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WILL. K. BRESLIN, Editor =4 Proprietor
LEBANON, PA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE IL IS6lt
THE NATIONAL PLATFOR4
FFR POSES OF THE; WAR
Congress, by n rote nearly unanimous, 'prticsed
`the fellowirg rosolutlan, which expresses the
- rotes of the liatica and is the true standard of
-loyalty :
"That the present deploritble civil war has been
forced upon the country by the disunioniets o f
the Southern States; now fn arms against the
"Conatitutiooal Ourernmentr.sud in arms around
the Capital; that in thia National emergency,
Congress, banishing all feeling of tbdre passion
or reaentmeut, will recollect only its duty to the
whole country ; that this war is not waged on
their part in any spirit of oppression, or for any
.purpose of conquest or subjugation or purpose of
•overthrowing ur interfering with the rights or,
-established lortitulions of those stow, b ut t o d o .
fend and maintain the supremacy of the Consti
tution, sod to preserve the Union, with all the
dignity, equality, and rights of the several States
'unimpaired ; and that as soon as these objects
are nocomplished the war ought to cease.."
Democratic' State Convention
In scoordanoe with a reitluti p n of the Tleme.
• cultic State Executive Coto m ittee, rUE DSMOC4A
;CY OF PEZISOYLVANTI'WtIinnettn . STATE CON
VENTION, at 11ARlq8BURG, ou FRIDAY, the
4th day of July, 1882 at 10 o'clock, a. et, to
nominate candidates for AIIIIITOR TEITERAL and
SUMMON. GENERAL, and to adopt such measures
as may be deemed necessary fur . .the welfare of
the Democratic party and the bounty.
111ILLIMI 11. WEITASII;
Chairman of the Democratic State Ear.,Oom.
lif.z.EPErs CAPruasnet 7 flag ,Of#Cer
C. H. Davis, on Friday- last, entaged
'the rebel fleet, .comprising eight rams
.and , gun boats, near Memphis,,and in
;ninety minutes after the first gun was
fired, had succeeded in sinking or
` , capturing ,every vessel of the enemy
'save one, which by superior speed
was enabled to escape ourlietilla, and
tetiporarily prolong its ekistonee.—
After the engagement,. the Mayor of
Memphis surrendered the city to our
gallant naval commander.
The rebels evacuated Forte .Pillow
and Randolph, Wednesday night,leav
ing arr Tnertar and 'two guns to an
swer us. The wok of destruction
has been complete. The barracks,
'hospital, buildings, horse sheds, for:
age, barns, and three largo commis.
sary houses, full of stores, were burn
ed. Over a dozen heavy guns were
left, a part of them spiked, and the
balance burst, and the carriages de
stroyed.
Another victory upon the Missis
sippi, and Cal Lain Davis will find his
flotilla without a . single wooden or
iron-clad antagonist to interfere with
iris progress down that noble stream.
D.p.TOORATS, be of good Cheer, the
day of. deliverance from abolition-Re
publican rule is rapidly approaching.
The people are getting heartily tired
of the niggerism of the opposition;
they now see, although rather late,
that the only hope for our country is
under Democratic rule. They see
that the opposition are determined to
abolish slavery in disregard of the
consequences, and without the hope
of benefit either to the negru or the
white men. We •could name, on our
own knowledge, demons upon dozens
of men in thipt county, .who have in
variably heretofore voted with the
opposition, who will not do so this
fall, and, perhaps, never hereafter.—
When they wore their caps and capes
in 1860 they did not mean to indicate
thereby that they were•in favor of
setting free the negroes in the South
and have them overrun the i's - orth';
they did not mean that a good many
other things.shcold go exactly as they
have gone. Wv . then say, let Demo.
crate have. courage. They wilt be a
power in the land this fall already.
so. A man named Helper, brother
of the "Impending Crisis" Helper,"
went recently to North Carolina and
opened a near() behool, contrary to
the laws of ;tit State. Upon the ar
rival of Gov. Stanley, the schools
were closed, -when Helper wrote an
impudent and idinonisiting letter to
him, and offered some advice relative
to the General's duties, Gov. S. im
mediately replied,ordering Mr. Helper
to leavc,the -State in. thcfirst vessel
North, which order was obeyed per
force.
i in the Senate, on Friday after
consifteßableilisoussion, the ,tax bill
was paisest fiy , a vote of thirty-seven
yeas to one , nay. The principal ar
gument was upon the adoption of an
amendment proposing to' tit* persons
claiming tak.ferviee and:74bor of
slaves, two **tare ettehy,for every
person so claimed,. which resulted in
rejection by a vote of seventeen
yeaa to twenty-three nays. hir.Fes
sendkipAbe - oonrae of We remarks
in adrdeadY Of' the*, estimated the
Government dehtkat- the end' of the
fiscal year, at1100)00,000, and that
the regular, yearly eiPenses must be
greatly Increased, as we tract hereaf
ter have largo etapding arniy: and a
lirge navy I
The Negro vs. White Man.
In the House, at Washington, on
Monday, Hon. Wm. A. Richardson, of
Illiuoie (the warm perseiiat-and polit
ical friend of Douglas,)".inat*lr capi
tal speech. He proceedektAiseues
points relatiVe to the card* of the
Government in the present war.—
White _men ..egnuot
without obtaining a pass, but negroes
eau go withoift,one. The Abolition
ists, by Weir adtion' ih' - thie Congress,
have aboliel4A: aver).4iti-this District,
and laid a ibit44 annual tax upon the
people of,. thl-FlTnite4, States., You
are issuing ,to, s lday, ra i tiOns for eighteen
thousand negroes. ...M.here are you
issuing rations t fel.;.,the , white people ?
