Newbern weekly progress., 1862-01-28

Nashville Iurnp pix e; that our plchetS collp1seu
Of the aSeyenty-seyenth til AID Sev venty ninth Penn |
sylvania, had tax Ell tpostioRsln eDr entreneh-E
rrents on the south bank of Green rlver eand
we're awaiting the enemy. This seems 10 be /
the state of the case. Instantly the General |
issued orders to commanders of brigades TO /
marshall their regiments at once Tor acton !
and in an incredible short space Of time the
long roll was sounding throughout the camp. !
Then General McCook Johnston and Rousseau,
q, J their STATS dashed off in the direction of
the pontool. bridge which crosses Green river,
anl soon they could be seen vending their way
I'D the south bank, and off into the woods be-
ycnd the brow. IL the mean tin1e. the regi-
ments were sWarm!ng on the North bank,
! chafing for orders to cross.
! They were not kept waiting many minutes.
Down the bank went the first Wisconsin; then
came Johnst0n's brigade, which crossed over
in the following order: Thirty second Indiana,
! Seventy eighth Pennsylvania, Fifteenth Ohio
and Forty-ninth Ohio. 1t SO happened that
! most of the regiments passed over the brow OF
| the hill where, under an EN- tree sleep
the mortal remains of the brave Ger
! mans who fell in battle just the month pre-
vious ... ..
! Nav it not have been that these new graves
| fcstooned as they were with eVesgreens, with
neatly plancd boards tell the story of their
| fail and withal the remembrance of the Spar
tan bravery Of the inmates-may it not have
been, [ say, that this sight and its memories
l2ervel anew each arm, and inspired every
breast with the thought that to them it must
be victory or death 1t certainly seemed So
as their comrades Of the Tnirty-second pas
Iscd by the graves they broke forth into Joy
Gus song and even when the distance dWarfeG
then into pis5nies far up the hill on the orpo-
site side, YOU could family hear their rich Ger
man voices. They soon disappeared in the
| woods, taking position as skirnishcrs on the
right o. the railroad, not many rods from and
in plain view Of their ed battle ground The
First Wisconsin took position in the woods on
the left the Seventy seventh and Seventy
ninth Pennsylvania remained in the lntrcnch-
mcnts. The balance Of the regiments were
stretched from the bank Of one brook to the
bank of the other The mud was ankle
deep, and the banks were slippery but no>-
withstandIng YOU could see that the column
was moving rapidly.
The north bank was alive with men-rcgi-
mcnts held in reserve, The guns Of Cotter's
Ohio battery looked frowningly over in the
. direction Of Dixie, and every man seemed to
be at his post. In twinhling SIX shots
could have go1e forth on their errand Of des-
, tIuction and death for it was plain to be
seen that the guns were pointing dir ectly where
the enemy must come. if at all, up the Louis
, vile and Nashville railroad other batteries
were coming up, and the battle, if battle
: there was to be, must be near at hand many
enemy from the beginning, and as moment af
t ter moment passed by and 40 firing was heard
doubts became convictions; but little, however,
was SAID. All felt that it might be so, and
= all knew that we were amply prepared to
meet them. 1t was at this junction, WiIiici
holding the advance on the right Of the rail
? ,ad the First Wisconsin on the left, the long
DOW Of regiments stretching from bank tc
bunk the reserve force on the north side of tht
; river, the 5unncrs at their post-it was at this
L uncture that your correspondent met that no
bic specimen, OF the man, Gen. Johnston, or
e his way back to order lis brigane to about face
n and return to their quarters, and fiora him he
J learned the
/ CAUSE OF TIE ALARM.
> Four companies Of the Seventy ninth Penn
q SYlvaHia were sent out to make recOnnoIS
sance They proceeded down the turnpike t
= Horse Gave Arriving at that point they
IS heard firing, which seemed to come from thei
d rear, when they suddenly conceived the lde;
sc that it was the enemy, and that they wer
:, getting behind them, and that they We're like
6 ly to be cut off. This enough 1t i
> believed that the Pennsylyanans became pap
n ic stricken. Horse Cave is on the line Of tht
Il Louisville and Nashville Railroad, as well as o.
i The Louisville and Nashville turnpike. Par
Is took the turnpike and part Of the railroad
/ which DIVORCES here, coming together again q
y RowIett's Station. Each barty its return
y continued to hear the firing and each part,
/ imagined the other had engaged the enemy
,e Which party it was that despatched the cou
rer to headquarters is not clear-most llkel,
is the party which returned by the pike. Judg
1t of the mutual surprise when they came togeth
IL CT again at Ro ,ett's, and learned that neithc
ID nad been Ii. ed at or had seen foe.
> The firing still remained a mystery, and /
le yet one. 1t is slrnised that there was fight
n ing on our Left and that, owing 70 the arTal &c
g nent Of the hills in this region, the SCUM
k played the "wlj!-o' the-wisp" capers which s
a. frightened the Pennsy lvanians. Certain it is
ne that there was enemy near US. an sorr.
id that il is not i'll my power to give any salts
O. factory solution Of this strange mystery.
may soon transpire, and then will gladly Ia
ld it before your readers.
BURNING WOOD
DC The Pennsylvanlans say that there wer
at large quantities ef wood belonging to the raj
I'd road, piled up along its banks this side
as Horse Cave, which had been set on fire tn
is day previous 1t was mostly destroyed
a. was supposed to be the work OF secessioniS
ne of the neghhorhCod.
CONTHABANDS FLEEING TO CAMP.
o. In the hurried retreat Of the Pennsy svanan
of they scattered tae report that the enemy W.
IA approaching to attack Us. This was not dou