- -———Odß^niSnF(3l)^Sr 9 gPHwm™? ®®t^?psf 9 --- . ;.., w r hoie No. 2677. T H E G A Z ET T E. LEWISTOWN, I'A. Wednesday, September 17, 1862. jl per aiinnia in alvanec—sUo nt end of sis raonilis—at cud of year. Paper* *oo' out of tlio County rnnet be paid for in advance. We h:iv- a!* set a limit in Miftllti county, beyond wlilch we Intern! 110 mau in future shall owe us for subscript lon. Those receiving the paper with this paragraph Marked, will therefore know that they have come under our rule, and if payment Is not made within one month therearttr •.-shall discontinue all such. Flag of the eeheart's only homo, By l—iui.-i l—iui.-i to valor given! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome And all thy hues wore Born m heaven; Forever float that standard sheet! Where Breathes the foe hut fails before u* ttjfh fr-e,h>m's soil Beneath our feet. And freedom's Banner streaming o'or us. PEOPLE'S UNION STATE TICKET. For Auditor General, Hon, THOMAS E. COCHRAN. Surveyor General: WILLIAM S. ROSS, of Luzerne County. Congress, SAMUEL S. BLAIR, Of Blair County. Senator, XIltK HAINES, of Perry County. Assembly, HOLMES MACLAY, of Armagh. Commissioner, SAMUEL DRAKE, of Wayne. Prothonatory, NATHANIEL C. WILSON, McVeyfu. Surveyor. TIIO3. F. NEICB. District Attorney, . >IIN A. McKEE (by acclamation.) Auditor, HENRY L. CLOSE, Armagh. Ij The I)elegalos lo the i'eo plUs Union County Convention will re-assemble in the Town Hail, Lewistown, on Saturday, iOili September, at one o'clock p. in., tor the purpose of nomina ting a candidate for Register and Recorder. Our Danger. i he recent events on our border show .'-hit Pennsylvania must rely on her own resources for defence. 11*1 the rebels in tended a raid into this State, or exhibited half the audacity they did in Maryland, no man who has any knowlelgc of the country along the line, can doubt that both the Pennsylvania and North Central rail roils could have been seriously injured. Where these points are it is unnecessary to state, but the fact that rebel cavalry were within four hours gallop of the North Cen tral, and within a day's ride of an impor tant point on the Pennsylvania, with tin troops whatever at one and but a few scat tered guards at the other, ought to impress upon our rulers that the Potomac ought never to be suffered to be crossed by the rebels, snd if the niiltary genius's at Wash ington cannot prevent it, let Pennsylvania nd the loyal men of Maryland do it. Our swn State we verily believe can easily fur nish 20,000 patriotic men who will in turn take a three months tour of duty in that -"egion. fiW&,Although we are within a few days march where rebel hordes are endeavoring 'o overthrow our liberties and despoil our property, the office-hunting hacks of party continue their foul trade. To-day, when it would be far -better for all capable of rearing arms to be acquiring skill to defend '-heir homes than to listen to political har anc'ues, a democratic mass meeting is to assemble in Lewistown ! We shall see tfhat kind of a "mass" it will be, g,nd wc see too who at this time attends such gatherings. are compelled this week to issue a half sheet, having now but one hand left the office, or fail in furnishing a paper duy. O ur readers however as Sfitch news as usual Support the Government. lhe jireatnt is no tin.3 to discuss the ; claim* of counties or of men to nominations ; for office, and we would therefore simply I impress upon the minds of voters that by far the safest course for all patriotic men to pursue is to put those in office who give the most hearty and most unequivocal sup port to the National aud State Adminiatra i tiotis. As remarked by Messrs. Dickinson ud Henry—the former a democrat of un questioned integrity and the latter a sound j I nion man—we .must support the gov kUSMRM', or we may look ior still greater . troubles than have alroady afdicted our country. To suppose that men, however honest in purpose, who affiliate and act with the Vallandigham class of dema gogues, will givi as hearty a support to j President Lincoln and the war as those who ' stood by him without equivocation in j the terrible ordeals he has passed through | since Buchanan and his traitorous crew ub dicated the government, is to suppose a moral improbability, for these men, with i here and there honorable exceptions, icill j act as party mm, an 1 under pretence tf : '-the constitution as it is and the Union as it was," ihe stale and infamous cry of ••ab olition," or some other catchwords so indus triously taught then for years by the now j rebel leaders, may do incalculable injury, j Our readers will hear us witness that we ! have more than once predicted that if the | Buchanan demagogues persisted in their mad schemes