THE PRESS, rroUSHID DAILY (SUNDAYB BXOIPTIDL r nabHtiw.FomnEY.' OiriDL *O. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STRICT. VHK DAII.YPHJBSS, Flftbsn Cknts Per Week., payable to the carrier, galled to Subscribers out of the City at Suvnn Dollar! Per Abedm, Teres Doi.lakb aed Fiett Gestr for Sir Mouths, On Dollar and Seteett-eitb Chats for Thru Mouths invariably in advance for the time or dered. 4V* Advertisements Inserted at tie usual rates. Six lines constitute a muare. . THS TRI-WBEKIT PRESS, Halledto subscribers ont of tie City at Four Dollar! Per Arruh, in advance. MILITARY NOTICES. TROOPS. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. .COLONEL E. B. ROBERTS, fgPBGIAL Al© TO HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR CURTIN, Has been-detailed to this city for the purpose of attend ting: to all business relating to the mustering, in. and of» troop's from this city for the defenoe of ,*the State. -' His office iB at tbe COMMONWEALTH BUILDING, CHESTNUT STREET. ABOVE SIXTH. ‘‘Where all persons desiring information will apply. Jy2-tf • ’ ' WpHE UNION-LE AGUE REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS, ARB REMOVED TO £303 CHESTNUT STREET. THE STATE MUSTERING OFFICER, CAPT.' FRANK WHEELER, Has Ms Office at tbe i.MAiauii MmADQUAjamEaa. iJS-H .. u NATIONAL GUARD REGIMENT, -“union league brigade. Recruits will receive all authorized -Bounties, and -dtbeir families will receive $2. per addition to ><their pay frbm the State. "• . TERM OP SERVICE, THREE MONTHS. ST ATE DE F E-N C El. HEADQUARTERS. | 605 ARCH -STREET, RECEIVER OF TAXES’ OFFICE, :«IXTH: AND CHESTNUT STREETS, - ; . 'WV.A. GRAY. : " ■* \ Colonel Commanding, JOHN H. MEGEE, \ Lieut, and Adjutant. ji . DEFEND THE STATE. HEABQUAETEESIst REG’T. INFANTRY. P. H. G., • r No. 7 State House Row. This regiment is for. THREE-MONTHS’ aider the call of the Governor to/. DEFEND THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Commanders of Companies will report daily at ten - o’clockT Each man enlisting in thiß corps receivos *5O. BOUNTY From the City, $lO from the Bounty Fund,'besides his ■ pay. * •• CHARLES J. BIDDLE, Colonel. JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, Lit ut. Col. jy2-9fc STHB INVALID CORPS. ■ - BY GENERAL ORDERS No. 105, .from the War De partment. authority.is given for creating a military 'organization, to be composed of such worthy offioora and soldiers as may have become disabled from wounds received In service, or from disease contracted in the lino of duty, arid to be called the INVALID CORPS. As it is to be composed.of VETERANS who have become more or less crippled in the service of their country, and have produced evidence of worthiness, this will be em phatically.a CORPS OF HONOR, reckoning among its numbers many of the noblest and most gallaot eons of America, brave relics from every battle-field of the war, gathered under the fostering protection of a grateful Go vernment. • • ' It is to be NATIONAL iu ■ its character,, having no re ference to 6tates; hence an applicant, furnishing the ne cessary qualifications, may be received by.any provost n arahal appointed under the enrolment act, whether in his own or in another Stater Its officers .and menwill be designated, as a mark of distinction, by auniform, peculiar to themselves, and their duties will be such home service as they may be capable of performing, thus relievini many thousands of able-bodied troops whose services are needed in the field. ;. One office has been open for a few weeks, for the enlist* went of invalid discharged soldiers, at No BCBLombard street, Philadelphia. This is now closed, and another opened at No. £43 South THIRD Street, Philadelphia, adjoining the office of Captain LEHMAN, Provost Mar shal of the First Congressional District.. A camp has been opened near Hariißhurg .for the re ception of all' recruits; for this corps enlisted in this State, where comfortable quarters are furnished, and the TecrtUts unlfornled-Safmed, and equipped, The follow ipglnformation concerning this corps is published by the War Department, .viz: • i-J.tThe term of enlistment in the Invalid Corps »hall be three years, unless sooner discharged. It is further an nounced that no officer or enlisted man shall be entitled -to oi receive any pension; premium, or bounty, for en listment or re-enlistment, or service in the Invalid Corpß. Claims for pensions or bounties, which may be /■dne.for previous Bervice,will not be invalidated by en listment in the Invalid Corps; but no pensions can be drawn, or accrue .to the benefit of any man, during his service in said corps. The officers and men will be orga nized into companies of infantry, of the same strength as is now authorized by law for the United States in fantry. •••—;. V* The officers and enlisted men. will receive the,same pay . and allowances now authorized by law for the united States infantry, and will be paid in the'same jnanner. ‘ * Men enlisted in, or transferred to. the Invalid Corpß Will be subject to the Articles of War. Army Regula tions, &0., the same as other soldiers, and will be re -quired to,perform-all duties within the limit of their .physical capacity, as laid down in the Rol es and Regu lations for that corps: but-for the convenience of service they will be selected for three grades of duty. Those Who are most efficient and able bodied, and capable of ■ using the musket and performing guard duty,*light, marches, &c.y &c;» will be.assigned to companies of the Jet Battalion, - Those of the next degree of physical effi -ciency, including air who have lost a hand or an arm.to *he compames of-the 2d Battalion. Those who are the ..least effective, and including all who have lost a foot or a leg, to the companies of the Sd Battalion. V Companies of the .Ist Battalion will be employed mainly as provost guards and garrisons for cities, but may be assigned to forts, field works, and railroads near the cities and other important points. They will’ be armed with muskets, and-will not be liable to active' campaigns with the field armies. ** Companies of the. 2d Battalion will be armed with side-arms .'only; and will be Employed as guards of buildings, hospitals, &c. , and will have companies of the lßt’Battallon on duty with them when the use of fire arms may be necessary, ;‘The companies of the 3d Battalion will be armed with side-anus, like the 2d Battalion, and will be em ployed in hospitals as-cooks,-nurses, ward masters, clerks, orderlies, &0., &c ; the offices of these cornpa aneß doing the duties of military assistants at the hos pitals.” j ' - 1 For further information,' discharged soldiers are In cited to call at £4:3 South THIRD Street, or at the office of any provost marshal acting under authority of the .enrolment act. •. E. W. MATTHEWS, : : . ' ; Major Ist Pena’a Artillery and v, jeW-ths&tutf Sup't R. S. Invalid Corps for Phila. 8 OFFICE OF SUPERVISORY COM MITTEE FOR RECRUITING COLORED REGI MENTS, No. 1210 CHESTNUT Street. TO MEN OF COLOR. By the.existing militia laws the Governor has not the power to.accept your services .for three* months. Yon ere therefore the more urgently invited to VOLUNTEER FOR THE WAR, ' Under-tW authorization o* the War Department. - . TWO DOLLARS PREMIUM is paid for each recruit. ■ TEN DOLLARS BOUNTY is also paid to each recruit fay the undersigned,upon the presentation of the muster -in roll of each full company of eighty men. . . Proper persons are invited to call at these headquarters /for authority to recruit, 1 jy3 R: R. CORSON, Agent, j) .PATRIOTS! FREEMEN!—AWAKE 4W BBFORE IT IS TOO LATE. —Protect your wives *lll and children, and chase these robbers from yoar *»» doors: WANTED—Men who can handle a Rifle, ’ Carbine, •Buck,Shot Gun, or any other infernal machine. Men, ’Who are wilting to enroll their names, come and be tfea'dy, at the tap of the Bell of Liberty, with One Hun ,dred Rounds of Ammunition— no hounty. Enrolment •.at 431 WALNUT Street: U. 8. Assessor’s Office. .iy2-6t He adquar te r s , PHILADEL PHIA. JuiiY3, 18(33. - v GENERAL ORDERS, No. 4. ' The fallowing-named gentlemen of this ciby are con stituted a Board of Appraisers to examine and report rtipon the damage sustained by private property during 'the preparation of tbo defences of the city: Mr. GEORGE ERETY, , “ JOHN RICE, • • ;; JOHN O.JAMES. . The Uoird will meet and enqranize on MONDAY next, lO. o'clock A. M.» at these Headquarters. .They will Nact under with. . All citizens whose property is suffering damage by dhe erectiou of.defensive works, or by military occupa tion, areroques ted to report their cases as soon as trifle to tbo Board, so that the members may examine *and report accordingly.- Bj command of Major General DANA. CYRUS b. HALDEMAN,A B st. \di. Gen Official: L Harwood, A. A. A Gen. jyf-9t . TJEADQUARTERS OF COMMISSION J-A' FOB u. S. COLORED TROOPS, Ho. l»io CHEST NUT Street, Philadelphia. - 1 The,following is the official order authorizing the re cruiting of Colored Troops: _ ' -HEADQUARTERS OP THE AltOT, ADj’T GENERAL’S OFFICE, i • • '■ _ Washixoto.v, June 17, 1863, GENERAL ORDERS No>l7S. . Major GEORGE L. .STEARNS, Assistant Adjutant •General United .States volunteers, announced .as Recruiting Crmmissioner fortheUniced States Colored 'Troops, tubject to such x instructions as he may from . 'cimo to time receive from the Secretary of War. By order of the Secretary of War:~v (Signed,) „ t t E. D .TOWNSEND, ■ • . Assistant Adjutant General, T 5 Major, Geo. L. Stearns, Ass’t Adj’t, General U. S. . 'Volunteers, . • • , . . The undersigned is prepared to issue the proper au thorization to colored men to enlist recruits for the * .Armies of the United States. He will receive applica tions from those desirous of being made commissioned •officers, and transmit the same to the Board of Inspec- Washington, and will-be glad to give full in. forpoation on all matters connected wita tms branch of the serVice to those who may seek it. . « The undersigned co-operation of a Committee of sixty citizens of Pmisdelphia. • The Agent of : the eaid committee is R. R CORSON, who is likewise the Agent of the undersigned. 'CAMP WILLIAM PENN, at Ohelton Hills, has been selected as tbe camp for Instruction, and Lieut. Colonel LEWIS WAGNER placed in command of it.- All re cruits will be mustered in by companies of eighty men, nnd by.squads, and immediately uniformed, equipped * ajd-seuttothecamp., , . t , - Squads of men will be subsisted until companies are nompleted by the oommittee of citizens, at such localities US thffir sgentmay designate. . Papers in the interior of the State will copy this ad vertisement one time, and send the paper containing same, (ritb.Mll, to these Heßdauarters. ■ ■ Communications by letter will be promptly answered. GEORGE L.STEARNS, Major and A; A. G„ RecTulttup: Commi6sio»#r for U. §, Volunteers. Je29-W VOL. 6.—NO. 288. WATCHES AND JEWELRY. QUARK’S. 603 CHESTNUT STREET.' 