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NEW SERIES, VOL. 1G, NO. OS.
MISCELLANEOUS.,
XII K 1I.1TTL.K OI'
ClIATTA.
.OU.l.
The I'is'tt nl Tunnel mil, nnd As
vault ou .MisKion Ki-Ie.
The brief liut very accurate and iutor-t-in
account of C rant's victory, telegraphed
by Quartermaster General Meigs, give A far
better idea of the battle than any report yet
published, if we except the cxtenued nnd
spirited narrative of Mr. Shanks, to the New
York Herald. The concluding portions of i
this description will supply a wanted into- j
rct to the reader. We publish the profae- ,
tory remarks as an intelligent tribute to the '
skill of Gen. Grant : j
Cuattanoooa, Tcnti., Nov. 20, 1S03.
ritF.F.VTonv.
If it be the confirmation of victory to sleep !
in the lieds of the coiinnirril thenar.-
victi.rtous. It to have uttcrlv brnken and ! wuom 1 saw Miuti" in a ciusicno me ieii oi
routed the eueniv and driven him in dis- Lieutenant Calleuder's battery making cn
oraeeful rout from a position whose natural tr'C!i tlll'ir diaries. Three private soldiers
htrensth eannot be over estimated. ith ' under lire, entering iu diaries, iu plain, leyi
hcavv loss to him and but little loss to lis, 1 l,lu chirogruphy, the events of the day, is a
is to "have won a victim, then 1 may repeat : spectacle only seen in the army of the Union,
the words of niv first telegram, We are ' l 's 0110 1' ,,lc s'ti'ts which causes one to
completely victorious.'' Two nights ntjri the ! wlect, and which will long retain hold upon
enemv's liris burned briuhtlv on Missiun ,lis niemory.
liidne and Lookout Mountain. Last niHit. Tlle operations of the day, on Gen. Sher-
;it lusk. theLuion cami) fires made il... i
rnlge one great glow-worm, and crimsoned i
the skv aliove till the great, fitil mon. i
w hich Lad risen just as the day and battle
were won aud ended, looked pale but smil
ingly. The allusion may creates smile : but
there was more than one on the ridge yes
terday afternoon, w ho, as they saw the eue
niv flying and the moon rising, thought of
the "stiii of Atisterlitz." 1 remember watch
ing Grant, as he rode along the ridge, w ith
head uncovered, receiving the plaudits of his
men, and 1 wondered if he did not thiuk of
the same incident.
Tilt: PLAN Or OPKltATIONS.
Although the adiuirably-conducted and
highly-successful operations of Gen. 1 looker,
in conjunction with W. F. Smith (-I5ahly"i
a month ago, brought great relief to the
army and saved the country the humiliation
of seeing its army evacuating the important
position of Chattanooga, the increased facil
ities of transportation afforded bv that suc
cess were not suiueutit to supply an.l p.o-
vision mi aiuiy reiiuo.i;eii io mc extent it " t. lien w c take one lull it look as il tin re
was deemed necessary to strengthen the j was another to be taken." liut, after a mo
Ariny of the Cumberland. The railroad to i incuts pause and si'.cnt observation of Tunnel
Chattanooga became an imperative and ini- J Hill, he added, "When we've got that we'll
mediate necessity, and. with this as the be done." I don't know that Gem ral lilair
primary object to be uttamed. Gen. Grant
devised a plan to raise the siege of the place
and get possession of ail-important Look
out Mountain. This plan was submitted to
his general olficers by General Grant, and
tinally adopted. On "last Friday 1 had an
opportunity of seeing a copy of Gen. Grant's
letter to General Thomas", detailing this
plan.
Now that it has be carried out to a hiirh
ly successful issue, 1 feel nt liberty to use the
substance of the letter of Gen. Grant, which
has reference to the execution of the plan.
Not only was the principal object to be at
tained a tempting reward for the operations
intended, but an examination of the enemy's
liue showed very plainly that he had de
liberately exposed himself to great datltrcr.
H:s exterior line upon Mission Hid
was
something near seven miles in extent, while
his inner line of rifle pits and similar de
fences running through the valleys was not
hss than t':e miles long. There" was upon
the line two points of importance to him :
the first. Tunnel Hill, bring they to Imposi
tion, and Lookout Mountain a position
important to Urjgg as a barrier to the pur
poses oftirant. It was supi)oei the cucmv
would deli tidTuntiel Hill withvi-'or. Look
out could It: held by a small force. General 1
Grant lid I that, to'atun k his Hanks vigor- '
oitsly, iu niiler to folic him to keep his line j
lengthened, an. I thus weakened, would af- i
lord a lav.or.iblc oppoituuity to test the
ftl'engtU of the Centre.
