, 1862-04-16

too, bundled their forces with skill TINT ex-
| toEted admiration in the midst of our suffer-
ings. RepuIse was nothing to them, and
| rush o9 -onf lines failed they took their dis
Ordered troops to the rear; and sent up fresh
troops, who not knowing the fearful reception
aMa1ting them, were ready to try It again.
and after. sh hours magnificent fighting
It feI back ont okRiRht Of Its camps, and to a
point within half mile Of the Landing.
| WA11AuE's HRIaAIg-THE LEADER WoUSDED.
Let Us turn to the fate Of Hurabnrt's com
pan1on dlytsio2-that of Brigadier General
", + L. Wallace, which included the ID and
IN loWa, 9th and 18th Illinois, and several Of
Smiths Old division: Wallace had also three
EXCELLENT batteries, Stones, Richardon'g and
Weber's (an from Aissouri) formerly an ar
tnery battalion, under the general manage
| ment Of Major CaVendef.
| With him, too, the fight began about ten
| O'Clock, as already described From that time
until four o'clock in the afternoon, they man
| fully bore up. The musketry fire was abso-
lutely continuous; there was scarcely mo-
ing u their rattling VoLleys, and the artillery
was admirably BerVed, With but little inter:
mtesion through the entire time. 49,, -
Once or twice the infantry advanced, at
tempting to drive the continually increasing
enemy, but though they could hold what they
OF conqueEmg any more -
-Four separate times In turn the rebeIs at-
tempted IN turn to charge on them Each time
the infantry poured In its quickest Volleys, the
artillery redoubled its exertions, and the rebels
retreated with heavy slaughter. The division
was eager to reuladn, even when Hurlburt fell
back, and the fine fellows with the guns were
particularly indignant at not being permitted
10 pound away. But their supports we're gone
on either side; to have remained in isolated ad-
vance you'd have been madness. just as the
necessity for retreatiDg was becoming appar-
ent, Gen Wallace, whose cool, collected
bravery mad commanded the admiration of all,
was as It Tas thought, mortally wounded, and
division fell back. It's soldiers claim-justly
1 belieVe-the proud distinction Of being tie
last to yield, in the general break OF our fines,
that gloomy Sunday afternoon, which, at half
past four O'clock. had lett most Of our army
within ha1fA mile Of the Landing, with the
rebels up td& thousand yards Of their position
Capt. Stone could not resist the temptation
OF stopping, as he passed what had been Hurl-
burt's headquarters, to try. few parting
shots He did fine execution, but narrowly
| horses shot down Capt. Walker did lose
twenty through some breakage in the
carriage. Hwas recovered again on Monday.
THE cLosH OF SUNDAYS FIGHT.
We have reached the last act In the tragedy
| o1 Sunday. It Is half past four o'clock. Our
front line Of divisions has been lost since half
R past ten. Cur reserve line is now gone, too.
that Of ne T. Wadee sps o. SLY oar Whoe
| my Is crowded in the region Of Wa1lace's camps,
| and to circuit Of half to two-thirds Of a mile
around the landing. We have been falling
back Ill day. We can do it ne more. The next
| repulse puts Us into the river, and there are
not fr1nEnOrfG fn a ;+,7e
! Ion I'LL the enemy would be upon us.
! Lev, Walhce's division might turn the tide
| Tor us--lt is made Of fighting men-but where
is II? Why has it not been laundering on the
Jet that it was not ordered up till noon. Buell.
| is coming, but he has been doing it al1 day,
and al last week. Hisadvance guard is across
the river now, whiting terriage; but what is an
advance guard, with sixty thousand victorious
| foes in front Of US?
We have lost nearly all our camps and camp
eq1ipage. We have lost nearly half our field
| artillery. We have lost d Division General
| and two or three regiments of our soldiers as
| prisoners. We haye lost-how dreadfully We
arc afraid to think-in Killed and wounded.
A long 1dge bluff is set apart for surgical
| uses It is covered with the manned, the
| dead and dying. And our men are discouraged
! by prolonged defeat. Nothing but the most
emerge ic exertion, on the part Of the officers,
prevents them from becoming demoralised.
/ Ak@EA4NAl0 A&afC 4OSk LAEA A1fU11Ec uEl4 pl1-
cers, companies the captains whom they have
| always looked to. with that implicit faith the
| soldier learns, to lead them to battle.
| :, Meantime there is lnll in the firing. For
the first time since sunrise you tail to catch
| the angry rattle Of musketry or the heavy
booming Of the field guns. Either the enemy
| must be preparing for the grand, final rush
that is to crown the days success and save
the Southern Confederacy, or they arc puzzled
| by our last retreat, and are moving cautiously
SyoE
embrace the opportunity, and look about the
Landing. We pass the old log house, lately
| Post Office, now full Of wounded and surgeons,
which constitutes the 'Pittsburg'' part Of the
Landing General Grant and staff are in q
group beside it. The General is confident.
I'VE can hold them off until tomorrow; then
! they'll be exhausted, and we'll go at them
! with fresh troops" A great crowd is collect
| ed around the building-al in uniforms, most
Of them with guns. And yet Wc are needing
troops in the front so sorely!
COwARDs.
On the bluffs above the river is sight that
may well make our cheeks ting1e with shame
than three thousand skulkers lining the banks!
Ask them Why they don't 60 to their places in
the line, Oh, our regiment Is ali cut to
pieces why don't you 60 to where it is
forming again ?'' :. can't find it." and the
thing he would want to do.
Officers are around among them, trying to
hunt up their mcn, storming, coaxing, COM
mandlng-eursing I am afraid. One strange
!eAo"-a MAJOR II remember arlght-is max
4 ing soII OF eievatea, saper1ne fourth OF July
Speecn 10 el9TSpody t9at VII listen to him
He means well certainly; Men Of Kentucky,
Of Illinois, Of Ohio, OF Iowa, Of Illinois, i'm
ploie yen, lpeg OF you, come up now. Help
,5 US thIough t"g uoufs more. by Sill that you
4ola oeal, py ING homes you nope TO defend,
~ lne Aag YOU le9e, ~ the STATES yon honor,
" ~ 5on !qVe o country, by al your hatred
" eleason, eonInre you 10 come up ana DO
Svn1 ON u1ty now and SO on Tor quantity.
lAt 1e4ers good speaker was the only
response hearo, ana tne 1ello" VINO gave 1t
neesleo more shusly benlno tne Tree as ne
sppke.
- Know HeAe enough The nature OF the skuik.
lng anlnal In an army duHng oattle- had
seen suen Performances befofe, nut never on
~ M1ge seAle, never Win sucn an nIter Slck'
ness mes g q M heaIt T as looked, as now. Still do
not neheve There were very much more than
the average per centage- 1t was big army,
ano the runaways all sought the Landing.
ARRIVAL OF GEN, BUELL..
Looking across the Tennessee we see q
body Of cavalry, awaiting transportation over,
They are said to be Bnelps advance, yet they
have been there an hour or two alone, Ba;
, | suddenly there is rustic among the runa.
: ways. It is it Is you see the cleaning oi
the gun-barrels, you catch amid the leaves and
:. undergroWth down the oppo5ite side Of ,the
river glimpses OF the steady, swinging tramt
Of trained soldiers. a division of Buellf
army is here! And the men who have left
i th,ir regiments Oh the field send up thres