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Judges of the Supremo Court—s. tame, J. ,M• Aeu• STRONG. W. B. LOWRIS G. W. WOODWARD. JOLIN M. R&M) COUNTY OFFICERS President Judge 7 -tten. jamas 11. Grahern. Ass,.aite Judges—lion. Michael Coekiin, Samlid Wherry. District Attorney—J. W. D. GllleleL. Prothonotarr—Bentamlu Souks It,, ir for dci.—.ollll , 107.1. • Resister—K. A. Brady. - High titherlff—ttobt. McCartney; Deputy, 8. Keepers County Treasurer—Alfred L. Spouster. Ooroner—.lohn A. Duniapv - - County Comintseionera—Gatbaniel FL &kola, James Et. Wagoner, Geo Miller. Clerk to Commissionern, James Armstrong. Directors of the Poor—Jno. Trimble, Abraham Bee ler, John Miller. Superintendent of Poor Rouse— Henry Snyder. BOROUGH OFFICERS Cblef Burgess—John Noble, Asalstunt (Jorge's—Adam 13en'emao Out dial], Wm. W. Dale, J. R. Irvine. H♦ tan Carney, John Halbert, J. D. Parker, Fred erink Diulde, Samuel Krisminger. Clerk to ilouncll.—Jag. U. klasonhelmer. High Constables—Geo. Dently, Joseph Stuart. Ward Conetnblen—Jacob Drets,•Andrew Martin. Justices of the Pence—A. L. Spongier, David Smith Michael Holcomb, Abm. Dehuff. C 11 UM lIES First Presbyterian Church, Northwest angle of Cen re Square. Rev. Conway P. Wing Pastor—Services emery Sunday Morning at 11 o'clock, A-31, and 7._o'clock P. M . Second-Presbyterian Chiirch, corner of Bouthllaborer and Pomfret. street.. Rev. Mr Rolls, Pastor, Services commence at It o'clock, A. 31.061 , 7 O'clock'P,lsl.. St. John's Church, (Prot. Episcopal) northeast angle of Centre Square. Rev. Francial.Clere, Rector. Servibes at 11 o'clock At M., and 3 o'clock, P. 31. English Lutheran Church, Redford between Main faeuther streets. Ilev.Jacob Fry, Pastor. Services at 11 o'clock A. M., and 6% o'clock P. M. German Reformed Church, Louther, between Han over and Pitt streets. Rev. A. 11. Eremer, Pastor.— Spry Ices at 11 o'clock A. M, and ti o'clock. P. M Methodist E. Church, (first charge) corner ot Main and Pitt Streets. Rev. Joseph A. Ross, Pastor. Services at 11 o'clock A: 31. end 8 o clock P. M Methodist E.Church(second charge.) Rev:Hermon M. Johnsou Pastor. Services In Emory M. E. Church at 11 o'clock A. M. and 6 P 31. . St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Pomfret near East et. Re r. James Kelley, Pastor. Services every other Sabbath at 10 o'clock. Vespers at 3. . German Lutheran Church corner of Pomfret and 6olfoid streets. Rev. G. A. Strunte Pastor. Services at. 11 o'clock, A. M., and 6% o'clock, P. M. r/r When changes in the above are necessary the proper persons are requested to netlfy us. DICKINSON COLLEGE Rev. ft. M. Johnson, D. D., President and Professor o. Moral Solemn', James W Marshall, A. M., Prufeesor of Latin Lan guages and Literature. Rev. Wm. L. Roswell, A. M., Professor of Greek Lan• guage and Literature. William G. Wilson, A. M., Professor of Natural Science and Curator of the Museum. ' Samuel D. Hillman, A. M., erafessor of Mathematics. A. V. Mullin, A. D., Principal of the Grammar .School. Joiiii, - 11". - Hterlic Assistant in-the Grammar School . BOARD OP SCHOOL DIRECTORS; Andrew Blair, President, 11. Eiastoia ' P. Quigley, E Curncuan. C. P. fluunprich,J. ilamilEan,Bectelary,Jastin W. Eby, Treasurer, John Sphar, 81rasouger. Meet. on the let Monday of each Month at 8 o'clock A. Bt. at Ed. acatlon CORPORATIONS CARLISLE EXPOSIT ELEC.—President, R. M. Hendcrion, Cashier. W. M. Beitenr; Ant, Cashier,, J. P. Hasler; Teller ' Jas. Roney,; Clerk, C. 11 Welder; MaaseuEor, John Underwood; Directors, IL. DI. Henderson. John Zug, Samuel Wherry, J. D. Gorges, Sidles Woodburn, R. 0. Woodward. CoLlienry Logan, Hugh Stuart, and Jamas Andotten. CUMBEELAND VALLEY RAIL ROLA Comrsits.r-President., Frederick Watts: Secretary and Tresniuror, Edward 3 . Piddle; Superintendent, O. N. Lull. Passenger trains twice a day. 'Eutward luring Carlisle at 10.10 o'clock A. M. and 2.44 o'clock. P.M. Two trains every day Westward, leaving Carlisle at 9.27 o'clock A, 31., anct 3.30 P. M.' CARLISLE CAB AND WATERCONPANY.—rresident, Lem. uel Todd; Trusurer, A. L. .Sponsler; . Superintendent, George _Wise- , Hindu - C . F;' - Watts; -- %1 m; '3l. I.lectem.- R. 31. Biddle, s l.lo:rillakton;l t. - 0,-Woodwardy-John-11. 11 rattan - , P. (Jai:deer, and Jilin Campbel l. CUERERLAND VAI.LET , BAND.—PreldentiJohn 8. Bter: reit ; Cashier, 11. A. Sturgeon; Teller, Jps. C. liorter.