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THE KCV CATECHISM.
V lil, r'lWI.Y IN lot: I NOIU'l!K.
nirni'llt-:.-
i v i.rgri'st.
.-'l.inl ami lit nm niti"lii.r --
(Nut mi Mm; "Shurt.-r" l:m
Thut'i t"' "M I1"' "
Q."Vh:il'f lli.- i hitf eii'l "f man?''
A - Ii I" ! tlifiik " I't-pti-n i
'J lie iirnni i 'unit.
Ami I. bine tin' M.im.it of all Hefti
1'i.r putlia-; '" tin- nml.
WllSIIMII .T.'llll'-I K""' 1 nt ,'r'1'
Ati-I d.'l In' H ! I lii'in fruta ?
.-Xi.iik wr.- nl Inst (-re-iti'l (;
I'xc.'pl llie I'-iitf-heele-1 nice.
-Will, what is fin ? hi? K
inj't't .naet ainl rn n It'll
nil frien.l
Mil in III
An I '" i'H:i
iiroiMK.'iit ni aiK tt ilh dc
a with Ji-ll "
A:rl 'ill nlio Imf llu' I'.sl'iN il.-nr,
'I In' I'l 1 IT!' I luN lil'll VI',
,r- -inner of I ho (.luli-st .-irt
Wli.'iii suit run n-'ver save.
u . .'iVh.il !' lli ll"l.v Soi'iitur,. tea-:' ,
Anil nluil'? t-lf'.i-tn.i. .iilliiij,' ?
- l li v teiirli ' ii i -Co I -luMi'l tu jiri'm. li
l-'r nir'i;.'S ti iie.'f iMwIin-.
1 1 .. Si ii l.fi i . n w lint f lli fi I ?
Iki , ivlirii :inl li ln'iii" '
A - If ti iKS"' r i.-m. ci;-. Ilnmi ;h'iut,
An 1 hi.lv.- a hit t.l'
t W'hiit i'llio -inn of the e.iuiuiiiiiil,
j v which w .- ii.u.-i i. u i.iy :
T"
halu thy hr..thfr nt I li e Smith,
let the 1'uini) rli.lc."
A n.l
q. A ml lint is f.iith ? my sai " 1 i n - f icti'l,
A. Well y-.u 'ti't i'isu nirivi't :
l-'iiith is the eviilviiM 1 huvv,
liiiiiblcs me tu
It 11 firm mill GxoJ belii-f
'J'li ut negroes will jircvuil,
An.l iniii:ctliiii0' g'"l turu up fir 111c,
Ami he it html '.r tail.
Whnl instriiiiii nt ib. angn'if pbiy,
M'h it snii sin they iilinvc .'
(nhl l..(ii's u.-u.i a gulden harp,
XL.'ir axii;; i'.c levui.:.g bvc.)
Me (flii l .vim nx tl.it .pu'sli'Miar
A 1'iu.jii nf one string,
An.l iiiirc- ! uisjrcr ! if the lane,
Uiuu.illy they liu;.
A SOIDISH'S EUDTION IN BATTLE. , '(
i.'i.'u.'ii so'.iiers illC.VpUI'ietU'C'd in till!
battle li-. 1.1 will find the iuoU ten ibl m
men s just licfcie llio battle begins. A
soldiei in his narrative of personal adven
ture., in ihc Mexican war, published in
"Howe's Achieve letits of AmcriiMns,"
give some inteicstii g i'etus under this
l ead in his ih sctr .1 lun of the bat lie of
Pah.
llie 1
lf.i, ihic!i was Mio opening battle ot
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still lor nbo .t tueiiiy minutes, each wait-
ll' lor the oilier to begin the work of j
'...til, and during thi. time I
a man 01 uiu enwny . ......
l.ke statues. Ue l ima.m.-l p..ct 1 -
except ions
1 I avior. toii.iwen p. ,
his sliill, rode from lef'l to right at n slo v
liace.
wiih his by li.rown over Lke u wo-
1,1.111. and :i- If? D.is.-ed each 1'
cttiuiciit, he
.-nuke W01. .S of eiicou! ugemeul
1 know
not wlr.il he said to the others, hut when 1
he conn? to where 'o stood, he looked
.:...i.lil- al ii-. I suiiini-e. lo see what
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l.-Cl llie n.-yei circu.iiM.iuc, s u ...
were placed ii.id opon u-, ami - n- g.i'in .,
hosail: "I ho biyi.ni I, mv haidv cocks,
lha biy.iiii t is the thing:" The other
occ.isKi'l waa that of Lieut. Ul.ick, of tin
. . . .. 1 1 .. .11 ...
