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HUNTINGDON, PA
Wednesday morning, Aug. 31,1864,
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor
Our Flag Forever
"I know of no mode in which a loyal citi
zen may so well demonstrate his devotion to
has country as by sustaining the Flag . the
Constitution and the Union, under all circum
stances, and UNDER EVERY ADUINISTRATION
REGARDLESS OP PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALL
ASSAILANTS, AT TIOME AND ADROAD."-STEPIIEN
k. DOUCILAS
NATIONAL UNION TICKET,
FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
OF. ILLINOIS.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
rANDREW - JOHNSON,
OF TENNESSEE.
Union State Electoral Ticket.
SENATOR rA Ts
Morton 31.Miithael, Philadelphia
Thos. Cunningham, Beaver co.
. REPRESENTATIVE.
1 Robt. P Ring, 13 Elins.W.
2 Geo. Morrison 14 Chs. 11. Shriner,
Coates, 15 Jno. Wister,
3 Henry Bumm, 10 D. M'Conaughy
4 Wm. H. Kern, 17 D. W. Woods,
5 B. H. Jenks, 18 Isaac Benson,
6 Chad. M. Bunk, 19 John Patton,
7 Robt. Parke, 20 S. B. Dick,
8 Aaron Mull, 21 Ey. Bierer,
9 J. A. Hiestand,. 22 Jno. P. Penney
10 R. R. Coryell, 23 EU. liP.Tunkin,
11 Ed. Halliday, 24 J. W. Daneb'rd
12 Chas. F. Reed.
'UNION DISTRICT TICKETS
For Congress,
ABRAHAM A. BARKER of Cam brill
FOB, SENATE, AND ASSEMBLY,
THE NOMINEES
of the Union Conferences of the Districts
UNION COUNTY TICKET.
Prosecuting Attorney,
JAS. D. CAMPBELL, of Huntingdon
County Commissioner,
JACOB MILLER, of Oneida
' Directors of Poor,
HENRY DAVIS, of West, 3 years.
HENRY A. MARKS, of Juniata, 2,e,rs
County Surveyor,
D. D. ESHELMAN, of Shirley.
Auditor,
LIVINGSTON ROBB, of Wa
THE NEWS.—lmportant news has
crowded out our usual variety. Read
the war news. Grant has not yet
been driven from Petersburg and
Richmond. Our armies aro dictating
terms of peace such as loyal men will
Sanction.
CIIICAGO CONVENTION.—Tho Con
vention to put in nomination a candi
date in opposition to Mr. Lincoln, as
sembled in Chicago on Monday last.
We may In mistaken, but we cannot
think it possible that Gen. McClellan
can receive the nomination. If ho
should be nominated, it will be as a
blind to mislead tho honest masses of
the party, for it is very certain that
rebel leaders have the control of the
"Democratic." organization.
The Condition of the South.
The Duty of the North
Letter From Gen. Truman Seymour,
Brigadier General T. Seymour, late
ly released from "under fire" at Charles
ton, has addressed a patriotic letter to
Wm. E. Dodge, Jr., of New York, in
which ho gives his impressions of the
present condition of the Southern Con.
federc,y. Gen. Seymour is a graduate
of West Point, was with Gen Ander
son at Sumter, and was stationed at
the South for many years, so that he
knows the Southern people well. The
following is the letter :
WILLIANISTOU'N. MACS., Aug. 15, 'fit
—My Dear Sir—You ask for my im
pressions of the present condition of
the Southern Confederacy, and you
-shall have them. For the benefit of
our cause I wish they might be im
pressed upon every soul in the land,
that the confidence begotten of my
three months' observations in the in
teilor of the South might be shared
by every man who'has the least confi
dence with the responsibilities of this
struggle. And lam sure that these
opinions aro not peculiar to myself.
Every ono of the fifty officers just ex
changed will express the same—every
one of them, whether from the jails of
Charleston, or the pens of Macon and
Andersonville, will confidently tell the
same story.
The rebel cause is fast failing from
exhaustion. Their two grand armies
have been reinforced this summer from
the last resources of the South. From
every corner of the land, every old
man and every boy capable of bearing
a rifle has been impressed, willingly
or unwillingly, and hurried to* the
front. Lee's army was the first so
strengthened. It was at the expense
of Hood's. Gov. Brown told the truth
with a plainness that was very bitter,
but it was none the less the truth. Let
me extract a few prominent state
ments from his proclamation of July
9th, addressed to the "Reserved Militia
of Georgia :"
"A late correspondent with the Pres
ident of the Confederate States satis
fied my mind that Georgia is to be left
to her own resources to supply the
reinforcements to Gen, Johnston's ar
my, which are indispensable to the pro
tection of Atlanta, and to prevent the
State from being overrun by the over
whelming numbers now under com
mand of the Federal General upon our
soil.
