The New York Herald Newspaper, November 20, 1863, Page 4

tha States intereeted. The wor ing mains and )!acin ia the bow pulta where 0 own 1 was co 1 on the 21h mo, an has beer carried wit groatest care aud under tho sti t supervision t avoid the possibility of au error in rarked grave Some aixty bodies bave thus been reintorr THE LOCATION of the cemotery ta about half a t town, and adjoins the old com t : the oventlu J 1 id bet Baltimore and Tane roads, and cont about ton ores Of land Th und apart for the reetm, aces of the departed 2 purchased by the State of Peue ania, and h base resting Inid out ina semi-circle, with tb contains throg principal avenues; one extending base line, the second around the are of the and the other f o sem e tei with the outer one, Minor path ate from the centre of the base line, and form division lines with to mark tho different State apportionments. Stato has its soparate lot, and the burials have been mado in trenches parallel with the main avenues. It is intondod to place at the head of the trenches a plain hammere:l granite cur mn which will be cut the names of the soldiers, with thoir regiment, company, Kc. This plan will obyi te the necessity of private monuments, and places (ne memory of all who are buried here upon an equal footing. ‘Tho lo cation of tho proposed commemorative monument bas aot been fully decided upon, VISITORS ON THE BATTLE For the last few days there has been a atroain of visit ors wandoring over tho battle field, picking up mementoes Of all kinds, from pioces of shot! to walnut branches to bo converted Into walking canos. ‘Tho rat place usually visited which stands the college, tho the school for young ladies Btanda a low-roofed, sma! », ranning rely across the lot, FIELD, Just over stone house of ruil tho herdquarters of the rebel Geveral L man woman, who was the matron of the domici! to our Inquiries and gave Lee a good charact moral discourse and bearing; but she p oantly that she had cooked nothing for the re bad his pick of good ho but p et th One. Quite contiguous to it aro the ri MecPhorson, No wilful damage was douse to them or to any othe party at Gettysburg HE GRAVES OF THE FALLEN All around aro marks of the fearful conflict, in f torn down, rifle pits hast from which the bodies of y thrown have be rebel moved, and graves w sleap undisturbed the victims of the strife, Many of the latter ave hei !bourds, with the names of the sleepors marked on them, These are they who were buricd by their own men bovore the retroat, Gon. Parksdale’s body is said to be still in pos aeaaion of an ontorprising embalmer, who look it up oa speculation, MARKS OF THS CONFLICT. ‘The college bears numerous marks made by shell. The Indies’ achoolhouse of Miss Carcie e ame mento of the fight in a large apert ar the roof, ‘This indy and her pupils busied th during the fight in attending some sixty wounded n soldiers. Tho Miaacs Callow, of Baltimore, are apolsen of as earnoat aad gontlo ministers in this good work. Another pupil— Miaa Amolia ©, Narmaa—lived with her avute in a five house between this pojut And the road. Aa it was used by tue Union sharpshooters, tho robels, on the retreat of our forces, made c to burn |t, The young lady, however, protested a the outrage, assuring them that she was born of a orm mother, Sho was told that the honso wo sparod if she would hurrah fe ut she to the dwo! tho gauntlet of the fire from both armies, Curiously @nough, the Louse was built by the brother inlaw of Stonewall Jackson. Along the Gettysburg road are still and the torch was applied atrown the remains of Union wniforms aud accvutrementa, tho fielta are dotted with graves, the houses are riddled with shot aud abe!!, and tho fonees and trees Ghow wigns of (he rain of taissilo:, Nour hero is pointed Out a persimmon tree in which a rebel sharpshvoter Sedygieon bis position aud plied his rifle with terrible ie iid teasevo kilied threo 2 2 vestera rifle. man, who had a telescopic riffle, was sent for, He drew a bead on the rebel, and Bred = That was the death bolt of tre robo!, and he Hes buried under the tree LITTLS ROUND Tor. Another point of great interest is the elevation known 43 Little Round Top, Here onr men had tocreased the na. tural strength of the position by artificial defences. It must Lave appeared a desperate enterprise to endeavor to gain thia position; bat tho attempt was made, A fear. ful alaughter of the rebel troops was the result; the rocks and boulders on the hillvide did not save them from the @wooving lire Gf our men, aud they weat down in thou- sands oure's amnt., 00 our oxtrome right, has olmost every tree upon it de Strood by the iron hail that swept over it, and even in tho old boroagh town of Gettysburg there are ianumera- bie battle soars in watts and houres. ‘These scones have all boon visited within the Inst fow days by thousands of strangers. But perhaps the saddest spectacte of all is that which is presented in the new comotery, where the work of reinterring the dead has beoa going on without cessation Many of those whose graves were unmarked havo fur Nished proo!s of ientity in letters from frienda, Bibles in pockets, daguerreotypes and other things. I bave teard somo foarful atorios of how human skulle and Aants of poor mortality have become stripped of the thin covering of clay hastily thrown over them, and been expored to sight; but I would rather draw a curtain over these sad recitals, for the sake of the wo heros themselves. Lbolieve that a becoming care from the first be aged to give tho dead of both armies a decent xepuich and suppose the time is not far distant when such a fectionate attoation ax paid to the relic soldiors will be ern army cher rem. have entombed een ia now sof loyal iso extended to the dead of the South PROGRAMME CEREMON TER. Mr. Wille mado oxtensive arrangements Boeration of the cemetery grounds, He se tations to the Prosid and Vice Pres United Siatos and the members of the tonant General Scott and Admiral Charles 5 distinguished veteran representatives of the arm favy; to Major Goncral Meadto, and throw officers and privates of the Army of the I% the Fros Masons and Od Fellows tho loyal States, The f the toy: invited to be present, either in person or by dep b military of the dopartment attended wnder the commaud Of Major Gonoral Couch, together with a ip from the Middle Department under Schenck. Tho civic portion of the proces the chief marahaiship of Mr. Ward fH. | States Marshal fof fhe District United States marshals from loyal States. The Rey, T. H. Stockton, Chap'ain « United States Senate, ¢ waa delivered by tho was sang by the ohotr, PHS PRRUDENTR DEPARTIRE Mr. Lincoln loft Waabingtoy cu oP Cari ma rdors of thr vernors ten tary escort ral Gen mon, Ue mbia, assisted by t through pred up the prayer lon, Edward Everett, ac PROM WASTLINE Wednesday noon on & apeeltt train for Gottyrbure, aeoom ot Dy Secretaries Seward, Cahor, Blair and off mbers of the Cabinet bis Private Secretaries, Nicvlay and fay, rev he corre diplomatique, and oicers of thearmy and navy. The Grain was made up of four cars, two apiendid ones of (he Northorn Contral road, in ¢ FG, W, Debotf the President's car, and a bwggags car of the Balt more and ‘Ohio road, in charge of Mr. Showaere, who bed cher the train, The Marine accompanied thie train, w tho President had al rong the Firet reg ‘of the Invalid corps, under command of t Fred f. Jackson, of Company A Reuber Fogiueer, took the train ont, vet Northern Central furnishod aa engine frem Bailimore, and the perty « rived at Gettysbargabout eundewo Ih the other traine largo numbere of ciurens left the ational capital for the same piace, to attend t of dedicating the National Cemetery, and Hoon trains brought out further crowds, among # were many members of the Order of Old Fellow MILITARY REVIEW —ARKIVAL OF THR PRESIDENT A review of the troops sing @igbt companies of the Fifth New York artillery, Colone! Murray, © regiment that in a credit to the State, took piace yesterday afternoon before Major General Couch, S01 was witnessed by @ largé concourse of people. Later 0 the evouing & (rain arrived from Waatington with (hy President, Secretary Seward, Postinaster Genera! Bh Mr Usbor, General Schenck a04 staf, and other notables ® PREV OONT—HIA BEKO ios in Gettysburg, the Southern confederacy; , Ning, while horself and her aunts had to run | font baad of the Fifth New York artillery, Aftor ro nj calis Mr. Lincola at length preseoted himaell, be was loudly cheered, He said -— Taj t 1, fellow citizens, merely to thank you mplineat. Tho tnforsnce 1 a very fai é at you would bear me for a litte while at Icast @ aapeech. I do pot eppear of doing so,aad for several 4. The moat eubstantial of these i veh tom (Laughter) Ia my po va important that 1 sheuld aot Gay aay ny can help it very oftea happens that the ouly way to nelp it is to say notoing at all or) Be Hoving that is my present condition th ning, | muat beg of you to excuse me from addressing you furtior ‘The Presidvat retired amidst loud cheers. The band then proceeded to where Mr. Seward waa staying, and paid him the compliment of a serenads. He obeyed 4 call for a speech, an Fritow Cre years ol1 and up wards; 1 hay a public 4 of that time, this is the first time that ever any people or c 0 near to the border of Marytand nd the reason 'y was opening was found willin; was that I said to listen to my voice ¥ years azo that ala before this people a graveyard that was to be filled wit brothers Calling in mutual political combat. I knew tha the cause that was hurrying the Union iato this dreadful strive was slavery, and whon I did elevate my voice it was to warn the people to remove that cause when thoy could by constitutional means, aad so avert the catastro phe of ‘civil war that now unhappily baa failon upon the nation, deliging it in bl: ‘That crisis came, and we seo the result. T am thank’u! that you are willing to hear moat Jact, Tthaok my God that I believe this strife is going to cud in the removal of that evil whieh ought to have been removed by peacefrut mens and doliberate councils, (Good.) 1 thank my | God tor the hope that this is the la: tricidal war | democratic party as being Emmetisburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | which will fall upon the country—a 'y vouchaafod by Hoaven—the richest, tho broadest, most beawtited, most magnificant and c ever vot beatowed upon a people, that has ever been given to aay part of the human race ( Applause.) And J thank God for the hope that whea that case is removed, simply by (09 opera. git. aa the origin of ‘the groat traxgon that ia wi wstifleation and without paraile shall be united, bo only . ‘ having only one ambition and tiny. CAppia a we shall Know that not ener » but *o are friends brothers that sion is a reality, and we hor for t wrougat by thia rebel y now near the rraves of the misguid whom we have couaigned to their L 8 with pity for their errors and with rifuli of iof with which wa her by wh 9nd, raised in do. at, that misguided brotier par ished. When we part to morrow night, lot 13 remamber | that we owe it to ovr cowulry and to manktod that thia shall have for its conclusion the establishing of the principle of democratic i ‘n hea aimp'e principle that, whatever party, wha’ tion of the | nion, pro: vails by nstitutional uy election, that party ii be reapocted aad ained in power until it ehall give place, on aa trial and anothar verdict, A different portion of the peonio, (Good,) not do that, you are drifting at once a ey verve of the atruce ; b tbat priaciple (aia ment of our at, the wisest and the happiest in the 50 (ar aa we are concerned, practicaliy (Applause) Jou W. Forsey was afterwards seronadod, and mado a apeecl, in which he declared that the reason be had not supported Mr. Liacoin for the Presttency in 1340 was that anied to broak up the siaveowning damocracy , that he was really in favor of his election, but dig aot want to let it appear, co that bo might the better accomplish bis purpose. He boasted of and dofouded his perfidy to the @ watier of policy and he Philosophy. THR GOVERNORS’ TRAIN DELAYED. ‘Tho train which conveyed tha Governors was delayed by aslight ac nt until uear midnight, 60 that thoy were not able to participate ia tho procesdings of tue night, which were generally of a marked charactor ‘The travelling, hotel aud otnar arrangements hore aro contemptibly deficient, The following was THE ORDER OF PROCRSAION. Military, under command of Major Gonoral Couch. Ma or General Meade and staf, aat the ofcers aut sol- diora of tho Arwy’o! tho Potomac, Officers of the Nasy and Marine Corps of the United States, Aide Chie? Marshal, Aids Presigoot of the United Staton Mombers of the Cabinot. Assistant Secretaries of the several Executive Depart. ments. Genoral-in Chief of the Army and staff. Lieutenant General Seott and Rear Admiral Stewart. Judges of the Cuited States Saprome Court. Hon, Fdward Everett, orator of the day, aud tho Chap- Inia. Governors of the States and their Sta Commissioners of the Sta angura ner wit te Ty Vice Prestdeat of tho United States and Spoakor of the House of Represeotativos Members of the two Houses of Congress OMcers of the two Houses of Cougress. Mayors of Cities. Coltysburg Committee of Arrangemonts: OMficers and Members of the United States Sanitary Com mission. Committees of Di rent Religious Bodies United States Military Tolegraphic Corps Officers and Representatives of Adama’ Express Company. OMicors of Different Telegraph Companies. Hospital Corpa of the Army. Soldiers’ Relief Asaociationa, Knights ‘Tempiar. Masonic Fraternity. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Other Benevolent Assoc ations. Literary, Setentific and Industrial Associations. Tho Prese. Officers and Members of Loyal Langues. Fire Companies. Citizena of the State of Ponnsytvania, Citizens of other States, Citizens of the District of Columbia, Citizens of the several Territories. The japse in the arrangements was the absence of General Meade, whose military duties at this importent moment require bis attendance at the front of his army. The military formed in Gettysburg at nine o'clock A. M., on Carlisle street, north of the square, its right rest ing on the square opposite McClellan's Hotel, ander the direction of Major General Co The State m hief marahal’s aids aasam- led in the public square at the same hour, All civic bodies, except the citizena of States, assem bled on York street at the same hour The delegation of A citizens formed on Chambersburg street, its right resting on the square, and the other citizen delegations, in their order, formed on the same street in rear of the Pennsylvania delegation The marshols of the States were charged with the duly rehals and Penneylya of forming their several delegations #0 that they as: sumed their appropriate positions when the main proces sion moved The head of the colmn moved at precively ten o'clock. The ronte was up Britimore street to the Emmetts- burg road, thence to the junction of the Taneytown road thence by the latter rond to the cemetery, where the military formed in line, recording to t Genera! in command, for the pnrpose nt of the Uni Pree up and occupied the space on th civic procession advanced and occupied the area in ot, the military ledving eufficient space nd the line of graves for the civic pro eesion | The pled the right of the tand The exer: took place, as coon as the miliary and vic bodies were in position, ae follows:-— The Hou, Rowand Kearerr then delivered the following on with telling elect — MR. EVERETT'S ORATION wae by law in Athens that the obsequies he fell