&|e Dtmtitrat.
HARVEY SICKLER, Editor.
TUNKHANNOCKj PA.
Wednesday, April 8, 1863.
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rar The news from the seat of war by
the last night's papers contradict the rumors
of the taking of Charleston by our forces.—
The story is now said to have been started
at Washington to influence the Connecticut
elections. The rebel steamer Alabama by
the last foreign news, still continues to annoy
owr commerce at a ruinous rate. Some of
the Charleston blockade runners have lately
been captured by the squadron off that port.
No changes have taken place in the army of
the Potomac. The news from the Mississip
pi still continues conflicting and uncertain.
The report, nearly two years ago, that " the
backbone of the Rebellion" had been broken
turns out to have been premature. Active
measures are now being taken to knock the
" last prop" from under it.
■
JG3T The late election in Connecticut
■hows a Democratic gain of about GOOO. The
Abolition Candidate for Governor being elec
ted by about 3000. The woolies have ele
cted three out of the four congressmen cer
tain. The Democratic candidate in the sec
ond district is probably elected.—" Snaiks"
are getting quite thick, ''down east"
C3TBy the late news from Europe, we
learn that 15,000 loaves of bread, donated
by the philanthropists (?) ot America, to the
" suffering poor" of England, were used by
the Englishmen at first, as missiles to pelt
each other with, and finally were stamped in
the mud. While we cannot but regret the
destruction of property, and at this time par
ticularly of bread, we do not regret that these
sentimental, far seeing philanthropists have
been most emphatically rebuked. When we
consider all the circumstances, we can hard
ly put down, this matter of sending bread to
the English, as prompted by purely charita
ble motives. There has been no failure in
the crops in Europe. England is as proud,
prosperous and happy to-day, as ever. Her
manufacturers are reaping rich harvests of
American gold.. We have, probably, ten
suffering families ; ten helpless widows, and
freezing, starving orphans to England's one.
The English people have a hundred, and prob
ably a thousand dollars of hard money in gen
eral circulation, where we have one. Hun
dreds of thousands of gold and silver are be
ing sent by us to England almost every week ;
anu we have in its stead, a depreciated, worth
loss paper currency. Almost everything
necessary to the wants of the poor, costs fif
ty per cent, more in New York, than in Loa
on. In view of these considerations, and ma
ny others, which might be suggested, can it>
be said to be genuine charity, that prompted
the donation of ship loads of bread, pork &c.
to what we call the " suffering operatives of
England ?" Is not England better able to
take care of her poor, to-day, than we are to
take care of ours 1 Does not charity begin
at home 1
Were not these donations rather a peace
offering, a boat thrown to the whale, a few
straws sent to tickle Johnny Bull, who show
ed his horns so threateningly in the Trent
affair? We have indulged in the most un
measured abuse ot England and her people,
sod yet we have money to buy bread from
the atarving mouths of our own pooi, to send
to them, to be used in a carnival and stamp
ed in the mud !
•v ; We imagine our people who feel so deeply
for the sufferings of the poor, would, upon
looking about them, find objects upon which
to exercise their charity, in the thousands of
poverty-pinched, starving, freezing, helpless
Widows and orphans, in every city, town and
village in the land. They might not find
quite so many laudations in the newspapers.
The vanity that prompted these acts of dis
interested. generosity might not be so much
gratified, but an approving conscience and
the grateful prayers of the suffering would
be a far greater reward to the true philan
thropist, than all the plaudits the newspapers
could bestow.
'
Arrest of Gov. Tod, of Ohio.
Hx is TAKEN BEFORE JUDGE JOHNSON ON A
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND ADMITTED
TO BAIL.
CINCINTATI, April 4.
The sheriff of Fairfield county arrested Gov
ernor Tod for kidnapping Dr. Olds, an indict
ment having been found against him bv the
grand jury of Fairfield.
Gov Tod was taken before Judge Johnson
upon a write of habeas corpus, nnd was ad
mitted to bail to appear tetore the Court of
Common Pleas in June next.
POLITICAL MINISTERS. —The political ab
olition ministers, who have for a long time
been serving the devil by making dissensions
and disturbing the christian harmony of the
church, are many of them now taking an o-
Cn position in the abolition, Iree negro, rub
ra league. This is exactly where they be
long, and the pjople should rejoice that they
have thus put themseivea in the position.—
Tbey will have a nice time in defending rob
bery, bribery. negro equality, and drawing
'pey from the people whose liberty they are
conspiring against. Let the true christian
minister be sustained, hut let no man Eupport
Mastering corruption fur Christianity. j
Voting Per Order.
