Orleans Independent Standard

The Sunday Chronicle says a Kentuckian who had been impressed in the rebel ranks, made his escape a few days ago and reached Washington Saturday. He was at the Bull Run engagement and has been in the army in that vicinity up to his escape. He says Beauregard has now 185,000 men at Manassas and vicinity, all well clothed and abundantly supplied with shoes of good quality. The Virginia troops are all paid in Virginia Bank bills and all the other in gold. The Louisiana troops were offered bills of that State or gold, and decided to take gold which was paid to them. Their rations are liberal, and they have plenty of everything. He was offered and declined a Colonelcy in the rebel army. He was yesterday offered a Lieutenancy, in our army, in which he accepted.