OFFICIAL PAPER OF T:s.
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MONDAY MORNING,...
The Last Speech of Stephen A. Douglas.
In the speech made by Stephen A.
Dougis at Chicago, May Ist, he used
adt4Mbiet and memorable words :
k awkserikunitiNpciral titheritta party organizes'
-- tbeirt4idstAltewon - The altar of -his errantry does
eioltde istppori amid , cbuntenanee of, honest
pettple.Now are ms to overcome partizan antipathies
in the minds of men of all parties so as to present a
front in support of our country? WS nnuit
canal disahting party issues, make no allusions to &xi
party tats,,have no ariminations and reeritninations;
indulge in no taunts one against the other, as to who
- has been tie cause of these troub'es.
"When we shall have rescued the Gem:rum:sit and
casusittifrens its perils, and seen its Jlag floating in
leiumpiceeer every tech of American soil, it will then
be time enough to inquire as to who and That has
brought, these keublesuptetms... When we shall have a
eountryand a Government for our children to live in
„pemedatid happiness, it will be time for each of us to
Wary to sterparty banners according to our own
canitet r ieietiesiright and duty. Let him be marked as
sio:Oe . ,Pteiot who will not abandoin all such issues in
ilmar Ike
TQ B .„:1010111ffinearsa) AS BEL-
Sb * r. ERENTS.
Annul ; our present struggle for nit
_ tonal integrity and unity, is as just as
any ever'inatituted in the prostration of
rebellion, we begin to see that those who
Lave control of it, upon our aide are not
equal for the emergency—a wavering of
purpose seems visible in high places,
which seems as if our rulers were lost in
the contemplation of the undertaking,
Thelnttli and we arc , all, with all our
wisdom, beginning to appreciate it ; the
most sagartious 4t . us, three months ago,
knew_ nothing of what we talked about
so flippantly. We had no idea whatever
of the •dtzration, the desolating cense
quences,of a civil war, carried on for but
three months, in a country like this,
and even now we have no adequate com
prehension of what it will be if another
springreturns and sees it still unfinished.
But how could we, the multitude know
much, when the best informed were far
at fault. The distinguished Premier of
tliepreaent Administration, a gentlen an
of rare attainments, and wonderful sub
tlety, assured the ciuzens of Now York
city, only a few days prior to his taking
hisseat in the present cabinet, that the
rumbling.of the then distant thunder of
rebellion, was but a passing spasm, and
that In "sixty days" all would be peace,
contentment and repose. The President
himselgafter exchanging views with men
from every section of the Union, delib
erately told the villagers of Springfield
that, the present commotion was "merely
fictitious,", and the good, cozy man la
bored under that pleasing delusion, un
til &eta, stubborn and naked, changed
his opinion. I low then could the million
hive any , just conception of the ap
proaching trouble, when the captain and
pilot both cried out "all's right and
welL"
After the inauguration of the Admin
istration the President and the conser
vative men under him, did endeavor to
prove their predictions, of no danger,
true. They could not hold out, how.
ever, against fanaticism and folly. The
bloody teachings of "an irrepressible
conflict" were to be put in practice, and
the practical illustration of the relative
power of the two sections tested to the
very death, Since the commencement
*Abolitionism has had control. They
are more responsible for the unanimity
of the South in this rebellion than
Taney and.all his crew. Their violence
Atid_hatred of everything Southern drew
Alex. 11. Stephens, and others like him,
into the rebellion ; it was their criminal
thirst for blood that hastened Scott to
lose our first great battle, and it will be
their infamous counsel which will retard
everything calculated to secure a lasting
peace.
We are anticipating, however; we
meant to direct attention to the folloW
ing extract from the special Washington
correspondent of the New York World ,
-
paper` believed to be the mouthpiece
of the conservative wing of the cabinet.
It kloks like a feeler, and as if the South
ern rebellion will be acknowledged by
our government ea belligerent.
A sentiment in favor of Abe recognition.
of the rebels as belligerents is gaining
ground among leading men at the capital.
The opinions of some On this subject have.
been changed by contingencies, resulting
from the Capture of so many federal troops
andillietkat Bull Run.
u-Cindhit acknowledges the right of,
ther'setitherkiers to claim the attitudeOn
claterhiAlutt theirprivateeramen are any
better than pirates, their generals entitled
to be addressed ais Rich,- or their pseudo
goveri*liiworthy to enter Into con:mini
nication wit h the administration it seeks to
overthrow
But it Is urged that , from 'military ne
cessity and for Military convenience we
must` recognizethorn, under protest, as
belligerents, and then- 1E414p them.
Our short experience hoe already shown
the difficulties opposing any other course;
that where enem itx3, though rebels, muster
armies which can be counted by tens of
thousands, 'they command for themselves
by Might, if not by right, any equal ad.
vantage which the formalities of modern
warfare :inure 'to' contending parties.—
People say that it if is beneath the dignity
of government to send flags of truce to in,
attigents, our pride has a sadder fall in the
q,u44 Intercourse which .has been Impi_pp
suice,,ihellst of July; that, if we addicts
Beaftetigird 'or Johnston at we must
gl*them-itheir rebel titles; that Johnston,
, spaftl i mfiblig his •cause; 'was consistent
fiiii,Mtujoisoticsa masmge,inteaded for
hiM:isaitdaressed'"TO whom it may con-
OPlA:oolVllleatirgp - AdL , Was *gully con..
iiielentiedetairdrig — ilitrris and liiagraw;
thiWnothanging the crews of the Sa
vs4aii and Petrel at fhe 'yard-arm or
ang:.them to instant' - triel and death,
Pady halflecognized the valid..
