Weekly Wabash Express, Volume XXI, Number 34, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 July 1863 — Page 2

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JCTOtifc)R ELECTION.

UWCONDITlfWAL OHIOH TICKET,

*OB BOUNTY AHDITOR, EDWARD B. ALLEN. FOK

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B%COBD«B,

RICHARD J. SPARKS. FOE AFFBAISKR 0* SEAL ESTATE, ALFRED PEGG.

FOE STATE LEGIM.ATOB, RUFUS H. SIMPSON.

The Convention.

We do not give, in formal manner the proceedings of the Convention on Saturday, because it is not necessary.

The Convention was not largely attended, from the fact that the people are in the midst of harvest and could not very conveniently leave home. But each Township was represented by delegates.

Hon. R. W. THOMPSON presided over the Convention. The ticket nominated will be seen in another place. The people will not, of courso, fail to elect it by a large majority. We shall have more to say about it hereafter..

IN another place will be seen a letter from the 43d Regiment, giving some details of tho battle at Helena, in which it sustained a conspicuous part.

Every account agrees that the Boldiers of that regiment behaved splendidly in the fight It has accidentally been located ever since it went into the service, where it did not have an opportunity of participating in the bard fought battles for the opening of the Mississippi to unmolested navigation. But this was not the fault of the regiment, for it has always been ready for battle, and anxious to participate in the struggles with the enemy.

Iu the recent engagement in which it participated, it showed itself thoroughly disciplined, and full of true courage. It is highly gratifying to its friends at home to know that it behaved in the presonce of the enemy in such a gallant manner.

E. B. Allen.

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The difficulties arising out of this effort to relieve Mr. ALLEN of his official position and its emoluments, caused him much trouble and expense, aud may yet cause him much more. But amid all the perplexities by which he has been surrounded, his conduct has been that of a patriot governed by higher motives than personal predilection or malev olenee. He has sacrificed much time, and more money, than many of our wealthiest men

It is for these sacrifices in this cause, that we ask tho Union men to place bim in a position where he may be able, to some extend, to redeem his losses.

His merits cannot be denied, nor can his sacrifices bo overlooked, and be believe tho voters at the coming fall eleotion will endorse him by a very large majority. To this end, every Union man should feel himself bound to labor, and to this end, we believe every Union man will labor..

Many people believe that all men

Who have been in the service during the present war, and have been honorably discharged, will be exempt from the approaching conscription. But tbe following from a late official document, issued by the Provost Marshal General, shows that all who were discharged before the 2d of March, 1863, are liable to be drafted:

Volunteers or Regulars who have been in the service, and who have been discharged therefrom, or had resigned prior to tho 2d day of March, 1863, are liable to be drafted

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.JULY 22,1663.

.The Rebel Retreat.

The army of Gen. LEK seems to be act: ing on the "on to Richmond" plan of operations, about «Afch thucountry has beard so much duringiho list twoj years. This army is hum|Uatlfl andNpirit&roken by4ts disasters in Pennftylvania'and frightful looses in battle, tits ptintige is goie-and never can be regained. Its shattered and broken columns cannot be made strong again, as they once were.

The boast of the Richmond papers has proved absurd, and the cities of Philadelphia, New York and Cincinnati will hardly fill the rebel coffers with their go\d, ,MJLJBB§gS» from pillage and conflagration.

The second grand effort of the rebel array to invade tbe North has proved the miu of the rebel cause. And if the rebels have faught great battles in the loyal States, they have been at each lime mercilessly beaten. They •would doubtless bo glad to wipe out that portion of the history of the rebellion which records their efforts to transfer tbe war to Northern soil.

It is highly probablo that the rebel papers do not feel BO jubilant now as they professed to feel when receiving the reports of the.immense capture of Yankee prisoners by Gen. LEE'S army. The telegraph informs us that our cavalry is following LKE in his retreat, and capturing large numbers of stragglers and prisoners. It is probable the retreating army will be badly harrassed, aod 6uffer heavy losses yet before reaching a place of safety. Its wagon train is receiving the attention of the Federal cavalry, and there is reason to suppose that LEE will sustain losses in that direction. iV

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THE fighting eUH p^ogreaes at Cbarlesteu, and reports look: encouraging for Federal success. The Palmetto city seems to be doomed to submit sooner or later to the rule of the Yankees. It is highly probable that blockade running will cease there before a great while. There-is So city in the Cen fedarate States which would furnish the Fed eral Army and Navy so much pleasure to "occupy and possess," as this city of Charleston, and the work will likely continue now until that ebject is uecomplised.

Tbe dispatches of BEAUBEOAHD_settle3 the .question as tTF ht6-whereaboutJ. Since the above- was in type'Yf&Wa of the fall of Charleston has come to hand. 1' Cincinnati Gazette of yesterday ha9 the fol-

We are gratified to be able to announce lowing the nomination of Mr. ALLEN for the office Charleston has fallen I Wo make this

County Auditor, by the Union Convention announcement, which will send a thrill of held on Saturday. No better nomination joy and pride through every, patriots heart jth that doubt which news "too good to be could have been made. We doubt if the people of Vigo County have ever been better satisfied with the conduct of that office, than since his administration eommenced. Both friend and foe have received from him similar treatment in the discharge of his] official duties, and that treament has been universally respectful and courteous. By this, he

true." almost always inspires, and yet thero is scarcely room for doubt. At a late hour last night, or rather this morning, an official dispath from Gen. ROSKCRANS to Gen. HALLKCK passed over the wires, announcing that on Tuesday, July 14th, Charleston surrendered.

Ult3 luiicnigviivw

nwum »i»tv 4 AO 3UUCU IU wuo viuv.it»i iw|/w»» v.

Union men did not hesitate in recognizing

This intelligence was derived by General

has strengthened his party and dignified his RQSECBANS from his scouts, and is believed station. To have defeated his nomiuation would have been manifestly unjust, and the

to be true beyond question. As stated in the official repoit of bis earlier

perations, which appears in our dispatches,

that fact, although he was opposed by a few- .1— who proved themselves incapable of rising jj0 jforris Island battelies on the 10th inst above mere personal considerations. Now that he is the Union candidate for that office the Union men owe it to themselves, not less than to him, to give him a cordial and enthu siastio support.

