The Lebanon advertiser. (Lebanon, Pa.) 1849-1901, December 24, 1862, Image 2

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    how anlaWfnily ho was imprisoned.
The letter of Judge Gould, and
the voice of the New York Press, to
gether with the coming first of .Tanu
ary; the ray of Freedom for New
York white men, is the cause of his
liberation.—:Express.
thaatn 51tVtrti5tr.
44 . 185 DEMOCRATIC PRIXCIPLEB CEASE TO LE&D, WS GEABL
TO FOLLOW."
ATM. M. BRESLIN, Editor and Proprietor
LEBANON, PA.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24:1862
1 167", Gen. Foster's Expedition in
North Carolina, has gained an impor.
taut Union victory, at Kingston.-
- Eleven cannap 'and four or five . bun
prisoners 'Were capturedybesides
:a.. large amount of quartermaster's
and commissary stores. The rebels
were 6000 strong, and. were driven
from position to position, and at last
tianarred to shelter themselves behind
a river: Our loss will not exceed 200
killed and wounded.
e Our. army.in North Carolina will
next advance on'Goldsborough.
T fie Courier continues to ques
,
tionthe loyalty of McClellan, as it
does that of every other truly loyal
and patriotic man-who refuses to Ivor
ship the nigger,
O John Hickman wants the 'ad
ministration to raise a hundred regi-
Merits of negro soldiers. The officers
E,tt''.o to haVe double the pay of those
commanding white regiments. We
are of the opinion that the rebels
could not wish a handsomer present
than for us to, send 50,000 to a 100,-
000 free negroes down South,—they
would help.-to iiay their• expenses of
the war. They would catch, them,.
and' every Sainbo iV'ould be a slave
dark - ey, for life. it would be a wind
fall morth at least $100,000,000 to J.
Davis & Co's government. In addi
tion, it would be 'a good way for us
to get rid of the worthless negroes of
the North without compromising
conscience.
Major Gen. Robert C. Schenck
has succeeded Gen. Wool in the com
maw]. of the Department of Mary.
land:
167' It is reported that the Banks'
expedition has gone to New Orleans,
and his fleet will rendezvous at Ship.
Island prior to the capture of Mobile.
His orders supersede General. Butler,
who will return at once to Washing
ton Unless they are countermanded.
P
Almost every foolish scheme,
from the President's emancipation
"policy" down to Hickman's nigger,
arrey,.finds an earnest defender, in
the• Courier. We are not surprised
in this, because the editor of the C'ou.
rkr has a personal interest, in the
shape of an 8800 office, in sustaining
them, even if the country does go to
the bow-wows. •
sex. Blank Notes amounting tb 82,-
500,000 were stolen from the . Treas
ury of the United States, last week.
They are of the denomination of $5,.
000 each; and it isnot likely that any
of them will be passed up us—as we are
sharp on big figures, yet We suggest
the proPriety- of seeing 'whether it'
would not be proper_ to hold Old, Abe
responsible for the robbery„ as we,
have so recent a precedent-in the
case of Mr. Buchanan, who the op..
position persist in holding responsi
bre 'for the.fosS of the Indian trust'
bends, as weir as for the alleged pec
ulation of Floyd:.
Stir The . Patriot.reQui Union .says
that;
...General , 'l3raito , is wanted at
Washington, to take command of the
adrnmlitratina: .A.'peetty . goed shot
that. . , • .
geg- Ureeley s three times three
hundred thousand men are not swarm
ing over the Lebanon Valley Rail.
road to the seat of war. They must
have taken , some other route. Does
Father Abrah 'iee ' tbe coming?
.., rn
' . -Iligg:The'Congressional vote in Wis
consin shows that the Democrats car
ried the State by 6,349 Majority, and
elected three of the six Congressmen
kirßrigadier General C. F. Jack
son, killed in the battle of Fredericks
lArg, on Saturday, the 13th inst., was
a native of Alsace, Berks county, and
grandson of the late Conrad Feger,
itheri'ff of that county during the
years 1806 7-8. He was for'a num
ber of years a conductor on the Read
ing Railroad, and "afterwards, until
the breaking out of the Rebellion, in
the sante capacity on the Pennsylva
nia Railroad. He entered the service
as Colonel of the Ninth Pennsylvania
Reserves, and when Gen. Ord was or
dered tO the West, Col. Jackson was
prOttioted to a Brigadier Generalship.
He fought in the battles of Drainsville,
Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mills, the bat
tles before Richmond on the Penin
sula, the battles unties. Gen. Popo in
August, South Mountain, Anteitam,
and at Fredericksburg, where he was
remains were taken to
Pittsburg for burial.
(a - The opposition have been very
unfortunate in their administration
of the affairs of the nation. The
reign of the elder Adams was a sub
ject of abliorance for half a century.
John Quincy Adams' administration
was bearable, simply because no op
portunity presented itself to work
great mischief. Gen.. iliarrison died
within a month of his inauguration,
and the party that elected him was
thus foiled ofits destruCtive schemes.
Taylor also died, and the conserva
,
ti sm of his successor then saved
the country. The band of God was
no doubt in those events; but - now,
when the people have again, joined
their idols and placed in: povier the
destructives, we seem to, be forsaken
by the King of Rings, and , all is go
ing to—old Nick. In the history of
our coantry, the People have on five
occasions forsook the true faith ; four
tiraes,they:were forgiven and, saved:;
but now it seems as though we- were
to be left to paddle the canoe for our
selves. We have'nt much faith in
the paddling and paddlers just now.
se. Arrangements have been made
to '.remove all the Pennsylvanians
wounded in the late battle at Freder
icksburg;as well as those in the Hos
pitals at Washington to this State:—
The greater portion will 'firobably . be
taken to Harrisburg. , • •
Frightened.
