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WED4SDAY rMORNING, OCT. 8.
' THE DUTY OF THE CRISIS.
... Let u4he indulged in Teturning to this
subject; or it is of paramount importance.
The Gonetantion is not annulled because
of the rebellion; it has not thereby lost a
single star in its glorious constellation of
principleA. Bat its geographical reach is,
for a tim,, shartened, by reason of the re-:
hellion. fßhe secessionhai rejected
-the
Constituti'on; , ,and the trial by battle has
been instituted in order to decide whether
that rejeiltion can be sustained. The
issue is4Subjection to or rejection of the
Constitut4, and the only mode of trial
:
offered i Jrar, and we have to accept it or
concede the right of secession, which
would le ye us without any-national bond.
We have ho tribunal with authority suffi
',giant to dentrol both parties and decide
the controversy for us; and : therefore,
military firce becomes the only means of
reaching M decision.
The trial is for the Constitution by war,
" and therefore, according to the laws of
• war. And - being - for the Constitution is
the only hand of our national - unity, it
must not tolate tire Constitutied,- else we'
• shall be centending for what we ourselves
reject in the very process of the contest.
The sin pflthe secession is. its rejection of
the Conatitution, and we depart from the
. very cause:* the war and change the true
. issue betwen us, when we seek to force
upon the4 l lan altered Constitution.
And,werhall wrong ourselves by so do
ing; for nahindividual and no State can be
bound by 't ' iny act of President or Con:.
grass, thatioroceeds on mere power, in
violation of the Constitution. We weaken
the bond hoitween all the now loyal States;
endanger ke, continuance of any Union at
all under tke present or any future Con
atitution; iihpair the faith of all in the
eacrednessik social comforts, and dimin
. ish the sectiri" ty of the immense debt Which
the war will cause. And especially will
this be so, ii we violate the Constitution.
so as to foettarennion which will bedesti
tete of all COrdiality,,and must, for genera
, thins, be s+tainedby standing armies,and
constantly indangered by even new oom
binations old States , that may think they
_ 4
feel the oppression of the Union too
severely. li
As between the loyal States and people,
. . the Conatitaiion has the same force and
authority tiMt it has ever had, and the
President aiid'Congress have no authority
to do any aef which it does not authorize.
But they IMSre authority to make war
against all enemies, and that can be con
ducted constitutionally, and he is disloyal
to the Unio4 who would conduct it other
wise.a Ther / is not one article in the Con
stitution rele 've to the poWer which Con
,-
gress may exercise on this subject, that
can reasonably be misunderstood. All
that it can di. is clearly expressed. Let
all read this portion of it, and they will
' readily see h4w little it has been regarded
by - several ofithe laws proposed in Con
gress and evfn by some that were actually
passed. 11
But, penditig the armed secession, and
in -their effekt to maintain it, the rebels
have no eh/Invon-the Constitution ; during
that period its authority and its benefits
are in suspeno as to them. Yet they are
not without rights, and we are not free
i ,
from law,- in +in. mutual relations. We
t
both appeal the pablic tribunal of war,
and thus both.hecome subject, in our con
duct, to the lecognized laws of civilized
"warfare.. By
i hese iawis our humanity and
sense of public', justice will be tried by the
. civilized world; and'history will record the
verdict, eithe to our honor or to our
shame ; and our excitement against re
bellion will the l n be declared no justifies
' tion of any severity that is contrary to the me
-laws that fund& the test of our conduct!
Let these laws and` not= oar impatience or
our disappointinent at the strength of the
rebellion, dict at e one treatment of the
enemy.
We would - not - say amt . the laws Of war
are so clear ithff definite as to leave no
discretion to either party. Far from it.
No such definiteness -is possible. c And
yet the generailspirit of -them is so easily
Understood, thai there can be little diffi
culty in, applying them to every case with
reascinabllaccaracy,r. The experienced or
well-trained ge4eral will. never - .be con
troled by excitement in such matters.
..
We are we sure that many extreme
measures whiche hive heaid prOposed,
and many acts tti,f the enemy, have been
contrary to, thetrawa of war. ' Perhaps
some of oivi ii acts haie been so. Oc
casional:instances of this ; are inevitable.
But how far reta46tion is proper, and how
tar we may levy 'contributions on the ene
my, or iiceFfere jvith their peaceable pop
ulition, r drive them from their homes
ftir sympatbizini with the rebellion, or
supplant their . ci#l e government by a mili
tary'one ; all these matters must be sub
ject-litheam elf war, and. not merely to,
the will of -eith"# combatant. What is'
doneoccosffing t%the : 4lVl3 of war is sub
:l44o..ito_ eensurein any quarter. He who
censures ought f. 4 shoW the law that has
beelitransgrosse4
Many who see this word may abt un
derstand its import'. It is apilefot build
ings covering a space 1,260 leet in length
and 1,000 in breadth on 'One. of the seven
las once the
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GEO: P. HAMILTON,I3SQ:
The Pittsburgh Gazette, of the sth inst. )
in an article exhibiting its usual feeblene - sa
and more than its viastomary obliquity of
intelligence, has atilengthmatared to as
sail our candidt4retor Ciingress for the
114 District, On the ground of his pro-'
fiasionat exertions in relation to the hold
-,
firs a-tity and, county bonds and coupons.
The desperate condition of the Repnblican
candidate for Congress, and'-the utter an
nihilation of his hopes of success, could
not be exhibited in stronger colors than in
the . article alluded to. Mr. Hamilton,
since his nomination by the, Democratic
party, has appeared af s several public
meetings, and discussed• the many grave
questions now , at issue bet Ween the ad
ministration of the Government and the
true friends of the Constitution and the
Union. - The political inconsistencies of
the President, the violations of the Con
stitution and the rights of the press and
free speech, have all been referred to in
the speeches of Mr. Hamilton, and have
been discussed with a power of eloquence,
vigor and intrepidity rarely excelled. De
terred by no obstacle, shrinking from no
respoasibility, and hurling in the face of
his calumniators the cry of treason to the
Constitution and the Union, he has placed
before the public such facts and argument's
in oppositionto the policy of the Govern
ment as have satisfied all reasonable men
who have heard him that Republicanism
is a bark so shattered and disabled that it
can never gain the harbor in which the
Constitution 'can be saved, the Union of
these States preserved, and the prosperity
arising from a-renewal of our agricultural,
commercial and manufacturing relations
be renovated and re:Awed. Instead of
meeting the arguments of Mr. Hamilton,
, ,
„ the Republican party shrank from 'all
I - . ; competition with him in the face of dan
ger. They opened their: kennel, and
started their whole pack upon him, who,
with unparalleled ferocity, in unanimity
set up the howl of "Treason !"
