The New York Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1861, Page 8

8 — THE REBELLION THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN. WHE CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS AGAL COLONEL MILES, A WORD IN TUS DEFENCE BY OUK OORKESFONDENT IN HIS DIVISION. 70 TUE ROTOR oF Tu New Yorn, August 2, 3861 ‘The wanton attacks made on Colonel Dixon f. Miles, | acting Major General of the Futh divirion of ¢ neral McDowell's army, in relation ite hes Deing intoxicated on ‘the 21st of July—th of the bette at Ball ran—induece me ti sug of that gallant offleer, snasmuch as great ¢ n made to ruin him in the eyes of the p» fidence of his superior ofticers, Ihave been nel Miles from the mo VERALD. ay a few we with Cy ment his division left Hunting Camp Cred, two and # bait uarters at the ction at Cen treville. Ihave been frequently wit Colonel Miles, ant, on the day of the battle Twas at bis side several times during the day, and always found bisa cool and collecteds giving his orders ina clear and distinct voice, Several civilians ‘endeavored te speak to the eolondon the heights at Cemreville, and be told them that “he hhad somothing cise to attend to besides answering: ques tions.” Colonel Miles rode to uhe spot where Captain Hunt's aud Licutamant Green's batteries were playing, and Bsaide, Captain Vincent and Lieutenant MeMillan were constantly on the go, earrying-and receiving orders, It Colonel Miles was drunk, as stated by Colonel Rickerdson, at wa unnoticeable to me tT never saw’ so cool an ollicer, under rying ag the oummand of the Gfth diviston, Perhaps the dress of Colawel Miles, which, to say dhe least, wus semewhat odd—cansisting of asky blue uudress coat, two wide awake bats merge into one, porforated on the sides, and the colonel riding on &4n ofd but favorite horse—indaced tho cuemics of Colonel Miles 10 circulate the injurious report of his being drunk. ¥ toptimwony Unt Co r not only uot drunk on the day ef the battle Dis onergy and military streéacy, by deploying part of command and two batieries o& the extreme left, to keep tho cneiy from outilanking us, he saved the lives of cis, for as sure as day tad Hunt's and Green’s bat- tories not been occupying their relative positions, the enemy would have attacked the army in the rear, and thousands of ives would have paid the forfeit of the oversight, had sueh occurred. Colonel Miles is, in my es- timation, as well as that of his entire division, a inost competent aud efficient commander, and T boldly assert that there are very few out of the ‘eight thousand men under bis command that would not cheerfully go into battle under his orders. Justice to an injured and efficient officer, wh mussion dates from July 1, 1824, indu above brief statement. ‘NE OF YOCK SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS AT DuLL Ron. SCENES ON THE BATTLE-FIELD PERSONAL ADVENTURES AT THE LATTLE OF BULL RUN. [From the Boston Traveller, Aug. 1.) Mr. Edwin 8. Barrett, of Concord, has, at our request, Tarnisbed us the fellowing narrative of his experience on the day of the recent battle of Bull run. Jt will be found exceedingly interesting; and our readers will agree th Wall the “civitians” who went to the field on that day had behaved as well as Mr. Barrett, there would be no reason to complain of them. It is quite possible that the writer has in some cases ‘used wrong military terms, for he makes no pretension to military knowledge; but his narrative will be found in all important particulars as authentic as it is interesting. It com the night before the battle:— ‘On Saturday evening, the 20th of July, I heard we were tostart at half-past two the following morning, and our Hine was to be in readiness at that early hour, We had occupied the camp at Centreville since Thursday night Wrapping my blanket around me, at ten o'clock, I stretched myself upon the bare ground to sleep. The night was cool, gud at twelve o'clock Tawoke, feeling very cold,,and ul 0 sleep more, 1 anxiously waited to hear the signal to prepare. At two o'clock our drum spounded through the camp, and was repeated through the numerous camps around us, and in half an hour forty thousand men stood ready to battle for the Union, The Fifth Massachusetts regiment, which I accompa- -Bied., wag in the division under Colonel Heintzelman, act- ing Major General, and our regiment was third in the co- Juinn. The First Minnesota, tinder Colonel Gorman, led, followed by the Massachusetts Eleventh, Colonel Clarke ‘then the Fifth, Colonel Lawrence, with the regular cayal- ry anda battery of artillery leating the advance, We swaited, ii marching order, from half-past. two o'clock 56 Gon. me to mak until after six before the order was given to advanee, and e learned that Colonel Hunter, with eight regi- ments, including Governor Sprague’s nd, had pre: ceded us, : ‘© to follow. Gi eral McDowell and stall now Mounted on a secession horse, which I had captured two days. previously, I (ollowed in the rear of the regiment. in company with Quartermaster Billings aud Surgeon Hurd. From Centreville we took the extreme northert Jeaving the Warrenton road on our ‘Tyler had taken w forest of he dength, we emerge interval on our le tmetly visible on ou: ing through timber some three or four miles ia | into the open country, with a wide | and the Blue Ridge Mountains dis. ght. We had heard an occa cannon shot during the morning, bit not until den o'c ‘was there any sound of a general engag: annonading on our left aud in front de hastened, and our men €o fager were they for t before we reached the { aAbeir blankets, have ages, the different them into a pile, or without halting. 1 ticd my hor Headquarters, and hastened io ¢ wh advanced in came within reach ¢ was raging on our left and quik nemy"s guy front as they fight our’ division | of April ? a Hetwewn the Rinek Herve Cavalry and kiteorth’s: Zouaves. A great of the cavalry wre ehosens OF Mexnudria and Baiekax count y Zouave they vould ey Ui 0 death of ducksom. sind the Zoneves were equally de mined to Avene the murder af Bis wv no quar was expected hy them. Thad now been ja the tree sam and they resolved to Kill hwtidss por, Lo avenge two Rours, and all this Lime a cortinvons stream of woanbed werk We. | carried past me to the rear, ‘The soleters woulll cross 8, placing their woetdert — edietpanion across, slow! have a wonnd arry them past; anther soldier would A with his arnvamound his meck,, slow ny ba mer would be Searin wornded ¢omrade in their arms, wo was in Sand wishing iahis last agonies. ‘These w to me the most aaocting scenes L witnesses, and I cou hardly keep back Abe tears, while Leould Wek upon the dead “tumoved. “Picking a-couple of persiemons as a re. menibrance, 1 d@scended the tree, startling two sold conyutsic | Yeung against it, Ly requesting them to ssove their hat T could get down. They looket up in astonish | A veive, oil no doubt Ureir first thought | Teébel spy, but tia 8,” on } belt, and my anxious inquiries’ after their regime | soon reassured them, ‘Leaving the cree, T went along over the field to the left, | the bullets” whis me a ploughing up the gi 'y direction, when I came across two of our men with a prisoner, who said be by longed to a South Carolina regimeat, Tasked him some qaegtions, bat he was dogged and silent, and did not ap pear to be disposed to reply tomy inquiries, ‘The shot fell so thick, and shells” bursting around me, 1 hardly knew’ which way € turn, A musket Whizzed past my tar, so near that I felt heat, md for a moment’ thought T was hit. ‘The d was strewn with broken gu swords, cartridge kets, laversack#, gun carriages, f warture, mingled dead and wounded meu, T saw bere a horse and hie rider under hin, Doth killed by the same cannon ball, Secing a small white house etill towards the left, with a voll near it, Tstarted for some water, and getting over a wall, I discovered lying beside it @ number of our dead with their haversacks drawn over their faces, I lifted the cover from their faces, thinking, perhaps, I might come