Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-09-25

ls was SOOuL lnlS lille IlcI'k Sttlt LIZ
roadside, surrounded By group of aolders,
some of whom had 'G9' On their caps. The
owner, as ! took him TO be, vas in great dis
lrcss and cried out as passed, Can you tell
,ae, sir, where the sixty-ninth are? 2 i can't
tell you' I'm in charge of the mails, sir, and
III deliver them if die fov it. You ere .
gentleman, and can depend on your word,
Ii it safe for ME to 20 on? Not knowing the
extent of the dtbacle. | assured him ii was:
AMI asked the men Of the regiment how they
; I,appencd to be there. Sure the colonel him
self told MS 10 20 of, every man on his own
| hook, snd to fly for ou' lives, replied one OF
them The mail agent, who told me he was
! an Englishman, started the cart again.
! ,iacersIy hope no bal result to him OF his
! .!!:arse followed nay advice
! We rode to Fairfax together.
| Il reached Fairfax Court House. The peo-
! .ie, black and white, with anxious faces, were
at The doors, aud the infantry undcr arms,
was Jescised with questions, though h"r.
,Ire,ls Of fagitiycs lad passed through before
! me-
/ Ii is a small matter this, but it marks The
/ character of the man. Not question waS
asked Of Mr.. Russell. nor Of us; not u :" insi-
! i've" we dare affirm, had !.a$srd that way
tie infantry--auothcv New Jersey regiment,
| !! we are no, n:sfakcn-were at their usual
ercnins parade. surprising, 10 doubt, that
| tLcir companions iii arms bad won grca;
victory.
"At ono honse stopped to ask for water
for my horse the owner sent his servant for
L. .cIcerul'y, the very house where We ;;a't in
| vain asked for something 10 eat in the iure-
| noon. There's fright among them, ub.
..rrvc1, in reply to his question concerning
| lie camnissariat drivers. they're afraid Of
Tic cncluy's cavalrY.' '.lre you al .Ameri-
csa p sail iae man. 90, am not We'll,
! theu, ne said, there viii be cavalry on them
30 II, eno.gi. There's twenty thousand Of
,l.o b.,l lluysc.n.n in tie world i'll Frr:inuy.;' i
; At the little oEe-hof:,: tavern in Fairfax
tic horseS-.Nr. Rs ar: onc u.';,--wc:r wa
tered b: q servant; bui the r''Is;rte'l cohS::-
:"li:n 'iil not take place. y c!nr; 'ii>tance
rom that inn Mr. Russell put >p.rs 10 his
c:.irns ar.1: riding :'lriorsy i"!t us behind !;
!:r picked u?amr!c na;crial Tor naisrerrese'l-
!,;on, however, a& II; went. We point pnt
ill., src;.tcs, :;,i,cno,,;. il ouz a!Seh..rl can
ha .r.&;er tG;;, :np,.r i: ii. columns liza!
il. i..:4 derote,! ID tho vi'hficalion Of oar
t:,o.,>.
%a sii:ton was stillcia.;.con mi!csa~ay.
I'::lc r,,l ,vas roJ"i, an uncertain, a:;,2 l,a:
ny poor stced ";aa nader "ay; hat it WAS o.!
no use trying to o,l;str;p The runaways. Once
! Or twice imagined teard guns in the rear,
bu; c.all noe be SIRE III consequence Of tue
roar Of tue flight l,chird me. 1t was most
surprising 10 see huw I:.r tie soldiers had
cantrivcd to 90 on in ':'ivaace."
1t must have been surprising, indeed From
The moment of uceing tie first New Jersey
regiment, OF which sc have spoken. moi SOL
der, unless one OF baggage Or pickc! c..@ard
! did wa scc On til. rca,;-not one. T!49 Nh
yorS goiug in were few, and their progress
was not such as 10 Indicate that they were
making retreat. We faced train after train
going out with supplies, without guard and
without suspicion that the army was beaten
sn3 in flight. The defeat was not kiIo%n tc
auy on the road, not even to Mr. Russell, who
informed Us that OUR army would foil Lack
and cncamp for tie nisat, only 20 renew the
battle next day. The "roar OF the Eight be-
hind men is stretch Of the imagination.
! We were "behind u,e," and Iearl the guns
aud marked the time rs T.l5! but, save our
poor old thick-windcd steed, there was not
another hcise on the road within our sight.
4 few carriages with wounled, q few retiring
c:y;lians-uone making haste, rorc stspcc-
ting the Enale that was reacled-soGn passed
Us; Lut not an armed man, trooper or foot
mau, was anywhere near. Mr.. Russell, in
the next paragraph, confess as much:
! "ltwas straugc rih.c, through a country
nos still as death, ,i,, white road shining
ike :. river in tic I,i,s,,;ict, the t.eeS black
as ci.u..y il. the .lcLe ,'ow aud ,LcIi 4 Iisurc
fitting jy. into the forest or across the
ro.d-.righscnel iiri,nd, or lurking foe, who
could say? Then the anxious pickets ard
sen.rics. al! asking, 'What's tie news 2 and
rvic!cr,'y prepared for any alnon"' OF loss"
Tie trn,l, is,rrnoal:!y this: The insrina,
tive correspondent lels the battle groana be.
! !;.r any vo!,fA>iou occurred, ani Wien the
rr,rp.aie mo, ,nsu; was order d, hearing
the exaggerated stpri,:s OF what cn:na 10 b: :,
fight, after be got 10 Washington, on " 'na"y,
whic til. cS"itemr&: was ut is height, he
wove item INTO his letter as facts q: his owi,
orcrra!iun. The rnal MAS tissrac.iul cnong!,
to az. any mans n,a,. cpld il, III veins,
bnt i. vas .os VIA, NJ. Russell describes.
As we have asstttc'l, !.e Iii! net sec il.
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Tic First is-gi:,en; South Carolina Volnr-
tiers, Col. Ii.yry Grrsr, "rri1el in this ciiy
yesterday rnor;.ing Ir,1 i i,;t:h:ao,,i. ',""'r
to Few Goar;cis. Ills ine ,esi'nrnt com.
pri>cs over one thon&;,,'l :avc, Hc!l-dril!sd
.nl,i;rrs, vino arc a;,s!,r's i'r a iii win hr!r
,.nkec opponents. ~, OF ;:.sritF allof them,
let fr their destinations during the day
Petersburg Express:
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