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cdA I say they would scarcely recognize it, so altered i Dutch are protected -by "general orders" against THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG! 0 NFE DEB ATE AC 0 UXT! GEN. LEE FALLS" BACK IX GOOF) ORDER TO HAGERSTOWN M. 1 dencv, Like the Dutch corps at Gettysburg, we re- "i ,1 1 1 Torvllpr.tfta ana A' iBemoereu were comforted thereby, that after Hooker's army had barely escaped annihilation upon that field, Hooker manufactured upon paper a glorious victory, and had medals struck in commemoration of the same and presented to the broken winded soldiers who, it was asserted, had achieved the imaginary triumph. Still the "extras" were abroad, and we had nothing wherewith to stamp their contents as falsehoods. Thus they were flying, -if not on the wings the wind, what was really equivalent, on the heels fifty ragged urchins, permeating every puuuu iuu private place in the city, uncontradicted.

This was very And it was only at a late hobr in the evening that anything could be obtained, giving the lie to the monstrous romance of the Baltimore American. The Central train from Staunton arrived 'five o'clock, P. bringing several soldiers wTio were wounded at Gettysburg. One of. these, who says he left Gtttysburg on Saturday at noon, reports up to that time our army met with no defeat.

There was no demoralization is exting in our ranks, but on tne contrary, the men were as confident as ever; nor was. there any evidences of a hasty -retreat being about to be made. Our trains were 'in motion towards Hagerstown, but at a liesurely pace. We had taken thirteen thousand prisoners who were being escorted towards Williamsport. Late in the evening it became publicly known that there had been received at the war office an official dispatch from the comm.uulant of the post at Mar-tinsburg, stating that General Lee was at Hagerstown with his army in finecmh and condition.

This dis-ipated the gloom of the general public, but there were many who'stiil persisted' hi Mieving the worst, and being miserable. They insisted that General Lee had exhaused his ammunition, and the Potomac being too high to be forded, he must inevitably be hemmed in and cut to pieces or captured; that even though he had ammunition and could keep the enemy at bay, he must perish, Sec. Xast night the President received a dispatch from the commandant of the post at Martin sbvjrg, which was iu the highest degree It stated that General Lee had been in everyengagement with the enemy, and ad1 'back to Hagerstown simnlvthathemisrht.nu.. -s tho (Potomac his wounded and prisoner whom Vere uu.ner- ous. A gentleman reached h'-ro Washington city on tiumhy tst night, light, lie who says left.

tllQ Yankee'sJUrere mucn dejf ere r.n.l tne secessionists jubilant, in consequence of th- ieulr. of the battles at Gettysburg, the former admitting that Lee had beaten Meade in every fight. In addition to all that bus been mentioned, we may add that the movements of tlv late army of the Pa-munkey leave no doubts as: to the light in which the Yankee Government views ho military events in Pennsylvania. Keys and every mother's son of his marauders have been recalled from Eastern Virginia to Washington. Had Meade been successful in his operations against Lee, the army of the Paniun-key would now be thundering at the gates Richmond in earnest.

FROM TENNESSEE! a The following is from the Chattanooga Pu hcl of the 8th. That the eomniander-in-chief of the army as wetl the army itself, has learned a useful lesson from he campaign in Kentucky and" the battle of Mu'r-freesboro, seems to be the general opinion. Throughout the operations which closed with the crossing of the' Tennessee river, we got every now and then a glimpse of practical good sense derived from experience. It may be that the smoke of battle obscured the better points of those former events, and that the absence of the confusion, necessarily attending a great conflict, accounts for a certain degree of coherence now made visible. But, Jbre the cause what it may, the performance just ended requires less and simpler explanation, and when understood, will provoke less censure from tho army, the people, and the universal mouth-piece of both, tiie press.

The inactive possession of Middle Tennessee crcatad the necessaty for a military impossibility. That was the successful defence of a base line, extending for more than sixteen miles, from a point to the left of Shelbyville to Hoover's Gap. This ijne was selected with good judgment, and had undoubtedly many strong features. One of these was Hoover's Gap, Other points were equally so. But we are constantly remindedthat.no position can be strictly called impregnable and especially so, when the enemy is enabled to club his forces and move upon some unex-pectant quarter to be determined by him along a line of sixteen miles, guarded by an inadequate body of men.

