Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-10-30
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WHOLE no. 571 i
A Tribuie irem The Ensmy.

A Tribute frem The Enemy.
/ 4, 4 correspondent Of theSt Louis
..lReppbliean4 gives the following
! graphic accounted the movements,
management and intrepidity Of our
glorious. army at the second rattle
lof Masiass;ss:: 80.
/ ut is to be noted that all WHO
were in the late bate bear witness
to the splendid generalship and
1 br;tyery Of the enemy. Said o
| colonel with his arm iii i. sling,
when surrounded BY a crowd OF
eager listeners at his hotel, There
lis dash about these Southerners,
absolutely terrific; we can't stopthe
devils when they charge, without
killing dll-aiid sometimes we DO
that-bpt, if we. don't. they are
5oaaS to trhs toiJ Brtterfes.,'
l'i'sssThe advance Of the enemy oil
Pope's oilSaturday, is Subscribed
as the grandest lscene Of the kind
in the, war. When Lee arrived.
every gap in their fiuc Of battle,
was so solid and deepitk:oled hkc ?
a forest of bayonets, STRETCHING up
and down our front for full tlirce
, miles and overlapping our extretnd
left wing. On they came .stcadv
and slow at first, our batteries play 5
ing On their columns. but theirs, if
commanding positions, throwing
shetland shells over their heads into
orr arfillerists and gus. Their
lire never wavered, but, ;fiSaneing
within musket range, it Drew the.
= fire ofour troops without finehing;
then their guns came toa level,
and helched f n.h q struggling Gre !
followed by charge Of the Hho,fk
mass. Arriving at clcse qnaTfst 6
the musketry. was continued. wbiM
sfhere than two opposing regimeiEs \
crossed bayonets. Five Iminutes
tdeeided it. The left could not l
! stand the pressure, and began, to
Iwaver. Our batteries were .si-
fenced or captured. and tie foe
/ had desperation and numbers on
their side. sFall backl fall backr'
rang out along our lines.s sfrom-left.
TO centre, and from centre to right;
and the enemy once again tri;;
umphed on the field of Bull Run.
q The Washington correspondent
iofthe St. Louis Republican, Lin
coin paper Of higllicharacter, thus
frankly admits how badly McClel-
lan's army was cut up at Sharps-
Iburg-the battle of AntietaEl the
Yankees call it: .1f1s,
The Confederate army retrcateds
across the Potomac at the Shop
1 therdstown ford, which is repIe-
sented as accessible only by narrow
roads, through deep gorees, ard
Therefore aflording the worst facili-
tics for the passage Of a large army
Under these circumstances it is n
matterofi great wonder.fhow the
enemy could have withdrawn from
Gen. McClellan's .frent and escaped
with such insignificant ,loss..-
The cause was well krown days
ago, but until now itcould not have
been prudently published. Our.
army was too badly cut uTnin the
battle Of "Wednesday to follow the
enemy immediatelS. Our heavy
losses, together with the heavy
draft upon the ranks to bury thei
dead and take care Of the wounded :
afterthe battle, almost disorganized
every corps engaged.
~ he writer then goes on 10 prove
and to show, that "1he total cost To
the Union arm, of Lees raid into
Maryland, was about 10000
men"
Id sGlviNG OF ER.-This phrase
originated from an agreement be-
tween the Dutch and Spaniards,
that the ransom of an officer or sol
der should be half Of his pay
hence, @to beg quarter was 70
offer j a quarter of their pay for
their safety; and ..to refuse guar
ter was not to accept that COM
pensation as q ransora.
It is stated that Gen. Wm. 0.
) tp,+lorj n c,udidafp for Fice PSfsc