Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-12-24


,,ormug party ucw thiuucr aud thinner.
Summer now Drol at ai, his nvaiiah.t W,
riIlery into hYbrp.ug o. Shell lhCrrbIs
ont, auu iEuu, that iImr uuul. CnIk 'hc
roar oIcauuuu was iuccssQnt The rrbcls
who had been driven back short dis.
tuuce during the day, returned to their
original position when night came, solthal
we we're unable 10 remove 'hur dead IT,
Several attempts were made to Tvnioye
the bodies during the night bot thGene.
my opened upon us with their infantry
and compelled us to de,st. All our
wounded we're removed, however, and
such Of the dead as were not within musk.
ct range Of the rebels were buried.
Among The wounded is General Meagh~
er, Of the Irish brigade, aud Colonel Ma,
sent, Of tue SiXly.niulh New York Noun-
teers. The latter is said 10 be badly in
jured, but will pIobal ly recover. A large
number Of the officers of Meagher's brig
ade we're wounded and many Of them
/ killed.
TUE CENTRE.
The Third and Fifth army corps, under
/ General liooker formed the centre and
cooper .tcd with summers column du,
ring the battle. General BIruside was
anxious that a movement should be made
as early as possible, aud according J at
+ the Lr"nk Of day the trCops commenced
to move toward, the rrcmY's carthworEs.
The mcn Ycre flll OF hone aud confident
OF success. and they flied ont Of the city IN
splendid order. Sklrmi>HuE cHmmenced
shortly after daylight. and IA a short tune
attcrwMd. the rebel artillery commenced
playing upon us through The Jog. i, he
firing was - iuaCcuyute, however, that our
troops paid hnt little attention to It, and
kept pres, ing on, re.uIdic of the deadly
missiles v hich were flying through th" air.
by aud hy. our mtlilcrF responded, ana
for hours the most terrific CHnnonsde was
! kept mp on both sides The enemy po-
| SitIou was one oic&ceedirG strength, and
| appeared TO hp jnvuluemhie to our ar,ii.
lery Notwithstanding our guns were cNcc,,
/ lcutly handled. About noon the infantry,
who had been waiting for the Toy 10 clear
oil advanced fAr the. purpose OF siornina
, the encmy's position on the hill Conf
, Cent oI victory. the troops marched stead.
| ily up to within mu-kct shot of the bat.
lerries but Il murdrrous fine from ihC
I rebel rjhe,ncn, added 10 the fury Of the
. cannonadn, compclii-g our men to fll'
back with heavy los. The Atte3pt tC
carry The rebel batteries was 'eIoiec
again in the afternoon, and the attack iug
party. strongly reinforced, stated on tht
. "douhle quick :" bat the enemy who wa
. also STRONGLY rein forced proved too much
iQrus. A along the Tine ~" Nnt le ra"cl
with unusual fo3reUC~s, nrd when nigh
came it WAS hard TO say who were the VIC
tors. or the killed and wounded 'h"r'
were probably as many on the side ot the
rebels as on ours No. correct estimate
can be, formed of the loss in IlOokori
corps, but it was pretty heavy The
frlng'of musketrv ceased 0hout hs'f,pas
five o'clock but the rebels continued, tc
cannonadc the city till long after dark.-
They evidently intended 10 shell US out o
our position in Frederick sbnrg but thu:
far they have been unsuccessful.
| ra' '." THE RESULT
or the days fight proves conclusivel}
enough that the eucmy's position is one %
great strength. AID that il will require :
despcrate effort on the rart' Of GeaPra
Bnrn,ide to drive him from his strong
hold. Gen. Franklin arrearS to have
been the oely one who has effected any
importani result, and to,nolroM,he may
succeed in turning Sorewall jacksona
uoi'ipn on the Ma'tHrOnaX, G.ucra
Burnside is confident Of success. and il
bls;lv engaged in ro9kinr arrangement
farihe~rauhHal of the battle tomorrow
Duing the fight nothing was seen Of Gen