It was therefore decided that Gen. Slier- j
man with three div Nim, of his own nrmv. 1
ami tii rn-ral. Davis, of 1'aimer's corp,. sho'ild
move north of the liver, to a point opposite i
the mouth of the Chiekaniauga, and at an
early hour 011 the following morning throw I
a pontoon bridge across the Tcmicss. e, and, '
utidertlit '-over of General Ihanan's artillery, !
ero and carry the heights of Missionary :
Kidge, as far, at least, u, Tutitu I Hill. On i
the left rebel tl.ink Gen. Hooker was to :
operate with tieary, Asterhaus. and two !
brigades i f Stanley's division, his primary ;
object being to hold the rebels there, but.
authoried, 111 ease of an opportunitr pie- J
setititig itself. Intake possession of Look
out Mountain. In the centre, tieu. Thomas
was ordered to hold Granger and I'aimer's I
corps well in hand, to await an opportunity j
to strike at the centre, wlvnever, iu the'
opinion of Gen. Grant, the suspicious ;no- j
incut presented itself. Gen. O. O. Howard's !
corps was to be moved to the north side of i
the river, so us to aid either Sherman or the 1
centre. Hut. subseipientlv, at the suggestion
ot tieu1 Thomas, Howard was crossed into
Chattanooga, and held as it movable column
in reserve. Such was the genet nl plan of
oiMTutious, subject, of course, to such uiodi
licntious us tho movements of tho enemy
might necessitate.
Hut it will be seen that the enemy had no
choice of movement,, but forced to iisstimo
the defensive, -ms controlled almost entirely
by General Grant's movements. Never have
iii' nition iu wur better or more full) shown
the 't ttdvuntagea of the oll'cniw. Thu
battle, of Chattanooga have bun the only
one t u . foiiijhl by thi army on purely
often-iivo principles, uml 1 have thought
tincc lln.e battle, that the -t'li l of Grant's
miccc may be liCoVerei in the fact that
he Iota ulwava luken the olli-n.i ve, have
heard meu cull hnu "lliu Im ky llnoit," and
the iiew.p.iiiei. iM-ak l'f hi, good fortune.
I tell )ou it is not luck, it is not jjood foi
luue It i "rititi' i I'l i'rrv." He doe
lioi di Htid upon lircmu-il.tiii c of good lor
tune, but control, both, tiuo s'-icU il!utri
I1011 from Grunt, as m lne )ut h-ui, aho
more Inn ibly and giupliiciil! y thu ad-
alil.im 1 nl i lleii.ivo wailitix, lU.-U all III
Ul.lkllli of N ipoholl or Jolltllli CAM
I III, plan li' havt) Urn pill ill tseru-li-'U
011 isii,rdav, NuifiiiUr til ; but tieu.
siniiiutu id i-d I - Kit iuio p o, tioii on r'u
tl ., lu ihl.v U-nM '4iiM'i by lita I uina
and Ilia pailul tli.lfin IP'll l l lint p"itliu,i
1 I it Ivjea I j 1 ill. lliHtUd doM lit llr by
lliu luUla. ImUtd, l Mat pivvvltUd flout
' ytliiiin up until tli uiglil if M uiiUy, a 1
fitly li poiu.l lilittwll lv-l for Lla Molll 04
iiid uioiniii t'u fiiudat, Uorr.
, Itival 11 uititluv l iutiLl aUiul duVln,-
1 maul el lBt.lv!, M I til- k H lit ul '. tyt--
NBUBY
ing the plan in the least, rather advanced
it and increased the chance ot success.
Tns BATTLE OF TCSNEL nrxt.
On reaching the ummit of the scmi-cimt-
lar.alinno.1 liilU il.ii li ii. n Slurninn lintl
occupied on Tuesdav afternoon, I found he
had strengthened his position by strong
rille nits, and had put lour runs nf the 1st
Missouri Artillery, Cattery U, Lieutenant
Cullender commnuding, on the right of his
line on the hills, nnd a section under Lieut.
Hood, Cth Wisconsin, on the other extreme,
thus getting in an enfilading fire on Fort
Uuckner, 1 nsked Lieutenant Callander the
distance from his position to Fort ltuckner,
and he, having been previously engaged,
was enabled to calculate the distance by the
elevation given his guns. It was a fraction
over nine hundred yards. A short time after
my arrival, this buttery again became rather
seriously engaged with a rebel Hattery in
Fort Uuckner, which was kept up for half
au hour to the evident discomfort of the
rebels. With the exception of the artillery,
the liue was as iitiii t and composed as if in
camp, or as were three of our high privates
man s part, u-gaii uy an aliaeK on ins rignr
!v Colonel Loomis' brigade of Kwing's divi
sion upon the enemy posted behind the rail
road bank at Gln Station. This attack
was made at ten o'clock, and resulted iu a
repulse of the brigade, after n short fight,
so weakly made and so early dropped that 1
imagine it was intern led to develop the ene
my and his streiiL'th for the belielit of the
artillery on the hill, w hich began to pour
upon the eueniv a very destructive lire of
shells, w hich exploded above lliem in hatid-
..!.. ..! ..l r :.. if... i i:.
ai'iiiu aiviu. uiom-i 1.0111111a luilllie'l Ills
troops alter they had fully drawn the fire of
the eiiemx. and awaited further dcveloii-
I incuts on the left.
j On going to the left of the ridge I found
Generals Sherman, lilair, M. L. Smith, and
i Lightliurii, watching the ri iiil'oreenieut by
! General Corse's command of three regiments
of General l.ightlnmi's brigade, which had
! succeeded in effecting a lodgment on Ttiti
j ncl Hill, and upon which the enemy was
! still at work on I'ort lUiekm r. Gen. lilair
pointed out the situation to me, rcmarkim
-.hought we should be rejiulsed ; but 1
imagined he did when he made that last re
mark. General Corse, whh his command, mount
ed the hill in good style, and reached the J
crest without any dilliculty or opposition, !
as Col. Jones had also succeeded in doing ;
for you must understand that Fort liuekm r j
was not built immediately on the edge of;
the hill. That is mvu reached the lop nnd!
the plateau before you got under the fire of
the fort; but the moment you began to j
move over the plateau the fire" of the 'enemy 1
was likely to open on yon. General Corse. '
taking command, formed the. whole force:
under the crest of the hill, his own imntedi- '
ate command on the right, with Col. Jones' j
three regiments the 37th and lillth Ohio..'
and part of the 4th Virginia on the h it.
