Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-07-24

Cool InPTDEScz-SKwsPAPKR GsyxRALsHrP.
ko.-In the course OF or life we never before
saw 50 cool newspaper impudence displayed as
oy the New York Tri5THs yesterday, in its com.
ments upon Sundays battle at Bull Run
II there Be any credit due to any one for thot
battle, II II due T. N. New York TTi6s.s itself
IL wa emphatically the TribHSss battle. Gen.
sral olamor broTsh: 1t on, and the Tribune gener-
atsd the general ciamor. For months past II has
been forwarding the army TO Richmond in
hot haste, in spite OF the multiplied evidences
that the army was rot prepared to undertake to
get to Richmond Two WEEKS ago Il held tina.
ten thousand m-I W ; force sufficient to open the
road to Richmond, and up to the day before Gen
Mcdowell moved from his entrenchmruts oppo-
site Washington, II WIS daily berating General
Scott for falling to drive NcD 1well's command
psll NELL over thu enemy at Manassas who, the
Tribsss Knew well, would run Ike sheep, at the
FIRST appearance Of federal army
Now II holds that tine disaster Of Sunday last
wu wholly tGe result Of tbs ignorance aud I'M
bscil:y q: the Government at this point. who
should have known that the Tyi5un. wa. stating
falsely when m recently Insisting that Gen. Scott
had long siIcs concentrated here an army and
preparations 20 aaike Il effective, amply sufacient
TO oyerwhsin Ill oppositon between Washington
and Richmond. This 10 the giss OF the position
Into which IL Lsi suddenly shifted.
To suI,an iiE-.r In IT, 1t repeats the exaggerated
accounts Of the alleged strength Of the forces OF
tbs disu-IoIsts Of course; insstIng that they had
ninety or Q hundred thousin men on the AID
Whenever the truth may be known IL will ne
found, We feel assured. that from forty to afty
thousand 1t most, are the figures truly reprssent-
Ing the snemy's strength at Bull Run and the
Junction. We do not believe that B-aureOa,d
lad more than thirty thousand troops under HI,
sonmand, until Johnson Joined him with from
Tn 70 twenty thousand whom Patterson permitted
30 alp through his fingers
Ths main cause Of the loss Of the battle wa.
esnersl Patterson's inefnciency He was only
sxPsessd To hold Johnson In his Immediate front:
AID failed sgnslly to be equal to that task though
sonmsnding an army superior to JobpsonT in
numbes and appointments
The hext effective cause Of the disaster wa. The
fsst that our onacers on the dsid .don,sd IN.
1rs>s.s' theory that they had only to meet the
snemy anywhere, and under any circumst,Iesa
70 bat him; for Il must have b.e, IN. p,.,,I.nc.
Of that impression alone that led to the alleged
nsz'sS OF Preparations to prevent a check or
feprlss nom Leading to disastrous digit.
Acting upon the TribEss'g late theory that n,
nns snsala loss In getting to Richmond. or sd.
Sshos on Thursday Las; pushed forward .upon the
snsnys naked batteries the existence of which
where they were found, was a. well known in ou,
Enss a that the Capitol and Presidents Iouss
staad = mile apart on Ponnsylvanla Ayenu. I,
lad been designed 10 avoid attacGin- them bv
Banking the Junction To the right Yet they yvs,s
attacked, uns Icces.ulIy, ere any effort Wa mad.
TO test whistler they could or could not he so
f1aksd That, however, II but our own innres
sloa The result OF tbs nTst attack on them. on
proved. Two DAYS and nj sh's are said 10 b,v.
