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ALTOONA, PA,
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24, 1864.
Akxmde Honors bi.e.-—W e are’pleased
to note that friend Greer, of the Juniata
True Democrat ,, takes back the charge of
“drinking too much whiskey,” made
against our townsman, HonL. W. Hall, j
one of the Union candidates for the State
Senate. There w nothing to be made,
politically, by charging upon a candidate,
a sin of which he is not guilty. Honesty
is the best policy in all cases, and to ad
mit a mistake is much more creditable
than to persist in falsehood. We thought
friend Greer an honorable editor, in this;
particular, and we are belter satisfied now;
that we have the. proof.
Godkt’s Lady’s Book. —At last Godey
has been compelled to advance the price;
of the Lady's Book. In the October nura-|
ber, how before us, and a perfect jem in
its way, he gives notice tliat he cannot
receiye club subscribers at the old price.
We will give the terms in the November
number. We do not wonder at ' this ac
tion on his part. Our wonder has been
how he could stand it so long at the origi
nal price, considering his inormous ex
penses and the cost of labor and materials.
We hope none will drop the Book on ac
count of the increase in price.
The Lady’s Emend, fob October.
—“Peep,” a beautifully executed steel
engraving of a mother and her little girl,
opens this number of The Lady’s Friend.
The double steel Fashion Rate is also as
rich and elegant as usual. Then follow
the numerous engravings—some particular
ly excellent—illustrating the new mode'
for Indies and children. The music foi
this number is a new song called “I loVe
thee, dearly love thee”—a popular senti
ment, as all will admit. Among the lit
erary contributions we note “ Scatter
Blessing,” by Minnie May : “ Two Years
Lost,” by Emma B. Ripley: " Life is
Good,'’ by Miss- Annie F. Kent: “The
Imported Hen,” a comical sketch by H.
W. S.; “A Turn in Fortune’s Wheel,”
by Mrs. Hosmer; “ Why I didn’t Marry
Grant Henson,” by Ida Mason (it strikes
us that Ida was a little hard on Frank) ;
“ Castles in the Air,” by Mrs. Anna Bache;
“Missionary Work” (in the matrimonial
line we see this is), by Frances Lee, &c,
ic. Of course there ip the usual Work
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“ Sontag” in Pittsburgh.
September 23d, 1864,
Last Sunday we spent in and around
Pittsburgh, among the dingy and besooted
walls of the iron metropolis, where every
man pursues some legitimate business
through'the week and rests on Sunday.
The iron and glass works, which are so
numerous here; the “thump, thump,” ojf
forge-hammers; the ring of anvils and
the hum of machinery': all cease and a
dull, monotonous silence prevails o’er the
entire city- ,
lathe afternoon we wended oqr way
out* to Allegheny Cemetery—the most
beautiful, solemn land picturesque place
that mortal would desire to take up abode
in when done his labors out in the world.
This enclosure is a vast natural forest. —
It is finely situated, and beautifully and
tastefully laid out. It is romantic—bea
ring; located upon a sloping hill-side; with
ravines, natural mounds, giant oaks, waj
ving green hemlocks, and shrubbery of all
kinds decorating the graves of loved ones.
We read the last tribute paid to mortality;
the names of dear old friends traced upon
marble. Then old recollections crowd
upon us that would ftil quartos of books
in transcribing. Past conversations are
revived hnd the features of joyous spirits
long since hushed in death are with us in
spirit and in feature in this hour of soli
tude. ; Events “browned with years of
glory flash vividly, distinctly, upon a mind
harassed by subsequent years of toil and
trouble. In a retired nook, and by the
side of hiS wife and child, we read thie
name of fm. B. Foster—the once much
esteemed Vice president of the Pennsylva
nia'Bail Boad Company—which reminds
me cf bis modest, exemplary life ; kind
to the poor and true to his fellow men.
