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with them the irreparable losses they have eustaiued,
and commend them t<« the care of our Heavenly Father.
Resolved, Han? of the noble and gallant officers in
our army and navy. as well as-tbe soldiers aud. Bailors,
who have gone forth in defenoe of the Constitution, our
hom.eK and firesides, have our deep sympathies for their
sufferings and deprivations from their homes and loved
ones, and we pray God that He may direct the affairs of
this nation so to put down this wicked rebellion aa to
permit them soon to return to their homes and their
usual avocations.
The BBBodation proceeded totheeleotionof officers
for the ensuing year, when the following wereunani
jnoußly elected t
President—Peter Hay.
Vice Presidents—Captain W. T. Elder, Colonel
John S, Warner, Captain John Heller, Colonel
jßobert Carr, Colonel Thomas Mellor, Colonel
Lemuel Paynter, Jameß Peters, Colonel John
.Swift.
Corresponding Secretarv-—Hiram Ayres. !
Recording Secretary—John H. Frick.
Assistant Recording Secretary—Colonel Charles
IVT. Prevost. '
Treasurer—James Benners. V-
Executive Committee—Captain George Emerick,
Joseph P. Leclerc, Captain Jacob H. Fisler, Colonel
Cephas G. Childs, Colonel John Thompson, Francis
Cooper, Matthew Newkirk.
Colonel Childs offered the following s resolution,
Which was adopted:
Resolved , That a committee of three be appointed
to wait on General Dana and tender him the ser
vices of this aseociation to superintend and aid in
the construction of one of the fortifloations to be
erected for the defence of the city.
Colonel Childs, Colonel Cooper, and Matthew
Newkirk were appointed the committee.:
The Declaration of Independence was read by
Colonel Carr.
The thanks of the association were tendered to
him for hiß judicious reading of the Declaration.
Thirty* five cheers were then given for the Consti
tution and the laws, the army and the navy, and the
meeting adjourned. .
GENERAL DANA’S HEADQUARTERS.
Business was not suspended for a moment during
the Fourth at the headquarters of General Dana.
The reports of different officers were received, and
all bußineEß relative to forwarding and.orgamzing
troops was transacted. The military authorities
here have been much cmbarraßßed by the want of
system in reporting the new organizations formed, or
in process of formation. -In order to overcome this
difficulty, the following orders were issued on Satur-
Headquarters, Philadelphia, July 4,1863. ~
-General Orders, No. 6.— The commanders of all
companies of l * Minute Men,” which have been or
ganized by the citizens in answer to the sail of the
General commanding, will, without unnecessary de
lay, report in person at these headquarters for in
structions. By command of
P MAJOR GENERAL DANA.
Cyrus S. Haldeman, Asst. Adj. General.
Headquarters, Philadelphia, July 4,1863.
SrsoiAL Orders, No. B—VII. Commanders of
all isolated or detached companies which have been
mustered into the service of the State, will proceed,
without delay, with their commands to Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, and report for duty to Major Gene
ral Couch, commanding Department of the Sußque
<They will send written reports to these headquar
ter of the departure of their commands, and their
numerical strength. By command of
MAJOR GENERAL DANA.
Cyrus S. Haldeman, Asst. Adj. General.
THE FIRST CITY TROOP.
On Saturday night eleven new recruits for the
Ist City Troop started for Harrisburg, having pre
viously sent,up their horses. By this time they
have no doubt joined In the pursuit of the rebels
from Cumberland Valley. The new recruits were
equipped and mounted without the expenditure of
a dollar of the public money, jußt as their fellow
members were. The last squad goeß up to-day.
THE COAL ItEGIMENT.
The Ist -Coal Regiment, under the command of
Colonel Alfred Day, took their departure on Satur
day. Thiß regiment was raised by the coal-ehippera
and miners inside of twenty-four hours. The same
gentlemen have started another regiment, and al
ready they have eight hundred men, and the ranks
will probably be full to-day.
PARADE OF THE NAVY-YARD REGIMENT.
A street parade was made on Saturday morning'
of the regiment formed at the . navy yard for city
defence, and composed principally of the workmen
at that place. They wore no uniforms except mili
tary caps, but the men turned out in white shirts,
and presented a very attractive appearance. A
portion were armed with muskets and sabre bayo
nets, and all marched with the precision of old
soldiers.
THE ETGHTY-FOXJRTH NEW YORK,
Between four and five hundred of the 84th New
York State Militia arrived on Saturday. The rest
expeated to follow. After being entertained at the
Refreshment Saloons, they embarked for Harris
burg.
THE COLORED ENCAMPMENT.
The Fourth was duly observed at -the colored en
campment. at Obelton Hills. An army of visitors
from the city were present on the grounds during
the,entire day, and during the afternoon several car
loads of colored people, headed with a band of mu
sic, arrived.' Their appearance was greeted with
wild and enthusiastic cheering by the soldierß, who
were subsequently drawn up in line and went
through the regular drill. A handsome flag, gotten
up by the friends of the regiment, was presented, in
the afternoon, by Fred. Douglass, Esq., ami received
by the colonel. The soldiers were also bountifully
supplied with many delicacies, brought them by the
residents of that neighborhood. A number of hymns
weie sung, and patriotic music discoursed by the
band. V;
In the morning, a short distance below.the en
campment, the stars and stripes were thrown to the
breeze from a large flag-staff erected on the property
of Mr. "Warner Raison. The men from the encamp
ment'were marched down, and halted in front of
the residence of Mr. Raison, to witness the cere,
mony. A band of music was also present, and this, ~~
together with the singing of the soldierß, made the
scene one of patriotism and cheerfulness. Speeches
were’made by Messrs. Thomas Balwin and Miller,,
and the whole affair passed off in the most pleasant
manner. •,
THE CIVIC CELEBRATION.
THE CHESTNUT-STREET THEATRE.
was.the anniversary or our National
Independence more appropriately or more spiritedly
observed than at the new Chestnut-street Theatre,
which was crowded in the evening. The stage was
brilliantly decked with American flags, and our
national anthems, “Hail Columbia,” “Yankee
Doodle,” and the “Star Spangled Banner,” were
played by the orchestra, with thrilling effeot, the
audience applauding repeatedly. Upon the rising of
the curtain, Mrs, Bowers, personating.the Goddess
of Liberty, stepped forward with a handsome silk
flag in hand, and repeated Drake’s Immortal address
to the American fleg. At almost every couplet she
was interrupted with the wildest burstß of enthusi
asm, and when she pronounced the dosing stanza:
” Flag of the free hearts’ hope and home,
By aDgel hands to valor given, .
Thy Btars have lit the welkin dome,.
And all thy hues were born in Heaven!
Forever float that standard sheet!
Wheie breathes the foe'but falls before us, :
With freedom’s soil beneath our feet,
And freedom’s banner streaming o’er us!”
the cheering was almost deafening. When she had
concluded, the “ Star Spangled Banner” was sung
by the entire company, the solo being by Mrs. Chas.
Henri, Mrs. J. L. Barrett, and Mr. Ji/li. Barrett.
The “Peep QlDay,” the great Irißhsensation drama
•-a legitimate sensation-followed. As the period ia : ‘
the Rebellion of ’93, many of the passages have an
appropriate bearing on our own times, and Father
O’ Leary was loudly applauded when he expressed
the hope that all rebelß would imitate the example
Of the Peep-o'-Day boys, and lay down their arms.
•THE SPIRIT OF ’76 AND THE THE FIRST PRAYER IN
CONGRESS.
As we stood in Independence Square yesterday,
and listened to the echoing peals of the State-House
bell, the following, beautiful poem—perhaps we
might call it prophecy—from the pen of a well
known citizen, recurred to out mind, and, amid the
.associations of the hallowed place, seemed invested
with new meaning and beauty. It was sent us for
publication by Mrs. B. J. Leedom :
No self was there when the solemn prayer
Arose from the patriot band
Who stood in their might for God and the right
Of freedom throughout the land.
When the old bell toll’d on the summer air,
The Spirit of Justice heard the prayer. ,
Fervent yet low were the words that flow
From heart to heart that day, .
And hand grasped hand as the patriot band v
Prepared them for the fray.
And the old bell toll’d so loud and clear—
Our lives for our country, we knotv no fear.
From mountain and dell, at the sound of that bell,
Game the hardy children of toil; /,
From valley and glen sprang the sturdy old men,
And the youth left the plough in the soil. ’
When the old bell rung, o’er the mountains afar,
The children of peace became veterans in war.
, Firm as a rock, they meet the shock ' ’
Of England’s serried band, -
And back from the coast they scattered the host
• Of the foeman from out the land.
And the old bell rang through the summer trees,
Ab the Star Spangled Banner was flung to the
breeze.
The tones that fell from that liberty bell
Shall sweep over land and sea,
’Till the sceptre and crown shall tumble down,
And the nations all are free.
And the old bell spirit shall ring through the
world)
’Till the banner of Chrißt be alone unfurled.
THE KEYSTONE LITERARY UNION.
This association celebrated the Fourth ol July by
a public meetingat the Assembly. Buildings. There
was a large and fashionable audience present. R.
Grant Barnwell, Esq., read the Declaration of in
dependence in fine style, and James F. Boyle recited
Francis de Haiea Janvier’s poem, “ The Sleeping
Sentinel.” Joel Cook closed the exercises with, an
oration on the “ Soldiers of Pennsylvania.”
