Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-01-01

ueo mr. 70 sweep Inc Surve0noSug
woeds Nth astillsry and sharpdlootsrs.
About halt past four p. N. or troops
resshed the Vicinity Of the veil known
{ rm Of g. Carter, known - Malvern
llill. Here Gen. Mcclellan lao again
drawn up bis army to re open he fight
Gen. Magfuder no sooner ~ the enc
my's position than he once mGs led bis
msn TO the attack. His cohmn. I'D.
vaocsd in magnificent order over the
pace that separated them firm the foe
and s,o'med the intrench ed ,osilion.-
Bot mur ferrous hail Of ysaps received
tho brave fellows and m%ed I'll n
down, until fiaaliy the f'agnSts Of thAs
splendid divisions we're c}npel'.d to
seek the shelter Of the w0ds. Again
Generals Smith, Anderson Ind Holmes
led on their troops, but sjidsDly n's-
s,les Of monstrous dimeosioe tore down
whole ranks Of our soldier and caused
the most appalling damagi
This was the fire Of thefeet, which,
although two and half Jules distant,
COW took part 10 the conut. Our men
still rushed forward with {spera'e cour-
. age against the hostile position, and
! Malvern II Il Vas attsckl on all sides,
: Mcclellan defended h;m,lf most cours.
!; geously, and it ~as. IL clock at night
, ere he evacuated this osition, winch
. both nature AID art be made . strong
: one. The heroic darg and energy
J. of our troops had ovepme oil oosts-
l. cles.
+ The battle Of the se'nth day viii i've
! forever in the memorpf the people o
the battle OF MalversHlll. Nowhere
\. IN al the actions to,ht around kach
IL m0nd, wal the con,e cohflned witn'n
j. 20 small space, and ie'e was adueo =
ID it the fire Of the moreI guns on toate
/. the enemy's shine. was terrible Il
~ ace those two buuH and sixty eight
70 pound shell crash,u, hrough the woods
b. and when one explod it Is rs though
w the globe had but Never 10 any
N. war since the worlsegs n, were m'ss'ie'
IN If .ucb m.pnitudbefore rsed. Tb'
h. battle of Malvern i'll will be'a monu
ed meut Tor that PETE, testifyng to tn
p~ dete, mined will nd resolution will
4 which it contendtior its Independence
10 As . nation, and Q indomi,sble h'm
cir uess Of it's vow tconquer or die.
nd l must award Gen. Mcclellan M
old fullest reo,goi.i. There are few,
The any, Generals inhe Union army wh
ard can rival him. eft in the most desps
The rate straits By companion in ann
ted Mcdowell; vicnized by the Sec'e,sr
ph, Of War, Stanto At Washington; otft'
tue ed up a. sacr,e to destiny BY politics
,ur. jealousy; cut + from his ba'i' Of r
,tul treat. he select new line OF safety I
fu shich no ont'ad ever dreamed. II
The defended everoot Of ground with ecu
VA. age and ,alenand his las, st nd at Ma
Iess yern Hill, as /, as his system OF defsn'
,e,: and his .tr.tec combinations, displaye
n. nth miIit.r ability. Yet his ,ro"l
,.y. were too cry dcmoral zed by The
q, seven da, 3 f,iog, and los their STAN
hat us. while serAl Of bis Generals cou
thr DOT comprekd the idea Of t"e'r cor
was mauder. ansustainej him but poorly
the not a, oil. lllsrrnon's Laudi. 6, wbe
4 n he James Ter forms curve, he o.
ed lected his sktered srmv under the Gu
ev OF the Fed~l fleet. But, on our sc
that we had no hger an amy to modest hi