In another moment he should be on his knees before her—in another• me- Mont she should be folded in hie em brace. said the lady, with more se 'verity than he had anticipated, (she was evidently disguising, her feelings,) believe I am indebted to you for the gift of the bird.' 'My dear Miss—!' gasped the Ma jor, beg you wouldn't mention it.' F 'Accompanied,' continued the lady "by , a note.' plead guilty,' faltered the Major, very bashfully. 'Let me make sure that I am right, before proceeding further.' And the lady read from the note as follows : 'i 'O, most adorable and fragrant of created beings—' Thu Major sighed and made a con. ; I, vuleive movement as if about to throw !: b:inself at her feet.' —'Whose aggregate charms even the angels might envy—' The Maj or g,asped and sighed again. —'Behold in this accompanying gift a reflection of your charms.— Your eyes, your . voice, are hero but feebly imitated. Accept the gift, and reward, if you will, the donor!' The Major got ready for his reward. 'And this note you confess to be yours. 'Of course,' replied the Major a lit tle taken aback by the tone in which the inquiry was conveyed.' 'And the present a likeness?' 'Of course.' 'Wretch 1' cried the lady, nt the 13 am o . time removing the handker chief, and disclosing—not a canary, but a parrot. 'The Major started to his feet, but before he bad reached the sidewalk, the old politician, issuing from his lair in the back parlor, was after him with a cudgel. And then there occurred a strng gle which outdid. the famous person al conflicts of the days of Ilomer—a conflict from whieh the Major nur• 'rowly escaped with his life. All the result of a trifling mistake; 'the bird fancier had sent the purchase 'of the naturalist instead of that ec• lected by the Major.—California Mir- Ittirount grt VErti,ser 4 j-4-44('-710' 4 1VMZII DEMOCRATIC ntonimrs CEASE TO LEAD, ME CEASE TO FO LO . WM. M. BRESLIN, Editor and Proprietor LEBANON, PA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1861 ser We are of the opinion that it is high time for some would-be-Union 'hats in the Northern States to put a bridle upon their tongues. Without :a reason they 114'0 constantly charg ,ing upon Democrats 4 ‘treason and se ‘cession-sympathy," and the result is that Democrats are getting tired of it. There is no better way in the world to divide and distract the North • than these constant efforts to place the Democracy in a wrong position. If -any are really guilty of or even sus ;petted oftreason and secession send •ments let the-charge be made openly -and to-their-faces, so that they may 'defend themselves, but not in anon •; smous 'communications, behind the back, and :by -inuendoes. So fir as •• the Democracy of this county are 'concerned they will not yield to any others in the country in their devo tion to the Union, the Constitution, and the enforcement of the Laws; and •to vindicate and preserve the !, same they will not accept of a secon. dary position either in contributions .of means or furnishing soldiers. But wihen it comes to bearing patiently the abominations of our State admin. ' istration, they are _incapable ; when they see distractions and 'dissensions in anti out of the Cabinet, pare.lizing the bravery of our soldiers and squan dering the means of the people, they will "talk in." . When our brave and " enthusiastic army is forced against an overwhelming fog to almost certain defeat by men who, as Mr. Douglas says, hope to accomplish Disunion by means of war, they protest. If Dem ocrats were to say halfthe liard ngs that are said by members ofthe,Cab net and 'their. adherents, against Gen. Scott, and visaversaagainst members of the Cabinet, we would feel disposed to look suspiciously upon them our . selves ; but there certainly can be no treason or secession sympathy in de nouncing Misdeeds and i incompetency on the ono hand, or defending the • • reputation and ability of men like Gbe. Smut, whose whole life and ev •. cry act and 'deed has proven them in capable of treachery, on the other.— 'Let those stay-at-home patriots hold their tongues, or some of them might be-"wiped out" for breeding dissen and paralizing the Unionism of the people of the North. tun_ in Snyder county there are forty Republican applicants for coati. "ty offices. There will be a full com• -puny of them by nomination tim e , when they should elect a captain and at once offer their services in the army for three years. They evidently have nothing purtienhtr to do just now. (*- Republican office seekers are just now in a quandary. They know sot what name it mould be best for the party to rally under. Some de. ;sitars themselves "subject to the nom• .