ALTOONA, PA.. THURSDAY, OCT. 2, 1862. TOalt’tethe Antietam Battle-Field A Hospitals. not tar intention to attempt a fall portrayal eftiteberrors which, in the early part of last week, —irfcffl the battle-field of Antietam, although we vdosht nota portion of; ouraecoontwillbe conoid ,«*«d enffietentiy horrible. We weretold by those ■ hod preceded <■ to this scene of destruction, • titatwe obtained a sight of the taiLend only. llf thnt be so, we lure no desire to see the whole *n ■ linel. While stopping in Chanihersbnrg we hod a sight tire -Fennsylvaiiia Militia who were,encamjted in that locality and ell along the rood from thence to Hogecstown. We found Col. J. J. Weitiel. of Horrisbaig, with a on his bock and a mosket on his shoulder, acting under direction 1 of tbe Surgeon in charge of the Chamberzbatg hos- pital. We- also came across Jim Cramer, the ‘t Model Ccmdnctor,” figuring in the position of Poet Master of the regiment to which Capt. JJc- Farlarw’s Company was attached. Hon. Samuel Calvin, B. A. McMnrtrie, candidate for Assembly, James Funk, late sheriff, Essington Ham in oral, , and other notables of the town “over the hill,” were in camp, and Jim told us that they per formed guard duty cheerfully, and behaved them selves in all respects as became veteran soldiers. ' Out party arrived in Hagerstown on Monday, 22d nit., and immediately proceeded to the Lyceum Hall Hospital to look up the wounded of the 125th Begt In this hospital we found Capt. C. R. Hos ' 'ttMot, of company D, who had received a gun shot wound in the right side, just above the hip bone, the ball just grazing the top of the bone.— Although suffering severely at times, be was in good spirits, confidently expecting to be on his feet in-a few days and return to take charge of his company. Oh another conch lay Serg’t E. L. Russ, formerly a compositor in this office. He had received a gun-shot wound in the stomach, the ball passing out between his ribs.on the right side. While tlte regiment was Calling back from the position to which it bad advanced, he loaded his gun as he moved, add.would wheel half round to fire, and Just as he was ip the act of taking aim, the ball struck him. His case was at first considered hopeless, but haw ing survived the wound for a week, his physicians think that, with care, he will recover. He is much prostrated. At his head lay A. C. Edwards, of Blair Furnace. He had received a gun-shot wound in the right leg just above the knee, the ball coming out at the cap of the'kncc. It is only a flesh wound, but from its proximity to the knee joint.is necessarily very painful. He bears his lot with soldier-like fortitude. It is not likely that amputation will be necessary in his case. In an other part of the hall we found Stephen Beales, fromnear Allegheny Furnace. He had received, a painftd gunshot wound in the left arm, just above the elbow. The atm was. not broken, bat from the fact that he had been almost a week without Imykig R dressed, it was much swollen and very painful. It was properly dressed, before our leaving, and he was forwarded to the hospital at Bomsborg. Another.cot contained Sergt. Da vid E. McCahan, from near lloilidaysburg. He had received a flesh-wound in the leg, near the knee. Although of a serious character, he bore his misfortune nobly, evidently glad, as were all die others, that he had escaped with his life. Therpwasa perfect jam of people in Hagen town ere we arrived, and each succeeding train addedto the number. In vain We searched for a conveyance to tarry ns to the battle-field, some eleven miles distant. Every horse and vehicle in - the fown and neighborhood had been pressed into the service. ofUncie Sam, or hired atthe most ex-; horbitant prices, by curiosity seekers, or those in of wqopded or dead friends. All the hotejs filled to overflowing, and, bar endeavors to frosl .accommodations therein were crowned with nobetter success than pur search for a conveyance. •• A private citizen, On becoming acquainted with pprflijssjonand situation, kindly took in our party, ; thnstjKspriling onr dhanees for sleeping on cellar: doonii with onr carpet-bags for pillows. Lodgings secured, we felt more comfortable, and tamed onr. attqnfioo again to the wounded who were constant* ly arriving in ambulances and on foot. Those; ■ whh had been wounded in the arm or shoulder,*: walked into-town and gave their places in the am* balances to .those who had been wounded in the legs «jr about .the body and were tumble to walk. ‘ Thpswns kept up a constant stream of stragglers toward the hospitals. Some of the, wounded were scanxly able to drag their weary limbs along with rhran, and appeared to findrelief on being permit ted tolie down on the pavement in front of die hospitals. When night closed in, every available specie In the Court House and Lyceum Hall was occupied bywounded, sick and worn-out soldiers, h an npper room of the Court House were a num ber »of secesb prisoners. Scene of onr soldiers' looked hard enough, but the secesb looked far worse. how men who are no better clotked and fed can make even a show of light. : Although the rebels had full possession of Ha «e**town and surrounding country for four days; previous to the, battle, they did uo damage to prop erty. The citizens say they behaved themselves toy **ll, with