across some of my friends, but they were ali strangers, or so disfigured Uhat could not recognize them, I went to the well Tor a drink, and as I drew near the house | heard loud groans, andl such a scene as was there presented, in that little house of two rooms, aud on the grass around it, was enough to appal the stoutest he ‘The rooms were crowded, and T could not all around on the grass were men mortally wounded. Ishould think there were at least forty om that green sward, within twenty reds of the house, and sueh with both legs shot off; some with a some with both legs broken; others with horrid flesh wounds made from shel one man with a wound in his back large enough to put in my fist; he was fast bleeding to death. ‘They Jay so thick around me that! could hardly step between them, and every step was in blood, Ax I walked among them some beseeched me to kill them and put an end. to their agony; some were just gasping, and some had died since they had been brought there, and the dying convul- sions of ‘these strong men were agonizing in the ex- treme. Some were calling for the surgeon, but the hospi- tal waa more than « mile off, and there were but two sur- geons here Left the house and bore off to the right towards some low pine woods, about a hundred rods distant, and scat- tered long were the dead bodies of our men. On reaching the wood I found the ground literally covered with the corpses of the enemy, and I counted in the space of ten rods square forty-seven dead rebels and ten mortally wounded; and seattered all through the woods still farther back were any number more. I talked with several of the wounded, and they told me they belonged to the Kighth Georgia regiment, Col. Bartow, and had arrived at Manas- sus from Winchester the day before, where they had been with Gen, Johnston. ‘They told me their whole regiment was posted in this pine woods, One young man told me he was from Macon, and that his father was a merchant, Tasked another where he was from; he_replied defiantly, “1 am for disunion—opposed to you.” ‘This man had both. thighs broken. Theard one of our soldjers ask a wounded Georgian if their orders were to kill our wounded, He answered, No, Our soldiers carried water to theso wounded men, and as they lay writhing in agony a cup of water was PUL within thelF reach. “The convalsions of one of. theme was awful to look npon; he appeared to have been shot in the lungs, as he vomited blood in large quantities, and in his struggles for breath would throw himself clear from the ground, T noticed among this heap of bodies an off- cer dressed in light blue uniform, with groon stripes on his pante, a fine looking man, whom I took to be a cap- tain. T also saw one of our’ soldiers take sixty dollars from the body of a dead Georgian; and their knives, re- volvers, &e., were appropriated the game way. This 1 looked upon as legitimate plunder for the soldiers, but as a citizen I forbore to take anything from the eld. Tthink the fight in this wood must have been fiercer than in any part of the field, exeept it may be on our right, where the Zouaves Were. This wood was near the enemy’s right, und where the fight commenced in the morning with Hunter's division, and as Heintzok man’s division came into action the rebels were giving way at this point, under the galling fire of Col. Mar- ston’s regiment, while the Rhode sland troops, and some New York regiments had driven back their ex- treme right. Passing through these pine woods I still bore to the right towards our centre, and crossed a eared space and came to some heavy wood, on the edge | of which perceived a number of dead scattered about; | and seeing several wounded men, I went up to one of them, and found he was a rebel belanging to an Alabama giment. He told me he joined the regiment on the 13th He J horse close to us, aud said, horse, and I suppose you have o rebels had gray suite, with black trim: mings, Very sinker to the uniforms of some of our men. Scattored all through this wood were our men and the Mabamians, dead and wounde ether. I no- from a tree, n when I saw t off, clean as though eut by a sling a stream, Until this time I supposed srything was being Swept before us,as the fire vom the batteries had been nearly silenced on their right, aud only am cecasional discharge was heard. On the enemy's left t Was Hot Bearly as vigorous as half an hour previou came out of the woods, and to my came on to the field. T coult see that the en astonishment saw our whole body retreating in utter batterics were posted on a +. With w | i disorder—no lines, no companies, no regi- ing on either flank i from be distinguished. Istood still a few mo- now about ‘clock | to comprehend the extraordinary spectacle. Dowell ordered one Colonel Franklin, ¢ | rd my name called, and tarning round, lieu tenant sisting of the First M venth and Fifth Massa. | Massachusetts Fifth came ds me, “My God, ehusetts and a Pens Ut, to al what are you here for? exclaimed. ‘Without re” the hull and ; Fiith had suffered much; he said it t , and that the colonel was dangerously wounded. I some dis \ | waited to tind others of my friends, but ‘the whole line pear Gi wept | was drifting back through (he valley.” T fell in with them past ni th and went wolors of the F reached th | The regiment | right on to a | elight kn the shotfrom | uhe rebel r their he A | Battery ewey T followed jt along some me and called amy supports back aiid met an o7 to hurry up at hastened ulred where was. He pointed hin rositnent infantry, I rushed » es He replied, (Th: ight. alon, And « double quick th nent followed after the battery. The rifle caunon shot, shells and bullets struck around me, and men were falling in every direction Hering a high persimmon tree standing alone, distance down th hill, determin 1 t thirty feet fre unobstructed view of the into the en t to chimb it 4b 1 could se n locked 1 andl see Se * their mcwing hither and th batter nit left Ware mnasked that Teoald not disting the flash from their guns; and ab on our extreme left, was £0 completely cc porn stalks placed so naturally about came surider Dit, never ¢ comp! | the tree i J had reaches acgiment, the rebels from the in front, and, with th, cheers, they fell back ito line wns formed chi were given for ( ewho had fought gallan Ly aad received two seyere we Sherman's battery then firiug On my St diselu the tof the sl y's intrenchn! at thoy got the with within thirty 1 men cheered an exploded ins cheered again, tos ‘and continued to tir my returned the fire " ny being k and. she t tery must have eat damage, as every shout eb witht men their intrenchments. Sill and be infant in alfa mile in fron th ed rf infantry, extending to on eer Fi ral « Various eminences om the rear, aly their post from time to time, The fire from n this v and as they kept © uly Aouad, an v which no to enemy driven bi our men w infantry the 1 F own ealled ¢ rew np tow the battery halted and tire Vupon them from new and a terri rt artillory w driven. hack, horses being ki The 70) dully, firing in lines aud load.’ ‘The ranks were boo they would not yield an inch che Black Horse Cavalry, and lifted sabres, upon the this kn and my & gallop over the felt. Ni mous charge of tha Light Brigade, was a cavaky ¢ Amore cut to pieces, Thore is a bither aplosity existing the x slowly up the bill, occasionally halting and looking back. Istopped on the brow of a hill while the volume drifted by, and [ean compare it to nothing more Ue, xo entirely broken and disorganized our lines, ‘The enemy had nearly ceased firing from told Me that ¢ Luring the fight he had twe hoyges shot under 4m, and the oue on whieh he was thea ridimy he caught on ‘he field. I questioned Lim a8 to the cause of our disaster, and he answered “that our light¥roops and light batte: ries could no he gAinst the heavy guns of the enemy strongly intrenched” Tasked him how the enemy's Works could bo carded; with characteristic ith | in hiss branch ef the serviee, he replied, | cavalry w charge sapported by infant: formed ime that we had abant due thousaud cwvalry in the field during the batiio, As we continued our vetreat through Mo wood, the men, overceme with woearmess, dropped by tho read. side, aud immediately feel asloep—same completely ex- ted, boxed Lo Waen=ried, the wagous being abready joaded With these unable to walk; aid sone shrewd ones quietly bargained with the driver of an erlnance wagon for a Aly side. Passing out through this wood we ight of the hills of Centrevilly. TL no: ticed:that the eelumn mostiy left the road and bore off Ubrough an opon feld, leaving the bridge we had crossed in che morning some distance on owr right. Leould not account for this de rom the morniny's course, and (left the main body and continged along some distance | further, determined to keep the main road, as 1 knew of | no other way to cross the creek exeept by the bridge we had erossed’in the morning but coming up to a line of n down wagous, itoccarred ‘to me. that the bridge might be blocked up, as I recollected the passage was quite narrow, 1 then’started eff 'to:the left across a level field, but upon tooking back 4 perceived that the wagons still continued on toward the bridge; in fact there was no other way for them. to cross, Pfollowed the crowd of suidiers through (ho fleld and into some low woods. Here they scattered in every direction, as there was no path, and cach one was compelled to choose his own route. ‘picked my way among the tangled unc Ull T came to the creek: the bank down to th very steep, and I feared iny horse could not down safely; so, dismounting, I led him slowly « then, mounting, I drove into the stream), "! was soft and iniry, and my horse sunk bell Degan to think that we should all be soon jlounder the stream; then urging him to his utmost streacth, we reached tho opposite bank in safety, Twice my gallant horse started up the bank and ge back. After crossing this creek I came into a corn fel, amd soon struck a road leading into Centreville, which Village I sooa reached, and there ompanionanet with his czptata and he dismo: (Never was a man more tefnl for a favor than was this (eutenant. With tears in his eyes he thanked me a thousand times, and, wringing my hands, walked away with his friends, From Centreville T could see the disordered army wind- ing along for some two tiles; a portion of the men and all the wagons and artillery took the road over the bridge while another portion came in nearly the direction 1 had taken, It was now nearly eight o'clock. and as it grew darker our retreating army kept the main road over the bridge, About two miles from Centreville, ou the south- ern road, was a rebel battery where the fight hud taken place the Thursday previ This battery commanded the bridge above mentioned. Suddenly @ cannon shot was fired from the battery and struck our column, erowd- ing across the narrow bridge. The utmost consternation was created by this tire, In their haste wagons and gun carriages were crowded together and overturned; the drivers cut their horses loose, who galloped, they scarce- ly knew whither. Our men plunged into the stream waist deep, and were scattered in every direction, aud some who were secu up to this time have not been haerd of since. The enemy still fired from the battery but did not dare to sally out, as they were kept in check’ by our reserve on the heights of Centreville, T reached our camp that we had left in the morning @ little after vight o’ciock and found that @ few of the Fifth had arrived before me. It was then expected we should encamp for the night, but about nine o'clock we received orders to march to Alex- andria, We had already travelled from ten to twelve miles, and now our weary soldiers were ordered to march twenty-five or thirty miles farther, Slowly the fragment of our regiment fell into line and this dreadful night . I took a sick man behind me and followed in the rear of our regiment, and crossing 4 fleld to the main road we fell in with the drift. ing mass. Afriend of mine from the Fifth, who could hardly walk, approached me. offered him my horso if he would hold the sick man, who was groaning at every step. To this he readily assented, 0 I dismounted. I aw no more of my horse till morning, but trudged along ull night without once sitting down to rest, ouly occa- sionally stopping to get water. I folt comparatively fresh when compared with my companions. The dust was intolerable, and, not haying any canteen, I suffered exceedingly from thirst. Men dropped down along the road by scores; some, completely exhausted, pleaded piteously to be helped along; some took hold of the rear of the wagons, which was considera- ble support to them, and many a horse had two men on his back, with another helped along by his tail; in fact, a horse carrying but one was ap exception. J assisted one fine fellow along for a long distance, who told me he was taken with bleeding at the lungs while on the field; he was very weak, and in vain J tried to fnd an opportunity for him to ride, but he bore up manfully through the night, and I saw him the next day in Washington, After passing Fairfax Court House some of the rej ments, or such a portion as could be collected together, bivouscked for the night, but the men were so scattered that I doubt if half a regiment halted at any ono pot. I atill walked on, never once resting, fearing if Idid I should feel worse when lagain started, Towards morning my feet began to be biistered and the cords of my legs worked like rusty wires, giving me great pain at every step. Gladly did hail the first faint streak of light in the East. At daylight we wero within five miles of Alexandria, About this time we came to where the Washington road branches off from the main road to Alexandria, and here our column divided. I continued on towards Alexandria, and in about an hourcame in sight of Shuter’s hill. 1 then felt my journey was nearly accomplished, but the Jast two miles scemed endless. I stopped ata small house just back of Fort Elisworth nd asked the old negro woman for some breakfast. Two Zouaves were there when L entered, and soon four more came in. She knew them all, as they had paid her frequent visits while encamped in that neighborhood. She gladly got us the best she had, and these six Zouayes and mysel nearly famished as we were, sat down to that breakfast of fried pork, hoe cake and coffee, served to us by this o! slave woman, with greater delight than ever a king seated himself ata banquet ‘The Zouaves each had their story of the battle to relate, but the charge of the Black Horse cavalry was their espe: cial theme. Oue of them, pulling a large Colt’s pistol from his pocket, said, ‘There, I gave that fellow h—I, and asn't the only one either.” L coveted this pistol, and 6 for it, and now have it in my possessic One barrel only had been fired. ‘The Zouaves gradual dropped off, and after paying the slave woman for the meal [started over the hill for the camp of the Fifth, where I arrived about half-past eight o'clock. and found that my horse, with his riders, had arrived safely some time bottom, NUMBER OF GUNS LOST IN THE BATTLE. The number of guns which wore with the Union army at Bull run was precisely forty-nine, of which tweuty-tive have been lost, as follows:—From Arnold's battery, fou Rickett’s battery, six; Carlisle's battery, four; Griff battery, five; Rhode Island battery, five; one Parrot th: pounder, rifled gun, ty teries on Uygir righy and geptre, but still on our ex- right, be Et ap i oy rape the fight was going on and their cannonading was kept ap wit vigor. The Jine where the majy byttle was fodght Was narters Of & inile in length, the ground uneven id broken by kuolls and patches of wood. At no time d we have a fair chance at the enemy in the open field. kept behind their mtrene hment# or under cover of voods. Our comparatively slight Joss may be attri- ad to the Taot that the great gtd Rone were ted in the valley in front of the enemy’s batteries, but ing as close to the ground as possible, the enemy’s passed over their heads, while the cross