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''i Kot tear, naught of fear, . . .y.i-otrrw ie fad hero here, . aeee brlfht, t'mpert right, . ) the happy efght, Health M'l beautr all arowrd ' A 'id no harh or jarring eound, light end free, fall of flee. L, y -aytt y kt r "."Ti u cy - Xf p the wey, do ot tryt . . ' r.'Tie the holy PaKhath day, Hie alnnj, join thr throog, . la iheV gratefu! bong , .- .. )lt'-r f"'f. . H woiM dclint -. v- ' " - ritanre pure tlint eadure, " - "a I waited for ordets. Al Iu5t, after dark. I cot an ot&kt to go to the rear and replenish my amiuu nitioa boxes, which we did, from the enotnj's bat feriea taken by our tfDops. The rout man com plKa , I Jose. in .fwr tWf.JjeU iSapU,ejBtVfu--a1i wounded, one roan and -horse, killed, "and two wounded.' -Thia tnoming, I jaw the body of Major General Kearney, i fine looting "Yankee officer. ' The men are apparenl!yrclfrinf from our front. The Lerinn fouzht splendidly, and 6 did nil ouriroons. Yon will hear of the casual ties sooner than I could tire them, if I knew thcnj. I have seen many friends. McMaster is safe : Uobert Ilutledce. too. I eaw both to day." L&VUL 1 cjjnitl Aud. nit bkojffiecra.ce wound cd. , Mctord is doms: well.' Farouehar Tiexevent is sale.', . I hay seen IIeizhan all riht, and so yoa may say of .all the Ljrion cavalry. Lieut Wag ener was sick, and not, therefore. enrasred Cols. Means, Glover, Gad berry, and many other South Carolinians, were killed. Our State - did her haro in the great battle, and will be in mourning the Joes, ; v. ra iipon our callant troops : tut they replied ,UP 80,1 01 Ion? wtMr wJick ,aoo amgy. inej from inuket, howitzer and cannon ' wh rapidi-1 wre few and far between;" only jacket and jy and will that carried havoc amidst the oppos- truw?ew and these solifjiry gSrujenta were uo ijp ranks -Th battle was ie of th most teverd neiphburly, and objected ti it union, however ' " that hiv been.foueht since aliepe.,inf. the - 'U thlt Ail,l - A uiiti .,h f' ' CAPTAIN W. K. DACIIMAN. m let t i rTTceTvrT In Co! aJXlaTroioX tilaTn VT' f UJKiisef- oaih a alinw AniH 37 -.Vclu position supposed to be held by the enemy, but no rerjy wms oowinea. ana u was men auscoverea that he bad disappeated entitely from the field lea v in many vf his dead and wounded in our handf,'und about 800 prison ern. The report cur rent 0$ yesterday that a truce occurred on Thurs d iy,for the burial of the dead, was unfounded.. The prisoners stated tliat their force was more, than tOO.000 '.stfonp';- and that McClellao .coin manded ihe army in persdn." "f , ": t - jj Qiir fcss is estimated at 5.Q00 in killed, wound 1 " sate, tot "I cannot hear of his "'.command, "b? TTSfks irere pfeatly "de'cimafe"d7 STiTfiiat the sHu'ch firinsr Ceased, and in the morninjr (Thursday) our ? of sutil1 an "rranpement. , One of the boys wa, . pciviiy juuiiuuii over wan wjiucicu L'unca w flyWeTiWupr'fst Cr.'f, Vnrlty'iirifV cSnTebodyirpal oo&' tV d-op these'ere posies jest where I could 'find "em army were ready to re comuience theenajreii.ent tne enemy havmjr rxcn forced bnclt the" eveiitntf tefreVi.'d 'fVS auV.t'nfaeHlj.ttle beirg $jtf on our k-.ne"" Firi)ij( wa9 consequently opened upon the new A memlc of the Black Horse" Cavalry Com v - Oa Tboraday. the 27h, we frUteaooJie&sHa UP'BW f -Mr We went through the J hnroaghfare Uap, tlo ,u ',':,,,, " arreuion, a , uie ioi:iwm in'the mountains. After wme hard fichtin?. the "c:n"r wnicI1 naye on teiegrapi.ea to tne jn .mj, oisntrd. ,w frlcpt en the field 1u,rcri nearurlarbowt X dwd-iant:em.'-Uor cotsr K.v-.f . Waimistoy, Va SeDt. 2r). 1862r 1 1 of the battl of Manaais found the enemy' AkuT u (Tiiocsine cntniywcnrfeeTT ocaTinifi our right in tremendous columns. .Our General wanted them turned back to our left. The lion c.iuse they ore with Jackaon, near us, but I can. ter wis terrible, from which we may iofer that h vf VriJTnJlitsrcatit' sot greater tliTftr tTIT OWTT. 1 "" " - -. ' - ...... r ThiigJ)itpQfc7it in mentioning'the re-crossinj; of our arjny into y irginia, accounts for it vnadiffei ;i piiii . 