To this cry of the dogs of Republican
warfare-he had a ready reply. He read
to the assembled multitudes the late proc
lamation of the President emancipating ,
the negro. He demonstrated, with irre
. audible force, that no secession document
.that had yet been issued was marked with
such ruinous co&quences to the Consti
tution and the Union as this. He showed
that whilst the acts of the rebels were
treason to the State that this proclamation
wait a gross violation of the Constitution
that the sandier' of the one and the con
servative powers of the other could not
coexist? that the proclaMtion violated
the compromises which had driginally
brought the States together, and destroyed
the independence of the several States:
and that, in order, to carry it out, the
State governments must be destroyel,
goiernment of the Union be rendered a
central one, and that a despotic unity milt
usurp the place of that instrument which
was intended by its projectors to guard the
integrity of the State governments.
The course pursued by Mr. Hamilton
created the livliest sensation in the Re
. publican ranks, and had they dared , they
, would have consigned him to the tomb of
the Capulets, with other illustrious states
men and Democrats who have been ille
gally seized upon by military authority for
the expression of sentiments which be
came them as' freemen and could subject
them to no action by the government un
less in direct violation of the -constitution
I and laws.
But they know too well what effeet such
an act of usurpation would have upon the
yeomanry of the XXILI District, and how
certain woul'd be the result of the election
In case they . endeavored to carry out what
their malice dictated. Abandoning, there
fore,all attempts at argument or coercion,
and leaving entirely out of view the great
political questions of the hour—th.vy have
endeavored by a miserable subterfuge,and
by raising an issue entirely aside from the
true matters in controversy, to throw cold
water upon Mr. Hamilton's prospeits.
The editors of the Gazette have chosen
to place the relative merits of Mr. Hamil
ton and General Moorhood upon the fact
that Mr, Hamilton, has been the attorney
of the bondholders of the county of Alle
gheny and city of Pittsburgh, and they
allege that hie demerits on that ground
ought to defeat his election. They have
not taken the trouble to notice that Mr.
Hamilton is one of twenty or thirty law
yers who have been engaged in actions of
this description, and that, with the excep
tion Of one other, all the attorneys engag
ed belong to the Republican ranks. That
Mr. Hamilton, in purivance 9f his duty as
an attorney, has endeavored to enforce
these claims is undoubtedly true, nor can
we very well understand why (when the
constitutionality of these issues has been
decided by. the Courts and their legal va
lidity ascertained by judicial decisions,
both State and ,National) Mr. Hamilton
should not, equally with.other attorneys,
undertake the recovery of such claims.—
Bat- if this be not a sufficient suggestion to
Baia& the editors and those who depend
upon . them for information—we . have
another reply to make, which' we think will
be unanswerable. r.•
It is a good rule that when you are dis
posed to make an incendiary attempt upon
your neighbors house, you should see in
the first place that the conflagration will
not do more mischief to your own habita
tion than to his. General Moorhead will
certainly have no occasion t'b thank the
editors for having brought this subject to
the public notice, as although Mr. Hamil
ton may be thought censurable for having
brought actions upon the coupons, yet the
last person wbo should have cast the sub
ject up to him is undoubtedly General
Moorhead, yho was unquestionably the
prinie mover irr the creation of that class
of securities which have caused s nitich•
itigation in and are likely to prove so
ruinous to this community. In proof of
this we submit the following extracts, talen
from the city records, Ike candid and in
cpiiring people:
Common Conn ,
Jur; , 1853.
Present—Messrs. Day, Duncan, Fet
terman, Graeey, Harrison, Irwin, Ken
nedy, Kirkpatrick, Little, Long, McAuley,
Morrow, Miller, Moorhead, Riddle, Sin
gerly, Smyth, Splane, Wilcox and Young.
Mr. MoorelteaC on leave, addressed
Council on behalf of an application, which
be gave notice of his intention hereafter
to make, for a subscription by the city for
sl6o,oXt—of—atock "
_
Cl
Itailrold; "
*. *
Mr. Moorhead, President of the Ball:
road company, bMng piesint, fwaSi — on
- motion, requested to address Councils in
relation to the road, after which Mr. Kin
caid moved a third readirig of the ordi
nance, when the sivgio. was passed, there
being only two disettaing votes; Messrs.
Armstrong and Dumf.
MwthAv, Febn44, ,1853 0 ),
Fresent—Metteem SiEsell'll:olMOVr;-,fet's
terman, parrkithi,
Kennedy, Kirlifiatrbir, :Mackin;
McAuley, Mcircer,'Mirliir,..;Noorhiati,
Riddle, RowleYi Singerly,Stuyth, Spline,
Verner, Wilcox and Young.
A communication froin. Wm..F. John
ston was read ; also an ordinance author
izing the Mayor to subscribe half a million
of dollars to the capitalstock of the PAU:-
burgh and Connellsville Railroad Com
pany. ,
Read in Select Council three times and
their action concurred in. I
No dissenting votes. .•
It appears, then, that, so far as regards
the Chartiers.Valley Railroad bonds, Gen.
Moorhead not only voted for an ordinance
authorizing the issue, but that he addressed
the Select Council on the subject,and' was
the person mainly instrumental (being the
President of the road) in procuring the
passage of an ordinance through both the
Select and Common Councils of the city.
