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VOLUME XLV--N UMBER - l3.
NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1862.
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The World’s Age.
Br CHARLES msLEY.
Who will say the world is dying ?
Who will say our prime is past 9
Sparks from Heaven, within as lying,
Flash, and will flash to the last.
Fools! who fancy Christ mistaken ;
'Man a fool to buy and sell ;
Earth a failure, God forsaken,
' Anteroom of Hell.
Still the race of Hero spirits
Pass the lamp from hand to hand;
Age from age the Words inherits—
" Wife and Child, and Fatherland,”
Still the youthful hunter gathers
Fiery joy from wold and wood ;
He will dare as dared his fathers,
Give him cause as good.
While a slave bewails his fetters;
While an orphan pleads in vain;
While an infant lisps his fetters ;
Heir of all the ages’ gain;
While a lip grows ripe for kissing;
' While a moan from man is wrung;
Know, by every want and blessing,
That the world is young.
gearly a verpsementl; 98331: 1:11]; of) J anuary & July. «0‘.»
. v sers res no 0 e nsiness contem- '
. 313‘ e atot el_time of contract. ’ Message of Jefi'Davis in Secret
- C s,-_ evolutions, Funeral and all other Special No- Sash”.
'tlccs 25 per cent. additional on the above.
W” These tonne Will he mtlexibly adhered tag .
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East 8.30 A. M.—-5.00 P. M.
Danbury &_Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. .M
Weston, Redding and Reddin Ridge, rues-
days, Thursdays and Saturclgays, at 12 M.
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Warm A. M.—d.00 P.‘ M.
East 8.20 A. M._—.—3.30 P. M. 5 .
Danbury & N orwulk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE nouns.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. M.
_ New "I 5
HARDWARE 9: MINT SURE:
' -‘El! streets, L.
(313303“? I H- Cdmpcll’s Confectionery,
' MARVIN a Palmer,
9. 3 “ml retail Dealer-s in Hardware
Wdul em, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang- '
' ings, Window Shades, &c.
ROOFING SLATE,
" Prom Vermont,
:3}? lied. hurdle in
‘ n. E, wine.
"MTI—IEILITS”HOUSE,
(formerly Union House,)
Oppcsigel‘l; Y: ‘33 If: 1.1- Reset. is Union-at.
“umfifiw ' Haven, Conn.
L. ‘P. ALLIS, Pnornm'ron.
’ "I ‘I “OSHA", M.- De,
Homeopathic Physician dz Surgeon. _
Ofiicc‘over C. T. Cornw’all’s Store, first buil-
‘li‘tg at? 0.? derail this,
delivers cous-
‘ , lififrrvmes .=
Prof. J. Beakley, Dean of the Faculty,
Prof. S. R. Kirby, Hommpathic Medical Col-
lege, New York city, 0r
G.- W. Swazey, M. D., Springfield, Mass. 21
34am: e. 351130113,
, schema ' AND MEchoaL
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Office at Residence,
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it. ’ "-5 ,
Est truss derrick.
somewhat:
, ’"W'Kiehiteeture.
SIDNE 2 M. STONE,
' ARCHITECT,
W-ill furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and ,superintend the erection of
public and private buildings. Office in Mar-
ble' Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. use
' 'Eo.TEEELDEE:nurwslktcailauvlan-
mucus Outlcr’, Brittanuio, Wooden and
illow are, rockery ; and a full assort- .
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
E. BISSELL, Auctioneer, will give
9 particular aneurysm-0 5:1le '“Cd
, For the fast supplies ph
' all . .
1A!“ 8931*? ill? $0.”. “Whit? prosaiscu'sly swfle.
.Ye sée, hitherto, it’s our own knaves an‘ fools
The same ki’d o’ cattle
>I
Willf-ll EllQWi met the title‘s-begun turniu‘ agin—
.Gret Cornfedrit succesl C'lambus eevacooated!
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impressive, though
.t
3Lincoln and Norfolk, on the east of ugland.
gWhat furious sleet, wi
W134? ..'.l.<.‘scmé'
" . . .r. h h
_ Lilia battlestce
As black as night—they turu’d t
A snowylsheet,'ias‘iféabh Sn
hires-it'll???" :01” Till: “Shayna; “Euchre is
all Ware; and dealer m' toyea, es,
brine.
who shrieks below the foam, and tosses on
the waste, as senseless as a weed. He
awakes, but in a situation so strange t1.
doubts whether he lives a!
Hosea Blglow furnishes the Atlantic with what
purports to be a secret message of Jeff Davis to his
congress, from which we extract:
It ’s ne‘ssary to take a confident tone
With the public; but here, jeSt amongst us I out:
Things looks blacker ’n thunder. Tile!" ’3 no use
dcnyin‘
_ We be clean out ’0 money, an: ‘most out o’ lyin’ ~—
Two things a young nation can’t mennage without,
Ef slie waats to look well at her fust comin’ out;
osickle strength, while the
second . - ,
Gives a morril edvantage thet ’3 hard to be reckoned;
For this latter I ’m willing’ to dn wnt I can ;
. For the former you’ll hev to consult on a plan—
;Though our fast want (1131’ this pint I want yousbest
views on)
Is plausible paper to print I Q We on.
Somegennlemen think it weld care all; our conkers
.151 the My 9' fissure. ef. We les’ housed. the bankers;
Au‘ l we the. 250120.319 ’vd. Square with my views?
- “their lites W nit. all. that we ’d. left Fern» to. loss
Some say that more confidence might, be. mm
Ef We voted our cities or towns to. he ares— .
Coz ’t would; be 0.11.!- own, bills we should get for th‘
insurance.
mus MAKES A PROPOSITION.
Facts are contrary ‘z mules an’ ex hard in the month,
All’ they allus hev showed a mean spite t6 the South.
