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SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
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GEO. W. ADAIR HENLY SMITH,
KDITOSS ia POOP*IKTOM.
ATLANTA, Q B O JR G I A l
WEDNESDAY, JULY 81, 1801.
The Jeff. Dirli (Ala.) Flying Artillery.
We leurn from Lieut. Lovelace that this
splendid corps of Flying Artillery, from Dal*
las county, Alabama, will pass through (his
city for the seat of war in a few days
This oorp9 is commanded by J. T. Mont,
gomcry, formerly of LaOrange, Georgia, and
consists of one hundred and fifty two men,
one hundred and ten horses, two six-pouuders,
two twelve-pounders and two howitzers.
The company will stop a few days in La
Qrangs to rest their horses. They will also
spend a few days in Atlanta.
Fur the Southern Confederacy.
Who will Follow the Example In the oth
er Counties of Georgia f
Hubert Orr of this (Cowets) county has
been proposed as a Candidate for the office of
Tax Collector at the ensuing Elsct’on, and pro
poses, if elected, to oollect the oounty Tax and
apply the proceods accruing to him for his ser
vices for the relief and support of the .Volun
teer Companies of the county in the service of
the Confederate States. Joseph E. Morrow has
also been propsed for ths sans# office in Heard
county, and has made the same patriotic ten
d ir of bis services, if elected ; the amonnt that
will accrue to him for his service in collecting
the Texas will be given to the Companies of
the county in the army.
TFAo in the other counties of Georgia toill be
come candidates upon the same terms f Let the
papers of Ihe State copy and we will see wno.
H. 8. M
Newnan, July J861.
Letter from J. A. Adair.
Richmobd, July 24, 1861.
Messrs. Editors: On Sunday morning oui
boys were marched up in front of the enemy.
We had to fight against 30,000. It was two
o’clock before relief forces came to our relief.
Though we (Col. Bartow’s and Col. Gartrell’s
Regiments) were weak, we kept the wretches
at their position until we were relieved. When
the shot was showering at us thick as hail, we
loaded and fired at them as though we were
shooting squirrels. I killed some very large
Yankees, and feels# though I had discharged
my duty ; though I expect to be with the boys
again as soon as I recover. I was shot through
the muscle dt my arm below the elbow. I
think it will soon heal.
The citizens of Richmond are rejoicing at
the victory, and many have kindly asked
if they could serve me ; n any way.
I have been asked ten thousand questions
about the battle; and I see that Mr. Pritchard
has given you a wrong statement about some
of tbo b»ys. • I sea that he has the two Ham
monds killed, when I informed him that I saw
them wounded, end had heard they were kill
ed. I now bear that they are not killed.—
Frank is not killed. I wish I could write you
more, but I am fatigued and must close.
Yours truly,
J. A. ADAIR.
From the 10th (Co). Audersou’s) Regi
ment Ga. Volunteers—Private Letter
from Lieut. McDaniel to his Father.
Piedmont, Va., Near Manassas,
July 21st, 1861.
Dear Father : I wrote to you from Rich
mond, that our Regiment was about to leave
for Winchester. We reached Strasburg on
Tuesday night—passing Manassas Junction
about noon of the same day. This place (M
nassaa) is admirably fortified with batteries
and breastworks. By reason of our rsnk as
officers, some of us were allowed to get off the
train and examine the works. From Stras
burg. we marched to Winchester, a distance of
eighteen miles, ou Wednesday. I stood the
tramp very well. On Thursday, were or
dared to cook two days rations, pack up oui
baggage, leave our tents, and be ready to
march. We had no intimation of our destina
tion, until we loft the camp, when the boys
were informed, it was Manassas Junction, to
relieve Beauregard. About 10,000 troops were
on the road. We came to Piedmont to take
the railroad—a distance from Winchester of
26 to 27 miles. The march was terrible—forc
ed in the extreme. Ws stopped but one or two
hours on ths routs. About midnight the army
waded theBhanandoeh river, about four hun
dred yards wide. The road was one bed of
rocks all the way, being a macadamized turn
pike, across tha mountains. I slept an hour
or two near day break, on a pile of rocks by
the road-side, without blanket or shawl. In
credible as it may seem to you, the sleep was
sweet and refreshing. My feet suffered great
ly, but wore not blistered or akinned. We
reached this place early on Friday, and have
been here star aince, most of the time without
provisions, waiting for transportation. Not
less than 18,000 troops have passed through
Fiedmoat. Several thouaand are here now.—
It is announced that our Regiment will tears
at one o'clock to-day. The papers have kept
you infornwd of the events at Manassas.
