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0:CI NATION OF CARLISLE.
Harrisrtk". Jane 27. Carlisle vu oc
cupied about 10 o'clock this morning by tho
rebels. At 12 o'clock tboy wore three miles
this side, and still advancing. Oar cavalry
force, which has been watching their move
ment is gradually retiring.
The erioauy have u lino of pickets x
ending from Carlisle to Gettysburg. They
arc moving in this direction in three col
umns. .
Tho State authorities were in telegraphic
communication at 12 o'clock, but the ap
jaranco of the enomy's column is hourly
looked for.
What has remained of tho Government
archives are now being packed up lor ship
ment. The Susquehanna is rapidly rising, which
will destroy all tho fords.
1'iin.Afc.cM'HiA, June 27. Gen. Smith,
commanding the troops on the opposite
side of the rivor, considers his position im
pregnable. There is not as mach excite
ment hero as there was when the rebels
first entered llagorstowo. The greatest
fear is that the railroad and other bridges
across the rivor will bo destroyed.
THE RKflias OCCL'J'r VOKK WITHOUT RESIST
ANCE. IIaruisulru, Juno 'il. The rebels occu
pied York at tivo o'clock this afternoon.
No resistance was mado by our troops.
The rogitnonls of Colonel Ihomas and
Prick are known to bo safo. York is ten
inilcs from Columbia.
At :i o'clock to-day, a skirmish took placo :
at Stcrrilt's Gap, cloven miles frera where
tho Pennsylvania niilroud crosses the Sus
quehanna river. Uc had four men killed
in tho ski. mih. Sierritl's Gap is IS miles
from Harrisburg.
Tho pooplo from all parts of the State are
promptly responding ' to the Governor's
proclamation of yesterday.
Tho excitement here is mcst intense.
Tho streets aro crowded with citizens and
strangers, who aro turning out by "thou
sands to defend tho city. The greatest
harmony and good fueling prevail, each one
endeavoring to do all ho can to assist in re
deeming the State and country.
UKKAT I5ATTI.E AT tlETTYsKURO, PENN.
A sanguinary battlo was fought at Get'
tysburg, Pennsylvania, on tho 1st and nd
J ' '
instant. V e give below such accounts of
this battle as have bceu received in North,
ern papers :
the nitsr day's battle. .
Tho Baltimore American has tho follow
ing account of the first day's battle :
It appears that at ! o'clock on Wednes
day morning (tho 1st inst.) tho 1st and
11th Corns of tho Army ol the Potomac
reached Gettysburg, entering from the
east side of tho town, and marching direct
ly through to the west side, the cavalr'
iorce oi tne onemy lalling back as we ad-
vanced. On passing out of tho west end of
tho town, the enemy was observed advan-'
eing lrom the Charabcrsburg pike, in lino
of battle, towards the town, evidently en
doaoring to hold an ndvantagoous position
commanding tho town. Tho 1st corps,
under Gen. Keynolds, was in the advance,
and pushed forward at double-quick to se
cure tho advantageous position. The cne. j
my, under Longstreet and Hill, advanced
steadily; and in u few minutes a heavy fire,
both of artillery and muskotry, was "open-J
ed along tho wbole federal line. Tho 11th
Aruy Corps, under Gen. Howard, was also
soon in pohition, and for a time a heavy
battfe raged. Several charges were made
by the enomy todislodgo our forces, all of
which wcro unsuccessful.
At 3 o'clock tho enemy massed his ontiro
forces and endeavored to turn oar right
wing. Gn. Reynolds advanced to meet
them, and a heavy infantry fight ensued,
in which both parties suffered severely,
volley after volley of muskotry bsin
pourod into the opposing columns with
deadly etlcct. In the charge Maj. Geueral
Reynold fell mortally wounded, arid died
soon after being conveyed to Gettysburg,
lie was, as usual, leading his corps, and in
tho thickest of the fight. Gen. Paul, com
manding tho 3d brigade of tho 1st army
corps, wlis also killed on thefiold.and Cols.
Wistar md Sto.ic fell sovcraly wounded,
and wcro taken prisoners by tho enemy.
The field between the contending armicB
waa strewn with the dead and wounded,
and it is said that the enemy suffered fully
as heaviiy u we did, though not known
what a their loss in officers.
