UTEST FBI THE WAR.
The Fight at Bull's Ran.
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But 20,000 of the National Forces
in Action..
!)0,000 REBELS IN TIIE FIELD.
Retreat of Gen. McDowell's
Command from Manassas.
Not Over ->OO Killed and Wounded!
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A Panic Among the Teamsters!
COL. CAMERON KILLED !
Reorganization of the Army.
GEN. McCLELLAN IN COMMAND.;
Another Battle in
Missouri.
WASHINGTON, Monday July 22,18G1.
After the latest information was received
from Centreville at 7 1-2 o'clock last night, a
series of events took place in the intensest de
gree disastrous. Many confused statements
are prevalent, but enough is known to war
rant the statement that we have suffered in a j
degree which has cast a gloom over the rem
nants of the army, and excited the deepest
melancholy throughout Washington.
The carnage is tremendously heavy on both '
sides, and ou ours it is represented as fright- 1
fnl. We were advancing and taking their
masked batteries gradually, but surely, and
driving the enemy toward Manassas Junction,
whea the enemy seemed to have been re-en
forced by Gen. Johnston,, who, it is under
stood, took command and immediately com
menced driving ns back, when a panic among
our troops suddenly occurred aud a regular
stampede took place.
It is thought that Gen. McDowell under
took to make a stand at or about Centreville,
but the panic was so fearful that the whole
army became demoralized, and it was impossi
ble to check them, either at Centreville or at
Fairfax Conrt-llou.se.
Gen. McDowell intended to make another
stand at Fairfax Court-House, but our forces
being in full retreat, he could not accomplish
the object.
Beyond Fairfax Court-lloase the retreat
was kept up until the men reached their regu
lar encampments, a portion of whom returned
to them, but a still larger portion coming in
side the intrcncbments.
A large nnmber of the troops in their re
treat fell on the wayside from exhaustion, and
scattered along the route all the way from
Fairfax Court House.
The road from Bull's Run was strewed with
knapsacks, arms, &c. Some of our troops de
liberately threw away their guns and appurte
nances, the better to facilitate their travel.
Gen. McDowell was in the rear of the re
treat, exerting himself to rally his men, but
only with partial effect.
The latter part of the army, it is said, made
their retreat in order.
He was completely exhausted, having slept
but little for three nights. His the
field did not all times reach those for whom
they were intended.
It is supposed that the forces sent out !
against our troops, consisted, according to a
prisoner's statement, of about 30,000 men,
including a large number of cavalry. He
further says that owing to rr-enforcemei I*
from Richmond, Strawsbug and othet points,
the enemy's effective forces was 80,000 men.
The panic was so great that the attempt
tp rally them to a stand at Centerville was
ehtirely in vain. If a firm stand had been
made there, our troops could have been re
enforced and much disaster prevented. Gen.
McDowell was thus foiled in his well arrang
ed plan.
It is supposed all the provision trains be
longing to the United States Government
were saved. Some regimental wagons were
overturned by accident or the wneel came off,
and had therefore to be abandoned. Large
droves of cattle were saved by being driven
back in the advance of the retreat.
An officer just from Virginia (10 : 30) re
ports that the t road from Centerville to the
Potomac is strewed with stragglers. The
troops are resuming the occupation of the
fortifications and intrcncbments on the line
of the Potomac The following is an account
of the inauguration of the panic which has
resulted so disastrously to our troops. It re
ceives unnsua! interest from the subsequent
events :
All onr military operations went swimming
ly on, and Col. Alexander was about erecting
a pontoon across Bull's Run. The enemy were
seemingly in retreat, and their batteries being
unmasked, one after another, when a terrific
consternation broke out among the teamsters
who bad incautiously advanced immediately
after the body of the army, aud lined the War
renton road.
Their consternation was shared in by nu
merous civilians who were on the ground, and
for a time it seemed as if our whole army was
in retreat. Many baggage-wagons were empti
ed, and their horses galloped across the open
fields, all the fences of which were torn down
to allow them a more rapid retreat. For a
time a perfect panic prevailed, which com
mauicated itself to the vicinity of Centreville,
and every available conveyance was seized up
on by agitated civilians. Wounded soldiers
cried on the roadside for assistance, but the
alarm was so great that numbers were passed
by.
