The New York Herald Newspaper, March 12, 1864, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, ». TCE Emmetisburg road. While awaiting the expected orders | {1 must be admitted that of th it battle BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. Bickles raaniaan uso of hie time in levelling all the | ts at such variance with seprsapotvadcee po have fences and stone walls, 60 as to facilitate the movements Of his troops and to favor the operations of the cavalry. QB | What, then, was the surprise of Sickles to see of a sudden all the cavalry withdrawn, leaving his flank entirely exposed! He sent an earnest remonstrance to General Meade, whose reply was that he did not intend to with- draw the cavalry, and that » part ef this division (Buford’s) should be sent back. It never returned. Under those circumstances Sickles throw forward three Togiments of light troops as skirmishers and for outpost duty. ‘The critical moment had now arrived, The enomy’s movements indicated their purpose to seize the Roundtop Hill; and this in their possession, General Longstreet would have had easy work in cutting up our loft wing. To prevent thig disaster Sickles waited 20 longer for orders from General Meade, but directed Gene- ral Hobart Ward’s brigade and Smith’s battery (Fourth New York) to secure that vital position, and at the game time advancing his line of battle about three hun- dred yards, s0 as to hold the crest in hie front, he extended his left, to support Ward and cover tbe threatened rear of the army, Those dispositions were made in the very face of the enemy, who were advancing in columns of attack, and Sickles dreaded lest the conflict should open before his dispositions were completed. At this juncture he was summoned to report in person at headquarters to attend a council of corps commanders, His preparations wero of such moment aad the attack so near that Gen. Sickles delayed attending the council, while giving all his-attention to the carrying out of his orders. A secdnd peremptory summons came from General Meade, and, leaving his unfinished task to the active supervision of General Birney and General Humphreys, Sickles rode off to the rear to headquarters, Before he had reached there the sound of cannon announced that the battle bad begun. Hastoning rapidly on, he was met by General Meade at the door of his quarters, who said ‘General, I will not ask you to dismount, the enemy are engaging your front; the council is over.” It was an unfortunate mo- ment, as it proved, for a council of war. Sickles, putting spurs to his horse, ,flew back to his command, and, finding that Grabam’s brigade ‘was not advanced as far ashe desired, he was pushing that brigade and a battery forward about a hundred yards, when General Meade at length arrived on the field. The following colloguy ensued, whieh I gathored from several officers present:—“‘Are you not too much extended, General?’ said Meade. “Can you hold this front?” ‘Yes,’ replied Sickles, ‘until more troops are brought up; the enemy are attacking in force, and I shall need support.’? General Meade then let drop some re- mark showing that his mind was still wavering as to the extent of ground covered by the Third corps. Sickles re- plied, ‘General, I have received no orders. I have made these dispositionsto the best of my judgment. Of course! shall be happy to modify them according to your viows.”’ “No,” said Meade, ‘I will send you the Fifth corps, and you may send for support from the Second corps.” ‘I shall need more artillery,” added Sickles. ‘Send for all you want,” replied Meade, ‘to the artillery reserve. I will direct General Hunt to send you all you ask for.’ The ‘conference was then abruptly terminated by a heavy shower of shells, probably directed at the group, and Genoral Meade rode off. Sickles received no further orders that day. There is no doubt,I may von- ture to add, that Sickles’ line was too much. extended for the number of troops under his command; but his great aim was to prevent the enemy getting between his flank and the Roundtop alluded to. This was worth the risk, in his opinion, of momentarily weakening his lines. The contest now golog on was of tho most fierce and san- guinary description, The entire right wing of the onemy ‘was concentrated on the devoted Third corps; for the ob- ject of Lee, ae he states, was ‘to carry’ the ground which Sickles eccupied, and which both genorals evident ly regarded as of the highest importance. While this terrific combat was raging on our left Lee ordered Ewell * to attack” our righ¢ wing and Hill ‘to threaten” our centre, both with the object, as he says in his report, to divert reinforcements from reaching our left, which, as we bave seen, Longstreet was ‘‘airected to carry.” Well may Gentral Meade in bis report say “the Third corps Sustained the shock most heroically,” for they fought like Mons, against tremendous odds, for nearly an hour before tho Fifth corps came up under Sykes, who was immediately put in position by General Sickles to the left of the Third corps,and General Sykes was desired to relieve Ward’s brigade and Smith’s battery on the Roundtop, and hold the line from thence to Bir- ney’a left (First division, Third corps). Strange to say, this movement was not promptly carried out,and there was imminent danger of losing the Roundtop, for Long- strect was making desperate exertions to “carry it.’’ Fear. ing this result, Sickles sent orders to General Crawford, of the Fitth corps, to reinforce Ward’s brigade; but he aélined to move without orders from his own corps commander, Sykes; but Captain Boore, of Sickles’ staf, atlength overcame his scruples and he reached the puted point just in time to prevent its falling into the enemy's bands. Considering our force unequal to the exigency, Sickles called on the heroic troops of the Second corps for support, and they gave it with a will. The struggle now became deadly. The columns of Long street charged with reckless fury upon our troops; but they were met with a valor and stern fortitude that de- fiod thoir utmost efforts. An alarming Incident, however, occurred. Barnes? division, of the Fifth ‘corps, sud- denly gave way; and Sickles, seeing this, put a battery in position to check the enemy if he broke through this gap on our front, and General Birney was sent to order Barnes back into line. “No, he said; “impossibie. It 13 too hot. My men cannot stand it.” Remonstrance was udavailing, and Sickles despatched his aldsjto bring up apy troops they met to fill this blank. Major Tremaine, of bis staff, fell in with Genoral Zook, at the head of his brigade (Second corps), and this gallant officer instantly volunteered to take Barnes’ place. When they reached the ground Barnes’ disordered troops impeded the advance of the brigade. “If you can’t got out of the way,’ cried Zook, ‘lie down and I will march over you.” Barnes ordered his men Le down, and the chivalric Zook and his splendid brigade, under the personal direction of General Birnoy, did march over them and right into the broach. Alas! poor Zook s00n fell, mortally wounded, and half of his brigade per- ished with him: It was about this time—near seven P. ‘M.—that Sickles wes struck by «cannon ball that tore off his right Jeg, and be was borne from the field. It was now pretty clear that General Moade had awakened to the fact which he treated with such indifference when pressed on him by Sickles in the morning—tbat our loft was the assailable point, if not the key to our position; for he began to pour fo reinforcements whose presence in the beginning of the action would have saved thousands of lives. Mies great exertions on the part of the enemy,” 's report, ‘the Sixth corps (Sedgwick’s) and part of the First corps (Newton’s) , Lockwood's Maryland brigade, together with frots Tne Second Corps, were all brought up at different periods, and succeeded, together with the gallant resistance of the Fifth corps, in checking and finally repulsing the assault of the enemy, who retired in confusion and disorder about sunset, and ceased any further offerts.”’ If this remarkable concentration of troops was necessary, at last, to save the left of our army, it is almost incredible hat the single corps of General Sicklen was able to withstand the impetuous onset of Lon gstrost’s legions for nearly an hour before any succor reached it, On Friday, July 8, the enemy renewed their efforts to carry out the original design of Lee by overthrowing our left wing, and Longstreet was reinforced by Picketts’ threo brigades, and further supported by one division and two brigades from Mill’s corpe. Ta addition to this heavy mass of infantry the entire artillory of the rebel army was concentrated against our loft. After Dis oversight of the day before it may be supposed that General Meade was better prepared to de- fond his left, and had made adequate preparations. About one P, M. the enemy opened a furious caunonade upon our left and left centre, which continued some two hours, with occasional responses from us, At about three P, M. the enemy moved forward im column, -and once more ossayed to carry our position on the left. nt was during this conflict that General Hancock, com- mander of the Second corps, a gallant soldier and accom- plished officer, was wounded by a musket ball and obliged to retire, He contributed greatly by his energy and valor to the success of the day. Meanwhile our artillery Opened with vigor and inflicted great damage, Afior a sevore and prolonged struggle the enemy at Jovgth fell back and abandoned the contest. ‘Owing to the strength of the onemy’s position,” says Leo's report, ‘and the reduction of our ammunition, a renewal of the engage: mont could not be hazarded.”” Honce it is plain that our g00d fortune In preserving our position on tho left gave us tho victory at Gettysburg; and yot Genoral Meaie, not having sufficiently examined the ground before the Dattlo, disrogarded the repented warnings of that sa Gactous officer, General Sickles, as well as the report {mportant Communication frem Eye Witness, How the Victory Was Won and Mow Its Advantages Were Lost. Generals Halleck’s and Meade’s Official Reports Refuted, Ben hee Ben e To the Editor of the Herald. ‘The battle of Gettysburg is the decisive battle of this ‘wer. It not only saved tho North from invasion, but ‘turned the tide of victory in our favor, The opinion of Europe on the failure of the rebellion dates from this great Conflict. How essential, thon, that its real history should beknown. Up to this moment no clear narrative has ap peared. The sketches of the press, the reports of Gene tals Halleck and Meade and tbe oration of Mr. Everett Give only phases of this terrible struggle, and that not ‘very correctly. Tosupply this hiatus I send you acon- ected and, I hope, lucid reviow of its main features. I faave not ventured to touch on tho thrilling incidents and @ffecting details of such a strife, but have confined myself ‘toa succinct relation of its principal events and the actors therein. My only motive 13 to vindicate history, do honor tothe fallen and justice to the survivors when unfairly Ampoached. General Meade took command of tho Army of the Po- tomac on