The eirort to flank our right wing en
tirely lailoJ, and wo hold tho prominent
and commanding position for which the
strugglo was mado at the close of the fight,
which ceased for the day about 4 o'clock
i:i the afternoon. At this timo two more
corpa ot Gen. Meade's army reached the
field, and during the night the main body
of our army waij in position to meet any
demonstration that the enemy might make
n tho u o. ning, or to advance on him, as
tho Courranding General might decide,
-the first army corps nobly maintained its
position against the effort tof. nk its richt
and scarcely faltered for a moment, when'
its gallant comma,,, cr fell under the mur
derous fire of the enemy. A great and
decisive hattls was considered imminent
and, notwithstanding our severe loss in of
ficers, the advantages of the day were re
garded an decidedly with our forces.
Tho army was in fine condition, lull of
enthusiasm for the coming battle, and con-
fident of subcoss. uenerai uu
it was thought, concentrated his forces to
a greater extent than the enemy, a large
portion of whose army was still scattorotl
up through tho Cumberland Valley.
Qol WUtar commanded the Pennsylva
nia Bucktails," and Col. Stone also com
manded a Pennsylvania regiment, and both
were in the 2d brigade of the 1st army
corps. Col. S., at the timo of receiving his
til .-J- 1 J
wound was acting as urigau,. , "
tho brigade. General Newton took com
mand of the 1st army corps on the fall ol
Gen. Reynolds. . .
General Paul commanded tne id brigade
of the same corps, and was a most efficient
officer. .
Some gentleraon connected with tho press
who arrived bc-e last Tborsday evening,
from Gettysburg, having left before day
light in tho morning, represent the condi
tion rf Affairs at the close ol the fight on
Wednesday evening to hare been still more
favorable and promising of a successful is
sue than tho previous information we had
received. They state that the rebels bad
held Gettysburg for some time proviousto
tho approach of our army, and had not only
occupied, but had coumonced fortifying
the bills west of tho town, where they pro
posed to check our advance towards Cham
bersburg and the mouth of the Cumberland
Valloy
The moTcmontof Gen. Reynolds and the
rapidity with which bo advanced alter cn-
tcring the cast ond ot tne town iook mem
somewhat by surprise, and ho soon obtain
ed the prominont position which the rebels
wro fortifying. ine ugoung uni-ogu
balance of the day was in a futile attempt
on their part to regain this important posi
tion, from which they were frequently re
pulsed. Early in the afternoon both Longstreet
and Hill combined t-eir forces for a grand
effort to turn our right flank, when Gon.
Howard's 11th corps, (tho Dutch corps,)
which broke and ran at Charcellorsville,
dashed in to regain their lost laurels, and
most nobly did they repulse these two vete
ran corps of the rebel army. The repulse
was so completo that no further attoznpt
was made by the enemy during the balance
of thodav. and nicrat closed in with our
v- o
holding the position choiien by the enemy
to givo us battJo from, lue u ana izm
army corps also came on the field after tho
! Inst renulse of the enemy, but owing to the
fall of Gen. .Reynolds, and tho lateness of
tho hour, as woil as tho cxhaubtion of the
men, and the desire to take caro of tho
wounded, it was determined not to push the
eiiny for a renewal of the conflict.
When our informant left tho field yestor
day (Thursday) morning. Gon. Meado bad
arrived, and the main body ot our army
was in position, ready to push the enemy
so soon as dav should dav n.
Gettysburg is just twenty-five miles east
of ChambersOurg, over a fine rolling count
try most of the way, which will doubtless
bo tho scene of the great battle of the rebel
invasion.
Froui one of tho officers who came down
in charire of prisoners, who arrived fast
night, who left Gettysburg Wednesday af
ternoon, we havo rccr rls not so favorable
as thoso given by other parties. Ho dc
soribes tho figh'. on that da' a rather un
favorable to our arms, and s-tutes that tho
onemy held the field at the closo of the
day, our forces having fallen back after tho
full of Gen. Reynolds ; that the attack of
the enemy was so sjdden and unexpected
that both thr corps of .Hill and Longstrcot
were for a time engaged with Gen.
neynoias corps, ana tout tiio nth corps
-, lr Lnl Til n : 4l. l...ll
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THE SECOND DAY S 1 iCuriStl.
Tho American learns from parties that
left Gettysburg at noon Thursday, that up
to that time everything was progressing
favorably for tho Federal arms. It says:
Up to that lime they assert that aver
C,000 prisoners had been captured and sent
to Union bridge lor transportation to Ual.
timore. At nine o'clock last night a train
with S00 prisoners, tho first instalment of
fho90 captured, arrived at tho Jialtimore
depot, and shortly after Gen. Schenck an-
rounccd from his headquarters that those
tbcn n altimoro and at the Relay House,
wmcn would eoon
i t
ue in ins possession,
We learn that nearly
amounted to 2,300.
