Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1861-08-20

              H Lm IIAlllEa. OAetU i'K jf JitVi Block, Tiird Story TERMS Tr bolir pernm. pyU la d-fMt tlH wiLkia til BotUt ; 3lt fMr lh plratioa of tk " .- : Dattlc of Doll Run. BT QKORQI WILKK5. Tk tir actio elf i ISifc, ihoajrk rndiajr . n wrifMi repaid, r4 t to iiBl th tt'lor foor troops nl m I walked, hfol--.win aaorniflf, aaioiir the wrinHi bnHo i niH4 ia the aid f Omrevtil. I aari bal oae Uk a tkat c .akould again - al cc atav farward. and w'wm out ike "-Vrare of that 4aaiaoraT7.tkk bctora tka eswlt-inf rebel could taka frik bean bj their uct-e-t. It wu aooa pitta, bowaver, that Geaeral N-Duw- ' warned by tha aaexpacted CTideoc uf aHcnrflh wkijtk bal beea detetoped from tbe . tracbroM eoaert at Ball Baa bad determined la iaaia for a tioia aear .Ceatrerillev while b made the minute racoaaeiaanee wkick u aec raary before. a genaral ftttaak Meanwhile, and all tbe following da y, tbe ablest eejrioeera of Gea. Mr Dowel)' eiaff bad beea vecoaootteriiwr fr a ilea around, and tka frait of ikeir labors was a import thai tbe eaai'a peettioa could not be : tinted to tbe left (or : southward,) by raea of he rofafkaessof the .roads 'that it was noted vuable to renew the attack of tbe I3th an the rettery of Bull Rita but that tbe rood to the rich thrtiaek tbe CentrerilTe, was apracticable-ave-iae to aaotber erosaiar, aad wkick was andefen- .1d, and to which art ibsry could easily be drawn. 'Tkit was called tbe Warrentoa road, and at Hiataace down, it bad the further advaataee of a path, diverging from it to the Northward, by whieb a circui. could be made to tbe rear ef eer-taia heavy batteries, which tke course of tbe maia road itself would eaable aa to strike ia front. It wss therefore decided by Gea. McDowell to send merely one brigade la Bull Ron to bold that hattery ia check aad to make bis grand attack by ; tbe Warrentoo road, relriiip npon tke coin nan thai was to pass 'iff into tke Northward path to tarn the enemy pneittoa, and throw it into con-foeion while assailed by as up U face. Tbis seemed to be a very proper aud. consjste ni plan. Ondonbtt-dlv Ihe tbri f il was a jrod - plan (as a tbeort.) and it ntieht hre been prac tica2lauoefuf bad it but fitted tbe proportions' of tbe' enemy. "UiifortunM-ly, however, Oen. .McDowell bad not taken the full measure deci1. ed npon, instead cf reaching the base of the re- . hers principal position, merela plunged agaim-. - the wde of his rinifl", where he was most f;r-fulty in slrengtb. and where the most deep rte vat ir CHtld ln nre to fead.bia guns. The . fed-raea, a he nvght havo ascertained. nf-lH-r- wihut J A!mk! ?d f r.-e. at laf nt tb'a'aid rT ;- uA fe t ow . pwp-aed' " niir .atanV In fn'mpv!' m-i.". jr- glp. behind bait-rif-t of he h: a ii.--" aijc or K-ren hriia.'li."i'cxi'l"-ri-; 'i h Urrible pBiiin1. aitj '.. L. f! II It. yr -,-h f t lim hole throng- i! -tr eri'l. TBE P. SJ-IOX and hniu On :j F THE P.EB tT.S. O their pnrt. Ike rhele lay ft: th t b:i;"-nt moonlight evening, enfolde't ir. t ,r' i;il ; thir positi n heiag that of a triaspt-, -;li the " piint tawatda ua. and ttrtnrhtn ut,;rfi u- Man assaa. with aa open base; of r-yrrl ftiJles. ,1'b' point or apea iif ibri trisitgle, ahou? a miff rrx'nd wa moat heavi'y protectel at Bll fln. whr" : tbe direet rad to Manassas rroasef tbe Ot-c-q'-ian. AH up its branching aides, however. . baiierie fa red duivaH in 4p r:w. their pndnu -iron tusks eoncelMf by arti6-ial mask, wher-ter n I ura! grovea di-- not volunteer aaeveen. - A atron. ger fild poiUonrould hardly be iwaritM rf.!--fen4.i as it waa by seventy thnnaard an, to b iocreaaed to one hundred and ten th aaiid in te morning, it woald erarcely suffer in compari.n t. strength with Sol f-nto r.r Sabaa'opl ; and I doubt if there it aav French or Raaina engineer who wuld have undertaken tnaail if. exept by regular approacbes.and aevral re-ptfiil daa of dtataiit compliment wit b heavy shot and abell Brig'adeir General Irwin M'Dowell. however, waa going at it with a few thirty -two pounoVts and ' ten field batteries, nearly all of them light, bark ed by so roe five or six brigades, whom, mentallv. be gave tke credit of believiag fo he equal to its capture. JIad our poor fellows bat known tke depth of tke compliment thus blindly lavished on " their prowess. Ideubs if they wools! have tisen so j yful far the fray on tbe lovely Sunday mom. toe bow so near npon tie. . What rendered things eve still more desperate, eon Id we be have known their , state, the eaetny were thoroughly acquainted with oar streagtk aad intention, nod awiu-d our comiog with ike greatest eagerneaa. Tbe ir anxiety, however, waa deeply mixed with dread thntuur Geaeral might ebango bin mind. 17 ilk them, tberefora, )ba eve of tbie bottle art a eight of tree kopefulnoM and latelligeef reliaoee aad naeil might tbe rebel ohieftoina, as tbey look- - ed proudly over the vast host wkick on immense and deeperere energy bad re together, flatter themselves that ibey now bad tbe fort ones oi tke Great flepablie ;bicb;tbey bad no lon content, ed and pluadered. seen rely in their grasp. .Ia bis belief Davis and bis legions early weal lo leep.wkile oar battalions, half-rested, roon a lit. tie after midatght, to be wearied by aevraJboar of hot march before enteetag epoa tke more el, leal latiftrea of ibo nttaek. y xiiiso kiT rii tb rriT. . ' - Tb order (or.an early movement in the morn- nras ptwmnlgated in ocg camp M 1 0 o'clock m Saturday night , and we now have reason lo balieve tka tbe order f march aad battle, tbe a C &str&uled -na tog oar iUtia Major Generals, .was in possession of the Coufederato leaders be, fore oar ireope had risen for tha ceuicb From ike kourof midatgkt one suntipele pouU bear tbe 4fl, repeated. dtataol raUwuy whiaUe at tbe Juncl le a. aignanag tae arrival either of the last regt. , mentsoi: Johnson or of fresh Uuooaowunc.up ; from nicbmond. ... x. , l - , Jl t&e. time ffur st vt wsa fixed half . past A. tbe uce army. eaaaw un-nour be. iS fcre.nsd ia marcbiag order at the indicated mo laent. Il wan' brigbt moonlij;bt -rt ibroutr ibo btillUal abieoiof the atrang- stars look wd eurieesly down; ex if tby shared" wit h;;tn 6ot - -wealal tke necfacle. i Front Uen- srevilte, . back ward toward , toward , .Farfx;' the whole yHey so 1 ! 'nntrol iea ia its-verdore "nas aparkliag with fyoal of steei ;' ahi." tbe aatrty tnonaand baToneta ared for arard m tfce certain J'gbvwth tbsiillowy enoi jti pcutiar fi tae sep at tsavpa tbe. aturu.g mt lo.Vad . m a a .a tse a onsutag sonever bfiug himself try a alor. 1 era vr moa up tee laborious ascntf " I tho "leftnad aad forward tl rough the ein-e in-f tbe Ha a. tie groand descended tats three t lien 4 tne i.aa.te groano 4eseanded t-t thre lYf L'aaaaa. , J srai. -re -e rw-a '! 