The New York herald., 1863-07-27

of our masked guns fred. We slaughaersd hso 70
the satisfaction 0 al parties csuosrned, and ney gos
anything out Of their prisoner thsy wsoos 70 n
he was smart enough 70 know anything sbous eur esse
res and intended movements. he too smaSs 70 make
any revelations; for there u this
Duyuuz mrwKu QUE SOLDIERS AND TN ssans.
In thh department, sveEywhsre. our soldiers are
loyal 70 the core first place, and would suffer any
privations and abuse than DESERT This gene
raj Characteristic, with exception Then they arc
kindly reated for General Gilmore and al his generals
viii tolerate none Of that petty tyranny enlisted
men 20 common In armies They arc well fed and pro-
vided with AL the comforts campaign In the neld will
admit or General Srongs brigade, which has done tho
hardest work and been most exposed danger here,
have their general constantly with them, sharing all tho
fatigue and danger and distinguished by that esp
d corps which doubles the enectiveness OF body or
troops, and which often generates herosm among
the unheroic. We have not had . deserter since
we have occupied these posts. and constantly
ceiving rebel ones. They do not from cowardico
for they often enlist IN army and fight desperately
but most OF them from Union sentiments and others
from disgust at the tyrannical oppressive manner in
which they treated by their officers.
In the rebel army Norris Island the programme has
beon-The officers dined daily frssh meat and vcge-
tables from Chaeson the men had maggotty pork and
bread. Tho officers slept In good tsnts the men In
small, esky, shabby Tho officers bad their wives
and friends 10 them daily; the mon never were al
lowed furIoughs or VISITORS HaK Of them conscrpts,
they all held with tight rein, and u some Of them
occasionally got the bits their mouths and they
not be blamed. f
Our troops hcre have good caro- regards clothing,
transportation food shelter medical treatment tho
officers themselves; and have seen bsgsdier generals
with their st in the last week. sitting lying the
ground in the open air because they could not occupy
tents without expeng sleeping soldiers who had done
guard duty during the day The deserters capture all
show they glad TO be in hands, usually expressing
their 10Y in words and aHAys by their actions In the
lot just sent TO Hilton Head large number Of Union
men, and many Of the others have bean by
kind treatment OF them and the in which thsy
have soldiers taken care Of Some there arc,
here anywhere else mostly petty oce. who deserve
70 be under foot and have by accident obtained the pr
vIsse eadIng down their bsters but the instances
rare, and growing more scarce every day. under
General Gillnores ministration.
GEN. TxRRy's BvIsIoN ATTAcKxD-RxPULM UBxY
WITH GREAT SLAUGHTER
Our troops James Island, the Stono river had
quite brsk engagement with tho enemy on Thursday
morning tho 10th. They attacked 1t half past four
A. NJ by strong force Of infantry cavalry and artillery,
but succeeded rspulsing , with great lost TO the
enemy. Tho following the particulars Of the aAir
On Wednesday morning, the l5tn the pckets from the
Fifty fourth Massachusetts, (colored regiment, OF Mont
gomery black brigade reported tho enemy coming down
In force from the direction Of Secessonve This proved
however, to be only reconnaissance. and there was
further alarm during tho day. Az evening the enemy
again seported to be coming down. and general pre-
parations made for attack In tho Stono river
protecting the left flank Of General Terrys DIVISION
the gunboat Pawnee her guns. when sbe was broadsde
70, being ample protection against attack on that flank
But this time she mad swung around with the tide
that guns did bear that point field battery
Of six guns brought down by tho rcbels within
three hundred and fifty yards Of the Pawnse, and =
very rapid nre opened her. tRtyons shots were
fred thirty nine Of them struck the Pawncos hull,
damagns her somewhat, but not disabling her. She got
aground arser she had sppsd CABLE got her
guns bear and returned broaddc which started tbs
rebels double quick They only waited for two shells
strike In their midst from twohundrcd pound rife,
and then skedaddIed. The Pawnee had John b. Patter
son, lapdsman, killed, by gapeshot in the back Of ne
bead and Eve wounded, including First Lieut. Philips
and Sailing Master Lindsay
Four regiments Of infantry were nassed In front Of
General Terrys CENTRE aud another neld battery, sup
ported by hundred and ny cavalry, down and
attacked the right flank.
The atack simultaneous at the three points, and
commenced at about daxbrcak.
Tho pckcts broken through and driven back 70
the reserve, but General Terrys whole division
promptly formed the attack Brigadcr General
Stevenson had command Of the first line, ana Coouel W.
II. Davis, Of the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsyl-
vana, Acting Brigader General Of the second line The
line OF battle formed with woods on bpth Ganks.
As q result Of tho Pawnec's firing tho attack 'had
70 be made 10 front and by the left Of the encmy.
Thex object bad evidently been 10 disable the Pawnee,
expose our left flank and turn II.
When the attack LETT drove everything before
IL, and then had TO deal only with the rebel left
column Their arMrery the left up within Ave
hundred yards OF line o battle, and fred FngINh
shells u.s. with their usually poor aim the shells going
over tho heads Of the troops bartng the camps, but
doing particular damage.
Captain lockwood, with his Connecticut battery. 70
spouded this re and poured percussion shells into tho
rebes with great eject and much accuracy than
they had shown.
The steamers John Adams and Maynower, which were
lying IN stcno river steamed mp little creek and opened
q cross nre the rebels with guns board. TN
the Maynowcr thirtypound PARROT gun. This was
manned BY the servants and Of the ship ana some
shells thrown among tho rebels with remarkable
precision The rebels evidently
slaughtered in large numbers Three ambuianccs
and stretcher corps we're seen diligently
at work. We could occasionally sec the fatal effects
OF oring the rebch and many saddles among the
cavalry empsed. AZ lhe end OF hour from the
time OF attack the rebels fed great confusion leaving
knapsacks, muskcts and equipments behind In thew
haste They reireated two causeways IN The drec
tioa of seccssionviile.
We had only eight killed and twenty four wounded.
ccrdns TO General Terrys Official report, mostly Of the
Fyourth Massachusetts,, and thsse occurred
principally In the nrxt attack the pckcs Tho fn,y
fourth fought very brAvely They had
lons become prisoners, undcr caIcu.
lated to influence acceptance but they declined In
every instance for the ,erros cf bondage and srangu
aiion and than those Of death. do
no, learn tha, single prisoner taken from thsr regi