It appears, also, that he was present on
the 14th of February, 1853, when the sum
of half a million of dolfars was granted to
the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad,
by a unanimous vote. It seems, there- 1
fore, a most extraordinary charge 'to make d
against Mr. Hamilton that he, as alawyer, ;
endeavored to recover what General Moor- I
head, in his double capacity of President
of a Railroad and member of Council,
thought proper to grant. As be sowed ;
the seed, he ought not to complain that
another has reaped the harvest.
But there is another difficulty with`re-
gard to General Moorgead's connection
with the bonds which it is impdssible to
overlook.. Amongst other remarks of the
editor, the attention of the public is di
rected to the following extract:
" While our people acknowledge that
the legal questions are settled against
them, they also know and feel that tor the ' „
heavy debt thereby occasioned they have '
received no value, and that the bonds, pay
ment
of which-is now demanded; in full, s
were purchased in the market foz a 'song.
Thus, if payment is ever made, it will be t
ungraciously, and with the conviction that
the claim, as to part at least, is unjust." c
Nothing can be more unjustifiable than a
this atrocious attack of the editor }Ton the vi
character of the man he was professing to
defetid. Well may the General exclaim, t i
"Heaven' defend me from such friends!"
The charge appears to be that the bonds •(
were sacrificed "for a mere song" by those
who received them from the city authori
ties. Now, it is notorious (and, if denied,
valid proofs are at hand to show the fact,)
that General, Moorhead, as President of
the Chartiers Valley Railroad Company,
was-the recipient of e those securities. lf
e he sold them for a song, as was allegedby
the editor, in s,ibstance, he certainly is the
last man in the world to complain as he
has done of ,the course pursued . by Mr.
Hamilton.
If the facts are as they appear to be by
the records that are referred to, we cannot
conceive how it is possible that General
Moorhead can escape' the utmost severity
of - censure for his acts, whilst none
whatever is fairly imputable to or can be
cast on hie opponent
The insinuation of the Gazelle, that Mr.
Hamilton interposed any obstacles to the
compromise of the bonds held by his cli
ents, is utterly false, and we challenge
the editor to produce the proof. On the
contrary, we are credibly informed that he
has uniformly, in his correspondence and
ntercourse with his clients, advised them
to make a fair and honorable compromise
of their claims.
The policy of assailing the counsel of
he bondholders for their professional re-
'ationa to this subject, in view of the efforts
o effect a compromise of these bond
c aims, is not perceptible. It is not prob :
'able that such conduct will incline them tee
a favorable consideration .of the proposi
tions for compromise which have: been
made to them.
FORNEY
Spine few weeks since this double
laced and shameless trickster inOrmed
creation that his heart was bleeding so
copiously for his distracted country that
he felt like retiring from partizan contro
versy until our national troubles were
hushed in peace. A facetious cotempo
rary likened Forney's retiracy to that of
the old rat in the fable, bidding his rela
tives farewell as he was about t end the
remainder of his days in seclusion. The
old fellow did retire", bat in a few days his
lonely habitation was discovered, and it
,was in the very centre of a large "Che •
shire Cheese." Forney, like the old rat in
the cheese, desired to retire upon the nice
pickings of his paying sinecure the I
clerkship of the Senate—but it appears
that his masters would not permit him.—
He was bought by the Abolitionists long
ago for their dirty work, and they can not
spare so competent a political scavenger
in desperate times like these. They have
chased Forney from his snug hole in the
big Cheshire of the Senate,have lashed.him
to the fulfillment of his contract, and he is
performing it with as much enthusiasm as
he used to manifest for the "Sage of
Wheatland." Poor Forney ; what' a
wretched creature has he become 7 Ever
since his shamefulconspiracy, when he ac:
ted as the tool of Forrest, to disgrace that
athletic tragedian's wife, poor John has'
been constantly engaged in some dirty
business or other, whether in manufactu
ring testimony for divorce cases,lor taking
down lyi-ig statements of drunk& cronies
for publication in the "occasionaF' column '
of his , villainous Press. From being the'
chief cook of the "old public furictionary;"
poor Forney has descended to the greasy
situation of general scullion foil swarthy'
1 1 Abolitionism. Instead of swelling, "like
a shirt in a high wind," in the prsence of
the "favorite son of Pennsylva a," i n in "potationspottle deep,"lof his
exhilerating Otard, he is compelled to put
up with such stumps of bad bourbon as
the abolition swell-heads about Washing
ton may forget to.demolish. Alas for pooi•
Forney ; his case is a hard one ' • he has
seen better days; but, like all silly fellows;'
who suddenly reach prosperity, he became
too big for his cassimeres,
and now he is
content to dine upon such brokffruieceff
as Gipsies would refuse to be content with.i
The fall of the poor fellow was far more'
rapid , than his rise. He has, like Dr.'
O'Calligan; boxed the compass, from., sun-)
shine,ana, champagne to clouds and gin.;
ger pop ; and, after this campaign is over
the_c9.unty-poar honse - willjtuye to receiva .
hint: 'Like" CardiniVlrceltiey, when in.
sanctuary to save hieteck fivm the furyof
`the bloody King, , Forney-*-compering
'Small 'fry—to? big
,fish-,lcatmlihplise
him:lhislithe fitte of man," d:c.
Mr. Editor—krAbably a few words from
the 139th woult :p . lease your U,umerons
Nader many„,of-whops have relitiyeaiii,
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:11 expect our Biill Rariaehievement 121113
been '.Pretti well' tal ked of, about Pitti
-
btirghlit Inuit.- For a 'neViegiment it tads
an achievment.
, 1 We were rushed from Pittsburgh to Har
risburg, arriving on a cool morning in the
railroad depot, and obliged to wait our
turn- for -breakfast, which consisted of
bread, ham, and an excuse for coffee, and
marched to.the large stone house, where
We proceeded to strap and belt and box
and load ourselves, receiving cartridge
boxes, etc., and a patent French rifled
musket, with sabre bayonet, weighing tre.
mendously. 1 hen off to Baltimore, 'here
we received breakfast at the rooms of the
Subsistence ComMittee,composed of about
thirty men, who furnish meals to the vol
unteers coming through Baltimore at their?
expense, the city not giving any re
lief. We lay in Baltimore almost all day,
being compelled to wait till several other
regiments had got off.