Sunday, the 28th of June, at Frederick, Mary- land. On Monday,as he states, the army was put in motion, and by Tuesday night tho right flank had reached Manchester and the left occupied Emmettsburg. General ‘Buford's cavalry had advanced as far as Gettysburg, and eoported that the Confedorate army was debouching from ‘the mountains on the Cashtown road. Upon thi: intel- ‘ligence Gen, Reynolds was ordered to advanco on Gettys- Durg with tho First and Eloventh corps, which he reached ‘early on tho let of July, and found Buford’s cavalry al- weady engaged with the enemy—the corps of Gen. Rill. Rapidly making bis dispositions, Gen. Reynolds joined in the conflict, and soon fol! mortally wounded, The com- Mand of the field then deyolyed on General Howard, of the Eleventh corps, who maintained his position till about two o'clock P. M., whon the enemy ‘was heavily reinforced by the arrival of Ewell’s corps. ‘The battle now raged fearfully, between Hill’s and Ewell’s Corps on one side and the First and Eleventh corps on the ‘other, till about four P. M., when General Howard was compelled to yield to the suporior numbers of the enem y and fall back, losing many prisoners—nearly four thou e@and—to the south side of Gettysburg. His position was emineutly critical, when, to the great relief of both the General and our valiant troops, a division of the Third corps, under the immediate command of General Sickies, errivod, and the Mghting for that day was at anend. It should be mentioned that the Third corps was stationed at Emmettsburg, by order of General Meade, witha view to protect that important point; but information continu- tng to reach Goneral Sickles that the First and Eleventh corps were in groat dange:® ho decided to assume the Grave responsibility of moving to thelr relief without orders “Loaving two brigades at Emmettsburg, he madea forced march of ten miles, in spite of the heat and dust, in three hours, and had the satisfaction to be hailed by Gen- ‘eral Howard on his reaching the field with tho flattering phraso, ‘Hore you are, General—ilways reliablo, always Srat’'—a generous tribute from one soldier to another. General Slocum, of the Twelfth corps, bad arrived a short time befure; but his corps was then some four miles dis- tant. Inthe early part of the evening (Wednesday) a conference of the leading generals took place, when some Angisted on falling back towards Tanoytown, while others ‘urged tho expediency of maintaining their present posi- ‘Gion as offering raro advantages for the inevitable and decisive contest that must oceur on the following day. It ‘@ppeurs that Gen, Meade had issued a ciroular (of which { saw several copies) on the morning of Wednesday, July 1, to all his corps commanders, stating that his advance had accomplished all the objects contemplated— namely, the relief of Harrisburg and Philsdelphia—and that he would now desist altogethor from the offensive. ‘He proposed to post the whoie army in line of battle om Pipe creek, the right flank restingon Manchester and the left on Middleburg, imyolving an entire change of front, and there await the movements of the enemy. The position which General Meade Bad solocted for the final struggle between the two armies was some fifteen miles distant from Get. tysburg, where fate willed that it should occur, Whether this Important circular ordering him to fall back reached the lamented Reynolds before he became en- gaged at Gettysburg it is diMoult tosay. It could pot ave failed to reach General Sickles; but he bappily @etermined to push on to the rescue of the First and Eleventh corps, already engaged. It is strange that General Meade should make no mention in his report of this singular and most important fact: that be issued a plan of campaign on Wednesday, July 1, directing his whole army to retire and take up the defensive on Pipe ereok almost at the moment that bis left flank was flerce- dy struggling with the right wing of the enemy. This proves how often the plans of a general are frustrated by sanlooked.for contingencies. General Meade broke up his quarters at Taneytown, as De states, at eleven P.M. on Wednesday ,and reached Gottysburg at one A. M. Thursday, July 2. Early in the worning he set to work examining the position of the various army corps. It is hardly true to say that he {imitated the example of all prudent commanders on the eve-ot a battle and made a complete survey of the ground be occupied. Ju was on thiteo occasions that the genius of the First Napoleon revealed itself; for at a glance he saw the ad- vantagee of his own position and the assailable point of the enemy. It seems that General Ice was somewhat ‘moro astute than Meade in this; for in bis report he @tatoa what he deemod “the most favorable point” for his attack. ‘In front of General Longstreet” (opposite our leit wing), Lee remarks, ‘‘the enemy held a position from which, If he could be driven, it was thought our army could be uset to advantage in assailing the more elevated ground beyond, and thus enable us to reach ‘the crest of the ridge, That officer, then, was directed to carry this position.” It is plain enough that Lee re garded the point where our left was posted as the key to our position, and if that could be taken from us our defeat ras inevitable, It is not to be supposed that Gen. Meade refused to see this; but as he makes no mention of {t in his report I propose, for the sake of the future his- Jorinn of the battle, to tell what I know about it, * ‘oar this important ground was posted the valiant “Third corps, and its commander, Gen, saw at vonce how necessary it Was