jff - v v BY S. J. KOW. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1863. VOL. 9.-N0. 46. TERMS OF THE JOURNAL. Tbe Raftsjia.vs Jours al is published on Wed nesday at $ I, DO" per an Dam in advance. Adver tisements inserted at $1.00 per square, for three or less insertions Twelve lines (or less connting a square, tor every aaamonal insertion 2a cents JL deduction will be made to yearly advertisers. COUNTY DIUECTORY. TIME OF nOLDIXG COUiT. 2d Monday in January, I 3d Monday in June, 3d 44 in March, j 4th " in Sept'm'r. Of each year, and continue two week if necessary '. COUNTY AND DISTRCT OFFICERS. Pres't Judge lion. Samuel Linn, Belk-fonte. Ai'ie.Judges Hon. J. 1. Thompson, Curwensville Hon. James Bloom. Forrest Sheriff. . . . Edward Perks, Protbonotary, D. F. ctiweiler, . Reg. & Rec. . Isaiah O. Barger . district Att'y, Israel Test, . . . Treasurer.. . Joseph Shaw, . . Co. Surveyor, H. B. Wright, Comaiiss'n'rs, S. C. Thompson, Jacob Kuntz, . . Thos. Dougherty, . Auditors. . . B. C Bowman, Chaa Worrell. . . Clearfield . Glen Hope. Morrisdale. . Luthersburg. Or. Hills, . Clearfield. N.Wash'gfcjn . Fennfield. Lccontes Mill . Curenvil!e H Woodward, Coroner. . . . J. W. Potter Co.Snperind't Jesse Brootuull, ' LIST OF POST-OFF ICES. Totrnships. NumrxofP.U. Namtsof P.M. Beccaria. - - Glen Hope, - - Wu. S. Wright. ' - - - Utahville, - - - Theodore Weld. 44 - - Ilegarty'sX Hoads Samuel Ucgarty. Hell, - - - Bower, - - v M Cracker). 44 - - - - Chest, .... Thos.A. M'Ghee, " - - - Cush. --. - J. XV Campbell. .... Ostend. - - - - II. L. Henderson. Bloom, - Forrest. .... James Bloom. Buzgs, ... Clearfield Bridge, - Jas. Forrest. Bradford, - Williams' Grove, - Jas. E. Watson. Brady, - - - Luthersburg, - R. H. Moore. 44 ... Troutville, - - Charles floppy. 14 - - Jenerson Line, - - Jonn iicberhn. Burnside, - New Washington) - James Gallaher. - - Burnside, - W. C. Irvin. ... Patchinville, 44 - - - East Ridge, Chest,- - - - Hard, - -44 ... McGarvey, -44 ... Westover, - Clearfield, - Clearfield. - Covington, - Frenchville, 44 - - . Karthaus, - Curwensville Curwensville, - Jack I'atchin - Jacob Boice. - G. Toxer, jr. - Win. McGarvey. - b. A. tarber. - M. A. Frank - P. A. Gaulin. - J. F.W. Schnarr T. W. Fleming. Decatur, - Philipsbure, Centre county, Pa. 4- - - West Decatur, - - Sophie Radebach 44 - - Usoeola Mills, . - I. J; Uoalich. Ferguson. - Marron, - - - - Edin. Williams. Fox, - - - - llellen Post Office, Elk county, Pa liinrd, - - - Leconte's Mills, - C. Mignot. 44 - - - Bald Hills, - - - William Carr Goshen, - - Shawsville, - -Graham, - - Grabamton.- -Guelich, - - Smith's Mills, -.... Mauera, "- - -Huston, - - Tyler, - 44 - - - Pennfield." - -Jordan, - - Ansonville, - -Karthans. - Salt Lick, - -Knox. - - - New Millport, -Morris, - - - Kylertown, - ---- Morrisdale. - - - A. B. Shaw. - Thos. H. I'orcee. - A. G. Fox. - C-haa-J. Pusey. - David Jyler. i H. Woodward" - Eliza Chase. - Geo. Heckadorn - M. 0. Stirk, - Jas. Thompson. - J. C Brenner. Perm. - - - Lumber City ,t - - H W. Spencer. - .... dratcpian lulls, - A. V. Moore, Pike, .... Curwensville, - - T. W. Fleming .... Bloomineville. - - Beni. F. Dale. 1 ninn, - - - Kockton. - - - -O.K. Brubaker. nooJward. Jeffries, - - - James Lockett. This Post Office wfil do for Chest township. "ill answer tor fergi son township. STATE & V. STATES DIRECTOR V. OFFICEUS OF PENNSYLVANIA overnor, - - - A.G. Curtin, - - - Centre eonntv "ijonom. jiii cmor. - - - - union county iep. Secretary, a. a. 1 nomas, -- Auditor Gen. - Isa-te Slenker, - - Union county Purveyor Gen. - Jag. P. Barr. - - - Pittsburz. juiorney lien. - w. ji. .Meredith, 1'hiladelphia ate Trurer. W. 3 M ?rt h." Fnp Com. Sch's T H burrows. - - Lancaster co. i-epoiy eup i, - a. r. liatea, - - - Crawford co I ;Km,:.. U w T.wr T T : .1 I k " uiviaii.n, " . ... X? .. lib, - UKrrMUUrg. M-r-REXs I'orRT ef Justice. W. 11. Lowrie. Associates, Geo W Woodward, Jas Thompson, Via. Strong. J. M. Reed. Sessions. Philadelphia 1st Monday of January, Harrisburg 4th Monday f April, ftunbnry 1st Monday of October, and in uuourg on the ;5J Monday of October. OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES. President. - - - Abraham Lincoln, Of Illinois. ice President Hannibal Hamlin, Of Maine, of tate. - XYm. 11 Seward, - New York. of Treas y S. P. Chase, - - - Ohio. See.ot War. - E.M.Stanton, - - Pennsylvant ot Xavy Gideon Welles. - - Connecticut. Nsc. of Interior Isaac P. Csher. - - Indiana. r- .M. Gen. - Monfcg. Blair, - - - Maryland. Attorney