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HUNTINGDON, PA
Wednesday morning, Aug. 17, 1864.
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor
Our Flag Forever.
"I know of no mode in which a loyal citi
ten may so well demonstrate his derotion to
his country as by sustaining the Play the;
Constitution and the Union, under all circum
stances, and UNDER EVERY ADMINISTRATION
REGARDLESS OP PARTY POLITICS, -AGAINST ,ALL
ASSAIL/aiTS, AI.IIOIIB AND ABROAD."
t. DOCIGLAB
NATIONAL UNION TICKET,
FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
OF ILLINOIS.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
RAND►R,EW JOHNSON,
OF TENNESSEE.
Union State Eleotoral Ticket
SENATORIAL
Morton
Thos. Cunningham, Beaver Co.
REPRESENTATIVE.,.
1 Robt. P King, 13 Elias W. Hall,
2 Geo. Morrison 14 Chs.H. Shriner,
Coates, 16 Jai). Wister,,
8 Henry Burnm, 1t D. 3PConaughy
4 Wm. H. Kern,' 17 D.-1 .Woods,
58. H. Jenks, 18 Isaac Benson,
0 Chas. M. Runk,' 19 John Patton,
7 Robt. Parke, 20 S. B. Dick, •
8 Aaron Mull, 21 Ev. Bierer,
9 J. A. Iliestand,"22 Jno.• P. Penney
10 R. 11. Coryell, 23 Eb. M!Junkin,
11 Ed. Halliday, 24 J. W. Blanch'rd
12 Chas. F. Recd.
lINIOIsT DISTRICT TICKETS.
For Congress,
ABRAHAM A. BARKER of Cambria
FOR SENATE, AND ASSEMBLY,
THE NOMINEES . .
of the'Vnion Conferences of the Districts
UNION 'COUNTY TICKET
Piosecuting Attorney,
JAS. D. CAMPBELL, of Iluntingdon
County Commissioner,
AC9I3 3iiLLER, of Oneida'
`Directors of PoOr,
HENRY .DAVIS, of West, 3 yogs..
IIENRY A. NARKS, of Juniata, 2 yrs.
County Surveyor,
D. D..ESHELMAN, of Shirley
Auditor, •
LIVINGSTON R0413,::0f Walk&
A General View of the Situation.
Pew people can fully appreciate the
advantages of a simultaneous move of
our army at all points of its invest
ment of the rebel .. Confederacy. It
has grown to be a favorite idea that
the massing of our forces, by necessa
rily compelling, the 'rebel generals to
mass theirS; is a `speedy road to the
end of the,' war. Our superiority in
strength and resources, it is, claimed,
can then be brought into play, and tho
rebellion crushed in two or throe so
called decisive battles. This theory
would be very well, were it only to be
carried out in practice. But our ex
perience of the war has taught us that
the race is not always to the swift nor
the battle to the strong. The skilful
•
arrangements, of. General Grant for a
grand coup de grace'at Petersburg all,
vanished in nothingness, 'through cau
ses so debateableand so uncertain that
a court-martial is'Aalked of to declde .
them. The Red River expeditiea bad
strength and courage to favor it; but
it failed ; . so with half a ddzen: of our
sche"mei that proved abortiveAtiht at
the time. the . highest hopes were ()sell
ted. Massing our armies against reb
els with' comumnications' , intact, pro-.
tectect, by fortifications upon which
they have spent , years, and all their
skill to strengtben, and in as strong
force as we . are ourselves, is not the
clearest or surest way of conquering
them. The careful observer who hag
marked the progress of our two grand
armies during the past two months
will, while he notes: the marvelous
similarity between the =plans regula
ting their advance, see that massing
against rebels,, who, though, really
weaker, can at will make themselves
stronger than we, by their - interior
lines of communication, and by im
mense defences, is, not likely to pro :
duce the speedy and, good results ho
ped for by every loyal man. We may
be reminded that their interior lines
and: their fortifications have done
them no service,. as they have been.
steadily driven from ,•them all. But
the state of things • to-day shows that
the war has resolved itself into a con
test between rebel' earthworks and.
the bravo battle lines of our noble sol
diery. This has been the end to which
all our successes have been naturally
tending, as a parallel between the
movements of our two grand armies
will fully show.
There is, as we have before remark
ed, a marvelous similarity between
the circumstances of their advance.
