« VOL. 49, AMERICAiN' VOLUNTEER., PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY .foliar It. BRATTON, TEIIMSi Subscription. —Two Dollars if paid within tho fear; *rid Two Dollars nml Fifty Cents,df not paid Within 'bo year. Those terms will lie rigidly utl 'fjjcreilto in avory instoijce. No subscription ilia ■•oirtißMed-until all arrearages-arc paid unless at Mic option of tlio' Editor. Advertisements— Acoompaniod by the cash, and !jot exceeding ono square, will, bo inserted three 'timed.for Ono Dollar, and.twenty-live cents for each mlditioiwl insertion. Those of a greater length in joroportion. Job-Printing —Such as Hand-bills, Posting-bills, ‘Pajiiphlets, Planks, Labels,, ite.’&c., executed with .cciirucy and at the shortest notice. fWitaJ. THE RtlS. BV THOMAS BCCHAXAS nEAB, BEFORE,- Wo know it would ruin, ft.'V. IT-11, tlio morU A spirit on slender .ropes of mist- ■ ■ Wn.l lowering its gulden buckets down Into tlio vapogy amethyst. Of marshes, and swamps, and dismal fens— Seimping tlio dew thaj lily in the -flowers,-- Dipping tiia .jewels -but of (ho sea, ■ .To sprinkle,them over tile land in showers, IVo know it would rain, for the poplars showed The white ol their leaves, the umber grain .Shrunk in tho wind—;iiiul the lightning now la tangled In. tremulous’ sliclus of rain ! ; . AFTER. . The,rain has ceased, and in niy room Tile sunshine.pours.an niry flood ,- And on the church's.div,ay vaijo k The ancient cross is bathed in blood. From out the dripping'ivy leaves, . Antiquely carved, and gray and bigli, .A dormer, facing westward, looks Upon the village like an eye. And now it glimmers in tlio sun— A If lube of gold, a disc, a speck ; And in tho belfry sits a dove, With purple ripples on her nook. THE DREAM. TIIOM THE GliajlAS OF IMII.AXD —BV LOXOPELLOW. Two lovers through the garden Walked hand in hand ul.ong ; Two pale and slender creatures, . They eat the flowers among. They kissed each other’s chock so worm, They, kissed each'Other’s mouth; "They held each other arm in iinn, , They dreamed of health and■youth. - “Two.bells they sounded suddenly— They started from their sleep; And in the convent cell lay‘she, ■ And JiO;in du»K«oti deep. ffiisfCEllanjmisf. THE BABY IHPI'ISIXC. BY MARY KVTE DALLAS. poor, deni* ■ Uncle Glover 1 llierc never was nny. one like bid for getting into sonnies, Xmu sure. Designing people always seem ■to pitchupon him in ad instant us a proper person ito play their pranks on ; and the worst of it isThat experience does him no good, not the.least'dujtliewviirld, and he only seems to bcc-.mc used to being impo-ed upon, and rather to like it than otherwise. , I never shall forgot, if I live for a hundred years, that dreadful Sunday when . Bul l’ll not anticipate. The tacts shall speak-for themselves. Father’s church (I think I have frequently spoken of father’s'church before) 1 is quite a distance from uncle’s house, so that ho does not often go there of a Sunday, But now and then, on occasion of a special invi tation, he makes an effort--rises at six, which you have to do, you know, to attend morning service in Brooklyn, whoii you live in New York, to absolutely get there. ~ To ho sure,- he generally falls fast asleep in ten minutes ; hut that is owing to the fatigue pt .the Jour ney.- One day lust summer, mother came over on purpose to telLus-that the services at our church wero to hoof a very interesting . na ture' en . the next Sabbath. Over twenty sweet little babies were to bo baptised. The Rev. Timothy Dorking was to. assist father, ■and,tbo new organ was te be used lor, the first time. ‘Yon must coino with Kitty, Brother Glo ver,’ said mother. *lt will, bo one of the most pleasing ceremonies you ever witnessed. Twenty infants! Just think of that Brother Glover.’ 4 Du you think thoyTl' all cry at once, iiia'ain 1 inquired uncle, scratching his head ruefully. ' • 4 1 don’t sec Why they should cry nt all r replied mother sharply. 4 There’s iiq,oing to Irightcu. them.’ ■ 4 J.should-think the brgan and the choir Would, replied, • tfn . (!lo ; ,4 Bless y, m for a foolisii old ibachelor,’ ’.itughed mother 4 Music always keeps a il .anything will.' ■ 4 ;Oiri’said uncle, looking relieved. 4 lm yrery glad to hear it. 4 IVell, sister, 1 11 come. Mother smiled approvingly. 4 1. know you 'Would,’. she said. 4 1 shall expect you curly ; that if you find we’ve left the house, come i.right over to the cliiiroh'. Bridget and. Dinah will both be there. I’ve arranged to have a vouhi dinner, so there will bo no ope at home. ■‘On second thoughts,’ continued-mother, ■‘Kitty hud hotter eomo over on Saturday t■night. It always takes her so long to dress i for c.huroh, and I would not have her late for 'any consideration.' If mother had only known what would •oomo of that arrangement 1 But she did not, ■ and went away in a very pleasant mood, ■nodding and smiling from the stage window. It may bo fancy, but I really do tbiuk that 'while she sat there talking to Uncle, I felt ■cold chills creep through my frame, and was ■sure that something dreadful, was about to ‘happen. I’ll stick to that —really I hud a presentment of evil. Saturday night came, and I left for Brook lyn, arriving at home without any misadven ture, and having strict instructions for Brid get to cull uncle in good season. And so she did,. lie had eaten his break fast hy seven,and was entirely dressed for 'Church by eight, mid started, with ample time to take his leisure and arrive comfortably. Ho took the cars at the corner, reached lulton street ferry, crossed it, and jumped ‘"to the cars op the other side. It was full ol people going to church, and the passengers "’ore obliged to sit very closely. Next to titielo sat a nice looking young wuuiflfti with a baby in i lol . nrma. Unolo says she was so pretty that she quite interested him, and so .young that ho wondered if she really was tho baby’s mother. After a while lie spoke to her—taking advantage, as bo says, of his grey hairs. ‘ That is a pretty child,’ ho said. ‘How old is it?’ ■ ‘Just three months,’ replied the woman. ‘ Your’s ?’asked uncle. * Yes, sir.’ , . ■ ‘ Dear me !’ said uncle, and there the con versation flagged for a little. After a while the woman spoke again. .‘l’m taking the.child to see its grand parents,’-she said. ', ‘ Ah !’ said uncle. . ‘ They duat on the baby,’ said the young woman. .‘I don’t wonder,’ replied uncle.' ‘.What do yon call it?’ •‘can it?’ ‘.What is your baby’s name ?’ explained uncle. The young woman hesitated a few mo menta; which undo thought was odd, and then replied— . ‘John, sir. John Todd.’ ‘Ah !’ said uncle. ‘ Well, John is h good, substantial name—old fashioned,, though. ? ‘lt’s his grandpa’s,’ replied the woman 1 ■ Then, uncle says, she talked to the bahy, touted it, cooed with it, and made such a pretty picture'of herself altogether, that 1 he was half in love with her. Every how and then he exchanged seine word with hoi'about the weather Or !!ie Wfif, {she said, her hu's-. hand.were a volunteer.) and so-thoy went oh uritil there was duly themselves loft in the car, and they were.quite.np amongst. the scat tered and uiihuill streets. There the car stopped to change horses, and tho young woman said to uncle— ‘•Poor-baby wants, something to eat.’ 1 Dear me,’ raid uncle, ‘ There is such a nice little cuke shop ar ound the corner,’ said the young woman, ‘ and I could get hack in time only ——’ ‘Only what?’ said uncle'. . ‘Only I don’t like to ask you to held baby until I come hack..’ ‘ I’ll do it. I’m sure, with the greatest of pleasure,’replied uncle. ‘ ft would annny you, sir,’ said the young woman. ' . ' Oh, notat nll.’ But Pin afraid.’ * No more Words about it; my dear,’ said uncle. * G;i nnd get your infant some cake,’ aqd he. took tho child in hi? own arms, and leaned hack with it while the woman ran out ot tho oar. It was a warm Jay, and somehow or o.thor while Uncle Clover was waitingfor the wom an's return, he fell asleep. llow long he slept he did not know, Imt he was awakened hy the conductor shouting—‘ E— —avenue, sir!' lie had told him whore to sot him down when lie got in, and, started up to find him self alone in the car with the hahy in- his arms. • . •* Whore's the young woman ?! ho inquired. * Whac young woinin. V inquired tho ducibr. ' *' ' r '•» * -] K '■ 4 This baby’s mother, of course,’. replied uncle. ‘Tour wife.?’ 4 Good .{gracious.! My wife ! No!’ 4 Then that is not your child; Sir ?’ . 4 0>i, dear, no! I’m only holding it until its mother comes hack,’ replied uncle. The conductor began to (nugh. Why uncle could not imagine,' as there was nothing to laugh at. 1 The young woman will he very niuch alarmed, I'm afraid/ he said, gravely ; and the conductor laughed-again! ' „• Then uncle began to see through the mat ter. .’ 4 I’m afraid you’re sold, sir,’ said the con ductor.- 4 It’s, a.very common thing.’ 4 What is a very common thing?’ asked uncle /' 4 For that kindof women to leave their babies with strangers, who are not up to the dodge,’ replied the conductor. 4 You s fe re gurally taken in, air/ • Uncle would.not believe it, Bntevoryoiio of whom ho made inquiries laughed at him, and finally ho took the child in his onus and started in sheer desperation for our .house. — The dour was - locked, for -every mve-Whs at ohtircif. .and poor, foolish, deluded uno e, re membering what .mother ' .had said ' about, coming there if -service mid begun, obeyed her, and with that child still huddled his coat sleeve, proceeded to the door and up the steps. Now, on that day there wove so many ba bies, to he baptised that the pafents'had boon requested to take the front pews,.in order to avoid the confusion of rising all over the church, and when the sexton saw uncle'with a ciiild in his arms,, ho naturally concluded ho wns one of the parents and ushered him straight up the middle aisle into one of those pews. We wore tit pi-uyor, but when I heard nu cleus step, I peeped oyer my handkerchief and sat shipi'lied with astonishment. Uncle' was just going ltd that pew with the baby, whoso great oiuo eyes -wore open to their fullest extent, and who was sucking his thumb at such a nrto that it oojjli} he heard all over the church., f hit mother in the side with my fiin, bat sh.e took no notice. She said after wards that she fancied I was drawing her attention to Mrs. Lissom’s sky-blue bonnet witli pink feathers, and was shocked that I should do so in prayer lime. So I, stared at tilo baby, and at.uncle, and at fattier in the pulpit with his eyes shut, and really thought I should go mad, or had done so. Where/on-earth did uncle get that baby ? whose was it? and why did he bring it there to bo christened ? Mother says that if she had only known of it in time she would have walked across and ordered him out of the pew; hot she, poor soul! had not the least idea of what was going on. After a while the prayer was over, but mother, still wishing to reprove me for idle thoughts in church, took no notice of my nudges and wihspers, and it was not until the middle of the sermon that sister dementia, who sits with her husband just behind us, leaned over and wispored : Kitty, that is not Uncle Glover ?’ 