Thus wc Hoover's gap and our line was broken. If it had not been broken at that particular place, it must by the nrdnre6 of the case, have given way somewhere else and Rosecrans once in our rear, a retrograde to Tullahoma became a military sine qua non. Tullahoma, of itself, is not very desirable as a point of defence. Its advantages are entirely for action. Its central connection with the chief routes which lead over the mountains majes it available for an army sufficiently large to operate upon an extensive scale.

But it may be flunked in several directions, and was flanked by the road to llillsboro. Had we had a force able to meet Rosecrans singly, or simultaneously upon either wing, it is likely that we would have driven him back. But without this, exactly the same movement as the withdrawal from the Shelbyville line, was again enjoined. Two days of waiting failed to engage the enemy at Tuliahoma. and Decherd became the next expedient.

Here again we failed to be attacked. Rosecrans did not cross Elk river. It was probably his design to distract our attention in front, while he sent away the mass of his men to cross into East Tennessee by Sparta, Kingston, i(-c. Gen. Bragur perceived this im-wlthdrcw to Bridgeport.

Middle mediately, and withdrew to liridgep Tennessee thus already gone, and its advantages lost, the eastern portion- of the State, and 'the mountain and river defences to the States below, were presented at once both as a source and resource. A movement upon these was adopted. It was accomplished, with greater success than one at a distance would be led to suppose. Our losses during the entire operations was comparatively small, and we enter "iir new position conscious of a happy escape from many perils of circumstances, and of a base as nearly impregnable as nature can devise for the of Mars. The Tennessee river is -a mighty stream, and the mountains which range along its banks are powerful barricades" to the laiuf within.

That land embraces the-productive region of the Georgia, a portion of Alabama and East Tennessee. It is intersected by railroad.liues of va.sfe importance. Iu a word it is the storehouse of theConfedpracv. and will be necessarily ueieuued. lust i ienncfSMt iiemi: one great tissue oi national defences, the position of a i fortification to everything encircled by its hills and streams, aud is consequently not abandoned.

If the enemy continue to a.l-. axce it will be, as he knows i full well, at Jiis ovq peril! We desire nothing better. In our opinion, however, he will not advance. He has achieved already more than he anticipated, aud wc fear will turn his attention to the defenceless Mid-die Tennessee, where women and children mav now be persecuted at pleasure. r.e of farther pro- gress is more than he will be williujr to incur KESPESTING PRIVATE PROPEHTY On -this subject the Examiner says The supplies neces.sarv for our forces in Penusylva-nia, have been takeu with all the forms and ceremonies of the most refined and civilized warfare.

The for of DAILY PROGRESS. OUR ONLY TBRMS The Allowing are our trra of subscription for the PaoaaEss Daily Progress On year $10 00 6 00 4 OO 3 00 1 50 SIX HSiaiUB Three months -Two months it it a a On month The paper will be stopped in 11 cases when the time paid for exph-es, and those who do not wish to be without the paper itfust look to thia and renew in time. Aganta and newsdealers will be furnished at $5 per hundred copies. How to send us Mone'y To avoid all risk in tending money for subscription by mail, we have made arrangements with the Southern brpress oompanj which all money-can be sent for subscription to the at our risk and expense. Subscribers will enclo-the amount to be sent in an envelope directed to the Daily Progress, and seal with wax, writing their name and Post Office, and the amount sent on the outside.

Deliver the same to any Agent of the Southern Express Company, and take his receipt Send a letter to us by mail, ing us of the date when sentL Rags! Rags! highest cash pneo willbe pai at the Process Office for all. kinds of clean Cotton and Linen Rags, in large or smah quantities. y-A7iV of our friends receiving important newTfrom the army by private letter or telegrams, will confer a g-eat faror on us by sending or leaving them at this office for our use. We are neither a prophet or the son of a prophet, bttt we'do not believe that Lee's army has been beaten in Pennsylvania, but that hedias been as successful as he expected up tn date and predict that he will carry out his purposes before leaviag the soil of the loyal States. That Lee would have inaugurated an invasion of the enemy's territory on so large a scale -merely to fall bnck before "Meade's army permanently, on their first meeting, is an idea we do not for a moment entertain.