-- Directers,'lohn IL Sterrett. Ear; Meleholr Inane man, Millard Woods. John C. Dunlap, Robt. C. Sterrett, U. A. Sturgeon, and Captain Jbhn Dunlap. SCICIEVES CumberlaPt Star-Lodge. N 0../ In, A. .T. 31. meets at Marton hall on the 2nd and 4th, Tuesdays of every Month. " St. Johni Lodge No 260 A. -Y. M.' • h oet sld Yit daysof each month. at Msrlo4 ' Carlisle Lodge No Or I. 0. of o. ' 8.. Meets Monday. eventng, at Trouts building. • ' ," FIRE COMPANIES. The Tiniest hire . ComPany was - .Orgatilzed In •47110. PrealaeAt t Corun a / a via, :president. • SarmulF Wetzel ; Secretary, 4. D. Hampton; Treasuror, , P. -Mon ; - September, Company meets the th a t Saturday In March, June,, September, end December.' •• • • • . The Cumberland Vire Compeny waainstltutedVebru , . eryl.B, 11105. Presblent,".Tima. :Thorn •lion ;• Secretary Philip Qiiiglej; Treasurer , Quigley Thrrechipany meet. on the third Saturday. of January, April, Ally,' and October .. The oOod WOl lioceCemparty was Lriatituted in literal, 1655, , President,'11. A. Sturgeon;-:Pice President, C, P. Mumricti; Secretary, William 'D. Delbert - Treseurer. _Ogilby...._LThelcoropenylneete, , th*.aecond Tirtirstiaj Jenuary;APill. July,.and 9etotwir.- - . The Empire ROA And Ladder Company wee histlint 94 in - 1859. M.Porter;lrice'Pri.cldent, John 0. Amom Treasurer, John Crinpliellr , Secretery, John. W. P . 11r111: The .company.tneetis on Aim 'drat ',fri day In Jerniar,,•April. July and October. • • . . Room—Misto . x liati. Regular monthly meeting—Third TunedsrEvenll4; •Prayer meeting—So_loe/iAtternOnn at itn'eloek: , Reading 'ltem and Library--adminsinn , free ,, open, every evening (Sundep excepted)fivxKl 0 10 o'eleek. Strangers wipe-dilly ItATES: OE, toi3TAGIE: . • • - 'Postage oa• all- 16ttariof bni•haleounce Velght °ran dor, ll'eents excep t . WValiforxdit, .or Oregon; which to 10 coa l !! prepaid. - - • Pontagoan the!" Herald the,l i 4inty, Within the State 13 canto per year: — Toany part of dui Milted itatos 20'conti. Ponta,ge on trapolent papers under 3 otincoa la weight, 1 'cent *Told or two, canto pada% Adrertlarallatteta, o,l*9llogid a illlb thereti4 dvertlaiiig , _ SELECTED POETRY, I= COMPROMISE. Tits veriest spawn of the "Father of Lies" Ic that creeping creature called Compromise A slimy thing in villainous guise. With the pompous title—Compromise The tool of the weak—the scorn of the wlao, Oh 1 men I beware of Compromise I Crooked and dark the pathway Iles Before the fiend named Compromise Avoiding the gleam of good men's eyes, Characterless crawls Compromise. Two cowards et war—one of erlex, "Let's settle the matter by Compromise!" fie, wrapped In a sereen that detection defies, In stalk!" the umpire—Compromlee. Two thieves who grasp at a stolen prise, Divide the spoils by Compromise— A country groans and a nation sighs Wheel the leaden turn to Compromise Though fools may hops to strengthen ties lly Cotton bands of Compromise. It you wish to see a uatlon rho, Daro to speak or Co[ripromlse I Accursed be he who nulls or buys Ills country's honor with Compromise! Hang him high, and otter he dies. Write on his tomb-stone Compromise! Can ye never a plan devise To save your land but Coinpromiset Come to your serums! Up! Arise Bre ye strike one rock of Compromlee! THE BATTLE. A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION' [Frotl the New York World The Heat of the Contest It was noon, and now the battle com menced in the fierceness of its most Pk' tended fury. The batteries upon the dis tant:hill began 'to play upo'n our own, and upon our advancing_ troops, with hot and thunderous effect. Carlisle answered for us. and - Sherman for Hunter's Division,' while the great 32-pounder addressed itself resistlessly to the alternate defences of the foe. The noise of the cannonading was deafening and , continuous. Converse ly to the circumstance of the former en gagement, it completely drowned, at thin period, the volleys of the musketry and riflemen. It blanched the cheeks of the villagers tit Centreville, to the main street of which place some of the enemy's rifle shell were thrown. It was beard at Fair fax, at Alexandria, at - Washington-itself. Five or six heavy batteries, were in op eration at once, and to their clamor was ad ded the lesser yell of twenty thousand small arms. What could we civilians see of the fight-at this time ? Little; yet perhaps more than any who engaged in it. How 'Anxiously we strained our eyes to catch the various movements,„ thoughtless of everything but the spectacle, and the suc cesses or reverses of the Federal army.