Fighting on a large scale is anticipated at
once. Our privations are, of coarse, great!
hut we are learnieg to be cheerful under
them.
ii. d. McDaniel.
Ornca 8upiaiMTXNUBVT W. A A. R. R. )
July 23d, 1801. /
The solicitude about friends who were in the
great battle at Mao esses Junction on the 21st
lost., will oause many in Georgia and Alaba
ma to burry to the plane. For their benefit I
will state that if they go by the Virginia routs
they should leave Montgomery by the mern-
mg train—leave Atlanta by the 7 P. M traio
on this Road—the connection by this train la
close, going through from Atlanta to Richmond
in about fift/athreo hours.
I will farther slats that if the East Tennes
see Roads are short of Cars this Road will help
tbsnf to as mauy Cars as may be needed In the
emtrgenoy.
JOHN W. LEWIS.
Superintendent.
Our Hptclal Army Correspondence.
The magnitude qf the triumph—Altering fy-
ures- The retreat and earns incidepti—
Frightened Congressman- The jxmic in Wash
ington—A Waterloo defeat—More men and
money demanded—Me VowtWs order— They
are astonished—Bridge timber and tools cap
tured—Liquors and cigars along—Foster
killed in hisbuggg~ li Feg lops" bringing up the
rear— Triumphal march ont } and a rabble,
running back—What tee captured—BeotCt
camp chair a little before him—Lies of the
enemy—Gen. Smith's charge—The Blusher
of the day—The Artillery—Col. Cameron
killed—Impudence of his brother, the Secre
tary of War— The Zona res captured—Par
ticulars qf Bartow's death— Planting the
Flag on the battery—A coward meets his
doom—List of the killed and wounded in the
9th Ueglmsnt.
JlCAl gL'ARTKKH OF TBS Aaiir or
tub Potomac, Manassas, July 25.
This is the fourth day since the great bsttle
of Stone Bridge, and yet there is scarcely a
man in the Army of the Potomac who fully
appreci ates the tnagn i tude of the v ictory ach iev
ed by our arm*. Every hour fresh informs-
tiou is being received, which compels us to al
ter and add to our figures, ss to the tremend
oua loss of the enemy in killed, wounded,
missing and prisoners, and of arms, baggage
and provision wagons, ammunition, camp
equipments, and all the outfit of an army.—
What was considered a success ou Sunday
night, is now known to be one of the greatest
and most complete triumphs ever won by one
army over another. If, therefore, I am obliged
to alter my figures in each successive cororau
nication, you should not ascribe it to negli
gence or recklessness in statement, but to the
fact that each succeeding hour brings to light
some fresh incident or additional particular.
Tbe enemy commenced to retreat in good
order, but he had not proceed far along tbe
turnpike (which is very straight) that leads to
Centreville and Fairfax, before Kemper’s bat
tery, from Alexandria,followed in pursuit,
from each succeeding hill sent a plunging fire
into the ranks of tha retreating army. This
battery was served with great skill, and did
immense damage. Moanwhile, the first regi
ment of Virginia cavalry, Col. Stewart com
manding, engaged in the pursuit. They rush
ed upon the rear of the flying army with up
lifted swords and deafening shouts, hewing
them down and diapers! ng them into the woods
and fields, as far as Centreville. At this point*
a brigade, which had been pushed forward
from our centre, saluted them with a deadly
fire. The panic, by this time, had seized the
whole array, officers, privates, amateur Con
gressional fighters and newspaper correspond
ents, all; and a perfect stampede ensued.—
They rushed down the turnpike, and through
the fields and woods, as if a stream of burn
ing lava had been pursuing them; and the
broken, frightened and demoralized multitude
never did stop until they got to Alsxadria, a
distance of thirty miles from the battle field.
Many of them even went on to Washington
The road, as far as Centrevillw, was strewn
with their dead ; and along the entire route to
Alexandria, were to be seen great piles of bag
gage, arms and accoutrements that had been
thrown away, broken carriages and wagons,
riderless horses, and wounded and disabled fu
gitives.
The panic was not confined to the soldiery,
but extended to the authorities at Washington;
and gentlemen from that city and Alexandria
say we might have driven the enemy out of
both places on Monday without firing a gun,
if we had but continued the purtuiL Even
the Washington “Star” admits the utter
rout of the Federal feroes. It says there is no
use in trying to conceal the truth, and that
the defeat and rout of its army has had but
one parallel in history, and that is the battle
of Waterloo. It calls upon Congress to vote
another 100,000 men, and another $100,000,000.
They will certainly find it necessary to raise
fresh troops, for those who met us on Sunday
will never do it again.
