Pittston Gazette and Luzerne Anthracite Journal

              WTT8T0N GAZETTE, PITTSTON dSbGAZETTE* ■ AJID T" "CT&ipil RICHART & BEYEA, Being now consolidated, embryos a larger ypriety o Jobbing material than any other oftire in the country •nd ia fully prepared to execute work of all JrttrdrtUf the beat and cheapest manner. Particular attention given to the following manifmVS, C«' PAMPHLETS, ] CIRCULARS, SHOW-BILLS, Luzerne Anthracite Journal. PUBLldllED WEEKLY BY RICHART, BEVE1 A THOMPSON, " Gazette" Building, Main Street, West Side. The GAZETTE »nd JOURNAL is published •very Thursday, at Two Dollabs per annum, atrictly in advance. Jfo postage charged within the county. BILL HEADS, . TICKETS, AND LUZERNE ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. labels, NOTES, CARD#, ADVERTISING- BATES. Ac., As. mmm imoi. i«; | I'm; |»raT | »nt. D 1 g HVLi*C;. # ufoH 1" »qm»rn, - 1 00 | 1 26 a oo | ' «o|8(»o Detoteb to % Cod Interests, politics, |letos, literature, attb General fntellijente. Rntofi work ofatlkfnd*. done in tho neatest and beg manner, and printed as Everything in thic lino will receiveprompt attention. ) Dqn«fe«, '• l wi r«» I 6 (TO I 7 00 I 10 00 I » 00 I 7 00 i M« I ***o s «*~j J I M M I lm j WD 0* 1 Wlni—P*~» 00 I 10 w ) M'W | *& 00 | #0 8# BLANKS. —. .  wttot 1? \rn ™ WHOLE NO. 635. Regular yearly advertiser*, not to exceed with eard hree squares at any time, $18. Business noticed, with • a advertisement, (1 each. VOLUME XII.—NO. 44. PITTSTON, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1863. W The abore rates will be strictly adhered to. hands of Gen. Lee, who was exacly the ble precision and awaited our onset with tnan to bring quiet and order again out of firmness. It was thu first time that the this unreasonable chaos. Ho went to work two hostile armies had, in relation to nuuiwith great zeal and energy to discharge hew confronted one another with force so his onerous task. All disposable troops nearly equal; but the Unionists had the were hastily summoned from the interior; advantage of a better protected position, Gen. Stonewall Jackson's army corps was while our troops had to expose themselves ordered to Richmond; all the hospitals to the hostile tire. The attack was opened were clearod of their occupants and prep- by the columns of Hill 1st, Anderson and arations made for 10,000 wounded men, Pickett. These gallant masses rush' d artillery and ammunition wagons rattled forward with thundering harrahs upon the by day and night through the streets, while musketry of the foe, as though it were a joy aids and ordcilies galloped to and fro in to them. Whole ranks went down under wild hurry with their dehjatehes. Masses that terrible hail; but nothing could reof troops came pouring in daily, yes, hour- strain their courage. The billows of battle ly, but without music or any other military regard fiercely onward; the struggle was pon.p. Sternly and silently those ragged, man to man, eye to eye, bayonet to bayonet, half starved swarms of men moved onward The hostile Meagher's brigade, composed through the thoroughfares; but by the j chiefly of Irishmen, offered heroic resisfire in their eyes showed that they werede- j tance. After a fierce struggle our peoplo termincd to defend their freedom or to per- i began to give way, and at length all order ish. * * * * * | and encouragements were vain—they were Now, in looking at the position of the I falling back in great disorder. Infuriate, two armies, it will be seen that unquestion- ' foaming at the mouth, bareheaded, sabre in ably the advantage was with the Southern hand, at this critical moment Gen. Cobb host; for Gen. McClellan had his forces appeared upon the field, at tho head of his necessarily on both sides of the Chicka- legion, and with him the 19th North Carohominy, and owing to the many ravines in lina and 14th Virgniia regiments. At once his neighborhood, could not without great those troops renewed the attack; but all difficulty and mush loss of time, execute their devotion were in vain. The Irish his military movements. Ilis front line held their positions with a determination reached ovt »■ distance of more than 20 and ferocity that called forth the uduiira • *.