jf PuDi
tnijQF’ip
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kUftCNMtf
torn far vi
Mll'^’tbi
oonmfont pMtttiae mayb*
ry . r 't -. ■
rMW*diDg> UM^^erJJKln-
;A&T ( -faatmani&,* -
iri |?»v* JtoinbounSJo Mi oia
ojlfl; tbß.t'fipiMteken
fitted U%>’in_good
k«tp H, u a
ad; trivtling
%gwd 6a
V U6| l *£;:^y] ,-;
Q&uim' ' I*7
will
i tor.
- S. E.QEBT, , ff|. •
Attorney and couNSBUtORi
fftlliboro, Tioga Co., Pa. WUI M*rot« hi«
jiolßsiraly tu tha praetioa of Taw. SollMtionj
bt« i« MJ of tha Northern coontiai of panmyl-
Mla. ’ ■ _ no^MO
♦mud
' PENNSYLVANIA HOLME;
fmtr */ Man Strut andHt A remit. Hwsioro, Pa.
f. V. BIGONT, PROPRIETOR! ]
fUa'pepaiar Howl, haring been r*-flttM,»nd re
thronghoat, if now open to. tint ftbioasn
tttnUt* fcongo. , p'S,'-
IKIAK WALTON .
f, c. VSRUIL YEA, PROPRIETOR.
Gaines, Tioga Cotmty, Fjpu^.''
(ngIS it anew hotel located within erisjeaccess o
" tkt kfat Ishing and banting grobndC
\ K« ppln* wULhs spared for. the
j iltunre stokers hud tbs IraroUng pabtle^
Jfrilli. KM-
■ • O. C. C. CA3IPBLfc,' \|: ■
SARBXR AlfD SJIIR-OURsMr,
Sgftp in therear of the Post Office. Brgrithing in
faisliaewill.be done ag well end protoptiy at it
uksdone in theolty saloons. Preparations for re
ufioj dandruff, and beautifying the sale
tut* Hair and whiskers dyed any color. jSIaH and
7V.11.h0r0, Bept. 22,1859. ..! ['M\
THE CORNING JOCKNAIi.
p„rjo W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor.
IS mhliihed at Corning, Slenbon Co., rtf. T§, ; at One
Dollar and Fifty Centa per year, in advance. The
hsnalis Repnbliean in polities, and ha. aseircula
tii rtiobing intoerery part of Steuben Cnnnty.—
(iusdtiiroas of extending their bnsineSg/into that
nith. .djoiaing'counties will find it an eipollentad
ortu'm medium, Address as abort, g ' '
'.WELLSBORO HOT^L'
WELU3BOBOUQH, PA. !
u iirr, -, - - - - - paowncioa.
' j ; (Formerly 0/ tkeVnitedStatu Be Set)
’SirinX leased this well known and pop alar Heats,
ilidti th. patronage of the'public'. Wj flattentire
riibligiag waiter., together with the Proprietor's
utlrig. of the business, he hopes torimi Vb,th» stay
i Hit who stop with htni both :plea*knt and
puble. . ’ j’ !|‘ .’j. ; _
.fellibere, Mey 31, 1859-- . i, _ ; i '.‘ , -
s , c. B. BENEDICT, M,i V
rODLD inform the public thntbeilft Oinnanentl
.locked in SUdand Boro.i'Eioga en
inspired hr thirty years’ experience tp fpmiair die
M.sf th» eyes and tbcir appends gcsi/iii»ciontifi
pifsiplss, jnd that he pan,cure’ without ‘fiiii, tha
iplfoi disease, called St./Wlpe’ Paul,*, JCkort
lutii rill.) and will attend to any other hueiueat i
falissof Physio and Surgery. ’ r.yt." ‘
Mind Boro, August S, 1860. f ■■ k -
I>EfIrTISTRT. , . ir-i, . <
O. N. DARTT yl
KTOTJLD respectfully any' to the citixena of
” Wellsboro and vicinity.' that he heal opened
> «Sce over WRIGHT'S FLOOR ANDiPEED
WI&S, shore he will continue to do nil Itiiwis of
Wk ia the line of'DENTISTRY. ,
Pslhshor®, April 30,1552. jiy
CORNING
imssUß DBJJff'Afi g? BOOK itpJlE.
IMS AND MEDICIKBS,i;
Mints and, oils,
WINDOW GLASS, <• -
ssaosiNß pa,.
ALCOHOL, •.
BOOKS AND,STATIONER*,
bj . , ■- -i
' W. D, TERBBIX.
kutrj Uarebnti supplied with th«*e '»rticl«s at
NEW YORK PRICKS.
r»b. 28,18*2.