In the course of his remarks, Mr. Cook alluded
to Lieutenant Slemmer, of Norristown, who held '
Fort Pickens, and to Lieutenant Greble, of the
artillery, who was killed at Big Bethel. He said
that it was not for him to detract from the patriotic
ardor Of sister States or cities. He knew how well
they had answered the President’s callfor aid after '
the fall of Sumpter, and how quickly; how men had
sacrificed everything to rußh to the aid of their coun
try. But amid the turmoil and excitement since,
the promptness with which Pennsylvania sent her
help may have been forgotten. On Tuesday, April
16, 1861, the President’s proclamation was made
known. On the next day, Wednesday, six. hundred !
citizens of Schuylkill county spontaneously assem
bled and resolved to answer the call. The next
morning, Thursday, they.got on a railroad train,
TOde from Pottsville to Harrisburg,- and thence,
through Baltimore, to Washington* They were the
first men who arrived there for its defence, and were
most gladly welcomed. They left home in their
everyday garb, taking such weapons as were nearest
-&th&nd;efiectedtheirregimentalorganiz&tion whilst
riding in the cars, electing Henry L. Cake their colo
nel, and arrived in Washington twenty-fouir hours
before the Baltimore mob fired on the Massachusetts
6th Regiment. Ten days afterward, Pennsylvania
.had twenty-five thousand soldiers armed and equip
ped, and in the field—one third of the entire number
oalled for by the President, and double the quota
demanded of her. Since the warbegan she has sent
•over two hundred thousand soldiers to the armies of
the Union. v
The proceedings of the meeting were very inte- |
Testing, and the society bide fair to be among the i
first literary associations of the olty,
. MAGKIt'ICKUT DISPLAY QV BUNTING.; '
The most splendidly decorated edifice in the city |
was the large military warehouse of Messrs. Evans <
v&’Hassall, on Arch street, % above Fourth. During ;
the entire night of the 3d experienced upholsterers >
were busily engaged in the arrangement * of these, j
gorgeous: decorationi*, the lighten upon j
the lofty frprit and west side of the house
overlooking tbe at Fifth
and Aroh presented mush a pro-
of patriotic attire as has Beldom been wit
nessed. Bunting to the extent of thousands of yards
fell in graceful feßtoons from the cornice and the
several stories, which, added to the immense flags
that adorned the intervals and that floated from the
windows and roof, and the large garrison flags that
waved from the flag staffs at both ends 1 of the build
ing, rendered this establishment an object that at
tracted thousands of admiring visitors during the
day.
FIRING OF SALUTES.
The uaual national salute was fired at noon at the
navy yard.
The Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee
celebrated the day by the firing of twenty-one guns
at sunrise, thirty-five at noon, and twenty-one at
auneet. -
SERENADE TO MRS. GENERAL MEADE.
About-eleven o’olock on Saturday night, Mrs.
General Meade was serenaded at her-residence at
Twenty-firsthand Pine streets, by a fine band of
music, under the auspices of the Union League.
HEADQUARTERS UNION LEAGUE.
The Union League rooms in Chestnut street were
opened during the day for lißitore, and a number of
ladies were in attendence.. '
The doors of the National Union Club, in Chestnut
street, were also thrown open for visitors.
THE FIREMEN.
A number of the houses oF the various fire com
panies were decorated with flags and streamers.
The Moyamensing Hobc Company housed a new
carriage capable of-holding 1,000 feet of hose.' The
Shiftier Hose Company housed a new carriage, with
1,000 feet of steam-forcing hose. The carriage has
all the modern improvements, and in the hands of
the Shiffler will prove serviceable indeed to the
people of Philadelphia. The neighborhood was gay
with flags, and patriotic airs were played by the
band. The members of the Hope Steam Engine
were the guests of the Shiffler, and a happy time
they had. A handsome collation was served up,
over which Mr. Joseph Sailor presided. A large
number of ladies were present, and songs in full
chorus made the welkin ring.
THE VOLUNTEER HOSPITAL!
The day was celebrated at the Citizens’ Volunteer
Hospital, corner of Broad and Prime streets, with
speeches, salutes, and music, A flag was raißed on
the occasion.
THE INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS,
• SCENES AT THE NEWSPAPER OFFICES.
The newspaper offices were besieged during the
whole-day. and up.till a late hour in the evening,
With crowds of loyal citizens, anxious to hear the
result of the battles of the 2d and 3d inst. Special
despatches reached The Press office-nearly every
hour during the day, from our own correspondents,
all of-which were of a cheering character. The en
thusiasm of the people'was at its height, and the,
firm, elastic step, the bright, flashing eye, the strong
shake of the hand, and the erect carriage of the
friends of the Union, were convincing proofs of the
heartfelt gratitude they felt for the encouraging
news received from the Army of~ the Potomac.
Never before, since the days of ’ifi, was there so
much joy manifested as there was on Saturday eve
ning upon the receipt of the special despatch to The
Press, containing the cheering news of Lee’s line of
retreat being cut off, the enemy being driven back to
Gettysburg, and the surrender of a Florida briga
dier general and Ma command, together with the
capture of 8,000 prisoners. - It fell like a thunder
.clap upon the heads ofr the sympathizers in our
midst, and-gave a death blow to their hopes of ever
being able to see the gentlemanly Gen.-Lee in Phi
ladelphia. But it thrilled the loyal heart, and-with
. fervent gratitude did men offer up'their'thanks to
Him who ruleth all things for his own glory.
As usual, we had a number of fires caused by the
reckless use of fire-works. None of them were of a
serious character, and the State House bell waß not
rung during the day..
No. 656 North Sixth street waß set on fire by
crackers in the morning, and slightly damaged. I
The roofs and upper stories of Nob. 1026 and 1028
Mechanic street were destroyed by fire in the
morning.
The shoe store, No. 314 Poplar street, waß slightly
damaged in the morning.
At two o’clock in the afternoon a brick dwelling
in Sepviva street, below Dauphin street, Nineteenth
ward, was damaged to the extent of $4OO.
There was a slight fire at the southwest corner of
Nineteenth and Filbert streets in the afternoon.
At half past five o’clock in the afternoon , the roof
ot Gray’s brewery, at Sixth and Minor streets, was
slightly damaged.
About half past ten o’clock in the evening, the
dwelling of Mr; :Smith, on Walnut street, near
Seventeenth, wag slightly damaged by fire. The
roof caught fire from a rocket. .
AOCIDENTS.
There was a number of trifling accidents from, tlie
injudicious use of fire-arms, during the day. Fingers
were blown off, hands were lacerated, and the snr ;
geonsat the Pennsylvania Hospital were kept busy
with a species of small practice.
John McHim, a boy living in Juniper street,
above Fitzwater, had his left hand so badly shattered
by the explosion of a pistol that amputation was
necessary. The operation was performed at the
hospital. . -
A middle-aged man, named Howell, living in Pegg
street, had his right hand badly shattered by the ex
plosion of a pistol. V
John Burns, six years of age, living in v Savage
street, near Sixteenth, accidentally Bhot ; himself
.yesterday, with a pistol loaded '. with gravel-stones.
A portion of the calf of one of.. hiß legs was tom off.
The sufferer was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital.
; A BUSINESS PARADE.
'Some excitement was created in the neighborhood
of Third and Chestnut streets, by the appearance of
what.was first supposed to be the colored regiment.
It proved to be a band of twenty colored musicians,
preceded by the Stars , and Stripes, playing a na
tional air, followed by a hundred colored persons all
dressed in black, and wearing uniform caps and
white gloves. It was literally “an army with ban
ners,” for every man either carried a placard bear
ing a patriotic motto, or he bore aloft a pithy in
scription framed in rosewood and gold. As the ad
vancing column came close in vie w, the admiring
spectator discovered that the framed; banners gene*
the words, “ Helmb old's Preparations and
the fact of a. shrewd advertising dodge stood con
fessed.* We understand that Mr. H. T. Helmbold,
the getter-up of the display* expended eight hun
dred dollars upon it.
THE DAY ELSEWHERE.
LANCASTER—FUNERAL OF MAJOR GENE
RAL REYNOLDS.
[Special Correspondence of The Press. 3
\ ' Lancaster, July 4.
The body of Major General John Fulton Rey
nolds reached Lancaster at li o’clock this morning,
by the 7,30 train from Philadelphia. In the same
car were the near relatives and intimate friends of
General Reynolds; and several of the members of
his staff. The body was in charge of Captain
Rosengarten. In other cars were many persons
from Philadelphia and Washington, whose presence
at the funeral was not specially requested. Others,
to whom General Reynolds had been personally un
known, followed his body to the grave with sorrow
as real, if not as poignant, as that of those to whom
his loss was not merely a national bereavement.
It had ever been General Reynolds’ desire that
his burial should be unattended with display or
pomp, and shortly before his death he had requested
that the funeral should be unpretending and quiet.
Those who expected that the body of thiß great sol
dier would be carried to the . grave with all'the so
lemn majesty and martial pride befitting the ocea-;
Sion, were therefore disappointed. His wishes were
obeyed in death, as in life had been his commands.
And so, in keeping with that Spartan,simplicity
which had ever ,distinguished the man, his remains
were borne to the tomb without military ceremo
nies of any kind; not the waving ol one plume, nor
the tap of a single drum, marked the funeral pro-,
cession as that of one of the purest and best of
American soldiers.
Yet it was not to be an ordinary burial. That
Lancaster could not permit. She would have been
false to her honor had she received with apathy the
corpse of-her great son. Five thousand persons, at
least, were assembled in the streets near the d6p6t.
Every window and balcony of the houses overlook
ing the street was crowded with spectators. Though
in commemoration of the great anniversary of free
dom thecity was gay with flags, yet they were ried
with funeral crape. Though the day was intensely
hot and oppressive, this dense crowd of men, women,:
andchildren had been, for at leaßt an hour previous
to the possible arrival of the. train, paliently wait-:
ing. No finer tribute to the memory of any man
could be paid than was*thiß spontaneous and silent -
demonstration. There was no display to attract the
curious and sight-loving ; there had been no an
nouncement of a great military funeral.- But the
simple fact that the body of Major General Rey
nolds, slain at the head of the army, in fighting the
enemies of hiß countryjwi’Fenhsylvania soil,
be brought to his native .city for enough ;
to thrill all Lancaster with feelings tender'and dcsp,{
and true. Few could have failed to remember that
it was in-defence-of Pennsylvania homes that h$
had died, and none could have forgotten that for
such a man the noblest tribute would be the unaf
fected grief of a people.
In this way, therefore, it happened that although
in the severe simplicity of the. funeral itself, which
was BfcfictJy private, nothing existed which called
for special note, yet in the mighty mourning of- the,
city through whose streets the funeral procession
slowly wound, there is ample meaning
tion. Had-it not; been for this a very few words
would have recorded the solemn event. ■
. After & brief delay the -coffin, draped with the
American flag* was taken from the car, and placed,
in a plain hearse. • This was followed by a few car-,
riages, which conveyed the- relatives and friends of
the dead hero, and at twelve o’clock, with even less
dipplay'than usually attend* the burial of a private
citizen, the cortege moved - slowly to the. Lancaster
Cemetery.
