02 aides received her stiutation?.—
. 091 Bore ut....T.tia 13,177 LE Or FAIR. OIKS.
P S
Et a spectagiriba,"up to the fatal moment, i —W y e e have %en disappointed in the expect
been laughing i and'ishattiiii as assembled.. ad receipt of_s. letter from one of 'tar.; cor-'
•
t at a village fair;ltitt novi there was perfect respondents with tkojza Ittem l ezt,%r this
still . L . A.V s every osi we . ; strained and week's Spy, kietail!g the parfllSen by our
erery . eye intent: 7n tp:o . or three minutes boys in the Tlreatlihttle of thd 31st ult.—
'the action' of the blitid's,` at first decided and From Tuivltts-baiters,laowever,We glean beta
regular;serhy7 weaker and we and final., an,ll' theiv an item of interest. Cumpatiy
]y adapt "altogether; then foliewe . d..r.l cbtt.l.f the 23d, bad fire wounded And but' one
I:Waive shudder of the tjny,Seet (not r.oove taken prisoner. Shetrick and blocs were
three inches in long:hi . ' .‘nd all was over. wounded as described last week, tut a letter
. ,
The body wee al „ lovred to remain suspend
sol for about' quarter of an hour, when it
was cat dOwii and placed in acommon coc,
eredliai4in, which was ire'Vrilltirtg; the
bridal chair having been removed. The
rope which had beert the instrument of
'death, was nace.a 7 inin pieces cud
`distributed iiirtenei the friends on' ate. SeCf
'if°l4),,cigriieggling violently to obtain :Alior=
•icel7The - clittli and the corpse rerre carried
-a small 'tab tlldabotit Ittaildred s
retia • tIins,46I,',VXOCCII 'Cy inertifiC rush of
•of
pedple anxious to obtain another g mese
'the lifeless clay. My friend who was some
what seeptierd of the reality of the transac-
Way';it'to' the temple, and
• wl't6cs'sed tlio removal of die corpse from the
`chair. Ire returned, painfully satisfied that
' no . t flacilietien had been practiced: the
'..poor girl's siiolteti'and blackened face beer
'ing enmdstakalre 'testimony to the marine: ,
f WO: 'fiCth,
; bare since been informed that had her
niather-in-law been ttlive,...o :would have
v.an in n
attendanco,ed that itwould have
'been her duty td help in forcing the soul
T from its earthly tenement by grasping the
:feet of her, deughter 4.1 adding her strength
• to thaweiOtt already bearing on the;epa.
It. is worthy of note that, nithough the
greater part of those present were, as I have
females, yet the oely eanse c t 1;:t . 7. or
•,dread .tnat rsaw shown in any way, teas on
'the part' of one of three Canton woolen who
'etqud near us, and whose dress aril manner
'A:tett-el but too plainly the position they
:held inkno-Chow. the moment the vie
rtim was left tc lerset'ort•the rope , this girl,.
tunable to endure the: - sight; crouclie.l'uti the
'ground, aird'huridcl hen: face in her handker
:chief; whilis : otheis, Wiling respected 'sin
'Lions itt i'deiziy,WerC'teirless and unmoved.
I have since heard '`tiOat s Costi,i , funeral
will' be granted to Cc reintaris ~f the deco
;Up, yt thw public expense; an arch will be
• erected to her memory, in order that the
'bright example of her virtue may be im
pressed upon others, and may receive the
;Ogee.
4s tithe real na i ture of this dreadful
transaction, I cannot help looking upon it
'rather as an act of determined suicide than
Ins an instance of e;treorfkirmry and 'super
•Ftistot;s devotion. The woman was evidently
'in clew station of' life, and on the death of
'her husband was absolutely destitute and
•unprotected.
lier ornall feet wouh,i prernot :lor from
gailning : d living by aid lobo?, or any work
'of a like nature, while her unprepossessing
'fnce left her no chance of beinr, Turchoseid
'into thn, c.f • coy n..'ar, of • woalth.: In
'Englaildanatintr3 o abeam:ling with the rich
nad generous, and furnished with a poor-law
.ouch a desolate condition would be bad
enough; but in China, were the wounded
deer-i 3 invarinbly driven fr= the
oi•gdred'lO dealti, it' is far itiorti ails
erable. The choice lay between abject life
'as a drudge, Ana triumphant death as a saint
'—and the woman preferred the latter
gels.
COLUMBIA, l' A,
JUNE 14, ISO 2.
att:ntion of 1 1 :c rccder is cliPected
to tlera'ciiiertis'enzent (If Or: ...11,111.1ey's P ,wily
'Medicines to 6e /otind in anottar Column of
this paper.
New Books
No branch of business has more sensibly
felt the depression consequent upon the
tpresent damnable and fast being damned
rebellion; than the book trade. Fair a time
even the Putersca's issued at intervals.—
.Arnong the most cheering sires of approach
ing extirwti is:latent of the rebels is the re
euraptidii=4: tlt;:t steady Peterson flow of new
boats. We have the following announce
'meats of Lew wurl:s of fiction ft out the press
a T. B. Peterson A:, Bros., Philadelphia:
Ft.ter. by Mrs. Grey, author of
"Gamblers Wife," &c., to be issued June 1-11
• • t
WoN, by Mrs. Emma D.
S•Jothti:orth, to be iisued J une .2.lst;
NItibTCRY, by Mrs. Ilenvy - Wood,
to be issued July alt,
• 4.--I:na Tlt It. lieNvca, by Gustave Aim
nrd, to be issued July L" , 11.
Tbere it„ an array of popular fiction to
make one's! , mouth water. Each of these
Stooks is by a wzitcr of established repute
tiort, and will nn base an ' immense
istmeess."rhe publishers deserve a laro sale
lei their enterprise in giving good •works•et
the rate they do. Petersous have become
the cheap publishers of the :oantry.
