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NO.
ss^Jgi
FOUWTi
D H^BT,,Pac
1 begs leave] J ,
public generj pi
,14 stand wAjfl
tokcep.lte'e
pared to aocwnmi
ding nnd.a good.
uitthe times. I
ART*, »I
?FICB at Mr.w
Academy. ; 4U.
of. basing j
II SON! jj
•••■••'» V
from the D4fr
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v a y
ai
CAMS'
r-; — v —— l
o
e public that ho h
laud Boro, Tioga,
sars' experience
their appendages
e can cure -witb^
*d St. Daj
ttend to any other
Surgery.
»t 8, 1860. *
AND FJlßjp
i respectfully inform i
ity that he ha^opeue
FEED’ feTC
son's Drug Store, on ]
stantly on goc
nd FEED as can bo 1
-ill selLcbeap for cash
*
les and Li<juOi
nd warranted free? fron
sell to Lumbermen and
lan any
i, 4 J. J.IEAT
,Bdo. , |
FLOUiiiiVG Wills.
<Sc BAIL'S^',
it mills in thd Cdugjy, arc
, Mercliiin't’ Woi
that can be £one in Cons
feet satisfaction*
AL AND! FEED,
SALE OR RETAIL,
or at the pill, Cash -
rain nt the market price,
ec of charge within thecorpt
WRIGHT A BAILEY.
1861. ‘ ’
Business d^Otqm^
CRYSTAL^
DAVID PaoPBiETon.,
_ „ ., fa i„ D cd bEg3 learafi aiiDOonco to his old
• j- ,nd to the public generl By, that he has taken
,;e “ of tba old stand nniUfltted-it-.np in good
M tS Ud inteods to keep it W.'f Temperance Hotel.
'• E ’ -ns will be spared to' accommodate the traveling
Rood stabling and.a good hostler always on
*a. Prices to suit the times, DAVID HART.
sL OH’UEY. S*F. /lESOPi,
'ttarN'EYS & COUN'SECLORf. AT RAW, will
1 Ittend the Court of Potter and McKean
r \VcllsboroVFeb. 1, ’.853.
( DAIITT, DEXTIST,
FF-IC.E at his;,residence near the
AcaSomy. ! 4U. work pertaining to
'hiil'mo of business done promptly and
. ; [Apra22, 1848.]
ranted.
DICKINSON' ip'OlfSE'
COKX IX d X. Y.
a. tiei-d. • • •'(_y
iests taken to ami from the
J_ c. WHITTAKER,
Hldrojntlhic Fhydeian and Surgeon.
ELKLASIV I.IOU A CO, PENN A.
Will visit pntients in all JpartS l of the County, or w
•e them.fur treatment at his house, r June U, 1
i. EIIEBI|
TTORNEY AXD COUNSELLOR -AT LAW
IVelhboro, Tioga Co., Pa. iWill devote his
cidudvely to the practice; q£ law. Collections
in any of the Northern cokdsties of Pennsyl
-1 • 'IS? n0v21,60
pExmxyAarii.’ JlorsE.
uroj ,Vdiu Street ami the Ahent r. WelM>oro,"Pa.
j, VT. BIGOSV, PROPUffiTOIU
fli.'nnpuliir Hotel; having been re-6tted and re
ni.4cd throughout, is now o\i«n to the public as a
•:-cla.si houre.
IZ.UE WAUTOft HOUSE,
, c VERMILYHA, PROPRIETOR*
Gaines, Tioga Cot aty, Pa.
ns iva new hotel located flithilj cosy access of
to best fishing and hunting:grounds in Northern
.Vo I'.uo- V. ill be spared foil the accommodation
rlti'Ute seeker-6 anil the travelog puhtic.
Vpril 12. ISfiO. • .• 5
G. C. C. CAM^B|3LI>,
BiP.BER A!\ r & EAffy-DRESSER
HOP m the rear of the Post Office. Everything in
U-line nill be done as well and promptly as it
jc Jone in the city saloons. Preparations for re
in; (i.m'iraff, and beadtifyln£ the' hair, for sale
a.° Hair and whiskers dyed any color. Call and
IVcilsbojo, Sept, 22, ISbS.
THE COBSIItG J
irga W. Pratt, Editor and proprietor.
published at Corning, Stenben Po., N. Y., at One
ijliar and Fifty Cents per year, in advance. The
ah, ltv].uii!icafl in puHtics, and has a circula
reachmg into every part of Steuben County. —
;ih,.rou, of extending their, business into that
Iho adjoining counties will find?t an excellent ad
'.cjip medium. Address as above.; '
IVEUiSBOBO HjOTEIi,
WELLSBOROTinn, )•£
j AI tB ? _ - 1 »; rnomrETon.
{Formerly nf the Vnilfl S(<i "Hotel.) .
inn; teasel this well popular House,
ly the of the public. 1 AVith attentive
Vijuu' waiter.-, together frith the Proprietor's
flie business, ho h.opcs to make the stay
ib«» ho .stop, with him both pleasant and
tiLVjm, May 31, ISCO.
PICTURE FRAMING.
)ILEf GLASSES, Portraits,fMcttirpa, Certificates
Engru in£ s . Xee'dle Work, framed in
csijji manner, in plain ornamented Gilt.
2 Wood, Black Walnut, Oak, Mahfcgpny, &c. Per-
Uiviag any artude for framing, receivfe them
iiy framed in any style they hung for
Specimens at ' 1' 4
SMITH’S E *(JE STORE:
E. B. BENEDICT,
OUD inf irm the public that ho permanently
'lonted in Elkknd, Boro, Co. Pa., and
ftfired by thirty years' experience ty trpat all dla
-15 the eyes and their appendages on scientific
'■spju, and that he can cure -without, fail, that
dlul disease. called St. Vilus| Dance,* (Chorda
3 > Ytu j and u ill attend to any other business in
Ufiof Pbjiic and Surgery.
■lsland Bpro, August 8, 1860.
W FLO U 11 AND F.JIEp STORE
IN WELLSBOKO-
■lifnhjcrilier would respectfully inform the people
'»uaWo that he hfl£ opened a
-OUR & FEED' feTOfiE
h'raln.vo Dr. (libsonV Drug Store, on Maib St.,
will keep constantly on good an »s
-l -tof FLOUR and FEED u can bo found in
Direct, wh\cb be will selUcbeap for cash. Also,
T-a's-rtmein of *
'hoicc Wines and lil^uors,’
'[unlity. and warranted free? from adol*
% which he will sell to 'Lumbermen and others
''‘Mk, I'heaper than any in
, J. J.IEATON.
Sl ‘-Wo. bee. ly, IS6&
* FLOtmiiVG iMiLLS.—
.’'SIOHT <Sc BAEKS^-,
Stared the best miU*s in thJ are now
■ *
ilo f l AVorU, ’Ucrcliarit Work,
Cl cry tiling that can be flotie in Country
gue]porfect satisfaction*
HEAL AND! TEED,
WHOLESALE OE RETAIL,
lQ "elUboro, or at the pull, Cash or
* or K r ain nt the market price.
‘ -r ,-d free of charge within thecorpo
ili,K. „ WRIGHT A HAILEY.
Feb, 13, 1861. ‘
■' NEV;r BOOT, SHOE, ,
t HER & FiHDllfffi STORE
having leased the store formerly
jne' 1 ' r ’- yy■ West, intends carrying on alt
aio" °* ‘ ltl( l leather trade. Compe
;!*"*■' employed in the Manufacturing De
, “• R °rk warranted to be our own ma
-1 kinds Of ' f •; •
le A®*-MAOE boots and shoes,
au kinds of Leader, and Sbo«
1,,';,.- r:r,tls “ntly on hand and fi)t sals at low
, : ® and Ppt tc » i . . ' „ ,
tytWsf* 1 , b in exchange-tor Goodi
'W fJ a k rket P rice " JOS. &IBSBOLE*
a, 1860,
FXTRNVrVVtS, ,
J can be found ii the room* Of
' • " LAWREKpEVXLLE.
MARY THE VOLUNTEER^'.WIFE.
| 1 ST HAST A. DEKISOT. ' j!; , -
An 1 * sure I was toold to come hero to your honor,
To lf you'd writ© a few words to me Pafcji <
: He's gone for a soger is Mister O’Conner, ’ i
Wid a| strip© on his arm and a band to bis hat. >
An' what *3l you toll him ? it ought to he'aisjl !
For snob as your honor to spake irid lb© penji !
And day I'm all right, and that mavourneen-Daisy
(The i&by,your honer) is betfeher agon., -|,
For whin he went off, if a so sick was tbo childer,
She njrer held up her blue eyes to his face, 1 J 1
And whin J’d be crying, he'd look but tbe wilder, *
And s|y would I wish for tho country’s disgrace ?
So be ieftrher in danger, and me sorely greeting*
And followed the flag wid an Irishman’s joy.|
0! its gotten I drame of the great drums a beating.
Andamullet gone straight to tho heart of mejboy.
And say will he sendi-me a bit-of his money, t
For th£ rin't, and the doctor’s bill, due in a wdpk ?
Well sorely there’s tears on yaur eyelashes hctoey.
Ah!; fdith I've no right wid such freedom to qpeak.