But there is no need of further rein
forcements, as will be seen by the ac
companying letter of Gen. Johnston.
* * * And it becomes my duty
to call forth every man in the State
able to bear arms, as fast as they can
be armed, to aid in the defence of our
homes, our altars, and the graves of
our ancestors.
If the Confederate Government will
not send the hug cavalry force (now
engaged in raiding and repelling raids)
to destroy the long line of railroads
over which Gen. Sherman brings his
supplies from Nashville, and thus com
pel him to retreat with the loss of most
of his army, the people of Georgia, who
have already been drawn upon more
heavily in proportion than those of any
other State in the Confederacy, must
at all hazards, and at any sacrifice,
rush to the front.
If Gen. Johnston's army is destroy
ed, the Gulf States are thrown open to
the enemy, and we aro ruined."
There must, indeed, have boon des
perate weakness when Georgia, and
the Southern cause with it,.. wore so
neglected that Lee's army might be
made equal to the task of holding
Grant to the Potomac or the James I
and the people of the South are intel
ligent enough to understand, and to
appreciate the fact, and they have lost
heart accordingly.
The followit4 is from a letter writ
en by ono rebel to another, that acci
dently fell into the hands of ono of my
fellow-prisoners, and for tho authen
ticity of which I vouch :
"Very kw persons are prepared to
obey the late call of the Governor.
His summons will meet with no res
ponse here. The people are soul-sick,
and heartily tired of this hateful, hope
less strife. They would end it if they
could; but our would-be rulers will
take good care that no opportunity be
given the people to vote against it.
By lies, by fraud and by chicanery
this revolution was inaugurated; by
force, by tyranny and the suppression
of truth it is sustained. It is nearly
time that it should end, and of sheer
depletion it must end before long.
tVe have had enough of want and woe,
enough of cruelty and carnage, enough
of cripples and corpses. There is an
abundance of bereaved parents, troop
ing widows and orphaned children in
the land. If wo can, lot us not in
crease the number. The men who, to
aggrandize themselves, or to gratify
their own political ambition, brought
this cruel war upon a peaceful and
prosperous country, will have to ren
der a fearful account of their misdeeds
to a wronged, robbed and outraged
people. Earth has no punishment
sufficiently meet for their villainly
horn, and hell will hardly be hot enough
to scathe them hereafter."
There is certainly a no small pro
portion of the Southern people (des
pite the lying declarations of their
journals, as we had good occasion to
learn,) that not only favor the prog
ress of our arms, but that daily pray
that this exterminating war may soon
be brought to a finality by our com
plete and perfect success. They have
had too much of despotism—not enough
of the triumph promised them. Many
intelligent Southern gentlemen do,
indeed, express strong hopes of their
ultimate independence, but such hope
is not shared by the masses.
" Disappointed from the first in not
baring been acknowledged by foreign
Powers—more bitterly disappointed in
their general expectation that North
ern cowardice or dissension would se
cure their ends—but a single chance
remains, and that is the result of our
next election for President. If a Demo
crat succeeds to Mr. Lincoln, they
profess to feel sure of negotiations,
and sure of their Confederacy. They
believe a Democrat will be elected.
In Mr. Lincoln's re-election they see
only subjugations, annihilation, for
the war must then continue, and
continuance is their failure and ruin
" Inllitary affairs it is an excel
lent rule never to do what the enemy
desires—is it not equally true in poli
tics? Certain it is that the only remain
ing hope of the South lies in Alr. Lincoln's
defeat.
."Now, I am not enough of a
politician to know whether the election
of a Democrat tan result as favorably
to the South as it anticipates. The
Nish alone may betheparentof their be
lief. But, I assured all who expressed
that belief, that the North as a mass,
is as united as the South—that no
Democrat could be elected on a peace
platform—and that any President who
would inaugurate any measure loading
to peace on the basis of Southern
independence, would ho promptly
hung, by loyal acclamation to the lamp
posts in front of his own presidential
mansion."
However that may be, if we are but
true ourselves, there can be but ono
result. What we now need is men—
only men—not substitutes or hirelings
who go forth for any motive but the
country's good, and produce but little
but depreciating our armies—but MEN
—such as really constitute the State,
and beast of being freemen and the
sons of freemen. If these fail to sup
port their country's cause in her hour
of peril, they are unworthy of contin
uing freemen, and should blush ever
to exercise a freeman's privileges.
But if bounties must be paid, let it
be in Southern land, not in Northern
gold ; and armies of emigrants, whose
sons may aspire the even rule of the
nation, will cross the seas-to win the
broad acres that disloyalty has forfeit.
cd to the State.