Lee has no doubt fallen back to Hagerstown, but with the lights before us we have no doubt of the fact that heCfell back for the purpose of protecting and establishing his line of communication with his base of and that he intends yet to deal a crushing blow on the Yankee army around Washington or Baltimore. The Yankees are Jubilaut over what they eatta victory at Gettysburg, but we have it in a late press dispatch that Meade is concentrating his forces around Washington. Who ever hea(d of a victorious army advancing backward's and placing itself behind its last line of defence. We think that although Lee failed to carry the heights at Gettysburg, he inflicted severe punishment on the Yankee army and its impromptu recruits, and fell back for the reasons above indicated and merely to rally and organize his forces preparatory to giving a final death blow to the finest army the world ever The invasion up to Gettysburg without a fight was a victory in itself, and has been of substantial benefit to us as the amount of captured contrabands, arms, ammunition, safe in our hands will abundautly show. We repeat we do not believe that Lee's army has been whipped or demoralized.

The verb, being whipped, is not known in the vocabulary of the army of Northern Virginia. The news from Virginia comes in very slowly and we will hardly get the whole truth till we have it directly from Gen Lee. When we hear from him that God has blessed our arms with another victory, or vice versa, we will believe it and we are inclined to wait for his dispatches before forming a decided opinion either way. We will no doubt hear more before going to press, if so, it will be found under our telegraphic head. We learn that last week an old lady wasbrough to this city by the Fayetteville stage on her way to see her two sons in the army, and that the driver charged her two dollars, (after paying $15 for her passage i from Fayetteville here,) to carry her to the depot, in.

default of paying which she missed the connection and had to lie over here. Contractors should see to it that such heartless drivers be made to try the war a while or put a curb on their avariciousness. Writing We invite attention to the advertisement of W. B. Johnston, Columbia, offering for sale a superior article of writisg ink, and also that of J.

E. Britton of Charlotte, who is engaged in the manufacture of the same. Both these gentlemen manufacture a good article of writing ink. We received no Richmond papers on yesterday, the mail having failed to connect at Weldon. This accounts for the paucity of late news in detail in today's issue.

ew Orleans. -Sensation Reports. We do not believe that New Orleans has been taken by the Confederates or that it is going to be, but then we belong to that class of incredulous mortal Oct discredit most of the war news we get from the Vu-st. The Jackson Mississippian, on the 5th? immedi atcly before announcinglhe great' disaster at Vicksbarg. regales the public with the following sensational items concerning a march on New Orleans.

We give it for what it is worth and ask our readers -to remember the forty thousand prisoners that didn't come up A telegraphic dispatch was received in this city yesterday evening, by Gen. Johnston to the following effect: "The Confederate cavalry had succeeded in capturing Algiers. Gens Taylor and Magruder had taken Kenner. the depot ten miles above New Orleans, on the Nv Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern railroad with the batteries, embracing fifty siege guns, which icommanJed the strip of land between the nar and the marsh which surrounds Lake Pontcliat rain Passengers arriving at Pontchatuula say that firm -was heard in the direction of New Orleans later in theaayi It is probable our forces met with another line of breast works in-the vicinity of Carroll ton, which would account for the firing after they had captured the batteries at Kenner. If these reports be true, the fifty captured sie-e guns can be planted behind the levees and the low stage of the water will give us the plunging shot-upon the enemy, and the river can be thoroughly commanded and if the Chinese fleet, about which so much has been said and written, opportunely comes up from below New Orleans, all the Yankee forces in that city must fall into our hands without a blow We have strong hopes that New Orleans will soon be ours again, and Banks' army also.

baSSgh, jr. c. MOAYJULY 1371863 thing We learn that a few of the citizens of the town hornme cnarmea wun me rankeos. luff Among these the widow aod daughters of nar fnr some, years Postmaster at that pUcv, have gone North We append some extracts from private lett by a refugee in this city, dated July 4th Thank God, I can now write yftu contemptible, diabolical, rascally YanWs left us. They came here on the 13th of Mav iV- 3 left on the 3rd of July 1863.