The people of „Minas, were selling
corn for eight cents. per bushel to pay
the taxes. The Goveramen t has four
hundred negroes employed as teams
ters„ paying them more than the sold
iere.who are fighting' the hattles.—
Employing th.eae, negroes intpesitions
Where the white men of - this'entrntry
would liyo to be employed.
The government are issuing rations
to negroes iii, thie District for their
support at an enormous expense, as
much ,as it would `take to support sev- I
prat of' the State governments. He
had it from the best information that I
the government' was issuing rations
for five thonsand negrees-.:in a fort in
one of the SauthernStates, at ,a cost
-of forty-four-cents a'head. They are
supported everywhere at'ehe expense
of the government,-whero there is a
general, that will do it—Gen. Hunter
has withdrawn his support from the
loyal men and given it to the negroes.
The gOvernment are,elothing the ne
groes everywhere, and furnishing
them with the best employment they
have to give, and the white man goes
without. This Congress has been in
session for six months, and . Congress
has made no appropriation to. pay a
bounty to the widows and children
of soldiers who have been killed up- 1
on the battle-field. It will appear be
fore the American people that :,leis
Pongress has legislated for tlyis negro
everywhere. The cost of rations is•
sued to these negro amounts to one
hundred , A
and foliyq'our thousand dol.
larit . ,per anhum. Where do, you find
Ant.rations have been issued to poor;
white people? What have you donel
for . thethildren whose fathers fell on
the bloody battle: field ? A few days
age he saw one hundred negroes
marched through the streets by an
army officer; ho inquired where they
were taken to, and the reply was
they were going to work for the gov
ernment, ,
The .Courier has a great deal
of abuse to shower upon loyal Demo. Dem
ocrats, but not ft word sgninstthe.ras
cale who have robbed the Treasury
in one year ender Lincoln of a great.
er sum then the current, expenses of
Ur. Buchanan's administration.
In commenting upon the lit
tle meannesses of the Courier, last
week, the following paragraph in our
comments on the decision of the Su
prerneCourt relative to the army vote
appeared :—"Our reasons for satisfac
tion are that it disfranchises the sol
diers and throws out of office men elu
ted, not legally, it seems, but by the
popular will. The word satisfaction
should have been dissatisfaction, as we
had written it. That it was a typo
graphical error - was, of course, seen
by every reader, yet it furnished the
opportunity to . the CoUrier to perpe
trate, still another little meanness.
peff.. The abolitionists, in pursuance
of their policy to elevate the negro
to an equality with the whites, polit
ically and , morally, are endeavoring
to baiTe Liberia and Hayti recognized
so as to haVe darkey embassadors
flourishing in Court circles at Wash.
ington. Alessrs..Cox and Biddle, last
week, gave their 'views on the sub.
jest, in sledge ,hammer style. We
shall find room in our columns next
week for the debate.
What Congress has done.
LET us SEE!
It has been in session six. months.
It has earned $1,500 for each mem
ber, mileage and pickings.
It has - expelled Bright for being a
democrat.
It has welcomed Phillips for being
a nineteen year disunionist.
It has freed all the slaves. (black
ones) in Utah-24.
It has freed all the slaves in New
llexico-29.
It hashfreed all the slaves in Kan•
sae --NONE.
It has freed all the cooks and cham
bermaids of Washington City.
It has violated the Constitution.
It has made secessionists of South
ern Unionists. '
If it has done anything else we
can't see it just not*.
It is a: disgraceful fact that the ab
olition 'Republicans would rather see
our army destroyed and Alta Union
dissolved than that slavery should not
be abolished:
A Coniinta MACHINg.—Amotg the other cu
rious instruments, exhibited in the,Philosoph lea!
in
Instruent Dephrtment in the. London Greet Ex
hibition, is a machine, exhibited by Mr. Peters
for microscopic writing. With- the !machine of
Mr, Peters, it is stated that the words "Matthew;
Marshall, Bank of England," can be written in
two and a halt• millionth of en inch in length ;
and it is Weakly said that oalculaticinarrande on
this data show, that the whole Bible can ls,nrrit
tau twenty-tiro limes in the spade eta square inoh.
The words to be Written microscopically are writ
ten in pencil;in ordinal., alternators; on 'a sheet of
payer at the 'bottom of the imatrisment. But the
pencil wifh Which - ibis la done comeiunicates by
,a series of lavers and gimbaliwitb another min•
~uta pencil end- table at the: top,. by means of
which the erdhaary writing of the pencil and the
microscopic writing bottrmove in unison, though
the motion of the latter is so graduated that a
stroke.of a quarter of :an ' . inch at the bottom ie
'ouly,e stroke of - a•stillistlith of an Inch at the
top, the Fl ape and character of both marks be
ing
o necertl t.!eas ptephiely alike in outline...At rs'
natter of e,mrse, t t mieroacopic writing at Tito ,
top is oßly visible under Ettwerfulmagnifiera,and
tlfe Oleo t the, m Robins), iito mark beak notes,
lo* oeiesMillifaroto signothred for the preiroa
tioitot-fozgoty. -
DESTRIUCTIVE FLOODS.
The very heavy rain whiCh commenc
ed on Tuesday night, and continued with.
out intefmission .during Wednesday • and
up to Thursday morning of last week,
raised the Waters in ..Pennsylaania to .an
almost unprecedented degree. The Del
aware, the Lehigh, the Schuylkill, the
Susquehanna, the Juniata ; and their.tribu
taries, all rose so suddenly and to so great
a height as to cause
loss
deitruction
of property. The loss along theiielaviare
and Lehigh alone,-is said,to...be ten mil
lions of dollars, which is probably 'an ex
aggeration. But there is no.