— Our infantry were engaged in woods and ^ meadows beyond our view. We knew not the nature or position of the force they were fighting. But now and then then there would be a fierce rush into the open prospect, a gallant charge on one side and a retreat on the other, and we saw plainly that our forces were gaining •'nd, and - ldily - kg their ad- Ivement, which 'e and the ene- ley ilea from into the open geld. Then - we saw our own Sixq-nititli and Seventy-ninth, corps annimated by a chivalrous national rivalry, press on to the support of the more distant column. We could catch glimpses of the continual ad. vances and retreats ; could here occasion ally the gunt of a battery before undis covered ; could guess how terribly all this accumulation of death upon death must tell upon those undaunted men, but could also see—and our cheers continually fol lowed the 'knowledge—that our forces were gradually dri'ing the right of the enemy around the second quarter of a cir cle. until by ten o'clock the main , battle was raging at a paint almost directly- op- posite.one"standing - Oace—the road at the • edge, `of :the - woods ---- where - it bad com menced six hours before. ' There wake bill at the distance of a mile and a half to which I have hitherto elk de& From its height, _overlooking ,the whole plain, a,few shell had reached us early in the day, and as it Was nearer the Manassas road than almost 'any other por 7 thm of the geld, more of the enemy's , re-; inforcements gathered about its , ridge than to'the aid•of the beaten rebels in the woods Here ibere was an, open battery and long lines of infantry 'in support. ready, 6r -- a wonder; - to 'let - lain. 'Wearied fellows , see•pthe.freshforeeti they bad to conquer: . ; , 'As the 'Sixty-pinth and. Seventy-ninth wound round the tnestiews tolhe north, of this hill, ond'begon to cross the road ap parently with the intention of' scaling' it, WO saw, a,colunin .corning down from the furthest .perspective, and_for_ w moment believed it to be a portion of Hunter's Division; - and that' it' had Ouceeecleil in completely turning the' enemy's rear. A wild shoht,rdse from as 'ail. But' soon the',leekeuts : saw ; that its:. ensign& bore. Sge(ksskonpanners„ and we. knew. that Jelmsten' or to nte other rebet,general WAS' leading a hi k oa 'of 'fresktfooprj'aiiinfie our nnited•right and:eel:llre:: It was time for morolretmentiftii be sent -forwardi and, Keys was ordered to advance with the First Tyler Brigade. ,The three Con" nectient reginients - lind the Fourth Maine came onoith O *in tho' ' Firet Conneeti out was ,po'sted in•reserve', and the - ether three - corps swept, tirthe.field, by•the ford , on the right,,lcrtati the - ktruggling : vanes.. " ' • • _ _ d), PAIME PO. TIM rAphERATC easmago All eyes were directed to the - distant hill-top, now the : centre of the fight. Ali could see the enemy's Infantry ranging darkly against the sky beyond, and the first lines of our men moving with fine determination up the steep slope. The cannonading upon our advance, the strug. gle upon the hill-top, the. interchange of position between the contestants, were - Watched by us, and as new forces rushed in upon the enemy's side the scene , was repeated over and over again. It must have been here, I think, that the Sixty ninth touk and lost a battery eight times in succession, and finally were compelled, totally exhausted, to resign the comple tion of their work to the Connecticut re.; giments which had just come up. The Third Connecticut finally carried t hat sum tnit, unfurled the Stars and Stripes above it, and paused front the fight to cheer for the Union cause. Then the battle began to work down . the returning half of the circle, which the enemy described during the day, driven before the desperate charges of our troops, until they reached the very point where Tyler's advance commenced the action. Down the hill, and into the valley thick: eta on the left, the Zouaves, the Connecti: cut and New York Regiments, with the unconquerable Rhode [slanders, drove the continually enlar g ing but always van; quished columns of the enemy. It was Only to meet more batteries, earthwork sue ,coding earthwork, ambuscade after ambuscade. Our fellows were hot and weary; most had drank no water during ' hours of dust, and smoke, and insufferable heat. Nu one knows what choking the battle atmosphere produces in a few trio !nous, until he has personally experienced