New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

the field Is after all the uninculnbcIcu an" N-'
landscape in agricultural array as 1t lay when lpo
,ao,or Of our empire was decided here, with All
it, dips buffs, and emncnces upti'''" % ny
were and only the reyereEt Imagination anu
memory Of the beholder for an lnterpIe'ei'
Tins vast plain all over with stakes ahd 'aol' y" "
70 belittle and dishCure H. He VINO VlsI'S 1,''0'i
~ ia ,nopumeut in the rising and feels lts sacrl-
fees in the grasses beneath his feet ana "etyeDu'E
should be no chidrens play house maiAeu mere VIII
o,, IN renresent n corps and holder 70 commemorate
brigade II IL in many respects similar held TO that
of Braudvyiue over which have repeatedly "Ikeu'
and Brandywine viii scarcely defer 10 gettysburg dr.
cherished and tender site, while 1t has no stone 10 zen
ito save the little meeting house and graveyard OF
the Quakcrs and revereut TRADITION 10 point out uio
headquarters of every patriot General.
OF anecdotes and reyivals very many have been told
hat one can hear these pleasant every soldiers
dreside and you will wish to turn your columns
into military Joe Miller Charles OMaliey' ! nave
been struck, however, with the genera Ihapli'y VI
soldiers to agree upon decisive facts OF oate paruo
larly where they in rival commands or III "e,e"V
armies Artists used to fan back upon the coh5olhE
theory that nobody had right TO be an artcruc unless
he we're himself an artist; and many military men nave
fought their most vigorous some, their Oh Campaigns
against army correspondents ana historians O'' "9
themselves there differences even more VITAL as lnoso
Gettysburg conferences have proved NO DC 10 INC iu
yb is absent when his comrades become historians ana
ants OF all pieces OF seiasseron the most sweeping
- mat ~ the officer who insists that he alone knows
about his own battle, being, as we conceive uiiV
attached TO unit of place. and without the time upon
his hands TO stray to and fro, becoming Frolssart ana
Bayard at n breath. 90
To conclude therefore, the present gathering at Get
tvsburg does not seem have had sufficient mo-
i've or to have answered any large purpose or 10 nave
satisfied the vague expectations it aroused IL was re-
buled from the South SHINY attended from the Nort'
and il Will probably be the last inflated effort 10 leGlnen
out the mercantile uses of this battlefield Wie shouu
hereafter be left as the nation intended IT, pea'l'
cemetery 10 many dead but not perehhhI l'iI
ground made luderous by failures such "S 'ii' "
have noticed beyond its due
INCREASED ARIIvALs-PoINTs OF INTEREST
DESIGNATED.
GTrTysBUPG, Aug. 4.-The first working day
Of the reunion and battlefield designating affair has
p,ssod off more favorably and satisfactorily than was
anticipated. The morning train brought consldeiauo
rcnorcemeut to the company Of officers in attendance
among them two corps commanders and Others OF con
coded fame and reDOwn. Gov. Geary PRESIDENT oI INC
Battle Field Memorial Association, and commander oil
division in the Twelfth Corps, arrived this morning. also
Maior.Gen Henry W. slocum, commander OF the TWefth
Corps Maior.Gen. John Newton, who succeeded the
gmeuted REYNOLDS IN the command OF ths fHsl Corps
BIlEGeh AtAan,l ointoL' Stj,,Cabr Who commanded
OF the sixth Corps; bIlSItu ~ ,,,nnrons
a division OF the Eleventh Corps, beside numerous
representation from army hea,g.,t re- Cdpfedcr
army, does the lone representative OF lne OouleuoI
ale army receive any reenforeements whatever.