of piftty, that Pennsylvania would yet become the battleground of con • tending armies, and how near this came to . be realized the history of the east few • weeks will tell. Their aetj and cutiversa -1 tion have afforded indubitable evidence that their sympathies and L?e!in.:s have been with the rebel leaders—that they were wil ling to restore them to p wer for the sake of party—and that if they are apparently more patriotic than formerly, it is because j the loyally of the masses of the democrat i ic party lus driven thein into such a puii i tion. To entrust these men, and those whom (hey s? sedulously support as part / < / di dates on the ground that party must be kept up, is at best an experiment and put ting in jeopardy our existence as a nation. Lot any well meaning citizen u.-k himself the question what the effect would be in Europe if the news should . o forth (hut Pennsylvania had, by a majority of voters, given expression against the w.tr measures of our patriotic President by electing a ma jority to the State Legislature and to Con gress of pa r ty men who had openly opposed his administration ? Would not France and England think it time to rec ognize the Southern Confederacy,and would not recognition mean armed intervcuti n ? Would not rebeldo'T ring with shouts that Abraham Lincoln, the man whom they most hated, together with his efforts to pre serve our nationality, had been condemned by the great State of Pennsylvania? Most assuredly such would be the effect, and we say to him who has been and stiii is stir ring up party strife, let him beware of the hour when that consummation approaches, for in our opinion, and it is one not lightly formed, it will fx- the dentil knell of this na tion and of this government ftesT"The Democrat has sundry slurs at the Ornish for exercising a constitutional privilege. That paper is a great stickler for the constitution when a nigger is con cerned, but when a white man comes under it, its provisions are all wrong! Every Ornish, Tunker, or other men of that stamp in this county ought to repay this insult by for once attending the polls to a man, aud giving the hypoc itical patent democracy, of which the Democrat is a lair represen tation, a taste Qf the ballot box. That will make the whole gang howl, and touch them in their most sensitive part. Stramjer in Town. —We have been gratified by a call from Frederick Ayer, Esq., the bu siness man of the firm of J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell. A short acquaintance with tlie gen tleman convinces us that not the Doctor's skill in compounding his medicines is alone con cerned in the consumption of them ; but that it takes business tolent of no ordinary measure to pass them around the world. Mr. Ayer, manifestly, has these abilities and the success of his house shows that he uses them. —Memphis Whig, Teun. Worrall acknowledges the kind ness of the ladies of Kishacoquiilis Valley in sending to Alexandria Va., a box of bandages for the use of the Hospital. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1862. W A R NEWS, The Invasion of Maryland. r roia the crude accounts published within the past ten days, which created so much excitement in Pennsylvania, we are at last able to glean something like the truth, 'iho rebel forces were variou-ly estimateu Iroin fiity to three hundred thou sand men, but the Baltimore American says an intelligent gentleman, who was in Frederick city the whole time of the rebel occupation and saw their rearguard passing on their way to Hagerstown, estimates that the whole number of rebels who passed through Frederick did not exceed thirty thousand. Other columns may have srone forward by different routes, but lie is confi dent that the number of their forces on this side of the Potomac has Leon exaggerated. lie is also fully convinced, though the rebels wore frank in declaring that they were bound fur Pennsylvania, that such was their purpose, but that after gath ering all the supplies within their reach, they would make for Virginia through Ha gerstown and \Y illanisport and thence to Maviinsburg. file rebels have with them fifteen hundred empty wagons, which there is no doubt was their purpose to fill. V hilst in Frederick our informant heard reports, coining from the rebels, that a di vision of their forces under Gen. Boring had attempted to assault our position at Har pers berry, and had been defeated with great slaughter by our forces ucuer Col. Miles. 