You’re!overmuch not give you trouble?
I'll find lome one willin’; —Oh! what can it bfe ?
Wbat’athat in the newspaper folded up double?
Yer honor—don’t hide it-'Jbut read it to me, !•'
WbatlrPatrick O’Conner T —no, no, it’s some either;
Dead ! jdead!—no, not him,'-’tis a week scare© gone by;
Dead 1 pead! why the kiss on tbe cheek of his mother—
It hasu|t fiad time yet, your honor, to dry, ■;
. . Proprietor
iot free of charge.
Don't me—-it’s not him—o <sod! am I craify ?
Shot l—oh ! for love of sweet heaven eoy no;
An' J do in tbo world wid poor Daisy?;,
Oh ! how will I live, and 0 ! where will I eo ?ll
! i !t
The room is so dork—Pm not seein’, your honqr;
I—thint—l’ll go home j—and a sob quick and, dry
Conao einrp from the bosom of Mary O’Conberl'
Cut'never a tear drop welled up to her eye, *
HOW .THE ENEMY TREATED OUR WOUNDED.
Thiy §tah and Burn bttr Injured Men^
f STATEMENTS OT EYE-WITNESSES. !
i
Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribmue. 1
j Washington, July 26, del.
' "r \ ' 1 1
Kowjthat the smoke of'the battle has bleared
away, and we have ascertained with tolerable
accuracy the extent of qnr losses, the incidents
of the [battle rise into a certain prpmiqence
they d|d not possess, while overshadowed by
the unSversrfl anxiety to get at rosljlts, rather
than ti inquire into details. Nearly every
family |in the land which has to mourq the
death elf a friend is by this time apprised of
that fa<|t, and, having donned its sable weeds,
, is now devoured with a new anxiety—the eager
desire Of knowing- the exact circumstances of
1 the killing of the dead man,.their friend. ,The
press ig rapidly laying these individual details
before ijhe country. Through the uncertainty
that surrounds the fate of,some of our, pien,
there bigi’ns to loom out in unmistakable;pro-
a certain barbarous fact, so hideous,
so misdrahly sad, so humiliating to. Hitman
nature,kliat heretofore it hits been only whis
pered, ejven lij,those who could best attest its
truth, if refer to the savage and deliberate
slaughtf of our wounded and helpless Then by
the I'dity troops. •
Almost too horrible for credence is the state
ment of| the bayoneting of men who wereidis
arracd apd wounded, and incapable of further
hostilities ; it is humiliatingly sad to hayp to
believe that our surgeons wepe charged on, and
cut dow£ by the Rebel cavalry, while engaged
in their professional duties ; j and while under
the shadbw of their surgeon’s green "scarf, and
flag—td pellevo that our hurt and flying men
were d,el|berately stabbed with bayonets, and
cut to pieces with saberp, artd trampled with
savqge g|ea and malice under} the horses’ hoofs
of the Black Horse Cavalry^—to believe that
ambulances, filled with wounded .men, wefe
blown up by skillfully projected shells—W bfr;
lieve that every group of fourj men seen bear
ing from* the field a wounded ioWier, was tqade
the target, not of the musket if a common sol
dier, notjof a single piece of artillery which
might beithus aimed by a single excited a n d
irresponsible gunner, but of; whole batteries
of rifled cannon, aimed, elevated, and fired by
command of the officers in charge,- whose field
-glasses wfcrc brought into constant requisition
to'datermpne the exact distance, and insure the
most perfect precision of alto—hut when i to
these atrocities is superadded the statement
'that-a hospital, filled with wounded men,, find
attending; surgeons ; surrounded by ambulan
ces, and f|jihg the hospital flhg, Wis shelled,
and was afterward deliberately set on (Ireland
burned to|the ground, broiling j alive our sujffr
iny and hjlpless wounded men, l the assertion, is
too monstrous to merit belief, qntil established
by evidence of a nature that Can not he con
troverted. {
To give'Jtho statements of surgeons and other
officers, wio were eye-witneascS of these things,
is the object of this letter. ..
Be it niperstood at first that I shall give no
irresponsible testimony. I shall not give any
of the thousand rumors flying jabout of outra
ges said tq have been seen, but which cannpt
be traced 'and positively established. I shall
give no statement of common; soldiers, many
of whom are willing to testifyj to numberless
butcheries] but who were perhaps excited, and
certainly not in a position to see as much as
they perhaps suppose. I give; only a few Re
counts, taken from the lips of officers, of things
which themselves saw-, and part of which
they were, t ' !
