The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-20


their ladders and fssa bus their Colonel r In
the rear ospg unsble ever with the assistance Of
n. 70 sscn n,s pos. ever me rooen nso. fscksnnAn
Of bullets with the rest Of the iumn. At tns moment
Pacienhans oriole arm strucA by bali, and hi
black creole pony Of bis aid, Captain AcDougAli AND
pfessed frward. But the column DHd advAGced now
far as 1t could get Most Of the regimentAl on wers
cut down. Patterson, of toe 2lst Booses, o. toe ath
and Debeegs, OF the 44b, disabled al the hesds
II their rsgiments. There cIcers enough a
,acDments me pushing 'oi 10 the ditch but tne
greater part bbg basA y be fs&r snc 10 The swamp
pnui the whole front cleared. They son raj
bed the ditch formed and throwing of their
h.ale judging very rasbIy that the moment had ar
rveo 10y HIM = ac nov wheeled hi lIne iao ccnnn,
III he'd teen, have intended as reserve 70
threaten without advancing upon the American lines
and tho Esd in 'front.' pushed for ~ard Z, sct hi
part in the ulocoy usge6y. The gallant and stalwart
Behar ders inc strong strobe across che
ssUguiped fec vi their heavy, soid, massive II, ns
of bundrec men and their bright muskes gittering
in the morning sum- ehrh cegan row 10 scatter y 70 Y
rays eiu II stie onward pressed The tartan
wsrro = rega Of the concentrated fire Of tho Dat
teal es which theT iron hail int thei RACKS.
At NO re rapid lace than the other clumn the 93d
rushed forwurd into the very mails room Ut Carrcl's
Busk,ry, which swept The aed il ~ish huge &c,
The gallant Ia fulfilled MIS- prophecy and iell at the
head u his regiment apeshot passtrg taroogn his
bocy. Msjor Ciergn then took the command Incl "a
by the example Of the esd, the remnant Gibbs br-
SAGE sesin up, with PAckenhsm their LETT AM
Gibbs en- be right They had approached within hun
cred yards OF the lines.
At his STANDARD bearer OF the esd, feeling
hing RUBBING against his epaulst turned, aud
perceived through the smuke the sua black morse
which fsckenham NV rode II was leo oy ais aid a.
be seemed have of his right In MI left
hand he helc his cap which he waved 10 the ot crying
out "Hurra brave Hehlandsrs." At this instan.
the TERRIBLE era-h ii he conteots Of one
.he zig guns Of Ame leans had fallen the spot
xii ing aud ~oundae Is.rls ali who were near II was
then lie Ensign OF The SD raw the horse Of
fail ard the General roll frcm the saddle into he arm
OF Captain NcD ngaU, who sprAng foF sari 10 receive
him. grspeshot had struck tns General on Tue thigh
sDo passed hro ugh bis Dor. killing ths later ned
ately. As Captain Mcuou gall aud f the
Kissing the General smother pa struck hm in the gcoin,
which procured an immee late % aiysis Is ~ inte-
resin z coincidence That Captain McDougau the
officer INTO whose General Ross hal fauau from
bis hoyte 10 advance on Baltimore The ~ounoed
and dying Gene al borne lie he aud laid down
,be shade Of venerable hge 0ss, stsncing il toe
c,pIe % the 6ec, beyond tha Of the American
guns sa1geon Hae e@ied, WAC pronounced his souuc
mortal In 'ew minutes the gallant youog officer
breshed bis last sad is faithful aid bad to lsmen the
tsa,h OF another hs c chie, who after winning Tau
rels thai titled him repose snd glory enough for
h'e persisted thus gorionsiy in var Of uuJun lava
ften aganss his oan race and kindred. The old oak
Unt e. which psckenham yielded up his oll still s,aus
oen ard twia.ed ny time Add many tempess Is, me-
shchoy monument Il that great disaster OF tho British
arms.
Gibbs far ed even worse than Psckerham for despe-
ely wounded shorty after fall OF the General
Cher he too, borne 10 tue and nogered n.y.
mA be mrs, in horrible egcpy until The day attsr, when
oes h to his rehaf kean. also fell badly wounded
ing rho. through the neck, snd carried off toe
field. There were now DO feia iicefs 20 command
rally the broken column. MsjJr williamson, Brigade
Major, sh utea to the t, follow, ana pu ,hsd
forward.
FolSs I'd aided by Lieu eDant Iavack and twenty
men he succeeds in passing The siteh and had clam
bered up the breastwork wteD, just he raised his
head aLd shoulders iSs ni dczsn guns
boueh 70 beas sesils him and The exposed portions
If Eis body wei riddec with bullets. He ID how
evtI sergth to- ale sie,ssf sne fs up par pet
whence n,s mu Lla ed booy borne, with eveey ex
Preston OF ply snd sympathy, oy the gsasr Ken
Ei1h md MIA t1a
lear u the csDp. Here the gallant Bitten reserved
every attention which cyold be ecd,rod to nim Major
Smiley, Of the kenluckiaes kid hearted gen tleman
epdesvsa 10 cheer The spirits OF the lying soldier say
irs: Beer up my Gear fellow you are TO- brave man
u de- Il thank You irom my heart fsiot'y
INJURED the olicer II, is all with You
can render me ievor; it Is 10 coDmubic. TO my
n al Ger that tell On your palspet End dies like SOL
ard Ii glishman. In rw, hours he gallant
covered 81 h one OF uns colors OF the v-lun;eers.
Afe. the fail OF Ia ms The who followed him
threw tbem-elves jn.o tie ditch Some de treble ef
forts 20 cm6 up toe psfapet but II was too shppsey,
bey relied into tie fosss. rhe majority however
seIe - sn'd 10 cover upees tie pfotect Of the en-
uepohmeDt, where tsey allowed q ,ue tary res
pfte and sIe ter from the micsp fire. Thu remae-er
of ,he column bro ken DISC, lied aud papi. stricken
Ietred IN coz fusin snd terror, regiment leaving
Two thirds OF ITS men dear or s,us5e6 on the Geld
The g5d. wnich haS adys ced win riae hundred men
sni twenty five officers could muster ba. ons hundred
and thirty ner and nine officers wh, stole rau;dy
nom The bloody field, their bold age = onaaaed
nto Wild sisuay. fne her regime suffered ia Ike
II
men, The fragments Of tie .xo gallant brigadas fe
back precpii atels towards the raar
AT Ibis moment Lamoert herring Of the death Of
Pscleaham ana the tevere wounds If Gbbs and keane
ovsrcsd slowly snd cautiously FIR ward wi the re-
eive just before .e received MS last w93Rd pssksn-
nam nag ts1ersd su JOHN T.""-m one OF his staff. TO
0f"si up tho reserve. As tn bugler was about TO
uck with osl nj his buge fell to the ground
The order srdipgy gvso and the reserve
only marched up TO the retreat Of the broken o.
- y trnrA ~
Thus N iefs than tserty eve Minutes vac The main
attack Of tee Biiush iastroully Isfeet and e
Two biigsdts nearly oestroyed
We perceive that Mr.. Walker gives the American
loss, OH both sides the river. at seven killed and
eight wounded; while Hildreth says it was seventy
nine killed ard wounded. Which is right?
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CUBA, by the Hon. Amelia Murray. g. p. Pat
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Of the fashionable society Of Eng
land with the Stowe theories, and indeed
Of the opinions Of her counsynen generally on the
subject Of slavery, 1t required no small effort Of
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world sentiments which are likely TO expose her to
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