• tlllaurit atiVirtig...ft. ..,::„.„,,,...„••: _ . ........AS "...." , . :, ', - • ''',' -."..'"..•......4.„t4:,,, , r1(,, ''''s '''''' %,- ' * a Eta InttECIPLES CEASE 'ro LEAD, RE OEASE TO FoLLOIV." Editor and Proprietor. LEBANON PA WEDN g SDA Y 7 SEPTEMBER . 2i,I2. . - - .IYOR 'AEDLTOIt _GENERAL ISAAC SLENKER UNION COUNTY. FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL JAMES P BARR, ALi.EGIIENV FOR CONGRESS, MYER STROUSE SCHUYLKI LL COUNTY - The whole rebel army has re : treated across the Potomac. The in -Vitsion Of Maryland by 'them was a failure, and Pennsylvania was not ds-. 4raced by the footsteps of a single 'armed traitor, imminent as the dan t I • soldiers we , are indebted for having saved ts'from many evils. Rivers of blood flowed to avert ruin and deso-- I lation from us, and many a brave heart has'eeased its pulsations in the terrible battles of last week. May' our bravo defenders never be forgot ten. lr' Among-.the many questions to be decided this fall, that of "eompen. sated emancipation" is not the least important - If the people • want to theMselves for the purpose of pur .chasing -the freedom of .the negrocs . as - recommended by the President to the last Congress,' and which was jractically carried into effect in the District . of Columbia, they will vote far the Republican candidates for Con gress., If they Are opposed to the medshre, they will vote against them. Or If the people are in favor of ex. pending hundreds of millions of del larsin buying the slaves of the rebels and colonizing them in some foreign country, and taxing themselves for that-purpose in addition to the many other onerous tries shortly to be im posed' upon them, they will Tote for the. Republican candidates for Con gress. .If they wish to avoid this great additional burthen they will vote for the Democratic candidates ser:Tim Harrisburg Patriot and Union says . that a rumor prevailed on Sunday, ;thathe militia men were to raturri..hone in a day or -two, they having fulfilled their mission. O The Republicans of the last Congress abolished slavery in the Dis trict of ColuMbia, and paid the own era ,of the slaves hundreds of dollars- a piece for them, of the people's money, .and which will have to be raised by. -taxation. If the people' wish the ,same thing done in Igaryland, Dela ware, Missouri,,lcentucky, and other States, the will vote next October for the. Republican candidates for Con gress. If they are opposed to the measure they will vote for the Demo cratic candidates. Otri The Stafe Militia now in the service are being sent home and dis charged, and no more will be received for the present. On Sunday, Governor Curtin tele graphed from ITag,erstown, that no more militia should be sent on, the rebel army being full retreat down the Shenandoah - 'KT Gen. Itosencrans defeated the rebels under Price, at Like, Miss., on the 19th inst. Our loss in killed and wounded is between 400 and 500, while the rebel loss is believed to be greater. • Senator Simmons has resigned his seat in the United States. Senate, on account of his usefulness being im paired by the discovery of his $50,000 bribes for obtaining government con tracts. Simmons is a Republican. ' AN INDIGNANT GOVERNOR.—GOVer npr Curti i n on Wednesday last 'ld dreSsed the Pottstown Guards, of Montgomery county. In the course of'his remarks he said that any per son;who came to Capitol Hill and en deavored to create the impression aiiioiig the soldiers that improper motives had prompted the call for the troops (a report having been cir culated that it had been issued for political purposes) was a liar, a trai tor and a coward l Ho had called them out for State defence, and when the present emergency was over he would send them home. - Prir Late reports from th 6 South state that Charlestown is invested and Fort Sumter being bombarded. Kr It is supposed that Gen. Lois; of the rebel army was killed in Aka recent battles in Maryland. .• A large number of sick and 10011 - nded Boldie'vVe - ro sent to liar _ ro risb4rg,:last week, from the battle s.lds of Maryland. . etr From Harriabnrg we learn that arrangements for the draft "are still progressing," The following eoun tiesonly are recorded as having flied their quotas, and are, of Course, ex enifit from a draft : Excess. ~ .J42 Forrest . 352 Potter Six Wpm c'24 Centre Clinton Jefte Our Candidate for Congress ..-„ By reference to the proceeilingi of of the COnfeven - ce,nf ther''.l)einocratic Conferees of the Tenth .Congirssion al District, it will be .seen that lIITER STnousE, Esq., of Schuylkill county, was nominated as the candidate of -the true Union and Constitution elec tors or.the-distriet for Congress. In his letter. of accePtande of the nomi nation, (which .we publish with the .proceedings,) 11Ir. Strouse gives -his views in regard to the present unhap py troubles of the • country. He is' for the Union as it. was, and the Con stitution as it is, .and, to etnct that object, should he be elected, will bring' ability of the best order.. 