18 THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN THECITT TO BHT GOLD or PLATED JEWELKY, SiLraß-PLATEp WAKE. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, POCKET-BOOKS, TRAVELLING BAGS, Ac, . , , ,_ , Call and examine our Stock before purchasingelse- W ThB Sr foUowlag i« a partial 11a t of goods wliclTwa are telling from 20 to 190 per cent, lees than at any other 08- tabli B taaeatmth«cU^ Rs SYRUP PITCHERS, CREAM PITCHERS. SUGAR BOWLS. BUTTER COOLERS. GOBLETS. * CUPS. CASTORS. WAITERS. CAKE BASKETS. CARD BABKETB. SALT STANDS. TOBACCO BOXES. • NAPKIN RINGS. :■ FRUIT KNIVES.. TABLE SPOONS. DESSERT SPOONS. TEA SPOONS. SUGAR SPOONS. SALT SPOONS. _ DINNER and TEA FORKS. BUTTER KNIVES. OYSTER LADLES. GRAVY LADLES. ‘ BETS IN GREAT VARIETY. BRACELETS - BREASTPINS. • - CHATALAINE CHAINS. * GUARD' CH A INS. MEDALLIONS. - CHARMS. . THIMBLES. BINGB. - GOLD PENS. v GOLD PENCILS. GOLD TOOTHPICKS. , GENTS’PINS, beautiful atylsi. GENTS’CHAINS. " SLEEVE BUTTONS. ‘ ‘ "* STUDS. ARMLETS. „ •NECK CHAINS. POCKET-BOOKS. TRAVELLING BAGS, ALBUMS. . CIGAR OASES. CARD CASES, &c. .. . Call early and examine the largest and cheapest stock H-jjy- 1■ 11 lt_- Jl - - - ' 1). W. C31.A1lK f H. ~ eoa chistnut street. JMQ-lM A WATOHKB, "“just' received peh steamer eurofa. - GOLD WATCHES, LADIES’ SIZES, OP NEW STYLES. «LVM£ AHCKBS AND CYLINDRES. ■ 6ILT ANCKES AND CYLINDRES. PLATED ANCRES AND CYLINDERS. for Sale at Low Bate, to tlie Trade, by D. T. PRATT, 007 CHESTNUT STREET. Jfc.FINB WATCH REPAIRING Sfl? attended to, by the most experienced workmen, ind every wateh warranted for one year. ? G. BUSSELL, ON North SIXTH Street «Mx» , J.O. FULLER, Importer and Wholesale Dealer in _ FINE WATCHES AND JEWELRY, No. Tlft CHESTNUT Street,^ (Up-stairs, opposite Masonic Temple,) Has now open a LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK, EMBRACING ’ n HOWARD & CO.’S FINE AMERICAN WATHKB, GOLD CHAINS, GOLD SPECTACLES, THIMBLES, AND FINE JEWELRY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. my27-tau22 • - • ■*>' Jfr l G. RUSSELL, FINE AMERICAS and Imported WATCHES;-Fine Jewelry, Silver and Plated ware; &c. ■ je27 ■ ■ aa North SIXTH Street.. J C. FULLER’S FINE GOLD PENS; THE BEST PEN IN USE, FOE SALE IN ALL SIZES. my22-Sm piNE GILT COMBS IN BVBBY VARIETY. IMITATIONS OF PEARL AND CORAL. J. G. FULLER; No. TM Street, my22-Sra yULCANITE BINGS. . ™ A full'SMorimcn.t.-all sizes and styles J. O. FILLER, ~ 7 No. 71* CHESTNUTStreet. . my22-3m MUSICAL BOXES. TN SHELL AND ROSEWOOD CASES, '■- playini froml to 12 tunes, choice Opera and Amerl san Melodies. ; FARR & BROKER, Importers, »p 4 M 4 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth. CLOTHING. JOHN KELLY, JR., TAIL o r; HAS REMOVED FROM 1022 CHESTNUT STREW EDWARD P. REDDY'S, lON South THIED Street Where he presents to former patrons and the public the advantages of a STOCK OF GOODS,equalif net.su perior, to any in the cltyH&e skill and taste of himself and EDWARD P. KELLY, the two best Tailors ojf the elty—at prices much lower than any other first-elass esta blishment of the eity. . apl-tf Fine Clothing, ~ ' FOE Spring and Sumn^mr* WANAMAEER k BROWS 8. B. ,or- OUt A Market, ALSO. Medium and Common GRADES, Cut and Mad* In Faihlouable Style A KB SOLD AT LOW PRICES. ■RLAOK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, ■M At 704 MARKET Street BLACK CASS. PANTS, *5.50, At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5 60, * At 704 MARKET Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, At 70*1 MARKET ; Street. BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5 50, At 704 MARKET-street. GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’B. No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S. No. 704-M ARB KT StTeet. GRIGG A VAN ;GUNTEN , S, i-No.-704MARKEr Street. GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S. No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN 'GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MaBK£T Street, mb 22-6 m •. . SEWING MACHINES. gINGER & GO.’S “LETTER A” FAMILY SEWING MACHINE, With all the new improvements- Hemmor, Braider, Binder, Feller, Tucker,.Corder, Gatherer, Ac., is the CHEAPEST AND BEST of nil machines for FAMILY SEWING AND LIGHT MANUFACTURING PURPOSES. Send for a pamphlet and a copy of *■ Singer & Co.’» Gazette.” I. M. SINGER & CO., je!6-3m No. 810 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia, gEWXNG MACHINES. THE " SLOAT” MApHINE, WITB GLASS PBESSBB FOOT, HEW STYLE EEMMKK. BBAIDBX. ltd other valuable improvements. rHK TAGGART & FARR MACHINES. Ageney—PHl CHESTNUT Street. mhft-tf TO FAMILIES RESIDING IN THE' A- RURAL DISTRICTS. , We are prepared, as heretofore, to supply Families at their Country Eesidehces with EVERY DESCRIPTION OF FINE groceries, teas, &o. ALBERT C. ROBERTS, my2l-H COKNEE ELEVENTH AND VINE STS. pOTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANYAS of all numbers and brands. -Haven's Duck Awning Twills, of all descriptions, for Tents, Awnings, Trunk, and Wagon Covers. Also. Paper Manufacturers’ Brier Felts, from 1 to S feet Wide. Tarpaulin, Bolting, Sail Twine, he. JOHH W. EVERM AN A CO., 10H JONES’ Alley, COMMISSION HOUSES. JOHN T. BAILEY db CO. BAG 8 AND BAGGING 01 BVEKY DESCRIPTION. NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET, ~ : WOOL BA&S FOR SALE. lilMb ‘ JELLING, COFFIN, & CO., *3O CHESTNUT STREET, Have for sale by the Package a good assortment of Staple PKIHTS, LAWHB. BROWN AND BLEACHED MUSLINS, COTTONADEB, PRINTED LININGS, SILESIAS, NANKEENS, CORSET JEANS.- x ALSO, $ ■ 0-4 BLACK ANDTHXED BROADCLOTHS, UNION CA6SIMEHBS, EXTRA, MEDIUM, AND LOW QUALITY SATINETS. NEGRO KERSEYS, PLAID LINSEYS, ARMY GOODS, &G., AO. apa-tnthsSm : ■' GAS FIXTURES, 527 ABOH STBEBT. o. A. VANKIBK A OOJ JiAAFFACTtTHERS OT CHANDELIERS AND OTHER GAB FIXTURES. Al»o, Trench Bronre Pignree and Ornament., FomUli mi Mice Shade., and a rnriety of v FANCY- GOODS; WHOLES ALB AND BETAIL. neaee emit end anmlne geode. I.IS-It rilllTIITIINlii: Alii riABINBT ; FURNITURE AND DIL v/ MXBD TABLES. MOORE A CAMPION, ' JTo. *GI South SECOND Street, . {a sonneetlon with their extensive Cabinet business, are tow manufacturing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES; ttd hay* now on. hand a full supply ,fliiiBlied"With the UOOBB & CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS., which are pronounced by all who hays used them to be superior to all others. - For. the quality and finish of these Tables, the maun- Sacturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the Union, who are familiar with the eharacter of their irorV. -mh9-6m CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS. QIL CLOTH& AND WINDOW SHADES. OARKIA&E, TABLE, STAIR, AND FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, IN COTTON AND LINEN FABRICS, QUALITY AND STYDE UNSURPASSED. WIKDOW SHADES, OOMPKISIHO EVERY VARIETY OF NEW AND OBI GINAL DESIGNS. PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL. These goods will be sold to Dealers and Manufacturers ut Dricesmuch below the present price of stock. THOMAS POTTER, MANUFACTURER OF OIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW SHADES, *39 ARCH Street, Philadelphia, and *9 CEDAR and 95 LIBERTY Streets, New York. myl2-3m GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, 1 AND 3 N. SIXTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA. JOIN 0. JIRRISOI, (fobmekly j. bubb xoorh, ) I IMPORTER AND DEALER UT GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS, MANUFACTURER OF THE IMPROVED PATTERN. SHIRT. ... WRAPPERS. COLLARS, SATISFACTION GUARANTIED. QLD ESTABLISHED SHIRT, STOCK, AND COLLAR EMPORIUM, NO. 146 NORTH FOURTH STREET. CHARLES L. ORUM A GO. ire prepared to execute all orders for their celebrated make of Shirts, on short notice, ,in the most satisfactory manner. These Shirts are cut by measurement, on scl ihtiflc principles, and surpass any other Shirt for neat uess of fit oh the Breast, comfort in the" Neck, and ease on the Shoulder. ~ ' : :'aplB-Btuth6m UINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. ■I- The subscriber would invite attention, to his IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS, Which he makes a specialty in his business.' Also; con stantly 'receiving, ' . : NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAB. J. W. SOOTT, GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE, Ne. 814 CHESTNUT STREET, Ja3o-tf , - , Fonr doom belotr the. Continental. - PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, *c; JAMBS S. EARLE & SON,: IMPOBTEBB O7 LOOKING GLASSES. DUIiEBB I> . ML PAINTINGS, SNGKAVIHGB, FOETBAIT, PICTURE, and PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. EXTENSIVE LOOKING GLASS WAJBEBOOMB ANN GALLEBT OF PAINTINGS, lal-tf Sl» CHESTNUT Street. Philadelphia.: CEMENT. Great Discovert I USEFUL AJfD VALUABLE DISCOVERY! HILTON’ S INSOLUBLE CEMENT! Is of more general practical utility than any lnvention now before the public*;lt ha§.b'ejuL thoroughly test ed daring .the last two years \.by practical men, and 'pronounced^by' • all to be - 7T' SUPERIOR TO iNI • / Applicable to tlie useful Arts* Adhesive Preparation known. HILTONS INSOLUBLE CEMENT A new thing. Is a new thing, and the result of years of study ; itscombinationison SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES,' Its Combination. And -under:.ho circumstances or change* of .temperature,\will it be come corrupt or emit any offensive smell; - ... BOOT AND SHOE Manufacturers, using -Machines, wilhflnd it the beat articie known for Cementing the Channels, as it works without delay; is not affected by any change of temperature. • Boot and Shoe manufacturers. Jewelers* JEWELERS "Will find it sufficiently adhesive for their use, as has been proved. IT IS ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO LEATHER, Families. Andwe as an especial merit, that it sticks Patches and Linings to Boots • and * Shoes sufficiently strong without stitching. IT IS THE ONLY LIQUID CEMENT Extant, that is a sure thing for ; .. mending It is a Liquid. FURNITURE, CROCKERY, TOYS, BONE, • IVORY, And articles of Household use* REMEMBER, lUlton’s Insoluble Cement Remember. Is in a liquid form, and as easily applied as pasfce.- HILTON’S. INSOLUBLE CEMENT Is insoluble in water or oil. HILTON’S INSOLUBLE CEMENT Adheres oily substances, Supplied in Family or Manufactu rers’,Packages-from 2 ounces to 100 flis. : a HILTON BROS. & Col, .Proprietors, je9-tuthsly Mackerel, herring, shad, *C., *O. _ _ ?*i?®P > bblB Mass. Nos. 1,3, and 8 Mackerel* late caught rat Ash. ih assorted packages. _2,000 bbls. New Eastport, Fortune Bar, and Halifax Herring, . 2,500 boxeß Lubec, Scaled, and No. 1 Herring. 160 bbls. new Mess Shad. ' v 250 boxes Herkimer County Cheese/ &e. In store and for sale by MURPHY & KOONB. ' JfolttJfortfc-WfiAftYll.- PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, 'JULY 7, 1863, The Battle of Cemetery Ridge., or Gettysburg, COMPLETE TRIUMPH OF OUR ARMS, [From Correspondence of tLeJMbune. 1 On Wednesday night all the troops but the-6th Corps, commanded by General Sedgwick, arrived on the field. The veteran division, known as the Penn sylvania Reserve Corps, was'attached to the sth Oorpß. The 2d Vermont Brigade, ninemonthsl men, were assigned to the, Ist Corps., On Thursday morning the line was formed as follows: Slocum’s corps on the right, Howard joining on the left: Hancock’s (Couch’s), Newton’s (Reynolds’), and Sickles’corps in the centre^and Sykes’(Meade’s) on'the. left. Numerically, commencing with the right, the line was formed of the. 12tli. litb, 2d, Ist,- 3d. and 6th Corps, ' : • This was essentially the position during Thursday and Friday, though Gen.. Meade did not fight his army by corps. Asdhe battle .raged more fiercely .here or,:there* detachments of divisions or„b‘rigades were sent to support, and would remain till wanted elsewhere. So admirably were several resistances and on slaughts managed that whenever and wherever sup porting columns were needed then and there they would be found in sufficient force to accomplish the object desired. . . . ' ' ' M tSs noimsi ana 6TBIT aflvaatipnM nnmtinn Biisjigf isTifs ifosTram arnnsiroouia db mama or battery planted, frowned OH tftp CaCiIJY through brows of brass and iron. There was no conceivable advance of approach that could not be raked and crossed with the artille ry. The reserve artillery the eseentialsfco insure victory-were in position at the right time. The immense cavalry force, too, for-once, was pre sent, covering both flanks of the army and continu ally harassing <the enemy: This was a new and-an encouraging feature that gave confidence to thefemed,* and security to the trainß. v • - There were no ghosts of stampeding corps otother seapegoats with horns fast in the bu&es realtor;' bear away whatever censure might befall onti@s weak to bear the burden of his own folly. Th’esenie cavalry prancing along the flanks frightened away to the swamps of the Chickabdminy, the the Rappahannock, or to Antietam’s bloody where erst they were wont to congregate.- Early on Thursday morning the enemy commenoed feeling the lines of. Gen. Meade’s army. Skirmishing continued more or IeBS severe until 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Suddenly, at about this hour, the enemy opened a terrific fire on the Cemetery Hill held'by the llth Corps on the .right—centre held'by the-2d ‘ Corps. The artillery in front of the enemy’s fire re plied vigorously, and -lor two hours the roar and, thunder and flame and smoke of artillery, and -the screech of Bhells, so completely filled the heavens that all else seemed forgotten. One form;" however, with mind intent on ■poses, stood on an eminence leaning slightly for ward, and with eagle eye.pierced .the vail of smoke:' and saw,’and felt, and knew that an hour more ter rible by Jarthan the present was coming rapidly— was even present. It was evident the wily com mander of the rebel forces had determined on some desperate charge, but when and in what manner it would-be made waa unknown to the man who stood calmly, yet with deep solicitude, regarding everv pulsation of the battle. . . . On-tbe left, through the woods, black masses were seen moving—larger, more frequent and nearer! Skirmishing in that partof the field becomes sharper. Gen. Sickles is ordered forward to develop the ene my’s intentions. The black columns come out of the * -'Wood, and suddenly the thunder of artillery ceased . and, with cheers and yells, the roar of mußlcetry and flash of -bayonet, full 50,000 men from Tiorigstreet’s and Hill’s corps came rushing against" our lines The 3d Corps stood firm for a while, but afterwards gave wav beneath the weight of the' attacking column, and on they came tenfold more furious than before.' . •• * • • Sickles fell severely wounded in the leg, and-his corps was literally cut to pieces. The 2d Corps was thrown in the breach from the right, and the 6th from the left. The 2d' suffhred fearfully, Hancock received a painful flesh wound in the thigh; but re- ’ fused to be led from the' field while the engagement continued. Here, too, GeneralG-ibboh was wounded ■ in the shoulder. The terrible charge and fierce bat tie raged with unabated fury. The sth Corps, in cluding the regulars and Pennsylvania Reserves, .struggled in the herculean labor with the determina tion of men born to conquer in battle. The aid of the'l2th Corps, from the extreme right, was called for, and a division was ordered up'and about the same time Sedgwick came up with the 6th ‘ frftcr a march 1 of thirty* six consecutive The men were footsore, many withoutshoes ontheir feet, hungry and weary, ready to drop on the road * from exhaustion.. When, flaehed,mto the-minda of these weaTvsoldiersrtlie fir.e and which this porps iYso justtocele*' .* anew irfttheir fThey-' awaited buffthe order, and that impatiently, to be. •led againstfthe enemy. The order was given;'and, * like men fresh from camp, they went down upon the haughty, foe like an avalanche. The rebel column staggered and reeled, and then fell back ia confusion, leaving tbeir dead lying against and across each other in the field of slaughter. * . The sun .went down. Suddenly, as the western i l , l - ?• £ c l£P s ed his rays, the battle carnage ceased on the left. X. , w UNDEBCLOTHIKa, &c. sudden, a fierce charge dashed'against the weakened lines of the right wing.: The sudden neEs of the attack and the weight of Ewell’s column gave some advantage to. the enemy. Reinforce ments, however, were promptly up, and thB enemy checked m bis advance. my22-toe4 The rebel General was determined to break through the right and gain central of the valley roads.- - The failure to turn the left, and the snatch ing the victory from their clutches; hurling their broken columns back defeated and confused on the left, made their oase;more desperate; and'the attack on Slocum, was furious eVen to-madness. and Gth Corps came up promptly to the support of the 12th Corps.; From dark until 9}£ o’clock the bat tle raged with unabated fury. The lines movei to •and fro; each in turn advancing and falling back. Atthißhoiirof the night the enemy made his Inal charge oil. the left of the right wing, held by General Geary’s division; He was repulsed with terrible slaughter,’and refused to renew the attack. At xo "o’clock the battle ceased, and during the' night' all was quiet.. . . / • ■■ t , -Ewell had been largely reinforced, and held a po sition of some advantage. Gen. Meade determined that he should be dislodged Trom the place, and, as a matter of personal honor,-assigned the task to Gen. had previously occupied the a*mi po sition, but was compelled- to abandon ifbecauae of •the reinforcements scht to'the’BUpport of the ileffc wing, overwhelmed by Longstreet’s and A. P. Hill’s divisions. Gen.- Slocum . accordingly made preparations for thewoik aßßigned. His-own corps was in sfron* position, and determined to regain the ground) lost .the night.be/dre.. , p t A division from the 6th Corpß was posted on the right.of the 12th, thus forming the extreme oktnost of^the right wing.; The sth Corps was sent over as a reserve, and Gen. Wadsworth’s division of the Ist Corps took position to strengthen Howard’s right where it joined Slocum’s left, v - V*Qn Friday morning, at 4 o’clook,- Slocim’s line • opened a terrific fire on Ewell’s men. The enemy responded in furious charge, for which mode, of fighting they are justly.;celebrated; The fighting on Thursday on the left, where Ldngstreet'and Hill r fought with 'most terrible' desperation* for three hours, aDd .-the -subsequent battle on the right by Ewell, were .regarded byAhe oldest officers in the army as. the most obstinate and.'dea'dly contest of the war. Officers and men lay dead in fearful num bers. But the enemy’s*charge^in;.response to Slo cum’s fire seemed ten times more furious. With fiendish yell and such contempt of death, during six full hours they hurled theip solid masses against the well-defended- lines/ ’* Th'e National troops stood like a wall of fire,- whose‘ flaming tongues enwrapped in death whatever came near. during the war has equalled this six hours of carnage. In front of, Grang’s poaition were more rebelaead than the number of the entire list of casu alties in-the 12th Corps.- 'The «dead -were lying lite rally in r heaps, many hit in ali;manhejr of-decrees, from a clean shot through.the head to bodies tom to pieces by exploding shells. : • At 10 o’clock Slocum had repulsed and driven back, the enemy at every point, and reoccupied his. origi-\ nal position., .The battle ceased atrn o’clock, and tbere.was.a paußelike to thnstillnesgof death rested for three hours on the living and dead. _No matter-how. long pressedlby the enemy, the Union troops felt, even in the front rifle-pits, that the;.commanding general- was conversant with their situation, and would not suffer them to be over whelmed. ' The officers would say to the men, and the men to each other/ “ Meade will send you help: just hold on a little longer.” - V A Nor-were .they disappointed. For the geneial in command was posseased with a degree of calm deli beration truly wonderful, and seemed intuitively to know what was necessaryto be done, and to be en dowed with a.BUperior genius in the distribution and handling of his forces.// .. . CAt two o’clock-ori'Fritfay afternoon, lice opened a line of artillery fire from-about one hundred guns,* concentrated against Cemetery Hill and the position along the centre held by the 2d and a part of the Ist . Corps,-. , ■■ v The firing waß responded to' by all the bAtterieson .the hill, arid then ensued thfee hours of cannonading unsurpassed in incessant fierceness by any artillery battle on this continent. The sight and sound were awfully ,sublime. . The hillß rtrembled beneath the percussion.;:: The Bound filled the heaveos, and Na ture, as it were, stood still tobohtemplatp the scene. .. Horses werejshot down-by scores; gun-carriages were demolished, pieces • dismounted,' caissons ex ploded,whole hatteries were swept and can nonieis and.officers killed and wounded in numbers almost incredible." No less than fifteen cais3ons were exploded on ;the heightß, and two regular bat teries on the right of .the.cemetery were completely demolished. Much ,of the enemy’s firing was wild, and scat tered near and far over the field. G-eneral Meade’s headquarters were forced tb take refine behind-the rocks near General Slocum’s headquarters. The non-combatants were especially alatmed, but the .fighting members thought it a good joke to see their associates flee the wrath to come, peat up f ia rebel 'shells. . * • I - . General Howard’s headquarters were in the ceme tery, and were raked in a tearful manner : men fell . all round him, but himself and staff Escaped. The silent abode of the dead was mkde the theatre of deadly conflict. Tomb stones and beautiful monu ments were demolished; great hole* were torn in the earth by the explosion of shells, knd the surface checkered with furrows. The artillery fire continued till 4 o’clock, when the solid columns of rebel infantry were again seen moving in the wood in front of' the centre held by the Ist and 2d Corpß. j During the fierce cannonading.the men and officers were ordered to shelter themselves,behind the hills and.rocks.j • When. however, 1 the rejel infantry was seen inVthe woods, several officers tameto General Doubledayi volunteering to carfr messages to Meade,/ana ask that the centre.be strengthened. :; - Doubleday, replied to the officeristhat they might trust to General Meade; that he/would keep his eye on movements of the enemy, add. have his iorces ready to meet his attacks. Oul they came,'and rushed rapidly over the fields in so id mass, but evi dentlywith lesß furythan before.J The head of the column was lirected against a position;held by General W.ebb commanding 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps. His. troops were old, and steadily and bravely withstood the charge. The steady fire of the national* triops staggered fire enemy, and the rebel General Armiatcad, who led the charge, wishing to steady hij column, halted it for a moment at a renoe. I PROVIDENCE, R. I. s General Webb seeing, called o “Charge! the enemy is ours.”/ he was. The commanding Gen( 3,500 men were captured by the t Corps on the right and the Ist on TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1863, THE GREAT VICTORY. FIGHTING OF THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. The Rebel Army Baffled and Driven, *The Great Battle ol* Gettysburg* The enemy was ’driven back over the fields with .great slaughter. The enemy then withdrew from the field *£nd the battle ended; During the battle of Friday, General Hancock, though severely wounded, lay under a tree and gave orders, fighting until the-battlewas ended. ' On Friday night, the ’cavlilry, which during the Beveral daysof battlehad rendered valuable service, and kept the rebel cavalry close within the infantry lines, reported the enemy retreating on the Cook town road. Large cavalry forces were sent out to watch his movements. "Early on Saturday morning General Slocum was ordered to a reconnoissance beypnd Gettys burg, and in order to feel the enemy’s position. He was found entrenching himself in fropt of the gap. This was supposed to be a feint, and also a defence to retreat.. In the a brigade from Steimwehr’s , division, llth.. Corps, occupied Gettysburg, driving out the'rebel'sharpshooters. The streets.were barricaded and the place put in. deiensivelcondition. Gen. Lee sent a message, under flag bf truce, to the effect that if the national troops were not, withdrawn from the town it would be shelled. Gen. Meade replied that he would dis pose bis troops as best suited his purpose; of course the troops were not withdrawn, nor was the army. J The rebel army is hedged in, and will hardly escape With an organization. The slaughter, on both sides , lias , been terrible. Fifteen thousand will scarcely cover the casualties in billed and wounded in the national army. The rebels , must have suffered a lobb of 25,000 in killed, *wounded/and prisoners. ' ~ ' Rebel : prisoners report Longstreet a prisoner. Gen.GibboD announced to his troops that they had captured Longstreet; and a member of Kilpatrick’s staff says hjf*Baw Longstreet a prisoner, mortally wounded, lying in a barn. One of your correspond ents the fame day Baw the dead body of a Major- C eDeral v in the rebel,uniform in the barn alluded to. Dwell is reported wounded, Gen, Barksdale is dead, 1 and hurried in our lines. ' The citizens of Gettysburg affirm that Lee is cer tainly WouDded. . All thingriarein readineßß, and Meade and his ’army are always in a condition to fight, and because Vof rain will not retreat, but rather advance. With tlie swelling Potomac in hiß front, Couch and French -..0n bis. flanks, and Meade’s victorious army in his - rear, Lee has the alternative of having his army an* i n’ihilated ss an army, or of surrendering to the Na tional forces. Meade will give him but little time to deliberate. J. R. SYPHER. REAL FIGHTING WITH BAYONETS. . Itw s b from a.bayonetthrust that Colonel Jeff'erds fell. It was in the thickest of the fight. A rebel .officer bad seized the regimental colors.. Colonel ’■jeffeids ’shot the rebel officer;-dead with his re volver, 1 took the-colors in his'-own hand, reared •thcih aloftj aDd cried out, ‘‘Ealljr round the flagj Mb hand 1 flilll Hrmly 'clutching the flfig-- * stiff. The‘man at rokoae hands' he lost hii life a moment k after lay gasping in death.. A bullet from Major HalVa revolver had entered his brain. . Conspicuous for gallantry in'this hand-to-hand conflict was Captain Robinson; He killed six rebels with his navy revolver, and was then one of other officers to snatch the musket and .cartridge box of a dead soldier and kill others. .His fate is He was not Been after the battle, and &gs&pjepumpti6n is that he was one among the prisoners. * division, Brigadier General came, to the rescue of the Ist ’ Divi moments more and our left must been turned. Our men knew that Jlfie/jegularstwere to come to their support incase of to drive or flank them, which desperate as. I have already stated, was made, and that, too, with.a.determined Bpirit and persistance, seldom equalled in any battle. Our brave boys well knew the value of the position. Thisdivisionfoughfc iwith an Undaunted determination, and the wounded . fell by scores. It would not do to fall back. The fortunes of tlie day depended . on. their standing. “ Don’tyield an inch, bpya,’ 5 he cried out, in clear, - clarion tones, brandishing his sword, with resolute determination to stand- by them. He was brave to laehness. Tbe ground was wooded and rocky, some , of the rocks eight and tern feet above the ground. -Mounting on phe.of these rocks, be had only time to repeat his order to. stand firm, when a rebel Min nie ball pierced: hiß left thigh, shattering the left . joint and compelling his reTOQval.and ah to this gallantry. /. , „• V. At six P. M., while the’battle was at its heighth, the Ist and sth brigades of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, recently wedded to the corps, and under com mand of General Crawford, and respectively com manded by Colonels. McCandlesa and Frick, were ordered to drive the enemy from Rock Hill. .This so-called hill, iii magnitude a small mountain, and the base was maiy.ly .tbe scene of battle thus de scribed. It is covered with woods, interspersed by huge rocks, which grow in Bize amlrlgidrie’sa as one nears th.e crest. Its summit commands an extended view of the battle-field of the country for miles around. It was a good: point of observation, and commanding an effective position for artillery. To the hill, up the hill,-and on top of the hill, the column pressed its way. It was a hoßtof struggle, of .peril,- of death, t-o. many. The. Buektails, of bravestmemory in'many great battles, went ahead as skirmishers.' The -enemy was compelled to re treat before our advance. Our gallant Pennsyl vanians would not be driven back. General Craw ford took in his own hands the colors of the Ist Re serve Regiment, whose color-beater had. been shot down, and carried it till the creßt was reached. The men followed fearlessly that flag, General Crawford calling out to them, “Don’t let the Bucktails beat yon.” . / .. As the summit was nearly reached, Col. Taylor, oi the Bucktails, was shot, and fell at the head of his regiment, undismayed by the death of their gallant leader, the. Bucktails moved forward and reformed. On the hill-top they captured three hun dred prisoners. In a few moments Hazlett’B battery waß on the creßt, hurling grape and canister among, the retreating enemy, who, now flew down the hiU in the wildest confusion. ; THE JPENNSy.LANIA RESERVES have aUcayaTought/well. to-day more than well. - 'Defending, the State of their , nativity not only inspired the men with' extra r courage, but many lived m Gettysburg and about here, and with them it:was a'fight in .reality for their hearths and firesides. Over the heads of their helpless wives and children were passing murderous shells of the rebel invaders. At any moment theae shells might fall into their midßt. carrying horror and death in their track. Is it to be wondered at that they climb ed in the manner they did the rugged ascent of Rock Hill—that they showed no fear of the rebels—that they drove the enemy from the hill, and kept them at bay 1 And they did keep them at bay, and, by aid of two of our batteries planted on the summit of the hill, aje still doing so. ■, ' ’ The record of the 3d Corps shows numberless chief officers sacrificed in this fierce encounter, witnessing the desperation with which it was fought. Out of this little corps nearly 3,000 men were placed hors du combat in this short engagement. The gallant Bimeywastwice struck by the bullets of .the enemy, though, happily but slightly injured. It is but proper to mention that this single action saved us the day.' ' When the gallant general fell his sfcafFran to his assistance him- off the field.- He was struck just belo w the knew:by a Bhell, and hiß leg so badly shattered that it hung merely by a shred. He was carried to a wheat field in the rear, where am putation was performed under the influence of as previously described; v ' -> v : The lobs of blood, combined with the effect3 : of the chloroform and his physical, prostration, caused him to remain insehsible for some time, but on rallying he discovered your correspondent by his side and recognized him with a. “ God bless you,” and again slink away. Rallying again, he looked in my face, and said feebly, “ Cook, in this war a nma is but God rules and directs all for the best.” • HANCOCK’S VALOR. [From the Correspondence of the Times;]: jft 2 o’clock P. M., Friday, Longatreet’s whole corps.advanced from the rebel centre against our centre. The enemy’s forces were hurled upon our position by columns in mass, and also in lines of battle. Our centre was held by General Hancock, with the noble old 2d Army Corps, aided by General Doubleday’s division of the. lat. Corps. The rebels first opened a terrific artillery bom bardment to' demoralize our men, and then . theih forceß; with great impetuosity upon our posi-"" tion. Hancock received the attack with great firm . ness, and after a furious battle, Tasting until five o’clock, the enemy were driven from the field, Long street’s corps being almost annihilated. V£he battle was a most magnificent spectacle. It wasTought on an open plain, just aoufch of Gettys burg, with not a tree to interrupt the view. The courage of our men was perfectly sublime. At SP. M., what was left of' the enemy retreated in utter confusion, leaving dozens of flaglfc and Gen. Hancock estimated at least Jive thousand killed and '"wounded.on the field. - ! The battle was fought by General Hancock with _ Bplendid valor. He won imperishable honor, and Gen; Meade thanked him in the name of the army and the country. He waß wounded in the thigh, but remained on the field. POSITION AND PLAN THE BATTLE. The battle of Gettysburg! I am told that it com menced on the first of July, a mile north of the town, between two weak-brigades of infantry and some doomed artillery, and'the whole force of the rebel army. Among otlmr costs of this error was the death of Reynolds/* 1 * Its value was priceless, however, though priceless was the young and the old blood with which it was bought;’ The error put us on the defensive, and gave us the choice of posi tion, from the moment that our artillery and in fant] yrolled back through the . main street of Get tysburg and rolled out of the town to the circle of eminences south of it; We to attack but to be attacked.