The notorious Thad Stevens jntro
duced, last week, the following pre !
amble and bill into the U. S. Rouse
of Representative, which, by means
of, the overwhelming and corrupt
majority there, 'was forced through
under the pressure of the ,previous
questions, without a chance for do•
bate or investigation:— ,
"Whereas, on the 4th of March, 1861, ;some of
the United States were in an iucurrectionary and
rebellious condition, and the publie 'Safety re
quired the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
to be suspended,and some arrestsand impris
onments were made in consequence thereof ;, and
Whereas; there is not entire unanimity in the
branches of this government as to the declaring
of such 'suspension of the writ of habeas corpus ;
therefore,
Be it enacted, That all such suspensions, or
rests and imprisonments, by whomsoever eaused
to be made, shall be confirmed and_ made valid,
and the President, Secretaries and heads of. de.
partments, and all concerned or advising suet'
acts, are hereby indemnified and diseharged—in
respect thereto; and all indictments, informa
tions, suits, prosecutions and proceedings, wher,
ever commenced, against the'President or any
other person, are herety discharged and made
. What a confession says the Luzern°
Union; this bill contains!. :No less
than this; • that , .the administration
for a period of nearly two years= has
been. playing the - part of usurper;
that it has trampled upon the near-.
est, dearest and most sacred rights of
American citizens, that the most sol
emn covenants of the Constitution
have been set at naught; and now,
appalled at the voice of the people
speaking through the ,electionsy it
seeks indemnity for ii elf and coedjutois in crime, by an ex post facto
law of Congress. .- Here is , . an abso
lute confession Abet -these- arrests
were unauthorized, 'illegal and aline;
cossary; an absolute !Confession. that
- the President •had no flight. to deny
the habeas corpus 'to a citizen 41. con
fession of unqualified.official perjurYl
Of course this act , will bepassed.--
It is part of the programme! to .shield
from the :consequences. of their acts:
But it may. be
,found. that acts Of
gross, after all, will be 'a • poor :shield.
Ctesar . had , Brutus—Marat had
his Charlotte Corday: and so the,
thousands of peaceable American citi
zens who have been .dragged from
home and business and left: to lan
guish for: months in fortresses and
prisons, finding the avenues of a con,
stitutional government closed against
redress, may be:driven to substitute
the dagger'for 'the judicial tribunal .
LeVtyrants beware ! . .
Let'.the Administratibn and ~its
friends cover up these fan:Mous trans
actions as best they can.. The.' peo
ple will pursue and. overtake them
with vengeance at:some time, wheth
er in the ExeCutive; chair, in the cab
inet, or cringing and'cowardly abet ,
tors in :Congress,- on' the Bench .and
in other• walks of life. - All are-:alike
unworthy.of public confidence, - Un
worthy of .public: trust, and -their
places should be filled With those 'who
have the courage-and :patriotism , to
defend the law and the constitution,
and to protect the rights of the
zens.
“Some one has Phonifered.”
The greatest, saddest, and most
heart•sickened blunderer the,Wl,l`r, has
just been committed, and thousands
mourn the dread catastrophe.• Urged
by peremptory orders from the War
Office, and against his own better
judgment, Gen: 'Burnside has been
forced to cross the Rappahannock
with the gallant Army of the Poto
mac, and give battle to the enemy in
his entrenchments near Fredericks
burg, only to discover that his posi •
tion is impregnable, and to retreat
with aloes of nearly 15,000 men !
The heart sickens at the - terrible re.
eitai of carnage and deata which
comes to us from the scene of battle.
A rasher venture, a more reckless ad
vance, or a more wanton sacrifice of
precious human life, was never known
intim history of modern warfare.—
In the face of such a reverse, the re
sult, not of faltering or want of cour
age on the part of our brave soldiers,
but of sheer incompetency in those
who have assumed the direction of
the war, one is almost driven to de
spair of the Union cause, and to ac
cept the mortifying conclusion 'that
twenty millions of Northern freemen
are unable to contend, against less
than - halitheir number of. §oittbern
traitors.,
A Cabinet Resignation. -
There is a break hi the Cabinet—
the political waters at Washington
are moving. It appears that on the
ltth (Wednesday) the Abolition Sen
ators held a. caucus, the...final result
of which was the adoption of a rose
lotion recoil - unending to Lincoln a
partial reconstruction of the Cabinet.
The President. was informed, of-the.
action of the caucus by a committee
who waited upon him for that pur
pose. The Secretary of State, Hon.
Win. IL Seward, on being notified of
the' fact, immediately tendered his
resignation, as did also M.r. Freder
ick- W. Seward, Assistant Secretary
of State. It is 'rumored that resig
nations of oilier members of the Cabi
net would follow,but up to this wri.
ir A
tin none have oen nnounced. On
Saturday e evening the rumor was ex
tensively cireillitted in this City that
lion. Simon Cameron had been ten
dered the position vacated , by 'Mr.
Seward, but we do not credit it. An.
other rumor, that lion. Charles Su M
net' had been chosen, was also afloat.
Should this prove correct, the change
would prove - injurious to the country.
A. crittrtg,e lof Cabinet at this time will
be productive of'no good without a
change of policy; and; with Cameron
and Sumner, or either of.' them, in
the' new arrangement, no- change
vonld be expected, as both arc :mew
ed Abolitionists; and
for
the
President in clamoring for emaricipa.
lion as a feature of the War policy:
- The opportunity offered Mr. Lin
coln is 'a favorable one, if he had the
sense .and patriotisfn to improve 'U.,—
Ile might immortalize himself and
save the country ADY ( remodelling his
Cabinet in accordance with;' pablic
sentiment, as expressed in the late
eleetiOns. But he will' not do it:—
.
He is a weak, vain fanatic,- lacking
both firmneis and, honestyed'that
the country has much to fear and
little to hope from the Changes he
may make.—Patrid'and' Union.
Senator Fessenden, of Maine, and
Speaker Grow: of thellouse are' also
spoken of in connection with seats
.
in the new Cabinet. Secretaries
Chaise and Bates are •also said to
have. resigned, and Blair,, who is very
objectionable to, the ex Temists,
fuses to resign, but will- be removed
if a reconstruction takes place.