Both have had about the same din"-
nltier , to Pontend with. though per-
MO a little different in nature. The
mountains and unfordablo streams
over which Sherman was compelled to
advance might scorn to render his en
terprise the moro hazardous .of the
two, but when wo remember that'
Grant had to oppose a powerful army
under an able leader, while Sherman
drove before him a weak army diree
ted entirely by retreating strategy,
we will understand that the difficulties
besotting each were about alike. Both
followed the same plan in getting. rid
of them. Both flanked, and by seem
ing to encleavpr ; to avoid, compelled
thennetay tOretire before them to the
very cities . they had assigned for the
culmination of their eampaiges. Both
now lio before those cities, and bah
seem at last to find flanking neither
easy nor safe. The time that has
elapsed since Grant sat down before
Petereburg, the effort he has made to
breach the enemy's works, aro pretty
conclusive proofs that repetition of
any flanking moves is out of the ques
tion. Sherman has remained before
Atlanta two weeks, and events show
that flanking there is also extremely
difficult. The fate of both cities do.
pendS on the cutting of a single line of
railroad; but circumstances have so
interfered as to : render that desirable
consummation : hard to reach. r The
Danville road from Petersburg; and
the Macon road from Atlanta, are the
great arteriesigiving life to the garri
sons, and until they aro destroyed.. the
garrisons can bid us defianci3.
even when they are out, the rebels'
aro not appreciably injured. • The cit.
ice they defend may 'fall, but they
have an hundred twenties of escape.
The common roads in the rear .aro all.
open ; and inasmuch as they can retreat
as quickly as we can pursue, it is. evi
dent that thobiain object of the war .
and their destruction or disintegration
is not accomplished. •
-STEPHEN
Both Grant and Sherman have'
endeavored to destroy ; or at least, - to
cripplo these important iron ways, and
both have in a measure failed. Dam
ago was inflicted on the roads, but the
peculiar iron used; and. the rebel facil,.
Hies for repare, opened the roads to
'travel again in a very short time..
Besides, the cavalry raiders to whom.
this .duty of flostruction , ; has ;been;
assigned .have very often . been rough ;
ly handlocL . The history of the expedi 7 ,
tiou of Kautz against tho Danville
road is still.fresh in everbody's recol
lection, and even now we are reading
details of the reverses to McCook and
Stoneman:in thoir forays on the Macon
.The master-mind who is, directing
our operations has, no doubt, foneseon
all this, and has provided agains it.
For as soon 05 the two great objective
vital points of the campaign have
been reached, and the rebel forces are .
centred in each, We bear of an attack
on Mobilo and of projected, movements
against charleston. i These points are
to the rebels,guite as important as Pe
tersburg and Atlanta, and they arc .
compelled, from sheer self-preserva
tion, to detach troops to
„defend these,
points... Their numbers thus Nyealien- .
ed, then our superior besieged strength.
. I
is useful. Our line, can be stretched un
til they , cut and eovcrthoir cominuni
cations, and if the rebel ehieftainSimi
,
tate our: movem 011 ts„ tb e further, ;they
extend themselves , the weaker they
grow.,., They aro then forced to leara
the , works that invite assault but to
slaughter, and meet us in open com
bat, where numbers.again favor us, or
to languish within to an early surren
der.
Such. is the undoubted effect of sim
ultaneous, assaults at many places .on
the long rebel frontier, and it
. grows
everyday ,more and more evident that
by that . plan, and that , 0n1y,., can
The rebplllion bo speedily, subdued.--
The Press, . ,
THE SOLDIERS WILL VOTE.;
The official returns from all but tw,o
counties, in the State has been. recpiv,-,
ed at Harrisburg, giving a, large .ma
,jority, for the arnemiments.
Total for Ist Amendment, , ;199, 1 357
against " 105,163
Majority 'for let:Am' endment, 94,494
Total for 2nd Amendrhent, 210,111
ngainie " 75,066
Majority for 2nd Amendm'nt, 135,045
Total for 3rd Amendment 207,550
~against " 75,812
Majority for 3d Amendment, 131,744
'Berke, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield,
Columbia;Lehigh, Northampton, and
other Rebol sympathizing counties
give indjorities against- the soldiers
voting. All the, counties giving ma
joritieb for the Union party, give rna
joiities for the' soldiers ‘to vote. .An
official table ,of the counties will be
published next week. ,
. .
A FACT TO .73E RcuEmBEREn.-The
reader. has heard almost every day,
charges against the Administration
and the Union party, that the war
was being carried on for the purpose
of bringing the white man doWn to an
equality with the' black man. An
election took placb on the 2d inst., and
how did the loud mouthed Copper
head friends of the white man vote
They as it party, (where - they voted
at all,) voted almost unanimously to
deprive the white soldier of the right
to vote, a right ho has „always had
over a black man. The most igno.
rant of mankind Can new see who, and
what party, are in favor bringin'g
the white man down to a level with
the negro.
Tun IZEAsoN —The Democrats of
the copperhead persuasion seem to
have a regard for the fitness of things.
They have illustrated this in a stri•
king manner, by changing the time
for holding their National Convontion
from the 4th of.:lnly, the birthday of
American Independence, to the 29th
of August, the birthday of Benedict Ar
nold !—Miltohian.
A Reserve State Force.
