The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-08-29

Withholding an advance IN order that some scheme
of compromise" might be hatched- Many
members ui Congress were equally inpatient. and
constantly insisting upon al immediate forward
movement: and q portion OF the Cabinet assisted
/ this fort u precipitltr Gen. SCOTT into order
iug the advance. Gen. Mcdowell wlE also iui-
patient % move the Judgment - the veteran
Northumberland was oy-r-Tulei, and ~ nav"
before u the result. Cen. >cJtt's whole plan Of
campaigning ia Virginia looked L. the point Of
OuttiInkiug and surrounding tm- enemy ia whole
or ia part, thus cutting II his communication
and ultimately compelling him % surrender OF
else q come out from hI- chosen -trunghylts and
endeavOr o. cut their way through the Union
forces IN the positions selected 10y them But
that plan required more time, and was necessarily
abandoned when Scott yielded ms own Judgment
and consented 10 AN immediate advance. LIT u
hOPe that hereafter the greatest % living generals
Will b. permitted u conduct hi campaign III hI-
own way. taxing all tire tlIue Ee desires Tor pre-
plrauOu. and moving only when and where he
deems best. confident that whenever be- docs move.
it will d. t. certain victory. There Wa nothing
u BE- gained by marching 80 On U Richmond Ola
Sunday last that could not have been secured -
month later. and the IT .rt u move too soon has
cost the country very dearly
The PART CEv. PATTERSON PLAYED.
History will probably charge against General
Patterson, also, = share Of the responsibility for
the failure Of our army On this memorable Occa-
-lJu- IL was tuc enforcement 81 B'1iuT"9IlI bJ
Gen. Johnston army OF ~, 900 men, thar turn
Cd the tide in favor vi the rebels and 10 should
have been Patterson mission ~ prevent the June
ton of the rebel forces. lie wa repeatedly
ordered 10 hold Johnston at Winche,ter-tD
worry him into q hattie At puSsible-but by all
means t. prevent MIN from joining the main body
Of the rabcls at Manassas. To enable him the
better u DO this. achievements d-Gci Tor by him
were sent forward, and thus Mcdowell -"pluInn
was weakencd-yet hc has allowed himself Ia he
outgenerlled, and utterly failed ia everything
that was expected of him. 1'ruuc!iy lost the
field of Waterloo for Napoleon, and Patterson
lost the Federal forces it, first great battle with
the rebels III Virginia. Surely he was not super
seeded an hour too soon 10y MajOr-Gencral Banks,
who though a civilian, Is possessed OF tile charac-
teristics Of cool courage combined with extraor-
binary prUmptness. and u dashlng bOldncs>-the
qualities which alone were required ut the head
of Patterson's column Of -, 900 men to have
utterly routed Johnston's army, in ample time to
fail next upon the flank Of Bcaurcgird at Manas-
sas, and win a substantial. triumph for the Federal
cause. Patterson was right in not following
Johnston To Winchester by the direct road, for
reasons set forth in my last; but when lac reached
Charlestown, on the Winchester and Potomac
he should not have lost a moments time
in following and engaging JOhnstOn's army.
CONFIDENCE OF THE NORTH UNAEATED.
/ have already said that there is no discourage.
ment here, because of the reverse at Bulls Run.
On the contrary, Geographic adyices from all over
the North show that the disaster mas only revived
tire spirit which famed out when Sumpter fell.
know that the rebels put forth their strength
in the struggle of the last few days, and that they
are nearly exhaustcd-nUt in spirit, or courage,
or the will To fight to the death, but IN pccunlary
and other Indispensable means of
war. Nor can they materially increase
their army. On the other hand, the loyal States
have hardly vet begun tn draw upon their illimit-
able sources of men and money, us the rebels will
to their cost. The Government is already
actively engaged is repairing damages, and col
Letting new means for an offensive movement,
which will be made this time when the
Generals time has come. Fresh
troops are already arriving from the North, and
tens of thousands additional are offering their
services. How soon the next advance will be
made nobody can tell. L hear it said, on military
that Gen. Scott will now change his
plan of campaign somewhat; if so, the change
may make longer delay necessary.
CONCEALED TRAITORS IN THE ADMINISTRATION.
Events of the last week have shown that there
still are traitors in the War Department heIe,
who have been giving the enemy information of
the contemplated movements OF our army; and
for that reason, among others, 1t may be desirable
To modify the details of future movements.
Among other evidences of treachery, | cite the
that in one of the camps from which the en-
envy fled, was found Il photographed copy of \
map Ol hTSiIdi- carefully llCldiSu III bHC 'Hi
for the use of our own army-a copy
which could not have come into possession OF the
enemy unless through the treason of some trusted
officer of the Government. How deblsing the
for Il country ruin which renders
men capable of thus holding positions
in Federal employ for the purpose OF betraying
the Government into the hands of t~heenemy.
THE LOSSES.
1t is quite impossible TO obtain here Il list of
the killed and wounded but every hour dimin-
ishes the number, so that VT now think they will
exceed 500 instead Of 3 900 as at first report
ID. The official lists will lie published at the
earliest possible moment. Among the badly
wounded is Capt. Ellis Of the y. y. list, Il
gallant, vouag brother of the present Sheriff of
san Francisco. The list and 18th New York
md the Fire Zouaves appear TO nave had by far
The heaviest work 10 do. and they certainly accom-
DIished wonders. The 69th charged and carried
batteries, and at one time lost their colors.
They were recovered by the IOuaves. and
restored to the Goth. The Zpuavcr charged and
.lrricd three batteries. and in concert with the
18th carried Il fourth. They were driven out of
he latter by q heavy body of fresh troops. The
Iouaves also captured and brought of the colors
Jf the Tennessee Rifles. j. w. -. |