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° , a i vail,,i4in,f,llo,icizittag. CIT/,..5/t4i3MR.B 3 3tfM , : Wanes4ai *ming, Ally terYJOIX.N K.:SEF.IM:?dr. is #utliorizeci to reeivo 67a . trieriptions itrol toneract tor Adrirtlscraont4 tor the rirrosrrorz in rho Egtornetieo. TILE rnAre,iscrv•rtzPostiony: FRANKLIN • REPOSITORY Will henceforth be issued by A.Ltx K. Mc etuan and HI NAY S. STONER as Editors and Proprietors. It has been: enlarg ed to. its old _ form of FORTY-EIGHT COLUMNS,—itS size thuslncreased fully /5-- one-third, and the paper appears in entirely - new and bealtifultype. - The old tennis of rwo DOLtans-pr annum in advance, or two dollars and a-half if not paid wi t ihin the year, have been • adopted, 'from necessity, as no, paper of the size of the REPOSITORY can , possibly be published for less. Indeed, but for the hope' that printing paper must in a reasonable time become cheaper than now, we could not' yen -ture on the experiment Of attempting a first-class local paper at the IoW rate of two dollars per annitm. Able assistance has been secured" - • in the Editorial department, and ''the • Ii: eal Items of the county . will. Ite" =given in the fullest possible manner • Able and'reliable correspondents have been Bemired at Washington, Harris ;burg and the Eastern cities, and the -latest news by Telegraph will be giv • en, in each, issue down to the date of • publication : A. fulb and reliable weekly review of the 'Markets will alWays be foUnd in the REPOSITORY, • aid the very latest • sales of 'Flour, Grain &c.,, will be furnished every -Tuesday evening by Telegraph. Lo tal correspondents in different sec - tfOns of the-county have been engag ed; who will regularly report the - condition of the Ciops, and all items of. general interest. In short, we • bops to make the FRANKLIN Enrosr- Tont the most complete Local, Gen eral, and Political journal in the State out' of the leading cities. If in this 'we succeed, itn,d thus merit the pa- tro - nage of the people of Franirlin eoUpty, we feel assured that we shall not appeal in Vain for their generous Oupport. !Politically, the FRANKLIN, REPORT _ • k, • 'TORY' will, during the war, have but one article of faith—the positive and unconditional re-union of the• State - s -- 7M+ der the regularly constituted authorities of the Government. It will resist alike :Disunion and cowardly Compromise -with armed treason, as disaster to the living—as dishonor to our heroic dead. It, will give a cordial anti earnest support to the administra. tions tif President Lnieer.ii and Gov erner Guaivi, and viill,demand that everypossible means within the reach ' or power of the .government, be em ployed to searethe upity and last ing •Peace of the Republic. THE VlClNatir AT OETTIi'SBITEd. • ' At length the two- great -opposing armies have met in an open field with tifirfirrn resolve to corigiter • stroyed, and ,the - God of battles has given victory to the Union arms. It vial . no drawn :struggle--no deubtful triumph. After three days of ,the most deadly strife, marked by a heroism on both sh;les before which Roman story pales„ the rebel columns reeled back upon their mountain base defeated, routed, deoim;ated, without \ heart or;-;hope. Under Cover of the night their \ shattered legions commenced their, lietreat,huggirig the mountains closely - - `for protection, and leaving their thou ,64 inds of dead to find hospitable graves . the bands thir foe, while other,thonsands of wounded were left - to the huinanity of those by whose hands theyhad fallen. .The pathway to their liomeof.desolition and want was marked by 'the pale and lifeless monuments of - their disaster, and 'thousands of their living hnve, under /the dark cloud ;of' disaster, deserted ,their ranks and comoas suppliants to otrar door* . • ..4carcelibalf (he :insurgent arrnyis ;in hit& array to-day, - steps - woreAgned:Rs - 011141c Potomac -only to find :that the ,'very_, ole'ments, have' risen ' . 'terrible' vengeance, ngaipst them: -11.oPoloss and dispir ated: they .find, Ithe ,waters dividing them fropacafo#, - Ofyitheir retreat: and the battle of despairlnust be cfourfit orexo,,pre OD be fouud front ,theLthook ,tho 4;*.(zcomfitura 'at Get . 11,yeburg. 