Gen. Ki!vr,l l!.t... . . Vi.nri Sri HEWE Coirt Chief Justice. Koeer B. Ta- I rv U1 fiaryiano Associate Justices bainue! JeUin nf i V.rir pr.k..i p -r l 1 I nia.JohnM U'..n.a.n;. i..v, n. r Tennessee, Xathan Clifford of Maine, Caleb" B. tbTi't Monnddiy of lXi1' B CABINET EMPOEIUM! B. K. SHOPE, CAbi.NET MAKER, - Would respectfully announce to the public that ne has fitted up a shop on Cherry street, near the r.jiiacopal church, and near Kratier's store.where ueiDienjs to carry on the Cabinet-making busi nesa io its different branches. Having served a regular apprenticeship to tbe business, and work u a a Journeyman over six years, besides carrv- Jg on a shop for three years, he flatters himself " ean render satisfaction to those who may fTor him with their custom. Having located in iiorough of Crearfield, he solicits a share of k Patronage, and it shall ever be his object to make to order, neat and substantial furniture such as I French Bedsteads He will alwavs be and common and French pojuCottage, Jenny bind, and all other kindsof Bedsteads, XttTeeknera Patent listenings a n d Oard Bi Patent spring Bed ada. Bureaus of dif rent kiads.Sideboards, "ardrobes, Bookcases. r!or andcentretables, r4kfast and dining ta-B1-and the latest im proved Extensiontables. 0'k sunds. Hat racks, J'let and Wash stands! id every other kind of 'urai;ora in hi. hr.n.h prepared to furnishtoor- der Kocking cnairs of different kinds, and common and other chairs. He will also fur nish to order Hair, Husk, and hair and cotton top Mattresses. . The above named and many otbei articles will be made v order for customers, oi short notice, cheap fo. cash .or exchanged for approved country pro- auce. uoa t rorget tne to furnish all articles at themostreaaonabltiratf.il I - : I VI rr Tk vae.rl7' pi' rtne, lunwood, and ev- fW. , uiiaoie lumoer, .will oe taken in ex- tttiVfor furnitor Cash will also be paid for - - uvioiMr B. K. SHOPE: 2. .?..l'f 522 1 -Funerals -attended whenever irable CUarfrid. Pa.., Jan. 21. 182 - VALLAITDIGHAM'S CASE- Beply of the President to the Ohio Demo cratic Committee WA8Hi2GTO!, D. C. June 29. 1863 Gentlemen : The Resolutions ot the Ohio Democratic State Convention, which you pre sent me, together with your introductory arid clotting remarks, being in position and argu ment mainly, the same as tbe Resolutions of the Democratic meeting, at Albany ,New York, I refer ym to my response to tho latter as meeting most ol the points in the former. This response you evidently used in preparing your remarks, and I desire no more than that it be used with accuracy. In a single reading of your remarks, I only discovered one inac curacy in matter, which I suppose you took from that paper. It is where you say. "The undersigned aie unable to agree with you in the opinion you have expressed that the Con stitution is different in time of insurrection or invasion from what it is in time of peace and public security."' A lecurrtnce to the paper will show you i that J have not expressed the opinion you up- .. . a - . pose, i expressed tne opinion that the Cou stitutioujs different in its application in ca st's of rebellion or invasion, involving the pub lic safety, from'what it is in times of profound peace 8nd public security ; and this opinion I adhere to, simply because by tbe Constitu tion itself, things may be done in tbe one case which may" not be done in the other. I disiike to waste a word on a merely per sonal point, but I must respectfully assure you that you will find yourselves at fault should you ever seek for evidence to provo your assumption that I "opposed in discus- sions before the people the policy of tbe Mex ican war." You say 4' Expunge from the Constitution this limitation upon the power of Congress to suspend tbe writ of habeas corpus, and yet the other guarantee of personal liberty would re main unchanged." Doubtless if this clause of the Constitution, improperly called as I think a limitation upon tbe power of Congress were expunged, the other guarantees would remain tbe same ; but the question is, not how those guarantees would stand with that clause out of the. Constitution, but how tbey stand ' with that clauso remaining in it, in cases of rebel lion or invasion, involving tbe public safety. If the liberty could be indulged of expunging that clause, letter and spirit, I really think the constitutional argument would be with you. My general view on this question was stated in tbe Albany response, and hencu I do not state it now. I only add that, as seems to me, the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus, is tbe great means through which the guarantees of personal liberty are conserved and made avail able in the last resort; aud corroborative o this view, is the fact, that Mr. Vallandig- hani, in the very case in question under the advice of lawyers saw not where else to go but to the habeas corpus. But by the Constitu- nou me tienent ot the writ of habeas corpus it " ? be pended when in case, of rebel "on and invasion, the public safety may re- ouire it IV , . 