The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-02-05

(CoNTINUATIuN. Wi 18th vlgor
Col. Evans fastened to plant his little com
mand of eleven companies and two guns
~Aouareiy across the path of the foe. at a
point near the intersection OF the road from
Sudlev (upon which they were advancing
With the Warrenton Turnpike, or road to
Stone Bridge. Here for more than an hour
"a maintained a determined front against an
whole division, and 16 heavy runs; suffer
ing severely both In officers and men. Gen.
B%eauregard bestows rare praise in his official
report upon the men who fought through
that first hour of onslaught.
Al little after 10 o'clock. Gen. Bee, with
Barlow 5 two regiments, Ohe 9TH aud Sth
Georgia. the Fourth Alabama, End Mississ-
inpi. two companies of the llth Mississippi,
and Imbodeu battery, hurrying forward. took
~position on the right Of Evans, and at once
Encountered terrific and repeated assaults by
the foe, who was now hurting the greater
portion Of eight brigades upon the five
nall regiments OF Southerners. Yet, de-
bite the odds, Bee, Barlow, and Evans,
held their line until out -hanked on the left,
and threatened on the right and rear by Il
column fisherman and Keye>) Of above 5000
Federals, who had succeeded iii iording Bull
Run about nalf a mile above Stone Bridge.
At the moment, the Southerners began to
fal back, the Federals redoubled their vigOr,
pushing forward fresh troops and batteries,
with e~xultant shouts, and a crash Of mus
kerry that carried mourning and anguish in
to many a far Southern home. Surprising
it is that all organized coherency among the
retreatlng troops was not lost under the
stress of the moment. Veteran troops have
often yielded to panic under less vehement
pressure. Gen. Johnston estimates that the
i've Southern regiments wlthstood Tor near
" one hour the assault of sixteen thousand
ignorant of the disparity in numbers.
Bur now the pursuit grows hot Everywhere
the broken battalions of Bee and Evans are
lmping rearward everywhere the huZzahing
Bue Coats are rushing forward throwing
their deadly missiles far and wide over the
hills Can they be checked? 1t seems
NOT. Hampton's legion, hurrying up, gives
moments breathing spell to the retiring
8 utherners; but it also is soon forced to fall
back like the rest. Stone Bridge now being
let uncovered by the retrogade, dense
cdumns Of Heintzlemans and Tyler's divis-
ions are seen crossing Bull Run to join in
the chase. Newspaper correspondents by
dozens gallop off to send dispatches an
uouncing a great triumph. By MONDAY, in
every Northern city, business is suspended /;
tue pOpulace TOSSING tneiT natS anu yellng
the mselves hoarse over glowing reports of
the GLORIOUS victory !"-"Kebels 1anked
and routed - Terrific slaughter!"-
'Tederals in hot pursuit !"-"Rebellion
shmped out in a day.
Il we'll remember the delirium Of exulta-
ton with which the news was received in
Philadelphia, Sunday though it was.
VIRGINIA To THE ESCUE
AT length the retiring tide of battle reach
es position which the trained eye of Gen.
He, an ''old-army'' officer, had selected as
TIE vital point of defence, even while he
Us advancing to the aid of Evans. 1t is
sbng the South or East bank of --
ranch, a small stream which emptics into
I'll Run near Stone Bridge. From the
N ulet the ground slopes up to a broad
81 &c or plateau, now historic as the scene
q two battles taking it's name at different
Rolnts from the widow Henry's, and the
We-negro Robinson's, farm houses.
AS the shattered and disordered line OF
Wutherners crosses the narrow valley amid
k.Sery tempest of deadly missiles, a fain,
Fer of 10y arises here and there at the
snt of Thomas j. Jackson's FIVE Virginia
RIments, but yesterday arrived from