Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-30
mune.an.en NJ Lee.burE.


~, ,1or, cors now in hi, hundred andoddsh year.
write, as much and Is vigorously as ever. lie nA'
ten two histories OF America--one under 'ne NV,
,lspas of "Hildretb," and the ether that Oh "eU
GRAFT HI Is the author Of oil Northern
and under the name Of Horace Greeley e'i"
Tt;S,,a.. The signature appended to hs eon''iouuO"'
~. J,S,,r IA "Edward Everett" Not long ago no
-. an interesting series Of articles from Lo'et's'ho
a. ,hs W6;o Hi, name was "FJrney" at the tatie Vi
,..bury and, after Sighting all day, he depicneo
Io,v l,tsr to the Philadelphia Press, from when VIC
make few extVc:s- m,
Alter p.rrstng some terrific feAts Of maniach MS
ssiDDiau. mounted on "a red hot horse, ana u's'''
hing the performances Of "a gigantic Vrgnian' armed
,,S fspce-ra nineteen feet long" hunehausen gives
,ha e. ,,oxinv illustration Of "EedsrAl daring ::
&C roo Marlin of the California regiment s missing
n "a d,onnei on his knee TO take aim al group VI
,ahs, ,ho stood near the edge OF the WOOD. tnuins
,bs, his cartridges we're all gone, hs turned 70 Assn
of his comrades, but found to bis amsz ,men', lna
..s eff c.uslly surrounded. His astonishinenf
;nasoined was only exceeded by bis ehagnn'
800 accounts for this cosardly assertion BY de-
daring that this Merlin vas great grandson Oh h'iu'
,bs Eachanter who amused hl young relative oy 'p'''
ING his companions away
Ne yo.s on TO tell about the attachment OF one FAR
b,pks author Of the platform scslss, AID young heap
bro,hsr Of Utah. who we're locked IN each o.hef A'
ana Srovusd Tho scene IN the river 10 then drawn Win
an ,hs aim Of Mesey or Prescott, We have never
sssp picture IL sa.ss eOlofs more pleasing shsa 'aN
Tho uunber Of thoss killed shlls reetosias "a 70
h,,,S must haze been qI,e large, la one o. tas pss
pcIi.6slohisp, mama p9kaesa, atl tsp pse "a Wy
T.ulp sry kssinsut SsIs palps a. tes ehi, taS
spss compelled 70 llssS uphsat ana hss snosoS's
ssrs usea 8 tss.s W, thsIf eenissts, sto ssS. W
sanG1ss. pc sssa a. 20 81 'y Ss S Ssu vs.
s,ru,k Thss hlally sil simultaneously. Ths'f psees
s,,s ics.srLs tupsiisS tbe baa, hcsevsr taftl wa
de ruSsn, dfiEisl as heE lhonghi out Of osose' 40
20. ,s.a htrsn rslns.rs, hpse,es terrih, we vas
rosrsd la.o Il fen ,ss ,kalhips en'~y, aua. sung
slosy 4, began 10 sink I'll, scene then ptessn'eo '"
r. arlnl beyond conception shrek OF horror "'n'
80 fr,u ,bs e-ew Men Gu ched each ether in de- PAIR,
"a cent down t,gethsr Voices that Il o7e 10 snou,
for heln were drowned Ia the rushing waters ana deu
away In gurgles."
Rel IA evidently the favorito eel-r Of Nun Red
b,rs,s and red.haired men figure coaipieu'usy III hs
descriptions Here Is charciag glimpse oil The rsoe'
in the Z" red banjanns:"
uAmong the rebels was QUE pre- mluent individual Who
w,,e rcd handkerchief around his head, but wSs u!
t,tly Lales. coaess ard RECKLESS, sandng out " au
vance Of bis line lie loaded and deliberately hfed 81
oar men for nsls bGur btore he was ftrnek uO"h
| n, visa shot by a member OF the Tsmmany Regiment,
who, almost the same moment was pierced oJ reoe
| nufket bail"
We shOuli like TO buy that " hankcher, to keep as =
relic.