I have seen a number of prisoners, includ
ing several surgeons who are in attendance up
on tbe enemy's wounded. They assure me
that the rank and file of the Federal army had
no dream that there would be a bsttle on Sun
day. The idea had been inculcated among
them that we would fall back upon their first
appearance, as we did v for strategic reasons)
at Harper’s Ferry and Fairfax. General Mc
Dowell issued a general order Sunday morn
ing, before they left Centreville, in which he
stated that the army would proceed to Manas
sas Junction, where they would take dinner
and stay all night. Next morning they would
take up the line of march for Richmond, where
they would arrive by the end of the week. It
was expected that there would be a little skir
mishing, but noth ing more, and that the bridges
along the rout would be destroyed. To meet
this latter difficulty, hs had brought with him
a corps of carpenters, with their tools, and sev
eral wagon loads of bridge timber, which bad
been prepared, and wts ready to be put up.—
Among our captures, were these tools and tim
ber.
They tell me, also, that the army was accom
panied by Senator! Wilson, of Massachusetts,
Foster, of Connecticut!, Anthony and Sim
mons, of Rhode Island, and Trumbull, of Illi
nois, and by Messrs. Lovejoy, of Illinois, Ely,
of New York, aud other mem bars of the House,
whose names they did not remember, who
went along tosddrfclat to the triumphal march
of the grand army from Washington to Rich
mond. These gentry, including a corps of cor
respondents and telegraphists from New York
and Washington, were provided with h^rsea,
buggies, carriages, liquors and cigars, and in
deed with a full outfit for a dainty teste of
camp life in the “ rebel provinces.” Mr. Ely,
as I have already informed you, was captured,
and it is new known, beyond all doubt, that
Senator Foster wes killed in his carriage by a
shell, during the retreat. II is equally well
kapwn that we came neqx begging th# other
Congressmen also.
One may imagine with what pleasurable an
ticipations these carpet knights with kid glevee
and peg top pantaloons, set out from Washing
ton and brought up the rear of lhaInvading
army, but what stretch of imagination will
ever be able to comprehend the wild fright and
frantic honor with which they heeded tbe re
treat and reappeamd in tbe streets siihs Fed-,
eral Capital? As they marched out, a triumph
ant army led the way; as they fled back, a
panic-stricken rabble earns thundering at their
heels, crashing end trampling each other In
their headlong fright, and more terrible la
their cowardly (right than In their boastful
valor. “ Verily, hew have the mighty fallen 1"
They went clad in purple and gold; they came
in sackcloth and ashes.
It Is impossible even now y> give a correct
statement of tbe prUoners taken ; for they are
•till being brought (n Irons the woods | or of
tbe number of gubs end small arms taken, or
of the vast piles of provisions, muoitlons end
ammunition captured. The number of baggage
and provision wagons which we got is esti
mated at 160. These were heavily laden with
supplies tor the march to Richmond. Among
other thiogs that Ml into our hands, was a
handsome camp chair which was addressed to
Gen. Winfield Scott, Richmond, Va. The chair
will probably be taken on to Richmond by or
der of Little Beaury, and will await the arri
val there of Gen. Scott.
The Northern papers are fruitful in excuses
for the disaster which has overtaken the Fed
eral arms. Some attribute it to our terrible
“ masked batteries” which crowded every bill;
whereas we did not have a solitary piece of
ordnance in five milts of the battle field, ex
oept our flying artillery. Others ascribe their
defeat to our overwhelming numbers, which is
equally false; for the most moderate calcula-
puts down the enemy’s forces et three times
those of the Confederates. Another fellow, who
is outer than all the rest, says that a prodigiuos
column of Confederate cavalry, 5,000 strong,
appeared upon a hill of indefinite dimensions,
and forming in the shape of a V, with the
sharp end towards the Federal lines, they ad
vanced, and just when they got up to them,
the terrible V opened in two parallel lines,
disclosing in their midst a frowning battery of
32 pounders, which mowed down their ranks
like gifas. All such statements are false. The
truth is, it was a fair stand-up tight—such as
the Tribune professed to desire—and it took
place upon nn open field of the enemy’s own
choosing.
The battle was a decided success, and was
fonght with distinguished gallantry by all our
troops who participated in it. It is but just to
say, however, that ihe Fourth Alabama Regi
ment, Col Jones; the Soventh Georgia, Col.Gar-
trell and the Eighth Georgia, Lieut. Col. Gard
ner, both under acting Brigadier General Bar
tow; the Fourth South Carolina, Colonel Sloan;
Ilompton’s (South Caroliua) Legion, Colonel
Hampton ; the Sixth North Carolina, Colonel
Fisher; aud the Eleventh and Seventeenth
Virginia, did the hardest fighting, suffered
most and bore the brunt of the battle. Colonel
Kershaw’s and Col. Cash’s (South Carolina)
Regiments came into the motion late, but did
moat effective service in tho pursuit which
they continued uearly to Centreville. Gen. E.