Thousands of people followed. Old men who could
scarcely walk, children who were carried in their
mother’s arms, and all the quaint, home-Hfe'of this
old-fashioned country city, came out‘in motley
gathering from every 'door and avenue. But moat
remarkable of these,--all, from sire to child,,wea-;
ring a countenance mournful from variousaympa
thies with the undemonstrative, but unusual mel
ancholy of the passing procession—were" sol
diers, some veryyoung, others gray, and a few
orippled. Moist eyes under a hard, weather-beaten,’
sometimes battle-scarred forehead, told the involun
tary grief of the veteran. Some had known the
Major General when he was simply Jehn Reynolds,
fpr in towns like Lancaster, there are perhaps more.
neighbors and friends than elsewhere.,
i, The metropolis would have mourned its hero in a
' pageant splendid and Bolemq ; here, the absence
j of display-made this ceremony of death more soli-
tary, but more true and sublime.- It waßthe hero
alone, rather than liis apotheosis, that was felt.
From death upon the .lou r il battle* field, a noble sol
dier was quietly borne to the quiet of the tomb. .
“After life’s fitful fever, he sleeps well.”
The whole town seemed to keep company with
this modest, v but remarkable procession. A brief
distance from the town, the beautiful cemetery of
Lancaster was reached. ■ Here repose a numberpf
the hero’s kindred;, among them the. patriarch of
this remarkable family, John Reynolds, the Frank
lin of Lancaster, and to this lastrest and coiupan
ship, all that was mortal of Pennsylvanias Boldier
wn a consigned. f ; !
The funeral services were simple. Hundreds, with
uncovered heads, gathered around the grave, and
listened in thoughtful silence to their delivery. The
Rev. Walter Powell, Rev. Mr. Wlddtcomb, and
Rev. Mr, Wombert, officiated at the burial. The
eloquent extemporaneous .remarks of Mr. Powell
w© must briefly report:
REMARKS' OF rev. MR. DOWELL.
The fortune of war has brought us together this
day in solemn state, to mingle our* tears and sor
rows. This is no ordinary occasion—the burial of
bo great and good a soldier. We are taught that in
war there are none who are exempt from death
The country could ill spare such a soldier as he
v horn we now mourn, yet it BeemsTto mitigate our
P. ri ™te$ rief » when we consider the cause in which
and the Slory he achieved/
And yet all this usefulness and glory adds to our
8 eyen the Private loss seem lost in
th ™« nS ao .unexpectedly suffered. .
? eneral Reynoldsis known to you all.
Here he was born, and here his early life was spent.
career has been one. of public honor
f? ?Jr? l J w aH Uu b war, whichwasnotonly
6ut to make it ever famous in Arne*
ncan history. High as was the position he had
achieved, one higher awaited, and had he lived he
would probably have earned additional titles tolour
gratitude. Yet, what he.did was enough to win a
proud place in our national annals forhia name, aad
to cause the heart of the nation to beat with grief
that he has gone. °
When Mr. Powell had ended his earnest and im
pressive discourse, many points of which we are
unable to give, the services were closed with prayer
and benediction. The vast concourse slowly dis
persed, and the spade of the grave-digger soon hid
from the light of'day the coffin which enßhrined
those precious remains. Henceforth the fair ceme
tery of Lancaster will be a new shrine of freedom,
and the monument which will soon rise over the
grave of the hero will record the name of one of the
best and bravest of the soldiers of America.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, July 4.—The assemblage on the
President’sgroundß to-day attending the celebration
of the ceremonies, was composed in part of the mili
tary, corporate authorities, and Masonic and Odd
Fellows’fraternities.
Hon. Hir&m Walbiidge delivered the oration,
The national salutes were fired by order of the
Government, and the day was generally celebrated
with mdolx enthusiasm. To-night is the most profuse
display of fireworks in all directions.
Early in the day, Secession sympathizers endea
vored to oaßt a gloom over the community by extra
vagant falsehoods concerning disasters to our arms,
but the light of truth soon diffused general joy, and
diesipated their purposes*
BALTIMORE,
Baltimore, July 4, P. M.—The national anni
versary has passed off to-day with the greatest
patriotic display ever witnessed in this city.. Nearly
every building, including dwellings, warehouses,
public places, and the shipping in the harbor,are
covered with - -flags, banners, See. Even the avowed
sympathizers with Secessia joined in the patriotic
display.
All the boils in the city were rung at sunrise
and sundown. salutes were fired
from all the surrounding forts at midday and evening.
The people in the streets have been cheering all
day very enthusiastically for the success of the Army
of the Potomac .
A magnificent display of fireworks took place to
night. No serious accidents are reported.
NEW YORK.
New York, July 4.—The day was.duly celebrated
in thiß city in the usual patriotic manner, by the
display of flags, firing of cannon, guns, and pistols,
and burning of a tremendous amount of gunpowder,
in every conceivable way, from early morn to dewy
eve.'
This afternoon a large number of ladies and gen
tlemen eathered together at the Academy of Music,
by invitation of the Young Men’B Democratic Union
Association. The assemblage was called to order by
Hon. Luke Fi Oozans, who nominated Hon. P. W.'
Engs as presiding officer. Mr. in taking the
chair, made a very happy speech,. The Declaration of
Independence was read by Hon. Godfrey C. Gunther.
This was followed by the reading of theOonstitu
tion, by Hon. Eli P. Norton'.
Addresses were then made by Governor Seymour
and ex-Governor Seymour, of Connecticut, Repre
sentative Pendleton, of Ohio, and Hon. Richard
O’Gorman, of this city.
NEWARK, N. J.
[Special Despatch to The Prsas.l
• Newark (N. J.), July s.—Business was generally
suspended yesterday, and the day was ushered in by
bell-ringing, flag-raising, and the booming of cannon.
The “ citizens’ ’’ celebration took place in the new
market house, at OK o’clock A. M. Those' partici
pating assembled at the flag staff at 9 o’clock, and
marched to the market house, where, after prayer,
the Decfaration of'lndependence was read by Mr.
George-T. Baldwin, and an oration delivered by
J, W. .Wall; About two thousand persons were
present, many of the number being ladies.
The “Catholic” celebration • was held at the
Bishop’s woods in Irvingtonj-where, after music by
the band, the Declaration was read, and an oration
delivered by Rev. George.H. Doane, t L,
DAYTON, OHIO.
(Special Despatch to The Press. 3.
Dayton, 0., July s.— The celebration of the 4th
of July in this town was quite spirited. The emi
nent elocutionist, James E. Murdoch, in compliance
with an invitation from our committee having the
celebration in charge, read the Declaration of Inde
pendence. Spindler’s Glee Club assisted in the ex
ercises. John Brough, thb Union candidate for Go-.
vernor, was present, and delivered an oration perti-..
nent to the times and characteristically eloquent.
Braadt’s brass band of Cincinnati was-also present
and discoursed excellent mußic, Altogether the ce
lebration was of a character to be long remembered.
R. T. .
NASHVILLE, TENN,
CSpecial Despatch to The Press. ]
Nashville, July s.—ln addition to the several
public and private celebrations of yesterday, in this
city, the ceremonies at Fort Gilleni, one mile west
of the capital, were very interesting. The exercises
commenced at the fort at JO o’clock, and consisted of
prayer by the Rev. Mr. Hayes, reading of the Decla
ration.of independence by.the Hon,. Jordan Stokes,'
oration by Professor McCoy, speeches by Governor
Johnson and Hon. Horace Maynard, and music by
the band. At least two, thousand ladies were
present in the. audienge.; B.C. T.
Letter from Horace Binney.
We commend the following letter of our venerable
and distinguished fellow-citizen to the attention of
our readers:
Philadelphia, June 25,1863.
To (he General Committee of Invitation and Correspond
ence of the Union League of Philadelphia,' James Milli
ken, Esq., Chairman. ' -
Gentlemen : I acknowledge the honor of your
invitation/to participate, as a guest, in the ceremo
nies and banquet of a national celebration of our
national independence, in this city, on the Fourth of
July'next, and although niy health and strength do
not permit me to avail myself of the invitation,
they do not confine me, at present, to this formal
reply.
I have unbounded confidence in the principles of
the Union League of Philadelphia, and of the loyal
National Leagues throughout the United States.
They are distinctly recommended and enforced in
the Farewell Address of Washington, and are the*
breath of life to the Union. It has never been so
necessary to embody them for universal action as at
this day, and to recall them partly in the letter, and
wholly in the spirit, of that immortal paper.
The maintenance of the Union against all enemies,
without or within;.a cordial, habitual, and im
movable attachment to it; a sacred regard for the
Constitution, as the voice of the Union lor its go-'
vemment: confidence in, and support of the Govern
ment ordained by the Constitution; obedience to the
lawfully-elected and appointed Administration of
the Government, reßpecttoits authority, compliance
with its laws, acquiescence in its measures; and,
withal, that concert of the heart with the de
mands of political and civil duty which obtains
the name (of loyalty, and in times like the pre
sent manifests the cordiality of allegiance to the:
nationthese, I think, are in part the very let
ter, and in the whole the spirit, of Washington’s
Farewell Address. Washington 1 makes no distinc
tion between the lawfully elected and appointed
administration of Government and the Government
itself. He speaks of both in the same paragraph as
the Government. By the measures of government
he means the measures of administration.-., Th© Ad
ministration is the Government in action. When,
the people constitutionally change the actors in
administration the government is not changed, and
the action of the government is entitled to the same
regard, respect, and Support. If there be any prac-.
tical distinction between the government and the.
administration, party has made it, and not Wash
ington ; and it is a distinction disloyal to the TJnion,
the Constitution, and the Government.' It reduces
loyalty to the degraded rank of personal favor to
personal actors in the government, and to'party
satisfaction with party measures of government.
