Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-20

thirty thousand of the enemy and we had
little more shan one third OF .thenumber
1ot dispute the PeriIOus- passage. % On the
south were the. Boston Mountains no
the east or west we couidanot go.. We're
we not hcnmed in by Nature aud the enc.
my? ali 5zt5 sszs 1eu =.54z ges,J llH
Gould we longer resist2 Could've say
we were couteuding only for victory when
the shadows were lenglhening and deep.
eniUg on our hearts2 l5as .f9a s.drEll
2 Gen. Carr's division was sent byi G on.
Curtis to force the enemy from their posi-.
tion, and about ten o'clock in the morning
the battle.was renewed with increased ar
dor, and soon the batteries from both sides
were replying to each other with DEATH
dealing voices. The main action in the
morning was to 1.-THE right of our encamp-
ment,7 and for seven hours the field was
hotly contested. t -tlai e5.45.E T
Gen. Carr made spirited and heavy
charge upon the enemy under McCulloch
and Price. The musket aud rifle firing
was very sharp, and everyifew seconds the
boom Of tue batteries burst across the
country, and the iron hail swept down the
stream ofHlife, and filled the isurging and
noisy waves with spectral cOrpsRs. .l
r. The rebels rceleh as We went against
them, but their column did not break
stood firm, opening a CALLING FIRE from two
batteries whose presence had not before
been known. Our troops were thrown
into confusion, and three companies of
infantry and Col. Ellis Cavalry were or
dered to silence the destructive guns.
Like lightning our men leaped forth,
prompt to tue word, aud ragged about the
rebel batteries as ravenous wolves around
u sheep.fold. seaH ,Ftrs.fs Hgd5 ral
y Everywhere the strife roared; every
where the smoke crept; everywhere the
ground shook. s7g atn, ss,ta sti %
1.-The sunbeams glanced off from the
swords and bayonets; but they ceased to
shine for many eyes on that blood stained
day. eaa tfal. .f-gl s5s-,5..
Carr's column advanced and fell back
and advanced again, and beyond them, up
the bill, ,lthe cavalry and infantry were
struggling to capture the detested guns.
The regiment which protected the batter
les met them fairly and freely, and, for
half an hour, the two combatants were so
Commingled that they almost failed to re-
cOgniEe one another. ,zl fs4asr
"Our men have the batteries" was an-
nounced, and the FsdcraIs rent the. welkin
with their huzzas. I'D
Yes, it was so! Duiaa rtU
Through the blue curling vaPors our
men could be seen dragging the guns af-
ter them. Ere they had gone n hundred
yards, the rebels were behind them strug.
Cling like Hercules for the repOssession of
the peIces. ffHu-i .ra b. 54-a
Blood streamed anew, and shouts, and
groaus, aud prayers and curses went up
with the gigantic forms of smoke into the
upper arr. 9za fta
Appropriate license to watt the ele-
ments of'battle to the skies. f74-l b.
No noise now. esa 7rF use d
All as silent as when men are holding
their breath for deadly pdrpose. The
suspense is awful. 1t cannot last. s,i
10 Do you not hear thousand hearts beat
across the plain :? Anxiety has made the
roar of battle almost innudible, SO keenly
is the sense upon the rack. as.'qa ntra
Five thousand throats are roaring with
triumph. .f51al-y S95.i,
Brief triumph. The batteries are lost.
Our men have been overpowered by num-
bers. They retire, and blood marks their
progress, and many dead are abandoned.
The recaptured guns are reTenging Them
selves. Their shot and shell are tearing
up the ground, and tearing open brave bo-
SONS, aud making history. and peopling
graves. oiH. r=.4gh. nset 3aa ha.l ~ =
The batteries are sought once more, We
win them back with blood. We are hur-
rying them off. The rebels stare like de.
nous out Of malignant eyes, and curse
through frm-set teeth g 'ar1
2t Triumph is about to crown our efforts,
when large force of the enemy, rcpnlsed
by General Davis from that section of Pea
Ridge known as iLeetOwn, throng to the
rescue. Aidozeu combats lover tue guns,
and the contest is still, undecided when the
darkness. gathers, and through tue night
the enemy are seen bearing off their twice
captured, twice re-captured guns. Hou
Nature is no longer an impartial witness.
She draws the curtain, and the camp,fires
blaze along the roads and light up the trees.
Mans Pandemonium is profaning the holy
night. 1g5a.l ..sss 7le5l
Midnight comes; md the scattered words
of the sentinel are heard and tue Feder-
alists and rebels are sleeping on tbeirarms;
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 onsihe,
.battlements of HeaVenGf They challenge
no one: They seem to say to all the
weary ndiworn, "Gome hitherl Here is
peace" iaIa $50 sf1 ihisu5 .terI y
Speak they, or be forever silent, there
are many spirits in the air seeking the
peace that is not of earth: i 81 u ss ID
+. -, i. 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 oyer our heads
Our cause was growing darker. f,,s %
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 COUNSEL
Gen. Sigel observes new positions for.
our operations.' We plant six batteries at
different points commanding their ,princi-
pal forces. d A Gre of ball is shattering the
space with its roar. an, us5I $50 ..
The enemy's list of mortality,is swell.
ing. They do mot understand our great
advantages. TheY. turn pale, and hesitate
to advance. No time Is given them for