4"' uu" wueiner i reauy -claim that I ray over-ride all the guarantied rights f iHi,Mn,t. . . . f ,n1'Ti4"-'. on the plea of conserving the public safety when I may chose to say the public safety requires it. This question, di vested of the phraseology calculated to repre sent me as strugling for an arbitrary personal prerogative, is either simply a question who shall decide, or an affirmation that nobody shall decide, what the public safety does require in cases of rebellion or invasion. The Constitu tion contemplates tbe question as likely to occur for decision, but it doea not expressly declare who is to decide it plication, when reliellion or invasion comes the decision is to be made, from time to time 8Dd 1 ,h,Dk Mie maD Whm for ,he people have, under the Constitution, made the Commander-in-Chief of their Army and Na vy, is the man wbo holds tbe power and beats the responsibility of making it. If he uses the power justly, tbe same people will proba bly justify him ; if he abuses it, be is in their hands, to be dealt with by all the modes they have reserved to themselves in tbe Constitu tion Tbe earnestness with which you insist that persons can only in times of rebellion be law fully dealt with in accordance with the rules for criminal trials and punishments in times OI Peace induces me to add a word to what I said on that point in the AlbaDy response. You claim that men may, if they choose, em barrass those whose duty it is to combat a gi ant rebellion and then be dealt with only in turn as if there were no rebellion. The Consti tution itself rejects this view. The military arrests and detentions which have been made, ncluding those of Mr. Vallandigham, which are not different in principle from the other, have been lor Prevention, and not for Punish ment as injunctions to stay injury as pro ceedings to keep tbe peace and hence, like proceedings in such cases and for like rea sons, tbey have not been accompanied with in- h tn.ia. nor !n .in.t. 1 1 LU.C Uia, VI Lll.l. vj . -, .lugig case, by any punishment whatever beyond what is purely incidental to the prevention. Tbe original sontence of imprisonment in Mr. Yallandigbam's case was to prevent injury to the military service only,and the modification of it was made as a less disagreeable mode to him of securing the same prevention. I am unable to perceive an insult to Ohio in the case of Mr. Vallandigham. Quite sure ly nothing of this sort was or is intended. was wholly unaware that Air. Vallandigham was, at tbe time of his arrest a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, un til so informed by your reading to -me the res olutions of the Convention. I am grateful to tbe State ot Ohio for many things, especially for tbe brave soldiers and officers she has givo in the present national trial to tbe ar mies of tbe Union. You claim, as I understand, that according ly to my own position in the Albany response, Mr. Vallandigham should be released, and this because, as you claim, be has not damaged the military service by discouraging enlist ments, encouraging desertions or otherwise; and that it be had, he should have been turned over to the civil authorities under the recent acts of Congress. I certainly do not know that Mr. Vallandigham has specifically and by direct language, advised against enlistments, and in favor of desertion and resistance to drafting. We all know that combinations, armed in some instances, to resist the arrest of deserters, began several months ago; that more recently the like has appeared in resis tance to the enrollment preparatory to a draft; and that quite a number of assassinations have occurred from tbe same animus. These had i i 1... , v, i . k. ... j .. . j . i , o .., rj, 1UIC,U uns again nas led to bloodshed and death And now, under a sense of responsibility more weighty and enduring than any tvhich is merely official, I solemnly declare my belief that this hindrance of the military, including maiming and mur der, is due to the course in which Mr. Val- a'"ara nas Deen eneagea in 8 greater de- gree than to any other cause ; and is due to him personally in a greater degree than to any other one man. These things have been no torious, known to all, and of course known to Mr. Vallandigham. Perhaps I would not be wrong to say tbey originated with bis espe ciat triends and adherents. With perfect k , j . . . I - 1 1 mv irwM,i. vt nOH IHiiirn ol thom ha ho a rranminl . irl.. . .