New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-16

| was the nliscbief of the day. This the mis-
chief OF the two preceding days IL was imPoe.ihie 10
keep the ia tho rauks wbouever they thought
th' re the slightest cbaoce to elsko their thirst
True s the di-spce they marched each day was not
much twelve miles at mCstl but e0ch dsy march
was under seethiug and blsering sun over broken
aLd rugged road through clouds OF Sill ing dasf after
aconIor'less aud nois,ne nisht ia swamp and DRIP
| ling meadow, without one full aud wholesome meals
aud hence, msciievoas as were tie irregularities oil
the advnCe, they easily TO be expsined and gene
ro1sly forgiven Many brave poor fellow OF tho
6ab, who would have thrown himself against a Rebel
| battery that moment, aud never given thought to
or has little might be, used TO expos uate vith
mo, wien, acng as Gid Major. aud ia that capa,
cy to as Keep the %,c tmsn ,h i th, "%a
themselves, every now aud then. in search Of water
| from tho liae OF march.
Heavcusl we'd die for you, Captain" they used
90 exelaim, with agony, "out we cant stand THIS
| drouh."
| Exelama,ons such az tbese could 6nd no answer
aud certainly no rebae; ard hence IL WIS that many
a tine gave way, and silently, though vexed ara
maddencd ulm g.. suffered these outbreaks Tor wa'ef
| alOrg he fD1d
General Mcdowell, 10 bis report Of the battle OF
| Bujl Run mentions the few mites the Ubi0n Ioicee
had 10 march eHon day-aye paricui r etfeas, seems
20 me- upon the fact, that General fyefr DN'Slon,
| Of Wbi,h the 9th was the pioneer reRlment' nHd
marched Elk miles only from b,ir blvouac Ut Gernan
town 10 tie intersection OF tue ROAD from thst .hee
10 tie road from Fairfax. and that from hls nteftec
ton there were but six miles and hall more Cene
ville-mentions that be himself rode on anu VIZ
advance that night TO CsLteyiie Snd tnai, a" lo ..
all he could say do, II was i'm oreibo Tor hih 10 Re'
The column 10 advance further ban within iour nIes
of Ceutreyille. ALI this is true True as sn hoDeet
intrepid ioldler, a eeneuah and eheva.ef as "en'
| Mcdowell nque estionahly is-could write It,.
But the General, while Le enumcraios, by tie sur
veyor's chain, the few miles we had 10 march, over
looks the scorchIng and di atlng hest the preparations
for attack We had 10 mike our apuroach TO and out
fauklup Fairfax. the ruph Ile u
refreshing SouiherueIstbo halts, under exhaust
ing and desenng SUM- While tier bardcades of irees
were cut through ard thrown aside-ths er,e expo
sure 30 the came fierce SUI winch, drawn up n lie
Of battle the 9th hsd 10 stand In the fields alter thcy
had passed the abandoned carh-wofks Of the enemy
1T Germantown; and, hat OF all, tie frenZyipg heat,
and dust aud ruggedness OF the road beyond he inter-
| section Of The roads from Germantown aud Fsrtax--
Ill tits Gen. Mcdowell oyerlooks, or coiders 1t TN
necessary to allude to III his report m 49,
For INV psrt must ray tl,nt no eOliier could have
ru,Led 10 baIlle With leaIlier elasticity ana daring
than did the soldiers Of tho 6h on The evening oil Tue
18th OF July aud my adGiraion ot them ana ny con-
fdence la them were increased aid ntenslhed by Tue
fact that they bad lad the WORT OF treamsn Tor hve
days previous. and that their Bigaoer CoL sherman,
had 10 eymtalby wUa'eyer with them. Deelio OF all
their hunger tLiat, and exbAustioB--keebly ieouag,
as i,hnen sloie feel, thai they bad been some-
how or other played aud tIied with pnd deifaudedi
That they had oee D eel, ta,ed into aston when their
term OF etvice 10 the UUited States had expred-the
| 6gth beariDg the Green flag presented 10 tbom Ia
recoxHion Of their rciur 10 rtiipale III the feeep-
t,n ~ re Prince Of Wales slll earthly and onthni-
ssticsly pressed on. Ire oh wouio ho' aosndoh we
Stars aud Stripes, whatever injustice was done the
three months v,lunteers, or however violently Inter
e,ted Isties high aud low, an iou,ly or ioriuly
excited expected exscted their continuance N the
| c,moaign beyond the 20rh of July. Those who len
that day howe ser, conleid bsvo right, and honor.
