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SPETIFIf CfRE FOB fVPBOID FETES*
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may’rent the disease successfully._ In
publicity to my made of treating this disease -
am actuated bv a nure desire to do pood; ana
pood shall he the result 1 will be amply rewarded,
i feel that I would be doing wrong, to witntiold
the knowledge 1 have from the public on Hu*. I
came in possession of this information accidentally
or providentially, lean not soy which, lhate
been the means . f relieving many patients:, and
ain frequently called on to visit and treat patients
with tins disease, and have been strongly solicited
bv many to publish ray mode of treatment. These
facts are my apology ibr thus appearing before the
public.
il-fore I proceed to describe the disease or set
forth the in ule of i,s treatment, it would doubt
less be edifying and inspiring of confidence to
relate briefiy how I came in possession ol the
remedy. , , , ,
When I first had a family, I had a negro boy
„; c 1j {he first negro I owned. I called in two of
the best physicians in the country to treat him.
He caine near dving unt. recovered. I had another
taken very ill. and I called the same two physi
cians to attend him, and lie died the third day.
Previous to this time, I was taken sick myself and
had the same physicians, and 1 grew worse under
their treament, and despaired ot being relieved by
their remedies. I then commenced treating my
self by using brandy in bitters every half hour
and had no more (ever after the first day. Ibis
treatment kept ray fever down, and i was soon
restored, aud returned to business. Ibis occurred
in 1630. . , ,
In the year 1839 after being much exposed,
camping o'ut, I was taken with ague and high
fever. I had not drank any from 1 > - 3*» to tins time.
I got to a place where I obtained a pint of brandy,
and drank it all in one day, and theague and fever
left me. The result of this experiment induced
me to trv the same remedies on iny family with the
same favorable result. Tbo doctors told me if I
used this remedy in a protracted case the patient
would die. I had another negro sick, w'as afraid
to use the remedy, called in two doctors to her aud
she died. The doctors were both present when
she died, ar.d I told them if 1 had another case I
would try my own remedy; and it the patient died,
I would at least save tlte doctor s bill. One ot the
physicians observed, "If all the mineral medicine
in the world was put into a pile and burned, the
world would be better off.’’ It w as not many days
before I had another negro taken with the same
disease the other died w ith. 1 commenced using
my remedy upon her and effected a cure in one
day. 1 hat sr.renghtened my confidence in brandy
as a remedy.
After that I went with a physician to see a young
man he had been treating lor thirty days. The
doctor said to the young mat’, must die under any
circumstances. The patient was craving water
and said he felt like he was burning up. 1 asked
the doctor, as lie was obliged to die, to let me give
him some water to drink; the doctor consenting, 1
gave him a drink of cold water, and then sponged
his arms and chest, with cold water, at his (the
patient’s) reqtist, and in about an hour he com
menced perspiring freely, and had no more fever
and soon got well, I siw the same man fifteen
years afterwards in Texas enjoying good health.
I thought for a while this was an accident, and at
tached hut little importance to it. After this I
would occasionally have a case, and call in a
physician and they would die. I then determined
to rely upon myself, and I never saw a case die
where I applied my remedies alone.
I had a case of a negro in my own family—a
case of congestion of the brain, afterwards of the
lungs. These physicians requested me to let them
see tne treat a bad case, and if I cured it they
would believe in my system. It was their opinion
he would die under my treatment. 1 treated him,
and in 48 hours be was well, and one of the
physicians pronounced him as clear of disease as
be was, and then admitted that no physician in
Georgia, conld have the patient in a better con
dition than I had That circumstance, aud many
others cf a similar character, confirmed mein my
confidence in brandy and water in curing diseases,
and that physicians' opinions are not as reliable as
many suppose. Up to this time I had used ra-
thartics with my other treatin.-nt. but had dis
carded mercurial remedies from 1836. For many
years I have used nothing but brandy aud water
for ail diseases.
I will refer to one case of chronic dispepsia.
The patient was a negro matt who had been treat
ed by some of the most eminent physicians in the
State and the last that treated him pronounced
his case incurable. I purchased him for a small
price, as much to have a suitable subject for ex
periment as anything else. I bought him in Dec.
1656. I commenced treating him immediately
wi'h water brandy diet alone, and the Slay fol
lowing he commenced regular work, and lie is
now as far as 1 know, perfectly sound. As proof
of it he has not taken anything in the, way ot rem
edies, as far as I know in J6 months, nor has he
lost a day's work.
I have thus given my mode of treatment in
several cases of different diseases, showing how I
was able to complete my system. When typhoid
fever became prevalent in my neighbothood I
commenced treating it with the same remedies.
I will give one case fur example. One of mv
neighbors had a negro sick, sent for the doitor,
who pronounced the case typhoid fever, and treat
ed it and the negro died About that time another
was taken. My neighbor proposed to me to treat
the case, as he would not have a physician to treat
any more of them. I refused at first to take the
responsibility, aud desired him to treat the case on
my plan. I assured him if lie would apply my
remedies he would not have a protracted case ot
it. He was rather timid and did not apply the
remedies es strictly as directed and the case was
protracted and he despaired of the negroe's life.
He was disposed, however, to risk the case upon
my treatment, having lost ail confidence in other
remedies. I examined the case, was fearful he
wonlu die. but yet tried my remedy’ and he soon
got better, and was restored and is still living. I
still insisted that there was no need of a protracted
case, if the remedies were applied in time. He
soon had another case that was thought to be as
bad a case asatty in it* first stages. I commenced
my treatment as soon as he was taken, and the
third day he was weil and went to work. He had
sixteen .or eighteen case and did not lose one
after he adopted my treatment. I could give many
more cases equally as strong and well authenti
cated it space would allow. This has been about
6 or 9 years ago, and every subsequent experiment
has more and more confirmed my opinion in the
virtue of these remedies. Out of a family ( white
and black) of seventy, varying in age from one
day to seventy-five years old. I have not had a
death nor a protracted ease of sickness for nearly
four yean; arid during that tune 1 have not used
a single cathartic, not even a dose of salts or
oil.
From experience and observation of twenty-five
years, I am fully convinced that there is no use
for medicine in the country. Tho in some in
stances it may have done good; yet the harm it has
done has more than overbalanced the good. I do
not claim that these remedies will cure all diseases
after the system has lost its vitality, but I do in
sist if taken in time, that these remedies will cure
more diseases than any’ other in use in this coun
try; for I have tried them in nearly all diseases
that our country is subject to, with entire success.
With these preliminaries I proceed to d-scribe or
give the leading symptoms of typhoid fever.
This disease is attended with the following
symptoms. In its first stages the patient com
plains ot pain in the back of the head and neck,
and titer, the pain extends to the spine. If not ar-
restod this pain settles in the small part of the
back. By this time the disease will seriously af
fect the whole system: it will either settle upon
tho brain, lung or bowels, or all will be to some
extent involved.
The tongue in this disease will differ in its ap
pearance from that which it presents in some other
diseases in the following particulars: It will gen
erally appear pointed at the end when presented
out of the mouth. It will present a brownish cast
over the surface, and a red appearance round the
edges. The skin will not be very hot in the first
stages of the disease, but very dry, but as the dis
ease progresses the skin will become very hot. and
thirst will increase with the violence of tho fever.
