St. Mary's beacon., 1862-08-07

vast numbers of the enemy. and left a
vast army of my wounded in his hands.
knowing the great lack of provisions
and medical stores IN the Rebel ranks,
let them take thousand of my well
men and all my sick My wounded,
sick aud sound men will add greatly TO
the distress ofsthe enerey and help 10
crush the unnatural rebellion. No such
magnificent scheme was devised at Sc
; bastopol.
The Rebels having cut my telegraph
wires, found it necessary to invent a
new system Of signals | therefore adopt
cd the old idea of signaling by lights :;
so | made bonfrcs cut of a few mil
! lion Of dollars worth Of commisSary and
quartermast"r stores l am happy to
state that the signals were understood
throughout my whole line In this age
of progress we ough. to improve lpon
Cd ideas, and | am contidant that can
firmly claim tha. no such signal lights
were used at Scbastopol.
On the 2eth, the Rebel Generals Ewcll
and Stuart cut the railroad, destroyed
my stores at Dispatch Station, White
House, DC. We lost stores to the
amount of forty millions Of dollars. All
this was part of my original scheme,
long conceived and now handsomely cx-
ecuted Neither the Russians. noI Al
hes did anything Of the kind at Sebas-
topol.
On the Goth, I resolved to toll the
enemy still further or, aud ii became
again necessary to make signals to my
army. The better to deceive the enc
my, | blew up fine engine and scve-
ral tons Of powder, instead Of u@ire sig
nal guns. l am happy to say that the
explosions were heard throughout my
whole line, and were understood y my
gallant boys. No such substitute for
signal gurs was used at Scbastopol
The quiet Sabbath afternoon | IT.
, sumcd my march for James river, brs
the serenity and calm OF that holy day WIS
broken i'll by the Rebel McLaws, wLo a.
tackled ne in most halbarnus and unciv-
ilizcd manncr..s We fought him until dark
when. disgustcd with the atrocious con-
duct Of Mcl.aws, | resolved to leave him
and continue my march to James river
| used this same happy cxpedicnt of max
ing signal lights by burning my stores
left near the battle ground some two
thousand Of my sick and wounded, direct
ing GENERA! Sumner to destroy ali meii-
cal and conimisSary stores ut Savage Sta
ton. Il is difficult to conceive how the
Rebels can sustain this new burden
In my official rcpoy's to the IIon Sec
rctary oI War. l would earnestly call the
attention OF the Rev Mr. Bocchor and the
Puritans O! Nvw England. TO the fac; thar
was attacked on the holy Sabbath day
but that goiirSs Rebel McLaws Suc!! a
thing Was only Of weekly occurrence a,
Srbastopol.
On the Seth, let ,lc Rricl Jackson
ana b. Ii Hill take a thousand of nv
men, on the road 10 White Oak river.
Some five hundred mules were also turned
! over to the Rebel Colonel Munford, to
add to the difficulties Of the forage ules-
ton with the enemy. Finding that the
Rebels Jackson and Hill were close be-
hind lne, tore up the bridge at White
Oak river and resolved to give them bat
tic at long taw. This is a popular mode
Of fighting with my men. when their long
range guns are out of reach Of the balls Of
! the enemy. But, while nc were having
line time 4: our favorite game at White
Oak river, the everlasting I.ongstrcct and
/ \. IA. iIlll struck me III flank and killed
! and captured great number Of nv men.
Hy great master, Gen. Scott could not
stand a fire in the rear and front, nor could
| be expected to stand fire in flank and
rear. therefore fell back and tolled the
Rebels on. None OK chc Generals at Sc
bastopol acted go unfairly as did these
four Rebel Generals.
/ had now tollcd the Rebels TO the very
place where | wanted to get them, NAL
sin llill,' Il magnificent height, defended,
on the flank by the eunhcats, and only
aGP:nachable by rayincs swept by my ar
tlllcry. anticipated i glorious time III
, siaugh,er;ng the Rebels. The Rebel
troops Of Jackson, lIugcr, Magruicr, ID.
II. Hill, and Whiting, Swarmcd around me
all day. They came up to my batteries
yelling and shouting, anL m"wcd them
Gown with grape and cannis,cr at half
range. |. was "a glorious victory: but
could not persuade my men that it was a
glorious victory for them. therefore
yielded to the wishes cf my heroic boys
and resolved to toll the Rebels on
When tac ibcliigertnts at Scbastopcl
gained a trliian; battle they held the
iiclL: my Abandonment Of Malvin Hi was.
therefore, i.itcrent from anything done at
ScbasioloI. ] tla,'cr myself that have
seriously cripple! the enemy by leaving
an.thc- large 10, of sick AID wounded III
hls hands | had almost forgot to
state ;hat nave ;banl'rcL i'll al! about
fifty of my magnificent Parrot and Ma
polrnn guns. The cncu,y will be COM
PEELED to Iced . large nlm5cr cf horses Ia
transport these guns, snl it is difficult To
imagine how starving kcbcldom can sup
p"r, such burlen.
Il is very gratifying 10 report the cx-
''lirnl heath Il ny mrn, n"lhwitb> >ta,i-
-. .L,iE -ttiCur. Y report oil Il, l.; Il