M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-07-25
WAR NEWS.
pefsat Of the Army Of the U. s

hiShNN y oNtANo VI SNOilAJ NOVh UlhCE
theintensest drgree disastrous.
Many confused statements are pre-.
valent, but enough Is known to war.
rant the statement that We have suff.
cred in q degree which has cast
gloom over the remains Of the army,
and excited the deepest melancholy
throughout Washington.
4 The carnage was tremendously
heavy on both sides, and ours is rep.i
resented as frighfhl, We were ad
vaheihs and taxing their masked
batteries gradually but surely and by
driving the enemy towards Manassas
Jubtslon, when the ielehy seemed to
Lave been reinforced By GeEo John.
atom, who. tits understood, took com.
Iian1, and commenced driving us
back, when q panic among our troops
su-ttruty occurred, ,andgregutarstam
ppda took place. = II is, thought that
ifany MeDoSell undertook to mako a
stand at or about Centeryilie, but the
pagic was go fearful that the whole
army bccnmo dpmoralizcd, ard il was
iinbossible to check them either at
u,magite orFairiax C0urtlHouse.+
&ella lAlcDowull Intended to make
S1othcr stand at Fairfax UoVrt House,
LII spR forces baiag in fuIll retreat;
teUll'Aotaeconpisr The object. :,
Beyond Fairfax ,Cpplt Louise, the
EtEeat was kept up until ths tqsH
Epachel thei: regular eucampment,s-
Il portion Of them returned to them,
tat I larger portion coming insidethe
nRrCn:llments.S'5 ca a.l sa'Hs,tio7J
A largo number Of the troops, in
thoip retreat, fell on the wGyside, from
cxIArstation, and scattered along the
r6hle all the way from Fairfax Q. Ii.
Prs road from Balls Run was
siGawed with knapsacks,. arms, &c,
sdnlc Of our troops deliberately throw.
irs away their guns and appnrteu.
tnces the better to facilitate their
travel. .scssr-S .tsss.a r.' '.'ra
sGeu McD5wen was in the rear Of
tilo,retraat exciting to rally Ills meD,
Jut'witl'oniy partial effect.
,gyPhe latter part of tho army, it is
said. made their retreat in order. o
s4ksI orders on the field did not at all
times reach those for whom they were
iftellisd. 1t is supposed the -torce
s3ns eiit against our troops consisted,
according to a prisoners statement, Of
about 1900 men, including large
paplb2r of cavalry. ... ..sr.s
''tle further says that owing 70 rein.
fdfcemahts from Richmond strength.
cltiPg both points, the enomy's effec.
tisef9ree was 80, ,000men. ~ ." l.i-ss
s.AccCCding to the state ment of tSo
of the Fire Zpuaves, they have only
oAhFp200-h hen left from tho slaughter,
%hif4tie SiXty.pipth and other regi
ipeRts. lrightfuIly suffered in killed aud
wNundedy the. number cannot not
lsow, be known w. '' ~. ' ..
s.Eherman's, Carlisle's, Grifip's and
theeWest Point batteries we've taken
lyothei, enemy, and the eighth, seige
&.popEder rifed cannon. 1T issup,
posedalIthoprOvision train belonging
tothSUpited States was saved Large
ltroyes Of cattle were saved by being
drivena back. .,.- u.. a.u7I
sIfis' supposed here, to-day, that
General Mansfield will'take command
ofithe GortifealionS on the other side
0fthe river,,whicll are able,o it is sa1d
IS E;ilitGLy engineers. to hold them
against any force that the enemy may
Gring against them. .at >
large rIfei cannon and mortars
GTo being rapidly sent over and mOur-
tsdg s~si 55li -.- vt..... .t~.- id
y',sAu officer just from Virginia (l0:30
x, N J,repeils that the road from
Csnicrsiile to the Potomac is strewed
vftii stragglers. 'y''n " 'a't'
Tie troops are resuming the occu.
paiicns ii lhe Notifications and en-
t%eachneptsa on the line of the
FotoHlac. siit.t ts4.-
sCOl.sHoinizleman was wounded in
f4eIwfist. yTpa!to lo bsoi 10 asfl F,
''g1RGlIhfon totbosc reported yestcr.
dsysit,isi said that Col. Wilc6x, the