The New York herald., 1862-12-25

store order - these confused and intlmdaed masses
away in Wild, dsordered fight.
General Heintzelnan himself compelled to abandon
ms position and like an with head down and ready "a
receive attack a. any moment, he drew slowly back 10
tne Chickahomny. All the wounded and all the accumu
lated stores Of the enomy Zen our hands aud jackson
cou!o WIN clear conscience issue the order 'Enoug
iur to.1ay None OF the other generals had performed
ther task with such raridty and success es he and
therefore, the fruits of his victory were unusually
,alss The unicnists had lost during the day two
brigadier generals, ono hundred and Aricen s,an
and subaterr officers, three thousand privstcs,
ana twenty one cannon and hundreds Of ambulancas
ana baggage wagons, with all their lading. The Booty
was immcnse; blt ia strategic point Of view Jachson's
success was OF far greater importance succ ca Gene.
When therefore, the triumph Of Jaclscns arms be- anne
known at headquarters, all counted with perfect cer-
tnty upon the destruction or capture Of Mceans en-
tire force The rejoicing LordTed fea,g and tsn,
eariy aer, morning, seioscd nv regiment found my
poor fstIoUs in sd,e Of fcteYish srtem Ter ett1g
non Of them aoonted 10 hare hand n ae arfrotching
cuplire or aanihiiQtio's Of the great fefYul crmN
alone shrugged my shoulders az my ccrs eoTnmseafef
the'T antieipat,oils hc s,tbjecs. We had gone
through similar experience In 1913, nder Radcizy, IN
Italy. There, too, the Italians had already prepared
quarters forhc old man and his troops and the Mayor Q,
Milan WAS SO hrrny confident OF victory and It's nso-
quences nt ne hurried out TO meet the gray Ola lcso
prisoner at the very moment when the latter over
coming all difficulties, quietly withdrawing tIso h.5
iortrssses at Man,ua and Verona
bad but just reached my regiment when we received
tho order 10 advance along the whole line looked i
sadness upon our once fne division How seartry some
own, had marched out with eleven hundred mer. had
low but three or four hundred effective soldiers let
Yes, someor instance the seventh Georgia and Twen-
ty first North Caronaad only something Over ono hun
dred and eighty mon. vast number of officers were
disabled, and many 1ne fellow who, few days before,
full q confidence and ollity, had prophesied golden
future, no longer had the courage TO ask
for this one that whom did not see bu; took Il
for granted tha, he had fallen on the field Of honort
too sad to always hear the same response. He il
dead she fell here" or 'thers, in such and such
way
liuxi int. tim suiten nlv
appeared the President Jefferson lavis surrounded by
the general OF cai airy, Joseph Davis, and Msssrs
Johnston and Smith, followed by Secretary Of
War Randolph and his military Cabinet hglc uhen
Ne danger or 1chs R.cgaod had beer free from
c iron yoks placed aon her nsck By ths sncrcltn9 sry
Of me Joe, and rh they began again % breathe freely
'en their scais, these pl0r hsoa coed, az las AZ The
ciose of the Goodg struggle, assume theatrical atip1
T, 'cih no hah cs Of yore did ac soldiers reotse ne
cngie,o, Of Bussa T.ao Wa cold sge and Sig a.
has hoTs. he rae olong He fron Of ne ysg'as ats, oy once
IN wh'te oddresst',G q ,eord 70 scans friend -
When our division had successfully worked lis way
ogt from the labyrinths OF dismocned artillery
shattered and dead aud wounded soldiers and got
for freer movement osned orr sp,s scioe ,oa
ccns.men ~her, on reaching the 1osssons eeacar'sd
tyttt nen.g fund nothing but fen ssa'ds Of arms
asd sone bag e2; All their material ' had beer carried
number OF dead told how fearuly the battle had ragged
al this point The fortifcaons were Of colossal dinen-
sous and had far greater solidi,y than We
had supposed We at once received orders to
pursue the Zoe Immediately at least so soon as we
could ascertain his exact Whereabouts We had hardly
got beyond White House when deserted ahuge cloud
or smoke which edded above the woods about mile and
half to our right. AS carefully advanced in that d.
