ra -- be seen.- It miv not be•far distant, but I:tier for the Cioming - ven.r.. I 'cannot - See aS yet anythin , ,i to ginirantee L a change for the bvs,r, from the orth - or_ the Soitth. The anger anilliostility . between its Jtas not yet risen tie sits height.. Enough, lives of poor-foolish . "men have not yet; been taken to satisfy the ,ambition. of evil. rulers :enddesigning .inen. Mori family eireles Must be - bro.ken up by the sword of distrtietiom More widowed Mothers Must be made-to mburn the loss of affee-_ tionate husbands, inore - orphan children- m uet be left-unprotected by parents. Don't think by what I hale been writing that I . scared to death, , for I certainly am not; but my views _cerrespond with what I have written. I live n great deal more t ime to think - liere - than I did when I was at home.: Whether I think aright or - not I canna:kw. I haVe - seen _many tiro ;s heria,tO lead role to Suspeet„, that ispiaking piles of money out - of this war by outrogeous speculation and 'swindling. Who these money--makers are i wilt leave you to imap,ine; but they are kvr - tailitv not the soldiers. 0.1 breeding seems to be . the pride c:f the party in'. pow-er . at Treseof. they wiii'continne,tp breed as;ont,r is the Re pnl,liclins have a majority in Cores to f.'ustain theirsTiOlicy,-Tind when i tlieir day ilTretribUtion conies,4l—‘4 will not be large enongh to hold and punish their increase. More anon. _Your affectionate brother, • OBSDIAR :LEWIS. PECA' Cr.aor, Case. . LAM BELLZ-Pr.4.ms. T 3.,) Dec. 2.Sth, • • IDEA.rrioz,7 : :—l now have an 4)1)1mi-turn -tv to write-rivile7:2 here Ivlaatdver ; bat. all is one . e,c , pthwal uproar all the time. I will tell vo•ti how-t-11::. oft - kers cafe for- the . army. Fil:st he tares for th# t'io. - rs• theh , , • the nir.ger, then 7 the mules aptl tlit , n the soldiers.' here is .great, dissatisFaction amon , Y the Inert; they do not set, paid, and are - uesertang almost every day. 'lf thin o's coo_ not go "rdifillent, there Will not 'be. much of-an army by :Spring. I tit:nk just as I always- na\e about the war. „4.11 the oflioers want is to make money out of it—they d'o not \ care any - tbing for . the men er the country. This whole, country-is laid desolate, and in a pitiful- conditicm. Even the fences ' are ull burnt up fur hundred's of miiex, and ' , the house's nearly destroyed.. ,There is iotbing left in the country that,' a soldier can eat. •. Onsolls.; CAsE. . 1 From the ;.4.1-st Regiment, P. Q. • = CAMP PITcn En, CA ) Jan. -4th, 1883. Enrron ;—Knowing that many of . the readersof your paper have' friends in the 141.5 t Regiment, who would be, anxious to hear - fiom us; I concluded 'to write a short description of the exploits of the regiment. and the Sm;quelnirO, boys. This 1- . !, , iment left Harrisburg- Aug. 3Oth, . - 1862, aud'afer some hard marches, was brigaded Tit the elebrated .1 7 ;J:•'arney's Di- SePt. Bth. (Pobip'son's 11: - i!rade.) This division lay on.the South side '')f the' _Potamhe Atirig the ITaryland campaign, but., 17'Ortly after was ordered trk o oos •Vide,,:qd„ to assist.in cuttinsg,,-off Stuart's retreat, atter his raid in Perisyli - ania. We marched from , Qamp Prescott Smith, Va., to . Poolestille, distance of 42 miles, in two days, and arrived some two-hours after'Stuart had reel ossed the river. On ' Ohio' march IFe lost .a good- Many , good luenovito w4ire incapacitated from.further service in the hurry by (Or: exertion tryinr , to keep up with 'the regiment:. .M ter laying a, fkw days at Poolesville, we _ forded - t - he .'Potomae, and commenced nlarchint main, ,;passing throurh Lees ' burcr,:Mouit Brißsburg, .W•litfe Plains, Salem, Waterloo, Warren -ton, and fi sally -arrived, here, in front szif Fri d.trieksliurfr ; N0V..:72d, Nilhere we lay,- doing .Soldier7s . duty, (drilling), until -Thursday, Dee; 