The administration is now openly and avo
wedly using the army as a great political ma
chine. Encouraged by its partial success in
New Hampshire and Rhode Island, it is
sending home soldiers by the thousand to
vote at the Connecticut election next Mon
day. Yesterday the cars going east were
crowded with soldiers from the Army of the
Potomac, hurrying back to their various
homes to vote against Colonel Seymour. All
these soldiers tell the same story; they got
their furloughs upon the express condition
that they would vote the Republican ticket.
The Democrats in the Connecticut regiments
were not allowed furloughs.
It is very clear that this objectionable prac
tice is destined to work infinite mischief if
persisted in. It is an outrage upon the sol
diers to exact any snch pledge, and a still
greater outrage upon the people to use the
army for any such purpose. How can the
war prosper in the hands of an adminis
tration that thinks so much of a local election
as to take soldiers from the field to vote at
the commencement of what may be the final
and certainly is the most important campaign
of the war?
We have said that the adininistartion is
avowedly using the army to vote the Repub
lican ticket and none other. Ilere is the
proof:
WAK DEPARTMENT 5
ADJPPAKT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, >
WASHINGTON. March 13, 1863. j
SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 119. (Extract.)
34 By direction ot the President, the following
officers is hereby dismissed the service of the I nitocl
States: Lieut. A.J. Edgerly, Fourth New Hamp
shire Volunteers, for circlating '-Copperhead Tickets,"
and doing all in his power to promoto the success of
the rebel cause in his state.
By order of the Secretary of War.
L.THOMAS, Adjutant-General
To the Governor of New Hampshire.
This same Lieutenant EDGEKLY, as was
subsequently officially proven, did not distri
bute any tickets, but merely voted, as he had
a right to do, and because it was suspected
he voted wrong he was dismissed.
Inthis extraordinary order the government,
through its military secretary coolly assumes
that a majority of the northern pe >p!s—that
is to say, the great conservative party—is en
gaged in the work of "promoting the rebel
cause." Surely a midsummer madness must
rule at Washington when so mischievous and
false a position is taken.— J lot Id
Shocking Results of War.
The New York Christum Inquirer makes,
on good authority, these statements, but
they do not tell the half of the whole sad
truth :
In several libraries of New England clergy
men we have seen choice volumes of great
cost bearing the names of Southern ministers)
to whom they still belong, although they had
been sent North as gif s from Yankee soldiers
who had appropriated them. Some .Massa
chusetts parlors are said to be carpeted with
spoils of another kind. Now. it any one asks
what has become of the. Union party once, so
strong at the South, we answer t hat in part,
they have been alienated from the Govern
ment by the unjustifiable outrages committed
by wicked or thoughtless Federal soldiers.
At Ileaufort, South' Carolina, tombs were vio
lated - At Holly springs, Mississippi, a com
munion table was used In behalf of " euchre"
and " old sledge." Such tales of wrong have
infuriated many who were disposed to be
friends of ihe Union, and their righteous in
dignation has bad something to do with re
verses that have overtaken our arms.
In this connection, read the following reve
lations published in the Tribune , soon after
the Fredericksburg light:
After the severe cannonading of yester
day, it 6eems to have been understood that
the city would have been given up to pillage
by our troops. But to-day these fine man
sions are not standing—elegaut china and
most choice libraries of books, rare works of
art, are all heaped together in the street, and
are scambled for as trophies. The head-quar
ters of general Howard are as he occupied
thein, every room had been torn with shot,
and then all the mirrors, furniture and works
of art broken ami smashed by the soldiers
When I entered, early this morning, before
its occupation by Gen. Howard, I found the
soldiers of his fine division diverting them
selves with the rich dresses found in the
wardrobes ; some bad on bonnets of the fash
ion of last year, and were surveying them
selves before mirrors, which, an hour or two
afterward, were pitched out of the window
and smashed to pieces on the pavement: oth
ers had elegant scarfs bound around their
heads m the form of turbans, and shawls a
round their waists. What I saw in this
mansion was repeated in nearly every one
which the flames had not destroyed. Said a
soldier to me to-day, raking among a private
library, half covered with mud in the streets '
' llow intensely religious these d—d Rebels
are !,' —Tribune Correspondence.
