Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-30
Correspondence Of the Richmond Enquirer.

| Correspondence Of the Richmond Enquirer.
MANASSAS, July "a ISG1-As predicted would be
the case in former letter. active military opera
tons, have at last been commence upon seal,
| of magnitude which promises the mDst gratifying
results. The RpbIcon has been ere }sed the tide
of fortune still rolls in favor; and though hun
dreds of aching hearts beating with grief over
the loss of loved Cnes. who have fallen upon the
field of battle, there is consolation in the proud
thought that they have been sacrificed while defend
ing the altar which1s enshrined our rights and
liberties. Our fatality has been great but the vic
tory is worth the cost Brave men have fallen by
hundreds, and distinguished officers have offered
up their lives. like heroes, but have secured the
profound respect of our enemies and when the
facts have become known abroad, we shall receive
the gratifying If foreign aid and recog
milton. The problem has been solved that we have
q government and are able to defend it.
Every accountant there have been several
that reaches this locality from Washington and
Alexandria conforms the intelligence already com
municated by telegraph, that the issue not
merely defeat, but complete rout-in the a1-
guage of the Washington Star, "a result reVer equal
ed in the history of modern warfare, except at the
battle Of Waterloo The Federal army is thor
oughly demorahze1, its crack regiments whipped
by one fourth their number, It's men frightened its
batteries taken, and its best material left along a
road, for miles to be appropriated by every pass
by. Between Stone Bridge and CentreVille the
scene presented is indiscribabe. Within distance
of three miles your correspondent saw scattered
every article that could possibly enter into the COM
position of a well equipped army-blankets, shoes,
havelocks, cartridge boxes, caps, knapsacLs equip
ments, muskets, canteens by the thousands, axes,
medicine chests, grape shot, percussion caps, pow
der boxes, sni even several hundred handouts,
which were intended to be used upon their prison
ers, when they got them. One of the most valua-
BILE captures was batch of papers. specification
and drawings, evidently the property of General
officer, relatir t. the movements Ofhe Federal Ar
my. Among other facts, it stated that the at
lacking force would consist Of ify-three thousand
aud the list of regiments engaged was enumerated
From other sources, it appears that Scott had so
admirably planned his attack that 70: q h)ught of
repulse was entertained.
He expected to march upon our left wing, turn it |
with ease, get in the of little army, and,
with his overpOwering forces surround and cut US |
to pieces. Several letters, found upon the field and
aOog the line of retreat, state this fact in plain
words. Others, which have read, request of dis /
tant communications after Sunday next, o mail fu-
ture correspondents to Manassas or Richmond as
the case may be. Another indica ion of their con
tempiaed success, is in the fact taat large num-
Der Of ladies and gentlemen followed the rear of
tie army to CeHtrevIile; the former to welcome the
heroes" their return, and the latter TO witness
the fight Many Of these were members of Con-
Rress, and have heard it mentioned, by gentleman
just from Alexandris, that Senators Wilson, Wade