Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-23

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td u Il had really become coodnuous sbou. hslfpsss
seven or eight o'clock. - a.
xrrrIF6 TIE PESssrLvAxA REainEEr on rrs war
Honr-sHE xss LrAvr IN rEs race o. TIE ssExr,
In fsw miuuts sferwards, body Of men sppesfed
on the road with th ir backs toward Ceptrsrile and
shelr facss towards Als inds Their march do
orderly that could not have believed that they were
soldiers In % enemys counry-for Virginia hereabout
10 certainly so-bu for their and Uniforms Il
appeared that there was no less than entire regiment
marching away sngy or IN small Knots Of two or three,
extending for three four miles along the road
babel Of tongues sose from them, and they al ID
rood sriris but with air about them could not
dsrsand. DismcuutinE ct 4 stream where group OF
thirsty men sers drinking and hating in the shade,
asked an officer, where are you goiI 8, sff Wei,
we're going home. sir reckon, 70 Pennsylvanisr IL
wss the Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment which was 90 It's
march, a learnt, from the men. II suppose there u
severe work going on behind you, judging from the
fringy' "Weil, reckon, sir, there Is" "Were going
home he added, after pause during which Il occurred
ii him. perhaps, that the movement required eKplana
tioobecsuss the uiens time 10 up We have had three
months OF this work "
proceeded on my way, Eliminating op the feelings OF
General Who sess half q brigade walk away on the
very morning OF action, and the frame OF mind Of
the men, who would have shouted I'll they hoarse
any poor creature who expressed belief that Is was not
the very quntesence Of everything great and good 10
government and glorious and omnipoent 10 arms-cool
y turning their backs it when In lie utmost peril te
cu the letter Of their engagement bound them no fur
Their Perhaps the Fourth Pennsylvania was right but
let hear moro Of the excellence Of three month";
service volunteers. Aud 20 We lsft them.
. The road was devious and difficult There were few
persons on their way for Of Senators and Con-
ersesmcn wers on before u.s. Some few commissariat
wagons we're overtaken at intervals, Wherever there
was hose BY the roadside the negroes listening
to the firing All at once terrific OH appeared in
the woods above the trees-the dome ofa church or
public building. apparently suffering from the shocks Of
earth quake and heavrg 10 and fro 10 the most vio-
lent In much doubt We approached a. well as
the horses minds would let and discovered that the
strange thing vas an Fitted balloon attached 70
aud wagon which on its way to enable General Nc.
Do~ ell reconnoitre the petition he then engaged
In attackng-just day too late. The operators and At
tendants swors horribly as Annss warriors In FAn-
dsrs brt they could not down the trees and
he balloon seems likely to fall into the hands Of the
CJnfedera,ss. tt
IHx RrBrI WORKS SKAR rAIUAx COURT HOUSE.
About eleven o'clock we began to enter on the dis
pu.ed territory which had Just been abandoned by the
seces on;sts the fedsrass 10 front Of Fairfax Court
House II il not too much say that the works thrown
up across the road shams and make.believes ano
that the Confsdeates intended occupy the po
Gap where they were prepared 70 meet them. Had
il been Otherwise the earhuorks would have been Of
different character aud the troops would have had Iegu
lar camps and tents instead Of biyouac hus Of brsnch.s
Of trees. or course the troops Of the enemy d not
wish be of, and 80 they had cut down trees TO
place the road and put field pieces 10 their
earthworks to command IT, Ga no side could Richmond
be well defended. The Conederstes had IL much Al
heart to induce their enemy 10 TO the strongest
place and attack them and they succeeded in doing So
But If the troops behaved III in other places they
did al Manassas the federaiss could have been ste
csssiu in any attack whatever In order that the preps
raons Manassas my be undo raood aud tbst General
Beauregard, Of whose character gave some hint st
Charleston, msy be known at home regards bis ii
for his work, above all officer Of artillery and Of
skill in working Is In 6sld in position let me insert
description of the place aud Of the from Southern
paper
Mr. Russell here copies letter dated Ut Manassas
euog 1ing the position and commander 10 the highest
degree-Ep. HERAip.l
At yLIRFAx COURTHOUSE ASD OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES or
Tux MARCH or UNION TROOPS.
