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VOL. XXXIII. WHOLE NO 17G3
CLKAUFIKLI), PA WKDNESDAY, JULY ICC3
NEW SEMES VOI.III. NO 52.
Fhiupsbckc, Jilt 4th, 1863.
Mium. Editor:
Drsa Sim A letter was
puUihed in the Rifumxn'i Journalof July
In, 1RG.1, eruanat'ng from a small lumina
Ty of tni vllage, sty ling himself 'Leroi."
1 would not notice (hi letter wore it. not
to give you a correct account of the mili
tary company which left this place on the
18th of June lait. The personal slander
f Leroi are not worth noticing consider
ing lbs source from which thoy oorne
ml as fanaiica are hardly tesponiible for
svh-t they may nay, I will not. retaliate by
busing prominent citizen of his purty.
This company or squad, was cummand
d by a person whom wo will call Captain
Black, of this place. Lot us hear Leroi,
hesnyi, "But who were they that wni ?"'
I will adroit you have told the truth mice.
They were all Abolitionist. Everyman
oouuigou to ttio meek, school
il"l. alio ! nev
went ; y9. sir, they went to war. wiih nil !
V09, sir
it Hun oi shod haioshipj dialing t'lfiu in I
the face. Tnoir d ,io titles com ag( failed!
not. Manv a tear sinlo down il.e ciitekj
of tlioao va.ianl nldioin an they rocrived I
.. .lie ut fouct ecubiaco and linj;ei iii! ki.,
fiota their afi'entionate wives, or pre.ed,
perhaps for the l.iht tiaio, to tliejr hoLoin
i n-uiio uicir lima unw,. r ,,n lui.i
jUSt
learned 10 ilrn Irt! -m,!.. h,- . ,,
v 1...... - ."!'"
r a,,n I
lUC- were overpoworeo oy tuir
'eclip.ta. They were iibout to leave all '
thy held dear, and exchange their happy i
homes for the field of briMlo. But they I
had made up their tiii::ds to respond to
the Governor's call, and they were going,
regardless of the dangers thoy had to tn
rDutitor. "Brim full of wrath and cabbage,"
' ce nturdy soldiers took their leave 'f
i inlipsnuri' ; revenao wai rirominent in i
overy featuw ; their brows were knit ;
ihoir teelb sot ; their 1 ins girded for the
deadly strife ; their tread was firm and
manly, and each one wnsful y armed with
a brae ) of qui I revolvers loaded to the
Mfi.z'u with Jersey lightning ; (no doubt
presented by Lroi to keep up I heir couti
ge) ihe trees of tho forest hsdo them a j
lillepl adieu as they pissed along, while iheinected w ith it, or that may grow out of it,
fropi in the gutter belched forth in t'emh- Iihvo r.o doubt, bo there are evils that
ling accents, "blond en noutm." 8omet.y i miiv result from tho nianiii2n relaiiot:, or
ad ir.to.crable stench followed tho wagon I
A they passed along caused, no doubt, I
b the drying up of the timd'if hw us this
Jirty phalanx passed over them. Tho los
comotUent Sandy Ridgo caught the in-j
fiction, und Rnorted most vigorously ; !
while the boiler almost colhpsed wuh
sympathy. Tho llig Kill iisuj'po'eil In
have sunk six inches as they'pu-sed over, ';
und diity water was seen to issue from the j
solid rorksl
t ! i i- -ii. ii,.i,,.,t.iin
ships which Ibes-e aoldiers endured before '
ihev reached their destination -Bloody
iiimnrn iii'L:i'.Biii luiri.tiuiiiwii.tiu-
Kun ominous nmel They arrived there
in l'ie evemne. ana alter laying waste ine
:..vk. i...n..ni. .r.ri ..... . i,n,,
(toTireveiU surprise.) they resigned them-
selves to tired nature's sweet restorers -!
balmy sleep and Jersey lightning. The
next morning a terrible commotion occur
red in camp. It was reported the enemy
were in Ihe neighborhood of Chambers,
burg, and might vouiLtj advance ttm -fay.
Horror of horrors 1 This was something
entirely unexpected. Tney hail r.o idea
ofseoinc an eoemy when they left home,
Yet her-they were auay over at Bloody
Ruiiiih iioi.n of iheir Iriinda to eon.
them in their affliction. A council of
sole
war was immediately held and perhaps
a trcre solemn as.-ombly never met. Hor
rcr was depicted on every countenance 1
They were choked with fear 1 Captrin
Jilack prooosed a Jeifey lightninc phlegm
cutter wnlch cot,iposd their nerves suf
ficiently lu proceed to business. Captain
iliflto retieat to '
iiiilipsbiirg," which wns at or.ee acquies-I to ihe masters and slave, ox:-.,-Vatitig Gen. Webb was wounded and remained on
red in bv the council, and they gave him ' the former, snd cau-ing them to'restnct the lie'ul. Colonel llammel, of thobixty
thn pcln'ors for this luble "stroke of alrats tl,,, privileges of tho h'.ier. Oh, when sixth Ner York regimeiil was wounded in
gy." But it was necessary to have a vote U hall this wieeJ stiit'o come to end. atid Bni1-
of the company. They were accordingly 1 1 jjiheil" )ovc pnd fiuternal intercourse! At 7 o'clock last evoning Oen. Meade
drawn up in line of baltlu, Wi".; ;a 'n .,s., ,,.,.- ' ; ordered the third coips. supooitid by ihe
company. They were accordingly 1
up in line of ballltf. W'-.f. i'a'i'.-rs ;
lea steps ami js-'.t; taCC1 c(,a these men j
fill iHlC l!r., Ci.;'inK an occasional look j
(hirtiuii tbom to sec il the coulee wa clear.