. v "i' . . I , l liHi- 1 ;-.!- "rj'iFtr'
-/ imiiiiisßi. v
»s«. M. W. SBSAHtti/Mf*
' t MILLINER, i %
TOR'S AND ElMl^Ji,
pHES attention tolar assortment of :
flew Spring Gooc»,
*W»S «T«ry dessription of .. ,>j •
ftenchand American UlUlni Ty,
J*A»wai sell it" wholesale and’retail for CASH
In. ’t v , ‘ '
9p*>cls«l Inducements ! 'I
to MOUKEBS.' fl«oda,a»d PattS ;4;fnr-
‘ -.dir-'
faall MTtMP
YORK COST. ' ”, ft’
Aosau 22 Bleeokar Street, New Tor) 1 "t
i ' Ml 132 Water Street, Elmira, fjf.
fey*- • ;■•:■i -.-••/,• H-h-f L'
u W4HTSDI ' ■ v
THOUSAND BUSHELS WHEA;N.., ■
THOUSAND BUSHELS OOK-tt;.- :
Ws THOUSAND BUSHELS OAI ii -
ONE THOUSAND BUSHELS J f.BI
will pay CASH! ' I® ■"
w weight a BA|fir.
, 1 tie porind, nek or banal, , 1 % ,
fni by the pound or ten, ' j t»i
.® r * nin any qaaoiiUM, j ' ~
bright A Bailey's saw fla V «>4
a»oargter*. Sf '
if*** * K W«d fR£E Q?
C^ oo, :■ PREP: K. WgH -
fcit’cuforte' lint Ice. = V '*p'
5S* JB)| ilwn
iS3?? w tfe%|uV)Bcrib*r. fgmfe
de«*e«i : p.
utei*
Hfenl
‘ ■ J fnreetrrtmMrt. t« j 6
Su 5J 28j sioua. sm*.** i
'H . . ! .
' U 1
i, _ „ iioir fete " - ":'
"'": vr: V[<?' 1 !;■%■ v--:, - *". w"** , ; ,^.,^;,, r; fH *-".. il ‘ f ; "****'„■.;'.v n,-- n , w^)UW mr
VOL. VIH. -
SPMHO iaD SVXUf ER fie»Ds.
• JEROME SMITH
•Hu bow bnhand alarje and edtlwtUe atotdtof
DRY GOODS, V. .
• HATS ft CAPS. L: ■
spots ft shoes, ; -:V v .
: MbCEfe&Sj '
aEADT-MAHEGEQTHINQ,
HARDWARE, GLASSWARE *
WGODENWARE. 4c.,
which is undoubtedly the. largert a«sortpient,eTCT
brought lots thia county,-and will be add at pricaa
that oßit And I would in
■rite ctdlamd uamine aay
assortment of- ;
Clookand TiguretiDresa Silka,
TT'ohted'dooda.Mennoea, .
LedioV^Clolh.^peraTlannela,
Long end Square' Shawls,‘
■ ‘ Blatkand Figured Delaines,
andCasiltnerea,do.,'4a.,
And In fact the best assortment of
A ABIES’ BBS SB HOOBS
erer brought into this county. 1 bare else a large
stock of , " r
DOMESTIC GOODS.
CLOTBSA CASSIMEBES, I
SATINS. FOIiL CLOTH,
TWEEDS, ft KENTUCKY JEANS.
.Pnrehaserawill find that the place to boy good gdoda
and at tow pricea, it at the atorelof
JEROMS-SMIIH.
Wellaboro, April 83,1862. . T
J. IH. SMITH,
| | AS rgmoyed to the Hew Store on
Market Si reef, Corning.
First door east :of-flangmfotd'fi Bank, and direetly
opposite the 1
Dickinson House,
where he is now receiring, and will'constantly keep
on hand a Fall and 1
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT,
OF FANCY, AND STAPLE DRY GOODS,
BOOTS AND SHOES, j
1 FAMILY GROCERIES, *o.,
which will be sold at pbe Lowest PrieeaXor
• Read, Pay Only*
H* sells good Prints for. lOets.
Merri~aes ....12|e. .
Denims..,. ...1240.
‘ - Hoary Shootings ...12^0.
Fine Bleached Moslin 12£o.
and other goods equally low. -
The citizens ofTIQGA COCNTT
VISITING corning,
are oordinlljif Inylted to.. |
. : Give Him a Gall.'
Corning, April 23,1842.
Insurance Agency*
THE Insurance Company of North America ham
appointed the undersigned an agent for Tioga
Coadty and vieipity. ■
As tho high ohnrncter and standing of (hie Com
pany give lbo aejurance of fall protectfon -1o owners
of property against the hazard of ißre,'.l solicit with
confidence » liberal share of 'the! business of the
county. ' This Company -Was incorporated in 1794.
Its capital is $600,000, and its assets in 1881 .as per
statement Ist J&n.. of that year was $1254,71981.
CHARLK9PIj ATT,,,.,.........................5ecretary.
ARTHUR G f COFFIN, President.
Office of tJjo Company 232 Volant Street,
_
Wm. Bnolilcr,C«uir3il Agent, XXnrv
. rtebnrn, Pa.;
JTOBIV W. GFEHJfSiEr,
Aseut for Tioga County, Pa.