oso sPe1i w reeonnoitering after that battle; In
feeling IT, position add defeaces OF tbs en.mv
On ana nom Boil Ru1 back 70 Manassas The
battle OF sunday proved how lac mcientIy that Wa,
asos perhaps bscauss IL could not he done \,
%, Ills n'ou unfortunate thai confidence iu the
position Ct tbs TSiSsss, that we could no, no
1oiled By 2ET fofoe or defence the s1e my copId
Posioly haSs, brought about the bli nd venture. a
moving u On lad lI''r.lly woven with masked
sauSsb .ns connanding any attack hmm
asotn,fi Instead of tarrying In cur own SECURE M
siiios ANIL learning precisely what W., had n
contend against, and how and where th. a,,..t
had be5 10 made
bafv may not vsatlrs q criticism of In. hat
es itsei IN IL all ths circumstances that .bouIA
b aksn isto the account are kaoz,. a, tb-v sc
not yet known- The most reliable ipform,ro,
n hand leads 70 the csnad bsliat that the min
BODY OF ths enemy wore IN re.rs4s wa IN III. mn
ior'ans's panic struck our .s.im .uts-rstreatias.
700, VIII more than dolbls our loss Ia killed ana
~ounoed- IL 30, W, had fllrly won the battle
aSaiHn The 7'tbEHs's alleged large odds, and wer.
ony uePfiVeo OF ths fruit OF our victory by
Sheer accident, sIch Al all volunteer forces are
siEnally liable to eIpsrisnce-by an acc,d.n,sI
psnis In our ranks.
The Huth Trfk.,.. "A.
tSnna the Government for essayInz To NOV.
against Richmond without hav,ng an
hundred thousand nen TO strike the bIovr g.,
maieiorAiy insane, a In It's clamor of 1. few a.,
Hncs because Gen. Scott declined to unde,tsta
me e1pefH Snt or marching ten or twenty tbou.
ana NEIL insre, literally with no appointments
lnusEo1s. transportation, &c J likely "a rsnda,
10 encisnt Ia the fel1. The disaster of Sund.
WA the TTibEss's own work, and II II he mr.,
United 20 continue its labOrs 10 craze the nonnI,
misd upon the subject Of ths conduct OF the u,a,
IL will surely work gu. more such resuIss of Non,
York TriSsas strategy.
fhs only safe guard agains: anarchy leading 70
sesr de.eat throughout the war, lies In At once
putting 10 out Of the power OF the aaarch,s.s 20
Wofk usir VIII IAat, is the duty OF a Proves,
hanhi, In omes like this. II the Government,
VIZ ave one created FOR New York city. sDsci-
10y - Snei g oI toe imag tnary philosophsrs
ssassamsn and Lieutenant generals OF the T,ibv,,
oaes during the war, Congress will VOTE % 10
Saitss thst act ~ speedily and chse,fnIIv >. %
lsgaliss the suspension OF the writ O, 49,, -
Sss In Baltimore; FOR all now realize tbs, -.
fI'ssss 10 likely TO prove the most d,ngs,oa.
obstruction In the way OF the eveatu Al ras.o,,tIo
ofths Union by the military strength Of the Un,,sd
oaates. ''eu
Zropss TO the above is the following from the
New York Post Of Last evening:
D.fsat Of E" GsHsyaI" Coyyespord,pt TIL. 20
douosable G-neral who for months has been ,e.,-
irsiy anxious 70 supersede Lieut. General SCOT,
nas 81 Last had bis battle at Bull Run He ha,
oeen Defeated. and In dismav has fallen back on
tne scienhneally lines Of the mIlitarv
oeIsnssc f Washington, which, by the union of
sLin sno ume, have been stretched by the Old vet
eran aiohg AfiingtOa Heights.
US s1o tnaI our he'll, made ticneral WINS an n
pofFd on TIE Geld by lost Of m-mb. =, al Con-.
.ho oi.er citizens who Voluntarily acted q.
LIS AIDS and tiat he lad IL reserve M sss- A..
nnse nom the scene Of actiou a lsrce hoav =,
editors and penny-aliners who bad ,asn.S tay,Sa
eeuncii Of war that decided upon a.. jmSn.d,s,s
eavanes on the enemy's batteries tn. dn,. a
nsned 70 the aids was to mark the hssn,syx
lev brilliant msneuvers, and tLen with a es,ysIA