The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-17

came to Forcfs Monroe and asked protection from &C.
nerll Butler which was cheerful Granted. Upon the
arrival OF tbs First regiment Natio4 Guard, New York
Volunteers, Ar Robins assisted the res ent In moving
their camp equpage to the gvould and has been with
the regiment ever since. Or the day the re.
gment marched Big Bethel Mr.. Robins
took the musket and his place IN the ranks, acted
as guide, ard did the duty Of a soldier
on the fed in tn thickost Of the fight that occasion,
hoping, az he sad, 1--WE light bc able TO get far enough
up ilto The country 10 enable him get his family
but he was doomed to be disappointed the retreat
oil all nol.a q accomplishing his object Your cores
ponaent conrersed with him while retreating that day
and mere rad aud disappointed naydual he never met
he SAID lie reared the fate Of hs pool wife and little
children.
On the night OF the 1lsh Instant Mrs. Robins, finding
her house was s watched and thst Col Magruder, ut
yorktown bad offered thousand dollars reward for her
husband cead or alive ana that It the inenti Of
tho rebels to take her and her three little children to
YorktoWn And ncarceTate tho in tue jail fed from the
house For two nights she slept under bridge, and
me SECOND h'ght, about two O'Clock IN the morning,
while her chtcren lay under the bridge asleep, she
sailed out and succeeded in finding small boat, into
which enc put her three children, and, with the aid
Of her little boy only twelve years Of ago. sucre sdsd
rowing across tee York river, distance OF
o. mile sgain9t strong current.
On lending, she made hor way to the house OF a Nv
Phillips, whom she found to be the rankest kind or
seeessonRt: Knowing hsr company, sho was sud len
~ taken with an implacabie hatte1 TO the Northern
Yanke,si AID finally left her warm secession friends
without beng suspected she then made her way
Fortress Monroe which che reached about tvo O'Clock
this morning and, laying the the beach,
with nef child! en-, she slept until daylight and then
ported herself TO General Butler.
IN paship through the woods, she had 70 take OF
her little children anG carry 1t piece, and lay Il
down, ard then 60 back for the oberthe little hoy
keeping watch the little one while his mother
ahead with the othor.
The ecere wss truly affecting TO day whe. the
little family went together at Camp Hamilton. The
little children we're bright ana sweet looking and upon
meeting he, papa jumped upon his lap ana seemed to
be overjosed
Mrs Robins reports that there are about thirty thou
sand men between Yorktown and Big Bethel that
several companies had come down frou Richnond 10
msst the rebels IN OF another attack upon Big
Bethel.
Her statement about the numter of the troops be
tween yorktown and Big Hethel, IL also corrobo-
rated by the flag OF truce which sent cut by Col
Duryee yesterday To look after the dead and wounded
which were le!t behind If any (eni there uese)
Though Big Bethel blindcl1ed, of course, and
escorted TO Yorktown, where Col. Magruder treated
them very kloly but said, Gentlemen you cannot be
per mittod 70 see either your wounded prisoners At
this REFUSAL they returned last night and reported here
this morning that the country from Big Bethel was
bristliDs with bay oneis.
On the day Of tho eat every effort was made
for and bring of the wounded but the rebels raised the
black flag and fred terrific voiey upon the tag Of truce
There s not doubt entertained here but that the ebes
murdered tho wounded the spot, and the prisoners
nlso, any were taken which is probable as some mon
are missing.
If the facts which have come 70 light with tho terrible
disaster OF this defeat do not stir up the Northern
States and the government to better equip their troops
and " send on more men at what In tho name OF
reason CAM Such trpg with the lives Of brave
murder can call II by no softer term.