The mex item Is Of exceeding nteres! TO all WAC lee
Interested il tie "peeuar Institution Of The South
AID it reads in tSis wise:
" Another rebel Was observed to b. eDscotced On b'
,oo Of tree and as Ia, hid eel Ion fred without 10
| ling deadly wound, Captsin fer, OF Company n
drocsd ons of bis men TO shoot HIN. An instant ale
TIE rcbt fell from hii perch, aud went crashing IKE
log through branch aud folge. Several Other al eon
tsas wers observed TO be before much lime has
elapsed"
Now this UCap. Ksisr" or rather q hfee, Is 'ques
,,,n,h,, an Afics, ard " Company ni,a h01A' "n''
%MJufoe Unawsen appears TO DO man OF eminent be
nevolence and agenuilyas witness the following rImlr
able explanation OF a most saeAkiag and thoroughly
Yankee performance:
After the battle Que Of our men found sarE anC
dead in tho hollow Of a log The manner OF his d, ait
IA supposed to have been asfoioWs: At tho commence
ment Of the battle while general confusion prevailed
probably crsp. iaO toe log Shci lay ueAr the rlseI
bank for the purpose OF picking oil the enemy IN
she err wal very much de1ayed and worm eaten AID
speediy p;eIc.d by a rid, ball When dragged Cut hi
mu ket was found have been recently discharged-
The as bali had entered his beast and passed through
the left lung"
Consider tho size of tia. log Plenty of inside
for man to load and fro qua WIS: pity the Wole
battle feld was 10: covered With theee admirable sclG
sions for ambitious sharpshOoters.
Much ground ald lofty tumtliug eusued in spite oil
the best efforts OF the ia the hollow log, for Aorr
the historian av,rs that maby scnes that might have
seemed ludcrous in any Other uncturc occurred upon
the bill side Il was not foS frantic men 20
leap the whole distance Of the bu aud plant their feet
ON their comIaiss' backs - aud ,h' We suppose il the
reason, and the only reason, why the Yankee army
"backed down." -
gray hlired Californian came TO his end In an unex
rected and truly surprising manner, to Wit
HE had fought hard all day. aud Lad been twice
wounded the laat shot carrying away hs trigger finger
stood upon the banks Cf tue stream, eyesting him
sf Of bis surplus clothing when burly fellow be:ogg-
ing to New York regiment leapsd upon him, knocking
tbs breath Gu, Of the eli mans bedy"
Poor CID man disagreoatla decesse was bic "a
departure from this v of OF Which few OF bis
ations vii be proud Blu. the cid aa's case, bad i.
was compared not with the Gaze Of s.okea Ys valiant
Saeu, Who seek ia batts wild cOmmotioa to survive
he fortunes of the day by ehaong the role Ct tho Opos-
aud pref thereb.:
"a man named Stokes wac among tie list OF prs.
onsrs seilg no chance Of escape lay down ia open
field amorg a Number Of the dead, as though e
really h9rs dH combat At length q rebel sharp shoot
err stumbling upon biz body slCc ed il az sn excellent
one for foo:reSt. Poor Stok in -hulat on, tuG
held his peace At length the rebel having made very
success fI shot, sprAr up and daLc ID around fer joy
well nigh lnccking tia foo,-stoo, into jelly. Stop for
Gods ssks," shouted S:okes The sharp-sSooter drew
back perfectly thundHs,ruek then dividing the
sac Of eff is b. shouted out You sneakiUg Yankee
cuss git up Lers" Thu EQUATION broush q Score Of
re9els to the spo and Stokes when last ssen WAS 60
log OF under guard, with very erestfAllen face"
Such are some Of the affecting incidents of tie battle
Of L,esbug, az embodied in the epe':le Of Me- Monroe
ChAwscn to the Philadelphia Press. He closes the len
d,r and touching tale Of Yankee disaster with the follow
ing very drauai, scse which has he great msri, Of be
lag crefal copy Of Sic Walter sco!t's coupaatv,ly
unknown description Of the hsht between R0drlek Dhu