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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-08-02
Reports from the Rebels.

\ despatch in the Louisville Courier say,
that JEFF Daxi. took command in person, Sun
day noon. His only words were, Forward
my brave comrades, forward" The etfect
was electrical The fortunes of the day wert
at once decided. The southern troops swep,
everything before them.
/ y Eirginian, Of Union sympathics residing
few miles from Manassas Junction, witness
cd the whole battle. He escaped through
the rebel lines and entered Washington with
the federal strasgers. He described the
conduct of the federal troops as daring and
| brave in every respect. They fought tena-
/ ciously us bull dogs. The rebel loss he es,i-
mates at from 5000 to 1000. The black
horse cavalry. crack regiment of Nirsinians,
was most terribly cut up Only 200 Of them
survive uninjured. This informant declares
/ that it was fortunate for the Union troops
that they did not drive the rebels bevond
/ Manassas, for within two miles of the juno
! tioh the ground for many acres is mined mos.
artlsticalIy, and trains Of gunpowder placed
/ there. 1t was the intention of Beauregard
| to retreat, if driven back, until the .tderals
moved forward upon these mines. when they
would be fired and the Union troops blown
to atoms. This informant thinks that our
government is not at all aware to what an
extent the rebel preparations to destroy our
troops have been carried. Upwards Of l2,-
600 negroes were employed in the entrench-
ments At Manassas. and about the same num-
Der in entertainments at Richmond. This
gentleman owned large number of slaves.
and was compelled to furnish certain num-
Der OF them to work for the tbtls every day.
! Gen Lee was at Manassas when the battle
! occurred. He is now at Richmond command
| rg the forces there, which number some TO-
O00 That city Is surrounded with mines
ike those at Manassas If the rebels find
that the mon men are going to capture it.
the city viii be blown up. Had The fedora.
forces got beyond Manassas in safety on Sun
DAY, Beaurtgard admits that the cause Of ST.
ccsslon would have been lost forever The
rebel troop. have good arms but are badly
equipped. Not over 1000 rebel civilians
were allowed to wltness the battle, the res.
being kept back by pickets.
a general impression prevails at the Sout!
that the North has no money and cannot &c,
any. The rebels are under a delusion that
the heavy sums they owe the North vii! make
Us bankrupt, and in less than year tn.
North viii cave in. The bitterness of feeling
among southcrners against the North is ter
ribe, and federal prisoners will be likely t,
suffer hard treatment at rebel hands.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-08-02
Forward TO Richmond"

Mr. Greeley OF tn Tribune appears in ;
card, ,indicAling his motives II cri,ic;sing Ii.
administration, and .stifyug his urgency f..
forward movement Of the army. W quot
his language =
Il wish to be distinctly understood as no,
seeking to be relieved from any responsible!
y for urging The advance o.: the Union gram
army into Virginia, though the precise phra>,
= onward to Richmond IS not mine, ana
would have preferred 10, to itera,v it.
thought that that army. one hundred thou
sand strong, might have been in the rebe
capital on or before the .0;h instant. while
eel. that there were urgent reasons why il
! s.Ould be there II possible. And now, if an,
one imagines that |. or any one connected
with The Tribune, ever commended or i'm
aglned any such strategy Is the launching O.
barely thirty thousand OF the one hundred
thousand Union volunteers within ff;v mile,
of Washington against ninety thousand rebel,
envelopcd III labyrinth Of strong in.rench
ments and unreconlottred masked batteries
then demonstration would be lost on hi
closed ear. Bu, will not dwell on this.
am needed for a scape-soat for all the mil
tarv blunicrs of the last month, SO be il
individuals must die that the nation may live
If Can serve her best in that capacity, d
not shrink from the ordeal.
"Henceforth, bar all criticism in thes
columns on army movements. past or future
unless somebody should undertake to prov
that Gen Patterson is 4 wise and brave com
mander He seems to have none TO spcul
. his praises SO if there is ANYTHING to be sait
in his behalf, will make an exception in hi
favor. Other than this the subject is close,
and sealed. Correspondents and reporters
may state facts bu; must forbear comments
| know that there is truth that vet needs t.
be uttered on this subject but this paper ha
done its full share-all that it ought, ant
perhaps more than It could afford 20 do-ant
henceforth stands back for others. Only
beg it to be understood for all-tha
if less than half the Union armies directly a
hand are hurled against all the rebel force
that could be concentrated-more than doubl,
their number-on ground specially chosen
and strongly fortified by the traitors, tn
Tribune does not approve and should not b
held responsible for such madness. Sa
wha: you will of the past, but remember thi
for the future, though we keep silence.
Henceforth, it shall be the Tribunes sol
vocation to rouse and animate the America
people for the terrible ordeal which has be
fallen them. The great republic imminentl
needs the utmost exertions of every loya
heart and hand"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-08-02
The Flight from Manassas.