4 It must he/ I replied. 4 How did ho eomo by that baby?’ 4 Dear knows/ I whispered ; 4 I can’t im agine/ ’ .dementia paused a moment and then whispered again : 4 Uncle Glover is a depraved old wretch;!’ 4 0h, dementia !’ 1 1 never thought it of him/ said Clem ; • hut I’m sure now. Oh, the hare-faped crea ture !’ 4 Some one will hour you, Clem, I whis pered. , . 4 And every onn will see him. We are disgraced forever!’ whispered Clem. ‘Mothj erf mother ! you shall listen. Don’t you see Unolo Clover in the pew with the babies who uro to bo christened, with n baby in his own arms? Mother looked, and her countenance became perfectly rigid. 4 Oh 1 if I could got at him/ whispered Clementina. 4 The whole church will bo looking at you “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY.” presently, Clem,’ said her husband. ‘ You musn’t be so excited, my dear.’ ‘Can I help it?’ replied Clementina.— ‘What dues ail-father that ho seems to see nothing id' that disgraceful object?’. And father, indeed, had not looked that way, nod did not, until the sermon being oVer, he arose and stood before the party in the front pews. Even then, being near sighted, ho had christened two children be fore lib noticed Uncle Clover, who had risen like the others, and was auparontly Waiting his turn. ■An idea that.lib bad seen some' -one very much like this gentleman''before, first broke upon .him, and the next instant lie was sure of ins identity. It is strange, hut true, that if you meet your dearest and most intimate friend in a place whore you have.'no idea of meeting him you will at the first glance believe him a stranger.-So it was with father. - How, could ho believe that Uncle Clover, was be fore him with a young infant in. his arms; and so ho had said in uncle’s earl ‘ What, is this child’s (fame?! and ancle had answered, ‘John, I believe,’ before bo know him. ■ Father says that ho bolievas.be should have fiiiritod but for tbo consciousness that the eyes of the congregation were upon bini. He could not make li fuss there, and be was jialfdistract cd. However, bp concluded the only course to pursue Was to .go straight on, ami accordingly bo did so, sbbwjhg,- as mother said, very praiswortby,presence of mind. . And so, be fore-, be know what had happened, uncle bad. promised to .bring the baby up properly and teach him'his catechism. How'the service went on 1 don’t-know ; I hoard not one word, and wo were, very mooli relieved' when it was over. Clementina fairly ran out of elmrcb, and in our party .mother and she-went .on at’such a rate .that, they frightened me. v - ‘ It is some mistake, I’m sure,’ I, pleaded.. But both insisted that the deed wasdono with malice prepense, .and that Uncle Clover was a, depraved creature. As we were at the worst,-steps sounded in the hall, aiid .father and Uncle Clover with the baby entered.— Uncle wiis very pale and looked very much frightened, but father was quite calm; he had'heard the truth of the.'matter on the way, and had decided that on the whole un cle’s conduct was rather priusowoi-tliy. But mother, as yet in ignorance, , pumiced upon hint like an"eagle, and, beginning by inform ing hini that she was a fool ,to have the slightest confidence, in him, talked to him for an hour and three quarters without a mo ment's 'cessation, proving him a villain of tho deepest dye, and winding up by ordering .him from the bouse, and forbidding me to speak to him. Clem satisfied herself'by putting in horrified ejaculations and contemptuous- epi thets.' At last, when both, w-ero out of breath, poor uncle entered into an explanation, and told the story. °f the. woman in the ear. I be lieved it at -first, of course, hut mother was a .long time coining- around, and Clem somehow • dlslikoß :pUr\,Q. to .Un,fl,,dj.ryv with fathers intercession,;tho family were.in a manner .reconciled, and the cm hi was hand ed, • ver to Dinah to hike c{u*o of while we dined. . -. .Of'.course the affair caused some scandal in the church, whore Uncle Clover, is quite, weirknoWn everywhere, and the only mis chief donn/is. Unit people will .believe-poor .Uncle a-little touched in the upper story, and not exactly iicioun.table for his, actions. As for the hahy,. uncle says,it is his duty to sec itcarcd for, because ho'promised fii til er ho would .when he was baptized. So it .has -been left with a poor woman iii 1 the country ever since, nod uncle has decided to have.him properly brought up, at his own. expense. Mothor'says the thing is perfectly absurd. BSgy Kinkyhoads is the new title used for Abolitionists, in cuutradistiactiou to -‘‘/Jupper heads.” ]C?“.ffiigh* hundred and forty-three hales nf cotton readied ‘Cincinnati -on Monday from Memphis. O” Lafayette's, daughter died at Turin a short time, since. She was the Countess de la Tour Mnuhourg. BUT” A country individual who was caught in-a-water-wbeel/says ho intends to apply foi<a pension, as he is a survivor of the -Rev olution, £&* 4 Mamma, nifty, I go a fishing V ■‘ Yes, hid, but don’t go near the water.— And recollect, if you arc. drowned, I shall skin you as sure us you are alive/* O” If a lady has a thousand acres of valna ble land, the young men are apt to conclude that they are, sufficeijt grounds for ‘attach ment, ... 