Several similar alarms occurred on previous
occasions, when a change of batteries render
ed the retirement of the artillery ou our part
necessary, and it is most probable that the
alarm was owiug to the same fact.
The reserve lorce at Centreville was im
mediately brought up, and marched in double
quick step in the following order :
Col. Einstein's 27th Pennsylvania Regiment
with two guns.
The Garibaldi Guards, aud Colonel Blenk
or's Ist Rifle Regiment, with his batteries, fol
lowed at several miles diatuut by the De Kalb
Regiment?.
When our fcourier left at 4 1 2: o'clock, it
w-ae in the midst of this excitement. Two new
masked batteries had been opened by the Reb
els on the left flunk, and that portion of the
divisiou had its lines broken and demauded
immediate re-enforcement. The. right was in
good order. The battery erected on the hill
side, directly opposite the main battery of the
enemy, was doing 'good execution, and addi
tional guns were being mounted. On his arrival
at Fairfax Court-House, he was overtaken by i
a Government messenger, who reported that
cur army was in full retreat toward Centre
ville. They were followed by less agitated
parties, who stated that the report of the re
treat was owing to the fact that the alarm
among tiie teamsters had communicated itself
to the volunteers, and even in some instances
to the regulars, aud the lines were broken.and
that a retirement of our forces across Bull's
Ruu was rendered neces-ary.
The Rhode Island Battery was taken by
the rebels at the bridge ucross Bull's Run,
where the retreat was cut off. Their horses
were all killed.
It is reported that the Black Horse Cavalry
made an attack on the retreating army, when
the latter turned and fired, killing al! but six
of the assaulting party.
The 71st New York Regiment lost about
half their men.
The following Regiments were engaged in
the fight:
The Ist, 2d and 3d Connecticut Regiments.
The Ist Regiment of Regulars, composed
of the 2d, 3d, and Bth Companies.
Two hundred and fifty Marines.
The Bth and 14th New York Militia.
The Ist and 2d Rhode Islaud.
The 71st New York.
The 2d New Hampshire.
The sth Massachusetts.
The Ist Minnesota.
The Ist Michigan.
The 11th and 38th New York.
The 2d, 4th, aud sth Maine.
The 2d Vermont, besides the several batte
ries.
WASHINGTON, July 21,1861.
A most severe battle was fought to-day at
Bull's Run Bridge. The conflict was desper
ate, lasting over nine hours.
The programme, as stated in the first dis- !
patch from Fairfax Court-House, was carried
out until the troops met with a succession of
masked batteries, which were attacked with
vigor and success after a severe loss of life.
Our troops anvancod as follows :
Colonel Richardson, who distinguished him
self in the previous engagement, proceeded on
the left with four regiments of the Fourth
Brigade to hold the battery on the hill ou the
Warrenton rood, in the vicinity of the place
where the last battle was fought. The flank
movements were described in the first dis
patch :
Schenck's and Sherman's brigades, of Gen.
Tyler's division, advanced by the Warrenton
road, while Cols. Ileiutzelman's and Hunter's
division took the fork of the Warrenton road, i
to move between Ball's Run and Manassas
Junction.
Col. Key's brigade remained at Ccntre
ville.
Information was received by Gen. Tyler's
command of the existence of the enemy's bat
tery, commanding the road. Our troops were j
then formed in battle array.
The 2d New York and Ist Ohio on the
left ; aud the 2d Ohio aud 2d Wisconsin, and
7Oth, 13th, andfi9th Regiments of New York,
on the right. Col. Miles' divisiou followed in |
the rear.
The first range gun was fired by Sherman's
Battery at 10 minutes of seven.
The Rebels did not return his shot until an
hour and a half afterward. When Col. Hun
ter's division came up another battle became
general. Col. Hunter's movement to gain
the rear of the enemy was almost a success. I
The enemy's position was opened on by sever
al of Carlisle's howitzers, followed by slight |
skirmishing. The Rebels rapidly received re
enforcements from Mana-sas Junction after
the attack was opened.
The battle consisted of a succession of fires
from masked batteries, which opened in every
direction, (when one was silenced its place
was supplied by two,) and in the daring
charges of our infantry in unmasking them,
the 2d Ohio and the 2d New York Militia
were marched by flank through the woods by
a new made road, when they came on a bat
tery of eight guns, with four regiments flanked
in the rear.
