Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-08-03
y uung, Richard

TIE BULL RUN' Finur-The Baltimore
""" OF Saturday publishes II letter from the
Ion. VIM. a. Richardson an Illinois member
"i Congress, who Processes to DC an eye witness
OF the scene oil the engagement ut Bull Run,
on Thursday, the 18th inst. lie says
Tho action was commenced by General w.
icr, OF Connecticut, at halfpnst one o'clock on
lhnrsdny--liat the Michigan, Maine. and Wis
conSln regiments stood their ground bravcy.
regiments run with all their might. throwing
away ,hcir arms. knarSacks, and in fact every
thing that impcdca their progress The men
say that their officers lack Courage and were
the first to take tho back track" 1t seems
That tho only regiments who could bc relied nn
~ III tnelr greatest emergency were composed Of
sco{sh Tie writer sss s9s il ts' HI a a"h SI7ah 1R
.nnt @ Manassas cannot be taken with fifty thous
ami mon in two months, and that the Nnrth hns
been greatly deceived not only in thc;r nmnhnrs rs
ana discipline, but in their. fighting qualities
-FnSh'nS as they did into battle, with n SHINY
n".c" rose @ above the roar Of tho cannon. whilst
r r''lr ar,'I'nry was served in unsurpnSscl stylc
U',c Dali 'ei directly nnilsta group of Congress.
men, amongst whom vas Owen T.oviov. whch
lind "'u treas "n,cr",'s soapering and dmsins be.
oHc romarkab'o feature which impressed itself
on inc minds of tho Congressman. durinc tho;r
'Vutc @ 70 the scene of action was Tho nlsrnce nr
~, nu' thc male population capnblc Of broriu~ orms
d,n Inc lew whom they saw were few docrcn;t
S "a .',em ala women, whose eyes g fairly dashed
nfc at the sight of the Yankee soldicrs'n T,o
1e1tcr m concludes with tho opinion of General AIc
Lowell that there woullnot DC an immediate
engagement, unless his troons stumbled n,.ou |
some OF those inevitable " masked hnttor:os.,
"'''" seem SD much to exercise our invaders" !"
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lHE APPEARANCE or ALExAxpRI,.-Si since
, ,'''o ','' h'rdos marched into Alexandria, they
,,nI Hri'e" OH Git every one by their violence and
.a'o IN and deserted. Tho enrrcspun,lcnt re-
N',h'r" paper tells tho following himself:
For somn reason, ever since Tho rs,.cnt no.
w, 'u" an" parade O. coops i'll Alexandria n ro.
! "%'uf % Stampcdc has taken place and ope.hoIr ~
,ilo ,I nhabitants have departed. At the Mnnsinn
ionsn, tho first hotel in the place, somn,rhnt
,;,'ar IN style t" tho Prescott House of yomr
sy' n' ''ctn arc Jour boarders; the usual AVERAGE
N,s ninety. Tho nrrivalsnil. asked Tho nrn.
'retor his reason continuing. ho rcplied that %
.r LIN na" nearly one hnndrod thousand dolnrs
S"rti OF property in tho House. which ;rtho
'o"SG SC, was smut, would be total loss MS troons
'nal1 DC qnartcred in his building and soon a
"s'''y H. On tho principal street in Aloxnn. t
.n"n ~, 'nrro arc i',ur hundred and twenty-five I
loscd ''e" ana Sixty arc
iMvIh ', FROM ALEX,NnRi,--FLtG,tT or ruH J,y. b
aI The Lynchburg Rtpubiican, of Thurs
i, IRON ron friend who rcachcd here last cycnnr +
-. rom Alnhassas, we learn that citizen of ii
','' haa succeeded in getting to Gen. Bennro u
'aa heaIquarfers lie reports that tho necino is
Why Sy made no stop in Alexandria, but rushed r.
MI, '1o ~ o.y' throwing away thoir arms and al
W'hg themselves Of uniforms, after which rn,' =,
ne nYn G,tizcns clothes, they swore thcy hnu no "
loEshtins as they wanted, and would irht ns "s of
IthcAexandria the officers cn,leavorcd 10 ronv arI
proy% get them organized, but all their efforts
Cd inY;;'.'ng very large number succeed -,
bc a gWng washington and there sc,mcd to P'
troat III disposition among tho fueiiyes 10 70.
mand ofNinngton city regardless Of tha com. to
| stop thcfNlcers, who. finding it Impossible 10 tb
steamboaS sldo of the Potomac, caused nil W
ington, an%nication to be cut OF from Wash. -,
III order toNons Bridge was strongly auordod
army " fomYnt the remnant of tIo s"moI aarunI of
Washngto,N over fro
lam, and it iN represented as q perfect bcd.
fighting among that the soldiers haye rot q On,
4 Tue niohmonksw sw.: - Ca Ca
following. s, Viher, Of Friday, has tho
4 Two. trains arriyS Af
4 ling from ManasESs city Yesterday oyo. M,
hundred and soyentE sging together one ,on,
among whom were Ss Wounded soaiors 1'o'
The only thigg n 'ga parsss pzon yankoos4- s,
a ycar wounded IL tho ffAS etlcoable among lot
3 aflower oStremities, thu Swounds inthe
\. loudnoss withwhich sonx4 ri Grccollaas tbo mr.
insisted on il thatt tho YaS nowspapors p,,a IN,
the battlo of Bethel. Fs soi, l,ieb III y |su !:
tha5 hght somoEnewspApeSSSsN tlor aff or 'ss' s.
EknoW better, csil io IlaSo syeg
piaotrsss ia ID sas ts PssISs f'Ss1S I| ;
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