,Sech bein’ the case, we hed best look about '
For some kin‘ 0’ way to slip our necks out
_Le’ ’s vote our las’ dollar, ef one can be found,
(An’, at any rate, votin‘, it hez a good sound,)—
§Le’ ’s swear thet to arms all our people is flyin’,
:(The critters can‘t read, an’ won’t know how we’re
lyin’,)——
Thet Toombs is advancin‘ to sack Cincinnqtor, .
With a rovin’ communes t9. 53.1.1.5st u‘~ unveil—s
T119? We‘re them is the use 8." rand. to: lust-s
fie,
Th“ Wé‘vssfieé—thcse for Whetstone. au’t‘others
en tool‘s-1
An’ now our last chance is in. puamr t3 trig;
Will or. out West:
1'9 ’8 mismatch jes‘ come
ultrasound
mus’ run down an‘ hev the thing properly- stated,
An’ show wut a triumph it is, an' how lucky
To iln’lly git red 0" thet cusse’d‘Kentucky—
:An’ how'sence Fort Donelson, winnin‘ the day
‘Consists in triumphantly gittin’ away.
.4.-.
The Demo one
1:2 as“):
“The Demon Elli“ heroes of the moat
lillally grotesque, ballads
00d ever wrote. -
‘ The hero of this ballad, who tells hisown
sad ”story, is caught,in a small boat, b a storm
as he is sailing off the Wash, 3 stret h of wa-
ers, forming a bay between the c antics of
gHe describes the coming of the 3.9.11.1} with
great power; Ill h nil
L. rd! slut a roaring
_--li‘.‘l will?“ r. "when”: Linzr
hurricape beset; the straining
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tlr level drift, and fierce as:
""saiilt‘s"bfhz'1ill "' "" ‘
I IJ l.ll l
.. . rainstorm hslsrel stringers
also 5 e ' ‘
llilll
as. with manly wanes, wild tossing
m the wind.
: Each after each sank down astern, exhausted in the '
chase.
But where it sank 'another rose and galloped in its
place ;
cost
till '4
9 White: "11.93,
ligifinsl $113 Cloud , .. .l ....I. suit
0 ' 1
3%? 13.13. Eur. 51.1.1. axle. e.
u illLN - I.
“Mahmud.“-
Tile"f=liԤl' lllllOlY- riseseteu billows heaped
n ouemaud rushes down an avalanche of
The waters close over the victim,
no he
ills
dreams} ‘
réli‘byl the ight
n " mud
ons‘i 'par 8. ‘3
ofla'l‘llgrfiiil ,oneavllostoodlbesidethe mastl"
comet B‘sal‘Eslate: ersonal‘ Ill-operty 1 ,,_ . ,, .- . .,
Householdiah‘miniturez‘ terms-10Ww.-- n; yfiggff‘i‘ie“: 1.“. Elma. '5’". m. h.“ 0‘11}.
Whig. arms? s on.
importers; wholesaleimd retail dealers or
Einnivann, new,
Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple-
ments, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, &c.
CE: fie EQQETWQQB.
Pashiunable Draper & Tailor,
and
GEN TLEMEN’S FURNISHIN G
' EMPOBIUM 2
No. 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Gt
3. E. OI-MS'I'BAD «.09.,
Whelegale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries. Flour, F380: its :
14 and 16 Maillot, Norwalk. (30qu
mm lususmcs comrwv,
, 01' Hartford.
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Cash Capital $1,000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire,
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“‘3 59.1w as?! were like 1.". his. as d
, His tiltililih' lilacs-.llil'hmw was black—his eyes
and hair as dark 2
’His 110110 Was black,” where it touch’d itlcft a
Sable mark; in
, His throat was blackfhis vest the same, and when I
looked beneath ..
His breast was black—all, all was black, exceat his
grinning teeth.
, s. also
' sieves!
0h, horror! e’cutfis ship was blackthutnbugh'd
the inky waves l
“Alas!” Icricd, “for love of truth and blessed
mercy’s sake, ‘
'Where amI? in what dreadful ship? upon what ,
dreadful lake ‘2
What shape is that, so very grim, and black as any
coal ‘3
' Is it Mahound, the Evil One? and he has gainer my
soul! “"
0?» mills" icy; (pr were new in! sauna
' "llslhégrlk
My happy dill: when I was yet a little unless shillir
My mother dear—my native fickle, I never hope
shall see:
I'm sailing in the Devil‘s ship, upon the Devil‘s sml"
Loud laugh’d that Santa MARINER, and loudly in
' return
His sooty crew sent forth a laugh that rang fmn
stem to stern—
A dozen pair of grimly cheeks were crnm
bled on the
'..n gems urinate. t9 the locum .d are: .~ . -. ‘ , ' ' . .t‘“
"ultras? will til? we '9 " “Elly?secure.amusements
‘ Sqmfiellzsal'lffll' A dozen" gloomy shapes a} once euy‘oyei‘l ill?- 1359131
saunas R oowLES. sole Agog; . . . " 'n ”' “" ~ ' '
1378 99? yQFW‘llk ill}. woody- With shriek and yell, and oaths as well, like demo“
Wv—m—w-w ~-—~-~— W ~--- ——-*~— ofthc P".
New Meat Market. They crowed their an, and then the Chief made al-
THE Subscriber would respectfully inform
the public that he has
REMOVED HIS STAND
Main Street, and
v
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:9 (3%;er Building, 1 h l .
