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SWOOPE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CurwcBeellla, Clsarnild county, Pa. oct. , '78-lf. QSCAR MITCHELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARPIKLD, PA 1T-Ofnoa in tb. Op.r llou... oolV, '78-tf. Q n.4 V;. BARRETT, , ATTORNEY! AND CoUNsaLORB AT LAW CLEARFIELD, PA. January 3t, I87S. SRAEL TKST, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. jfOftct la tha Cart House. Jj".'l yfM. M. McCULLOUGH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARPIKLD, PA. OBJ.i In M.sonle building, Second re.t, op pb.it. the Court lion... Je2y78-tf- O. ARNOLD, LAW ft COLI.KCTION OFFICE, Cl!RWKNVILLE, ej CUirH.M Conner, Penn'a. T4y g T. BROCK HANK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. onto. In Optra IIouh. ap 25, 17 I; s M1TII V. WILSON, titllorniy-at-l.aui, CLEARF1KI.II, - PKNN'A. W-Offlca In the Masonic Building, oeer tb. County National Bank. (lo.rjt 80. yiLI.tAM A. n A&EHTY, CLEARFIELD, I'ENN'A jR-er-WIII attend to all legal burlne.s with promptness and udsllty. Jfebl 1,'iO-tf. WILLIAM A. WALLACB. DAVID L. bibbs. JOHN W. VBIflkBT. h . aar r. WALLACB. lr ALLACE k KRKBS. IT nnwaauri ui Wdi a Fiti-Hni,) ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, j.nl'77 Clearfield, Pa. F. SNYDER, I . ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. office In Pi.'. Op.ra Uouh. J on. M.'78lf. g 1 1. MofiKK, DuBoia, Clearfield County, Fenn'a. 9Will attafld promptly to all l.r.1 bailn.H .nlrafted to ail ear. Uaall, raui. a. avaaAT. ctbui aoBroi. M URKAY A (iORDON, ATTORNKY8 AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. flrOttoa la Pl.'i Opera Bonaa, fasond door. JO'74 loiara a. a'BNAbi.T. DARIBL W. a'CliBDT, PENALLY & McCUBDY ATTORN KYS-AT-LAW, t i.arn.id, ri. jPr-LKal bnainata atuad to prompt) althj d.l.litj. offio. oa ttooad atrMt, abor. :b. Pint National Bank. n:l:7l KitAMKR, A T T O R N E Y - A T - L A W , Real RiUU and Collaetloa Agent, CI.BAKFIEM), PA., Will promptly att.nd to nil l.gal builaall a tru.tml to bit oar. pm-Otto ia Plt'i Op.ra Hoaaa. Jan I '71. J F. McK ENRICH, DISTRICT ATTUttNEY, CLEARFIELD, PA. All lava bn.inMi .nlruaUd to hi eara .ill ra alr. prompt attontioa. :-OBj. In tb. Coarl Houio. auiU.lKa-ly. OIIN L. CUTTLK, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Heal Ratal. A)reut, 1. arflfld, pa. One. aa Tblrd itr.lt, b.t.Cb.rrji Walnat. JMT Raip.otrally off.ra bli ..ralaaa In i.lliog and buying laadi la Gl.arfl.ld and a)JolBlng aaaatiaai aad fritbaaaip.rl.BetoloT.rtw.ntr y.ar. a. a anrf.yor, flatt.r. biml.II that b. .aa rand.r latlifaatloa. F.b. !S:aS:tf, i'ltysicinns' (TarUa. R. K. M. SCHEURKR, D UOMtXOPATUIC PHYSICIAN, OBoa la mMo oa Flrrt it. April 14, 1171. Cl.arB.ld, Pa. ''JR. W. A. MEAN'S, PHYSICIAN 4 SCRURON, DUBOIS CITY, PA. Will attaad profusion.) aallf promptly. augll'Ta QR. T. J. BOXER, fUYSICUN AND SUROKON, . Ode. on Mark.! Strait, Cloart.lJ. Pa. AW-Ufflc. boarn I ta IS I. aa., and 1 to I p. m. JJR. J. KAY W RIG LEY, UOMlEPATDIC PHYSICIAN, troaoa adjoialag tbi raaldiara f Jama, Wrigky, Eh., oa Saroadlit., CkArl.ld, Pa. D R. U. D. VAN VALZAII, (XKARI'IBI.D, PKNN'A. OFFICE IN RK8IKKNCI, CORNER OF FIRST AND PINI STREETS. at- OBoi bo.ra-From It ta I P. at. May II, Itl. D R. J. V. UKCUF!KJ(!( Um 8nr(ot f Ut 134 lf Intnl. Nnnlvnnln Tinntorif nnvmi rtrn iroa ih Am, fftri bit profUni inrfUti U UttiUioni f ?1rlldomt. 4r"frfMtnltIU proantlr ttton44 I. ' Im 0mi4 ilrttt, fotmtjoni4 r. Wwdi. avpri. lt t( JOH r!NT1fl Of IV1RT PK9CHIP tlta ttHii; timttd nt tbti ofc CLEARFIELD GEO. B. Q00DLANDEE, Editor VOL. 51-WH0LE NO. JUMTICKH rORHTAHI.KM' KKICB W btv printed n Urg nnnbtr of tiu nt FK8 BlCLp and wlU on th rMetpt of Iw-nty. trm tnti. nt1 iwdt to nny addrtif. mfl WILLIAM M. HENRY, Justioi or ran Vmxcm aid Bcaivnnin, LUM&BK CITY. Oolloetioot ni-vd nod money promptly ptid ow, Artiotai of airotcnfwt u detla 1 eunftjaaoo tiy txcouitd tnd vairanlod gor rtot or no obargt, 13jj'7l JOHN D. THOMPSON, Juitlet of tbt Ptaet and ScrWeritr, CnrweiitvlllCt Pn .Culltotlont naada nnd money promptly paidovtr. feb32'7llf nKNUY liRETH, 9 (ditirp r. 0.) JUSTICE OF THE PEACE rOR BKLL TOWNRUir. Hay I, I87t lyi JAM KS MITCHELL, ItRALBB IN Square Timber & Timber Lands, j.11'71 CLEARFIELD, PA. REUBEN HACKMAN, House and Sign Paintor and Paper Hanger, licarltrld, Psfiu'a. fcfuWIII .laonte Jobi In hit Una promptly and In a workmanlike manner. ayr4,07 JOHN A. ST A OLE R, BAKER, M.rk.t St., Ckartcld, Pa. Freeh Bread, Ru.k, Rolla, Pl.a and Cak.. oa band or made ta order. A general BJeortlnent of Confaelioaariee, Froile aad Nuta In Mock. Ifl. Cream and Oyel.r. in aeaeon. HelooB nearly opposite tba Poitoflica. Price, moderate. Merck IO-'7k. WEAVER & BETTS, PKALRRI IB Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Logs, AND LUMUKROP ALL KINDS. -fl"-OtfiMi on tSotcnd Mrcet, in rear of alore room of llturgc Weaver A Co. jml. '78-tf. RICHARD HUGHES, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE roa Itrtalur Townhlp, Oiccola Mills P. O. II official bu.in.,l .ntra.led tu hiin will be promptly attended tn. mctitf, 7A. I ARRY KNYDKR. . UAHBEK AND HAIUDHKKSKH. bhop on Market St., oppoltt Court Honvt. A eleaa towel for every customer. Also dealer ia llt llrnndt if Tubnrca and I' I care. riMrftcld. P. ma? 1. 'T- JAMES H. TURNER, Jl'STICBOP TUB PEACE, Wnllaretoii, pa. 4T !Ie hai prepared biuielf with all the necei.ary blank fi-riui under the Pen lion and liounty law, at well aa hlank Dteili, ett. All legal mat ten en tr tilted to nil care will receive prompt alien ton. way Tin, it.v-u. NDRKW IIARWICK. L Market Mtreet, ClenrOeld. Fa., HAItrrACTDRKR AND DIALBR Iff Harness, Bridlet, Saddles, Collars, and Horse-furnishing (foods. , AII bind of repairing promptly attended tiaddltre' Hardware, Hone Ilmibee, Cnrre Coinba. to., alwayi on band nnd for aalt at the lowtiit naeh prion. IMaren IV, i7V, Q. H. HALL, PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER, NEAR OLRARFIRLD, PKNN'A. s"Puinpi alwayt on hand and made to order tn ikort nutlet, r ipea oorea on romonabit teraa. All work warranttd to render tatUfaction. and deli rered Ifdeiired. uy2:lypd IA4ry Ntablo. rpHK nndtriigned begi leave to in lor in the pub 1 He that be la now fully prepared to accomrao- date all tn the way of farntehtng l.vtei( Bnggiet, iSaddlet and llarneta, on the) iborteit ootlna and tn reatonable term. Keiidenoo on Loouatetroot, tetween intra ana founn. 6 BO, W. OKARHART OUarfleld, Feb. 4. U4. - WASHINGTON HOUSE, GLEN IIOPK, PBNN'A, fpHK nndertlgned, having lea'ned lb la turn X. modiona lltl, in the eUlaprt of Glen Hope, ii now prepared U noeomrnodatt nil who in ay call. My tablt and bar ahall bt np plied with tba beat the market afforda. ,KOKR W. D0TT.S, Jr. Qlen Uupa, Pa.. Manb 10, 1H7W tf. THOMAS H. FORCEE, (1KNRRAL MERCII ANDISR, CRAHAMTON, Pa. Alio, eiteniiva tnanufactarer and dealer In Square Timber and Hawed Lumber of ill kindi. JMrOrdera aoltrlted and nil bill promptly 4Hed. lJyiTS E. A. BIGLER & CO., oral ana in SQUARE TIMBER, and manufacturer! of AH. KINO OP KAWKI) I.DMRKH, I 7'7J CLEARFIELD. I'ENN'A. I. SNYDER, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER Watvhoa, Clorka and Jewelry, tfcoanai'e fee,, Mark Strrtt, 1 I.tAH.l:lU, PA. All hind, of NUM.. i. il itH.mntlw At. mded tn. AarllM, Ittk Clearfield Nursery. ENCOURAGE JIOMI5 INDUSTRY. 