Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1863-04-18

              V - f ill '1 i! W " J E iTr 1 - ,1.1-1 7, -r- - , . 1 V! , I ' i t! H !, I i ! .-V" ..: " l (. - j ' ! ---::rrirz J - i 1 7 l ?r&JiJ ."- - . - . - 7 L.' Hl'i JU. flTuJe, 6neif.Biiiik-Ff said hall use eome' hewy, butia i Democrat as n Andrew Jacltcdn Democrat' ant" not 'for the,Pion a9itvfu! OrVaf clieripg Goo4r GooKj1 I eav'asa- I?cinor- and la in : Andrew Jarkeoa Democrat, am not Jvr tht Union amMtndjikejcfrtiAiJkat vino, I am not far ike reconstruction of the Union- an it was.-- Vet I kae pea treau"te and Hood enough npod it,- iconjanctio;wkfa( ray's fellow-. ittzefis,to make it llnte VfeUer. " Chetm) It was good enoagh if it had been left rone.; The old bonis- was good enough forme, bn as they, hare palled down all theii part, Ipropose token ve build it j, to build &Vpcttk alt the foreign improved and applause. ' ' ' : ' ' '- x 3njam!n f. Butler the author of these PiBunlon iientInjentflA w. a llajor-QeDeral ,in Aba U. S. Army, and one of tLa leaders of the AboHtwworbogwi Union'party.'' The speech from which this extract w takes, was delivered fce'fore a crowded .A (o!ilioii audience, in Jfew York.and wa applattded Jo the echo. . Here it will Xa seen that Gene Butler declares that 3ie ?s vittfot tht Union a it Wf." yAnd .yet the followers o t.A'tcini8tration hypocriti-cally profess to be " Unconditional Union men 1" It mirei be ohvioas" to every r-fleetfng mind ; that the war, as now being carried on,1 is not for;)berwtoratiobof "the Union as It ; as," lutfor tW.dest motion o6lavery, and-the over" throw of the Democratic party.' - WhD is the' Traitor t . ' . T . The Republicans -denounce Vallandigham as traitor, and eulogize Bingham as a patriot. 'They, are. both Representatives from Ohio, .. both .!have been making . campaign -peecliea in New Hampshire and Connecticut .far 'their respective parties, and, during -the late aession "of 'Congress, " they ga ve expres-Kn- Jo their honest sentiments as follows : V Jdr. Vallandieham said: "It is in the restoration of the Duion as it was in 1789 snd .continue! for over seventy- years, that I. am bound to the last hour of oty political.-exist-ence. , Mr; Bingham said : "Who in the name of God,', wants, tbe.jCotton. folates, pry other ifcA-- -i ; ," ' r i i - ii i .. -i nir r I'f'rmrf vr rrA Union if slavery, is to continue 1" - -Whicb is the traitor? - Come, gentlemen Abolitionists, answer the question, if you rpleasl f No dodging; no equivocation; no 4ft 'or Are you, with Mr. Vallandigham, for. a restoration of lie Union, as it existed in and 18C0; or are you, with Mr.; Bing-hani iii favor of aboTiehing Slavery or destroyr in the Uuion ? ' ... .... V . Consistency and Freedom. Macaley,i speaking of Henry the Eighth, thus scathingly rebukes the hypocriey of the present v usurping, and iutoleraut 'Admiuisra-tios : , . . , -. . ft required no great sagacity to perceive le inconsistency and dishonesty of . men who. .dissenting from almost all christendomwould aaffer none to dissent from themselves; who 'demanded freedom of conienee, yet refused to grant Jt; who execrated peraecntion, yet persecuted j who urged reason agaiust the au thority of one opponent, and aulfiority agaiuirt he reasons of another An Historical Wajnin?.' . ; '; Charles the First, relying upon the " Divine Bight of Kings,' --and " military necessity," fcrough't himself to the block, . " ' .'"Frooi'Mac'auley's "Lord Nugent' t Memorials tf Hampton" we find that his crimes, amongst others, were, billeting his soldiers upoiwthe people ;""'criinea of which ordinary "justice should have taken cognisance, were punished by martial law. .Nearly eighty gentlemen were, i m prison ed' for refasin to contribute lo the Jbreed loan; The'UfweV people,' who showed knjr signs of insubordination, were presed in-so jtbe fleet or compelled to serve in be army," Herbert of the ITnlon League" 6et -:iing"toto-Court." -; A suitbas been 'brought in the Court of pommon'PIeas by "Frank ; Koerper, a miller, "and most exemplary, quiet unobsti'Bsi ve Oer-knan, against Joseph Counts; the proprietor of (louring mill in thU' eilvi and a member of the Union League. "The plaintitT claims that he had ea-gaged as -miller - for Connte for; one year, expiring iu July next,' at $2 00 per. day; and thatrwiChotrt any eawee, but solely tor voting the Democratic Ticket attfie Spring .Elefttion o ottdayv be-waadismiseedaodnot . Howed to perform hia contract. . Uta dania-xes are laid at $275 00. . - ; - t ? Dorera being .dUxnissed ' -rr : lucrv , oiner casea oi ia- (by .members orthe '--Vgajnaf, thou :ffi.Z$iJ!& . demand, appears bt poeFibe eadiBgjfeatarea of the bogus iTJaUrt LeagueaV Thi WtHe kiad oT fW 'dom'tlie AbblHloo pdrtr Wish' to establkh in ajMCUjed , for thtj arro; .but tyr . aoay s'deepOtUfitfor f I . v - - - - t t . ;. . . a tForbeaVof theSi2Mrte'thbsi6hrax!iee : ablatio of latr'tC.: many .catr .a . resident declares niirnr.. hi. iV. T . . . HIS tbe "leaaiS4" of h'aviht voted as thev v . ns freBWenj. "remind os.of,a,rjaaftv ' t T V MUnoi9"Ut was asked how . ,.i,; vwji.wjajun caiiine ner, taii.a 4' uTroU.ibe' .... v wi nr ut un ifnn w.ir. rageoua and ta&moaj perpe6tWa;jpoo '-tht ballot-lox o a fteVTeoeeret-lrefowa in cities At the opening of thepells, Ch RepuUicaCa; DenkicraU frmhe tfiside pf tjhe furt Houe; look possession o( tkeml ; f, p&seMr?t4. peaeV able for about aa'jbourwbeai'eqaada-dofaol diers began to- appear.'tidibortly ' bhffdrdfa1 of them were ontbe1 oand.J 'l!vrr!'nji pointed buVtoHbem'as a t?mocraiVfts abused, io'Bnlted,'and,'1n' a dozen"' InsUnceat Vnocked down. Those distributing Democratic 'tickets ty'en-from: ihVgrouodi and thei tfeketa destroyed Candidatea quietly electioneering; eastomarywera-jejearedu-from tl precinct by trop of soldiers yeflihjr iBt them', and they were obliged to'rnn lori t birV lives. ' A,t 12 o'clock Hie Democrati gave it Top, sarrtn derine every thing to their, opponents, prefeii ring Uiis course to one which "mght provoke Civil1 war;-.' -A Mt: - ;"-; Jen:. Canrington had'isstfed anorder direct ing soldiers entitled to vote in this township to return immediatelyhereafter to camp. r.Upo th is order -citizens'can decide. - Whether Oeii; Carrington or hh ubordinate are responsible for Hta not being carried out is yet to be demot' stratedv '?: r. . 