1 here had undoubtedly been an en gagement there, as the cannonading could be heard at Frederick. A small rebel cavalry furce occupied Westminster, Carroll county, twenty-eight miles from Baltimore, on Thursday night. i heir conduct was generally orderly, and no injuries were inflicted upon the people or the town. The post office was searched and some stamps carried off. The enroll me: t lists of the county, prepared in view of tire draft were also seized and destroyed. They purchased liberally at the stores, paying in Baltimore and .-outhcrn money. i lie party left the town at eleven o'clock next morning, after de-troylng a small bridge on the Western Maryland Railroad. Iho destruction ol the westernmost [tier oi the railroad bridge at the Mouoeacy is confirmed. It was blown up on Monday morning. Ihe in formation from (Jen. McOleilin's army shows that it has been ;n active movement towards the line of the Monoc aey. In this movement there had been -orne skirmishing and cavalry encounters, but no serious engagement, the plan of the rebels apparently not including a prolonged stay at Frederick or a defence of that point. Gen. Burnside, who holds the right oi the army, was on the Frederiel turnpike, be tween Poolesville and Ridgeville, on Thurs day, and early nest day the advance under Gen. Hooker was within four miles of the city. They entered it during the day. By ail accounts it appears that wherever they visited the shoe and clothing stores were completely bought out with confeder ate money. Their next visit was to llagorstown, but four miles from the Pennsylvania line, with the Cumberland \ alley open before them. Here too storekeepers and others suffered considerable losses, so much so that it is hoped their secession proclivities have been effectually cured by their experience of Jef. Davis's beneficent government. Since then we have had daily reports of fighting, but nothing authentic until the despatches from Gen. McClellan were re ceived. A dispatch from Gen. McGlellan, dated three miles beyond Middletown, September 14—D.40 p. iu., says : After a very severe engagement the corps of Gens. Hooker and Reno have carried the heights commanding the Hagerstown road. The troops behaved magnificently. They never fought better. Gen. Franklin has been engaged on the extreme left. Ido not yet know the result except that the firing indicates progress on his part. The action continued till after dark and terminated leaving us in posses sion of the entire crest. It has been a glorious victory. I cannot yet tell wheth er the enemy will retreat during the night or appear in increased force in the morning. I regret to add the gallant and able Gen. Reno is killed. A second dispatch dated September 15, 8 a. rn., says : I have just learned from Gen. Hooker in the advance, who states that the infor mation is perfectly reliable that the enemy i m iking for the river in a perfect panic, and (.Jen. Lee last night stated publicly that he must admit they had been shock Wgly whipped. ) I am hurrying everything forward to en aeav rto p;ess their retreat to the utmost. A third dispatch, dated at Bolivar, Sept 15, 10 a. m., fays: Information has this moment been re ceived confirming the rout and demoraliza tion of the rebel army. Gen. Lee is ro polled wounded and Gen. Gland wouuded. Gen. Hooker alone has over 1,000 more prisoners, 700 having been sent to Freder ick. It is stated that General Lee gives his loss at 15,000. We are following as rapidly as the men can move. V e have little news this morning. Gov. Curtin stated last evening at Harrisburg that he had just received a dispatch from the War Department, in which he was as sured that Gen. McClellan was in a most important position nearSharpsburg. Gen. McCieilati had Gens. Longstreet, Jackson and Fwell, who had a combined force of over 03,000 men under their command, completely iti his power, and was only wait ing for the morning fog to disappear before ho commenced and he wa.s con fident that lie could cither force them to surrender or ann hilate their combined for ces at will. Cannonading had since becu heard. The fullowiug extracts from the official report of Gen. Pope, uuless disproved, go far to show that there lias been something wrong. Lot the truth be known. HEADQUARTERS ARMY or VIRGINIA, ) September 3, i 862. j General —l have the honor to submit the following brief sketch of the operations of this army since the 9th of August: I moved from Sperryville, Little Washing tun and Warrenton, with the corps of Banks and Sigel, and one division of M d'owell's corps, numbering in all thirty two thousand men, to meet the enemy, who had crossed the Rapidan, and was advancing on (Julpe per. The movement toward Uordonsville had completely succeeded in drawing off a large force from Richmond, and in relieving the Army of the Potomac from much of the dan ger which threatened its withdrawal from the Peninsula The action of Aupust 9, at Cedar Moun tain, with the fore -s under Jackson, which Compelled