The Franklin repository. (Chambersburg, Pa.) 1863-1931, July 22, 1863, Image 1

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.Pllll - /ADELPHIA
AI irnatis Philadelphistx-PrittiVit Or.
-; Trunizoiloitt of ItegintentsLrlie toyai
- ',. - PintiotettP of • the' City-Tile eierg,7-;-
ItcJoictito,s Over the union Victories. •
orrespondecc . o of qte FraDfdin Repisitory. -
. , • July 18, 1863.. ,
Fur several weeks there has, been but one ,
question en Ihe lips of everi , petson, old'and
Toang.-aiiilliiiirtire - absOrbing';'the vital sub
• )get of the war: , An apparently fatal aP.'
had - tali:en posscssiOn. of .our .peopleNrevious
to - -the entering of the-rebel artily into Penn-
sylvania; but when it wall:announced that'
tlie - CaPitalOf the State. was in linger, rind
wheu all' felt-that, if it:could-not be,stfccess
fully defended, the rebel. hordes--could- ap-''
pear on the banks of the Schuylkill, the'es
iiiternent bCcame Recruiting fOr the
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-defence of,thc Statewas vigorously puShed,'
and .the , city,soon exceeite.d,„ the requisition
made by the GlovernOr. - • •
-those were anxious. days and' 'nights
preceded the 'battle of „Geityiburg.
„Person yiriu,. met - was' agitated. and
-alarmed, ~andi fear of ,approaching 'calamity.
• was'depieted in
,everyeoUntenance., If Lee
ihould successful, what Was to Prevent
hira:from.;rriorching, On- Philadelphia, or - on
Baltimore, or .indeed eutercinga.‘dishonor
.' able peace, at the cannons mouth, in the
Streets "of-"Washiagton. Ne'ver did weigh-
tier issues 2inhg on the - result of a singfe
battle; and, under Providence, the Army of
the Potomac proved itself equal to, the Maier=
eney::, All honor to that army - and
-lea!der. They-saved a.' State 'fr.om: de7
stNction and, a Nation from disgrace, if they
could not--what was , perhaps too . inneh to
hope' for—prevent the shattered tolumn's of
the "" - eneiny , from recrossing the nitornac.
, The, first ,report ,of Meade's victory was' re
ceived here with every demonstration-of joy.
:vcrethe ' tidiags 'of'victory borne to
more : grateful ears, I The sense of uneasiness,
which lal.for:dayS 'hung Oyer thecitylike2i
. - pali r -was removed.;; -Men saluted-each other
in jo-Ffal stra and a' feelieg 'of relief `vies
apparent in. everiftee. • • :
This
eity, although troubled W i
th -a '.IVW.
.42,6pp:rheas, has -been.,tboroughly.loyal ever,
7 '4sinee‘ithe cpenintr,' - bf the • rebellion; - ana- the,
loyal ',sentiment never -Was stronger than 'At ,
_ the pi*ent:time. 'TM-sit:act was clearly mitrii ! .
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ft!sted,. during the dark days Precedinghe,
- battle' of Gettysburg: -Many touchino• - ,in-
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could be given in illtstration,:and
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' uas. nom. moil. , Wonky oftmaxition, Wan.
the calling of,t\vo - 'hundred 'clergymen , in
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body on and tendering him their
se.rk , ices - in wt;rking n the entrenchments
- of the city. • : '
The draft is quietly progresing, here, and
I no 7 imlieation of trouble appears,' nor is any •
k.ipprehendeV
_,„The Union League' have sent,' under their
ftnispiees,threC regiments for the ;deferice, of
the State.
- ne - ts of the fall of Vicksburg, f6lloiv
ingics closely onthe' victory at•Gettisburgy
• .eAused nearly' 'a surf it. of g'ocd,.neWs.` Be
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.4.les.the usual popular manifestations of de
light, the state House bell was•iiing-on the
occasion, which is only done when' great
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e.l•,,eritkpeeur. And now we liaVe the victory ,
o4Port . ,Hudson, 'which, should about finish
the Rebellion in - :the Southwest:
BRIEF WAR 1T.E1176..
,Aaispatelt dated Cairo, July 15, to'the
Cincinnati Ga:xtte, sass:. ;Parties froth lic-
16na'repiesent that Gen. Blunt, has " eajiture'd
Boa 'viith a large nunaber of prison-
ors.
• Leo is- said ;to be pushing as rapidly as
possible for Culpepper, and will hardly atop
until he is beyond the Rappahannock... The
'necessity of feeding,his army, which cannot,
weltbe accompliahcd at -any great distance
from Ricbrnond i hurry_his movements.
-General Sherman has advanced as‘ far' east
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froniVielsburg as Bolton, halfwhy
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son. Johnson, bah. his 1/eadqatifters at, that .
placc.'at the hist, accounts. ; Sherman :has ,.
,bdin unable to find any traces of 'the main
liodiUldohnston's army, and has been'rnuCh
ctelay_C4 in the rectcL3 by obstructions placed
them- • '
Geri. Shernian's victory oviT Johnston's
Tear guard - turns - out even more ihiin
first reported. Instead of capturing two
tboussnd prisoners, it aeons - that he took fthe
entire division ' comprising the 'rear guard,
,„.
