetting'of ministers,
to local schisms, and to manifold trouble. Let a
spirit of quietness, of mutual forbearance, and of 1
ready obedience to'authority, both civil ind eccles
iastical, illustrate the loyalty, the orthodoxy, and
the piety ofvthe Church. It is more especially to
ministers of the gospel, and, amongst them, par
ticularly to any whose first impressions hgd been,
on any account, favorable to the terrible military
revolution which has been attempted, and which
God’s providence has hitherto so signally rebnked,
that these decisive considerations ought to be ad
dressed. And in the name and by the authority
of the Lord Jesus we earnestly exhort all who love
God, or fear his wrath, to turn a deaf ear to all
counsels and suggestions that tend towaids a reac
tion favourable to disloyalty, schism, or disturbance
either in the Church or in the country.; There is
hardly anything more inexcusable connected with
the frightful conspiracy against which we testify,
than the conduct of those office hearers and mem
bers of the Church who, although citizens of loyal
States, and subject to the control of loyal Presby
teries and Synods, have been faithless to all au
thority, human and divine, to which they owed
subjection. Nor should any to whom this Deliv
erance may come fail to bear in mind that it is not
only their outward conduct concerning which they
ought to take heed, but it is also, and especially,
their heart, their temper, and their motives in the
sight of God, and towards the free and beneficent
civil Government which he has blessed hs withal,
and toward the spiritual commonwealth to which
they are subject in the’Lord. In all these resjiects,
we must all give account to God in the Great dav.
And it is in view of our own dread responsibility
to tlie Judge of quick and dead tliat we now make
tins Deliverance. '
THE BATTLE OP SHILOH,
Beauresjard’s Official Report
IIEiDQLiEIEBS OF THE ARMY OF THE MISS., )
Oorisiu, Miss., April 11, IS6Z. )
General ;—On the 2d ultimo, having ascer
tained conclusively, from the movements of the
enemy on the Tennessee River, and from reliable
sources of information, that his aim would he to
cut off' my communication in West Tennessee with
the Fastern and Southern States, by operating from
the Tennessee River, between Crump’s Landing
and liastport, as a base,' I determined to foil his
designs bv concentrating all my available force at
and around Corinth.
Meanwhile, having called on the Governors of
the States of Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and
Louisiana to turuish additional troops, some of
them, chiefly regiments from Louisiana, soon
reached this vicinity, and, with two divisions of
General Folk’s command from Columbus, and a
fine corps of troojis from Mobile and Pensacola,
under Major General Bragg, constituted the armv
of tlie Mississippi. At the same time, General
Johnston being at Murfreesboro, on tlie march to
form a junction of his forces with mine, wits called
on to send at least a brigade hy railroad, so that
we might fail on and crush the enemy, should he
attempt to advance from under his gunboats. Tlie
call on General Johnston was promptly complied
with. His entire force was also hastened in this
direction, and by the Ist of April, our united
forces were concentrated along tlie Mobile and
Ohio Railroad from Bethel*to Corinth, and on the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad from Corinth to
luka.
It was then determined to assume the offensive
and strike a sudden blow at the enemy in jiosition
under General Grant, on tlie west hank of the
Tennessee, at Pittsburgh and in the direction of
Savannah, before lie was re-enforced bv the armv
undef General Buell, theu known to be" advancing
for that jmrjKisc hy rapid marches from Nashville,
via Columbia. About the same time General
Johnston was advised that such an operation .con
formed to the exjieetations of the President.
By a rapid and vigorous attack on Gen. Gram
it was expected lie would be beaten hack into his
transports and the river, or captured in time to en
able ns to profit by the victory, and .remove to tlie
rear all the stores' and munitions that would fall
into our hands in such an event, before tlie arrival
of Gen. Buell's army on the scene. It was never
contemplated, however, to retain the position thus
gained, and abandon Corinth, the stragetic jioint
of the campaign.
Want of proper officers, needful for the organi
zation of divisions and brigades of an army brought
thus suddenly together, and other difficulties in
tlie way of an effective organization, delayed tlie
movement until the night of the 2d inst., when it
was heard from a trustworthy quarter tliat the
junction of tlie enemies armies were near at hand:
it was then, at a late hour, determined that the at
tack should tie attempted at once, incomplete and
imjierfect as were our preparations for such a grave
and momentous adventure. Accordingly, that
night, at I o'clock, the preliminary orders to com
manders of corps were issued for the movement.
