Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1861-08-08
NoTrss 81 rss BaTrLI.Lwe find the

Oi COTIcSpOuuCuSo.
Wkot an Escoped Prisoner Says:--ol
Monday night q Michigan soldier VIII
was taken prisoner at Bull Run mad
his escape from Manassas, and yester
day he reached Washington. Hi
story Is an interesting one. When cap
tured BY g Lieut.. Col. Of one Of tn
Georgia regiments he was bandcuffed
and four Fire Zouaves taken with hin
were chained and guarded by six mel
each. One of the Zouayes asking 70
something to drink, he was informed
that his neck would be so stretched il
afew days that he would never agair
be thirsty. The Zouaves were treated
with every possible indignity. Durin!
the evening there arose serions dis
pute among some rebel officers as 4
yhiek of their regiments run first. The
prisoner was appealed to. and deciding
In q manner pleasing to his csPtor. be
was allowed certain privileges which be
wisely improved to effect an escape
He says the greatest CONSERVATION pre-
vailed among the secessionists lest the
retreat Of our troops was feint ordered
by General Scott, to induce them to
advance toward Centreville and thus be
cot of; and further. that they fairly
believed that the veteran commander
was himself at Centreville, and had in.
trenched that place, which could have
been rendered impregnable with very
little labor. He repeats the story that
one of the South Carolina regiments, on
approaching the Minnesota men, hois-
ted the Stars and Stripes and begged
them not to FIRE, which advantage being
gained they instantly raised the rebel
flag and poured their bullets upon the
brave and unsuspecting troops. The
man says the rebels estimated their loss
at 1900; also, that JEFF Davis arrived
on the field at twelve O'Clock; that
Beauregard commanded 10 person; that
johnson arrived at ten O'Clock with s.
600 men; and that the entire rebel force
was not 5000. II his report be true,
Besuregard came very near being cap
tured. His coat was taken, and his
horse and valise were twice seized,
while he took to the woods for safety.
The Cowardly Fiendishness Of the
Rsbels-The Boston Post. speaking Of
the Bull Run battle, says:
But where shall we find words, in
this enlightened age, TO reprobate the
infsmy of their conduct. after their sue
cess, toward our noble soldiers? Are
soldiers turned butchers? Is their
boasted chivslry mockery? Who can
read without thrill OF horror the loath-
some reports of their brutality? The
wounded are fred into while lying man.
gled on the field-the bleeding soldiers
are tied to trees and bayoneted-the
weapons of the fallen soldier are taken
from him and plunged into him. dead
or dying. A Union soldier takes up
the wounded rebel, ministers to him a
cup of cold water, and the bastard des-
patches his benefactor while in the act!
To what depths ol barbarism have
American soldiers stopped in the treat
ment Of their fellow-citizensl The blood
Of the wronged and the outraged calls
from the ground for redress. Such acts
ofiphumanity make every man a soldier.
Americans! is there one drop Of blood
in your veins you will not spill in such
cause? Is there one dollar Of treas
ure you do not hold in trust for the good
work?
More Brutdliy.-The Philadelphia
Inquirer Of the 26th says:
A lieutenant of an Ohio regiment,
now in this city, and who was at the
battle of Bull Run, states that he saw
several OF our wounded bayoneted and
having their throats cut BY the mem
bers OF the Alabama and Georgia reg
iments. The poor fellows begged for
their lives, but their pleadings were dis
regarded, and with an oath the death
wound was inflicted.
The Firing on Hospit0ls.-War, like
wine, would seem to develop character,
and this war brings out in strong relief
the barbarism, brutality, and loose NOR
ality of the slaveholding population
Some of the papers affect to doubt
whether the rebels fired upon the hos
pital building. There can be no ques-
tion of the fact. An Ohio surgeon in
forms me that 1t was assiduously shelled
while the wounded of both armies were
hainrr norad for rpithih n
Sepoy BGrbarities.--One of the ene-
my's cavalry rode up to a wagon con-
taining a wounded German soldier oI
Capt. Langworthy's company, Second
Wisconsin Regiment, and. dragging him
out by the hair Of the head, pierced him
through the body with bis sword, yel-
ling. "I'll.teach you did black aboli.
tionists 10 come down here to fight US.
The trooper then rushed upon the dri.
yer of the wagon, and, with back cuI
of his sabre. nearly severed the man:
head from his body, and he fell lifeless
among his horses.
Rolling Fres Negroes. member
of Congress. travelling hear Centerville
the day before the battle, met free
negro who had recently sold his whole
stock Of chickens to an Officer in the
rebel army, and who, unable TO read,
exhibited his notes, anxiously in.
quiring if they were good. Poor ne.
grol He had received bogus pictures,
purporting to be the promises Of an i'm
ao;,arv hank with the namas Of Abro.