■ ■———
The Oath of Allegiance an Insult to Loyal
Citizens.
-he New York Journal of Commerce , with
great force, remarks on this subject:
The offering of a pledge of locality to the
people was an invention designed to convey
the idea that there was so much disloyalty
in the North as to require every man to
" show his hand." The suggestion was a
false oue, and so recognized by the country.
It was very much like asking men to pledge
themselves to honesty, or women to form
leagues for a public vow of virtue. The pro
posal itself would he insulting.
IMPORTANT from NORTH CAROLINA.
The |Rebels in Laige Force Near the Town !
of Washington— A Battle Supposed to
Have Been Fought by General Foster.
4c., &c.
WASHINGTON, April 6, 1863.
Official information received here states
that tbe rebels have a large force at Wash
ington, North Carolina, and the belief is ex
pressed in the same despatch that about the
3 Ist of March General Foster was eneaced
in fighting the in. c
The" Loyal Union Leaguers" of New York
and Elsewhere.
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce expresses
a hope that the " Union Leaguers" have tak
en a vow of loyalty for good. It will not do
to take a vow to be honest for a week, a
month, a year, or several years ; for that wo'd
imply a resolution to be a rogue for the bal
ance of the t : me. In the same way the Un
ion Leaguers ought to take a vow to be al
ways loyal to the Administration, even if,
two years hence, a Copperhead Administra
tion should succeed to the reign of the Abo
litionists of the present day. If the past is
an inde x to the future, the loyalty of some of!
the leaders of the Leagues at least may be
doubted. Here aro some of their loyal
vows of former days:
Speaking for ouiselves, we can honestly
say that for the old Union, which was kept in
existence by Southern menaces and Northern
concessions, we have no regrets, and no wish
for its reconstruction.
Who wants a Union which is nothing but
a sentiment to lacker Fourth of July oiations
withal ?
If, by chance, in ancient times, the crimi
nal felt the loathsome corpse which justice
had tied upon his shoulders, slipping off—he
did not, we fancy, cry out, " O wretched
man that I am—who will fasten me again t
the body of this death ?" If we are, in the
Providence of God, to be deliver d from un
natural alliances—if the January of slavery
is no longer to chill by unnatural embraces
the May of Imman hope, who is there weak
or wicked enough to forbid the righteous di
vorce I — Tribune.
Another:—
The Fremont party is moulding sentiment
in the right direction for the specific work
the Abolitionists are striving to accomplish
the dissolution of the Union, and the aboli
tion of slavery throughout the laud.— Wm.
Lloyd Garrison, in 1850,
Another:—
I will not stultify myself by supposing
that we have any warrant in the Constitu
tion for this proceeding.
This talk of restoring the Union as it was
under the Constitution as it is, is one of the
absurdities which I have heard repeated un
til I have become about sick of it. The Un
ion can never be restored us it was. There
arc many things which render such an event
impossible. This Union never shall, with my
consent, be restored under the Constitution
as it is, with slavery to be protected by it.—
Hon Thuddeus Stevens,
Again:
Who, in tho name of God, wants the Cot
ton States or any other State this side of per
dition, to Remain in the Union, if slavery is
to continue ;— Hon. Mr. Bingham.
Finally:—
Whenever it shall be clear that the great
body of the Southern people have become
conclusively alienated from the Union, and
anxious to escape from it, we will do our
best to forward their views.— Tribune.
Such are the recorded sentiments of the
men who would now mislead honest Union
Democrats into joining their newly formed
Leagues for counterfeiting patriotism.
" Mill as, the King has Ass' Ears I"
W1 .en Lincoln dared to thrust forth his
hand of tyranny and place shackles upon the
Democratic press of the north, the Abolition
ists responded with a loud amen, declaring
that he had a constitutional right to do so.
