The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-07
Rirtlmunh qispatrb.
IEDNEsDAY MORNING AUG. ], 1881
"A oCOND FaW DAYS SOJOURN WEIR
THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
7 HE I3 TITLE FIELDS.
FROM TIE SPECIAL coRsRHPoYBBNr Op The LON
Box MORNING HkRALpl
No. II.
HrtpookRrERs, MASAssAs, July 18th.

| AL chn cHcr you Is sax! Gen.
| Bearregurd 20 were par ting for tbs
| night; and certainly i did not expect nor de
| sire more. had TO rutnp with the Same sol-
! ttary covering, and - carpet bag for 4 pillow,
At the J uuCtion Hotel on q former occas ion
| the night previous TO my leaving Manassas
| where L wslt to witness a rencop Ue that did
| not com. off SO, With IN oil cleth und or me
| and a blanket in which to snwr:p mysAf, with
| the stars fsr torches, l should have Iuxuriats
/ on the green swaId as much az the spicurs
| who courts tho yielding softness Of d downy
| couch While my bed was preparing turn-
ID out Of tcnt, and perched m yself on the gar.
| den fence, where l smoked MY mesrsc haum
| Ike philosopher, Ineautirle Illuminating ON
! thee eyenttHi gtGmpefc of Ihs Grand Army'tft
| on ne previous Sunday, and anon ''watchi n~
| the n ght or bodies OF light" although unlike
/ the sage u the song, sespisg midnight vjgil.
| there WAS 40 danger OF my nisJakiug los
| trous feminine orbs for their sister spheres
| Saon one Of Afrio's sons announced the
| pleasing intelligence that "a1l w.s ready :"
| so, having grown tired Of distractions, shook
| out the ashes from my pipe, and, leaving the
| stars 20 rnnlastic lovers, projected to my
| quarters Here, To my surprise, within a
| comfortable tent, | found = camp beds tea a
| ard Il very ec2y oed indeed, prepared for my
| reception, with nothing worse than few big
| He's tc "murder sleep, which, like most evil
! doors, seemed to dread the light for they tock
| refuge in the apex OF the marc ace, and evi-
| IDENTIFY felt uueasy. Having undergone the
| troublesome operation OF uudressiug-thaGks k
| 10 our civilization, which Decessitates many
] other incon veniences--l folded nv garments
| and placed them on ths 1901 Of my bed, as
| chairs and wardrobes are luxuries not appur.
| tenant 10 camps bad only just reclIne et
and was upon the point of falling in to the en-
| braces of Morpheus, when, with sharp,
! harsh sound that aim ost set Isy teeth on edge
| ] found ny support gong from under me. BY
| Jupiter IL was 100 bad. The canvas at one
i side Of the beds tead had taken summary lea a
o: the finy nails that it led it to TIE timber
! frame work; SO ! had no nail difficulty in
| maint tanning my equilibrium dnriDg the night,
| which managed 10 accomplish by a number
| of"sIa-egic movements" PROBABLY net known
| before in military experience This camp
hedstead had, TO all appearance, never been
used before but il was now fairly FUSED mp -
On, you psccant, TecTeant military cOntric
tors OF RiVhmOnd, or any other place, who
supply goods such as are warranted 10 look
2Qe2i, but not 70 rear; your heads ought 30 b.
sxacted as the penalty fer your pecula
I, for one, should not scruple with nv own
HANDS 20 make triangular eibhess If your camp
hedsteads. and aangeyery n o thsr's son Of you
without the benefit of clergy
Next morning l arose rather early-aIthouSh
not quite with the lark-I wonder what time
this MODAL bird goes 10 Toost land took AS
extensive an abiutton Is WAS possible, con-
e.derjng that no bath rooms or ba IN apparatus
are attached 10 camps. / accompiis he'd the
troublesome routine Of the toilet, too, WithOut
the a.d OF locking g'azs-a feat which won Id
! have been death 10 & woman ! II ever South.
siT women should turn AmaZors, and take
up any more formidable weapons than their
own errns ald tongues to stay the inread OF
the enemy, trEst Ine 4 mirror is & luxury they
will not dispense with. After shifting the
morning air tor = while, and enjoying the
quiet oea uty OF the landxcape-for Nature In
these regions appeared a. calm rs if the din of
battle had novsr disturbed her serenity
breakfast was announced For those like
myself. who are accustomed TO take their first
meal in bed. there is a particular charm in
going down tC breakfust;' but it is 4 charm
never Ttheless which dimiuishes with is fre.
