Daily Wabash Express, Volume 8, Number 169, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 August 1861 — Page 2

THE DAILY EXPRESS.

TERRE-HAUTE? TUESDAY AUGUST 13. lt Garibaldi. The telegraph bring intelligetce of the uader by the world renowned Italian patriot Ga&ibaldi, of his service to the Government of Ui United State, for the present war. 1 1 U also reported that the Government tu accepted the offer, and Hat Usued rowral sion to him as Bri radier General. Tfci actio will meet the approbati of the public. The high position a:ta:oed by GaatastiM. iu iL; hte im of Europe, bit Ion.; since at tracked IL itentioa of the whole wotld to bim. 5vraiC3 any civilized natiou would tie clin tho ervice of so distinguished a warrior. Ills frm ha always been raUad in be1 i!f ot liberty and against tyranny, and it U bat carrying out the principle of hi past life to fly to the American etaadard in the hour of iu peri!. He will be met by the ration wiüi a f,raad aad hearty, greeting. Cri. .UcDowrll,i Itrrort. The report of Brigadier General McDowill lothe VTar Department, uaJer date of tv.e -lilt ir.it.. concerning the action before Miriuscn tie 2lst ult , ha just htea pub Ldjei. U is a lengthy, yet plain and honest actint of the battle. It does not seek t piüiate or cenceal any of the diajster of the d 'T. The various positions and Operation ol the army, during the battle are very distinctly pven. The racse which led to the delay tu nlrjüclzj od engaging the enemy, an J t'-e reasct why tie battle was fought on S2T.w2y are atated at length. The causes wh ch led to the uafortunate termination o! the etagerocct, in the opinion of Gen. McDowrii, are announced baldly atd frankly, lie dfes cot . criminate f.ny one. OScers whose cuaduct he mi&ht Dot appro e, ha does not illuJe to. tad recognise liberally cd aaJ3me!y the bravery acd gallant bearing . ol those who ictci ei! their prt. There Ivts net appear to be any of the morbid fetliucI tli:itpoitta:tut or TexitiorTabout the report. It is the plain and 'UnraraUheJ .Aicu-ui of & scldier who f onhl a wclipwmaed battle, almost to victory, acd theu by causes, which he could rot cor.trot. lost tjedav. . Tfco rout aai paaio which, unfortunately ad Üpracefully,cioedtheday are called by their right Cime. There ii no eäT-Jrt at palliation or excuse for tkis. The report, altogether, is calculated to elevate Geu. McDowell, la the estimation of the country. Oa th? fint cewi of the disaster, people we.e diptsed. almost ur.canrriously, to attribute the blame of it. to him. Ilii facta, however, are quite coatbrla. aad 50 fr to exc-ilpite Lim from any invitation of lack of i'-itj, 5r ability. We publica the report atlre, and curacies. I it to readers. tlie racMt truthful and :i.c. :!e desT'tloa of t?e bitt.e. which t r-oter as U.U ry n;-er. Political l'artiew We hate repeatedly eald that ill t'ue lata jraJitical prt;ee, which hav eaiatM in oor rurrv, are now "-üaved out." There are !0'ie f the o'd isf ues long-r extant. Trtne but fools cr prtuani by trade, look ta the reconstruction of any of the old parties. Occasionally we meet with "Dear aoals!' who a.-e very felicitous about some course of policy which is calculate to praerve the Deacratic party, or to ensure the existence of the Republican party, or to reinstate the American party. Deluded creatures! They are very good, perhaps, bwt al ery ye! All pjt party organitations have gone out Cf sight, and sunk in utter insignificance, before the great iu of the rebellion. Tbe question cf Iwyalty to the Government, or ?jc,"a-h with .eceMion, ia the only political or pra'-'.ir-.! distinction between Northern t5n. Mi thla dy. So one can pretend that sjiy of the ol 1 parties exist 'ith of Mason id Dixi'o'a line.We have done with partisanship while this war ccul'nucs. Krery god citizen of any Ijyal Su:e Km buried this Ing ainee. We know no politic! question tut the one in vol vü. the u;pnrt ., or.cppcaifioi to the Gove.'&fclcf the Uniud S:atef. There ii r.o Jv!tng th;a iue. It : aquar. direra and viul his or. whih roes nt admit of qasiincatir.n. eq'zivocatioa or neutrality. It taust ::rcred directly, yr or way.'There can u "backirg or filling" abont it. Ijyl men mut corae cut aad wheel into line, and tird by the Government in this hoar of j.t.11, to natter what the'r pat party aSiiat.oa has been. They meet as a band cf brother upon tne broad platfom of "est cuafr'" btre whLU every party creed asd p rfs;'n. f pt; wtr, grow Hin a p.! ple away When the war U or there may he new art'e pr-r.? u perchance there msv be .cealmr?-;ra natnian of AM and oenmy difer, as. before, on jueitiora s policy a-. i gostmrr.eatsl manaeaaest. Th f r?cit hour is one of duty active. oerpwerir. straight-forward doty? What tvt dcty i, Ajt we un !ertan 1 It. has been frep:r-.ty p.i-tM ct The man who. in tbe-se de-er-,? tines, U tk-X fr kis reaxfry fvftt iaJ srfy List Is traitor at heart, and God Alti!gt.ty wi'dsoj'iige him. Tbe poor, m sera hi e, craven bounds, who yet liege; feebly, at uv.e Xorth. tlt are wülinr to e!l cnt tir conr.try to their party, have attained a b-unew4 tad degradation bevord eon eeptloa' tVere ever taea so besotted J Wa tbere eer a poll; cal and peroral dnr.ai!oQ ore sure? Vet tlere are not a few, ba the fare of petnt:rn and light aad knowledge, h are holdifg f-rth the'.r hands to be sAiraeled, aad o3erinr theajseleee as ssersfaea ca the a'tas of aeswir;. ewlag too'i party seal i l' S-h eorxlon is ineom prebabi These are dye which io ot alma of rjn h Vzf ?rr.ea to-js events are npen c The Scregrity of Jv. (oeroaent is aesiiVi Every tnan wh) is not o.-j3!vfe;,iv for ( t r-r s s! .I sft'"t it, II r' ' : , , .1. -e t re.. -in 2 ig. sic- :i that. b-it if baquvhfiei b tatriot'sni in ar.y re -pect he is a svirratolser and wcreths an avowed srsn jt. Tbe rule !s Ir faiüh'e. It fr-j!1 be applied to every caAe. Ihare are but two pe.rtse bow Ani their platforms ae very r'inpi for the Govenssrent f the Taited Htaleeae egabJt it!