1t is painful. and humlliatnS to read the de-
scrlptlon ot the flight of oar army from Man
assas, but this sketch by cool eye-witenss is
very graphic But what a scene. and how
terrific the onset of that tumultuOus retreat.
For three miles, hosts Of federal troop.-ul
detached from their regiments, all mingled in
one dlsorderiy rout-were fleeing along the
road, but mostly through the lots on either
side. Army wagons, suffers teams and pri-
vate carriages, choked the passage, tumbling
against each other, amid clouds of dust, and
sickening sights ana sounds. Hacks, con-
tanning un!ucky spectators Of the late attray,
were smashed like 8 lass, and the occupants
were lost iYht of in the ieJrts. Horses, tv-
ing wildly from the battle field, many OF them
in death agony, galloped at random forward,
joining in the stampede. Those on foot who
could catch them rode them bareback, a.
much to save themselves from being run over,
as to make quicker time. Wounded men,
lying along the banks-the few either left on
the field or taken to the captured hospitals,
appealed with raised hands to those who rode
horses, begging to be lifted behind, but few
regarded such petitions. Then, the artillery,
such as was saved, came laundering along,
smashing and overpowering everything
The regular cavalry, | record it to their
shame, joined in the melee, adding to its ter
rors, for they rode down footmen without mer-
cy. One Of the great guns was overturned
and lay amid the ruins of caisson as passed
it. saw all artllery-man running between
the ponderous fore and after-wheels of his
guncarrage, hanging on with both hands
and vainl y striving tojump upon the ordnance
The drivers were spurrIng the horses, he could
not cling much longer, and more agonized
expression never fixed the features of a
drowning man. The carriage bounded from,
the roushness Of a steep hill leading to a
creek, he lost his hold, fell, and in an instant
the great wheels had crushed the life out Of
him. Who ever saw such flight ? Could
the retreat at Borodino have exceeded it in
confusion ard tumult? | think not. 1t did
not slack in the least until Centerville wa.
reached. There the sight Of a reserve-Mies
brigade-formed in order on the hill, seemed
somewhat to reassure the van. But still ths
teams and foot soldiers pushed On, passing
their own camps and heading swiftly for thu
distant Potamac, until for ten miles the roae
over which the grand army had SO lately
passed southwark, gay with unstained ban
ners, and flushed with surety of strength, wal
covered with the fragments OF its retreatine
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forces shattered and panic stricken in q singl,
day. From the branch route, the trains at
tached to Hunters division had caught the
contagion of the flight, ard poured into it,
already swollen current another turbid fresh.
ct Of confusion and dismay. Who ever saw
a more shameful abandonment of muni,ion,
gathered at such vast expense? The team
sters, many of them. cut the traces of their
horses, and gallopsd from the wagons. 9th
ers threw out their loads to
accelerate their flight, and grain,
picks and shoyels, and provisions of every
kind lay trampled in the dust for league..-
Thousands of muskets strewed the route !;
when some of u. succeeded in r.lying body
of fugitives, and forming them in a line
across the road, hardly one but had thrown
away his arms. If the enemy had brought
up hi. artillery, and served it upon the retreat
ing train, or had intercepted our progress
with five hundred of his cavalry, he might
have captured enough supplies for weeks
feast of thanksgiving. As it was, enough
was left behind to tell the story of the panic.
The rout of the federal army seemed COM
plete."
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-08-02
The Defeat ut Manassas.

The light in many home went out in the
battle at Manassas: but among the rebels
there is JOY and among the loyaists there is
Il sadness that passes tears. Our army went
out full Of hope, to battle for their nation s
iiag. We sent them away with PRAYER for
Gods blessing upon them-beieving that in
the strength of justice and truth, and patriot
ism and personal courage and prowess, they
would conquer. They met-this single di-
ylson-nearly the whole southern army
The whole available troops of the confederate
army en- this side of the mountains were at
Manassas. They had been withdrawn from
the various points at which they had mani
tested their presence, and concentrated there
The guns in battery, at sundry points along
the Potomac, had been Withdrawn and there
met Gen McDowel's division, not only the
"ilower of the southern army" but the army
itself. Johnston's division effected its juno
ton with that Of Beauregard in time to give
to this one battle the nearly whole effective
force of the confederate states.
Our men were overborne by numbers anl
It is not to be denied that the enemy Tough
bravely and well. 1t is very evident tha
they were under the direction of exceedingly
skilful officers-ofiicers, it is sad to remeu
Der, who were educated by the government
they were fighting to overthrow. Our mel
seem to have behaved with great gallantry
but they fought against overwhelming odd.
ard exhausted themselves in driving the en-
emy from positions chosen at leisure, ant
rendered almost impregnsble both by art an
nature
The events and results of this battle Wi
shift the scene Of war to point nearer Wash
ington. Whether it will lead the enemy t
adopt an aggressive policy remains to be seer
We confess that it seems probable that
grand struggle for the possession of Washing
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-08-02
Antics of a ZOuavp Prisoner.

