The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-22
PRICE TWO GENTS.

troops who. UNKNOWN the ,.,ysuI r.cen,,cr
awaiting them, were ready 10 trv n Ssxsin-
Tbs j1ded division was corn peIlsd u visid
and after SIX hours' maguifcsnt nrhtsur =. Il
ieii back ont OF sight OF its eamps, and 10
point within hals q mile Of the landing
wALLAcg's BRraADa-THR LBApga worln,n
Let n, turn to the fate OF Hs-isure, com.
parion divisioll--that OF Brig. Gan. ~. II g.
WsJlsce, which included The Id ana I'm
Iowa eth and 2Sih 1ilinois, and s.veral OF ths
Other regiments composing msi Gen Smith q
Old division. Wallace had ai. O free excel.
lent batteries--Stoue ., Richardson's. aud
Wsber's fsll from iss,u-i)-tormsrly an or.
tiitery battalion. under the general mans e..
ment OF NJ u pr tnvender. tea = -.
With him, too, the fight began about ten
o'clock, rs alrsa1y described. From that
time till four In tbs afternoon they mnufulJy
bore mp The mus xstry 6re was absolutely y
continuous; there was scarcely q m ,msnt
thar some psrt of the line WIS not pouring In
their rastliDg vollsys, and the artillery wAs
admirably seTved, with but little iatermis.
siou ID cough the en- tire time
OLle or twice the infantry Advanced At.
tenn ptipg to drive the contiD uAily increasing r
eItmT; out though they c,uld hold what
theg bad. their n1ab beIs were not equal TO
the tasg OF eooqueIjng any more.
|our separate times IN turn ths rebsls at.
tenn p.ed 20 ch irgs on them. Il 4ch time The
infantry poured II Its quiek ksst votleys, the
artillery raoou Ell its lions, and the rebels
Win HedVy kISuKusor Inc dl.
vision was eager to remain, even when Hurl.
burr fell hack aId the hne fellows with the
g1Ls were particularly Indignant at not be
iag permitted 10 pound away. Hut their
supports wers gone Oh either si6e; 10 have
remained ia isolated advance would have
bsea fiatnesy: Just as the necessity for re.
treating was blooming pparent Gen Wallacs
whose cool, collected bravery had commanded
ths admirasoL OF all. was, u was Thought.
morally wounded, aud was horne away fr ON
tbs ftid. AT t.stthe division ell back It's
sol iers c!ain-jusiy,i be.ieve-the proud
dis1ncto oi beng :h1 les. to yield ia the
g,0eral bresk Of our iioss tbs gloomy Sup.
aiv atle!Ioou, which. a. ha,f pIss O'Clock
had lett mos: of eur army xi,hiu half mile
Of the Landing, with the bells Up 10 a thou
sand yar3scf heir position.
Carta!p StoRs C)ald not resist The temp.a-
ton OF stopping, as be passed what had been
Hnriburt headquarters, to try few parting
shots. de did tiue execution, but narrowly
escape1 losirg < some guns by having his y heel
hoIsss shot Gown. Capt Walker old lose .
70 -pouoder through some b!eakage In the
carriage. l. was. recove red ag ain on Mon
day,
THs CLOSE or SUNDAYS r,aHr
Va ave reached the last act In the tragedy
of Sunday. stis half. past tour O'Clock Our
front line of divisions has bsen lost since
half ten Cur reserve line is now gone,
too The rebels occupy the camps OF every
ii gisiol save that OF W. H. L. wallace Our
Whole army Is Gro wded In the region OF Wal
laoe's camps erd to circuit OF half to two-
t0iIUs pi :. Hills &IpuHu Inc ian QluQ We have
been falling back all day. We can DO Ii no
more. The next repuise puts ns into the river,
and there are no: transports enough 10 cross
single divisioh till the epsIny would be upon
Us -a-...
Lew. Waiiacs's division might turn the
tide for us-it ia made OF 1gh hting me.-bus
where is Ill Why AS IL not been thuu derinR
on the right Tor three hours past : We do not
know yet thai it was not ordered mp vll noon.
B1s,l Is coming, but he has been doing It ali
day and all iass week. His advance guard 10
across The RIVER now, waiting ferfiage; hu.
what Ia an advance guard with sixty thou
sand victorious foes a front Of u.s.
We have lcst nearly all of our camps and
camp equipsgs. We have lost nearly half OF
our held asn.iery. We have lost division
dehe1ni, and two or three regiments OF sol.
fully We ara afraid to think-in killed and
y rounded. The hospitals are full to overflow.
