The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-27
correspondence Cincinnati Commercial.
WAsHINaroN, July 20, ls'V.
Eufl Run.

WASHINGTON, dui5 ~; i"'"'
Bull Run.
,1.oyo along the road to Fairfax, and
...a,,hrd at shutdown the very spot where 1
,.'"rJ for the first time gun tired IN the
.,' when our unrtIly columns were formed
". T,,r and she'll sent after the Con'cae-
,", Voc saw rctrcatin9 from the ancient
'',,,,n,v-scat. How our merry volunteers
Ma and shouted rs they saw Tho
la,'~...'It ,rrv;nr away. Our fellows little
- that they were looking on men
80 '' ,,,o,,. n,irdcrnliS war, while we OF the
wv n,,T flo we're out on holic, To end In
,.:,,rty DAYS enlistment.
H ~" ,arnd on excellent hotel in Fairfax,
LAW, hv AN old gentleman formerly Oh ane
'ycrnmcut service. but Etterig III ,lIc Co.'-
''ISrs n'' "rrnv He looks like jolly IRISH
'' "r' ~, 49, octs ~ he i. the old NlrSinian,
nan: ""1 h;s Guests feel ~ if they were
''L'N. aud moi travellers purchasing Pollte,
~ .;,I, money. | was ininltcly liiiusea
",'t1 ,,.nv thr old cock struttcd ahou' WIN
Ii, i'ond> under his coat-tal!s. ~ II keep'i.s
Ln,rI were the most Ggnllicd luiSu,.t ~
,,.i'i,,h y, ycIircd NirGinian could dcV"'e h''i'-
,,u in his solemn old age. :, , c.o,,
rbr stone bridge over bnit nun, n" ,n
which helped clear the ahatlS o.. VI, , ,,u
"",I,, nI.i. had fallen in. ana we were
f.,rpu 10 drive iiN'i'-'i 49,
'' .',,',,, ,g get to the further side.
'" ,.,a hand Of man has had little 10 90
; .,h,,,t -hc battlc-iicldS Of Bull kuh'
!, !. strange To sec how nature III Il
' ,,,'., e ,.irnt or ten wears works iinportIi'
,,,ors. while the main points remain INC
.'.. / looked in vain for old ROADS ana
,~c familiar fields or woods. All were hcW
.l -,u2Zling. Leaving my companions
, ,..."I lack over Bull Run TO the side
,.,.,,.cr Ccntrcvillr, and spent hours WANDER
- Crnp> nIorr to place. rcviyinG my vivid re-
',T,riious Of the memorable sunday sIootl
,,,,nn the rise in the road where 1cheral
r,l,r PLANTED his thrty-pounder, ana SEND
;,,-,q she'll TO the further side OF the stream
.nnong the ConicGcrateS, gave the Sisliti
.',rcni onto Hunter that he was III POSITION
saw undcr the purple haze Of noon the
,lanti{,,llv wooded, undulating country,
tnshnd in the same holy quiet which we So Sc.
rIIn}y disturbed. saw 10 my left, Tar on;
,'a little frame house where Beaurcgard
WADE his headquarters, and before Inc,
mr,,ly two miles away, the Robinson mouse,
,I,oui which for hours the battle ragged with
INC greatest violence.
Thnt sunday morning, the 21st of July,
i.,t WIS ~ clear and beautiful as this, and
!. sands out in my memory more VlVldiy
liam any dav Of my life, We had been or
L.rrd 10 move immediately after mldnlght,
,,,,t daylght found lis forming on the road,
and WaS sent with the then Lieutenant
l,ton. now General-a gallant gentleman
IN any rank--to keep the skirmsh llne IL
.,J,nnce and in order, and we rode together
.Inm~ the rike in the dewy freshness o.
;Lr cYrly morning. The ear was filled
.,i,h The hum Of insects and the song
Iir,ls a> we chattcd together; and
,,rilc ascending the slope that commanded
o., >irw az tie field to be fought over,
,,,,, Conf. lcratc officers rode over the brow
- tine hin before us, and refining up Their
,.,r.,.> tr4Zri ioran instant At the approach.
'u., line Of skirmi>hcrs, and seeing beyond
iJ, heavy column winding along the pike,
tIrnrd and 9aIiopcd luriously away, inns
,,.,SuIlr first ,ight of the enemy. SHORTY
,urronc ul til" SliirmiShers. emerging from
;lr wood hat trin@cd the hill, tIrcd upon
Confederate picket who STOOD leail,hS "Poi,
,;.,n,n hetnr. Joe cabin. to the left, and
''nd ~ the poor fellow pitched forward, we
l.d the first blood OF That evcntiul day.
THE EULL RUN PANIC.
I stood uuon the emincnce the sunny
hnur Of Yesterday. and found myself lost Ill
amnl,mrut NJ the work we really did ac-
.,nn,rliSi. our brave men marched and
,.t,rori and rrcd. in Il very wild, confused
,y,y. TN, nevertheless they fought, and
WY they should i the wonder. And here
must enter NV protest In 4 World-Wlde
.LHGrr hraDrd upon as. Men talk on Inc
manic at Bull Run who gather I heir III
formation from congressman ana core
.,,nudrui~ who did not witness me ll@ht,
Whcu our men fell back before the re-
Inducements of the Confederate john
sion. there was, Of course, great con-
fusion. and 80 long IS they were under hrc
.,,i..r,.I ,h,, usual Generalization. But this
i4>lrd only some ten or intcfn E!hntes.
Aio.n the nru!y rccroSScd Bull tuu IL was
q. mol, something more dsordcrly than
vlr.u N,. went into the night, but possessed
81 no panic whatever. | WAS sent MO the
r.,ld hy General Tyler. With other officers,
,,y,,,.rrd Ia try and reform the masses, yet
armed. but silrcins on in disorder. found
,hrm Lcyond control, but laughing, sing.
inc. and talking in II very indifferent way
while hundreds stopped to gather black
berries. then thick and ripe upon The
ground.
The panic referred to. and so implicitly
believed in, happened, | am told. IN tins
way About : o'clock, perhaps later,
company of Confederate cavalry, called
my,terouslv the Black Horse, dashed
rraziIy in on the Warrenton pike, far in the
rear Of the battlefield. This road was
crowded with army wagons. hacks contain
iny congressman, and buggles and horses OF
corrcspnndentS-Bul Run Russell among
the number. When the charge occurred
Captain Ayers, then on the eminence
commanding the road, wheeled about
Two pieces OF artillery, and fired
.srapc and canister into the entire
crowd. Wagoncrs, congressman, and cor
RESPONDENTS, thus brought unexpectedly
between two hot fires. attempted to turn
their vehicles. upsctting many, and fled IN
a fearful panic and confusion towards Wash
ington. The stampede was ludicrous. TO
some il continued twenty-four miles, that
being the distance to the capital !; to others,
one hundred and twenty-tour miles; tor IL
is said that quite number kept on to New
York.
At thcyery moment this panic happened
our army in the field was under the impress
sion that we had won great victory, and
when some bours later / passed along this
road. | was amazed at its condition. l
found wagons upset and broken, hacks in
ruins, buggies smashed, and amidst all the
unfinished lunches of patriotic Solons, and
scattered notebooks OF frightened Journal
lists. DOM PIATr.
FATALB AR-RooM AFFRAY IN TENNESSEE
ONE MAS SHor.-Last night about O'Clock
a difficulty occurred ut Griffin Il Walker
saloon between Captain John Nj. Anderson,
uf Monroe county and William DOZler, of