If, in doing this, he but exercised constitu
tional power, what need had the Abolition
Congress to make the order valid by enact
ment! Surely his " constitutional light"
ought to have been a sufficient protection
\V hen he 6ent forth his proclamation sus
pending the writ of habeas corpus, it too was
pronounced a " constitutional measure" by
them, yet their own Congress considered it'
necessary to give the instrument validation
by special enactment. When he gave his
mercenaries the command to arrest and in
carcerate innocent men because they were
disciples ol the good old Detnocaatic faith,
it was also pronounced a " constitutional
measure" by the Abolitionists, yet their rep
resentatives in Congress were compelled to
give him protection and place him beyond
the reach of that Constitution which he pro
fesses to be carrying out, by an infamous -'ln
demnity Uil}." What was the use of all this
remarkable legislation, *if Lincoln's course
has been constitutional! Certainly, if the
Constitution gave him all this power, these
acts of Congress are absurd and
Ah, reader, there's a foul stench surging up
from that pool of deception ! They cannot
hide their guilt and stigma by the glittering
diadem of false patriotism which they wear.
The actions which they have been compelled
to take for their own Bafety, like the tale,
telling reeds which grew over the bhried se
cret of the ancient king, cry out, " Midas,
the King has ass'' ears !"' How long will
honest men suffer themselves to be deluded
by these imposters ? Surely the eyes of
the nation should be open.
C3T" Punch's malignant feelings towards
" the government" appears in the following:
THE KNAVES IX LINCOLN GREEN.
When Federal bulletins we read,
And Federal greenbacks sec,
Why do we think of Kobin Hood
Under the greenwood tree !
It is that Lincoln's Cabinet
Like him defy the law ;
Like him are clad in Lincoln green,
Like him the long-bow draw.
Like him more loud their trumpet blow,
Than heavier odds they face,
Like him trust largely to their'staffs,
And live on spoils of Chase,
4.—
The official report of the Peninsular
campaign, by Gen. McClellan, has been with- 1
held by the Abolitionists until now, where
they publish in connexion with it some false
aud slanderous imputations against him by a
committee of which senator Wade of Ohio, 5
is chairman,
President's Proclamation for a Day ot Hu
miliation and Prayer,
Whereas, the Senate of the United States,
devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority
and just Government of Almighty God, in all
the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a
resolution, requested the President to desig
nate and set apart a day for National prayer
and humiliation.
And, whereas, it is tho duty of nations, as
well as of men, to own their dependence up
on the overruling power of God, to confess
their sins and transgressions, in humble sor
row, yet with assured hope that genuine re
pentance will lead to mercy and pardon, and
to recognize the sublime truth, announced in
the Holy Scriptures and proved by all his
tory, that those nations only are blessed
whose God is the Lord.
And, inasmuch as we know that, by his
Divine law, nations, like individuals, are sub
jected to punishments and chastisements iu
this world, may we not justly feartthat the
awful calamity of civil war, which now de
solates the land, may be but a punishment
inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins,
to the needful reformation as a whole people ?
We have been the recipients of the choicest
bounties of Heaven. We have been preserv
ed, these many years, in peace and prosperity
We have grown in numbers, and wealth as
no other nation has ever grown. But we
have forgotten the gracious hand which pre
served us in peace, and multiplied and en
riched aud strengthened us ; and we have
vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our
hearts, that all these blessings Were produced
by some superior wisdom and virtue of our
own. Intoxicated with unbroken success
we have become too self-sufficient to leel tlie
necessity of redeeming and preserving grace,
too proud to pray to the God that made us '
If, behooves us, then, to humble ourselves
before the offended Power, to confess our na
tional sins, and to pray for clemency and for
giveness.
Now, therefore, in compliance with the re
quest, and fully concuri ing in the views ol
the Senate, I do, by this my proclamation,
designate and set apart Thursday, the 30th
day of April, 1803, as a day of national hu
miliation, fasting and prayer. And I do
hereby reque t all the people to abstain 011
that day iiotu their ordinary secular pursuits
and to unite at their several places of ( übhc
worship aud their respective homes, in keep
ing the day holy to the Lord, and devoted to
the humble discharge of the religious duties
proper to that solemn occasion. All this be
ing done, in sincerity and truth, let us, then
rest humbly in the hope, authorised bv the
Divina teachings, that the united cry of the
nation will be heard on High, and answered
with blessings, no less than the pardon of
our national sins, and the restoration of our
now divided arid suffering country to its for
mer happy condition of unity aud peace.
In witne-s whereof, 1 have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city ol Washington. this thir
tieth day of March, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three,
and of the independence of the United States
the eighty-seventh.
it . s J ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President :
WM. 11. SUYVAKD, Secretary ot State.