K. Smith's Brigade, a portion of Gen. John
ston’s Winchester forces, reached Manassas
during the battle, and rushed to tbe field, a
distance of seven miles, through tho broiling
sun, at double quick. As they neared the field,
from a double quick, they got fairly to run
ning, their eyes flashing, the officers crying
out, “on, boys, to the rescue,” and the men
shouting at the top of their voices. When Gen.
Johnston saw Smith, heexclaimed, “the Bluch-
er of the day has come.” They soon arrived in
front of the enemy, and with a shout that
might be heard from one end of the battle field
to tbe other, they were launched al the adver
sary like a thunderbolt Thoy delivered but
two fires when the enemy began to give way,
and in a few minutes he was in full retreat.
Tbe Brigade is composed of one Tennessee and
one Mississippi regiment, and a battalion from
Maryland. As they rushed into the fight, I
could but recall, with an appreciation I never
felt before, the words of Holy Writ—“as terri
ble as an anny with banners.”
The Artillery Companies did good
also. Those engaged were the New Orleans
Washington Artillery, Latham’s battery from
Lynchburg, Imboden’s, from Staunton, Kem
par’s, from Alexandria, Thomas’ from Rich
mond, Pendleton's from Lexington, Rogers’
from Leesburg, and the Wise Artillery, Capt.
Alburtus. The Washington Artillery and La
tham’s and Kemper’s batteries were in a posi
tion to do most, but all the companies mantou
vrtd well and delivered their fires with great
ffect.
1 do not believe that I have informed you in
any of my previous letters, that Col. Cameron,
of the Pennsylvania regiments, had
been killed, and that his brother, Lincoln’s
Secretary of Wsr, had sent a friend—one Ar
nold Harris, a lobby member about Washing
ton—to ask for his body. As he did not come
under a flag of truce, Gen. Johnston ordered
him into custody and sent him to Richmond.
The Republican Secretary chose to ignore the
•xistenoe of our authorities and the rsnk and
position of our officers, by sending a verbal
message and without a flag, just as ths minis
ters of King George were wont to act towards
Gsn. Washington and the Continental Congress
during tbe first revolution, and therofore our
officers chose to send tbe aforesaid Mr. Harris
to prison.
I have just heard that five more of Ells
worth’s Zouaves—Old Abe's pet lambs—were
captured to-day iu the woods near Centreville,
one of whom was Col. Farnhsm, the successor
of Ellsworth. He had been wounded, and the
others remained behind to take care of him.
There are some additional facts touching the
death of the lamented Bartow and tbe part
which the 7th end 8th Georgia Regiments per
formed in the great battle of the 21st, which I
have obtained from eye-witnesses, end which
cannot/ail to interest your readers. Col. Bar
tow fell when he wee leadiag the Seventh in
aoharge upon Ricket’s battery, not Sherman’s.
Lieut W. P. Moon, of tbe Atlanta Confederate
Volunteers, J. T. Lindley, of the Cobb county
Confederate Guardi, J. 1* Dobbs of tha same
company, end a Virginian, picked him up and
bore him off to tho roer. His lost words, ut
tered when they started off with him, as re
ported to me, were : n Boys, they have killed
me, but never give it up.” They earned him
seventy-five or a hundred yards from where
he fell, and laid him down; bet tho bullets
foil oo thiek about him that thoy removed him
further down the hill, where they procured
some water. Mo drank a liUlo, ead then seem
ed to try to apeak, but was net able. Thoy I Reeoe, W. W. Ware,
then applied tbo cautoon to hit lips aeeoond Wounded slightly.—Corporal B. P. Price, A.
time, hot he waa unconscious and could not
swallow tho water. Laying Lim bock, be died
almost immediately, and without a struggle.—
Thoy took off kia gloves and placed them and
a cartridge boa under bis head for e pillow.-*
He did not live more tban twenty minutes af
ter he fell. When I first saw him, about ten
o'clock at night, bis face wore a smile of vic
torious satisfaction that lod me, (or a moment,
to donbt the reality of bis death. Hearing of
his.fall, Gsn. Johnston sent a detacLment to
bring his body to headquarters, which was
done, and on the following day, by order of
President Davis, his remains were takso to
Richmond to Mrs. Bartow. His sword, which
bad been previously broken by a ball, was
saved, end yesterday I succeeded in getting
his belt.