On the following morning the detailed order for
movement, a copy of which is herewith marked
“ A." were issued, and the movement, after some
delay, commenced—the troops lieing in admirable
spirits. It was exjiected wc should be able to
reach the enemy’s line in time to attack them
early on the sth instant. The men, however, for
the most part, were unused to marching—tlie
roads narrow, and traversing a densely-wooded
country, became almost impassible after a severe
rain storm on the night of the 4th, which drenched
the troops in bivouac; lienee our forces did not
reach the intersection of the roads from Pittsburg
and Hamburg, in the immediate vicinity of the
enemy, until late Saturday afternoon.
It was then decided that the attack should he
made on the next morning, at the earliest hour
practicable, in accordance with the order of move
ment—that is, in three lines of battle: the first and
second extending from Owl Creek on the left to
Lick Creek on the right—a distance of about three
miles—supported by the third and the reserve.—
The first line, under Major General Hardee, was
constituted of his corps, augmented on his right
hy Gladden's Brigade, of Major General Bragg’s
corps, deployed in line of battle, with their respec
tive artillery, following immediately by the main
road to Pittsburg, and the cavalry ’in" rear of the
wings. The second line, composed of the other
troops of Bragg's coq«, followed the first at a
distance of 500 yards, in the same order as the
first. The .army corps, tinder General Polk fol
lowed the second line, at tlie distance of about 800
yards, in lines of brigades, deployed with their
batteries in rear of‘each brigade, moving bv the
Pittsburg road the left wing supported bv cavalry;
the reserve, under Brigadier General Breckinridge,
followed closely the third line, in the same order,
its right wing supported by cavalry.
These two corps constituted the reserve, and
were to support the front lines of battle, by being
deployed when required on the right and' left bf
the Pittsburg road, or otherwise act according to
the exigencies of the battle.
At 8 A. M. on the 6th instant, a reconnoitcring ’
party of the enemy having became engaged with our
advanced pickets, the commander of tlie forces
gave orders to begin the movement, and attack as i
determined upon, except that Trabue’s brigade, of!
Breckinridge’s division, was detached and advanced j
to support the left of Braggs’s corps and line of -i
battle, when menaced by the enemv, and the other 1
two brigades were directed to advance bv the road i
to Hamburg to sujiport Bragg's right, ind at the |
same time lanceys regiment of Polk’s corps, was j
advanced by the same road to re-enforce tire regi- :
ment of cavalry and battery of four pieces, vilreadv '
thrown forward to watch and guard Grier’s Ban- 1
ners, and Borland’s Fords, on Lick Creek.
Thirty-minutes after 5 o’clock A. M„ our lines
and columns were in motion, all animated evi
dently by a promising spirit. The front Unc was
engaged at onec, but advanced steadily, followed
in due order with equal resolution and" steadiness
by the other lines, which were brought successively
into aetiou with rare skill, judgment and gallantry ;
by the several corjis, commanders as the enemy
made a stand with ills masses rallied for the
struggle for his encampments. Like an Alpine
avalanche our troops moved forward, desi.ite.4he
determined resistance of tlie enemv, until after 6
i.. M., when we were in jiosessioii of all the en- ,
campments between Owl and Lick Creeks bnt one.
Neaily all his field artillcn,-, about thirty flags,
colors, and standards, over 3,000 prisoners inclu- ,
ding a division commander (Gen. Prentiss) and !
several brigade commanders, thousands of small
arms, an mmense supply of subsistence, forage,
■ and monitions of war, and a large amount of
means of transportation—all the substantial fruits
of a complete victwy-i-such, indeed, as rarely have
followed the mdst successful battles; for never whs
an army so well provided as that of onr enemy, i
The remnant of his army had been driven lh
utter disorder; to; the immediate vicinity of Pitts
burgh, under the shelter of the heave guns of his*
iron-clad gunboats, and we remained undisputed
masters of his well-selected, admirably provideid
' cantonments, after over twelve hours of obstinate'
conflict with his forces, who had been beaten from
them and the contiguous covert, bntohly by a sus
'■ mined onset of all the men we coaid bring into
i action. : ,
Onr loss was heavy, as will appear from the ac
'■ companying return, marked •• B." Onr comman
der-in-Chief, Gem A. S. Johnson, fell mortally
! wounded, and died on the field at 2,20 P. M., after
having shown the highest qualities of a comman
der, and a personal intrepidity that inspired all
j around him, and gave resistless impulsion to his
column at critical moments!