'cTn ’5' Ice ‘ u" Guests. tly ,on 1 our t e (H01-
Bah bf‘B‘éfll‘ fidflty Mdktmumml tl’ ,dldcl ‘&c.
dviilg 'llad lo’ng echriehce iii the business
e‘ ls ' ‘cunli out of his {unlit 'to "please? 1A
‘hafe' ’ . lle‘p'u” lc‘pgpquag; is re's'peCt u ly
i‘ "'13” -' l' . 1v Es-nvxpsnf
' I $5
@9125? <1 ..
dish #19? tug 1 Li?
3009mm.
II‘HE subscriber is prepared to furnish par-
ties, building, with Warren’s superior
FELT AND CEMEN T R00 TING.
This article of Roofing is in use upon the
Norwalk Lock Compan ’s Building, and at
L‘ounsbury, Bissell & 00 s, where it gives en-
tire satisfnction, and is believ ' d to be the
cheapest as well as the best rot ing in use.—
swer for the whole :
“ Our skins,” said he, “ are black, ye see. hams-s
we carry coal;
You’ll find your mother, sure enough, and see you:
native fields—
lior this here ship has molds roll lip—thy 15.1va4.3.
l r z 9331;“;ng ll ‘.'- 11”: .l ,..u n.;': lav :.!.l gain.
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How
rim-
Until you lay
, do ,u
mi‘g‘ht'kpow that W Y
williolitgs‘lq
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ll! clips- l
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Ills JWMQ.:
'nna. .,-».- fl m.p'...—:.~. “At...-
“With mortar, aixhan and petard,
We tender Old be our Beauregard.”
tort which is good, though we have waile
long for it;
.4
.. ilrecsive 9.111.t&t.en'9n.
fill 99%”; pr of}? bobbins.
r
“With rebels all routed and flyin in fear,
We tendehleil'. Davis our ll‘opte, n-hip rear.”
. western slope.
' 5
extended before us, seemingly to the foot ‘ q
.of the distant niouotgtnsmwflyfitmm filliflhvlls .
on a lull about a mile to the northward. t
Here he said,- we should find a field road
leading to a ford below the bridge.—
Galloping over the dry swells, and wa-
ding through the muddy ‘hollows,we gem,
- of the Wilt Ridge, giving- u pure, peace-
l°“gr ° W: 9°»? his “'§“.’°‘t"‘€‘$’l are
To};
r, .
These lines were got up by newspaper
‘ wags on the occasion of the surrender of Fort
Sumter. The Kentucky Banner gives a re
Em
Manassas and Vicinity.
We make 'some interesting extracts
from Bayard Taylor’s letters to the Trib-
une :—
THF POSITION or CENTREVILLE.
Companies of cavalry were forming
along the road and over the fields, as I
rode up the long hill. The highest fort,
from which the Union flag waved, was
Crowded with curious soldiers. Certainly
the works present a most formidable
front, on approaching. The position is a
little like that of the Russians at Boro-
dino, but more elevated. Commencing
on the right, at the northern extremity
of the ridge, from which it gradually
sl0pes down to Rocky Run, a chain of
forts, connected by covered ways,extends
for a mile along the nearly even crest,
and then falls gradually southward, for a
mile and shelf further, to the banks of
Bull Run. These forts, however, are
with one or two exceptions, small, and
appear to h ve been very hastily thrown
up A considerable time, evidently, has
elapsed since they were occupied. the
escarpments have been washed down by
the winter rains, so filling up the narrow
ditches that one could jump across them
anywhere. In those I visited I could
detect no trace of guns having been
mounted. From some of the embrasures
projected maple logs, the ends painted
black. This was a part of the artillery
which was withdrawn from Manson’s
Hill, when that place was evacuated.
The ridge is narrow—almost sharp—-
.tbe village of Centreville lying on its
To my surprise,on reach-
ing the summit, I found that there were
no defenses in the rear—that the circle of
forts, investing Centreville, of which we
heard so much, resolved itself into a sin-
gle line—a long line and a strong line, to
be sure, but protecting a very limited ex-
tent of territory. To the south the ridge
broadens a. little, and here the principal
winter encampment appears to have been.
Ifielqw Centreville, on the western side,
the fields are dotted with square cluy
lumps, the remains of chimneys belong
ing- lo camps deserted months ago.
1:
“ANNE SAS-
‘l‘lle .imber rapidly became more scan.
ty, much of it, in fact, having been felled
since last summer, and broad level fields,
tllest woods in the yell-am the. spokes
of newer: cgnfiagrutious-rtokeus of- rav-
ageaud spoilatiou. There was scarcely
a. llflll 11011.?- during» the day when we did
not notice the kindling of new fires,many
of them, apparently, not more than ten
miles distant. Over the broad plain lay
the sweet spring sunshine ; frogs crooked
in the swamps, and blue-birds gang from
the trees; the maplg greys, were (lasted
withi primécln bloom, and, the poplar-buds
beginning to bqrst. fiehiud; the lgvyer
wooded ranges, rose the long purple line
1'
l
C
ful background to the silent landscape.—
But how unnaturally still l It was not
the quiet of a pastoral region, such as it
appeared to the eye, but the unnatural
bush and vacancy of a lapel ’epppp‘lat‘ed
by‘tha pestllgu'ce; fin clay rig lb, seated
on g udpdedknoll, was, a fine oldl brick
mansigu; we could 5% live clumps of
box and holly in its former garden, but.
all the inclosnres had been removed, the
windows and doors were goneioirg‘l i'; glood
more melancbgly Will“. ‘5'qu ruin of the
“on wr-
After we had, riddenI two or three grilles
over this plain, follgwiug a temporary
,rflllffiad track, which the rebels had built
for the lronsportatim of supplies to the
camps near. Centreville, I began to look
out for the famous defences of the place
the high table-land, approached by suc-
cessive terraces, with their triple lips, of
'ergbanklgepts, the ‘.‘bs,stlo,us’l gt fissure-
;gard, and the sixty. miles of rifle pits—
the “Gibraltar” of the southern newspa-
per‘s—but the level, open fields continued
with no sign of a fortified rise of land in
front. We had not risen more than a
hundred and fifty feet above the level of
iBullRun, and that, after the first for!
hundred yards by ll“l“ll1l°.3t illll’.el'c¢l’,li'
'ble rise. ‘ Einslly, a fort appeared or; the
right. sud than another on the leftmost
‘1 14 miles apart, each advantageously
placed on the summit of a gentle swell
:in the place. They were pierced for
eight or ten guns, as nearly as I could
,see, and I am informed that the“? ill??-
‘W-r 9.? but are hulls. be" l“. 9.0..- ;
8TB“- é‘il‘ lurid?! t9. the left, touts-d. '
the us, was a third work, but so distant
that I could not ranks out its character.
