, 1861-08-22

e1out " az 1alseds bouL IRE Lney re OUT OWL
msn;" and ia few minutes on came pell-
nell whole regiment in disorder. I rode
across ore and stopped him. "We,re pursued
by cavs!1y,n le gasped; they've cut us all TO
piects." As he spoke, q shell bust over the
column, another dropped CD the road, and out
stseaned another column Of men, keeping to.
getaer With their arms. and closing up the
et1agg!ers Of the first regiment. I tur1ed,
snd to ny surprise, saw the artilterymen had
es hs sa one xg gan a stnn5ag 5s b. W is
ut we're On the hill, had observed aud point
ed cut to ny companions cloud Ct dust
which rose through tie trees on onr right
1Ioht. In ny present position, that
occurred to me that after all there roaily might
he bcdy OF cavalry in that difnetion, but
Murat bimsef would net have charZed.thes
wagons in that de4p, wellfenced lane. # the
lsry, INST would be . different matter. Any
NsS, il wss now well established that the re-
treat mad already commenced, though I eaw
bot few wonnaea men, and the regiments
which were falling back had rot suffered much
losF. No one seemed q know anEthing for
certain- Even the cavalry charge was ru-
NOR Several officers said fhey had carried
guns and Gaee, bpt then theF drifted iIto the
ncnstn=e which one Feaas Gld hsars every
Ehe-e about s'maeked hstterles.' One OF
position Of the enemy, The fatigue Of their
! msn. the want Ct 5 re6erge, sa7sre
1csses, and the bsd conduct Of certain
regiments. Not one spoke as if he thought
Of dust rising above the woods marked the re-.
treat OF fhE whole army, and the crowds OF /
tugitlTes contt1ued TO 4tel away along tbs
road. The Eun waa declining, aud A0n1e 30
conld hope to gain the Enalter OF Hashiagton. t,
, NC Gle knew whittier any. corps or reguqcRt
N2s n.arthing, but there weze ra1aos1 Of al [
kirds-s' Ts: sixtE .z,ntt ar: CIT to Placss;"
! t.1he Fire zonayea ere d@st7cyed,'' and 30 IN. !
Presently treDor ran through the 1ne2 by /
N hon was riding, as {ae sharp reports Of |
|, ,rnME 1s3d-pitces rallied through the rood !
/ close at tsEa+ 4 sort ct sGLdu36 TI4r, Ike !
sls voice cs ei*.sas brsaAe1a, rose IN .rolt Of
! us, sra the eo!d1.rz, who were, snin2,- Ger !;
=! ihe1 oTeT their eheu1dtrs. There vas 10
! G4G!ce ier ne E:t 70 tessgu any further Ie
eea1che=- The 1naiI FROM Washington. Tor Ike
! Wednesday STEAMER, a. Boaton, ieaves at ~
| On Monoe5, md SC. I Fut my horse inIo at=ot,
kesFf1g tne ftiGa aEeag6ide The roads - mach
as-l cuu!d, TO eyola bEe iugittves, til ,eans
ozce Ea4s en this tear ef the baggage asad
stt:se cartf, and the ptesauSa Of tue c.oHa,
wAo, cotseioas Of tie aid WHICH tas yanie1as
would afford them egElns& = cavalry charge,
cla5orsd AID shouted lske madmen a. xhrI
1ar. The zoad 1as no6 literally cuye1ed with
baggage. It seemed 70 nc as it the msn in
ti6s wee tlro1ing t1e things out purposely.
AtNpt %At|0 L ~ tuI AttNf u S4C III Ike
ea1tt, everything, Is talting ont" s.
ycu," shouted = tslsow inside, "lf yeu stop
him I'll blow your brainE out'' Ny sttempts
70 70, taye IT, Uncle Sans p1oPelty we're then
Centrev1l1e bcd5 Of German infantry
Of the reserve cane marching down and
stenE ed the current in some degree, they
were followed BY brigade Of guns Gnd anosn-
er battalion Of fresh troops. ! turned up the
hill ha1f nile hey ond. The vehicles lad ali
! fk.tf hrf h1r.o 1pa ho feru
ot field guns wss IN pcs,t1cn where We had
been staLGiDg. The men looked we'll As yet
there Was nothiag to ieaicata more tEau re-
trcst ana scmc i'll behavior among the wagon
ese aud r2H Fstf Of different reglEnea.A Cen
: trerille was not a bad poeiton1 properly oc
cII led, ant saw no reason why 1t should not
be Del6, it it Waa meant to TaHeR the attack,
nor any rcaaon Why the attack should aot be
renewt q, Il there had bsen any why 1t ehouid
, have been made. Isucpt tile field once more.
TIE clouds OF n1bt were denser and Nearer.
