The tyranny of the Press, the denunciations of a 
Cabinet Minister, and the impetuosity of a dozen 
Members of Congress, exciting the masses, “moved ’ 
Gen. Scott “from his proprieties.'' For once in his 
ernment. “ Madness ruled 
at Manassas, right or wrong, 
but a political necessity. 
United Suites Sanitary Commission. 
A Circular has been forwarded to the press 
throughout the Northern States, by the Sanitary 
Committee, with a request that it be published. As 
it contains matters of vital importance to our volnn* 
teel'A we give it herewith, and express the hope that 
the facts presented luay he generally understood, and 
that the suggestions made by the C-ommUsloners will 
he heeded: 
AID TO VOLUNTEERS. 
All volunteers in the service of the United States 
can claim as their right, under the Army Regulations, 
suitable clothing and equipment. The Quarter Mus¬ 
ter's Department is now able to supply nearly all 
demands upon it, and will soon he prepared to do so 
still more fully and certainly. Before the end ot 
the month, the Department will have engaged, for 
instance, three million yards of flannel, eight hundred 
thousand pairs of bootees, eight hundred thousand 
pairs of woolen stockings, two hundred thousand felt 
hat*, two hundred thousand haversacks, with blan¬ 
kets. Ac., iu proportion—these quantities being in 
addition to what had been previously secured. These 
supplies are of much superior quality to those fur¬ 
nished by the State Governments, or those generally 
“ Wro said the good name of our country was zone- 
That her flag would be honored no more? 
Over valley and plain, over mountain and main. 
Rolls an answer like Thunder's deep roar. 
A million brave spirits all shout with one voice, 
1 We will die for the rights wo demand! 
Let traitors beware—by their dark plots we swear 
That no shadow shall rest on onr land!’ ” 
ceeded in finding Col. Slocum, laid him on a manner, 
and were convoying him away, when the enemy 
charged upon the wounded and commenced a whole¬ 
sale slaughter. Not a man was standing on the 
field to oppose them. T>r. Barnes waved his sash, 
and begged them to spare the wounded, to which 
they auswerod by a volley of balls upon his party 
who wore bearing away their wounded Colonel. 
They retreated rapidly, but were followed and 
tired npon for nearly half a mile, and only succeeded 
in making their escape by getting into a ravine. 
They carried Col. Slocum to the stone church used 
as a hospital, and there dressed his wound. The 
surgeons then returned to the field, and found every 
man they had left there wounded bayoneted or shot. 
They examined minutely, in hopes to find some 
survivors of the general butchery, but not one re¬ 
mained alive. Dr. Barnes states that at least sixty 
or seventy men were butchered in that part, of the 
field. When be left it the wounded were sitting, or 
sometimes croopiug o.way on their hands and Knees, 
or searching for drink to assuage their terrible 
thirst. When lie returned an hour later, they lay 
like logs, all dead. Dr. Cheney, the hospital stew¬ 
ard, makes the same statement, and also says that he 
ia credibly informed that after the general retreat 
the hospital was burned and the wounded slain. 
Cupt. George Formsley, of Company K, same regi¬ 
ment, says he saw the hospital beyond Bull Run 
blown up on Monday evening after the retreat. 
Thinks that had the reserves been brought up, the 
field could have beon held all night, and the wounded 
saved. This last opinion is shared by all who ’eft 
• the Held late. The retreat was a wicked and she ie- 
' fill abandonment of onr dead and wounded, wb v 
without excuse. No man can give any good teas a 
> why the fresh regiments of roserves were not brought 
T up to the front to cover the retreat, or assist in 
making a stand. The ground which we held Satur- 
j day was perfectly tenable on Monday, nud no justifi¬ 
cation can be made lbr retiring further. The testi- 
• mouy ol hundreds of reliable Individuals shows, 
c ..„„,i „n rlmilo. that the murder of tho wounded, 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., AUGUST 10, 1861 
Condition of the South. 
A gentleman who left Savannah, Georgia, on 
Monday, the 22d instant, contributes to the Philadel¬ 
phia Press some interesting statements of the condi¬ 
tion of affairs at. the South. 