1 cpcai-R,: .w)W ,moen ;aa len as placiwry-apoa the jaej-lea of that ft if treason, areoei ia trivia atrepgt nere lyly wwukiof from tm lair ear Ixaeraal ed- fisa. elalyly oaece. veajf to belch1 orth upon Its deadly and maHreaat fires. , Tbo plan of Gen. ilcDowell Mi X heee eJ-mady indteated to ed ranee npon tbe enemy in Uwo dirertione, Jeeacbtag .1 is main nnd centre c luein, by a rtrcwM to the rjfbt, waa to smits tbem in the rnr. .The road to Ball Bun on the led, aid tbr hostile batteriee at its end. were to he toiely aat. hed throughout the day, s thst tie enemy could not issue from lbai.-njirter nnd turn or irfu Colonel H cbrde.f, .ar.it b the l-i M h4Mtts. 21 and 3 J a;chiganr and New Ynk V ..naeer 12th, and a U. S. baerv, were ennrged wiik this dt t t while to support him. in ea-e bo koold be seriously nacked. Gen. M.1- with nine regimenU. was p s'ed in reserv. j'bnt far enongb backward toward ,tntreille to e;tve ail or succor fee lo tbe main column, in case it shooJd met with a reverse These nine regi- au eoasistod of the 8;h, IClb, 17 th. 18 b. 29th 3l-t nnd 32t New York, the Garibaldi Guard, and the 8ib New York German R U It was further supported by Green's nod: Barry baMeites .The kit being (has f needed- General M D -well posted the New Jersey regiments, sev en in-number, tn reeerve, at atrevtlle. rj even still further back, eo that the rear should a!i bane proper piotection on tbe rijr -I. 'and guard alike agaiaainn flak movements in that quarter. The rear being thus defended, on nil side, tbe central Cola ma which poorer) n, nnd which was to divide al tbe path to the right, on the War reaton road, consisted of the divisions of Generals Tyler, Hauler, and Heimt' man ; the first be' ing appropriated to the central and direct attacks and tbe two 1- Iter to tbe flank movement on the T CSrrTAAL aTTACStXO P9VCWI. The division of Tyler constated of three .brig. ades ; nnd those of Hetnsletnaa nnd fleeter contained three nnd two reapectively. The fire brigade of Tjler consisted nf the Second New York nnd First and Seconal Okie, under Gen. 8cbeock, oeooatpaaied bv a battery of light artillery 1 then followed tee brigade of Sherman, conatattag of N. Y. 69 b. 70.r, IStb. and 2d Wieconsin, oc. companied by Aver' a Battery; while the brigade of Keyee, comprising tke 1st. 2d and 3d Connecticut, nnd 2d Uaine formed a rear goerd for tke division. Tke latter brigade was ae.nmpnntd by Tompktn'a U. S. battery, and by the N. Y. volnnteer batwy of Variao. Tbe division was further accompanied by a rifled 32 ponnder. which was known as tbe Parrot gun. TBX fXAKXIJta DIT1310X. The flanking division of Ranter and rieinttle. man, consisted of the 8th- 14th. and 27th N, Y. onder Cen. Porter, acouipaaied by companies nf U. S. tnfantrv. cavalry and marines. Ilnaom a U. S. and GrttW Weal Point batteries. Then came Barneide'a brigade of the R I. regiments. the N- Y-71at and ibe 2d New Dam pahire, ac companied by I(ejnolTs and Wehb s baiieries. and two light howiixers which the boys of the 71st 724 teamed U work and borrowed from .the Navy Yard. This brigade also bad a batterv of 32-poondera, ordr Captain Sermoor, of Frt R.4nvrr. Heiotxeman'a dii-ion cnaisted. in its first brigane,. &tb Meat., 1st Mini and 4b Penn not 1 regret 10 say that it wu weakened by tbe nsvor hy conduct of the 4h' Pa regiment, wKicb Kf-canne i's tinfce bad exrtired tbe day before, tut ne! its rl: upon tbe hunt, and the pot roonS tir''.'fr',H tbe ground Two butteries accotn- pii f" ill 1 trgirte Tb eejr' brigade wS nr der-'-W Vrx od con;ated - f (be l"t: Mi'-h .,the 3 N Y. H d -h - F r Z r-n. backed by h tt r - r.f TT,.S.". a T'.f,-rT' Tb" Ta --brigadr e r-ia -r-jA 31 I vt -i 5 h of Malt e an tfe 2d f V" -:;. Th- x''f regl'ntTta ttia 'in i-ri'-i mi. ni K':g c 'unu rri'T tn -r oon i.Wr-((iii ..w.e. urd fourtrer tl."t!ar.d tne : wh:V f, Vr?n in fVe central fi-nr rir. i o r - V"vpr; ;V.t si.d niii. Tkf- f)''r (l;ti .-,-c, la'Tr-fore. tray tyc r-r ( vr. at Z2 0C0 ir eti: a!J cf wheru d 10 hf e-rrged. " tu!d hardly -expert. : TBI BATTLK '!f TltK FI.JIXK We have not tms f r Vj'ki r't-nrripiin-fini aa if is of th progreaa and fiht of ihe eer tral aa.-kir column under .-McDowell, or tbe lfl dtvinton under Col. BirbaMson. bat ot.ly to narrate wbt oceorred nner f Innter's and flein zl -msrn flunking diiaion of o'xteeo rf the beat regiments, and who bad. as will He aerh br ibe dAeraro. the ardo ins duty committed to tbm of tnk'ng n round ahont coir e crooeeing RnTTa Ron and taking the enemy's entrenched pooiiion in be fl.nk, or in the rear a it waa thought. This division waa egneeted to rmable. in unout tbree boora. to tn-n the Confederate povition; nnd unite itself. throogS the broVen eolnna of the foe. with the dir-ct onward tHe. G'. Wilkes waa wit a this diviaion the whole day. and thua des cnbet its peogress: Imatediaielv after parting from the central column (see diagram.) the Bern side brigade having the lead, threw oat itm kir-miabera. and proceeded along at a brisk rate, preeerviag. however, com mow ttean. in view of the long distance to be mae. The course for the first four or five miles, waa rather boldly to the nghtt It thea inclined mora gently lo the Northward, and then after some eight or nine mile had been accomplished, carved sharp to ward tbe left. .Too march waa a moat fatiguing one. .and though shaded to a considerable extent hr long stretches of clean timber, much of.it lay in the glare of tbo hot sua,- and all of it had its share of strifllag dast,' oxcepl where wo crossed the fields. - Bat the otea were bengry and 4 also very mach fatigned. meet of them having got but two or three boora sleep the night before. Still tbey trodged cheerfully , alone;, animated by Ike lask.before them, and made more elastic by the souad of tbo eannooode, which had for aomettme been heard, aad which they vera now tvoeibly appreaehing ; la tbe brigadanay, ia Iba, whole line none beard . tbe with highyy spbits tbaa :bo 7 1 st.4-. About 10 o'clock, the head of tke column came into an open ewnntry, and after proceeding ia it f.r a mile, (ept. lUa, of tie 71st, detected a mossed battery abt hafTa mile to the left ; aad briaging our glasses to. hear npon. it, - we could also perceive the enemy moving to their positions through the woods, in eeetdereb!e force, ooo after thi. Gen. lleDowell came riding op 'and ordera Were firea thai we sboa 14. proceed at a more rsfd pare, and an boar .more broorkt he brigade cbt-M o tbe rattle of the strile. u Tbo coir umaow oaade tic final earve and tnrmnjf sharp. ly to hode(h fared the rear ef battle as it came froovthe head of the ra tral col omn,' which, ntr-der tbe lead of "the C3kh.