New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-23

ser,.s Of sIt-rnntc gulle,s and hugh rocks. The
Rebels attempted no sand here, although their
fer,e wns tee stronger. IA they ran in body
over tie hills thIer or four men appeared to
lpeer ard level Their pieces at Capt. Carrulhs
company. TBe CaItoin, believing that they
pht DO friendly skIrlDishers, ran swiftly III
among them, eDing, New, then, who are you I"
1t turned ont thai be gue,sed rightly, aud that
they were Michigan men, who were mlsled BY
ibe gray Massachusetts uniforms. Follow wing on,
aud mounting higher emnence than they had
before encountered. our men came suddenly upon
n deep 'avnc, which from their descriptions wa'
undoubtedly Bulls Run. Here, St tho angle
frmed by this ravlne aud tue dry watr'coursr,
VIII ch empted into it, they were subjected to
Vel.ys trum three different directions. They
loeked about, but their as ailnpts uere invisible.
r. terstd vOlleys Drew their attention tn point
where they discovered avery small number oi
tie Rebels, upon whom the showerrd tbeir rItie-
Int The main body, however, remained hidden
IN ma, ked batteries. Renewed yvrys brought
dawn the orn Of Capt Z truths company by
hilf dozens, u tough Capt. Adaus's men escaped
without loss. Capt. Adams's company, however,
rendered the mort effective service NJ this ponf,
toy c0Ve,Ipg tie Ietcrat of ore OF our gnns.
While the skIrmlsh was going on 9" briskly,
Gen. Tyer had sent Gown tao hOwltzers from
byrrs's battery 10 the assstaDco Of our men.
With extreme ntr,pldny, they ran their pieces
rapidly down the hil ard into the w'"da, until
tie, reached the edge Of the dry wa'er-eou'se
before rIokeO Of, 10 tue outlet Oi winch small
battery ms nus discovered. by the tne they
had fired their second round ~ the faces aud
eyes VI To Rebels. SIX of tier men WIRE dif.
abld, but they held brayely out until their am
munIIion was exhausted, and then prepared To
withdraw. A dispo.'t Oh 10 capture one OF the
to~zcrs was manifested by snall purity al the
enemy, hut the appearance OF Capt Adamss
cnnIniy restrained this unusual demonstration
of spIl..
SmuItsne u.y with these events, The New.
Yotk l2.n REGIMENT had marched down 81 the
woods Mt tn. extreme Ict Of our line. The cav
airy, cleo, was stationed beside II, although III
4. flieIeDcy would snye bc,D p,rsbze ~ any at
tempt Ia acI among trees. Willie Inc New-l"rk
Regiment waited To receive il order 10 march
in. a Ieriect bail of shot came flying among
item, wsb'h seemed a. throw them into pane
before their s'aTt. 1t was d ficuIt To drive some
hn.,b. however, It was done, and ths regiment
dl.a. pear,d. For aloat one minute they Sero
ab,rDt, ut the end Of which came y"llry more
ir.ln-, dots than any that bad yet brrn h'ard,
aud the men were seen breaking aud running
hack IN disorder. TIER ofllc, rs vaIly enj,av.
ored to rally tbcm, nnd they Jew irregulGrly up
tho hall. pssa'ng ny the General aud BIZ Stall
and taking Ieule IN the grove FAR behind.
suspect Ih-y isneIrd they were pursued, for ]
saw one fellow turn suddenly about, aud bufredly
fire ut one Of biz ewi party, Who irll Instantly
" tae ground. While they were thus a,ing tae
Massachusetts LIST, whoi had b.oO ordered To-
the right. held the lank Of the woods uulil thu
shot among them became W murdernus that they
we're forced 10 lie down upon their faces. Ssh
they brld tbric Dangerous ground, aud wsitsd for
Instructions, which ut last came, bat only for
their retreat.
Tns, and the INDIGESTION OF tho commanders
decided our failure. | say commanders, because
the multiplicity Of authority was REILLY bcwider-
ing. At times there wac actual chaos If sng.
gert ON aud command. 1t is u question, mpre-
over, II the details Of tbe attack we're al as
regularly ordained as tsey should b.. The Mas
sacBu.etts lst was sent 10 the right, and rr-
ulaised nere. The New.York l2ih vas sent to
the left, and fed, but against that mi.hap
tho Comma ns-rs could not Of courpe, have
Regiments were stationed far away IL the
right of tho main road out Of the limo OF
battle, and IN deep hollow, where it was next b.
impossible for them Ia take part IN The contest
uuder any circumstances. The two bowszers
were sent dowu without any support whatever,
in consequence of which Ole Of the pieces and
perhaps both, might have been lost il the Rebels had
yentured lIom their pits and batteries. When the
New-YOrk Regiment broke away, il did not appear
that any attempt was made to supply their place by
better men. Aud from FIRST TO last, the two blassa
chusetts companies, which entered tie woods early,
were lei. for half IN hour without reinforcement.
and were then compelled to retreat before the great
superiority, in numbers aud POSITION, which con-
ronted them. Al these appear TO be strange over.
sights, aud yet they did not end there. Without
oss worth considering in any serious way, with The
advantage Of partial knowledge Of the enemy's
deienscs and with full fresh brigade already upon
tho spot, and drawn up by regiments 10 hue of
battle, the day suffered to pass by to our dis
favor, without a second demonstration from w.
Let NE resume tho order Of events. The cav
airy, which bad dIsmounted with tho intention ol
tnLlnn IL turn La ihn Annis nm InnL ANY Ihl