The Richmond pape,s tell Of a New York
fire Zouave who was caught and taken to
Fairfax. When carried before Beau.egard,
he manifested his contempt for that chicftain
by putting his thumb to hi. no'e and gyratins
with his fingers. Being ordered under con-
fnement, he turned about suddenly, kicked 4
colonel who stood near in the stomach so hard
that he sat down, knocked the corporal who
had him in charge head over heels, and invi-
ted Beauregard to 'come on and get lamed." :"
declaring that "if he didn't have muss he'd
spile" Finding none of the surprised look
ers-on started to meet him. he took to his
heels down Il lane. Several shots were fired
at him without effect. At each successive
discharge he would turn to make grimaces at
his pursusrS, or jump high in air and yell as
if struck. Suddenly lieutenant with II
drawn sword sprang before him from an al
Jacsnt building. "S-a-a-y, what are We about
a printing that thing at me ?" exclaimed lou
ave. Don't Yer know Yer might cut my bran
new wcsklt ~ Being marched Off to Jail ami
put in solitary cell, he signalzed his inst
evenings lodgmcnt there by setting il on
fire. The rebel. seem to admire the cool au-
dacity of the chap, and BeaureSard laughed
heartily at his pranks.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-08-02

ton will now be made. After such a success
az this, it would seem Il if the southern peo-
pie and the southern troops would demand
the capture of Washington. If they under
take this, they will be weakened fifty per cent.
Their strength thus far has grown out of
their defensive position, and their freedom to
choose their own ground. Attacking well
chosen position, is yer. different thing from
defending it.
I Well, some things have been learned
We have now thoroughly learned not to be in
I hurry, and to leave to the wisdom of the
wisest heads We have, the arrangements for
the war. The road to Richmond is not 81
short and easy that it can be accomplished in
a pair of summer days, but there is road to
Richmond; and when we get ready to travel
it again, it will be travelled. We understand
now, as we have never understood, the task
we have unhertaken-its nature and its mag
+ nitude-and we should be most unworthy OF
the trust committed 10 US did We talter for
moment in the path We have entered. fhtty
thousand troops cannot carve their way TO
Richmond, two hundred thousand can and
if the North ha. the courage and the bull
dog persistence which it claims for itself, it
Will rise from this defeat only the stronger
and the more determined! We trust that !.
new call will now he made for troops. Con
gress has furnished the authority and the
money. Now let the country show itself
worthy the good name which the nations of
the world were learning to accord to it. Let
it come boldly and square y up to its WORK,
and never allow itself to be overborne by num-
bers again.
Our faith as to the favorable result Of thi.
conflict is mistaken. We have believed,
from the first, that the hand of Providence
is in this business, and that out of this trial
there is to come great good 10 the country
We do not yet know what it is intended shall
be accomplished by this war: but it is certain
that one thing will be accomplished by this
defeat. II will drive us To more distinct
recognition Of The Hand that leads US. We
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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-08-02
Spicy Debate in Congress.
THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL SCOTT.


The debate on Wednesday, in the House
of Representatives, between Messrs Burnett,
Richardson, Blair and Stevens, was highly
exciting, and instructive as to the relation,
of Gen Scott to the late disaster.
Mr. Richardson of Illinois concluded his
speech as follows: i repeat that Gen Scott
has been forced to fight this battle. l will
tell the gentleman what occurred yesterday
morning. My colleagues, Mes,rs Logan and
Washburne, and myself, were present with
the president, secretary of war and Gen Scott
In the course of our conversation Gen Scott
remarked, 4 am the biggest coward in the
world rose from my seat. Stay sait
Gen Scott, 4 will prove it. l have Tough
the late battle against my judgment, and
think the president ought to remove me to-
day for doing it. As God is my judge h
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poor little fellow had no mirthfulness in his
composition. therefore could not laugh and
shout, and 50 Nature, in her wise compensa-
".a>. haa gwen him more largely the faculty
@. raar.ns. IL seemed to thrive upon It,
and W hel.c,r : sill dong well. Laughing
and ha.-ooirS, hoseycr. are to be preferred,
';r.s~s "a child shows q decided incapacity for
these exercises.
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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-08-02
Incidents of the Ma massas Battle.

die Of the battle they fired by platoons upol
the rebel infantry stationed in the woods
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cf horse coming down on their rear The,
carried the American nsg, which deceived Go
lIentzelnaiI, and made him believe the,
were United States cavalry, ard be SO to!t
The Zouaves. As they came nearer. the
true character was discos cred, but too .att
fer all the /ouaycs to reload. Inc regimen
faced and received TIE cavalry as they camt
down with leveIed bavonets, which threw
them iato confusion. Then away went mus
At. and the Zouayes went in with the
Aa;ves and pistols. They seized horses arc
stabbed their riders. In this hand to hanC
cJntict the Black Horse troop We're handled
II their own professtd way Of fighting. The
SEQUEL showed the /OUaves to be the mos
expert handler, Of the knife. When the fight
was over, there were not twenty Of the foui
hundred cavalry let, alive. Men and horses
lad been cut to piece. by the intIlriated red
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