4_ The4lollg, bruken tiunsfilecl through_ 11214gpdow.n. Aawaryl yesterday, and *the Potomac is Passable,. the historie ground Ai -I,letam'wilf doubtless-be 'chosen again by the rebel leader for the last" despe rate effort for exigence. :It was_ tlere that he learned thebitter, of the madness of invasien nearly one vear ago, , when a _defeated, disorgan ized army : assailed and dislodged him. NOW the Army of the Potomac mareh tip,m. him with the victory of Gettysburg streaming on their ban ners, and their-hearts strengthcried by the triumph of the :Right, .and.they Wilt strike with resistless fury-upon the invading'foe. 1883. Mingled with the joy of every 1.11. heart at this great triumph; will be the deepest sof'4x)w for our fallen he roes. To protect our honaes and to preserve 'our Nationality fifteen thou and of our bra Vest troops have fallen. They will mourned as the Repub lic's noblest sons, and green will be the:chaplets woven for them in the memory of every fripadof order and government. To Gen. MEAD 7, was assigned the cruel task of meeting an invading foe within l three dayi after the command was assigned him. - That he did it wisely, 'heroically,- triumphantly, stamps him to-day as the "Great De fender-of the the Republic!" '\'‘,TftE plundered, Border. iDf'Pennsyl vania fiends greeting to the authori tiekand noble sons of New - York, who werefirst upon our soil to,TeSißt the relentless desolation of the despoiler. When `Sister counties of our State hesitated and faltered, the flags of the Empire Bth' and 71st Waved in our streets, an \ d their guns bristled in the directiod of\the foe, and the wain* 7th was in Baltimore to swell our for ces there. Heaven grant that the Northern frontier may ne,ver feel the devastating tread of a: domestic or foreign foe: but should that dark day ever dawn 'upon us or our children, there will be-stilong\arms and stout _hearts from the Giken Spot" to raj ly to the rescue of the\ Empire State. Till 'then unfadhig gratitude will be' cherished for the sons 'Of New York by every heart that beats uppn onr border. ' THE 15IATERIAL' and subscription list et the Dfspatch havebeen nuiled with this office, and ° the subscrlyers to that journal will henceforth bea furnished Ni-ith the REposirortY. We believe that the arrangernent will accep table to the readers, as it must be ad vuntagcoas to all parties,, interested, and the public_ -generally. PersOns who have paid their , subscription in advance to'the Dispatch, will receive this paper v without additional .charge for the full , period, for which, they have paid. Many, of the readerS of the Dispatch wilt dottbless miss its sprightly little fabe, but with the in creased facilities4orded by the union of the two paperS, We: hope to meet every reasonable want of: the entire Union party of :Franklin -county. THE Democratic State Convention met pt Harrisburg on the 17th ult., , soidno minated Hon. George W.Wood ward, of Luzerne, for Governor, and ~,T[On..Walter R. Lowrie for Supreme Judge, j"We, ho,Ve neither time nor room to, notice the candidates or plat form in. detail, but in, our next issue we hope to be.. ale to do justiec to both. It is a nOticeable fact that the convention - vas in session while the Rebels were' in frisseSsion of. Cham,. bersburg and threateninieur eapitel, but not a word `Was said in sp9eell or resolutions aboht the -defend = tif our Cominonivealthfrom the iniielent rebel foe. . IN our next iSime We shall give in detail the - movements of 'the• rebels while in our eo anty, and the prominent' incidents which: occurred during trioir stay, so As to .fhinisba coinplete nd accurate historyof tl;e . irivasion.- Our readers will confer a4social favor by furnis us the details of incidents worthy or note in-their. respective lo calities. Tun publicat!..c4;of . the 4EPOktITORY Lae been suspetuiled for two . weeks by the' occupation ,of the' <Lnnnberlanci, Valley by theliebels. Titeouteide of to-days..paper*,.-the 2(1,. 84, < eth, and 7th : pages---Fus ,'priuted -three Week; ago, afa if. son oof • news. in that part of the poet , seenis stale, - our remtere•nnzet charge it to Gene. Lee and Jenhint3. 'WING to, the interruption . c.ttlhe - telegraph by thorebeN we are with. out our telegraphic, . report of .the Xarkete. ' • ' franklitt 44antbepbtogi El R GREAT VICTORY! THREE DAYS BATTLES Tenn:Atr, and ,Vnijaratteled Cowl ,:t TIIF 4 : AER)S VIIRLY -,11)1Tg1) . 11 ThOyletrOt.t6:tileliOhiltaiil The Ciilminating Battle on -Friday. . CiFFICT:A.L DISPATCHES,P,R9* GEN. MgADE. . • • The Rebels. Reolsed.in,a,- - ~.' 