statement of several Generals, that men never
fought, better.- .:•Still, I cannot refrain froin
x Press itig7the - infe - thoughflln cpbeseseed me
et tfie'titne-Hthe fact that ' IO,OOJ men were in
full retreat. - ,
Sonic time after the main, body had passed
ou, when that 'stream had beimme" decently
small, in company with Gov. Wood, FrOde to
Sud the, Illinois Cavalry, andcame upon them
stritchedadress theplatu halting every,un•
wounded man. They bad cooped up several
thousands, but the task of re forming them
was found impossible by oven such officers as
their Colonel and Major Clendenin, and they
were at length permitted to continue rear
ward.
I crossed the Chiokahominy at 11 r. it., at
which time comparative order had been re
stored. The enemy were in possession of our
Jaospitals and the battle field, Litt we still
showed a determined front. It was not
known by the Brigadier Generals whether we
should_try te_ho!d the position the next day,
or orois the river during the night.
At 0 o'clock this morning I rode to the
bridge, with the intention of recrossing, but
was some distance off when I heard the explo
lieu that destroyed it, the force having passed
over mainly after night.
It is Impossible* this day to estimate our
lose. Hitt a fgw of the dead were brought
from the field, and not ooe half the wounded.
linndreds of the latter were brought as far
as the river, but could not be brought over
before the'destruction of the bridges. Bas•
ing my opinion on the number who were
brought over (about 8000 and the proportion
that number must bear to the remainder. I
estimate the entire wounded at 3,500, and the
killed at 800. How many prisoners and
what amount of stores are lost it is oven still
more difficult to estimate. I judge but few
stores and several thousand prisoners. The
lose in officers is particularly severe. Cols.
Gore of the 22d Massachusetts; Black, 62d
Pennsylvanian ; McLean. 83d Pennsylvania;
Major Naghle, 83d Pennsylvania ; Col Tuck
er, 21 New Jersey ; Lieut. Col. heat, sth
Maine, aro among the killed. Col. Howland,
16th New York, slightly wounded; Lieut
Col. March, 16th. New York, slightly Wound
ed; Cul Simpson. 4th New Jersey, wounded
and a prisoner ; Col. Pratt, 31st New York,
wounded.
in the early part of the day one of our men
captured a Rebel knapsack, hung to which
was half a skull, used as a drinking vessel
An inscription upon it stated that it came
from Bull Run. During the stampede, for a
moment the attention •of hundreds was at•
tracted to a horse galloping around, carrying
a man's leg in the stirup —the left log booted
and spurred. It was a splendid horse gayly
caparisoned.
Instances of extraordinary gallantry are
not wanting. Gen. Butterfield led his, men
like another Ney, and when with that Mar
sharegood fortune, escaped without a watch.
A shattered scabbard, clothes torn with bul
lets, and a hat wrenched from his head end
demolished by the fragment of a shell—the
General might predicate a fatalistic belief in
his •• star.' Ile was also one of several in•
stances whose officers left 'dolt beds raiher
than their commands should go to the field
without them.
The French Princes—the Prince de Join
ville and the two young men—rode upon the
field in hot haste during the engagement, and
seemed übiquitous, as they certainly were
daring and efficient, especially in rallying and
re forming the men as they came out of the
woods.
The circumstances under which Lieut J.
Howe af the lid New Jersey met his death.
show' him a hero. After the panic, he had
gone down upon the plain, found a portion af
Company 11, of his regiment, and with them,
as a nucleus. was rallying to his colors a pro
•isional regiment from the manse( stragglers.
11. had gathered several hundred, was ad
dressing thorn in stirring words, and pointing
to the flag, when a conical rifled shot struck
him in the bream, passing through his body
and into the ground at the feet of the men.—
It wee the only cannon shot that felt iu that
vicinity.
Summing up, we had about 30,000 men en
gaged, the Rebels at least double that num•
her, with Stonewall Jackson in command.=
Asa great battle, this one of Gaines Gill (it
will perpetuate Go name of a rank traitor)
ranks, I judge, only second to Shiloh and
Fair Oaks ; low disastrous, or whether die •
astrouc, remains to be seen. If I have guriss
ed out the correct theory of the campaign, it
will neither change nor - hinder future opera
tions, already determined upon.
The Bad feature is t h at our wounded are tr
night subjected to, not, only the neglect of
-those of Fair Oaks, but, perhaps, to the ad
ditional barbarity of those of Bull nun.
The Battle of da . inse's Mills—A Desperate
Encounter—Killed and to .unde,d, 4,500
—30,000 against 75,000—The Reroism
of the Union Troops-7he Fighting by
.the Regulars—The Casualties at the
Battle qf White Oak Swamp.
WHITE O& SWAhII'9, WITH THE ARMY
BEFORE RICHMOND, Sunday,
Ju e 29, 1b62.
The battle of day before yesterday—l call
it the battle of Gaines Mills—now that 48
hours have passed, is found to be one of
even greater magnitude than we thought
when we saw the angry red sun go down on
our beaten—if not beaten, say shaitered
columns. The number engaged were, as I
then estimated, 30,000 upon our side. Upon
the enemy's fully 75,000. We have brought
across the Chickabominy 1,000 wounded.
The killed and wounded left upon the field
cannot be less than 4,500, and• still there are
3,000 to be classed as missing. Some of
these last will come in, but as many others
will straggle into the hands of the enemy-,
Not far Rote twenty guns were left on the
field. Each of these estimates is something
less than my Tears.
And the terrible fighting—the tornadoes
of musketry, and volleys of thunderbolts
from - hundreds of cannon—
' "The 40:4d:tot, and burst of stmll,
And hollowing of Um mortars,"
these have not been paralleled by this army,
despite Williamsburg and Fair Oaks. The
swollen list of martyrs is the terrible sad
evidence.
The movements of the lain hour of the
battle, by sifting and compinsing the state
ments of those engaged, 'are assuming a
more definite shape in my mind. Our lines
were broken at_the left of Martindale's "Mai
Lion, not, because oar men there fought less
bravely than. elsewhere,. but because the
enemy made that the point of' his - last des,
pearate, repeated uff..irts. They were
,simply
overpowered,-mortal men could do no more.
The, 12th aid 83dPa ,of Butterfield's
brigade t 'phsted ut his right,witlislcioli a part
of these - assaults, ;and then' gave.way only oii
findiag their Rink turned. Thal2th forever
erased the discreditable .record of
_Bull Run.
