The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-20 00:00:00

AN INCIDENT OF MANASSAA

Soon it came our turn to charge. As wfl rose to
our feet and advanced, a long cheer went up from
the men which could be heard above the boom of
the cannon and the roar of the musizetry. We
iron swept by
moved slowly and steadily at first, 'for the way
was extremely uneven, and it was ditfficult to pre-
serve the regularity of the line. 0• a nearing the
valley between us and the batter!, We found it
raked by batteries on every side. lcumbers of our
mencuos
u, l duopw was
tnh
with
s il
tit
line
ee
nshoou hurricane it ct
to
little
le, h a
;difficult that
y we
3Serd, and our men
o rge effectively.
Soon this terrible gulf was
charged up the hill with ren(!wed vigour. The
Confederates waited until w!
brow of the hill, and then e :appeared above the
poured such a volley
upon us as decimated the regiment .in an instant.
Scores of men fell for
and
nwde
closenitt
peculiar supine war on their faces with a
motion, as a wave falls forward
on a beach. Captain Brown .
being in ; advan ,ce and
seeing the Confederates running from t ;heir guns to
the cover of the trees, rushed forward, waving his
sword, shouting, "Now, boys, rally:" Scarcely
were the words from his lips when a. rifle-bullet
pierced him through the neck ; at the a awe instant
a cannon ball entered his side, and b a fell to the
earth, pinned as it were to the gruunil. Some of
his men tried to take his watch, by of •der of the
lieutenants, but found it buried in his , vitals. Re
died bravely and as he had wished,, having often
expressed the hope that he might never survive
the defeat of the regiment. Captain Shilling-
law was shot through both knees, and immedi-
ately after one of his men, lifting him up---
for he was lying on his face—found him dead,
with his beard dabbled with blood. from a wound
in the head. At this time the storm of battle re-
doubled, the regiment wavered, then. fell back and
retreated slowly, still firing at every step, ha •
ving
lost several of its best officers. A i•eneral retreat
commenced. Some members of the 6th
and the Staten islanders of company compan
];t)made a gal-
lant stand behind a fallen tree, where they kept up
an obstinate defence for some time.
asto-
nishment, however,
stars we saw the . To our
and stripes
waving from the buttery, and
like that of the Oihio regiments, an officer in uniform
cried out, "Cease
firing, you're ki' r
m i g your own men ." We rallied
once more, and on some '
o f our men breasting the
hill again, the flag
flag waved in itsthe Confederate
place, disappeared, ,.
death-storm of
bullets •-ao . , and another.
1 'leo upon us • and the regiment not being
prepared for sudden attack, fell back in disorder.
'
Colonel Came succeeded in trallying
Cameron, who had
the r
I._ aen twice, seemedparalysed at this new reverse
... die sword which he had been waving dropped
from his hand—he stood a moment looking at the
retreating mass, some of the men still obstinately
firing; and on one of his lieutenants coming down
from the front of the battery to ask advice about
the wounded officers, he turned suddenly toward
him, faeed the battery, and the same instant a
Minie bullet pierced his breast. lie fell without a
groan. After his fall the rout became complete.
The fatal cry of "sauve qui peut" seemed commu-
nicated from regiment to regiment ; and night saw
the disheartened army in full retreat towards Fort
Corcoran.—Neto pork Times.

IMMENSE. LARCH.--.There is a larch at the upper
end of Loch Kindar Which at six feet from the gr°und
girths 8 feet 8 inches. This is a good size, although there
be many in
the Stewartry larger,—Dumfries Cooler.