im battle should performed at be pub «and in the most honorable mancer. Their bones were carefully gathered up from the funeral where their bodies were consumed, and brought me tothe city. There, for three dave before ter ment, they lay in state, beneath ton the vouve offerings of fr weapon, precious ormsmenie, pa art, whieh, after tw sand yeare, adorn tha museame modern ) t es of surviving afte o, Ten rea! cyprese received the b depen reach of the ver memory of the vor ecovered, On the fourth day to formed, mothers, wives, sisters, dx and to (bem It was permitted by the manvers to utter tw aud the m b ens and strangers closed the ain y moved to the place of interm eram ious, the beautiful suburb of Athens had veeo adpraed by Cimon, the som of Miltiades, with welke and fountains whose groves were filled with altars, shrines and temples; whose gardens were ever green with streams (rom ‘the neighbor Hills, and shaded with the trees excred to Minerva which most vd column eneval wilh the foandation+of the city, whom circuit ene'oned The olive grove of Acateme, Plato's retirement, where the Atte bird Trilled bis thick warbied nore the whore pathways glenmod with the mocnments of the ee Ake work of the most consummate are foto marke = There, é | overarching plane trees, upon a lofty stage erected for the purpose, it was ordained by law that a funeral ora. | tion should be pronounced by some ottineu Of Athous, tu the presence of the assembled multitude. Buck wore the tokons of respect required by taw (o be paid at Athons to the memory of those who had falion in | tho cause of their country, To those alone who fail at Marathoe a peculiar honor was reserved, As tue battio fought upoe that immortal fold was distinguished from all oluers ia Grecian bistory for its influence over the Cortuaes of Hollas—as i dopeuded upon the event of that day wholuor Greece should live, a glory and a light to ali coming Lime, or should oxpire, like tho moteor of & momeal—so tho honors awarded te ifs martra heroes woro auch aa wore bestowed by Athens on no othor occasion. They alone of all her sons were evtowmd €d upon the spot which taey bad forover rondorod fa moua, Thoir wames wore inscribed upon ton pillars erceled upoa tao moaumental tumulus which covered | their ashos, whore, after six hundred yoars they wore read by (ao Crayollor Pavaaniao, ond although the columns, beneath the baad of barbaric violouce aad time, have long since disappeared, the vongrab!a mouad atill marks (ho apot whore they fought and fol)— ‘That battio fold, where Persia's victim horde, First bowed benoath the brunt of Holias’ aword And shait!, follow oitizans, who, after an intorval of twontythree coaturioa, @ youthful pilgrim from w | wort# uuknown to Anclowt Grooce, have wav | dored over that iliuatetous plain, ready to put off | tho shoes (rom off my Coet, aa one that etands on noly ground, have gaved with rosapect{ul emotion on tho mound, which st! protects tho remaina of (hose who rolled back Uo fide of “Porsian invasion and rescucd tho tad of popuiir liberty, of letters and arta from the rutaload (oe, stand unmoved over the gravos of our dear brethren, who but yoaterday—on throe of these all important days which decida a nation's lia tory—days on whose issue it depended w her this Auguat republican Union, foundod by some of tho wisest aialeamen that over lived, cemonted with tho blood of some Of the purest patriots thas over died, should perish or ondure—rolied back tho tido of an invasion, not leas unprovoked, not loss ruibiesa. than (hat which cawe to plant the dark bannor of Asiatio despotism and slavery on the (ree so:l of Greece? Hoaven forbiJ’ And could I prove Prompting of patriotic duty and affection, not only would you, follow citizens, gather ot, many of yor take part in Uhoas ptous of round mi and pate myn who All thoso od graves would boro wilh in dination bongath the sod We bavo assembled, trignda, follow citizona, at the invitation of the Exocutive of the great Central Btale of obded by the Governors of eighteen the Uoion, to pay tho last trib roap. som who, in the hard fonght ba of tha tat, 24 and Sdgdays of July last, laid down tboir lives for. the country om these hillsides aud the pms apread , aad whose remains have been gathored Lory which wo Consterato tis day tho fiolda whose sods were 49 lately moistanad by 14: gallant aad loyal men, ! fool as never volore bow truly Il waa aaid,, of oid, that'it io awoet and becoming to di for one’s country. 1 fea! aa never before how justi, from the dawn of history (o the present time, mon bays paid che homage of their grati Gide and admiration W tho momory of tos who nobly facrifice their Hives that thar fellow men way live ia safety And if tia tribute were over duo, when, to whom, could it be more juatly paid th: thoae whowe jaat rosting place wo thia day commend to tho blessing of Heavon aud of men | stor consider, my Crieada, what would hav9 been (he cOnsayusnces Lo the country, to yoursolyes, and to all you | hola doar, if Chore who aleep boneath our feet apd thoir gallant comzades, who sucviv9 to serve their country on Other ficlda of danger, had failed ta their duty on those smorabie days. Consider what, at thia moment, would be tbe condition of the Uaived States if that noble Army | of (he Potomac. inetead of gailantiy and for the second | time beafing back the tide of invasion from Maryland | and Ponnsytvania Lad been Itself driven from thosd woll contested heights, thrown baok in confusion on Balti more, or tramp!od down, discomfided, scxtiered to tho four winds. What, vader tho circumstances, would not have beon (ho fate of the Monumontal City, of Harrlaburg, of Philadoiptia, of Wasbington—tho capital of the Union— each and Overy 000 Of which would havo iain at tho morcy of the onomy, accordingly aa it might have pleased him, apurred only by paasiob, flushod wita victory, aad con fidont of continued success, to direct his course” For this wo must beac ia mind it + one of tho groat fesaona of the war, deed, of every war, that i t3 im- [peer phe a rd withwt military organization, ia- biting bho cities, towns and vi of au open comnury, including of course the naturalipropertion cf uou oom- ‘atanta of cither nox aud of eveby age, to withstand the inroad of a votoran army, Wha\ the jahabitanta of villages most; wuaprotected by walls, nay évor high toned and resolute, wi thair care, whose wives and chil are cliistering about thom, againat the charge of the whr borss whose aeck 1s clothed with thunder, against fly artillery and batte- ries of rifled cannon pla tered by tus dem thoussads, a3 well organi: bo reproach, therefore, to couatry to say that we alcop tn their beds of honor surviving associates, aot that your fertiie Oelds, my frisads of Pennsytvania eed aad, wore redeemed from tho preaeace of the invader, but (hat your boautitul capitals were not givon ip tO Vrreatened piunder—per- haps [aid in ashos—Washington raized by the enemy, and ‘a blow struck at tho beart of the nation, ~~~ . ‘Who that bears me bag (orgotion the thritl of joy that ran through the country on the Fourth of July, auapi- cious day for the glorious tidings, and rendered atill more 80 by tho aimultaneoas fal! of Vicksburg, when the tele graph Mashed through the land the asatirance from tho Prasidont of the United Siates that the Army of the Poto- mao, ander Genora! Monde had again smitten tho invader? Sure | am that, with the ascriptions of praise that rose to Heaven from twonty millions of freemen, with the acknowledgmenta that breathed from patriotic line throughout the length and breadth of America to the aur. viving officers and men who had rendered the country this inestimable service, there beat I every ioyal bosom a throb of tendor and sorrowful gratitude to the martyrs who had (allen on the sternly contested