•nations of the ,Republican party"— ~ thers "the .Peopics' party,"--aud . ttheirsagaill :tho•oUnion party !" TilE WRONGS OF TUB VOLT.7N. T 1 4' liJ R S Our three months' volunteers have undoubtedly just cause for complaint in regard to their general treatment since enlistment, and the government should know that if its armies'are ex pected to be supplied with good men it must perform its,part to -better sat isfeetien, Some of the wrongs we admit were unavoidable in the begin ning, but the last day was just as bad as the first, and the whole time of en listment presents a series of wrongs. We enumerate:—the insufficiency and poor quality of food, the, poverty of clothing, the lack of promptitude in payment, the incompetence, drunken ness and insolent demeanor' of some of the higher offices,'• and a general neglect both of the Wants and corn- . plaints of the men. In addition, it is now attempted in certain quarters , to attribute the defeat at Manassas Gap to the volunteerS, when it is" well known that a Pennsylvania Regiment remained on the field of battle and brought off some of the cannon after the regulars run like sheep.• .Some returned volunteers come near getting themselves into a riot at Harrisburg, on Saturday afternoon, on account of not receiving their pay. The paymaSters Were unwilling or unable to attend to their duties; the soldiers had to beg to keep from star vation, or leave for home after wait ing a week for their pay without get ting it. At the time indicated they assembled before the Jones' House, in Market square, and hung and burnt in effigy one of the paymasters. They were dispersed by a regiment from Camp Curtin, when they made a rush for the arsenal. for arms, but for tunately the arsenal vas guarded be fore they arrived there. Ou Sunday forenoon the paymaster commenced attending to his duties. The conduct of both the State and National ad ministrations towards our brave vol. anteers from the first day cf their service to the last is inexplicable. Mr When John Brown and his clan invaded Virginia, at Harper's Ferry, the Republicans .were very anxious to throw off all responsibility therefor, although their subsequent conduct proved that . many of them sympathized with him and his pur. poses. John Brown took Greeley and his principles literally, carried them out practically, and he lost his life in the operation. John Brown suffered on the gallows, and • many who were equally guilty escaped.— Since then the "Greeleys" have mul tiplied in every community. We have them here in Lebanon. Their cry now is "down with Traitor sympathizers." They threaten lives, but it an igno. rant or fanatical mob were to take them literally and carry out their sentiments practically, they would throw off the responsibility as cow ardly as they did. that of the Har per's Ferry invasion. INCREASE nv THE MILITARY ESTAB LISIIMENT.—The two branches of Con gress have compromised their disa greeing amendments to the bill for the increase of the military establish ment. The Senate had provided for an augmentation to an extent of elev en regiments, or twenty-three thou. sand men, in accordance with the recommendation of the Executive.— This the House altered to a volun teer force, but through the Joint Committee of Conference receded from its amendment and agreed to the Senate hill, with a proviso that the army, which is thus made to con sist of 40,000, shall be reduced to 2;3,- 000 men at the end of the wart, with out further legislatiori. All , the 1% cers of the regular army 110 may be assigned to duty in the new regi tricots, arc, on the latter being dis banded, to return to their formerreg imcnts, with the-pay and promotion to which they shall be entitled.— Both Houses have concurred in the report of the conference committee. TIME'S CHANGES Three months ago, if Democrats dared to say a word against our State Administration, the patriotic Repub licans of the country thyeittened to hung them as traitorsand disunionists. Now the danger lies not in carry ing out their threats against. Demo crats but against the administration itself. • re_ We have not seen that the name of Mr. Cochran, our present Auditor General, is coanected with any of the frauds practiced upon the soldiers in the furnishing of clothing of otherwise by the state. Mr. Coch ran is one of the few whose honesty and integrity are ungestioned, and in whom the people have the utmost confidence that no wrongs will be per petrated or allowed with his consent, knowledge or connivance he Commencement of Franklin rid Marshall College was • held on Thursday of last week in Fulton Hall, Lancaster, and as usual attended by a large number of citizens. It pass ed of pleasantly and satisfactorily, except a slight disturbance between the faculty and the . students, in re gard to .one of the Professors and tbs„l3oard of Trustees, Rebel cavalry and rebel pickets had the boldness last week to tome within five miles of W ashington'eity, and three miles of Alexandria. n Gen. .Cadwallader is to take the place of Gen. Mansfield, in the command of the Washington district. Gen. McClellan has arrived