-wu now pressing its way toward ns. Tbo din of rreal raat an4:-ntwketry al this poiat waa almost deafenine-ondI the very earth rembled witV the roar fte heavier arttl ery. . sBraide who -rsa forward then tst ia order to the 7 1st. to ka Itn bowirxerv astd dash thrHngW a pb?eo of woods aad form Hx-poartiow on the rirbt e4 lb RKode- I.tandera, 1 Obeying U order wo V alertv.iij' TIrf n.Lf tko H rehire men in tbei'r impetn'Tty. and emer-td iat jbt Ere. utile tk cJJUA tt.rw. ire frmedi, g-od order lbeXtxemrtgbV raw m9 amra,TWt'iray?rv nnr Ar-'- r-rxv-rrrirf-T. e?t?nvr4 &feaed nYiih goaj wCeet opbftTao V-eery ana was vnrg s;.wmVs be.vrsroaa y re y rr m t e V ACjs nowrx-r or t be te B,-Hlf te btKia- rW ridl urt-rrrt uii mm Dut. vw? tfc mmtr w . . ao tbe ata.ilaT oiai e-latatirmn Of bw easw.u, fiU'it tae (Crew-araxt 1 eitioe. aad ai lheXdreU waw rs.rv ta v.r.c esrericl moag thaw if the Jbr ezim who full Gas. lis alar, aalcionCv hurt roce- MOUNT VERNON, quire hi removal (rowj boe.' J3urneido,tosi hie borne al tka . aame limn 1 while the ckaryW of Governor Spraf on had hi entirn bead taked off with a ebell aa bis gallant rider so epnrrini him up and down the field. vCaptaina Dart and Ellir, of companies A aad C, of iba Tst, were likewiee wounded ia thin fire, wbila bravely ebeer ing 00 Ikeir men. Cornelius,' the faithful eer- vaat who had acrompanicd CoL Yoaborv from New York, and who, more lately, adhered to bis euvo seor, sank gently down by the aid of Col. tin, ao-3 died from a rifle stroke . jat .beWiaf tbo cbest. Mn others f4l onder that- fearful bail, but tee regiment ateruly stood iU gronnd-4 aucb Wi .ietu as Captains Coles, and Mescbuti CoatmUsry Botrowa. and Lieutenants Oakley Embler, Mttnard Deujse aud. others, vivtuf cheer, by their staunch coolness, to the entire line. Wbile the regiment was order fire, it eame n-ar being throwa into confusion by reckless con duct of Griffin's West Point battery, which witbt oat any sort of notice, tore through tie hoe in the rear, at lop speed, in order to lake up a position in front, and thus actually cutting it intwo.--This discourtesy, to say the lenat of it. xprang, doubtless, from tbe contempt which the regulars are rapidly evincing for the volunteers, and. under ordinsrv circumstances would bare justified tbe 7 1st in firing on them in retaKaiioo. .- Tbe fire of the enemy came doub'y hot just at tbh moment , the regiment wavered . slightly ander it. nnd threatened for aft laataal lo fall back. ; y th atixiKo bccx with nt ". aTrxaa axb STarrtx. At this criiicaf moment, no American flag suddenly appeared witbia the redoabt that had done us our greatest damage, and thai etiTI kept a' its tiorm. Bat, seeing; tbie atfnal, aa Wdsr wax given to cease firing, as we were shooting our friends. A farther order was then made to ad- vanea oar colors to the front, bat, at it oeemed to be certain death to ataad expoeed lo tbe tornado which swept the brow of the hilt, ihe color bearer aalarally hesitated for a moment ; whereupon several of company Jt sprang quickly for ward with tbe exel aeration : Glve ns the coiorl! But Captain Coles, of ceotpeay C, waa the fore moat in the effort, and , , seixing the flag, ho ran with it foil fifty paces to tbe front, and held il at arm's length high ia the air, and thea planted i( ia the earth. It folds were hailed ia the rebel ba.lery with a dernootae yell, and in the next in stent the bright banner was riddled With a show er of balls. Providentially, the gallant Captain waa untouched. ''' ' J Beholding that sUrry ehaTlengv, the Alabama 1st, which bad lonfr age expreeaed. In pfnt.beir desire to meet the New York 71st. deployed from n wood upon the right, and formed in full force fo charge up bill upon the flag. The 71st, recor nixing them, answered the challenge with a about and springing forward, delivered a voUey'of mas ketry, etrengtbed with a dove of grape nnd canis ter. I bey tben rtaargea down tbe hill npon thea with tremendone vigor io tend ing to take them with Ihe bayonet. Bel the Alabamtaosdid not tike the war whoop nor its prologue. e. after a volley and a short pause, tbey took back to co ver, leering sixty two of their dead upea the field, wa e . - a - we aaa a c nance to ceuni taem. for we never aftrrwaads lost the blow of that bill till tbe gea r-a. L.e -; .w a . . - . :. -. -.-o ' erni conclusion. : jn taming irons tno Aianami ana, one of their woundetf ' drew bis pistol, and toadying ft npon hi area, aae lewHine il npon Leat. Oak 'ey.7 wharf that gallant of5er. catch n sigl.t f the perfrmanee.nit etoickTv forward and., wttb hs word, ran trm rebel through Tha howitzer of the 71st nnd tbe Rhode Inland ba'tcry all th whi'e kett in play, and fa ten mL'.'-'tva a cts the rbel battery waa silenced. Trie, arrTcrt An iru atoiMKXTt. '; Tbs enen-.y'e '"ir iing thus swept of its caa- non o3 ha f ir.;es.i'!. this q-isrter, and. ihe enr-m tu"rji . exbittd with the stiif !.'! ni-ai, Ilirii!!Cf. eyerie f vrward and ordt-re- f 1 r. 7 1 et ft!! Kur.k i;,:c the cool shadow of iln - in.l. with :he remark thai tbe brigade had don ;3 .'ull porri'in oi it caj's'wotk, and was now e iMib.d to fefretl.rcent and repose. The -"71st. no t gladly obeyed the order, and left the Bt-Ui vith as much regularity a" if on dress parade '-The cost of the strile 1 hus fa: was seventeen kill ed and ti'-e thut i:urober woundei. bur its con tola'.ion was the conf cionrneKS that i iad done i'e duty, and made twice that number of the re- : Held bite the dost. Under thai cool and gratefu f cort, congratulation were ex 1 argrd and com pltments paid to 4hoe who bad earned them moat.