\ Apr« 9,i852. , '• .*\ ’ - .
BOMB rXBB INSURANCE OOCKFANT
■nr.- ’ - ' r’ ; . - „> • ■ c ; - ,
• NEW'Y G> R K ; • !
! CAPITAL, 51,000,000.'
Home Fire Insurance Company
, nr I
NEW EATEN, CONNECTICUT *
s2oo^ooo.
. These Companies bate complied with the State law.
Applications for Insurance received by - f
- CHARLES L. -SXEJISNB.
W-elleboroTioga Connty, Fenna.
; Weilsboro, Jan.ls. 1882. ■
Wiir! War for the Union!
THE anderaigned .weald respectfully inform his
old friends, customers, and thepaUie generally,
mat he hea opened a ' ‘ ; ’*
-CABINET AND CHAIB SHOP ;;
.on Slain Street, opposite H. W, Dartt’a Shop,
whore be intends to keepebnitantly op hand a gene
rsl ■ f
Cabinet Ware,
made nf the best materijiU, and by the best.workmen.
Also. Ooffinsimade toordor, and ai' o-ieap ae can be
procured elsewhcre.'acobmpanied with a B verve.
. .'AlsoCßairsof every variety bom the-BEST down
to the CHEAPEST, to' . : ■ f
. . Salt Paretnwern. -
. Alio 'Tarsing of all fcipde done to order and |# salt
: OUST OMENS.
. "the nndenißned haring bad many yesre expOri
enea, both in’Praaee and in this oountry, feele cong
dsnt that he-cannot be excelled ineitherof the ebore
irapebee of tnachamam-r-and farther ! would recom
mend the pnblie Id
‘ Hail nip zxAums
; hi«‘ 'worktijaMftip'gnd 'ptlbW • before pnr«ha»inf till,
where. " '= ; i •■' i JACOB STICKLIK. '
WaUAera, March 19, T 882.. . .;. - :
*1.111,1 V;; > - t ■: -•! -hi
Dentistry*
: - C. H. FIRMAN, j-
Formerly of Elmira, New York.
A-pitrfeet mneter Of DENTISTRY in all itehranoh.
ee. Would respectfully inform the oitiicns of ,
WSIZSBOBQ
'apt mrrtßmdtes eocniry, that he is sew steppltg at
'** ... m'mt, j ’‘:
gberahe esn ,ba fonnd hetweap.the hooij of g o’drwfb
I jteloejiP. Ml, ready to perform any op
etiufbn pertaining to bis art with skill, and atlowpri*
""eXTB ACJlNftdoiJ* imeahasically.Aßd -attended
tM TnctSr end' WedUatlqpi
- N, work warranted es Mpreeeated. i
W, 1863.
BtS)ott?r %o t&r SSfttnfttaa 9
'tfHXtE THERjSSH&iiLBB A WRONG iJD HlflHh ‘'MAirS MatTMANnTf TO MAN” SHAH, CE4SE, AGITATION MtTST CONTHrUE.
«“* 1-- ' .-IV ; ■•: i.- i->v::. !t. .H .1 A,. * ! .hS»A*t. . . ... ‘ .. , . ''V. ' ~
: : WEiLSBO:EG J TIOSA (3OUN®. .f MOIIKIKG, JULI 53,'1862.
lr ' y<s
• 1 V! ,Tf v ’ l& ■ - i
, . *B* HP* TB4»»a > 1.....
Keystone Park, Wlffiuuyort, ;
Tjifiitqf, tftdimgaf,
]. ~.v„WrS'fd
Arrat|em«Bt«hare bedo" made tbeeearS' the tliert
assemblage nffmpoT*«t' bloedl ud natirebreedef
Horan, that baa ersr beenooDeetadlnebia eonnlgy.
,Tbe list <)f premlnma will beluga, ranging u blah
a*s2oo. Libers 1 arrangements here sad will lie
made with die different railroads.
WHlletntpdrt, situated Id tbs megmifieent Talley of
tbs StuqasbsEDS, sod accessible i,- rail from all parts
•of tbs Cnitsd States, is eminently well suited for this
Exhibition. Fullerpariiculars will ihorllyba girts.
——7* , adato' or xaareaae:
D. Si Jackman, P. Bardic, Edward Lyon, 3. V.
Bsgg, Henry Drinker,' Gordon F. Melon, Cot S. G.
H*tb»»»y,J, H.Cowden, Wo. Colder.
~ .W> JVhOOAN, Chief Marihat ,
; H. K.TAFdiOß.Tressom.
Q»v»a* M. Dp Put, A. E.KAPP,
Secretary. '.President,
'■ Jnns 18,188*.
THOMAS HARDEN
Is bow r»c«iYipf«p ,
BZTSKBIM.BTOOX
o»
M er e ha n d Isc ,
whisk' he offers.on tonn* to -.
SUIT THE .TinCS.
' AU art respectfully isvilsdto eaU and. examine.
Wellsboro, Jnne IS. JSfl*. THO&HABOEK.