the exception of eating them out afevmyftiing in the eatable line. The testimony oftba'people is, that the Pennsylvania Militia did taotr tei'iiigf than the rebels. This made us feel had,vH>enwe considered that most of the people Sit Hagerstown and vkanityare Union. The rebab’wgre evidently on their good behavior, in hopes Ofwimdng the people over to their cause. Failing in this, had they been permitted to remain miMhlaiigu, they would bare taken care of them • secured a conveyance, we left for (be' battlefield at baif-past five o'clock on Tuesday ilwroMh’ .taMqg^ejlharpebmg' Pike. The at-' wS|feian yrfk spfS&ttlttv 'cool to render a shawl irikne comfortable. Nothing worthy of special mention attracted onr attention until we ascended ahill, about two miles this side of the battle-field. Here onr olfactory organs informed ns, very perceptilr, that we were in the region of decaying animal matter. On every rise of ground; thereafter we were greet ed with the sanies stench, yet we conk! see no marks of the battle. Tfans we passed on until- we arrived at the second toll-gate, which is on the ex treme left of the line of battle, the line extending from thence beyond Sharpsbnrg, being some four and a half miles in length. Here we found the first evidences of a battle, in the limbs of trees cut off by artillery, and trees, fence rails and posts per forated with musket balls. Passing on a mile further, we came to the noted cornfield, in which, it is said, dead rebels lay as thick as cornstalks, after the battle. For the truth of this we-cannot vouch, as all the dead had been buried ere wear rived, suffice it to say, however, the number of graves, and the manner in which they were piled into them, from 100 hr 400 in a trench, were al most sufficient to confirm it. On this ground we, for the first tune, realised the destructiveness of war, where large armies are engaged on either side. All we had previously imagined sank into insignificance when the reality met our view.. Such a sight- cannot be described. It must be seep to be comprehended. Fences, both rail and stone, were leveled with the ground. Fields of com were tread into the dost and the whole face of the country resembled a wide wagon rood. The fields and woods were strewn with tom hats, coats, pants, shoes, canteens, haversacks, cartridge boxes, muskets, good and broken, broken gun carriages, &c., and the graves of the Union sol hirers, who had been buried where they fell, gave fo every field tbe appearance of a vast cemetery. In all directions lay dead horses, some of which had been partly burned, but tbe task of thus des troying them was evidently ’ too great for the force detailed for that purpose and they had been left to the elements and the buzzards. The salubrity of the atmosphere, in this locality was, in conse quence, anything but agreeable, and eye did not tarry long. On every part of the field might be picked tip rmexploded shells, cannon and musket balls. Con ical shells, very much resembling the old fash ioned clock weights, appeared to have been most extensively used in this engagement. fhe rear of the battle-field, known as the stone house hospital. Hero the scene beggars all des cription. Our own and the rebel wounded were thrown together promiscuously. Five of the rebel . wounded, who had died the previous night, were carried out just before we arrived. Every room in the house, the porticos in front and rear, the barn floor and mows, all the stables underneath the barn, the wagon-shed, and around the straw and grain stacks, were crowded with the wounded, many of whom were already beyond the reach of medi cal skill and were now struggling in the last ago nies of death. Among this number were men wounded in every conceivable manner, witii shot and shell, in the head, body, arms and legs.— What astonished us the most was that they were still alive. Tlie secesa wounded, and the prisoners who were attending them, were a sorry looking set of mortals. Scarcely any of them had passable clothing, and many ot them had not sufficient to cover their nakedness. We were heretofore disiiW dined to believe the reports we received, as to the destitution ot the rebel army in this respect, hut if we may take what we witnessed as a criterion, it is worse than represented. It seemed to ns that they ail looked alike. They are all thin in flesh and sallow complected, and almost every one to whom we spoke adraittted that they did not get enough to eat previous to their entrance into Matyland. A few bear the impress of intelli gence, but most of them are evidently of the poor er class of the South, who, at home, are pot as much respected as the slaves. Some of them were Northern men, by birth, who had settled in the South, and when the war broke out they were compelled to go into the southern army. All such expressed the intention of going so far North, on recovering from their wonnds, that Jeff Davis would not see them again until the war was over. Otters again were foil-blooded and were not sparing in their denunciations of the Ab olitionists, whom they vowed to fight to the last. One old man, a Captain, from Mississippi, who was wounded in the arm and knee, said that he considered it his duty, in case he got well, to take his place in the rebel ranks and try us again. No kindness