1. Mr. StronSeis au - tifilVaveting! and life.long.Demberat; and. has received several important positions from the bands of his felloni,eitizensUof Seheyl, kill. His . generalpepuiarity and the hold he pti4s6sSes upon the einifidenee of his party, is prOven iirth c fact that , ITO was reCommended by the, Demo. cratic Convention of his county for Congress; over several - able and in. fluential Democrats. Tr - --------1-1- stands their interests, an - d - is-always ready to stand by and defend them. He speaks both the. German and En glish languages admirably. Taking him all and all together, Mfr. Strouse is just the man to represent this Ger man, labor-loving, honest, straight forward Tenth Congressional District. He bates'Abolitionisni as he does Se cessionism. He would_ never have voted for the Abolition of. Shivery in the . District of Columbia, and forcing the loyal people of the North to pay an enorinoes -price for a parcel of mood.for-nothing a nefrroes• 'neither.n ill_ he vote for any of the contemPlated schemes of , ‘co.tnpcosated emancipa tion. and colonization ;" but on - the other hand, he will oppose, with all his power, all such ruinous schomeS. We place hiin =before the people,.con fidenl, that' he will be elected by such a majority as will make the voice of `the People of this district of some consequence in the settlement of the unhappy troubles of the country. .Let the people now go to work and elect, him. He is in their hands. His opponent, is Mr. Campbell, a rad ical of the bitterest kind; one who was . never, . found . wanting in voting in the last Congress for all the nigger schemes that occupied the attention of Congress during the last session. The lines•hetween the two candidates are distinctly drawn, and the people can vote understandingly. . - xtEk., Leesburg is again in our pos. session. A party of oar troops drove out the rebels last Wednesday, with trifling loss. 165 - Hon. Horatio Seymour bas been nominated by the Deinocracy of •New. York, as their candidate for Governor. Ile 'will be elected--sure. 6K7•Our War,Debt is immense, but when will the People get through paying taxes should the Republican candidates for, .Congress`, be elected andsiipeced in their proposition to free the negroes ? The. work of No• gro Emancipation is stupendouS, the expense• enormous. The result : the North filled with contrabands, our white laborers will suffer by their competitiim ; our jails will be filled with the degraded arid our poorhous• es with lazy negroes ! ."Col. Childs, of the 4th Penn sylvania Cavalry, acting Brigadier:- General, was killed 'in `tie'battle of last Wednesday. Capt.' N'Teidinan's company of.eavalry is in Col. Child's reginrent. We have not • learned whether it was in the battle. Ale — While every loyal and patri otie heart' was e beating in FopeS of vie, tory for McClellan last week, in his terrible battles i n Maryland,the Wash ington ,correspondent of the Chicago Tribune; the leading Republican organ in the West, was putting forth the doctrine that "McClellan ought not to be allowed to win a victory in :Ma ryland,,and that the blow which he will deal the rebellion, will set us back six-mon ths,poli tically." A depth of disloyalty deeper than this, it is hopel'eSs for any man to attain. This is certainly a dark day in the history oteur republic when , •rebels are assailing our very capitol ; when the party in:power hope that our Generals and army may .be ,defeated on the field of battle; when those whom it was supposed were tho Pre sident's nearest friends and best sup• porters are hatching conspiracies to depose him from his office, .[On the latter subject see the article. on the first page, ,headed '!Abolition Radical conspiracy. against the Government."] We may well ask , : What, hope is there for the eonntry if I net'in tke arms and hearts of the OVertrue mocracy ? e . ZW- Jbseph F. Icnipe, who was wounded at the battle of Cedar Moun tain, a few weeks ago, was again wounded in the battle of last Wednes day. us. Mumfordsville, Kentucky, has surrendered to the rebels. It was garrisoned by about 5,000 Union sol i' diers, and ten pieces of artillery.— After a gallant defence it yielded on last Wednesday to Geri. Bragg and about 'thirty thonsand rebels. Our logs was about'S`f}'kclled :and W:oirfrdda. xceore. 