Our men were immediately ordered to lie
down on either side of the road, in order to
allow two pieces of artillery to pass through
and attack the work, when this battery opened
upon us aud killed, on the third round, Lieut.
Dempsey of Company G. New York 2d, and
Wm. Maxwell, a drummer, and seriously
wonnded several others.
Our troops were kept for 15 or 20 minutes
under a galling fire, they not being able to
exchange shot with the enemy, although with
in a stone's throw of their batteries. They
succeeded in retiring in regular order, and
with their battery.
The most gallant charge of the day was
made by the New York 09th, 79th, and 13th,
who rushed up upon one of the batteries, firing
as they proceeded with perfect eclat, and at
tacking it with the bayonet's point.
I The ye 11 of triumph seemed to carry all be
fore it. They found that the rebels had aban
doned the battery and only taken one gun, but
this success was acquired only after a severo
loss of life, in which the G9th most severely
suffered. And it was reported that Lieut,*
Col. Nugent was among the first killed.
The Zouaves distinguished themselves by
their spirited assaults on the batteries at the
point of the bayonet, but it is feared that their
'■ loss is immense.
Up to the hour of 3 o'clock p. m., it was
generally understood that we had hemmed in
j the enemy entirely, and that they were grad
ually retiring; that Col. Heintzelman's com
maud was meeting with every success, and
that it required but the reserve of Gen. Ty
ler's division to push on to Manassas Juuc
, tioD.
A Mississippi soldier was taken prisoner by
j Hasbrouck of the Wisconsin regimeßt. He
turned oat to be Brigadier (Quartermaster
Pryor, cousin to Roger A. Pryor. He was
captured with his horse, as he by accident
rode into lines. He discovered himself by re
marking to Hasbrouck, " wc are getting badly
cut to pieces." " What regiment do you be
long to ?" asked Hasbronck? "The 19th Mis
sissippi," was the answer. " Then yon are my
prisoner," said Hasbronck. *
1 From the statements of this prisoner it ap
pears that our artiliery has created great havoc
among the rebels, of whom there are from 30,-
' 000 to 40,000 in the field under command of
Gen. Beauregard, while they have a reserve
of the Junction.
He describe* au officer most promiuent in
the light, distinguished from the rest by his
while horse, as Jeff. Davis. He confirms
the previous reports of a regiment of negro
troops in the rebel forces, but says it is difficult
to get them iu pre per discipline iu battle ar
ray. _ <
The position of the enemy extended in three
lines iu the form of a triangle, the apex front
ing the ceuter of our column. The area seems
to have beeu tilled with masked batteries.
At 7 o'clock this evening guns were still
heard firing at short intervals.
The orders to move yesterday evening at G
o'clock were countermanded till early this j
morning ; our troops, meautimc, cutting a road
through the woods in order to flank the enemy's ;
batteries.
The Secretary of War has received a dis
patch that the fighting was renewed at Bull's
Run this morning. Onr troops engaged the 1
enemy with a large force, silenced their bat
teries, aud drove the Secessionists to the Junc
tion.
The city is wild with joy.
The firing was heard in this city to day from
the direction of Bull's Run, from 11 till about
3. There was a cessation till nearly 5, and at
7 this evening the reverberation of canuonwas
still audible.
A gentleman, who arrived to-night, says, at
3 o'clock this afternoon the 2d and 3d New-
Jersey regiments were ordered to march for
ward from Vienna, the Ist sending their bag
gage back to Camp Trenton. Other troops
were hurrying forward to the scene of hostili
ties, and there is much military excitement i
and bustle in the direction of all the camps.
The following is dated Bull's Run, Satur
day evening, half-past 4 o'clock ;
Five or six thousand of the enemy ere seen
retreating in direction of Manassas Junction.
Gens. Tyler, Richardson, Lieut. Col. Porter,
and Major Horton have reconnoitered all day,
and were lired upon by the enemy's pickets.
The Massachusetts Ist, under Col. Cowdin,
Lieut.-Col. Welles, Maj. Chandler, and Lieut.-
Col. Porter, detailed from the Missouri loth, j
are in the advauce. At 1 o'clock Senator
Wilson and Congressman Alley arrived on the
ground, aud were received with great enthu
siasm.
Our pickets aud those of the enemy are
within gunshot of each other.
At this moment t he advance are proceeding
sustained by several batteries, to regain Bull's
Run.