It actually' faced about at , the quick eye
which dictated the prompt command of its
officers and 'fought into the Rebel flank as
t hey-1m sh ed : 4 ft reit ghEheline.--It was then
and., therelhat Major Barnum;: Lieut. ea
Riehardsen;.and - Lieut. Col. Rice were be
roeit. Copt,: Rucker, of, the 12th, came - last
. froilithe wends; bringing but: J 4 Men of his
company.." Capt. Hoyt', - ef the brigade
repeatedly rode'' through, every regiment,
waviolf, therm .'on With; a • tegirnentaiffing, he
hackamid.froto . w man.
ouelyi apO.frem the su Orlin hien im •
plea, ' O en. Butterfield 'wits ^ tiotog Abe ,inethe
tbing,with,the other tattored , colore,. -
At.terothet nie; learning ; that. the.colors
of O. tegioiew by, a`misapprehension, cif 'in
orderkle bury thenrin the eoioi'of treett Wt.
they servo as a target, wire.nßon thtgr,eliad;
the *rn
ee ..OViteritt...rode-lto: the front, raised , .
their' from the„linst,, flatinted 661,6..1)00re his
mond stitred , thejn:with,hot weltds.. - .That
biolieeyvee nol . ,again trailed. - ; ,
Aiiil6l4We'lo;c,i4piiis"ofiVe attenipt to
stay tit ' s falllng'beleleaval(asharge.nfihe sth
• Cavalry, (regtilaiiYfrem' .. .lhe flat at the:left,.
- strata Ilia base if :the hill. felt info ' 4 *III=
ering , :firs:;.:Bat.i>ne.thirtft etlifeni came
buck., Harp . (
lalici l K, .th° B ° mOet etrwancinlaßYing the
4
me..Ona
- and -1 4pmeilitil,.wlieti,tlie peter:l;s;6lml "en.
eral;''vlad`den. Butterfield
liartiridare; , Oiid" . tliii'Fteech:,,:t3,fitieds.:'` got:
Iterdtin. Watt .friiiitie , hie.,ialet . ol9'"efferq,
stetio,tiljv dUchnigi ok./.lliit 14
W-B . :the
runttwOys. - . thesa,tiltd.. other./ off.
cersbreught:n , :rgathering i dark:teals
must by, tti enemy tor
reiorotOieewtel4feece. , "(The
artillerymen did,their whole duty----therpeo
p.led Hades. Those who lost their guns
stood by thehi , until hill the , corn pany4l. men
and horses, were struck down, and the am
munition expended, and in several instances
draggol them some distance by hand. ,'Had
they not been sold as dearly as they were;
had they been brought off when it was . pok•
sible, the main body of the corps must have
surrendered.
. • - -
The reader ivy not be able to reconcile
the fact that Ift; were defeated, with my
almost irdiserimivate award of praise, and
accounts of hard fighting. Let him bear in
mind that we should have held the ground
had not our ammunition given out; that the
'lumbers opposed were in vast excess of
ours; that the enemy were desperate. and
finally that they were led by Stonewall
Jackson, who is just now, and with reason,
their favorite leader.
1 have•said nothing of the generalship
CipTiiykrtiff - rho field: WhothFr - the — fteld
was judiciously chosen I have said nothing
Whether there was any necessity for allow
ing a battle to come on with such fearful
disparity of forces, I have said nothing.
These are questions that should be held in
abeyance. Were I to listen to the coin
'plaints, and accept the opinions of several
prominent officers engaged, I must answer
them in the negative. Were I to put on
record the assertions of those who have
seine claim to speak ex cathedra, I should
say each of the a - ove points were made
with more than ordinary generalship. For
the present, let the whole matter rest I
It my letter of yesterday is safely trans.
mined, you will notice that 1 give more
prominence to the fighting on the left of the
field. Naturally, I have written first and
most of wh t I actually saw, and if I ha. e
seemed to bring myself in the foreground of
the narrative, it is because I could be cer
tain of only those mo ements that came
under my eye. And could easiest recount
them by making the account one of personal
observation.
On the right, 119 st ted in yesterday's
letter, Gen. Sykes's division, consisting of
two brigades of regulars, and Warien's
brigade of fitlt and 10th New-York and Ist
Connecticut were in the first line.
Tali the day together, the action was less
severe here than at the left. I think I sin
warranted in saying this, and also that the
regulars•did not fight us well as many volun
teer regiments—if as well as the average,
certainly not to compare with the 12th New.
York, ifte 83d pentißylvania, the 2d Maine
andAe 22d Massachusetts. In one item
thcy'excelled the volunteers—they could be
retorme , when hey had fallen back corn
pletely out of fire, with less difficulty
It is the first battle in which the regulars
have taken any considerable part, and fight
ing side by side with volunteers they have
nut shamed the latter. 1 must advert once
more 'telhe terrible scenes with which the
day closed, in order to again t ote the super
human exertions made by officers to rally
the stampeders. I add these names to those
I mentioned yesterday, 41h1 d serving the
same enconiums—Col. Roberts, 2d Maine,
Major Von Vegesack, Butterfield's staff,
Maj. Welch, 16rh-Mich., and several t.flieers
of the 9th Mass., whose names I failed to
learn. Of course there were hundreds of
others of like gallantry, some in every regi
went, but no one man can speak from per
sonal observation of a tithe of the gallant
efforts to stay, that fell disaster.
The work of Evacuation—The Removal of
Stores from. hite Louse, Savages and
Dispatch Stations —Appearance of the
• Rebels—A Check.
LANDING ori JAMES RIVER, 17 MILES
BELOW llactimose,
Monday, June 30, 1862-12 m., 1111
There has been a aeries of battles—fierce.
ly contested, bloody, exhaustive battles—
floin Thursday, June 26 at Beaver Darn,
near Mechanicsville ' up to this hour, when
1 bear artillery and Musketry and shelling
from the Galena, and wounded men are
being borne by.
The army was put in motion for this point
on Saturday morning, Gen. Keyea's.corps
taking the front, next to which. followed,
Porter's thinned ranks and the enormans
trains of baggage Sum
nor's and Franklin's coros were left to face
the 'enemy and protect the retreat. The
railroad was at once given up. Troops of
the, enemy's cavalry appeared simultaneously
early on Saturday morning, at half a dozen
points between White House and Savage's
Station.
Early on Friday morning, before the bat.
tie of Gaines's dills, Gen. Stoneman left
Porter, taking with him the 2d and 6 h
(regular) Cavalry, the lith New York, Col.
Lansing, and the 18th Massachusetts, and
some artillery, and marched toward Old
Church and White Hodge? I have no word
of his movements,butl presume tie guarded
the railroad until the stores at the different
stations could be destroyed, and the scattered
detachments along the road could beat a
timely retreat either, to While louse or to
Savage's, and then fall back upon Yorktown,
Col. Farnsworth of the Bth Illinois Cavalry
sent two companies of his regiment, antler
Capt. Farnsworth, to Dispatch Station. 'six
miles from Savage's. The Captain emptied
the hospital, then burned all the stores at,
the station and protected the hospital train
into our lines, not, however, without brisk
skirmishing, and the loss of several of his
command. On Saturday the baggage tra 118
ut the whole army were started. Keyes
moved his divisions to White OA Swamps,
six miles south .of Savage's. At midnight
the l stores had been removed 'rom Savage d,
or heaped for burning- More than eight
hundred wounded were there. Becoming
aware that the place was not to be held,
perhaps a third of the more able wandered,
lame, and bleedmg, out in o the darkness.
and Ellowed th wagons. Surgeons volun
leered to remain with the others, Dr. Page
of Heintzelinan's division in charge.
day.broak on Sunday morning the
works in front were evacuated, the troops
falling back in line on the railroad, two miles
back. By 8 o'clock, the enemy appeared,
and engag ed portions of Smith's, Biehart.l
son's and .. Sedgwick's. divisions. He was
repulstat.by banes heavy fighting. The
affair fought near Pairs Oaks, in which our
loss was several hundred, may be known as
the battle of Peach Orchard. Again thit"
liho faced about, and took a position hear
Sevage's. Late in the afternoon the enemy
Caine 'and a similar struggle, with
eianilar.result, brought on night. these
ougagetneuts . the artillery was of the utmost
service, raking the enemy with canister,
repelling him, aided by but few volleys of
musketry, and Making his doss ten times our
own. '
The- action- at-Savages, -the-more-severe---of
the two, was Splendidly fought by both sides,
and the final repulse of the 'infuriated hordes,
of toe enemy.was completO• and destructive.