THE BUFFALO
MEBCANTILE COLLEGE,
COSME Of
BJaln and Seneca Streets,
,J« ap,important liaklp the great chain ofNationel
Mercantile College»,locat*d in too ftllowingCitiei
vltf ■ 1
NET YORK CITY, PHILADELPHIA, 1
BROOKLYN, ’ ALBAN*.
troy. ‘ \ . Cleveland,. ;
DETROIT, i CHICAGO, .
: AND SAINT LOUIS.
A Scholarship Issued from tb» Buffalo College, en
titles the bolder to ettendeltber or alitbe Collegssfor
an unlimited time. ; . f ..,.
The design .of these Institutions,-ii to impart to
young men and ladies, a Ihorovgli, practical Lvtincii
education. ' 1
• Those Colleges ara organised and conducted upon
a basis which roost tec ore toeaeh separate InstitntiDß
the best possible facilities for imparting a thorough
commercial education, and render' it aa' a whole, the
most comprehensive and Complete system in this
country.
Book-Keeping in all its departments, Commercial
Law', Commercial Arithmetic and Penmanship, are
taught in the most thorough and practical manner.
The Spencerian system of Penmanship, is taught
by competent and experienced teechees.
Scholarship; payable in advance, $4O. .
College open day and evening ;—no vacations.
Resident'Principal at Buffalo, J. C. Brtast.
■' For further information, please celt at the College
Rooms,or.inndfor Catalogue and Circplar enclosing
-latter eterop, Addresa ' „ ,
BETANT A STRATTON,
June 4,1862. —1 y. ■ _ .Buffalo, IT. T.
The ItnuMEVille: foundry,
COKTISCES in foil blast,and lain tbi* beg£yns
ning order, where you.can. get Rtwrcs,..piaws,
Road Scrapers, Cutting Boxfs, SugerXtMlee
of the ißoet epproTed pattertißj aTid iliade ln tbubea !
manlier (or a 1 ; ' • 1 . ■
■ LESS PRICE • ■
than- at any other cltabiisiaiynt of tbs klmd in the
■intmtrj!. - r .
Machinery made and repaired in good siyjc.sn
abort notice.,' ’ "
All kinds' or produce, old iron, copper, bran and
pewter, takes ia exchange for castings..
A liberal discount made to CASH PURCHASERS.
P. 8. All persons indsbted are requested to call
and settle
WITHOUT DELAY,
and sare costs, that I may still bs able to do a crtdi
business In part, J. P. BILBS, Pcopfietir.
. Knoxville, March 26,18f12.-6m.
wool cAßSkinrte and .
CLOTH DRESSING,
JX TUB OLD rpmofif AT
Weilsbomsgb, Tioga Comity Fa.
THE subscriber having fitted up the pise* fovdie
purpose of Wool Carding and Clpth. Dressing;
and also.would inform thej people f we will lake
wobl lo manfifactore on shares of by the ysrd. to soil
eustdenere; And- would infutto thk'ipetqila that we ean
Card wool st any lime, e« mr work* r mp, by steam
power,-and also tbgt aU wopl will be earded Jar. four
cents per pound. "Wool andprodnee will he taken for
pay for the same.; ' - " • ’
N. B. Prompt attention will be paid to all favoring
ns. Wa will givegood tttisDecU'm:
, CHARLES LEE,,
PHILETUa H AMpTOH.
Wellshoro, June 11,186 t.
. Valoa Plwtosraphio Beams. ;
H. H. WOOD’S
SIThn-IGIIT ttOOAte,
pVBEO.IT. 8BAB&* NEW BHOB STOBB,
' Firtt floor below C. L. YfILCOX..
B. H. WOOD, would say io tbe Inhabitants of
Wellshbro end satrouediog country, that be is now
prepared to furnish them with everything in the lioejsf
. PQOTOO RAPH S. * :-1
ambrotypes. OR
MELAINCCFIPI% {
JoraUhed at any room in the City. Just reeeired.a
.sett of J AMINS CELEBRATED LENSES, manhtae
fared eipressly for the Carlct it mstfr. Also a large
.assortment of i
PBOTOOBAPBieALBUMS,
price, ffomfll.JJ to S4AO. At ibte 4syv no parlorts-
Weliooti»Jdßt«dflnisbed,witboeitheFEOTOGEAPH
ip ALBUM.
' Oases of aH'stylcs. Piolures from twee ty- five cents
■ta five dollars. .
Thankful for past fovots, I vrnalfl; sol bit a eontln
nation of the,same hy fl.oiog first class work for *ll.
Wettsboro.MayJB.lB62, H.B.WAOI),
•amu Wanted.
ONE .DOLLAR perlrandre*welght,Wa bejaid
fordid Souot BAwl-of loewwe,
.. JCHNSFOR A BCfCE.
