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Another New Arrival.
IXTE are opening this day a beautiful line of Ladies',
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•ipricei to suit the times.
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The Minister's Sweetheart.
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Young William Betsworth arose in the
pulpit of the quaint old church at Elmsdale
to deliver his first sermon, and cast his soft
blue eyes along the aisles and up to
the gallery, where the organ stood and where
the choir sat. Now that the hymn was over,
and the last law murmur of the organ hod
melted into silence—now that all those faces
were turned towards him, and tho hush
seemed to say, more plainly than words
are waiting for you," the young
ministet umierst— d at not the ordeal which
lay before him, tot tere with It beat
ing heart and a .theeit that changed from
red to tt an.l +, :t .!lite to red again,
with every
On
One accust,ole.l to the sight of crowded
houses, and to the knowledge that the words
which fell from his lips were listened to and
criticised by men of letters and women of
the world, might have smiled at tho con
fusion elicited by the presence of those old
fashioned farmers and • their wives, and
wonder how one who, judging by his face,
bad not only talent, but ambition, could
have been content to make even his first ef
fort in the presence of such an audience.
Talented the young man certainly was,
and ambitious also, though he scarcely knew
it yet himself; but the little village was his
world, and the people in those old brown
pews seemed, fur a moment, to hold his fate
in their hands. Again, as he unfolded the
white paper, covered with his delicate, dis•
tinct handwriting, hie blue eyes 'wandered
about the church, and read the faces up
turned toward him. There grim and un
compromising, sat Deacon Grumble, looking
out for some flaw in doctrine or some wan
dering sentence which savored of a want of
teal. Yonder was Deacon Doleful, ready
to shake his head in melancholy prediction
of his failure. Behind him, an old man
venerable, who had no faith in "young
ministers," and would fain had an octogen
arian in every pulpit; and farther back,
Squire Grey, the abolitionest, side by side
with undo Gobble, the pro-slavery man of
the village, at whom he was looking bowie
knives. These and a host of other malcon
tents were to be propitiated ; and there were
also his old father and mother, fond and
anxious as parents could be, and sitting
beside them, his scapegrace brother, Jasper,
the wildest scion of that quiet family, brown
skinned, gypsey-eyed and laughter-loving.
Bold in his speech and careless in his mirth,
he was a far better judge of the true merits
of his sermon (from a worldly point of view)
than any other there. William dreaded this
auditor more than all the rest—for had not
bold Jasper. in his hardihood, declared that
a nil lister, ti be a proper teacher of his
li•lek, should be talented and enlightened
I.= ;-. 'l4 good and zealous? And farther
mor- • ti; , intense horror of gond Deacon
Doleful, U.N.!: "fir; rending should not be
contiosd to the stage, butshould be adv;; ;led
to the pulpit." Jasper—what wruld Jasper
think of his maiden sermon ?
The paper was unfolded and spread upon
the desk before him, and the young minister
strove to put those thoughts away and to
think only of the grout and holy cause in
which be had enlisted, and of the Ono whose
smile outweights that of the whole world.=
If he struggled vainly others older and
wiser than be. may have done the same,
for Ambition will not always seat herself
quietly beside the church porch, but often
times will follow her slave along the aisles,
and up the carpeted steps into the very
pulpit, as she might have followed him to
any scene of public strife or triumph, teach
ing him that ministers are but men, and
that of all the preachers on this earth of
ours there was but One—a holy One—about
whose picture head the old painters always
drew e •2;:' y. ••• r• 04 forget It.ne's praise
or hi. ~......n t 4, m;•', scorn
itrod rvr-00:". , •11. rross
On , l ;h , v Irthiy tr,l•tites,
;,1 , 0 o- nn h,.•=nocry
act .% , ...,• 4 - •• 7i - ill:nd to
/Lt ii•• ;I: , • r• P.
In his soi: r• •-r •i/, 3--..v4 William Bets
worth made no such excuse for his mental
delinquencies. but thought himself at that
moment the greatest sinner upon earth.
