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. The Battle at Gettysburg. tien'l LonyrtrtoPs Narrative of that Fatal , *** &=., K ' " '< ' " ^ . Beginning of the Pennsylvania Campaign i?"'* ?Longstreet's Council-Magnificent fig fiting of (lie First Corps on July 2? The Repulse of Pickett?The (Charges Against "Old Pete" Conclusively Answered. A narrative of tbe Pennsylvania campaign, from the beginning to the close, writ-, ten by Gon. James Jjongstrcet, is published 111 the Philadelphia Times. Gen. Longstreet tells some things that have never been told, and reviews tap operations of 1863 from a point of view that is in many respects more advantageous than.is possible to any other man now living, siuce no man now living was so prominently concerned in them. THE FIOIIT ON JULY 1st. The cucouuter on the 1st of July (Jen. Longstreet shows to have heou wholly uccidental; and it was then that he believes Lee committed an error iu not either vigorously prosecuting the temporary success, or else manoeuvring so as to compel Meade to make the attack. Got). Lougstrcet continues as follows: When 1 overtook Gen Lee at f> o'clock that afternoon he said, to my surprise, that he thought of attacking Gen. Meado upon the heights the next day.? (leu. Lee was impress^! ,^th the idea that * by attacking the FeiWllft he could whip them in detail. I reminded liiiu that if the Federals were there iu the uioruing it would be proof that they had their forces well iu baud, and that with Vickott in ('hambersburg, and Stuart out of reach, we should be somewhat iu detail, lie, however, did not sceui to abandon the idua of attack on the ucxt day. lie seemed under a subdued excitement, which occasionally took possession ol him when "the hunt was up," and threatened his superb equipoise. The sharp buttle fought by Hill and Kwcll on that day had uiveu him a taste of vie lory. THE t'l.A.V OK ATTACK. When 1 Icll lien. Leo on the night of the 1st L believe that he had made up his mind to attaok, but was coiilident that he had not determined as to when the attack should be made. The assertion first made by (lun. Pendleton, and echoed by his confederates, that L was ordered to open the attack at sunrise is totally false, lieu. Lee uever in his life gave inc orders to open an attack at a specific hour, lie was perfectly satisfied that when I had my troops in po sition and was ordered to attack, no tinu was lost. On the night of the 1st 1 lefl niui wuuout any oruers at all. tin tin morning of the 2d I went to lien. Lee's headquarters at daylight and renewed inj views against making an attack. lie sccmei resolved, however, and we discussed tin probable results. We observed the positioi of the Federals and got a geneaal idea oj the nature of the ground. About sunrise (Jen. Leo sent Col. Vonable, of bis stall, tr (!en. KweH's headquarters, ordering him ti iiiuko a rocounuisance of the ground in hi? front, with the view of making the main attack on his left. A short time afterward? he followed Col. Venable in person. Hi returned at about 1) o'clock and informed me that it would not do to have Kwuli upon the attack. lie fintlly determined that I r.hould make the main attack on the ex trcuie right. It was fully 11 o'clock when (len. Lee arrived at this conclusion and or durcd the moveuieut. Our army was stretched in an elliptica curve, reaching from tho liMUt of Roum 'I'op around Seminary Ridge, and envelop _ ... - in v. .?1^ Ifxx. ? !AC i?li A!1 Vn 1 V^.: lJ\Vi enemy occupied the high ground in Iron I of us, being massed in a curve of about tw< miles, nearly concentric with the curve des cribed by our forces. His line was aboul 1.400 yards from ours. Any one will sei that the proposition for this inferior force to assult and drive out 1 lie masses < f troop? upon the heights was a very problematical one. .Vy ordeis from (Son. Lee were "t? envelop the enemy's left and begin the at tack thoie, l'ollowiug up as near as possible the direction of the Kuiincttsburg road." TIIK HAITI,K Ol'KNKI> At ? 