While on a visit yesterday the Seventh Reg
iment, I had the satisfaction to examine their
flag. It has fourteen bullet holes in it, and the
flag staff was struck In four places After Col.
Bartow's fall, Lieutenant Paxton of Virginia
atked leave, tbe color bearer boiog wounded,
to carry the flag. His requost was granted,
and he and W. L. Norman, one of tbe color
guards, of DeKalb county, were tbe first to
placs it upon tbe captured battery, Eli W.
HoyJe of tbe Atlanta Conffdera/e Volunteers,
was the first to mount tbe battery.
There is another incident which deserves
public mention, and which shows of what kind
of stuff the Georgia boys are made. Wra. De-
Jarnett of the Rome Light Guard, having been
slightly wounded and left behind, concealed
himself in the bushes. The Second Rhode Is
land Regiment passed by, without seeing hi
but Col. Slocum who commanded tne regiment
and who came on bebiud it, discovered him in
the bushes. Attempting to draw his pistol, he
said, “your life, you rebel.” For some reason
he could not get out his pistol easily, and see
iog DeJarnett level his musket at him, he
cried out, “don’t shoot.” But the Georgian
did shoot and killed him too. He then took to
his heels through the thicket, and the regi
ment sent a shower of bullets after him but to
no effect. I saw Slocum’s grave to-day iu a
little cabbage garden by the side of the read
not far from ths battle field, and also found,
their Msj, Ballou of tbe same Regiment who
had his leg shot off.
But I must stop; for if I were to go on to
tell all the gallant acts of our boys, my sup
ply of paper would soon be exhausted. All tbs
officers in both Regiments, and every man in
the ranks, did their whole duty. Major Coop-
er is the only field officer in the Eighth, and
Col Jas. F. Cooper, the only one in the Sev
enth, who escaped injury. Col. Gardner, who
had his leg broken by a rninnie ball, is now at
a farm house, near this place, and doiog very
well. Major Dunwoody, of the Seventh, re
ceived a slight wound in ths shoulder, while
his horse received four shots without being
killed.
I send herewith a list of tbe casualties in
the Eighth Georgia Regiment. There were
only about 560 men in the Regiment when it
went into action, owing to sickness and other
causes, and yet 32 were killed, 151 wounded,
and 11 are missing—194 in all. More tban
one out of every three. In the Oglethorpe
Light Infantry, Col. Bartow’s old Company,
only 10 men out of 87 escaped without a wound
or mark of some kind, either upon their bodies
or their olothing.
There is still another fact I cannot forbear to
record. After tbe terrible fire to which the
Eighth Georgia had been exposed, and which
they received with the immobility of marble
statues, Gen. Beauregard passed the little rem
nant of tbe Regiment that was still left, and
which was ready to strike yet another blow;
and raising his cap with undisguised admira
tion and sympathy, he said. “Eighth Georgia,
I salute you.” What a scene, aud how much
it implied! A.
CASUALTIES IN TIIK EKJ1IT11 GEORGIA REGI
MENT.
Killed.—Col. F. S. Bartow, Adjutant John L.
Branch.
Wounded seriously.—Lieut.-Colonel Wm.M.
Gardner.
Home Light Guards.
Killed.—J. B. Clark, J. T. Duncan. D. C.
Hargrove, C. B. Norton, G. T.Stovall.
Wounded dangerously.—J. H. Anderson, M.
D. McOsker, J. T. Howard, J. A. Stephenson.
Wounded slightly.—Captain E. J. Magruder,
G. L. Aycock, A. J. Bearden, J. T. Shackelford,
R. D. DeJarnette, J. D. Jones, A. R. Johnson.
Missing.—Corporal J. J. Bisck, W. A. Bar.
ron, J. R. l’ayne, M. A. Ross.
Oglethorpe Light Infantry.
Killed.—W. H. Crane, G. M. Butler, J. A.
Ferrell, B Morel, Thos. Purse, Jr.
Wounded dangerously. Bclvin, G
Carolan, H. Estelle, L. Lippmao, 8. McDon
aid.
Wounded severely.—R. Q. Baker, F. B. Bevil,
E. Davis, B. Dunivon, John Fleming, Gi-
radeau, R. J. Godfrey, C. 0. Hardwick, James
Hunter, Ivey, J. H. King, Lentz, J
Tinsley.
Wounded slightly.—Sergeant W. Shellmsn,
R. H. Cole, M. Franklin, L. Gray bill, J. L. Mar-
tin, J. Montmollin, II. Raysor, M. Usina.
Missing.—Corporal 8. W. Branch, L. East-
mead, T. Holmes.