To every intelligent soldier who has
fought through all these indecisive
campaigns on almost numberless inde
cisive fields, the question constantly
arises,- with touching force, why we do
not overwhelm our enemies?
Tens of thousands of lives are lost
because our array of strength is so dis
proportionably less than that against
which we battle. Everyivhere wo
meet on nearly equal terms, where we
might have four to one. The cost to
us in blood and treasure, of prolonged
war, can hardly be foreseen—the econ
omy is infinite of such an effort as the
glorious North should put forth.
The South will fight as long at the
struggle is is equal : it will submit to
such preponderance as wo should show
in every field.
Glance at the summer's capaighs.
If Sherman had but 50,000 to 75,000
more men near, the South would be
lost, because Hood would be annihila
ted. If Meade had moved in the
Spring with reserves of 75,000 to
100,000 men, Lee would have been
hopelessly crushed. Even at this mo
ment, a third column of 40,000 or
50,000, rightly moved, would give op
posed plows to the Confederacy from
which she could never recovered.
What folly then to struggle on in
this way, when we can send to the
field five times the force already there.
What weakness to think we cannot
conquer the South. Behind the James
only old men and boys are to be seen,
while here men buy and sell'as in the
olden days of quiet, and regiments of
able-bodied citizens crowd the streets
of our cities.
There is but one course
. consistent
with safety and honor. Let the peo
ple awake to a sense of their dignity
and strength, and a few months of
comparatively trifling exertion. of
such effort as alone is worthy of the
great work—and the rebellion will
crumble before us. Fill this draft
promptly and willingly, with good
and true men'; send a few spare thous
ands over rather than under the call,
and the Summer sun of 1865 will shine
upon a regeneratedland
There aro some who talk of peace !
Of all Yankees the Southern most
scorns those who do not fight, but are
glad enough to employ them, as they
do their slaves, to perform their dirty
work. Peace for the South will be
sweet indeed ; for us, except through
Southern subjugation, but anarchy.
and war forever. The Pacific, the
Western, the 'Eastern States would at
once fall asunder. The South would
deserve to be driven a-field 'under ne
gro overseers, to hoe corn - and cot
ton for Southern masters.
But no faint-hearted or short-sight
ed policy can set aside the eternal de
cree of the Almighty, who has planted
no lines of disunion between tho At
lantic and the Western deserts—be
tween the, great lakes and the Gulf of
Mexico—that signify Ills will that wo
should be separated; and unless so
separated, peace is a delusion, and its
advocacy a treason against the wis
est and holiest interests of our coun
try.
It has been with a trust that renew
ed hope and vigor might be given,
when vigor and hOpe are needful, that
I have written, and you have my con
sent to using this as you please; I am,
"Very truly yours, T. SEYMOUR,
Brig: Gen. U. S. Vols.
To W. E. Podgo, Jr., Esq., Now York.
The Union Prisoners in Georgia.
Arrival of Commissioners From the Pris
on—Werinys of our 11Ien in Ander
sonville—Barbarity of the Rebels—
Memorial of the Prisoners to Presi
dent Lincoln.
Among the passengers who arrived
at New York on Monday evening by
the Arago, front Hilton Head, S. C.,
worefour exchanged priseners--Messrs.
11. Bates, 42d New York ; P. Tracy,
82d New York ; 11. C. Higgison, 19th
Illinois, and S. Noirot, sth New Jer
sey—commissioners appointed at a
monster meeting of the 35,000 Union
prisoners confined in Camp Sumter,
Andersonville, Ga., to wait upon the
Exeeu tiro at Washington with a peti
tion praying that immediate action be
taken place to terminate their suffer
ings, either by parole or exchange—
sufferings described to be almost in
credible. Two-thirds of them are
without shelter of any kind to protect
them from the fierce rays of the trap. I
ical sun, and the cold, heavy dews and
thunder showers peculiar to that cli
mate. The commissioners describe
the food upon the prisoners entirely
and exclusively subsist as of a charac
ter to produce nausea even in the hun
griest stomachs, consisting of bread
made from unbolted corn meal, half
ground, badly baked, and without salt,
with about two ounces.of fat. rancid,
and rusty bacon (daily ration) fit only
for the soap factor. The water used
by those unhappy men is litterally pois
onous, being taken from a muddy, oozy
stream that flows for hall a mile through
impurities of the filthiest and most
noxious character, before, it enters the
stockade, or bullpen, in which our
brave fellows are huddled as thick as
ho rings packed in a barrel. The
clothes worn by a majority of the pris
oners are miserable shreds and patch
es, insufficient even for the purposes
I of ordinary decency, filled with vermin,
I and altogether presenting scenes sad
dening and humiliating to our com
mon humanity. The results aro an
amount of diseases and a mortality
timely fearful. When the commission
left the beastly pen, on the 7th instant,
the deaths had reached one hondred
I and forty-three per day, and this with
' out any epidemic amongst the prison
ers; and from the rapid increase of
I deaths daily oeettring at Camp Sum-
I ter, the mortality must have reached,
by this date, at least one hundred and
eighty daily—soon, dfPubtless, to as
cend to two hundred a day.