- Th«t .risks; the difficultie'a and the disadvantages of the coming battle were the ene my’s. Ours were the heights for artillery; ours the inside.lines for manoeuvring and rein forcing; ours the cover of stonewalls, fences, and the creits' of hills. The ground upon which we were-driven to. accept battle was wonderfully fa vorable to ; us. A popular description of it would be to say that it was in form an elongated and some what sharpened horseshoe, with the; toe to Gettys burg and the heel to the south. plan of battle was simple. He massed his troops upon the east side of this shoe of position, and thundered on it obstinately to break it. The shelllDg of our batteries from the nearest overlook ing' hill, and the unflinching courage and completl discipline of the Army of the Potomac repelled the attack. It was renewed at the point of-.the^shbe— , renewed desperately; at the southwest heel—re* .newed on the western side, with an effort conse crated to success by Ewell’s earnest oaths, and on which the fate of the invasion of Pennsylvania was fully-put at stake.vOnly a perfect infantry, and an < artillery educated in,the midst of charges of hostile brigades, could possibly have sustained this assault. Hancock’s corps did sustain it, and has covered itself with immortal honors, by its-constancy and courage. The total wreck of Gushing’s battery—the list of its killed'and.wounded—the losses of officers, men and horses Cowen fustained, and the marvellous out spread upon the board ol death of dead soldiers and dead animals—of dead soldiers in blue, And dead ' soldiers in gray—more marvellous to me than any thing; I have ever seen in war—area ghastly and shocking testimony to the terrible fight of the 2d Corps, that-Done will gainsay. That corps will ever have the distinction of breaking the pride and power of the rebel invasion. > THE REBEL CHARGE. ’ Then ,there was a lull, and we knew that the rebel infantry was charging. splendidly they did this work—the highest and severest test of the stuff that Soldiers are made of. Hill’s division, in line uf-bat tie, came first,.on the double-quick, their muskets at the “right-shoulder-shiffc.” Longstreet’s came as the support, at the. usual distance, with war-cries and a savage Insolence as yet untutored by defeat. They rushed in perfect order across the open field, up tothevery muzzles of the guns, which tore lanes through them astheycame. But they met men who were their equala in spirit, and their superiors in tenacity. . There never was better fighting since Thermopylte than wasVdone yesterday by our in fantry and artillery, The rebels were over our de fences. They had cleaned canhoniers and horses from one of ‘the guns, and were whirling it around to use upon us.' The bayonet drove them back. But so bard pressed was this brave infantry that atlSne time, from ' the exhaustion of their ammunition, every battery upon the principal crest of attack was. silent, except Crowen’s; His service of grape and canister was awful. It enabled our line, out numbered two to one, first to beat back Longutreet, and then to charge upon him, and take a great num ber of his men and himself prisoners./Strange sight! So terrible was our musketry and artillery fire, that when Armstead’s brigade was checked in its charge, and stood reeling, all of its men dropped their mus kets, and crawled on their handß and knees, under neath, the stream of shot, till close to our troops,, where they made signs of surrendering. They passed through our ranks scarcely noticed; and slowly, went down the slope to the road in the rear. Before they got there the grand charge of Ewell, at to his brigade, I And true enough, jral Armistead and dosing in of the 2d (the left* THE FENNSYEVA-HIANS. SICKLES WOUNDED. solemnly sworn to and carefully prepared, had failed. SPIRIT OF THE BATTLE. [From Correspondence of the World. ] The artillery fire continued without intermission for three hours, when suddenly, having formed under cover of the smoke of their own guns, the rebel troops were hurled against our lines by their officers in m asses the ver y tread of whose feet shook the declivity up which they came, with cries that might hai f e caused less dauntless troops than those who awaited the onset to break with terror. Not a man in the Federal rankß flinched from his posi tion. Not an eye turned to the right or left in search of security, not a hand trembled bb the long array of our heroes graßpcd their muskets at a charge, and waited the order to fire. On and up came the enemy; hooting, crowding, showing their very teeth in the venom of their rage, until within thirty yards of our cannon. As the turbulent mass of gray uniforms, of flashing bayonets and gleaming / eyes, lifted itself in a laßtleap forward almost to the mouths of ourgunß, a volley of shot, shell, fshrap hel, and bullets went crashing through it, leaving it as a scythe. Its overwhelming onward rush was in the next instant turned to the hesitating leap for ward of a few soldiers more daredevil than the rest, the wild bounding upwards of more than a few mor tally wounded heroes, and the succeeding backward ■ of the disjointed remainder, which culminated in a scamper down the Blope that was, in some in stances, retarded by the pursuing bullets of our men. . The carnage of this assault among the rebels was so fearful that even Federal soldiers who rested on their arms triumphant, after the foe had retreated beyond their fire, as they cast their eyes downward upon the panorama of death and woundß illuminated by the sun that shone upon the slope before them, were seen to shudder and turn sickening away. Then the 3d and sth Corps joined in the fight. As the rebelß rallied for an instant, and attempted to make a stand, they .were met by such combined vol leys as threatened to reduce their columns to frag ments. The panic which ensued is unparalleled in aby battle in which the Army of the Potomac haß ever been engaged. The enemy quailed like ewes before a tempest. Their main line again receded, but numbers, palsied by the horror and tumult, fell upon their kneeß, upon their breasts, upon their laces, Bhriek ing and lifting up clasped hands in token of surrender and appeal for mercy. General 1 Dick Gaaaett’s brigade' surrendered almost entire, but Garnett himself, by the aid of two of his men, suc ceeded, though wounded, in making his escape. Longstreet, who led the reinforcements which en abled the rebels to make their second brief stand, was wounded, captured, and is now a prisoner. The musketry firing slowly ceased, and.the discharge of artillery continued for a brief period, but even these reverberations finally died away. (fmrrm Mends im not HenmM in aimninatinir niiviiiTivDßifligini fasn saiamris too 001100® and reforxaeci-witli magical -liashour what seemed to be his whole force was again amaaßed directly in our front, where the contest once more opened. The aesault this time was made with a fujy even surpassing that of the first. It would seem as if the entire rebel army had resolved itself into a gigantic forlorn hope, and bore in its col lective bosom the consciousness that the effort now made was the last and only one that could be made toward retrieving the -fortunes of that army, or preventing the inevitable disgrace which hovered over it. It is said by rebel prisoners taken in the later part of the engagement that this charge was led by Lee in person. The pTeatige of his name and.hispres* ' ence could ceriainly not have added to its power or .enthusiasm. Yet the cool and gallant phalanx which, secure in ila position and confident in its leader, waited with a silence only broken by the oc casional roar of artillery the approach of the foe, and viewed it as calmly and met it as unfalteringly as before. Back, as easily as a girl hurls, the shut- did the soldiers of our gallant "army hurl into chaotic retreat the hoßts that came on and on, over the Btones and ditcheß, over the bodies of fallen comrades, piling its dead in heaps and making the < soil over which it trod ghastly and alive with strug gling wounded. THE FIELD AFTER THE BATTLE. [Troni Correspondence of the Times, j Rebel officers with whom I have conversed frankly admit that the result of the last two days has been most disastrous to their cause, which depended, they say, upon the success of Lee’s attempt to transfer the seat of war from Virginia to the Northern Bor der States. A wounded rebel colonel told me that, in the first and second days’ fight, the rebel losses were between ten and eleven thousand. Yester day, they were greater 'still." In one part- of the field, in a space not more than twenty feet in circumference, In front of General Gibfions’ divi sion I counted seven dead;rebels, thrfie of whom •were piled on top of each other. And clo3e bv. in a spot hot more than fifteen feet square, lay fifteen “graybaclcs,” stretched ?n death.. These were the adventurous spirits, who, in the face of the horrible stream of canister, shell, and musketry, scaled the fence wall in their attempt upon our batteries* Very large numbers of wounded were also around, not to mention more who had crawled away or been taken away. The field in front of the stone wall was. literally covered with dead and wounded, a large proportion of whom were rebels. Where our musketry and artillery took effect they lay in swaths, as if mown down by a scythe. This field presented a horrible sight—such as has never yet been witnessed during the war. Not less than one thousand dead and wounded lay' in a space of less than four acres in extent, and that, too, after num bers had crawled &way to places of Bhelter, INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE. GENEEAL MEADE. General Meade’s headquarters, which were just below our rear line, and