Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-07-26
correspondence of the BunOlO e Express.

to the army at Harrson's Landing, and says Of
it :
Throwing away all disguise, it is a brave
bnt beaten army, which at a vast sacrifice
of life and property, by hard marches aud
heroic resistance, managed to make an or.
derly retreat to defeusble point, where it
it is throwing up fosti6caton and has sat
down cross and sore headed, aud with a
terrible feeling of disappointment as to the
grand results Of strategy. 1t stills feels in.
secure as to communications. Don't brdg
about this skeuaddle. 1t won't bear invesli.
cation.
| may be detained here several days, aud
perhaps may be nipped or "goObled."
Hope not, but nobody feels secure here. |
wish could write more cheerfully, and
pei hnps ere you receive this, good news may
prove all my representations uufOunded
But | don't see it. In the meantime, how
ever, | have somehow gained the opinion
that the timely visit of the President may
be followed by some radical changes here.
There is some uneasincss here about our
communications below. 1t is snid that the |
KeneLec is the only transport that has
passed without being fired at for a week.
The mail steamers aud other important YES
sells 90 under convoy, while the gunbOatS
are constantly busy, shclng the shores.
IIarrisou's Landing is sleepy and dull
its monotony ouly relieved 10y visiting back
ward aud forward, and talking over queS-
tions of duty and discipline, or hearing the
| experience Of some fellow who was in :he
grand skedaddle, aud has worried through
| like tortoise, carrying all he has in the
world on his back Most Of The officers
lost all their personal baggage, and the men,
| of cou' Sc are no better OH The feeling
| among them, which has been described as
,uthu>iastic-iS rather dogged and rcSolute.
All have had fighting enough for the pres
cut, but a'e willing TO go at it again when
! the proper time comes. Ii is emphalicaIIy
Jrarc army, perfectly reliable TO DO all
that it has strength 10 do.
The style o. conversation among those
meet is that of veterans. No Dragging,
very little pcr rSonul narrative, no eXuggcr'
a,ed statements but all agree that the
loss of the enemy is frghtiully large, aud
necessarily much larger than ours. The
reason is this : In all our charges and
stands for resistance, the men were drawn
up in line Of battle, with the usual supports,
aud ball delivered into them killed only
man oil most. The rebels in several cases
us at Malvern Il,ll, charged ''in column
! by division" throwing u great solid mass
OF men upon our lines, in the effort TO break
through merely 10y pressure from behind.
Into these solid columns of humanity our
artillery poured their fire, and the effect OF
volley was like that of scy,he among
! II 4 CHI hn Anl
SO the rebels themselves sGy-klled aud
! disabled one hundred men. In another IN
stance, solid shot from heavy gun hap
pcued 10 get the alignment OF a division
front aud tore along the whole line, throw
ing heads, ,mu>kets, shoulders and knapSackS
into the air above and around the deStruc-
tive path.
History, and the final summing up OF
these events, will show that the battles on
this Peninsula, are remarkable for destruc'
tiveue,s The Austrian retreat from Mag
enta upon Solierino is outraukcd in magnl
tude OF fatality by that of Mcclellan, while
The losses of the pursuing army OF TWO allies
bear no comparison to t ose OF the rebels
For six days, IL was one continuous, deS
peratc fight, all day, and rushing retreat al
night. The rearguurd selected points
defence aud Stubbornly held them while tht
wagons and stores were shifted to the lei
behind their protection. At the same time
c or rather later in this week of battles,
d desperate rush was made to break through
q our left and cut our army of from the riV
er. To have done this would have bagge'
= the whole institution. As it is, the from
'e is changed and looks eastward instead c
northwest.
ct Our position has some decided ndvantC
Il ges as base Of operations. Communlci
ton is ample aud uninterrupted except b
, the annoying rebel batteries on the shoT
10 below us, which the guuboats are constan
ly sheliing and preventing from making an
permanent works. The troops are therefor
well-fed aud abundantly supplied, for in 4
ST. case is there any need OF more than tire
at miles Of wagon transportation. The rebel
or on the other hand, have at least twenty
- twenty-five miles of wagoning, so that
:, good comm Ssialit is almost or qnlle IL
al possible. They must fall back near 10 the
ok old positions. if they have not already dol
so, and though our front lines are night
under arms, fancy that the army mig
ldl Su ACu ullGS OhCh Ou lIo lOHNS " 'N''N y
on without any serious fighting.
en lie has poorly studied the Southern cha
of acler who has not learned, by this tin
that only severe measures will conclllate
1t is part Of the Southern nature to look u
his on soft words as servlity-the apologies
,,n an inferior. Iu all their home quarrels,
-. is the fashion to settle them by the arbitT
'"' ment Of combat. Argument goes for no'
us thing as compared with the bowie-knlie
pistol And until the rebels learn tn
-, rebellion will bring With it every calamI
Gu to life, property, and social position lh
nd, will never cease their mutiny. In ID
his Furnishing crime and treason, the easle
mcst natural, and most righteous point
attack, is the institution OF slavery. III
bile great national sin and shame has barred
me neck to the headsman. Let the axe fall.
our Just such a CobGscation bill as Il
which has passed the House, II made
law and enforced as q law year aj