11th ; when we broke up camp an i prepared' to cross the ..river 'Thursday mil Friday nights we camped iu - the woodF. Early Satur i •day morning, Dee. 13th, we marched to a high bluffor: er looking -Frederickslme,,r, and the'battle field— Here on" division Niewing the battle until' 1 o'clock, -p. m., :then the or +ler tame to load,"•which MSS goon none. Then the bugle soiandta, ana -we IS tartlid :or ?la: hotly emttesled.field,holow, We marched it:.quick T stelti.: dares the btu ,' along the river, and. derosiii'. - the pontoon bridge: r .As we Marched along the bank of the, rer; : the Iteavy-26, pima ers, placed on the'bhiff aboVei and :kiack ns, , sent . a! shOWer of shell-iind'fsolld '.stiete - •.over _Our heads\at the enemy in the 'distinpa t the\ground tremble ai each' discharge: \\ After crossing . the river wie continued ot.r qui4-step for about:l - Of a mile, *hen "Retis." for ti fir© it,:wds. T left, were pla gang of their, fire of shell s'weeping the Colonel gave add soon we regiment clo: quickie was, through this .4 our line of ba, pied by the' which noble Divh.;ieu_ 4 jt. :1.- ter losing S-230 hien. As we were march, ing in,:(General Mead 'commanding Re= serves) attentiottWa's called to the ,regi r ment, with theremark that "it' was our first experiencelynder fire." He (vac* replied, "If nevl, regiments go , l in in that tine style, we.old ones must , ktek out for our.laurels." Af i terformingline.of battle we marched in' 4nti. to the front, Until 'ke arrived within ..1 few rod 4 of our batteries, when the order +as given "Haiti Cover 1" and "cover" it *as. The Whelp line, lay tlat on the grouhd, the shells whistling I:l.round us, and striking on the.- ground' in 1 the rat'lks. and,nlear,thetu.like WI stone 4. I Fortunately for the 141st,' the mud Was deep, and-Yew ot the shells bursted. If one I half of the shells. that struck m the ranks had exploded,We'couldnot have' ost less than 100 men.l We lax siipporting4lan , doff's battery qll.the remainder of 'iitiir-. day and Sundfik-.' Most of the aft noon 1 of Saturday *its Spent under a heavyire ; I but Sunday,Abtit few - shots fell near . our I line—some three 'fir font- from thenextreme lett struck close by us, but did no damage. I.,oriday the :Brigade 'retired. about, 40 rods, and - Ward's Brigade took Sur place; but not before we had sent 200 men from this reohnent to . the' extreme 'front,. as 'Pickets. Our pickets were Within ten rods of those Bf-the :rebels, laying in a ditch. We picked out our beselnarksmen, as all day Sunday our troops suflered ,se verely from thp sharpshooters of the ene my. °Ur. regrient was picked. out for :this purpose, Gen. Robinson knowing the reputation of Northern 'Pennsylvanians. fur shontir ! g but carii,:igoncli v .J a flag of truce was' sent by Gen. Burnside to procure the privilekeOl. reclainiing 06,1 unburied dead.of the ,Penn'a - Reserveg, 1 who had fallen 3n thoyroods; whichfOrm •ed the enemies line of defence. . When this_ iag of trace went . in,,the. coma4nd-• lug oiliCers orboth sides madO,an agree inent4that 'there should be.no more pieket firing: Monday night; as you all know,. the evacuation took place. Our regiment moe4 with the 'brigade, leaviaglhe: 200 .pickets still in front, where*they remained until the pickets 'on, both their ;,right) and left-were withdraWn, when they - ,too !pro- Leeeded , to march backabout : 1 of a: mile, where they. stepped, got _their knaps,`acks and rations; and then recrossed the river, being the last of the Grand tiny 'of the Poteinae, to ,re-cross -the Rappahan nock. So ended'onr part'.`rand advance this .and towards Richmond. We did per haps the'hardest thingfor a regiment to do. •Wp lay under a heavy fire (so Heavy that, the old regiments saY they never Witnessed anything like it, except our fire' - ay.-Malvern:44l) for hours, -and never fired a shot.