- .Among them, tbe brave chaplain and the gallant Col. Tbomeesoo, formerly member of Cougrers from Kentucky, who had come upon the field as aa a volnnteer for tbeoce-sion, reei ved their share and enjoyed ' the admiration rf the regiment. Privates Dustan,; Winihrop, Kel-tlet aaa, Clarke,' 45torev,i Emmett, JJdell. and a' large number more who had stfoeliaed them selves, were likewise well tewarded. While tke 7 let thua refreahed iteetf, tbo 69th which, with tbo Scotch Regiment, the Wisconsin men nnd Ihe N. Y. 13tb, had beea wading throat h batteries, atooa their arrival oa the field, marched past ia splendid order, their bannern fly. tag as if upon review, and their faces sternly net oa Ihe advance, i Tbey paoaad dawn tbo hill nb Kqoely to Ihe rig kt, on their road 10 rapport Grif fin's battery, which waa within two hundred yards of tha artillery of the foe. - Though silent as they passed, a skoal rem in a few neconde afterward from .the direction they bad taken, whieb every listener obuld nark for theirs 1 and the spiteful one which responded from the rebel battery waa soon quelled by the vols me of their musketry, j Most prominent amonf ikem was Meagher the Irish orator,, who frequently, during . the contest of thai turbulent) day, waved Ihe green baaaer of his regimen! op and dowa the botes! line of fire ' The Sherman brigade had tbaa w tkad us wav deep into the enemy's p-ositioa. no put of it dt I iaw aetter service tuaa tae 3d wtacoosia aad ihe staunch lSih. -WbeveveT they w any of them', had met the foej ea Took thrr lad hurled him back, and drive him headlong lo his sorer with diagraee. Indeed, this aa potior . prowess of the Northern rank aad filev was the feature of ihe day, and ia no portions o'lbe field, aad under ao elrcumstanees, , eoald their exposed and aasep Dorted tnfaatry stand for are aiaatas arataxl tha dash and hardihood of earn. ,. .,: . '. j . i oar m rxxo rr rx Agxra jiATnaica. . '.. -, I aaaat now tare back to thfgn& progress of tbe Qaakmf eotasaa. fraa ' whtcb Uuratide brigade had aeesr the ; Crst to arvo Into toe at- saclc Portere brigade, whteVeftme Immediately ta-iti rear epos tbe mate V pasted fbnbet-n. aad levelled itself agaiott the Irtatigteoftbo enemy l ft higher point. '- The' brira of Wilcox. compoeed of the New Ycrk .lit LTtctiran." N Y. 3SJh and iba Fire Zeoavet, atae Cin wUsst flanking cireuit of taem -a3t-ftad eeneeqeenUj atrack the enemy's brpadenin Innk ef battericy to"ibe extrerne "liahC .'.Th.ft' triadea of Franklin and uoward, eorBpriBr' Tespectlreiy -ILo Cth Ws.e and 1st Micb -and the S J, .X C.J and ?T Vevnyoot, acted Togatla aa eappnnfng. farrve. bat aorny became? fctunraj la wiiS tit rest seining each5Tor Itaelf ia -tie reneral con,asion and Want of -odey.-ita eerles f t-::efiea to' av tack e-td irtf nsolaled'- peril to anJare,- Tie rnae !ArsK-wtur I fur t' i accvnapaay :hs lettet7-fen'J 'wbib,'"s-Ml.otjt prsUuiic-toi do ynrra than to .Hc. an appro itatla -k. -of the go.erI cbti'raeter of lb e-feray,srTos;:ioa."1p't.y Ite- here rf-f.rrc-l 'o; in i'.tr I i cf wtit a Tcs y jnett it Lift we wr on, " .- ., '--P.vrl.r'- tlvsdV (no lt Car aJtAii iabvo. dialer vo-tba rlgbf of tbe Tl &3 into tbe ba tlo abost eleven o'clock (half an konr UtfxtTtta lb narraido tsrigade),. sad perfjemix its first d alp by drMnf the etteerv of a rieesef rooij, aid rarsuin-r Tbiex. wiih lots lc a tetry battery wbie. haa pardy taixd tte pc: aoa of lis 7llt, The 14th particalarly distiagukhed itself is this attack, and'reeefred its bluest aacoraiasn froaa tbe rebel fcrilooet; brai4 ierev taoee fell lows' la red breeche wesVtbej strewed tU earth with deod.O Ie One of their ct r?es their-ataad ard bearer waa shot dows.stid -bair rsneral loan ia ; heavy. 5 Colohel Wood; i!-jor Jordan, and Captats Hatttof tbe EflgU'iers, kaved with ca serial rallaatrv r aa4 an uto raas aaa - Xiio brbited tbta-isteadiaesB etui valor- The Imfannty, iMHrever, whiib- t asd the rebels to : - " .a 'J fta-.. -ae,: IHeir holes, was arveratiy tax-'.4 ay a eeorcaiag voilry that fovea d it. likw-sU.lt Comh ades of th day. lb faaak om tboae tfrnae cavers, lor ie.mpornrv,sheIter. rtejr-eop-t eMkrged eeto, however, aad, with ibeirewtU hrigade. in which the 8th n47tbatgfled j emnlate the: Ht ia1 its daringAbarged all u er on a new bat ierr to the left: .The: attai k aa br iliant. but. staggering wHthtaugne; ibe.aor fellows, wete 1 uJ-niL:-. iL..' rS2 1. iwreeu Hrei irvia mr wi - i...v.iuk -' wrm inr ftnin a ramber or in ir uea. t was me same etory on all aides rrck.ea. aad desperate attack on voariejirbnd blax't. bartievs. with an inr yi table reco4I of thezioa qate aud sai portrd columns. ' I It naspottceable thutn ainaei. eriec.iy pernio and lntor fraatie rts-e,-ihere as er.-' dom any fl.nkinjr or su-ia3aingtrce.Tand Srwi ally'atf entire absesee of ell 4iyiin orders whea tbe regiments were req-iired lo fal back. Each colonel had oivevabeltefaud; maaage bis own art. aad lo ssy tka truth, Vie rank aad file but too often, from the deplorekta Jncomneiency of their r oa mediate oflcera. were"' required to do the thinking, tie fightiejr ana thaw maroravsiag for tbemselve. Neve ea lhere a, great battle fought more pell melL. since .war began f never as valor ao .comaJetely thrown away, jnfact, instead of being conducted uoft its pla". or upoa any plan whatever, it beearie, through the incompetency' of X14 chiefs,' pechsps eaaaed bv their despair. " a snore aacceaaion of deeultorv fihw, la which small brijraiaaV isolated from all geaeral coaataad,- were trying the hard ocas , of their beads against tbo toothness of iron- nnd deeply matted walla. Tka Porter brigade made atilVaneether charge. boUweeapperted in the eifortg itwaa' foToed. after this nneleas display of valor, to fall back i be aatghborheod, ef !be restiar place ef the vee I j First, ; , OA1XAXT CHABS3S O TK$ ftatt XHVATKa. 1 ' We aoiTcpme to tSo attaclc S$ iSe Wilcox, or Fire Brigadeijonsistifl-rof tie 1st Michigan. 28ib New York, and the fat-fa jaed-Zouaves. 'This brigade, aa t have teforeatated, made the widest flaak circuit of Ihe whole. $d.eonaeuently did not take up line of pattl, until half ,pn boor later tbaa the brigade Of Porter, making tt arrival oa the field about 1 2 o'clock all the worse for it, aa-tt fare it the mere weary march,' and (ander The excitement of lk roll of baule urged the last two mites at a tnoM exhausting " double quick,, or run.' The brigade took ap its position along a fence Truaulng faitftnd west, with tre 18th Michtsaaa occupy in tbe extreme left ; thf Scott Life Guard, O Sih New Yvrk, under Col. Ward, occupying the rtalr. supporting Grif-fiu's battery, and the Zooavea holding tbe es- tnm& tiglu ' No sooner had the brigade ' taken tbis position, tbaaf ft tapidagaking " ftea- atpened trmalarrbaUlrv ex laft while a heavy -hot from, the aareaouarter knocked over one of Orilfiti's gnus and killed five or six men. Upon thia-eacceas, a bdy; of sixty or;eveniy btae vitb the view of iakotg advantage of the trm- p)rary ciQfusion ibua rwastianed in our ranks taaue I from the rear of a n tM cfunap of wooda m front of th Zavea nni circle to the front J o-n!e an attetnor to br.