"nninbering some six thousand;, infantry, coy-
airy andartillery... 'Johnston was re..«
-treat across Pearl river, with Shermandiotly
pursuit:
aheaxer of dispatches• we have ,furthet
details.oE the capture of-Bort Itacistin.,-.11
Gen. Banks, lie WO possession of the town
on the'
,9tli inst. The garrison consisted of
7000 men, and e took a1i0.../e,G . field:pieces,
ihlsiege guns', and
,10,000 small arms. A
mongst the prisoners- were Major. General
- Gardner, Brigadier General Beale, and Coy
lonelsßteadtnan, Mills, and others.
A f w Gays Sinw our Mick troops at GOod-
nel}'s Lndln 1„, on the Mississippi river; were
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attathed bY the rebels. TWO gunboats were
. :sent
,up,: and succeeded in , ,driving.off the
at - Melting party, and shelle , khetn' for fifteen
Milds along the rixer.hariki• They aUo res=
cued a number or bias who bad been made
prisoners. They were also pursued
phi, and many 9£ them killed; lan the flight
'hey left all the plunder they had seined.
THE SEAT OF ;WAR, - PENNSYLVANIA; INDLAIARYLAND ' •ci
Scene of the Great Battles betwcan . the• Rebel 'Army under the Command 'of Gen. LEE; 'and;the 'Army of the Potomae- under the Command pf Gen. M&tDE Showing
also the Defensive position assumed by laßt'S Army' frona - Will)amsport to Sheppardstown.-
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The : fallowi,ng! are :Ge . n.- Neada's .
dispatches amnpuiteing_the retreat of Lee:
ifeadguolers Army of the . Pot6nta,c; July
14,", 18(i3.-11 - 1- IlArruck . , Oener'sl47 - 1.
Chief i—My Cavalry. now,;occupy
Waters, , having evertakeri, and captured a
brigade. tit:infantry; 1500_strong, with two
tw,o: capiions, too flags - and a
faige number ,of mall Arra.
The ezte'iny are'ctti"acri,sa,t4e
• GroitGt G., MtADI , Utti '
Headqua-rters Armj of, the. Potaina4, duly
14. 1863, 'B,BO P M.—To Major , General
HALLEcw. , :—My!cavalry havesaptured five
hundred prisoners •irr addition to those pro-.
viously reported.i •
Gen, Pettigrew, of - the Confederate Army,
-was killed this nierning•in'the. attaeir on: the
enemy's.rear guard. - • .
His body is in lour hands, ._ • .
• (Signed)- Gen.
Genc.ialkalthWe's official despOlcb; datOo
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July. 12thi contrrns the previously, reported
brilliant advsaice of , that officer. - - He: is on
Mc . right road Ito ohailes . and proceeding
irt_ the most ‘ effeetrvewdy., 'Having - cleared
'OA all: the 10'0 ,
gebels,
baVing'eapturedeleveri of them heavy guns,
he-has pushed- for Ward his infantry'-within,
siu hundred' yardsrOf Fort Wagner,, Which
is situated on the nertheastsnd i of - Morrif
Island, opposite: tu, Fort-,,Suniter,-sif a •dis.
tince'of twelve hren.died yards. • Thisbrings
General" Crilnitire..within' eighteen hundred
iards'Of Sumter itself, ciu' its 'within reach' of
the guns with Irhiehhe battered down Feint
Pulaski, At list: the attack' on Cbarlestorl.
gives bright promise of success.
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General lieintzelplari; do'grous of weer.
taming Whether - the - rebels „occupied . the
Shenandoah Talley in any Pee, sent out a
reconnoissance of cavalry and tqtillery, some
three days ',since," which discovered' but few
of",the eneray. Thfi expedition pushed on to
Ashby's Gap, and'found it held by a'force Of
ihreeor foUr - hundred rebels. - Col.
gallantly dashed upon arid drove them from
the ,- Gap, capturing =a rebet•adjntant general
and . a 'riumb'er of other 'officeis. • • • • •
'TktE Fulton:from Port Royal,. brings news
to the 15th inst.:' Gen. Gilmorehadmadean
assanlenpen: Fort' 'Wagner, with'a brigade
composed of the 7th, Gonneetieut„Oth Maine'
and the 47th and 48th New :York, .with the
Pennsylvania in: reserve. :The two first
li - tuned; regiments etuallp mounted he pisrit
viere:foreedbaeli by the ina.dereus
firdof the _enetnY , Oar troops were badly;
cut upOosing , near , 800 men in the attaek..-
. S.fter' the i'opilise Gen, - Gilliore:throi up
intreaelinaeats, 'near the fort, and, - when the ;
:Fulton 'left Fort. Royal he -was. rbesi4,ing4ti
with 'stprospeet of reducing hate a daffy 'or
two. MOnitnrs; the New Iyonsides and,
ii of Were engaged in born
herding FOrtsemter, and the effect ottheir
fire was plainly visible. Large brenehea were
made , in the walls .andsieaeh shot struck
clouds of dust and ulna_ were thrown into ,
the air, : , Gen. Terry -held flames Island up'
-to Secessiouville.