at Washington, and On'Saturthbillad interview with Gen. Scott.. Gen. Wool., who has been, since the corn menceinan t of the war, banish. ed to Troy, N. Y.; has been ordered by the President to Washington. TH PI RESPONSIBILITY The following remarks of Mr. Rich— ardson, of Illinois, in the coarse of de hate in*CengresS, on 'th'e 24th inSt.,. e v stablishes the fact that President, Lincoln, yielding 'to the clamor. of the Tribune and the insane Abolition . fanatics in 'Congress, is responsible for the advance of the Federal army before it was prepared and the disas• trolls defeat at.. Manassas- Gap, on. Sunday last Mr. Blair (Mo.) The gentleman said that Gen. Scott had been driven to risk battle by gentlemen. on this side, but' nothing has been said hero derogatory to that soldier. Is the ma jor general lit to command if ho can ,be forced to battle against his own beat judgment, and at the cry of outsiders? Nobody on this side has said aught against General Scott. The charge-came from the gentleman from Illinois, and it was de rugatory in the highest degree. Mr. Richardson. I repeat that Gen. Scott had been forced to fight this battle. I will tell hitO what oitcurred yesterday morning. My colleagues (Logan and Washburne) and myself were present. with the President, Secretary of War and Gene. ral Scott. In the course of our conversation General Scott remarked: "I am the higgest'cori ard in the world." I rose from my seat. ."Stay,' Said Gen. Scutt, "I will prove it. I have fought the battle against my judgment, and I think the 'President ought to remove me to day for doing it." "As God is my judge," he added., after ttn interval of silence, ••I did all in my power to make the army efficient, and I deserve removal because I did not stand up when I could and did not. Mr. Washburne. As my colleague has referred to Gen. Seott's remarks, he might also allude to what. the Presineot said. - Mr. Itiebardsou. I will do. so. "Your con versation said the President to General. Scott, "that I forced you to battle." To which Gee. Scott replied : "I have never served under a President who has been kinder tv me than you Have been." But'Gen. Scott did not relieve the President from the fact of the latter having for ced him to tight the battle. Um Scott thus paid a compliment to the President personally. I de sire to say of the President that I have known him from boyhood. If you let him Ideas beds an honest man. [Laughter.] But Imu afraid be has not firmness to stand up rtgainst the politi•- cians around him. DESPERATE AFFRAY. Yesterday a little before 12 o'clock a disgraceful affray occurred in front of the Exchange. Hotel, which will probably result in the loss of one, if not two IiVCB.. It is an exceedingly difficult matter to get at the origin of the tight, and nothing but a legal investigation will bring the filets to light fairly. It is enough to say, however, that a num her. of young men of our city engaged it) a quarrel with a num lier of the men belonging to the Fourth Regiment.— The quarrel commenced in the Ex change, but was soon transferred to the street, where it bid fair to become a general riot. A young man named Geo. Starry, late a member of the State Capital Guards, being, as it is alleged by some, hemmed drew a Sharpe's revolver and shot two mem bers of company B,- named, A - eorge Reif and James Ashburn, bdth from Norristown. The' former was shot in the abdomen, and cannot- possibly survive. The latter was shot in - the left-side, aiid may recover. The sup position is that Reif was shot :Icel. dentally while standing behind Star ry trying .to wrench the pistol from his hand. The excitement following the shoot mg was intense, but Starry Managed to escape through the alley between the Exchange and Omit's, and has probably made' good his escape. Mid be been caught by the incensed com panions of the wolunded men, he would most unquestionably have been shot, as they prepared themselves for that purpose. Reif' is represented as t► quiet, inof fensive yuung man—a, fact which on. ly incensed his companions the more when he was shot. lle is lying at the house of Mrs. Humes, in Third street. After the above was in type, Starry was taken from the new brick dwell• ing house, opposite the Methodist Church, (where he had secreted him self' during the afternoon,) by his friends, who lodged him in jail to pro tect him.---ilarrisbury Patriot and Union of Saturday. Gen. Banks at Ilarpers's Ferry —Ex planations of Gen. Patterson. ASM NGTON, Thursday, July 25. General Banks and staff have ar rived at llarper'S Ferry and assumed the command recently held by Gen. Patterson, who has returned to Bal timore. Before leaving, Gen. Patter son issued a proclamation, announc ing that as the term of most of the oops from Pennsylvania had expir ed, and nearly all of them were return ing home, he, by order of the War Department, relinquishes bis com mand. Gen. Patterson has also pub lished a letter, dated at _Harper's Per ry on the 22dinst, explanatory of his movements while in command in whirl, he says —''General Johnston re:reated to Winchester, where he had thrown up extensive in trench ments, and had a large number of heavy guns. I could have turned his posi• tion and attacked hith in the rear, but he had received large reinforce . . ments from Mississippi„ Alabama and Georgiaa total force of 35,000 rebel troops and 5,000 Virginia militia.