New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-23

with much gusto; for during stay at Baton Rouge,
We have very rarely tafted fresh meat.
Boom, boom big guns from the river. we can
hear TOO the cough Of high pressure transport steam
eTs and know now that the fleet are at least ~ near
old Port Hudson Gs we are; ana we are Only Iou OF
five miles away At enghth. "Fall in men, az once To
aide has como gaopng up TO the colonel who il on
horseback in moment eshall probably have sharp
work before We come back =" Keep cool ana 90 not
waste your fire. So Capt. Morton and the rect give
such eaution 10 their ~ ncediu on the eve o
battle Leave knapsacks here; tho ioofsore men VIII
guard them"-poor Hines. ana the IKE oi MN whose
feet these real secesh ROADS nave pedteh anu oIuseu
with tue Rebel violence.
How DO we feel; We are going out TO meet the
ercmy We all iul believe ard % 40 orr officers; nnd
ey en- staff officers Of the General who friendly "a us,
look pitvHciy after, as we march on; for they Know
though that are Ia be pushed up III front 81
The whole ary nc close range OF tie cannon upon The
fortress walls. The Ifysecond Is cool and yet enfer;
and not mHn, that limp at all wants 10 stay. For
tie last thing Lead " open cartridge box; tear ,nc
tough paptT from The powder end-ihcre II goes dow.
the barrel ind now e ball; hnli.c0ck then cap the
cone and ~ is done II have 10 IRE il will he for the
cause. Seruples now, are mere squealrishnoss Now,
" ly the night flank, forward" EGIdiker carries the
hic STATE flag the ta sergeant the Stars and stripes
Old flag Yen woven Of no ordinary stuff HANK ana
file and sloulderstTaps il is sacred thing IL ha lo
wasp, liberty and for WOOL eonsii'uilohai oIuci.
and Il dyed deep in tinis Of love ana justice het|rh
iinrdik,I rnd the sergeant marches NlHoD-t lL''
looking Corporal iih miiGry face eye, and bgui''
mus iachcd bearded, eageIsuch face ~ have 'eeh
in hoeoc Ncmots battie'pleces. \ good haihsn'n,
she woods a F.. Prince enG tlaypoo cover Irie
k,I and Wilson, While ] march behind. right III ihe
folds q The great bag Alonfsido IN the me 81 ni'
elosris 20 West and lispng light haired Wierei the
G,lnan and las the ever sage serene, ard sailsiac
iory Bias Dickinson.
i anest clccred when Bis. came back TO the color
op rl (rnn which he has been nh.cn for tine, IuN
fellow fom the jury room down al the t0nTi ionc 81
ratop itugc Lilou his headquarters. bid no. ono
there once with him. slowed pigeons Whch hlns d
mime confscator had got hold Of tandoTgcn win
Nil he tQutfgd ana Cftiitd Dis tN'ri
lv pr ldig out tune Oh cr tones cssualnY NE pctrDod
spirits oi hc muddy elbow nom n" camp ~ ne We
Saul In all lis puIpo--an entertainment most grace
fully bestowed. with sage, SILENT anu s'I'ho o''n'
| ana hand turning untiiingly ut the handle
60 ont Of The field into the ioad ID the ci' VI
the long column. with banners waving. ana nope he
tiuc hight of battle UpOn faces-soldoTs In none
cause farmer and mechanic. neIcll, ana preacher
shoulder IA shoulder. Boom ~ so the iafaway guhf'
We ere moving rapidly 10 the front go the oiher reg
mens and the stout nacry-mec Gnu Inc Neho" 'nN"HH
men give way FOR US. cheering u on. Down eros
road toward the river. sweet south WlId smoking
vhite cioud.fayors cut If every window IN heaven NJ
rs. the .un smiling GOdspeej and the lazy e
from fcuccoorer like balconies showing then bloc
Sou-hlndkeIchiefs
| A sweet woodland hy-road We rush forward st
doublcpuick. Al. here is wac indeed "a colonel on
he generals staff just wounded by the streatng iebcl
picksis living by the roadside. eaten Cs'hpH' 81
him ON an YtenpOIzed litter of rails, as he ios unde
Tie surgeons hands. We rush by, tramp tramp ~ ihe
douhlequiok and he pushes himsefup little with ms
hands that soc his pale nee Just N"uI"e"
ahead here in the road whore We are gong
Cautiously, boys few si~ps and We stnmoc over
III, handsome horse " tho wounded .O.oho uc, III o'
middle OF the road with eight bullets through MN.