The News ok tiik Battle at Bcll Run. — On the 
22d inst. only the first reports of the battle of Bull 
P.un had been received at Savannah, and there was 
no great disposition to rejoice over the result. The 
general feeling was that it was virtually a drawn 
battle, and as Georgia had lost one of her generals, I 
in the person of General Francis Bartow, of Savan¬ 
nah; Florida another, in the person of General John¬ 
ston, (not the General Johnston who commanded at 
Harper’s Ferry); and as General Bee, Colonel Wade 
Hampton, of South Carolina, and Colonel Jackson, 
besides a large number of the rank and file of the 
Southern army, were killed and many wounded, there 
was but little exultation over their victory. When 
he arrived at Atlanta, news of the rapid retreat of 
our army had been received, and caused much 
rejoicing, and in Tennessee the same gleeful spirit 
was evinced. In Kentucky the Union men bore up 
bravely against the news of our disaster, and they 
proudly boasted that the United States Government 
cavilers and fault-finders raised the 
we recovered, 
cry, “ Scott has periled the country by moving too 
fast," and none iterated it more frequently than those 
who hnd previously spent their breath in vociferating 
“ On to Richmond.” The subject is a proper one for 
investigation, and we purpose looking a little at tho 
record, just to satisfy ourselves as to whether our 
Commamler-iu Chief is still an " Old Hero. ’ 
In the House of Representatives, on the 24th ult., 
an exciting debate arose as to the causes which led 
to tho defeat of the Federal army. Mr. Richardson, 
of Ill., concluded a speech thus:—"I repeat, that 
Gen. Scott lias been forced to fight this battle. I 
will tell the gentlemen what occurred yesterday 
morning. My colleagues and myself were present 
with the President, Secretary of War, and Gen, 
Scott. In the course of our conversation, Gen. 
I Scott remarked: ‘I am the biggest coward in the 
world.’ I arose from my scat. ‘Stay,’ said <*en. 
Scott, 1 1 will prove it. 1 fought the Wattle against 
my judgment, and I think the President ought to 
remove mo to-day for doing it. As Oon is my judge,’ 
he added, after an interval of silence, ‘I did all iu 
my power to make the army efficient, and I deserve 
removal because I did not stand up when 1 could 
and did not.’ ” 
Mr, Raymono, of the N. Y. Times, furnishes his 
testimony. Ho says:—“On the Tuesday preceding 
the battle, Gen. Scott, at his own table, In presence 
of his aids and a single guest, dteo*»m«»4 tU« wh»l» 
subject of this wav in all it* parts, and with the 
utmost clearness and accuracy. He had a distinct 
and well-defined opinion on every point connected 
with it, and stated what his plan would bo for bring¬ 
ing it to a close, if the management of it hud been left 
in his hands. * * * If the matter had been left 
was strong enough to stand a dozen such defeats 
without being destroyed or sensibly weakened. 
The news of Gen. McClellan's victories in Western 
Virginia hnd caused much depression among the 
insurgents of Georgia; and they particularly regret¬ 
ted the death of General Garnett and the destruction 
of his army, as a considerable body of the crack 
troops of that State, who had been considered by 
their friends unconquerable, bad been under his 
command. 
Strength ok the Rebel Forces. — He considers 
that the great error of the North has been in under¬ 
rating vut, of the Southern forces in Virginia, 
lie lias seen reliable statements, showing that previ¬ 
ous to the late battle they had 185,000 men under 
arms iu that State, and since then further reinforce¬ 
ments have been sent forward. They consider Vir¬ 
ginia the battle ground, and Howell Cobb expressed 
the general conviction when he declared, recently, in 
Atlanta, that if the insurgents could not retain pos¬ 
session of Virginia, their whole cause was lost. 
There are great efforts now being made to recruit 
more soldiers, but they meet with comparatively little 
success. Nearly all the good available fighting mate¬ 
rial of the South has already been sent forward, and 
those whom they are now trying to force into the 
service have but little sympathy with their cause, and 
would prefer either not to fight at all, or to anstain 
the Union. There is also great difficulty in supply¬ 
ing their new troops with arms, munitions, and 
equipments. 
Cotton. — There will he a great falling off in the 
cotton crop of tho South,' this year —at least one- 
fourth. The planters are undecided as to the best 
plan of disposing of it. Some advise them to pre- 
have been special objects of vengeance, but none 
were exempt from these atrocities. Let well-authen¬ 
ticated facts be collected aud published now, while 
the memory is fresh, that the world may see that we 
have another Sepoy rebellion to crush. 
The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 26th says:—A 
lieutenant of an Ohio regiment, now in this city, 
and who was at tho battle of Bull Run, states that he 
saw several of our wounded bayoneted and having 
their throats cut by the members of the Alabama 
and Georgia regiments. The poor fellows begged 
for their lives, but their pleadings were disregarded, 
and with an oath the death-wound was inflicted. 
