"We advanced rapidly to the first line of rifle-works; sight, in a direction due north from those who were our skirmishers cleared it with a bound, and advanced looking on. to the second line. Our main forces moved to the first "The gentleman who witnessed this is a man with line; the foe retired, firing. Lieutenant-Colonel Rod- whom you were once acquainted, Mr. Editor, and as man now sent word back for the General to land his truthful a man as we have in this county, and as little whole force, as we could hold the line we occupied. liable to be carried away by 'fanciful speculations' as After exchanging a few shots, and the brigade being any man living. Four others (respectable ladies) and landed and ready to advance, the enemy began to give a servant-girl witnessed this phenomenon. W. way. Lieutenant Jordan, with a detachment of com- "P. S.-On the fourteenth instant, the same scene, pany I, pushed right up into their batteries on our almost identical, was seen by eight or ten of our pickright, and not finding the first gun in working order-ets at Bunger's Mill, and by many of the citizens in it having been disabled by a shot-he pushed forward that neighborhood; this is about four miles east of to what is now called Battery Rodman, in which there Pearcy's. It was about one hour passing."-Richmond was an eight-inch sea-coast howitzer, and turned it on Dispatch, October 2. the retreating foe, bursting several shells over their heads before they reached Fort Wagner. "Our forces captured eight single-gun batteries and three mortars, and not far from two hundred prison ers.". REMARKABLE PHENOMENON.-A writer in the Staunton Spectator, dating at Lewisburgh, Greenbrier County, Virginia, September fifteenth, writes to that paper a description of a remarkable atmospheric phenomenon witnessed in' that town. It was seen by our pickets, a few miles from the town. The same scene has been described in several respectable papers, the editors of which all vouch for the reliability of their informants. The writer says: "A remarkable phenomenon was witnessed, a few miles west of this place, at the house of Mrs. Pearcy, on the first day of this month, at about three o'clock P.M., by Mr. Moses Dwyer, her neighbor, who happened to be seated in her porch at the time, as well as by others at or near the house. But to that lowly dwelling there came one summer's dead." And Jennie's father heard it—her lover heard it too; They had no thought of keeping a coward watch at "The weather was quite hot and dry; not a cloud" And sweep the base invaders to slumber with the could be seen; no wind even ruffled the foliage on the surrounding trees. All things being propitious, the grand panorama began to move. Just over and through the tops of the trees, on the adjacent hills on the South, immense numbers of rolls, resembling cotton or smoke, apparently of the size and shape of doors, seemed to be passing rapidly through the air, yet in beautiful order and regularity. The rolls -seemed to be tinged on the edge with light green, so as to resemble a border or deep fringe. There were apparently thousands of them, and were, perhaps, an hour in getting by. After these had passed over and out of sight, the scene was changed from the air above to the earth beneath, and became more intensely interesting to the spectators, who were witnessing the panorama from different stand-points. So calling to his daughter, the hardy yeoman said: Else I should deem my duty to guard a life so dear. said, "And ere the strife is ended, I may be with the dead: May God in mercy keep you, and every blessing send, And should I fall, in William you'll find a faithful friend." "In the deep valley beneath, thousands upon thousands of (apparently) human beings (men) came in