rection perceived high heaped up pyramid bTisky
burning with red hot glow and sending forth volumes
OF steam. The hostile genera! had given orders TO com
NIT nil the property that could not he carried away 10 the
flames, and hce The eager ccTquere,s mere robbed Of
s,ions OF dollars aoorth Of booty Like hungry wolves
my poor fellows rushed toward the huge glowing heap
to whatever could yet be saved. There were hun
dreds Of casks OF meat coffee sugar molasaes rice
even champagpc-n fine a. those delcacies with which
the Northern army was more than abundanty provided
md Nh yvn dpyi q
piled up ono another Yet all Cur efforts to rescue
something useful were vain: The enemy had taea Iis
precautions for the too! destruction Of ecaThsny st
behind s0sh snch cunning stfd that there aaoS
ncihiag rsaaiding but spoiled and assseSs 9eoas.
heavy cloth cloaks OF the fstves these very
welcome TO troops let an essential particulars
p7essd to mt General Mcclellan had accomplished
his ret. cat lpiih order 0td soG0cy, and that there lprs
nothing farther his thoughts than surrender OF The
army. Indeed, from some stragg'ers captured by my
men, learned that he had crossed the Chickahomny
with his entire force had given up hs former base Of
treat and approaching the James river probably
with view to form junction with the feet. at once
sent an officer with the intelligence to General Lee.
Hereupon received orders TO hall and presently there
rushed by the twelve fine brigades Of Hill tlst and Long
street give the supposed flying enemy his death blow
About ave miles from Darlcytown, on the Newmarket
road, we got sight Of the foe bHt they had taken UP
splendid position The plain, thcSy beset with trees at
bic TO the operations of our brave cavalry and they were
condemned 10 naction.
General Mcclellan had taken his position at Frazier
farm, which formed his centre This point no had
strengthened With nineteen pieces Of heavy artillery had
osy awaited We nad a. ali
TO drive the enemy from the Deighborhcod Of
our capital or succumb ourselves No other
choice remained for Bt Gtia.ro, Mcclellan only TOO
celj understood his critical posi'ior. By he folly Of
Gserai McDe,Oe, the liin ces'd c Of >ecrea,y Nan'o,
and the political Of Coatmonoei Chic Holec,
al Wcshgtoa, he offered ap as acee, TO destruction
Many aaoter general areid, perhaps, under suh dreadful
circyns,anees ha~ sought death amid The cras. o. oai-
Hoccper, he did not hetetc moment uoiee;ts onding
the fyghf loses he had suffered during aose -four Ia IS
sruegs to , his fate, ils old and gallant soldier, 70
During tina, four days massacre troops had been
transformed into wild beasts, aud hardly had
they cauch, sight Of % the enemy, drawn up
horrible yels. Yet calmly, on the pa
radc ground the latter delivered their fire. The bat
on men, and great disorder ensued among the storm
ing Masses General Ice sent all his dsposabe troops
the rescue g Acc'gn n. ,;n'd p.a ~ ss ns@y for..a
blcoded lost his setpossessio. Whole ranks of
or hurled % e ground The thunder Of the
cannon the cracking OF the musketry from hundred
thousand comba,anis mingled with the OF the
wounded and the dying terrific 10 the and The
imagination Thus ragged ths conflict within oompara-
lively space long hours, and yet foot
Of ground All oar reserves had been led into
the tight and the brigade OF Wilcox apnlhatcd Al
length the coming night compelled truce and utterly
overcome by fatgc the soldier sank upon the ground At
his post houghess of the friend torn from his side
and engrossed only with the nstinc, Of selprescrya
parchcd lips Oh all sides. The empty tasks contained
not drop, alas and at length steep oyercarue
each vermont warrior, and even thirst and hunger
forgotten Gloomy and out OF humor, General Lee
rode through the camping ground OF the ccimatcd reg
mcnts attended by his stan and them with dry harsh
voice. ordered up the div sns Of Wise and 3agfuder
bury the dead Wsh briei remark, he next indicated
20 General Longstrcet his position for the day and
rode oil with his aids 10 visit other port Of the line
AND THE SEVENTH, WIN BATTLE OF
MALVERN
The gray OF morning Just beginning appear upon
the horizon when the Of artillery more
heard. battery which, during the night, General An
derson had placed nearer 20 the hostile lines was IN
santy noticed by the enemy aud vigorously attacked
his field pieces Every shot struck, and the fragments
hurled la all directions. Of the twelve pieces
the battery i've were quickly dismouncd and the teams
half destroyed yet the commanding officer held his post
In the meanwhile columns had formed without hay.
ing tasted any strengthening or nourishirg refresh
ment. Exhausted by the fatgucs Of the preceding days.
they fairly recled on their feet, yet not o man
shrank back from duty. Az length as the in
position. involuntary exclamation escaped me- for IL
evident to me, from the denser ranks he exhibited
hat baA haap