-ak It rank of tbe bur i'U . I he raMiiM.i. tiorvfr; was s en b out ipr n ;r -nffijf rii time "ti-."! it. and the eniir rt.f in-"three (erne') a rr;l-d a a'ined v4ey on it 1..I1M. Wh the fl-.& -a A thedilat barre, ev erj "ridr of 1 he tr -p V'V. Kr r, -ix rrel--i frwtn hii. l'il t t the ear-h. ah th -. '. tr-o-. tch an wer- r.ot d-afH?rAlrlf wuy(. j-d. r'A rQn T: One "ot in ui, a fiu fellow. v-rk t - C ".lyho waa tu-t in -the least hurt- va-ii" teA-i irt-yssixd-the 38'h. when it"wa- paughry-ani i'n-n lai.l mounted by Clpl. MeQundo. - At this - moment Griierl -.'Ileic'ZK'Tfan wh" had already len wounded, rode ur a . '1. foot ing w th t ri'le tip and d-wn. the f jt of t.tta' -r dered ihe Thirty eijtlit and ih Z uatea i tl.-ar the woods before them at the punt of the. btvo-net, while the First Michigan took a protecting position on tbe hill. The scene of this charge could taa eiearly observed from tbe rise whi h overlfinked Jhe battery tkat bad been silenced bv the Rhode Island brizade. aud alLwbo looked on held their breath lo see' the E'eveeth and the Life 0 nurd vo Ini : On reeesvtn the order, the gave a tremendous about, aad moved Core ard -at a doable quick, bet. jaal as tbey had got fakly on their way, an iafernnJ bail wae turned loose area them from the battery bat had disabled Griffin's gun, and the entire line wavered, aad threatened to fall back." 'The snosl tremendous eff rjs .were nl this juncture, made' t-y Colonels Ward and Fambam to steady the men, aad por UcQnade. whd rode cheering np and 4owu 00 hift new foend horse, was particularly prominent in . thus inapiring the" Thirty-eight, Alas! .while tbaa gallantly employed, his evil fortune triumphed, and he reeled to the earth ie Ube saidst -of bis task, et rack mortally is tbe breaat whha iece of ahelL The, eight of the less of thin favorite officer, and the auxiliary efforts of Farneworth. Brady and Potior, of the Life Geard. and of Cap tains Jack WiUay, Leverkh,llurpby and others of Ihe 2 mares, stsaaied te lue again, ana. with anorbee wboop,t!ie red aiirUaad the Life Guard, rushd into tke wod- i Thev ware wot Vnrg ia fiad-ing what tbey aonhV-f' fa rria ftrray, there stood. the Alabamians aad tlississipnians in foil force t their Tine rrstine 6a ft bars and tbeir right trapported hy 4 brace of cannon. Ae the: 11th sad 33th approached, the rabela epeoed a most Severn aad well directed volley, which oar people instantly returnew.---Twoevthreeline exchanges wvre thrTrLeard sl:ila ihe: jbs vert the ramoke rose de-tsslr thrpngh tbe intent icee of the wood, asd' ta s fewioiuttfa, t!te Zaoavea and 38th could fee seen pourin t forth, ta considerable die order, . finable to rwi.hsian i !b a Cerceness and compactness of tbe Confederats Cre. Tbey eon-tirined. their retreat nstil tbey rr 7-ire 4, the line offence which had been tle'.r rir'oal poaitioo. severared shirts dropping an i oUinlhe gyound oa tbe road bacfc. The fa!l'..Vra'of the "STe, however, turned bat la. becsall,' Jl beir now after two ocWk.'they reratiae i a tbeir posjiion aad did aot charge Bg5a."v" 1 ' ' :ATfjisr pTnft:rrrr' saioABxw ,: v .Tl.wt- at Ibis point rf ties, esi v He the Zona avex, like the r.bole Islanders as tie tt l?u lay out of the i-br-ifdUte ti is cf bxlUevtbat the -; C.th and-7Sh eiae. tweepin alar?-. wi;! i' rrffu baaaer anviag,, j"he paly pe cf il-irx left, 1 h relief ot GrirZo. - Flubbed wr.h tbeir soccers wiih- i tfce avoods, the Mia-issipia-it, whrd'-lbent from wUhia tbeir covert, nnd let r a heary ; rol ler, and thea cbtr-fcd.-t -They wcr? krayev.met grtfi ene--i-a i,?4 beiejr triT.B taIc, a-a. f e:rfeanerai. r'!h r.f a con-"- nr r-r-sl. hai firry, r.f baoj-- rjjjbe rr.ccn baiinef aaa trooj toi tntu.r arir.t.-y .at ii.iiiewjccee'ted Is ;fetng-(f;fior -the: stssarv t"',"a.ra iso?y. arid bqcg t wsr. ..J h Iprpso'l .of tfce jht - was a-y b;k.'at4.but Tw mv it expert tbone who WrA H ts midt. L'ickUn bo-roVev. Cb. .Tic5 tf XVild, f -h L.Tire Corrzeea, brrve4 ih ie- Kirtune (fm ft dUtanre. and stsajiont- a band' ful efbia cooipaxv to ftlow. came tearing forward fat i:i rrjcoev itk u tmc'st&bfa ti-, he aa tlx eemrada twaetrated to tbe eeatre ef the retreating rebels, aad by s seat bee of wr3 sleltre ered shots and ttowa, neeee i wretsrsy the Ulistass frost tie fjasstmsors. Ia this Eaav-ex sloit, Wiktay killed two ef tbevehelewiih his own hwnd, and ploced tVoat the aideeof tlrs treat inf captains, a sword, for his saaatelateee ft home. I-";--;al .m?v,;: i rr im Actitrp Ttsxr ttx9. w- a rtstor. ''it waa wow nearly foar o'eioch, P at-, aad the geaeral baltke oeemed to bore enbeided y uay, almost enurnly to have ceased t aad nothing , bat na occasional great gea aad isolated flirt of Basketry proclaimed its continuance ia aay quarter. In their tgaoranca- of the extent of the field,' the Frderal forcee imagiaed they had woo a vietorv. Tbey bad rbown greater dash aad xtradiaeox tbaa the enemy from firal to last and while, by far, bad inflicted a much heavier slaughter tbaa thee had undt-rgooe t hem-elves. The whole expect tibia. oar liaee wore tha look of triumph ever the enen-y. wherever we bad tool thea re aay thing like open combat j all their batteries with in our reach has been silenced and weal wax la fiitely more conclusive, Geaeral McDowell oar Cmmaii-r l -Chief, bow cave linglieg oa the field, waving first hw glave end tbea km hand. ailing us brnvr boys' aad teilmr ns, with the grand nir of Caver, that we had woe the day. He Deed away like a splendid dream. A big thing. in glorious nniform. and a branching new regulation bat. After our joyful sheets bad gone rVowa the wind attw-r htm, ear tired legioas flung themselves, by one aecord, epoa ihe groead, to take a brief soap at tkeir naversacks. and to catch a few mirmtea repose before makinf tbeir final disDosiuooa for the day. . ferbapa no army which had won a victory was ever more fatigued. and Ihe men. as they lav upon their aidea aad re ben ard the horrors of the day, wondered how they had held owl re long. .Mear. however, bad not eve e this repose, for tbey were hearing off their wounded comrades to tbe hospital, aad oth ers were searching for their sworn brethren in arms among the dead. Those mr abrat in tb most fantartie shapes, some absolutely headless. some represented by a gory trunk alone, em wnh smiles, and eerre with rage npoo their lips. as tbey graaped their bent-and enrioualy twisted weapons, and some actuaJlf rolled np like a ball. Whoever would etody the eecentrictiiea of car. wage, might berehave graduated throogb all the degree of horror, to ft full experience t once. " ' - PPT