2ery '..l3i.ttOk I: -:. ' -:: .', THE PRESIDENT- CONGRATULATES TR, ' : COUNTRY; SPLENDID . CIADM,O . FOIIII Mg The Rebel Gen. /Innis toad Captured. GEN'AICKLES' LEG - AMPUTATED ON . TEE FIELD SO3VIi OF l i TTE REStITS OF THE GREAT VICTORY. .t *Mei Pontoon Bridges at . iVilliamsport.Destr* • OF- THE POTOMAC RIVEk. HmtaatrAuTrus, Tart) Arms . CaltPS, •NEAD, GETTYSBURG, July 4,1863. • The battle of-Friday was the most desper: ate, iciest fierce and decisive of the war. It was commenced at early daybreak on ourex treme left by &determined atta:elc by the.en. emy with musketry and artillery. The at-` tack was met by the Sixth - Corps and portioPs of 'the.First and the Fifth; the Third lyiiig close at hand in reserve. The :battle reed fiercely-at this point for nearly three hours, - when the enemy fell back, yielding to us the_ _whole of the battle field of that morning, as. well as of the previous day. Nearly simultaneously with the Opening or the attack on the left, movements were dis covered on the right ,indicating' that ari ef fort dire,ct - ton. Our artillery on .CefflSery Et4l at once opeued. l throwing heavy -vollies of shell over and. to the right and east of the town. At this- point we had eight or ten batteries in position, covered by. earthworks. The enemy responded briskly to our cannon ading, but with poor effect, t and were eyi dently. much annoyed by our fire.. They, however, pi•essed their columns on to the right, anti - : very soon our infautry,poured .4bn , that &kik and were earnestly engaged.: The contest here was even more earnest and cop- tinuous than on the left. The Twelfth and . .. portions of the Eleventh Coips withstood the shack, giving never an inch 'of ground "to' their assailants: ' The tight raged here on the face of a loft3F mountain, densely wooded, from the summit. of which batteries could command our posi tion on :Cemetery Hill. It was evidently with a view of gaining this position that the enemy made the assault. .For this purpose Hill a Corps'„, that had fought on the left on the previous ; day, was brought 'around to re inforce Early, and - as - the schema was devel opedit appeared that the'arly attack. on the letvon,.: intended -merely as a diversion ;to cover - this movement. From a distance the progress of, the fight could be observed by the curling -smoke rising above the Woods, markinglheline of the fierce contest. In this 'ging& our rcseried , artillery Was brought into play, and did 'most excellent service from impromptu positions on the el evated points back of Cemetery Hill, shell ing the face of the mountain where•the ene my were supposed to be. This reserve fire at shell, added to the steady rind unflinching ardor- of the glorious -Twelfth corps, uiti rnately checked the vastly superior foree.lof the enemy, who for an hour or two had, been gradually. advancing. At the critical junc ture, about 'eleven o'clock in the forenoqn, one or two brigades of New York troops; supposed to be militia -from Pennsylvania,' arrived, and' were immediately thrown into position to reinforce the•right -wing which waslheing so badly, ressed. This aListaKce determined tbefato of the day.- The enemy quailed before it; and soon-the curling smoke that-marked the lino Of the contest began to rfecede, surely indicating that the , enemy Were falling "hack; but if they gave away ';at all' it was but slowly ,fighting at every step; '1 and thus the battleraged- for hours, and Un- I tit afternoon, when the - enemy:abandoned' 1 the, field_in that direction. - But - they did-mati yet yield the day. For a period_ seemed-to be suspended; :hut the suspensiOn was very brief., .r The rebel columns Seemed to` f e Massed if , by'inagic, and 'Within 'an iroitr their ivlidle Airco was, „massed directly, in our.front;: - and once more, the 'tierce and deadly contest open -7 , ad. This time it, was an assault along the r'entire last resort, the - forlorn liope,of the enemy. , They were weakened in - nuto4 , hers and-dispirited-end titterlydehiaralized; yet, Lee had a reputation: to sa' and -a narlre to, mike, and it any saerifico.of life hoecera,- ed'bound to win the-day;.but Ze strove•Pa vain. The lirlion troops were fighting at -home and among - their own They foughtlike heroes, and, inspirited by sticeets; 'they had no thought of defeat.. - =-They could have withstood three times theforce,tlie on- , emy hurled, against, them. , was tak,-TPI T for them- to, drive•back - .the, can - inns -or - e raids, and ao'thoY - did - driveibeartbak,4d at fivO , Velock,!after more thandtvielve hours , constant- fight - ings, the'. card:est ;terminated, 'the national, troops. victorious" at, every poirit f ienct*aring oditi6ottle *apt • L _ . • Time Man:into ;111 nyoo7l tbeidetails .of this brilliant and •epouslattle; It .would be inter&ting-. s ufilhow 'On took MottS- - 'ands,pit thousands pfirisoners, how the One -My were'Shingliterm how our men felt by thousands, lieroicaqcfen4ing their nation al emblem;litit - two ill:it:Fe deferred: the day i 3 bure,' l the 'cid& min; the country is: saved. • , - ' At the -dose Of the rtiort Genetal Leetacr the iiiipudence to sentin a ila r g of truce risk ing ##rr suspension, or btilities, • to give him. tim4 for the burial oftge: dead : and 1m ex charige-Of.prisoners. meadg replied - that he intended to Pe4dU7 • all thsrprison efB the' 671:Elit:y had faits, niaih7!s would bury' , theii; dead. for ?