Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-04
The Battlefield of Antletnm.


l might sketch objects for hours, and
still convey scarcely the fainlcSt Impression
of the senne. Fields that had Just been
pIoughed where trodden so hard that
the men could scarcely with pick and shovel
excavnte pits for the dead soldiers or OBJ
tain dirt to throw upon the horses lying
over the ground TIE wounded had been
nearly conveyed away, and, except on the
outskirts no dead Union soldiers lay un-
buried. The stencil was mtolernble -
From whatever point breath of wind
proceeded a fresh ClllIvium as,saicd the
senses The sights witnessed were, if pos
sible still more lothsOme The Coniedc-
rates had been shot principally in the head,
which swclled up to twice its usual size,
the face being absolutely hideous. Blood
had ooZed out of mouth, eyes, uostril>, ears
and bullet holes until it ran in streams
down the lane. Decomposition had i'm
media,ely set in, the features turning black
as pitch within Few hours should,
however, notice few exceptions among
the dead
In two or three cases. among the heaps
referred to, / noticed men who appeared
to have died as compoSedy as if they had
fallen asleep What is more, they retain.
ed their natural color, while all around
had so completely changed. Their more
respectable, and indeed humane appearance
led me to believe that they were Marylan.
J ders who had just joined the enemy, and
bad not experienced the horrible har dshipS
5 to which the great body OF them were sub.
/ jected they may, too, have denied them.
selves the whiskey and gunpow der which
it is reported, were dealt out to the rebels
S before the battle began. The almost i'm.
, mediate turning OF the carca'seS of the
e Confederates black bas been noticed by
Others but have never seen any reason
: assigned why this should be more rapid in
. their case than among civilized human
d beings.
GEN. MORGAN left Cumberland Gap a
- bout two weeks ago with all his forces.
!, is supposed he is marching in northeast
: ward direction and will strike the Ohio
,. somewhere about Portsmouth. tlle brough
- away all his artillery and stores, and block
ed up the Gap with stones so as to rende
,. impossible.
n Captain Prentice, son of Geo. D. Preu
e lice, who was wounded in the fight a
|, Augusta, Kentucky, has since died.
= Gen. Halleck calls upon State Governor
:, to fill the great number Of vacancies in th
, volunteer force caused by recent casualties
- by the appointment aud promotion of non
~ commissioned officers aud privates VIII
- have distinguished themselves in the field o
shown due capacity for command.
Lieut. commanding Magaw reports III
m destruction of rebel bomb proof magazine
&c &c at Lower Shipping Point. They wei
, seven in number A small body of reb
ST cavalry made its appearance, but di5perse,
upon the discharge of volley of mysketr
g from our side. @
ns ns True Speaking with evider
~ reference to the late Proclamation Emanc
es patton, the Louisville Journal says
IT, If any of our army officers now in t.
;h face of the enemy choose to resign on a.
y count of anything done or not done by Coz
he gress or the President, they should be sci
+; instantly to Fort Warren, or some othC
a. a, military prison.
ed Com Vanderbilt is converting Il
We steamer Vanderbilt which be lately gave
Ii. the U. S. Government into a munof-wa
/, She will carry some twelve Of heavy gu
xt calibre, and will be the fastest war vess
he aAoat.
he From the N. Y. Tribune
he New York Cattle Market.
he TUESDAY, Sept 28th,-Number reported f
An this market at 44lh street. 4688. The pric
to-day are quoted as follows First quail
8C98Ac Medium 797Ac. Ordinary 596k
N, Some extra good Beeves may be quoted at
,el (90c The general average Of the market