Ins retreatacross the Rapidan, made necessary still further reinforcements of the enemy from Richmond; and by this time, it i being apparent that the Army of the Poto- i mac was evacuating the Peninsula, the whole j force of the enemy concentrated around Rich- ! m-itid was pushed forward with groat ranidity j to crush the Army of \ irginia before the for j ces evacuating the Peninsula could be united | wt'i; it. I remained at Cedar Mountain, arid ' still threatened to cross tne Rapidan, until toe I7t!i o: August, by whirii time General ' Robert Leo had assembled in my front, and j within eight miles, ;r!v the whole Rebel \ army. As soon as I nscrtnined tiiis fact, | an ! knew that the army i i the Potomac was i no longer in <i inger, 1 drew buck my whole ! force across the Rappahannock on the night . of the 17th and day of the 18th without loss ' of any kind, and otic day in advance of Leo's ' proposed movement against me. The enemy : immediately appeared in my front at the Rap pahannock Station and attempted to pass the river at the numerous fords above and below, but without success. The line of the Upper Rappahannock, which 1 had been ordered to hold, that the enemy ui'.ght be delayed long enough in his advance upon Washington to enable the forces from the Peninsula to land and effectajunction with me, was very weak, as it could be crossed at almost any point above the railroad bridge by good fords. By constant vigilance and activity, and much severe fighting for three days, the en* my was gradually forced around from the raiiroadcros sing to Waterloo Bridge, west of Warrenton. Meantime my force had been much dimin ished by actual loss in battle, and by fatigue and exposure—so that, although I had been joined by a detachment under Gen. Reno and the other division of McDowell's corps, my force barely numbered forty thousand men. Our men, much worn down by hard service and continued fighting for many previous days, and very short of provisions, rested on their guns. Our horses had had no forage for two days. 1 Lad telegraphed and written earnestly for rations and forage to be sent us, but on Saturday morning, before the action was resumed, 1 received a letter from Gen. I rauklin, writteu the day before at Alexan dria, stating to me that he had been directed by Genenal McClellan to inform me that rations and forage for my command would be loaded into the cars and available wagons as soon as I would send a cavalry escort to Alexandria to bring them up. All hope of being able to maintain my po sition, whether victorious or not, vanished with this letter. My cavalry was utterly broken down by long and constant service in the lace of the enemy, and bad as they were, could not be spared from the front, even if there had been time to go back thirty miles to Alexandria and await the loading of the trains. At the time this letter was written Alexandria was swarming with troops, and my whole army interposed between that place and the enemy. lat once understood that we must, if possible, fiuieh what we had to do that day, as night must see us behind Bull liun if we wished to sa?e n)en and an imals from starvation. On Friday night I sent a peremptory order to Gen. Porter to bring bis command on the field, and report to mo in person within three hours after he received the order. A portion he brought up, but, as I before stated, oue of his brigades remained the whole day at Cen treville, and was not in the engagement. The enemy's heavy reinforcement* having reached bun on Friday afternoon aad night, lis began ; |° mass on his right for the purpose of cru.sh ; ing our left and occupying the roai to Ocn tre?ille in our rear. His heaviest assault was about 5 ..'clock in the afternoon, when, after overwhelming litz John Porter and driving ins forces back on the centre and left, mass after mass of his forces were pushed against our left. A terrific contest, with great slaugh ter, was carried on for several hours, our men behaving with firmness and gallantry under the immediate command of Gen. McDowell. W;ien night closed, our left had been for ced back about half a mile, but still rom iined firm and unshaken while our right held its ground. Gen. Franklin with his corps, arrived after dark at t-'entreville, six miles in our rear, whilst Sumner was four miles behind Frank Isn. I cuuld have brought up these corps in the morning in time to have renewed the action, but starvation stared both men and horses in the face, and broken and exhausted as they were, they wero in no condition to bear hunger also. I accordingly retired to Centrerilie that night in perfect order. Neither on Sunday nor on Monday did the enemy make any advance upon us. G i Mon day I sent to the army corps commanders for their effective strength, which, all told.inclu ding Sumner and Franklin, fell short of sixty thousand men. Instead of bringing up thir ty tn iusand men. Franklin and Sumner uni ted fell short of twenty thousand, and these, adued to the force I had, already wearied out and much cut up, did not give me the means to do anything else than stand on the defense. The rebel attempt against Cincinnati has mot with signal'failure. The papers of Saturday bring us accounts of the retreat of the enemy, rapidly and in confusion. Married. On the 2d inst.. at Mount Union, by Rev. J. L. Holmes, SAMUEL S. STRONG to Miss LEAH STRUNK, both of this county. On the 11th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, JOSEPH BRIMMAN to Miss MARA SETTLE, both of this county. On the 16th ult., by Rev. Buhrman, CIIAS. L. \\ AREAM, of this place, to Miss ELIZA G. KERLIN, of Milford township, Juniata county. Died. At Locke's Mills, on the Gth September, of dyptherin, SARAII M. X., infant daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Ilile, aged 1 year, C months and 12 days. In this place, on the 7th iast., ELLEN BP. AT TON MARSDON, daughterof William and Martha Bratton, aged 5 years and 3 nine.j At Reedeville, on the 4th inst., of scarlet] fever, LETITIA, youngest daughter of Mr.' Siiirk, aged about 2 years. Fir the Guu-tte. i The session of the Presbyterian church in Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pa., feeling and deploring the loss of their fellow member, Samuel Barr, Esq , died on the Bth September, instant, in the siUy eighth year of hi s age, desiring to show their respect for his memory,; as a worthy man and christian, place upon their minutes an 1 publish the following rela tive to his life and character. Ho was a native of Mifflin county above mentioned, had the advantage of early chris tian education, became a teacher of youth in early manhood, and a member of the Presby terian church about the same time. lie taught in the west end of Kishaouquiihis Val ley when the late Doctor Woods ministered t. tiie congregation in Waynesburg, and fre quently walked with and without members o' his young family some seven miles to heat the preached word, having to cross Jack'i mountain twice daily in thus attending. His busiuess as teacher of youth caused hin J to remove to several places in the valley men tioned, and thence into Decatur townshipl same county, where he taught, was commist sioned a justice of the peace, and electa 1 r county ootnmissouer. No matter what hi other occupations were, he kept the sor. ice o his Saviour steadily in view. Being iu ■ neighborhood almost destitute of preaching and too far away from the church of LittP Valley, of which he was a member and ha, become an elder, he interested himself, an! was mainly instrumental in inducing hi, neighbors—though few of them at the tim were members of the church—to join him i" erecting a house for worship at Bell tow i where they hare sii.ee had worship statedl; 8 lie afterwards moved to Lewistown, was r® ceived as a member and elder in the churc f and so conducted himself as to command tl] respect of all who made his acquaintance About two years ago he was elected Registe. Recorder, and Clerk of the Orphans' Court * the county for three years, which offices I s held at his death. * No man in the church or out of it liv<- more correctly as a man and christian in o. the relations of life, and few in the church] auy came nigher to the injunction "Do ju,_ ! tice, love, mercy, and walk humbly with tlq i God." He raised a numerous family of sou j and daughters, and lived long enough to s * j and know that tliey were all members of t$ i church—his son, the Rev. John C. liarr, ist 1 minister in Bureau county, Illinois. Frog the time his youngest son, now in the arm.. ' joined the church, he rejoiced that he hu J lived to see the day, and that his eyos in this mercy had thus seen more of the salvation of sinners. 110 lived in constant submission to the will of Ilim who is the resurrection and the life, and died welcoming death as a kind messenger, in the confidence of a joyful res> urrection at the last day. CIOME and buy your Mackerel <t Herring, ) Sugars—white and Brown, at S, 10, 11 and 12 cents per lb, Teas. Coffee, and Spices of the best, at JOHN KENNEDY'S. SELLING at city prices.