These, I thought, were the outworks,now
we shall see the Gibraltar I
8
Half a mile further,‘through the mud,
splashed by the eager cavalry. Scatter-
;e'd smokes are curling up around black-
,eued chimneys; there qre lymph-ass lop‘g
“he 0i ill-lids! define: "his has re-
“Mimics lit.e 1*. 55:0 .e‘r. laurel New
'vehsvé’a.‘ lqcouqtire- Shells, tannins 0f-
.vars. tents a horse or the, and», but at
Blitz—“19 stars and stripes living from the
highest part of the camp. I can scarcely
' believe my eyes, but I see two lines of
railroad striking away from the western
end of the works, and must admit that
this is—Manassas Junction !
A hideous scene 1
some of which appear to have been work:
slaps. are heaps. of when" “A ' ‘iickéhin‘s
d
spoon.
dons—medical, religious and military.—
The letters are mostly loving, and badly
spelled, giving evidences of illiterate af-
fection. Some are passes from Beaure-
gard, military documents or applications.
I am told that a , , ,
soldier has found acopy of the orderIOf since. July; but I cannot . understand .
evacuation, dated since the lat of March, why -‘ reconaoisance in force, at “'9 end
but I cannot get a sight of it. I
001. Yates has just discovered a w’ll‘ satisfactory reasons for an advance at the intrencbments, and the train was
ten placard, framed, and hung nuts)... that lime. But nothing of the scrt was
await our arrival.
wise ; -
from office-seekers.
b
come. ”
had been tubes.
were cavcred with r ude drawings in char-
Tlle main buildings
body know what, fills the “air. A The
track is littered with a mass of heteroge-
neous articles—old, under shirts and pack-
ages of corn starch, writing desks, bowie
knives, tin candle-moulds, indie-rubber
blankets, cartridge-boxes, bags: of pea-
nuts, love letters, quilts, lard, horseshoes,
with boxes and packages of everydeo
seription, but all more or less smashed.
Squads of soldiers are turning over these
disgusting piles in hopes of finding some
booty worth taking. Here comes a man
with tWenty-four packages of tobacco,
tied together with a rope ; hero another
with a great tin kettle full of peahuts ; a
third, brandishing a bowie knife in each
hand ; while by far the greater portion
are employed in searching trucks for da-
guerreotypes and love-letters. A 5
I have never before in my life- beheld
such a mess—with the exception of a
Chinese pawnbroker’s shop in erangbae.‘
In one place several tents are filled with
sutler’s stores and trunks belonging to
officers, which have been left lathe haste
of evacuation. There is something so in~.
expressiblynusty in this rain, that I hes-
itated for awhile to touch an'article; but‘
I finally selected a large bowie-knife,made,
of a file ; a U. S. cartridge‘box from
Bull Run, and a German silver soup:
There are books of all descg'p.
It something in this I
To the Northern Gentlemen? Friends"
he words of Scripture—"Occupy till'I
Yours retreating-but not moved.
CRESCENT BLUES.
THE OLD ’BATrLE FIELD.
The Stone Bridge over Bull Run, was
blown up, and the creek was impassable ,
at that point.
rected us to go to “China’s House,*”§
The man, however, di-w
all wooden, structure, wilt heavy brick
of: lbéohtfiddfihicb stood up-
eached Chinn’s House. Itwas utterly '
deserted The glass, was, out of the win-
dowgamfil‘ tbs wind, whistled dreurily
Mullah.- inside. we- found alou- heaches ,
he remaiusofa rough pine table, and a
msnleldqrh. from which all the works
The white-washed walls
cal, and sentiments written in pencil.—
Oue poor fellow had thus expressed bim-
clf : “1 wish 1 was [more out 977 2,19,59,43.
Another WW 2 “Wild. duty is the.
hartlegt {gloat}, SQMler can be put at,”
updprwhich was the comment, “That’s r
sol The house, evidently an o ld aristo-
cratic mansion, must have been sufficient-
ly shabby and dilapidated before its oc-
cupation,
A narrow
miles—4km is not a single fortification——
I am not able to discover any ovidepce
that. the rebels in «m lulleuuhvd huh
teller; at Bull Run. Their. artillery was
no doubt masked by the “6% and bush-
es, but it was hauled down to its posi-
tion and hauled back again after the but-
'tle.
The ford-—iudicated ou Corbett’s map
as the point where the rebel cavalry
charge was massacres. div. areas 9.0
Rivietl’s l’.§lll¢l§je§—.:V.(“§ easily passed,
the water not rising to our saddle akin-ts.
1 Milk 1.1: road leading from the bottom
through groves of short yellow pine,
which was dryer than that through the
open fields,aud thus missed the site of the
hand-to-hand fight over the battery ; but
'1 discovered a rebel encampment to the
right, in a sheltered hollow. There were
quarters for a regiment, the [rats Vii-ll
52w. draw has. sour. with. elu-
' he roots. believer, had he?“ carried
‘nuar. and "'52- Ohliterst-lou 9!: all. races
0.1 lévellt ovvullatlt'l Shem that many
Willis must have elapsed since they were
1abandoned. It is, indeed,” possible that
they were never wholly completed. Af-
ter winding fora mile or two through
the woods, I came upon the Warrenton
turnpike, a short distance east of the
Stone Bridge.
