Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-08-10
WHO STARTED THE sTAMPEEE,
Il has been freely asserted BY Newspaper

number Of Congressman who had gone
down from Washington to witness the
6sht. While this may be correct, gensr-
ally speaking, yet we have accounts Of
individual cases wherein members of Con.
gress exhibited great GOODNESS and hero
ism. As an instance it is said that Hon.
Mr.. ELY, NJ. G. from the Rochester district,
N. Y, who is now a prisoner at Richmond,
distinguished himself by fearlessly expos.
ing himself to danger and cheering on
the New York Volunteers. But that, with
q very few honorable exceptions, the civil.
ians, venturing headlessly within the range
Of the onemys guns, were seized with
panic, and in scampering homewards in
wild dismay, communicated their fear to
the soldiers, and caused a general STAN
psde, is equally true. To the sxtraor-
binary movement Of these valorous For
ward to Richmond" champions is attri-
buted by many the defeat Of our army,
and much indignation against them is
manifested by the public. For the purpose,
we presume, Of softening, to some extent,
the anger Of the people, correspondent
Of the Washington Mtelligencer furnishes
the following extraordinary information:
Whatever credit there was in stopping
that rout is due wholly 10 Senators Wade
and Chandler, Representatives Blake, Rid
die and Morris Mr.. Brown Sergeant.at.
| Arms Of the Senate; Mr.. Eaton, Of De.
troit, and Thomas Brown, Of Cleveland.
These gentlemen, armed with Maynard
rifles and Navy revolvers, sprang suddenly
from their carriages, some three miles this
side of Centreville, and presenting their
weapons, in loud voices commanded the
fugitives to turn back. Their bold and
determined manner brought many at that
point at a stand,till Many on horse back
attempted to dash by them and had their
horses seized by the bits. Some Of the
fugitives we're armed, and menaced these
| gentlemen and, one, a powerful man,
! supposed to be steamstcr shot Mr.. Eaton
through the wrist rs he held his horse by
the bride rein. None, however, were per-
mitted to pass, except an army courier,
who exhibited his dispatches Mr.. Wade
and his party held the crowd until the ar
rival Of the Cd New jersey Regiment,
then on its way to the baltic ground, the
Colonel of which turned back the flying
soldiers and transfers. Two or three Of
6cers we're stopped and turned back"
The idea that eight men could arrest
the progress of an army Of $4,000 men,
fleeing, as they supposed, for life, and
frenzied with fear, is most supsrlatively
ridiculous, and is very happily burlesqued
by the Cleveland Piaindealer:
That little party of eight valorous gen.
tlemen who placed themselves in front Of
a retreating army of $4,000 men and
stopped their fight have won an enduring
immorta''s, They pot only stopped them
z.ttsAsIE mad race but "d'''-:- there,
can im.o;n. Il .,sn.ing to get BY. ".
Six Of them took
hold OF hands and stretched ,b.mselv..
across the road, the outside me.. .v;n;nu
an arm around fence pest, and thu. i'm.
menss army beat in vain against the living
barrier. In vain did tho frenzied team.
sters dash their six horse teams at full
gallop upon that line Of determined men,
vain the charge Of dragons, ay ing from
the field, Wade and Riddle the lend
men, chung with the tenacity of poor
relation. to the feace posts. At one time
they were likely to be overpowered. The
post Riddle had hold Of pulled out of the
ground, but he dexterously fell back on
the next post, grit his teeth and held on.
The editor of the Farmer supported the
center and bad to stand the burnt of it.
AT one time there were. four pieces of ar
tlllery and sixteen horses on top Of him,
besides several ambulances and ammuni.
ton wagons, but he never once let 90 of
hands. While six Of the eight barricaded
the road, the other two acted as skirmsh-
ers, and prevented any of the flying sold
lers from jumping over the fences and
continuing the flight across lots. One of
them caught 50 FOUNDER attempting to
climb over the fence, and throwing his
arms around it held it until the New Jer.
sey Regiment came up from the Camden
and Amboy depot The other mau couldn't
come to his aid as he was chasing down a
two horse lumberwago nthat had lot down
pair Of bars and was endeavoring to es.
cape through barn yard.
For three hours did that valiant little
band hold the army ut bay, yielding no
ground save whom post pulled up and
they were compelled to fell back to ano,b.
er one. Let the country build them a
monument.
A CONTRAST AND A DIFFEREScR.-The
Psnnsylvania fourth regiment, whose three
months term Of service expired on the
evening Of the recent battle. deliberately
turned tail and marched home wards, On
the other hand, the brave Sixty ninth