1,000 of these prisoners wcro cantured on
Wednesday evening by the 11th army ccrps
in their gallant charge on Longstroets
corps. Tlioy are said to havo at first slight
ly faltered, bat their officors cried to them
to " roniember Chancellorsville," when
tboy rushed iuto the fight with a fury that
was irresistible, and tho whole line of the
onemy gavo way before them.
During the early part ofThursday, up to
noon, at which hour our informant left,
there had been n general baU.c, though
heavy skirmishing had boon going on all
tho morning, resulting in heavy loss to tho
enomy and the capture of nearly 5,(H)0 pris
oners. In all theso skirmishes, which wcro
conducted under the direction oi General
Meade, our arms were entirely successful;
but the enemy studiously avoided a gener
al engagement, and it was thought there
would bo nono before to day, when it was
said to be the intention ol Gen. Meade to
press tho enemy alon the wholo line.
Tho prudenco and skill displayed by
Gon. Meade in the management of his army
and Ihe rategy evinced by him in coping
with Lee, had already won the confidence
of his troops, and his-presccce among the
lines drow forth the stro.ige&t demonstra
tion ofattachmcnt. Tho army evinced a
determination to win at all hazards, and
has been strongly impressod by their offi
cers with tho dreaJlul consequences that
would ensue to them and tho country if a
disastershould occur to our arms in the
coming conflict.
Tbc enomy wan rapidly concentrating
his troops yesterday from the Cumberland
Valloy towards Charabcrsburg, and Gen.
Meade's whole army had reached tho field
of battle. If Gen. Co ch presses on the
enemy down tho Valley, with his troops
from Harrisburg, which is confidently ex
pected, wo may look for a glorious result.
VERY LATEST FROM THE FIELD OF hATTLE.
On Rattle Field near Gettysburg, ")
Thusdav, 8, a. m. j
Corrc'ponJence of Philadelphia Inquirer.
To-day, and on Pennsylvania soil, has
been fought one of the meat desperate and
bloody battles of this accursnd rebellion.
Wo have Attacked a forco honestly our
superior in numbersa forco not worn
down with Dinetcen days' rapid marching
in heat and ram. Just and mud and ono
splendidly positioned and entrenched.
Against all these advantages, has a n!-,r.
Hon of our war-worn, battle-scarred veter-
ans strugglednever flinching or skulking
from any duty assigned them; bat mak
ing desperate bayonet ebfrges, rushing
into the jaws of dfath, and although suffer,
ing severely, yet they have managed to
seriously cnppie mo enemy, uu, tuo ,
same time, to retain possession of the town
of Gettysburg, which they sought to re
possess. In our letter ofyesterday we told
of tho gallant charge of Buford's division
of cavalry, when .ney succeeaeu iu uuviog
a large number of rebels of the same arm
of the service.
This morning early the first and eleventh
army corps, which bad been during the
night encamptd near Emmettsburg, ad
vanced, the first corps marching in the fol.
lowing ordor : 1st division, under Gen.
Wadswortb; 3d division, Gen. Doubleday;
these followed by five full batteries under
Col. Waioswright; bringing Jip the rear
was the splendid division of Col. Robin
6o this co-ps having been in the advruce
daring the whole time of our march from
Falmouth, wcro the first force, of infantry
to reach Gettysburg and to come up with
and fight tho enemy.
During tho day this corps had been un
der the direction of Gen. Doubleday Gea.
Reynolds being in command of the right
win-, comprising ine isi, ou, xnu sou izm
corps.
When some three miles from town, and
while quielly marching along, the sound of
heavy and rapid cannon firing was neara
coming from the direction beyona iieuys-hurt--
Almost at the samo instant Capt
Mitchell, a n-allantaid UDon Gen. Reynolds
stair, came dashing down the road with
orders to the various division coumandcrs
to rush forward their divisions us rapidly
as possible. The order was given to double
qu'ck, which was instantly obeyed, and
kept up until the intervening space where
our batteries were engaged was passed over
These batteries, twoin number, were a part
of tho artille ' belonging to Gen. Buford's
division, and were stationed some nail a
tJle to the south of tho Gettysburg Theo
logical Seminary, while the opposing force
were stationed and snugly entrenched up
on the east side of Marsh Croek, and about
the samo distance from the Seminary as
wcro our own forces. Tho latter was the
first to open fire, and were for a time com
pelling our batteries to retire from their
position. This tboy were quietly doing, and
in good order, when the division of Gen.
