, 1861-08-23

wounded, shows how faithfully thew ken.
their word. The gallant State of Iowa
Will, during this war, deserve many COM
mendatlons such as this noble act Of her
scrs has called forth
mR, RUSSELL's LETTER.
Ill. Kusseils letter to heLordon Times.
the greater part Of which we transferred
70 our columns, yesterday morning, IT, in
many respects, remarkable paper. We
enjoyed the privilege Of riding from
point s couple Of miles east Of Centre
vile, to another point mile east Of Fair
fax Court House, with MIR. Russell, and
when he tells what took place on that bit
Of road, we are competent judges Of his
t1uthfnlness and fairness as descriptive
writer. We do not know and do not care
what he saw, or says he saw, Of the fight
and the flight, before we found him; but
from the errors and misstatements in that
portion Of his narrative with which we
are Immediately concerned, We should be
justified IN believing that he was not at the
battle at all, and that the materials for his
letter were gathered from some Fire
Zouaye or private Of the Ohio Second,
who left, tezror-stricken, in the early part
of the fray, and carried the fatal news of
the rout and the race to the credu1ous rear.
We left Centreville without knowing that
a repu1se had been felt, or that retreat to
that point had been ordered Jogging 1eis-
urely down the Washington road, perhaps
ten enthusiastically not more-ahead Of
Mr. Russell, we saw nothing Of the fog
ging, lashing, squirting, beating and aban-
doning that he SO graphically describes.
The road was as quiet and clear as if no
army were in the vicinity. A mile from
Centreyille, we met that New Jersey regi-
ment, q private ofwhieh, MI. Russell says,
threatened to H shoot him if he did not
halt" The officers were turning back the
few fugitives, not dozen in all, that were
On their way in; but, recognized as
civilian, as the 1Emea correspondent must
have been, We passed to the rear un-
challenged Mr. Russell, at that moment,
could not have been half a mile behind US,
Pushing On slowly we were overtaken by
Col Hunters carriage, in;which he, wound
ed, was going to the city. MIR. Russell
saw it, or says he saw it, attended by an
escort Of troopers, at the head of whom was
Major, who " considered it right to take
charge Of his chief and leave his bat
"talion-" We.saw no troopers nor Major.
Hon. Isaac N. Arnold, Of the House, was
riding by the side Of the vehicle, and be,
q smooth-faced gent1eman.in the garb Of a
civilian, may have been mistaken By OH
"own correspondent for doubtful man
Of WAT. Possibly two miles and a hall
from Centreyille, we stopped ut q roadside
farm house for 8 cup Of water. While
drinking, Mr., Russell passed. We recog-
nized him, rode along and were soon en-
gagged with him in q discussion Of the
causes ofthe check-it was not then known
to be anything more; and, in his company
we went On through Fairfax, in all, dis
tanee perhaps Of six OF eight miles; and
~ + ee,a.a1 l.11 ~ ',.I-. n1 w l1s,aeis WINCH
aa5 ~ e~4 e.,,sso.:- ~ ~ e. III -u11 s'iessn
;Hs 49, '.,;e1 Ts-1:s =. .Ae.. ~ %" 1o'n-
' - 4<'t-'''- - "-oA' ne say o
49, ,a7 se ms ea,s ~ 'ne ROAD.
whom had :. ee,, m ths;r c,nz Tha oras. ss -
took him to be-, vas in great distress; and cried
out as passed, .'can you tell ne, sir. where the
69th ares These men say they are cut to piecea s.
II caa't tell yon.' I'm in charge Of the msils.
Ell. and Will deliver them If die for It. You are
agentleman aRd can depend on your word. Il It
safe for me to 60 ont' Not knowing the extent
of the deb0ee, assured him 1t was and asked the
uen o1 tne regiment how they happened to be
There. "shure, the Colonel himself told us tc 60
on every man On his oWn hook, and to fly for our
ives, replied one OF them- The mail agent. who
told me he Was an Eng1ithman, started the cart
again. sincerely hope no bad result to himself
or his charge followed my advice.
We rode into Fairfax together.
feacnea faar1a. court House; the people,
soo,s @ ~ sna ths taes u1rpus 1s .ases' were ss me
e1eged with questions, though huudreds OF tuet.
tiyes had passed through before ma.
1t is q small matter, this, but it marks
the accuracy OF the man. Not a question
YVES ASKED OF mr. husseh nor OF us; not
fugitive" we dare affirm, had passed that
way; the ln1antfy-another new Jersey
regiment, we are not m1staAen-"ereaf
tnear USUAL evening parade, sapposlng, nc
| doubt, that their companions in arms had
| won great victory,
| At one house stopped to ask for vater for m,
horse: the owner sent his serrant for II chna-so1
II, the very house where We had in vain asked fo
something to eat in the forenoon. "There,a
fright among them 1 observed, In reo,v to hi
onestion cnneeyn;no .be c,,,,n;sse,ts. a.ir,-.
"They'r re afraid of the enemy's cava1ry.'' .+Ar
5o1 an Ame1icsns'' said the nan. mo, 81
not. wen, then,' he said, there viii be cav
sns w uer eoo1 ~ enoagn lHe.e sNeaty thou
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