• _ v ir ■»» • • shrugged my shoulders as my officers com- enemy, drawn up in order, ere they rushed C' Lead on, Hill, head your old North Caromunicatcd their anticipations on the sub- upon them with horrible yells. Yet calm- liua boys 1" rose ovur field. And now jject. We had gone through a similar ex- ly, as on the parade ground, the latter dc- Hill charged forward with this mass he j pcrience in 1848, under Radetzky, in Italy, livered their fire. The batteries in the had thus worked up to the wildest enthoaij There, too, the Italians had already pre- centrc discharged their murderous volleys asm. The enemy halted when they saw , pared quarters for the old man and his ' on our men, and great disorder ensuod these columns, in flight a moment before troops, and tho Mayor of Milan was so among the storming party j Oen. Lee sent now advancing to the attack, and Hill firmly confident of victory and its oonsc- | out all his disposable troops to the rescue, burst upon his late pursuers like a famished quences that he hurried out to meet the but McClellan opened upon those newly lion. A fearful hand to hand conflict now gray old hero a prisoner, at the very mo- formed storming columns so hellish a fire ensued, for there was no time to bad and meat when the latter, overcoming all dif- i that even the coldest blooded veteran lost fire. The ferocity with whioh the combat Acuities, was quietly withdrawing into his . his self-possnssion. Whole ranks of our i was waged was incredible. It was useless fortresses at Mantua and Verona. 'men were hurled to the ground. The to beg the exasperated men for quarter; I had but just reached my regiment when ; thunder of the cannon, the rattling of the j there was no moderation, no pity, no coinwe received the order to advance along the ' musketry from a hundred thousand com- passion in that bloody,work of bayonet and whole line. I looked with sadness upon j batants, mingled with of the knife. Tho son sank dying at his father's our oncc fine Division. How fearfully : wounded and tho dyjng, were terrible to j feet: the father forgot that he had a ohild some regiments had been decimated! Many 1 the ear and imagination. Thus raged the i —a dying child; the brother did not see which, like my own, had marched out with i couflict within a comparatively narrow that a brother was expiring a few paces eleven hundred men, had now but three or I space seven long hours, and yet not a foot j from him ; the fricud heard not the groans four hundred effective soldiers left. Yes, j of ground was won. All our reserves had of a friend ; all natural ties were desolved • some—for instance, the Seventh Georgia been led into the fight, and the Brigade of only one feeling, one thirst panted in every and Twenty-first North Carolina—had only Wilcox was annihilated. At length the bosom—revenge. something over one hundred and eighty coming of night compelled a truce, and Here it was that the son of Major Peyton, men. * * * * * utterly overcome by fatigue, the soldier but fifteen years of age, called to his father for As our division were getting into motion, sank upon the ground at his post, thought- A ball had shattered both his legs.— suddenly approached the President, Jcffjr- less of even the friends torn from bis side, . , *e e "te" enemy then 1 will son Davis, surrounded by the General of and engrossed only with the instinct of 'v™"' 1 Cavalry, Joseph Davis, and Messrs. John- self preservation. But « Water 1 water 1" column had advancedWy aTe°w naoes further ston and Smith, followed by Secretary of was the cry from the parohed lips on all when the Major himself fell to the earth a War, Randolph and his military Cabinet, sides. The empty flasks contained not a corpse. Prodigies of valor were here perform Now when the danger was over, when drop, alas 1 and at length sleep overcame ed on both sides. History will ask in vain fo' • « • » « o 1 A - ■ • • « - - L" " * --- J—I I - M mC BUSINESS CARDS A MOTHER'S LOVE. Hufford house, pittston, PAHENRY HUFFORD, Proprietor. Although this world is dark and drear, Its joys partake of sadness, Yet now ami then there will appear, A beam of love and gladness: We love the playmates of our youth, Our sisters, and our brothers, But most of all our hearts adore Our long-forbearing mothers. Jan. 1, 1858. Eagle iiotel. pittston. pa.— AKORGE LAZARUS, Proprietor. Pitts toD, Dee. 6, 18ttl. 4Uy JOHN RICHARDS,—ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office with O. B. Nicholson. Wilkes-Burro, Pa. Will db at Pittston, o» Bathhdat*. Kind friend* may love as long and well, And cling through joy and sorrow, But then some evil eursed spell, May chill this love to morrnw ! But (irmer than tho love of friends, And stronger than all other, The purest love we ever know Is thutof our dear mother. [March 30,1809. -pv 8. KOON,—ATTORNEY AT LAW.—Of, flee in tho Butler House. Main street, Pittston. -fan. 29, 1859. A sister's love is fond a»|J true, , And full of tender feeling, Appreciated by the few, And often unrevealing: But. dearer than a sistar's love, And fuuder than all others, Tho dearest, sweetest love on earth Is a devoted mother's. Law and Collection Office. GEORGE B. KULP, Attorney at Law,—Office in tho Court House, (Register's Office,) Wilkes-Barre, Pa. [Oec. IS, l«8e. 529 CS. BECK. M. I).—DENTIST, m . late of PHILADELPHIA — OlSee,—Main St., above the Public -*-*.» TJJ Square, East 8ide. Wilke3-Barre, Penna. July 19, I860.