I had ridden peruse this left sight of the
troubadour was“ fiction 9,: which
llvds‘ilow hetw'een'm‘e and Bull Run, on
3 each of burning wool and corn, and no-
both sides of the turnpike. The last low
hill on this-side‘of the stream was th
mainlpositlon assumed by our forces}—
Shermaa’a battery was further on,beyond
a house, still standing, which was then
used its arbospital. I learn from several
oflicers who were in the fight, and who
rode over the ground last evening, that
our bptteries were placed too low on that
memorable day. The true positions were
neglegted, and we suffered for more than,
from the nature of the ground, was really
necessary -
Tlle most vulnerable approach to Ma-
n‘aSSas, apparently, is that by way of
Blackburn’s Ford. Here, however,Gen,
Tyler was instructed not to bring on an
actioil , and the “reconnaissance in force”
which terminated in the withdrawal of
our troops might have‘ha’d a very differ-
ent termination, had the affair been vig-
orously pressed and supported. There,
the op site bank of Bull Run is lower
than tt'the Stone Bridge, and melts al-
most-filperceptibly into the plain of Ma‘
. nassaéf‘; the'masked batteries might" have
been shelled from the ku'oll on this side,
and 'the stream, at that season must have
beenleasily fordable for infantry. Of
course, if our leaders at that time be-
lieved that“‘three successive terraces” be -
yond the stream had to-be scaled before
redchiag the “high table land, of Manus-
sas,” they were right in acting with prop-
er caution. ln summer,when the woods,
“in full leaf, hide much that is now visible
the weak points may have been thor-
oughly masked. I am told, in fact, that
a great deal of timber has been leveled
of November, should not have developed
.ever'giade. .
i From the battle field of Bull Run the
ground is undulating, but with a gradual
of Freedom. We go for s'little while,‘ Increase of elevation, to Centreville, a
at in leaving our present quarters it is' distance of four miles. In fact, from the "where they had to fight under the most
for the purpose of enabling you to fulfill 1 ‘
ow 55111 upon which “China’s House”
stands, I saw the longfortified ridge tow-
ering-high above the Surrounding country
andliave no doubt that it is the highest
1
spurs and the Potomac at 0ccoquan.—
There were a“ few camps on the road,but
grew them seemed to have been very
’recelllll' pccapied.
. , _, concnusroas.
i first 2 That the tapographical charac-
er of the position at Maaassas has been
wholly misunderstood. Instead of a high
plain, with ascending terraces, furnishing
cementum. lines of defense, it is a low
gplfilfl. 0f WlliCh the only natural advan- Rhode Island having the right of line,
tags is W» stream of yBull Run, with a
low bluff bank.
Second .~ That the position at Centre-
llle, though naturally formidable to an
advance from Fairfax, has no flank Oll-
rear defenses, is imperfectly fdrlified', and
from all indications, ester.- had any heavy
snege guns.
Silk-2W :- That three or four small forts
llsar Manassas Junction, on an open
plain, do not constitute a strategic posi-
tion of any importance.
Fourth : That the strohgest of the
ebel works was inferior, both in con-
struction and armament, to the weakest
of our forts on the Virginia side of Waste
ington.
Fifth :' That the lobels never had, at
Sixth : That an advance of our whole
reached Manassas with, as much expedi-
disa strously to them.
"QM was..."
The Guilt“? $1.“ Newborn.
The various brigades commenced cm.
barking from Roanoke Island on Tuesday
the 4th of March, which occupied the
time until Sunday afternoon. 0n Tues-
day morning, the 11th, the whole fleet
was under weigh, and on Wednesday
evening reached Slocum’s Creek, Sp, the '
Neuse river. The follpyrlag morning was
rainy, but about eight ofclock the weather
cleared up, and the order an disembarka-
lion was given, producing enthusiastic
cheers throughout the whole flotilla. The,
troops were landed on the upper bank of
Slocnm’s Creek, the water being so shal-
low,that they were obliged to wade ashore
holding their guns and ammunition aloft
in order to keep them dry. The distance
from this point to Newbern ways sixteen,
miles. The only artillery, used. by our
been. we a. hitter «wt-dis nary guns.
or mqugtai'n howitners, and two, Wigrgl
rifled lSpognders. Along- the creek the
land was and); and the traveling diffi-
lilllt l01‘ about a mile. Succeeding this
was a piece of woods, passing through
which and over a mile of sand beach, the
troops came to a country road. A little
way up the read they found an extensivé
cavalry barracks, some distance back, ill
a wooded ravine. So great hadbeen, thé‘
hurry of leaviu t’s’ipt Elf? office}: had, left
. theirhurtful?squashed-«the won their:
lili'the mess-tins while furniture, books,
clothing, and the eonveniencies of camp
life, were strewn about cantonment. The
'roads were in a sad plight, owing to the
and betweéu'tbe foot of the Allegheny jfering no protection from his fire, exposed
:them on elevations and in valleys. The
. lbat that they, would
rains of the previous week, but no strag-
gling was allowed. ‘ The 24th Massachu
setts led the lst brigade, and the 11th
Connecticut closed up the rear of the 3d
brigade.