'f -:: yf-t The Democracy are confident .that refurnflf from thronehoat the State; wherever mobs did not interfere with the rights of the citrrefis at the ballot-bot will he favorable.' - In Mbiis ' locality, the Abolitionists ean : count out just whatever majority they please.- 1,4 ! ' " - ' - lKOiAKAroLis; April , ; Every other township bnt- this in this coun ty increased its Democratic-7 ore yesterday. Hancock county, which Went 200 far the.' Re3 publicans at theast election goes, summing up the townships, S00 Democratic i and this is the teiKr of the" returns from all "the" precincts throughout the State. '. 7 ". - Principles of the " Union Leagues. Sixty-eight members of Congress, in 1850 indorsed HjitrjEajS ".Impending Crisis, and recommended its circulation at the North.-.- We append a sample of its inrocations- and teachings. 'These sixty-eight members ofCon- gress are now busily eugaged in the formation of "Loyal Leagues," 'aid are prominent par- ttci pants in war meetings. Rfead: and ee if their past action is u'ot an index to their present motives: . "Freemen of the North, we earnestly Invite vou to organize yourselves as one man under the banners" of Ji Bert v. and to aid J us' in exter- ninting ijfarery; We -think it will be an eapy matter; independent of the negroes who in nine cases out of ten wonld be delighted to cut their masters' throats. We are detennin- ed iOaboWh- f?Vrv t 11 larHj.in.fla j qratr&TpfitlOW'Tr'w oaTevenftafUre HBTTTWiKADl Hit 11 111 II tK A yv , 1 . A ' I1T .,. I . 'OrihTa the Sonth . may .take .-due notice, and govern A Wbolesonio Prescription. : The alitor of; the' Cleyetaud leader, a vio lent Abolition print, lately exclaimed : We want . Union Leasues. We want 'Vigilance -..Committees.-.'. ,-.-TT want a mil itary force. . We tell the Copperheads they had better invoke the hurricane, tornado, tvplioon. simoom, sirocco and earthquake. than du retributive wrath if these Captains of tke National Police." . - The Clevelahd'-P&rm Dealer thereupon ' pre scribes the following prescription for (he un fortunate editor: . . . . . , , Pacscairriosw--Put a .bladder of ice water under his head ; give him A large dose of t Ejc-tract of Butternut ;' keep all Abolition '. papers from him tor a week. -and then put some clean linen. on mm and lua oiui eo. and. -sin .no roore." . , ... . - '. A'- Listen to a Black. Eepublican MonsterJ The Washington correspondent of the Cleve land Leader Old Wade's organ writes: T i m a pbA tv v .Congresa has iJone its part;?tbe JExeotitive will do his. i. There is aigreat-er than either In the hands 'of the people.- The time has amifor them to actwiifwMt law and beyond law: Here in a field in which every Citizen can1 help without joining the army",' Tn reply to which the Clark Co. Democrat says: ; . . . . ,. !f. . ! . r Democratsr-Htll friends of the Constitution, Law andorder-rBE PREPARED, not tor do wronjf or commit illegal violence, bat U resist the Abolition Leagues,' wbenever.they ;.take the first step in assault .upon your person or your property, without law and beyond law. Let the AloJitiomsts see and kaow what.tbey may expect,' if they' venture to open the way po anarchy and-oqtlawry.- :,- ' '' .- IWf i . '. . . . A -Bich. Joke npon aEebcl Editor. ' rThe .editor of the HurtreesboroXndwbel- byville) Banner tells the-ibllowing good story on himself- "'v' f ."- - j i ?' "Ou Wednesdav. the SUi of J)eoember'. '.we went to the battlefield in search vf ,glorjrt and items. .. ' - " . ' " ' - "While . fallowihVLui-''theJehars'e of GfenJ ir - ; 'jsi- f!-. -- . , . "V- - . ... ' in.cvAiw.ao uiyiwion, n( oooj oi .prisoners1 Miv'ina vo me inr. aou at once BiruCK UD a cpn versa tiOh with ibeni.V'TJnforiiQa!teI' ye wrm urceecu 10 vsue ciuiues.anu UDon at lemm ing to leave were, ordered by. the. cuard W remain where we were. . With a enuJe of ineffa ble contempt, we drew .from our pockapsel anotherthi'Dz, ryou.try. any mom mine ipio yet git hat' 6h ve tribe' of brother . nntlt drirers Tbe'editor Of tbis jpapfeVtbe1 leadte journal oi, the BouiH. to;Uer esHed. aYsokse; and to( aejrTedi'04witbjOHBi Sk ft- I A rv ' r ' f -r ' ' . . . . We uketheiblbwingfKeispeaer. , r vvvi.uBviwiBimu' ummercuu. nn- HeleaArltiprtl-f iaV-?i ""Vzl A-WVj.tfimi'- ju : Thoma, vjldjniadi eflerJ "ited'StataarrlvU frotab fWeatsw; deearv-A,,, tir.orn;: rwBxrp5LMummg k last isnrjeet of ths -AdjnmJstratkmr.Tiai tharaW5!ixi negroes at UerapLiSjf rUaoordend. Jtha inxmedi- mtn-woi fW!ivw; f J Kt 3jrr ntr:.jrrnz 'TherfbHowbtolSoiaJ pttcfrT:Geijera1 tlcCkllan lgias with A evaedatioa;if Har HBdB-Lsndibg and ovi J3 fii''prati6n ivriUeb Aeuia XJresk nd A'iezadxiavi3is renMngeiboinmarxdttUl fdr faJIu rev e4 Pp 4kd JiirfoperiEm4 ffno AXry4 land, including the battles (of 3outK psataia TOeairi4lv'beive --tiithWeMWViif.y preumrqaTy under nit c1 TBe Tnjeksref directed -ty tte :Generai4n- Chief, 'was' jexeeHf-toeceasftilly; with eHfire safety toffe command ad -iteiMterTaJ twiM tween tbk'14tVanda9tlT e ABgtt.Tn line- of wtfhdfawarBeleeted was that of tmooth of (be Cb ialBimy , - Will tatosoui - and York AWrt rrr-srt-rtii-liiflh 'tnaifi- bodv:ref lh ma'irs corpe..crxtfg;tbe1,Chkahomin Jones' bridge,' an eovengy lie mareutB moveutenl of ahe-ruaihi column, j vXbefkassage of the lowtf.Chickanojniny jvas .effected by means of a bat teabride two thousand feet iu length- TJe transfer bftbe army to.Yoik-tbwn was completed by the 15th orAnrdetl The ejubarkationof the troops aajd aoaleria at- y.erktowq andEortresft Monroe was at ore commepeed, and aa rapidly , aa Vthe ; means oX transportation admitted, everything . was sent rorwara ro aquia creear ana amanana. r v Nomere sketeh of an undertakiag- ef uV magnitude and yet so delicate J paijajrfbfc ter will sulfice do justice. T - m sst now, oy ever, content royseu witRV pimple ttoticebfiC defemVjr a full descrTptioH for'my official -te1. port of theTcaofpaigtr before " Rkrhmond-a labor which f I propose to nadertake asiooo as events will afford me the. necessary timet.