e.iiiiniiis, v.iio t vuiui iei-i ;u r ! ,1
a'.OIlL' 11.0 Idie'liV s line, 111 noni in nmn
s 11111
armies, and cour. llieir guns ; ami m
close to their puis did he go that be might
Lave bet 11 shol a '. undred times. One of
the oiiicei of ihe enemy, doubiless think
ing he had some couiu u.d. a ion to ir.ake
;ode onl 10 ir.iii-l him ; Mack, ho.ve ci',
p..id u" atl 'oti'ui to him, bui rode on,
and iln ti n turned and reported to I'ay
br. I'hua stood those I wo Lcligerntil aniue-:
face- to lace. What were the feeling or
those lliouatids ? How many thoughts
nnd fears wi re crowd-'d into thoso lew
? Look at our men '. a cl.irnmv
1 . . .1 : .1 ...
twiat is it-Ulnl 1! over f.n?cs Jigl'Uv rale
i,ot fro coiv.i-lly fear, but fro.u an a'vhl;
seiVse of porn, comnmc.. "W! ? i;'r;.! I
iM'.ion not to tlmcli U'oin diny. 1 ni-v
ait i1m woim-iiU in n hich true soldier.
lesion ihei..seiw t.j the reflect!. hi that
H'li:Uner way befall tliem they will uol
i-iln hoimt ; UiPscsre the m merits a ben
the obso'.uirt coatl sutl'iM's more than
tleiith wLun, if not certain lie would be
shot i:i Lif tiacks, he would turn and fic,
Kigli'ii'o 'b vul v work ; the tniu who
Las 1 is'i-d through 11 two hours' fi.ht, has
lived through a great anmunt of physical
un ". mental labor. At the end of a battle
1 Horn's found that I had perspired so
M'cfdsilv ns to wet through a.l my
thick
woollen clothing, and when 1 had got
. . i.i
mo! I wn as ooro as if I h id been beaten
all over wi'.h a club. When tho battle
to nuiences tho feelings undergo a chan-e.
T'.,.,.i..i von ever tee vour housa ou
fire? If so, it was then you rushed into
. . . 1. ..nn .on AfOf
great d inger ; U was men j "
f,i,..o. i,t,i...,l ni-er walls, lifted heavy
inml.. 'u-i.i.-ii vim never could have .clone
in your cooler moment; you then have
i.n.oi-ionoo I Ronio of the excitement of a
soldier in battle. I ulways knew my dan
gerthat at any moment I was liable to
In kil nd, yei such wan my excitement
ii,,. ; , .,. r.iOi, i.miiuil il. All men 1
,1 ,,';l... u..' n.,p.. rr.nl uima are I
'IV II Jl , OIll.U I I
perfectly -vild or craiy; othars art oJ
icr; v.
I'll Hi at i"! 1 v leur t i !i t liny iiu- ciiiii ;li't''
ly mi iM'i 'vi' I - a", awful inlinr .ml relax
a'i'T cfal! llii-ii' ciUTijio" IuIm'i l.ioi', aw
ful i'l Immim',1 ; i hoy Ii'i'iiihlo lik an asjion
-link in!i) iliti hcs aii'l cuvt-i't I'liu't'H, cry
liki- iihil'lii'ii, ar.il mo tolully iiisonsihlo in
nhaino 'livnl to I'VPi-y emotion luil llio
ovciwhi'liiiiiv fi-iir of instant ih'atli. W'v
hal a f(--', mill luil a (t-K, oI'Mirh in our
army
A iht hvo urmios were (mv.ng oacli oth
it, it win rcinarkalilft In spi lc coolness
of our men ; ilicrc Ihey Mood, chewing
Oil-, of hiscuil, ainl talk inj: al lout the Mex
ii:aii--nomp wonilcrin'' il'lhcv wonhl ticht;
olhcrs allowing they would, ami like .hs-
IIIOIH, Ai
I krpt my rye en Ihe artil-1
lory 'I the enemy ; mil happened to ho
looking toward their riht wing when
suddenly a while curl of smoke 'rung up
there hoin one of l heir fu ns, and then I
shw the dust Hv Home di.-lanee liom whei'A
the hull struck. Instantly another, and
then .mother rich cur! of Miioko arose,
siu'ce led hy a hoom in sound, and Ihen
the ahol came crashing towards us. Tho
enemy fired vi ry rapidly, and llieir halls
knocked the. dust ahou' us in nil direu
tio::s "lime went over our heads, others
struck tin.' ground in front n I hounded
away.
.ii hattpi'ies now went lo tvoik, nii'J
poured upon them i: pifrfect storm of iron;
l.ieut. Churchill ond his men hecau with
llieir eigi'.tjcn pnumlcrs, ami wlien the
first was fired, ll undo such .1 loud report
that our men gave a spontaneous shout, 1
vvliU'h teemed to set mcd loinsi.llO US I
with reneweil conli'lclice. 1 oould hear
every word the l.teneuaiit laid lobis men.
111 -1 niiin. was iiitii, iitt iv aiciien j
the bill, say Mig, "I'do higil i;:eli, try an-
oilier I" -roo low men, tiy again, the
tluil tune is the chai 111 "' 1 he th ir 1 1
shut was hrcd, and s;'.w with my owimyes!
th
hcadiill elb'ct of that and lb.; folloa-
ing
hots.
it my boys 1" shouted 1
Chin (
ill, ill in ning u ) about I wo feel ; 'you ,
have tin-in now, keen her at that ;" and
so they did, ami eveiy shot tore complete
lane through llio enemy's lines; but they
stood it manfully. The full chorus of
tut 1 le now raged ; twenty-three pieces of
at lillei y fail ly belched forth tlieir iron
hail.
