The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-06

mOk8 DE- 1X18 DATI4d3D o. Fri
{awaT DAY AMI oAXUBDAY.
wAsnnaroH, Sept IA gsntlsmanswho 70
turned from the field Of baktle this morning, r.
ports that In Saturdayi fghs our left wing wal
commanded By Gen. Mcdowell, buA owing 70 th,
murderous sa6lading hre Of ths rebels hs VA
compelled to fall back. Gen. 0igsl commanded
the center and Con. Kearney the right s4
II appears that our fore. . attacked the enemy
merous bsttsries, causing great slaughter. TIL
rebels suffered equally q much q oar owl
troopA Our men. fssrlessly determined, fol-
back about . mile, leaving the dead and wound
Cd On tie Aeld.
Our informant says that our main forces were
Ave miles from Oentervills on Sunday, in battle
array, and prepared for al emergencies, hav-
INK bssn strengly reinforced. All ths.woundsd
had hesa moved from the fields Of Thursday
and Friday, which was yesterday, still in oai
possession. The scene Of tho conAict on Sstur-
day, the enemy still occupied. hsa
Tho cars came in this morning from the first
named feld, bringing many wounded. some "a
Alexandria and Others to Washington.
Many ladies have made liberal contributions
from their private stores, and have been unre-
hitting in their care and attention to the woun.
ded. In fact the people Of this District are
acting nobly, and not few men have volun-
tsered - nurseA .a
Our informant, when passing through Center
vile, saw Thousands of'stragglers at that place.
Men Of different regiments, I'll mixed up togeth-
er: Our Informant when returning to the city
this morning early, cav them all marching back
to their respective regiments. They appeared
cheerful and anxious to. rejoin their comrades
When the ,ambulances, in large numbers
reached the battlefield yesterday to bring away
the wounded, . stampede commenced among
them. The drivers having turned the heads o.
their horses toward the road leading to Wash
ington, and commenced hassy retreat with
their empty vehicles Some frightened driver
imagined that Gen. Stew arts rebel cavalry va
dashing, up, and accordingly gave the alarm
The panic spread almost with the speed of cleo
tricity, and d0abtlsss would have bssn prolific
Of serious ooneequenoeA, had not the guards or
the roads rushed forth with pointed guns, and
threatened 70 shoot the drivers unless they 70
turned to the fold. This conduct on the part o.
the guard had the desired effect a., after while
the smbulances again marched to the field and
performed their appropriate duty in bringing
away the wounded. ~, ,.,.-s.r,t-o ,n,st n. !
There seems 70 be no doubt that tho picketl
Of the enemy were lowering around The persons
engaged in their humane work on the held, bu,
up to an early hour this morning they had mol
been interrupted; f.,s.,,5, .-s-.... = .ffs.t
Ambulances are constantly arriving here viii
the wounded and small proportion Of the sick
From oil that can be gathered We have suffer
ed severely. Our men are confident of retrisv
ing our loss of Saturday. It vas owing to thei
impetuosity and daring in charging the enem!
in the woods that they suffered 90 many casual
ties: A large number of stragglers on their VI.
| to Washington and Alexspdria we're picked u
by the rebels during last night There was nj
fighting of consequence on Sunday, only occa-
sional diminishing or . few shots poured into tn
woods from time to tune on the enemy % if t,
try the range Of our guns From the sever
conflicts previously it was evident that both AZ
mics were engaged in repairing dsmages. Abou
one o'clock yesterday, ?. H.. several trains o
cars at Manassas junction, with ammunition ant
stores we're burned by the military authoritie
70 prevent them from falling into the hands o
the rebels which seemed to be imminent. II
bridge Of Bull Run having been destroyed BY tb
rebels and the property therefore being cut o.
from retreating to place of safety.