Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-07-24

the American flag aOAtiag over the Little
cottage on the Tansytown road Is the bad
quarters Gag. Gen Meade Is there sur
rounded BY has staff. Ahandred horses are
standing in the deorysrd ssshered % the pa
EsSs or nibblins the gras, BY tho roadside.
Engineers are down on their knees exam
inin. maps. Wearisd correspondents are
making notes beneath the shadOw Of the
gable. There Is an ominous silence all
along the lines. IL begins-the internal
din and uprOar. 4 shell scrcAmed ever the
house starting thos. Who we're thers. An
otber--a third-a half dozea-twenty-ov-
CT the house-through it-intO the yard
burying themselves in the earth-explO-
dag IN the air-teAring horses 10 Pieces-
knocking in the sides % the baiiding
Gen. Meade quietly remarked that they
had better adjourn TO the barn. bet the barn
Vas equally exposed Some 0fkosrs walk
Cd hastily into the grove nsar At hand.
Some went down CELLAR With n couple q
correspondents. One oOrresPOsden; noun
ted has borse With conmendable Alacritv
and galloPed down the road a; a trcmen-
dOus rate. running the gauntlet Of IRE for
hall Eaiie.
l remember the cannonade AZ Antistam
aid al Frederieksburg. bit never have I
beard such a roar % 6sld artillery-;hree
hundred guns firing With the utmost rapid
ity-the rebels to disable and silcnce our.
while their infantry moved across the ksids
20 attack our centre. They had tired the
right and the left. had failed. and nov Nth
all energy. power. desperation. madness
they were 20 attempt our weakest position.
THE MOVEMENT.
Howard allowed them TO think that thew
had silenosd him. lie slAckened Ere to al
lOw his guns to cool. The time has come
for Lee 20 make hi, last grand effort.
stand then By the cemetery aud look
south along the lines Across tho a.ead-
ows. emerging from TIE woods. Is long
line Of skirnishers in double ranks
Behind YOU see the frs; attacking force
and then the second attacking force. The
hnes are long and strnight They march
eNoellenily. The rank, bend over a hiI-
lock. dip into a hollow. bet are unbroken.
The open sel1 j. hall mile vide. solid
shot Plov through them. Shells make great
gaps Men toes their arrns wildly aud fall
headlOng. but the movement - sail on.
The movement Elainly Is against the Sec
0nd. Third and Fii;h corps. Hin. Long
street and Anderson's reserve. are expect
ed 20 be tbere-fOriy thousand men.
The Second corps Is like thin blue NIB
bon single line. The men are kneeling
IN the rife pits-not in reverent acts Of
worship. bat - shelter thenselNes from the
fire Of the foe. Forty pieces Of cannon cut
and cash iAs hHe a. IL comes on. IL does
not waver. Neither does the line q men
in blue.
General Gibbon-in command q the Sec
ond. no~ that Hancock Is vounded-~aIks
oOmPosedly along The ranks d" Hold your
IRE. bOys-tbey are not near enough vet
Is his command. Stall nearer. and then.
with hayonets a. the charge. they sweep up
to the rife pats A line Of FIRE hAshe. sud
denly from the ranks Of the second. Scores.
hundreds Of rebels 20 down. bot they DO
not falter. They charge over the pits
GIbbOn orders hrs men 20 fall back % the
rear o. the batteries. IL d done vithoui
confusion. 20 ali0~ the artillery the pri,il-
ege Of using grape sun on. up % tie
muzzies Of the guns. They are blown
awAy-mangled. torn. piled in heaps.
They move % their right Their dank Is
perhaps u rods di.tan; from Howard. The
time has come Tor decisive blow. Forty
r-eces Of artillery pour grape and canister
into the ranks. They melt avav. You
cAnnot burn a straw in a candle Zane Nth
greater raPidity. Their courage. deterui-
nation. bragadocia. an bravery triumph.
They fee. The PLAZA h. a mass q discom-
fitted rebels. TIE ground is thick With
dead They lie ihick a. ialiea leaves q au-
tamn
TAXING rErsoNEHs
TIE enemy vas rcpalsed -no- AS tie
time for action. webbs brigade. without
waiting sor orders dashed Up into tbe fly
ing mass and came back 18th eight hundred
prisoners. Stannar,l's brigade q nine
months Green Mountain boys. their uni
forms clean and nr~. improved The opp0r-
tuaity and TOOK ~ many more.
The Massachusetfs 18th. reduced 70 two
score or men. rushed into the melee and
came back With four stand Of colors. Halls
brigade. including the 10Th and eorh Ma
sachusctts. the 9Th Michigan. and Penn
sylsania regiment. captsrcd eleven coiors.
When th- fght 80 most terrfc. col.
Hall commanding che brigade. qsietiy or
dsred TIE color bearer ~ che I1th Massa-