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DIRECTORY
LIST OF POST OFFICES.
j..ct n v,- Post Masters. Districts.
IJiiin's Creel
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Jo?enb Graham, Yoder.
Euoch Reese, Rlacklick.
William M. Jones, Carroll.
Danl. Litzinger, Chest.
Wm. W. Young, YVasUint'u.
tiethel Station
Civt-rolltown,
:iies3 Spring",
Bresson,
Elen3burg
Johu Thompson, kbensourg.
Wilea Timber. I;aac Thompson, White.
!;iUitzin,
J. M. Christv.
Gallitzin.
YVni. M'Goush,
1. 15. Chandler,
P. Shit-Ms
R. Wissinscr,
A. Durbin.
Washt'n.
Johnst'wn.
Loretto.
Conem'gh.
J ow&stow'n,
Lorctto,
Mineral Polat,
Mur-ster,
I'ers'.iiusr, .
Francis Clement, Concm'gh.
Andrew J Ferral, Susq'haa.
PluttsviUc,
P.oselavid,
LCt. Augustir.e,
Seal i Level,
Sonman,
Summerhill,
Su.nmit,
Wiluiore,
r, W. r.awman. White.
Win. Ryan, Sr.,
Georjre ConraJ,
B. jrUolgan,
1: V. Slick.
Clearfield.
Richland.
Washt'n.
I.Iiss M. Gillespie, Washt'n
3Iorri3 Keil,
S'merhill.
CISURCI2ES, TIIIXISTEHS,
1 ftMii':w-RBv. D. IIabbisos, Pastor. .
I Preaching every Sabbath raoruing at 10$
I o'clock, and iu the evening at 3 o clock. Sab
I bath School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer meet
I in-' everv Thursday evening at C o cIock.
1 ethodist Episcopal Church Rev.S.T. Spot,
I Preacher in charge. P- v. W. Long. Apsis
I tant. Pmaching every Sabbath, alternately
? at 10 J o'clock in the morninpr, or 7 in the
I evening Sabbath School at 9 o'clock, A. JL
Prayer meeting every iuursuuj ecniaS, i
o'clock. T.
H'.'.'eA Ind.penJtntTlzr Ll. u. Powell,
p-tor. Preaching every Sabbath mornincrat
10 Vciock, and mthe evening at o'clock.
Sabbath School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer
meeting on t'.ia fir?t Monday evening of -..ch
month" and on every Tuesday, Thursday and
Triday evening, excei-ting the first -week in
tach month.
Cah'i'nit'fc Met h ,(!;.'! Rr.x. John v illiams,
Pastor. PreachiHg every Sabbath evening at
2 and ii o'clock. Sabbath ichool at 10 o'clock.
M. Pr-jcr meeting every Friday evfiiirg.
Rt 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evenu.g
at 7 o'e'evk. ,
IHs'iphs Rkv. W. Lloyd, Pastor. Preach
' every Sabb..lu iu iruin'X at i o'clock.
I'.irlie-i'.ar J!ip:ittV.i.v. lUvn Jenkins,
pastor. Preaching every f-ublath evening at
3 o'clock. Sabbath Sch'jJl at at 1 o'clock, P. M.
w''.V Uev. M. J. Mitchell. Pastor.
Strvices everv SitblfSh morning at (' o'clock
mid Yt.-pcrs at 4 o i'.o;k in tie t-veiiing.
i:iSE'.SIIL'KlCi .lASJ.H.
MAILS AKP.1VK.
Fstern, dailv, ;.t 10 o'clock, A. M.
WcsU-rn, " at 9 o'clock, P. M.
MAILS CLOSE,
r. I'tr rn. daily, at 4 J o'clock. P. M.
Wosterti, " at o'clock, P. M.
FTfThfi nini'ii from Iu tier,! ndiana.S iron gs
t..vrn, kr., arrive on Thursday of each week,
at h o'clock. P. M.
Ltiare Ebeusburg cn Triday of each -vvetk.
at b A. M.