Tat Chicago jupera state tt;t the Aran Isaacw MratJi Hcikaw wboc!lm to be the wife of Jo, C. lUiJiAM the celebrate! rtenicia Boy," has cooamenced a dirorce it agalat hica, la Mcllenry county. Illinoi. The champion find Adam a very hanl aubject to enter the ring" with.

THE BULL'O IIU1T BATTLE. Geo McDowell OOclal the Kngagement. lteport f Licutetutut Colooel H. D. Towmivo, Asfis tant Adjutant General , Headquarters of the Army, Washington, l. C. (VioMt: I have the honor to submit the the following report of the battle of the 21t of July tear Utnaaj, Virginia. It has been delated until tbia time from the Inability of the aubordinateeorarnandfrato get eartier a true- account of their command. Iu my communication to jou on the tWth ultimo. I stated it aa my intention to mote that afternoon, and dri c the enemy from the et aide of UaH'a Run, so a to enable the engineer to mtke a auSicieotly acrurte recunuolaance, to justify our future movements. Later in the diy they bad obtained euou-h information of the passage across the stream to dispense with this reconnoUance, audit was decided to more without more delay. It hd been my intention to more the several columns out on the road a few miles on the evening of the 20th, aothit they would hate a ttorter march in the taorning; but I deferred to thote who had the greatest distance to so, and who preferred starting early ia the tnornio;, and mtk n but one move. On the evening ot Jne 2?ih u!t. m? commiad was mostly at or near Centre rille. The enemy was at or near Manama. diuat from Centreviile about seven miles to the southwest. Ceotrevtllela a village of a few houses mostly on the wt aide ot a riJge running nearly notth and south. The road from Centre ville to Manaaaaa Junction was along this rluge. and croaes Bull's Hon about three ixiles from the former place. The .Warrentoo turupike. which runs ueariy eat and wet, goes over thla ridre through the village, and crones Bulla Hun about four miles I rum it. Bull's Run having a course beiweea the crossing from northwest to ruth east. Tbe rt division (Tvler'a) was sta...oted on the north aide of the Warrenton turnpike, and oa the eastern slop of tbe CentreriUe ridge, two brigades oa the uoe read, a od a tuile-and-a-haÜ in advance, to the west of the ridge, and one brigade oa the road from Centre il!e to Msnas where it croe Bad Run, at Blackburn's Kord, where General Tyler bad the engagement ot the l?th ult. Tbe second d.vis.oo, (Hunter's) wiu on tbe Warrentpa turnpike, one oi.le east of CentreriUe. The third division (I'eintselmaa'a) was on tbe road known as Uie Old Braddock road, which comes into Centre ville from theioutheast, about a mile-and-a-hlf from the village. The fifth diviou (Miles') was on the same road with the tSird division, and between it and Ceutrerille. A map which is herewith marked A, will show these positions better than I can describe them. Oa Friday eight a train of subsistence arrived, aad on üiturdiy its coateuts were ordered to be issued to the command, and the men required to have three days' rttiona in their hareVsacks. On Saturday ordra were tasued for the available force to mircb. As reported to vou in ray letter of the 19th ult., my personal reconnojtance of the roads to U south bad shown that it was not practicaoJe L carry cut the oriiaal plan ,f turning che enemy position on J.heir right. The aSV.r of tbe 1Mb at Blackburn's Fjrd showed Le was too i:rt.:jr at üiit y.Ll for us lo force ,i.;e lif.rc ii-;.it Tos.', and it" vre ü.ü it wr:M brm,r win front of hii I trnc ncaiuon it jJanaasa, which was not ! desired. Our information waa that the atone 1 I bridge, over which the Warrenton rc.td I crc-d Bull's Run. to the wrt of Centreville. was defended by a battery in position, an 1 the read cn h; ide of the stream impeded by a heavy abatis. The alternative -was, thereicre, to turn the extreme left of his pcv:c. Reliable information waa obuiae l iC an ucdel'esded lord between it and the brUge, there bin another loni betwtea it Aiid the bridge, which was defended. It was therefore determined to take the road to the upper ford, and after crossing to get behind the forces guanling the lower ford and the bridge, and after occupying the Warreaton road emt of the bridge, to send out a force to destroy the Railroad at or near Gainesville, and thus break up the communication between the eaem'a forces .at Manassas and those in the valley cf Virginia, before Winchester, which had been held in check bv Major General Patterson. Brigadier-General Tyler was directed to move with three of his brigades on the Warrenton road, and commence cannonading the encmy'd batteries, whle Hunter's division, moving after him. should, after passing a little stream called Cub Run. turn to the right and north, and move around to the upper ford, aad there tnrn sou'h and get behind the csemy. Col. He.srx!ian'a divMon wa to follow Hunter' as far a t;ie turning off place to the lower ford, where he was to cros afitr the enemy should have been -driven out by. Hunter' division, the Fifth diviiou (Mile'") to be in reserve oa tl.e Centrevjlle ride. I had felt anxious about the road from M insas by Blackbura's Ford to Ceutrerille along tbe riJge, I earing that whilst we should ts ."hea t ra tKa 'Ans aav4 -..satrAiAw e turn the enemy's, pos tion, we ourelres should be turned by him br this road for If he should cn:e wbtaln r-oviest.;nn of th'a rüge, which overKvks alt the country to the west to the foot of the spur? of the Bine R' ige. we should ha ve been irretrievably cut ofT.and destroyed. I had, therelore, d rected tliis poitt to be beldln force, and entan engineer to extemporize medel l work to trer.gU.n the rsitior. The Forth division (Ra.