Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-24
INTERESTING CEREMONY AT THE ALLEeHANY
SPRISGS-THE BATTLE OF MANASSAS.
ALLEGHAS1 SPRIsGs, August Il, 1861.

ALLEGHAS1 SPRINGS, August Il, 1861.
T. tis E4i,or Of ne WhiG
portion Of the visitors at this place hIving deter.
mined AS test nonia Of their personal regard for him
aiau and conf enes in him az an ofissr) to pTe's
s~ord TO Captain Charles A Colhoun, one Of the pro-
,retOrs Of the establishment who has Just raised vol
suteer company in this nghbOorhOOd and been APP ONT
Ell its commander ordered Que from New Orleans, Of
;1u.hern manufacture.
Tbs sword was received two days ago. aud It's finish
,ad fiae temper given entire sasactoa to hose con
rnej, and is highly cTedAble 70 the mechanical skill
If the artists In QUO CoufedeTaey. So long they
furnish such weapons, to be directed by the bolt and
oIo.ic hears and welded by the saiwsrt arms d our
tenders We neei fear neither sEbiaSatioH szsrmi
-d.i17 by the demonac enemy with whom we are con
eudiug
Coder arrangements made BY the committee, the large
company attending the Springs assembled on ye'erday
and about the ballroom, when Nj Cassie seden, OF
TrChb rg delivered the address and presented the sword
,Ih neatnes! and grloe which can nowhere be found
kept in her gentle sex. CspIAin Cohouu replied in
Apply and appropriate STYLE though with more Id ienee,
nb1r,assm snl and trepdsou than be win ever evinee
WIEN beandishing bis weapon under the fire OF the
usmy.
The ceremony of presentation being over, Hon. L.
v. Sprstt, Of Charleston, 8. G., VAS called on for
,peech bat did respond prsferring to entertain snd
truct the audience At later hour, By giving his
.1.y and exhaustion Of the memorable battle OF Ma
,.ss4s, much -of which be and per: Of which DO
sls"
Accordingly, at I o'clock the company assembled IN
hs ballroom, When Mr. 8. proceeded to draw on the
80 6 6 dorh a. lapinO
Bun run and The o,her aud ravines which were
ls chief scenes Of the conflict and the reads By Whi
eersny approached the nsd sni on which they PlsuI
q tbcr batteries and drew up their army in battle ar
.4J-n0s forgetting to point oas that along which the
nsny ran their John Gpn In their panic striek
gas from toe battle-ground. B. marked on the board
Ne position Of every battery aud every corps Of each
rny, and then proceeded to sIp'sin various move
a MS evolutions and COZ aets that marked the pro-
.ss. Of one Of the mos. memorable battles ever fought
I'D Que Of the most glorious victories ever achieved
:, pcuous and graphic the explanations OF the
erer thu, the eVens OF the day With the scenes on
,aleh they we're enacted seemed TO pass Ike moving
,anorAua bslore the eyes Of those be addressed.
He gave many explanations OF the advance aud au
NJ back OF different corps Of srmy-ind one espe-
ily interesting as to the fare OF the four brig'd
ecqpyng the right OF cur lines TO advance "a ordered
10 carry the enenys battery posted at hitcheus aud
3,ekhurns orIs and to fall on the Of the enemys
light then pressing heavily our left. Had this move
neu, ben made, &: would have resulted in the almost
o,Al sarhi.ton Of the Federal army. IL appears that
hi, failure 70 make move, which would have been 50
scsive In It's results vas owing to one Of those casual
les occurring on the the battlefield It seems that
he COnnandsr-n-chsf sent Of courier to the right