_There, was, roach sickness
•among,the troops at Port!. Itoyat_and the ail
acent posts.
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COPPERHEADS,' RESISTINC
'THE DRAFT '
Conscription !Offices - Illestroyed f
-Al itUrtiTSER' OF
.CITIZOIS . KI/LLED
itoit.4e Ei and Storcesl:Piundei&l;
. 1 1 1 13E' RIOT f;;W:7=-31/"Zr),I
Onthe,l3th inst, a-mob broke outin New'.
.Yorli, ostensibly4o.,resist thedraft about to:
.b e . made, -and for. three,days it „defied-the
-civil and military; authorities. ;.. _ .
, The several, conscription ::of6.ces were de
stroyed; the houses °kilo lklayet,-Post, 110A
ter.and many other buildings burned, and a
.number of citizens. itilled:k, Eyery., negtx . .l'
found on the - street waa,brutally beaten and,
many , IntallY. ,{,, -
Gov. Seymour • addressed ;;he. mob, while
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rioting; plundering arid mundering.rt
lag on•inseveral -party of :.tbe e cityi , ,Ana.
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sured-them - that- he ;was . .ttveir:f4end—rthat:
Ahoy had beenlis friends. ase t ured,tbend
that he would stop - 4hp. 'and beige 4:
, theta in gingerly teiTres • 1 11 1 eY'L
did not- go however, , nor did ; owytqur-act;
the draft stopped, and after: tbreedays of' the
most shameless- parleying - Ivith -a mob s ; be
conipelled toissue)a third - proclamation
'd ec laring .that thepeace-of: the; city, must. be
preservelatall hazards. ,
, iEThei military. werp.o..called - out under ; the'
,command of- Gen:, Brown, and •in several, in
stances" had-to tiro-:on the mob : to disperse;
.theta. O'llrieu,
most brutally murdered by the mob. '
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and it finally-"became: Mere plundering.
horde.: After three days it - was coniplbtetir,
niastVred" and order reigns againin GOtharn.
The goVdrnment has given ainelai , notidei
that the 'daft will be made' in New Tor*,
and elsewhere witliont I
Aiiur"os rnE.,; July 1 .--r-T.413'
first news of.the retreat.of ..Veentrid army .
into Virginia:Was recaiii-ed.at RAgerstOwn at
,four _ &chi& this Morning, : from. a citizen.
'Who lived Within their 14i '
General eo ending '$
fidiviaion, at that point, On had his men.
in the roa4, and ',readied. illiainapbit: at 7
o'elOch, Where lie' found.s r4belisolclieis
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.;,?Flai had I delierted: "
.T4e,fiewa reached, 'Ouene ea e s. /), ea
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op*:_ters sat'Ave o'cloeli; 7110 Oen.: Buford's'
divisiOn of , eav,ithi'wm ;. arderd. lug ;
:Wafer/4:0/e* tliey4ga n it'ell,and'atiptured.a ;
; I}rlgude of, urlder 9 - pfAieraj,Pettigspa*,
who was : , • T
popitioli of 'tin, rehals", was :natUralii,a!
strong one,( their woritiWere, not 'of
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neibunt,,
idonstruetel; title • pits.. -
'2A,fter I,,effhad retted.'iktVss:itie liyor it
was ascertained ife.ootinieneedlo mosid,
his, artillery t*thf' , TPr t 4evillY- as yest.oo4Y.
.morning . , which „Was . eon:tinned 'dliririg:tixe
WAOhi day., dap4nding.,n ln iost wAtollyuri),
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in cheek.
Gan., .Ifettde held 4,
'ffanday; ` - e . entugts;•_eoptifatin . g . of
. his corps.eiimmander,trhen„CPA - ,kinnstion of
'attack wfa4lfidely diseusied.' All:the.,
aisetablelWere in. raver , Of anltin:aedittte
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Meade hinkielf'i4na in faliOr of setiVia
- cipeittions, but ilndirigjri&eorpsonnnandlifs
equally divided', he; hesitatid to give the=n?-
'der; - and flui - rebel'fiFin - y -- 7,05" allowed niitka
its escape: ' -
An •o;der issued oil'onday events*.
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for a movement along ',the' whole
morning.,, - "
: .Yesterday aftsernoO,i about .2,000 of - ilia
tailititi,_*biehittiiyed: in 4t&•
viAnitS. Of • liagersti*,iiiire taken'to ttia,
'fro put into potion-. Thoy,Werb
diptely ordered to tha - rge:Vio enemy,,
was promptV - done;but trot-withont soveie
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'Thi..',#,Voiiirki dispatch 'l4ii inertreceix&i:,
.V - i(iEsiii;rlta 14144 4 'July ,11:--8 t...
, iv'. Miij. Gen. ka t ite4; Cerierat-iii"Vt'"
- , The folloiiing disputds'ltas just, luteoif
1 ',:xiiiiierug(Ggp..:Jitsults i ' .
, ; o Apriqty.:l l 4,:tilinisoic...R* Bt.,k, is ,
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