. , The doctrines of Washington were not party doc
trines. Washington belonged to no party, wrote
for no party, and acted for no party. He feared the
evils of party more than allother evils which could
-assail the Union. He has described, andalmost de
nounced,'the designs of a party disloyal to the Union,
and which he thought was in sight in his own day.
This was the parent thought of his Farewell Address.
He discountenanced .parties altogether,, and at all
times, as intrinsically dangerous to the Union and
to republican government.
• Let us be thankful that God spared the eyes of
this pure and incorruptible patriot from beholding,
and r perhaps his spiric from conceiving, the.terrible
depth which this nation would fall when an: im-.
mense and ruling mass of its people would regard
party Asa political virtue, and the passionate exag
gerations of party as the only efficient instrument
of government* He, \yas especially blessed m
escaping the sigh* of flagrant*?an u
ing rebellion, raised- up by and through the
•nirit of party, to blast the best fruits of
the «reut- labor of his life, to destroy : the Union,
to falsify the Declaration' of Independence, and to.
lav foundations in government which: all our
fathers abhorred.' That sight has-been reserved for
us; perhaps for our unfllial disregardof .hu advice,
which seems-to have been an inspiration from
Heaven, :We have seen, and we no w see, this awful
treason; after deluging the country with' blood,
marching to invade this State, and obtaining, or
seeking to -obtain, from the same exaggerations of
party, either open, or secret assistance-within the
State and city-in , which the Declaration of Inde
pendenc6*waß first ushered to the. world, and where
• the formation of the TJnion was first celebrated by ,
-an anniversary procession, and ceremonies of
homage, in the same way in which you now purpose
again to celebrate ifc. ; . . . ; - .
As a league of patriots, rejecting all discrmlnai
tions of party, and building up the strongest and
purest combination of the people in irrepressible
support of the Union and the Government of the
nation, upon the: principles of the Father of Jus
Country, I venerate the Union Leagues of the
United States, and Tdevoutly pray. God to consum
mate.thcir noble design; to the effectual suppression
of rebellion and treason, and of-treasonable practices
and confederacies, to the perpetuity of the Union,
the maintenanceof the Constitution; and the mbco-.
ration of peace and unity to our entire nation of
people and States. , : v
I remain; gentlemen, most respect fully, your obe
dient Bervanly : HOR. BININLx.
The Coal Regiments*
To the Editor of The Press: / .
The Committee on Organization of the two Coal
Regiments, of which Colonels Alfred Day and
Oliver Tlopkinson are commanding officers, have
noticed with regret an article in an, evening
paper claiming that the Ist Coal Regiment
is a Democratic regiment. The Committee have
particularly avoided giving any political bias to the
regiments, and have only required unconditional
loyalty from their members. There has never, at
any time, been any inquiry ' made with regard
to the political opinions of the officers and men
offering for the .regiments. Theonlyaim ofthe Coal
Trade has been to send as many,men as possible to
the held, for the service of our country, in the
quickest and most expeditious manner.
V’ COMXITT.ETi.* ,
Lewis Audenieid, ■ .T. Hicks Conrad,
Davis Pearson, George F. Tyler,
"Wm. G. Audenreid, ' . George B. Newton 1 ,
J. B. Yan-Dusen, -Jesse M. Cook, ‘
J. JV. Morris,. .Tr., John Street.
Clias. M. Taylor, ■ '-John Ri-Blakiston,
John M lines, Jos. Hi Huddle,
YVrn> Hunter, Jr., • • - chaa. Wanneraacher,
hi. F. Gordon, Chas. t - ; Norton.
~ HAMMETT, Ohairtuan.
tary,- - j-
THE PRESS-PHILADELPHIA., MONDAY, JTJLY 6, 1863.' s
ms.
This is grand news which comes to us
from the blood-stained field of Gettysburg !
The eighty-seventh anniversary of Ame
rican independence has been commemo
rated with immortal honor by the gallant
Army of the Potomac! A second time
has the-rebel project of invading the North, ■
and seizing our national capital, been foiled;
and, should our conjectures be verified,
a second time has Genera! Lee, baffled, de
feated, well nigh crushed, been driven in dis
grace and confusion from loyal soil towards
his Virginia fastnesses and coverts. The
special despatch from our Hanover cor
respondent, published on Saturday, led the
public to anticipate further successes; but
few save'the most sanguine expected so
soon to receive the joyful tidings which we
print to-day, and which come to us in too
reliable a shape to permit a doubt as to the
authenticity of their statements. Only a
week ago disloyal men predicted, with ill
concealed satisfaction, the fall of Washing
ton and Philadelphia; and loyal men trem
bled as they reflected upon the possibility
nay, the seeming inevitableness of such
disasters. The Army of the Potomac had
been worn out by long marches, and the
commencement of its eighth campaign
found it upon the defensive—found it not
before Richmond but before Baltimore. One
week ago, under such adverse circumstances,
General Meade took command of this
army ; took command not bocause of confi
dence in his own ability to command suo
cess ; not because he loved the fame more
than he feared the awful responsibility of
the position, but because all wbo bad pre
ceded him. had failed, and his name stood
next upon the list. It was a name compa
ratively little known to newspaper noto
riety ; it was not the cry of a party, nor the
theme of fulsome adulation; but to-day it
is a name that men delight to honor, for it
is indissolubly linked with the fame of A
glorious achievement. We are proud of Gene
ral Meade -as a Philadelphian; we are
more proud of him as an American soldier,
whose sword has saved..his country from
dishonor, and whose hand has raised her
trampled banner from the dust. We are
satisfied with the Army of the Potomac. It
has been abused, maligned, and sneered at;
but it has given us undoubted evidence of
its'capacities, and we are content to entrust
the honor and safety of the Republic to its
keeping. It met Lee away from his en
trenchments and masked batteries ; it saw
the long-delayed opportunity, and has em
braced it. We congratulate this gallant
' band of men: we congratulate all who have
an interest or who can feel a pride in
their success,* upon the news we print
to-day. The invasion of Lee has proved
the most costly experiment he ever
ventured upon; and, though some of our
own citizens have been made to suffer, and
some of our own homes have been despoiled
and laid in ruins, we feel rejoiced that this
infamous rebellion has received its severest
blow on the- soil of Pennsylvania! We
' who, a brief week ago,. were so querulous
and so timid, have much to be proud of,
much to be grateful for to-day, if there be
any.truths in our despatches from the field.
We have found in one-fearful test a leader
and a victory. The immediate results are
the salvation of ■ our liberties, and the vindi
cation of our national honor. The.final re
- suits, let us hope, will be—peace 'aud a re
unitedpeople!
Tile Anniversary. _
The cheering news received on Saturday,
victory for tlie Army of the Potomac, the
inspiriting letter of the President, upon
whose word we have learned implicitly to
depend, made the celebration of the Fourth
of July more joyous than the most san
guine had dared to hope. In other columns
will he found full accounts of the manner
in which the day was observed, and of that
solitary event which saddened the general
exultation—the burial of Major General
Reynolds. Tet, little of the excitement,
marks the celebration, ex
isted'. The profound interest of the people
in the great battle was not lessened by the
assurance of victory, and official despatches
were anxiously awaited. Too many of opr
citizens dreaded lest the National gain
should be their private loss, to make pos
sible- any general spirit of levity. . There
was a solemnity in ■ the observance of the
sacred day, honorable to a thought fid and
patriotic people.
Special Despatclie* to “ Tile Pre«».”
Captain Marsband, of the United States steam
sloop-of-war Lackawanna, reports to the Navy De
partment, under date of June 14th, that at daylight
on th£. previous morning, whilst at anchor off Mo
bile, a black smoke was seen from a steamer. By
Bignal from the senior officer he gave chase,
gaining gradually, upon -the vessel. She waß
kept in sight, until two o’clock on the morning
of the 14th, when it became quite dark, and
sight of her was lost. At daylight, however,
she was discovered eight mileß distant, not
withstanding the exertions she made to escape
by frequently changing her course, burning oily sub
stances in her furnaces, throwing overboard her
cargo, &e. The Lackawanna gained upon her, and
when nearing the pursued steamer she hoisted the
British ensign, and did not stop her ; engines until
several shots were fired. She was a fast .vessel, and
the LackawannaMiad to run 109 miles before her
capture was effected, which took place in latitude
25° 42' north, longitude 86° 32', She was found to
be the iron paddle-wheel steamer Neptune, of Glas-.
gow, bound from Havana to Mobile. During the
chase most of her cargo was thrown overboard, as
well as the mail, and the principal part of the ship’s'
papers.
Another report from Captain Marsrand, dated
at sea, June 15, says that at nine o’clock thi* morn
ing, on the return of this ship towards Mobile
in company .with the steamer, Neptune, captured
yesterday, the black smoke of a steamer was seen
ahead, for which thiß ship, as well as the Neptune,
gave chase. She was not brought to until a shot
at.ruck her* Vfjuch did no damage, however, and
.he was captured aifie? *"*■« J?® en 26 “M“-
She was the Confederate steamer a**”*®* l
bile, of 313 tons burden, and left Mobile bay on the
night of lath of June for Havana, with.,* cargo of
625 bales of cotton and 124 barrels rosin. ' During the
chase between 60 and 80 bales of cotton were thrown
overboard, and several barrels of rosinlburned.
Lieutenant commanding Eaton, oft the United
States steamer Circassian, reports tofthe Depart
ment, off New Orleans* June 23d, thecapture of the
rebel sloop John Wesley, which had'evaded the
blockade off St; Marks* Florida, on toe I3fch ult.,
and was bound to Havana laden with cotton. She
was sent to Key West foifadjudicatioa .
medals of Honor to the 2Ttkr Maine.
About three hundred of the 27 th !Uaine Volun
teers, under Colonel Westwobth, whp volunteered
to remain beyond their time while "Washington was
threntened, hnve been relieved by the'jWar Depart
ment, and left for their, homes yesteiday evening.
Medals of honor are to be awarded thejn.
Major-General Sickles.