Esa.swar.aar Fr.srlvm..—..ls announced
by advertisement in to-day's Spy. the ladies
bf the Methodist Episeopn! Church will hold
a'SiiavrberryTes.tival on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday or neat week, fur the heiaefir
Isf•their church. They will douhtless offer
tempting array of delicacies, chief among
iillieb,•of - cellist., will be the delicious fruit
whicb . give name and occasion for the feast.
Of coarse there will be a -general advantage
taken of so favorable an opportunity for in
ilvageoee in the Inlcionr rerreArnents.
Psostorruns.—We are glad to congratulate
our young townsman J. B. Griffith upon his
promotion to a conductorship on the Lances
set train, bottieett t.mucaster and Columbia.
Mr. Griffith is brak'esnian on the train be
tween Philadelphia and LnacaSter but Mr.
lismbright, the conductor, now stops 4at
the latter place, Mr. G. ufki rig, charge to and
from Columbia. This. position has been
gained by; a strict attention to duty, which
*fie brought "Bram" right along from a sub
hrditnite trAbetesponsible place now held,
and will carry hiurstill higher, if promotion
on the Penusylvotuia-fisilroaid is regulated
as hereturut6 by merit: gi...Gricrith is one
oC the most obliging anti courteous em
piny ree on the road and universally ged by
t•.al , Aitig p , 11.11 , :. •
of later date. Sean that of . „Cavt. lialcieman
sti.tos that th7w ern recovere d , a:l4l:re cort-,i
sapiently not prisoners, Whether Sher- I
rick's wound tvill or will not prove mortal
we have not heard. We hope for his recov
ery. AU letters received unite in praise of
Col. Neill and Cent, Caldernan, who were
the last men' tctleave the field {had they left.
1111e:fitting) . when . the regiment was so sur
rounded anti Cut up as to be chrepcilefl'te:fall
back. Capt. Haldeman saved the colcites of
the reg.l:iment after the color sergeant was
shot down. The boys were in a hut place,
and • seems almost incredible that they
should hare escaped. It was not because
they flunked, however; to a man they stood
up and fought the overwhelming furco of
the enemy withda of I;4k:until their
brave Colo nel ordereil a r.streat. ' When we
consider what the rabere airced nt and so
nearly necompilehed, wo may be truly thank
fc.l that otrlntave 'felloWs are alive, Bit
ineY came out of the fight almost naked—
that is they saved nothing but the clothes
they. fought in. Their camp was captured
and plundered by the rebels, and one of our
boys writes home' that all he saved Was a
tin cup, and he seen - fed' well sidst . t,rwith
that. Columbia will remember you, 13.t'sys, ,
for that day's work.
We gi%e below particulars of the fighting
of the 231 from army correspondence ex..
tramed from Philadelphia papers:
•1 It was little more than half-past four when
the renewed advance of the enemy brought
them to Couch's Une. Lis line-was not
drawn es.itetlY parallel to the enemy's ad
vance, but was obliqued in such a nuinner
that its right because first engaged:' Ones
more the WOW,T.3 Vero . alive - with fire. Cal-
Sant Colonel with t.l":e 231 Porsusylva-
VC.3.9 first into it, and by his presence
kept up the spirits of his men. le reserved
his fire until the enemy were verriabar to
him, and ugly- sir rounds Lad beta dis
charged' when his ottn'taii. int! thaenemy
were fairly Sam: to tam'
Theii the,;:iliani Colonel gave his men
the word to charge, and went in ahead to
show them how to do it. Again the cold
steel was offered, and again the men of the
South refused it. They gave way and scat
tered before the 23d, and the way was clear; I
but now the fire of the enemy
upon his right and left. and' began*to suffer
severely as he fell back to his place. nany
of his men alao had gone Owls in the charge
be*dides . thostfthitt 'were hit, for it SitiVover
difficult ground,lnd as tliey came up again
did not find their regiment. Thus, the 23d
was weakened, but fell back fighting, and
Colonel Neill, with his colors and less than
a hundred men, formed on the Ist Long Is
land, the next regiment to his line.
And in a few minutes later our whole
right 'was in hot battle. There the fight
seemed to have formed h puelcus, and sup
ports were poured irk. From the left the
T2d and 102 J Pennsylvania, and the 62d
wore 'bodied across, and a brigade of Kear
ney's division—Birney's brigade—then on
the railroad. was ordered to push ahead and
get into action at that point.
News }non ens it LESTON.—WO see by ex
tracts from rebel . .r..aliefu that the day of
Charlezton's doom is approaching. We 4kall
wait an:tie . ..2:4y to learn the part taken' by
Col. WelsdPo gallant' I,th Regiment in the
operations ng:i..ink that rebel nest. The
,:ulonel bears an especial grudge against
the city, aq §ta.tc generally, and will fight
with especial venom against the original se
ceders.
Boor rouxo.—The body of Henry B. Sny
der, son of Mr. Isaac Snyder, of this place,
who was drowned on the 13th of April, fall
ing from a raft below the Columbia fridge,
has found on Frq.dy of ICit Week Lit some
boys, against the Goad Of is raft lying at the
shore near Washington. The body wits
much decompesod: After an inquest the re
mains were brought to Columbia for burial.
Aar Exmorr.—We have heard of an es
ploie, which, Considering the ago of 'tlie per
former, is worthy of note. One day last
week Aaron Herr, a boy of 1.3 years, resi
ding in West llempfield township, shot a
bald eagle near Caddie Furnace. We did
not learn the dimensions of the bird, but be
lieve it was full grown. The youngster
hawks at large game. We hope his success
with so noble a bird will teach him to room
gunning after the smaller fry of Lira which
are so mercilessly destveyea; to the gietit det
riment of pie farmer, all over the country.
