The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-15
OUR SOUTHERN ESTAFETTE.
STILL MORE

On the subject of Handouts.
| lew days before the battle of Manassas, hard
ware merchant of Georgetown wrote to his CORES
poIdent here to buy all the handouts to be found
IN this city. he having large orders to fill for the
Fed ,ral army. The party written to visited all the
hardware stores in the city, and purchased all he
could ind-the writer accidentally in a hard
ware store Baltimore street when the agent
came in and purchased six dozen at SIS per dozen.
Stiu More.
gentleman of this city was in Richmond last
week, and estimates the quantity there, brought
from Manassas, at 5 to G tons.
still More.
Another who saw them at Manassas SAYS there
were three wagon loads.
Still More.
Another states the quantity he saw at Manassas
to be 5000 pairs.
Sill More.
Another saw a lot of them last week at Rich
mond-don't know how many. Some had rods of
iron attached, so as to link six men together
CORRESPONDENCE
From Officer at Manassas In n TIricnJ
AUGUST 4th, 1861.
This is dreadful state of affairs, and when it
will cease, God alone knows. In nv opinion, this
war will continue during the present rule The
South will never be conquered so long as such
people live as am in the habit of mixing with
daily and hourly. ! speak now of men composing
the army, and not of those in power and authority
am not OF opinion that late successes will
hasten anything in the shape of peace On the
contrary, | believe that all the power, energy
talent and wealth of the North will be brought our
against us, aud that another more horrid battle is
not tar distant. let it come, for will be better
prepared to meet the contest, and will fight while
there IS man left because, all are impressed with
the belief that Providence is with US, and because
our cause is just.
only wish you could read some of the letters
captured and found with the Dead and then Won
could form some estimate of the morals of the
North. Some ct them so obscene that will
not repeat their contents even to you. They are
safe in our possession, and be published some
OF these days. The women of Virginia have escaped
a dreadful fate, Il we Judge from the letters
found | am told, and believe it, that in General
Schencks baggage there were the ikenesses of two
black, fat, negro webches.
had fair view Of the battle, and next day
visited the field, when | behcld most awful sights
such as | never again wish to behold. In this |
camp, on the evening Of the fight, and for three
days after the battle, il shocking to behold the
mutilated bodies brought in from the battlefield |
Some with arms and legs apparently hanging by |
thread, and others with halt their faces shot away
Our wounded and dead were first brought in: after
wards those of the enemy having been left by their
friends to die On the field Of battle perhaps for the
want OF little water or attention. The feeling of
some of them towards the South was bitter even |
in the agOnes of death. One of them, mortalv |
wounded, approached BY preacher who was |
prepared with one canteen OF whiskey and another |
OF water. The mans eyes closed, Gnd the |
rarsOn raised his head and wet his lips when he |
recovered little aud thanked him. and then said if |
he had found him in the same state, in place Cf |
giving relief he would have hayonetted him. :.