Kid and beast, as well as their supe-
rior—man —feels the enervating influences, soothing. The basso, Mr. George W.
of the still balmy, yet nevertheless de- Alexander, possesses a highly cultivated
lightfully refreshing breezes of autumn, voice. His notes are full, round and mel-
I have written it antumnl Yet by the liflnons. He rings with ease and arnitna
calendar, summer has hardly taken to it- tion. As we have said, we were delighted
self wings. Yet lam correct. I see, by with their melody, and we would not ask
innumerable ! indubitable proofs, that the a greater boon than to have these choris
grandest as well as the most diversified i ten ringing at our bed-side when we die.
season of the four, is rapidly making its The doxology being sung, we take up bur
advance. Iloveantnmn. I love to watch line of march homeward,
its silent approach, and I ilove to note its AUG. SONTAG
{ changes. It fills my soul with solemn
} awe, and thrills me with strange and pe
culiar emotions, such as it is impossible ;
to describe, yet delightful to bold. It is i
a season, too, that the m|nd often turns |
from the contemplation of -the selfish and I
sensual and realizes the beautiful as seen
through nature. Man requires a rest —
he needs a change—and the Almighty has
ordained this as a season of repose. There '
are few indeed who, resting from physical
labor or severe mental toil, do not feel the
soothing influences of nature. They can
not account for that tranquility or sub
duing of personal passions, and- yet it is
chargeable to the influence 1 have just
pointed out Autumn gladdens the eye
with pictures, fresh, vivid, grand and
varied. The delicate green pales and
loses its individuality in .the richer folds
of yellow, and of purple, and of scarlet
russet and red with which nature .is now
bedizined. Bicber, far richer the orna
mentation than that with which Spring
tints forest, field and landscape. Autumn
excels also in fragrance, for every tree
and bush is as sweet-scented as a nosegay
of the rarest exotics. In truth, nature is
one vast garden, exhaling the most de
lightful of perfumes, and’charming both
sense of sight and smell. Those only
who rise with the lark are able to under
stand of what I have written above.—
Who is there who does not love to wander
amongst decaying herbage? Who is there
who does not love to witness the sparkling
dew-drop glistening as it were a pearly
tear upon that trembling, curled and early
fallen leaf? I love to roam at early morn
and stand and gaze upon the magnitude
of the Creator, as he reveals himself to
mankind and makes known his power and
presence. I wander for hours in solitude,
drinking in the still beauties of the glad
dening surrounding. I have for my com
panions the last of the leathered tribes,
whose notes are rich with full, gushing
accents of sweetest melody; The birds
appear cognizant of the ; very nature of
the change. Their notes have none of
that shrillness with which they carrol
their matins in April and May, yet there
is a grateful tenderness expressed in their
parting chants as plaintive as the moan of
the sea. I roam along the banks of the
stream where I sported in boyhood. The
dreams of other days come over me, and
1 live again in memory with those who
are nut. 1 walk listlessly along a path
that 1 have trodden when my feet were
smaller, my eye brighter, and my step less
firm. That little leaf, as it disentangles
itself from the parent stem aqd is tos«ed
and twirled in the breeze that bade it quit
the shoot from which it derived its suste
nance, catches my eye for the moment.—
I watch it as it sportively careens, feather
like in zephyr, and notice how, in the
momentary lull/it loses its grantation and
falls upon the waters of the tiny rivulet
by whose waters !an standing. Trifling
circumstance! Yet it is but a miniature
boat representing the wreck of larger
crafts. So I wander on, discovering new
charms as the sun waxes older and the
day shorter. I love the pale sunlight of
the autumn dsys. There is no garnish
glare seen or felt in ihe rays of the light
of to-day. But .soft and lambent as
attunes and corresponds with ones own
feelings and . that harmonizes with the
effect displayed elsewhere. Choice and
beautiful as is the day, it is reserved for
nightfall to display the grandest of the
typical teachings of the hour. Inti few
minutes is revealed a month’s experience.
Over yonder mountain’s top there comes
a ray of light, gorgeously, brilliantly beau
tiful, and whose reflections are of the
richest, deepest colors. All the attributes
man possess fail in attempting to counter
feit in oil o? portray in words. The
mountain tops look as if fringed with
silver lace, upon which rests an ethereal
light so brilliant that eyery leaf sparkles
like rubies and stands as clearly and dis
tinctly from the back-ground. We bow
with adoring reverence as the rich tints
grow darker and fade from the surface in
one last grand effort to preserve as it were
their identity, and all is- lost in the gloom
of night.
We visited “ Christ's Church,” situated
oh Penn street, in the evening, and we
were edified, delighted and enchanted with
the sweetest melody we. have heard in a
long time. The Church bears a striking
resemblance to st. Marks, of Philadelphia,
and is unquestionably one of the neatest
structures in tills city; It possesses a
modest appearance, being back from the
street, with a tidy plot -of grass in front.