' Ilmt.no.tb ACCIDUNT.*-011 last Tuesday
morning the first freight cast after the Lan
caster and Columbia passenger train, was
thrown from the trnek opposite Cliques 'lock
by coming in contact with smite cattle. The
train came upon them at the curve where
th'e attempted to save themselves inside the
track, but one of them was caught between
1 the'cars' and rock and crushed to death al
most instantly. The other cattle were also
i fatally injured. The shock threw the train
from tho track, smashing n number of the
cars. Estig,gerated repio•ts of loss of life
among tn•in hands were received here, but
1 tra belies the only injuries were to Abra-
Iham Ili fe, brallesm VI, who suffered a broken
leg :La a hurt to mid cf his arms, and to the
/ f fireman, who received 'seine slight injury.
i Grum) iiiout.o Ti..tii•Earts.--The
1 annual session of this bod opened in the
i hall of Hope Ladge of this place on Wed
i
1 ncsday morning, presided over by'laS.Mlhck,
i Esq. The Order was generally eepres'ented
throughout the State. Of course`b'cfnE out
side the pale we can give no iden of At pro
ceedinns, but we notice they have eicitcd
great ititerest on the part of members. On
Wednesday evenisg an entertainment was
given at tba halt by the members of Hope
Lodi" 'whlch'aPpDars to have met with gen
eral approbation. -
OD Tburadaremaing the public had nn
opportunity to judge of the quality of the
gpea keri of the Order, a meeting having been
held in Odd Fellows' hail, which was ad
dressed by nest. Mr. Mervin, 'General Army
Chaplin; and 11ev. Mr. Mannish; of Dun
carman: The meeting was' well attended,
, and meth interest manifested. ' • •
• The ..l.dodge is still (Friday morning) in
session, but-will probably conclude it* bos
ince, today. '"
Our Army C~spondenae'
.ra
twe have beenpertiiitted to Mair:ethafol
lowingeztructsticm a lettei froi=ieui. B.
P. IlaidOman, sir tten "after theloya terrible
engagement of Vair Oaks,'? wkqel; cannot
f 4 .1 to prove interesting to all havi.46iir t da
in the 23d and 61strvegiments.—Bn.1
SIX MILES PEON iIICEEODZE;7.
OS THE BATTLE.PIELD, June 4;186:)
About 11 o'clock, May 31st, the' Rebels
made theiy attack. Two companies of our
regiment (mine nhd itnntherrviWie'o'n picket.
Thiceigbt oompaniei of the 61st god then!,
some 1500 men, advanced upon the 'itietny
togither;and soon found that they 4re'op
posing four times their number. After an
hour's lighting the 211 fell back, the Gist
remaining, having received no orders to re
tire, our geld officers Lein , * all either killed.
,
r ,
or wouniied. The filet were in the fight
two hours an,d a.ye confident of having killed
1,000 of the enemy. Wo lest one of our
which we afterwards regained. Dur
ing
this time we (two companies) on picket
were (toWng our pOiiiuti", completely out off
from our regiment roil nearly surrounded
by the enemy. We were posted in a field
of sline twenty acres, surrounded by woods
on all sides. Our situation was a perilous
one. We held coanolf of war, r.ad resolved
that if attacked We would Mai niziin our po
sition as long as possible and then retreat
to the woods, tyoting 4i . e. enemy.
About 4 o'clock pickets report bout eight
thousand men marching towards Us. Our lit
tie squad of come one bundied and fifty men
were in line of battle, ready io'greet them
with a volley, andhoPing fur reinforcements.
-In tcn minutes two regiments of our Brigade
joined us, and in ten minutes more we were
being reinforced ,by troops from General
Sumner's Corps. Our General of Division,
Couch, arrived, and ordered his two regi
ments and our little battalion into line of
battle behiud a fence skirting the wood.—
Two detached companies arriviig were post
ed 09. ourkight. Our flanks were protected
by two regiments, with one piece of artillery
on our F l 4 four on our left. Bqfore
we were formed, ho'wever,"%;43 unexpectedly
received a volley from the enemy in front.
At once the ball opened and wo were under
L i re fir two hours. Car little Lattalian now.
indeed revenged the loss of our regiment in
the early part of the day. Four thousand
men stood the brunt of the engagement, and
opposed, we think, eight thousand of the
enemy. Most of our forces engaged were
in battle in the early part of the day. We t ,
succeeded in achieving a glorious victory
from vehat, in 169 afturuoon, looked lite a
defeat. 'ln this engagement we - (tlic . :9i;tire
force) . lost inlillecrand wounded' about one
hundred men, or less, and from the Reid we
have already buried one thousand of the en
emy, and many lie still unburied. The
rebels were completely hidden from us by
the woods, and advanced by Divisions.—
Next morning we saw that the advance Di
vision who received , our first volley were but
'firiee'n paces from us, 'ami we found diem ly
ing dead in two ranks. re :filled hero a
number of Colonels (one of theta the cele
brated South Carolina duelist, Champ Davis),
two Generals and a number of line officers.
Before the engagement was over we took a
Colonel, Lieut-Colenel, Captain, Lieutenant
and a number of men. TitosO'vjer'e captured
by a company on my right,
It secorli irieredible that our force was not
cut to pieces, but the enemy did not know
exactly were our line was formed, and gen
erally us. No Colombians in my
ooTpatiy were hurt. Say to oho friends of
the boys with nio that ' they noted nobly,
standing before a galling fire of the enemy
for two hours.
Prisoners taken report three rebel brigades
engaged against our four thousand men. A
Rebel Colonel (prisoner) remarked that "all
ll could not stand such a fire as ours.
Some prisoners mailed that Johnson corn
itiiiiided in person,' othot:s - tliitt 11Iagiuder
sires in commlind. It n•as quhe dark when
the enemy' retreated in great confusion.