Lieut.-Col. J. J Porter made an effort to
procure the body of Lieut. Smith, of Boston,
but was fired upon by the artillery of the
enemy.
The best estimate we can make of the Rebel
forces around Manassas is about 50,000. The
greatest enthusiasm prevails throughout the
Union ranks.
Report has gained credence among Union
officers that Gen. Johnston has effected a junc
tion of his forces with those ol Gen. Beaure
gard.
We can distinctly see Beanregard's house
two miles distant.
Jefferson Davis is understood to be at Man
assas Junction.
Col. Cowdin's Massachusetts Ist Regiment
were fired ou by rebel pickets several times
last night, as they slept in the road on their
arms.
If the resistance on the part of the rebels
should be in proportion to the attack,a bloody
battle will be the result, such as has never ;
been seen ou this continent.
The destination of Col. MeCnnn's 37th Re
giment has been changed to Manassas June
ion, byway of Alexandria.
ANOTHER BATTLE IN MISSOURI.
JEFFERSON CITY, Thursday, July IS, ISGI.
The mail carrier brings news of a light three
miles this side of Fluton, Calloway County,
between Col. McNeil, with About 600 men,arid
Gen. Harris, with a force estimated at about
1,000. Six Federals and 80 Secessionists were
killed, and 200 rebels taken prisoners. The
rebels were completely routed. Later ar.d
more reliable accounts state that 12 of McNiel's
men were wounded, including a colored body
servant.
Mr. Nichols of Fulton is known to have
been killed on the part of the Rebels. Only
the advance guard of the Federal forces were
in the engagement, and were fired upon from
an ambush. The Rebels then (led, and some
of them were seen afterward quietly at work
I in their fields as though nothing had happen
j ed. Gen. Harris was not in the fight, but was
looking on at a safe distance.
| Liter —An official dispatch from Col
I McNeil states that he had met Harris and had
I defeated him. Our loss is twelve wounded.—
Gen. Harris's force is considerably diminish
ed.
One of the State troops was killed and three
wounded. The State troops were dispersed.
Col. McNeil's command is waiting for re-en
forcements.
Gen. Harris was in Fulton yesterday, but
not in the fight. His men were unmanageable
and left Fulton by every road leading out of
town.
About 700 of the State troops were mount
ed.
The camp at Wood Springs is supposed to
bejbroken up.
Col. McNeil's advance guard was at first at
tacked and fell back on the main body, when
the State troops soon retreated back to Fulton
in great disorder.
Heavy firing is now heard in the direction
of Portland.
LYON, the bold General of the West is de
scribed by a Dubuque Editor as "a man of
35 or 40 years, some five feet eight inches
high, and weighs perhaps one hundred and
forty to fifty pounds. He is wiry in build and
tough looking in appearance. His hair is long
and thick, his whiskers bushy and heavy—
both of indescribable sandy in hue. His eyes
are his most remarkable feature—either blue
or gray, at times perhaps both, a sort of
stormy expression, which is heightened by the
wave like wrinkles around them, dwells con
stantly in them, making him look as if some
thing was constantly going wrong, or different
from his wishes. His forehead is high and of
even width, giving him, when uncovered, an
appearance of great intellectual force, which
is aided by the firm outline of his mouth."
The pope's health is again alarming.
He has an abscess in the leg that effects the
whole body.
During the past six weeks no less than
140 newspapers have suspended publication.
lmporter.
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
TO WANT) A:
Thursday Morning, July 25, 1861.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED.
Lieut. GUYER, of Capt. GORE'S Company, is
now at this place, for the purpose of procuring
volunteers to fill out that Company. Up to
the time of our going to press, twelve men
were yet wanted, persons desiring to enlist
will apply to Lieut. GCYER or at the Post-of
fice.
THE BATTLE AT BULL'S RUN.
We have delayed our paper in order to give
the latest news possible, of the battle that was
fought at Hull's Run on Sunday last. Dis
patches from Washington are, that before
light on Sonday morning our forces advanced
from Centreville towards Pull's Run, in two
columns, under Gen. Tyler and Col. Richard
son ; when near the enemy, Gen. Tyler's di
vision divided, and Gen. Hunter and Colonel
Ileiutzleraan turned off the road to the right,
with the intention of flanking the Rebel posi
tion, and attacking it in the rear. Gen. Tyler
advanced direct, and by six o'clock was in face
of the enemy. During the forenoon our bat- 1
teries played on the enemy with good effect,
but provoked little response. At about noon |
the iufantry engagement was opened by Gen.