fo dodupy elevated ground im his front towards the Emmetisburg wvad, and to extend his lines te the com- manding eminence known a8 the Roundtop, or ‘Sugarloat Hill, Unless this wore done the left and rear of our army would be in the greatest danger. Sickles con @luded that no tise WBE to be lost, ap be observed the enemy massing large bodies of troope dh their right (our feft). Receiving no orders, and filled with anzicty, be Feported in persom to Gonoral Meade and urged the ad. ‘nico be doomed 90 casential, ‘Ob,” sald Meade, “Gene. fale wro all apt to look for the attack td be made where they are.” Whether thie was a jest or sneer Sickles Gid not stop to consider, but begged Meade to go over the ground with him Instantly; but the Commander-in-Chief declined this on account of other duties, Yielding, how- evor, to the prolonged solicitations of Sickles, General Meade desired Goveral Hunt, Chief of artillery, to accom: pany Sickles and report the result of their reconnolssance, Hunt concurred with Sickles as to tho line to be occu- pied—the advance line from the left of the Second corps to dhe Poundinp Hill—but be declined to give auy orders un- ti! he bad reported to General Meade, romarking,‘how- aver, that he (General Sickles) would doubtless receive orders immediately. Two P. M, came, and sot no orders, Why was this? Other orders than those expected by General Sickles were it appears, im preparation at headquarters, It has since ‘oon stated, upon unquestionable authority, that Generab Meade had decided upon @ retreat, and that an order to ewithitraw from the porition held by our army was panned by his chief of staff, General Butterfield, though happily 4us promulgation never took place, This order is proba- ‘ly on record In the Adjatant General's office, Meanwhile the enemy's columns wore moving rapidly around to our left and rear, These facts were again ro- + Potted to headquarters, but brought no response. Baford’s ? eavalry had been massed on the loft, covering that flank with outposts, and videttos wore thrown forward on the *Bentdoa numerous reports, the roheys , ton reached him, which acoides f of his own Chief of Artillery, General Hunt, who concur- re. eet ae dene red in all the suggestions of the commander of the Third sy Bre vressini T. LBB, bbs AyD, gorps. Without meaning to do injustice to General Meade, cess, fallon on them {fm flank or rear, or any- enone tlaper Her papers had been thrown over- : ser ot ox pte ane rerm hud been thrown over” | much time to repair. It is expected shat operations will where or anyhow, General Lee might have got) Qeov toner, Tho Don Ja the sister ship to the Dee, lately | soon be resumed, across the Potomac, but his army never. with the wounded and prisoners,’ says Leo’s report, “were compelled to await at Williamsport (about the 8th of July) the subsiding of the rivor and the construc- tdon of boats, * * * Theonemy bad not yet made his appearance.” The rebol army must have trembled with anxicty lest the dreaded Yankees should heave in sight before they could escape over the swollen Potomac, which Providence seemed to have destined as the place of their surrender, It was not till the 12th of July that our army, too leng delayed, came up; but, unfortunately, the enemy had nearly finished their preparations for flight. “ An attack,’ that and the succeétling day, though the two armies were in close proximity.” it did not take place the country has never yet under; stood. General Meade in his report gives no explana- tion, The press of the day stated that Genoral Meade again held councils of war at this supreme moment, . and that several of bis generals opposed falling” on fg that Lee, having completed his preparations, slipped quietly over the river on the morning of the 14th. | the} He gives his name as Alonzo G. Craggett, saya “othe nae won not completed antl one PM ” = hel horton ‘und has boen in Europe. tbe ow ies eres oF hope. er sal able torun fourteen knots; but Captain Cor ferms—<ingle co ; Three les, $5; Five Teo, “when tho bridge was removed. The enemy of- | gayshor turascos wore clogyod, to ho ouldnotget enough | ge, ten copion $18. sane lac fered no serious interruption, and the movement was at- | steam. he Voquot logged twelve knots while overhaul: | °°’ thee? : er, le tended with no loss of materiel except a few disabled | (08, Droid ur ino vaseel, for she has Oo siencen't (oho | _OMtctal Drawings of Murray, Eddy & wagons and two pleces of artillery, which the horses were unable to drag through the deep mud.”’ that General Moade and the recalcitrant members of the council of war finally made up their minds to attack. “But on advancing on the morning of the 14th,” reports General Meade, ‘it was ascertained he (the enemy) had retired the night previous by tne bridge at Falling Wa- ters and the ford at Willismsport.’” important battle it may be interesting to quote a fow brief extracts from the diary of a British officer who was a guest of General Lee during the campaign in Pennsyl- vania, and which was published in Blackwood’s Magazine in September last. The writer was an oye,witness of the battle of Gettysburg, and the hearty praise he lavishes upon the Confederate troops and their generals shows that all his sympathics were-with the South, and he takes no pains to conceal his prejudices against the North. of Longstreet had beon finally repulsed by our left on Friday afternoon, July 3, he says:—‘‘It is difficult to exaggerate the critical state of affuirs as they ap- peared about this time. If the enemy or his General had shown any enterprise, there ts no saying what