quency. The General and his staff ware all
present al liable; SO after interChaneirE 40 end
CT good mornings, sat to heartily in re-
newing my exhausted physical powers AL
though the table did moi Sroan beneath the
weigh Of luXurIes, AS have seen tables groal
III the Federal camps, stlil there was pieu-
teops supply OF necessary comforts, a fact
which l giadl? record tor the beneHs OF NcC-
theIn journalists, and they are welcome to
make whatever use they please OF the infor-
nation. After this sim pie but subs tantial
repast was over. General Beauregard sent
Urittsn instructions to his "Aid,' Col. CHS
holm, II very excellent fellow, by the 1vaya
to take ne over the battle-ground. For this
purpose the General had kindly placed mis-
private ambulance al my disposal out as l
was Informed that such conveynuce
couId hot possibly travel TO some spots CT in
terest on the Teld, Owiag TO the absence CT
proper roads. no hing was left Int to make ''a
virtue o. necessiiy, and go on horseback,
Now, this was kind Of exercise to which l
haG.nOt been accustomed ; for nv ambition in
this way never reached higher than mules
hack; and my equestrian experience was
Swiss mountains, and journeying from Turin
to the summit OF Superga-tha tomb OF the
Sandman kiugs-0n the species or quadrupei
have mentioned. At length pretty little nag
was saddled for my use--a quist, docile crea-
lure, Warran tsd not TO run away with lts rider,
or indulge il eccentrcities with it's hind
legs. SO J mounted the animal and made a
tentative atteTu pt at hOrssmanship, although
with some degree OF IDiSgiviDg, i confess
Of course l endeavored To become 'Dlas ter OF
tbs situalion," and TO hold myself erect. and
look rs much At ease Sc possible. l am sure
i Cut as sorry ngure IS poor John GitPin
die when he set ont on his ''sentiIn entail
tour to the astonisnment OF all the village
| We Carered along at rather slow pace at
first, mostly through fields and woods. Gown
. dechvitieS and over streams, where some
times the animal ! rode would persistently
refuse 10 stir = step until IL had slaked its
| thirst, rotwiths tandinR all the coaxings, a Ia
| Rarey, and sundry kiC ks in the side when it
received. Sometimes SIS passed stray groups
of citizen soldiers, i tancisd that they lock
| particular notice OF my awkward horseman-
| ship; but | consoisd myself by the reflection
/ that they were but novicss in military Gxpe
rence, as WAS in the Few art TO which L as
pirad.
| Col Chisholm finally apprisei ms that
| we were in close proximity 10 the battle field
| & fact, indeed, easily percspiible from the In
| tOierable ef1iuvi1 which greeted my nosTIs
Here my reflections became sc'emn-tor hor-
ror gives horrent shapes to thong the
enormty OF our civil war seized upon my
| nina WIN dDsOEDHS AuJCc-dH t5lA&-
| war for which there was no necessity, and one
which has thrown ell Europe into surprise
| and connorion. Good Heaven, thought l,
and Is il thus that the Great Republic has
| ended-the " Model Repu blic, - of which
| Americans have bean so justly proud, and
| which Monarchical nations have so long re-
garded with in nterest and raspect' 1t was not
| long ere l arrived upon the spot whsrs The
| mighty action was fought, which has she'd
glory on the Southern arms, and will give an
| European prestige to the Confederacy that
| perhaps it could not otherwise, or at least so
| readily, obtain. Ths country which 4
| short time before had been so luSnriant-
| ly beautiful, now appeared desolated.--
| Rich corn crops had been trodden down and
destroyed by the enemy,s cavalry, whlie
| n ploughshare had been driven through them
| The ruts made by wagon wheels were psreep-
| tbe everywhere, and everything showed aat
| a terrible conflict had lately taken place
| Dead bodies Of the enemy, too, lay about in
all directions, the intense heat Of the su rem
| dering them intolerable TO approach. forci-
bly, thought Of what General Bsauregard ob-
served TO HE in the morning: 1.-The Northsrn
hordes came 10 invade our soil; but the por-
| tion | shall give each man will be str feet By
| tlooI' Some of the snemy's batteries also
observed i'll position, with all the horses at
tached TO them ing lifeless in the very places
they had fallen. The nslds and road. from
Stone Bridge, and Along the Turnpike Road 10
CentreyilIe, bore traces OF the sanguinary Ell !.
counter The ground was literally covered
with bandages, caps, cantesns, waddins. shoes,
stoc Kings, and other wearing apparel, and here
and there. dead horses and artillery carriages
In some spots l observed elots OF blood,
which so saturated the ear tn that the inces-
SAINT rain of tbs previous Monday did not oblit-
crate the crimson stains Although Ia lhe
presence of death-and death 20 inexprsssibiy
terrible 70 behold -Ihe sight of the shoes and
stockings tand even more Indispensable artl.
c.es, needless 10 particuiarise,) was too much
for my visibility 10 resist Imagination
vividiy conjured up the Grand Army" di'
vestllK themselves OF these slight and even