The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-07-30

We cut the following from the New York
Post:
We get the following description of the
stampede at Bull Run from = weli-known
gentleman of the efy. who was on the
ground two hours AFTER the retreat began
The report. Of a disorderiv retreat Of our
main army are grossly untrue. A brief state
ment OF a small part Of What | witnessed will
show this.
NJ Tlley. Of Rhode Island, and myself
accompanied the De kalb regiment from Al
exandria in the cars to the Fairfax station on
the Manassas zap railroad: We reached there
At I'D a. m Heavy c~annonading xas steadily
going on. While the regiment were waiting
for orders. we walked forward on the track
I'LL within FIVE miles Of Manassas Junction.
4 scout Was there sending hourly reports IN
zen. Scott Of the firing. Returning. a. the
Regiment still halted. a party Of -four of us.
with soldier. walked on TO Fairfax Court
House, three miles. and thence on the road
10 Centre Vile.
About 3 o'clock We began to meet buesiss
and wagons with visitors returning to Wash
ington. All reported that the day was ourr.
and rode on j~ubila-t. until. at half past four,
an officer on horseback, riding fercely. said
With emphasis. No. no. it's going against us.
The firing had ceased.
Near Centreville, between two long hills,
We suddenly saw army wagons and private
vehicles coming down before us in hct haste
IA few soldiers on horseback mixed in the
crowd. Looking back we fonnd a regiment
cunning fresh from Fairfax a. double
quick"
mir. Russell, of the London Times. MAS OH
horse back among the first from the battle.
The New Jersey Colonel Instantly formed
his men across the road. and absolutely turn
ell back every soldier in the road, and in
twenty minutes perfect order was restored,
and the whole fight ofthe vehicles was shown
to.be absured, 50 that we waited twohours st,
that spot. drawing water for the poor wsun-
ded men. who began TO limp along from the
field; onIy two or three smbulanees were &c
be seen.
AT half past six. two hours after the battle
Was over. We started and walked back tt
Fairfax Court House, helping three or -four
wounded soldiers into the wagons.
Those who were unburi, and who had go
by the Jersey boys, were stopped by a com
pany of the Michigan Fourth. from Fairfax
and compelled to turn back.
AT Fairfax Court House NE quietly tool
supper 1T the tavern. and never dreaming o
any disorlely retreat, we were supplied will
good beds. we addressed and rent TO bed AM
asleep al III r. VI. At three O'Clock Monda,
morning. finding the wagons were moving OF
TO Alexandria. we startfd again aud walkes
quietly along with them 20 Alexandria. doinI
what little we could to aid the men more o
less slightly wounded or worn out-includin,
some from the hospital--for still there Wa
scarcely an ambulance TO be seen.
But on the whole road from Centrevill
to Alexandria, | an confident that there wer
not five hundred soldiers in all, between 6 7
. IN. and DAYLIGHT; so that il lie grossly untru
that the whole army made a hssty retreat
On the contrary, all seemed TO be csrtai
that a stand was made at Centreville, Of IN
I whole of our main body, excepting only tn
stragglers from the first panic. This PAM
was explained by several who agreed that
{ was purely accidental.
II talked with at least forty from Maine
Massachusetts,. Rhode Island. Ohio, Michigs
and Wisconsin regiments who gave me som
thrilling incidents of different parts of III
held-which | have no time TO tell now
1 many grumbied at their officers. but all seen
ell plucky, and | said that our troops coul
beat the rebels easily in an open fight, an
would 10 il yet-but the masked batteries @
one side and the plumbers on ours had dor
for Us this time | reached Alexandria at
having walked 40 miles. G.. r. PUTNAM