, 1861-09-03

Inf
''a's--s'eka<s Br;gadier. '"''
correspondence Of the Chicago Tribunal
WARRINGTON, Aug. 80, 1851.
1repare to die in the trenches,n said
nlend TO me, on ccmiyg into nv room on
"ednes dey afternoon. Another camc In lust
after, tread!ng on the hee!s Of the former. Ika
'oo.s messengers Of evil tidings, and said be
could distinctly hear the big guns, and had
hea1d them for an hour or more. "What
nakes you look SO pale ?" asked another of
MN. Ills answer was TINT they we're really
hgha1Dg over the river, aud that a they were
near enough to shell the city.'' Your cores
pondent, without being man Of war. without
ever having been tour fighting editor" kent
on writing, aid his haad-ssif the CourE
kEows herself, and she thinks she da,,-d;d
not tremole' The fact ie, we are most Of MS
getting used to such alarms, till they have
ceased to be alarming. New comers}are con.
saahtly nerTous, and it must be confessed that
sacn state Of things is not very comfortable
70 live in, especial1y for women and children,
OF lor men having charge Of them. When the
vol ccmes, it is believed We have the means
OF either killing him or driving him back,
Ihere we're any amount of reports Of cannon
heard day before yesterday. heard them N.Y.
self from three till seven o'clock, but they
were not es distinct as three which heard in
this city, all the way from Bull Run, at the
hour Of our fight.
There Was trial Of guns going on all along
the 1iGe from below Alexandria to near Falls
Church, in some cases pretty near the lines
back of Fort Corcoran- Our men had 15tt,e
skirmiEh, too, the same day, and some shalls
are sald 70 have been fred. One old darky in
the Indian Bureau, some five miles from town.
cine running into the city, saying " there
we're more than sc, 600 secesherB fiyht back of
the 1arm," !" and his hair stood up when he said
It. He had left the women to take care OF
themselFes, and his eyes stuck out, as it be
hsd seen things double Aprepos to those
Eomen one Of them lately gave proof Of her
ability for seEdefense, when three soldiers
cailed for no good purpose. Planting herself
by the stove, with gourd Of scalding water,
ene drove them out in tTice. OF course the
great stories were told in the city. I heard
Just as was going to bed, young soldier in
the pa1lor saying that "Gen. T7ieT had again
been defeated, with loss Of 3,O00." This
YVES not ye1y downy pillow TO sleep on; but
mah1Ig my usual discount, Ct some 95 per
N~-e-s HonCu ~ tNe 1AUIEluGG 10 Hnd that it
Was only Col Tyler's defeat in Kaaawha,
This was bad enough to besure, ard is another
ulnstratlon Of the fact that the enemy gen
eEally prove to be two or three to our one.
When viii the tables turn?
Gen. Mcclellan was in his saddle on Wed
Eesoay, nearly fifteen hours. He il an earnest
D1a1, ard acts On Bonaparte's iaea. that siy
hours sleep is enough. The work Of praDaration
goes en- like that of Virgil's beea-Bhere he
says "opus teyvt" This whole city md its
en7iroDs is q vast bee hive, aud eYery bee is
brzzirg, the droues having been sine ~
Death by the new regnIati6na Wasn;15e+es, "
has new idea Of buRiness, and ifs n,1 daS;t,tse
who have fcssilized into Southern dead heads
lever saw it after this taanion Here m To- ~
OF Six horaes each, drawipg ereat hIac1s tse15
piece to each team-and the cy IL st;1' thev
come, and still they go-5ut where, aad how
aud 90 thousands OF horses. and The men tn
ride them but will not Get into nr.snn for w
numbering them, Poor David wha ras M
iehed for numberi1g Is1eeJ. WnnId have tsred Rrn1
wc1se had he lived now and INDUCED himself
can hardly 20. for Ihe nrpss row NJ a1a
Wagons rtaching from Wjiiard;s tn the dsnGt
-snd this dennf il doinr = bne;na., oePo1 sps.l
greater than Was ever done' waen hv e.. ~" ~
its size If tythe Of he arrivals fnr the o G7. y.
missa1y ever get to camp. it Wnn1d seen sas a.
If our ar1ny c1nld do iitfia s7ea 80 osehl -
have Of jats hsaTd ~ eoro,,ia;e+ Ie pus Sas aoa
it, or ona1itv M 1f the ho food 81 tne an
ia uot anlv ureat 5;syT;s,,t7,, "a. osI vAas9
matter hit 7ist1;hztss d.5I1 ths,,l ones u mall
rea of crsckeIs sa,s s; usly Inousahas .! oar-
il Las besn obst1ncied bs ta,'e pofa q aha t 9ee
cfnsranfl1 for fnnr non,fJ ssa9ts & as tne aoor
rts rnct ihe naseaaaa - dnu Lnos5 waning
would Re . ntrss@t ;*s ~ Iatehs olace, ana
nsaos ptt'tt nul7ahee Wess l. = time OF
ferds,4r%o1a % e.; Lne new affisa1s Is re thou
f:sTrirr = TIE ,,neLt ane ye:ept tae "L:ncoia
sm Tooi and in,5 11b ai9 nne looklng SCI OF men
worthp of ~ ~, ~ ;Iey are moanted, will be
The1e t Is rnE ,nv he;l1r hesloena: nd.,..o.
in tia eonntrT nuw cens coHssraeted an arm, new
fhn cann a..i ane anu mEen Wnen thrown into
inot.'d !s-o a.a - Eooses OF Inc rebels viii be
S;ed eo ~ eppn 5a S an IN lh1e,na machine It is
band - 5ieaaue, pas het thrown with the
no,,nde ~ 1,nnaat ~ neaas, pat oy some seven
43ea1f 80 ~ Pumael, ~ and W1l gently lnsl9Ga
e1noa nsa .as' slsl' snd WIN head Iull Of iron
s1' ce,ssn ,n5 nPur Pot,r ana teek h1e" into the
1orad ~ ~ noee ~ ss =. 1se nIe-latef5. AS they
IL e;1 s. LIZ, ~ LIZ M ssai cone upon them, and
dom Whst a. nsr.?. -, Gtu 1n tnels resaIves IN 80
1,nt Ta,1,it%ad ~ tot mespoa Iass IT, am
enicefno eooa y ,s s1AtG turner III Inc city is
havts hasn 6;spne 1"ngn 49, ~ 1as J9ke or men
WA = wcsnGn nnf ~ WE ;ta, " tne Hsshts: It
being nothing elsa than an " ~ .nG straes.e, stn,