They had proceeded about five miles,
when they came upon a deserted line of
batteries and breastworks very elabor-
ately built, with a wide most in front and
abattis of timber on the flanks. Guns
,had not yet been mounted, our troops
not being expected so soon. In the after
noon a drizzling rain commenced, and our
tired troops were anxious for the word to
halt. Just about this time, a man on
horseback was seen coming from the di-
rection of Newbern, who was arrested,
and gave information of the evacuation of
Manassas. The intelligence revived the
jaded soldiers, and with renewed vigor
they pushed forward to within a mile of
the enemy’s fortifications. Here they
halted and bivouaced for the night ; the
rain falling, and damp dead leaves ma-
king uncomfortable coaches.
The next morning the column was on
the march, the Mass. 21st leading the
advance on the railroad. The regiment
had not proceeded far befor, on turning a
curve in the road, they saw a train of
cars, which had brought re-enforcenlents
to the enemy, standing on the track. In
front of the locomotive, on a platform
car, had been a large rifled gnu, which
was evidently to be placed in position
to rake\the road. Our men, however,
advanced at the double-quick and poured
in a volley with such accuracy of aim
that the enemy, who had. already rolled
the gun and caisson off the car, did not
stop to unload the carriage, but ran into
backed toward Newborn, leaving the
platform-car standing on the track.
‘Gen. Foster’s line of battle was com-
pleted by moving the gallant lOth Con-
necticut to the extreme left, to a position
discouraging disadvantages. The ground
ivas very wet, swampy, and cut up into
'gallies and ravines, which mostly ran to-
ward the enemy,'and, of course, while of-
regiment had shown, at Roanoke, how-
ever, tho behavior of veterans, and noth-
else could have been expected at this time
,staad their ground
lathe last... "‘ . ;:;:£-‘- .
' ,Gea. Parke’s Brigade, which had fol-
lowed the lst Brigade up the main road,
was placed in line between the 10th Con-
necticut and 21st Massachusetts, the 4th
l
the 8th Connecticut the next place, the
{)th Rhode island. next, and the 11th
Connecticut on the left. Our line of bat-
tle was now complete, the 24th Massa-
chusetts on the extreme left, and extend-
ed more than a mile.
The naval battery was placed in the
center, and was handled with great skill
and during, the ofiicers of some of the
guns standing by them when they had
but a single man to asstist them.
The 2lst Mass, suffering very much
from the enemy’s £126,th order was given
to charge upon the intrenchments The
robes at the guns seeing the movements
abandoned their guns and fled.
001. Clark mounted the first gas and
waved the colers, and had got so far as
The hills now sloped down eastward any time, in all the camps between Cen- the second, when two full regiments
toward Bull Run. which some ”Grimm: treville and Manassas, more than 75,000 emerged from a grove of young pines and
of a mile distant. The creek here makes men.
‘ g, bowl from squib to Southeast. leaving a
helluva space on the left side. while its army. made anytime since the first of pieces, leaped over the parapet and re-
right bank (“1” occupied by the rebel November 185‘. “'00"! WW “K93! have tired to their position in the woods.
batteries is high and steep,
gully leads to the ford. Along the crest tion and 11% “rule loss M the advance at
ofthe bank, which is forty or fifty feet llllfi lhfi. It is scarcely likely that the
high, “"13 3 single intrenehueut. some rebels, who have been, all along, so well
what larger lll‘lll 1.1 “ill" File 1 3%“ “0 inlbrmed as to our strength and contem-
signs of; a masked battel‘lf': and “in told plated movements, would have hazarded
by oflicers who examined other PA?“ of an engagement which must have resulted
the bank, that they, also, saw no traces
of any. Between Manassas Junction
and the St one Bridge, a distance of five
advanced upon our men, who seeing that
they were likely to be captured or cut to
Col. Rodman of the 4th Rhode Island
was informed of the position of affairs,
and being unable to communicate with
Gen. Parke, decided, on his own respon-
sibility, to order a charge with the bayo
net.
When the command was given to
charge, they. went at the double-quick
directly up to the battery, firing as they
ran, and entering at the right flank, be-
tween a brick-yard and the end of the
parapet. When fairly inside, the Col-
onel formed the right wing in line of but-
tle, and at their head charged down upon
the guns gt double quick, the left wing
forming irregularly, and going as they
could. W’ilh a steady line of cold steel,
lllt‘. Rhoda Islanders bore down upon the
enemy, and, routing them captured the
whole battery, with its two flags, and
planted the Stars and Stripes upon the
5 rapet. The 8th Connecticut, 5th
Rhode Island, and 11th Connecticut,
coming up to their support, the Rebels
fled with precipitation, and left us in un-
disputed posseasam.
The, 51st Pennsylvania on the left,
which had been held in reserve, were now
drdercd to charge the batteries opposite
them, which they did, supported by the
test of the brigade. This movement was
dssisted by another charge of the 4th
Rhode Island from the captured main
battery upon the works which were being
33881166, and enemy, already demoralized
by the breaking of their center, fell; back
before the grand charge $898. the left and
front of thpir ppsjb‘op, and fled in confu
slap; Qn opr extreme right the brave
grid), and. its supporting regiments, had
been advauclnz inch by inch, standing up
against the enemy’s musketry and can-
nouade without flinching, and at about
the time when the 4th Rhode Island
charged in at the right flank, the colors
«W"
,Middletown).
-Levi F. Lyman,Mauchester; Michael Hearn,
or the 24th were planted op the parapet .
as the whole of the First Brigade poured
into the fortification. The whole line of
earthworks was now in our hands, and
the cheers of one end of it to the other,
broke out with fresh spirit as each new
regimental color was unfurled on the
parapet.
The approaches to Newbern were de-
fended by a line of water batteries or forts
communicating with field fortifications of
the most extensive nature. The lower
fort is about six miles from the city; the
next communicates with the unfinished
batteries and breastworks passed on our
march, and the others distributed at
about equal distance along the shore.—
The line of fortifications attacked and
stormed in this brilliant engagement was
some three miles in extent.
