The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1862-08-23

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pruscss cf car tfoop. J. described ~ sunsthins
wonderful II tae winter had oaly st.n4 " hi.
| gun a little longer. he would have learned sill
NOR. OF .he Serve and dsun,e- resolution OF
brave men lighting for liberty and home. He
/ Va speaking " The battle Of The Seven piass
Our spherical car shot were asiul alasiles.
each Of them oeasistinl OF = clottcd mss OF
seventy -ix muskct ba b with 4 charge Of pow
| der IN the osntrr that - nfed With fuse. the
same ~ a sheil. The missile iirt acts ~ . solid
shot, plolgh,ng it, u,y through m Asses Of men.
and then exploding hafi. forward . ahovcr OF
masAst Lslis that mos down The foe IN heaps
Our battery thrv iseuiy- four Of thee a min.
( ute, ssd ~ ~s had the exact range Of every
part oi the held every shot told with frigatiul
effect. Bat the enemy ~er not al all daanted
they marched steadily on, and hailed a per
feet torrent Of balls upon u. Why we, A. well
a. cur houses. were not every one sho, down.
| viii forever remain = mystery To me. We did
not mind the leaden hail. however, but kept
pouring ouf case sho, into the dense mAsscs OF
the foe. Who came on IN prndiFious and over
Shelming force. And they Tough, splendidly
too. Our -hos tore their rank. wide open. and
shattered them m a manner that vas ifightful
to witness bot they closed up again al once
and came on AZ steadily "a English veterans.
When they got within 400 yards we closed our
case shot and opened on them with canister
and rurh destruction never cl.e1 there sitns.
ed A. each discharge, great gaps were made
IN their rnks indeed. whole companies vent
down hciof. ths. marjeroas nrc but they
closed up vita an order and discipline thai was
ave inspiring. They seemed 10 be animated
with the courage Of despair blended with the
hope OF a speedy victory II they could by an
overwhelming rush drive Us from our position
Il wts awful ~ see their ranks tosn and shat.
tered ~ every discharge OF canister that ~
poured right into their faces. and while their
dead and tbinR lay IN ptle-, clo.ed up and si.ll
kept advancing right 10 The face ot the lire. Al
one time three line. one behind the other. were
steadily Advancing and three OF their hag- were
brought m range N one Of our guns ,hotled
with canister "Fite '' shouted the gunner
and down sent those three hsgs aud gap was
opened through those thrce lines A. II 4 thnn
defbo,i had torn through them and the dead lay
in -waths. But they ; once closed up and came
steadily on, never hAniiiug OF sasering. ugh,
through the woods. over the fence through the
ncd, RICH, ap g. sur guns sud sweeping every
thing before them. ctpiurrd every piece when
We delivered our lat re- they were within %
teen or twenty PAGES VI Hs aud a. all our horses
were either Killed or sounded We could not
carry % a gun our whole division was cut 10
pieces, With What luss Do not know We fell
back 20 second iine ut entrcuchments and
| iher. held the euemy IN check until reinforce
ments arrived. and there We kep, our position
III night pu. an end to the battle
s~ Ne are panied to learn tina, MARION L
! Bx,Hp,S member Of the Clough and mn
/ Avengers. Clark Regiment. ~a. drovEed in
Red River. on the evening Of the 10Th inst.
/ We have received letters from Dr. " 3. Bald
win and NJ. john T. Pierce, dated Camp
CLARK lIsmpsiead county Arss. giving iall par
ticulars OF the -ad affair. Nj Pierce also en-
closes US a copy Of preamble and resolutions
adopted by the company a. a tribute OF respect
70 the decreased which will appear in our mex
iSsuc. The .tateme Ut given to Us Of hls dea.l
Is that be attempted ~ swim the river for th'
purpose oi obtaining a casieen Of water from
a spring "a the opposite bank for sok soldier
That after be passed the centre Of the stream
which was quite narrow be seemed suddenly /,
become frightened. TUNED hack. and almos
Immediately sntk III, body, M. Pierce IN
forms as, VIA found the mex, day ssd sppro
prlaiey INFERRED
Nj Beardcn wss veil known in this commu
Hty He came here several ycars ago, men
stripping, wilhou. money or friends bat tn
Propuety aud correctness Of hs dcportrnen
gradually attracted attention, until Tbs ayes O
the community were conferred upon I'm. H.
was universally regarded ~ Young msn q
promise, destined. Il he lived 90 become a use
frl citizen. Il Il painful b. .blnk that he h.,
thus fallen that be- hes been cat % IN tn
dawn Of hih naBhood .Hd his useiulues~
DE. JEfrHs FovLSgs asD rur FEDERAL.
The following correspondence. which sppcsr,,
In NE Memphis Avalanche Of the 1 tn Of Jan,
(and Witch se copy from tho Richmond Eu
qsirer Of the 10Th OF July) explains i..,li
( VIII our eotemp.nry Of the Houston Tes~rap
d. himself ar yell a. ~ Fo~lkss the j.4.l.e {
4 copy ~
. HEADQUARTERS DI~rKicr wrsr Tss~EssF,
OFriCF PRoynsr MassnAL GtsrHAL
MssrHs Tenn Jolly / 1857
Messrs Wilson, Bingham 4 Co. pfopuetors d
the Memphis Avalanche 9"
q You will suspend the farther publication q
n your paper. The split with which Vt j, COT
Quoted - regarded az both incendisry and .rea,
b enable and IL l-sue eaa no longer be tolerated
Z Thla order will pe strictly observed from 81
time q reception.
= ny command Of MAJ Gen u y. Gran,
> w HILLYDg,
e Provost Aarshsl Geacral
d AksvBs JET, /. iss2
:. The AsAispehc" can eont,nue b. the xiti
, drswAl Of the author u tn. obnoxious aEiicl
A under the caption Of ~ schi,f Makers " ali
( the editos,., 4itsis,ou TO tha sane.
". =. GAAs-, Ma Nes
To Oun Psrno~s. var feasons appare-
} from dc sDfeRuiay order 1 withdraw fr1a, III