Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-05-08
WAR ITEMS,

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extract from private letter to the editor
of the Troy Daily Times, written by a
prominent officer in Casey's division be-
fore Yorktown, under date of the 18th
ultimo -
Everything is done with marvellous
stiffness here. This struck me as very
singular at first, and on inquiring l found
that Mcclellan, on sitting his army down,
issued orders to that effect. No one is
allowed to fire off gun without an order,
no bands to play, no anything that would
indicate the whereabouts of different bo-
dies of troops, or their numerical strength
while on the contrary, on the opposite
SIDE of the river, every morning and eve
ming, the music of the different regimen
tai bands in the enemy'S camps comes
floating to us defiantly, and their regl-
ments parade in plain sight. do not
think Yorktown will fall with months
hard siege. Our enemy, even to this
day, has been underrated-but not by
Mcclellan, Take my word for it, no bat
tie ever yet fought, will equal this in the
sacrifice of human life"
gss Gen. Curtis has been somewhat
lost sight of since bis great battle at Pea
Ridge. When last officially heard from,
he was on the road leading across the
Ozark mountains in Arkansas from For
syth. A Memphis paper throws some
light on his whereabouts. 1t says that he
has made junction with Gen. Steele at
at Doniphan on the Current river, where
10000 Federals are building gunboats,
with which to descend the White and
, Black rivers The Current river flows
into the Black river, and the Black river
rmples into the White, which forms a
jua 'tion with the Arkansas $50 miles be-
low Memphis. Unless the Confederate
journal is mistaken, therefore, the ener-
getic Curtis is preparing for new flank
movement upon the rebels.
@ Gov. Yates of Illinois has appoint
9 ed Mrs. Mary Reynolds, wife of a Lieu
tenant in the 7th regiment in that State,
a Mao in the army--her commission be-
ing made out in due form, and having
the great seal attached to it. Mrs. Rey-
, nolds has followed the fortunes OF her
husband through the war, and was with
him at the battle of Shiloh She is now
his superior officer Probably no woman
1 has been or will be similarly honored du-
ring the campaign.
CT The Petersburgh Express of Mon.
o day has long editorial regarding the loss
: at New Orleans as severe blow, and
says the city was captured by our gun.
: boats being encased with wet bales Of
9 hay, SO that hot and cold shot were of no
D use, The Louisiana, mounting % guns
: was sunk, the Express says, by our steel
7 pointed conical shot, All the cotton was
destroyed by fire, and the sugar emptied
{ into the river. The specie from the banks
I, was all removed from the city when Gen
Lowell retreated with the troops. The
!; Express says the South cannot expect to
whip US when we bring our gunboats into
' action-but that in the open field they al
t ways have, and ever will continue to
I whip us. u
e 10 One effect of the triumph at New
It Orleans will be to put in our hands what
: ever iron-clad vessels the rebels had
: there They claimed eleven OF these
a mail-clad warriors but probably mos
y of them were imaginary and phantom
f ships. One, the Louisiana, is reported
as having been sunk by the Pensacola
n on her way up the rivera fact which
/ ships. Whether Com. Hollins, with his
$ Manassas, was at New Orleans, or down
o at Fort Jackson, or fled up the river on
the approach of our forces, remains to be
8 made known. At all events, wherever
n the Confederate navy of the Southwest
d may be, above or below, it is certain to be
$ bagged, either by Porter and Faragut, OF
: by Commodore Foote'S feet. 1t is en-.
v tangled in a complete web from which
: there is no escape. .....
@ 1t is rumored at Fortress Monroe
y from Yorktown that the rebels, appre-
: ciating the mastery strategical move
ments of Gen. Mcclellan, recently exc
cuted by his generals, have offered tt
capitulate on certain conditions. 1t i,
: generally believed at the Fortress tina
5 the fate of Yorktown is sealed, and tina
it will be ours in very few days.
: 70 Gov. Hurlbut recommends thai
$ the officers of the 18th Ohio battery be
V mustered out of the service for disgrace
|, full cowardice. They ran at the first fire
n at Pittsburg Landing, and did not return
r, until the next day.