it And so the conflict lulled fur a little while. It was the middle of a blazing af ternoon. Our -regiments held the posi tions they had won, but the enemy kept receiving additions, and continued a flank movement toward our left—a dangerous movement for us, a movement which those in the rear perceived, and vainly endeav ored to induce some general officer to guard against - Here was th , great blunfler, or misfor tune, of the battb. A misfortune, that we had tie troops in reserve after the Ohio regiments were again sent forward, this time to assist in building a- bridge across the run on the Warrenton _road, by the side of the stone bridge knovia t 9 be mined. A blunder, in that the last re serve was sent forward at all. It should have been retained to guard the rear of the left, and every other regiment should have been promptly recalled over the route by which it had advanced, grdered only to maintain such positions as rested on a supported, continuous line General Scott says, to-day, that our troops had al , ready accomplished three - days' - works and .should have rested long before. 'But Mc- Dowell tried, to vanquish the South in a single struggle, and the sad result is be fore us. - , As it was, Captain Alexander, with his Sappers and Miners, was ordered to cut through the abattis by the side of the mined bridge, in the valley directly before us, and lay pontoons across the stream.— Carlisle's Artillery was detailed to protect the work, and the Ohio and ‘Visconsin reserve to support the artillery. Mean while,•in the lull which I have mentioned, , the thousand heroic details of Federal valor and the shamelessness of rebel treach ery begun to reach our ears. We learned the loss of the brave Cameron, the wound in,'e' of Heintzelinan and Minter, the fall ofllagerty and Slocum and Wilcox.— We heard of the dash of the Irishmen and their decimation, and of the havoc made and sustained by the Rhode island ers, the Highlanders, the- Zouaves, and Connecticut Third; than of the intrepid ity of, Burnside and Sprague•-. , - , how the devoted and daring young Governor led the regiments he had so munificently e quippe-d- again - and atrain - to - victorious charges and at last spiked, with his own hands, the guns he could not carry away. The victory seemed ours: It was an hour sublime in unselfishness, and apparently glorious in its results. At this time, near 4 o'clock, I rode for ward through the open plain to the creek where the abattis was be'ng assailed by our engineers The o,hip,,,.connecticut, and Minnesota regiments were variously posted. thereabout; others were in distant portions of the field , all were completely exhausted and partly dissevered; no Gen eral of division, except Tyler.—cculd be found. W here were our (Aileen! ? Where was the foe? IV ho knew whether we had WOO or lost? tons tidings of use in the trees than we could Ae from below. fairly rounded we listened if hir charges saw for our- smoke from ericg column The question was quickly , to bo decided for us. A sudden swoop and a body 'of cavalry rushed down upon our columns near the bridge. They came from the woods on the left, and infantry poured out behind them. Tyler and. hie stall,- with the 'rese7e, •were apparently out off by the quick . manoeuvre.. I succeeded in raining the positien,l hadjusi left, there Witnessed the capture of Carlisle's bat tery in the - plain, and saw another -force_ of cavalry , and infantry pouring iatolhe road at .the very spot 'where the battle coatine - nced, and near which the Smith Carolinians ; who manned The battery silenCed 'in the 'meriting, hacf,doubtless All day ..beep- lying. concealed: The. am bulances and wagons bad. 'gradually. ad.' vanced to. this . Spot,, and' of course ,an instantaneous ~confusjo,n, and dismay •re- Stliti)d.-_,OUr MM. infantry broke.,lanks. in the geld, plunged into "the woods 'to avoid the road,'ind . got Up Abe hill as ir s . 6 'te best. , they " couldi . Withoiir loaders ? tIY man-saving himself in hie VivitCW' ..• isy the time I reached- the to of th , N hill, thelretreati , the - partici the heedless headlong ,confusion weft?, new '' beyond, a, hOpe: - I 'wait near the rear'of,:the ;moire:. moot; with the brave Cdptain*Aleinild4,' who-eadeiVtired by-the In ost'galltint; itit' unavailable exertions' to, cheek' the . :66-' , ward 'tumult.. Ip. was, difftctilt t,a )4 lefe. in the, reality of our,,sudden reverse. -7. . 1 What'does itsall riteitti?", I itskid'Are'r.