Macon Guards.
Killed.-W. Allen, Leonidas Lamar, Wm.
M. Jones.
Wounded severely.—W. B. Ainsworth, Wm.
Oarey, A. McKinna, H. J. Peters, O. McLeod,
Chas. Gamble, E. J. Collins.
Wounded slightly.—W. F. Blue, W. M. Bear
den, T. R. Christian, W. C. M. Dunson, Jos. M*
Goff, M. A. Maisby, W. Toe, W. D. Wood, C. P.
Wilcox.
Missing.—R. L. Gray, fi. B. Bulkley.
Echols Guards, (from Merrucether.)
Killed —Captain C. W Howard, W. H. C.
Gad by.
Wounded severely.—Captain J. P. Atkinson,
R. Eppinger, L. S. Adams.
Wounded slightly.—Sergeant B. K. Tucker,
L. P. Blount, A, H. Freeman, E. Glean, J. E.
Porch, 8. A. Coeeer, 8. F, Culpepper
Missing.—Frank Ward.
Miller Rifles, (from FLyd.)
Killed.-Frank Lathrop, (ColorGuard,) T.8.
Mobley, L. Warborongb.
Wounded severely.—Sergeant O. B. Eve,
Corporal T. J. Hills, Corporal J M. Berry, M.
Fenduburke, Wm. King, N. 8. Fain, Jordan
J. B»bo, Ewing Eason, Juba Miutou, Tbo#.
8parks, W. P. Trout.
Atlanta Grays.
Killed.—Sergeant J. 8. George, A. M. Orr, R.
B. Hamilton
Wounded severely.—M. C. Halt ay. Lieut. B.
M. Smith, Wm. Bfooks. O. C. Elliott, Issao
Frank, J. M. Holtzclaw, J. B. Martin, E. II.
Guest, G. H. Hammond.
Wounded slightly.—J. F. Grambling, J. W.
Johnson, T. C. McGuire, J. A. Adair, Z. N. Da
vis, A. F. Henderson, Thos. Norwood, D. M.
Croft, J. Ysrboroug, B. M. Watkins.
Missiog.—Corporal T. A. Hammond, George
Biker, W. C. Humphries, 6. Gavet, L. Reick,
J. Kershaw, E. II Grambling.
Pulaski Volunteers.
Killed.—J. W. Carrutbers, A. Goodson, John
Lowry, J. A. Scarborough.
Wounded severely.—Thos. Boatwright, J. E.
Floyd, J. Howell, A. R. Coley, W. N. Bowen,
W. J. Raines, M. Saunders, J. Smith, M. Waid.
Wounded slightly.—Captain T. D. 8. Ryan,
Sergeant D. H. Mason, Abram McClelland, J.
V. Conner.
Floyd Infantry.
Killed.—F. Madrey, Wm. Chastain, A. Hor-
•baw, A. WarnocW. Sergeant G. O. Martin
Wounded severely.—Csptsfn J. F. Cooper,
M. Burns, J. Dunn, Wm. Hidle. Corporal. 0.
M. Porter, Thos. Wright, J. Harbec.
Wounded slightly—Thos. Allen, J. Harbeo,
Jas. Holbrook, J. PaJget, L. Marrow, Geo. 8.
Somers.
Stephen* Light Guards, [from Greene )
Killed.—Aug. Daniel, Jas. Palmore, T
Howell, Jas. Harper. Geo. Head.
Wounded severely.— Cain, A.
Brown, W. R. Copeland, D. Moore, J. T. Lewis,
T. Merrett, Q. W. Bailey,T. W. Collins.
Wounded slightly.—J. P. McCall, J. Brewer,
J. Christopher, J. Daniel, G. Dobbs.
Miassing.— John Calvin, Jerry O'Britn
Oglethorpe Rifles.
None killed.
Wounded severely.—Jesse Walton, 1
Hart, J. R. Brook*, J. R. Rainsey, J. L. Wright,
L C. Langston, E. Lunceford, B. F. Laster, E.
T. Martin, T. D. Gillam.
Wounded slightly.—A. 8. Pettard, T.
Maxcy, A. T. Brightweli, T M. Christian, W
D. L. Reid. A 8. Williams.
The same old Tale—They Acknowledge
the Defeat at last, and give Particulars,
The New York “Herald's” Washington cor
respondent telegraphs to that journal, on tbe
22d instant—the day after the rout of the Hes
sians :
“ Our troops».after taking three batteries and
gaining a great victory st Bull’s Run, (mean
ing th* Stone Bridge fight,) were eventually
repulsed.”
