New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-08-03

From late numbers of the New York Herald,
World, and Louisville journal, we select the fol
lowing gems of mendacity:
A gentleman who left Washington Thursday
evening, says that up to II O'Clock Thursday the
killed and missing teXciuding the wounded) was
ascertained to be between five and seven hundred
Steaggiers coming in every day Twenty came
in Wednesday, with thirteen Confederate prisoners.
It was rout caused by a Lieutenant, who rushed
10 where the visitors were-of whom there were
several thousand-and told them all was lost The
stampede commenced, which spread to the wagon
ers, aud from them the soldiers became frightened.
The rebels were rctreating, giving back, when
our troops commenced flying.
Our informant saw q man who told him he saw
several of our wounded soldiers baYoneted by the
rebels. He says the battle has had no bad effect.
OF course not 1t would be difficult to make
anybody down here believe that it had. As to the
Federal loss, here is something more about it.
| 1t appears on Investigation official quarters,
| that the number killed the late battle is con-
| stantly being reduced, until to-day it amounts to
| only $50. A large number of our troops who
| were taken prisoners were placed as among Inc
killed.
1t is now believed that our loss at Bulls Run on
| Sunday will not exceed the following Hgures ::
! Killed, 800 wounded 700; missing, $50.
| total of 1850! Those who attended the funeral
make the estimate q trihe larger.
| The reader cannot hut have noted the modified
tone in which the Confederates announce the result
Of Sundays conflict. They claim no victory
nothing more than that the enemy was repulsed"
from their batteries, aud they describe it a
" terrible contest.n The accounts transmitted to
Memphis state their loss at about three thousand
three times great the Federal loss. No shout
of triumph is heard. They feel evidently that one
more such contest would be ruin to their aims and
hopes. Their baggage trains were turned south
| ward ere the firing ceased
| There IS slight mistake about this. It was the
Northern baggage trains that turned south
ward, and after the firing had ceased. As to the
| victory, if we don't claim it, we are more modest
than they, for they are beginning to.
| Here is something particularly rich:
| More recently the Monticello has been stationed
| in the James river above Newport News, awaiting
| the coming of the Southern steamer Yorktown.
She has sheed the woods on the banks OF the river
several times with some injury to the Rebels,
Ii there was exhibition of sheer cOwardce,
| the Yankee armed steamers have furnished COM
plee one in Hampton Roads in their childish attacks
upon the various batteries at such long taw that il
a ball reached the shore it had scarcely sufficient
force to bury itself in the sand.
| Secretary Chase yesterday went eXcur-
sion down the river to witness the trial of James's
rided cannon. When opposite Aqua Creek, a
shot was thrown at the rebel batteries, four miles
| distant, creating great CONSERVATION
| 1t is not quite clear where the ''great conster-
nation" created, hardly among the parties
| fred upon at that distance.
| report, which we do not credit, reached this
| city that the enemy put soldiers into wooden
| buildings, and statoning an armed guard around
| them fred the buildings, aud burned the wounded
| all attempting to make their escape being riddled
with rife balls.
In all this deluge of lying nothing has astonished