At an early hour TINS noIH.E Si ,i 49,; 49,
yde for the company 10 visit the Held OF the hI-' uy
battlo and about fv officers lucludhga dozen or more
,rio nsrficIpaed IN that action started out 10 survey
tine ground The hcroC John Barns. uhrm WIN age az"
st.ll suffering from the wounds ne received on Il, U'
sion was Of the company. Tho principal commanding
officer present was Gen Sol Meredith, the gallant com.
t6e extreme left OF Reynolds line and the lst CA.
gagged, the action III thcii 'front.' COMMENCING "l
g,rped with the right resting the Cham
hc!sbnrg turnpike, and extended in soutAcriy dire
tiou 10 the Haperstown road, distance on nearly
half a mile Their position was the slight elevation
or crest Just back of the Theological seminary and
attack on them IN this position but repused 81 rt
with heavy loss and driven back across the run Inc
subsequently the enemy reformed with increased mum
bcrs their line extending nearly quarter OF mile be-
The battle was then renewed with desperate earnestnes
resulting in tie steady success OF The Rebel arms until
village. and only crossed with the approach of night
Gen. Lee, IN his Official report oil ms engageheht,
toppage of the pursuit by asserting that ms losses were
await reGnforcements No higher tribute could be paid
the gaautry Of the First Corps The old Iron Brigade
killed and per cent of the entire force
taken into action Inc Z Miengan I5hntry %nSs
whom 3l6 were placed hors du oomtdt The Colonel
Morrow received serious scapWouhi we iAeuMhhht
Colonel, Flanagan, lost leg' ana me MAYOR, Wright
shot through the eye or the line officers al put one
wounded. The 18TH indiana also Of TINS brigade Iost
per Of its IN the days operations The other
attestng the obstnacy with which they contested
the ground The absence OF officers OF prominence OF
their movements and operations were less infinitely
known and marked, fact which enhances the credit
received by the command represented whose positions
are all marked upon the field, and viii be preserved for
the edifcaton Of posterty
Tomorrow Culps Hin and the pOsltions on our night
during second and third days fighting VIII be visited
and marked out. Here the Twelfth Corps particularly
fighting fell to their lot The Twelfth is well represented
The corps commander, Gen. socum is here IN person.
Second Division was commanded by Gen. Alph'
Gus Williams, who Is now absent from the
the brigade and regimcnta commanders will be
present. that the entire operations OF TINS dashlug
command be well and fully depicted. The officers Of
the Two corps Hau an lnlonaI nestlnE tis evening" AT
which programme was arranged covering the two
o'clock in tine morning and will the field
night Of the Cemetery gate excepting the cavalry
operations at IA distance the York ana Baltimore
turupikes. To morrow evening the officers and citizens
to indulge III little social advertisement IN the way
Of reception ard hop TO be given at the principal hotel
IT had been proposed by the citizens to give their dis
tnguisted visitors social reception during their stay
here but the affair hung fire. owing 10 scarcity OF money
among the Gettysburgers. The officers then took
the matter IN hand, and appointed committee to
selves to deray the expenses Everybody subscribed Of
course. and "a liberal fund soon raised. with "a
Soldiers Orphans Home. At this point the citizens came
forward and desired TO cooperate urging however that
given 10 the treasury OF the Battle Field Memorial Asso
citation. This the soldiers resisted and carried their
point assented 10 the and TO naming the affair
reception and hop The following gentlemen then
appointed Committee OF Management: Gov. John W.
Geary, MaiorGens. Henry W. SOcum John Newton
Charles X. Graham, Alexander Shaler, Sol Meredith
WIN. McCandless Brig Gems. Jas. l.. Sefridge Richard
Coulter; Col John W. Forney; Paymaster A. W Russell
United States Navy Lieut. r. A. Human. United states
Engineers and Mcssrs. David Wills, David McCOnaughy
the Hon. j. Il. Banner Dr. Charles Horner: DIR. e. g.
Fahncstock; the Hon L. l.. McGuin Col {. II. Bruhler
and +. A. Chase The floor managers are Gen. McCand
lg-s 49, gr nuT
aughy, ana Col h. BOnnafan The affair promises TO De "a
very successful and agreeable This evening the
Gettysburg Brass Band appeared at the headquarters OF
the officers and treated them 10 agreeable serenade
TIE AnNANCEMENT OLE TILE Neutrality-suspicious.