‘--IFor further information I herewith transmit extracts from Geo.,Rob inson's farewell address to his brigade, and Stoncnian's official . report, Yob will see by Stoneman"s report that this ion lost-over 1000 men. I do nOtltnow the loss - cif Gibbons-division„ which fonght :on the same ground; but. Meade'SdPss told to me by his Asst. Adjutant General, the day after the battle, was 3230 inen so 'Meade's and Birhev's -DivisiOns lost together 4230 men. - 1 114 is low was', all on I the Same ground—about 14: miles below Fredericksburg. Most of the acconnts .1 have seeii of the battle havefalselv*ated that all the fighting was done on the right, immediately in rear of the town..:,- We who were on .the left-think one los4bows there was poria6 fighting where wed were.; I must. not close withofitLplacing,On pa per one the coolest things mitt,' In forming line one ofCompany G was killed. Sergt. Sir of -same Co. f -ivhcn r:',,)ack a few rods to : the rear, Where.thebody.lay, coolly took.overy valuable thing fr,om his pockets, sat, 'down., took out• pen,.ink and paper, and proceeded to'itake ati inventor ry of the effect's, to send to his Friends. All this, under aleerible shower o a f shell, which was throwing the mild 03ip• every thing; in tie field, . • ExrgAcT rnot GEN:. R . OBDION' I .O - FirSe WELL A fiDRESS• TO His . BTU GrADi.—" Ai Fredericksburg it"(thiabrigade) Saved • 2 batteries, kept the 'enemy from breaking through Our lines, and drove . him lback,to the- sheltee of his works."' • • EXTRACT, ucat • OEN. STONIZIO''S Ri- Poirr To GES. H00xr..r.. , ,-"-The, state- of afrairs'When'Bieney's Ist Division (Bitn ey commands this division commonly known as' Kearney'-!) - arilved‘-- I. on -the ground, followed Soon after., - bv Sickles' , - (24)Div . . ice* was anything but prgin" 'sm . Their `cip.orpme arrival, howeker,,firiit, checked nd)ben 'drove beak the epeiliy, who, y higi were in hot pursuit if ;the two exh Ustiat and retiring DitisioniO4 Oti 31esdiin Gibbon, saved all their s, e l l which b d been entirely abandoned: by , their et Pports ; Doubreday's Al)ivision from bei ig cut off, and taken in . reverse; the left if Smith's corps (which - -had not I „been en_ aged), from being turned, and i possibly illicit- probably, the Whole_ left 1 wing of 14 army from disaster, but in ao ing:-thla v,Sinable Snd:,important -service theist I) iv sign lost ypwsrds ~of a,. tkonk and as I rave men as eye:: Pnlled a trkget t of-the kondnc t• of this `fine divisinii ,I ;sari; not ape. k too highly., ComPosed.as it is'or regime is of almost every State fretii i tile ' Penobs .t.. to the Mississippi, the 'wboln' oountr may justly, feel proud of its:well 1 earned fame. Amongst the stragglers, and sk lkers,. the." Kearney lie e (this .ti divisio I all wear a red patch on the bat-- 4 bear ey's colors,'l. 14'as never: eeP; and the ne , regiments appeared ta L re. with `their v . teren brothers in. arms,ienooluess, a urag. , and efficiency. . -. _. . , 1 Ph n all'act well it. is ,lilrianlt - to dis... Ling is 1. I must, lioweier; be 'permitted to co , liment "Brig. Gen. Birney upon . the ha -vW - 'lie li Idled his div Gene= the WI Yon ,our IN this di ericksl that ti fell btl timely would back; weiV and ini m yi„, nib batterit division require' brigadc_ from being cut, and the whole Left separa ted,fiionr the main ,army. - ADi OnICER OF .TIIE i4iST, P. V. V Army 'olthe - • - Jan. The Washington:Star of, yesterday is rece j iVed. It has the following - highly important intelligence in. regard to.. the movements of the army under the corn-- 'nand of Major-General Burnside.: . - "The understanding in W4shitigton ,to sinY is rl)ll,,a,riort_the 'Arrtw'pf.:the. PacipAb, - b-enecal rtooke 7 , ?ovrrs nas At last ce.:tainly crossed-the)Rapi!alninuock, and ,that the moVementtook. place.yester -434.1 . - -,.