The Legislature has been in session
a week. On Friday a bill was presen
ted in both houses for immediate
organization of the State Militia.. The
following are the important sections
of the bill, and it is to be hoped the
bill will become•a law this Week :
SEc. 5. That the Governor of the
Commonwealth is hereby authorized
and empowered to organize a military
, corps, to be called the Reserved Vol
unteer Corps, of the Commonwealth,
to be composed of fifteen regiments,
of which two regiments shall be ca.y
airy and one regiment of light artil
lery. The said regiments shall sever
ally be compoSed of companies of like
number, and to be armed and equip
ped, clothed, disciplined, governed
and officered as similar troops in the
service of the United States, and shall
be enlisted in the service'of the State
for a period not exceeding three years
Unless sooner discharged, and shall be
liable to be called into the service of
this State at such times tho Gover
nor of the CoMmonwealth May (teeth
their services necessary for the pur
pose of suppressing insurrections or to
repel invasions.
SEc 6. The Governor of the, Com
monwealth is herebY authorized 'to
provide• the necessary hospital 'ar
rangements, ' camps of instruction
arms and accoutrements, garrison, and
camp equipage, transportation and
all things . necessary for the arming
and eqUipping and putting into service,
subsistence when in service, quarter
master's, commissary, and :ordnance
stores of,tho said reserve corps, uld to
shako mid adopt all needfUl rules and
regulations, to take and 'Use 'Mises
,for cavalry and artillery 'service ; and
such"sUpplies as in his judgment may
be necessary, and to seize such rail
roads and other means of transporta
tion as the exigencies of the case may
demand.
. SEC. 7. The Governor of the corn
inon.Wealth is: hereby authorized • and
empowered to eauseJo be made an
immediate enrollment and classifica
tion of the militia of the common
wealth ; and it shall be hiS ditty to call
and keep in service, as long as he may
deem necessary, from the body of the
militia, or from such portions of the
Commonwealth as he may decin nec
eskarY, the said resei•v - e corps by Vol
unteering or draft.
Justice of Ohatbersbarg.
CnAmnansnenO, Angrist 1864.
To the Editor of The Press :
YOur inore"generous than
just words at the public meeting in
Philadelphia yesterday, vindicating
our people from the malignant aspez:
sions they have received in so many
'quarters, made us feel that there are
still a few who will not add calumny
to our desolation and Ivant i That a
paper controlled ; by Horace Greeley—
a name hitherto 'associated 'with good
and. generous deeds=-should , persist
ontlyshut out the truth, and add sys
tematic-defamation to ourmistbrtunes,
has astounded Its many, old patrons. in
this section . of ;the State.; That the
Satanic defame'and
sift'; under any circumStances, surpris
ed no one:..A. am at a loss. to
,discrim.
Mato between the rfiendish. spirit. of
the Tribune and in their - o,e
-ticcS'Of our calamity, and that of Gen.
MeCausland; who applied the torch,
and invited his command to arson and
robbery. .
I believe the Bulletin of your city,
clops not mean to falsify respecting the
people,of Chambersburg; but it does
so in a manner that is utterly inexcu
sable when it alleges that Captain.
Hancock's "summons for voluntary.
uidwas, answered by leSs than one
hundred`of the thousands ableAmdiod
then N\ihe, that night remained within
the'district , he commanded .It de
clares what wholy ; false:, Every,
man who could got: a blouse entered
company organizatiomi' that night
went" out on duty, and remained on
duty 'Until' ordered 'back; • and more
than two thirds of the other citizens
had their arms and ammunition ready,
and, waited in squads to, join in the
defence of the town until after mid
night; When 'Was ascertained' that
thiS'eneirly bad' not advanced;• and
could not that night. They
Were,thon.notified of the fact and they
;retired.,
Equally unjust is the 'statement of
the Bulletin that frtim Ohambersburg
to'llarrisburg " were observed evi
dence of fright, if 'not of, cowardice,
which were disgraceful to the people
and humiliating to the loyal stranger
who witnessed the exciting scones."-
The'people referred to were farmers
who wore ordered away with their
stock, as in no manner could the rebel
cause he so well served as to allow
thorn to capture our herseS and cattle.
That farmers ordered North with
stocicwithout knowing whore or in
what.numbers the foe was appearing,
should bo anxious for their safety, is
most-natural, and the Writer who cen
sures them reflects but little or does,
not card to .be truthfdl or just. „
We lfave had , throe Invasions in
Franklin county, and each has. given
us about the same amount of theorotcal
valor from city editors. • It seems to
bo the ambitibn of niany to ridicule
the lon,g-suffering'and plundered peo
ple of the border, because they do not
keep their stock to be stolen by rebels,
and fight rebel armies which have drivt
on our armies in confusion before they
reached us. I lost ten horses in 1862,
and I don't see that it would have been
a valiant or profitable act, had it-been
in any power, to save them. Last
week I lost ray residence, barn, office,
and all their contents, and I doubt
Whether it would have been benefit.
ted any ono had I joined other citizens
of Chamborsburg to fight, certainly
four to one, an organized and merciless
foe, and been murdered, as NVO all prof ty- certainly must have been.