The latest accounts, howeVer. are
that the President-refuses to receive
any of the,resignations, and , that the
Cabinet Wilt protably' remain as 'it
now is for the present.'
A Capital' SPecc
After the mannerof one Abraham
Lincoln / throughthe folly '`of the pee ple now President of the ,United
States, but formerly - of Illinois, rail
soli tter and .village jester—to which
wholesome occupations' may he soon
return. CoPyright secured. Repor
ted for the Patterson (New Jersey)
Register—from which paper it, is cop
. ied by permission.
FELLIIW-CITIZENS K . assure yeti I
did not expect to be present - here this
evening,f, but ' since . my presence *is
present I will avail mySelf of the
present opportunity to say a few*
words to my, fellow ditiiens present.'
1 I suppose . you know, 'that the last;
few eventful days have been full of
events. And I' suppose;
,you know
further that there has been a great
deal of discussion. :relative to • those
events. Now, fellow citizens, I wish
you to understand that I do. not in`
tentto say anythink underStanclahle,
neither do I wish to criminate any
on4mach'leSe 'myself, but 1 hope I ,
niay" Perniitted ' to 'assert 'that' if
matters had' terminated differently
they would have had 'a different ter
mination. I think I 'do not say anyr
harm.when I say that, and that when
I say what I say, it may be-ander
stood that I say it. linving.broUght
this Matter clearly before your minds,
gentlemen,l would go on to remark
that no doubt you haVe heard retriarks
about one of our` military Generals.
Now I ant not going to make. the
slightest statements regarding this
individual gentleretin,,,bat perhaps it
would not be a violationi of state se•
crets to remark that the press and
the country Seems to be down- "on
hint. I say - down oh Itiat,liecause I
judge they are'eo from, certain , epi=
thets'Whieh they use reapeitting
stick as "imbecile ," "eoreardp
If I were to say that General Pope is
that individual Yotrwould hare an
idea that-I was telling the truth, hut
I hope Yon will not have that s
Now, there is a great deal that might
be said with regard fo Gen, Pope, as
I, suppose 3-ou are aware, but you
should remember that any one of
you,,, acting as be
. did, Would in all
probability s have met precisely simi
lar results. In"fact, so powerfully
does this last argument seem tome.
1 am almost willing to assume ,
the
responsibility, and would do so, were
it, not that, to become responsible, for
another person's responsibility' is a
good deal like becoming reSpensible.
But again : there has been a great deal
said about a certain address made by
Gen Pope and he has'been blamed for it.
Now, I think that be s ought not to be Wain •
ed for making it, for if he had not made
it, it would not have been made; which.
as I suppose you all know. is 'an entirely
different thing. Furthermore; this is not
alt. I think I can say, gentlemen, that
Gen. Pope has followed out completely
every important idea in that address, that
is, according - to his idea. For instance
he says his "headquarters are in the sad
dle"—riow, if they have riot been in the
saddle where haVerthey been? Again: he.
says "let us leave our lines of retreat 'to
take care of thernselves"—l put it to vou
gentlemen, if Gen'. 'Pope has not dime so,
and With'what result? Why, as he did
not take care of his lines of retreat, the
rebels took care of them, and be took
care of the rebels, that is, to get out of
their way, as ' fast aaTossible, which was
certainly kind of him, and both together
they manifested an interest in each other,
-the one taking care of the lines, and the
other getting out of the way, which ought
to and I- believe„w ill gentlemen raise both
of them in your opinion, and in my opin
idh and in everybody's opinion.
tut furthermore, the address goes on
to say, let us look before us and not be
hind : success and glory are in advance ;
disaster and shame lurk in the rear.
Which looks very much like verse and
reads full as well, which is another point
in Gen. Popes's favor. But with regard
to the sentiment conveyed by'these lines,
has he not been true to them? Did he not
lonic before and keep, looking that ,way
until he found the rebels looking behind
for him rt And were not "success and
glory:' in the advance, and did not "dis
aster and shame," in the shape of Stone
wall Jackson, "lurk in the rear'!" Cer
tainly they did, and they have been lurk
ing there ever since, and if any gentleman
put his nose outside of Arlington Heights,
he will find it so. No ! gentlemen, per
mit me to say you are wrong 'hen you
find fault with the Generafsaddress, there
is as much, truth as Poetry in it, and more
to, and with regard to, himself, he only
needed success to have been successful.
In fact gentlemen, as-I reflect upon it, I
feel that having taken the responsibility
be lore, I shall do' so in this case, especial
ly when ',remember my fellow Republi•
cans do not hold me responsible for, any
thing, and that, as for the Democrats, they
do, not
. dare to. Hopitjg that I have not
sa id. anything to nOtitlY, and availing my
self of the privilege of k an American citi—
zen to say nothing when he wants to, I
noW:proceed to put that , priviledge into
effect— „ ' •
A Pbr the Advertiser. ,
-Frinn the , ' I '3d Re4lumen t.
,i:: CAM' VIELE, NiAltjlstottFOLK; VA, } %
,;,+
;i;•MR. EDlTOR,:—before ; I . ; left Leba
non; quite a num* of my friends
requested me to milte to, and inform
them of dui movements Being so.
~
,busily engaged J find, that, to be next
to an impossibility, , mad consequently
take. the only alternative left; that of
addressing both them and' your read
ers, though' your columns, provided
this, letter contains such information
as may, prevo worthy of insertion.—
I should have written sooner, but llhave
been on duty eAer since ,our arrival
here. , : .