-ivoo's) had not been brought t the frect further than to j guard oor communications by way of Vienna aod the Orange aud Aieaandr. K4.road. His advaneoi regiment wi aMut seten miles in the rear of Centrevilie. Tbe d. viators were ordere to marciv at naif put two o'clock, A. M.. s as to arrive i 03 tbsj ground early in the d,y. arvi thus avoH ui fce.it whicfa is to be expected at th.s ?iru. There w delay in tho first diviaion geiting cat cf its carrp ou the road, and tbe other d.v'ra'ons were in onae-pence between ij and three hours behind the time appo nte-d a grest misfortune, a eveiita turned out. The wood road lead jig from the Warrenton turr. pike to the upper ford was mach Urer than, we countel upon, the gerier.l d rectiou of the strem be ng gb'ue ta the road, and we having tl.e tue anlea oa our de. General Tyler commenced with his artillen at haft-past six A. M.. but the enemy di fco, reply, and after sometime it besme a uettkQ whether he waa in arv forre in our front, an 1 if he di nM inten i ?.!melf to mske an attack, and make it by Blackburn's Fprd A fie? firing serrra! times, arJ. ob taining r.o response. I he'd one 6f He ntaelman' brirsde in reserve ia ca( should have to nd asy troops b-"V to re enforce Mh'es difla! ?a. The other brigades moved forward as d.reeted in tbe general orders Oa rtifhirg tbe fori, it Sa-JItVi Spnnc. I s lonn t part ct theTeidng brigade of Hunter's ! divifica (Barr.aiie'i) bad crel. bat tbe S c:n ere slow in gettirg c armk At .t tb's titr.e tAe er. stoppirg to c'oa Is or dut fYT5 the dirextioa of Mrt-i indicated the irrito'slis'e approach of a lasrg f-rce. ard fea'iat it rvght cme djs-aon the bead of rh eolyten before ti.ed.sisVn r Vh!l pet Ore srni u'ai- ?t. e-Jrs t"tTt back to "k . ::f...v 1 1 reva fron, tl Cj.mn ! co:r.e forwd separately as fst aa pri!. Order were eit by atfofEcer to the reserve brigade of He'ntierman'a fir"'ioH tt r?me bv a nerer ri! t. ' - - v . v e'd, ar i an aM de flap H sent to Briao er Ger. era! Tvler t-v direet bi-n i r , fvw-aM h'-e attark.as large bxiie of the I eremy rn passirg la frr.t of h m to atu.'k lbdiviJ?a which had crossed over The ; ponsd between the tfaa and the road frea rssdlty'e Spria; ecotk. aad ever

which tbirnauleVi brigade manhed, was fur about a raile firm tbe ton! tbickh wooiie!, whilst oa the ilqht of the na I for about the aatua distance the country divided ieten fields and wood. Auut a mile from tbe road the country on both.ide of the road is otn, ajid for pesrlv a Mile further Urj;e rolbng fietd eitrtolnl down to tbe Warren

ton turnpike, which ctoes nhst became the held of battle through the llv of a small water rourne, tribut4ry of Bull a Run. Shortly after the leading regiment of the Crt brigade reached this open eafc, and whil.t otbera and the ecund brigade weie croaaing to the front and right, the enemy oj.ened hi tire, beginning with artillerv. an'l follow tug It up with Infantry. Tbe leading brigade ( But-t.-ideV) b id to attain the slux-k for a hurt time without upport. and did it well. The battalion of regular iafntrv wa sent to su.taiu it, and shortly afterwni the other corps of I'orter'a brigaie, and m regiment dta; hod from Heiut(e'mn's d vision to the left, forced the enemv back far enough to allow Sherman' and Kee' brigidet, ol Tyler' division, to rrixw from t!rir Kiitien on the Warrriiton road. Thr.se drove the tight cf th eaeinr, under:oHl tohan been comreunde l by lleauregsrd. from the front d the ne!J, and out of the detached hm-M. and down to the rod, and aeo4 it up tho lpeon the other sule. Whilst this was going on, HeinUelman's division was mjving down the strem and up the road beyond. Beyond the Warrenton road, do:) n hich our troons had mrchod from Sudiey'a Spring. i a hill with a farm boiie on it. Behind this bill the enemy bad, early in the day, some of the mo.t annoyiug batteries planted. A'cros tho road from this hill was another hill, or rather elcratod ridge, or table of land. The hottest part of the contest wvs lot the poaes:on ot tliu hill, with a house on it. The force eneged here. wx Iieintzelman s dir'nior, Wilcox's tnd Howani's brigade on the right, aupported by partof I'orter's briff Ade. and the cavalrv unler Ilmer. atui rranklin's brigade of Heintzelman'a divUioi, Sherman's brigade of Tylti'a division in tbe center, and up the road, whiUt Keyea' brigade of Tjltr'i divijiou uü on the left, attacking the batteriea near the stone bridge. The Rhode Island batterv of liunide's brigade alno rarticinat ed iu this a tuck bv its hie from tho north of the turnpike. The enemy wai understood to have been conimandel bv J. K. Johntou. 