or attention on the part of Union men make any impressions on the minds of bigoted Southerners. So far as concerned attention to the wounded, we could not see that there was any dis tinction made between Union and rebel. We think it Would be a bad idea to put the np uniformed militia of the North into the field against the rebels, especially if any of onr volun teers were in the neighborhood, because of the similarity of the militia and rebel dress. We heard a number of our soldiers say tlmt, in an en engagement, they could not distinguish between them and would be as likely to fire into our own men as the enemy, unless the signals; were very distinct. Scarcely two rebels tlmt we saw were dressed alike. Their hats and caps are of every color and quality, and their punts ditto. Their coats were of cotton and mostly of two colors, light gifey arid walnut, hence the appellations of “ grey backs” and “butternuts." From the hospital above.,mentioned: wepassed to the one in which most of the wounded of Cap- Gardner’s company had bepn placed. Here we found the house, barn, wagon shed, and every availa ble spot filled with wounded.: Alter looking up our acquaintances and doing all In onr power for them, we walked through the hbnse and barn examining the different cases. We had heard soldiers say' that, by constantly mingling with and attending upon the wounded, (hey lost that feeling for them which they experienced at first sight. We thought this impossible, but two hours' among ; them con vinced os that it was possible.' Sights which at; first made us sick and compelled ns to turn away, we could now look Upon without a shudder. A gunshot wound in the arm, or leg ,was, apparently, of no account. We found one man Who. had been shot through the head just below the temples. It would appear impossible that a man thus wounded should live, yet this man, after having Ids wound dressed, was walking about the bam, talking with his companions and seemingly giving it little at tention. Another man- had been struck with a pioee of shell which carried away one side of his (tee and part of his skulk |le was still alive, bnt evidently conld not last long. A rebel had re From this field we passed to the first hospital in .ceived a ballet wound which cm out both eyes and carried away part of his nose. Though apparently atrpog, his case seemed to us entirely hopeless. ; A. piece of shell had carried away the roof of the mouth of a Union soldier. In bis condition it was impossible for him to take nourishment in any oth er than a liquid state, and it was hard to think that be must die of starvation, if not from the ef fects of the wound. Another case was that of. a voting volunteer from Massachusetts. His thigh had been badly fractured so close to his body that amputation could not be performed, and the sur geon gave it as his opining that his life could not possibly be saved. We could multiply cases, but the above will be sufficient to give our readers an idea of the sights to be seen at one of these field hospitals. From this 1 hospital we proceeded across, the country, some two miles, to another, styled the “brick house hospital,’* where our lamented young friend, Fred,' C. Ward, had died. Here we found some seven - hundred wounded, occupying as be fore, eveiy nook and comer about the house and bam. Two or three surgeons were busilv en gaged in amputating legs and arms, trepanning skulls, &c, We witnessed an operation on a man who had been struck with a piece of shell on the top of his head, breaking the skull. He had lain insensible from the time he received the stroke, on Wednesday, 17tb, until the time the operation was performed, Tuesday 28d. As soon as the fractured bone was taken out and the depression removed from the brain, consciousness returned and ir required four men to hold him until the wound was dressed. When the surgeon had fin ished: and the man w-as lifted from the tabic, he walked several steps and appeared perfectly ra tional. The smgeon considered his case quite en couraging. Quite a number of the wounded at this hospital had been lying there for a week, with gun shot wounds in their amis and legs, and had not yet received medical attention. The reports sent out by newspaper correspondents, to the ef fect that the wounded were well cared for, no doubt had much to do do with preventing the at tendance of a sufficient number of physicians. How men can survive their wounds so long. | without proper attention, Is a mystery to us. And i yet you never hear them utter a word of complaint. I It is a perfect school of patience. Each one iqi- peared content to bide his time, thinking there were others more severely wounded who deserve atten- tion first. Night coming on, and there being no accom modations for sanglers in that neighborhood, the people having left previous to the battle and not yet returned, we set ontfor the camp of the Penn's Reserves, distant about three miles. Persons who have never traveled in a strange country where no pne knows any more than yourself, can have little idea of the difficulties attendant thereon. The battle-field was still thronged with citizens and soldiers looking up relics, and of every squad we inquired the way to .the Reserve camp. Each party put ns on a new route, right or left, ami nearly always