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The Battle at Gettysburg. Uen'l Longstrcet's Narrative of that Fatal Day. JBeginning of the Pennsylvania Campaign ?Longstreet's Councit-Magnijiccnt Jijhting of the First Corps on July 2?Tin Ilepuhc of Pickett?The Charges Against "Old Pete' Conclusively Jnswered. A narrative ol the Pennsylvania campaign, from the beginning to the close, writ-, ten by Geu. James Jjongstrcet, is published in the Philadelphia Times. Gen. Longs'rcet tells some things that have never been told, and reviews the operations of ISOd from a point of view that is iu many respects more advantageous than is possible to any other man now living, since no man now living was so nrominentlv concerned in them. TI1E KUJIIT ON JULY 1st. The oucouuter ou the 1st of July (Jon. Longstrect shows to have boon wholly aecidental, and it was then that he believes Lee committed an error in not either vigorously prosecuting the temporary success, or else manoeuvring so as to compel Meade to make the attack, (ion. Longstreet coutinIlea 21S ft tilt ?W?4 * Who.. 1 rtV'iU'l 11< >Lr (2<m I .on at 5 o'clock that afternoon lie said, to my surprise, that ho thought of attacking (.Ion Meade upon the heights the next day.? <Jeu. Lee was impressed with the idea that by attacking the Federals he could whip them in detail. I reminded him that if the Federals were there in the morning it would be proof that they had their forces well in hand, and that with Viekott in ('hambcrsburg, ami Stuart out of reach, we should be somewhat in detail, lie, however, did not seem to abandon the idea of attack on the next day. He seemed under a subdued excitement, which occasionally took possession ol him when "the hunt was up," and threatened his superb equipoise. The sharp battle fought by Hill and Hwcll on that day had giveu him a taste of vie lory. TI1B PI,AN OP ATTACK. When 1 left (Jen. Leo on the night of the 1st I believe that he had made up Lis mind to attack, but was confident that he had not determined as to when the attack should be made. The assertion first made by (Jen. Pendleton, and echoed by his confederates, that L was ordered to open the attack at sunrise is totally false. (Jen. Leo never in his life gave me orders to open an attack at a suecific hour, llu was n. i l'm-ilv I ?' I t" ' satisfied tliat when I had my troops in position and was ordered to attack, uo time was lost. On the night of the 1st 1 l> 't him without any orders at all. On the morning of the 2d I went to (.Jen. Lee's headquarters at daylight ami renewed my views against making an attack. He seemed resolved, however, and we discussed the probable results. We observed the position of the Federals and got a geneaal idea of the nature of the ground. About sunrise Gen. Leo sent Col. Vcnablo, of his stall', to Gen. Fwell s headquarters, ordering hiui to niako a roconiiuisanoo of the ground in his Yront, with the view of making the main attack on his left. A short time afterwards he followed Col. Venable in person, lie returned at about 9 o'clock and informed me that it would not do to have Kwell upon the attack, lie fin illy determined that I houid make the main attack on the extreme right. It was fully 11 o'clock when Gen. Lee arrived at this conclusion and ordered the moveuicut. Our army was stretched in an elliptical curve, reaching from tho front of Hound Top around Seminary llidge, and envelop in<: Cemetery Ilciuhts on the left: thus a,T?iKiB u up,iV,u ui iuui >n live miles. j no enemy occupied the high ground in front of u.s, being massed in a curve of about two miles, nearly concentric with the curve described by our forces. His line was about 1.100 yards from ours. Any one will see . 