'pilK andatrita.d, ha.lng e.ul.li.b.d a Mar A aery aa the 'Plka, abowt half way betweca ClearA.ld and Curweneeille, U prepand ta far Kb all klnde of FRUIT TREES, (.tand.rd and dwarf.) Er.rjrma, Shrabtecry, Urap. Vinai, OooMbarr. Lawloa Rl.rkr.wra. Htrawbere. and Haspbarry Vine.. Aire, Siberian Crab Trwa, vntnc, ana aarif .oarlet Khunarb. o. Ordare prompUy altanded to. Addr.ee, J. D. WRKI1IT, apJ Curwennllle, Pa. MEAT MARKET. F. M. CARDON 4 BEO,, 0b Market BL, an. door weet of Maniloa Housa. CLEARFIELD, PA. Oar arraafcmeate an rf the most eonnl.te eharaoier tor furnl.blaff tha pnbll, with Freeh neaiioe ail aiaa, ana at taarary wait auality. Wa alio deal ia all kinda of Agri.ullarnl liapla. meats, which we keep oa eahO.ltioa for tha baa afit ef th. publll, Call aroand whB ta town, aad taaa a loah at tatatra, at addreae ai t. at. CAUDON A BR0. Claarield, Pa., July 14, 1 8 7 a -1 f . iltarflrld iHffrmnrt ilfrnry. iAMR. aaaa. tAaaai.L a. bibbi-b. f.KH Jr mnin.t:, efrntr, Reprasaat th. (blrserlag aad other Irst -class t'o's Companlas. Assets. Liverpool Loadoa A Sb.bi l'. A. Br t,0l, Lyoomlag oa mutual A cash plans...- ,tn0,0o. I'bo-.n, of llartrvrd. Conn I.O4.0M Ineuranoa Ca. afNirlh America I,4m,674 North Brilleh A M.rranlile H . . Br. I.7SI.IM Srotll.h Commercial II. I. Branch.... 7.Ml Watartnra - - TlK.SIt Tra..lui (Lit. A Accldut) 4,lls, OAcaaa Market npp. Cenrt Home, rhar. laid, Pa. . Jobs i, '7 II. it Proprietor. 2,680. COL.FOENET'S REASONS FOB . SUPPOETINQ fflM. A Graphlo DeacrlpUon of G.n. Han oock'a Service to Hia Statu aou Country by a Republican -who la GoiriR to Vote) for Him and Telia Why All PennnylvanlAnn . :l Should. AN liMU llINC DI'.IIT OK CiH ATI. TIIIK. Cok Joka W. Formy in Progress. There aro many di'ttlileea duy in ill Amoricftn memory ; among thorn the attack upon the American flag at Charloeton harlioronthe l:ith of April, 1801, the battle of (ictlyaburir on the ltd, 'ill and 3d days of July, 18(13, the lull ot Kirhmond, on' the Olh day ot April, 1HC&, and the Assassination of Abraham Linooln on tho 14th day ot April 1H05. JMo days in human history over aroused a moro agonizing solici tude, or closed upon more L'iimntic transactions, or opened an idurvista of hum on possibilities. Kadi of those evenlN had a strati ire and almost provi dentiul meaning. Km Ii possessed the peculiar quality of conquering inanin- stunt millions ol prejudices, lue Dull fired at tho old flag from Charleston consolidated tha North and struck down human slavery. The victory cf tiouynhtirg saved the second gi cat city of the Union from tho flumes. Tho fall of Richmond was the certain rise of the Republic, and the death of Lin coln consveratod his groat mission of forgiveness to all. lien we como to notice the annals of our civil war, these fonr events, with the emancipa tion of slaves, on the 1st of January, 1 Si;:t, will bo to tho historian liko so many plunets, shedding light on all other objects, and niarshaling tho way to the final lesson and duty of the pa triot. Each was a revolution in itself, ull'eeting the remotest inturtwts, and leaving all men in a new condition of thought and self examination. lint none ot thoso tragedies wrought a deeper sensation or gave birth to a moro lasting gratitudo than the buttle of liettysburg, l.Stj.'l. jloro nt least is one of thoso occurrences that cannot easily bo forgotten. The hiimun raeo is prone to forget. One philosopher says that ingratitude is tha badge of all our tribe ; but liko all maxims it is best provod by the exceptions. In this instance wo cannot if wo would, and, thank (iod, wo wouldnot if we could, blot out what that dofeat of the (Jonfodorates did for the city of I'hila phia. Happily it is not so long ago as to have faded out of our minds. It is only seventoen yoars since, and it was a day of such shurn agony and such universal terror, and the victory was 8ucn an unspeakable relief, that oven the children now grown to men and women think of it as gracefully as the middle-aged and the grandmothors and grandfathers. It was the single Instance in which the fiory blast of war came close to a great Northorn metropolis. Tho Confederates ad vanced in tremendous lorco. Led by their beloved Oonoral Leo, and his chosen Lieutonants, they seemed re solved to make a last stand in the rich valloya of Franklin and Adams, choosing, as if by instinct, the regions called after two of the most precious namos in American history, (irant was at the same moment winding his fatal coils around tho Southern city of Vicksburg : bat the point most vital to all that supremo moment was the held ot (iettysburg. What I'hlludclphian can ever forget the suspense ol those July days? There was not a household that did not throb and thrill between hopo and fear. There were over one hundrod thousand men, thousands of them from Philadelphia and the neighboring towns; and thore was not a family that did not tremble for Its loved ones engaged in that fatal strifb, or that did not shudder at tho advance of the foe who tseemed so near, or thitt did not funcy In that advance the loss of the holy caose of tho Union. ' On tho morning ol the Fourth Df July, 1MU.I, l was at tho Union League, then on Chestnut street near lltb. Philadelphia, in the massive building now occupied Dy mo lamny ol the Do loved Matthew Baldwin. Tho rooms and gardons of tho lovely mansion wore tilled to overflowing with pale, anxious men ; tha streets were lull ot a silent waiting orowd ; tho sidewalks and windowB wore crowded with wo men ; even the children were awed into silence, as their elders discussed in whispers tho possibilities of the dreadful fight in the green valleys of tne uumDorianii. Reynolds had boon killed on tho 2d of July, along with thousands of othorB, and his brother, .las. 1.., who cumo Irons Lancaster jthis oinvo, uoweu uown wun terror at tho sacrifice, and humble women wore sobbing over the dispntchos already rccoiding thoir losses. It was a day ot tears and despuir. I had boon pre sent at other scenes of sorrow, but nothing like this rourth ol July, ISC.T Tho commandant of this department was (jenornl J. A.J. Dana, and his ofllco wasin Olrard slroet ncarTwclfth, and I held a position as a consulting member of his staff. About noon of that Saturday 1 saw a tall form cross ing Chestnut street to tho League and when bis eye caught mino 1 saw he was in tears. Ho handed mo a dis patch Irom General Monde, jnst re oelvcd. I opened and tried to road it, but could not. I