Iloga, June4,.;t62..,8t, Uh-'sr.i.uau l
QfifIBABBJSLS o*v fMaburf'ud
**PWjS**Wrr. I-iUjW-
Juca iB, ISB3. ' •
'^■vadT;«ii».?ef«t^a^-
*.iT
.*:-•!? 'ij'? *
5- soldiers 'letteW
-- W=v.r
Vl-.SH .1
tit.. ..’“Trotn ’' •.* ’ 1 •
’ "■ of ft 1 reid; - ■ ; ■ - - * • :
-v, j'■ JUd tkereboM so bterirtnli ■■:_.■>• . •
.1; W«.*tfrr*4. • ~,
, Thlolf trot that, wlih earSottj «j«,
’7 Wjch roadmi»ijT« I would tpj;
- ' 9aij tfaut tbrw words 1 r«*d»-
- -“Bromjrarßd."
' “Broniyoar Bd”—
ifenderly tb« word* Inad,
from thf field of bloody ■•trite, ,
Where tell many a brave, ybnng life
for our holy e'aaie i> given j
Afa 1 they wait In yonder heaven ;
laUenj iroli coantaa dekd,
. 6uch u Sd.
"Prom your Ed”——
_ : Lighter grow* the maiden'e (read t
■' Ah thunk God, be’*living yet I
Teari of joy their eyeflde wet.
And her Women’* heart terete &et 5
; ■-’Oeiurt the letter come etialt,
J, ■ Bcraweet llpe prea# that, instead
. 0/ her Ed.
. “Fromyonr Ed”—— -
; Abl ber ebbek ia growing red:
< Be who penned thet miuire brie^
, Caald he gneu her glad relief 7
' Shebadteen in dreamr, atnlght,
Upturned facet, ghattly white, ■
• Yet her brare though gtrlieb heart
Ever hidei smart;
Hint) hoi lord it mixed with dread
For her Ed,
“ From your Ed”—
TTho tbs Ikr-oif shores must tread
Of that enoey etn-eaned laud,
Where oar noble, patriot band
fieek the tyrant to overthrow, <
While the hearts that love them to
As that young heart has bled,
From her Ed.
"From your Ed*——
VTo ere stranger!,—yet I eald,
Angels, guard, hi tn safe from ham.
Keep bU heart «If true, and warm.
Bring him safely back once more 1
Then, all duebti and heart-ache o’er.
May that gentle maiden wed 4
FBOK THE BOCK-TAIL HEGXHBITT.
The Gallant Conduct of thia Begimant Before
Richmond.
OF TBS FIRST Bat's TIGHT.
’ : H«adoc4RT*rs let airtxs, P. R. C. V.)
Ba.rtUcri(U) os Qais's Hitt,, 13. u„ Jena 17. >
Srig. Om. Josh F.'Ketjoids, Cum. Ist Brig. J ,
. GgKis&i.:—l. have the honor to report that
yesterday, at 1 o’clock ,p, tu.. while my regt
tneot (aiz companies);war doing picket duty qn
the lextreme right of onr-Jineiviwo, companies
oooapying.tbe Bail Rond and ?Mendpsr Bridges
over the Cbiokabominy, one company on. the
leftof thofridge, nnd ,the remaining three in
.thereeeiSf, I waa ordered to tike my reserye
companies to the assistance of the cavalry, who
were falling back before a forite of the enemy,
already advanced to Alley's Station. 1 1 moved
rapidly forward, posted Captain VV island's com
pany at the Junction of the three roads leading
to Meadow Bridge, Grenabaw’s Bridge-and Al
ley’s Station ; deployed Captain Irvin’s compa
ny across Crenshaw's road, three hundred yards
in advance,'and moved Captain Jeuett’s com
pany forward toward Alley’s to act as skirmish
ers for the cavalry, beyond tbe road leading
off to Shady; Grove Church. • A cavalry picket
in front of Captain Irvin’s company covered
Grenebaw’s Bridge. At this time the cavalry
officers estimated tbs enemy's force in the di
rection of Alleji* st one battalion of infantry,
and a squadron of cavalry.; Captain Jenette
hod scarcely deployed, when the. enemy7s in
fantry appeared ip bis front in .heavy force.—
Happened fire at short range, and-witb great
C&ct. The.enemy halted in .confusion; w4en
they had re-formed hegave them a second vul-1
ley. At this moment !■,heard, that my compa
nies. guarding tbe Meadow and Rail Road
Bridges had he an-, withdrawn', by order of Col.
Simmons, commanding the grand guard, and
-the enemy bad immediatley crossed. 1 imme
diately sounded the recall, and directing Cap
tain Jeuett to move rapidly to the rear, I rode
back to the Junction, where 1 found Captain
Wistprolready engaged with tbe enemy’s, troops
approaching from Meadow Bridge. .. His deter- .
mined front, and-steady firs checked thpir ad
vance, but they were .gathering heavier ifurces
to the front, and won forced him to retire. HU
route to Mecbanicaville was already interrup
ted, and be full back to the North, contesting
every inch of tbe ground. 1 went back to
meet Captain JeueU’e command, turned him
off to tbs left, and with a small rear guard of
cavalry, made a jwide detour to the North, with
the desperate bope of cutting our way to camp.