In 1362, Stuart made his raid through
the town,:xfliile McClellan lay on the
river, and with a strong force. within
twenty Miles of us. Although
an army of 100.006 , men could
not guard the PoteMac, citizens were
expected to be ready, in force, just at
the particular pint and time the reb
els should attack fad all thable- ;
bodied men of Franklin county been
under arms in Chambersburg, when Mc-
Causland approached, they might have
been equal iu numbers, and saved it;
but who was to defend Mercersburg,
Waynesboro, Greencastle, and other
important points? While McCaus
land was marching on Chambersburw,
two other rebel colums bad advanced
from the Potomac, one ,towards Ha
gerstown, and the other towards Left
ersburg. Who was to defend against
all these?' Hunter, Wright, and Av
crill did not seem able to do it; and is
it reasonable to expect that citizens
should do it? It, may be . deemed a.
very easy matter by a city editor, who
is never disturbed by the thunder' of
rebel cannon, and who can always
'feel that his wife and little ones aro
safe from a brutal foe, but when it is
once done I shall be glad to hear the
particulars.
In 1863 this valley Was protected
by Gen. Milroy, at Winchester,: with a
force of 12,000 men, well fortified.
His command was defeated and driven
across the Potomac, through and north
of this place,
and, after the military
had retreated beyond us, we Were per
sistently 'censured and defamed for
not resisting what an organized army
had failed to resist. Was it just?
In 1864 Gen. Cooks is defeatad at
Winchester, and his forces . driVen
acroSS the Potomac, The' rebels ad;
vaned in three colums into the' Cum-;
berland Valley. : Avorill, retreats to
Greencastle, and. Hunter retires down
the Potomac. They confess their
inability to arrest Ileac' movements
with their organized armies, and yet
we are termed cowards • because the
citizens do not cover every point, and
put to flight the rebel armies, from
which our own have 'just retreated.
Is it just ? '
I was in Chambersburg. until the
rebels were on ,:the outskirts ,of the
town, at the western, toll-gate; Was en
gaged for tweuty-iOur hours Mere in
providing for• our Safety, and I do not
hesitato to declare that . never did a
people show more determination to
defend the town, if defence should be
deemed possible. General Conch was
troopiess, by no fault of hiS own ;
()rill, who wee under Hunter; did not
retire from Greencastle to this point,
as urged by Couch, and_ five hundred
citizens and. less than ono, hundred
troops would have been . our defensive
forces againA 3,000 fiends, under Mc-
Causland; well armed, ,'orizarized, and
supported by artillery. Would it have
beau wise ? How, then, is General
Couch to, blame, and the people of
Chambersburg to' be justly censured ?
It is strange; indeed; that 'each facts
and explanations must be given to an
intelligent press; but it is even so;
and in justice to a people who have
manfully borne their share of the bur
dens of the Nvar, and incalculable per
sonal privations losses besides, I must
ask a place in your coltiams' for this
letter: V:ery truly yours,
MIMS=
Statethent of Affairs in Dixie.
WASHINGTON, August 14
Six refugees and twenty-one deser
ters from the rebel army arrived hero
to-day froth City Point. The former
left Richmond by stealth on Thursday
night, and came into our lines. •
"They tell i long story ; representing
that! : four trains oftwenty cars each :
arrived in Richmondbringing a body of
troops froth Petersbarg, said to'be di-'
vision and they leftinithediatelY On the
Central railroad to re-inforee :Early in
the Valley. A large. :body of cavalry
arrived the same day, coping.by
,road, and departed for the same
deStinatibn. •
The deserters fromthe army have be ,
longed to different regiments, and have
left their lines at different times—so
late as Monday night last. Most of
them are from Florida, Alabama and
Georgia regiments, and have not
generally served over 'one year, but
that year has:been engaged.
Those from the' States named above
say that there is a sort of half mutiny
among the troops of these States who
aro sick of the war and anxious to
give in. The officers, however, man
age to keep them from deserting ~by
making them believe that if they come
over to our lines, Gen. Grant will put
them in the front "ranks. They state
that for a long time some of them be
lieved this nonsense, and wore deter-,
red from coming over, and they are
satisfied that if the men in .4.labarea,
Georg,ia, and Florida regiments knew
thia l theyivould b6'tl'oted well, the
desertions would he extensive. •
One of ...hie party worked on Belle
Island, states that when he loft there
Were but five Fedora! prisoners. The
others having all been sent South to
Georgia. There it,re but few Federal
prisoners in Libby'. In fact none but
tho sick and wounded aro kept over a
few days after their reception.
At the timo tho, Danville railroad
was cut, our prisoners were • Made to
walk on foot some seventy milos-be
fore they took the . railrbad. These
men beard the guards when they , ro
turnod, say that many gave out and
died on tho road.
There are no troops in or about
Richinend, except in the fortification's.
Those on the , south side being fully
garrisoned, while those on the north
Bic) hay° barely enough men in thorn
to koep things in order. •
Most of these deserters have boon
stationed at the front and cannot, they
say, form any correct estimate of the
strength of the Confederate force at
Petersburg ; but none of them believe
their entire army exceeds 50,000 men,
and brigades and divisions are being
sent once or twice a week to other
points. Conscripts are constantly be
ing reported, however, and their ar
my may be for some time kept up by
these accessions.