2 Let the People Choose. Nost of the nominations fur Con; grcss in. Pennsylvania are now Made. The Republicans have placed on the truck for re-election many of their most men, and where they made new nominations they took the bit terest radicals they could find in their organization. Hence, we find Stevens heading their ticket in the, Lancaster district; Landon in the Brad ford,Camp bell in the Schuylkill and. bebanon, Kelly in the 4th Philadelphia, and so on. These nominations are made for the purpose of testing the people. If, the people rc-elect all or any of the Men. named it will be 'claimed as a verdict in favor of abolitionism and emancipation, as well as an endorse ment of all the rascality, corruption anti profligaey that has characterized the administration of our ztlfairs,since the present party is in power. It will : be saying, “Go on, we approve of all you'have done;:do in the future as you have 'done In the past." The admin. istration will hove to take it for gran t .ed that the people want them to per severe in the course they are purse• ing, because, do they not send back who are responsible, next to the reb• cls, for our present, troubles. If the people, however, defeat these abolitionists; as well as their eandi-• dates for every Other position, wheth-: er county, state or notional, it will be dcondemnation of the policy and mis doings of the past,. and the verdict will have to" be respected. This is a matter that rests entirely with the peOple. The ballot-boxis, the only weapon they hold, and as they wield that weapon this fall so will their destinies be decided for gen eratiobs to come. It is no political question, but a perSonal one. They have thelasteighteea months before them.; if'they like them they will vote against the Democrats; if they do riot, but prefer the happy days 'of Democratic rule, they will vote for the Democrats. PRACTICAL NIGGERIS3t,—In the last Abolition Republican Convention held in Massachusetts, there was a Negro Predeher,n delegate froth Son. Charles ,Su tuner's ward, in Boston. This , brack brudder' took quite a prominent part in the proceedings of the Convention, and enlightened the white delegates with more than one speech, done up iu the Suniner style. Dira The gallant General George A. McCall, commander of the Pennsylvania Reserves, has been nominated by the Dem ocrats of Chester county, as their candi date for Congress. We should have liked to have seen him elegted unanimously, but the Republicans, true to their party instincts, and in disregard of their cgno party" professions, have nominated, and will support John M. Broomall, a political lawyer of their stripe. pir- The Pennsylvania State Fair has been postponed until next year, "owing to the unhappy military condition of the country."_ &:gPw The Government has taken pos. session of the Cumberland Valley Rail road for transportation purposes. .tlEir On the first page we publish an ar ticle from the New York Herald, relative to a conspiracy on foot to depose the Pres ident. Such - astounding disclosures, wear ing the air of probability as they do, should aivaken the attention of the President, as well as of all loyal and law-abiding peo ple, to the danger threatening us, not only from the traitorous South, but the' still more depraveCi traitors of the North „ These very fellows had. an object when they denounced, outraged and abused. the patriotic Democracy. It was to draw at tention away from their own hellish schemes. Have we any "Roundheads" in this locality. ser. Our DernoerTatie friends ofLan• easter cohnty nominated the follow. ing exellent ticket last week. It would be worth an army in the field to the Governrnent if Gen. Steinman would defeat that areh 7 demagogue and Abolitionist—,:Thad. Stevens, and we are glad to learn .that the-prospeet is quite flattering -that he will do so:— CongresB, Gen. Geo. M. Steinman; Assembly, Abraham Peters, Nathan Worley, Dr. John Mar tin, A. J. Caldwell; District Attorney, David G. Eshleman ; County Commissioner, John M. Mil ler;. Directors of the Poor, George L. Eckert, Jo seph M. Watts ; Prison Inspectors, A. Z. Ring wait, 7. Diffenderfer; County Surveyor,. Chris tian Hoffman; Auditor, John L. Lightner. se- The Berks County Agricultu ral Fair has been postponed indefin. Rely, owing to the present unsettled condition of the country. rts,. Among the killed in the bat.. tie of Sharpsbarg, on liTednesdfiy last, is ,Capt. Wm. 