Major General Sickles reached here by rail this
morning. Though suffering from the loss of his
leg, his physical condition is thonjlit to be im
proving. V- . Fi
Uestruction of the Rebel Pontq
Major General Viirxoh yesterday
reaching ■Williamsport by a forced
Frederick, with a considerable fore
stroyed the pontoon bridge and train
the latter had left in position thei
emergencies,
Official despatches from Yioksbu;
ult; have been rcoeived. Everyth
going on cheeriDgly. '
A Bise In tile Potomac—TU
The recent rains have swollen'Jthe
rendering the river unfordable, an in
view of military operations. The
places on the Upper Potomac is said
or nine feet deep. . ■ ” . *
The city is jubilant to-night over t]
grace fioin Pennsylvania.
New Youk, .Tuly S.—The gunboat ■
rived from off Yorktown for repairs.
The steamer Down, from Port Koj
to repair and have a new propeller.
The luir.e-achooner John vviui
'West, which eh® left ,oa the ~oth ,
cargo of articles from other prize yea
day. ’ ■ ■ .. ■_
JULY 6, 1883.
THE VICTORY J
WASHINGTON.
Washington, July 5, 1863.
Blockade Runners Captured.
Vickßbu'rg*
' Fordable.
Arrival of Steamer,
ENCOURAGING NEWS.
REPORTS OF A GRE&T VICTORY.
GETTYSBURG IN OUR POSSESSION,
The Rebels Driven Two Miles from
the Town.
Thousands of Kebels Captured*
A Large Number of Cannon Taken.
The Enemy Contemplating Retreat.
THE ACCOUNTS OF FRIDAY’S BATTLE.
THE ENEMY REPULSED WITH TERRIBLE
HAVOC.
I>csi»at'o3i.os from'Gfen. Meade.
Surrender of a Rebel Brigade.
Reported Death of Gens. Dill and Longstreet,
General French at Williamsport.
Rebel X-oiitoons Destroyed.
Another Account of Friday’s Battle.
THE UNION TOSS 20,000—REBUT,
From 12,000 to 20,000 Prisoners Taken.
Tlic Wounded Union Prisoners Recaptured.
GEN, PIEASANTON IN PURSUIT,
[Special despatch to The Pre3a. 3
Gettysburg fPa.J, Sunday, P. M.—Early
on Friday night the enemy withdrew Ms
entire line, and hastily evacuated Gettys
burg, and fell back two miles in a north
westerly direction. They are now, en
trenching.
They left behind a large number of pa
roled prisoners, all of our wounded, and
many of their own.
They failed to parole General Barlow,
who is how in our lines seriously wounded;
Lee sent-a flag of truce, threatening to
shell the city if we advanced.
General Meade, thereupon, immediately
orderedthe removal of the wounded.
A rebel colonel declared tliat -tliey fouglit
in a slaughter-pen on Saturday morning.
Pleasanton lias captured a rebel baggage
train. .
Our dead have been all buried, but the
rebel dead are strewn over tlie field by thou
sands. . •
Up to noon to-day there had been no
fighting, except skirmishing.
Our limes ham advanced,, and the rebel
army is believed to be in full retreat , though
still presenting a bold front. . D.
later official despatches from
"Washington, July 5—4 P. M.—The latest official
despatch received here, up to this hour, from Gene
ral Meade, is dated Headquarters Army of the Po
tomac, 7 A. M., July 4th, which merely states that
the enemy had withdrawn from the'position occu"
pied for the attack on Friday. The information in
.the possession of General Meade at that time did
.not develop the character of the enemy’s move
ment—whether it was a retreat or a manosuvre for
other purposes. Reliable information, received
here to-day, asserts that General Lee’s headquar
ters were at Cashtown, yesterday afternoon, and
that the rebels were fortifying at Newman’s Cut,
South Mountain, apparently to cover a retreat.
Later.official despatches are expected.
"Washington! Ju1y.5, 8 P.M.—The two following
despatches have been received:
, Headquarters Army of the Potomac,
Noon, July 4,1863.
To.Maj* Gen, Hallecki General in Chitf;
The position of 'affaira is not materially changed
since my last despatoh, dated 7A. M. We now hold
Gettysburg. The enemy has abandoned large num
bers of his killed and wounded on the field.
‘ I shall probably be able: to give you a return of
our'c&ptnrc« nu<l,locaeß_before night, and a return
, of the enemy’s killed and wounded in our hAmls.
GEORGE G: MEADE, Maj. General.
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OP THE POTOMACi
July 4th, 10 P. M.
To Major General Hatteck, General in- Chief:
No change of affairs since my. despatch of twelve
o’clock noon. GEORGE G. MEADE,
' Major General;
OCCUPATION OF GETTYSBURG—PURSUIT
OF THE FLYING REBELS.
Baltimore, July 5.— A messenger, who left head
quarters on Friday night, states that Gen. Meade
advanced and occupied Gettysburg during the night,
without opposition. Firing was heard early on
.Saturday morning towards Gettysburg, and it.was
supposed to proceed from our forces pursuing Lee,
General Butterfield, who was injured by the frag
ment of a shell, is now at the headquarters of Gen.
Neall, under treatment.
REPORTED RETREAT OF THE REBELS.
Harrisburg, July 4.—C01. Bennett, of the 28th
New York Regiment, had his leg broken by his
horse falling and rolling upon him. He was taken
home yesterday via Lebanon Valley Railroad. " All
the companies in Gamp Curtin, who were equipped,
were ordered to the south bank of the river yester
day. ’ .
Baltimore, July s.— The American has just
placed upon its bulletin board the important an
nouncement that the iebel.army is in full retreat,
having commenced on Friday night. Many thou
sand prisoners and a large number of cannon cap
tured.^
Eight hundred and fifty rebel prisoners, largely
composed of Alabama troops, captured from Long
street’s corps in Wednesday’s fight, arrived here
this morning. More prisoners are announced at the
ddpot, and accounts from up the road say there are
large trains at' various points on their way down,
whilst there are said to be acres of them awaiting
transportation,
A. BATTLE ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
[Special "Despatch fco The rress.J
Hanover, Pa., July 4— Evening.—There has been
no fighting duringthe day. The wounded were being
cared for and the dead interred. We have loßt some
few prisoners and taken Borne thousands.
The battle was renewed at six o’olock this eve
ning, and is raging furiously. I will endeavor to
forward details. The rebels evidently hope to make
this night attack, debisive.
In consequence of information that Stuart was
about to make a raid upon our rear this afternoon,
General Kilpatrick was sent out on our right. Some
cannonading was heard, but up ,to 9 o’clock this
evening he had not returned to camp.
Should the enemy be found here m the morning,
-the 4th of July will receive an additional cause for
commemoration.- T. B.
THIRTY THOUSAND - REBEL PRISONERS
„ SAID TO BE CAPTURED.
Harrisburg, July 6.— Mr.: Wm. Mullic, who
arrived to-day from Gettysburg, puts the number
of prisoners taken by Gen. Meade at 30,000, He
had the best sources of information.
Parties arriving to-day from Ohambersburg say
that some attempt was made by the rebels to fortify
the passes in that part of . South Mountain which ,
lies south of Ohambersburg and Carlisle, and be
tween the two. This is done to prevent pursuit by
our forces. It will avail nothing. The forces of
Gei? r Milroy’s old command, which Were at Bloody
Run, are existed at Ohambersburg to-night. Their
position will be a central one in the valley.
A large force of troops from Pennsylvania, New
York, and New,Jersey, is moving on their flank.
Their escape is almost impossible.
Everything indicates that they are terribly cut up.
They cannot keep the prisoners they have taken
from us; ‘ 1,000 arrived here to-day, having been pa
roled. They were sent to Philadelphia. 2,C00 more
have arrived within Gen, Smith’s lines, and 1,500
more are expected. These men all understand that
their parole is not binding, their cases being covered
by General Order 209, published on Saturday. Many
prisoners, who refused in obedience' to the order to
give their paroles, are retained with the rebel army.
So far rb information has been received here, our
Jobs in piisoners waß 1,500.
The mountains are filled with rebel deserters, who
are hourly arriving within-our-lines. No estimate
can. be made of their numbers. It is very large.
General Couch’s troops, under the command of
Generals Smith and Pierce, are moving to the
front, and are efficiently co-operating .with General
Meade. ‘
oil Bridge,
[succeeded in
march from.
, and has de-
GENERAL SICKLES CONFIDENT OF VIO
ESpecia.l-Despatch to The Press. J
Baltimore, July s.— General Sickles passed
through here to-day on his way to Washington.
His right leg has been amputated. He was accom
panied by his Burgeon and staff. It .is thought that
his health will recover»in a few weeks. He came
by way of Littletown, in a .special train. His staff
officers report that there was no fighting yesterday,
but on Friday -the rebels were driven north of
Gettysburg four miles. Our whole army was en
gaged against the entire rebel array.'
The fight on Wednesday was opened by General
Eufoid at Cashtown* The enemy being too strong,
he retreated. General. Reynolds then came up and
endeavored to set his corpß in position, so as to hold
the heights beyond Gettysburg. Upon the death of
General Reynolds, General Howard assumed com
mand, and took possession of the hills commanding
the approaches to Gettysburg ff&m Hmmetsburg*
Taney town," and Baltimore. His position was held
till the rest of the army came up.
bt Lkk, which
if, to serve for
• to the 29fch
ig was then
River not
Potomac; thus
)ortant fact in
rater in such
> be noweight
latest Intelli’
Sebago has ar
1, has arrived,
On Thursday night the rebels were massed,, and k
on Friday they werfe concentrated against the light
wing, General Slocum coimuandiag, but were un
successful. They broke our lines nowhere, and
turned no position, whatever. They thereupon fell
n, froai Key
It., with a full
?la, arrived to*
loss 30,000.
GENERAL MEADE.
baok, and began to entrench. Gen. Sickles j.s hope
ful of the result.
Fourteen hundred more prisonersarrivedto-night,.
making twenty-five hundred in all to-day.
THE BATTLE NEAR GETTYSBURG—OUR
ARMS TRIUMPHANT-GEN. LONGSTREET
WOUNDED AND A PRISONER.
[Special Despatch to The Press, i
Fuedebiok, July 4.