- fo advance backward and g|ive the conclu
sion btforc- alhting the premises, I will say
lhat the proofs arc overw helming and incon
trovertible,; that our' wounded pen Were sys
tematically fyiurdered ; that our surgeons were
systematically shot down; that our ambulances
were si stedpitically blown up fly Shells ; and
that at he last, our hospital; a church buildings
was qhirged oh by cavalry, who rode up and
fired jth sir {revolvers through the windows at
the woo ndejd men os they Jay onj the, floors, and
at the f urgjeons, who were ayeinding to their
S wants, undjthat the enemy eventually set fip
Vj the b;uil(|ng and burned, itj, and in it scored,
of WQudded| and dying men. , ] :
Of cqursp, in the excitehleni of a battle,
'there iwilloecuf cases of individual .cruelty tq
prisoners, .and perhaps we should be slow tq,
believe inawy of the stories that ajre told of even
Vfiis sort of fwork—but that our jwounded menl
were systematically murdered is unquestionably
true, for' thd-same hideous work jwas! going on
in alUparts|of the field at once ; and the mur?
deroas business was performed, hot By isolated
soldieh; bhe-by bodies of men under (he special f
! I. • i i > 1 i
>UKNAXj.
li
i-1
command ofioffiedrs of high rank, and evidently
in pursuance a prearranged plan. -
There can, I think, be noi reasonable donbt
that, if not all, at least certain divisions of the
Rebel army: had instructions not to take'any
prisoners, and not let our mounded men be car
ried off the | field. I proceed to adduce my
proofs. ;
For the information of the Uninitiated, let
me premise Certain things that are so simple
that it may seem folly on my part, but I think
it will hare its use. An ambulance is a spring
carriage for carrying off wounded men. It is
of .a peculiar build and appearance, its charac
ter easily recognizable at the' longest distance
at which tt can be seen at all, and let me say
that it can. no more be mistaken for any other
carriage (ban a trptting sulky can be mistaken
for a locomotive engine, ,
A surgeon; always wears a gteep sash, not
only in our own service, but in every army of
every civilized nation. The trimmings of bis
uniform are green, and therein they differ from
every other officer. It is no more possible to
mistake a surgeon for on officer of hostilities
than to mistake a drummer-boy fur a major
general. ’ I
When, on or near the battle-field, a surgeon
finds it necessary to make temporary arrange
ments for the care of the wotjnded, he selects a
place as much sheltered os may be—generally
in a ravine or behind a hillj, and, if possible,
under a tree. When the surgeon goes to work,
he generally takes off his green sash, and hangs
it on a prominent branch of the tree, or dis
plays it on a musket stuck in the ground—the
idea being to fly the green scarf in the manner
of a flag, to show that the place is under the
immediate care of a surgeon, and is to be re
spected accordingly. Whether the surgeon
thus displays his scarf or not, his position can
not be mistakqp for anytbing else. The wound
ed men lying about, the cruel instruments in
view, the busy doctors in their shirt-sleeves,
and all the surroundings, attest the nature of
the business there going on, and appeal, in the
name of lour common humajn nature, to the
best feelings, and the safest protection of the
I contending armies, both sides indiscriminately.
; When a - mpn is wounded, hp is, in most ca
ses, picke<f"up by two or four| men, and borne
to the nearest surgeon. The jbusiness of such
a group of men cannot possibly be mistaken,
for under no other circumstances whatever do
men ever form in such squads.
Generally, there are certain soldiers detained
from each company of each regiment to attend
to those who may be wounded. ’ These detained
men are always unarmed ; and in any event,
the men who hear off a hurt,’ comrade are by
all civilized (?) foes considered, for the .time,
incapable of hostilities, ruJ are, by all civilized
foes, invariably respected.
Surgeons are non-copibatants, and with chap
lains are, by all civilized foes, invariably re
spected.
‘The green flag of the surgeon sanctifies for
the time the place over 'whichat floats, and is,
by all civilized foes, invariably respected. An
ambulance filled with wobnded 1 and dying men,
hurrying to the surgeon and ithe chaplain to
have flowing heArts’-blood stanched, and wounds
of the body bound up, aud trophies of the de
parting soul made lighter, is a vehicle sacred
for the time, and is, by all civilized foes, inva
riably respected.
A hospital, filled with wounded men and phy
sicians, protected by the yellow 'flag of the hos
pital and by the green scarf of the surgeon, is
a sacred edifice, and by civilized foes is inva
riably respected.
A church, dedicated to the worship of the
merciful God, doubly sanctified Jby the flag of
the hospital, and its every stone baptized with
the blood-of men who were dying for liberty
and right, was never ybt attacked by - any
civilized fop since the world revolved. I be
lieve it has never been done until the battle
of Bull Run, when it was done by the rebel
army
That this brave deed was performed on a
Sunday is merely an incident, not an aggrava
tion, for the wretched deed itself is the climax
of all barbarity, which cannot bb aggravated.