- oder: " . 4 Means defeat," was hiiie- . ply., '" We are boaten; it is shinneful, a ;cowardly retreat! Hold tip,,4nen,"., he shouted, " don't •be such infernal now- CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1861. ards l' / and-he `rode back Wards and -- for' Wards,' placing his horse across the road and vainly trying to rally .tbe running troops. - The - tea rus - and - wagonreenfusdd and dismembered every corps. We were now ,cut off from the ridvance_ body by the enemy's infantry, who had rushed on the slope just left by us, sur rounded the guns and sutler's wagons. -and - were apparently' pressing up 'against us. " It's no use, Alexander,' I said, "you Must leave with the rest." "3'll be d-.-d if I will," was his sullen reply, and the splendid fellow rode book to make his way as best he could. Meantime, I saw officers with leaves and eagles on their shoulder-straps, majors and eolonelsil who had deserted their comrades, pass one galloping as if for dear life - No, en. emy pursued just then ; - but I suppose all were afraid that his guns would be trained down the long, narrow avennthind_ mow the retreating thousands, and 'cutter to pieces army wagons and everything else which crowded it. Only one field officer, so far as my observation extended, seemed to have remembered his duty. Lieutenant Colonel Speideb aoreigner attached to a Connecticut regiment, strove against the current for a - league. I pos, itively declare that with • the two excep tion's mentioned all efforts made to check the panic before Centreville was :reached were confined to civilians. I saW a man in citizen's dress, who had thrown off his coat., seized a musket, and was trying to rally the soldiers who came by at the point of the bayonet. In reply tonAues tion for his name, he said it was Wash burne, and I learned. that .113 was the member by that name from Illinois, The Hon. Mr. Kellogg made a similar effort. Bath these Congressmen bravely stood their ground till the last monientp and were serviceable at Centreville in _assist ing the halt there ultimately made - And other civilians did-what they-could, But what a scone! and how terrific the onset of that tumultuous retreat. For three miles hosts of. Federal troops—all detached from their regiments, a/I min gled in one disorderly route—were fleeing along the road, but mostly through the I lots on either side. Army Wagons .sut lets' teams, and private carriages choked the passage, tumbling against each Other, amid clouds of dust, and slekebing sights and sounds Hacks, containing unlucky spectatoys of the late affray, were smashed like glass, and the ocoupante went lost sight of 'in the 'debris Horses, flying wildly from the battle field, many or.tliem in death agony, galloped . at randomfOr m ward, joining; the stampede. Thole on -foot -who could, catch them. rode them bare-back, umf much to save - theinkaves front-being nth over as to make quicker time. • Wounded men, lying-along thebanks— the few ither left on,the field nor taken to the captured hospitals , appealed with raised hands to-those who rode horses, begging.to be lifted behind, but few re garded such petitions. Then the -artil lery, such as was saved, came thundering along, smashing and overpowering every thing The regular cavalry, 1 record it to their. shame, joined in the. melee, adding to its terrors, for they rode down footmen without mercy. One of the great guns was. overturned, and lay amid the ruins of n caisson, as I passed it.. I saw an artilleryman running bet Ween the ponderous fore and • after-wheels of !be gun carriage, hanging on with both hands, and vainly striving to jump upon the ord nance. The drivers were spurring The horses; ho could not cling much longer, and a more agonized expression never fixed the •features of a drowning-man The carriage bounded from the roughness of a steep hill leading to a creek, he lost his hold, fell, and in an instant the great wheels had crushed the life out of him. Who ever saw such a flight? Could the retreat at Borodino have exceeded it in confusion-and-t-umult-? - I--think not. It did not slack in the least until Centre ville was reached. _There the sight, of the reserve—Niles' brigade—formed in order on the hill, seemgd_fiomewhat to reassure the van But still the' teams and foot soldiers pUshed on, passing their own camp, and heading swiftly for the distant Potomac, until for ten, miles the road over which the 'grand army had so lately passed southward, gay with un-' stained banners, ati'd . flashed with surety of strength, was covered with - the frag= ments of its retreating forebs, chattered' and panic stricken in a single day. From the branch route, the trains attached to Hunter's Division had caught the con- legion of the flight, and poured into its already swollen • current - another turbid freshet of confusion and dismay, W ho ever saw a more shamefully aband onment of munitions gathered at such vast expense ?