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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1861.
readers will find on the first page,
n couple of very interesting narratives of the
re-capture of the schooner Sarah J. Waring
and the brig Cuba, from Jeff. Davis's pirates.
TI10 narativcs prove conclusively that where
there is a will there is a way ; and that all
that is necessary for the protection of North
ern commerce, in addition to what the Navy
Department is doing, is for the owners of ves
eels to ship crews of the Slrout and Tillman
stripe. A little care in that respect would
soon make old Ocean altogether too hot for
the comfort of those chivalrous Southern
beauties who desire to grow rich by stealing
other neonle's roods. Since our last there
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has been another rc-capturc. While Jeff.
"Davis's prize crew was endeavoring to sneak
into Charleston harbor with the captured brig
Enchantress, they were overhauled by a gov
ernment inan-of-wars-man, and the brig se
cured for her owners, and the pirates for the
gallows. Jack Ketch will have a merry time
of it before this rebellion is quelled.
A Swindler. Stepped Out.
A man calling himself William Hoffman
n watchmaker by trade, came to t his place, a
few weeks ago, and opened a shop for the
repairing of clocks, watches, jewelry, &c
With a modest mien he commenced his la
bors, and having won upon the confidence o
the credulous, was about entering upon a bu
siness as lucrative as the present war-times
would warrant. Time, however, was sadly
out of joint, but as the province was his to
remedy the evil, the early lark and the late
owl found him at his work bench a pattern
of industry, and of perseverance under diffi
culties. But the particular lime in which
he dealt furnished the filthy lucre too slowly
and the snaresof the tempter, or the desire
to relieve our citizens of an onerous burden
in shape of a watch-tax, prevailed with him,
and Monday morning found him and his stock
,011 hand non est, while our citizens were
seen to smile over the sorrowful countcnan
-ces of the bitten or badly mourn the bite.
Watchmaker, watches and all, had left for
parts unknown. Hoffman, the much lamen
ted departed, is about five feet, five or six
inches high, slimly built, has light hair, and
a complexion indicating an aversion to soap
and water by its possessor. He usually wore
a high black hat. The scamp took with him
about a dozen watches belonging to our citi-
zens. Will our brethren of the press pass
hit- name-around.
Asour citizens havesufiered similarly on at
'least two previous occasions, we hope this
third time will prove the charm, and open
their eyes to that lesson of wisdom which is
learned by experience.
OiT"Though not authorized to do so by its
author, we publish the following letter as a
, natter of interest to our readers. Every
thing relating to our boys is eagerly sought
.nflcr, and read with avidity. To learn that
thay aie well, and enjoying themselves, will
cause a thrill of joy to pierce more than one
heart in good old Monroe. We hope the
gallant author will give us more than one
opport unity thus to trespass upon the priva
cy of his correspondence.
Camp Hale, at Mount Clap.e,
. Baltimore, Md., July 28, 1861.
. . Frlvnd Sckoch. Our Regiment, (4th Re
giment P. R. V.,) is now encamped at Mount
Clare, the old estate of Charles Carroll, of
Carrolton, one of the signers of the Declara
tion of Independence, and was, also, the head
quarters of Generals Washington and Lafay
ette, and is supposed to be the place where
their plans were laid for the capture of Lord
Cornwrtllis at Yorktown. The magazine is
. near the old Mansion House. Theold Man
sion is built in old English 6tyle of English
brick, and the grounds are well filled with
fruit and shade trees of various kinds.
We have a fine view of the harbor and the
city from this point, and the West Bultimore
passenger cars run within two blocks of our
Camp, which makes it convenient to ride
the entire length of the city to the ferry, and
there take a boat and, in a few minutes, land
at Fort McHenry. Our Regiment, general
ly, enjoys good health, and the Monroe boys
are all well except one or two, who have ta
ken bad colds nothing serious. The Adju
tant, John Nyce, was confined to his room
for three days, last week, but is about again.
ThiB point is one of the most important in
the Union, as our troope pass this way to the
Capital, which requires the rail roads to be
well guarded. The Regiments from Phil
adelphia are about leaving. Col. Lysle's,
Col. Lewis's and Col. Moorehoad's Regi
ments are now out of service, their three
months having expired. They will re-enlist
upon their return home, and will soon be rea
dy for active service. They have been ac
cepted.
The nights are quite cool, and the weath
er, so far, quite pleasant. We expect to be
stationed this week about three miles from
this point, at the north-eastern part of the ci
ty, at a place called Green Mound. The
name of our Camp will be the same as now
Camp Hale.
I would like to receivesome Monroe news,
and the Jeffersonian would come very wel
come to Company F, the National Guard
fcoy. Yours tmly.
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jKaT-At a air, down east, tbe reporter,
under the had of "domestic arrange
ments," gives the following item: ''Best
bed comforter Miss Sufiao Thompson.''
Election. A Feeler
The Monroe Democrat of last week, breaks
ground for the political contest to come off 1
this fall. It is probably well to give the mat
ter some thought, if for no other reason than
to relieve the public mind from the horrors
produced by the catastrophe at Bull's Run.
Wc think then that for this opportune move
the Squire should be viewed somewhat in the
light of a public benefactor. The election,
with its attendant desires, and the disappoint
ments which precede and succeed it, promotes
a peculiar kind of excitement which is whole
some ata!l times, but particularly suited to
the present exigency of affairs; and to learn
that the vitality of the democracy and its or
gan is not lost to the world is not only ic
freshiiiff but actually enervating. Men who
drooped in despondency before will now re
vive, and the status of life which existed in
days by-gone will again animate the public
to those deeds of political heroism which gave
exceeding joy to the victors, and even lent a
share of consolation to the vanquished.
In our county the election this fall will
have a peculiar interest. The Squire gives
notice that the good old rule which allow
ed ever' man, of whatever shade of politics,
to employ his patriotism and talents in the
public service, provided he could get votes
enough, is to be headed off-by the delegate
system. If this wiping out of old things is
successful, the future will note no man for
position or place in the county who fails to suf
fer himself to be ground over in the great
democratic mill, to such tune as the organ at
lac lied to the concern may choose to pipe
A man's antecedents, let them be ever so
pure, will not save him, as fitness will not
then be so much of a necessity as that pe
culiar kind of cunninjr which will enable
its possessor to out-general both opposition
and capacity. Political Conventions all the
world over are noted for their easy virtue ;
and there is no county in the State wherein
it is not patent that the action of its Conven
tion, in a majority of instances, has resulted
in foisting upon the people men who could,
under no other circumstances, have been e-
lected to office.
In this county the beneficial effects of the
volunteer system have been experienced by
all parties. There may have been excep
tions, but, as a general thing, the people have
shown the ability to select good officers, with
out heeding the dictation of would-be leaders.
Why, then, desire the change? The Dem
ocrat, a few weeks ago, announced that the
necessity existed in the fact that shaky dem
ocrats had crept into office, and that a portion
of official patronage had slipped through its
fingers in consequence thereof. This, with
the Democrat, was conclusive in favorof the
delegate system. With the fact before the
world that the democratic part' is made up
of shaky material, public opinion points to
such argument as a mere blind to cover up an
argument still more potent with the reform
ists ; it is a mere mask before the battery of
the dictator?, and like the stuff out of which
-soldiers uniforms were made, is so slazy that
it hides nothing from broad day light. Sha
ky democrats will have greater facilities for
slipping into office with the delegate system
than without it; and it is alleged by those
who are in the secret that to secure these fa
cilities is the main object of its adoption.
Men whose efforts to serve in office have met
a rebuff in shape of an overwhelming defeat
and men, including the organists of party
whose hopes of office have been so long defer
red, for want of popularity and fitness, as to
lave almost become hopeless, are the most
strenuous,, if not the only, supporters of the
sj'stem. So apparent is this, the public mind
las ceased to seek for any other reason for
the change than that the delegate system
promises greater encouragement to those de
bated volunteers and worn out politica
hacks who still hanker after the flesh pots o
power.
But we digress. Our object was to thank
the Democrat for having given us a new sub
ject for thought, and the power on its author
ity to announce to our readers that John
Edinger, Jeremy Mackey, John DeYoung
J. Dcpue Labar, C. D Brodhead, Moses W.
Coolbaugh and William D. Brodhead, were
named for the office of Associate Judge
that Judge Levering would probably consent
to run, if his health permitted and that he
would be "bid" by the Democrat "O. K.";
that "Hon. M. H. Dreher, has declined a re
election"; and that Joseph Trach and Mi
chael Sh.iemaker were named for county
Treasurer. It was painful to us, however,
and it must have been equally so to' some of
the candidates to learn from the same source
that "none can be elected, but upon the true
Democratic principle, namely the 'Delegate
System,' upon which truly Democratic Plat
form" the Editor is "Determined to stand or
fall." As but two candidates can be nomi
nated for Associate Judge, and but one for
each of the other offices this announcement
must prove harrowing to those to be disap
pointed. It is distressing to us Republicans
o think that we are thus to be ostracised.
Squire how could you be so cruel.
07-The following card, which was sent us
for publication, cannot but piovc acceptable
to those generous donors who contributed so
largely to the pleasure and comfort of our
brave boys in Camp. A soldier's thanks is
something to be proud of, because it is heart
felt
A Card.
In behalf of the National Guard of Monroe
County, Pa., now Compauy F,,4th Regiment,
f. it. v., we return our thanks to Rev. Mrs
Myron Barrel, of Stroudstunr. for the Sol
diers' Camp Library, to the Ladies of Strouds-
burg for Haveiocks, &c. and to Rev. Mrs. E.
W. Huttcr, of St. Matthewe Church, Phila
delphia, for Haveiocks.
G. B. KELLER, Capt. Co. F,
4th Reg. P. R. V,
Camp HaIeJ Baltimore, July 28, 1861.
A Union Dog
During the battle at Bull's Hun, a dog
deserted from tbe rebel army and came
over to the SevcDty-first New York Regi
ment. He was received with military
honors, and is now 0 great pet with tho
soldiers.
Communicated.
The Great Union Tabernacle, or movable
Tent Church ! coming to Stroudsburg.
The superintendent of this novel Chris
tian Enterprise, Rov. E. M. Long: propo
ses to visit this place soon after the mid
dle of August, and to hold'a eeries of re
ligious services for a week or moro.
This method of bringing the blessings.
of a free gospel into more immediate con
taot with the masses of tho people, was
first attempted' some three years ago in
Philadelphia, and attended by tho most
encouraging success for several months,
From Philadelphia it went to Quakcrtown
when for mauy weeks in succession a most
remarkable interoet was manifested, re
sulting in great and permanent good.
Last summer it visited Norristowu, Potts
ville, and some other places. So greatly
pleased were the people of Pottsville with
its beneficial influences last Eummcr that
they have invited the Superintendent to
viit there again this summer, where the
tent now is. From Pottsville it will go
to Sunbury, thonoo to Danville, to Eastou,
and come from Eastou cither to Mt. Beth
el or Stroudsbure. It can be made to
accommodate socio two thousand per
sons, and is often crowded.
Its services are largely attended wbere
ever it goes, with great acceptance and
happy results. They are emphatically
Union services attended by all denomina
tions, and by thousands of no denomina
tion; people often going tnnny miles for
the purpose.
Particulars will bo given more fully.
hereafter.
For the JcffcrsoniDn
Illinois Items. Hard Times.
Owing to successive failures of the
Wheat crop and the former reckless ex
travagance of her citizens, Illinois has
been for months groaning under financial
cmbarras9raeots. There is, to-day, a
stronger power existing to resist the ef
fects of hard times than at any future
rusriod in our history. Tho citiaens of
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our State, like the stalks of corn on ou
soil, may feel the scorching sun, the b'.ad
may curl by tbe continual drought at first
tut soon the roots intuitively strike deep
er and deeper till the refreshing thowe
comes to its relief, when it is prepared to
thrive wet or dry. I leave the application
of tbid illustration to the intelligent re
der, aud notice the causes which have
becu instrumental in bnaciuf: ufcout our
prescut finanoial Hard times. 1st. Th
people carelessly and speculatively run
iuto debt. 2d. The prices of product
ruled lower ani tho quantity Icsi than
usual. 3d. Secession damned up th
threat channel of our commerce, deprecia
ted our Stato currency nearly one half,
and threw our State into the whirlpool 0
civil war and political esciteico.nt, wbic
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13 so destructive to tno nanuincss ant
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prosperity of any people.
cnors.
The wheat and grass crops of the State
will be. as a whole, ample for the wnntH
of the people, although the army worm
the rust aud the Fly have lessened the
aggregate of the wheat crop in the State
more than 50 per cent, and tho Army
worm ruined the hay crop about in the
same ratio. I have seen fields complete
ly covered with them; and some meadows
so completely hilled dry that the owners
fired them to burn tho fell destroyer.
Tho breadth of corn is unusually large
with a fine prospect of a heavy yield.
Some difficulty was experienced in tbe
Northern part of the State to secure a good
stand owing to a cool, wet spring.
It would, from present prospects, be
safe to estimate the corn crop of this State
at 150,000,000 busb. and the ontiro pork
crop at from 20 to 33 per ceut, over the
last years crop. Peaches are abundant
in tho southern and middle portions 0
the State with a fair supply of apples
throughout.
MILITARY.
A majority of our young men aro or
ganizing and drilling, and tho greatest
enthusiasm exists; although there arc ma
ny Whose sympathies are with and for the
traitors of our country. They charge our
present natioual troubles to tho abolition
ists. It is not strange, when their lead
ers in the South run crazy, that Northern
doughfaces should be somewhat whattered
in thoir reasoning' faculties. Men who
would destroy our Government, for so
small a cause, are more tho objects of our
pity than hate. I (sincerely hopa that pa
iriotio charity may contribute towards our
brethren who havo been drawu iuto this
whirlpool of secession, the end of which
which 18 Treason, anarchy and confusion
More anon.
R. W. HINCKLEY.
UiohOold, III., July, 1861.
Another. Pennsylvania Regiment Ready.
Cloarfield, Pa., July 27, 18GI.
A full regiment of volunteers for tho
war has been raised in ClearGold county,
and their services have teen tendered to
the President. The chief ofljoers aro W.
C. Foley, Colonol; David Johnson, Lieu
tenant Colonel, aud C. I). Watson, Major.
The regiment is ready to march at ouco.
It is now believed that our loss at Bull's
Hun, on Sunday, will not exceed the fol
lowing figures;
Killed, 300
Wounded, 700
Missing, .350
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Total oa&ualtics, s 13G0
The Economy of Health
This busy nation of Americans have
12,000,000 working people, whoso servi
ces may bo estimated at 82 a day, and
their annual loss by sickness nt an aver
age of ten days each in the year. Tbjs
gives a total loss of $2-10,000,000 a sum
three times as large as tbe whole cost of"
tho General Government, including the
Army, Navy, Post Offices, Legislators,
Foreign Ministers and all. The amount
weighs oversix hundred tons in pure
gold.
A largo proportion of this costly suf
feriug might bo averted by attention to
diet, cleanliness, and above all, by the
proper use of the right remedy in season.
When a 25 cent bos of Aycr's Pills will
avert an attick of illness which it would
take several days to rocorer from, or a
dollar bottle of Ayor's Sarsaparilla, will
expel a lurking disorder that would bring
tho sufferer to his back for weeks or
months, does it take any figures to show
tho good economy of tho investment?
When Fever and Aguo is rankling in
your veins, and t-hnking your life out of
you, it is worth the dollar it costs for his
Ague Cure to havo the villainous disorder
expelled, which it does surely and quick
lvl When you have taken n cold is it
prudent to wait uutil it has settled on the
lungs, when days or weeks or mouth'
must be spent in trying to cure it, even
if it can bo cured at all, or is it cheaper
to'take Ayer'i Cherry Pectoral, costing
a few shillings, and remove tho trouble
before it u serious? It takes no wisJok
to decide.
The Almighty Dollar.
The "Almighty Dollar;1 it is said,
the chief object of" that peculiar individ
ual "tho Yankee." He will cheat, lie
aud steal and even perjure his. s'oul to get
a grab at that dollar upon which he gaze
with delight in his la--t hour.
Yes. m the last moments of his exist
ence, when the pulse beats- slow and fee
hie, when all other temporal things are
fading from his, view, if you were to asl
him what he most loved, he would in?ol
uutarily murmur "the dollar, the Ahnigh
ly dollar."
Playfully would he toss it from hand
to baud; listen to its musical jingling
with ecstncie1? of delight; press it to hi
heart 'Mh the mo.it tender emotions, and
die with bis eyes riveted upon the dollar
upon the Miiu'.ng star of his child hood
the gnd of his existence, and that vrhiel
will "pky the d 1" with him after death
it is a characteristic
fjueezo the dollar to unmercifully that it
not ui'frequcntly causes tnu calo to
scream oo-l pitcou-1 v, an'i tb.8 Godcss oj
ubeity to blush with tbiinc.
The person-i whom wc here call Yan
kcei arc the New Englandrrs, who, some
of the Germans of our country think, re
tMc far beyond tho "mighty Connecticut'
whoso waters, they eelievo, would upon
crossing
change a Dutchman into a red
headed xankce. But this insatiable dc
tire for, and "hankering after tho Almigh
ty dollar id cot confkied to the land 0
"oak hams nd wooden nutmeca."
It
ha-i L-eei; wafted westward by ovnry caf-t
crn breeze, and it.i tpicy odors eagerly
inhaled bv Ihe money
and would be patriot. TI107 Iotc the
doilar, but disregard the word "Liberty'
upon its face, and which gave it a ueing
Their great cry is : "to battle, to battle.'
"If they keep the army much longer do
ing nothing we can never pay tho taxes."
rIhoy do not seem to think that it was
the Constitution that gave them Jho priv
ilege of amassing wealth; but it was.
And that Constitution theysocl; to destroy
Dy ciiowiU'' tucir miserly principle, or
rather th-ir want of principle to get the
better of them, by trying to persuade
others that thoy "need not aid in putting
down rebellion, and that tucy should not
succumb to such "unconstitutional" mea
sures, but "resist by foreo of arms."
Many who speak thus arc played out pol
iticals whose great delight would be to
see tho Union "go to thunder," thinking
that a chaugc would give them an oppor
tunity of taking another suck at tha "pub
lic teat." Last week I beard a very in
flueutial porson I will not say gentleman
If they don t fight soon we will
raise up against thera; ivc will not stand
it much longer; tec will not pay such hea
vy taxes.
About tho same timo I noticed an ar
ticle in tho Democrat stating tho procee
dings of the Democrats of Barret.
I was shocked .to see such rebellious
resolutions, got up aud adopted, in. this
crisis, ny individuals who stylo them
selves Democrats. If Democracy consists
in encouraging rebels aud in cherishing
disunion sentiments then away with it
away with the paltry Bluff. I would pro
nounce it the curse q a Free Government.
But I do not believe that this U the sen-
timont of the Democrats of Monroe, it is
only the opiniou of a few, who havo been
ed astray through tho louuenop of some
office seeker desirous of guling a situation
where ho caoeyo tho antics of tho Almigh
ty dollar. K.
July 25th, 1861.
James Miller, formerly of Mauch
Cbunk-and Capt. of tho Stoekton Artil-
erits in the Mexican war, has boon elect
ed Colonel of a Philadelphia Regiment
that has been accoptod for three years.
The latest "War News.
Erom Clarksburg, Va., wo havovan ex
citing report, which, if truo, will ond the
war in Woetern Virginia. It is said that
Colonel Tyler, of tho Seventh Ohio rogi-
mcnt, at the head of 3,000 Virginia troops,
met Governor Wise and 7,000 Rebels at
Jullstown, and tbut a battle ensued, in
whioh wo lost 600 men and the enccny
I .500. W5i icnu rnt rfll!iwF
The Conduct of Savages. The Cruel Chiv
alry. A correspondent of the New York Tri
bune t furnishes the following summary of
facts in proof of the blood-thirsty charao
tor of the foe our men had to contend
with, at the battle of Bulls Run. In or
der to secure a correct understanding of
tho magnitude of the enemy'H barbarity
wo would state that, an ambulanco is a
wagon of peculiar construction for carry
ing off wounded men, and, in an engage
mant, is always respected by beligercnts,
and allowed to pass unmolested. A Sur
geon always weara a green sash and the
trimmings of his uniform is green, and
both himeelf and the pot selected by
him, and which he generally marks by
hanjin2 his saeh to the limb of a trco or
fastening it to a musket stuck ioto the
ground, arc held eaored from attack. A
hospital is always marked with a yellow
flag, and also exempt from molestation.
A ?quad of men unarmed, and.carryiug
off the dead and wounded, are looked up
on as non-combatants for the time-being,
and are entitled to pass without attack.
These rules are most religiously observed
by all nations making the least claim to
civilization; and to the shame of the
Southern chivalry bo it said, that what c
ven. the barberous Sepoys respected they,
with a reflnement of crueky that would
have startled savages, most ruthlessly vi
olated. Now to authenticated facts.
Lieutenant S. It. Elliott of the 79th
Regiment N. Y. S. M. (Highlanders) was
standing near Col. Cameron of his regi
ment when the latter was struck by a
shot and fell mortally wounded. The
Lieut, and others instantly raahed to the
fallen officer, Lieutenant Elliot, with
twetvo men ofthc5ih and 1 0th Compa
tries of his Regiment, raised the Colonel,
and started to bear him off tho field.
No sooner was thi--group of men discern
ed by the Geld telescopes of the enemy,
than they were made a target for tin en
tire battery of rifled eaouou, and a num
ber of infantry. The shots -truck on cv
cry side of them, being aimed with great
precision, and they were soon covered
with dust thrown over then; by tho Sjing
ball. Finally, a shell thrown by the
rifled cannon buttery, struck in the cen
ter of the group and killed' five .T.en of
thoe who woro bearing tho dying Colonel.
Tho battery continued to play on them
until they were out of rauge, but tbey cs
caped without further serious casualiticr.
Lieutenant Eliiott says that the shots
which struck nmr theca were not the
cbanee shots of a general engagement
but were aimed nt them specially they
were discovered bv the field-glasses 0
the Rebels, and then the nuns were aimed
directly at them, and played on them ti!
thoy were out of in it ci and with what
murderous effect has been ?tat.d.
There wa no possibility of mi?takin
the nature of this jjroup, or their humane
errand. The Rebels saw a number c
men bearing front: the field r. wounded of
ficcr, aud instead of withholding their
fire, "invariably the practice of a civilized
too, they scientibcaliv took the csact
range of the retreating group, and
brought a whole battery to bear on thoa
killing nearly half of them before thei
had succeeded in placing their dying Co!-
onH in a place of safety.
Colonel Wood, of the -1 4th New-York
Rpgicncnt (Brooklyn), being wounded
was placed in an ambulance and was be-
1 n c a rricd off the field. Tbe ambulance
was fired at presisteutly by a battery of
riflod cannon. A projectile from one of
these puns at last took off tbe top of the
ambulance, pnssed on and killed three
men of the Rhode Ilani Battery, and
oismounteu tueir gun. lue nro was
kept up so unremittingly, that tho
men iu charge of tho ambulance were
forced to leave it. In this case also the
ambulance was made a special target,
aud was fiied at until it was probablv
destroyed
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph J. Cham
bers, now commanding the New York
28th Volunteers, the Colonel being woun
ded and iu the iufirEuary, tells the fol
lowing t-tory:
Lieut. Colonel Chambers, in tho thick
of the fight, and while he himself was
hastening for rc-cuforccnrents, i-aw near
the brook (Bull Run) a Rebel deliberate
ly bayonet one of our wounded men, who
was lying near the bank of th? stream.
Even in tho exigency of tho moment Col.
Chambers wheeled his horse, rode up to
the Rebel and thot bira dead.
Surgcou Barnes of the Y. N. 2?th Vol
unteers, was in the fight all through, and
came out of it iu his shirt sleeves, haviog
ost coat, sash, watch and all his surgi
cal instruments, ha?iDj( becu -charged on
by the Black Horse Cavalry and com
pelled to leave the field, being driven
from under a tree where ho had estab-
tablished his tomporary quarters, and
whero ho was attending to tho wounds of
about twenty-five injured men, part of
whom woro Secessionists.
Surgeon Barnes went up to tho battle
field in tho rear of tho attaokiug oolumn,
and, as soou as our men began to fall, ho
took a position with his Assistants under
a tree, in a little ravine. The wounded
men were brought to him, and ho took off
11s green sash and hung it on tho treo to
signify that tho placo was under the
charge of a surgeon. Tho injured men
woro brought in rapidly, and 111 lo min
utes he hud under his cbargo nearly 30.
As fust at possible ho attended to their
lurts, and in a short time had boon com
pelled to perform a number of capital op
erations. IJo amputated four loss, three
arms, a baud, aud a foot, and attended
to a number of minor injurios. By this
timo tho ouomy had discovered tho place,
md tho nature oi tho business of tho men
in charge, and began to pour in musket
balls, and projectiles from rifled oanuon.
lhc plaoo became unsafe for the woun
ded isen, and it was seen to bo uooossary
to remove tbfm. The Surgeon's Assist
ants'and servant had become separated
from him, aad ho had no one to send for
ambulances, and was obliged to leave tho
wounded men and go himself.
It was no easy matter to procure am
bulances enough; and it was probably 30
miDutes before the Surgeon returned with
the necessary assistance. When he re
turned he found that every one of those
wounded had been bayoneted, sabered, and
teas dead. They were literally cut to pie
ces. Sum up theso facts. Thcro were 30
men all dangerously hurt they had all
beon cared for by the Surgeon they
were lying on the grass in agonies of
pain and thirst, with their band aged
stumps of limbs, resting on the little bais
mocks with their severed legs nnd arm
scattered about and, if moro could btf
Deeded to show the nature of the placey
the Surgeon's green sash was flying as ts
flag in the tree, and the surgeon's instru
ments were lying in Bight, and yet these
30 helpless men wore there and then de
liberately butchered.
Tho Surgeon gathered up his instru
ments and started to retire to the rear,
gain to resume his duties. II 0 was dis
covered by the enemy, and, although tha
boxes of instruments under his arms de
signated beyond disputo his rank and of
fice, the infaDtry and a full battery of ri
fled cannon played on him till be was out
of their reach he was compelled to drop
his instruments and retreat as best ho
could.
Col. Slocum, of tho Ncv-York 2d Reg
iment was wounded by a grapeshot
through the thigh. The Surgeon went
to his aistance, found him, and attempt
ed to dross his wound; but the rifled can
non commenced playing on them, and
drove them frotr. tbe field. They re
treated, four men bearing tbe Colonel.
