Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-07-05
THE BATTLE OF VIENNA,


lhn following additional account of tho bat
Il" of Vienna, being extract from a private
letter. written BY yonng friend who parteiA3
pa'ed iu the engagement will no doubt prove
interesting to our readers:
We remained in Vienna sboat two hours
waiting to Geo if we could learn ANYTHING Of
tho whereabouts of the Northern troops mud
had juit rrco'nnenc.d our marcl, home and
the rear OF the Regiment WAS Just quitting the
village when it was announced that q train
waa heard approaching from Alexandria. The
artillery which was in advance Of the Reqi-
tnent Immediately wheeled around and gallop-
ed back to ite former station on Il hill which
commanded the Railroad for uear half Of q mile
Our Regiment was Immediately faced about
and ordered back. 1t hardly recommended its
march back before tho artillery which hal ar
rived at it's station opened on a train which
wae seen approaching. filled with s,lt1iers-
The Regiment Immediately "dcuhle quick.A"
back to support the artillery aud arrived few
minutes after the tain stopped. Our comran.,,
had just arrived on its ground when We we- a or.
de-ed to tnke our position in some woc:,s .bo,t
quarter Of amile in trout and near tho vail
road to prevent the enemy fro, turn;n, ,,r
faak. We double quicke1.' then distance
8: uearly hall milo bu.. no enemy ,,ns.ro,
sithough we were ad :ancei to within two or
'"'so h"nd'ea Ta.ds Of the railroad In the
'isHn t''n-' wb.!e we wero taking up our rosi-
t'on me artillery kept firing on the enemy.-
ihey were about four hundred strong, 1--WE
learned this nfte, wards) and as soon ns the ir.
~"s opened upon them. they commenced
jumping off the platform cara and made two
or three ineffrctual attempts to form bu, failed
as The fire of tha artillery was too hot for
Them and thus retreated immediately on the
other eide Of tho railroad into n thicket out of
sight OF the artillery. when they partially raj
lied aud then rapidly re,reated a mile or so.
Gregg Immediately sent the cavalry in pursuit
out they had retreated too rapidly to be over.
taken. They left ak desh on tha field and
emo severely wounded with his arm shot of at
The shoulder who will die. The train wa.
stopped as soon as the artillery opened. and
the balls went whizzng through the cara into
their very mijst. As soon as they commenced
Jumping OF the cara the engine retrea.ed back
with several cara, leaving however first class
passenger car and several platform cars. In
these "e found hvc or ak chests Of tools and
I'ies Of blankets. cartridge buxe,, csntecns.
boxes Of ammunition and ahou, l6 or 90 mus-
kets. II Is supposed there were great MANY
wounded. Some OF our men said they saw sev
era! bodies on board the oars that returned
ana persons from Alexandria say that 7 cars
came IN the same evening rdded with ahot
covered with blood which none were ncrnit
ted to visit The mon were from the lot Ohio
nf nj Al,
which our troops had burnt down. The woun
dsd man said that the rest of the Regiment.
about eight hundred. had stopped four miles
down the railroad. Our troops remained till
about loo'c!ock IN. to see if they wonld return
and then after cutting down the bridge, hurn-
ing the cara and tearing up the track returned
TO fa'ria1 The aame night where wo arrive ell
ABOUT IL or ono o'clock at night, having marel,
eP about forty miles without any interval.
POLICY OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
No one now in the United States can be sup.
posed to lie as we'll informed ns to the inten-
tions and policy Of the British Government
toward the United States in the present crisis
As Geo NJ. Dallas. late American Minister to
Inc court OF st. James. who has just rel urned
to this country. and vino is fresh from commu-
n'cation, by virtue Of his position, with the
leading statesmen of that nation What he
Gays OF tnatters is thus stated by the Phladel.
phis correspondent Of tho New York Tr;bxne
who writes:
'Mr. dallas conNerses worry unreeerve.lly a.
bout the feeling of the British Ministry to-
wards this Government He believed the
Ministry to be hostile to us. and that Lord
'ohn kusseirs early recognition Of rebels "a |
oeh'gerents was not premature declaration
TO 10 repsnted of hereafter. hut q deliberate
policy to he adhered to. a. far as it goes. IL
Is disposed to believe that the great arbit.r !.
cotton-that AS the stock on hand will keep the
English mills employed until November. the
ministry will not openly conn.enanee The re-
oeIl'"n until il is ascsrtained wherh-r the new
crop 's to he exported or not. If We crush the !
reoeis and permit the new crop to he exported.
AL will be satisfactory to John Bull; if .e fail
to do 80. and John Bull ha. to do without cot. |
ton' then some occasion will be found to get Nd !
ad'fhculty and force the blockade If the war
here continues until November, John Bull will |
Keep to'eraby quiet. making only On occasion. |
al roaring Hence ns the time for shipninp |
S'oP approaches, the question OF how
Eogand means to act will be more cleurly an-
swered. Mr. Dallas thinks tha, if The Ministry
were to be too open for the rebellion now
Exeter Hall would turn them out forthwith
while, unless 'hey made some show of favor
ing the Cotton Lords. they would do The same
thing; so as it is for Office. after ali, that thew
are contending. their future policy will be ius.
such As they may think most likely to insure
70 them continuance Of power lie ia Of
opinion that France and England will pur.us
an Identical policy with respec; to US, bo that
what it may
tkSEsAt bEAuREa! aDs CoLrny-The Rich.
mond Examiner Of Wednesday says: