The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-01
NEWS VIA WASHINGTON

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| Fran The W0ShiRJt N Star Of last eueniag
TREATMENT OF THE WOUNDED BY THE CoNFgpERA ArE;
! Dr. Sternherg, Assistant Surgeon q. S A. who
after the battle Of Bull Run, (on Thursday the 21st
| instantly remained behind to attend to our wound
| ed, reached this city last evening On becomipr
| prisoner to Beaurcgard, he gave his parole not
| To attempt an escape for four days, and with the
| rest OF the Union surgeons and their assistants
made prisoners at The same time, was permitted tn
! devote his attentions wholly to our wounded until
his escape. He says that our snounded mere treated
ty the dis"nonists in all respects as ,ceH as then
treated hetr o'cn, except that in bringing them il,
from The field they brought their own 10 first and
| in that way all of ours were not gotten in until
some time on the Tuesday following the battle
lie remained their prisoner without attcmutinp
an escape for four or six hours after the expiration
! {" the time for which he had given his parole and
| then took occasion to get away.
NAVY YARD.
! Great activity is apparent in th. ordnance
| department., rlfed huwtzers and heavy
cannon beiag constantly aud rapidly manu- (actured
| by the force there employed.
| Inc hesolute goes down the river this afternoon
| TO JON the blockading squadron, and carry ammu-
| niti1n to the Yankee
The Pensacola will not be ready for service be-
! fore the latter part of September if then
| AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT STATEMENT OF THE CASE.
A st@h officer, who served with distinction at
the battle of Bull Run, furnishes us with the fol-
| lowing:
Editor Star-Iu your issue of Saturday vou saw
! that Colonel Keyes' Brigade Composed of three
! Connecticut regiments aud I'd Maine reeimentl
"came back IN perfect order" to their camp near
! Falls Church, gathering the tents of the Ohio
| regiments on their way, &C., &C.; and that they
! subsequently reached Washington "without the
| loss ot single musket, rifle, or anything else -
| Now, sir, happened to be the hospital on
| the W arrenOn road, in the rear of Gen Schenk's
| Brigade, at the time the panic began | was at
tempting to rally large number of dsorganzed
soldiers who were retreating from the field and
who told me that they belonged to a Connecticut
regiment. While thus engaged, and riding from
! the front to the rear Of the disorderv column |
met an officer wearing colonel's shoulder strap)
! in full galop. | stopped him, and begged him
Tor Cod sake, to assist me in stopping these men,
lie replied that they were part of his command;
that they had LETT the field in good order but that
! he could not rally them, except upon their camp
! | asked him where their camp was; and he replied
| "Near CeDtreve," and left me-
As l reached the of the column heard fir
| ing, and observed he men suddenly start and run
| many OF them throwing away their guns. Looking
around; saw the enemy's cavalry charging
! through feld to the left NV horse at this in
slant was stfuck, and running probably a hundred
yards, ieii. The cavalry did not pursue bu
wheeled down the road 10 front of the hospital,
where they met General Scherck's brigade and
| were repulsed. This was the commen cement of The
panic, which was gmmunicated to the Transfers
civilians and struggling soldiers by the tugitives
and soon became a most dsgracefui stampede
The blame OF it have no hesitation in attachir
to the Connecticut troops above referred to, who
resisted every appeal to their patriotism and sol
dierly pride to rally, and could have easily had
attacking force, which did not, in nv judgement
amount to one hundred men. ! subsequently
met the officer alluded to the road where Col
| Blenker's Sih New \ lOTk reg iment were drawn m
and ascertained that it Colonel Keyes | told
him in Colonel b presence that did not think he
| had done his duty, and that is my opinion STILL
PRINCE NAPOLEON COMING TO wAsHINGrny
1t seems to be understood that the visit of Mr.
| Frederick Seward, assistant Secretary of State to
| New \ ork, was as special messenger from the
President and Gov. Seward to invite the Prince
Napoleon and the Princess Clotilde to nav visit to
Washington, and whilst here to make the White
| House their home they are expected to arrive in
! Washington this evening.
THE STAR CHAMBER IN wAsHISGroN.
A correspondent of the Washington Star, in
commenting upon the arrest of Mr.. Isaac D. Miller
under the orders of the 'Seect Committee OF the
! House of Representatives, for investigating the
| condition Of various departments,'' saws:
les, sir; here in the capital of this free Govern
ment, in the middle of the nineteenth century, an
aged citizen, who for nearly forty years has served
the Federal Government with the utmost fidelity,
who has spent that period of a long useful and
Christian life at the post assigned him in that Arse
nal with an unceasiur and faithful devotion to his
duties that has obtained for him the highest en-
| comiums from those under whom he has served
was suddenly seized, marched like felon to the
common jail, and there incarcerated as though he
| was thefor burglar.
He was not permit ed to know the accusations
| against him, nor who had preferred them; but in
| the quiet performance of his public duties he was
| peUlneu win astohlsnment at the announcement
| that he was prisoner and that without bail or
maiIprize be must, like thief a yagrant enter
| behind the prison gates. lie is paragraphed in the
| city papers as though he was mere vagabond, un-
| der the significant caption "Ia JaH,'-and the
public who have been thus Informed of that arrest
shall also be informed of his release, and of the out
| rage that has been committed upon as loyal citi.
| zen, as true patriot, and as pure a christian as
| has ever adorned the community and the church
1t has resulted wholly through the black plague
OF American politics-oiice-seek -seekiDg--place-hunt-
| ing. Application had been made for his removal
from the position which he has so worthily, and
prohably to the Government. filled through all the
| changes and vcissitudes of party and political for
tune. The application failed because of his value
| to the Government. But the savage ieroclty ot
| political lust knew limits. The disappointed ap-
plcants availed themselves of the inner chamber of
a Cor gressional inquest, and there, by means of
that gigantic iuquity, false caring, gave him the
cowardly and distardy stab which the highway
| man deals to his uIsuspectng victim.
They swore hat he had justified the assault upon
the U. s. troops in the city of Baltimore on the
| 10Th of Apri-thst he had asserted that the ar
| gressions upon the South had been such that they
were driven to take up arms against the Govern
| ment-and that he bad reioiced at the disaster at
Bull Run, and wished for like result in all future
| engagements.
| Not one of the creatures who swore to this dare
to meet their victim face to face and repeat their
| perjury. He has not only not used the language
ascrbed, but has never uttered sentiment from
which any such inference can be drawn. Through
out the whole contest, his loyalty to the Govern
ment has been firm and mistaken as that of the
President himself, the General-in-Chief of the
army.
The death of Abdul Medjids father, Mahomoud,
was kept secret, at his request, until review
which took place three days after He was then
pGopped mp, with an opera lass in his dead hand
and his royal robes on, to simulate watching from
the window Of tue palace the soiiery, who, de-
| cejved without exception, cried "Long live the
| Sultau!' as bnsterously
| -. - ,aI, hro,ad
| of London, has compromised with his creditors,
married a rich widow named Hiliard, and left
England forever to seek new fortune in the Uni.
ted States.
Florida is paying the interest of her State debt
, | in New York. She does not repudiate. The city
! ! Of Mobile is also paying her interest.