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IMponTANT rRoM nEw mErInn. J

IMPORTANT FROM NEW MEXICO.
Kansas Cry, Mo, April 1.-THE fnsii
from Fort Union has arrived, and brings
confirmation Of a battle at Apache Pass,
the main features Of which were given in
dispatch from Denver City. Our forces
numbered $50, and the Texans 1900.
Our loss in killed, wounded and miss.
ing is 150. heenemy acknowledge their
oss 10 be $40 to 400 in killed and woun-.
ded.
We captured ninety.tbree prisoners,
thirteen of whom ar, officers. We aIso
captured and burned 4 train Of six,y.fcur
Wagons, loaded with provisions and am.
muulIion, killing two hundred mules be-
longing 10 the tram, which were too poor
to be driven away. w
The Texans attacked our battery four
times. the last time coming within forty
iss' OF the guns, but were rspulsed with
heavy loss.
Our for'es are encampsd at Bernal
Springs. forty miles south Of Fort Uniyn.
The Texans fell back 10 Santa Fe. -
Col Canby, with the Regulars, and BIT
Car.oO's regiment. are reported near AL.
buquerque, wittiD thfee dsys' march Of
Col. Slough The Texans were led by
Col Scdrry. '-tarH-' t'f
Col. Steel is reported on the. Torade
with re endorsements ior the enemy.
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The Presidents Message on EmancIpa-
irc tiOn In the District Of Columbia.

The Presidents Message on EmancIpa-
t'e tion in the District Of Columbia.
WAsIiNeroS. April l6.-fhe Presi
DENTS message on the Emancipation OF
Slaveryin the District Of Colombia is as
follows: - iiil".-. ..'. L'
Fsllow Citizens ofMe Senate and House Of
RspresentdfiVes: - r'..5 t-f '.
The act entitled an act for the release
Of certain persons beld TO service or labor
in the District OF Columbia, has this day
been approved aud signed.
| have never doubted tbs constitution.
alauthority of Congress to abolish Slave
ry in the District. and have desired to
see the National Capitol freed from tine
institution in some satisfactory wsy.-
Hence, there has never been in my MUD
any question on the subject, except one
Of expediency arising in view OF all the
circumstances. If there be matters with
in and about this act; which might have
taken the course or shape more satisiac-
tory to my judgment, | do not attempt
to specify them, l am grati6ed that the
true principles of compensation and colon.
ization are both recognized and practical.
| !y o. piled in this act. In, The matter o.
compsusstion'it il is provided that claiml
may bS presented within ninety days from
the passage Of this act, but not thereafte
and there is saving foreminors f4p,nes co
vert, insane, or ab~ut persons. pre-
sutde there is an omission by mere over
sight and l recommend that il be sup
Piled by so amendatory or supplements
act. 'gga 20
! (Sigaed.) A5RAEiM LisdOIS.
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LANCASTER, OHIO, THURSDAY APRIL 24, 1862.