1 1 . . from Warren ton : T " L'Oi rmpdndc'rTt " We had a most terrifc; fight yestei-day, (Sept. 17 ) The advantage is on oui aide. There have little girl" of waitinj; on Yft cn the riahFof ojr I'ncs, and commenced the reetinj the fire. Our new NapolHn did beau tif ally, ind ee !oit the enlumn turned and ran haak tn- the lft. here we wanted them. After . ir bWly W'rk -waa Ane, jto .limbered op and I i 1 - . i .i 0 I fourteen, whn hsid been vprir kind in t . i..kA i ann wo pa erriKTAr inr irirn r r onnnm rt ata a. amma i - i - i - - - 1 ...... 7 JT J! I .l .1 1' I 1 . I ihii.Kit l'in(,iarlil cj. ij In ll. ,il,r,..t... T jus ana uifiiearicninj; man inc luiiKee nosis 1 1 v ywunwure m ucinwuiuuu. they had so jrallantlv confronted.. Io oltam 6up- died of fever contracted in the camps. Vv A letter - ex"-'.V4n aa.-v. 'faa : -eaa-w- avanoe iihu i eijuivivauiu, iu uie presence oi ioe i ....' i .t ., ,' Mannin. and Hranch werr killp. I). It .Ti.np . r . . : . , , - e .i . ' .. .!. j S :-. Wrttn rtlt:ey rd ijttTrwxferfrJM quaie provisions tor a euipie any, was ueeiueu too haiardousari.eiiferprUe bv General' Lea. .Accord ingly', on Thursday niht, he determined .upon the re passage of the Potofii'ac; inad.e." nee'ery, 'The whole-' strength of both armies was en caged in the fiht. ' The fight is expected to be renewed on Thursday, Sept. 18th " . Humor to day says the fight wa9 renewed near learblniiif antwTiMiaiceS Iti'lTouTnETe'lIaTeT rifi'Vbe grand being corercd with the po,r diU.V" Th hb went oer;the pot,.Jescribe it as feafuL Iiardlf had we set down, to rest w'ne i a, tremeod'us.fight 0Qnyneneed.oit the. left l five of our batteries were engaged with the ene 5 my's srtillery.'each 'pirty occupying high bill- ficimroue another. We were ordered to the ex trema left of alloir batteries We were conir pel led to ras through the whole line of fire. () "ft'rTM -refn of.Jbotfc.'dietLju. achrapnel. " We were all covered with dirt fron the shell, as they-threw it op near us. I rode on, s as not to drive over the dead left on the ground from Jackson's fight of the day before Prenently. I saw a ball strike and rebound; it struck again, and then took my nice little horse bahfcr4-tw-al --FWtwnwtefy, irwaa itoo far spent to hurt mur-h, and did not injure the gen- al ..!.Mat m.aeaa tlialffft A ni n aT a A flnilnlt el llttLa 'At h-.t.'we canm into poMiton; and then a baitery jnt oppite-gnveu -anrwnoriful-iu)r. For two hours and a haTT we poured it into them, - Mill all their batteries were silenced W thi 9 ware otdered to withdraw. . They camo nut asio, and rained their ahell on us; but God was with us. We had only one man wounded jaw bone broken now doing wejl.j Cul. Walton si l'"w"bightlhelrrM 0'f Auguit 30th, we received orders to be reidy, tti't enemy was attacking bur line. Tho aiiht was iuaani6centUixur-4ropft-wnt ut to mtiuiltheuilYliUnryJshsiL The bVht on TueNdav eveninjr was kept up un til 9 o'clock at niht, when it subsided into spas modic skirmishes along the line." Wednesday morning it - wa renewed by Gen. J acksun and gradaaUy becuuieyenerul-liiiilarujies maintain ed their respective positihns, and (oueht desper- ifely throughout tTie entire dayrDuring this battle Sharpburg was fired by th'e'eneiwy a shell, and it pno time, the enemy obtainod a v osition, which enabled them In pour a. flan king fire uptin a por ,r : ..... ..i i . nun ui uur teii win,, enuring so Tuver. At this nioinent, Gen. Starke ot iMiss., rushed to fhe front ofhisbrigade.andse'xingtheHtandard, rallied them, forward. NooonerjiujrJ :IkraitwshtietflinrfHi. the van, ituin four bul . t . t . I. . I . . i. . 1 . .. . t 'v'" .i I i ... i l t i . e i i I i . JL. 1''! " tj1T?i zM :jfflK :jatt.njfefa w-jn t-inew-Mwwreeq -n w-mwy ,anq-fie- teti-ttctta amjqar tus - su unit on their carriages, anw their, danger, and onJeied them to dismount.' In a few secoitds, a shell struck the top of the box of, one of hi guns, and disabled H so that we left it. Tie thus saved the Hvjs of those men who were ridmg on th hot, after he had received his-wound. ;. The lira in this fialJt was awful. I went on to a fild w.here the Texss brig de and Hampton Legion . ,)saged the Zmavs. The pround waa covered with the dead rad-brejhed fallow! sovthatXiiad: Mt:'-!tyljprillh8'driveri-"ibrbu f" '" " ' ' is r:i t:na f-.t cf ths'taf.