Captain Wlack ordered them to prepare
for inspection w hen each task was found
to bo about half full. Alter inspection,
they were ordered to take a nerve compo
er, which was immediately executed
the officers taking two, ai a mark of dis
tinction. Captain Blacn now told them
an officer whs present to administer the
oath ; (several were seeu to lake phlegm
cutters without orders, and were placed
under guard ;) that it was necossaiy io do
to before they could bo armed and equip
ped, and received into tho U. S. seivice ;
ttat they must serve 3 or (i mouths, or
during the emergency. Toe Captain stops
to observe the etl'ect, and alter taking a
phlegm cutler, said, "My bianoouiiao.es
io anus, listen toau old soUier in at un
to one who has read trie history of the
Mexican war, and one wl.o lias heard his
grandlalher tell of the Revolution you
i nun - .. i.ieeq Mi.i . .1
neeu not take toe onto, or erve your coun
try aoy longer, unlet! you dttirt ; (several
mora men vvere placed under guard lor la
king phiegtiiscutiers;) our hardships have
been grcai j but but our devotion to
our country in its hour of danger has sur
mounted every obstacle, and we can les
turn to our families crowned with laurels
if if you will but do your duty and not
take theoiUhl'1 Tho ollicer now came lor
ward, but "naty man" woulu take the
oatli. They pioasly remembeid that the
Good Bool; said, "swear not at all." G;pt.
Black now told them they would retrenl
tori'dipsburg.and there hold thetrground
at all hazards! Tue wilaest joy was man
ilsUd throughout the camp. Captain
Biack wa again oheered for his superior
strategy, tvLile eeveial empty flasks were
buried with the honors of war.
Messrs. EJit-irs Th Abolitionists all
returned uome in a few day. They look
' ed a brave as aheep. They had nothing
to say. Ihey bad shewn Ifceaiaelvesco I
trls la tb hour of tbeir country 'i reril,
and they ihrank from the eaieofeyerv
honest man.
A quotation or two from Leroi, and I
will close. He ;ivs : "They dropped their
implement of trades and profusions und
matched furtli at their country's c:ill "
, and then marched home, again 'before Le
roil chronicle of the fact hid adonished the
woild! Brave men, these Abolitionist!
afraid to tight for that country they pre
tend to prize no highly 1 afraid (o tight for
that negro they love so dearly I It was
hardly to bo expected they would fijlht for
that Constitution which the champion of
their puny culls ' a covenant with death,
and an agreement with hell!" Leroi
again says: "The present moment, how.
ever, is such u magnificent on for show
ing Up who are und who are no! in favor
nt tin' reMora' inn of the Union by deeds
and not gas that I cannot let it pa-s by
without giving some of the facts." Mes
srs. Editor, we ku'iiv the "facts." and we
i . . I I : I . I II-
. ' .
I JI lll'l , n'I'l II " t .jrH-... .'.I nu..ii iiiii ivf
"restore tii Union, Ood
help u nr
they will net. From Leroi's coniesion, mid
my own ol-iTVitiion, lain lullyconv need
the l'hilip-.burg Abolitionists will never
h ol p restore tLe Union. Leroi has lully
'showed up" thoce who are nut in favor of
such restoration, ami we fully tielieve the'se.ved for Friday, the 3d,
fanatic. A man who, from Old line Whigs j d
L'Ciy. nas Bflopieu sierv tiiMue ui ine n
iitical transforniHlion of his party up to
Abolitionism and negro equality, sh-tuiU
know who ore in favor of a restoration of
the Union, and who mo net.
CITIZEN.
The Voice of Dr. Bangs.
The following letter was written to the
X. Y. Methodist in January 1SC1. by Rev.
Dr. Bangs, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. In learning and in piety, Dr.
Bang is one of the most eminent of liv
ing cleigy moo.
'The relation of m i-ter and (dive hn
never to my atistac'ion, been proven to
uii a in. That there are great evils con-
ih relation of parent and child, but this
(,'oes not provj ttiei relition to be a sin.
