, 1881-04-16
time The din ot battle Increased parcept!hly:
The faces Of the officers {anN the Infection al
atlxiofy easily Impaired to the ranks) began

VIC WEfH BlAStl1$ EAlACl4 ll4kQ AtuC |
Understand NJ tfe awful dldioultles Of ioco,no-
ton It + only necessary to stats thss wt!
e Rs sss Fl f1s psss IT, = "RsFse or S1s1s
vision from 1850 until : G'clock =. m. TO
make. the distance Of eight mllesl We were
then fcrricd ncross on TRANSPORTS 70 INC op-
ps pese ela slRokks ksoWa S At ea P;ttseaPe landing
were soon On tile plateau In tho presence q
Glen. Grant, WHO, with a common soidtMer,s M
blouse on, 1t, !lnl!t cEgar between, his hem
%gs nFssson @ On ff s bos2aa ies
Strong contrast to our ideal "hero Ut Fort
Donolson," apd the 1,atty.. untformed, and
elegant comtiandeI Of @ 9nE Army OF tho ohto'
'T To @ attempt 4 description. Of the scene pre-
scnteti on The river bark on TINT terrible
Sunday evening were quito foolish. That That
has bcen fully done by the most somne.enf
chaos siy and Utter anarchy; Major-tleneraIs,
ljrisasliaret all the way down TO prtyates,
wsre hllddled toEether II -, conffsi2'n 'a. worse
4 ss, a eoS Msrsssed s eenIcmen
been photographed from life on that occ9-
sion, They would net gIory quite 81 ,,11cl, e,,
No further fighting was done that ovGn!ng,
except the tamotls onslaught by the Nebels
an tho park Of artillery. massetl BY Gen.
Grant near the deule leading to tho waters
.There was literally nothing to fight BY the
Grant wns atrewn TO tho fotlr Winds Protl-
tiss was bodily gobbled up, With i0'o2 .E. mEsli.
and Gen. ". il. + Walleee's, who had borne
literally Hclit all TO p!eces.n' Lev Wallace,
an indiana literary General. with. 10000 Of
tryl,s t asi 10 tid ills way out et tha woods be.
oi Grants !" position land "Sneke Creek"
sssSss i vhc .lfann tas ~ "f 3 se aao Si roy
Gnnt's Army of Tie Tennessee; were
many. lost children looking for sthelr
guardian; and therefore, were cun,helerA ot
helpless. The contrast between tlla conduct
Of These md other. 1iunlelcss POLITICAL brlga-
diors and that OF Gene. Sherman, W. H.. I.
WaiIace. .--vl,osa splendid career @ was M for-
| noon,-Gen. Duckland, and others. Is part
oi the glorious and instructive history Of the
No net of Con. Haileck's was. ever moro
ttire army than Ills famous dispatch to tho
Secretary OF War: ~, ..
1tis .he general opinion throughout ~ n,smy
Tn[ian,Ty Ri VI II Brig:. Gsn. william i: Sherman,
/; resonmand that h' oo made ha'oF-oen-
s SG SSts sai 4 + te 0at spss y sss%s %est Sa:
tutnly. It 1vn3, u horrible, c0stlU bioDlu str
prise, aud I ani surprised that so g!eat aol.
tlter and such = hrlllialt writer as Gel,: Shor-
nlan should, after the lapse ot nineteen years,
eiaborately labor to demonstrate, and dec!aEG
that It was 1,nt such. Elk parte, he certainly
ought 70 know! lie, was there and compe'
tent to Judge. ,t:
dissisns q ~ the Al Kitty vi oifthe oio atlowed
lay within callfng-dlstance, md not required
til near tho close OF tho first days battie9 ~.
70 Why T. not sarRrtsc Was ~ r. a6,y avSr a' ot
9 osiogsnos en expasse spaa d ia tsrftory IN jnes
on tho e1,en.lfs side Of thc T!pcr, Without
abattis Of nny sort. and withont instrM,!etions r.
to prepare ans. form OF artificial aefense
aEWShhS EWhy II 'iofkaef of fsarpsss tatsf ws4o ts vas
spacos permitted bOtwcen the divisions o
tho army. so that lnrga attackEnf force; 95
MI ensy and familiar mode Of warfare, conld
f aeap npS p f II a6:aion S5S saGa e sspsa'e
Why, II not n surprise, aud n dreadful and
tncDcitsn'c si.1'prtse Of the 'co,n'nnnucr 9
tue army, were tho two largest, nnd lincst
; rsmotess ss poIats et irom tho rsacl' Of knowi
powerful ,cnulny, strongly fortified, so that Il
m emergency nrose requiring their services
might they Us well havebeen on th9 bank
oil. the Ohio or the Miami as on the Tonnes
:The .pialn iaet is, tilnt while, IT was vel
known mid common news that the C0t1fedcr
; ates were in their strongly-fnrtlflotl camp q
one drean1e,! Of thought Of the contingency
Of m attack. BY tho large force at, CorIntl
upon the .defc9lselcas position" chDset, b
,, Gen. Grnnt on the banks Of tho Tennessee. I
such q. attack haa been anticipated, It. Soal a!l
c0lierence, nl,d not III the turtt1e. hap-hnznrtt
II aud fOyerisl, flllster Of the utter want 0
}, preparation shown In all theoarllcr incident
, v Il tooE tiio commander Of tho artny av
hours to discover that rclnforcesnenis fron
Buel,s army were necessary or q, deslsa6le T.
Of Du6ii's ariny OF .wcll.dlscipltned froop*
:. under q brilliant md accomplished Genern
were alo%ed + " ss3 t9 smoll powder Until til
have pss ss'e Ie%ed S Iet to sssR psaeS Wt
! call and within sound of the rattle; D
s1nall-arlns fUr practically fifteen hours?
Looking at tlle siibtsct from . co19ln9 t'
sGa,es rGDss s %3 or eeT ren3
tatlol1s to care for OF regard VIII. Jealo,!ssll
and quito cipher among the clcan-cut null
tary figures n!nong whom am moving som
evItisaea Ss uii sSii1icsnt 70 eonsincs al bit ths
I win viii not SEC anything not in accord wit
: was a surprise sucls ~ casts dark sllado
I upon oven. the ltatrpuA regulations ut i
Q foremost heroes Of tho great war for Il
) Union ut lts close, whose lucklest hour WI
ti,at where. IN otller flelds, and under MOI
8 nl,altc!ous circumstances, they ,wero enable
. BY great dee.ls 0t gallantry and ;gpnornlshi
> to wlpe ont the stain OF partial dlsast
y which ut that tt1ne threatened to and near
!, eollpsed ,tholr CARL CT triumphs.
u i. JARVIS BLuME.
= CLARA AND THE DIAMONDS.