field. Let a oa Uon's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and aufferings of those who survive. Would that the heaetfelt tribute could penetrate these honored graves! THE MARTYRS AND SCRVITING HKROKS OF THE ARMY OF TIE PoIw4Ac, In order that wo may comprehend to their [ull extent our obligations to the martyrs and surviving beroes of the Army of the Potomac, let n& contemplate for a few mo- meota, my friends, the tran of events which calminated to the batties of the Ist, 2d and 3d of July. Ot this stu } pendous rebellion, planned, wa boast. more than thirty years ago, matured and prepared for during an entire generation, finally commenced because, for the firet time since the adoption of the consti tution, an eléction of President had been effected with . however, branches of the govern: ment), the occupation of the napional capital, with the cvvure of the pablic archives ani of the treaties with foreign Powers was an essential feature, This was ia substance, within my personal knowteage, admitted | the winter of 1860-1, by one of the mort infueatinl lead. ra ofthe rebellion, and it was fondly thought that this Wert could be elected by a bold and sudden movement on tho 4th of 1861, There is abundant proof al that a darker project was contemplated, if not by the responsible chiefs of the rebellion, yet by nameless | raMans, willing to play a subsidiary aod murderous part in the treasooable drama, it was accordingly maintained by the rebel emiteares abroad, in the circles to which Vailan. arms of otber as alciifully lod, tt med population of tho fo the brave mea who us and ther gallant they found access, that the ‘new American Minister yught not, when he arrived, to be received as the envoy of the United states, ji ach as before that ime Wasbingion would be’ cantured and the capital he nation and the erchives and muviments he government woud be in the posses gion of the Confederates, In full accordance also with | this (hreat, it was dee'ared by the rebel Secretary of War, at Montgomery, in the presence of bis cle! and ¢ bis colleagues, aud of five thousand bearers, while tne tidiegs of the assault on Sumter were travelling over the wires on thot fatal 12th of April. 1861, that before the ond of May “the flag which now flauntel the breese (aa he expressed it) would float over (he dome of the Capitol a) Washington At the time this (hreat wast the re nined to . aod it vstood by then tlh ve ther ng about a confict of arm on was was well ( drawing any of Dspiracy wae bY fring the beart of the South’ by the efusion of blood, Thia wos declared by the Char (for whieh Sam: tor wae to be assaulted ot from bmon, work gave the pro that with (ne fh 4 he shed pinta would place th Carolina ty porsuance of this original plan of the leaders of che redellion, the captrre of Washiagicn has been continaal y ad in view, Bot merely for the <akeof ie public baild nes, as the capital of the confederacy, but © the neces gary preliminary to the absorption o: (be border St and for tbe moral effect in the eyes © { possess. Ing he metrope the Unior Tallnde to these facts, not perhape enough borne jn miod, as A saMictent refutation of the pretence on the part of the revels, toat the war is one of eelf-datence waged (or the right of seil-gove tie in reality & war origina jevied by ambtt im the cotton growing States for Ube parpore of drawing the slavetoid pg b 10 the vortex of the racy, first | by sympathy, whit, in toe of South Hasrere Vire ginja, Norih Caroling, part ded and then by foree ating Western Viegini®. Kentucky Me and, Mary dt Is ment exer ae sidering ibe Nt the rebe! of LyewOR, that NOt a soIdIer OF t sntercd the States Inet named, exoep jon towing inhabitants from the armies and guerilias revele conformity With thete designe on (he city of Wash on, and HOtwithetanding (he stastrous results of the y (1802, (t was determ rebel govera went iaet aummne that diree ton, Unable to tore the pa pahannock where General Hooker, noww ith Chancellorsvilie in May, wee strongly posted, (he Or rate geosral resorted to strategy. He had two obects ia The ‘vat was by @ rapwl movement pocthward, Ridge, t bus leading him to uncover the fon. to throw it open to arad by St art's eavaley ,and enable lee himself to crors the Mote more in (he neighborhood Of Hoolesyiiie aud thus pian of Operstions was wholly (ruetratot disco vored vrotecMag tue approacs Hupon. | to Washington, from Contrevitle up to Leesburg. From this vautsge ground the rebel general in watn attempted todraw him. Im the moantime, by the vigorous opera tions of Pieasanton's cavelry, tbe eavalry of Stoart, ugh erestly suportor in numbers, was #0 crippled ag issblod from perfor rt assigned ii tn anpagn, In tise 1240's first object, viz; the defeat o: He on tho south of the Potomac and a direct march on Washington, was bamed The second part of the Confederate pina, and which ts supposed to have beou undertaken im opposition to the views of General Lae, was to turg the demonstration northward ivto @ real invasion of Maryland and Peunsy!- vapit.in the bepe that, in this way, General Hooker would be drawn to @ distance fr in tho capital; that 6ome opportunity would oocur of taking him gt digadvantage, aod, after dofeating his army, of making a descent upon Baltimore and Wash) This part of General Lee's plan, which was aobstantially the repetition of that of 1562, was not loas sicnatiy defeated, with what honor to (ho armso tho Union the heighta'oa which we are this day sasembled will forever aitoat Much time had been uselessty consumed by the rebol goneral in bis unavailing attempts to out-mancuvre Ge neral Hooker. Although Genoral Les broke up from Fredovicksburg ov the $4 of June, it was not till the 21th that the main body of his army enterod yland aud Justead of ciovsing the Potomac, as hoe bad intonded, east of tbo Blue Ridge, be was compelled to do tt at Shop. herdatown avd Williamsport, thas matorially deravging his entire plan of campaign north of the river Stuart, who bad been seat with his cavalry to tho east of th Bluo Kidzo, to guard tho paasea of the mountains, to mask the movements of Lee and to barase the Union general in crossing tho river, having been very severaly havdjed by Viensanton at Bovorly Ford, Aldie and Upper- villo, instegg of bemg able to retard General Hooker's advance, wHs dvivon bimseif away from hia ‘counoction with the army of Lee, and out off for « fortnight from commupicntion with it; @ circumstance to which Gonoral Le, ta his roport, alludoa mare thaw once, with ovident displeasure Lot us now rapidiy glaace at tho incidents of the oventful campaign A detachment trom Kwoll's corpa, wader Jonking, bad ponotrated on tho 15th of July aa far aa Chambersburg. ‘This movement was tutonded at firet mereiy as a demon. firation, and a8 & marauding oxpedition for supplies. It had, howover, tho salutary offect of alarming the coua- try. and vigorous proparations here in Pounaylvaota aud in tho sister Mtales wore made to ropoi’tho wroad. Af lar two days passed at Ghamborsburg, Jonkins, anxious for bis communicationa with Ewell,fell back with hia plunder to Hagerstown. Here bo remained for seve days, and having swop! tho recesses of Camboriand val. 7 moe dywa upon tho eastern flank of tho South Moun- tain and pushod bia marauding partios aa far ag Waynos- oro. On the 224 tho remaludor of Ewell’s corpa crossed u iver and moved up the valley They wore followed on the 24tb by Longastroet and Hill, who crossed at Wil Hamsport aud Sbopherdstown, aud pushing up Lae valloy noamped al Chamborsbirg on the 2tth, Ta this way tho whole redo! army, astimated at 90,000 infantry, upwards of 10,000 cavairy ‘ond 4,000 or 6 000 artillery, making @ total ‘of 100,000 of al! arms, waa concontrated in Penn aylvani Up bo thie Lima ao report of Hooker's movements had hoen