The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-04-17

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army is crowded in the region Of Wal
lace's camps, aud to circuit OF .half to
IwothTds Of a mile around the Landing
We have been failing back all day. We
can do no more. The next repulse puts
us into tho river, aud there are not trans
ports enough to cross sing division I'LL
the enemy wou.d be upon us.
We have lost nearly all our camps and
camp equipsge. We have lost nearly all
our field artillery. We have lOsta General
and two or three regiments Of our soldiers
as prisoners. We have lost--how dread.
fully we are afraid totlink-in killed and
wounded. The hospitals are full to over
flowing. A long ridge bluff is set apart
for surgical uses. 1t is covered with the
m4imed, the dead and dying. Aud our
men are discouraged with prolonged de-
feat Nothing but he most energetic ex-
ertion, on the part ofthe officers prevents
them from becoming demoralized. Reg
imt nts have lost their fsvorlte held otii
GERS, companies the captains whom they
looked up 70, with that implicit faith the
soldier learns, to lead them to battle.
Meantime there is a lull in the firing,
For the first lime siuce sunrise you fail
to catch the angry rattle of musketry or
the heavy booming Of the field guns. Eli
thcr the enemy must be preparing for the
grand, final rush that Is to crown the
days success and save the Southern Con-
federacy, or they are puzzled by our last
retreat. and are moving cautiously lest
we spring some trap upon them. Let US
embrace the opportunity, and look about
the Landing, We pass the old log house,
lately Posloilice, now full oIwounded and
surgeons. which constitutes the "Pitts-
burg part of the Landing. General
Grant and Staff are in group beside it
The General is confident. "Wo can
hold them off till tomorrow then they'll
be;exhausted, and we'll go at them with
fresh troops" A great crowd is coilec
ted around the building all in uniforms
most Of them with guns. AGd yet W.
ale needing troops i'll front SO sorely!
ARRIVAL OF GEN. BUELL..
LookiUg across the Tennessee We see /
body of cavalry, awaiting Transportation
over. They are said TO be BueI's ad
} vance, yet they have been there an hou
or two alone. But suddenly there is
rustic among the runaways. 1t is! 1t Is
You see the cleaning Of the gunbarrel
= you catch amid the leaves and under
growth down the opposite side Of the riv
er elippses of the steady, swinging tram
: of trained soldiers. A Division Of Blu
+. ell's army is here! And the men VIII
have left their regiments on the field sem
up three cheers for Buell.. 4
= Suddenly broad sulphurous has
+ of light leaped out from the darlienint
woods; and through the glare and smok
!; came whistIug the leaden hail. TIL
d rebels were making their crowning elfor
t for the day. and as was expected whe
our guns were hastily placed, they cam
! from our left and center. They had was
II ted their FIRE at 1000 yards. lnstanta
neousy our deep,mouthed bulldogs fun
D out their sonorous response. The rebt
:, artillery opened. and shell and .rouh
!; shot came tearing across the open spac
IT back oil the bluff May be forgiven fc
D, the malicious thought but certainly di
1t wish ono or two might drop behind Il
bluff among the crowd Of skulkers hove
# ing under the hin at the waters edge.
n Very handsome was the response CT
10 broken infantry battallons poured in
r The enemy soon had reason to rememb
8, that, # not .t.....
l. Sullln their ashos live the wontod Ares,
II at least still in the fragments lived Il
- ancient vaor that had made the shor
y lived rebel successes already cost 80 de'
y THE euNDoATs OPEN FIRE.
a. The r-bel infantry gained no groun
at but the furious cannonading and mu
j. kerry continued. Suddenly new actc
10 entered on the stage. Our Cincinn
Ia wooden gunboats, the A, o. Taylor a
n tie Lexington, had all day been imp
70 tlenlly chaliug for the time to come. 7
'ys opportunity was theirs. The rebels we
q. attacking on our left. lying where Stuar
'ss 1 brigade had lain OIL Licking Creek in t
- morning, ard stretching thence in on
,ls Hamburg road, end across toward our c
he center as far as Hurburt's camps. Stea
an ing up to the mouth of the little cree
rb tho boats rounded to. There was tie
10. vine, cut through tho bluff as i! on pl
on pose for their SHELLS,
nj. Eager to avenge the Death Of their co
en- manding General. (now known to he
been killed two hours before) and 10 co
- plcte the victory they believed to be Wi
-, 49, in their grasp, the rebels hai incautio'
~ ly venlured within reach of their m
od m dreaded antagonist. as broadside al
"a broadside of seven inch shells and six
"" "H four pound shot soon taught them. 7
"{s was foe they bad hardly counted
~ " and the unexpected fire in flank and r
~ ~ sadly disconnected their well,laid pla
=. - The boats fred admirably, and with
% ~ pidity that was astonishing. Our tw
u ly two land guns kept up their stor
-, thunder; aud thus. amid crash and 70
W 'u' and scream of shells and demon like h
~" on Of Minnie balls. that Sabbath even
10y wore away. We held the enemy at b
,,s w it was enough
the @ THE BATTLE ON MONDAY.
ol THE WORK OF SUNDAY NIoHT.
bly, With the exception Of the gunboat be
lgh bardment, the night seemed TO have pit
ed in eutire quiet. a heavy thund
'od, storm had come up about midnight,
IN though we we're all shivering over
Md J,ok;no u,o oa ossur,d us ,ho