New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-03
Recovery of Oar neutrality-suspicious. Of
the Interesting Particular.

| Tic inCiden;8 of thif letter taken down In
NV notebook on the bloody battlefield Of Manassaa
Plain. while surrounded by The Whine, cold bodies
Of 500 slim heroes Of the Republic, and 5000 liy-
ing soldiers of the rcb,l lion.
At 10 o'clock on Monday, Gen. Pope rent flag 81
truce with q corps of smbularoes to carry OIL on
wounded in the Saturday fight.
Your correpordent was kindly invited by the
Rev. NJ. Wnslow, Chaplain of the 5th Ae@-forh,
10 accompany the train.
Notwithstanding | had no Ilss or anything to
shield me if the X. bells had taken fancy 10 have
retained me a prisoner, could rot Withstand the
ruling passion Of curiosity which tempted NE 10
enter their lines.
TIE corDs arrived ut the outer line Of the enemy's
r,4effs stationed along The bank q Cub Ran. about
Ii o'clock, and the white flag at once gave us adj
nliitance within their lines curious group Of
souch-hatted bntternut uniformed cavalry ronged
around Ms aud though detailed TO escort US TO She
battlefield stood around lstessy staring at US rs II
we we're Il sort Of nnti usl hoTfe show. They were
very respectful, and cev,rly communicative. Chat
ting along tie roal they took us 10 the battlefield.
Sanding around the battlefield in yariOus sqrade,
companies, aud baaions, were about 600 soldier,
dressed in every style of dress conceivable, from
surt,ul hunting Jacket 10 a muskr.t oyerooat. Some
were drcssrd as civilians. with nothing military
about them except sword orainsiy shotgun. They
all asked VI how long before the var would cio.e.
lhey raid, IAN you nad 10 DO was TO stop fah'ng
us, and peace would come, rs we were ali sick oi
tue war They said ihsy for some time bad got
nothing to eat or wear from the Government. Ttey
had not received a single ration from The Govern
ment for the last ten days but had lived on tie
country and the supply they took from NJ III Ma
na..i.s; stll almost every man avowcd his intention
TO fight to The art ditch for their ndei endence.
While the surgeons were taking of the wounded,
Lad a long aud interesting conversation wIh
Toup Of olcers ] answered all ,hor questions
firmly and strongly nd from Tn 1RlBi 49, sand.
point. They asked what right We Ind 70 coihscate
their negroes. told them hey were e,n 'fabsnd OF
war in every oi the term, and that per one OF
mort limited military knowledge should understand
the policy and necessity Of nerriying them OF The
labor Of a msn who tiled thcir fields aud allowed
them 10 20 10 war. They asked what right We hsd
to COT iscste their property. tod them thai every
nation admitted the right To conhscaie the property
Of traitors, and that they themselves even went FUR
tber-mr wien ,hey coriscated tho debts due
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frai'ors, bu, wha, they term IA common enemy. Our
conversation was, deeply interesting, and was pa'-
iielaled in with much good ie, ling.
HOW THE YIELD LoOkED.
Our dead lay untouched as they fell III battle, with
the exception Of their csIs and shoes. did not
,ingle irs,oroe an0ne tie uLoi, dCAheeH hum
Gcd dad irA,rc hc 'ioes Aad Mt Ieca rGed. There
were p-,tng circumsiance,, for many Of the Rebels
were tar,jaotd.
Tie Rebel dead aud wounded had all been dis.
rosed Of and MOI, single yesagc Of sk, killed, or
wounded remained on The field Even the struggling
soldier. did not know where they had been taken
to- They we're evidently buried secretly in tie
night b. negroes. for Occasionally N dap Tdtmc
/ came a,russ mounds sometimes ten or fifteen feet
fqusre. where their victims had been sec.oted from
TIE gaze Of their own men
SHOW OF L. :. PROPERTY.
During the aiternoon tran 81 wagons marked
[. s.. and alec l.. :. battery, were drawn by u,
a. if 10 attract our attention, then thought; but
Afterwards rode along with Rebel Major beyond
the battlefield, where train Of wagons ,hIee-quar-
,ers of mic long were moving towards Gen. Hills
d,i,on situated about two miles north Of the battle
Ground. Among dis train I noticed many 4. $.
Train told Inc tnnt Ills wa- the Gsi tnin iisi had
arrived from their base Of rnpp.!es since tie amy
|l.I marched through Taoroucl fare Gap. During
lie u,cr cnng lime lie RoJes hal sulsluied On The
country.
Being dressed in seri-m.tary suit. could
very well pass for Confederate. Taking sdyan-
iage Of ;Lis, pushed beyond the sen.rics "a tie
right Of tho battlefield where tie 2tih n. \. had
FOUGHT in the Saturdays battle knew j, the
Battle-Ground of the 2Nh from The killed AID
wounded on tie ground. From iis commanding
POSITION had view OF LCng-trcoi's division Z. II
Law epcsuped on Il distant hila, and gently sloIrg
from Ito north toward Manassas plains
A caya.ry.r,aa came up and enqufed Of The sol
dcls where IIlils division WA stationed, and were
directed to point to the east OF Longstrcers com
,naud Ilcl.cve from what leaned in this recon.
noisgLce that tie Rebel. intend no rcrogaic move
r,enf aud that they will not Tor some tine venture
an attack our column.
\ learned here hat Gen. ENei wss wounded III
the Thursday battle, and hat lis leg had bcea aui-
! putat.d above The nee.
TIE Rebels expressed great respect for The ability
ofGen. Lee who q now, and was Il, the recent bat
tie. Comrnander-iu Chief Of the Rebel forces. They
have no. much eonGconce in breckenridge, aud the
staf Of Il eurosad Is waning. They had 10, heard
Of their reI ulse at Fort Donaldson aud Baton Rouge
REBu DISCIPLINE.
The discitlpe Ct tie rebel trools Is olse m
deed. The pickles lad IO life ana looked Shp9
n, me when | passed them The officers said lhey
had given expci, orders to tie men not to take oil
the eboes oiour killed blt Notwithstanding, thc order
was entirely disregarotd The Confederate CAVIAR!
il fine fines, am in ihe rlce and the artillery the