Wadsworth came to their support, the two
able regiments, the 2d Wisconsin and the
21th Michigan, rushing up and driving
from in front of them the infantry force who
were making desperato efforts to capture
these pieces. Whon these supports arrived
the batteries again took up a commanding
position, which they were enabled to hold
during thday.
In rear of tho position so taken up, and
to the right, tho division of Gon. Wads
worth was drawn np in lino of battle, with
the division of General Rohinson holding
tho second line. At the moment that these
formations wcro completed the rebels, em
boldened by their partial success in driving
from position the batteries, attempted
another charge, with tho object of seizing
the pieces, when the brigades of the 2d
division, with fixed bayonets, mado u
charge upon them, and such as wero not
killed wcro taken prisoners. Two entire
regiments a Tennessee and Mississippi
regiment we;e then bagged,
Immediately after tho arrival and going
into position of tae first corps, the eleventh,
under the amiable and brave Gen. Howard,
who had been in the rear and marching on
the same road as the first made taeir ap
pearance. marched directly throuch the
town and at once formed a line of battle on
the right of the Chambersburg road and
some halfn. mile west of tho college, which
is 'ocated at the extreme end of the town !
After some-three hours of artillery dueling
teh rebels commenced to retire. There
were massed two infantry cerps, and in
this lormation a pursuit of their retreating
column was commenced. After driving
them back towards the mountain, some
thing over a mile, soon after four o'clock it
was discovered tbat with an extensive force
of infantry and cavalry, they were endtavi
oringtoturn our left flank, with a view
probably to get betwoen us and our supply
trains. Before this being noticed, and it
being evident that our roinforcemonts, the
3d and 12th corps, who had been anxious
ly inquired after during tho entiro day,
Were not yet up, no other alternative was
offered us than to retire to the East of the
town, and take to a better position upon
the top of a hill and along tho lino of road
leading to Emmettsburg. This was done,
but in tx admirable order, no unusual haste
being apparent, while at the Bame timo all
ammunition and supply wagons as wero up
to tho front r-?re sent to tho rear.
A little after 4 o'clock the 3d corps, under
command of Gen. Sickles, came upon tho
Geld, and went into position upon the left of
that held early in the morning' by tho 1st
corps. Tho 12th, under Gen. SLocumb, as
well, arrived about the same time, and were
stationed upon the right of the 11th corps.
After thoso two corps, sA woll as those who
had borne tho hentand burthen of the day,
were formod in battlo array, thoy made an
advance, and with but littlo resistance
succeeded in driving the rebels from the
town, and back into iho position they first
occupied early in tho morning. In this
manner, and in these locations, both ar
mies are resting for tho night.
The 2d, 5th and 6th Corps are moving
this way, and by morning will bo up ana
ready to do battle with us.
While the latter mentioned movement
was being made, the enemy kept up a con
tinual rain of shot and shell upon tho town,
and, when ceasing, their cavalry dashed
through the town, capturing all stray par
ties there congregated,' together with the
wounded, who wero occupants of, and the
surgeons and nurses who were in attend
ance in, the many hastily organized hos
pitals there located. Wfcile the firing was
in progress some few buildings were set on
fire, but tho town not being compactly
built only such buildings as were struck by.
tho shells were consumed.
This correspondent gives the names as
killod, of tho federal officers, Maj. Gen.
Reynolds, Gen. Paul, and quito a number
of Colonels and Captains, and continues :
Our losses, though, are enormously hea
vy, especially among the field and line of
ficers. Neither aro warranted in guessing
bow seriously the rebels have suffered.
Of the rebels nothing definito as to their
numerical strength is here positively
known ; at least, if known, is not stated,
some placing their entiro strength in
Pennsylvania at !O,O0O, others at 125,000.
Oar scoaU reports that to-night Hill is
reinforcing the enemy, and -that they are
moving down the mountain by three differ
ent roads. Their position to day-was ono
of unusual excellence, and selected with
the tame eyes to natural defence and
strength which has ever characterized
thorn upon the side of a broad running
stream, and with a high meuntain back of
them, tnero artillery upon the hill sido in
a position one above the other, like seats
iu the parquette ot a theatre.