wrong. After having traveled about three miles, and laid out a pretty fair worm fence, we came on the camp of King's Division. Again we made inquiry—some of the paitv direct ing in one direction and some in another, and al most quarrelling over their differences. One said it was half a mile to the right, another a mile and a half to the left, and so on. Finally we found a member of one of the regiments who con ducted us to the spot, otherwise we might have wondered around half the night, and been within sight of the camp all the time. The men in the army know but little about any other than their own regiment, or at most, brigade, hence the dif ficulty. Having found the Reserves and our acquaint ances therein, we prepared to make ourselves com fortable for the night. Three of our party put up with Capt. Bohlcr, of company H, 12th regiment, of Indianna county. Capt. B. bears the reputa tion of being one of the finest officers in the corps, and certainly he is a perfect gentleman. He is what might he called a “ fighting parson” being a Presbyterian minister by profession. When the Reserves were being mustered he gave up his charge embracing two appointments, and recruited a com pany of 84 men. He has been through all the battles with the Reserves, and his company has suf fered severely, numbering at this time only 32 ef fective men. ■ The camp of the Reserves was immediately on the bank of the Potomac, opposite Sheppordstown, which latter {dace was occupied by the rebels. From the bluff on the opposite side of the river it would have been an easy matter for the rebels to have shelled the camp, and sqch a tiling was not unexpected by the officers. While we would have no objections to witnessing such a truly grand sight after nightfall, we confess we would rather be more than half a mile distant at the time, and have the “clock weights,” as;the boys call them, fly in some other direction than toward ns. i If any set of men in the army require, rest for a short time, for the purpose of irecruiting, it is the Pehn’a Reserves. A littie over one year ago they entered the army with full 11,000 men; now they number but little over 3,000 effective men.— Ur. Bower, medical director of the corps, in formed us that that the loss lof the Reserves in killed and wounded, in the late battles in Mary land, was 072 : men. Ope cqjnpany which went into the fight .on the X7th of Sept, with forty men, came out with eight hilled and twenty-seven wounded. Tihe boys .would like to hare a rest for a few weeks, hpt nevertheless they express them selves willing to go at a moment’s notice to any point where Oeh. McClellan may order them. Adjoining the Deserve camp was the camp of the sth U. S. Artillery, to which is attached the company of men recruited in this neighborhood by Capt. John M. Clark, of this! place. We found the Captain andithe Altoona boys all right side up, so far as health was concerned, and looking none the worse of the hard service jthrough which thev have lately passed. The Captain's company has been strangely fortunate thus :far. It was in all the engagement* on the Peninsula, in the late Bull Eun battle, and in all the battles in Mary land, and yet, : if we remember rightly, it has lost but one man wounded. Learning that Gen. McClellan’s head-quarters were at Sharpsburg, about a mile below, the De serve camp, we iconclnded to pay a visit to that lo cality on Wednesday morning. The country in this section appears to be naught but a vast mili tary camp. Every held and wood contains a reg iment or brigade, and all the rpads leading to the camps are filled with baggage wagons. No one can form an idea of the scope of country which it requires to accommodate an army of jthe size of that now under Gen. McClellan, or the number of baggage, provision and ammunition wagons ne cessary to keep it supplied, 'unless they go. and see as we did. The baggage j wagons are more in , number than tho ambulances, and on several oc j casions we observed trains trf the latter more than I half a mile in length, filled, with wounded soldiers j being conveyed frqm the fiqjd hospitals to the bos : pitals in Hagerstown and Frederick City. We donbt whether all the baggage wagons and ambu lances of MClellan's amt)-: could be put on the road between this place and; Tyrone (15 miles.) — 1 It certainly calls for a master mind to control and j direct the movements of so Vast an army. While j plallning a battle extending over four miles of ground, in which 100,000 on either side, afe to be j engaged, he must descend to the arrangement of such seemingly small, matters ns that of having baggage trains move at the proper time and ambu lances properly distributed over the field. After viewing this stupendous concern, we readily per ceived why so many generals, who are brave and successful at the head.of a small force, utterly fail in manoeuvrcing large armies, and. also, why a large army cannot be moved as rapidly os a small one. If Gen. McClellan did not regard the wel fare of his men and pushed:' them ahead without caring whether his provision trains kept pace, lie might advance more rapidly, but he would sun have fewer men. We think that if all the people of the north could get alight of this wist anuv, they'would not ho disposed; to grumble at slow movements, but, on the