I have been thus lengthy, and perhaps pralix,
in my explanation, in order that all who read
'this letter ,may, by perfectly, comprehending
the premises, and understanding the impossi
bility of mistake and the moral certainty that
the deeds hereinafter described jwere done.by
special order, arrive at ,an appreciation of the
enormity of the atrocity, and the! nature of the
foe with whom we have to deal.
, Now' to authenticated facts, :
Lieutenant S. R. Elliott of the 79th Regiment
N. Y. S. M. (Highlanders) was standing near
Col, Cameron of his regiment, when the latter
was struck by a shot and fell mortjally wounded.
The Lieut, and others, instantly rushed to the
fallen officer. Lieutenant Elliot, with twelve men
of the sth and 10th Companies;of bis Regi
ment, raised the Colonel, and started to bear
him off the field. No sooner was this group of
men discerned by the telescopes <if the enemy,
than they were made a target for;an entire bat
tery of rifled cannon, and a number of infantry,,
Tbb .shots struck bh every side of- them, being
aimed with great precision, and they were soon
covered with dust thrown over them by the fly
ing balls. Finally, a shell thrown by the rifled
cannon bittery, struck in the Renter of the
gtoup, exploded, and killed five men of those
.who were Bearing the dying Colonjel. The bat
tery continued to play on them uiftll they were
out of range, but they escaped without further
serjoue casualties.
Lieutenant Elliot say that the shots which
struck near them were not the cl aneo shots of
a general engagement but were aimed at them
specially—they were discovered jby tbs field
glasses of the Rebels) and then the guns were
aimed directly at them, and played on them fill
tl ’ey. were out of Binge—and with what murder
ous effect has been stated. - , .
There was no possibility of mistaking the
nature of the group, or their humane errand.
The rebels sdw a number of men bearing from
the field; a wopnded officer, and instead of with
holding' their fire, invariably the practice of a
civilized foe, they scientifically tobk the’ exact
range of the retreating group, anjd "brought a
whole battery to hear on them, killing nearly
lialf of then) before they had succeeded in
! i
placing their dying Colonel in a place of
safety, | ...
Colonel Wood, of the 14th New York Regi
ment (Brooklyn,) being wounded, was placed
in an ambulance, and was being carried off the
field. The ambulance was fired at persistently
by a battery of rifled cannon. A projectile
from one of these guns at last took off the top
of the ambulance, passed on> and killed three
men of the Rhode Island Battery, and dismoun
ted theirgun. The fire was kept np so unre
mittingly, that the men-in charge of the ambu
lance were forced to leave it. In-tbis case, alsij),
the ambulance was made a special target, and
was fired! at until it was probably destroyed. I
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph J. Chambers, now
commanding the New York 28th
the Colonel being wounded and in the infirma
ry, tells the following story: ;
Lieut; poloriel Chambers, in the thick of the
fight, and while he himself was hastening fur
re-enforedments, saw near the brook (Bull Run 1 )
a Rebel deliberately bayonet one of our woun
ded men, who was lying near the bank of the
stream. Even in the exigency of the moment
Col. Chambers wheeled his horse, rode up to
tbe Rebel and shot him dead.
Surgeon Barnes of the New York 28th Vol
unteers, was in tbe fight all through, and came
out of it in his shirt sleeves, having lost coat,
sash, watqb and-all his surgical instruments,
having been charged on by the Black Horse
Cavalry and compelled to leave the field, being
driven from under a tree where he bad estabj
lished his; temporary quarters, and where he
was attending to the wounds of about twenty
five injured men, park of whom were Secession
ists. ,
Surgeon; Barnes wept up to the battle-field in
the rear of. the attacking column, and, as soon
as our men began to fall, he took a position with
his Assistants under a tree, in a little ravine.
The wounded men were brought to him, and he
took off his green sash and hung it on the tree
to signify that the place was under the. charge
of a surgeon. The injured men were brought
in rapidly, and in 15 minutes he had under his
charge nearly 30. As fast as possible he at-;
tended to their hurts, and iu a short- time hadi
been compelled to perform a number of capital
operations. He amputated four legs, three arms,
a hand, and a foot, and attended to a number of
minor injuries. By this time the enemy had
discovered the place, and fho nature of the busi
ness of the men in charge, and began to pour
in musket Balls, and projectiles from rifled can
non. The place became unsafe for the woun
ded men, and it was seen to bo necessary to re
move them. The Surgeon’s Assistants and ser
vant bad become separated from him, and be
had no one to send for ,ambulances, and was
obliged to leave the wounded men and go him
self.
