New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-29
WHAT AN ESCAPED PRISONER Save

interesting one. When captared h. iS ssorS an
colonel Of one Of the Georgia regiments bs ws. hsnS
cnhed, and -four Fire Zouaves taken Mir I'm o-
chained and guarded BY six men can 'a On MN were
IouaVss asking for something TO drink bs va. Ss
formed That lis neck would be 80 stretched II III
Gays that he would never again be thir.iv IT,
V "rin Were treated with every possible indiqnitv
Durin8 The evening there arose a serions damn.
among some rebel officers as 10 sckieA Of M -
.Iests Fda frsf. The prisoner was appealed IA asd
" manner pleasing to hi. csp,or, he was al
60 m nam privileges which he wisely improved 70
go 40 escape lie says tue greatest conglsrnstion
PoNMieu among the Secessonsts lest the retreat 81,
;d uo.ps was ieint ordered by General soott 10
h i've a,e 70 ADVANCE toward Cenircvils and thu,
ye cut on ana further, that they fatty belovsd "a,
We veteran commander was himself at Centre villa snS
han ehuenehed that place which could have hsen
rendered a. mPregnabe with very lule labor He
repeats tie story that of the South Carolna rs
ments on approaching the Mur esoia mon hoss~d 81.
Stars and stripes and begged them not 10 Gre vShiS
vantage being Coined they Instantly raised The rebel
suspecting troops. Gould anything be more base tbs
thisi The slime man says tie rebels ostimaled ths,
loss at 800; Also that JEFF. DAVIS arrived on tie Ged
Of twelve clock; that BeanIegard commanded In ner
SOM that johnston arrived at ten O'Clock with 3CnO
meni and that the entire rebel force was not a5OD
Ii his report be true Beauregard very near being
captured. His coat taken. and his horse and vse
were twice seized, whi.o he took TO the wOods for
safety. All this give for what il is worth, simply
remarkng that IN several points it confirms reports
given by otter escaped trsoners and by desserters
and that the man is a very respectable person. wed
known in Michigan.
RHODE ISLAND IN THE FIGHT.
When Captain Tower wac Bit lie said, "turn ne
over on my back, bow, and 20 i'm
Col S!ocum was killed in the carly part Of the en-.
gsgemont, and Major Balou short tine afterward
Oar stood up TO the fight without iinehiDg andI
think bore The principal part of the battle Had other
regiments been Differed Like own, with Gov
SpTague to lead them on, there would have been no
retreat Gov Sprague had two horses shot under him.
of which shot through the neck, and he other
through the shoulder. In case the horse fell,
the GOyernortook off bis hat and waving il 70 his men
shouted, "Three cheers for the flag b)ys forward aDG
give it to themW lie has several bullet holes in bis
shirt, brt escaped all bodily injury, With the exception
Of slight scratch III the face from shell. lie was al
/ the head of the column throughout the battle.
Capt Brown covered himself with glory. lie was
very cool throughout the eDga cement heading his COM
pany, and keeping them constantly at work. He de-
serves great praise for the manner In which he has per-
! f0 med his duties.
Samuel w. Burbanks, Company c., let regiment.
was bruised in bis legs. When retiring, and getting
over fence cannOnbal struck the rail DC was upon
and cut it in two, The splnters hitting bis legs Soon
after q shell struck nesr him in a pile Of brush and
stones, scattering them around him, again eighty
brulsHg him. lilo writes that his legs are stiff, BAT
not seriously injured.
The following touching incident il given in letter
from young officer in the "a Rhode Island regiment:
"AfteT the battle was fought, went into grove,
where the Secessioniss had bcea concealed | found
/ the ground covered with the dead and dying. The
| sight was one that L pray never TO again. One
poor fellow with bis leg blown n, called me 10 him
| aud asked me to shake hands with him. lie then ask
ed me If had any i'll feelings toward him. replied,
mo; bat am sorry that brothers shon.d be oSg 10
slaughter each other In tns manner The poor fellow
burst into tears, and sad be cane from Georgia, and
that they would have shot him in bis own house ii he
had not come. | saw many heart-TendiDg scenes toe
! numerous TO MENTION
After Frederic Bab, gunner Of the % battery, was
killed, Reeder, the well known eolorcd servant o.
