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long gone; even the hospitals were nearly de-
serted, all who could limp having started forth
with crutchcs and canes The rebel scouts
were passing through the town, and appa-
rently endeavoling TO ascertain in which way
they could best succeed in cutting oil the
stragglera. do not know, however, that
any serious attempt TO do this was made.
The road from Centrevilie to Fairfax vas
thick with the debris Of the retreat. baggage
wagons were overturned and the horses lying
dead and dying. Guns, ambulances, stores
of provisions, were strewn everywhere. At
Fairfax Court House the inhabitants were
plundering our deserted baggage. Toward
Arlington the evidence Of the tlisgraceiu re.
treat continued.
A correspondent Of the Baltimore .imsn.
can, says:
Enough has been gathered, however, and
from reliable sources, to render it certain that
the battle was most bloody, not in its gcner-
al result, but in the character Of its individ-
ual conflicts. In some instances the conflict
is said to hare been carried with bandto.hand
desperation, entrenchments beius lost and
won again at the point Of the bayonet, and
in one instance at least, at the point Of the
knife. Thus the Second Michigan are said to
have been driven out of small battery which
they had entered By desperate bayonet
charge by regiment-of Mississippians it is
supposed-armed with rifles without bayo-
nets, and with bowie.kniVes, one of which,
captured by member Of the Second Michi-
gan, and triumphatly exhibited By its captor,
was in size and weight not much unlike
sabre-bayonet.
An officer Of the Goth (Trish) Regiment
states in illustration Of the desperate charac-
ter Of the attack and of the repulse, that the
third battery attacked during the day by
them, and defended, as was ascertained from
two youthful prisoners, by regiment of
South Carolinans, was taken and retaken at
the point Of the bayonet eight times IN success
sion, the Carolinians at last retaining posses
sion of the work by the aid Of fourth bate
ry which was unmasled at the critical period
Of the fight.
A Confederate soldier and q member of
Wisconsin regiment were found upon the
field locked in deadly embrace, the former
cIutcling the hair Of his antagonist, in whose
;,s. 'c-';A-knife was found buried to its
a., Cow,
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"Details Of the Great Battle.

We feel that We can give ..othing to our
readers more welcome than the fullest ac-
counts from various sources oi the great bat
tie at Manassas on the 2lst July. The fol-
lowing from al. W. s. u Correspondent
Of the Charleston Mrcuy, will be found very
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tciCs.
then boid.; s.:.:'': :2r ne woods, and liz
flight quickeneu ny r.oper estimation of the
dangers which would attend his capture, he
succeeded in safely traversing seven miles OF
intervening woods and reaching Ccntrc7l!lc,
where he was supplied with means OF retreat
inc to Washington.
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Hope On.

When SORROWS dcpress,
And blichted hope fall.
AS the leaflets nf Autumn
Obey Winters call;
Though faded and weary,
Let there not be II srGan;
For sweet word Of comfort
Is: Z" Ever hope on
Weary hearts, in all ages,
Have lcaut on its strength;
Hope ever" their watchwOrd.
Brought succor st length.
The days dark ard dreary
OF Swallowed the mora,
But then camc the sweet worcs:
"Ever hope on Z"
Though prospects ;he darkest
O'crsha low tho ";tw,
AMI trials and cares
All on: so:ruws Icrew,
Yet We know ths; l:y fire
Is the soi,i tried alone;
Aud, trusting GVd's woT'.
We will ever hope on
II we bear not cruss,
We will neer wear l. crown:
So. farewell repining,
Despair is cast down.
With the Christians soul-anch"r
Erave the white !,illow'S foam.
Looking upward for courage,
We will ever hope on.
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"TnoxAs, spell weather." said school
master to one of his pupils.
"W.i-e.t-h.i.o-u-r, weather"
"Well," said the teacher, this is the
worst spell of weather We have had since
Chrismas-bad as the season has been.
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A Methodist and Quaker having stopped at
q public house, agreed to sleep in the same
bed. The Methodist knelt down and prayed
fervently, and confessed a long catalogue of
sins. After he rose, the Quaker observed-
"Really, friend if thou art as bad as thou
sayest thou art, think dare not sleep With
thec.n
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their 49, ~ '',ia''..s .'s' i''. ''.' ''''s
sewing society and report the number Of beds
and articles for the benefit Of the sick at
Yorktown.
Yesterday two ladies could be seen, with their
hoes in hand, wedding corn, as such work is
very necessary at this tinie. One of them in.
formed me that she wceded about $500 hills,
and that her sister was "too much for her"
at wedding corn. What will the husband say
when he hears that his wife is wedding corn?
What will virguians say? and what will
the eutrc South sny
What prospect is there for " "suliusation?:"
Is man 10 be frightened by Abc Lincoln,
when the ladies act thus? Call for millions
of men; call for millions Of dollars, and when
there is no man to grit on his arnor for war
fare, woman will meet the hrclinss Of Yam
decdom, ard cause them to kueel aud call
for mercy.
| have only written few lines, that you
may insert it in your paper, to give 70 cur
sisters in the South what Virginia ladies are
doing. am not q writer for newspapers.
S.-Thc above lady will continue to wtcd
corn till the crop is well over. She wrote
her husband word that she haa eleven hards
in the field.
Gry. SrorTs CItnukES.--l. may noi rc
i asn.ra,l, known la this community t..,a::
within f3rty-taat ot nhr nt the batteries pos
heine erected for ,he defence oil Richmond.
two children Of I.isutannnt-Gencral Winfield
Scott lie buried. Ws. refer TO the fortitica-
t;ons being thrown up On Mr.. Mnyos plants-
tion. Immediately southeast Of the city, and
commanding James River. When we reflect
upou virginia's relations to Gen. Scott, and
scott's relations to Virginia-that he Was born
and reared upon her maternal soil, and mar
ried one Of her daughters, that his nearest rel.
atiyes in the world are among her citizens aud
fighting for her detcnce-that children Of his
own flesh and blood, alas we fear We cannot
say, Of his love, lie brried beneath her soil;
when We rccollect the honors that Virginia in
her pride has shown him, and the countless
kindnesscs her citizens have showered upon
him, it almost surpassess human credulity TO
believe that he could have turned the Infamous
;nprate and traitor that he is. II there is a
tender emotion or feeling of love in his ma
turc, would he not naturally turn to the graves
of his children2 Alas his long connection
with the Yankees and Yankeedom, has cor
ruptcd his nature, and he now stands, one Of
them by adoption, a voator of his allegiance
to his native State, and bctrayer of his coun-
try.-kichmond Dispatch.
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Selette0 0oftry,
Home without a Mother.