The news of this battle created, intense
excitement in Baltimore, and all places of
business, except those specially exempt
wore closed, and the oity assumed " quite
a holiday, appearance." A large number
of dwellings were visited by the military,
and all arms found were confiscated. An
order has been issd by. Gen. Schench
prehibiting citizens from keeping arms in
their possession unless enrolled by volun
teer companies for tbc defence of their
homes.
BATTLE AT CARLISLE.
Harrisbdro, July 1. The last rebel left
Carlisle yasterday morning, and the town
was occupied by a portion of our forces
under Gen. Smith. About 5 o'clock, the
rebel cavalry appeared in large force, hav
ing come in on tho York road.
A rebel officer sent in a flag of truce ton
vjeu. omun, aemanaing tne surrender ol
the town, which was refused. On receiv
ing Gen. Smith's reply, the enemy opened
tn tho town with artillery; which was
promptly replied to. Firing continued at
intervals until about ten o'clock, when tho
rebels fell back in the direction whenco they
came. Before leaving thoy burned the
barracks, gas works, and other dwellings.
Many buildings suffered considerably from
the rebel artillery. The Court House was
struck several times.
From the Richmond Whig, July 7.
FROM GETTYSBURG
Wo receive through Northern papers a
day later intelligence from Gettysburg.
Ihe battle that was begun on Wednesday
was renewed Thursday afternoon by the'
Confederates, and again at daylight Friday
morning, and was, up to the latest moment
of intelligence, still rainncr ThnrHr
, o o
night tho Yankee commander telegraphed
that he had repulsed us at all poinU ; yet
it seema at 1 P. M. Friday we still held
Gettysburg, which was as far forward as
we have any account of our forces having
advanced. Tho 4 repulse," therefore, was
probably only the discontinuance of the
battle on our part for necessary rest, or for
reinforcements to come up. At 8 o'clock
Friday morning General Meado does not
claim to nave donved any benefit from the
assumed ropulso of the dvening before, but
imparts, as tne uest news he has to com
municato, that we have mado no imprc
sion on his position. Three of his Gen
eralsReynolds, Paul and Zook had been
killed at tho timo of his despatch, to which
tho Baltimore American adds two others
Cross and Webb a id four others wounded,
the notoriouo Sickles losing a leg. The
entiro number ofprisoners taken from us
he states at sixteen hundred, instead of six
thousand, as the first accounts represented.
The stytement of a newspaper corres
pondent that Gen. Leo had sent a flag of
truce ask ing a cessation of hostilities lor
two days to bury his dead is most likely an
invention, sinco tbore docs not seem to
have beon any necessity for a truce to ena
ble him to perform that sad duty. He oc
cupied all the ground upon which ho has
at any time stood, and his dead have been
at all times within his reach, and could
have been buried, even whilo the battlo
went on.
It is a little significant-that the newspa'
pers, which probably did not go to press
beloru 6 o clock r riday morning, bad beard
nothing from Gen. Meade since 8 o'clock
lhursday morning. We have a ri?bt to
infer tha. nothing had happened in the in
tcrvening nineteon hours that Gen. Meado
was anxious to have known to the ptblic
It is not impossiblo that ho had matter in
hand much more imminent and pressing
than the duty of communicating wifh tho
public, perhaps was engaged in a sauve qui
peut movement that allowed no timo for
bulletins.
At ly rate, our faith in victory as tho
result of the engagement remains unsha
ken. 'We know that the troops that Gen.
Leo led across tho Potomac, if united,
could not bo beaten by any army the Yan
kees could send against them. Our theory
js that tho battlo was begun by the corps of
A. P. Hill, and perhaps not even tho wholo
of that corps. At least wo have informa
tion, private but reliable, that on the 29th,
Longstreet's corps were at Chambersburg,
not less than twentyfivo miles distant
from the battle-field aud across the moun
tain. Ewell's corps was threatening Har
risburg at the samo time, , and tbereforo
certainly not engaged in tho battle in its
early stage. Wo think Hill sustained tho
engagement Wednesday. Thursday afi
ternoon it is probable he was strengthened
by accessions from Longstreet, and the
combat was resumed. Friday morning it
is likely tbore had boon still other acces
sions, and the combat was re-opened with
the intention, no doubt, of making it de
cisive on that day. By the morning of
Friday or during that day, Gen. Leo m,ust
have been able to mass whatover force he
considered necessary to accomplish tho re
sult he desired. W e do not permit our
selves to doubt that the first intelligence
we recoive from him will bo that he has
gained crowning and glorious victory.
LATER.