- . , ist4t4belletherns.letterstcif-mmvie; that
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10 captured by.
#itlai or, look'
course which manly and huluane policy
should dictate in this serious and trouble.,
some
tatad itt pp ob in fitvorof. recogni
tion-of the rebels as belliger gaining
every day among i al Unionists in
Washington ey say that a great got , .
ernmAzitraffvays maims itself.-ridiculous in
theoretically ignogitg tvliAlt is forded to
practically, ackno*ledge; ;mat no k middle
,.ungantise ma England
dig Filince"Atin never be exiected to con•
hider ran at: pirates' whorC'ive are afrid to
Hang. •
4 ' The Ntitv YorlerEferaidekciaays:
In the present case thd -- disadvantage of
refusing to exchange is clearly on our side.
If our government hang as traitors or pri
vateers the prisoners they hold, the South.
ern Confederacy may retaliate and hang
ten for every one. The prisoners held by
the. United States_are few; the Confederate
States have' a large number. Until the ac
tion of our government became decided in
reference to the privateers, the Confederate
government gave the prisoneers they had
taken from us every indulgence. Now
they hold, them in close confinement. The
effect on enlistment will be exceedingly
bad. Theusands will shrink from engaging
in a war in which, if they are.taken pris
oners, they are liable to be banged; and if
, they are already enlisted the reflection that
they may meet so ignominious fate is not
likely to add to their coolness or courage
on the day of battle- It.. cannot improve
the Union cause or contribute to the sac
, was of our arms to signalize the war by
needless cruelties or revive the barbarities
of less enlightened times.
We publish the foregoing without
further comment, more than to remind
the Democracy that, no matter what ar
rangements are made, either for the
prosecution, or the suspension of hostili
ties,the faithful pen of history will record
the fact, of a great party, generally domi
nant in the country, rushing to the pro
tection of their Government, even when
administered by those whose counsels
brought our troubles about. Let parti
zans sneer at it, if they will; but it is a
sublime spectacle to see the Democracy
of the country fighting the battles of an
Administration which they had opposed,
and whose political tenets they hold re
sponsible for much of the mischief which
afflicts us. Let corrupt men grow bloated
with the plunder war furnishes ; let
speculators, contractors and camp-fol
lowers watch for pelf, "the pickings and
stealings" of the camp; let the sneaking
sharper, who swatches the soldier's par
roll, cry out for the suspension or pacifi
cation of the war, t he Democracy of the
country will cling to their Government,
and either conquer an honorable peace,
or fame as lasting from "a well fought
war."
The New York press will not be robbed
of their right to furnish the very latest
sensation war items. When they cannot
be procured froni friend it appears to be
a very easy matter r to get them from
enemies. How they do it is no mystery
to newspaper men, but we are not
obliged to enlighten the public, who
must have the news. We give the fol
lowing extracts as examples. They may
be relied on as correct as they appeared
in the New York Heidi of Saturday :
THE ATTACK UPON WASHINGTON.
Numberless incidents, insignitiosht in
themselves, but quite full of sighiticance
when grouped together, tend to show that
the rebels are upon the eve of attacking
cur lines. There is much speculation on
tho subject What is occurring upon our
side we have neither the privilege nor the
disposition to memtion, but may speak
freely of the movements of the rebels.—
Last night it was discovered that the rebel
lines bad been advanced in all directions
towards the Potomac. Their force at
Fairfax Court House has been largely in
creased. Heavy forces have been thrown
out on all the roads. A large body is pro.
ceeding towards the Point of Rocks. Their
scouting parties are in the immediate
vicinity of our lines along the whole ex,'
tent of the Potomac. About noon to-day
the rebels in Baltimore received intelli
gence that the rebels were then marching
upon Washington, and the information
was published in an extra. It is thought
that they were only a little premature in
announcing what they had been informed
was intended to be done. Oar doctors here
disagree about the matter. General Scott
does not think the attack will be made, but
General MoCiellan,who was a classmate of
Beauregard's and is familiar with his mode
of combination, is well convinced that he
will make an attack upon some point On
the Potomac. The relative condition of
the rebel army and our own makes it, in
the estimation of many military silvans- a
military necessity. It is said the rebels
have nearly one hundred thousand men
between here and Richmond. They have
not the means to provide for this immense
Briny. They are conscious that, under the
discreet managementof General McClellan,
our army is here becoming, day after day,
more formidable in numbers and discipline,
and our works more nearly impregnable,
while their own forces are getting more
disorganized and demoralized by delay and
the poor prospect of provision for their
comfort or maintenance. It is evident that
they must soon fight or disband. They
cannot afford to wait for the result of Gen.