War Mews
The complete failure of the Hume's Bluif
movement is vouched for by passeugers who
arrived at Cairo on Friday.
The bombardment of Vicksburg is about t>
be opened. The firing would have commen
ced un the 271h, but was delayed by a storm.
The enemy are reported to be gathering in
force on the Tennessee river, near Florence,
and are building liuats to cross the stream
with the apparent intention of reinforcing
Vicksburg.
A brilliant skirmish occurred at Woodbury s
Tenn., on the Ist, which resul ed in our cap
turing thirty men, fifty horses, and a num
ber of mules, besides the camp of the enemy,
The DeUaliv&nd Chillscotte recommended
the attack on Fort Pemberton on the 27th ult.
Admiral Farraguts's vessel captured the reb
el gun-boat Vicksburg on Monday, she hav
ing broken from her moorings, and floated
down stream.
Gen. Curtis reports from St Louis, April 3,
tiiat guerillas took the steamers Lam Gotz
and Murdock, with some soldiers and con
trabands, Colonel King subsequently fought
thein twice, and succeeded in routing the
band completely— From The World April
6th.
General McClcllan's Report ol tlie seven
Days llattle.
WASHINGTON, April 3.—General McClcl
lau's official report of the seven days battle
on the Peninsula, and hts falling back to
Berkley, although dated on the 15 of July
last, is to-day for the first time published.
lie says, to the calm judgment of history
and the future, he leaves the task of pronoun
cing upon the movement, confident that its
verdict will be, that no such difficult oun was
ever more successfully executed ; that no ar%
my ever fought more repeatedly, heroically
and successfully against such great odds;
that no men of any race ever displayed great
er discipline, endurance patience aud cheerful
ness under such hardships.
Filling up the Old Regiments.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
April 2.—General Orders, No. 35, contain the
following paragraphs : "In pursuance of in
struction which have beeu received from the
War Department, there will be a general
muster of all the troops serving in the army
on the 10th inst., and tho muster rolls will
lie immediately thereafter sent to the Adju
tant General of the armv for the use of the
Provost marshal General in making drafts to
fill up the regiments and batteries to the pro
per compliment.
Jill ie fjuiet along the liuoe to-nigUt.
Pensacola Destroyed by Fire, by the Sol
diers.
NEW YORK, April 3 —A letter from New
Orleans 6aps that St. Mary's Ilall, ihe fine
hotel and all the dwellings in Pensacola, ex"
cept Mallery and chases, were burned down
by the U. S troops. The Fifteenth Maine
and Twenty-eight Connecticut regiment
were left there, on the departure of the Twen
ty-eighth regiment; the soldiers seemed to
think that the evacuation of the place to the
enemy was intended, and many swore they
would burn the place.
On Thursday at noon the fire commenced,
and for three days and nights the town was
(filed with smoke and flame. The officers
tried to stop the work of destruction, but
seemed to have no influence over the men-
Even the troops placed to gua r d the property
set it on fire.
Colonel Dyer, the commander of the post,
1 was almost distracted, and gave orders to
J shoot down all persons caught in the act of
incendiarism, but there was no one to execute
them. Finally the long roll was beaten, and
the men got into the Navy Y'ard and confin
ed.
Communication.
) The following graphic account of a Cavalry
i fight in which some of our Wyoming boys
participated, Wis sent us by Irving W. Bill
! ings who belongs to the 16th.Pa., Cavalry.
RATTLE Or' kCLLEY'S FORD.
| On the afternoon of March loth, our Reg
| iment, under command of Col. Gregg, was
; ordered to report at Brigade Quarters, 8 A.
M. of the 18th. Each man to be provided
with four days rations, one days forage, arid
forty rounds of ammunition. On account of
previous details for picket, we had only two
squadrons consisting of about two hundred
men which reported at the time and place
above mentioned. The squadrons were un
der command of Capt. Kennedy and Alexan
der. assisted by Lieut. Snyder and Yourg.—
Owing to Col. Mcintosh's illness, our Col.
was put in command of the 2nd Brigade, con
sisting of the 3rd, 4th and 10th Penna. Cav
alry, and in consequence, Maj. Fry, com
manded the ICth. Under such auspices we
started, and made our first halt at llartwood
Church, (near Potomac creek bridge,) about
nine miles distant from camp. There we
awaited the arrival of the lit Brigade, con
sisting of the following Regis., to wit : (4th)
N. Y., (Ist) K. 1., (Ist and sth) U. Regu
lar Cavaliy. We had now about 2,OtX) men,
well armed and equipped. The flower of
Ave rill's Division. It was noon. The col
umn was again put in motion, and reached
Mworisville, 7 rniies distant from Kelley's
Ford, at 4, P M. There we eucamped for
the night. Early ia the morning Col. Mcln
t tosh arrived and relieved Col. Gregg, who
j was again at the head of the loth, alone.—
| A battery of artillery al-o joined us, and a!