The text glee:read, and the first words of
his sermon were upon the minister's Bpi,
when the:church door opened once more to
admit two ladies, who came softly up the
aisle, and seated themselves very near the
pulpit. Both were young, and one—the
smallest and the most girlish—wore golden
curls, which fell below her waist. But it
was upon the other that William Betsworth's
blue eyes rested involuntarily, and it seemed
to tho young man as though Satan were in
deed tempting him in earnest. If it were
wrong to think of the effect of his sermon,
bow doubly wrong it was to go wandering
back to his boyhood, and to see the little
pond, with water-lilies on its bosom, and the
garden, with its ranks of red roses, and the
school-house, where the girls sat on one side
and the boys on the other, and to see, amid
all, a pair of soft black eyes, - a childish
figure, and to feel a dimpled band within
his own, sad to hear a baby voice say sob
bingly—'•l will come tack some day to be
your little wile."—Oh I very wrong; yet he
could not help those other thoughts, for
there before him were those soft black eyes.
a child's no longer, and that childish form
altered to a "roman's.
B.F. Arrow.
Canal lis.in
grelutinitg.
NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 20, 1862.
"I will come back some day and be your
little wife I" These words sounded in his
ears over and over again, and Love climbed
the pulpit stairs and stood there beside Am
bition. No one guessed all this save the
young minister himsell, and, when the
sermon was done, Deacon Grumble nodded
approval to Deacon Doleful, and his mother's
eyes were full of tears, called forth by her
innocent pride in her blue-eyed William,
and scapegrace Jasper grasped his brother's
hand, as he descended from the pulpit, in
earnest congratulation. Only the object of
all this interest was dissatisfied, as he
thought, with self-reproach, upon the earth
filled dreams which had so haunted him.— I
Yet that memory of his child-love would
not be driven from his heart, and, when he
arrived at home, and found those two beau
tiful girls standing together upon the par
sonage porch, it grew still more vivid.
"They had come back to live," she said,
"and wore not going back again, and late
as they arrived on the past night, she had
resolved to come to church as soon as she
heard that William was to preach. how
strange that he should be a grown man and
a minister! It seemed but yesterday that
they were children, and he wore a round
blue jacket, and fished for minnows with a
crooked pin. Yet she knew him. And he
—was it possible that he would have re
membered her?" So she ran on, and her
golden-haired sister, Effie, smiled beside her I
like a happy child. In a little while she I
left them, and when she was quite out of
sight, William Betsworth went back into
the house, and thought how strange it was
that all those years of travel in a foreign
land had altered his playmate so little, and
into what ebeautiful blossom the tender
bud of that spring had expanded.
lie preached that night again, and strove,
if overman did strive, to be no hypocrite ;
and it was only too easy, now, to forget the
frowns of Deacon Grumble, or the sighs
of Deacon Doleful, while Caroline Graham
sat there looking at him with her soft black
eyes. And when that night he sought his
little bed-room, be found himself thinking
of her once more. Ile had spoken to her,
and she remembered the school-house, and
the garden, and the pond whero the water
lilies grew; wetber she remembered, also,
that baby promise, ho could not tell. With
this thought, the young minister fell asleep,
and no one could have blamed him more
than he blamed himself nest morning.
Time passed on, and that ordeal of the
first Sabbath had grown to be an ordinary
habit. The congregation were no longer
so fearfully wide awake, and he was used
to their faces and their new position. But
if Caroline Graham was absent from the
service, he was conscious of a blank, lost
feeling, which he had no power to overcome,
and by this time he scarcely strove to do so,
for he had begun to feel as though the
thoughts clung about him were the
purest of his soul, and bad nothing earthly
in them. lie had loved her fur all his life.
If she had not returned it, he should never
haw ! , ved anPthor woman. So he thoug-',
and so h -.IL; t I.'mself over and over
truly, as lovers alway.i
I,elie%t• And it, had grown
to he a 1 . ,. • his to walk towards
her •11.0. upon those golden autumn eve
ning.. and. finding her upon the porch or
in the garden, to join her, and sit talking
with her for hours. Ili. hr..ther Jasper was
often with him, and with them also sat or
walked golden-haired Effie; but William
thought of neither of these nor of the portly
Mr. Graham, who would fain have entered
into theological disquisitions with him, nor
of the placid Mrs. Graham, perpetually
knitting beside them. lie spoke to all, and
seemed to look at all, but in reality Caro
line was the only one he saw or listened to.