—ly. A brother's love is firm aud true, A father loves us longer ; A wife's devotion greater still, Aud her affection stronger; But. dearer than those loves combined, And sweeter than all others, There is no hive as true and kind, As a devoted mother's. Notice. DR. E. snELP, DENTIST,j-Would respectfully announce to the citizens of Pittston and vicinity, that ho will practice in this place on everv Saturday. Rooms at IktRS. FOREMAN'S. February J7, 1862 -tf They tell that spirit* borer 'round, From evjl to uefeud us ; That friends, whom once we knew on earth, In Heaven may still befriend us; But dearer here than angels' love, And purer thnu all others, The love on earth we need the moat. Is a devoted mother's. DR. C. R. GORMAN having resumed the practice of iiia profession, respectfully tenders his services to the people of Pittston and vicinity. Calls left at the EAGLE HOTEL will rcceivo prompt attention, uiglit or day Pittston, July 25, lttOl ached ovir & -  niloa, in the form of a semi-circle, extendng from the James river towards Uichnoiid and Ashland. While one part of lis army crossed the Chickahominy, he ook position with the main body on the lorth side of the river, from Meadow Dridge to Bottom bridge. The heights on he banks of the stream were fortified so hat his ormy, notwithstanding tho great ength of its lines, had excellent defensive !ov«r. On the 2Gth of June, in the morning, mr troops took up their positions. .Jackon hastened by forced marchcs to Ashland here tv coniaicncc his outflanking operations against the enemy. Having arrived ;hero his advanced guard drove in the weakly posted foe, and pushed on withoul loss of time to Hanover Court House where he threw forward Gen. lJranche'i brigade between tho Chickuhominy and l'amuukey rivers, to establish a junctior with Gen. Hill (1st) who had to cross th( stream at Meadow bridge. Gen. Hill verj gallantly opened tho offensive and begar p!- *' "he little t" — o  iiciiiooiid had been freed from the iroi oke pluced upon kor nock by the encir ling army of the foo, and when they be;u.n again to breathe freely within their rails, these parlor heroes could, at last, at he close of the bloody struggle, assume a hcatrical attitude. Yet, with no hurrah, a of yore, did the soldiers receive the con|uerorof Hueria Vista. With a cold eye ind as stiff' as his horse he rode along the Vont of the regiments, only onoe in a while iddrcssing a word to some friend. When our division had successfully worked its way out from among the labyrinths of dismounted artillery, shattered wagons and dead soldiers and got room for freer movement, we opened our eyej wide with astonishment, when, on reaching (ho positions evacuated by the enemy, wC found nothing but a few stands of arms and some baggage. All their mateiiali had been carricd off by them in this pari of the field, and only a huge number ol dead told how fearfully the battle had rage* at this point The fortifications wero o colossal dimensions, and had far \te V. . o1- r1 iach wornout warrior, and even hunger am hirst were forgotten. Gloomy and ou Df humor, Gen. Lee rode through thi lamping ground of the decimatcd regi nents attended by his staff and then, wit! i dry, harsh voice, ordered up the Divis ons of Wise and Magrudcr, to bury thC lead. With a brief remark, he next in licated to Gen. Longstreet his position foi he next day, and rode off with his aids U 'isit other portions of the line. The grey of morning was just beginning o appear on tlie horizon when the rcmr oi irtillery was once more heard. A batterj vhich, during the night, Gen. Andersoi tad placed nearer to the hostilo lines wai nstantly noticed by the enemy and vigor msly att icked by bis field-pieces. Evcrj hot struck, and the fragments were hurl id in all directions. Of the twelve piccei n the battery five were quickly diamonntec ind the teams half destroyed, yet tbe com raanding officer held his po»t. In thC meanwhile our columns had arrived with out having tasted auy strengthening o lourishin'' refreshment. Exhausted h tion of our own officers'. Broken to pieces and disorganized, the fragments of that fine legion came rolling back from the charge. The )9th North Carolina lost eight gtandardbcarers, and the most of their staff officers were either killed or wounded. Again Generals Hill 1st and Vndcrsoti led their troop* to the attack, and somo regiments covered themselves with immortal glory. Our troops exhibited a contempt for death thnt made them the equals of old, experienced veterans, for, notwithstanding the blC ody harvest the destroyer reaped in our ranks that day, no disorder, no timid bearing revealed tliut many of the regiments were under tire and smelt gunpowder that day for the first time. Hut the enemy, nevertheless, quietly and coolly helil out against every attack wc made, one alter the other. Notwithstanding the fact that military brigades had to staud their ground from four until eight o'clock p. m., they performed teats of incredible vjlor; and it was only when the news