Tyler's force, and Gen. Hunter's division be
gan to make itself heard in the distance. The
latter drove the enemy from point to point
with great loss, and their works were taken
from them, one by one, until they held only
two or three. These, however, they held with
damaging effect upon our troops, who still
maintained their ground, and even pressed on. I
Just at this juncture, when everything was ap- j
pareutly going on well for us, aud we were in
a fair way to drive the enemy from his last
hold, an order to retreat on Centreville
was given. The reason for this is not known,
cannot even be conjectured. Rut the order
was given and the retreat commenced.
Then occurred the panic which threw all
things into confusion, and brought disaster up- \
on us. The sudden and noisy movemen of some
baggage wagons started a portion of our army
—the infection of terror spread, and in a mo
ment there was no army, oidy a flying rabble. |
The only thought of the soldiers was for
their own personal safety. What they fled '
from they knew not, and the very vagueness
of their fears added wings to their flight. AH
night long the rout continued. Guns, small
arms, and baggage fell into the enemy's hands,
or rather, were left on the field and along the
way. The Rebels did not pursue in any
great numbers or with any spirit. Colouel
Blenker's-brigade covered the flight, and sus
tained itself nobly, retiring slowly and in per
fect order.
Thus it appears the great disaster was simp
ly and only the effect of a wild panic ; it was
not a defeat. An army will yield to the form
er, while it would stand against any positive
force that could be brought against it. The
panic seized the troops, and they ran ; the
enemy did not pursue.
The losses on our side are by no means so
great as they were at first reported. Each
dispatch reduces the list. It is certain that
not more than 1,000 are killed, and some au
thorities say that not more than 300 have fal
len. The enemy has suffered terribly, beyond
a doubt ; whiie the killing was going on, our
troops had the real advantage, driving the
Rebels before them. It was only when the
fighting was done, and the ridiculous panic
j turned the heads of the men, that they seemed
to waver. Rut what losses we made happen
ed in straightforward and brave fighting, and
will leave honorable scars upon the army roll.
The steadiness and conrage of the National
troops under fire were remarkable. The hot
test blaze of artillery had no other effect upon
them than to excite in them a steadfast,
enthusiastic determination. They have been
hotly tried in the battle, and have not been
fonr.d wanting.
The Rebels numbered in all 90,000. Gen
Johnston appears to have effected a junction
with Beauregard some time during, or very
shortly before, the battle. Not more thau
20,000 or 22,000 of the National troops were
engaged in the affair, and not all of these at
any one time. Jeff. Davis, Lee, Beauregard,
and Johnston were in command with the Reb
els. Every advantage was theirs, and yet,
so closely did they cling to their iutrcnchment
and sheltering woods, that they did not even
follow np a panic-stricken army when victory
was offered to them without price.
Gen. McClellan is to be put in command of
the army on the Potomac, and reorganization,
re-enforcements, and refreshment will prepare
the way for a new start upon the road to
ward Richmond.
Col. Cameron, brother of the Secrelarv of
War waf killed.
CAVAI.RY WANTED. —We understand from
a reliable source, that a requisition will be
made npon the Governor of this State, by the
United States Government, for a regiment of
cavalry. The United States will furnish hor
ses and all the equipments. Here is a nice
chance for those disposed to eßter the most de
sirable part of the service.
Some of the Bombs fired by the fed
eral troops were found filled with sawdust ;
but the rebels have some of the same kind.—
One fired from the rifle cannon at Big Bethel
was sent to the United States arsenal, at
Troy, where it was found to be filled with
rice. There must be a little treachery on
both sides.
AGES OK THE GENERALS. —Lientenant-
General Scott is seventy-five years old ; Gen
eral Wool is seven'y three ; Harney, sixty
five ; Mansfield, sixty ; Totten, (head of the
Engineer corp*,) eighty ; Thayer, (Engineers,)
eighty ; Crag, (head of the Ordnance De
partment,) seventy six ; Ripley, f Ordnance,)
seventy ; Sumner, sixty five , Larut-d, fl a)
master Geuerul,) seventy ; Gibson, Commis
sary General, Churchill, Inspector-General,
and Thomas, Adjutant-General, are all old
men, having entered the nrmy in the beginning
of the present century —Gibson in 1808, and
Churchill in 1812. General McClelland is
not yet thirty-five ; General Fremont is under
forty-eight ; General Lyon is about 44 ; Gen.