It was just eleven o'clock, when a trcinen- .
dous volley from the enemy revealed the '
fact, patent only to good field glasses, that I
Corse had marched over the crest, was on 1
the plateau, and was charging on Fort Uuek- :
Her. The opening chorus was well worthy I
to be the prologue to the -lay's drama, for it
had nil the merit of breit n:id briskness.1
It, lasted but ten minutes. The nun fell!
back under the crest of the hill, but they
left their dead and wounded in the enemy's !
rifle-pits. As they retreated Lieut, fallen- j
tier opened upon the pursuing enemy, w ho
appeared in heavy force, and covered the re- J
treat so well that thu enemy were unable to ;
pursue to the crest i f the hill.
This column had hardly fallen back to itJ
position when, from the right, again appear
ed Col. Liiomis' brigade, pushing steadily ,
and rapidly across Mime open fields iu a
persistent nnd stronger attack upon the rail
road bank at this station. The enemy gave
nun .1 warm reeriuon in mini, out one 01 (
his regiments appearing their left flank, and
i.ieiin iiiniis -..uoeieier mm j 10011 (iieiiiiig on
them from their right, they failed to stand
the assault, and hastily abandoned it, lied
up the hill to Fort ltuckner. Our men were
seen in permanent occupation of the bank,
and from it continued to lire on the retreat
ing rebels until the last one found safety
behind the mud w alls of Fort Uuckner.
1 .r..o...i .... 11 ... 1
While this had oeen going on Gen. Corse it, and the men came rushing down the bill,
was reinforced by a p u lion, perhaps nil, of . Loomis still stood; liauiu still moved ..r
Giles Smith's brigade, and the position 1 ward. llufcM ithi.is did not 11 to the loot
vacated by him was then filled by thu 11th
Corps of General Howard, w hich about this
time double-quicked across the ridge, nnd
went iu position on the left extreme. Gens.
I orse and Smith were now ordered to make
a second essault with their combined forces,
and Gcncr.il Lightburn, who had been anx
iously watching the action, joined the por
tion of his brigade 011 the hill, and assumed
of the w hole assaulting column. He order
ed the movement to begin iuimediali ly. and
j a more dcsjieriite and bloody asssault than
! the former was made. The combat had no
salient point to K- described. It was simply I
a steady and alow udvuui'e of thu w hole lino
to within a lew doeu yards o the fort, oc
cupying three-quarter- of an hour, and then
rapid retreat to the former position at the
cicst ,,f t!l0 l,jl, leaving the dead and
wounded in tho hand, of the enemy, and
between their their outer rifle pita sad Fori
lliii lner. General. Comb and title Smith,
Hliously Wounded, Wel carried into the
valley in the rear the one to lo, hi leg,
ami tlm other piobubly tn diu. Thu lull,
slim httya of thu tit II Iowa kiihVrud Severely ;
and, on Koiiijr to thu ho.piul ill lliu yitliey
below, 1 tin.) that tho Germans of tlm tlttii
Ohio have fought well and long Corse and
South mu'c, tlm Irmipa aro re fi.riiud in a
new line, of butt l by l.luhtbliril. Colonel
Wale, it, t.f iho tilth Ohio, auine command
--I l'-ira's brigade, au l, by ordi is, lliu liuu
lies down lit real and s.tltli su.u k f
ill ileluv, ahould ho V dill lira In ona. u
as vttUli n, im iutia of r,aur, or of
aulfciinif. . orta.ional U"itl rwial lit, I
hu lies ihrru. and il l yiry ttl-Unl ho In
Uuda lviiialiiiii on llm tUfi.ii.lv e, sitd I,
eoiifl leiil. At vcl liters an ho sih-n id hi
U.uig riiiifi'Uvd.
Ir'iout IhU liios -qiurtu afttr aU was
h Hum al ythitli Ibis irimlM limfe platu
itittil hull pa! u lltciv la (iiumi lu h'tu
feau s IstlU. llttslu cupii,s In In tiling
H,.'';iHlHll, tu I t ls!4
II. B. MASSER, SUNBURY,
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER
nire determined imault. Tho centre of the
line nt Orchard Itnob notes the time by
rapid and vigorous firing, of which I have
forgotten to ask an eiplanation, and which
"mission. I leave to others to anpplv. I
e"'l")'c, the time by examining the hospi
tals in rear of the lately assaulting ivartv.
and finding, to my disgust, only one rebel
and not a single Kastern casualit'y to record.
Hut alas, I found at the old log, hut, which
was being used as n hospital, and in the
side at the foot of the hill, many a brave I
: heart that had grow n suddenly silent to the .
praises which comrades were murmuring I
j over them. ,
j On leaving the valley nnd the hospitals I j
i returned to the point on the right of the
: ridge, w here Lieut. Gallendcr's guns w ere I
! posted. Here I found that Colonel Loomis'
; brigade had, disdaining the protection of j
; the railroad bank, rushed forward, and was
now skirmishing with the enemy for the
i possession of an abrupt ledge of rocks, '
j which, outcropping from the hill side, I
. afforded a secure; position to an attacking I
column, at a point not more than fifty yards ',
, from Fort Uuckner, which, let it be noticed, j
. was near the crest of the west side of the
hill, up which Loomis was now moving.
