The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-23
MOS. snrprisng to sea how the foot soldiers
mad ccntrived to get on in advance.
oCLOERL HCNrgR worNpyp.

most snrprising to sae how tho foot soldiers
mad contrivsd to get on in advance.
ooLoERL HUNTER WOUNDED.
After sunset the moon rose, and, amid other
acq uain tances, jrgged alongside an officer
Who was in charge of Colonel Hunter, the
commander of brigade, l believe who was
shot through the neck, ana was inside cart,
escorted by a few troopers This of1cer was
l unders TODD the maj Dr. or second In comna
nf Colonel Hunters regiment, and be ha"
considered IL right to take charge of his chief
and to leave his battalion Ha said they had
driven back the enemy with ease, but had
not boon supported, and oiamed--as bad OH
cers and good ones Will do-tcs conductof ira
H. "so mean a fight ne YER saw. go
was reminded of CriTnean General who
made US oil merry by saying after the first
Commandment, In the whole course OF my
experience ] never saw g siege conducted on
such principles as these" Our friend had been
without food, but not, l suspect, without
drink-and that, we Gnow, affects empty sfo-
maChs very much-since Two O'Clock mat
morning. Now, what is to be thought CT an
ofiicer-gallant he may be as stees-who says
as | heard this gentleman say TO picket WAC
been licked into a cooked hat; knocked to
-" This was his cry 10 teaInsters, es'
corts, convoys, and men on guard and detech-
ment, while l, ignorant OF he disaster De
hind, tried 70 moliify the t Il ct OF the news
by adding, ION. It's drawn battle. The
troops ara re- occupying the position from
which they red IN the morning feg
haps be knew his troops better than 1 did.
1t was strange ride, through country
now sLiil as death, the Whi'e road shining like
- river In the moonlight, the trees black as
ebony III the shade; no W and then Il nyu-e hit
tlng py into tae forest or across the rotd-
frightened friend or lurking foe. who could
say Then the anxious pi~kets and sen trLar
ali asking, that's the news ?" and evident
y prepared for any amount Of loss. Twice
or thyice We lost our way, or our certainty
A g. snO Lad a -rst hUu-aG i
received I'd reply, except from angry W3t-h
dogs Then We we're set right as we up
preached Washington, ~ teamsters.
For an hour, however, we seemed TO he trav
cling along road whlLb ia all its points tar
aud lear was "twelve miles from the Long
Bri0gS.' hills, down III % valleys, WIZ
The silent grim wood forever oy cur sides
Now and Jhen III The profound gloom, broken
only by g spark ron tne horses MOOT, came
dull bot familiar sound like the shutting CT s.
distant door.
GgARiEe TEE CAPITAL AND ANXIOUS IxQCISIBs By
TAB soLDIE8s--nA. RUssslL oRossBs RIA LONG
BAIpaE AID ID sAYE.
asI approached Washington, having left
the Colouei and HIS escort NJ some seven miles
on the soath-side OF the Lohg Bridge, 1 iouA0
the grand guards picAe IS pos,s and Ia diViAuai
seutcies burning t4r news, ala Inc word useI
- pass G OuG, Wh&t does that say,
JLck2' g b goria, he tells me- we're Mt heJ
i.li-Unly reeTaiiltg he uuid In tur con
vHnieEcg OF fighting tO-iCUrTUw gliu "a,
Z,
however, the couu teESlgn Tts 1eInhLUcd, Ut
course, L had LOT got II Bat tDs Ldcei
passed me through On the prOduC ton OF Uen
SCOTS sats GIt.ru. The lights OF the ii J ere
n Slgnt, al.d Iedec ed Ca lie waters VI the
Potomac; Just glisten by toe clouded luooa.
shoue tus gay lamps or the WAITE House,
Wnere TIE Plesident was plOh1hly e1Jel tslIn
IL. some trends. In sIience L passed over
the Long Bridge. Some few hours later IL
qu vered under the ssers OF raDoie u IA
| ,lIIaed men. At the asbiug ton cad ! reEi-
ment with piled arms were waIting 10 >IoeS
| over INTO Elrg MA, nging ara cheering. lie
tore the morning they received orders, De-
| lleve, 10 assist III keepiLg Mary Wand quiet $50
! For the hunore0tn Time 1 repeated Cag-
. tiouS account, which 10 the best OF Kay knoW-
| ledge was rue. There were men, women ana
! soldiers 10 near it.