Glen. Ileinizelman commanded on the field.
In the early part of the same day Keyes
came'upon the enemy in front a small dis.
tenet; beyond White Odk Swamps--;squads'-.of
oavalry io every tood. Half reginieut came
charging full into Couch's Division, pursuing
dozee entirely un
suspicious of our approath in force: They
swept furiously, on, yelling and -brandishing
thhir , enthrtle; when, .01A porder.flash,
they-Iteredytta,ted tremendous surpriee,
Missked.battlrics - turned upon Rebels slough
ter as freely when they "quenched the genius
qtalVintbrap, -arid pid.t., 'Lillie% - band :came
spare up' tenve , gunti. a alight earthquak'e,
and, there_ were ;':thirty saddles. The:
. pureted- become the: : pursuers. _Sixty, one
pr)ionoie were takeit; nine-of i,--ItetenetoyAilled t
inoltiding, Major Ard,. two Wrid,
tOntywounded:' Wo did not r iosirii n.
Thiertioe - .little'job -- , vies - exeeutdd -- :by;Klapti. -
Flo94's..Qth det,Penneylvan4Xrtillery.
)'rota 10 o'olopic.,,uutil; , - Go.he freet the
oeturnee ` helted. ;ItioQleliatt t .'Keyee,
'Porce,r;'Pebk; gorrelf, .13Utterfield.
1- ••• "
-vicrein-anx.o r s'oodsu tette t e. enc.
my penetrated our design iri , -IteeliolOci;loter- •
iOoPtwit oortehfe'rable lie -*tie
°lode ttud, etroug'ppote. our Oar : vfaolio Otos°
I .4 l( totr - eitg.)o.:front - WOW(' the .rtiar guard'
'ght hint 'We could' hear " t o ugh -old
af 'Elint victory
wtie, the ipoken * .lot.'7untivoken:'irayCi; of , all
!beard's, - ( Wiirelleirittelmon,lieatett;itivntOt-';
,tilt' r)!iti.S If IheTa' ;TM* 4t ! " . i.t ) r,itk UPbei
ion.in front, the march to the James would
'be.disptited and delayed. It was an absolute
"nedelisiii that the. way-be tr , itapoded - - -- •There
were twenty-five miles of trains cooped up be
tweet' the advance and rear-guards.
Huddled among the wagons were 10,000
stragglers—for the credit of the nation be•it.
said that four fifths of them were - wounded,
.sick, or utterly exhausted, and could not have
stirred but for dread of the tobacco ware
houses of the South. The confusion of this
herd of men and mules, wagons and wounded,'
men on horse, men on foot, men by - the road
side, men perched on wagons, men searching,
for water, men famishing for food, men lame
and bleeding, men with ghostly eyes, looking
out between bloody bandages, that hid the
face—turn to soma vivid account of the most
pitiful part of Napoleon's retreat from Rus
sia, and fill out the picture—the grim, gaunt,
bloody picture of war in its most terrible fen•
tures.
It was determined to move on- during the
night.distaticol-e-T-ut-k-ey-ieland-Bridge
the point_ on_ James_liiver which was.to be
reached, by the direct road, was six miles.—
But those vast numbers could not move over
ono unrrof road in days ; hence every by
road, no matter how circuitous, had been
scorched out by questioning prisoners, and
by cavalry excursions. Every one was filled
by one of the advancing columns. The whole
front was in motion by 7 P. m ~ •G un. Keyes
in command bf the advatice.
I rode with Gen. Howe's brigade of Couch's
division, taking a wagon track through dense
woods and precipitous raxines, winding Skill
ously far around to the left, and striking the
river some below Turkey Island. Commenc
ing at dusk, the march continued until day
:-
light. The night was dark and fearfuL—
licavy thunder rol cd in turn along each
point of the horizon, and dark clouds spread
the entire canopy. We were forbidden to
speak aloud, or lest the light of a cigar should
preseut a target for an ambushed rifle, W 2
were cautioned not to smoke. Ten males of
weary marching, with frequent halts, as some
one of the hundred vehicles of the artillery
train, in our centre, by a slight deviation
crashed against a tree, wore away the home
to dawn, when we dettouolied into a unignifi
cent' wheat field. and the smoke stack of the
Galena was in sight. Xenophon's remnant
of the ten thousand, shouting the sea! the
sea! were not more glad than we. •
Wakened from my couch of newly cut wheat
by sharp spears of 8 o'clock sunlight stabbing
my eyes. I fade to this place, and have since
been industriously trying to ascertain the nit
tuition. I learn that 25 miles of wagon trains
were moving last tri,zht., and that not a single
disaster occurred to them The entire siege
train, one only of the heavy guns expected,
is brought safely off. The rear guard hold
White Oak Swamp, with prospect of heavy
work to•day.
A word as to the destructou of stores du
ring the last two days.
Porter's entire train. Was brought over the
Chickahominy before the battle of Friday,
hence nothing was
_lost there. At Savages,
when inat place was abandoned, 1,700 cubic
feet of ammunition, and enormous heaps of
quartermaster's and sutler's stores, officers'
baggage and soldiers' knapsacks, were do:
stroyed, and at every halting place since, the
fagot has been busy with whatever could be
transported nu fin they. 1 can form no esti
mate of the entire value, but it is immense.—
One thing is certain, but little has fallen into
the enemy's hands.
I close to ride back to the renr—uovr our
front. C. A. P.
FOUTREEIS MONROE, Tuesday, Ju'y 1, 1862.
A gunboat has just arrived from the scene
of notion yesterday, - ten miles above City
Point
That division of our army has been figh.
ting four days, and has retreated about 17
miles.
The fight of yesterday was most terrific,
he enemy having three to our oue
The battle commenced with our laud for
ces. and after about hair hours' fighting, our
gunboats gut in range, and poured into the
ltebels a heavy and incessant tire.
, This tire the Rebels stood for a couple of
hours, and then retreated.
Our troops have captured, notwithstanding
then disadvantages, a largo number of artil
lery pieces and 2,000 prisoners.
Among tho prisoners caPtured Is the Rebel
General Magruder.
The p 1 .co where this last action took place
is near Turkey Creek
The retreat of the Rebels last evening was
with great disorder. and their loss has hem)
very heavy, much greater, it is thought, than
ours.
There is nothing definite, however, in re
gard to losses.
lu the retreat forced upon Gen. McClellan
by the superior numbers of the enemy, I
learn that be had to spike his siege guns and
leave them on the field, after burning the
carriages. The nature of the ground render
ed it , impossible In move them.