Ilad he been less in love, less deeply im
mersed in his own dreams, he might not
have been so blind to what was passing be
fore him, and might have read the story'
which would have been so plain to other
eyes, and so have spared himself some
pain.
lie had other thoughts upon bis mind
beside. Jasper bad always been a trouble
to them, and was one still. Ile was very
wild and reckless, and was often absent from
the village; and there were hills for the an
gry father to pay, and st •; which brought
tears to the mother's eyes, and William
must soothe the one and comfort the other,
and avert what blame be could from the
wild brother he loved so dearly.
And so the autumn passed and winter
came, bringing long bright evenings, when
the moon shone glittering upon the bare
branches of the elm trees about the parson
age, and he could see afar, upon the nightly
path, the red light from her window shining
out upon the drifts of newly fallen snow
like a beacon glowing there to guide him
intolharbor.
It was upon Christmas eve that William
Betaworth started across that lonely path to
ask of Caroline Graham the question that
had been on hie lips so long and as he
marked the lamplight glowing nearer and
brighter, be thought that thus it might glow
on some future day, lighted by her baud,
from the window of his own dear home.—
"And the meanest hovel, the lowliest hut
that could be built in any uncivilised laud,
would be a home to me if her presence
blessed sell the young minister, with
tear-filled eyes; and bending his fair hes -1
in the bright starlight, he had thanked Go.:
who had taught him to love.
Jarper had been from home that eTertiog,and
as IVitliam opened the garden gate it start
led him to see his brother standing on the
threshold, with something unusual in his
bearing and in the expression of his hand
some face. It startled him more when lin
gering yet in the shadow, unseen by them,
be saw Caroline come out into the lamp-lit
hall and lay her hand upon his brother's
arm, and his heart stood still as Jasper bent
his head above that hand and kissed it.—
They spoke in whispers and he could not
hear their words, but the meaning of that
interview was plain to him, or he thought
so; and white, and cold, and trembling, he
leant upon the little gate-post, with a deadly
faintness at his heart. Ile could not move,
even when he saw Jasper coming rapidly
towards him and so they were beside each
other in a moment.
"William!" exclaimed Jasper, in a con
fused half tremulous voice, which had a ring
of happiness in its tones—" William, is this
you? Are you going in!"
"Not now, I am not well," William had
just strength enough to say.
Ms brother twined his arms around his
waist in boyish fashion. "Come with me
then," he said, "I have something to tell.
Perhaps you guess what it is already. I
think every one must know bow well I love
her."
There was a fearful struggle in poor Wit-
Ham's breast, but he kept silence, and did
not thrust away the arm that encircled him.
"And so," continued Jasper, "although
I have been so wild and so little deserving
of a pure young heart like hers, I have
somehow won it, and to-night she gave me
the sweet promise that she would be mine;
and I am going to lead a different life, Will,
and study hard and make both fame and
fortune; and just yet we are to tell no
one save her sister and yourself; and I am
to go to the city and come back to claim her
when I am what I should be to be her hus
band; and then, when her parents can no
longer call me wild and undeserving, and
my own are as proud of me as they are now
of you, we will tell them all, and You shall
mnrry us, and we shall all be so happy to
gether. Shall we not, Will?"
And William forced his broken heart to
silence, and answered—" Yes."
Alone that night he struggled with his
agony, standing in the cold midnight beside
his chamber window, whence he could see
the white stones of the grave-yard rising
from the whiter snow which lay about the.;,
lle had suffered, and he would suffer in .-i-
Num lie could not reproach either ...t
line or Jasper. How shonld they gueb. I.
secret when he had not suspected theirs?—
And she would be happy, and his brother
would be led to seek a purer and a holier
life, and his mother would weep no longer
fur her youngest born, and none should erer
know of the cross which had been laid upon
him; and, at the last, the slumber under
those white gravestones would be the more
welcome, and the chains which bound his
heart to earth mnre easily broken. And
then, as be thought of her in her pure beau
ty, the man cast down the martyr, sobbing
forth—" But I thos:!;ht she loved me' Oh,
my God! I thought she loved mc!" be gang
himself upon the floor, and laid there nntil
the grave-stones and the wi,:te snow were
by The red sunrise, I.nd:the blesesed
morn of Chri:ttnas dawned once more upon
the world.