rocaived by Gonerai Leo, who, having been doprived of tvs Cavalry, bed no means of obtaining information Pichtly judging, Lowever, that no time would be Int by tho Union army ia tho pursuit, ta order to dot ou {ho eastern ide of Lhe monntaina ia Maryland and Pena wia.aad thus proserve bis communications by the of Witliamsport, he had, before his own arrival at sburg, directed Kwoll to aoud dotechments from Hise and York. Tho tatter detachment, passed through this place on the 26th of Juns “You need not, follow citizens of Gottysbure, that Tshould recall fo you Chose momonta of alarm aad dis rosa, precursord a4 Lugy wero of te more Lrying RCeUss ) wore 80 8000 to follow + General Hooker porcelved that tha advance of the Contoderates tanto the Comberland valley was not a ro faint to draw him away from Washiugion. bo moved Limsof rapidly in pursuit. Attempts, aa wo bave acon oro mito to harass and retard his passage acrosa the ‘otowac These attempts ware not only altogether un succenafil, DUL 80 Unskilfully made as Lo place tho catira fodoral army between the cavairy of Stuart and tho army, of Lee While the latter waa massed in the Cumberiand valioy Sturrt was oast of the mountains, with Hooker’ army between, and Grogg's cavalry in close pursuit biuart waa xceordingly oo to fore A march north: ward, which waa destitute of all atratesical character, and which deprived bis chief of ali moana of obtaining intoiligence. aa we have seea, bad beew lost by General ° Mier the rebot army entered Maryland tho Union army crossed tho Potomac at Mdward'a Forey, and by tao 28th lay bo- tweou Harper's Ferry and Prodorick. Tho force of tho onomy on that day was partly at Chambersburg, and partly moving on the Caahtown road, in (he direction of Gottvaburg, while the dotachmonts from Kyroll’s corps, of which mont quebanna opicaito Harriaburg and Coly great batho must goon be fought ao ono could do K bot in the apparent and, perhaps, real absence of plan on ths part of 1 09, {t waa imposaible to fortell the precise gcene of tho encounter, Wherever fought, consequences tho moat momentous hung upoa thoresult Im ths critical and anxious stato of aifaira, General Hlookor was re.eved, and Genera: Menlo was summoned to the ebief coramand of tho army, and it appears to iny comiltary judgment to rodect tho highest credit upoa him. upon’ bis predecessor, and upon the corps com- manders of the Army of the Potomac, that @ change could take vehicf command of 40 !arg9 a force 00 the ove: battio—the various corps noves sarily moving 0 lines somewhat divergont, aud all ia ignorance of (he enemy's intended point of ooncontration— sod not ao hour's jo" in Cine advay Sr auy Doetloa ef tso attra ante Vea. Having agsumed tho chief command on the 23th, Goa. ral directed bia left wing, pudor Reynolds, upow Emmotiaburg, avd coy upon Now Windsor, leaving Gonoral Froach with 11,990 men to protect the Haltimore and Obio Railroad and convoy the public property from larper’a Ferry to Washingtoa Buford ss cavairy was then at this piaco aod Ktipatrick at Hanover, where he encountered and defeated the rear of Stuart's cavairy, who was roving the country in search of tho main army Of fee. Ou the rebel sido, Hl! hud coached Fayotteritle, on tho Cashtown road, on the 28th, and was followed oa the same road by Longstreet on tho 29th. Tho eastern side of the mountain, as geen from Gottyaburg, was ighted wp at night by the camp fires of the enciny's ad vance, and the country awarmed with bia foraging par- ties. It was now 00 evident to be questioned that the thunder cloud 96 long gathering blackness would soon Durkebon some part of the devoted vicinity of Gottyaburg. ‘The 30th of Jume waa a day of i:nportaat preparation. At ha'f-past oleven inthe morning Genoral Buford passed through Gettysburg, upon a reconnoissance in force, with his cavalry, upoo the Chambersburg road. The informa toa obtained by him was immodiately communicated to Goneral Reynolds, who was in conse juence directed to occupy Gettyabury That Nant officer, accordingty, with (he,First corps marched from Emmottsburg to within Kor KaveN miles of this place and encamped on the right Onr right wing meantime was On the same day the corps of Hit! and Tongstrect were pushed still further forward on tho Chambersburg road and distributed in the vicinity of Marsh's creek, while a reconnalsaance was made by the Confederate General Pettigrow up to a very short distance from this place, Thus at nightfall on the 30th of June the groater part of the rebel force was concentrated in the immediate vicinity of two corps of the Union army, the former refreshed by two days paasod in comparative repose, and deliberate preparation for the encounter, the latter ceparated by # march of woe or two days from theie supporting corps, and doubtful at what precise point they were (0 expect an attack, ‘THE TAKER GREAT PATTLR DAYR OF rULY 1863. And now the momentous day—a day to be forever ra membered in the annals of the cyuntry—arrived. Farly in the morning on tho Ist of July the conflict began, [ need not ray that it would be impoosible for me to com- prise, within the limits of the hour, anch a narrative as would do anything like full justice to the all-important events of these three grest days, or to the merit of the Drave oficers and men of every rank, of every arm of the service, and of every liyn! State, who bore their part in the tremendons circle, alike those who ably sacrificed their lives for their country, and those who survive, many. of them scarred with honorable wounde—the olfecta of our admiration and gratitude, ‘The astonishingly minute, accnrate and graphic accounts contained in the journals of the day, prepared from personal obrervation by reporters: who withested the aceoes and often shared the perita which they describe. and the highly valoab!e “ Notes’ of Provessor Jacobs, of the University in this place, to which 1 am greatly indebted bundantly supply the de- tency of my ne ly too condensed statement + General Reynolds, on arriving at Gettysburg on the morning of the Tet, Cound Ruford with bis cavalry warmly engaged with the enemy, whom be held most gallantly in ebeck — Hastening bimself to t1.e front, General directa! his mes to be moved over the fi Fmmetteborg road, in front of McMillan’s and Sebmucker'*®, under cover of th Dr. Seminary ridge, and without a moment’> bea tation attacked the enemy, at the fame time ending orders tothe Fleventh corps (General Howard's) to advance promptly ag poraible. Reynolds immediately fonnd bimeelC engaged with a | outnumbered his own, and bad | for the action whea he ® which greatly arcely made bie di fell, mortally w command of the Firat corps devolved on General Double. aay, and that of the fleld on General Howard, who arrived at bolf past eleven with S-burs's and Barlow's divisions of the Eleventh corps, the latter of whom received a severo wound. Lhe strengthened, the a ” the battle was ime on our File.” Theattacks of the rebele were jy repolaed by Wadsworth’s division of the First corps, and a large number of prisoners, iuclu- s the sources of informa'ion mentioned in the text, Lave been kindly favored with « men orandum of the ope if dave, drawn up (or me by direeion of (he promi ga'ion of hie “ol. Theodore Lyman— ived other important © mim eampaicn. Thy > the batt thief of wing ap the ports Kindy tn m the Aljitan! Ge of ev ing Wp ch day, afier need 1 have ave compared the tein Oeners port of the earmpaly w duly, 186% & welt wr srtie’® purporting to be an a-ewant of the (ites das! ba nthe Richinand | of the 224 of July, amd the article regen! the Campaign of Penn F apparently acolonel, in the British ft Warkirerrt Noa for Septembe value of ation contained im ‘his last e-way nay be een by paring the remark under date 27th of dune the: ‘pet @ property so be rigidly pro eetad with the smement fn the net aentence but one. cat le and form hoses hav ag been ceive farm labor had come tan Complete stam under date of th dui, epeake of Lee incimbered by in of plunder writer in'orn i ve heard “reeorts eneenis that the enem Ahad brea doing a all di quar ers on the 6th, Hn and Wi) Dat nl) thy ne (or @ of. and nem bad been intercepted In which the following words ' The noble but unforta Army of the Potomac bern obtend to “Te ou may 4 reere the Gener. d Meate report was not tm aemsnn to take Foti ite of |! In prepar- Waele trie’ euateh of Uwe bette of the Unres anye.con'aieed to Univ addreas, Tt reache! me but (he morning Se! <re these ogee were gent to the press, General | , NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1863.