Il wss poon when arrival Fairfax Court House,
poor village Of some thirty forty smuggling wooden
and brick houses deriving ia from the building in
which the Circuit Court OF the county held believe
and looking the OF hJurishing and may
mark ober, that the state Of this part Of Virginia
not be very prosperous, inasmuch there was not
village along the road up TO this point and shops
The village held by pant Of the Of Mellow
ellis force possibly 900 strong. The Dhibitant, were
il ewes spoke truth, sscessonsts TO man, woman and
child aad the negroes looked extra black, il
they did not care about being fought for.
A short way beyond this village, charlottesville
sec ne Of The recent OF the Observation-Disclosures
evidence in is blaekeled ruins that General AcDove
oensure was more than needed Let NE inlerpolse il II
Il be only to show that General Bsaureg.rd and his rival
are at 'st equal in point of literary power as masters Of
The EDglish tongue
here copies Of General Orders, No. is. Of the rebel
army.
The chimney stacks being Of brick are the sole re.
mains OF the lev good houses 10 the village
Here our driver made mistake, which the rather
persisted In that colored chatei informed could
get to CeneIvie By the route pursuing instead
Of turning back to Germantown should have done.
Centervills was still seyen miles ahead.
DIYncgLTY IS yIspISG TIKI BATrLE FIELD.
The gans sounded, however, heavily from the valleys
Rising above the forest tops appeared the blue masses
OF the Aleghanes, and We Lnewshanassas was some
where oui ing opening OF the ridges which remind
ed In color ana form OF the hills arouud ,he valley OF
Baid.r.
virgiaIau who o.ms out Of q cottsge, and who rs,
sssur.dly no descendant OF Madame Esnond, told US
that We 'soag wrong right away There was he
admitted byrosd somewhere 20 the left front, but the
people who had tried lbs depths had rsurnedto German
town With the conviction that Il led 10 any place but
nrevle 0nr driver however, wished TO try if there
we're 10 sschesser about "Whst did You says'
ouoth the vrgntan. q" want 10 know II there any
secsssionlss u violent surprise as II he had heard
Of them for the is' time n his fe) "So, street Seoes
sionls's, indeed" ......
And all this time B ,auregsrd and Lee wirs pounding
away on our left front some sI or ssven miles al
The hors retrsced their steps, the cooed youth Sho
best ode nv charger planning that the mysterious
rgenent which condemns his race 10 slavery was
very much abrsded by the action oil that spirited gu ID
ruped combined rather az variance with the cal.
lositi OF the E1gl SD saddle. From Germantown on.
wards by the right road there was nothrg very remark
able. Al place group OF soldiers were buying 20
cession money" from some regroes who looked as II
they could sJrd part with IL as chsspy men do
who are dealing with other peoples properly. Bugges
and wagons (Angce carrlagss with cargoes Of Sens
tors we're overteken. The store carts became
meTous. ..
SAFE At cssTREynLs-rAKEs Up POSITION wIra LADus,
LEGISLATORS AND POLITICIANS.
At last Ceutresie appeared In sght-s few houses on
our trout beyond which rose bold bill the slopes
cred with bvouao huts commissara carts and horses
aud the top crested with spectators Of the fight The
road Oh each side was full of Of Confederate
camp; the houses oil occupied BY fsderalsts
In the rear CT the bill strong body chnfanry-
two regiments Of foreigners, mostly rmsi with bat
terry of light artillery Our buggy driven up 10 the
top of the hill The ooored boy despatched to the
village to look for place shelter the horses while they
taking much required feed and to procure, pos.
d6le, meal for himself and the driver. Ga the hill
there carriages and vehicles drawn up II they
attending small country They after.
wards engaged 10 q Of another kind Ia ore was
lady with an opera gass and around and on other
legislators aud politicians There also few
civilians horseback and on the slope Of the bill reg
snt bad stacked arms and engaged In looking at
and commenting the battle below. The landscape 10
front open 10 the sight a. far the ranges Of the
Aeghsnes, which swept round from the right 10 blue
mounds the color Of which sotened into VIOLET In the
distance Ga the left the view was circumscribsd by