In the retreat many of our sick and wound
ed were necessarily lett behind.
FORTRESS Mormon, July 1. 1862.
The loss of the enenty hi killed and wound
ed alone yesterday (Monday) in said to have
been nut less than 4,000 SP
Gen Shields' army arrived here this morn
ing, and have proceeded up the James River
They conic in Vessels via Annapolis.
Cul restioudence of the Associated Press
FORTRESS MONROE, July 2
The steamer Darnel Webster has just arri•
vod here from City l'oiut with upward of 800
wounded on hoard.
A gentleman, who came down in charge of
them, informs Me that yesterday was the sixth
day that the ,bottle had been going on with
the moot terrific fighting that the Bun ever
shone upon. It extended the whole length of
our lines. We have lost a great many men
in killed wounded and missing', probably
15,000 to 20,000. le informs me that Gen.
Illcelellan's headquarters are at Hardy's L
too. ° today, and his, lines extend live ; :miles
above, toward Richmond. This move of the
right wing of thO army was predetermined
upon and planned ten days ago, and would
-have been carried out sooner but for certain
reasons well known in the army, but which it
would not be proper to state.
The enemy's forces have greatly outnum
bered ours in almost every action, but not
withstanding this they have been repulsed
oftener than we have, and their loss tar ex•
ceeds ours.
4 i is now's* that we have lost yery few of
our AT° gnus, most of them having been
tuoved in-safety.
There have been a great many wounded
prisoners taken en both sides
Our informant says that Gen. Idcelellan
and his staff all agree shut the present posi
tion of our army is far more advantageous as
a base of operations against Richmond Riau
that hitherto. occupied.
The guithows can now be brought to hear
and materially aid in carrying ou the work.
Some of our regiments have suffered terri
bly, while whirs, have but little The New
York .sth suffered terribly. They made a
most heroic. straggle, and did great havoc
atnong the-enenty. About—one-half-,-of—their
number are killed, wounded and taken-pri
soners-
Our left wing wationgaged yeaterday, July
1, up to 2 o'olocli with the enemy, moatly
with artillery. The: enemy's force, as gnat:
ered front prisoners, who were tuenibere of
Beauregard'e Western army; was 185,000,
men, while our effective force ,was not eicteed'
W.ABIIIgOTON, July 1
,A dispatch frocn Geo. ltleGlellen:. just. re,
noire(' at the War. Tiepqrtment, tdated L. Front ,
Berkley,.ftarrison's Bir, Jul); 2," states that
be has succeeded' in getting his' ariny te that
place„on,the hanks of the James River, and:
has lost: .hut otte.gun, which had to lie nbrui,
donid last night (Tuesday) because. it brokO
down.
Th`at. nil hour and "a half agdflie Veer of the
wegod• train Was wltlito mile of the dainp;
and only one wagon ab'andeded-;:that.:we'had
iseveru battle yesterday (Tuesday); that 7l e"
beat , the' eiiiimy .rifed ttfitjpg even,
beteiii.; , that , all the- men. ar,e'- In
good, "and ;,that the. vi-enfovoetuentii
- Teem 'Washingkosi l have 'ikyrlve,d.
,The - Chßtgc ,q/ Nighe March,
' Through the. '
'March iout of RfichplVizel: • ' •
• ',; T
•
.1' • 1, - Mohdrky,-.Jun'a 8(i-43' , p: re'
Keyes's corps marthed :through the White
• OSk .Swamp.' by, the bridges of.'thpt, nem),
:Peck's Otyisirin tirrived,'st 1l .Tw/It' OSki
:.farm hotitie 'eutiset. - StrAggling.lieglie to
,trtlinifest its evitonitztifrOwthe , mornettt the
coin rnaneForward" was given at the Seven
..--•
• NreThittieitConr blankets not with" - ,eheer-
Jobless on,Siattirdtiy, , night. ...The change of
tier:firnife b'ase , is as etceedingly delicate
operatiOn,:whoso snecess. must: nedessarily
depend tin 'celerity. , Why was this division
_ordered hal( hero?• We can. march by
night:Jos' well aa' by 'day 7 , -aye, and better
Why do We halt?
Sanditi morning came, and soon brought
With - . it a,strange stampede ul hundreds of
mule teams with their, wagons attached,
parked its the further side of a vast wheat
field, The'. terror that impeded the muss
into frantic.; motion was electric from one
end of the line to the other At the • sane
'time, and with the square front of a cavalry
brigadeilhese obstinate animals, coupled by
sixes, charged forward, scattering dnvers,
soldiers. and officers. The thunder of the
wagons and the cries of the teamsters, ads
--Underatood-by--the-eamped_soldiera-in-ad
vance-of khe Beene, shook the nerves.of the
timid, and it was but a moment before the
demoralizing cry or "The Rebels are corn
ing," thrilled through the regiments. Had
I a list of. the names of the officers who
ran under its whipping and spurring,
I certainly would publish it.
Musketry firing and the near report of
cannon, about tii o'clock of Sunday fore
noon. Saddles welt on to excited horses in
double.quick. The, sounds ceased with th
thorough excitation of the troops within
hearing of it. A North Carolina regiment,
coining in,unconsci .us of our presence, was
fired uptn and charged upon baron! it could
get out of the way. ,O.te of the Runts of
Carolina was among the 22. priso 'era brought
in—the Major of the regiment—shot through
the lungs, and the Inlet of death wits upon
his brow as he was carried to headquarters.
The hours of suspense and of torment go
by-and the orderto mach does hot come.
It is the continuous. gate like switig, from
right to left which shall make this change
or base successful. Wiry do we not march.
Four u'clock• Hurrah I An orderly, dis
mountit', from a horse whose flanks heave
with the haste with which he has been rid
den, brings a message to Gen. l'eck to the
effect that his division will march precisely
at 4 p m. I kissed my steed as I tightened
Ins saddle girth. But was there ever punc
tuality In tho movements of an army .?••
six, the column of Abercrombie le.ving filed
past, we came out from the shade of the
Twin Oaks, and went into the shade of the
forest. A guide led us. We were to march
y a side road toward the Turkey Bottom
Bridge The distance to the base upon
James Baver, which we sought to establish,
- was reckoned upon our imperfect maps,
to be only eight miles.
We brought up the rear of the column.
Its head was tiles away froth us. The path
was an ancient road for planters' use, over
-- ctirdee by - ti ine - anff
rains. Darkness came soon with its shades,
and from the tnoment that it grew dark, the
iminense line of wagons and troops began
to catch, arid hitch, and halt. A night
march of our army, through a forest was a
new experience to me. Fifteen feet—fifty
feet, was a considerable . dvanee, when in,y
horse stopped ; at the instant the. Captain's
ahead of me stripped—and Ins stopped,
when a wagon half a toile ahead stopped.
There the'hub of an ambulance was locked
into a pine, atid the sleeping driver of the
succeeding carriage had unconsciously choked
the narrow road by allowing his horses to try
to pass the disabled ve idle. Alf night
long, these stoppages and delays occurred—
occured from bad driving, from the iniry
depths of the streams which crossed the
highway—from the narrowness of the road,
and the intrusion upon it of the Incest trees.