• The teamsters, many of them, put the traces of their horses, and galloped front.the wagons ,Others threw. out their loade to accelerate their flight, and grain; picks, , and „shovels, and pro visions of.every kind lay trampled in the dust Tor leagues.. Thousands of muskets strewed the route.; .when, some of us sub ceeded in tally,ing . a ,body ,of fugitiyes, an& forming them ,in a lino across the road; hardly one but had, thrown away ' tf the enemy had brought up his' artillery and - served' upon the retreat-- i trait);orlj n tercepted out - progress with five hUndred'of his-cavalry, he might have' captured 'enough •supplies 'for a weeks !east ottlianksgiving. Asit'wits; enough • was left behind to- tell the , story of the,panio. The roitte,pf the Fed al army seemed complete . , • A Ot'ise.A Ao OM: illareikt.„ The . sight . fMiles' reserve ,drawn up, .on ,the hils.at -Centreville, supporting ,a full batiiriorfi t el'd pidees; and the efforts of the few officers still ,faithful,, to their truiti;:oimearageil inany of the ihfitittry td seek:their old 'eautOs 'and ;go uo - 1 But the majority Itustieti 'on t 45 iluint•near the late site of German town, where Lieutenant Bifsbage ' had formeda,litte — Of liitat'S'artilletiats, across the"i/aid;litia..repitlied 4%4) 1 attempted to brettle,tlirit4h., .:particularly request. attention to the service thus. tendered, by this loyal-young officer. While he wes - thus engaged a courier arrived with the news that,Colonol Mont gomery. was "advancing with a New Jer sey brigade-from Fulls-Church, and that the retreat must be stopped, • only the wagons being allowed to pass. through. Some thousands of the soldiery ; had al ready got faron their way to Washington. These were those from whom the details .of the repulse were gathered this 'morn ing. Poor fellows! who could blame them? -Their own colonels had deserted them, only, leaving orders for them to reach Arlington Ueights as soon as they could. A few Miles further I met Montgomery swiftly pressing to the rescue, and re ported the success of Lieutenant Bris bane's efforts. And so I rode along, as well as my wearied horse could carry me, past groups of straggling fugitives, to Fairfax - , where Colonel Woodbury was expecting, and guarding against, a flank movement of the enemy, and on again to Long Bridge and the Potomac. But the van of the runaway soldiers had made such time that I found a host of them at the Jersey entrenchments begging the sentinels to allow them to cross the bridge. To-day we learn of the safe retreat of the main body of the tinny; that they were feebly followed by the rebels as far as Fairfax, but are now within the Arling ton lines; and that McDowell, a stunned and vanquished general, is overlooking the wreck of his columns froin his old quarters at the Custis mansion. TRIM WAR COMET-OF-01 VANITY FAIII,'EIRISPORTS FROM TILE IN- TEItIoR The magnificent comet which appeared in this thrifty municipality the other night was witnessed by thousands of our citi zens, and has been -graphically described - by the daily paperer W 0 - therefore - need , not further allude to the appearance of of the brilliant visitor here, but will pro ceed to lay our repots from the interior before the / readers of Vanity Fair:— F. ALBANY, July 8. The comet was' here this evening, and looked splendidly. " A sort of comet made its appearance, in Troy, about the same time, but it was a one-horse affair in com parison to ours TROY, July 3. A, magnificent comet appeared in our city this - evening. Its splendid nucleus Wits espebiatly admired by our citizens.— The sickly concern which appeared in Al bany had no nucleus. RALLWAY, N. J., July 4. The comet has, A last appeared New Jersey. It made its appearance here this Ovvping' by-epecial'consent of the corn- Trion council.. The comet hieda splen did nucleus. The assertion of a respect able young man4fronr-New- York- that 'be saw two comets „is generally discredited, as he was evidently laboring under a rush of tea to the head. , . • BOSTON, July 5. 