1 ? .... iuy corps occupied our right. with Mood on the extreme right and Me Laws next.? Hill's corps was next to mine, in front ol the Federal centre, and Ewell was on our ' ** T diTTsToTi trtrsent. numbered" liardlj'*"l o.tTdll men. 1 realized that the light was io be a fearful one, but being assured that my flank would be protected by the brigades of Wilcox, Perry, Wright, Posey and Muhonc moving cii echelon, and that Kwell was to co-operate by a direct attack on the enemy's right, and Hill to threaten his centre and attack if opportunity offered, and thus prevent reinforcements front being launched either against myself or Ewojj. it seemed that we might possibly disltfdgc the great army in front of us. At half-past ii o'clock the order was given lieu. Hood to advance upon the enemy, and lpinyingxto the head of Mc Law's division, f moved with his line. Then was fairly commenced what I do not hesitate to pronounce the b st threo hours' 'ighting ever done by any troops on any battlefield. Directly in front of us, occupy nig ewe peacn orchard, on a piece of elevated ground that Gen. Lee desired inc tw take and hold for his artillery, was the third corps of Federals, commanded by Gen Sickles. My men charged with great spirit and dislodged the Federals from the peach orchard with hut little delay, though they fought stubbornly. We were then on the crest of Seminary Kidge. The artillery was brought forward and put into position it the peach orchard. The infantry swept '.own the slope and soon reached the marshy ground that lay between Seminary and (Vm clary llidgcs, lighting their way over < v? iy , foot of ground and against overwhelming t LI 1 Ml JJ' , '! J? IK.^U U odds. At every stop we fouud the reiuforceincuts wore pouring into the Federals from every side. Nothiug could stop my men, howo.ver, aud they commenced their hcroio charge up the sido of Cemetery llidgu.? Our attack Was to progress iu the gouornl direction of Emuiuttsburg roud, but the Federal troops, as they were forced from point to point, availing themselves of the stone fences aud boulders near the mountains as rallying points, so annoyed our right flank that Gun. Hood's division was obliged to uiakc a partial change of front so us to relieve itself of this galling flank fire.? This drew (Ion. -Mehaws a li,t't!o further to the right than Gen. Lcc bud anticipated, so that the defensive advantages of the grouud enabled the Federals to delay our purposes until they could occupy little llouud Top, .1 .i .i: t it... WII1UII LVftt'jr JU91 tuuil UIM'UM'll'U WUS bill' key to their position. The force thrown upon this point was so strong as to seise our right, as it were, in a vise. Tllft CHARGE UT CEMETERY 'HIDUK. Still the battle on our uiaiu line continued to progress. The . situation was a critical one. My corps had been fightiug over an hour, having encountered and driven buck liue after line of the Aruiy of the enemy. In front of them was a high and rugged lidge, ou its crest the bulk of the Potouiuc, numbering six to one, and securely resting behind strong positions. My brave fellows never hesitated, however. Their duty was in front of thcui, and they met it. They charged up the hill in splendid stylo, sweeping everything before them, dislodging the enemy in tile lace of a withering tire.? When they had fairly started up the sccou ridge 1 discovered that they were suffering terribly from a lire that swept over theii right and left flanks, i also found that m^ left flank was not protected by the brigades that were to move en ecltelun with it.? McLaw's line was consequently spread oul to the left to protect its Hank, and Hood ? line was extended to the right to protect it.