The chief command then devolved upon me,
1 though at the time I was greatly prostrated and
j suffering from the prolonged sickness with which
: I had been afflicted since early in February. The
! res])onsil)ility was one which, in my physical coii
; dition. I would have gladly avoided,. though cast
upon me when onr forces were successfully push
: iug the enemy back upon the Tennesce river, and,
though supported on the immediate field by such ..
I corps commanders as Maior-Gonerals Polk, Bragg,'
and Hardee, and-Brigadier-General Breckenridge,
commanding the reserve. ,
It was after 6 o’clock P. M., as before said when
the enemy’s last position was carried, and his forces
finally broke and sought refuge behind a command
| iug eminence, covering the Pittsburgh Landing,
not more than half a mile distant and under the
guns of the gimlmats which opened on Onr eager
columns a fierce and annoying fire with shot and
shell of the heaviest description. Darkness was
close at hand. Officers and men were exlmusted
hy a combat of over twelve hours without food,
and jaded by the march of the preceding dav,
through mud and water, it was therefore impossl
! tile to collect the rich and opportune spoils of war
! scattered broadcast on the field left in our pbsses
sion, and impracticable to make any effective dis
positions for their removal to the rear.
I accordingly established my headquarters at tile
Church of Shiloh, in the enemy’s encampment,
: with Major-General Bragg, and directed onr troops
I to sleep on the|r anus, in such positions in advance
■ and rear as corps commanders should determine,
; hoiiing from news received by a special dispatch
| tliat delays had been encountered hy Gen. Buell
l in his march from Columbia, and that his.main
i forces, therefore, could not teach the field of battle in
! time to save Gen. Grant’s shattered fugitive forces
j from capture or destruction on the following day.
During the night the rain -fell in torrents, aii
| ding to the discomfort and harrassed condition of
I the men; the efiemy, moreover, had broken their
| rest hy a discharge, at measured intervals, of heavy
j shell, thrown t'rftm the gunboats; therefore, on Jhe
; following morning, the troops under my command
i were not in condition to cope with an equal force
j of fresh troops, -armed and equipped like our ad
j versary, in the immediate jiossession of his dejiols.
i and sheltered by such an auxiliary as the enemy's
gunboats. , ®
About 6 o’clock on the morning of the 7th of
April, however, a hot fire of musketry and artil
lery opened from the enemy’s quarter on our ad
vanced line, assured me of the junction of his forces,
I and soon the battle raged with a fury which satis
| tied me I was attacked by a largely superior force.
I But from the onset our troops, notwithstanding
; their fatigue and Losses from the battle of the day
; before, exhibited the most cheering veteran-like
j steadiness. On the right and center the enemy
j was repulsed in ever)- attempt he made with his,
I heavy column in that, quarter of the field; on the
[ left, howeaer, and nearest to the point of arrival of
1 his reinforcements, he drove forward line after line
j of his fresh troops, which were met with a resolii
-1 non and courage of which our country may be
I proudly hopeful. ■ ’
Again and again our troops were brought to the
i charge, invariably to win the position at issue, ins
'• variably to drive back the foe. But hour by hour
j thus opposed to an enemy constantly re-infqrced.
| our ranks were perceptibly thinned under the un
ceasing, withering fire of the enemy, and bv twelve
meridian eighteen hours hard fighting had sensibly
exhausted a large number, my last reserves had
j necessarily been disposed of, and the enemy was
evidently receiving fresh re-iuforcements after each
repulse: accordingly about 1 I‘. M„ I determined
to withdraw from so unequal a conflict, securing
such of tile results of the victory of the dav before
as was then practicable.