Next Morning (Sunday) the enemy made
another rittank, - Which 'resulted disastrously
tor them. Our loss N . V as about two h4ndred
—theirs four times tho number. The prison
ers report their having 75,000 men engaged,
and their whole aim.) , was confident of de
feating us.
MI
Since Saturday we have hen in line of
battle, lying on our arms, without shelter,
and in the rain tteleast half the time. We
have alarms at all hours of the day and night,
and of course are called intc line. Our
troops aro made very uncomfortable, and
are suffering, severely from the bad weather.
13ut they boys do their duty cheerfully, and
under hardships (with little or no grumbling)
that would seem to you incredible.
Our regiment was in both battles of May
31st—part in each. NVe went into the ac
tion with 731 men. fltir loss is:
Killcl, LO
Wonndeil, 15
Missing,
'total
Our Oulunel was killed; cur Lieut. Col.
wounded and missing; our 3lnior cpunded
and missing; one Captain killed; one Cap.
tain prisoner; nine Lieutenants wounded.—
Out of 751 men ire 'base some 450 let for
duty.
Our General.' Ol tell as the Gist bare
gained a name and rpptitat'ion any regiment
in the service might bp proud of. General
Keyes calls the Gist his stone Tall battalion.
Although we have been no badly out up,
our little band has been on duty ever since
the battle. Men and officers all deplore the
death df our gallant Colonel. We were
very =tell attached to him, and never as a
regitnet . k . expect to be goraccaidcd 4 his
equal. — ' -
I forgot to mention that, our regiment re
pulsed iwo of the enemy's regiments end en.:
gaged the third, when h was flaeke4 on the
right (aid left by the fourth, and only then
beat ni•etziat.
Our Chop!ain remained on the field §atur
day night and §O‘Wday, carrying water for
the wounded and was taken prisonei on
Sunday night.
!for the CoNei° Spy
lettqr,froF CizOnnat4.- . 7 .
CINCIISitATI, , gra°, 4niie 2nd • C.1.4.;2.
.X . IEAO Vi:lttnnr:r,l am _glad to,litrur
you tn
, 1
tkat our old . toW.lstuan, C.
Wh'itVca, who WUtt Ao seriously wount,led .
at Winahester, aiatinouncad to your readi
era severals weeks shade. has been brought
home to this city, wbero, by-kind attention
he has so f . i4r , tycoverd; b e out 91* Atm
,q,er, and the loss of ii h' by ainputa•
Lion, which wstss 4 :l:44nAlrWat,,Ala.944 l y
ob
viated.
It seems Capt. Whitson, was not wounded
in the battle, having passed through the
fight unhurt, but was accidentally- shot two
days afterwards, by a. pistol dropping upon
the ground and discharging its bullet
thropgh . both . p;i legZnear — am
informed by his brattier,
,tbot he is qnitd
cosaarabl;, (hough confined to tiffs bed, and
that he will be aalined for life. Theiriry
is a bad one, but li'could tiara been worse.
It is said, that . liridipai . Lopvportic: the:
Millionaire of this city, and suPposed , to be
the wealthiest man in Ohio, is confined to
his house, in a most melancholy condition of
mind, laboring under the impression that he
will dig poor and in want.
In addition to all the vegetables of the
season, our Markets aro glutted with some
of the fitie.t strawberries that I have ever
seen. Some ra're'etiei brought from South
ern Kentucky are of prodigious size, and
just ns music as ore s.an e . 6 to take in the
mouth 'coin - fortsbig. Their 'tinier is deli
cious. They sell for ten cents a quart (the
best). Very fine berries are selling for five
cents a quart—and some that are not hard
to take with cream, at the low price of three
cents. N. B. W.
For the Co'umbia spy
Letter from WasLingtop.
IVAsi.uxcToiz June pa), ;SG2.
A
DE It 1 . .x:45 rains. "‘Vondertul!" say
you—:-and truly is that the most descriptive
word. Yesterday, at the hour when the
sun was supposed to be setting, this rain
began, slowly, and in a business-likvitnan
ner, but soon to fall heavily, heavily, for
eighteen hours. I sat with ^ friend in the
pßen,ball of • my borne at IrYwall, enjaying
the freilmess and the fragrance of the night,
after the sultry hours of a dusty day. And
pleasant it was, then and there, for our po
sition was luxuriously lazy, half reclined,
and our occupation—Puffing most odorous ci
gars, like Etna answering unto 'Vesuvius!
Your lady reatter . s, l lf4 . r,ll not appre
ciate the picture of our happiness. For their
•
sweet sakes, permit To F. few a .
..diii4n
o al
touches, to rainier it more complete.
Still, it is only a night sketch, and in
water colors. But imagination can readily
tint it with the pale gold of sunrise, the
splendor of noonday, the glory of sunset, or
the silvery light of of the moon.
We lounged, then, in the hall of Ivywall.
And what is Trywall? }lie borne of ray cat
ay and of my h eart—the pluce where .I.baro
cast anchor, after many stormy , v4a,gO3 7 -im
Eden of my own!
In a city?- 7 ylly not? 4. ! Attie taste, a
little industry, a little
. rnoney. and a good
deal of love, may produce an Eden almost
anywhere. ?line, at least, was thus created
—and Owc e >imny 17,110 tultv,i‘o it, none,
I trust, who look upon it with malicious
eyes, or who would mar its beauty.
The house at Ivywall, dear ladies, I can
scarcely describe for you: the pencil could
draw it, but it puzzles the pen. It is no city
blocle—it has many angles —(not angels, as it
holds only two, bay-windows, balconies,
porches. Ivy clambers up its wall—clus
tering and ever-green ivy—and hence its
name. Within, are numerous paintings,
some in their golden frames, some—and
these are very largo landscape scenes—pre
sented on the plastering itself, in appropri
ate panel-work; altogether, making a sum
mer home of ours, even in the winter-time.
