M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-04-24

their knees to their waists in Inul
and water, but Onihey went.
!. When they reached the shore, n
IthcyTusied to the rife lliia. A glanc
ISt the fort showed il to be empty =
A 'lFch ut the leIt was found to b
Iinll of men. Our mer thell l,Onre,
lone deadly volley into them and al
fed who coulA. A sccoEd pit wa
ionhd empty, and ibyy,et''pfed to!eai
! Two WOrc companies followed M
(E and Ky; 70 ihe;r horror. they lnnn,
their cartridges were spoiled hy beih.
wet in crossing Ike bog. A tew has
ldry ones. and they divided then
anong ono another, and charged ~
the third ditch, when al at once
lnlong the whole lihc, the rebels swarm
I'D ont by thousand. and with u vel
hoisted for the first time the Stars and
Bars. A long-hah, d aud stedy CHAP
cheerk K for jeff Davis and icll back,
ward. shot through aud through; his
Iag wa5 seen no more. A whole
platoon was marching on Onr men.
lwStn Mmt t'ea th,e'. guns infO them
which must have killed a. least iiliy
from tho one discharge. The V,r.
nohters held the second ditch. au,l
the artillery pou'ei the shell and can.
lister Mt II terrific rate, firing over the
heals At Our troops.
But no re-Cni0rCements come. and
they commenced 10 ial back. tryin..
to cary their dead and wounded; thyy
reached the hog, when tic rebels again
filled the bitches they hal Lett, and
commenced u galling fire upon them.
The water had been iet out Of the mp
per dam aud nS it Is n very low flat,
it had now two lcet more water tnar
when they went over. A number d
the wounded could not get through
and tell exhausted tO strange in the
mud; many stuck tast I'M | were shoI
through tho heal, while many w,rc
killed and wounded belore they reach
I'd the cheircr Of the woods.
ANOTHER CHARGE.
! Seven companies nf The Sixth Re :
iment A. B. G. d. L. +. aud II. wcr,
ordered 10 make q dash. ? They Grnss
ea partly at The dam. bnt before the,
conld get 70 the trrucIrs,' the rcb':h
drove lhcm back ard took scvera
prisoners. Orr loss l45.
THE Arrest Of But c"-The Ac
AvDwed -'Icr.i.,,1 :C abroad 81
cidcmt .... ....9
/ WAsnlsoToN, April 2l.-A mes
sage reached the Senate from the Prcs
idrnt to dav, touching the arrest OF Ex
Secretary Cameron 1T tho instance .
Pierce Bntler. The President avowI
/ Butlcr's arres. tn be his act, douo m
der his authority, and avows That |
was justified by State authority.
Mnrntn,, Mr. ..vs ,hat a st;rmis,
took nlnco at Wh;,uarsl. l.lanJ ~
Wadnnsd,v "hetwc.,, sorn, comm,oi,.,
of,h. Fil,srntL Geor,ia anJ - Michi
gan regiment, in which the latter wer'
An .oc; Ieut occurrcd on .ba Allan
,;onnd W., point Rs;IronJ at G,sen,
TSnm hy wh;ch nhnu, 90 Cn"ttI Ierat
soLjS,rs w.. Lind op1 six sliyhl,
wnnnlnd
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Lincoln PnrdOMs Rev. Gordon
The following is copy OF I'll" FREE
pardon granted Rev. Gordon, Prcsi
h,r,of Iho,;o q, C,ll.oc.
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