The nature of the diseases which
sweep away our brave fellows, as with
a scythe of death, are diarrhea, dis
eatery, and scurvy, with recently in
creasing typhoid fever.
As indicating the ravages of diseas
es produced by the cause already star
led, the deaths since the opening of
the prison, on the 24th of February up
to the 31st of July were 0,890. In the
month of July alone the deaths were
2,180, including 550 from scurvy.
It is added—and it makes the pic
ture heartrending—that upWards four
hundred of the prisoners are maniacs
wandering through the camp, their
minds having given way by the fear
ful prospect—despairing of ever being
exchanged or paroled. Thousands of
these prisoners have spent from eleven
to fifteen months in Bello Island and
Camp Sumter; and no word of hope
ever reaches them that they will ho
exchanged. Indeed, so terrible is the
agony of mind endured by the prison
ers that dozens of them are shot down
weekly on the "dead line" where they
rush and invite the guards to kill them,
in order to terminate their sufferings—
an invitation carefully complied with;
being in strict accordance with the
instructions to the guards to shoot any
prisoner who infringes on the "dead
line."
, Ar+ay.
These are terrible filets to lay be
fore our Government and the public,
and cry aloud for immediate and ef
fective action on the part of those
whose duty is to protect those who have
fought so nobly, so unselfishly, and so
patriotically for our country.
The Memorial of the Union Prisoners to
the President
CONFEDERATE STATES PRISON,
CHARLESTON, S. C., August—,lB64.
To the President of the United States :
The condition of the enlisted men
blonging to the Union armies, now
prisoners to the Confederate rebel for
ces, is such that it becomes our duty,
and the duty of every commissioned
officer, to make known the facts in
the ease of the Government of the
United States, and to use every hon
orable effort to secure a general ex
change of prisoners, thereby receiving
thousands of our comrades from the
horrors now surrounding them.
For some time past there has been
a concentration of prisoners from all
parts of the rebel territory to the
State of Georpja—the commissioned
officers being confined at Macon, and
the enlisted men at Andersonville.
Recent movements of the Union ar
mies under Gen. Sherman have com
pelled the removal of prisoners to oth
er points, and it is now understood
that they will be removed to Savan
nah, Georgia, Columbus and Charles
ton,
S. C. But no change of this
kind holds out any prospect of relief
to our poor men. Indeed, as the lo
cality selected are far more unhealthy,
there must be an increase rather than a
diminution of suffering. Col. Hill, pro
vided marshal, general, Confederate
States army, at Atlanta, stated to one
of the undersigned that there were
35,,QQ0 prisoners at Andersonvillc, and
by all accounts from the United States
soldiers who Have been confined there
the number is not overstated by him.
These thirty-five thousand are confin
ed in a field of some thirty acres, en
closed by a board fence, heavilyguard
ed. About one-third have various
kinds of diffetent shelter; but upwards
of thirty thousand are wholly without
shelter, or even shade, of any kind, and
are exposed to the storms and rains,
which are of almost daily occurrence;
the cold dews of the night., and the
more terrible effects of the sun
etrikingvith almost tropical fierce
ness upon their mtprotected heads,
this mass of men jostle and crowd each
other up and down the limits of their
enclosure, in storm or sun, and others
lie down upon the pitiless earth at
night with no other covering than the
clothing upon their backs, few of them
having oven a blanket.
Upon entering theprison every man
is deliberately stripped of money and
other property, and as no clothing or
blankets are ever supplied to their
prisoners by the rebel authorities, the
condition of the apparel of the soldiers
just from an active campaign, can be
easily imagined. Thousands are with
out pants or coats, and hundreds
without even a pair of drawers to cov
er their nakedness.
To those men, as indeed to all pris
oners, there is issued three-quarters
of a pound of bread or meal, and one
eighth of a pound. of meat per day.
This is the entlico,ration, and upon it
the prisoner must live or die. The
meal is often unsifted and sour, and
the!meat such as in the North is con
sigried to the soapmaker. Such are
the rations upon which Union soldiers
areged by therebel authorities, and
by which they are barely holding
on to life. But to starvation and ex
posure, to sun and storm, add the
sickness which prevails to a most
alarming and terrible extent,•
On an average, one 111111(1ml die
daily. •It is impossible that any Un
ion soldier should know all the facts
pertaining to this terrible mortality,
as, they are not parted by the rebel
authorities. Such statement as the
following, made by— , speaks
eloquent testimony, Said he : "Of
twelve of :is who were captured six
died, four are in the hospital, and I
never expect to see them grain. There
are but two of as left." In 1862, at
Montgomery, Ala., under far more fa
vorable circumstaces, the prisoners be
ing protected by sheds, from one hun
dred and fifty to two hundred were
sick from diarrhoea and chills, out of
seven hundred. The same per con
tage would give seven thousand sick
:at A nder,sonville. It needs no com
ment, no efforts at word painting, to
make such a picture stand out boldly
in most horrible colors.