Captain Irvin had been advised. % the same
messenger who.brought ms news of tbs ene
my’a flunk movement, to retire to a safer posi
tion, but declined to do eo without
When I sent him orders it was already to late,
japd he w.es entirely surrounded, I beard some
firing in bis direction, but have not, been able
to learn whether any of hitmen were killed or
;wounded—none of them returned to Camp,.
.With the other companies 1 succeeded, after
a long, foligueing march through woods and
port of the way under fire,in waking
my way .to the ford, in the swqmp- above my
own camp. The three companies which , had
been, recalled, from picket bad already come
safely in. ' Whenl enmein, after haring been
reported entirely cut off, your advanced line of
battle woe. already formed -at Mechanicsvillej
Tbe enemy did- not appear.in yuur-front fur
soma time, having evidently been.-led to believe
by our broad, front and rapid fire that our fqrce
.was much larger, and bad baited near tbe junc
tion to make his dispositions for battle. Our
Ices in tbe fight and retreat was about seventy
five men,, but it is impossible to .distinguish
.tho*a4tUled, wounded or prisoners I have no
dpuht the enemy’s loss was much greater than
curs, aa our fire wa* mainly directed upon their
masses, meacamein.very muohexbaoat
ed,, bfit when the enemy appeare Jin par front
we occupied, pur rifle pits -apd. opened a very
steady fire ppojn,them. com
mrnped at half-jjaetfonr, p,m.,and lastedun,
til nightfall,, Yop .are familiar with HI thegen
eral facts. sositibn dt'>my entrenched
n-.'lo Vj»T v -.if *. : t 1
pnooipAi fords tv the rwsrtp:
the jtey id the whnle line. ;Fiur j
ihe ohemy made'
effort to fordo their' passage. Regimanf aftw
With her Ed,
m
regiment were thrown forward for that purpose;
butvfsofteU they-meltedaway. 'The two sec
' tione of Captain Cooped*; battery (B) P. R. C.,
itstfisnsd'hrctireaßhwotkstraderOapfcCoop
:erls own command,-Was moat bravely, skillfully
and efficiently, of the time under
yonr own direction.! They drew! the fire of.the
enemy's batteries hot the earthworks'and rifle
pits gavegreatproteCtion to the’gunners and
riflemen. Thecssualitiehof thedaywere com
paratively-slight. Of my command, two men
were killed, two officers and sixteen men wound-
The enemy’s losses on oar front must have
been j immense. Together with' the sth regi*'
menton our left and the Ist and 2d on oar
right! we had defeated and repulsed (bar or
five brigade* of the meroy. Bat for the qn
flinching gallantry o" these regiments, oar po
sition co.ald not have been held, for the enemy
could have struggled across above and below
both fords ana turned both oar I flanks. Two
Companies of the United States Sharpshooters.
Capt. Drew and Captain ——, attached to my
comthaod, during the action, behaved with
greatsteadiness and ;delivered a most effective
fire.- to my own regiment, you were kind
enough to express your own satisfaction with
its conduct, and I can add nothing to inch com
mendation. At nightfall the enemy withdrew.
Col. McQoade, of the 14th New York, reported
tii me near the close of the action, with orders
to relieve my men in the rifle pits, bat I de
clined to be relieved, except as to picket duty.
My then slept in the pits at night without cov
ering, having, lost all their baggage at the ad
vanced picket station. ■ |
At daybreak, on the morning bf tbs 27th, I
was, informed that t|ie army would retire at
once to the new jins op Gaines’ Hill and direc
ted to hold with my regiment and battery the
position I then held, Until that movement could
be affected. I extended the sharpshooters ap
to my right and left, to beep up the appearance
of still occupying the whole Hnejiand as soon
as it .was fairly light, jopened fire upon the ene
my, who had advanced under cover of the night
and planted new batteries withih grape shot
range. l Their Infantry also came down with
apparently andimimshed force, filling the road
toward|tbe ford with k solid column. The fire
uf the enemy’s batteries was much hotter than
the evening before—so much so, that it was im
possible lor the gunners to stand 1 up to load
their pieces! ’ As lung, however, as their am
munition and my own {lasted, we wet’s enabled to
:holdtheenemyin check. A little after 6 o’clock,
ft, mp ws were ordered’ to best we
might, to.tbemainbudy three miles distant.