There too Is the bloody boot Of hls rider hastily c OF
ah,r ihe voEnding WIS accomplished. company are
detailed as nanAeTsi Ind. ~ Trey 90 ihIonSh te WOW
few rods distant from the road, they hear ine Gc"i
a. ofLcr wounded men, They cannot 90 10 lhcni oI J."
stop world be 10 expose the Whole tniA 81 ih' Column
/ 10 danger. a.,
men. which were shot IN TIE ioAd by ne I'iIea'l z
Rebel pcsc At lcacth We reach ioil Were u "a
reg iment drawn up, and 6tn. Grover 'iuhI "h non
bach th ms sni- ght-laif,d man AZ iaf" bun
GENTLY resoute his beard cut n peak. aud Wearing
cavalier hat Wo hal, oil, ior . moment The
generals pointing hand indicates uc dlrc'uch We ar
Ia fake. 80 down 30 through AVOIDED fnat, nT'ii
before IA the enea, pckeis; faIkoTs IL the wood
feenc them mount their horses ara gailop on ~ We
come within mus4ctranee 'IeNnuy we 60 oy dh' y,
caInps where they have cut on rses some defiance OF
warning 10 beware. Yankee ilas y ttIu Io"a
Nv the aide OF IL, column rides az Officer 81 engineers
WHO sfons every now and then g. not ty.Pnih or
prnm lnenl knoll. draw rough pinn OF the Wool.
The dust has hardly settled yet along TIC road IRON ihe
tramp Of their TetTcsiing infantry. we press on !"f
behind until nj length the column hats cos' Ni'Alh i'
range Ol The Port Hudson batteries
II is POW just oftor sunset htcl my cArulus, uo'
little of nv shoulder for relief md battle my head and
fac. in roadside pool Al the bead Of the column le
glasses arc being passed from hand 70 hand among ii'
ohicers Whist u h they and Vie silfnithe' zee 20 u,
mort ard and westWafd from The bend In N" Tond
# We camp here for the night, Iank ana he VIII 60
forward 10 see Ourselves They are the outer earn
al the Rebel stronghold ~ lIt ul,E
the column tuTns, and bacA We go-"e tDoNs a.. ".
very heart Ut il; the crimson stripes 9" the s.hnasu
lcaiug and no~ing out above u hho currents VI
Ne IN back ,tst Saturday night two or three miles
then cnrnpod in tie woods. Later battery "ehI oi,
uaTd TO position near that 20 Which NC ADVANCED ao
fred shes for a while toward the Rebel
Our blankets and baggage wcr. iolr mhet oehiho We
hung equipments and LaleIsAcE5 on tDt RhHftv'As
and Wet with sweat, ley down In our clothes Eilou'
covering Wilson and hid Isils Oh the ground tieh
made soping roof OF rails oVefb'Go WHICH wa SUM-
protection against the damp.
The eyeis hut together ike pair Of scissor blades
OF my dreaming cash acr cTesh brgle upon my ear
Ike The chorus of GOOIlsday. We al jumped 10 oei
rosts. for We thought the hoBr Of hattie had come.
joOl ed II ny watot by tie light u lev embtfs IL
gas half past eleven. 81 the time We were III com
uc,e Ignorance Of the events that were rnnsJilrg.
We know now that IL was the fleet just passing u" Dat
tories and al this the upTooT Of the bonhaiameni
Through III tess IA The WESTWARD arose tAo IAsh'a'
ipcessant like the winkinr tesfhflininG oI fft sum
Iner evening. Through the air rolled reports nov
isn afed now twenty combining ~ grand tihshi now
n continuous roll ~ thcm-u hundcriug Iub-u-tub, az
IL the gihnis going ~ storm heaven agIn' ana
were beating Ter.dn % summon every gn"mo sh1 III
the qeuii and each slurnDcriig Titan 1" fal Ia oi d
charge The ceLtes @. The regiment the c"io-ghhru
rested in The road The pclcts four or i've rods or
could see The falling Of bombs, the streams OF cUmethio
rockets aud the outlines 81 the sOfebattellef M hp ~
the csnuOnfarues IL went on, and we tct hstt Mn
with our hands close III Gus guns. 4hen, 81 last The
heavens redeemed high aud far, with mercer ana
;eadcr clare that moved slowly southwark crimson.
ng in turn the moss ard old On tie north, on ne
west Oh the Southwest Of the uce.tlunks Meantime
came up the boom Of cannon, slowly Iccedmg III ne
sane direction. so we heard the twcn.sorg Of tie
stern old Mississippi abandoned, beaten WIN shot,
ragged through her whole frame where shells had torn
and burt On thai night, freight OF dead men "ci,
ON her deck and the bodies Of drowned men foated
abou, ner noary hull TOR rctinue Then came crash
light making I'll bright Sung back from the burnh1ed
pinsiocks from the loo ~ tie ioadsde revealing thc
watching soldiers ard the slain scods Allen hendl0nG
in Tie Ioad in The I1idsi Of the emp so passed he