'the comet has now been in New En gland for the space of two days. It is a very creditable affair, although it is due to candor.to state that it does not, in point of grandeur and revolutionary interest, approach Bunker Hill. Th%, conaet will not leave New , England. CHICAGO, July 6. . A gorgeous comet made its appearance here this evening, and is the guest, of course, the Chicago Academy of Sci ence. Corner lots advanced 15 per cent. at once. Dan. Boss has extended a free pass to the comet over the Chicago and Pittsburg It. It. PORTLAND, Maine 6 The cornet was here this evening. It is vastly superior to the Great Eastern, even admitting there is any such a boat, which we by no means do. PRINCETON, N. J. July Notwithstanding the comet, the fare on the canidett and Amboy R. 11. will re main at the same reasonable rates—U. S. soldiers only being charged extra BALTIMORE, July 6. The con•et passed over our city to-night. No attempt was made to obstruct its pas sage, and there was no evidence of a mob. The city is quiet. PHILADELPHIA, July 4. The comet was seen here to-night by cone of the Girard house contractors, but as he couldn't make anything out of it, it was allowed to sail on. THE REHEr.."" GENTLEMEN."—Among the killed at Laurel Bill was one Captain Skipwith, an F. F. V. A correspondent of a eotemporary, speaking of him, says that the name recalls to his recollecition Skipwith's _probable ancestor, as well as "a great number of the first families of . Eastern Virginia bearing that name.— That a man should either be exalted or degraded by theoharactor of his ancestors no-1113eral — or ,Christian minded man. will approve; but when we see a whole pee ple,, like Eastern Virginia and Lower Carolina, boasting of an ancestry, that every intelligent man knows to be false, then, for the saake of truth, facts abould take 'the place of fiction. In the ease of Lord Audley,.. (see State Trials,) Skip: with, the probable anceitor,of the numer ous and very respectable families bearing that name .now living in 'Virginia, was Lt .-- convict sent to Ole Colony of Virginia,- and- who was found guilty of a crime while Hiring in the family as a menial'; servant of Lord: Audloy--:a crime , enormity: of—which • is:enough- to ,the.;. blush, and which is = utterly*;:: -unlit for publication. Most of •the con. viets, however, went -to South Carolina,- and - whose descendants now furnish a large pnrtion of 'het; population,. Who.arcc . known pine,y-wods; 'peop/c-41-pepti*-. .forming two =thirds' of the. whole State—the most ignerant, and '• debaseir. people 'known' upon' theearibt,'-ei:Phili: thut all •the,i' flnggenets..., settled in Carelina, there, was but one person, .and she , a :Mrs, Maiegaelt, who was enabled; to .write (See Recoid'Officd'hi Oharlenten:) ; They: were mostly small artisans, : • but..were an -honest; and, as a: body, , - far-the.!cuost respaokahle settlere'Sblitk;r Carolina over had." - - GENTLEMEN. ALL. Oh, we're a sunny Southern band— Gentlemen all, gentlemen all; The Chivalry of Dixie's land— Gentlemen all, gentlemen all. Wei live on largo Promiscuous bete, And though we never pay our debts, We credit seek with him who lets— Gentlemen all. -We Ads] a allot and steal a fort— Gentlemen all, gentlemen all; For stealing la a manly *port— Gentlemen all, gentlemen all. We Itch our nigger", small and great, We burn a town, or " chew" a gtatb, And always take our whisky,af might— Gentlemen all! We've sworn to swindle Uncle Sam— Gentleman all, gentlemen all; And use Secession for a sham— Gentlemen all, gentlemen all. • We simply take what's not our own.%. Pick all ch. meat from our neighbor's bons, And only ask to be lot alone— Gentleman all I OUR FAT CONTRIBUTOR IN THE ROME GUARD. The moment the Flag was threatened, large bodies of men were called upon to rally in its defence. Being a large-bodied man, I rallied, and enrolled myself with the Home Guards. The drill is very se vere on me this hot weather, although I am constantly allowed an, attendant with a fan and a pitcher of ice water. I am constantly reminded that one of the first requirements of a soldier is to throw out his chest and draw iu his stom ach. Having been burned out several times while occupying rooms in an attic, I have had considerable practice in throw ing out my chest, but by what system of practice could I ever hope to draw in my stomach ? I can't "dress up"—it's no use trying. If my vest buttons are in line I as fur in the rear, and if I toe the mark fearful - bulge indicates my position.