— My iS less than twenty thousand men. Nineteen regiments, whose term of service was tip, or would be within a week, all refused to stay an hour over their time but four, viz : Two Indiana regitnents, Frank Jar rett's (the Eleventh Pennsylvania,) and Owen's(the Twenty•fourth Pen n sy van itt4 Five regiments have gone . home. - Two more go to-day and three more to=morrow. To avoid being cut off with the remainder, I 10 ,buck and occupied this place, rar• A pretty large force of the reb els are again concentrated at Win chester and vicinity, under Generals Lee and Johnston... Their purposeit is believed, is to attack Harper's Fer ry. 1 t appears that Geo. John ston, as soon as his command were We to move, took up his line of -march from Manassas Junction to Winchester. fte heard from our poisoners whom be eaptured,that Gen. Patterson had been superseded, and that npwards of half of his (General Patterson's) force being three months' men, had either gone SA-e.re going home in a few days. A QuEsTioN StiTLED.--4t N'stated that a very knotty - qUestion has just been decided by military lawyers. Several volunteer cavalry men having lost their horseS in - the field, one or two colonels thought there was noth - ing to be done bit te mount the Men anew on the horses•from•the govern ment stables. 'They 'Were wrong. According to the regula• tion, every' Volunteer regiment of cav alry was formerly required not only to provide their own liOrSe3, but keep the stables always Supplied. A regi ment of I ,000 Mounted men 'should have 1 ,400 horses for the saddle. A WAR INCIDENT.—During the•late fight near Martinsburg one ofMcMul n'sl:l3.angers, in his eagerness to have as he said, a shot at the secesh, climb• ed a tree, from w•hieh he had good aim, and used it to advantage.. When the .eaptain discovered him overhead, froth . the crack of his rifle, demanded what he wasdoing: there;•to:which he replied, fn liis peculiar style, Only picking my men, captain. • „ TIIE LOCATION OF CENTREYILLe. , " Centreville, the point occupied by the Federal troops, is a village of three or four hundred inhabitants, situated, on the direct road from Fairfax "Co ur t ; .House to Manassas Junction. It is in Fairfax county, distant 27 miles,from Washington, and 114 miles from Rich moond, and is,built upon high ground, easily defended from attack. 'Tus EA WILT PASSES Tnno - uon TnE Goa*r.'s Rur...—Mr. J. R. :Rend, the English astronomer, in a letter to the bondon Times, of July 6, thinks that it is not only possible, but probable that, on the 30th of June the earth passed through the tail of the cornet, at a diStance of perhaps ,two-thirds of its length from the nucleus. He adds that upon that date he observed, in the. eveuinL , , a pecUliar phosphore cence or illumination :of the sky, which he attributed then to an aurora;; glare; but which be suggests:might possibly be owing to nearness of the comet's tail. 'lf a similar illumination cif the heavens,' ho concludes, 'has been re marked generally on the earth's - sur face,.it will be a significant fact.' Baltic a►f Manassas Gap. . The following is the best account of the battle of Manassas Gap, on Sunday' a week, that we have seen.---- I have spent this morning in hearing the accounts of the battle from officers whO actually participated in It, in all parts of the field, and during the whole clay, and can, therefore, give you full particulars. • The conflicting reports arose from the fact that no.less than three separate and dis tinct engagements took place during the day, in different parts of the field, and that the 'field of battle covers a space of ten n►iles in extent. The reconnoissances that had been made on Friday and. Saturday must have been made under such circumstances as to render the results Uncertain and unsat isfactory. But whatever were the results, General - McDowell determined to advance from Centreville and to attack the enemy's batteries on Bull Run, hoping to be able to turn them on the right, to silence them, and then by a further advance to strike the Manassas Gap Railroad at a - point near Bull Run Mountain, and so cut off Johnston, and prevent his communication with Beauregard. The attempt has been made, and it has resulted in a complete fail. ure. At 2 o'clock Sunday morning the troops were roused from their slumberS, and formed in marching columns. The Sec ond DiVision, Col. Hunter, led the advance. The