We left, Harrisburg. on Sunday eve
ning, just us theen was sinking be
low the horizon,(and had a ride by
light of the.` !deep, to .. _Baltimore,
where we marched through the city,
halted and:stacked arms on the pave
ments. We had an idea that-we were
to stay here till daylight, but the wel
come order of "falli in t " soon greeted
our ears, and wormarehed down to
the headquarters !of the Union Relief
Association, and partook of a hearty
breakfast, all doing ample justice to
the good thing prepared for us. The
Regiment, then formed, and marched
to the Baltimore and Washington De.
pot, where we got, in the ears and
soon found ourselves at the, national
Capital. Herdlike' remained until the
following mornin2.- On our arrival
here 1 learned that the 127th Regi.
merit was lying near by. I soon
found that, the rumor was correct,
having had the satisfaction to see and
shake by the hand quite a number of
my young friends,* whom I left, in
ebation over year ag t o, when I join.
ethe 107th 11e g itn04,P..1, 7 ..... .._
____
1) )1
. - On - the Bd, we received marching
orders, but our destinatgon •was un
known., Marching to the Sixth street
wbarf,,,vv: e got, aboard , the steamer
"Pioneer," and in- ttshort , time 'sailed
down the beautiful stream , of the Po-
Comae. The appearance of, the Regi
n3ent was quite imposing, and as we
neared Fort Washington ' we heard
the sweet tnoBie of a band echoing in
,the distance. Coming close up to
the Fort, the sound became more au
dable and many a heart leaped for
joy, as we, listened to that grand na
tional anthem, ,the "Star Spangled
Banner.", ;Oh i that it might, again
waive over the dome of every capitol
of, our once glorious Union, and, be re
spected as the emblem of our country.
We gave , vent to Our feelings as. we
passed the Fort; 63 giiing three hear
-1 ty, cheers, which were, enthusiastiea
ly responded to. The boat, gliding on,
presently brought us within sight of
Mount Vernon, where repose the re
mains of the "Father of our Country."
It iibeautifelly located on the rise of
a platcau,,and surrounded with fine
trees, which seem to mourn the irre 7
parable loss of that illitstrioue man,
who, were he living, would knout flow
co bringthis civil or, political strife to
a close. , Perhaps. he , would thange
his base of oparations to, a place-bear
i oti;h ie, imme, and purVy, the fountain,
before attempting to • do so .on the
stream, Ai, 1p o'clockla the evening;
we eeehered,on the ,briny deep, and
not Until 7 the next morning did the
steamer again move on. At noon we
were "at sea 'i not bein; able to see
land in any direction. It WRI4 3ome
what amusing, o see some of our men,
'who never had an opportunity of see
ing the "sights," as the vessel was
reek ing to and fro, holding on to it,
for dear life. In short, I thing not a
few were - frightened, as• they received
their initiation in ,fuli, owing to the
raging of a Peavy,st.orm. The next
morning we found ourselves at For
tress :Monroe, but.soon left here, and
sailed up the James river,: as the sun
was playing upon itifi . bie smiling rays.
Shortly we arrivedatt Norfolk, march
ed' throogh,the eit r, to, the, ,camp of
the 198th New Y lc Regiment, about
one mile from the ity,.and took their
place to •perform picket duty. We
itnmediallely detai ed forty-one men
to proceed three miles out the Prin.
cess Ann roadta plankroad laid by
:the rebels to transport artillery in a
hurry, if necesstlry. The men were
on duty for seven days, and being
tired and fatigued before the detail
was made, this was a severe task, but,
was heroically performed.
Norfolk appearit to be a flourishing
city, and is well fortified. The forti
fications extend der round the city,
which is not veryinviting to those
who may. have an i ea of retaking it.
Wishing all my ienda a "merry
Christmas," (includ ng a good whaling
from the "ollattie e, I) and a happy
k i
New, Year,l remaii
Very ResPeetfully, &e.,
EISNRY LOSER.
Address.—Co. it Regiment, P
V., in ettre of,Cspt. .R. Light; Nor
fotk; Va. r Cot Nagk.
,
Withdrawal or the Army
from Fredericksburg.
INACQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
PALMOUTSE, Tueplay. Dec 16-1:45 P. H.
During last night the Army of the
Potomac evacuated their positions
on the opposite side of the river.—
The movement was aTerdous one,
6ut it was conducted in safety.
The artillerywas the first to cross
the river. -
The last of the infantry brought
up the rear shortly after daylight.
Tho enemy never discovered. the
movement until it was too late to do
us any harm.
As soon as the last man had got
safely across the river the poritoon
bridges were removed, thus cutting
off all communication between the
two shores.
Our wounded are all safe and on
this side of the river.
There was a beau wind all last
night, accompaiiiedivith considerable
rain, which assisted us' in our-move
ment, as it preveLted the rebels from
learning onr,ltitentions.
HEADQUARTERS MUSE OP TITS POTOMAC,
FAT..mouria,Wedritaday, Dee. 17,4662. 1-7
YE§tprday morning, when daylight
appeared, the enemy seemed to he,
as they no doubt were; perfectly as
tonished that our army had succeed
ed in returning to this side of the
Rappahannock River.. ' •
We returned without losing a - sin
gle man or a gun in the retrograde
movement.
A few soldiers who had straggled off
_made their appearance on the river bank,
alter the pontoon bridges had been re
moved, but they were subsequently
brought over in small boats.
A few privates who were guarding a
house inhabited by a private family, were
not, during the night, aware of our re
crossing the river, but in the morning
becoming aware of this fact they safely
swam over.
The pickets of the contending arthies
being separated by only a few yards, ren
dered it neccessary that everything on
our front should be conducted with the
'utmost cant ion.
The pickets on our outposts were un
aware of the movements we were .tnak
ing unti just before daylight, when an
officerment to each individual man, and
in a low tone of voice, ordered him to
fall back
,
After they got 'sufficiently far away to
be out oldanger they were ordered to
quicken their pace. and reach the bridges
as quickly as possible.
About 9 o'clock yesterday morning,
the enemy advanced their skirmishers
along their entire line, and by noon had
established their pickets near the bank of
the river.
We had a large number of dead on
what was regarded as "neutral ground;"
and as soon as it was known' our forces
had evacuated the city, the soldiers of
the enemy commenced' robbing the life
less bodies. This was plain* seen
through a field-glass as welfas indistinatly
with the naked eye.
About 10 or 11 o'clock ladies very
neatly dressed were seen walking the
streets -of -Fredericksburg.' They had
doubtless been concealed in their houses
during the thne•the city was occupied by
our troops, and - doubtless availed Mein
,aelves of -the - first opporOinity__ to make
their reappearance after our retreat.