-' troops had routed them the day beforo ; we were a . . mi a now to engage tne enure array me scene ixy near the Stone House, of Maiasas memory The fight extended nearly 6vh miles. Up we wont, and at last eame undr fire about 5 o'clock, and remained so until after dark. As we entered a field on the lef of the road, a battery- opened a fearful fire. We had to pttMt through it and enwsed the rwd to the right into a piece of wood. regiment, J was yesterday sctiuting the field at Groveton, and arrested a citizen there; they were after Geu Kwell. ' W. A DECISIVE BUT PEARLY BOUOUT VICTORY. We have received authentic particulars of the singui nary battle at Sliarpsbuig, alluded to else where, and concerning which so mny painful ru- sSrcf'P"vfloat oi yesterday. v We hy the grat'J location of being able to announce that the battle resulted in one of the most complete victories that hat yet immortalized the Confederate arms. The bill was opened on Tuesday eveninjr about six oclock,nll of our available force, about sixty thous nd strong, commandedby Gen It E. Lee in person, and the enemy about 150.000 stn ng com- oianded by Gen. .'Id le'lan in per.on, btingen gaged. The position of our army, was upon a range of hills, forming a semi circle, with the con- toward alo -eniy-t the -latter occupying iiesscomnianaiiip pjiiion opposire, tneir extreme rurbi resting upon a height eoitvmandmg our vz irenie reft. The arrangment of our Hue was as follows: Gen. Jackson on the extreme left. Gen lmgstreet in the centre, and Geo. A. P. Hill on the extteme right AfeThe battle of. Wednesday, as abovetated,: !urariiiy held the battle field. -Oo -Thursday mght Ihe wearied and almost starving condition i ot oui. men rendered a movement necessary. In A Regiment at A Lxttlk Girl's Grave.- and they're so pooty and nice?. . Look sharp, BiLj. ly, and may be you'lj find something bimeby.'r Oh, jolly !13illy, if here ain't most half a peach, and! 'laint Dauch dirty neither. Come, ybu hain't got no peach, you may bite first. IJite ligjr.rt Billy, ' may be we ll find another fore long. '1 hat boy was not cold, nor poor, and never will ; be j his heart will ktep liiiii warm, and tnaot and woman forsake him, the very angels will feed' hinra n d fo d-thprwbjbout 'him."" " VsJx oif'eK Billy; may be rwe'Jlrft?d" another 'furr' along." What a hopeful little soul! If he finds ' ihbeM4!'MrVut he Will tiii rsMHt -a- ' anthrope, for Ged made him' to be.a jnati, one toj bear his own burden uncompjaiuinr, and belp ' his fellows besid es. - Wa o t ca n not crush such fa ' spirit, nor stauTitor wlilun ' Kkub ncTaob t TT" him the spirit of the Christ child dwellrth always? American Ayr iculiuttst. ' -e A letter was addressed to her niother express- rrday. nj the en-niy.n.iiifd n7 ,an' ,r,everf in at .stnrex: tftfrJ men. . The effect, instead of discouraging, fired i hem with determination and revenge and they dashed forward, drove the enemy hack, and. kept them from the position- during' theurest of the It being evident that the " Young Napoleon, finding ho could, not force his way through the in inuible ranks of our army in that direction, bad determined upon a flank movement towards Har- ob-taa a posit KnjHi iax jew Un - jee. w i in reauy loreaig n i, - a n i ici paiea - toe movement by crnwir-; the mam body cf his amy 'fhat riighT the return of our aruiy to the soil -of Virginia was com menced, an d during t he day of Friday the passage of the Fctomac was completed -part of the army crossing at Shcpherdst'own and part at WilliamspOrt. From trie fact that the ene my did not attempt to harass our forces i rr crqss ing, we are led to infer fhat they were in op con dition to renew the fight after Wednesday. ftir'In formation Wanted of. Andrew Waston, vf JIcwctitjtrfy'pNorth-BroHna, !! i rvfrftrte in the army, who was put on board the cars at Richmond, some ten days ago, in