As soon as the ar Trnuld not help giving a loud huzza. )r "ua nifdit were like birds turned out of a ca. w.u.- ana aown me su "ugs sj --uu. iuyc been allowed to walk out of an evening at all fr SIX monuia, auu uu ftiiuu viuciv Luiiie i -h summer. Last night I took the libertv of w.l.;;.

rr. as wneru kjvi. um-uiou u-j i vui could 1 r)Zl TVK; l-iwl nenA thinking ot tne anKees an uie ume. uh, truction around about here is awful to behold our people are utterly ruined houses all negroes all gone. What are they tm do A 1 ionty of our people have not a single negro 1, "'t "i'e I' us nave noi a uarKey on uui rrn nor can wv Most of the free negroes have lef t.

1 1 I had very much hoped that some of the luu-t p. nent would "have remained, in order that we mih'. had the satisfaction of hanging them. But have rlown. Manuel Roper gave the word' march." and for four or Ave days we had a real sta You never saw anything like it, old and women and children the blind, maimed ar.d'i.;,;-' left, and many have died since leaving.

would be amused to see evoking. washes and irons, and when her dinner is tired she cannot eat. npignoors, in-, so tired cutting and i and toating water, nut I will stop writing- ahuutu Let us hear from all our friends in the an-iv. they I hope some of yon will soon come tl us all. Some of the more timid of our er-l that the Yankees will come back again, hut 1 They got very tired of Suffolk.

I say again, cm, now come to our house, we can give you nue con, bread and and we will ride round town. infernal Yankees carried off Nath'lTuddick's anii Whitehead's carriages, but left mine, r--ruined." Our troops entered Suffolk on Monday, ami ets extend to Capt. Cohoon's, 7 miles befmv ShiVm! Yankees are encamped at Bowers Hill, yeven Portsmouth, and their pickets extent! to JnHitf House, 11 miles this side of Portsmouth It is believed that preparations are now the entire euation of Portsmouth and Sull' iU. i 1 1 1 id I i. ill i til l' i ci i i.

l. ii. The Spirit or the Baltijioke Ladies. A correspondent of the Philadelphia J're contains fully of the secesh proclivities of the timore. He says On Sunday this venerable old man (Archbishop i rick preached at the Cathedral.

He wa full canonical robes of his otiiee, his heaxl grey with voice and manner bearing all the vigor of manhood. He commenced read off the pravr, whole congregation kneeling devoutly We prav oh God, that, thou wilt bless all those who live earth in sin that thou wilt bless our holy L'IiuiyL r-i. strength and power to our holy Father, Pins IX. ti.r.::.. may prevail over all his enemies; and would jr: thee" at this word up started from their kin- apparently the moat devout, the silks of the latin? ling, and their resplendent jewelry reflecting bv it- in the light from the windows, as they arose their knees to assume a sitting posture.

They knew this phrase wras abeut to commit them to, tor thi Lj. often heard it before. The voice Jof the Archbishop continued" that wouldst bless the President of the United States strength and wisdom to direct the affairs of tlu' etc. The prayer proceeded to invoke the b'. ing upon the Governor of Maryland, and then We pray for the ouls of the faithful departed." A' this the whole congregation are again upon ji-' knv-, and so remain until the close.

It is dwi to that insult thus offered was confined principally to the ai aristocratic of tha ladies. The humbler of the eongriji-tion and the males generally continued upon bended kin-from boafinniiig' to cinL Whether th'u per ne ercr oi-curit. before, or whether, if it has, the Archbuhuv has if buked it, is not possible for me lo say. NV itr smIi "i 1 and flagrant insults in public places of worship- is it wonder that the rebels should count upon a cordial lection upon their approach to My Maryland? To the Voters of the Fifth Congressional District. The emergency calls for thepurest and men to serve the country in her Legislative Councils.

TL-well kpown character of Captain JOSEPH J. DAVIS Franklin, for patriotism, integrity and wisdom, plainly dicates him as the fittest man in the District to us in the next Congress. Captain Davis is now kaa his gallant company against the invaders of hi? country and does not even dream of his friends entertaining -idea of voting for him for Congress or any other civifi-tion, at this time; but we are confident that he will no responsibility to which his fellow citizens e. caH him. Well known and universally respected as Franklin County offers her noble son to the voters in full confidence of his election, on account -own unpretending merit, and for the good of the curitr-Patriots, your suffrages are asked for a wise and pru'-r statesman, and gallant soldier.