1 Rickott's batterv which did such effective t.ervico.aLd play el so brilliant a part in this con- ! t ?st . was. together ilh Griiliu'i battery, on the side of tho hill, and becunio the object of the special attention of tho enemy, who succeeded our ollicer mi-caking or.o of his regiments for one of our e.n, .md allowini it to approach without tiring upon it in disabling me ovuery, ana then attempted to take it. Three times w ho repulsed by different corps in succesV.on, and driven back, and the guus taken by hand, the horses beiug killed; and pulled away. The third time it. was auopoed by us all that the repulse wa final, for he was driven ontirely from the bill, and so far beyond it as not to be in siht. nnd all were certain the day was ours. He hid be fore this been driven nearly a milo and a half, and was beyond the Warreuton ton road, which was entirely lu our possession, from the stQne bridge westward, and our engineer were just completing the removal of the abatis across th road, to allow our reinforcements (Schenck's brigade and Ayers'.battery) to join us. The enemy wo evidently disheartened and broken. But we had been fighting since halfpat ten o'clock in the morniug, and it was after three o'clock in the afternoon.The men had been up since two o'clock in the morning, and had in ide what, to those uauied to such things, secaied a long march, j before coming into action, though the long- . et distance gone over was not more than j n'ne and a half miles." and though they had taree aays provw.on ervea out to tnetn the t!y before, many no doubt either did not eat thera, or threw theni away on the march or d-jrins; the battle, aud wer therefore without food. Thev had done much severe fizhtin: Some ofthe regiments which had been driven from the hill in the first two attempts of the'eaemy to kecpposejsioa of it, had be come ahaken. were unsteady, and bad man men out of the runks. It was at thisi time that the euemy'a reinforcements cams to LU aid from therailroad train, understood to have juat arrived from the val!:y with the residue of Johnson's ar my. They threw themselves in the woods'on our right, and toward the rear of our right and opened a firo of muketrv on our men, which caused them to break and retire down the hillside. This soon degenerated into disorder, for which there was no remedy. Every effort was made to rally them, even beyond the reach of the enemy'a fire, but, in. vain. The battallion of regular infantry alone moved up tne hill opposite to tbe one with the house on it, and there maintained itself until our men could get down to and across the Warrenton turnpike, on the way back to the position we occupied in the morning. The plain was covered with the retreating troops, and they seemed to infect those with whom they came in contact. Theretreat soon b araA 10 it, and this soon degenerated tül iiirther into a panic. Finding this .-täte of affairs was bevond tho efforts of all those who had aasistedjso faithfully during the long and hard day's work in gain'bg: almost the object of our wishes and that nothing remained on the field but to recognize what we could no longer prevent, I gave the necessary order to protect their withdrawal, begging the men to form in lin , and offer the appearance, at least, of organi zation. They returned by the fords to the Warrenton road, protected, by my order, by Col. Porter's1 force of regulars. Once on the road and the differeat corr coming together in anaall pa ties, many w th ut oScr, they became intermingled, ar.a all organiutiou wa lost. Orderihad ben ent back to. Miles' division L't a' brigade to move forward and pro tectthis retreit and Col. Ble.iker'j biigao was detached for this purpose, and was ordered to go a far forward as the point where the road to the right left the msin road. By referring to the general order it will be seen that, wl.i! the operations vsere to go oa ia front, an at'vk was to be tr.sde at Blackburn's Ford by the brigade ( Richardson') statiorid there. A re!ercnce to this report, and to that of Msj. Hunt, commanding the artiiierr. will show that this part of the plan was well and effectively carried out. It ricceebd in deceiving the enemy for 1 consi Iable time, and In keeping in check a prt of hi f3rce. The "f re of the artillery at thia point is represented a particularly ttnirtive. At the l ni,T onr retreat, seeing grett activity in this direction, much firing, and columns of tbist. I became anxious for the place, le.img it it were turned or forced the whole stream cd car retreti,lg mass would be rip-ture-1 or destroyed. Aftr providing for the prote-t "on of the tetreit by I'orter' an! B'enker's brigades. I repaired to Richardson' and fortnd the while force ordered to b stationed for the holding, of the road from Slanaasas by Blackburn' Fori to Centreyille. on the march, under the order from the Division Commander for Centreville. I immediately halted ft. and ordered it to take up the best line of defense across the ridge that their position admitted of, and snbsenently taking in peracn the command f this part of the ar my. I caused seah disposition of the forces w fitch h4 bn added to by the Firt and Second Xe Jener ac l the Da Kalb regi. ments, rleril "p from Runvon's reserve, before roirir forward, as would best serve to i check the? enemT. The ridjre being held hi thia wy, tbe retrest eu.-rent rad bisr ly through CentreTiile to tho rear. Tie enemy followed us from the ford a far as Cub Ran, and nwjf to tos road beconrnff bWkel cpat tho crossing, caused us mueh dsraz there, for the artillery could not pass, and errrsl rseces and rjwns had to be aban i-r.c-J. In the panic the honet hauling the cessions and amunition were eut from j their pla:es bv peron to ee-jpe with, and in ! Its 0 mach con 1 won wt eauset, th pas x :?vriv rn a . ' sj - lr ar gravate-d, arl the road encumberc-l 1 . Not only were tlece of artillery lost, but alaj many of the arahnlance errying the wpamlcd. By sundown our men bad gotten behind. Ceatreville ridje, art-Ut became a question whether bocld or rot endeavor to naVe