It has come ! At least the stirring pre
lude to what is to come, is beard in the
despatch from Martinsburg that informs.us
that Gen. Lee defeated the enemy in the
battle of Friday last that they are retrea
ting towards Baltimore and Lee pursuing,
This is great news ! V hat may it not lead
tor
We have to lament the fall of three
brave, bigh spiiited and devoted Generals,
Barksdale, of Mississippi, and Kemper and
Garnett of this State. Fresh bo their
memories ever in tho hearts of the people
they died, to shelter from wrong and op
pression. SOUTHERN" DISPATCHES. '
Martinsburg, Va., July 5. At six p.
m.Saturd iv Gen. Lee had changed his
front and occupied the ground of the cne-
my, wnom tie hau driven irom tne nrstana
Becond lines. The whole army are in splen
did spirits and masters of the situation.
Gens. Pender and Ficketts wero wounded;
. r .is. 1
Colorj AVetry, N. C., killed; Bennett and
Has ley wounded
Sixth, A. M. Reports concur that the
enemy were defeated yesterday and driven
back three miles, and a vast number of
prisoners reported taken by Leo. Tho
prisoners refused to bo paroled; and are on
their wayto Richmond. This has been the
bloodiest battle of the war. -Our loss vory
great and enemy's immense.
Latest July 6. Saturday night our
centre fell back, drawing the enemy from
their works. Ewell and Longstreet flanked
the enemy and gained tho heights, when a
general fight ensued, resulting in the roat
of the Yankees. Leo captured forty thous
and prisoners. According to all accounts
the fight at WilliaLisport was between Jm-
Doden s cavalry and several regiments of
infantry, and a division of Yankee cavalrv
under Pleasants.
Richmond, July 7. Another telegram
dated JSlartinsburcr 6th. savs tho latest.
which seeas reliable, is that' the figbt of
oanuay was tne Dioodiest of the war. Hill
fell back ;n the centre causine the enorav
to believe he wa retiring, when the enemy
advanced, lhen Ewell and Longstreet
advanced on the right and left wings, sur
rounding the enemy when we took the
heights for which we had been contendin
uv vojiiureu ioriy tnousana prisoners.
Ibty refused parole, and Pickett's division
is now guarding the prisoners to MaYtins
burg. A telegram, dated Martinaburg, 5th, says
in the fight of Sunday, Lee has captured
40,000 prisoners. 1
Gen. Toombs on the State of the Country.
On tho 17th of last month Gen. Toombs,
of Georgia, delivered a speech at Sparta,
in that State, at the call of a portion of
his countrymen who desired to hear his
views upon the "State of tho Country."
Wo regrot that we havo space only for tho
following extracts touching somo import
ant measures, which wo publish that our
readers may learn tho views of distin
guished and leading men in other States
than our own :
Goneral Toombs took up the Conscrip
tion Act, and discussed it at somo length.
It was unconstitutional, beoauso, in calling
buu inmwa, it aia not leave it, as tho
Constitution required, to the States, instead
of the Central Government, to officer tho
militia. It th'-ew the power of appointing
officers into the bands - of the Executive,
rathor than -allowed our brave volunteers
to elect their own officers, as it was their
constitutional right to do. He paid a
glowing tribute to our volunteers who had,
previous to the Conscription Act, borne our
flag in triumph upon every baUle-iield,
under officers of their own election. To
deprivo them of their constitutional right
of election was to make them too much
like regulars soldiers of a form of ser
vice so odious, that not one regiment of
such, in due fbrm, had been found to breast
tho tide of blood in this fight. There were
no such troops as regulars m our service.
General Toombs desired to be under
stood at this point. He desired just as
many men called into the field as the exi
gency required. Ho himself had proposed
iu Montgomery, to put 500,000 men at the
absolute control of the President, to bo
called out and to serve when and where
he might deem best reserving nothing but
tho constitutional guarantee that the States
might officer their own forces, and tho
troops elect their own commanders.
Gen. Toombs next discussed the Confed
erate Tax Act. Ho did not deny the right
of taxation to its fullest extont. But he
thought tho provisions of tho Act not
wisely adapted te the ond in view. Ho
thought that the tax in kind, imposed by
this Act, was particularly unfortunate. It
would lead to tho accumulation of govern
ment stores which would rot for the lack cf
transportation, and bo a dead loss tov-tho
country. The government should purchaso
its supplies as they wero needed, at fair
market rates. The idea of impressing sup
plies and forcing men to tako less than
they wero worth, was an exploded idea of
tho dark aires was foolish, absurd and un-
inat. It was most uncnua in its nncr.il ion.