-104. Failing irothis -attempt to gain :time, nd badli worstndlat all hands, the rebels , no'oter: recourse but .to avail themselvel. , f the fast aP,Proaoh-: . frig night to fall back tithe mountains. So precipitate was their rereat last night that,: their guards and sentinis in town were not' r relieved, and werecaptii'd. This I?ioTiling • upwardi of eleven bundred itragglers were taken inett3lburg , beSides' 'our wounded, Who had Olen into theene -thys: hande on Wednesdy. early 'daY .' break General* Pleasant& , AB l 3 . startedm pursuit of the rebels Vdttliis artillery . ; and at last accounti Witt presssg them• hard, • • ' The summary' of this 'tittle it would be difficult 'to give' at this; ime: Both asicbes haVe lost heavily. The' clintry' about! Get. ; tysburg is crowded 'With:winded ine4 tvL:, ery house and barn is ,iihspital. Probably:' in the , aggregate, of both stories it least 44 , I 000 men ' have been plac t iaawrs de, cornkizt. The apportionment of thiibss `abdic ;prob ably be, twenty thowiand s lnien'and thirty •thousand 'rebels. - In; addion to this,' toe have captyred from twelve tOisenty thousand prisoners, which is snore than quddiuple what they 'have tahen from Is. including our wounded whIS fell into their hands on. ,Wed, -nesday,'' ance who wire ricatUred - bilics in ,Gettysburg.this morning: • • ' it is. exceedingly doubtfulif- ive,haire • ta ken either Longstreet or as reported, 'thOugh the repore_is based thou statements of rebeli prisoners. 'Other tiports say that' Longstreet is:badly wounded,snd Mine say_ that he is dead. ' r • . ••. • - TUB OPENING PERT.' i • • t • FIRST AII.3IYOORPS, GDTTYSIVETRG, Pa., Jlulyl-12 T. ,We left camp this morning ir this place, and before we teaeitcd the heioS: overlook ing.the town we heard the gun, which told us that Buford's caValry and hivitzers were skirmishing with - the enemy's tavance;about three -miles to „the westward 4' the town, Our information is7that'the entily is there in force, 'with the prospect of a shy') engage:. went, if 1101 a decisive battle. ' ... . - CONIKUPTICA'gIaIi 'CUT O 7 - I came directly town. hping.t6 be able to despatch.letters or raessagi,but learn that g few days since the railway as torn up and bridges burned 'by the reb6, - and'the telegraph,poleseut down for - soinenilea: no mails-leave to-day we shall belbliged to send couriers to the nearesttplegrap station The First and gleventho corps hs'e got in to position -end i.he firing Ams ceasti for the moment. ' 6 - - HEADQUARTERS,IIIOT 1-4?. VIE FIRST CORPS 'VNGAGEtt I have just returned from the from There has been some of the most gallant tgliting 1?y our boys ever linown to warrior. 'Gen. J -Wadsworth's division, the fin Of the First corps, was the first engaged, ad Sol. Meredith•S, old "iron." brigade was' to. first -to get intoaction. - The boys walk} into the fight just as they Would, into a larvest field, and mowed down the enemy lik;orass. CAPTURE OP ARODER'S nnroArtk—s4tt or REYNOLDS. r: They have capturej the famous Ligit Brig gado of the rebel army, commanded htGen: Archer, a native of Maryland, Who prisoner, but they have lOst their'firorite commander, Major General' John 'F.ltey nolds, who was killed ap the commenmient of the action. As -you will - get all the par ticulars of,his death and career by \ telegt4ph, I will 'not elaborate`upon =them here tore than to sag' that his troops . had /every ea& dence in him and will revere bis•loss., • HI;ADQI.FARTE:II9, iuly 1-6. F. • TUE RE1174.8 ATTAdV. US -- TaY , Ft% T ( ENCIAQ.ED,, , In'the brilliant little action - mentioned m my previous letter, our troops were `Victo;l ousi having driven the enemy from : their si den. They were resting, on their arms when abOnt' two o'clock 'the .enemy, A. F. Hill's corps, - having ,been reinforced by portion of (formerly Stonewall Jackson's) corps' Made an: attack on our lines. The whole