'H. Andrews, of Bedding', ' Ccr" If the Republican candidates for Congress are elected - and succeed in procuring the emancipation of all the negroes, they suppose that labor *ill be cheaper than it, now is. Ne oToes then can be hired for ten Or twenty cents a day.. now will our volunteers feel, if these radicals sac. ceed,-when they find their". places oc cupied by negroes ? All the Pennsylvania militia at Chambersburg had been sent to Ira gerstown and Boonsboro. A com pany from Philadelpho., refused to go over the State line, but being told by General Reynolds that they would be disgraced forever if they refused,,they alop4. ' ' OF LAST WEEK, THE BATT I SUNDAI PERATIONS . _ Battle we nth ITloVintain• r.t0,., BooNsßo Sept. 15, 1862. The battle of l iuth Mountain was 'fought yesterdresulting in a com plete victory tee Army of the Po tomac. The blle-field was located in a gorge= of i mountain, on the turnpike road!:tween MiddletoWn and lioonsborol During the fanoon,the firing was by artillery, onavoring to ascertain the rebel str , th and position.— About twelve lock, the corps un der General R, was ordered to as cend the moue in on the left, and make an attacion the enemy's flank. At three o'clot, Gen. Reno's troops got into sale The rattle of the musketry for abut half an . hour was 1 terrible, when e enemy gave way,. leaving our rue in possession of that portion of the ldge. The loss On ith sides in this action was eorisidera e. We had not afield or general ofli r injured at this point, excepting ILIA. General Reno, who was killed by ii, Mini° ball passing 1 0 through his hoc . Gen. Hooker, mmanding McDow ell's COrps and - e Pennsylvania Re serves, ascended Ile mountains on the ' - 11 -'4.—i - m. , of making an troops in to ports n , Tro - nroi,-,4 0 ,..._ the enemy abouto:hours before.sen down..: Here, as in the case of the oth er ridge of the mountain, our troops were snecessful, driving the enemy before them with greatslaughter.— The,rebels suffered - more here than at any point of the battle r field. Gen, Hatch, commandinga division under General Hooker, was wounded in the leg. General Gibbons ; brigade, composed of the 2d, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin, and the 19th Indiana Regiments, were or dered to move up _the. gorge of . the mountain. 'Elie brigade did not get into action till after dark, which last ed.till nearly nine o'clock.. This bri gade lost 'about -one hundred and twenty killed and wounded, Among the dead is:Capt„ Caldwell, of the 2d WiSeonsin. The rebels were:driven back for about a mile, When Gibbons' brigade was relieved by a portion of Sumner's corps; who held the position during the night. ', . • The rebels troops engaged were Longstreet's, D. H. Hill's, and A. P. Hill's corps. Had our troops had two hours longer of daylight, the greater portion of the rebel army would have beenlaken , prisoners, as they were surrounded on three sides, the only mode of escape being a nar row defile in the mountain, which the artillery. .wOuld soon "lave made, im passable. .. . : . • . .Among the rebel officers known to be killed.are Gen. Garland, of. Lees burg,: and Col- Strong, of the 19th Virginia. The:latter's body was-ob tained to-day by a flag of truce. Our loss in killed and wounded will probably: reach three thousand: We lost butleW:prisoliers. . . -:- itIONT):NY'S OIiEhATIONS FRET:MUCK, Md., Sept. 16—After the battles , of South Mountain : Gap and Burketsville Gap, fought respect ively by the forces of Burnside and Franklin on Stioday, the enemy:bar ing been driveo. from their Position, full, back rapidly to BOonesboro, and theneesputhward to Sharpsbnrg, and began crossing the Potomac above and below Sheplicrdstown.: The : pursuit by our troops was rapid, Hooker, fol lowing by way of Boonesboro, sap• ported by, Sumner . and, Banks and capturing one thousandTrisoners dur ing the morning. The enemy break. fasted at Geedysrille, three•miles from Boonesburo, but our cavalry soon drove their rear guard from that place. Porter's and Reno's corps took a shorter road over the moun tain, and arrived at Sharpsburg at sundown, capturing hundreds of pris oners on the way. Franklin's corps, supported by Couch's d itision,passed throughßurk etsville Gap. which he ,captured so handsomely, striking the road lead ing direct from Boonesboro' to Ifar per'S Ferry, and thenee moving in the direction of the latter place, gain ina Elk Ridge mountain, which tank ed the enemy's position, and brought them within good range of our artil. lery. Fraeklin's corps fought a brit. liant battle on Sunday evening, at Burketsville Gap. The enemy were terribly repulsed, thoug,h having great advantages in position. Hancock's brigade made a charge. up a bill and captured a battery of six pieces, Howell - Cobb and nine hundred of his Georgians. Cobb is wounded -and a prisoner. The,l6th Virginia Regi ment was - lAen entire, and frag ments of many other regiments. On Sunday Longstrcet marehed back from Hagerstown to reinforce those troops fighting at the Gaps. ,He arrived in time to join in the rout.