We were ordered to lie d iivn in the
grass lo avoid the shol ; this puzzled the
enemy, and they could not bring their
guns lo bear on us, making our Iih.s very
tin id. Many were the narrow escapes;
me hall came within six inches of my
lull side. The force of thu shot was tre
mendous, a horse's body was no obstacle
al all ; a man'j leg was a mure piue.stein.
watched the shol as it struck the
roots 1
of the mass, and it was uslouishimz ho-.v
the dust tl-rw. In aboil an bout llie grass
iiuigl.t i-ii liie, mid the clouds of i-moke
shutout ih opposing 'iruiie-i f.oul vb.-w.
We had i-.ot us yet lust a 11. an f. 0.11 our
legiment In me obscurity the enemy
ewanged tlieir Him, unU the eighteen
pouuilei's, siipporled by our regtuient,
1.00k a new i-o.-iiicu on a little rise of
:i'oiiiiil
As
we liinveu 0:1 m ihj siu.
six pound shot took away the lower jaw '
of L'apl. rage, and the.i took ol a p ior lei-
lot' s head on the rig!. I, as clean as lib a
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K I 1 1 11.
llie oioiKi 01 pijor 1 aye was uie u
l lie blond of ".or l uge was the lir
'.l '
blood I satv ; ho was knocked flown in
llie grass, and as he endeavored lo raise
himself, he presented such a gl ft-lly
al)l.,.,.u.e ,ljal ., sicklv, fainting sensatiun
came over me. and the memo, v of that
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m,'ii n.iii.ii.i ...... ........ ....
1 day. A Utile la. cr, 3iaur Kinggoiu was
1 ninrtaliy wounded at his ba'leiy; I saw
i him just aftei w'M ds. The shot ha I torn
I awiiv a portion of the lle.sl o:V his thighs ;
it force was tie ineinbius, cutting oil both
1 1 ;.. ;.i..l .. ii.n 1., 1 ..!... 1 1,,, u- 1'.
'ersnf the horse a splendid ,'tecd, w hich
il ID ill- lue iii.n.- in-. ui-v ...v w .
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waj ki;u,(l lori.lillvn ,,;, t,,-lij
misery.
l b'; enemy tried hard, but without avail,
lo fit our eighteen pounders. The battle
continued until night put an end lo the
scene. We bivouacked leu we -vere,
nnd laid on our arms
wis slept, however,
but little, thinking we mig t bo attacked
in our sleep.
'I'he en -uiy had been very soveiely han
dled, owing to the niperiorily of our ar
tillery. The g iniieis went info it more
hlvo butchers than military men ; each
stripped otl his coat, rol'ed up his sleeves,
and tied his suspenders around hi waist :
They all wore rud flannel shirts, and
therefore, weie in uniform. To see them
liiiiheiing and unliinbering, firing a few
shots (hen dashing thruuWi tho smoke,
and then to tire again with lightning-like
ri piuity, partly hid from viuw by dense
clou I-, of smoke and dust, with theirdtvk
; l)ev ,aV ;
band 0! dcn)'ns ratlivr
1 shirls mid naked arms, veiling at ey-
"minding me of
r (hail of men.
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BSl. '-Great complaints are made of
sending Massachusetts reginumts by way
of llari isburg. he 11th wa, broug.it
that route in frei -'l)t cars totaliv uestuuio.
of conveniences, and so insecure that one
private fell from a car and wm lulled. " ; ed a higher point upon ine pinnace upon
The above was recently telegraphed its west side. Hero we found about ndoz
frotu Washington tity. To a person tin- en rude cabins, showing les archifcturnl
acquainted with the reason for sending skill than the other!. This is called Low
Eastern troops ria. llanishurg, it has no er Rra.llej ville. Nothing worthy of re
doubt been a matter of great surprise, but mark was presented nt this point, lo
"the milk in tho cocoa nut" mav be ac- ', tho eastward of this, ami nt the very cret
counted for thus: Uen. Cameron,' tlicSeeV of the 'Pinnacle,' was Mill another rude
rctary of War, is a largo stockholder in : encampment. Tho cabins in both were
the Lebanon Valley R. R. Co. tho road ( constructed without ny regard to milita
from Reuding to Uaiiisburg as l-.e u. al- ry order. The largo cabin nt the upper
ao, in the Northern Central road, from 1 poir.t was the headquarters of 11. '1 . John-
HnrrmtiurT In R-.li mnra. 1 1 is lo be lire-
sumed that Gen. C. has a potent voice na
In llifl i-fui-n Imnni ul.all lin I rnnsnorleH.
uni-1 ,.,-inai,l... i.i.r l.ia 1-ir.ra I mi-ii n i n sv in'Ar
est in lha ro.ufi named, and Lis notori-
ous penchant for paving operations, it is
very clear why Massachusetts and other
Nov England troop are sent "by WHy of
JJarrisbui g." This war spraada out a rich
feast
lor Cameron, some ot his relatives
and
friends I Wharo it .-r
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rniNciriEs.
