, 1864-09-04

fbfomsDI,
The lighthouse Is pierce and scaled In a
dozen u]scts. and la rrsdf to tottlu ao,l fA4i
befu1e tho IT. gtteet breeze TITS sebsis kept
3 lookout IL. tbe ton untf1 onr .barnshoottrs
made 1t TOO hot 1or him. Our DO, xut mus.
ket balls through every pane ut rl4ss, We
had a line CT eighty Uouoter Pxfrotts and
fUu,-ipch Dab,preDs. tho Litter undrr cum.
nard Of c.nt f,son' or Of the Hartford with.
iu fifteen hutdred ards OF the fort. From
three to 1--we bundi, d J srds lu trout Of shTse
We had m irregular Itoe Of n,urtArs. eight
aid tec Inch cat.hre, uucsr coumaud OF
MuIor Roy, Ut ths First IudlaaA 1elllirry.
GEN. s T. EK1DAN'5 AaSnX.
c . -. -
~"1 ~ofces r. ssa. snc .0AcnsaVo-hnriy
tco.rcspoudcncc Of sbs New Ysrk rtue.1
unApquAErxls Nxxt1kksru Anxr t:orp..
In The Flk1p. NEAR cnARaEsTowx. Va,
Aoudny. August y. 1861.
Unflre the past IL" days 6en. Sasr.aaa's
poEcy ssemed 70 PC on tue oIe nslVt, for no
iess 1eah 1oof heavy ftccunnotssaucts "cfr
ftnt ont Two on the lett, with one 0n tho
I,Rnt' ~ tbe 1oiaItFy, assisted oy smasl
!oice q cavalry, AID Que TO ward Shepherds.
iorsys N lhs entmy's lines at laat were r..
Wafaeo " ne fact having bet n satisfaetos.-
u ascersaineo that EARLY had ut l.st tskeu
np bic ling Of retrc.t Bat IN what prsctso
oIsctlon II vas q nsst Impossible TO say
= nat ehough had been learned t. determine
lsbntd late Saturday evtn1ng for the army to
oe 5eaoy TO ioovs py a}lfsht About screen
oclcch Inc entire f0rce got into M0tio1,
moving out from bchlod their tormldsblc
oret,"oIks 10 columns OF bFIgadee by the
fiel uank. zach corps preserving It's relative
shr commanding heights Just ABANDONED By
our troop" ahd "1tncseed tbe splond!d spec.
tacls spread out at my feet, could cot hut
HMcn,ber those magnificent lines Of ahako
flpsre's q scrlotnE "the pomp au1 c1rcun'
SUI CO Ct slnrious war;"
G!of1nus. indeed, was the aceuc ycatorday
as tLe u,iny Ut Western Visglnin slo wiz
FnTcft on toward tue village Of Caarlcstown-
briuFc the ndrpEcr columns, cloud ofsktr-
n'tsbe's moved ont In = lorg, pcucil-1lks
1nr, i'''w and u q single snot snnpr'oE
~. LIE u ., ,Mn'r. tnd or%!n ruoh!ns a1e SKIP
Mcrc rsined OF su,all bodies o. The eurmY.
hthltd, the cnrps swept on. IN glltteriny
rolntnns, the dark Dnsecs appearing add dis
tprtaslne w tle' followed the unuul at!oos
o. The cuuntr, an: between thetn tue dit
tteIr n,css ut, d r,sce cyl1cluo de,io.r ton
In nc rfrci k., .,,f,r with ~. NJ, a., nitx
n ihr mn. Si..nlT. Int st.roii. H.. ~.
v.ncc0,
1ar c,ya,ry, who have laid FIR some days
trkltq
mai, hniE ~ H., .rns a.. a,..as. aoau suu
u'. u,a'h n'.k ., t"e arng, 'n the dleccs'oe OF
ths ltant ~, ueGsSu ~. as!'uS out iloI
~ ot.,s,- ~ ~ ~ 1a'ue".nss son's SUI
nr cx;yer @ adSsncs sas'' ps a.tiIict. stn., ~
~. - .n,,t 81 ns.sn'i t<ap.ca asss5 uans
II, -. c",,'o sio.tI,,1 ,,,a .,.ss.
