The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-04-24

and met them with u sharp Vollcy, which !
hurried them back to their lines ut the .
doube-GuiCk."
TuE POSITION.
Our camps lie lust back of the forest, /
which hides us impcrtectIy from the obser- /.
walton of the enemy. The lines arc so near
together that the Rebel shells often fall f.
among our tents. Our upper battery is sit .
uatcd i'll an opening in the woods, and is
plainly in si;nt Of the Rebel works so
near them, l., fact, that the shells tear up
the ground, and have killed our horses at q
murdoruu rate. Two of onr men in this
battery ha 20 been killed, and three men
wounded.
The whole number Of our troops killed in
the skirm .sh of Saturday, was five, and fiji
teen were wounded. The affair ON that day,
however, was intended merely as recon
nosancc for the purpose Of drawing the
cncmys lire, AM getting an idea of his
strength and position. 1t is believed that
the Rcb lis suffered more severely than our
forces, for the Bcrdau Sharpshootcrs do
dreadtrl work a a range which the Rebels
can not reach. They picked off four Rebel
gunners on the c;.rthworlis At ono concerted
fire.
General Mcclellan passed the whole of
sNSbSlNhN III sA'lN 'tiCC'l camp, anu IL NNS
supposed that his presence indicated an ini-
mediate attack Of the enemy but to-day
there are signs of action, and the Rebels
are silent as mice.
What the real plan of attack is, am not
permitted to state. but il is believed i'll
camp that we are to get il the rear of the
enemy, and, 10y cutting OFF his retreat, pre-
vent his escape, OF the removal Of any Of
the guns. OF course, nothing of definite
nature is known i'll regard to intended move
ments, and we must wait with patience till
the blow is struck.
GEN pITz-JOHN PORTER.
Gen Porter is in command of the advance
| guard of the army, and has the whole di-
| rection of affairs. Mcclellan has his head
/ quarters three miles in our rear, and Gen.
! Sedgwck is with him in command of the
reserves. Gen. Porter, who has the keen
\ ness OF hawk, is never at rest. He trusts
nobody'S eyes or impressions but his own,
v and exposes himself in the most dangerous
places, while experimenting the prepara-
\ tions for the siege. While accommodating
I the Rebel works n cannon shot killed the
4 horse of one of his aids, and more than one
| shell has burst before, over or behind him.
! He was three times up in u balloon ycster-
4 day, once froma point near Sork river, care
| fully accommodating the position of the Reb-
/ els. General Mcclellan made his whole
sojourn in camp with Gen Porter. and has
+ colJided to him TIE execution of his plans.
! T. DEFIANT NOTES
\ Not the less remarkable among the Incl.
| dents of the siege is the defiance cast back
{ and iOclh by the opposing armies in the
i stirring .uotes Of the military bands In
thc sol: twilight of these lovely Spring
A days, ihe lJ3nds of Rebel regiments saucily
\ play the riy OF " Dixie" and the lines are
4 beard in our camp, while we send back the
! glorious strains of the " Star Spanglcd Ban
uer," and drown the cheers Of the enc
nv wilh shouts that find ringing echo in
| the woods Oar troops are eager to set
upou the enemy, and are full Of confidence
and enthusiasm.
THE REBEL PoRCE.
As nearly as we can ascertain, the forco
of the enemy around Yorktown is from
1 thirty to thrty-ive thousand men. Of this
u number, about five or six thousand
a are stationed in the elrthworGs, directly in
n front of our lines, aud the reuainler are
/, scattered over space OF SIX miles in and
= around the city.
/ NARROw ESCArEs,
Happening TO be in possess on Of good
sD> glass | mounted fence beside one Of
our batteries during the line engag cement OF
Satut day, and observed the style of firing
from the Rebel works calling out to some
of our gunners when a shell exploded short
or beyond our position; but while engaged
in that interesting pursuit, had lively
sense of the eccentric movements of those
, missiles of war; a shell struck the rail OF
which stood, broke it, and knocked mt
; over, but did no other damage
: From one o'clock to three on Saturday
4 stood so near our batteries as to be able t
= assist in carrying away the bodies OF two
of our men who were killed by the lire o
: the enemy, and one who was wounded at ;
II gun while engaged IN loading il. Anothe
o ball killed two horses, and another broke {
. smoke in q wheel, and still another went un
- der the root Of u tree within ten feet of me
e This was rather warm work, and in cOmpu
IL nv with the surgeon (who was too useiu
& q man to be put i'll such imminent risk
r instantly made n retreat to the shelter OF
large pine tree, which was inImedtatc
struck and barked by rebel she'll, at Tn
D. distance of some ten feet above our heads
al The scene now became iltensely exciting
in "Giye 'em HI" shouted Captain Grlihl
. I" and you, reporter, just shout Down
when you see q smoke I; and then, boys
rs down on your marrow -bones!" This fu
Is was rather too fuaHy, but the way the dll
ID flew and the shells burst in the rebel work
% and barracks showed that our guns di
" coed service in return for the hard knock
ie the enemy had given us. There is gre.
e, deal of consolation to be derived in sue
" circumstances from the reflection that "
,n is but one ball in five hundred that eve
=, kills :" but, for all that, the sensation is NJ
" what you might call absolutely agreeabl
az While sit here writing there is an occ
is sional shot, but otherwise all is quiet vii
=. the army of the Potomac
a. THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE.
I'd The country hereabouts is almost a lev
al plain, skrted by heavy forests, but sparse
inhabited. Itproduces large quantit
of corn and wheat, some tobacco, and
40 abundance of peaches, but other fruits q
ls scarce. The wood is chiefly hard pine, al
n !. large portion of the forest is swamp
but when cleared up and drained the lal
(, dries and makes an excellent wheat regio
The people are mostly large Landowner