. After leaving our entrenchments we. were
atiH'ohliged tj go more than half 1 ! a mile be
fore escaping rtio "range of tbs same batteries
Which annoyed'us all the The move
ment was necessarily hurried—the enemy hav
ing outflanked os and, pressing closely upon our
rear. I posted Captain Holland with bis com-,
pany, about three hundred yards from the ford,
directing him to obstruct the road and cover
the retreat of our main body, and prderedCap
tain Winter to destroy the bridge at the Mill
Hospital. These were difficult and; hazardous
duties; but'were performed with the coolness of
veteranj, and probably saved us from entire
destruction. Our losp in this morning’s fight,
and retreat, was more than Jialf what remained
from the previous day's work. Wp could not
bring bff our dead ori wounded, and! every man
who.gave out in tbe.dpuhle -quick, was neoessa
rily left to be cuptured. My men were terri-"
i)ly exhausted —several having fainted in the
heat of the sun, while forming this line of bat
tie. ’ 1 have here six-officers, and one hundred
■Rnd'twepty-flve'*tten : . Owing t’c ohr exposed
■positions, udrlosainpmoners.will jbe largely
wounded.
1 hupelpatmaDy of. my-men. will ypt find their
way,to.thpir command. I will forward a com
plete list uf the losses as spon as they can be
made out. 1 '
I : have IhV honor tn he,
ROY SYONE,
Major Cpramnnding Ist Rifles.
Official Report of tho l|d and Subsequent Says.
' THE BCCKTAILS ACHIEVE HONORS.
Headquarters lor Rifles, P. R. T. C. 1
Hazalls on James River, Juljy Ist, j
Brig. Gen. Seymore, Commanding Jr. if. C.
General :—I have the honor to report that I
went into action on !the evening df the 27th
with one hundred and itwenty-five men and six
officers, all exhausted with the three battles,
and rapid marches of the proceeding thirty
hours. I could not Imyo saved even this rem
nant of my- command, j but for the {protection
affordedby the entrenchments, the construction
of which yon ordered and supervised.
- No troopshorbattepiss coo Id have held my
position, which .was the key to (be yhcde line,
without such protection. .But for itheea, en
trenchments’the battle of the 26th, jihstead of
'a glorious victory, would have been a disastr
ous TOUt. ,: "''-'“ ' : I
My position on the -field of Oatnee! Hill was
on the riglit of .the firpt brigade. . The enemy
were concealed by the > woods in front, except
two of their batteries, jwhich I could sec at a
distance of five_ hundred yardsi ’ I directed my
fire chiefly, upon, these,'compelling them fre
quently to change position, and finally silenced
tlismpntirely. ; Thd Fifth, regiment op my left,
the conduct of which "afforded a constant exam
ple of courage and discipline, answered the
CnemjVitv fanny withthe most'terrific musket
ry firing of the day. | ; ‘ ’ i ..
Qur position was unchanged throughout the
notion, lasting nearly fjuur hours. The battal
ions upon our right, ope after another disap
peared,'leaving’ an injterval of five; hundred
yards between us and a battalion of regular in
fantry which, driven from the where it
bad met the enemy, was reformed again and
again to 1 meet the' attack, but finally retired
ilso. 1 - - 1 ' ' ( - |
: At thistime, an hour before sunset, my am
munltiba was pearly spent, though itlhad been
carefully used; Gen: Reynolds sentloe word
thai'Be’wpslookihg 'fur a battalion' tb relieve
mint; 0 No relief cpuli l be found,- atsd ; we* ! «on-
Xheonemy .'finding )ur firs riodkeheS, came
but uf lih» WoUds and ormed for a pharge.—
yh gave them S volley! which daggered them,
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kinds ofjpboing donstn eotmbyeetablJiluDesfs, u<
'tested neatly end promptly. I Jn rtiew’i CotatiHiftn
and otberßLANJESeonitaoJlypa hand.
j m so.
and tbe sth regiment Reserve Corps hiring
also reserved its fire, moved!, np. with a rash
and a cheer to within 150 yard* of their lih*,
and delivered a fire which Id rote themintothp
-woods. . Tor a time all was quiet in oar front,
butthefightraged on tboMt wingofthefith,
and oar troops seemed giving away, f.spqp
'found that a large force of the enemy, probe*
bly fresh troops, had comb po oh my right'aad
Opened an infiladingfire winch raked my whole
line and that of theSth. ' 1 {changed frorit to
meet this attack, andgave the enemy a parting
volley with my last round ofamrbanition, bat
I had no cover from their fire, and directed my
men to take position behind a low ridge on the
right. This, however, I found to be exactly ip
range of oar own batteries, and, observing that
-the retreat had become general I slowed mj
men to fall back with the others.. I reformed
my command near the hospital, where it re
knained daring' the. evening. When the rein
forcements bad; come op and the enemy was
checked, I rode over the bridge, and under ld
struotion of an officer of Gen- McClellan'setoff
with the help of the. Ist Rifles and Capt. Win
ter halted the stragglers and jreformed nearly
2,000 men of the Pennsylvania Reserves intbe
meadow at the end of the bridge, I then went
back to report to Gen. McCall:
Our lost in killed and wonnded was one offi