A great cliange Iris come over Iho public
feeling, both North and South, within the
hi-t tweniytive years. One i-jrtremo bo-
gets aim' her. Tho extreme rneai-uron of
t(.P ,,,(1, .,, this subject have driven tho
South into the oppom e ex. feme, tuie-
tofore, there were thousands at the Sonih
who considsred slavery an evil, but a
necessary evil, which ttiey knew not how
remove but now. so far ss I could
' - .
l"aru. they have come to the
that " the institution is ngl
co.icluoion
and scrip-
turn) And l lie b 'St state norsiblo for the
blacks. I will not stop to argue the point
t all I mare v slate llie laci. as to tno
' phyficl condition of the slates at the
South, I believe they are better oil ihnr,
! Hie tree blscks of the .North ; better el,
'..elter clothed, better housed, n I do hvs
work- They appear the ha, ptest poop.
to be found-the.r masters and mistresses
lining all the care and oxpense. I am
told 'ie laws of Lout.iuna und Mississippi
He very severe in protecting the slave.
i The Methodists ntc doing a great work
among them. Many missionaries tu em-,
ployed on t he r.hintnt ions -soma of t hem
are paid by the planters themselves, somo
by the Mfstoimrv Society, and some con-
gregation in New Orleans support thems The conduct o'. or veteran w.is per
ceives. I con versed it ha brother ii each- fectly niagnific..!,!. Moro than twrity
er who is constantly laboring smong this battle fl.iKi V.eie lakeu by our troops;
people, and be gave n thtilling account nearly every regiment has one. The re
of his mission. P'i'ise. was so disastrous to tho enemy that
" The movements of the Abolitionisms Lotigstreei's corps is entirely used uji.
r.f ilia "rilh hare been i.roiluptive of e .,1
1 rjtheil"
t,ini
... . . i ... i
With regud to the state ot puoncieei
ing at the South, be says:
" As far as 1 could learn, there is but
oneopiuion on this subject at the Souih
ali a-- for tooes-siou, UiJJering only as to
how and when. Most were tor immediate
and separate action, while others and a
much less number, were for cooperation
with other States, and waiting until such I
co-operation could be eU'eclod. The ultra-;
isra of the North has begotten the ultra.
ism of the .South. They look upon all
Xortheners as Abolitionists, and believe
that ths election ot Lincoln to the I'resi
dency deuuiutiatcs a combination and
determieatiot. in the North to use the
power of the government to crush out
their institutions. Whether this be true
or false, liahl or wrooi, they sincerely i
believe, hence the haste Btid (ieterminai 1
lion for secessiou.
" I deterritined to reason w ith my br;!i.
rcn at the South. They beard me pas
tie n : ly no one returned an uncivil wind,
but I fear that few were convinced. In-
deed, they were not in a state r mind to i
reason Calmly. 1 told them they were
jjl 1 ke our Ultra auoiiuohims hi ine
North, tod when did an ultra AOontion .
ist listen io reason? They have split ihe
Church, and mist ti e nation may ga lo
iragments and ihey will not coma io the
le-cue Is this the spitil of Chiist? Is !
, this the gospel of peace? Will the Go I of
love and per o" be with us :f we continue
i n it unngiiieous wanarei l.el us give
the South their just claim", and let their
institutions alone. Cerse this unchristian
strife there is a worse evil than slavery
4r, ther warring against brother!
'' I love my Southern brethren. They
are as warm and true' hearted Christians
there as anywhere on the faie of the
eaith, and they are as hom-u in their
views of thing as we are. We must be.
rare of rash judgment. God will jjdgn
us all in tne last aay. un, iuai iuy ueau
were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of
rn, n K r ,,. 6 i ' ' V .,T i
lL n u T1.'"" .y wunirjr! Sh.l 1 1
''V'yV?
tnj lath.-rairtod tor.1,0 wuh hia b'ood
N-mii-it-u in urn winos: i ntay von. ve
nifii ofstrife mid contention, stop hands )
oil ! repent, undo dh fur as you can the
iinnch;el you have already dona, fit loiitf
an 1 live, 1 will pray for I lie peac of Je
rtiMiloin, and the Union of then.1 United
Slates. 0 fod, the Lord of Jln.sln, aii.
and savn Thy lierit;:ge, for vain is tl.
bcl. of iuui).
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
Triumph
OF TUB
Fedehal Aums.
Graphic
Description of tuo
The third
Way's i-ijlit.
Our space forbids us giving detailed
accounts of the battle of Gettysburg on
Wednesday and Thursday the 1st and 2nd
instants. Of the struggle on those two
days it may bt euid that the leault on the
liipl day was decidedly diaastrous to the
Federal aims ; and that of tho second day
without much advantage, to either sifie.
The grett struggle seems to have been re
requiting in a
o! the invading
hods. No lighting of conseqiieeiLO look
place Oil tin) dtl: both armto. rea'.iug.
I btryir,.; their dead, &o. ; but on the morn-
ing of the 5lh it whs discovered that the
! enemy was retreating towards the Polo
1 mac, by way of JlagersUiwn, dc , when
the pursuit immediately commenced.
From the many ddreieiit detailed accounts
of Friday ' operations, we selct the to
following, as being the mo.t pieciso and
gtiiphic, though perhaps somewhat highly
Ojloied.j
Ourrniiusiienos of tbo Now York Tiinra.