might have happened. General Longstreet talkea to me,” he nar- rates, ‘for a long time about the battle. The General tages of this campaign—have been passing slowly along this road (Fairfield) all day (Jtly’ 4). | hands of guilty meu on ourth to Heaven. (Applause So interminable was this train that 'it soon | And for reac that doctrine he (the spear) ad Lotter pSeetrete Saetadt in all Legalized became evident that we should n6t- be. ablo to | been exiled from this country for thirty yoars. | Nj NOSEPH BATES, Broker, 11 Wall st., room No. 1, ¥. Y. start. big fire, and heard reports coming in from the different generals that the enemy was retiring, and had been doing the teacher of the people of Great Britain om } the protection of th go all day long. But this, of course, could make no ditfer- | Preqq. political questions: on the anti-slavery | invoce. tne aid. of" tie law. ia, ence to General Lee’s plans, Ammunition hz gust have, | question first, the British judiciary question se | celebrated perfume. rhe eight Blooming Cereus." is oF cond, the .quostion of the franchise third, and | may be conntertetted or simulated. An injunction haa al- ‘ag he had failed to capture it from the enemy according, to precedent. Our progress,’ he continues, “was natu? raliy very slow indeed, and we took eight hours to go a8 many miles.” sketch of a ‘‘ stampede’? which occurred on Monday, July 6, about seven P, M., and which demonstrates most army:— several dead horses and & few dead men. Proceeding about a mile beyond the town we halted, MARCH 12, 1864.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. THE BLOCKADE. Personal Intelligence: METROPOLITAN HOTRL. The Captu® of the British Steamer Nearly Two @ppeared in the press, that it is due not only t6 ,history, Dut to the indomitable prowess of our heroicarmy,that | Don—Tne Veos,”"! Viued every fact sustained by concurrent testimony should be | Hundred Thousa."* Bor given in order to fully establish the truth. I reserve} ¢me Chi é&e. for any guitable ococasion abundant documentary evi- dence to support the facts furnished, sia suanenes ane © On Saturday, July 4, both armios contioued % | , navethe pleasure of announcing toyou ta. face each other during tho ontire day, without either | tne ¢ih inst , by tho United States steamor Poqin manifesting @ disposition to attack. “The enemy,” S8y8 | pritigh blockade Tunuor, double sorew, iron steamor . Mende, ‘drew back hia left flank, but mai: | Cepegin Fred. Cory, five days out from Nassaa, N. P., for’ tained his position in front of our left,” a8 i | wilmington, N.C., with a cargo of army blankets, dry always conscious that our vulnerable point W&S | goods, ke. there, and they wore loth to retire from it, On the ‘TaE OnAsu. night of the 4th Lee, finding his ammunition exhausted At forty minutes after nine a biack smoke was sighted and his subsistence imporilled, decided to withdraw, and | from she masthead, and the Pequot was at once headed be began bis retreat towards Williamsport, with four | for it. We soon made outa lead colored steamer with thousand of our prisoners and all his immense trains, On | one mast, steering southerly, As soon as wo wore de- the morning of the 6th this event became known, and | eoried from the Don, she was headed from us, giving us & General Meade despatched the Sixth corps in pursuit, | stern chase, and manmuvring to get to windward. We, together with some squadrons of cavalry. ‘The 6th and | however, gained on her rapidly, and when about a mile 6th of July were employed,” says Meade’s report, ‘ia | from her sont a shot from our forecastle gun across her Gucooring the wounded and burying the dead.” ihe | bow, towhich sho paid no attention, We then sont a enemy made good use of all this precious time in pushing | shot ahead of her and another over her; but shestill keoping on her course we gave her a broadside, which on towards Williamsport as rapidly as possible; and it was fortunate for them that detachments were not de- | gseattered through her rigging without doing any serious tatled for these solemn and affecting duties and that our | damage, when she lowered her colors (English ensign) whole army was not launched in prompt and eager pursuit. | and rounded to towards us, ‘THE CAPTURE—VEBSRL AND CREW. ‘They were burdoned by heavy trains filled with plunder, Two armed boats were sent, in charge of Acting Ba- without ammunition, and wofully demoralized. Had the half of our army, flushed with uc- | signs George Lamb and Wm. F. Chase, to board and take tol “PONDENOE. March 6, 1864. “@ capture, on “*. OF (B® | incorated and inflamed during his long tramp through the woods of the peninsula, but are again in good walking order Shortly after bis arrival at the Metropolitan, Mr. Simeon Leced (the senior Proprietor) accompanied him to the ane of Major General Dix and Brigadier General Stannard, by “oth of whom he was cordially received and warmly congr.,tulated on his arrival among the loyal Poople of the North, \¥ithout undergoing the tedious pro- cess of a formal exchange. During the day large numbers of gentlemen, both military'and civil, called on him at tho Metropolitan Hotel, to oer their congratulations on his escape. He will loave for his Bome ig Indiana some time to-day, General Starkweather, and Captain J. Alden, of the United States Army; Hon. A, B. Olin and wife, ‘of Troy; a gh Woich, of Connecticut; J. L. Whiting, of De- roits delphia, are stopping at Bigolow, of Clinton, and S, B. Stitt, of Phila. Astor House. The Newfoundland Tele ph Line. Port Hoop, N. F., March 10, 1864. The Newfoundland tolegraph line has