The interior presents a ; somewhat gothic
finish. The aisles are so wide and so well
carpeted that the sound of a foot-fall can
not be heard, and the pews are spacious
and inviting. We were seated but a
short time when the bell heralded forth
the proclamation that “Church was ready,”
and soon we noticed men and women of
the most aristocratic appearance enter and
go to their allotted places, while stiff and
dignified young men sauntered into their
respective pews- The organ pealed forth
an admirable and spiriteid voluntary. The
organ is an excellent one with thirty-four
stops, and the performer is unexceptiona
ble. The choir consists of a quartet with
several volunteers. Thy tenor was smoothly
and carefully sung. The alto was soft and
plaintive, but too weak to be heard dis
tinctly, and therefore not producing great
effect. The soprabo was admirably exe
cuted ; the highest notes were dear, firm
and shrill, yet sweet and melodious; while
those of the lower register were soft and
“Caught a Tartar.”
handed the following letters, with the re
quest to publish; to which we accede, only
leaving off names. Many persons know
the parties and the letters are vouched for
as genuine. We think the party in this
place “caught a Tartar,” in his Western
cousin :
Altoona, July 27th, 1864.
Dear Cousin :
• • * • What do you think
of the last call ? Five hundred thousand
more men to be sacrificed for the emanci
pation of the dark race. Oh, Lord ! is it
not awful to think of so many men being
killed and crippled to satisfy a few fanat
ics. The quota of the township I live in
will be 90 men, and by adding the 100
per cent, it will take all the able-bodied
men that are in it, so there is no chance
for me to escape biit by giving them leg
bail, which I will most assuredly do before
going into the service, because I can’t see
the point.
I dont suppose your State would be a
very good place for a conscript to flee to.
lam afraid there are too many negro
lovers there, by what I can hear, but I
hope none of my good friends there are of
that stripe. lam opposed to this war in
every-particular, and I do hope that it
will soon be over, one way or the other,
it dont matter to me much how, so it will
be ended.
Let me know how the feeling is out
there in regard to the last call. If lam
drafted I am going to emigrate to some
place. If you think it would be good
policy for me to go to lowa, I will go. I
know I can get along well any place these.,
times! I can work at anything that comes
in the way. Farming is the best thing
for a man at any rate.
Give me all the news, particular in re
gard to this draft arrangement. Don’t
let any one see this letter.
From your friend,
Fairfield, lowa, Aug. 17, 1864.
Sir:—l received your
letter, and, in answer to your inquiries,
would say, so far as'the people of bur
State are concerned they are truly loyal to
the Government of the United States, and
I think we can raise our quota in the
Five Hundred Thousand call without a
draft. We have an excess of eight or
nine thousand men oyer all other calls,
which will give us a good start on the last
call for, “five hundred thousand more.”
!You Want to know how the people here
feel in regard to the war. All you have
to do is to examine the history of this war
to learn that lowa has borne a very prom
inent part in all the battles in the Western
Department, and did it gallantly too. —
Her citizen-soldiery sleep on every battle
field in the South-west, and many more of
her gallant braves will yet fill soldier’s
graves before this wicked and causeless
rebellion is suppressed ; and they will not
be willing to give up the fight till all
armed traitors of the South, and the pusil
lanimous, non-combattant sympathizers of
the North, are made to hunt their holes,
and hide their God-forsaken carcasses
from the gaze of loyal men. Just think
of your proposition to shirk your duty to
your country in her hour of need! Who
ever heard of such an infamous proposi
tion ? While the rebel ragamuffins are
raiding in your own native commonwealth,
burning your neighbor’s dwellings, and
robbing them of their “goods and chatties,”
you sit down and study some way to
shirk your duty, and write to me too see
if this is not a good place to come. To
day the half-starved rebel ruffians of Mis
souri stand looking to lowa, with her
abundance of grain and Stacks of forage,
which they wish to procure for their
“criturs,” but dare not set foot on our
soil. 1 Neither would Lee’s Rebel army be
allowed to disgrace the prairies of lowa
if she bordered on Virginia. Were they to
attempt a raid into our State, they would
be sent howling to their dens!
You express the hope that none of
your friends here are of the War Stripe.
1 think they are not, and I have the sat
isfaction of knowing that your friends
here are scarce, judging from your letter.
Your relatives here, however, are every
one loyal and true to the Government of
the United States —the best government
in the world—-a government that all
nations look upon with a zealous eye—a
government that is a home for the op
pressed of all nations of the earth. Look
at the emigration into our country at the
present time—when we' are engaged in a
war the like of which the world never saw
—and perhaps you will see something that
will satisfy you that we would better hold
on to our government while we have it-
I am surprised at a native-born Ameri
' can talking as you do, at a time like this.