Scott's plan of starving them out or Gen.
McClellan's programme to have the army
'perfectly disciplined and prepared before
he begins to advance. They Must'either
fight now or submit to the mortification of
witnessing their army melt away ,from the
sheer fcirce of necessity without' another
blow being struck. That an attack will be
made within a very short time is generally
conceded, but whether it will be an attack
'directly upon Washington or an invasion.
of. Maryland cannot be determined. 7t is
possible that a feint may be made against
our fortifications tere,witife the main body
of the rebels attempt to ;lasi into Mares
land at some point further up the river er
it may be that the feint will be made tiers
with a view of drawing our forces from
this point, and then make the main attack
here. But no apprehensions are felt here.
It is known that the untiring vigilance of
General McClellan has made preparation
for a repulse of the attack, at whatever
point it shall be made.
MEETING OF THE CABINET.
To day the President and Cabinet held
one of the longest and most secret meetings
since the war commenced. It is under.
stood that it had reference to the supposed
attack upon Washington, and I learn from
high authority that the greatest confidence
exists that if the rebels strike the blow so.
cession will end.
THEIRLOW WEED AND THE CABINET -THE
VANDNRBILT BTRA,VERB,
Thurlow Weed's denunciation of the
Oitbil/d, in view orwhat is known of his
transactions here since the war began, in
duces many gentlemen to smile, to say the
least.
The Navy Department refuses to pur:
chase Vanderbilt's steamers. had this
anything to do with Mr. Weed's present
course?
ANOTR BuieAi:mm-1U President
has appoinied General J. W. Denver, of
alifornia, to a Brigadier Generalship.-
- This selection is understood to have been
made without Gen. D.'s solicitation or
knowlidge, on the representation of Sena
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SENSATION WAR ITEMS.
For The Post
hta. have, in common with many
MarlaltljintletPtitingtifietr4tioni ,
paper. The course marked out by the Pb t, and,
Yet me add, by the Dispatch, have filled every true
lover of our country with a just sense
of pride and satisfaction, that men Can use above
the narrow limits cf mere patio have equal
Justice done to all classee.the rottand
.Dispat rJ,, and any cthcr indee dpar%
remembered with gratitusk by Woe o pater t
the werare and true happilr,esAr etieglottifus
nation and hold it naramon* to*trtyoe4r.s.
They will turn with manly iijideiiAhefietali3tism
of those who can and will — Walk 'the
,!INto chains
mid monster spir.t of effic4 hunting', and now
when the whole land is being deluged with blood>
why, in the name of purity, will we distract the
peace of home by "stick to the ticket?" Wiry
should there be any political distinction at a time
when we are all united and engaged In the holy
and manly struggle of defending the Union of the
States and preierving the constitution made and
entered into by the best and purest of Americana?
We are under one flag—the glorious old banner
that has bray.! - d the battle and the storm for more
than seventy years—and will it now he sa'.l that
- division for the sake of office divide and
distract the people. The people themselves take
the matter into their own keeping. When this la
done, political hacks band in vain. Offices
were not made for tie select few, but for the
benefit of all ; and let U 3 take warning from the
corr.:et teachings of the immortal statenran,
CLAY, who, in one of his pnxicipaltpeeches in the
Senate chamher, denounced pa rr y; and it that
true and devoted friend of his country has one
admirer left, that man Will speak out as did the
orator of the West; he who loved his whole
country above all price, and " would prefer being
right than Fassmatr." No Repullican Ocmmittee
of petty huckstering politicians dare dictate to the
leader of the old Whig party. It was something
at that time to bo • Whig, when it could name in
its ranks such men as Adana, Webster, Tal:madge
and the dashing and brilliant Clay, alio never had
a superior. Here is what he said as regards party,
and it will apply with peculiar tome to the present
above all other times :
"I call upon the honorable Senator from Alabama,
(King) with whom I have so long striven is the
public councils, k liculder io shoulder, bearing up
the honor and the glory of this great people, to
come now to their rescue, I call upon all - the
Senators' Let us bury deep and forever the
character of the partisan. Rite up, patriots and
statesmen. Break the vile chains of party ; throw
the fragments to the winds, and feel the proud
satisfaction that we have made but a mail sacrifice
to the paramount obligations which we owe our
common country."
This is the language of an eminent Amer:can—
not your miserable demagogue who frets about
office and would sink the country to place" Dick,"
"Harry," "Jack," or "Tom," cr some other political
mendicant, in ',Lea, not to servo the c..untry, but
self, The voters are all-posrerful, and will, if not
mistaken, teach oftice-i , aggars that they can
dispense with their c thee as inlermeildling.
'1 he country reople, who have not the time, nor
indeed the inclination, to roam abroad hunting
place, will thank you, tdr. Edit 3r, and the Dispatek,
fir your unmasking of the political batteries of the
"Old Gazelts." We desire party spirit to behushed
in eternal silence during this desolating and
destructive war on the institutions of your land--
by that means we can get clear of tt e faction who
fatten at the public crib, to
W and about the Com
HMI- Expel themes Brennns and his hose was
from Roix.e, and we will be safe in
T^W N AFC, rOUNTiti„
Punishment of the 1 uhuhJi a tuatte.