view, travelling in the same direction as the rolls, marching in good order, some thirty or forty in depth, moving rapidly, double-quick,' and commenced ascending the sides of the almost insurmountable hills opposite, and had the stoop peculiar to men when they ascend a steep mountain. There seemed to be a great variety in the size of the men; some were very large, whilst others were quite small. Their arms, legs, and heads, could be distinctly seen in motion. They seemed to observe strict military disci- "I only fear, my treasure, lest harm should come to pline, and there were no stragglers to be seen. "There was uniformity of dress-loose white blouses or shirts, with white pants, wool hats, and were without guns, swords, or any thing that indicated' men of war. On they came, through the valley and over the steep hill, crossing the road, and finally passing out of "May in the coming conflict be numbered with, the "And I, my darling Jennie," the gallant William said, dead, And yet," with trembling accents, and misty eyes, said he, thee." "Fear not for me," she answered, "but I will breathe a prayer That God will guide and cherish the lives to me so dear, And when the conflict's over, come to this home so dear, And I will wait to welcome and bless your coming here." The father's arms a moment were folded round his child, Whose fair and gentle presence his weary hours beguiled, And mingled tears and kisses were rained upon her cheek, While William looked the parting his lips refused to The summer days went gliding in golden circles by, gion fair, Yet still heroic Jennie dwelt in the cottage there. And while her heart was aching, lest those she loved were dead, Her plump and rosy fingers moulded the soldiers "Fly! fly! heroic maiden," a Union soldier said, Then spoke the fearless Jennie: "I fear not for my My father and one other are in that deadly strife: their bread.". Loud and more loud thundered the crimson tide of war, And thick and fast the bullets swept through the summer air, And one (some fury sped it) pierced Jennie's faithful breast, And laid its throbbing pulses for evermore at rest. The bloody day was over, and thousands slept there dead, Who on that summer morning swept by with martial tread; Among them Jennie's father in death's embraces lay, But William passed unwounded through all that fearful day: Alas, alas, my darling! no words of welcome come, "For this, (oh! hear me, heaven,) my eye shall never The memory of the maiden who died at Gettysburgh." And now, all bravely battling for freedom and for life, And strikes with dread precision, as he thinks of Jen- HOME ON THE HILL, Jan. 28. SHE COMES FROM ST. LOUIS ! BY EDNA DEAN PROCTOR. "On the sixteenth of July, 1868, the steamboat Imperial ar- Nor cannon to sink her, nor chain set to bar- She comes from St. Louis! Who now will deny She comes from St. Louis! The river is free! What tidings of glory, New-Orleans, for thee! And so with hurried footsteps he sought the cottage-Life wakes at the wharves again, stirs in the street, door, But oh! no Jennie met him with welcome, as of yore. He crossed the humble threshold, then paused in horror there: There lay his heart's best treasure-so cold, so still, so fair! "O God!" he cried in anguish, "what fiend hath done this deed? Would I had died in battle, ere I had seen her bleed: Beams bright in the faces that smile as they greet; She comes from St. Louis! Away with the plea : INDEX. EXPLANATIONS OF ABBREVIATIONS IN THE INDEX. D. stands for Diary of Events; Doc. for Documents; and P. for Poetry, Rumors, and Incidents. guerrillas in, D. 66 AMES, MARY CLEMMER, ALEXANDER, H. E., Lieut., account of the evacuation of Winchester, Va., Doc. 35 "Alexander Cooper," official report of the destruction of the, Doc. 484 "Alexandra," the case of the, D. 15 Alexandria, port of, opened, D. 56; Doc. 510 Alexandria," schooner, captured, D. 54 Alfred H. Partridge," schooner, destroyed, D. 4 "Alice Dean," steamer, captured, D. 27 "Alice Vivian," steamer, captured, D. 42 "Alliance," Government schooner, captured, D. 54 ALSTON, Lieut.