CU:aU! IKU), Wi:i)Ml)AV, JULY SI, IfJGi.
Harper's Ferry A View from the Ma
ryland Heights.
1 hcg in th.! asi-enl of Mat) land Heights
about, half past live o'clock in tho morn
ing. After long mid U-dious clamburing
over rocks uirl among thick laurel Lush-
i.w il.i rum. iw. hi. I'liui I 1 1 ii ...I. n,.k Liliri
. . . . . .
had couhlruolcd fium tho bat-e of ll.e
mouutaiu to its lop. Jt injht have occa -
Moiied them in: incuse labor. I suppose
they emi'loved slaves iniuciiiallv for that
I i j 'wrv . i, iiuoviii, itiu ruiu iris l 'Li
lillll...... II nu.ir II. , ..... 1
lorined thut lubor, it ms very great.
It led first to the camp occupied by the
Kentuckiulii-. under 1 I niton Iluncan.
nunibeiinx wLen ihey relieated i-iily one
hundit-u and i.inety men. Uei e h c IouihI
tivenly-six biuall cabins, eonstiuctcd of
.-inall cliesiiitu trees, i-kiing uackwais
1 , , -, ,
hum the top, l ie front part being about
twelve leet lngh and tho back part .even
or vight. llu lope was given them 1.)
order lo have tliem routed cabin lashion.
'II...., ....ml,., lImm I
v iv. " '
I ever
niw,fave hunters lodges 'iinong the Kocky j
Mountains, and these ale built lV' un
oyu lo protuclion against all kindj of
neither inclemencies, whilit these even
if roolcil would not have prevented tho,
entrance of rain from all sides. Around!
(hum lay several thousand feet of boards, ,
i-vKit ntly intended lor moling purposes.
in Muno of ll.i'iu rude, unhewn pole
berths we.e ut up, so that two rows of
sleepei s could enj..y the luxuiy of open
(,,,a, teis and ei. oi.en sky. Whut must
I, .,.,, 1 lf. r.-f I of "thMi suns
ol oulliei 11 genlleimn, as their Ii lends
called them, as thev lay in the top of this
(ileak i.,ounlaiu upon sUi h ImmIh, ar.Cl
0(keil out ujioli the starlight during u
ou slavering nigh:, or fell the pitilc-s
driving of heavy rain upon them Did
they think ol ihe homes they had left.
..11 iiieir comforts and luxuries, to
ti,.i. 1 ;.,sl ii, ihi.t their l'th?i-.s had
l n-nn ..,,l.,.,il.. ,. ,.,v fiolils?
J.cyoiid and above this was a partially
constructed quadrangle ol chestnut logs
loublcd upon each other. Underneath
the east side the building being located
upon the tho very crest of the mountain,
the ground suddenly sunk away. In this
depression they had commenced to build
a stone wall in the usual manner in vthicli
rude stone fcnoi s are constructed in rural
districts. Upon these one ballery either
had resled or was to rest. The sides of
Ihe quadrangle had nut reached any here
more than three feet. It had been a! an-
doned before their retreat. The strung-
ost pari of this whole encampment "as
thai they had 110 paiade ground, there
heing but sixty feet between the double
rows of cabins, and that not iieing cleared 01 llie government 1 lie necessary moans to
more than 400 feet in length. They could enable him lo make .1 successful advance,
not have formed more than 300 hundred The fir is full of rumors that I lie tnana
nieii i: to a line, and not have inansuvered jjcr of our military operations no daily
a company of more than fifty. The sin- ing with ibis rel eluon, either -.vitli an idi-a
lace was rough and uneven, 1 ml full nt
stumps, so thut a straight line 111 ranks
CwUld not be presented. The drill 111. i
neuvers and parade must have been a
vel V aniusilli!
u Hair.
lioglfiiy's muster
i- ,1 ,,j,i ..-nich ei uld
not have been
lnort, s0
Immediately .oulh of
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l.tm.i.,1 lliu .ill . i . llill
depression in the ridge, and by a neck the
heights aio connected won wnai is caned
by llie mountaineers the Pinnacle. This
presents one of its sides lo tho Potomac,
w here 1 lu re is a most fearful precipice a
perpendicular of full three hundred feet,
heel ling, Irowing, daiker, grander ihar.
any feudal keep. Along ll.ii neck the
Keniuckians constiucteil also an old
fashioned blockade, such us iheir fathers
were wont to repel Indian nttick with
almost a century ago. Tlies. are known
upon the western frontier iiow-a-days by
the inline of blockade. It had thirteen
entrances upon the south side, was near
100 feet long. It consisted of hewn chest
nut posls squared with an axe upon iheir
edges, and drived into llio ground like
spiles are driven, being sharp at the low
er point. Hetween eiery second of the
joints was a loophole, w hich is an inden
tation in each log dirtcily opposite the
othci. Through this the gun is thrust
and the fire delivered upon an advancing
enemy. In the centre of tho stockado
poles were longer, and a plat form w as
elected at about the height of eight leet.