It was no easy matter to procure ambulances
enough, and l it was jtrobably 30 minutes before
the Surgeon returned with the necessary assist
ance. Wheh ho returned he found that every
one of iho.se iron ruled wen had been bayoneted, or
sabered, and : rcas dead. They were literally cut
to pieces.
Sum up these facts. There were 30 men nil
dangerously {hurt —they had all been cared for
by the Surgeon—they were lying on the grass
in agonies of pain and thirst, with their band
aged stumps;of li ibs, resting on the little ham
mocks—with their severed lego and arms scat
tered about—land, if more could be needed to
show the nriture of the plac», the Surgeon’s
green.aasb was flying as a flag in the tree, and
the Surgeon’s instruments were lying in sight,
"and yet these 30 helpless men were there and
then dcliberajtely butchered. •' '
The Surgeon gathered up his instruments and
started to retire to the roar, again to resume
Lis duties. He was discovered by the enemy,
and, although the boxes of instrifments under
jus anna designated beyond dispute his rank
and office, the infantry and a full battery of ri
fled cannon played on him till he was out of
their reach—he was compelled to drop his in
struments and retreat as best he could.
Col Slocunj, of the Now York 2d Regiment,
was wounded by a grapeshot through the thigh.
The Surgeon ; went to his assisistance, found
him, and attempted to dress his wound ; hut the
rifled cannon bumjndneed playing on them, and
drove them fpom the field. They retreated,
four men beaming the Colonel. In a short time
a halt was made, and'again the rifled cannon of
the enemy plumed on them and drove them away.
All this time (he Colonel was bleeding his life
away. From six several positions was Colonel
Slocum removed before his wound could be
properly dressed, although a tourniquet had at
tir»t been applied. At last they took shelter in.
the Stone Chufch (Sudley Church,) which hud
been occupied las a hospital.. This church was
soon shelled by the enemy. Colonel Slocum
was, by order of the surgeon, removed to the
oiltside of the Church behind, for’supposed grea
ter safety. It was soon found that tbe continu
al bursting of the shells made it more danger
ous outside than within, and the Colonel was
again taken inside the walls. ■ His wounds were
dressed, and ho. was, as soon as possible, re
moved from thg qjltirch to Fairfax, and thence
to Washington, where Be is now rapidly recov
ering.
The shelling! and .ultimate burning of this
church, is asserted by a cloud of witnesses.
lieutenant Colonel Elliotf, of,the 79th (High
landers,) N. Y.. saw the Rebels shelling the
building while the hospital flags were flying.—
He states that the hospital was made a special
target for the rifled cannon of (he,Rebels, whd
’could not fail tq know its character, and that
the attempt by libem to destroy it, and slaughter
our wounded mpn, was deliberate, and was fol
lowed up with the most persistent perseverance.
The Surgeon bf the7lst New York Regiment
Militia was in the hospital, and saw.the shell
ing, and the attempts of the R-Eels fur its utter
destruction.
Lieut. James iVilson, of Company G. New
York 2d Militia, had charge of the wounded
men of his regiment, whom be escorted to the
hospital (Sudley Chnrgh,) and placed them iu
care of the surgeons, he himself remaining to
render assistance. In a short time, the Black
Horse Cavalry charged dowq tn the church, fir
ing in through the windows with their revolvers
at the wounded men as they lay on the floors,
and al the surge pus in attendance'. A ntlmher
of men attempted to escape .through, the doors,
and were sabered as they game out. >. ...
With Lieut. Wilson was a young man named,
McCook, who is a son of Judge McCook, of
New York. Wilson and McCook ran out of the
building to escape ; they were met by the Black
Horse Cavalry. McCook teas.shot tbrphgji the
spine (dead,) and Wilson was taken prisoner.
Wilson afterwards escaped; one of the two me))
who bad him in charge being shot by our own
men, and be himself then shot the other, who
was a captain of the Black Horse Cavalry. -
Some of (he, New York ,71st discov
ered a Lieutenant Culotjel oi| an Alabama regi
ment wounded and lying on tW, ground. He
threw up bis hands and begged for his life, to
which response was made,” “We did not cobie
here to fight wounded men.” They,took him to
the hospital, (Sudloy Church) where he was
cared for by our surgeons. He said, his wounds
having been dressed, "Boys, I give you my
word of honor that not a man in this hospital
shall be injured while I have a breath af life.”
It is said by some that the Rebels removed
their.own wounded from the hospital—if they
did not do so, then this Alabama Colonel was
roasted alive with our men when the Secession
army afterward burned the building.