camc that Jackson was upon them in ♦ he rear that, about eight. »'iC*y retired be- braver soldiers than those who here fought am fell. But of the demoniac fury of both partial one at u distance can form no idea. Even the wounded, despairing of succor, collecting their last energies of life, plunged their knives into the bosoms of foemcn who lay near them still breathing. The success of Gen. IIill enabled other generals to onco more lead Lhcir disorganized troops back to the fight, and the contest w*8 renewed along tna whole line, and kept up until deep into the night; for every thing depended on our keeping the enemy at bay, counting, too, upon their cxhanstntion at lost, until fresh troops could arrive to reinforce ih. At length, , about half past ton in the evening, the divisions of Magnifier, Wise and .Ilolines came up ana ' deployed to the front of'our army. Had the 1 commander* of these dirfciom; executed thetpl orders with promptitude and (Skill streams , of blood would have beeit-sparcd, and the foe would have been thrown back upon bis  in the course of the fyrenuun; but they reaped us fully seventeen hours behind time. Tho generals had been Wheertitin concerning the* marching orders, their columns crossed each other and became entangled, and precious tint* was irremediably lost. Still, as it was, the remainder of our force had to thank tho final ar" — - ■ - D  Then lot us prize our mothers more, While thoy are left to love us ; And cherish in our hearts, their words, If now they watch above us; And ne'er forget, or treat with slight, The love above all others. Which filled for ever, burning bright, The hearts of our dear mothers. tf DR. J. A. ROBINSON,—HOMOEOPATHIC Physician and Operative Surgeon. Pittstoa, Pa., respectfully offers his services to the jpeopla of Pttttfton and its vicinity. A supply of fresh medicines always on hand. Family cases furnished or refilled to order. Office with It. D. L&ooa, PitUton. Residence in Swetland'sbrick building, Exeter street. West Fittston. [May 3, 1800. THE "SEVEN DAY'S" BATTLES. A REBEL officer'S ACCOUNT OF THEM DR. J. M. BARRETT.—PEXTIST.— Offlee at hi* residence on Franklin street, opposite the Methodist Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where he may hereafter be found at all hours. Dr. B. inserts Teeth on Gold Mid Silver plate, J&e., and operates in all the brunches of Dental fturgery, in the best manner. A deduction from usual charges sufficient to •cover expenses, allowed to persons who come /roim a distance. April 19, 1860.—ly. Bravery qf the Irish Troops, and Generalship of Sic Clellai\r, A Prussian officer who held high rank in the Confederate nrmy, has published in the Cologne Gazette the annexed account of the campaign in the Peninsula, and the seven day's fighting in which he took part, lie pays a high tribute to the ability  good generalship of McClollan, and by his narrative adds another confirmatory link to to the evidence that, but for the imbecility of the Administration at Washington, and the intrigues of the Radical leaders, our army would certainly have captured Richmond, and crushed out the rebellion in the campaign of last summer. He also accords the pruise of a brave soldier to the prowess of Gen. Meagher's Brigade, under which head he evidently includes all the Irish regiments that took so heroic a part in that terrible struggle : WALL'S HOTEL, LATE AMEBICAN HOUSE, TCNKHmOCK, WYOMING €0., PA. lis operation* against *... own «. dechanicsvillc. The enemy who were staioned here made a brave resistance. Startling attacks were made again and again iirith a fury, and as often repelled with a cool determination in vain did Gen. LI ill send his aids in quest of Gen. Branch.— Tho latter had encountered so many topographical difficulties that he reached his position in front of Mochanicsville only late at night, when the confliot was at an end. The morning of the 27th had scarcely begnn to dawn ere otir artillery opened a tremendous fire upon the enemy's front, so that the latter, when they saw Branch's brigade advancing to attack on their right, abandoned their position at Mechuniesville, and fell back, fighting, upon their second defensive line further down the stream.