Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-08-10
ny rHE'" ,ys ACCOUNTS the REBELS


disaster At Manassas day or ,so s,. a'.e, r .ps
on the point OF retrestiug jose !. ,hs oauic
so upaccouutsble broke out upon 49,, side
the satemeot was regarded as a we'll. ,.saut
.dt unfounded effort to break the terrible
lorce OF the blow We bad received. But AZ
tue curtain which Tor so many days shrouded
that iil.starred feld begrs to iift, we zee
tnat 'he rumor then so promptly rejected ss
wmnout foundation was substantially true,
auu Nost the rebels we're reduced to The
%oss 'h desperate straits. This Is becoming
o,eaa nov, .ot by sddItianpl 4saIss-- o, -tns
ooons. ~. omu s,ue' 81 the Southern prses Who
sv.uesg0ttR6e Cars e The Geld. Let Us present few
examples.
We egin with the Secession Correspond.
ant of tbs Loulsyiile Courier, "Ss De Kav"
After describing Besuregsrd's discovery that
Tyier's attack on the centre Of the Rebel
position was only reiut, be says the troops
sete marched al double quick to that part
,ef the Held from which we had been driven
..,ek ".ek sops two q miles. ,as.. NQM SayswssAs sggR
"dtntiy ,oaini u.s.. Some OF our best officers
were slalo, and ths Aones ses,' ., our army 10y
"sttewn On SH.l Nv Wounds. At noon It the @ cauoous. a.
Eng is described as terrific. 1t was 90
''incessant roar for more than two hours, the
"havoc aud devastation at this time beiug
"fearful. Mcdowell was just in the act OF
possessing himself Of the roiiwoy TO Rich.
''mond. Then all would have been lost.
Bot most opportunely, may say providen.
"tially, at this juDcture, General Johnston,
with the remnant OF bis division. reappeared
land made one other desperate struggle to
'obtaiu the vantage ground. Now hope
again dswned upon u.s." &c.
Then came the strange retreat and panic
on our side.
Next 10 order, we select (from q special
despatch to the Charleston Mercuryj the
account OF the death OF General Bee, who was
IN command Of the south Csrolinisns at the
point above described by the Louisville cor.
respondent 1.-The bruDt of the mornings s
"battle was sustained by bis Bees) CON ma nd
until past twelve o'clock. Overwhelmed
"by superior numbers, and compelled to yield
"before tire that swept everything before it,,
General Bee rode up and down bis lines,
encouraging bis troops, by everything that
was dear to them. to stand up and repel the
"tide wich threatened them with destruction.
"At last-bis own brigade dwndled to mere
"handful, with every field officer killed or
"disabled-he rode upto General Jackson
''and said General, they are beating US
Gen. Bees last charge and death, which not
bearing on the point we desire to develope,
is omitted.
One more extract. we think will be suHi.
cient. This is from the fierce Richmond
Despatch. Between two end three o'clock"
saye this authority. writing from Manassas,
large numbers of men were leaving the field,
"some Of them wounded Others exhausted by
"tbe long struggle, who gave us gloomy
"reports but as the FIRE on both sides cou.
"iinued steadily, we felt sure that our brave
"Soutberners had not been conquered BY the
overwhelming hordes of the North. 1t is,
"however, due TO the truth to say, that the
"result at this hour hung trembling on the
'balance. We had lost numbers of our most
distinguished officers. Generals Barlow
"and Bee had been stricken down. Colonel
"Jobnston, of the Hampton Legion, bad
"been killed, and Colonel Hampton had been
wounded. Your correspondent heard Gen.
"eral Johnston say to General Cooke, just at
"this critical moment-'Oh for four regi
"mentsP His wish was answered, :or in the
distance our reinforcement IS appeared. The
"tide of battle turned in our favor, by the
carnival Of General Kirby Smith, from Win
"chester, with four thousand OF General
Johnston's division.
Ouch ara the accounts nf the hattla Of Ma.
Dassas, written from the battlefield to Louis.
vile, to Richmond and to Charleston, by the
Rebels themselves. A fair study Of them,
as narrated by those Southern witnesses,
inspire our soldiers with confidence, and
have o cheering effect upon the Union
CAUSE Philadelphia Inquirer.