! Thu brigade eventually gained possession
; of this by half past one o'clock, when a
I second brigade. Col. Mathias, moved upon !
fits left and rear. This brigade got into I
position without any serious skirmishing.
Hut while this force was moving up, the
enemy had continued to pour into Loomis
not only a continuous, though harmless fire
of musketry, but had devised nnd put into
execution a system of warfare worthy of the
ancients. Tiny In ijnn thrmtiiuj ntonrn. And
this, too, with such an effect, that they soon
grew to be us great a terror to our bovs as
gunboats were foimerly to the rebels. These I
stones huge in size partly throw n down
the mountain, would leap over the outjutting I
rocks nnd fall upon our men with great !
force and doing much damage. The men :
at length, unable to bear this lire, demanded i
to be led against the fort, and did rush '
forward, but met w ith such a heavy lire j
that, in their temporarily disordered stale, .
they were unable to stand it, and, breaking,
turned and lied, only the color bearer of one '
of the regiments remaining in position. !
Here he continued, waving his ting, until'
the brigade, having met in descending the j
advancing brigade of Gen. Mathias, it turned
rallied, nnd again inarched in good order ,
to the position formerly held by it. nnd 1
rescued their colors from the enemy, who j
was making a charg-i for their possession. 1
The coler bearer remained unhurt. The !
two brigades now lain down again, wheu '
the enemy began again his fire of stones.!
1 but failed this time to break the line, though !
j the troops were much harassed by this novel j
expedient to dislodge them.
J Not content with the strength of the
! column which now lay resting on the hill. 1
J Gcm'ral Sherman orderod two regiments of i
Colonel Katun's brigade of John F.. Smith's
division to move up to the left and rear of 1
Mathias' brigade, in order to support "it. !
These regiments, 801 h Ohio and Kth Iowa, '
moved forward and took up a strong posi- ,
tion about half way up the hid. He had no '
sooner gotten into position than Loomis
and Mathias moved from tluir position, and j
began to advance up the hi!!, with loud
shouts of encouragement. The enemy sprang !
to their guns. and. from six pieces of artillery j
ami a long line of musketry, u heavy anil I
destructive lire was poured upon them, j
Instantly 1,'auin, though out of breath in
climbing hallway up the hill, pushed for- ,
ward in support of this perhaps, premature 1
assault. The hill at this time fitfully Hashed
and flarad w ith llame, and the columns, the
lings, the figttree of both toe and friend be- !
ing plainly visible, there was presented the '
most magnificent vision of war w hich litis
ytt been vouchsafed me. 1 cannot and -dare
nut attempt to describe it. if the 1
render can imagine two hosts thus strug- ,
gling, his imagination, however weak, can- '
not tail to draw a sublimer picture than my
peii ; and, however bright that imagination
may be, it cannot fail to fall far short of the ;
sublime reality.
Through a half hour of slow, toilsome
accent din this continue. The enemy con
tinned without intermission to pour canister
and muAet bails into the column whose '
success they appeared o much to fear. Our
men toiled on slowly, making but one wild
lash at the guns, from which they came
buck Maddened with taste lit their "failure.
From their line the tire leaped upward to i
almost meet
niipioachin".
that of the enemy they were 1
Success seemed within our 1
I Vl'r' ftrasp, and when
' It was a partial repulse, but that luonu-11- 1
: fury episode ot the battle will relied umly- I
iug honor on the army of w hich those repul- '
sed troops formed a part. I know not the
cause-the rebel artillery may have been j
1 concentrated im him, but M.iliiias broke
- -
I nrohe in uiti-r contusion, 1 tiiougiit, as 1 saw
ol the lull. Jut as the retreating troops
reached and wire passing Itaum's line, an
olllc- r sprang forward among them, seized
the standard of onu of the ri gimeiits, and
stuck it iu the ground, I ,Uvv him wave his
1 sword once o, r his head and point, up the
' hill. 1 could not hear hi voice, but the
' men did, and as it by a magic -which will
i be forever a mystery to me - that routed
I column turned, turned in-taiitly, an.l in a
j single second was marching up the hili, in
tit inly and strongly formed us was that of
if 1 1 1 u 1'. .. t ..1' it
Fot u man went laitln r than while It.ium'
...... ......i. ........... ,..
brigade was met, uud theru till tumid uiid
in barged, a if it wile a movement the)'
hud been practising for )eur.
And then thi whole bnu pushed forward
sgalu - certainly the 1110,1 won.h il.il di.pbiy
of human imturu under lliurotih tli-teiplino
1 have ever beheld or imagined, liotli
l.ooiiiia and Mallti.t,, inaik you, had broken
nine; yet itttw, alter half au hour light,
they UKuiu returned lu thu tight by lite aide
ol It iuui. Il i to ma, w riling il, iKiT. ctl)
liii'oiiipichi'ii.ihti-, uiid I turn lo luy uotta to
if lii y llieuioiv i, not at fault. Itul U" -Iho
woli.leilul aeiiieyeliii nl ia theru iu black
and while - the Vt lV hour maikid and lioled
am; ju.vi la iieaiii 11 1, a aim hi---.- woMntt
at hli'Villiellt iu the I it I h ire uud ri pttUe.