Ncar tiATTVBt-'RG, .Saturday, July 4th.
Another gretU b.tttl" was fouglit yesterday
aliet in on, resulting in u tn iguilu'ent suc
cess to tiHi nuiiumi i arms.
At two o'clock 1'. LtiiuI reel's whole
coi p5 advanced fioin the im el centre :ig-
aint our centie. . The enemy's forces
were furled njion our posit ion by column
in'ma-is, and iiio in lines of battle. Our
centre was held by Gen. Hancock, wit'.i
t ne noble old Second army ciirp, aided
bv Gen u.mu.rijy " """ vhw--h.
emu.
The rebels firstopened a toiritic artillery
bombai duient, to demoralize our men, and
then moved their kiices with great nupet
in.-uv unonmir position
Uaueojii re-
ceivei.l th. atUtck with i-fenl lirmuess nnd
after a furious battle, tailing unt l ' n
. . .. .
r ock, the enemy were driven Iroui IU
field. Longstreet's corps being almost an
tuiiiiineu.
I he battle was a most magn.i.oent sptc-
taclo. It was fought on an open plan,,
.p.st south of Gettysburg . v.th not a trea
to mtcrnipt the vie. The courageof our
men was j.erf.c ly sublime,
At J P. M , what was left of Iho enemy
retreated in uttcrconfusion. leaving dJZ.
ens of flags, and Geo. Hancock estimated
nt least o.UOO killed and wounded ou tbo
field. , ' . , .
The number of prisoners taken u esti-
mated at 3,000, including at leant two
Brigadier Generals 'JltU' tert, of Geotgia,
and another both wou.tided.
(ieti. Gibbon was won ndeU III the ShOU liter.
lixtii. to attack the eueniy a right, which
was done, and l lie battle lasted until dark .
when a good o.eal of ground had been
gained,
During the day Ewcll's corps kept up a
desultory attack upon .Slocum on the
tight but was repulsed,
Ojr cavalry to day is playing savagely
upon tho enemy's Hank nnd rear,
L. L. CROUN.SE.
Corrfipondsncs of ths riiilndeli'liia Iuquirer.J
On th'k Fif i.d or Bati i.b, Xear Ge'tysbir,
Saturday, July 4th, 10 1'. M. Our last
report left otl at Friday morning the
battle was then raging with such feiocity
as has ever been known in the annals ol
war. Our lines lormed an arc, something
tho shape of a horseshoe, the arc Ik ing Hi
reetly in front of GeMysbuig, one lii.e of
artillery being in front ot the eemetry
which is lncv.ed upon a high hill directly
in front of the town on the east side. Our
r:ght rati along the Baltimore turnpike,
and our left on the Taneytoti plank
road. The earliest dawn of day was ushered in
by the opening ol such a roar of cannon i s
wu,i Hacj on 0 believe that all the
flell,U 0f hell were hurling thunderbolts
ftt ,hC;, other. Quick as lightning ihe
gumlers of two hundred and fifty pieces
replied, and a hiMidred thousand" men of
n, a.iiiv of ihe Fotomsc 'rcanif lo their
r,e. rij oluped ihe tricceis of as manv
trusty wesnons : the rebel lines formed
around our horseshoe ; our army lay upon
five hills, between which of each aere ra-
vines, some wooded, some open, atd oth-
ors covered with low bufbes ; beyond them
a'l, and distant fioni half a nile lo a mile
and a quarter, were other hill, on which!
the rebel batile flag was flyinj. j
The very earth seemed to tremble, but
our lines wavered not. The musketry in
tho wood, and in front of the batteries vi-
ed wilh one another in the incessant rat
tie. Now and ' then the fire would
slacken io to rue quat'er, end then aps'n I
I ra fill. I iiii. .1.1 n ....a - :.i i :
up,n 80316 place, ai
bough our were wyinK to and fro.
the rebel, had. on
tbepreviouieveiiuifj, secured a position
w nicii rmner brokn mm mir ...) i
wan determined to di.lodye them
The twelfth and a portion of the sixth
; . .. . . . i . . . . .
went in, and the rebels wore driven North Carolina troops have sutlered so
back, nid our lines lorin-d to be held . verely, and they evinced willingness to U
Ahiul If. .M the enemy could be capluied in nearly every instance.