-Jua- tice to the achiBvementa of the army of the Potomac and the brave men' who composed "it. requires that the octal'recbrtlof the campaign should hefireared wiihr'eare tbaJi circumstaAoeiiar&bUlleh4'' tne to bestow uppn. it, -The .delay w ill 4ot Have been felt as injurious to the public Intereev inaa- niuch""as- by frequent reports'irom' time to time I have kept the Departmefil id viseVl of events as they oeeurred.-: : ---t.. .: V- , I -reached Aquia Creek with my staff on the 24th of Abgust, reported my arrival, and ask ed for orders. On the ' 27th of ' August .1 re; eeived from th e Gen'eral-ia-Ch ief permiasion to proceea 10 Alexandras, -wvere 'i at nce nxcu mv headquarters. r The trooaa comDOsine the army of the Potomac were meanwhile ordered forward to reintorce the army under lien. .rope. So completely - was this order carried out, that on the XOtb of August I had remaining -under my command only a camp guard of about one hundred men. Everything elseh ad been sent to re.nforce Gen. rope. I n addition, I exhausted all the means ,at my disposal to for ward etrppfiefr to that officer,' my rpwn head- Miarbisi'tikamB Airan lr0iTkf ilcuf -TaV' if.-: 'V -Tiii i -:.M-tliU. - -'. u' " "1 ''1- "V- ' ': Upon tbe unfortune iesne of that campaiffn, I received an intimation from the GerieraMh- Chief that my services were desired Tor the purpose of arranging.; for, the defence , of Uhe capital. They were at once cheerfttllygiyen, althougli . while awaiting definite instructions at Alexandria, I bad endearpred, as jup seen, to promote a fa vorable resulf in the operations then pending, and . bad,- ttbua contfibuied thouirh itidirectlv. vet as. far Jim I could, to the defense of. Wasnington., Qn the 2d, of September the formal order of the War Department placed , roe. in command of the fortifications of Washington "and of all the troops for the defense of the capital." 0o the lstofSep-tetnber I had been instructed that I batl noth ing to do with the troops engaged Tn active operations under Geperal Pope, but that my command was limited' to the immediate garrison of Washington? On thB Vjexf davllibw- ever, i was -verbally instructed y thetfreei- dept and the General-m-Cuaef to.ssunie command...ofQeneral Pope's trpp ps (including my own arbiy of ihe ; ppto'nj'acy - as' soon as they apprbar1eo"the vTcinUy--bl Washington, to go out and meet them,: and to . post them as . I deemed .beft to repulse the enemy; and insure the gaiety ot tm city. .. r; ,, .. .. ,lt .At this time the task, imposed upon me was limited to the dispositions oeceasary; to resist a direct attack of tbe enemy, upon the capital. Such, indeed, was tbe ..danger ; naturally indicated by the defeat of our forces in front. . The various garrisons were at . once strengthened and out in order, and the trooos were owboaed to. coyr -all the approaches to the.city;, .ajd so as-yj oe reaquy- tnrown. up . wnere .deemed- necessary. A' few' 'days only ' had elapsed before comparative security was felt with gaMPro our ability to reatet any attack upon the city. Tbe disappearance of the enemy from the front of Washington , andJjjyx.paasage '.into Mary land enlarged, .the : sphere- qt ,-operatioaa and maae an active; campaigq . necessary to ' cover; Baltimore, prevent nie invasion of Pennaylva-. tila and drive them due :of MaTylandJ c BeiB honored, with the ohareaof. this: caroDaien. I enteredat pnee qpon he additions duties in-i puvi upon me wn cneenumess ana. trust. 'ftport wtne ;imaTy"iieperomi bareeince the evacuation oTITat yet not without -feeling the weight' 6f tbevTesHncdperation with the reconhoisance,' which ponsibiljties thus assumed ' and being deeply; impressed wiin tne magnitude o( toe issues m- Having made the necessary arrangements' lor the'defense of the city'in the new condition of; things, I pushed forward' the '-1st "and '9 th qrps, ftder,-,GerralajIleno and ; Hooker,. forming Uie. right, wing under Qenerali.,Bq70 eiae, w leesourg on tne otn inst tnence tne TheSd and llthoorps, aTtderJ Generals" Sum-i neraad WiUiaaas,oi the otfrirere mo red frosa' I Tenallytown taRockville, thenee ,by MiddJel vary nu vr.utna.pn reaenca, ute iia corps nHdvihf by" a lateral road between TJrbana. and Jfe Market, thus maltltaininr hi otrfmoai- eatibtk betweea ibe -eetfter andXrigbt wih.-as welt as covering the direct routs from FredsH iclr to Wathingtoiw,Tbe.6tb corps, under GeneraLFfapkin wast oro vrtojrnestown: on the 6tb Istan W.'tb encejby 4? vrsbn v ii hvaad front the mdatfar oftbe Monocracy to Roekvllle; and being-is posftSoalto eoftoect wftb ad sap pOrt the center eboold t havafbeenKeoessary; vwuwiara ura uuvkiTHuo, covering IB! ruwl iai sa waappclto-fiarcs theJiaoof the llc4 ooracy Coach 'e -tlivisiba. wsa thrnwn -frrr M&mz&&k aiidpesvllli proaea waicDing vne ora3 ounerovaniiic. and himatslrfoUo iar'abd dpp6rtirig'tbe'eib corrjl. . ' : i hs orect torn tnovemesia a no feel the eeriy--4ojconel ira to evele!i' bis-Jn tTPtlcriSxratbevaainwehfltheJt ?vpre in position readily tocoteir X! -'. tirrrcr ? cr .TashiiitotoNrttsck 4ia t be-' 1 h t rbc! 1 peiins-cf thjj'cociftcjrtritor- f.'aw lirs into Pennsylvania if aeceseafy. t 1.2th & JrtI of tb ritwinj' catered uTrMsriefc'; RMgeville; Id Tredericj,7and tbsTO coros by tifter Vlki!artisTaHbe: eitr ad te-irtct.Ci lbi;l3Urlibeanaia' tarougbFmierjck pVf. ity-ib t aBifes-tattone' of Ua f &a ' eung 'were . abundant and gsiifying-.'Xhi-troops received the roost en-thAeiatie.icom e4Lae( bands oftbe inbatn Uanta, ttJ4iieMym,ensi8Ung dleatoai ifTfbrx andborsev.artiJlerj. aftereome J8ltirtDiebiD!r cleared tbe' "main cas- - 'i'ju ! t jJ'I'J "lit'i - i - "h- sage wi.vocu. jiiusAieayiig no nejit, 6usrobstrn'criAn 'loth,' oveniehrbfTf beroatn bodjr tratirfrbas 6f J tber'Sdaili: "llotthtaio MAfcMtm reaedU-.