,gpubt - that
the pecuniary loss will amount to
lions." Canals,'-bridges, - 'daina Mid-rail
roads have,, been swept, : away. ; towns
have, been inundated;: furnaces, factories
and Mills have been stopped. by the rising
torrents ;
,houses have been swept away,
and, worst of all, :many lives have been
lost.. The suffering and distress' caused
by the'flood will be immense:
,
At Beading,' the Schuylkill rose on
Thursday morning about 17; .feet above
the ordinary water revel, and within 6, or
8 feet as high as it was ln the niemaraMe
freshet of September 2d, .1850: Consid
erable datnage was done. Along the en
tire river front, gardens were Overflowed,
boats broken 'from their`' moorings and
sunk ; the pit dug'for,the .. Nev? . o b as 'Re
ceiver'was filled with water, causing much
damage and delay to - the company f coal
yards - were overflowed; small bridges
long the canal and .river carrieaoff,,&c.
There are several breaks in the-Schuyl
kill Canal between 'Beading and Potts
ville, but none of any_magnitude. They
can all be repaired in'a few days, at small
expense..
The freshe:t appears to have been' most
disastrous in the Delaware and' Lelf, g h
rivers between Easter) and 11 , 1aucl-,,,
At Easton, the lower portior,;,'Dithe town
- bordering on the, two rive rs
inundat
ed, and on River' 'str e et, along the. Dela
ware, the water reached the second 'sto
ries of the •:_iviellings:
The,
Di kges on the Lehigh ; between
Easton and Mauch Chunk, have, all- been
I swept away. The Lehigh bridge at:Eas ,
ilen is still standing, but ,can hardly be
regarded as anything more than a mere
wreck. The Delaware bridge sustained
but - little injury. 'The railroad bridge is
safe. . .
The town - of Glendon,- situate a mile a
bove Easton, and inhabited' ,by' the em
ployes of the furnace 'of that name, was
wholy intindated. The tenements, offices,
furnaces, &c:, were ,entirely surrounded
by water; which' reached nearly, to the
second stories of the
,houses.
All the iron works in the Lehigh` val•
are stopped: The rise the water
- was so rapid as to preyent, the escape Of
many persons from - their -houses,' ilhfi
many have been &owned:
The damage'to the Dela Ware, .LaCka
wanna and Western railroad is great,a'n4
will perhaps take a week to repair, so as
to allow the passage of trains.
The Delaware Canal has probably : not
been very greatly damaged, and the Le
high Coal and Navigation Company's
works were much less injured than by the
great freshet of 1841, though it may re
quire several months to place them in nav
igable condition.
No trains liave run upon the Lehigh
Valley Railroad since Wednesday, and it
is feared that the railroad bridge at Mauch
Chunk has been swept away. Should
this prove to be the case, the iron fur
naces in the valley of the Lehigh will be
stopped, as they will not be able to get a
supply of coal.
There is no doubt that many lives.have
been lost. Boats-with their crews were
swept from their nioorings'and dashed to
pieces, and many tenements- witk'their
occupants were carried away before as
sistance could be rendered to them. A
passenger who came through from Easton
last evening, reports that at least tWolun
dred lives have been lost by drowning be
tween that place and Mauch Chunk.
THE LATEST. •
. EASTON, June 6.—Persons just arrived
from Mauch Chunk, give a fearful account
of the damage above. . The darn at Mauch
Chunk, as well as two others, are swept
away, and many houses demolished.—
The railroad bridge is also gone.
Canal navigation is stopped for the sea
son, and, the Lehigh Valley pailroad will
not be in running order for several weeks
between Allentown and Mauch Chunk.
The portion between Allentown and Eas•
ton, on the New york route, is . not so
much damaged, and will be in running or
der this week.
The whole town of Weisiport, is wash
ed away. There are but threp houses
left out of about three hundred. Many
families were drowned. The loss of life
has been terrible.
Krlt is said that the president has
expressed himself that he will hereafter
not yield his assent to any' legislation
relative to slavery while the.warla.sts.
We trust to. God that is so, and= that
he will have sufficient firmness to ad
here to this resolution. If
. he had
thus made up his
.mind a year ago,
and Congress had expelled several
dozen of the leading abolition-Repub.=
liens, there would not be any enemy
ih arms to-day within the 'borders of
our Union:
TILE KILLED, WOUNDED AND
MISSINWAT THE BAT
TLE OF PAIR OAKS.
OFFICIAL Brat mENT.
WASHINGTON, Ttine*B.—The raw
ing statement of the loss in the bit=
tle of Fair Oaks has been received at
the War Department.
To the _r_ton. „EDWIN. M. eSTANTON,
Secretary o f`War :--Stat9nieut of the
killed, wounded and missing nji the.
81st of May and Ist of June, 1862, in
front. of Riehraond:—
Kate. Wotineed. Missing
(ten. Sumner's 2d Corps 183 894. 146
G. Iteinkielmen'a 3d Corps 259 980 155
Oen. Reyes' 4th Corpe -.448 1753 921
Total) • • 890 3027„ 1222
GraiVrtat: of kiiled, wound.; d and
missing; _S7'
/ t f *or e )-
..,1110 will be furnished as
data can be - received.
G. Ih . ,•McCLELLAw-,
CQ m ip an di n
4 , :General
.
Etr:Toliit Atilen buehilits 'cbirri to en eed
AU Gnu Sinithifig,in girket street, this borough.
As he is a geld meet:lento, auctail iheluaineas is
naelitteh tßanted in- this fetid fir 'ire' barn no
doubt but he will receive sufficient enceurage
tueut to stake it pay. _ ' .