Loop holes were also cut in these nt lie
height of ubout three feel.
I That so rude a mode of fortification
. should have been resorted lo indicates
that but little engineering skill exiU
among tho southern force, not withstand
ing iheir bcasted Heauregnid and Vhit-
;., win, .1 .,,.wi .1, ,. 1,-. 1I10 .,.ni nr
dinaiv mind that ha 1 ever seen a gun fl-
' red, thut a six or iwelve Pounder would
Js-vo knocked their high' central spiles
into a 1 bonsai. 1 splinters, mid sent the
. . a inn Lii'liin iiininimr md
unper tier ot no 1 J" V'
sprawling among their comp.mtons be-
, low- .
uong over u, u, p, esse . o u.
over thi.' depressed t.ieco of
ground, we again ascended until we reach-
son. O t rOUCI 1CK CUV , .sill., 1110 uiiiv.v.
of companies;
Jut above his i
ate commander oi a coupie
nf Maryland secessionists.
! tctit nnon a ledi?) of rocks, Stood
the
flag-staff. The Confederate Hug had dis-
uppeared, however.
We went further clown the Pninacle,
and from a point which juts out GOO feet
into "airy nothingness," we looked upon
the whole seen rnero inose mb
A7onuof tbe last two nontbs have been
itranrtrin$-Cient tf whi'h Ihenersfa-
not men.
per .e.n lit. l. ,,u1e ,()()k
in with mcIi inieimo int.-riHi. lMoie
la Inv llm i.iitt.i ....:i. . i . ,
.... ...j ... t.. ,., uiiiuuui urnig", ii me
choly nun, tho l i . i..,,u
an-
l'"3
l.iei leddered with
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i.i.oL,:! ....... :e .. . , '
"..ij;iiiiieeniiy nuiu woik-
inns nl I ia II . i ii-
' .- ' ei umeni iiuiIUIUl" ll
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'lllii'. I'l riui Vll 1 111 Klunlri,,,! ,.u ...;i .
j ""''""is m" l-I'vir massivt) inills reinuiiis
I '"fc'- r-V1'" gales of the oullut lock of
ine laicsiii.'iiku and Ohio Ciinal were
fwung lioui their liinces in order that
inn igiiuuu nong one ot u10 m-c.'il com
inei eial aveiiiien of Maryland might be
H,01 l'eu aii'l ;i thus punished lor her
loyally to the I'nion.
1 bcie, loc, light in the bed of the ta-
m chaned masses, live canid
bunts, taker lium private citizens who
. nynoiuniy mauilaiueil their ulle
l...., 'II 1 1 ,.
1 l'ce lor.ned a filling contrast
, J"! trucUon ol the Song ties.fcl work
lu DalUmore road, j ho wolk ol des
irucitoii iva as comilelo as human tiM -
1 lli'lltv cnii III iim'j.1 ii v.. ..I. ..1.1 1.'
1 0 . " "Ul " "" s'u
li n 1 11 , v 'T01 V W.M.t :y t lat to retreat from it in ignomv -?
.- 7urV,,,;,d "!Kl -Noll''" Virginia jmMus curried his cohort, into the vQt
limn loyal .ban tlay ever were. ol Mesopotamia, but only to be defeated
.. . T , ""',,l"u "Ul"
tlieir laziness, stalked loungingly along.
i.acu 01 nolivar, a suburb ol the lo'.vn,
upon the highls overlooking it, there
WCie two Climl.H ill whieli 11 I'mv Irimim
1 , ; 1 1 I 1 1 1. ,.r . 1 ....: 1:
nun iifni-'i, v.'iic hi uiese lay immeni
uiily over iln lJoiotnan; annthor lay over
about two miles willnii ilie :aditiF oi' si cir
cle, and overlooking' the counlrv load
' Hissim: bv llalllown Inwin-ils Mm tiiisbnnr
, Altcgelher not over lilHI men, .judging o:
' their number bv the eve, and the iiutu-
He 1 c. 1 tent.swhicli tl.ey hud. j ish ensigns in triumph to the banks of Ihe
Y hilt we st.n.d there Ihe tents were Danube; and vet a month after there was
struck and every incident pi cparatoty to scarcely a remnant of his army left. W ei
inarching observed. We waited until we lington drove Mn-senn, at ihe head of n
saw .hem packing, defended Ihe iniiun- hundred thousand men, out of wui-wast-tain
on the western slop" ami icachina ed I'oi-i.i.nil l,nt lmf..rn liU full kupccs in
the
ban!
canal strolled leisurely Hlolill its
banks tor ruoie than a mile. Although
the soldiers hail tired indiscriminately
up 'm all persons ivlio passed by flip same
road, we yet passed tuisiduted by such a
doubtful honor. I
u ; ended mv reconnoisiinee of Ilur-
per
l eny in 1 uins. t or. AVw I'vrk ' -
Geneial Butler.