Look at the dying words of Col. Mulligan,
an adopted but brave and noble citizen. —
Thousands of instances might be cited to
show the patriotism of our adopted citi
zens, and how freely they die for principle,
but I refer to the case of Col. Mulligan as
one fresh iti my memory. “Lay me down
and save the flag” was the last expres
sion of the dying hero. No nobler words
have been uttered since the war broke out.
Mis first and last thought was to save the
flag—the emblem of the greatness and
powerof his adopted country. He devoted
his life to bis country, and faithfully kept
the oath of allegiance which made him a
citizen’ how bis conduct *houid shame Sheridans Great Victory.
yon and all those of your class, who,
having been bom and cherished beneath C 0M p LE TE ROUT OF EARLY
the protecting folds of the nag ot the
Union, now seek to trample it underfoot; Hi „ Troops Utterly Demoralised.
W Z 5,000 REBEL PRISONERS TAKEN.
mLeTmerira aSfotionTltUstrange DETAILS OF THE BATTLE,
that such things should be; strangest of Gen. Sheridan’s glorious victory in the Shehan
all that Americans should be guiltyiof such doah Valley on: Monday w noted as the first ȟb
wickedness. stantial success of our army in what has been des-
Now Sam if I were of the opinion *» , the Valley of Humiliation on account
jnow, oam, ii t . . D . , ,of the previous serious of reverses to our arms.—
you are I would go into the Keoei anoy. ■ rpbe enemy’s total loss will probably reach ten
I would not be a traitor and a coward. ; thousand —one-balf of which number were taken
If Unde Sam decides by the draft that he prisoners. The rebel troops by this disastrous de
nneds me I shall eo. When he gets me feat have become utterly demoralised, and it Isnot
needs me i snau go. f . known where they may make a stand. Thenar
he will be sure of one good ttculars of battle are brieflv narrated as
five feet eleven inches high, and weigh one f„u ow4 : _
hundred and fifty-four pounds; am sound On Monday morning, after Averill had repulsed
as a silver dollar, and thirty-three years the movement of therebeUon Martinsbmg, Gen
~ “ , ’ , fhlnlr » Don’t Shendan ordered his whole command to break
old. Now what do you think T Don t M march- Shortly after 5 o’-
you think I am big enjough and old enougn Wilson's division of cavalry crossed the Ope
for a Soldier ? - ! naan at the Berryville and Winchester pike.—
I will now give you my views on the j Moving his command rapidly along tho road, driv
trouble, of the jMuntry, l»«juau,
judge whether I am an abolitionist or not. tj,em at tho point of the sabre, capturing
I heartily approve the President's Proc- thirty prisoners. In this charge Coh Brinton, of
lamation of Emancipation, and his solemn the 18th Pennsylvania cavalry, yvas wounded
that no fitnvA ("whether on the within a few feet of the enemy’s works whilst gal
declaration that no slave (whether on tne lam , y leadhlg his regiment. These field works
border or farther South) who rights tor were const ructed by the rebels to guard the Sort at
the Union, shall ever wear the chains of t h e Opequan, and prevent our passage at thati
bondage - lam for the most vigorous ex- point. Our cavalry having secured a safe passage
ertions to re-inforce our armies by the for the balance of tho army, the 16th corps was
eruons o . ~ across the Opequan and along the pike toward
largest possible addition of colored troops, winchester, leaving its train on the opposite: side
and only regret that the persistent opposi- 0 f t b e stream, at a point about 1J miles, distant
tion to them by the enemies of the ad- from the ford where it formed in line of battle and
ministration, their congressmen and presses threw out a strong skirmish lute. At too same
, . , time the artillery opened on the woods into which
has retarded their organization, when, the enemy’s infantry had retreated, and kept up
they had unitedly aided in the work and an ; ncegsan t cannonade. The enemy replied
encouraged it, we might have had, ere briskly with parts of two batteries. There was a
now, four hundred thousand such soldiers delay of at least two hours, caused by the non-arjj
•--i ,b rrV and
avoided the impending draft. 1 am
against treason, whether it rears its hide
ous form in front df our patriotic and
I gallant armies or under the roof of our
Capitol ; whether in the streets of New
York or in the borders of Pennsylvania ;
I am against any severance of the Union
by the sword of the rebellion, by a dis
graceful compromise or a base surrender
of the sacred cause in which so many
martyrs for the right have so bravely
fallen. lam in favor of sustaining the
government, if it takes the last man , and
the last dollar —to sum up; I am for
Abraham Lincoln, (he pilot who shrank
not in the darkest hour, and for Andy
Johnson, faithful among the faithless, for
the highest offices in the nation’s gift.
