American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1861-08-03

Their rights were again denied, however,
and then resulted fight, of which you have
doubtless had information by telegraph.
The regulars were called out to quell the
INSTRUMENTATION, and in the conflict which
resulted, blood was freely shed on both
sides. How the matter was finally settled
| am not yet advised.
| The panic was SO great that had it not
been for throwing open the draw on the
long bridge, and anchoring the steamboats,
in the stream, the entire army would have
retreated to the City of Washingto ton, if not
beyond. The rout continued all night and
greater portion of Monday, the soldiers
going in over the fields, roads, and through
the forests for distance of ten miles, bare
| footed, bareheaded, stripped of everything
that would impede their progress, and SO
thoroughly frightened, that the mere men
| ton of the approach of our cavalry put them
to their utmost speed. Had our whole
army, or a stronger detachment followed,
there is not the least doubt that we might
have entered the capital itself
In this connection, l may add that the
Virginia cavalry acted admirably, and con-
tributed to the success of the day.
Among the thousand prisoners taken, you
have one now in Richmond, who is real
prize His name is Fairbanks, and he is the
adjutant of the Michigan regiment. He
halls from Detroit; by trade he is shoe
maker and by nature is one of the blacklist
hearted abolitionists and haters of the South,
that is anywhere suffered to carry Gods
breath around in wicked carcass. He is
the same individual who was so urgent to
have the clergyman arrested in Alexandria,
for praying for the Confederate States,
thrown into negro pen, and there confined
until he repented. He was equally anxious
to have several of the ladies of Alexandria
hung as an example of the manner in which
the abelitionists intended to treat secession
lists.
Our men have not vet completed the
burial of the enemy's dead, and they yet
remain by scores upon the field where they
fell, black, mangled, purifying masses of
what was once humanity, filling the atmos-
phere with stencil.
1t is worthy of note in this connection
that many of the bodies bad lying near them
pile of crackers and cup of water, which
had been left by our volunteers susie
nance until they could be removed from the
field. The wounds were terrible, and of
every variety, but | learn from one of our
surgeons that the hundred or more prison
ers we have, are not nearly SO badly wound
ed as our own men. Most of our wounds
are from MIME balls, which have gone
through and through the body, making great
CHASTITY wounds-while those upon the enc
my are with round balls, tie effect of which
| is not nearly so bad. The extremites APP
pear to have suffered more than any other
part. and yet from the fact that necessary
operation cannot be performed here for want
of comforts and conveniences afterwards,
the mortality must necessarily be great.
We have several surgeons who are pris-
oners, but refuse to do anything whatever
for their wounded comrades. They have
thus imposed on us the duty not only of
administering relief to the living, but of
performing the Offices of humanity to the
dead
The prisoners appear to be perfectly salts
fed with their treatment, and frankly ac
knowledge that we have thus far had the
advantage of our enemy in success as we'll
as magnanimity. Among Others captured
was colored guard of six Yankees, includ-
ing lieutenant. The fellow fought bravely,
and was finally obliged to yield to his an
tagonst, yet such was the courtesy with
which he was treated, that with tears in
his eyes he acknowledged his gratitude and
his fooiishness in taking up arms against
those who bad been his brothers, He said
be deserved shooting, and would rather die
than to live in the presence of men who were
acting to him the part of brothers, while he
was playing the part Of a fratricide.