Jasper was in the city and redeeming his
promise to the letter, and William ha I bu
ried • love and grief in his own breast to
gether. When Jasper wrote to hints, he al
ways found a tiny note, without directions
of any kind within the envelope, and always
banded it with a few brief words to Caro
line. But he went no longer along that
road at eventide, and sat no snore beside
her. Their interviews were few and brief,
and her manner to him had altered so far
that he half feared she guessed his secret.—
It was hard to keep aloof from her, but he
dared not trust himself so soon. And so a
whole long year passed, and Christmas time
came round again, and Jasper was coming
home upon a visit. No one called him wild
now, and he was fast attaining a place in
Isis profession; and, as ho wrote to William,
the secret would soon be a secret no longer.
There was another of those little white nous
in the letter which brought these tidings,
and William walked over with it to the
Grahams' homestead. As ho entered the
old parlor he found Caroline sitting beside
the fire, and saw that her lashes were wet
with tears. "Jasper will be here to-morrow,"
he said as he seated himself opposite to her;
and he wondered that the words brought no
joyonb sparkle to her soft black eye, and
that she answered in to listless a manner,
and sat still looking at the fire. Then, as
he looked at her, he 11. w how thin she had
grown, and marked the pallor of her fair
young cheek, and read in her whole mien
something that told of sorrow crushed down
by a strong will, but struggling yet for mas
tery.
"Are you ill?" he asked, almost involun
tarily. "Yon look to. I did not notice it
at first, bat you have altered very much."
She grew crimson. Her cheeks, her neck
and her brow were suffused in a moment,
and she looked at him with a strange ex
pression of mingled grief and auger. "I
am well, and very well," she said, proudly.
"It is strange that you should think me al
tered."
The young minister arose. "Forgive
me,'• 1,. - • said. "I presumed upon a friend's
priviledge--for we were friends a year ago
Miss Graham, and shall be even better
friends to night than we have ever been."
"A year ago !" she murmured,, as tho'
she spoke against her will. "A year ago,
Yea, it is Christmas time again. •I bad
almost forgoten it." Her cheek was whiter
now than the snow without the dear, and,
startled by her wild glance and hollow voice,
William Betsworth sprang forward just in
time to save her from falling to the tloor.—
Senseless and white she lay, and he placed
her in a great armchair and knelt beside
her. Such agony as wrung his heart at
that moment had never tortured it before—
for in that one cry, in a sobbing utterance
of his name, in an unconscious clasping of
the arms about his neck, he had rend the
truth. She loved him—she, the betrothed
wife of his absent brother—even as he loved
her. "Let me die, now," ho murmured—
"let me dio before I am tempted beyond my
feeble strengih. His heart must not be
broken also ;" and, as the color came to the
white face again, be laid her Beftly down,
with,onelong parting kiss upon her forehead,
and so left her.
On that Christmas morning when the belle
were ringing fur church, a stranger occupied
the little pulpit, and there were hushed
voices and softened footsteps in the parson
age, where the young minister lay very
near the gates of death; and weeks passed
by before the shadow of his former self stood
at the little window looking out upon the
grave stones in the church yard, and wonder
ing-if life would always be so dreary. As
he gazed, he saw a woman's form among
the graves, walking to and fro, and looking'
up from time to time towards the window.
It was gray twilight, but the outline of her
form told him that it was Caroline, and the
sight confirmed a resolution formed during
those days of convalescence. Ile would
leave the country and go far away to some
heathen land as a missionary. He would
be a wanderer upon the earth, a homeless,
lonely man, seeking only the good of others,
and weaving for himself no tender ties.—
Ile would die there, and be buried by savage
hands, or lie unearedjur on some desert
spot until the wind had bleached hie bones,
and the beasts of the forests h•td made a
dainty meal t!pnn his flesh, but not for all
the world would he remain where ho could
daily meet the woman whom, in a few brief
days, it would be guilty to:love.