saw enough to feel that wo wcro saved. And soon the good news bocamo univorsol. Tlion all hearts exploded with joy ovor tho dclivorance. It was a wonderful sight, that suiidcn change from griof to grati tude. Some shed tears, some shouted in joy, old foes became frionds, and oven infidels joined in tho spontaneous prayers of the proacbors. llobort llrowning's thrilling pootri describing the man who carried the "good nows to Ghent," which broke the siogo and filled the tools of tho Flemish with a dcop thanksgiving to God, might havo boon paraphrased in honor of tho messenger who brought such happi ness to tho oppressed and torrifiod. and despairing Philadelphia. Who won that great fight? Who saved Philadelphia from fire and spoil ? Who drov back the enemy, andsavod us from a fate of which the burning of Chambentburg and Carlisle, and tho focccd contributions upon York woro intended to bo grim preparations? A bravo army of patriotic eitisens, led by three Pennsylvania General! : (icorge Gordon Moado.of Philadelphia: John Fulton Reynolds, of Lancaster; anu v tnticld Scott Hancock, ol Mont gomery, Moacd and Roypolds aro both gone. Meade died on the Gth of No vember, 1872. in tho hotiso presented to his wifo by the peoplo of Philadel phia, afterwards supplemented by a contribution of oue hundrod thousand dollars from tho same annroe. Rev. CLEARFIELD, nolds was killed In the fcattlo on the 2d of July, and is burred at Lancaster. Hancock it to-tlay tho Democratic can didate for ' President of the Unlte4 States. - " '" " 1 , To show how I felt at the critical moment, aovsntoon years ago, I reprint what I wrote mtlio Irm on Tuesday, the 7th of Jul v, JS03 jiot only to prove my plain duty to Uon. Hancock, us the survivor of this glorious trium virate, but also tho duty ol all tuo peo plo of Philadelphia to that incompara ble soldier. 1 recall it at once as a personal plodgo and promise, and the solemn covenant ot a groat community to a soldier. ' Meanwhile, tho army of the Poto mac, suddenly placed under tho com mand of Gonornl Meado, whom wo are proud to claim as a fellow citizen, hastoned Northward, and fell upon the rash and audacious enemy. Weknow the result Heithcr our children, nor our children i chudren, to the remotest generation, thall ever forget it, or fait to remember it u ith a thrill of gratitude and honest prtdt. '1 ho rebels woro asBaded with unexampled fury, and the gullant Genoral Kcyoolds, a Pennsylvania soldier, luid down his lite. 1 he strug gle ragod for several days, the losses on both Bides wns fearful and still the result seemed doubtful. If we should fail, Washington, Jlaltimore, Philadel phia, perhaps H ew t orn, irouldoc doom e,d. In this crisis of the Nation's fate it teas rcnnsylrnia that came to the rescue. JT WAS (IKNKRAL HANCOCK, A PKNNSYLVANIAN WHO SO NO- HLY IiORKTHB BRUNT OF THE BATTLE ON CEMKTKRY HILL.1 I do not stop to debate tho other con sidcrations that enter into this vital issue : tho grave considerations that domand the roleaso of my dear native ntato from the desperato men who, in the last ten roars have coldly crushed out the prido of our peoplo, and placed under theiron heel of brutal inferiority tho hopes of our youth and manhood, making of this luir Commonwealth a vast political Golgotha, and of our proud city of Philudelphia an oflensivo roost tor tho most desperato and vul gar mercenaries since tho black days ot Tweed and Tammany in Now York. 1 do not stop to debute those consider ations now. It is not the time, iint this is the time to open to tho common mind our pledged word to tho last of our great soldiers who placed us under obligation that we hastened to avow, and ropeatcd ovor and ovor again, ily own plodgo binds mo as my own noto of bund. Injuw if it had been signod to promise to pay a monoy debt I could bo held by it, and my estate il 1 failed to pay it. In morals it la as solemn as if 1 had gone before a magislrato and sworn to libido by it. And what is truo ot myself is equally binding upon othorB. What my fixod judgment, privato or public, is of tho men who saved tbo American Kopub lio, I havo not concealed. It is a ransion that grows stronger the moro see thovaluo of what has been saved to ourselves and to all mankind. 1 fool it as tho rescue of human freedom for the ages to como. I prize it, this over throw of the Kcbcllion, as the best blessing to tbo South which made tho licbollion. 1 cherish it because the moro 1 pondor tho priceless value of tho enormous destiny saved, tho more eagor I am to convince tho South that thoy must aid to pcrpotuato it. Whon 1 severed my connection with tho Democratic party twouty-throo years ago in company with Stephen A. Douglas, Daniol Doughorty, David C. llrodorick, and luter with Daniel S. Dickinson, Matt. Carpouter, John A. Logan, and many more, it was because that parly scemod dodioated to tho cause of slavery and rebellion. With victory ovor both, with emancipation declared and obeyed, with lroo opinion ull over the land assured and sufficiently established, with Kansas an emniro of liberty under the resistless doctrino of; popular sovereignty, all my projudicos against tho Suulh vanishou, and I, who at ono timo havo seen tha rebels pursued with all the penalties of tho law, and all tho rigors of tho war, speedily saw that I might havo been a "rebel" if I had lived in the South, and that I must, to uso Abraham Lin coln's loving maxim, "put myself in thoir place," and forgive thciu, as I hopo God will forgive mo my trans gressions. Honco, over sinco Goncral Grant's (IrHt eloction 1 lubored to oon vinco my old Southern friends that havo boon lorocd to stay in tho Union, that we Inlond to keep thorn in by love; and Grant knows how oltcn I pleaded with him to boar with thgm, to remember that they wero still our own, that wo had bolh Ueen roarod as Democrats, and that wo had known the South, ho in tho army in Mexico, and 1 in my long years of residence in Washington, and must mako allow ances for them. And bow willing the great soldier listened to me is proved by his rauny attempts to show bis anxiety to aid and help tho South I need not say. And now tho Domocratio party comes forth with fresh gifts of repen tance. Now thoy again proffer new pi oofs of thoir submission to the ideal that conquered them, and present two men for tho votes of tho peoplo at the next Presidential eloction, one. of them a life long friend, to whom 1 have shown all of us in Philadelphia owe a debt that he made for us, and which, if tee lived a thousand years, ice couM not repay, I acoopt the responsibility. Twenty-two years ago in General Hancock s own native county of Montgomery, when ho was a very young tuldier, I spoke at Mill crock, Conshohocken, October 2nd, 1S5H, and surrounded by thous ands of Democrats, I demanded that James Buchanan should pay Ait debt to freedom. Ho gave mo his noto that he would allow the pooplo of Kansas to