Captain Joseph Graff, who was wounded in the
foot during the fight of Thursday, came to his home
in Frederick, bearing with him the remains of Lieu
tenants Smith and Eaden, of the Ist Maryland Regi
ment. From his account of the fight, I'consider it
one of the most fearful battles of the rebellion. On
Wednesday night our troops,-who had been driven
from their position in the early portion of the conflict,
had regained their lost groundj and were prepared
to again contest the field with the rebels. Our cen
tre was on a high eminence, immediately fronting
the town, divided into two sections by the Baltimore
pike. Our skirmishers extended into the Buburbs of
Gettysburg.
The position on the right was also excellently
chosen, and naturally almost as strong as the centre.
It extended s along a rangeof high but irregular hills,
on which our artillery, was posted so advantage
ously as to rake every yard of the country beneath.
The left wing was not near so strong as the right
wing and centre. But the enemy had no advantage
over us here, as the hills had gradually settled down
to a level, leaving both our left and the rebel right
on equal footing: lam told that the line of battle
extended fifteen miles to the south and eaßt of Get
tysburg. On Thursday our forces hastily constructed
some rude atTattis work, and made some effort to en
trench themselves. Toward night it became evident
the enemy was meditating come surprise. With
their usual strategy, they were massing themselves
to crush the left and right wings of our army. As
soon aS these indications were known those por
tions of General Meade’s army were reinforced and
strengthened in every possible way. The premoni
tions of Thursday evening were proved to be true
on Friday morning, for they opened on. our right
and left with terrific discharges of- musketry and
artillery. Theonel&ught was fearful; the bravery
of the r rebels was brutally fearful. They seemed
demons, not men. .But our troops knew their
homes, their country was at\stake, and they
Btood immovable, a living wall, a breath
ing, motionless rampart. Useless valor for the
rebels;, they met, not success but death. Every
charge was repulsed, each attack terminated in de
feat, discomfiture, slaughter to the foes of our coun
try. The day was warm; the sun seemed to have
come fresh from the tropics to blister hands and
faces,.to dazzle eyes, and create a choking thirst.
Not being able to drive our troops, they found
themselves unable ,to resist their increasing impe
tuosity. Slowly they yielded us the ground, and
we continued to drive them till noon, when both
armies, exhausted, rested as it were by mutual con
sent. .
scathing fire were the 2d, 3d, and sth corps,
who fought nobly. Altogether in two fights we
have captured ten thousand prisoners. Rebel Gen.
Longstreet is wounded and a prisoner. In the af
ternoon the hostilities were renewed, but with no
better auccesß to our enemies,who, despite their
desperation, continued toyield the ground. When
night closed in on the awful scene, we were in pos
session of the dead and wounded, which literally
strewed the ground. We had driven the enemy
about two miles. JB.
THE WOUNDED PENNSYLVANIANS.
Harrisburg, July 5.
. The following correspondence passed to-day be
tween Governor Curtin and Surgeon General
Hammond:
. Harrisburg, July 5. .
Surgeon Gerun-al Hammond, Washington: ,
. Our people over the State are exceedingly anxious
‘to render aid and assistance to the wounded at
Gettysburg. Will you say how: many volunteer
surgeons I may send? You may be assured that
our people will take the wounded to their homes
and render every assistance and help that the most
careful nurßing may demand, and that our public
buildingß can be used as hospitals, to any extent.
Inasmuch as the battle occurred in Pennsylvania, I
ask that our people, at least, be not removed out of
the State. You will readily notice the propriety of
this, and the interest it will certainly be to the
public service in future. A. G. CURTIN..
Washington, July 5—8.45P.M.—T0 Governor
Curtin—Pennsylvania troops will be cared for as
far as possible in Pennsylvania. There are 5,000
vacant beds in Philadelphia, which have been or
dered to be firßt filled. We have plenty of hospital
room prepared, where the wounded will be more
comfortably cared for than in any extemporized.hos
pitals. The Medical Director of the Army of the
Potomac has plenty of surgical aid.
By order of the S urgeon General.
JAMES R, SMITH,
ABBiatant Surgeon General. .
THE BATTLE OF FRIDAY.
Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Fri
day, July 3, 1863.—The decisive battle of the war
has been fought tc-day, and the enemy have been'
repulsed with terrific loss. At daylight Lee’s.right
wing batteries opened upon our left, and shortly
after those of hiß centre followed. After half an
hour’s cannonading, doing but little damage to us,
the fire Blackened, and only occasional shots were
exchanged. Shortly afterwards*.the enemy’s left,
composed entirely of infantry and sharpshooters!
made an attack on our right, wing, and so suddenly
and impetuously was it accomplished, that our skir
mishers and front line were driven back from their
entrenchments v but, by aid of the batteries in. the
rear, and the indomitable bravery of the 12th Corps,
we regained the first position, capturing* conside
rable number of prisoners.
Several hours of ominous silence follo wed this re
pulse. At one o|clock the enemy fired two shots,
apparently as* signaU for the grandest artillery
fight ever witnessed on this continent. Before a
moment had elapsed at is estimated that at least
SO guns opened upon u 3. :Our batteries returned
with interest.- The~ air seemed
literally thick with iron, and for more than an hour
it seemed impossible that main, or- beast could live
through it. Strange to say, the enemy’s accuracy
of range as exhibited on the two previous days was
wanting on this occasion. Most of their shells ex
ploded far in the rear of our front, and generally
missing our batteries. .
Under cover of this feu d\ infer Lee advanced his
columns of infantry for the covers, and made several
desperate attempts to carry our lines by-assault,
but each su#fceesive attempt was repulsed with ter
rible havoc to their ranks. After an hour’s inces
sant cannonading the fire grew less intense for a
short time, but was again renewed for a Bhort pe
riod with equal spirit. 1
During this period, some of our batteries whose
ammunition had been exhausted ceased to fire, and
on the app»ach of the reserve batteries withdrew
to the rear. The. enemy only seeing the batteries
withdrawing, and mistaking this for a retreat, made
a rapid charge up the hill and obtained a position in
our line, cutting to pieces and almost annihilating
the small infantry supports 5 but, before they had
time to rejoice at their imaginary success, the fresh
batteries poured in a deadly fire of canister and case
shot. The infantry reserve joined on either flank of
the gap, charged them, and added greatly to their
destruction. They were completely surprised, and
-hundreds threw down their arms: and asked for
quarter. Nearly the entire brigade of Gen. Dick
Garnett surrendered, and Garnett himself was
wounded, and barely made his escape.
Longatreet was mortally wounded and captured.
He is reported to have diedin an hour afterwards.
About 4.30 P. M. the artillery of the enemy
slackened, and had entirely ceased ats o’clock, the
last shots which they fired being far Beyond their
original position, and the infantry columns'had
withdrawn to their covers.
We captured upwards of 3,000 prisoners, while the
enemy took but lew of ours.
The rebel prisoners report that General A. P. Hill
wbb killed outright on .the field, and that their offi
cers suffered far greater casualties than: in any pre
vious engagement.
So terrific was the enemy’s fire that the small
house where General Meade and staff were quartered
was perforated by several shots. Many of the staff
horses were killed around the house,' General
Butterfield was struck on the breast, and it is feared -
internally injured, by a piece of a shell which ex-,
pJoded in the building. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph
Dickinson, of the staff, had his left arm perforated
by a flying fragment of shell, and it seemed a mira
cle that no greater damage was done to life and
limb.
Several of our general officers were wounded in
the engagement. General Hancock was wounded
in the leg. Generals Gibson, Warren, and Hunt
were wounded. In consequence of the excitement
and difficulty in ascertaining their location, the
names of many prominent officers reported as
killed or wounded cannot be ascertained to-night.
Too much credit cannot be given to ohr batteries,
the men attached to which for hours stood to their
guns under a broiling sun, and surrounded by the
missiles of death, retiring only to give their posi
tions to others when their caissons and liraberawere
exhausted of ammunition.
xhe , Infantry engaged, also nobly did their duty,
and the enemy to-day. at their hands have received
the greatest disaster ever administered by the Union
forces.
' AH the officers award the, highest honors to Gen.
Meade for the able-generalship he has displayed
since he assumed the command, and particularly for
his coolness, decision, and.energy on this memorable
third of July. Last night, believing it to ;be his
duty to the cause, and to far he would be
supported in the approaching conflict, he summoned
his corpß aDd division commanders for aconsiiltation.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
New York, July 3.—Th e Herald’s account of Fri
day’s battle,'•ays .that the attack on our left raged
fiercely for three hours, wh6i the. enemy fell back,
yielding'to us the whole of the battle-field of that
morning, as well as that of the previous day- .At j
the same time a tremendous effort was Eiade by the -
rebels to turn'our right, and gain our position on a
wooded mountain commanding our positions on
Cemetery Hill,' but the. unflinching. bravery of
the 12th Corps, aided by the terrific fire of
our artilelry, checked them. About eleven
o’clock in the forenoon, at a critical juncture, one
or two New York brigades arrived, and were thrown
into position on our right. This determined the fats
of the day. The rebels quailed and retreated slowly,
fighting at every step, the battle raging for hours
until the afternoon, when the rebels abandoned the
field in that direction. The rebels soon after massed
in our front, when the ABsault opened alongthe en
tire line, but our victorious forces drove them back. :
At 5 o’clock, after twelve hours incessantfighting,
the contest terminated, our troops being victorious
at every point, with the entire battle-field in their
possession. "We took thousands of prisoners.
At the close of the action. Lee had the impudence
to send us a flag of truce, asking a suspension of
hostilities, to bury his dead and exchange prisoners.
Gen. Meade replied that he intended to recapture
all the prisoners, and would bury their dead : for
them. Failing in. this. attempt to gain time, the
enemy precipitately retreated to the _mountalns,
leaving their guards and sentinels.
This (Saturday) morning upwards of 1,100 strag
glers were taken .in Gettysburg, besides our
wounded who .fell into the enemy’s hands on Wed
nesday? ,
Gen. Pleasanton started at daybreak on Saturday
with artillery, in pursuit of the rebels, anil at the
last accounts wrb pressing them hard.
Both sides lost heavily* probably aggregating/S/Vy
/ftattend-—twenty' tKbusand Union, and thirty thou
sand rebel.
