The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-28

observing faithfully all engagements to actually existing
Powers and seduousy avoiding all occasion OF offence or
irrtaby to irritable people, rendered moro than
usually by the evil days which have fallen upon them,
the discreet and loyal nobeman who represents Great
Britain and who is the only threatened with with
drawal of passports and all sorts Of pains and penalties
for the presumed hostility of his government to the Uni
! ted States.
Is THE NORTH Rnyxu DErHvsvEf
The world sees that the North has not treated the
sontherners as rebels-toe uH not say has not dared
10 do But the federass have treated the Confederates
up to this moment belligcrents Rebels hanged,
imprisoned, and shot at discretion. Their flags not
received the exchange Of prisoners with rebels rdio.
lous regular blockade of rebel ports quite
ous II remains to be seen, after Mr. Davis recent hints,
what the government dares 10 do an the case Of the ''pi
rdes qDh0m its cruisers caught ia the act red handed Of
lnirdhring policy Meantime the raised Ia chastise
and subdue has been struck down and the dniude Of the
North Is ja def,nsire There will be the part Of
the one people whom the American press has most in
suited and abused every disposition to give fair play and
listen to the call for slime" But the quarrel must
have its mits-the time must BIO fixed, and the sponge
must be thrown up II other Of the combGans cam
not "comc up to it, does il case in which
any amount Of "udicious bottlchoding' can proong
the fight Now at the present moment the North is less
able to 60 into the contest than she was nontn ago
She has suffered defeat, she has lost morale ana mute
rel Besides killed, wounded and prisoners, cannon,
arms, baggage, she has lost army Of three-monhs
men, who have marched away to their homes ut the
very moment the capital was in the greatest danger
TIE FEDERAL REiNtoRcEMENIs.
Up this period the reiniorcenents received do not
bring the federasts to the strength they had before
the fight No will tell how many have straycd
away and gone of from their regiments since they
turned to the camps here but the actual number Of
who have here less than those who have
away home by fully S,000 rank and file And the change
has been 10y means for the better The three months
men ut least had been three months under arms They
were probably at least martial and ready fight
the rest of their people. Just they required
and likely to be quite nserviceable they retire to
receive hdeseryed and ridiculous Ovations, though
they had been glorious conquerors and patriots instead
OF being broken and routed fugitives who marched
Off from Washington when it might be expected the
enemy were advancing against it. In their place come
eves who have not had the three months training
and who are not as well equipped so far as can see as
their predecessors to face who cated with
cess and the prestige Of the first battle gained and to be
associated with regiments cowed probably and certainly
| in some instances demoralized, by defeat.
The artrymm who cut the traces Of their hor@s from
casson and cdrridge at least kno about guns than the
aco mill Pit the feid batteries which govern
men getting up fast they can and the muskets,
of the best description left the field taken, Cannot
be replaced for a lang time TO
In fact much of this must be rcOrganZed In face
Of an enemy. That enemy either incompetent drul
it's quite certain he Is not act,'ed by c'emncyor generous
pity Engineers hard at work strengthening the po
stion on the south bank of the river but forts do not
constitute safety. Without stout hearts behind their
lines aud breastworks abas and redoubts avail nothing
GRAND PLAN OF ATTACK ON WASHINGTON MAPPED
L. L. D.-GESERAL MAuREdARD WONT VENTURE UNLESS
ALMOST CERTAIN OF SUCCESs.
1t must he that the confcderates deficient in the
means Of transport, in actual force to make attack
which so obvious, they desire to show tho North
possible subdue them The corps which went from
Winchester TO Manassas under Johnston put by the fcde
rasts at 49, 600 Let take it at half that number.
Beauregaru and Lee said to have had at Man
Richmond. Divide that again. There certainly
900 between Monroe, the Court ~ and Richmond, Of
whom 10 0OO could be spared and the side Of
the capital OF the Confederate States there was available
at least another corps of 10000 which could have been
readily strengthened by TO- 600 5000 from tho
south III case Of supreme eOrt There
not connected nth transport, equipment discipline, phy
the Contsdrdtes should nat have been able last eeh take
ne field rih Is 0C0 men, in taco corps quite sy0sQ
enough to The force the rigid bank Of the Potomac,
and to hold it in check, prevent going to tho
other side The or to cross ir.o Maryiond which is nom
In
Washington from tke rest and north.