2.Tu2 m:'.ils from Newman's Mills, Cr r
ro'lfow.i, ic, arrive on Monday. Wednesday
and Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock. P. M.
Leave Ebensbutg oh Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. M.
RAILROAD SCHKBULE.
CllESSON STATION.
V.'efst Evnress Train leaves at S..rl A. M
Fast Line
" Mail Train
East Express Train
8.5G P. M.
7.33 P M.
7.12 P. M.
12.17 P. M.
6.50 A. M.
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Mail Train
W1LM0PE STATION.
TTcst F.xnress Train leaves at 9.13 A. M
4 Fast Line
' Mail Train
East Express Trair
Fast Line
" Mail Train
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8.09 P. M.
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county orriCEiis.
Judges of the Courts President, Hon. Geo.
Taylor, Huntingdon; Associates, George W.
Easloy, Henry C. Devine.-
J'rothonotary Joseph M' Don aid.
R?gitt vi! I Reorder Ed.vard F. Lvtle.
SherhTiiA.n Uuck.
District Attorn";!. Philip S. Noon.
County Cananissiontrs Li. T. Storm, James
Cooper) Peter J. Little.
'Trcasnrer Thorn as Callin.
Poor lltns. Director Jacob Horner, Wil-
Joor Jfonse Treasurer. Cieorgt; C. K. Zabra.
2'oor House Steward. James J. Kaylor.
Mercantile Appraiser John Farreii.
Au liters John F. Stull, llium-.u J. Nel
on. Edward R Donnegan.
CoiiriTi Surveyor. F.. A. Yickroy.
Coroner. James S. Todd.
Snp't. of Cuinmon Schools Wm. A. Scott.
EISEXSBLRG liOil. OFFICEflS.
Justices of the Peace. David H. Roberts
Harrison Kinkead.
Bur jess George Huntley.
School Directors E. J. Mills, Dr. John" M.
Jones, Isaac Evans.
t AST U'ABD,
Cor.rtrJne Thomas Todd.
Toxcn Council Wm. Davis, Daniel J. Davis,
T.. J. Wate.rs, John Thompson, Jr., David W.
Jones.
Jnspectrrx John W. Roberts, L RoJgers.
Judje of Klcctioii Thomas J. Davis.
Assessor Thomas P. Davis.
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Constable M. M. O'Neill.
Tomn Council William Kittell, II. Kinkead,
L. Johnston, Edv. ard D. Evaus, Thomas J,
Williams.
Inspectors J. D. Thomas, Robert Evans.
Jmlje'af r.lcri',r,n John Llyc.
Asusxgt Uicharti T. Davis.
TIio Star-FIas of Uie Free.
BY GEOEGE P. MOBRIS.
Thi3 is the price of Liberty
"Eternal vigilance and care;"
Sustain tb.e Star-Flag of the free,
Our Union represented there. "
No traitor shall, with recreant head, .
Remove it from its place on high -The
symbol of our native land,
Which m?ght the world in arms defyl
Oh ! ye, who cherish Liberty,
And every hope that on her waits !
Preserve for your posterity
The perfect Union, of the States.
The Stars that Muttered to the breeze,
Vere clustered there at Freedom's
call-
Stern Fate foreshadowed all of these,
If sundered, would to ruin fall.
Then read, ye sons of Liberty 1
(And mark the homely proverb well,)
Words that denote your destiny,
Should States this solemn truth repel.
In Union there is strength and peace,
In separation endless wars
Guard, bravely guard, till time shall cease,
Our country's free-born Flag of Stars.
JEFF. DAVlS'CCKFESSIOa.
SINGULA U DOCCXEXT FOr.ND OH THE BODY OF A
DEAD RElifcL.
For reasons, which may pos!LIy at
some future period be 'made public, a mi
nute and detailed account of the maniicr
ia which the following fame into the pos
session of the author is hcie dispensed
with. Still, however, to prevent the sus
picion arising that it is a mere lubrication
of the brain, we will state that the docu
ment containing it was found inclosed iu
n letter taken from the dead lody of a
rebel courier alter the battle of Kumney,
fought some time fiuce by Colonel Kelly.