a lUud there. T he condition of mtr artillery and its ammunition, aud the want of food for the nun, who had generally abandoned or thrown away all that bad been i.ued the day before, and the utter disorganization and consequent demoralizaiimi of the mac's of the army, reemed to all alio acte near enough to he consulted divUion and brigade eura-

tuan lcr and staff to admit of bo alternative but to fall bark, the more a t as the poi tiou at Blacl 'mnt'a ford was then in the po e.Jon of tbe enemy, al he ess already turning our left. Ou tending the officers of the stafT to the different caw;, they found, as they reported to me, that our dec'aion bad been anticipated by the troop, most nf those who had come in from the front being already ou the road to the rear, the panic with which they came in still omtiimiug and bur rj ing them along. At o'clock the rear guard (Blenkir'a biigr.de) uioied, cotering the retreat, whw h was effected during the night and nett morning. The troot at Fairfax station leading b the cars took with them the bilk of tl.e supplies which bad been sent there. My aid de camp, Major Wadworth, tdayed at Fait fax Court Houo nil late in the morning, to sec that the stragglet-s and weary ami worn out soldiers were not left behind. I transmit herewith the repot is of the eil divisions end brigade commander, to which I refer for tho conduct of particular, regimatrts ami corps, and a c nsoli l .t?d return of the killed, wounded and miing. From the latter it will be seen that our kiüed amounted to nineteen otlicen, and four hundred and aixty to it(in-coninji.vioned ollicer and privates, and our wounded to sixly-four clliirrs and nine hundred and foriy feveu iiou-coinruWioned ofdicera atl privates. Many of the wounded will aoon be able to join the tanks, and will leaae our total of ki!ld und disabled from farther-eon ice unc.t one thousand. Tl.e return of tho mis sing is very iuaccurate, the men kuppo.-ed to bo niising haaiug fallen into other regiment and gone to Whhit;gton many of the Zouaves to New Ycrk. In oiio bravado the number originally reported at eix hundred at.il sixteen, was yesterday re lured to one hundred ani aeveuty-four. These 1 eductions are being made daily. In a few dtvs a more correct return can be made. 'Of cou"-. nothing accurate is knots 11 of the loss of the enemy. An officer of their forcei, coming trom them with a llsg of truce, admitted eighteen hundred killed nnd wounded, ami other information shows this to be much under the truo number. The ofiii er commanding the Klevcnth New York, Zjuues, and Colonel Heintzlemac. say that tbe return of that regiment cannot be rtdied on, as inanv of those reporteil among the casualties, fiavp absented themselves since their return, and have gone to New York. Among the missing reported are many of our surgeons, who remained in attendence on our wounded, and were, against the rules of modern warfare, made prisoners. - Tbe Usue of this bard fought battle, in which certainly our troops lost no credit in their condict on the tietd with an cnesny ably commanded, fupcrior in number, who hid but a short dislt. nee to march; and who acted .on his own ground, on the defensive, and always under cover, whilat our men were of necessity out on the opeu fields, and should not prevent full r. edit being given to tho.e officers and corns erbose ervices merited Miccess if they did not attain it. To avoid iejetition, I will only mention, here the names of those not ehibraccd in re rirts of divisions and brigade commanders, beg to refer to their reports for the names of those serving under their immediate orders, desiring that on this euhiect they be considered a pari of my own, I claim credit for the officers of my saniß'.'and for those acting ars auch during tho day. They did everything in their power, exposing themselves freely wben required, and doing aH that men could do, communicating orders, guiding the column., exhorting tho troops, rallying them when broken, and providing for theni the bet the circumstance admitted. They are as follows: First Lieutenant II. W. Kingsbury, Fifth artillery, aid de camp. Mnjor Clarence S. Brown, New Yoik Militia olunteers, aid-de-carop. Major James 8. Wadsworth, New York Militia Volunteers, akl-dc-earop. The latter, who does me the honor t-) be on my personal stalf, had a horse shot under him in the hottest of the fight. Captain James B. Fry, Assistant Adjutant General. t Capt. O. H. Tillinghast, Assistant Quart rta.ister, who discharged alone the Jmportaat duties of his department with the army, and who was mortally, wounded while acting with the artillery, to which he formerly belonged, and in which he was deeply intcr-ested-Capt. H. F. Clark, Chief of Subsistence .Department. Major Mever, Signal Ollicer, auä Major Malcolm