Capt. Reynolds took his place and worked bravely.
| A ZOUAyE IN TIE ESENYS CAMP.
When tho Fire Iouaves stoFmed the masked battery
a. Bull Run, aud were forced 20 fail back by Ito.
grapeshot and cavalry charge, one OF them wa
stunned by blow from safer ana fell almost under
one of tie eueDys guns. The Seces,ionisis swsrned
around him like bees, but feigning death, in the ex
ciieinen, he was unnotlccd, and when sally wac
made managed TO crawl back into The thicket inside
the Confederate lines Here he waited time for
an opportunity escape, bot finding more concluded
| he would make the bost 0f bad bargain, and II lie
| YVES lost would have a little revenge beforehand.
He ily stripping the body ~ a Confederate near by,
Mcdonnell hisuniform and Selling rife made bsway &c.
the n renchmen,s, where he lQined the Secessonsts,
and watching biz oppOrtuntes, succeeded M picking
of several Of their most prominent officers whenever
they advanced out upon HE troops. Here he remained
some time until, thinking t best to leave before hi,
dsgLisc should be discovered, be joined party wbo
about TO charge upon oar forces aud was 70 bic
qratihcR.on again captured, but this tine by be
men. Our ire proved very destructive 10 the enemy
ana cut down their men by hundreds. In the battery
Where the Zouayos fell he GhefwaId counted thirty
I've dead bocs lying close Together and the busLe,
were tull a. The wounded who had crawled of 10 gct
out OF the way.
DESPERATE HiSD-ro-HAND CONTEST.
On Saturday night, before the battle two o. the MIN
nesoa TOYS took 1t into their heads 10 forage lutte
for amusefn ut as well eaahlgs. Striking out from
their encan pnen into the forest, they followed q
row road scme distance, uni turning beLd, I've
Secession pigkes appeared not fifty yards distant. Tie
pares discovered each other simultaneously, and az
once leysed their rifles aud hred. Two NJ the Con
tederaies Tell dead and Of the MinnesOlians, the
other aso falling, however, but with the design %
trapping the other three, who 1T once up, as
thew said, 30 A" examine the DID Yankees
Drawing his revolver, the Minnesotian found be
had but two barrels loaded, and with these be
shot TWO of the picket. SprDgng 20 his feet, and
sna,chug his saber bsyonet from his rifle, no hinged
az the survivor who proved TO be a stawar heuten-
ant aIuled only with heavy sword. The superior
skill OF the SOutherBer taxed 10 The utmost IN par
rying The vigorous thrGsls aud lunges Of the brswny
luh6crman and for several minutes the contest wages
IN sonce brokes only by the rustic Of the long grass
BIZ the roadside aud tie casb OF their weapons tegn.
in2 fatigue the Mime OH an sl back few steps, and
~ his adversary closed upon him with = eat-hks
spring he 1t his saber come down upon the head 81
Secesb and the game up. Collecting the arms OF
tie onsts, he retained 20 the camp, where no
obtained assistance and buried the bodies Of his con
panon aud their toes IN one grave.
N,pHow ESCAPE OF ONE ~ The Nrw-H .MPshlht
SrcoVn-A gentleman who arrived IN Boston on fii,
dsy night from tie camp OF the New-beinpshne -
Regiment Col Msrstos. rel oIts that ~ tue oI'" ~
Sunday lat. Cant. Hiram Rollins OF Company -, q
Now-lsnpshirt Regiment hid 9een Sno' . s,n,
dor and MAS l,iog by tie roadside under iehce lam,
tr1 ib loss ii blood. Capt. lhomGs Snow Oh the "a
i,.sad A. the time and Capt Rollins gave the cry of
I Second New.llampshire, and The ohcer Wen. pS,
! and lwuq an ambulance wagon, placed tne Moah'od
IN Ger h, a. A few moments alter, Capt. kolB0f ~
! so,,s n,cs,s unknown to himself was thrown oT ~
! tbc onbulanee and almost Immediately aiterwarf .