ThVs letter was directed to a well-known
citizen of Cincinnati, whose name we also
refrain from giving, at least for the pres
ent, liy some fatality, the bearer had
stepped over night at the Confederate
Camp, at llomney, doubtless intending to
resume lia journey on the morro'V ; but
the met row's dawn found him a mangled,
difcuiug corpse. The writer, a distant
relation of the Cincinnatian we have men
tioned, was at the time confidential Secre
tary to Davis, and, from the strong lan
guage u-ed in -the letter, evidently held
the conviction that to use hi.s own words
"'this man Davis is sold to the Devil '."
lie concludes his epistle thus : "And
my dear W , rest assured that I will, at
the first opportunity, follow this letter to
my dear old home and flag. Like a very
large majority of the Southern people, 1
have been, I must confess, terribly misled
by Davis and his doctrines.- T. 11. A."
Dut even on this authority, we forebore
issuing the "Confession" until we recently
heard of the very sudden and very mysde
rious death of T. 11. A., the private Sec
retary. This, however, coupled with the
news that ha.3 since been received, and
believing, as we. do, that the publication
at this time of Davis' Letter or Confessioti
will be beneficial to the people at large,
v:c have resolved to put it forth, leaving
all, of course, to form their own judgment
and opinions concerning it. Cincinnati
prqcr.
To tlic American People.
Richmond, Va., 18bl.
Fellow Count-ymc n : It is with .feel
ings pei haps the newest and strangest that
ever agitated the human heart that I no'.v
address to you the following language.
Ere I proceed, however, I wih it distinct
ly understood that what I am about to Fay
1 say to the JL eople, the Masses, ot both
North and South, and not to'thc Senators,
the Representatives, the Political Leaders
of either section. Arid of this latter class
I warn you, Americans, and mark you
well this prediction :. If ever the Republic
of the United States is destroyed, it will
be destroyed by its Political Leaders.
jNly injured countrymen, 1 do not hope
for an instant by what I shall herein say
to awaken within you a single ypark of
pity- or sympathy. I know that I deservo
neither; I know that I deserve only your
curses, only the bitterest maledictions of
your mothers, your wives, and your little
ones, for the blood and tears with which
my reckless course has drenched nearly
every hearthstone in your once happy
land. I cannot, however, now retrace my
step3 j the die is cast ; I have taken the
plunge; and with me all is lost. The
terrible game, which I have been playing
for a lifetime, has gone . against me for
even thus early in the contest, 1 perceive,
at least, my own eventual and utter defeat.
tllud I won,. I would, within five years
from now, have made inyaelf Emperor of j
1 Ameiica, and my Raiiic would have gona '
EBENSBURG, PA.? THURSDAY, JULY
down through all future ages as the foun
der of the most powerful and magnificent
empire the world ever saw. But, as I
shall lose, my memory will descend to the
end of time a synonym of the darkest and
worst passions of the human heart. So be
it I deserve it all.
The only approach that I am able to
make toward a reparation of the terrible
injuries I have inflicted upon the Ameri
can nation is to make a clear and truthful
confession of the course I have been pur
suing since childhood toward them, wish
ing and hoping thereby to save them from
future danger like that which now threat
ens them.
"While yet a boy, pursuing my studies
in Transylvania University, I happened
by accident to become possessed of a high
ly colored and glowing history of Xapoleon
and h'a campaigns. The perusal of this
volume fired my heart to the highest pitch
of ambition, and I resolved to be the 13o
napavte cf the Western Hemisphere.
Though comparatively young, I plainly
perceived that the acquirement' of a vast
amount of general information, unceasing
labor of mind, and some definite plan ot
action were essential to the attainment of
this object. I commenced immediately,
therefore, as a base for all future opera
tioms, a thorough study of all branches of
science and literature which I thought
would aid me, and, at every opportunity
that presented itself, I would listen atten
tively to the conversation, dtbates, or
speeches of men from whom I judged I
might learn anything. I soon became
convinced that the surest, and in fact the
only avenue to the favor of Americans,
was either that of Politics or the Army.
