, 1861-08-02
The Battle OF mAna4 4sas, As Seen by n
southern Correspondent.

F. n
southern Correspondent.
We select the following from a long and
we'll written account OF the battle, which ap-
peaEed IN the Richmond Dispatch:
The co17egpon dent eaye that, though the q,
8. troops opened With cannon on the right.
Beaur- gard detected that's feint, and was
seeu to direct Gen. JohpstGn's attention par
t1cnlar]y, with his baud, towagd our extreme
lett, as II he krew the struggle was to be made
there"
He proceeds:
As have said, Gen. Bsauregard vas not de-
ceiye1, fer the immense clouds of dust ap.
pearing above the WOODS, indieated beyond a
doubt, the Federal columns Eers moving in
eolic masses in another direction, and one
which was unmistakable- -
Several balls 1en III field Immediately be-
hind us, and Eot 8 hundred yaTds: from the
spot nhere the generals stood: An officer. of
General Beauregard's stAT requested us to
leave the hill, and as We moved AWAY a shell
burst not twenty feet OF. Col Bn2uer calcn-
lifted with his Wstch the time taken by the
balls 10 pass ue, and made the distance IL
:..1:ilcs from The enemy's battery. The enemy
go doubt discovered The korses Of the gener
als, snd thought it good opportunity 10 dis
play their Workmanship, and credit ID due to
tLem fer the accuracy of their aim.
TIE CRISIS OF THE BATTLE.
Ttey pressed our lett hatik for eeveral hours
With terrible effect, but our me1 hizchsd not
until thtlr number bad been so diminished by
the well aimed snd steady valleys, that they
ws1e compelled to give way for new reg,meats.
commanded by the gallant and lamented Bar.
! tow, ate said to have ec1leTed heavily during
! ibe early part Of the battle. Kemper's,
| Shields, aa1 Pe0oieton's batteries were in
this part Of the field, and did fearful e1ecu-
| ticn.
Between two aud three c'eleck 1srge num.
h21s q men wire leaving the fell, some OF
them wounded, others exhausted by the long
struggle, WGo gsye us gloomy reports; but
| as TIE fire Gil both sides confirmed steaillY,
we felt cure that our brave Southerner5 had
Lot btcn co: quered by the Overwhelming
hcrdee Of the North. It is, however, due to
Truth to say that tha result at this hour hung
1reIntl;Tg in the balance. We had lost mum,
beEs ot oar most distinguished officers. Gen.
| erals Barlow snd Lee hat: been stricken down
| LIEUT.. Ce]cnel johnson, Of the Ha1n pton LIE.
| giuE, Lao been killed; Colonel H snip ton had
eesn tea, but there was at hand the fear
l's: General whose reputation IS :. command
er was staEed en- this battle; and with that
ctlvs1r5 which is bis nature. Grneral Beaure-
gard pFomc!1y :ff.rct to LEAD the Hampton
Legion into the action, which he executed il
att3 ]e Unsurpassed.
Yonr correspondent heard Gen. Johnston
| exc13lm to ten Cooke, just nS the critical
nom. Mt, "0h, fer four regiments!'' Hi:
wish was apeweret, for in the distance our re
| jntCfcementS appeared.
The Tide Of the battle waa turned in OIL
favor hy the arrival Of 6 en- Kirby Smith frou
Winchester, with four thousand 1neE Of Gen
JobIeiou's division.
Gen. Smith heard, while On The Al ,na7sa,
| railroad csrE, the roar Of ttatt1e lie stoppet
The train and hurried Lie troops across ths
fielGs to the point just where he VAS mes
NEEDED. They were ct fiat supposed to b
the enemy, their arrival at that point OF th,
aeld Being entirely unexpected.
1 SOUTHERN GUESS ABOUT THE FoRwAIDMovE
/ MEST.
The Richmond correspondent Of the Ne7
Orleans Delta, writing the day after the battle
knys:
And as for Gen. Scott, though the move
| ment agatnet Gen. Deaureear1l NAV have bee
n,sde according to bis order, doubt whethe
thEt order Vas given IL accordance Wit
hie deliberate yiaWs Of policy
Two months ago he committed 3 mistake 1
haiting at Aexand,fa, after otoessng the Pott
mec, instead Of pushing forward briskly tt
Il ward Richmond. But that mistake epran
from excess OF prudence, and It ID not reason:
bic to deaace from euch q mistake ano:nt
arising from tie opposite fault OF rashnes
, | For rash it certainly wss to Mtack Gen. Eea'
| regard On ground which he himEelf had sele
, | ted, and deliberately fortified. Political co,
| dtrattons must have prevailed over milital
| considerations when General Sect consents
to the attack, without tbs support Of McC1e
T. | lan from The Eest, and Of Patterson from II
, | 1,ertb. 1T was fatal departure from the an
!. es.naa ;r:c;31;;cv which he had previously bes
= pursuing. The conse eque2ce is, tas hackbo1
Of the eerptnt il broken.