The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-07-31

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There has been . wonderful excitement m
the city to-day. II Vas given out early IN
the morning that the 69:h Regimen, Irish
would arrive At 4 o'clock =. VI. This ~ss
the signal for the collection OF an immense
crowd. on Broadway. at an early hour Ia the
iav. Towards the time for the arrival OF
The train, the pressure OF the crowd became
20 immense. from Union square 10 the Bat
ters, that not = single vehicle could rsss
.lonz the street. Stages. coaches, drsys,
wagons. and everything that run on wheels.
vas for once crowded out Of the street. No
regiment came on the train for which the i'm
n-nsc mass-composed chiefly of Irish. men
and women-xere waiting Still the crowd
kept its place. Later ia the afternoon. tie
ysw York sth arrived. snd MAS received
With a warm greeting b. the tremendous
crowd. The 18Th will not reach here until
20 morrow. when the scene Of to-day viii
doubtless be repeated.
The PEOPLE Of thi- city-or OF any city !
have visited since leaving wsshington-do
not seem "a be depressed about the issue Of
Last Sundays engagement. On the contrary.
IL has excited = feeling Of wondrous de,ermi-
nation on the part of the people. Everybody
feels that the battle At Bulls Run ought not
% have been fought. At the time i, Was Yet
no one seems 10 he dzunted or cast down by
The result. Everybody feels that il is only a
question OF time. Everybody also feels like
giving all no has ~ sustain the Government.
and giving himself TO the war. il necessary
IL Is pretty generally understood. ina. if We
expect 70 crush out the rebels in warfare. wc
must 20 TO the Geld with something like an
equality in number Of men and weight of
cannon Notwithstanding the great disparity
in number Of soldiers engaged ia the hght.
on last Sunday. the Federal forces would
have been victorious if they had had SUN
cient heavy artillery. Regiment after regi-
ment Of United States troops carried rebel
works By storm. and yet had % leave them
almost instantly after getting possession be
cause no artillery could be moved up to their
support. In weight of hot and range, our
guns seemed to be inferior to those Of the
rebels. and in number they we're greatly 80.
These things must be rcnedied at once.
General Mcclellan reached Washington
last night. His reception 1t Philadelphia
his native city-on yesterday. was very mag
nlfcent. he il the rising military man Of
the North. He wrll take command of the
army in Eastern Virginia at once. and reduce
i to order. and henceforth lead il. There
Was great lack Of "hssd" in the arrangement
of msttert At the battle on Sunday. Even a
civilian could see this. IT every turn of the
battle. The men seemed to be conscious of
Of Saturday | heard constant complaints A.
10 the leading officers. among the men,
They seemed 10 think they could fight an,
thing il they were properly ofhcered- There
was very much truth in these forebodings OF
she men
The Eastern papers are full OF complaint,
comment and discussion. a. TO who caused
the battle of Sunday 10 he fought Some
charge the responsibility on one-others on
smother. IL was unfortunate. and yet in some
respects fortunate. We have learned much.
with 4 very moderate cost. in mortality. Let
the Government profit BY IL. Ii viii make
no more rnistake. There are hut few
eyoaksrs left now in tue North. and these are
fast disappearing. Let the people rise up in
their might and rally ID the cause Of the
Union. ani all will be well. q.