Accordingly, at my own urgent request, I
was in 1-4 removed frum Transylvania
University and appointed a cadet at Wct
Point. During the four years" 1 remained
iu the latter institution, besides pursuing
the regular, allotted studies, I bestowed
diligent at'.entiou upon others that 1
deemed equally necessary to my inten
tions, (iraduating, and icceiving the
brevet rank of Second Lieutenant in June,
lS'JS, I was ordered to the Frontier, wherrj
for seven years I underwent the practical
education of a soldier. Doing satisfied at
the end of this time that I had gained all
the military knowledge I required, I re
signed my commission June 31,
and returned to Mississippi, professedly
with the sole purpose of cultivating cot
ton. My real object, however, was to
secure that quiet and seclusion which
would enable me to" master the subjects
of political history and economy, especial
ly as applicable to the United States.
From the time T left the army until
IS 13, I was scarcely known beyond the
limits of my own plantation. Dut in that
year believing 1 was fully ready to put
to use the materials I h id been accumu
lating for twenty years I publicly ranged
myself under the banner of the Democrat
ic Part', which party was at the time ac
tively engaged in preparing for the ensu
ing Presidential Campaign. My reasons
for choosing the Democratic party were,
1st. because I saw that in the coming
election it would gaiu the ictory; and
2d, because the term or name Democratic
is alone one that must always tickle and
please the ear of the Masses, where lie
the greatest number of votes. Undoubt
edly, the surest way of annihilating the
Democratic party, as a party, would be to
change its name, or divide it against it
self. As some of you, my countrymen,
doubtless remember, I made such headway
that I was chosen Presidential Elector on
the Polk and Dallas ticket in 1844, and
the year following took my seat in the
House of Representatives. Now it was
that, after twenty years of labor, I was
about to have the opportunity I had so
ardently yearned fur, and in the debates
that arose concerning the Oregon and
Tariff questions I took a prominent part.
Rut my mott strenuous dibi ts were made
in regard to military affairs, and particu
larly the Mexican War preparations. In
July, 184.(3, the sword was put in my
grasp by my ch etioti as Colonel of the 1st
regiment of Mississippi 'Volunteers, better
known as the "Mississippi llillus." Re
signing my seat in Congress, I- accepted
the weapon which, though seemingly
drawn in defense of my countiy, has really
always been unsheathed against her. At
the head of the Rifles, I followed Gcneial
Taylor from tho Rio Grande to Ruena
Vista's strife; and I sincerely now regret
that my bones were not lelt whitening
beside those of my brave Rifles upon that
terrible field.
Rut, miraculously unscathed by its
dangers, I returned from the Mexican
Campaign only to apply myself more dil;
igently to. tho accomplishment of the
grand object of my life the destruction
of the Union upon the ruins of which
my intended throue was to have its found
ations. I hoped fO fjnally compass this
end by the discreet agitation of threu
great cpuestionsr 1st. States' Rights ; 2nd.
Slavery; 3d. Party. I was convinced
that if I could, at exactly the same time,
get these dangerous topics deeply exciting
the whole American nation, at least a
temporary estrangement, if not an actual
collision, would result between the States.
This in turn must agitate every kingdom
in Europe, but more especially England
and France, who, envious of our commer
cial prosperity, and increasing power as a
nation, would, to weaken us, immediately
recognize as an independent power that
portion of the Union whose ' institutions
promised to most closely resemble their
own!
Upon the defeat of Fremont in 185C,
and the boast of the Republican party,
that they would elect the next President,
I carefully surveyed the whole field of
action, and found that the greater number
of chances certainly favored such a con
clusion. At the same time I saw that
tho Presidential contest of 18G0 must bring
all my movements to a climax. In 1S0U,
therefore, I must either fail or succeed in
my grand scheme, and accordingly my
utmost energies were bent during the
ensuing four years to the ta-dc.