That* tbe stereotyped phrase iu which ell
their defeats are communicated. It is always
after having gained “agreat victory.” So much
the worse for the cowardly Vandals. This tel
egrapher further says:
“ We have suffered severely, on account of a
most unfortunate occurrence, which has cost
a gloom over tbe retreating army.
** We were retreating in good order, when
panic suddenly occurred, and a regular stam
pede took place.”
He said it was caused by the army team
sters, and the citizens and civilians who hod
c« me out to witness the battle, getting scared
and flying precipitately, which panio quickly
extended through the lines of the volunteers
He says “The arrival of Gen. Johnston made
our army 90,000 strong—vastly superior to ours
—which the troops in action knew, but the au
thorities in Washington did not. In making
the hopeless and fruitless attack, they were on
ly obeying orders.”
He says Gen. McDowell exerted himself to
rally his retreating meo, and make a stand at
Centreville, and then again at Fairfax Court
House, but the panic was so great it was en
tirely in vain.
“ Griffin's West-Point battery and the tbir
ty-two pounder rifle cannon were taken.
“The Rhode Island battery woe taken by
tbe rebels at the bridge across Bull’s Run,
where their retreat was cut off. Their horses
were killed.
“ Captain Ayres’battery was also reported
lost.
The 69th and other regiments auffered
New York Regiment lost about
half its men.
“Colonel Hunter's division suffered most se
verely.
“ Wagons are continually arriving bringing
the dead and wounded. Soldiers sre relating
to greedy listeners the deplorable events of
last night. The feeling is awfully distressing.
“ The retreat was continued until the men
reached their regular encampments. Some of
them returned to their quarters; but a still
larger number went inside the entrenchments.
“All communication with Alexandria has
been stopped, to prevent the soldiers from
crossing over” (into Washington, in their
flifht.)
The " Herald', "editor it in » deplorable
state of mind. He hu abandoned nil idea of
nn advance on Richmond. Hia whole aim now
ia to protect Washington, whioh be says ia
in the moat imminent danger. He enye :
•• Tbe whole responsibility, in Ihe end, fnlla
upen the 1’reaideut ef the (Jailed Smite. He
cannot fail now to comprehend tbe danger!
and dutiat of hit eritieal poeiiion. Washing
ion ia in grant paril. If orcupiad by tha en
tity, it will require a anal outlay of money,
meant nnd man to reco.tr ii; but if held by
our foreea for only n fow daya it may ba eared
from the desecration of a revolutionary coup
d'ltal. Tha talralloo of Waahiagton now be
comes Ihe paramount duly of tho Adminletra-
lion, tho loyal Staloa and loyal oiliet and peo-
plt of the Union. Let ua hope that Ihete for
tilloniioas on the South hank of tho Potomac,
wiaely oonairuoted under the direction of (loo.
Scott, agaioat tha poaaibla coutioganciaa of a
ra.arae, may proat sufficient to hold tho one
my in check until on overwhelming Union
force eon bo thrown into Washington. Lot
ua hope that G< acral Dix will ba able to keep
Baltimore and Maryland quiet meantime, and
that the eolueea of General PaUeraea, under
General Banka, will ha oompatool la guard Ika
upptr Fotomac until Gaa. McClellan can eoma
to hia aupport.
Tha danger which now ateuaeee Woehiog
ton lo poetiee aad formlahla, and all Ike troop#
from all quartan tkat oaa ha (pared for tat
capital of nor aooolry ohould ho at at forward
al onoa. Tha army, loo, ahouli laataally he
aopplied with aduoatad officer! la tha fullaat
peaatbla txlaat, and Mr. Lineola nhould laaa
no non lime in otrtngtking the wank placet
of kia Cabiatt. Vo had hoped that ible war
would bo <tithed in a chart triumphal Union
campaign. Wa wm alalnlw. But W0 ka.e
bean milled by tha aeUplqoad oonfdaaoa »f
aar Goraramoat la Ika atrtagih of Ua army,
and by the fatal deloaioaaf ik.
regard to tha retreating aim
The war eon re.act to be an
oawnrd march or our forcee
Government, In n tingle 4„
ml of the action, ielbrowoL,
oad under oireumtiaocea J-T-
prompt and gonerout effort, l0
forcoa at that point g„ r , ''
other issues, and all other bit,i,
portico and .11 c!.,.„ 0 ,
thou Id now bo made eubortiin.,
mount objtot of eecurio, Wash
loy.l Statea, within three day”
twenty tbouaaod to that poi-,'.
euceead in holding the capital fg,
we may bee. by that rime
hundred Ihtueiod men entrench
Action, action, tot ion! Leto
State and city auiboritiea of
may come it once to tberencu, .