of the First..corps was now fiercely engaged, General ji t obinson. commandink the Second division and Gen. Rowley the Third. The. enemy massed his Whole force first upon our right, then upon centre; and lastly upon our left, and the iron hail and missiles fell upOrt us in unparalleled fury..' Our boys never winced or flinched,. It seems that •the vete• raps of the First corps ,consider fighting one of their. regular exercises. . TUE' :FIRST aniP.9 i'ALLS BACK. After two hours of -unprecedented fighting against • a force' of four times - our • numbers, and terrible loise - s, we were obliged to ran back upen the town, and thronzii it to .the hOghts, on the southern and, east On side, leaving our dead on the field and our Wound ed, both there and iri the town hoTitals,'WhO were unable to walk in the hands of th.d en emy. \ 9,nr, ambulance train-was not yet • -- ' POSITION ANDTzdar OS:2'4E BATTLE ! The bahle of Gettsburg ! I am told that it, cotnmenccd on - the first of_JulY,a mile north. of the town, between two weak brigades of infantry and some doemed• artillery, and the whole force of tbe:rebel army. Among other - costs of -this error was the death of, IleYnolds. Its Vahie was priceless, however, thoukkiir:celess wasithe young and the old blood watt which it'was bought. • The error put us' on_ the defensive, and gave, us the choice of position, from the moment that Our artillery and infantry rolled bark through the main street 'of ,GettYsburg and rolled out of the town to the circle of, eminences South "of it: :We were nof to attack - hut -to be tit -taCked..- The -risks, the' difliciilties and • the disadvantages pf •t4cOmirjg.,bitttlift were the enemy's. :Ours were the heights , for, artil lery; ours the Short;insidc lines for:manesu vering.litiniliefifercing; 'mire 'the eoVer of stonewalls, a fences;' and -thel 'crests of 'MM. The.ground upon _which we Were driven to accept 'Wade, was wonderfully . , faVorable to us. -• &proper, description of, it would be to 'say,tbat'it in form an elongated and some*hatlhaipeited horseshoe, with the toe to Gerityshingliiiilthe heel to the.sonth. Lee's pleu of battle ..was simple.. Ho massed his troops , upon the 'east side of this' shoe of position , and . Atindered on it obsti-_ ;stay to break it: The shelling of our ,hat- Aeries from the` nearest overlooknig'hill, and diem/flinching courage - and •coinpletediseip-, ,of the Army of the Potomac' repelled; _the at mek. It was: reneWed, at the point' of the, shoe—reticlie4 desperately_ at .the soutli*6t heell-renewed nthe - western side, 'with an 'effort :conseerated sueeiss by gw eli's narneit-nathg; and on' which: the fate. 'of the invasion -,of, Pennsylvania, was; fully, put - :Only per infantry, and nuPet , IN POSITION eXtillezi —.''' l Pratad in ,the } " 3,43 ,ebarge3 of r hostile r i gado. coul d 1 . 0 41 y -have sustained this sessait. rianeock . si os aid' sustain it, end, has covered itself wit/ 1131111 ° 1131 bortors, hyirs eonitancy and 00 28 - n'e,toUd Vretit -- nf. C sh ticoS ba l us i ~.„ of 'its killed ,and wounded--tbAers; meuund horses Cowen stiff .3ernrtr velionwoutskead uPorti vtito, of dead soldiers and dead i ad sol diers in blue, And dead a --*re muvellaus to me than i re ever seen i'll war . 7 aro • iv gha, ng tes timonV,to th e - terriblet lig , - .0.0110, hat none wilt gair th y: t i, hat corps will ever have thellistinction of brtking the pride 0 1 power Orthe rebel :iiwaiiia• : '' ' • T 11.7. IMO= dmatGE . -- - ' ' Then there was a lull,hid we knew that the rebel infantry Was chtging. Ahd spreit -411-Ylo4i: did., this worl- - 0 0 • hig t hCst and ,severest test of the stki i , that soldiers are made of; Hill's divisiot in 'line of blittle,' - - Came'-first, on the doubl-euick,Abell'mug: Kets at the "right-shouter-shift."_L9he "itreee's Came as the ittiatyrt, attlill usual dia.." tanee, with' war,. e ri es yri, a savage insolence as, yet untutored by def - , Thrushed inl perfect 'order 'aeross - the Oen tiel ,- up to the very *of the gun, which tore' limes -throiigh them,as they clue; But they met inenovho were their &teals in -spirit, and 'their; superiors in tenatitv.' -There .zevet '..was : better fighting . since Therreepylas.