The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-08-16
An Assortment orLic..

We have at lsst received the
Charleston reports of the battle ai
Manassas and as might have been
expected, they carry oil the palm
completely from their Virginia Co
tcmporarics in tho brilliancy and
variety Of the falschoods with which
they are garnished. Leonidas W.
Spratt, II seems was on the fiel,l
and gives the Mercury the beneti,
OF his observations lle gives full
details Of the manner In which Sen.
ator Foster, OF Conn, c'icut, was kill
ed, slthouch the Senator was in his
seat next day as il nothing whatevc,
had happened. lie repeats the
ialsehOod that some Of our men dis
played the secession flag, when there
was not such "a flag in the army, tx.
cept one taken at Fairfsx. Mister
Spratt also asserts, from the mos,
indisputable documentary evidence
captured in tho battle, that General
McDowell's forces WAS 100, 900!
Tho C0vrier's correspondent is
also gushinRly spicy in his reyols.
tions. "Our people, he says. shave
taken 500 wagons, and provisions
enough to feed our army of so, 900
men for twelve month";" Why
then did Boauregard immediately is
sue orders for compelling coniri
buttons Of forage and foodY "They
!. seized also," says this Historian,
"bil.s Of fare issued by Gen. Nc.
Dowell for dinner to be provided
for him." In point OF fact, General
Mcdowell had not eaten q dinner
since he left Washington, as he car
ried all his provisions in a couple OF
fish baskets slung across his saddle.
lived all the while in the open
field just like the Soldiers.
"Senator Wilson," moreover had
arranged for a dinner party at
Centreville, and had, among other
things, about twenty baslSc,s Of
champagne. which he was compell-
cd to leave behind him. Hc fled In
the disguise Of tho driver OF cart. "
!. Senator Wilson is a tctotnller, and
mover drinks champagne: had no
thing Whatever with him cxcep,
some sandwiches, and he did not
hes in any sort Of Disguise. More,
over there is no hotel in Centrevillc
nor any place where any "dinnc,
sparty" could be possibly got up
The correspondent OF tho Picayune
avoids this slight difficulty by say
inx that "while the ha,tlo was pro.
gressing Mr.. Wilson entertained q
distinguished dinner party near TIC
track" and that he escaped "in The
disguise OF market Gardeners"
Tho same imaginative Richmond
writer has this pleasant little story:
"Alluding TO barbarity remind,
me Of something | heard last night
WI ote to yon that tho enemy, whei
!. they canle to Manassas to Lur,
their dead, slain In tho battle OF th,
10th. commenced entrenching them
selves. They formed their entrench
snents Of human bodies; took thci
I dead cumrades, and piliDg them on,
on tho other, dug trench and threw
tho dirt up over their bodies to form
!, q bsenst work. | am not sure il /,
J: wicked 10 relate anything so horri
1 be, and admit that civilized maj
I was gnilty 1t, but It 10 true not
outstanding.
Tl,e whole story is utterly false
There were not over a dcxen mel
killod In the affair OF the 10Th, an,
ztyey bad bsen removed long b, for,
Z hnything wss done towards entreDch
- q The twenty first. The cam,
t1Assidiogs scribbler says that ''som,
Of the United States Senators ha,
i started with the cayalcade. takip,
their families with them, and wer,
1streveling In the rear Of the army i,
ep0eedA carrisges, on their way I,
Z; sll tho triumphant procession int,
641poud.' This is purc fiction
b o4orb Senators were there In liy
B stable wagons, but not one O
Il ~ tsd suy members Of bis fam
yitb him. Here 10 an ampli
6ea ~ the samo ialsehov d--ss
~ - mgb military auihority;
y - Fsssidsnt Davis this morn,
4 who Gevs me many interestino
selenl@ss, Yesterday l learned
peo fFoia Col Chssnut. and this