(lank from the sweeping tire of the larg< bodies of troops that were posted 011 Round Top. TIij^l- two movements of extension . so drew my forces out that t found uiyscll attacking Cemetery Hill with a single line jf battle ugaiust not less than 50,1/(111 troops. My two divisions at that time were cul down to eight or nine thousand men, loui thousand having been killed or wounded.? We felt at every .step the heavy stroke o; 1 fresh troops?the sturdy, regular blow thai tells a soldier instantly that ho has eiicuuu torcd reserves or reinforcements. We re eeived no support at all, and there was in evidence of co-operation on any side. 'J\ urge uiy men forward under these circutn stances would have been tnaduess, and 1 withdrew tlicni in good order to the peael orchard that wc had taken from the Fedo rals early in the nftcrnoou. Jx uuj L?. mus tinned here, as illustrative of the dauutlosf spirit of these men, that when Gen. llum ' phrics. of Mississippi, was ordered to with ; draw his troops from the charge he though) 1 there was some mistake, and retired to ; ' captured buttery near the swale between ih< s two ridges, where lie halted, and when or 1 dorcu to retire to the new line a secern. ' tiuie he did so under protest. Our met had not thought of retreat. They brnkt every Hue they encountered. When tin 1 order to withdraw was given a courier wa: sent to Gen. Lee informing liiui of the re suit of the day's work. A MARVELOUS ASSAULT. Hoforc pursuing this narrative further | 1 shall say a word or two concerning thi I as.sauu. i am sai.sueu mat my lorce, num boring luirdly 1 men, encountered du rin" that three and ,;j. half hours ol.Jilood: J ....uc-iiui less than (>.?,0t)0 ol the federals and yet their charge was not cheeked no , their line broken until we ordered 'heui t< withdraw. 1 found that night that -l,f>2! of my men. more than one-third of tin . total number, had been left on the field.? . History records no parallel to the light b< . these two divisions on the 2d of duly a | (Gettysburg. , K\VKl.l.'s INACTION. It may he imagined that I was astonishet at the fact that we reeived no support afte we had driven the Federals from the pcael orchard at d 1,000 yards beyond. If (Jen oral Hwell bad engaged the army in tin front at that time (say I o'clock) he wonk . have prevented their massing their whol army in my front, and while he and I kep ''K'Vurc'wifak, aftH" would hav< threatened it while I broke through thtii JelT and dislodged them. Having failed t( move at t o'clock while the enemy was in his front it was still more surprising thai he did not advance at a o'clock with vigoi and promptness when the trenches in front of him were vacated, or rather held by oiu single brigade, (as (ieiural Meade's tesli inony before the committee on the conduct ol the war states.) Had he taken these trenches and scattered the brigade that Hold tlicni in* would liavo found himself in the Federal's Hunk and- rear His attack in the rear must have dislodged tliu Federals, as it would have been totally uncxpce ted?it being believed that he was in front with me. IIill charging upon the centre at the same time would have increased their disorder, and we should have won the Held. tlKN. LKK's