, 1861-07-31
SOUTHERN ACCOUNTS OF TIE
BATTLE At MANASSAS. -



The Eeverest battle that was ever fought In
this country, took place 1ast Sunday, between
the Copfedefates and Federal forces. "A. vaat
cnnconfse assembled early yesterday evening
at thu Central Railroad depot to await the
arrival of the traln from Manassas At .
G1Ir giDg twenty wounded soldiers and tho
bodsts of four of our dead-Gen- Barlow, Col.
Johns on, a priTateof the Montgomery Guard,
namtd James Drtsco1, and another,i whose
nnme we could not 1eA1n.: - :: ::
= During the excitement attending the snx.:
ioue irq5i1ies after friends, and the czowdia9
to lock upon the dead and wounded It was
whispered through the crowd thxt Preaideut
Davis was On the train. Immediately rush
was made In search Of tbs distinguished
statesman and chfeftain, and 3 thousand shouts
rent the air with Wild hnxzss as his ellkuoWn
He pronounced the victory great, glorious
and complete He aaId He had whipped them
tljs time and would whip them as often as
they offered Us the opportunity.
This unannounced arrival Of our President
kAoNn Of his coming, such IN: ovation would
have greeted his return a. never before was
witueassd In the Old Dominion
-. ARRIVAL Or FR1soaxas~
Just behind the train that brought tho
Prteident, there arrived second, bringing
five hundred and eighty five prisoners
twenty-five Of whom We1e commissioned off,
GERS, and thirty Of EllsWorths Fira Zouayes
Passengers by this train inform us that sey-
trn1 hundred other prisoners were left at
Mauaks2s, and that our. troops continued to
bring thin In hourly; aud that many had
come Into our camp and delivered themselves
up The five hunaze ed and eighty FIVE brought
to this city were immediately marched to
HarWood's factory.
sPzcrAEx OF sou1HRs LING.
snf
yesterday, says that he Witnessed the onset Of
our soldiers, the Arkansas regiment, he be-
neyes, on the New York Zouaves, aud TINT it
was terrible spectacle. They threw down
their guns and made the chaIga with their
brnldlahed boWie knfves." The Zouayes at
as their assaiiants Eno-ked aside their bayo-
nets, and fell Hpon them with th.iz furious
hlsdes, they fairly screamed with terror, and
fled in the utmost Consideration. Toey were
nearly e1termfnafed-
1t is rot yet possible to detarmine the num-
The eprohahllity that the sum total will no.
tal ehort ct 10000 III is less than ,00o, ptis-
oners 1ncluded-EDs. TIM
Our own casualties will not exceed twelve
hundred.
From the Richmond Whig, a4thJ,
TIE HAMPTON LEGION. =
Members Of this body who arrived here On
Monday wounded, from the battla field, re-
Port come thrilling incidents Of the conflict,
among which arc the fol1owinGs
Col. Hampton, upon having his horse shot
from under him, seized q rifle. aud said,
Watch me, boys; do as do" He then
shot down SUCCESSFULLY several Federal officers
Who were leading their forces against him.
Gen. Beauregard then came up and said, stTake
that battery" just at that moment the flag
Of the legion was shot down. Beauregard
said. II Hand II to me let ma hear the Pa1n,et-
to tlsgn BE did bear i In the fury of the
fight Col. johnson, Of the legion, was slaIn
The Ha15pton Legion promised to defend
the fig presented to them By the 1adies Of the
Palmetto State while one Of them remained to
step the field OF conflict. That this promise
will be sacredly redeemed, no one will doubt,
cred Who went into the field On Sunday, four
hundred and ten seazed taeir fidelity With their
blood, tkas being tie number Of their Killed aud
wounded, according to the unofficial accounts
MAJOR .WHEAr's BATTA1Ios-osIx 100. OCT
or 400 EscArED uEHuRr.
RcHaoHD, July II.
Lieut. Dickinson, the Adjutant Of the inde-
.IeL dent battalion from Louisiana, command
ed By Major Robert Wheat, is wounded By .
MIME ball In his thigh, and Is here well at
tended. He says that out Of the 400 Of
Wheat's command engaged; less than 100 es-
capped being either killed or wounded,
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Lieut. J. T Walton was ealight1y wounded,
tlehtipg ,gallantiy. Pueket and six Of Capt
~FortaII66 men Killed. ,nadtrDug
the number. James Walton WIS unhurk
We lost % killed and lib wounded. The
Seventh Regiment covered Itself with glory.
:! am wounded In the leg L: ]. GAR1RE11t.
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