Acid as often as these delays took place, the
footfalls of thit litragglers upon the dried
branches in the woods on either side could
be continuously heard, and when forced, to
the road, their stealthy march could be seer,
flitting by in the faint starlight, which stole
through the treetops.
A breaking short off of the tongue of a
caission, ~ w.gun imposed a long -
Witter
beerinie Ait ?Object of passionate' and savage
search. ' Where there re lights there are
farm hooses; and five of us rode towards
the CD Ildhl'S beams With a snort and a
recoil, my horse kept shying objects on the
field which I could tiot distinguish.
• Halting arid marc hing, waiting and mov
ing, silent and listenin ', the g eat corps
&armee crept through the dark woods. To
light a match to fir • the tobacco iu the pipe
was a crime. Mules had been excluded
from the column, to avoid th.-fir ever tuneful
throats. Cum versa( ion, save in whispers, wus
interdicted. The armed thousands, no the
batteries of cannon, and the iinuruense trains
of wagons moved in darkness and silence
Byer the sandy and tree capped old road.
Lry two o'clock in the morning the irritating
and consequently exhausting character o f'
the march began to tell on the column. The
upsetting of a buttery forg e wagon in a unit'
made a halt that promised to be long. We
tumbled off our horses and soon were asleep
on the 'ground. It seemed but a minute
before we were all ou our feet. A. charge
like a thunderbolt, down the steep roadway,
parted ours
,and our escort's horses in the
centre, and scattered the dragoons into the
woods: A span of runaways produced the
effect of:a squadr.oi of cavalry. The panic
subsiding in laughter, the orderlies began to
look for the animals which had been given
them to hold. Three were mi sing among
them a horse in whom I had a vital interest.
The search Ut him Was thorough and gen
erons—but Behemoth could not have been
found in that forest by night. I philosophi. ,
cally arranged in my mind the style and
quality of my walking for the rest of the
campaign in my poor old shoes, and laid
down to sleep again. Befors I lost myself,
a net' laughter among the dragoon, and. a
whispered; cry of re lie is after all,"
culled me quickly up and into the crowd of
horses. There was ••Bayard" induced, at his
customary amusement of biting his near•
est neighbor horse upon the rum p. I mount
ed him to make sure of him, and . then
pulled out my watch to feel its hands and
the hour of the night —and,then, clasping the
horse around the - neck, fdl forward and
went to -810ep.
When in motion again, a gond soldier
whispered to me, 4 •Thereis ever risk, you
ktilw, of talking wrong roads on night, march.
es and retreats, in a strange country."
"But every column is provided with
guldens . '
-"So . eyeiy regiment is provided with porn•
tnissarins,J and yet ell of them have' at times
been !deviled for food." ; •
Listening for distant musketry on our rear.
Where Sumner and Ileisitzelman wore, anti
listening for cavalry on our.. flank, and halt...
ing.and_rnarohing, :Ind- sleeping find waiting
—silent the while as in funeral procession
we walked and walked till-a reached
and a clearing to the east enabled us to see
the corning: dawn- of day. , Welcome I The
clear light Came at hat and 'revealed the prirt,..
ipnl cautte i tif the most ", halting end Wearing,
march I. over made, Nearly every tree on
the road wits barked and torn by the, wagon
Istibs The.evidencee of the 'necessity to pry'
and lift the veltielos.baolt into .tbe road-bed'
were copstant,-• , . AS 71. - the'rear. of the divislpn
came . out. 'o the' forelit untie 'the - great. 'oOti,er:
'and wheat ,fields 'of the llnt alt estate 'and
ution.tho - blgh groutid.whieh-skirted Alieta it
was evidont AO. our.- artillery; Wan to, be , .
planed .And off to, the , West`tbe, niattts,•of ibe
iron clad steninera at anchor in tlie, James
ItlVeriWeren.visible. :Were' the.baoks. Opposite
their guns'ii-highl Cstedint their tire toireeP '
f tlferplairr ? MustiGfall.in% paraboye . 06*
throne . ' Abe sir 3 s'l ' - •
Ile tens f' are4iitobed. the cradled wbitat is
brougitijn,ln :bundles; an d titter wrinotred.ool,
fee-and curse,.or hard broad liave.ogain
been. enditrtl,,,ke fell Ce'the untbrailnid,ttirnw,
40d are ' nee.foir•lo lig ' There' is
:that' In, War fropi
the roar artillery.. Oar - retie guard is.
engaged otipeslin Sav , nge's, Station', 444'.8 11 1n1 •
,her, and Kearney, - and !looker. and Sickles,
•b# the..poOsuit - of the enemy ! What. no de le
thietiti=th,Oefi, . POrter is -- kiatight.. while yet,
in!.,the 'Woods. • 'Battles ere to be loreed on_me
then before we ire in , position, •on the '4T111:110tl
River.! Thursday, Friday,laturday, Sun(bly,i
- ,nd now „..15londay—iighting a - nd inerchiug
wlthout'oiMatioti. troOpa,`cian
it t - ebolo will certainly etooft. no
We have got to fight:. Thtsy_will make_us.fight,
-They-can - afford - fili - iiike us fight, for they
have three soldiers to our one, and their eon'
soription law will keep their NO regiments
chock full, slaughter them as we may. , And
mind me, Northern friends—their regiments'
fight with a desperate courage. They go - with
orderly joy upon the muzzles of our guns.—
Neither French nor British infantry ever
charged field batteries with steadier fury.
The fire from Porter's column grows louder
and louder. Rebel artillery, and infantry;
discov.red about 1 o'clock in the afternoon,
tiecretednear us in the woods, into which they
had marched down from Richmond, drew the
shell-firing of the Galena, or her edisort.—
Thrown high in the air, the immense shells
exploded above the ambush. Of course, they
must go. But Infie Sumner, and lionized.
man, and Franktiu, and Porter, got to fight
thlir way to the' river—fight in the woods,
out of sight of the positidu on the riven which
was to ho our aro of safety ? If they have,
_can_ ite_oltanze_othase..o.f_tke_imporiled_artn
be acoompliShed ?
Oh, where are the reenforcements that
should equalize this unequal and bloody
butchery in that dark forest
Farewell! The order is given for the regi
ments to form- in line of battle. Prisoners
sent-in by Porter declare that. 116 regiments
marched out of Richmond this morni.g.
The Battle of White Oak tivrariap—The
Pennsylvania Beverve—Exeellent Be•
havlor of the Men Generally.
TURKEY BRIDGE, JAMES RIVER, Tuesday,
' July 1, 1862. f
Another tremendous battle, more' terrible
carnage yesterday. From Wednesday to
Monday has Ode army been fighting—a six
days' battle. or, if you please, forty battles.
Early .yeeterday morning the enemy an
peered in force at White Oak Swamp, the po•
sition we had assumed during the night pre
vioue. In this retreat—why hesitate to use
that word ? —he has not, in a single instance,
long hesitated to attack--he slid not now.—
By noon the action had commeneetl—the bat.
