The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-22

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y. The wonodod in iks breaches were flsst re-
lievsd y Caps. S&inscoe aud Lieut. Deniamiu,
weO went 70 theie Immediate assistancee with can
teens Of water and liquor. The trench psesented
Of blood, while the field beyond was sfrews with
the same terrible objects. Cols. Bowen and Bah
eock, oi Ten. rotfers sta6, seon amer made their
sppearancs app With formal nag Of trace. and passed
Cd By the enemy's skirmish line. They were net,
alter brief delay, by Col. eerrell, Of Gen. Tong
sefeet's stan, when cessation Of hostilities was
agreed upon, to last until r. NJ, to permit the
and the exchange Of the wounded.
The following b a copy Of the letter which led
TO the estebIishment Of the truce:
HsADauARTsRs, NINTH ARMv Coars,
:. .Mnoxvllc, kaee Tennessee, Nov. -, 1859. !
Major General AcLaws or other O63cen Command
Ing Confederate Forces on Kingston Road =
General Under Instructions from Major Gen.
Bufnside, commanding the Army Of the Ohio,
address you tn . communication for the purp0se of
Offering cessation ofhostiiities for sufficient time
to arrange for the removal of your wounded lying
In front OF my lines. Lieutenant Colonel B0wen,
A. A g., the bearer of this communication, Is au
thorized TO make such arrangements for this pur
pose a. may be agreed upon. Your obedient ser
want. RoBKRf PorTRr,
BhgadieF General Commanding.
The smbulances from both sides now met on the
neutral ground, and the dead were carried back to
the rebel line, where they were buried by their late
comrades. The officers comminged, from Gener-
ais down to Lieutenants, and also did the SOL
dieFs, until their officers ordered them back to their
respective places. Nearly hundred OF the rebel
wounded had been carried into the city and cared
for At the hospital Of the Ninth corps. BY dlrec,
tion Of Dr.. Wilder our ambulances, with some OF
those Of the lebels driven by Union soldiers, went
back into the city, obtained such 0f the wounded
were not 1T to Ne held az pris0aers OF war; and
delivered sae% on ,he dividing line wne,s q our
went within the rebel line and obtained our wolnd
ed. SO much delay ensued In doing all this that
the truce was extended beyond seven O'Clock, the
opposing officers stil remaining together, chatting
In the most agreeable manner upon every topic
which suggested itself. Finally the last wounded
Union solder was Obtained, the last ambulance
returned within our works, the officers Of the con-
many old friends and classmates, shook hands with
the utmost cordislity and parted. In few min
uees the firing of the pckets indicated the resums
tion-of h0stilities. It may be well.
INclDESrs.
During hattie many little occurrences trans
pire which, 10 the hurry OF letter for the m.il Or
p0ndent cannot iuterweave in HE narrative At the
proper point. But as they form Interesting features
Of the history OF the occasion they cannot well be
Among the individual acts Of gallantry was that
of sergeant Judge, Of Co. X, 10th Highlanders, 3,
who, when the battle -fsg Of \ Georgia regiment
was raised upon the parspet, rushed out amid the
the embrazures, prize, to his comrades.
The % h Massachusetts captured tw0 other flags
-One belonging to the 10th Georgia and one to the
18th MississipPi-m three In all which were
When the rebel wounded were brought into the
city the sssecesh" ladies manifested their sympa-
thy by sending or giving them various delicactes,
by calling at the hospitals with blankets, cloth
ting, and other comforts.
I'he Episcopaliap clergyman of this place 10 an
shepherd Of his flock. At the usual
hour divine service was held, and II was curious
contrast to listen to the music Of church bells
with artillery and mnskstry. "A stranger. who
would not take cOgnizance OF the sOldlerS and
hearken TO ifs peaceful notes, would hardly be-
lteve that two hostile armies were contendin9 20
near by.
"noWH WITH JEFF DAVIS z"
The Northern papers have jubilant editorials
over 4 recent speech delivered BY Mr. Foote, in
Congress, In opposition to the Administration.
summary Of the speech was teIegraphed North
from the Richn,snd papers containing 1t received
At Fortress Monroe. The Philadelphia InqMrr
under the title "a bas Jea. Davls,'' has the fol-
lowing comments:
adyices from the South inform u that H. 3.
Foote, who was elected Senator In l647; an active
advocate Of "C0mpF0m1se mcasures'' In 1850;
chosen Governor of Missisalppi, 40 the Union can
didate, after exciting contest, over Jefferson
Davis, In 1851; member of the Southern C0nven
tion At Knoxville, Tenn, In 1889, and where he
maze strong speeches against disunion, has lately
ATTACHED the President Of the Southern Confede-