44 Paddy, .where's tho whisky I ga' - o -you do .clean the windows with?’’ — 44 Och, muster, X just drank it, and I thought if I 'breathed on the glass it would ho all the same 1” hale of cotton grown in Kansas has been sent to market. It is thought that five hundred hales will ho grown this year in tho country whore it was raised. OT7” 4 Jim does your mother eyor whip you ? 4 No ; but she does a precious sight worse though !’ 4 What’s that?’ 1 Why slio washes my face every morning. Decidedly Irish. — A Dublin journal ob serves that a handbill announcing a piilibc meeting in that city states, with boundless liberality, that 4 the ladies, without distinc tion of sex, are invited to attend/ IC7” A poet ought not to pick nature s pocket-; let him borrow, and so ns to repay him hy the very act of borrowing. Examine nature accurately biit write from recollection, and that more to imagination than to memory. OCT'Old Mr. Sirns has a queer way of show ing his hospitality. The moment a stranger omnes to his house ho brings him a pine knot and a jack-knife. S. is a genuine Yankee and believes there is'hut one pleasure greater than whittling, and that is selling shoe-pegs for oats. , OCT” The Connecticut Domooratio j nurnal are showing that if the 3.000 troops used to tako Connecticut, tho 1,000 to take Rhode Island, and tho whole regiment, with tho stragglers, ordered on to New Hampshire, hud been ordered to join General Hunter, Charleston might have been taken hy land, whereas, only Conuedtiout and Rhode Island have been taken. Extensive. —The mud crop, CARLISLE, -PA.,. THURSDAY, MAY 1 From HooHep’s Army. Terrible Hallies Fought on Saturday and Sunday at Chancellorsville. Unsuccessful Attempt of Stone teal I Jackson to Turn General Hooker’s Jiight, TERRIFIC- AND SUCCESSFUL NIGHT ■ ATTACK UPON THE ENEMY. A Fierce JSaltfc of Six Ifoiirs BJai ration on Sunday. A Fair Stand-Op Fight. J—l: The Results in Favor, but The oorrospondent.of the. New York Times, writing, from ■Ohnncellorsyil.le, gives tho fol lowing acoiuint of the'-, battles of Saturday and Sunday,:. THE BATTLE Of .SATURDAY. ' 1 The active Operations of Saturday comprise ,a-series of attempts in ' Kji'ce on the part of tlio rebels to break,, bur lines at various points, which wore in. one case’ partially suc cessful, iu another completely successful, add iu all,the others oompletqly/.unsuccessfnl.. In the morning, as vvo.'etoad on the balcony of .Chancellor's house, the', attention, was aroused by a sliarf Valtle'of musketry coining from-a,column' of rebels, coming up by, tho main.Fredericksburg plank read, directly in front of us. Knapp’s btUtcry, however,' which was planted directly in front of the po sition,-opened upon them .aiid, after a few rounds, caused them to retire. Immediately afterwords,'iv ImUety opened from the height which I' have mentioned as having boon gained by Sykes, yesterday, and then abandoned by us.- .Tim p -sition was rather upwards of-a , mi(b pistnnt from tho cleared space, aud its object was to damage our ammunition train, vyhicli, was visible, to the-rebels from the tops of trees on tho the height.. Oneiof our-batteries was, how ever, immediately opened in reply. - The third,shot blew up one qf-,lhc : -ciiissoiis and a subsequent shot blow up'another, and this settled^hoir'Account.-. - . Subsequently, a reoohnoissnnce was sent,, qn.'ou’r part, consisting of tliu Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania. Volunteers . (Qarr's brigade. Berry’s division; Sickles Corps), on the same _yoitd by wbiob the rebels had. approached. in 'the morning, Cor the purposo,ijf feeling their strength. They wont out.dtbthe plank road, deployed pn both sides.in tbeMbrm of a letter V., ebaafd tho. rebel skirmishers a couple, of miles, till , they came to. ,a li.Oii.vy double, line of. battle, with artillery in jiosition, when they retired, bringing us ilial piece of inbelli gence; : ..' ~ Another rooonhoiaaanee wrr,noxt sent out on o.uv right, cousuitiuK. ofyl^^lhin’.a, Sharp shooters';' ‘ Theyl' Ineir WC r : pi'C!tcts, drove them handsomely; and'ht -1 o’clock're turned,'wall fifty prisoners of tlio Twenty third Georgia. ' ■ . - t At 4, the rebels are moving down-'.in force' on the plank road, where wo had a little be fore made the roeon Poisson ee.' Geary’s di vision. of Slocum's corps is sent in oh the double quick iuto the w'oud's-ftbeir bayonets flashing in the sunlight. A sharp contest ensues, and inm few minutes they come back in disorder. A portion ol Kanels brigade,' com piped of -raw troops; had broken, and thrown the column iuto confusion. An Aid f>uuu .Siucum conies to imk Gonoral Hooker i-fhecan have reinforcements "'No I lie must hold liis- own. Howard will, ol course, support him from, the right. Let Geary’s di.vison, however, bo-thrown to the right of the road., so that the artillery may ho able to sweep the enemy on the lek.” This treatment presently repaired the damage, and -checked the hope of the rebels being able to pierce our-centre'. Foiled in this, they how prepared to'mako a still more desperate dash on our righ flank. Wo were aware that they hud Leon massing against that point all the afternoon, and the terrific treble- pf the demoniac yell With the rebels always rush into battle announced their approach from the woods by the Gul; pepper-plank roads.