VOLUME 2. From the Clncintttti (Inietle. Thomas' Great Victory. Aell\ I*lXl, I lee. 17. WHY WK FELT CONFIDENT. The morning of Ijcceuiher lliih, I r ke Ujioii an utiXioMs city. What wottld be the l'ot luiie ol the day : Ihe rebels had the day previ -u been driven from every' p".-i . n we a- ailed, except upon the cxin iuc ligb . and tiiey were sure to 1 abandon that part ot the line before she next day broko. Our men had displayed ihe most distinguished va.or •and were in ihe h gliest \slnle it was evident from tin: desponding tone of most of the prisoners that the rcboti wcie Very much dcpre-scd. Our troops l'eit entire confidence in 111« --kill and wi-doiu of their ieadct's a confidence v.ell shared while it was Certain that our opponents never did Couii do in Hood and ' e wi sor aniMiig thein l •• I upon h.- gcir. ral ii i with iJi'imst .fin! lisniay. Wi' had . - i n i ■ j • •• " ■ ■ n Je. ail i v.i . " ■ ..w. li .oeraUoOS, iiiiiiece-s.uy to ei.uii.eiuie. every loyal bosoiti oeai logli w.ili impc otii ihe nigfii, Uiaf thi moiTow wouid w.tness a signal tr.uuipii tor our arms, so 41.. I'IIOL'IIUT l'U . Hi. CoN I'KAUY. Hut on tlie other li.ni 1, there were some reasons why we looked with apprehension upon die resuit of the morrow's conflict. So far we had driven tlie enemy only from detached poiuts aud Comparatively isolated works with'ftt anywhere fighting him iu his principal line. From the fact that he, being the investing party, neces sarily occupied a larger line thanovrselves, we might ml or that his torees 011 Thurs day, when we first commenced the attack, were considerably scattered, and were aide to act at any one point with but little weight. Lfur.ng tlie night lie would of course, gather his legions together, and* so form compact bodies of men with which to resist the strength of our battallioiis- We were aware, too, that when tlie fight began at least two dinsions of Cheatham's corps were in the vicinity of Murfreus boro; but that upon ihe first inf. filiation of an attack by our own force*, they Would be scut for With all haste, and return 111 time to takv part in tlie Friday's tight Weighing tliexe cateliilly agivinut the I'iiiiiio-lirtice 01'in oi\ i. »i .-till leb cimiiiii'i I I hut the l.:ii nice wi.- on tin ii.. In ~i ; and Iha ai. iioimh \>r might be obliged to struggle hauler than 011 Thursday, the result would be similar, ami the di.-t'iiiiitifurc of tlie rebels more complete. POSITION (It THE : NKMI . The tit-1111 ill:: was cloudy ami gave in»t!- cations of rail). Thore Was a dense fog at 1111 early hour, but this soon cleared away ; and as early as eight o clock, wo were able to deter io the p -ittoii ot I Ins enemy. Availing himscll of the cover ol darkness he had wilhdrawu both the cov er.of his wings, from the river, had every where contracted hi? lines, aud was hold itig a strong position along the Granny White Hill. 01 as tin- particulai portion ol ilte eiiain is called, the Overton iiiaiigc These lulls i iustinitc the most wesieyty spur ot* the i limbei 111 nil iUoillilii ins. 1 tie re i iiu.li 1 held 4. S l». i.ecs co ps, ihe c.\t 1 iiini'right tiy I'layion - utvis, n o, tlie Minn . resin 1 'up-ai a .1 just t the oacK upou .nc c.iuic oi-.MII. ii..ls ai.uady inetuioliea. anJ oe.Woeu iTie viraiiuy Wln.e ullii 11 lllsboio' | ikes. It must be understood that the centie of their old position (uhd as they liad withdrawn both wings, they now held ou ly the cen tie) the rebels had origin ally constructed lour lines of eutreuchinciits. the first of these they voluntarily aban doned on the 12sh iust. • The second was the continuation of the series of detached positions on the rebel left, from which we drove theni on Thursday. This they relinquished on Thursday night, falling baek to their third line. This they on Friday morning, although they evi dently did uot much rely upon it and were prepared to retire to their fourth line, which was the strongest of all. Ihe center oi this line was six miles from the center of the city. OUR OWN ORHEII OF 11ATTLE. Our own troops yvere disposed in the following general order: Tlie cavalry, under Major-General Wilsou, were ou the extreme right Geu. Schofield, with the -3d cirpe, consisting of Couch's aud Cox's divisious, was at first held in reserve, but before the main bati.e opened, had tuked jositiou in liue on the left «(' the cavalry, thus funning The right of our infantry line. The ltith Corps (lieu. \. J. Smith) catue next on the left of Sell field Its three divisions wi■ f*ei inniiili'le I liV lirig. lien M Artliur 1 lirifj. en. (SarrnrH anlCid. J. 11. Moore. Seventy second Illinois. On the left ol Smith. the magnificent Fourth Corps lien T. .1 Woo li in. f<-lined in el >-e order of battle, and partially massed. Tt>• throe divisions were commanded res- I c'Ctivelv hv Brigadier General Kiuiball, : Brigadier General Elliott ami Brigadier' lieneral Beatty. Holding the extreme ■ left was liencral Sf"'dtiiiin with it divis ion commanded l»v Brigadier lien. Cnift, and Iwo brigade-, of colored troops, com manded n-| cctively by Colonel Morgan, if the Curly.l' arth I'nited States Color ed T 1 oam! C I inel Thomp jn. of the Twelfth The particular position of tic dii.eren divis 'mis i'i Ime t i unneces jpry t n n. ttsthey were great-^ ' I> Nt.NO CAN.. ■« AO: It was | ciha|» halt past e ~h> a m . w ei ai. lie inhabitants il N.i. 1iv.1.0 . m tie.' ■ I'' II lit to he.r limit's ill lis. oil to tlie cop an heavy thundering* of ar tillery wh ih came to ling up lYoin tin Sou h In a short time , the explosions were so tremendous and continuous that the air trembled and the window-pane ' rattled in their sashes. Either we were renewing the battle an 1 following up the, advantage gained yesterday, er Hood, according to his cus tom, was hurling his desperate legions i against our lines. Nobody would have been surprised to hear it was the latter. To break his army in pieces in an unit jvt iling effort against our superior nuni-* | hers would be but a fitting finale to his mad project of invading Tcnuessee. PLAN OF BATTLE. It turned out, howexer, that we had ta ken the initiative. | Our plan of battle to-day was simply j a continuation of that of yesterday. It consisted in pressing the advantage we had gained upon the enemy's left. Gen. I Wilson, with the cavalry was to pu-.li 1 down the Ilillsboro turnpike, and if pos sible intercept the rebel trains. Selio field was or ered, as soon as he ill gilt deem ii expedient, to assail the rebel lelt retired against the hills; while Sm.tli was to bieak through the rebel hue at the | oin where it was in.st inivanced eivai . thee ly. ltd niukiiig a pallia, whee oward lie c.t. w ;u Ii II nut; he loacho'i the Flunk u :ull>j Kc lo Uoul. ii coiijuio ion w tb >Vee iinali. was a signed the tank of buttlinu with Hii>i driving hack the enemy's right. N A i'UIIE Or l 111-. I'HutMi. '1 lie 4i' iiid '.v. » in.'-l y open in front -'! tic Sixteenth and Fourth Ikirps, and some la:-.e cotnlields lay just in Iront "t the ii IHi 'll li tie of reoel works. Stecd iii.ni nil vmg to the right amj left of the Ai ml i ec.-iioi ' pike, lecli tig for the enemy 's light Willi ins.in tiofis ultimately to con nect with llie Fourth Corp.-, had to urge Ills way IhruUgh a district no' veiy thick ly W'lodc.l. tint still in which the trees were numerous enough lo conceal a good many iebei i-kiriu.sliers. SKlll.Mlnlll L!S These skirmishers ol ttie enemy hau been iii.-n ibuied vety thickly along then ii"iii ano it became necessary as out ! troops i lUniieiice i lo am.,nee in I lie iir in _ io ten i out ' 'dtiinus ol opposm,. -i,.in,, lit »i. ,ui. > bu .icau ) ii n ,'i nc _ui jo tonit th Li II . ojl LLINO. Oil. at ei - we ein w rough t' to fear upou the enemy w.th greater pre ! eisioii than before. We had no lack of either artillery or ammunition, an 1 we I tliun icied away from perhaps a hundred j pieces, simultaneously. Looking throug a glass, I could per | ceive the eonsteruatiuii this ti e occasion ed among the rebels. Now a shell would explode near a group, who, more daring than the rest, had exposed themselves to view. Such a ecatterment as would then take place ! If the shell expladed very n ar, however, the whole group instantly fell upon their laces; some of these would get up immediately alterwards and take refuge behind the warks; others nould be borne away to the rear by their comrades; while still others, for whom no physician could inveut a remedy, would be left lying where they fell. A solid shot would strike the parapet of the rebel breastworks, and plough a deep fur row through it ; or, falling short, would scatter over the rebels beliiud, a shower j of dirt aud mud. I The rebel artillery replied very feebly , partly Because, havingalways beeu some what weak iu this arm, they were still more so alter their losses of yesterday; and partly because they did