Butler is 43 ; General Bank is 44, and Gen.
McDowell is about 40.
A DESERVED COMPLIMENT. —The Honso of
Representatives, on the 16th passed, by a
unanimous vote, a resolution tbauking Major
General George B. McClellan, aud the officers
and men under his command, for the brilliant
victories they have recently achieved in West
ern Virginia. We are rejoiced that Congress
has thus given an official expression to the
feeling of admiration and gratitude which pre
vades the loyal citizens of our whole coun
try.
ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL MILL —John C.
Ileenan has challenged Mace, Hurst, King,
or any other man in England, for the sum of
$lO,OOO. If he goes to England he wants his
expenses paid, and is willing to do as much
for his opponent should lie come to Canada.
Australian Kelly lias sent a challenge to Eug- I
land, offering to match a 100 pound man of
New York city against any similar bit of i
flesh in the old country. It is quite likely
that both challenges will be accepted together
and the fights take place on the same day. Iu
the meantime, there is great excitement iu
New York, and it is said that already $25 ,
000 have been subscribed to back Hecnan in
case his offer should receive attention ou the
other side.
Mr.. JOHN ME:.RYMAN, who was arrested
by General Cadwallader arid confined in Fort
M'Henry under the charge of treason, was
handed over to the civil authorities on Sat- !
urday last, when he was released by the Uni
ted States Court on bail in the sum of $40,000 1
to answer the charge iu November next.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. —About focr
o'clock yesterday, A. M., the Night Express
on the Elmira and Williamsport Railroad,met
with a startling accident at a bridge near a ;
point called " Dunning'*," some nine miles !
south of Elmira There was a large pond in '
the immediate vicinity of the bridge, and an
unusually heavy rain had caused it to over
flow the dam. The stream iiad undermined an
embankment, and a portion of one of the
piers which supported the structure, and when
the train—which was moving at the rate of 1
twenty-five or thirty miles an hour—struck
the bridge, the latter gave way, precipitating
the engine, lender and baggage car, into the ■
stream—the passenger car being effectually '
stopped by the other carriages, and remain- j
iiur on the track, though badly demolished.— |
There was a iarge number of passengers iu i
the rear car, but strange to say, none of them
were injured, although the seats were literally j
torn in pieces. Only two persons were killed, I
WILLIAM KUNTZ, fireman, and a young in in >
whose name hud not been ascertained at the !
time of obtaining our particulars. He was
undoubtedly some friend of the engineer, who .
had kindly allowed him to ride upon the en- |
gine. Both these unfortuuuffc men w, re kill d
instantly. The engineer, GEORGE STKCGEK,
was seriously hurt—being badly cut up about
the head and shoulders, and otherwise bruised
and maimed—but was not thought to be dan
gerously injured. With ordinary care and
attention it i- confidently believed that he
will recover. He has a wife and family, we
learned, residing at Williamsport. The fire
man also resided in that village. The only
man injured, beside those already mentioned,
was the baggage master, (PATRICK LEARY,)
who was found in the wreck of the baggage
car, beneath a heavy pile of trunks, and other
articles, llis escape is miraculous. The car in
which he was found had struck the tender,the
force of the collision throwing the former into
air sufficiently high to allow the passenger
cars to run under, and falling upon the latter
to the imminent peril of the passengers. The
only wonder is that two thirds of those on the
train were not instantly killed by the disaster
Workmen was at once dispatched to the
scene of the disaster, to open the routo for
trains. The engine, tender, and baggage car.
were described as complete wrecks, while the
passenger car is in but little better condition.