DKTKIt.MI NATION. I Hid not nee (.Jen. Fee that night. On the next morning he came to see me, and Icaring that die was still in his disposition to attack, 1 Iricd to anticipate him by saying : "(ieiieral. I liavo had my scouts out all night, ami 1 find that yo<i still have an excellent opportunity to move around to the right of Meade & army ami mamenvre him into attacking us. ' lie replied, pointing with his list at (Yinetry Mill: ;*Thc enemy is there, and I am going to strike him.'' I felt then that it was my duty to I express my convictions. t said : (Ieiieral, I have been a soldier all my life. I have * w +*** . .j'_ j.11- 'mi beCu with soldiers engaged iu fight* by eutopics, by squads, compauics, regiments, divisions and armies, and should know us wall as any one what soldiers can do. It is 1?y opiuivu that uo til'teeu tUous^ud mou ever arrayed for battle can take that position.-!' Pointing to Cemetery Hill, Gen. Lee, fn reply to this ordered mo to prepare Pickett's division for tho attack. I should not have been so urgent had I not foreseen tho hopelessness of the proposed assault.? 1 felt that I uiust say a word agaiust the sacrifice of my men ; and then 1 felt that my record was such that Gen. Lee would or eould not misconstrue my motives. I said no more, however, but turned away.? The uiost of die morning was consumed iu waiting for Pickett's men and getting into position. Tho plan of assault was as follows ? Our nri.illorv tuna to lm triii&Hpr] in ft wood from which Pickett .was to charge, and it was to pour a continuous lire upou the Cemetery. Under fcover of this fire and supported by it Piqkett'was to charge. Our artillery was in -charge of General J5. 1*. Alexander,'* brawc and gifted officer. " ! had instructed Goncral Alexander, being ? uuwilling to trust rnytelf with the entire responsibility, to ^carefully observe the effect of the. fire upon tho enemy, and when it began:1 to tell to notify Pickett to begin the assault, i pickett's ciiakoe. ' The cannonading which opened along both lines was grand. Iti a few moments :i courier brought u note to Geu. Pickett, ! who was standing near me, from Alexander, which, after reading, he handed to mo. It read as follows: ulf you a?'e coming at all I you piust come at once, or 1 cannot give you proper support; but the enemy's tire has not slackened at all; at least eighteen ' guns are still firing from the Cemetery i'tsflf." After I had road tlie note Pickett said to me*: "General, shall T advance ?" My feelings had so overcome mo that 1 would not Kpuafc lor fear of bv.li.?ying my want of ' confidence to him. I bowed affirmation and 1 turned to uumrlt my horse. Pickett iimne' diatcly said, "1 shall lead my division forward, sir." 1 spurred my horse to the wood ' where Alexander was stationed with artillery. When I reached him he told uie of ' the disappearance of seven guns which wore to have led the charge with Pickett, and ~ that his ammunition was so low that he ' could not properly support the charge. I 1 at once ordered him to stop Pickett until : WANTED, 100( i TO EXAMINE OUR NEW A2 EAI/L I WIN t WE guarantee to duplicate ain 1 the habit of going or sending to . that they shall call and examine < 1 tee to give satisfaction both as to i I ? : LOOK AT 0 WK ARE 10-4 Sliecting--a good article--fr< s Bleached and Brown Shirti Kentucky and Georgia J ? Osnaburgs--very v Striped Home r Ticking, s 0 Linsej ? CA ; DRESS GOOD! 1 Ladies' Handkerchiefs at 5 cents. and 15 cents, wi 1 RED AND WHITE EL ANN (.IA I S M\i:\ ( Aximic HI failed at >o els.) .\1MV N ALPACCAS A' COKSKTS, FJW)31 nfT.i u ^ #,<. i. ii lt. i, AT 5QCts.. which t lie La (Ties tfill We have a beautiful Stock of IL suit all. A handsome line of LADIES TIES AM) SILK 11 We are chock COATS' White and Black Cotto WF HAl/F AM CI cr*AMT 1 CATS T< > ? A LARGE STOCK OF WE call especial attention to 01 and Gents. Every pair warranted We are selling Womens' peggei ?l 75 last season. FULL STOCK OF HARDWAR (iHO( iohii<:? A/r Ca]>t R. C. JOHNSON has ren ] house, and will be glad to see , EANT has something to say, but sj?i:a 1 Oct I 0 ij J.1 -1L--1 -.... 1- " -1" '?i 1~ tho ainmuuition'had been replenished. Ilo / iuformed uio that he hud no nuiuiuuition I with which to replenish. 1 then saw that * there wu* no help for it, and that Pickett uiupt advance under h.s orders, lio swept past oUr artillery it) splendid style, and tho uien marched steadily and compactly down the .slope. As they started up over tho ridge over one hundred cauuou from the 1 breastworks of the Federals hurled a rain of canister,grnpe and shell down upon them; stiil they pressed on uutil half way up the slope, when the crest of the hill was lit with a solid sheet of flame as the masses of in- c| fantry rose and fired. When tho fuioke iu cleared away Picket's division wa"k gone.? Nearly two-thirds of his men lay dead on the tiold, and tho survivois were sullenly retreating down the hill. Mortal men could not have stood that fire. In half an hour the coutested field was cleared aud the buttle of Gettysburg was over. How Intkksst Accumulates?"Mr. Registcr-in-Bankruptcy, Noycs, of .Boston, holds that one of the causes of bankiuptcy is, that so few persons properly estimate the <1i tier once ootweon a uign ana low raid or interest, and therefore often borrow money at so ruinous a rate that no legitimate business cau stand it. But few have floured on thj difference between six and eight per cent. One dollar loaned for one hundred years at six per cent., with interest collected annually aud added to the principal, will umoun', to 8340. At eight per cent, it will y amount to 83,203, or nearly seven times as much. At three per cent., the usual rate ^ of interest in England, it amounts to 810.25, whereas, at ton per cent., the usual rate in the United .States, it is 813,800, or nearly one thousand times greater. At twelve per ceut. it amounts to 884,005, or uiorc than four thousand times as much. At twentyfive per ceut., (which we sometimes hear talked of) it reaches the enormous sum of 82,551,GOO,404." ~ ' fiUtiK ON THE CHBI5KF/Jfc-Tt>< 1* * groat, misfortune to have a fretful disposi- j tion. Jt takes the fragrance out of one's i life, and leaves only weeds where a cheerful | disposition would cause flowers to bloo.j..? i The habit of fretting is ouc that .grows rnp| idly unless it-bt sternly repressed; and the ( best way to overcome it is to try always to look ou the cheerful side of thiugs. . ... % * | -They laugh that wiu.' And th :y pretty 1 i often 'smile' when they don't win. ? . ) CUSTOMERS,1 \D ATTRACTIVE STOCK OF TEH GOODS. " > v bill : And to those who are in other markets, we simply ask jur Stock and Prices, as we guaranquality and Price of Goods. ' i _____ i v >UR PRICES! 12 SEALING i Dm 25 to 37 1-2 cents. v : ing, from 6 to 12 1-2 cents, eans, from 15 to 75 cents. lieavy--from 12 to 5 cents, spun at 11 cents, it 12 to 25 cents. j from 15 to 25 cents. lLICOES, at 6 1-4 to 8 1-3 cents. 3 TO SUIT ALL A good Linen Handkerchief at 10 i ith Heavy Border. ELS FROM'25 TO 50 CENTS. LXDUIllR IHII1S (Formerly re<>!.!