McbonneHwho acted as aides. ' Surceon W. S. King and Assistant Surgeon Magruder, Medical Departmept. Major S. G. Barnard, Engineer, and Kenior of his department with the army, gave most imoorUnt aid. First Lieutenant, Fred. S. Prime. Kngir.eers. C ipt. A. W. Whipple. First Lieutenant lt. L. Abbott and Second Lieutenant II. S. Pntman, Topographical En gineer. Major W: F. Btrry. Fifth Artillery. Chief of Artillery.. Lieutenant George C. Strong, Ordnance Ößr.r. M-jor W.U. Wood, First Infantry, Acting Inspector General. Servnd Lieutenant Guy Henry, who joinel me on the field, and was of service as an aid dc nr.;. The following t.iacere commanded divisions a id brigadts. and in theeveralplaccs their dntr called them did most effective ervice and behaved in the most gallant mar. nyr. Brigadier General Tyler, Connecticut Volunteers. Colonel David Hunter, Third cavalry, everelv wounded at the bead of bis division. Colonel S. P. Heintzelmau. Seventeenth infantry, w ounded In the arm while leading his dirLiou into action on the bill. Brigadier General Scbcmk, Ohio Volutite:rj. commanding Second brigade. First division. Colonel K. D. Keyes, Eleventh infantry, commsndinc Hist brigawe, Firt divifion. Colonel W. 1.- Tranklin. TwelAh infantry. First brigade. Third division. Colonel W. T. Sherman, Thirteenth infintry, rommanding Thirl brigade. Firs di vision. Colonel Andrew Porter, Sixteenth infantry, commanding First brigade, Seertnd Ii vision. Colonel A. K. Burnside. Rhode Island Vol unteeii, commacdini; Second ' brigade, Sec ond rliiion. Colonel Ü B. Wilcox, Michigan Volunteers, cmmaid'stg Second brigade. Third division, w ho w wounded and taken prisoner while on the hill, in the hottest of the fight. Colore! 0.?0. Howard, Maine Volunteer, ccmmand'rr Third brigade. Thirl diSop. Colonel J. B. lUchardson, Mich'gan Volunfeera. comman : Fourth brigade, First dit isi.iu. Colonel Bleaker, New York Volunteers, cotoriitndirt First brieadr, Fifth division. Colonel lavies. New York volunteers, commanilirg Second brigade. Fifth ditision. As my posiüon may w arrant, eten If it doe net rail, for eotne explanation of the es.usf ai f,r as tkry can be aeen, whifti led to the result herein stated. 1 trust it msviot be out of pi ce, if I refer in a few woris to the Immediate antecedent of the battle. Wjien I nbmitte l to the General In chief in compliance with hi verba! instructions, theplan of operations md es'irrait offeree triuire!, th time I m in prceei to carry It into efioct was fixes! for tbe Pl "of July.'Monday. Fvery ftc:.!i?y p-tvibl wa given me bv the General h chief and hea is ef the admiatstr live dopartmcnt in making t'te necsssrv preparat on. But the regiment, owiigt, 1 "a loU to want of transpottstion.came over 'owlv. Maav of theus did act come aeroe till cigit cr u'lat dayi after tba time fixed apco, and went forward without ny even

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cr before iu a brigade. 1 be tending reinftjrtfUiehta to Geu. Patterson, by drawing off the w. got,, as a further and unfavorable caustt of dtlay. Notw ithatanding the herculean effort of tbe Quartei maMer General, and his favoring me in every way, the wsoi.s fur ammunition, buh-ottem e, A.c , an i the bote fir tho trains aud tl.e iirtillery, did not arrive for more than a week after the time apjHjiiited uii e, I w as i. t ev n j trpirel as lato as th lot! cllimo, ao I the desire I should mote became great, and it was wUlud 1 should uot, tfpoMibie, delay lonver than Tuesday, the lCih uhiruo. When I did set out, on the lfilli, 1 was Mill deficient in wagons for subsistence. But 1 went forward, tru.-ting to their being piorured in time to follow mr. The trains tlis liurtislly gathered together, with hore, wagons, driveis, und n.i-ijo managet, all new and unuel to 41 b other, movfd with diltioulty and disor der, und was the i.nwo of a day's tlelay iu gettir.g the protijiyua forward, making it tecosary b) make oil Sundiy the attack we should bate made on Saturday. f could not, with every exertion, get for ward itli the troop earlier than we did. 1 wished to go to Centre Wie the second dav, whith aoiild have taken us there 011 the 17th, and enabled us so fir as they wcie concerned, to go into action on the I'Jih in.-tad of the 121at; bu'. wlion 1 went forwanl from Fairfax Court Hou, beyond Germantowu, to urgo theni forward, 1 was told it wo iniosib for the Uhu to march further. They had on y coiuc from Vienna, about six miles, anl it waa not more than rix and a half miles' farther to Centreville in all a uurch of about twehe and a half miles; but the tneu were fool weary, not ao much, I was told, l.y th distance mrt lied, as by the time they had been on foot, cau-ed bv ti e ohitructioi.s in the road, end the riuw psce we had lo move to avoid ambuscade. Tiie mou were, moreovor, urxecustomed to rnareluug. their bd.et not in condition lor that k:nd ot woik, and trot used to carrying even the load of light inarching order. Wc crosaeU Ball's Run with about 18.O0t men of all arim, the tub diviion (Miles' and Richrdaon'a biigudti) ou the ieit, at Blackburn's ford to Centreville, and Schenck'tf brigade, of Tyler's division, on the left of the road, near the stone bridge, not participating in the tnain action Tbe number oppoMl to as have been variously estimated, I