HAD OXX.Y CtfT: A XMAtX BOLC - Nearly the whole ef our army wax new group ed pretty well together. The brigades which bad made tbe circuit against the enrmy's aide had beea totned by those wtca bad fought atraight on ; and a glance ef the field showed that the whole breadth of our battle had' not spread over 1 two miles. Had we beea'ap ia Prof. Lowe's balloon, we mirkt bare even nt oece that, with nil our prowess npd heroic daring, we had merely j cat a hole ia the enemj's plateaa of batteriee, I and that his rear, which our General imagiaed he had turned, overhang ns ia ssassire wiags, which still remaiaednnteaebed. Oar plae therefore, wan us I said before, too email for t he aaeae-ure of our customer. The coat which had beea chalked U eonreptioB of s boy. would aot th-eWe the proortioBs of ft man-, and we were dee tined. as is often tbe rase with new begianers, to have ear vmvh turned nposi oue baada. ' - This truth came aooa for. aedJenly, as we were resting the mar cm! agftta M every directioa. and batteries we had thought muie forever, now opened with redoubled fury. The moat terrifio yell from ibe' enemy accem petii, d tbe renewal of tbe cor fiiot. and it became evident that instead of having yielded to the an toward fortune ef the ear, they had only been rem rhing tbemeelvee white poor teg new ren mensinirt' their lower works. ' The Sherman Brigade. aatnnndd by this new aaaaalt. Waafor-t-rd to retire frr m the poaii ion U bad occupied ; bn it retr-ated in"jrO'd tryle and Vein g now en-tirety wiihnct Vrders. began to march ff sewards the rear. Ti er taaael. oav tbeir road, the brig ade'bf Svbeork": "wLlvb; wib the; brigadee'of Howard and Frat x'in l-ad been since noon : in the densest r.f rf j tbe Maine hove and the Vrrmowterrs Saving jnaVad- neneelres es- pecially by Ine entbuaiaam nf tbeir bargee ; while none, dortt-g il.e rem neat uoua fortunee of bat dny.Vxeelle the Minneeota and Firth Masx- a buaetta In the stubborn fortitude with which. a .'aJe and again, thef "pleased itvngb. nf d with- -o- d tbe fierce fir.5 A Ibe-Sberman Brigade wat bv, A-bt-t-rk'e anew wtood breathing ia tbo woods, the N w Ytk Second occupy iag a soar lion on tha left. . i . - .mow c 1 v coxeoaAir .wax CArrcxcn. Tbe. Sixty wiih brought Bp the rear ef the tempi-rarily retiring column ; bat its gnlteat Col onel, watch 'el of ite welfare, tingyred behingaad urged straglers not t get separated front their coramaada-: "tie paused for an vnttaat to salate CmL Ti-tapkipv of,tbo.Seeond who stood dte-mountrd t f btije distaacn frost hie rejriment. on the opposite aide of the road- : Juat at this moment, a Urge body of the eeemy'a Black Horse were seen making a charge toward them, though it immediate objnet wax. to attack Carlisle'a bat tery, which, out of ammuaitioa, stood Kmbered up in the oeatre of the read. The two Cadoaele watched the mpvement. ssd. trsaalixed with ex citemeat as they taw the dragoon sabre the caa-abaiere, forget. to lake, aieasores for their own prelection. .- It waa immiaently . beceasary tkat tbey should, for the quick exploit upon tbo. bat tery bad s--cely retarded, the black eolesan in tbe least, and they came poor ing apon tke no bwmed- coUmna of the.Scheack Brigade. Promptly, however,, the quick order of UcCook shaped the 1st Ohio, Sod the others, following .by iaxtiaett showed firm iiae,; with havobets noised, atd ready for the ehers ' -1 ' : The Black, Qerss looked tor e mo-aeat but, not liking, that array of ateel, !hey Cirted off to -the rixbt (receiringa v-Hey athey weat), and a rquad of them made a dash to rat off the two Cols. who' were isolated ia the toad.' Tompkins, who saw tbe deage comir-g. quietly tprarg aj a borne near at a aaa, and caiiing oa IJorcorae Is follow, spared hits at ft feeee. The troopers, however, wave how. aear fag ; Corvoraa 'tired steed, aad whiriiag around tbe Irish Colonel, they took 1 bias captive, sad here him o7. A pertion of the eqnad folk-wed after Tompkins, bet kli kpiriied ckarger Teard two fences t a fine' style, ftsl amid the crack of th Dragoou'a ' sir shooters, ke got safe away. 'The brigades of Scbenck beiag sow stterly fagfid obt, and bafaa nterevsrsntinlr withoxt orders &u:if&r-3 f focttfrpa ti 69ib. , ,. a. ;- it 1.1 '.". The Dornt'-Ie Crigaaiiwax stol upon tie fleU, where they Lad received free Gsa. McDowell th news pf victory, :e J 'caasrqasntly tad - sear i with the sarprue tbat -fi"e-;!ixl arnec H ,cf onr brigadeathe te-openia-; of the fight, They had area, too, ti.t:; . ! ? : t JtowarJ the rrtt. but Ktvir!2r no rr 'jrx for xoch moreraee.t. aal not being in the fre," th atannch Hbode I-lan!- erx. WiacoasisDx'. and- TI!' Off ea..1..J t-r VeC . Cat tbe mai.l.olry es o-jr s".C was y-rtt.sg f.ltl,-nd lb!, xreat. guns pf tbairtsersT',tre-?r-feki J fm our almost- exberistrd aterieav; were mw btst rrirs-lr Cr;d.d JIrervikr'ff--hefefir; iin4sc'5 nfsber le'.laed it.eoi.b1 sot L taxde certain pnr tnin ot th we hsdre''1 won the. victory arter a!l, , nr- t 4bat, t.iat cannons roae wtaVuttlie kn?rr ..'f ;bs xsr Cod, denlv'a ctv brle fr m tl.erar.Vscf "lnci (beye J h ark; here IT and t e-in " eir r-yra tow J Man exrnev the abole , of oar Zzooplr s rr;laen n .tri xa tioX-r -W wte.jbfliiaa a lbs- rr- as th-we who stood, saw a sfgl t wk'ch j Ttr ct et it rp LtxU . . SSS who ill oai wty eff, ap t rise, and tsxuirs fiwsa tk eaesiyB extrarae a-spearett, alowl deboochtag into sight, a dsses oaioxaa ef lafaa try.marchiEa wixh xwab4 w&UJ tvp.aaa tooc-' ior, at this soaelte ttlxtmscs, bks attrsge of oerselrea, oe lb aatos paaorama. aoo by red the axastire eaj-wt ba-r-bd. ca hraak- inwo-Jatthe ssmeUss St ft xggistsai, ex are had ke-?cd. b rj uJ cottnc ea, sad s iui ess regiaseat had UarALeoed nt tea- lives Ikes the atera lid did sot pause ; tor owe ef it turns tamed dew a ward along the far etae of Ibo tries-gle.sadthe serce ef the good thas relieved. poured t rvk agata.sad commeacea hntag tbe other aids . is like sasaaer. oiiU tha euiema picture swelled it volasve, till the lea regi moats had doubled into tweaty. sad had lake a tbe for malio of tbrne aide of ft hollow square. Out awe-struck legions, though beginning to fre) the approaches of despair, coalft sol ink Ibat eyes . . J . L 1. . irom taat atajeaue pngeanH avow, uvia !