> I FOI{ A JIOLLAlt. T ALL PRICES, [ r,o o<n. to ssi LUIT'OwV -LeJia find equal to Ridleys, if not better. V.AIBUIIG EDGINGS at prices to i i ANDKIiKCHIEFS AT 25( IS. I full of Notions 1 . n THREAD at 85cts. per Dozen STOCK OF CLOTHIMG' SUIT ALL. SHOES AND BOOTS. ir hand Made Goods, hoth Ladies I SHOES at $1 25 that brought A E, CROCKERYWARE, AND PANIC l'lHCl'W! loved his Headquarters to our his many friends. JOHNNIE will wait until von call on hiiu. ^ i:s loi /r< >>. H tf 3HEAP GOODS! ?AT THE? . HOTEL STORE. , ,(4l [YTE ARE receiving a very large Stock of V N V V all kinds of Goods, which w? arc dttarined to Sell at the Lowest Prions. No store or town shall be able to say they sell icapcr than we do, and no firm keeps a better sorted Stock. OUR' D It Y GOODS ' CONSIST OF llleached and Drown Shirting and Sheeting, Plaid Osuaburgs, 1'rinla, Ladies' Dress Goods, Domestic Ginghams, Kentucky and Columbus Mills Jeans, Fancy Cassiincrcs, Watcr-lh oofs, Tickings, Flannels?lied and White, Flanncls--Shaker and Opera, Blankets?White and Colored, Ladies Shawls and Gloves, Notions and Hosiery, SHOES AND BOOTS, in Great Variety and Prices. READY-MADE CLOTHING, Vool and Fur Hats, for Men and Hoys. HROCHKIKS: Q Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Bacon, Flour, L.ard, Molasses, Salt, Mackerel, Tobacco of all Brands. BAGGING AND TIES. Hardware, Crockeryware, Tinware, Woodenware, IRIDLES, SADDLES AND SADDLE ? ? BLANKETS. Specialties, Ladf a' Custom-Made .Shoes, Gent's Ilaml-innde Shoes, ^ Star Shirts. 'feeling thankful for the patronage heretofore W?-*led, we guarantee satisfaction in the fuure. GEE A lIUJf FIIKIE8. Oct 12 40 if_ TIMETAHLE O F 'l ll YT Spartanburg & Askeville R. R. A N li S. IT. A C. RAILItOAD. ' to Kfleet. Mondar. Oct. 1 V ^ 4 'JOWNTUAIN. "up train: \ "" . Fgj , || j !?v. . I'St* Leave. || Leave. Arrive' fi-- ->IH ? _i} l_ I 4 30p ni I 8 18a in* fflrem. N< *<* torioMU IV? fi0? 1712 Sjjjr1 \ 5 20 7 22 u!TijL*-Wu 10\f' 00 0 AO ?l*rtan&urgl - ,n I? Jj? a m ! lfiP n'i I'rtcolette. 11 7^1 1 lonesrille. ? 7 4& 6 ,.4 U 44 Union 1? 0 01 0 04 5 24 0 n 40 4 48 4 43 Urn. I 0 10 13 4 19 .'.leltou. 0 10 47 3 A5 3 50 l.ylcsford. 311 04 j3 38 "brothers. ft! 11 32 |3 18 Alston f. 1 ? | j|2 30 p ?u + Su pjier. f Dinner * ttrenkfast. JAS, ANDERSON, Superintendent. Nov 2 4S tf Greenville and Columbia Jt. K. CHAN 11K OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains rua daily, Sundays except* ed, connecting with Night Trains on Seuth Car olina Ilailroad up and down. On and after MONDAY, May 29th, tlio following will he tlx. schedule: up. I.eave Columbia at 7.45 a a. Leave Alston 9.30 a ni I.eave Newberry 10.50 a nv i , v.i i - UC4(*V \ WUWSUUI'^. *- ! t P Leave Helton 4.00 p w Arrive at (ircenvillc 6.85 p nv DOWN. Leave (ireenville at 8.05 a w 1 I.euvv Helton 9.55 a m I.pave Cokeshury 11.38 a m Leave Newberry 2.40 pm cssvftwvttuon...*. 4.20 p m Arrive at Columbia 5.55 p in ANDLKSON KKANtTI AM) BLl'K 111 DOE DIVISION. dow n. rr. .cave Wallialla <1.1# a hi Arrive 7.15 p ra -eave l'erryville...7.00 a ni Arrive 0.40 p in .cave l'cndletou...7.50 a iu Arrive ti.OO p rn .eave An<lerson...8.50 a mi Arrive 5.00 p m trrive at Helton...'.'. 10 a in Leave 4.00 p cu THOMAS FoDAMKAU, (ieneral Superintendent. Jahkz Nonros, Jn., (ieneral Ticket Agent. .lune 9.J870. 28 tf Ready-Made Clothing-. A FULL line, in which we are aide to offer c V nttractioiii. KICK, .McLUllK k CO. Oct 12 40 if 1> . A. TO WNWEND, Attorney at Law, II X I O \ ( . II., S. . March 2 ? tf Cod Liver Oil \N D I,imf, for sale at. II. F. RAWLS k I'O'S. No. 1. Fust llnicn. Julj 20 28 If Paints and Oils, Brushes, for snlo nt 15. F. 15AWLS A CO S. No. 1, Fast L'nion. July 20 28 If Something Really Good. 1MOKFI) I5LFF ToN'tlUFS, truly line, just ^ receive! ami f>r sale l>y I?. F, IIAWI.S A Co.. No. I, Fust L'tiion. Ofi ;jy if