Ile of White Oak Swamp. Musketry had not
ceased when 1 left the field at 10 P. m It
Will scarcely rank in magnitude with Gaines
Dill, and yet we did not suffer more, nor
cause to suffer more, at Fair Oaks.
It. is impossible for me to give a circum
stantial it coount of this battle, raging as it dbl
ten hours, and extending along a lino of 2i
and fonght on ground euch that net
one•tenth of the field was in view from any
one point of vision At least three fifths of
of what remains of McClellan e army was en
gaged or in immediate insert's. Ileinixel
tnan's, Summer's, and Franklin's corps were
thus. and a portion of each of Keys' and
Porter's. More could scarcely' have been
brought. into an action had the fate of the
country depended on the one effort. Not so
many can be brought into line to day. And
yet we only barely held our ground—per
hope not mute.
I shall have to hurry on to the results
)ur less of_ymeterdssy, s irmy be estimated at
.000. Many of these are prisoners. The
Munsylvania. Reserve were again in the thic k. This morning they do nol muster 8,000
men. Add to these 1,000 who are straggling
and will yet come in, and the—number ie less
loan half that they began with at Beaver Darn.
They lost severely there, they were more than
decimated the next day at Gaines Mills. and
yesterday they shrank to this small measure.
The leader Gen McCall, is severely wounded
and in the enemy's hands• Our Brigade Com
wander, Gen. J. J Reynolds, is a prisoner at
Richtnond, another. Gen Geo. G. Meade. lies
iu a.tent near us seriously wounded. Officers
of lower grade they have lost in about the
same proportion. Of the Bucktail REtiment
not a hundred respond to the toll-call.
And. HO with other divisions. For the lose•
es of the last six days cannot be less than
15,000 It is only hoped that they will not
reach 20.000.
Our Generals behaved like Napoleon's un
der his oAn eagle eye. Geo McCall was se
verely wounded in the ettuulds, but refumil
to leave the field or dismount. At night,
when the enemy had been driven back, his
lo r 32. waeloand dead and this is all that is.
known of his fate. • How Generals Richard
eon and Dana, always well up in the melee.
escaped unhurt, seems miraculous. The same
may be said of scores. Gcn. Burns and Gen.
Brooks were - each slightly wounded, but. neitiv•
or so disabled as to leave the field. Col. Wy
man, 1001 Massachusetts, was killed iu the
let day, under.what. circumstances I cannot
say, but in a bray tight it may he warranted,
for such was the place he always sought.—
Col Oinks, 1911 i Massachusetts, fought his
regiment until he had less officers than coin
p odes, nittle two bayonet charges, and fought
his men until at length he fell wounded.
Let it be recorded here, thatn regiment al
ways fights precisely like' its officers. This
faot recurs to tile as 1 speak of the 19th, since
that furnishes one of the most notable in
stances bearing on the assertion. no vary •
ing fortunes or the field are shown by the tact
that each side took guns, and large numbers
of prisoners. Among thous taken from the
enemy are Col Lamar of Georgia, ex-M. C.,
the noted Secessionist of long standing, and
Col Pendleton, of a Louisiana regiment., for
merly of Cincinnati. A whale brigade was
captured by Ileintzelman --a small brigade,
11100 strong. Perhaps 3000 were taken during
the day.
That the enemy's loss of the last week more
than exceeds our own. is as nearly certain as
anything can be of which there is no direct
proof. Ile has lost fewer by capture than we,
( but his killed and wounded must fully,halance
the account. By fighting the enemy in chosen
positions, where the arti.lery could play havoc
with all who should attempt Its approach, we
piled his dead in wiurows. Our superiority
in artillery has saved the army from utter
annihilation. And yet the most tenacious
struggles have been over these very guns
The enemy never fails to attetnpt their cap
ture—evidently having a wholesome sense of
their value.
Yesterday the gunboats participated to the
extent of stlencing,a rebel
,battery they had
succeeded in getting into play upon our bag
gage trains.
I
THE LATEST WAR NEWS
On the afternoon of the 4th, Gen. McCallan
telegraphed to Washington that no fighting
had been done since irtiesdnoy, when the ene
my were repulsed with great slaughter. The
present position of the army WilB taken for
the purpose of being covered by r ur gunboats.
Our forces were not beaten in ,nny conflict,
nor could they he driven from the . field by the
utmost. efforts of the enemy. No gunsAave
been lost since the 27 ult., when Gen. ‘411,o•
Odrs division was suddenly overwhelmed by
superior nunahersOind twenty•tive pieces were
copier - oil by the enemy. On the 4th, the ar
my was drawn up for review. The sick and
wounded are being Bout forward to the hospi
tale. No rliii emont of 'the eitrualitlee of the
eight days' tiohting can be furnished at. pres
ent.
General Nlcelollan's present poeition oau•
not be flanked, no matter how superior the
force liis army has received supplies of all
kinds in abundaboo,
The position where Oen.Clellan's army
is now encamped: is between eight and ten
miles below City Point, on the opposite side of
theidver, and' is about twenty •eeven miles
i old Riehmond.
The rebel gunboat. Teaser was capteired in
the Jimtis river, on the 4th root. Very im
portant papers were found on her.% . • '
• On the let, inst., at lloonville, the 2d
Michigan cavalry, two regiments; oomprising
,"428 M '
en were attacked, n
by saline three of
rebele, ahont-4700 in number. ._ After seven
hours' figliting,. the rebels .w ere driven back.'
With a heavy ..' , , •
Tho War Department—lies received official
intorm a tien of the capture; on • the 15th ult., of , 0 tilt at Si. 11Iarke, F10rid a ............
• the V. S. solitiotter Benuregard has esp,-'
lured ihe',Eliglielf schooner Lucy, from 11a-,
vane. while endeavoring' to pull, the r blockade.
The--steamer- -Somerset has captured the
'enlionnery-Curlevr,• froth Havana, and 'also a
el.eattiegioading - wi(ln - nottotrin , Dead
_Vay.,...Tne % nlgut gowery, has capt9r44..., 011 11 1 . 9 -.
the .W1:4 3. ..
The, lZienville lice cai4ured; oft Cape
schooner Nlorning , ,Star, Scrota rinstiatv.
Richmond vole illuminated on ilie.2,r , idet,
fionor of tne yie‘dry over, the , Fetleratarniy..
Tnemiailsdo theittriny,will,ho.thrivarded,ati;
ati,lierciftiftire ," '
Ftiteltiousiggi tragrodelbildlietin 'orderpd.
by GeM"Lititler io work* eittlid the'"Crese
Betid,:oPpititi.Vlottatturg • '
',fltelPreeident, Wm, geminated
• z'oltnan...Sdniner z Reysntad yliz:4ll4,
aeireritle in the regd
. tar groV2titia' hfajor Clonoials'ot voluntei)rn.
Gem - MeChillaiTeeeiVed additional troops
on the fourth of July. Artillerymen, horses,
&0., have been'sent him.
It is understood that Brig. Gen. 'Andrew
Porter, Provost Marshal of tho army of the
PotomnO, has arrived at. Washington with dis
patches from Gen. McClellan.
A squadron has been formed in the James
river under command of Capt. Chas. Wilkes
In a skirmish- on the 9th inst. on General
McClellan's left wing, 1000 rebels and three
Small batteries were taken.