- rianctne a new aeeecxitr.wer frosrs to the sight Th menial ltd Cowed 00, tbe ntngbtoaio reg iments growing-: thirty tbousaod mea, wu a mas of Black Cavalry is tu centre, lb who! moving towards as, as the aaa danced upon it pomp of bayonets, with the solemn ttep of fate. Thkt was war, compact, weU mass ana reason tag war. ." It was war, too, in nil its panoply aad glory, as well aa ia it strength i and wa bt once eomorebeaded that we were beatea. la vsjb did our startled facaltiee dart alertly hither for some hope j in vaia did oar tbougbtx turn quick It poa PaUnou It wo Id not da. "Johnsea waa there beCre us, with his cool, fresh tboas ends, and our Waterloo was lost. That stead ff and untirrd host oatnarabered the whole of oar worn and staggering: columns, and it penetrated aS oiik a. coevieuee ot reaieiieas power, ue-reetfy. boweier. did' gather up. oar force, no by gea ral order, bat by-one sensible secerd nnd sad and pained and wearied, yet conscioea of victory as far as we bad fought, we folded Bp onr columns for retreat. Taw only one whoa hardihood clang spitefully : to- tbe strife were a few rernlarr at ihe batteries, who, with the mire .f battle Irom all ordinary recogaition, kept pep. tn-ribg at such bstten as would still provekr heir fire. : xrrxtAT TCa-t-a isto a ttovr. - Amongt be last twtara wreir tacea irora ne 1 a . .a" ." ' . XT K. . a V u M :tAB kualil wan,-, BV a. H-.akail. V7 ""ae'TW".''" '"""rilwo or three, aad said, -young mea, f"T T'f .mrwaJT V ,V iw gaoaai m-igauicr, mmt iwawa mj v nwwtii, retired ia line of battle, irith ordera to cover the retreat. Though koaored for it et eadieese, th Rhode Islanders took their batter, and the 71 at departed with its gaaa. All. thus far, had goo well with the departing movemeat, and oar batulioas frost every ponies oftke field wer retiring with decorum -. whea sf ft sadden; some of the peraiateet regulan whs were charged with the protectios sf the retra fSUisg out. of am mnaition. sent ba k ikeig caisxpaf fog s fresh supply, : 1 ha dascribed hew ' that branch of the service stade. it eharge ut tbe raorntng. aad how reck leealy it alwe sought tt way 10 th front, turoagb th oudly fortaed colaibbf cotatBBs of th voladteers. ' la th sara staaner did h sow m hack k pas lu errand.' rid lag dowa ererjthtug to iU road, sad aeatterinj the ranks 9f tbe rerimeau ia every eaecUoa; The vvlen leers, who bad never before seen such s sight. end who were already penetrated with the fear ful pageant of saw w.s:., .-Aay. mmA nalp aaderxtaed the svovemant. to 'One way. Those flying .enrrispe. aad these madly e betted men wets rarhtag to the rear, and their action was therefore coastrued iato ft wild retreat. The ikoeght which appealed to their sgilaled iadx, . wear that :- if: tbo regulars wove in each hate : to , r scape, it was necestary th shsald hurrv ft tbemaelres. aad one fearful pan! took poaaeaainn1 of ibem all. The ranks '4 most ot th regi meats wef broken, th streams of dying men commingled ; even officers who had behaved -with courage throogfaoct the -day, felt justified, by the precipitation of the regulars, to urge tbeir men with a aympnthMing sense of pity, to hurry tW their lives. Thus, raistak piled upon mistake, aggravated tbe miafurtune, and culminated in a calamity which will rankle in the pride of tbe uepubite throughout all her - history. - It seen marvel loos, that men who had horse tbe brant of battle eo bravely during th entire fight, aad who left the ' field against a eoarageoax fiat with more than equal hooors.roajd soeooa have sunk into such puerile bewildered 1 . Bat ae -.U was. and tbey Ufd headlong from an enemy more deeply hurt then tbey,' nnd who hardly dared puree. ; The paio aeon eomSmnicated tuelf to the teamster of th Federal laamy, who improp erly had pressed too near, and scampering ojt- lliaas spread the terror with an electri speed fatt hack looar rraerrc. TVX KXKMT S04-AtStp, BVT DXLtCTITtD. . . The eaemy. perceiving this oaexnected phase cf our coadit ion, at once seal oat his cavalry , lo harass oar fl gh'. end many a fugitive fell before their ebargt-s, Tbey rode furiously nt oar retir. ing bolamas, -oad -whew defeated bf their ofje by the sablime. devofloa'of onr regulars nnd tbeir eaeeea. tbey compensated tbeir bloody rage by rid'ssr dows sad nabreing the wounded. Carry- tag their atrocity to the extreme." Ihey vearJa sailed a hospital aad shot the - dying witbia fc. and tkepk-ic;ans wko were ministering to their reandr. Oce bf retreats tbey even burned, Snd nil th helpless SbCtrers witbia it were eOBSamed.' I. mast psuee here, is lb same of -civilisation, breeding and Chriatiaaky, Ie protest my disbelief that fkaee infernal crtmee could have been in spired or warranted by th Veders of their cease ; bet that tbey- were perpetrt4, sad IS rspeated iastascra. seems beyond : dWpats. . - t ; - Throe rb all the terror aad coaJosioa. however. there were eyeral rsgixseat thtch maintained their elAposseesios, sod smosg the' war the Bejaaide Drtade, the Chode Islanders' aad the TUVbcariei tbeir eaxaoa Is tbe briire, asd the eat ire brigad maintxittinx . first liueofbaole to that sntat. Bat, there, .sew sad uamanage- ibT tetrors rote, and the briige being Uotkrd by overturned cxJsxoe sad fta&balsBcea?, rtke pre-etoue triakeu of the l-atallids srerwaU aeeee- earily left. behind, from the titter impocsibility sf draggiag them through the stream, tlotvov. the enemy, wbe had tailed ts istsrrupi a U this point Js.thft faerniBg,"Ts,fj'r cC dvecorrr-nxv tl. bir Federal froa" ecu. 11 L'. wo, was sow hiuiog the briwje raost erctrratc'y with hi Ab.TT; -E.avstv then r;avepikart. date pent beetce lb wc:i of bJ, aad evr sii.a Vak to 4ss ct-z,-sr trie 9 10 zr t-t tnirv far t.mn. The jrt ibs.. jrireart crcrrsl iy fr&C'.s, lb-:sa ends, wh tbes goutl tie C"?ve cf live wia, - fciSera cicjej y,j tit aiJ I? J:.?rsa froo siieev des-'cratios. trsrd cc-.J tZ?r Cm ,cja: pt-' tsti't cf t5 irbiiivrt. wti:a r-?r . f-r't"---; i tlrtzU 1 they wer .easy Lxr-Tt C -"a cracbrra. A fawbrav rii'.la 'aro .". J cw a&4 tbsa. try to u"r;'.a C.i fcj Li., L4t tb 'ia-sM was to jrr ta te':bK::: "bar bv worx. anj a3 sach !a, . vt-a. Tba .t-rr'.b: -rbintaxmirwlb of J ihnaon s tsreeadd fje-nion ana tnose tre hrl-.rn Tnr. i " aw su LiJ bv OSr oead. eosjUr.;! y preiu le t'eir mtnd. aaJ a3 felt that it woa'4 be tbrongk God's wiereyalr. beefing tbe sirhi-f tisrrav. that an: of as woc-J .33: -TS JLC7;."!T Trsf" tttzaz. .- - j-H?avie n-iw.-bv t -vnra-i of ikU vee-tta," Cir red the Federal Lrc7" Ia'4-aal t3r;i at tbe fmfilm ef tbo wood, te neeesssry to get ibex atirly set. This triejx et t C t;.'