New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-20

the Wild Cat to hasten do yn the river and hnrry
NJ a ennboai to leave her barees, Nc sen, Nap''
VI Clsnah9u up u e rIver Ia eklrInlsh WIN '"o "P
no &C. ~ ~ieuy. -,
they derived, md bnt half nile out met the
.iiemy = lPv cont .nned to ife on The eteily, ano
81 Wis fcll Inward. Company \, Capt. heeJ. WIN
same cricrs, upon ths road ,''c,ug sonih. fHicen
our gum, with infantry supports, and tNeJ my ing
o. battle 1t the night place. as the result proved
had no sooner decided upon my plan OF hght lhan
large white flag was seen on tho enernyr leit Wig
m the river. sent orders not 10 allow It 10 come
within lines, but their piefslge ws brought me-
My reply was IN wiring, that declined 10 shrren'
der and accepted the consequences, with coinpii-
Dents, &c. In the mean time, az they continued 10
move W their rgh wing, that part OF our NE oeinS
protected by two guns and two companies, one oil
which WAS COmpdnyC Of our infantry, sent Lieut.
Col Saith there-the point is at the sraye-yGid-to
maintain that position. He commenced hring; ue
foe then hated in that direction, and We waited ior
them TO get our answer. There they opened nj tr't
with ak Iuns, and then with two more. We replsd
with our 3-pouud gun and four brass grps, be"ri"e
upon the points Of tho enemy lire. called W my
ekr;nisheYs and put them Oh our line oil ceieh@',
which was in the form OF n crescent, one nans Oh
the river aud the other held by Company y, Capt.
Reed, the brick building near his infrenchmen'' B.
began, looping 10 give you full account bul
have TO this time, stopred and rsconiherceM elehe
or ten times aud so think will say that the enc
NV Were stronger than we NJ iifst SUP OSeui l'',
then sent in another flag Of truce which ally
demanded surrender; thst they had rot brought
into action half their force, and that We had done
more already than brave men were required to DO
] Thanked Major Buiort, who brought the message.
and told hm declined TO gcceie 10 hls court sou.
demand; that | entertained no idea of yielding;
that my force not exhausted, and that bad not.
by three lOurths the strength / had ready 10 meet
them yet engaged u referred to the guoboats. which
| had looked for every moment Of The preceding two
fN-l tflgst
the parley.
Tue enemy, although it was now an hour and a
bali after sundOwn, began 10 reform taer army TO-
another strug.Ie. ! put ny men in square within
fome low rte-pIts ard with fixed bayon-s and cool
determination ard in oIninous quiet, awaited TIER
approach. a distant gun, far down Tho river, gave
hoIes of our Eunbcas and anon, IN The rear OF "
position sialked black and looking Lexington.
Up went the cheers OF the SD and Of our brave bat
terry bovs, whose guns were silenced Two hcnrs be-
fore and one captured hy the enemy. Quickly !
ordered Lieut.. Col Smith on board % point out The
foe to our naval friend, AID very eOOn bad the grim
satisf ,ction Of witnessing the iaets that make our
gunhOats terrible. To ne l never heard sweeier
music Although Der shells wore thrown over u
the foe Yet were we quiet IA children II ire era
die confident hat our Kind nuise would not nar'n
US. Her guns roared like thunder, and tie tAeil'
fell like rain into the frightened aud fleeing maf-cs
in tie raynes and valleys before us. The Post
rocked almost from the concu-slon when i've o! her
gloomy brothers arrived aud chimed in.
Daring the battle | Felt no fears but was con
scions of great danger: was frequently urged to
stay out Of harms way, sc. took my chances,
and in the last charge upon the enemy r!.ht wing,
which bad passed our lsfl aud threatened the rear
Of our right J. with tie brave Capt Gibson, led The
charge, with wcaried aud som. reluctant soldiers, to
victory. Here we took ~ PRISONERS, aud routed
many more.
Capt. baon was shot in both hands. One only
Of orr boys war killed tut many wounded.
Our loses are IL killed and GO wounded. The
Rebel killed is foil 100 and their wouudei 400 We
took iJ0 pfisoucfs, AID lot hbol' 81.
can't veil You all, bat mus. cay that "a r;er-
master BIspell, COliou's successor, acting ~ my
AIDE ios his arm aud shoulder by my eide, aud died
,oon lf-r. The brave old hero CAPT. N Clanuhan,
f.ll al tie same moment.
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