• than ' was done yesterday by car infantry,aikdar,- tiflerY.' ' The rebels werioVer Oar defenees. They had cleaned cannoniere and horses from (lie of the guns, and -were wlirlingitarcrund to use upon us. The haymet drove their back. ,' Bin so hard•pressa• dwas7this brave infantry that at, one time, film .the oxlips tion e their ainintirationoverliatteTY 1 ?P;7 on the -principal crest of itakek Wail' silent. except Cowen's. His serree" of- grape and ' canister was awful.',.lt,:eabled our line; outnumbered two to .cue, xst to beat back, Longstreet, and - then to earge upon him. and take a greataurnberaf„his men, and himselflirisoneri. Strami sight I' So' ter rible' :was; our ~ ratsketry,ad attiller - y fire, -that when Armsteada bi-ade was checked in its' elierga,,and stoodTeeling, all of its melt ;dropped ..their 'mu- is :'and crawled on tpeir,•bands and Ica „underneath the stream of shot, till cleie ur .troops, where 1 they Made- sigiis of - ntlering. They passed through': our ra - searceely -noticed, and slowly ~ went down slope to the road , in the - 'ra..-'.' . tli -I-, get= OF TTC?, ArTLE. ' - -''• [Fin erndefcice of the, .1 aka , - , .. , he a Ilery fire cone ed without inter ission for three hours,, en suddenly, haw tan. formed under cover the anfokeof their own - gilts; the, rebel' tro s Were Inirled a gainst our lines -isy the; frieers • in • masses: the very tread of whose , t'sho'oltthe decli vity up which they ' _ with cries that might haVe eaused•lessntless troops than 7 ,,, those. who awaited the 'et to ,break with terror. Not a man _i the Federal ranks flinched from his politic!. Net en eye turn ed to the - right or-.left if &perch of-seeuritY, not a hand trembled et.s . t,e, long array of out heroes grasped' their-aautetsat 'a charge, and' waited the order to fire; On.,and up came the enemy, hooting, ecoiding, showing their very teeth in the veep of their rage. until within thirty yards ce iar cannon,' As the, turbulent-mass of grty !tnifornas, of, flashing: bayonefland gleamitig ryes, lifted itself in Mast leap forward timit to the mouths of our g uns,. a volley efshes, shell; shrapnel and bullets Went crashinitirough it, leaving. it as a scythe, Its ovdielelining onward rush' was in tee next instill timed- to the hesita--, ting leap. forward a; few soldiers - more • daredevil than the ist,the wild bounding tpwards of more thak a tw mortally wound ed heroes, ct,,nd,theq,kiceliiig backward surge 6f the disjoirdetirei Isidd, which eulminaz Led in a scamper 41 n the alone that was; in t c some instances, re ed by the pursuing bul lets of our men. .1 '. - The carnage of tin assault among the re-' bels was so tearfulXat even Federal soldiers who rested' on their arias triumphant, after the foe had retreaterheyond their tire, us they east their eyes dotiward upon the latmorarea of death and VOUligillitminated by the sun that shone upon t 4 slope before"them, were seen_to shudder ant-turn sickening away. ; . Then the rid andlAh Corps, joined in- the fight: As the reb4s rallied for an instant, and attempted to take • a stand; they' were; met by sucheombiaed volleys as threateted to'riduce their collie:ins to fragments. The panic which ensued 'is unparalleled in any battle hi Which the Army of the IPottinae. has ever been engaged. , The enemy ,quailed, like ewes -before a tempest. ' Their mainline` . again recta:Rd, but -numbers, palsied by, the horror end, tumult, f ellairu their, : knees, up on their hreasts, upon their-istees, shrieltiag, j and lifting up.elaved hands is - e. token of cur -` I render and appeal for mercy. General Tick Garnett's brigade turrendered almost" entire, InitGartkeit filmset', by the aid of two of his men, succeeded, trough wounded, iremaking his escape. tionetreet; who,:, led : -the rein ; foreements which:tatted the rebels-to inalie their s;econdi brierstand; :was. wounded, cap tured, and is nevi:, prisoner, The musketry; s ilting slotely, cello, and the discharge of ar- , tillery ceittinued6r a brief peritid; bat even these reverberaties died. away:,,„. • - ,' General Ateadivvas not deceived in anUeL . ' pating an 6 ther-Msiliuglit. Isds 'columns were collected ad, reformed with magical haste. Within a, hour what seemed, to ; be his wholaibree iaskig,ain amassed dit:ectly in our front, Who - retie. contostanc6 Inbre• open „ed. The assaulthis time was made with a fury even surpising that of the first. It would seem 'as ;the entire' rebel' army had resolved,itself la:, a gigantic-ferlorn hope, and bore in its elective bbsom the conselots net's that ett't nOw' inside was the last and only one tit could. be made toward:re trieving- the tOa t ies of than army, or, pre venting the imitable disgrace whiehlover, 'ed,ever it. i ' 1 - - It is said blebel prisoners taken in the latlr part of th'engagement that this charge, wak led by