THE N. Y.lPost contains a detailed
account, showing bow Boston has
been engaged in importing men from
Europe to go as substitutes and volun
teers in the army. Throo ship loads,
it appears, have been brought over
mostly from Germany, and the busi
ness has been kept much more secret
than many of our most important ar
my movements.
W AT . — The weather
A Pennsylvania Copperhead Meeting
in New York.
"A Pretty Kettle of Fish."
[From the New York Repaid to-day.]
The first real copperhead' peace
meeting in this city, composed of men
of heavy metal, took place in Hope
Chapel, yesterday afternoon. The
meeting was as secret as a Proem
son's lodge. We learn that it origina
ted with Judge Woodward, of Penn
sylvania, and a knot of the peace cop
perheads of Philadelphia, who resolv
ed themselves into a committee, and
invited from various:States, a ,large:
number of the faithful of the tribe to
meet them in this city,,onAngust 10th.
TuesdaY evening brought a large del
ermtiOn froni - PennSylvania,, among
whom were ex-Attorney General Van
dyke, Charles Ligersoll, Wm. B. Reed,
Judge Woodward, ox-Governor Big-,
.ler, ex-Governor Porter, ex-. Chief 7sp-
Cep Lowry, Judge ,Black, and about
fifty more of the solid metref the Penn
sylvania Democracy.
The most of the 'dolegatiOn- put up
at the Now York Hotel, ,and at an
early hour : they ;hold a perliminary
meeting in Mr. Vandyke's rotn,
appears to be the chairman 'Of the Un
dertaking. With the exception of
Hon. Horace H. Clark, we did not
tico any Now York , men, nor, indeed
anybody from Any State but'pennsyl
vania, visiting the preliminary Cauatts.
At nearly midnight iv portion of the
delegation Went to the Brevoort House,
to meet,' as.it was' said, ,some friends,
of Gen. McClellan.
On Wednesday morning this Pon
sylvania delegation was joined by'
few 'of the • New York copperheads;
among' whom we noticed the; Hon, ,
Fernando Wood, and the
John McKeon, and at twelve o'clock.
they, commenced repairing-, ono or two
'at' a time, to Hope Chapel. 'There
were at first no entrance open at the
front'of the building, but they sought
a Stealthy Massage at the rear, going
through ; the alley at the lower side of
the ehurch. Among the members we
noticed ex-Governor Weller, of Cali
fornia oz Governor Thomas Seymour,
of Connecticut; Senator Bayard, of
Dealware, and cx-Goverpor Vroom,
of Now Jersey. The meeting was or
ganized by e'rtilin6 ex-Governor Weller
0
to the chair. • • . •
Judge Black, of Pa., made- a brief
speech, the burClen , of which was that
the great object should be to get Lin
coln out of office. His remarks did
not place Senator Bayard, who
contended that nothing could be gain
ed by pushing ono man of wrong prin.
aside and putting another. of
wrong principles in his place. Hp
said the democratic party must as
sume honest and and straightforward
peace grounds, or: it had no mission
, but that of hunting for spoils.
Senator Bayard , left the meeting
With a look of dissatiSfaction, if not
contempt, on his fade.
&ming pease Speeches Were made
by ox-Governor Seymour, of Connecti
cut, Fernando Wood, John IgeKcon,
and others, whose names we did not
learn. GoorgoV:Clartis made a Speech:
strongly pointing to Gen: McClellan
as the candidate; ex-Governor Arroom.
Of New Jersey, did the same,. as did
I_4ll.so_almatlenmn_from Indiana, Whose
name we lost.
After the meeting adjournedo
man humoremsly•sind :—"We have
marched up hill and marched down
again." 'lt was impossible to detect
any, visible, object of the, meeting;
un
less it was to make a few speeches'in
a secret council, as an exense for being
hereto lay pipe for the. campaign, or
for the division of the spoils.
It is a noticeable„ fact that there
were very few New York politicians
at this secret ' conclave. The '‘NoW
Yorkers 'generally seeMto - look -upon
the ,whole affair as a pretty piece of
impudence on the part of the Phila
delphians. Ono roaring copperhead
from Kings county said loud enough
to be hear by half the people in the
hall of the Hotel, oVandyke, Rood and
Woodward have three or four times
been invited to peace conferences ,in
this city ; but they never come ; 'that,
however, was when there were no
spoils in sight; but now . they snuff
the spoils and plunder of a successful.
campaign, and they, fly bore as fast:
as vultures at the sniell of fresh blpod.' . '
Another remarked that ho "had heat 4
Judge WoOdward wanted to Make's .
bargain with McClellan for a' place in
his Cabinet; Vandyke was fishing, to
be Collector of Philadelphia, mull - teed
:Was putting in for the mission , to the
Court of St. 7anies." And the mem
bers inside seemed to be 'as much' in'
the dark as to what they Wore there
for as the outsiders were.. •
Th!? meeting adjourned at five
o'clock, having been in, session five
hours.
A pad Story.