Tim Hattie efore Ri.Chi-00;11i
A TERRIBLE FIGHT
Heavy Loss on Both Sides
On Saturday afternoon, about one
o'clock, the Rebels made an attack in
force upon our encampments, directly in
front of their lines. So sudden was the
attack that, although every possible exer
tion was- made by the infantry, aided by
.artillery,lo hold their positions, after a
half-hour's fighting General Casey's en
tire Division vacated its encampment, and
retired in confusion to the rear, a tew him
- dred.'yards: distant. Here a second Stand
-was made by'the troops of Casey's and
douch's'Dlvisloris, thoSe of the former be
- ing,mainly- concentrated ',in front 'of the
line, while the latter were:deployed to the
righttatitleft,- with a view of preventing
a flank. Movement on' the Ipart of the Reb
:els at eitheki or these pointh,
The firing, of musketry and artillery,
from thaßebel side, now became quite
.gerreral";, and, ~.as our troops fell back,
those ofithe,Rebels advanced - Upon us, at
Ihnsame time discharging their muskets
an'd(hallooing in the most savage manner.
i'Ouri:soldiers finally reached the first
-rifle-pita, - and ,into these they rapidly fell,
, and disputing every inch of ground over
which the Rebels sought to pass. Twice
had, our men been driven back, and twice
had,they recovered their,around, hurl: dng
backpthe foe with deadliloss.
cipal p 0 - ortion of the troops .of r' prin
..en. Couch's
Division, among whikh
of Gen. Peek, gallar*:, defended- the rail
- - eras the brigade
_road on the righ;. , t i e means °
of which route
the Rebels were endeavoring to-effect an
entralice On our tear. Here also Geiter
al. 7ilaglee's Brigade made &brave stati,
lira the: hierWhelming forCes of the RO
els cansed af , inomentary check, and ant
ed theirs to fall back. Yet stubborniy
and persistently the troops- , preVibpslir
mentioned maintained their grouild here,
and,•as the sequel *ill show, sticcessfullY,
held the point against entrance by the fae.i
The attack was first -made upon the
left, and it was here that the'heaViestlight
ingrwas had. The country beyond our
encampments, and by which the Rebel
troops entered, was heavily timbered, and
-the ground 'was of a soft and swampy
character. ' From this reason the foe , was
-necessarily concealed, and the deadliness
of niuch of our fire was thus rendered
non-effectiie. The batteries - of the First
Pennsylvania Artillery successfully defend
ed the encampment of Couch's Division
long after those:Of Casey's had evacuated
theirs, Those were .Flood's, Brady's,
McCarthy's and Miflers's Batteries, and
the .re hailed in upon the advancing reb
els was of lightning rapidity.
Allithis the rebelshad been threat
:ening to flank us ateither point, and thith
er our-force had been diverted. Now the
rattle of musketry was terrific upon .10-e
right, and then it became louder .and
,deadlier on, the left. The-troops on either
.
.s,ide were running first- backward and
then forward, according to the :effective
ness of either side's fire. The battle was
emphatically a running one on tire part
of the foe, as well as our own, taking and
regaining ground almost every fifteen
minutes.
The battle had now been raging sevel%,
•
al hours. The reinforcements for which
General Keyes had sent were now com
ing up, those of General Casey's corn
mand—of Peneral Heintzlenaan's corps
—being in the advance front.
Their appearance was vociferously
greeted by the tired and bleeding troops,
and they immediately went to the front,
amidst the raging fire, and nobly endeav
ored to stem the tide. Barry's and Bir
ney's Brigades were disposed .of in the
front and to the right on the railroad,
arid,here a brave Stand was made by
theth.to defend our ground against fur
ther incursions,
Generals Heintzelman, Keyes and Hook
er, who were upon the ground, endeav
oredlo stem the retreating current now
rapidly setting in, but, in consequence of
the superior force of the Rebels and the
lateness with which reinforcements ar
rived, failed so to do.
Night was also coming on, and the
scene became - truly fearful. Wounded
soldiers were being borne in every direc
tion, and the ambulances were running
'between Higgin'S'and Sawyer's Wises as
last as possible. So fast did the, Rebels
Advance upon us, 'prepared as they were
to give us battle, and having yesterday
set as the occasion for such,,and so rapid
was the stampede among Casey's troops,
that a large number of our dead and
woundelwereleft upon the field. The
soldiers had not even time to gather by
their knapsacks Ofhaversacks, and these,
with camp utensils, were left upon the
ground.
Bailey's Battery, of the First New York
Artillery, was 'captured by the Rebels,
and -taken possession of by them. The
loss in Kearney's Division, who marched
as they were, right into the face of the
enemy is, no doubt, also large. So soon
as our troops were wounded, they were
taken io the railroad and immediately sent
to the White flouse.
The One hundred-and Fourth Pennsyl
vanja sustained the first,fire,o6he Rebels,
and this regiment, together the Nine
tytMrd Pennsylvania; is . terribly cut up.
There are others in similar cimdition.
The loss• ol the Rebels is severe.—
Scores'of them were seen to fall during
the fight; and over their dead bodies their
comrade's advanced, only to fall in turn
before the well-directed-fire of our sold
iers.
Towards nightfall the firing on the reb
el side ended, and no attack Was made up
to midnight.
SECOND -DAY
The rebel army still occupied the
camps of Casey's - and Couche's divi
alone: on. Sunday morning, with a
strong picket force guarding the road
facing Snead's house and wheat field
were our eartlaworks were thrown up,
extending from-our extreme left to
the railroad, near Fair Oak Station.
The distance from the point where
our earthworks were located to the
edge oft the .wood could not have been
more than four hundred yards. This
position the rebels held until day
dawned on Sunday morning.
Gen. Reintzelman at 6 A. If., or
dered reconnoissance to be made by
a small force on thii lift of the wood
and ,to the right, towa.a:d the railroad.