Il a jitkl al a iiiiaitut allt r lw- o ilot k
thai the loicta I In 11 In line itiadv a la. I (jraii I
.11.1 : . . .:o I. .t.,1
IiIi4ik al llm nUI woiks hliyy-i'l. "
1 lioiil ol tin 111 The liuu waa Mili I now,
lllioiigll lite .lu mil ol wounded lltul kl4'
Klud to Ilia itaf luadu II look rut; 'd 'lite
l-i-Ur w. kihu, and Ihejr puht.l b-rid
' It I. but a .h..l a,lk Uloiu bitakU.I. Ih.il
lilt) vaid. ; I al It ' no. I.il t' (!!) Indian-.'
Ilttifll. (k.ut.lj .bolted With luiil.lll, lliu
lUI n'lu, lltiiudtr ktpoti our liuu i an I,
sUs! Muvonbl a all UailuH) lliiuun.
01.1 .till adtainoirf loik.. llul still oui
t.iya it vu- aUiu, ld, Udtlly, uisndly
Istllt ! ! d' 1 :J
AMERICAN.
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
12, 1803.
OLD
cap clown over their eyts, ns if seeking to
hide the fearful flame that devoured them.
A few more yards nnd a few more lives, and
the rebel battery, the rebel position is ours.
We did not win here. The enemy was
forced to call for help to draw from his
centre and nt this moment, when nil w as
ours, they poured in from their left around
the lull, and got in upon our boys a daniua- 1
hie liank mid cross lire that it was perfectly j
impossible to oppose. This force proved to
be very heavy, und cnine ir.to the engage-
incut at double quick. Our line crumbled
almost instuntiineotisly. A few hundred '
faced about and fought a running fight to 1
the rear; but the main body turned uud
retreated. liut there was 110 panic, no j
despair. They saw they had failed and j
were overcome. They retreated, but not I
rushing wildly and furiously far to the rear. I
The powerful aided the weak, und the strong 1
bore off the wounded. I
The west side of the hill w as soon cleared !
of all but our wounded and the rebels. I
These latter pushed around the hill, under ;
the lire of our guns, until they suddenly, and
apparently unexpectedly, canio upou Light- '
burn, who had during all this remained I
perfectly quiet, but who now sent them
howling to their holes.
At this moment 1 was standing near the
bronze figure of Sherman. As our men re
treated down the hill, I saw him Into off the j
end of a cigar, light it. take a pull' or two. '
and then, turning to one of his aids, said, '
"Tell Lightbnrn to entrench and go into
position." He then sat down to wrile a
despatch. I knew the battle of Tunnel Hill (
wus over.
We had been repulsed. I may say blood
ily repulsed. . ' .
Hut the enemy had been forced to commit
the fatal error. "
TIIF. ASSAPl.T ON MISSION ltlOOt:.
The imagination of the reader need not
carry him from the left to the centre in 1
greater haste than my by no means rapid
beast carried me, for I arrived fully in time
to see the two assaulting columns, which '
for two days had been lying iu wait for the .
auspicious moment, launched against the
enemy's centre. General Grant had made ',
his headquarters, during the day, on Orchard .
Knob, and had watched anxiously the result,
of Sherman's assault. He had seen our men ;
driven back wheu flanked, and had said
with a quiet, sad smile, 'They made our;
boys get down the hill quite lively." Hut )
he had also seen the rebel movement to I
their light, and he also said with a smile of j
another character, "Now. forward." I
Simultaneously and instantaneously the .
two, or rather four columns, rushed forward J
across the valley of Citico creek nnd up tr
ibe liue of rebel rifle-pits that lined the base
of Mission Hidge. These did not even claim :
their attention, nor did the two or three j
discharges of musketry which received them '
call for 1 reply. On they pushed, with their
glittering bayonets signaling back a reply ;
that stat.'cd the a In tidy dismayed foe.
They abandoned the works and their camps, ;
over and through which our men rushed,
with headlong speed, and a velocity which
of itsel; would have secured them a victory.
The enemy had opened on these columns a i
heavy lire from several batteries, which he j
had massed along his centre, to hide and in ;
some measure remedy his now apparent :
Wi'!ikii"ss there, liut these were only replied j
to by thu guns of Captain Hridges, on Or- '
chard Knob, and the deep-mouthed monsters
of Fort Wood. The foot of the hill was i
reached by the advancing column iu good 1
order, and now began the difficult ascent.!
Half way up, the line became broken and '
ragged, and it looked much ns if 11 heavy .
line of skirmishers were mounting the hili.
When they reached the top, nnd the rebel I
artillerists were limbering up their pieces,;
the front line was no longer preserved, but
the men pushed forward indiscriminately. I
The rebel infantry tied, and yielded up the J
artillery without further struggle. From I
below we could see the rebel flag as it en- J
ti red aud passed through Fort Hiiidman,
and gave place to that of the Union. In
just three quarters of an hour niter the order
was given for the a-sattlt General Turchin,
of liaild's division, occupied Foil Hindmati
with two of his regiments, and was rapfdly
moving the others forward to their siippoil.
Generals Williih, Haen, and Waggem r
were reaping harvests of'artillery. The hill
was won at four o'clock, the enemy cut in
two, and his organization for the time de
stroyed. About this hour. Hooker, who had been
advancing on the ridge northward, struck
the rebel left about Fort Breckinridge, and,
sweeping still further north, gathered in
fresh hordes of prisoners.
