The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-16
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TUESDAY MoRrINta. SEPT. l6. les
80 s|t-4-t- sef~ s'srsS-ss aye-s-
FEtOn1 THE NORTH.

interesting ntWs. II u now staseu taat seu. Pope
0as relieved from command "at his own requesi."
General Mcdowell, wAsse division was almost de-
stroyed by our army. has met Pope's fate Hc has
been temporarily" relieved by Gen. Reno. Gen
Banks is still lying at Willard's Hotel. Washing
ton. from his wounM The draft in Pcnnsy lvania
and several other ststss has been postponed iii,
the 2oth inst The war tax has raised the rates Of
every thing In Phsdsipha the price OF beer ha.
been increased, causing much dissatisfaction among
the Germans.
FLAG Or TRUCE sisrT TO THE BATTLEFIELD
OF mANas,As.
A letter 10 the New York Tribune gives an In
teresting account Of visit t., the battle field OF
Manassas with a citizen committee from Washing.
ton, who went for the purpose of attending to the
wounded. The route taken by tho writer WAS the
old Warrcntou TurDpite, over the ford at Cub
Run, tho identical spot where Inc famous Yankee
stampede look piacs Jdif :l,. las, year. He says
1i,. a,abulancasr ssse.lea ty tirs white n sg,
aud accompanied by an unsrmed cavalry escort.
wound OBVIOUSLY down The broken slope into the
Run, overlooked by platoon 1T Southern cavalry
The pickets os their army. But short distance
from the river lnrge bodies of their horseten csms
in sight. The ist Virginia wss hsltug siongside
the road-s fine body If men, evidently all of the
better order OF Southern society, well mounted,
well armed. HANDSOME resolute looking fellows
their dress in better condition than that of the
infantry. but very much varied Some were in
ctiIeps clothes Besides these, the road filled
with their stragge,s, among whom the North and
south arol,niais were decidedly the worse look
ing The signs of battle were here painfully ev
dent dead soldiers lay stark in the road and along
sids tbs bank; dead horses filing the air with ca
ZION smell edded 10 the herIor of the place Atthe
stone -hosse used at the first a. well es this battle
hospital. was la'ge pe OF muskets. In the
peshboring fields. s.rewed with dead horses. were
also stray Cai8sons, limbera, and canuons. here a
PsrrJt gun, there howi9er, while away to the
right battery of five Napoleon twsives was
pointed out as having been taken in tb. last fight
Soon the battle fsid could be seen tbickly dotted
with carcases OF horses and bodies Of nen Not
less than . 500 killed and wounded were los: here
In the rear of these fields, in little orchard where
the enemy took the Napoleon battery, the flag OF
truce halted
After little delay the citizens to the number Of
80 formed line by Themselves, and the soldiers
who had been detailed to accompany the expedi-
ton to buy the dead. made up another. The latter
went off in details to perform their duty, and the
civilians, in squads OF eight, accompanied the am.
balances carry ing stretchers upon which they have
placed the wounded AZ fast they found them, aud
carried them to the ambulances. Attracted by the
red bags of Duryea's Zouaves we proceeded to the
field where they lay-neary a hundred OF them
shattered, torn, and bloody in every conceivable
stage OF misery. Exhaustion bad been the cause
o. death with some whose wounds were not other
wise mortal. One mau still clutChed the earth es
in the last struggle for breath. Another, n tall,
square browed Roman faced hero, prone on bis
back had his face turned to the sky in marble re.
pose. BY his ride mere boy laid as il in death
be had sought the protection of the stalwart arm
which had Deiriended his weaker nature in life.
All this was very sad; but some of the horrors
of IL at place are almost nameless The backened,
shattered corpses 1t il horrible even to think Of As
for the wounded, their case was infinitely worse.
Awayfrom help, on the bloody ground where they
fall v ~
possible Although the straggers Of the rebel
army had taken shoes and clothing from the dead,
and even from the living none had been i'll treated
on the contrary, all spoke with gratitude OF the
manner in which they had been supplied with wa
ter, and even with little corn bread, when their
victors, half starved themselves, could spare 1t -
They had even bad a number of them collected at
different spcts to facilitate their attendance aud
removal and when eallsd upon to help, never re-
fused but voluntarily came forward and Expressed
desire to do all they Coutd for us. The ambu
lances soon filled and started for the orchard
fisa of tfsls5 sosss southern mtarss0ptook four
or five colored drivers of their seats.
