New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-22

VI inc neoes to-day, 70 rlingly In contrast with
'he almost uneeasing booming Of cannon shrieknQ of
shell, and rafting Of nusketry, naturally IMPRESSED
one with the feeling that the enemv had .kedaddlala
in the night; but cautious feeling and ,ooh;nv
about during the day has convinced our C.n.,,l.
pretty satisfactorily that he maintains In silence and
az much secrecy Is possible, .he base Of ha original
line-tbe long belt Of woods, and the VILLAGE ~
Sharpsburg, mile 90 in advance of our main lima.
and perhaps half . mile distant from our advance
position. 1t may be asked why we didn't resume
the attack this morning. and fight him If here, or pur-
sue him if he had fled, and give him no time to rest
The candid answer to that doubtless would be, that
We want time to rest too; and we want time to bury
our Dead collect and treat wounded, replace the
officers disabled and fallen, &c. In truth, the enemy
gave us big days work. Work cannot be continued
very well two days consecutively at that rate. ihs
Rebels fight with perfect self-devotion AS l.pg -
their officers will lead them and co 1nand
them, the Rebel rank and file will obey
in anything possible to self-sacri6ce; VILE
they have breath. II is not for love, however much
as they profess it, of the cause 1t is for hate, in
part, of the id Yankees. They have been edu.
Gated to hate for generations by all the art and
olAVCuOlJoDs
But mainly it is in siavsh fear of their officers.
They are ruled with the most rigid tyranny and tho
least infracon is vted with the sreediest and cruel.
est repression. A Rebel soldier was set upon and
abused by bis company officer in the street Of Middle.
town. before drove the last of them out The col.
der presumed to say that If Lis colonel were there
he would not treat him that way and the officer cut
him in the neck with his sword, gagged him, and
bad him bound upon bis back on q carriage wagoa
and dragged off! We may guess that it is much
safer to fight stubbornly under such discipline than
to shrk. Struggling is certain death. Desperate
fighting gives nine chances to for his lfe though
il may have to be dragged out upon one leg.
The ground we took from the enemy yesterday
may be fairly estimated at about half mile WIDTH
on an average, the whole length Of the line; ws
have therefore been busted with the of numbers
Of the enemys wounded in addition to own. This
is especially misfortune 10 US, when, as in many,
many cases, the lives Of our own wounded are en-
dangcrcd and in not few cases fear absolute
ly lost, waiting for the care Of our surgeoDs. Ny
heart has been sorely panied this day TO hear our
poor fellows appealing to me and other bystanders to
try and get surgeon to come and look at their
wounds "a hours after they were indicted / was
thinking that some surgeons might exert themselves
little more, when DIR. Owen, Brigade Surgeon,
by courtesy-for there 10 no such officer, believe
provided for in the egulatioDs-ofGen Martndale's
Brigade, courteously told me that he did not want
NE there lin the barn. taking the names Of wounded
lying around on the s,rawed floor; was in the way,
&C.; when the least spark os humanity would have
taught him that nothing rejolces wounded soldiers
heart more than to see q person who will TIL bis
distant friends Of hin; and that nothing relieves
those distant friends from torturing suspense as the
communication We make through those Lists Of
names
But our wounded waiting In our improvised hos
pitfalls has not been the worst feature OF this battles
consequences. Notwithstanding we occupied the
battlefield or had made advance, We did not hold
as Ear as advanced iu of our ousets, and the
result followed of course that Of brave fel.
lows fell beyond the ground within our control, and
out of reach of danger. Many OF such could not be
reached as the sharpshocters Of the enemy we.c
outpos.cd to pick oil all who dared to como within
their range. One of the 18th Ohio, regiment de.
tailed as skirnishers to-day, Corporal Verisn Coed
lew Of Company c, overhearing one of those poor
suffering souls sceeching out for water, determined
to approach hin, and release him from the torture Of
dying OF thirst; but crack, crack, one rifle after
another, and he was stoppedb halfway in his mission Of
mercy by bullet in his forehead penetrating quite
through his brain. He was barely alive when bic
comrades laid him in the nearest barn. Some din-
culi of etiquette both military and political, have
stood in the way to-day OF al adjustment of terms sn
which the respective parties should to their deSd
and wounded unmolesied in any part of yesterdays
field The Rebels are afraid to as us squarey for the
privilege FOR fear it will virtually acknowledge ~
yictors Mcclellan will not for the sake of the com
parativc few we cannot get without, because We as
the yictoEs. That is about the fact, as l UNDER
stand 1t. .
A number have died to-day Of their wounds, the
lamented Col. Kingsbury for one. must mention
the death scene Of Capt. John Grswod, Co. A, llth
Conn. II is the highest testimony TO his merit NJ
man and his value as an ocer tell you that Gen.
Burnside in whose corps tho Captains regiment
served visited the Captain before Lis death.
barn floor Uttered with straw formed his death bed
He was surrounded by the wounded Of the rank and
file. Some Of them were bis own men, They were
weeping at Sue prospect OF his speedy dissolution.
He bad received ball in his bowels, which musI
prove mortal. But for his conduct could antic-
pate that the mouInful event was near. His loving
soldiers and others wept His mind was clear 10 tho
last, aud sustained, if not joyous. Weep not, my
friends, for me. l die as have always wished 70
die anu he ceased TO breathe, without sign of sad.
ness lie wa. young man, in appearance not more
than 80 and resident, was told, of Lynn, Conn.
Some Of the Cd Maryland boys insst upon it that
they gave the quetus 10 ei-dsrant Senator Toombs.
They say tina, surgeon, or somebody, who saw
the body asserted to be bis, knew The ex-senator,
and identified the body. The ornaments and 6cial