, 1861-07-25

Correspondence Of the n. Z. "oIldl
WASHINGTON, July II.


correspondence Of the n. Z. "o1ld.1
WAsH1koToH, Juiy2 II.
TIE FIRST DAx At BULL RuH.
CEM7nKy1L1E, Friday Morning, July -.
TIE rationale Of our Ill success ct Bull ltun
Is plain enough. No stack should have been
matc By us until the nature Of the .enemJs
had been thoroughly lcvestl5a.
reuge intersecfed By Bull Run, and the eigns
Of forces and intrenchments visible through
all this length, such m Investigation might be
the work Of . week. We had driven seatter-
ed bodies Of the rebels before Us for ttteen
miles; we knew they were retiring On Aanass
tilat the heaviest resistance would not be
mnte at the Junction, but at the dangerous
pesses Of the Run. ReconnoisaDces IN torce
are bad affairs always. and especially 60 when
made On road directly IN front Of The per
epected position. Our attacking numbers
we're either too many Sr toS ieW zen: Iylef et
Cent1eqilIe, and rode forward With the cavalry
to 1econneiter the ground. When he sent
back for the 1ifled artillery, it was merely In
teEded that a feT 20 pound ehells should oe
thrown among the fastneeses across the val
ley, in order to stirup the hive and show us
result Vas obtained, and the day g proceedings
should have then and there sndeq-all our
fo1ces being brought mp for i reslstless attack
from every side, to be made TO- day Or to@mof-
Tcw.
as It was, the clever rusc Of the rebels, who
bore our fire for some time, then gave us
eight guns in rapid succession, and again were
the south tour lett, warmed the blood OF our
staff TO such degree that . full battery OF
gurs were ordered up Consisting Of two field
s penndels, two u pound howitzers, and tHo
11:pound rllled guns) and Richardson's Fourth
Brigade, which chanced to lead the days col
UNI.
In fact, one thing leading to another, re
d,ifled into an engagement. Our hill battery
saved the t1ny for us, interchanging trcn1end-
Gus b1oadsidts witt the enemy across the in
teryenipg y51ley. The sight aHd sound were
wonderfully grand No spot could be better
adapted for tile scenic display Of Il great battle
and, when the contest is renewed by our en-
one may live many litetimes and yet not mare
The three companies Of Massachusetts men
which went first into the woods on the right
behaved sp1erdidly. The poor fellows we're
sadly cut up. They report loss Of ten killed,
seven wounded and sixteen missing. The
New York Twelfth were tebuked Dy Col
Richardson for falling back after firing only a
siI gle volley. But they Were not to blame.
Sent in to cover our two hoHitzers. they cd
ganced within rod of the enemy's ambgls.
cade, and were then 6a1uted With 4 continuous
6tream of the most CALLING fire experienced
during the .sction. 10 load, fire, or shelter
under such de&thful yolleys, was impossible.
If their Cclrnel had not ordered them back
when lc did, few of-them would have come
out alive The most gallant part OF the
wLcle affair was the manner in which Capt.
asre :and Lieut. Lorsaint took their howitztrS
into these wcods-picce. Of all the most diff
nt1t4 n ard tc4tf11> yvHfs11 1t. fhn
deepest disgrace soldier could experience.
BIackttt, of the cayal1y, accompanied them,
simply because fighting is TO him luxurious
ard natural enjoyment. After the artillery
horses were a1l ehot down he helped to drag
out the aurs, and then galleped his company
parsed between bis men and knocked helc
stfaight through the body of 4 Michigan prl'
rate in front.
Col Richardson and his aids were constantly
pass;ps, 1ackH ards and forwards through the
fire, and did all that unsupported men could
do. And when the Michigan troops retired, it
Was in good order, under cover OF cur hill bal!
te1y.
SECOND pAr's FIGHTING.
WAs1uxG7uN, Sunday, July at-11 T. Il.
Tie excitement which prevails in Washing
ton tonight begga1s all description. It may
he safely estimated that its equal was ne7s1
Witnessed. There are ten Thousand rumorz
preya:lipg, based apparently on such arthorl
ta1iye sources rs to leave NO doubt Of thef1
correctness, but Of 60 contradictory a eharac
ter that it would be idle to transmit them
Those who have arrived from the scene Of bat
tic describe 1t as go terrific and frightful that
it is human impossibuity to get anything
out Of their oyer-excfted minds. Persons II
the same party make such contradictory state
| ments that the public yield in despair Of Oh
tanning anything which they can believe. Tho
Department is likewise troubled By these cou
Iiers giving their most absurd stories. It il
therefore useless to send you the thousand.
Dr. Ray, OF the Chicago TRIBUNE, reachcd
| here after leaving Bull Run at r. II. esays
the daJ's battle 'cxceeds everything Of tie
kind il the history Of This country" When
le lift, our troops were in between Bull Run
| batteries and Manassse. One OF the New
York correspondents is just In. lie left the
scene Of battle ut r. IL, when our column
! kad been enforced and the U.ior forces wers
| pressing On MauaEsas.
The programme, as stated in tile first dis.
! patch from Fairfax Court House, Was carried
cut, Until the troops met with succession ol
| masked batteries which were attacked will
v3gsr and succces aSter a severe loss Of Life
| Our troops adVa1caSa6 follows:
| Col Richardson, Elo distinguished limee!]
III the previous engagement, proceeded on til:
left with fonr Regiments Of the Fourth Brl
! Waricrton road IL lie vicinity Of the Place
where the last BATHS was tom ght. The first
1arge gun Was fired by sher1nan's battery al
| ten minutes Of eeven.
| The rebels did noEreturn his shot until a
hour and half afterwards. When Col Hun
tcf's division came MP, the battle became gen
eral. Col. Hunters Increment, to gain ths
rear Of the enemy, was almost success. The
encmy's position was opened on by several o
Carliele's bowitzcrB, followed by slight skir
| misbi1g. The rebels rapidly received rein
| forcements from Manassas junction after th,
| attack was opened.