-Col., rebel, journal of AMES,, Gen., Eleventh Corps, its movement for the relief of Maryland and Pennsylvania, D. reaches Bull Run, Va., aeronautic corps of, discontinued, Gen. Blunt's address to the people of, See Address of the rebel Govern D. 50 Doc. 406 P. 64 P. 18 Arming of Negroes, first attempt of, P. 26 Armistice, Fernando Wood's proposition, P. 13 ARMSTRONG, A. J., Col. First Kansas, Doc. 179. Army of the Cumberland, left Murfreesboro, Tenn., D. 17 reaches Waldon's Ridge, Army of the Potomac, commenced BACON, GEORGE, Lieut. Com., Doc. 276 Baker's Creek, Miss., battle of, Doc. 472 D. 43 BALI, DABNEY, chaplain, P. 94 BALL, ISAAC M., P. 2 Ballad of Vicksburgh, P. 65 D. 88 BALLINGER, Major Twenty-third 9 Georgia, D. 46 Baltimore, Md., great excitement D. 15 Gen. Meade appointed to the command of, D. 18 in, D. proclamation by Mayor Lincoln, PAGE Doc. 488 "Boston," tow-boat," capture of, D. 5 account of the capture of the, Doc. 290 Boston Hymn, by Ralph Waldo Emerson, P. 16 D. 22 BOYLE, JER. T., Brig.-Gen., order in reference to the seizure of private property for military purposes, Doc. 449 BRADFORD, A. W., proclamation of June 16, D. 11 letter to President Lincoln on the election in Maryland, Doc. 602 appeal to the people of Maryland, notices of, Bradford's Landing, steamer attacked at, BRADY, JAMES T., letter on the draft riot in New-York, Doc. 17 D. 22 Doc. 23 Bottom's Bridge, Va., skirmish near, Doc. 26 Doc. 315 D. 6 D. 13 Doc. 449 BRAGG, BRAXTON, Gen., confirmed by Bishop Elliott, D. 6; P. 82 Admiral Bailey's report, a National account, BIRNEY, WILLIAM, Col., report on the Blountville, Tenn., battle of, · D. 55 account of the capture of, Doc. 75 Doc. 486 accounts of the battle, Doc. 5€4 rébel account of, Doc. 178 Baxter's Springs, Mo., massacre at, Blue River, Ky.. railroad bridges over, destroyed, D. 59 D. 56 D. 34 of Charleston, D. 43 Blue Springs, Tenn., battle at, account of the expedition to, Doc. 276 BLUNT,, Capt., rebel, D. 38 BLUNT, JAMES G., Gen., D. 5, 25, 29, 45, 47, 50, 60 address to the people of Ark., D. 50 at Cabin Creek, Doc. 179 D. 61 Doc. 554 D. 2, Doc. 277 occupied by the Nationals, tillery, BRECK, J. B., Acting Master, BRECKINRIDGE, JOHN C., his wife pre sents a flag to a rebel regiment, BRECKINRIDGE, WM. L., Dr., D. 36 Doc. 573 P. 9 P. 19 BREESE, Capt. of gunboat Black Hawk, BRENNEN, CHRISTOPHER, Doc. 153 Doc. 179 BEAUREGARD and GILLMORE, P. 62 letter on the battle of Elk Creek, Doc. 353 rebels, D. 42 Brimstone Creek, Tenn., guerrilla "Beauregard," steamer, D. 36 Beach Grove, Tenn., battle at, D. 17 letter on the Baxter Springs mas BEES, A. D., of Honor. "Behold he performeth that which is appointed me," BELL, GEORGE, U.S.N. See Medals BELL, H. H., Com., official reports of BLYTHE,, rebel, P. 60 BLYTHE, J. O., M.D., letter on the battle of Honey fight at, D. 50 Bristoe Station, Va., battle of, D. 62 reports of the battle at, Doc. 540, 541, 543 British Consuls at Richmond, Va., Doc. 9 British Parliament, debate in, on the seizure of British ships, D. 8 See Roebuck. the Sabine Pass expedition, Doc. 425 BONHAM, M. L., Governor of S. Belle Missouri, BELLOWS, HENRY W., Message of Sept. 21, Bonnie Blue Flag, BELSHAW, R. R., letter to Earl Rus Boone County, Ind., enrolment ob mitted on, D. 49 structed in, BENEDICT, LEW., Col., personal Boonsboro, Md., evacuated by the D. 13 D. 37 D. 29 account of the battles near and at, BENJAMIN, PARK, BENTON, THOMAS H., Jr., Col. Twenty ninth Iowa. Report of the bat- BENTON, W. P., Brig.