frame their own laws in thoir own way j and in that movement among the most active friontls of free Kansas wero Hancocks s own relatives. We forced the payment of that debt, and now we aro horo, in 1HH0, as Demo crats and Republicans of Philadelphia, to pay our debts to our prosorver. Liko that of James Buchanan to tho people nt Kansas, our debt waa not tba result of chance. It wat tho out growth ot a spontaneous gratitudo, freely voluntoored, eagorly and pas sionately prossod upon others. Truo, Philadelphia waa in groat dangor, nnd tear sometime, inspires gonorosity; and Buchanan wanted votot, and to got them was ready to twear to any thing. Tho groat diffurenoa botwoen tho two wai that Buchanan tried to oscapo paymont of his obligation, and had to be held to it; while every year that baa passed since Hancock's groat work at Gettysburg on tbo 2nd of J uly, 1803, has added to tha value ol hit Borvicos, and bat so added to the read iness of the peoplo of Philadelphia to rocognhr.o them. A low days ago, on tuo sum or May, 1880, tho Prosidont ol tho Unitod States, General Hayes, in his speech at the Academy of music, tho Govern, ornf Pennsylvania, General Hoyt, pre " ' -Ml . PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1880. siding, spoke at follows In favor of the snort to raise moans to ereot a colossal monument in memory of tho commas dor of tho Union forces at tho battle of Gottysburg, in July of 1863, Gen. Gaorijt (oH' Meade : H thank tho Commander of this Pott and the Committee ot invitations for-th opportunity thoy have given ma to enjoy and take part in this pro gramme), which has for its object the raising of funds for a monument to Genoral Meade. 1 be oiuor grout com mandert who have passed away havo boon remembered, and yon will see their monumonts in the beautiful parks of tho Nation's Capitol. You will see tl.ere a monument to that hero ot three wars, General Winfiold Scott. Ap- pianse.j lou will too there a monu ment to that horo ot Chickamauga, General Thomas. Applause You will see there a monument to that no ble soldier and native of my own conn ty in Ohio, General MePhorson. Ap plause.l But you do not seo a monu mont to Genoral Mcadt, and this moot ing here in Philadelphia. I understand is for that ptirposo. Msaducommand od at the critical period of the war, at the vory oriBrs and at the time when Genural Grunt and bis army wero nt Vicksburg, but bad nit got in. - fl commanded ut that ponod when thoso who belonged to it ani tnoso who did not belong to it loved to hear it spoken of aa the grand old amy of the Poto mac. Applause Always equal to tho highest place he over hold, always adequate to bis dutios, always faithful, always conscientious, and at all times ono of tho most fortunn'.e of men. It Bometimos happens to tho best of them, through no fault ol Heir Own, they fail aud pass into obscurity. But Gen. Meado was always fcrtunuto in his command of that grand old army. . r . Applause. Had he tut turned the scale in that decisive batlli at Gettysburg the iMilislmant footsteps would have been heard on 7i debris of a fallen lie public. But now Mosdo's memory, without a monument, is lorovor sale. Applause Muado and Gettysburg aro linkod together in adamant that ill nover crumble rApjjlauso.l luon, when wo build our monument to Meado, it needs no extended inscription. We will Bimply writo there, uoorgo U. Meado, who commanded tho torcos at Gettysburg." Great applause lie was then followed by Gen. Wm. T. Sherman, tho chief of all J.he armies of tho Unitod States : Ladies and Genthmen : When I lull you that 1 have performed a full days work in taking part in your splendid decorations 'o day, 1 know you will excuse me if my remarks aro brief. I oome beforo you to talk busi ness. Let us look at tho erection of Moade't monument in i business point ofviow. Supposing that Meade instead of defeating Leo at (Iettysburg bad boon defeated by bin. What could' have been the consequem then to Phila delphia t Even if you kad owed him the one-hundredth part of your city for his victory at (iettysburg, you would owe him millions now. Meade it now at rest; ho sloops peacefully. He usks nothing of you. His family admit that thoy have received great kindness from you. I hey ask nothing. It 1b a duty you owo to yourselves and your chil dren that you may be able when yon drivo in your beautiful Kairmnunt Park to point out his monumoni, and tell bow tho brave man lor whom it is there to'cosimmioraff! saved your homes and your firesides at Gctlysburg.Grn.l applause.j Moado has gono to his long homo, and only Hancock survives ol tho three freat Pennsylvania chiefs in tho torri le buttlo of Gettysburg. My own words eevonlcon yoars ago, in the Press, como back to me an ocho of that Fourth of July woek which oponed in despair and closod in gratitude of God for tha delivorenco of our fair city ; and what I said about Hancock was surpassed by all the other papers. Poets sang his praises ; Philadelphia ?avo him an ovation in Independence lull ; the Union Leaguo hung his por trait in its lino Hall ; Now York and other cities rivalled in grateful men tion ot bt name; and when he and Meado appoarod together it was liko the Knglish welcoming Wellington and Marlborough (if that oould havo been), or the Frouoh receiving Napoleon and the groat Condo, if two such men could havo lived in ono oentury. Thoy wore both Pennsylvaniuns, though Meado was born in Cadiz, Spain, in 1810, and came here tolivo aftor ho had married tho daughter of the groat iawyor, J ohn Sergeant ; wherever thoy moved thoy excited universal enthusiasm. Tho votorans of his old army corps, and of tho Pennsylvania Reserve, Democrats and Republicans, ollicors and men, regard Hancock with tho ad miration that the Old Guard foil for Mural. Thoy were aliko in personal beauty and splendid horsemanship, only Hancock was moro cultivated, polite and scholarly. How tho gronl- erehiefs regarded him, lot tho Generals of all tho armies of tbt Ropublio answor. On 1 bursday J tine 2 lib, ihku, Gonoral Sherman said to ono of the newspapor reporters of Washington : "If you sit down and liritt the best thing Ihit can be jtut In limguane about Gen. Hancock as an ojfieer and a gentleman 1 will sign it without hesitation." Genoral Hancock was ono of the favorites of General Lincoln. Evon tho saturino and exacting Stanton was bis friond. To mo Hancock Was more than attractive. 1 had known his blood, bis brothers, his associates, his comrados in anus, und whenover 1 had a party at my rooms on Capitol Hill, be was there if ho was in Wash ington; he and such men as Sickles, Rawlings, Georgo H. Thomas, Senator Chose, Mr. Reward, Judge Holt, Sum ner, Bon Wado, Genoral liutlor, Gen. Meade, Gonoral Reynolds and tho whole galaxy of patriots. Wo did not think ot politics in thoso days. We wore, to nse tho blazing watchword of Douglas in 1801, "wo wore all patri ots 'and if Hancock wat likod a lit tle better thun others, it was because whilo he fought liko a lion for tho old flag, ho nover denied that ho was a DomocrnL. 