On many considerations ought he to receive the full support of the Union men. He did not join his fortunes to the Union cause at a late hour, when success attended its movements and vindicated its policy but froru tho beginning of the war he has been an indent firm and determined supporter of the Government, and those who are for the timo being charged with its preservation from the onslaughts of faction and treason. Through tho darkost periods of the struggle, when no ray of hope animated tho lovers of our freedom and nationality,and when those less determin ed were calling upon the rocks and hills to hide them from tho storms, he stood firm, prefer™ ring rather to perish with his country, should it perish, than to live to enjoy a restless peace, over its broken and dishonored fragments.

Nor, have his sacrifices been those of a penurious and sordid soul, but gratuitous and liberal. Tho profits of office have been generously given, to advance the cause for which American freemen now struggle. They have been lavished with an unspairing band,and not only that, but his labor has been at tho service of his country at all times, and without compensation. For some months he was in active army servico, at much exponse to himself, but drew not a dollar from the Government in return. And during tho timo he was engaged as a soldier, the profits of the office which ho now holds wero sought to be takon from him, by thoso whose fidelity to the Union cause was not above suspicion, and whose solo ambition was to secure office, even if it should be wrested from an absent and needy soldier.

General GILMOBE commenced the attack ou

On the 12th, the date of his dispatch, he had taken all the island except Fort Walker, and of its speedy reduction he expressed himself confident. His expectation was not disappointed. We havo, of course, no details, but tho glorious fact is in itself sufficient to awaken the dormant patriotism of the coWoat breast.

The Draft.

Tho draft is being quietly executed in the Eeastern States, and no further disturbance of a serious character is anticipated.

Thoso drafted are responding piomptly, and vast numbers who were able to pay the $300 for oxemption, declined to do so and are ready to take their places in the ranks.

The conscripts are going upon no hopeless task, nor are they to become the associates of common men. Tho armies tlicy will join are armies ol heroes, who will go down to tho end of time, as tho equals in courage and discipline, of the legions of GJV.son, or the goorgeous batallions of the fust NAPOLION.

The regiments they will join havo been subjected to the soVerest testa of fidelity to their country and to valor and havo shown themflblves superbly in every particular. Many of the regiments havo almost been annihilated by the enemies cannon, and those soldiers wlio are loft are battle-scarred veterans who can tell of deeds of heroism, as daring as any displayed on the bloodly fields of Waygramor Wateiloo. A cotemporary says No English troops now living have ever seen such fighting as that. at. Gettysburg. Waterloo was little nioro tlwir a lieavey skirmish to it. The English lost in that, fight but 9,999 lulled and wounded, though it lasted most of a long summer's day, and the forces engaged were but littlo less in number than

those

the same manner as if they had never been

at Gettysburg. No French troops

have seen so much desperate fighting. Their

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loss

Solferino was not

the only battle

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lb the 8srvice. No J®fight was done. To join such men, to shareiheir forir period of service, or to the length and brevity of the period between the their honors, and eftorts, is a privilege which date of their dischargo and that ofthe draft, we will all appreciate when the war is over

This is very clear and emphatic. A man

tuscnargtsu P«*»te letter from a soldier at drafted just aa though he had never served Vicksburg, late of the 1st Kansas, states thai in the army* day.

greatly different

such

have seen since 1815, while Gettysburg only one of a halt dozen Which, our troops

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one yean The Potomac Army to-day is made up of the veterans of the world. The armies of the West, while they have been engaged in fewer battles of great magnitude, have equalled, if not surpassed that of the East, in tbe territory covered by their campaigns, and in the length, privations and 911 ferings of their marches, and they hav$ equalled the most brilliant of the great Napoleou'a armies in their unvarying-and enor mous successes. The man who can say twentv years hence "I belonged to Grant's army." or "1 was with Rosecrans through the great Tennessee campaign," will say as much as the French veteran who could boast that he was at. Auaterlitz, Jena, and Eylau. The armies of tho Uuiop aro the storehouses

nerer failed to rest on the field when the

wbo has served out his time as a three months' channels.' and served afterwards up to the 1st of March, discharged before the 2d, is liable to be

the public interest runs back iutotheold

when Fort Hill was blown up, three-negroes and four rebels fell inside our lines. One of

rSS~Col, John Osboro of the 31st Indiana, the negroes was but little injured, aud said hastLidered bir resignation, which has been he thought the rest of his friends had gone, .okiogdomcoa,.. ...

Amy Corragpoidnweggi

HELENA, ABK July 6,1863.

.^Editors Wabaali Express:—I being a participant in fightgn the 4th of July, beg leave through ydur. wlumns to report in detail tbe part t|iafc the

J^d Indiana bore in the

e^geiwit.^ JLAt daylight the enemy commenced driving in our pickets. We were in line ready to receive them. The word soon came to us that the enemy was cemipg iu force up the valley from the Sqpth, aril the 43d was stationed along tbe breastworks to receive them but we soon learned Jhat in this we were mistaken, Tdr, they soon made iliefr appearance on the hills West of tbe town, in force, iu order to take two very important batteries.

Battery D, on the hill above the Hindman bouse, was in imminent danger of being cap tured by the rebels. Lt. Col. Major, commanding the 43d, sent four companies, D, E, and G, to its support. At the same time, companies A and I were ordered two hundred yards further up the hills to tbe left, where the rebels were pressing hard on two companies of (he 33d Missouri, and were just in time to save the works and drive tbe rebels back. The four companies went up the hill to the battery on double quick time, and were placed in position by Maj. Norrisof the 43d Indiana, just in time to meet the enemy, for the storming party of the rebels had jost passed over the line of breastworks oiitsitfe of the battery.

Now came the grand struggle. Volley after volley from tbe guns of our brave bo.fs soon caused them to call a halt, their fl'ng to come down, abd them to seek shelter in the deep ravines behind stumps aud log3.

