New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-08-01

| Specimens of Federal Lying
|
| The Northerners are making extraordinary
Efforts to up the extent of the disaster thai
has overtaken them on the field of their first great
| battle. From the n. Y. Herald of the 24th we Sc
| lect at random a few specimens of the monstrous
mendacity which charaeterizes almost everything
| they have to say about the matter:
There is no doubt that the rebels were actually
| retreatmg towards Manassas junction at the very
time when the soldiers were running towards
! Centrevie. The reintarcements from Manassas
were probably intended to cover the retreat Of the
| troops that had been engaged in the action. Long
before the panic on our side occurred, the wagon
train OF the rebels was vending its way from the
| field, plainly indicating their intention to retire,
This train followed by large bodies Of infantry
and it is probable that ii our men had stood their
| ground even fifteen minutes longer, they would
have rad indiSputed possession of the field.
1t is stated by ViTginian who came from Man
assas into our lines to-day, that the order of the
| retreat of the rebels had been already issued 1t
is evident that the enemy did not Immediately un-
derSta' the movement on our eide. They thought
themselves whipped and the sudden retirement of
| their victors undoubtedly astonishcd them. This
is apparent from the fact that no pursuit was at
| tempted for any considerable distance.
Per contra, the frightened correspondents of the
Northern press agree in denouncing the barbarity
OF our cavalry, who, they say, followed the fugi-
lives for miles, slashing, Staying and riding them
downright and left without mercy.
Relating lis own exploits the Herald's cores
pondent says:
Proceeding few steps further an officer whose
| uniform was trimmed with gold lace, was seer. and
having on his breastplate, " Mississippi Rifles i"
Inc wounded man raised slowly to his elbow, and
endeayored to bring a Sharpes rifle to bear upon
your correspondent, when, acting on the maxim
that self preservation is the first law Of natnre y
G0rrhenOp1Enf mt q br1ll !;
A doughty knight of the quill, surely!
Colonel Einstein, of the Pennsylvania Twenty
sixth Regiment, returned to the battle field abo1s
IL O'Clock on Sunday night and brought off six
pieces OF artillery, which he delivered to the COM
mandng officer on the Potomac Yesterday eyeninn.
The Colonel reports that the field was clear and
not an enemy ill sight.
Rather tough story, all things considered. It
may be swallowed in the latitude of New York,
1t has been ascertained that the reported losses
Of wagons, ammunition and artillery on our side.
nave been greatly exaggerated. Captain Ayres
succeeded IN bringing i'll the whole of his battery
gate sherman 81 which was reported abandoned
Some OF his calssons. were left behind for the rea
son that the horses had been seized by fueityes
aud cut loose The whole Of the batteries attached
tpthe second Rhode Island Regiment have been re-
covered, and General Blenker's Brigade which
brought up the rear Of the retreat, brought in a
number OF other pieces, among them the heavy
thirty-tw0 FOUNDER rified cannons.
Notwithstanding the panic among the teamsters
only few wagons have been actually lost More
than hundred of them were left on the road hnt
have since been brought in,
We don't know how many wagons they NAV have
had at Manassas, nor how many cannons, but Bean.
regard has 6G0 of the former and 60 of the latter
IN the nelghborhood OF his quarters nov, Including
the Sherman battery. Try again,
When another forward movement is made nre
caa!loh should be taken to guard against another
panic among the teamsters. TO which alone all our
reVerses In the battle at Bull Run are attributed
Our losses have been greatly Exaggerated lila |
now Well ascertained that the killed will fal! short
OF 10oo. The rebels did not follow our retrestinp |
forces after they passed Bull Run.
II is the opinion Of nearly all the officers errarnd
N Inc pattle that the loss Of the enemy is more |
shah twice as great as ours.
II all this be true, and your grand army really |
vas scared from the field of battle by a stampeda
II teamsters, it must have been composed of very
rand towards.
me barbaritlos practieed by the rebels at the
'attle OF t'ni! Kun arc unparalleled. An instance
! feiated where private OF the First Connecticut
'egneht found wounded rebel lying in the sun,
nd lifted him up and carried him to shade where
g gently laid him and gave him a drink from his |
anteen Revived by the drink, the migrate draw
is pistol and shot his benefactor through the heart
ino'aer instance IS related of troop Of rebel cav.
Try deliberately firing upo a number of woundad
aen, VINO had been placed together in the shade
y their comfades, and among whom was rebal
ihcer, Who had received The same kind aitantinn
! y saiu py Frglnlans who have come from the
atte-leid, that these iends in human shane have
hkeh the bayonets and knives of our wounded ana |
yiDg soldiers and thrust them into their heayts
nd lett them sticking there; and that some of the
ouiaaha AouaYes have severed the heads of our
cad from their bodies, aud amused Themselves h,,
icklng them about Us footballs. Such barhori,ins
70 unworthy Of 4 Christian era They are sam.
ends. 0l4' '4''l
A houave who was taken prisoner, with six
tleTs. and who subsequently eff cted an escane
fflYel mere tonight with q broken haudCuf on |
IS wrist. lie reports that the IpiSyes were
eatea VITA indian bAEbariAy by the rebels MANY
slng pihioned to trees and tolnautcI with bav6 | !
IT'S thrust at tEem. tr
Cant. Downey, OF the N1uavss, was wounded on
Q Held, aild his body afterwards was found LITER
" cnS to pieces. IL was cut into -four quarters.
The, relation of these Incidents among rnr sn1 |
ars here has eXnsperated them to the intcrse.t |
ten e'4heIr resentment was signalv manifested |
-day towards some rebel prisoners being escorted |
yen. Mansfield i. headquarters. The escort was
toMsa .y,, ny an immense crowd, composed chiefly
Fotonteers, who made desperate attempts to
1e Ine prisoners from the guard, with neHaens
halS taeta upon the treGs akrtinE PepnS vivania |
'ehue; Az one time the TiuE was fearful One
w! w prisoners vas twice knocked down with
wing, stones thrown at tuem. The Fire XoGayes
ffe most fnrinEs in their cDrt3 to get at them TO
lch them. The guard were at last compelled to |
the prisoners into the Treasury building to
oteet them, and . whole company Of oayalry /
IS Drought cut to escort them to the Generals al
artcrs, rad thence to the military prison at tie
Capitol. ~ '''0
The prisoners who were in danger of being
lched to-day are five rebel prisoners, probably
agglors trom their regiments, who were CAD at
ed tilis morning by our scouts beyond cur lines
he stories Of barbarities practised by our troops
IN the wounded will not be believed by any :
der, N0rthern or Southern who saw rnucb- NJ Y
battlefield 1t will hardly be prudent for the
ieral authorities to permit their brutal ruffiaus
the game Of lynching prisoners, as
ody retaliation would he an easy meter inst
Y. -
Limeoln aud his Generals.