Prom Pittsburgh to Harrisburg we found
soldiering quite a nice business—good cars '
to ride in, plenty to eat, etc. At Harris
urgl
we were placed in second hand cof
fins, rickety affairs of freight cars, open on
every side, cold night weather, a rush for
a barrel of coffee, a few crackers, it, shoul
der of bacon thrown into each car; this
was the beginning of the roughness.
Leaving Baltimore, just as our regiment
was iu the cars, the depot caught fire. and
was in an instant all a blaze. An alarm
as created in the cars,-the engineer could
of see the fire, refused to start the engine
nd the 139th jumped for life, every one
hinking the cars were on fire. This was
or first panic and I hope our last. Such a
tinting for gthil9, knapsacks, etc., after
he' alarm was over, you never saw.
In Washington we slept at the depot
arracks, a fact to be noted, as some of
s have not slept under a roof, not ev,en
anvas,
since. In the morning the' re'gi
.ent had a good breakfast"at the Soldiers'
etreat. We lay about the depot all the
orning, listening to the experience of
tilme parolled Bull Run prisoners, many
whom made the retreat their headqu'ar
rs. Then across the Long Bridge to
amp Chase, where we immediately re
ived orders to go to Ball :tun. There
ere many long and some pale faces, the
en expecting to have to fight, but a cheer
as given and we slept sound.
Off in the morning with three days' ra
rts—so,called—about thirty crackers, a
f w spoonfulls of coffee; a few of sugar,
e ough of pork for a meal or two—with•
o t arms, under a flag of truce, to bury the
B II Run dead. We made good time,
b rying dead from different hospitals as
w stopped to take our meals ; passed
t rough historical Ball's Cross Roads,
F idea Court House, Centerville, across
B 11 Run,.till we encamped on the battle
fi Id, when our work immediately corn
m need, a detail of several companies tall
Li shovels and picks we had) going out
ch same afternoon we encamped, and
b ying a number of Duryea's Zuuaves be.
fo e bed-time. Our work was continued
all, the next day (Sunday) and the best
pcgt of Monday. Colonel Collier and our
1
ot er o ff icers scouted the woods in every
di ection, leaving the men to examine the
gr and more particularly, so that it is
ha dly probable any were left unburied.
uch a sight ore seldom seems. Bodies,
se en to nine days dead, deecmposing
fas ; a hot sun ; shovels and picks in the
ha ds of those who bad ne .er handled
su implements before; parties scattered
thr ugh a field or wood, and calling to
eac other as a group of dead soldiers
wa discovered, and working with the
ere gy of coal-diggers ; the day, the holy
Sa bath ; the workmen bat six days from
b el '
• - ould give you some of the scenes of
this great battle-field, but I suppose the
ma er has been detailed in a-much better
ma, ner than I can do it.
Lns
uring the three days we had received
orcements of provisions, by the ex
of Major Moody, who rode back
nrried up the wherewithal on which
rein
eru.
and
to li
In a . ay or two we united with the divis
ion (C. uch's) just as it was coming from
Harper s Ferry and we were marched that ,
day wit. great celerity, in order to be in
support ng distance of the army before
Sharpsb rg. Along the road, for a great
distance, we could see the glare of a fire,
which w: afterwards learned was the rebels
burning houses and barns in Sharpsburg.
From that time out we were in line of '
battle, i . one place or another, along the
line, so. etimes on the right, sometimes
Fon the eft. We were the reserve, and
had to b. where we were most needed.
Severe days we were on different parts
of the attle-field before Sharpsburg.
Everythig bore evidence of a terrible bat
tle. Al ost every house in Sharpsburg
bears th marks of shot or shell. The
battle-fiel was covered with dead bodies,
most of hem rebels, in fact I could see
but few , Tnion men, most of them being
buried. They could be seen dotting every
field, crowded in every clump of trees
along the roadside, where they had walked,
lay d.,wn Ito rest and died. The field was
many de ees worse than Bull Run, and
the bodie seemed as far advanced in de
compositi n as these at Bull Run, though
they had I in but a day or two. In Sharps
burg and S epherdstown and all about the
.:onritry, e ery house was a hospital, where
were both ebels and Union soldiers. But
you have een many descriptions of this
already.
While ly
Strepherdst
through our
know him,
old regimen
line with
Talk with
where y ou p
.ast,' on sliffi
bytiness.
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Our Army Correspondence
CAMP
ti NEAR vbrnaaAmsrowi
Sept. 30, 1862.
loft Tuesday morning on the return
h, and arrived in Camp Chase in good
Ont in a drenching rain all night,
.n the march next day for Tenafly
', in an awful hot sun, everything
Ing wet. You should see the wet
ets fly ; you could see them scattered
I.ng the road. A very foolish thing
ow away a blanket, as the nights are
nd the dews heavy.
remained in camp near Tenallytown
:aturday, and Were off early Sunday
ng, where none of us knew. It was
nderstood we were to join the Old
(Rowley's,) at Crawford's Cross
:, and proceed with them to join the
.n. (IVe were assigned to Couch's
on.l Th. MI had left the Cross
and gone on when we arrived there;
had to make Rockville the same
where we bivouacked as usual.
morning, three brigades of Penn
tans passed passed us, most of them nine
Vie' men.
that out we were marched on for
days through many pretty Mary
was to Borkettsville. having, in the
I me, caught up with the old 13th.
-,as where the first series of battles
need, a steep bill outside the town,
ld half way up. The people through
rt of Maryland appear to be sound
en. I think they are. Burketts
: a hospital, every house, almost,
some wounded, Union or secession.
-ere the experiences, the tales of
.ple. One old lady told of a shell
through her house, smashing
.'the stove in the kitchen and lodg-.