J!They

made daring attempts a number of times to Storm the batteries, but such sheets of flame as weut forth from our six companies was never seen in any battle before, and the enemy would recoil before such a galling- fire, which compelled them to fall back to their hiding places. Then they tried the sharpshooting game on us, but in this they were badly beaten. This was kept up until our boys herd fired from sixty to eighty reutids -each. -v '"Y -0

Mnj.- Norm'walked from one end of the line to the other, cheering his men. I never "saw men work with .piicli a will^aud deterin at on

A-charge was then Ordered by Mnj.Sor ris, and our men and officers, led by.tho gallant

major,"

though

rushed forth liko mad men, al

they had been fighting Tor six long

hours, in tlie hot sun, Without any breakfast. We soon captured tho whole rebel storming party, anil continued .to folRw the retreating' ones) capturing Uieihjri small squads.- At the time the charge was made from the bat tery by our four companies, the gallant Captain Hall ordered a charge to be made by companies A and I.. They made a most gallant and effective charge upon the entrenchments on^he crest of the hill to the left of the battci'y, and met the enemy in force, but a yell and a volley from our rifles put them to flight. Those two companies assisted greatly in iUnkiug and capturing tho enemy.

A rebel Uolouel by tbe n^me of Bell sui rendered to Capt. Hall. ,£01d Capt. Rosa of Co. A, stood bravely to his post, although his leeblo state of health did not permit of him taking so active a part as some. Lieut. Pinkly done his duty bravely iu assisting Capt. Koss, at the same lime using a riflo to good advantage. Lieut. Harper of tho company, used a gun during the engagement, and brought down many a rebel. Also Lieut. Ycager of Co. Dy-Lieut. Dyer of Co. F, Lieuls. Johns uud Martin of Co. G, Liout. Ranger of Co. I, all made privates of themselves lor the timo being, each using a riflo during the entire engagement.

Capt. Brown of Co. D, Cupl. Lane of Co. F, and Capt. Moss of Co. G, all led their companies ou to the fearful work, amid a shower of bullets, as if thoy felt that the fate of the day depended on our success in holding this point, and that it innst be done at all ha? td.

E.ery man aud officer in the 43d reemcd to vio with ensli other which should do the most.

Tho very highest commendation is dueLl. Col. Mayor for the manner in which lie disposed of tho companies of hid regimoiit sending the other four to meet the enemy should they come op the valley. Those four coiupauies, with the Colonel, were really in

the most disagreeable part of the fight, being

exposed continually to the cross fire of tho

enemy fr»m hills, while they were not po8iti»n to return it. Every rebel that came within range of the gnus of the 43d wero either killed, wounded

or takeo prisoner. A more nomplete vi:"

tory waa never known on a»v battlo field When we charged oul and look them prisoners soino ol iheiu asked why so lew came out to take them, and appeared astonished when we told them that we had no more.

The dead and wounded rebels lay thick all over the ground. About, one thousand sinnd

frotn oiirs at"Gettysburg but Solferino is one battery- "The victory gained at Ms neral wasf attended bv a largo concourse of

magnitude the French point saved the day for us,

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for

Toe armies oi uio uuii£ 5wu wuvuaro v.~. {concerned of generations and thoso whotn chance haS""EIias Wright, Co. F, wounded, slightly, in selected to sharo those honors, to join in the completion of tho work when the peril is so far past, have something to console them for the losses the conscription entails. They are going into ranks in the East, not jarred and loosened by defeat, but bound solidly together by victories and the near end of the great war. Theji are going to fighc beside men in ihe West who have formed a habit of whipping, and can't break it,who havener*** been whipped, never driven from the -field,

Battery

Mill

"C,"

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have cone through within a little more than vauced with great daring down the hill to

Gen. Solomon's headquarters, but the 1st

NoaTTTanbran, Co". lf?, wounded, severely .^

side Lt. Martin, Co. G, wounded, slightly in right arm Jos. VnncaniiMi. Co. 1, killed ^0i Commissary Sergeant

It.

F. Henderson,.

wounded, in shonlder. A SOLDIER. 9*

RKMKnt AGAINST MOTHS. An onnco

gum camphor, and one of the powdered shall

of red pepper, are macerated eight ounces,

of strong alcbohol for several days, then

strainetl. With this tincture the furs or cloths

are sprinkled over, and rolled up sheets

Instead of the pepper, bitter apple may be

Used. This remedy is used in Russia underthe name of Chinese Tiucture for motfis.

jy Preliminary steps have beeu taken io Perry County to organize an association entitled "The Perry Couuty Monumental Association"—its object being the collection of the remains of the volunteers from thatcounwho havo fallen 4u the service of their country, the proper interment of the same

Ahrakeman afrefgtS^^/tiamed

Irwin Cruseu, was instantly killed on Saturday afternoou, on the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad, at,Crittenden,by being strljfk by albrid^c wfaUe passing through. it. He |vas lqpckeg. off and fell between two cats, receiving severe tentifBOus aud breaking]gs leg.

1ifSe

body was couveyed to Indianapolis,

and placed iu a coffin and brought home to his family in this city by the Saturday night express He leaves a young wife hut no

"'"H i:. iu r: 1

t'apt. John J. P. HI in u. The loss of no -one man, in the battles of this war, or by disease in camp, has been more deeply deplored by the people of this section of Indiana, than haa the loss of this distinguished young officer. He was cutoff in early mauhood, and in the midst of a career of usefulness to his country, tii'd one of honor to himself and laintiy. lie brightest star may change its place in the heavens unnoticed by the observer, but the highest order of virtue and patriotism combined in one character caunot be lost to a community with out causing pang of regret to all. His loss is no slight misfortune to the State, tor upon the courage and patriotism of such as he, rests tbe happiness of its people and the preservation of its honor. Although Capt.

BLINN was too young to have impressed his character upon the politics of his State, ho nevertheless took a deep interest in everything which affected it, and possessed, in an eminent degree, those elements of manhood, which, when developed by experieyce, and cultivation, are always certain t»,attract public attention, and J«jth.e guide to public opinion.

