The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-03-27

The batteries are sought once more.1
We win, them. back with blood. We
are burrying them off. The rebels stare
ike demons out of malignant eyes, and
curse through firm-set teeth.
Triumph is about to crown our effort,
when large force Of the enemy, re-
pulsed by Gen. Davis from that section
of Pea Ridge known as Leetown,
throngs to the rescue. A dozen COM
bats over the guns, and the contest is
still undecided when the darkness gath
ers, and through the night the enemy
are seen bearing off their twice cap
tured, twice re-captured guns.
Nature is no longer an impartial wit
camp-6res blaze along the roads and
light up the trees. Mans pandemoni--
um is profaning the holy night. -.
Midnight comes; and the scattered
words of the sentinel are heard and
the Federalists and rebels are sleeping
on their arms, dreaming, it may be, of
the time when they were friends and
brothers and America had not become
one vast military camp.
The stars, too, are keeping watch on
the battlements of Heaven. They
challenge no one. They seem to say
to all the weary and worn, " Come
hithert Here is peace" 49, -,
Speak they, or be forever silent !;
there are many spirits in the air seek
ing the peace that is not of earth.
THE THIRD DAYS BATTLE.
At six o'clock our guns opened on
the enemy, and our fire was returned
from twenty pieces. The firing did
little harm. The enemy's shot passed
above our heads. Our cause was
growing darker. sw eiar a,t
This day must win or lose the battle.
As yet the fortunes of war incline not
to our side. We have reason to be
alarmed, but hope and courage are
strong counsellors, and strength to
weak arms.
Gen. Sigel observes new positions
for our operations. We plant six bat
teries at different points commanding
their principal forces. A Ere of ball is
shattering the space with its roar.
The enemy's list of mortality is swell
ing. They do not understand our
great advantage. They turn pale, and
hesitate to advance. No time is given
them for reflection. They are sieged
in their souls perplexity, while judg-
ment losses in fevered sleep.
Our army moves forward.
The entire infantry is engaged. The
rebels meet our dreadful volleys OF
musketry for a quarter of an hour, but
their firing slackens. tH
Still our batteries arc forcing the
verdict of the outraged nation into
their startled souls. '.-ei,
The cannon answers the musketry-
the musketry replies to the cannon.
Every inch of our ground appears
alive with troops. Every twig and dry
leaf seems blaze. The balls are fall
ing like the large drops of summer
shower. The Pentecost of war is de-
scending. $50 - hiS a.''' 2'
The rebels can endure no longer the
sheet Of flame ont of which go death
and pain in a thousand forms. They
have lost their faith in their bad cause
aed themselves. They are panic
stricken. They fly, and roar of victory
follows them as the waves of the river
the lean ond hungry shore 2 aleai.
They turn not back? Two of their
Generals have received their mortal
wounds, and the words is: Save him
self who cam" ~ 3 oislil 49, .sSH'
The Y ankees have beaten them, and
their star has set over the verdureless
ridge of this hard fought field. 4A'i
The rebels are Fastening away. The
Federalists persue the broken columns
and the breezes come waiting the vic
torious shouts, and the incense of tlit
youthful March, revealing that all j.
well, and that the future is secure. 4
Eas THE Loss ON BOTH SIDES. E-.
Our loss cannot be known at thi:
time, but it must he in the vicinity o.
1,7OO--5oo8 killed and some 800
wounded, most of them slightly. Our
officers, contrary to the past experience
of this war, suffered little, though the,
exposed themselves recklessly, a.
Americans always will do i'm the battle
field. be8ss. naa ;irid1j sdi3
The rebel loss will never, presume
be accurately ascertained, as they arr
lying all over the ridges, in the ravines
among the brush, and aleng the roads
The casualties among the enemy, how
ever, were far greater than with us
and three thousand, of which nine iol
ten hundred were killed, am conf
dent, would not be an over statement
of their loss. Their officers fell thicl
and fast in the engagement, and thci
dead and wounded Majors, Colonies
Captains and LieuIenants, were at leas
double ours. The Secession officers
We're generally braveand dashing, ane
fought SO praisworthy amanner as t.
leave rs no regret, SO far rs courage
goes, that they were born upon our OWL
beloved soil. : asi.t i-srfia gsd1 ssf
The Tax Bill.
-. WASHINGTON, March U.s..
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