The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-01

10 an extract from the correspondence OF the
New York Express:
After the rapuse of the Fourteenth per
feet avalanche Of giittering steel came pour.
ing on of the woods in the drrc ton of the
Manassas railroad, bearing down upon our
shattsred wearied columns with Triumphant
cheers Then commenced scene of the most
dtsrraceful con fusion, entirely indescribable
and truth compels me to state that the chief
officers OF our division were the first TO ride off
ths aid and left the different regiments To
look out for themselves. Col burnside. t}oy
Sprssue Col. Martin, Of the list and one or
t.o others, were for making Il stand against
he enemy, but the example Of othsr de-
mnraiizsd scattered regiments tn rev All into
con fusion. After retreating mile or So Col
Burnside formed the brigade To cover the
retreat-not by tho orders of 9eneraI
Mcdowell, l believe, MS do not
think he Was seen again by any of our
force after he left the field. The brig
ade was soon thrown into confusion again by
cavalry and artillery coming from tae rear
wild and panic stricken, riding and driving
reckiessly along, knocking down men and
oyerturning ambulances, and then commenced
a route most Nominating and disgracetui.
The road strewn with baggage waguns over.
turned, muskets, blankets, Cartridge boxes
thrown away, and all abandoned our dead
left unburieu, our wounded 10 be prisoners
and with the exception of Burn sIde ; brigade
scarcely corporais guard OF any regiment or
company together along the I'D Inc IA
nous GaribAidi q uard were not much on sun
day, but on the next morning We're consplcu-
Gus on their return, entering houses, shooting
pigs, cattle, 81 and den1ednIng themselves
ike extremely brave and terocious fellows
generally, among women and children. Be
tween Sunday morning at three and Monday
noon, our brigade emphasized at lsast fifty
miles OF marching, including their share or
lhe battle, without rest or sleep.
THE sBw YORK sIxrr-SIsrH.
few days ago We published 8 tsie-
graphic dispatch from Washington TO the
effect that Abe Lincoln had visited the
9th in Alexandria, presen ted them with
complimentary letter, and that they
had consented TO re-enlist. The follow
ing, from the New York Express of the 25th'
stamps that dispatch with falsehood
The various Societies are requested u hold
themselves In readiness in their regalIa at
O'Clock to- morrow morning to receive the 90 IN
Regiment on their return from the seat OF
war. For place of rendezvous, see morning
papers.
TIE BRITISH REGIMENT.
The New York Express thus revives an Ell.
ploded humbug
This Che Briti.h) regiment under Il new or
ganization, has at last been accepted by the
Secretary OF War. The organization of the
regiment will be completed in a few days. 1t
is confidently expected that they will i'll all
respects be equal to any regiment yet offered
to the Government.
soCIAIIsH IN NEW YORK.
A mass m Getting of 900 working men took
place i'll New York last Wednesday. One of
the paper. of that city says:
The President, in speech submitted q
plan of organization, in VIII ch he defended So
cialisrn, mai tanning that the working classes,
IN crisis like the present, have right to claim
the support of the community. 1t the
duty OF the latter TO afford subsistence 10 the
poor by providing them with employment,
avenues, water works and parks, where the
laborers could be advantageousIy employed
The speaker suggested the organization of
working mems associations in all the wards of
the city, and all the towns of the State and
country, each society to be composed of ''sec-
tions," including the different trades, the
whole to be governed by central organiZa-
ton. Various addresses were made the
subject by more than DOZEN speakers.
The debates were occasionally carried on in
very excited manner, and at times grew
violent
ANOTHER YAEEgE ACCOUNT.
George Wilkes, editor of the New York
| Spirit of the Times, was participant in the
| battle of the 2lst, according to his own
count. He writes as follows to the New York
Tribune
Following the 69th came the Scotchmen
from New ork, their tail leader Col. Came
ron, trottIng oriskly at the head, in order 10
give room TO their ovsr-eager step. His face
Whe LuciTs were Tlylu anu Us III go
as stone. Not a word WAS spoken, except by
the captains, OF hurry, hurry, boys ~ until
some locker on, unable TO command himself,
exclaimed, "Go il, auld Reekie 80 Then of a
sudden a wild scream, or IA Their shrek, burst
| forth like al explosion and rang again and
| again along the entire line. 1t extended its
impulse TO the Celtic column in ad vance, and
likewise set the Wisconsonians on fire, and
the three regiments went forward from that
moment with one continuous shout, which
| had no meaning but mere rage for battle.
| This was the first opportunity afforded ME
| 10 reach the scene, and fell in, anu folio wed
| on. As we neared the place of the COZ filct,
the caunonade began again, and we could near
The singing OF rlfled cannon shot, and now
and then see them plunge into the earth, or
smite upper branches OF the trees along our
line. The woods near the edge of the battle
field were already filled with wounded and
exhausted soldiers, and occ asionally we could
see { wounded man in the arms OF his COM
rude., who were carrying him 70 some piece
of shade, or steadying him on horseback till
they could bear him to some spring The uni
yersal cry OF these unfOrtunates was for water +,
and even the unhurt men-nay, even those
who had not yet bssn engaged, were parched
with the consuming force OF The terrible ex-
element.
When we arrived, Shermans guns were
still engaged in playing with the batteries OF
the enemy, and the infantry were not npon
the field The reinforcements also were with =
held, and the battle LETT to the great guns
alone. The 69th and 10Th, and Wisconsin ~,
were VI Ia ~ up JUDI a. LILO emu aASc Va NiAS
| field, protec ted from the enemy by 3 narrow
screen of saplings and stood by a com any
| OF Brackets cavalry, who were waiting for
another DASH whenever the gunners should
require their protection. / looked along
| the Celtic and Gaelic line, and they stood
| smid the booming of the guns, pale and re-
| solved, with their lips firmly set, impatiently
| expecting the signal 10 goin. One single shout,
| the prologue TO bound, would have been cheap
| at guinea to the poorest man III the line A S
| | stood thus dividing my admiration between
| them and the gallant fellows who we're work
ing our guns, there came she'll (as thought {,
| though it turned out to be a rified cannon
| shot) singing toward me, and seeing Others
| take warning from its note by running behind
| trees, ! bent as close to the ground as could.
| Whe Their that helped any portion OF me from
| it's range, / do not know; but saw it smite Il
| rise in the path about fifteen yards ahead, and
| had a look at the monster III my hand in two
| minutes aftsrward Even III that Quiescent
state, l could hardly help respecting it with
| terror.
SPEECH PROM GEN MCCLELLAN.
On the arrival of Gen. Mcclellan III PhiIa-
delphia, the rabble got him out upon q balco-
| ny, when he spoke as follows
| My FRIENDS In this time of action il will
| not do 10 make useless speeches. take this
| greeting as intended for my brave soldiers OF
| Western Virginia, to whom the whole credi
| of the recent skirmishing in that section Is
due. But yonr applauses assure me that the
| cause of the Government lies next To your
| hearts, and. remem herring ii, ! shall try to do
better in my new field of labor. | bid you
| good by.
| WILSON, THE MASSACHUSETTS, sHoBMAxER.
| Says the New York Herald's Washing ton
| correspondent, July %:
Mr.. Wilson, chairman of the Military Com
| mittee OF the Senate, offered a resolution yes
terday, empowering the President TO remove
| from office any military Cfficer who should
| prove inefficient in the service Sena tors
IL n To fnri I hnI itsnr in,
| sis ted rs usual upon making speech, In do
| ing which he made a sweeping denunciation