1 believe he and Grant have had a difference In military mat tors ; but ft littlo incident of rather re cent occurrence will show how Han cock fools in regard to hit old Com mander. We wore acting at pall-bearors at the Itinera! of poof Scott Stuart, who died In London In the Wintorof 1878, and waa buried in Philadelphia a fow weeks after. Aa we wore riding to tho grave one ol the oompany broko out in angry denunciation of Gonoral Grant, and, according to habit never to allow an absent Irietid to be assailed in my presence, I warmly and prompt ly defended the ex-President. 1 cannot give General Hancock's worda, but he wat oourteous and dignified in second ing my opinions, and in expressing bit regret Hint tho scene had takon place in hit presence I was also in Wash ington during Mrs. Hurratt't trial and elocution at a participant in the mar dor of Abraham Lincoln, and can bear REPUBLICAN. personal testimony to tho manly bear ing of Genoral Hancock, who was tho military'ofllcer in command of tbo Na tional capital in 18G5. Tho attempt to arouse Catholic hostility to bim be cause ho carried out the orders of the Government, President Androw John son, and Secretary of War Stanton, is one of the worst exhibitions of psity defamation, and disgracoa all who aro engaged in it. Ho did not hesitate to express his ropugnanco ut tho fearful duty imposed upon him. Nobody in Washington had any doubt about his sentiments tit teen years ago. Hence whon Judge Clampitt, now of Chicago, Mrs. Hurratt't leading counsol in 1805, comet forth, as ho does in Don Piatt's Washington Cirjiifnl, and states as lol lows, bo docs what is equally well known to mysell: "Hancock," continuod Judgo Clam pitt, "had no more to do 'with those details or mattors than you had. Whon Judge Wylie, with a iioman majesty of character, issued, almost at tho peril of bis life, tho writ of habeas cor pus in tho caso ol Mrs. Surralt, Presi dent Johnson and secretary Stanton decided to suspond the writ, and the execution followed." "We had the hopeoMo the lust ot a reprieve and a pardon for Mrs. Surralt, and 1 waited at the arsonul, hoping against nope. Uonoral Hancock rode down, and approaching him I asked, 'Are there any hopes ?' He thook his head slowly and mournfully, and with, a sort of gasping catch In his speech, said : 'I urn afruid not. No; there is not.' " "11 o thon walked off a bit ho had dismounted and gave somo orders to his otdorlics, and walked about tor a moment or two. Returning, ho said to mo: I have been in many a battle, and havo seen dentil and mixed with it in disastor and in victory. I've been in a living boll of tiro, and shell, and grapo-shot, and, by God I I'd sooner be there ten thousand times ovor than to xivo the order this day for the exe cution of thai poor woman. But I am a soldior, sworn to oboy, und obey 1 must. "This -is tho truo and genuino his tory of all that Hancock had in com mon with the affair. Ho was com manding, and as Commander and con sorvator of tho National Capital, was compelianily obedient to tho orders of the Court which sentenced the con spirators and the so-called conspirator to deulb. p.o naa no voico in mo mat ter and could havo no action save as the agent to soo that tho letter of the law was carried out in an order of al phabetic certainty." Calumny of any kind on General Hancock is a bad crutch to help the ambition ol weak men. It ia the last rosort of imbecile partisanship, and will havo no more effect than if it wore employod to scandalize tho dead Presi dent Johnson or the doad Socrotary Stanton. It it lika the attompt to eay that hia nomination it bis surrender to the South he conquered, wbich would bo like laying that when a groat sol dier receives the highost honors from thoso bo had taken prisoner in battle he has becomo their prisonor in turn. Considering that we Republicans havo been trvine to eat the South to sup port our candidates for tho last Qlteen yoars this logic is vory lamo indeod. Gonoral Hancock is tbo fa von to son of Pennsylvania, and oomos beforo tho noonlo of his native State with an ex ceptional record. He is the oandidato ot a party wim a wnoio pcopio at uis back, lfis filty-sevon yours aro cloud- od by no political animosity or Ucleat. No man has gathered moro frionds around bis example. At nis homo )n Montgomery county faction and even Republican criticism ground arms be foro the evon tenor of bis youthful re cord and ihosluinlcss pages of hia latter years, and another soldier of great tamo, a Republican, native ol tno same shire, adds: "We must concede Han cock Montgomery county by a groat majority at onoo. At the lust election of tho Loyul Legion in Philadelphia be was chosen its r-rosiuont Dy accla mation, and, aa 1 writo, loiters, pour in upon mo from all points of the com pass in this proud Commonwealth. Ho is tho unconoioiis uleu! oi a nost oi ardent expectations. It is a just yet dungorous concession that no ono nuta tions and all applaud hiicourago ; dan gerous because such justico conqnors thousands who hold courage a Godliko virtuo. 1 1 is an eloquent tact that all men should speak of Hancock's moder ation, lor moderation convinces moro than courage. But hero is a f'uvorito son, who has done moro things than either Buohanan or McClellan. Tho first wat a ripe statesman, tbo second a consumato soldier; and conceding to oach all that is claimed by bis friends, neither was to fortunate as Hancock. Read hia own narrativo ot tho battle of Gottysbnrg which I copy from the Committee on tho conduct of tho war DP. 4034H8, taken from hia exami nation at Washington, March 22d, 1804. Plain, unaffected, and, above all, honest and impersonul, it reada like a great opio in thicli tho exploits of the rook horoos woro described by Homer in tho 71.111 or the CMys-'cyortho JCneid of tho Latin Virgil. To thoso who have passed through tho horrors ol thoso three dayi carnage, or who inhered the tortures of tnsponso during those fearful conflict this unadorned and modest recital of General Hancock's reada liko a mystic dream. The can nenado of that serried column, tho hor rid slaughter oi tho combatants, and tho frenzy of the hand-to-hand conflict, enlislod a thousand pons as thoy wrung millions of hearts; but no part of the drama is moro startling than t he sereno compoeuro of Hancock as ho was borno bleeding from the field, coolly dictating hit dispatch to Meado, directing the future operations of the still doubtful day. We read of tho dying knight prollering water to tho wounded soldier at hit side, or of the bleeding command er moving hia ship full upon the brosd sido of his adversary ; but a stricken General who'did not know if he had been wounded to death, directing the onoraliontota alill lighting army, reads like the exploits