Illy own peculiar apartrent, that in which
delight to pass tie grontor portion of my
leisure, is the library. Books are on every
side, though not occupying all of any side—
("windows, of course," you sug,gcia„
doors, too!" granted at once—except the
doors. "None?" Vie)l, another admission:
there are doors, to enter the library, but
none by which to leave it! History says,
my ever-dear ladies, that you love a secret.
Hero is one to your very hearts! But it is
simple of solution, being only this: having
advanced into the room, and looked first, as
you surely would look, at a remarkably at
tra'etii'e plcture on the weal immediately in
front of you, your attendant quietly closes
the door—and the door is not! After you
have sought it in vain, you are shown a half:
hidden spring—yoß touch it, acid atop back
at seeing the book-shelves approach you and
—the mystery solved. Jug opp'osito this
open sesame is another like it, 'ivitich will
admit you into my lady's boudoir—provided
you are so fortunate as to be numbered
among her best friends. The adornments of
the boudoir are to be attributed exclusively
to the taste of its fair proprietor, and are
pronounced by visitors beyond all rivalry—
even that of wealth. Whether 'they 'be so,
lor not, her ladyship and her lord certainly
are of that opinion—and they have seen all
the glitter of pomp and vanity.)
But again to the library, for I remember
something I was nbouE to'say just before the
interruption concerning doors and windwa
—which interruption, you perceive, caused
this long parenthesis.
Books, I remarked, do not cover all of any
side of the room—and for reason: spaces
are left for wall-pictures. (Ina of these is
so large, and so cunningly ei.seuted, that,
standing in front of it, you can, without any 1
extraordinary exercise of imagination, be-1
liege the landscape alive, and lose yoUrself
•in its complications. The object of this par
ticular scene was to relieve the mind, espec
ially in the drear winter season, when the
eye, wearied with application, should look
for variety beyond the thasubers of the brain.
It is strange, too, what vast extent and
• .
cheerfulness nap iropirted to gin room by
this picture.
I remember me once more: F promised
you a night sketch. Now that I have wan
dered so far away from inj 'design at the
moment of that promise', the aketelit night be
rapid indeed. It would nut do altogether to
lr:E3
11:1M!:11
omit Ft, Tor,lul the house I taye
; presented
staniditone„round whatever!
I am, tie,, again with my frießl Ma the
hall, and our ~re bay.e consumcd , tycm
solves to ashes, as, is this naughty world,
our hopes &c., &c., hOies need not
hesitate to apr roach us,"rir l d i leek forth,lnto ,
the wden.
TheflAk, trees hang low with spreharge
of rain, now
,and then -dashing their watery
burden even at our feet, and striking agiast
tne thebalcoity and against; the bay-window,
as the sudden.Eind tossql.tkeir
,branches.,
The lamp suspended above our heads swings
like a pendulum, making fantastic lights
and shadows on the ceiling, walls and floor,
soon to be struck out, and succeeded by_new
forms. Its fitful lustre now touches the sun
dial, op one aids the door, or the vase, with
its delicate dowers, on thaptyer, then reveals
the garden path to, the gate, yfk.y,its border
ing,
ing, drooping,Aumherous roses. Presently
comes a broad flash of lightning, and all the
winding walks,, j lawns, trees and blooming
shrubbery with the fountain un
der the willows, lea intoeistei.?e, and in
stantlyitanish.into deeper tiarkness.
Turn ayay from the darkness. A steady
light beams from the upper bay-window,
and from that direction is heard—how sweet
ly!—a mother's fondling song to the infant
heiress of Ivy wall!
WAR NEWS!
OAPTITRE OF MEMPHIS.
Another Brilliant icasal Victory on the Mis
sissippi Ricer-:Engagement between the
Federal Flotilla and the Rebel Gunboats—
Seven of the Enemy's Vessels Captured
or j?eitroyeil-fl'he ..yayor of Neinplds
Sarrentlers the City..
WAsnicrox, June following des
patch has been received at the Navy Depart
menu
UNITED STATES STEAMER BENTON,
Orr ME:111111S, June 0.
lion. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy:
Sir—l arrived here last evening, at 9
o'clock, accompanied by the mortar fleet un
der Citpl.' orilinanc*o steam
ers, stureships, and anchored a mile
and a half above the city.
This morning I discerned the Rebel fleet,
which had been reinforced, and nett-eon
sisted of 'eight rams - and gunlYAls, lying
at the levee: The ongiigelpent, which com
menced at 5.0 A. 11., era ended at 7
arMinated in a. running fight.
I 'Was ably supported by the ram fleet,
under command of Cul. Ellett, who was'eon
spieuTis for his gallantry, and is seriously
but not dangeroOty Wounded.
The 3;keult of 'the action was the capture
orVistituition of avian vessel's of the Rebel
fleet as. follows:
"General Beauregard"—Blown up and
burned.
"Ceneral Sterling Price "—One wheel car
ried away.
Thompson"—Set on fire by a shell,
burned, and magazine blown up.
"Sunzlor"—Badly out tro by shot, but
will be Wpaira.
pclipl"—Boiler exploded hy a shot
and otliernise injured, but will be repaired;
besides this, one of the Rebel boats was
sunk in the beginning of The action. filer
name is not known. •" ' '
A boa,t,.stt.ppoSed to by the ;fan Dorn, es
caped from the flotilla by her superior speed.
Two rams are in pursuit of her.
The Etbeers and crew of the Rebel boats
endeavored to take to the shore. Many of
their wounded and prisoners aro now in our
hands.
The Mayor surrendered the city to me
after the engagement.
Cul. Fitch came down at 11 o'clock and
has taken military possession.
C. 11. DAVIS,
Flag Officer Commanding, pro km.
NEW bllstig.l9., .Tuno
From
Platte Volley has athiyed . hero from .Nom
phis, end reports that die city had surren
dered to the Federal Flotilla withont 'resis
tance.
All was quiet there.