contrary, thev would won der how it was possible to move it from Washing ton to Sharpsburg as fiist a*! “Little Mae" moved it. Wo have never, as journalists, or in any other way, complained of the stow movements of oar ar mies, nor have we found fanjt with,our chief offi cers for not doing this thing or that at such a time, and we now feel much less;like doing so. We have seen enough to convince us that we know nothing about such matters, and that those who have not seen what we did know still less. It auv reasonable man wishes to obtain satisfaction on I this point we advise him to visit the battle-field :ot Antietam and the army of the Potomac. Me I will come away a wiser man by reason of having ! learned his ignorance. We arrived at Sharpsbnrg about nine o'clock and proceeded to what was |ioinicd out to u> as Gen. McClellan's head-quarters. There was nothing' about them to indicate that they were more than common soldiers’ quarters, other than a small flag on the largest lent, and a guard of soldiers around it. We did not get a sight of the General, hut in this we were pot disapjminted. Returning, we walked through the town of Shurpshurg, made famous by the late battle. It is evidently an old town, judging from the appearance of the buildings, and contains bn! one main street. Many of the houses were perforated witit halls and shells, daring the battle, and yet a traveler, who did not know that such' had been the case, might pass through the place tinzqis of times without noticing a .-iqglc mark. As wc were on the look- tut* lot sueh evidences ol the engagement we dis covered a number of holes in the roof and side.- of houses, plainly indicating that those localities were anything but healthful or, the: I Trii nit. Bui one house in the place was set on lire by the shells. Most of the people left the town previous to the battle and those- who remained took refuge in their cellars. So tar as we could learn, none of the citizens ol the place were injured, although one ucwspa|ier reporter has it that a child was killed. Quite a number of cows. hogs, and other domestic animals were killed. | Leaving Sbarpsburg we followed the pike lead ing through Keatysville and directly over the bat tle ground. On the right band side of the pike is a stone fence about four feet high and over a mile in length. Behind this fencc,;attd in a huge con,- ! field, on the left hand side of the pike, the rebels were posted in great numbers,: and it was certainly one of their strongest positions. Our forces were compelled to advance upon them over open level fields, thus exposing themselves while the rebels were entirely sheltered. of an In diana regiment told ns that ' he was in the column which advanced upon that wail. As soon as the column came within musket range the reltcls opened a murderous fire uptjn it, cutting down men by scores. The order Svas then given to “charge bayonets-—double quick,” whereupon the men sprang forward with a yell and the wall was soon gained. Having reserved their tire until this time, they now poured a tqrrilic volley into the ;rel>cls, almost covering the read with dead and wounded. In the meantime r our artillery hud been shelling the cornfield before spoken of and the rebels were in full retreat therefrom. Just .beyond the cornfield stands a small church which bears evidence of the ferocity of the conflict in that locality. It is perforated through the roof and sides by dozens of shells and halls, and is a complete wreck. .The rebels ;had taken shelter in a wood just back of this church, from which it was designed to dislodge them bymtUtery. We had read of trees as large as a man’s body being cut square off by balls and shells,; but did not realize that such could lie. Here, however, we had jiosi tive evidence of it. The ground was covered with limbs and tops of trees, the falling of which would have killed as many men as thq halls mid rendered the place more insecure than the ojicii fields. From the numerous graves (if union and rebel dead, the destruction of houstfe, fences, cornfields and woods, the dead horses lying around nnburied, and the shells and balls which) could be picked up at every step, we judge this to have been the most hotly contested part of the field. A house and bam situate about one hundred yards from the stone fence alluded to, was burped during the en gagement, and every bring thing about the premi ses was either killed or frightened away, as there was not even a chicken to be stecn when we-were there. If this he the condition of i 1 country af ter one day’s battle, what inuscim the condition of the .volley of Virginia, over which the armies have lieen fighting for the last eighteen months ? , We now come to refer to the; part taken hy “our regiment,” the 125th Pa. Volk;, i n the fautle of Antietam. It will be remembered that this regi ment is composed of six companies from Blair County and four from Huntingdon Countv. hence we say oar regiment. It will ||> remembered also that the 125th is one of the new nine month regi ments, and that the battle of the 17th nit. was the first in which it took part.' Omthe day of tire en gagement it had only been under organisation about five weeks, and during fiat time the bovs had received but little tminlngj] As soon as Wv arrived at Washington, about a week