As the hill wis won, General Grant, fol-
lowing in the w uke of the advancing columns, !
appeared in Iheir n.'ulst on the summit ns
the white plumed helmet of Henry IV. had
appeared at Ivry. The troops saw and le- '
cognized him, nnd nt once there went up a 1
shout such as only victorious men cull give
to a victorious lender. It must have aouud- i
ed strange to Bragg, who yet, on this siitue 1
hill, Tiot'half u mile distant, w as marehiiig
his Hoops upon the right for a last dcper.ilu j
cllort to regain tiie day. 1
tin: 1. ast 1:1 roitr ok Tin: iii-:m:i.s. J
The attack came came ere Tun hin had
succeeded ill getting forward his leiiif'oice
nieiits. il was made iu ,trong force, and iu I
a moment exit nded along the whole line of I
the two regiments now 111 Fort llitiibnan, ;
and stretched ut Tim the ridge. It was evi- I
dent the enemy wit. determined to stake all
Upon that issue. Gcnclul Grunt und hit 1
chief of staff r-'i'ogllied ill an iiHlant tlle j
... . .1 1 - 1
importance nl r.ie muu 111 unn urgeu mr
wind the reiiifoicenieuu of T un ion. .Min
gling in the vi iy holiest o what now In-
c one the holleal'liiu of the day, they urged j
forward ihc iruop and pel,oliully nave ill-
reel ion. for their disposal. Tun hin finding 1
mine 11 it 11 moving a pice of ullilhry lo the
rear, in hi. way, laved uud aw ore, in broken
Lugli'h, until he had got lii, null up lo the
oka, aud Lieutenant I unit r s, iuailiiy
tur.id thu fellow who xm iitinug thu
e,un, uud w liih doiiio; an got riotisly wound
td. General Meig, iUal lciliiu.lt I Geiii lid,
bit. led hilll.ell ill pllpulliio; IntTlou piilliil,
for Ihe t'tiptultul tun., whit li General Giunl
. onleiin into 'sitlon, hut iuvo thu tuk
up in despair I" I aptutu Ho.., of Gineiul
Giant l!t.
llitl 1 Itii si lilb i) lint, p! ice. I v t. iimr
Used. Gitt-Tul Tun hill j 11. hid ..ur l hi.
lump., aud b 'mr hud I hi) fciKuli. III
liuu oi bulllu ill liut loll, ll.uu kiid.lt til) lli
ImlUe loucil ami u. over. A. if Willi nr.e
ate old, lbs liUI. luu.l In all -t.-1 Itr. tit y
bl.'ku HI Utter and total oiilu.loii, and
I it. In I il..u llm bill olUyalUl toilet
l .li .u.d Hi 111 at lliey II..I, bill lln) tiid
It-'! lit. I I'll llll) I '!.!... I, lU'V '!",( ai. I
li it nig, ! 4 kit m l ail im m aul-1).
I lt ui uiaii. tt. vtui-i nt.bd In lAtuiph la
,Ului). U Uligial'll kill Ud )ku oil
lajiyii-sf j.u.k ima't tt. i k
SERIES, VOL. 24, NO. 12.
you. AVe arc in possession of everything.
The siege of Chnttanooga has been raised,
and doubtless that of Knoxville will be
abandoned by the enemy. We slmll have
railroad cbnmiunicntion with Nashville in a
fortnight. Bouts are nlrendy plying between
this and Bridgeport. Our army is now in
pursuit, nnd nil attempt is to be made to
drive Bragg so far South that n column will
be at liberty to move Last in time to inter
cept Longstrei t in his retreat, from Knox
vill. The days are alrea ly brightening,
nnd the military horizon promises a reversal
of the seasons of nature. Chiekamaiiga was
tho cold and dismal equinoctial storm
which frr a time devastated the land. Then
followed the bitter, dumb, und sullen Octo
ber of the doubtful and dangerous siege.
Does it not look ns if we were to have 1111
Indian summer under Grant ?
l-t?" iNCimiNTS OK HoslMTAI, LlKK. I II-
der this head the New York Krniiuj IM
contains sonic interesting incidents from n
lady, the wife of nn officer in the army. Tho
following is an extract :
NlX.ltO IMTPU'.NT'.
Speaking of negroes, reminds me of some
very funny scenes w itnessed from my window
during my stay. Every day long freight
trains brought in cotton from Tuscum'oia.
Ala., nnd other places along the line. 1 have
seen them two hundred yards in length,
piled p with miscellaneous urticles, while
crowning; them were old beds, tied iu
sheets, and nil sorts of bundles, through
which little negroes swurnied like bees.
Look where you would a little blackface
and woolly head peeped out, while shining
black eyes flashed and twinkled in innocent
wonder upon all side.
Yet it w as a pitiful sight, too, these poor
half-starved, half-clothed creatures. To see
them swarming over the place, sleeping upon
the ground, and voraciously eating the ra
tions dealt out to them by government olli-cials-,
was enough to bring tears to the eyes
of the hardest. Poor, ignorant, helpless
creatures, with no home, uud a dark future
before them !
People have often laughingly wondered if
'Topsy" was not a creature of" Mrs. Stovve's
prolific fancy. Could they have enjoyed a
brief season in Corinth I think they w ould
scarcely have questioned the truthfulness of
the character. Topsies might be found here
by the hundred.