Officers of my staff were immediately dispatched
with the necessary orders to make the best disposi
' tion for a deliberate, orderly withdrawal from the
; field, and to collect and post a reserve to meet the
| enemy, should he attempt to' push after ns. In
I tliis connection I will mention particularly my Ad
; jutant-Qcneral, Colonel Jordan, who was of much
j assistance to me on tills occasion, as he had a|-
: ready been on the field of battle on that and the
j preceding day. -
j About 2 o’clock P. M., the lines in advance,
which had repulsed the enemy, in their last fierce
i assault on otjr left and 'centre, received the orders
| to retire; this was done with uncommon steadiness
; and the enemy made no attempt to follow.
; The line of troops established to cover this
1 movement had been disposed on a favorable ridge
i commanding the ground at Shiloh Church; from
| this position onr artillery played upon the woods
| beyond for a while, but upon no visible enemy and
■ without reply; Spon satisfied that no serious pur
i suit would be attempted, tills last line was with
i drawn, and never did troops leave a battie-field in
| better order; even the stragglers fell into the ranks
and marched off with those who had stood more
steadily by fheir .colors, A second position was
taken up about a mile in the rear, where the ap
i proach of the enemy was waited for nearly an hour
j but no effort to follow was mode, and only a small
| -detachment of horsemen could be seen at a dis
i tance from .this last position, warilv observing otir
j movements. "
| Arranging, through my staff officers, for the
! completion of the movements thus begun, Briga
i dier-Gen. Breckinridge was left with his command
! as a rear guard to hold the ground we had occ«-
I pied the night preceding the first battle, just in
! front of the intersection of the Pittsburgh and
j Hamburg Roads about four miles from the former
, place, while the rest of the army passed to the rear
j in excellent order. !
I On the following day Gen. Breckinridge fell
; back about three miles to Mickey’s which position
■we continued to hold, with onr cavalry thrown
| considerably forward in immediate proximity to
■ the battle field. '
Unfortunately, toward night of the 7th instant
( 11 b^ an to rid" heavily; this continued through
i night; the roads became almost impassable
| in many places, and pinch hardship and suffering
j now ensued before all the regiments reached their
: encampments. But despite the heavy casualties
; of ‘he two eventful days of the 6th and 7th of
i April, this army is more confident of ultimate suc
j cess than before its encounter with the enemy.
: , £>* ve ntoce detail the operations of tlie two
l battles, resulting from the movement on Pittsburg
i than now attempted, must have delayed this report
for weeks, and interfered materially with the im
jiortant duties of my position; but I* may be per
mitted to say that nor only did the obstinate con
flict for twelve hours on Sunday leave the Con
federate array masters of the battle-field, and our
adversary beaten, but we left that field on the
y 011 ' “ ,ter c ‘ght hours’ incessant battle,
wtth a sujienor army of fresh troops, whom we
had repulsed on every attack on our lines, so re
“nd.c,?l,f’led. indeed, as to leave it unable
to , a ke the field for the campaign for which it was
collect®! and equipped at such enormous expense,
and with such profusion of all the appliances of
w ar. 1 hesc successful events were not achieved,
1 however, as before said, without severe loSs—a losi
not to be measured by the number of the slain or
wounded, but by the high social and personal
I ™ a number of those who were
Killed or disabled, including the commander of the
forces, whose high qualities will be greatly missed
in the momentous campaign impending.
I deeply regret to record, also, the death ,
Hon. Geo, M. Johnson, Provisional Gov" ** l!i '
Kentucky, who went into action with 5
tuckv tmp and continually inspired then*) 8 '
words and example. Having his horse s 'h ■■ '
under him on Sunday, he entered the m l
Kentucky regiment on Monday, and fell 1,1 -
wounded toward the close of the dav v ori^i:
State alone, hot the whole Confederacy i
tinned a great loss in the death of this kJ*.?
