New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-27
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90 Syr.r RICHMOND Va Oct q, lsoi.'
ortbe fields whore our besiesiag army
a.. .ssJbsfore the gates OF the Rebel eapita'
H D'. - rOroh Information that is proper 70 COM
20" -. =, ,,b;c snxions only to know how we are
TnA.'S " ,iecreesSork Of ending this Rebellion
ceefll interest in galiop over these
-; - .lo,r, ribbed with lorP Ines OF int4eAch'
,,,r,s and dotted with bristns iorts o. skfths vac
- forests Gnshed with the hectic Of the waning
-. when the white tents and t.se uniforms OF our
,.s-r form poetic contrasts Of color with Tie deep
c,en Of lie pines, ana Gle yellow ana crimson Of
-, oak the doswood s0a tic maploleOves.
ro,ther is N, mi cant The sunshine of the In
-. eormor lies mellow and golden along the land
=. our Feet and fades away to the distant nights
ovcrIooking the lolcogueFed city. Peaceful corn
80, slime TO the rivers edge on tho west, and behind
och Moved ground hes been hastily abandoned BY
,.es-itel farmer who has fed, leaving tie harrow
'.,.a,5 in the bal;.sown field Nature is beautiful
- reaeefnl. AMI one could almost believe that this
-, Which is all about Us With It's fearful destruction
..s5eoation, IS only fcvered dream. Nay one can
ss-v believe as he gnzes northward. where the silver
,e,s Of he james stretch flashing IN The shashIne TO-
~,ri the Eebel capital, that two hundred thousand
,red N confront each other here that orislng can
,o are ready 70 bech forth quick destruction az mo
rssts warning; that the faint meriial music which
wells gently on the October breeze shall perhaps ID
l OF possibly even in on hour wall. the requiem ioT
,so.anls manelea, dsing, dead, buried to swift de-
srsctcn.
Tis n the front While in orr rear tie sunshine shlm
-. with so warm glow the Autumn wind broathes
r,,v on our cheek; but desolated fields are seonL
s4e,s lie unhervesied grain is tFamplod down. and
msr-led and demolished houses bespeak the blishtiHg
tai u marching armies Deep gashes iuTT0w the ico
s,ae country where the red earth has been Pied in
i,ag Eues Of trayeIsDg intrencbments edged with
eshing and abats healed in ioFthceilons bgls'hs
viii threatening cannon. White tents dot the open
e and fade into the edges Of the forests
While long lines Of army wagons wind Ike seGpen's
svss osfar ns tie eye can reach From tine 70 iliae
&, dal boom OF distant falls upon the caF aHa
,neles with the hum of assembled thousands IN the
tuy camp the ciatter Of glloping oIderes, and the
ssout and boisterous merziment OF hghhea,ed, care
rs soldiers
,Telces disappear II by magic, and each might seei
re fires of the merry bivouac the one feature N the
experiences Of tie field which is always always
;sautilsL always welcome - The weary soldier.
All i. hostc, bustle confusion. preparations load5
orage ammunition, subsistence tents, camp ixtures
end officers baggage wagoned by. Great guns on
,serry Wheels are dragged with tedious labor to the
:cnt. cavalry dashes past long columns Of infantry
.ove with glis.ening bayonets Gnd measured tread,
sbsr blankets twisted over their shoulders and their
dirty luspsaoks on TIER backs. In the fields, here
and bere plowed sad scarfed with shot and she'll dead
horses aud mules lie fostering in the sum- and yonder
ell cfu
cut down in their prime vigcr and manhood Ike The
ss are sprinkled thicker than the harvest sheayes.
Down in the valley great herds Of beeycs Craze con-
1nusy and oeks o. horses and mules ere gathered IN
corrGls.
II is noisy busy scene, and to coniempative mind
furnishes food Cor thought anxiety snd sadness well
rs hope Who shall tell what may be the issue Of to-
DAY. tomorrow, OF The uext' WHO can say when the
battle shall begin OF. begun, who its victims or rs
heroes Of all this busy throngl Yonder marching line
Of soldiers in their uniforms Of bonny blue, tread
proudly. firmly on Perhaps tomorrow they MAJ be
scattered like the leaves when the Autumn winds have
s.oun. Adown yon rosd. where the wagons 20 end
;hc wagoners nerily ride perhops ere tie SUI goes
down. shan file slow sad lire Of ambulance' frerted
With the manned. and torn. and bleeding from the bat
fs-fad, and wounded men toll foebly along with great
p@.
All behind Is desolsie rs grave. Houses and oct
buildings are torn down and carried away 10 construct
temporary shelters for the Of the adjacent camps
everything which cen be made Of use hungry wcnrec
soders is laid hold Of and made 10 yield MON ntaIy
erpyuout. Refugees in with their starving half
esd families asking for protection and for food DeS
.tn.e wives Wdows end children and helpless parents
siRcbel husbands and fathers who fighting against
IN tie Confederate armies with haze il their hearts
5ut words Of humility uron their tongues. ask also TO be
protected and fed. The former afc sent 10 places Of Sc
eury. and the ater TO their friends beyond the haes,
Tor whore their treasure is there viii the heart be also
Deserters come liz in squads to claim and sent
svay 70 receive the pardon for past sins which the
Government has prcGeFed to oil who Kill lay down
tsth arms and fight no more in the Bebcl cause.
Sowing prisoners in filth and tatercd raimeut march
bY guarded By negro soldiers for the ensayenen Of
whom the war was first begun, aud Which VIII prob
ally cease forever v ben the war shall stop.
Destruction goes before and desOaion is lef behind
o. who is there that would net. doss not pay that
this war may ceasei And who is there that, seeing
The miseIy the want the wrechcdncss The destruction
Of life and property and law, the wives made widows,
the children fatberes the parents bereayed and desc
la;e. woud not rather. ten thousand times continue
this contest till the cause which brought tho struggle
q efeetuay removed than 10 stop it now and leave
She viper Of Secession and Rebellion to sting Call
dcn and our ohildrens children in the years 70
end to desoate again this empire whch We leave them
for a heritageS J. r. e.
Rebels Looking Tor n BACK DOor-IS isht
Prospects on Our side-Rosecrnrs Too
Much for Priec-Curtis at TsdepeI-