July 1-td MANY VOTKR? Register, Standard, and State Journal copy till and send bills to this office. Duplin County, May 25, 1863. Lmu- Progress. Raleigh, N. C.

No wish to add or stir pa feelings, but as some friend has suggested stuiKtiine the name of Wm. J. Houston, as a able -to be voted for for Congress in the district irnv ted by the Hon. Owen R. Kenan, and as rr-: should have' the same privileges a3 another, I -u name of THOMAS I.

FA1SON as a suitabb represent the 3rd Congressional District at the '-reelection. No bettar or more loyal man than Faison, no private man has done more for the ('onM-'-1--and the soldiers. Three of his sons have devoted time and talents in the cause of freedom, and one has sealed it with his blood. MANY VOTERS" OF 3d CON. DIST.

OF X. May 23-tf NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Executive Department North Carolina.) Adjutant General's Ofpicu, (Mn.rnv Raleigh, July 10th, 1S63. General Order.) No. 13.

I THE COMMANDING OFFICERS OF THE MILlJii are ordered to enroll all abler-bodied white men -tween the ages of forty and forty-five years, who are ject to the Conscript Act. Those whb are exempt fr-militaiy duty by the Exemption Acts of Congress, are -to be enrolled under this order. II. In addition to the exemptions ainder said act, f.c -tofore published, are the following exempted undr at-the Congress and approved April 30th, 1M3 pJasti-' the Peace, County Trustees, County Solicitors, Cor Registers, Tax Collectors, one Deputy Sheriff jr. County where there is no Tax Collector, Constabh in onice, one Deputy Clerk for each Court the1' may request it, one County Commissioner for each ty for distributing money and provisions among soldi-'1 families, Agents appointed under act of Legislature any public duty, Militia Officers, Mayor and Pdi Raleigh, Wilmington, Fayetteville, Salisbury an 1 lotte, Counsellors of State, Board of Internal hn)" ments, Literary Board, and Employees of the St r- ern ment in the different departments.

IIL The Commanding Officers of tho Militia port with the men ordered to be enrolled, at Rah or before the 1st of August. IV. Each man ordered above will bring with Camp one good pair of shoes, two shirts, two pair i and one blanket. By order of Governor Vance DAVL. G.

Julv 13-lw Adjutant All Dailv papers in the State copy one week, and of papers two weeks and forward bills to Adjutant Gene 3 Office." 7 SUBSTITUTE WANTED. on A SUBSTITUTE OVER 45 18 AMbL, which a good price will be paid. Address Progress Office. July n-" SUBSTITUTES WO RELIABLE MEN OVER 45 YEARS Ot can be had as substitutes br calling at EXCHANGE nOltL, July ll-2t Kaleign, WINDOW GLASS. OEVERAL BOXES OP THIS INDISPENSABLE Oticlefrom 5x7 to 12x14 for sale ny "Mas cum I July U-3t a 1 1 bv our troops in May 1862.

Jordan Parr W. Sinsrleton and family, and some others nf i with them. fcv the pillage of their green apples and cabbage, -tue people who knew that they deserved, and therefore expected to be assailed with fire and sword have-been amazed at our leniency." We haye given receipts horses, mules and cattle, and paid the market price for their supplies. The Yankees expected, and should have been paid in their own coin. Just retaliation for the most hideous outrages ever inflicted upon a civilized people has been forbidden, and the lifting of a hen or the abstraction of an onion or cabbage "from a Dutchman's garden has been denounced byour Generals as a crime.

For. the edification of our military authorities, we invite their attention to a single illustration of the effect of all our christian forbearance upon the Pennsylvania regiments," who have, for the last week, been desolatiug the neighboring county uf King William. Within twenty miles Richmond, since the battles in Pennsylvania com- 1. there have been committed' in King William atrocities, which call in trumpet notes for retaliation, prompt and severe. As yet, we have heard of but one desolate: and sacked plantation iu King William, but the truth oF the follow statement can be im- nlicit.lv relied on.

and mauv Mich picture; can be painted as incentives to our soldiery, to respect toe private property of the enemy" in Pennsylvania. The Rev. William Spotswood Fontaine, a clergyman of intelligence and education, was a few days ago, the owucr of one of the largest and handsomest country houses in King William. His gardens, grounds and orchards were of unusual extent and beauty, and the lovely aspect of his place was ealcul.U'-d'to disarm the. enmity of fiends.

