New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-02


tina, Judged to be not over half an acre, counted
70 bodies, dead end wounded Advancing further
sill SAW Union soldier seized, not ten rods from
me. and CARR off by busnwhackers. | retired lin
GOOD order satisfied that the enemy's loss exceeded
our own. At , o'clock, by the movements of troops
from right to left inferred that the positions of the
enemy had been found in that direction. BY this
time our line WAS different from that OF the day be-
fore. Our right was further advanced, our left
withdrawn, go that we fronted almost to the South
Al Bull Run. year ago, we faced exactly South
A. 3o'cock Gen. Stevens attacked at tho right,
and coon after Gen. Buiteiield at the left. The on
efnv's shells seemed equally distributed along the
whole line, and at each point OF attack he met us
with muiketry.
i was Ut Gen. Sigel IS headquarters. That General
WA certain the enemy intended TO turn one OF 'ne
other of our fanls, and said we must ASCERTAIN
which, or the result was at the best donbtfuli LOT
HE scents had Just reported that Lee, with the entire
remainder of the Rebel army, had come up and RS
sumed command. The scouts were correct. On
S s,urd.y we fought the whole Rebel army.
Posting mysef in the center, within view OF both
portions of the field were infantry were engaged,
could not determine which had the best OF 1t.
Evidently but few troops were engaged, and sur
missed that we were fighting merely to learn where
lay the enemy main force. AZ lengla our force NJ
tie right vas driven back, and thought Gen. Pope
had been outgereraed when he moved men at an
earlier part OF the day from RICH! to lel.
A quarter Of IN hour later, Il wished he Lad moved
a sill greater proportion 10 TIE len. have heard
the musketry of the best contested battles fought IN
Virginia, and ray unhesitatingy that the fire which
broke out al the left and up TO the center, was 10y Ear
the Leayiest Of any, Talk VI vollies, aud rolls, and
cra she's Ii was all these continually accommodating,
piling una each other in mighty swelling volume
the wreete of rushing tornadoes such as chaos may
have known. From my position 1t seemed that ar-
iillery played from each Of tie cardinal points upon
tLe devoted center where | knew men were
struggling. | could not them struggling.
The smoke of ginpowder prevented that, but
knew they were there, and trembei for the result
few minutes later Schuiz, who was IN reserve,
WIS ordered to the left. Before he could get fairly
into position, Mcdowell aud Porter were irretriev'
ably broken. Their soldiers fought like rave mon;
If moments be reckoned by their intensity, they
fought long, az they surely did fight well. doubt
not they piled the ground with Rebel slain, as Hal
leck sings Of Moslem slain by BozzaH's band j
believe there cannot be a man who heard or partci-
paed in that awful tragedy, but counts the hour
between a and 81 clock the severest fighting be
ever knew. II was all ut one point. Along the
right half Of the line the contestants seemed TO deslst
in amazelaent at the struggle Their. BY half after
D. it was app aren't that we were beaten-outiianled
4 7. nd
straeQlers about the hospitals scented the retreat,
and coon trains OF the former and streams Of the
LATER could be seen making for the Bull Run bridge.
and fords McDowells and Porter's corps retired in
comparative ORDER ! use this tenn not as mild,
but false paraphrase Tor driven back, but because it
covers the actual fact in the care.
90 not think there wss brigade that could not,
as il came from the field show ia distinct regiments,
or rather a nucleus Of each glment to whose stand
ard ere 1t lad marched Il nile Ito scattered men
gathered. Sail there several thousands hurry
ing pen nell in advance Of them toward Centreyle,
crowding the stone bridge aud wsdIng the sire
A dozen long wagon trains ceniered there, bul there
was h.tle confusion among them, deseriion Of
wagons, but simply jam. where each deoired and
pushed ~ be iifst They were Aas cool, noswith-
tine the right was firm, and only at tue calm dscro-
ton Of ito generals. tnaccounlably TO me ai
the time, so coon q. we ieI back from the
lett the murke,ry almost entirely ceased We
were pursued by shells only 1t Is probable
that the enemy dared not advance lest He'nt-
zelmsn and Sissi should fall upon his Hank
he should pass by them. Sise had noe Lad biz
light out, nor had Eenileluan, aud the enemy was
hardly III condition Tor another baule immediately
II is possible, also, that Bauks corpe WAS nearing
tie Geld-he was known 70 be AZ Manassas early in
the day-and they may have seen his advance and
been afraid. 1t was all done in two boun. Another
corps upon tie Geld would lave frustrated that
nnh Of overpowering numbers upon one point.
Those numbers were 70 OyerpOwonug that ttoy
succeeded before men could be moved against tLem
from any other part Of the field. franklin lay at
Centreyille, SIMMER at Arlington Heights Why
had they been sent 10 Pope i've days before,
they were ordered, and a. he expected
ioricd Buli Run in the dusk Of the evening and
sat come time looking at the crossing Of men and
trains. While converting with Gen. But'erield
who had withdrawn his men only when ordered,
although he had made tn attack at that point and
was in the advance, shell struck the ground some
twenty feet from Us, and in ia riccchet passed
our beads insiinctively lodged, and M horsc
eprang forward. The General did not move mus
Gle until lac smiled a. he remarked, that his horse
too accustomed TO those things 10 be disturbed by
them moment after another shell knocked Ia
wagon to pieces coee by. The fragments were taken
cut of the roads aud the train moved on unds;urbcl.
recalled the scenes 1t this crossing of the same
place year ago. after that battle and knew that this
Was no panic.
Riding On toward Cen;reyille, which is blk miles
frnnl field ulunf rniI,vnx IrnrL linz cnr1.