1. . * I - ' - - - mat tnc proposition lor tins inferior force to assult ami drive out die masses c-t* troops upon the heights was a very problematical one. y.y ordcis from (ion. Leo were "to envelop the enemy's left and begin the at tack thoie, following up as near as possible tlie direction of the Kmmcttsburg road." TIIK II A TT I. K Ot'KNUI) INIy corps occupied our right, with Hood on the extreme right and Me Laws next.? Hill's corps was next to mine, in front of the Federal cenire, and Kwell was on our " " UiTisToh iffes'ent, numbered' Tiardly'^lo.iTlVl) men. I realized that the liglit was to be a tearful one, but being assured that my flank would be protected by the brigades of Wil cox, l'crry, Wright, Posey and Mahonc moving rn cchcfon, and that Kwell was to co-operate by a direct attack on tho enemy's right, and Ilill to threaten his centre and attack if opportunity offered, and thus pro- I vent reinforcements from being launched either against myself or FwclJ, it seemed that wo might possibly disltidge the great army in front of us. At half-past 3 o'clock the order was given (Jeu. Uooil to advance upou the enemy, and ljurryingxto the bead of McLnw's division, f moved with bis line Then was fairly commenced what 1 do not hesitate to pronounce the b st three hours' lighting ever done by any troops on any battlefield. Directly in front of us, occupying the peach orchard, on a piece of elevated ground that fieu. Dee desired me tw take and hold for his artillery, was the third corps of Federals, commanded by Geii Sickles. My men charged with great spirit and dislodged the Federals from the peach orchard wi11 > lint liiiln <L>l.,<r ?l.?i _ .?.... MMV iiwiu uuidjf j intuitu inry fought stubbornly. We were then on the erest of Seminary ltidge. 'J lie urtillery was brought forward and put into position it the peach orchard. The infantry swept '.own the slope and soon reached t he uiarshy -round that lay between Seminary and ('cm elary Kidgcs, lighting their way over cvi ry , foot of ground and against overwhelming t odds. At every atcp we ibuud the reiuforcomcuts were pouring iuto the Federals from every side. Nothing could stop uiy uicu, however, uud they commenced their heroic charge up tho side of Ccuictary llidge.? Our attack wus to progress in tho gcucral direction of Euiuiettsburg road, but the Federal troops, as they were forced from poiut to point, availing themselves of the stone fences and boulders near the mountains as rallying points, so annoyed our right flauk that ( Jen. Hood's division was obliged to make a partial change of front so as to relieve itself of this galling hank lire.? J'his drew (Jen. Mo Laws a little further to the right than (Sen. Lee had anticipated, so t hat t lie defensive ad v.-i ot aires ill* t lie man mil enabled t tie Federals to delay our purposes until tlicy eould occupy little Hound Top, which they just then discovered was the key to their position. The force thrown upon this point was so strong as to seize our right, as it were, in a vise. TIIK CHAIttiK L I' t'KMETKKY 'ltlDUK. Still the battle on our uiatu line continued to progress. Tito situation was a critical one. My corps had been Gghtiug over uu hour, haviug encountered and driven back* line after line of the Army of the cncuiy. In front of them was a high and rugged ! lidge, on its crest the bulk of the Potomac, numbering six to one, and securely resting behind strong positions. My brave fellows never hesitated, however. Their duty was in front of tlicui, and they met it. They charged up the lull in splendid style, sweeping everything before them, dislodging the enemy in the face of a withering lire.? Wheu they had lhirly started up the second ridge I discovered that they were suffering terribly from a lire that swept over their right and left Hanks. I also found that my left flank was not protected by the brigades that were to move en echelon with it.? M I ...? .1* .1 * .wcijuw s line was conse<|uentiy spread out to the left to proteet its ilank, ami Hood's ' line was extended to the rii*ht to proteet its iliiuk from lite sweeping tire of the large bodies of troops that were posted on Koumi Top. 'fl"jf two movements of extension so drew my forces out that 1 found mysell attacking Cemetery I!ill with a single line of battle against not less than troops. My two divisions at that time were cut down to eight or nine thousand nu n, lour thousand having been killed or wounded.? We felt at every step the heavy stroke of fresh troops?the sturdy, regular blow that tells a soldier instantly that he has encountered reserves or reinforcements. Wo re ceived no support at all. and there was no evidence of co-operation on any side. To urge my moii forward under these eircum? ? 1 1- . 