— Just at the moment when we had established tho crossing of the Chickahominy arrived General Longstrcct's magnificent rfht. »v ,  ore oar advance. Despite the dreadfu. arnagc in their ranks they marched oo rith streaming banners and rolling drums, ind curried with them all their slightly rounded and all their baggage; and, when he cavalry regiments of JJavies and Wicklum went in pursuit, repelled this assault ilso with perfect coolness. »»»» Gen. Jackson hud accomplished his flanking march without meeting with important resistance from the eneuiy. Hardly had he arrived at the positions marked oat for him ere he sent his columns to the charge. Notwithstanding the difficulties and exertions of the march, which they had executed on Bhort allowance, he hurled his troops —those desperate taut culotte* of his—upon the Fedciais. In vain wus all the courige, all the bold munoouvering of the cne-11 y. Like a tempest Gen. Stuart and his uvalry swept down upon them and hurled — uiiUCUBlODS, «h.. Stolidity than we had supposed. We at mce received orders to push the foe iiumeliatcly, or at least so soon as we could asortaiu their exact whereabouts. We had lardly got beyond White House when we lescried a cloud of smoke which edlicd above the woods about a mile and a talf to our right. As we carefully advairc■d in that direction we perceived a higl: leaped up pyramid briskly burning with t ed hot glow and sending forth volume* ol team. The hostile General had giver irdcrs to commit all the property that couk lot be curried away to flumes, and here thC :agcr couqucrors were robbed of million! )f dollars worth of booty. Like bungrj wolves my poor fellows rushed toward tlx huge glowing heap to save whatever ooulc yet be saved. There were hundreds of cask: of meat, coffee, sugar, molases, rice, wine iven champaigne—in fine, all those deli C1 which •' North / ~~ ._«j . _y be fatigues of the preceding days, they airly reeled on their feet, yet not a man hrank back from duty. At length, as the iUh rose in splendor, and wo could better listinguish the enemy's position, an invollntary exclamation escaped me, for it was ivident to me, from the denser ranks he sxhibited, that MoClellan had been considerably reinforced during the night, and could therefore withdraw his woruout troops from the foremost lines, and have an easy struggle with fresh men against our famished and exhausted force. Gen. Lee, convinced of the perilous position of affaire, at once issued orders tc Stonewall Jackson to cover the retreat in case the army should be compelled to fall back, and diroetions were sent to Kichmond to get all the public property ready for imC mediate removal. Then the Divisions of Hill 2d, Longstreet, Anderson, Cobb, anc Vbitc-1! we'' iercu th rival of these divisions for their rescue. So soon as these reinforcements CxDak} bt thrown to the fiont our reginionts were drawn back, and as far as possible reorganized during . the night, the needful officers appointed, and after the distribution of fir'SVisioris, which had also fortunately arrived, measures wore adopted for the gathering up of the wounded and the burial o( the dead. On Tuesday, July 1st, at two o'clock in the morning, while the stars were still visible In the sky, Qen. Magruder again opened the battle, and very soon began a cannonade so fear- -D ful that the very earth trembled with the concussion. tty 12 o'clock meridian McClcllaa had abandoned all his positions, leaving behind his wounded, his baggage, and many pieces of ' cannon. Magruder followed liini, hot foot, but cautiously, as he had first to sweep the surrounding woods with artillery aud sharpshooters.About half-past 4 p. ra., our troops reached '.he vicinity of the well-known farm of D. Carer, known as Malvern Hill. Here Gen. Hegelian had again drawn up his army to roopen " ' 1 n tfD j — - - . TTTIS Establishment has recently been refitted and furnished in the latest style. Evry attention will be given to the comfort and enveuicnce of those who visit the House. T. B. WALL. Owner and Proprietor. January 9, 1882.—ly JENNINGS & BROTHER, Grain and Lumber, Dealers in * * * Upon the approach of the terrible Union armauda we wero forced to abandon our position on the 'peninsula at Yorktown, and after we had partiilly spiked our guns we drew buck to our defensive fantness at Williamsburg, so as at that point to cover our capitol, Richmond, by throwing up strong fortified works, and perfecting a compact military formation. Mo- Clellan, the commanding general of the Union troops, did not allow himself to be so fur deceived by our voluntary withdrawal from our position at YorktowD as to regard us as a beuten army, but with great celerity and skill continued the disembarkation of his troops and began to fortify his position. It was not until he had completed liis preliminary measures that he advanced with hostile demonstrations against our line. The lines at Williamsburg were also given up by us without any great resistance, although it was very difficult to persuade the old fighting General Magrudor of the propriety of the step, for he loved the position as a father loves his child; and to tell the truth, all the fortifications had been constructed with much talent under his personal directions. The hard headed old so.dier was won over only after renewed debate und expostulation — i At length, however, after a few cavalry affairs, the place was evacuated by our troops, and we toot » QUr n,arC|1 tw * ' f, • • v vwiUlXMIS, ior Richmond. In the meanwhile the most fearful panic fell upon Kichuiond, and all who could possibly get away pack■ ed up everything they hud and fled south' wurd. The nearer the hostile arm,y apj proaehed the city the fiercer the tumult : und uproar became. The buming waves of populur alarm uould not be allayed.