As every doing of the Rachanan ad
ministration, no matter how trifling, has
been well trumpeted through the land, it
is unnecessary for me vow to recapitulate
its acts. Rut there are two facts that
even the sharpest and most astute have
never suspected. They are, 1st. that the
division of the Democratic party was really
accomplished by my influence ; and 2nd;
that the election if Abraham Lincoln was
insured by my money, as well as by my
influence." All worked well I bus far, fur,
as I supposed, Lincoln, who is, I know, an
honest man, and a man of unflinching
determination and courage iu whatever
course he conceives to be the right one,
immediately, upon coming to the Presi
dency, announced hh intended policy,
which I was aware would unite the South,
and, as I had calculated, at least one-half
of the North. Rut here was my first ir
reparable disaster : the North presented,
after but a momentary vacillation, a firm,
unbroken front to the tide that I had ex
pected to roll, with but little resistance,
over the Union. This prompt and unex
pected unanimity of feeling in the North
ern States has insured the linal destruction
and scattering of my pdot and hopes !
Had this been otherwise, 1 would quickly
have made myself master of AY'ashington,
New York, St. Louis, and other great
cities North, and, through the influence
of my emmissaries abroad, would, imme
diately have had the Southern Confeder
acy acknowledged, and thus forced Europe
to fight for us. Rut, as regiment after
regiment came rushing to' Washington in
response to Lincoln's Proclamation, this
hope was dispelled and the tide turned
against me. From that time I was de
feated, but I shall not quit the field till
death finds me, and then this document
will perhaps reach you, my injured
countrymen, of both North and South ;
and to its concluding paragraphs I then
earnestly commend your attention.
When the dark clouds that now lower
over your fair land from Maine to Texas
shall have cleared away, and the flag of
Washington and hi3 compeers shall again
be triumphant, then, my countrymen, see
to it that your preparations for the great
future be properly made. Settle amicably,
people cf both South and North, the vex
atious question of Slavery. It will, with
out doubt, be impossible to do away with
Slavery suddenly, or within a short period
of time; but, as you value the happiness
of your children, the generations yet un
born, get rid of the incubus at your
pnvliost ftnnortunitv. There can be no
doubt that, further to insure the unity
and preservation of your government, the
principle of States' Rights must, wherever
it comes in contact .with the Federal
interest, be abandoned. And lastly, and
most important cf all subjects, and one
which should constantly be before the
American masses, is that of Party. While
ever suffrage is allowed to all, so long
will party spirit and rivalry exist. This
party spirit and rivalry, also, must natu
rally increase, until at last, under the
adroit management of unprincipled and
ambitious Political Leaders, it must, unless
checked in some manner by the working
men, themselves, bring total destruction
upon the government that fosters it. Now,
the only true and sure method which the
masses have to keep party under control,
is to spread as much general and useful
intelligence as possible among themselves
and their children. There is at this ver
time, notwithstanding all the noise we
hear concerning it,' not one American in
one thousand who really knows what the
Constitution says, or vha it does not pay,
and, tho ratio Is even still smaller of those
who have in their memory teu pages of
American History. If, Americans, you
really value your future liberty, and that
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of your children, build more public schools,
scatter all over the land copies of the
Constitution, and full and complete His
tories of- the United States. Thus will
every one be enabled to decide important
political questions for himself, and be free
from the shackle that demagogues would
seek to fasten upon him.
These words doubtless sound strangely,
coming from my lips, but. they are true.
Of course I should never have uttered
them had n:y plans succeeded ; but, as
England or France has not already ac
knowledged us, they will not do so, at any
rate, under the most favorable circumstan
ces, until next winter, and although they
may then give the Federal Government
much trouble, may even, with the assis
tance of other European nations, crush it,
it w 1 do neither myself nor the South
any good, for in case ot such an occurrence,
the United States, torn and divided as
tney win then be, must lall belore such
powerless at the feet of conquering rovalty.