Lelin person: ' The prestige_ of hiS name areiis presena could certainly not have addefto its power or enthusiasm, • - Yet the cool al gallant phelanx which, se- Cure in its posrea and coailiknt in -its leaden; waited iith 9ence only broken by the pc- . casional roar (artillery the apprthelf df the foe, andvievil it.OeithillYaliel:,:metit as. unfalteringlyti before. Back; sta:eastlyces-a girl huila thdCuttlectele, did th'e' soldiers `of our. gallant tray hurl into chaotic retreat the--hosts t 1 ,cameon „and on, over. the stones and d' es' over the bodies 'of fallen conarada' s ,'pllgiis ; dead in heaps tend ' ma king the soil it trod ghastly and lrer Which . alive with et ,gong wounded._ ' THE FIE b AFTER, THE BATTLE. . [limn til e o:Atio!tderias of tie Timm.] Rebel - a#[lo.3 withwhotic I have conversed frankly, adat that the result of the. last ewe day s has heft most disastrous to theircause, which (l o oted, they say; upon' the 'success of Itee'ti - s atpt, to, transfer ; the. ; eat of war ; from Vita.tiattithe Northern Border States. . ',A . won nreipabel abloliel toldine that; - In the” ' .'first, ;and sOrka day'-e.:Aght, the rebel, 16sses werabeth t i ten and eleven thousand. _Yes-, • terdaY, Aetwere gretter still. In one part . a-00-11: Zeldin- will:lace nottaore than twenty • feet. in • o.inumforandi„.in 0311.6ral kitibbi6ti'' &Vigo% ,1-co.untO seven :4641. bets, three• of whom Were 'Ol4 o' top. of ) each hiller." Ara - ctoSe by, in ) a a Or'tio,t. more than- lifteqa "feet= sire; la fifteeri ' .."graybacloi,”-stretched - in. death. t These ' were the turn wbosr in the, face of, the horiibill lltreitrn" of cardstir,'shell, : and mushetry,l3cilled the fence wallK t ql l eir 'atterirpt; • ripow ear 1 hatteri. .VT-eig 'large ' .numbers or w eundlldwere alio strewarllwrid, not to mention more , who had craw ed away or been taken Mimi.' or !kid in front of ,the stone ~watt' was literally no'r'al Nit4- ,. ' dead, and, wounded, a large, pro ten.. 4f whore were - rebels. • Wilde: our ffiusketev and 'artillery took - effect they lay infatfrith; 'as if morrn down by a sel:the. -This ) , field presented 'alaonrible sight-- I such ft,s,Y is' Tnivei -yet--• been"' witnessed dUring, the Art r:' Not less--tlplla one Aliens:Aid ,dead and, ;wounded, lair, t in a,space of Gas than four orlc-9 in ex- tel '. and 'that, too, afte r ininikriii., i c . r i n owei - away to pluses of: shelter. ± \ i. :; , ; , i ' • • b ,- • pp.:, - isroisTr.v..N.nr.4. r.nsMiTta,- •,-. . ' have always fought. well, 1 They tilpugiti. toy . - dify More than well. Defending til) stare llf•• then nativity not only inspired theta -tin with • extra courage, but many irked in. Augsbing and iiiniut here, arta with them it, , asa light t_ in reality for their bearibs art ~ -.- 1 4 0 11 ,,,,„ Over, the- heticis of their helpless divrs and childr.in were . passing murderous.. ells of the rebel invaders: At any moment.t ese llifelis might fall info,their midst,-_ . .iiirryi g horror and death in, their track. '', IS it tq be won tidied at 'that they climbed in, fhb main - air' • they did 'the rugged ascent of. , k' Ell I-- • lhat_they.showed poleur of the r ie.l4- 7 that i they drove the enerav from the li and kept them at bay? Anti they; did k them' at bay; and, by aid of :tWO, batteries ihinted Oa . the sumniit ef the hill are; still doitig so; ,Thereeord of the 8d iCtirps shot n'turiber.; lessichief officers sacrificed. in OM fierce cu..; ,- counter, witnessing- the j desper4ion -with, Which it wits ffitight. '''Out of thialittl:e Cc:refl. , -, nearly 8,000 men were placed 1w de conibat in this short engageinent.i. - The 'gallant' Birney was tWicii'-striteliby the bullets ,of., the enemy, theughapfdly but igh i sltlyiijured.. It. is lout prd er,to men;, ..- on that this single action saved iii - the'aitya ' '' • ,‘" ' 'NA. HANCOCK'S 'LOI.t. ' ''': '' s '.