Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-08

70 make their appearance, passing carefully along
nlIed with the bruised and shattered victims of
tne ngnt, hacks began to come in, and, stopping
before some hotel, revealed as their contents
paild, blood stained officers whom kindly hands
bore enderlv 10 their rooms: weary mud stained
soldier occasionally made his appearance on the
street. and was instantly surrounded by crowds,
who heard his story that "al of his regiment were
cut TO pieces save him, and forgot his cowardice
III listening to his details of the conflict; well
founded rumors tn It. our forces had fallen back
on Centervlle, leaving many of our gallant
wounded in the possession of the enemy, began
TO be current; and when, in addition to all these
circumstances, there came up in the afternoon,
the roar of artillery in the direction of Center
vile, the excitement reached hight painful in
its gloom and intensity
went 30 the telegraph office, and there found
crowd OF reporters exchanging their experiences
IN suppressed voices and with anxious faces,-the
enemy massed before US in force knowing that
now Is their last opportunity; our own columns
scattered, with no more reinforcements available,
and worn down with two days fghting,-this was
about all the comfort to be obtained here; and
finding that the authorities would allow nothing
to be telegraphed, went home, half convinced
that the morrow would witness our complete an
initiation
Thus passed Sunday-a gloomier day than
hope ever to see again.
To day nothing has been heard from the field.
Our latest intelligence assures US that, having
fallen back, our army is resting its center upon
Centervllle, and awaiting the approach of the
enemy. Speculation as to results is useless-we
can only hope for the best. Our army has been
heavily reinforced since Saturday, but to great
extent with inexperienced troops
Mcclellan, whose name is a talisman to his ar
my, has taken the field and heads i'm person the
few thousands which the Government has left
him; Burnside, with his veterans from the South,
has wheeled into line; Fitz John Porter, with his
Fighting Division" is there, and will show the
hordes of Lee how men can fight who fight in a
cause like ours 10 Hooker,s guerrilas. -
Heintzeman, Kearney. Sumner-men who are
bronzed and hardened by the heat of at least a
dozen battle felds,-are all in line, awaiting the
shock of the maddened thousands who have Just
poured through Bull Run mountains. almost
initiating Sgel and Mcdowell as they came.
If the enemy overcomes the forces that front
him to day, there will scarcely be enough of re
bel "chvilry" left to perpetuate the race,--it will
be them a tremendous victory whose cost will
treble its value. There will be no panic no sec
ond edition of Bull Run; if they win, they will
gain every inch of their progress at the point OF
the bayonet
would to God we had here to day fifty thous-
anu Oh our own w eslefn TOOpS,-trOOps ike tnOse
who struggled one to four for six hours at Will
sons Greek who breasted the tempest of death
OF DOnelson.-who annihilated the hOrdes of civ
ilized and savage traitors at Pea Ridge,-who,
ever since che war broke out, have so fought and
so endured as to make the name of Western Sol
der and Hero Synonymous.
There is considerable other news that / meant
to have given you in this letter, but, in face of
the tremendous events staring US in the face Just
the Potomac. ordinary matters sink into utter
insgnifcance | will only allude to the fact that
Governor Allen, of New Jersey, in refusing to
allow citizen of his State to be dragged off by
Iettre de cachet, has established a precedent
which should render him immortal. 1t would be
well it Governors Yates, Kirkwood, and Others of
our Western rulers would possess themselves of
spirit sufficient to do the same thing.
GALWAY