Nor 18 this all.. Among the ill-fa
ted of the many who have suffered
amputation consequence of injuries
received before capture, sent from re
bel hospitals before their wounds were
healed, there are eloquent witnesses of
the barbarities of which they are vic
tims. If to these facts is added this,
that nothing more demoralizes sol
diers and develops the evil passions of
man than starvation, the terrible con
dition of Union prisoners at Ander
sonville can be readily imagined. They
are fast losing hope, and b ec omin g ut
terly reckless of life Numbers, cra
zed by their sufferings, wander about
in a state of idiocy ; others deliberate
ly cross the 'dead lino,' and aro re
morselessly shot down.
In behalf of these men we most car,
nestly appeal to the President of the
United States. Few of them have
been captured except in the front of
battle, in the deadly encounter, and
only when overpowered by . numbers.
They constitute as gallant a portion
of our armies as carry our banners
anywhere. If released, they would
soon return to again do vigorous bat
tle' for our cause. Wo are told that
the only obstacle in the way of ex
change is the status of enlisted no
grecs captured from our armies, the
United States claiming that the cartel
covers all who serve undo its flag,
and the Confederate State refusing
to consider the colored soldiers, here
tofore slaves, as prisoners of war.
We beg leave to suggest some facts
bearing upon the question of exchange,
which we would urge upon this consid
eration. Is it not consistent with the
national honor, without waiving the
claim that the negro soldiers shall be
treated as prisoners of war, to effect an
exchange of the white soldiers? Tho
two classes aro treated differently by
the enemy. The whites aro confined
in such prisons as Libby and Auder
sonville, starved and treated with a
barbarism unknown to civilized
nations. Tho blacks, on the contrary,
are seldom imprisoned. Tha i , aro
distributed among the citizens, r em
ployed on Government works. Under
these circumstances they receive
enough to eat and are worked no hard
er than they have been accustomed to
be. They aro neither starved nor kill
ed Off by the pestilence in the dungeons
of Itiebtnond and Charlestown. It is
true they are again made slaves; but
their slavery is freedom and happiness
compared with the cruel existence
imposed upon our gallant men. They
are not bereft of hope as are the white
soldiers, dying by piecemeal. Their
chances of escape are tenfold greater
than those of the white soldiers, and
their condition, in all its lights, is
tolerable in comparison with that of
the prisoners of war now languishing
in the dens and pens of Secession.
While, therefore, believing the
claims of our Government, in matters
of exchange, to bo just, we are•
profoundly, impressed with conviction
that the circumstances of the two
classes of soldiers are so widely differ
ent that the Government can honora
bly consent to an exchange, waiving
for a time the established principle
justly clamed to be applicable in the
case. Let thirty-five thousand suffer
ing starving, and dying enlisted mon
aid this appeal. By proper and deci
ded action in their behalf thirtyfive
thousand heroes will bo made happy.
For tho eighteen hundred commission
ed officers now prisoners we urge
nothing. Although desirous of return
ing to our duty, we can bear impris
onment with more fortitude if the
enlisted men whose suffering we know
to be intolerable, were restored to liber
ty and life. ,
The Militia Law of Pennsylvania,
HARRISBURG, August 20.-14:e fol
lowing is a summary, for popular use,
of the principal points of the militia
law of the State, as amended by the
Legislature which has just adjourned:
The Militia
The militia consists of able-bodied
white citizens between twenty-one and
forty-five years, except idiots, lunatics,
drunkards, vagabonds, paupers and
criminals.
Exempts
The citizens exempt from enroll.
merit aro those physically disabled,
members and officers of the Legisla
ture, heads of State departments at
Harrisburg, judges :ind clerks of courts,
sheriffs, recorders of deeds, registers of
wills, prothonotaries, and district at
torneys; militia officers who have serv
ed seven, or volunteers who have serv
ed three years.
Drilling.
The enrolled militia must drill by
companies thrice, and by regiments at
least twice a year. The penalty for
non-attendance is five dollars per diem
for officers, and three dollars for pri
vates.
Divistons and Brigades
The State is divided into twenty mil
itia "Divisions." Each county is a
separate "Brigade," except Philadel
phia (which is four) and Pittsburg
(which is oue).