General llutli-v has under his co nmaiid
some 15,00(1 men, costing the ivition at
least 111,(101) a day ; and the community
have been asking w hy it is that this nrmy
is permitted to lie, week after week, at
Konresj Monron in Kll.mi.ct: ? h nnn- .p.
; pears that Ibis is no fault ot the General's,
bul th.-.t he has been urgently demanding
01 patching up a oi-grucelul and shoi t
lived peace, or for the sake of fentherinii
tne nets of favorites, or from schemes
connected with tlieir ow n personal ambi
tion. As a part of these rumors, it is
whispered that ihe Cabinet are hamper
ing the movements of Geneial Kuller,
this, nnd in a from jealousy of his ripidly ri-ing jmpu-l-'errv,
there is a larity, und from fear that the eclat of his
military achievements may eclipse llieir
lepuiuuiMisi.
j Knowing on what slight foundations
rumors may be raised, we gctierlly attach
to them very little weight indeed, and
not .vilh standing tho posilivenes-i with
which the assertions above alluded lo are
made we trust tint they are entirely
groundless. We have entiie confidence
in Ihe honesty of the President, nnd ive
I l
(uuiiot believe that any
Ameiiom who
h .s sutliciunt chin '.lcter to obtain OiTico
cjuld be guiity of the awful crime of tri
ll. ng with ihe lives of our soldiers and
wit. 1 the fate of the country in this crisis.
If any man who has been intrusted with
greal power by the nation is useing that
power for his own sellish purposes, we ad
vise him to be very carelul not to be fouud
out. The pub ic m ud is in an unusual
ly earnest und determined temper, and if
a public ollicer should noiv be delected
in any of these ricked schemes, "it were
better lor him that n millstone were hang
ed about bis neck, nnd that he were
dinwned in the de ths of the sen."
&'. Mtt'lic American.
DimRKNT Views. During the hard
fought bailie of r.eni.ington, in tho first
li. -volution, two llrothers fought side by
side, protected Ly the trunk of a fallen
tree. The oldest was n iiiun of prayer,
I id 1 ri
a
but tho other was imt. Uaumes
allies were in utiiinisii, picking 011 uie
A
meritans, when the elder brother got
aijilit of one of them, nnd taking a long
aim, liHeJ uj. his heart and voice in pray
er 'Hiijinj.. . ,...
"Lord have mercy on that I ndian s soul ;
oth,,-brother got a shot nt anoth-
I h, ,ied. he bit oil the end
. - . (,H Q ,oaiJ n.,ain, aud said.
i" '- - . . .. . .1 .
''l'liero is
another Indian gono to tin
devil!"
Hiu.mii or Pkomise. A gentleman,
while in church, intending to scratch his
head, in a mental absence reached over
into another pew, nnd scratched tho head
of nil old maid, He discovered his mis
take "hen sho Pi.ed him for breach of
proniio of marriage
Escot haced. As the voluntoets wrre
about lenving Easton for the war, a mem
ber ol one of the companies, shed tears
when be bid his mothfi "good-bye." Tho
old woman encouraged him, saying: "Dry
up, Joe, and show your spur.k !'
JT-Carthnge. the ioeno ef tho lute lattlo ia
Missouri, if in the extrme south western cuinr
of th State, only fifij inilrs from tho Arkunial
line1
rSneiker Grow, it ii ittil, haj ordered the
marble bull of ei-Speaker Orr.of . C. tu bo re
n irfl frtti tbe houee el Rei.reienlativif
A War of Invasion i
Tin' following a. titlo w copy fiom tho '
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v-,, "I'm,, ivi iik iui'w,- ui ir"t -
It:. (he .llllh'lilliiiii lluil nn nii.iv riT iiivn. i
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sum mis io eneounier, iinu llio
necessity
i,,.i,, .v.,
, iiu iu ".is
inment to make
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,... in..-v ii in ..ii.- i i-i mi ,ii ll li in I ii- I- u I. "Ill
. . '
inclining the hunch towaids Hiclimond.
Ihe irlt, n it reinemhered, is n thor
ough going Itcpiihlican paper, and, of
cour.'-e, the Miss Nnncy pntrio's about
home will not sot up a howl of indigna
tion against m for copying the production.
Welako l lie extinct from that paper of
Thursday fieck :
'Invasion is a kind of military work
that even tho greatest Generals have fail
ed in. Alexander the (irent overr. n Me
dia and I'easia, out his armies were rolled
1.....1, i, r,. 1 1,0 !,,.;. r u 1,1.. 1 .,
..iivii iiiwv .111. u tiuin ,11 1 nun r, uu nr
l(ia. ('v,us marched hU armv in fi.ilendid
8ive i-,0 Persia, out only to' immotlali.e
;0 tki ,,,;,.,, corllK.t0,i lft ..j:otreal of
'iho 'fi.n 'I'l.f.iiunnl " IT,.ni,;i...l n,,t
. ... . ... 1 -
down with uresistib e forco nto iia v. on-
with imnienso
' own head. N;
slaughter, and to lose his
iioleon led his hosts into
the middle of liussia, and led them to tie
stt notion : there, too, the Swedish in va
der. Charles XII, a hundred years before,
bad met bis doom. Hurgoyne marched
his forces into American territory, and
marched to a .surrender. Sobieski, with
forty thousand, altfckod eighty thousand
Turkish vilerans intrenched and defen
ded with three hundred pieces of cannon,
slew
fi I'l V f lir.nulilwl ntirl .ai-tlix' tlm Pul.