after their organization, they were set to Work on trenches, and kept at than business until tiered into Mnry laud- While on them.murch into and through Maryland they had mo tijrefor drill, all their halt ing time being required for refreshment and sleep. Gn thc day preceding the: engagement they were niarehcd several miles, do a jwsirion in a ploughed field, where they were Ordered to lie oh their arms. At daylight on Wednesdjay morning, they were ordered up, without breakfast, to their position in the line. It is needless to say that every man was at his post and ready for (he combat. After ma ncevreing backward afld forward for a rime, the regiment was ordered (o advance and hold a [>osi tionin the woods in'frimt. Skirmishers wen thrown forward to find the whereabouts of the en emy. They advanced abejnt one hundred yards, and found the rebels in full force. After enga ging them for a short 1 time the skirmishers foil back to their places in the fegimout and the whole line al once advanced.' The battery, which had advanced with the regiment at the opening of the fight, bad retired, having exhausted its ammuni tion, thus leaving it ;to contend, unsupported, against a full brigade of rebels,' Our men at once jierocived their perilous position, but haring been ordered forward, they obey ed, the line never wa vering. The rebels seeing the (losition of affairs, chafed out with a yell, in full force, at the same time endeavoring to dank the regiineut on the left. The boys stood their ground firmly, and would have been surrounded and captured, or cut to pieces, had not the Colpnel given the order to fall hack. A portion of the regiment did not hear the order and only, became aware of it when they found thcmselvq| along, and the rebels within twenty yards of them. 'The regiment made good its-escape-in the best order possible, but not with out the loss of some as brave men aS ever shoul dered a musket. Hud it been supported by a bat tery, as intended, the hoys would undoubtedly have held their (wjsition and driven the rebels from the woods. When they fell hack, the guns of Ricketts Isutery were sent tip to cover up the retreat, and these, with a brigade of thp Reser.ve* soon made the rebels "skedaddle" faster than tho 125th had •done. : While mingling with tfie Reserves and other soldiers who had been near our boys during the action, we made inquiry as to their conduct, and tlie testimony on all hands jwas that they behaved like veterans. Rebel prisqnepi taken on the oc casion say that there mast |iave been-a brigade of the boys, as no single regiment could have cut them (the rebels) np so badly in so short a time. Their superior officers,; and all who witnessed their conduct on that trying occasion, award to the men of the I2nth the Highest mead of praise. AH honor to the 125th. '■ jjlnir County has boast ed of her 81th, and she can now boast of her 125th. ’I lie latter has brought 110 discredit upon the for mer. —• -•-I*- ‘ A Word 0f Advice:” 1 he Republican, of Clearfield comity, quotes ap provingly from the SSelinigrovo Times, the-follow ing "Mold ol Advice *■ To Democrats we wirnilitl say. say just what y,i,i ploa-e. ,-iilier about Lincoln or I lie war. Do no! allow yourselves lo be kjimeklcd down rather go to prison than surrender one inch of-your inde pendence. Always bean in iinind that Lincoln and his cabinet are the greatest felu'ls in tbp land, not one whit better than Jetf Dgvis and his devotees." i hy. i- the organ ol Wallace; and il that paper supposes that the Democratic party of this cqhnly. which is loyal and true to tip country, can .be led by any such treasonable language, their ale surely mistaken. J’nblie sentiment, of all parties here, is to sustain the goveninienlj —stand bjythe consti tution. enforce the for a ajicedy and honorable peace, whenaH sections of the country may again be united, 11 vi ug under one flag and boosting of one nationality. This is our 'sincere hope and it is with regret and paid we see the publication of such articles as that quoted from. AH loyal men, however natch they may honestly differ on questions of governmental policy, when the question is, have we (t government tut all ? must see they can do no goodr-qji the contrary, great harm. What the object'd' them is, lye are at a loss to devinc. ,i The following paragraphs bring out clearly some points of the revenue law,- which - have .been imperfectly understood, pnd which are; important to tie known ; ? ‘ Stamps not Coxvkktibi.e.—X o stamps issued for one purpose can he used for any other Sec , OC. Stamps —How to be Cancelled. —*rhe person using or affixing an adhesive stamp shall write thereupon his initials 1 and the date When used Sec. 99. - Stamp-Duties.