-!? ' While at'FftdeTfet fhe t3tb, fobtaiaed reliatMT mtormat6aof 4be-oveiDent-iid otentiana altb surmyi vbub auula itjejear thatjv(was necoaeary 4fli forpe tbe passage of tbe ijojxtp 0Ta,rapeE0d rata poaaeaslo of Boonsboro and Rohrersville before v anv '-Oa'tWmorniniybf th I3th JfTeceFed a vr. oifrti8agiai .les,Wrandtn at xj KTDerirr erry,"iJormnr'me inat on- tne ore- caojng snierBoo i n e- uary is na uetgwanad beeibabandooed, aSetf repelling attack by .a f " A... jW ... SS a j - - a . i . - the rebels, and that tb wholes force was eckiw centra atWrpf -Sherry, ; the JIar viand. LoDdon aodiarjf bts, jn all io poa-J that there 'was no Sbtairent reason for the baioim?ni tno-ag&tjoi. Allies asxea tor assistance, Tie satd he eoufTd fcofd biTt eflatn'lyw'5dat. I 4U reeted hixHo wiake headway back, if possible, wMb the iAformation tbtJWiu. rapidly ap pioabii-gand woubl.doubt Bv three o other couriers 1 e'nj the same mes- sage.Vltb the order lo'bMd" o'uf'tb the laii. I do trot' learn that any of these messehtcers succeeded in Teaching Harper'-FeTfv.'Il sbMld here'vuterthat bn J8e.Tr2tb V was di-vecud asststns command of the Garrisoa at Ilarper'a erry. .but ibia order reached- mo a ier an coromunica4Kn vim me irarrison .was cut fPff T Bfpre XiefJ .aah ingtqn,js ni. while it wmyettitneC'i reoommerided, to the. ffqper authorities Hbat tlie garrison pflfafper Fer- h-t should Tis'wHhdrawa"; Fa'-" HageTstown to aid W coVerrnethe Cumberland Valley, brth at. taking up the pontoon bridge '-and obstructing the railroad bridge, it should fall back to the Hsryland Heigbts andthere-bold its own to the last.,. , ..j'.aVii-"""'-'.-',;-: ,-.' . In thia posiioji it cenid bave maintained itself for week's! ; It was not deemed proper,. to adopt either of these suggestions; and when the sribject was'left Id nitdiscretionit was too fate to do anything exeept to try to relieve the garrison. I directed ihe artillery to be frequently ilred bv on advance guards as a signal to 4be garraon that relief vvas at hand. Tbia was dona; and I learn that our firing was distinctly. hear4.at . JJarper'a .Feiry, and that they were ; thus made- aware, that . we were approaching rajpidlys -: It was confidently expected tbaf this 'jplacev could hold out 'until we Jiad carried the nvnohtarnsj and' were in apposition toinove' a detatehtnent' for its re lief. ?: - ' ; - : '- '' The left, ' therefore,"' was .ordered to move through Jefferson to the Souths Mountains, at Cranapton's Pass,, in (ront o Burketteville; wjhle jJhe eentrja, and ,."gbt... moved ; upon, the mal ns or Turner -a P, ass, ..t a front of.Middl,et?wn. During these m'oyeraeitfs I had not im'posed JjUlgjnaxcJuajCtP hu.TOn,jrjeTalsoln'e necessitybf refitting" andivfngJm'elittIeVe8t to troops worn down by-previous "long continued1 marchiae -dndi'eevere'' flehtinff. tosrether with the uncertainty as to tbe actual position-; strength and intentions of the enemy, rendered it incufiibeBt-unon m to move stowlr ad cau tiously until, the, headquarters reaphe(i;,Ur- ana where i prst obt ioed reliable. informal tio'n that the' enemy's object "was to move up on" Harper s rerrv and the Cumberland valley. ami not upon Baltimore, .Washington, or Gjet- tysnurg. - " - In- theabsense Of -the "full retxrts of corns commanders, a simple on ri in e of the brilliant operationa, "rhich resnlted ,m the earryiog vof tne two passea ttrroiigjx tbe JSoukh J&loimtaiaa is. all that can, at thistiane withjustice-to the troops and epropianers engaged be furnished. I he v couiu Mountain range, . near Turner s Pass;' averages' "perhaps a' thousand feet.'ln height, and forms a 'strong- rtafnral militarv barrier. 1 toe pracucaole passes - are notim- merous, and are1 readily defensiblev the- gaps abounding .in flB positions. Turner's Pass i the more prominent, being that by which the national road crosses tne mountaius It was nec'essariljf .indicated as the route.'of advapce oi our. uisiu aruij. :. . .. - The carrying ofCrampton'sl Faes, some five or six'roiles' below, was also important to fur- hlsh the Tahs of reaching the flankr of th Sneray, Bd;having's a' lateral movement? "di rect relations to the attaer on the prtnerpal nass white tt at tbe same tine -presented the most direct pracUeaW route To pie xalief uarpisr s rrry .ivaiiy .o thenorng ef the lh msU Generat PJeasanton withajcavajty force, reconnoitered the position of the enemvi whom.be discovered to occupy s the; crests Jof commanding hills lnu the gap on either side of tbe national road, and upon advantageous ground 'in the centre' upon and nearthe road. with-artilleTT bearfhg'upon:-'alS' the approach- re their positions ? wbthr-that' or the main read or those, bv thaeoaatry road which led around voto the creel open the right add ieit.' ;:,;,j :! .!V -jV; j ;ST At about 8'ckX,lf.,Cpx. divUiqn. of by this time had becbmearfatUck-; tnoved p the mountain by-tne oMhjtrrjsbarg-iroad to the left of thr niaio road,- dividingaa they advanced into4 two columns.- These eoJumna ( Scamoson 'a and jSook's brigadee.) ;.)uindaome- ly carried the enemy s position ob, the crest mrhetr front, which gavej- ns possession or an thoueb eaL) aadiMtweea 12 abd 1 o'clock P. M WU- oex 4iviejoOiaf.Eeno a ' corps aaMeaibr ward'ba, Geoeral, Jiuwida, ta.