-D , Pnnafflntlo marla arA.h I . t 1 t . eCt.ucs .u v.u8resa uu ue- fore popular assemblies: and if it can be shown that with these thines starinir him in . , , '"8S slar,nn,m4n ... ... unercu . ru o, reoune , v......,-. ugai.iBi ineiii.u win oe a iaci great- ly In his favor with me, and one of which, as yet I am totally ignorant. . . ... Whon .f i. bnntxn .. ,m ouv... (hat ih. u-IiaIi l.-t..n r i. : 1 I uu,uCU . uia speecucs nas ucc luol,r up uien againsnne prosecution oi tne war, aud that in the midst of resistance to it, be has not been known in any instance to ov. 6..uDl 0uv.. .co.olte, 11, is nexi 10 ..UIiu.u.ii iu repei ine mierence mat ne has .,..l.., A : r. ...... .. I tuuiiocicu umcuij iu latur 01 11. i 110 all this hefnr thi.ip h i'n..ii- . oeiore tneir eyes, me Convention you represent have nominated Mr, Vallandigham for Governor of Ohio'; and both they and you have declared the purpose to sustain tbe Na tional Union by all Constitutional means nut oi course tney and you, in common, re serve to yourselves to decide what are Con stitutional means.and unlike the Albany meet ing you omit to state or Intimate that in your opinion an army is a Constitutional meaos of saving th'e Union against a rebellion, or even to intimate that you are conscious of an exis ting rebellion being in progress with tbe a vowed object of destroying that very Union At the same time your nominee for Governor, in whose behalf you appeal, is known to yon and to the world to declare against the use of an army to suppress the rebellion. Tour own attitude, therefore, encouratres desertion, re- . , . .. . ' . , ... , , sistance to tbe draft and the like, because it teaches those who incline to desert and to es- cape the draft to believe It is your purpose to protect them, and to hope that you will be- - - come strong enough to do so. After a per- soual intercourse with you, gentlemen of the committee, I cannot say I think you desire eci. i iuiio-t 3 uur anuuue, oui i assure you that both friends and enemies of the U- nion iook upon it m tins ngut. it is a sub- stantial bope, and by consequence, a real utrencrth tn the enpmr. Tt (a a futea hnnn onrl I 0 j. . ..yt. . one wnicn you would willingly dispel. I will make the way exceedingly easy, 1 send you duplicates of this letter, in order that you, or a majority oi you, may ir yon cnoose, indorse . , . . . .. , . I vonr names nnnn nnn nf them and rofnm it I j , . v. thus indorsed to me. with tbe understanding that those signing are thereby committed to tbe following propositions, aDd to nothing else ; 1. That there is now a rebellion in tbe Uni ted States, the object and tendency of which is to destroy tbe National Union ; and that, on your opinion, an Army and Navy are consti tutional means for suppressing that rebellion. 2- That noone of you willdo anything which in bis own judgment, will tend to binder tbe increase or favor the decrease, or lessen tbe efficiency of the Army or Navy, while engag ed in the jflort to suppress tbat rebellion ; and 3. Tbat each of yon will, in bis sphere, do I all be can to have tbe officers, soldiers and i seamen of the Army and Navy, while engaged in the effort to suppress tbe rebellion, paid, led, clad, and otherwise well provided and supported. . And with the further understanding tbat up on receiving the letter and names thus en dorsed, I will cause them to be published, which publication shall be, within itself, a revocation of tho order In relation to Mr. Val landigham. It will tot escape observation that I con sent to the release of Mr. Vallandigham upon terms not embracing any pledge from him or from others, as to what be will or will not do. I do this because he is not preseut to speak ior nimself, or to authorize others to speak ior mm ; and bence I shall expect, that on returning, he would not put himself practical- ly in antagonism with the position of bis friends. But I do it cbieflv hoa., r .h.. prevail on other influential gentlemen of Ohio to so define their position as to b.