boon down for the last two weeks. Heavy freshets throughout the feland have done groat damage to the line, which takes “The trains, run on the beach and destroyed. She is a fine vessel, Po ad Loudon last ‘Sune, 244 t tons British register, has four engines of 120 horse power cach, driv: two screw propeliers. Tho vessel was 2 built oxpressly blockade runp! Purposes, and is ovate to haye cost about £23,000, equal, at present rates, to $185,000. Her cap- tain, officers and crew are all, or nearly all, Englishmen, and are a fine looking set of men. HER EXPLOITS AND OWNER, ‘Tho Don has cleared nine times for Wilmington, but has succeeeded in getting in only four times, having had to return to Nassau or Bormuda on the other trips with her original cargo. Captain Cory reports that he found blockaders 80 plentiful ‘on approaching New fnlet that ho was obliged to put tosea again. On the 2d and 3d he was chased by the Dacotah, and ran within @ boa! length of her twice; once on the evening of the 2d instant, across hor’ bow, and on the morning ca the 8d instant undor her stern, but escaped each time, although fired at repeat- edly, ‘The Pacotab, ‘boing under sail, was taken rege time, and’ conld not follow. ‘The captain of eays that Captain Cory displayed splendid ee and deserved to get away. ‘The managing owner of the bon is supposed to be Francis Muir, of Pud- ding lane, London. Her complement of officers and men is as follows:—Fight officers, thirty-six men and one pas- senger, about whom there is something mysterious, a8 no one on board knew his name or anything about bim—as THE WEEKLY HERALD. The Best and Che: at Newspaper in the Country. The Weacry Heratp for the present week, ready this (Saturday) morning, will contain:—Full and au- thentic accounts of the daring advance of the Union Cavalry Forces, under General Kilpatrick, into the Rebel lines, with details of their Movements in front of Rich- mond, the amount of damage inflicted on the enemy, and their Return to the Union itmes, accompanied with a Map showing the scere of operations; The latest News from our Forces in the Southwest, and in all other por- tions of the country; Late and interesting Intelligence from the Rebel States; Account of the Arrival and Recop- tion of General Grant at Washington; Poetry, two excel- lent Stories, Facetia,; Agricultural, with the method of raising Poultry on a largo scale, and @ quantity of inter- eating miscellaneous reading matter; Valuable reviews of the Money, Commercial, Dry Goods, Cattle, Horse and Family markets, and reports of all important and inter- says Leo, ‘was awaited during This did not take place, why the crippled enemy. All we know Co.'s Kentucky State Lottery. Kutucky, Extea bass 217—March 11, 1866. 73, 56, 70, 36, 57, 38, 74, 67, 64, 42, 39, 34, TI. 11, 1864. 155, 54, 31, 64, 47, 52, 66. it URRAY. EDDY & CO., Covington, Ky. OMclal Drawings of the Shelby College Lottery of Kentucky, Extra Cu 121—Mareb 11, 1864. 7, 48, 78, 33, ia. 65, 34, 31 15,25, 23, 55, 43. 57, 42, 7, 73, ears “sr ” 88, 6, 12, 13, 64, 32. ‘5 vent 7 . ia E. SIMMONS. a ng ton,’ Ry. a splendid craft. She has made over fourteen knots with steam and gail, Captaia Quackenbush has shown his ex- cellent scamansbip and tact ia bandling this vessel while chasing and firing. I should have said that he completed the capture at ayes A. M.—in just one hour and twenty minutes after sighting the smoke on the horizon. Acting Ensign George Lamb goes home in charge of the prize. 6 Don's oillcers are guests of tho ward room mess. The ‘ow is at present on board the Pequot. Tt scoms George Thompson at Piymouth Church, Goorge Thompson, the English abolitionist, who has re- cently come across the ocean to fraternize with Heary Ward Beecher and other kindred spirits of abolitionism, held forth last evening at Plymouth church, Brooklyn, be- fore a large audience, on hie darling theme. Previous to the commencement of the lecture a musical concert was given on the organ, embracing some operatic music, the Intest dancing pieces, &c, General Duryea ——. and opened the proceedings in afew remarks, in which he in- ‘otuoed Mo Beecher, who introduced Mr. Thompson to the audience. ‘The speaker, having received the applause of the au- dience, commenced by observing that he began to feel was quite upeyual kh, id du gg Aetegene fore an dicnce like that, as he @ etnbarrassed bet he rose by the Kind, rian that} had been respecting him. His life had been one of conflict from its earliest period ag « public man, until he returned to there shores about a month ago, Let them not suppose that be came here to receive thse marks of their respect and gratitude for any humble service which he had attempted to render to this country in her hour of trial and of agony. No; it was another object al together that had brought him. Thoro was no year during the last thirty years that he bad not been ta king about America in England, save when he was absent from that country. (Applause.) He bad endeavored to sien the ph hae tay which aotuated John Brown—(ap is countrymen, and bo believed tho spirit of that m martyred man now walks abroad, marching on = on to speedy triumph ;-and he trusted to live long enough to stand upon the spot from which he ascended from the In striking confirmation of the sketch now v given of thie Ometal Drawings of the ary Asso- casbon Co a Cass G1 March i, 1864, 6, 39, 48, 3, 28, 72, 14, 68, 45, 77, 62, 44, 12. Crat ss 616—Marot 11, 1864, ‘ 65, 12, 71, 28, 19, , 36, 33, 77, 40, 8, 17, 47. Circulars sent b; ioe FRANCE, BLLIS & ing. Managers, Covington, Ky. Speaking of the moment when the columas Simmons, Rogers & Co. deposite and make collection: 2. ¥. SIMMONS Prizes Cashed in All Le; alizea Lottee ries and infor on given. GALLAGHER & BENJAMIN, Brokers, 310 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Messrs. authorized to recei ‘account, said the mistake Lee had made was in not oconcentrat- ing the army more and making the attack with 30,000 men instead of 15,000. It is impossible to avold seeing,’ adds the English officer, “that the cause of this check to the Confederates lies in their utter contempt for the evemy.” Hoe continues:—‘Wagons, horses, mules and cattle captured in Pennsylvania—the solid advan- Information given or se: J. LAYTON & CO., 10 Wall street, N. ¥. Prizes Cashed and Information Fur- nished in all localized Lotteries. ‘ALECK & CO, Brokers, 38 Pine street, N, Ys Royal Hava: Lottery.