Uniform
The enrolled militia must uniform
themselves. The State allows for each
uniform G. The penalty for neglect
or refusal is $25.
Active Service
Tho Militia is not liable to be called
into active service, except in case of
invasion, insurrection, riot, or tumult,
made or threatened, or in bbedienco
to the orders of the Governor. When
in service the militia receive the same
pay as United States troops, and the
families of dead or wounded aro enti
tled to pensions.
A Special State Guard
The Governor possesses all needful
powers to organize the entire State
militia, and in addition has special
power to organize as many regiments
as he may think proper (not exceed
ing fifteen), to be called the Pennsyl
vania State Guard. The companies
of this organization elect their own
officers, but the Governor appoints
the regimental officers. This State
Guard may be kept in service as long
as deemed necessary, not exceeding
three years, and the men may be rais
ed by draft in the whole or any par
ticular part of the Commonwealth.
When drafted, either in the State
Guard or the regular militia, the man
must appear in person or by substitute,
or else "suffer such punishment as a
court martial may determine!'
General Character of the Law.
The militia bill and: its two supple
ments comprehend an immese, mass of
details, and define the duties and pow
ers of officers, enrollers, and assessors,
the method of arming, equipping, etc.
The three laws, consisting in th ag
gregate of about two hundred sections,
are in the hands of the State Printer,
and will be printed, by authority of
the Legislature, at an early day. The
militia of Pennsylvania, like those of
any other State, are made subject to
the call of the General Government
at any time.
Woke up the Wrong Customer
S. 11. Woodward, a young man resi
dent of Indiana, and at one time Adju
tant of an Indiana regiment, was called
''out at a recent peace meeting, and
responded as follows:
Gentlemen—The great cry that I
have heard to-day has been peace,
peace. I tell you that there is no man
in the nation who desires peace more
than I do—a permanent, lasting• peace:
[Cheers.] And; gentlemen, I will toll
you bow we will get it. Fight this
war out. Take overy negro in the rebel
States, and exterminate every d—d
rebel, no matter where you find him.
[Hisses.] Gentlemen you need not try
to hiss me down, for lam an old sold
ier, and I faced almost as mean a look
ing crowd as is now before me. I
mean the thieves and bushwhackersof
Tennessee. I know I was called upon
to make a speech out of derision, and
1 intend to tell you what I think of
you.
When God said he would save Sodom
if ten righteous men could be found
there, I have no doubt he would have
done it, and today if you all stood
upon the brink of bell, and he were to
say he would save you if one loyal
man could be found amongnst you. I
have not the least doubt but there w'ld
be a great many strango,fhees in hell
for supper.
Gentlemen, when you wish to hear
from me again, you have only to call
upon me. I•am always at borne.
WAR FOl UNION'
OFFICIAL WAR BULLETIN.
The Attack on Hancock's Lines.—Des
perate Battle on. Thursday Evening.—
Defeat of the Rebels.—They Leave
their Dead and Wounded on the Field
—.Reports of Grant, 31eade and oth
eri.—Details of the Engagements.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 10.20 A. M.
Major Gen. Dix, N. York:
On Thursday, the 25th, General
Hancock, who was south of Ream's
station, was attacked several times du
ring the day, but he repulsed the en
emy at each assault.
At 51 o'clock, t. M., a combined at
tack was made on his centre and left,
which, after one of the most desper
ate battles of the war, resulted in the
enemy withdrawing from the field,
leaving their dead and wounded • on
the ground.
The details were given in the fol
lowing brief official reports of• Gener
als Grant, Meade and Hancock. ,
The following has just been recei
ved, dated
SECOND ARMY CORPS, Aug. 26.—For
Gen. Humphreys :—The attack about
5.30 P. M. was probably intended to be
simultaneously by Wilcox on my cen
tre and Heath on my 'left. The one
'my formed in the woods, placed their
artillery in position and opened a hea
vy cannonade, lasting about fifteen
minutes.
They then assaulted Miles' forco.
He resisted tenaciously, but the' ene
my broke his lino. Some of Gilpin's
troops were hurried over to repair the
damage, and the enemy only gained a
slight foothold.
They soon attempted on my es
tretne left, driving Gibbons' division
from • his line. His men had been
much wearied going over to General
Miles and back during the repeated
assaults.
Gen. Gibbons succeeded in forming
a strong line, and the enemy who were
pressing on • with great enthusiasm
were severely checked by the dismoun
ted cavalry under Gen. Gregg, which
he handled handsomely.
Gen. Miles regained most of his en•
trenehments, distinguishing himself.
All he had to work with were such
small parties as could be rallied and
formed by staff officers.
The fighting was continuous till
dark, the enemy being held in check
by artillery, dismounted cavalry .and
skirmishers.