—Elmira Press, Juli) Ith.
jgyThe Owego (Inzetlcof Thursday, has
the following extract from a letter dated For
tress Monroe, July 7th. " 1 was looking out
of the window of my room last night. I saw
many of the boys congregated together. I
heard them make use of various expressions,
such as " it is awful," " it is dreadful," aud the
like. I soon learned that the drummer of
Capt. Butler's company had been shot by one
of his own friends aud company. The partic
ulars of the melancholy affair was as follows :
" The drummer was very sickly and on that
account he had rectived a discharge from the
Surgeon. lie went to the Fort yesterday
iflorning in order to be in time for the steam
er, which, he supposed, sailed in the afternoon
—but, as no steamer sailed yesterday, he re
turned back to camp to spend one more day
with his companions. He stood conversing
with two or three of tliern, when one of them
in play drew up his rifle and shot hiin through
the heart. The poor fellow fell backwards,
and a few gurgling or gutteral sounds is all
that was heard. The one that had shot him
had removed the cap from the tube of bis ri
fle, but some of the prucussion powder with
which the caps art- lined, covered the tube, and
when he pulled the trigger ot his rifle it flash
ed and communicated to the powder, and the
charge of the rifle passed through his heart.
The body of the young man was then brought
and laid upon the steps of the hospital, and tlib
blood washed from it ; and it was then wrap
ped in a white linen sheet and an India Rub
ber blanket laid over. I learn he was the on
ly son of a widowed mother. Deep, indeed,
must be the anguish cf that poor mother's
heart upou learning the fate of her only SOD."
The Pleasure of Life at Fort
.
\ ork 1 ribtme writes : e -'ft
There is no doobt about it, Fort I>
a dreary p||ce. It has all 'the eLt *
discomfort and not a solitary attr.
The island on which it is located is
every bit of it. Not a grain ot COTD
blade of grass will grow on it nothin" * '
etable, not eveu a th.istie. Net ai j ,(: ?-
could live ou the native productioa
t soil, excepting, perhaps, the ho- £
they say, eats rattlesnakes. I> : g down
the earth us deep as ycu please, a,„i v "
sand. Let the wind blow, and jour"* ll
and ears, your nostrils and the Tacnii!,?*
your teeth are filled with sand T 4 t
evening promenade 011 the ramparts, or' '•
teu rods on the beach, and your hoot s
your stockings, even unto your toe nail/l''
filled with sand. You can not escape f"'
this into the water for a ten minute's b°*
without running the risk of being derouredt!
sharks. If it is calm, the air is
with fever and alive with ticks Toe*-,
the burning bot sun, go into the damp
mates and acquire rh'eamatism. Wlieth*
rains or shine." you have Hies by day and a '
quetoes by night—fleas all the time f
is only one species of the animulcule
which does not prevail here, namely, bedo'n
and this is a deficiency which can easily
provided for.
The heat is intense and almost intolerah'.
It scorches the few tufts of grass that asp,,,
to grow on the desert soil, and bakes ;.
moistened sand as solid as a brick It ,
steady and persistent. It continues alld,,
long and all night, and thereby gains accua
lative force, and adds to its next day's ii,t.
sity. If you put a mu-quetc e bar over ■>
you roast —if you don't do it you are pestered
with Hies, bitten by musquetoes, become tcr.
vous and irritable, and swear like a stagedri
ver—unless you are pious. It is my
that you would swear anyhow.
Besides ull this the water is bad. Xobodr
can wash in it without adding the fragra:,.,
of eau tie colog>v. t or drink it without fir#
disguising its flavor with otto or whisky.
THE MAN WITH A SNAKE IN HIS HAT.— Dr.
Dixon in his New York Monthly Scalpel it#*
that a gentleman of the highest veracity >
lated to him the following snake story,
beats anyth ng we have read lately :
" Going into a very pubiic ordinary ford*
ner he was surprised to observe the extract-,
with which a gentleman, whe took the seato>
posite to him, took off his hat. lie turun
iiis head as nearly upside down as wssib.
without breaking bis neck ; then placing
hand over the inside of his hat, lie again
ed it, and received its carefully guarded
tents, concealed by a pocket h and kerchief
bis baud, then gently laying the back of
hand on the cushion, he slid the hut and /;< H
contents off and commenced dinne-. Tuev.-H
tention ot my friend was irresistably directed
toward the hat, and his surprise greatly it
creased, the reader may well imagine, on un
served the head of a sizable snake thrust out
and looking sharply about him. Tne zf-ntle
man perceiving the discovery addressed him—
My dear sir, I was in hopes to have dinei
alone, and not to have annoyed any one witii
my poor pet. Allow me to explain : He ;i
perfectly harmless,only a common black snake
I was advised to entry him on my head for
rheumatism ; I have done so for a few weeks
and 1 am cured—positively cured ot a most
agonizing malady. I dare not yet part vit.H
him ; the memory of my suffering is too viti:H
all tnay care is to avoid discovery, and tr-.H
mv pet as well as possible in his irksome r.fl
fiuement. I feed him on ra Ik and eggs, ufl
he does not setn to suff. r. Pardon me
the annoyance—you have my story. Iff
true. lam thankful to the informant forH
cure, and to you for your courtesy it.