He was the personification of houor, truthand patriotism, and possessed an intellect of the highest order, and of more than ordinary cultivation for one eo young. With the firmest integrity and the nicest sense of honor and justice, he combiued more than the common ambition of men._ It was not a grovelling ambition hoping to rise to notoriety at whatever sacrifice, of m.eans, or principle, *but of that other kind which leads to noble [.deeds, and' immo/talizes. ,,its .possessors Be desired to rise

to.

bad

eminence through the

means of virtue, ajid _not through those of He had no love for the blandishments 'of flattery, and would not swerve from a principle ho believed to be right, but defended his opinions with i',ood judgment,, and with an curnesti^ess that, loll no doubt f*r~the honesty of his" convictions. Although

not'undergone

longTrainfng, necessary to form the orator, yet in the few addresses, ii.,*w.s* our. lortune

to hear

him deliver, he evinced the best tal

lent in this respect, and had he escaped unhurt from the battle-fields of his country there is but. little doubt that he would have become, at an early

day,

deed, an

Capt. BI.INM joined the ifriny sodu after the outbreak of tho war, and has been in tho servico ever since, with a slight intermission. Ho passed through thirteen battles, most of which wefe

before

is itgouv ami .save his life, but all eftortsproved vain mid fruitless. A great portion of the time after he was

wmlu(jed

i,e

Wlt9

delirious, »nd while thus so,

|ke(J

i(t ltle arnly llll(

i,:„]

of arms were gathered up iu front ol ihis Sabbath evening

,,t ih„ battle.—

When his reason would return, hia conversation wan concerning his approaching death and the future world.

He was gratified to know that the Federal'

arms

s¥on

a great victory, and h« said

he had yielded his lilo in a glorious cause.—

Among his last sayiugs wure tho words "Tell my friends at Terro Haute, that iftheir countiy requires their services, not to hesitate tight for the old flag." His remains were committed to their final resting place the city, on in the burial grouuds north ol

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five clock.

His

Letter flrora the iTtfiIndiana ftcgi-

incut.

Wahtb^cx, iply 8th,

and, with

the severest character, without

being hurt, but fell at his post in the fourteenth at. Gettysburg. Ho was mortally weunded in (lie thigh in the hard fought battle Lhcr«

oil

the third of this month, and

died 011 the 13th, having lived ten days alter receiving the wound. For three days

his death his mother

and

wa3

did all

Ju-

-peuple, besides the military turn out, which

ilin riohf ol'.Riitlfrv "1" ,i. I ... I.virvwiiKr ,iiit-.«:irincn EvefV—'

on Gernqti Hill to the right of-Biitlery "l" presented in imposing appearance. Everywaa soon takon by the iebe!s, and they »d-

thing wore

er(l

spot. i» full, that it may constitute a part the Our ever faithful and attentive Chaplain, history ol this war lor the Union-, and do G. F. Cook was at his posf, amid the whistling just

Wm. Hamilton, Co. A, killed Corpi.ral I' RUMBUS. Onto, July 7, 1863. Jas. Beard, Co. A, wounded, in left arm frrB0"LAB"l 1 'I'lie.Mlowmi'extrwrt-frem bpecmt UrSergeant W. W. Payne, Co. B, weunded. in shouhler C„rp«. W.J:. Sh»u„ct. "j ^"'"2 tft"

the badges, of sorrow. .TheFed-

„.» |HCe.I upon his coflio, and the

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tl ie

rty weie'at halt mast

Indiana cavalry came up in tim.j to check We'have noticed hi in thus briefly, but them and took most of them prisoners on the I

unst gora

able pen will write his biography

bullets, administering to the wants"uf- tho Thou'art one liom our midst gallant wounded. Blinn, and the woild seems dje^rifr than Strange to stay, the ctfSuallies in the reg-.j before. iment was very small, only three killed, six wounded and noue missing. I HINDQUARTERS S FOBCKS

to his memory and splendid deeds,

1 8 3 is is he or in or at on a

In accordance- with Ueoeiai Orders, (il aud 100, of lf#52, from the War

Henderson,! Department, a Board of Officers, to coiiaist

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Vols., Major Roger Jones, Ass t. Inspector

.. (ifli.eral U. S. Army, and Surgeon John F.

Army

,vitl

ftSie[nblo at Colum

& Ut Qf Ja]yt Qr

(hereftfter 1S practicable t0 exaraine

amU oti R„ offi.

Golumblia Id t6cotd.

of 00uvul,^a1a.

,oy,

11. Officers reportiug for txaniiuatien in

accordance with tho above, will register their uames at these Headquarters without delay. By command of

Brig. Gen. JOHN S.-MA8QN,

JOHN GRKKK, Capt. and A. A. G. (OWICIAL) WM. A. JUDKINS, Lieut, and A. D. C.

Rhod

and the perpetuation of their memonea by 8^300 for three years' men also $10 to any the erection of a suitable monument com- —1— —m mem memorative of their patriotism..,

~l8,atld offers $100 for six months'

one who wilt fnrhish an-accepted recruit ®f either kind.

1SG3.

Editors Expreps—llinkjjjl that a letter from the 17th woull^be acceptable to your readers, I will this moramg give you some j^irnilnea-nf our operations since the move of our army under Old Rosy. No one was even dreaming of an advance at tho time it was made. It is true tkat we looked for it sometime ago, but bad come ,to tho conclulion that w* w|r^ uspend*flie' summer at Jiurfreesboro.* It is evident that General Rosecrans not onjy surprised his own men, bbift^rmy of Tennessee" under Bragg.

And when we were aroused by the shrill notes of the bngle sounding reville, at little past midnight on the taorning of June 24th, we wero yet ignorant of? our situation. But when we started on the pike leading to Manchester, and learned that the camps we passed were under marching orders, it was then we felt confident that the "ball would sotin open" and Bragg would again have an opportunity of meeting "thedog Rosecrans,".

Col. Wilder with his brigade of mounted infantry was given tho advanco on this pike, and beforo noon We drove in the enemy's pickets four miles north of Hoover Gap. 1 understand this was as far as the Colonel

was

to proceed until the arrival of the remaiuder of Reynolds' Division, but learning that the enemy were encamped a short distance beyond the Gap, Col. Wilder, with his accustomed foresight and daring, decided to occtlpy the position and wait an attack.. Onr brigade was composed of the following regimentt alid Capt. Lilly's (18th Ind.) battery, besides four pieces of Mountain Howitzers:— 17th and 72d Indiana 93tb aud 123 Illlinois.