This latter is common with all fevers. A patient
thua affected will complain of chillimss and will
crave covering more than in ordinary fevers, nrtd
negroes will want to be covered up head and ears.
The pulse is generally not very fast but will have
a pointed toueh to the finger of the examiner, and
will if the disease is not checked become very
rapid, but in soma cases will be less rapid but
more forcible than iu ordinary fevers. The eyes
are usually weak and present a yellowish cast
about the white of tho eye This diserl|>ti on 0 f
the disease is not so ample as might be desired t>y
some, but if my treatment in the first stages of the
disease be carefully followed the other symptoms
will not appear.
The mode of treatment is as follows ; When
the first symptoms make their appearance, wash
round the back of the bead and down the spine
with cold water until the pain ceases. If the
pain returns wash again, and bv continuing the
washing process you will prevent a protracted
case. If this should he neglected till the disease
becomes general and the skin hot, yon will then
wrap up the body in wet sheets (ivet in cold wa
ter) four fold with a dry one over it. Befote put
ting the patient in the wet sheets, give an adult
nearly half a gill of brandy, and to children n
less quantity in proportion to age and size. If
the patient should complain of pain in the head
pour on cold water until the pain ceases. The
amount of water poured on and the time employ
ed in it, will depend somewhat on the severity of
the pain. If the pain iu the head is moderate the
stmple application of a cold wet cloth to it will be
sufficient. After letting the patient lie in the
sheets from one to two hours, according to indi-
cations, take him out and rub lnm dry. Let him
remain out until the skin gets hot again ; then
apply the wet sheets as before. After applying
the sheets two or three times, a perspi.ation will
be produced which will throw off the fever; but
if tbe fever is n t thrown off continne to apply the
wet sheets ontil it is done. If the ease is obsti
nate spot, ge the patient all over with cold water
Iwo or three time* a day, and rub bin dry. Dar
ing the whole process of rubbing and applying j She Battle at t/tanas S as.
the wet sheets, give the patient a moderate drink j ANOTHER NORTHERN ACCOUNT,
of brandy, according to age, evety two hours and, W<J subjo in the flowing extracts from tho
; in no case employ any other remedy but the wa- j t of ^ war correspon a.-nt of the New York
i l, ;r br * ndv ’ , lf bowels be costive the ap-. w ' or , d whj> Wflg on field 0 f action, and had
plication of wet cloths will ordinarily move them ^ ](ok ou{ a tree - I)0to t i le progress of the
sufficiently, but should they tail to act under this , g w .. ( ^ g( ( , n h t|lis rep nrt that the brunt
treatment use an injection of tepid water• L"® OI the fight was against the left of the Southern
I tins treatment unless the patient eats host, the command ot the gallant Johnston, with
j that is calculated lo irritate the bowels. I have ^ . ny|ncible Mississippi a nd Kentucky regi-
never known them to run off improperly. During The lid,t ended iust where it began, but
tl'is whole treatment the patient should be can th( . fi „ ht exle ud e d to Arlington Heights. The
I tiotis »o avoid solid tood. 1 he reasons oi this cau- | ^ ^ ife rtf . rs llto Black Republican
nor is that the mucous membrane ot the alimeii- j s liiaeu ifi et i the army ol Jeff. Davis to over one
jtary canal becomes more irritable under tl ? ,s d,s , hundred tiiousaiid. when in fact we had only
' ->— »■— ~.a.and solid food
rear perceived, and vainly endeavored to induce
some geueral officer to guard against.
As it was, Capt.- Alexander, with his Sappers
and Miners, was ordered to cut through the abatus
by the side of the mined bridge, in tho valley di
rectly before us. and lay pontoons across
the
Gigantic Preparations af tbe Grand Army
—Reception nt tbe White Ilonse, Ac.
A correspondent of the Montgomery
(Ala.) Mai! writes from Richmond, under
date of July IS, as follows :
A gentleman of high intelligence who
stream. Carlislie’s Artillery was detailed to pro
tect the work, and the Ohio and Wisconsin reset ve „ _
to support tho artillery. Meanwhile, in the lull • JeTt Washington on the 12th, and came to
! fifteen thousand engaged in the action.
THE BATTLE
ease than under ordinary fevers
will increase this irritation. The only nouri-h- j
inent admissible is lightly seasoned soups or gruels i
1 have thus given direction for treating a pro j From the point I mention, where the road.slopes
traded case ; hut there need be no protracted down to a|protect p d ravine, we caught the glimpses
case if rny directions ate regularly observed from J D f the enemy. A line of infantry were drawn
the beginning. j up across a meadow in the extreme distance, res-
No danger need be feared of giving the patient tjpg close upon woods behind them. We could
too much brandy, for if the patient should become | se e the reflection 'f their bayonets and their reg-
intoxicated the water will soon counteract the ef- j ulAr disposition showed them expectant of an at-
ing of Heintz«lman and Hunter, the fall ol Mag-; , n ad e on Beauregard with less than 60,000
j gerty and Slocum and Wilcox. We heard of the lnen _
dash of the Irishmen and their decimation, and of I ..., *l, ro£>
the havoc made and sustained by the Rhode 1 lie forces will bl* div ided into three col-
I Islanders, the Highl mders, the Zouaves and the . umr.3 and will move til tile most methodical
Connecticut Third; then of the intrepidity ol ( ,u> J cautious manner—the success of the
Burnsides and Sprague—how the devoted and , w j,, t |, e opinion of Scott, depends on
daring young Governor led the regiments he had . tr
so mu.titicten.lv equipped again and again to vie j the first important engagement,
torions charges, and at last spiked, with liis own j Tremendous magazines ot military
hands, the guns he could not carry away. f be ! stores and provisions will follow to supply
fects of the brandy. Should too much water be
applied the brandy will counteract the effects of
the water.
I have tried those remedies for twelve years to
my full satisfaction, and have never lost a case,
nor had a protracted case where 1 commenced in
tim3. .Should any person, be disposed to try
these remedies, and be in doubt whether it is ty
phoid (ever, lltere need be no fears upon the sub
ject, for should a mistake he made in the symp
toms, these remedies are equally good in all fe
ver. In case of pneumonia, however, I pursue a
somewhat different course, I apply the wet sheets
and continue them until congestion is thrown off
It the sheets get dry and heated I remove then),
wet them in cold water and apply them again im
mediately, and give brandy pretty freely during
the time; the best article of French brandy.
I will now close Dy considering some objections
to my practice. It is doubtless opposed by many
simply because it is new.
One class of objectors say, “Why has this rem
edy never been discovered before ? Why has the
scientific world slumbered over this subject for
ages. How comes it to pass that a man of no
literary or scientific notoriety, should have origi
nated a system that completely lays in the shade
all the wonderful discoveries and improvements
made in medical science from the days of the fath
er of medicine, down to the present time ' This
objection is capable ot an easy answer. 1. In the
first place, I have the remedy which I can estab
lish by scores of the most reliable witnesses. 2.
i Hus objection seems to assume that all is now
; known that can be known in medical science.
| that medical science is net progressive, that this
department of science admits of no improvement.
This assumption is too transparent to require re
futation. 3. The most wonderful improvements
that have been applied to the most beneficial uses
have been made by none of any literary or scien
tific notoriety. This is a well atteslid fact, and
lastly decs not inspiration declare that God has
chosen the foolish things of this world to confound
the wise, the weak tilings of this world to con
found the mighty, Ac ? May this not be true iu
physics as well as in morals and religion ?