A liedianant with cavalrymen,
crossed over the whetat , bebind
Sneadi house, and was about to pene
trate the- wood near the Widima
bairg road, when , tVo`;enegiy l s pickets
appeared at his front. • He immediate
ly turned back and reported to Gen.
lieintzelman the close proximity of
the enemy.
In the meantinie, the other parties
sent out came in, and reported the
enemy in great force in front of our
right and left flanks.
Gen. Heintzeltnan then ordered
out Gen. Rooker's division, part of
which had been left to guard the
camp, and a certain position on our
extfetne left. The regiments Gen.
Rooker brought on the field were the
five regiments composing the Excel
sior Brigade, under command of Gen.
D. E. Sickles, and the - sth and 6th
Neiv Jertey Regiments, Gen. Rein t
zelman having resolved' to`attack the
enemy and drive them
. from the wood.
It 'was about a quarter of seven
when "Gen.7ieintkel man ordered - Gen.
Hooker to' attack' the rebels in his
front, , atid drive them.from the Woods.
The' Excelsior Brigade' marched out
from - their:camp in the woods tah
illiamsburgh rold,`thVNeW :, - .6118 1 5 ,3 T
stin and 6th following. `'Tto
NseelKi
or Brigade filed in the' - wheat field in
-front of onrcelarthwe j ik e, t o 'th e r i g ht
of t l l 6, rnad, 140 iiigienents
of New Jer:,-.ev troops took' a position
to -the -I,;,rt As the S'eeeW Regiment,
Bx^..,elSior Brigade, 'with 'forming in
position to 'flie.front Of the wood, the
rebels' opened a rapid' and heavy fire
upon it, killing two or th'f_ee priv4t.es,
ab
and `wounding ont six. Among
: those woudded the'first fire of the
rebels was Lieut. Lawria (formerly
an' aid t:6'".Gen. Sickles) and . Capt.
Nolan.
• .
Theßie of the enemy immediate.
ly 'beefy:no simultaneous along their
entire line.
The courageous, fighting, of our
trhops,ob - SenddY, When it shalishave
beeit'cletiled, will show that the or
der'or-
der'of`tho commanding general- was
carried out least% Among the
killed we . have a large namber of offi
ce -1.6 - The fire - of our 'artillery was
terrific in the extreme. At every
diS:chltige of a . picee "streets were
made in their ranks." The bravery
of. our troops; With few exceptions,
was 'unsurpassed. One brigade of
Casey's division wa*s an exception:—
ght on Saturday they
;became - demoralized, and retreated.
• Trio- Now - JerSey troops fought
splendidly;` loading a - l A-firing without
flinching from their position. Gen.
Sicl es' regiments did - great eX6cation,
fidvancirig at` every - fire upon - the'l•eb
'els, masked by the Wood. HoWever,
it was plainly to be seen the enemy
had every advantage; and'it was re.
iolved to clear : the woods at the point
of the bayouet.
Gen.'Siekles rode along the front
of his men, in the midst of an iron
bail whieh the rebels poured in, and
gave order for the Pd ItaSgiment, Col.
Hall, to charge bayonets. No
Sooner was the order.giv-en than the
men fixed bayonets: Col. Hall
lautly led the ebarge—one of the
most brilliant ever made in any bat
tle. Not a man shirked or - straggled
froin the ranks.
The rebels presented it strong front
to the gleaming bayonets of our men,
not a hundred yards distant.
As the -2d advanced on the double
quick, cheering and shouting the reb
els held back their fire until cur men
Were hardly one hundred foot frOm
their line, when they fired a murder
ous velley into the ranks of the 2d.—
It proVed too low,. and few were kill
ed or wounded.
Immediately after the rebels fired
this, volley, they broke ranks and fled
throutrb tlie wood, a few Of the bray
est remained to resist our passage,
but they were-soon meowed down by
the steel front of the gallant 2d Ex
.
eelsior.
Major'Herbert, of the Bth Alabama
Regiment, was captured, after a des
perate registanee.
Advance parties scoured the woods
on both - sides of the Richmond road,
and succeeded in capturing nearly
two hundred of the rebels, among
them three lieutenants.
The enemy were drivefifrom every
position they occupied by our troops
'The main column rested 6, 'mile in
advance of their pot - 3160n, at the com
mencement of the fight.
Prisoners continued to be brought
in very fast ' - we had captured'nearly
five hundred. They were im m ediate
handed. over to the Provost Marshal
Young, of Gen. Hooker's division,
who sent them properly guarded to
Heintzelman's headquarters; at Say
age's station. Many of them were
dressed in new clothes, captured in
Casey's camp-=-a large 'supply baying
`been sent up to Casey's division a few
days before the battle, but had' not
been. distributed to the men. The
result was that the enemy, who had
been wearing-laded, worn out home
spun doffed, their forms in our genteel
uniforms. • This was the cause of
many serious mistakes, our men, un
fortunately, mistaking them for our
Own:
In company with Gen. Sickles, Col.
Graham, Col:Hall, and Lieut. Gra
ham, I-rode out upon the battle-field
on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.—
The Kerte' witnessed here baffles all
description. Caissons, with horses
shot dead in their traces, ambulances
wagons,dce_, filled the road in front of
Casey's Camp, Therevere'about two
hundred of our wounded still lying
were .they fell •on Saturday. Some
of these spoke kindly of these rebels,
saying thertreated , them very well.
Dead rebels, as well as our own men,
.were•lying,in 'every part of the field
and wood i , I - counted flity-seven
dead rebels in front of a small piece
of„:w oods not forty tent square. One
wounded rebel was lying on the ground
unable to move ; he was shot in both
legs. On each side of him lay some
dead rebels. As we passed by, he
begged us for God sake to take the
dead Men away from him. The stench
was intolerable.
Two regiments of: Gen. Meagher's
Irish brigade were fo-tbe actiOn, the
69th, Col. Nugent, and the 88th,.Col.