uot wish to . discover to us the exact position of their " Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our 'jty as we understand it"— A LINCOLN BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1805. b.rteiies until tlie assault. which they ecnied probable should take place. FLA NKI NO MOV E 11KNTS. Schofictd now marched down the Gran ny White pike, and carefully concealing his placed his corps directly upon their left flank and almost at right angles Willi their line. Steeduian at the aine time Woiked his way forward, until lie could at any moment connect with Wood ENEMA -TRKNOTAENS HIS ADVANCK- Wliilc th-e movements yvere go ; ng on. the enemy wa- i-b.-eiveil to be strcngth b "K.nced line, which 1 have i • the third from the city, and tl • • ,!■ y. kin comparison with his mrth 11 in.- I'onions of .Johnson's and - oil, 'i divisions of Lee s corps oe i|. 1 tiiis •••rer line with four pieoes ot aitllle.v • , " AIiVAM'K LIN I: CARRIED. 'llo' i Mil.cuts ot the rebels for !• i - bis line i.eteriuiiied Gen. \\ .11y it'withobi delay. To the ii v n ili s c preiiui nary access .11■ 11ic11 i thiin Ocneial '1 hoiuas, w iuin I saw i; vcr i! time- luring the day in the vi'iy I; ui ol i!' battle, received Word th i I wm were in | roper position, Hid ii ui) ai e t lo assail the loe. lii iii % in nin.-). ho eaietuily re i mi "i . ill u.n Ins glass the posi : I -i ly ;i c e.-, and then, as it i .i i v,,; .iu u utt ot his observa •iiccha r e ai ng the whole < •: I . ■ ; A..0;.H 1111. WHOLE LINE. >seii liti „i uiice mm ed upon the left wi .tie eto'iny. Leiore the Veterans oi me o.i i.oips vjryth.ng gave way lke liosi >,oik. Ihe assailed flank cruiti b eo lo p.tii.es as they advanced, and was lolied back upon ihut portiou of the line nhieb just now was attacked by A .J. .-•until s Hoops, with a we.ght aud energy thut nothing coulu withstand. M'Mii icn's brigades, foremost in battle as on .he prevn.usday. rushed right up iu the very teeth ol ihiee poweilul lebel bat teries, which had been dealing death in to Smith's ranks as well as Schotield's, and carried, at the point of the bayonet, the salient portion oi' the hostile works. Everything was then over with Cheatham and Stewart. In less time than it re i|uiics for uie to write these brief sen tences, their woiks were everywheie cor ried,.their forces utterly routed, \heir sol diers captured by thousauds, aud every piece of their artillery in our hands! Such of the frightened fugitives as es caped death or capture fled rapidly tow ards the Fraukliu pike, passed through the gap iu the lulls, and tuok letuge be hiud S. 1). Lee's [lowerlul corps, which still held this gap. THE FIRST CRISIS I'AST. One great crisis o; thejbattle was past, 'ihat crisis came wheu buiith assuiled the salieut poiut of the enemy's principal liue. It was post when he had broken through it, aud hurled such of the lebel hordes as he did not capture, back of the Fraukliu Pike. THE SECOND COMING. But Lee still held the hill on the left of the lurnpi'te, completely comntauding it. The rebel right was still unbroken : and while that was the case, the victory was still irtcomplete. It was once again Wood's time to try his fortune mid his skill. From the time when lie fiist put his command iu motion on I bursday morning tothe prestnt hour, he had failed in tiothiug. The progress of the4th corps had been resistless as the march of late. Could it but carry the lull before it, it would complete the dis comfiture of the rebel host, thrill with the deed the hearts of the American peo ple, win the crowuing triumph of the day, and make every man eonueeted with it proud of its tiiime forever. STEED.MAN TO ASSIST. Assistance, too, yvas near at hand. Steedmau, as said before, had worked his way over all opposing obstacles; haddriv cn th.'mdiels steadily before him. on both sides of the MurfreeSsboio pike and ma king a half wheel toward the left had connected with Wood's right. Ilis forces WCI'C li ow availa le in aiding to carry the hill. When Wood and Steeduian unite in an enterprise, heaven help they be rebels) who throyy themselves in their way! SUBORDINATES Wood had for his subordinate officers such men as Klliott, Sani'l Beatty, Kiln ball, Grose, Whitaker, Opdyke, l'ost, Lane. Steeduian had Cruft, Mitchell, Grosvenor, Morgan, Thompson.' Their troops yvere mostly veterans of a score of battles, and the elite of the ioic if Hood himself with his whole army were