In conclusion, I will say that this is a
great State, and a good house for loyal
men, but no place for traitors or fugitive
conscripts ; therefore you need not come.
lowa, as well as every other Western
State, has sent soldiers to fight the battles
of the country who care for the country,
and if the Eastern States were represented
in the army by the same kind of Soldiers,
this war would not have lasted so long. —
If Gen. Grant, had Western troops he
would be in Petersburg to-day, and I am
sorry he does not have them. Nine out
of ten of the Soldiers of the West are for
’ —We.have been
the Government, heartily and earnestly,
and' when they go into battle, go into
whip, and do it, too.
Yours, for the Government.
A Touching Incident. —The follow
ing incident is taken from Gen. Seymour’s
report: A rebel prisoner asked a clean
shirt for his young comrade, whose fresh,
but blood-stained bandages, told of a re
cent amputation just above the knee.
One of the Sanitary Commission gave
the shirt, but said the boy must first be
washed. “Who will do that?” “Oh
any of those women yonder.” A kind
looking woman, from Philadelphia, was
asked if she was willing to wash a rebel pris
oner. “ Certainly,” was the prompt reply,
“I have a son in the Union army, and
should like to have somebody wash him.”
With towel and water, in a tin basin, she
cheerfully walked through the mud to the
tent. Careful not to disturb the amputa
ted leg, she gently removed the old shirt
and began to wash him ; but the tender
ness of a mother’s heart wus at work, and
she began, to cry over him, saying that
,she imagined she was washing her own
son. He, too, began to weep, and to ask
God to bless her for her kindness -to him.
The scene was too much for the bystan
ders, and they left the Northern Another
and the Southern son to their sacred grief,
wishing that tears could blot out the sin
of this rebellion and the blood of this un
natural war.
Honor Among the Rebels. —Two pri
vates of the Fifty-sixth New York Volun
teers, who were captured on. picket duty’
at Port Royal ferry, a few days since,
were unconditionally released by General
Jones, who could not approve of the man
ner of their capture, and therefore would
not regard them as prisoners of war.
They were induced to cross the ferry,
unarmed, to bring over a rebel refugee
who called to them for succor. On reach
ing the enemy’s side they werel instantly
seized and made of way and sent
to Charleston, from whenice they were im
mediately sent into our j lines again by
General Jones when he ascertained the
particulars of the affair. It was a very fiiir
apd handsome thing on the part of the
rebel general, and is appreciated.
tBT A substitute broker in Poughkeep
sie got rightly served a | few flays since.
In trying to get a countryman! drunk he
took too much himself, apd wa9 enlisted
by the individual whom he hoped to sell.
He did not find out his mistake until the
next morning. I j
Heavy Robbery. —Last Tuesday a man
by the name of Henderson, of Altoona, 1
_Pa, was robbed at the Reading Depot bjr •
pickpockets! of eleven |iundred -dollars.
Another gentleman, named Williamson,
of New Jersey, was robbed of over two
thousand dollars.— ChonikU.
Having learned on Friday that the main portion-;
of Earl vs forces were occupied near Bunker'llill
and Stephenson’s depot, Gen. Sheridan resolved'
to mass his forces on the Winchester and Berty
yille pike, and by a rapid movement hnrt them on
Early’s rear,, the execution of which completely
surprised the enemy. A portion of our cavalry,
under Generals Torbett and Averill, kept up a
strong picket line along the . Opequan. and by a
demonstration at Burns’ Ford,- kept a large por
tion of the enemy at that part of the field, which
was nearly twelve, miles distant from the : point
where it was intended our infantry should b|ierate
and strike a blow which would defeat parly’s
army.' The delay in the arrival of the 19th corps
enabled Early io move Gordon’s division at the
double quick from Bunker Hill, some ten tallies,
and bring it up in time to form in line of battle
with Breckinridge's raiders and Hood’s command,
who iiad already arrived, and were formed in a
belt of wooded thicket skirting ■ Berryville and
Winchester. As soon as the 19th corps arrived
it was formed in four lines of battle, about three
hundred yards apart, on the right of the 6th, and
everything being in readiness, the advance was
sounded at about twelve o’clock, and the different
lines moved forward. The 6th corps advanced in
splendid though marching at a review
or on parade. The first line bad not advanced
more than two hundred yards before it became
engaged with the enemy, who were posted in TRne
about six hundred yards distant. At the same
time our artillery opened a furious cannonade,
throwing shells and solid shot into the opposite
woods, where the enemy could be distinctly seen
moving up reinforcements.
