New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-29
THE WAR FOR The UNION.
AFTER TuK RETREAT.
Prom Our Special Correspondent.

EDWARDs's FERRy, UPPEa roIo..oy 1871
rbursdsy. Oct -, ,ova ;,b,
The morning was clearer and colder 'pan '"' &C
which preceded il, aud the high VIM VIC. oon.
s,s, tbe Marvlapd hills forced our trooPo h''o wa
.,s,t ac,,v,,v f,r the sake of their own cou''o''
-. .ha ,,hole vast camp was altr'' Ior u ""n
-.-.,., .noro,ed that the Rebels wonid Seek W
aSvantaqe we had offered them by re-
-. Con, our position, and every man was eager
-, 6,r an appearance upon the opposite shore.
s de Of biIIs nearest the river was quite throDged
- lively spectators. The gloom of the previous
,.yht lad miraculouly vanished 1t 10 the finest
arac ersic of our soldiers, and the ugen which
the moot lasting HOPES may be based, that they are
so mick TO revive from the shock OF sny calamity
or uissdventure. Their depression last night, dur
ing the retreat, won d have seemed ominous 10 any
one who did not understand their nature. This
morning, everything is bright and vivid as the at
mssphere and sunlight which surround us. IL lie our
generals who are sedate and pensive now-they who
were ,u.iously gleeful, in private way, at mid
Night They peer through glasses long and anxiousy
and then dispense aidesde-camp from side 10 side.
"Cear this hill" the order comes; mot man TO
stay EXCEPT the artillery" Down into the hollow,
there, back TO your camps, men," Some ask TIE
sanse of the command. 1.-The enemy'S guns have
been brought down, and may open us. The bill
must be cleared" So the bill is cleared, or at least
it's summit s and the crowds Of officers and visitors,
more eager than before search for of mounds,
Or little chasms, through which they may note pro-
seedlings in safety, AID without contesting the d
tstes OF that eminenty severe disciplnarian, Gen.
Some who, mufled in heavy cloak and whiskers,
stalks gEimly about the nights. All objects which
- a az bavs hoo
Withdrawn. The tents which marked the head
quarters OF Gen. Banks are no longer perehed upon
the loflier elevation bereabou,, but lie more snugly
and composedly in an adjacent valley. Nothing but
the parks OF shining artillery are exposed 10 the enc
my 5 view excepting at the very edge Of the river,
where certain trsnsportstions are still going on, and
where something to be doing with few scores
of canslboss; which, now that all is over and their
need NO longer EXITS, have been hurried up 70 the
SPOT. Had they been hand last Monday, COM
plete bridge might have been constructed with them,
over which the whole wing of the army could have
passed in few hours, or baf day, at the outside.
They lie there now, useless and aggravating "a
knocking rebuke 10 the tbougbtlessness Of our gen.
erals.
Ire clearing of the bill was only aprecauton, after
all. We are good ct precautions now. Our recent
lesson has taught thai they are not utterly to be
despised. But the Rebels show no indication Of be-
ginning contest of artillery, or any other kind.
They do not show themselves in numbers, and only
a few borsemen come down TO examine the ground
which we held untilIsst night. 1t is very inudiciout
Of them 10 venture Have they forgotten the
attentions which our shsrpshooters conferred upon
them last Tuesday, On that day, the day after The
&ght at Coonrads Ferry, while Gen. Stone was
endeavorng TO make good his )silion The Virginia
side, although whole brigade of Rebels stood forth
in line and mensced u.s. the Southern standard could
not be reared before our eyes. Three successive
smts the bearers were shot down, until il allowed
20 droop into some obscure and invisible corner.
believe that one sharpsbooter alone kept the dsunion
Aag down. He never saw il rice but that be made
iis bearer instantly fall with it.
AS the day passes the signs Of combat grow fainter
and at las; it seems evident that both sides
tent TO paase awhile before recommending. In fact
che highest Officers declare that nothing is apprehend-
ed for several days. If that be co. il is useless TO
main here, for the real work may be opening at an.
Sber part of the line miles away. II costs no strug
gle TO desert this spot; for though it is OF the
loveles III nature it now marks an event of greater
sadness than this wsr had before known. COonrad's
and Edwsrdss Ferries will be griovous names TO us
for long time TO come, and the bright smiles and
dances Of the river will have joy for u.s. while we
remember that beneath its cleaning surface are lying
the sacrificed bodies of many OF the noblest and
best Of our young patriots.