—Calicos, Muslin and Ginghams. Cloths, Cassimere and Cottonades, at je2s JOHN KENNEDY'S. BLANK BOOKS AND STATIONERY— a large assortment, at HOFFMAN'S. n Series—Vol. XVI, No. 47. gallantry at Chepultepoo he was breveted captain, September 13, 1547. V - After the close of the war he was, for six months. Assistant Professor of Mathe j maties at West Point, and for 18 months afterwards Secretary to tho Artillery Board, during wliich he was engaged in testing heavy ordnance and compiling tactics for heavy artillery. Various employments succeeded, in all which he brought to bear judgment, good scientific attainments aud industry. He was for a lime on theCoist Survey, and then on topographical duty in the West; for a year engaged in building a, military road from Big Sioux river to St. Paul, Minnesota. From 1854 to 1857 he was stationed at Frankfort Arsenal, near Philadelphia. He was afterwards Chief Ordnance Officer to General Johnston in tho Utah Expedition, and remained there till 1859, when lie was detached and sent to the Mount Yemen Arsenal, Alabama. He was afterwards stationed at Leavenworth, Kansas, where he was when the rebellion broke out. He was one of tho officers selected by General Burnside himself to accompany him in his expedition, and approved by his unvarying gallantry and conduct ihe choice of his superior General. He was appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers Novem ber 12th, of last year, distingu : shed him self at Roanoke and Newborn, and was con sidered one of the bravest and most prom ising officers in the service. When Bum side's army was brought up from North Carolina, Reno was put in command of a division, and in the battles before Wash ington so distinguished himself that his name is among the foremost of those hon orably mentioned in reports. He sought the advance again in the march on the re bels in Maryland, and, alas! we now have to mourn his loss. A younger man than Kearney, he bade fair to become as splendid a soldier as that lamented General; and in his death the army and the country lost one whom wo could not well spare. General Reno's father and mother and two sisters reside in lowa City. One bro ther lives in Chicago, another in Maren go 111., while a third brother, Frank, was upon his Staff. UEN. MANSFIELD. lire death of General Mansfield, which the telegraph records as one of the sad re sults of the battle of Porterstown, will prove a national loss, and excite a national feeling of regret. Joseph K. Fenno Mansfield was a native of Connecticut, and was about fifty eight years ot age. fie was appointed to West Point Academy from that State, in October, 1817, and passed through the re gular course of studies in that institution. He entered the service of the Govern ment on the Ist of July, 1822, as a second lieutenant of engineers, and afterwards rose to a higher position, as his merits be came appreciated. In March, 1832, he was made first lieutenant, and in July, 1832, became captain. During the Mexi can war (in 1846-7) he rose to the position of chief engineer of the army under Gen eral Taylor. lie was brevetted major for gallant and distinguished services in the j defence of Fort Brown, 3lay 9, 1846. In | the storming of Monterey he.received no less than seven wounds, several of which were most severe; and for gallant and mciv itorious conduct in those conflicts he was honored with the rank of lieutenant colonel. # His gallantry at Buena Vista won him his colonelcy. In the war for the Union his services, however, have been equally conspicuous, and they are etiil so fresh in the public memory that it is needless to recount them here. On the 14th of missioned a brigadier general in the regu lar army, in recognition of his distinguish ed worth, and his subsequent career, down to the day when he sacrificed his life to his zeal for the cause, is a noble testimony that the trust reposed in him by the Govern ment was not misplaced. The death of General Mansfield is a serious loss, not to his immediate command alone, but to the war bureau, and to the whole country. And fjo forth. —There is a young man in the army, who was born July 4at 4 o'clock p. m , at No.4t,in a street in Boston, 1844, a 4th child, has 4 names, enlisted into the Newton company which has joined the 4th battalion, 44th regiment, 4th com pany, and on the 4th of September was ap pointed 4th corporal, and is now forth to defend his country. oewisto'.vir, Sejrteunjer rear, na.- -- : IRVIN WAIaLIS 5 Screw-top j Air-tight Fruit Can. PATENT PENDING. j r |MIIS Can, after being thoroughly tested, is now conceded by all who have used it to be the best Can in market. It has proved itself perfectly Air tight in every instance, and the Gutn being cn the outside is there fore free from a great objection. This year I have not only remodled the top, which is | now much Deater, but it is so constructed ; that you can apply a wrench that I give with : the Cans to screw and unscrew, which can be done with ease. Also, other Sealing Cans i and Glass Jars. Sold LOW for cash, only at THE BIG COFFEE POT SIGN. ; Lewistown, August 6,
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