In th:s case 1 shall only have been the
self-constituted cats-paw of Europe, and
go minus tne rewaru. ji u come to mis,
1 shall be crushed under the ruins of
- ii.wu.-iu a lemp.e, v, men nu oui eu:?,
my countrymen, will be my monument
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.'ys i am cutiawca onu lorever ruined,
however, it wrecks net to me, for by the
time this reaches you, I shall be at that
bar whose dec-Lions are just and irrevoca
ble. Wishing, once more, that I had
fallen on Racna Viita's bloody field, and
thereby won your lasting praise, and
wishing also that my example may serve
to warn vou in the future of Politicians
and their wilrs, I bid you farewell.
Jrrn:r.fcox Davis.
This document was securely sealed and
endorsed : " To Lc ojxwl atcr my dcatli..
"Jkffhrsox Davis."
The Pennsylvania. Reserves
the llecent IZattles.
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A war correspondent of the Philadel
phia Press writes as follows concerning
the participation of the Pennsylvania Re
serves in the recent struggles on the Pe
ninsula :
"On Thursday, June 20, we were told
to get ready for review by Gen. M'Clcl
lan. Tho boys accordingly brightened
up, and got everything in order, when the
sharp report of a Parrot! gun told us there
was work at hand. Soon the rattle of
rumdvetry was heard, and we were ordered
to get ready to support the 1st and 3d
brigades. We immediately started out,
the rebels meanwhile amusing themselves
by shelling us from the other side of the
river, as we marched along. We went
iutothe fight about four o'clock, and kept
it up until nine, when firing ceased on
both sides, as if by mutual consent. We
slept on the ground where we had fought,
with nothing to disturb us but an occa
sional shot from the outer guards. During
this engagement we were about seventy
five vafds apart. The bullets came in a
perfect hurricane, aud the shelling was
the most severe we experienced during
our trying time. "We had been contend
ing against 45,000 men, according to the
statement of a prisoner, since confirmed
by f-crocs of the "gray backs" we captured.
At three o'clock next morning, (27th,)
we opened on them again, and then slow
ly retreated to the position at Gaines
Hill,- a distance cf six miles, where we
were joined by the balance of Porter's
corps T annce. Up to this time we hud
about 8,000 men, of which about 200 had
been killed, wounded, and missing.
"The enemy pressed us closely, and we
had barely got into position when they
made one of their impetuous charges on
our right, but they were repulsed in gal
lant style. The fight was kept up for
about two hours, when the armies com
menccd maneuvering, the
'rcbs
findinfr
it impossible to successfully attack us.
They still outnumbered us two to one.
About this time the Reserves were ordered
to a position, as a body of reserve, to atr
tack at tho decisive moment. At 4
o'clock the order was :ivcn, "M'Cali's
divi-ion on the lino," ar-d, amid the howl
ing of shells and the whistling of bullets,
we marched to the front. Our regiment
was on the left, then on the rir,ht, then
on the ritrht centre, and fii
Snallv was placed
on the lelt centre. Here we were ordered
to lie down, and here we suffered terribly.
We were barely twenty yards from the
enemy, and the grape and canister was
howling awfully. We drove them until
about six o'clock, when "Stonewall" made
hi.s first appearance, and fell on our left
wing. He succeeded in flanking ivs, aud
planted a battery o as 'to enfilade our en-
tire'line. - Thi battery he lost j but the
2d -Maine- and 4th Michigan broke and
broke our line. We could not' stand it :
! they outnumbered us now four to one, and
' they were fresh, whiUt wo were warn out
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by our day-and-a-halfs fighting, and h&H
ly any sleep. We fell Lack, and wcro
met by the Irish brigade, when we turned
and drove the rebels off the field at the
point of the bayonet.