We have oapttired from 12,000 to 20,000 prisoners,
more than quadruple what they have captured. *
A Frederiokjdeßpatch, dated the 4th, to the Herald ,
states that a Tew rebel cavalry dashed’ into that
place at noon, seized a few horses, and skedaddled.
Our cavalry pursued and captured three of them.
The same despatch states that an expedition
under Major Fuller, to Falling Waters, five miles
below Williamsport, destroyed the rebel pontoon
bridge, an ammunition train there, and a number
of wagons loaded with supplies. In-a skirmish,
sixteen prisoners were taken, and a number killed,
[This ia. probably, the expedition referred to by
Major General French.]
CANNONADING HEA.RD ON SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY.
•Habbisbuiig, July 5,11 P. M.—A gentleman who
lives about five miles from Shippensburg, on the
road to Fayetteville, fifteen miles from Gettysburg,
and has heard the firing of the great battles at Get
tysburg during the whole three days’ fighting, arrived
here to-day, and says that at four o’clock yesterday
afternoon he again heard heavy firiog-until nearly
dark. This morning it again commenced at an
early hour, and continued until sevSn'o’oiook, but
hot nearly as heavy as the night before.'-He letfc
at nine o’clock, and at that hour the firing had not
been renewed. The sound was in the direction of
Gettysburg.
THE LATEST PROM HARRISBURG.
THE RETREAT OF LEE.
Habrisburo,. July>6 —l A. M.—Official informa
tion received here,leases no doubt that Dee’s army
is in full retreat. Theline of retreat ia not definitely
known, but it is either through Cashtown or Fair
field.. Whichever wayitiß Gen. Meade appears to
have the advantage, as he is posted at Gettysburg,
and is pushing out hiß forces both towards New
man’s Cut, which is directly west, and Fairfield,
which is southwest, But nothing is known‘as to
the exact situation. Lee is probably trying to re
treat by both routes. It is supposed here that he
does not know of the destruction of the pontoon
bridge at Williamsport.
The position of the rebel army last night was
with his left near Hunterstown, and his right across
the Emmettsburg road, thus forming a semicircle
around Gettysburg. Thus General Meade operates
from the centre, and Lee on the arc of a circle.
No information can be sent as to the movements
of our army, but all the generalß are vigilant, and
our tropps-'in the best of spirits.
GETTYSBURG.
We held last night, with our advance, a position
parallel with the State line, running from Hanover
on the right to Gettysburg on the left—a distance of
fourteen miles. Gettysburg is connected by rail
with Baltimore via the Hanover Branch railroad to
Hanover Junction, on the Northern Central railroad.
There is also a good pike leading to the same city,
via Littlestown. The latter place is just three miles
north of the State line, and about half waybetween
Hanoyer and Gettysburg. It is connected with
Hanover, and thence with the reßt of the world, by
a branch of the Hanover branch railroad.
, NEW CAVALRY BRIGADIERS*
I may mention the accesssion of three new briga
dier generals to the cavalry force, in the persons of
Captain Merritt, of the sth regular cavalry, Captain
•Coetar, of General Pleasanton’s staff, and Captain
Farnsworth, of the Bth Illinois Cavalry. These are
three uashiDg and brilliant youDg officers, who are
thus appointed in violation of red tape and regard
less of political influence, because of their rare fit
ness to lead cavalry. Major General Pleasanton has
said that with such officers he can destroy the rebel
cavalry, and he will do it. "The new generals are
assigned, and are already at work.
It may be interesting to know that the boasted
rebel cavalry force, which, according to their own
admissions, was 12,000 strong before the Beverly
Ford fight, cannot now number more than 8,000 for
duty. Our force, on the contrary, is larger and bet
ter than ever before. ' .
. The reception given to the Army of the Potomac
by the people of Maryland and Pennsylvania is per
fectly magnificent. Blessings and hospitalities are
showered profusely on every hand.
. PENNSYLVANIANS WOUNDED.
The following officers of Pennsylvania regiments
were among the wounded in Wednesday’s battle: -
ELEVENTH REGIMENT,
Captain Grey, Company F, wounded; Captain
Piper, Company E, wounded; Lieutenant Tapp,
Company B, wounded; -Lieutenant Shaw," Com
pany B, wounded; Lieutenant Gay, Company K,
wounded,
EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Lieutenant Jacob Atnsten, Company A, wounded;
Lieutenant R. E, Cußkaden, Company F, wounded:
Captain E. A. Blase, Co. B, missing; Lieutenant
George W. Grant, Company B, missing; Lieutenant
Samuel G. Boone, Company B, missing; Captain
George L. Schell, Company I, missing.
NINETIETH REGIMENT-
Captain John T. DuraDg, Company A, wounded 5
Captain William P. Davis, Company H, wounded:
Lieutenant E. J. Yorger, Company A, missing;
Lieutenant J. W. Super, Company C, misßiug.
REGENT CAVALRY EXPLOITS.
Hanover, June SO.—General Kilpatriek started
from Littletown this morning, and occupies this
town to-night. The command was at first moved
through-the town, and the advance had reached
Abbotteville (four miles) when he was attacked by
Stuart’s, by Lee's, Robinson’s, and Hampton’s
brigades, in the rear and flank upon the brigade,
commanded by Gen. Farnsworth. The 6th New
York made a charge through the main street and
captured a stand of colors, and also Col. Payne,
formerly of the Black Horse Cavalry. Col. Payne
was also severely wounded. Capt. James Dicker
son, of the lOfch Virginia Cavalry, formerly of Bal
timore, was killed in this charge.
Aemy ot the Potomac. July I.—General Kil
patrick bad been sent to Littlestown, Pennsylvania,
seven miles south of Hanover, where he arrived
Monday afternoon, and held the place over night.
Early Tuesday he fell in with a portiop of Stuart’s
pursuing its wayto Hanover, and brisk skir
mishing begaD, which was kept up to Hanover.
Here Kilpatrick ordered a charge, and though the
enemy was far superior to him (Stuart’s whole force
being present), yet he compelled them to give way,
and captured fiftv prisoners, including one lieute
nant colonel and one lieutenant. This was the first
time that Kilpatrick’s new command, mainly &lichi
can cavalry, had been under fire, and they acquitted"
themselves handsomely.
The following letter was captured to-day, which
indicates quite clearly that we are Burrounded by
spies, even inthe State of Pennsylvania : -
On March, June 30,1863.
GsarsßAiirA citizen, direct, from Littletown, in
forms me.that General Kilpatrick, with four regi
ments, of which «ie JBt_yirginia, Ist Vermont, and
oth New York are three, smrTjjoirpi»«»«i_nf. aEtillery,
left that place this morning For Hanover. The roaa ~
that I am in strikes the Littletown and Hanover
road at McSherryville, two miles from Hanover.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
. FITZ LEE,
Brigadier General Commanding.
REYNOLDS’ DEATH.
Major General. Reynolds was placing his men
when he was fatally wounded, and urging them on
to the support of General Buford. He. cried out in
his enthusiasm, For God’s Bake l forward, my
brave boy s—forward !” And forward they did go
that iron brigade of Colonel Meredith’s, which has
neverfailed since the war began. Just then General
Reynolds received Mb fatal wound, and falling over
upon Captain Wilcox, his aid, who was riding be
side him, he exclaimed, " Good God, Wilcox, I am
killed 1” -
NORTH CAROL INI.
Growing Disaffection to tlie Confederacy.
New York, July s.—The coirespondent of the
Associated Press at Newbern, N. 0., writes as fol
lows : -
Newbern, N. C., June 30.—An elaborate article
appeared in the Raleigh Slajidard on the 23d, be
lieved to be from the pen of Hon. W. A. Graham,
denying, the right of secession, from the Federal
Union, affirming the right of coercion by the Fede
ral Government, disclaiming against the propriety
and any just cause for the pending assaults against
the Union, and strongly asserting the right of any
State to withdraw at will from the Confederate
States.
The wife and little daughter of Charles Henry
Foster were intercepted last week near Windsor,
Bertie" county, N. C.,''while endeavoring to reach,
the Union' lines, by a company of Georgia cavalry,
and refused: permission to proceed. The people of
the county were greatly exasperated at the outrage,
nnd a strong Confederate guard, was placed around
the houße in which Mrs/Foster, was imprisoned.'
On Thursday Mrs. Foster was compelled to' return
to her home in Murfreeeborough, N. C.'
. The Raleigh Standard of the 23d favors a Conven
tion of all the States, to procure peace either by
reconstruction of the Union or by peaceable separa
tion. * _
The Rev. R.. J. Graven, ofHillaboro, N. C., who
was arrested last autumn on the charge of treason
to the Confederacy, has just been discharged through,
the efforts of the Hon. W. A; Graham. The Ra
leigh Standard congratulates the people upon the
result, and republishes, with approving comnientß,
the article made the-pretext for hia arrest.
HAVANA AND MEXICO#
THE CITY OF MEXICO OCCUPIED*
THE REBEL STEAMERS FLORA, CALYPSO,
AND RUBY CAPTURED
.New York, July 6.—The steamer Roanoke, with
Havana datesto the 30th ult., has arrived, bringing
Yera .Cruz advices of the 16th.
The French army occupied the city of Mexico on
the 3d, and General Forey took formal possession
on.the 10th.
Juarez had retired to San Luis Potoai, and a
French division had been sent against that place.
General Forey was received with great enthu
siasm. A French marquis, wounded at Puebla,
goes to Paris with the*-keys of the. city of Mexico.
Thirteen hundred prisoners, mostly Mexican officers,
are about to be sent to France. -
Commodore Wilkes has arrived by the Roanoke,
Commodore Lardner having arrived at St. Thomas.
The Yfestlndia Squadron are reported in a crippled
condition, owing to defective boilers/etc.
. Yallandigham left Wilmington for Bermuda, on
the 38th, in the steamer Cambria.
The steamers Charleston,. Sirius, Banshee, and
Lizzie and Fanny had ai rived at Nassau from
Wilmington.
The Flora, Oalypßo, and Ruby are reported cap
itured.
The steamers Darien and Hebe are at Nassau,
bound to Southern ports.