Raker, and they behaved splendidly
in the bayonet charge made by Gen.
Richardson's 'clivisiok, to which they
were Attached. RN oz: Gen. 'McClel
lan personally . thanked•phese two rog
iments..for their gallant oonduct in
the: field • on waniont - Lieuts.
King and "O'Cognot,- 5f the 88th,
were both wounded.
Wo lost, 19 guns in the fight of Sat
urday. Not one of them has been
recovered. The rebels ran a train
down near Fair Oak Station, and car
ried away our commissary stores,
guns ' etc., to Richmond.
The rebels destroyed what they
could not conveniently carry away,
including the new tents of Casey's
and Couch's division, -
Gen. Sickles had several' narrow
escapes ; he was always to .be found
in the thickest of the fight. Had
those gifted-Senators who refused to
confirm his nomination but witnessed
the- enthusiasm of his troops, - when
serving under him; utiEL his: military
qualification for, Vce7Office,:they would
do penance wati-ri-e-elected. • ,
The rebels *dttkag the fight had
their siartishooters posted inn''-trees
to - pick of -our officers— . .a fact discov
ered in the early - part'or the action.
The. rebel generals, commanding in
this engagement, were °ens.. Long_
street, Roger.A. Fryor, Bull, F;ronk,
Howell Cobb, Rallis, Huger, and five
others whose name , I could not learn.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS
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Our loss is heavy; and the estimate of
fifteen hundred , killed and• five thousand
wounded is believed to be nearly correct,
That of the enemy is not known, but as
our cannon - played on their dense columns
with terrible certaintyf:'opening longianes
through them'with solid:shot, shell,:grape,
canister and shrapnel, it is thought that
their loss will reach- froin4enethousand to
twelve thousand. The fire of our — mus•
retry was steady and heavy, and in some
places' he Rebels were piled three and
four_men...deep--..one on_ the - other.----Jdead,
with balls through their heads and breasts.
They aimed low, and finis the large pro
portion of our wounded are struck in the
lower extremities. More than - half are
-wounded. in the legs, and often times the
feet. ,
The piird Day—What Was
.Done on
, .
Monday.
On Monday morning our position could
be summed up about thus :—Two divi
sions, much reduced in strength from va
rious causes, had been attacked by a
greatly superior of good troops and driv
en fully a mile - from the first point of at
tack ; but by the arrival, of fresh troops
the enemy's course had been arrested,
and his purpose to drive us into the Chick
ahominy decidedly defeated.. Yet he oc
cupied our camps and the position we had
taken.
On Sunday
,he had again attacked us
and been compelled to retire with loss.—
But though Richardson's Division had
driven him on the 'railroad, and the
Sickles Brigade through the woods on the
Williamsburg road, he still held already
all, and certainly much the ,greater part
of the ground taken en Saturday. Some
men of the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment
went into their camp on Sunday and
brought away a barn; but it was quoted
as a piece of dexterity, so near were the
"enemy to the place, and the camp of the
Tenth was in the rear of all Couch's Di
vision.
,So, noW, on Sunday morning, we Were
apparently to begin the week well—to go
forward and re-occupy, alive or dead, the
pesition from which the enemy had driv
en us. Resolution was on every face,
and all buckled themselves up with a de - -
termination to do a full share of the work,
and not only to retrieve what had been
lost, but to win more.
It was still, dim and misty when the
fines were under arms, and but little lat
er when the advance of skirmishers was
thrown forward. Cautiously the men
went on ; every step was Made complete
ly sure before the next was taken, until a
position was gained on the Williamsburg
road where a battery could be Posted.—
There a battery was accordingly placed,
so as to command the whole road, and
again the men went on. Farther and
farther, and the enemy fell bask,' his pick
ets in Sight. It began to look very mach
as if the third day—the day of re-occupa
tion—Was to be a bloodless one.
Camp .Re•occupied.
And so indeed it provekanil our men
pushed on step by step, pushing the Reb
els on before, with a light exchange of
fire but no serious resistance, until we
were once more entirely a home.
Farther Still.
Theh they pushed on again, through
camp and beyond it, and once more they
were on the road to Richmond ; and they
kept on it, and that night our pickets were
posted within four miles of the Rebel cap
ital, and near to a litie of works that we
fancy is, or represents, the celebrated last
ditch where the Rebels are to make a
final stand.
End of the Battle of the Seven Pines.
Thus the affair became complete. We
had lost our camp, the enemy held it, and
now it was retaken—ours once more,
and We felt a satisfaction in the resulttthat
would not have been greater if we had
retaken the camp as bloodily as We had
lost it. His departure was a full aCknowl
edgement that he had failed, and was-,de
feated in the purpose for
,which he came.
On the Field - -
Lay even yet a large number of the Rebel
dead, and even some of their wounded
were yet alive , and unearbd for on the
third day.
AN ESQUIMAX RIFLEMAN.—As we were in the,
open country, and there was no tangible object
to shoo Vat, he made a circle in the snow of about
two feet in diameter, then stepping . in the centre
raised bie gun perpendicular from the shoulder,
and fired in the air, After firing he, stepped out
of the ring, and in a few seconds, to my aston
ishment, the bullet came down within the circle
he had made. Ile coolly remarked, "We want
no target to fire at; and if a man can bold his
musket with that precision as to eause the ball
to return jiist where he stands, what need has he
of -a butt? But ' the princiPle reason why they
thus test their shooting is an economic one. Net
always tieing able to 'get bullets they are chary
0.111'1414m array, and I have no doubt it is
for thereame reason that So many ravage people
hare the boomerang, or return Missile."