Some are afraid that the use of brandy as a
medicine will be the means of promoting intem
perance. Some use this objection who are not
remarkable for their temperance in other respects.
What does inspiration teach on this subject !
While the most salutary cautions are given
against the improper use of strong drink, it is re
commended as a medicine Hear what King Sol
omon says upon the subject. “It is not for Kings
to drink wine, nor princes strong drink, lest they
drink and forget, the law and pervert the judg
ment of any of the afflicted.’’ Yet in the same
strain he says: ‘ *rive strong drink to him that is
ready to perish, and wine to him that is of a heavy
heart.” Hence you observe strong drink is to be
given to them that are ready to perislt—with dis-
! ease of course. Paul the elder said to Timothy
; the younger, use no longer water but a little wine
! fur thy stomach’s sake, and thine often infirmities,
i The case is clear, that it may he used as a medi-
I cine. I am a temperance man in principle and in
j practice, but have no sympathy with that senti-
j meutalism that would suff.-r death, rather than
administer the remedies that God himself has pre
| scribed. God's directions are safe, and the dan-
j ger only arises from a perversion of his plain di-
j rections on this subject. I never prescribe brandy
to persons when they are not sick. I prescribe it
only when under the influence of disease, and as
the disease is btoken I cease its use. I am con
vinced front experiment on myself, children and
servants that giving brandy to a patient when
sick creates no thirst for it when well, but rather
creates a dislike for it. I am cautious, however,
in administering brandy to one that has been a
drunkuid—one whose taste lias been perverted by
strong drink. I usually treat such cases with
water alone, but if I have a very obstinate case
1 use brandy very cautiously. After the disease
is thoroughly broken, brandy may be discontin
ued, the chief danger being in cases where brandy
is continued after the patient is relieved Food
of the proper kind, and water, arc sufficient
-timulants after convalescence is fully estab
lished.
As further proof of my confidence in these rem
edies and for the interest I feel in the welfare of
tbe public, I have made a proposition more than
once in Talbotton, that if the physicians there,
when called to visit a case of a negro with typhoid
fever, would let me treat the case, and they would
visit the patient regularly, so «s to witness the pro
gress of tho case, that I wotiid insure the life of the
i negro, prov ded they would publish the result to the
’ world, as their testimony would have more weight
on the subject than the testimony of any other per
son. I have now finished all 1 propose publishing on
this subject now. It is much longer than I first sup
posed it would be, and perhaps than you bargained
for. But I trust all the readers of the Index will
eive it a careful persual. I trust that no off nee
will be taken as none was intended. I ask of all
a fair trial of the teme iieg before a verdict of con
deinnation is rendered, for I leel that much is in
volved in the reiectionof these remedies. I have
no p. cuniary interest to advance outside of my
own family. Heed the apostle's admonition,
“Prove ali things. Hold fast that which is
good.”
Talbot county, Ga. Z. B. TRICE.
The Capture* of Ely.
The Montgomery Confcderat.on has the follow
ing from a reliable source:
At half-past three o'clock the stampede be
came fearful, and the gloom among Wilson &
Co. was awful. They immediately jumped into
their carriages and put for Washington at a rapid
rate. The Hon. Mr. Ely. with a friend, catch
ing the contagion, and believing the enemy to be
near at hand, jumped into a buggy and pushed
forward to Washington at a “double quick ”
Three miles ftom Centreville, the starting point
the buggy broke down, and its contents were left
a prey to oar forces. Ely heard at this moment
the “terrible” tramping of tbe cavalry, and jump
ed behind a tree to secrete himself, while his friend
put to the woods and was seen no more. Present
ly a hotsetrian dashed on, and seeing a man be
hind a tree, loudly called out “Who are you sir?”
.“Mr. Ely.” answered the man immediately. “Well,
who in the It—II is Mr. Ely.” said the horseman.
“Mr. Ely, member ol Congress from the Roches
ter District, New Y'ork,” said the man.“The h—11
you say; say that over again old fellow,” ejacu
iated the horseman. “I am, sir. tbe Hon. Mr. Ely,
the member ot the Federal Congress from the
Rochester District, New York,” said the man,
“Well,” said the horseman, I'll be d—d if I
haven't caught you at last : I have been looking
for you the whole day, and its d—d strange that
I have just found you out.” So, pulling out bis
pistol and pointing it right at the Federal Con
gressman’s heart, he said: “Mr. Ely, put your
foot iu my stirrup and get up behind me, 1 ant
going to take you to Richmond.” Ely did as
requested, and away went the horseman to the
quarters of General Beauregard, and with a
live Yankee Congressman behind him whom he
captured.
Tlie Noldirr’a Bier.
Hark! 'tistlie shrill bugle calling—
It pierceth the soft summer air;
Tears horn each comrade are falling,
I or the widow and orphan arc there:
The bayonets earthwaid are trailing.
And the drum’s muffled breath rolls around.
But he hears not the voice ot its wailing.
Nor awakes at the buggies shrill sound'
Sleep, soldier! though many regret thee
Who weep round thy cold bier to-day ;
Soon, soon will the fondest forget thte,
And thy name from earth pass away!
The one thou has loved as a brother,
A friend in thy place will have gained;
Thy dog shall keep watch for another.
And thy steed by a stranger be reined.
f'at. though many who morn for thee sadly,
_ Soot, joyous as ever may be;
* ‘JO Wight orphan boy may laugh gladly
\Y bile be sits «*■ a comrade's knee;
There ts one who wtu still pay tbo duty
Ot iove for the fond and iff,. brave
As when first, in the bloom or i. er beauty
She wept o'er her dead soldier's gruve!
The Militia of the West.
Tlift Greenbrier (Lewisburg) Era of tbe
3d inst., says :
The militia composing the 19th Brigade
have been ordered to report themselves in
this place on Tuesday next for active du-
ty. Jf the State and Confederacy cannot
supply us with the means to repel the
Ohio cut-throats, we intend to do it our
selves, if they have the courage and the
presumption to venture up into the moun
tains which lay west of us. The militia,
with one good company of artillery, sta
tioned along the SeWel mountains, can de
stroy thousands of the enemy without
doubt. Let us achieve onr own independ
ence and it can be more fully appreciated
by u a—for this tetmt t» be th§ iuue.
tack. After a moment's inspection Gen. Tyler
ordered Uailisle to advance with his battery to tbe
front.
By this time ogr scouts reported the enemy in
sonic force on the left. Two or three Ohio skir
mishers had been killed. Carlisle's batteiy was
sent to the front of the woods on the right, where
it could be brought to play where needed. A few
shells were thrown into opposite thicket, and then
the Second Ohio and Second New Y'ork marched
down to rout out the i-nenty. In ten minutes
their musketry was heard, aud then a heavy can
nonade answered. They had without d- ubt, fal
len upon a batteiy in the hushes. For a quarter
of an hour their firing continued- when they came
out in good order. Alter advancing a furlong
they saw enemy, who exchanged their fire and
retired though the forest. Suddenly from a differ
ent direction a voice was heard, exclaiming,
‘Now. you Y'ankee devils, we’ve got you where
we want you,” and several heavy guns were
opened upon them with such heavy effect that
Scbneck finally ordered them to retire, which they
did in ptrfcct order.