opposite its centre, received during the battle flying visits from thousands of .monster shells, round shot, and rifle balls; but, al though almost every shell exploded all along the road on which the small frame building occupied by him was situated,, neither himself nor any of his staff was injured, Men and horses .passing along the road were torn to fragments by shells, but Gen. Meade seemed regardless of his personal safety, and was riding along 4be lines, attended by two order lies, and guiding and directing every movement. Demoralized officers and men, of whom there were on this occasion but very few, were halted and sent to the front by him, and ordered to remain until.the termination of the fight. The day previous his horse' was killed under, him, the canister shot grazing his pants and passing through the flap of the saddle. He seemed perfectly sanguine of success, and hia appearance denoted that should he fail in driving the enemy, he intended to hold his position at all hazards. THE MEN. Our men were nerved to the highest pitch of enthu siasm during the fight, and cheer after cheer was heard-above the din of battle, as our brave fellows rolled back at each assault the ragged legions of the enemy. Men with severe wounds, when being car ried from the field to the hospitals, were heard cheer ing, as the intelligence that we were driving the ene my was communicated to them. One, with a ghast ly wound in the face, forgetting for the moment hia sufferings, swung his cap when our men were cheer ing, and, giving a heartfelt “ Hurrah!” said, “ I’ll be with you again to-morrow, boys! I’ll be with you to morrow!” DEATH OF GENERAL WEED. A more ardent soldier was not in the service, and a purer patriot haß not lived. He sacrificed his life through love for his profession and devotion to his country ; and the sacrifice, dearly as he loved life and friends and fame, was made willingly, as gathered from ' hiS' remarks subsequent to receiving his fatal wound. “ I lay down my life willingly,’’ he observed to several standing about him; "I only hope its closewill be the dawn of successive victories to our arms, and a speedy end to this ter riblewar.” He was hit' evidently by a rebel sharp shooter. The bullet Btruck hiß fight arm, inflicting a slight fleßh wound, and thence passed into his lung. He lived' some time after receiving his wound, and was conscious until within a very few moments be fore breathing his last; A great and 'sublime soul as well as true soldier—for a more noble, generous man never lived—was pasßingfrom itsclayeyportala amidst showering shell and whistling bullets. HOW LIEUT. HAZLETT WAS KILLED. In trying to oatch .the final words of General Weed, Lieutenant Hazlefct was kneeling, and bent hiß head close to General Weed to receive his dying command, when a bullet, the unseen messenger of death, hit him in the forehead, and, falling on the bosom of his friend and associate, he breathed his life away withouta woid or groan. It’was a touch ing spectacle to those witnessing it. Such, how ever, are some of the natural incidents of war.— Lieutenant Hazlett graduated at West Point in 1861. Though young, he was a moat thorough and efficient as well as brave and popular officer. He was attached to General Griffin’s old battery at the time of the formation of the regiment, and ever sinejg the promotion of the latter to a brigadier gen eral has been in command of the battery. He was unmarried, and has a mother at Zanesville, Ohio. I should have stated above that General Weed also was a single man. -Hp was engaged, however, lam told, to a beautiful and accomplished young lady in Harrisburg, Pa.; and the last letter he ever wrote, written in lead pencil, seated in his saddle, was ad dressed to this young lady fifteen minutes before he was Bhot. He gave me this letter to mail for him. —Correspondence Herald. A TERRIBLE HAVOC—DOUBLEDAY’S FALL. The 2d Corps occupied the centre, and the posi tion which withstood the laßt- convulsive attack of the rebels was commanded by General Hayes. The enemy followed their artillery with a tremendous infantry assault under the rebel General Anderson; * coming up in masses, sometimes in close /column by division. Our men stood like serried hosts, and on came the shouting, and-rushing .toward our guns like infuriated demons. There was no waver in our lines. On came the rebels, while the canister from .batteries told fearfully among their dying rankß. Now they are within twenty yardß of our guns, and volley after volley of shot and shell and whizzing bullets go crashing down' among them, dealing death and scattering the mot ley ranks to die or surrender. The slaughter was fearful, and there were a few mea of the; enemy who did not fiad-’even a grave near our guns. The 3d and sth Corps now joined in the fight. Gen. Hill’s division alone took ten battle-flags as this last move of the enemy buret upon our centre." A panic seemed to seize them. Men laid down on the ground to escape our fire, and lying there they suppllcatingly held up white pieces of paper in token of surrender. In this repulse we took' several thousand prisoners, and crowds of rebel stragglers came into our lines, giving themselves up in despair. • •- General Hancock’s’ corpß now flanked the field, when crowds of disorganized rebels threw up their arms and surrendered, while the field, strewn with rebel wounded, flattie-flags, and arms, fell into our possession. • ' The result amounted to a rout. * Cavalry has been sent out to harvest the stragglers.* General Hayes is said to have covered himself with glory. General Doubleday fell fighting gallantly, saying, as a ball pierced hisheard, “.I’m killed! I’m killed!” 'Gene ral Hancock thinks he .is not killed, but seriously wounded. And thus*night _ has drawn her mantle over another bloody day, but a day so bright with deeds of heroism and grand results, with patriotic devotion and sublime death, that the page of history shall glitter with that light.— Correspondence Tri bune. ' PARTIAL LIST OF OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED. Lieut. Dayton L. Card, commanding Co. E, 108th New York, was killed instantly by a Bhcll. His body presented a ghastly sight. He was struck in the middle of the breast by a missile, which exploded, and tore him literally in two. Half of his face was also torn away by a fragment of ahell. Col. Adolph Van HartuDg, 74th Penn., lee. Col. Franoine, 7th New Jersey, badly wounded in thigh. Lieut-Col. Price, 7th New Jersey, woundedinleg. Capt. Healey, 6th New Jersey, seriously. Lieut. Leach, Ist Michigan, killed. EIGHTH NEW JERSEY. Capt. Edwin C.-Nichols, Co. G, severely in thigh, Capt. Andrew H. Davis, Co. H, thigh. Lieut. Henry Hartford, Co. F, shoulder. Xieut. Lambert, Co. A, foot. Lieut. BrowDe, Co. B, leg shattered. Lieut. Andrew Mandeville, Co. D, slightly. Col. PAmsay, slightly. Capt. Donity, Petit’B Battery, killed. ■ Lieut. Walker, 6th New York, killed. Capt. Caldwell, Gen. Caldwell’s stall; wounded in ■leg. ■■ -■ V Lieut. Col. Steel, 7th Michigan, killed. All of the field officers of the Ist Minnesota were wounded, Lieut. Col. Adams mortally. , Lieut. Repes, 20th Massachusetts, killed Major Baird, and Licutß. Haskell and Witter, General Hancock’s staff, wounded. * Capt. Parrel, provost marshal, Ist Minnesota Re giment, wounded, since.died. Capt. Shreves, 69th Pennsylvania, wounded. Capt. Lockhart, 69th Pennsylvania, wounded. Lieut. Borland, .69th Lieut. Stewart, C9thPennsylvania,"wouiided. ' Col. DevereauXj loth Masaachußetta. killed. ' THREE CENTS. PENNSYLVANIANS KILLED AND WOUNDED* KILLED. Colonel Taylor, lßt Bucktails. * Colonel O. Kane, 69th. Captain John Matthews, company L,62d r . Morris Kelly, company L, 62d. Lieutenant Colonel Ischindry, 65th. Captain Little, company I, 62d. Lieutenant Mank, company K, 62d. Lieutenant G. McDowell, company G, 62d. • John Matthews, company L, 62d. Captain Mcßride, 72d. Lieutenant Jones, 72d. Lieutenant Hulings, 72d. Captain Heily, 74th. George Kimmey, company C, 160th, Henry Yocum, company 0,160 th. WOUNDED.* Colonel Baxter, 72d, arm. Lieutenant Boiand, 72d. Lieutenant Stuart, 72d. Captain Shruac, 72d. Captain Lochart, 72d. Captain Cook, 72d. Captain Davidson, 18th. Lieutenant Hindman,' 18th. Captain Hall, 91st. . Captain Bell, Ist Bucktails, leg. Captain .McDonald, lßt Bucktails, head. Lieutenant Colonel Miles, 3d, right thigh. Lieutenant Colonel Dwight, 149th, Captain Sell, Provost Marshal, 83d, leg amputated/ Major Mitzel, 74th, mißSing. . Captain Myer, 74th. Lieutenant Roth, 74th, missing.. - Lieutenant Knoble, 74th, missing. Lieutenant Newnieyer, 74thj missing. Captain S. A. Macker, company 1,155 th, arm. Lieut. D. Ellion, company H, 165th, Bhoulder. Lieutenant J. H-Foster, company K, 165th, leg. . R. P. Shields,'company K, 155th, hip. Sergeant ,T. J. Doyle, company E, 99th, left leg. A. R. Peters, company G, 31st, hand. Corp. Jas. Moynahan, company G, 91st, fracture of elbow. Corp. F. Weaver, company B, 156th, foot. John Pratt, 3d, head, slightly. ' Patrick Hurley. 3d, abdomen and head. Charles McMullin, company H, 99th, hip. George Horlan, company D, 106th, head. Sergeant Charles Glaze/company C, G2d, head. A. itarragen, company O, 62d, head. B. Larimer, company C, 62d, leg. S. Dennett, company C, 62d, head. # Corp. J. F. Nevers, company M, 62d, knee and arm. Captain S. Herr, company M, 62d, foot. M. Sbineman, company M, 62d, thigh. W. Bugerß, company M, 62d, tbigh. R. Fanahan, company M, 62d, hand. .T. O. Y. Inter, company H, 62d, hip. Ombom] mr. s. nnrnnt. hbhibmb h_ dm. vjb. Amlrew eudmus cmmmny ti; majnip. Corporal Jolin U. west, company Hf.SZil) anlclei Captain l, M. Beiizhooyer, company'll, 62d, arm and breast. Captain John H. Murray, company M, 62d, wrist/ Captain D. Greintz, company L, 62d, foot. Captain S. Conner, company H, 62d, wrist. Lieut. P. Morris, company M, 62d, head, mortally. Captain Jameß Brown, company A, 62d, knee. Lieut. Patterson, company hj 62d, thigh. Captain Fellker,.company B, 62d, thigh. Lieut. ( McClain, company B, 62d, ankle. Lieut. Johnston, company C, 62d, back. Sergeant Gohen, company C, 62d, tbigh. J 7 H, Little, company B, 18th, sabre cut in hand ai d shoulder. Wm. Smith, company I,lBth, shell in hip. E. Jefferies, company A, 18th, gunshot in arm. Wm. Cole, company A, 18th, sabre cut. John Herrick, oompany B, 18fcb, gunshot in back. Jere. Develan, company I, l&th, sabre out in head. John Montgomery, company F, 18th, sabre cut in head. A. W. Stone, company B, 18th, gunshot in temple. A. Setterball, company F, 18th, bruise, fall of : horse. S. Rodebaugh, company M, 18th, bruise in face and' head. S. Jones, company F, ISth, gunshot in backi —r- Conner, company D, 18th, sabre cut in head. M. B. Maswell, company G, 18th, contusion, back. Moses Harrison, company A, 18th, contusion, head. Shadrack Tellars, company G-, 18th, leg broken. Wm, Hallenbeck, company H, 151st, back and face. ‘ Corporal Isaac Gisner, company K, 142 d, shoulder. Jeremiah Reed, company I, 151st, leg and thigh. John Trumbull, company F, 154th, right shoulder, George Allen, company F, 107th, finger. J. W. Smelker, company 1,149 th, thigh, - John Rader, company 1,150 th, arm» - Daniel Raull, company 1, 150 th, arm. Jacob N, Beal, company F, 142 d, wrist. John E< Hay. company F, 142 d, leg. Lieutenant Gt. Derains,' company. C,. 