New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-07-31
the Potomac, extending from Alexandra to

prisoners at Manassas. The dispatch also states
that Col. Wade Hampton was killed, and mat the
rebels we're taking care Of our wounded and bufy-
ing dead
Scouting parties Of the rebels came within three
miles ol Washington last night.
In the editorial columns of the Richmond En-
qnrer We find the following:
The stone house above noted was, it viii be
seen, rot far from the center Of the scene OF the
shifting battle, though the ground lay mainly on
the east side towarGs the Stone Bridge. The visit
OF friend Monday morning, revealed much
that was h1rrifyiug. The stone building had been
appropriated as hospital for the enemys wound
ed. The eneInys Generals had been invited by |
| Geu Beauregard 10 send surgeons and attendants
to administer to their relief. In this building were
thirty two wounded. many of them dreadfuy man
gled by cannon shot. There was but single |
surgeon, and he was young and apparently inef- |
! ficient Men lay on the floor with their ciotted
| been removed On the roadside, a few hundred |
! yards from the hospital. two severely wounded
Northern men who lay there, begged our inform |
ant to report their cases 70 their surgeon, and ask
to be taken to the hospital. He did so. The snr
| geon said his officers had sent him no help. He
was there alone. The wounded then in the hos-
piia had all been brought in, he said, by the Con-
Over the hill, behind this hospital, lay few Of
! oUr dead, who had not yet been gathered up. The
slain Of the enemy lay in heaps on all sides. By
| the highway and 10 the fields heaped here and
| scattered there he saw them at every turn.
| Our own hospital was on the road from the Stone
| House to Manassas. The supply Of Surgeons there
| was axceIlent, aid they were busily engaged in
| enemies who had been gathered here, were not
! neglected. Indeed, the only murmur our inform
| ant heard was from some Of our own -sufhrers,
VINO conceived that care Of the enemy lntertered
too Iiuch with attention to themselves.
twas asserted yesterday with considerable con-
fideuce, and from different sources. that AleXan-
dra has been occupied by our troops. The same
report reached us by the cars from Manassas We
were not able. however, to satisfy ourselves of The
truth OF the statement and give it tor what it Is
worth. +-t
Lieut.. Dickinson, of New Orleans, now in this
city, and who was shot In the thigh with Minnie
bal! in the battle on Sunday, says that he was q
1nsmber Of Major Wheats battalion, and out of
400 which constituted that command, there were
not more than 100 that escaped tcGth aud wounds
Mai. Wheat was shet through the BODY, and was
/ surviving on Wednesday, although his case IS eX-
Ceedingty critical
Lieut. Dickinson also says that the Catahoula
C4a.) Guerril'as, Capt. Bahoup, fought with des-
perati0n ana he thinks his command was nearly
all killed and wOuuded. The Captain, although
in the hottest of the fight for long time, escaped
uniurt.
He also says the Tiger Rifles, of louisiana in a
perfect shower of bullets, bombs and balls threw
| down their rifles, and charged upon the enenly's
lines with their knives and put them to flight.
Under date of the 24th, the war correspondent
of the Enquirer writes from Manassas:
Our man have not yet completed the burial of
the enemy's dead, and they yet remain by scores,
upon the field where they fell, black, mangled,
purifying masses of what once humanity, fill
| ing the Amos phere with stencil.
1t is worthy of note, in this connection, that
many OF the bodies had lying near them pile OF
crackers and a cup of water, which had been leu
| by our volunteers as sustenance until they could
be removed from the field. The wounds were ter
rible, and Of every variety but learn from one
Of our surgeons that the hundred or more prisoners
a we have are not nearly so badly wounded as our
own men. Most of our wounds are from MIME
:, balls, which have gone through and through the
= body, making great ghastly openlDgs-Wnile those
upon the enemy are with round balls me eliect o.
: which is not nearly so bad The extrenities ap-
| pear to have suffered more than any other part
y and yet, from the fact that necessary operations
y | cannot be performed here for want of comforts
= | and CDnveuepCes afterwards the moftallty must
!, | neGess ari!y be great.