A. , !.o turned from the window with this
a in !: ..eart, he saw Jasper standing
c !, His face was glowing
.
❑fhi he clasped his brother about
s, in his own boyish fitshion.
ISM
~ ell now, Will," he said, softly,
"1, r talk to you again, may! not?—
I can't ho; t you now. She will be my wife
next Sunday, if you are strong enough to
marry us. And I have just told mother,
and she is crying in her own room as women
always will on such occasions. Come, Will
you must make Effie mine next Sunday."
William Betsworth give a great start and
clutched his brother's arm. "Effie !" he
cried. "you du mean Ellie ?"
'Who else should I mean ?" laughed Jas
per- "You have not forgotten ?"
"Effie and nut r , ro':Eto ?" faltered
William.
Jasper stared at him in amazement—
" You never thought so?" he said.
"Iluvr could I think otherwise ?" gasped
William. "I saw you kiss ber hand. You
never told me otherwise."
"I kissed her hand because she bad been
sn kind to us, hopeful of our happiness, and
a, trustful of my good intention," said Jas
per. "Oh, Will? Will! I begin to under
stand all now." And Jasper folded his
brother to his heart, and held him there, as,
a mother might her infant.
William Detsworth married his brother
and golden-haired Effie on the following
Sabbath, and it is very certain that he never
wont to India, or to any other distant land,
for if you were to visit that old parsonage
to-day you would find him there, with a
black-eyed wife, whose Christian name is
Caroline, and half-a-dozen children about
his hospitable hearth.
IM: k
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
A. GREAT BATTLE.
ATTACK ON THE REBEL WORKS.
WE rArra TC 04:11Alir
GEN. FRANKLIN SUCCESSFUL ON TUB LEFT.
Renewal of the Battle on.Snnday
DETAILS OF SATURDA.Y 9 SFIGIIT.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF POTOMAC,
IN THE FIELD, Saturday morning,
December 13-11 o'clock.
The battle so Jong anticipated between
the contending armies on the Rappahannock
is now progressing.
The morning opened with a dense fog
which has not entirely disappeared.
General Reynold'e Corps on the left ad
vanced at an early hour, and at 9.15 en
giged the enemy's infantry. Seven minutes
niter the Rebels open , . a heavy fire of ar
whiet has continued so far without
The - r a-tillery fire must be
the fug obstructs all view.—
Our 1. , •av2. - uns arr'answering them rapid.
$1,50 PER YEAR ADVANCE;• $2,00 IPI IN ADVANCE.
ly. As the sun gets higher it is hoped the
fog will lift.
At this writing no results are known, not
much of our lu'antry have yet become en
gaged.
A portion of the enemy's cavalry Growled
a ford above here and yesterday were found
on ~ur right and rear. A sufficient foroe
has been sent out to meet them.
The Fight on Saturday-
IIEADQUARTERS Arum OF POTOVAC,}
SATURDAY, Dec. 13, 11 P. M.
The fog began to, disappear, and present
ed an unobstructed v iew dour own and the
Rebel position. It being evident that the
first ridge of hills in the rear of the city, on
which the enemy bad their guns posted be
hind works, could not be carried except by
a charge of infantry. General Sumner as
signed that duty to French's Division, sup
ported by Lloward's.
The troops advanced to their work at ten
minutes before twelve o'clock, at a brisk
run. The enemy's guns opened a rapid fire.
When within musket range of the base of
the ridge, our troops were met by a terrible
fire from the Rebel infantry, who were poet
ed behind a stone wall on the right of the
line. This checked their advance, and they
fell back to a small ravine, but not out of
musket range. At this timo another body
of troops moved to their assistance in splen
did style, notwithstanding gaps were made
in their ranks by the Rebel artillery. When
they arrived at the first lino, they double
quickd, and with a command, fired bayo
nets, and endeavored to dislodge the Rebels
from their hiding . places.
The concentrated fire of artillery and in
fantry which they were forced to face was
too much, and the centre gave way in dis
order, but were afterwards rallied and
brought back. From that time the fire was
spiritedly carried on, and never ceased until
some time after dark.