The courage and endurance of our
troops was most wonderful. Most of
them were raw volunteers, who only four
months ago were marching through our
streets in the most nnmilitary style.
The troops were atvonce pushed on the
road to Newbern, and they arrived at
the bank of the river Opposite early in the
afternoon. Long before they arrived
dense volumes of smoke were seen, show-
ing that the town was on fire. It had
been fired in seven different places, in op-
position to the wishes of the citizens, who
afterwards succeeded in subduing the
flames. . '
To the eastward of the city a very
large Rebel camp, with barracks and
tents,was found deserted an dgtaken posses-
sion of.
The value of the property captured is
estimated at $2,000,000.
» The whole _ fight was desperate and
won at the expense of many a brave sol-
dier, but it is cheering to read of the in-
domitable endurance and pluck of the no-
ble men who fought the battle.
The number of the enemy is estimated
at from 8,000 to 11,000. Our whole
force was about 10,000
OUR W'OUNDED AND KILLED.
The following is a list of the killed and
wounded in the three Connecticut regiments:
EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Killed—Charles Patterson. Roxbury; H.
F. D. Phelps, Warehouse Point; Owen Dow-
ney, Enfield. ‘
Wounded—Capt. Charles L. ‘Upham; Mer-
iden; Cornelius Elwood, Southport—wrist;
Philo A. Matson; Canton—head; Henry G.
Parker, Essex—shoulder. '
TENTH REGDIENT. -
Killed—Orderly Serg.‘ Joseph A. Lombard,
Greenwich; James McDonald,’ Greenwich;
James C.‘Smith‘, Willington; Patrick Mara,
Norwalk; John Gannon, (John Gordon,,
Wounded—Leverett G. Kirkham, Derby;
Glastonbul ; John Perkins, Jr., Coventry;
Edwin H. isley, Glastenbnry; George A.
Daniels, Glastonbury; William Davis, Hart-
ford; Conrad Greggs; Manchester; John
Ward, East Windsor; Henry W. Garland,
Spragne; Serg. Henry M. Knapper, Stam-
ford; Ravmond Byxbee, Darien; Corporal
Edwin Perkins, Groton; Barnard_Murphy,
New Canaan.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
Killed—Capt Edward R. Lee, Hartford;
Peter Fornnia, lVoodstock; Clark Decker,
Canaan; Charles Mitchell, Willington; Hen-
ry Smith, New Haven.
Wounded—Berg Watson C. Salter, Man-
chester—lost left arm; Serg Alfred West,
Plainfied—in the eye; Alfred N. White, Sal-
isbury—arm; Corp James B. Stiles, Canton
-—hand; Henry Braze, Salisbury—shoulder;
Chas 0. Morgan, Bedding—hand; Edward
Confroy, Danbury—slightly; Corp Wm. W.
Schofield, Westford—finger; John C. Aldrich
Avon—hand; George A. Brown, Canterbury
——lost right arm ; Job Beman, Avon—lost left
arm; Edward Gorman, Simsbury—side;
Eu ene Boardrec, Brooklyn—wrist; Justus
G. inge, Hampton—hand; Peter Gorman,
Brooklyn—head; Albert Todd, Canaan—
abdomen; Havllah Robbins, Franklin—head;
Eugene Devall Portsmouth—lost foot. Also
John Schurgra—no such name on the cata-
looue.
hCAIPTULATION—Elyhill—killed 3; woun-
ded, 4. Tenth—killed, 5; wounded,16. Elev:-
enth—killed, 16; wounded, 21.
.< O».
From the N. Y. World.
The Battle of Pea Ridge.
THE ENEMY COHMENCES THE ATTACK—HE IS
REPULBED BY SIGEL.
There can be no doubt that the retiring
movement of our troops on both roads
was construed by the rebel officers into
an intention to retreat, and in order to
take advantage of our disposition, they
resolutely pushed on to attack. In plain
fact, it should be said that there were
some of our officers who could not but
look upon our shattered little army and
,tbe swelling columns of the enemy with
some misgiving that we were about to re-
new an unequal struggle, not unlike
Springfield. The enemy’s force, as is
nearly always the case, was vastly mogul-
fied, and it was conceded at all hands
that we should accept battle at the first
offer.
The cutting off of a. detachment from
the main body presented a favorable 0p-
portuuity for them to inaugurate the vic-
tory they confidently expected to gain.—
To their grief they discovered they had
the very worst man to deal with they
could have selected. Gen. Sigel, with
two battalions of Missouri infantry and a
squadron of cavalry, formed the rear
guard of his division, and were delayed
by the train, which moved slowly along
the rough roads. He was determined
not to desert at single wagon to the enemy,
although by so doing he could have easi-
ly reached the main body. The enemy
made his appearance with about 4,000
cavalry, at about 10 in the morning, a
few miles out of Bentonville, and imme-
diately commenced the attack by a des-
perate charge. Sigel had with him near
1,000 men. ‘ 20.0 infantry he sent forward
to, ' vent being cut OH, and with the re-
lmamder he received the whole of the vast
larmy. Sigel’s example at Carthage had
taught. him how to bear himsell'uuder
such desperate circumstances, and he or-
dered his men to stand firm and take
good aim. The teams were put upon
good pace, and the enemy came bound-
ing along in several lines.