A few cicad and wounded began to be brought
in, and the battle <jf Manassas bad commenced.
Carlisle’s howitzers and the great rifled gun were
opened iu the direction of battery, which answer
ed promptly, and brief but terrific cannonading
ensued. In less fltau half an hour tbe enemy’s
guns were silenced, two of Carlisle's howitzers ad
vancing through the woods to gain a closer posi
tion. But a fatal error was here made, as I
thought, by Gen. Tyler, in not ordering in a
division to drive out tbe four rebel regiments sta
tioned behind the battery and to seize its eight
guns.
Meantime, Richardson on the extreme left,
could not content himself with “maintaining his
position,” for we heard occasional discharges from
two of his guns. However, he took no other
part in the action than by shelling the forces of
the enemy which were sent rapidly from his vi
cinity to the immediate point ot the contest. From
the hill behind we could see long columns advan
cing, and at first thought that they were Richard
son's men moving oil Bull's Run, hut soon dis
covered their true character. Indeed, from every
southward point the enemy's reinforcements be
gan to pour in by thousands. Great clouds of
dust arose front the distant roads. A person who
ascended a lofty tree could see the continued niri-
val of cars on the nearest point on iho Manassas
Railroad, with hosts of soldiers, who formed in solid
squares and moved swiftly forward to join the
contest. The whistle of the locomotive was plain
ly audible to those in onr advance —It is believed
that at least fifty thousand were added during the
day to the thirty thousand rebels opposed to us at
the onset. .
A lt'A A. M.. Hunter was heard from the ex
treme right. He had previously sent a courier
to General McDowell, reporting that he had sale-
ly crossed the Run - The General was ivitig on
the ground, having been ill during the night, hut
at once mountti! his horse and rode on to join the
column on which so much depended. From the
neighborhood of Sudley Church he saw the ene
my's left in buttle array, and at once advanced
upon them with the I4tb New Y’ork and a battal
ion of regular infantry—Colonel Hunter order
ing up the stalwart Rhode Island regiments, one
led by that model of the American volunteer
Burnside—the Second New Hampshire, and our
own finely desciplined Seventy-first. Gov. Sprague
himself directed the movements of the Rhode
Island Brigade, and was conspicuous through the
the day for gallantry. Tbe enemy were found iu
heavy numbers opposite this unexcelled division
of our army, and greeted it with shell and long
volleys of battalion firing as it advanced But on
it went, and a fierce conflict ensued inthe north
ern battle ground. As soon as Hunter was
thus discovered to he making his way oil the flank
General Tyler sent forward tlie right wing of his
column to co-operate, and a grand force was intis
biought to bear most effectually on the enemy's
left and centre.
The famous Irish regiment, 1,000 strong, who
have so much of the hard digging to per-
lorm, claimed the honor of a share in the hard
fighting, aud led the van of Tyler’s attack, fol
lowed by rite Seventy-ninth (Highlanders)and
the Thirteenth New Y’ork. and Second Wiscon
sin.
It was a brave sight—tlie rush of the Sixty-
ninth into the death strugf-M With tsd> cheers
as those which won the battles in the Peninsula,
with a quick step at first, and then a double quick,
attd at last a run, they dashed forward und along
the edge of the ext ended forest. Coats and knap
sacks were thrown to either side, that nothing
might impede their work, hut we knew that no
gnu.s would slip from the hands of those deter
mined fellows, even if dying agonies were need
ed to close them with a firmer grasp. As the line
swept along Meagher galloped toward the head
crying “Come on boys! you’ve got your chance at
last! ’ 1 have not since seen him.
THE HEAT OF THE CONTEST.
It was noon, and now the battle commenced in
the fierceness of its most extended fury. The
batteries on the distant hills began to play upon
our own and upon our advancing troops with hot
and thunderous effect. Carlisle answered for us,
and Sherman fur Hunter’s Division, while the
great 32 pounder addressed itself resistlessly to
the alternate defences of the foe. The noise of
the cannonading was deafening and continuous.
It blanched the cheeks of tho villagers at Cen-
trcville. to the main street of which place some of
the enemy’s rilled shell were thrown. It was
heard at Fairfax, at Alexandria, at Washington
itself. Five or six heavy batteries were in opera
tion at once, and to their clamor was added the
lesser roll of twenty thousand small arms.
We indeed heard continuous tiding3 of hero
ism and victory; and those in the trees above its
told us of more than we could discover with our
field glasses from below. We heard that Hunter
had fairly rounded the enemy’s flank, and then
we listened for ourselves for the sound of his
charge in the northern woods, and saw for our
selves tbe gathering up smoke from their branch
es, and the wavering column of the Mississip-
pians as they fled from their first battery and were
forced in the open field. Then we saw our own
69th and ?9th corps, animated by a chivalrous
national rivalry, press on to the support of the
more distant column. YVe could catch glimses of
tlie continual advances and retreats; could hear
occasionally the guns of a battery before undis
covered ; could guess how teirihly all this accu
mulation of death upon death must tell upon those
undaunted men, hut could also see—and our
cheers continually followed the knowledge—but
our forces were gradually driving the right of the
enemy around the second quarter of a circle, until
by ID o’clock the main battle was raging at a
point almost directly opposite out standing place—
the road at the edge of the woods—where it had
commenced six Hours before.
As tlte Sixty-ninth and Seventy-ninth wound
round the meadows to the north of tins hill, and
began to cross the road apparently with the inten
tion of scaling it, we saw a column coming down
from the furthest perspective, and for a moment
believed it to be a portion of Hunter's division,
and that it had succeeded in completely turning
the enemy’s rear. A wild shout arose from us all.
But soon ibe look-outs saw its ensigns bore Se
cession banners, and we knew that. Johnston, or
! some other Rebel General, was leadings horde of
' fresh troops against our united right aud center
It was time for more regitneuts to be sent for
ward. and Keyes was ordered to advance witj) the
first Tyler Brigade. Tho three Connecticut regi
ments and the Fourth Maine came on with a will;
the First Connecticut was posted iu reserve, and
rite other three corps swept up the field, by the
i ford on the tight, to aid the struggling ad-
; vance.
i All eyes were now directed to the distant hill
| fop, now, the center of the fight. Ail could see
! the enemy's infantry ranging darkly against the
' sky beyond, and the first lines of our men moving
with line determination up tlie steep slope. Tbe
cannonading upon our advance, the snuggle upon
the hill top. the interchange of position between
the contestants, were watched by us, and as new
forces rushed in upon the enemy’s side, the scene
was repeated over and over again. It must have
been here, I think, that the sixty-ninth took and
lost a battery eight times in succession, and finally
were compelled, totally exhausted, to tesign the
completion of their wotk.
Then tlie battle began to work down the re
turning half of the circle, which the enemy de
scribed during the day, driven before the des
perate charges of our troops, until they reached
the point where Tyler's advance commenced the
action. Down the hill and into the valley thickets
on the left, the Zouaves, the Connecticut and New
York regiments, with the unconquerable Rhode
Islanders, drove the continually enlarging hot al
ways vanquished columns of the enemy. It was
only to meet more batteries, earthwork succeed
ing earthwork, and ambuscade after ambuscade.
Our fellows were hot and weary ; most had drauk
no water during the hours of dust, aud smoke,
and insufferable heat. No one knows what chok
ing the battle atmosphere produces in a few mo
ments, until he has personally experienced it.