Jury from them : breastplates would have
been Of no avail here. When we had
passed about hall across The field rer,.
meDt OF Texans, To our left. moved out Of
the woods, waving lheir sccesb flag, bid
ding defiance 10 the union forces We
viewed them fora moment, but owing 10
tie condition Of our troops we were com.
pelIed toilet them occupy the "ungereroas
and unchivalrous' position which they
had assumed. In this retreat several
fractions Of regiments run through others
and so divided us that only lew could
be rallied again; the boys being unwilling
thuO to give up the contest, reiurnsd with
other regiments to tie battlefield, and
fought until the victory was ours. IS
Co. g., 10th regiment, lost six killed,
viz. Seig't John RowIes. shot through
the head; privatss John Stewart, William
eye, Lewis Walmre, David Taylor and
10. NJ. Shane-6. Es'H
Woundsd.-Serg't Il. w. Petit, had
his right arm broken, perhaps be will lose
it, also wounded in his right thigh; Cor.
porsl James Coruine. wounded in tie
face; Corporal Milton Lqobner, wounded
10 ths right knee; Corporal Wn. Noble.
wounded in the thigh; Corporal Tbcu 80
Batsou, had the tube Of bis quo shot off
the ball striking him iD the shoulder, 10
aicting slight wound; David A. Burriff
wounded in the right thigh; David Culp,
slightly wounded in the leg, George Har-
risoD will lose his right lsg; Jacob Hare,
severely wounded iu the shoulder; A. l..
Morton, slightly wounded 10 the right
eg; D. NJ. Noe, severely wounded in the
hip; D. P. Noe, mortally wounded below
the right lung; Miles McQuawn slightly
in the leg; George Parkinson mort4I.y
wounded in the side; Franklin Smith in
the lsg; James Thompson severely wouu,
ded ,in the thigh; Wm. Youlz slightly
wounded 10 the leil sids-18. =
| A number received slight wounds, not
severe enough 10 prevent them from do
ling duty. Some, however, of the above
named are SO badly hurt that they viii
neysr recover. Five are still missins
from the company part oflhem are doubt
, less prisoners, their ia mes are ss follows
I VIM. Snyder, drummer; Owen Hill A
, T. Wise. Mathew Wykof aud John W
Harrison, ,..,..,...... .........- .... .
| We are well aware that the friends a
home Of those WHO have Sacrificed theil
: lives for their couutry, will be greatly af
. flic,sd when they hear the news. bu. ",
) Gao assure them that nons deplors tbsi
. loss more deeply than We; we had then
; all buried as decen.ly as circumstances
&. would permit.
r Among those still unhurt We have som
9 as bravo as ever sLouIdersd a musket o
drewa sword, Serg't Joseph Alright
Serg'i Andrew. Corporal Phillips, su
: private Charles Kelsey particularly distiu
n guished themselves; Lieut.. John Lutz ac
4 ed with great coOlnsss. aud deserves muc
=. credit for bis bravery. General shsrma
p. is tie General, JoHE WIsExAS,
l., -, Capt. Co. G. 10th ". l.
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that this bate would OF necessity have
to be theirs, or their wicked IDEA Of Sc
cesslon would vanish like the mist Of the
morning. And 10 understand how de.
moralized their army was by this defeat,
is only to ride along the line Of their re.
treat and see the guns, knapsscks, haver-
sacks, blankets, coats, and everything to
tighten their loads in order to hasten their
flight from our cavalry,and the field which
proved so disastrous.
Ihaye now come to the saddles. part Of
my letter-giving the list Of killed and
and wounded in both companies from
Fairfield iu this regiment, 4 which will
cast gloom Of sadness around the fire
of many happy and hopeful families in
your midst.
The killed, wounded and missing in my
company are as fellows:
Kiled-3d Serg't B. F. Hassiu, 1st
Corporal Eli Swar,s, Priyates Jerome w.
Fields, Nicholas Nav, and Morris j.. W.
Proclor-5.
Wounded Lieut. j. W. Carrsn, aud
Privstes James H. Kyner, Thomas Me.
Kieruau. Joseph NJ. Cherry, Johu O'Ri.
ley, John Ritter, Silas Roby. mortally,
Daniel Shelter, J. NJ. Stevenson. Thoma,
Williamson, Christian Zook, Johu Car.
roll, John Broyles, B. +. Winchester, s
D. Evans, George Gnesly, Denuis 0'Ncil
III.
Missing-B. +. Lan,s, musician, Solo.
mon Delong, Francis Johnson, John Mc
Donough, P. Massey, jacob C!y, and
VIM. Bennett Privates-7.
Before closing must state one fact ir
reference 10 the death of Hassin. Ht
was wounded 10 the calf Of the lef
leg, when found it was evident he had
taken off his boot and baudsged th,
wouod, and upon examination a bayCue
wound was found in bis right side, which
was conclusive in my mind tina! poor Bet
was brutally murdered by some hearllesi
rebel. This was strange, for as gener
al thing they were very kind to our woun
; ded. Ben was brave ana fought to III
last. My whole company we're brave an,
fought with unusual courage in this thei
first engagement, But l feel it due t
1t. Carran, Orderly J H. Brandt, Ssrg'
j. Smith, and Sarg't H. H. Brooke. t.
compliment them upon the coolness ant
bravery they manifested upon the occa
sion. ''
In our 6rst move 10 the morning, ou
camp was left, aud all the company prop
erty, the clothing of the soldiers, officer
baggage were destroyed; and it would b
a kindness ever to be remembered il th
folks at home wou d send through Mr.. I
W. Tallmadge, some blankets, and othe
f clothing necessary for the comfort of th
} boys. Yours, II. H. GlEsY,
Capt Co. +, 46Ih. 0. VI.
April 1o.-To.dsy saw some Of STA
ford's boys, who were also in the eight o
Monday. They are brave hoys aud di
credi, to old Fairfield. Harry Conner
Jack Reed, Bob Shannon, and many 9th
ers were to see us after the fight. So
Homsn was wounded in the arm. Lieu
Hooker in the leg. H. II. G.
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The following letter was handed US by
Jacob Myers, which We publish by re.
quss,:
CAMP SHILOH, TKNE.,
April 9. 1862.