- „ an address has, it L iS said,;been issued by General Burnside to the soldiers of his army:, - The storm pending for the past three days has _moderated,: leaving the roads in the worst pdssible condition. • There is at-present no indications of a cliange of wind., Gen. Burnside's Address to' tire' Army. • dA311 , --NEA.Ii FAL - mouni; Va., Jam 20. . t. General Orders No. 7. The commanding general announces to , the Army of the Potomac _that they ire aout to meet, the- enemy - once mare.— ThO late brilliantactions in North Carolina, Tenneasee,. and Arkansas have - divided 'and. we'kened the- enemy on, - the . Rappahan mo .k, and the auspicious moment seems•to ha e arrived to strike a great and mortal bl w to the rebellion - and to gain that de i z f sive victory ' which is, due of the cohntry. Let the-, gallant soldiers . Of so -many brilliant • battle-fields, accomplish ths achievement, and a -fame. the most glorious awaits the s m. ,The commanding g, neral calls' fora firm and united. action o cers and men, and Ain der the provi dence- of God the Army, of the Potomac will have taken the great step, towards restor inl peace to the country and the govern }m'nt to its rightful , authority. . , I . By command of . `Major-General. Burs- ST E. i • • LETS RICiiMOND, A. A. G. .iTes4e't in the Lehigh and Delaware. "The heavy rain of Thursday and Friday 1. st, caused a very thnsiderable rise in the &high and- also Delaware river at: this , doint. There was little or no damage one herebut farther up the Lehigh con siderable loss was sustained. A portion of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge at Manch Chunk, was carried away, thus causing atotal suspension of the coat trade 4 , ri this road for several days.. Considera . le damage was done _at ]itatich Chunk and other points along the river. The Severe cold which set in suddenly .on ,saturday evening Stopped the rise-and no 19ubt saved much property. Fiti-Ahn Porter's Case. It now appeals that GeTieralFrrz-Joas OUTER was not unanimously acquitted, his Mends claimed at the trial, but that was 'found guilty of disobedience of rders on the field, and having displayed cowardice before the enemy. The evidence, when compiled, is not so conclusive as to leave no room for a' doubt pf . Ms guilt. lie has been. cashiered by the President, and it, is said that lie will be made the subject of a general iirdek tit read to the whole anus, East and West: - ==a=l At te . aa • t tea -- . ,-4 l. aMe i - bet of th Le iSiattiv-!- . . . . ASTOUNDING . DEVELOPEMENTSI i . , _.....„____......- : . ~. Oct, Cameron's Operations. to :Effect, EIS Election. to. the , , .. .. . ' 1. ' 7 ''' - - tr S. SOnatO If - • : • ' ,_ ... 77 ;-...0- 7 —• , ..., , -tea tames ' ' I:oft - Ieftersiniloyet,--.; - , ber of /4460 V iiiiialQi ,sifield Co ! ! . , ---- - 7 - 7 - 07 - 7, ,s- ..; - ' • T o the Editors elite Pkifr . -id.r wnd • thaott-,..- , ,4B,Manyl r umor s are aile.,l,t, iilegard _to . ertain transactions which took ,placebe ween,.Veneral 'Oamerinv ud myself on evoral Occasions previous o the late elec . - - inn of tinited Statea .. .selm or, I think it ily due) , to -make, a plai , unvarnished ' tstement:of:thc facts, so that-there may. a LereaftVilici-Inisunderstanding, or - rills; epresenfation: ;`'Believing that --!there mild bo attelllptS s tp . bribe. members in ...rder to defeat_ the electieti of. - a Demo rat; I' conceived the project' of, putting myself in . the Way 'of: .the operators and rying 116 W -far they were IdiSposed to go n the matter. , Once 'enntke'ived' I deter .. hied to act 'upon . it, ond ... communicated, ' my intention to several'friends. The . first - I pportanity that offered' I 'etnbracedand ere Tnr the TeStilt it-- . i . ' , I: had'he6,n- to.Phillidelphia; and on . my 4turn,',4iet7liaps a Week or more before tt.e , 'eleetion; I ,uiet ' Mr. M. Brobst, of ImmWisburg, with whom I was itclimainted, a the Pennsylvania liouse, in-Harrisburg, I ft' the first, time this winter, and noticed ame unusual nervousness - on his'piirt, and from his:conduct ups soon Jed to suspe ct t4lts his business al.llatrisbut will not of a \very public'. chameter. In the afternoon hs -carneto me and asked .to 'see me pri vately, and' we proceeded at once to my , . ircoth, where he' very soon commenced dit.paiagein,,c; the several - protnitieni Demrio raw candidates for United States Sena and. concluded by kxpressini;' his de . cit d Preference - for Gen. Simon. Camer on. This, of coarse. left - me no room to doubt the object evisit to tho State Capitaland to .rue, and I at o» ca asked him -Whether that Was the ohjee.t of his 'visit.. 'said it was. In reply to my question, whether General Cameron .an tlif;rized him te\come to me in - this way, he said h'e''was aUthnrized by Cameron to see; any•Deinderat of the House or Senate, eati.r into the lireliminary arrange men - .Car then asked him id. what" nanner they ex pected to secure the election - of Cameron. He, answered, "by' getting three _Demo crats to absentflieinselves on' the cky of. the 'election." I then askeft*itll 7 What they, would, pay. He said he ivri,author iied by Cameron-tenter $5 000. `," told hint the figures' were too' low; and desired him to tell nie On the other' members were. This he refitseci to do-.At the time, Kitt would try and get perrnisSi'on. of Ills principal to do so. He then left, and re turned in a short thria; and said that Gen. Cameron wanted to see me, 'personally. at his residence out of the city, that even— ing. I - told - him." could not make the' en but'wokild 'answer hint in one hour, and if ' , could get cicat of, another engagement Thad-made, I would go With him.; In ;the meantime I consulted with ;Dr. Earley,- of the HOuse of Representa 7 dyes, my colleague, to,,Whom "related the fore7oitio . . facts. I then saw Brobst.again and told him I would go. He told me lie would have a carriage ready in front of Herr's Hotel . at 7 &elect: ; that he *as an thatied by Cameron, to get a' carriage at any time. When the time arrived, 'Dr. Earley and myself walked down to Herr's ; and saw the carriage and Brobst :there. [then inad'e-some exe,uselo. Broh6t, and told 'him it would be best not to go. (I deemed it' prudent tt this state of the proceedings not to , manifest. too ,much , eafferness lest I plight defeat the object n view.) ' The next day he (Brobst) cal led ,and said Cameron tvanted to see me at 'the State Capital Bank. I, , called, and was ushered into a back room of the bank, and found Cameron there alone, He address . - ed me as follows :-,--',.‘'Boyer,_do you think, you could havecOurage to vote. for tile?" I answered that it was a very bitsinessllike s question, and that it would depend very much. on ..circumStancei. ' He then said, "suppose the circurristances'are all right I asked him how heineaut right."„He answered,- " the financial . consideration ;- in - short, the dollars and vents." I an swered him "certainly." HO then asked me What him_ take. _I told' him that Thad not been in the business long, and :aid not know .exactly how to answer, but 'ivi4hed him to name the snm. . Ho asked what 'thought of $10;000, "right OGNII, after the work was done.'.! I then asked whether. he wanted a vote:, or an ab sentee.'..'•He answered, "a vote," and that it Would be very iroubleionie to get the men away, and besides he only. •,regarded ; the money paid ail the first instalment, and that he feltin duty bound to take care of the person. that Inade hint Senator after wards, and, if he had so 'many to take care of,. it Would embarrass Lim, but if he had One he could do - it well and profitably as long as'ive lived; and said besides, there 'Would hi thor