An English gentleman, present a. a volunteer,
made a strong renrcnytrance in the case OF free
colOred man OF Washington, whom q scoundrel III
citizens clothing, with Majors star on the collar
of his greasy coat, had claimed. This man, dis
mounting from his horse, after remRrkng that he
did not care whether the negro was slave or no,
took him by the collar, and, with the words "Tll
make aslsve of you, and slave you are from this
moment" dealt him flat handed blow on the
cheek, which drew rush OF tears from the eyes of
the trembling wretch.
The rest Of the rebels looked OH approvingly, and
the fellow turned to the Englishman and asked him
what he had to say to thatl The reply hat the
flag of truce recognizes al sacred all beneath It's
folds an that he had grossly violated il. made not
the least impression. Other officers of the Con
iederate army, to whom remcns,rance was made,
utterly disclamed such proceedings. aud said that
Gen Lee, to whom they would report tbs outrage.
would doubtless return the negroes. u he gould tad
them. Several Of the civilians were robbed and
others made prisoners but this last was their
fault, they struggled away on their ind viduai
responsibility III earch Of trophies. "a
On returning to the headquarters i'll tho orchard,
we found the doctors hard at work operating on
the wounded. IL was noticed that OF the
surgeons, not being appointed on the ampuaion
detail looked with contempt on minor wounds. and
walk ed about doing nothing One OF them sported
a black eye, gained In quarrel over the wounded
and one, at least, was tipsy. The best manage
ment did not prevail but it is considered standing
rule in the army for correspondents to wink at all
shortcomings, as otherwise it might tend to throw
oduun on those who deserve it and are responsible
for failure. The afternoon passed. and no arrange
ments were made tor carrying the wounded within
the lines but blankets were not wanting to cover
them. Large fires wtTe made around whi Ii the
party. tired out, was soon grouped wondering
how they should pass the night without blankets
OF shelter. 1t scon began to rain heavily; the
wounded were crowded inside some barns and a
farmhouse near by till no more could be got in,
and the rest had to pass the night on the ground,
rolled in bauketa Till n late hour the doctors
continued their wcrk.. The body OF dead man.
shot in Fridays fight, which laid on the porch,
aud snelt cf1snsive, was buried by three cti-
Zens by tho light Of candles, under some trees
alongside the house. A miserable Dight-rain
aud then n strong, cold North wind, was final.
ly succeeded by dawn, when work began
again; fetching water for the wounded, dressing
aud amputatiug. tilling into the carriages, aud dis
A. 1f
Not staying for the main body small party of us
started for Centreville by way OF tha Stone Bridge,
seeing very little of the Secession army, well
on Its way by the Guiford and Gum Spring roads
to the Upper Potomac. On reaching Centrevilie,
we found only one company of the 5b:h Georgia
volunteers pres mt, acting as Provost guard in the
village. They were making themselves happy
with the liquors and other medical stores lott in
the place; and we're q fank, lean. hard looking bel
of half starved fellows. ,in light flannel colored
Dress Their Captain gave passes to th- Union
lines. He looked a cunning fellow enough and bad
more whskey in him than appeared a. first sight !;
still he was decidedly in good temper with himself,
his position, his dirty gang. aud . tue world
While waiting, we had I'm opportunity to see the
Operation OF relieving guard II would have ira 10
q NortL crn soldier open his eyes. The Sergeant
brought the relief up one al time, aud would say,
Brown, Jones reeves you now. and is to stay
here till the Captain send, some one else" Brown,
apparently uncertain, remains on post Sergeant
takes his arm and leads him Oft little distance,
but seeing q man relieving another on his own
hook, leaves 3. to 60 and look into it.
We also left, and esteemed ourselves in luck to
find some crackers. thrown down and wasted by the
retreAtiDe UBon army. From these We selected
The cleaDess, and again went on the Georgian pick.
cts demanding our passes short distance from
Centreville. When about four miles from Fairfax
we met Colonel CLARK. Of the 2lst Massachusetts
and four privates all uBarmed seeking to get wi hin
the Union lipes II would have been EASY N have
added bis name to the lst With tha fiag but honor
forbade the use. The best thet could be done WAS