Where the flag waved the proudest, And the bullets came fast, All covered with glory, Death claimed him at last. Now she waits for him ever, At morning and even, But her love cannot call him Back home from the heaven. had come under my notice for more than a year, taking care to add that they ran home. He wanted to know if many of their men came over to us. I answered rather equivocally: "A few." "How many?" Fearful now that if I told him the great number that actually did come to us, the rebel leaders would increase their vigilance, I merely said that I had seen six, the number I had personally beheld. "I guess they go the other way," he replied, thereby acknowledging they suffered much from desertion. Mr. Tennessee wanted to know why we did not make the attack; they were anxiously waiting for us, and confident of victory. I said that they could not be more -Hartford Press. eager for the battle or more sure of success, than ourselves; that to us every thing appeared to be ready, but we were not supposed to know General Halleck's plans. Peace there, gentle soldier! Never war, never strife, But the banner of glory And the triumphs of life. A TALK WITH A REBEL PICKET IN MISSISSIPPI.-A private of the Sixth Ohio regiment sends to his friends in Cincinnati the following lively sketch of campaigning life: I must record a little adventure, pleasing and interesting, I had day before yesterday near Corinth. My last spoke about the continued firing between pickets. To such an extent was it carried, so incessant the firing day and night, that nothing short of a battle would alarm the camp, whereas a single gun should be the signal for the long-roll. But within the last three or four days a change for the better has taken place. On Monday our regiment was sent to the fortifications. It is the custom for the various battalions to take their turn in staying at the breast works for twenty-four hours, forming a sort of reserve picket; and from each regiment so stationed two companies are sent to the outposts. It fell to our lot to go out. The company we relieved informed us that the rebels were disposed to be friendly; and with instructions from the field-officer not to fire unless fired upon, or the enemy attempted to advance, we set to work to watch the movements of our neighbors. The enemy's pickets were in the edge of a wood about two hundred yards from us, and my post-one of the best for observation -similarly situated in another wood, with a level between us. For some time we looked closely without being able to see any of them, as they were disposed to be shy. We, on the contrary, exposed ourselves to their view, which had the effect of making them bolder, and occasionally a rebel passed from one tree to another and levelled a field-glass at us. I waved a handkerchief, which was answered from the other side, and tacitly understood to mean no firing. An hour later one of our Southern friends waved a handkerchief and shouted: "Meet me half-way." "All right;" and arming myself with a newspaper, profusely illustrated with pictures incidental to the capture of New Orleans, I started out. A rebel surgeon of the Third Tennessee was the individual who met me. He was dressed in a citizen's suit of black, with military buttons, and the rank of captain designated, not by shoulder-straps, but by marks on the collar. After shaking hands and exchanging the customary salutations, we proceeded to talk about the war. We talked together some fifteen minutes, both of us very wary about giving contraband information. He was a gentlemanly, well-educated man, apparently under thirty years of age, and from Maury County, Tennessee. I gave him the pictorial, and asked for a Memphis paper. He had none, but promised to send me over one, if he could procure it during the day. Before parting, I remarked that it would be well to make some agreement about picket-firing, and learned that they had received orders precisely like ours. Gen. Garfield, who had the supervision of the outposts, called me in; so we again shook hands and separated, leaving many things unsaid that we would like to have spoken about. Garfield questioned me closely as to our conversation, and seemed satisfied that it was all right. However, being fearful that the rebels might learn something from us if such intercourse was allowed, he ordered us not to go out again, but to let any rebel that wished it to come over alí the way. I had reason to regret this very much, as in the afternoon my friend, the doctor, came half-way with the promised paper. We gave him to understand that it was against our orders to leave the post, and if he would come all the way we would do him no harm. He said he had a very late paper, but could not be induced to come farther than the neutral ground, and returned, much to our disappointment. After the interview of the morning all apprehension from danger from bullets from either side was at an end, and the sentinels on both sides paced their beats without so much as thinking to seek cover. REBEL ATROCITIES.