West Point Battery; a part of the Fifth Regiment U. S. Artillery; the Second Rhode Island Regiment with their battery; a part of the Second Regiment U. S. Ar tillery:and Capt. Seymour's siege train of eight 32 pounder rifled cannon, headed the column. The moon was full, the sky without a cloud, and it , was nearly as light as day. The First Division, General Tylor, ad. vanced at the same time, in a nearly par allel colUmn; the Third Brigade, Col. Sher man, in advance; the Sixty-ninth New York, Col.' Corcoran, leading the van. The Seventy ninth, Col. Cameron, fol. lowed, and the Second Brigade, General Schenck, (the uhio Regiments), were close behind. By daybreak Bull's Run was reached. The batteries were placed in position, and our guns opened on the ene- Illy's works. The firing was responded to by three batteries, and was kept 'up on both sides till 11 A. M. The enemy's fire then slackened, and afterwards entirely ceased. It was supposed, therefore, that their guns had been silenced, and a charge was ordered to carry the batteries. The charge was made, at a run, by the above regiments. There was a little, though not much, resistance made by the musket ry of the foe, and, in a few minutes the batteries were ours, the few gunners there bayoneted at their guns, the Confederate rag torn down, and the Stars and Stripes raised. It was then that McDowell sent that despatch to Gen. Scott, announcing a glorious victory and the batteries in our possession. But our triumph was of short duration. The enemy had abandoned these batteries in order to lead us into a snare. In half an hour after we had taken the batteries, and. while the men were rest ing from their fatigue, a terrific fire . was opened upon them with musketry and can non. ' The latter were in other masked batteries, the very existance of which was unknown. The riflemen who were firing. at us were also unseen. The fire was so hot that our men found it impossible to stand it, and were com pelled reluctantly to abandon the batteries. They retired in good order, however, un der .over .of our artillery, which now again began to open tmon the enemy, throWing shells towards their masked bat teries, without effect. At 3P. M. our loss had been fearful. Many of our officers had. been killed and whole regiments decimated. The en emy had not once shoWed himself up to this time. At three, however; having si lenced hany of our guns,' the" enemy charged upon 1.13 in an overwhelming force. The troops stood gallantly, hut the charge was irresistible, and we were coPPo l led . i. 9 l*ite 7 ; The artillerists spik ed their guns. Our troops retreated to Centrevin:., pur sued by the enemy. At Centreville the army made a stand, the 'pursuit , ceased, and the enemy,retired..out.of range... The excitement' was intense. A des patch tiad been rte6ived'l4 7 Cleri; *4;101 7 ell at the War Pepartment,.; . at 8 P. M., Sunday, requesting immediate reinforce ment. All the regiments in the city were ordered, over, and by 2 o'clock this morn, , ingz,,crossed, the, •long Bridge. , ,.. All night long drums heat in the streets, and recruit ing parties paraded the avenues, calling for volunteers to defend the capital, The firing Of the heavy guns was .distinctly heard in Washington i durMg the evening.. THE NEWS OF TO SUNDAY NIGHT Up to Midnight of Sunday night, it was understood ,in Washington that although. our troops had met With serene reverseS, yet they had only retreated as far as Cen treville, and were Making - a stand there. The latest news from Centreville was up to 6 o'clock Sunday evening, at WhiCh time Colonel Hunter's Division'were hold ing that point: THE RETREAT OF SUNDAY NIGHT. This morning, however, soon after day- . light, it became known that the disasters of Sunday had not ended with the tight, bat'that new 'reverses had been experieria ed- during the 'night 'All this morning, up to the time o 1 writhg, (2.P., M., R Mon day ) stragglingT..squads of soldiers have been pouring over the. Long triige, and along. Pennsylvania avenue. They are all unwounded, but in every case covered with a thick coating of dust and sweat, their hair matted, their clothes 'torn and blood-stained, some armed and some un armed. There are no less than 10 000 of them here, up to this time, and they are still coming. I have seen among them men from the following• regiments:—Sev enty first New York; Second Maine; First and Second Ohio; Sixty-ninth and Seven ty-ninth New York, (the latter the High landers); Second and, Third. Michigan; Twenty-Seventh New York; Second New Hampshire; Eleventh New • York, (the Z-7,uaves). Many of the men throw them,: selves clown on our steps, curb-stones, and on the pavementsand faintly cry for water. Since 10 o'clock Pennsylvania avenue har been erOwded with them, and since that time measures have been taken for their relief. Froth many of the cross streets, people are