In a short time a halt wa?- made, aud a
gain tho rifled cannon of tbe enemy played
on thrm aud drove thera away. All this
time the Colonel was bleeding his life a
way. From eis several positions was
Colonel Slocum removed before his wound
could be properly dressed, although a
tourniquet had at firrt been applied. At
last they took shelter in the Stcuc Church
(Sudlcy Church), which had been occu
pied as n hospital. This church was
soon shelled by the enemy. Colonel Slo
cum wa, by order of the surgeon, re
moved to the outride of the charcb be
hind, for Fuppoed greater safety. It
was soon found that tho continual burst
ing of the shell- made it more danerom
out-ido than within, snd the Co'.onul was
again taken inside tha walls. His rounds
were dressed, and he T.?as, ns scon as pos
sible, removed from the church to Fair
fas, and thence to Washington, where ho
is now rapiUiy re co verity.
The shelling, aad ultiusato buruin of
thii church, is asserted by a cloud of wit
nesses. Licntcnant-Colcncl Elliott, of tho 79th
(Highlander.-), N. Y., saw the Rebels
-helling the building while the hospital
flags were flying. He states that the hos
pital was made b special target for the
rifled cannon of the Rebels, who could
cot fall to know its character, and that
the attempt by them to destroy it, and
slaughter our wouuded men, was de
liberate, and was followed up with tho
most persistent perseverance.
The surgeon of tha 7 1st New-York
ileginicut Militia was in the hospital, aud
-aw tho shelling, and the attempts of tho
Rebels for its utter destruction.
Lieut. James Wilson, of Company G,
New-York 2d Militia, had charge of tho
woanded men of his rrgiusent, whom ho
escorted to the hospital. (Sujley Church),
and placed them in care of tho surgeons,
he himself remaining to render assis
tance. In a short time, the Black Hor?o
Cavalry charged down to the ehuroh, fir
ing in through the windows with their re
volvers at the wounded men as they lay
on the floors, and at tho surgeons in at
tendance. A number of men attempted
to escape through the doors, and wcro
sabered as they oatnc out.
With Lieut. Wilson was a young man
named McCook, who i a sen of Judge
MeCook, of New York. Wilson ani
McCook ran out of tho building to es
cape; ihcj were met by the Black Horse.
Cavalry. McCook was shot through tho
spine (desd), and Wilson tskeu prisoner.
Wilson afterwards escBpcd; one of tho
two men wno had uim m charge being
shot by. our own men, and he himself
then shot the other, who was a captain
of the Black Horse Cavalry.
Some members of the New. York 71 at
discovered a Lieutenant Colonel of an
Alabama regiment wounded and lying
on the ground. He threw up bis bands
and begged for his life, to which response
was made, ;iWe did not come here to
fiht wounded men." I hey took him
to the hospital, (Sudley Church) wbcro
bo was cared for by surgeons, lie said,
bis wounds having been dressed, "Boys,
I give you my word of "fcr6nor that not a
mnu in this hospital eball bo "injured
while I havo a breath of life."
It is said by some that the Rebels ro-
moved their own wounded from this hos
pital if they did not do so, then this Al-
. a . . .1,. .,
abama Uolonel was rostcu alive wnn ouc
men when tbe Secession army afterward
burned tho building.
Socio members of the 71st also found'
a wounded Georgian, whom they cared
for, aud took to one of our surgeons.
After his wounds were dressed he saidr
'This is more than wo would havo dono-
or you." Ho added, "For God's sake,,
got out of this; you aro fighting 100,000
nmn." Thi man was so impressed with
tho kinduoss of our men that ho gave to
ono of the 7 1st his pistol as a keep-sake.
Color Sergeant Charles Kent, of the
N. Y. Fire Zouaves, says he saw tho dcatb
of Capt. Downey of Company D, Fira
Zouavos, a incmbes of 34 Engine Compa
ny. He states that Downoy was over
powered by a superior force; that ho
throw down his sword aDd tossed his
artii3 over his. head to show that ho was
unarmed, and as if begging for merojr
but that ho was iustantly transfixed by
score of bayonets. Downey had led hi
company in a gallant charge up to a bat-