-A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, writing from Winchester, Va., relates the following incident of Banks's retreat: A soldier was wounded in the foot, and had sat down on the steps of one of the houses of Winchester. He had not been sitting there long when a "woman" came out, and asked him if he were not able to walk? He replied that he was not. The woman seeing a revolver in his belt, asked him to let her look at it. The man, suspecting nothing wrong, handed it to her, but she had not had it in her hands a few minutes when she presented it to his head, and demanded that he should leave the steps. He did so, and, after he had walked a few steps, she fired the pistol, the ball entering his side, and he fell on the street, where he instantly expired. This is but a specimen of the numerous incidents I have heard, and I only give it as one which I know comes from a reliable source. He was at Fort Donelson, and made his escape the night before the surrender. Spoke of the battle of Shiloh, at which he assisted; said it was their intention to have made the attack on Saturday instead of Sunday, but on account of a misunderstanding between their generals the plan failed. The number of deserters from his side appeared to have a prominent place in his mind, which he vainly endeavored to conceal. Do you have many deserters from your ranks?" he commenced. I told him of only two cases which church, at Eleventh and Pine streets, the child of VOL. V.-POETRY 4 66 June 8.-At St. Louis, Mo., in the Presbyterian Samuel Robbins, who resides at Chestnut and Thirteenth streets, was brought to the altar for baptism. The child was decorated with red, white, and red, and was christened Sterling Price. The officiating pastor was Dr. McPheeters. Several similar instances have occurred in the city.-Cincinnati Gazette, June 14. CARTE DE VISITE. ""Twas a terrible fight," the soldier said; A group for the painter's art were they: The soldier with scarred and sunburnt face, A fair-haired girl, full of youth and grace, And her aged mother, wrinkled and gray. These three in porch, where the sunlight came Through the tangled leaves of the jasmine-vine, Spilling itself like a golden wine, And flecking the doorway with rings of flame. The soldier had stopped to rest by the way, "Yes, a terrible fight; our ensign was shot As the order to charge was given the men, When one from the ranks seized our colors, and then He, too, fell dead on the self-same spot. "A handsome boy was this last: his hair "What was his name?-have you never heard?— The color fled from the young girl's cheek, "I never knew aught of this gallant youth," "But when we buried our dead that night, One glance, and a look, half-sad, half-wild, Passed over her face, which grew more pale, Then a passionate, hopeless, heart-broken wail, And the mother bent low o'er the prostrate child. DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER. IN MEMORY OF GEN. PHILIP KEARNY, KILLED SEPTEMBER 1, 1862. BY GEORGE H. BOKER. Close his eyes, his work is done! Lay him low, lay him low, As man may, he fought his fight, Lay him low, lay him low, Fold him in his country's stars, Leave him to God's watching eye, God alone has power to aid him. In the clover or the snow! Lay him low! INDEX. EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS IN THE INDEX. D. stands for Diary of Events; Doc. for Documents; and P. for Poetry, Rumors and Incidents. "American Volunteer," office of, de- Ashby's Gap, Va., fight at, D. 84 Bardstown, Ky., fight at, D. 92 D. 86 32 Ashland, Va., occupied by the Nation- BARKER, DAVID, P. 47 D. 20 BARNARD, J. G., Brig.-Gen., 71 ANDERSON, RICHARD H., Gen., Doc. 27, 97 D. 86 ANDREW, JOHN A., Governor of Mas- D. 19 "Andrew Sharpshooters," Massachu- Massachusetts Regiment, Doc. 60, 318 P. 10 "A Song for all True Americans," by P. 18 P. 14 BARNES, Col. Eighth Kentucky, Doc. 115, mish at Blackford's Ford, Va., Doc. 615 Barnesville, Md., fight near, Doc. 6 BARTLETT, JOHN R., Jr., D. 76 D. 88, 89 BARRY, WM. F., Gen., P. 45 D. 67 report of the organization of the Ar- Doc. 405 D. 29 Bath, N. Y., war meeting at, "Battle of New-Orleans of 1862," P. 17 Beaufort, N. C., Union meeting at, D. 77 "Border State" account of the fight at Doc. 576 blockade of, ceased, the negroes at, D. 5 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T., Gen., address BOTTS, LAWSON, Major, rebel, official reports of, Doc. 558 BoWEN, N., Lieut., Border States, representatives of, visit BROWNSON, SARAH M., P. 20 D. 50 Doc. 461 BELL, JOHN, of Tenn., Doc. 609 "BELLE BOYD," arrest of, D. 52 left Louisville, Ky. D. 74 BENACHI, M. W., BENDIX, Col., Tenth N.Y.S. V., Doc. 43 notices of, BENHAM, H. W., Gen., Doc. 209 D. 5, 19; Doc. 362 Doc. 576; D. 58 D. 87 Benson, Ky., rebel depredations at, D. 75 D. 74 BRYANT, Lieut. Com., mation at Bardstown, Ky., D. 88 teers at Harrisonburgh, Va., Doc. 156 See Chaplin Hills, Ky., D. 93; Doc. 547 BUELL, J. T., Lieut.-Col. Seventh Mis- souri Cavalry, Buffalo, N. Y., appropriations by the Ohio, CANBY, EDWARD R. S., Gen., "Canonicus," steamer, fired into, D. 88 CANTWELL, JAMES, Col. Eighty-second "Capturing a Gun," an incident, P. 12 CAREY, ALICE, D. 57 1 D. 51 at, PAGE Cedar Mountain, Va., battle of, official Doc. 128 Doc. 190 foreign Doc. 202 Doc. 1, 98; D. 20, 21, 50; P. Hayne, BUTTERFIELD, DANIEL, Gen., BYRNE, the assassin, C Cacapon Bridge, Va., fight at, D. 73 CALEGO, LORENZO, Spanish Consul at P. 85 Doc. 297 Doc. 129 destroyed at Pocataligo, Doc. 245 CHASE, SALMON P., P. 47 California, First Regiment of, "Cambria," steamer, captured, D. 21 Chattanooga, Tenn., the bombard- ment of, CHEESBORO, W. H., schools, PAGE 13 Colorado Volunteers, "Pike's Peak- Clinton, N. C., reconnoissance to, D. Doc. 507 Doc. 525 COLGROVE, SILAS, Col., Twenty-seventh Doc. 54 D. 19 D. 5S D. 7 58 D. 42 P. 45 D. 60 assembled at Richmond, Va., D. D. 79 Foote's peace resolution in, D. 83 D. 24; Doc. 189 D. 87 Foote's resolutions in respecting D. 90 D. 91 CARTER, SAMUEL P., Gen., CASEY, SILAS, Gen., letter on the dis- position of the military force after Oaks, Va., CAREY, E. M., Major Twelfth Regiment Clarksville, Tenn., surrender of, D. 69, 77 Eleventh Regiment of, Doc. 455 D. 6.5 D. 70 D. 64 D. 7S D. 7S "Constitutional Gazetteer," the de- Doc. 202 D. 21 60, 61, 63 Doc. 552 Corinth, Miss., fight near, See Russell's House, D. 12 See Col. Sedgewick, D. 14 skirmishes near, May 24th, D. 17, 18, 19 evacuated by the rebels, Gen. Granger's letter on the retreat from, D. 20 D. 20 Doc. 269 |