A Savannah paper says that the Yankees cannot
use the ram Atlanta recently captured. •
5,050 Rebel Prisoners at Baltimore*
Baltimore, , July , s.—Twenty*three hundred
prisoners have just passed along Baltimore street,
from the Central Railroad dfipbt, and 1,900 more are
shortly expected, which will make 5,050 for to-day.
This is but a small instalment, it is stated, of all
who are to come. W hile passing through the streets
some parties had the bad taste to raise cheers of
triumph, which induced the rebels to give -their,
peculiar yell and cheer for Jeff Davis. In addition
to the above number, 830 passed through on Friday
night, which will make the entire number so far
nearly 6,000. • .
Important Despatch from Gen. French*
Washington, July s.— The following despatch
has been received: ,
Frederick Md., July 4—S P. M.
To General Generdhiiu Chief: Am expedi
tion sent o.ut byine has just returned, having en
tirely destroyed the enemy’s pontoon bridge over
the Potomac at WlilifthMPOrt* eapturing the guard,
consisting of a lieutenant and thirteen men.
W. H. FRENCH, Major General.
The Occupation of Tuilahoma*
-Mubfreesroro, July 4—3 P. M.—Bragg eva
cuatetLTullahoma this afternoon, dismounting and
spiking his heavy guns, and ia in full retreat to
'Chattanooga- Our forces; hold ShelbyvUle and
Guy's Gapa. ... .
SECOND EDITION.
FIVE O’CI.QCk A. M,
THE LATEST OFFICIAL DESPATCH
FROM GES. MEADE.
LEE RETIRES UNDER COYER .OF NIGHT.
THE CAVAIRT IN PURSUIT.
The Rebel Generals Kemper and Johnson
killed.—Rebel Gen. Pender Wounded. ‘
hebei toss, twenty Thousand.
Ovtfr Twenty Battle Flags Captured.
THE ENEMY. FORTIFYING NEAR CASHTOWN.
Reported Retreat Towards Chambersburg
and Greencastle.
KaADQUiETEttB AKMT OB' THE POTOMAC-
July 6, 8.30 A. K.
To Major General Hatteck
The enemy retired under cover of the night and
heavy rain, in the direction of Fairfield and Cash
town. My cavalry is in pursuit.
I cannot give you the details of our captures in
prisoners, colors, and arms.
Upwards of twenty -battle- flags will be turned in
from our camps.
My wounded, and those of the enemy, are in oue
hands. _ G. G. MEADE, Major General.
New York, July s.—¥ke Tribune has the follow
ing special despatch: -
' Baltimore, July 6.— The. news from General
Meade’s army is to 12 o’clock to-day. The late vic
tory grows brighter and blighter. The enemy is in
full retreat towards Chamberaburgand Greencastle.
It is thought that Lee will strain every nerve to
teach Hagerstown, and it is thought that his aim is
to reach Williamsport, and thence escape into Yir*
ginia.
Intercepted despatches give the information that
Beauregard is in Richmond, and perhaps on Ms way
to Culpeper.
General Meade is harassing Lee with cavalry,
and following close in pursuit,
THE LATEST FROM THE ARMY OF
THE POTOMAC,
THE VICTORY GROWS BRIGHTER.
THE REBELS IN F U L L RETR E A T,
BEAUREGARD IN RICHMOND.
THE SITUATION,
Retreat of the Rebels—The Rebels Fortify
Ing the Hills Near Cashtown —Gen. Meade
Ad\ anced-longstxect and Hill Not Cap-
Baltimore, July 6—2 A. M.— The American has
intelligence from the battle-field up-to ten o’clock
this morning. • The rebels are represented as holding
a position in the mountains near Casktown, and
fortifying, Gen. Meade has advanced to the 3ne-«
my’s lines, and there haß been some skirmiehingbut
no battle.
General Pleasanton has captured a large train of
' the enemy, and many prisoners.
Lee has left all his wounded in our hands, and
thousands of dead. He is believed to be retreating
towards Hancock.
There is no truth in the report of the capture of
Longstreet and Hill. There is a dead major generat
in our hands, but Mb name is not known. The
enemy is undoubtedly seeking to escape.
The body of Brigadier General O. K. Zook, killed
"in the battle on Thursday, reached here yesterday,
' from Westminster, in charge of Lieutenant Browne
and Lieutenant Faville. of his staff. General Zook,
although appointed from New York, was bom in
Montgomery county, Pa. -He'commanded the 3d
Brigade, Ist Division, 2d Corps, General Hancock’s*
His body will leave for Philadelphia to-day.
Gen. Gibbon, commandingtheSd DivisionofHan
cock’s Corps, who was wounded in the shoulder la
the fight on Friday, reached here yesterday, irreom.-
pany with Lieut. Moole, of Mb, staff: The General’*
wound is not dangerous, and he is doing well.
Major Baird, Inspector General of Gen. Gibbons’
staff, was wounded in the foot. Gapt. J. D. Wood,
A. A. General of General Gibbons’ staff, and Lieut.
Hascall, were both slightly wounded.
[Special Despatch to The Press. 1
Hanover, Pa., July 6.— There was a cavalry fight
to-day, four miles south of Gettysburg, between our
forces and the rear of Lee’s army, now supposed to
be on retreat to Hagerstown. Our cavalry continued
to bring in large numbers of rebel prisoners. -
Trains are now running on the Northern Central
Railroad and from Baltimore, large numbers of our
wounded being sent down.
'R.eifr.v -arftgjon trains were heard, throughout last
night, hurrying phambevsburg turnpike.
A woman was killed by rebel Bhot at Getty&burg.
Another battle is expected soon. It is reported that,
we have cut the rebel line of retreat via Hagers
town, Williamsport, &c.
The Holly Gap, South Mountain,
Carlisle, July 4.— [Special to the New York
Herald. \ —A despatch dated Hoily GapJ ten mile*
south of Carlisle, last evening, says w* hold thu
pass in heavy force under Gen. Smith. Our force
has the advance of the rebels in three .Rain posi
tions. We can hold the pass? All the momtain
streams are swollen so as to be scarcely fodable.
Lee cannot get reinforcements, and he has dl hu
available force with him.
Carlisle is full.of paroled Union prisoners, Uhey
say thaVthe rebels captured 3,600. The railnad
now runs within a mile of the town, and the pa
roled Union prisoners, are being sent away.-o
Annapolis. They say a whole rebel division wot
captured. . _ **•
The rebels were very uneasy yesterday, and the
guard over our prisoners was relieved to go into the
fight.
The destruction of property at Greencastle is
confined to the railroad property. A Charaberaburg
despatch says all the rebels have left. The railroad
and telegraph buildings are destroyed, and the Btorea
are cleaned out.
At Shippensburg the-place is so cleaned out by the
rebels that a meal cannot be got there.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND,
-Tullahoma, July-4.—The telegraph wires have
been extended, and the following is a summary of
the operations of the&ast three days. The works
prove to than supposed. Fort
Bains, a: large: bastion,the centre pf a se
ries of strong outer works bearing upon every
road and important point in the vicinity. The real
weakness of Bragg was not holding Manchester. As
soon as Rosecrans took Manchester,'and advanced
towards ■YVinche3ter I fce flanked any equal or inferior
force at Tuilahoma. As soon as the Head of our
column ; got south of Tuilahoma, Bragg evacuated
We have four siege guns and a large amount of meal
and other provisions. After finding that Tuilahoma
was evacuated, Gen. Rosecrans threw forward his
forces iff -rapid pursuit, Gen. Thomas moving on
the Manchester road, and McCook-on. the road from.
Tuilahoma. General Thomas moved rapidly, in
hopes of striking tSe enemy 'moving. nearly due
east to get on the military road built by Bragg.
This General Thomas waited to do until the
enemy was well beyond the. angle, and when he
was crossing the Elk river. The division of General
Negley 'encountered the rear of Gen eral Hardee, at
a point about four miles north of Elk skir
mishing with it all day, losing five'or six killed and
wounded. ~
The enemy’s rearguard, under General Wheeler*
made a stubborn delaying General
Negley so that the rebel trains; got /beyond
the "river during'the night of the Ist instant.
This same’ process on the part of Biiokner env
abled Bragg, with his reserve artillery {26 pieces),to
cross the Elk river at. Estell Springs, on the night
of the Ist, and to reach the mountains. - ‘ '
The enemy, on both roads, burne<Tthe bridges,
and the’rijar guards took up positions in hastily
built works: on the opposite side of the river,
for the purpose of delaying our crossing as
long as‘possible, in order to enable, the infantry
and trains to get into the mountains. The rains
had raised the river very much.
' The situation on the night of the Ist was, General
McCook at : Estell Springs, with Buckner opposite
/the Forks. Thomas at a point two miles up the
Tiver, with the enemy on the opposite bank. The
main i.rebel s army in the vicinity of-Winchester and
Decherd, in camp ready to.raove into the mountains.
Headquarters was established at Tuilahoma the
game night, and Crittenden, with a full corps, was
sent by a rapid march to take possession of the road
leading from Decherd, via Trasy City, to Chatta
nooga. Thiß was successful, and forced the rebels
to take the road across the mountains. On the
morning of the,2d McCook crossed at. the mouth of
Bock creek, below the enemy’s position in front of
our right, and thus flanked the enemy,-who with
drew to Winchester and the mountains.
At the upper bridge, where General Negley was
posted, Bimilar manoeuvring was made, with little
better succesß. Rosseau and Brannan were sent to
the upper crossing to come down in the Hear of the
enemy, whom Negley was to detain,, not to drive.
It was thought that General Rosseau ceuld cr<*s
byTO A. M., but the swollen state of theriver pie
yented, and only a few troops got- across in time;
Meantime, a cavalry brigade camej in upon the
right, and their firing was mistaken for that of
Rpßseau, and General Negley opened with two
batteries on the 7 enemy’* position, one. thousand
yards distant, dismantling one rebel gun, and
killing several rebel gunners. They-were taken
completely by surprise, and made but few replies,
retreating precipitately. In the meantime Turchin
had engaged the rebel right, and after a fight of two
hours* drove it and the whole rebel force fromtb^