!n oven. She carried it out with a
I candle in the other hand. It did
ode
ng resting in the streets of
wn, Gen. McClellan passed
ranks. Our regiment did not
but when he came up to the
he was greeted all along the
1 -
e most.enthusiastic cheering.
Pi
for c kh im up
weeks e l/L e i:l l,B d
i so b l a d v ieer,
dose
rent occasions, ask. - him about
d you hear from him nothing
I have not heard one word
yet from a soldier censuring Little Mao in
the slightest degree. There meet-be SOME
thing in that fact. We fell in after the
troops Mac - was leading and took our place
in line of .4: ttlp, BOAT - on our arms that
nigi4,Bo 6a be &awed, should;Jackson
make a 4shl oak; way to get out of his
..trap,. he Awing allowed till 9 o'clock the
nextVaito surreadei'. Jackson had sent
in ti ,. flagef --- trtice7to bury the dead, and,
taking. advantage: of tt, had retreated
through Sharpsbqrgduring the night. The
same day his mett fitceit-on our Union sol
diers, carrying ogl wounded under a hospi
tal flag, just in the next field is where the
139th was encamped. Such treachery is
almost unparallel4.
- The next Morning our division entered
Sharpsbarg. Many of the houses were dec
prated with Union - flags and pictures.
Jackson raised part of a cavalry company
there.
Saturday we were marched towards Wil
' liamsport, and were brought up in line of
battle in a field.. Most of us thought it
was a dinner rest, but the rumor got out
that a few thousand rebels were in the
woods in front of-us-. While we were cook
ing our coffee, each one for himself, in our
tin cups, we received orders to load. Such
a jumping you never saw. Some faces
turned pale, others looked determination.
Some put the ball in first, and the powder
on top. All went off in Ine of battle,
through a cornfield, to the woods. The
right wing of the regiment took one posi
tion, the left another. Company K, of the
left, was made flag company. As Major
Moody, rode by us, says he : "Boys, you
are the flag compahy,defend your colors as
your life. It is five minutes after two. Re
member the time you go to your first bat
tle." Your correspondent did not think
of any thing . but keeping in line. 'After
taking position in the wo3ds, it was learn
ed that the enemy was too strong for us,
and we retired behind our artillery and
waited for reinforcements.
At night two of our companies were sent
out on picket, a squad of the 13th and a
squad of the 139th being put together, the
new men acting as reserves. During the
night we could hear the distant noise of
artillery wagons, see the light of fires, and
hear subdued orders in front of the pick
ets. We all imagined it was the rebels re
treating, or making' a move to fliink us,
and lay very quiet. It was a pitch dark
night, or many whitefaces would have bee
seen. In the morning we learned the nois
'we heard was from
,reinforcements fro
Harper's Ferry. But the rebels had're
treated. So we missed our first fight, al
though we were in an engagement conduc
ted by manoevering. A man from a New
York regiment and a member of the 62d
Pennsylvania were shot.
For a day or two our brigade camps
the woods, then moved thecamp toe large
field near a small town called Downsville,
within a few miles of Williamsport. Howe's
and Couch's Headquarters are near to ns.
Franklin's corps are camped near by. In
-
fact, all around, in every direction are
camps.
In a day or two we are to receive shelter
tents (small tents for three, each man to ,
carry a piece,) and the remainder of our
outfit. None of us have received shirts
yet. We will then be prepared for a move
wherever McClellan may direct. We have
now but tents for about half of each corn
__
patty.
Although we are in camp we have no
lazy time of it. Plenty to do. I'll give
you our day's duty: Reveille at o'clock •,
each man, so inclined, goes to the run and
washes: then to a spring I there are some
of the finest srringt here I've ever seen)
fil's his canteen, and comes back and cooks
his coffee: atter breakfast you rub up your
gun a little, or smoke, or talk, or read a
paper, if you can get one, till 8 o'clock,
when we have dress parade; from 9 to 101
o'clock we have regimental drill—(yester.
day we were drilled by General Howe,
and did not get through till after .1.2,m
and I tell you he stirred all of us up, offi
cers as well as privates); company drill
from I till 2 P. M.; regimental or brigade
drill from till 41 P. v.; dress parade at 6;
tattoo at 9. If that's not enough work for
one day, I don't know what work is. If
any of these drills . are neglected, the of
fender goes on police duty—keeping the
camp clean. Then there. is any number
of guards to go on, from division guard
down to camp guard.
But, Mr. Editor, I am making this too
long. I would say a word about our offi
cers. Col. Collier is well liked; Lieut.
Col. Owens is thought to be too strict,
though strictness is necessary; Major
Moody is very popular, and the men have
to be restrained from cheering him on all
occasions. I know nothing about the
company officers, except our own. I be
lieve the different companies are pleased
with their respective officers.
There is an average of six sick in each
company—no serious cases—just enough
to excuse from duty. The majority of the
men are improving in health, n&twithstand
ing the great prevalence of - bowel com
plaint, arising from change of water and
diet;and irregular living. A great many
eat every chance they get, and biscuits
being the only bread fruit in the army the
men are continually running after pies
and soft bread. Every house about here
—in fact all through where we have march
ed in Maryland—is engaged in making and
selling pies, bread and butter, the demand
being greater thah the supply. Then ev
ery house is guarded. The people of Ma
ryland lose nothing by having Uncle Sam's
men coming among. them.
Hoping our friends in Western Pennsyl
vania think of us, and pray ttir us if we
should get into a fight,. I remain
Truly yours. CARTRIDGE•Box.
---
LIQUID STOVE POLISH.
SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS.
It needs no mixing.
It has no smell whatever:P
It produces no dirtor dust.
It etas:4s me most intense heat.
It produces ajet black polish.
It preserves from rust.
.1' requires very little labor
Sold by SIMON JOHNSTON.
neC corner Smithfield and Fourth streets
MANHOOD-
ROW LOST! HOW RESTORED!
Just published, in a Sealed Envelope. Pries
Six Ceuta.