The Tribune of Friday has the foliov ing
from its Washington correspondent:
The following is almost literally I.6rtions
of the order read to the 79th ItPgimen t yes
torday
"The General Commanding has heard
with the deepest pain of the acts of insnb•
ordination on the part of the 79th Uegi
mont. Without attempting to enter into
a discussion of the causes, it is sufficient to
'say that they are frivolous and groundless.
"That these acts have thrown disgrace
upon the regiment and the service, and to
king pla,u at this time, they give rise to
the strongest suspicions of the most abject
cowardice. The regiment have forced upon
llei Commanding-General an issue will
he is prepared to meet. The men are ors
durod to lay down their arms and return to
duty. All those, relusirg to do so will be
tired upon immediately. if they
with the order the ringleaders only wit be
punished.
"The colors of the regiment are liken
from them, and will be returned only when
their conduct in camp shall have proved
that they understand the first dot, of a
soldier--obedionce; and when, on the field
of battle they shall have proved their
bravery. The names of the leaders in this
revolt will beseat to the Governor of New.
York to be placed in the archives of th:.
State. A general Court Martial will be'
held forthwith."
A general court intrtiil was convened
to-day, consisting of the following officerr
Gen. Geo. A. McCall, Gen. Rufus King,
Gen. N. D. Cough, Col. R T. Taylor, 2Sd
New York; Col. H. Whiting, 2d 'Ver
mont; Col. D. B Sickles, Ist Regiment
Excelsior Brigade; 001. S. G. Simmons,
bth Pennsylvania; Col. Frank Wheaton,
2d Rhode Island Regiment; Col. Charles
Doyens, 16th Massachusetts; Lieut. Col.
Wm. Dwight, Ist Regiment Excelsior
Brigade; Lieut. Cot. B. N. Hyde, 8d Ver
mont; Capt. Henry J. Riddle, Assistant'
Adjutant General of U. S. Volunteers is
Judge Advocate.
The court martial adjourned till to-mor t
row, when charges against the mottose.
of the 70th will be preferred. It may also
investigate the case of the 2d Maine Ink.
invent.. It is believed that ton of the 79th
ringleaders will be sentenced to be shot.
It is said by well informed persons that
several resigned officers increased the'
trouble in the' regiment by distributing
liquor among the soldiers. Numbers of
the 79th are reported to have left tchttO
citizens' clothes.
The 2d Maine Regiment, which hu been
somewhatilnsubordinate, is now cheerfully
on daty,,
The sisWiix mutinous members of -the
2d Maine Regiment are now on beard`the
Powhattan. They are not permitted to
have intercourse with any person, even
their own officers, but arc not in close con.
fuaemont.
General McDowell has ordered a court.
martial in case of Col. MeCoin against
whom charges have been preferred by
.Provost.M.artial Porter. Col. idoc an n,
being fn the city one night, was questioned
by the Provost Guard, and defied Orem,
but was subsequently arrested. This dis
respect to the Guard forms thegisi of the
charges against him.
CAMPS OF INSTRUCTION.-40amps
of rendezvous and instruction for volun
teers will be established at or in the
vicininy of New York, Harrisburg,
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and other con
venient places, under charge of officers
of the regular service, to facilitate the
recruits of the volunteer regiments.—
Officers recruiting, therefore, are author
ized to muster their men into service as
enrolled. As soon as they are mustered
the men will be sent, with the descrip.
Live list, to the camps of rendezvous,: at
which place the oath of allegiance will
be duly administered by a civil magis
trate or an officer of the regular army.
The cost 'of transportation from the
place of muster Willtor paid by the
. • ,
quartermaster at Ore- ;, Mat ter, station.
When the orgauizatiOn (regiments ac
cepted, to be raised wi in a 'specified
time, is not completed. the expiration
of that period, ths, oo - 'patsies and de
tachments thereetili 4 . y mustered into
service will Wiliam= ' to assigned to
other regimeiti at idetentre of the
Wor-Departmeak, '
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dasuim s."
The Law of Blockade and Neutrale. ,
„THE BATTLE AT BULL RUN • ,
-1--- - 4-ei l imoLkockadometbstes , only- *1 -
two independent nations at war with THE FIRST MINNESOTA REGI
one another and nations at peace with MENT IN ACTION.
Offic'el of Col. Go to Acting
both the belligerents and is inaPP/ißi
f BriglidierEeenerelarranklin.
ble to a recognized nation when a i)C l 6; f t: 4 9"; -
irsimuliana, July 24U:13881.f
. ENADQUARZER3VaI , 4IBeiSeOT ,A, REG 9",
• ,, tia6 ; of.ite to tort or people**: in lo
;-;
eOl. .F'ran/din, Command* First Brigade
the Ottb otievAt ao‘st anthoritY•
inbl j ouitials Seem fa consider Col. Heidtzelnuzn's Division, N.
iV'es Willett:6 of right for ))gland or g inia '
France to enter and trade with any of
the southern ports within the sta.es in
revolt, provided they can steal in olihe
blockade be inefficient.