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thatsevere discipline, anil

We li&'d scarcely taken position when the rebels came Charging upon onr right wing, yelling like road men. The 2d Indiana mid 123d Illinois occupied the heights upon the left of the pike, and being out of range wero consequently npt actively engaged. As the 93th Illinois were left iu reserve, wo only presented'a front of one regiment to tho-ad vancing columns of

three

enemy, BateV, Johnston's and Clayton's. After some sharp fighting Tietwaeff'^Ur skirmishers and the 1st Georgia sharpahbO't? efs, the battle began in earn.est. They vigorously assaulted our line and strove hard to dislodge us from the groyo Of beech timber behind which we had posted ourselves brff we held our position

and

fixed''bayonets,

It was

with him,

that could be done, to assuage

fired a volley-into

them and then started them out of the wood on double quick, and with a shout we rushed upon them and pursued them so closely ns to capture about 40 prisoners

now

one of the leiding

popular speakeis of the West. His language was pure and logical^ and his manner told his hearers quickly that he believed what he said, and would die in defence of his convictions if necessary. He was,

It would be difficult to conceive a scene more awfully grand lliau was the one pre view during this short "but decisive conflict. The artillery occupied the heights upon the north and south side of the

extraordinar^oiing man, aud there sented to the aro few who can fill the vacancy his death has occasioned. marked trait of his character, was his now foaming stroam, Garrison Creek, and filial affection. His love for his widowed mother was of the most intense character, nor haidly less was his affection for his brothers and sisters lie did nothing of interest lo himself without lirst counselling his mother's judgment, and every word of counsel was treasured up to be implicitly obeyed. For this he was particularly uoted from his early childhood, and in such instances thero is a Providence that guides a right and leads to triumph. In this, ho loft a bright exam-' pie, which his young friends should heed and follow

were hurling shot and shell into tho opposing columns with all the dispatch possible. The wind was blowing a perfect gale and the rain descending in sheets, almost blinding all who were exposed to it, while tlie rattle of small arms was incessant but above all this could bo heard the cries of agony of the eiicm, wounded and dying. Aud onVrard the rebels came, with their battle flags fluttering in the storm, and as fast as their ranks wero broken they closed them up again, until, fairly beaten, they fled in confusion, leaving us in pos session of the field. Our Spencer Rifles' work like 11 charm, and had wo not been armed with thorn, uothing could have picvented our being captured. The loss in our regiment was as follows

Company A—private Henry Sexton, wound ed, private Allen Bell, since died Company B—killed, private Hiram Yogan wounded, Sergeant Daniel Flinn, pri\ates Wm. H. Bryant, Geo. W. Hoover. (j0. c—1st Lieut. James T. Moreland, mortally privates

Andrew

Co. E—killed, private Richard Francis wounded, privates Win. Grimes, J. O. Harvey.

Co. F—wounded, priv. Jno. Baker, sev ly Oo. G— killed, private Geo. Wagoner. Co. H—killed. Corporal C. C. McReynolds wounded. Corporal Henry Webber, privatesE.N.Hoskins, James Bigham,Hugl Malian, Thos. Brownlee.

Co. K—killed, private Christian Betah wounded,. Sergeant James Fisher, privates Lewis Boyer, mortally, David S. Cunning ham, slight.

N011 Commissioned Stoff--wounded, James Clark, Commissary Sergeant.. Total number killed wouuded 22 killed and wounded 28.

Wo did not lose a man prisoner from the entire brigade. The loss of tho enemy was 100 killed and 4110 «r 500 wouLded, including ono Major, One Captain, and the Adjutant of the 20th Tenn., wounded and taken prisoner. This estimate I saw iu the Chattanooga Rrbti of June 27th, whila our command was ,4Raid making" on tho UbatfciHOOga Railroad, south ol Tullahoma.

E:irly on the morning of the 28th, Colofiel Wilder, with his brigade of mounted infantrv and two" mountain lmwltzers, uuder the charge of Lieut Rippetoe the lSth Indiaua battery, left Manchester for the purpose of cutting the Railroad iu rear of Bragg'sarmy For four days the rain had toeoB descenindg in

torrent3,

arrived at the north prong of Elk rivtfr. which we found it impossible to ford at this point, rtnd were compelled to cross 6ix miles hig.ier up tho stream. At this place Colonel Monroe," of rtbe I'-i'td Illinois, wi^i sent by Col. Wilder with his regiment.lo destroy tho railroad bridgo at Ar.17.0nia, which ho accomplished, and the (lay following rejoined us on the Chattanooga pike, near a littlo hamlet called Potham. With the threr remaining regiments Col. Wilder cdntiiiuikl hiii journey, crossing deep aud rapid streams, high and rugged mountains, with no ro\d «x$ept a mere by.'path. All day long we rode without halting, and the rain continued to poor down

kon

Genefa 0jders Wos fi ftnd

us without intermission. When night set in, wo were within seven or eight miles of Dechard, and when within two miles «f the place, we heard a train leave the^sfation for Tullahoma, which our scouts asceriaiaed to be loaded with soldiers irOIII Chattanooga.

At precisely 9 .o'clock we. attacked the guard at the depot buildings,mod dispersing and^apturing it, proceoded to blow up tb« stone culvert, 80 feet long, burn the depot and tear up the track, all or which was accomplished vfitbout the loss of a man. Wo remained here just two hours, aw* although there was a brigade Of rebels at Winchester at the time,?*1 we "were unmolested and

suffered to "depart in peace. We then sought the shelter of a mountain spur, about miles from Siicfaardr, and-^tcmsffled there ui$l daylight. f| 8

A tup forenoon'sljride bro&bi^s in neighlbrhoodkof thfl^Tracy Isity «ail^»i—, and dwan Col.^WiMfci4* intention to destroy the long trestle work near Cowan, but there being a brigade of rebels on duty there, the attempt was not made. During the afternoon the rebels got in pursuit of U3 in full force, and as wo had no way of attending to our wounded in case of an eu^g5mea|t we did*not. (NgpoM- to figfit tiiem at piesent, if they would ouly "let us alotje."' Hard riding", no supper, aud a •mighty'!wet night, without shelter, rendered us somewhat' uncomfortable. Jnst before night, we commenced to cross one of those mountain ranges so common iu that part of the country, and it was so rough, and the path so narrow that we were compelled to go in single file, and walk and lead our animals.

