St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-08-15

ne eneny having tWeuty-seven hun
dred well-drilled soldiers. Although il
was anwise to make any stand against
such overwhelming odds. my men could
not resist the opportunity Of taking q
shot or two before retreafing. We last
three men and they lost nine We con.
tinued on the retreat ten DAYS or t,ro
weeks with enemies all around me, with
forces sent to intercept my road, commu-
uications with friends cut eGf, aad reim-
forcements could not reach ,ife iu-lsrjys
bodies; my frien'is came to me iu squads
of 6vcs. tens. tifties aud hundreds. I
knew they would come, and l awaited
them. At length ! had sufficient force
I" make a stand. On the 5th Of July the
enemy appeared, numbering twenty five
hundred men, under command Of Col
Siegel. We routed them, drove them
fourteen miles, and from every position
they took, and the last we heard of the,r
they were still running. daughter AND
cheers. 1t was done exclusively By Mis-
souri, troops.
Another battle We had a day or two
and think it is the greatest
fight of the war. although upon a small
scale. Col. Cook had raised regimen.
Of 500 men. mostly Dutch. These he
quartered in two large barns. Two of INV
Captains. Hall and Stone. with their ooun-
panies, consisting Of $50 men, went to
these barns before daylight aud slangh.
tered the enemy like hogs, killing 2sV of
them. putting the rest n flight, and get
ting every gun the scamps had [Cheers.l
There has been sonse little skirmishing on
the Moth side Of the Missouri river, of
which. however. can give no account,
having seen nothing but tclcgraphic re-
ports from that rrghn. The day after
the 9th Of July battle. Was met by the
gallant McCuiloch- McCuIloch.-you
all know him. ICheers That gallant
s"klicr had marched for two days and
nights. He knew the enemy vas after
n,e. He was fifteen hours too late, but
il was not his fault. have been morti-
6cd. my fe!low-citizens, Of Virginia, to
see it published in your papers that that
gallant officer aud myself had difficulty
after the battls. My friends, If had the
power, aud desired to make man who
should stand as the representative of man.
hood, and cUmbiue Within hin,se If all that
is excellent in human character, l know
not the model would sooner take than
the gallant. noble, brave McCullo.h.
Cheers. With eight thousand men he
came to our assistance, with troops from
Texas. Arkansas and Louisiana. Cine
regiment from this latter State was the
first and best / ever saw. They came
all the way ON foot-they calne to fight
and not to retreat. In addition to this
force he brought to NY aid his high mil
itary genius, his r.si,tless energy and
brave aud fearless heart. [Checrs Gen.
Polk has ordered to my assistance tllir-.
teen thousand men. aud they are nov on
their way to the battlefield. [Cheers.]
| shall return as soon ss the cars Can
take me to the State Of Missouri. |
shall 60 to the field, and there ] shall re-
main until the invader is driven from our
soil or We are conquered. Cheers l
do not expect the latter to take place.
Such men NJ we have can never be COLI
qucred. [cheers. because they are fight
ing for that which is dcarer than life it.
self-their rights. Cheers l have
left behind me wife. children, home, eve
rything that is dear to man. My men
are in the same condition. We would Le
worse than towards ii We gave up the
contest with anything less than life.
Loud cheers.
In the great hattie lately fought-4he
battle Of Davis. Bcauregard anI Johnston
our men exhibited forctaste of what
Lincoln's mcnials may expect in every
contest that is to follow. Any set of raw
troops who can, with nothing but bowie
knives, charge upon the bayoncts of rceu-
lars. as our men did in the late battle, can
never be whipped. There is no instance
upon record where raw recruits were
known to make such bold. daring, slash.
lug charges right up to the mouths of can
NON. manned BY veterans. aud take them,
~ Jid our men on that occasion. Nor
was an army with such equipments and
appointments, rs the enemy possessed,
ever before known to leave all their nlu-
nitions in the hands Of force SO numeri-
cally inferior as ours. Let every man
IN the Southern States be Of good cheer.
With all the divisions Of my people and
all the difficulties and embarrassmcnts
that have been thrown around ,ne by the
combined efforts Of traitors and foes, |
have never for one moment doubted what
is to be the final result. Applause All
We have TO do. my friends Of the Southern
States. is to rise at once and overpower
the enemy. Their troops have been nine
" days troops; their time is about exIir-
ing. You may take my word for it. very
few Of those men who have tested the
Of Southern steel will BE- anxious
to re-enlist. Cheers. Then l say, be-
fore they reorganize their shattered army.
let us strike. and strike home. (Cheers.
claim to have no superior military capa.
city. but to my mind the quick and dcci-
sive blow is the one We should make in
Virginia aud Missouri. and drive the in
vader from our soil. ! advise every man
in the Southern States, that can raise an