-Gen., Doc. 55 Berryville, Va., fight near, D. 4 evacuated by the Union troops, D. 8 Doc. 191 Border War, as seen and experienced by the inhabitants of Chambers-burgh, Pa., a poem, P. 38 BOREMAN, A. J., Governor of WestVirginia, D. 14 Boston, Ky., fight near, D. 8 Boston, Mass., accounts of the draft riots in, Doc. 434 "Britannia," steamer, captured, D. 17 BROOKS, W. T. II., Gen., D. 5 D. 42. BROWN, E. B., Gen., report of the fight near Merrill's Crossing, Mo., Lieut., at Pocahontas, Doc. 558 Doc. 210 D. 56 Col. East-Tenn. Doc. 5 D. 66 1863, Doc. 324 Doc. 2 BURKE, BENJAMIN, a daring exploit of, Burksville, Ky., rebels appear at, D. 47 BURNSIDE, A. E., Major-Gen., his Order No. 90, suppresses the "Chicago Times" and "New-York World," D. revokes the order suppressing the "Chicago Times," notices of, 1 D. 3 D. 20, 61 D. 28 D. 39 D. 47 occupies Kingston, Tenn., D. 47 "Louisville Journal's" estimate of, occupies Knoxville, Tenn., P. 72 account of his East-Tennessee campaign, Doc. 269 Major Church's account of his operations in East-Tennessee, Doc. 407 report on the occupation of EastTennessee, CHAMBERLAIN, ,Col. Eleventh La. report of the battle of, Doc. 282 Chantilly, Va., National troops surprised at, D. 63 Chantilly road, Va., Mosby's operations on the, D. 16 Charleston, S. C., Mayor Macbeth's address to the people of, July 9, D. 28 bombardment of, D. 36, 43, 44, 47, 66 rebel blockade-runner destroyed at, D. 34 Gillmore threatens to shell, D. 43 operations against. Report of Capt. H. S. Gray, Charlestown, Va., fight near, See Jeff Davis's address to the soldiers of the army of the Tennessee, Jeff Davis visits the battle-field, D. 62 See Tennessee Valley. CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM S., rebel, Doc. 324 CHURCH, J. W., Capt., Fourth Mich. -battery, official report of the pursuit of Gen. Bragg, Doc. 393 CHURCH, W. H., Major, account of Gen. Burnside's operations in East-Tennessee, Doc. 407 Cincinnati, Ohio, meeting for the defence of the city held, D. 20 position of the Chamber of Commerce at, D. 35 Doc. 501 report of the battle of Blue Springs, Tenn., Doc. 554 BURROW, -, Capt., Rev., guerrilla, Doc. 477 66 D. 84 Gen. Imboden's report of the cap ture of, Doc. 512 CLUKE, CHASE, SALMON P., Circular in reference to abandoned and confiscable rebel property, CHATFIELD, JOHN L., Col., death of, COFFEE, -, Col., rebel, D: 24 D. 41 ed, Doc. BUSSEY, -, Col., report of his expedition to Canton, Miss., D. 35; Doc. 451 BUTLER, B. F., Gen., speech at Concord, N. H., D. 11 appointed to the command of the Eighteenth Army Corps, D. anecdote of, Butler's Battery, Sixth Corps, Doc. 7 BUXTON, F. L., Lieut. Royal Berks Volunteers, D. 23 Byhalia, Miss., fight near, D. 62 "Byzantium," ship, captured, D. 15 D. 60 COFFIN, C. C. See Gettysburgh, Doc. 101 COLE, -, Major, First Md. Cavalry, COLGATE, CLINTON G., Col., D. 15 D. 56 D. 9 Doc. 401 COLLAMORE,, Gen., killed at Mr., of Petersburgh, Va., his peace resolutions, Doc. 500 Colliersville, Tenn., battle at, Na occupied by the Union forces, D. 50 rebels open fire on, Cherokee Indians, a rebel company of, P. 14 Cherokee Station, Ala., battle at, D. 65 "Memphis Bulletin" acount, Doc. 573 Chicago, Ill., money raised at, for the sufferers at Vicksburgh, D. Union meeting at, 13 tional accounts of, Doc. 556 D. 3 "Col. C. F. Taylor, killed at the battle of Gettysburgh, July 2d," Council of, provides for volunteers and their families, D. 41 Chicago Mercantile Battery, Doc. 55 "Chicago Times" suppressed by Burnside, D. 1 circulation of, prohibited, D. 11 Chickahominy River, expedition up the, D. 45 Chili, Ohio, draft troubles at, D. 45 Combahee River, S. C., Montgomery's expedition up the, D. 1; Doc. 1 Comite River, La., rebels captured at the, D. 55 |