right and able man. *'•
: Another gallant soldier and Captain was i
the service of the country when Brig. Gen ■[
don, commanding Ist Brigade, Withers’s D :
3d Army Corps, died from a severe wound nw 0 ' 1 '
on the sth first., after having been eonspim''*
his whole corps and the artnv for eon»»>
parity. ’ nJ ’'
Major. Gen. Cheatham, commanding Fj r „
vision. First Corps, was slightly wounded and h
tlitee horses shot under him. * ““
Brigadier-Gen. Clark, commanding First in
sionyrf the First Corps, received a severe . ’
also, on the first day, which will deprive th. BC;
of his valuable services for some time. Jn:: ’
; Brigadier-Gen. Hindman, engaged inthe
lof the battle, was conspicuous for cool ><
j efficiently employed in leading his men ever^
| the thickest of the fray, until his horse wa, a
j under him, and he was unfortunately so .*
[ injured by the fall that the army was’ depnitd^ 1
| the following'day, of his chivalrous example ’
Brig.-Gens. B. R. Johnson and Bmreai m,
meritorious officers, were also severely wounded*
Uje first combat; but it is hoped will soon be al ”
to return to duty with- their brigades. *
t To mention the many field officers who did
Were wounded while gidlantly leading their cc®
inands into action, and the many brilliant instam
of individual courage displayed by officers and nT
during the twenty horns of'battle, is impossible*
this time; but their Jkames will he dub
known to their eonnttymen. f
[Here follow the names of several officer,
distinguished themselves.]
1 Fibm this agreeable duty I turn to one in il,
highest degree unpleasant—one due, however ,[
the brave men under me, as a contrast to the V
havior of most of the army who fought sober,
rally- _ I allude to the fact that some officers, J
commissioned officers and men, abandoned the
colors early in the first dav to pillage the caum*
encampments; others retired shamefully from i
field on both days, while the thunder of eanne
and the. roar and rattle of musketry told tb®
that their brothers were being slaughtered bv it"
fresh legions of the enemy. I have ordered tC
names of the most conspicuous upon thi» roll,,;
lagganls and cowants to be published in order
■ It remains to state tliat our loss in the two dn-.
in the killed outright was 1,728, wounded B,dp,
missing 958, making an aggregate of casualties
10,699.
; This sad list tells in simple language 0 f th-
Stout fight made by our countrymen in front of th (
rode chapel at Shiloh, especially when it is knowi
that on Monday, from exhaustion and other cauxs
not twenty thousand men on our side coalj i*
brought into action.
I Of the losses of the enemy 1 have no cm
knowledge. Tjieir newspapers' report it as ten
heavy. Unquestionably it was greater, even fa
proportion, than our own, on both davs. for it
apparent to all that their dead left on'the field out
numbered ours two to one.
' Their casualties, therefore, cannot have fiillt:
many short of 20,000 in killed, wounded,
and missing.
Through information derived from many source,
the newspapers of the enemv—we ea
gaged on Sunday the Divisions of Gens. Vrenth-,
Sherman, Huribut, McClemaml. and Smith, i f
3,000 men each, or at least 45,000 men. Thi
forcc was reinforced on Sundav night bv the ilivh
iousof Gens. Nelson, McCook, Crittenden, m
1 booms. of Major-Oen. Buell’s armv, some
strong,-including all arms. Also, Gen. L. Wa!
Itice s division of Gen Giant’s army, making
lltast 33,000 fresh troops, which, added to
remnant of Gen. Grant’s forces on Mondav mom
ibg, amounting to over 20,000, made an aggrsptf
force of some .>3,000 men at least, arruved
us on that dav.
. In connection with the results of the batik, i
should state that tbemost of our men who luui
ferior anus exchanged them for the improved am
of the enemy. Also, that most of the projenv
public, and personal, in the camp from which ii,r
enemy was driven on Sunday, was rendered u*
less or greatly damaged, except some of the touts
I have the honor to be, General,-yonr ob't scrv'i,
: CL T. BEAUREGARD, General Commanding.
- To Gen. S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector-
General, C. S. A., Richmond, Va.
Liability of Persons Making Arrests.
: Magistrates and police officers have often been
uncertain of their authority to arrest a party on a
mere suspicion, well-founded though it raavbc, 01
having committed a felony, without they had a
warrant. This question was ablv argued tlii
week, in the St. Louis Criminal Court, in the ow
of Joseph Burns, who was tried for killing police
officer Gilmore. Thecounsel for Bums contended
that the officer had no right to arrest Burns, hav
ing no legal authority to do so, or no information
that he bad committed a burglary. On this point.
