The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-07-30

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m essen He bn3e Capt Alexander
al aagoi l9 the mot gallant iH
uaag aae tKrr'loat 6 check tbe Bnei
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HsHY ~ tar Biien reverse. "Nhai
dg. d so mcaa asked Alexander
ll mcaus defeat. was his REPLY "Nr
aB hcstent itisa haminl. c8Haaliy
nsuaH Ilaii np mea h sA9ated
.daa, b. maa ntina ooasrl and he
rode bak &. aad iorNaf3s, placing lis
horse zero M eal a1l sau.Y trying q
rails ibe RAINING repa. The teams and
maeaas confused aad Remembered every
corps We aerc nos 81, 81 from DE ai-
vance body ~ ,ae enemy Ialaalry, WHO
Lad rushed og tse slope lUd LEFT By us,
urroaaded ,e gaa anj suffers wagons.
ani wn aHfa aily pressing Up against
us Bs b ase Alexander ! sai3. ~yo4
must leste a.lh the r I'D be l-d
W5, u is sB.e reply and the
spta8.a .ieN rode haes 10 msbc Oh. way
e. bt bc e9Ull Meantime saws officer
with leaves anl eagle, aa ,heir shoulder
straps, maiors atd c5louc. Who bad de-
sorted ihelr commands, pas ue galloping
8. II iar dear dig. No enemy pursued
JOSH theui bot / suppose all were afraid
that bis guns gould Be trained down The
long, narrow ayAueaDd NOV The retreat
mg thousands and batter to pieces army
Wagons ani Ytslhing else which crowded
Il. OHly one field oilicer,so Ear as ms Oh
sefkai.on esien1rd, seemed 10 have re-
~ mbsrcl us duty Lieut. Col Spiedai.
Il IoreiEner attached 70 Connecticut reg
uent, lrate against ihc current for q
hague. positively declare that, with tie
tWo exceptions mentioned, AL efforts made
10 check tbc uuic before Ccnirevillc was
reached. we're confined 10 cirii19is. saw
man Ia citizens dress who had thrown
Uli hs coat, srized musk,t, and was try
ing 10 rails tie soldiers who came by al
the poiut 81 tuc bayonei. In reply 10 i
request lur his uune. he said twas Wash.
harnp. anal lcarncd he Nas q member by
'hai Same ieom illinois. The Hon. Mr..
KELLOGG made similar effort. Bolhthesl
cngre meH bragciy stood their ground
ulI the las moment, aud were er,iceable
at CcutNliie ID assisting tie Mllt there
ultimately made. and o.hcr civilians dio
what they could.
liut what a scene, and how terrific thC
SCI ol lhat umal;uous retreat Foi
three miles, hosts of Federal troops dc
uslel from ihaig regiments a,l mingled
Ia one disurlcfe i5a were q cling along
ihe road, blj ma IS ihMIgi ihc los o.
either side Army Nar5as, Suffers team:
nWi private carriages. ehokcd The passage
tmbliug against each other, amid cloud.
of dust, and ,igkening sights and sounds
TASKS, containing unlucky spectators o
tic 8tc aii'ay, were smashed like glass
and the occupants were LOST sight Of in th'
debris. Horses. flying wildly from til,
batile Geld, many al them in deuth agony
gallopcd al random forward, joining IN til,
Stampede Those on foot who could catcs
them rode them bareback, rs much TO say,
themselves from being run over, as 70 maxi
quicker time. Wounded men lying aon:
tile banks--lhc icw either left on the feel,
Or taken to thc captured hospital, appeale,
with raised hand. to those who rode hors
cs. begging to Dc lifted behind, bat few re
earded such petitions. Then the artillery
such ~ was saved camc thendcring along
smashing and ovorpowcring everything, =
The regular cavalry, record il TO thei
shame. joined Ia tie melee, adding to 1t
tcrrors, ior they rode down tOotmen with
oui mercy. Oue Of the great guns wa
overturned and las amid the ruins OF
csisson,as passed ii. ] saw anariillery
man running between the ponderous for
and afler-wheels Of his gun-carriage, hang
ing on with both hands, and vainly striy
ing 10 jump upon the ordnance. The dri
ycrs we're squirting the horses he coul
not cling much longer, and more ago
nizcd expression never fixed the feature
OF drowning man. The carriage bound
Cd from the roughness Of steep hill lead
ing 10 q creek, hc lost his hold. fell, and j
40 instant the great wheels had erushe
the life ont Of him. Who ever saw sue
a ilighif Could tie retreat at Borodin
have exceeded il in confusion and tnmult
think not. II did not slack in the lea,
until Ccateaillc was reached. There til
sight Of the reserve Miles Brigade
formed 10 order on tie hin, seemed som,
Whal 10 rcassurc the van. But still tn
teams and foot soldiers pushed on, passin
their own camps and heading swiftly f
tie distant Potomac, until for ten miles I'll
road oycr which tho grand army bad S
lately passed southwark, gay with unstair
cd banners, aad flushed with surety {
ktretsofh ANA covered with fh,. frasrr,taui