• From the Corresporulenc of the Amegit' i -.) U _ .At 2. o'clock, . P. 3il, jon Friday, Long- . street's•Whoki Carps advanced frekri the rebel centre' against our centre/ The 41eing'ii -for - - cts were hurled upenour,positioniby colum in mass, - and 'alsoc,rin lines of battle: • Oit*N centre:was held by Gen.il-lanci4, With the 'noble old. tia, Army Corps, alai:4y General. Doubh,dav's division of the Ist Corps. . . - The-rebels first; Opel - 4 n . ! kternile artillery"• bombardment, to • demoralize 0,4? men,' ap-4 then moVed . their forces With great impetuosi, ity upon our position. • Hancocitoceivedtho" attack witirgreat firmness, and' fter a furi-.: oils battle, lasti,ng,until five u'clook, the clic-. my' were driven from' the field, f,eirgatreet i o Corps being almost annihilated. i , ' _ The battle was a - most,' magnifitent rt.;peetsi cie. It wt's fought on an open plan just south of Gettysbing, -With not `lures to in-' 1 terrupt the view., The couragq Of- ortr,rien was perfectly sublime. , • .i„ - • At 5'P. M.i what was left clf the enemy retreated itnutter ,Confu.sion, lonving dozens of:flags, and. Gen. Hancock .4th - tutted, at least live thousand killed luid wohnded on the field- -- - . , The battle Was foughtsby Qpitralilaneock with splendid valor. He won' Jmperieliable benof,•ancVGert. Meade thanke hint in' -the il name,of the army and - the (Joan ry.• .He was wounded in the thigh, -but rem plod on the' field. ' -- _ ,HEAn-euArivais ARMY OF TIIFrOTOI . 4_4(.', July 3d, 8.30, lit.A.F. GET7YSIST:IV.-4-TO 7MINi. _ [ Gen. lialleek,• ~ Commander-in;Cidef,—, Tile enemy opened, at 1 r: AL from, about 'lsl.l'' gunaeonllentratlld upon illy leftleentre, .corn, - tuining'without intermission for three hours,.at the llardration of Whiqb time he as saulted my left , centre twice, ibeing, , upon' `both 'occasions, handsomely reptdsed withso vere loss' to him, leaving - in 'our. ;ends nearly - 8000 prisoners, among them AG en.` Ar's' misteud and many „Colonels anti,' officers ttf. legsfq. note. • . The enemy left many dead iioonthe ':ffild; and a large number. of woopided fin our, hands. •-• ': '- ' , ' . - 1 -._ The loss upon our-side has 4m:consider:: able. - Major GeneraHlancoek iind Brigadiir General Gibbon Were 'rounded; ~ . „ . "After the repellingof'the astault, indica tions leading to belief that theionemy might be - withdrawing, an .armed ibcounbissata.v was`pashatorivard from-the lieft; 'and' the enemy found to be.in force.- - t_ •, ~. ' At' the . ..present hour.all is quiet. , : •My cayalrhave been engliA,Ad . all dy on both' tanks.,of;,t,he opeto,y, "i4trii..ssitig ai)a. Irigorou?ilyAttsteling Jiim with i great success, notwitliatanaing • they - pileounterll& suPerito -. nurithe - rai bath of-cavalry and Infantry.--,... Therirrily,is. in fine spi . r l its,; 4 -, , __ .. ~.- - * (Signed) '•.:-• GL'orto - 8 - G-, Mn.s.rnr., , Major General Connnauding. , STILL LATEBI ,;- -,., ,'. - - - 1 OFFICIAL DEAPATFT4.: ''ILONI Gi'li...s.l.E#DX: r - . I *. s.siii - saroN, July r-8 P.'41.,--The two, following• despatches' have beeii inceised:— jIL'AIPQUART.ERS ARMIt.OF IIIffi,PSEFO3II6O, Neon, July 4:1863:—T0 Majof Genoral Hal- . ieek;'Gmeriif-in-Chief.--Tlio )siti : oh: Of - :if= ': tait,s is not. materially - chimge ineelny ',lasi ' despatch, dated 7A. .3i: 'We ow hold. Get-: = ty'sburg. ' The eneni3 has - abandoned large numbers of- his killed and: woiinded ' on' the' field : • , r-; .-,1 :c, : : r* ' 1 shalt iiiohaldr bc akle to g tvo you a ,re- • tuft' of our captures and 16;sesihefore night, ' and a return the enenny'S,L - illed and wut.114.; ded in our bands. ' Gnottat G:MEAnE,'..II4Or Onnerf;i.li' -,,„ .13F,A.0-QtrAft,TEMi, Awn OS 10 P. .11.; July 4.—To ,MajoflGonerur-1:10 7 , loolc,'Geubril-in-Chief:::—No - chaugo of afralis singe ray:last - despatch of , 12, qgdupE.. Major General, .4.ajur Cienei,... THE LATEST UNCIAL', DEzisTATOII „ -, • FROMGEN, MEADE, ~ • r , •,_*, Lee Sne(iiis Amecy iti the Aiihti-Our cariztry ~ iti Parsuit-L-Over. l'itentY Ba#lle'.planittapv • t ' IiZAD-CITIMITERS iiitiir - Or *ErekJiTOM.A.g, . • July 5, $.BO A. M.-'--To Majori Genenil Efal 2 !•leek:-Thu enemy retired under cover otthe'l ,night and heavy main, in th direetion,,of Pilittleld and Cashto*n. -1/1Y fia ki, , ,lrf is 'in pursuit, . •- - ''-: --- ' t - 'i' •e' ...:.-• ~ 1 eannotgivnlng the detaVs of our - gnp4 , tures of 'prisoneri,.colors and arms. . . - - Up'w'ards of twenty battle M4'loll'lo' ' -turned introm,our camps. 1•_.• : •.- -s. i I My wounded apt :those - of 1,,e enemy _are , 'in but hands: ' ', - G. i . Gt - 3iiiinx, :- • - . ,• ~• !..:::_,.. , „: ,: ,/ MrOnnOcneraye '...ii• Rebel Pontoon Itriageßestrbyed....o,l* ' --. tttre'Of the 9ria*l - . , . WASUM OTON, July 5:-I'he' • toliowirig `desp 141 - latch has been received:-+' :• :.. „ - , FitEvEnithi;, July '48 , , 1 - ,P. s. M...--T0 L I. Gen; Eirdleek;lienerat-iu.Chi f::-"Ati woe- ' ,dition sent out by me has just. eturned, hav ing entirely destroyed 'the en rey's pontoon bridge over-the • Potomac -sit ' illianasport,.. , , capturing tlut,gunid, consisting of--a lieuten.• 'ant and 13 men. ? , -, I - :-'• W. ; U i Parien, Alqoi deniirsh - - U Li I!