running; bringing bas kets of refreshments, bread, milk, water,. coffee, &C. • Elegantly, dressed ladieS side . by side with negro women, are carrying wine, coffee and water to the soldiers, un heeding the rain that is fast falling. .The ladies don't stop to draw the corks of the bottles of Catawba wine, but -knock the necks off and pour out the contents in tin cups. A soldier has just died. The men state that for three days they have had,nothing to 'eat:except crackers, and were all day yesterday. without water. The men state that last night, af ter ten o'cicick-, the enemy advanced on Centreville in strong force, With mortars for throwing shells. That we were unprepared . to resist . -them, and were compelled to retreat. ' That our army made a stand at Fairfax, were driven out of that place, the shells pouring in upon them like hail; and that the whole army is now in full retreat'upOn Washington. Governor Spragile rode a splendid horse, whose bead was shot off by a cannon ball. The Governor quickly extricated himself and fought on foot. Col. Burnside's horse was shot underhim.. Ile mounted another and continued to encourage his men. Up to dark last night the behaviour of the troops was all that could be desired. They fought bravely, and only retreated before overwhelming num hers. During the heat of the engage. men t, the Fourteenth Now York'Reg iment fired into the Eighth OW York and the latter returned the fire. The execution done by both regiments was very great. • The result of the battle has been the entire and complete defeat of our whole army. OUR LOSS, &C WASHINGTON, July 23.—Our losses . have been exaggerated. It is now well ascertained that the killed will fall short of 1,000. The rebels did not, follow our re• treating forces after they passed Bull Run. Col. Einstein, of the TWenty sixth- Pennsylvania, returned to the field of battle at eleven o'cloCk' on. Sunday night, and brought of six pieces of artillery, which he delivered to the commanding officers 'on the Potomac yesterday evening. Col. Einstein reports that the field was then clear, and not an eneiny in sight. Within the last twenty-four .hours over 60,000 fresh troops, with a num. ber of batteries,: haVe oftred their services and beed accepted. A number of regiments have ar rived, and every day will bring :im mense reinforcements to Washington. The response from every quarter has been 'Most gratifying, and truly mtriotic. ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE RETREAT, Mr. Raymond, of the New York Times, was on the field-of battle, and gives the following account of the re treat, in which ho participated It is pretty evident that the enemy was in rib condition for pursuit. A powerful force of cavalry ;night have done great execution upon the ..rear of our retreating columns; and they did make an attempt of this sort up on tke Warrenton Road, but a volley from Col. Blenker's regiment, which was sent out from Centreville to cov er the retreat, soon put them to flight. The pursuit extended but a short dis-. tepee," and was attended by no impor tant results. . As soon as , it was understood in the crowd of teamsters, fugitive sol diers and miscellaneous Bangers-on of _ . the army at Centreville, that our col. umns were retreating, they became very,considerady exeited,—and this feeling rose to panic when they heard the sound of cannon in the rear, as .they "Supposed it ilfdicate that the enemy Was pursuing in force. After I had driven something over a mile from the village on my way to -WlWl ington, the crowd io the rear became absolutely frenzied/with fear, acid `tt}i immense mass of wagons, horses, men on foot, and filying soldiers came dash. ,f.lp.wn rate whish threatened .destruction instant and complete, to everything in their way. The panic spread as they proceeded, and gatherifirlserengtg by-'its pro gress,..44m :mete Mat' , bebativer =wheel: lutely terrific. The horses caught the frenzy of the-moment, and became as wild as their Masters'. My driver attempting to check t,lrie speed of our carriage, found , •it suddenly crushed under the of an enormous Pennsylvania , Army rwagon which crushed it like _an egg-shell. - The op portti ne! 11,11 Val of 'an °tiler - Carriage containing a•Couplelef'CO'ngressmen, relieved' me from the dilemma; thid took me to 'Washington. Previous to my mishap -I, was overtakan and, passed by a soli I,4ry . borsearian - , Who proved -to be .111 r. _Russell,: of the Lon. don Times; ,0 4 01*,:prcif9tindly gusted with this, movement, and was making all posiblO haste to. get out of ' , ' The tnog discreditable feature of this stampede was the very large - hu Bern of; soldiers who had : stra4r s :4lca : away from their reslmen4,during the battle, and who now titryi away their muskets, blankets'' and-knap sacks, .and ran .as if their lives de pended on their speed; For a long time .no' attempt was_made_tpstn, them. But