A correspondent of flu) ; Mobile Reg
ister, writing at Atlanta; relates. the
following
Not many months ago thoro' arri
ved at a Confederate port, upon. ono
of the most notable of our blockadO,
runners, a very unassuming woman=
scarce such, indeed, for she was hard'
ly out of her teens.of an extremely
handsome person. She had come to
Nassau, N. P., from Paris, and sailed
thence fbr the Sonth Sho brought
with her an abundant wardrobe, and
sufficiency of means to last her two or
three years at the present high rates
of living. Her object in visiting this
country was to discover the fate of an
only brother, a Colonel:in our service,
who had placed her at Geneys:at
school when the war began. Sho had
not heard from him during six, months
became anxious, and finally set out on
her long and. perilous journey. _Fier
anxiety proved too well founded: ret
brother had been killed at Gettysburg
and she found herself alone and ,a
stranger in her native land. , Sho_wont
first to Augusta, then to Mobile ; bere
she lost a trunk containing all her
gold. At this critical junoturo of af
fairs she met a very handsome field
officer—foil in love—engaged first. in
flirtation,.then in an amour—and, ac
companied him as far as Atlanta on
his way to the front. Ho fell at Chick
amauga. What her life • became you
can guess. Sho died last week, and
was tumbled into the ground in the,
public cemetery. There's a story for
you—weep ovor it. . •
The best way to avoid the draft—,-
volunteer and take the.boantim •
WAR FRI TIE UAL
The Great Fight in front of Atlanta,
WASHINGTON; Aug. 10.
Major General - fihermani• in 'trans
mitting the follbning re Port of Gener
al Logan, says•.though the.: ouriabor of
dead rebels seem to be exeeisiye, ho
is disposed to give . full credit to the
report that f though our toss" was only
3,521, killed, wounded wounded and missing,
the enemy's dead alone on the field
nearly - equalled that - numberrviz :
8 .49. • ' . `,
. .
Headquarters Departm eutArmy
of the Tenn., before Atlanta, Ga.,
July 29, 1894:
. GENERAL :—,I have the honor tora
port the following . g - e;iteral Sintiffiary
of, the result of the attack of tile! one
my on this army on the 224 inst ,
Our totalloss of lfilled, . wounded ;
and missing, was 8,521,mnd ten pie
ces of artillery. - We, havo'hnried,Mnd
delivered to the' enemy tinder • - flacr 'of
truce sent in by them in -front. of the,
3d Division; 17th Army ,Corps, 1,090
of their killed..
The number of their dead in friint
of the 4th 'division of the sante Corps,
including the ground not' , now occu
pied by our troops, Gon. Blair reports ,
will swell the number of their dead to,
2,000.. , . ••
, The nuraber of their defid buried
trent of the 15th corps,'Mp to this hour'
is 300, and the coMinalidifig'otricer
ports that at least as rnany,more Are
yotlunburied, the, burying parties,bc-,
ino• still at work.
'The numberof 4 tidad . but.ied in 'ft:OA
of tinilGth Corps" Is 422. • '
We I.ltive over one , thousand of their
wounded in our hands, , the ‘, larger,
number of wounded
. heiog carried off
durini•the night,
.afier the engage
mont,-by. them. ' " '
We 'captured 18 stands Of eolors:' and
have them, now. • We.. also •captured•
.s,ooo„stand of arms..,.,
The, attack Was made on our lines
seven times,.and waS seven time's
pulsed. :• Hardee's .corpS
arid Wheeler's i
eler's eaValryengaged 1113: •
We have sent to the rear I,ooo.pris-,
onors, including 33 : .commissioned,of6,-
cers of high rank;
We still occupy the field 'and •• the
troops are in high spirits. A•detailed
and full report will he .• forwarded as
'soon as completed.
IlEcArrruzATtori.:----Our total loss,
3,521 ; enemy's dead, thus far reported
buried and delivered to them, 8,220;
total prisoners sent north, 1,017; total
,prisoners wounded and in our hands,
1,000; estimated loss of the. enemy at
least 10,000. ,
Very respectfully your ob't servi,
JOHN:A. LOGANdlaj.' Goal.
Mai., Gong. W.• T. SIIERMA:',7,•
Coin't! Military Dly'n .of Mississippi.
FROM MOBItE.
Glorioics News !
WAR . DEPARTMENT
, WASHINGTON ' Ang.lo,'l:l-30 P. M.
Gen. Dix.;'New 'York?
'The following report of 'the success
o£ our operations at .110ile., .extracted
;from thoßiehinond :Rnquirer. of,
.this
morning,' hasjiist boon received flont
11.4. Gen. ,Butler:
.11.1omi,E, August B.—On . Friday.night;
Lientonant General -Williams, , porn 7
manding Fort Powell, evacuated and
blew up the fort yesterday, and to
day 'the •Onemy . are i shelllfig . "Fclit
Guinea. r " •-• '• •:
The-people, of Mobile are all - ready
Ifor-the fray. i . 'no peopla,..arolatiefied
with the conduct : of LiontepantS'
:chanan, Maury and 31iirrl'ette"of 'the
navy : , ~.!
•
' ' ". ItloniLE'; Atig.