fire of in- rom their flanks caused us the most damage. Jeave the hill until the enemy's infantry came 1 their intrenchments, and slowly moved forward, glistening in the sun; but they showed no dis’ o ‘charge, and ouly advanced a short distance pituted their columns upon our Sanic. the slenghter would hayg bo arenatul Tough was the panic that ty power on earth wed the rgiree= “and make our men turn wet eX NOS exhausted with twelve hours’ Nha Swuting, having had little to eat, their ned with thirst, and no water in therr can- Id be expected of them then? Our men heroes, and only retreated whéh they had rs to control and command them. found my horse tied to the tree where4 had left him in Mounting him, I rode af to the hospital arters, and stopped some time watching the ambu- bringing their loads of “wounded, fearing T might {riend or acqyaincance, As these loads of | wounded men were br bleod flowed from the vulances like water fr art, and their mutilated wens did I leit these scenes of blood and carnage and fell into retreating mass ofdisorderly and confused soldiery, . None who dragged their ng hours of that night will iments placed themselves in their men and besought them to halt it they might as well have asked wind t blowing; the men heeded them not, but ‘Lon in retreat. The regiments two or three miles rrear, which had not been in action, exhorted our | men to hrit.as we drifted by, bat all to no purpose; no power could stop them. ‘The ‘various regiments tried to te their t collects | Ata and artillery | in trying that for fifteen m | rection nant of mauy as possible by calling out the number of and their State. In some instances they her two or three hundred men. Ww place in the road the baggage wagons got jam her in adead lock, and hemmed in so completely ‘ould move in either di- I became arated from a rem. Fifth, and did not see them again tilT final! tricated myself by breaking down arail fence, 1 ving my horse 0 truck across @ large corn field, thus cutting off con- » distance and r road at a point where 1 the ik fore wily after entering the column in front of me suddenly broke and ran son the left, the panic spread past me and the © | reached Centreville. : ' ran_pell mel] into the woods 1g me alone on 1" vt ree, Twas afraid that in their fright they might shoot me aud | shouted lustily “false alarm Ain Turning my horse about, nota man could gee, but soon h \ e | aso) st his head from behind # large T asked | hina in front e reflect « toalter was? he replied ‘the vewhat provoked at the scare, I non lis courage, and shouted again st y are i puder, ‘false a! which wag scon taken up ulong the read, and in five minutes we were going along as before, between five and six o'clock in the afternoon. : y after T overtook two soldiers helping along a dis. abled lieutenant, they a-ked me to take him up behind e, to which J readily asseuted, although my horse was ty encumbered with « pur of saddle-bags and seve- plankets, The poor mir groaned as th ndme, Twas (earful ne tight fall off, and I told him to both arins round me and hold on tight. Leaning his pon my should: tarted on He soon feit better, g me his name, and informed hat he was a first lientenant of the Marines, aud wotiout. He stated that th i in the of ¢ neach,and that Liew «very dear friend) war killed by his y othcer, with arm in @ sling, eame wid drawing up near to me, t xsked him if * much hurt. He replied “that he had received fe bal. through the fleshy part of hig arm,’’ Hy also y lifted him up } ri THE KILLED AND WOUNDED AT BULL RUN. - TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. i Naw York, August 2, 1861. In looking over the list of killed, wounded and missin€ of the Seventy-ninth regiment N. Y. 8. M. in Cee morn inr’s issue, T did not see the name of Mr. John tration, of 259 William street, this city, with those gf the wound- ed in Company B. He now lies severely W wah Tri) general hospital at Georgetown, D. C. JOHN B, LEWIS. JACOB C, STAMLER, SEVENTY-FIRST REGI- yt, 4 MENT. itamler, of the Seventy-first regiment N. Y. 8, oner at Manassas, and was se. says a des SAFETY OF yee Jacob ¢. M., reported killed, is a pr riougly Wounded. He is néw doing well. patch received at the Louse of an associate, i : THE FIGHT AT SCAREY CREEK, VIRGINIA. We yesterday published an account of the fight at Seargy Creek, Virginia, between the rebel and Union forces, ThE oath trea aes fei tbo Richmond En. quiver, and, as is customary with the rebel reports of any battle, however small, they claimed a great victory, and accordingly became jubilant over the assumed fact. ‘The true history of the fight, however, has been related to us by Adjutant Roberts, of the Twelfth Obio regiment, who was engaged in it and knows exactly what he states to be true. The Richmond papers say that 300 men of ebel army were attacked by 2,860 of the Union forces field; but notwithstanding the terrible odds ope teated the Union men witha, loss of 175, while lost but three, ‘The Adjutant throws a little light upon this rather fanciful picture, by informing us that their entire fore was the Twelfth Ohio regiment and about one hundred men from the Twenty-first Ohio, un- der command of Colonel! Norton. These were sent out for the purpose of reconnoitering and to tind ont if pos- sible the strength of the encmy. At a point about six teen miles below Charleston they encountered an equal force of the rebels, and a collision was the consequence. ‘The Union men had with them two pieces of artillery but in consequence of the rebels being Jntrenched behind earthworks they were almost useless, ahd the men had to depend upon their guns entirely. The Ohio men were getting the best of it, and would have beaten their an- tagonists had they not received large reinforcements, wi which they were enabled to beat back our forces. ‘The joss on the side of the Union men, according to the rebels was nearly two hundred, while Adjutant Roberts gives it as but nine, Again, they boast of having captured two colonels, as many lieutenant colouels, one major and three captains, together with forty prisoners, Vartof this is true; but not as they would intimate. The parties captured were not in the fight at all, but bad gone after the Ohio men, and instead of going into their camp rode by mistake into the rebel one, when, of course, they were detained. Tiere were in the party Colonel Woodruff, of th al Kentucky regi ment; Lieutenant Cole of th » regiment; Major De Villiar, of the El Ohio regiment, and two captains of the Second Ki There was but little glory in taking men prisoners who had already gone into the camp under a mistake. The forty men have yet to be taken. The ot day befe account of the attack on the Union men the by a party of cavalry, was nothing more than a slight skirmish between the Union pickets and « small party of horse, in which the latter was defeated. ‘The Adjutant indignantly denies the imputation of cowardice that was laid at the feet of Colonel Lowe. He was with him all through the engagement, and speal of bis conduct in the highest terms. Mr. Roberts himself is on the sick list at present, and has a leave of absence. INDIANIANS HUNG. {From the Lafayette Courier.) Aman by the name of Elijah Th nd his son, for- merly of that city, were bung in Missouri by rebels at the family residence, on the line of the Hannibal and St. Jo- seph Railroad. ‘Mr, Thomas hoisted the Stare and Stripes ou his house top, but hauled them down to prevent an attack. He was visited and a: the Union flag, and answering in the son were seized and taken to tho woods and hung on the same tree. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1861, IMPORTANT FRGM THE REBEL STATES, OUR PHILADELPHIA CORRESPONDENCE, Purtawarvata, Aug. 2, 1861, ‘Me Privateer Mariner from Wilmington, N. C.