= We have several surgeons who are prisoners
II but they refuse do anything whatever for theIl
: | wUuudGd comrades. They have thus imposed upor
: us the duty not only Of administering relief to the
n living but of performing the Offices of humanity
- | for the dead.
: The prisoners appear to be perfectly satisfied
- with their treatment, and frankly acknowledge tina
. | We have thus far had the advantage Of our enem.
v in success as well as magnanmity. Among other
:, ! captured was a color guard OF SIX Yankees III
% Guiding lieutenant. The fellow had fought brave.
IL and was finally obliged to yield to his antagonists
- yet such the courtesy with which he wa
II treated, that with t"ars in his eyes he acknowl
II edged his gratitude and his toollshness in taking
II II no arms against those who had been his brothers
% He said he deserved shooting, and would rHthG
II die than live in the presence of men who wert
Il acting TO him the part of brothers, while he "a
:, | pllviug the part OF a tratricide.
a The same gentleman, from whom have gathered
the above Details states also that the time OF seve
T raj thousand Of the volunteers expired on Saturday
- but they were informed that they could not be pa
: off until the ensuing Monday and would not the1
y be discharged, unless they participated in the tor
e ward movement of Sunday. Thus forced into tn
y battle and defeated, it is wonder then tina
'l 'l they went straight to Washington and demande
their wages, that they might return to their homes
a. Their rights again denied, however, and the
y. resulted fight, of which you have doubtless ha
a. ntmatiou by telegraph. The regulars were cae
y out to Guell the insubOrdinaton, and in the conit
" which resulted, blood freely shed on bot
II sides How the matter was finally settled, al
"a not yet advised.
ie Tie Dapc was so great that had it not been #
IL | throwing open the draw on the Long Bridge, al
ID anchorng the steamboats, in the stream, the enll
AZ army would have retreated to the city OF asFns
" ton, if not beyond. The rout continued all nlgt
w and greater portion of Monday, the soldiers gon
"a in over the fields, roads, and through the fores
~ for distance of ten miles, barefooted bareheade
~ stripped of everything that would impede the
ou progress, and so thoroughly frightened that Il
nc nero mention OF the approach OF our caValfy' p
;t item to their utmost speed. Had our Whole arm
az or a stronger detachment ollowed, there is not IL
l. least doubt that we nllSnt nave eHleftu IIe Sap
=, itself.
n The Richmond Dispatch says:
ne 1t is stated on reliable information that L.
~ | Meapher the celebrated rishman, who voluuteere
~" to ii.rht against Virginia, which led the way IN
>ol Tending the rights of foreigners against the hno'
70 Nothings of the North, was killed in the battle
i tu the Dist We rejoice to hear it. He deserves
M ic fate Such requltal by foreigners of Virginia
iio heroic interpositon in their behalf, as an inVas
Of her soil demands no other doom.
~ TIE CAIRO MoyEMENT.--The Memphis Avalanc
ne publishes letter of the 9th from Randolph, rC
nu which we extract the following:
lat A day of more general sorrow was never W
ed messed in Memphis than that of Friday. The lev
he was thronged with the mothers, wives and sste
the fathers, brothers and SONS of our brave volu
tecrs, and the parting--it may be torever-was
OIL the greatest degree sad. The Memphis lndepeI
ent Dragons. Capt. Mcdonald, were upon o
ed boat; aud rhe men, gay and spirited in NE CT
en- wore faces of melancholy throughout the trip, n
r's have they yet entirely recovered their wont
,tn | iight-hcartedness.
ot 1t is evident that there is an important moVeme
'n | on foot. Gen. Pillow aud staff are along Z
hn McIIuwan it is rumorcd, will command brigut
wv, | He is an old United States soldier, native It
',r. nssseenu, and probably sacrificed as much as a
~ man in the Confederate service, in resiRnlS
,,n position. The utmost confidence is placed IN
onn abilities.
r nta In my next | will give you sketch OF the p
~ | sOnnn Of the commanders.
F Gur feet consists OF the John SimOnds, Ca
,(t' llr,,l- Rpil First Lieutenant,