—Pknai.tv. —If any person shall make, sign issue any Instrument, ’document or paper, of any kind ori; description whatsoever, without the same being duly stamped for denoting the duty imposed thereon, or without having there upon art adhesive stamp to denote said duty, such person or persons shall; incur a penalty of $5O, and such {taper shall he deemed invabd and of no effect. Sec. 95, ( 1 The following resolutions were adopted bv the Board of Presidents of tlje Banks of Philadelphia, jteptemoer 15th, 1862, add we suppose indicates the course that will be adopted bv the bunks gen erally : Itesolved, That the Banks) of this City will not receive on Deposit, or for; Collection, or: Discount or I ay nny Cheek, Draft,; Promissory Sole, Bill of Lxehange, or other negotiable instrument, unless the same is in legal form'; ■ Jte-ytved, That all Drafts, and Certifi cates issued by the BanM shall be in legal form. Important Order fjrom Gen, 'Pie following has just been issued from the head-quarters of the amiV: I - CutccLAß,—-From 1 casualties in the field, and from absence .by reason of sickness, mauv volun teer regiments liave not a sufficient number of offi cers to command them, j it is important that va- SffiArtdu 8 *? l e ,a t ihls,iimd h 1 s, i imd resignations be filled " itti the least possible dejav. The Governors of the sevehil States are bamest i requested to fill these vacancies hv promoting officers, non-commissioned Officers and privates who have distinguished themselves in Ihq field. or ' wfe l? W r a {or mi,it “ f y <*>pmand. Without the hope of promotion there is no en couragement for afaithfnl performance of duty and ,no stimulus to deeds pf valor. Moreover, the’ discipline and efficiency of an armv depends, in a ‘V- U l a * r *‘ h,r a " d qnaltffiStions officere’fhc very -T"*'* m<, refinilitaryjmoh, the I of ifs ffilhcre^' "I reaSed . : U. W. Iljatr.KCK, General-in-Chief. Indiffehuxob to, Death.—A Soldier ■ who was in all the battles beforplSchmond, retnaria that it is asttmishing how indifferent to danger „ mal in action, after; being in it a khlit ttoe WhDe supporting a liatteiV some of our men lav ,n t c e S ro 4P d ftn ‘ l l lec P soundlv, utterly reL them lf l Wbumting tnem. Iflhad not seen this. I eerfainly never would have believed it." 1 “ never JJNDSEY’S IMPROVE!, BLOOD' SEA Uc h i i i SL'RK IUhL Cancer, Cancerous Formations, Scrofula, Cutaneous Dj s ,, i r Pimples on the Karo, Sore Eyes, Tetter Affeetions. >*ald Head Old and Stubborn Ulcers Rheumatic Disorders, Jaundice, Salt Rheum, Mercurial ( ' De^, Liver Complaint. Loss of Appetite, Low Spirits, Female Con,piai„„ Lptlcpsv or f Paralysis or Palsy, Syphilitic Diseases and Caries of ltle Together with all-other diseases havi„, origin in a depraved condition of the hlJ.i ' dilatory svatem. C a « CASE OF DANIEL A. BOVD, Pmsnniaii, December ii I »K. O. 11. K«8EB: I take pleasure In niakiu.l nntarj statement in favor of a meilirin,. prepare,V I called “ Lninatt’s Bioon guspuni." j hsii | five year* with Scrofula which broke out n „ m” h 1 forehead so a* to disfigure me very much, and Iu)li 1 hair when the disease made its appearance; it iiw v,| on my anp above and below the elbow, , n j. al .'I skin and flesh so as to expose a fearful sore, thr T 1 on my head went so far that several small pi Krt , J"1 came out. I was very week and low ,pi n ,,.j a , , i given np all hope of ever getting well, a, | t .‘ K ‘I eral skillful physicians and Uiey did me n „ pwl tember last, |861,1 was induced to trv ,/I PROVED Bioon SRARcagB.” I mn»t confess I '' '.T in patent medicines, but after I had used thro, h-!, I Blood Searcher, the ulcers on my head and atm • I heal. 1 have now taken eight or ten bottles, I and arm are entirely well except the scars remains the sores. I will also state that I had the rhtmnJ very bad in my arms and legs. The Blood Se,Rk, u cnnn| tho rheumatism. lam now u w»ll man.&v years of ago, and I feel a* *uple aud ymm- Xk j di .. I was twenty, and have increased in weight tween I would aleo state that the disease in my forehead ,7J bad that when I stooped and lifted anything ban J blood nm out of the sore. Dr. Keyser Imd a taken or me by Mr. Cargo, the artist, after I well. It doc* not show my appearance as ba , before I commenced taking the medicine-. Y-m J the photograph, one of which is now in my and also at Dr. Keyset 5 * 140 Wood street. I Wul . s state that I took the Blood Searcher which- un,. ~ 1; . . fT«‘ Dr. Knyser commeured innkum it, Aii, helped me some. I did not recover fast until 1 roi made by Dr. Keyset himself, one bottle of he more good than two of the old. 1 believe it h i - stronger and better. I have th Searcher to a great many of my friend- u.r vin > ease-, and I believe it has helped the wind.- <-i \ may publisii this if you wish, and I am ;in\iuu. :lc who are afflicted as I was may be cured, i iiv- m:t:« No. 4 Dine street, and am employed ut C-divili. a i ... son’s Union Marble Works, o 4 Wayne etre-t. A BLIND MAN CUBED 1 live in Sligo, at Clinton Mill, ami have l-i r-. . blind in both eyes for nearly foui; years. I &i> Keyset ate.ut three months ago and asked Inm i„ a ,.... direetions to the Institution for the Blind in PWlairiiti He told me that I need not go to Philadelphia to g 0... ns he had medicine that would cure me, ,t- he said u... ease was in the blood. I was treated for ii two or im times in the hospital in this city, and was relieved, - my disease always returned after a month nr two ,6* came out of the hospital. I fonnd my diraw »>■ - turning and 1 called, by the advice of a good irer... : mine, on Dr. Keyser, who has restored my sight, and ;• eyes are nearly as well as ever. The Doctor pm* * l.indsey's Blood Searcher” and a wash. Pittsburg, July 5,1881. Witness—K. F. M’Elroy, Anderson street. City. A BAD SORE LEG CUBED, Pitctbcsob, 1861.