Been u'n 'inn him iron itin iiiee o.'iuw.,,u
-.Kwelflu tnoatteels of Gettysburg, Hill
a . a L I . f . . i L . . 1 f
si in mi v syq hmtii, uiiij iwiiU'tll t fc UUi
llu town. On they oumo, ui to the very I
mou:lis of the catiuon, up tho hillsides,
along which were stone fences in f.ll direc
tiou. Our ritlemen lay bohind them, and
an ths rebel played on u at Fredericks
burg, so we poured a sheet of llame into
their faces us they camu within range, ai.d
hundreds were piled up as quickly as
grain would tall before the reapers iron
liunn A l.iill IllNtp fl (. nr.u I in r ha u nn.
der Longstmet fcuccHdnil in reaching tLe
lop ot the hill just in the rear of tho cem
etiy. 'l'hair battlo llag was pi loted boldly up
on the crest and u shout went up from
the demons who seemed Io coon t'.ciuli
and destruction, leit our linos swMvd but
ur a innmer.T ; ..'.i y i t-.i
the
evoilnu .1.1. ie6aiiicd, and our lines -.,' i n
intact. At oil. i -t- p.iuits tiu-y succeeded
ill gaining temporary ad vantages, l it eru
they could realize their iiiipurUnee. they
were lorn to piece at:d hu.ied back Upon
their column, and so the column swayed
until i lie) c iiiel no longer gel t!ie troops
to make a eii.ugc.
i hen Eivell, who had jaid ill town all
day, ready In cut his way through when
our centre was once pierced, beg ui to fall
back, 'ihe rem loi cements lie bad sent
to the other columna were .in vain, out
l(:fl was pushed out nearly a mile, and the
sun set over one of the most fearful scenes
of curnage thero has been during the
whuk war.
Every corps was engaged, and Ihe
whole army covers i'elf wi.h such immor
tal glory tint wn cannot at present indi
vidualize the d u iti aels of heroism o.' the
unpatulled manner with which our nnii
iccnived the nssiiul'a mid hu;lod I a. !i
their iiiHl'f:led columns.
Our men were all hurried by detach
uienis of our moo who were taken p-is-,.!.
tbei stii' remain 1'i-uiy '-van
("II beta w ii the pain's where our picket
lines riro now drawn, Whai. they are tid
ing to day wr have nol )( t luarncu suli
faciorily. The genera) impression is that
t ii. y ire retreating li Williams;) ort. I.
is not. 1. enu-u p.isi'.ivaly Witt, they .mo,
tint ne.r-'.y all indications point that
Our ieke's on tho left and around the
ed;.-o oi i!,'. town have kept i n a con ti nit
cms iinriij al! d iy; liis olmt'i'ssbooK r art.
engiged in pieking oil' any oas v. ho may
show his hca. I within tiic'.r ranv. This
moi riing a large foro of rebels appeared
about four miles soaih of Geltybburfi, on
the Kaimitsburg road, and commenced
throwing nil Uolensive orks. No threat
ening ic.ove had been made in that quar
ter, n;id it is surmised that it is being done
to enable them to hold their present po
sition, which is as strong as the ono we
hoi I, until thiy accomplish soaio patiou
lar purposo they may have in view
Torn to pieces as thoy are, having lost
30,000 or -10,01.0 men in the hut live days,
they are not yet ued up. Thoy have all
their ar',iir;iy Vet. and those w ho remain,
we nro informed by our ivouudoii men
iv ho was lell beyond the town, inarched
oul in boiid columns, as though they had
been on dress parade
riieir i--nduraiice,
'heir desperation, their utter disregard of
life, is certainly woithy of a better ciuc.
When Eivell had his corps drawn up in
line ready for buttle ip the streets, on
Fridnv afternoon, ho made a speech nn l!
told them they were on '.lie match now
Tor Baltimore, and that Kills and Long
sheet's corps would smash our lines, and
drive, us toward Baltimore. ; nhile his old
and trusty crp would dash on io Balti
more md Washington; but peth ips the
dissrrar.enient of tiio first pyrl of tli
work will prevent him from pushing "on
to Baltimore-".
Stuart's cavalry started early yesterday
in the direction of Frederick; had l.ee
succeeded in ilr.viog its. Stuart would
have rode direct to Washington; wherj
he will go now is uccei ta.ii), but he in iy
be watched.
Ther-3 Is scarcely a house or barn left in
town w hich is not more or less pierced by
bulls. It is not known tint any citizens
were killed during the engagement, b i!
it is reported that sevr-il were shot d -n
duiing the In si assault u;ioc t'-e pi t. .
No b'':!uiti;-s i-.i u mined until this
Nt'.o.t.iH'ii) aooiit iliico 1'. M-, hen lb-'
lebel fi'ed ti.ri'i-ti.iusi's on the Kmt:its
buig road, and the last one ( utside of the
village; the heavy rain prevented the firo
trmii spreading, and they soon burned up.
Southeast of llie town about hall a mile
w h n h !lL-e lii irk mansion, which tneV
burnrd last nigut, and now behind iis
charred wail, th-y fire upon our pickets.
The cemetery tenet is destroyed. Lan-
pon bulls, tearing inrou-iii iron rails and
marble monuments, have strewn them in
i all directions. This may not have been
i ihe. first time a battle has been fought
' in a cravevsrd. but never ono of sulIi fo-
' rocity and" desolation. Some of tho men
have raised up tombstones and craled
under them for protection,
When the enemy poured cross fires in.
to our men at this point our wounded
would crawl beta oen newly made mounds
to escape.