of the gods of mythol ogy, and defies the sober prose of hu man language. How wonderfnlly simi lar the contrast between inch serene equanimity and the I'rantio agony of llio hundreds of thousands in Philadel phia during those days ot hatllo, impa tient to bear, yet Icurfnl that tho next newa would be the doom of their city, the tacriflco of thoir lovod onei, and the certain sack of their homoa I It ia well to froshon inch memory. To louve iUodio would be like striking Calvary from the Scriptures. It is well that wo should be taught bow much our liberty cost, not alone to win but to tavo. How hlasphomous to profane inch momorios with the shallow bigotry ot the Pharisee, or the wicked hatred ol tho partisan. Gratitudo, next to God, Is the highost type of divine jus tification. In this ease it also secures and seals the reoonoiliation of the Sec tions. Philadelphia was aarod from the invader bv Hancock and hit coin- radet in arms, and it ia right that the altar ol eternal honor to tho surviving leader of the victorious host should bo set iii in her midst. Such an altar in such a temple becomes at the same time the symbol of popular gratitudo, und of tho eternal peace and lorgivenets of a restored pooplo. I am only ono of the array of Repub licans who will vote for Gen. Hancock for thoso reasons : Only ono of many of the oldest Republicans in this city, who cult upon me to say that they would bo ashamed of themsolves if, after all their wordB of praise and thanksgiving for tho salvation of Phil adelphia from fire and rebel contribu tions in 1803, tboy should now vote against tbo man who did the most of the work. Genoral Garuold is a good man, but we owo him nothing com pared to the debt to Hancock- When told to vote for Hancock ia to voto for a Democrat, 1 reply that the partition between tho two parties is very thin. Tbo only point on which wo may be said to differ is protection, and that cannot be a vcrv stronir one when Hancock comos from the grout tariff county ot ilontgomory, Pennsylvania, and all his friends are open advocates of'protoction, whilo Gariield was elec ted a member of the Cobden club in London, tho great froo trade head quartora in England, beeanso of his rather bold sympathies with the Wes tern enemies of Pennsylvania interests. If the iron men of Pennsylvania want to know any moro about Garfield's froo trade Idoas, they ought to read over Judge Kelly's exposure of the Repub lican candidate foe President a few yours ago. Tho Republican and Dem ocratic parties in this country aro too close to oacb other on all questions, and too much interested in National peace and prosperity, to mnko tho oloction of Hancock or Garfield a matter of tho gravoBt consequence in point of fact. Only for mysolf and for many others I prefer Hancock, bocanso of his groat work at Gettysburg, and bocatiso, if lie is successful, there will bo an end of that rulo in Pennsylvania which has subordinated all our Republican ideas and duties to tho interests of a few ly- mimical poillicianB. But there is one view of General Hancock's future that 1 havo left to the luM. He will restore peace and pros perity to tho South. 1 think Grant would havo done it better, but tho frionds of General Garfield would not allow him to try it. You answer tint this is to remit tho colored people, to mcir cruel roasters, i rejoin that these masters could not treat tho colored man much worso'thnn tho Northern Repub licans do in tho distribution of party fuvorg. Here away they uso tho col ored voters to elect the worst hite material to our state legislatures but they nevor think of aendinir a cultiva ted negro, and I could name fifty fit to sit in Congress even, to that choice menagerie ol wild beasts and birds of evil omen. 1 be bloody shirt, by Han cock s election, will bo washed out, driod, ironed, and put away as a rolio oi a oao era. wenowsctjohn Hrown Dixie, My Maryland, and. the Bonnie Bluo Flag, in one great union overture to tbo opera ol international harmony. Northern buccosb in business is the great example. It is a better school- master than tho crufty carpot-bagger. The Tennessee Jubilee Singers nave hcon hotter missionaries all ovor J.u- ropo and America than all tho Repub lican campaign clubs botwoen tho Whito mountains and the Podeo. Thero is immense medicine to party disease in human charity. When the South lakes Hancock aflor he'ehastised them, they givo themselves as hostages of fidelity. Thoy will not find bim a soft and easy Damocles toproacb plati tuuo and obey arrogance He is one of your men sharpened into shrewd ness by the common sense of a great oxperiunoo. At ho will givo them much leeway, ho will insist on much loyalty. I know thoso Southerners well. Cruel in angor, brave in buttle, relontlest in revenge' they are also as lull ot honor as thoy are ot lite, it thoy are not kicked wbou thoy are down. Observe,, wo mado them our equal partners alter wo lorgavo them ; and wo can no more try to clip thoir wings to make them less tree than we can restoro the broken fetters of the slave laid deep under the ocean of einanei pulion. noon the south will be on a new trial, and as Hancock will bo elected by tho votos ol many thousand Itepnolicans liko mysell, tho honth will have no more interest in bad faith than he will have inclination to per mit it. Hanoock'a Own Story at Gettysburg Before the (committee on the Con duct of the War, Washington, March 22l, 1804. TcsUmoay of MaJUeu. W. 8. Ilaarork. I Thursday, July 2d, 1819.) 1 Boon received an order, dulcd 1:10 p. M., directing mo to proceed to the front, and in the ovont of the death of General Reynolds, or his inabiliiy to command, to assume command ol all tho troops thero, consisting ot the 1st, 3d, and 1 1th corps. (Order appendod marked A.) I started a littlo before half-past one, turning over tho com mand of my corps to Gon. Gibbons, under Gen. Meade's direction!. Gen. Gibbont wat sot tho noxt in rank in that corps ; but ho was the one Gen. Meade dirooted should assume tho command, aa he considered him the most suitable person for it Several Buck instanoos oeourred dur ing that battle General Meade, prior Id tho battle, showed me or told mo of a lotter he had received from tho Sec retary of War on thia subject. Tho Government recognizing the difficulty of the situation, believing that a bat tle was imminent, and might oocur in ono, two or three days and nut know ing tho views of General Meado in re lation to his commanders, the socro tary of war wroto him a noto, author izing him to make any changes in bid army that be pleural, and that he would be sustained by tbo President and himself. That did not make it legal, because it was contrary to tho law to placo a Junior officer over a sen ior. At the same timo it was oil of thoso emergencies in which General M eaile wat authorized, at before staled, to exorcise that powor. 