Home without Mother.
What is home without a mother:
What are all the joys we meet
When her loving smile no longer
Grcets the coming of our feet?
The days arc long, tho nights are drear,
And time rolls slowly on;
And O! how few are childhood's pleasures
When her gentle care is gone.
Things we prize are first to vanish
Hearts we love, to pass away;
And how soon, cen in our childhood,
VIC behold her turning grey.
Her eye grows dim, and steps is slow,
Her joys on earth are past,
And before we learn to know her,
She hath breathcd on earth her last.
Older hearts may have their sorrows;
Grefs that quickly die away,
But mother lost in childhood
Greves that heart day By day.
We miss her kind and willing; hand,
Her fond and earnest care;
And, O! how dear is life around us
What's homs without l mother there!
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Bnt what scene and how terrific the onset

DUL' Wuat u m.elle dllu NUW ttEllIIG tuc oiIbe
of that tumnltuous retreat. For three miles
hosts Of federal troops-all detached from
their regiments, oil mingled in one disorderlJ
rout-were fleeing along the road, but mostly
through the lots on either side. Army wagons
suffers teams and private carriages, choked
the passage, tumbling against each other
amid clonds Of dust, and sickening sights and
sounds. Hacks, containing unlucky specta.
tors Of the late affray, were smashed like
glass, and the occupants were lost sight Of
in the debris. Horses flying wildly from the
battle field, many of them in death agony,
galloped at random forward, Joining in the
stampede. Those on foot who could catch
them rode them bare back, as much to save
themselves from being run over, as to make
quicker time. Wounded men, lying along the
banks-the few either left on the field or ta-
ken to the captured hospitals, appealed with
raised hands to those who rode horses, beg
ging TO be lifted behind, but few regarded
such petitions. Then the artillery, such as
was saved, came laundering along, smashing
and overpowering everything. The regular
cavalry, record it to their shame, Joined in
the melee, adding to its terrors, for they rode
down footmen without mercy. One Of the
great guns Was overturned and lay among
the ruins Of caisson, as passed it. 1saw
IN artillcry.man running between the pom.
derous fore and after-wheels of his gun car
riage, hanging on with both hands, and vain.
ly striving to jump upon the ordnance. The
drivers were squirting their horses; he could
net cling much longer, and more agonized
expression never fixed the features of a drown.
ing man. The carriage bounded from the
roughness of steep hill leading to creek !;
he lost his hold, fell, and in IN instant the
great wheels had crushed the life out Of
him.
Who ever saw such fight Could the
retreat at Borodino have exceeded it in con-
fusion and tumult? I think not. 1t did not
slack in the least until Centreville was reach
ell. There the sight Of the rcserye-AIiles'
Brigade-formed in order on the hill, seemed
somewhat to rcassurc the van. But still the
teams and foot soldiers pushed on, passing
their own camps and heading swiftly for the
distant Potomac, until for ten miles the road
over which the -~'" had so lately
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i.STlN:Irii I.f

