The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-09-08


that the fire which broke ou< ],
{ the Icft aud up 10 the center. was by fax
be heaviest OF any. Talk OF yoFY'es and
oils and crashes IL was "A Of these con-
inuaily accunuiating. piting upon each 9TH
r IA mighty swelling solumc-the wrestle
i rushing tornad0es. such as chaos nav have
IN NJ From nv position il seemed that
fullefy PLAYED from each OF the card
nal points upon the devoted center where
suew men were struggling. could not see
hem struggling The smoke of runpow-
Ter prevented that. bat knew they were
here, and trembled for the result A lew
misutes later Scharz. who was in the reserve
was ordered IA the leIf. Before he could
get fairly into position. Mcdowell and Por.
ter we're irretrieyaby broken Their sol
diers fought like brave men it moments be 1
reckoned by their intensity. they fought long. +
a. they surely did fight well doubt not i
they piled the ground Will. rebel slain. a.
haiieck siog- Of Moslem. slain 5y Boz 4tis-
band. | believe there connot be a msn who 4
heard participated la the awful tradgeiy.
but counts the s.onr between Ia and 81
O'Clock the severest fighting he ever knew
Ii was ali al one point Along The right
halt OF the line the eombaltauts seemed 10
desist ~ suazement At tao struggle there
By half after five u was apparent that we
we're beaten-ouihenked BY concentration
upon the left Wagoners and stragglers
about the hospitals scented the retreat, and
soon trains OF the former and streams OF the
latter could be seen making for the Bull
Run Bridges and forls McDoweli's and
Porter's corps retired ia comparative order.
| use this term not as a mild. but false par
aphrase OF driven back, but because il COW
ers the actual fact in the case
do not think that there WAS "A brigade
That could not. "a il came from tie field.
show IL distinct regiments. or rather a nu-
cleus e each regiment TO whose standard ere
IL had marched mile it. scattered men
gathered. Still there were several thousands
hurrying pell nell IN advance of them to-
ward Centreville. cro~dng the stone bridge
and wadng the stream. A dozen long wsg
on trains centered there, but there was little
confusion among them. no desertion of
wagons, but simply Jap. where each de-
sired and pushed 10 be first. They were
thus cool notwithstanding few shells burst
among them. All this time the right was
firm and only a. the calm discretion Of is
Generals JnaccountablN 10 me Al the time
! 50 soon as sc fell back from the left the
muskstry almost entirely ceased Ne we're
! pursued BY shells only. IL - probable that
the enemy dared not advance lest Heinizel-
man and Sigel should fall upon his flank as
he should pass by them Sigel had not had
his fight out, nor had Heintzelman. and the
enemy were not in condition for another bat
tie Immediately II i possible. also. that
Bankss corps vas nearing the field--he was
known 10 be nj Manassas early in the day
AMI they may have seen his advance and
been afraid. II was All done ia .wo hours
Another corps upon the field would have
frustrated that rush OF overpow ering mum :
bers upon one point. Those numbers were
40 overpowering that they succeeded before
mez could tie moved against them from any
other part Of the field Franklin Law at Cen
treville Sumner at Arlington Heights Why
had they not been sent TO Pope FIVE days be
fore. - they were ordered. and as he ex-
pectcdg
foried Bull Run ia the dusk of the ev-
ening and sat some time looking at the
crossing OF men aud trains. While CONVEX.
sing with Gen. Butterfeld who had Withdrawn
his men only when ordered although be had
made the attack at that point and was in the
advance, she'll struck the ground some
twenty feet from us. and in its ricochel
passed over our heads. | instinctively dogget
and my horse sprang forward. The Genera
did not move a muscle until he smiled as h,
remarked. that his horse was too accustomed
TO those thugs 20 be disturbed by them.
moment after another she'll knocked Wagon
TO pieces close by. The fragments were Ia
ken out of the roads and the train moved OF
undissurbed recalled the scenes at thi
crossing of the same place one wear ago, af
ter that battle and knew that this was u,
. panic.
Riding on towards CenircvilIe. which i
! SIX miles from the field. about midway me
| In IL.
position Of siiairs--t'.at the whole army wa
! refining 70 CcatreviIe--was on the point o
retrac.ug it, steps marched with IL Z,
Centrevllie. Richardson's division an,
kimbslfs brigade of Summers corps arrive,
here during the night from Alexandra. an,
this morning Sedgwick's DIVISION being thl
! balance OF tho same corps i coming IN from
, Arlington Heights
Altogether the position appears favorable
These two corps comprise not less than ~.
) 900 veteran soldiers. under the best of th
! Peninsula generals. Beside these there
Banks's corps. 10 600 strong. which must b,
somewhere In the ncghborhood. for DO no
credit the iumor that he is cut of. thougl
; he may have been forced 10 destroy hi
trains This last conjecture Is strengthens
by heavy explosions having been heard Il
! the direction Of Manassas Junction last night
IL IS estimlted this morning that at leas
fifty thousand men Of those engaged Frda
aud Saturday are still in their ranks Adj
, to all these bodies twenty -five ;housan.
newly volunteered men. which have bee
ordered here from Washington, and there !
, a total q. over one hundred thousand ready
within twenty four hours. TO meet the enc.
mv-that number exclusive of Banks
The army engaged Yesterday j. under.
stood 70 be concentrating here. though mncl
OF il camped but little this side of Bail Run
and has not yet come M | take II Their
will be no fighting 20 day. the eaemy vii
not attack rs here. BIT DO take il that ".
shall advance before three DAYS.
\ gentleman Just IN from Washington re
ports that il j. rumored there that larg,
rebel force j. marching up the valley witt
the design OF penetrating Maryland W.
have their whole force Ia front of u. ans
fought Jackson, Ewell. and A. Z HUI. Fri
dav forenoon. the same with the addition o
l.onstreei. Friday afternoon. aud all thes.
with Lee and the entire rebel harie SAfur
das They still need every man they cal
muster ~ oppose Pope. who j. not the mar
d be held On tbs defensive b. portion o
their army repeat. Pope. will resume III,
offensive before they have time foe an,
such msnenver~.
A lev incident. aud mast 20 - L.sl-a
a cloves. field Amoag the AT episodes OF
Fshlay. Va charge Of the Hsrris cavalry
s,maltsneeas With the advance % Hatch ans
Doubleday where cur let was beng sharp
Is pscssed Led by Lieutenant colone
| Fitzpatrick. 500 men charged straight up IN,
road inso the tery teeth ct the enemt : posi
toe How they struggled wss seen b. ~
one Zoe ~ eve could penetrate The gather