— Brigadier General Garland, of Vir oinia Colonel Strange, of the ].9th • Virginia, and Went James, of the 3d South arolina Battalion, _w•ere all killed at South Mountain Gap on Sun day evening. We have taken sinee Friday last, about six thousand pris oners, with less than .the usual pro pbrtion of officers. The mountains are full of strag gling, starving, and deMoralized 'reb els, who are giving themselves up as fast as they' can find their way into our -lines. On Thursday last Jackson crossed the Potomac at Willigmsport, and marched towards . Harper's Fer ry, which place he invested. On Sat urday he captured 'Maryland Heights on the north, and Loudon n Heights on the south side' ofthe river. On Sunday he attacked the Ferry; but was repulsed. On Monday morning at daylight he renewed the attack, and the place was surrendered by Gen. Dixon H. Miles at seven o'clock. This disaster will enable tim rebels to cross the Potomac with the great. er portion of their force. Yesterday- evening, previous to this news . .111(Clellan and Burnside were rapidly making such dispositions as Would have resulted in the complete defeat Or capture" of nearly The en ! tire rebel host. Our troops pressed their rear hotly last evening, and the prospect was most brilliant, until we learned that Harper's Ferry was no longer ours. About three o'clock the pickets of General Howe's brigade captured ono of General Stout's aids, who was on his way to General Leo's headquarters with a despatch from Jackson announcinv p the capitulation of the place yesterday morning. The enemy having got mainly across the river and into a stronp . positon, great battle will probably be deferred several days, until a new combina- Lion of movements is resolved upon. The Union army is in splendid con dition: The men are in light march ing order, with buoyant spirits over their success. Several regiments of 1 new troops were in the fight of Sun- • day, and behaved with great bravery: - The 17th Michigan, out only two weeks, fought till their ammunition Was exhausted, then retired to the wagons in good order, refilled their boxes, returned, and made a terrible charge over a . storie wall and into the timber_, almost annihilating Drayton's 'South Carolina _Brigade. Our total loSs will probahly not exceed twenty five hundred in killed and wounded, with a very small proportion of kill ed. I can learn of feW field officers killed. The death of General Reno is mourned throughoutthe whole ar m 44 and Wedges ay. All accounts concur in represent in g Tuesday's:battle as a terrific, and Wednesday's- as still more so. — The rebel line of- battle appears to have been 'formed on the west side of An . tictarn creek, between Sohersville and Sharpsburg. The Hagerstown 'cor respondent of the Philadelphia Press furnishes these particulars, tinder , Wednesday's date: A battle has been raginfr b furiously for theTnstlwo'days on the Antie tam. creek. The rebelS*,. cut off from the iron bridg,e - at'liarper's Ferry by the ad vance of General Franklin's' corps, and fearing to cross the Potomac at Tiny of the fordS,.withGen. - 111cClellan pushing down hard upon them, took 'this creek for a line of defence. Darin(' yesterday the battle raged with great spirit, and the firing on either side was very heavy until to. wards sundown; when the rebels were flanked by llooker and Porter, and were being severely punished. Their firing became desultory, and it was evident that their ammunition was givingout: - This morning, the'battle was re newed by the rebels: with' redoubled vigor; they acted as if they had been reinforced and furnished with fresh ammunition. The battle lasted until 4 o'clock this afternoon, when the rebels re treated, leaving Gen. Longidreet and the remnant of his division in our hands as prisoners of war. Our victory is sure, but it has 'cost us many officers and men. Major General Hooker was wounded in the foot, by a Minie ball, while leading a second brilliant bayonet charge to day, and: General Mansfield, is either killed or taken prisoner. He fought most heroically during the entire _af fair to the tiles he was Missed. The loss •of the rebels was much greater than .ours. Longstreet's di. vision of ten brigades can not muster seven thousand men. , The entire rebel army will be cap. tured or killed. There is no,,chance left for them to cross the Potomac, as the river is rising, and, our troops pushing them continually, and send lug prisoners to the rear by scores. Stonewall Jackson is now in com mand of the rebel forces in Mary land. Six batteries of artillery, belonging to Longstreet's division were, cap tured yesterday und„to r day; and it is said we have taken nearly fifteen thousand•prisnners since Sunday. Jackson's armyi with. Lee and oth er distinguished wounded officers, forced . to surrender in a day or two, at the farthest. , • Our immense army is all in .motion,, and our Generals are certain ,of ulti mate and decisive success. • , Storesfor our army are coming by way of Harrisburg and Baltimore. Gcn. Burnside has taken possession of Harper's Ferry, and is advancing on a special, mission with his corps. Every one here is jubilant over the news, _and people talk about seeing the "beginning of the end." • The battle of Wednesday exceeded, in extent and severity, any battle heretofore fought on this continent. At daWn of day Hooker and Sumner, commanding respectively the right and centre, commenced the battle, and after a terrible contest of two hours drove the rebels about a mile. They, however, rel ied, and regained most of the ground, but at a great sacrifice of life.—At this time Rooker was shot in the ankle, and Gen. Richardson was severely wounded. The command then devolved on Gen. Sumner, who inimedialely ordered an ad vance, and not oily retook the lost ground but drove the rebels a quarter of a mile beyond. In this action_ Gen. Mansfield was shot through the lungs and soon after died. • Burnside and Porter drove the enemy from the line of the Antietam creek, on the main road to Sharpsburg, and, hav ing buift a bridge, (the old one. having been burned by the rebels,) occupied the opposite bank. The loss here was con siderable. To get possession of the ridge of bills on the right and left hand side of the road, from which the rebels Were thundering away with artillery, was a task not easily accomplished. Gen. Sykes' brigade carried the ridge on the right band side, with the assis tance ot-Cieri. Sumner, after considerable trouble and loss, the rebels running in al! directions. It was now five o'clock, and all the en emy's positions had been carried, except the one on the left hand side of the road. To do this duty, Gen. Burnside was as• signed. The artillery opened, and the infantry advanced. The point was car. ried at a charge, but our troops were for ced . to retire before a superior force, the BATTLE OF WEDNESDAY. rebels knowing that if they lost this ridge a complete rout of their army would be the result. They fought with great des peration. Darkness now overlooked the two ar mies, and hostilities ceased as though by mutual consent. The battle lasted from five o'clock in the morning until seven at night, without a moment's cessation. The conduct of all troops, without 1 exception, wasall that any general could 1 wish. Several regiments of new troops, 1 who were in action for the first time, be-1 hayed admirably: The loss on both sides was heavy, es timated at 10.000 on our side and greater on that of the rebels. Our wounded were immediately car ried from the field, and the best possible attention given them. When Gen. Hooker fell, Gen. M' Clellan immediately proceeded to the right, where he was enthusiastically received, and by his presence added much to our success in recovering the ground lost. He was in the centre and on the left, anxiously watching the progress of the battle, and giving directions as to the manner of at tack. He was in his tent Wednesday night for the first time since leaving Fred• erick. We took some 1,500 prisoners during the day, while.the enemy obtained but few. The following officers were killed or wounded : Gen. Hartsug, wounded ur ea, wounded. der. trir4;775111 Col. Childs, of the 4th Pa. Cavalry, kill ed. Col. Kingsbury,. of the 11th Connecti cut, seriously wounded. Lieut. Col. Parvison, of the 57th New York, killed. Capt. ,Audenreid, aid to Prefieral Sum ner, wounded. Major Sedgwick, killed. Col. M'Neil, of the Pennsylvania Buck tails, and Lieut. Allison, were killed. Col. Polk, of the, second United States sharp shooters, wounded. Major Burbank, of the 12th Massachu setts, wounded. Col. Beal, 10th Maine, wounded. Col. Coleman, 11th Ohio ; Col. Paxen, 57th N.Y.; Col. Goodrich, 60th N.Y.; Capt. Forbish, 10th Maine—all killed. we might add a long list of killed and wounded officers, but cannot spare room. More about. the Rattle of IVcdtteMay. BALTrmortE, Sept. 19. 1 am satisfied now that 'dl is right with the Army of the Potomac. I have just had a conversation with a . gentleman who left the battle field `at 9 o'clock on WedneSday night. He confirms the statement of the special correspondent Of the Associa ted Press, publishe&this' Morning, in every particular. He says we occupied the position chosen by the enerhy at the com mencement of the battle, who were driveu back' a mile and a half at all points, except on the extreme right, which they still held at the close of the 'day. My informant was all day within a hundred yards of Gen. McClellan, and says that the result of the day was regarded by Um and his staff, as a glorious victory, though not final. There was no faltering at any point of theline, and,the whole Army was exultant at tie results' of the 'day's fight. Gen. McClellan was in high spirits. His opinion, and that of those around him, was that the final result would depend on'who got up reinforcements He snyn nothing Ntins head on thp field 'of the capture of LOngStrpet or the•kihink of Hill, and there . is no tyiith in . dither - rumor. • . 