The New York herald., 1864-10-22


wspasL such erten Aat seAse Ae Yaksss haCs moo
indnytou application and CAREFUL iraiaing got together
,s s,ss a., s S ssy ss " @
A Cossaeks Of the Doa oto sort Of g, n1eyntar
aeGy adnass for scouting ani mos, ,S.nesss 70. %
never yet charged upon regular troops. nor
attempted 70 receive such ohalse; whs.e GIN; az
lhe oossacks also md their own horses, and Of oarsa
their chief anxiety is TO take care OF them scch so
shs system cavalry; and is systell totally H.
compatible wh eiconcy IN that arm. Accordingly IL,
Rus ian thinks OF cal!ng upon It's
sacks do The work Of regular toopA II has such
vorK powerful and highly disciplined force or real
cavary, aud expects from the the Don
than hArassing an enomy's movements by cutting of
supplies and picking up siragslers 50 long as mounted
Goops ride hSyo0n hoyses ths most Of them viii
taosy consider mat The elig ue@ horse Is 10 aOay
With respect to arms, 10 an astonishing fact that
@ % They have sssery .arosa a. them 1 aw.y
ana We have heard Of no punshmenls indicted for
shs mons.roas breach OF discipline and outrage to com
mon sense. For any Kind OF mounted men, pretendn
net as real cavalry the sabre is the queen OF weapons
and IN European armies even the dragons" or
carbneers do most execution with that. Ii our
mem are not intended 70 use the sabre at all
sney ought at least to be furnished with as
chose firearms ought be, for eacn command, or
uniform range that portion Of the may NOT be
quite inefficient ut distance where another portion
o execution. Now in our cavalry, notwithstanding the
aargs captures and mportatious Of superior weapons
speak Of those in the valley OF virginia. eih
as0 rouge rife only, and can gre oas one shot for a',
ssb The consequence need surprise nobody When Tor
ots or Cuser's men ddranced frnc rapidly and in iine
md at ld,t dreU ac sabre and cdinc on al gilp 10
sianal7or Lo,semen TO scanlper g. mony Of !hem
r uro,ofng Gtoay eir guns as they mad long ago seon
scene bu. il was more painful - see it In fact dis
tpguished major general, the valley Of Virginia.
. sbe bu u 'as osr od o ZONE
more harm than qcod, and recommends that. retaining
shc rest be d'spcnnd at once and sem 10 General Lees
army
that General Hsmptcn taking command OF caval
~, would insist certain Obvious reforms, both In s
organizaiion andhrmsment, would break many or tho
ipcomI etent officers take hc ostrich teahes from their
Adts ana put mnsssti IN ta.T hands General Hampton
understands what real cavalry is, and is known
really singular, and by no means crcdtabe, thai
after several years Of war. and after our boasts OF
ocing naiion OF horsenen, lTc is net
snch rGsn eat OF troops thai ood b. called cacdiyy
IN eioi:cd country under the Even six thousand
men, Of thoroughly equipped and trained cavalry, clual
% the English Dragon guad the Freuch Chasseurs
attached TO General Lees army This past summer, would
have repulses OF wilderness aud sposYl
vania into complete and decisive overihrows of tho
sDomy, and ended the campaign and perhaps the war
u is late day to begin to think Of radical re
form in tho organization OF our mounted troops yet the
yosoer and more for.siaoie il is now composed OF
picked men, that is 10 say, those infantry soldiers
sood conduct are promoted into the cavalry. They
are subjected to strict discipline ard not per-
- occasion TO struggle through the country "horse
details, because they supplied with horses by the
luar,ermasiers They are kept well in hand, and put
from time TO time enterprises which will try Their
qualities and tighten the reins OF discipline. After
Ntte while may bc indeed too late to begin 10 raise
+ s For the foundations OF q Confederate cavalry
eorcc have YET 10 be laid. We are no lonser
ettd Of tia0 p'ander'd by cur oum soldiers s.r.il
qs'E & a. nSr Saaa YSs,sSs q "@r ,v doll. We
. oontemptuously 'setsedp by Yankees. There
shs country the men Tho horses, the srmsal the ee
q tho hitter it feared, been hopo sssly spoied
We trust that General Hampton has the energy and
& 70 'nose as nso comFncs
pains this matter that enan'es have taken SOUTH
mounted Tubbieh OF the Yankee nation.