War, like wine, would seem to develop character, 
and this war brings out in strong relief the barba¬ 
rism, brutality, and loose morality of the slavehold¬ 
ing population. Some of the papers affect to doubt 
The Surrender nt Rich Jlouuiuln. 
Each of the following brief epistles relates its 
own story: 
Headquarters at Mr. Kettle's House, ^ 
NeaiuTygf.kt's Valley River, / 
Six Miles from Beverly, July 12, 1861. ) 
To the Commanding; Officer oj the Northern forces, 
Beverly, Virginia: 
Sir:-I write to state to you that I have, in conse¬ 
quence of the retreat of General Garnet, and the 
jaded and reduced condition of my command, most 
of them having been without food tor two days, con¬ 
cluded, with the concurrence of a majority of my 
captains and field officers, to surrender my command 
to you to-morrow, as prisoners of war. I have only 
to add, I trust they will only receive at your hands 
Hucb treatment h* hus btiou invariably ahown to urn 
Northern prisoners by the South. 
I am, sir, your obedient servant, 
John Pegram, 
Lieut. Col. P. A. 0. 8„ Commanding. 
Gen. McClellan sent the following reply by his 
aid-de-camp, Lieut. Williams, U. S. Army: 
Headquarters Department of the Ohio, / 
Beverly, Va., July 13, 1861. ) 
John Pegram, Esq., styling himself Lieut. Col. 
success of the insurgent army- > uey any 
much rather he subjects of Great Britain than citi¬ 
zens of the United States. But tho &mall planters 
Lave little or no faith in the Confederate bonds, and 
many of them refuse to subscribe a single bale to 
the proposed loan. 
A Latent Union Keeling.— It is said that in the 
northern part of the State there is still a strong 
Union sentiment. At Atlanta, a soldier, who had 
been visiting that section on a furlough, declared 
when he heard a man hurrah for Jeff. Davis, that he 
had lately seen a good many Georgians who were 
ready to hurrah for Lincoln. In traveling upon the 
cars the passengers are all very reserved and silent. 
Each man appears distrustful of his companion, and 
fearful that lie may in some way expose or betray bun. 
Tuk Slaves.— The negroes generally are sullen 
and reserved. Great pains have been taken to disarm 
them, and there is but little fear expressed ol an 
insurrection, although among some persons such 
apprehensions exist. Onr informant illustrated the 
cautious concealment of their real feelings by a 
u-rnark of a slave of whom lie asked, " What do you 
negroes think of these military preparations t allu¬ 
ding to the. formation of companies and the march of 
troops which he had observed. The answer was, 
“Can't nay, massa, if we do know anything, or the 
white people will ent ofi our heads. 
talked immensely of “old fogyism ” and “slow 
coaches,” while they daily destroyed — on paper, oj 
course ,—more rebels than have figured in history 
from the days of Judas down to the advent of his 
eminent compeer, Jeff. Davis. Our peoplo, edu¬ 
cated to a fast life, and impatient of control, began 
to grow uneasy under restraint; the spirit which 
actuated was evinced on every side; “On to Rich¬ 
mond” became the slogan, and for the first time the 
Old Soldi r was driven from “ the even tenor of his 
way.” 
In a recent issue of the Rural we published the 
remarks of a leading English journal upon the mili¬ 
tary career of Gen. Scott. The statement was there 
made,—a statement which history verifies,— that 
“ although he had been in arms for more than half a 
century, yet during all that time, as youth, man, and 
veteran, when in command of any description of 
force. /i- has never r etreated one foot. Not that he is 
dared to move until he is certain of his ability to main¬ 
tain his position It was furthermore asserted that 
not a move would he make in the present difficulties 
“ until he felt well assured he could maintain, in men, 
munitions of war, and lines of compiunication, any 
advantages temporarily secured.” Acknowledging | 
the force of these facts, when the North heard of 
the advance npon Richmond, the entire people 
expected a series of brilliant victories which would 
quickly crush the rebellion and restore peace and 
prosperity to the whole country. The idea of defeat 
was never entertained for a moment, and when the 
intelligence of the reverse flashed along the wires, it 
startled as though a thunderbolt had fallen in our 
midst from a cloudless sky. Lovers of the Union 
and the Old Flag were stunned by the shock, and as 
Barbarity of the Rebels. 
For several days subsequent to the battle at 
Maflazsas, the telegraph conveyed statement* of 
atrocities committed upon Federal troops who were 
wounded and left upou the field. We regarded them 
as rumors which investigation would prove false, but 
it would seem that there is only too much of truth 
in the statements. The correspondent of the N. \. 
Tribune writes thus uuder date of Washington, July 