AV- The Northwestern Bank, at Warren, Pa.,
from some uneaplained sans°, has ceased' to re
deem its issue at currency rates in Philadelphia
and Nen Work; The issues of this bank, it its
,
mid, hare bean largely-beyond th e limit prethrib.
ed by law, arid whether inflated forlhe' pimpase.
of a collapse cannot now be stated. We hope
that holders of its ambition. will uht sacrifice it
by selling at heavy difkmuntit and, thus contri—
bate to an, alleged attempt at swindling the eons.
Inanity., The - principal owners of the Bank re
side in New York, and consequently have but
little interest in sustaining itieredit.--Plriea
P. 8.--We see bythe;dtilly PaPers that the notes' of
tb ahove oozed 1314 'are, wholly redhemerliiy mon
dealeh: '
NEW GOODS !
JEST RECEIVED AT TITE STORE OP
L. K. LA_UDERNITLCII,
In Cumberland Street, Lebanon -- r
Pa.
Selling otr: Selling 00
AN INDUCEtIENT TO CASII. DUTDRS.
WILL SAVE 341111111 PER CENT.
I:4114ES? ,DRESS GOODS
French Merino and Coberg. •
Fancy and Shack Sillnyfrom 50 cents to $1 50.
Delains from 10 to 20 cents..
Lawns from ex to 16 cents.
Mohair Plain from 16 to 374 cents.
Talenciaa from 8 to 16 oents.
MEN'S *AND; BOY'S WEAR.
niackOloth, from $l.OO to $4 50.
Fancy and Diadir Cassimeres, from 50 to $l. 50.
Ladies' Cloak Cloth, from $1 00 to $1 50.
• Cottonades, from 10 to 20 cents.
DOMBSTIOS.
Muslin, from %ton% cents.
Cheek, froml.o; to 32xants. -
from - 10 - thl6 cents.
Calicoes, from 63.4,t04234 cents:
91ugharns, frtintlo.to
SHAWLS ! 'SHAWLS ! !
Spring Shawls; from o'oo to $1 00.
Black Tbibet Shale's; from $2 00 to $1 00. -
NOTIONS ! NOTIONS! !
Parasols and Umbrellas, from 50 to $2 00,
Stocking% from to 75 cents.
Ifooir,Skirts, from 25 to $1 50.
Hartlkorchiofo, from 64" tolB cents .
Linen and paper Collars.
• An assortment of '
READY. MARE OLOTOINA., . r .
CARPETS'! CARPETBBI . -
GROCERIES AND QUEENSWARB.
PROVISIONS.
Sugar Cured RAM' and MACKEREL.
FRUITS'! FRUITS!!
Dried Apples, pried Plums,
, Dried Peaohes,!Drited Efderbirrins,
Allsold to snit the : limos, ,
L. R. LAUDEit3III,Cif.
N. kinds :Country Produce taken in
chute for Goods. ' '
Lebanon, April ;:3,1862.
LATEST NEWS
°tat Oheagest and Best Goods
EVES BOLD IN LEBANON!!
, . . .
BOWS Rats,
, Shoes ,,, Caps,
.BEST
E undersigned has opened one of the AS
TBOB,TM,BNTS of ~
L
. ' 1 BATS, CAPS,BOOTS, * sitdas,,Tauxxs,
f TRAN,BLING, BAGS, &c., of all kinds„
and of the best materials, which he will
. ... sell at prices to recommend thern,,to purcha
sers.Of `theMATS'he'has quite a variety: of New
Styles, embracing; the Washington, Stanfon, Burnside,
Dupont;McOlellan,-Btringhato and Monitor Rat, lieu
beautiful and very cheap. Of CAPS he has a complete
assortment of all the New Styles, got up in superior
manner, withilne finish ; 'Womon's Misses' and
.01131-
drone lialmorals , tialters,"Congress Boots, slippers,
and all - other kinds; Men's and Boys' Balmorals; Ox
ford Ties, Washington Ties, Congress BOO). aid all
other kinds worn by them, Including BOOTS and
SIPES, of the different varieties, at his cheap Store in
Walnut St., next to the County ' son. rz
.
to Thankful for the liberal' encouragement o f the
public heretofore, I would invite all wishing anything
is my line to call and examine my stock beforemitklug
their purchases.. . , . JOS. BOWSIAN.
Lebanon, April 23,1862.
P. S.—Measures taken and work made at short notice.
Lebanon IDeposit Bank.
eumbertand steed, one door east of arrinany',l• Hotel.
NITILL pay the followiug RATES of INTEREST on
DEPOSITS,
Furl year, and longer, dperxent. per minim;
For 6 moutlasond longer, 5 per, cent, per amine;
Far 3 months, and longer, 4. per eent. per annum;
requiring a short notice of withdrawal. Interest paid in
full for the Deposits from the date of depdsit to the date
of withdrawal. We will also afford a liberaliine of ac
commodatitnsio thos6 who may favor us, with Deposits,
payable on demand. Will pay a premium on SPANISH
and Alli2UoAl4 DOLLARS, and also on,old Mexican Dol
lars laid 727e1Y. Dollars. . ill-make'callections on. and re.
wit to all parts of the United States, the Canada's and
Europe; Negotiate Loans, Rce., &c., and do a general EX
GRANGE and BANBraIG BUSINESS.
G.' DAWSON COLEMAN, Itresident
Gro. GLEIN, Caffhier.
The undersigned, MANAGERS, are litairidtuilly Mae
to -the extent of their Eitates, for all Deposits and other
Obligations of the "Ln.l3AtiON DiPOSIT Emus..."