And so the conflict lulled for a little while. It
was the middle of a blazing afternoon. Our regi
ments held the positions they had won, but the
enemy kept reeeiving additions, and continued a
flank movement toward onr left—a dangerous
movement for ue i a movement wbteh thoee in tbe
I victory seemed ours,
i At this time, near 4 o’clock, I rode forward
through the open plain to the creek where the
almttis was being assailed by our engineers. The
Ohio, Connecticut and Minnesota regiments were
variously posted thereabout; others were in dis
tant portions of the field ; and were completely
exhausted and partly dissevered: no General ot
Division, except Tyler could he found. Where
were our officers? Where was the foe? Who
knew whether we had won or lost /
The question was quickly to be decided for us.
A sudden swoop, and a body of eavalary rushed
down upon our columns near the bridge. They
came from the woods on tho left, and infantry
poured out behind them. Tyler and his stuff, with
the reserve, were apparently cut oft' by the quick
raanneevre I succeeded in gaining the position
I had just left, there witnessed the capture of
Carlisle's battery in the plain, and saw another
force of cavalry and infantry pouring into the
road at the tery apot tchere tlte battle commenced, and
near which tlie South Caioliuians, who manned
the battery silenced in the morning, had doubtless
all day’ been lying concealed. The ambulances
and wagons had gradually advanced to this spot,
ot course an instantaneous confusion and dismay
resulted. Our own infantry broke ranks in the
field, plunged into the woods to avoid the road
and got up the hill as best they could, without
leaders, every man saving himself in his own way.
By the time I reached the top of the bill, the re
treat, the panic, the hideous, headlong confusion
were now beyond a hope. I was near the rear ot
the movement, with the brave Captain Alexander,
who endeavored by the most gallant hut unavail
able exertions to check tlte onward tumult. It
was difficult, to believe in the reality of our sudden
reverse. “What does it all mean?” I asked
Alexander. “It means defeat.” was the reply.
“We are beaten.”
Meantime, I saw officers with leaves and eagles J
tlie wants to which it will he subject, and
whilst the progressive advance is making,
the most powerful means will be employ ed
to secure its rear end and convey its re
treat if driven back. These grand oper
ations will be attended by Scott in person,
(whose health is much improved,) and so
confident is Lincoln of their complete suc
cess, that at a reception given by brim, on
tbe 10th, at which our informant (who is
a relative of Bates, the Attorney-General,
and who lias given valuable information to
the Government,) was present, an article
iu the New York Tribune was read, de
claring the willingness of that journal to
stake the result of the war upon the move
ment against Manassas, and if unsuccess
ful to make a speedy peace, to which Lin
coln partially assented, declaring the im
possibility of afailure, and his unbounded
confidence in the ability of Scott to win a
decisive victory, and put to flight Beaure
gard, Congress and the Government.
The wife of the bloody Blair, jr., was
present, and held in her hand, near where
our informant took his position, a South
ern newspaper, whose Richmond corres
pondent had written a pen-and-ink portrait
of President Davis’ two children, Maggie
and Jeif., in which the little girl was de
scribed as a perfect gem, with large brown
eyes, rosy complexion aud beautiful hair
and features. Mrs. Blair, upon reading
that Gen. Johnston, having heard of the retiring
of the three months Pennsylvania volunteers, tin
der General Patterson had made a retrogade
movement from Manassas Junction to Winches
ter, hoping to find the army at, Harper’s Ferre 1
Jtavemcnia at the New Y.rU N.tt-V-.
The New York Herald says ;
A visit to the Navy-Yard at Brooklyn, at the n-
tirne would amply repay the trouble Wat
. •- „ — r - . .""“'her-S are coatiimallv paxsine in j r “-
unpr pared. The government, however, have aud nboat.tho yard, and in all the various den^ a 0,1
sent several fresh regiment to that point to sup ; " or k progressing rapidly. \ f u n eomnliH, ents
pi v the place of those whose term of service has I workmen are^engaged, and everything is beimf 11 }
expired. j <* Cl ^
men reported as missing is being rapidly dimtn-1 iu us fast as'possible, aud the planking-
ished by the return ofstragglers to their different commenced. A eitrsony glance suffices to co
ill he i
camps. It is now stated m tlte absence of official , visitu f nothing hut will seasoned timber
ret tuns from the com mauds of brigades and divis- ■ u * ed mthe const ruction. h ,D i
ions, tbit the total ioss of the Union army in kill
ed will not exceed 150.
Being
The Rhode Island was formally pul i n •
yesterday, upon which the American ensign kJ?'” 5
red A torco of marines, about seventy or eigl.ti"'-'
number, were sent on board for distribution . ’ m
the several vessels of the blockading smiadron*"*^
is under the command of Captain S. D Trench i
:vi!li lieutenant Serna as first
peeled that the Rhode Island would li
this morning.
ientenant. It
ordered to
The storeship Supply,which, by the way inker,,
coat ot paint, looks as smart as a bride, received T
ing orders, and left for sea yesterday.’ Close »,*?'
was the revenue cutter Harriet Lane. The d Jw ,
these several vessels were crowded with seamen if
dressed in their blue shirts, troweers and cuds p r , 4m
ing quite an animated appearance. 1 ' ent '
The most rigid surveillance continues to be wi« '
kept over persons wishing to visit the vard None a
properly accredited, ,-ither
admitted but such as
on* their shoulder straps, Majors aud Colonels, j the statement, called the attention of Mrs.
‘ Lincoln to it, remarking, in a tone of much
sorrow, that the little things' father would
soon he hung up by tbe neck or exiled
from the country ; but she hoped the
children, who would always remain ob
jects of great interest to everybody, would
be suitably provided for hv the United
States. The same paper announced the
arrival in Richmond of a lot of prisoners
from Yorktown, Virginia, whose confine
ment and safe-keeping was entrusted to
Lieut. Todd, of the Confederate States
Army, who is a brother to Mrs. Lincoln,
and on duty iu Richmond. The reading
of this elicited the out-spoken indignation
of his exalted sister, who declared that by
no word or act of hers should he escape the
punishment soon to overtake his treason to
her husband’s Government.
The condition of Washington he repre
sents to he the most wretched that could
exist. Gaunt, starving, squalid poverty,
stalks through the thoroughfares where
once rolled the splendid equipages of
wealth and fashion. Between the Presi
dent’s mansion and the once famous
Brown’s Hotel, he counted thirty-five beg
ging women, attended in many instances
by helpless infants. The scarcity and
high prices of flour and meat place them
far beyond the reach of the poor people,
who can neither obtain employment or
leave the city, and are forced to beg a
scanty subsistance of the soldiers, around
whose tents and eating places they collect
and implore the refuse and offal of their al
lowance.
who had deserted their commands, pass me. gal
loping as if for dear life. Only one field officer
so far ns my observation extended, seemed to have
remembered his duty: Lieut. Col. Speidel, a
foreigner attached to a Connecticut regiment,
strove against the current for a league.