ward their retoforcetneute wit
for inatruotioni from Weahingtoi
More ol their Bra»
The New l ork Tribune of the
eouraea aa follow, :
The Southern Hidalog, nto«
ihemaelvea the natural tntittri a
the North by meeting nnd bentin,
foreea in open field, or ntuit et
na frothy braggart a to theconten
of Ihe eivlizrd world. Twoto-r
•malltet edde they hart iropoeed
North in otberwise equal battle-
■brink from the combat, ,hut i !
in intreenbed airongboldi, limit
tionn to plotting ambuscade,, „u
akulkiug up bebiud fenc ud
vicinity of our pickett nnd takinw
iooe aentinel Ibett sprii'ginglol
loping off. they will stand jnetlw
I be derision and scorn or ntiDl
have bullied themselves imoed
ua see whether they will fight ,
out !
It ia bnlieeed that Ihe army at
mood in fire day, if ii do not tun
aaa. ’
No apprehension i, euleruis;
batteries al Manna,sa, Junctiot.
Ct | oundera, with ibe Jamnn
a range of four miles wouldet_
aileuce Ihe light matal of their
The spirit of ihe troops who,re‘
to Richmond i, most exultant. 7
iaam'broke out, on iheii march, h
airs, floating in full alraiua upon I'
ed air of a July day, colored by Ike
winds and rain, of tbe lui trek
Doodle," “ Dtiir,” “Am Rbeii,"
“Margellaiat,” mingled in the eh
races who slrik a for freedom u ih,
Richmond Kveryhody here i, boa
joyful.
A C ard Iruai Leu. Twif~
Id (be report of Simon Cstitros,
of War of ibe Lincoln GovcrsaitM,
oars tbs following paragraph :
“in Texas tbe large forctsdtui
frontier for ihe proieclion of ilwr
against the attack of tuantudiog Is'
ignomiuiouslj deserted bjibtir C
Brigadier General Twiggs. To tbs
treason to bis flag wan added ill
crime of deliberate!/ ban ling ow to
ed e nemiss *f bis Goreroot-st all
property entrusted lo bis charge, uJ
priviog tbs loyal men under bisc
all means of iranspotalion out of the
Whilst 1 do not deemii nttesssrji
myself against tbe chsrg* of desertii
trnment which bad alread; beta ti
the States and people to shots mj
gisnos was due. I sot disposed to
falsehood that I bad loft tbe gtlUo
wbioh I bad commanded in Texti,
wars not responsible for tbe cause*
brought on a disolution of tbe Uniat
tbs means of reaching their hoana
I, therefore, pronounce tbo 8t«
Cameron as false ; that be know ki
when be wrote it; that eurye
army in Texas at tbe lima of tbo
can testify that tbs troops wera^;
abundant transportation and vitl
fort which tbe country afforded
oumslsucs of (hair case permit!*
d. e. ir
Major Gen. Com’ing Dcp’l at
First Class Sonlheri Tire
ante ConpiiiM
T HE Subacriber reaprelfoll; talk
to the following Firo Iniuraoee
The Georgia Home Fire
pany, Colwnbui, BMW*
Th# Sofaola Home t*®*® 8 *
Euiaula, Alabama
The character anti 0, ' k '
and Mauagera of the above
niot areaufllcient lo i«»P'" *°VTf ir
public, and command • •‘‘‘^daud
age. K. R. 8HACKM.F0W,
Office over Crolral Railroad »»*■
Intelligencer and Gttnmonvea!'*
twice.
Staiun Tannery for
T HE undoraigoed offera for aeh
TANNERY, <itu*ud « -
near tha Rolling Mill.
thirty-alx Tanning Vate. ht*J-j-
ing Shop, Drying Lof“> and «*
alf nacemry Machinery andIT»»
the premiere, a two ttorv ■*
frame Dwellings, two wrlll ■»*
water running through th*
will find this one of the bra*
offered in tkieolly. AppiJj*
, MoMILLAN * BJl
March 18-tf.
Southern Button E‘
T HE undersigned are ■»»■
GEORGIA COAT OF AEJi * 1
alto tha Confederate Eagle Be ^
hue, Georgia. Thoae wiihi*!
please ad/reee Mr. 8 D. THOWj
Of themtslvee, at Colombo*,
money, or remit to some fr»* B
delivery of the Boston.. AS4fl0!
July IJ-dlf
WANTID 1
OOME eightor ten good j°u«'!T f ‘-
O make Wool aad Fur Hein ^
HOLTIV. c
A full 8UFPLT •< lh, r b w'
lot a.le by •
July IT—dim. f
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