—30 Per Cent promaita patd for Prizes. Information furnished. Highest Fates paid for Douloone and all kinds of Gold and Silver, ‘AYLOR & CO., Bakers, 16 Wall street. ‘was his opinion of his own very stupid race. nd Jangbter.) ‘They tolerably honest, but execedingiy obtusa. (Moro laug ter.) Ie bad been his lot tor tho’ last thirty” yours to be ntrymen that they As soon as it became dark we all lay around a = bese ar —Te the Drug Trade end Fan- oy dealers. Night Blooming Corens pirated --PROSECUTION GOMMENGED.—In vintigation o ready boen obtalned from the Supreme Court against cer- tain jobbing houses of this city & proparation purpor'tn made by D. & eution has othor questions; but he had found them quite ‘obtuse on ‘They never understood iv, and do not understand it now. They Lo andience) knew a goodideal more about their (the Englishmen’s) history foen the English people knew about the history of America, The speaker then proceeded at great length to inform the audience of the laborebe had gone through in Kogland in the connection alluded to, referriug to the jate emancipatian acts Of President Lincoln in order to |, ehow the effect they had in changing the minds of the Englieh people in favor .of the cause of the North. He id that now the working classes of Great Britain wei » the North, if the aristocracy were not; and, after Speaking over an hour, jn substance the Samo as = said at the Cooper Institute a few evenlugs ago, be brought bis remarks to a conqiusion, rohit them from sell the Night Blooming Ce- right of Philateiphia, A prove: commenced iu Pht adely nia, wnd others will be institutet here forthwith. ‘The law of this State on the ject iasimple and to the ‘point. It constitutes the copy. ‘or counterte ting of trade marks a criminal offence, also the sale of the articles which bear the franduient m ii be enforeed tothe ntmost by the ‘a “A who trench upon their richts as ers and proprietors of the Night Blooming Co” Feus for the Handkerchief. me, itis admitted, annot be succesafally secret of ite Preparation is confined to tho cture and own It. bels, however, ‘are than subtle chemical combinations, and led that the enterprise of the individu. ala who hope to cheat the public by mock externals abail be Promptly suppressed by the.strong band of jnation. the American question I will close these extracts with the following graphic unequivocally the ulter demoralization of the Confederate “About seven P, M.,”? the writer states, « we rode through Hagerstown, in the streets of which were After and General Longstreet sent four cavalrymen up & lave, with directions to report everything they saw. We then dismounted and lay down, About ten minutes later Police Intell BXTENSIVE THIEVING OPERA’ $15,000 WORTH OF GOODS STOLEN—THE PORTERS Air—Tara’s Ha re nearly dark) ec heard z renee! gre eg pe ares AMOUNT OF GOODS RECQV~ rs eee saeco a ‘swide walke and then a regular stampede a ow seem: ; The particulars of a series of extensive larcenies, com- Within the Bu selon grave. which I descried our four cavalry heroes crossing s field a8 fast as they could gallop. All was now complete con- fusion—officers mounting their horses and pursuing those which had got loose, and soldiers climbing over fences for protection against the supposed advancing Yaukeos. In the midst of the din I heard ao artillery officer shout- {pg to hie canmonaiers to stand by him and plant the guns in @ proper position for enfiading the lane. 1alao distinguished Longstreet walking about, hustled by the mitted by the porters employed in the store of Mosers. Horace B, Claflin & Co., and amounting to at least $15,000 in tne aggregate, were developed before Justice Dowling, fat the Tombs, yesterday afternoon. It appears that Mr. Daniel H. Conklin, @ momber the firm, heard, some time ego, that jtore was beihg robbed in a myateriove manner, and all efforts to obtain aclue to the thieves proved fruitless, till, a few days since, Capt. Jourdan, of the Siztb precinct, ‘was applied to in the matter, who, with The body that once trod the earth Lithe as an eagio's wing, ond weak as flowers ering, Now bends as fi In winter wi ©, what renews the apie flame? 0, what the bedy wak ‘As frosh, as strong as April winds That rouse the sluggish laxest Tt in the glorious talfemaa, ‘With herbs, barks, flowers rifees wo 3 eral polson in ite breast— jr. Weight's Rejuvenating Elixir of Life. poeple Dar the Tait tones, which | officer £ Golden, si algo of the Sixth, succeeded not Sym could and to no attention was | ascertaining how paid, ‘Now, you don’s know what it ia—you don’t know | On tot of the stolen goods, ong bn sinned bres bette $5, MER etary alpen what it is’ While the row and confusion wore at thelr 1m '£C0., 50 Liberiy atrect, New York. ~ height the object of all this alarm at length emerged from the dark lane, in the shape of a domestic four- wheeled carriage, with a harmless load of females, The stampede ee and caused much harm and delay.” gutma td piety meshes Sige bb ocd tromye eter ewan amt Fe oe a otert to come frward with rect ACL = 5 alee to AS pes y at come a rect — rate Bae os report and less reserved a91,0 bis own important ects, the necessity for this communication would not have existed, HUSTORICUS, Dasoui’efoo Tacurar.