But what a scene! and how terrible the onset ot
that tumultuous retreat. For three miles, hosts
of Federal troops—all detached from their regi
ments, all mingled in one disorderly rout—were
fleeing along the road, but mostly through the lots
on either side. Army wagons, sutlers’ teams and
private carriages, choked the passage, tumbling
against each other, amid clouds of dust, and sick
ening sights and sounds. Hacks, containing un
lucky spectators of the late affray, were smashed
like glass, aud the occupants lost sight of in the
debris. Horses flying wildly from the battle field,
many of them in death agony, galloped at random
forward, joining in the stampede. Thos’e on foot
who could catch them road them bare back, as
much to save themselves from being run over, as
to make quicker time.
Wounded men, lying along the banks—the few
either left on tlte field nor taken to the captured
hospitals, appealed with raised hands to those who
rod - horses, begging to be lifted behind; but few
regarded such petitions. Then the artillery,such
as was saved, came thundering along, smashing
and overpowering everything. The regular cav
alry, I record it to their shame, joined in the
ntelee, adding to its tenors, for they rode down
I footmen without mercy. One of the great guns
| was overturned and lay amid the ruins of a cais
i son as I passed it. I saw an artilleryman running
| between the ponderous fore and alter wheels of his
gun carriage hanging on with both hands, and
vainly sttivingto jump upon the ordinance. The
drivers were spurring the horses; he could not
cling much longer, and a more agonized expression
never fixed to the features of a drowning man
The carriage bounded from the roughness of a
steep hill leading to a creek, lie lost t is hold fell,
and in an instant the great wheels had crushed the
life out of him. YY’ho ever saw such a sight?
Could the retreat of Borodino have exceeded it in
contusion and tumult?
I think not. It did not slack in the least until
Centreville was reached. There the sight of the
reserve—Mills’ Btigade formed in order on the hill,
seemed somewhat to reassure, the van. But still
the teams and foot soldies pushed on. passing their
own camps and heading for the distant Potomac,
until for ten miles the road over which the grand
army tmd so recently passed southward, gay with
unstained banners, and flushed with surety of
strength, was covered with tbe fragments of its
retreating forces, shattered and panic stricken in a
single day. From the branch route, the trains at
tached to Hunter's Division, had caught the con
tagion of the flight, and poured into its already
swollen current another turbid treshet of con
fusion and dismay. Who ever saw a more shame
ful abandonment of munitions gathered at such
vast expense? The teamsters, many of them, cut
the traces of their horses, aud galloped from their
wagons.
Others threw out their loads to accelerate their
flight, and grain, picks, and shovels, and provisions
ot every kind, lay trampled in the dust for leagues.
Thousands of muskets straced the route-, when some
of us succeeded in rallying a body o’ fugitives,
and forming them in a line across the road, hardly
one but. had thrown away his arms. The route of
the Federal army seemed complete.
Ambulances.
An ambulance is a moving hospital attached
to an army for the purpose of rendering imme
diate assistance to sick or wounded soldiers. It. will
perhaps interest, the reader to have a description
of the ambulances captured by our tioops after
the battle of Manassas:
The body is fifty inches wide, and is divided
into two compartments, each one entered by means
of a door at the rear. The driver sits outside,
entirely away lrom the sufferer, and is protected
from inclement weather by an adjustable calash
top. The ambulance has four steal springs res
ting on the flexible hickory shafts, and the bed
on which the patient lies is also supported by
four other steel springs, to which are attach
ed small wheels to facilitate the movement in and
out of a wounded soldier, without his rising. The
bed and matress is a decidedly ingenious arrange
ment, and should be seen to be fully understood
Either end can be raised at any elevation desir
able, and either end of the matress can be made
into a good pillow in an instant. A small trap
door in tbe centre of the bed, worked by means
of a spring and bolt affords a convenience to the
sufferer that can be easily appreciated. If tlie
weather is warm, and the sun too hot to admit
of hoisting the curtain, a turn of a button un
loosens a section of the side, which drops down
upon its hinges, and the cool air can pass through
(and over the immate) while the curtains still shut
out the rays of the suu. Several also have a rack
over the bed. where a trunk or any clothing de
sirable can be placed, und everything that would
conduce to tlie comfort of the wounded be imme
diately within his reach. In iact, the new ambu
lance is a complete moveable hospital, in which
the sufferer can rest at ease, forgetful that he is
in the camp or upon the deserted battle
field.
Effect of the .Tlannun* Battle in .7fdry
land.
Wo state, upon unquestionable author
ity, that tlie effect of the news of the Fed
eral defeat upon the people of Mary
land—the exultation on the one hand, and
the consternation on the other—baffles
description. In the city of Baltimore, the
demonstration in favor of the Southern
cause turned the cheek of Lincoln’s min
ions pale. Several Federal officers frank-
Jy had ! "the army of
been deceived—that hundreds of men
whom they had taken to he good Union
ists, were exultant at the news from Vir
ginia. Indeed, they said that it was hard
to find a live Lincolnite outside of their
invading forces. Nor were they without
good reason to apprehend a revolt in their
army ; for it was stated and believed that
a number of the troops stationed at the
Raley House, on hearing the intelligence
from Manassas, openly cheered Jefferson
Davis and the Southern Confederacy
In most of the rural districts the feeling
was cordial and enthusiastic among the
people for the Southern cause. Hundreds
of fugitives from tho Federal army had
called upon them and begged for food and
clothing on their way home, without leave
of absence.
All accounts represent the army under
McDowell as entirely demoralized. The
returning soldiers do not hesitate to speak,
to friend or foe, of tbe utter hopelessness
of tbe subjugation cause. The troops
who are passing for home, on their dis
charge, are like boys just let out of school
for a holiday ; while those on their way to
tbe Federal Capital wear very gloomy
£*«•».—Richmond £nguirer.
the Potomac, recently com in a ml ed by Brigadier
General McDowell. No new movements by the
troops its that vicinity are recorded. The Fif
teenth N. Y'. Y’olnntecrg. Colonel McLeod Mur
phy. occupy the advance position on tlie road to
Fairfax Court House, but everything in that lo
cality is reported to he undisturbed.
The ranks of the Union army are being rein
forced lrom various quarters. Ten thousand fresh
troops have arrived in Washington within the
past twenty-four hours. Governor Curtin, ot
Pennsylvania, has ordered forward ten infantry
regiments, from that State, and an artillery corps
and a regiment of 1,200 cavalry are getting ready
to follow. The YVar Department is accepting all
full regiments which are offered.
General Manstii Id is adopting the most strin
gent measures to re-establish discipline among the
troops who returned to Washington from the tight
at Bull s Run, and to gather them together iu
their respective camps.
The troops in Alexandria are represented to be
in a riotous and disorderly condition, dunkenness
prevailing among them to a fearful extent, but
the sale of intoxicating liquor has been absolutely
forbidden, and several ot the homes in that busi
ness lias been closed up. In a day or two the de
moralizing effect of these places will be effectual
ly checked, and tbe soldiers restored to order and
discipline.
_ The War Department, it is said, received intel
ligence yesterday that a large force of rebels un
der Generals Lee and Johnston had again been
concentrated at Winchester, and an attack on
Harper's Ferry was feared by tbe Union troop#
e‘ that plane, The sebeMmee ef flue news wee
Scene* After the Fight.
The Alexandria correspondent of the Baltimore
Exchange gives the following in regard to tlie
scenes after the fight :
The scenes I witnessed in Alexandria, the day
after the battle, will never pass irom my mind.—
Foot-sore, blood-stained, weary, and exhausted
from exposure and want of food, returned the
fragments of regiments. In many instances they
haJ thrown away knapsacks, muskets, coats, and
even shoes ; they came back cursing the day, and
also the men who had led them into such a trap.