-eoport Cox. f nd bet weeij; jiP,. )tw,sTision The contest - was maintained with -persever ance vdiii aar&,. mc vnem m"J? qtmwji as to py sitiou; and fighting with obstinacy; but tbe'Efdand' 4n wiw- Ihlly -maintiBihed' Th toWstf-Jrilled asntsroonded bere warf' consider- ablavea6oXbide8;ad it? abire that Major General Reno,, who bad gone forward to-ob- sarvsr iba perati.ojBS pTJU.corpa,, and, to give anch directions as wera nectsearrn. werced W4tna rrousaet,.oatu , tosa. oi,tn orava and 'distinguished ofScer tejrpered with sad-neesWe euIUtas soldier.' an able general; endeared kfhis troops ana associate; ue" m jnrrpara. ble-toiafbrtahe 3- i vaii4f--y&: L't&Afaota tbrM aobcFiJje of tbe roaia road bt a -coitntrv road, wbicls lending to'ibrrlgbltjA'MniiRivto tbe'-lefti drciilouify Vonni itfry- bevofid rts- crest of tbe psss; t-e MXotiafaunf slXimreiscthe rsin-r; VCen. JJopbtr-.eet jirfasJ.r-Ub tbe divi n rf, I,e-vlv' r f ?rv?9..to atr tiCl-t..i 3 to t..e .cf tb entrance tmportani potnt forrurvueroperatKnB.' -rresn oediesr orthe eaemrrw appearing Cos 'position, thoueb held stubbornln' becaene cnti- aenr-e!tortion:tjp around theroad,nd tnr-i vaneed armisbert--u n tn ;hui and oocu- t pied the crest, apportedJ&j Doubleday' nd rFh'eJna'a "1)riies. tTha mbvementl after a' tbedereiaioK be! ween the "eress- iaodt the rd-f jojain4 biljL wwtUj1Kae)Bfi 'rt,7.,f, HicJceU'-diviaian paaeed-'flDvtbe jnoatai I about 5 P.M.,C arriving at the crest with thel iciww uib Ewnmsnu id nine uj. pantcrpaieiB fnga Hatch's diviaion,:'Rickette retiMuai-40ie tbrrot. ioidingthe battle-fieJd doringtba iiijjuv,,. ui? uwuiniK-- aiuea..uiuSsgaiian"y over ov noocer on tne nirDt of tne cap and Reno' on the lelVwere' steep andT 'drfficuft nubs' extreme. We could xnalte but littlr use of our artulerv. . while ear troeba, wen subiect warm(artillery ore, as wp II aa-to that, of - w - - " - - - r miaairy in me wooos ano unaer cover, iiy f-a vi" a - - -a s- . . - order of Gen.. Barnside.-Gibbons'; hrTde:of Hatch s .division; late m thh afternoon advan- ced-apoAithe. centre ef.'tb?,ehemr?Sr ,witkm ion the piain road, - Deploy inr . bjsT.bricade. Gibbous actively eiigagei a' superior force of the1 enemy.v which; thudeb stubborn fr resut- ?Sg; was. sfeadily pressed back until some hours 1 tatter dark, when Gibbons remained in: nndia- turbed possession of the Held.. 11" ws then relieved bv a brigade "of fteilgwick's division.-Findin'k'tliemBelves tMitniTiked both on' tbe rbt and tefV the -enerhy abandoned their po- fivoD oarwg i,nanigu,jeaviBg.uieireaa and wounded on .the field, and hastily retreated down tne mountain" " ' ' ' ' '. " ' ' " - Iii tue enn?ement'at Tarnera Psph oar Ioam vak S28 killed arid XA8S wounded and missing: that of the enemy is- estimated to 'bet in- -all. about 'iJ.UtJU. i AmonnaiftHt jvouottodi regret to-eajr wertj- BrigadierGenerai J.. P Hatch and other valuable officers. ' " -' ." ', i "The, earryTng of Crampton'T'ass by Irank-lin was executed rapidly- ahd'decfsiyety Slo-com e divisloh ra formed on the rififlit of the road leading throngh he gap. Smith's upon the left. A liue, formed ty tiartlettsand-Jor-bitt's brigades, supported, by . Newton," whose activity was conspicuous (all of Slocuin's di vision,) advanced steadily upon the enemy at a eharre on tne right. -.-The enemy .were driv en from their position at the base of the moun j tain, where , they were protected by a" stone wall, and steadily forced back upon the monn- tain nntil tbey-reaehed' the position 6f their batterv near the road, well up the mountain, i Hera thev made a stand. They were, howevr er, driven back retiring their artillery in echelon until, 'after 'an' action of three hours, the crest wsegalned, 'and the enemy- " hastilv fled down the mountain on the other side, f Do the left of the road Brooks'- and Irwin's. brigades. of Smith's division, formed ;foctbe protection of Slocum'a tlajik, barged up -ibe. mountain in the same steadV'manner, driving the enemy before theni xmtTl",th i CTest 'tras carried "The loss in jfrankMa'srcorps'was ixio Kinedi to wounded, and 2 missing. vibe enemy's, Joss was about" the same, j. One .piece of .artillery and.4 colors, were captured arid knapsacks, and even haversacks, wee abandoned : as the enemy were-driven p th hill. ' 1 ' - On the mbrnfnof the 15th,-1 was informed bv Union civilaoa livinz on the! aide of; Che mountain that the enemy were . retreat'yrg the createst haste and in disordered masses to the river." There was such a concurence of tesrFmbriy on' this pofnl that-' thera aeened o doubt as to the fact, 1 Tiie hasty retreat of tbe enemy 8' torcea -trom toe - mountain, anu toe withdrawal.! the remaining troops from be tween Boonsboro' and liagerstown to a posi- ttoh where thev could resist attack ana cover the Sbephafdatown ibrd, arid recetse the reior ibroement8 - expected .from- : Harper's Kerry-, were for a time, interpreted;yaa. -evidence of the . . & m ' a 'ABM ni,Atinn :Aftft tdrtVllfTllrtri IICIM O iiDVipniiiiyii ' . : Asitoon as it was definitely known that the enemy had abandoned the -mountains, the car- airy, and the corps of. Suirrucr, Hooker, and Mansfield were ordered to pursue, them,- via tbe turnpike and 'Boonstoro' as promptly as ooeaible. ' Tlie corpe of Burnside 'and' Pofteri (the latter bavine bat 'one weak division pres ent) were ordered to move by. the old .Sharper burgh road, ana r ranKim w aavance inio nleasant. vallev. occupy K6hrersv41Is, and to .endeavor to relieve Harper's Ferry. Burnside and Porter.