concentrated upon it. Calmly, qmelly, with the same pleasant siuile as before, he superintends the reformation of bis broken battalions, aud issues his or ders. Pour into the rebels your shot aud shell again artillerymen! Give the traitors upou that hill not a moments rest! Mo matter though your tired horses siuk hall w'ay to their knees in mud, let them pull up the i ouderous cannons to such positions that the fiery products of their wombs will be more efFectuul. No mat ter though your men be covered with mud, besmeared with blood and powder and soaked wilh rain, let them resume their task, ram home their cartridges, and send them onto their work,of death. Bring back your colored soldiers to the charge, brave '1 hotnpsou ! Post's heroes must have au opportunity to avenge his death ! Kimball and (jrrose, and Kirby and Klliott, and all the rest must have a chance! * The thunder of artillery, render more awful by the approach of night, (for it was now nearly four in the afternoou) sounded more deafening nud continuous than before; aud the reqels, anticipating another charge, withdrew a number ol troops from the left of their position, aud marched them toward the poiut which had previously been most fiercely assail ed. THE CHARGE RENEWED —ENTIRE SUC CESS. The eagle eye of Wood at once detect ed his advantage. While Post's veter ans again assailed the hill directly, aud Thompson's gallant Africans moved on the reLel right, the bulk of Elliott's aud Kinball's divisinus were hurled like a thunderbolt against the rebel left. Wood himself, accompanied by all bis stafl. closely followed, and directed the charge. In vain the fires of hell blazed forth anew.—ln vain the terrified rebels dis covering their error, endeavored to shift back toward their weakened left. To at teuipt any maneuver in the iaee of the mighty storm now howling round them, was iu itself destruction In column and in line, deployed here, iu masses there, our soldiers rushed upon them ; aud al though llie hillside was wet with the blood of many a martyr, they neither wavered u. r hesitated nor paused until the hos tile batiery was in their hands, until ev ery portion of the opposing works was carried, aud such of the rebels as held ibetu and were uot killed or captuied, weie Heeling iu wild dismay. It was the last stand of the foe that evediug. " llout, ruin, panic scattered all and 1 really believed that had not night in terveued the rebel army would have been iheu and there totally destroyed' Tilt FIELD AFTER THE EIGHT. I passed over the bloody path which our sol .iers had troddcu in their uusuu cesslul as well as successlul ettortto car ry the hill. Never did i see the deau aud dying so thickly strewn ujion a bat lle-iicld. While aud black seemed to have bled in about equal numbers. They' had died m aiuiost every altitude that i.he imagination could conceive. in one place, ul the tool of a small stump, the ucaii bodies of two colored soldiers lay across the dead body of a llurd ! J'assing up the hill, the • kbris of the batile-lield was terrible to behold, Mus kets bi'iit double were lyiug beside the dead bodies of those who but a few mo ments before had Laded and fired theiii. Unused shells aud canuou bulls were scat tered HI every direction ; aud camp equip age, torn and trodden to the uiud, was mingled with shattered artillery wheels ami fragments of exploded caissous. The ground HI every directions was •ploughed into furrows by our eaunou shot,anc tree., were everywhere literary shi-eree to pie ees ! SAUVE QUI PEUT. I pushed forwar I to the southern slope of the hill. It was almost dark ; the ram was pouring stead.ly down, aud standing there amid the dead and dying I caughi the Jast glimpse ot our hues of battle, uuu heard (he last triumphant shouts of our soldiers as even through the thcdarkiics they pushed ou after the fiyiug foe. RESULTS. Such was the secou 1 day of battle ol tj-ashville. We lost pel haps twelve bun died killed and wounded. The rebel cas ualties of this kind was certainly not much less than ours. And as theglori ous trophies of our victory, we had to show £>,om) prisoners more than thirty pieces of artillery aud 7,000 small arms. The Union, Civilization and Freedom had beeu pitted ouce more against An archy. Barbarism and Slavery, aud had signally triumphed. J hajk God! •• S tu,'' sua moth.r to one of h-r • wery b oue ay ' how many log have yo eh? "Why. tnariu when Igo th sand three other ones done I'll have fo r." tatT When is uti ox not au ox ? Wlieu he is turucd into meadow jsarWhii h trav Is a the greater speed heat or co d ? lleat; because you can easi y catch co d. ts&-Moving lor a new tria —courting i a set-olid wile. NILUBEK 4 FAR O'.H tHEOCE N BLUE. 1 CADtlot cI-1111, | U nigbt, Uuio Che will -.f For I Mil! W itiiiering tiu HWIJT Acrot* life a ««i iu uer|i. The ailliny clime thnt i heboid Ja f.iir:u t>leu'* r.ew To which my be'irl I* tut ning oft, i':ri o'er the uct'4U bluu. The fided dreams < 112 by-g >ne h _>urs, lb.ir siniie.l arotiuil uiy *,ty. Come buck iweetU to luy iniud Ai tb.