Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-05
Rree Trade.

".
the free trade bill pass the Senate the President we
hear will yetoi; and in that event. Congress will p,ss
!, over his head. l. makes no d;rence what becomes
Of tie bill 1; Is not worth the paper on winch
v,t,n The argument With Congress is, that the PICS
ent bill will serve ett,riog wedge and prepare 'ne
nublic mind for something better. poor excuse
The puoc mind is aad hiss ell along been prepared Tor
spy legislation that viii help the Cause Free trade ior
ten, fifteen or twenty years. 10 the hTi country INA"
breaks the blockade would help the cause Inc Pto
uIs are entirely ready for measure OF this sor-ior
ANYTHING practical sentible. But common serss Is
r,,her scarce article in government which never i'
lows I'd victory on Ind sea; which threw away
Wellington and Maryland and nov, for fear one honi-
tor should Whip the Virginia wAi' patiently ua' sue
viii have TO hgbt dcIen. COrgress We are sorry 70
saw appears to have better and no more eetse 'nAa
the government Like master Ike man.
The Battle er SIkhorn.
Tho following Interesting and reliable account OF ire
late battle in Arkansas addressed TO the Hon u u
Vest, through whose courtesy enAtl'd to lay II
before our readers this morning The letter Is from an
officer of Prices army, who was in the engagement
oTbe b.t,le's fought" but whether or lot won
neither Copleaerates or deras can tell. Yet all can
understand We have abandoned the field, aud have hao
20 ask permission OF them to bury our dead oAp'sn
sbouburs Who vent up With our &, reports that
superutendsd the uterment Of lightweight bodies ana
he susuy claim that they buried others OF our dead
They NAV have done so, bat i Internationally oui
tad on our part and il isolated insAnss Or lass
E,a does os .rsesd ons kuHGrsd AID thirty. IL edHHoi
40 ND to one GnHIr.i asd lily Among them, hoSev'r,
~. I'D hat allant no
embodiment of chivalry, Captain chsFehil Clark. A
crimson ocean dawn from Hessian and Yankee 'ars
xou be no recompense for the ots OF these heroic sons
OF The South GsrerAs Price aud Slack, and Col C.rael
we're With many others wounded the two latter seriously
Slack anos. IN the same spo he ssst at Springfield
Csrpesl has h. shouldss badly b-uised aud Gen. ffce
an ugly hole through the arm, below the elbow. but
rrus. p Enu what came under my own observation du-
When the enemy left Cove Creek, which IL soS n u
Boston Mountain, Generals Price, MccuOch, Pike and
MeIa,osb sesmed 10 think at least camp talk smOnes,
aicers high in command repE6ssnted,--'hA, our
uaed lcrces you'd carry into action nearly 600 men,
more frtqusny estimated at IS 600 than lower figure
believe 6 "a Van Dora was con6ieOt that not mAn
less than 95 go we're painting to follow lis victorious
tIams 10 field, vhcrs proudcr honors awaited than
~
mated the number Of our foSs In no case did Or ss
mate reach seventy az per cont OF their actual num-
bsr II was believed that Curtis sfs RollA With not
than hteSn OF sixteen th0SsArd men part, Of eou
soui be sfs a. they cana FL ug hold Springfield and
other pouts Am certain the emery have more Gccr;
rae information in regard TO Us than We OF ITEM and
b.sdes tbs o,utiOa accompanies Superior discipline.
Wen GU. We marched uith music srd banners, think
ing We had IS 900 "eager for ths fray" besides
isamsters aud camp followers. The army wen. WithCu
tents, curying Asnke. each, wih three days raionA
Long and enersetcAly 6i ke poor fellows irudsS on
through mud and snow until twenty eve miles we're
measured the hrst day. TIE second day discovered
abatement IN their al and the third morning confront
ed them With ssgss focs in the envrons Of Benton.
VILE Gitss' regiment tbs batslkon forming Geo Prices
body guard and the Louisiana regiment. OhSrgod and
routed the enemy the gallant Leuisianiios and hsors
rAns rivalpg each other 10 deeds Of desperate val
under the immediate eye Of cur heroic General Sseel
rstrsasd several mCs bu: viii characteristic ttlbborn
ness, placing k batteries and receiving or charges
once or twice dAmsgng the sssang columns very much
and in 10 Instance losing gun In this way he moved
backward towards where Curtis held the main wing
Vlils number Of men los. In bis days tkrmish.
ing on both side' the Louisiana regiment being tks
r., atest sSf.rer on sds.
And nov have clansily brought you up to Friday,
the day OF tie fl OF MlCslosh aud heIatosh Alright
friend and myself within Eve miles Of Benionve rose
and stared for the o. the impending battle. About
rae or ten miles up Sugar Creek north of Bentouvis,
stopped to get drilk Of water, my friend going OF
ahead Ia a lev minutes the Federal SCOUT, and ,hsl
-, Al.
pied IL just behind my friend aud before me- rode out
into the brush, and then commenced ths of cannon
four miles 10 advance where Vso Dorn aud Price pushed
fJrward some Z or thons Iad Aissouraus sg,nst
vcs sha: number OF well posted Fedsrals. Afes listen
'ng some moments the terrible tumut In the distance
idsnly aud within Ihfse bundled yards Of me two or
three cannon opsned thti brz,n thrcas hurlng th r
mss OF death througA the undergroW,h in almost every
direouon Az The soand Of the cannon came the third
or fourth time ike the noise in Spruet the msIshy
margin Of LAKE, Only more shIi loud and apparently
uoie than even the frogs came the war Vhoop
aqd hideous vel OF the Indians Here Was unconscious
!, il tas miis; anost Of Nc0aceas charging squldren
aad in range Of battery OF three guns ha burlrg
daaih aud defiance at them. The battery speedily
arged and captured, h,se supporting it being borne
backward three.q quarters of mile BY the mpctuOus for
ward pr Of the Confederates. Their retreat most OF
the way was through cOrphsld, down road upon is
b5rdsrs but conuouing into woods adj osnt full Of
dergrosth where the main force OF the enemys strong
est wing posted Here began the rafting mu kerry
which incress, 10 Niagara IN soutd. For hours
there hardly ltsrmisson that created BY the
summing Of the cannon cs, that the ears OF
both parties desfened. Within this vortex Of ere
fell hcCuoch ard kcIntosh. At Tina, having
Guided TO make my way to the immediate command
Of General Price, after passing from the fsd down
the Odge Of tho woods Just four OF entered the
Forest shell thrown at US, bursirg in mids
bat without Il Try to any Of party. We brought