- upon reaching the road -from Boonsboro' to Rohrersvilhv.were tO' TeiAforce Frank Jin er t -move, on Sharpsburg, .acoer din r to circumstances. Franklin moved to wards ; Brownsville," and found there a force larswlreuperior in numbers to 'hie own, drawn up in a strODg position- to: receive' hinj.' ;. Here-the total cessation of firing ia tbe direction of rtarpers rerry ina caieu inn iw cirariv ic sfrahieful 'arid rematureSdrrender or that i .Tite oavalry advance overtook a body of.tbe. enny xyvvalry.at. Boonswro'. which it d-s- Sersed after a briefskirmish", killing and wbnn-Irie' mknVriakinffBomec "250 prisOriers,' iafta twdjrntis.1- '' 'r m- llicImirisoaVidiviaiba, of I Stunner's corpsV pawing , Boonsboro' j to, Keedy svUle foun a few miles bevond the town the enemy's forces. dls'played Inlinejjf battle,' str"6rig" both i'nt'ree: "pect to nbnrbers ;ahd: positron,-; and'' awiithig attack, i Upon recei vine reports of the dpo- si'qsk,oX tbe enenay,; 1 directed, -all the corps, except jlbat f Franki"inf . upon Sharpsburg, leaving' Franktin!to observe JinS check "the eriemv iii h is5 front. and 'avail ' himself bf any bhaooe that might ofier.-.-had boped to come onwit the.enera r ourine the- loth.- ia, sutu. pient force to beavthem again, apd.drlve them into the river. -My instructions weeethat' if the enemy were not on the anarch, they were is De at'-ooceawaoKecif iitneyrwere rowno in forfce end posUlbnw the corps were to be placed (n posit" pa for attack, but n atUcl was to .be 'made until I reached the 'fronti .' -"' 1 " , wnarnvingai tut irou m ine aiiemoon, found but' two divisions. Ilichrdjs'and SykesVinposHionfthe rest were halted' hj the road,th head Of thectrtumn : spme -distaec 4n rear of Richanlson.. Alter a rapid, exanun- aiion 01 im poiiuon. 4. iounu mat u wm wi -. - . - .;:r." r . lau to attack that darTand ' at ortce directed f locations to-be selected for wrf battaries of po akiom ahdJndicated. thavbtvoaaoaioritha- dif- jjferent corpa massing them near, and pn Pptn SHieS OI lue onvrramirx J (iccuijw www notalf la tbeir places1 uatiP ihe ieit morning; sometime aftef sunrise; y.T.H- vOn tbe.T6t5 the enemyTSI sITghtTv changed tbeir'line. and'were'.posted opoh the heights in rea-rorthe Antietaut Creek, theti left atiden- -Irm runnsr-Bna aiuluniroxd. ;of itheirdad frees Lshaprlurs to Jlaerstown. and proteetedl.br . wpods nd . .wregnUrittes -oftue,. ground.- Their extreroe.le.lt rested bporf awoodett'ecB. ihenornear the croe t road rio Mttb--or fXIillr'a' farnv-tba distance- tr ihia; poiak be- tyreetbe roadi and, jPoawbieft.jriraites here : a. great, pead. .. .ibej, ei?t,:bin -about three-fourthaof a liule J Melr riZi$ rested on tlie bir.! tba'-ri-htvbf eharpsbdfnear Sbavi?' tzxivwixiiti IbecrossW of JtLe Antietard and artr6acbe ttotbs towa-ifrPTn ihe aotheastTherbond betweea their iwt- im... .FT . . . . . aum p. v v .M.." - . V - - on. J i! JtTvenr" commari&cl by te. i-.-s cre' iiT e'"" 1 cre?. cf oihers"in .'ih'eir recr. C-Vta t.acr cf tlie enemy and the rtre::- ' cf j: tioi tbal dejfcratifLi-tir j alcecc r-.TA- irs wa-3rei xaeoeia, and aii-iurtLa a titl j' la proceedinjro the arratiraof thW.t. f this and the r succeeding la;1.l'muet .here jcfronuM a jiaff uubervea in reporting upon tbe'ctherubieefof thfa rnnnnwfKB-3lLr X attempt ia this tKliminart.rnorlrv nothni. bwratbaa a, sketch o.f. themain.x features;, of inw great engagement, reserving or my op-daJreport, based upon tbe'reports pftbe'corpa commanders',' hat luTl deecrijStvo'of detam whScb shall ,pJaoa -nporrecordL4ke bre- tnents of individuals and ot.panicalar. Jiodiec of troops. Tbe design was .to make the main attack upon the enemy's Ieft--af leait; to create a diversion ia favor "of" the 'aaiar artaek" witbr the hopa-of aonutbiag- loose - by. r8aait-Ing tbe enemy's right- and, as soop as one or lotn or the oanfe movements were roily eue- tui, iv ioeir . ccmre. wiia mt reserve - 4 Btight thea 1av-:ftr1rand. ' - - fii J ..Tbe1 Diorninrof tha f Ifitb (dnriar woieb there was eoosideriag, artillery-, Wn,) sras epcBfcmooiaiBine lniormaiionas lOinerTOnnd. rectifying tbe position oTthe'troops, "arid" ber- ecunj uw arrangriDciua lor me aisacK." "-I On the afternoon rof the-' 16th Hooker's corps, eonsistiair of Bjckett'aandDoiihlii.la qiy.MtoBS, ana tne fennsyivapia, reaervesvfusr ,- ' . .ir . . J der Meade was sen t, across th A ntie,tao Qreti-by a ford and. bridge to the ;righl of Seedvs-' yllleVwitb'orders to attack, and.if powlWe, turn the eoemya left. Mansfield,- with' his corps, was sent in the evenio to. support Hooker". . Arrived in position. .Meade's divi sion of the Pennsylvania reserves,' whkb was at the head 6t Hooker's cbTps,- became enga ged in a sharp eontest itb the' enemy, rbieb asted until after dark, when it had succeeded In, driving a portion of the opposing... aud held ths ground. .. . l"..,:, ;.. "' At dayligbt tbe -eoniest' war renewed oe tweep Hooker arid, the,enemy in Jiis .front. ilooker a attack .was successful for a timebui masses of "the enemi thrown Unon ' h ia f'rria." checked it- .'-Mans field jirpugbt .up bis ', corps to Hooker's support, when the two cbrpsdrove the enemy fackr the gallant and dietingaihed aiansneid ioosine hie lite in that efiort. ,ien- eral Hooker was unhappily about, this, time wounded, and compelled to leave, the. field, where bis services bad been conspicuous and iroporbjnU- About an hour after. tWs time Sumrier'a, consisting oT-Sedgwick's- Richardson's and French's divisions.' arrived QQ .the field Richardson's someiime after Jhe other two, as be was unable to' start as roon as ihey. Sedgwick, on the: right, penetrated the'. woods in front of Hooker's and Jtanfield'p troops.' i jFrench and RTcbarJsoo were placed to the left, of jSedgwick, thus attacking the enenW' towards their left centre. 