New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-28
REBEL ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHT.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Saturday, July ",

LOUISVILLE, KY, Saturday, July %, i0oi.
The Richmond Wig OF the 9th inst. says that the
battle of Bull Run opened by throwing out heaVy
artillery and small feld-pieces at o'clock IN the morn
ng The force of the enemy can never be asceftaeu'
Oar force was 20 OO0. Men never fought more desle
rately than ours We have captured eighteen pieces Oh
artillery and taken some three four hundred prison.
ers.
The number of our killed and wounded cannot as
vet be aseertained. Il is estimated at five hundred
killed and wounded, while that of the enemy ls not
less than several thousand. The Ogethorpe Lignt
Infantry of Georgia were cnt to pieces and Baiors
fine regiment of Georgians was nearly annihated.
BY the cars last evening President Davis returned
from the battlefield. In response to the calls OF the
immense crowd who had come together TO greet nim'
le alluded to the grand absorbing topic Of the day.
The enemy, he said, with the taxes they had been I'M
posing on us for twenty years had fitted out an army
on magnificent scale.
They had come over to Virginia with plenty OF arms
and ammunition, and with ambulances lifted mp In
such style of luxury as though they thought they
were still taxing the South. They had i've or SIX
hundred army. wagons with them, and PROVISIONS OF
every kind in abundance. In the whole campaign
they had over fifty thousand men. Their lnest paris
of heavy and light artillery are onrs. Ihey lett
everything behind them they could throw away.
The train has brought in 100 prisoners and there are
200 more coming including 65 officers. The proba-
bility Is that the enemy lost 1000 Our casual
ties will not exceed 900 Among the Federal officers
captured Is Col. Darlington.
Among the Confederate officers killed. unrepoited,
| are Lieut. COL Johnston, of the Hampton Legion
Col. Thomas, of Gen. Johnstons staff; and Col Fisher
of the 9Th North Carolina regiment.
The wounded, unreported are Colonel Stevens, Of
General Bees staff; Colonel Gartrell, Of Georgia.
Lieutenant- Colonel Montgomery Gardner, of the LIST
Georgia regiment; Colonel Nelson, of the I'd Virginia
| regiment; Colonel Jones, Of the 4th regiment
Alabama Regiment; Colonel Hampton of the Legion.
Colonel Prester of the Twenty Eighth Virginia Regi-
men took Colonel Wilcox, Of Michigan, one captain,
| and three privaes prisoners, with his own hands.
| LOUISVILLE, Saturday, July "a, 1861.
Gov. MagoHin has appointed messenger to receive
the State recently taken from Msyfeld by Ken
| tucky and Tennessee secessionists
The Ner-AiBany Ia.) Ledger says that a gentleman
from Northern Kentucky reports that there rumors
aos in Secession circles at the Secession troops are
about TO move toward Cairo intending to land in Mis-
souri, and attack Cairo from the rear.
| The case Of the Commonwealth against Green for
killing Tompkins, after two days examination Of Wit
nesses, was submitted without argument. Judge
JOHNSON said he did not consder il necessary to ana
lyze the testimony. lie had carefully examined the
notes. His opinion that the killing was exeusa-
bic, and that the prisoner must be daedsrged.
q A gentleman from Hunts lie Informs The Journal
100, te heard Governor Harris Of Tennessee, say TO the
mail agent that after Monday next all matter crossing
the Kentucky line going South would be examined
We learn that Union men are being driven from Pada
esh in large numbers.
Prominent among the persons expelng the Union
ists, is White Fowler u. S. Mail Contractor aud one
Of the Vigilance Committee Of the city.
Gen. Flournoy Of Arkansas, is dangerously i'll in
this city.