After spending the night at the base of this height, the following morning we started back to Manchester. During the night, the robels arranged thoir plans, and 110 doubt considered us within their power. They were in the neighborhood of" where we en camped, and sejit a company of men to de stroy a

bridge

brigades of the

slaughtered them fts

they came, until they succeeded in gaining otor right so far as to be enabled to cross fire on

when the. 98th Illinois was sent "Jor

How

we could see the work of de

struction we had inflicted upon yiem. One hundred lay dead upon the field, besides a grtat number severely wounded, many of whom were in the last agonies of death.

on,the Chattanooga pike, over

which we were compelled to pass. But. lo! when they arrived at the bridge, they were astonished, and relieved from further duty by being surrounded by two companies of Yankees, Col. Wilder baring posted two companies of the 73d at-the bridge during the night. We returned to camp, where we arrived before night. From a deserter who came into our lines the next day, weleaiued that Jhe rebels pursued us closely on our re turn to camp, and were only half an hour behind us when we passed through Pelham. They bad ten regiments and two pieces of artillery

During ibewhole of tin raid, we could not get a feed of com for our horses—nothing but a little green wheat. Our horses were completely worn down. We are lying here for the purpose of resting them, when we will fellow the army

Yesterday evening the beech woods in thia neighborhood were made to ring with shouts from the* soldiers on the reception of the glo "rious news from Vicksburg and" Pennsyl vahia.'" Again the' 4th of'July Is made mem orable. Whero now, Messrs. Editors, are the copperhead's? "Gone, glimmering with •ihe things that werer." HARRY

Uie warmest uevuuon tu

ine,r

uu,uu,au"

J. Hubbard, Jas.

^Miller, slight. Co. D—wounded, Corporal George oung, privates Nicholas Deitzer, John Houston, slight.

,ft,ice

the narrow rapid streams

in the mountain regions through which we were compelled to travel were much-swollen and difficult tOMicss -We passed through Hillsboro, and from thence turned southward, following the rood leading to Pechard, until

of intellectual and moral quality

.which renders them the staunchest of con •ie vativei. 4th. Whenever the Union army achieves a signal vi lory say very little about it com plain, iv'-lnps, iucideutally, at tbe slowness of the war but whenever it suffers a reverse (as all armies do at limes,) ask boldly and indignantly whether it be not time that this fratricidal and hopeless war should be brought to ah end. Assert roundly that the people are weary of it weary of paying their money and sacrificing the lives of their brothers and that we can never hope to accomplish ahy reeult. It is scaicely necessary to suggest 011 this head that the fact, that during the two years in which we have prosecuted tbe war we have made greater progress than during almost any two years of war ded in history, must be carefully con

04*UI7nl., The finances of the government may be made a fruitful topic of suggestion. Do not let your readers know, on any account that our securities command better prices than they did in years of peace do not show them what the exchequers ol" other nations have borne in times of war do not appeal to the universal confidence our bonds inspire iu the

commercial

you

made

TT4M-J:1.

circlet but talk sneer-

ingly of "greenbacks" ask with a wink of the eye what has become of the gold say that our debt must be two or three thousand millions this

time,

is rapidly increasing,

aud can never be paid aud mutter of frightful times, bankruptcy, stockjobbers, con tractors'-ami slioddy men. It would be well, if

could, to contrast tlie snccesful management'of the rebel finances with ours but aa gold among them is about four hundred per cent, premium as one o? our notes

of the argument. Pass it over, there-

consistency of your charge.

Wili be shaken. You need give yonrself no concern about tho truth of your charges, pwmdedtbey^leok pkusable, or^nbe made ttf stic^E. Be lsuro, howfter, |o insinuate tbe pofor-are not atUchod

M»e-Union Jbut tha#beyS|ko8ecute the oil^to wnir -l tbe sejfcration of the South. That part of tho nation, it is well known, is so earnestly devoted to the national cause that nothing but the preveree obstinacy and hatred of the Administration keeps it from rushing into our arms in all the ecatacy of fraternal endearment. Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward 4o Sooth to come back, and are fighting as barbae they can to keep it out. Claim for yourselves at this same time, tho title of the only true Unionists :.

th. As it does not hurt an body very much in these days to call him a radical, while the bugaboo of abolitionism haa lost its principal terrors, you cannot accomplish a greaft deal by reiteratiug those nefarous ejfithets. But you can protest vehemently against "nigger brigades—againnst the otrocity of arming slaves against their masters, and against the still greater atrocity of putting black soldiers on level with white. On that head yoa may bo voluble, as considerable anti-negro prejudice still exists among our more ignorant classes. But in doing all this be somewhat adroit, and do not for tho world let it slip out that the first negro trbops were used by Gov ernor Moere of Louisiana, that are to be (bund in nearly all the rebel garrisons,

and

that their labors are sometimes assisted by Indians and bloodhounds. Should you reveal all the facta of tbe case, the common sense of the people might rush to the conclusion that, as negroes are to be used in the war inevitably by one side or the other, it will be better, to use them on the side of the Union than against it, while it may also come to be considered that they are better adopted to the malarious regions of the semi-tropical climates. A few even may. go so far as to calculato that the more negroes we put into the service the fewer white men will be ex posed to tbe drait. Denounce then, but avoid facte! 8th. The dratf-*theconscription—ah! that': your topic of topics, which can be played up on like the "harp of a thousand strings." |Be careful, at the outset, not to imitate the fool hardy Vallandigbam and advise an open resistance to it: for Fort Warren frowns an grily in the distance. Nor yet let it be known that our enrollment act compared with the consription laws of the rebels-of which there are three or more is like the sermon on the

Mount compared to the Draconian code Bnt clamor against it in detail intimate doubts of its constitutionality concealing its

to Kdit a Sound Conservative Union Paper. il ia's mvslety lo many re»de«| ^olent.j.mption of «I1 who fa». otters Ui„ "ilumoeratic journals, which profess MM *301)

mm "UBuiutiuHv. denendent upon them, denounce the $300 tlip warmest devotion to tho Unio*i,

never""

•fiiiMiicre to nlav mto tho hands of tho if "r^thingiseasy enough between the poor and the rich and refer -iinite as easy as lying—if you will Only

vLrcffectWc'^rr for'tho^ther side. The butupon the affections ofthcir ruies we give, by the way/are without children, who very naturally desire to keep

armies should be magnified in their effects while those of the North should be depreoscot tne IN orui suou .U

dated.