As a matter of sovereign right fie
government of the United States nit 4
open as many of her ports to the trade
of foreign nations as she deems for het
interest, and keep as many closed, any
no other nationality has aright to ouo
tion her conduct.
As it is now understood, the ports of
all the revolted states are closed, and
are no longer ports of entry of the Uni.
ted States. These ports are, then, in
the same condition as other poits unrec
ognized by law in the Eithleß which
have not revolted.
Supposing/Congress had included,
in the law closing the southern ports,
all the ports of Natisachusetts, New
Hampshire, and wino, could England
and France claim that, unless an effeti
tive blockade Was maintained as to
them, their trade could not be prohibi
ted, and that States at peace should be
treated as belligerents ?
Every independent nation has an un
restricted right to institute its own rev
enue laws, and for that purpose may
open such ports of its own to foreign or
domestic trade as it may think its inter
ests require, and any violation of its reg
ulations, either by its own citizens or
those of foreign nations, by introducing
goods and opening and currying on
trade with unauthorized ports or terri
tories, is smuggling, and may be pun
ished as Buell.
Thus it appears that the naval force
the United States has employed along
the coast is not a blockade, but a coast
guard to prevent smuggling and the
violation of the United States revenue
laws, and to crush out Jeff. Davis' ac
credited piracy.
It is also true, and it follows as a cor
ollary from what has been said, that
neither England nor France has ts right
under the sanction of international law,
at present to treat the government of
the [Jutted States and the so-called Con
federate States as belligerents, and
themselves assume the position of neu
trals; and that if either of them enter
any of the prohibited ports under such
pretence, they place themselves in the
condition of a nation of smugglers, and
select this illicit commerce to the
sciinre and condemnation of the vessels
entagesl in it,with their cargoes. Eng
lasi and France will probably hesitate
lei% before they take a stand so hostile
to us and as utterly at variance with jus
gee and every principle of international
jaw. And it is hardly conceivable that,
until the commercial nations of the
world are prepared either to occupy the
gromd of open and undisguised hostil
to the United States or to openly and
umenditionally recognize the indepen
dent nationality of the Confederate
States, they will disregard and defy our
laws closing the southern ports of entry.
-.New York World.
A Strange Afliair.
A letter from on board the United
&ate!' steamer Wabash, of a late date,
liarrates a curious circumstance. The
Wabash, it will be recollected, is the
!Petrel assigned to blockade Charleston
.har . bor. The writer says :
"Strange things have happened here
of late. Some days since Her Britten
nie Majesty's :gun-boat Racer (screw)
came alongside, and her captain board
ed us, conferred with Capt. Mercer, and
in about half an hour returned to his
ship and went away, apparently standing
further down the coast. Shortly after
we loet sight of her, our ship—then the
only one on this station—stood out to
sea, and there remained for over fifty
hours--long enough for all the ships in
Charlesbn to make their escape, and
all outside to make an easy entrance, if
any there were in either case."
INTREPIDITY.—Among Mr. Whip
ple's illustrations of intrepidity, in his
address at Suffield, says the Christian
Secretary, was an incident which, if we
had ever read it, had escaped from our
historical recollections. At one of the
battios during the Peninsular war, the
Duktl , of Wellington had occasion (or at
least thought he had) to reprimand au
Irish regiment for its poor behavior
in the fight. Stung by the reproof the
regiment asked to be tested by being
assigned the post of special danger in
the next engagement. The request was
complied with; the battle proved to be
one of the fiercest of the campaign,
and that regiment were shot down at
their post to a man. After the fight,
the Duke, in passing over the field,
cametto the spot ) and as with some
twinges of conscience, he surveyed the
mingled and bloody heap, all at once
one of the bodies began slowly to move.
With extreme &pinky the head limo
eeeded in liftingitself upon an elbow,
and turning rte eyes upon the General,
opened its lips and, in an unmistakable
native accent and tone, sung out,
"Hurrah, ye hookey-nosed scoundrel,
are ye satisfied now?" It is perhaps
needless to add, that Wellington took
instant measures to have the poor fel
low ...extricated from the gory mass
arousd him, and though terribly muti- li
latedf his wounds were most carefully
dressed and his life saved. Until quite
recently, it is said, the man might have
bemeeen hobbling about, an object of
special curiosity to visitors at one of the
premium(' -English hospitals.
Sra—l have the honor to communi
cate, as Colonel of the First Minnesota
Regiment of Volunteers, the 'events
connected with the movements of my
command, comprising a part of your
brigade.
On Tuesday morning, the 16th inst.,
in obedience to your order, we took up
the line of march, and on the evening
of Thursday arrived at Centreville and
bivouacked until Sunday morning, the
21st inst , at half past two o'clock, when
we again took up our line of march, in
obedience to your orders, to meet the
enemy, then known to be in large force
between Bull Run and Manassas Sta
tion, Virginia.
Our march from Centreville to Bull
Rua was not marked by any extraordi_
nary event, my regiment leading the
advance of your brigade. On arriving
at Bull Run, the battle began to rage
. .
,agt
with great warmth with the advance
column of infantry and artillery of an
other division, both being hotly engaged.