1 was not tho senior ol eilhor Genoral Howard, of tbo 11th corps, or General Sickles, ot the 3d corps. . My commission bore date on the same day with theirs ; by my prior commission thoy both rank od mo. Of course it wat not a very agreeable office fur me to fill, to go and tako command of my son iocs. How. ever, 1 did not loel much embarrass ment about it, nocause 1 was an older oldier than either of them. But I know that legally It was not proper, and that If they otiose to reaist it il might become a very troublesome mat- tor to mo for the time boinir. Whether or not Genoral Meado, when ha gave; me tho order, knew about this relative rank, 1 do not know, 1 say this be came I have since nntlirstnod that he TEBMS $2 per aaaam in Advance. NEWSERIES-VOL. 21, NO. 28. did not, , Whon I spoke to him about il before departing, bowevor, he re marked in substance that be was oblig ed to use sucb persona as bo felt dis posed to uso ; that in this ense ho sent mo bocauso he bad explained them to tho othors ; that 1 knew bit plana and ideas, and could bettor accord with him in my operations than anybody else. I went to Gettysburg, arriving on tho ground not later than bull' past three o clock. I lounii that, practically tho fight was then over. The rcur of our column, with the enemy in pur suit, was then coming through the town of Gettysburg. General Howard wat on Cemotory Hill, and thero had evidently beon an attompt on hia part to stop and form some of hia. troops thero; what troops he bad formed there I do not know. 1 understood afterwards, and accepted it aa a fact that ho bad formed one division thero prior to this time. I told Gen. How ard I had orders to take command in tho front. 1 did not show bim the or ders bocauso be did not demand it. He acouiesccd. 1 exercised the command until even ing, whon General Slocum arrived about six or seven o'clock. . His troops woro in the neighborhood, for they ap parently had been summoned up be fore l arrived, by General Howard possibly, as well as tho Third corps. W ben General Slocum arrived, bo being my senior, and not included in this order to mo, 1 turned the com mand over to bim. In fact I was in structed vorbally by General Butter- Held to do bo. When I arrived and look command I extended tho lines. 1 sent Genoral Wadsworlh to tho right to take pot- Bossion of Gulp's Hill with his division I diroctod Gon. Gcury, whoso division belonged to tho 12th corps (its com mander General Slocum, nut then hav- iag arrived,) to take possession of the high ground towards Round Top. I made such disposition as I thought wise and proper. Tho enemy evidently believing that we wero reinforced, or that our wholo army was thero, dig. continued their great efforts, and Hie battle for that day was over. There was firing of artillery and skirmishing ull along tho Iront. but that was the end ol that day's battle By verbal instructions, and in tho order which I had received from General Mead, I was directed to report, after having arrived on tho ground, whelhor it would be necessary or wise to continue to fight the battlo at Gettysburg, or whether it was possible for the fight lo be hud on Ihe ground Gon. Meude hud selected. About 4 o'clock P. M., 1 sent word by Major Mitchell, aido-do-camp to Gen. Meado, that I would hold the ground until dark, meaning to allow him time lo decide the matter for himself. As soon at 1 had gotten matters arranged to my satisfaction, and saw that the troops woro being formed again and I felt secure, I wroto a noto to Gon. Meade, and informed him of my views of tho ground at Gettysburg-. 1 told him that tho onlv dis advantage which 1 thought it bad was that the roads were clear for any movement he might make. 1 bad ordered all tho trains back, as I came up, to clear the roads. General Meado had directed my corps, the 2d corps, to march up to ward Gettysburg, nndortbe command of General- Gibbons. Whon I found that the enemy had ceased thoir opera tions, I directed General Gibbons to halt hiscorpstwo or three milos behind Gettysburg, in order to protect our rear from any flank movement of the enemy. Then my operations in tho front being closed, 1 turned the com mand ovor to Goncral Slocum, and im mediately started to report to Gonoral Meado in detail what I had done in order to express my views clearly to bim, and to see what he was disposed to do. I rode back and found Genoral Meado about 9 o'clock. Ho told me ho had roeeived my mossagoi and noto, and had decided upon tho representa tions 1 had mado, and tho existence ot known fuels of tho caso, to fight at Gettysburg, and bad ordered all the corps to the Iront. That was tne end of operations (or that day. On tho third day, in tho morning, tho enemy and General Slocum wcro a good deal engaged. About ono or two o'clock' in tho afternoon the enemy commenced a tcrrifio cannonado, from probably one hundred and and twenty piecoa of artillory, on the front oi the lino connecting Cemetery Hill with Round Top, the left contra commanded by mo. That line consisted ol the 1st, 2d and 3d corps, of which 1 had tbo genoral command. I commanded the whole front. Gonoral GibbonB com manded the 2d'corps in my absonce.Gon- eral Birncy the 3d. That cannonade continuod for probably an hour and a ball, The onemy then mado an as sault at the end of that time. It was a very lormidablo assault, and mado, 1 should judge, with about 18,000 in fantry. When tho columns of tho enemy it appeared it lookod as if they wcro going to attack tho centre of our line but alter marching etraight out a little distance, thoy tuemod to incline a little to their left, at if their object was to march through mv command and seize Cemetery Hill, which I have no doubt was their intention. 1 hey attacked with wondorful apirit noth ing could have been more spirited. Tho shock ol tho assault fell upon the 2d ond 3d division of the second corps, assisted by a small brigade of Vermont troops, together with tho artillory ol our lino which fired from Round Top to Cemotory Hill at the onemy all the way as they advanced whenever they hail the opportunity. Thoso wero tho troops that really met the assault. No doubt there were other troops that fired a little, but tbose woro the troops that really withstood the shock of tho assault and repulsed it. Tho attack of tho enemy was met by about sit small brigades of our troops, and was finally r-Aiiuhuid affair a tnrrilin ctontcaL at verv close quarters, in which our troops took thirty or lorty colors and tome 4,utiu to 0,000 prisoners, with great lost lo the enemy in killed and wounded. Tbo rcpulso was a most signal ono, and that decided tho bailie, and was practically the end of the fight 1 was wounded at tho close ot the assault and that ended my operations with ll,o army for that campaign. 1 did not fullow it in its future movements. jf'A.i! practically ended the fighting of the battle of Gettysburg. 