Broken caissons, guns, and ail the acs
coutrements rf war are scatlered over
acres of ground, mingled with the dead
and dying, friend and foe. The rapid pu
trefaction of horses and men has already
made a stench in aome qnarteri almost
unbearable.
I e'njMrt of cn.ea sr,d children
on the rightabout two and a hull mdes.- Uou srn p.p.rs:
Longstreet made an attack oast of thJ AFrAIUS AT RIC'fiMONI-
ceoie.ry. and 11.11 on the oimoai.o side of The wi fi . f ,b ,L i. t i '
passed out yesterday and Kent Ict-nrd
iu,,over, h-arfol to remain lonor for
fear of the totrn bci,. ,hHled and
bu-ned.
On Fridiy someof IheLoiiMia-jaTigera
. got into the town and sacked the stores
and munv nrivata houses
! LATEST NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
Tli r..TTi;.s a i m ft i m 4-1...-
. ' , ? - i ,,,1"l-!1M !
n pn., ouni nt w:e ui,,
yard opposite Hocketts, was succelully
launched on Moi'.fav afternoon She was
..hrisier.ed the - irg;nia I he launch
was nitncsM'j bv R iiiimher
of person,
and was uccorui.lii.hiil vithot;t any delay
it-il.lflv'
or ditlicu.ly nt tlio time appointed. Tho
V liginia whs built under tho immediate
'superintendence of
Mr in. A. Graves,
one of our chief tiavul corisn jctots, and
is regarded as a model vessel of liei class.
ihesioro ol i.. v . iompUms, on
iroan, ne,ii- uio corner oi nil, street, was
entered on Monday ni-.ht, and robbed of
1 c
somo fJ.bOO vorih of good", including a
lot of ler Viilued at nearly ijl.u'JO.
Chi. D. .Saundeiv, ton ul Lr. James
j ,,'iianuf.r-, of Lynchburg, and a iri"..b 'r
of Moormans B-ntery, Muuri's Hor-u A r
tillery, leii at Upperville, in i.piier
cou'lty, in one of lh Ule enagenie.j l."
Tilii CHOI'S IN ALABAMA.
The Mobile ltegistor thus speaks tf the
Crops ;
' From correspondents up the r i i I we
learn that I he wheat crop which is im
mense, is aafi-ly gathered. Flo ir bus tas
kenalofiy tumble. Wieat h:n been sold
a: per bushel, and the higtn-it ptico
named is 52 .'i0. It will not be soil to
speculator-', but to consumers and the
iiovcnindiit. Should sne"iil.it'j!o get hold
if ar.v, the
goveriiniiiit ouicer ,i.. taKe
nit ollicer ,i.
chargo of it at once, and put a quietus to
all such w oi It. ...
"The prosper', ofci.i n i:. lyond belief.
Muny ihink it tvill not hi ing over S3 en's
a bushel. Of sweet p Uiiloej an-! ; f . a
very lure'! crop is p.-.u.'.-t.
(.ON IIV ." i
J. M. FleM'.nmg, a young lawyer of con-'
li'li.Ti'.Ve a omisi", and formeily county
representative from Knox county, Tons'
nessee, recellllv i"n.l the I'.'.l. ial lines,
mi l ht,.i.v baud in glovo mlii iho a';o!i
ibniMs in Na'hvilie. He took the oath
i i t:.; p.-". tho laws and constitution cf
llie t'oiil'.idcrato -tft'.es some i ightvcn
rnoiiths since, Jl'chmnnd H'tiy.
SPECIE. "
From t.-.i rtifhii. oud wiii,-, cf liie Idu -i 'tout.
(ioid is (..11::! And silver is tumbling
c-l. i 't -y t tie broken cro bu ; n nivt-r
at S4 fiO premium, a. el goid ul Ten
duys tl-cy ivouf i haie paid '-i 50 for
silver and S7 for gold. Specie wus veiy
scat c-j then, but ruvv people who haie
been hoarJin it are beginning to think it
is as well to be turning some of their coir,
into seven per cent. Confederate bonds,
and many ol them ate acting upcu this
conviction. As the offering increase at
their oounlers, the brokers 'ciawli.h" in
I hoi r rates, and if sellers are not discour.
iiyed and driven oil by tbuhouiiy dewinn
end' tl.c piem.um will still fuither decline.
It is singular, if not significant, that the
xc'.linj l-.l'.os for ."peci'J li.ii-'? tut d ic-iiucd
j'dji jjusu wi.h liie buying a!cs. fho
brokers are 'ill asking a heavy premium
tor botli gold and silver, nnd, j ti h ips il is
best 1 1 1 at iht-v should do so for tin pi esent.
GEN. 1'.X "ONTO RICHMOND."
I-'r mi tin) lticuaiual Kiniui.tr, of iho aJlh Juno.j
Th-s appearance of portions of General
Dix's command ut tho Wiiilrj H iuse and
other pmnts on tli poninsa'a ha leen,
in our opinion, a fortunate circumstance.