..,,s et.ls 9 uvas'ns esst 1 .no Wooue ~ ~ ~
~ nv ~. tr.'n1,: .assen VI ~ ~ .u N ~:
a., 't,.a - ~, s'.s - - ~ 49, o,.'H lug
ane ~ " nan ps, " suo teos! SIT
r.
a sa1n ,sst ~ 'iaes ~ tass Luz n'sceaoie
49, ~. nse1 nno @ -. pIshss"otAs LIE 1eoeis
atss.. nau ~" ~. ap ~. iHen !o'anst ~ WIS
G,toSut tueJ HII@ oa'3 aAteaueo "a oitnu,
i1u ~. Ftotso.. ,!' ,,n,a.,- ~. ,o,,
i. ~as nsIy uSay ien . oe.osA n. mnsu sno a..n
thuaFs ~ Seo'urs tae sSs1 Passso LII. eaioogu X.
sne eun'y s'tse.e ~ - snnt .h,, 'sesou, n"u ~
simy puaasa o5 uasa ;tney lsasneu .asir o'u
lne ot t' patun' o1sInE toe ascsnt ens1ssmsat
"sen os!Vis. tuo ,n.a 49, eutls. Ten' MIEas'
eau ane eu, ~ l1u ns, wv Tn, un,
,nt eeI,es anu u' 1ssa ~ C"uks s sona1a H. lug
,eII. 1ne p,ny Mas snsn ,. aornso e ~. tn nut ..
pa..'e, sou dns ~ ,nnant.I ~ he
10 he ready for an advance at daYIte6t .htS
morning. With tins Idea We ali liz IoWn to
elsep.
Daylight hnd scarcely broke when the bu.
gle btgan ringing ont the reesiQe. aud the
nnsmy tet'i'.eIf 70 set ready for the road.
ncnenth fhc t-ae" rv:t,,nS - sa.o ~ 80 s.ss
sonnd tha rxsn R,t e hnnr na s9ssr &c ,as
s1,nned aE,r unt1I 1sar,r ~ % n.c,ann n,sa rDae
1n;sT .,f na Ssr.. .ndIaait5. 1eh 49, nnSa
1f,1s ca,.nera hs 9La a.TaS ~ a,11 ~" o"r
''t1se ~ .,'e tnessps ~ tae souna OF alt1lerr
,,d .on, aIx ,,.i1a. 'is1dra :tnr,.stn,
cavsIrv cnconn,eIe5 }tc ~. nv 5rivsn. ~, u,
lis .iirmisScTss i runl,op fi.',t l,c now en. ~
sued m between our cavairy md III ,hc. a9m rebeia I'
Itsnl,irr tina,ly In "ur c,vairv heinz ' cnn,,
ne1ien Is fiji nack hcf'rc. a heayv coin,nn -
Infantry. The artiiier1 tlring ~ WA both M a,aro m
and raid and undeistand tnst tte 4 fi,h,ioir, iar
was ytry desnen,c or the part Of IL tt,e rrhr,s
thty b. ,nr eyidt ntlV de,trminfd t. rrsisf
npy further Trnrrrss at onr aTmv in th,t
oifrc,ion for to,siay at 1enst Tne 1oss IN
t;eD. Tu,bett's cnmmnnd ia mt yrry pn.at--
not NOR than ia usuai in such skirm,shes. T
d,f} not learn of x1,y rasna1tIes of nntes ~
cen, That Of DR.. ToIinstn. Of Gen. Merritt;s
Stafr who wss wnun.ed NV n sharrs,m,otsr
% s1nr % csqnlpr u w. dIaoutrd 4vssr incn NJ t,,e
cr1nnd Int lhev re,c urahis r. conc viii,
tne euFt!lo1' Mlch o1 iniantsy o5ouxnt 70
ucaE sRo!net tnen1, 10 lucy 1s4l back ht Last
npon our man Iody, and tue lst and 3d u1sl-
R10n Nf tho {St5I enrnA FFnfD nru3e sH6 mt n