New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-09-09
MI. Russell Il Story Teller.

If the correspondent of the London Times will
not continue his SANDER and abuse of the South,
and ventures occasionally to tell an unpalatabIe
truth about the North, he must expect that the
Yankees will cease to latter and lionize him, and
that their journals will blackguard him outrage
ously. Here is what writer in the Chicago Tri-
bune says of him:
Mr.. Russels letter to the London Times. the
greater part of which we transferred to our col
umns yesterday morning, is, in many respects, a re.
markabIe paper. We enjoyed the privilege of
riding from point couple of miles east of Cen
trevle to another point a mile east of Fairfax
Courthouse with Mr.. Russell, and when he tells
what took place on that bit of road, we are com.
petent judges of his truthtulness and fairness as
descriptive. writer. We do not know and do not
care what he saw, or says he saw, of the fight and
the flight, before we found him; but from the er-
rors and msstatements i'll that portion of his nara
tive with which VIC are Immediately concerned, we
should be justified in believing that he was not
at the battle at ALL and that the materials for his
letter were gathered from some Fire Zouave or
private of the Ohio Second, who left terror
stricken, in the early part of the Fray and carried
the fatal news of the rout and the race to the
credulous in the rear. We left Centreville without
knowing that repulse had been felt or that re-
treat to that point had been ordered. jogging
leisurely down the Washington road perhaps ten
enthusiastically not more-ahead of Mr. Rus
sell, we saw nothing of the hoggng lashing, spur
ring, beating and abandoning that he so eraphi
cay describes.
The road was as quiet and clear as if no army
were in the vicinity. mile from Centreville, we
met that New Jersey Regiment private of which,
MIR. Russell says, threatened to "shoot him if he
did not halt" The officers were turning back the
few fngltives-not a dozen in al-that were on
Inelf way; but, recognized as civilian, as the
Times correspondent must have BEEN we passed
to the rear unchallenged. Mr.. Russell, at this
time, could not have been half mile behind us.
Ptshmg on slowly, we were overtaken by Col.
hunters carriage, in which he, wounded, was
going to the city. Mr.. Russell saw ii, or SAYS he
saw it, attended by an escort of troopers at the
head of whom Major, g who considered it
right to take charge Of his chief and leave his bat
TALON" We saw no troopers nor Major. Hon.
side OF the vehicle, and he, smooth faced gentle.
man in the garb of civilian, may have been mis-
taken by our - own correspondent u for a doubt
ful man Of war. Possibly two miles and a half
from Centreylle, we stopped at a roadside farm
house for cup OF water. While drinking, Mr..
Russell passed. We recognized him. rode along
and were soon engaged with him in discussion
OF the cause OF the check-it was not then known
to be anything moFe-and, in his company. we
went on through Fairfax in all distance of six or
eight miles 'tnl W. "lN aif'ya that no one inciJen
which he relates as happening in that stretch had
any foundation in fact. We saw n0thinr of that
Englisbman of whom he says.
" IL was about this time met cart by the road
side, surrounded by group of soldiers. some of
Whom mad G9 on their caps. The owner as
TOOK MN TO be, was i'll great distress, and cried
ouE as passed, Can yOn tell me, sir, where the
Sixty ninth are? These men saw thev are cut IN
pieces can't tell y0u. I'm in charge of the