A LECTURE ON THE NATURE; TREAT
MENT and Radical Cure of Spermatorrhom or
Seminal Wealmes% Involuntary Konnissione,
Sexual Debility, and Impediments to Marriage
generally,
_Nervolumess, gonsumption, /gnilePSY
.and Fits Mental and Physical Incapacity result
ing from Self-Abuse, &o.—By ROBT. J. CUL
VERWELL, M. D.. Author of the Green Book, &c
"A Boon to Thousands df finfikers,'l
.
&bit under seal: in a plain envelope, to any -ad
dress. Poet paid, on receipt of six oeutA, or twc
Postage stamps. by Dr. CH. J. C. KLIN
127 Bowery. New York. Post Othoe-Box. 4dBe
ata:Are-isuraw
NEW FALL GOODS.
NEW STYLE SHAWLS,
NEW STYLE CLOAKS,
NEW STYLE CIRCLELARS,.
High Colr'd Plaids for Ladies' Dresses
Fig'd Kept, Poplins,
Fine Plain Poplins, all Colors
BALMORAL SHIRTS,.
All finalities and colors.
NEW STYLES HOOP SKIRTS,
among which may be found
THE PRIDE OF THE WORLD,
LADIES" SIZES,
HISSES' SIZES, and
CHILDREN'S SIZES
—AT---
We & Hugns9,
CORNER Frrnt AND ituißvi. atm
sell
GII Si S -- WE HAVE RECEIVED A
very fine aysortment of doable. and tingle
barrel Shot 'Gum to which we invite the atten
tion alt porbinuin and others in want of a autretivt
art!cle. DOWN dr, TETLEY.,___
segt; ; _ • 136-Wo9datreato
E=MtEll
First Ei
LATEST NE YS_BWIELMOI:
)PROI*II**AR*V
MFR W.!
• 3 . ,- , '-..-r.' iz
FURtHER-.GRANT'S'I-ARMY:
REBEL DEFEAT AT NEWTONIA
WASHINGTON ITEMS
Frank`-.P.
Sailing of
WASIIINGTON,
Sigers scouts r:
ing been to Th,
point they foun.
back with them
one of whom W:
but falling into
was impressed i
held a prisoner
At the time of . 1
in a charge of a
latter's back wt
cutting the cord
made his esca4
double-barreled?!
two had been di
being put into tb
port that the ret
treating to ward
having already toward
having
is at Stalin
at Mount Jacks(
Captain Barre t rel.hinedyesterday from
a scouting expe: ition as far as New Mar.
ket. At Gainesville he captured a rebel
scouting party, jconsisting of Lieutenant
obert: of they Second Mississippi, and
ei • : men. Lieat. Roberts says that we
• hipped them od Friday, August 29th, at
Bull Run, but that they more than re
trieved this defedt on Saturday. ' •
Captain Tomkibs, formerly a Lieutenant
in the regular witty, and latterly Colonel
of the, VeirnontiCavalry, has been made
Quartermaster o General Sigel's corps,
relieving Capt. Lbomis.
ST. LOUIS, Octl 7.—Dispatilles received
j
at these headqua tern bring intelligence to
the effect that on Saturday morning, Gen.
Schofield advan „et' upon the rebels at
Newtons, a small town, fifty-four miles_
southwest of Sp ingfield, and after two
hours er,,.agement, the rebels broke. and
ran id all directions. The enemy's force
was estimated ai 15,000. Oar loss.was
trifling.
Dispatches in4rcepted after the fight,
advised Gen. Schofield of the intention of
the enemy to condentrate their whole frce p
i
at aoint twelvetiles north of Newto ia,
t
to which point e was pushing rapi ly.
with the expectation of renewing the bat
tle on Sunday. No particulars have been
received.
1
- ,
FAATH ER POINIi October 7.—The Jura
passed this point this morning. She met
the Bohemia on the 2d, and the Nova
Scotia on the 6th inst., bound to Liver
pool.
WASH ENGTON. Oct.. 7.—The following
additional despatches from the Southwest
have been received at the healquarters of
the army :
HEADQUARTERS OEN. GRANT'S ARMY, 1
Jackson, Tenn'., Oct. 6-12:20 r- 5/.
To Gen. H. W. Hallack, Contntander
in Chief:— Gens. Ord and Hurlbut came
upon the enemy yesterday, and General
Hurlbut having driven in small; bodies the
day before, after spven hours hard fight
ing, drove the enemy back five miles across
the Hatchie, towards Corinth, capturin _
two batteries, about three hundred prison
ers and many smag arms. I immediately
appraised Gen. Rdsecrans of these facts,
and directed him to l urge on ffiegood work.
The following disiiatch has/just been re
ceived from him dated Chevalla, October
6th. To Major Gerleral Grant :—The en
emy are totallyronted, throwing every
thing away. We ars following them sharp
ly. Signed,
1 1 W.i. ROSECRANS,
Under previous instr etions, Hurlbut
is also following.en. McPherson is - in
the lead of RoSecra s' column. The reb
el,Gen. Martin is dto lie killed.
Signed, I U. S. GRANT,
sa il
Major General Commanding.
• i
WASHINGTON, October 7. —lt is under
stood that disabled
E rlunteers, or Bach, as
are not sufficiently trong to serve in the
field, will be detailed, for guard duty at the
hospitals.
Lord Lyons is expected to return- to
Washington in the Edglish steamer of the
11th inst.
Sr. Loris, Octob- 7.—Frank P. Blair
was' unanimously noMinated for Congiess
from the first district by the Union Eman
cipation Convention yesterday.
STRICTLY' PIT : i ARTICLES.
Low Prices.
PITTSBURGH IRUG HOUSE
TORRENCE & MeGARR,
APOTHECARIES,
CORNER FOURTH (E. MARKET STREETS
PIPTB33III3IIGIII.