"They received further reinforccmenlF,
but we held the field until next morning
when we crossed the Chickahominy and
blew up the bridges. We then took a
rest, and next morning started for tho
White Oak Swamp. Everything was
decent and in order; we saved our bag
jrage train, which was nearly twenty miles
long ! After wo had placed the swamp
between us and our pursuers, we halted,,
and a short halt it was. The rebels now
had another column, directly from Rich
mond, of about 100,000 men, bearing on
our left. Add to thi3 that our entire
array was not yet united, and ycu may
imagine how "bine" it looked. We 1-ad.
however, succeeded in mnkinj the river.
where, the gunboats could co-o-eratc with
ftil back about one-and-a-half
miles,
and cho.ee our nosltion Anr iViv'.a.
jon on the fourth line of battle
I eras telling ns that we wouM nc
our pen-
not be ''rut
in unless absolrtely rcccfyary. We did
not wait long before the rebel cdumri
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advanced on the Lrst line, and a!mot tho
(irst command issued w.i. "M'(M1 to tho
front." and doubhw,!
; charged them nrd at
.Ml !
it wer.t. Wo
the rcint rf tho
j bayonet Irov2 them from the ground thrco
j times, when we foil lack, and fresh troops
toot our place. I he enemy finally with
drew about dark, and next morning wo
again fell back, and united our whole army
near the river, at City Point. Here, with
great pomposity, they a-ain attacked us,
on the 1st of July. "Little Mac" himself
commanded, and it would have done your
heart good to gee them ".skeedaddle."
This engagement ended in a total rout.
Here we took a brigade of "rcbs," and a
motely crew they were all drunk." Maj.
Lyman, our provost Marshall, tells mo
that all the rebel prisoners turned into
his hands are drunk. This accounts for
their fighting fo recklessly, J presume.
We again took the line of march next
day, and came to this place. The Con
federates planted a battery on a hill and
commenced throwing shells into our camp.
Our guns did not reply, but a division
took a little walk cf about five minutes,
and without firing a gun, quietly relieved
them of their pieces, and took the soldier
in charge for safe keeping. They had
seven small pieces, and a good stock of
ammunition."
An Ingenions Prajer.
The following very singular prayer,
says an exchange, was made by Jolm
Ward, of Hackney, England. The doc
ument was found in Ward's own handwri
ting. It is one of the examples on record
of men combining in themselves tho
utmost fanaticism with the total abseuco
of anything like feeling :
"O Lord, thou knowest that I have my
estates in the city of London, and likewise
that I.havejately purchased an estate iu
fee simple in the county of Essex; I be
seech thee to preserve the two counties
of Middlesex and Essex from fire and
earthquakes ; and as I have a mortgage ia
Hertfordshire, I beg thee to have an eye
of compassion on that County, and for
the rest of the Counties thou mayest deal
with them as thou art pleased. O Lord,
enable the banks to answer all their bills
and make my debts on good men. Give
a prosperous voyage and return to the
JlLrmaitl sloop, because I have insured
it ; and as thou hast said the days of the
wicked are but short, I trust in thee that
thou wilt not forget thy promise, as I have
aa estate in reversion, which will be mine
UDon the death of that profligate young,
man, Sir I. L. Keep my friends frcrt
sinking, and preserve me from thieves
and house-breaker;?, and make all my
servauts so honest and faithful thtrt they
may attend to my interests, and never
cheat me out of my property,, night o.
day." C
Cv. An exchange snys : ''Our garden
p'ttch was very profitable last reason.
The snails cat up the cucumbers; tho
chickens cat up the snrils , a neighbor's
cats eat up the chickens ; and now, if wo
f can only get hold of somctl
cthmsr that will
! cat un the cats, we 11 try azaiu
Lord L ptosuuU sold irown a horso
the other day. R. meeting the peer short
ly after, said: "Why, your lordship told
me that your horse had no fault, and ho
j is blind of an eye!" "All right," rcspon-t
I ded the lord : "blindness i3 no fault it
is only a misfortune !"
tf 'A' beggar : ia New Orleans npi
proaehed n well dressed citizen and held
out his hand foralms. The citizen offered
j him a Confederate note. ?No," said tho
poor fellow, taking a mournful survey of
1 his own dilapidated dress, "I have too
' many vzc already'