1 ? ? ? aiaoevn uuuiu nave oecll lUUUIIt SS. ailU J withdrew them in g>od order to the peach orchard that \vc had taken from the Federals early in the afteruoou. J.t uuty l>v tinned here, a> illustrative of tlie dauntless spirit of these men, (hat when Gen. Humphries, of Mississippi, was ordered to withdraw his tronjis from the charge bethought there was some mistake, and retired to a captured battery near the swale between the two ridges, whore lie halted, and when ordered to retire to the new line a second time ho did so under protest. Our men had not thought of retreat. They broke every line they encountered. When lh? order to withdraw was given a courier was sent to Gen. Lee informing him of the result of the day's work. A MA it YKI.ol'S ASSAULT. Dciorc pursuing tins narrative lurtlior, I 1a 11 say a word or two concerning this ansa it It. 1 sun satisfied that my force, numbering hardly ld.OUO men, encountered during that three and a half hours of. Jdoody /icriioi tens than (i.s.thld of the Federals, and vet their charge was riot cheeked nor iheir line broken until we ordered theur to withdraw. I found that night that of my men. more than one-tliird of the total number 11:i 1 l?.l-.iv i: i.i History records no parallel to tlu: light by these two divisions on the 2d oi'July at (icttysburg. K\VKI.I.S INACTION. It may Im imagined that I was astonished at tin* lucre, that we rceived no support alter we bad driven the Federals I'roin the peach orchard at d 1,(10(1 yards beyond, it (jleueral Kwell had engaged tlie army in the t'ront at that time (say 1 o'clock) he would have prevented their massing their wlml: army in my trout, and while he and 1 kept j: i K, R, ,V'YeY*ire"k, ahO* would have threatened it while I broke through their lelT and dislodged them. Having tailed to move at 1 o'clock while the cueuiy was in his front it was still more surprising that lie did not advance at >"? o'clock with vigor and promptness when the trenches in front of him were vacated, or rather held by one i...: i - 0...?,n; uii^.Ku:, tas urniral .Meade's testi mnuy before the committee on the conduct of the war states.) Had lie taken these tranches and scattered tlie brigade that held them he would have found himself in the Federal's flank and rear His attack in the rear must have dislodged th? Federals, as it would have been totally uuexpcc ted?it being believed that he was in front with me. Hill charging upon the centre at the same time would have increased their disonlcr, and Wo should have won the field. CiKN. LKK's IlKTfclt.M I NATION. I - uiu nut ncc uuu. i^re mat night. I )n the next morning lie came to sec me, and fearing that Jie '.rax still in his disposition to attack, 1 lried to anticipate him hy saying : "General, I have had my scouts out all night, and I find that you still have an excellent opportunity to move around to the right of Meado's army and manoeuvre him into attacking us." lie replied, pointing with his list at Cimetry 11 i11 : fThe enemy is there, and 1 am going to strike him." I Iclt then tiiat it tvas my duty to express my convictions. t said : "General, I have been a soldier all my life. I have g jg*?Lg. _'?' W\ " been with soldiers engaged in lights by t couples, by squads, companies, regiments, i divisions aud armies, and should know as 1 woll as auy one what soldiers can do. It is t Iny opinion that no fifteen thousand men i ever arrayed for battle can take that posi- | tiou." Pointing to Cemetery Hill, Gen. i lj?e, hi reply to this ordered mo to prepare ( Pickett's division for tlio attack. 1 should i not have been so urgent had 1 not foreseen I the hopelessness of the proposed assault.? i L felt that 1 must say a word against the s sacrifice of my men ; and then 1 felt that s my record was such that Gen. Lee would i or could not misconstrue my motives. I i said no more, however, but turned away.? ( The most of the morning was consumed in waiting for Pickett's men and getting into I position. Tho plan of assault was as fbl- i lows: Our artillery was to be massed in a wood from which Piekett was to charge, i and it was to pour a continuous lire upou the Cemetery. Under Cover of this fire and supported by it Pickett was to charge. Our artillery was in -charge of General E. P. Alexander, a brave and gifted officer. *1 had instructed General Alexander, being unwi'ling to trust aiyfcelf with the entire responsibility, to .