The New York herald., 1862-09-02

Struggling parties are crying evil to the army. They
should be severely punished for leaving ths
Col. Meredith Wounded and Probably >
#A Prisoner.
ALnxAnDRlA, August 81, 1852.
Mr.. Joseph Meyers, q sutler Of Of the Delaware
regiments has arrived here the Of action and
s able 70 give mo few additional details Of tho bsO
He states that army was not doreated There were
several symptoms Of panic in two divisions when
the order 70 fall back gven but our mon retired In
excellent order and the rebels did not attempt pur
suit.
regiment, wounded during the engagement % tho
night Of the 2sth He was conveyed to the hospital
the Weir House. at Manassas Junction II s feared
by Of his fellow officers that he has been taken pri
AS far a. is known we have lost neither guns nor
munition in falling back 70 Centreville.
All OF wounded safely brought oil.
The army Is not ct all discouraged by tine results of
Slightly younSed sIpress the hope that General Pope viii
at once move on the enemy.
Correspondence Of the Philadelphia Inquirer
TwELYTH PExNsr LvAMA CAvALRT,
In CANT. ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 20 1859.
We in your paper OF this morning extract from
the Washington Star Of last evening, which is 80
gross Misrepresentation Of the facts OF tho late rebel
attack on Manassas Station, Virginia that feel
selves bound order preserve reputation TO con-
tradct it. Ths facts as follows Tho Twelfth Penn.
svanGs a. cavalry was sesss months ago %
Head Bridge to Bristows Station, distance Of twelve
miles, which they successfully did until Tuesday last,
to march to White Plains. They left Manassas
at five O'Clock Tuesday afternoon, and as
cavalry there were no guards at the station except
battery Of New York Volunteers The attack was made
ON Bistow Station about halfpa:t seven M, by two
thousand rebel cavalry three regiments Of infantry and
eight pieces OF artillery. The first train met an obsruc-
tion track in the shape Of large pile OF railroad
ties, which the engine threw OF the track and passed
through the train fred into by the rebel in
fantry the third train the switch turned for and II
passed tho bank into Broad rum the fourth train
was fred into by rebel artillery and rereated
gave the alarm TO the few sick and suffers there
In the meantime the Twelfth Pennsylvania cavalry on ts
march White Plains, into the enemys pickets, and
drove them before them until surrounded by the rebels in
The Twelfth Pennsylvania under the command
of Major Darius Titus, of Warren county Pa at the time
Colonel L. r. Pierce was sick sbed and not expected TO
live. The Lieutenant Colonel in Washington Major
Titus when he found the regiment surrounded gave the
order TO retreat TO Brstow whore they were led by
spy into an ambuscade Of the rebels The Twelfth
fought their through and then rcrcated TO Manas
which had in the meantime been occupied by another
body OF the rebels. We were now surrounded on all
Sides Major Titus had been shot, and several officers
wounded. In the meantime Colonel Pierce, although
terry and ordered IL into action, and remained with Il
until the rebels captured six pieces. y.
During this time the Twelfth Pennsylvania fought their
way to the woods. and thore reformed aud COM
menced retreat towards Fairfax, protecting the inn
The horses Of the Twelfth were all and green in the
service, and many became unmanagable The people in
tho North arc under the impression that tho attacking
force was but small band Of guerlas. whereas the
force the flower Of the rebel army under the COM
mand Of the rebel General Stuart who, it is well known,
Is Of the best cavalry officers this continent
The Washington Star bames the Twelfth for not defeat,
ing the rebels but says nothing about General Taylor
being defeated the next morning, with Ave regiments oil
infantry.
The loss in the Twelfth Pennsylvania cavalry far as
ascortanod, foiows-Maor d. Titus, Warren county
Pa shot aud taken prisoner Captain d. Schortz Co. D..
Lieutenant Lang, Co l. Lieutenant Bonsal, 10. and
Lisutenaut Samuel Stewart all shot and prisoners Leu
tenant j. johnson, Co. A. and Lieutenant Kongsberg Co.
A. missing The entire oss from the official report of
the killed, wounded and missing Is as foows:-One
major, captain, four first ieutensnts i've second
lieu,enants and 3OS privatcs and commissioned OIL
Captain Musser, U. S. A., Post Commssary, and
Captain Merrill u ). A., Quartermaster, are both wound
cd and prisoners
In justice to both the officers and of the Twelfth
Pennsy cavalry you will please publish the above
statement and thereby refute the statement of the Wash
ington Star.