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book. There was no panic in 'front.' This
was confined mostly TO tie wagon driv-
ers. Struggling soldiers and fugitive Of
fcers, at the rear Of the columns.
Gen. Mcdowell behaved admirably
He was active, cool, and attended 10 ev-
erything in person, so far as possible
but he had moi a sufficient staff. aud wa:
not properly supported BY his subordi.
mates. Mai. Wordsworth, of New Yorl
one of his aids, showed the utmost gal
lantsy and devotion H. exerted him
self to rally the forces when they frs
fell back, and towards The close, after
having his horse shot under him, seized
the eolors of The New York Fourteenth
and called on the boys to rally once more
to-the glorious old flag. Private Tyler
took hold Of the colors with him, and the
regiment rallied to another charge, bu.
without success. Maj Wadsworlh, a:
the army ~retrea1ed, remained at Fair.
fax Court House, and devoted himself &c
purchasing everything needed for the
wounded, of whom about a hundred anC
fifty were al that place.
Col. Burnside displayed great activity
and courage at every stage of the fight
and is eager to renew it in spite Of hi
wounds. When the Fourteeth New Yorl
entered the field, they passed a wounded
major of the rebel army. who begged
for water. Aprivate gave it to him, anC
be offered a gold watch in return. The
private declined to take it, but the maIol
insisted, as he said some one else would
get it if he did not.
The testimonyis universal to the bar
barity and feroci!y with which our woun.
ded were treated by the rebels.
Gen. Scott is in good spirits, and hard
at work.
A correspondent of the n. Y. Herald
says he was leading his horse over nu-
merous dead bodies. when his attention
was attracted by deep means. Turning
about he saw a Virginia cavalry officer
with both his legs shot off. A draught
of water seemed to revive him, when, in
answer 10 questions, he said he was an
officer of the Fairfax cavalry, and his
horse being shot under him-the ball ia
king off both of his legs-he crept a few
yards to lie down and die. He said the
rebels had upwards of one hundred and
twenty thousand men al Manassas, and
that according to his judgment, they
could not have less than from four to five
thousand men killed and wounded in the
battle.
The scenes on the battlefield beggar
description. The ground was strewn
with the dead, the dying, and the woun-
ded. Here lay one man with his leg shot
of, there another with a wound in his
head, another with an arm shot off, and
hundreds wounded in nearly all the va
rious portions of the body. The shrieks
of agony of the suffering soldiers were
sufficient to goad our. gallant troops &c
desperation, and with ~maddening impet.
uosity they advanced upon the enemy
The barbarity practiced by the rebels to.
wards the wounded men in this encOun,
ter, throws to the winds the boasted chiv.
airy of the South, and their assumption
of Samaritan tenderness. They tram
pied the wounded and dying victims Of
their powder and lead to the ground-fred
upon nurses engaged in carrying away
the wounded-threw hot shot into build
ings used as hospitals, setting fire to them
The rebels engaged with our forces at
Bulls Run commit d all these diaboli-
cal deeds. which have, as yet. only been
equalled by the East Indian SepoyS and
the Tartars of old. They commenced
these acts on Thursday, this side of Bulls
Run, on the wounded of the First Mas
~sachusetts and Twelfth New York Vol
unteer Regiments, and continued it on
Sunday.
The civil and military heads of the
government have had a meeting at the
White House to-day, and reviewed the
past, looked the present strongly in the
face, and endeavored TO account for the
picture presented. Congress and the
newspapers were charged with the
awful responsibility of the failure on
Sunday at Bulls run. The President
leaned wholly upon the judgment of his
great military chieftain, General Scott.
The latter said: II am the greatest
coward in the army, and ought to be re-
moved for surrendering my own opinion
of duty, In a crisis like this, TO popular
clamor, induced by bunkum threats n
Congressman daily newspaper harangue."
Gen. Scott has for a long time been of
the opinion, in view of the well drilled
militia of the South, that camps of in
~structIon should be established for our
troops, and that they should be thorough
ly educated before venturing into the
field in active service. The popular SEN
timent of the people, which is frequent
ly very erroneous, and proved to be so at
this time, overruled Gen. Scott, and an
early battle was determined upon. 1t has
been had, and the results are before us.
The barbarities praCticed by the rebels
at the battle of Bulls Run, are Lnparal,
leled. An instance is related where a
private of the lst Connecticut Regiment
found a wounded rebel lying in the sun,
and lifted him up and carried him to a
shade, where he gently layed him and
gave him a drink from his canteen. Re-
vived by the drink, the migrate drew bis
pistol and shot his benefactor through the
heart. Another instance is related, of a
troop Of rebel cavalry deliberately firing
upon a number Of wounded men. who
had been placed together in the shade by
their comrades, and among whom was a
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