—1 hereby certify a I have had a fibre leg Ibr over a year. It was coirr; with ulcere and sores bo that I could not work for n«J-: a year. My leg swelled so that 1 was unabls to d- 13.' thing for a long time, for at least sue muDth“. 1 w* several of the beet doctors In the city, but withent u? benefit; finally 1 colled on Dr. Keyset, at No. 140 w.v: street, who only attended me about two Weeks, and mo but two bottles of medicine, and I am now - titir'i 1 well and have contioed so for six months. lam empi at the Eagle Engine House, on Fourth street, wher*- one can see me. , CANCER CURED. A Letter JPaoai Enoi^vxd.—Mr. John pope, el Bi*' von, near Montypool, Monmontshire, Knclaud. * n,r * follows: SiR t— An old woman i>< this place ha- wished rjr write you respecting Mindset's Bioor which she found great benefit, and wishes to haw a more. She has been suffering from a disease of» one nature for die last six or seven years. Her daught*- who Is living In' America, obtained it for her, »nd « o 1 bft eighteen bottles. She is now quite out of it and Ik* written to her daughter twice and have recei'’ ft i D ' swer: of course she is anxious to inert, to •'* pletely coked. I told her I would write to you for v agency in this country, and she felt very muon hear me say so. I now beg to asfc you on what w®*’ will supply me; you will please bear in mind riag» r and ntpply mo as cheap ss possible. Tb* pir, ‘ '■>n the one dozen bottles, was £1 Ss 6d. The in**dici r '‘ a present from her daughter. I would like t“ ba*^ 1 Blood Searcher’in a jar gr small ca ,tl) ’ i J«in«2o. 1832.-1 y Oostiv^. Daniel a non DAVID KI.NNOUI Clinton Mills. Sli, THOMAS filRBfU SItBBM il ' '' PRINTED t ( afflptoH’s $650 “Cooi tribune powe PRINTING OF KtrlWi within tbs put two yean addition to oor estahUshiaeot In lha type! Screw Frau, Paper Cuter, Can chine. Card Power Press, and tarn Frees, (a out of which we give to execute anything In the line' of { a stylo equal toaoy eataUtshraeat p rfc>sa sgoally low. We can execute. Ityteeof Wedding, invitation, Visiting, Ball Circulars, Proacra mammoth postkm. bbul> am® pamphlets, P*y »nd j BLANK Bd AMO •LAMAS ail wo ask is a trial, feeling eonfidi satiMhotion if we have the opportnni (Mice la Low titer's bniMing, cornet nie streets, opposite Superintendent - , LOCAL it Eukbbal or Cobpobal Jo On Satatday evening U*t, Mr. place, returned from the bat ..m | with the remains of hi* so A. Kelly, of Company I>. 125th fell, mortally wounded, in the engagement. It to said hy his he was bayoneted, before he diet canto up with him on the fieh the {bathe hto body was found by 1 of the same company, who had hel]i bury the dead, who intern decently as possible and marked The funeral took {dace at thre day afternoon, and was attends nies of the militia, the Good Wil and a very large concourse of < mains were deposited in the circl Eair Vtow Cemetery, which, as remisaiber. has been tendered b as jibe burial ground of all soldi and vicinity who may die or be war. Soldier Killed. —Asoldier Smith, of New York city, a mem N. Y. Regiment, (paroled at Hoi "from the train at the stone barn ham, on Saturday last, and wa; His remains were brought to this were taken charge of byMr. Join others, and bis father telegraphed He {requested tha|j* metalic coffii ate(y be procured tor his son’s he would be’ here on Monday to takt coffin was furnished by Mr. Isani body properly washed and pine father arrived on the Mail Train and returned again with tb East Line. Mr. Enoch Lewis, 8 R., kindly furnished a pass for th father from this place to Philadc At Home.—The officers of IN prisoners at the battle of Shm ■ Were released last week, and on Lieut. John 8. Campbell, of tl fanny, arrived at his home, in tl day morning last. He confirms bad treatment these officers t Richmond. They were imprison what was used as a dead house also used as a hone stable. Tht was often stronger than their su to hear, and contained more mp ofthe beef. The guards would to look out of the He shot at ibr his temerity in this gtaairng his wrist. We are indeb Ibr several copies of ftidmintyi po not yet had time to examind them Bockd West.—The paroled that' disgraceful surrender, at" passed over die Pennsylvania Rail on their way to settle the India Minnesota. While it was a disgn so far as the officers in charge we stigma attaches to the snbordinat vate soldiers, nor did our citizens they snpplied every train load wi of office, bread, cakes, pies, mea t onbor two occasions they almos . bread, and many husbands had to cakes dr do withe the ladies. When they attempt they do it. Wodxsbd at Home.—Several coMiarues from this place, who. < the late battle, among whom are young Barley and Minebard, hav< fnrlongh, receiving home attenfip tltey may the earlier heable total thepnkg sgain. It is not likely t fcwjf » pass through as severe a tarti proved to be. We hope they n as safely. Ijftnai FROM THE Army.—t two letters from the army, whk the same information given Mdj in our import of onr visit to finhj!, in this issue, consequently i then). We hope onr friends will br »ge at this, bnt continue to repc inge, which are always interesting home. CesnuDlcnm.—Mr. James 1 08 fo thns publicly contradict die n ktiqn" for the purpose of a®tj that be sold coffee and brea passing through this piac ?■ B*®ht number of them with ct tons, but did not ekan/t and