It was then that the chivalric spirit of the South r _
shone forth in the deeds of her children. As an | h' om qfficiul positioner by permission of the yard" 1 *^
invading foe, shouting the war-cry of “On to tuonties.
Richmond," they h^d shrunk from them in dis
gust At their hands the wives and sisters of the
Southern soldiers had received the most gratuit
ous insults : but when they returned fallen and |
crushed, going to and fro a bewildered herd, seek- !
ing vainly for their officers and comrades, these
Southerners, whom they have injured, provided
food for them, tenderly cared for their wounded,
and. in deep pity for their wretched state, seemed
to forget that they had been their enemies. I
should never have surmised that such a victory
had been gained or that the men thus tenderly
cared for were the same w’ho had invaded their
soil, or taken up arms against them. It is a noted
fact that the only houses closed againstlhem w ere
the homes of prominent Union men, and the only
hands not stretched forth to aid them were those
which in their coward march had waved the
“Stars and Stripes.”
Tho Washington correspondent of the same pa
per says :
It is not credited by military authorities here ]
that the Confederates either bayoneted the wound- and ^a-ports, andllie accumulation of Ian-
ed or shelled the hospital, as is asserted by many ■ jj,, 3 pf cotton at given points, while Y'ankee -ninrfies
of the Northern papers. On the contrary, it is as- j nrB *i ill and Yankee operatives are starving, weuld
serted that the shells of the Federais were thickly | offer temptations for the occupation of those point!
poured into the hospital tent. ! that would justify no little sacrifice of treasure, effort
A Brevet Captain of the 2J -South Carolina ;«»«
Regiment, while a prisoner in-the hands of the j 1'or these reasons—-and they seem ample--it is hoped
—Connecticut Regiment, said he would like to , "' ,11 ’Y , ;' clrRd T ,h<
i i ? i t -i plantation until the blockade shall Derailed and
ltave an opportunity to fight rather than be taken | f n<liea , ioll( , of a revival of commercial shall have made
prisoner. He had hardly uttered the words I tlieir uppearance.
when he was shot through tho head by two j . -
of the Fire Zouaves, while held by the Connect!-1 Chance of Regiments.—The Twelfth Geor-
cut tnen. j gij Regiment. Col. Thomas, has been chanffe.| to
A Colonel of a Western regiment, it is current- f i, e Fifteenth Georgia Regiment, by which title it
ly reported, left his men on the field, jumped into j will hereafter be known. Persons having friend;
a private carriage, drew his revolver upon the i in Col Thomas’ Regiment with whom they wi»h
driver, and commanded him to drive on. leaving ! t0 corr spond, will change their addresses accord-
behind those who had hired the coach. Upon be-) jngly.
ing interrogated at Fairfax as to where his regi
Front the Savannah Republican.
The Colton Crop.
YVe have a word of friendly admonition for our plan
mg friends, aud as the season for gathering tlieir cotto*
crops has commenced, tbe present is the best time to
give it. 10
It can be embraced in a very few words. It j„ t ,
store the cotton crop at home and send not a baleof
it to market. It muy give rise to some additional la.
bor—such ns the erection of sheds, tlie procurement''
insurance, Arc., but the first is what every planter
should have already, ns they can be constructed at a
trifling cost, and the second is u precaution which manv
have omitted to their loss.
The reason for this ad vice are threefold:
lu tile first place, should cotton be sent to market
it cannot be sold, and must be there nt expense to the
owner, perhaps indefinitely.
Secondly, it will be impossible to have the crop i D .
sured, under existing circumstances, if it be ciovrded
into the large commercial towns, and in ease of disa»
ter serious loss would aecure to the planter.
The third reason is of n political nature. The Coe-
federate States have no Navy to protect tlieir coast
quauti
NOTICES.
I m-nt was, the brave Colonel informed his-friend V p L* f | ( j
j that he supposed they had “all gone to h—1.”—! S I It 11 1 L
i General Scott is pained beyond description at;
the conduct of the officers in command of our! OA!VD»’ *AS*APAKILLX.-Tlie aperient
ij. " ' ’ * ' ‘
fot ces.
French view of the battle at .Tlanasaas.
Biot at Harrisburg.
A fierce riot occurred among the return
ed volunteers at Harrisburg, Fa , on the
27th ult., in consequence of the neglect of
the Federal Government to pay them oft".
Tlte Harrisburg Patriot says :
A large number of the volunteers con
gregated in the Market Square, who had
expected to spend the Sabbath at home,
became clamorous, some of them exceed
ingly infuriated. An effigy labelled “Pay
master,” was hung on the lamp-post in
front of the Jones House, which was set on
fire and consumed amid the huzzas of the
soldiers. While the conflagration was go
ing on, the Twelfth Regiment of reserves
marched in from Camp Curtin and charged
down Second street.
The returned volunteers being without
arms gave way. The cry was then raised,
“To tho arsenal for your arms !” and the
crowd commenced rushing in that direc
tion. The Twelfth went up Third street
at double-quick time, and succeeded in
surrounding the arsenal before the volun
teers could get any arms out of it.
Some of the volunters got an old dis
mounted cannon ar.d drew it down to the
square on a dray, with tlte avowed inten
tion of “blowing up the Fay-master.” It
was subsequently taken back.
The threats to hang the pay-master
were very fierce, and tlie Jones House, in
which he was stopping, was guarded by
soldieis of the Twelfth Regiment,
Order was finally restored on a promise
to pay.
The Real Traitor*.
The Concord fN. H.) Standard holds the fol
lowing language:
The real traitors, who are responsible for the
disruption of the American Union and the present
civil war, are YVtn. H. Seword, Abe Lincoln,
Hannibal Hamlin, Charles Sumner, Henry Wil
son. John P. Hale, Ac. They have accomplish
ed the disastrous result by preaching Abolition
ism, denouncing union with slaveholders aud of
fering in Congress petitions for the dissolution of
the Union. If there are any persons in this coun
try who deserve the doom of traitors, they are
these authors ot our national calamities. And if
this war continues three years they will be
obliged to flee their country or receive a traitor’s
fate. They have misled and deceived the people
tothe ruin of the country. And when the reac
tion takes place, as it surely will, popular ven-
gence will seek them for punishment. When dis
aster and suffering pervade the North, as they
certainly will; when the people cry out under the
burden of taxes and debt which this war will
force upon them, then will come the day of reck
oning for the real traitors—the political dema
gogues—who are the authors of the nation's ca
lamities. Hence their stipeihtiman efforts to
crush the South before the leaction takes place.
But they cannot evade the accountability to God
and the people. If the war continues tiiree years,
the men we have named above will belugitives in
foreign countries.
From the New Y'ork Herald, July 27.
The Situation.
