New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-24
THE sTAA[PEDF.
AUTHENTIC FAETiCULARs-HEPORT or An EYE

MTnPSTIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or An EYE
WITNESS.
We ~. tie following description 81 the ftamCede at
Dnlls Nun from well known gentleman OF tlis city,
9bo vas Oh the gsolud two hoaD after Ihe retreat be-
gan:
"Tle reror,s Of di5orderly retreat Of our main
amy. a.. "a 4fy Untrue btiofstatemenI Of email
r.rt oil What Witoessel will show this.
NJ. 9illov. OF Rhode Island, aud myself accom-
pnrisI the DE Krlb Regiment from Alexandria 10 tie
ears 10 tlo Fairfax statiOu on tie ManHsss Gap Rn-
road; we cached there az 10 .. N. Heavy canpon-
aiding va, steadily going on While tie regiment
vai'ea for orders, we walked forward on ire trak I'll
within five nile Of Mannsssi junction. scout was
tbafe seuding hourly reports Gen. Scott of the hdng
Veturug at the regaeu, siill Ted gaIty Of four
Of us with q colder walked on 70 Fairfax Court
Holse three miles, add thence on the road 10 CenIre
vile.
About o clock we began 20 meet bugges and
wagcns with vi.itors returning 10 Washington. All
reported that the day WAS ours, aud rode on iaut,
pnll AZ hslfps.! T. an thiceI on borscback, riding
ferrcly, ssil. NO, no. ff going against u.s. The
friag had ceased
"Near Centrsyille, b.tween two long liHs we
puddeIly cav army wagons and privnte venice' com
iug do IN before ne an not haSe-a few soldiers on
hoTfe,ac mixed In The crowd. Looking back, we
found q regiment coming tfesl hom Fairfax IN double
quick
"Nlr. Ruesr Of TIE LoudoH Tines wIs on horse
hack pE onQ the first from the battle.
a. he Eew.Jeney Colonel Instantly formed Bis men
across the rJlC and icsplnt ~ turned DA'A every SOL
die, ia a. TO ii aud In twenty minutes pelct order
VIVA restoreA snd the whole flight Of The webb lee was
shown 20 lie absurd, much that We waited two
bolrs al that SPOT drawing water for the poor wounded
mep. WHO began 10 lump along from the Heidi only
| tSo " three ambulmrs 10 DO ,een.
A. hal pg ~ t. Two hours after The battle was over,
w. ~ trted and wnlke3 back 20 Fairfax oIrtlouse,
LeliuQ thIoe or four lndot 70 ers INTO tho wagons
| i Tlo.e who were unhuit, old WHO bed got by tho
Jersey hove were stuptef by company OF Michigan
| IN To.n Fairfax and compelled to turn he k
~ Al Fairfax Couri.lloute quietly took upper
al tho tavern ard never dreaming OF any diso'derly
| retreat, We vero supplied with good beds We un.
dte.sgd ard went 10 BID cod aslcep 80 ii ?. m ~ )
| oclork Monday morning, finding tie wagons were
moving 90 TO Alexandra, Va star od ugan a1d walked
| orot,y along with them 10 Alexandria, doiag chat
| Gttis "a codi 10 lid tie men more or Ices slightly
vonusd or WON outncudlrg some from the hospital,
for siil there was sslrc y gnbularcc 10 he teen
uut ON tho whole road rom Centgoviile 20 AlcXtn.
dra am confident that there were not 90 sol iers ia
all between p. md daylight; 20 that u IL grossly
untrue that the whole army nude Nasty RENAL oh
the cntrary all seemed 10 be- certain tha :, nd Was
made at Centrelile o. the whole OF or main Oo'y,
cxcep,inV OILS tie stngglers from this hfst lanic.
Jbi, oapfc was explained by several who agreed That
| Il las purely accidental
| 81 talked witt ht least forty from Mane, Mnss9chn-
| setts Rhode I-land, Ohio, Michigan aud Whcosn
regiments who gave thrilling incdenis OF diher.
.ui ,arts OF the fell, which have no time 10 I'll
now many gruubled at their Officers bht All seeiltu
ulucky amt sd that troops could beat the rebels
easily In an open fight and would do u yet-bnt the
masked batteries on sie and the lunders on ourt
lad done for us tbs time reached Alexandra al
fe'ei'' ""'N'E "'-''0 '' ' "0P. PUTNAM"