' The horsemen on, the flanks, and in-
fantry in the rear, awaited their approach,
until within about two hundred yards,
when. they delivered a terrible volley of
'rhinnie balls into their ranks which had
the effect of throwing theminto tempo-
. mg .-
.ren, never faltered for nmoment.
rary confusion. In a few minutes the
leaders, by dint of much shouting and
gesticulation, succeeded in getting" them
into something like order. This time
they came up to clOs'e quarters. The
same volley, succeeded by a. second
and a. third, greeted them. The enemy
came on in crowds, booting and cheering,
as if in glee at what they accounted an
easy capture. The enemy’s cavalry clo-
sed all round the little band, notwith-
standing that horses aud riders Were
falling thick and fast before Our steady
fire. Gen. Sigel rode undismayed along
the whole line inspiring his men. Some
of the cavalry on the flank had succeed-
ed in getting across the road so as to cut
the train in two, and it was here that
the enemy set up a shout of triumph.
It was short lived.- In a minute more
the bayonets of our men had done their
work, leaving ‘the enemy hundreds of
dead and wounded. The enemy was
driven off broken and dismayed. It is
lamentable that at this point one of our
teams containing three of thevwounde'd
men who had been placed in it was left
behind. The mules had been shot, and
nothing could be done in the emergency
to regain it.
Galled and maddened at the repulse,
the enemy could be seen rc-forming to
renew the attack; The column was : yet
seven miles from the encampment. f A
dispatch had been sent forward to Gen.
Curtis, explaining the position and ask-
ing for assistance. It was hardly possi-
ble that the messenger could have been
captured. The enemy was advancing
along the ridges inclosing the strc,am.'—‘
At about two o’clock the. second attack
was made and desperately carried for-
ward. The rebel horsemen spurred their
horses right on toethe irresistible bayo-
nets, delivered their load of buck shot
from the miscellaneous guns, and then
brandishing their huge knives which eve-
ry one of them carried in place of sabers.
They surrounded the rear guard a
second time,and for a few minutes friend
could hardly be distinguished from foe.
The dense smoke enveloped the-Whole of
the combatants, so that for some time it
was doubtful whether any of our little
baud survived. The rebels made the air
ring with lusty cheers and oaths. The
faithful Germans, like a league of breth-
Their
gallant leader struck down a. dozen of the
savages who clamor-ed for his lifc,'and
hewed his way tllrough a line of them to
rejoin his command. The bayouets pro-
ved the invincibility of our troops against
horsemen. The Ice retired a. second
time, and [ox-an hour they could not be
induced to return by the most frantic ef-
forts of their leaders. By this time the
advance, which had been constantly skir-
mislling with the rebel cavalry, announ-
ced that rcinlorcemcnts were in sight, and
the little cheer went up, which was re-
echoed by the troops fromytllccamp. A
third and last attempt Was madc'to cap-
ture the train. It nlsofailed, and the
enemy withdrew about half-past three.
Gen. Sigel reached camp at halfipast
four, to receive the congratulations of the
entire camp: llis loss in the entire
march, it was estimated, would reach 60
killed and .200 wounded. Many of the
wounded fell into the hands of thccnemy,’
it being impossible to bring them Off.—
lVe lost three wagons. Numerous sto-
ries of heroism, on the part ol'both men
and officers, were related by the eye wit-
nesses of the fight, and almost every sur-
vivor had a scar ormark of a bullet
through his clothing. Scene of them had
the narrowest escapes. One man had
the bridge of his nose carried off, another
was shot through the ear, 1:. third with a.
ball still lodged in his breast pocket.—- '
Most of the wounds Were slight, and our
force of surgeons immediately proceeded
to dress the heroic sufferers. All speak
in the highest terms of the bearing of
Gen. Sigel, Col. Hasscudenhcl, and the
other officers in command, who were
perfectly self-possessed in the midst of
the greatest danger. No one was more
hearty in his admiration than Gem-C‘urtld
INCIDENTS or'THE FIGHT.
The correspondent of the Tribune gives
the following : '
A BOWIE KNIFE CONFLICT. ‘
While the fight was raging, about '
Miser’s farm-house on the ridge on Fri .
day morning, a soldier belonging to the
25th Missouri and a membeer of a Mis-
sissippi company became separated from
their commands, and found each other
climbing the same fence. The rebel had
one of those long knives made of a file,
which lbe‘Soutll has so extensively pa-
raded, but so rarely used, and the Mis-
sourian had one also, having picked it up
on the field. .
The rebel challenged his enemy to a
fair, open combat with the knife, intend-
ing to bully him, no doubt, and" the chal- .
lenge was promptly accepted. The two
removed their coats, rolled up their
sleeves and began. The Mississippian
had more skill, but his opponent more
strength, and consequently the latter. ,
could not strike his enemy, while he re-
ceived several cuts on the head and
breast. The blood begun trickling rap
idly down the Unionist’s face, and run:
ning into his eyes, almost blinded him.—
The Union mun became desperate for he:
saw the secessionist was unllurt. Be:
mudea faint; the rebel leaned forward
to arrest the blow, but employing too-
much energy, he could not recover bin»
self at once. The Missourian perceived
his advantage, and knew he could not
lose it. In five seconds more it would
be too late. His enemy glared at him
like a wild beast: was on the eve of
striking again. Another fcint ; ano‘thor'
dodge on the rcbel’s part, and then the.‘ ‘
heavy blade of the Missourian hurled
through the air, and fell'with tremeudur
ous force upon the Mississippiun’s neck.
The blood sported from the throat, and
the head fell Ever, almost entirely sever-
ed from the body. Ghostly sight, too
ghastly even for the does of the deed-l!
He fainted at the spectacle, weakened.
by the loss of his own blood, and Was:
soon after butchered‘by a Seminole'who
saw him sink to the earth.
A GALLANI‘ UNION COLONEL.
Lieut. Col. Herron of the 9th Iowm '
was surrounded by ten or twelve of thei-
enemy, and ordered’ to surrender. libs
indignantly refused, and, with his resell»
ver in one hand, and his sword in. the:
other, kept his enemiesat buy, by placing?
his back against a. ‘tree. He killed and. ,
l
wounded four of the rebels, when, having
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