—Governor Pickens Refused Admission to the Rebel Lines—Mrs. Lin coln’s Brothers, the Tolds—Thirty fice Prisoners at Ra leigh from Fortress Monvoe, de A machinist, lately employed on the Raleigh and Char- lotte Railvoad, N.C., reached the city to-day, bringh several important itenes of news, He left Raloigh on Fri day night, after the wattle at Manassas, and travelled to Louisville by way of Columbia, S, C., Augusta, Ga., At Janta, Chatanooga and Nashville, experiencing no difticul- ty at any place, and passing the Kentueky line in safet He travelled without a pass, At the Teimessee line, the trains backed up to each other, and the engineers were ready, on any interference, to go off at full speed in oppo: sito directions, Each company was evidently afraid of the other. At Wilmington, N. C., the towboat Mariner, carrying twenty-two men and two guns, went out on Tuesday, af- ter the battle at Manassas, with a letter of marque. The port bad not been blockaded, and British vossels came in almost daily, taking out tar, turpentine and naval store A United States vessel had not been seen off the port since hostilities began AUBig Shanty, afew miles from Atlanta, there was a rebel camp of 5,000 men, among them a brother of Mrs, Abe Lincoln, hamed Todd, who held a captaincy. He had | charge of thirty-five Union prisoners, taken near Fort Monroe, and when our informant left was wrangling with some ruffians who wished to enter the cars and insult the captives. Dr. Todd, another brother of Mrs. Lincoln, was a private in an Alabama regiment. He had been arrested in Texas for speaking disrespectfully of Jeff. Davis, but ‘was afterwards released, and enlisted, No civilians have been allowed to pass Richmond on the way to Manassas since the latter place was fortified. Governor Pickens was refused a pass a few days after the batule, Seven South Carolina disabled soldiers went with our informant over a hundred miles of the way. They ali vowed to go back to the war, ‘The tiret draft for troops will be made simultaneously in the seceded States within a week or two. There is & great quaking among the civilians in consequence of that fact, None of the rebel troops had been paid off, save in a few cases a small bounty of fifteen dollars per man. Beauregard and Davis factions were being formed in the South, and the enthusiasm for Beauregard in many cases led to serious controversics with the Davis men. ‘At Montgomery, the Louisiana Zouaves had committed 8, and four of them had been court mar- ‘The rebel reverses in Western Virginia were attributed to lack of ammunition. John ©, Breckinridge was in disgrace, but Vallandigham and Ben. Wood were every where lauded by the rebels. The first Union flag iu Kentucky was seen near Bowling Green, forty miles from the Tennessee line. General MeClellan’s appointment at Washington had been published in the South, and the fear of his military virtues was general. Paper mills were working day and night in Virginia, and all the foundries were casting sheli and shot. THE REBEL CONGRESS. Ricamorp, July 20, 1861. Congress met in the Hall of the House of Delegates, at the Capitol, at twelve o'clock M. oy Howell Cobb, in the chair, called the assembly to order. ‘The Rev. Dr. 8. K. Talmadge, of Georgia, then offered up the following prayer:— O Lord, Thou art the Lord God, merciful and gra- cious, long suffering and abundant in goodness and truth, whilst Thou by no means clearest the guilty. Thou art glorious in thy holiness, fearful in thy punishment of sinners; Thou art our Creator, our Preserver, our kind and graciois Benefactor. Thou openest thine hand, and we are filled with ‘Thou hidest thy face,’ and we are troubled; Thou’ takest away our breath we die and return to our dust. We desire to feel onr entire dependence on Thee, personally and so- cially, civilly and religiously. It is the Lord only that can bless us. It is not in man that walketh to di- rect his steps; the “race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong.” Wo would look to Thee at all times for Thy assistance and Thy guidance in our duties. We would look to Thee especially, our kind Father in heaven, at this time—this solemn crisis in ovr history. We pray ‘od to smile propitiously upon our youthful republic, and to give success to our efforts, nected with the government of the Southern confederacy, Bless Thy sorvant, the President of the Southern States, and aid him plenteously with wisdom from on high, Hofd him in the hollow of Thy hand. Give him energy, and endurance, and boldness, and faithfulness in the dis- charge of the awfully solemn duties devolving upon him, Bless our Vice President, and bless Thy servants here, who have met together for the solemn purpose of laying. the foundation of our prectons republic. O, make them instromental in rescuing the temple of liberty, bought by the toils and the tears, and the sufferings of our fathers, and cemented by ' their blood. 0, make them instrumental jn rescuing it from all the evils that have threatened the precious cause of Ame- rican liberty, & us from despotism; save us from tyranny; save us from oppression; save us from anarchy and those thousand evils into which we are in danger of being plunged. And, O God, grant that all our laws may be devised in wisdom, may be founded in truth, and that the smiles of Heaven ever may graciously rest upon us. Bless our beloved soldiery in the field of battle, periling their lives and their ali to defend our land. ’Support and protect them. Cover their heads in the day of battle. Be their bulwark and their fortress, and give them abundant success. Confound our enemies and blast their councils, if it please Thee, for we believe they are wrong. ‘Thou art the God of justice and of truth. 0, do thou aid us to do our duty,” and do Thou humble us in the dust, and bring us toa sense of our. Ui worthiness, Save us from the national sins and crime that bring down the vengeance of Heaven. Save us from the sin of Sabbath breaking, from the sin of profanity,trom the vile sin of intemperance, and let virtue, and piety, and intelligence and learning’ abound. Make this goveryment of Thine own planting and of Thine own gracious gulfrdian care. May the liberties which we are defending be transmitted by our fidelity to the latest posterity. Save us from pridé and self-dependence. O, let us not rise ina sense of self-importance, and say with one of old, “Is not this Babylon that I have builded by the might’ of my power the majesty of my strength?” lest the curse of heaven come upon us. Father mimit these Thy servants to Thy faithful care, their judgments, their intellects, their hearts, and give them a solemn sense of their respousibili- ty befor tions of this meetingebe such as Thou wilt own and bless; and let all the councils of this Congress redound to the glory of God and the temporal and eternal welfare of mankind. We commit ourselves, with all our interests, to Thee. We pray Thee to bless us, and guide us through the trials of this earthly pilgrimage, and when our short journey is ended, lead us, through the rich grace of the blood of Christ, into that brighter and better world “where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest,” and the praise of our salvation shall be ascribed? to the triuue God, Father, Son and Holy mei more, AMON, nao shan ol) being ciljod {gllowing named members as iOS wee rtanicd by From Alabama—R. ith, J. 1. M. Curry, Nich. P, Davis and H. ©, Jones, = ts. From Arkansas—Robert W. Johnson, H. F. Thomasson, A. HL Garland and W. W. Watkins. F om Florida—None. Pom Georgia—Robert Toombs, Howell Cobb, Eugenius A. Nisbet, Benjamin H. Hill, A. R. Wright and’ Augustus HH, Kenan, From Louisiana—Jobn Perkins, Jr., A. De Clouet, Chas. M. Conrad, D, T. Kenner and Henry Marshall. From Mississippi—Wiley P. Harris, Walkey Brooke and J.T. Harrison. From Sowh Carolina—L. M. Keitt, C. G. Memminger and W. W. Boyce. tinned Nom From Tera:—Louis T. Wigfall, John 4%. Reagan, John Hemphitl, T. N. Waul an@W. B. Ochiltree. From Virginia—J. W. Brockeubrough sles, The following named newly appointed delegates from Virginia then came forward, presented their credentials and took the oath of office A. Seddon, Wm. B. Preston, W. H. Macfarland , Charles W. Russell and Robert Johnson. The following named