On Monday, the pickets of the contend
km armies fronting - the left wing, mutually
P
aareed`upon an "armistice" among them=
selves, and- freelylriterining , ed with each
other, exchanging. their dead , friends and
comrades Whaley on "neutral ground."
During this time, an officer of our army
rode by and put a stop to these proceed
ings. The result was that bop parties
immediately- commenced firing, when
nine of our men were killed. After our
General had lea the friendly -demonstra
tions of our pickets 'were, renewed, and
butternuts and blue uniforms freely min
gled. , .
About this time Gen. Franklin dis
patched a flag of truce, which the enemy
immediately recognized,and the exchange
of dead bodies, was resumed, and continu
ed until complete
Yesterday C Lee sent a flag of
truce to Gen. Burnside, asking him to de
tail men to bury his dead in front of Gen.
Sumner's Grand Divtsion.
This was, done, the wounded, with ; the
exception of those wham the enemy ob
tained, haver aft been brought to this side
of theßappahannock r and as rapidly as
possible.are being,sent to Washington.
Our entire, army .is, now
,encampgd an
the same ground, which they ,previously
occupied.
'.the soldier are as comfortable fOr thg
present as-they can , be in shelter tents. ,
Our army has been , considerably reen
forced since the. battle, .and no danger
whatever attaches to our present position.
it is the opinion' of military men that
even if we had succeeded m taking the
4rst riage . otthe Rebel works tt;e oppor
ttinity for slaughter by the Rebels Would
have been greater than previously
Our soldiers, it may be repeated, be
hayed with the greatest gallantry, cour
age, bravery, and, determination, but no
troops in the , world could withstand such
a concentrated fire of heavy ordnince
and musketry, under cover of fortifica
tions, as was sent forth by the Rebels.
Our losses at Fredericksburg.
OPI4ISITE FREDERICKSBUIZG, Dee. 14
The estimates of our losses in the
late' battles vary widely. The' foI
. lowing, based, upon official 'reperts,
as far as made out; and upon the "es
tiinates of those who have the best
fa'eilities for fudging, is as near cor
rect'as, can be obtained up ; to: this
time :
INGOT GRAND DIVISION (SUMNER'S)
Rectal> CORPS (coven's),
Howard's Division 980
Hancock's Division 3,309
Yrencles Division 1,900
?ism calms (Wilcox).
Sturgis's Division 92.5
Getty's Division.
- 1,325
Total 7,504
CENTRE GRAND DIVISION (HOOKER).
firrA CO
RPS (BoTTgozipix).
.11umphrey's Division 1,500
Griffin's Division 1,300
Sykes's (Sunday) 150.
- 2,940
LEFT GRAND DIVISION (FRANKLIN'S).
FIRST CORPS (narriouse).
Gibbon's Division 900
Moude's Incision 1,800
Dulibledny's Div ision
190
- 2,850
Sixth Corps (Stnith'e) 200 ..
Total Right Grand Division 7,505
Total Centre Grand Tliviiion - 2,950
Total Left Grand Diviaion. 3,0,5
BM
is believed that these fig ures
will fall under rather than exceed
the official reports.
The severity of th_ battle may be
interred from the fact that while But
terfield was engaged but half an
hour he lost nearly three thousand
men.
"COIN' PERMISKUS."—During the
time w h Kirby Smith was supposed
to be beleaguering this city, the col
ored population were in a condition
of agitation : not second in demonstra
tiveness to that prevailing 'among
White folks. An incident took. place
at one of their "war meetings" which
should be recorded. -The able bod
ied colored men were debating the
propriety of tendering their services
to the Government as volunteers for
the war. The prevailing impression
had been that they ought to do italid
their patriotic emotions were at high
African temperature. But before the
vote was taken, a tall and very black
fellow produced a sudden revulsion of
feeling by, delivering himself as fol.
lowa in favor Of goin', and will
go'in a
,minit it we : go permiskus
with .white men. IN tall you why
I'm for goin'
,permiskus. if w e g o
permiskus, have fair play, liut
let. 'em get a re.Xmet all , of niggers,
:and dey pOt 'ern in de fore front of de
battle, and bote sides kill every one
of I say so, sal);(rolli tip! his eyes
around the . audience,) and I go
in' dat way sah. I ain't goin' a step
!less I go . permiskus. No, sah." Arid
the Able arid elciquelit, Ethiopian sub
sided and a Solemn sensational
,pause
followed. The eyes of the asEein bled
darkeys snapped white and wild at
the idea that to go in any. other way
than "permiskus"was certain. death:
And, as they thought the. chances of
"goife permiskus" were not brilliant,
the meeting adjourned without tak•
ing action.—Cincinnati Commercial.
Stir The latiest people on the earth
a sprightly and intelligent lady, re
cently remarked at a social party,
are "Horace Greeley and his 900,000
men.
KrGovernor .Seymour,-after his in
auguration .on . the Ist of the ensuing
month, will issue a requisition demanaing
the surrender of Mr. Stanton to answer
the charges against him.—As the Pres
ident has sworn to obey the Constitution
which requiresthe surrender _of alleged
criminals, and as Mr. Lincoln is Governor
of the District of Columbia, he will, of
course, feel bound by his oath to deliver up
Mr. Stanton to the officers of justice, to
be dealt with according to law. There
is a good time coming. So says the H.
Y. Herald.
REAMING RAIL [MAW
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
880119M211687111 mem — o
• "'AIL.>
111 EAT TRUNK .1N E FROM TIIB NORTH AND
kir North-West for PHI I,AuEI,PIII A, NEW-VOl:ii,
READING, POTTSVILLE. LEBANON, ALLENTOWN,
EASTON, .Sc.. Ac
Trains trove Harrisburg for Philadelphia. New-York.
Reading. Pottsville, and all intermediate Stations, at 8
A. NI., mid 2 00 1 , . ti
New York Express leave Harrisburg nt 3.15 A. 31.,
arriving at New-York at 10.30 the same morning.