! 3 A. M. the whole force except a small de
j taciunent un ier Lieut. Col. Curtis, which
was sent t ward Warren town to reconnoitre,
moved rapidly to the ford. We reached the
bank of the river at daylight. It was soon
discovered the enemy were g >ing to dispute
our crossing. A small force was therefore
dismounted and sent forward as sharp shoot
ers to wake up the foe, who had taken shel
tor behind lenee*, ni housed and rifle pitts.—
A brisk fire ensued, with little effect upon
either side. The order to advance was giv
en, and the Ist R Island which was at the
head of-the column entered the river. A
shower of bullets greeted them. Maj. Cham
l> rluui, aid to Gen. Aveftll, was shot in the
mce just ;e> he was entering the water, and
was compelled to tall back. But the column
moved rapidly on in spite of the balls thai
fell around them. The other bank wa
reaclied and now oaine the exciting scene.—
From every protecting shelter the enemy
ran in utter confusion. The brave Rhode
Islandero dashed afttr them, over field and
fence, till nearly every visible foe was killed,
wounded or prisoner. The latter numbering
25 to 40. The whole of our force was then
advanced together, with two pieces of artil
lery, the rem lining lour having been put in posi
tion on this side, to protect our retreat in
case of necessity. The water was breast
deep on the horses, the current swift, and
the bottom not very smooth, so that the
crossing was slow but was accomplished
without loss. Once over we advanced al >ng
the bank of the rive: ' out ola mile above
the lord and took otr position in an open
field, skirted on the left by woods with our
right resting on the R-.ppahannock. Skir
mishers were immediately thrown forward
to watch the approach of the enemy, whom
we appeared to expect, and :o fight on their
ground, as we had crossed 'lie river lor that
purpose. The 10th were on the right.
Betug ordered to advance as skirmishers,
we moved forward about 400 yards iroru the
main body, and occupied a road which ran
parallel with the front of our entire force
By order ol the Col., the men immediately
dismounted and barricaded this road by tak
ing advantage ot a gate hanging across it, to
enclose a barn yard, house and out buildings
near the xiver. There we waited, watching,
no enemy in sight, no firing in the distance,
one main body behind us, iud yet we watch
ed. It was now noon. A stranger appears
in the distance. Still another, till the boys
began to inquire, are they our men. A field
glass revealed their true character. An indi
vidual mounted on a fine white horse, calmly
taking a survey of the field before him, is
plainly discovered to be a gray Back. The
information is given to the boys. A messen
ger is scut to '.he Col. to auuounce the ap
proach of a small party of the enemy. But
scarcely is he gone, when a massive column
rounds the edge of the woods, slowly but
steadily approaching us. Skirmishers are
advancing over the open tield, anil the boys
arc eager to check them. When within
j range, the order was given to lire at will,
i A shown of miuuies goes whizzing through
the air. The fight ia begun.
contending forces must meet in dread * 11 "
The Col. approached and ordered
mount and fallback slowly on the
force. Scarcely was this effected t
were ordered to advance again. Q Ur
bines and pistols were brought to l* a
the enemy. But now only to
noise of the firing which was raging 5 *
the centre and left. From other sk- '
ers who had been thrown forward
cover of woods, the enemy faltered, T '
could not overcome the barricade, nor
the wall that bounded the righu!
of the road. They then turned their c/*
and advanced towards the extreme r J l '
out-flank us. Col. Gregg again order*! "r
skirmishers to dismount and
honse and other buddings near by, aa j '*
a hot fire upon the advancing
came a sharp rattle from the carbine* *
the enemy were turned back once c,
They fled in confusion. Capt. Kenned* "•
vanced wi;h his men in gallant style ' *
the open fields to occupy a stone w a ij J
al hundred yards to the front. The *
having failerl co turn the rtght flank re|r '
ed to meet us face to face, hand to hand
the centre and on the left. They r ,
their broken columns formed in splendid!