Details of the Encounter Between the Federal
Steam Rams and the Rebel Fleet,
Qll . ' Memphis.
The following message in relation to the
action of the rams, in the naval engagement
- air Memphis, was received at the War De
phrtineitt this evening;
copy of Cot. Elletes Eespateh.
• • Ch`POSITE AlpSelps, Juno G,}
VIA CAIRO, June 8.
HO. E. :V: Stanton, Secrytanv of lyar7
The Rebel gunboats made a stand early
this morning opposite Memphis, and opened
a vigorous fire upon our gunboats, Which
was returned with equal spirit. 1 - Offered
"The Queen," my flag-ship, to pass between
the gunboats and move down ahead of them
upon the two rains of the enemy, which
first boldly stood their ground.
' Lieutenant Colonel Ellett, in the "Mon
arch," of which Captain Dryden is First
Master, followed gallantly. The Rebel rams
endeavored to back down stream, and then
,
to turn and run, but the movement was fa
tal to them. The "Qnee'fi" struck one of
them fairly, land for a few minutes was fast
to the wreck: After separriting. the Rebel
steamer rank. My Steamer, the Queen,
was Chen 'terself struck by another Rebel
steazzier'and disabled, but though damaged,
can lie repaired. A pistol-shot wound in
the lqg deprtved me of the power to witness
the remainder of the fight.
The Monnrch also loused ahead 4 of our
gunboata'and went must gall:int& into ac
tion. She 'first "itiuoll the - Rebel boat that
struck My Dag-ship, and sunk the Rebel.—
She then struck by one of the Rebel
rains but not injured. She then pushed on
and struck the Beauregard and burst open
her side. Simultaneously the Beauregard
was struck in the boiler by a shot from 'one
of our gunboats.
The Monarch (lien pushed at the gunboat
"Little Rebel," the 110'0 flag-ship, and hav
ing but little head Way pushed for before
her, the Rebel Comincidord and crew escap
ing. The Monarch' then finding the Beau
regard sinking, took bee "in tow until she
sank in shoal water. - Then, in compliance
with the request of Commatuleitioris, Lieu
tenant Colonel Ellett despatched the Mon.
arch and the Switzerland in pursuit of the
one remaining gunboat and some transports
which had escaped the gunboats.
Two of my rams have gone 'below.
I cannot too much praise the conduct of
the pilots and engineers and military 'guard
of q.e "Monarch" and "Queen," thsi brave
conduct of Capt. Dryden, or the hesnte bear
ing Of Lieut. Col. Ellett. I will name all
parties to you in a special report. 1 ate my
self the only person in my fleet who was
disabled.
[Signed] Citanzs ELrotrz,
Coloiel Comnianeng Rath Fleet.
tsicomo nisraicu.)
This ;ecoad despatch mai aleb received, at
the War Department this evealne "
OPPOSITX 31Z.1111113, June 6,1
' -• Via CAno; 4 - tme 8.
Hon. E. V Stanton, Secretary of War
It is proper and due to the brave men on
the Queeit and the gonigTh,.to say• to you
briefly that' tip of the 11.411iteamere were
sunk outright and insniedinteli i hy the shook
of my two rams, 'onoiiith' a large amount of
cotton, &c., on board was disabldd by acci-!.
dental collision with the ueen eq. secured
by the crew, after I was Idltdgially Babied
Another, which was also hit by a shot
from the gunboats, was sank by , tpe Mon-
arch and towed to shoal water by that tpatl!
Still another, also injured by the fire of our
gunboats, was pushed in to the shore and
secured by the Monarch. Of the gunboats
I can only say that they bore themselves as
our Navy always does, bravely and well.
IS. ikned] G r a MMES ELLETT, Jr.,
Colonel Commanding !tam Fleet.
Evacuation of Port Pitlop'.
WASRINGTON, Juno 8.- 71 The fyllowing
despatch written the day befOre 'the Mem,
phis battle, was telegraphed from Cairo to
day and received at the War Department
after those describing the same engagement:
OPPOSITE RANDOLPII,
Twelve miles below Fort Pillow,
Jutio —.V.te,.o,4irto, June 8.
Hon. E. M. 4 9anton, Secretary of War:
~Sir=-To my nmrtipation, the enemy
evacuated Fort PIRA: • bast night. They
carried
,away tjeitro;ied everything of
value. 'Eaily this morning limit. Col. El
lett and a few men in a yawl went ashore,
followed immediately by Col. Fitch and a
part of his command.
The gunboats then came down and an
chored across the channel. I proceeded
with three rams twelve miles beloy7,the i fort
to n',p'oint opposlie Randolph, * .ene
Lieut. Col. Ellett ashore with a flag of truce
to demand the surrender of the place. Their
force's had all left on two of their gunboats
only ,an hour or two before we approached.
The people seemed to respect the tag which
Lieut. CA Ellett planted. The guns had
been dismoUnted and some 'piles or cotton
were burning.
I shall have Lieutenant „Colonel ;Ellett
here in the advance, end return immediate
ly to Fort Piltocv
,to lirm . g,ip my
,entire
forces.
Yr_ Icy.
Ttie po,o[do attribute
,the enddenness of
The •ortbantion . tp.the p.ttempt zpade night
before hisi,:to sink one of their gunboats at
Fort Pillow. Randolph, like Fort Pillow,
is weak, and could not have hold out long
against a vigorous attack.
The people express a desire for the resto•
ration of the old order of things, though still
profesing to be Secessionists.
[Signed] CUARLES ELLETT. Jr..
Colonel Conithandindllarif:Frotills. •
The Naval Victory Before Igemphis
FART/CI:MARS OF TUE BATTLE
Cairo, June B.—The steamer Platte 7.al
ley--'-ihe first boat through frorri Memphis
—arrived hero this morning. The flotilla,
consisting of five gunboats and
.eight rams,
left Port Pillow (in Thursday moroing,.—
Finding no ebiirtictiOns at Fort 'Randolph,
the flotilla pushed on, and at eight o'clock
on Thursday evening our gunboats anchored
two Tiles phove iiemphip , tp,rpixis remain
ing a short distance above. A reconnois
sance was then made.