— The government kself furthered the eonfusion. Instead of resdlving to triumph or fall with the army in front of Richmond, I it at once ordered ull the different bureaux to pask up, and cause the officers of ordinance to empty the magazines and convey their stores further South. Even President Davis took to the road, and hastened, with his wife and children, to North Carolina. As an ay be readily divined, this loss of presence of mind threw the people at large into the most frantic excess of terror.— There was nothing on all sideB but shouting and uproar, and confusion reached its utiiost height. The sccret police of Gen. Winder had lost all control. The civil authorities of Richmond were anxious to do something, but knew not what, and also lest their senses. A small number of the Baltimore rabble took advantage of the hubbub, and in public meeting, passed resolutions condemning Richmond to conflagration so soon as the Union troops should enter it. Yet all who eould escape did so. The sick and wounded was carried further into the interior; many public and private buildings were marked out for destruction ; and in short, a frightful oatastrophe seemed to be impending over the Southern oapitolOF ALL KINDS. FLOUR, FEED & MEAL, PORK, BUTTER iwid CHEESE. LARD. DRIED Al'l'LES and BEAKS, SALT, CEMEXT, 4c., Ac. riTTSTON, PA. JBOBERT L. MULFORP, CORTI.ANT) A.SPRAOl'E MULFORD & SPRAGUE, army corps—old, experienced veterans of the army of the Potouiac—and the division of Gen. Hill (2d.) At once the order to advance was given all along the line.— The divisions of Gen. Ilill, 2d, Anderson, and Whiting, formed the centre, and moved towards Coal Ilurbor; while Jackson Hill, 1st, and Longstreet formed the left ,nd marched down along (he bank of thC iver, Magrudcr, commanding the righ firig, was, on aoeount of the swampy na ure of the ground he occupied, ordered tC lold K V V de" J Pl v. A everything to the earth that stood in his. way. A genuine fury took possession of Jackson's men, who, throwing aside their inuskets and drawing their terrible bowie knives, fell with these alone upon the victims offered up to them. Ilorrihle was the carnage that then ensued ; and, although the Federals had at first made obstinate resistance, they now lost ground and fell back 'Itrowing uwuy arms, knapsacks, blanket: —in fine, everything that couid iuijjed* heir flight. Subordination and disciplinC cacies with which the . im Army was more than abundantly provided, and which we poor dovila scarcely knew the names of, piled up on one another. Yet all our efforts to rescue something useful were vain : the eneiuy had taken his precautions for the total destruction of everything left behind with such cunning skill that there was nothing remaining but spoiled and useless goods. On the other hand, the entire fi. Id was covcred with the heavy cloth cloaks of the fugitives, and these were ven V o' V Yet all via ..tcoiub were or_ ny's works. And now again commenced one of the uost desperate combats that ever took •lace in any war. The loss on our side ras absolutely frightful. McClellan, oberving the devastation his artillery was naking among our troops, called up a division of reserves, and overwhelmed us with a terrible rain of musketry. II ii masses pressed forward, step by step, near er and nearer, until at length some of our • • -W to storm ic one- the fight. Gen. Magrudcr no sooner saw tlx enemy's position than he once more led hit men to th6 attack. Ilis columns advanced ii magnificent order over the scaco that scpcrated them from the foe and stormed the intrenched position. Rut a murderous hail of grape received the brave fellows and mowed them down, until finally the fragments of these splendid divisions were compelled to seek the shelter of the woods. Again Gens. Smith, Anderson and Holmes led on their troops; but suddenly missiles of monstrous dimensions tore down whole ranks of our soldiers and caused the most apD!'