a sick and helpless condi tion, on his way homeward. He had left Rich mond but a day or two before his aged and dis tressed mother arrived in that city in quest of him. Should this meet the eye of the object of hr af fections and pursuit, or of any pei6n cognizant of his whereabouts, he would be instrumental in binding up a broken heart, by communicating immediately with this office. Promoted. We, leani that Colonel Fitzbugh Lee, of the 9th .Virginia cavalry has been com missioned a Brigadier General of cavalry, as a re- waid if meiUand"dislinouishe war. Colonel Lee isaeon ofGeneralRobertE. Lee. xng t motner express the death of her dusijbtcr, tendering our w&rjar- est sympathies in her sad bereavement, and ask ing permission for the iutantry battaliioa to" fit- teud. her funeral gervices i and LburiaHna bodyag- "S ifl o es .Thl Testdn Couricrsayr , ', .; .. I suppose that at least forty thousand pair, of shoes arc required to-day to supply the wants of the army. Every - battle - contributes to human comfort in t Ji it respect, but it is not every, man who ia fortunate enough to " foot" himself upon the field.- It has becotiie a trite remark - anibne the troopslhat 44 all a Yankee is now worth is hi shoes-;" .and it js saidr but I do not know how iTufClhal6oTuo" ts have become so expert in securing these coveted articles, that a mark ofj.out respect ToT tier character.-.- Her --- 'mother kindly "couse'Hted,," and at?7 o'clock this . evening the funeraLscrviccs were performed. The different companies were drawn up in a grove , injfrout of t e house, and after "a few touching , words from ihe miuUter, the corpse was placed , in the'hearse, and was moved in the direction of - the grave, tbc whole command following with re- versed arms and solejon step. ,A niQre touching. sight I have seldoai witnessed. Tears were seen stealing down the manly cheek of many a euo- browned soldier unaccustomed to weep. Her body having been deposited in its last resting ! place,' they returned slowly and sadly to camp, having wituessed another illustration of the truth that " AH that's bright must fade; The brightest stll the fleetest." " ) aai ira Hard Swearing. Hon. R. B. Stanton, in his Brooklyn fcpeech the other day, "startled bis'" ' hearers with the following outburst. " When this nation begiue to go td pieces, nobody but the -Almigh it would splitfor so""" ' far from breaking in the ceutre and leaving us a North, which we would call the United Stat js, there wa far-more danger like-rrotterjcake of u ice dashing oveTarcfenTaTiHcty" They can makerefiafge andstriplWy dead Yankee's feet as they pass without coming to a coming to a halt. Suoar and Coffee. We observe it stated by several of our exchanges, that according to private accounts' from Virginia,' there is a panw in .'the su gar and coffee matket, and pi ices are going down rapidly.1 Honest poor people will fling up their hats when every thing of necessary consumption jtajkeas4upl on-their way a liule looeerr we may conquer the Yankees, but the, extortion era will conquer" the Ireshet, of Us going uuerly to peicesainher'r was that it.would break iu two in the middle." To a vert this awful caUstrv phe the speaker said that it would bo necessary for -the Yankees ti take. two. additional oaths to that of their alle giance to Lincoln. In the first place 4hey should swear by tbe LtctnaUhat'tueotarfepangled iian tier' should waVe authoritatively ;and in triumph," and io the second place. thayhejLuidiajtte, words of Daniel Webster, swear tnat mere aba.l ie in thlRepublioouly 11 one coubtry, one con stitattoirntf'sne-deatwy. forever." r;ibia-. is cer tainly a very cheap and simple preventive, notb- ing being easier man iiceariw mat a.tniug 6Dau , be done. But the great difficulty is, doing it after the, oath is taken lAnd besides suppose that thejvimighty wills tbe reverset Stanton's recoramenclation, what will become of the swear ing ?-ier4ry Express ; - ; i - n The New York Herald states that lhe Confed . succeed Io destniDgsev ; 1 1 Si
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