Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-28
The Pennsylvania Gavasium.

The Pennsylvania E3Vasion.
Gen. Harry Heib, vino va; 2 diVisin7 o'F
| mander in the Confederate army, has c3"tiitu
ted paper on the campaign cn!m,',a;'ue q IT,,
battle of Gaugshnrg to tEa Ph:s !e'rli, y "ci-
| ly Times, from which the G'lio"in. r.t'Aa'a 81.
taken -
"Only short time before G1n. t.rsn, ar,,i.
ed the Rapidan. in the spring d 1851 ''''.'''
Lee said to ME IF | could da So Hat.Iiu
nately | canuot-I would again cross ;..a faj.
mac and invade Pennsylvania. / bsl,rva II -
| be our true policy. Notwithstanding the !a'ia:-
of last year. An invasion of the enemy coua
try breaks up all of his preconcel7ed plans, re-
lieVes our country OF his presence. and We sub
sst while there on his resources. The question
OF food for this army gives me more trouble
and uneasiness than anything elsa combined.
the absence of the army from Virginia gives
our people an opportunity 10 collect supplies
ahead. The Legitimate fruits Of a victory, II
gained in Pennsylvania, could be more readily
rcaped than on our own SOIL Wo would have
been in q few days march of Philadelphia,
aud the occupation OF that city would
have given Us peace. 1t is very difficult
for any one not connected With the army
of Northern Virginia to realize how stralg ht'
cned We were for supplies Of all kiods,
especially food The ration OF a general othcer
was double that Of q private, aud so meagra
was that double supply that frequently to ap'
rease my hunger robbed my horse OF haud
ul Of corn, which parched in the lire, served TO
a!lay the cravings Of nature. What muat haV:
been the condition Of the private?
"ln speaking of the fight Of the "a of July
at Gettysburg Gen. Lee said IL shall ever
I,1. n baI ma
horse half an hour longer We would have car.
ried the encmy's position. After Pender tell
the command of his division devovad on an Of
licer unknown to the division, hence the failure
Of pickett's receiving the support OF this dl
vision Our loss wa5 heavy at Gettysburg, but
in my opinion no greater than 1t would have
been from the series of battles | would have
been compelled to fight had l. remained ID tir'
ginia.' Gen. Lee, says Major Seddou 'theu
rose from his seat, aud with an emphatic ges
turc said and, sir, We did whip them at Get
iysburg, and it will be seen for the next SIX
months that army will be as quiet as sucking
dove The army OF the Potomac made no
aggressive movement, saving the ilasco known
as Mine Run, from the 81 of July. 1863, until
General Grant crossed the Rapidan 10 May,
1864, precisely ten months aiterward.
"The failure to crush thu Federal army 10
Pennsylvania in 1863. 10 the opon of almost all
the officers of the army Of Northern Virginia,
can be expressed in hVa words--the absence OF
our cavalry.
THE ARITHMETIC OF LIFE. Rev. DR.. Henry
Smith, n addressing the senior class of Lane
Seminary on commencement day. gave this
graphic view of the opportunities OF life;
Do YOU remember the uezorable logic of that
remarkable arthmetica speech which Thomas
De Quincy made to himself aud to some iuagi.
nary friend, when standiog precisely where you
are standing to day, ct the beginning OF his
work of life My friend, you make very free
with your days; pray, how many do you expcct
to have? What Is your rental as regards the
total harvest Of days which this life is likely, to
yield Let US consider" Then follows bis
arithmetic, which give without bis language.
Seventy years of life yield 25. $50 days. X
member now. that tweoty Yeas h.7e :;ona be-
fore Neutrality-suspicious. having ;.taIucd an7
skill or system, or any deho;c purposo IL r;'9
distribution of time.
Deduction No. |, for twenty Yeas b'iors be.
gouius, 800 days: reulalrdsr, ,25O days.
Out Of this remaiadcr you have 20 deduct one.
third, Ut u blow, Tor oce item, sleep. Deduct
No. 2-G,0SO duys icavog remainder NJ. =
l2,1T0 days.
Oace more Da Quinsy Gays, ;,u acapupt OF Ill
ncse, of rccreation aod the serious occupations
spread over the surface of ji!e it will be It;le
enough to deduct another third. lu the Case OF
che minister it will be more, rather than less.
for rs I understand him, the time occupied Y,
public speaking comes in here~-but ca Ii oue'
| third. Deduction No. 81 .0G0 days. leaves
| remainder No. 3--S, 10 days. .
Finally, he says, ior the item which Tie 10
man armies grouped under the phrase corpus
curare' attendance upon the aoinlsI necessities
eating, drinking, washing, bathing and cAcr.
cise~.deduct the smallest proper amount lrou'
the last remainder Of S,l0 days, and you whi
have less than 4 1000 days, ia long lilc: lett lol
the direct development Of all that is most
august 10 The nature of man. After that come;
| the ripht, when no man can work.