His resi'ien'-e ivw not i situated near tiie ingn- way over hi the forces of Gen. Dix marched, when oi i vnic tor henppei- part ot King William, liis IT" 'plantation was the place ot encampment, tor several dayy, of the Yankee army. Mr. Fontaine was absent from' Kin- William when the enemy were upon his plantation, but nis wife and daughters, who were at the rnerev of the enemy, endeavored, by yielding to their demands for food, to prevent wanton destruction. Thousands of hungry, clamorous, brutal wretches soon devoured all the stores and household supplies.

The family was lest left without food, but the fero cious demands days these. the rudein sh enemy increased, ami lor two 1 Uulies w're 'reed to endure ii-sults of the Yankees. .1 1- 1 1 i They piiot t. and destr 'V: I and barns, of to cows, oxen, ana iowis. i-s.

iv'nu impiemenis, stauie unollenditig clergyman, iney laid waste. Ins gav.itr.s. ore hards, and ornamental grounds, but lor a At ItvsT, v. cursing and grocs uniting manded food re-pecte his it welling house, -v surrounded -his house, yelling, isohemmg. a number of runaway ne-wiih ti.e Yankee soldiers They de-ui the destruction of the house if the starvin udes did no' lurnish it.

lhis they did whilst were roasting' the sheep and calves which they had slaughtered. Mrs. Fontaine tol them that sue had 'Xi food, as they had devoured all. With brutal and profane language, they then commenced the sacking of the house, the affrighted ladies having fled for protection, without change of clothing, b) a neighbors. In a few hours they completely sacked and gutted the house.

All-of the costly furniture was broken to pieces with axes, (knd the fragments piled in the rooms. The window curtains, carpets and mattings, were torn to pieces and family portroits were torn to shreds; marble slabs were pounded to atoms with hammers. A well selected and most valuable library of three thousand volumns were torn to pieces and scattered over the grounds Hundreds of Yankee soldiers probed the gardens and yard with their bayonets for coucealed valuables until they found all the china, glass ware, and many other cot-tiy things, all of whk-li they stole or destroyed. The wardrobes, presses, trunks, ecc, of the ladies were broken, open and every article of wearing apparel stolen or torntj pieces. Nothing was spared, and, having completed the work of destruction they poured Kerosene oil on the mutilated and torn furniture and- beading.

The escape of the ladies of the house alone saved them from these fiends in human shape. The principal performers in this hideous carnival of pillage were, we learn, Pennsylvanians, and no pofibt many others in King William have suffered as severely as Mr. Fontaine. Our example of leniency and mercy is utterly lest upon such wretches, and our Government will one clay learn that 'retaliation for such outrages is a sacred duty which it owes to our people. From the Mountains of Virginia.

Special Correspondence. Mocxt Jackson-, Shenandoah, July 7, 1863 Mk. Enrron -l)eav Sir: The traveller who is familiar with the Valley of Virginia, will be struck with a difference between it now and in former years. It is proverbially a wheat -growing country, from Lexington and Staunton to Winchester and Harper's Ferry, and admirably adapted to by the disintegrated limestone that pervades the soil of the entire cduntrv. This corn is the crop of much of the wnole land, owing to the fact tiiat.

during the seeding time last fall, the w'eather was too dry to sow and. the people were forced to plant cornl Happy for the country, however, that this is so, since an acre of good corn will be worth- two or three times its extent in wheat. The crops are growing' very fined and promise abundant yield. No danger of starvation exists here indeed, one is struck with the quantitv of food hera, in spite of invading armies. The people seem tike indistructible weeds trample them and thev grow as I uxuriently as ever.