near Fairfax, a New Y ea , sey regiment lied 'drawn up - tvoross the road,. and compelledOwygr o uldier Upon whom they Cotild i,iy.4kands. to go back to his regiment; The/were dragged out of carriages:;(lii'd 'from the backs of horses, and thrned-'oack ward with the greatest rigor:: Maiy of tliem managed, however, to pass the guard, find the rot d all the way to Washington was crowded with these timid and fugaCiaus warriors, How they were suffered to pass Long Bridge, having neither pass nor coun tersign, isarnong the mysteries-which I have7no thought of fathoming But they made their "appeartinee oil the street co - niers and in the bar-I'9OlllS of the city with the early, dawny— and .each speedily beeilme the:Central point of a steadily swelling crowd, who learned the bloody Instory Of this awful battle from the lips of these heroeS,-,every one of whom had staid in the very thickest of the 'fight un. til his regiinqi4 was all cut to pieces, and he was left the sole survivor. - It was these men who gave to the mass es in Washington their knowledge of the terrible defeat the Union forces had sustained. Senator Wade, the Ohio abe litionist,was in the field of battle on Sunday of last week, at Manassas Junction.. With some Others he be came "demoralized," commenced run ning and never stopped until he got to New York. is supposed that he would have taken a steamer for Eu rope, if hiS friends- had , not arrested him.;lo, SOUTHERN - ACCOUNTS OF THE LATE BATTLE The Baltimore Exchange, a Seees , sion , Sleet, has the following in its is sue of Friday : We received the following from an eye witness, who arrived in this city last evening. He was detained at Manassas by Geri. Beauregard, who would not permit him to pass. through on Saturday last. President Davis was present. Be made a speech to his men before he led them on, and told them he did not intend to lead them into unnecessary danger, and that he would always be with them; but that they were-to - fight for their homes and firesides, and that he hoped. no man would flinch . , He was an swered with great enthusiasui. Not more Than 13 000 Confederates Were engaged during the whole fight. They were moved in divisions of about 7 000 men. There was a very large reserve at Manassas. The bat tle took place sooner then Beauregard intended. His desire was to get the enemy farther on and nearer to his main body; but the impetuosity of his men was so great that it could not possibly be restrained. The Washington. Artillery was stationed at a small bridge across the road, by. which .the Federal forces were expect ed to march and did not fire a shot. They were supported by the Mary. land men,of whom it is believed that not more than thre'e were• killed du ring the whole engagement. The heaviest loss was sustained by Gun. Wade Hampton's regiment, and by a corps rallied the South Carolina Tigers. Gen Hampton's, regiment was decoyed by a Confederate flag, which the Federals 'had planted in some entrenchments which they had made under a flag of tram, Beauregard had recognize--1 ; - the purpose of letting them bury the dead. When the S. Carolinians found they had been entrapped, they rushed on the entrenchments, and .carried there at the bayomet's point,Athoagh they were badly cut up. . The total loss of the ennfederates is estimated in killed, wounded, and missing, at 2 000 at the out-side. An official return was to be made:yester day, to enable Beauregard to make a detailed report to headquarters. It was estimated that the Pederal . loss killed alone was 6,000. The:Fed, eral dead were being 'buried, 'Arid ery attention was shown to thewOund ed that was paid to their own men. '.They had 1100 prisonersrone.Of whom was 'Mr. Ely, of New. ',Yet*: .The "prisoners were well treated and well fed. There were 15,000 stand of arms taken in:addition to . two wagon loads .of sabrea, 'revolvers, - and itecotitre mental Also 150 wagon loads=of pro. visions and.the antimunitiOn'Of every hind,". .A.ISo 42 pieces of artillery, in .. eluding the whole of Sherman's bat, tery. There was also taken a very .hand- some carriage and pair, of hors:cp.- 77 - In the carriage was a fieldglass, with. Gen. Scott's: name on it. The ear ! . riage and horses were presented to Mrs. Davis. ' • Gem Beauregard charges that-the Federal commander, afterending a flag of truce.fo bury theirrdead after the first battle:6f Bull's Run left his dead'iltilinriediand occupied his time in throwlng up entrenchments from which to re.oeW the aSsa p on e batteries at For this reason he .refused application since'made hyGe'll.7llo)Oire 11, tad& a flag of truce" . 4,11 e dead. The Federal dead Were,: ;Collected and buried in trenollea by the Con federate troops, and .the Federal wounded were receiving tbe . slinfe':at.. tention as their own. - The accounts of the baftlb:ai Wee- _received :in Northern papers, were pronounced Utterly false. There was very little fighting,behmd entrench ments. Geri. McD owell . attempted:o out-flank Beattregard's poSitioii; arid Betturegard-marched out to. meet was . 