Judge Clover, gave the following brief iiKiuv
which define not only the liability’ of public oSktn
bnt of any person who may have occasion to arrest
a felon, and establish a principle of law not here
tofore generally known. His Honor said that if
a felony be committed, and the felon fly from jus
tice, it is the duty' of every man to use his best en
deavors to prevent an escape. And in such casa
if pursuit bo made, and if hue and cry lie levied
all who join in the pursuit are in the protection m
the law, being authorized by law to pursue and ap
prehend the malefactors, and this although there
Were no warrant of a Justice of the Peace to rake
hue and cry. And a Peace officer may justify a»
arrest on charge of, felony’ on reasonable canse --
suspicion without a warrant, even if it should af
terwards appear that no felony had been committed.
Killing an officer who attempts to arrest a man
will be murder, though the officer had no warrant
and tbongh the man had done nothing for which
he was liable to be arrestal, if the officer ha
a charge against him for felony, and the man
knows the individual to be an officer, though thr
officer do not notify- him that he has such a charge;
hut the officer has no right to arrest, without war
rant, parties who may beat generally the reputa
tion of being burglars. and thieves, without the
Charge of the commission of some particular felony -
An Elephant in a Fix.
The monster .elephant Hannibal, belonging »
Van Ambnrgh and Co.’s Menagerie, came neat
losing his life a few days since while traveling fa?
KeypQit to Freehold, in New Jersey. His Keeper
had taken him off from the road, in order to Srow
an unsafe bridge, when, in crossing a tract of
swampy land, the ground gave way beneath him.
and the enormous animal sank up to the middle d
his sides in the yielding mud, where he flounder**
for some time without being able to extricate hhn
sedf; his Struggles, on the contrary, resulting
rendering his situation, each moment, more s®
jnore dangerous, until it was feaifed that it '«"r
be impossible to save him. The heavy shackle
with which he was fettered, preventing a lrf :
movement of his limbs, made his position stin
more critical until help arrived, when, by plan®
timbers in front of and around him, he was e«a
bled, after a time to extricate himself. At nol
- was very much frightened, trumpeting lend*?;
and struggling wildly, but after the timbers
placed within his reach, he went to work wore
systematically, and exhibited much intelligence ®
his subsequent operations, depending principal
. upon his tusks to raise himself. When exbaostw
by his exertions, he would throw himself over np«
one side, in order to gain all the buoyancy p*-' 1 '
ble until ho became somewhat rested, 'when 11
would assume aq. upright position, and go .’“’I 1
felly to work again. His efforts were b"";
crowned with success, no less to his own sat*' 1 *
tlqn than that of his owners, to whom bi> ap
would have been irreparable, as he is nmeu “
largest elephant ever seen in this eonntiy.
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iOCAL ITEM
Flowers. —What! —stealing fh
tea- ’W ell > that ’ 3 a I®®" 1 snb i ect for a local
but w c cant help it, although it does speak I
tbe irKl ral» of some of our citisens. It is on
os public journalists, to show up every sect
tern of vie®. to ,he *>«st of our ability, in did
our readers may be on their guard, and if it
fetes, in any way, with the illegal and sh
transactions of these floral thieves, or aft;
get of Audacious villians, the best thing4h
do is to turn their attention to some more h
Me means of gratifying their desires. Tht
of entering front yards and gardens
purpose of stealing flowers, was commen
rid* place last Fall, and it has been quite
sivefy renewed this Spring. In foci, it is be.
a serious evil, for even the Cemetery, that
jestihg-plaee of our beloved dead, is not
from the unhallowed depredations of these I
daring, hell-deserving villians and ciUiam
What! do females stoop to snch mcam
Such, we are sorry to say, is the fact, as v
been informed by one of our most respectal
sens,; who, only a few nights ago,'disco
couple of petticoats getting over his fen
stylethat would have been creditable to a
pantaloons in pursuit of a rabbit. Our
Criend naturally wondered, “what’s up?"