The Rebel fleet consisted of the following
vessels: General Van Dorn, (flag-ship), Gen
eral Ilragg, General Lovell, Jeff. Thompson,
Reauregard, Little Rebel and Sumter, were
discovered lying near Memphis. During
the night the Rebel fleet moved down the
river, and at daylight were seen coming up
in line of battle.
Cur gunlniats had in the meantime weigh
ad anchor, arid, 'followed b'y several rams,
'lidiei i islowly:totittrdi the Rebel fleet, when
a shot From the bittie from her r,itled
gun at long range, fell within a short dis
tance of the Cairo, whieh wne in thp ad l
ranee. This Cairo liroadside,
niid poolitlis'ohgageinent became general at
long range.
The Rebel ram Beauregard, being in the
advance, was sighted out by the Federal
rams monarch and Queen, each striving to
be first to strike her. The Monarch succeed
ed in striking her amidships, almost cutting
her in two, causing her to fill and sink im
mediate), in the channel.
At this juncture the little Rebel n?ade
dash at the Nonnrch, which by this time
wcs s ic tho tri(lo ,the4;..ehel fleet, I?ut by
a sktll4 raoyeraeot of tl)e pilot she dropped
otit'qf the way, and tl4e blow intended for
her struck the Rebel boat "General Price"
taking away her wheelhouse and running
her ashore, she sent a shot which unfortu
nately fur the Rebels struck the General
Loren, rendering her unmanageble. Im
mediately afterwards she was run down by
the Federal ram queen. • '
A broadside from the gunboat Benton
took effect in the gel. Thompson, when she
was run ashore and hgrond.
Four of the Rebel ginbbats being thus
disabled, the remainder retreated down the
river, pursued by our boats, resulting in the
capture of the Sumter, Bragg and Little
Rebel. Capt. Montgomery, with most of
his officers and men, succeeded in making
their escape on the Arkansas shore.
The Federal ram Lancaster was struck
during the fight by the Rebel ram Beaure
gard, and sligthtly disabled.
Our rams were manned by sharpshooters,
who did good execution in picking off the
I:.ebp! gunners.
The enemy's loss in killed, wounded and
prisondri is heavy, but not yet fully ascer
tained.*
Our tags were 4,11 busily employed in
pieklog up the crows of the disabled boats.
The Surrender of a[entpkis.
Cargo, Juno S.—After the return of the
gunboats from the pursuit, Cum. Davis soot
the following note to the Mays} of the city
Memphis:
UNITED STATES FLAP-STEASTEE BENTON.
OFF ;VlE.urnts, June 6, AO.
I have respectfally to request that you
will surrender the city of Memphis to the
authority of the United kltates, 1F4.4 have
the hopr to represent.
I hot, Mi. Mayor, with high resneet,
Your obe dient servant,
C. n.Rtxts, Flag pfr l cer.
In reply the Mayor says;
"Your note received, and in reply I have
only to say. a., the civil aufhcirities have no
means of defence, by the forpo of circum
stances, the city is in yogi. bands."
Immediately after, oar bont's crew landed.
and the National Bag was hoisted over the
Pest Office. The pasty was followed by an
excited crowd, but was not interfered with.
The Forty-third and Forty-sixth Indiana
Regiments now occupy the place. Colonel
Fitch is in command.
The city is quiet. No demonstrations
whatever have been made. It is even a
serted that it will not bo necessary to declare
snartial Jaw. Five of our gunboats now lie
abreast of the city. We captured five large
steamers' whirl were moored at the levee.
The nebels 'burned a new ginibtiat which
was nearly ready to hunch.
4tMother Account.
r Maurine, June 6.—We have had a glori
ous gunboat Wctory tbis morning off Mem
phis. Fire Union gunboats and three rams
destroyed, and captured seven of the enemy's
gunboats and rams' under Montgomery.—
One Rebel - loat escaped. One Union ram
only was injured. One hundred of the
enemy 'kerb killed and irounded, and•one
hundred bhpinred. No Unionists wekhurt.
• Ale.M.phis was quietly occupied. nets
was MY demonstration. The peclAticerned
satisfied. There are two Unlomais to one
Sicesitionist here. The. Rebel . flag on the
IIE/2EI
bluff was cut down with' applause. Tlyt
t a r t s
uncletripes have been resod Ryer tio
The ' • •
Ai i tthres are all closed. 014000 bajAa
of cotton and put little auger have been 4e
etroyetd.'..--.T,arge quantities areyet conceabal.
The,eitizens are despondent of the Reboil
catise.—F•eautesard declared ,et ,Colurnbue,
that there would be no fureregulcir
Sght),r3gr bp-t giiat a gltStFriP*a
a,rfat'e
be waged.. -
Flag Officer Farragut is below 'Vicksburg.
Tilt LATEST Fittlinif
All Quiet—Our droops Picketed in the c*,
Capture of another Rebel Steamer—Com
modore Hollins Burns Up Aix Zquatiron in
Despair.
Maxims, June I.—Since the formal sur
render of this city yesterday and the posting
of pickets through the city, the excitement
of the people has subsided.
All was quiet during last night and "tho
only event this morning is the capture of
the-Rebel steamer Creek, which eluded our
fleet yesterday above the city by running
up the the slough out of sight. She was
brought Gown this morning.
Nothing has Yet been heard of the Rebell
gunbontyan Dorn, which was the only boas
of the Rebel fleet that escaped yesterday;
Reports 4re.curzentaere that Commodore
Hollins, when he received the news of this
destructiou of Montgomery's fleet, burned
his vessels, four in number, which were.
some distAnee below hero.