<=We are informed that Mr. Daboll, the inventor of the air whistle, or trumpet, and who put up one of these signals at Dungences, in the Britiah Chanve!, last fall, bas just received official reports from the Engiteh government giving the dotaile of an ators for Sate.— cha Utensile, &e., at sare fe ped) j, Cooper Institute, Breath.—_How Many Hie Fy ote i¢ ees sees Orn eye iw other trial of bis invention, Since his return home, and As ne eee ee Attenets but in the last trial, a gun—an eighteen-pounder—fired each ite Pr 4 tring ola ot time with three pounds of powder, was served, and also Soon eck a large bell. These were tested against the trumpet on. ae Dr. ‘the Sth of January last, and the result of the trial hae determined the government te have Mr. Daboll immo- diately construct a larger and more powerful signal of this kind—suob, tn fact, as Mr. Daboll had originally re commended for Race: The result of these several trials must be very gratify: fog to the omy ey while it brings nearer the time wheo, pT a bg og may have the same signal estab ished there. it while the Fngligh government are thus moves towards the introduction and uso ‘of what they have proved to be the best (og signal in the world, we are not aware that our own government offer any induce: ments to the Inventor to introduce the signal here. Why fear of detection, Assavia Wint a CLeaven.—Yesterday afternoon Frod- orion Bevson, & colored woman, went to the grocery store eorner of Laurens and Grand streots, and while to he struck her two heavy blows on the juries which it ts feared will prove voyed to her een ar Thom Preservers, to strengthen and {my young, by day and tian mitnoul pat Feeominended by the meee gente ‘Ocullate’-Optician, street, and a doctor i) Y are glee. Omoer Keel; ‘ighth precinct, arrested " sot place one ofthese ot Sandy, Hook and Moatask’ 17° | Givers, sad, Sustion’ Dedge ‘oocnmsived alta vo peloa, 80 La yg ifn yen tne Bets In tee costs a couple of hundred dollars per day, Daboil’s sig- | await tbe result of her injuries, ba ary vrai een Wacwory Ot Barclay siroot bal costs @ penny per hour, aud moreover gives a oon- Aw Orvicer Bapty Baatan by Rowoie—Four or Tuew " (aeons sound. AnneerK.—An outrageous assault was made on officer | Rooks and Ma Bou poem, Coroners’ Inqueste. Koarnoy, of the Twenty-first procinet, on Thursday even. | 0A: MILLERS. 76 Nasaau stress, Sow Yorks Brice Fatat Resevt or a Sootiwa Arreay.—John Bell, the amber Sie men whom the police deveribe | 5 cents er and rowdies. Kearney was quietly perform ing his duty in Third avenue, noar Fortieth atrest, when ono of the gang threw a@ potato and etrack tim on the head. The ofllcer instantly grabbed bis assailant, whereupon the frionde of tho latter, about @ dozen strong, attacked the policeman, beating him sevaroly about the head and face. He stlit eld fast to bia pris oner, and deveaded himself as best be could til villver Coughlin came to his assixtance. A severe etruggts then oosued between the towdies and the two officers, during which the roagha were weil clubbed, and four ot ‘them — named Jolm Picket, Thomas Cooley, hae! Whalen and Brady —speedily reduced to submission, but Colds and Coughs.—Saddcen Changes of {al affections. climate are sources of pulmonary and bronch Bxporience having proved (hat simple remedies act speedily and coriainiy when taken in the early stage of disease, re- course should at once be had to “Brown's Bronebial Troches,"" of Lorenges, let tie cold cough of Irritation of hroat be ever go eMgbt, rr by this precaution ® more 60. tly warded off, Boldlers should young man who was shot in the left side by @ pistol in tho hands of George Evans, on the night of the 25th vilt., a8 proviously reported in the Hraup, died yesterday in the Now York Hospital. It appears that Evans bad an altercation with a stranger in the dance bouse of Alexan- dor Mulholiand, 516 Water street, when Evans drew.0 pistol to sboot him. At that moment Beli Interfered, an, stepping between the belligerents, was shot by bans, the bullet penotrating the left side, inflicting A fatal wound. Evans was arrested by officer Charles Murphy, and committed to the Tombs to await the reauit of the injuries. Ooroner Naumann was notified, and will hold fled. The porgoms named were tiken to the eta an inquest on the body today. Boll ‘and Evans were | tion bouse and locked up for the night. Justice Ledwith, shifmates and old Prakas The shooting of Bell, it is | bofore whom they wore subsoquontly arraigned, ro yuirod claimed, was porfectly accidental, thom to give bail for their fujure appearance as court, rious attack may be effe have them, as they can be carried in the pocket and token as ogeasion required, Colonel A. D. Stroight, of tho Fifty-first regiment In. diana Voluntoor cavalry, arrived at the Metropolitan Ho rly yesterday morning, The Colonol’s recent escape from the Libby prison must be froah im the minds of our readers, and we are happy to atate that his health, which #48 considerably injured by his long couduement tn the Baatile of roboldom, is fast improving. 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