-of in.m,.n.. value to the . tu ' c ""'"Peusa- cuiisequences oi any mistake in allowing Mr. Vallandigham to return, so that on the whole the public safety will not have suffered by it. Still, in regard to Mr. Vallan digham aud all oMiers, I must hereafter, as heretofore, do so much as the public service may seem to require. I have tbe honor to be respecttully yours, etc., A- Liscols. Effect of Treason Stamped Upon our own Soil. ferhaps the very best result that could have happened in the progress ol the war, was the invasion of Pennsylvania, and with that the mreaienciaevastation of the entire northeast. It needed this to convince the people of the Xorth that the leaders of the rebellion were fighting for something more than their -constitutional rights." As long as-the traitors At A. t t ... Were Confined to their own anil t.i ,i-oTf. i,u;- I o utiles against the Government, thev h.,1,1 . BOrt of position in which thov r-nmm,i..,-! h. tyrnpathy of some good but ignorant men, and fought as it they really were contending for a principle of right. But when Lee crossed the Potomac, be and his ragged followers passed me xviioicon. inn irnm rn mnmant ia ran ,.r tho save driver touched free noil, hi f,t was sealed. Hereafter the Democratic twad- die concerning h M,fiM.i 9 "f' mo oouin win oe rejected. ihe campaign of Pennsylvania has un vailed the true scheme of th inrartr tit. j . . . . . came with fire and sword to devastate and de- Strov the nrnnerfv and Iivas nf ihn iui.t. nr . t njortn ... tha tnrlr nf Knntho.ii 1 "constitutional rights," and presents the ob- tprt. f h r.K.iii i r C .Tl , . Lee and bis satelites came for plunder, rapine and murder. One ol the monstrous promises made to tbe rebel army was that when Penn- vlr,ni. fiK ,La a l 1 - J ... . .uu ocvuicu. e I . . - ...... rnai mm 9rr Tn rm ti-,i , 1,- . j" .-.. uiu.i vi these the business and even tkt soil of one of the richest vorhons of the Slate wr th, mn,. The conception of ..ch . ntn to o.h fng concerning its being put into practical operat on. was worthv the hart of mn hat tnne to overthrow a f, .nrf nn.,n. oW. ernment. that Ihpv miirht u rnm tha rrtriuo I . 0 " " ' 4,-6 cf bartering in the flesh of an inferior and an abject race. Those who have heon .rmiuiM. abject race. , ., , a further in tbe rear, which they held during n oriole in tbe foliage above me when tbe sul e traitors may possibly derive ,u nan rm. . i ...2 sing wuu me traitors may possibly derive comfort from the contemplation of this Satan ic scheme. liaving bad a practical taste of what tbe slaveholders' war means, the people of Penn sylvania, and particularly those of the district invaded, will be able hereafter to treat the re bellion as it deserves. Pennsylvania was ablo to see for herself of what a rebel army con sists tl , , , i FCUF.C tuu.u uor iron me nps oi the invader, what the rebellion meant why the rabble of the south were armed, and bv whom thev are led on to ivad rf ,.., "i tt - - w wuvut.ijl the North. A miserable clieue of politicians conspiring solely to advance their own inter- ests. The aristocracy of the South reatinir thrim. t f-'4"4 i'uu' excellence on tbe privilege which ther eniov of bartering in human flesh, hacking nn thoa politicians, that they may secure the interests of .UiJ. nvJnm.L ,h A J;f"?J J e luaumiiuu vi I freedom. Joined to these are the armies in the field, a specimen of which we had in the rabble which Meade drove back The r th interests and the elements of rebellion. Our people have had a fair chance to sen nrf ri all the effects of this. They cannot hereafter be misled on the subject. They have had ex .i ..- i . . .... .. . . . . jj,u,1ICU iV mem, wun practical vividness wnyme democratic politicians in the north sympatbize with the schemes of the leaders s . , wicoieia m this revolt. And thus the bubble has been why tbe Democratic politicians in the north bursted, and this "revolution," as it was first ........ ..... i . ivuiiuiii tu 1 1 1 1 a ucuiuii- . j i , . . I i onutia loria exposed, a oase plan io destroy the purest and holiest form of free j government ever devised by human minds. 