Battle rot Teen Fremont's Army
and the Rebels under Jackson. .
.Fierce Felglit—Ja-lmon Driven from His
Position—The Rebel .Loss Beavy—Onc
Federal Regiment Badly Cut Up—Gen.
Ashby Killed.
FRESIONT'S BEADQIIADTERS,
BATTLE FIELD EIGHT MILES BEYOND
Ilsanrsosnene, June 8.
General Fremont Line overtaken the enemy
of whom !Mims teen f pgrepit fpr tt week,
and has forced him to fight, and . driven•hirn,
with heavy loss, from his chosen position.-
G en. Fremont left Harrisonburg this morn
ing, at six o'clpck and advanced in pursuit
of Jackson by the road leading to Port Re,
public to the left of the turnpike to Stanton.
Seven miles beyond Harrisonburg the jtd
vanced guard discovered the enemy posted
on the road to the left and front, apparently
in fora. dstillery was sent to i the front and
commenced shelling the enemy witheet
elie
iting any reply.
Jackson having at last been forced ted
make a stand with his whole army, had
completely masked his position in the woods
and ravines. Skirmishers and cavalry were
sent forward and the whole column came
rapidlyu_p and the line of battle, extending
nearly tiko miles, was s pramptly formed un
der direction of Col. Albert, Chief of Gen.
Fremont's Staff. Before :it W. 501 CO/110e/e4
Gen. Stahl, with the Garibaldi Goa* he,
came engaged with the enemy on the ex.-
' treme right and forced him to fall back.
' At half-past twelve o'clock a general .
ad
vance was orArof, end the whole dine
moved forward. dGen. Milroy had.the cen
tre, Gen. Schenck the • right Gen. Stahl,
with all his Brigade, except the garibnliki
Guards, the front. General Banker's, Gen,
oral Bohlen's and Colonel Steinweiskhee
Brigades composed the reserves.
The line moved down the slopes of three
hills into the valley and up the opposite as
cents, which at the summits were covered
with woods. In these woods, and in belt*
' of heavy rimber ieyond, the enemy were
e posted. general Stahl, on the left, was first
engaged. Generals Milroy.
,e,nd.',..Selienek
feynd tie enemy soon after, and She battle
almost Immediately became general.
General Stahl, after Schrivner's Battery
had shelled the Rebel position, advanced;
the Eighth New York and Forty-fifth New
York Regiments through the woods into hu
open field, on .the other side of which the
enemy's right wing was concealed in the
woods. The Eighth Regiment advanced
gallantly under heavy fire, but being so long
unsupported by the Forty-6(th, and largely
outnumbered, were finally forced to retire.
Colonel Mitchell was severely wounded and
his whole regiment badly cut up, losing in
killed and 14044 not lees glen 300 men,
more than half its strength. The enerny'e
pursuit was checked by our artillery, and
General Stahl finally withdrew his brigade
to a strong position, repulsing a flank mover
ment and holding his wing firmly.
Gen. Milroy advanced his centre rapidly,
the artillery fire compelling the puppy tQ
give groend.
Gen. Schenck, on the right, twigs drove
back the Rebels who attempted to turn hie
position. Along the whole line our artillery,
under Col. Pilson's direction, was served
with great rigor and precision, and the fine}
success Was largely dee to its effect.
The enemy suffered most severely. Ono
Rebel regiment lost two-thirds of its numr
her in an attempt to capture Widsick'g Bat
tery, which cut them to pieces with canister
at 50 paces.
The Rebel batteries were reppatedly
silenced and forced to *mien t.her; posi
tions.
Col. Cluseret, with his weak brigade, took
and held the centre qr the enemy's positiori
and his encampment is there to-night. - '
Our forces were outnumbered at all points
but have occupied the Rebel lines and forced
them to retreat.
The loss is heavy . on both sides. The
enemy suffered especially from our artillery.
The Garibaldi Guards lost nearly two
hundred, and the Twenty-fifth Ohio sixty.--
Our total loss is estimated at from six to
eight hundred in killed, wounded and mis
, sing.
CO. Ten Gilsa, of De Kalb Regiment;
04t.Paull, of the Eighth New York; Cap
tain Wiesner, of the Twenty-ninth New
York; Captain Bisebuti, of the Thirtpnintlx
New York; Captain Charles Worth, of the
Twenty-fish Ohio, and Surgeon Couttrell, of
the Eighty-second Ohio, are all wounded.—
Mani , tither officer's are also either wounded
or killed.
The Rebels fought wholly under cover.
while our troops were forced to advance
through open fields. The enemy's advan
tages of position and numbers were counter
balanced and defeated by General Fremon I's
skilful handling of his troops, and the cool
ness and determination with which ho pur
sued his success. The fight was furious for
three hours and continued till nearly dark.
Our army sleeps on the field of battle to 7.
night.
Death of Ashby.
GESARAL FRSZONT'EI IttAbQUARTERS,
lIARBISONAURO, June 7.
In the skirmish yesterday, beyond the
town, the Rebel loss is ascertained to bare
been very heavy. Most of our wounded
have been brought in. colonel Kane, of
the Buck tai/ Rifles, is in the enemy's bands.
The body of Captain Baines, of the - New
Jersey Cavalry, has been found. Captains
Shellmire end Clarke, of the same regiment,
are prisoners, are not wounded.
Colonel .Ashly, the famous Rebel cavalry
leader, is undoubtedly killed. This is as
certained from the people living near BA
battle-field, and from the prisonets' Caen.—
Major Green, of his regiment vs,s shot' by
Captain Broderick,. of . the,lthair .lepsepast•
1 / 1 11,,:rhe•last case of modesty is that of a
lady, who discarded her lorer,-: S4Wei ptain
because iu if•lakiiig of Dub of his vO l 9l ll l
be said that be leveed Mc shore.