The weekly sun., 1862-03-22

far down, hs remains Of four frsiRhi ears which
had leon burned " the right Eve hundred barrels
Of -four had been s,uve In, aud two hundred barrels
Of vinegar and molAsses had been allowed 10 try
experiments IN chemical combinations some hfy
barrels of pork and beef had teen scattered around
In the mud, and hundred yards down tho track
. deDse cloud Of smske was arising from the ~
mains Of factory which had been used for render.
ing up ,allow and boiling bones. Abuu, thoussnd
good hides were stret jhed In held close by, upon
stake-, and remain unir urtd
single frame shed was let " the ordnance de-
pot, and in IL Ave thousand cartridge boxes Nrd
knapsscks, mostly, however, old ones for which
new ones had been dealt ouI.
The hospital stnres the tents OF the Ith CAroli-
nA regiment were south u the rsi.road and were
unir riured they coutaned hundreds N sheets bei-
ding, blankets, underclo,hes, meiicinee large
quantities Of preparations for making jellies and
soups, mostly made In the North.
About three hundred wagons were drawn up by
the railroad, 10 be loaded, but there we're no cars
and ~ they were all len. no two alike however,
ami al have been gathered up arr and the country,
from the farmers. One large rel STAG was frum
away down In North CArotnA In one ef the tents
large lot of blue uniforms, never usel; seve-
raj hundred tents and ten, ges, many entirely
new: shoes and stores N all kinds.
Bu, one man was ~ be found in the neghb,r
his name was WIN HiSArd aud In tis po'K@ ne
had pass nom Gen. 7, ,er, dsted iAst June,
allowing him 90 g 10 AeNat driA lie gave us scme
Information ,tA, showed hoW regularly ami hov
the rebels received tews truu Wasuingtrn, via A..
eNsndria, they having one man who las maze .rNn
two ~ three ttipe with letter. and Apprs week, e.,
passing our pickets At night
The rehelS II seonF, have boen going nr . week,
in iAct ior q month, as none returned whS went
away. lie says that about f'rty Thousand went
down the railroad on Friday, Saturday, lnday
and Monday. Ttis. with tie sixteen regime lts of
artillery and cavalry from Cennevle, would make
an army o' hty-siN thousand meu 'r the lAd
week. Tnis statement talies with everything we
have been able ~ learn from different SOURCES
Tne retreat was well conducted IN lue, w,y
unit houd,y uuun, when the rear guArd became
panic ~,rioken and Ned Ia confusion. The taroal
bridge below Manassas WAS hred about nom ~
mistake, and when those remaining iesTnei - H.
he lssi remaining engine which c'uld have 'aSen
all the best " the stores was blown up, AMI the
cars fired. Then they scattered, every ior
h'msei, and ia the pane but PAR, o' the buildings
were ell, and hui p'tt OF the sert.
Leagin= the Junction, We al tndp up w the Bull
Run battle he.j. TIE dthcrent y tt'ons occupied
10y TIE iih'rani iur,cs were eNpl,Hol by Gen. NJ
DaStL They are tho "a ne ". w ~ when We stood
there uu 81 at uornb.e ; S,hnah.
siAs we halted for moment ncced on the
hi tops = AnUuber " empty huu Ai.ng the re-
viuos wme ,he strong nat raj ds'cuCes so lately
garriA'ueJ hv The rntel rdss but tey haze al.
gone now. Near ihn io'd where CO. Cameron 'rlI
are l'uy and brnad trenches. o'ly distingi shed ~
grave by the new made esrth. ON which the grAS
th'H last summer, haH ref tsei " grow. The hin
side, whU~ scnenck lei his division under the
NUMEROUS fire, the rsvtns whUre ,ne tebet cAvary
u.tlankod us, the ,iNe old negro hut aud other
buildings they Lsd ~ hnsp,tds are still there ,nt
I
midge has been blown up and H now 4 heap o
RUNS. We tnis tcruss ih' dcd where our PAiroil
guns we're lot, rirk,d 40 cannon hall aud pufh-
td ON o. Csltrevilln, reaching tt0re at i,-k,
The rsl-' army oi the P.itumAC, from all appear.
auCel, has b@en M mes strong iu numbers and
wi entreuChod, They may have nad one hundr'-i
and hhy th lussiid men, bus W. much dpuh u they
have had over - hundred ard ten pr one hundred
and tw'nty thouanAl.
TIE rebel Gener. Sna-t " sA al Gainesville !ast
uigt with ii roar of his army, moving swiftly on,
improtsng all the paves, sud driving them IN T.
ork ON Tie new 'oihhCvuus. Numbers ui men
suspected OF Union sentiments, have also been car.
risi away,
MAnNssas Junction was fired, the read u
he distinctly seen from here. After awhile smother
ere showed that another bridge was going AMI o.
or, unit, near tive o'clock, Old the fires sucoeasivey
start up. The last one was burning near MNnAtsa'
Gap ~ 7. NJ. The work done by ule party
starting from near the Junction. and, riding rapid
along, htiug each one in succesaisn,
Tonight We found ountrzbAnd who has wa kei
from GAINESVILLE today. lie lived there. but hu
Ueen here working on these forts ali " which wer
built by the slaves. When ordered g. iAll In and <,
with Stuart, he implied, but finally eluded hiu
and struck for C-ntreH 10 he says JscksunI
furoes went down towards the Junction early las
week one regiment went through Gain esvil'e 4
Mississippi regimentl guarding wagon trains ih'
artillery train, and kye other ,rAinH 0sr
ried troops. On asking one ~ the men what WA
the st.or, he said nOtling only the Naukoaa wer'
oDmug down on them to strong, and they wer
going 90 Richmond. No civilians are now in the si
vance. We have not one Tor two dAys-th
| army las the field to ltself