Pares from ,:arrishurg : To New-York SA 15. to Phil
adelphia $3 35 and $2 SO. Flagg:m checked through.
leaVft New York at 5 A. 31- 12 None. and
7P. M.. (PIIfSBU 11 EXPRESS). Wive , flatlet
ia at* 15 A. M.. aud P
Sleeping cars in the New-York Express Trains.
through to and from Pittsburgh without change.
Passengers by the CATAWISSA Rail Road leave
Port Clinton at 5.15 A. It, for Philadelphia and all
Intermediate Stations; and at. 3 .35 P. AI. for Ph iladel-
New-Yark, and all Way Points.
• Trains leave,Pottssille.at 9:15 A. M., and 2.30 P
for Philadelphia mid. NeW4Yerk ; a id at 5.33
Aubm o and Port Clinton only, connecting for Pine
grove and with the Catawi as nail Road and-return
ing from Resting at 8.15 A. M., for Pottsville
An Accommodation Passenger train Mares Leading
at 0.30 A. )1 , anti returns from Philadelphia ar . .4 302.
31.
SW. All the above trains run daily, Sundays excepted.
A Sunday train leaves Pottsville at 7.30 A. 31., and
Philadelphia at 3:15 P, M.
COMMUTATION, MILEAGE. SEASON ,and EXCUR
SION TICKETS at reduced rates to and trorn all points.
..NIEOLLS.
,N0r.28, 1869. General Superintendent.
RABERS' BLOCK.
READ! READ! READ! BEAD! READ!
4 , 00 pp N&1 , 175 AND CLAD 'TIDINGS FOR ALL:!'
NEW F.1 . R51 . ! NEW GOODS-t
Messrs. Goodyear and Dif
fennach
... n „
take great pleasure in an nouncing to the People of
LEBANow
'`l'L
and its 'vicinity, that they have purchased the entire
stock oPNLERCIJANDISE 4,r ILKIJIIKN lIKNV.4 LT, and
here lee:;;ht ie, edditir.n tLerete; 5- TaIf3II:NUOUS
sTocx.: ,;1
nits (KIDS; OCER FES& QII EENSW A RE.
which will-he F 4 at ;ultimo 61i prices fur cash
or otitniiry torodoce.
Come , roe . and 11 , efir the pr icor argon& whtelf aet
receiving weekly from New York acretions.
50 PIECES Nee Styles of DELAINES. for 25. Cents;
worth 31,Cents; PIECES BROGUE. t'ALCU Ga.
31 to -I:l.Cents; Worth. 34 , 4 Cents • Laze, b Anctihn.
COLLAB.S and SLEEVES; MOO . LADIES. MISSES,
and CHILD'S HOOP SKIRTS; Large let of Woolen
HOODS and NU BIAS, very cheap; Bleached amain.
bleaehed MUSLIN& at graitly reduced prices; Au
endless variety of other Hoods,
, too numerous in men
tion. Shawls Flannels, 'Pickings , -Hosiery. Ladies'
Black Cloths,Cassinter", Yeatings, Linen Hdkfs.., Lin
en 'Table Cloths. Linen Napkins, he., &c., Ste., Just
closing ont at such low prices 11.3 have never before been
heard of. • . •
tok, If you want Cheap MOLASSES.. SUGARS trul
COFFSB, go to GOODYEAR 4e. DIYVENRAOIVS.
1(02). You aro ell most affectionate', invited to COMO
nod Iry the NEW FIRM, nod we will prove that our
lixot tole to tho MAW 4ALDI AND dSZALT
PROFITS..
Lebanon December 17,1662.
BOOKS & STATION EBY
A NEW rh•azi.•
WALTZ Sc HOUCK
up-OULD inform the Public, that having bought and
VT consolidated the Book and Stationery btores of
11. 11. Itoedel end George Waltz, they are now prepared
to wait on all who will favor them with a rail, at the
old stand (H. 11. Roeder's) In Cumberland street, where
they will always have on lend a large and well se
lected supply of School, Blank and Sunday School
Bunke, and n 4 Ati inducement theY biter their Njseello,
n64lue lwoks at zreittl7 prices.
The sew York and P iledelphia WHY and Weekly
-Papers, and 'magazines, can be imd and pubseribtsi Ibrs
OD reasonable terms, by calling et their Store.
Anything wanting hi their line will he dim:fully at
tended to with prompt news gq4"dietnitela,
Lebanon, Nciv. 14,1804.
ABRAVAN DLVID S. LON ? ,
'A New Firmi.
Cheap Cash Store, and Xllling and
Grain Business.
ED
t7MII undersigned having formed a partnershi p in the
aIERCANTILE, MILLING AND GRAIN RUST.
NESS, would respectfully invite thu attention of the
public to their establielitheutA. They will confine to
keep. at the lute stand of SIIERK, GIiESAMAN &
LONG, a most complete stock or all kinds of GOODS
usually kept In a country More, which thity will re
bell Cheap for CitBll,or COUNTRY PRODUCE. They
else moot to buy for cosh • .
50,000 liu-hcls of WHEAT,
30,000 Bushels of
20,000 Eushols CORN.
• 2.5.000 Ilushelii of OATS
For which they will pay ale l'ilt„heal Market Prices.—
They will also takii G It AIN eu Tbii will keep
always op hood owl sell at the lowept. priceP, COA L. by
tile Unlit Load or by the TOO: all kiuds of MILL FEED,
SALT, PLASTER, +h.
Rrir They solicit the business of all their old friends
and the public, and will endeavor to deal on such lib.
tal and just principles as :wilt give satisfaCtion to all.
N orthLebanon, March 19, 1862 S IIERK 'LONG..