Iliad one iu niv room, 11 blight, quiet
little creature, with a tiny round face ns
black as the ace of spades. I dressed her
up and kept her about t i do little errands
for me, while the chambermaids in the house
found her ns much a source of amusement as
usefulness. She would dance, sing and act
quite as comically as Topsy ever did.
i had to laugh heartily one day at the
doleful face of one of the clerks, as'he e.iuie
into my room, his hand covered with blood.
"Please give 111c a bandage for this, Mrs.
!- ," he said, laughingly, his tones at the
same time full of vexation. "That Nell is a
perfect little imp ! See what she has done
to me !"
"How? Why. your hand looks full of
little pricks as if from teeth."
"Pins, you mean ! I declare, its too rich !
She's a little smart one, you may rest assured
It happened this way:' We boys love to
teaze her, uud often get her into the store
dow n stairs to hear her make droll remarks.
I got into the habit of tapping her upon the
head, pretending to be vexed, just to see her
roll up her eyes at me in her cotnically-de-precaling
Way. Her wool is thick, audi
guess 1 tupped her pretty hard sometimes,
relying upon its softness to protect her.
Well, the little imp, what does she do but
stick about forty pins along, under the hair
through the edge of the turban, the points
out. They formed 11 circle around her droll
head, and just now 1 tapped her 011 the side
of the head, so hard lis to get a dozen right
through my hand. The smart vexed me,
and I tapped tho other side, then the top
you see the result."
By this time I had finished binding up
the lacerated hand, and indulged in a con
vulsive burst of merriment ut his expense.
He w ent aw ay laughing, and a few moments
later, when Nell came in, 1 examined her
head, finding, ut the least, half an ounce of
pins deposited in the curly locks crimped
up tightly over her head.
She stood demurely, with her hand-: fold
ed, during the examination, and iu answer
to my question as to w hy she did it, said
gravely :
"Why, miss, ho was alius a spat tin' o'
inc."
Army Sriin In 4 liiircli.
A Piqur (.Ohio) correspondent of the
Cincinnati (nt.u(U, writingon Thanksgiving
day, tells: the following story of tl fighting
parson :
"The glorious news from Chattanooga
this morning cheated liev. .Col. Moody out
of the opportunity of delivering his Thanks
giving sermon. We had met ut the Green
Street Methodist Church, in accordance
Willi the President's proclamation, had sting
the President's Hymn,' taken up a collec
tion of about sixty dollars f ir the Sanitary
Commission, aud our lighting jir. a- In r h id
scarcely got through with his introduction,
when the Hurilt airived, was. brought info
thu church and hitiil'd to him by our
patriotic. si-Moii. The preacher stopped,
paused a moment, and I In 11 shouted v!"t'
loiis 111 .' He read I lie healing, tfthe
lelegi iphie new nnd .ai I :
" ' The congregation w ill all lise." 'Now ,
'.hu e 1 lift 1 - lor the old Mar-uud Stripes.'
"They were giviu wilhu will, and the
wall, ol Gift 11 Mici I rang with the alioiils
of sturdy old .It ward, and lea lets.
" .Now, -ing - all sing' -'Pi ai.e 1 bid f. .1.1
whom nil blessing, ll.tw." The i. ii-'.i ;t
tiou ail Ioiiiiii;'.
Now,' .aid ihe pr. ;tc!u r, "I Live too
unit II good .disc lu II. u.k that y.ei vi.a.l.l
i.itiu-r bear n le p.te tl h Ih.tii heir the I t Ms.'
No lit) read all Ihe d. sji.tli li.-i will, the
editorial, whiih Ma ftt'iuculty ilueicl by
t!m couyi- gallon.
" I hell lo, low 1 J ..Hue l-yti'llil't r.Tiitlk.
by lb v. Dr. W lift I. k, 1 f tbu l n-l li-..n-l
liuii h. and ll.u 1 Vi I. in w 1 le 1 1. -.id by a
U'lti lie llmi - lliu i t. li-In' .ill. -ii, l y li.ing
Vole, aut ing i,i nn 1 1 111 thu 111 inn..; to
hear liiu 'I hulik.K'Oug ktiiititii, and I tk"
uiiotlu r eol'.ti tii.ii ir lltf Salutary Com-
llllMloll.
I . . :
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pn.i till d l.t ltl.lt. p Rlllipll, '! the M h
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yn luy -lay. I bs 1 n- u 1I..1.I.I,, w.lli
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l liuo.lt .11 1., 11 bad al. I Vi.lil i.l.t Hi lU
ti otltf, tttii.il I at k bit lb im t, I i'1 U'l -il v .
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Uli.tf aaiitie.l It) intuit, il iu. 1 .-. ituui.i
1 In lt-i a, au I la hktol. atisi) l-.ii.itl.il.
l- a ar-n..yi
Ti:ic.iiM of Aivi:urislJ.
One aqnnre of 12 line, 3 time,
l.vrtj suhaequcnt insertion,
Unn square, 2 niontlui,
Hix iiimitlia,
tjno Tear,
fl 00
. 3 00
6 ("I
8 00
liu-ini-d- Cardi of t line-, per annum,
.Merehnnt and other- k'ivcrtisinjr by the Jew,
J 00
wun tn priTiieo or inserting iluiereni au-Torli-inpt
weekly, 10 00
liu-lni--- Holing in.ertoil In the hnCAL Cnf.rji.r.r
hefuro Marriage ami Deaths, H K CKViri l'J.k
LIMC for eaeli insertion.