The Federals invade and destroy and yet, when they go, fat cows and plentiful larder make th 'ir appearance again, coming from quarters of which n.i one knows anything at all. Xor is this all although trampled under feet by the unsparing invader, blockaded, insulted and oppressed, I know of no people so much a unit in opposition to coercion and abolitionism a tin- people of this noble old valley. You hear but one sentiment, and that is, sucooss to the Confederate Govern 'nent. To-day I passed through the regicn in which the.im-mortal Jackson defeated Fremont and Shields, and it looks greener and fresher than one would have supposed such "cone to look. But the spirit of resuscitation and indomitable resistance is apparent everywhere; and it does appear to me that the people surmount trial and.

disaster in a way which equals ages of this world's historv which ate heralded as remarkable and wonderful. For considerable distances along the eld Valley Turnpike, hardly a trace of a farm fence remains. But now that mchester is ours once more, the people are putting up temporary enclosures and all are busy and every face wears a fmile. It would do yon- heart good, sir, to sit here in a door opening on the pi-ke, and observe the living mass of men and things passing -tp and down the Vallcv. Immense droves of cattle, sheep, mules, loads of leather, clothes, muskets, sabres, cannons, lead, trains of wagons, contrabands and immovable articles, captured at Winchester and in Maryland and sent to the' rear," go up the Val-iey to Staunton, en route for depots of' our Government, and the long wagon trains returning for other loads on the way to Winchester, make a busv little world over h'-re- There are hardly five consecutive moments of dav-li-bt in which you do not seo or hear the sound of trains passing repassing.

Now and then a trail-also of Yan kee prisoner is seen "wending its wav on to Richmond," captured in Maiylaud, however. From where I am now writing I can see, on a neighboring hill slope, hundreds of caTtle, pastm-inf, which 1 learn were captured in Penn- i svlvania. and I was told to-dav that droves of catth- and sheep have Wen driven through, amounting to several i miles in h-rth. Not sta -ved yet, vou see. I i ou may hear tiom me again.

Viatou. i From Petersburg Express.) THE NEWS FROM SUFFOLK. Sevtrai gentlemen have arrived here from Suffolk, since its evacuation, and the train for Jvor yesterdav carried down a number of refugees returning home. "From those who have arrived, we learn that the the ankees left on the night of the 3rd instant, the town having been occupied by them far 13 months and 20 davi. hen the order fer evacuation as first made, it was determined to bum the town, but before they could remove, Lee entered Pennsylvania, and tbey feared retaliation, and the order for burning was rescinded.

Persons who have visited the town sine the departure of the Yandala, TEN THOUSAND YANKEES OA TURED Don't Mean to Evacuate Marvlands fec! The Dispatch of Friday has the following account of the late operations in Pennsylvania and Maryland A wounded officer of Wright's brigade, who arrived here yesterday evening, gives some highly interesting particulars of the battles of Gettysburg, which entire- ly changes the face of the news published from North- ern sources. He left Gettysburg at 11 o'clock on Saturday morning. From his statement we gather the following particulars: In the fight of Wednesday and Thursday we whipped the enemy badly. On Friday the fight aain commenced, being chiefly done by our centre, which was composed of Longstreet's corps and two divisions of Gen. A.

P. Hill's Neither the rHit nor left wing was seriously engaged. We drove the- back five miles to the heights, which he had fort In driving tbem thia five miles we broke, throu-h two of their lines of battle formed to receive the onset of our troops, and finally charged to the hents. Here our men were ordered to charge the heights, and the order being executed resulted in our On Friday night our wagon trains werre to fallback, and commenced going the ivar. It is supposed that our firrny fell back from wai.t provisions.

'There was no scarcity of ammunition, for there were many trains of ordnance out of which not a single cartridge or shell had been taken. Some of them were attacked by the enemy, but Imboilen's cavalry successfully drove them ofL Those of our men who were slightly wounded and culd walk were sent off Saturday about noon. Those who were severely wounded were left in hospitals near the battle-field. In the fights of Weduesday, Thursday, and Friday, G'mi. took about 10,000 prisoners, who were mt)tly sent to the rear, and who, our informant tirnks.

will reach Virginia safely. During the same time wo, lost about prisoners and alvit 11.000 kiile.l and wounded makimz our loss 15,000 in fill. The battle was the most furious that Ins taken plr.ee in thi country, and the losses of the enemy in killed and wound t-d must exceed otirs. In the charge upon them which drove theni five miles, their loss, while flying before our troops, was enormous. Wright's brigade 'suffered severely.