- Jackson’s whole corps, reinforced by D. H. Hill’s division, number ing in all forty thousand moil, had precipitat ed themselves mi Howard’s corps, forming our extreme right wing. This corps is com posed of Jthe .divisions of Sell are, oteinwchr and lit via, hud consists in groat part of Ger man ■ tVoopsi Without'Waiting for a single volley from .the rebels, this corps disgraceful ly abandoned their, position behind-their breastworks, and commenced 'coining, .panic strilten, down the r ad towards headquarters. Gur right was tbtm completely turned, and the , rebels ia the fair way, of doubling ns U P- ■ . . . ■ , . Hooker's dispositions.were made in a mo* niont, Wliym, of all others, should he send in at this fearfully critical -moment, but the darling child of bis -own. .creation- —his own old corps, now commanded by General Berry. ‘• General 1” shouted the Commander, “ thi'ow your men into the breach—receive the enemy on your bayonets—don’t tire'a shot —-they can see you I”' , . , , It was a sight to see that glorious hand rush lU the double quick to the rescue I Pressing up lit their horrid array of glitter ing steel, the enemy’s advance, was quickly cheeked, and lie had to withdraw to the line of breastworks just vacated by the Eleventh corps. Batteries were immediately sent up in thunderous clamor to tiie front, and Oapt. Best, Chief of Artillery, of Slpoum’s corps, mussed twenty pieces on the crest near. Gen eral Sickles’ headquarters, and a terrific liio was opened on the enemy, and kept up far into the night. ’ 1 Gen. Pleasanton, too, succeeded m turning hack a dozen pieces taken from the flying corps and planting them in a favorable posi tion, while he drew up bis little brigade of cavalry, consisting of squadrons of the Sixth New York, Eighth Pennsylvania and Seven teenth Pennsylvania, with drawn sabres to protect the guns {a novel sight in battle). Directing the pieces to bo double-shotted with canister, be swept the’position occupied by the enemy witli a murderous fire. The successful olioek of the advancing foe is in no small degree owing to the indomitable ener gy of this gallant soldier. While this is going on, the pamo-atriokon Dutchmen are sweeping past us, and. round liy headquarters into the road leading United States ford. Many members of ho staff of Gen. Hooker and other g-oier.il h oo,s placed themselves m he road.- rth drawn sabres smote and slashed ly retreating rascals. It was all m vii n, however. The road for two or three miles down tmva.d United Suites ford is now crowded with their shattered fragments. . General Hooker has, however, already sent Sykes’ regulars after them. As to the loss sustained by this corps, cither in killed or captured, it could not have been great Un'Jecisiyp, i , 1863. —they run too fast for that. I have tlio mor tification to ndd-that they allow twelve pieces of cannon to fall into the hands of tho enemy. What makes this retreat not only digrace ful, and well nigh disastrous, is that it com plotely foiled a splendid manoeuvre wljjcli, General Sickles with his corps was engaged in executing. Ho had gone in on a blanch road leading off from the main pike, pierced tho enemy’s centre, penetrated fur a mile, cut them in two, and would have secured the key to victory, when the turning of Howard’s position compelled him to make good his re treat, though ho brought out with him four hundred, 'rebel prisoners. ■ Tho artillery' combat was prolonged till midnight, and the bursting of the shower of shells thrown by oiir -batteries info the rebels made a spectacle that beggars all discription. During the whole crisis, General Hooker was under theaovorogt lire, and ills. Staff, made up of young bravos, performed prodigb. os of valor. • ~ ' THE BATTLE OF SUNDAY. Now I come to’Sunday. ’ It was perfectly evident, .from tho .positi-in of affairs on Satur-. day night, that there must bo a change of ani lines, which would throw the, enemy, out of our rear and into bur front again. • Itwill be scon by what skillful generalship the enemy was fought aiid cheeked on front, and. flank, and roar, while this wins being dune. General lleymilds’ First. Army Corps ar rived’ at United States Ford on Saturday, afternoon', It .was- immediately put into position on our right, which was withdrawn from-the plank road to the Fly’s Ford turn pike; This lino was immediately formed by Generals lleynnlds and. Meade, the-latter’s position, on the left, having been relieved by General Howard's -Eleventh Corps, which, notwithstanding its disorganized condition, was so far reorganized daring the night as to' lit for duty again ;this morning. They were assigned the position on the left, where it was prubnl lo there would ho little or no lighting, and wore protected by tin; strong works built the day before by Gen. Meade’s corps. Our now lino now assumed the shape of a triangle, prolonged at the apex, tiie righto! the line Being somewhat longer than the left; As the portim of. the lino on- the right was new, time was necessary to fortify and intrench it, and the work was carried on vigorously by ' the Fifth ami First army . corps. It was very evident at daylight,this morn ing that the day would bring forth a terrific battle. We knew that the enemy had been reinforcing ids lino all night, at the expense, nndountly of the strength of Ins force on our loft. His intention was, evidently, to light for-the possession of the plank road, which was porfcctly'apparent he mast have, as that .portion of it which we then held was subject to the enemy’s assaults in front and or. both