.s of the rat etas, aal ta tlx four rrfiinrr.12 rf ml srdsoo. aT CaU Has. Cf Iks Uttxr, hoarver I tar sbffts try C:at be prevents, by Its f-r j eace. lha'eaeaf freox taraiar war .UtSr la Cat - direetlsn, wli" lbs Ilrw Jersey regimaef were ;" s aafegoard a-nia-s oar being oatcvrcea on say right, eiii.f sCsbtmiU c tj tl fray of TtZ Ch-tfrX Tie -!sretl--t;iagtb reserve. : esdes Actiej llrjor. CmenJ XCaal) ILU. I : kare airetfy r:scctcJ tl t'-i ctlset 1 ix3 tbs ; astd,Uwd ti&a Ibiir jotla, wovUi coef'st SBorely of s record or aeoeauona. ai s s cioes ; p. at-, however. He tsw York ICik kod Hit. kav log weQ is sdvaset totrxxdt CUcLbxra's UuZ, called epoa to stent lb tioe ol ine trgpais cavalry, who wars cwooptag at oar retreaUee i torce. An order irom iiuca, eoaraenuy awns the 1st California rejiajent, ander Ct4. Uaihtrpw (N. Y-). forward to tbeir support ; bet Use; the cavalry wa the tamed to tee ntl tUl, it was fbaad o be imposaiUe to ateex th r?a4 career of tbe extraordinary snaae that caave peer ing back apoa, Ceatrevine. Tb beat tiU coH b dose, therefore, was for the Caliibrui regU sent to eUy jasl where U wax, and in absence of further orders, lend what aid il coal 4 to th protecttoa ef Qirco's battery, Whicb was Ijbsily ptayieg its fire epos lie Imttwg ?proacht of th irgiaia borxe. i 1 .,. , wp fne TorTTJrrt. orbk.t wax. -- i While the Thirty-sccoxd was ie this position, tk Tenth and Thrrty-firxt having passed wkhis its range, a youthful orderly rode ap to Colonel Uathesoa to inform kirn that th Clack Cavalry, sheltered from his observaties by a piece of woods, were corbing sp ca the right, and, if he would lak ca! with his regiment scrota tk fields, they woald be tamed back apoa their errand. Tb eeolsttoa performed, gar tta protection that was desired, aad th Rack Hor relieqatehed ha purpos la that "quarter WIS the regimes!, however, wa adhering to tlis pe sition, the seme youth .who bad imparted Us previooa eorresUoo rode np to tbe regiBMbl tjals and told Matheson he had better wow fall Ulk es Centfeville, a his dat. as that spot, had tees : thorong hly -formed. As ibis wee about Xb flratslrTl of orders with one single exceptloa) he had rrreired dcriag th retire day, llathesos felt was Cariosity to Irani who (bi enaag Ltew ! tenant was. and whence these ordrrs rasa 1 b tkeeefbre tamed sharply epos tbe yc"atb,bo, WMTr im. could he no lore thae twexrv g maa, I .wcal Z . h- va'd like lo know your ntmeT The yoavh re blitd that he was s os of QuarlersiaurA,fc-- era! MeigrXtr bb"rthoriTyr-iba do yes . ' MB .1 - ---- aativer me taoxa oraera waa aae vioi. a next saqairy. The-yoeag aaas amtieei ana re . marre. "Weu, rear, tas traui t aaas ur tin inae few hoars 1 have beea giving -l e jstLst lo this dirisio. sad actig as 0aetVtno, fee there is no General oe th ball.9 This lacideol ts worthy of out aotie amoxr the w U day. - " ; ' - ' .' Tk Cnrortaa her took s sew pot I: Las. sesrtf CeatreviUe, aad watched the terror strirk ea crowd as it passed by, repeTling, with the aid of Greca's battery, several charges of th KottH lrf. While thus posted,' at halt past p; ran the enemy's cavalry again &oved itsif id superior lores, aaa were mxxtcg a t-rrx rn teg demonstration oa the Th-rty-eecoci'l l-.V whea reetrg the First Maaaachasetts corulag tp frost lbs directioa ot . Butl Retw UatktBSs wsat to its Cbloeel. (Cewdia) poiolsd nut the enetry, ,.i..t vi,if u would rta-i r-l h'U him. if possible, in check, Uowda gra..A ute Califoraiaa' hand, and. a he grasped it Lard, teyied. with saach amotioa, that hic Moment eonld bo . depesdad ca for they bad co hems but r mother ; earth r 'The Ds.EaTb, cf .ITew Yk, which bad just thea come ia fresh front Alexandra, also yielded to UatLesoa's com- aad, and 'bee the danger well provided agsisit. swesed off. ! Tb thro regiments rsm tined is this firm posiuoa till ta dishcarteeed , trail of fugitives from, tbe battle field bad all passed, and thro accompanied by Cowdin's and the De Hath, it tali bark with the red. Leaving bis regiment sear CCatrevffl is th hand of his Lieat. Col oosW. llathesoo, who was -still witKottt erdrrt, aow went in search of a General, not caring aay longet to perform General himself. He found Uilee and Riebardsoa dirpsliag for coa cased, bsl learaiBg that the former had beea Ss ported ed by the latter through McDowell's ordrrs during the progress of tbe battle, he lock his order from Bit-hardson for the remaiadcr of the day. That duty, however, was simply to follow the broken bed disheartened colxmn which poured so grandly forth that morning, back to Fairfax, and thence also to their, camps aear Washing loo. T-tC aBi COXCT-CSIOir. Thas cads th story of th most dissxtroas ex-ditioa which ever followed tbe fortunee of oar flag. : As for tbe rent which we endured, it was aot lb result of any tack of manly fortitude oa oor part. With equal valor we bad shore tope ring prowess, till oerpair notified. -as lo retire. The lira of dead and wonnded on,bolh side, will raM'sb a balance of exploit ia oar favor. ' Oers, tu fad will prove to be lees than boo tboaaabd xaeft ia all. not more thas three hundred of wheat were killed. -The loss of th enemy is s!ls Is said to be twlve hundred, while the wooadsd aad stiasiaf will probablj arno'iut to j.br tkous-aad more. The loss ef .geeeea 'cur part, arnounu, 1 b lieve, to niaeteenand eome foar or five thousand stand of arms.- Bat the onr weary fugitives had discarded ia ikeir path, a a pare means of relief from fetigees with .which their own generals had overtaxed ihsm, as inad equal com pariaea with tLots UkiB .trUacer ahowx.'- '' - ' --Cut we aeed est rvasoa as further &a lit great disaster. . Il was a glaring Uaudtr, ami thouyh th penalties exceed the value cf tt lee-soa, lei as hope the calx tarty will notbewiihout ft pre St. -1 have ao suggestions lo put forward. Ths pablic who cannot fail tswni!mtaad tie -1 . -, , . 1 wufwo raaurr wia saaaw saeta 1 jt 1 eras: 1 res. There U bl ens thing IrZetinut eii. aed that is, bad oar columns but marched back to Csa revill frost tl lUeri llty t&I s stt-l-ar-.? eagaged, ia "ceo mea Have, ths tUyswerk" wealJ have bees iIlil- FeleraJ vlstery, ssd tbe ptf?'t XfKZ:1 .:?Jl3Zh aT"cos-aoisssce ia f rca. - w sj w&v-w inn a j.wiia-ni . that are bad no cars troops Ibxo-trss ban- ssr-ficiest for such s .rweonaoisance" r;r: sucit ft pU'.tio, and lack bombers 1 fr e Lad rsse wpos Xi grbtmd i;k tfif lhad li n rasr. we tratstt mere.'y have: peaxtia'ci s iltla dfr i th Cor federate txsp, a;tle tlt tmlt eroaU lave bees ths sa-oa. ZZ J CewacJs UUiU- a Jrva'ii'B --1 C"' Tsr.:.-e4 t-ts.t:-- : u.jr -r faa , teva.s- 1 eaaaaiara ,--. r, ut a-- T'rt3-t esesne ef ears. .iar-m'-rt ltarf t- ssd lot.;l Iadi-reMs a --. y i:-7' -V n..M.. V BV. 1 . ' I . I. . 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