4My opponent, Mr. Speaker persists in say ing that he is entitled to tbe floor," said a member of one of our State Legislatures. bnt i,.ii, s. : . t u.it : n r uWl, .... ufc .mjuire. lllli,... i.... - .1 u :tt . I x tu i... ..0 win get uoorea i if he interrupts me again." ' I .. tjooa lawyers, like eood ministers, are the 1 salt of a nation ; but a one-horse lawyer is j a nuisance in any community. terial, painters are using cantos-back ducks Tbey take them internally The more Ignorcnt some of ns are, tbe more will we try to make tbe people believe we are wise. . ' : . No people are capable ol se.f-government wbo will first count the cost of their liberties, j . .j 1 The man tbat provides not in summer mast want io winter. THE BATTLE AT GETTYSBURG- A Full and Graphic Account of the Three days' Conflict, by an Eye-witness. As a connected narrative of tbe memorable battles fought on Wednesday. Thursdav and Friday, the 1st, 2d and 3d days of July, near Gettysburg, in Adams county, Pennsylvania, w'4 o valuable for reference, we think the following carefully written account from the Pittsburg Gazette, will be acceptable to our readers e Gen. Meade took command dV this army on Sunday, the 2Stb ult. At that time bis nageltown. It will be seen that he was in the southeast, and conseqtntly in the rear ot the fo imminently threatening his line of retreat The armv ot th Potomac began its y..M,-.6u ,1UU1 uiomeni. wruers were . w.ivwutd eariy m the evening and on the morning of the 29th our whole brilliant and hopeful host was in motion toward Pennsylvania. Tbe First, and in.ra and tlevfenth corps encamped on Tues- u .mujisuu.g; muoeconaana iwe.un a.su Pc'.eu ineir tents near oy. The Fust Corps, under Major General Key- nolcs, and the Eleventh under Major Geo- .,,.eu ucujuu.g, xvey- nolds lu command, whe.e they arrived at 10 oclock a. m. The First corps, in the ad- The enemy was discovered posted in a wood to the westward, near the Lutheran Theologi cal Seminary. The beginning of the three days' conflict was at hand. ' THE BATTLE OF WEDVE8DA Y. une wno has oeen in tne presence, who now sits among the echoes, aud whose brain teems with rushing memories of a conflict so recent and so vast, may well pause before attempting to indicate its magnitude or describe its pro- gress. uasn as the advance of Gen. Reynolds has been pronounced by many brother officers who now lament his death, 1 question wheth- er it was not after all for the best. It served i , . - - ; ... mv's exact position and probable lorce. and I 83 -a check uPon ay offensive movement .u.io ia ucijr uug.i ue deep up- on. It Rem red the irmr nf th Hninm tl.u commanding position on Cemetery Hill from 1 which the battles of tbe two succeeding days were cuieuy lougnt, and wnicn, had tbe reb- el commander anticipated the engagement, he w ould doubtless have sc..red fr him.V I Ui In.u nurhon. ih.. tho i. ; 1 1 .u i ' o iui uulo, .unit 41 w OH III Ul IUO XCUQ- I , . .. . I rais wno Qirecteu cue oatue on our side, crave I..nV.AB.:nn at. f - r i, J """t meieiore, me oeroic F.lrst c.orP nd its fated commander placed "emseives mine tern Die ciiemma or Wednes- day morning they won a knowledge by their crioce wortft all tbe world to us thereafter, ulreueu 40 4no "ouowing oraer : First division, under Gen. Wadswortb; Third i division uotier liUD. UOUDlouav i ntn hat. I . . . . . . ' " I .-- , " -i..Mt,u,,.lmu uiiw.ciivuum;m. lue roois oi tieiivsourg 11 1 turiAi iinnur 1 :ni vvmniErii,hi . b'..i,.t k 1 ; ion, under Gen. Robinson. A portion of our artillery took position half a mue souiu 01 me seminary, ine enemy down on the lert, the fields green and beaati opened fire upon it with such fierceness as I f ul, io which the cattle were calmly grazing, II. .1 c tuiveu iun uditcncs io retire, wnicn mey com- 1 corapoaea a scene or such peace as it appear menced doing in good order. Geo. Wads- I ed was never made to be marred by the clan- worth immediately came to their aid ; two of bis regiments, tbe 2d Wisconsin and the I t.. nriK:. .-. a . u 1 I I vu.iu '-"fto". .mio mo rewi infantry, forcing them io return to retire, Tne batteries assumed an excellent position mm u.;, V. V- . - V. J U-JI'IO uvtw 1 UTiO lUlflllU I to inspect tbe held and ascertain tbe most fa- vorable line for tbe disposal of bis troops. I One or two members ot his staff were with j him. The enemy at tbat instant poured in a cruel musKctry ore upon ine group oi officers; I a ouuei struct vreu neynoius in lue necK, I Hwunuing uiui uiuriaiijt. crying oui, witn a I voice, tuai lurnieu ine ueans oi uis soldiers. I "forward! ior uoa s sane, forward i" he , i turned lor an instant, rietiuirt th orair nh. 1 lea oy a line ot snouting iniantry, and falline into the arms of Capt. Wilcox, bis aid, who I r ,oes,"e '.I,e we.Dl oul wn be A0?'" 