'r l- . i i - . i
auhu iu uciu ui win, iui iiiniiiiici', wuiui
S3 a bushel. Government seized it, and
allowed $2 a bushel for it. Here the farmer
lest a dollar a bushel on his corn, and then
paid his proportion of tax besides. This
was peculiarly bard upon tho farmers iu
the ar'my, and CongrcBS should repeal the
present unjust Act, and pass another upon
a more equitable basis. Many other things
were said by the speaker in his analysis of
the Tax Act.
The 3u measuro discussed by General
Toombs was State Endorsement of Confed
erate Bonds', to which the speaker was op
posed. It was like asking his servant to
endorse his note, when that servant wa
liablo for the payment, without endorse
ment. The question oi our finances was
ono of tromendous magnitado ono which
it was impossiblo for him to (hscus?, in full,
upon that occasion. Ho referred to tho
heavy expenses of the war, and to tho de
preciation of Confederate notes. It was
well for us hot to shut cur eyes to this un
welcome fact. It might happen that these
notes would corao not to be worth more
than continental money. In that event, it
would be all important to preservo State
crodit intact, to meet tho emergency, and
carry on the war. Some people, seeing
State !onds at a premium, imagine that if
the States would endorso Confederal
bonds, this act would bring them up to the
value of Stato currency. On the contrary,
it would bring State currency down to the
level of Confederate bonds. This he wished
to avoid, and hold Slato credit as a last
iesort,-in thcJast emergency.
Throughout his effort, Gen. Toombs paid
glowing tributes to Southern women, who
had done so much for Southern indepen
dencewhich always elicited rounds of ap-
plaase.
Tho last subject discussed by General
Toombs was martial law. Ho wa3 utterly
opposed to it. The Constitution bestowed
sufficient powers upon the Government,
and they were amply sufficient, during war
as well as peace. The Constitution was
designed for war and peace both. It was
adopted almost amid the booming of cannon
and the clangor of arms, and it was not
true that it was to be regarded or.ly in
times of peace. A great many people said.
away with the Constitution until we attain
j our independence This was as if yen
Should throw away me peiM oi great price
in order tbal you might find it. Away
with any such idea. .Maintain your per
sonal liberty whilo you aro achieving your
indepondenceTTh
without the other. Th. Wortbl,
1 rn . .
had been justly indignant at l Z.1
iiiCu vi jjcrBunai HDerty and f 7" "ug
discusion even among YanW m of
you, saia no, 'We iealm,. 7.T' r0
of Yankees than you aro of v T'hts
cannot Mievo it. 1 believ A.Ur,c!u ? 1
tion to be sufficient for peace y'81'1
Presorve it unsullied and' ,,nk?Ii. Wtlr
its purity, and striko not ; ' , Ln ln nil
alone, but let on,- mnM. vT muelr(le
and liberty, one and insperablc
forover." '
P-'nder.ce
and
The Difficulty of pmg frQm
The Jackaop correspondent ol'tWf
Dispotch, gives the following in
narrative of the adventures ot Ca t
taine, on his return from VicksbuL
The running the onemv' i;
difficult matter, three onlv , l
es is h m,,.
ing reached 1 Vicksburg, of tho nurnbe
luuuonu me lasiinree weoka
r.s simu
number Capt. Lamar Fontaine was , U
1 mentioned in a former letter v0 ' :i1.
course faiailiar with, his history in V a lir,.o:
W! th
' "V
now ne nas distinguished himself
1 I a
aauntless conniip anil Hntn-.
lor
ing on in epito of his wounds, and W cn
could no longer walk except l,v tho h,',
of a crutch, he still went on borcbick H
mentioned to mo that ho had received l
rounds during the war, besides f.mr r
ccived by him in Indian and other uhu h?
tore the war. y Uo
Whilst returning frem Vicksburg he K, ..
soveral huir.h-.eadth escapes, haviU n,
to float down tho Mississippi some danc
holding on to a canoe turned over whirl."
thus supportod him, without attracts V
tention, and passed ono of the enemy's
gunboats. He fouuti ahorse ready for lm
a young colt, at a gentleman's houV,.'
where bo was diroctod to stop. Mounting
him, he pursued his way in safety till ho
met on tho road a Federal, with a pot o:
honey. Alter having pumped him ot" all th
information he possessed, he shot him with
his revolver, and took his honey.