cer and twenty-five men. On the night of the
28th we marched through White Oak swamp,
inarched nearly all the next day, and did pick
et doty on tbe Itichmondroad during the night
of the 29th. Many of our stragglers add
slightly wounded had come in, and we entered
the action on the 20th with five officers end 150
men, and five officers and 84 men of the United
States sharpshooters. |
' My first position was in the* rear of the bat
teries on the right of the Ist brigade. When
the brigade made its charge I remained to sup
port the batteries, moving toi the left of the
Parrot gons. The charge- wals brilliant and
successful!, but the enemy giving onr troops no
time to reform, barled itself in masses upon
the left of our line, where youwere endeavor- -
oring to reorganise those regiments which had
become broken in the charge, and encouraging
them to meet the attack. I bad been ordered
to take position still farther op joar left, bat
had only reached a point in rear! of Nelson’*
house, and behind a- crowded and confused
force of onr ownj troops when the attack com- "
menced. I soon saw our troops giving way,
and baiting, faced «ny men byfi the rear ran):
to the then front. ’ We lay down upon the
ground whikT all onr troops ji ran over us.—
I begged their officers in pasaipjg to reform be
hind, us, and when onr front [was unmasked,
rose and gave the enemy a volley, and contin
ued firing for some minutes; bjit, finding 'that'
we were the centre of a murderous fire at very -
short range, that my men werej falling fast and
I should soonhava none left, Ijgave the order'
to retire just in time to escape being surround
ed. Here was last one of the most gallant '
officers of the regiment. Capt] Phil. Holland
was shot dead while steadying | his own men
and attempting tp rally others] The' enemy
did'not pursue us &r, bat turned to the left to
attack the batteries ■, my regimsnt halted abouit
400 yards to the rear, where I tnadeit the nif
cteus!for the fragments of the Penn
sylvania Reserves, which came tfaat way. The
men rallied nobly; though under heavy fire.—
They only wanted a point to gather, and tfat
order to fall in. ■ We soon had the colors of six
regiments in the line, and a respectable brigade
of troops, properly!officered and infighting con
dition. Among the officers- who distinguished
themselves, particularly in this rally and sub
sequent advance, | beg‘leave to mention the
name ofMr.Charles.Laoibornej of your own
staff, .Captain Chandler Hall, of < General Mq
,Call's staff; Lieut. Col. Warner, Captain Mq-
Dannals, Captain J. B. Knox, Captain Par
tridge, Lieut- J.J3. Pettis. Lieutenant G. S.
Knee, and Lieut. D. M- May, of the Penns.
Reserves, Lieut, Cut. Fisher, Major Dare, Capt.
Sundmyer,-Capt. Taggart, and'Lieut. Petricke,
of the sth Penna, Adjutant MoMurtnrieand
.Lieut. Weaver, of the 12th Penna. Reserves, ,
Lieut. Col/ Olifant, Captain Wiliam Leinar,
Adjutant. Miller and Lieutenant Cochran, ojf ,
the Btb Pennsylvania Reserves. Of my own
command, my only remaining officers. Captain
Fisher, Lieutenant Allison and Lieut. Bittefing
of the Ist Rifle Regiment, and Captain .Girard
and Lieut. Shephard, of the Pnited States
sharpshooters, displayed the most admirabls|
courage and coolness.
At dusk. Imavedtbe whole battalion, which 'i
seemed tti put Itself under’ my commandfor- V
ward in exoellant line of battle toward the ■
front, when the fight was raging in the dense —‘I
woods. Here I should bare been utterly at
loan as to where advantageously to place my
command,-but. for the superior judgmcntand
accurate knowledge of .the progress of the.bat
tle possessed by Mr. Lambome, who had post
ed .the other divisions oflhe fresh troops as
'they had mate upland.knew from bis own ob
servation thp position of every corps upon the
field. Upon bis advice I moved by a gonic up
the Richmond road, and advancing steadily to
the extreme front under sharp fire, halted to
reconnoitre, oh finding myself among the wreck
of our own batteries where the action com
menced. General McCall bad come out of.the
woods wounded and alone, and taken his place
at the head of-lho column.' After the bait, thh
General took me forward,afew paces with him, •
and in the darkness suddenly we found oar*
selves close upon the levelled maskets of a doi
umn of the enemy which filled | the road ak
front of us. Vfe were ordered to 1 halt and dis
mount, but I turned and escaped hilly slightly
hurt,, drawing two vollies from the’ enemjr.
General McCall was hot so fortunate- and is in
the hands of thejenamy. My then at the ebihe
time had captured the colonel of a rebel regb
meat with a small party who wete scenting in
bur direction. 1 formed my first company
across the rosd ahd weht to the rearin search -
of a cannon tosweeplberoadfn front. Isooa
became, howevar.sofaint and diiky' fihm’the
effects : ,ot thy- hurt, “tbat l* 'WaS fakBh ,! fi> the
hospital, and -tdok'hofarther part inthe actio#,
which soon terminated.. The pr&einaf.Sfiiiy
fhree which still remained half anhourontha
ground. -and then 1 retired in g«vd ordor. -bo
doubt checked ah advance of thekadmy, which
fiatei at Advertising.