Dear Brother:--l will tell you some
thing Of the fight. | vas slightly hurt
and sent to Savannah, but l am well nov,
ard in camp again. Eli Swariz, Ben
Hassin and Two others of our company
that we know Of. are dead. Eli and Ben
were killed on the 6rst day. Eli was
shot ihrough the head and Ben was
wounded in the leg-he bound the wound
up himself. and after thatlhe enemy came
and when we found him We discovered
that they had run bsyouet through him
in two places. They took his revolver
from him. He appeared to have died in
the greatest of agony. Hs looked very
NATURAL Eli Swartz looked very natural
this morning. Imade two boxes, one for
Eli aud one for Hasssn. They were neat
IIy buried. I made good box for Eli, and
had his name cuton board and nailed
it on the. box, so ihst be can be taken
home. He has a head; board with his
name cut on t;and below his name, .sMy
life for my country" Eli was good SOL
Fdie,. Hassen WAS buried in The same
way.l i buitoned his. Globes on him aud
laid o board under hish head to make hiui
. look more natnral.a John ROLES was,shot
through the head. Isaw him after he
Wis dead, David Taylor also is dead; be
/ had both lsgs broken and was shot thro
. the body;e The last words that any one
D heard Hassen say was when-he lay behind
a tree, he said be careful, it is me thai
you are shooting at i Christian, zook, wa'
{ wounded in the, arm, but not to hurt any
Q be Is going about in good spirits. Gu
Regiment was one Of the first in the ba.
It tie. They came on US on Sunday morn
! ing and drove us out 'of our camp an,
J. destroyed everything. We lost all ou
: clothing, blankets, &c., &c. While W,
/: we're in the fight, l ttlliyouthe bullets'feI
Il thick and fast. never hes I'd such
Y racket in my life as there was around N,
t, feet When they fred on us, was tax
Y ing fair aim at one when aball came an
y bit me IN the body which knocked, tn
N breath out Of mev Ithinkoi was "a pois
re ohed bullet. Tor it made very bad sore
" anu SlCktE ltudNfi Nhos olH ONSA ~ uO'
1t and | feel very well. Lem Groves got
k GOOD watch from. secesh--a huntin
ID case galvanized watch. a The sscesh aC
" vanced on US in the morning with blu
le coats and a Union flag; this was whe
as they done the most damags to US. o.
rs hundred and twenty were wounded an
re thirty six killed from our Regiment.
ne was an awful sight to see the piles of des
r. men, Five men were found In one pla'
p- that had bseA killed by one cannon bal
i. they were secesh. On Sunday We had
,e fight three to one and they drove Us W.T.
I'd in halfa mile Of the river Buell. eau
Id just in time to save us. When L CON
q. l win .ell you some ,hiOgs that happens
mt IN the fight. There were 9 great man
a. wounded. II was 90 awful sight, Sem
lis with legs, some with arms. aud some vii
q. half their head shot of. GroaninG cou
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T*For the list Of killed and wounded
in Capt. Wiseman's company see below.
....-, .... Ed. Gazette.l
CAPT. wIsEMAN's LETTER.