aud citizenship lber side. IL It manly, l. ~ honor
able is IL solOe,ly TO force men into coatel-iDto
6erce, despea,e ,bt-ino fgbt which upeets their
bon,s and unroos and makes then dcsOlIie iorovei-
wien they msr,bed for one grand project slonc--to
dslepd te ,pilalss the 7th, tho eth, ihe 7lsitbe
very flower OF the New-YoIk State Militia did-wih-
| out the slighcsi besitsncy perauGsion, or denrr
Bot this L. d,vstiug from my narrative, snd must
| resume.
Leaving the village Of Centeyille mile aud bali
bel lad u.s. we passed down ue Wineberter road,
srsight Oh for Manatsas, and tbon struck iito the
Geds On the le stacked arm. and bivcuacksd Tor
the night Again the first and sesnhd night OF onr
advance and all thtongh thoe bis'cring aud atihing
dave there was NOT tbe slightest prosi,ion Tor our
bor,es There was oocks Of iHy and stacks of corn TO
the tig, and left OF the division tang i's- oil
by regiments 10 this and the otl.r sido OF he road.
but, by strange proprety, Bigsdier shertSan Tor
bade them 10 DO touched. Two or thrse nours h.si,
ward few sieayes and bundles ~ fodder were hnslled
on the eroand. Bat for this not single hore would
! lave b,en able 20 stir next day. Gen. Mcdowell
,poks Of tie rations dealt out adequately Hnd lbcfay
TO the men. But there is noi word IN hls report
about the horses snd OF ths there can be no questlon
that tho cavalry II the edo r army hung themselves
into the conflict ia starved eondilion' my noble
little uOrse bad good feed for three dsye, when
sphefical ball from tie southern bateris tore hip
10 Iiec.s Hundreds Of bores were In like condiion
Col. Corcoran's was greedily eatng newspapers. Ia
front Of bis nut before be mounted him, tbe mora ing
of the 2lrt. Col Burnside OF the RhoGe islaud h.g-
neuts has truthuly and onphsiicsliy told The story
In hi, steech the Fillmore House, al Newport he
saws that he protested agtt the attack o the 2ist oil
July advisug patience an d more elective con- en-
traiion Of iorces before such sn attack was nude
sdyi inQ indeed delay Of ak months, rather than
what appears 10 have been, with all IFS
| md chec.s = vnin and beadstrong precipitation.
After tie toile and pes oi The Gay, Onf exposure 70
bltering sun and FIRE It'll dc,der, u, pt sound
y that usht Of the SGh Of July stretched n The deep
c,aise grsss the other eide Of Centrrvie Capt Cai-
j.g's battery occuUicd the field Iight acioss
| ,he ruad aud was projected by Tie I'd New-fOfk,
under col Tompkins. The 1sth, highloudcrg, lay in
aivante Of us httle 10 tue right the rconsn being
in our rear, the 18th Rochester imm,dnlely 10 fcn.
During the night lew shols were cKehaDged between
tbe oIuosts OF Oo.h arues. They folod, however 10
provoks any general alrmi and thoso who beard them
iook them for granted nevg IL moi alionh oi up
proXimaiipg lOsihios on maguiAocus t,le, and ths
tisrtd icil of 10 sleep sgHn.
| Eridey. the Iytb, dagnod. And friday faded into
,yiliylt and night came and bloued it Out alto
gehtr auo lcit us where we were The night beiore-
In that sloping meadow, buried in tLsi deep, ooAne
prnis Iahly and stupidly Willing ior some new shd
Ilea1s.nteF developenient u events. NOdbg however
WAS done that day. IL d,Ise stagnGlion in every
camp The waG there Blue Ridge glow ing AID melting
oo the horizon. There wero tho beautiful and ample
wood, spreading Themselves between us aud MalasEs,
covering in their deptbs ihes OF tha deadiisst
batteries and gioDs Of herce enaes There were de-
| fefted farm bouses lew and far between, breaking
throaqh the sylvan sGene and reminding every OF
holne. IL "A wvsffo8le, ho1, ds~liag, idlo day
iast a day to relax the stsnchest nerves end make
dolts and towards Of us all. Just such day Ilys
more pitief breeds dosdcr discontent and asubOr-
| han houFa nf md