* carefully observe the VHViV,W */? vnu. I1IU IIJ'WII nil? UIIUIIIJT, illlU when it bogaiv to tell to notify Pickett to begin the a:..:iult. I'ICKETT'S CtlAKOK. The cannonading which opened along both lines was grand. In a few moments a courier brought a note to (.Jen. Pickett, who was standing near me, from Alexander, which, after reading, hw handed to me. It read as follows: '-If you are coining at all you must come at once, or I cannot give you proper support; but the enemy's tire has not slackened at all; at least eighteen guns are still tiring from the Cemetery itself." After 1 had road the note Pickett said to i me*: "(icmral. shall 1 advance ?" My fadings had so overcome me that I would not s peats tor fear of iKti.i^ing my want of l confidence to him. 1 bowed ailinnation and turned to inoiult my horse. Pickett inline- j diatcly said, "I shall lead my division for- ! ward, sir." 1 spurred my horse to the wood ; where Alexander was stationed with artil-! lery. When I reached him ho told me ol f the disappearance of seven guns which wore to have led the charge with Pickett., ami that his uuiiuuniliuti was so low that lie i could not properly support the charge. I j at ouce ordered him to stop Pickett until j WANTED, 100C TO EXAMINE OUll NEW AN EALfL I WIN WE guarantee to cltiplictito any i the habit of going- or sending to that they shall call and examine o tec to give satisfaction both as to LOOK AT O WE ABE 10-4 81iecting--a good article--frc Bleached and Brown Sliirti Kentucky and Georgia J< , Osnaburgs?very ] Striped Home: Ticking, a Linsey CA DRESS GOODS Ladies' Handkerchiefs at 5 cents. and 15 cents, wi UK I) AM) WIMTK FLAW CJEXT'fc CIMBRIC! Ill (ailed ait 50 Kh UMV Si ALPACCAS AT COliSKTS. I l?()31 w-n " i- ?.?' AT tjQCts.. which the CailTes Wifl We have a beautiful Stock of IJA suit all. A handsome line of LAI>IKS TIES AM) SILK II We are chock COATS' White and Black Cottoi WE HAVE AN ELEGANT i iArrs rn i f A LARGE STOCK OF WE call especial attention to 01 and Gents. Every pair warranted. We are selling Womens pegged $1 75 last season. FULL STOCK OF HARDWAR OUCX 'KKIKM AT Cnpt U. C. JOHNSON has rem house, and will be glad to see FA XT has something to say, but NJUOAl Oct 4 I ho ammunition had been replenished, lie nforuied me that he had no ammunition villi which to replenish. 1 then saw that hero was no help lor it, and that Pickett nust advance under h.s orders, lie swept past our artillery hi splendid style, and tlio ncii marched steadily and compactly down die slope. As thoy started up over the ridge over one hundred cannon from the breastworks of the Federals hurled a rain jf canister,grape and shell down upou them; still they pressed on until half way up the slope, when the crest of the hill was lit with l sclid sheet of flume as the masses of infantry rose and fired. When the imoke cleared away Picket's division was gone.? Nearly two-thirds of his men lay dead ou the field, and the survivois were sullenly retveatine down the hill. Mortal men could , not have stood that fire. In half an hour the contested field was cleared and the hattic of Grcttysburg was over. llow Interest Accumulates?"Mr. Registcr-in-llatikruptey, Noyes, of Jloston, holds that one of the causes of bankiuptcy is, that so few persons properly estimate the difference between a high and low rate of interest, and therefore often borrow money at so ruinous a rate that no legitimate business can stand it. Hut few have figured on th* 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 uinouu'. to 83-10. At eight per cent, it will amount to 82,203, or nearly seven times as much. At three per cent., the usual rate of interest in England, it amounts to 810.25, whereas, at ten per cent., the usual ratein the I nited States, it is 813,800, or nearly one thousand times greater. At twelve per cout. it amounts to 884,005, or more than four thousand times as much. At twentyfive per cent., (which we sometimes hear talked of) it reaches the enormous sum of 82,551,000,404." - ' lift>k on the otteeuhil-k t^*r?r??tt great- misfortune to have a fretful disposition. It takes the fratrrance out of one's lilo, aii'i leaves only weeds where a cheerful disposition would cause flowers to bloo j..? The habit of (Vetting is one that grows rapidly unless it hi, sternly repressed; and the best way to overcome it is to try always to look i>n the cheerful side of things. % They laugh that win.' And ill >y pretty often 'smile' when they don't win. . > CUSTOMERS, D ATTRACTIVE STOCK OF TEii GOODS. / bill : And to those who tire in other markets, we simply ask nir Stock and Prices, as we guaran i! i i i* i" r* ? .! . quiuiiv iiuu rnw oi VJUJUS. UR PRICES! SKIXING im 25 to 37 1-2 cents, ng-, 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, from 15 to 25 cents. LICOES, at 6 1-4 to 8 1-3 cents * TO SUIT ALL A good Linen Handkerchief at IC h Heavy Border. ELS FROM-25 TO 50 CENTS. M>Ki:w< II I IIS (Formerly re IL1I1 FOIC A HOLLA IC. ? ALL PRICES, rio CtM. TO HI r ill U V Kl [ I li'irt? equal to Ridloyw, if not bette? iMBURG EDGINGS ut prices tc \M>Ki:iU lllEFS AT ?.