90. CAMP SHrLoAH. April 1lth, 1862
MEssRs. EDS: When wrote you few
days since We anticipated.a fight. but in
stead of it being defensive one we ,xpec.
ted to be the attacking party. Last Sun.
day the day dawned as beautiful aud Sc
rene as any in the month of May. On
this memorable day commenced ons Of
the ha, dest fought battles ever witnessed
on this continent The strife on both sides
was about equal, though our forces on
Sunday were gradually driven back, yet
every foot Of ground yielded to the Ad-
vancing foe was paid for by the blood Of
hundl eds who fell by the hands OF those
who we're sustaining the National flag. |
will not attempt minute description
Of the battle, as such thing is impossi;
BILE. @''''''
The battle ground covers an area Of at
least three miles square. The lighting
commenced about o'clock in the moro.
ing and continued without scarcely a mo.
ment's intermission until late in the eve.
ming. The firing Of musketry and can
non was Of the most terrific character, q
thousand hailstorms could scarcely Gre.
ate more racket. The 46th was drawn
up in battle line and took q position in
the woods in front Of the camp; but the
rebels bringing an overwhelming force to
bear upon the center of our Division
caused it to give way. The foot held
thus gained by the rebels So early in the
day, was turned to good account by the
shrewd General in command; this neces
sarily compelled r6irogadc moyemen
on the fight, we fell back aud closed 10
wards the center; we left our camp entire
y exposed 10 the ravages Of the enemy
The regiment was brought into action a
bout twelve o'clock. by Col. Mcdowell
ordering US forward TO attack the enem.
: immediately TO the right Of bis regiment
i. (6th Iowa. we moved forward steadil.
aud cautiously until within about ift,
yards Of the rebels and poured into then
!; calling fire. Wounded rebels who wer
! left ON the ground told US that il we ba
aimed alittle higher we would have Gu
their regiment to pieces, the balls TOO
!, effect in their legs As soon as we fire
we fell down; bad we not done so nearl
, half Of us would have been killed, as th
bullets few over our heads as thick O
: hail. Here a number Of our noble boy
= asIfell never to rise again. In this woods "
!, fought for nearly two hours, until th
. rebels were about to outhank US; the ol
? der was then gwen to retreat to the Of
. posite side Of a field, which was immed
ately to our rear; the rebels by this tim
had assumed bali hexagon position, an
q as we retreated through the open fiel
+ they poured into us the most terrific fir
! Here is wh5fs so many Of ihe regimen
I were wounded and number killed. Nj
!. ny of the boys we're hit BY several bal
80 nearly spent that they received no II
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The Federal Victory ia Nav Me.ieo. !.