General Franklin, who commanded the
attack on the left, met with better success.
lie succeeded, after a hard day's fight, in
driving the enemy about one mile at one
time. The Rebels advanced to attack, but
were handsomely repulsed with terrible
slaughter, and a loss of between four and
five hundred prisoners, belonging to Gen.
A. P. Hill's command.
Franklin's movement was directed down
the river, and his troops are • 'tripod to
night not far from the Ma , -.111••••lax creek.
Onr troops sleep to-night th e y f ong ht
to-day, and the dead and w• unded arc being
car: - :ed from the field to-night.
The following is a I;st of officers killed
and wounded, as far as known.
Gen. Jack.en, Penosylrania• Reserves,
killed.
Gen. Bayard. ;n the thigh Ly a
shell, and efts,-
Gen. Vinton 0. the sidp,
dangerous.
Gen. Gibbons, : . Juncled in the he -1
Gen. Kimball, wounded in the
Geo. Caldwell, wounded in two placed,
but not serious.
Cu!. Sincinir, of Pennsylvania Reserves,
dangerously wounded.
mot. Ilendriek on, commanding the New
York militia, seas nsly 17 .ended.
The following i r ; the loss in the st3a New
lTn-ipshire Regimc
C,il. Cross, wounded 7111 the abdomen
Maj. Stu, - -nt, killed.
Adjutant truld, kilned.
Capt. Murray, killed.
Capt. Perry. killed.
The firing uf musketry ceased about G
o'clock, but the Rebels continued throwing
shell into the city until 8 o'clock. The po
sitinn the Rebels was ae follows: Long
street on left, and holding the main works;
A. P. 11111 and Jackson wore in front of
Franklin, with Jackson's right resting on
the Rappahannock; D. 11. Hill acting ae a
reserve.
Gen. Bornaille will renew the battle at
daylight in the morning.
The troops are in good spirits and not the
least disheartened.
Progress of the Rattle on Sun
day Morning.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY or POTOMAC,
Deomber 14, 11.30 A. M.
There is no fog to-day. The sun is shin
ing brightly with a strong breeze. At day
light this morning there was a heavy fire of
artillery and infantry in front of the enemy's
works where Sumner and llooker were en
gaged yesterday, About an hour after
wards the fire slackened, and then was
heard only at intervals until the present
moment. The same occurred in front of
Gen. Franklin's position down the river.
The object of both parties this morning
was evidently to feel the other. During
last night and this forenoon the Rebels have
considerably extended their works and
strengthened their position. Large bodies
of Rebel troops are now to be seen where
bat few were found yesterday.
Those of our dead which were killed yes
terday while charging in front of the ene
my's works still remain where they fell.—
When attempting their removal last night
the Rebels would open with infantry. The
wounded have all been removed from the
field, and all the dead obtained aro now ha
iog buried. The indications are that no de
cisive battle will be fought to-day unless
the Rebels bring on the fight, which is not
probable.
THE BATTLE OF SATURDAY.
FREDERIC% itt - R(1, V... Dec. 13. 1.26.1.
The occapstic,n of Fredisrickelbarg having
been •ocoesefally secnoplishea, the next
EWHOLE NUMBER 1,687.
move was to drive the Rebels frma their
strongholds in the rear of the city.
lines of the Rebels, which eEterided . init be:
form of a semi-circle from Puri ' 11.e"yal to a.
point about six miles above Fre - deri&k . i.brteg;:
were strongly fortified and proteceed by e
range of high hills. Stonewall Jackson oo
copied the right wing, extending from Port"
Royal to Guinney's Station, (a station on
the Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad)
Gen. Langstreet the centre, extending to the
telegraph road, and Generals Lee and Stanek .
the left, west of Masson m..v Crook, Whijo
General A. P. Hill's C rps. aecea as a reserve.,'
Lee's reason fur oc the left was be
cause he could b., oa b.,. goad against Sigel,;'
who threatened to nottlunk ith,n by way Or
Culpepper. The entire Rebel force was es-: 1
tituated at 200,000 men, and occupied's
front of not less than twenty miles. • The"'
troops were fur the most part veterans who
had fought through all the peninsular cam
paign, while the officers were the ablest.
that the south could produce. It was no'
mean enemy we had to contend with, I as
sure you.