visiting his flower-bed, in the morning, he
ered that his beautiful dahlias were “up’
roots.and had disappeared with the hrase
heroines of the previous night! But this
the only instance of this contemptible ft
petticoat) larceny that has come to our kno
Mutilated flower-beds and missing plants a
ting jto be quite common; and, as we havt
intimated, it is almost useless to plant rare
in the Cemetery, where there is no living !
arrest these shameless, heartless wretches,
noctumak incursions. Now, what is to he
Powder and balls are too good for them; and
no good cituen likes to take the law in his ow
and turn executioner “ on his own hook,” a
it miy bo done, if forbearance ceases to be
tue. I But we have pointed out the evil, a;
for the proper authorities to apply the reme
Sad Accidbst. —On Saturday last,
Heniry Wonderly, one of the Rail Rood Cot
clerks in the yard at this place, was attem
get on a freight train in motion, at the lot
of the yard, forthe purpose of riding, to th
end, where the duties of bis office_called bin
time, when he slipped and fell with Ids leg
the track, in front of the cars, which, 'sot
passed directly over them, from the feet
knees. Others say that thc nnfortnnate m
juries were caused by the “ break,” whicli
his legs and shoved them along upon the i
Which of these stories is correct, we do no
bur we do know that his legs, from the kne»
werp most horribly crushed and manglei
poor fellow was carded, on a board,; to tl
dence of Mr. Lyon, on Annie street, a
and; bis wife were boarding. A physician
mediately called and the wounds of the
dressed, as well as the braised and shatte
dition of the limbs would admit. He then
to rest easy, except whentobliged
h|s body in any way, which caused seven.
He lay in this condition until Monday nig
it was determined to amputate the left le;
liad sustained the most serious injury. IT
atiou was accordingly performed, but the
nafe' young man did not long survive it.
the same night, and his remains were con
thejr last resting r placc on Wednesday mo
Another solemn warning to employee
road, and also to persons crossing the yard
thq shops, where engines and cars, arc aim
tinually passing np and down.
The 115th Regiment,. P. V.—This n
commanded by Col. Patterson, is to be
from Camden, N. J., to Camp Curtin,
view of completing its organization by the
of three companies. Capt. Jas. Murrey, 1
authorized, by Governor Curtin, to recrui
these companies in Blair and Cambria con
He has already a large number enrolled, a
in a few days, send forward his men. Ca{
ray is recognized as a first class officer. I
manded a company from Cambria county
brja Guards,) in the Mexican war, and the r
of that company who knew him well, speal
in the most fluttering terms. Capt. Mur
First Lieutenant of the “ Silver Grays.”
There ate a nnmber of patriotic young
in this town and vicinity who are anxious
the volunteer service, and this new comj
raiment presents to them a splendid opp
By calling on Geo. Shank, who is autfa
■ receive recruits for Capt. Murray's compt
will receive any information which thev
sire. “.Roll in,” young men, for this is
regiment that will be accepted from Pern
for,the presept, and, perhaps during the v
Keeping Fowls.—Every tody likes
poultry; it is so nice to have a good fat '
[ tp kill when iyon get 'tired of pork and I
L 11 •» also very handy to have frtsh eggs w
I to dear your coffee; yet everybody in ti
[ out keep fowls. Why? because they are
I dcring nature and are not always incline
I on tfaeir owu premises. They are very a
[ sad hayoe With neighboring gardens, am
I; not thrive so well when kept shut up. N
[ however, are not so conscientious; they
I fowls, no matter whose garden they fatten
I , beajd of a man who got no good of hr
I -vine* last ypar, and this spaing he .talks
I * »nd at the expien
I *eu*h®y hipieds who trespass upon his
I tyifh the intention of “ scratching " for a
I at his expense. “ Bully for him!” Goc
I not allow anything belonging to the
I pass upon or destroy their neighbor? pmo
I had citizens don’t deserve to eat dude*
I —gdin, shot-gun I v
. H*woyAi, —Esquire Homes has rer
< ® ce f° Are building adjoining Flack’
°tt Virginia street. He will attei
ly to the writing of Deeds, Arridesiof A
f* l Squire Homes is deserving <
?W*«n? of Altoona, and w
g,T»S* business in that line