1 ,n ?a." lrl f 1 1 1 rnxnii ill I ri rmm n avn iran n rssn i Gen. Doubled, who hurried to the front, P!aed it in position, and awaited a charge WD,ca " waa 8een lua reoeis were aDout to ra"e' wnereen stood a piece oi wooas was tne impotiant point thence- forth to be defended. The rebels advanced ad opened Ore from their entire line. They re inu.D,,y CDrKed uPon b.v Meredith's J?1!"? bt,e'v0vitboat ' .8ot' uui wiiii B ireioeuuous coeer, aasoea ior-I ward with such swiftness as to surround near- 900 ot tbe foe who were taken prisoners. - 0ng col,,mQ immediately advanced a- gainst us from the woods, and, though vol-I ley after volley was poured into them, did not J waver. Their proximity and strength at lat becaruo so tureateuing that the brigades of the Second division were ordered to make another charge, which was even more success- ful than the first. Their momentum was like an avalanche j the rebels were shot, bayon- u avaiancue ; me reoeis were snot, oayon- i",ed au-d drifve" part.ial re,re'' nlore !ban two regiments falling into our hands alive, Our ranks suffered fearfully in thia demon- fearfully in thia demon- I stration, and it was evident that such fizbtine innM nnt lanr. .,n 1 I. .. T? t . u I wu,,j s" un'tuiu cui( now made its appearance, and its General I i iiowarai assumed command or tne forces. I .T. j. - . ' . . 1 oicuiweur was oraerea to noia jreiiysrurg I and Cemetery bill all his artillery being plac- I ed in tbe latter position. Tbe other two di-I visions of the Eleventh corps, under ShuZtz aDd Barlow, then supported tbe First corps, uu me ngiii, iu uuie to resist tne aesneraie i harlrM bv Ewll' trnnn.. A thirrf hrr . . ' r-- . . . I was now made by the entire rebel force in I front, which comprised the corps of II ill and I twell, eixty-two thousand strong. 1 be shock wa" awtui. ine superior numoer oi tne roe enabled them to overlap both our flanks, I tnreatening us wun snrrouuaing ana capture, Iiuvii uKxucut.. 6o...o. wut ,m , wing, and notwithstanding the gallant fight- ing done by our soiaiers at mat point, they at last ooiainea suco advantage- mat lien. I Howard was forced to . retire bis command luruugu iuo iuku to iue east, wuicn wag aone in good order, the compliments of tbe rebels meanwbile falling thick among it, in tbe l .f ii t i a . m. Buiips ui iae 8ous9 grape na canisier. 1 do I Cemetery Hill at evening, liavinr wlth.tood daring the entire day tbe assaults of an enemy I uuiDumoBriDg toein iojw to one. iNos wno-1 ont not without mlsgtvinar. did tbe ot- ficera and soldiers of those corps eoatemplate the day's engagement and await tbe onset they believed was to come. Their comrada lay in heaps beyond the Tillage Miose spires gleamed peacefully in tbe sunset before them. Reynolds the beloved, and the brave, was dead, and Zook slumbered beside him. Bar low, Paul, many field and scores of line offi cers bad been killed.- The men ot the First corps alone could in few instance turn to speak to tbe ones who stood beside them in the morning without meeting with a vacant space. The havoc in that corps was so fright- Tul to decimate It fully one-half, and that I xyievenin corps nooiy rescued irooi the suspicion w hich rested upon it befoie was scarcely less great. Yet the little army flinched not, but stood ready to fall as others had fallen even to tbe last man. With what a thrill of relief Gen. Howard, who bad sent to Sloctim an.l Slckela, saw in the distance at evening the approaching bayonets of the messenger after messenger during tbe day Third and Twelfth corps, onlv tbey can tell who fought beside him. Those, corps arri- ved and assumed positions to the right and left of the First and Eleventh Corps on the heights about Cemeterv Hill at dusk- The enemy made no fnrtherderoonstation that night. Geu. Meade and staff arrived before 11 o'clock. The commander then examined the position, and posted the several corps tn the following order: The Twefth (Slocum)on me rignt, trie ieventh (Howard) next, the Second (Hancock), First (Doubleday), and Third (Sickela) in the center, tbe Fifth (Svkes) on the extreme left. The situation was bril liant commanding. For almost the first time in the history of this armv's carreer belong ed tbe advantage iu tbe decisive battle which ensued- The lieighfs on which our troops were pos- I tea siopea gently downward from our front. I The line stretched in a semi-circle its con- I Tex center towards Gettysburg, -the extremes I toward the southwest and south. Ledges on J ,QO interior aides - gave our soldiers in some instances a