VICTORIA I. WNS, Plaid nod striped Nansooke,
V Inal 'laid Cambrios, Plaid and .lu , ted 37 ails,
Brill & c, the largest. ',
ian lllea, Bobiueta,smart
a
ment,. a
e of JI.ENRY J : '.i.TINE, '
3, 0
THE SOLDIER'S TRW. FIVENDI
ALWAYS
lollownylp , Ointmtint
Long marches, earn atiffjoints, blistered 1111•1 hot
flamed feet, all these the Soldier must endure.: - MOTH
.ERS. REM E BER THIS, wimp your eons are grasping
their muskets to meet danger; think wirat relief -a.
single pot o this ALL HEALING AND COOLING
Salvo wi 1 give to the .nn yet love when far away
from home - and friends. It hardens an makes tough ,
the feet so that' they can endure greet fatigue.
so then a d re levee the infits.4 e t and stiffened joints,
leaving them supple ,strong and si,torous, while Bee -
SABRE CUTS AND GUNSHOT WOUNDS
It stands unequaled, removing and preventing every
v.stige of intlemmati n . and gently drawing the edg a
to ether, it quickly and otupletely heals the most
frightful wounds.
WIVES & SISTERS OF OUR VOLUNETERS
You can not put into the K Barracks of your Hu ba,de
and Brothers a more valuable or more necesiary, gi.t
than, a supply of this
EXTRAORDINARY MILITARY SALVE..
The lonely sentry walking his mends at night.
expised to drenching rains anti chill night six. is often
seized with in se VIOLENT PAINS. COUGH and SUP
TO ATI NG HOARSENESS, first syrriptoins. of QUICK
CONSUMPTION, but if supplied with HOLLOWAY'S
PILLS and HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT. all danger is
use red. a few Pills taken eight and morning, and the
Ointment teri kiy,rubue,t twice a day ore - the tsruat
and chest will rem .ve the SEVEREST PAINS, and
p the m„,st distressing or DANGEROUS COUGH*.
T,.erefore e say to the whole Army.:
SOLDIERS, ATTENTION I I
See to your own health. dotted tritat,. 0, the Army
snot,' lee, although most valuable. These PILLS and.
°INTIM ENT base been thorough", 'ested. they are the.
only retnetres m. 0." in the Enropean Comm etaiyr
r,c.ts : for over forty years Doctor Holborn' , has striez
plie all the Armies in Eur pe. and during tier :SI
MEAN CAMPAIGN be established a depot at Dal.clava , for the exclusive leof these GREAT REA/MIES:
many a Rine bl, spec el Agent there has sold over a tars
oldie Ointment in a single eay. These ter
rible nal fatal enentiov of th -1 tILDIEIi. IN CAMP.
Ui thittlEs., DYSENTERY. SCURVY, SORES; end
SCROFULOUS Ei,UPTIONS. all disappear like a eharts.
before these PILLS and OINTM ENT, and now, while:
the Cry rings throughout the land,
TO ARMS ! TO ARMS !
Do not let these brave men perish by 'dbiei4is,
place in their hands these PRECIOUS ItEMuot FA.
that will enable them to resist the dangerous exposures,
th- Eaves, the Chills, and the wounds which thee iian,
not avoid. and what is more, cannot freintently get
succor in the moment o , need, veLarssisi it biavo
men have only to put theirhands into their Knatintbki
and find there a sure remedy for all the •=isnalties or
the battle-field, h w many thousands of lives; •would
thus be saved who.would otherwise perish beforaratiaf
could be obtained.
CAUTION.—None are genuine unless the
words "UOLLOWAT. NEW tons AND Lomax,. are dis
cern ible as a Watewatark in every leaf of the hook of
directions. around each pot or box ;'the entme may be
plainly seen by holding the leaf to the tight. A hand
some reward will be given
to any one rendering such
information'as may lead to the detection of.may party
or parties counterfeiting the medicines or vending Me
same, knowing them to to spurious.
et the manufactory orProfeasor Mosta
wkr)SU Maiden Lane, New York. and by all respoliist
-1,10-brturgbit and Dealers in Medicine throughout the
eiril tacit world, in pots. at `lac.. 62e., and $t each.
Aa - There is a eeneidernble solving by diking the
lirger sizes.
N. R.— DirertionA for the guidance of patients
in every disorder arc affixed te each box.
„NIL TEONAL HOTEL
(LATE wimp. mrAN..)
Race Street. abort: Third, Phila.. •
TTIIS estalidialiment offers great inducements not on
ly on account of redneed rates of hoarding, bet
runt its central location 'hi the aven use of trade, as well
as the POIIVCIIPIIC8:4 afforded by tins several Paseetager
Railways. running past and contiguous to it. by which
guests can pass to and from he Hotel to the different
Railroad Depots, should they be preferred to the ;regu
lar Omnibus beltmging to the house
ant determined to devote my wholeattention to the
comfort and convenience of my gneatt..
TERMS $1 25 PER DAY.
D. C. STEGRIST. Proprietor.
Formerly from Eagle Hotel Lebanon. Pa •
T. T. BUDADS, Clerk. [Philo,. March 12, 1862.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
vresidunt—kbna.u3 Immo, of
Vice President—llaunibal Hamlin. Milne.
Secretary of State—William IL S'eward, New Fork.
Secretary of the Treasury—Salni,u P. Chase. Ohio.
Secretary of War—Edwin M. Stanton, Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the Interior—Caleb IL Smith, Indiana.
Secretary of the Nary—Gideon Welles, Connecticut.
Attorney General--Edward Rates. Missouri.
Postmaster Getteral—Moistm•mery Blair, Maryland.
Chief Justice of Supreme Court—ltoser ; Taney,
Maryland.
Associate JIIAtiVa--inaleS M. 'Wayne. Georgia; John
Catron, Tennessee; Samuel Nelson, New York, Robert
C. Grier, Pennsylvania; NathanClifford,,Mussachullettle:
N. IL Swarne, bitio:—and two vacancies.
Speaker of the House of ,Representatires--Galasiti..
A Grow, Pennsylvania. •
Clerk—Emerson Etheridfre, Tennessee.
President (pro. tem.) of ,tho Senate—Solomon rest,
Vermont.
Secretary of the Senate—John W. Forney Pettsta.,
General-in Chief of the Army—George B. McClellan,.