It is'painfully to, an
nounce the shameful .surrender of Ft.
Gaines ,at, half past nine o'clocic• this
morning, by Qoloncl 'Charles Ander
son, of tho 21st &labainit regiment:
This.principal . work was - provision.
ed for sit months ; , and:with a garri
son' of si.N . .,hundred men be cornmuni
eatetl with the enemy's fleet by flag of
trnee ? with the sanction of • General
General Page' ingtiireii by signal
what- his'purpose -was,': but received
no answer. , .
,••
Ms attention was attracted by sig-.
GenorafPage repeatedly telegraph:
ed to•bold onto your fort., f . ,
The same night' he , visited; Fort
Gaines and, found Anderson on„board
the Yar.. !coo fleet arranging terms of,
capitulation,. • , '
Ifoleft peremptory orders 'for An.'
derson,On'hih return, not' to., sum,
der the fort, and relievedhim of his;
omminand.. , • ;
Fort Morgan signalled`this morn
ing, bnt no answer was received;O4''
cept the hoisting Of the Yankee, 'flag
over the ramparts of Fort Gaines. ,
Anderson's conduct is officially -pro
nounced inexplicable and shameful.
Dispatches just received fr . Mil 'Gen
eral Sheridan report his forces moving
against the enemy up the Shenando
ah. At 4 o'clock, R. rii., they were
skirmishing about ten miles from Vlll
chcstcr. ,
Portions of General Stoneman's
command aro continuing to arrive,
and the total loss will not exceed one
thousand.
B. DI. STANTON,,
Secreta7 of War
(BEN. AVERILL'S VICTORY.
WASIIIN6TON, Aug. 9.—The.Storsays
that the authorities hero have the most
gratifying information of the victory
obtained by Gen. AVerill on Sunday.
last, at Moorefield,. West Virginia, over
the rebel forces ,under Generals _Mc-
Causland and Johnson, that recently
burned Chamberaburg. •
Averill overtook them at Moorefield,
attacked and utterly routed thorn,
captured between five and six hundred:
prisoners, including General Johnson)
who subsequently escaped( and his
whole staff, with their headquarters
colors. Ho alse. took all the rebel:
artillery, trains and a large quantity of
small arms. .
McCausland himself barely escaped
by flying into the mountains.
Averill ptirsued the seatterd rem
nant of the. rebel force for twenty-five
miles, capturing many of the fugitives.
.ll.is entire loss in killed is seven men;
the So. Chaiahorsburg raider have'
thus '"hlivily" como' to 'grief. The'
pursuit was only abandoned ,-whon
Avorill's, horses wore. too, eAbausted
to follow tho enemy further intq
mountains. • " ••• • .
•
di: Averill's. Official Report ... 1
The following official report, by G r ene
Averill, of his,reeent success
at Ilfoorfield, has been transmitted by
Gen.illunter to the' • _l),eParttnent:
" "I;overtoole.the enemy,under 3.1 c.— .1- •
°midland; .T.blinson, Crlimere ' 'And
Neal, about. throe thoesand strong ,
herelthis Morning, and attackid
at dklyliglit:'
The number .
ot.the enemy .11'4 Unknown,
Three Hattie-flage were captured,.With
'four pieces of artillery L-all 'the enemy ;
had; four' himdred and tiventypriSom,
ore- including sire field and ''' staff And
t h fri y 4 W 4 ' 6 *FAirO'9,oo:;•.: o l:ql9nV,r!.'".
hutdred horses and equipments ; 'and. ii.v1,1,:„
~ q uantifforiiinall arms.
001. Peters„piAti Vi,rgin)a ehtl,
"was mortally i woundedv GentgQ,l4yi
sod was captured, with his colors and
three of his.staff, but paseingrindiettri 7
lin
guisbod among the sOtier's; effected --
his escaped ~ . -
The enemy fitirsded'
and many killed, upon ,every road r for'
a distance Of ten or tWelidniiieV.
,Afy loss is seven killed and fiireil6'
one wounded: ' '
Major COngeii and , Lietitonant Clark'• . \
Third Virginia cavalry, were .
•charge.. l Cap_tairi t Nerr f ,
14th Pennsv,liramia cavalry, WaSsevii6c4
jy WinindBa While penettati'ng, 7 tlii3"iiii=''
i emy's lines, 'in a.gallant eirprt ;to, cap-; , -
tare the:rebel , commander. • McCatie4
land fled to the ‘TO9unaills•
have difficalty in,fincling his command.
NY. IV. A V 11.R11711.“ ''
";131..ri. G-41116 -
1'14:'!'" 1-'f.l
Gen. Ptonemalfq 1 44 Rid
, • • 'NAsitvitrig; AngAl.