flanks. , ■But the possession of this road was not ob tained by the enemy, save at our own time, at bis severest cost; luul-Wfter one, of the most desperate, tenacious aVid bloody conflicts, for its short .duration, of the whole war. At S plcloek A. M., the rebels could bo plainly seen up the plank road, about a niile and' •a half .from the Chancellor House, which General llohkor still retained as his headquart ers, though'a Shell had gone; through it the evening before, and another had cut down a tree directly in front of it,. Our line of battle was formed with Gener al Berry’s gallant division on the right, Geh. Birncy next on thc left, General Whipple and General Williams supporting. At 5-V A. M., the Advance became engaged, in the ravine, just beyond the ridge where Capt, Best’s 'guns had made their tornfle onslaught-the night before, and where they still frowned upon the enemy and threatened his destruc tion. The rattle of musketry soon became a lon# continued crash, and in a iew moments, •as battalion after battalion became engaged, tbo nnr surpassed all conception, and indi cated that’ the tight would' bo one ol the most terrible nature General Berry’s division, which had checked the enemy's advance the night before, engaged him again, and if it were possible for them to add more lauvds to their, fame, then they did it thrice over again. • The enemy advanced his infantry in overwhelming numbers, and seemed deter mined to crush’out* forces. But the brawjr -inon of Sickles and Slocum, who fought thejft columns with desperate gallantry, held the rebels in check, and inflicted dreadful slaught er among them.. Gonoral Freneb’s division was sent in on the right flunk of our line at about 7 A. M., and in a short time a horde of ragged, streaming rebels running down the road, indicated that that portion of the ene my's line had been crushed. At 8 o'clock A. M., General French sent his,compliments to General Hooker, with the information that’he had charged the enemy arid was driving him before him. Sickles maintained the attack upon Ins line with great endurance. J-ho enemy seemed determined to crush bun with the immensity of his forces, and, as subsequent ly shown from the statements of prisoners, live .whole divisuns of the rebel army were precipitated upon this portion of the line, for from these live divisuns wo took during, the day an aggregate of over two thousand, prisoners. The exploits’of our gallant troops in those dark, tangled, gloomy woods may never he brought to light; but they would fill a hun dred volumes. It was a deliberate, desperate hand to hand conflict, and-the carnage was perfectly frightful. Cool officers say that the dead and wounded of the enemy covered the ground in heaps, and that the rebels seemed utterly regardless of their lives, and literally threw themselves upon the muzzles of our guns. Many desperate charges were made during the tight, particularly by. Berry's di vision, Mott’s Brigade made tllteen distinct charges, and captured cevcu standard colors, the Seventh New Jersey, Col. Francino. alone capturing four stands of colors and five hun dred prisoners. , Gen. Couch's Second Army Corps, though only in part present, did exuo lent work. it was Gen. French who charged and diovo the enemy on the flank, and it was alilo Hancock who gallant y went to the 10- lief of tho hard-pressed oiekles. The engagement lasted without the slight est intermission from 5} A. M. to-8.45 A. M., when there was h temporary cessation on our nart, occasioned by getting nut of ammuni tion. Wo hold our position for nearly an hour with the bayonet, and then, being re supplied, an order was given to full hack to tho vicinity of tho Chancellor Unuse, which wo did in good order. Here tho contest was maintained for an hour or more, not so se verely us before, hut with grcait havoc to tho enemy, and considerable hiss' to ourselves. Tho vicinity of tho Olmnoollor House was now tho theatre of tho fight, aud my visits to that spot became loss frequent. Gon. Honker nniinta tied his headquarters there until 10 A. >l., when it was set on fire by the enemy’s shells, and is now in ruins. ChnuooUorsvUle is no longer in having perished with the flame; but Clmnoollcrsvillo is in history, never to bo effaced. Our now lino was now -bo far established as to render it safe to withdraw all our for ces on that front which was accordingly done, and at 11:30 A., M., tho musketry firing ceased. The engagement had lasted six hours, but bad been tho most terrific of the war. Our artillery had literally slaughtered tho ene my,, ami many Of the companies had lost heavily in men themselves, hut , tho guns were all saved. The enemy was now no longer in our rear, hat had been shoved down 'directly in our front, and is now directly between us and our forces in .Fredericksburg, and we wore again in an entrenched nnd formidably forti fied position. Tlio enemy has gained some -ground, it is true, but at the sacrifice of the flower of bis force, five of bis seven divisions having boon cut to pieces in the effort, .and oyer 2000 of them having fallen iuto our hands.