may sately say, and avoid even the appoatauce of exaggeration, that tl.e enemy brought up all he could which weie not kept ngsed elsewhere. He bad uotico ot our coaling on the 17th, and had from that time until the 'Jlt to bring up whatever he had. It is known that iu estimating tho force to go a"uiiiet Manamas, I engaged not to have to do with the enemy's force oder Johnaton, thu kept in check iu the valloy by MajorGenera I Patterson.orthc.se kept engaged by Major General Butler, and I know every effort was made by the General-in-Chief thatthia should be done, and even if Johnaton joined BesureganJ.it woald not be because bo could not be followed by General Patterson, but Trom causes not negesary for nie to refer to, he knew tbem all. That'was not . done, and tbe enemy wai free to assemble from every directiau in numbers only limited bv the amount of the railroad rolling stock and his supply of provision?. To the forces, theretore, we drove in from rairfax Court House, Fairfax station, Germantowu and Centreville, aud t.hose under "Beauregard at ManassH!,' must be added those under Johnston from Winchester, and thoe brought up by Davis from Richmond to other places at the South, to which is to 1)0 added the levy hi mane ordered by the Richmond authorities, which was ordered to assemble at Manassas. What all this amounted to, 1 cannot ay certainly much more than we attacked them with. ' 1 could not, as i have paid, more early push' on faster, nor 'could I delay. A large and the best part of my forces were three months' volunteers, whose term of service waa about to expire, but w ho were aent forward as having long enough to serve for the purpose of the expedition. On the eve of the battle the Fourth Pennsylvania, regiment of volunteers, and tho battery of the volunteer artillery of the New York Eight militia, whoe term of service expired, insisted oa their discharge. I wrote to the regiment, expressing a request for them to remain a short time, and the Hon. Secretary of War, who was at tlie time on the ground, tried to iuduce the battery to remain at least five days. But in vain! They insisted on their discharge that "night. It was granted, and the next morning, when the army moved forward ino battle these troops moved to the rear to the sound of the enemy'a cannon. In the next few days, day by day, I ehould have lost ten thousand of tile best armed, drilled officered and disciplined troops in the army. In other word?, every day whjch added to the ftreugth of the enemy, made us weaker. In conclusion, I desire to say, in reference to the events of the 21st ult., that the general order for the battle to which I referred was, with slight modifications, literally conformed to; that the corpn were brought over Bull Run in the manner proposed, and put into action a before arranged, and that up to lato in the afternooat every movement ordered was carrying out successfullv to the object wc had proposed betöre Harting that of getting to the railroad leading from Man assas to the vally of irginia, ana going on it far enough to break up and destroy the communication and in'ervei: between the forces under Beauregard and those, under Johaiioa. And could we have fought aday or a few hours rooner, there is eve y thing to how bow we could have continued successful, even againt the odds with which we contended. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, vour mt obedient serv.mt. irwin Mcdowell, Biiadier General, Commanding. RECRUITING. YTTASTFD TOR THE UNITED SATK8 AKwT V AM-txlifd raa, btwen sja of itten rvt thlrty-flv ysrs. Tf, the ssms a to voluotcers, from ft 3,00 to f?3,0o pr month, with rations ant ;usrtrs, to coiaicno tnnc. Two IWlsrs wJl be ptd ta sny cttiiea who shall procure atxt prfnt to tha Kremitlig t31. cr an ceeptsb'.o rrnit. Vuder prfseut retrulatirR( ny M?Ulcr has n jpfwturüt j cf beomiln; a commi vlon,t officer. For further Informs! ion, apply at lb rernterrou at 1rre-Hnte, ca the w est aU of th jiaar. mist or r.idST.nr.xT, Throo Xoars. Ai.rur.i I,. iioi ;ii, f.,l. lih JfPtry L". S. A., RfiuUln; Of?rc. Ja!y Ti, M SI N K I N C F ü N DU ÖTI C E . To Borrower of Sinking Fand. unrt of siNKiNii rvNi,i ItHsMus. Aojc , ltl. I 'PMK DKUNgVETT IJsT IXR 11.1 OK POK pv.Mir.uon about ta aoihdsv of .sertemHer wit.ravntema of lr.trst must rVmaJs labors that 1st to ssro rot. Tho taVss lc on aatnHsr. tli li'.hdsy r.f tVtsretM, Wb . K. M'MOVT, rrl rnt. c 13. t-r VOTU'E OF AITUCATIOX IMR UCENHE-Xo. i tic s hr rt-W tin. Ihst I will rrlv to th lsr! cf r'orjn iners of Wg nnn'y, (ihIUtm, at 1htr nut term, r-witnen-1nf on ths flrt MotkIst In ptm-r. Is4i, f.r jCnso to 11 noilratlnt, 1 j j'HB 'o Us n'lsnutr hn jrt at a til. for oojrfar. Mr tU- nf tu-n.. mi tho pr-mls Itereoa H p.qa-nt srs to b drsr.k. ar Waled oa l nun!or i, wr of ?ih ;,.t wh,b trr-ia i0 Trr.tti. Set th publi Hotel. axn as tho Tme-Ht! nusf. In Harn township. In Va eouniy, IniSitna VIXJ. Hl r.fvs. A. 1. t1w-3w to f a n n e n o . U O D I N Ö O N ' H Thrashing Machines and Engine. ryntx ARrTHEirTit tm: roR ct.tAMyo L and taslr: tba T!rs. fa.t tLrabinB, aod 'nraHj.?t. Tl9r ApartcT took tbe vtarr rttsirv at the Ksrna Ccrsnt j r'.r last I all. TVir Hcrso lw. or at a as tlbttt öra c any iwsnfctro4; .I tbor fwuVjo Rosts aro vnucl rnraal vsOLfiCO, aaasVLftw Tm Haata. lad.