For the past low days the rebels have shown
little disposition to fight. . ..
The canal across the neck of lent opposite
Vicksburg is nearly completed. The channel
of the river will he thus turned, and Vicks
burg left about two miles from the river.
The rebel force which was at Vicksburg is
staled to have been 16,000 men.
The return of the French Princes to Europe
is in pursuance of a purpose formed several
weeks ago. attd postponed at much inconve
nienee, only Irons their anxiety to "assist" at
the impending battles before ittch - intufd.
Spirited Address of General Merlon an
11l his Army on the'Fourtit of July.
Headquarters Army of the Potomac—Xamp_
near Harrison's Landing. July 4, 1862—Sol
diers of the Army of the Potomac : —Your
achievements of the last ten days have illus
trated the valor end endurance of the Ameri
can soldier. , Attacked by superior forces
and without, hope of reinforcements, you
have succeeded in getting your base of oper
ations by a flank movement., always regarded
as the most hazardous of military expedients.
You have saved' all your material, all your
trains and all your guns, except a few lost;
id battle, taking in return guns and colors
from the enemy.
Upon your march you have been assailed
day after day with fury by men of the same
race and nation, skilfully massed and led.
Under every disadvantite of number, and
nece , sarily of position also, you have in
every couflict — lieaten back your foes with
enormous al.tughter.
Your con duct ranks you among the cele
brated armies of history.
No one will now question that each of you
may always say, with pride, "1 belong to the
army of the Potomac."
You havereached this new base complete
in organization and unimpaired in spirit.
The enemy may at any time attack you
We are prepared to meet them. Let them
come, and we will convert their repulse into
a final defeat
Your government is strengthening you with
the resources of a great people.
On this, the nation's birth clay, we declare
to our foeS, who are Rebels against the b, et
interests of mankind, that this army shell
enter the capital of the so called confederacy ;
that our notional constitution shall prevail,
and that the Union, which can alone insure
internal peace and external security to each
• State. must and shall be preserved, cost what
it may in time, treasure or blood.
[Signed] OLOROM B. MCCLELLAN,
Major General Commanding:
The Enlistment of State Troops
Important Generni"Ordar
Harrisburg, July 7.—The following itn.
portant genet al order has just been issued:
flechlquarters of the Pennsylvania Militia
Harrisburg July 7th,. lb62—General . Or
der, 'Nu. ..28—In organizing, the •iuote re
quired from Pennsylvania, under the late
call of the President of the United States, it
is ordered
First • Troops will he accepted by sqado
or c , meanies, as hereinafter is icated,and
will as rapidly as rOzSild • be organized into
comp knies and regimen's.
Secnd. Persons prop( sing to organize
coir.panies witl lin accepted titider the follow
in provi•io is, and nut otherwise, viz: To
he commissioned 'a captain, the applicant
must hay. , furnished forty or more men who
have pas ed the surgeon's examinants and
been mustered in the U. S. service. To be
commissio ed a first lieutenant from twenty
five to forty men must have becn furnished
as above' To be commissioned a secund
lieutenant from fifteen to twenty five men
must be furnished as , above.
Third. Transportition to the central do
pot, Campeurtin, will be furnished on appli
cation, in person, or by mail to Capt. R. J.
Dodge, U. S. A., Superintendent of the
Voiunteer ite,..ruititig service for Pennsylva.
nia, at Ilarrisburg, to wham report must be
made.
Fourth. The actual and necessary expen
ses for boarding and lodging 01 troop • raised
under this order will be psid by the United
States disbursing officer at this post, for a,
period not exceeding twenty days, at rate
nut exe 'eding forty cents per day for each
matt mustered Into the service of the Uni , ell
States, on the atlida .it of th officer furnish
ing the men, supported by the receipts of
the party to whom the money was paid.
• Fifth. Squads will be organized into
companies at Camp Curtin hs rapidly as
possible, the companies formed into regi
ments, field officers appointed and commis
Biotic(' by the Governor, and th regiments
initneili.itely placed at the disposal of the
War Department.
. .
Sixth As a r.ward for meritorious con
duct, and also to secure valuable military
experience, appointments of tiold officers will
be made (except mder peculiar e reumstan
ces) from men now in active service.
By - order of
A. G CUItTIN,
Governor and Commander in Chief.
A. L. RUSSELL, Adjutant General
The War Department has issued the fol
lowing orders:
War Department, Washington, D C., June
21 1862—Pursuant to a joint resolution of
Congress t,p encourage enlistments in the
regular army and voluuteer torces, it is or
dered that a premium of . s2 shall be paid
for each accepted recruit that volunteers for
three years or during the war; and. every
soldier who hereafter enlists. either in the
regular army or volunteer force, for three
years or during the war. may receive bii
first mouth's pay in advance upon the mus
hiring of the uompany,into the service of the
Duited'States, or arta. ho shall have 'been
mustered into and joined a regiment already
in the service. This order will be transmit
ted to the Governors of the States and mus
tering officers
(Signed)
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Sooretnry of %Vor
emerald.
• CARLISLE, PA.. -
Friday, July 11, 1862.
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in thoso and. aro.autirwlsod to take Advertise—
ments and fiubsoriptions for neat our lowest rates. ~
rota„;tl. very large pintion n . cif..eor paper this
week, is,given to W. tietalletLitnit very grophie
deso s ription of the recent bloody, women:tent&
in whieh the Union artnieehaito het= engnioil.
•
We ask pojailulgeneo of oor readers for this
#lling our paper; for we know that nothing
we could givethem , , EV
t.) OTI with one..
the interest whieh Invests_art iQtolligilile
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•glesi for :theleu t rentady (Coe . government.-
ROMLUITING COMMENCED. --T hirty• offers or
.
Coaqiiities have already . been made to the.Atl-,
j i itani.Generares•Department: of thlis State,-in
-eetiimase-to the'GovernoemprociamatiMi. No
.
i j oginsMatal.olficers,. will be itppo.inted until
regiments are formed of comptitilea inyeatap,
and company officers will he eitpointed - ,in, pro.
portlon tpl thy numtnii'Of 2 mint , •
•
• g.After eeaeon'oe cold" niteiet
-weather, the sun bee come out In its atreestli,
eitesmg , rigetat toe to take e fresh' alert.% The
W!ilather tie heetta too'aplttperh'slis,' het
pi• ;An dee , etwoo* tied
the , preateei: :whaiiittat'7l6l4 of
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"TO ARMS, YE BRAVESI"
Oncethore is Pennsylvania called 'npOn
to contribute more brave men to aid in saving
thp_sounjry.__Sliall_the appeal be unheeded?
We should be sorry to say it would. On the
contrary, we believe that our full quotti will
be furnished. But to do this requires some efL
fort on the part of our people. We must not
waste our time in framing feeble excuses,
and paltry subterfuges. Our trothers
upon us to re inforce them, now that they are
placed in an extremely harardouy position.
Shall we leave them in this, their dire ex
tremity to struggle against triple their nuns•
ber ? The very bones of those slain in the
swamps of the Chickahorniny, would rise up
and rebuke us. Let us then, at once com
mence recruiting, and before another week
we can have another company from old Cum-
I,ts wny to rescue.