Drn_mt, Lead,
Medicines, Paints,
Perfumery Dye Stu
Chemicals, Spices,
thc., . the.,
itgP Physicians Presort .
only.
pounded at all hours.
only 1e
Wines and Liquo
•
Third
FAR AND WINT
C. HANSON LOV
74 MARNMT
vivE ARE NOW it
or the largest stocks
v
Dress, ,Goods, Sh •
and Dome,
tbat we have ever been abi
many of which we have bong.
York Auction% which eaab
induremente to both wholes:
buyers.
le d. retail cash
1 .
N. B.- Please call and examme nr stoak be
fore pureinuing elsewhere. ai4 we areoenvinced
that it wal be to the interefixofbayere ofail kinds
of D. R Y L '46l 0 0 'DIV to bill early,
C. HANSON LOVE & CO:
74 Market itreet:
004
Two GoOD: CARPENTERS" Inreipir:
D. To go to , wo_rit immediately. for ,lein
metz & Blum; :atop OnTVirgb:4l.lley, between,
'Wood and Liberty strietil. , Steady' etuploymen'a,_
'7003.431 l'::•11:.) .... *rim o f noLi . jr. ,
~... , -
lair: Renominateil
Lhe Steamer Jura
c.,. dce., dce
Oct. 7. wo of General
turned last evening, hav
ronghfare Gap, at which
no rebels. They brought
Ithree escaped conscripts,
formerly in our army,
I the hands of the enemy
ne
to their service. He was
or attempted . desertion.—
ikaking his escape he was
lieutenant, and while the
48
turned he succeeded in
(hat baund his wrists, and
le, with the lieutenant's
fowling piece. The other
rafted, but escaped before
he army. These men re
bels have commenced re
fs Richmond. Longstreet
'one. They say that their
f on, while their cattle are
loy's
Topog^raph • cal Nap 'of !Lint 'inky.
Ohio, Lodionla, non firisrolist
is the only authority for Gen PuelLand the. War
Doi armour Noney r, funded to any. one find-
Hg an err .r init. Price cents.
From the Tribune. Aug. 2.
, .
"7.T . OYU'S,' MAP OP VfRGINIA. NARY..
L ND. AND PENN LVAN lA. oiap is
very I •rg•-; its so is but yd cents, an.. it ie the
trot which can bopes'ekirsel'
Li.ol4Th , GI r; AT M CP OF TIIE:I1IF 8t'.
I PPI ItlVEß—ProniAotual urves;it bY - CaPts.
Bart and m. Bowen,l3li sidaippi river
of Louis..Mo._ shows every ruan'a Matt, tion
and owner ' s name from ' St Louis to the Golf of
Mexico-1,35U mites7every sand bar,islsnd.tortn,
landing. and Mk places .20, miles b At:lronies
river — colored•Wcounties and State . Fricesll.
in sheets, 82 pocket front. and 8 2 :50 on Ikea..
with rollers, llealY Bent ed.
Navy Department, - Weehington. BePt. , 17,1862,
•T. T:LLOYD--Bitzend Ines - our Mop of the
Mississippi River,„ with price eer hund red ooPies,
0- ear Admiral Charles li. Davis. romnianding
the MiSSi'SIPPI fiqUadroll.-i. authoriser( to pur
chase as many as are required -fornse of that
squadron. GIDEL.Y.Wr:LLt_,
ou7-3td Secretar y cif the Nivy
Fr
oniß THE SIXTY-TIIIRD AND
- _other Pennsylvania regiments.—The under
signed is atilt receiving recruits for all the' .1d
Pennsylvania regiments, but moretta pecially that
popular veteran regiment, the tialy.third, led
bY the gallant Col. Hays. Ne will pay-to .every
recant the canal . goveremmit bounty and ad
vance pay; also the county hand and- intro boun
ty of $lO. Re - will receive recruits for any branch
of the service, infantry, cavalry or; artillery.
Office at Wilkins all, Fourth street •
• u_B. dR O6 3. •
Ist Lieut. ti3d.
.„-
G ° Atigl it iy n tlo n nse A ol j ‘ 1'1" 17E48
NEUTRAL SUAP.I77TR6 L/MB.
Cad itocuro a Cirottlar, iiith directions flu
using . i
TUB DEBT AND MOST REl ty
T .i. 13 L13 - AIITICLE.
sir Put up in bottles sufdei Slit for one barrelot
Cider. For sale by
JOSEPH FLEMING,
• - OEEPII FLEMING.
30a1ill FLEMING:, •
coreer Market a:rent and the Diet:nand;
cnrner Market street 'and the Diamond,.
corner Market .rtreei and the Diamond,
._The highest price in cash paid for Beeswax.
—LEATIIER BEILITT6B—
HOYT RHO'S N. Y:MAKE,
Well tanned and stretched, torso'. the Leat
her ctore of -
XL DEILLatp.,
233 Liberty street opposite head of Wood.
ceaflivd
Cream Tartar
a
, Eng. Mustard,
Oils,
Gum HOSE --.M.
EfITY STEER the only Agent for the :tale
of the New Patent ';'Woven Hi,dratit
Rove.:
otAlad
one accurately own
for medicinal nse
ielft-W'
.
ESZINE, bENZINE, BEINZINE.
rival
. benzine'
B Be nzi n e e,
Benzine, rcenzine,
The bet article ever discovered for removing
ail kinds 0 . 4 gresse gpotP, paint, etc.. eto trent
silk. ribbons, chth, etc.. etc.; it cleans kid glob ee
n"a few moments w thont aftectirg the eel. iyand
for cies nine kinds or w0. , 1 or si/k, go...di is in
valuable. The genuine article can be procured at
JOztEPII' HL M !NO'S.
JOSEFI FLEMING'S.
Co r ner of the Ira rand Market Streets,
Corner of the Die rind and Ma ket Streets,
he higheit prieel72 cash paid forliteinvaz.
ocsi
If DRY GOCD
COI
WHOLESALE BUYERS
WHOLESALE sinrrais
WHOLESALE BUYERS
STREET
ClritTNG ONE
win, Cloaks
tics
Wiil;
learn something =eh to their advantage b 7
looking over the stock of Fresh, New•and dteaa l
nle Goods at
CONCERT HALL SIIO STORE,
to offer. A treat
at the lame Taw
1 ' es. tuft* oreigietii
IVO: 62 FIFTH STREET,
SeMuff, for Cash Only,
•
BARGAINS ALL THIS MONTH.