DION CAMERON, G. DAWSON coLum.AN . ,
NEORGE SMALLER, LEVI KLLNE,
JAMES YOUNG, GEORGE (KEEL
Lebanon, Iday 14,1801
Take up.Youir Licenseit.
atteution of aft Dealers is called to, the ,follow
-1 ir; Act passed by the Legislature, An Act Arnim&
story of the Lieeme Law of this State. ,
Savior s.—" That it shall be the dt4 of witlir - y city
and comity TreesUrar to sue for the recovery of-all Li
censes duly retutned to hint by the Mercantile 4ppral-
ser, if not paid on or before the Drat, day of Jisly, In
each and every year within :ten days after .that date;
and said Treasurer shall not be discharged from any
such License, unless he brings suit to recover thesame
within said date and presses tho seine to Judgment and
execution as soon thereafter as- practicable; nor shall
Le receive any commissions on such Licensee unless he
make payment as aforesaid."
The particular attention of alI Dealers of hierchan
dize de., is called to the above notice as I have the
special instructioasfrom the Auditor General topnratm
the above curse. 3011 N ALLWEIN,
Treasurer of Lebanon County.
Lebanon, May 14,11962,
ITIERCIIA NT TAILORING.
S. RAMSAYOn Funek's building, corner of Onm.
beiland street and Doe alley, has on hand and
for sale, either by the yard or made to order, a. large
lot of
CLOTHS;._
CASSIMERES, and
VESTrieiGS,
well selected from Good Houses. Good Pits and sub.
Amnia' making 'guaranteed to all. Also- Handker
chiefs, Cravats, Gloves, Hosiery, Suspenders, Fancy and
Plain-Linen Shirtif,'Under Shirts and Drawers.
B. ,S. RAMSAY.
Lebanon, April 9 1862.
man LONGA=
iIEBA
NON :our 6. amm,
Door, Sash and Steam Planing
Located on, the Steam-firearm Read, near titentherland
Sired, East Lebanon.
'TIRE undersigned respectfully inform
1 L „,. • •
the. public in general, that they
Still manufacture and keep on hand, f,,F IBBSR.
Door, Saab, Shatter, Blinds, Flooring, '
-':. , *
Weather-Boards, 0 Gee Spring
51ouldinss, of all sizes, Weak-Boards, eating; Siirbace,
po'redces, and an kinds of BUILDING iiidTBRIALS
for llouses ..We also construct the lf,test and most im
proved Stitii,Casing and Hand Railing , . suitable for
large and small buildhigs. ,
We now invite Farmers, Meetiaiiies , and Etagere to
call and examine inc stock, which we will warrant to
give entire satisfaction to all who may favor the under
signed with their custom.
LONGACRE & GABEL.
Lebstion, April 23, 1862.
P. S.—There is..elso'nll . kinds of TII.II.NING at the
same Mill Planing, Sawing, ire., promptly duns for
those 'who may furnish Lumber..
$6O EMPLOYMENT. $2OO
AGENTS -WANTED
SEWING TO E
CHINES !
AT REDUCED PRICES
$l5 'EACH
Our Machine is PERFECT in WI Mechanism. It 113
less liable to get out of order thaw any other. Diplo
mas base been awarded:W . 9l'er the Grover & Baker end
other high priced Machines. •
$l6 -AAOH
Our gaphilie. uses rtntritight needle., ad.ivin WORK
WITH. ALLRINRSQF THREAD., Silk or
mat
ing an eh* ttio -4101Unj free from nobilities to break in
washing, and is the BRST.and bREAt.PR§T Machine in
116 C.
SIS,EACH.!
- •
Our Meehan° will HEM, FELL; STITCH, QUILT and
ELtiD, and will sew on all ;kinds of goods, from the
finest Swiss lituella to. the coarsest Woolen, ~,
with ease through selrgial thickueeses of thick 'Woolen
Cloth. ALL 'MACHINES AIM WARRANTED.
$l5 EACII!
fffirflFllffVFOlfiffsol
rffyon.W,Ablu:i. OCIOD MACHINE, AND NOT RAVE
IT COST 'YOU ANYTIIING, WRITE TO us,
AS WE WANT VIE MACHINE fiIISTED
IN EVERY NEIGIEBORIIOOD'IN'T.RE
UNITED-STATES:
$l5 "ACTT
'
Enzploging agents.
Wo g ivo a commission.= all goods sold by our
Agents, or we parMages at '
FIFTY DOLLNRS TER MONTH
_ , 3
and pay - all lamasery expenses. Tor partial/RS la
dr#B4 CHAS. RUGGLES. Agent,
May 21 , 1862. " DETROIT, MICEL
ABILIMAIK BRIM. DAVID V. LONG.
A.New
%myCask Store; and and
brain,-.l3usiness.
rpm undereireed having Armedlipertnieriblp lathe
III'ERITANTILE; 11111TENG AND - GRAIN BUR
NESS, would respeetfullAfivith the attention of the
•p_ablie to their estahliehriente., They will contioe. „to
keep, at the' late ,ateiitl - of /MERE GEE SAMAII
'LONG, a poet complete. stook of all 'kinds .0, Qom
venally kept a .eountry store, Which they: ra
tail
Cheap for .cAsu, or COIATRY PRODUCL'They
also want to buy for cash
50,000..Bashele.of WHEAT,
30,000 B saheb of BYE, _
20,000:13nabels of CORN,
25,000 Bushels of 0 , 4C8.'
For which they will pay the bikhest Market ,Prices.
They will also take GRAIN on STORMIL. The wm k ee p
always on hand and sell at the lonvolit prices, COAL, by
the Boat Load or by the Toe; all ktaila pf MILL FEED,
SALT, PLASTER, Ae••
,thir , ThoY solicit the busieeee of`ell their oldfrieida
and Ake public, and will:endeavor to deal ,on pooh lilt.
kat and , just principles esesiii)l - falve aalikfinistldn'to all.
MOAK' 4 . '024 . 0:
.
North - Lebanon, Illinth`lo,lB62.