Our different lines of battle continued to ad
vance steadily, until withita nearly two hundred
yards of the enemy's line, when the rebels opened
a furious canonade, with grape and canister, from
two batteries which they had previously kept se
creted, and which ploughed through our advancing
lines and mowed down large numbers of our men.
The first line was obliged to give way under so;
murderous a fire, and in retreating behind the
second line threw it into momentary confusion,
and it was also obliged to fall back behind the 1
third line which had in the meantime been ordered
to lie down, in order to avoid as much as possible
the effects of the withering fire which the enemy's
batteries were directing against our advancing line..
The artillery was now brought up and posted in
commanding positions to silence these batteries of
the enemy, which bad caused us so much annoy
ance, and oar line was reformed and again ordered
forward, regaining the advanced position they had
held -when they were obliged to fall back.
The different lines of battle were then ordered
to lie down and wait the arrival of Gen. Crooks*
corps, which was held in reserve on the eastern
side of the Opcqnan. About three o’clock Gene-J
ral Crooks formed on the right of the 19th corps—i
bis first division on the extreme right of onr line;
and his second division in the rear and supporting
a division of the 19th corps. Gen. Crooks having
formed his men, rode along the line, and was re
ceived with the most vociferous cheering, the mep
promising to “ go in” and wipe out
Gen. Torbet, with Merritt’s and Averill’s division
of cavalry, having crossed the Opequan about 9
o’clock at Burns’ and Knox’s fowls, had been hard
at work all day fighting considerable bodies of thd
enemy’s infancy and cavaliy, and having been
successful in driving them now arrived on our ex
treme right, and was prepared to’ take part in the
final straggle which secured ns the victory.
General Sheridan rode out to where General
Torbett was stationed, and after a consultation
as to the part the cavalry were to take, or
dered a final charge, which was made with an im
petuosity which nothing could resist Our line,
extending nearly three miles in length, advanced
with cheers and yells, which could be distinctly
beard far above the noise of artillery and musket
ry, which, for its impetuosity, him seldom been
exceeded in any battle in this war. Our men had
determined to win the day and nerved themselves
accordingly for the coming straggle, and as oni
lines advanced closer and closer- to those of the
enemy the battle became mote and more fierce,
and tlie slaughter n >w was awful; at every dis
charge men could be distinctly seen - dropping all
around, and the two contending lines at some
places could not have been more than two hundred
yards apart. At this critical period, above the
roar of artillery, musketry, and cheers and Berra
yells of contending armies, could be distinctly
heard, several miles off, the cavalry bugle, sound
ing the charge which was the death-knell td their
army. There could bo seen the gallant Custer
and Merritt, each with a headquarters flag in
hpnd, advancing gallantly, leaning the charge,
which, in connection with ‘the desperate courage
of pur Infantry, secured us the victory. The col
umns of Early’s command were forced to give
way before our cavalry, who with skbre in hand,
i rode them down, cutting them right and left, cap
i turing,seven hundred and twenty-one privates and
| non-commissioned officers, with nine battle-flags
| and two guns. 1 ’ • •
j The broken and demoralised divisions compd
sing Early’s command now fled in confusion
throwing away everything which could in any wav
[ impede ihe.r fhght, and, with their arms/some
i mado for th “ kejflhts beyond Winchester, bnt they
I were soon dislodged by Averill, and forelxl to beat
a hasty ana ignominious retreat nb the Valle*
where such of Early’s command as are left him am
now-scattered. Qur victory is a glorimu one.and
I cidcnhited to fill the heart of cveiy l loyal mam
Washdwkw, September 21.—Information re
raiyed by the Government up to eleven and a half
■' *’ a l° .s?’ D ! akea u <*n«Sn that up to thid morn
ing Shendan has secured S;()00 prisow*
every honr more are being sent to the rear. Tlie
rebels had seven Generals killed and wonnded lb
I the engagement. Rhodes, Wharton,; Gordon and
Bamseur killed, andtbe, tory Bradley Johnson
: and Fit* Hugh Lee wounded.