Major General McClellan arrived in Washing-
antiseptic and restorative properties of thisinvaina-
ble preparation render it a safe and certain Cure in
Cases ot Scrofula, Liver Complaints, Dyspepsia .mj
numerous Ulcerous and Eruptive diseases. It ac's
The New Y’ork Courier des Etas-Unis, of the with extraordinary potency upon the fluids of
23rd ultimo., has the following remarks on the j tlie body, clensingthem from all deleterious p&rticlet,
battle of Manassas, which has been translated and as a restorative, disinfectant and gentle apeiiett
for the N. O. Delta, from which we take the ar- i combined it is unequalled.
tick:: i Prepared and sold by A. B. Sl I). SANDS. Drug-
Some dispatches attribute the reversal of tbe j gists. H' 1 ? h niton Street, New Y’ork. Price Jo cents
scales to the providential arrival of Johnston’s; P er ' * n *-
corps d'armec, from Winchester. We are not oft Sold by Herty &t Hall, also by Grieve & ClaYe.
that opinion. The reserve, which so unexpected- j *’ 11
ly turned the table, had undoubtedly been pre- j Cou ita County Ga., Feb Ktb, 1861.
pared beforehaud, as to the part it was to play in j To All Diseased with Dropsy : This is to certify
the engagement. This is quite evident from the I that I was very nmcli afflicted for a long time with
general progress of the battle. The only object | Dropsy, eo much so that I was unable to do snythiuj
of the Confederates was to allure, as it w ere, the j towardssnpporting my family, and rny life was d--
eueiny to the
portune moment
be fully apparent when we consider tlieir prolong-1
ed silence, in not returning the fire of the assail
ants, their gradual retreat, and tlie continuance of
tlie fight uutii nightfall. The late hour of the
evening, when the attack took place, is doubly ex
plained by tbe intention of finding their adversa
ries much more exhausted, and of adding to the
defeat the confusion of darkness.
We consider, as being equally improbable, that
version of the light which attributes the disaster
of the Federal army to a motiveless panic, which,
beginning with tlie teamsters and the followers ot
the camp, had spread to the ranks. Back inci
dents are not of rare occurrence : but they seldom
attain great proportion and are of short duration.
It is more than probable that this cause exerted
some influence upon the extent of the route; hut,
! under no hypothesis, could it have given rise
thereto.
Tlte details, which will be read below, will
most favorable point and, at an op- paired ot by all who knew toy condition. After two
t*i jo ,„;tt I other physicians bad attended on me with nr. benetit
5 “t, 0 rush “P 0 ? 1 , hin ,‘- . Till 1 " lH I Whatever in removing..,v disease, on the 5th dav of
ml whan U’A nnnemar tltoir nrnmnrr. i . . • i. , . .. .
Feb., 1860, Dr. J. H. Broom.hearing of my situatiou,
came to see me, and left medicine for me. Previous to
the time Dr. Broom came to see me, so bad was I at
dieted that I had not lay down night or day in ail
months. I had not been taking tnedicineof Dr. Broom
more than three days before I found that I was impro
ving. In less titan two months, daring which time I
took three bottles of his medicine and six of his pow
ders, my disease was entirely removed, and I have been
free from all symptoms of Dropsy ever since. I am
now hearty and well, and enjoy better health than I
lmvefor five years. I can now do any kind of work e:
liter iu the house or in thefield, that the most robust
woman can do
lt er
Respectfully, ELIZABETH X NIXON.
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conceded. The whole Federal artillery fell into
the hands of the conquerors : and it may possibly
be tlie case with tiie greater portion of the bag
gage. The prisoners must also be counted by the
thousand. In a word, not only have Centreville I , , , . . ,
and Fairfax Court House fallen into the hands ot j An experienced nurse and female physician, ha;»
the Confederates, but the routed regiments, quiv ! Soothing -Syrup for Children tee,ning, whicii greatofi
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It Gen. Beauregard had it in his power to fol
low up his advantages and making good this im
mense rout, all the advanced catnps must have
fallen in his power, and the safety of Washington
itself would be doubtful. This has been, more
over, fully appreciated at the seat of Government.
All tho reinforcements within reacit, both in
men and guns, were ordered at otteo to tiie Y’ir
ginia shore, to stop the progress of the enetm.
These new troops, protected by the intrench-
ments at Arlington Ileighths, will alone be able to j
face the enemy. As regards McDowell’s army, it
j must tor the present, be considered as entirely an- j
militated. Alter such a rout, an army cannot be !
[ reorganized in one day.
! It would be superfluous and impossible to ai-
! tempt a description of tiie consternation produced
by this news—the more dreadful in its effects that
i it followed without transition the glad tiuings of a
I false victory. YY’itlt tho emottous of the public
event, is blended the peculiarly terrible anguish
that the soldiers who fell to day were tiie citizens
of yesterday. Thousands of families are thrown
into the deepest anguish, awaiting tlie sad con
firmation of tlie fate of dear ones. The samo feel
ings must have pervaded the entire North, and j | ng the prescription is to benefit the afflicted, it*
tlie south itseit will not drain the cup which vic
tory has tilled with blood, without mixing with il
the tears of sorrow.
The cry of surprise and of public woe re-echo to
the voice of recrimination. The inefficiency ol
the commanders and the fatal impatience of the
Cabinet strategists form the burden of complaint,
for by the exertions of these latter was Gen. Scott
forced ta abandon the dilatory policy he had
adopted. The Tribune, which has specially con
tributed in precipitating measures, by its irrita
ting and provoking policy, was, fora time, tiie ob
ject ol the menaces of an excited populace.
Those tardy reproaches will not remedy the
evil. The fruits of tlie bloody lesson of tiie 21st
must be sought elsewhere. It may now bo con
ceived to what results civil war will lead 113—and
these disasters seem to have been placed on the
very threshold by Providenc;, as a warning
against further progress.
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From the Telegraph.
Honor to Whom Honor i* Due.
Mr. Editor:—From the wreath that encircles
Gen. Beauregard's brow I would not pluck a
single gem to adorn anothers, yet justice to the
illustrious dead and the gallant Gen. Johnson,
makes it proper and right that praise and high en
comium should be passed upon his skillful gem
eralsbip ; no general in ancient or modern times
ever surpassed him in all the requisites and quali
fications of a great Captain. Take him from tbe
time he occupied Harper’s Ferry to the battle of
Manassas, and then point tne to his superior
Look at his occupation of Harper's Ferry, then
his retreatto Winchester, his defence of Winches
ter, his driviug Gen. Patterson with a superior
force back on Martinsburg, his offering Gen. Pat
terson battle, his return to Winchester, his march
from Winchester to Manassas, and then point me
to the Captain that lias done more; nay, point
me to the one that has done as much as'he has.
Georgians were with him and shared the toils ot
his severe labors. Georgians inarched with him
from Winchester to Manassas, and on the day
ot battle led by the heroic Bartow, they fought un-. .
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gallant Georgians that fell at Manassas. The
wreath of Johnson and the garland of the gallant
Georgians are inseparable, and remember while
glory awaits the living, honor is the heritage of
the gallant dead. MACON.
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Hote they Meant to have Celebrated our Defeat —
We have understood from an army officer, who
was in the fight at Bull Run, that ladies' wearing
apparel was certainly taken among the effects of
the enemy. They were ball dresses. A printing
press was also found, and invitation cards, show
ing that a grand ball was to come off in Richmond
on the Monday night succeeding, for which the
enemy bad provided all kinds of confectionary
Wbat a pity that snch a nice programme was
spoiled ?
Where is Cadwallader ?—The Baltimore
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Philadelphia. This is from a gentleman who
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otherwise. Now, let them prove where General
C. it, and deny wbat I aay if they can. If it ia
trait why ii it kept Merit from the people 7”
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