At dark we withdrew for reasons
stated.
The chief of artillery reports the
he lost about 250 horses.
The enemy made no advance up to
a late hour last night, holding, as far
as could be seen; some of our captur
ed guns with their skirmish lines.
They must have suffered heavily.
This is acknowledged to have been
one of the most determined and des
perate fights of the war, resembling
Spottsylvania in character, though the
number engaged gives it less impor
tance A few more good troops wld
have given us a victory of considera
ble mportance.
(Signed) MANSFIELD UANCOK,
Major General,
U. S. GRANT, Lt. General:
The following is just received.:
SECOND CORPS, 12.30 P, M., Aug. 26,
—A safe, guard that was left on the
battle field, remained there till after
daylight this A. k—At that tithe the
enemy had all disappeared. leaving
their dead on the battle field unburied.
This shows how severely they were
punished, and doubtless hearing of the
arrival of reinforcements they feared
the result to-day if they remained.
(Signed) G. G. MEADE, Maj. Gen.
The following is just received :
SECOND ARMY CORPS ; 1 A. M., Au
gust 26th.—To Lieut. Gen. Grant:—
Since sending my last dispatch, I have
conversed with the safe guard refer
red to. He did not leave the field till
after sunrise. At that time nearly all
the enemy had left, moving towards
Petersburg. He says they abandoned
not only their dead but their wminded
also. •
He conversed with an officer who
said their losses were greater than ev
er before during the war. The safe
guard says he was over the field, and
it was covered with the enemy's dead
and wounded.
Ho has seen a great many battle
fields, but never
,saw such a sight,
There were very few of our dead,
nearly all being of the enemy.
I think Ido not overstate the loss
of the enemy in the last 'two weeks'
battles at 10,000 killed and wounded.
We have lost heavily, but our loss
has been mostly in captured when the
enemy gained temporary advantages.
The number of rebel prrsoners ta
ken on our side bas not yet been re
ported.
All of our wounded are brought off,
but our dead are unburied. I have
instructed Gregg to make an effort to
send a party to the field to bury our
dead. (Signed)
G. G. MEADE - , Maj. Gen.
To U. S. GRANT, Lieut. Gen.
Our forces bold the Woldon road,
and in a dispatch dated at 3 r. M., yes
terday, Gen. Grant says that their loss
of this road seems to be a blow to the
enemy be cannot stand.
Gen. Grant makes the following re
port of an unsuccessful attack by the
enemy on Gen Butler's picket line on
Thursday. The enemy drove in But
ler's picket line. The picket guard
soon rallied, however, and drove the
enemy back and ro•establishod this
lino. The result was one killed and
sixteen Wounded, and fourteen mis
sing on our side.
Two commanding officers and fifty
nine enlisted men were captured from
the enemy. What their casualties
were in killed and wounded, we do
not know.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War
From North Carlina.
A Rebel Visit to Greensboro, to Conscript
the People—The Union Citizens Turn
Out to Defend Thentslves--Repulse
of the Rebelsßebel Leader Killed.
FORTRESS llormoz, Aug.. 26.
The following has been received:
ROANOKE IsLANO,Ang.
information received hero states that
a rebel force, commanded by _Major.
Witbford and captain Kris, went . to
Greensborough i North - Carolina for
Conscripts for the rebel amy. .
The Union ditizens mustered out to
resist the etinsdription, and a severe
fight ensued. •
The rebels . tiere driven from Greeifs•
• ..
borough an many of them killed and
wounded.
Captain Kris C . r . £lS killed, and Major
Whitford mortally wonnded.
Frdiii Atlanta.
Successful Raid by Gen. - Irilpcitrick
Fourteen miles of th'e'lfracon 'Railroad
Deetroyed--Destruction of .a "'Rebel
Supply Train--Ctifiture of • Colors;
Guns and PrisOners--ialpatrick
Makes an Entire Circuit of Atlanta. •
CiNciNN47l,, /tag, 24.
The Gazette bas received 'l%, special
dispatch from Atlanta, which says Gen.
Kilpatrick has destroyed, the :Macon
railroad in two places, tearing up about
fourteen miles of track. He.also . ce.p.;
turgid and burned a train'- supplies
belonging to the rebels, en route to At.;
lanta. . .
On his return he met the rebels frt .
strong force and totally defeated them, ,
capturing four stands of colors, six can:
non and two hundred FiSoners.
Afterwards lie 'met' another forde of
the rebels who Pressed him so heavily
that he was obliged to abandon, all but
two guns and most of , the prisoners.
He made an entire circuit of Atlan
ta and reached Decatur with 100 men.
He inflicted severe darnag,e on the 'rob.
el communications. , • ;
'FR OM 'MOBILE.