1 here wat no serious fighting thero after that, save on the loll, In an advance by ft small command of the Pcnnsy I vania Reserve mado vory toon atterward and baaed upon bur tuccoss. I may any ono thing here : L think it wat probably an un fortunate thing that 1 waa woundod at the timo I was, and equally enfor tunate that Genoral Gibbont wat also wounded, because the absence of a prominent Commandor, who knew the cireumatanorej thoroughly at mob. moment as that, wat a groat disadvan tage I think that our Unci thould bavo advanoed immediately, and 1 be lieve we should have won great vie- tory. 1 w as very confindoul the ad vanco would Ira made. Gon. Moado told mo before the fight that it the enemy attacked me he intended to put tbo fith and Bth corps on the eoemy't flank ; therefore, when 1 was wound ed and lying down in my ambulance aud about leaving tbe field, 1 dictated a nolo lo General Meade, and told bim if be would pat in tbe Bth and 0th corps 1 believed bo would win ft great victory. I asked him afterwards when I returned to the army what be bad dune in tho promise. Ho aaid be had ordered tbe movement, but the troopt wore slow in collecting, and moved to slowly that nothing waa done before night, except that tomoof tbe Penn sylvania Reserves went out and met Hood's division, it was understood, 'ol tbo enemy, aad actually ovortbruw It, assisted, no doubt, in some tnuature, by tbeir knowledge of their failure in tho assault There were only two divisions of the enemy on our extreme left, opposite Round Top, and there was a gap in thoir line ol ono mile that thoir assault bad left, and 1 behove if our whole line had advanced with spirit it it not unlikely that we would have taken all their artillery at that point. 1 think that was a lault ; that we shi.uld have pnnhed the enemy there, for we do nut ollen catch theia in that position; and tbe rule is, and it is natural, that when yon rcpulso and detcat an enemy you thould purine him ; and I believe it it ft rare thing that one party beats anothor and does not pursue him; and I think that on that occasion It only required an order and prompt execution. 1 have no doubt the enomy regard ed the success of their assaultaa cer tain, to much to that they were will ing to expend all tbeir ammunition. They did not aupposo that any troo) oould live andei that cannonade; but thoy met troops that had been to ac customed to artillory fire that it did not have the effect on tbom that tbey expected. It wat ft most terrific and appalling cannonade, ono possibly hardly ever parallelled. Q. Was there ovor, in any battle of which you have read, more artillery brought into action than in that bat tlo ? A. 1 doubt whether there has been moro concentrated noon an equal space and opening at one time. I think thero has been moro artillery engaged in many battles, but do not believe thero bus been more upon both sides concentrated on an equal space. u. ion did not lollow tho army from there? A. No, sir : I led the field the mo ment the tight was ovor. t. vt hen did you join the army again ? A 1 did not join it again until some time in December, when active oper ations had coasod. I was then order ed by tho Socrotary ol War Into tho Suites from whence tbe regi ments of my corps came to fill them up by recruitment, and I am now on my return to tho army. O. Hut with equal numbers, you would not hesitate to attack the enemy anywhere under equal circumstances? A. .No, sir, 1 would not. In fuel there is no finer army, if as fine, in existence in the world than the army of tho Potomac. The troopt will do anything if they are only ordered. 11 thoy have not made thit or that attack it is because thoir commander! did not order them to mako it EDUCATIONAL. BY M. L. McliUOWN. EducatioB is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. If wa retrench the wage, of U. soboolmuter, va meet raise taoaa of Mia raerail- Ing sergeaat." AMONG THE TOWNSHIPS. HUSTON. We visited in Huston, Sandy and Union during tbe early part of July. The Director! have all eont in their subscription for the School Journal. A fow families living north of tbe Mill . Run disirict are asking for a Bcbool. Alien II. iiosoncrans, baa been ap pointed Socrotary of tba Board, (or the ensuing year. Prol. G W, Weaver, will bavecharge of the Graded schools of Penfield, and will have two assistant teachers. . Tbe now school kouto at Hickory Kingdom, it noarinc completion. The Contractor it Elias Horning. Director, James Calaban, who has boon suffering ao long with a broken limb, returned from Philadelphia, with out being operated upon. Albort Bird, a graduate ol Mansfield, Stuto Normal school, and ft teacher of experience, will enter me rroennian class at Laffayette College toon. BANDY. Tbo Directors have laid thirteen (13) mills lor school purposoa. P. S. Weber, the gentlemanly Secre tary oi tbe Board, it an ex-teacher and a scholar. fho publio schools were well attend ed during May and July; not to well, however, during July. We were very highly ontcrtained at tbe residence cf Mr. Andrew Riddle while visiting the schools ot the town ship. Another school building will be e roo ted in DuHois this fall, and aroomseat- ed on tho north tido, making light schools in that populout town. Miss Roso Butler, teaober of North Side school, makes a specially oi lang uage lessons and refined calisthenics. Her Bihool rctiecta culture and renne- mcnt. W. W. McCullough. of the West Liberty school, it proa pooling in Colo ratio and G. W. Weaver, ot the Cen tral High school, is attending College in Illinois. Somo malicious parties entered the school bouso at Sabula recently and committed tome misdemeanors that would be reproachful to an uncivilised community. Tbe people are looking out for them. i BtADr. Miaa .Sadie Morgan it the popular teacher ol tho township. Work bat boon commenced on the loundstion of tbe new school hosae on the farm of Jesse Line. - Mr. W. C. Pentz, after two yoart absence at the Lock Haven Normal school, ii again among his friends in. uraay. r - The students who have been attend ing tho New Washington Normal In stitute aro at borne again and are happy. It n rumored that Mr. L. E Wobor will conduct a Normal class, of aix weeks, at Luthersberg, eomraeocing the last Monday in July. Messrs. S. K. Hay os and J. I. Brock bank, very promising teacbira, expect to remain at Kdinboro Slate Normal school until they graduate. Some families living between tbe Harlzfelt and Coal llill district, are getting anxioui about ft echool for their immediate oommunity. . Example and practice are more effi cient than precept and theory. ' Education in not creative ; it only assists In developing existing possibili ties Into realitioe. JSreMs. . There la lott ov people In thia world who arobkeaguido bward at Ualotki ov tbe road. They ban point out the way for otbera to peraow ; bet they don't follow it tbemselvee. ,osrt zVi). ling. i
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