Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-06-27

" covered with brushwood We have been posted near the enemy unarnled, and stood guard With clubs for defence. Some barefooted, and others at distance from their homes. Had not the brigade been dsbanded, no doubt We should have become the victims of exposure, and fallen from other causes than the fire of the enemy. In a word, many utterly destitute. We have been promised pay-yes, everything-anG received notl iug.''
 It would probably have been better for the whole brigade had they returned to New York and unit ed in this appeal.
 | It may be mentioned q remarkable conci- dence, that both Ellsworth and Duryea, the most highly lauded officers olthe yankee journals both commanders of "pet lambs,'' and both occupying high social position in yankee land, should be the 1 first to fall in this unhoy and diabocal crusade l against the South.
 | Col. Duryea will be recollected by many as the | former commander of the famous New ork 7th regiment. He it was who commanded that regi- ment few years ago, when they visited Virginia as an escor, for the remains of President Monroe. We are reliably informed that but one man of the Confederate forces is thought to be mortally wounded. He is North Carolinian but we have been unable to learn his name. He received a bullet in his forehead, producing frghtfu wound and although alive yesterday morning it is thought that he could not possibly long survive. Seven or eight others were wounded but their injuries are not considered fatal.
 Such remarkable exemption from fatality where the danger and peril were so imminent, appears really incredible. tcan be attributed to nothing else but direct interposltion of Him who rules over all the earth, and who has promised to shield and protect from danger, with His own almighty arm, all who rely upon Him for succor in every time of need.
 We are pleased to add that the North Caroli-
 II IL. gers with them, demeaned themselves with great cooIness, and displayed | courage amounting to herosm through ghout the whole engagement. All hail to the brave sons of the Old North State whom Providence seems to have thrust forward in the first pitched battle Virginia soil ill behalf of southern rights and independence.
 Our troops fell back, we hear, after the fight to the main body of the army at Y Yorktownnot knowing in what numbers the Yankees were entrenched in and around Hampton and Fortress Monroe They will doubtless march immediately toward Newport News, il they have not already done so.
 We deem it but proper to add, in conclusion, that all accounts one, estimate the number oi Yam kees engaged at 5000. If the reports which have reached us from northern sources regarding the number enclmpcd at Newport be correct, we think 5U0O or even more are probably the correct figure, but we have adopted the lowest number-i ,0O0- that We may certainly be within bounds
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 A gentleman informs us, says the Richmond Enquirer, as from q "pcrfectly reliable source'' that letter was found on the person of Capt. Wat drop, who was slain in the late battle of Bethel Church, County Bridge, directed to his sister, ill which he said that he had not made much head way ls yet; that he had captured twenty negroes and when he had made sale of them, he would send her nice present
 MagruderS men express the most extreme satis. f,ot and tl,o,, ( him anywhere.
 The bearer of the flag of truce stated that five regiments had taken part in the battle. The re- turn of the watch and sword taken from the person of WaldrGp was requested. The watch will be re- turned, but not the sword
 AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT /
 The following letter was found in one of fhe cast-of havcrsacks of the flying Yankees after the battle of Bethel Church:
 Dear BF0tder: 1 have already written four letters this week, but cannot let this opportunity pass without writing word to you. John has written all the news, 50 shall be under the extreme ne- cessity of writing sometmg original, which I'll warrant will be interesting. To-night's paper con tains news of Col. EilswOrth's death, which does not help much to digest the supperS 0 people here There is great deal of indi gnation mani iested- they all want to start South HOW. Also we see by last nights papers the death of one of the Brad ford bOYS, C nope ana trust there may be deaths near ho7aes. According to the pa pers to night, w presume likely there is some fun by this time in your vicinity. When you write again, want you to write whether it is true that two ladies went n'wth your regiment. have seen it in several papers, but you know what We see there cdRaOt bS relied or, and what you write 1 shall know to be true. 1 am very sorry yOu do not get time to write oltcucr. We hope to hear twice week, if possible, and once c'rtain. l should like to look into your diary and see what you have got down there Southgarc promised 10 sec that to expose her to the measles So, if she has them l shall take her here. She ha. had the croup since she went home. l don't know but should die of fright, if she should have 1t here. Our bdIys lay first rate Last week we had .}S eggs. We have had old hen for dinner. She was fat as DOT poisc. To-day we had trout. ester diy the town voted to raise S2 ,0G0 for the support of volunteer families.
 WooDsTocK, VT. May 2G, 1861.
 We see frequent notices of the Vermont rcgi ment, but it does not satisfy unless we can see something about W. l.. j.
 Yesterday telegram came from White Riy CT Junction, saying [" We are all on ire come and help us." We went over, and found l.atau's and all other shops burned and burning.
 There is no business long, and think shall sell out, as l am loosing money.
 D--m the man that killed Colonel Ellsworth. l should like to caw him.
 Your brother, ]. B. PARKER. To Reuben M. Parker, Foslrcs Monroe, Va, o..