. That was all There was Io firiug-~no mus
kerry turned my horses head, and rode
away through the village, and after got out
, ppon tie road the sEme confusion seemed to
. pIc,asl- Suddenly the guns OF the air OPEN
ed, END at the eame time came the thQnaerE Of
, artillery from The wood On the right rear. The
+ stsUFede then became general What occur-
! red as the hill ! cannot say, but all the road
I frem CE1treE;lle for miles presented such a
I sight as can only be Witnessed III the track Of
: tts EunaHays ct all utterly demoratizsd army,
= D:iv9rs tlcggcd, 1a:1ea, spurrsd, and b5at
}, | their hGTses, or leaped down and abandoned
! their feems, and ran by the side Of the road
c mounted meE, servants, and men in uniform,
!. vehicles Of all sorts, commissa!iat wagons
2 thFcEged the nssfoW ways. At every shot q
= conyulsioB rs It were seized upon the morbid
9 Mass Of bones, sinew, wood and iron, and
d tlor to it's desperate efforts to get fres
81 from itself Again the cry. Of &C syalry,' >
/ a1ose. "What are you afraid ot?''' sald
's to ms msn vi, VINO .zaa vas running besia,
Is Piled the rufhan, laveling his piec'
L. at rae, and pulling the trigger. It was no
IS loaded, cE the cap waa not on, for the gun dit
rs 1ot go of. I waa uEormed, and did 60 Of
ID as fast as could, resolved 70 keep my OF,
lg the flight Went on. Al one time, a Who'll
be ! mass OF infantry, with 1ztd bayonets, raj
Of Ccwn the bank Of the road, and sone fallin
1T as they ran, must have killed and woande
~ these amolg whom they tell Is knew th
e road would soon become impossible, Q
ist blocked ur, put my horEe to a gaiiop an
he pissed cn towards the frcnt. But no1nte
k! meu still rode ,aster, shouting ont, "CaTalr
ey stne tncers whom I owe. took, and said: VI
nd | ttsse 1una#ays Are n3t sioppsd, the whole {
ng | tie pests snd pickets int, Wxsh;ne5on wi
Of hy alzo." OEe Of THIN, without saying
It wo1a, kpnEred bis horse and dashed 10 from
nd co not know whether lie ordered tae NOV
At TOW Suddenly checked, and, pressing :
nc- through the Wood at The roadside, saw
,rn regiment cf iulantry blocking up the: VIC
the with their front towards Centieyi.le- A .nu
rs fscnt-"s:op, or I'll fire" At the sane tn
s1d the Officers were sh'outing cnt, q Doa't let
I'D soul pass" addressed one Of them and sol
bs- "sir, an British subject: an not, {
&c fse xou running .2 amay hsvf hsgs do1s a
'2c- aud hav.. bsen telling them there are NJ ca
lra- slry within mics Of tkem'' II can't let y
srt paze, S5!' / tetnougt: nc OF Gsn. Scot
his / ass. Tic Adutant read IT, end the word y
&c, Eager alorg rhe lice %Let that man pass
J." new gan the L2Eg Bridge ia time to pass OF
Tao without the countereign. It was at this tim
Ihe net q cart By the roadside, surrounded By
no group Gf soldiers, some Of whom had 80"
:,:7e vas i: great c:strcss, and cried ont as Y
the rassed, "Can you tell me-, sir, where the s
'ere ty-ninth arc? These nez az they are cut
IS. peces" 81 can't tel sou." I'm in cna1
t o5 q the lnai1s, Sir, and Mil deliver then i
.he die for it. You are gentleman, and {
ring z,e1d op your word. Is il eaSo 1or me to
aad on?" No. kro#iug the extent Of the de;t3
nap as<ured him it Was, and asked the meu
oo- til. regiment how they happened to be the
the "slure, the Colonel himself told Us to
fol orr lIves,' replied one Of them. The n
TIE age1s, Who told me he was an Englishm
but s1ar;td the cart again. I sincerely hope
lnd bad r1tult to himself OF his charge follow
shed my adsice4 I reached Fairfax Conrt-hou
n it the people, black and white, With a1xl
5 to faces, were at the doors, and the infantry v
.har- under arms Was hesieged with questit
had though hundreds Of :ugihves had pas
It on through before me at one house stop
ighv~ to ask for wafer for my horse; the owner
mcd his servant tor it. cheertul]y, the '
waa house where We had in vain asked
is ali something to cat In the forenoon. "The
AE-rx,, 1~HxA <+-nl$ $rV Vu7N4Y
!" or his question respecting the cumnissarla1
usty, ere. They're afraid Of the euemy's caVa1
Twas "Are you al American 81 said the man.
like l am not" "Wall, theu,n he said, ~ t
VII be cavalry on them soo1 enough. Ths
10000 Of the best hozsesnen in tue worl
oa' yiyaiupy Washington Was 18 miles q
The road was rough and uncertai1, ard o
my poor kteed Was under way; but 1t VIA
vain. nee trying to outst1lp the ruua~aye. Oat
frnnt twice imagined heard guns in The rear
driar ! / could moi be sure Of It in eoaseqnen
swax tue roar Of the fight behind me. 1t was l
"A t1e snrprisrg to sec how Ear the foct Holt1ers
mated contrived to get en in advance. Alter 81
,;r;ves the neon reee, and amid other acqua1nts
: wasr. logged alongside an ofhcer who NJ
4 hsTe : charge Of Col Hnster, the commander
ohost brigade, believe, who was shos througl
.ess Of nech. alQ Ras luht1e e "a y esso1A 1Ae4 ~
1oring troopers. 1Ms uGst 80, 60 : ~ aaSe, Ks,
itch by re MAJOR Or sscoao ~ aa =. ~
cscspe RES regiment, set ue nsl s.2 syus.Geted ~
;i.sms .at:a,ior. HI sa:G they haA driven bsc1
y;5l rr- tnerlF with case, but laA not been supp
ia 49,. aa8i1amsG-aa had officers end good
~ mt T&e de-the c21tiItt Ct The Gtaeral
80 .rS l,sn1 a f,3t 7 rfv.f ss3.' EAS rem