—TRIPLE SHEET. | Btendinesa of our lines ding General Archer, wore captured. At toogth, how ever, the continued’ reinforcement of tho Confederates from the main body om the Cashtown road, aad by the divisions of Rhodes and Karty , coming down by soprrata lines from Hoidiersberg and taking post on our extremo right, turoed the fortunes of tho day. Our army, alter contesting the ground for five houra, was obliged (9 ytuld to the enemy, whose force outnumbered them two to ove, and toward the close of the afternoon General Howard deomed it pradent to withdraw the two corps to tho heights where we are now assowbled. The greater part of the First corps passed tareugh the outskirts of tho town, and reached tho bill without serious loss or molostation: Tho Eleventh corps und portions of the First, aot bois aware that the enomy had alroady eatered the town fom the north, atiompted to force their way throush Waal ington and Baltimore streets, which, in the crowd avd confusion of tho scene, thay did with a hoary loos ia prisoners, noral Howard waa oot unpropared for this turn in the foruines of the day. Early In tho morning he bad sod Cemotery Hil! to be occupied by ai Stein- wobr, with the Third division of tho Flsventh corps About the time of the witudrawal of our troops to tho hil! Goneral Havcock arrived, having been sent by Gene. ral Moade, on hoaring of the death of Reynolds, to aasumo tho command of the feid until he himself could reach tho front. Ta conjunction with General Howard, Ganeral Hancock immediately proceeded to post troops and to ropol ao attack on our right flank, This attack waa feebly mado.and promptly repulsed. At nightfall our troops on the hill, who had a9 gallantly austaned them selves during tho toil and peril of the day, were cheered by the arrival of General Slocum, with the Twoifth corps, and of Genoral Sickies, with a part of the Third Such was the fortune of tho first day, commencing with docided success to our arma, tollowed by a check, but ending in tho occupation of this ailimportaat position, To you, feltow citizens of Gettysburg, 1 oee4 not attempt to portray the anxioties of the ensuing night, Witness ing 44 you had dono with aorrow the withdrawal of our army through your strceta, with @ considerable lose of prisoners; mourning as 504 did over the bravo moa who bad fallen, shocked wilh tho widespread desolation Around you, of which the wanton burning of the Harman House ia tho morning bad giveu the signal, ignorant of tho near approach of Gonoral Moato, you passed the worry hours.@ the night in painful expectation. Tong beioFS tho dawn of the 24 of July, the oew commandertia chief bad arrived at the fromt, Hay tog received intelligence of the events in progrem, and informed by the reporta of Genera’s Haasock 4 Howard of the favorable character of tho posi tion, ho determined to give this point. He accordingly directed the rot.aining carta of tho army to concentrate at Gettysburg with all poss blo expodition, and breaking up his boadquarters at Taneytown at ten PM, ho arrived on (ho Hold at ono in the morning Of the 24 of July. Few wore tho moments given to sleep during the rapid watebos of that brio midsummer’s ulzht, by officers or ten, thoush h If of our troops wore oxhausted by the conflict of tha day, and tho residue wearted by thy lorcet marches which had brought thera tothe rescus. Tha full moon, veiled by thin clouds, shone down that nicht on a strango'y unwouted aceno: the silence of the graveyard Wis brokon by the heavy tramp of armed taso. by ths noigh of the war horse, tho harsh rattle of the whoe!s of artillory burrying to thoir et of the bogts, the roll of the drum and all the indeser/babic tumultof preparation. The various corps of bho army. aa thoy arrived, wore move to their pisilions on tho soot where wo are asaembiod, and tho ridges that extend aouthoast and weuthwest, batteries ware piar'ed and breastworks thrown ‘ap. The Second and Fitth corps, with the rest tha Third had reagbed the ground by seven o'clock: was not until two o'clock in the afternoon Chat arrived with the Sixth corps. He had chet thirty two miles since nino o'clock in the morning of the day becore. It was only on his arrival that the Un attained an equality of numbers with thal of posted upon the oppoaite and parallel ridge, distaot from A milo to 9 milo. and a hail, acd overtapping our position on other wing And herobcannot but romari on tho proyidentiai tion of the robei army. Had tho contest beou ra it at daylight on tho aecond of July, with tho Firet Feventh corps exhausted by tho baitle and tha retreat, the Third and Twelfih weary (rom their forced march aad the Second, Fi'th and Sixth not yet arriy but a miracta could have saved the army from destruc tion, Inatoad of this, the day dawned. tho aiu,rdse, the cool hours of the morning passed, tho forenion wore Away, without tho slightest avgresaive movement ou the part of the onems. Thus time waa given for hall of our forcos toarrivo and tuke their piace in tho tines, whio tho rest of tho. army enjoyed @ much seeded half day's rope, ” é At length, between three aad four o'ciock in the after noon, the work of death began, A signal guufrom tae hostile batteries was followed by a tremen tous cagnuon ada along tha rebei tines, aad this by a hoavy advance of infantry, brizado after brigade, commencing on the eve my/s cight aguinat tho left of our army, and so onward to tho loft contre A forward movement of Genera! Bickios, to gain a commanding position fro. which to FOO! tho robel attack, drew upoa him a destructive fire from the onomy's batteries, od a forious assacit from Longstreet's and Hil’ advaneing troops. «a brave realatance oa the part of his corps ho was forced back, himolf failing sovercly wourded. This was the critical momont of tho acoond day; but tho Fifth aad a part of the Sixth corps, with portions of the First and Fecond, wero promptly brought to the support of the Third, tho atrugrio «as Gerce and murderous, bet by sunset Our srccess wos Accisive and the enemy was riven back {tn confusion. The most important ser- vice was rendered toward tha closa of tho day, in the momorabie advance between Rounl Top and Lite Round Top, by General Crawford's division of thy Fifth PO, 08 hero serves, of which obe was from the tal Beighborhood. The revel General Marksdalo fell in this anter, and his forge was driven back with rrest loss in killed and prisoners. At cight o’cicck in the evening a dosperate attempt waa made by the enemy to atorm the p sition of the Elevonth corps on Cometery Hill; bat hero, too, after a terrible conflict, he was repulsed with immenao loss. Ewel!, on x'reme right, which bh: heen weakened by the withdrawal of the troops sant over to aupport our left, had s:icce-ded im gaining a foothold within @ portion of our lines, near Spangier’s Spring. This was the onty advantage obtained by the robels to com- ponsite thom (or the disasters of the day, and of thia we ahall see, they were soon deprived Such was the result of the second act of this eventful drama—a day hard