One of the regiments which went into action with a Colonel Lieut. Colonel and five or six Captains, came out in charge of a 2nd the ranking officers-having been either killed or wounded. Our informant says that our army Jell back with the greatest deliberation and order to use his. expression "splendidly." There was no demoralization. None of the officers have any idea that General Leo intends to recross the Potomac, nor has that intention be-n even hinted at by the officers commanding corps.

It was generally and distinctly understood that the falling back was caused by the.difiicuilty iu obtaining provisions through so long ajiu of communication as that from Gettysburg to Wi'l: port, and no one in the army believed th- intended to evacuate Maryland. The nif good spirits, and ready for another fight emy, The Potomac, when our informant ry high. It is proper to state that the whom the above information was obtained iS e- iV Jin 3 a intelligent, cool and deliberate person, and one not likely to exaggerate any fact which he might have learned. We last night. conversed with two wounded soldiers of Pickett's division, who left Gettysburg at 12 o'clock on' Saturday.

They report that Pickett's division was with Longstrect iu the centre, on Friday, and participated iu the charge upon the heights. The charge resulted in a repulse, but nothing eko. The enemy did not leave his fortified heights to try a battle in the field again that day. Our two who were wounded, went back to their tents c-u tne same ground they had occupied the night before, and the next day at noon were sent oft to Marti nsburg. I hey report the loss in the division as very heavy.

The 1st Virginia, in Kemper's brigade, and the 14th Virginia, in Armistead's brigade, suffered heavily. Col. J. Gregory Hodges, of the latter regiment, one of the best and bravest officers of the army, was reported by our informant to be killed or severely wounded. The 53d Virginia, also in Armistead's brigade, suffered heavily.

The Captains of companies II and (names not recollected) are reported killed. They say that in the falling back of. our army there was no straggling, and that it was -done in excellent order. Skirmishing was going on when they left at noon Saturday. We were informed in an authentic quarter late last night, that a gentleman had arrived in Richmond from Washington yesterday evening, who left the latter city on Suuday night.

He reports that the news received there up to that time was decidedly unfavorable to the Federal and that a deep and manifest feeling of despondency pervaded the whole community in consequence of the intelligence. Efforts were made to prevent the information received by the authorities from going to the public. Little confidence was felt in the ability of Meade's army to prevent Lee's advance on that city when he should attempt it, and much anxiety was felt for the safety of the city. No securiety was felt against its fall. It was rumored during the afternoon of yesterday that a dispatch had been received by the President from General Lee, stating that his army, in good order, had fallen back to Hagerstown.

We inquired of the President of the truth of this report, and were assured tnat no such dispatch had been received bv him. is stated, nowever, that a dispatch was.ie ceived, (by wtioi we could not from the com- mandant of tire Post at Martinsburg, statins that tho army had reached Hagerstown, with a large number of prisoners, and that our forces were entrenching themselves on the hills around the town. A gentleman who lived all the early part of his life in Gettysburg makes the following 'statement, from which it will be seen how difficult it is to surround or cut off Gen. Lee "Gettysburg lies Northeast of Baltimore 02 miles, 80 from Washington on the road through Frederick, I which is Southeast from it a distance of 32 miles. i There is a chain of mountains lying on the West of and within 8 miles of Gettysburg on the West, extending Scmt'h through Frederick county.

If General Lee fell lack towards the Potomac he hud the advantage of these mountains, as a pursuing army would i have to go aromid them southward through Frede- rick, else Ifb exposed to the narrow passes of these mountains." The Examiner oi the same date says: Thj Account of the Baltimore American of the de- feat, demoralization and flight of General Lee's army on Friday last, published yesterday evening in news- i paper extras, had, such is the force" of elaborate, bra- zen lying, the effect of seriously depressing" the spirits of the mass of the people. With capitulation at lcksburg and all this uncontradictorv storv ot over- whelming disaster in Pennsylvania, many believed that I the darkest honrof the Confederacy had come. Those however, who knew the army of Virginia, and 1 at the same time had studied attentively since the be- ginniag of the war, the Yankee newspaper style of gcttiug up victories ior tnemselves and defeats for us, experience not a moment's uneasiness or despon- of of at I 1 -I I iu it i a J. If- i St' ft 'ft i 1 .5 HI 3 PI I.