The New York Herald says:
"Therc can be 10 longer any doubt about
the disastrous nature Of ll:o retreat fonr army
from Dnlr< lsrnto Arlington Heights. In kill,
Cd wounial and prisoners the loss amounts
probablytotwenty thousand, including manyol
the best nnlccrS. together with the whole Of
the srlcrliA artillery G!'vorcstimated.-ED.
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VOLUME XXYI.-..No. 81.
/. may win him 10 become as wcll soldier Of

may win him TO become as well a soldier Of
the cross.
In no way can we 50 cilectually, show onr
appreciation Of those who are now defending
all that is worth living or dying for; in no
way so we'll aid the sacred cause Of Southern
independence, as by surrounding our soldiery
with the restraining, sanctifying and emo
bling influences of Christianity.
Urged by such convictions, I would most
earnestly invite the cooperation Of al! classes
throughout our young nationality in this
inviting field of Christian enterprise. We
need funds with which to publish Testamen,a
and defray the expenses Of CoIporteurS. Let
all who have 2 mind to help, at once send on
whatever they feel inclined to contribute.
Address.
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Northern Accounts of the Fight.

we subjoin some highly interesting reading
from New York papers on the fight and re-
treat Of the memorable engagemcntat MannS-
sas and regret that OR space will not allow
! more cOninrs extracts:
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TIE RETREAT.

Ot INC Ccucr1l aElllp sCCllleu CUll licle.
THE RETREAT.
We find The following details in the New
York Tribune, of the 9th:
The engineers we're about constructing a
bridge for the artillery, the regular stone
bridge h,ving been mined. and the two col.
umns under Gen. Tyler and Hunter, The lat
ter of which was led BY Gen. Mcdowell, had
actually completed the junction when the or
der of retreat was given. Why it was given,
no pcrson who witnessed the battle and saw
the condition in which affairs stood, can at
tempt to comprehend The only point posi-
lively held by the enemy, was in hollow to
onr left, and although an effort was nn'loabt-
plly made to oye. reach us q! he left, an AMI.
PIE fnrca--one entire brigade-was ready to
receive il.em, and did receive ard repulse
them aitorwarl, in spite Of The panic which
reigneA. B"t at the beginning Of the retire
ment, n Few alnhulances and baggage wagons
were driven hurriedly away, the noise Of
which seemed TO spread terror among the
troops within hearing, who instantly broke
ranks and ran, rcll nell, toward Centreyille.
This contagion caught the rest, and in less
than ten minutes our army was flying in the
utmost disorder. Everything was abandoned.
The wounded were deserted in the hospitals,
and the only thought was Of individual safety.
Guns were thrown aside, and blankets and
kuapsacks were lost and trampled upon. The
artillery shared the panic; the guns were cut
loose, aud the gunners used the horses 10 es-
cape the more swiftly. Those on foot begged
piteously to be allowed to share the horses OF
those who rode Many strove to Chamber in
to the wagons, and were pushed back by the
bayonets Of those who occupied them.
The ground was strewe,l with food, weap-
ons and clothing Of every kind. Many OIL
our guns were left to fall into the enemy's
hands. including the large ao.pounders which
had done so much service in the fight. All
courage, all lnanlincss, seemed to have forsa,
ken our terror stricken men.
The last stand upon the Iicld was made BY
one Of the Ohio regiments, uadcr Col. Nc
Cook, I believe. but about three miles back
the reserve brigade Of Col. Blenker wa:
drawn up in line 10 cover the retreat and ei
feet whatever service was needed. The stant
of Gen. Dlenkcr saved US from great losses.
The disorder Of our men continued during
the night. There was no army, only aras
ramble. By midnight they were all scattered
in the road to Fairfax Court House, and sool
after General Blenkcr, with the Eighth New
York Regiment, took up his retreat in pcricc
order-the only body that 30 retreated
left Centreville at o'clock this morning
The last fragments OF our force had all bee,
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them, cut The traces ol tiic'.
lolcd from tho wagons. Others threw o".
their loads to accelerate their Right, and grain,
picks and shorels, and provisions Of every
kind, lay trarnpled in the dust for leagues.
Thousands Of muskets strewed the route !;
when some Of us succeeded in rallyins body
of fugitivcs, and forming them in line across
the road, hardly one but had thrown away
his arms fthc enemy had brought up his
artillery, and served it upon the letreatng
train, or had intercepted our progress With
five hundred Of his cavalry, he might have
captured enough supplies for weeks feast Of
thanksgiving. As it was, enough was left be-
hind to tell the story Of the panic. Tie rout
of the Federal army seemed complete.
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A. F. DICKINSON,
Gen'l Sup,t Baptist Colportaee.