fought, aud at one momont anxious, and, with the exception of the slight reverse inst named, crowned with deariy cared but uniforin success to 0: aris, auspicious of a giorious termination of the foal strugale. On these good omens the aight (ell. At dawn of tho 3d, Genera! Geary returned to his position on the right, from which he had hastened the day boforo to strengthen the lett Ho was immediately attacked by the enowy, whom, bowover, after @ sharp and decisive action be drove wut of our lines, recovering the crow! hich had been lost on the preceding day. A spirited contest waa Kept uy all the morning oa this part of the tine, but Gea. ein‘orced by Wheaton 's brigade, of tho Sixth corps, matatained his position and {aflicted very severe loses on the enemy. Buch was the chocring commoncement of the third day's work, and with it ended all serious attempts of the enemy on our right. As on the preceding day, his efforts were now mainly directed against onr leit contre and loft wing. From eleven till nalf-past one o'clock, all was aiiil; a solemn pause of preparation, as if bovh parities were nerving themselves | f the supreme offort. At length the awtul Fil more terrible than the wildest tumult of batilo, was hrekeu by the roar of two hundred and fifty pieces of artilery from the opposite ridges joining to a cannouade of unsurpassed violones—the rebel batteries slong two-thirds of their Hae pouring their fire upon Comotery fill and the centre nd left wing of our army. Having attempted in tis way for two hours, but without success, ty shake the of ad by the Penne vivayin Rae attacked at Fairfield; « fQumber or wagons and bulaeces were camndean 08 of the eo the country @warmed with his stragglers, and hie wounded were Hterally omptied from the vehicios con taining them into the farm houses on tho road, Genvrat,\ Tee, in his report, makes repeated mention of the Gn iow | prisouors whom be conveyed into Virginia, somewhat \) overstating their number. fo states aiso that auch of hia wounded as were ta a condition to be removed," wore forwarded to Williamaport. He does not mention that the number of his wounded not removed and left to the Christian care of the victors was seven thousand five bung drod and forty, not one of whom fatled of any attenty which it was possible, under the circumstances of tl cai, to aflord them; not one of whom certainly bas put upon Libby prison fare—ingering death by starve tion, Hoayen (orbid, however, that we should ciaim any merit for the oxercise of common humanity, Under the protection of the mountain ridge, whose nar- row passes are easily bold even by a retreating army , Gen 140 reachad Williarasport in safety, and took up « strong position opposite to that piace, Gen Monde necessarily pan sued with the main army by @ flank movement through Middiotown, Turncr’s Pasa baving been secured by Gen French Passing through the South Mountain the Union, army came up with that of the rebels on tho 12th, ax found It securely posted on the beights of Marsh's ru His position was reconnoitred and preparations mado {v an attack on the 13th, The depth of tho river, 8wr) by’ the recent raina, authorized (he expectation would bo brought to & genoral engagement on the ing day. Au ndvance was accordingly made by Boade on the morning of the 14th; but it was Boor (hat tho rebois had escaped in the night with sucts that Ewell's corps forded tho rivor whore tha was browst high, The cavalry which had r ths most important services during the th and tn haragsing the enemy's retront, was no in purautt and captured two guns and a targmy) ber of prisoners. In an action which took y Falling Wators, General Pottigrow waa mortally w#¢ Goneral Meade, ia farther pursuit of the eacmy, the Potomac at Berlin, Thus again covering proaches to Washington, be compelled the exemy the Blue Ridge at one of Mae upper gaps, and in woeks from ths commengament of the campaign, Loe found himseif again ot fe south side of the Rapp” baonock with the losa of about a third of his army. Such, most inadequatoly recounted, is tho history of t! evor-momurablo three days and of the events imm diately prccediny aad followtog, It has been pretends ta order to diminish the magnitude of this disaster to » revel cause, that it was merely the repulge of an att on ® «strongly defended position, The trémon lovaes on both sidos are @ sufficient answer to éf misropresentation, and attest tho courage ard nacy wih which the three days’ battle was Fow of the great conflicta of modern times hi viclora and vanquished so great a sacritive. On t aide there fei! in the whole campaign of goner Rey , Woe! aad Zooly and wounded Genet Barnes, Rutterficld, Doubleday, Gibbon, Grabj Coe: <'es and Warren; while of officers below of goneral and mea there wore 2.824 killed, 13,’ ed and 6.643 missing Un the Confederate side t| killed om the fleld vr mortally wouaded Geners ad, Rarksaals, Garnett, Pender, Petrigrow and ad wounded Heth, Hood, Johnson, Kemper, Ky imble Of ofteers below the rank of genoral hore were taken prisoners, including the wound an amount sseertained officially. Of tho woul condition to be removed, vf the killed and th tho enemy has made no return, Thoy are esting the best data which the mature of the case, 000. Genoral Moade also captured three c forty-one standards. Porrltls OY THR WATTLE RLD—MeBAGEs OF DYING LAPS, J wust laavo to otuers, who can do it from p servation, ta describe the mournful spectacl these hill sides and plains at the close of confict. It was a saying of tho Duke of Well} next to 8 defeat, the aadest thing is a victor; rors of the bastie flold, after tae contest ty kud Bounds of woe—let me throw @ p scone, which no words can adequately depict have cot witnessed it; on whioh no one eased it, md who has @ hart in his bosom,| voll. Ong drop of balm along, ouc drop q ving balm, mingles in this bitter cup searcely has the cunnon coased to roar when and esters of Christian benevolence, ‘al sion, angels of pity, hasten to the fielt moisten the parched tongue to bind the haa @othe the parting agonies alike of friead catch the Iaat whispered messages of love fr} “Carry this miniatura back to my doar wi tale it from my bosom (i!l 1 am gons-"* ststor not to grieve for mo, 1 am willing couutr7.”” “Oh, that my mother were aince Aaron stood botween the ivi 5 thors over a mintetey ‘tko this? I bust characteristic of Americans to treat ence aot paid to them iu any other “1 vodertake to say whethor this ia 50, that since this terrible war hus been Of Aho loya: States, if nover before, ba selves to our highest admiration and those who at hone, often wilh Gngers often bowed beneath their own dom performed ep amcunt of daily labo hers who worka for ber dally bread, fu the hospitat and the tent of the wion, have rendered soreives wh! not bey. Happily the lavor ana tu pet mart, Learner | aaenght maidens bave ex} in atk services, compared with which th aii room and tue opera hone are tory. This on oarth is reward enougl store forthem. Yes, ry, a you bind up the wounds of the Diceper haga thet forgot not who it ia that will say to you, rauch as yo havc done it unto oneof the least of brethren, have dono it untome."" WHO 18 KEIPONTIREY YOR ALL THR NATION'S ACONIRS?, And now friends, fellow citizens, as we stand these honored graves, the moment*s question present itaet/, which of the two parties to the war is responsi for all this suffering—for this droad‘ul saerifice of life- the Inwiul and conatitutional government of the Uni! States, or the ambitious men who have rebolied agai WW? Tsay “rebelled” against it, Fari R the British Secretary of State for in his recont temperate and land, seems to iatimate that no to that word, i uch as our belled against Charles | and J: b. fatbers redolied agamat Goorge IIT, venerable precedents, bu and proper to rebel They