Some members of the Tits also found a wound
ed Georgian, whom they cared for,-and took to
one of our surgeons. After his wounds, were
dressed hp said, “This is more than we would
have done for you.” Efe added, “For Cod’s
sake, get out of this; you are lighting 100,000
men.” This man was so impressed with the
kindness of our men that he gave to one of the
71st his pistol as a keep-sake.
Color Sergeant Charles Kent, of the N. T-
Fire Zouaves, says he saw the death.of Capt.
Downy of Company D, Fire Zouaves,'a mem
ber of 34 Engine Company. He states that
Downy was overpowered by a Superior force ;
that he threw down his sword and tossed hiis
•arms over his head to show that he was un
armed, and as if begging for mercy, but that
he was instantly transfixed by a score of bayo
nets. Downy bad led his company in a gal
lant charge up to a battery, and the last words
he is khowp to have said were these, to his
men: “Boys, lemeitib’cr Kew York is looking
at you.” ,
Sergeant S. G. Goodwin of Company 11, Fire
Zouaves, member of Engine 30, saw one of our
men lying on his back near his horse, the man
was severly wounded, if not already dead. One
of the enemy rushed up to him, and thrice
pierced him through with his bayonet.
The same man saw a Rebel strike at one of
our wounded men with a saber—the blow miss
ed the man’s head, but cut off his band. One
of the Fire Zouaves, who saw thecowntdly act,
instantly shot the Rebel dead. ,
A member of the New-York 2d says he saw
one of our men struck by the fragment of a
bursting shell, and knocked down. Two Se
cessionists rode up to him, and finding that,
though momentarily stunned, the man was but
slightly hurt, one of them rolled the man over,
and then deliberately cut his throat with his
saber.
O.her istance? of the Rebel manner of deal
ing with our wounded men I could cite, but
the stories I have told I think will establish
beyond question the truth of the following con
clusions :
Ist That as this slaughter of our wounded
was not the mark of asingle company, or regi
ment of the enemy, but was going on in all
(parts of the field at the same time, it was done
'in obedience to an order from Rebel Head
quarters.
2d. That, if this is the policy of the enemy,
!it is to be feared that our own men will retali
ate in kind, for their officers will never be able
to restrain them in another action.
My letter is already very long, but I still de
sire to repeat my former remark ; -
j Every statement in this communication about
the treatment of our wounded men by the ene
my, was taken by me from the lips of the offi
cers, whose names are herein mentioned, and
who'themselves saw the occurence.
Nut a line is hearsay evidence.
Bo.vap.vrte’s E tRLv Poverty. —M. Theirs,
in his history of the consulate, recites some
very strange and previously unknown particu
lars.respecting the early life and penury of
N.lpoleon Bonaparte.
It appears that after he had obtained a sub
altern's commission in the French service, by
tiis skill and daring at Toulon, he-lived some
time in Paris in obscure lodgings, and in snob
extreme poverty that he was often without the
means of paying ten sous (ten cents) for his
dinneq and frequently went without any .at all.
He was under the necessity of borrowing small
sums, and even worn nut clothes, from his ac
quaintances ! He and his brother Louis, after
wards King of Holland, had at one time only
a coat between them, so that the brothers could
only go out alternately, ti pie and about. At
this crisis the chief benefactor of the future
Emperor and conqueror “at whose mighty
name the world grew pale,” was the actor Tal
ma, who often, gave him food and money.
Napoleon’s face, afterwards so famed for its
classical mould, was during that period of star
vation harsh' and angular in its lineaments,
with projecting cheek bones. His meager fare
brought on ap unpleasant and unsightly cutan
eous disease, of type so virulent and malig
nant, that it took all the. assiduity of his ac
complished physician Corvisart, to expel it,
after a duration of more than ten years.
The squalid beggar, then, the splended Em
peror afterwards—the threadbare habiliments
and imperial mantle—the hovel and the pal
ace—the meager food and gorgeous banquet—
the friendship of a poor actor, the homage and
and terror of die world—an exile and a pris
oner. Such are the ups and downs of his
changeable life, such arc thp lights and shad
ows of the great qn'd qjighty.
“And the Stripes/’—A little four year old
girl, while repeating the catechism to her moth
er, was ashed, “What did God create?’’ The
child promptly, replied, “The earth, the sun,
the moon, the stars —and the stripes I”
No maiden ever unlocked her heart to a lov
er; but a hisa was the first prisoner to fly outl
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The Boston Commercial Bulletin has the fol
lowing in its, “ sharp-shooters' column = ~
,The regiment of the Northern ariqy, It ip
well .typqwji, contains -practical mecaanics of
every .branch, of. trade* to well as’ artists, mer
chants! cletks,i and. men from every walk of
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In an army composed :pf soph .miltefial,
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observer by their style .of expression toward
the enemy.. For, instance.:—
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Sailors— “tip lights!” “ ran
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Shoemaker—Give him a welting! Peg away
at him ! him up!