Papers throughout the South will render
us an important service by inserting the
above.
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passed SOUTHWARK
and flushed with
crc,l with'thc fra
shattered and w.;
From the branc
to hunters Div
gion Of the iligb
swollen current
fusio:. aud disl
shameful abanc
al such expense
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-03-27

THE subscriber offers at Private Sale the FOL
lowing Real Estate situate in Cambria County
TO wit:
HIS Mansion Properly situate in the West end
of the Borough el EbeIsbUrg, consisting of
Square Of Ground. having thereon erected com
modious DWELLING HOUSE. g large STA
BILE or BARN. and several other Ont Buildings
together with half Lot Of Ground on which
there is 4 never failing Spring of the purest soft
water, from which the House &c. Is supplied.
Wants to dispose Of this IS he intends removing
to another part Of the Borough.
ALSO.-Thrce Lots of Ground Situate IN the
Borough Of Sumnlitvi.ie, having thereon erected
BRICK DWELLING HOUSE. two FRAME
HOUSES. and large Stable. VIII be sold to-
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ALSO.-A Lot of Ground situate II the
Borough of Lcretto fronting on ST. Narv's
Street and extending back TO st. Josephs Street,
adjoining Lot of John Troxell on the last and
Lot Of the Heirs Of Anthony Litzin2cr, decd,
on the West. having thereon erected a one and
half story FRAME HOUSE. - feet in front and
20 in depth.
ALSO.-A piece or parcel of land situate in
Cambria township, adjoining the ancient Cg,y of'
Eg!sGU. lands oi james and George Mills, Charles
?. Murray, Alex. A'Fic,5er and others, contain
ing CO acres and IS parchcs.
ALSO.-A piece or parcel Of land situate in
Munster township. bounded by the Tsba..slurE
and CressCn Rail Ros,l. lands Of Peter Xavier
sand others, containing &c acres and - pcgcles
(ueariy all ceaTcd) having thereon erected q
LOG DWELLING HOUSE AND \ STABLE.
ALS0.-A tract Of land situate In Washing
ton township, a..oilsinE lands cf Jacob Bu-geon.
Joseph Crista. Hugh j. A'C,ozEey and others.
containing 500 acres CT thcreaboafs. which VIII
he soil IN parcels if desired by purchasers.
l. AL-O--A piece or parcel IF land situate on thC
Pcn0sy ylvania Rail Road. near PORTAGE Station.
in Washington township. containing 80 acres
also "a piece or parcel land eI.--s-+a
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EaARSHAllIS SAlE.

By virtue Of writ Of Veudicioni ExponaS is
sued out of the Circuit Coart Of the United States
for the Western District of Pennsylvania and TO
me directed, will expose to public sale, at the
UNITED STATES BUILDING corner Of
FIFTH AND S4ITTHFIELD street. IN tthe City
Of fPTTTSBURGH. Penna.. on SATURDAY. the
9th day of APRIL. 1861, ut one O'Clock. T. ii.
all the right tile, claim aul interest Of James
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following tracts of land. to wit one tract Of
land situate in Clearfci township, Cambria
county warranted in the name of John Burns,
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by me.
JAMES G. CAMPBELL Marshall.
Pittsburgh. Narch 18th 1861 st
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AUDITORS UCgTCE

The undersigned Auditor, appointed BY the
Orphans Cesu. oG Cambria Colnty. t' Distribute
tr.o money III the hands Of William C'Keefe,
Administrator Of William O'Keeie. de5'd, here
BIZ ~ives notice thar he viii attend to the duties
Of said appointment 1T his Office in E6ensbufs,
on Tuesday. the 9tl day Of April next, at one
o'clocS. p IL. when and whore all persons m
terestel may attend. on be forever ds5aroed from
coming in or said fund.
E 4. SHOEMAKER, Auditor
Eb,usbur-. March 20. 1S6l,-55
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S-RAV HITTER.

Came 10 tie residence Of the subscriber in
Sugauehauna township. $ me time last August.
4 rel IIeiifcr. about years old. having a WHITE
back auJ white tail. TIE owner Is requested
to come forward prove property pay charges,
arI fake tor axav. otherwise she viii be dispo-
sed Of according t. law. -
GEORGE IOWAASTERS.
March 20. 1861-8t
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E1E-717g { T0TYCE,

THE undersigned Auditor, appointed by the
ute the money in the hands Of Jane Rodgers
(fatc .Jas c Maisiu) Ezccutrix Of John Maxim,
decd. Icrcly gives notice that lie viii attend 30
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from consir- I'm On said fund.
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March, l3.-l+-5t.