13" burner Advcrtisuttieiits on per a;;riHuicrit
JOB pnU'TINO,
We have e inneeted wiili cur ostaM'utiineiit a well
eleeted Jvll Ol'I'lVl'. wbieli tvitl ptinMe us to
ejecute, in the ncaiest rtylty every variety of
Printing.
S'oikiiipm MoLArsttK Thr five principal
States of the West for the production of sor
ghum molasses ate Missouri, Iowa, Illinois,
Indiana, and Ohio, Their c-litnated pro
duction last year wr.s 10.203,728 gallons.
This year only C,070.t;23 gallons, a decrease
of nearly three aud a quarter millions of
galloi"!. The nlnouiit of ground planted
was miK-li greater than in 1302, but the
frost destiny ed the yield.
The annua! L-on-iimntion of moliis-ics and
sugar, prior to the war, ws about l."i.000,
000 gallons of molasscss, and about 1,000,
000.000 pounds of sugar, the amount for
each inhabitant, slaves excluded, bring
thirty-nine pounds. The increase of the
consumption of sugar iu thu Unitnl States
since IN JO was 227 per cent., whilst the in
crease of population was CU per cent. The
Louisiana cane sugar, this year, will not, it
is supposed, exceed thirty to fifty thousand
hogsheads, and hence the country must rely
011 heavy importations (n supply its wants.
New modes to supply its ow n sugar ami
molasses must In; adopted by thu country,
and hence the monthly report for October
very properly directs public attention to tho
great importance of the first experiment
now making by the firm of Geunert Broth
ers. of Nev"Yor!c city, at Chatworth, Living
ston county. 111., to grow the sugar-bed, and
to manufacture sugar from it.
A Bkiiu: Wouth Having. The Rock
ingham (Vn.) Register publishes the mar
riage of Miss Lucy F. Roller, the daughter
of a wealthy fanner in that county, and
adds : "She was what we would calf -an in
dependent girl," sure enough. Her bridal
outfit was all made with "her own hands,
from her beautiful mid elegant straw hat
down to the handsome gaiters upon her
feet 1 Her own delicate hands spun and
wove the material of which her weddiug
dress and traveling cloak were made, so that
she had nothing upon her person when she
was married, which was not made by her
self! Nor was she compelled by necessity
or poverty to make this exhibition of her
independence. She did it for the purposn
of showing to tlie world how independent
Southern girls are,"
The Bedouins, says the Levant If.rtilL
1 have become so numerous and lawless of
j late iu the holy land that it is unsafe to go
even the shortest distance- from Jerusalem.
1 Jordan cannot bo visited, having become a
1 hard road to travel.
VGRI CULTURAL.
Iiy the Asrieultural tailor J
lcp:ir(mcut l" Agriculture.
We nre indebted t the Commissioner of
Agriculture at Washington, for a copy of hU
report for 1802. So far ns a consury 'exami
nation of the papers accompanying the re
port allows us to judge, they arc' far superior
to the bulk of matter whieh'used to be com
prehended in the report from the patent
otliee. We recognize carefully-prepared ar
ticles on important topics, from some of the
best agricultural writers in the country, and
the publication aUogither is of such a char
acter us to give assurance that the Comniis
sioner and his able coadjutors are making
serious effort to do something beyond w hat
has been attempted heretofore in bcRalf of
agricultural progre-s.
The commissioner adopts the hints of tho
late Judge Bilcll as to the chief purposes to
be accomplished by his department. First,
Collecting, arranging, publishing and dis
seminating, statistical, and other useful in
formation in regard to agriculture. Second,
Collecting from different parts of our own
and foreign lauds, such valuable animals,
cereals, seeds, plants, slips and cuttings ns
may be obtained. Third, Answering the in
quiries of farmers nnd others, on all matter
relating to agriculture. Fourih, Testing
by experiment the value of agricultural,
implements, Ac. Fifth, Analysis of plants,
soils, grains, fruits, vegetables, manures
Ac. Professorships of batony and ento
mology, and an agricultural library aud
liiu-eum, enter also into the plans of the com
liiis.doiier. Biair Si o.vt:. We have on several occa
sion, lalely. referred to Be-1 Sugar. Also
to the fact that a large mai.tactury of it had
just been established in Illinois, The fol
lowing coinuiuiiicaiii ii, tlicrcfore, which
lately appeared in tin: Hard Mtic-Yurkcr,
may be of interest :
Beet root sugar cm be nude chenper
than maple sugar, eviii where the farmir
has n good sugar orchard, for the cuke left
alter the juice has been expressed from thu
beet will pay till the expense of laising tho
beet and making the sugar. An acre of
sugar beets will produce not less than
fifteen tons 1. f loots. The very lowest yield
of sugar is per cent, und of molasses, or
syrup, f) per cent. more. An acre would
yield ol
Sugar,
Syrup,
lo.'iO pounds.
1j gallous.
Cake,
't he inonev Value would be
tun-.
B'-jO pound, sugar at I'l cl-. per lb. if lOVO'd
4i gallons syrup at .Vi cl s. ur galluii, 22,50
3 tons ca!;e ut 10 pir lou, 110.00
Gross reciipls.
Suppose we put Id- en"
We have a profit t.f
pi r acre, w itlmut in any
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