Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-30
Fairfax he OccupIed-DastardIY Outrages
of the Hessians.


FAIRFAX c. II , July %, 1SGl-Once more we are
free. Sans Dee after a reign of terror for five
days since the enemy entered we, the citizens of
this place, have been under a Surveillance which we
could scarcsy brook; but, thanks to Almighty God,
we are once more free.
Col. Terry, the gallant Texan this morning, with
detachment of Captain Whiteheads Rangers from
Amherst, entered our village Soon he, with his
own unerriug rife, shot away the Stars and Stripes
(Which the Liucolnites had placed upon the cupOa
of the Court House,) once the emblem of freedom.
but now a standard under which men are fighting
who do not recellect, if they knew, the asso-
Citations connected with it, and have by their acts
converted it into the ensign of dishonor and degra-
dation.
The gallant Colonel soon found the Stars and Bars
which the gallant South Carolinians had given to
little boy Of the village and it raised upon the
flag staff which they had erected at their headquar
tiers in the village and from which had h0ated the
banner amid the rolling of the drums and the
shouts of our citizens. Col. Terry was accorded
the privilege and honor of driving the first nail into
our flag which affixed it upon the pole they had
raised, Senator Thomas the second honor, and
Messrs. Chichester and Grinnell the next.
l wish had time to tell you of the outrages they
committed upon entering this place; but let it suf
fee to say, that almost every house was entered,
aud the whole property of every description en-
tiTely destroyed
The house of our Senator. II. W. Thomas, seemed
to be tie especial object of their hate. They mount
ed the fences of his beautiful enclosures yelling
like ends and soon entered his house and entirely
demolished everything of value in it. The houses
of poor widows and other citizens shared the same
fate.
Germantown, a village composed of mechanics
entirely. was burned, and all the neghboring farm
hOuaes despOiled aad pillaged; but thank God, we
begin TO see the end.
Every lawyers ofllce and store was entered
libraries and private papers entirely defaced and
destroyed, and you may well imagine the Joy we
experienced when we saw the gallant Colonel enter
IN pursuit of the demons. have not time to rite
more now, but more anon.
P. ST. open to say that the gallant Colonel is
now in possession of the flag they RAISED upon the
Court House, and the very large flag which they
boosted was to wave over Manassas.
= Incidents Connected with the Battle.
THE ENEMY AND HIS wOUNDED-ARREsT OF SPIES.
The Richmond Dispatch of the 2Gth says
The enemy, with characteristic brutality, has
left the care of his wounded and dying exclusively
to the Southern army. The Indian and the savage
invariably manifest humane sympathy for their
disabled comrades; 1t is left to the Yankee, who bru
taliZes over helpless women to betray and abandon
his own wounded on the field.
One single man of all the North has sent back
agents to look after disabled relative, and that is
no less person than the Northern Secretary of War
Simon Gamer on. But instead of doing this thing in
an honorable manner, under flag of truce, he has
thought proper TO have it done by stealth and
artifice.
Two weI-known characters about Washington
city were his chosen instruments for searching out
his brother by stealth: a TenneSsean by the mans
of Arnold Harrls-it should have been Harris Ar
nOld-and a leach of the Treasury under Buchanan,
by the name of McGraw. These men were csptur-
ed the field spies, while engaged in their
stealthy work They cannot be regarded aHy
other than spies and should be held as such by the
proper officers. What right have such characters
as these, charged with a commission from the chief
war officer Of the enemy, to enter our country, in
disguise to their gsrb and their purpose, endeay
oring to accomplish by stealth the mission consigned
to them by such chief? They are clearly spies of
the most dsreputabe sort, and should be dealt with
accordingly.
The Richmond Examiner says HARRIS and MCGRAw
are now confined in Jail in that city, and adds:
A splendid equipage and two valuable horses, the
whole turnout being valued at S 500, which they
had hired in Washington for the excursion also fell
into our hands Messrs. AcGraw and Harris had
undertaken to be responsible to the owner for the
safe return of his establishment.
NAY. wHEAT's BATTALION.
The Richmond Enquirer, of the 26th says;
Lieut.. Dickinson, of New Orleans, now in this
city, and who shot in the thigh wittrs Minnie
ball, in the battle on Sunday, says that he was a
member of Maj. Wheats battalion, and out of 400
which constituted that command, there were not
more than 100 that escaped death and wounds. Mai.
Wheat was shot through the body, and was surviv-
ing on Wednesday, although his case is exceedingly
critical.
Lieut. Dickinson also says that the Catahoula
Na) Guerrillas, Capt BahOup fought with despera-
ton, and he thinks his command was nearly all
killed and wounded. The Captain, although for
long time IN the hottest of the fight, escaped I'M
hurt
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 enemy lines
with their knives, and put them to flight.
NTEREsTrEG INCIDENT.
A correspondent of the Petersburg Express re- |
lates the following:
One Of the most interesting incidents of the bat
tie is presented in the case OF Wylie P. Msngum r.
son of Ex-senator Mangum, Of North Carolina. |
This young man was attached to Colonel Fishers |
Regiment, believe, and owes the preservation of |
his lie to a copy of the Bible presented to him by
his sister. He had the good book in his left csat
pocket 1t was struck by ball near the edge but
the book changed the direction of the bullet and it
glanced off, nficting severe but not dangerous
flesh wound. The book was saturated with blood
but the advice written on fly leaf by the sister
who gave it, was perfectly legibl:. 1t read thus:
TO my brother. He will read portion of this
blessed word every day, and remember his sister"
WHO TOOK sHERMAE'S BATTERY?
The Lynchburg VHginidH asserts that it was Col.
J. a Early az the head of his gallant brigade, who
charged upon and took she Sherman battery. The
rqinidn has this from returned soldier who was
n the fight OF Sunday, and has learned it from sew
,ral other sources. Gen. Beauregard pronounced
{ the st splendid military achievement he ever
witnessed.
Col. James Preston, of MONTGOMERY, bore q
conspicuous and gallant part in the capture of the