Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-28


lt,thsy .sy be dleniasa by such ssanat-,sua. VI! h
ehthusigsm aw Rited the onset Opposite our right
font W. large field; opposite oar left dense
nadergrowth OF small pines limited the view, Cpl
Butler of tlUAst Infantry, was Ia commahd,of the
brigade and teut Col. Uetreville commanded that
regiment. ' ttr
Diminishing commenced at an early hour along
the entire line and about O'Clock the eaehhY
attacked our left in force The men met il splen-
ditlly Disciplined like the regulars of the old
| army and for more than year and a half daily
and nightly Under the tire Of the Federal artillery
on Sumter ana IN Snivsns and James stands, they
had become Injured TO danger and hardship but
this was their rst meeting with their old ADVERSE
Fries on the open field, and for which they had
Ionred without ceasing. The manner IN which
they awaited themselvesl OF this, the first oppor
fil 10 prove their eeiat, testified theE earnest
pnrpose THE Federals might as weli have struck
solid wall. Until ordered 20 fall back, the men
stood in their places Teceiving and returning The
battle fire. with chscks uublaBch0d Two divisions
Of SIoentn's corps kilpat icks aud superior NUM-
bers Of artillery were Ia or front, pressing with
all their might but our lines remained intact
Three of our light twelve FOUNDER guns add
Ell 10 the effectiveness OF our 1eience.-
One OF these belonged to Le GardeaN's battery,
planted on our right assisted to- eRcis the enemy
there Dat In snort time the latter brought up
battery and within five hundred yards opened up
this snllC piece what IL uesCflDeG 10 us asa pei
feet hell storm of fire." Horses and men went
dawn before the tornad1iuntil but one Of each re-
mained, and the gun was then abandoned % ITS
fate. Fi77 :; 7' ilattf Poe IAb.A
Failing to produce any effect on the left, the
attack was transferred To the right faux. Here We
Ind no delences, and by. Ieason OF the paucity OF
numbers, could only meet the rapid combinations
of the enemy With line Ut skirmlshers consisting
Of four companies. For a. time these held an' enc
tire brigade in check, but the latter finally charged
broke through, and forced us 10 fall back. ST.
aneouSly the Federas attacked our right front,
and thus, between The Triangular fire, it Became
NECESSARY 10 abandon the first line. lnso doing,
nmny of our wounded fell into the hands OF The
Federals. ~, - 81, ssi,,-. y.
ID VAS now about baff.past O'Clock, P. NJ. Fall
ling back about half mile, our forces occupied a
second line, and met a brigade IN reserve, under
command OF General stephen Elliott. Here the
fight Was again Obstinately renewed and contested
but the enemy sweeping around our right Hank,
compelled, in the course of the afternoon, an aban-
donlnent of the second line and a refIrat a the
third. The Federals had been worried and exhaust
ed aud lost heavily in killed ana wounded, and the
bold front presented the third line with its Banks
protected by swamps, compelled them to deSist
from tnrther operations. The baItlethere ceased.
o further attempt was made TO press our columns
and our march 10 concentrate has since been nnm
peded.
The losses OF the enemy, reported by their pri-
sonerS. OF whom few were taken, are from 3 800
TO $500. Oar own wall not exceed 500.
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PRoFSxE SwEARrEG.- We are gratiied to see at
tenron called in the Charleston Cdtrier Is the vul-
Ear and low-bred vice Of profanity vice. which
every gentleman should deprecate in mixed cont
panies and in all places, as an inexcusable annoy
ance The Courier Observes
'.Of all sins of men anywhere, no one has more
4lorla xed observers than swearing. aud no instance
has been more frequently used To prove something
like the doctrine OF innate and inherent depraylty.
For sins Of lust and excess, there are some pre-
texts at least. The drunkard and glutton. sin in
excessive usc or pursuit of what can and should he
lcgitmately used ip moderation-the covctous man
Sins in excess of affection and dcvotiOn-not as to
the nature of the object which may be legitimately
recognized under the law OF God. The swearer,
however as has been often said sins gratuitously,
and in his sin grates no natural or Inherent taste
or appetite or passion or propensity unless we all
nit an innate propensity Tor sin as a sin.
The war, some say, has produced an increase OF
swearing aud other SINS. IL may BIZ 80, but we donht
it. We believe war reveals aud unlnasks character
and habits more frequently than ii changes lbem,
aud when ii works changes the change should he 10y
reform. The war has brought out and collected
together rlc swearing and profanity, and licen-
tiousncss aud drunkenness which before were seat
tered over and through the country"
The ccuHagration Of Columbia involved I140O
houses aud $40 acres. Nearly the whole pOpuia-
tou is now drawing rations, of which only two
ffths are paid for.