- Our right wing, under Gens. Reynolds and Meade was pot engaged, save tho division of Gem Humphreys, which went into the woods .on' the enemy’s left flank, and fought val iantly .under their brillian t loader, until their aimriunitiou was exhausted. During the afternoon the enemy has made several attempts to force our’-lines,.particu larly at-the apex of our position, near the Chancellor House, but Captain Weed has massed a largo quantity of artillery in such ■a position as to repulse with great-loss every thing -placed within, its range. The tried several batteries and regiments at that point at different times during the afternoon, and they were literally destroyed by the fire of our terrible guns. - Nothing can live with in their range. Our present-position is impregnable, if our troops .continue- to .fight as they have to day. Gen. Leo, tlio prisoners say. has issued an order that our lines must ho broken at nil hazards. Let them try it again, with whnt they have left. The - can. and perhaps will destroy themselves by attacks upon this po sition. , " Our troops are perfectly cool and confident. They have fought with groat spirit and en thusiasm and will continue to do so. The rebel prisoners report that Gen. A. I’. Hill was killed this afternoon, during the sanguinary .conflict his division had with Gen eral Berry’s division. General Berry was himself killed, while gallantry fighting his bravo men. ' ' The Washington Chronicle, of Monday savs: ‘ . ' Gen. Fitzliugh Lee has boon taken prison er, and is now in this city. Prisoners were arrivin';, here, all day yesterday; The Washington Star, of the same evening, says: The lighting lias been desperate, with heavy losses on both sides and’ while we have to mourn the loss of many brave officers and' men, this,is the price to be paid for success. The reports that Gevis.-Sickles', Slocum and .Couch have been killed are not believed tube, true. ’Certainly; Gen.. Sickles was, alive last evening, . Wo regret to say that the gallant General Berry, 2d Army Corps, was killed yesterday morning; in the desperate fight near Chan-, cellorsvillo,,where his division was gallantly engaged retrieving, the. ground temporarily lost by General Howard’s division on the pre ceding evening, under the attack of the over whelming force of the enemy. Ilis body ar rived hero tlits afternoon. He was struck by a .Mmio hall, which pierced the lungs and probably the heart. It is rumored that a despatch from* the rebel'General Lee to the authorities at,Rich mond has been intercepted, in which he calls for reinforcements, and announces his entire inability to hold out two days longer unless they are sent. * OFFICERS AND MEN Kti'.ED AND WOUNDED. In these contests the following Pennsylva nia officers and men were killed and. wound ed. There were undoubtedly others of whom wo have as yet received no account: Col. M'Knight. 105th Pennsylvania—killed. Col. Lancaster, 175th' Pennsylvania—killed. Col. Stainrook, 109th Pennsylvania—killed. Maj. Keenan, B.lh Pa., Cavalry'—killed. Maj. St:nuso, 4Gih Pennsylvania—killed. Capt. Hampton, Pittsburg hattery-legshot off. Uapt. Crumley, Co. C, 115th Pa. —killed. Uapt. Conley, Co. JC, 115th Pa —killed. Capt. Llillon. Co. 13, 115th Pa.—wounded. Lieut. Malloy, Co. 13, 115th Pa.—wounded. Lieut. Davis; Co. D, 115th Pa.—wounded. Lieut. Ash,.Co. 0, 115th Pa.—ankle. Adjt! Stevens, 115th Pa.—wounded. Lieut. Priestly, 4tith Pa.—morti Ily wounded. Col. lv. M. Orogory, 91st Pa.—wounded se- verely, . ,Ca; t. Brant, Co. 13, 131 th Pii'., killed. Lieut. Col. Win. W, Shaw, 131 th Pa., leg. Lieut. Col. Howe, 130th Pa., side. Lieut. Moneth, Co. D, 130th Pa., arm. Win. Thompson, Co. 11, 134th Pa., arm. A. B. Miller, Co. A. 134th Pa., wrist. P. 11. Gohen, Co. B, 134th Pa., shoulder. Corporal Brunt, Co. 15, 134th Pa., log. Prank, limited, Co. A 134th Pa., hand. 11. 11. Wilson, Go. A, 134th Pa., leg. L. Monett, Co. D, 120tli Pa., arm. Lieut. Bowson, Co. P. 120 iii Pa., leg. Wm. Soule, Co. F, 120th Pa., nose. Wm.Tlnpert, Co. K, 120th Pa., hip. John Stoffin, Co. 11, 120th Pa., wrist. John Wilson, Co. 11, 120th Pa., side. A. Pomey, Co. 11, 120ih Pa., arm. M. Balaiiknen, Co. K. 02d, Pa. Maj. Anthony, 129 1 h Pa., mortally. A. J. Bohn, Co. 11, 129th Pa., hand. John Bingham, Co. D, C2J Pa. ‘ Perry D. Williams, Co. H, 129th Pa., back Jacob Gatnck, Co K. 129th Pa., hand. A Call ecu McClellan. —A member of the 93J recently wrote to n friend at Lebanon : “ Give us General McClellan and wo will (Hit every buttle over again from Williams burg to Fredericksburg, and do it better than over we did. Take this army to Fair Oaks and give us ‘Little Mae,' and we will go to Richmond, He is the man we want, and be is the man who will bo President of the Uni ted States if soldiers have anything to say.— Old Abo was down to see us, but we’all would sooner see General McClellan" A Rich Dessert Service. —The Pacha of Ecypt has just bad made for hirasolf in Paris, a dessert service consisting of twelve gold plates, richly inlaid with diamonds, costing 50,000 francs each; six ohampagnq: glasses, costing 30,(100 francs each ; six small wine glasses at 18,000 each, and a, dozen spoons and forks at 0000 francs each. The plates and champagno'glnasos each contains mure than a thousand diamonds. #3?* The boy "’bo was told that the best euro for palpitation ot the heart was to quit kissing the girls, said, ‘if that is the only remedy, which can be proposed, I, lilt one say lot’er palpitate.’ NO. 48 .• t (DJtbjs mii) (Bubs. ' O'The child who cried for an hour, did not get it. O'The host adhesive label that can bo put on luggage is to stick to it yourself. O' Laws are always multiplying lawyers, and lawyers always multiplying laws. O’ Embrace as many opportunities as you please, but only one woman. O’ lie that loses his conscience has noth ing loft worth keeping. ..O'The Essence of Abolition is—‘Be lieve ns I do, or you are a traitor.’ O’ Why is a windy orator like a whale ? Becauso ho often rises to spoilt, O'To see if a girl is amiable—step on her dress in a ball room. OUT* Why is a man in,a rage like a hard baked pie? Ans.—XSeeauso he is crusty. .1 O” If you want your son to “ lead a. dog's life,” apprentice hiui to a Cur-riori K 7" A single woman Ims generally a single purpose, and. wo all know what that is. O 5 ’ To make hens lay,. Wring thqir necks —they,will lay any whore then/ CfT’.iyhat is taken'from yog before you get it 2—Your portrait. ; . Too much of a good- thing,” as the kitten said-when she fell into the milk pail., Hon. John Ciivodc, it is said, will bo the Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. ■ [Q” Why is n grain of sand.in the eye like a schoolmaster’s baao ? Because it hurts, the pupil. , OfZw’ It was lately voted in a town meeting, that ■ all persons owning dogs therein should he muzzled.’ - CT” What is that which works when it plays, and plays when it w’orks 1- — A. foun- 1 tain. 'SZT A Darkey’s instructions for putting on a coat were, “ Pust do right arm, don de lef, and don gib one general obuvulshuu." , O” To ascertain how much speed there is in you, make a face at a red-haired woman when she has a cistern-pole in her hand.. Why is a drummer the fastest man in the world f Because time beats all men, but the drummer heats time;. A debating club in Worcester lately discussed the important question'; “ Wheth er a rooster’s knowledge of daybreak is the result-of observation or instinct 0“ A strutting coxcomb asked n barber’s boy, “ Did you ever shave, a monkey 2” No, sir, hiit if you’ll bo pleased to sit down I’ll t-i-l-tvy.” . ' ' '' D 77” Besides tho bounty of fSOtohe paid to every soldier who ro-enlists for a year after the term of his service expires, each soldier is to have thirty days furlough. C 77" ‘ Dawktei 4 ,' said ah exquisite the other day, 4 J want you to tell me what I can put into my head .to.make it right.’ 1 ‘ It - wantu nothing hut brains,’ said the physician. T7~ A lady asked d gentleman tho other day why so many tall gentlemen were bache lors ? The reply was, 4 that they were obliged to lie corner-wise in bed to keep their feet in r aud that a wife would.be in the way.’ 077“ A General on tho point of death, opening his eyes and seeing a consultation of three physicians who were standing close by . bis bedside, faintly exclaimed:. 1 Gentlemen,: if you fro by platoons it is all over with ■ mo 1’ ■' 077” They, have a man in Mississippi so lean that he makes no shadow at all. He makes all hungry who looks at him-; and when tho children meet him in the street the run home crying for bread. • 377” A Colporteur going with tracts-in a log house of a dweller in Ohio, asked ,the woman if they had the gospel there. She said r 4 No, but they have it dreadful bad about four miles below.’ 077” Either Paul Morphy is becoming loss expert at chess, dr his principal rival, Mens; dc Riviere, improves wonderfully. Twice, at recent chess, soirees in Paris, the latter beat tho champion three games out of five., 077” At a young ladies’ seminary a few days since, during an examination in histo ry, one of the most promising pupils was in terrogated : 44 Mary, did Martin Luther-die a naturaj-death ?” 44 No,” was the prompt reply ; 44 ho was excommunicated by a bull!” 077“ When Judge Peters, of Pa., was speak er tho House of Assembly, one of tho mem bers; is crossing the room, tripped on the car pet and fell down. The House burst into laughter, while the Judge, with tho utmost gravity, cried : —Order, order,"gentlemen—a member is is on the floor. . C 77” The Second Duke of Buckingham, talking to Sir Hubert Viner, in a melancholy mood about his own personal extravagance. 44 lam afraid, Sir. Robert,” he said, 44 1 shall die a hogga'V#t Inst—the most terrible thing in tho world.”' “ Upon my word, iny lord,” answered tho Mayor, “ there is another thing more terrible, which you have reason to ap prehend, and that is, that you will live a beg gar at tho rate you go on.” (£77 Jones and Brown were talking, lately of a young clergyman whose preaching they had heard that day. The sermon was like a certain man mentioned in a certain biogra phy, “ very poor and very pious.” “ What - do yon think of him?” isked Brown. I think,” said Jones, “ he,did much better two yems ago.” “ Wby,' ho didn’t preach then,” said Brown. “ True,” replied Jones, “ that is what I mean.” (C 7“ Take care of your neighbors ; don’t lot them stir without watching—they may do something wrong if you do. To bo sure, you never know them to do anything very, bad, but it may bo on your account that they have not; perhaps if it had not been for your kind care, they might have disgraced them selves and families long ago. Therefore don’t relax your efforts to keep them where they ought to bo. Never mind your own business —that will take care of itself! Q3s”ln the town of , subject to the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, lives a busy shoemaker, who at sundry times offici ates as preacher. In order to save n little printing, it is his custom to write Ins notice of preaching. Hero is otto ■of the ■ ■ “There will bo preaching in the pines next Sunday afternoon on the subject—All who. ,i„ n..t boliovo will bo damned at throe o’clock."
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