Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-12-31

DEMOCRAT & NEWS.
%. n. RiCllAMUsON, EDITOR.
wEUTEs 5AY MORNING. ). :. DEC. 81, lssa
The Reatssssias' Camp ssgss.
Highly Interesting Account BY .
Prussian Officer IN the Confsd-
crate service.
Graphic Sketch o fthe Seven
Days. Fight.
What Wou'd hsve Been tbs vGyct Of
. Junction Of Hci 0weli
with Mes le.lsn.
SPLENDID TRleuTE "LiTTLE
Mac"
&c. Dc, DC.
Graphic Sketch Of the Seven
Days. Fight.
From the n. Y. Herald, Dec. Is.

The TO lowing ns'rat,ve IS from an If
fcer OF rink III the rebel service W.T.,
HIS recently gone 10 Europe /, recrul
hs heath. TIE aathor War ono ot tit
EN- nent Professional soldiers who orgn
IL d the southern army, In which be heiu
INST important cornmand un,d /. NV
w, k. ago. when severe illnese indu-
ced lin tot K taronyn. A iorc'gne,
by birth, he passed mxoy years n ia
cou.try. and writes ir.m personal kno~l.
I'd :. aud expcr ence. The great m,li
ts,y events he uesc lbes with SO eial'hn
snd skIl t.l = pen he witnessed nom Il
to LIST:
r,n-lsts from the Koal nische Zui,ung COLOGNE
GeS 'ttolo the =. b, z6tD. anu 2.la Nov
....Upm The approach u tie tear
bic Uui III armada We were forced I,
abtn ion our losi,ion on the peninsu n
a, i,,k own, and after We had pa t,aIi,
sniked our guns We dre" back TO oui
defensive iastn-ss at w il',amsbnrg, 50
q ,h,t point 10 cover or capital, Rich
mond, by throwing up strong iort tied
works, and pe,t-ctng compact mlIt.
~ formation. Mcclellan, the command
ipg Genera. OF the Union troops, did MOI
allow i.im.e To be 80 t,r deceived b,
our voluntary withdrawal from our Pc
sition nj Yo,klow0 as to regard us u
hea'en army, but w.t. gstat celebrity aud
skill Continued the disc,nba kation al hi,
troops AID began 10 to,tty his position
Ii Was hot unit! h. had completed his
preliminary measures that ne advanced
with hostile demonstrations aga IT GU
line. Tue lines ut VIII burg WEI.
MISC given up by US without any gres,
rests ance, aIlhou Ia II was di,ii :ut I,
persuade The old iigliiog Gen. hagru-
der OF the / ropiety OF tie sep, tor he
loved The position ns "A iather loves his
child and, 10 tel the Truth, all the Tor
I tiealions had b.ea cons ructed with
much talent under his pc sonai diret
tons. Iae hard head d Old soldier WAS
won over only after rcD wed Gebat ana
exoostulstloo At LEM tn, hwevere ate,
NV cavalry Affairs, The place was, cvac-
unted NY cur troops, aud We TIC ",
our march, IN Two columos, Tor R,ch>
mond. In the mean whic the most fear
Ia panic Tell npon Richmond, aud all
who couid possibly get ava, packed NJ
every hing they bad snl Il sd soutLwa,d
The nearer the hottie army approached
III, ely the fercer tho iunuit and up-
roar became. The burning waves OF
POI ular al irm could no, be 81, yed. The
z ,NeTnm.ut Itself iurthered the contu
son. Instead Of resolving TO Triumph al
10 iai With The army IN trout oi Rich
mond, It ut once ordered all the ticrc,
bureaus 10 pack up, and Caused the Uff
cer OF ordnance TO empty the maga-
7lDes and convey their stores fnitneI
South. Even Pies dent Davis took /,
the road aud FASTENED, wah Ia $ " lie AND
children, TO North C,roilua. Az may
b. readily OWNED, ,hr loss Of lreseLc,
OF mind thr'w the people a, large INTO
The most frantic exccs. Of terror. Tr,rr
was nothing on all aides but shouting
and upfoar, aud emulsion reached us
utmo height. The secret police 81
Gen. w inGer, had lost all cout,o.. Tn,
civil authorities # X chmond acre snx
ious To do meihing, but knew no, what,
aud also lost their senses. a small
number Of the Baltimore rabbIe TOOK
advantage OF the hnbhuh, aud, III put
lie ,neeliag. passed Resolutions condeun-
ing Richmond TO conh .gration SO soon
ns the Union trools should inter It
Yet all Who could escape did so. The
sick and the wounded were carried
further into the interior; many public
snd private bu ldings were marked on,
Tor destruction; and, in sh, 1T, \ fright
ful catastrophe seemed to be impending
over the Southern capital.
Al this most critical moment the Gen
eraI-ln-C lief com nanlng our frees
(Johntson)wss wounded al the battle OF
Seven Pines, aud the command tel into
the hands OF Gen. Lee, who was exact.
" The man 10 bring qniet and order
sgsln out Of IN q nnreas vnable chaos.-
lie went to work with great Zeal and
energy To discharge his onerous task
All ti-Posable ,'oops were kmsli y sun.
N ned tom the interior; Cea. Stone.
Wall Jsckson's army corps was ordered
T. Richmond; all The hospitals were
cleared OF their occupants aud prepare
tions made Tor 10000 wounded men
ARTILLERY and ammun ton wagons ratified
by da. and hight through Tho streets,
While aids and crderiies g.liopcd TO ana
fro In Wild hurry scurry with their dis.
patches.
Masses Of troops cane pouring 10 dai.
ly, yts, hourly. but without music or
Any military pomp. Ste,n'y and 81. |
leo ~ these ragged, hs'f-s,arvcd swarm,
o men novel onward through Oh.
thorough .ses; but the fire IN their eve
shos d that they we're determined 10
drfs0d thai' freedom or perish.
On tie Ssh Of June another great
eeaasalst ~ waa held. In II wseo -.