When the question of Secession was sub mitted to the people, a majority of 20,000 was given for the Union ticket but despite all this, the State was hurled into tho vortex of rebellion—how, the people did not know.

Amid the excitemcnt, HILMORE and GRAHAM, and other Union men, were lost to view but they did uot Kn-g remain beneath the surface. At the lale election their party, without takiug direct Union grounds, but at the same time, condemning the original policy of Secession, •'.ied the btate by a vote ff about two to one the Legislature standing in about the same proportion.

Thi9

success emboldened the patriots, and now wo find them above the surface once more and actively engaged in the good work.

A recent leiter from Newborn, dated the tbe

12th.

says:

Hon. Bradford Brown, State Senator from Caswell county, North Carolina, has| taken open ground for. the reconstruction of tho Union. It is understood, and as much as admitted by tbe Raleigh Register, that a majority of her Legislature and Sovereign Contentionf oncur with Brown,.but it is thought in Raleigh that they cannot, with safety to herself, throw off the Contederate yoke, so loug as tho rebel army hold Virginia, or until there is sufficient Federal loice here to sustain her in such an effort. Hon. John A. Gilmer and other extensive slaveholders in this State, are said to bo in favor of gradual emancipation, a system which it is understood North Carolina will be required to accept as the chief condition of settlement between her and the Federal States.

Later intelligence from the Legislature now in session at Raleigh confirms the report that many of its members have come out for an immediate repeal of tho act of Secession, passed by the Sovereign Convention of this State, and for tho recall home by Governor Vance of the North Carolina troops from the Confederate army at once. at 1.1 AA'O ormw Ko annihilated

trvu(jsiuiu .... Shonld Gen. Lees army be annihilated or prevented from reaching this State, tho repeal of this act may take place at any moment, otherwise matters will remain as abeve stated. It is said that while the discussion of repealing tbe act of Secession was going on, a distinguished member suggested

urea per cenu pn^.uu, a foreign war as a method of cementing the

the echo, all parties joining. If the Government will

equals ours and as their taxation greatly surpasses ours, very littie. we fea.rii Virginia of rebels. North

fore", in profound silence. Governor notified J*ff. Davis that the State GUi. In tbe absence of Mr.

his Cabinet 1.0 regard need to be paid to the

cusethem of tyranny, despotism, excessive

rigor, and a determination to trampte tb. ^r construction. rights of the masses into, the dust Some of

HUMOUS

ay that it makea odious distinctions.

learnedly

consider it for a moment. The editors of Austria and France. As no manhkes to.be such journals are of* course compelled to. forced into any duty, and narade their Unionism, because of the over- dangerous an occupation as that of

whelming sentiment ofthe North at Ihe ^east

same time, however by obsemngany or

to the despotic military system of

-n

have a

iarKO audience to appeal to

w5U be 5n your

nco,n mugl not UnadjC ae AtaUr

or THX

yQU may work not only upon

that,

the head of the house at home. There is a

may be easily excited, and the law brought into the most unmitigated disgrace. Plough

it and

we lose ten thousand men, set it J^and The interests, the do»„ at iweoty-tbreo

hous»nd

they lose eighteen thousand, set it down at eight. In this manner the superier gallantry and pluck of the southerners may be gradually insinuated into the popular mind, until in tho end it comes to bo believed as a fact. 2d. The war reports of tbe southern papers should be paraded at great length, especially those which swell the number of their army, or which extol the exploits of their generals. But care must be taken to excludo their inflated dispatches and loading articles which are evidently, on the faco of tbcm monstrous Munchausenisms for your readers must not be allowed to suppose that the rebel writers are over guilty of inaccuracy or falsehood as that would spoil their credit with the unsuspicious northern public 3d. The efficient and energetic Generals in the loyal servico should be calumniated in every plausible way insist upon it that they arc plunderers and thieves and above all denounce tliein for utter incompetency. On tho other hand, laud such Generals as have distingui.sf'ed themselves for donothiugism aud a ha 1--faced sympathy in tho revolt call them 'the master Generals of the age, whose p-.udence surpasses that of Fabius, whilo their impetuosity rivals Napoleon's and abovo all, remark npon that pre-emi-

work it well, and it can scarcely fail

»b,le, ,f to J,e you m„=n

integrity, tho honor, the glory of your country, can bo quietly kept in the background while yon arouse the fears and touch the sen sibilities of the mother and the wife.

By pursuing these rules, and others which we may hereafter prcrcribe, an excellent con servative journal may bo published, orthodox in every respect, at the North, and high ly popular at tho South

North Carolina and the Union Evidence of the determination of the peo pic of North Carolina to return to the Union is increasing. The State wos, for many years, Whig and conservative. Wheu CLING MAN left his party, ond turned Democrat, he carried enough voters with him to give tho

Btate

to that party, henceforth but wliilo this was the case, tbe conservatism of the people did not abandon them. True, thoy trusted to a different clas3 of politicians to men more reckless than their Whig leaders but it was rather against their better judgment, although thoy acquiesced.

itself long tinte

of war but that

aUnd4tned

must fly to the

Tbi9 m6

them all weak, timid, vacilaUng, an pnpued to return to tbe Union incapable, in one column and in another ac-

or 00

your readers will believe one story and some tbe other, aod so the confidence of all sorts gun# and equipments Saturday last.

ant that tbe State

preferred sa

elr a conrse to

itg

^i. Tho words will admit

The Loet Creek Guards received their

Da A FT.—TheProvost Mar

shal's wheel and tickcts play some queer pranks occasionally. Tbe draft has been completed in the East, in nearly all quietly, and the results are noticed in our exchanges, from which we condense some of the oddities of its operations. They will show that no trick or partiality practised in the drawing, for in very many cases the enrolling officers, and sometimes the provost marshals themselves, were lucky eiof gh to draw a suit of blue clothes and a gun in the national lottery."