In the event Of the political advantages ould be
great at home and abroad and there would be
base OF operations gained close to the enemys lines while
the advantages of holding the Potomac and Oh supeake
Fay would be much nentrazcd and finally destroyed The
Nary Yard ,couid fail into the eanys hond Fort Wash
ington would probably follow. Fortress Monroe
would be condemned to greater isolation. Philadelphia
itself would be IN imminent danger should the Confede
| rates attempt greater aggression.
But for one, General Beaurcgard will consent plan
OF operations in which success is not rendered a certain
may be by all possible precautions and he might
favor proposal which would lead to dividing army
parts with river between them and an enemy
Oh each side. Monroe and Hampton, which the
bases Of operations against Richmond have been weak
ened to reinforce the army covering Washington and
Harper Ferry and yet doubt if there the south
bank of the Potomac at this 40 900 all along
the lines who could move out and offer an enemy battle,
leaving adequate guards in the trenches and garrsons
in the tete dU pCRt and works.
THE CAVALRY or THE SOUTHERN ARMY AND LOSS OF MANY
MOUNTED 20 GENTLEMEN
The Conederates you informed from the South,
have enlisted men to for the war; and take
others. The staple Of their army will undergo change
and as 1t grows older it ought to get better unless 1t he
beaten.
You will pardon for referring a remark in of
previous letters that there might be fierce skrmishes,
and even sangunary engagements, between the two
armies, but that these would be followed by decisive
results, owing to the of cavalry. Strange say
though the panic and dscredtabo rout caused
by alarms Of, and might have been prevented by the
presence of cavalry, steps taken to remedy that
great deficiency The pclunes cto az Manassas tc
stand the hoStboct again, and believe the
|
they may have had TO mourn the loss OF many gentlemen
| who fell during the day.
| MILITARY ExAGGERAT7oSs NORTH AND SOUTH
| The Northern papers increasing the amount Of
butter proportion they decrease the losses Of their
loaves and they do not appear 10 perceive that the
smaller the latter the less should be the layer Of the
former-for il Is credit TO army to lose its guns,
abandon its positions, throw away its mskets, leave its
wounded in the hands OF the enemy, and run som; thirty
and odd miles from front Of Centrevic, not merely
| Arlington, but TO Washington, without any cause at all;
fo irtoh loss there cause # retreat and therefore
| Grouse for panic and 'om Again, they say there
only portion Of their army engaged. The greater
shame for those who were not engaged run then.
But before the bat tie when AcDowels force was emu.
merated IN tsrrorem so o00 it said fifteen reg
ments had subsequently joined Now is avcrrcd only
$1,000, $4,000, 20 600 were in action What earth
| the rest abouty
And am Obliged say that Mr.. Davis statements
quite startling for, while lie declares the enemy
$4,000 strong he astonshes by asserting that Of all his
host only Is 600 took in the battle As to losses of
oolrso it is beyond anything but imagination to give
estimate Regiments reported to have been annhiatcd
have turned up, quite hae and hearty neat imported,
on the day of marching home; and fond parents, wives
and relatives will be spared many pangs and great deal
| of mourning. think my estimate of killed and wounded
was nearly correct. The prisoners may amount to
than 600 or 000 but the eerdss hare lost heavily
than the totals under these heads ayould show, perhaps
II would be rather ridiculous to call 1t either hard
fought bloody, or glorious field but was an mpor
tan one; IL was most trying one to the fcdcralis's
acho badly fed and hard Worked in ,cdteess
hy, on July day for cere hours they rere exposed 10
the deD,ordlisg effects Of long continued artillery fire
In spite Of their want Of discipline and the very unac
counable rout, the federaasts at first showed aacry
| handle.
No questions the general bravery Of Americans
tive adopted either side; but defeat is rendered
worse than ridiculous by attempts to turn it into
triumph. Let the unfortunate brave rest content with
the sympathy they deserve and shun the ovaons which
the due Of the coDquerOr. Praise and ftery
retake gum nor saedard, win battc-even
II it be from ZOE popuii in Broadway or Bowory.
ARMY FINANCIAL MEASURES THE WASHINGTON
The government in some measure let the world see