, 1863-06-23


wins rcdaus and heavy earthworzs. She
plants colora on the enemies forts, and en-
ables single corporal to drive ont tho de-
lenders Of O stockade, She asks nothing more
Of her reportoria1 corps than to sit at her
elbow with ready pen to transfer her budget
to paper, to grsce the pages OF the great
blanket dalies Of tho cities. Not being DIS
posed to play clerk to her 1ndyship ne have
had to work hard to gather up the Gacts for
our letter. Tolisten to the booming cannon,
to cross the path Of exploding shell and dodge
the zip zip of unmusica1 mlnnies. You need
not look for my glowing accounts from us,
but mere facts that have been slowly and labo-
riously gathered j.
THE APPROACHES. :.
These are constructed with great labor, and
1t would be highly interesting to the reader,
and pleasure to US, If We could be allowed
to describe them. Of the amount Of labor in
their construction no one can hare any con-
ception without seeing them. :; In some Of
them the men work by day, andin others BY
night. ..,
In ono of them that i entered to-day, q
large party was working directly under the
frowning muzzlcs Of the rebel guns, and with
in forty feet Of their gaping mouths, doubtless
fully charged with grape and canister; for
1unately these guns cannot be sufficiently
depressed to reach the working party as the
gunners and sharp shooters dare not show
their heads through. They send IN occasional
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shsrn % aicotess ~ md hand rren,;,es @ so'As W oaf
A' ''' .1oor ~ r.~~t5rs.ner 1 :. enae''
Yesterday in company with DR.. Burk, arm
mle 70 reach to
er aboye the city. Keeping just ont Of reach
Of rebel sharp. shooters. we spent two hours
in viewing the town aud Watching the range
The streets arc nearly deserted, as we saw
only one wagon, two horsemen and ak or
cieht men passing through them during our
visit. From our lookout We had a good view
through the business part of the town. De-
eertsr5 say that the inhabitants live in bomb.
proof holes made In tho sides of the hills.
The city is smaller than is generally supposed,
containing as is now supposed, four thousand
inhabitants. The shells from the morters are
not directed at the city at all, but at the camps
In the rear, it being more Of an object to des-
troy the army than the defenceless citizen and
property which must soon come within our
grasp. We could see the line Of rebel works
that came down opposite to 1t. The former
had access to the Watcr, protected By deep
gully, while The latter con1d not reach 1t with.
out exposure to rebel sharp.shootcrs, but thfs
Is ct little moment, as thegreat abundance Of
springs among the hills furnish an ample sup
ply Of the best water to the whole army,
The large water battery at the upper end of
the rebel works has been abantioned. In
making works along the river. instead Of
tIroVinc out the corfh in front. whfch would
show fhs locntIon fhe rehcis hive eycovnfei1
FIR the rnns. and fms masked them.
Int onr close nroxfmitv enahlei
rs TO see some Of their guns as tie afternoon
excellent view. while The sRade of The trecs
nr,fncfe;3 ,,s from o1,serrotinn r. was thoso
InasEcd. hofteries which snnL the Cinr;nnoti
WHICH lies about half n mile ahoTe M. now
nearly mt ~ wnter. Tier n;Iot honse hna
hcen hnTnrd hnt Otherwise abe onnears 1,tt1e
mycb trouhle 80 snon * tho f,nns W;thin
resch of her are s,1enced From one mint ~
hsa~r n+;on ths ra1iav -. +bo f,h;ot !, Rnvo,
n-,ona thrnnni ~ tia va1oo nn1 fro,e - f,ara
fhe rehe1 enG T7nion warks cii,nh the % stann tsao
siJ.s ~ tha Wo1nnt t,i,a ma a1a,s.ef Ph;ob
fha citv ;s hn;1t The hatter,eS fn11ow '4S the
1est +he HIa o,on h;.h hss.ie r,a +,;ts IT,
%AEst " A4G A44tS oAVAts "Aa~A uAAo%AV AtAo HAto
a1rost con,;nnnns NO t. Ea1, s ~, a,an1 ~, h
whnIe e: Inc to Warrenton m % n 4ista1cc % Of gome ne
s;r In;iaa Stec'nsa J;r;s3nn haa tho r11ht ~
cin1fnr Ruckiand TiphtS,nrns md Ewi,nn'a
1,r;"afes md the MARINE f,atterv Fol,ow31r
oysr the hilis. We come Ia Cen Frank R]air'5
i]irisinn' Inciniinc the hTieniIes nf Coi Giies
4 Smith nn.i On RoneGm Thfa iaftsr IA
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ene fhnf snfferc3 sevcreiv m thc 1S3th mi o3d
nf NAV
The ch,copo hottertea .ro IN tront NJ +,;a
noint nTotecfinr Tie sanners and m;ners. At
"a. m. to-day ti1eT reached within a few feet
Of the central fort known as Fort Hi, which
sfanIa m the brow Of n hi eonne thirty fant,
above he npproach below. Tho rcbeis
4hornbt ;t Eao3 linn - ,oi1 dor-n 80
sheii ~, tte w5orirnanH'tte f;,1a tsaa 1;ri,,o
hnt its ratt1ca,oS.a hiee,ns1 xoa t'aarS IN ;;na
sutl the men rot ont If the wny, Several
shells followed so as to stop the work for a
short time, hand grenades we're sent for
end twenty three Of them thrown into the
works, all except three exploded aud drove
the rebels out ct the work. Lit. Lochbelter ofthe
Eapters and Miners company crawled over
the rasapet, entered the works, and recovered
two Of the unexploded grenades. The dark
ness prevented him finding the other grenade,
nor would time permit to make extensive ex-
plorations, One Of these recovered grenades
Is in the hand Of Col R. II. Uough, and will
be shown On 'Change.
The firing ut Gen. Logan's approach was
rather epoiled to-day, rs the rebels had cut
away the timber In front Of some Of their
newly planted guns, each Of which dried up,
rs the soldiers say, after some ha1fa dozen
shots from his G2-pound gun. It will thus be
seen that the approaches are In O good state OF
forwardness, and paper warriors might sup
pose thas the work should flll at once, but
they must remember that the whole Of the
ground. is but q series Of conical points
and elongated hills, easily made defGn.
sib1e, and that the enemy must be driven
inch by inch to the river, or to the point
where. they descend the bills and come di.
rect1y under the fire OF the gunboats.
=. Our sAarpshootczs prevent them from using
their guns, to great extent; aud rs theJ
press them closer, will hold them at bay, sc
that the gunooats can Take them IN the rear.
:, WHEN WILL. WE TAKE TIE CITY
ia tho question, Will Gen. Grant whit to
drive Johnston buck? We sayno. Johnston
morrow Ii he chose to do 50, but, with fearful
loss Of Life. Should he find q weak point bis
Gen. Pemberton's Il, 600 half ted troops can