Ing. a long ridge bluff is set apar: for surgi.
cal uses IL is covered with the manned, the
dead aud dying. And our men are discour.
sGec by prolonged defsat. Nothing but lhe
most energetic exerttOn on the part OF the
officers prevents them from becoming demo.
rallied. Regiments have lost their fayorits
field officers. companies the Captains whom
taey always looked 10. With toat implicit
falth t1s soldier learns, ID lead them TO bat.
tie.
meantime there is lui. in the f1rius. For
the first time since sunrise you fail to catch
the argry cattle OF musketry or the haayy
booming Of the f sid guns. Either the enemy
mus be preparing for the grand fiaai rush
that is 10 crown the days success and save
the Southern Confederacy, or they are pnz.
1ied by our last retreat, and are moving eau
Iio1sly, lestWe spring some trap upon them
Let US embrace the opportunity, and look
sbo 4. the anding. We pa IS tn old leg house,
la,ely Post Ot1ce, low faii OF wounded and
su:s s5oNs, which ConsIituse ses the "Pittsburs''
part OF the landing Gen Grant and sta 4
are u group besijs it The General Is con.
ldens. I'VE can hold them on till to.mor.
row; then they'll be exhausted, and we'll 20
st them with fresh trooTs" great crowd
is collected around the buildipg. all In uni
form, most Of them With guns. And yet we
are needing troops In the front 20 sorely.
oovABDs.
On the bluffs above the river is a sight that
may well make our cheeks tingle wi tn shame
tor some of our soldiers. There are not less
tnan three thousand sk1lkers lining the banks
ASH them why don't they go to their places
ia the line "On, our regiment 10 all cut to
pieces why dom. you go - where 1t Is
forming again'' II c1n't fine IT," and The
hul4 locks as If that would be the very last
thing he woald want 70 do.
tncers are around amoug them, trying to
hunt up their men, stc1ming, Goa King com.
mauoing-cursirg G am afraid. One strange
fsilow--a Major. II / rememb bar ariah.-is
july speech to everybody that will Es.sn to
him. lie means well, certainly: 'Msn OF Ken
tucxy, OF Illinois, OF Ohio, of Iowa, Of Indi. g.
ana, implore you, beg OF you, come up
AAC'P bS wv uOuIS mCIe. 0y
all that you bold dear, by the ONES that you
hope 10 defend, by the q e you love, BY the
States you honor, by all your love Of Couu
try, by all your hatred OF treason, ! orjure
SO GA for quantity. THAT fsllsr's a good
speagsr' Was the only res ponss heard, and
the fellow VINO gave 1t nestled most sougly
behind his tree as ne spoke.
I know well enough the nature Of the
stalking animal in an army during q battle
had seen their performances before, bat never
or 80 large a scate-never WITH such An utter
sickness Of heart as looked-&s now. Still,
do no t believe tharo wes very much more
than the average per Cent tsge. 1t was a big
army. and the Iunaways all sought the land.
Ing.
ARRIVAL or GENERAL BCHLL.
Looking across the Ten nessee we see q body
Of cavalry, awaiting tra1spor tatiou over.-
They ere said to be Buell's advance yet they
b ave been there an hour or two alone. Hut
suddenly there 10 q rustic among the rsna.
ways. 1t is. itis' You see The cleaning of
tbs barrels, you catch amid the leaves
and underground down the opposite side of
the river gltmpses of the steady, swinging
tramp Of trained soldiers. A division OF
i5ueii's army is here And the men who
nave left their regimen Is on the field send up
shree cheers for Buell.. They cheering May
II parch their thrOats, as II they had been
breathing the simeon. aF-
here comes boat across with a Lieutsn.
aot and TWO or three priyates OF the Sign al
Corps. Some orders are instantly given the
offtcer. aud as instantly teiesrsphed to the
o.ner side by the mysterious wavings
aad raisings and droppinls Of the naxs.
a steamer comes up with pontooRs on
board, with which a bridge could be spec !.
diiy thrown across Unaccountably enough,
to oniooksrs. she slowly reconnoiters and
steams back again. Perhaps, after all,
II is better to have no bridge thsrs. II
slmplifiss the questioa, takes escape out OF
the count. and ieaves IL victory or death to
the towards that siiok behind the biuHs az
We'll as 10 the brave men Who peril their lives