Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-08-16
From the South.
TIE BATTLE LOST.

one time during the fight, our army wa:
on the eve of being defeated. THIS was
in the early part Of the afternoon. Scat.
tered and exhausted as were our men
victory, for time, inclined to favor the
overwhelming army Of the enemy, and
its general, believing he had gained a
victory, dispatched the news to Wash
ington. Happily, at this critical june
ture, Kershaw, Cash and Kemper stem
med and turned the adverse tide, driving
the frightened foe before their accurate
fire and rapid charges. Both Beaure-
gard and Johnston rallied their forces.
and led them in person to the attack
Soon after, Elzey's and Smiths brigades
Of about four thousand men, came up OPP
portunely and reinforced our army
This reinforcement, with the heroic rally
made by the Generals, after Kershaw
turned the tide of battle in our favor, de-
cided the fortunes Of the field.
G. b. Lamar writes to the same effect
to Savannah paper;
"The enemy thought up to o'clock,
they had the victory--and so they had /;
but the opportune arrival of two fresh
regiments turned the battle and gave US
aglorious victory. On our retreat pre-
vously, our wounded fell into their hands.
They treated them kindly, lifting them
into the shade and leaving them with
canteens full of water
A member of the Palmetto Guard
writes to the Mercury as follows;
"The day was lost when our two regi-
ments came up. Our troops were falling
back, and had retired some distance
Col, Kershaw gave the command forward,
and, after some ten or twelve rounds,
away went the Yankees. understand
Beauregard said our regiments saved
the day'-a second battle Of Waterloo,
No regiment ever entered battle I'M
der more depressing circumstances than
we did. All along our line of march
men were retrea,ing and saying to US we
are defeated. But we went forward, and
the day was won"
VIRGINIA CHIyALRY" REBUKEp.
The correspondent of the Charleston
Courier tells this story at the expense Of
the Virginia chivalry;
Among the prisoners is a noble look,
ing and intelligent Zouave, one Of the
few decent exceptions in the crew. l
saw him on the field, just after he was
taken. While passing a group of our
men, one of the latter called him some
hard name. Sir" said the Zouave,
turning on bis heel and looking the Vir-
ginian full in the eye, 81 have heard
that yours was nation of gentlemen, but
your insult comes from a coward and q
knave. am your prisoner, but you
have no right to fling your curses upon
me because / am unfortunate. Of the |
two, sir, consider myself the gentle
man" / need not add that the Virgini- /.
an skunk away under the merited rebuke,
or that a dozen soldiers generously gath
cred around the prisoner and assured him
of protection from further Insult"
BEGGARLY CHARACTER OF sOUTHERN
OUTFITS.
The same writer, after describing the
excellence and completeness of the &C.
coutrements of our soldiers, thus speaks
of those supplied to the rebel troops:
"Our men are dressed in service uni
forms made from the coarsest cloth; on
ly simple braid denotes the Uniform
Their wagons are of all sizes, colors and
descriptions, gathered from the neighbor-
ing farmers, picked up here and there
whenever they can be found, and paid for
or received as gifts, as the case may be.
Their supplies for the wounded consist of
sundry parcels and bundles and boxes,
prepaid by the hands of love. Many a
matron has taken her bed linen and torn
it into strips for bandages, while fair
hands have toiled early and late to pre-
pare the lint which was required, conse-
Grating it oftentimes with tears, and bap-
tizing it with prayers for the safety OF the
loved and the triumph of our arms nor
is the contrast less in artillery and rifles
Some whole companies have been formed
who have been compelled TO gather up
the guns from the neighboring planters"
PEACE ONE THIRD CONQUERED.
The Mobile Register of Aug. 2, refer
ring to dispatch to the effect that forty
votes were given in Congress to a peace
says:
ave know there is a peace party al
ready numbering among its representa- {
tives nearly one third of the United 6
States House of Representatives. This
is a direct result of the triumph at Man
assas. We have converted near one third
of the United States House of Repre- l
from the error of their war
like ways by the powerful display of our
ability to conquer a peace. We first
asked peace. Il was refused. Now we