The pursuit was vigorously continued yesterday,
andis doabtless being pressed to-day with no less
energy. So far, it is certain that the rebel tos* „
was at leoit ten thousand, and the operation in the
coarse of our pursuit may make doable that num
ber ere the end of the work The higheat estimate
that has reached here, of oar loss in killed woonded
| and missing, is two thousand.
STILL ANOTHER!
' Jost before going to press we yeceived the fol
lowing dispatch, dated Philadelphia, Sept. 23d :
j . “Another glorious victory in the. Shenandoah
Valley! Sheridan has had another tight with
Early, whipping him badly, captaring ,«i**e««
pieces of attilleiy and many prisoners.
, UscoKDmoxaL Soaaairoma. —'The Comman
der of Fort Morgan asked for forms,
only terms we can make are usfoanltirra.tr '
Jer," was the reply. This Farragut ta the test
stage of the war reiterates the words of Grant in
the first; These words make the rate of the w * r -
There is no different policy known either m the
irinv or navy, .The champions of our nag ******
riabiy refuse to accept anything short of an abeo
lute yielding to it. They wilt the rebel
banting lowered flat to the earth before making a
single concession. They are too jeatoim of the
authority and dignity of the Nation to chaffer, in
its name, with defiant treason. What these old
heroes doi, the Union Party means to do. It*
insists upon an surrender to the
national authority, as a preliminary to the minor
question. Precisely iiere lies the prime distinct
(ion between the Union party and that opposed
to it.
Important Order.- —A Matter in which
Every One is interested. —An order has
just been issued in-relation to the draft,
vhi ch says: “If the quota..of any district
shall be entirely tilled by volunteering, af
ter the draft, but before the drafted men
are sent to general rendezvous,' then the.
-person drafted will be excused. Volun
teers will be accepted and counted on the
quota, as well as drafted’ men, till it is
tilled; and when filled, and before the draf
ted men shall have been sent to the general ren
dezvous, for every additional volunteer
mustered in a drafted man will be excused,
the person to be excused being taken from
the bottom of the list of those drafted, in
the reverse order in which they were
drawn ; but in no instance will a substitute
be exonerated or excused.” :
Virginia the Great Battle Ground.
—lt is in Virginia, says the Richmond Ex
aminer, that the decisive operations of the
war are to take place. The lists are made
up here, and the contest will be decided by
Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia.
If we make sure of the issue on this thea
tre we secure it for the whole Confederacy.
We cannot, therefore, afford to run aniy
risks in this quarter. A single) division
of the army, possibly a single brigade or
regiment out of place in Virginia, may
cause the loss of a .great battle. The dan
ger of the Confederacy is not from Sher
man, it is not from Grant, it is not from
the scai city of troops, but it is from that
infatuation, from that evil genius of our
cause, that persists in dividing our armies
on the eve of important and decisive en
gagements.
An Honest Man.- —General Spinner,
the United States Treasurer, on Saturday,
received a letter of which the following is
a copy: “Please put into the Treasury
the inclossed six dollars,, the excess paid
me as a witness at court-martial \in a
neighboring city. The acting quartemas
ter knowing the fact that 1 bad come, and
was about to return the same day, made
out an account for me, which he said was
correct and usual, paying for an additional
day'for coming and another for going.
This sum, in itself, is no object to the
treasury; but, if it be the means of draw
ing the" attention of the Government to
the like abuses in this department of the
public service, it may save' hundreds of
thousands of dollars.”
0* The income of the four Rothschids
of Europe is estimated at $9,000,000 a
year, or $l,OOO an hour. '
HARDWARE I
fiSRsSB
CHARLES J. MANN.
b BALER IN FOREIGN AND fio
MKSTIO HARDWARE, .
WOODEN WARE, BROOKS,.
WINDOW SHADES.
DOOB MAT*
CtHOLSTKKING GOODS,
SHOE FINDINGS,
MOULDERS’ tools,
8188 GAGES AND WIRE GOODS,
WINDOW SLABS.
PUTTY, WHITS LEAD, AC, AC.
d*KHpti°n of Oi»U In bia Use trill b« fur
niM«d tt abort notk», ud at low rates forcaih.
HU remaining stock of DRY GOODS on kml wUI be
lCs™»si!i8 r el! egrmph Fodd ' r CuUet “
PRIVATE SALE
valuable real estate:
nr»HE SUBSCRIBER WILL OFFER
tOud* S * 1 *’ th * fcllo,,Ul * Eetate, in Ka«t
ONE LOT OF. GROUND,
on the corner of Annie and Rebecca (trees. having there
on erected a oae and a half etory :
PLANK AND FRAME ‘ DWELLING HOUSE,
wiUi basement .lory attached. Hydrant water and Ml
other cnnTeolracn docmuty
a P r °P* rt J *• *u liable for a store room and
dwelling bouee. i
Aleo.alot of pound adjoining the Bret described lot.
on Rebecca .treat, having thereon erected a
FRAME DWELLING BOJTSE AND
FRAME STABLE.
Property will be told cheap fer
not®* ° F P4rt CM * ***• wwjjdnfler secured byjadfjmpni
W«w«ion wiU be given to one month from tale.
S-pt.. 10-Jm. g. M. WOfIqHCOK, Aprnl.
H. FETTINGBBS
General News Agency,
OAK HALL, No. 7, MAIN
SCHOOL BOOKS, BLANK BOOKS;
stationery, confectionaries
CIOAKS& TOBACCO.
toys and NOTIONS IKGBEAT vabots
.W V CONSTANTLY ON HANP,
October at, tWI,
COmN TRIMMING.-
local
<sRi*eW ,9$
Fatgm’sHpU,miTlfoM
pun*** M
the ■ *
Tbe fofoAsg Vas calk
Col. Jote Woods, Fwa
Secretary- ’ ' :
On motion, a
to report permanent ei
momenta consultation,
wciepamed as oAeem <
aiowdy ctectedt rte •—-
/teiifoif -Got. John
, Oat. SmWery—Somt
Treaxftrir —Capt- R J
Executive Comsuttea —
fel, W»! Gott; YTost W
Hickey ; North. Ward-
Clark ; Logan tp.—Abn
On molten, John Fh
nan, Qffo Rossi and Jt
pointed a committee to p
the use of the f'lub.
On motion, a committ
10 collect fonds to defray
of the Club.
On motion, the Club
same place on Saturda;
constitution for die zovi
be presumed for the sign
become members.
A foil attendance of I
tire men » earnestly itpqi
* The Explosion.
to press,dast week, we ha
the explosion pi engine
Station, on the Pittsburg
the explosion U Unknown
fnh: The engineer, 'Cha
fireman, J. Jones, wen
bodies thrown a consider
road, and badly mutllato
duced to a complete iwroc
pieces. Several cant loi
were next to the engine
several hundred sheep k
conductor, William Wate
the first and second car
buried beneath the wree
been instantly killed.
ItnirDCTlos op Quota.
week, .contains the fol
Barker, Esq., after sovci
vest Marshal General’s <
Harrisburg last week, ;
qiuna of ..this Congress! o
seems that in assigning t
took os a basis thennm
roils last Junes Stupe
the number of enrolled a
or three thousand attd th
reduction in tbequotas
the evidence of tlita, and
quarters, when the m
stated.”
Fatal Accident.—O
Mr. Adam Woolheater.
Station, ontheHcllidays
down by the engine oftl
injured that be died or
Mr. W. was an old *a
and quite deaf. It appe
track at the time, and i
the creasing where he v
The engineer sounded
hear it, and the enginoei
from the track, did nut
until he was too close
accident.
Room Rentes.—The
have rented .a room ot
and Ltaghman’s Bnildii
also rohemied as age
placet, of evening resort I
As an ofistt to tl
lished last week, we hm
ing, taken at Barrack
Sept. H
McClellan 21
Frightful Catast
sylvan!
' On Wednesday morni
Fast Line East, on the
train at Thompson town
causing a most dreadfu
Owing to the exciuanei
a sodafaic, It is soraer
root aeconm of it. 1
ticnlars from an acconn
Comma-dot, by Mr. 6i
of that dly, who was a
scene. Be says:
The responsibility ct
the conductor of the c<
at tM station fbr wati
ignoi
LineV«jtoe, or of the t
failing ofthe prfecantio
to thp rdar tovnnrn th
ciafly attbe pbaitioo oi
of O tSfto Slid In. the i
Thn i mmMw rfi imln
, which: are connected i
with the fi
. posbvaid both eseapi
Bat the reversion a
dfejapcowas &rto
,«eed nader the nsa
- ■ «th 'IM' additional di
if the- rails, w
lock and slide with bu
> meqhMjofthf; train,
fhd had elapsed belon
entirely thnjuh one i
££l2l?ir *mn' to ft
every din
~ ftdtWßk was instam