der, and advanced to charge against on--
tre. Col. Mcintosh was there to meet;*'
but just as their first squadron had rev-:
a central position a sudden, flash
from the rear of our forces, and the der
missiles were flying from the cannons t.. -
right mto the unbroken ranks of the eoea
In their confusion our line advanced to-'
change, and the enemy were routed,
10th had been delivering cross fires fra
their stone wall fortification, and now th
i they were driven, our carbines were no 'a
ger of service in that position. There;,,
we marched back in good order to the hoi
es, and mounted to take part in theru
advance of the right, centre and left. Ci
tain Kennedy, accompanied bv Maj.Frv
his men gallantly forward, who actedi
skirmishers and covered the right flank
On we went from woods to field, tooti
woods until at last the enemy came chit
ing back upon our centre and left. Ct,
followed charge, sabres were crossed, a
were slain, prisoners were taken. Backi
moved the defiant foe. For three y
miles our forces advanced through
cpen plains, fences, ditches and ewampt
The 16 ih were now in advance oi all then
They had made no charges, they Lad ta
no prisoners. But the number of deadu
wounded, testified to the fatal effects of]
fire j and it they made no charges, ne.4
did they retreat. They lost not amaai
stood by each other, true, constat;, c
bnve. No straggler or coward data
litem. It was 4:20 P. M. We had :x
ed a splendid ba' tie ground. But everji
vantage was upon the side of the enemi
Behind us the country was intersperse!
woods, before us a wide extended piani
minuting in jOie distance, with a long lis
wooded hills or ridges, at whose base
the enemy's buttery, which had, a a
tune belore, been brought into actios
Their Cavalry were drawn back as a suppj
to their a.i T . ii iery. To approach them
must advance in full view over the widei
tensive plain. There guns were heaner'j
ours, besides that, but two rounds ofac.3
mtion for each piece was remaining, la
luted Rappahannock was yet to cross. Gj
enough tor one day had already been ic:i
ed. We had met the enemy, and dri
him back with equal numbers. We hade
ed and wounded probably 100, and a
GO to 80 prisoners. AH this in luce of a
entire army lying at Fredericksburg, n
we were cut off from the support of
es, by the intervening river. The order'
given to move to the rear slowly. Its I
uchments retired, and at dark the i
guard had the river unmolested
the enemy. Thus from (i. A. M., uniili
we had been vigilantly watching,or cC
engaged with the enemy. It was a tine'
airy fight for each part)', and but two ft
ot artillery were engaged upon either si
neither did much execution. This
take its place among the remarkable
of the war. An officer who has been inS
different armies, and took a conspicuous?
in the engagement, pronounced it the*- 1
brilliant he had ever witnessed. TheK 8
will prove of great advantage to our ins.' 1
It has taught them that neither oafivd
on horses can the enemy stand *£i IL<i
even handed. The fancied
their cavalry is gone, and I am proud
the sons of little Wyoming, perform^ 1
h JiioraUe part in the action. Our ot*
behaved nobly and bravely. Our Co-'
one of the best of men, was always founc
the head of his command, ready and
to lead them on. The fight being Ter
we took up our line of march, and ret'
Morrisville late in the evening, where
uiained until morning. Early wc st
and halted again at Hart wood reserve'
assured the enemy were not following
In the middle of the afternoon, m>
again, and reached our old camp, wellp
with the results of our maiden light.
The Insolence of Despotism-
When Rev. Judson D. Benedict
to be discharged from his unlawful in l !
ment, Turner, the "Judge Advocate
said to hun ; —" There true no red* 011 '
bi in j inj you here, and it was only M
sary to briny you here to show ihdt ' ■
Uary laus W(ie above the civil lav-
people want to kuow precisely 1
Lincoln dynasty is capable of, let thom 1
forget that this is the only reason *"'•
by one of its minions for kid"4PP' u^ IL. 1L . f
of New York from under the very
Court of Justice which had just dec lttt
guiltless of all offence, putting lii Ql ' n
and prisons, and dragging him acols
-to bo thrust into another ,
loathsome dungeon, there to lang a ' J
weeks without examination and tola
td without t: ia: explanation or redrew