Wilmington journal., 1864-10-27
FROM TuE-UNIrED STATES
BUTLEB's LATEST TILLAISY.
TIE Richmond Vino Of the 0Iss sava.-


TIE Richmond Wig OF the 21st says:-
Some vile lick sp,ie Of the " Beast" for evea be
has his toadjes) goas The co1don OF the pris-
oner= whom Butter las st to work on h:s canal in
this style We quote from the New York Herald of
the 18th:
They were forced to go under guard of negro SOL
ders to The doomed SPOT. Il was indeed CALLING but
the retaiiatory prDcp had to be reentlesY carried
out, and in a short time they their gloomy
mach, surrounded by their sa be quarts Iha mora
ing fnds thgm doing the ha5eful ", rs Of Unon sol
dleF and liable at any m0man to die b4 the "a1ds oil
those, who, like III n, traitors their county,
lie WY OF the tGansgress): is, surely bard.
Many OF there prisoners of Var belong 10 The first
amits of this proud Old Dominion, auu, ID ugh clad
10 the proyer5'ay and exceedingly rasy uniform IF the
H. played cut COutedcracy" bJre al the oher evldaces
OF personal refinement and dec; Some Of
them left homes OF oprenc2 aud elegant ease TO tread
upon the flag OF ha CID government, and doubtless lit
lie bettocgn5 h. rnel7ea OF the o7ershad1wng hurlil-
alton to which tie OrDuts OF w01id day sub
ect item II sad TO ethtir 8Enoo,h and il many
es, handsome faces, pale as ash7 pae0ess e0d
their slender but well formed It'd es trenbe ike tie as
pen Leaf in these October winds.
SOMETHING AT LAST OF TIE FIGHT LAST THURSDAY.
After q Significant silence by the newspapers and
still signf-aat Inactivity by Grant the following
" hoo&ed" " account Of their sanguinary defeat last
TDuc-3s7, is rutlshe2:
Ge.eTa! ltr:y inne1;at ly formed iDe OF battle in
the open h5lda, giving Genera Ames tie rigat AID
General Birney the left, Genera! Kauz's cavalry
ing the right hauk and prUtonging the Charles City
road a skin msh line that advanced il 'front.' cf the
infantry. a brigade Of Testers division was dep0Yed
as skirmshers the lett ot lin lne TO Ike the
connection with our fortified position The Mar
ket road thus Iereclng continuous linz from the
James river at A!ken's Landing to the Charles City
| road, q distance OF ful TN mics.
When these disposition mad b3en perfected General
Terry ordered toe advance AID his skirmshers moved
steadily forward The woods on either side OF the
Central road. The moment they advanced tne sharp
q
brisk sklrmsl eEsued which resulted IN the repuse
OF the rebels aud the steaJy advance OF mep.--
Terry malu line OF battle then advanced into the edge
OF the wood. TIE skirmishers scarcely three hundred
YARDS III a"vanc- the line Of battle quickly discover
ii heavy sasnlug covering line OF eaythRorks occu-
pied by heavy masses OF rebel infntry, who poured
such deadly voley OF nusI.try into them that fur
1her advance was lmpoi-ic If not impraclcabie,
General IerrYs assaults 0n thes- works developed
he fact that they were held by the divisions of Oke
ard Felis, making together stronger force than tuat
at his disposal Tor a serious assault
lie hid, however, accomplished the purpose Of his
expedition and preparing to retire. whn the rebels
sailed out fron Their works and Charged our line The
attack was some What pected but was none toe less
warmly received that account by our men, 1t will
be Remembered that position was on the outside OF
the rebel sasng, with sirmishers advanced well
into It. ln some localities the scni5hers aloe check
ed and repused the rebel assault while in others the
line fell back steadily to the main line Of battle, where
the rebels checked. The charge was one Of the
most determined [ have witnessed. The roar of
musketry was almost deafaniDy T or nearly fifteen
minutes the rebels were held by ter officers who vain
endeavored to get then, up line in the face Of
the terrible tire we poured iEt0 tem and then they
broke IN confusion and hasteued back to the OF
| their works. Never charge made with more
determination and vigoc and ncvtr vas one met with
more unbjnchng couroge or Teptl'ej with more COM
pleteness than this
When the rebels went back they left the thick slash
Ing TILED with their dead, dying and wounded eyiden
| mon tHou had n vChin n
was sucenG to deter them from any further attacks.
VI course after having deferred the " Rebels from
making any 1urther attacks, the Yankees themselves
found 1t quite wholesome to give ord for their
| to retire."
Soon after this aIsir orders were given for our men
to retire. The withdrawal Cfso considerable body of
troops, IL opea daylight r the Immediate presence
| OF greater body CT the enemy undertaking OF
The nosC delicate nature. That 1t w@5 successfully
compshed, Notwithstanding etf rt the part OF the
rebels to attack r5h the highest credit upon the
military skill II he acting commander OF tGe corps.
lhe Gay work might have resulted IN toe lnhlctlon
OF greater damage to the enemy-probaby their rout
from tie position they had taken and the destruction
OF thelr new made WOIk3but for the fItr pas OF the
previous evening but az it was all accomplished
thai designed at the inception OF the m)vement,
and the information obtained in the highest degree
valuable and useful
| We 10 feel curious to know he nrc value and use
fuiness Of that information We wonder if 500
saugh tered Yankees would lis value, and if it,
useiulness be measured BY the odd thousand n9~
gt oes and white trash 50 suddenly ard easily taker
eff?
We hay, lost in the operation in killed, wounded ane
tnlss1g, probably about four hundred men, mostly
wOuQded OF officers we hazc 10 Mourn the gaan
Major Camp of tne Tenth Co4.~-ecticu who fell clos
up TO the rebel works. and whose remains were left CT
he hed, and Lieute1ant C,i0Ge Taylor, oi the Sixty
second Oho, morally wounded. THESE the only
casualties among field officers that nave been reported