Fishermen—Split him' and “ salt him !”
“ H,ook htpi iQJhc gills
Blacksmith—Let him have it red hot? Ham
mer it into him !,.,.,
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him 1 We’re just the sjge for him 1
Barbers—Our “dander.” is ,bpL Now for
a good brush! 1 Give him a good “ lathering!”
Cutlers—Polish him down ! Give him a
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Bakers—He (k)needs working over! Let’s
do him brown, boys !
Glaziers—Smash the awful “set!” - Let’S
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Lawyers—Be brief with him ! Get his bead
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Mncbinists-r-Set his running gpajr ip,
We’ll start the driving. wheel, and he shan’t
break the conhectmn again 1,: i
Bill Posters—Stick him to the trail I _ ~
Musical Instrument Makers—His nates are
all spoiled 1 Strike him up ?■ .. ■ .
Jewelers—Chase him well 1 Show him yonr
mettle, boys I
Stage drivers—Whip him into the .trucks I
Touch up his leaders with the string ?
NOTHING- IS ALL DAEK;
The following, extract cobliims a .tbyte of
truth, and may be truly suggestive to many
who look at human action . and motives with
dark,suspicion : o
Thebee sucks its honey from the, sans
plant -which the vipijr .turns to venom. ; Jtn
mortal, as in material ,vision, the color of,bb
jects depends far more on the,organ of vision
and the intervening medium .than..upon any
thing inherent in the objects themselves.; I
have no sort of respect for that specioa of tal
ent whjeh hasps its Reputation entirely upon
the ability to find fault. To and .'ap
preciate what is good, is a far more- difficult
task than to detect whrft is evil. The-two
states of mind differ, as wisdom differs .from
cunning. The one sees only-evil; the. qthe’t
sees both evil and good. The man who-wotild
be thought to possess a profound insight into
human nature, because be can-suggest p base
motive for every appearance of goodness,.draws
not only his premises from a bad jhepit, hut
his logic from a narrow head. The .charity
which ‘hopeth all things,’ isnbt a surer jndex
of moral than of intellectual graatppssl, Id
women especially, the disposition to see',only
the dark shades of the picture of humpnrna
ture, is odious in the extreme, .and ,is,,pi)y.
represented by Spencer’s persqnificatjpri bf
Nothing is all dark.. , There, fpnpot
be a picture without its bright>spots,;'iVn4
steady coptqmplation of what is bright,in, others
has a rellei'influence upon the heWJiiet. It
reproduces what it reflects. Kay, it seems t(i
have an impress upon the countenance. The
features, from having a darfc,and sinister .aspect,
become seyenehind sunny. The counte
nance so ihi pressed bis neither the vacant utare
of an idiot, nor the crafty, penetrating j/nflt njf
the basilisk, but the placid -aspect jof
troth andjgoodness. The,w,onian who has,silcli
a face is beautiful. She has a heapty.iAyhicii
varies not with -the features, which, changes
not with years'. "It is benuty.of >lc
is the only kind of beauty, tjjijcf) cfiip ,1a 1 re
lied on for a permanent influence with the other
sex.” , . - ■ ■
Decision and Destiny. — Pizarro, tl;e cm -
queror of Peru, in oqe of bisi reverses, was
cast pn the Island .of Gallo, wiili a few of Ins
followers! When in a stqfving condition; two
arrived from Panama for Ids relief, v aiui
fo induce him to abandon Ida object. Now
came the test of his decision of, .character, ami
the determination of his earthly .destiny.
Drawing bis sword, he traced a line with jit o.q
the salad from east to west. 1 Then-turning In
wards the south, ‘.Friends and comrades,’ ha
said, ‘on that side'are toil, Hunger, nakedness',
the drenching storm,.desqla'ion and death ; ou
this side ease and pleasn o. _ There lies Peril
with it? fio^ss,—here Panama with its poverty:
Choose, each man whaf becomes,brave C«>-
tilian. Fur my part, I go to the smith.’ So
saying he stepped across the line, lid was foll
owed by eleven others, and Peru was coip
quored 1
ibsAge of a young lady is now expressed
according to the style of her by saying
that eighteen springs has passed over }mr
head. -
*• '** *y *», , M .
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The swimmer upon the ptrv>|in of life should
be able to keep afloat without, aid'of bladders.
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Persons complain that they, cannot find'word'd
for their thoughts.-when the real' trouble is
they cannot find thoughts for their words. 1
The Grave.—An ugly hole in
which lovers and poets wish they wore in, hilt
tdke uncommon pains lu keep out vf.
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