gentlemen, members elect from th Carolina, then came forward and were sworn in:— 00, Davis, W. W, Avery, W. N. HL. Smith, A. W. Vena- We, J. M. Morehead, R. C2 Puryear and E. 4. Davidson. The President's message was received and read, and 5,000 copies were ordered to be printed. Mr. Toombs, from the Committee on Ways and Means, introduced a bil! entitled at act to authorize the appoint ment of agents to sign treasury notes, which was passed. Mn motion of Mr. Keitt, of South Carolina, the Commit: tee on Printing was instructed to inquire into the expe- diency of electing a Public Printer. Congress then adjourned to meet on Monday, SOUTHERN boa) out OF GENERAL MceCLEL- LAN The New Orleans True Delia says:-—* We h Clellan, an officer of unquestionable ea 1 plished, enterprising and successiul soldicr, 18 to. be. put at th dof their invading armies, subordinate only to Lieutenant Gener! Scott. We do not regret this change , as the fame of Beauregard is concerned; on the coutrary, we rejoicd that it has been made, because we know there could be little credit in scattering such troops have hithorto encountered our heroic men in battle, a and such like political trash. lan is worthy of Beauregard’s attention, and while we have not for a moment a doubt of the re- sult of their first measurement of arms in the field, nor of any liter conflict, 80 far as the honor and reputation 8 great soldier is involved, we hope when to face arrayed against each other no great erial will be allow- ed to cripple our side on the eventful eceasion. In pre- gence of an officer so thoroughly a soldier as McClellan, it will not do for our gallant boys to sleep or be negligent’on outpost duty in contempt of their foe; he will, if any one can, make something ef the sons of the Pilgrims, the de- scendants of the Mayflower'’s passengers, and therefore our complete satisfaction that one whem it will be really a great honor to defeat is now at the head of the Lincoln army of subjugation.” BUSINESS RELATIONS BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH. PURCHASE OF STATE STOCKS, BONDS, ETC. The following queries have been put to the Confederate District Attorney at Charleston: — First. Is it lawful for a citizen of the Confederate States to purchase of our enemy State stocks or bonds of any of the Confederate States, and demand the interest when due? Second. Is it lawful for the same parties to parchase notes given by merchants of the Fouthern confederacy to Northern houses, and detand payment for the same’ Third, If i2wful and proper to purste the above course, | would it not be equally legal for the small trader to buy. | merchandise of ¢he enemy; or, in other words, does the | Jaw intend to operatg in fayor of the fortunate holders of Bless all who are con- .| nner capital against the humble dealers in wares and mer- chandiser ‘The response is as follows:—The acts specified by you certainly constitute “trading with the euemy” peculiarly objectionable, because they afford a direct assistance to the enemy by the transmission of money to foster the re- sources. “And, in addition, such conduct is highly unpa- triotie, because directly injurious to the interests of the States and citizens of our Confederacy, whose obligations are thus withdrawn from the enemy’s country, Where it is for the interest of such States that they should since they could not there be called upon for payment during the war. Such operations are certainly worse | than the simple purchase of merchandise in the enemy's country, because they, at the same time, aid our enemle and injure our friends, MOVEMENTS OF GENERAL McCULLOCH. (From the New Orleans Picayune, July 24.) We hart « visit yesterday from an intelligent gentleman of Arkansas (Mr. Jos, Bossert), who 1s fully posted as to the recent movements of General Ben. McCulloch and his command, and who furnishes the following interestiug in- telligence: Aiter General MeCulloch had captured the federal troops at Neosho, Mo.,on the 5th inst., he proceeded with his command, consisting of about 850 men of the Arkansas Mounted Rifles, under Colonel Churchill, towards Carthage, Mo. When four miles distant from’ Carthage General McCulloch met Governor Jackson, of Missouri, with his foree. had just defeated the federal force un el. General McCulloch and Governor Jackson, with their respective commands, then went to Camp MeCulloch, within seven miles of the Arkansas line, andat this cainp Governor Jackson, with his force, halt? ed. The confederate troops, under General McCulloch, and the Arkansas troops, under General Pearce, then re- turned to Camps Jackson and Walker, in Arkansas, near the Missouri line, On the 13th inst. General McCulloch again left Camp Jackson for Missouri, having under his commare the Third Louisiana regiment, under Colonel Hebert, the Arkansas Mounted Rifle, under Colonel Churchill, and the Fort Smith Artillery, under Captain Reid. ‘The destination of the foree was Flat Rock creek, two and a balf miles north of Keitsville, in Barry county, Mo., at which point it was the intention’ of General McCulloch to organise his forces and prepare for energetic operations. We regret to learn that the report of General MeCul- loch’s Victory at Springfield, Mo., was totally unfounded- Mr. Bossert assures us that a very large force can quick- ly be assembled in Southwestern Missouri, and that the difficulty go far has been the scarcity of arms, ‘This diffi- culty, we arc assured, will very soon, to @ considerable extent, be removed. We hope that, ero long, we shall haye gratifying intelli- gence from Southwestern Missouri. REBEL NEWS FROM ARKANSAS. » [From the New Orleans True Delta.) Fort Saurrn, Ark., July 16, 1861. Tn your issue of the 20th ult. you seem much to wish reliable information touching Missouri, from a common man. 80 here goes :—Jackson was beaten at Booneville with 1,000 men and some cannon; and commenced a 300 mile retreat to Arkansas; he fought and skirmished 250 miles to Carthage, where he found Colonel Siegel with a strong force and cannon, barring his progress. day McCulloch took Neosho, a small mining town near the Missouri linc, eighty Dutch, forty teamsters and camp followers, twelve wagoners and one hundred and fifty stand of arms, and pushed forward thirty miles, forced march, to Jackson. During McCulloch’s advance, the light ‘went on between Jackson and Siegel, and for cight hours extended backward and forward over nino to fifteen miles—frst one side then the other, mostly at long range with cannon. Night found the Missourians sleeping. When the battle ended, completely fagged out with oxertion and the heat of the day. Seigel’s force retreated a few miles, and continued it carly next morning, and lucky for them they did so, for McCulloch’s men came up soon after but could not pursue, being tired out. McCulloch returned to his camp in Arkansas, and Jackson camped near him, on the Missouri side. He arrived with 6,000 men, being joined in retreat by Raines. He found 2,000 Missouri re- Tugees in Camp Walker, and was joined ‘by 2,000 others from various parts of the State; his force of 10,000 is now being organized and drilled by Raines, and ho has just started back from Fort Smith, having made a hurried Visit to our Quartermaster on some pressing business. On the second day after the Carthage fight the federal troops of Kansas, under Sturges and others, and Kansas State troops, under Montgomery, were said to be secn tw ed near Carthage, to reinforce Lincolnites at Spring- eld. Lyon remained sometime at Booneville after Jackson’ retreat. Where he is‘now I don’t knew, but from reports it is likely he is near Springfeld, mustering all the Lin- coln forces of Missouri to attack or repel an attack of the combined forces of Raines’ Missourians, McCulloch’s con- felorate troops and the Arkansas State troops of General jerce. Of the Tennessee and Missouri forces at Yellville I know nothing. It is a long way from this, and very little com- munication. The Louisiana regiment encamped hore several weeks, but are now at Camp