In a a a blind man from tlie asylum wis sent for to take the tickets'from the whoel in one of the wards, and a very heterogeneous heap of con scripts he managed to get together. Two edtors, W. W. Harding, of the •Inquirer, and W. H. Foster, of the Ledger, Wm. M. Ireland, Secretary to the Postoffice, President Fletcher of the school controllers, Rev. Morris C. Sutphen, of tho Spring Garden Presbyterian Church, Rev.

Rubt. C.

Matlack,of the

Church ofthe Naii«itv, and Rev. B. Price, of tbe Methodist Church, and nearly all the lawyers in the ward, were "elected."

In Massachusetts the haul of preachers, teachers, professors and prominent men, was even more comprehensive and complete. Minister Plenipotentiary of the Abolitionists Moncure D. Conway, who proclaimed himself to England, and proposed to Mason to join in an attempt to secure thek Independence of the Confederacy if It would only emancipate its slaves, but who now says his propo

sition was made iu a friends nor himself can understand, was one jf the first .men drafted in Boston. A son of William Lloyd Garrison was also among the' elect." George Sennett.the lawyer who volunteered to defend John Brown, was drafted in Boston. 4#

Preachers seem to have been special objects of the spite of the Fates, in Massachu setts. We notice in the reports so far made, that Rev. P. Blxley, of Boston both the Unitarian preachers of Dedbanl, Rev. H. Bayley, and Rev. Calvin 3. Locke tvery Protestant prmcher in Salem, Revs. Haskell, Johnson, Palmer, Rckman,, Seaver and Wendell Rev. Mr. Hooker, of Newburyport Rev. Wesley Cahart, of Pittsfield Rev Mr. Peck, of Chelsea Rev. Lemuel Moise, and Rev. Dr. Yanbard, of Worcester, have all been drafted.

Colleges have "caught it" about as heavily as churches. From Amherst havo been taken Rev. James G. VOse, professor of rhetoric, Rev. Edward P. Crowell. professor of Latin, Richard H. Mather, assistant professor of Greek, and Charles H. Hitchcock, and curator of the cabinets and lecturer on natural history. Aaron E. Waruer, son of ex-professor Warner, of Amherst, was Irafted in Cambridge.""

Instead oY riots' and-bloodshed, to which tho malignant and treasonable conduct of tho Copperhead leaders of New York urged their ignorant followers, the draft seems to have made fun for the^iankees. Iq Pr^yiience, Rhode Island, tho'conscripts wear a red ribbon in the button-bolo as a mark of the honor they have won.

The drafted men at Plattsburg, N. J., numbering three hundred, celebrated their "election" by music, a procession,, repeated cheers for the President,'Provost Marshal, General Meade, and otters. Bully for the Plattsburghers.

The conscripts at Melrose, Masr.,-wont In for a gay time when they heard they were elected. A party of them arrayedln Jantastic uniforms and with strange weapons, with an American flag, a drum, horns, tin pins, and other musical instruments, made a tour of the town, calling ou a 1 their fortunate compatriots.

One ofthe "Smiths" in Boston, who was drafted, on being asked by a friend if he intended to go,- roplled, "No. You see the papers say a drafted man gets $402 bounty, the same as a voluntoer. lt oaly lakes $300 to get exempted, and I'm going to tell Capt. Shaw I'll take $102 and call it tfcftare.

A chap in Providence being told that he was drafted, rushed to a recruiting office and' enlisted, iu order to s'ecure the bounty. He was not a little chagrined to learn, when it was too late, that a joke had been played on him—that he had not been drafted. In one wholesale grocery establishment in that city all the partners and salesmen have been conscripted, leaving only a colored porter in the stere.

A man in Acton, having a presentiment that he would be drafted, took an early.train for Boston, enlisted, and secured his bounty, His name was the first one drawn.

The first day of the draft in Pittsburg, Pa., the enrolling officer, while engaged in draft-: ing others, was himself eo fortunate as to "draw a prize." One of the clerks was also drafted, as was "the ex-provost marshal. One man who had been enrolled in two wards, was drafted in both. James Hamill, champion oarsman, (who is now in the East preparing for hid contest with Ward,) and his brother John, were both drafted.

Thnnkagiving lor Victories.

PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT

It has pleased Almighty God to hearken to the supplications and prayers of an afflcted people, and to vouchsafe to the Army and

tbe

Navy ofthe United States, on tbe land and on tbe sea, victories so signal and so effective as to famish reasonable grounds for augmented confidence that the union of these States will be maintained, their Constitution preserved and their peace and prosperity permanently preserved but these victories have been accorded not without sacrijfice of life, limb, health and liberty, inenrred by brave, patriotic and loyal citizens.

Domestic affliction in. every part Of the country follows in the train of these fearful bereavements. It is meet and right to recognize and confess the presence of th^ Almighty Father, and tho power of bis hand equally in these triumphs, and these sorrows.

Now, therefore, be it knewn that I do set apart Thursday, the sixth day of AOgnst next, as a day of National thanksgiviog, praise and prayer, and I invite the people of thO'llmted States to assemble on that occasion in their customary places OF»worship, and, in tho forms approved by their owtf cou sience, render the homago due to theJDurine Majesty for the wonderful things He ha-, done in the nation's behalf, and invoke the influences of Hia Holy Spirit to subdue the anger which hab produced and so long sustained a needless and cruel rebellion to change the hearts ofthe insurgents toguide the eounsels of tbe Government with wisdom equal to-so great national emergency,1and to visit with tender cafe end consolation, throughout the length and breadth of our land, all thesi who through the vicissitudes of marches, voyages, battles and seiges, have been brought to suffer in mind, body or estate, and finally to lead the whole nation through paths of repentance and submission to tho Divine Will, back tp the perfect enjoyment of Union and fraternal peace.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caneed tbe seal of tbe United Sutes to be affixed.

Done at the Oity ofWashington this lath day of July, in the year of our Lordofie thou* sand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the United. States of America theeighty-eighth.

JAM ABRAHAM LlWQ**-w

By the Preeident: WILLIAM H. SXWABP, Secretary of OMff