Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-05-22

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NAr1o,aI CoNvEyrIo~ A national con-
vention Of The loyal women Of America was
held II New York on THURSDAY Of las, week.
The proceedings were characterized ~ al
most entire immunity. and the remarks Of
various delegates were pointed and patriotic.
The convention seemed to allow, BY tbs ITO
lutioas adopted, that Northern women arc
not as enthusiastic rs they should he IN favor
Ing q vigorous prosecution OF the war One
Of the resolutions reads rs follows
ReioIrsi. That # Ncrthern women lack Tn
th1sasm IN tbs war, y IS because they have not
seen It's real nature and purport. Il the wife or
notneI cheerfully lays her loved ones on the al
tar, she NUS be impellel to It by living faith
the justice Of her clus,
lIrs lucy Stone Blackwell expressed tho
opinion, That where there Is an evident pur-
p'fe IN the government to do right it ought
70 Dc cordially sustained, while traitors
should bc rs cordially denounced An ap-
peel wee ra'l urging President Lincoln to
proclaim freedom wherever the American
flag floats, md Mrs E I. Rose expressed
herself IN favor o.. removing every body and
everything, even - the Cabinet and the Con-
stituti7n, that can be shown 70 stand in tie
way Of entire freedom l1r all In the view
Of the Convention the war in which We are
engaged Is a war for freedom, aad Union
with slavery, if it eould be attained, would
not he desirable.
TAkis1 OF Pom GBsoS Port Gibson is
about eight miles routheast of Grand Gulf,
and this latter place is the nearest point
where the Mississippi can be reached. Port
Gibson l., however, connected with the Miss
Issirpi by bayou, which reaches down about
thirty miles below Grand Gulf before it emp
ties into the river. Our troops in capturing
Port Gibson. approached it by an overland
route We take the following account
of the engagement which resulted in yicto-
ry 10 our arms, from the correspondence of
tee Chicago Tribune
When the advance reached the ravine, at II
O'Clock Thursday night, they were greeted BY
heavy FIRE of artillery from battery on the op-
posite hill AT that hours, and in the darkness,
they could do nothing to capture it, and so wait
ed patiently until daylight. The fire was kept
up all night long without eliciting reply There
was diminishing between the advance guard Of
both armies, lasting from daylight until soclock
when the 9Th and 18th Indiana charged gallant
y up the hill, cleared the guns at the point Of
the bayonet, took possession, and turned them
upon the fleeing enemy. II was a most gallant
affair, and those two regiments are deserving Of
great praise for their conduct On top Of the
bill is plantation belonging 70 Judge Baldwin,
Of Port Gibson, surrounded BY three or four ont
houses and negro quarters. The surgeons took
possession Of these, and soon the horrid imple-
ments Of their trade were displayed, and the
POOR fellows whom their comrades and the am
bulanoe corps brought II were turned over TO
them.
Just beyond the hospitals, the road turns 70
the right and left, one leading to Port Gibson
and Rodney and the other to Bayou Pierre. II
was along the right hsnd road that the enemy
retrested, and made . stand upon the elevation
commanding the approach, near a small church
standing in an open field The fight around
this church was very severe, and the position
was most CALAMITY contested In the open green
l counted, two hours after, the dead bodies Of
not less than twenty men, all but two Of whom
were rebels. In one spot, not four feet square,
were five dead bodies, and close behind them
eight gray horses, belonging 70 a rebel battery.
al Of whom had been killed by the explosion Of
a ain e'n chFn Irfwn- 81. IL
enemy retreated to the next hill, which was near
the junction Of the PortGibson and Rodney roads.
Here was another stand, with another fight and
another retreat, until the enemy we're driven to
the range Of hills extending around, and mile
distant from Baldwin's mansion. Here they
bad Stationed their reserves, and here they eyl-
IDENTITY expected to make their great fight.
The position was an excellent one. The /
country il series Of hills snd ravines, and I
upon the tops Of the former tie enemy had I
placed his line Of battle This line was crescent I
shaped, the right leading near and north Of the .
Port Gioson read Of course their centre lay
between these.
Our hrs; attack wss upon his contre, aud was
composed Of regiments from Gen. Cars and
zen. Hoyey's divisions. Tho point Of attack
he ccntre-gaye way under the impetuous GAL
antry Of our boys, and the rebel General masse,l
lis forces on his left, from which after furious
trugsle, in which large lumber Of regiments
yere engaged, he was forced to retire with great
oss. Later he msssed his troops on his right
nd by their skiful disposition, aided by his init
nate knowledgeof the topography oiIthis region,
e compelled our boys to retire. Subsequently
were sent, and after brilliant
nglgement, lasting for two hours, in which
rigades from nearly every division of the army
Iere more or less engaged, we succeeded IN dis
'dging them. and compelled them to bea; an
unconditional retreat toward Port Gibson.
In thecharge upon the battery, Friday MORN
ng, the rebel G. Z. Tracy was struck in the fore