The Federal Victory iu New Mexico.
APACHE GLEN. NEw Mexico, March 80.
Since | wrote you, Colonel Slcueb's
column, 1900 strong. have advanced 70
Pigeons Rancho, twenty i've miles north
Of Santa Fe, where they encountered the
enemy, (sTspgsh DOT known, and imms.
distely engaged them. .,... ...-
Major CrIt.nden, First Colorado Vol.
uutesrs, and two companies United States
Infantry, uuder Capt. Lewis, we're sent
scross the Mair 10 fall upon their rear. =,
Col. Slough. according TO programme;
gave way gradually. winch left he sup
ply train Of the rebels unsupported, which
Major Cri:tsnden and Captain Lewis
easily captured, together with about 6ftJ
Ioadsd wagons, which were burned. 90
prisoners and one two pound howitger,
taken from US at Fort Craig, which was
spiked By our troops.
Col. Sough's command then islt ba.k
10 a stronger position 81"
Our uoPhiss are 100 prisoners, privases
and officers, so loaded wagons burned, l
piece Of artillsy CT ,ha enemy spiked from
go 10 200 killed aud wounded--l Major,
Captains. '
Our loss ia 90 killed. including Lieut.,
Baker, Of the Colorado volunteers. aud Sd
or 40 wounded 1t supposed the rebel
General, Sibley. will Advsso1 spon Col.
SlOugh's column With his sstiys farcs,
from 1000 to 5000 s.rosg. aud shat Col.
Slough Will fall back upon the trssohss .,
dspos Union. ..
At las, accounts Col. CaahJ Aaa uss
Ilcft Fort CrAig. With Col. SlougA'a Z
command ii is believed 40 cas hold For.
Union against any force the rsbsle oau
bring against H. E
The whole conmIsd ssgsgsd Oh ssl
side behaved With signAl gsllsntsy cad
coolusss, both volunteers asd ssguIsrs. p
P. s., March Sl.-s5 prisoasrs, 9th I I
officers Of the robsl army have iust pssssd
under s5oort,And will arrive q -. Upiou
in the morning. Col. SlasgA's sAtira
command has fallen back 70 DsAesl 8prinG
A miles from Fort Union, sa1 vitAiG
supporting distance. s-r aF @4ra
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n011NrY OEFICERS.

Judge Of Fairfield Common Pleas Corrt-HENRY
O. WHITMAN, residence Lancaster, Ohio.
Probate Judgs--J kSsE | go INNER, Once. In Public
Building. hF" g
ProsseatinR RAttornsy--wILLIAMT T. WISE.
sAsri6--ISM KS MILLER, ONCE at Jail.
Chrk Of Csart--JoHN c. RAlNEY, Office Public
Asdasr--wILLIAM ROBINSON, once Public
TTsSssr,r--P. C. RENADUM % ffcePublc Building
Rseordsr--A. SYFERT, oaice Public Building.
SarseEor--B, L. HANNUM, Once Public building.
g. Coronsr--I.. sTEFFER, residence Madison tp.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SHARP, Of Bern Town
ahlp; JONAS A. BAKER, Of Walnut Township, and
JOHN W. .CDNN1NGHAM.o of Hooking Tnwnship.
School; Examiners .-WlLLiAM WHIrP PEY JOHN
VILLA Ms and URIAH @. RUTTER. '-
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The Ohio Treeps ct the Bst.ls OF, Pittss
burg Landing.

