The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-05

fantry, while the great mass Of the ar
my was far in the rear, coming up in
anything but good order. The result
can be easily imagined. The whole Of
the rebel army charged upon the cav
airy, stampeded them back on the in
fantry, and the whole concern turned
round and ran.
1t was complete rout. Tho rebels
captured fifteen hundred prisoners,
eighteen guns, hundred end sixty
wagons, and large supply Of provis-
ions, &C., besides driving our army
back fifteen miles to Pleasant HILL
The enemy attacked Banks the second
day at Pleasant Hill, and were defeat
ed, but our army has retreated to
Grand Ecore, and the rebels are just
outside the town. Our army is now
in a state of Generalization. All the
troops are in the town and seem afraid
10 20 out oft.
Officers and men blame each other,
and unite m saying it was most mis-
cradle and criminal piece Of general
ship.
General A. J. Smith must be exempt
altogether from condemnation. His
men fought like tigers.
Admiral Porter, whose dispatches
come down to the 18th inst, gives quite
as unsatisfactory history Of the cam
paign as above. His fotilla on the
10th inst, the appointed day, at Loggy
Bayou, five miles from Springfield, to
which place supplies brought by trans
ports were to be hauled to the army
The only appearance of the enemy
during the voyage was on the 9th inst,
when man rode out to the banks to
deliberately shootLieutenantContbar
commander of the Chillicothe, and
good officer. All on the transports
were in the best of spirits. Firing
was heard; reports were current that
our army was victorious, and hopes
were entertained ofarriving at Shreve-
port at the appointed hour; but imme-
diately on arrival at Loggy Bayou,
Admiral Porter received message
from General Banks announcing his
defeat and retreat. Of course the flo
tilla had to follow suit. "What could
we do but come ?"-writes an Of
ficer attacfed to one ofthe gunboats-
"The water was falling; we had twen-
ty-fve transports to protect, which the
rebel army might destroy, besides in
flicting other injury upon us. We
came back, and literally fought our
way through. The rebel army attack
ed us at every point; we have fought
them for the last three days, steadi-
ly.
Yesterday afternoon, about twenty
five miles above here, General Green
attacked the gunboats and transports,
with twenty-five hundred men & three
pieces of artillery. We then opened
on them, secured cross-fire on them,
and although the banks were very
high we gained q brilliant victory. In
half an hour their artillery was silen-
ced, with two pieces disabled, and in
another half hour they were complete
ly routed. Over 200 were killed out
right, and 200 or 300 wounded Mus
kets, knapsacks, &C., were lying all
around the field, and their wounded
uncared for. From the latter we
learned that we had killed Gen. Green
and q number of officers. The next
place at which they attacked us was a
bluff, but we soon drove them out of
there, and all down the river it was
ono continual fight; but We brought
every thing to Grand Ecore safely, and
with comparatively small loss.
Uncle Toby on the Miseries Of Printing
is..r. Newspaper. Id.
We commend the following from
"Tristam Shandy" to all grumblers
and to each man who thinks the paper
ought to be printed expressly for him
self: .f~-.ts.I- .gaqr5sd
II pity the printer" said my Uncle
Toby. "Hes poor creature" rejoin.
ed Trim. "How SOP" said my Uncle
because, in the first place" continued
the corporal, "he must endeavor tc
please everybody. In the negligence
Of moment perhaps a small para
graph pops upon him; he hastily
throws it to the compassionate is in
serted, and he is ruined to all intenti
and purposes" "Too much the case
Trim," said my Uncle with u deoI
sigh, Observation-Disclosures" "And
please your honor" continued Trim
elevating his voice, and striking intc
an implorable attitude, "and please
\ your honor this is not the whole, =
"Go on, Trim said my Uncle, feel
ingly. "Thc printer, sometimes,
pursued Trim, "hits upon q piece thai
pleases him, and he thinks it canno
but 60 down with his subscribers; but
alas sir, who can calculate upon the
human mind2 lie inserts it, and it il
all over with him. They forgive 9th
ers but they cant forgive the printer
i He has host to:print for, and every
one sets up for a critic, The pretty
miss exclaims7-'why don't he give u,
more poetry, marriages and bon mots
away with. these stale pieces" Th'
. politician clasps his specks on his nose
and runs it over in search ofsome v!o
lent invective; he finds mono; he take
off his specks, folds them, puts them il
his pocket, declaring the paper goot
for nothing but to burn. Every one
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