Meeting of the Senatorial Confer-
once
The Senatorial conferees of Ole 16th Sen
atorial District met at Newport, on Thursday,
July Bth, 1882.
JAMES M. &units, of Juniata county. was
unanimously elected to represent this Sena
torial District in the State convention. He
was-instructed to vote for the nomination of
TnomAs CoonaAN, of York, for Auditor Gen
eral, and JOHN Rowe, of Franklin, for Survey
or General.
The Tactics of Traitors in Lan
caster County.
Under this caption, the Lancaster Exprfie
publishes several notes from subscribers who
have requested a discontinuance of their pa
per, on account of the unmerciful' castigation
the Express has been adminisferirg to the
Northern secessionists who inhabit that fair
region We too, in Cumberland, are cursed
with the presence of some just such miserable,
wretches; and although, as yet, they have
proved too cowardly to rainounce their sym
pathy as boldly as the instance we give below.
yet their covert treason' is so thinly disguised
as to leave not tne slightest doubt of their
real sentiments. To all such, we commend
the remarks of the Express, as portray ing the
determiaation of the loyal sentiment of the
North, to root out and furnish traitors' at
home, as well as insurrection in Secessia.—
The following is the note of the #ubscriber,
and the remarks of the editor :
MMUS. PE•ELSOL k GENT: Stop minding that Ylta
nhoot the _Saturdny—Expresa to my nildren , .../f you
think Pim, you can give thu Bain:ince in four hands
to TUE P 0•10 THOHCIIILLKSH BEINGH Ni Hu C1...TH1, IMPL'I BY OF
THIC 51004e0T :iloctourintri TOE 311.10ICHT TO KILL 1111111
•ere poor Widd'•wa & orphan Chi Wino now
sulluriog for the nessennaries of life—You have n per
foot right to be MI abolition harpin but you hara not
the Fb•ddlnr of right to insiounte Your VULVAS
lirownio se-itimunts in my family ago ust my wish.
13. M. MARPLit.
My address is South lleruiltsg• 1' 0 Laucab3if
Couuty.
Mr. Marp}e is entitled to more credit than
some others of his own way of thinking, inas
much as lie don't disguise either his sympathy
for his traitor " brothers," contempt
for our loyal soldiers! Ills contemptible lau
gungws applied to his brave autl
luyalneigh
bore, now fighting the battles of the Union,
proves hint to be us good a rebel as any man
within the lines of the Confederate army—
only lacking the courage to f.houlder a mus
ket; and-•the only objection we have to him
is that lie is. on the wrong side of the military
liner;. The sooner be leaves fur Dive, the
better it will be for himself tind the credit of
the county, and the Intro like him he takes
with him, though they be :übscribers to the
Expreact lie better we will like him!
Our book•kreper informs us th.st there is a
balance" of lifty•elx cents due this Salle:-
buery revel. /t is subject to his order and we
hope, he feta come to Lancaster and collect it in
person. We would like to look hint in the face
niitl t3eo' how much he resembles his 490
“brothers” who paS - sed through on the cars
the oilier day, and whom '• the poor thought
less beings. who, in the impulse of the moment,
shouldered the musket," in tiritabright's gallant
regiment, did not happen to "kill" when in
the act of making war upon the Union and
the Constitution of our lathers! We want
Mr. Marple to, distinctly understand that we
will not give the balance ut tiny six cents due
him to the " poor widows and orphan chil
dren" of the brave and loyal men whom he,
andlraitors like him, reg rd as " thoughtless
beings" and murderers—tor that is the plain
meaning of his language. The loyal men and
women of Lancaster will see that those do not
suffer for the necessities of life. The Jews of
old would have been leas guilty in giving to
the poor the o 0 pieces of silver, " the price of
blood," with which the Saviour was betrayed
"into the hands of sinners," than we would
did wo give this rebel's fifty . six cents to the
holy cause of killing his " brothers" who have
taken up arms against the government of our
fathers. Let him call for it It is a badge
of treason. It is the insignia of infamy. We
would none of it. It he don't take it away
we will put it in a glass case, with the origi
nal manuscript of his letter in the bielcground,
labelled in red letters, "A TRAITOR'S PEI 1011,"
and place it on ethibition as a warning to
traitors iu loyal communities for time to
come
N<. 13. If there aro any more of the Marple
stripe among our subscribers. the tio. ner they
let us know their real sentiments the better.
We have "enlisted for thii war" against trea
son, whether armed or unarmed, and, like the
gallant. Itousseilu, are " for the government.
of our fathers against all thine), and every
body." Supported as The Express is by every
loyal 111 , 111 in this community, we are just as
well prepared to battle with treason in the
aggregate as by detail.
Er The Democratic State (laureation,
met at Harrisburg on the 4th inst.
On the sixth ballot, ISAAC SLENIS.EII., Eiq.,
of Union county, was nominated for Audi
tor General, It L. Watour, Esq., of Phila
delphia, the candidate throe years ago, 'vim
led off with 39 vdtes, and retained them 'to
the end, being the leading competitor. They
were unwilling to take any man, however
faithful to 'their organization, who had to
boar the prestige of defeat, and, therefore
Mr. Stcskisit was selected, who has not been
in public_ life for thirty years. ..TAMES P.
Bang,' of Allegheny county, whose great
disTinotion is that ho hail the boldness to
nominate JAMBS BUCIIANAN for reelection to
the Presidency, in the Pittsburg Pad, .of
which ho is publisher, was nominated for
Sarveyer. , ,General-ou the;so - -
A long series of resolutions were passed,
which with some few exceptions - breathe - the
spirit of resistance to the Nat tonal Govern
ment, and sympatbymith armed treason, on
'which the Breckenridge.Vallandighata De.
mooraoy expect to carry Pennsilvanis, next.
Gociattrb• the country, if these intlitr-
Xpotionists are . to' have any' control of it,.
ikarNowls, -the time to cleanse cellars,
yards, alleys and - 'lanes in the city, and
throughout the Cotiety, as 'a meniure of pre
caution against
,epidemios likely to break out
during th:e hot', weather—of Summer. Comte
quenify disinfecting Agenta.are desirable ; and
we, submit , the.iollewing either of which will
be found ilsoftil,f . ,
tinepint - of the liquid of chloride of Ole,
in ono pailful of water. , This ie. perliapic; the
iriost effeotille of anything that can dio
and Vvhen - dfirriwo upon decaying vegetable
patter of any Jeseription, vrill - effeotivelY de
elroY-sWeilfeueive- odors. ..,
.
2.. Three or four,pounda of, mlphate oflroa
(ol‘'PPere;fllY4iialve4,itt'‘ii oc rid n wotqr,
nMay,,bbaeabq'autTileut tO,remoye
liffece:ivo odors.
i 8 Obleride qf HMI): ie beet to eaatter•aboat
lipap places; in yorde, -- la damp cellars, and
poll !laps of4lth. , .
te..ThoPotter Investlpung•'c.,onstaittee,
has Caused ths,distnissal or.five hundced
disloyill'aUlidayees of tho davorrnitint
26th Jun.% 1862