7 . "'2o'ooo more reinforeementa Were , expected:to reach the field yesterday from - Harrisburg. He thinks the en emy's loss is fully equal to ours. The gentleman-from whoM this in formation is derived, ("t ho is one of our most: intelligent citizens ) ) expres ses the opinion that whilst the hat. tie On'Wedn.esday was not a decisive one, in was a contest in which all the advantages 'Were with McClellan, Who Occupied the field of battle at the cloSe of the day. Thur,sdaY was occupied in bd. rying the dead and caring. for the wounded. The rebels sent a flag of truce in Lhe mornino. asking - permis sion to bury their own, which 'was uranted. At daylight on Friday morning it was found that the enemy had chang ed, their position. Whether their Whole force bad crossed the river, or taken np a new position .near the river was not known at the time. FRIDAY'S °MATIONS The latest intelligence from the army in Maryland, up to Saturday noon, is the following : Early on Thursday night the rebels commenced crossing the Shepherdstown bridge,_ and two fords above and below it. During the night.M'Clellan advanced a. battery and shelled them from the sur rounding hills. The dead and wounded found this morn ing evidence the_ ability of our signal offi cers in directing the fire of the guns. On discovering the movement of the enemy, Gen. Pleasonton was despatched in hot pursuit, with two batteries and two regiments of infantry, through a gap of high hills, and he succeeded in cutting off a large amount of their amunition, sup plies,&c. ,-besides a small portion of Gen. Marcey Gregg's South Carolina brigade. Gen. Pleasonton shelled the enemy With effect as they passed througif the ravine. The last seen of the enemy they were flying in the direction of Winchester, and it is supposed they would retreat precipitately on to Richmond. Our entire army has crossed Antietam creek and was !noised between Antietam creek and the Potomac, opposite Shep herdstown. and there was every evidence that Itiltlellan would cross the river. The loss of general and field officers in our army is so largess to be unaccoun table. Rebel deserters represent the loss of the enemy's officers as equally severe. R was understood that Gen. Burnside has crossed into Virginia via Harper's Ferry, and is moving on the enemy. Deserters report that the recent move"- ment of the rebels in escaping into Vir: ginia was entirely conducted by ~ Stone: wall Jackson, the other chief oinceri, Leek Long.street,&c , being either wounded or too much fatigued to be efficient. They also state that it was believe& ii the rebel army that a force of Union troops had passed through Thorougliri" Gap and intercepted their advance, and they suppose& this movement, was under the direction pfSigel, of whom they stand in great dread. LATER. : On Friday afternoon the 4th Miehigse, witlk few men from Sykes' Brigade, crossed the Potent. ac at Shepherdetuwn ford for the yurpose of ma' king a reconnoissance. They met with a stout resistance front,the en-. emy, but succeeded in reaching this side df the river again with four pieces of artillery captur ed from the "Rebels, with but slight loss. The occupation of the Virginia shore was attcrapted again on Satuaday morning with less success; Col. Barnes' Brigade, with a portion of Sykes' Brigade, with some cavalry and two batteries of artillery, crossed the river and took a position on the Virginia shore. Shortly after the troops had been placed in position the enemy emerged limn under the cover of the woods with a line of infantry nearly a mile long. Both troops soon engaged, when the order was given to retire, which was done in good order, the enemy following closely behind. When the enemy WOO within range it was opened upon' by twenty pieces of our artillery poSted on the Ma.. ryland bank, with such effect that they were for-. cad to retire out of Fisch. Their loss from our artillery fire must haver been heavy, as the explosion of our shells Were seen to make large gaps in their lines. Our loss' in killed, wounded and prisoners will reach a: . bout 150. The troops safely returned to the Ma ryland shore, bringing the wounded with them. Information was received on Saturday ,of the' • . 