Walker. Of seventy who were in hospital here (mostly with the measles), twenty-five con- valescents started to-day to rejoin their regiment, thirty- five are recovering, and but one has died. He was an Irishman, whose name I have forgotten, bit his comrade was named Sheridan. He was born near Granard, county Lonford, and I think, but am not sure, belonged’ to the Pelican Rifles. On the March of the regiment between here Camp Walker four took sick, and are now staying at two farmers’ houses, at a place called the Natural vam, about thirty-five miles from Van Buren. The fighting ma- terial of that regiment is good, and the conduct of the nen while here was excellent. The first day they reached our town two rowdies wanted to fight everybody’, but the rest of the regiment took them in hand and put'a stop to their mischief. The chaplain made many triends here, your humble servant being among the numbei It rained all last night,and part of yesterday and to-day. ‘This will perfect our corn crop and raise the river. Our crops of wheat and oats are unusually good, aud flowr and horse feed will be found in Missouri both plenty and cheap. Thope other essentials will not run short, but have some fears. The Texas Rangers, 1,150 strong, are coming, and will join their oid colonel about the first of August They were detained at home some time for want of trans portation. Six hundred mounted riflemen are coming f: the Choctaws and Chickasaws, and a regiment of half blood Cherokees has gone forward to Camp Walker. The Che- rokees are a fighting tribe, but the half-breeds are doubly so. ‘Choctaw small on the plain, but hell in the bush.’? could tell you very nearly the number of Southern troops on the Missouri line, but it is needless; facts are exhausted, I will cl think our force will ‘‘clean out’? the Linco souri, for the Unionists are cooled down by the St. massacres; the Dutch are getting scared, and mai them have left the State. It must, however, be born mind that from the free States surrounding it a heavy can be quickly thrown into St. Louis, and it beh Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas to have each a for dy on their borders adjoining Arkansas, with arms transportation for the same, and forward it immediate should they find the Arkansas army driven b: Fayetteville, That is the gate of entrance to the South- West, and it must not be left open. It will appear hei after that we haye already done our full share, or more. REBEL TROOPS IN TENNESSEE. [From the New Orleans Delta, July 24.) At Camp Booneville, Tennessee, north of Clarksville and near the Kentucky line, is a large encampment of len- esgecays (ud several regiments of Kentuckians, made up from Boone, Kenton, and other northern counties of the State. The Mississippi regiments, the Twelfth (Colonel Griffith’s), and Thirteenth (Colonel Barksdale’s), have Just passed through this place, en rewe from tbe cump ‘at Upjon City to ¥' x; but their place has fu turn hock fiearly supplied by 1S companies passing up to the camp, called Camp Brown, out of regard for Hon, Milton Brown, of this place, President of the Mobile aud Ohio Railroad. The health of these regiments, which had been encamped several months, required the change which, from the cheers of the soldiers as the cars passed this point, must have been very gratifying to them, though it Was certainly @ painful sight to gee so many chivalrous souls rushing joyfully to the scene of anticipated bivod- shed,and numbers of them, mayhaps, to their graves. ‘They’ left some thirty sick ‘here, who, T am hagpy to state, are yeceivin, ye kindness and attentions of mpthore And sister# tt the hands of the patriotic lactic ‘This county is represented by ment, under Col. Wm. Steven y have been kindly invited toy encampment. There is, or was, a company at Union City, 1 understand, whose First Lieutenant was the . thoroughly versed in the manual of aris, and determined to engage in a conflict with the enemy. At this moment [ have nothing of mterest from Egypt. The Cairoites have suffered several hundred barrels of lager to be ianded at Columbus without bill of lading, or other evidence to whom consigned. The suspicious beve- rage has no doubt been smuggied into the Colum. bus is guarded by Kentucky troops, as_to whose prociivi ties I Would not indulge an intimation further than to say am inclined to feel satisfied they are there. We have at st 10,000 micn at Union City, very near Columbus and iro. I shall only give minimum estimates as to our forces, 80 that onr enemies may be left to vague conjec ture go far as my statements oncerned asto the full extent of our regources at any point. Tmay add that We army of Tennessee truly bears out her reputation as the “Volunteer State.” General MeCulioch is one tives,” and is represented to me by those who | him, to be a man of medium size, Some tive! high, rather siender, with light lair, and. in private anything but the ferocious fellow he has proved in battie in Texas and Missouri, MISCELLANEOUS SOUTHERN ITEMS. DEFENCES OF NEW ORLEANS. The commission of engineers appoiated to prepare plans ations at various points haye submitted them to nor and Colonel Hebert, Full power has been given to the engineer to take possession of certain lands and buildings for the purpose of erecting the fortitieations rks are now rapidly progressing. Arrange iso been made for the erection pow mill, and a resolution has passed the City i au thorizing the Comptroller to warrant on theCity Treasurer for $60,000 for defraying present expenses, ont of the $200,000 appropriation for the defences of the city. A TERRIBLE WEAPON. ptain Benter, of the Barrow Guard, has exhibited to xlitor of the Delta a specimen of the tho pike, sed by the Poles in their war of independence, which is truly a most frightful weapon. It is intended to b used against cavalry or infantry, and cheaply. It consists of the ordinary scytue blade atta toa Stout staff, cight or tenefeet long, with a hook. will bea terrible weapon in the hinds of brave men, CHURCH SERVICES FOR THE DEAD. ‘There was service at the cathedral, in Louisvill on Monday, and prayer was offered upon the occasion for the souls of those who Were slain in battle in Manasses, ‘The Right Rev. Bishop Spalding preached an appropriate discourse to one of the largest audiences ever assem) in the cathedral, AN EDITOR A ‘The Augusta (Ga.) Consti’uti killed in the battle was Geo, Stovall of the Southerner. known sporting m Danie! Boone, wai ND A SPORTING MAN KILLED. alist Says that cinoug the of ‘Rome, Ga, editor a, the wed horse #0 kiled. EW BRIGADIERS, The Hon, Robert Toombs and Col. Loring, late of the towards | lite | United States Army, have been appointed Br rals in the rebel ariny, and will take the tield It is also announced ‘that B. F. Cheatham and F. K. Zeli- coffer, both of Nashville, have buen appoiuted Brigadier Generals in the rebel army. NO COTTON TO BE SHIPPED, ‘The New Orleans Crescent of the 23d ult. say lish to-day a card, sigued by every cotton {ac Orleans, recommending the planters not to sirip a bale of cotton to New Orleans until the blockade is fully and en- tirely abandoned. The geutlemen who sign this card are all men of their word, who mean preoteely what they say and who control the trade of one-half. the coiion product of the United States. Their recommendation will be car ried out by the planters to a man, BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. ‘The steam sloop-of-war Richmond received sailing or- dors yesterday, and was expected to leave for the Gulf in the evening. It is not likely, however, that she will sail till this afternoon, The Richmond arrived from the Mediterranean on the 3d of July last, since when she has been refitting. She was armed with twenty-two guns of small calibre, which have been exchanged for sixteen nine-inch Dahlgren guns, rendering the armament far more efMlcient aud more suitable for molern war- fare than before. For the last two or three days a | juantity of provisions and stores were being taken on board, and