Ret department replete wi
ding at th noveltteeand
•
air' Nearly opposite - the Postotliee, on Fifth st.
tliti •
f6r sh-oen
ALkspAr.
v.-ftifialebje,J
027 p . , .
I s:tl
. - . .
.Toomrs- Att.V.Erittrunem
~,. .., . ....„ . ........._,.,......:._.,........,........,,,,x L
),L,.- LEVI:VIM Al 1111110 'gum cinic
'"'" 13OLLIMR, earlier of Penn and St, Clair
, ,
• `,.. anti, WldAidtiy wore/rig at 11,44 ii.
At.P.tnt•J'AN..tt Or' BILL& •
--______,_
ALlolt , ILEINT.—THAT WEL L KNOWN-
T . IUL Bakery ,nd Coniectinnary,i Kunz i t Smith.
iliAll at. A largo otoro room. marble counter'
gruil fix , urcs, with rpacioua Ice Dream Saloon aid
a-suite Restaurant on Second Story. Dwelling
„Douse of eigra o ooms and - kitchen, good etlia . a,
d„teal vault. b .waiters frosi tr..,kory to store
, 1110 M, and ea on in second story. tee.. at. Thi s
first class a blishmrnt is now in complete It
ordet, and viog a welt estAllthed custom, at
e:tn
f moan excellent oppo:tahity to any one dee'. roue of e
An g inn. too business. . 11 ill. be rt nted
for one or t hree years; no the proprietor ii about
removing from the city. At ply to •
...-: ''..: &DU/ H BERT & SONS.. ?
~ , -.. -51 ,, A! arket 'Street.
pirrsßusitat - r . ! • .-
,
„ .
CLOAK IND :MANTILLA . STOBE I
NO. 73 MARKET STREET.
_ .
All` -O f otti CLOAKS and MANTILLAS are
new end elegant in style, mad., of exceu en t ros _
terial. M. J. SPENCE.
oes:lye
, ~
• OTICE ISIHEREBY GIVER, THAT
I have been appointed by the Pension De
t( artment to examine wont,ded and intand soh
diers discharged.. fro;nllle.serpce; tli it ray au
th, 1.1(7 extends4o any (~ ou9 ty. -.tato or Territory, '
and that I ana now reedy to entry upon the d s
oh •rge of my duty. GEO. AIeCOOK. 111. D
oc.V2ted.t2tti•
Examining Surgeon, &o.
MACRUM tt-GiLYDE
•D.
a. O. GI.Y/a.
No. -78 Market Street,
R espec tinily announce to the public that they are
prepared to sell at the:
LOWEST RATES
an extensive and elegant stock of'
Beets and tloak' Trimmings r-Feeneki
and Scotch kinbroldevies; Fall and
%Vitiator Glaves'and Hosiery ; New
England Woollen Goods andYarna•
rine Pa &iris, Coburn, 'Cravats;' •
, Traveling shirts.•llnder--ithamb..
- Ribbona, Ruches ; Bonnet
Trimmings ; Hoop .Skirta.
corsets :td Notions.
THE; LADIES' DEP I~ ILTMEN T
, .
Wilt found wail stocked witli Skirts. cor
"gAd 'Nets. Fattens for clippers aid Worsts
Work. of the. newest end beet designs Also,
-Beads. bilks . Zephyr and iihetlartirWeai in great
variety. tbr adios Roiling; Etnbrotdaty ard
Fades Work. We are prepared to fill all sped 1
r hers in this department with elegance a* d dis
patch. We
. wi LI sell_ Country merotainta aniM
a lets Gnods .tae than they can buy them now
in,! the Eastern mamas. , • '
Wholesale roams up stisrs.
• MACRUM & GLYDE,
Market street
(between Fourth Street ad a Diamond.) ocit
COUNTRIr BA.CON.---0.000 . GOOD
Conn try r.houlders.itLeG recd and for sale by
Ja.o. A. Z RR.
co-/. toner hiatkot and hirst at.
RALE OR E A
60 09000 AGE: NTS TO'SEILLP •
Lloyd'« New Steel Plate ConntiVolOr.
ed Mao of the trait> d states, •
Canadas and New Hrunawiek.
Front recent surveys, ooniplet - d Aug. '0 1862;.
cast $:0,640 to a'-grave it uttel en° 3 ,, ar's pne.
- Superior to anYS:O map ever made by r °Jon or
Mitoses I. and aebs at the low mine I fit ty
370,000 names'are engrwed on thill map cents;
tis not only a County Map, but is also a
Comity and Railroad Map
of the United elates aid Oannda ootubined
in
one, giving
Every Railroad Station
and is anrei between.
Guarantee take back
map man Sd to $5 per day,
and wall take back all s that cannot be sold
and .refuiel ihe flannel%
r end for worth to try.
Printed ins:ru -tio s how to canvass well far
' niihed all our agents.
Wanted- Who.osole Agents for our Maps is
every State. California. Canada, ELlland. France
and Cubs. A fortune may he made with a few
Lundred do' , lare capitol. tVo comPetifinu
The.l.D. ltit Bry , adway. new rk.
War Departm.nt uses our MID of `ic
on
ginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. eon $103,00%
on which is marked Antietam Creek,: ha rPtlittrit.
MarylandW liiamspert lien7„..hltores
vide, Noutno's Ford and all others on the Pont
m to t and every clihor 'place in Marylint, Vir
ginia and Pennsylv.VA. csmoney riftuitted.
goCiam3
BOOTS AND SNOBS
BOOTS AND SHOES
nooTs AND snout
.At - greatly reduced rates
ABOIIT PULP. PRICE.
lIENCY REcEJAVED
Attetion:'
`AT` OLD !P8192 . 1„
:
ME 1