Here Captain Wright, of the military
engineers, serving as an aid upon the
staff of Col. Hointzelman, commanding
our division, informed me that my reg.
iment was needed to flank the enemy
upon the extreme left; whereupon I
moved forward at "quick" and "double
quick" time, until we arrived at an
open field looking out upon the enemy's
lines ; After holding this position a
short titne,Captain Wright, by your di
rection, ordered me through the woods
to take position near the front and cen
tre of the enemy's line, in an open field,
where we came under the direct fire of
the enemy's batteries, formed in "col
umn by division."
After remaining in this position for
some ten minutes, I received orders
from both your aids and those of Col.
Heintzelman to pass the whole front of
the enemy's line, in support of Rick
etts' battery, and proceed to the ex
treme right of our line and the left of
the enemy, a distance of about a mile
or more.
This movement was effected at "quick
and "double quick" time, both by the
infantry and artillery, daring which
march the men threw from their shoul
ders their haversacks, blankets and
most of thekr tanteenß, to facilitate their
eagerneEs --- to engage the enemy. On
arriving at the point indicated, being
the extreme left of tie enemy and the
extreme right of our line, and in ad
vance of all other of our troops, and
where I was informed officially that two
other regiments had declined to charge,
we formed a line of battle, our right
resting within a few feet of the woods
and tie left at and around Ricketts'
battery, and upon the crest of the hill,
within fifty or sixty feet of the enemy's
line of infantry, with whom we could
have readily conversed in an ordinary
tone of voice.
Immediately upon Ricketts' battery
coming into position and we in '.line of
battle," Colonel fleiutzelman rode up
between our lines and that of the enemy,
within pistol shot of each, which cir
cumstance staggered my judgmc nt,
whether those in front were friends or
enemies, in being equally manifest that
the enemy were in the same dilemma as
to our identity. But a few seconds,
however, undeceived both, they display
ing the rebel and we the Union flag.
Instantly a blaze of fire was poured into
the faces of the combatants, each pro
ducing terrible destruction, owing to
the close proximity of the forces, which
was followed by volley after volley, in
regular and irregular order as to time,
until Ricketts' battery was disabled and
out to pieces, and a large portion of its
officers and men had fallen, and until
companies H, I, K, C, (1, and those
immediately surrounding my regimental
flag were so desperately cut to pieces as
to make it more of a slaughter-house
than an equal combat, the enemy mani
festly numbering five guns to our one,
besides being entrenched in the woods
and behind ditches and pits plainly per
ceptible, and with batteries upon the
enemy's right, enfilading my left flank,
and within three hundred and fifty
yards of direct range. After an effort
to obtain aid from the Fire Zouaves,
then immediately upon our left, two or
three different orders came to retire, as
it was manifest that the contest was too
deadly and unequal to be longer justifi
ably maintained. Whereupon, I gave
the command to retire, seeing that the
whole of our forces were seemingly in
retreat. Every inch of ground, however,
was strongly contested by skirmishers,
through the woods, by the fences and
over the undulating ground, until we
had retired some four hundred yards in
reasonably good order, to a point where
the men could procure water, and then
took up a regular and orderly retreat to
such point es some general officer might
indicate thereafter.
I feel: it'due to my regiments to say
that before leaving the extreme right
of our line the enemy attempted to
make a charge with a body of perhaps
five hundred-cavalry, who were met by
my cornmeal and a part of the Fire
Zouaves, and repulsed with considera
ble loss to the enemy but .without any
to us.
I am more than gratified to say that
I kept the larger body of my regiment
together, and marchoefrom the --field
in order; and on the march and near an
open space where Colonel Heintzel
man's column left the Centreville and'
Manassas road in .the morning, and
passed to the right, we, in conjunction
with others, repulsed the enemy's cav
alry, who; attempted to charge.
Before leaving the field a portion of
the right wing, owing to the config •
oration of the ground and interve
ning woods, became detached, under
the command of Lieutenant Colonel
Miller, whose gallantry -was eompieu
ous throughout the entire battle, an d
who contested every inch of the ground
with his forces thrown'out as skirmish:
ens in-tbe woOdSianctstutieedWin ce;
oupying the angina, ground -04 4 , the
right, after the MT* ( !f4' cav
alry. I deem it woithg,ailt;.`ulthat
_
4 - tridtnaz Or 11110 en am it
some points, became so intermingled as
scarcely to be able to distinguish Mends
from foes, and my forces mado?tieveiiii
prisoners, among whom was 114tenaUt
Col. Boone, of Mississippikwho,Ais no*
in Washington ma filly recognizes his
captors. t. 14 pi \
I regard it as a1r43,1 4 , 4 6.110e .. ?0f
occurrence in theitils kif that
a regiment of volunteers, lot over three
months in the service, marched up
without flinching to the mouth of batte
ries of cannon supported by thougandsof
infantry, and opened and maintained a
fire until one-fifth of the whole reOment,,
were killed, wounded;ciiiiiitifirisoners
before retiring, except for; purpotiosof ad
vantages of position.