yesterday the activity that has pre- vailed for some time past reached its culminating point. During this period the Richmond hag been new!y painted and presents quite a neat appearance outside. On board the usual confusion incident to a vessel getting ready for sea prevailed; but things were being put ship «liape under the direction of the officers, and a t time atter she hag: been at sea she will be quite ataunto, alow and aloft. The Richmond is a first class steam sloop, of 1,929 tons burthen, and ‘was built at Norfolk. She is a perfectly new vessel, having been launched only during the present: year. The following is the present list of officers: — Captain, John Pope; Licutenants, N.C. Bryant, A. B. Cummings, Robert Boyd, Jr.; Surgeon, H. A: Henderson: Assistant Surgeqn, William Howell; Paymaster, George ¥. Cutler; Master, Edward Torry: Acting Manton B. Coggershall, Frederick S. Hill; Captain’s Clerk, P. C. Pope; Paymaster’s Clerk, John Van Dyke; Acting’ Boat- swain, Isaac F. Choate; 'Acting Gunner, James Thayer; Acting Carpenter, Hiram L. Dixon; Sailnaker, Henry F Stocker; Acting Master's Mates, Charles 8. Livingston, Charles J. Gibbs, Henry W., Grinnell, Heury Heitman, Howard F. Moffatt; First Assistant Engineer, John W. Moore; Second Assistant Engineers, Eben Hoyt, Jr., and Joseph T. Butler; Third Assistant Engineers, William Pol- lard, R. B. Plotts, G. W. W. Done, Charles E. Emery, Al bert’ W. Merley. ‘The other vessels that are under repair and being re- fitted are progressing rapidly. A full force of workmen i engaged, and every effort is being made to get all tho vessels ready for sea as soon as possible. FORMATION OF AN ARMY. ‘TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. ‘Wasuiaton, July 31, 1861. In the military countries of Europe, as in France, Prus- sia, Austria, Germany, Russia, every one—without excep” tion of birth, blood or fortune—from a non-commissioned officer toa field marshal, began and begins the military service as aprivate. Here, almost every one making the slightest claims—if even by his coat—on the condition of gentleman, attempts, or is aided, to start at Icast as liew- tenant. This is not the way to have a good army. GUROWSEI. PENNSYLVANIA ARTILLERY. rom the Herrlabarg 2 ‘aph.} The Commander-in-Chief of the army has ordered al} the available battcrics of artillery now at Harrisburg and elsewhere in this State, to the line of the Potomac. Several batteries have already left for that destination. Captain Campbell, for some time past stationed at Curtin, has been despatched to get ambulances and wi for he conveyance of ordnance and men, and the entire artillery force now here will soon leave for the se. t of war. Tae New Treascry Norss.—The Washington Star says:—The treasury notes, the emission of which has re- cently been authorized vy Congress, are being prepared for issue. A portion of the low denominations are made payable to bearer in coin (of the $5’s, $10's and $20's), at places designated on their face. Others of the same denomination bear 3 65-100 interest, payable one year after date, with the privilege of the holder, when ‘pre- sented in sums of $100, to exchange them for treasury notes having three years to run, bearing 7 3-10 per cent interest. All treasury notes may be exchanged for twen- ty years’ bonds, bearing six per cent interest. A. the treasury notes to be of and above $50 denomination, bear 73-10 interest, and are made payable in thre MISCELLANEOUS. Cane —TONICS MANUFACTURED FROM COMMON whiskey, raw alcohol and such like, about market. If you wish to be healthy use STi COGNAC B . If you are sick use them. Ke always in your family. They cure Cholera, Chol ra Mor- bus, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Yellow Fever, Bilious iseases: and’ Bowel Complaints, and are an invaluable ( ie for common use during hot weather. They are man\itactured in France from pure Cognac Brandy, and are imported and sold by STEINFELD, 70 Nassau street, sole agent for the United States. ‘YATT’S LIFE BALSAM. RHEUMATIC IN TTS MOST PAINFUL FORMS, Also, Scrofula, Erysipelas, Salt Rheum, Pimples, "Blotches, Old Uleers, Fever Sores. The worst cases of diseases of the blood, mercurial complaints, Debility, Liver and Kide neys, Incipient Consumption, &e., are most certainly eured by. this great purifier, Hyatt's Life Balsam has cured thousands of cases of these and similiar discases, and it will most certainly cure ny case Which can be reached by modicive, if taken in accordance with directions, Tt does not coutail: a particle of merenry or any other deleterious minera!. Principad depot, 246 Grand street. ger oe WS FROM COL. WILSO! EGIMENT Fort Pickens, Forr Pickess, aly 16, 1861. Dr. Rapway & Co., GENTLEMEN: J have just arrived from Forts Pickens and Jefferson, and am emboliened to say that the gross of Ready Relief, aud other preparations which you were kind enongh to ask me to present to Col. Wilson's regiment have done most excellent service in camp, and under “rongh’’ cireumstances. The Relief is the only article we used in the cure, and is an immediate palliative of asions, br wounds, barns, colics, diseases of 1 has done wonders in the way of ly. Tam authorized to say by ities of the regiment that Rad es are a blessing to the men and a great re- 1 sicians, the medical aut €o.’8 medic lief to the Indeed, we have eve people would b by the judicior pounds. T can « all our sick eof time ur famous eom- very soldier uid exclusive use of y nitiously recommet to take Radway 's Medicines in his knapsack. You will please accept our thanks for your sanitary gift, and excuse the enthusiastic praise of ‘ours truly, THADDEUS W. MEIGHAM, ATTEN’ le WEAPON OF J F. nds of s@diers will bear in mind thatit thenticated fact that more lives are lost from in from the chances of war. It is therefore the du! soldier to adopt preventive measures against attacks of sickness and the diseases in- cidental to exposure and fatigues of military duty and life. swt the diseases most prevalent among the troops, are DIARRHEA, DYSENTERY, CHOLERA MUR Soldiers is a wella ickness and dis¢ RHEUMATISM, LUMBAGO SUN STROKE, 8 AND FEVER, TYP (OID FE MPS A ¢ to malarious dews, work rlow marshes, swamps, & with DY RELIEF, y serious extent. Tts use attacks, aud if sick wil and no ed, of the uard against attac importance of Radway’s Ready sease, and as 8 curati ay to the follawing high endorsements :— {rom Captain John Whitlock ntecrs, First California regiment, quic We re Read Company Colonel Math . Captain John Whitlock, Company T, California regiment it Camp Yates, Staten island, says that Y July, IS6L, be administered the Relief to fort; ‘onyany, who were laboring under severe attacks that its remedial effeets were ity of the sick reported for pfore rec mends its of the regiments as a mea- co. Py Captains Md Tientenants of seve ae \ to the fact of Radway’s Ready Relict it service among thew men iD heumatism, Cou ° Bones, In sed the patient Hoargeness, uty within BY SIX HOTILES OF RADWAY'S Came Sanproxp, ARLINGTON Hi 4 June 24, 1861. Messrs. Rapway & Co.— Please send me some mor e of your Ready Relief. The a ‘a, in a malignant form, has broken out in Compa- ai have cared TWENTY MEN with the half dozen. bottles of Ready Relief L teok with me. Direct to mnt, care of Captain Lawrence, Company D, cig infint, Washington Greys, N.Y. S$. M., am Fighth reginf gt ye ae oblige Sevesry. Ninth Recnteyr, S.M., Grorarrown Couieor, D. C., June 24, 1861. Rapway & Co.— tie dopartare of the regiment to which Fbelong, ® friond presented me with a bottie of RADWAY’S READY RELIPF. Tput it in my tronk, never thinking at the timo UT would require i! —and in fact being quite ignorantof t et there it lay for two weeks, until [ was S. d after ail remedies of RADWAY’S READY RELIEF, and , by its use T found myself restored «health. Itis the desire of a namber of o whom [distributed your valuable ry to you their most sincere thanks have derived from the use of your J. B. SINCLAIR. ‘eventy-ninth re 1. ¥. 8. M. RADWAY & CO., No. 23 John street, to my usta