| The clocks mad lust struck II ? VI. as
! passed Willard ;. fbC pavement III front OF
| Lhe hail was crowded. The rumOrs OF de. 8i,,
| had come in, but few OF me tnauy who md
/ teen led uppu lies ana the reports Of compile e
| vIclory WEiCh prevailed could credit the IN
/ tellisence. seen hours had no. elapseG
| before the streets told the scory. Ine Il iinu
| Army OF tLs North - Is i: Was calico, Ia III
| representatives, iii every taoT0uGhfare. WIN
| out arms, orders or officers, Standing out III
! the Grenl ning RAIN. When Al. Iuese most untc-
| COunto ole phen 9neu& were pcculTiAg l was
| fast asleep. out / could scarce cr=dI, my III
| dormant in the mornins, WDen he l,ld me
| that The FederalisJ9, UtIe~ly rUUtsO, had
| fallen BACK upOu Arlington to dafe.d t1e
| Capital, leaving nearly i've olt5erIes Ui nreii-
| lery, 5000 muskeJs, Immense qu&EulY D;
| stores .nd b2gg-ge, ana their WCuAG5u and
| prisoners il Tie na4d7 OF Tho enemy.
FRFE. DAVIS RsALLT BELiIaERssT PoWE&-rHs
sokrH WAL NOT UEsIsT.
| Let the American journaIs tell the story
| their own way. have told min. as sno "
| II y has rai2ed necessarily and heavily since
! early InorniiE Z, au1 the country must be unf
| for operations; otherwise, if Mr. Davis desi ed
4 70 - ~ sTN8 h.
| close to Arlington Heights He has alrsad y
| proved thai be has a rair right to be con,ideT
| I'd the neAd q "5eillg7raut power BIl.
| though the North may reel rntrr The shock
| ! CanEot think j" viii make her Gesst from the
| struggle, unless Il Re speedily followed hy
! blows mora deadly even than the repulse from
| Manassas. There is much talk row (oi
! =" masked batteries CT 0oUrse.) OF 0utdank
| ing, and ca 42lry, ana sucn matters.
| The truth fesrls 10 b. that tho lnsp ware
| overNorked, heDt Cut for twelve or fourteen
| hours il The sun, expo ed TO Icing range Il z,
badly OILS 9Ted and II q faiant req mental or
| ganizItiOI. Then came q most ddiuu}c ops- 4,
tIon--t0 withdraw Ibis army, Q constituted,
| cut OF action IL tscs OF al energetic enemy
| who had repul Sed 1t. The refinement Of the
| baggage, Thicc VS. Vy!ti:,'u. 4Le4 nat guards
| ana was IN the hands OF i@ncrauJ drivers, vaf
| misunderstood and creas led altrnl, and that
! alarm became panic, which became frantic
| OF ti1e appearance OF the -, my and ~ The
| opening - Their guns on The ruGP WAYS. Hui
t15 = 0rth VIII o. al the more eGx.r TO 20
| trieve this disaster, although ii may divert
| her from the scheme, Which ha= baen suggest.
| ed to her, CT Furnishing E4giAad. L littI.
| While longer,
| The exui sation Of the = rulh can only be NJ.
| iersCocd nv those who NAV see IL, Uud u the
| Federal q varGment parscv 7res IN Is desgE
| to make UaioA by force, il nay prepare for 3
| al uEgie the result OF which Wi' leave tie
| Union very ittte TO EgAt for iioge C tbs
" battle" IL Iuy neX;, pity the pubic across
| the water bat they must lie u. victims 9:
| authorizations and myths i is ouG Ct LLly pow
/, or 10 dlspci o. rrcL!!y Just nov.
Ht6 ioG told 50 long story, Gu" scarcely
| expect your leaders O have patience and q
back upon the usual diary oE eYeate cul IT.,
records, zuul IS they Gle III llis exaaorai
nary TepUise. must con- ma NJ attention. 1t Z.
| impossi Die 10 exagger-ty their i'm portailce. -
, man can pred.c. The !ss alt5 c. pretend Z
| guess a. them