160th, leg. Stephen Hiller, company B, 143 d, arm. , E. E. Sager, company C, 150th, right hand. Corporal Benj.H. Wisler, company D, 121st, elbow and shoulder. Daniel Birchard, company K, 149th, ankle. Charles Wm. Lewis, company G, 149th, hand. » Corporal Samuel Herr, company M, 62d, foot. . W. P. Byers, company M, 62d, leg. David Richmond, company K, 62d, arm. J. J. Raugh, company C, 53d, arm. ' F. M.Lowry, company D, 62d, thigh. Corporal A. C. Cassady, company D, G2d, arm. Captain Math. Hall, company E, fllat, arm. These officers’ names are from returns to division commanders: - ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-HIRST PENNSYLVANIA^ ' Captain James Ashworth, Co. I, severely. Captain J. F. Sterling and Lieuts,. Janies Ruth and West Funk, wounded. Captain Clapp, missing. . 5 ONE HUNDRED AND EORTY-SECOND PENNA. Col. R. R. Cummings and Liejit. A. G. Tucker, mortally wounded and prisoners. ; Lieuts. ’Frank Powell, Hurst, Swank, Hcffley Walter Houston, and Hoffman, wounded. 1 Captains C. R. Evans, A. Grimm, Dunsbee. and Has'san, woundedi ONE HUNDRED AND PIETY-HIRST PENNSYLVANIA Lieut. Col. G. F. McFarland, wounded and pri soner. Captains Stone and Weider, and Lieuts. Seaman, Bebef, Mirker; and Yost, wounded : Captains Gray and Bolts, Surgeon Blakcslec ana- Assistant Surgeon Kaufman, missing. THE LATE COL. TAYLOR. [Correspondence of The Press. ] ' . Sir: Col. Chas. Frederick Taylor, of Ist Pennsylva nia Rifle Regiment, (Bucktails,) who was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, was a native of Chester county, Pa., and a brother of Bayard Taylor, the celebrated author and traveller. He was, by pro fession, a civil engineer, having received a liberal education at the Michigan University,; where’he graduated in the year 1858. After finishing his aca demic course, he spent several years in making a tour of observation and study through the north of Europe. Shortly after his return home, and during the year 1861, he recruited a company of picked men, composed of personal friends and acquaint ances, in the immediate vicinity of his home. He first eaw service in Western Virginia, under McClellan, where'he won the approbation of his 'General, who was pleased to notice him in his re ports. He was captured with Lieutenant Colonel Kane, of Philadelphia,, at the fight at Harrisonburg, Ya., but was paroled immediately afterwards. Be fore being taken he received four bullet holes through his clothing, but escaped unharmed. He was subse quently wounded, and had a horse- shot from under him at the battle of. Fredericksburg, whilS taking part in the desperate assault upon the enemy’s works at that place. Colonel Taylor was killed by a bullet piercing his heart while leading a charge,“at the head of his regi ment, against the enemy, on laßfc Friday evening. His regiment was among the Pennsylvania Re f serves, and was posted with them, in the fiercest o* the fight, on our left, near the Broadtop ridge. He was'much respected and esteemed by all his brother officers, and was tenderly beloved by all the men under his command. His remains were brought to Wilmington yester day morning, in charge of his brother, who will con vey them to the home of his friends in Kennctt Square,; Chester county, Pa. • Mount St. Mary’s College. Emmettsbuug, Md., July 2, 18G3. To the Editor of The Press: Sir: Having had occasion to pass through this now much-dilapidated town, I could not but ob serve, and with pleasure, the valuable co-operation in the necessary arrangements to secure the welfare of a moving army, which was rendered us by a col legiate institution whose name and fame are wide spread. It is unnecessary to say that I mean Mount St. Mary’s College, whose location is close by. The Army of the Potomac, to a great extent, passed along here, a day or two ago, and the large buildings of the college, with its ample fields and fUll supplies of provisions, were placed at the dis posal of ‘ our surgeons, in case of The fact is so conspicuous, that you will excuse this re ference to it. This army has bo long lived in a bar ren country, and without sympathy where there was plenty, that the contrast is worthy of mention. . It _ were well were all our colleges and schools, espe cially those whose pupils represent all sections of the country, bo national, bo unbiassed and sympa thetic as Mount St.'Mary’s College, of Emmetts burg. v -- I am, sir, very respectfully, yours, J. M. D. The Cumberland Valley. To the Editor of The Press: Sir : Some late writersja the daily papers speak of the Cumberland valley, inwhich the two coua ties of Cumberland and Franklin lie, aB “ the Val ley of the Cumberland, 51 which would lead their readers to suppose that there is a Cumberland river running through it. Cumberland county is the sixth oldest in the State and originally comprised all Pennsylvania westof the Susquehanna river outside of York county, which is the fifth oldest county in the State. ~ Cumberland county was erected in -the year 1749- ,50. Franklin county was formed from it in 1784 - from the southeastern part of Cumberland county. The original settlers of the Cumberland valley were Irish Presbyterians, called the Scotch-Irish of Penn sylvania. They were encouraged bvthe Penns to settle in the frontier counties of the’province on ac count of their hardy and warlike character. Many of the descendants of these early settlers are in all the western counties of Pennsylvania, and in every Western State. It is to be regretted that the pre sent occupants of are so, inferior in cou- to .those of 1763. Either the old stock has all moved westward, or. its descendants have been spoiled bytbe introduction of inferior races. 1 I am, Bir, very respectfully, yours, W D Philadelphia, July 6,1863. \ Tile Soldiers at Peach Bottom. To the Editor of The Press: Sir: A correspondent, who signs liimself “5.,”- writing to The Press , from Oxford, under date of July 2,; asserts that the “ body of three hundredmobilized citizens” at Peach Bottom Ferry “are drunk all the time.”- The force -at this place is composed largely of young men from the city of Lancaster, and neighborhood; who left lucrative situations and comfortable home*, »t an hour’s notice, in defence of the State. They have reputationsat stake,/and do not care to allow such a reckless stateinent as this to pass by uncontradicted. ... The foreeguarding the ford have now been here over -three-weeks,-and were among the first, if not the.very first, to respond 3 to the call of the" Governor/- For their general de portment, I would refer to;any of the citizens Of'the neighborhood, who . are daily visitors to .the camp. That there have been intoxication 5 is not :denied, but theie is not more than ,in any other camp of the same number of men bvthe State.' V Tbis post is under Major Thad. Stevens,. late of—th.e,l22d. Pennsylvania, which . greatly distinguished itself at Chancellorville. With the raw material at hand he:hai BucoeedetTin* throw-' ing up rifle-pitß at all the vulnerable points >of the ford; and. every precaution has been takeu to pre-. ventthe rebels crossing here and committing depre-- dations upon the'people of Oxford as well as else-- where. ,1 am. sir, very respectfully - Camdßoyd, Peach Bottom* July 4, THE WAR PBESS, (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) • Thb will *fcd sent to subscribers by mail (per annum in. advance) at. qq Threeeopiea ** 5 qq *•* goo Tea r •• 05 00 Larger Ombs. than Tea Will be charged at the saice rate. SLSlfcper.copy. • The ahoaj/a accompany the order, and *+t R 0 can these terms be deviated front* as thev afford very little morethan the cost of the paver, are-requested to act as Agents for The W Att Press. To tbe getter-up of the Club of ten or twenty, eui extra, copy of the Paper will be given. SIEGE OP VICKSBURG. , Explosion of a Mine-A Fort Occupied. [Correspondence of the Missonri Republican ] Near Vicksburg, June 27.—After patient mining and almost constant sharpshooting and artillery practice until it became monotonous, the tedium was broken yesterday by the blowing up of a rebel fort.' and the occupancy of half of it by our troopß till the present time. Yesterday it *waß whispered about that there was something upon the tapis. There was no word, but indications, like one sees of rain before the storm ; it may be a tornado, or merely a shower. At 4P.M. a mine .that had been m<j a few hours before, though the labor of, digging had been going on for a week or two; under Captain Hickenlooper, an engineer of General.McPherson’s staff, exploded. When the mine exploded immediately under the rebels, many were blown into the air, and the 1 hole left allowed the 46th Illinois and the 7th Missouri to enter. The fort had been rent asunder, leaving a bank of earth across the middle, behind which the rebels fled. For a time there was a hand-to-hand encounter, until the combatants had secured them-* selves, each on his own aide of the breastwork. This left only an earthen bank of about eight or nine feet between them ; neither dared to scale the space for fear of sharpshooters, who were in pita within twenty>feet of them, our riflemen in the one and rebels in the other. Now the contest raged se vere for the possession of the other side. Colonel Maltby, of the 46th, attempted to have-a piece of timber placed on top to shelter his men the better. The rebel cannon was so close that its muzzle al most reached the timber. Atits first fire the Colonel, with several of his men, was swept away, he re ceiving severe contusions. All the line and several field officers were killed or wounded. The rebels threw over hand-grenades and ignited four-pound shells; this they could do without showing them selves. Our men profited by this, and threw over six, twelve, and even twenty-four-pound shellß. Of course, the slaughter waß great.' The 45th alone lost in killed and wounded over sixty out of two hundred.' ’ • . . General McPherson and General-Logan super intended it in person. General Leggett had charge of the brigade. The 45th remained there until re lieved by the 20th Illinois, they until relieved by the 31st, and they.in turn by .the 23d Indiana: they by the 46th again 5 they by the lllinois, and at 2A. M., to-day, the 45th were placed in again. At 4 P. M., of to-day, our forces stillheld it, and to-flight will plant artillery there. This secured will com mand other works and enfilade rifle-pits that givea us alialf mile more of the enemy's front, and may open the way to Vicksburg. Our loss will probably reach three hundred; of course, we cannot form an idea of the loss of the enemy, but'’from the heavy firing on side, both from * ILe^et t-'s gjyj XI iS wonderful wllli wiial men bear ill scarce a. groan escapes thea T And never a mur mur. Men camein holding a hand'that was literally torn off, holding it up with a smile.’ While the sur geon was dressing their wounds the merry jest went round, as though joy, not misery, was there. Brigadier General Burbrldge, of Kentucky, had stationed three regimentß of infantry'in rifle-pits on the left of thiß fort, about a' mile distant, with in structions to have their pieces sighted on the rebel works in front of them at 3 P. M. At the appointed time the explosion was heard, and a thousand rebel heads peered above, and crack went &b manv rifles from our men. The lobb must have been great to the rebels. They have been firing empty shells : for two days. It must be a grave necessity that induces them to save their powder. • It may not be amiss to remind you that their wojks are on each hill between us and the city—a distance of over a mile. As we take one there re mains yet another in its rear, and so on to the city. A fortunate accident may occur to enable ua to take them rapidly, .after driving them from the first. We are as confident of victory as though the- wreath which is woven were in our hands. FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI, [Correepondecce of the Cincinnati .Commercial. 1 Memphis, July 1, P.M.—The steamer Luminary, which left Chickasaw bayou Monday noon, has justarrived with interesting news/ Gen. Grant’s army is working hourly, night and' day, bombarding and sharpshooting. All are san guine of success*, . Col. Melancthon Smith, of the 45th Illinois, has died from the effects of his wound. A body of rebel cavalry, variously estimated at from one to three thousand, has for a couple of weeks been scouring the country back of Millikea’s Bend, Lake Providence, and Goodrich’s Landing. On Monday morning they made a sudden descent on the plantations in this region, abandoned by their owners, and being worked by loyal men, and also upon the outposts. They had'it pretty much their own way all day, and destroyed everything from the Bend to Goodrich’s that could be destroyed, killed quite a number of the negroes employed in cultiva ting the ground, and drove the remainder, several hundred, into the interior as captives. The loss in property was large, as the plantations were well supplied with everything necessary for carrying on the work. A large number of buildings were burned, and those plantations which had been let by the GO* vernment were visited with special vengeance. At Lake Providence we had Agarffe?* ddni&tin®’ Of the let Kansas, 16th Wisconsin, 25th Illinois »nr? 200 or 300 cegro troops under IT Keed.’ In all, lees than 1,000 men. These were attacked in the forenoon by a portion of the rebels, the majoritv of; whom were cavalry, and, after considerable fight ing, our troops were compelled to retire before su perior numbers, to some cotton breastworks, erect ed near the line of the river. The rebels after a few more volleys of musketry , then retired, it was Buppoßed, for the day, but they soon returned with several pieces of artillery which they had concealed in the woods, evidently'not thinking they would be required. With these they opened on the breast works at long range, and after a few shots ad vanced, and would doubtless soon have been at close work had not a couple of the iron-clad gunboatß arrived from above. The levee being low the gun boats had full sweep, and a few well-directed volleys sent the rebels in post-haste to the woods. The fighting during the forenoon was not very bloody, and the entire loss to all the regiments in killed, wounded, and missing, was not over forty or fifty. _ A soldier’s letter to TAe Press contains the follow ing, under date of June 23: “A spy has come into our lines who had been sent into those of the enemy last summer, nearly eleven months ago, by Commo dore Porter. This was his first opportunity to es cape. He says they have sixteen thousand men, or - about that number, for duty, and eleven large hospi tals well filled with sick and wounded. They had two whole days’ rations, which had to last them eight days. He also states that Pemberton tells his men that Kirby Smith holds Millikea’s Bend, and has cut off our supplies j that Old Price holds Helens, and that Joe Johnston will attack tis in the rear, on Wednesday next* with a force that will liberate them in a short time. But Pemberton is mistaken. Vicksburg must be ours. There is no human hand can help or extricate them, from the prison." We have been heavily reinforced, f from Burnside, Her ron, Smith, and other sources, so that there is no fear/from the rear, ami the fall of Vickßburg is only a matter of time.” Rebel Fears lor Richmond. [From the’Richmond Enquirer. Jjme 20. ] The divisions that constitute the army corps of ve teran soldiers for the garrison of Richmond are enured to fatigue and fighting. Victorious in many engagements over their, enemy, they will meet him again in the famous fields of the Chickahominy and the Seven Pines, should-General Dix advance upon the city. But of this we confess we have but little fears.. The absence of Gqn. Lee’s army would seem to invite the enemy to attack Richmond; its appa rent defenceless condition would make it appear easy to be captured. But'Gen. Lee is well known to the officers commanding the United States army; his habit of doing well all that he has to do, as well as leaving undone nothing that will contribute to hia full success, is perhaps better understood and appre ciated by the enemy than ourselves. Gen. Dix well knows that Richmond would not be left defenceless, even with the positive certainty of the capture of Washington city. The importance of Richmond to the Confederacyiß too well understood by the enemy for them to seriously believe it left in. a defenceless condition. . With these facts before us, we repeat, we entertain very, little fear of any serious advanoe by General Dix upon the city. But we do apprehend anattempt to march across the country from the White House to Aquia Creek, or even by Gordonsville and Cul* peper to Hooker’s army. The destruction of the railroads and. devastation of the country, would be inducement enough to take this route in'reinforcine -Hooker. That army that now garrisons Richmond is compe tent to meet the enemy, nay| more, to advance to wards Washington, and play an important part in the capture of that place. General Dix will be so closely and vigilantly watched as to be unable to . dodge off in the direction of the Upper Pamunkey, His present position is one of safety; protected by gunboats, and contiguous to his transports, he-wiu not, we presume, be attacked, by the garrison of Richmond, though the military lately organized by Brigadier General Custis Lee is -fully competent to defend the city if,the garrison should, be sent to drive Dix to his transports. Without this opportune advance of General Dix to the White House, the Confederacy would have to day from eight to ten thousand less troops in service than nowswell its ranks. The patriotic rally of the citizens has been beyond precedent even in this war. The gay and happy boy, the man of business, the old men even, of the city,.have nobly stepped forward, >and enrolled themselves. Behind the excellent de fences of Richmond, with its thirty-five hundred trained artillerists of Col. Rhett, these citizens can hold the city against Gen. Dix, without the aid of the army corps that has been assembled around the city.- The garrison of Bichmond mav, therefore, be con sidered a splendid reserve for the army of Gen. Lee. It may, with safety, move on Washington as soon as G eneral Custis Lee has perfected his newly organ ized force in drill and manual. The militia of Vir ginia, lately called out by her, Governor, will soon swell the ranks to‘eighteen or twenty thousand men. Imagine the consternation at Washington when the news that thirty thousand Confederates were ap proaching the city by the Warrenton pike. Hooker engaged in hunting up Lee, would be unable to de tach a force to meet this new army, organized and mobilized by General Dix’s opportune appearance atthe White House. We Again urge all citizens and the militia of the State toVh&sten forward their organizations, in order that" corps now around Bichmond may take the field. MOVEMENTS OF THE ENEMY ABOUT RICH MOND. [From the Richmond Examiner, July U Ar we.heforeißtated, the amount of our authentic intelligence .is very limited. From what we deem, trustworthy sources, we learn that the enemy, num ber- unknown, still occupy .the White House and TuDßtall’B Station, on the York Kiver railroad. At Lanesville, on the King William Bide of the Pa#« munkey and three miles from the White House, , there is said to be another encampment, containing eeveral thousand men. The Yankee cavalry who left the White House Monday morning are believed to have halted at this place. It is possible that they may on yesterday have movedas high up/the river as Hanover we have'heard nothingof suoh a movement, except the statement of the man who tells of the forty thousand; which has been men tioned. / • * .There was an unpleasant report last evening, which we hope may prove untrue, that Beveralof the Home Guard of-K&g William had been caught and hung by the Yankee cavalry. We were unable to trace the origin of the rumor. -We may here: states that intelligence, believed to be authentic,ihasbeeirreceived here, that the Yan kees,-aftetfjrettingGeneraT William Hi F. Lee to theXlrite''Hqp««»>*e"t:him immediately to Wash ington! V;-, ..." - - - - uj. B.” 'ON THE TEAMP.—A letter from Lao caster. Pa., .says that ex-President Buchanan was '•seen rushing through the streets on. Monday :inorn i ing with-a large tin box in his hand, probably con taining’his valuables. Notwithstanding all his emi : pent services in behalf ot the rebels, the “ old pub-, lie functionary”, evidently comprehendedthat they hold him in profound 3 contempt; and would , show him no more mercy, thamthey showed the copper - beads of York,whose doughty.,burgess, Mr. Schmal* the editor of that copperheadjournal, the York Go zetle, tramped eight wearyjniles to meet the inva~ . ders and surrender ‘ the-tbwn." -Wbether J. BJb tin box, with which, he was 1 * a moving on,” contained, the “ history of his administration, written by him self,” which has so longrbeeh. promised,or whether it was filled, with titledeeds and worthless green ■ backs, probably * an anxious public will never be per mitted tokiiowd Oan any one tell us * whether the scared ex*President is stilt on the tramp Evening Post. ' ‘
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