4 Crawford's and Sedg wick's lines, however yielded to a destructive fire of masses of tbe enemy in the woods, arid suffering ready (Generals;. Selgwick an J Crawford bein z amone the wounded) their troops foil back. in disorder : they pevertbelefcs' rauiea to me twopas. t"i.e enemy s aavance was, however, entirely cbeeked .by., the.destryo-' tivefire of our. artillery. Franknn,?vbo f.ji'ad been directed the day before to jo1n..themain armv with two diyisioria, arrived 'on' the. neld from Brownsville about anr hour "after and Smith's division replaced Sedzwick'a and Craw ford s line. " Advancing steadily; it swept over tbe ground just lost, bntTrOw permanently re taken. The divisions ef French and Richard son maintained with, conetder&ble loss the ex posed position! whfch IhSV B.i3mtlS' gtfliC erainad, among the wounded being General Richardson.:' : c: -- : TThe teonditionaof things on- the nrht 'to- vrards the middle of the -aflernoon, notwithstanding the success wrested .from the enemy bv. the stubborn" bravery of tbf troops, was at tfiis time 'nnprbmising. Sumner's' Hooker's and Mansfield's corps had 4ost heavily. ;sever-al general officers -bad been carried rfrotn the field. I was at one time, compelled to. draw two brieades from Porter's corps (the reserve 1 to' strengthen the right. - This left for the re serve the small division of 'regulars trho had earajred m eu pport J oe .d u n nr the day- the bat teries in , tbe '.centre and a single brigade .of Morell s division; Uetbre I left the neht to return to ihe centred "libera hie satisfied that the line would be held without these two brig-! ades and eoantetmanded the order,-which was in course of execution. The . effect . of Bum-side's movement on the enemy's right was to prevent the further massing bfthehr troops on ; their lefWand we held what ws- had gaiwed. ' ?Burriside's 'corps,' consisting of . Wilcdx V Storgis' and Rodman's divisions, Cox's Kanawha dimton , was entrusted with tbe .difficult Usk of carrying' the bridge across the An tie-, tarn, near . RhPrbkck's' iarm, and : aisaul tirig the enemjPs righttbe order baving been c'ora-mnicated;to bim at ten o'clock A. Mu ; ' i t ...Tbe.yallej-fcX'(be Antietam, at andiear tbe. bridge, is narrow, with" bigh; banks. On the right of the strebra the bank ' is wooied' and eomlnanda tapproaehe bolb to tbe bridges and'fori.: j The steep slopes, of.tbe ianks .were lined -with-' rifle' pits aid .breastworks .of. rails and stories. .These, together with the woods, were ' filled with the enemy's ' infantry, while thefrj batteries; 'completely: wminarida' and eofi laded the bridge . and ford. ratui-their ap. peoachea.-Kv. vi . - r-.- ;. The advapce ?f tbe., troops brought on an oV stinate . asd earigriinary contest, and from'.tbe, great natural uadvantsgeo' orthe-rjoHo'n", -it was nearly oae o'clock before jieigb talon the fights baa.kwc carried .AJt ; abooV.' three o'clock P M tbe corps aeaiq advanced and ,wlth success thi rigbtdriving the enemy' beV fort andipaslMngooi nearly to Sbarpeliurg, wb&e ine JeiVfttf a 'hard encobater, talso compelled tbe etiemy; retire bjf fore jti-'.The e.a emy here however, were speedily . reintorcedi and wuV dverwbelniirig. niasseslfew batter les of tbeirartiKerir, aho, were brooirbtupand Opened; n It becitne evjdenthat onr force-was not kunuueat to enaDJe the advance; to. i-eacn the Jtowjnv amf tbe order was given to retire to the cov'er.of Ihe.bilU whirb was taken" from the n eta t earl v in tbe aertoonV'-'Thls move rrent vva4ffectyxl without con fosidriand the position: nsaiauiaed aatil the eAiebay retreated. pen; JBarnside hatLeen..,to foe rtwfotcer ments late in the afternoon, but the condition of Itbmgs oh tbd right waa6t suehraslo eris- te wie te aeom uiem; -w -'w&r --"v-r w- During the Jtole day onr. artillery; was: ee-rywbereravelyadtahly4iandled. : Indled, I cannotpnl4otihigWyttffeesii0cieney ofi aor., ba'iesrra'adot the gratservice.Uiey7rett-d?fedC".pi"oiV$hao Ohe 6cciQnw'en oar pitktitry waVbrpkeni the covered Its reforma-tkir?knd dro:baeltth- nemr. sTkebrad. little for bperatioa daring jhe engagejnenUbQjt was employed in so p porun ting the horse artillery, batteries in. the ret-J ahd ja driyfrig np etrjigglers,' while await-4 fTwrtaiiHT Jl'j!"rrii7"-M I tre. insr epportan Hy r other senrice7 j-'aoewzna coT-rA-snaer xzaior xarer. render- 4 darin he ogMSiona- aAntietnVps rat South. HooBtain, and, (farw the whole novs-meaU of &e armyi eiUcierif and 1 valuable ser vices here, as on.otberfiews' elsewhere,ts corps has f- TT iatlyl ztZ. 1 It s Tills I5"an. In de-penJiBt and pericar.ect raa5t6n. w;' -rTLeuU eVj5lins;trpoattny Uf? d3r;i ' Aei?n erf : rt irportaatrf-aijdi there f."rr?"e r ' r?i si 1 aR'l.,ritri'' At.a lf.:r f iy I t - tLa ". ar.-.. At? ? tt '."T t- . 'Ct..: I in vs hlch, rerhart, cearly; iw.it uz .J.:iCiC"- and men were'for fourth r.' ! . 5 -sgaed J " combat.'. Ti't had itz: " i niyia posi tion, drireo;them frota tl.v..- .1. ca one Cat's ? and secured mixVr wit' "3 it j 'tbellI.r; " J lUnder the. depm " : -. - r j r ; r rfen ira oad achieved a.: -tc cvr: Pii.-.er6irj- ja vested vMtkjblr '""? c forrrer successes ' iand isf ated with r. rceeaT' t!- . Ch:r. fir ees slept that .n'.J . ccr :rz., w & ilebl wa by their valor; f."J covuljpritL tbb dead and jwonrided of the tiiemT. -ft ' i . The ti -bt, bowev t pre&Vtiel serious ooei Ifonsj morning broughUrssTrav resp6nBibli. ties.