—, (Tlieti is-no room for'argument in regard to my sentiments—everybody can see at a glance just where 1 stand) One eve ning we had a new drill sergeantfor the first tiMe today. In a converiation Miss Stebbins, the inspired sculptrese of the " Letus-eater,” this evening, I heard her express the same thought as to the strong and honest good humor of the physical nature, combined with the stand ing apart expression of the serious and far. seeing eyes." THE SAILOR ASH THE ACTRESS. " When I was a poor girl," said the Dutches of St. Albans, " working very) hard for my thirty shillings a week, Twent down to Liverpool during the holidays, where I was always kindly .received. I was to perform in a new piece, something like those pretty little affecting dramas"' they get up now at our minor theatres; and in my character I represented ponri: friendless orphan girl, reduced to the most wretched poverty. A heartless trades., man prosecutes the sad heroine foi a heavy debt, and insists upon putting her pri-, son, unless some one will be bail for her. The girl replies, then I have no: hope. I have not a friend in the world.' , What,' will no one be bail for - . you, to save you, from prison 1' asks the stern creditor. 'I., told you I have not a friend on' eartli,'-, was my reply. But just as I was uttering, these words", I saw a sailor in the upper gallery springing over the railing, letting himself down from one tier to. Another, , until he bounded clear over the orchestra and footlights, and placed himself beside me in a moment. Yes, you shill have. , • one friend, at least, my poor young man,' said he, with great expression in', his honest, sunburnt countenance. 'l4 will go your bail to any amount. And , for you (turning to the frightened actor,),', if you don't bear a hand, and shift - your , moorings, you lubber, it will be worse for you when I come athwart your bows.'—. Every creature in the house rose; . the up.; roar was indescribable; peels of laughter ; ; screams of tetror, cheers from his mess i mates in the gallery, preparatory scraping of the violins from the orchestra,, and amidst the universal din, - there stood - the , unponseious cause of it, sheltering me;:••': the poor distressed young woman,' . :and:• , breathing defiance and destruction, against_ my mimic -persecutor. lie was, only per-, suaded to relinquish his care of me by the: manager pretending to arrive and' •reseue" me with a profusion of theatrical batik , ' notes. • How a Greased Pig;waa The army correspondent-of the 'Pretiidincs Journal in describing the amusements/11 Bulged iu by the First Rhode island Regitonet at Clamp Sprague, near Washingtoti v !hart off duty, , gives the following, humorous, eount of a race for the capture of a greascit„ pig , hyrths volonteers: - - The:_pnor porker, - closely islifivid and T ' thoroughly lubricated from snout tO Mit t was.'--4. - conveyed to.thc ' arena ' covered-•. box. ' Piteous indeed was the -expression :of innocent face When, uncagedi-be ivip3 4prp'qd adrift'. ' Unknoaing his destiny, he slowly, . y 4• stepped from his' prison, grunting satishtetion, at release: But_with a whoop, ten incarnate'„, fiends rushed madly foward,aint to clutch his prebensible tail: (Piggy{; if mdden t ,awoke to a realizing,,,-,senie his position, and darted ofri,lincertain , ',.wbere;' to go,' aed' emitting the most dolcfalr'sqnsals::,-, He rushed-here,-. and acon,e4-41 1 a.rS;:ifavPic; no respect for the' Vega of ar,bypho. , ~. ed.ing, people hi' every direct Me., The'reeti:, per. , s w hot and:esgerl'irere'dOsperate in the, Chase. They grabbed and , ceright only to find - , "- th e f f , etrortChitile. No sooner. would prize - appear : to' bel won ; than,,jte wag fhe`Aitticult7 . of the capture ~watt; enhafices:4,.['i by its being allowable only tp , hold , the animal by his, unctuous appentiiife,---anY:::''', Other Method: . being ruled.' appeared impossible, but'brie inatitsiblifnely,':?-' 4 ' rose, whose intellect was i,adeitetiteltw the- 2 4-- PerfOrmance the feat. ';'}le thowe(thitusilfL.:4! to be the very Napoleon, Of pig.chasCrar,i atf,,VA soared stipreme the task; and . hitching himßtilf bodily his tail.between hjx, 1401i :v4 1:11e ,scptealifeb' was terrible f .but hiA,Orohneitl4n Ilhfielts„,ft of laughter. it*: Ondiitilit44llj 'heard "in . 4, Washingtoai. t • I =I NO. 36.