Fort Morgan in Our Possession—La
ter from General Sheridan—The ..Reb
els Retreating—One Hundred - Killed
ed and Wounded—The Enemy Leav
ing the Valley. , 1 '
, 1 1 /ASITINGTON August 28.,
To Major General Dix .New York:
A dispatch from Gen. Grant just to . .
ceived:states that the Richttond' 'pa
pers of yesterday 27th, announce that
Fort Morgan is in our possession, , but
it is not stated whether it, was blown
up or surrendered.
Another dispatch . gives the follow
ing extract from the Richniond Exam
iner of yesterday : "Fort 'Morgan" is in
the enemy's possession, but 'whether blown
up or evacuated is not -known.
General §3h,eridan.
o'clock
PP.
a dispatch da
ted yesterday tit halfpaSt two
P. m., reports the enemy loft my front
last night, fiilliny back on Smithfield
or Middleburg..
We captured 101 'prisoners yester
day, and inflicted a loss of 150 killed
. few
feints
wounded, There have been n'few
feints to cross the river by cavalry at
Williamsport, but there wasnostrength
shown.
The indications to-day are that they
will fall back out of . the valley. . Oth
er reports state tha,tthe eneniy is leav
in, the Shenandoah valley,
'- .lrothing has been received from Gon.
Sherman for two days
ED WIN 111, STANTON,
' Secretary of War.
From the_Army of the Potomac.
Winchester, Aug. 2a.
A letter from the Army of the. rote
,.
mac, dated yesterday, says, the. pertion
of the line of the Welden 'railroad
recaptured by the rebels in Thursday's
engagement extend from Beam's Sta
tion about three miles northwardly.
The road had howeVer been previous•
ly destroyed, and cannot be of any use
to the enemy whilo we continue to
hold the portion at the northward ; be
tween that and .; Petersburg. The
latter is' sceurelyjn our possession.
Everything was, quiet along the
entire front at the last Recounts, with
exception of occasional picket firing,
both parties being engaged:in. hurrying
their dead and careing for their wound
ed.
Dreadful Case of Depravity.
A recent occurrence at Patterson,
N. J., shows a horrible.state of. moral's
among a certain neglected elass of the
community. It seems that - a`girl,
aged thirteen years belonging to a
vagabond,' poverty, stricken family,
picked up from the street a little child
of two years, that had Wandered from
the house of its mother, carried it
home, and after stripping the clothes
from the infant, threw it into a well.
A' younger sister of the murderess tes
tified that the clothes were stripped
from the baby for their own (mean
ing the murderess' sister's baby.) That
she (this girl of nine years) looked in
to the well and saw the baby kicking
in the water, and ran away into the
house. The heartlessness of the two
girls shows either a greater degree of
natural depravity thane usually be
dongS to= children, or that they had
been schooled in vice and crime •froio
early infancy by brutal parents. From
the accounts published. in the Patter
son papers, this last would seem to
have been the case, as When the Mur
deress was arrested the' mother at
tempted to rescue herirom.the officers
of justice, and fought and tore at 'the
officers, cursing and swearing at a
fearful rate. The mother at that time
had to be arrested and sent to jail,.on
ly coming out yesterday'at 40 o'clock
a few hours before her daughter was
re-arrested for murder. The 'destitu
tion of this family maybe understood
when our readers learn that the chil
dren have been entirely naked-U, grea
ter part Of the day when their Only
clothing was being washed and dried.
Two of the girls had previously . been
arrested for stealing shoesirom better
clad ehildren in the street.
VALUABLE FARM
PRIVATE' SALE.
HE undersigned offers at Private
Salo, his lam and timbot•land adjoining, upon
whoh ho regd., in Juniata tp., Huntingdon. county,
containing in all about
500 ACRES,
about 150 acres of which aro cleared and in a good state
of cultivation ;,90 acres thereof being rich bottom land,
and the remaining tlearell part being good red shale up•
land, with two good apple orchards, and two sots of farm
buildings on different parts of the tract. The building
on one part of the said tract consists of a atone home,
good spring' howls enclosing on excellent spring of water
near the hnore, other necassary outbuildings and a large
frame hank barn: The buildings.oh the other .part. of
tho track area log.house and Jog barn., It is a productive
grain raising farm and to well. 'cowed kat' raising stock.
The land not improved is well timbered, a considerable
portion of which is goal prodiactive land if cleared and
cultivated. It am ho divided into two or three tracts
and will ho sold °Ulla laseparate parcels or as a whole,'
as may ho desired. , • •
, .
A clear title will has an
van d the 'payments made to
suit the purchasers.
Any inotrination will Po given by calling on the un
dersigned on the premises.
Juniata, tp., Aug'. :if, '134
A. Dv 31}E.NEFELT