-To renew lbs attack. -muT ri -ti-ISiK J Jor to defer iVriUt tie chance oi tte enerry'a retiredaent after r day 'of .snsjneef were . tha uv9vivDB,uciiVf .uo s careiui eurvey; 01 ui conditicMi oisjcommandV nd my knowledge of the riymyjs arce indrUui.' faiied impress me with any reaaonablecerUuaity of sue-' cess if I renewed tbe attack witboatreinforce-. ccTns. rAlewiDrthJefhV ered etrte trf. sTric them iuio immediate 'actiooT and T" It that my iiSY.ti thsarEfty aikl tLw cttU&ri forbade xbe,Tgksj i-ieohred- nrrbgty wjov-meht; Vlrtclf might result ia-tbe fcfes of -whit bad beea gained the preyiow )dsjii . Impelled by this eonsideTationJIited.j;he arrival of my reinforcements, takioe sdvantaee-of tbeT&o easibrto; collect'..together the upersed give, rest to tb'e,' fatigued, and remove the voanded, . Otodrwaforeetaehtai Couph's divieie, altho i marchis gjr uh com men aable ra purity .was noj in position uti til a Jate; hour in. the iortiz it arid" Huraphrey's "division f new troopat fa-Iigued with forced marches,-'werefcJarrivitig throughout i the Jday, bat -wereiot available' autil pear its cloee, XArge reinforcement frorir j Pennsylvania, which were expected dirriu the - dav,' did not arrive at.'all. . ? "" "" , Drningthe'lsth'ordeTS'vrere'gtven. for a re sewal of the attack at datlirht on" the 19i1k t . On the night of be 8tlr the eoemyafter.bar-'' big been passing troops jn'tbe.latW part of the day from the' VirHnia thoie td tbeir posi tion jbrod ShArburgj as . see by, o"oi.oC Cers, suddenly jojlriedXbr design oabaridoriV ing their lioci This movement they -executed before daylight t Being but j a sbortdtstsnca from tbe river, the evacttaiioa presented 'but ' little diffierilty: ' It 'was,- howster rapidly fol" liwedup-n V 0 ?iiT0,;Ht 5.A; . 1 A reconnoissance.was made across the nr-er on the evening of the loth"' 'which ' resulted in asertatning' tbe neaT'presence bf-tbe ettemf in some forcer and inour c&ptur'ag tdt guasU'f -. " .A second reconnoepee the next .raoriMag,, wbicb. with the first, was roads by a small de-. tach merit" fl-otn" Porter's corps"; resulted in oh'-'J serving a heavy forCe'-of the enetriy ' there. ' The detachmeriCwithdrew jth' .slight loss. I submit herewit,b a lisj'of the; killed, wounded and mis8m; In the'erigagements-of ' the 15th and Of the 16th; and 17ttr.- rTne cneroys lose s believed, frotn the best sources -6f informal: tion, to be nearly' 30,000. . Tbe tfead ' werrf mostly left on tie field and a largf fjaraber oi wounded were left behind."- "- .J. , '"-v ; While ityeajm'epl speak 'or tbe" gallantry ani.deyptVi of iEe'pScers aftd meei generally aispiay ea turougu . iiMscsnnicv, a leent necessary to-meniiOB ioatoome 01 a officerCaft'dmeo -skulked from their places an . til the battle was over; Death otfth spbt must; Jherejjfer ti;Ihe fate"of all" sactrcow&rda,'" and the'iarids jir tbe milirycom strencthened witb all tV rtywtr f tVe'rvert The early and disCTaeefal surrender Of Har per's Fery deprived my-operatioos'of re?ults whfc would have formed jsbrirllant setfuel id the aubstantial ahdrratifrfne succaee lalreadr f-elafecL- Uad the:jnirriao'ri b.eTd ,nt twenty- jour tiouraionger.ji anouia.in.ait. pTouaouuy. have captured thai part of the -enewyV area .'engaged ia the- attack -on-Hary land Heights .while tbe whole garrisoa, some 12;000 tront could bsve been drawn to reftt fores re'eort the-" day of Ihe decisive battle.1 Certaiiily 7on? the morning 6f the 18th, I would thns -have bserl in a poaitioa to hawa deatroyed-thetebel army: .Under the samociinBsrances bad-tthe be sieging force oa""tbeyirglniaeide at narper'e r srry wot oeen' wuuuraworr wouki uave naa 3,000 or 40)00 less men to encounter at An tietam.apd must, have caparel or .destroyed", all opposed to tne. As it wasilhad to engage an 'army fresh from a recent; and to them greV victory and to" reap the disadvantages of their r beiriir Ires hi v. and plentifully summed with an: munition and supplies. - Tbe objects -sind, re. - suits of this brie cam pain may be summed Gpf as followsi-l ri tbe begimng"Of"tie ' month pf- tseptemoerrtue saiety o ina- n aiouai .apiuu-was seriously endangered by tb presence of a. vietorious enemy.. wbo soon attey cipsscd into. Maryland and then directly tbrealened ah-ingtori and Bahiiriore, while thej occupied tber soil of a loyal Stateahd tbrcateaedaa uyaeibji o,tPeB.a0ltana.-'--'T-'i ; Tbe,arii?y.of the Union, rnfer'or in anxaberei -wearied byHongniarchesiir deficient ia various Srippiie) woMi out by riumerons battles tbslasf of which bad been sncccsfa ,-first e erj-'by its movements the important .-citiea.-of; Wash-; irigtoa and Jjaltimore, then, attacked tbericto rious eneriaVin their chosen strong position, and droVe tem back1 with all their Mrriarrt J of a am hers intothe' State -of 'Virginia thoa savadth. loyal Sutea r from jpvasioa; . ami radejy iispelUng.tbe rebej dreams otcirrrTtn the war into bur country arid suMSstitte ripon oufresources .S;i.Jv.' .;. TTbirteea guns and birtvinJae clos mora tbaa I2.QQ0 stand of tfrjiU arms; and tnOrf thait COOO prisdners were tbe trophies which, attest the s access of bur arms. '.- ', V - J. . ' Rendering thanks to Divine Proyideaea- for its blessings upon onrCJeTIona, "Tjclose.. this brief rerU I'beg only to add the bone that thif army's ofrorts for Ibe causetMn "ahicb; ;w areeogaged il be deeed 'WOfth,:' to-' feoeivf the ebramendatioa of the goverflinent and VL T jrtpeat. wbt, Ibate said, epona ritvwaa; occasion liajfcnr, tbVlb jdar; pf eembei j -. j ..'-.-.. , . 5 ,-.'" -- last propositiona were etiboiitted i the rre&i- dMt wthe,lJnvted States which, rocTi - tar settled Ibis contrgversy: to the f lhe People North and Tout b be .-re . tbe lr of Aprils I M Tbic,?f 7bst 5irers- Ibey.r'J--! said attbesame tiwe; r.sd I rrU frbeeqtf-tljr in-t"ib!iftnMrif'vnrv.r!v l! tT wn onir rr .' pain k u T . - ntbepabli:newTjri,erf t! t I v elrided rronirivirT tLe in'-rrr alTo on ia t. T r-- session -fey arequs ne tf the- t!ief -i t: - - j . - - . " . . ek cf coii Jcivi'sffcc vii.:y ty. eC;?rs rcf tie Gavrrt rrifat andX bare- i : ;a - v? :-:rr,.!raytnc--:-r-T; :ier- my- cra . " .a, Ic'Iir: "; :-... .an--ttrm. raJ'-'; and: " '-?3 t ?s!l cf ry . t r.- !- ? tLsx!3rj- Stfltttnent.vrf'.i r.ir. ?; Gjvrs It this c ;kiii f-r .eor' ? r siaVemeuU'ta t. . I t p-?Tt, If tevT" ;- . . -w w - , - . -t ";"'-" : i c " ' - . . -7 ft J oftbii Li.'ivJ U u:?c: Tr am verrjresptuiytwitii & yant," ,' GEORGK cCL'Cl.DAir,-m T--WiU3or-GenjU,BrAm'?' BrjgadteieneraJ LSI To jrVsT'-' ?- .---- Adjutant General TJl Armyr''T' Extract frcxa- r rcrjisx.la JLtLi Speech, in Tcrk, kt ITcrort ITaU; X