the ripninsiilu Im.l In i-ntiro nml intreneh
' himself behind the Tfirm Vedras. The
Hriti.-h Generals, in their invasion of Af
ganis.tan, ncccniplished marches across
mountain langes and desert tracks un
paralleled in history for their length nnd
haiddiip, but the issue thereof may bt
1 read in the terrible tragedies of the Kjoid
Caubul ar.d the J'ass of Jugdaulluek, and
in thd fate of that sixteen thousand, of
whom but one man escaped alive to tell
the tale of slaughter."
The World might, have added u still bot-i
ter homo lesson the fate of George the
III and the American Revolution; and
wo vontura ihp assertion now, that if the
present civil war is continued by tho Ad
ministration, the saire Jato will be awards
ed to Lincoln it co.
More T'KtAso.v. The Detroit Tribune, n
Republican paper, severely censures ihe
Government lor putting Gen. Sclienrk,
the "hero" (?) of Vienna, in command of
a biigade, while Col- L'ichardson, a gradu
ate ot West Poir.t, nndn brave otlicer, who
has been thrice breveted for ga'hmt con
duct 111 actual service, is compelled to
serve under him. The Tr iune says it is
notorious that this Schenck has not a
single qualification for the position. This
is ail very well, but if a Democrnlio jour
nal had said as much, a Republican howl
would bo sent up agninstit for giving 'aid
and cotnlort" to the enemy by abusing
and underrating our own officers.
An 1 tho N. Y. Times, another Republi
cm paper, gives tho following saniplo of
the honesty of the Govi rninent in the use
of the people's money :
"Tho steamboat Cataline was valued at
irrjiii ,,,,, ,1 r i :.,:. 1 1 1, 1
V'"" u v il 6",
I'n.e, n't? uuvei iinieiiv iiueuit ill wie raw
of l'l.OUO a month, with tho agreement
that if the boal was losi the owr.ers should
receive SoO.OOO for it. The boat was burn -
ed a few days since, and the Government
pays SSO.lH'i) lor what might have been
had in the beginning for $7,500. This is
tho way the money goes, and nt this rate
Mr. Lincoln will require more than $100,
000.000 to carry him throuih the lirst
year of the wcr."
-
A Pe.mtihi. FioffcE. The following is
one ol tne most beautilul prose passages ern side ot the position, aiuj. tsarnara
in the English language. It is not noir, 'anil dipt. Whipple leconnoiteied tho
however; wo rend it inuny years ngo. j place tor miles around, and reported that
How happy iiiut bo the heart that can j ihe position could be eu'.ered by a path
see these beauties nnd understand them: ) coming from tho north though it was
"Why is it that the rainbow nnd the somewhat long and circuitous. This was
clouds come over us with a beauty that is 1 selected, therefore, us the modo and point
not o!' eai ill, and then pass nway, leaving of attack.
nd In muse on their faded loveliness?! On SaiutJ.iv, the troops wero all brought
W'" is 11 ,nal llie stani wn'cl' N0'" tncir
ni"htlv feitival mound the midnight
throiiC, are placed auove llie rencn oi our wnicti w.-.s inienut-u uir uie ih-ai uuj .
limited faculties, forever mocking us with ' Yesieiday morning, therefore the army
tlieir unapproachable gloiy? And why is1 m.'iichel by two roads -Colonel Richards
it that the light forms of" hitman beauty son with his comman I taking the south
are presented to our vicv and taken from ern, which le.nls to Hull's - un, and Gen.
us, yet leaving the thousand streams of .Tyler the noi tliem running puralell to
our'at!'cctioi:s to llow in Alpine torrents h'ut a ilitlunci of about a mile.
uion the heart ? Wo are boi n fora high-1 I'he movement commeiicud at tibout.1
er destiny than that of earth. There is a o'clock. 1 got up nt a little before 4, and
realm whcie the rainbow never la.ics toutuj tne long line oi troops extended
whore the n tars will beset before us liko fur out on either road. 1 took tho road
islands slumbering on tho ocean, and by which Col. Hunter with his command,
vherd the beautiful beings thai, here pass and Gen. McDowell and stall', had gone,
before us liko meteors will stay in our and pushed on directly for the front. Al
presence forever." ter going out about, two miles, Col. Hun
- 7 ter lui ned lo the right marching ob-
rlsuiN'l. M.S. hook, mi jimn umin,
was arraigned, in Chicugo la-l week, for
whipping her husband. Probably she
thought there was no hurni in "bating
her hook."
S&' Jack Girls don't you notice them?