-DC? d* IMPOKTEU4 A WHOLESALE DEALKUS IN HARDWARE, CUTLERY & GUNS, BROWN & SPRAGUE'S CELEBRATED MINERS' SHOVELS, SCYTHES, AXES, And EDQ-E TOOLS, ate Greenwich Street, near Vesey St., NEW YORK, ALSO, SOLE AGENTS FOR ic iinself merely on the jefensive— Gci«. Wise took comand of Fort Darling on tbe James river. All these military oi tensive operutionit and the two proceeding tights must have given Geo. McClullai knowledge of our iuteution to change oui inconvenient position at Richmond, ant tO procure .Or ourseives mure ipace and trcedom of motion. Ho should, then, havt instantly ordered the army corps of Gen McDowell, which for mouths had lain inactive near Fredericksburg, to make a demonstration along the Richmond road. lij such a movement even the flank march oi Geo. Jackson would have been rendered impracticable, Hut Gen. McClcllan rnusl have been doceived in the character of Gen McDowall; for notwithstanding all the communications in reference to our oouibined manoeuvers, the latter remained with imperturablo indifferenoe in his secure position, and left Gen. McJlellan's army, which had Buffered greatly by sickncss and desertion, a prey to the heavy concusions of our attack. (Scarcely, therefore, had Gen. Lee received reliable intelligence of MeDowall'B inactivity than a general and simultaneous attack on McClcllan's whole line was resolved upon. So soon, then, as tbe arrival of Gen. Jackson at Coal Harbor was reported, the Commander-in-Chief, with the staff, repaired to Gaines' Mill and ordered the divisions of Anderson, Hill .. nigD. ana discip welcome our troops. /et all essentia vcre at an end The soldier no longer particulars proved to me that General Mc heard the command of his officer, and de- (Jlcllan had accomplished his retreat witl sertcd the post entrusted to his keeping.— order and sagacity, and that there was noth Already had two Generals of the four hos- ing farther from bis thoughts than a sur tile brigades been left by their men. and it render of the army. Ir.decu from somi was believed that all was over with M;. 8traf,gler8 captured by my nwn, I learnec (Jlellnn's entire army. when, at tins peril- that he had crossed the Chickahominy witl ous crisis, Gen. Heintzelnian appeared with his entire force, had given up his fbrtnet his division, and again brought the battle base of retreat, and was now approaching to a stand. With great ability and gallan- the James river, probably with a view tc try he repulsed the onset of our troops, and form a junction with the fleet. I at once at once ordered the organization of the bea- sent an officer with the intelligence to Gen. ten and fugitive brigades; but it was found Lee. Horenjion I received orders to halt, impossible to restore order to these coufus and presently there mshed "by the twelve ?d and intimidated masses. They bore fine brigades of Hill (1st) and Longstreet their officers along with them, and rushed to give the supposed flying enemy his death away in wild, disordered flight. blow. About five miles from Darlcytown, Gen Heintzleman saw himself compel!- on the Newmarket Toad, we got sight at ed to abandon his position ; and, like an ox, thefoe; but they had taken up a splendid with head down and ready to receive at- : position. 1 he plain thickly beset with trees tack at any moment, he drew slowly back &t this point, uud rough, broken ground, to the Chickahominy. All the wounded was very unfavorable to the operations of and all the accumulate stores of the ene- our brave cavalry, and they werecondetunmy fell into our hands, and Jackson could ed to inaction. with a clear conscience, issuo the order.— I Gen. McOlellan had taken his .position "Enough for to-day." None of the other ' at Kramer's farm, which formed bis centre. Generals had performed their task with This point he had strengthened with 10 such rapidity and success as he, and, there- pieces of heavy artillery, had Collected bis fore, the fruits of his victory were unu.su- best troops there, and firmly and coolly ally L.Ige. The Uuiouists bai 1 j»t during awaited our attack there. We had, at ail the day two Brigadier-Generals, one hun- hazards, to drive the enemy from the dred and fifteen staff and subaltern officers, neighborhood of our capitol or succumb threw their arms away i led. McOlell- t '"g damage. an availed himself of this panic and order- This was the fire of the fleet, which altho' ed a flank movement of his cavalry. Quick 'wo a"d a half miles distant, now took part in as thought Anderson placed himself at the l,he °°I,,est- Our men still rushed forward with head of our horse, and led three regiments tZKff 'he host.lo pos.t.on, , , . •« * and Malvern Hill was attacked on all sides.— to the charge. Iheir onset was magnificent. MoClellan defended himself courageously: and Our Texans burst with ringing huzzas in- it was 12 o'clock at night ere he evacuted this to the ranks of the foe, who, without even position, which both nature and art had made giving us time to try our sabres, turned to a strong one. The heroic daring and energy the right about; but here, toft, the hostile of nur troops had overcome all obstacles. field picces prevented further success, and l'le seventh day will live fcr __ u'j ,1,.,, ever in the memory of the people as the battlo we had to draw back tvem before that of Ma,yern J J,,, the ,ct10D, orusning tiro. fought around Richmond, was (he contest con- The enemy, noticing our confusion, now fined within so small a space, and there was advanced with the cry, "Onward to Rich- "dded to it the fire of the monster gun* on mond !" Yes, along the whole hostile front