The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-08-12
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not be in position. The assault was received
by the infantry and the battle fonoht with
rifles. The enemy was again driven back with
great slaughter. Al d so the battle raced wild
and fierce, with yels and volleys. durinG five
hours. Rebel batteries from the forts on orr
left opened with rapid discharges of shell and
added to the wild din of battle. As fierce and
determined struggle as was ever seen on any
battlefield took place Gen. Lees efforts ali
were made to turn and rOut the right flank.
After the first dash no one gave way,
save those who fell The main battle
was on the two divisions, and they received
and won it most bravely and WELL They
were assaulted in line and bv columns, in every
Instance with the same result. There were no
maneuvres, there was no strategy in that field
The men stood at their places behind loose and
hurriedly thrown up rail piles, reaching up to
the knees, and tonight The rebels fought with
the greatest determination and courage. Five
times they assaulted in good order one part of
the line, three lines another, and twice they
struck the wood at the angle in our line. Eve
ry time and at every point they were driven
back. Gen. Logan was with the troops dur
ing the whole of the terrible contest. Soon
after it commenced, he rode along the entire
line of his corps, and in manner peculiar to
himself, inspirited the men, and gave conf
deuce to the officers. In such field and such
battle, there is little opportunity for long de-
scrlption. The men, with slight protection.
stood in line and were assaulted and fought for
five hours, repulsing the enemy, and finally
driving him from the field. The battle cost the
10th corps SOP men. The rebels left their dead
and some ofthelr wounded on the field. Of
the dead there have been buried
In front of Nj. l.. Smiths division 300
In front of HarrOw'o division
In front of Woods division *
Gen. Wood found in rebel hospital dead. 1920
Making total of dead left on the field. 1856
Their loss could not have been less than
5000. The rebels themselves admit loss of
OOO to 5000. We captured five stands of COL
Ors, 128 prisoners, ard sixty-One wounded are
In our hands. Prisoners report Generals Lee
Stewart, Brown, Loring and Gibson wounded
The appearance Ofthe field the next day was
horrible. The dead lay on all parts of it In ey-
cry conceivable position, and under the hot sun
began to decompose rapidly. Details were en-
gagged all day in their burial-many of cOurse
were not found and are still unburied.
Social Statistics of Massachusetts,.
From the Washington National Intelgencer.
The Boston Daily Adoertise, calls the
attention of the people of Massachusetts
to the increase of vice and crime among
the female population of the State, as seen
in the. growing abandonment of infant
children, and in the enlarged category of
the offences for which women are arrested
by the police of the cities. The first and
chief OF the natural causes which agprs-
vate the moral condition of the State un.
der this head, is found by our contem-
porary in the great disproportion that
exists in Massachusetts between the
number of the male and female pop-
ulation-involving the community in
peculiar difficulties respecting the oc.
cupation of women, their residence. the
temptations which surround them, and the
way in which what the English call the
social question affects our systems of
public punishment and reform" It ap-
pears from the returns of the last national
census that in 1860 the excess of the mum.
Der of women, of all ages, in the State of
Massachusetts, above that of men, was
1870, Since that time the war and the
steady surplus in the emigration of the
males must have taken from the State.
the Advertiser thinks, sixty or seventy
thousand more men-these also, it must
be observed, of the manageable ages
leaving surplus of 100000 women. Be-
tween the ages of fifteen and forty-fve.
the population in Massachusetts is about
$4,000. The population of men of the
same age does not probably exceed 242.-
600 at the present time. On this state of
facts our contemporary remarks as follows:
This entire disproportion, greater than we
remember to have observed in the statistics of
any other country, may be ascribed, to con-
sloeraoie extent to the war. But we should
mistake greatly if we should consider the war
as Its only cause Before the war existed in
1901, the excess of women Of oil ages was, as
we have said $500 Counting only the pop.
uiatlOn between the ages of ID and 80, the ex-
cess OF women within those limits was 81 600
D surplus much too large to be overlooked in
Z Cal eiul study of the crime OF the community.
The causes are evident. Young men emigrate
freely and largely. They EN- CRATE in much
great proportion than W. men do. The emf
grafton from Massachusetts is much greater
than the emigration INTO it. The consequence
is that a large proportion OF unmarried women
are left by the tide OF emigration within our
borders The movement of the army is to be
looked upon as large emigration. Many,
alas! Of those who have left us, cannot return.
OF those who can many will be tenpted to
lake I'D their lbOdes in di. ia It states. So that
the surplus OF about one hundred thousand
manageable women above tho number OF
meu CT the marrageablc age in Massachusetts
may be looked upon not indeed as . precise
statistical statems Mt of an evil which we have
10 correct ont IA not SO far distant from The
Truth as at first sight might appear.
The AdrertiSer conceiv@s that the cor
rection of this evil is to- be found in the
encouragement, by all proper means. Of
the emis grafton OF women from Massachu-
sets into the regions OF the West. where
they are needed, an,. OF the systematic
Immigration OF men from Europe into the
State; in support OF which former remedy
it adds: Merely selfish considerations Of
q temporary lack in the supply of work
men ought not to stand M )i,tent in tho
way OK the rectifyins gross dispropor-
t,0o, vhich, OF necessity, seriously en-
dangers te morals o. the community and
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