It Ins rec i.icd Hit" UiOiu.its ol our pnopio
from the ai oe.r.i ns of trade and money
making to thu reul business cf over man
during the c MiiinualiCo ot this war tho
defence of this city. A toon as it r as
definitely ascertained that a Fedora! force
of any importance had disembarked at the,
W nile iloiist', the c.tiens ot Uiehmond,
lalmosttoa man, left busiue-s of every
! kind and organized themselves into coin.
panics, I amnions, regiments and bi igudey,
I selected Officers, reel .ved arms una auiu.Us
I nitioii, ioid ascertained choir place ol ren
I d.Jzvous and liietr positions in tin. del'en
i e of the city, ihe first real, actual ap.
j pearar.ee of the enemy uccompiisned in
I one day more than all ihe pi oi.-iamaiiuiis
of the autliori' ies would have uicoinphsii
: ed in a mont h. A force of fi-oiu ci.j.'ii to
ten t!iuiisMU.l ti;:'iliiii; in. n li i- ll. '- I ecu
di.dfol.
co:ps tl.nl "io. au-isons
Kl ill. I'M, I.
This t.,i riotlhe nioi -ivic. rendered
the Con' der.Ky by the oppen i,.- i .
ptui kucc of Ui .ii. D:x. Br.,; In auu a.v
isioui ivlne'i hal Ih.cii, as il wore, lying
iii.iiinil loose, have been coneent rated at
l.";.,l,...n.s,l rlvlmn,.! 1 v k1,,.,i!,1 l,n
advance, as well as to follow muck uoon
his track should h ai tempt a cress march
to Fredenck-birg nn l Acqm'a creek, on
his way to re:nloice 11 )iker.
Tliaiairuv ili.it u w gairisous Richmond
is competent to meet il o enemy ; nay,
mora, to advance lowar I y asaiiiglou, "i r 1 " " . " " .-t--und
play an important purl in tht captuie tHtioQ asajudgo
of that p ace. Ucn. Dix wm ,j so c osely
a- d vigilantly wuiehed a to be unable lo
dodge on in the dnec'ion ot tho upper
PaniooUev. His present inisilion is one
of safety ; piottcted by gunboats, and !
contiguous to bis transports, he will not, ,
we presume, be attacked by thd guri-on
of Richmond, though the military organ- j
ized by Brig. Gen. Oust is Lee is (jlly com-1
pelenl lo defend tho city if tbo garriion
should be sent io drive Lee to bis traass
porta.
fca5Fer'ison tho poet, died of sfsrva -
tto'i. A vplendid nior.umeiit anorns iii
prsve, and on it is written : "lie aLuii
lui biead aud gave bim a stne " TLe
one-it sTCm evet utli?:e.I
Revelation! of Prion Life.
Some of the greutest TilUins cn the fhci
of the eartli me to be found r. board con
tlinf St I. in '1 l.uiM ii-v r, tl a f i ! j.H.r..l a
,ieariti, 0 f)i(hv RnJ bl.t-pli.jtuoiis.
Here ani there Rmongt thoiu you may
find men who are anxiou to reform, aud
have brought a lasie of religion witli thetn
out of aom model prison. Those men
..lira Jo?v8" ry the ruflins tbey aro
packed with, and who persecute thorn oul
of their senses almost. If a Joey is only
augi,i aaing t.is prsyers woe to hun.-,
I be euppos..! that there m .one
1' ec. ton for a man of tin, sort, if he.pv
. i .
I ral for it ; nothing of the kind. Thorn
s , 0 c(.ron dniv between hrU. Tim
Isertinel ca.rtiot get tothoperecufiiiBn
; Bnd he d()(jSll.t vv(inl t0 . ,ie , ,
J10rt too himself. An .-id gen
1 1 tig mob,
the
nrn-t too nitirh tnrn.ri t An i-lii Manila.
; ninn w!h ft fthorl. tfiiitiir iu n t.. i Ar.i Ti.-t.t-
t.,.ll.. . . ..
spiiu io ins jenow-convic 8 ; lie n Kepi, ia
everlasting rnge, and tho more he trolhi
ami swears t!:o more fun tli'-ve h, t.f
course Honor among thieve.- !'-o heard
or, and believe, partly ; but the is liale
of that in a convict shin. Tl.i v rcb and
j ,,iu:,dor ono another without
an I
, ,ulU-rit U toj hot or too honvi lor ll.ein.
r-i . "
I: is this plundering end lornrj r ing llu.t
cause"' so m iny ui-turbsnoes
I It is here, loo, Unit old rrud
o;. ',irj.