11 great 'deal of open fight. - ing,; and the SORthern troops charged with the bayonet very frequently.--- The South Carolinians, - Georgians, and Alabamians sustained the - brunt of the battle, and they were frequent., ly engaged hand to hand, F l 3 r '"ANDRIA.' sArVra. ALEsksriato,„, July Mrs. Hinsdale, whose htiaband id L a member of the Second Michian Rent. anent, which is now glrif side returned from ManaS, of the Potomac. sSa Jurics. l :3n. She was at Centreville dui r.°.b the engagement on Sunday, and wait ed there for.thr return of the soldiers, look ing for her hnshand. 'Failing to - see him, she supposed him a prisoner at Manassas. The enemy captured her, and conveyed her thither, and employed her there as hospital nurse. On Thursday she pro- , cured a pass from Gen. Beauregard and his consent to lem , e. ' She' walked to Al exandria; where she arrived this morning, fatigued and exhauited. Her husband was not a prisoner, but returned with. his regiment. She reports as being at the Junction, a large number of our wounded. The.ene r my say they have over I 000 - prisoners. Mrs. H. brings verbal Messages from eral to their friends, that the woUnded are well eared for. The offer of liberty has been granted to those who. will .takel oath not to again take up .arnis' against. the Confederates. - A few had done so.. but.the majOrity,refused: Mrs. Hinidale says that the Confeder ates buried their: =dead as fast as they could be recoveied:'and ihat the. enemy -repre sented they had but about 50 killed, but their wounded exceeded 1,50). She saw many of our dead unburied as she passed over the battle field, and dis tinguiShed some of them by their uniforms. She says the enemy's force is very large at Manassas, and that the officers are , very busy in drillinganddisciplining the troops; that General 12wauregard is constantly on the Move, going from one part cif the camp to the other, and arranging, as they said, for some great movement. She reports that a large force of the enemy is at Fair fax Court House, with heavy guns. . A I'4n' CONG RIMATION.-At Mount Carmel, Illinois, on Sunday last, the congregation in the Methodist Church got up a fast. The church had been newly painted, and quite R large con gregation, as usual, bad assembled for tho' purpose of worship. After preaching was over, and the time for pronouncing the benediction came on, the preacher raised his hand to call the attention of the people to the fact, wittn, jehewey! what a sound. The congtegation, were sticking fast to their seats! Some heo.hee-hea.ed, some laughed out, and two or three ladies, on emerging froM the build: incr, looked as if they had encounter ed, as Gen. Scott once said, "a fire- in the rear." DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF COL. MILES.-Our disaster on Sunday is` ascribed to Col. Dixon H. Miles who commanded the reserve, and failed to come up at the critical mo ment. The evidence of his drunken ness is overwhelming, and hie com mand has been taken away from him. He will probably be court.martialed. An effort is being made in New York city to organize a Regiment to be armed•with scythes, and to opt.- ate against the enemy's cavalry.— Similar regiments it is said were Eight-. ing in the Polish revolution. Aka' To give some idea-of the 'laud° of the amount necessary to, pay the expenses of our government tbr thenext year let me say that if $380,000,000, the sum required, were to be paid in silver, it would -require 10,512 wagons to haul& it, allowing one ton to each load A Dount,n SECEDER.—The slaves who run away from their masters in Virginia, are set to work at once .by Gen. Butler, and made to Icetp at it much to their annoy mice. .One of them having been put• to it rather strc!'ig, said—" Golly, Massa. Butler, dis nigger neber liab to work so hard, afore; guess dis chile will leeecto (lade , moah." READING & Connl%Xßl. R. n—Coie. roan P. Fisher has been appointed Chief Engineer of this road, - viee M. E. Lyons, who we understand receiv ed the appointment as chief engi neer of some other road. • While travelling along a part of this, road last week we were actually surprised to :gild-, the road making such rapid headway inboi ng grade& Were, each contractor at work Mi his immediate sublet, we hesitate not in nqing, that the road would rowdy for laying the track. by Oeto.. ber next. Kr Col. James Cameron's Highland Regiment suffered immensely in loss ofof ficers, besides that of their lamented lead er. Four Captains were killed on the field; one Major and two Captains severe ly wounded. A large number - of Lieu tenants were also wounded and rhiSsing; while the loss of non-com Missioned eons is equally great.
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