The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-01
Dsepara:ion ofihe Ncrth.

The tale OF death and agony which comes
to as from iniiumc.uble sources and depicts IS
with xach . horrible but graphic fiieity the
condition Of the battle field on the afternoon
of Sunday last, Is touching and sorroWfui TO
the last degree, The heaps. nj ghastly bodies,
rent and II Eutllated, or crushed i'll to shape less
fragments beyond all recognition the glsze /
eyes turned upward to the blna skv and the
descsndioG sapJ I he blood. hedabbl -G fields, and
rocks, and high way 8; the wounded, crimsQIei i
oysr with their own gore, CRYING pst1ousiy for
water, vet finding 40 one to quench their i'll,
toisrnhIe thirst; imploring help from their
com radss, yet seeau9 them 1ru sh past, deaf
- tbs faitPrtng accents that Appealed tor as
six Ancs; ths frightfnl panic and conin tQii
The roe4s literally checked up with an Inter
tangled mass of vshelss, of every description;
the 1slds swarminx with fusittves, and ali the
region, for miles around, streWed thtck Win
muskets, knapsack blankets coats, shGes,
cast rscklsss1y away by the panic stricken
multitude during the progress or their fl ght-
thsss Incidents OF the battle and OF be re-
treat all terribly signit can't, al So painful
ly demonstrative OF The ac tuttl horrors OF ciyil
war, and all brought SO yiyidiy bvfore us, and
SO directly home to Us, night well a0mOnish
the Administra ton, aud It's n Ut tnerh b ck-rs
to pause now, at the outset, and TO pr III by
the fearful lesson. But II II rest WIN them
TO sheath the sword ard tender the olive
branch, they viii not do it. Their resoluti lion Is
taken 10 light the battle 10 the b, b,ttefen Aui-
mated by that base species of pride which
gees before d-strUc ton, they are beat upon
making fresh efforts, 10 be followed ny, rs
surely as night succeeds day, with new and
still more gIieyOus reverses They entered
upon the wa for the ostensihle purpose OF
viud icatirk the Constitution and restoring the
Union TIE first they have deliberately yio-
iated-the second they have broken up past
all reparation. By means os the grosse>t
falsehoods, and the mos. daring ueurphtiUns
or power, the man who occupies the Presi-
dent.al chair succeeded in rallying to his
support tha immense army wslich, but
dys days ago, was shattered into frag-
N JFfifII
Inernble dead yet taints the summer
air. The sounds of weeppg aDd wall
ing are heard in many Northern house.
kold; yet, in the midst OF the mourning ana
wretcGeGness which the prime IA overs ia TINS
crusade against the Sou have br. ught upon
| their own people, The dem md has gene forth
fer fresh victims for the sacrifice. The war
| Is - be prosecuted anew ana with vtgor in
tS.nslned by the MOI tifiafi OF defeat. There
will ne more talk OF the Consti utien end The
gRion; but the subterfuge Is fast wearing cut,
Tne appeal is Eot new much to be mad TO
ths psIris tisR OF tRs NorLaoTn people rs to
their fenatleism-tbsir prejpdicps and viler
passic as. The spIlt CT vIndictiveness is TO
be aroused and brought INTO play. d II the
mae hncry OF lies which has proved so efficient
bsfore, is to be brought again into operation
TIE holdsst and most unDiushing impostt,oss
UPON the eredulity Of the ses are alre tdy
bsing made pse Of to stimulute them to take
10 arms against the Sou tn. Not for the h nor
and dignity of the Republic not for the Il z !;
not for the integrity of the Federal coma tact; ;
nor FOR the Union in whose name so ngby
evil deeds have already been couIni ted o.
for any of these things are tkey now TO be
summoned TO the war, but in i spirit Of pure
revenge. The Northern jouroGls Sre, even
now, ~ work tc stimulate them 70 the highest
pitch of feroCity. With meEdaCitY rarely
ca uailed, and certainly never surpassed. they
are recounting stories OF Southern brrbaritit
repCr ed to have been perpetTated plon the
wounded after the late battle. Wou' d@d Ere
Zouaves are said 70 have beel cut into quar-
ters others, whilst ly ing upon the K ound TO
have had their throats cut; men OF other reg
insnt are repor ted to have been pierced il !
dozen places with bowie knives, or placed
against the trees and fired at tor tars els :;
whilst the heads of some OF the dead ur
wounded are said to have been cut off and
kicked about for foot balls Even The ampn
ian css, 1t is charged, were attacked, and shells
thrown into the hos pital Ut Cent'eville. Ev
cry imagina able species Of atroci{y is imputed
to the viotors and the malignsnt thiseho' ds
are caught up with avidigy, and disseminated
with e-rgeFn-ss, for the express purpose
ef rousinS, among the populace at the
Mouth, storm Of passion. and OF proyoE-
iug ham TO engage in a war OF eXteiminatiou
TsEss are the tales which are told by nsn
who lsft the fsld SO early, or SO hast!ly, that
| it Is i'm possible they coaid have know what
tssk place after The ConieCeraIe troops came
upon the ground In the name OF justice
ana af right, of civil Zatiop and OF LuIn ln.Ly
we ssie.nniy protest against the circular II Ut
tnsss atrGeious lies. OF al he wars that cary
sssoiAGon in its train, civil war, even i'll lis
mildsst ASPECT, Is the most banetnl; bat Wcea
auta1caisna nvtWes m en- of the same race and
Nn~sse ssseneyates into the perpe TIA ion of
bal ha ~ties that ssng disgrace qnd hnInIla i2u
upon the Caristian name AID upon 81 clytiiZ d
people, the no rrors OF snch war tx Us pera-
ted to their utmost pitch Yet /. is With sucn
savage feelings that the New y 1rk Tribune
and other Republican J>urEais rTe STRIVING to
imbue the Northern masses They can have
no other effect than to strengthen the bitter
nsss which already exists between ne TWO
see tiens. 1t is playing with edged tools TO
tads, and to convert this war into a cCntes t
auen as humanity snu udders TO cOntem pl tie -
Lot them beware in time, lest the dt.tb0lIcal
spi it which, by the most infamous means
they are now striving to evoke, should turn
after little while, and rsnd the men that
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