+, Hut only let me reach That -lurs I'V o er (he IHOHU blue, Then my p ut life 1 w.ll forget To one i«-potii« a.l tu. P. A. Mc**>jr. WIT AND WLSDOITT^ iiiuu—the price of i'oik. CONTAGIOUS —the Oil lever. COME TO AN END— the year 18iH. FINE FUN —sleghiug with ihe girls. PROSPEROUS —the public schools in Butler. NEARLY "TLAYED OUl" —the South ern Confederacy. WHY is a spider a good correspondent ? Because he drops a line by every post. Ilow did General McClellan take his defeat? With resignation. WHAT was Eve made for? A Jam's Express Company. WATCHES are often stolen. I'very watch should be kept upon its guard. A DK&TOR who can't pay is apt to run away, l.ike the lightning, if be eau't fork, he bolts. CAN any civil engineer inform ug h"W it is that the nwuths of rivers are lar ger than their limits 112 AT a dinner party in the country tho other day a gieat sensatiou was caused by a gentemaii dividing two ladies. A YANKEE has invented a machine for extracting the lies 1 ruin quack advertise ments. An invention much required. MARRIED life often begins with rose wood aud ends with pine. Think of that, my dears, before you tninish your parlors. A LATE Pubi nj aj er ci nta'ns the fol lowing advurtist iiient . "Tu Li t —'J he upper part of a cellar, to a small family, rent low. P. S. Privi lege ou the sidewalk for a pig." SMITH asked Joins what the high price of butter was owing to. '• A considerable part of it is owing to my grocer," said Jones, "for it is two months since 1 hail paid him." AMONG the births inserted iu the Lon don 'i imes the other uay. incut.ou is made of a Mrs. Pigg and a Mrs. llogg having each presented the.r lord and master with a son. A YANKEE traveler, dc.-cribing a dough nut of unusually targe proportions, which lie purchased m Uuliaio, s«ys : '•it was one of those slujetidous achievements of art which aie oiny at tempted in il.e Viciuityot ihegicai Woiks 'of iNatuie like the Niygia fans " ARTE.MUS WARD says:—"lf I am dratted 1 will lesigu. l>ceply grateful for the uiiexjecied honor thus conferred upon hie 1 shall feel Compelled to le.ngu the positiou in. favor of some worthy per son. Modesty is what alls uie. 'i hat s what keeps me under." A DOUBLE-IIEADED BULI..—A farmer was telling ot a rcniaikuble calf wall two heads: au Irishman inquired how hug': a calf it was, and was answered that it Mas lull grown and very large. '• A full grown ml/," says I'at j" surely uow that must be a bull." A DISTINGUISHED actress was lately introduced to a lawyer IU -Sew Orleans, who Was not at all « auk ward in sounding his own praise. '• lie is a very smart man," an acquain tance remarked soon altei wards. " I know it," she replied : " he told me himself." SERGEANT Wnti AK; R, one of he nnst eminent lawyers of Ins di-y. was an ec centric. A IrienJ, at one of tlie ass.ze towns, rffeicd him a bed, and the next morning asked liitn if he had found him self comfortable and warui. ".l'es, madam," replied the sergeant; •' yes, pretty well on the whole. At lirst I felt little queer lor want of Mrs. Whit akerj but recollecting that my portman teau was in the room, 1 tlnew it behind uiy back, aiid it did every bit as v^elt." 1 Spoo.NER was ouce arrested for drun kenness, aud waxed indignant tbeieat.— Spi'oner is loyal. '• Now, I axes," says he, " if it's right togo and arrest a map lor supporting the Ciuv'uieut. Every drop of licker 1 swal lows is taxed—taxed to support the w.ir-.. S'jiooe all us lei's was to btup'diinJuu.' '■ why, the war'd stop, aud the Uuv lutnt'd, stop. That's the ve y ie»sou 1 drinks.— I don't like grog; 1 uiurtally hate<* it.— if 1 follored «ny own inclination, i'd rath *r drink buttermilk, or pojK or a*>- da. But 1 lickers t'ol tUK good ot my country, aud to set au example of loyalty aud virtuous resiguatiou tj the i genoratiou."