The disposition of the Union forces occu
pied the whole of Friday night and Saturday
morning, and, as General Burnside was anx
ious to commence the attack at as an early
an hour as possible, there was not much
cline -,- for the troops to rest themselves.—
A few stragglers, it is true, managed to sneak
away for the purpose of pillaging; but the
great mass of the soldiers were constantly
under arms. General Burnside was in the
city all night, personally inspecting the
troops and directing their movements. It
was arranged that General Franklin's Corps
should cross the river two miles below the
city, with the view of turning the unemy's
position on Massaponax creek, while [look
er would engage the Rebels near the centre
and Sumner would turn their right. By
this arrangement it will be seen that Frank
lin was opposed to Stonewall Jackson, while
Hooker and Sumner attacked the centre and
left of the Rebels under Luigstreet and
Lee.
The eventful morning came, and with it
a dense fog, which obscured the movements.
of the enemy. The balloon was sent up
just before daylight, but in consequence of
the fog no observation could be had.—
However, the disposition of the Union forces
had been made, and General Burnside
termined to commence operations, fog or no
fog.
TEE LEFT
Franklin moved his column, consieting of
the First and Sixth Carps just before sun
rise, his right resting on the outskirts of the
city his centre advanced a mile or so from
the river, and his left resting on the Rappa
hannnck about three miles below. Skit ,
. 1 1 ng commenced a few minutes after
,yl.o4ht on the extreme left. A Rebel bat
opened on our troops, and the fire be
.: :.0e so annoyirg that the flth .Regiment
New York Stew Militia were ordered to
charge and take the cannon at the point of
the bayonet. The order was olo..yed with
alacrity, bat after a fierce struggle the char
ging party were compelled to tall back.—
At this critical movement General Tyle.-,
perceiveing the disorder into which the ..I;i4
New York were thrown, came to lucir aid
with a brigade. The fith were go: ral
lied, and, assisted by Tyler'. n: aka ie. an
etnor attempt wit" made to storm c
batteries, but without success. -I'4l o ii it
now become tycneral on the ex /vile left,
and anc,h , r desperate made t 0
capture the Rebel batteries let 'a
brigade; but the fire of the Rebels was so
withering in its effects that our brave
follows were unable to gain any advantage.
Each charge thinned the ranks at a fearful
rate, and the chances of capturing that
much coveted battery appeard no better
than at first.
By noon the wlioh! of Frinklin'm Corps
was engaged with the aryl a desper
ate effurt was in listo • ntrn rh.. enemy's
position on the M 111 MI !rive him
beyond the ermk. a • F ~fin comman
ded the movements •intl handled
his troops with remarkablejuigment. The
Rebels maintlined possesion of some small
111119 with their usual stubborues+; ha t grad
°ally fell hack a+ the Union troop+ evinced
a determination to go forward. Poring the
afternoon the Rebels came to a stand, and
for a time assumed the offensive; but se
they advanced to meet ns they were bravely
met and repulsed with' heavy loss. It wile
at this time that. some three hundred of
command fell into our hands' and
were conducted to the rear as prisoners.—.:
Still the enemy contested every foot of the
ground, and it was only by dint of the hard
est kind of fighting that he could be com
pelled to change his position.
It was daring the heat of this erigagemetrt
that the gallant Bayard was mortally
wounded. Ile was conversing witb,General
Franklin, when a cannon ball struck
in the hip and threw him clean out of the
saddle. Poor Bayard, he never dreninpfof
danger in the thickest of the battle,' arid
never lost his courage, even when 'hie le'';
was amputated. The surgeons say that his
cannot survive many days, and that the op
erations they have performed can only pro
long his agony a short while. But T am
digressing front main facts.
rho obstinacy with which Atti Raids
held possession of their gront4 itaefia,
General Franklin's task a pry 'dillintroitio
indeed. lie had to - cope with Igtot' will
Jackson and the retentna efeitair"hl;iiii