The shcIlimg OF Charleston-A NiEhs or
A correspondent OF the Macon Confed.yacy, writing
from Charleston the Sptb gives the cruel
sSsrs arc rot probably dozen coutsderae soldiers:
Wednesday night VIII long Go remembered ay the resi-
douts OF this city night OF bosror The sbelDg Of
1he place had been almost contiguous and rapid ON Mon.
day and tuesday but tho bobsrcTehI Of The last forty
eight hours has exceeded II all On Tuesday evening
counted shos Within eight minutes and thought il
remarkably rapid hrg bnt ihe cannonading wednesday
essnt oess even tpat " coninenced hite aiicr Elk
O'Clock and lasted until ten, the shells averaging
sevty and forty five the hour. rho firing
have oeen from Jour guns. bu. thns more must have
ery prsct knows that IL takes considerable Lino
Che o,ding and ariag OF heavy o,dnanee
That the vncmy mounted addition a and heavier
pieces Is evidenced from she fact THAI tho shells were
thrown 10 part Of the city hitherto considered safe ara
beyond Of thcse deviisn missile Where that
1aighU rhood Ia sna mol be 50 Ind srec as 10 mention
s6 the information OF the eiciny.
Much darnage was done 10 buildings and considerable
injury persons the family OF OF or oldest and
saost respect bio merchants cousistpg Ct lady and
percussion tne in the room N which they
tea The lady had her liar bone broken, the chldfea
less seriously hurt. During the day oae man hsd
IN or aud another lest leg rom tho shos
Up u this wriiug have heard o no less o life from ,ho
tomb rdnent tue last iorty eight hours
lad II not beea matter OF lie N Death, some Of The
scenes sed ~ tae n!,ht Of TIE rscs from The
Dheied district, would have been ludcrons and insrth
provoking
Many cid weurhes passed the window at which was
seated, aded dewa With conceivable useful aud
useless article Of household piundcr, with their yong
screaming and ,usRing at their skirts oaheTs with
more maternal ieelwgs, aosnaoned an ,heIr ktcse1
bo,ced OF the latter oaie1 down with DO less than
ihree-two ~ her arms and one riding on her back
ose old African, 10 hoOblna past cordially but irreyer
sp,ly wished The Yankee who invented those big
guns in bel ire, and the dsmncd rascas Dat was
"a Singular blea but no less true that the negroes
bsrosbouts 10 think themselves doomed race 80
hr ut least sels concerncd bpt they bid dcaucc
70 fate sion by leaving at tho FIRST fire.
cave heard OF pui few whites leaving the neign6oraood
Sosn tho s,sat wou,d bavs grand and imposing
hut when my a,tcntion was even at Us height tho
Ibought that the light o, these cry monsters might bo
surned IN my direction caused cold chill 10 run through
Inc firing ceased at ten o'clock and was not renewed
unti egGt tho ncNt morning and kept steadily.
but slowly all day. the snois not exceeding eight to tue
hour.
Tho Yankees war not only with women and children,
but win tho deAd several shos iell on Tuesday
night 10 tbe graveyard of Trniy tietnoGst Episcopi)
church tearing up tho graves and demoshpg the towo
% The sacred deed They may have been chance
vbo think Otherwise ard that they were but follow.
ing the byrna ike instincts OF their proectoys.
The yellow fcvoc, sorry to say Ia on the increase
r. Is among German population, with whom y ,s
generally fatal as all preyios yellow .eycr seasons
have abuudarty proven. Prayer for Its abatement was
s.ered up in several OF The churches last sunday;
The Charleston Co,Iar adds TO the above this para.
graph
yeeby rhursdsy morning. Snmc thirty-ihieo shots
h,ct NJ 20 six O'Clock on Thursday evening NO
sUrthcr casus'tes reported, but several NY mar
escapes we're madc. IL one house the family bat
previous 10 te entering ~ shell had retired 10
she dinug room, when the sitting room struck,
making complete oil tho aud contents. A
nray npo On q tpb 10 the r