do not prove that it was just of James Ui. to rebel against George I Carlos Edward to rebel against George Il.; seems to me, ought these dynastic struggles, than family quarrels, to bo compared with this couspiracy against the Amorican Union. dents do not prove that it was just and properdo “disappointed great men’? of the cotton growing S to roboi againet “the most beneficent government, which history givos u® apy account,’ as the Vice a ot po cenioieceey yg 1360, them with doin, ¥ do not create a even in favor oe the disloyal si “oholders, ot South, who, living under a governmont of whi Mr. Jefierson Davis, in the session Of 1860-61, said that ‘was the ‘best goveroment ever instituted by man, w ceptionably administered, and under which the ve Deak pro-perous beyond comparixon with auy ple whose career has becn recorded in history,” lied against it because thew aspiring politiciand wy telf among the rest, were in danger of losing their nopoly of iis ofces. What would have been thought ‘an its, partial posterity of ‘American rebellion George I'l. if the colouists bad at al) times been than equally represented in Parliament, and Ja met ryt ‘Tone the enemy ralved bis forces (or @ last graod assault, Their attach was principally directed Against the position of our Second corps, Successive lines and Patrick Henry, ond Wash erativns omoyed the dence of the sovereign and administered the government Of rebel infantry moved forward with eqnal spirit and steadiness from their cover on the wooded crest of Semi the emp: What would bave been thought of the reb nary ridge, crossing the intervening plain, sup. ported right and left by their chowest brigades, and charged furiously up to our batteries. Our own brave troops of (he Second corps, supported by Doubleday’s division and Stannard’s brigade of the First, received the shock with firmnese, the ground on both sides was jong and fercely’ con tested and covered with (he killed and the wounded, tili determined and gallant strogele,’”” as it is pro- Lee. the rebel adv-nce, consisting of of Longstreet’ inctnding Pickett's division, the elie of bis corps, which had not yet been under fire, and was pow depended upos to decide the fortunes of this last event(ul day, was ven back with prodigious slaughter, diseomftted and broken. While these events were in progress ai loft centre, the enemy was driven by the Pennsylvania K serves from a sirong position on our extreme left, from which he was annoying our force on "Little Round Top his bettery taken, and three bundred prisovers captured. In the terrific aseault on oar contre, Generals Hancock Gibbon were wounded. In the rebel army Armis- tead, Kemper, Pettigrew and Trimble were wounded. the firet named mortally, the latter aleo made privoner, while General Garnett was killed, and thirty-Ave hundred officers and men made prisovers. COME OF THR RVENTFUL CONFLICT RETREAT OF LER ‘These were the expiring agonies of the three days’ con flict, and with them the battle ceased. It was fought by the ‘Union army with courage aud skill, from the tirat cavalry akirmish ow Wedneod vy morning to the fearful rout of the enemy on Friday afternoon, by every arm 4 every rank of the service; by officers and men, by cavalry, artiltiery and infantry. The two armies, after the fret day, were numericaliy equal, if the Union force the anvantage of &@ strong position, the Confederates that of choosing time and place, the prestige of for mer victories over the Army 0: the Potomac and of the triumph, ander circumstances like these, was gained by our troope, T am inclined to ascribe, under Providenoe, 10 the spirit of ted patriotism that animared them, and sousuess that they were fighting In a righteous caren. All hope of defen! my and securing Lee calls * the vaiuable results’ of having vanished, he thought uly of resening irom de struetion the remains of hie ehattered forces. In killed, wounded and miesing, be had, as (aras can be escerta ner, ty-seven tho vsand inen, rather ore than a third of the army which he is med wo have Ht with bim into Pennevivania. Perceieiny that hie OMry anfely was to rapid retreat, he commence withdrowing his troops at daybreak on the 4th, thrown ap field works m from of oar ieft, which, assuming ihe tipestance of a new position, ware intended probably to protect the rear of my in their recceat, That day— era celebration of rth of July [or an army of \me rieni as passed by him ia Hlrrying off his trains ‘The tain army was in full retreat on the Casi 4 Fairfield ponds at nightiall. aod moved with auc tion that, short as the wights wore, by dayty lowing morning, potwithetanding « heavy gard bad teft its position, The struggle of the two t Gays resembled io many respects the batt!e of Watoric«: and if in the evening Of the third day Geueral Mend Hioo ageinat Charles 1. if Cromwell acd the men of echool had been the responsible adviners of that secession to the throne, and then, on acconat change ia the ministry, brought hie hoad to ck, and involved the country in a desolating wi What would bave been thonght of the whigs of 1683 they bad theme ves composed the Cabiuet of James Ij and been {he advisers o the measures and tue promotd of the policy whicn drove bim into exile’ The purita of 1640 and the whigs Of 1688 rebelied against @rbitrar power in order to establish constitutional liberty. if they had risen against Charles and James because thore marche favored equal rights, and in order themsel: “for the iret time in (he history of the world,” to este: lish a0 oligarchy” (ounded Ow the “corner stone @f slavery,” they would truly bave furnished « pre for the rebels of the Sooth but their cante would have been sustained by the eloqueuce of Pym or of Dor sealer! wita the of Hampden or Russe! 1 call the war which the Coniederat agaiuet the Union @ “rebellion, because it # One ad Krave matters it is best to call thiogs by the: ames, Ihe constitution of the United States belliva’’ 00 & par with “invasion.” The constitutl “ind 'y of Rogland, but of every civiilved eune light, or rather they worse (hat (be alien enemy. lewy war acainst the Uotied States is the conggjtut defiuition of trewon, aud that crime is, by every vivil government, regarded as the highest which citizen or Subject can commit, Noi content with the sanctiout of juatice, 0” all Lhe crimes against the tow of the Ind t for the denanciations of religion. tue 'y chareh to Aware, from the metropolitan bumbiest missionery chapel concur with the chureb of Ei Sovereign of the Universes, by the most aw: tions which the heart of man oan conceive or & toa ue to deliver us fram ‘sedition, poivy conapitey olion.”’ ADA rearoa good: (or while @ reb tyracny—a rebelion designed, after prostrakog power, to @stabliech (rea goverument onthe Dasie of justice and truth—i# en enterprise on w! men and wogeis may ook with complacency, ap ua voued rebullion of ambitious mon against a hone government, fr the purpoce—the avowed pdrpor establishing, extending and perpetuating avy fo Injostios and wrong, i# ae imitation on earth of t I revolt of miven oF ope third part Lord Bix in the {rue marehailing of the So degrees of hover,” aenigns the first » tores Im er orum, (oander of States and Cr and trwy 10 Ouild up irom vhe Kite natare— be interests the individual mau, tue rivalries tribe, the infinegces of olume end war accumulated (or ages~-to build up fry oiven times warring cloments, a well compact perous and powerinl Stat, if i wero lO be aece by one effort, oF in one yeueration, would requir than mortal #kil). Yo contribute in rome otal 0 this, the greavest work of man, by wie au cownsel im peace and loyal berown 10 wi bumen merit cao weil ris, and (ar move than these to whom fa on acrigne thie bighest Romatue, Cyrne, Cavar, Ottoma Washington , as tho fonader of the American family the acculen