My heart is full of g;ratitu4 to my
officers and men foi their gallant bear
ing throughout the whole Of thi(deetw ,
rate engagement,- . : and to distinguish
the merits of one , from another, would
be invidious, and injustice might be
done.
Major Dike and my adjutant bbre
themselves with coolness- throughout.
My chaplain, Rev. E. D. Neill, Was 'on
the field the whole 'time'. and 4.tt the
midst'of danger, giving aid and eonifort
to the wounded. -
Dr. Stewart, while inthetteld„ 1 1 788
ordered to tho hospital by a 'Medley&
officer of the army; Dr. Le -13oWlit3i
continued with the reOribut;),*ll46ttr=
ally engaged in the fight—neitherl of .
whom have been heard from Ade.
That I have not unfairly or ucjuitly'
to the truth of history stated ' the facts
in regard to the gallant conduct of iny
regiment, is fully proven-hy the appended
list of killed and wcunided, showing for-F
ty-nine killed, one hundred and `seven
wounded, and thirty four missing; the
names and companies to which *-
long, in detail, will more fully, meet
in the accompanying lists and abstracts.
Among the incidents of my engage
ment my command took :severalTrip
oners, among whom was Lientenank'Col
onel Boone, of the MississiPpi regime 4,
taken personally by Mr. Irvine, of my
regiment; and since said prisoner's con
finement in the Capitol at Washington
city, Mr Irvine, in company with Hots.-
Morton S. Wilkinson, United States
Senator from Minnesota, visited him,
when he promptly recognized :20. Ir
vine as his captor, and thanked %hint
very cordially for his humane , ,treitiont
and kindness tor him as a -prisenet
deem it but just that this fact should he
officially known, as Lieutenant COloneir.
Boone was an officer of the highest rank
taken iu the battle.
The humble part which I have per
formed as an officer commanding one of
the regiments of your brigade, individ
ually and otherwise, is now left to you
and those commanding thedivieion. lit
speetfully, W. A. GORMAN.
Colonel First Regiment, Minnesota:
SUPPLEMENT TO THE OFFICIAL: REPORT OF,
COLONEL GORMAN, OE TUE 'RIEST
31 ENT, 3tINNEE4OTA.
CAMP MINNESOTA, July 26; 11061.
—The regimental flog*ilts by
color bearer haß through' its. folds one
cannon ball, two grape shot and sixteen
bullets, and one in the staff. The,doi- ,
or guard were all wounded but the &-
or bearer, one mortally. The eoinpany
flag of Company I was pierced with
five balls and one on the spear head.
Please attach this to my report. Very re
ftretfully, W. A. GORMAN,
Colonel First Regiment, Minnesota.
A P-
/sinful Scene on ills 'Battle Meld.
While at a halt, says a Federal letter
writer from the Mammas battle field, it
was my lot to witness a very painful
scene. I captured a prisoner (a Oer
man)belonging to the Eighth tiotitittai.-
olina regiment, and took him to Major
Colburn for instructions as how to dis
pose of him. The prisoner requested
one privilege as his last, whioh the Ma
jor very humanely granted. He said
his brother lay a short distance off, in a
dying condition, and he wished to see
him. I bade him lead the way, and I
followed. He took me to an old log
hut but a few rods from where our reg
iment was halted. On the north side,
in the shade, we found the wounded
man: The prisoner spoke to him—he
opened his eyes—the film of death had
already overspread them, and the tide
of life was fast ebbing. He was' cov
ered with blood, and the swarms of flies
and mosquitoes, which were fattening
upon his life's blood, indicated that he
had lain there for some tima. They
clasped hands together, muttered a few
words in the German language '
suppli
cated the Throne of Grace fortheir
families at home, kissed and' ade each
other a final adieu, the prisoner remar -
ing, as I took him by the akm. 0..) lend
him away—for the column was moving
—"blether you .are 14m i a
prisoner. The , man -mast, sof with a
musket ball, in the back; - irtat'aliej#li
hip, from which fact I inferrel,fthei he
was on the retreat when the deadlll4,ll
overtook him. '
Capture- of a Secession Colonel.
Mimiken 'J. Ferguson, a colonel in
the Virginia rebel army, wee. taken to
Camp Uhaseiss.a prisonar. of war, on
Sunday last. His command was BO
timed in Wayne - county', ap
pears that he was not awarc z _a few days
ago, that Union,forces, under command
of Colonel Ligler,. were in thelniti-Of
Ceredo, in Wayne county, and, ac 5.9 1 1.-
panied by ale* te,eri_die ydiois
town to reconnoitre. He ha:o4ooy
done so, when Colonel . Zeieor
appearance, and he found -, tO=lbigrief;
that be had falleUlato 04:14.4,43-Othe
enemy. Mr. * f:, , Ojrt* :WOG iiroseoak„
ing attorney for:Wayne iotinty Va r•••
He seems' to. be quite reconciled : to his
fat . , though - somewhat sorrythat:hefelt
f'spni);''Yßoilitiothe . . Marsha'
,s ome `, fsets4ol4-1 , 110 M0i r i0944.44% t* I
rebel army, one which was that Wlsn's,
is to retreat until hejeinn lien;_: - :thei the
twain; . will combine ` A910•4-4Onetaime
with a foree.9f t esty thousand men.
