New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-09-25
GEN. PORTER AT CAUNIs's WILL,

Ga The pa in.t.. We published N our eiitoTia
columns. notice Of Mr.. Hiram keichum'
essay. in glor.icaion Of Gen. McC.clan'
.ollicrsh.p" We mentioned also TIA, 81
Kelohum's essays hal called re- ponayc not'
from Gen. Fitz John Porter, in which he aid
" You are perfectly right in stating that all W
wanted 20 insure suocrt, before Richmond wa
the reimbursement which had been repeatedly
called Tor by Gen. Mcclellan, and which by d
prompt ard vigorous effort might have beer
made" IL" ays Nj. Porter" in tai. battle
bad been rc-cnlorccd in time with H., 900 lrcsl
troop, the enemy, who was repulscd three
times, would have been finally driven back, and
the battle won on our eide"
Now we have before Us letter originally
publ led in The Irish AmTicoH, which, it il
understood wa written hy M1jor.Gcu. ". +.
French. and from which we make the follow
iHg extract:
Tic Bath u G,ln-., nm h,d ragra until ,bou, S
when sen IoCl,i, directed Gen whosr corp
Oiss Station 10 sod i"o bfaa. hrf"s- the 'h'aa
h,.ny frcnOgc' Pa John for,rr wno being
y p'std aud that ec was 10 time to 'ls-. frrncs and
Mclsr bn de. ser ed and Ia fcw moment.
mYf" updy toward the bli'iri.d, Use ga ulrf d.an
A. tile esrn and cofaed he tmcshhomny Bfidsc lsze
nomIr oi suggfs encountered who directed "a
~ back 20 th'if 81 fm'fis.
oen french who commanded by virtue u seniority seens
fn crisis o 1falr. prssed o'safd n '0opf a double iYrk
and ascending tue h 10 Dan'.s hous~, olntcI the
amy Of Gen. Porter Ia ull gt al Of the service
pssnf upou each other Ia indie oibablr confusion.
Finding lupo-bs to penetrate THE Boo the ord lary
tr directed The heads Of hs irs charge
through by nu4n foT,e, lncL soOl ~kt4cHifd them
Being now discribiftissrd 'hree two btsair. d.
Icctci to degOy Ia HE 81 battle, which the
b1ir nd most spirited Lei,lns behind tle The
routed amy line rushed 20 tie enemy pis
DE- c.ffr Cheering A. 70 went, while shower Ol lsis and
she'll being poured upon thcn and i troops behind A.
the force The eri Of tbr hAs the
Infantry fell bics rpdy AID Their artillery ubcrd up sa
Lisy r,tfrd. ia ths movement Lieut.. Ily, Of tie 2s
hiasclusrts brj By .hcl while ya.inily cha sins
viii N.t.hsi the irj brigade IN line with tgsnrh
IDH almost dora and the two hi d"' order 4
by srn Iruch riind aad adyin.e their pickris bif
Under 90 r14sidrlatpn Oprl Ire uncss attacked Will
these o. hold the Rebel army ~ bay ~ih Gully ala
thousand metz beiug token, forfs command, having
recovered somewhat from IL cpnu,pn bepu 10 have ord
~ fau.si and wh.' ~ chs sud MeIsi .
ET .adcs held the ifoui which nearly us d'abi, the
defeated army lay down 10 fest
A. ~ O'Clock that ngt Gen. Porter communicated ;. Grn
the orders Of thu Genera hit hi.i 81 thu Amy Of BE-
Potomac which were that the rigi sns 10 The
thck ihoiny end that be- remain until every lad
crossed the BLDG the passe 81 which ~os 10 BE- d,adrj a.
yrry hazard until all were over. when The bdse "aA 10 b.
Destroyed
Al tn dad hour Of the night that mass Of awaken
I'd aud withdraw snI brgpH the hr. to "end thea
" iri the % new li-r."
When they had passed the Woodbury. and Alexander
bridges Gen Ffcnh jfrw n bis pirsTt. snl h regiment
hing nosrcsy from NE presence oil te one,Dy can'db
~ Vsk, b diYH.. 'hs ins.s aIslgi ag."y ei.iJ.s