leaving your dinner disgusted. H
tSyTbe Lord lie praised for rndowin; I
man in tli s fa>t. bustling a-e, wiih tbeianiH
[ot silence and patience. Even the lloaericM
dove i" not more sublime then Gen S-?t i
"his hour, calmly gathering hi> thunderbolts
Said a gentleman to him the other dsj
; ' General, the people are impatient for results.
' Yes sir, 1 know it,' he replied, 'but they ex
pect successful results. War is ro/prafessioa;
L have made it the study of n life, and 1 am
I now too old to learn. War, sir,requires money
; men, time, and patienu. And, with emphasis,
j ' President Lincoln has assured nio that I sad
! /tare alll/tcse.' Then, more playtully, lie ctrc
tinucd, ' To march an army and then relttH
consumes shoe leather, and that, for the bofl
of men under my charge, is an important Ml
— Boston It atchnnn and 11/jkd*
iirto awrrUircnts.
Sr. V. dL S. RAIL ROAD.
CHAXGEnf time commencin.tr Thursday, .Inly I! ■*
Trains will leave Waverly at about tbc to.-"!
I hours, viz :
WESTWARD norxn. EASTWARD aorta
j Dunkirk Express..4.3S P.M V. York Express 9.5'U
Nigbt Express 3.16 A.M. Night Express. .11-1 *
1 Mail 7AS P.M. Steamboat F.xpr's < *
Accommodation.. .9.35 A M < ineinnati Kxpr's 4?
Express Freight.. .5.33 P.M. Fast Freight ,
; l-'.isl Freight 7.17 A.M. Way Freight SH*'*
Way Freight 9in A.M., " .
The Express Freight, Fast Freight CinrinMt"
' prt-ss, and Fast Freight (going East and Wcst,)nw'*J
; day. The Night Express, Sundays,runs only tot® 9
j Ttie Mail train remains over night at Elmira.
C U .VS. MI NOT. QenlSg*
1? II ESI I FIGS, PRUNES, KAISINj
-L l>ates, Tamarinds, Oranges, Lemons, and at
UXIRACTS FOR FLAYOIUM. ■'
j -Li the liest marks, much cheaper than usual,'
Towanda, Jane 36,1861. i!_ --
ADM INI ST lIA TOR'S N UTK'K -> ;] I
is hereliy given, that all persons indebted 1 lf) I
tateof JOHN ESPY, dee d., late fS : ' . ... ■
are hereby requested to make payment I
and nil persons having demands against -aol
present them duly authenticated for :non '- rV B
1 J EDWAItIO. ■
MABYJ. ISl'l. B
July 24.1861. ■
4 DMINISTRATORSNOTICE \
JL\. is hereby given, that all persons indebted ■
tate of C'H AREES PHU.LIPS, dee'd.. I.ate -d >P- ■ ■
are hereby requested to make payment ,uI J(
and all persons having demands against >aid e
present them duly authenticated t--r , tps
JAMES IU'HILIAr\ m
July 34,1661.
ADMINISTRATORS NGTB k \ I
is hereby given, that all personsindebU • M
tate of JAMES CUDDEBACK. dee'd.. Uu- ■
are hereby requested to make payni ot • —,# I
and all persons having demands against sat
preseut them duly authenticated for s- jt lew
ABRAHAM Js
July 24,1861. ■
Bill I)GE LETTIXG .-Sealed P r ■
will be received upon the ? ron 'l'.l f n , o,w|) 0 ,w|) iku
E. F. Barnes, in Rome township, on 1 Hi's H
day of AUGUST, IH6I. until 2 'cl.-k. i • JJ
building and completing of a bridge aero" , ~, * -
uf Wysox Creek, near that place. >P -
the same mav be seen at said Barnes, a H
missiouer's Office, for six days H
w.ii. n- h s*
Commissioner's Office. July -C l^ l '