op 11 ono mail nas dune auct r aiy lu
jury in the prison they came f om )ej
it.ijirig aiylhing. for instance-- his lne is
li-it w j: tli tueli vvhun they com tLigoilnr
'on li.iurd a ship. A mob of ouetnies is
I soon enlisted against him who rub him of
his food, garroie him, and boat him on
i mercifully. These pranks are, generally
I phi) e l iu '.he dark. Thi poor fellow ro
ports his tormentors to the dootjr, por
liaps; but if he does, so much ihe worsa
forbitn. He has to suIF.r doubio then,
for mischief-making; M i lie finds at last
thr t he had better take his misines q.iie's
ly; thouch it is not easy to do so cir. it
Cones ;o scaldinc. that is a U.'onle .va;
0f ill using a black "hoen. A man comes
down the ladder wilh a buck-t of boiling
tot or wntir, nnd if sny one lie has a grudge
1 agaict happens to be neat iiwugii fr lae
purpose, he Ins nt accident, tu-ililc. r
t!,-laadei and souses his " mr.; k." ii. t ..e
boiliua limior. Ife t.nv est sciodsd himi
?lf in tho tutnble, but no will urn th
risk ol that if fie leels pretty turn of nav
irig his reveinfo. All sorts of gamblir
on in a con viol-:di ip, cards, tJiceii'id dom;-
ti.ti ...a.lt; uu. Kjt uliuuat Ullj ti..if
iho men can lay Inndr- on. Those who
vro'jld read to cilIi other aro annoyed by
llie io'.ii.s; thftrsemiiure manor is maue
a laughing-stock of. Tobaoco, pi?9
li:o:'ire to be L'ot by pay ir.e a i:lv i
and
I id the s'lllcr, und so with g-cnbliu r.inl
lioimg, and Rors-, tho voyage is got over.
Convicts ought to in-ve some "iiiployiient
cn bord sliip; that, ai.d grutcuiefe for
good conduct, ivot-ld make u n formation,
I am confident. Cornhill Magazine.
Tus Oldest Co.stinkxt. Prentice of the
Louisville Jumnul, is ceeupying himself
and instructing ids readers, by writing a,
series of geological articles. Vc extract
the follotving paragra) b from his last os
aay. Cjtiiuieml og wi.' Cl.uiits Lyall'a new
work lie says ;
"The intelligent reader tony learn that
the North American tJonttr.er.t was the
first diy laud itiat rose above iho waters,
Toere ate on this continent many regions
thai eio geologrcally very ancient, althe
very t ime irimerous placet in Europe that
arc hoary with historic ni wore not yet
born front womb of wa'er. Wher,
Europe and Asia were no continents, but
represented on'y by a few ij'ari--! . c .iii.
ing of ivhat are now their mountain peaks,
scai tered over a vast cxp.ui-3 of ocsan ;
win n Mt. Etna was yet unforu:G 1, i ..u
t:ie island of Sicily wui siill Imriol be
neath th" Mediterraiif an ; yvlin the At
I'intic seaboard back to Ihe A,.-. ic'iian
Mountain., and, the Valley of the Miosis
sippi up a far as Vickbuig vrcro yet bo
neuili tho ocean, there were roaming
among the M.iiuvais Terns of Upper - lis'
soiiii, in tho midst cf profuse vegetation,
some cf the strangest animals that have
ever gladiiuiiod the mini of a naturiat.
They became extinct bofore the era r f the
mastodon and elephant, and they Ji'fer
not only from ail livinij species b.l from
a'l fossils obtained from cortemporaai i4
geological lot illation elsewhere."
Even his Enemy's Speak tvedi of li'ra
The Philadelphia Inquirer, one of the
paid organs of the Adniiuisti alien, says
"Ju bji Woodward is a citizen nj u i, ,,k-0 tc'm
L'c eh'irac'-T, an aL'c juri-', I u ji;lr',i'h
;-.a. h J-ir the ('ii!vi':-i ,. ... 'V t'
the cM Une . v7 ' ' . ! j o.."
i lie Fusion .,-.;;, ulio'.her j.)jrt;si
toa'. S ..uio in tl.c sjjiport of 1 iv.'iu .t
Lincoln'' u poiicy, icmarks .vli'ji: i.pe ik
iii,; ot receipt A 'he news in lijut
quai ler ;
" The nomination of Jitdjc Tfonduard ap'
TM ' 9 "' yt'W edUxfac'.i,
here. W,
h V.e hari t!1'. """')''" """' when very
loyn'.j
of Ly tever-il Republicans.'
".Ve Invo vet to find one Journal, five
Forney's l'rct, that calls in .luostioa his
abilities, no matter what cuinplexioi they
are polilicslly. Noliiiug can b-j sun.1
, gr,,,, sPniarda were tho first lu
covfr Cana,a. bui at their i.nivul, having
found nothing considerable :j it, tacv.
abandoned the country, ami tailed it J.
Cifn di X'da.. that is a cape of uothicf .
hence by corruption sprut'g the word
Canada, which we use in all our maps,
ItTl he greatest men aro men of situ
plo manners. Psraio, show and profms
ion of compliments ie the ar'ihois '',
little toind, mado u-e cf to swell tuem
! UttUlft ha denied Ui uum.
nto an appearance oi coiibeq leoce, waich
. - .
. 4-j'l n ""jy i.. A-trclogy or Astrjoo.
' iy, it is sa;d. sometimes lrs i to tiifiijelitv
or onbflinf in God.
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