Ohio. -
GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLV4iNTA..
Goveruor—Andrew G. Curtin. of Centre country, , ,
Secretary of the Commonwealth-14i Slifer, Union
county.
Deputy:Secretary—Sam:mg B 11101118 R, Delaware . qo
State Treastu er—lien ry B. Moore, Philadelphia.
Auditor General—Thomas B. Cochran,York county:-
Surveyor General—. enry Souther. 10k county.
Adjutant General—B.M. Bi. die, Philadelphia.
Quartermaster General—B. C. tiale. - Lycoming co.
Superintendent of Common Schoolo-Thonnut 11. Bura
rows, Lancaster county.
Judges of Supreme Court—Walter U. Lswrie„.Pitta
burg. Chief Justice George W. Woodward, Imzerao
county; James Thompson, Brie county; William Strong,
Becks county ; John M. Reed, Philadelphia.
PUBLIC OFFICE - AS OF LEBANON COMITY: . -
Representative in Cougress,-J . W. Killinger, Lebanon.
Senator—Amos IL itoughter. TAAntnoll-
Assembly-Ist= Duffer Lebanon..,
Pi E., , f.lr•tit itulge--Joito :J. Venison., Harrisburg.
A.,,,oviste Judges—William Haute, Swatara; Xlsouttis
llrtutte - r.• Londonderry.
District Attorney—John Nteidnian; Lebanon.
Depute District Attorney--OrtutrWeidruan, Lebanon,
Sheriff—Jo:ltalian Llender..hteksou.
Deputy'Slieritt - --Geor tt e W, (buck, Lebanon.
CorimerWilliam C. Fauber, Lebanon.
Prottionoittry: and Clerk , of Oyer anit Termhaez4--'"'•-
henry StegrisL Lebactim.
Denney Proilionotary— Jambh W. Shur, Lebanon:.
Itegtsterlfenry Dross. Union.
Recorder_ and Clbrk of tittreaurts—John D . Slil'tlty
North Lebanon Boroagik
Clerk of the Orpheus' Court-4114*w Ligitt, - North.
Lebanon.
Deputy Chu k—John Benson, North Lebanetin.
County Commissioners—Situou Boltz, 'Onion; tinter.
Beam. Cornwall; Jacob Boeber. South Lebanon.
Clerk of Commissioners—Cyrus Shirk, Lebanon... -
Cotinsel-,Levi. iiliae , Lebanon. .
hienuntile Appraiser—Peter Loser, Union.
County Treasurer—John Allwein,South
Deputy Treasurer—John W. Allwoin. S. Anuville.,
Directors of the Punt —James neuson. north -babe.
.;,,,!..nt B. Bowman, Londonderry; EliasWallholN
St Bethel.
the
40 . It c4 , 4 ,._Elyest.rd , reider t South
Treistiriti—Darld , Bowniitit,"Lehanoi. ".„
Physichm—Dr. Widiaut 11. Guilford. Lebanon'.
County Auditors—Andre* pox, South Lebanon: 1114
liar Burkholder. South aunaidiltr. Jacob Zu.g.:Miileneek,
Notaries Public—Adam , Rise, John Jneoti
Weidle, Lebanon.
County
County Superintendent of School s ---11epry Aback,
Lebanon.
I
, BANKS.
'Lebanon Bank--President.Joble W. Gloninker;Caitiw
ier, Edward A. Ub er: Teller, Conrad !Mirk aft*,
Cyrus Rex; Direetc.zi, John W. Gioninger; Dakia% KWh
der, C. D. o :o:zinger, Joseph Bowman, Jr.M..-Jeuteph.
Botatriiger. J. S. Joel Goodhart, Modes Greenawalt;
Jacob Stoever. Samuel Blelstims Juaab'Sliartaars Johß 4
Dell:nun, 14. $., Samuel Die,sker, &mob Winne:Air
lets:non Y alley Barilt--.Prosident. John George;. Cash
ier, Joseph Karoh: Clerk, T. G. Fisher; Direetors,Joina,
Civinge, T-T. Worth, David Karmaaxjohn Light. S.
David .81. Rank, William Shirk, Josiah Finn*, Joseph.
Bowman, Bernhard Ranch„ Geo. Bigler, Cyrus 31..Krati,
Christian Ltntz. Joseph & Bomberger.
helot:mu Deposit Bank—President. G. 'Dawson Cold.-
roan ; George Gleim• Ch-rk, Jamb Ih-hug;
Jlanagers, Simon Came r0n,.(1. itiuson Cole: hart, George.
Smelter, - Levi Kline, James 'Young, Augustus Bogs,,OeOrge akin!. . .
•
For
POE httx. Th ree-story BETE& UOUSE, witttdoir,
story Kitchen attached. on t:lnn , herl and street, Leto.
anon, next door to Dr. 0- DJ DlOningoes,
he rented; rront,the Ist of tiprit next. This
&lows is desintidy located ; hnstriarticoGurden.
iu with Fruit Trees; ,to attached,: largo thinks
Ste te, and other neceowrr For lbw
tiler parti Weirs it.A-VMI4:
One of the :MOM niattatora-of the Estate of , F:liss Ru
bor., deed. I,ehnnott, Lineember . 3„ 186 g.
WIE 11011 A ItiT TA LORING.
L ., S. UFA:USAF, in Funckis etetnei
AJ beiland stroot and poe e/tey„::::hatte . ' (echoed entl
for. sale, either itx, tha yard. OP Made monlor. a largo
loror
GLOTIIa
CASSIM and
V R STINGS,
well Selected - trovn Good HOUR"- 600 d Vita Mi 4l " I). '
stands] making guartroteced to. all. Also llandker
chiefs. Cravats. Glores:D.4iery, ttaspeaders. Fancy and
Plain Litem Shirts; Ditties Shirts and Drawers.
Lebanow April-9 1862.
JOR Bargains in G.nileinen'a and Boys' Wear please
call at the Cheap I . ore of HENRY & 19111 M.
(Nov 5, 52.e0w
5; S. RAMSAY