He says that Colonels W 01.49,41,4147
Neff are at Richmond, Va.— Oincimeati
Gazitte. • •
A Vuormien nom Vittopirki--111r.
Cowling, a iesi4ant:of
Claremont, 'about,five Miles from Ales
andria, has arrived in WashingtonOity
with, a load of luinitiiin,jait ketgrzeok
in the -evening -f i pr a n oth er last of'
farniturec HO naVt'llta' t h ee 09n
fedaratett-','hav4 4dvanced , as far ' as
Bosh :4 1 31404 ailiAinont) andFdeTel
him to:lesl*OTOrtitwith•
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t- DIV/lAN)NCITICE.T..TbEk.- ent and
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correspondent 'of "aid Cincinnati ; Tone, thus
sums iip . the beneilCial tit usa qt wAr
upon; Western Virginfe:4 : ,-,1,,q4;..'
"God tempers the wind-to,
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lambs, ,, Is 6'1144:
gin% liar been "shorn" , a ,11 10d10#01,:**
tree, ballft*:,-100'4.e11,_=."1
! ` te ol t t r 3d t!' , 4 l /4 1 44 ,- ;: ll l4tieWleAwn
03 mperld „ witii 7 . , 4601.1601tIfor
nestlX;half k:bnliti*Tiars,'-lf.*.
flowing . - ) 4 1 111 *116 and 4kitafiV-.:4110
never yet saw - enough4f4kluii*i to
detect the bogus fromdloiplenuine, jingle
the , bright .eagles,lastheir EpOcketteisith.tAisi
coming pride arld=lielfitir ffig , "'-7 I , l 4 ever
tle, which they were obliged to drive and
ship long distances to market, are sold at
their own doors. Provisions that, Tete
parted over,molintainimit4ol4.4Ad-.4
fractionitb - die Abair
t prices, and paid for in yellowgold.
Fields have been occupied for theamp
meets and fences burned to cook 40, iiittP
otrilpf wiluattangput llyeyltr • =n
Piiiiner4:eds.
men and small dealers never before reaped
so rich a harvest. The Union men have
paid for every thing, And the citizens re
joice that they have been relieved from the
presence of secession.forces, Who paid for
nothing, VirginiaisuWbee %born lamb,"
but the inhabitants of the western portion
havo no occasion to regret the loss of a.
,a960e., Thq peaptellvtgitrEsA9m
0 y
than they - ever had , hiliers3 4 ktrl.hware
correspondingly haPPY:*'.
A. NEW I n./X.IC AirOMbitfte:44t, is
undergo , * ,t4t, gsel l AlumuOnut been
ordered, to raise without delay a column
of five or ten — fficusand Californians)
and to march them into Texas and Ar
kini3aii.2cLife cat ietti6tilidiVefeilias
he desires in twenty days after the order
reaches the Pacific side:, iin. less than
two months Tcxes.AutdAkaTuut, 4 will
have`their hail&erg: *the niieisifities
of their own 20,04
A PPOIN TEL).— alt±j Or Win. MeMich
aol,'''oei`lyihnleiPhia,' .
-son of
Morton McMichael, Esq.,) who .hes
1414G0a ailtidPeit-041004k:;4546d
to the Governor of Pennsylvania (in
organizing the three months' troops) has
been_ PPoinko fw-,4444,14404ant
bencial. Ile - his' "iticnalitkeisle
reputation as a staff officer..
MOVEMENTS OF TEIR REg The
Moat reliable
the disunionists 9s thivilkill&i,**ly
moving their roiceit4 4 . ie-TOMftaie
Pot omaeliP , P r o, o 4* pro_
gramme to enter
,14FyititA*47enciottr
age and stiPpOitthe're of intry spirit
in that state, with qdtlinate designs on
Washington- _
GRN. ANDREW:IW% 00m4415ptrAlle
states of Kentucky and Tentisis*lutve
been constituted a separate;, try
command, to be called the Department
of Cumberland, Brigadier General Rob-
Art AndersoP :commanding.
A CANARD OF TIES FIRST WATER.—
The Ow taficat, up on the coruerfir,,Autt
telegraphic dispatch had been received at
the War Dbpartment to thaeffett tlutt t3n.
itasencr,ans
,had beewentroto4**St.
ern Virginia by the forces under tee and
Wise, bas not ono word of truth
OaDanap.—Assistant Adjutant Genera/
Chauncey Molieever has been detached
from the staff of General Iff,cDoysyll, and
ordered on' the ;attiff'oo4,,etteral
lilremont.
At Monongahela City Washington Cotut‘TyPanin
*Auto* oarlike 470 thsttuAgAMEIONtRiyART,
&q 1;, to eBlst fear of his age.
ills remains will be taken to the Methodist Pro
testant Chureln . EitthittrlK - Plttshurgb, on TUES
DAY next, 20th hut., at 9 o ' clock , a. n.. and thence
to e te. , alireeirletTlelM.l9r,bateiment. The.
fridtf or. Ea lam* nie 4 initindldethind the.itt
neral without further notice. Carriages Will'be
;4rtutin
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