AS The facts are more and noss devsl-
oped in rels,;on to Iha Pitts5ugA beille
1t becomes more ald usre evident ihai
in'.ssd Of our Ohio troops being v blSns
they were in truth, ss WS ST ESt suggsea-
cd. "more sinned NgRiLSi ihAa siAniag."
And as toe iaois are developed il il be-
coming manifest that The bA,ils Of Pitts
burg was converted noLa disaster 10 tfi-
umph by pure soldisrship. BAd General.
ship lost us the battle, good OoldisTshiP
gained US the day. sss ss.,i sbe5
What stupidity could equal thsl Of lay
ing ia front Of sh enemy 81 superior num-
bets for nine days, cad then Be tAtea By
suprisa BY that enemy who AaA bssn for
days slowly mhrchiOg u1Oh phsD within
twenty miles! Whistler the blAne s,tAch-
cs to General Prentiss or GsAsssl ShsrS
man. or General Grant, va cSxs not
That the blame is somewhere SmoBg those
whom General Buell. chllen "tAoss d--d
officers,' is certain; sad NO are very sadly
mistaken ii a probing court martial does
nottevsal thsin5scility thaVhas Cost ths
West thousands Of valuable slrYes,a and
imperiled the cause Of the whole coun-
i try. -'AA'N'
And then, when the officers had neg
lected TO protect their men from SURPRISE
to abuse these troops as towards. vho,
when surprised by four fold thsirr nuns
bers. retired from a position where, %
have remained sould hare 1imply bsen to
be helplessly slaughtered i, shameful.
!. Our troops never fell back from a fne IN
! 10 which their commaaders ordsrsd them,
Tie commander hinsslf was surprised
and taken prisoner. No time was allowed
j for forming line; and u6der such cir
, cumslsaces it is the soldiers dutyste Hfal
back upon oiner linsa, until their own. can
be formed. .f .,,,, 10 .;vi
!, We fear that it Eill be found that whis
,lky was the stGltHying in5trumsnt thai
came ueaf losing US a battle, aud giving
tue enemy q vbtury; aud that certain Q
our Savannah snd Pi.tsburg GOnerals vii
. be ordered 10 the rearin disgracs,--lo d
D s.. Journal y. ...,,
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be heard for SUme distance. The secesh
drove US IRON our camps SO that our suit.
tier lost everything be bad. saw Ma.
th'as Dilger and Milton Hunter; they look
Cd as natural as ever. They were 10 the
hight one day. lLad good long talk
= lth the boys. You may know that we
were glad To see one another. also saw
Joseph Croft and come Of tie other BOYS
.oi The LIST Ohio. Tie 17.h Ohio was : D
route for the fight.
L "ant you TO write soon. Give nv
love to all can't tell how coon we viii
leave here; some think that we will s,av
here at this post Tor some time. The bows
feeI good over the victory. No more bu,
remain your brother
EDWARD MYERS.
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ayTho treason law passed a: the LAST
sessionOf The MSfylaSd Legislature went
into topsratiOn ou Tuesday. ItPunisbes
with death or with from six TO .WeniT
years. imprisonment all who levy var
against ihe State, adhere to or give conn
fort TO It's oosmics, and fines all psrsonF
fatnishing rsbslp with goods or any sssiss
taDco, raise ehlistmsbtS for the fsOss
army or displsy Secession Aags.
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BOOK AND JOB pR1ST1NG.

We are prepared to execute all descriptions Of JOE
WORK such as CARDS, CIRCULARS, POSTERS
BALL TICK ETS, and every other variety OF PLAIN
AND FANCY JoBRIEG, with new and superlortype
and on sho n notice.
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For tho Lancaster Gazette .

q If I.say thatwhat you believe is not
true, how can II be shown? It may be
hlo you, aud not TO me-. Your cir
cnmstances and susceptibilities may be
entirely different from mine; and the sub.
ject may have been presented 10 you very
differently from whatsit has to me. Your
conceptions and judgment would, there
fore. bs very different from mine. II ]
condemn your belief, and you condemn
mine. We are both wrong. Yet thai
which we either, or both, adopt. may be
error. How foolish, then, TO quarrel a
bout opinions. or conclusions, which only
result from the way things appear to in
dividuals, and from the conceptions which
each is compelled to form. The truth
underlies all, and will barmonise all,wher
the rubbish is cleared away.
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More errors are committed by our me-
gatioDS, thar by our afirma:iOns. To
declare a thing. or publish an opinion, is
toopen the door and invite investigation;
but 10 deny, or oppose that which is de-
olared, is to bring upon ourselves trouble
or, at least. a conflict Of doubtful issues
We should be as willing to receive the
opinions Of others, as we are anxious that
they should receive ours. ~, ZEN0.
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Terms OF SUBSCRIPTION.

U@Business cards afabout o lines, by the year, IS
MfAdyert easements, not marked on the manuscript,
will be continued at our terms uutil forbid.
, UPLegal advertise m ents, Admnstratots notices,
40, ust be paid for in advance, for reasons which.
Ws will explain atthe time.
U|The above term ssIrictly obseryedi In all eases.
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The following letter from the 46tb Reg
inent. though written before the battle,
contains many items Of interest: snsf