partial shelter from artillery. Ev- erT road was commanded by our cannon, and I 1110 routes by which Lee might otherwise I soonest retreat in case of his defeat were all i .n - . . .,. ., others reserves were iudiciou.lv oosted. and I tn oavalry an arm of tbe service scarcely - P7 wm. www mo o.nr tive battles protected both our flanks in im mense numbers. Thus the great army lay down to sleep at midnight, and awoke on tbe mora ot a day more sanguinary than the last. te battle or thubsdat. I VJU Will I On what a spectacle the sun of Thursday I rose, the mpmnrv .f t inact ii,. r I - . - " our lorces wno witnessed it from Cemetery Hill will linger forever. From its crest tbe muzzle of fifty cannon pointed towards the I bi lis beyond the town From the bluffs to tbe right and left additional artillery frowned. ana away on eitner side, in a eracoful and ma jestic curve, thousands of infantry moved in tn tuitl a r.a tl..i. kn....i. I K,"4'"""K 1 . 1 t- 1 . . . , . . . tho valley below, the rifs of woodland alotiir the borders of rock creek, the orchard far I . gor of battle. I si rolled out to the cemetery ere the dew was yet melted from tbe crass. : . . .. . .uu luueu ignnsi a monument 10 listen to the singing of birds. One note, milder than the rest, bad just broken from the throat of OH LAILID Ul 1JI IIS CUT Oil Hie iCl I XOICI (Dal skirmishing had begun. Similar flrine soon opened along tbe eutire rebel line, and at- though no notable demonstration was made during the forenoon, it was apparent that tha enemy was feeling our strength prelim in iry to some decisive effort. me aay wore on mil of anxious suspense. ii was not until lour o'clock in tha afternnnn that the enemy gave voice in earnest. He then lioiran h.. flr. a r.un.- mi. vu ks in t mil. It must not be thoueht that this wrathful fir was unanswered. Our artillery began to play within a few. moments and hurled back defl- -nee and like dostructwn upon tbe rebel lines. I I nri i oi v njn mni h ..a of missiles and the hir-tino- hmh. all the air. The clangor alone of this awful comoat might well have confused and awed a less cool and watchful commander than Gen. Meade. It did not confuse him. With tbe calculation of a tactician and tl. -v., i experienced judire be watched from hia hurf. quarters on the bill whatever movement on. dff ,the Sld "hich "veloPed the reb- ei lines mignt nrsidisctose tbe intention which it waa evident this artillery firing covered, About six o'clock p. m., silence, deep, awful- ly impressive, but momentary, was permitted as if by maeic to dwell nnon tho Held. rnt the groans unheard before of the wounded and dyine. onlv the murmur a moraine mmnr. of the breeze through the foliate, onlv thm low rattle of preparation for what Waa to cnmA embroidered this blank stillness. Then, as the smoke beyond the village was lightly borne to the eastward, the woods on the left were seen filled with dark masses of infantry three columns deep, who advanced at a nnlrb! step. Magnificent! Such a charge by such a force - full 45.000 men. under Hill .nrf VV" i ....... u ... . a ncci era muuu H iurebenea to pierce and annihilate the 3d Corns, inimt .ki.h was directed, drew forth cries of rimir.iv. ..... . r- o " Ik irom an wno oeneia it. Ueneral Sickles and his splendid command withstood tii .h.wfc with a determination that checked, but conld not fully restrain it. Back, Inch by inch fighting, falling, dying, cheering, tbe men re- ureu. i ue reoeis came on morn InHnn.l. baiting at inlr.l. r...,: i,... , ..' " :V " " 'iK""' '"5 :u BiruCK our troops down in scores. General Sickles, fighting desperately, was struck fa the lee and' fell. The 2d Corps came to the aid of big decimated column. Tbe battle then rrtm tear. ful. Standing firmly np against the storm.our troops, mougd still outnumbered, gave back iUt uui, vouey ior voiiey, aimosr aeatn for death. Still the enemy was not restrain ed. - Down be came upon our left with s mo mentum tbat nothing could check. Tbe ri fled guns tbat lay before our infantry on &0011 were m uaoger or capture, lieo. Hn cock was wounded in tbe thigh, General Gib- bon in tbe shoulder. Tbe 6th Corps, as tbe a aw ' isi mna za ware rea new,vent into lb brescb rebel column trembh. .t u- 7 n J. .,- valley behind, another battery eK. rolling te me oeigDia ana nuog it too tents in an la- stant down f the mMsrof tbe enenrv-a ranks Crssb ! cm;-wjtlt discbarges dbafening.tet- t ! f i in i r Hill: 11 I nr ir
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