Kate Notice what .lack r
tr , ,
.7.(Pctt,shly) Why my Aloustache.
Aufc-Uh I 1 did'nt observe them.
BiyWhat is the bc-l line to lend a man
with? Crino-line. What is tho best
line to lead a woman with? Maseu-line.
$h-What are tho "Fortunes" of war ?
Ask the gentlemen who furnish our sold
ier w ith ')!i'l berfnl bi"h pi ices
TERMS $1 2,5 per Annum, if pnid n. ''omuko
NKV8Ki;ii:s VO!,. II. NO J.
THE WAR NEWS !
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XKAll IU'LLhIM.N
THE IJATTLI
csy
Hbhlv lnU,rt,stinr iJetailsj.
Description by an Eye-Witness
SCKNhS ON Till; 11 ATI I,K-KI KI.1.
TI 1 1 : c 11 eat" ST A A 1 FI :d M.
Tho battle of Hull's lun, tho dofeitand
I ho retreat of Major (Sen. Mc Dowel I'd
lorces, the number of killed and wounded
on euch side, and the next probable move
ment of llio Federal army, are Ihe all ab
sorbing subjects of comment on the pin t
of the press und the people, generally ev
erywhere. As we slated yustcrday, the
povernnioa t has nlriatly taken measures
to reorganize the army of the l'lilumae,
mid has appointed Major (Jeueral McCieN
lan to supersede Major General McDow
ell. Last evening minors, wore, current in
this city in regard lo the killed on the
side of the Confederates, among Ihe fallen
were reported, to be Uen. Johnson, Capt.
Jackson, and a number of volunteers from
lialiiniore. After diligent inquiry, how
ever, we failed to tra:e the rumors to any
reliable source.
The reports as to the killed wounded
mid missing, on the part of 1 ho federal,
party, continue be of a very contradicto-.
ry character.
Subjoined will be found 1 number ol
additional accounts and speculations con
cerning the buttle.
The lion. 11. J. Raymond, who was
present on iSuoilay at the battle near
j-iull's liun, wiihin three or four miles of
Muua.ssus Junctioj, has furnished tho
New York Times tho following graphic
account :
Washington, July 22d,
The balilo yesterday was one of tho
most severe and sanguinary ever fought
on this continent, and it ended in the
liiilm-n nf the I'llHin trooos to hold all tho
: ,)0Sjtj()1)S which thev sought lo carry, and
' wi,jcu they actunlly'did carry.rmd in their
: rt.t reivt to Centreville.
j j-iie a,iack was made in three column!!,
two of w hich, however, were mainly feiuts,
intended to n in use und occupy tho enemy,
while tho substantial work was dutio by
the third. It has been known for a long
titoo iiint. the raniio of hills which border
the srcnll.swampy stream known i s null a
Run, had been thoroughly und extensive
fortined by the rebels ; that batteries liad
been pl.ir.ted at every available point, us
ually concealed in luo wojds and buslies
which ubound in that vicinity, and cover
ing every way of approach to the reg;on
beyond." These are tho defences of Man
assas Junction, which is some three miles
lurther oil'. Unt.l these were carried no
approach could bo made to that place;
and afier they should bo carried others of
t similar character would have to be over
comu at every point where they could bo
erected.
Tu utmost that military skill nnd in
genuity could accomplish for tho defen-.o
of this point, win done. Gen. McDowell
was un Aillini! t make on attack diiectly
in the face of these butteries, as they
would be of doubtful itsuo, and must in
erit.'ibly result in a very serious loss of
life. Alter an attack had been resolved
upon, tlieri'iore, he endeavored to find
some way of turning the position. His
first inlentson was to do this on the
sonthern side -to throw a strong column
into tho placo from that direction, while
a feigned uttuck should be niado in front..
1 On J hursday, when the troops wero ad-
.
vanced l '.enireviiie. 11 was iounu mai,
the roads on the soulh side of these posi
tions wero almost impracticable that
thoy were nariow, crooked and stony, and
that it would bo almo-t impossible to be
ell'ective in the time required. This orgi
inul ( Lin was therefore, ubundoned ; and
Friday w.is devoted lo an examination by
the topographical engineers of tho north"
closely up 10 Centreville nnd all i.eedtul
' preparations wero made for tho atinolc
liquely towards the run, which ho was to
cross some lour higher up and then ccmo
down upon tho entrenched positions of
the enemy on the other side. Col. Miles
was lefl at Centievillo and on tho road,
with leservas which he was to bring up
whi-ncv.'i' they might be needed. Gen.
1,111 -lllll UllllH, ll.'i'iv., w .i
f cf jn x' U1)J HP11(1
Q C(jL iiun,or whenever it sli
Tiler went directly loronrd, to engago.
orco-
shoul'l
be seen thai he was engaged.
1 went out upon tho Northern road. It
is hilly, hke all the surface of thin section.
After go;rg out about three milcf, you
come to a point down which the loud,
lending through a fore-t, descends; then
it proceeds by a succeuir.n of jiinj; ttrS