th° opemy's ships It was terriblo to .. Riobmoodr -Vl.njMUatka who hod oorvod .a on. eiplodod ,1 ».D ■« though ilm globe hod tant Missouri and on the plains of Arkau- burst. Never, in any war since the world bcsas wept in the bitterness of their souls gan, were missiles of such magnitude before like children. Of what avail had it been used. The battle of Malvern Hill will be a to us that our best blood had lowed for six monument for ttrnt people, testifying to the deion!? days V—of what avail all our unceas- termined will and resolution with which it coniig and cxhaustless endurance? Every- tended for independence as a nation, and , v . j * , j J the indomitable firmness of its vow to conquer ;hiDg, everything seemed teat, and a gen- or to dio 4 ,ral depression came oyer all our boart. - j mUst awan, to Gen. Mc0,cHan my Mm Batteries dashed past in headlong fl.ght; ln,ore ara fcWt if my General, iinmuuition, hospital and supply wagons ju Union army who can rival him. 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In this moment ot desperation, uen. Hill with eourngo and talent, and ois last stqpd »t same up with a few regiments he had man- Malvern nill, as well as his System of defence iged to rally; but the enemy was eontin- and his strategic cjmblnKtioiih* displayed liirh' lally pressing nearer and nearer; louder military ability. Vet bt» troops ware too gtmUp ind loader their shouts, and the w»tahwnd demoralised by tl*to sevau days' fighting* and "On to Richmond 1" could be heard— lostJhi*r T" 'rtr -i"- wa and rushed into the ranks of the luiantry at a„ At iianmon s Landing, whsre the regiments, now deprived of thiir pripor James river forum a curve, be bit officers, dsn. Hill seised the standard of shattered army under the guns of tlie Federal the Fourth North Carolina nt— fleet. But, on our side, we had no longer an which he had formerly commanded — and army to molest hhn. shouted to the soldiers, " If you will not — follow me I will perish alone! Ui on this The method most in repute among on a number of officers dashed forward t D oov- forefather* for kilfinjr tune wu.s to km each er their beloved general with thtir bodies, other; and we are gutting to be exocodingtbe soldiers hastily rallied, and the cry, iy like o«u foiebrther*. • 1st, Longstreet and Pickett, to attack.— Belbro these columns got into motion the thunder of artillery at our left announced that Gen. Jackson was already at work.— This called forth in our troops the utmost enthusiasm. Gen. McClellan's position On that day was remarkable in the highest degree.— With one portiou of his troops he had eroased to the south side of the Chickahomiuy, and there confronted Mugruder, while with the larger portion of his force, he had taken up a position more to the rear and nearer the railroad, where he was resolved to aocept battle. Ilia dispositions revealed comprehensive forethought, talent Mil coolneM. The different diviaioua of kis araaj took their position* with adiuira- three thousand privates, and twenty one ourselves. No other choice remained for cannon, and hundreds of ambulances and us. But Gen. M«Otellaii only too well unbaggage waggons, with ull their lading.— derstood his critical position. By the folly The booty was immense; but in a strateg- of Gen. MoDowall, the pitiful conduct of ic point of view, Juuksou's success was of Secretary Stantou and the political reasons far greater importance, sinoe it cut Geo. of Commander-in-Chief Ilalleck, ut Wush McClellan off completely from his base of ington, he was offered up, as it wore, to retreat. When, therefore, the triumph of destruction. Many another General would, Jackson's arms became known at headquar- perhaps, under such dreadful circumstances ten, all ooanted with perfect certainty upon have Bought death amid the crash of batthe destruction or capture of McClellan's tie. However, ho did not hesitate a moentire force. The rejoioing bordered on went, the frightfbl tosses he had sustained freniy; and when, early next morning, I during those four days' struggles, to trust rejoined my regiment, 1 found my poor his fate, like an old and gallant soldier, to fellows in a state of feverish exoiteinent, the sword. for every man of them wanted to have a During that four days' massacre our hand in the approaching capture or annihi- troops had been formed into wild beasts, latiou of the great Federal arm;. X alone and hardly had they caught tight of Ik* D0 Bardels Mess Fork! 1 Tun of Hams Sugar Cured! 1 Ton of SHOULDERS Sugar Cured 500 Lbs. of DRIED BEEF. 100 Sacks Pure Ashton Salt 50 Sacks GROUND ALUM! lOO Barrels 8YHACUSK SALT, AT THE CASH STQBJE Of Charles Law & Oo: . Pittston, August 7, 1842.-U  At this most oritioal moment the General-in-Chief commanding our foroee (Johnson) was wounded at the battle of Seven Pines, and the oommaad fell into the able BlAWCi Of MAj KIHDS FOR 6ALJE AT THIS omoa. :i