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THK B A LAN CK OF Jl hV ANI AUGUST witt, k rt;torrii to Sellin & O ti SUMMER GOOUS! Sorn KinJf vdl tulJ Ijntthmn f , is 1 re o BprrJg alt COTTCV-: (tOOI', s eW AIM ACtVi, A ?D Now Goods Just Received! a 'ILL Ii Sold at Very Low Prices ! MAKE THIS SALE ATTRACTIVE. Don't think cf buylrg any kind cf Dry Goods at 10 price whatever with out looklag through th IliirUftyc Cah $tore." You will nd prices more iifrtry l.eie, as tl.e-e Goods mast wM.t i mfcke room tor tlot Fall Stock Goifs Golden Hill Shirt ! By the dor., very cheap L. RYCE & SON, Wall Paper 40c Wall Paoor Reduced Sale ! in Price to 2Äc ISc 12c lOe 2Sa " " " 20c iac Fine Gold Paper worth ßSc, now .Id t 4c Our object jn making those astonishingly Ixjw Prices, is to Ho Out th! Stock. Cnrpota, Canton Mattings Curtain Drapery, A. TT X 0 Mtounc l-untishiiiK 4 00 ft h SLAl'OHTKUKI) IN THICKS Duj-ing July nl Ausruft, to injure a .SWery Sil ! L. RYCE & SON. DRY COOCC. n,E.fjTeVsV om AT THE FRENCH STORE. r. NIFPEKT & DUNN. 50,000 10,000 5,000 YARDS NICK LAWNS V err PRINTED CU-ap. YAnDSrr LAVELLA axp BARVkK F.NGLA1S. YARDS PLAIN COLOR'D Crape Barege and Tissues. CAR-L0AD5 OF PRINTS; UtiUf tally Cheap. 2 CART LOADS OK LADIES and MlA&ea' Best Steel H.xp Skirt. 1 A AHA PARASOLS AND 8U' lUsUUvJ SHADES From 2 to $4. Eiiibroideries and Lac-es ! LOVF.Knii! CIOIKRV! ladies and gents MA neu Handkerchief. WHITE AND PRINTED Linen Drills for Pants First rate ijutbu ' l Oont Heck Ties, Papel ÜolUrf and Shirt ! Bfst'm the MstVi-t ! Sumrner Cloths and Ca&simcrc3l srtasiton ss-atiNT .Hummer Vcliiitf ! Boots cftj Qlioos ar ekx Kvnitft nf k rtJtCE t fca 5. U Msn Ktrot, ln 4I s-l It It. Xr-rth F. NiPf i-RT 1 DUNK.

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Hard Times No Höre! I.ok in ft the Boy Scee cd the Imm?t s of Good at ED3 ALL, McDOUGAIi & CO. And be convinced th-i the times. Iro tfvi m hard rs tlry migU be. .We icwtd largely for Cau. atd bafe received over 25,000 w ordi of goods during tiie pan tn d v. psir rtme-d at a rulooas lo-s to the Im;ortr 1 M s bu facta rr r, aod which v m eabld lsell at Ior prvw t'.a ever known on tit Wabcd. vd ' About 70.000 Yards American and English Calicoes, In Choics Sitle and Fast Ccdor at C and 5c. Fine French ChaUU t 12Ue por yrd. 8ujertino do at liandOOo per, yard; Silk and Linen Poplin, formerly gold at We, a v a Chene Poll de Clievte, f rmerlr auld at 4 'V, for2.V.-' ' 60 yards Mohair Foulard-, Ikubre Wre atLs, f r Strvct and Traveling Suits, euitable for Summer an-1 Fall. t Ir; Beautiful Styles Mozambique. 30 cents'; at 2S and Barere AnglaLse. Mohairs and LawIUs, for Traveling Suits at C. b and le per yard. FACY DRKSS SILK AM) IILAdi SILK8! Krds Rich htrijo Fancy S'ik at TS cnu Tbe Si'lcs cost $6 to impjt. Beautiful Slides arI Qualitv IlsJa Dresis ri;lk.s. in B'ue. Brown, Drab, T.sn. A-sh-es, Roes. etc. Our entire lock ot Fane S.lks uill ! Closed Without Regard to Cost Our Stock of BLACK SILK has Never "been EqnaUed in the West ! Beautiful Hich Lustre O.l-Bciled Si'.ka at 7I, 6, fiVand$l. 4-4 Extra Heavy Manilla SUk at $1,W, 4 4 Foulard Sük in small check Lure. ELEGANT BaKEGEP, FRENCH .IAC0NKTS. AND IsRENADINES At Jios trat t!l 5löL!b all. I.nsit, tlioufrh iot Lcnsit! sMi'0 XU G r o a t B a renins wr w-jt l vTno EmbUl Cambric Sctfs t fi. o ai.d tlx. iiua.iy s s hU trufu Aio. ' Do. S n r n t o if n Fnna! In tnHoS" tri?. JT" W wi-h U distinctly un1etUl that tlise fvls sre all new od Ir-esdi. hating l-n xe-s-st during the list VI tav. rU'HALL. M'liOlYi AL st CO. Cv Mjifa aad Fewva . TatKsuns, oa