InfOrmatieri from Mariotta':toi
6th ins4givos. ;particulars ,pf;Stetne,- ; „ j ,,
maifs,raic. l July ,?,7tb. the sth
6thitpdiana Cavalry, and tWO,sections
of, the '2.lth. Iddiann battei.Y Silt' out ' ,l "
for Macon,' to relieve the Unio'rifiofil
ears iinprisondd there.. , The,vexpedi-, •- • '
thin arrived' too 1441,, the
.robels, had,
'removed the Trisoners to n Place, of . ,
greater Safety. Geri. McCook's force'
started at the sanie' time to effect - '
junction , 4ith • , Stbnoman;; but were: -1
overtaken by' n.'o:verp,owering force r
and worn obliged to , lot Stoneman's
command cut its way out. The, rob-
elp l attaeked them'Saturday,'Suly gOth. •
The engagement:lasted all that day
until late in the night. SUnday Morn-.
in found, them completely surround
ed. Col. Adams, finding .resistanco.
hopeless escaped"to Mareitta.' 'COlo2' , •
net Capron, with 'his . command egchp-
od once, but was again Surrounded
and his men cut to pieces. , ,Tho,Sixtb ,
Indiana also cut through.the enemy's
ranks, but NVPI'O again attaCkcd. Their
'fate is unknown to our informant.
Gen. Stoneman, Cala. 'Bidden add
Butler, 111ajs. •Ttiothpson - and'.;Sofer,,
.Captains,Whiteman,Elliott ; and .Fin-:
ney, Flouts. Anderson, Stanton, Aug.
oil, Lindsay, Sohn Hubbard, Miller, '
Simmons, and'Clegg are , prisoners;
and Limit, Chittenden
by T, Fifth , Indiana, lost fearfully. A
soldier who escaped reports that, tho
rebels ,sprpriSed .Col. Cqpron's Ctunp,
shooting his mon' and brainink,
With guns 10)11e/sleep- Th . /3' 1 506
- diana lost abowt . 4oo -- m - em—gBo
onors of war, Including, fifteory coin, : 1
missioned officers, arriyed.
Mu'. Gen. Palmer reaelie'd here this
eveaing en 'rout for WaSliingtonl
is'repOrted that has' becn - rolievod
of the Tonimand of, the 4th Corps.:to
• later informatioA ,to ,I.l) o .ff* -o
that„col. Capron, with several SO:ids
of his men, is in Marietta. This
recluco'StOu'eniiiit's io less` tliu`fif``s
-
1,000. . :1" .
• MOM - GEIC gtfaIDAIT. "
WINCHESTER Ang . ...16=10 P 4 N
The
,last of .1 4 ;arly,'s,roh , p1 forces
: left,
hero. yesterday, morning, about_inn
o'clock.. flis' train was over
miles !Ong. Oar eirialey cliarged into . ' ) I ' ,
the town yesterday as thb rebel') rdat+ , -,.
guard Wont oat., Early estahlishedhia :
headquartors last night at l!Tewtown,,, , „
yostm.:daymormagthare Was beavy '
sliirmishiiig N r ve.en "oar fmc6.4 'and
a pOrticiti of fhb ... rebel's , on the
and Front Royal roads, at a pohat, n;
about two ,taileo from this place. We
drove the ' '
Early is well pretecting his front and ,
rear; ,and making , ml the, Valley as. fast,
as ever he can go; ,;t oannoy karn
he_,epeets to j ho. materiai!y„reiaforeed 4
His train is very, boas Viaded,'
ily Will make' d"sttind? atgtriti;
hurg, if lelnusifbitt be iS trying bard
to reach.ai :point wheTe• : tbe vally il;;, •
narrower. • • r , • .
,Everya;ing is very
,quiet berg,
to-day. There are no rebel' force' '
'belAyeen here and Martineburg
Hagerstown,• and the road' from here
•tO the above named places elear;
Indian Trou.bles in the North=West.
. Sr. Leers, August lA,.
Gen. Curtis returned from :rod
Leavenworth,'
The Indian war is temporarily quell
ad, but information, clerivenTrour
able sources; strongly iidicates'a eon- -
certelinction among the various tribes,
and the most •extensive Indiap,.
,vrq,
yet waged.,,
White men,' believed' 'to bq. rebel' '
emissaries;' have 'been anions- the In-'
diens distributing gold,' and urging.:
them te rise against the whites, tell—
ing them, that the South would pro.,
tect thorn and let thorn have the whole
West for themselves if the North
should be conquered. -•
From. Europp,
Strict NeUtrality to lie obyrvqil an Amer-
Affairs.—Thelean Queen! 4" Siiech.
On the afternoon of tke `2oth ult.,
Parliament wari formerlY, prorogued:
Tho Queen's speech was delivered by
the Lord Chancellor, •In ~ regard; to
.America the speech says
Ilea Majesty deeply laments that
the civil War in North America, has not
been brought to a eloSe Her Majesty
will continue to observe it strict neu
trality between the -belligerents, and•
would rejoice at a friendly reconcitia
tion between the contending 'parties.
1101-Majesty hai observed' with-satis
faction that, the distresswitich the, civ
il war in North America has created
in some • of the manufacturing 'striae
has to a great extent. abated, and her
Majesty trusts that increased' supplies
of the raw [Material of industry may
bo extraoted from countries by which
it has hitherto been scantily furnilisecl
EMU
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