>(TS. full of Notions 11 THREAD at 85cts. per Dozen STOCK OF CLOTHIMG'. SUIT ALL. r* ^ ^ ? Siiuts AND BOOTS. ir hand Made Goods, hotli Ladies I SHOES at $1 25 that brought E, CROCKERYWARE, AND PANIC r?ltI014SS! oved his Headquarters to our his many friends. JOHNNIE will wait until you call on him. HS aV coi/roN. ? ?f 1 CHEAP GOODS! ?AT T1IE? HOTEL STORE. WE A HE receiving a very large Stock of . S v nil kinds of Goods, which wo are determined to Sell at. the LoMrest Price?. No store or town shall be able to say they sell cheaper than we do, and no firm keeps a better assorted Stock. jr ** kj it * vw f v/ * t r-? CONSIST OF Bleached nnd Brown Shirting and Sheeting, Plaid Osunburgs, Pi in la, Ladies' Dress Goods, Domestic Ginghams, Kentucky and Columbus Mills Jeans, Fnncy Cassimcrcs, Wnter-Pi oofs, Tickings, Flannels?lied and White, Flanncla--Shuker and Opertv, Blankets?White nnd Colored, Ladies Shawls nnd G1oy??, Notions nnd Hosiery, SHOES AND BOOTS, in Great Variety and Prices. READY-MADE CLOTHING, Wool and Fur Hats, Tor Men and Hoys. UltOOUHlES: 0 Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Bacon, Flour, Bard, Molasses, Salt, Mackerel, Tobacco of all Brands. jl?JL.j_"N| Vjr A.i^( JLf J Hardware, Crockeryware, Tinware, * .* . Woodenware, BRIDLES, SADDLES AN1) SADDLE BLANKETS. Hj>e<?ialties, Laflfes' Custom-Made Shoes, Cent's llsimt-iiiade Shoes, m Star Shirts. 'feeling thankful for the patronage heretofore IH^.Seil, we guarantee satisfaction in the future. OKI: *V IHJIf i'HBIES. Oct 12 -40 if "timetaHI.K OK TilK Spartanburg & Aslieville R. R. AN h S. IT. A . HAlLKOAl). mEffect. .Mnmhjv. Oct. > ?. ISI^L . +>4 \VN TRAIN. Ul' Til A IN. . ,5*?. I.esvc. |i I.euve. Arrive j v ? '* _j_ Tryou City*. J *1 30p ui]l !S 18. in* Lamlriuns. V( 4 40 I 8 (12 ' Campobcila. |V 5 00 | 7 42 | In man | ^1 5 20 7 22 I Air-Line .lun'u 10pd? 00 0 *">0 r Spartanburg^ | 2 *? 00a in |'i 15 a in|815p n?J l'aeolette. ill! 7<13 ;7 28 |7 18' ' .lonesville. I 0| 7 40 0 54 |0 44 ,Union. 110 9 01 ,0 04 5 24 .Santiic. | o! 9 40 !l 48 4 43 J'isk Dim. ! O|l0 13 4 19 eU-.elton. I ti lt) 47 3 55 3 50 l.vlrsfuril. | 311 04 |3 38 St rot hers. I 5!11 32 i3 18 Alston f. 112j | 12 30 p tu ^Supper. fDinner ^breakfast. JAS. ANDERSON, Superintendent. Nov 2 43 tf Greenvilie and Columbia R. R. CHANCK OF SUIIEDULK. Passenger Trains run daily, Sunday* except, cd, connecting with Night Trains on South Car. I olina Hailroad up ami down. On and after MONDAY, May 29th, tho following will be (lie I . f TVKVVIMtV % up. Leave Columbia at..... 7.45 ft Leave Alktnu 'J.-'O a at Leave Newberry 10.50 ft in Leave Cokesbury 2.17 pm Leave Helton 4.00 [> w Arrive at Greenville 5.85 p bx down. Leave Greenville at 8.05 ft in i Leave Helton 9.55 ft tu Leave Cokeshnry 11.88 a m , Leave Newberry 2.40 p m > iMvi^uivu 4.20 pm Arrive at Columbia 5.55 p in A.ND1SUSON lilt ASCII AND liLL'K lilDGE ) DIVISION. down. rr. Leave \Vnllinlln....0.1i a m Arrive 7.15 p in Leave IVrryville...7.00 a in Arrive 0.40 p m Leave l'endletoii...7.50 a m Arrive 0.00 pm Leave An<lerfoii...8.80 a m Arrive 5.00 p m I Arrive at Helton...0.10 a in Leave 4.00 p m i THOMAS DOHAMLAD, General Superintendent. J aiif./. Noiitos, Jii., General Ticket Agent. June 0._1870. u;? If Ready-Made Clothing. \ FULL line, in whirb <>> ? ? ?!? ?- ~*v? ritraction*. KICK, McLUltK & CO. Oct 12 40 JtT__ 1). A. T OWN WEND, Attorney at Law, IJ \ I O \ '. II., N . . March 2 ft tf God Liver Oil AND Lime, lor sale at. 1$. F. HAW LP k CO S. No. 1. Last Unicn. Julj 20 2H tf Pninta onJ Oit? - VtlD, I)AIST Kruhlics, for moU at ?. F. it AWLS k C()H, i orv ^l0" ' Union. _.Iuly 20 2f< ('Something Really Good. QMOKEI) BEKK TONGUES, truly fine, ju.t D received and for sale by J B. F, UAWF.S A. Co., Oct f, 3^0, ' K"sl Uni?*