A guide, whom ho afterwards employe !,
was sent by him in advance to a ferry, wVre
he wished to cross, to find out wheilu r
thcrowere any Yankees three or not. 1 h,
boy for such ho was went, and on hi
return reported that the const wa dear,
that no Vankco had been thero for two
weeks. He then asked permission to re
turn home, which was granted. Canta:n
bontaino proceeded on his way but a short
distance whon the thought struck him that
ho ha'd been betiayed. Changing hi
course, he got into a road leading down by
the side of tho river to tho forry, some ha!
a mile. Proceeding cautiously along whh
his rcvolvei in his hand, he came at la -t i
a Yankee concealed behind tho river b u.,v,
who, raising himself, commanded ourL.-M
to .stop. His answer was a shot that ir , -ped
him over the bank. Captain I'hhi.h no
ays ho does not know whether lie hint the
man or not, for just as he fell volley
ei'ht or ten shots were fired. Th . ;?w
were loaded with buckshot, six of vh . !i
"truck his horse, and two wounded t ;i; '.
F., one be ween the finger?, just gr:i i
the Bkin, and tho other inflicting ;t'.;'ii!
flesh wound in tho ler. Wheeling, he i:u.
tod down the road, and turned into a hut
torn grown up with bushes, wlioro h -
t'i .1..: v. i . i
iiuisu mil, uyiiigj ureuKing otic oi im
Crutches. lie lay thero nearly all day, Im.
was not parsued. At night ho swam the
river, which was very narrow, and hobhlc.i
ou his remaining crutch six mile?, w her
he got a male, and camo to Jackson. II
had a horse killed when ho went into Vicks
burg, also.
" Heavy Fjrixcj" at-tile Capitol. Ve.
torday, when the Speaker's hammer kll
and the Commons adjourned, wo luul
cleared tho door aud had stopped to tuik u
Borac one, when we heard "heavy firing"
below. Tho firing was rapid, whilo it Li. i- i.
and the excitement intense, lur a lew ::
monts, but when tho smoke haJ clear, d
away tho cry of "nobody hurt on iUi
side" ran along the lines, tho iriw.iHiei
- , visible but a moment belon
wore oil
lue wuolo tiling was viewed only
'. a- a !i. ii.
comedy.
rho facts, si near an W' could U
them, 'arc thc60 : It seems thero w:-.V
bad blood between R. Y. McAdon, oi
mance, and J. II. Foy, of Onslow,
h'embers of the House of Commons.
. .'Ji
Aden attacked Foy at tho loot of J.
stairs at the West end of tho CapiKl. :.i
tho latter was leaving the Hou.sc Foy
drew a pistol and lired twice, retreating
as he fired, so it is said by those who
Haw it; whilo McAdcn attoir.ptod t-
uso Iris, but the pice snapped and he lire-.l
no shot. Tho thing was soon over, and
when we camo dowu stairs a few nionu ai
afterwards beth parties had UisapotMi u
About tho controversy wo know notion,
but we aro glad to bo ablo to state the faet
that "nobdy was hurt on either Mdc."
A Komanth' lx:rrKvr of the Wtn.
About thr'eo weeks ago, Sergeant Hated. 1 :
the O'.Uh Virgina regiment was capture! '
an engagement with tho enemy on tlx- I'--ninsula,
and taken to OIcTJ'oiut. Hi '"r'
was a private of one of tho Yanki o i .'
aients, named Kimball. A I n t -truce
boat, arriving at City .I'oim, "
up Serjeant Hatch, who, Uni ;
exchanged, :it onco returned to h.i "'
below Richmond, and day l-clor .
day he returned t) Richmond vith j:.
KombalJ, whom he had captured " -:
mish neat the Whilo Houo. Tlx. '
furnished a theme for iri'm s';:..
mcnt, as one of the occurences ! ' '
vidual character, which find i
in the history of war.
I'
Some of our farmers have suil'ci-
m
by the detention of their ne-roes ca!,,
to work on fortifications at Wihru
and other places beyond the time atip'J.a'- ;
Une gentleman, we-learn, u ho happ'-i; :
have" seven negroes and only one r.y.
among them, and upon whom ho .Jep-n :
nuinly to get his Wheat off, is very
to kso'the crop-on account of tho i. tentioa
of his boy up to this time. Mr authorr :.n
should see to it that thoso negro " -returned.
V, Hi ' ury I Va t ch uin.
tti vii-T ro Assassi.nati: Gov. i .vti:s, '
In isois Governor Yates, of Illinois, was
hot at through his window, while wah
ing in his office, at his re.'demv .i in
field, at a late hour on the 1st of July.