's Ferry by the Rebels. Reis ar • • - • •-• ino-of the' Potomac last night, and it is believed their: air; my is falling back in the direction of Charleston , and W inches ter. The _Siegm of Itla epees - Ferry THREE DAYS' FIGHTING Our forces at Harper's-Ferry numbered from eight to ten thousand infantry and cavalry—most of the latter, of whom there were about three thousand, making their escape before the surrender of the. place. The rebel force which first. ad vanced upon Harper's Ferry was about" twenty thousand, under the command of General Hill. Colonel D. H. Miles, Acting brigadier General, was in command of Mir 'force , at. Harper's Ferry; and made a good fight, notwithstanding the overwhelming num bers of the enemy. He retained " - the command until eight o'clock, Monday morning, when he was mortally .wound ed by a piece of shell,.in the left leg. Af ter this General-White, who ,was present and engaged in the contest throughout, took the command. On Saturday !nothing the `rebels corn• menced an attack on our batteries mi . the Maryland Heights and ;our forces there, with artillery and a „strong force of infan try. Fighting continued at this point through the day, and there were. a good many killed and wounded On both sides. About 4. P. M. the rebels were largely reinforced, and were then in such over whelming numbers that we were obliged to abandon the Maryland Heights and le treat across the river. During the day the rebels made their appearance upon Loudoun Heights, Upoll the Virginia side of the river, with their signal corps, which, attempted to com mence their operations from the top of the Block House. They were shelled frodi Camp Hill, and at the third shell disap peared. They were shelled from BOlivar Heights, but did not'return the fire. Saturday night passed in comparative quiet, our forces lying on their arms.— At daylight on Sunday morning skirmish ing began on the Charlestown pike, but without serious results on either side.— Otir forces maintained a firm front, and gave way not an inch before the advance of the rebels. - At about 2 o'clock, P. M. the enemy succeeded in getting theifbatteries iniv sition on Loudon!) Heights, on iheVir.rinia. side, and opened on our position: gate ries were also opened upon our fore& tram the Maryland Heights, but rather weakly, and also from the direction of the Charlestown pike. The cannonading from this time 'Was' terrible. Our batteries from BoliVer Heights, Harper's Ferry and Camp were in full pia? in response, and the ve: - ry mountains, rocks and valleys seemed to be alive with the detonations of heavy artillery. The rebels were in very strong force—not less than fifteen thousand men —and the engagement was desperate and continuous until about sundown, when the enemy, repulsed and beaten, withdrew from the fight and retirealto a position out of range. After sunset the contest was suspended, and quiet reigned through the long night. During the night the rebels were not in active, and at daylight on Monday morn ing they opened with terrible power -from seven or eight different points. In feet, our works-and force were completely sur rounded by their encircling fire. All our batteries replied except our large field pie , - ces, the ammunition of which Was com pletely exhausted. Our fire. was ,exceed ingly effective, aad many of the rebels were killed, while a few of our men were also placed hors - du combat.' - During this engagement Colonel D_ H. Miles received a fatal wound in the calf of the left leg, from the explosion of a shell, which tore the fleshy part of the leg en— tirely off, and caused a profuse and ex hausting loss of blood. His leg was am putated at the knee by;the surgeon 'of the Eighth New York Cavalry, and the Col— onel placed in as comfortable position as , possible. A short time only intervened befbre the white flag was raised, and the surren der of the strong position, with its brave defenders and immense stores of arrimu nition, tendered the enemy. - The surren der was made at 10 A.M., and to Gener al Hill, commanding one of the 'diVisions of General Jackson's army.. For an hour' after the white flag was . raised, the'rebel batteries on Loudon Heights, Maryland Heights, and . a small battery on the banks of the Potomac river, continued playing on our position;"the rebel officers offerine as an excuse for this gross violation of the rules of war, that they did not observe that we asked a suspension of hostilities.. Fortunately,- but little damage was done by the rebel practice., General Hill received the surrender of the place, and shortly afterwards the fa-. mous Stonewall Jackson appeared on the parade ground, and fixed his headquar ters there. His first - question, after Glan cing over the eight .thousand •infantry drawn up unarmed in line before hint, was, "Where is - all the ' cavalrj , 'You ha4:l"
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